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Appropriation :
Regular School Appropriation
$157,725.00
Additional Requests :
Adult Alien Education
$1,500.00
Trade School
1,800.00
3,300.00
Total
$161,025.00
Reimbursements :
Regular School Activities
$18,900.00
Adult Alien Education
750.00
Trade School
900.00
$20,550.00
Appropriation
$161,025.00
Reimbursements
20,550.00
Net Amount to be Raised by Direct Taxation
$140,475.00
COMPARISON
1945 Requested
1944 Requested
Increase or Decrease
General Expenses
$8,814.76
$8,414.76
$400.00
Teachers' Salaries
88,015.52
87,990.53
24.99
Textbooks and Supplies
4,500.00
4,500.00
0.00
Transportation
12,050.00
9,500.00
2,550.00
Janitors' Salaries
13,202.36
12,502.36
700.00
Fuel, Light and Power
8,190.00
7,925.00
265.00
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds 2,450.00
2,150.00
300.00
Repairs
2,100.00
1,900.00
200.00
Music, Manual Training and Drawing 5,531.39
4,031.84
1,499.55
Commercial
6,847.76
6,717.76
130.00
Furniture and Furnishings
300.00
300.00
0.00
Other Expenses
5,723.55
6,123.55
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400.00
Vocational
5,000.00
3,100.00
1,900.00
$162,725.34
$155,155.80
$7,569.54
Less Vocational
5,000.00
3,100.00
1,900.00
-Decrease
$157,725.34
$152,055.80
$5,669.54
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AMOUNTS LESS REIMBURSEMENTS
Appropriation Less Reimbursements (State)
1945 $157,725.34 17,300.00
1944 $152,055.80 16,100.00
Less Tuition
$140,425.34
$135,955.80
1,200.00
1,200.00
$139,225.34
$134,755.80
Less Other Receipts
400.00
400.00
$138,825.34
$134,355.80
The estimated receipts are $1,200.00 more than last year-$1,500.00 more on "State-Aided Vocational", less $300.00 on "General School Fund."
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER, 1944
Appropriation Expended
Balance
General Expenses :
Salaries
$7,789.76
$7,789.14
$ .62
Telephones
400.00
403.15
3.15
Supplies, Printing, Postage Traveling Expenses
150.00
50.75
99.25
75.00
47.39
27.61
Teachers' Salaries
88,055.22
85,790.08
2,265.14
Textbooks and Supplies
4,500.00
4,889.44
- 389.44
Transportation :
Bradlenski
8,950.00
9,970.00
-1,020.00
Other
50.00
1.20
48.80
Private Schools
500.00
335.90
164.10
Janitors' Salaries
12,502.36
12,566.01
63.65
Fuel, Light and Power:
Coal
6,225.00
6,224.92
.08
Wood
50.00
24.50
25.50
Light and Power
1,650.00
1,458.31
191.69
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
Water
350.00
281.30
68.70
Janitors' Supplies
900.00
980.14
- 80.14
Other
900.00
1,255.21
- 355.21
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Repairs
1,900.00
2,481.85
- 581.85
Music, Manual Training and Drawing:
Salaries
3,831.84
3,803.76
28.08
Supplies
200.00
165.01
34.99
Commercial :
Salaries
5,917.76
5,926.86
- 9.10
Supplies
800.00
726.13
73.87
Furniture and Furnishings
300.00
241.33
58.67
Other Expenses :
Insurance
1,457.63
1,442.98
14.65
Printing
200.00
64.65
135.35
Graduation
150.00
189.10
- 39.10
Diplomas
150.00
124.57
25.43
Medical Inspection
2,765.92
2,685.92
80.00
Tuition
200.00
145.28
54.72
All Other
1,200.00
1,241.72
- 41.72
152,120.49
151,306.60
813.89
Adult Alien Education
1,500.00
1,329.56
170.44
Trade School Tuition
1,000.00
1,617.78
-617.78
$154,620.49
$154,253.94
$ 366.55
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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 Thorndike Grammar School in Thorndike; in Pre- cinct C, at the Three Rivers Grammar School in Three Rivers, and in Precinct D, at the Bondsville Grammar School in Bondsville, on Monday, the fifth day of February, A. D. 1945, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot to the precinct officers of the several voting precincts of said town, for the following officers, to wit: 3 Select- men, a Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, 3 Auditors, 5 Constables, 3 License Commissioners, and a Tree Warden, all for the term of one year; 1 Member of the Board of Health, 1 Assessor, 1 Member of the Board of Public Welfare, 1 Cemetery Commissioner, 2 Members of the Planning Board, 2 Members of the School Com- mittee, and a Town Clerk, all for the term of three years.
