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A Well Child Clinic was held in May. Dr. Fredericka Smith, Pediatrician was the examining physician. Forty three children were examined with only minor defects found. Mrs. Rose Schoonmaker of Amherst assisted as Nutritionist.
The total number of visits made by the Visiting Nurse, Mrs Lucille Godek, were 466. They are classified as follows :
Chronic Medical 267
Acute Medical
50
Maternity 17
Child Welfare
68
Tuberculosis Contacts 29
Surgical 35
466
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Expenses and Receipts for 1955
Balance as of Jan. 1, 1955 Receipts, from visiting nurse $233.00
$566.90
from Town of Hatfield 1,000.00
Total receipts for 1955
$1,789.90
Expenses
Nurse's salary
$1,300.00
Mileage
125.70
Telephone
109.35
Social Security
26.00
Bank charge for
printing check book
3.42
Total expenses
$1,564.47
Balance as of Jan. 1, 1956
225.43
Respectfully submitted,
ETHEL I. BYRNE,
Chairman, Nursing Advisory Committee
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School Lunch
To the Superintendent and the School Committee of Hatfield :
In September, 1953, we announced 15 cents to be the price of our school lunch. At the time we expressed de- sire to maintain this price throughout the school year. It is still the price of your school lunch. However, due to increased costs of nearly all commodities and services plus expanding menus, our surplus is decreasing rapidly. It is possible that before the school year is over we will re- turn to our former price of 20 cents per lunch.
A survey of surrounding towns finds the cost of school lunch to be 25 cents in most places. If costs con- tinue to rise, this price may become effective here in September, 1956.
Some of our added expenditures this fall have been due to the wearing out of equipment. We have replaced or renewed two pieces, namely a slicing machine and a compressor for the deep freeze. The dish washer and large refrigerator will need major repairs in a short time.
In November, Mrs. Anna Mullins who has been on our staff for fifteen years retired. We were all sorry to see her go. Mrs. Hazel Roberts has become our supervisor and Mrs. Helen McGrath has again become a full-time worker in our organization.
The following information is submitted for examina- tion :
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Month
Days Lunch Served
Number of Lunches Served
January
21.
6659
February
15
4750
March
23
7200
April
15
4591
May
21
6270
June
12
3382
September
18
5824
October
19
5888
November
18
5437
December
15
4251
Total
177
54252
A study of the number of lunches served during the year will lead one to believe our lunchroom crowded at the peak time of serving. This is true and with con- tinued large entering classes it will become more so.
In keeping with the theme of "Educating the Whole Child," a revised method of procedure has been in effect in our lunchroom. The major factors are the work of hosts and hostesses but the equal sharing of responsibili- ty by every student is the real goal for which we aim.
RAYMOND N. JENNESS,
Director, Hatfield School Lunch
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF HATFIELD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1956
Printed by Gazette Printing Co., Inc .. Northampton, Mass.
The Athenian Dath
We will never bring disgrace to this our city, by any act of dishonesty or cowardice, nor ever desert our suffering comrades in the ranks; we will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many; we will revere and obey the city's laws and do our best to incite a like respect in those above us who are prone to annul or set them at naught; we will strive unceas- ingly to quicken the public's sense of civic duty, thus in all these ways we will transmit this city not only less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.
Town Officers for 1956
SELECTMEN Joseph J. Wendlowski, Jr., Chm. Philip Z. Maiewski John J. Fortsch
MODERATOR Gordon A. Woodward
TOWN CLERK
Peter S. Rogaleski
TOWN TREASURER
Peter S. Rogaleski
BOARD OF ASSESSORS Mitchell W. Kempisty, Chm.
John W. Mullins, Jr. Lewis G. Wendolowski
TAX COLLECTOR Thomas L. Mullany
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Edward S. Kowalski, Chm.
Eugene F. Proulx Henry F. Kulesza
WATER COMMISSIONERS Michael Yanginski, Chm.
Rupert Harubin Arthur Smith
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CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS Luther A. Belden, Chm.
Henry W. Wolfram John P. McLeod
LIBRARY TRUSTEES A. Cory Bardwell, Chm. Sarah V. Kiley Edward T. Kostek
ELECTOR UNDER THE WILL OF OLIVER SMITH
Frank T. Woodward
TREE WARDEN
Francis E. Godin
FINANCE COMMITTEE George J. Zgrodnik, Chm.
Luther A. Belden
William E. Boyle
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Joseph J. Pelc
Howard B. Abbott, Chm. Peter S. Rogaleski Edward T. Kostek
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Gertrude B. Rogaleski
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Francis E. Godin
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTER
William J. Sheehan
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Myron Sikorski
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS Charles J. Eberlein, Jr.
