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OF THE
TOWN OF HATFIELD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1948
GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
Town Officers
1948
SELECTMEN Henry M. Kugler, Chairman
Henry S. Bokina John Cernak
TOWN CLERK Peter S. Rogaleski
TOWN TREASURER
Peter S. Rogaleski
MODERATOR
Gordon A. Woodward
BOARD OF ASSESSORS John J. Fusek, Chairman
Joseph J. Wilkes Adolph M. Toczko
TAX COLLECTOR Thomas L. Mullany
SCHOOL COMMITTEE John P. McLeod, Chairman Stanley E. Ziezulewicz Robert C. Byrne, M.D.
WATER COMMISSIONERS Thaddeus Kabat, Chairman Simeon M. Bourdon Henry F. Kulesza
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CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS Luther A. Belden, Chairman Henry W. Wolfram Mary B. D. Cutter
LIBRARY TRUSTEES Sarah V. Kiley, Chairman
Constance B. Mullany Tean Kempisty
TREE WARDEN Edward Zalinski
ELECTOR UNDER WILL OF OLIVER SMITH Gordon A. Woodward
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS 1948
HATFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY Joseph V. Porada, Chairman Clifford L. Belden Michael M. Majeskey Leon W. Gutfinski Frank T. Woodward
FINANCE COMMITTEE Luther A. Belden, Chairman
George A. Englehardt Joseph V. Porada
Joseph Pelc
BOARD OF REGISTRARS Thomas W. Ryan, Chairman P. S. Rogaleski Howard Abbott
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Gertrude B. Rogaleski
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FIRE CHIEF Michael J. Yarrows
CHIEF OF POLICE Joseph S. Wilkes
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Alfred B. Howard
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Michael M. Majeskey
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Theodore E. Celatka
COLLECTOR OF WATER RENTS Stanley J. Filipek
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS Charles J. Eberlein
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICE Leon Maksimoski
WELFARE AGENT Lucille Godek
DOG OFFICER Joseph S. Wilkes
CONSTABLES
Joseph S. Wilkes
Thomas Shea
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POLICE OFFICERS
Stanley Baranowski
Joseph Filipek
Joseph Filipek
Stanley Filipek
Francis Godin Henry Kosakowksi
Alphonse Maksimoski
Anthony Malinowski Peter Malinowski George Omasta
Steve Vachula
Waclaw Yanucik
FENCE VIEWERS AND FIELD DRIVERS
Henry W. Wolfram
James S. Bardwell
WOOD SURVEYORS
Bernard Donnis John C. H. Richards John M. Wentzel
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TOWN OF HATFIELD Incorporated 1670 Population 1945 Census-2188
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Fotser Furcolo Second Congresional District
SENATORS IN CONGRESS Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Leverett J. Saltonstall
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Charles A. Bisbee, Jr.
STATE SENATOR Ralph C. Mahar
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS John R. Callahan, Jr. Hiram Brownell Raymond Lyman
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Selectmen's Warrant
Hampshire, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Hatfield in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Memorial Town Hall in said Hatfield on Monday, the 21st day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to take action under Article 1, and to meet at seven o'clock in the evening to take action on all other articles :
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year; Moderator for one year; three Select- men for one year; Town Clerk for one year; Town Treas- urer for one year; one member of the Board of Assessors for three years; Tax Collector for one year; one member of the Water Commissioners for three years ; one member of the Library Trustees for three years; one member of the School Committee for three years; Tree Warden for one year; Elector Under the Will of Oliver Smith for one year; one member of the Cemetery Commissioners for three years and four members of the Hatfield Housing Authority who will be elected for terms as follows: the one receiving the highest vote will be elected for a term of five years ; the one receiving the next highest vote will be elected for a term of four years ; the one receiving the next highest vote will be elected for a term of two years and the one receiving the next highest vote will be elect- ed for a term of one year.
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The polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the fore- noon and kept open until eight o'clock in the evening.
Article 2. To hear and discuss all reports or sub- jects which have to do with the welfare of the town, and or act anything thereon.
Article 3. To receive and pass on Town Accounts.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1949, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44, General Laws, and amendments thereto.
