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Clerical
$ 394.30
59
PAYMENTS
Printing, Postage, Stationery
387.82
Bond
303.40
Dues
4.00
Travel
116.00
1,205.52
Assessors :
Salary
2,400.00
Expenses :
Clerical
$ 311.00
Printing, Postage, Stationery
176.80
Travel
81.26
Dues
12.00
All Other
43.80
624.86
Attorney's Fees
166.67
Town Clerk:
Salary
1,875.00
Expenses :
Printing, Postage, Stationery
$ 67.60
Recording
121.00
Bond
10.00
Dues
7.50
Clerical
190.00
Travel
117.60
All Other
31.00
544.70
Election and Registration :
Registrars
$ 63.00
Election Officers
118.50
Printing, Postage, Stationery
244.20
Street Lists
499.90
Clerical
200.00
Elector Under Oliver Smith Will
1,125.60 10.00
60
PAYMENTS
Appeals Board Expense:
Printing, Postage, Stationery
$ 24.00
Clerical Advertising
11.00
34.40
69.40
Planning Board Expense:
Clerical
$ 24.00
Advertising
4.00
Miscellaneous
5.40
33.40
Town Hall:
Janitor
3,027.60
Fuel
1,473.05
Light
1,135.20
Janitor's Supplies
274.28
Repairs
1,085.82
License
25.00
New Equipment
125.00
7,145.95
Total General Government
$ 24,196.40
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department :
Chief
$ 2,750.00
Men
344.50
Salary Allowance - gas and tires
250.00
Misc. Equipment
126.18
Insurance
156.80
Printing, Postage
13.75
All Other
2.00
3,643.23
Fire Department :
Chief
$ 400.00
Clerk
100.00
Men
1,086.00
61
PAYMENTS
Dues
10.00
Misc. Equipment and Supplies
647.60
Hose
493.73
Oil, Gas, Grease
80.06
Parts and Repairs
581.57
Fuel
209.75
Light
64.52
Rent
240.00
Printing, Postage
35.00
Telephone
246.24
4,194,47
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary
$ 200.00
Expense - Misc. Supplies, Travel
64.25
264.25
Moth Work
2,199.20
Tree Work
2,599.15
Civil Defense
480.01
Total Protection of Persons and Property
$ 13,380.31
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Public Health :
Dues
$ 6.00
Treatment Tuberculosis
2,448.24
All Other
25.24
2,479.48
Visiting Nurse
1,600.00
Well-Child Clinic
177.50
Immunization School Children
78.06
Inspection of Animals and Slaughter
240.00
School Physician
550.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$ 5,125.04
62
PAYMENTS HIGHWAYS
Highway General :
Wages
$204.00
Telephone
196.97
Fuel
119.43
Lights
50.51
Bulldoze Dump
72.00
Misc. Supplies
107.40
Rent of Dump
325.00
Repair Roof
200.00
All Other
79.82
Wages - Sewer Work
418.30
Material - Sewer Work
82.20
$
1,855.63
Snow and Ice Removal :
Wages
$ 5,871.00
Sidewalks
269.50
6,140.50
Total Highway General
$ 7,945.62
Fence Repairs
186.80
Bridge Repairs
30.20
Dike Repairs
82.00
Install Furnace - Town Barn
889.00
Purchase Used Bulldozer
2,450.00
Purchase Backhoe
2,454.10
Purchase New Truck
2,700.00
Street Lights
5,274.38
Highway Chapter 81:
Labor
$ 9,358.60
Town Machinery
3,437.30
:
Other Machinery
254.25
Winter Sand
962.00
Salt
720.00
Colprovia - Asphalt
2,063.96
Stone, Gravel, etc.
971.92
Corrugated Pipe, Grates and Frames
1,735.09
19,503.12
63
PAYMENTS
Highway Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Labor
$ 958.20
Town Machinery
355.00
Asphalt, etc.
