Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Williamsburg 1916-1930, Part 19

Author: Williamsburg (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Town of Williamsburg
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50,000.00


$87,250.00


1. Electa Wait Fund


Dr.


To cash reecived 1923,


$122.40 $122.40


Cr.


By Paid Beneficiaries, $62.00


By cash on hand Jan. 1, 1924,


50.40


$122.40


2. Perpetual Care Funds


Dr.


To Interest drawn,


Cr. $36.32 $36.32


By


Paid Williamsburg Cemetery


Association,


$25.95


By Paid Mountain St. Cemetery,


10.37


$36.32


1923


Warrants Personal and Real Estate, Poll,


$35.200.22


2,840.00


Unlocated balance,


1.63


$38,041.85


Collected and paid Treasurer,


$28,038.70


Abatements,


471.13


Outstanding,


9,532.02


$38,041.85


Interest collected and paid Treasurer.


$ 818.41


Total amount paid Treasurer, 41,215.58


Respectfully submitted,


W. G. BISBEE,


Collector.


Tax Collector's Report


The following is my report as Tax Collector for the year 1923 :


The new law passed in 1923 means that all taxes must be paid before October 1st, following the year of assessment, and all outstanding taxes previous to the 1923 tax must be paid at once.


Much trouble has been caused by delinquent tax payers objecting to paying interest, but the law requires that interest must be paid on unpaid taxes, after November 1st, dating from October 15th.


1920


Outstanding January 1, 1923,


$773.40


Collected and paid Treasurer,


$623.46


Abatements,


147.19


Outstanding,


2.75


$773.40


1921


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923,


$4,063.32


Collected and paid Treasurer,


$3,310.70


Abatements,


90.47


Outstanding,


662.15


$4,063.32


1922


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1923,


$10,268.59


Collected and paid Treasurer, Abatements, 131.50


$8,424.31


Outstanding,


1,712.78


$10,268.59


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Dr.


3. A. S. Hills Fund To cash on hand, To received,


$318.25


219.26


$537.51


Cr.


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TOWN ASSETS


Balance in Treasury


19,063.89


Due on taxes,


1920-1921-1922-1923-Jan. 1, 1924


11,909.70


Sinking Fund,


29,317.06


Mothers Pension,


611.00


Poor Account,


332.86


Moth Work,


124.00


$61,358.51


To cash received,


$480.00


$480.00


Cr.


By Bills paid,


$439.74


By cash on hand Jan. 1, 1924,


40.26


$480.00


MARY L. CARTER,


Treasurer.


Assessors' Report


Total value assessed Estate, $1,234,877.00


Value of assessed Real Estate, $968,085.00 Value of assessed Personal Es- tate, 266,792.00


Value of assessed Buildings, $680,185.00


$1,234,877.00


Value of assessed Land, 287,900.00


$968,085.00


Number of Polls assessed, 568


Number of Residents assessed on property, 396


All others (Corporations, etc.), 80


Number of Non-Residents assessed on property, 64


All Others, 26


Number of Persons assessed on property, 566


Number of Persons assessed for Poll only, 233


Rate of Total Tax Per Thousand,


$28.50


Number of Horses assessed,


200


Number of Cows assessed,


461


Number of Neat Cattle assessed, 248


Number of Sheep assessed, 40


Number of Swine assessed,


32


Number of Fowls assessed,


3,922


Number of Dwellings, 440


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State Tax,


$3,360.00


State Highway Tax,


268.00


Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax.


253.32


County Tax,


3,044.41


Town Grant,


27,397.00


Overlayings,


871.41


$35,194.14


Bank and Corporation Tax,


$2,421.59


Income Tax,


.


5,750.00


Income Tax, Educational Bill,


2,612.42


Value of Property Exempt from Taxation


Literary Institutions,


$67,500.00


Church Property,


Petticoat Hill Park,


53,900.00 / 0 1,500.00 1600 1


$122,900.00


Estimated Value of Public Buildings, Water


Works, Fire Apparatus, and Sinking Fund, $144,000.00


Respectfully submitted,


LEON B. SANDERSON, JAMES R. MANSFIELD , SILAS SNOW,


Assessors of Williamsburg.


REPORT OF Sinking Fund Commissioners


Dr.


