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An ambulance for townspeople's use has been pur- chased through Civil Defense. This vehicle has been re-
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conditioned and painted at Smith's Vocational School in Northampton at a nominal fee. We feel that this serv- ice will be of great benefit to the citizens of Hatfield. It will be available in the very near future.
In accordance with State Law the Board completed the required perambulation of the town boundaries to- gether with Selectman Reynolds of Hadley and Francis Ryan, City Engineer of Northampton. Two boundary stones in the vicinity of the underpass on Elm Street were found to be missing and the State has been notified of this fact.
In conclusion, this Board wishes to thank all who have generously given suggestions and constructive criti- cism. It has been the policy of the Board to invite all in- terested to their regular meetings which were held at 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month. Active participation and attendance at these meetings in- dicate a genuine concern in the progress of your Town.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. PICKUNKA STANLEY A. FILIPEK MICHAEL A. YANGINSKI
Selectmen
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List of Jurors
1961
Raymond Balise Harrison Belden Frank J. Betsold Edith Celatka
Mitchell Kempisty
Matthew Klocko
Henry M. Kugler, Jr.
Herman Labbee
Michael Omasta
Teddy C. Smiarowski
Laura S. Slowick
Charles M. Cichanowicz
Shirley Maiewski
Virginia Harubin
Michael Paniczko, Jr.
William Englehardt
Robert W. Shea
Charles P. Dickinson
Henry Skorupski Helen Bardwell Alice Kacinski
Roger Korza Herbert Marsh Alfred Proulx
Farmer Aero Mechanic Carpenter Housewife
Farmer Retired Garage Operator Gas Station Owner Farmer Farmer Housewife Mechanic Housewife Housewife
Construction Worker Farmer Farmer Office Manager Mechanic Housewife Housewife
Farmer
Farmer
Physical Therapist
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Treasurer's Report
Peter S. Rogaleski, Treasurer
In Account with the Town of Hatfield, Massachusetts
Cash on Hand January 1, 1960
$ 528,706.14
Receipts for 1960 :
January
$ 15,301.36
February
40,439.52
March
18,465.16
April
17,968.02
May
37,784.29
June
32,659.64
July
57,663.75
August
24,067.22
September
8,909.28
October
105,931.06
November
76,097.18
December
72,439.55
507,726.03
$1,036.432.17
Payments per Warrants:
January
$ 27,721.87
February
42,471.85
March
54,430.18
April
55,703.52
May
73,245.81
June
108,651.55
July
93,785.72
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August
90,357.74
September
68,957.82
October
90,804.72
November
70,713.57
December
119,009.87
Cash on Hand December 31, 1960
140,577.95
$1,036.432.17
PETER S. ROGALESKI Treasurer
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE AND OTHER FUNDS
Income Withdrawn
Balance
Hannah W. Smith
$ 17.80
$ 9.04
$ 271.35
J. D. Brown
3.40
3.40
100.00
Lewis S. Dyer
3.43
3.43
101.00
Charles H. Waite
4.66
4.66
137.49
Charles M. Billings (added $100.)
6.85
6.85
250.00
James Porter
3.71
3.71
109.51
Fannie M. Burke
3.75
3.75
110.82
Charles S. Shattuck
3.75
3.75
110.63
Seth W. Kingsley
3.71
3.71
109.45
Reuben Belden
3.40
3.40
100.00
Theo Porter
3.59
3.59
106.18
Charles L. Graves
3.59
3.59
106.22
Augusta Beals
7.04
7.04
207.29
B. M. Warner
7.04
7.04
207.42
Henry Barcheller
3.43
3.43
101.26
Reuben H. Belden
3.43
3.43
101.00
Edwin H. Eldridge
6.80
6.80
200.67
David Wells
3.40
3.40
100.00
Otis Wells
5.10
5.10
150.00
Carrie L. Graves
3.40
3.40
100.00
Harriet S. Marsh
6.94
6.94
204.35
Clarence E. Belden
3.40
3.40
100.00
Alfred J. Bonneville
3.40
3.40
100.00
Roswell Billings (added $100.)