290.21
Guard Rails
206.59
Marking Traffic Lines
1,190.00
3,000.00
Highway Chapter 90 N. C .:
Labor
$ 5,012.40
Town Machinery
2,251.50
Other Machinery
1,473.00
Pipe
1,481.28
Gravel, Sand
1,174.17
Hot Mix and Berm
7,369.48
All Other
237.93
18,999.76
Machinery Operating :
Parts and Repairs
$ 2,584.33
Gas
1,224.99
Oil and Grease
174.54
3,983.86
Total Highways
$ 67,549.35
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
Public Welfare:
Salary - Agent
$ 155.20
Printing, Postage, Stationery
54.65
Travel
100.52
All Other
45.55
Groceries
405.59
Fuel
16.40
Medicine and Medical Care
156.75
Cash Grants to Individuals
96.00
$
1,030.66
64
PAYMENTS
Aid to Dependent Children : Cash Aid - Town Account Cash Aid - Federal Account Salary - Agent
$ 19.15
418.95
155.20
593.30
Old Age Assistance :
Cash Aid - Town Account
$ 2,309.40
7,320.68
Cash Aid - Federal Account Agent's Salary
1,684.70
11,314.78
Disability Assistance :
Cash Aid - Town Account
$ 13.00
Cash Aid - Federal Account
78.25
Agent's Salary
63.95
155.20
Medical Assistance for Aged:
Cash Aid - Town Account
$ 8,306.42
Cash Aid - Federal Account
6,624.02
Salary - Agent
920.95
15,851.39
Veterans' Benefits :
Salary - Agent
$ 400.00
Office Expense
13.30
Aid
1,812.80
Medical
1,456.34
Dues
5.00
Fuel
37.00
Total Charities and Veterans' Benefits
$ 32,669.77
3,724.44
SCHOOLS
General Administration :
Superintendent's Salary
Clerk
$
3,300.00
1,570.00
65
PAYMENTS
Printing, Postage, Stationery
337.19
Telephone
595.30
Travel
532.87
School Census
70.00
Dues
75.00
All Other
26.49
$
6,506.85
Teachers' Salaries:
High
$ 43,892.46
Junior High
39,241.05
Elementary
71,345.40
Music
1,895.56
Penmanship
500.00
156,874.47
Text and Reference Books:
High
$
1,095.44
Junior High
386.74
Elementary
742.49
2,224.67
Supplies :
High
$ 2,097.58
Junior High
1,266.23
Elementary
1,931.74
Physical Education
753.59
Driver Education
250.28
Audio-Visual
142.60
6,442.02
Transportation :
High
$ 2,122.36
Elementary
6,412.14
Athletic
652.82
9,187.32
Janitors' Services :
$ 3,600.00
High Junior High
4,000.00
Elementary
4,600.00
12,200.00
66
PAYMENTS
Fuel and Light: High Junior High Elementary
$ 1,591.07
1,794.47
4,568.95
7,954.49
Maintenance of Bldgs. and Grounds:
High Janitor's Supplies
$ 853.53
High Janitor's Supplies-Town Hall
163.20
Junior High Janitor's Supplies
976.84
Elementary Janitor's Supplies
1,987.09
Elementary Repairs
937.82
Junior High Repairs
1,024.09
5,942.57
New Equipment
2,542.88
Diplomas and Graduation
155.33
Insurance
501.43
Nurse's Travel Expense
55.46
Nurse's Salary
2,200.00
Health Supplies
27.61
Total Paid from School Appropriation
$212,815.10
School Committee Expense
200.00
Federal Aid -P. L. #864
978.57
Federal Aid - P. L. #874
17,240.76
Athletic Fund
1,730.39
Vocational School:
Tuition
$ 6,685.25
Transportation
1,281.00
7,966.25
Total Schools
$240,931.07
SCHOOL LUNCH
Collection Account :
Wages Clerk
Food
$ 8,173.55 702.00 8,669.02
67
PAYMENTS
Fuel
8.40
Misc. Supplies Repairs New Equipment
436.99
88.80
340.19
$ 18,418.95
Commodity Distribution Fund :
Food
$ 7,244.18
Fuel
29.25
Misc. Supplies
153.91
Equipment
273.70
Bond
10.00
Travel
19.52
7,730.56
Total School Lunch
$ 26,149.51
LIBRARY
Librarian
$ 1,600.00
Asst. Librarian
990.05
Janitor Services
218.00
Books
1,833.10
Periodicals
74.15
Binding Books
28.45
Fuel
240.29
Lights
82.65
Repairs
464.14
Supplies, Postage, etc.