Feb. 1, 1923, Cash on hand, $2,399.27


July 15, 1923, Interest on deposit, 52.41


Interest on bonds, 505.00


Jan. 15, 1924, Interest on deposit, Interest on bonds, 505.00


60.55


Feb. 4, 1924, From Town Treasurer, 1,000.00


$4,522.23


Assets


Feb. 1, 1924, Williamsburg Bonds, $21,000.00


3d U. S. Liberty Bonds, 1,842.40


4th U. S. Liberty Bonds, 1,952.33


Cash in Haydenville Savings Bank, 4,522.33


$29,317.06


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY W. GRAVES, HERBERT A. SMITH, LEON B. SANDERSON,


Commissioners.


Report of Board of Health


Reported to this Board 64 cases, diseases dangerous to public health. Homes quarantined, 31.


During the epidemic of Scarlet Fever, a physician was employed to make daily inspection of pupils at High School building.


Outside toilets private water supplies, pollution by throwing decayed animal and vegetable matter into the streams and sewerage are a source of complaint. Some cases are dangerous to health.


Summer months garbage should be taken care of every day, it takes but a few minutes to cover with dirt in the garden. If thrown on the ash heap it becomes unsightly, gives off offensive odors and becomes the breeding place of millions of flies. One empty tin can if left to collect rain water will in a few days breed mosquitoes that will keep a whole neighborhood indoors after the sun goes down. If there is no other way to dispose of empty cans, take a ham- mer and crush them so that water will not collect.


A. G. CONE, N. K. LINCOLN, JOSEPH RILEY.


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MOTH WEEK-1923


The suppression of the gypsy moth continues to be one of the economic problems. The work of destroying the eggs was started in November and continued through the month, with a total of 878 clusters destroyed, said to contain 300 to 500 eggs in each cluster. This is done by painting them with creosote.


The apple and white oak are the trees most likely to be infected and one is surprised at the number of old scrub apple trees scattered all over the township.


They are the breeding places of thousands of insects which destroy our fruit and vegetation, and it is earnestly requested that land owners cause these trees to be cut down and burned.


One locality was found where there were several large white oaks growing in or near a stone wall; this wall was taken down for several rods, quantities of eggs were found and destroyed. Later leaves and brush were piled on the wall and saturated with oil and burned. These trees have since been cut and the wood inspected.


Land owners are requested to familiarize themselves with the habits of this pest and when pruning in winter or early spring, if egg clusters are found call the moth superintendent, who will see that they are destroyed. (DO NOT SCRAPE EGGS FROM TREES.)


Cards containing the cycle of life with photo in color of the gipsy moth and the brown tail moth can be had at any time.


Appropriation, $500.00


Paid Gazette Printing Co., notice to land


owners, $4.90


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Fitzhenry Guppell Sup. Co.,creosote, .47


Murphy, P. J., use of truck,


3.00


Pomeroy, Howard, labor,


76.00


Lee, W. E., labor,


115.00


Snow, Silas, labor


10.00


Cone, A. G., labor,


135.50


Texas Oil Co., oil,


7.50


Total,


$352.37


Unexpended Balance,


$147.63


A. G. CONE,


Moth Superintendent.


Report of Library Trustees


The trustees of the Haydenville Village Library make the following report :


The number of books listed at the present time, 3085.


About 60 volumes have been added this year.


The circulation of books has increased this year.


About 100 people are now taking books from the library.


The greatest care has been used in selection of books and we feel we have a good collection of books. Mrs. Hattie Metcalf is our present librarian and we are to be congratu- lated in having one so well qualified to serve in that posi- tion.


The public is urged to make use of the library in the largest possible measure.


It is very necessary in the coming year that repairs should be made on the library building and that it be painted at an approximate cost of one hundred dollars.


Therefore, a larger amount should be appropriated for these expenditures.


The Haydenville Library Association has met with a great loss in the death of Mr. E. Cyrus Miller and Mr. George M. Page, who have been trustees of the library for many years.


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Mr. Page was one who could be always depended upon for excellent judgment in all its affairs.


Mr. Miller gave a great deal of his time to the selection of books.


He was always interested in everything connected with the library.


