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Thoroughness has been cur aim and, in most cases, this method of procedure has proved very satisfactory.
Miss Damon has a splendid class of seventh and eighth grade pupils of whose work in music one may well be proud.
Miss Kiely's third and fourth grades sing very com- mendably a number of songs and are doing theory work very well.
Miss Warner has the primary grades which it is always a delight to hear.
In Haydenville, much credit is due Miss Riley for the manner in which she has worked with the class also for the gratifying results obtained.
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Miss Goodhue has a third grade which has completed the theory course for her room and which sings a number of songs delightfully.
Miss Ryan's fifth and sixth grades sing splendidly two and three part selections keeping their theory work well in hand.
The seventh and eighth grades sing their part songs in a pleasing manner and have taken practically all theory work for these grades.
Again we have a first grade with Miss Purrington who, needless to say, deserves much credit. Not only must the children be taught music but the additional task of teach- ing little folks how to speak the words is encountered. So many of the little people can hardly say more than two or three words in English when they enter this grade, therefore it can readily be realized how great the amount of work and patience necessary to secure good results.
The out schools are also working hard, the results being hardly as satisfactory as in schools where there are but one or two grades. However, the work done in these schools is deserving of much credit.
The High School made a decided hit at the graduating · exercises with its orchestra, the singing also showed that a great deal of work had been put into the chorus during the year and the manner in which the songs were executed deserves great praise.
Up to the present time this year our High School has mastered several excellent selections from "The Junior High School Book" and "The Standard Song Classics" by Baldwin and Newton both of which furnish splendid op- portunities for the average high school voice.
May I take this opportunity townspeople, parents and guardians of the pupils, to thank you for your efforts in helping to make my work more pleasant by your interest. Pupils, I am grateful to you for your gencrous response at all times. Teachers, to you I wish to express my sin-
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cere thanks for and appreciation of your hearty co-opera- tion in every way, and to you, Mr. Goodhue, and members of the school board, I also extend my gratitude for your share in making my work so agreeable.
To my successor I extend my best wishes and trust that she may find as ready and willing workers and as many pleasant associations as I have found during my entire term of service.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. THOMAS F. LENIHAN.
REPORTS OF SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.
Mr. E. W. Goodhue,
Superintendent of Schools,
DEAR SIR :-
I take pleasure in presenting my eleventh annual report as Medical Inspector of Schools for the Village of Hayden- ville.
Total Number of Children Examined, 205
Number of Cases needing dental attention, 98
Number of children noted as having good teeth, 40
Number of cases of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, 20
Number of cases of pediculosis,
3
Number of cases of scalp disease,
2
Number of cases of speech defect,
1
Number of pupils not vaccinated,
19
Respectfully submitted,
C. H. WHEELER, M. D.
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Mr. E. W. Goodhue,
Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR :- Below you will find a report of my work as School Physician :-
Total Number of pupils examined, 192
Number not vaccinated, 28
Number of cases of tonsils and adenoids, 11
Number of cases of decayed teeth,
30
Respectfully submitted,
J. G. HAYES, M. D.
REPORT OF HEARING AND SIGHT TEST
Number of pupils examined, 401
Number of cases of defective vision, 24
Number of cases of defective hearing, 7
Number of parents notified,
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GRADUATING EXERCISES OF WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL.
Helen E. James School Building, June 26, 1919.
CLASS MOTTO, Four Years 'Course, "Vestigia nulla retror- sum."
PROGRAM.
Song, Prayer, Salutatory, Class History,
High School Chorus Rev. John Pierpont Ruth Elvera Schuler Ralph Ernest LeDuc
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Song, Class Prophecy,
Prophecy on Prophetess, Song, Valedictory,
Demobilization of Service Flag,
Presentation of Diplomas,
Benediction,
Glee Club Gladys Childs Miller Frederick Clark Healy High School Chorus Raymond Stephen Burke W. M. Purrington Supt. E. W. Goodhue Rev. Robert E. Life
CLASS OFFICERS.