Article 5. o see if the Town will vote to transfer the amounts received from the Dog Fund to the Library account.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary to defray the current expenses of the financial year, and set the salaries of all elected officials in accordance with the proviisons of Chapter 41, Section 108, General Laws, or act anything thereon.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept the list of jurors as submitted by the Selectmen for the en- suing year, or act anything thereon.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cooperate with the County and State under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to
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raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for the improve- ment of Chapter 90 highways, the town's share, and to appropriate the sum of $1,200.00, the State and County share, in anticipation of reimbursement from the State and County, the Town's share to be raised by taxation and the State and County share to be taken from Surplus Rev- enue and returned to same when reimbursement is re- ceived, or take any action thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cooperate with the State under the pro- visions of Chaper 81, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00, the Town's share, and to appropriate the sum of $8,500.00, the State's share, in anticipation of reimbursement from the State, the town's share to be raised by taxation and the State's share to be taken from Surplus Revenue and returned to same when reimbursement is received, or take any action thereon.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cooperate with the County and State under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $6,250.00 for further reconstruction of Main Street, or take any action thereon.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept the revised list of Perpetual' Care Cemetery Funds and other Trust Funds as per the Town Treasurer's Report.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $450.00 for a Dental Clinic, or act anything thereon.
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Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $534.15 as allo- cated by the actuary and certified by the County Commi- ssioners to the Town of Hatfield under the provisions of Chapter 32, General Laws, as amended, and pay said amount to the Treasurer-Custodian of the Hampshire County Rtirement System.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $500.00 to defray the necessary expenses of the Hatfield Housing Author- ity, or act anything thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $500.00 for the purchase of a Tar Kettle for the Highway Department, or act anything thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $1,000.00 for the purchase and erection of fencing for town highways, or act anything thereon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $450.00 for the purchase of a Sand Spreader for the Highway Depart- ment, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $500.00 for the purchase of a Concrete Mixer for the Highway Depart- ment, or act anything thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $2,500.00 for im- proving the watershed at the reservoir, or act anything thereon.
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Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Selectmen with the consent and approval of the State Department of Public Health, given after due no- tice and hearing, to acquire by purchase or take by emi- nent domain under the provisions of Chapter 79, General Laws, such lands within the water shed as the Board of Water Comissioners shall deem necessary to protect and preserve the purity of the water supply of the town and to raise and appropriate or transfer a sum of money for such purchase or taking, or act anything thereon.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $2,000.00 for the purpose of draining Chestnut Street from the residence of Raymond E. Balise in a westerly direction approxi- mately 1000 feet, or act anything thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $15,000.00 for the purchase of War Bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, this amount to be added to the Water Construction Fund, or act anything thereon.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Selectmen to petition the Board of Standards to set up minimum standards of construction, alteration and maintenance of buildings as required by Chapter 631, Acts of 1947 and Chapter 423, Acts of 1946.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $200.00 for the purchase of books for Veterans on FarmTraining Course, or act anything thereon.
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Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $433.19 for unpaid welfare bills of the previous year, or act anything thereon.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $63.90 for the payment of unpaid Library bills of the previous year, and $52.50 for the payment of Assessor's Expense bills of the previous year, and $5.19 for the payment of School Lunch Maintenance bills of the previous year, in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, or act anything thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies in five public places, seven days before time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this war- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 1st day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine.
HENRY M. KUGLER, HENRY S. BOKINA, JOHN CERNAK,
Selectmen of Hatfield.
Report of Finance Committee
1948 Appropriation
Amount Spent
1949 Request
Recom- mended
1. Moderator, Jan. 1, 1949
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
2. Selectmen's Salary, 3 @ $250.00 Jan. 1, 1949
750.00
750.00
750.00
750.00
3. Selectmen's Expense
250.00
100.27
200.00
200.00
4. Selectmen's Clerk
150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
5. Town Accountant
1,050.00
1,050.00
1,050.00
1,050.00
6. Accountant's Expense
100.00
93.45
100.00
100.00
7.
Treasurer's Salary, Jan. 1, 1949
1,150.00
1,150.00
1,150.00
1,150.00
8. Treasurer's Expense
250.00
239.61
250.00
250.00
9. Collector's Salary, Jan. 1, 1949
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
10. Collector's Expense
250.00
273.53
250.00
250.00
11. Assessor's Salary, 3 @ $400.00 Jan. 1, 1949
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
12.
