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Treasurer's Expense
100.00
100.00
93.53
6.47
Tax Collector's Salary
550.00
550.00
550.00
Tax Collector's Expense
150.00
150.00
146.00
4.00
Assessor's Salary
900.00
900.00
900.00
Assessor's Expense
50.00
50.00
49.85
.15
Election and Registration
250.00
250.00
190.73
59.27
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
100.00
61.20
38.80
Attorney's Fees
100.00
$80.00
180.00
180.00
Bonds of Town Officers
190.00
190.00
180.50
9.50
Care of Town Hall
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,994.54
5.46
Police Department
2,200.00
55.74
2,255.74
2,255.74
Funds
24
Fire Department
1,000.00
112.79
1,112.79
1,112.79
Moth Work
100.00
100.00
54.82
45.18
Tree Work
200.00
100.00
300.00
299.05
.95
Sealer of Weights
132.00
132.00
132.00
Sealer of Weights Expense
50.00
50.00
50.00
Inspection of Children
50.00
50.00
50.00
Health
1,200.00
1,900.00
210.63
3,310.63
3,310.63
School Physician
200.00
200.00
200.00
Inspection of Animals
240.00
240.00
226.20
13.80
Highway, Chapter 81
7,050.00
7,049.95a
14,100.54
14,100.49
.05
Highway, General
2,000.00
10.00g
2,010.00
1,781.17
228.83
Highway, Chapter 90
500.00
500.00a
.01
1,500.01
1,500.01
Road Machinery Repair
1,800.00
204.35c
2,004.35
1,953.65
50.70d
Street Lights
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,209.99
190.01
Bridge Repair
1,125.00
1,125.00
1,125.00c
Highway, Chapter 500
2,150.00a
2,150.00
1,707.11
442.89c
Public Welfare
3,500.00
462.94
3,962.94
3,962.94
Aid to Dependent Children,
Town
400.00
16.00c
400.00
80.00
320.00
Federal
64.00
80.00
16.00
64.00
Old Age Assistance:
Town
4,000.00
1,200.00
5,200.00
4,727.27
472.73d
Federal Grant
3,807.25
3,807.25
3,807.25
Federal Grant, Administrative
14.24c
126.85
141.09
128.35
12.74c
.59g
500.00b
25
Soldiers' Relief
300.00
300.00
108.25
191.75
Schools :
Committee Salary
200.00
200.00
200.00
Town
44,150.00
44,150.00
43,828.98
321.02
Federal
959.89
959.89
593.92
365.97c
Tuition to Smith's School
2,700.00
2,700.00
1,888.65
811.35
Library
1,200.00
227.86f
1,427.86
1,427.80
.06
Works Progress Adm.
6,600.00
19.07c
6,619.07
5,423.68
1,195.39c
Memorial Day
125.00
125.00
109.08
15.92
Care of Town Clock
25.00
5.50
30.50
30.50
Printing Town Reports
150.00
150.00
129.36
20.64
Telephone
50.00
50.00
46.80
3.20
Motor Vehicle Equipment
400.00
400.00
400.00
Unclassified
25.00
25.00
13.08
11.92
Insurance
1,875.00
1,875.00
1,614.38
260.62
Reserve Fund
1,500.00
1,500.00
927.61
572.39d
Unpaid Bills
863.64
863.64
826.95
36.69
Water Department
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,498.94
1.06
Cemeteries
100.00
191.79e
291.79
291.79
Interest
1,106.25
1,106.25
1,033.55
72.70
Town Hall Note
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Totals
$103,169.78
$19,206.95
$927.61 $123,304.34 $116,262.15
$2,740.38
$4,301.81
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a State Aid. b County Aid. c Balance brought forward. d Overlay Surplus. e From P. C. Fund. f Dog license refund. g Refunds.