President, Amy S. Goodhue.
Vice-President, R. Elvera Schuler. Secretary, Gladys C. Miller. Treasurer, Ralph E. LeDuc.
MEMBERS OF CLASS
* Raymond Stephen Burke,
* Ruth Elvera Schuler,
Amy Stebbins Goodhue, Ralph Ernest LeDuc,
*Gladys Childs Miller, Frederick Clark Healy.
Class Colors, Purple and Gold.
Class Flower, Red Rose.
TWO YEARS' COURSE. Helen Josephine Drake, Walter Leroy Leonard.
* Members of Pro Merito Society.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR.
1920.
September 7-First term begins.
October 12-Columbus Day, Holiday.
November 25, 26-Thanksgiving Recess. December 24-First term ends.
1921.
January 3-Second term begins.
. February 22-Washington's Birthday, Holiday.
April 1-Second term ends.
April 11-Third term begins.
April 19-Patriots' Day, Holiday.
May 30-Memorial Day, Holiday.
June 24-Third term ends.
Days to be observed with appropriate exercises.
Nov. 11-For Peace Day.
February 11-For Lincoln's Birthday.
April 13-Band of Mercy Day.
May 27-Patriotic Exercises.
This calendar is subject to change by the School Com- mittee.
Teachers are expected to follow the calendar strictly un- less otherwise instructed by the School Committee or Superintendent.
Teachers closing school for an entire session on other than regular holidays, for any reason, will notify the superintendent of Schools in advance if possible. Do not fail to do so.
REPORTS OF
WILLIAMSBURG
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE YEAR 1920
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1920
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. PRESS OF GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
1921
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
ARTICLE 1. To elect three Selectmen who shall be over- seers of the Poor, one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Elector under the Will of the late Oliver Smith, Esq., one Tax Collector, one Moderator, two Constables, two Au- ditors and one Tree Warden all for one year. Also one Assessor, one Water Commissioner, one Library Trustee, one School Committee, all for three years. Also Sinking Fund Commissioner, for three years. Also to vote on the question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?" Yes or No. All on one ballot.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary minor Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Memorial Day and choose a Com- mittee to expend the same.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for maintaining Street Lights.
ART. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the current expense of the Town.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current finan- cial year.
ART. 7. To fix the amount of the salary of the Tax Collector.
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ART. 8. To hear the report of the Selectmen, Trea- surer, School and other Committees and act thereon.
ART. 9. To hear the report of the Water Commission- ers and act thereon.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to expend the Whiting Street Fund or take any action in relation thereto.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to build and repair sidewalks in Precinct A and Precinct B.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to help defray the expenses of the Visiting Nurse.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Fire insurance upon its public buildings.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate $150.00 for the support of the Hampshire County Farm Bureau and elect a director of that Organization who will be the official Town representative for the County Board of Trustees as per Chapter 273 of the Acts of 1918, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take rela- tive to the replacement of the Silk Mill bridge, so-called, or take any action thereon.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will accept the provision of Chapter 155 of the acts of 1918 to raise and appropriate four thousand dollars to maintain roads exclusive of State Highway and roads within the village limits.
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ART. 17 .. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair bridges, remove snow, and other road work not covered by road bill Chapter 155 of the Acts of 1918.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $300.00 to purchase the piano now in the Town Hall or take any action thereon.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to furnish trans- portation for all children attending the High School who have been transported to the lower grades, and also trans- tation from the district schools to the High School for those who have been attending the High School or the dis- trict schools and are entitled to attend the High School.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote for extra street lights, two on Fairfield Avenue and two on the Petticoat Hill Road, or to take any action thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for installing closets and cloak rooms and making other suitable repairs on the Town Hall, or take any action relating thereto.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to celebrate the One Hundred and Fiftieth anniversary of the incorpora- tion of the town, or take any action in relation thereto.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will accept and maintain perpetual care of a monument erected to the memory of John Miller, the first settler of the town, by Edwin F. and E. Cyrus Miller.
