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Paid Treasurer
15,692.16
Tax Titles
178.00
15,870.16
$7,622.37
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1933
3,125.21
Outstanding December 31, 1932
$4,497.16
Account of 1931
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1932
$66,520.32
Interest
1,214.16
Added Assessments
167.66
Motor Vehicle Taxes abated
after payment 32.20
$67,934.34
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Paid Treasurer
Abatements
27,787.01 163.99
27,951.00
39,983.34
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1933
6,551.85
Outstanding December 31, 1932
$33,431.49
Account of 1932
Assessors' Warrants to be
Collected
$299,503.38 124.41
Interest
$299,627.79
Paid Treasurer
188,000.00
Abatements
1,634.89
189,634.89
109,992.90
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1933
39,022.15
Outstanding December 31, 1932
$70,970.75
Respectfully submitted,
FRED S. POTTER, ELMER J. THOMAS, WILLARD S. FRENCH,
Auditors.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Dog Licenses
Licenses Issued :- 1931
Males
1 @ $2.00
$ 2.00
Licenses Issued :- 1932
Males
452 @
2.00
904.00
Females Spayed
85 @
2.00
170.00
Females
56 @
5.00
280.00
594
$1,356.00
Less Fees
594 @
.20
118.80
$1,237.20
Payments to County Treasurer :
June 1932
477
$972.60
Dec. 1932
117
264.60
594
$1,237.20
Respectfully submitted,
FRED S. POTTER, ELMER J. THOMAS, WILLARD S. FRENCH,
Auditors.
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS' ACCOUNT
Appropriation Expenditures Balance
$4,500.00
$4,426.05
73.95
$4,500.00
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Amount collected and paid Town
Treasurer as follows :
Sale of Lots
$ 83.00
Care of Lots
1,433.25
Grading
38.12
Opening Graves
537.70
Foundations
131.46
$2,223.53
PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Balance, Jan. 1, 1932
$28,992.65
New Funds added during year
$650.00
Interest for 1932
1,240.51
1,890.51
$30,883.16
Care of Lots for the year
1,025.75
Perpetual Care Funds, Dec. 31, 1932
$29,857.41
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Fees collected 1932 as per receipt
book :
$135.07
Paid Town Treasurer as follows:
March 1, 1932
$ 5.66
July 15, 1932
73.95
December 31, 1932
55.26
Jan. 20, 1933
.20
Respectfully submitted, $135.07
FRED S. POTTER, ELMER J. THOMAS, WILLARD S. FRENCH, Auditors.
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TOWN INFIRMARY
Receipts
Cash receipts as per books
$2,745.45
Charges for Board
637.00
$3,382.45
Payments
Paid Town Treasurer by
Infirmary
$2,745.45
Paid Town Treasurer, direct
637.00
$3,382.45
Bills Receivable
Milk
$112.93
Wood
211.50
Board
434.00
$ 758.43
Respectfully submitted,
FRED S. POTTER, ELMER J. THOMAS,
WILLARD S. FRENCH,
Auditors.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1932
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School Committee's Report
The School Committee would like to call your atten- tion to the section in the Report of the Superintendent of Schools under heading of "Economy," and to state that their object this year, and in looking ahead for next year, is to run the schools as economically as it is possible to do, without impairing efficiency.
A change has been made this year in the number of grades in the Elementary Schools from nine years to eight years. This is in line with all other cities and towns in this State, with the exception of two towns smaller than Palmer. The Committee believes this will increase the efficiency, and decrease the cost. It will take about two years to accomplish this.
The Committee wishes to take this opportunity of thanking the superintendent of schools, the teachers, and all others in the School Department, as well as the citizens of the Town, for their co-operation in the more or less dif- ficult problems which have faced the School Committee this year.
CARL KING
Chairman
January 16, 1933.
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School Committee, 1932-1933
CARL KING, Chairman CLIFTON H. HOBSON, Secretary
Dr. Charles Giroux
Term expires 1935
Dennis J. Horgan
Term expires 1935
John F. Shea
Term expires 1934
M. Wm. Holden
Term expires 1934
M. Rachel Holbrook Term expires 1933
*Dr. George A. Moore
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1933 ¡Carl King
* Resigned February 18, 1932.
¡ Appointed March 23, 1932
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held at 8:00 p. m. on the Tuesday before the last Friday of each school month.