Assessors' Expense
200.00
120.95
200.00
200.00
13. Attorney's Fees
500.00
75.00
200.00
200.00
14. Town Clerk's Salary, Jan. 1, 1949
950.00
950.00
950.00
950.00
15. Town Clerk's Expense
250.00
243.22
250.00
250.00
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16. Election and Registration
625.00
718.86
350.00
350.00
17. Elector's Salary, Jan. 1, 1949
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
18. Care of Town Hall
5,000.00
5,308.63
5,000.00
5,000.00
19. Police
3,000.00
1,102.05
1,500.00
1,500.00
20. Fire
2,500.00
2,924.27
2,000.00
2,000.00
21. Tree Work
1,000.00
1,022.74
1,500.00
1,200.00
22. Moth Work
600.00
583.20
600.00
600.00
23. Sealer Wts. and Meas., Salary
150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
24.
Sealer Wts. and Meas., Expense
50.00
25.75
50.00
50.00
25. Public Health
1,000.00
260.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
26. School Physician
200.00
200.00
300.00
300.00
27.
Inspection of Animals
480.00
480.00
480.00
480.00
28.
Inn. Children, Pre-School
100.00
100.00
100.00
29.
Insp, Children, Tuberculosis
150.00
48.65
75.00
75.00
30. Highway, General
5,000.00
4,683.16
5,000.00
5,000.00
31. Highway, Chapter 81
8,500.00
8,500.00
8,500.00
8,500.00
32.
Highway, Chapter 81 from Surplus Revenue
8,500.00
8,500.00
8,500.00
8,500.00
33. Highway, Chapter 90
600.00
. .
.
600.00
600.00
34. Highway, Chapter 90
from Surplus Revenue
1,200.00
. . . .
1,200.00
1,200.00
35. Machinery Operating
3,000.00
2,845.42
3,000.00
3,000.00
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36. Street Lights
2,900.00
2,652.24
2,900.00
2,900.00
37. Public Welfare
4,000.00
4,468.88
5,500.00
5,500.00
38. Aid to Dependent Children
2,500.00
2,363.08
3,000.00
3,000.00
39. Old Age Assistance
12,000.00
·9,531.84
12,000.00
11,000.00
40. Soldiers' Benefits
1,000.00
601.55
1,000.00
· 1,000.00
41. School Committee Expense
100.00
17.87
100.00
100.00
42. Schools
58,435.00
60,737.22
66,175.00
65,175.00
43. School Lunch Maintenance
1,000.00
1,000.00
623.00
44.
School Lunch Maintenance from School Lunch Reserve
5,500.00
5,667.07
6,377.00
6,377.00
15.
Industrial School Tuition
3,500.00
2,285.36
2,500.00
2,500.00
46. Library
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
47. Library Building Repairs
200.00
102.41
200.00
200.00
18. Memorial Day
150.00
312.01
300.00
300.00
19.
Care of Town Clock
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.
Print and Deliver Town Reports
400.00
400.00
450.00
450.00
51. Telephone
75.00
50.60
75.00
75.00
52. Unclassified
50.00
37.60
50.00
50.00
53. Binding Town Records
50.00
58.50
50.00
50.00
54. Insurance
2,500.00
2,513.60
2,200.00
2,200.00
55.
Reserve Fund from Overlay Surplus
2,000.00
1,939.14
2,500.00
2,500.00
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56. Water Comm. Salary fr. Water Available Surplus, 3 @ $125.00, Jan. 1, 1949
375.00
375.00
375.00
375.00
57. Water Dept. from Water Available Surplus
3,335.00
3,449.15
3,400.00
3,400.00
58. Cemeteries
800.00
975.59
800.00
800.00
59. Tree Warden, Jan. 1, 1949
1.10 hr.
1.10 hr.
1.25 hr.
1.25 hr.
$152,860.00
$146,572.47
$160,265.00
$157,342.00
The Finance Committee recommends to the Selectmen that all department heads stay with- in the recommended appropriations this year.
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LUTHER A. BELDEN, JOSEPH V. PORADA, GEORGE A. ENGLEHARDT,
Finance Committee.
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Selectmen's Report
To the Citizens of Hatfield :
The Selectmen of the town of Hatfield wish to thank all the town officials and the citizens for their sincere cooperation during the year of 1948.
We have conducted the town's business with the interest of the townspeople at heart.
The Town Hall ceiling was insulated. This will enable the town to conserve on fuel.
In April we accepted the resignation of Welfare Agent Mrs. Edna Beattie, and Mrs. Lucille Godek was appointed to replace her.
Leon Maksimoski was appointed Veterans' Service Director in Hatfield to succeed E. Daniel Maslanka who resigned.