68.92
Travel
17.42
-$ 5,617.17
UNCLASSIFIED
Telephone
$ 305.00
Memorial Day
347.68
Care of Town Clock
320.00
Print and Distribute Town Reports
850.00
Outlays
64.40
Unclassified
53.27
68
PAYMENTS
Stabilization Fund
10,000.00
Dog Disposal
136.00
Hampshire County San. Assessment
6,729.10
Retirement Assessment
4,184.00
Bind Records
21.50
-$ 23,010.95
INSURANCE
Town Schedule
$2,779.26
Monies and Securities
70.09
Truck Liability, Property Damage
1,998.73
Workmen's Compensation
2,456.44
Public Liability
436.87
Boilers
626.00
Volunteer Firemen
154.50
-$
8,521.89
WATER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners' Salaries
$ 900.00
Collector's Salary
$ 815.00
Clerical
175.00
Printing, Postage, Stationery
83.42
Survey
77.60
All Other
34.05
Labor
1,838.25
Pipe, Fittings, Etc.
2,337.43
Hired Equipment
416.75
Care Chlorinator
600.00
Chlorine
213.00
Fuel, Light, Power
114.74
Equipment Repairs
20.45
Gas, Oil, and Truck Repairs
151.23
6,876.92
Total Water Department
$ 7,776.92
CEMETERIES
Labor
$ 1,076.00
Clerk
50.00
Postage
5.00
1,131.00
69
PAYMENTS INTEREST
Water Loans School Building Loans
$
350.00
13,125.00
-$ 13,475.00
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Water Loans
School Building Loans
$
4,000.00
25,000.00
$ 29,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
State Audit Tax
$ 1,030.12
State Parks Tax
1,713.20
County Tax
23,125.84
Dog Tax Due County
378.50
Teachers' Health and Accident Ins.
471.63
Cemetery Perpetual Care - New
500.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care - Interest
8.76
Federal Withholding Tax
29,679.10
State Withholding Tax
2,495.93
Retirement
2,944.20
Blue Cross
6,887.88
Insurance Chap. 32B
1,106.22
-
-$ 70,341.38
REFUNDS
Taxes
Motor Vehicle Excise
$ 1,273.13 1,192.67
$ 2,465.80
Total Payments Balance 1/1/64
$571,341.56
204,134.49
TOTAL
$775,476.05
TOWN OF HATFIELD BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1963 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1959 $ 349.73
Levy of 1960
2,866.13
Levy of 1961
12,821.28
Levy of 1962 22,551.12
Levy of 1963
47,115.12
85,703.38
Motor Vehicle Excise :
Old Age Assist.
2,061.29
Levy of 1959 77.35
Levy of 1960
517.24
Schools, P. L. #864 728.24
Schools, P. L. #874
6,794.65
Levy of 1962
3,443.86
Levy of 1963
18,077.29
$204,134.49 Unexpended Balances : Federal Grant: Aid to Dependent Children $ 385.50
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm. 89.07
70
Med. Assist. for Aged 793.06
Med. Assist for Aged, Adm. 274.90
Old Age Assist., Adm. 248.74
Levy of 1961
720.63
$ 11,375.45
22,836.37
Revolving Funds :
Athletic Fund
1,551.86
Farm Animal Excise :
Levy of 1961
21.88
Levy of 1962 35.76
Levy of 1963 128.25
Departmental: Aid to Dependent Children 45.54
Care of Cemetery Lots 210.50
Highway 519.57
Veterans' Services 1,645.59
2,421.20
Water Department: Water Rates Aid to Highways: County
5,750.00
State 17,286.62
23,036.62
Underestimates : State Parks Tax 189.62
185.89
School Lunch Collec- tions 6,872.63
8,424.49
Unexpended Appropriation Balances :
Highway Chap.90 N.C., King Street 8,361.16
Constr. North Street Sidewalk 1,000.00
Repair School Street
Sidewalk
400.00
Plan Surface Water Sup- ply, So. Branch Run- ning Gutter Brook 1,500.00
Explore & Develop Ground Water Supply 11,000.00 Constr., Equip & Fur- nish New Elem. School .17
22,261.33
71
5,360.20