COLLECTOR OF WATER RENTS Stanley J. Filipek
WELFARE AGENT John Skarzynski
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
Thomas P. Mullins
WOOD SURVEYORS
Henry Donnis Edward T. Kostek
FENCE VIEWERS AND FIELD DRIVERS
Michael M. Majeskey Charles J. Eberlein, Jr.
CHIEF OF POLICE
Henry Sliwoski
DOG OFFICER Henry Sliwoski
CONSTABLES
Henry Sliwoski James E. McGrath Joseph S. Wilkes Henry Kosakowski
Stanley J. Filipek John Brennan Peter Kubosiak Mitchell Kempisty
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POLICE OFFICERS
Francis Godin Anthony Malinowski Peter Malinowski Stanley Malinowski William Podmayer
Stanley Prucnal Peter Backiel George Omasta Simeon M. Bourdon Kenneth Carpenter
FIRE CHIEF
Arthur E. Smith
FIREFIGHTERS
Main Street Station
Arthur Brassord, Asst. Chief
Francis McGrath, Capt.
Raymond Balise, Lt.
Joseph Wendlowski
John Fortsch Alfred Proulx
Francis Godin
Bernard Pelis
Bernard Shaw
Joseph Krawczyk
Henry Kosakowski John Gizienski
Edward Kempisty
Frank Filipek Henry Skorupski
Henry Szych Frank Sikorski, Jr. John Besko, Jr. Francis Bryant Frank Kochan, Jr. John Pelis, Jr. Edward Skarpetowski Thomas Mullany William Boyle Marcus Boyle Peter Kubosiak James Mullins Sid Carl Kenneth Balise Frank Zawacki
North Hatfield
Charles Belden, Capt.
Steve Duga, Lt. Philip Maiewski Michael Omasta Herman Southard
Clifford Belden, Jr. Louis Kubilis Edward Wroblewski Teddy Smiarowski Ralph Pickett
Richard Belden
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TOWN OF HATFIELD MASSACHUSETTS
Incorporated 1670 Area - 8900 Acres
Elevation - 132 feet at Main Street
Population 1955 Census - 2236
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Second Hampshire District
Charles A. Bisbee, Jr. Chesterfield, Mass.
STATE SENATOR
Franklin and Hampshire District
Ralph C. Mahar Orange, Mass.
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
Second Congressional District
Edward P. Boland Springfield, Mass.
SENATORS IN CONGRESS
Leverett J. Saltonstall Dover, Mass. John F. Kennedy Boston, Mass.
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Selectmen's Warrant
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Hampshire, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Hatfield in said county, Greetings :
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 18th 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 three years; one Select- man for three years; Town Treasurer for three years; Tax Collector for three years; one member of the Board of Assessors for three years; one member of the School Committee for three years; one member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years; one member of the Library Trustees for three years; one member of the Library Trustees for two years; one member of the Li- brary Trustees for one year ; Tree Warden for three years ; Elector under the will of Oliver Smith for one year; one member of the Cemetery Commissioners for three years and to bring their votes yes or no on questions as follow:
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QUESTION NO. 1
"Shall Chapter thirty-two B of the General Laws, authorizing any county, city, town or district to provide a plan of group life insurance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance and group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance for certain per- sons in the service of such county, city, town or district and their dependents, be accepted by this town?"
The polls will be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon and kept open until eight o'clock in the evening.
Article 2. To hear and discuss all reports or subjects which have to do with the welfare of the town, or act any- thing thereon.
Article 3. 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, 1957,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 the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws, and amendments thereto.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $192.20 received from the dog fund to the Library Account, or act anything thereon.
Article 5. 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 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer such sums of money as shall
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be deemed necessary to defray the current expenses of the financial year and set the salaries of all elected officials in accordance with the provisions of Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, or act anything thereon.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of$1,981.96 as allocated by the actu- ary and certified by the county commissioners 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 Retirement System.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to co-operate with the county and state under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00, for the im- provement of Chapter 90 highways, the town's share, and to appropriate the sum of $2,600.00, 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 reve- nue 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 co-operate with the state under the pro- visions of Chapter 81, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00, the town's share, and to appropriate the sum of $13,750.00, 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 co-operate 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 $6,000.00, the town's share, for new construction on Main Street, or take any action thereon.