The town has continued to improve their roads by the further reconstruction of Main Street. It was with regret that we could not get additional funds to continue the road beyond Levitre corner.
Widening of Prospect St. near the American Legion Home will avoid many traffic congestions.
A vast improvement has been made at the town dump. We have widened and raised the bank of the dump next to upper North Street and have put no dump- ing signs there. The other dump has been kept clean and open to the public at all times.
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We have purchased a new Oskosh heavy duty truck for the highway department. The truck is fully equipped for any kind of a snow storm or any other highway prob- lem.
The square dances have continued to be a success and the sum of $647.31 has been realized. $300 of this amount was donated towards the insulation of the Town Hall ceiling. An additional amount of $112.50 was used to purchase lights to decorate the front of the Town Hall and the spruce trees during the holiday season.
We have purchased two chronotherms which we have installed into the Town Hall. We have purchased these from the Square Dance Fund and have installed one into the auditorium and one into the Selectmen's of- fice. These we purchased for $79.00 This left a bal- ance of $155.81 for 1948, and the carry over from 1947 of $297.96 leaves a total balance of $453.77 as of Decem- ber 31, 1948.
INSURANCE ON TOWN PROPERTY
1. Town Hall, Main Street $113,000.00
2. Garage and Tool House, Main Street 4,000.00
3. Center School,Main Street 84,000.00
4. School St. School, School Street 17,000.00
5. Library, Main Street 20,000.00
6. Town Clock, In Tower of Congregational Church, Main Street
500.00
7. On all Personal Property 26,500.00
$265.000.00
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CHAPTER 81 EXPENDITURES IN 1948
1 Maple Street
$602.04
2 Elm Street 1,525.40
3 Little Neponsett Road 186.48
4 Little Neponsett Branch
69.54
5 Brook Hollow Road
146.72
6 Lower Plain Road
20.36
7 Great Neponsett Road
249.50
8 South Street
114.00
9 Bridge Lane
109.11
10 Main Street
2,090.99
11 Cow Brook Road
293.44
12 North Street
276.36
13 School Street
463.02
14 Prospect Street
3,189.24
15 King Street
948.76
16 Baskan Road
167.50
17 Old Farms Path
241.00
18 Upper Farms Path
73.20
19 Bradstreet Depot Road
2,453.64
20 Mountain Road
292.79
21 Rocks Road
718.37
22 Linseed Road
371.70
23 Haydenville Road
227.00
24 Chestnut Street
636.70
25 Raymond Avenue
0.00
26 Bridge Street
495.58
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Dwight Street
62.00
28 Pantry Road
66.80
29 North Hatfield Road
647.20
30 Straits Road
401.58
31 Cronin Hill Road
421.00
32 Plain Road
169.60
33 Gore Avenue
390.60
34 Chestnut Mountain Road 0.00
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35 Porter Avenue
0.00
36 Great Neponsett East Branch
25.00
37 Great Pond Road
298.75
38 Oak Avenue
37.00
39 Reservoir Road
187.00
40 Pine Bridge Extension
18.36
41 Jericho Road
133.36
42 Plain Road Extension
261.56
Signs
638.49
$19,720.74
ALLOTMENTS
State
$11,250.00
Town
8,500.00
Total
$19,750.00
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY M. KUGLER,
HENRY S. BOKINA, JOHN CERNAK,
Selectmen of Hatfield.
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS 1948
Birth
Marriages
Deaths 8
Females
27
13
Total
44
50
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Preceding Five Years
1947
53
44
29
1946
45
61
28
1945
28
48
28
1944
34
34
18
1943
36
34
28
Highest Rate
1916
124
1946
61
1922
50
LICENSES
Dog Licenses
Fish & Game .
1948
142
387
1947
127
361
1946
175
403
1945
170
307
1944
162
332
1943
172
296
Male
17
50
-
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ELECTIONS
Registered Voters, December 31, 1948 1,264
Voted at Annual Town Meeting, February 16, 1948 973
Voted at Presidential Primaries, April 27, 1948 : 11
Democratic 7 Republican 4
Voted at State Primaries, September 14, 1948 89
Democratic 49
Republican 40
Voted at State & National Election, Nov. 2, 1948
1,039
SPECIAL TOWN MEETINGS
Warrant for Special Town Meeting June 21, 1948
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Hampshire, s.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Hatfield, in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Hatfield on Monday, June 21, 1948, at seven o'clock in the evening then and there to take ac- tion on articles as follows :
Article 1. To sce if the town will vote to appropriate from Surplus Reveue the sum of $227.33 for the payment of unpaid bills of previous years in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941, or act anything thereon.