6.85
6.85
250.00
Houghton-Douglas
5.10
5.10
150.00
895,854.22
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E. S. Warner
5.07
5.07
204.53
William Dougherty
1.24
1.24
251.56
Scott & Herman Harris
1.00
1.00
200.00
Mary E. Hubbard
3.26
3.26
100.00
Anthony Douglas
1.80
1.80
55.24
Caleb & Edgar Dickinson
6.54
6.54
200.00
E. C. Billings
19.52
19.52
620.27
Hugh McLeod
3.22
ยท3.22
102.92
Lucius & Stearns Curtis
8.00
8.00
254.28
H. W. Carl
3.22
3.22
102.73
J. Franklin Knight
13.47
13.47
428.20
Silas Hubbard & J. Hastings
8.79
8.79
279.57
Levi Graves
5.01
5.01
159.00
Jonathan Graves (added $100.)
4.08
4.08
204.12
J. E. Porter
3.20
3.20
102.43
Chester Hastings
3.24
3.24
103.14
Frary-Gardner
3.16
3.16
100.57
Thaddeus & Solomon Graves
6.34
6.34
201.91
Samuel Field
4.72
4.72
150.53
Samuel Field
4.72
4.72
150.00
Alpheus Cowles
3.37
3.37
107.18
Daniel Allis
4.78
4.78
152.22
P. M. Wells
4.07
4.07
129.86
Benjamin Waite
2.85
2.85
90.91
Joseph D. Billings (added $100.)
4.03
4.03
202.92
Cooley Dickinson
4.07
4.07
129.63
Lemuel B. Field
3.43
3.43
109.18
Roswell Hubbard
3.26
3.26
103.54
Abby Dickinson
3.22
3.22
102.57
Rufus H. Cowles
3.51
3.51
111.44
Charles E. Hubbard
3.60
3.60
114.30
Luman M. Moore
6.30
6.30
200.64
Israel & Lucy Morton
10.12
10.12
321.39
Elijah Bardwell
12.63
12.63
401.90
Luther Wells
10.71
10.71
340.48
Oliver Warner
1.64
1.64
52.37
John H. Sanderson
3.32
3.32
105.44
Charles Smith
3.43
3.43
109.05
J. H. Howard
3.38
3.38
107.48
Conrad W. Wolfram
6.30
6.30
200.00
Henry H. Holden
6.30
6.30
200.00
Fannie Allis
6.30
6.30
200.00
Charles A. Byrne
4.72
4.72
150.00
N. T. Abels
6.30
6.30
200.00
Arthur C. Bardwell
4.72
4.72
150.00
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Fred Schepp
2.37
2.37
75.00
Joseph Schepp
2.37
2.37
75.00
General Care Fund (Hill)
24.09
24.09
765.29
John R. Sauergapf
4.72
4.72
150.00
Lorenzo Cutter
4.72
4.72
150.00
Roswell G. Billings (added $100.)
5.53
5.53
250.00
Charles Wight
3.14
3.14
100.00
General Care (Main St.)
.31
.31
10.00
Stephen Omasta
4.72
4.72
150.00
G. Raymond Billings
6.30
6.30
200.00
Frederick A. Pease
4.72
4.72
150.00
Arthur Smith
3.14
3.14
100.00
Curtis Waite
3.14
3.14
100.00
Herman Harris
3.14
3.14
100.00
Harold J. Morse
4.72
4.72
150.00
John W. Darr
3.14
3.14
100.00
Adam Englehardt
7.86
7.86
250.00
Connie Liebl
5.51
5.51
175.00
George Marsh
6.30
6.30
200.00
R. M. Woods
6.30
6.30
200.00
Arthur Hodder
6.30
6.30
200.00
John Ondras & G. Fusek
3.14
3.14
100.00
John Osley, Sr.