Article 11. To see of the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to complete the recon- struction of the sidewalk on Elm Street, from the resi- dence of Lewis Wendolowski in an easterly direction ap- proximately 850 feet, to the residence of Katherine Fitz- gerald, or act anything thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $450.00 for a Dental Clinic, or act anything thereon.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for a Well Child Clinic, or act anything thereon.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,250.00 for the support of a Vis- iting Nurse, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the Recreation Pro- gram, or act anything thereon.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for Dike Repairs, or act anything thereon.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the Purchase of New Hose for the Fire Department,or act anything thereon. : .
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Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for the Purchase of a Fire- proof File for the Tax Collector's department, or act any- thing thereon.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $125.00 for the Purchase of a Du- plicating Machine for the Accounting department, or act anything thereon.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the Purchase of Ma- terial for Curtains for the town hall auditorium, or act anything thereon.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the replacement or elimination of gutters on the Library building, or act any- thing thereon.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for Civil Defense, or act anything thereon.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of eleven, including one member of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Board of Asses- sors, one member of the Finance Committee and the Su- perintendent of Schools, to study the school building needs for the town; this committee to report back to the town either at a special or annual town meeting, or act anything thereon.
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Article 24. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $100.00 and transfer the sum of $300.00 from the Land Purchase-North Hatfield Cemetery Ac- count, said sums to be used to purchase approximately 1/7 acre of land, adjoining West Hatfield Cemetery, from Kenneth and Delorice Brown, or act anything thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof in five public places in the Town of Hatfield, 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 1st day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven.
JOSEPH J. WENDLOWSKI, JR. PHILIP Z. MAIEWSKI JOHN J. FORTSCH
Selectmen of Hatfield
Report of Finance Committee
Account
1956 Approp.
Amount Spent
1957 Requested
Recom- mended
1. Moderator, Jan. 1, 1957
$
25.00
$ 25.00
$
25.00
$
25.00
2. Selectmen's Salaries, Jan. 1, 1957, 3 @ $300.00
900.00
858.33
900.00
900.00
3. Selectmen's Expense
150.00
144.71
250.00
200.00
4. Selectmen's Clerk
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
5. Accountant's Salary
1,475.00
1,475.00
1,775.00
1,775.00
6. Accountant's Expense
125.00
109.44
125.00
125.00
7. Treasurer's Salary, Jan. 1, 1957
1,875.00
1,875.00
1,875.00
1,875.00
8. Treasurer's Expense
475.00
469.66
575.00
575.00
9. Tax Collector's Salary, Jan. 1, 1957
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,400.00
10. Tax Collector's Expense
650.00
650.00
650.00
650.00
11. Assessors' Salaries, Jan. 1, 1957, 3 @ $550.00
1,650.00
1,650.00
1,950.00
1,950.00
12. Assessors' Expense
400.00
410.60
400.00
400.00
13. Attorney's Fees
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
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14. Town Clerk's Salary, Jan. 1, 1957
1,775.00
1,775.00
1,775.00
1,775.00
15.
Town Clerk's Expense
350.00
346.46
350.00
350.00
16. Election & Registration
875.00
859.83
875.00
875.00
17. Elector's Salary
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
17. Town Hall
6,000.00
6,033.09
6,000.00
6,000.00
19. Police
2,500.00
2,461.99
3,000.00
2,500.00
20. Fire Department
2,500.00
3,052.65
3,260.00
3,000.00
21. Tree Work
1,600.00
1,473.45
1,600.00
1,600.00
22.
Moth Work
1,000.00
989.40
1,000.00
1,000.00
23. Sealer of Wts. & Meas. Salary
200.00
200.00
250.00
200.00
24.
Sealer of Wts. & Meas. Expense
100.00
98.92
100.00
100.00
25.
Public Health
500.00
242.28
1,000.00
500.00
26. School Physician
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
27. Insp. of Animals & Slaughter
360.00
360.00
360.00
360.00
28.
Insp. Children, Immunization
200.00
200.00
250.00
250.00
29. Insp. Childen, Tuberculosis
75.00
.
75.00
75.00
30. Highway, General
7,000.00
6,994.12
7,000.00
7,000.00
31. Highway, Chapter 81
8,500.00
8,500.00
8,500.00
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32. Highway, Chapter 81, from Surplus Revenue
13,750.00
20,261.42
13,750.00
13,750.00
33. Highway, Chapter 90 Maint.
1,300.00
1,300.00
1,300.00
34. Highway, Chapter 90, from Surplus Revenue
2,600.00
3,076.11
2,600.00
2,600.00
35.