The financial statement :


Paid E. V. Dumphy, books, $3.00


Bridgman & Lyman, books, 50.07


Hattie A. Metcalf, Librarian, 26.00


G. A. Robertson, History of World War, 6.00


W. M. Purrington, insurance on books, 16.84


Dept. of Education, Greek books lost, 9.84


George Page, wood, 9.00


Total, $120.75


ELIZABETH PURRINGTON,


Trustee, Haydenville Village Library.


Report of Extension Service


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town of Williamsburg.


I respectfully offer the report of the work done by Extension Service Agents in Williamsburg during 1923 :


Agricultural Work :


Three lines of work have been carried on in 1923: (1) Fruit Production; (2) Poultry Production ; (3) Fertil- izers and Crops.


Fruit Production : An Extension School was held Feb- ruary 21 at which Prof. Sears of M. A. C. discussed Fertil- ization of Apple Trees and the Spray program. As a result, the following men used Nitrate of Soda in their orchards : H. A. Parmalee, F .A. Shumway, Chas. Powers, S. S. Clark, N. K. Lincoln and John Ice. On bearing trees the nitrate gave a larger crop of better apples than the unfertilized trees. On trees not bearing this year, it gave better growth and set more fruit buds than unfertilized trees. The adop- tion of this practice Ly fruit growers of the town would return them more in one year than the town appropriates in five.


A pruning demonstration was held at S. S. Clark's November 15 to show how to prune bearing trees.


Poultry Production : The work with poultry was intro- duced at an Extension School held February 20, taking up (a) general management, (b) incubation, brooding, (c) dis-


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ease control and )d) Poultry accounts. As a result of the general management talk, a few people adopted labor saving devices such as range hoppers, open air summer houses, and improved labor saving devices for watering chicks. In dis- ease control, four people carried on demonstrations this year, showing that paralysis could be avoided. Two flocks have been tested and found free from white diarrhea, thus furnishing a source of chickens free from this serious dis- ease. In poultry accounts, four men reported for the year, giving them valuable information and furnishing the exten- sion service with information for Extension Schools.


Personal service and help has been given with correct- ing methods and mitritional trouble with chickens.


Crops and Fertilizers: S. S. Clark, Chas. Powers and F. A. Shumway demonstrated that Nitrate of Soda gave profitable returns on the hay crop. The pasture demon- stration at S. S. Clark's shows results from acid phosphate which was put on four years ago. This means that the car- rying capacity of good pastures can be increased greatly by using acid phosphate.


Certified seed potatoes were brought in by the West- ern Hampshire Farmers' Exchange and gave uniformly good results.


Home Demonstration Work: The Clothing Construc- tion Project was carried on by a group of women. This project consists of work in line and color of costume, use and alteration of commercial patterns, making of guide pattern, use of guide pattern for various dresses and for undergarments; and a summary meeting held at North- ampton.


Club Work: 40 boys and girls were enrolled as club members in 1923. The room club run by Mrs. Murray


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Graves was a great success and one of the best in the State. The club put on an exhibit at the Eastern States Exposi- tion. They are to continue another year's work and have raised money by giving a play to buy some equipment.


There were sewing, garden, poultry and dairy club members also who did good work. For 1924 we hope to organize groups to take up the summer projects and have already started work in handicraft, sewing, and room club for the winter.


CHAS. A. POWERS,


Town Director.


Town Clerk's Report


To the Citizens of Williamsburg.


I have the honor of submitting herewith the following report for the year of 1923 :


Licenses


Two licenses were issued to Junk Dealers


One license was issued for Pool Room.


One license was issued to Auctioneer.


Three hundred sixteen licenses were issued to Hunters, Trappers, and Fishermen.


Military


The number of Males subject to Military Duty is Three hundred thirty-nine.


Dogs


The whole number of Dogs licensed in the Town is as follows :


131 males at $2.00, $262.00 80.00


16 females at $5.00,


$342.00


Less fees,


29.40


Balance,


$312.60


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Under provision of Chapter 102, Section 103 of. the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, I have paid Kirk H. Stone, County Treasurer, the above balance as per my re- ceipts.