Also to vote by ballot, which shall be "yes" or "no", in answer to the following question: "Shall the opera- tion of Section 73 of Chapter 131 of the General Laws,
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requiring for the taking of fur-bearing mammals the use of traps that kill at once or take such mammals alive unharmed, be suspended within this town?"
The polls will be open at ten o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at eight o'clock in the evening.
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 twelfth day of February, A. D. 1945, 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 the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to 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, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 6. To hear and act on reports of com- mittees.
Article 7. To choose committees and give them instructions.
Article 8. To determine the manner and state the terms and conditions of collecting taxes for the ensuing year, and fix the compensation of the collector of taxes.
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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 and appropriate 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 authorize the selectmen to make contract therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 13. To see what action the town will take relative to suits and claims now pending against the town.
Article 14. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the care and improvement of cemeteries.
Article 15. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the suppression of the gypsy, brown- tail and satin moths and elm tree beetles, and other in- sect pests.
Article 16. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate such 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 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to help defray the cost of maintaining the District Nurse.
Article 18. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money 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
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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 19. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money under the authority of Section 22 of Chap- ter 115 of the General Laws for the care of graves of persons who 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 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
Article 21. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks and curbing.
Article 22. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money to be paid to the Wing Memo- rial 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 support or care for themselves, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money as permitted by law to meet any appro- priations made or expenses incurred under any of the articles of this warrant.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the granting of adequate assistance to deserving citizens of the town in need of relief and support sixty-five 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 rela- tive thereto.
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Article 25. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money to provide and maintain quar- ters for Edward T. Goodreau Post, No. 1813, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States for the year 1945.
Article 26. To see if the town will authorize the school committee to appoint any member thereof to the office or position of school physician and determine and fix the salary of any such appointee under the provisions of Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to author- ize the selectmen to sell at public auction, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, prop- erty taken by the town under tax title procedure, pro- vided that the selectmen or whomsoever they may author- ize to hold such auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 28. To see what action the town will take relative to the care and preservation of the Memorial Approach to the High School, the plot of land at Shearer's Corner upon which the General Knox Marker is located, and the memorial plots in the several villages of the town.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the operation and maintenance of Burleigh Park, Legion Field and the Eager Playground in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 30. (a) To see what action the town will take with reference to the planting and preservation of shade trees; (b) To see if the town will vote to deter- mine and fix the salary of the tree warden and raise and appropriate money for the same; (c) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for labor and materials and tools for use in connection with the Department of the Tree Warden.
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Article 31. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate such sum or sums of money as it may deem neces- sary for the preservation of health and protection of per- sons and property ; to purchase equipment, uniforms and supplies for auxiliary fire and police departments, air- raid wardens, first aid rescue squads and other essential units of defense; to provide for the training of its citizens in first aid and other matters essential to civilian defense, and to provide for such other means as may be necessary in the national emergency for the protection of the people and property in the town; and raise the same by taxation or by an issue of bonds or notes, under the provisions of Chapter 487 of the Acts of 1941.