Machinery Operating
3,000.00
2,927.70
3,000.00
3,000.00
36. Street Lights
4,300.00
4,326.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
37. Public Welfare
4,000.00
2,482.89
3,000.00
3,000.00
38.
Disability Assistance
3,500.00
3,014.93
3,000.00
3,000.00
39. Aid to Dependent Children
2,000.00
957.69
2,000.00
1,000.00
40.
Old Age Assistance
16,500.00
16,610.10
18,000.00
17,000.00
41. Veterans' Benefits
2,000.00
1,200.24
1,800.00
1,500.00
42. School Committee Expense
200.00
38.61
500.00
300.00
43. Schools
105,000.00
104,884.09
113,500.00
113,500.00
44. Vocation School Tuition and Transportation
2,500.00
3,481.77
4,150.00
3,500.00
45. Library
3,000.00
3,271.51
3,100.00
3,000.00
46. Memorial Day
350.00
341.00
350.00
350.00
47. Care of Town Clock
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
48. Print & Deliver Town Reports
600.00
444.00
600.00
600.00
49. Telephone
250.00
242.68
275.00
275.00
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50. Unclassified
100.00
49.99
51. Binding Town Records
50.00
50.00
100.00 50.00 5,000.00
100.00 50.00
52. Insurance
4,000.00
3,721.17
5,000.00
53. Reserve Fund
fr. Overlay Sur. 5,000.00 fr. Surplus Rev. 2,000.00
6,000.00
5,642.63
7,000.00
7,000.00
54. Water Com. Salaries, 1/1/'57 fr. Water Av. Surpl. Chairman 250.00 2 Members @ 175.00
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600.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
55. Water Department fr. Water Av. Sur. 4,500.00 Taxation 2,500.00
7,000.00 900.00
8,881.07
13,700.00 900.00
7,000.00
1,316.09
900.00
56. Cemeteries 57. Tree Warden, Jan. 1, 1957 $1.75 per hr. 58. Water Main Loans fr. Water Av. Surplus 10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
59. Interest, Water Loans fr. Water Av. Surplus
60. Interest
1,351.50 500.00
1,351.50
1,179.50
1,179.50
ยท ...
.
500.00
500.00
$238,871.50
$234,188.18
$260,634.50
$249,324.50
From Available Funds
33,701.50
39,629.50
$205,170.00
$209,695.00
GEORGE J. ZGRODNIK, LUTHER A. BELDEN, WILLIAM E. BOYLE, Finance Committee.
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Selectmen's Report
To Our Fellow Citizens :
We respectfully submit a report of the activities of the Board of Selectmen for the past year.
The filter beds on the Elm Street Sewage Disposal Plant which were authorized last year and not finished because of the early frost, have now been completed.
The resurfacing of Elm Street was completed. This contract was awarded to Osley Brothers Construction Co.
We have reconstructed the sidewalk on Elm Street from Dwight Street as far as the new construction of the road. Now we are planning to complete the sidewalk on Elm Street.
The North Street sewer and the sewer on Old Farms Road in Bradstreet have been extended.
An International truck, equipped with snow plow and other winter equipment, has been purchased from Graves Equipment Company, the lowest bidder, for $4,975.00.
Due to the number of residents now using motor vehicles to get to and from work we feel that winter sand- ing of roads has become more or less a necessity. There- fore, more attention has been given to sanding icy roads.
A special town meeting was held to hear the report of the School Building Committee. The report shows many hours of work on the part of the Committee, but the project was voted down.
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The following appointments have been made: Arthur Smith, Fire Chief; Henry Sliwoski, Custodian of the Town Hall; Myron Sikorski, Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures ; John Brennan, Civil Defense Director, and A. Cory Bardwell and Edward Kostek, Library Trustees.
Our Chapter 90 work for this year is to resurface the road toward Bradstreet.
The Town's allotment under Sec. 5A, Chapter 718, Acts of 1956, to be used as Town's share of Chapter 90 New Construction will be $12,541.74. Our plan is to use part of that money to put a steel deck on Pine Bridge which should last for about fifty years.
We take this opportunity to thank all town officials and citizens for their advice and assistance in the conduct of Town affairs during the past year.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH WENDOLOWSKI, JR., PHILIP Z. MAIEWSKI, JOHN J. FORTSCH,
Selectmen of Hatfield.