TOWN OF HATFIELD Balance Sheet-December 31, 1938 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash,
$18,396.16
Taxes Overestimated :
County Tax,
$158.49
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1934, $51.94
Levy of 1935, 162.73
Levy of 1936,
3,793.39
Levy of 1937, 11,047.40
Levy of 1938,
30,659.22
$45,714.68
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1934, $97.28
Levy of 1935,
129.26
Levy of 1936, 126.63
Levy of 1937,
245.36
Levy of 1938, 224.27
Balances Unexpended :
School (F. G.), $365.97
Old Age Assistance
Administrative (F. G.), 12.74
Aid to Dependent Children (F. G.), 64.00
Chapter 500, 442.89
Chestnut Street
Bridge Repair, 1,125.00
Work Progress, 1,195.39
$3,205.99 Road Machinery Earnings Reserve, $2,918.01
$822.80 Reserve (Overlay Surplus), $3,153.59
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Tax Titles,
Departmental :
Health,
$1,086.22
Welfare,
346.37
Levy of 1936,
3,793.39
Levy of 1937, 1,059.21
Water Rates,
$3,390.42
Levy of 1938,
1,391.62
$6,458.89
Overdrawn Accounts : Chapter 90,
$1,000.00
Water Deuartment Available Surplus,
$5,296.27
Taxes Underestimated :
State, $3,870.00
Tax Title, 446.72
State Parks, 8.89
Departmental,
1,432.59
Veterans' Exemption, 1.20
Water, 3,390.42
$3,880.09
State and County Aid to Highways, 1,000.00
County Aid to Highways,
$500.00
State Aid to Highways, $500.00
Surplus Revenue,
$7,092.53 $27,799.69
$76,083.46
$76,083.46
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Revenue Reserved until Collected : M. V. Excise Tax, $822.80
Levy of 1935, 162.73
$1,432.59
$446.72 Loan in Anticipation of Revenue, $20,000.00 Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1934, $51.94
DEBIT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt,
$20,000.00 Town Hall Loan, $20,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities,
$9,821.52
Hatfield Library Fund, $1,393.84
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, 8,427.68
$9,821.52
$9,821.52
Respectfully submitted, DEWEY J. RYAN, Town Accountant.
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Treasurer's Report
John R. McGrath, Treasurer, in account with TOWN OF HATFIELD
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1938,
$12,603.21
147,638.77
Receipts for the year,
$160,241.98
Payments per Warrants, 1938,
$141,845.82
Balance Dec. 31, 1938,
18,396.16
$160,241.98
Check book balance, Cash in Office,
$16,962.44
1,433.72
$18,396.16
JOHN R. MCGRATH,
Treasurer.
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PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND OTHER FUNDS
Income Expense Balance
Fund
Hannaha W. Smith,
1938 $14.69
1938 $10.00
1938 $112.85
Augusta Wells,
8.55
8.55
340.48
Oliver Warner,
1.31
1.31
52.37
John H. Sanderson,
2.64
2.64
105.44
Luman M. Moore,
5.04
5.00
200.64
P. M. Wells,