Polls may close at 3 P. M.
Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS
Balance from last report,
$7,179 28
Received on Tax levy of 1918
1,290 54
Tax levy of 1919
3,198 05
Tax levy of 1920
26,285 69
Poll Tax of 1920
2,275 00
for Schools Collins Fund
1,029 99
State School Fund
5,300 00
Massachusetts Fund
5,000 23
Industrial Fund
42 50
Supt. Fund
618 13
High School Fund
750 00
Tuition State Wards
190 50
Bostn wards
475 90
Goshen
167 50
Conway
94 00
Chesterfield
77 25
Hawley
75 00
Plainfield
75 00
Dog Tax refund
168 98
Training School 33 60
Sold stone flags 7 00
Rent of James Hall
1 00
Sale of old seats
2 00
Rebate on light bill
3 60
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Temporary loan Haydenville Bank $25,000 00
Water Department 2,800 00
State Corporation tax, Foreign 2,254 87
Domestic 329 05
Public Service 313 25
National Bank tax
596 21
Reimbursement for loss of taxes
12 80
Soldiers Exemption
29 21
Inspection of Animals
21 75
Street Railway Excise Tax
179 73
District Court Fines
25 00
Rent of Grange Hall
35 00
Rent of Town Hall
61 00
Interest on Taxes
314 10
Bank Deposit
300 47
Soldiers Relief
348 00
Support of State Poor
282 85 -
Massachusetts Highway Commission
2,144 70
Income Tax
1917
7 50
1918
15 00
1919
540 00
1920
2,066 30
Abuttors on Sidewalks
82 00
Poor Account South Hadley
15 00
Northampton
10 00
Hampshire Co. Wild Cat Bounty
5 00
Motor sold
160 00
Lumber sold
5 00
License Fees 66 00
Northampton on chap. 763 Acct.
224 34
R. O'Neil personal acct.
37 45
Goshen for aid at Fire
47 00
$92,669 32
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DISBURSEMENTS
Paid State tax, $3,958 20
County Tax,
2,544 06
Civilian War Poll Tax
1,422 00
Temporary Loans,
26,000 00
School site note,
700 00
Concrete Bridge note,
250 00
Davenport Farm note,
500 00
Cone Bridge note,
1,000 00
Interest on loans,
2,149 26
Interest on Water Bonds,
2,000 00
Orders of Selectmen,
Highways,
2,517 26
Contingent,
2,683 82
Street Light,
1,780 19
Poor,
1,351 54
Fire Department,
221 64
Library,
283 41
Side Walks,
252 75
Insurance,
47 40
Mothers' Pension Act, 1,384 15
Hydrants and Water Tanks, 500 00
Farm Bureau, 150 00
Memorial Day,
50 00
State Aid,
238 00
Repairs State Highway,
268 00
Special Highway No. 155,
6,297 49
Tool House,
361 40
Memorial Tablet,
2,301 70
Visiting Nurse Association,
250 00
Highway No. 155 Truck and oil, 167 59
Orders of School Committee, 22,073 08 Retirement Funds Teachers, 391 25
Sinking Fund, 1,000 00
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Abatements of taxes, 1918, 84 75
1919, 55 13
District Court Fees, 15 52
Balance, 7,419 73
$92,669 32
INCOME FROM COLLINS SCHOOL FUND
Dividend on 20 shares of Northampton
National Bank Stock, $320 00
Dividend on 20 shares of Hampshire
County Trust Company Stock,
100 00
Dividend on 20 shares of Mechanic
National Bank Stock, 180 00
Dividend on 21 shares of First
National Bank of Greenfield, 210 00-
Dividends on 21 shares of First
National Bank or Northampton, 147 00
Interest at Haydenville Savings Bank, 72 99
$1,029 99
STATEMENT OF WATER DEBT
Water Bonds,
$50,000 00
Less Sinking Fund,
23,214 01
$26,785 99
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Paid Haydenville Savings Bank, $1,486 76 First Nat. Bank Northampton, 600 00 Meekins Library, 62 50
$2,149 26
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AVAILABLE
Appropriation,
$1,200 00
Interest on Deposits,
300 47
Interest on Taxes,
314 10
$1,814 57
$334 69
TOWN ASSETS
Balance in Treasury,
$7,419 73
Due on Taxes, 1918,
109 10
Due on Taxes, 1919,
2,898 30
Due on Taxes, 1920,
6,568 09
Due on State Aid Account,
238 00