Under provision of Chapter 131, Section 12 of the General Laws, I have paid the Division of Fisheries and Game, as per my receipts, $434.90


I have paid Treasurer, as per By Laws of the Town of Williamsburg, for Licenses $23.00


REVISED LIST OF JURY


July 23, 1923


Ernest Browe,


Machinist


John M. Black,


Wells G. Bisbee,


Farmer Carpenter


John A. Breckenridge,


Farmer


Alvah A. Shumway,


Foreman


Adalbert Wait,


Farmer


Louis A. Alexander,


Painter


James A. Dunn,


Polisher


Frank L. Bisbee,


Clerk


C. Preston Otis,


Farmer


Michael J. Kennedy,


Painter


Allen B. Adams,


Farmer


Thomas J. Papademetrion,


Foreman


J. Clark Foster,


Bookkeeper


Michael J. Riley,


Machinist


Thomas Coogan,


Machinist


James D. Hickey,


Machinist


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Edward McCaffery, Cornelius Sheehan, A. G. Cone,


Machinist Machinist News Dealer


Edward McCaffery, Cornelius Sheehan, Adalbert Wait, Frank Bisbee and James Hickey were drawn to serve on Jury during 1923 and 1924.


BIRTHS


Whole number of Births for year of 1923 was 54, re- corded as follows :


Jan. 2 Frederick Horace Allen


3 Veronica Drziorz


5 Valeria Stelma Brown


12 Dorothy May Evans


14 Robert Francis Kearney


15 Grace Clara Parker


19 Katherine Schulski


30 John Collis


30 Francis Collis


31 Arthur M. Weeks


Feb.


4 Mary Lena Guyette


8 Rosa Ratinski


14 Charles Widela


27 Henry J. Kopka


21 Donald Leslie Bickford


27 Helen Snow Carver


27 Gerald Edward Larkin


Mar. 17 Robert Marsh Mathers


24 Harold Kenneth Burt


28 Barbara Elizabeth Nash


Apr. 18 Walter Francis Lentuer


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7 Wallace Donald Parrow


16 Frederick Allen King


27 Myla Alice Campbell


27 Charlotte Wiater


May


1 Robert Francis Sabo


25 Robert Edward Irwin


June


1 June Packard Bowker


13 Wladislaw Nordzica


14 John Harry Donduras


16 Jennie Julia Kosinski


16 Ralph Emerson Bates


19 Freda Albertha Addis


21 Gorden Connell


July 2 Carol Delano


13 Adelbert Justin Roberge


23 Kathleen June Hartredge


27 Bertha Elizabeth Lafleur


29 Mary Ardell Clapp


Aug. 10 Bessie Polwrek


Sept. 15 Arline Lida Miner


23 Alexander Golash


29 Victor Ingellis


Oct. 3 Barbara Ann Egan


11 Phillip Wilcutt Damon


22 Catherine Garrett


26 Edward James Ames


27 Francis Edward Lawton


Nov. 8 Ruth May Beebe


17 Moran


21 Nellie Bachettini


28 Buck


Angelina Gagne


Dec. 22 23 Caroline Matrishon


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MARRIAGES


Whole number of Marriages 26, recorded as follows :


Feb. 12 George W. Rauch, Northampton Viola B. Weeks, Williamsburg


Apr. 7 Henry H. Baldwin, Williamsburg Iva M. Leonard, Williamsburg


16 Joseph Dymerski, Northampton Esther Kulash, Haydenville


22 James L. Curran, Worcester Katherine E. Quinn, Haydenville


30 Harry W. Warner, Haydenville Louisa E. Dahmke, Haydenville


May


3 Donald E. Sanderson, Williamsburg Lois Childs, Northampton


14 Walter H. Dansereau, Haydenville Helen Mara, Haydenville 1


24 Victor Dewey, Haydenville Margaret Evans, New Britain, Conn.


June 2 James H. La Salle, Hadley Bertha Warner, Haydenville


11 Murray S. Graves, Williamsburg Ethel H. Packard, Williamsburg


14 Rolland G. Goodwin, Williamsburg Harriet L. Bates, Chesterfield


25 Joseph Matrishon, Amherst Mary Demerski, Haydenville


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9 Herbert W. Slafford, Williamsburg Eva L. Clark, Williamsburg


July


9 Joseph J. Gillespie, Williamsburg Pearl A. Lampron, Northampton


Aug. 14 Frank F. Jones, Easthampton Helen M. Smith, Canada


18 Vernon D. Stiles, Williamsburg Edith G. Nichols, Williamsburg


28 Dennis E. Maloney, Springfield Margaret O'Brien, Haydenville


28 George Murawski, Williamsburg Bronislava Kwistkowski, Northampton


Oct.