3.14
3.14
100.00
Susie Yurik
3.14
3.14
100.00
John Bucala
3.14
3.14
100.00
George Strong
3.14
3.14
100.00
Lilla Carl Ryan
6.30
6.30
200.00
H. W. Dickinson
6.30
6.30
200.00
Martin Zapka
3.14
3.14
100.00
Yura Fusek
3.14
3.14
100.00
C. Mabel Barton
6.30
6.30
200.00
John Podmayer
3.14
3.14
100.00
John Zapka (New)
.81
.81
100.00
John A. Billings (New)
1.63
1.63
200.00
Reuben F. Wells (New)
.81
.81
150.00
Paul Holich (New)
0.00
0.00
200.00
G. C. & G. N. Pfeiffer (New)
0.00
0.00
150.00
$ 522.74
$ 513.98
$ 17,498.43
Hannah W. Smith-In Custody of State Treasurer
$ 300.00
Firemen's Relief Fund
$ 2.97
$
90.76
PETER S. ROGALESKI Treasurer
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Assessors' Report
Value of Assessed Land
$ 900,090.00
Value of Assessed Buildings
2,533,200.00
Value of Assessed Personal Property
266,758.00
Total Value of Real and Personal
3,700,048.00
Tax Rate per Thousand
68.00
Number of Polls
735
Number of Horses
65
Number of Cattle
340
Number of Fowl
112
Number of Dwellings
673
Number of Acres
9,063
Town Appropriation
$ 427,896.35
State Audit
808.91
State Parks and Reservations
1,159.43
County Tax
25,314.21
Overlay
10,374.18
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$ 27,689.12
Corporation Tax
13,206.13
Excise Tax
32,600.00
Licenses
6,350.00
Schools
8,275.00
School Assistance
6,614.75
Charities
1,500.00
Old Age Tax-Meals
666.62
Interest on Taxes
1,100.00
Available Funds
98,685.94
Health and Sanitation
Old Age Assistance
9,600.00
Farm Animal Excise
200.00
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PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION CHAP. 59, CIVIL LAWS
Church Property Town Property Smith Academy 60,000.00
$ 107,650.00 531,700.00
Holy Trinity Cemetery 3,500.00
American Legion
4,000.00
The past year our Town was revalued by J. M. Clem- inshaw Co. of Ohio. Informal hearings were held Dec. 12, 13, and 14, 1960 Out of 700 properties appraised, 94 filed complaints and 73 were changed. The changes were made after information and data supplied by the taxpayer dur- ing the hearings, and in many instances re-examined or reviewed the properties in question. The board holds their meetings on Tuesdays at 7 o'clock in the evening.
MITCHELL W. KEMPISTY, Chm. LEWIS WENDOLOWSKI RICHARD BELDEN
Board of Assessors
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS 1960
Births
Marriages
Deaths 14
Male
20
25
Female
22
7
Total
42
25
21
Preceding Five Years
1959
39
24
26
1958
41
21
29
1957
40
21
14
1956
47
23
19
1955
45
33
17
Highest Rate
1916
124
61
50
LICENSES
Dog
Fish & Game
1960
129
385
1959
150
398
1958
150
395
1957
181
363
1956
189
371
-
-
1946
1922
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ELECTIONS
Registered Voters Jan. 1, 1960 1,300
Voted at Annual Town Election Feb. 15, 1960 914
Voted at Presidential Primary April 26, 1960 : Democratic 289
Republican 19
Voted at State Primary Sept. 13, 1960:
Democratic 74
Republican 30
Voted at State & National Election Nov. 8, 1960 1,188
Registered Voters Dec. 31, 1960 1,360
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING August 25, 1960
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from Surplus Revenue to the School Building Committee for the purchase of additional sup- plies and equipment for the new elementary school, or act anything thereon.
Article 1. Voted to transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from Surplus Revenue to the School Building Committee for the purchase of additional supplies and equipment for the new elementary school.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to use the sum of $975.00 from the unexpended balance of Article 29, as voted at the annual town meeting of February 1960, for the purchase of a sweeping attachment with water spray for the Highway Department front end loader, or act anything thereon.
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Article 2. Voted to appropriate the sum of $975.00 from the unexpended balance of Article 29, as voted at the annual town meeting of February 1960, for the pur- chase of a sweeping attachment with water spray for the Highway Department front end loader.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,400.00 from Surplus Revenue to the Public Welfare Account, or act anything thereon.
Article 3. Voted to transfer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $800.00 to the Public Welfare Account.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water Department to furnish and install a four-inch water line from the new elementary school to the play- ground area, a distance of approximately 510 feet west of the school building. Estimated cost of $1,000.00 to be taken from the Water Department Account.
Article 4. Voted to authorize the Water Depart- ment to furnish and install a four-inch water line from the new elementary school to the playground area, a distance of approximately 510 feet west of the school building and to transfer the sum of $1,000.00 from the Water Depart- ment Account for this purpose.