Due Mothers' Pension Act,
713 81
Due on Pauper Account,
21 00
Sinking Fund,
23,214 01
Due on Poll Taxes,
2,275 00
Balance,
32,742 96
$76,200 00
LIABILITIES
Due Wells Bisbee, $300 00
Due Haydenville Savings Bank, Balance of Loan, 12,000 00
Due Haydenville Savings Bank, Balance of School Site Loan, 1,400 00
Due Haydenville Savings Bank, Balance of Davenport Farm Loan, 500 00
Due First National Bank of North- ampton, Balance of Cone Bridge Loan, 11,000 00
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Due Trustees of Meekins Library, Balance of Concrete Bridge Loan, Water Bonds outstanding,
1,000 00
50,000 00
$76,200 00
ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE LOANS ACCOUNT
Balance from last year,
$13,000 00
Borrowed of Haydenville Savings Bank,
25,000 00
$38,000 00
Paid Haydenville Savings Bank,
Balance of 1919 Loan,
$13,000 00
Paid Haydenville Savings Bank,
Balance of 1920 Loan,
$13,000 00
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$26,000 00
$12,000 00
STATE AID, 1920
Paid January,
$14 00
February,
14 00
March,
14 00
April,
14 00
May,
14 00
June,
24 00
July,
24 00
August,
24 00
September,
24 00
October,
24 00
November,
24 00
December,
24 00
$238 00
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THE ELECTA WAIT FUND
This Fund now amounts to $1,500.00. It is on deposit in the Northampton Institution for Savings and the in- come will be available for the purpose for which it was given, after April 1, 1920.
PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
On deposit at the Haydenville Savings Bank.
Í. F. Baker Fund, $300 00
L. C. Graves Fund, 200 00
W. F. Warren Fund, 100 00
Henry W. Warner Fund, 100 00
$700 00
STATEMENT OF DOG LICENSES
89 males at $2.00 each,
178 00
6 females at $5.00 each,
30 00
$208 00
JOHN W. HILL, Treasurer.
AUDITORS' STATEMENT
Williamsburg, Mass., February 19, 1921.
We, the undersigned, certify that we have this day ex- amined the accounts of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Water Commissioners, Sinking Fund Commissioners and School Committee, and find them correct and properly vouched for, to the best of our knowledge and belief.
WILLIAM G. LOOMIS, W. M. PURRINGTON, Auditors.
Assessors' Report
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate, $1,192,074 00
Value of Assessed Real Estate, $935,665 00
Value of Assessed Personal Estate, 256,409 00
$1,192,074 00
Value of Assessed Buildings, $632,360 00
Value of Assessed Land, 303,305 00
$935,665 00
Number of polls assessed, 473
No. of residents assessed on property, 343
All others (corporations, etc.,) 55
No. of Non-residents assessed on property, 66 All others, 25
No. of persons assessed on property, 489
No. of persons assessed for poll tax only, 199
Rate total tax per thousand, $27 50
No. of horses assessed,
202
No. of cows assessed,
425
No. of neat cattle assessed,
189
No. of sheep assessed,
68
No. of swine assessed,
75
No. of fowls assessed,
2162
No. of dwelling houses assessed,
414
State tax,
$3,780 00
State tax special,
178 20
State highway tax,
268 00
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County tax, Town grant,
$2,544 06 25,643 85 368 86
Overlayings,
$32,782 97
Bank and Corporation Tax,
3,169 33
Income tax,
2,360 15
Income Tax, Educational Bill,
4,000 00
Value of Property Exempt from Taxation,
Literary Institutions,
$67,500 00
Church Property,
53,900 00
Petticoat Hill Park,
1,500 00
Estimated value of Public Buildings, Water Works, Fire Apparatus, and Sinking Fund,
$141,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. DAMON,
CHARLES R. DAMON,
THOMAS I. BRECKENRIDGE,
Assessors of Williamsburg.