3.25
3.25
129.86
Benjamin Waite,
2.28
2.28
90.91
Abby Dickinson,
2.57
2.57
102.57
Silas G. Hubbard,
7.01
7.01
278.95
Levi Graves,
3.99
3.99
159.00
Lucy L. Morton,
7.97
7.97
317.42
Charles Smith,
2.74
2.74
109.05
Lemuel B. Field,
2.74
2.74
109.18
Rufus H. Cowles,
2.79
2.79
111.44
Charles E. Hubbard,
2.87
2.87
114.30
Alpheus Cowles,
2.69
2.69
107.18
James Porter,
2.73
2.73
109.51
Daniel W. Allis,
3.83
3.83
152.22
J. H. Howard,
2.69
2.69
107.48
Fannie M. Burke,
2.77
2.77
110.82
Charles S. Shattuck,
2.77
2.77
110.63
Seth W. Kingsley,
2.73
2.73
109.45
E. S. Warner,
3.04
3.04
204.53
Reuben Belden,
2.51
2.51
100.00
Theodore Porter,
2.66
2.66
106.18
Charles L. Graves,
2.66
2.66
106.22
Roswell Hubbard,
2.59
2.59
103.54
Cooley D. Dickinson,
3.25
3.25
129.63
Elijah Bardwell,
9.72
4.00
392.07
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Joseph D. Billings,
2.58
2.58
102.92
Edward C. Billings,
27.07
22.50
593.57
Augusta Beals,
2.69
2.69
107.29
Anthony Douglas,
1.52
1.52
55.24
J. E. Porter,
2.57
2.57
102.43
Jonathan Graves,
2.61
2.61
104.12
Hugh McLeod,
2.58
2.58
102.92
B. M. Warner,
5.21
5.21
207.42
Chester Hastings,
2.59
2.59
103.14
Lucius & Stearns Curtis,
6.32
5.00
252.84
Frary & Gardner,
2.51
2.51
100.57
Henry C. Batchellor,
2.53
2.53
101.26
T. F. Knight & Jno Porter,
10.62
8.00
424.94
H. W. Carl,
2.58
2.58
102.73
Scott & Herman Harris,
3.00
3.00
200.00
Thaddeus & Solomon Graves,
5.06
5.06
201.91
J. D. Brown,
2.52
2.52
100.00
Mary E. Hubbard,
2.76
2.76
100.00
Samuel H. Field,
3.78
3.78
150.53
Lewis S. Dyer,
2.53
2.53
101.00
Charles H. Waite,
3.15
128.93
Perpetual Care Funds Received,
213.86
Paid Out Care of Lots,
191.75
Hatfield Library Fund,
Interest,
33.99
393.84
NEW ACCOUNTS
Henry R. Holden, Conrad W. Wolfram,
$200.00
200.00
JOHN R. MCGRATH,
Treasurer.
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS, 1938 BIRTHS TO HATFIELD PARENTS BY MONTHS
Male
Female
January,
5
0
February,
0
3
March,
0
1
April,
0
1
May,
2
2
June,
0
1
July,
1
3
August,
0
1
September,
0
3
October,
3
1
November,
2
1
December,
5
1
Total,
18
18
BIRTH PLACE OF PARENTS
Fathers
Mothers 35
United States,
30
Poland,
5
0
Czechoslovakia,
1
0
Ireland,
0
1
Total,
36
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BIRTHS FOR FIVE PRECEDING YEARS
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
37
29
24
27
37
-
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MARRIAGES BY MONTHS-1938
January,
2 First marriage of both,
32
February,
2 Youngest Groom, 19
March,
0 Oldest Groom,
42
April, 3 Youngest Bride,
17
May, 7
Oldest Bride,
32
June,
3
Birthplace
Groom
Bride
July,
0
United States,
32
32
August, 1
September, 2
October, 8
November,
4
December,
0
Total,
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NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED
1938
Louis A. Billings
Peter Czelatka
Nellie Lesko Klekot
Irving D. Hardy
Vernet H. Keller
Alice E. Powers
William B. Greenough
Carl W. Shea
Fred Wentzel
George H. Stenglein
James Kelley
William Coffey
Edson W. Strong
Margaret McBean Smith
Angeline G. LaMountain
Ann Smith
Caroline C. Cutter
John Zawacki
Edith V. P. Strange
Mary M. Day Victor Morin
George Dippolt
Smith F. Briggs
George A. LaFrance
Walter F. Lapacinski
Joseph Matusiewicz
Thomas Karpinski Katherine H. Mullany
Fannie Zawadski
J. R. MCGRATH, Town Clerk.
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Assessors' Report
Value of assessed Buildings,
$1,519,610.00
Value of assessed Land, 861,300.00
Value of assessed Real Estate,
2,380,910.00
Value of assessed Personal Estate, 215,105.00
Value of assessed Real and Personal Estate, 2,596,015.00 Rate of Tax per thousand, 26.00
Number of polls assessed,
728
Number of horses assessed, 214
Number of cows assessed,
198
Number of neat cattle assessed,
80
Number of sheep assessed,
225
Number of fowl assessed,
1,700
Number of dwelling houses assessed,
476
Number of automobiles assessed,
643
Number of acres of land assessed,
8,943
Town Appropriation,
$100,409.89
State Tax,
3,747.50
State Audit Tax,
423.78
State Parks Tax,
106.08
Veterans' Exemptions,
16.28
County Tax,
8,056.31
Overlayings,
2,535.88
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Excise Tax,
$13,029.90
301.77
3,200.00
Licenses,
2,000.00
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Fines,
150.00
Schools,
12,000.00
General Government,
200.00
Protection of Persons and Property,
75.00
Charities,
250.00
Old Age Assistance,
1,400.00
Libraries,
30.00
Interest on Taxes,
700.00
In 'Lieu of Taxes,
50.00
Available Funds,
12,956.25
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Under Chapter 59, General Laws
Church Property,
$68,000.00
Town Property,
340,205.00
Holy Trinity Cemetery,
3.500.00
Smith Academy,
60,000.00
Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. FUSEK,
THOMAS L. MULLANY, JOHN E. RAFFA.
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Librarian's Report
To the Trustees of the Public Library :
The following are the statistics for the year ending December 31, 1938.
CIRCULATION
Non-fiction,
2,604
Fiction,
13,448
Juveniles,
6,073
Total,
22,125
Number of books borrowed from the Division of Public Libraries at Boston :
Polish,
40
Slovak,
42
German, .45
Children's books,
56
Non-fiction,
110
I would appreciate it if the readers of the foreign language books would endeavor to increase the circulation.
It has been gratifying to note the increase in the cir- culation of books borrowed on Wednesday from 12 to 1 o'clock by the children of the outlying districts who at- tend school in the center.
We are very thankful for the cooperation of the teachers who borrowed books from the library for the students.
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During the year 467 new books accessioned and catatoged. Of these books, 178 were for children and 289 for adults. There were 20 periodicals in circulation.
The total number of borrowers including men, women and children is 687.
The total number of volumes in the library for circu- lation as of December 31, 1938 was 8,438.
I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Miss Margaret Hayes, my faithful assistant, and to the Trus- tees for their willing cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
THERESA M. GODIN
Librarian.
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Water Commissioners' Report
We appointed Mr. Charles F. Klekot as collector of water rents, following Mr. Thomas O'Dea's resignation.
During 1938 the following jobs and repairing have been done:
1. Renewing nine services.
2. Two fire hydrants were moved.
3. Nine hydrants were repaired and all other necessary repairing done.
4. Cleaning small reservoir five times.
5. Large reservoir was cleaned twice.
6. All hydrants were flushed three times.
7. The brush was cleaned up around the main tribu- taries at the reservoir.
8. The pines that are across from Swift's Plantation have been trimmed and the brush burned.
We are in hopes that within the next few weeks we will be able to start with a WPA project to clean up the few pines that were blown down during the recent hurri- cane.
The water was only chlorinated for one day, because of the water main break on Main street.
The water tests for the year have passed the health specifications, which are much better than the previous year.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. EBERLEIN, ARTHUR A. SMITH, MICHEAL DULASKI, Board of Water Commissioners.
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Police Report
Hatfield, Mass. December 31, 1938.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The report of the Police Department for the year end- ing December 31, 1938 is herewith respectfully submitted.
Total number of Arrests,
93
Drunkness,
12
Driving while under the influence of liquor,
3
Automobile Violations,
35
Assault and Battery,
6
Larceny,
6
Fish and Game,
1
Vagrancy,
7
Neglect of Family,
2
Breaking Glass,
4
Gaming,
8
Driving so as to endanger,
4
Malicious Burning,
2
Liquor Search Warrant,
1
Illegitimacy,
2
-
93
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR R. BREOR,
Chief of Police.