Attest : PETER S. ROGALESKI
Town Clerk
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Visting Nurse
To the Citizens of Hatfield :
The responsibility of public health nursing might be summed up as follows :
1. To provide on a part-time basis skilled nursing care under nursing direction and give treatment, under medical direction; demonstrate, teach, and supervise the nursing care that families, practical nurses, or other workers may assume safely in the absence of the visiting nurse.
2. To guide families to recognize their medical, nursing, and health needs and give counsel appropriate to the situation and the families' recognition of their needs.
3. To interpret to individuals and families the im- plications of the medical diagnosis and guide them in car- rying out the treatment and regimen recommended by the physician.
4. To guide individuals with social and emotional difficulties to appropriate community agencies when indi- cated.
5. To perform, under the direction of a physician, diagnostic tests and preventive immunizations, and inter- pret the findings of the tests to individuals and families.
6. To work with families to secure and maintain satisfactory environmental conditions that will prevent disease and accidents.
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A careful examination of the above will give consid- erable insight to the numerous duties and problems of the visiting nurse. It is gratifying to note that more citizens are availing themselves of her services each year.
Mrs. Lucille Godek, visiting nurse, reports the fol- lowing for 1960:
CLASSIFICATION OF VISITS
Medical 330
Surgical
53
Orthopedic 43
Communicable Disease
17
Tuberculosis Contacts
19
Child Welfare
43
Total Visits
505
2 Polio Clinics in June for pre-school children:
1st injection
6
2nd injection
9
3rd injection
16
4th injection
74
...
Total Pre-school
105
Polio Clinic for Adults - 100 attended.
92 visits made to welfare cases - no reimbusement.
Mileage - 1,438
Fees collected - $398.50
Due to the clinic space being occupied as a classroom during 1960, the usual Well-Child Clinic was not held. However, plans are being made for the clinic to be held in the spring of 1961.
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The following is the report of the treasurer, Mar- garet Cantwell:
RECEIPTS
Balance as of January 1, 1960
$ 675.63
From Visiting Nurse
398.50
From Town of Hatfield
1,450.00
Total Receipts for 1960
$ 2,524.13
EXPENSES
Nurse's Salary
$ 1,500.00
Mileage
129.42
Social Security
37.50
Bank Charge
3.61
Printing Checks
4.02
Clerk
25.00
Total Expense for 1960
$ 1,699.55
Balance as of January 1, 1961
$ 824.58
Respectfully submitted, ELOISE M. LABBEE, President Hatfield Nursing Association
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Report of Fire Department
To the Citizens of Hatfield:
During 1960 the Fire Department answered 53 calls :
Mutual Aid
2
Grass
14
Chimney
3
House
2
Garage
2
Dump
4
Oil Burner
3
Barn
1
Fourth of July
15
Halloween
7
Respectfuly submitted,
MIACHAEL J. YARROWS
Chief
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Report of Tree Warden
To the Citizens of Hatfield :
During the past year pruning and trimming was done in the most dangerous area of Main Street, River Road in Bradstreet, North Street, King Street, School Street, Elm Street and Prospect Street.
All trees along the roads were sprayed with D.D.T.
Thirty-four young maple trees were planted and fer- tilized both as replacements and near new homes.
Twenty-two trees infected with Dutch Elm Disease were taken down and destroyed; also eleven other trees were taken down, six of these decayed and storm dam- aged and five at new school site. Assistance in topping and falling four of these trees was given by Western Mass. Electric Company and New England Tel. & Tel. Company because of power lines in the area.
TREE REMOVALS
New School Site
3 elm, 2 maple
Main Street
Old Farms Road
2 elm, 1 maple 1 elm
River Road
Elm Street
Prospect Street
3 elm, 1 maple 6 elm 1 elm, 1 maple 1 elm
Dwight Street
1 elm
Chestnut Street
1 elm
North Hatfield Road
Bradstreet
1 elm
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School Street Bridge Street Straits Road
4 elm 1 elm
2 catalpas
At all the meetings attended it was stressed by the experts that there is no cure for Dutch Elm Disease. Con- trol measures must be practiced to the utmost in order to save as many trees as possible.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS E. GODIN
Tree Warden
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Library Report
To the Trustees of the Public Library and the Citizens of Hatfield:
I herewith submit my first annual report as Librarian of Hatfield :
The statistical reports of the library during the past twenty years show that each year the library is becoming easier. The circulation of children's books increased 3,605 during the year 1960. This was an increase of 58% over last year's circulation. The number of active library bor- rowers is 460. This indicates that 19% of Hatfield's popu- lation of 2,350 are active library borrowers. The majority of these are school children.