Article 32. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to be expended for the burial of soldiers or sailors, their wives and depend- ent children, or other members of the Armed Forces of the United States under the provisions of Chapter 115 of the General Laws.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to pay a salary to the members of the Board of Public Welfare chosen to serve in the Division of Old Age Assistance, in addition to the salary received by them as members of said Board of Public Welfare, fix the amount thereof, and raise and appropriate any money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 35. To see if the town will install and main- tain additional electric lights as follows: (a) 1 light on Highland Street in the Depot Village, between Brown and King Streets; (b) 1 light on High Street, Thorndike, between Lake Junction and Old Center Road; (c) 1 light opposite the Pytka residence on North Street in Three
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Rivers; (d) 1 light on the Four Corners-Bondsville Road near the residence of one Nietupski; (e) 1 light at the intersection of Bourne Street and Sykes Street, some- times called the Bondsville-Palmer Road; (f) 2 or more lights on Breckenridge Street between Ware Road and property of Everett E. Marshall.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to accept the following perpetual care funds which have been given to it during the year: Mary R. B. Squiers $200.00; Jo- seph H. Noble $200.00 ; Clara D. Hobson $200.00; Seth W. Smith $100.00; Fred O. Royce $200.00; Harold H. Christiansen $100.00; Freeman Foster $100.00; Thomas Hutchinson $100.00; James Cowles $100.00; William McClean $200.00.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $825.53 from the Overlay Surplus Account to the Overlay Deficit Account.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, for a postwar rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for repairs to the Wenimesset School Building in the Village of Three Rivers.
Article 40. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the construction of new sewers and catch basins as follows: (a) Sewer in Hill and Church Streets, Thorndike, to connect with main sewer in said Church Street; (b) Sewer in Chestnut Street, Depot Vil- lage, from end of present sewer near Arch Street west- erly to property of one Sheldon.
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Article 41. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the purpose of making external and internal repairs to the Memorial Hall Building in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the following purposes : (a) For the purchase of a new forest fire truck; (b) For the making of repairs and alterations to the present forest fire truck; (c) For the purchase of hose for the use of the forest fire department.
Article 43. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money to cover the expenses to be incurred by the town in the taking of the 1945 state census required by law.
Article 44. To see if the town will accept and allow a town way in the Village of Bondsville, as shown on plan entitled "Town of Palmer, Acceptance Plan of Stew- art Street, Hill Street, and Crest Street in the Village of Bondsville" dated January, 1945, prepared by R. O. and G. F. Dingman, Engineers, as laid out by the Selectmen, according to the following description: Beginning at a stone bound in the northerly line of Griffin Street, as shown on said plan, at the southwesterly corner of land of Walter Pietryka; thence North 10° 49' East along the westerly line of land of said Pietryka fifty-three and 65/100 (53.65) feet to a stone bound, and North 10° 49' East one and 35/100 (1.35) feet to the southerly line of Lot 55, as shown on said plan; thence North 17º 27' East eighty-seven and 72/100 (87.72) feet to the southerly line of Hill Street as shown on said plan; thence North 10° 57' 30" East two hundred ninety-eight and 27/100 (298.27) feet to a point fifty-two and 91/100 (52.91) feet northerly from the northerly line of Crest Street, as shown on said plan; thence North 6° 42' East thirty and 16/100 (30.16) feet and North 10° 46' East
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two hundred forty-one and 83/100 (241.83) feet; thence North 70° 02' West thirty-five and 46/100 (35.46) feet to the northeasterly corner of Lot 39, as shown on said plan; thence South 10° 46' West two hundred forty-eight and 74/100 (248.74) feet; thence South 6° 42' West thirty and 10/100 (30.10) feet; thence South 10° 57' 30" West two hundred eighty-nine and 75/100 (289.75) feet ; thence South 18° 25' West forty and 28/100 (40.28) feet; thence South 12º 14' West seventy and 45/100 (70.45) feet to a stone bound in the northerly line of land of John and Mary Pietryka; thence South 11° 07' West fifty-two and 40/100 (52.40) feet to a stone bound in the northerly line of Griffin Street at the southeasterly corner of land of said John and Mary Pietryka; thence northeasterly along the northerly line of Griffin Street thirty-four and 9/10 (34.9) feet to the place of begin- ning ; said street to be known as Stewart Street.