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Article 2. To see if the town will vote to establish a Housing Authority in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 121, General Laws, as amended.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in five public places, seven days before time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 7th day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty- eight.
HENRY M. KUGER, HENRY S. BOKINA, JOHN CERNAK,
Selectmen of Hatfield.
Hatfield, Mass. June 11, 1948
I have this day posted five true and attested copies of the above warrant in five public places in the Town of Hat- field.
Joseph S. Wilkes, Constable Attest: P. S. ROGALESKI, Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting June 21, 1948
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Hatfield, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, met in the Town Hall on June 21, 1948, at seven o'clock in the evening.
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The meeting was called to order by Gordon A. Wood- ward, Moderator, with Peter S. Rogaleski as Clerk, and action taken as follows:
Article 1. Voted to appropriate from Surplus Re- venue the sum of $227.33 for the payment of unpaid bills of previous years in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 179, Acts of 1941. Unanimous vote.
Article 2. Voted to etsablish a Housing Authority in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 121, General Laws, as amended.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
Attest: P. S. ROGALESKI, Town Clerk.
Warrant for Special Town Meeting Dec. 6, 1948
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Hampshire, s.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Hatfield, in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Hatfield qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Mmorial Town Hall, in said Hatfield, Monday the 6th day of December, 1948, at seven o'clock in the evening, then and there to take action on articles as fol- lows:
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $2,500.00 to the School Account, or take any action thereon.
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Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $1,000.00 to the School Lunch Maintenance Account., or take any action thereon.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $250.00 to extend the water main on Sunset Avenue, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by pos- ting attested copies thereof in five public places, seven days before time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 26th day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and for- ty-eight.
HENRY M. KUGLER, HENRY S. BOKINA, JOHN CERNAK, Selectmen of Hatfield.
Hatfield, Mass. November 27, 1948
I, this day posted five true and attested copies of the above warrant in five public places in the Town of Hat- field.
Joseph S. Wilkes, Constable Attest : P. S. ROGALESKI, 1.
"Town . Clerk.
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Special Town Meeting December 6, 1948
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Hatfield, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, met in Memorial Town Hall on December 6, 1948, at seven o'clock in the evening. The Meeting was called to order by Gordon A. Woodward, Moderator, with Peter S. Rogaleski as Clerk, and action taken as follows:
Article 1. Voted to appropriate from Surplus Re- venue the sum of $2,500.00 to the School Account.
Article 2. Voted to appropriate from Surplus Re- venue the sum of $1,000.00 to the School Lunch Mainten- ance Account.
Article 3. Voted to appropriate from Surplus Re- venue the sum of $250.00 to extend the water main on Sunset Avenue.
Voted to dissolve the meeting.
Attest : P. S. ROGALESKI, Town Clerk.
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Treasurer's Report
Peter S. Rogaleski, Treasurer
In Account with the Town of Hatfield
Cash on Hand January 1, 1948
$77,683.74
Receipts for 1948 :
January
$ 9,149.05
February
11,860.49
March
9,848.88
April
18,981.87
May
7,391.66
June
4,569.08
July
10,050.12
August
12,826.33
September
34,723.21
October
37,755.10
November
35,665.27
December
37,332.15
230,153.21
$307,836.95
Payments per Warrants :
January
$ 6,055.08
February
11,312.61
March
29,842.10
April
15,457.72
29
20,668.70
June
13,305.23
July
14,770.64
August
16,396.62
September
14,440.30
October
30,500.47
November
22,841.38
December
45,428.31
Cash on Hand December 31, 1948
66,817.79
$307,836.95
P. S. ROGALESKI,
Treasurer.
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE AND OTHER FUNDS
Fund
Hannah W. Smith
1948 Income $10.04
1948 Expense $ 2.54
1948 Balance $172.55
J. D. Brown
1.50
1.50
100.00
Lewis S. Dyer
1.52
1.52
101.00
Charles H. Waite
2.07
2.07
137.49
Charles M. Billings
2.26
2.26
150.00
James Porter
1.65
1.65
109.51
Fannie M. Burke
1.66
1.66
110.82
Chas. S. Shattuck
1.66
1.66
110.63
Seth W. Kingsley
1.65
1.65
109.45
Reuben Belden
1.50
1.50
100.00
Theo Porter
1.60
1.60
106.18
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