The circulation figures for the year are as follows:
Juvenile Fiction
10,223
Juvenile Non-Fiction
4,608
Adult Fiction
7,577
Adult Non-Fiction
3,714
Total
26,122
The circulation figures from a library do not always present a true picture to the public. It does not tell the type of book borrowed or how many of the borrower's friends read it before it is returned.
Seven hundred and fifty-one books were catalogued and added to the library in 1960. Of these four hundred and four were for children and three hundred and forty- seven for adults. During the year we borrowed one thou- sand, five hundred and eighty books from the State Re- gional Library Center in Greenfield.
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Our library is open Monday and Friday evenings from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., Wednesday from 11:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and Friday from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.
During the year I attended three meetings and also completed an eight-week course in classification and cata- loguing of books given by Miss Church of the Regional Library Center.
My sincere appreciation is extended to Mrs. Helen Osley, Mrs. Doris Vollinger, the Trustees and Teachers for their co-operation and assistance during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET A. CANTWELL,
Librarian
DOROTHY BREOR A. CORY BARDWELL
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Report of School Building Committee
The Hatfield School Building Committee, appointed at the annual Town Meeting of 1959, has witnessed the task assigned it become a reality, with the completion of the new 12-room elementary school. This building will house grades 1 through 6 and all the essential associated facili- ties.
The building committee feels justly proud of its ac- complishments, for not only has it provided the necessary school housing, but it has included in its plans provisions for a very flexible education system. This plan can and will equalize the schoolroom housing throughout the en- tire school system. It has been pointed out that the town now has four extra classrooms in the Center School. We as a committee would like to note that this situation is the envy of many of our surrounding communities. In many cases, it has been found that hardly had a new school been completed before addition space was needed to house their constantly increasing school enrollment.
To clarify the flexibility of the school system: Our present available classroom space is more than adequate to provide an Elementary School, a complete Junior High School, and a High School System. The principle advan- tage of the three-section school system to the Town of Hatfield is that it would take the enrollment pressure off Smith Academy in future years as that building will be physically incapable of handling the projected enrollment. While we as a committee do not advocate one school sys-
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tem as opposed to another, we do emphasize that the space is there - The School Committee must make the decision as to its use. As for future school enrollment, our entire classroom space can stand a 20% increase, pro- vided that the enrollment is distributed equally through- out the school system.
As stated in the first part of this report, the major portion of the building committee's responsibilities have been completed with the construction of the building. As with anything new, we have had a few minor problems but for the most part we are well pleased with the build- ing.
We have tried to put into the school building all of the necessities, and in this respect, we feel that your school building is well equipped.
Economy, adequacy and simplicity was the mandate of the Voters of the Town of Hatfield in their considera- tion of a new school. With these thoughts in mind, your building committee feels that the Hatfield Elementary School has been constructed without the so-called "Frills" associated with many of the present schools today and nothing has been sacrificed with regards to its primary purpose - Education. With the proper amount of pre- ventive maintenance, good janitor service ,and the respect of public property by the pupils themselves, this school should serve the Town of Hatfield for many years to come.
An estimated cost breakdown on the project at this time is as follows:
ESTIMATED COST BREAKDOWN
General Contractor
$384,873.90
Architect's Fees
31,253.73
School Furnishings and Supplies
24,472.37
Total
$440,600.00
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Final cost accounting has not been made with the Massachusetts School Building Commission as yet, and it is expected that this final phase will not be completed for approximately four or five months. However, the State's share of the building cost is being paid to the town on an estimated cost basis.
We wish to express our appreciation to all public offi- cials and private citizens who helped in any way to bring about the realization of the New Hatfield Elementary School.