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LIST OF JURORS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN FOR 1939
Simeon M. Bourdon
Peter P. Backiel Peter Raffa
Alfred E. Breor
Alexander Celatka
Luther A. Belden
Joseph V. Porada
Rupert Englehardt
William E. Boyle, Jr.
Herman N. Harris
Stanley Kacinski
Joseph J. Betsold
Robert Field
Edward F. Porada
George M. Deinlein
Joseph M. Slusars
Harry W. Marsh
Raymond W. Gore
John Osley, Sr.
Joseph S. Wilkes
Stephen Majesky
John J. Fusek
Frank Kuzontkoski
David Mullany
Anthony W. Jandzinski
Albert S. Kirejczyk
Thomas E. Sheehan
Thomas L. Mullany John J. Betsold Leonard H. Vollinger
John L. Sheehan Harold J. Morse
William R. Cutter
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Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Old Age Assistance
December 31, 1937 to December 31, 1938
Town Appropriation,
$5,200.00
Payments
Town
Federal Grant
Total $615.00 $585.00
March,
391.85
295.00
686.85
April,
384.50
295.00
679.50
May,
639.17
280.00
919.17
June,
449.33
265.00
714.33
July,
365.00
320.00
685.00
August,
373.75
347.25
685.00
September,
385.00
335.00
720.00
October,
355.00
335.00
690 00
November,
74.67
685.00
759.67
December,
460.00
335.00
795.00
$4,727.27
$3,807.25
$8,534.52
Total Payments,
$8,534.52
Received Federal Grants,
3,807.25
$4,727.27
Received from State,
2,739.45
$1,987.82
Received from Whately,
76.68
Total Cost, Town,
$1,911.14
Bureau of Old Age Assistance, Town of Hatfield, Mass. JOSEPH V. PARDA, Chairman.
January,
$615.00
None $315.00
February,
270.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
School Committee
OF THE
Town of Hatfield
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1938
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School Organization
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Joseph F. Chandler, Chairman
Term Expires 1941
Clifford L. Belden, Secretary 1939
Patrick W. Mullins 1940
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS William E. Hebard, 4 Franklin Court, Northampton Telephone 1088
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
A. J. Bonneville, M. D. R. C. Byrne, M. D.
SCHOOL NURSE
Marian Holmes, R. N., 82 Harrison Avenue, Northampton
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Chief Arthur R. Breor
SCHOOL CALENDAR Elementary Schools Winter Term-January 3 to February 17. Vacation of one week.
Spring Term-February 27 to April 6. Vacation of ten days.
Summer Term-April 20 to June 16. Vacation of eleven weeks.
Fall Term-September 6 to December 22. Holiday vacation.
Winter Term of 1940 to begin Tuesday, January 2nd.
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Smith Academy Winter Term-January 3 to February 17. Closed February 20 and February 21.
Spring Term-February 23 to April 6. Vacation of ten days.
Summer Term-April 20 to June 20. Vacation of eleven weeks.
Fall Term-As for elementary schools.
Holidays
February 22-Washington's Birthday.
April 7-Good Friday and April 19-Patriot's Day.
May 30-Memorial Day.
September 4-Labor Day.
October 12-Columbus Day.
November 11-Armistice Day.
November 30-Thanksgiving and December 1.
SCHOOL CENSUS As of October 1, 1938
Boys
Girls
1938 1937 Totals Totals
Between 5 and 7
33
31
64
56
Between 7 and 14
138
126
264
281
Between 14 and 16
55
57
112
109
226
214
440
446
There was a decrease of only six in the census since October of a year ago, as compared with fifty-four during the previous year.
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Report of School Committee
To the Inhabitants of Hatfield :
On following pages are the reports of our superinten- dent of schools, the principal of Smith Academy and school nurse. We accept them and ask for them your considera- tion.
The financial estimate was discussed at length in a committee meeting and is endorsed by us.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH F. CHANDLER, CLIFFORD L. BELDEN, P. W. MULLINS.