All bills must be in the hands of the Superintendent on the Monday before the above date.
Superintendent of Schools, Clifton H. Hobson Office, High School Building, Telephone 54. Office Hours :- 8 a. m. to 12 m., 1 to 5 p. m. Saturdays, 9 a. m. to 12 m.
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CALENDAR
HIGH SCHOOL
Winter Term:
Begins January 3, 1933; ends February 23, 1933
Spring Term :
Begins March 6, 1933; ends April 28, 1933
Summer Term:
Begins May 8, 1933 ; ends June 30, 1933
Fall Term:
Begins September 5, 1933; ends December 22, 1933 Winter Term:
Begins January 2, 1934; ends February 23, 1934 Spring Term :
Begins March 5, 1934; ends April 27, 1934
Summer Term:
Begins May 7, 1934; ends June 29, 1934
OTHER SCHOOLS
Winter Term:
Begins January 3, 1933 ; ends February 23, 1933 Spring Term :
Begins March 6, 1933 ; ends April 28, 1933
Summer Term:
Begins May 8, 1933 ; ends June 16, 1933
Fall Term :
Begins September 5, 1933; ends December 22, 1933 Winter Term:
Begins January 2, 1934 ; ends February 23, 1934 Spring Term :
Begins March 5, 1934; ends April 27, 1934 Summer Term:
Begins May 7, 1934; ends June 15, 1934
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VACATIONS - ALL SCHOOLS
Winter-
February 25, 1933, to March 5, 1933, inclusive
Spring-
April 29, 1933, to May 7, 1933, inclusive
Summer-
(Grades) :
June 17, 1933, to September 4, 1933, inclusive (High) :
July 1, 1933, to September 4, 1933, inclusive
Fall-
December 23, 1933, to January 1, 1933, inclusive
Winter-
February 24, 1934, to March 4, 1934, inclusive
Spring-
April 28, 1934, to May 6, 1934, inclusive
Summer-
(Grades) :
June 16, 1934, to September 3, 1934, inclusive (High) :
June 30, 1934, to September 3, 1934, inclusive
HOLIDAYS
Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Convention Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving (with day following).
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of the Town of Palmer :
I herewith present my twenty-second annual report as Superintendent of Schools in Palmer. This is the fortieth in the series of reports issued by the superin- tendents of the town.
ATTENDANCE
The attendance statistics for the school year of 1931- 32 were as follows :- Enrollment 2,410; Average Mem- bership, 2,247.860; Average Attendance, 2,168.899; Per Cent. of Attendance, 96.48; Tardinesses, 439. Our at- tendance figures show a healthy condition exists in the schools.
HEALTH WORK
Our health work has been kept upon a high plane of efficiency during the past year. All of our usual health measures have prevailed without impairment.
PROMOTIONS
The promotion statistics in the grades for the last school year were as follows :- Number of Pupils, 1,737; Promoted Unconditionally, 1,414-Percent., 81.40; Pro- moted Conditionally, 210-Percent., 12.09; Not Promoted, 113-Percent., 6.51.
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SCHOOL SAVINGS
The report of school savings for the last school year, September, 1931, to July, 1932, is as follows :- Number of Collections, 279; Number of Deposits, 25,310; Amount of Deposits, $5,602.06.
The combined School Savings from date of inception, November 1, 1921, to July 1, 1932, are :- Number of De- posits, 262,150; Amount of Deposits, $72,427.16.
STATE READING PLAN
The results for the last school year were as follows :- Enrollment, 1,128; Certificates, 1,258; Percent., 111.52.
HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Beginning in the fall of 1930, there has been a large and constant increase in high school enrollment. There have been, in the past three years, increases of 60, 100, and 60, respectively, increasing our enrollment from approximately 330 to 550, about 70%. This increase of 220 has been taken care of with the addition of only four teachers, one teacher for every 55 pupils-real economy. In the fall of 1933, an additional 100 pupils will undoubt- edly enter, making an enrollment of 650 pupils, or ap- proximately 100% increase in four years. This is a tre- mendous growth.
As a comparative basis for appreciating the growth, let it be stated that in 1917, 8% of the total school enroll- ment was in the high school ; in 1927, 13% ; in 1930, 20% ; and in 1933, it will be approximately 27%.