(Signed)
E. F. PROULX
A. C. BARDWELL
T. KABAT
E. BYRNE
S. KUGLER
G. ZGRODNIK
P. MAIEWSKI
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Report of Water Department
To the Citizens of Hatfield :
The Water Department respectfully submits its an- nual report for the year of 1960:
We, the Commissioners, wish to express our thanks to the townspeople and to the other Town Departments for their co-operation with the Water Department in the past year. It has been a pleasure to work with all of you.
Fourteen new services were installed in the past year, and four old services were renewed. We also extended Linseed Road water main for about 650 feet.
At the last annual town meeting, money was appro- priate for a by-pass line from the small reservoir to drain off surplus water in the spring. After careful considera- tion of this ,the present board thought this to be a waste of money to go ahead with this project. No matter how big a pipe was installed, it would be insufficient to take care of this surplus water which we have in the spring of most every year. Additional money was needed for the new school water system, so the money appropriated at the annual meeting was transferred at a special town meeting to complete the school project. This job was done without asking for any additional money from the finance board.
The Commissioners feel, at this time, that they will take more drastic steps in collecting unpaid water bills.
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A hearing is pending with the Public Works Depart- ment in regards to the relocation of our water lines on Mountain Road, Chestnut Street, and Bridge Street, due to Route 91. We have not heard anything about the date of the hearing, but we will press the Public Works De- partment for one as soon as possible - so that we will know what to do in case their plans are not satisfactory to the Water Department.
JOHN R. RUDY, Chairman RALPH VOLLINGER RUPERT HARUBIN
Water Commissioners
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Police Report
I respectfully submit the report of the Police Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1960. Also the number of arrests in the Town of Hatfield :
Assault and Battery
2
Disturbing the peace
2
Operating so as to endanger
2
Operating under the influence
2
Following motor vehicle too closely
1
Speeding
4
Drunkenness
4
Larceny
1
Delinquent Child
1
Returned to Institutions
2
Warrants served
4
Summons served
17
Accidents investigated
16
All committed dog taxes collected
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY SLIWOSKI
Chief of Police
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Report of Industrial Developing Committee
To the Citizens of Hatfield :
The following is a report of the Industrial Develop- ment Committee consisting of the following members:
Joseph Porada - Chairman
Clifford Belden, Jr. - Secretary
John Osley Edward Molloy
Peter Kubosiak
David Morey Elizabeth Porada
I hereby submit my report as secretary :
Several meetings were held during the year. We have also met with officials of the Massachusetts Indus- trial Development Committee.
Four signs were made and printed by members of the committee for the purpose of advertising the town. We have placed two of these signs on the Frank Betsold prop- erty in West Hatfield for Southbound traffic. The other two signs were placed on the Meyer & Mendelsohn prop- erty near the North Hatfield Club for Northbound traffic.
In December, we held a joint meeting with the Select- men and Town Planning Board to map out plans for town zoning. As of this writing, the plans are incomplete.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD BELDEN, JR. Secretary
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Report of Planning Board
The Planning Board of the Town of Hatfield respect- fully submits its first annual report for the year 1960:
The first meeting of the Planning Board was held on February 24, 1960, at which time David F. Morey was elected chairman, George W. Rogalewski was elected sec- retary, and Marcus J. Boyle was elected Vice Chairman.
The board reviewed all records and plans that had been established by the Selectmen when they were acting as the Planning Board for the town. Material and book- lets were requested from several neighboring towns, as well as from the University of Massachusetts, the Massa- chusetts Department of Commerce, and the Massachu- setts Department of State, to aid in the task of putting planning in the Town of Hatfield into actual being.
On April 12, 1960, the board met with the Board of Selectmen, Tree Warden, Superintendent of Streets, Wa- ter Commissioners, Water Superintendent, Sewer Com- missioners, and the Industrial Board, asking each depart- ment to set down their requirements and rules as pertain- ing to subdivision. As a result of this meeting the board then met with Tree Warden Francis Godin on April 19, 1960, with Water Board Member Ralph Vollinger and Selectmen Walter Pickunka, Stanley Filipek, and Michael Yanginski on April 26, 1960, and with Supt. of Streets Joseph Deres, District Manager Kenneth D. Cuddeback of Western Mass. Electric Co., District Manager Frank Jones of New England Tel. & Tel. Co., and Chairman of the Board of Selectman Walter Pickunka on May 10, 1960.
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