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Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee and Citizens of Hatfield :
I have the privilege to present herewith another re- port as superintendent of your schools and shall include thereafter supplementary reports from the principal of Smith Academy, health activities and music supervisor. I shall review briefly ; changes in the teaching force, pupil distribution as to grades and as to transportation. I shall give a summary of the budget needs. I shall mention casually educational services which should be considered whenever the natural elements permit a normal return from the agricultural efforts over the town.
Within the last fiscal year there was just one change in teachers which was occasioned by the resignation of Elizabeth F. Baker who had taught efficiently in the com- mercial courses and allied English classes in Smith Acad- emy. Miss Margaret Stoddard was assigned a full sched- ule in Smith Academy which left a vacany for English classes and business courses in the forenoons in the Acad- emy along with the supervision of elementary penmanship in the afternoon. Miss Helen Benjamin, a graduate of the commercial curriculum at Salem Teachers' College with two years experience in a New Jersey business college, was elected by the committee for the vacancy.
When the flood of September destroyed a portion of the River Road to Bradstreet a change in building assign- ment was made for the pupils from Bradstreet then at- tending grades five-six and seven at the Center School, and it is expected that they will remain there until travel conditions become normal over the main road. Miss Margaret A. Ryan graciously consented to the change in assignment as helping teacher at the Center School for
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the time being. Frankly, regardless of road conditions, I believe that the helping teacher at the center should be returned for the last half of the year to assist those pupils many of whom will fail or promotion.
Pupil Distribution
Grades
Totals
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
1939
1938
N. Hatfield
4
6
4
5
7
5
5
5
41
49
Bradstreet
2
3
8
2
5
5
2
27
18
Hill
6
6
10
22
22
School St.
17
19
36
44
Center
16
30
33
33
35
39
186
213
1939
29
34
38
37
45
43
42
44
312
1938
37
43
38
44
44
44
46
45
341
The census shown on another page gives an increase in the pupils of ages who will enter school next September and make a grade total nearer that of two years ago.
Transportation Distribution
Elm Street
W. Hatfield N. Hatfield
Bradstreet
Senior
1
5
2
3
Junior
1
0
2
6
Sophomore
4
7
2
5
Freshman
3
0
5
6
VII
5
3
0
9
VII
5
2
0
0
VI
6
4
0
0
V
3
7
0
Q
IV
2
4
0
0
III
0
1
0
0
II
0
3
0
0
I
0
2
0
0
-
-
-
-
Totals
30
38
11
29
Total=108 pupils
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Academy pupils-52 or 48% Elementary pupils-56 or 52%
At the present contract rate of transportation which continues to the end of this school year the cost of trans- portation per pupil is $.088ยข per day and half of this is returned to the town in Part II of the General School Fund.
Budget Estimate
Herewith follows a summary of the estimated amounts for the several groupings of school operation, in- struction and maintenance, and I believe that the entire committee are in accord with these forecasted estimates.
General Administration,
$3,435.00
Instruction-Teaching,
29,275.00
Boogs and Supplies,
2,200.00
Janitor Service and Supplies,
2,750.00
Transportation,
3,900.00
Heat, Light, Power,
2,500.00
Elementary Repairs,
500.00
Miscellaneous,
100.00
$44,660.00
The increase which appears in the Transportation item is to be applied toward the purchase of a school de- partment owned bus when the present contract with the transportation company terminates. Last year $1,160.00 was received from Federal funds.
Other Activities
It is now over six years since the pupils of this town and its schools had the benefit of organized drawing, or art supervision. I think that the absence has been a dis- tinct loss to the pupils not only in the elementary rooms
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but in the Household Art courses. As last year I think that whenever another vacancy in the upper grades may occur that the new teacher should be one with a distinctly art background. Then an interchange of classroom schedules would make possible the return of this useful teaching to the pupils of the town.