$112,900 00
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Town Clerk's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I have the honor of submitting herewith the following report for three months report of the late Town Clerk, Mr. Henry W. Hill, also of the remaining nine months, of the year ending Dec. 31, 1920.
LICENSES
Three Licenses were issued to Junk Dealers.
Two Licenses were issued to Auctioneers.
One License was issued to Pool Room.
One License was issued to Peddler.
Three hundred and one Licenses were issued to Hunters and Fishermen.
Two Licenses were issued to Automobile repair and Second Hand Automobile Dealers.
MILITARY
The list of males subject to Military Duty numbers 201.
DOGS
The number of dogs licensed, and fees collected for is as follows : To June 1st 1920.
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30 males @ 2.00 4 Females @ 5.00
$60 00
20 00
80 00
less fees,
6 80
$73 20
Which amount was paid County Treasurer by Town Treasurer June 3, 1920.
From June 1 to Dec. 1, 1920.
59 males and spayed females,
$118 00
2 Females,
10 00
$128 00
less fees,
$12 20
$115 80
Dec. 1, 1920.
Paid County Treasurer, Charles E. Perry, $115 80
Making a total of 95 dogs.
REVISED LIST OF JURORS
J. F. Kearney
T. M. Wells
Ernest Browe
John J. Trainor
H. W. Graves
T. I. Breckenridge Adalbert Wait William Chadwick
A. J. Clemons Fred N. Graves John Black George Dansereau
Wells G. Bisbee
Thomas Dunphy
Ward E. Shumway Thomas J. Demetrion
Alvah Shumway
Allen B. Adams
H. C. Hosford Silas Snow
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Vital Statistics were as follows :
BIRTHS
Whole number of Births was 41 recorded as follows :
Jan. 26. Lena Marie Nietsche.
Feb. 3. Basil Merton Bickford.
Feb. 9. Phyllis Ruth Damon.
Feb. 25. Joseph Kulask.
Mar. 3. Helen May Childs.
5. Wancla Lenziski.
7. Earl Edwin Clark.
15. Edith Miller.
15. Edward Walter Miller.
19. Edith Pearl McAvoy.
21. Agnes May Weeks.
27. Raymond Pelky.
27. Carl Holland Sylvester.
Apr. 1. Helena Taradaenia.
12. May Catherine Ryan.
May 4. Dorothy May Bagley.
23. Edward Charles Fountaine.
27. Josephine Drzonc.
29. Stanly Miskowski.
June
3. George Francis Gilbert.
5. Donald William Moffitt.
11. Stasia Jesky.
23. Emily Ames.
26. Gertrude Elizabeth Bates.
28. Wilmer James Loud.
July 3. Hazel Ruth Lafleur.
15. James Alfred Stone.
Aug. 14. Harold Charles Burdeau.
Sept. 11. Benjamin Demerski.
Sept. 11. Soliwoda.
23. Ruth Julia Polmatier.
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Oct.
25. Lillian Madeline Blanchard.
27. John Lintuec.
24. John Czerbowecz.
24. Henry Kopka.
Nov. 17. Stephen Anatoz.
23. Louise Martha Spitzer. 23. Lottie Golec.
Dec. 2. Richard Ogden Miller.