Due from County : Dog Disposal Outlays
136.00
Sale of Real Estate Tailings 118.92
250.00
35.24
Overestimates :
County Tax
410.64
Road Mach. Earnings Fund
5,071.33
Blue Cross
1.82
Old Age Assistance
1,059.01
Overlay Surplus
6,614.81
Overlay Reserved for
Abatements :
Overlay 1959
349.73
Overlay 1960
2,091.50
Overlay 1961
2,132.39
Overlay 1962
3,883.40
Overlay 1963
6,164.87
14,621.89
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Departmental 1,362.19
Farm Animal Excise 185.89
Motor Vehicle Excise 22,836.37
72
State & County Aid to Highways 23,036.62
Water 5,360.20
52,781.27 23,484.51
Water Avail. Surplus Surplus Revenue
197.563.54
TOTAL ASSETS
$344,039.01
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
$344,039.01
73
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$341,000.00
School Const. Loan --- Sec. 7 Chap. 44 G. L. $ 85,000.00
School Const. Loan- Chap. 645 Acts of 1948 Water Main Loan
240,000.00
16,000.00
$341,000.00
$341,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Trust and Investment Funds $ 30,540.81
Cemetery Perpetual Care
$ 19,445.04
Firemen's Relief Fund 101.15
General Care Fund, Main Street 110.00
General Care Fund, Hill Cemetery Stabilization Fund
765.29
10,219.33
$ 30,540.81
$ 30,540.81
74
Appropriation Table
1963 Appro- priation
Additional
Total Available
Spent
Balance to Revenue or Forward
Moderator
$ 25.00
$
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
$
Selectmen's Salary
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Selectmen's Clerk
300.00
300.00
300.00
Selectmen's Expense
200.00
200.00
179.47
20.53
Accountant's Salary
2,175.00
2,175.00
2,175.00
Accountant's Expense
175.00
100.00
275.00
272.53
2.47
Treasurer's Salary
2,375.00
2,375.00
2,375.00
Treasurer's Expense
675.00
6.75
668.30
6.70
Collector's Salary
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
Collector's Expense
960.00
250.00
1,210.00
1,205.52
4.48
Assessors' Salaries
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
Assessors' Expense
700.00
700.00
624.86
75.14
Attorney's Fees
500.00
500.00
166.67
333.33
Town Clerk's Salary
1,875.00
1,875.00
1,875.00
Town Clerk's Expense
550.00
550.00
544.70
5.30
Election & Registration
1,175.00
1,175.00
1,125.60
49.40
Elector's Salary
10.00
10.00
10.00
Town Hall
7,350.00
7,350.00
7,145.95
204.05
Police Dept.
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,643.23
356.77
Fire Dept.
3,700.00
494.47
4,194.47
4,194.47
75
Tree Work
2,600.00
2,600.00
2,599.15
85
Moth Work
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,199.20
.80
Civil Defense
600.00
600.00
480.01
119.99
Sealer Weights & Measures' Salary
200.00
200.00
200.00
Sealer Weights & Measures' Expense
100.00
100.00
64.25
35.75
Public Health
500.00
2,388.25
2,888.25
2,479.48
408.77
School Physician
550.00
550.00
550.00
Insp. School Children, Immunization
150.00
150.00
78.06
71.94
Insp. School Children, Tuberculosis
75.00
75.00
75.00
Well-Child Clinic
250.00
250.00
177.50
72.50
Insp. Animals & Slaughter
240.00
240.00
240.00
Visiting Nurse
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
Highway General
8,000.00
8,000.00
7,996.13
3.87
Highway Chap. 81
22,250.00
22,250.00
19,503.12
2,746.88
Highway Chap. 90 Maint.
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Highway Chap. 90 N.C.
19,000.00
19,000.00
18,999.76
.24
Highway Chap. 90 N. C .- King St.