This is a considerable shift from the lower-cost level of grade education to the higher-cost level of high school education. As a practically universal fact, high school education costs two dollars for every one dollar spent on grade education. Handling such a situation on a decreas-
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ing, not increasing, budget is absolute economy. Savings are not secured only when a cut is made in the amount requested; they can be equally made in not asking for what should be requested.
COST
The annual report of the State Department of Edu- cation for the year ending November 30, 1932, shows some interesting facts regarding educational costs.
In this State Report, statistics are given for every one of the 355 towns and cities in the State, which are divided into four groups : Group I, Cities (There are 39.) ; Group II, Towns of 5,000 Population or over-Palmer is a member of this group (There are 83.) ; Group III, Towns of less than 5,000 Population and maintaining high schools (There are 108.) ; Group IV, Towns of less than 5,000 Population and not maintaining high schools (There are 123.).
The average cost per pupil based on net average membership for each Group, the State, and Palmer is as follows :
Group I,
$103.01
Group II,
93.11
Group III,
97.14
Group IV
105.94
State,
100.38
Palmer,
80.08
Palmer's cost is $22.93 less than that of Group I; $13.03 less than that of Group II, her own group; $17.06 less than that of Group III; $25.86 less than Group IV; $20.30 less than that of the State.
Compared over a period of the past fourteen years, the average cost per pupil based on average membership for each group, the State, and Palmer was :-
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Total Cost Per Pupil
Gr. I Gr. II Gr.III Gr. IV
State Palmer
1917
$ 47.68 $43.55 $46.20 $ 51.40 $ 46.82 $30.44
1918
52.25
46.39 50.21
*
*
34.35
1919
58.07
53.96
58.44
56.66
57.20
38.58
1920
73.65
67.78
71.64
69.19
72.12
44.99
1922
81.38
76.02
80.87
83.58
80.35
73.59
1923
85.13
78.40
82.79
86.58
83.65
77.55
1924
88.43
80.19
85.39
89.03
86.54
79.07
1925
90.09
82.72
88.78
92.88
88.52
78.87
1926
95.32
85.13
90.74
95.00
92.77
76.09
1927
100.19
87.53
92.34
97.24
96.72
81.77
1928
101.24
89.61
94.60
100.53
98.15
83.28
1929
103.61
91.91
97.40
102.13
100.50
85.84
1930
103.82
92.30
98.18
105.59
100.82
84.44
1931
103.01
93.11
97.14
105.94
100.38
80.08
Average
$84.56 $76.34 $81.05 $87.36
$84.96 $67.78
* Missing in State Report.
Compare Palmer's average-$67.78-of the average costs for the fourteen years with that of each group and of the State. You will find it $16.78 less than that of Group I; $8.56 less than that of Group II; $13.27 less than that of Group III; $19.58 less than that of Group IV; $17.18 less than that of the State.
· On the basis of relative rank for the 355 towns and cities in the State, Palmer, for 17 years, ranked as follows :
Year
Rank
1913
334
1915
335
1917
342
1918
339
1919
342
113
1920
346
1921
347
1922
230
1923
216
1924
229
1925
258
1926
293
1927
259
1928
261
1929
253
1930
274
1931
304
Average Rank-17 yrs.
292
During these 17 years, Palmer ranked 67th in popu- lation, and only 292nd in cost per pupil. In other words, while ranking practically in the first sixth in the State in population, Palmer has ranked practically in the last sixth in cost per pupil.
The cost per pupil in average membership for the fiscal year of 1931 in towns and cities within an approxi- mate radius of twenty-five miles was as follows:
Agawam
$87.64
Hardwick
103.36
Amherst
104.16
Hampden
133.60
Barre
83.73
Holland
256.84
Belchertown
89.92
Holyoke
112.43
Brimfield
172.63
Longmeadow
127.16
Brookfield
99.63
Ludlow
87.05
Chicopee
85.72
Monson
92.48
Dana
175.54
Montague
93.50
East Brookfield
86.23
North Brookfield
96.94
Easthampton
76.70
Palmer
80.08
East Longmeadow
97.66
Spencer
84.97
Enfield
171.85
Springfield
131.78
Greenwich
217.39
Sturbridge
92.55
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Wales
133.98
West Brookfield
110.76
Ware
89.45
West Springfield 99.04
Warren
94.07
Wilbraham 99.86
A study of these costs shows that, with one excep- tion, out of thirty-two communities, Palmer has the lowest cost. The towns and cities are not hand-picked; they were selected because of their propinquity.