8. Tooley. 30. William Gray Nicholls.
MARRIAGES
Whole Number of Marriages was 35 which were re- corded as follows;
Jan.
19. James J. Guyer, Williamsburg.
Marion B. W. Witherell, Williamsburg.
Feb. 6. Fred W. Sanderson, Williamsburg. Hazel L. Warner, Williamsburg.
Feb. 14. Elwin Miner, Cummington. Eva Burdeau Roberge, Williamsburg.
Apr. 5. Frederick C. Blanchard, Leeds. Lillian Rosella Johndrow, Williamsburg.
Apr. 7. Arthur W. LeMad, Williamsburg, (Hville) . Rose Gingras, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Apr. 18. Kemon Adamopoulus, Williamsburg, (Hville). Demetria Metsopoulos, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Apr. 25. Edward C. Walsh, Williamsburg, Zella Damon Clapp, Williamsburg,
Apr. 26. James Walter Eagan, Bristol, Conn. Margaret Annie Lenihan, Williamsburg,
May 29. William B. Miller, Williamsburg. Lillian Ogden, Williamsburg.
(Hville).
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June 2.
Edward J. Larkin, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Margaret C. Walpole, Williamsburg, (Hville).
June 12. Arrol T. Kingsley, Williamsburg. Bertha Louise Miller, Williamsburg.
June 16. Joseph William Boisseau, Westfield. Edith May Smart, Williamsburg.
June 26. Warren K. Tyler, Williamsburg. Grace M. Handfield, Williamsburg.
July
July 3. Charles W. Weeks, Williamsburg. Carm M. Damon, Williamsburg. 8. Joseph John Kelley, Williamsburg. Mable Kathryn Wells, Williamsburg.
July 21. John Ellsworth Campbell, Westfield. Cressa Dwight Smith, Williamsburg.
Aug. 11. William Guyette, Williamsburg. Elizabeth M. Crotty, Conway.
Aug. 21. George Vernon Warner, Williamsburg. Hazel May Damon, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Sept. . 4. Roy A. Whitcomb, Cleveland, Ohio. Mary Ashton Rustemeyer, Williamsburg. Sept. 11. Kenneth Eldon Bell, Malden, Mass. Vera Miller Thresher, Williamsburg.
Sept. 11. Alfred Eustace Dimes, Hartford, Conn. Charlotte Miller, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Sept. 13. Ludolf A. W. Nehring, Florence. Emily Elizabeth Ames, Williamsburg.
Sept. 16. Joseph H. McDonald, Northampton. Viola Dansereau, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Sept. 22. Frank D. O'Brien, Williamsburg, (Hville). Edith Sharpe, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Sept. 25. Oscar L. Colburn, Chesterfield, N. H. Dorothy Frances Rhodes, Williamsburg. Oct. 9. Russell Lucius Whitaker, Chevy Chase, Md. Edna Mae Phinney, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Oct.
11. Albert F. Eyre, Northampton. Margaret A. Mullaly, Williamsburg, (Hville).
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Oct. 12. Harry Willard Eaton, Springfield. Sophia Clara Damon, Williamsburg.
Oct. 23. Frank W. Merritt, Williamsburg. Ida Smith Austin, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Oct. 27. Edward L. Howard, Hopedale, Mass. Bessie M. Sharpe, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Nov. 9. Walter George Evans, Chesterfield, Mass. Inez Wells Bisbee, Williamsburg.
Nov. 17. Ovila J. Bergeron, Florence. Luella M. Patterson, Williamsburg.
Nov. 20. Albert W. Suriner, Becket, Mass. Ruby M. Griffin, Williamsburg.
Nov. 25. Edward J. Kearney, Williamsburg, (Hville) . Alice A. Trainor, Williamsburg, (Hville).
Dec. 29. James A. Evans, Chesterfield, Mass. M. Evelyn Bisbee, Williamsburg.