8,361.16
8,361.16
8,361.16
Road Machinery Operating
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,983.86
16.14
Street Lights
5,245.00
29.38
5,274.38
5,274.38
Bridge Repairs
200.00
200.00
30.20
169.80
Dike Repairs
150.00
150.00
82.00
68.00
Fence Repairs
200.00
200.00
186.80
13.20
Constr. North St. Sidewalk
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Repairs School St. Sidewalk
400.00
400.00
400.00
76
Purchase Backhoe
3,500.00
3,500.00
2,454.10
1,045.90
Purchase Bulldozer
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,450.00
50.00
Purchase 1964 Chevrolet Dump Truck
2,800.00
2,800.00
2,700.00
100.00
Install Furnace Town Barn
1,000.00
1,000.00
889.00
111.00
Public Welfare
2,500.00
2,500.00
1,030.66
1,469.34
Disability Assistance-Town
500.00
500.00
76.95
423.05
Disability Assistance-Federal
78.25
78.25
78.25
Aid to Dependent Children-Town
1,000.00
1,000.00
559.70*
440.30
Aid to Dependent Children-Federal
804.45
804.45
418.95
385.50
Aid to Dependent Children-Fed. Admin.
203.72
203.72
114.65
89.07
Med. Assistance for Aged-Town
6,500.00
9,500.00
8,711.83
788.17
Med. Assistance for Aged-Federal
7,417.08
7,417.08
6,624.02
793.06
Med. Assistance for Aged-Fed. Admin.
790.44
790.44
515.54
274.90
Old Age Assistance-Town
6,500.00
6,500.00
5,441.32+
1,058.68
Old Age Assistance-Federal
9,381.97
9,381.97
7,320.68
2,061.29
Old Age Assistance-Fed. Admin.
1,301.52
1,301.52
1,052.78
248.74
Veterans' Benefits
3,000.00
750.00
3,750.00
3,724.44
25.56
School Comm. Expense
200.00
200.00
200.00
Schools
216,940.00
216,940.00
212,809.43
4,130.57
Schools-Fed. Aid P. L. #864
1,706.81
1,706.81
978.57
728.24
Schools-Fed. Aid P. L. #874
24,035.41
24,035.41
17,240.76
6,794.65
School Athletic Fund
3,282.25
3,282.25
1,730.39
1,551.86
Vocational Tuition & Transportation
9,542.30
9,542.30
7,966.25
1,576.05
Constr., Equip. & Furnish New Elem. School
.17
17
.17
3,000.00
77
School Lunch Coll.
25,291.58
25,291.58
18,418.95
6,872.63
School Lunch, C. D. F. Library
7,730.56
7,730.56
7,730.56
5,480.00
140.63
5,620.63
5,617.17
3.46
Appeals Board Expense
200.00
200.00
69.40
130.60
Bind Town Records
50.00
50.00
21.50
28.50
Care of Town Clock
50.00
270.00
320.00
320.00
Industrial Development Comm.
300.00
300.00
300.00
Insurance
8,500.00
21.89
8,521.89
8,521.89
Insurance Chap. 32B
4,600.00
4,600.00
3,960.69
639.31
Memorial Day
350.00
350.00
347.68
2.32
Participation Hamp. Co. Tercentenary
300.00
300.00
300.00
Planning Board Expense
250.00
250.00
33.40
216.60
Print & Deliver Town Reports
850.00
850.00
850.00
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,915.74
84.26
Retirement Assessment
4,184.00
4,184.00
4,184.00
Stabilization Fund
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Tax Title
200.00
200.00
200.00
Telephone
350.00
350.00
305.00
45.00
78
Unclassified
150.00
150.00
53.27 900.00
96.73
Water Comm. Salaries
900.00
900.00
Water Dept.
7,260.00
7,260.00
6,876.92
383.08
Plan Surface Water Supply
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Explore & Develop Ground Water Supply
11,000.00
11,000.00
11,000.00
Cemeteries
1,125.00
722.82
1,847.82
1,131.00
716.82
Interest
500.00
500.00
500.00
Interest School Loan
13,125.00
13,125.00
13,125.00
School Loan Chap. 645 Acts '48
15,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
School Loan Chap. 44 G. L.
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Interest on Water Loans Water Main Loan
350.00
350.00
350.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
$554,096.67
$ 8,167.44
$562,264.11
$500,475.64
$ 61,788.47
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* $ 500.00 trans. to M.A.A. + $2500.00 trans. to M.A.A.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF HATFIELD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1963
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School Organization
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Henry F. Kulesza, Chairman
Ethel I. Byrne, Secretary
Joseph J. Wendlowski, Jr.
Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1966 Term Expires 1964
Regular school committee meetings are held at the Elementary School on the second Thursday of each month or at a time convenient to the members of the school committee.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS John A. Skarzynski
School Office : Home Address : High School Building King Street Telephone: CH 7-2361 Hatfield, Mass.
WORK CERTIFICATES AND SCHOOL CLERK
Marie P. Sheehan 15 Chestnut Street Office telephone CH 7-2361
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Robert C. Byrne, M.D. 46 Main Street Telephone CH 7-2661
Alfred J. Kaiser, M.D. School Street Telephone CH 7-4151
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SCHOOL NURSE Mrs. Lucille Godek, R.N. 19 Prospect Street Telephone CH 7-2921
CORPS OF TEACHERS 1963 - 1964 Superintendent of Schools and Principal of
Smith Academy John A. Skarzynski
Smith Academy Florence E. Muller, Assistant Principal French I, II, III; Latin II; Guidance
Margaret E. Pruzynski Typing I, II; Shorthand I, II; Bookkeeping; Secretarial Practice Mary A. Spakowski Home Economics; Biology; Junior Business Math
John H. Naumowicz English II-A, III-A, IV-A, III-B; Humanities
Leonard A. Yarrows Algebra II; Plane Geometry ; Senior Math ; Chemistry; Physics
David L. Prentiss U. S. History ; Civics; Problems of Democracy Richard S. Nadolny English II-B, IV-B; Economics; Personal Typing ; Business Training; High School Soccer Coach; Junior High Basketball Coach
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Center School - Junior High Grades 7, 8, 9 Dorothy Breor, Principal
Jean Kempisty, Assistant Principal Grades 7, 8; Social Studies, Music, Glee Club
Maxwell Moczulewski Grade 9A; Math; Algebra; Math Club; High School Basketball Coach
Joseph F. Savage - Grade 8B
Reading; English; School Paper High School JV Basketball and Junior High Baseball Coach
Iris A. Hubbard - Grade 9B English; Conversational French; French I, II; French Club; Girls' Basketball Coach
Arthur Andrews - Grade 7B Science; Art; Science Club; High School Baseball and Junior High Soccer Coach
James A. Devlin - Grade 8A English; Reading; Latin; Library Club
John D. Leary, Jr. Grades 7-9 World History ; General Science ; General Math; Physical Education
Elementary School Dorothy Breor, Principal - Remedial Reading
Grade 6
Frances Celatka Patricia Lannaville
Grade 5
Cynthia Tessier Virginia Klaes
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Grade 4
Hilda Fortsch
Patricia Klaes
Grade 3
Anne Tierney
Ann Labbee
Grade 2
Eleanor Stenglein
Martha Boyle
Grade 1
Helen Kostek
Marilyn Schroth
Supervisors Music - Esther Norris Penmanship - William Rinehart Co.
Custodians Elementary - Mitchell Kempisty Center School - Chester Celatka High School - John Besko
Transporters
John W. Maroney - Regular School Transportation Frank Skroski, Jr. - Vocational School Transportation
School Lunch Workers
Winifred Betsold, Manager Hazel Roberts, Asst. Mgr. Irene Labbee Wanda Shea
Susan Zima Helen Kugler
Bertha Kosakowski
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Report of the School Committee
To the citizens of the Town of Hatfield whose inter- est and support have made possible our steady growth and achievements, your School Committee is proud to report the accomplishments and interesting events of the year 1963.
The Hatfield School Committee, in the past twelve months, devoted much time, effort, and energy to meet the challenge of providing adequate facilities and materi- als for the children enrolled in the Hatfield Public Schools.
The school committee held eleven regular and six special meetings during the year. A vast number of hours were spent by the members of the committee during these meetings to provide the necessary educational needs of our school children.
A complete list of school personnel will be found in another section of this report. In reviewing the teaching staff situation, we found three changes took place in the elementary school and one change in the senior high school.
Miss Enid Miller, resigned to teach in Springfield.
Mrs. Barbara Pyne, resigned to be at home.