The requested appropriation for last year was $181,454.40. The amount granted by Town Meeting was ten per cent. less, or $163,308.97. The amount expended was $157,331.31. The balance unexpended was $5,977.66. The difference between the amount requested and the amount expended was $24,123.09, or 13%.
The re-imbursements and revenues received and re- ceivable during 1932 were :- General School Fund (State), $24,995.00; Vocational School (State), $394.68; State Ward's Tuition, $2,208.18; Other Tuition, $6,938.73; Rentals, etc., 524.73 ; Insurance, $137.16 ; Total, $35,198.48. The amount spent from money raised by town tax was $122,135.83.
In 1931, school expenditures amounted to $174,228.45. Re-imbursements and receipts were $27,122.57. The net direct cost was $147,105.88.
Comparing 1931 and 1932, the expenditures in 1932 were $16,894.14 less; the re-imbursements and receipts were $8,075.91 more; and the net direct cost was $24,970.05 less.
ECONOMY
The School Department has, since 1925 when the bottom fell out of the cotton mill business, attempted to practice economy.
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Last year, in making a request for appropriation, about 90% of what normally should have been asked for was requested. This request was cut 10% by Town Meet- ing, giving about 19% of what normal operation would have cost. In addition to this, about $6,000 was turned back as an unexpended balance. The saving on requested appropriation was 13% ; on normal budget, 22%.
The past year many savings were made-some large and some small. Salary reduction-10%-netted about $13,600; transportation change, $3,000-on a full-year basis it will be about $7,000.00; insurance reduction in coverage, $1,900.00; elimination of music and drawing supervisors, $1,400.00-on a full-year basis it will be $3,450 ; not filling a vacancy, $540.00-on a full-year basis it will be $1,350; etc.
It will be possible, without further eliminations or reductions, to operate in 1933 for about $151,000. This is $30,000 less than requested last year, or 16 2/3%.
The cutting of a school budget is a delicate operation ; it cannot be ruthlessly done. Drastic cuts cannot be made without hurting education. The chief consideration should be that of the children; their interests should be jealously and zealously guarded. Thus far, drastic action has been avoided ; positive injury has not been inflicted ; sanity has prevailed ; educational opportunities have been kept open. Let us hope that such a condition will prevail throughout this year. Let us remember the wisdom handed out by H. G. Wells when he says that civilization is a race between catastrophe and education.
CONCLUSION
This report is very brief. Fuller information on any subject will be furnished upon request.
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Appreciation is extended to all who have helped the cause of education locally during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFTON H. HOBSON,
Superintendent of Schools
Palmer, Massachusetts, January 5, 1933.
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COST LESS REIMBURSEMENTS AND REVENUES RECEIVED AND RECEIVABLE
1932
*General School Fund
$24,995.00
*Vocational School
394.68
Tuition :
*State Wards
2,208.18
Towns
6,938.73
Rentals
491.20
Telephones
4.75
Sale of Merchandise
28.78
Insurance
137.16
$35,198.48
Expenditures
$157,331.31
Reimbursements and Receipts
35,198.48
Net Direct Cost $122,132.83
Average Membership 2,264.16
Cost Per Pupil Based on Average Membership $53.94+
* From State of Massachusetts
¡ This, in reality, is the cost per pupil based on money raised by taxation. The appropriation was $163,308.97. A balance of $5,977.66 was unexpended, making the total expenditure $157,331.31. Our reimbursements and re- ceived and receivable revenues were $35,198.48. The amount spent, therefore, from money raised by taxation was $122,132.83.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR YEAR-1932
Appro. Requested
Appro. Granted 10% Less
Expended
Balance
Commercial
$ 8,040.00
$ 7,236.00
$ 7,398.87 5,519.89
$ -162.87
Fuel & Light
6,125.00
5,512.50
-7.39
Furniture and Furnishings
500.00
450.00
560.83
-110.83
General Expenses
8,110.00
7,299.00
7,156.69
142.31
Janitors' Salaries
11,275.00
10,147.50
10,203.57
-56.07
Maintenance of Build- ings and Grounds
2,400.00
2,160.00
2,227.97
67.97
Music, Manual Train- ing and Drawing
3,800.00
3,420.00
2,376.21
1,043.79
Other Expenses
7,877.55
7,089.80
5,230.00
1,859.80
Repairs
1,500.00
1,350.00
541.02
808.98
Teachers' Salaries
106,468.14
95,821.33
95,217.27
604.06
Textbooks and Supplies
6,000.00
5,400.00
4,850.74
549.26
Transportation
15,938.10
14,344.29
12,627.64
1,716.65
Additional Week's Salaries
3,420.61
3,078.55
3,420.61
-342.06
$181,454.40
$163,308.97
$157,331.31
$
5,977.66
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Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
County of Hampden,
Town of Palmer
To either of the Constables of the Town of Palmer, in said County,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn all the in- habitants of the Town of Palmer, qualified to vote in elections of town officers, to meet at the several polling places in said Palmer, designated by the Selectmen, to wit: In Precinct A, in the High School Gymnasium on Converse Street in the Depot Village; in Precinct B, at the Thorn- dike Grammar School in Thorndike; in Precinct C, at the Three Rivers Grammar School in Three Rivers, and in Precinct D, at the Bondsville Grammar School in Bonds- ville, on Monday, the sixth day of February, A. D. 1933, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot to precinct officers of the several voting precincts of said town, for the following officers, to wit: Three Selectmen, a Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, five Constables, three License Com- missioners, and a Tree Warden, all for the term of one year; a Town Clerk, one Member of the Board of Public