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1956 CHAPTER 81 EXPENDITURES IN THE TOWN OF HATFIELD
1. Maple Street
$ 184.00
2. Elm Street
587.40
3. Little Neponset Road
181.00
4. Little Neponset Road Bridge
24.00
5. Brook Hollow Road
83.00
6. Lower Plain Road
10.00
7. Great Neponset Road
351.00
8. South Street
231.00
9. Bridge Lane
28.00
10. Main Street
2,126.70
11. Cow Brook Road
196.00
12. North Street
601.68
13. School Street
991.90
14. Prospect Street
1,511.77
15. King Street
158.00
16 Bashin Road
289.00
17. Old Farms Path
188.00
18. Upper Farms Path
94.00
19. Bradstreet Depot Road
439.60
20. Mountain Road
264.00
21. Rocks Road
147.00
22. Linseed Road
483.24
23. Haydenville Road
128.33
24. Chestnut Street
1,295.21
25. Raymond Avenue
186.00
26. Bridge Street
1,711.75
27. Dwight Street
1,192.00
28. Pantry Road
317.60
29. North Hatfield Road
1,278.20
30. Straits Road
209.00
31. Cronin Hill Road
255.00
32. Plain Road
94.00
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33. Gore Avenue
822.10
34. Chestnut Mountain Road
96.00
35. Porter Avenue 0.00
36. Great Neponset Road - East BRANCH
9.60
37. Great Pond Road
98.00
38. Oak Avenue
0.00
39. Reservoir Road
0.00
40. Pine Bridge Extension Road
10.00
41. Jerico Road
102.00
42. Plain Road Extension
18.00
43. Sunset Avenue
471.71
Snow
2,796.63
Total
$20,261.42
ALLOTMENTS:
State
$13,750.00
Town
7,500.00
Total
$21,250.00
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List of Jurors
1. Arthur W. Belden
3. Richard D. Belden
3. Frank J. Betsold
4. Arthur J. Brassord
5. Stephen Duga, Jr.
6. Charles J. Eberlein, Jr.
7. Dorothy Englehardt
8. Inza B. Hilyard
9. Helen Hojnoski
10. Frank Jablonski, Jr.
11. Zygmunt S. Jaworski
12. Alice Kacinski
13. Helen Kalentek
14. Frank Kobylinski
15. Edward P. Korza
17. Michael M. Majeskey
18. Doris C. Malinowski
19. Robert J. McGrath, 2nd
20. George Omasta
21. John Osley, Jr.
22. Joseph J. Pelc
23. Ralph T. Pickett
24. Alfred B. Proulx
25. Teddy C. Smiarowski
26. Doris Vollinger
Areo Mechanic Farmer Carpenter Mechanic Carpenter Plumber Housewife Housewife Organist Farmer
Restaurateur Housewife Housewife Farmer Machinist Machinist Housewife Tobacco Worker Farmer Contractor Restaurateur Truck Driver Farmer Farmer Housewife
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS 1956
Births
Marriages
Deaths
Male
26
23
9
Female
21
10
-
-
-
Total
47
23
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Preceding Five Years
1955
45
33
17
1954
40
33
31
1953
43
17
23
1952
36
32
20
1951
58
29
29
Highest Rate
1916
124
1946
61
1922
50
LICENSES
Dog
Fish & Game
1956
189
371
1955
198
375
1954
149
369
1953
117
367
1952
171
407
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Licenses :
Number
Amount
Junk
2
$ 16.00
Auto Dealer
2
50.00
Sale of Firearms
2
2.00
Cabin
5
2.50
Slaughter
1
1.00
Milk & Oleo
15
7.00
Lord's Day
10
50.00
Common Victualler
11
51.00
Fruit & Vegetable
1
8.00
Gasoline
1
1.00
Sunday Entertainment
3
15.00
Gasoline Registration
10
5.00
Pedlar's License
1
1.00
Liquor Licenses
16
6,050.00
Second Hand Articles
1
25.00
ELECTIONS
Registered Voters, January 1, 1956
1,232
Voted at Annual Town Meeting, February 20,1956
725
Voted at Presidential Primaries, April 24, 1956 Democratic - 74 Republican - 9
83
Voted at State Primaries, September 18, 1956
Democratic - 125 Republican - 27
152
Voted at State & National Election,
November 6, 1956
1,119
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
October 22, 1956
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of construct- ing an addition to the Center Elementary School and orig- inally equipping and furnishing said addition, and deter- mine whether the money shall be provided by taxation, by
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appropriation from available funds in the treasury and by borrowing under authority of Chapter 44, General Laws and Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 as amended, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 1. Motion: That the sum of $411,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing an addition to the Center Elementary School building, and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated from available funds in the treasury and that the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $110,000.00 under au- thority of Chapter 44, General Laws, and the sum of $300,000.00 under the provisions of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor payable in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note. Vote by Australian Ballot:
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