DEATHS
Whole number of Deaths was 29 which was recorded as follows :
Yrs.
Mos. Days
Jan. 7. Aurelia E. Stockwell,
83
10
23
14. Sarah Alice Brown,
73
7 14
17. Albert Sanders Hills,
60
3
7
Feb. 1. Samuel A. Ewing,
65
9 26
21. John Strange,
75
2 21
Apr. 5. Helen Ozzeleck,
6
16
14. Martin Murray,
25
8
18
28. Ella Electa Davis,
67
11 17
2. Loucina Sharpe,
53
6 18
10. Henry Wilmont Hill,
75
10
24
30. Elbridge W. Goodhue,
65
2
19
Mar. 4. Morris P. Purrington,
86
7. Earl Edwin Clark,
May
7
21
Yrs.
Mos. Days
June 6.
Estella Inez Bramble,
65
2
6
14. Fordyce M. Jenkins,
52
2
27
July 26. Anna Elizabeth Brewster,
49
10
25
14. Philip Breault,
54
5
3
31.
Charles Francis Gilbert,
1
23
Aug. 10. Mary Hoffman,
88
1
24. Sarah A. Williams,
83
2
27
Sept. 11. Solawater,
Aug. 11.
George Waltz,
34
4 22
Oct. 15.
Joseph Strong Graves,
67
9
18.
Ellen M. Miller,
80
1 20
24.
Henry Charles Ranney,
82
3
25
21. Richard O'Neil,
70
Dec. 17.
William W. Wallace,
72
2
15
24. Addie Hall Hitchcock,
80
7
23
25. Basil M. Bickford,
10
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Respectfully submitted,
WELLS G. BISBEE,
Town Clerk.
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Collector's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I have the honor of submitting herewith the following report. The warrants for the uncollected taxes of the years of 1918 and 1919, were turned over to me Aug. 28, 1920, as follows :
Balance to be collected for the year 1918, $1,183 71
1919, 5,143 43
Collected of the 1918 taxes,
$1,074 61
Collected interest on same,
122 02
Collected of the 1919 taxes,
$2,245 13
Collected interest on same,
121 49
Balance uncollected of 1918 tax subject to abatement, $109 10
Balance uncollected of 1919 tax subject to abatement, $2,898 30
Warrants for 1920 taxes were as follows:
Personal and Real Estate,
$32,782 97
Added assessments, 70 81
$32,853 78
Poll Tax,
Added assesments,
$2,370 00
50 00
$2,420 00
23
Collected of the 1920 Personal and Real Estate tax, $26,285 69
Collected of the 1920 Poll Tax,
$2,275 00
Collected Interest on 1920 Tax,
33 11
Amount of Sidewalk Tax handed me by Selectmen, Dec. 1, 1920, was, $180 00
Total collected, 82 00
Balance due, $98 00
Balance of 1920 Personal and Real Estate
Tax, uncollected subject to abatement, $6,568 09 Balance of 1920 Poll Tax, 145 00
Total Collection of Taxes, except sidewalk, $31,962 43
Total Collection of Interest, 276 62
$32,239 05
Paid J. W. Hill, Treasurer,
$32,239 05
WELLS G. BISBEE, Tax Collector.
5000
Selectmen's Report
To the Citizens of Williamsburg :
The Selectmen's report for the year ending December 31, 1920, is as follows :
260
APPROPRIATION FOR 1920
Memorial Day,
$50 00
Visiting Nurse,
250 00
Schools,
§ 16,000 00
Sinking Fund,
1,000 00
Fire Department,
200 00
Water tanks and hydrants,
500 00
Interest,
1,200 00
Library,
250 00
Poor account,
5
1,000 00
Street lights,
1,900 00
Mothers' Pension,
800 00
Highway, under Chapter 155,
4,000 00
Highways,
2,000 00
Tax Collector,
300 00
3.00
Sidewalks, for repairs,
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