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Welfare, one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Health, one Cemetery Commissioner, two Members of the School Committee and two Members of the Planning Board, all for the term of three years.
The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at three-thirty o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are further hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Palmer, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town House at Four Corners, in said Palmer, on Monday, the thirteenth day of Feb- ruary, A. D. 1933, at seven o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all other usual town officers.
Article 3. To act on the reports of the town officers.
Article 4. To raise money and make appropriations to defray expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the ensuing financial year, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for current expenses of the town, but not exceeding in the aggregate the amount permitted by law, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof, all debts incurred under authority of this vote to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year.
Article 6. To hear and act on the reports of com- mittees.
Article 7. To choose committees and give them in- structions.
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Article 8. To determine the manner and state the terms and conditions of collecting the taxes for the en- suing year, and fix the compensation of the collector of taxes.
Article 9. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money to convey pupils to and from public schools, and instruct the school committee as to the manner of letting the contract for such conveyance.
Article 10. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the Young Men's Library Association, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 12. To see what action the town will take in respect to lighting the streets and whether it will author- ize the selectmen to make contract therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 13. To see what action the town will take in reference to the planting and preservation of shade trees.
Article 14. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the improvement of cemeteries.
Article 15. To see what action the town will take relative to suits and claims now pending against the town.
Article 16. To see if the town will appropriate money for the suppression of gypsy, brown-tail and satin moths and elm tree beetles, and other insect pests.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the insurance and maintenance of the auto fire trucks for the ensuing year, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the town will appropriate such
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sums of money as may be necessary to defray the cost of rent, janitor service and maintenance of the town offices in the Holbrook Building.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to sprinkle or spread upon its public ways, or parts thereof, water or any liquid or material suitable for laying or preventing dust and preserving the surface of such ways and for sanitary purposes, the cost thereof to be assessed upon abutting estates, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 to help defray the cost of maintaining the District Nurse.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to maintain police in the several villages, authorize the selectmen to make rules and regulations for the government of all the police officers of the town, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 22. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money to meet the town's share of the cost to the County of Hampden for providing adequate hospital care for consumptives under the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws.
Article 23. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $500.00, or any sum, to be expended within the town under the direction of the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, for the promotion of boys' and girls' work in agriculture, home making and country life in the town, including agricultural demonstration work on land owned by the town, or owned by any resident of the town, in accordance with the provisions of Section 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws.
Article 24. To see if the town will appropriate money under the authority of Section 22 of Chapter 115 of the General Laws for the care of graves of persons who
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served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States in time of war or insurrection and were honorably discharged from such service.
Article 25. To see if the town will appropriate money, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the Selectmen, for the repair and maintenance of the clock in the Universalist Church tower in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 26. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
Article 27. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks and curbing.