Miss Kathleen Marshall, resigned to teach in Salem. Mrs. Marilyn Schroth, elected teacher of grade 1.
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Miss Virginia Klaes, elected teacher of grade 5. Miss Cynthia Tessier, elected teacher of grade 5. Mr. Richard Nadolny, elected teacher in high school.
A summary of past and anticipated enrollments is presented in charts to be found incorporated in this school department report on another page. You are encouraged to turn to and examine these charts closely. With a grow- ing school population, school expeditures also. increase. We must realize that if we are to continue to meet the needs of our future citizens, we must accept heavier finan- cial responsibilities for our schools. The regular school budget and the vocational budget for 1964 have been care- fully prepared and submitted to the town accountant as required by law. The Hatfield Finance Committee and the School Committee have met and discussed the school budget. Because of the schools, many reimbursements are received for educational expenditures, but because of the laws of the Commonwealth, these funds are not cred- ited against educational expenditures, but are deposited in the Reserve Fund where they may be drawn upon for expenditures for other purposes. These figures are incor- porated in the school department reports and you are en- couraged to turn to and examine them closely.
Contracts this past year were awarded to the follow- ; ing concerns: the oil contract to the Maroney Oil Com- pany, the regular school transportation contract to the Maroney Bus Company, and the vocational transportation contract to the Skroski Bus Company.
The usual summer maintenance and repair program was carried out. Conductor pipes, heating pipes and two doors were replaced at the elementary school, the roof was repaired on the School Street school, and gutters, door
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closers, cement steps, and partition in girls' room were re- placed in the Center School.
The trustees of Smith Academy carried out necessary maintenance and repairs to the Smith Academy building. Three main classrooms on the second floor were painted, the English room floor was tiled; the heating system was repaired and the complete trim on the outside of the build- ing was painted. These repairs were taken care of with- out cost to the town. The trustees have been very co- operative in maintaining the building and certainly de- serve a vote of appreciation.
The following pieces of new equipment were added to the school system: a washer and dryer for the Physical Education Department, two IBM electric typewriters, one office file, one sewing machine, and one refrigerator for the high school, a snow blower for the Center School and a set of gang mowers for the school system.
A language laboratory, which recognizes the more modern and efficient ways to teach languages, was pur- chased. It was placed in a remodeled, repainted and car- peted room in Center School. The laboratory consists of a console and 24 student stations. Aids purchased to sup- plement the laboratory are: bulk tape eraser, tape storage cabinet, tapes, empty reels, tape splicer, splicing tape, tape head demagnetizer, portable tape recorder, radio, movie projector, screen, French language film and tape, records, map of France, Political and Historical, overhead projec- tor, filmstrip projector, filmstrip storage cabinet, and stor- age cabinet with counter work top. The laboratory, in its entirety, was paid for with Federal funds.
In the high school individual lockers for all students were purchased and installed on the first floor and one
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hundred forty-four movable student desk-chair sets were purchased to replace the old wooden ones which had served their purpose. Federal funds paid for the majority of this project.
The Hatfield School Committee is consistently repre- sented at the area, state and national school board meet- ings.
The school committee wishes to publicly thank the Hatfield Lions Club for the donation of a modern Titmus Vision testing machine.
The committee is pleased to acknowledge the inter- ests of the following citizens and civic clubs in the educa- tion of our students. The following honors are awarded to deserving members of the high school graduating class :
American Legion Post Awards
Hatfield Book Club Annual Literary Award
Lions Club Award Woman's Endeavor Society Award
M. Larkin Proulx Award
Woman's Club of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church Award The Parent-Teachers Council Awards
Hatfield Teachers Club Award
The school committee fully endorses the recom- mendations of the School Building Needs Committee and would like to emphasize the urgent need for more class- room space and added facilities as pointed out by their re-
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port and by the school census figures incorporated in the school department report.
Both the superintendent's and elementary principal's reports carry a more detailed account of the activities of the Hatfield Public Schools. These reports were read and approved by the school committee and your attention is called to them.
In closing, the Hatfield School Committee wishes to express its thanks to all school personnel, town officials, and citizens of Hatfield, for their service, suggestions, in- terest, and sincere cooperation.
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