The words "physical education" mean to many people merely the athletic contests as reported in the sporting pages of the daily papers and so related to a small minority of the pupils of the town. Actually the words should cover a form of activity common to every pupil within a town, and as such not restricted to comparatively few. Many towns now recognize the importance of physical education to the extent that a supervisor of the subject is employed either on a part time basis with another town, or wholly within the same town and teach high school or grade subjects. Physical education in correlation with health education would form a substantial basis for the mental studies.
Visual education has progressed in the schools about the country to the point where it has left the frill stage. The competition among the makers of that material has brought the price on visual apparatus and sound equip- ment to prices within the range of ordinary town budgets.
Following a year of hurricane and flood hardship, 1939 may not be the year in which to initiate expenditures for added school activities. On the other hand education progresses in type and form and the pupils of the smaller communities should not be deprived of accepted types of education over a series of years.
It is a real source of satisfaction to me that so many of the teachers of the town have been attending exten- sion courses and college courses. It has been very gra- cious on the part of the Northampton School Department to sponsor the series of lectures which have been open to the teachers of the county and attended by a majority of
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the Hatfield teachers. This participation on the part of the Hatfield teachers attests to their professional interest. It is a wholesome condition, and citizens, too, should esteem this attitude.
The ratings as secured on achievement tests among the Hatfield pupils show a satisfactory accomplishment across the town as a whole. On this basis I believe the instruction generally effectual.
In conclusion I am grateful to all officials of the town, teachers, pupils and the citizens for their continued sup- port.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM E. HEBARD, Superintendent of Schools,
Hadley and Hatfield.
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Principal of Smith Academy
To the Superintendent of Schools and the School Commit- tee of Hatfield :
I hereby submit my ninth annual report as Principal of Smith Academy.
The opening registration was 134. The enrollment at present is 125-76 girls and 49 boys.
The graduating class of 1938 numbered 22.
The school maintains a Class A rating by the State department of Education and enjoys the New England College Entrance Certificate privilege.
All courses of the school are functioning successfully. The Household Arts department is again firmly established with an enrollment of 27 girls. Agriculture, the other state-aided vocational department, has an enrollment of 25 boys.
The faculty experienced one change. Miss Elizabeth F. Baker instructor in Commercial subjects and English resigned at the close of the school year in June. Miss Baker's marriage to Mr. Wesley Hatfield of Lynn, Mass. took place in July. During her term of service here, her work was carried on with enthusiam and sympathetic un- derstanding of pupils and their problems. Miss Margaret Stoddard, who acted as assistant, is now a full-time teach- er in the Commercial department. Miss Helen Benjamin of Sunderland, alumna of Salem State Teachers' College, was appointed on a half-day basis to teach commercial sub- jects and English. Miss Benjamin had previously taught at Coleman Business College in Newark, New Jersey and is well qualified to carry on her work in the Commercial department.
A mimeograph was added to the equipment of the
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Commercial department. This machine adds greatly to the efficiency of that department and will be of assistance to all teachers and students when duplicated material is required. Within the year, seven new typewriters were installed, replacing a like number of three year old ma- chines.
Coaches John R. Kalloch and Pauline R. Lyons super- vised successful athletic programs for boys and girls.
The boys' basketball team placed second in the Hamp- shire League with 11 victories and 3 defeats. The school entered the eleventh annual small high school basketball tournament at Mass. State College. In the opening game Smith Academy was defeated by the Tourney winner, Sacred Heart of Holyoke 36-29.
The baseball team, outfitted in new uniforms, won eight games and lost two.
The soccer team, appearing with four veteran players, started slowly, but developed rapidly as the season pro- gressed. They won two games, lost three, and tied three.
The girls were undefeated in the Hampshire League. At the end of the season, a championship plaque was pre- sented to the team at a banquet held in the Memorial Town Hall with the coaches and players of all league teams present. Coach Pauline R. Lyons was toastmaster and Supt. William E. Hebard was the guest speaker. The menu was prepared and served by the Household Arts girls and their instructor, Miss Dorothy Allaire.
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