Article 28. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money to be paid to the Wing Memorial Hospital Association for the charitable purposes of said association in this town, or for the care and support in said hospital of persons wholly or in part unable to sup- port or care for themselves, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate any sum of money for the granting of adequate assistance to deserving citizens of the town in need of re- lief and support seventy years of age or over under the provisions of Chapter 118A of the General Laws, and for expenses to be incurred in connection with the granting of such assistance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money not to be paid from the revenues of the current financial year, to meet expenses incurred or appro- priations made under any of the articles of this warrant.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to grade, plot and fence the
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land purchased as an addition to the Four Corners Ceme- tery, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 32. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $150.00 to provide and maintain quar- ters for Edward T. Goodreau Post No. 1813, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, for the year 1933.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to purchase from the Palmer Savings Bank a tract of land for an addi- tion to the Oak Knoll Cemetery in the Depot Village, raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 139 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) relative to the disposition of burnt, dilapidated or dangerous buildings.
Article 35. To see if the town will adopt a by-law providing for the appointment of a finance committee and defining its duties, under the provisions of section 16 of Chapter 39 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.).
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1500.00 for the repair and main- tenance of the River Road running from the Village of Thorndike, by Forest Lake, to the state highway to Ware, on condition that the County of Hampden and Com- monwealth of Massachusetts each contribute a like amount for said purpose, or take any action relative there- to.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 for the repair and main- tenance of the Red Bridge Road, from Springfield Street, in the Village of Three Rivers, to the Wilbraham town line, on condition that the County of Hampden and Com- monwealth of Massachusetts each contribute a like
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amount for said purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the repair and main- tenance of the Belchertown Road, in the Village of Three Rivers, on condition that the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts each contribute a like amount for said purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to build an improved highway in Thorndike Street and the Thorndike Road, from Main Street in the Depot Village to Lake Junction, so-called, in the Village of Thorndike, appro- priate any sum of money therefor, and raise said sum by taxation or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to construct a cement walk, with curbing, along the northerly side of the highway leading from the Village of Thorndike to Four corners, from the westerly end of the present cement walk near the property of one Lawlor to the Bondsville Road, raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor, and assess no part of the cost thereof upon owners of abutting land, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to install and maintain additional electric lights as follows: (a) 1 light at or near the Dutton Bridge on the Bondsville Road; (b) 1 light on Main Street in the Village of Thorndike, near the Ware River Railroad Crossing at No. 1 Mill; (c) 1 light on State Street in the Village of Bondsville between the houses of Adam Broton and John Kulig; (d) 1 light on the southerly side of Central Street in the Depot Vil- lage, between Park and Pleasant Streets.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to construct a tar walk, with curbing on the northerly side of State
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Street in the Village of Bondsville, from the residence of Rev. James S. Barry to the easterly line of the Muniec property and raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor.
Article 43. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the improvement of highways as fol- lows: (a) Improve and harden Hill Street in the Village of Thorndike; (b) Improve and oil Harding Street in the Village of Thorndike; (c) Improve and oil Hobbs Street in the Village of Thorndike.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof in some one public place in each of the four villages of the town known as the Depot Village, Thorndike, Three Rivers and Bondsville, seven days at least before the holding of said meeting, and by publishing an attested copy thereof in at least two issues of the Journal-Register, a newspaper published in said Palmer, the first publication to be not less than seven days before the holding of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the holding of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twelfth day of January, A. D. 1933.
CHARLES A. CALLAHAN DAVID B. SMITH LUDWIK MARHELEWICZ
Selectmen of Palmer
A true copy, Attest :
MICHAEL COLLINS, Constable of the Town of Palmer.
Index to Contents
Assessors' Report -
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Auditors' Report -
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Board of Health
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Board of Public Welfare - -
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Cemetery Commissioners' Report - -
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Jury List
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License Commissioners' Report -
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School Committee
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Sealer of Weights & Measures Report
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64
Selectmen and Highway Report
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State Auditor's Report
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Tax Collector's Report -
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Town Bookkeeper's Report - -
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Town Clerk's Report - -
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Town Officers-Expiration Date - -
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Town Warrant -
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Treasurer's Report -
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Trial Balance - - -
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Young Men's Library Association -
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