Article 45. To see if the town will accept and allow a town way in the Village of Bondsville, as shown on plan entitled "Town of Palmer, Acceptance Plan of Stew- art Street, Hill Street, and Crest Street in the Village of Bondsville" dated January, 1945, prepared by R. O. and G. F. Dingman, Engineers, as laid out by the Selectmen, according to the following description: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Stewart Street, as shown on said plan, one hundred forty-two and 72/100 (142.72) feet northerly from the northerly line of Griffin Street, as shown on said plan; thence North 74° 38' East three hundred thirty-six and 57/100 (336.57) feet to land of the Central Massachusetts Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad; thence North 9° 01' West thirty-five and 22/100 (35.22) feet along said railroad land; thence South 74° 38' West three hundred twenty-three and 15/100 (323.15) feet to the easterly line of said Stewart Street; thence South 10° 57' 30" West thirty-nine and 05/100 (39.05) feet to the place of beginning ; said street to be known as Hill Street. The southerly line of said
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Hill Street is abutted by Lots 52, 53, 54 and 55 as shown on said plan, and the northerly line is abutted by Lots 50, 51 and 56 as shown on said plan.
Article 46. To see if the town will accept and allow a town way in the Village of Bondsville, as shown on plan entitled "Town of Palmer, Acceptance Plan of Stew- art Street, Hill Street and Crest Street in the Village of Bondsville", dated January, 1945, prepared by R. O. and G. F. Dingman, Engineers, as laid out by the Selectmen, according to the following description: Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Stewart Street, as shown on said plan, three hundred forty-nine and 03/100 (349.03) feet northerly from the northerly line of Griffin Street, as shown on said plan; thence North 74° 38' East two hundred sixty-five and 65/100 (265.65) feet to land of the Central Massachusetts Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad; thence North 9° 01' West thirty-five and 22/100 (35.22) feet along said railroad land; thence South 74° 38' West two hundred fifty-two and 22/100 (252.22) feet to the easterly line of said Stewart Street; thence South 10° 57' 30" West thirty-nine and 05/100 (39.05) feet to the place of beginning; said street to be known as Crest Street. The southerly line of said Crest Street is abutted by Lots 45, 46 and 47, as shown on said plan, and the northerly line is abutted by Lots 43 and 44 as shown on said plan.
Article 47. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money for the maintenance of the Veterans' Service Center.
Article 48. To see if the town will vote to construct a curbing on Main Street in the Village of Bondsville in front of property of Peter Duda.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof in some one public
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place in each of the four villages of the town, known as the Depot Village, Thorndike, Three Rivers and Bonds- ville, seven days at least before the holding of said meet- ing 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 eleventh day of January, A. D. 1945.
DANIEL W. O'CONNOR
GEORGE B. CHENEY PETER F. WARAKOMSKI
Selectmen of Palmer
A true copy, Attest:
JAMES H. CARTER
Constable of the Town of Palmer
Index
Animal Inspection 92
Assessors' Report 26
Auditor's Report 100
Balance Sheet for 1944 58
Board of Health
79
Board of Public Welfare
66
Board of Public Welfare for Aid to Dependent Children
73
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
99
Chief of Police
86
Civilian Defense and Rationing Board
97
Forest Fire Warden
96
Jury List 93
Inspector of Slaughtering 84
License Commission 85
Milk Inspector 84
Moth Department 114
Old Age Assistance 75
Park Commissioners' Report 110
School Committee 115
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
88
Selectmen
25
Tax Collector's Report
21
Town Bookkeeper's Report
30
Town Clerk's Report
5
Town Officers - Expiration Date
3
Town Warrant 134
Tree Warden 113
Treasurer's Report 23
Trial Balance 64
Veteran's Service Center 98
Young Men's Library Association 105
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