1 Louis Wrzesiensky, Williamsburg Stella Jablonski, Williamsburg


10 Edmund D. Ryan, Haydenville Catherine M. Mansfield, Northampton


20 Calvin H. Emrich, Haydenville Lucy A. Lilley, Haydenville


22 John Matrishon, Haydenville Bessie Magdalinski, Haydenville


22 Joseph Kulash, Haydenville Mary Ruckley, Easthampton .


31 Walter J. Donovan, Northampton Lena M. Parrow, Haydenville


Nov. 3 Cecil C. Loomis, Haydenville Doris L. Rublee, Haydenville


21 Adelard J. Allaire, Haydenville Elsie Vaughn, Haydenville


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DEATHS


Whole number of Deaths 35, recorded as follows :


Yr.


Mo.


Dys


Jan. 1 Jane Fuller,


72


8


11 Elizabeth Kosinski,


2


6


3


27 Wesley Hellman Ames,


35


5


21


30 Edward F. Cerpowitz,


1


12


3 Nellie Margaret Ryan,


62


6


22


31 Arthur M. Weeks,


Feb.


Maria B. Walshe,


53


11


24


19 Sarah Ranney


86


3


22


20 Ellen O'Brien,


70


6


10


25 Charles Lyman Hyde,


69


4


16


27 Walter Henry Leonard,


51


3


29


Mar.


4 Henry Barre,


9


6


9 Louise K. Loomis,


81


6


24


10 Olive Spelman,


85


3


19


11 Sarah Jane Porter


80


10


11


25 Katherine Demerski,


1


0


24


Apr.


5 George H. Warner,


55


18


5 Jessie Christiana Browe,


52


10


26


16 Cora Emrick Spear,


66


6


17


24 Helen G. Ryan,


47


1


5


26 Clara Elizabeth Adams,


72


25


May


10 Lucinda Gusetti,


46


11


22


16 Odilia B. Coyer,


69


9


17 Edwin Francis Miller,


86


14


31 Watson D. Weeks,


73


2


18


June 1 William Lucien Hayden,


51


0


6


27 E. Cyrus Miller,


55


26


48


Oct. 16 Rosina Olivia Baldwin,


75


4 26


26 Ellen F. Lawler,


11


9


Nov. 4 Arthur Garfield Richardson,


43


0


8


9 Henry G. Rhood,


83


6


11 James M. Mosher,


6


9


17 Moran


28


Buck


.Dec. 27 Catherine Matrishon,


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Respectfully submitted,


W. G. BISBEE,


Town Clerk.


Report of Water Commissioners


RECEIPTS


Balance cash on hand last report,


$217.51


Received for water rents,


2,982.80


for service connections,


210.71


for town plank,


216.40


for grass,


5.00


from Florence Casket Co.,


48.47


from town of Williamsburg,


300.00


for interest on deposits,


22.90


$4,003.79


EXPENDITURES


Paid Northampton Water Dept. supplies, $228.46


Norwood Engineering Co., supplies, 85.02


George A. Thresher, labor, 267.36


Merril Ames, labor,


10.40


Patrick McAvoy, repairs,


7.65


H. S. Packard, supplies,


6.50


Corticelli Silk Co., supplies, 4.90


P. J. Murphy, plumbing, 209.65


The Haydenville Co., supplies, 91.30


H. E. Bradford, labor and supplies, 235.10


Bradford Lumber Co., sawing, 7.97


Metcalf Printing Co., printing, 16.50


Graves Garage, labor, 3.50


R. G. Bradford, sawing,


51.78


Frank Main, damage to car,


2.40


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George A. Thresher, care of reservoir, 50.00 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., rent of


crossing for water pipe, 1.00


Stamps and stationery,


9.00


Richard Welch, labor,


6.50


Lewis Stephens, labor,


36.50


George Chajil, labor, 67.00


Charles Dadmon, labor, 8.00


E. Cyrus Miller, labor,


3.20


L. C. Clark, labor


2.60


Frank Loomer, labor, 60.30


George Bisbee, labor,


17.60


Wesley Clark, labor,


14.20


Edgar Knox, labor,


29.20


Sam Cowin, labor, 32.80


William O'Neil, labor,


11.20


Charles O'Brien, labor,


21.70


Lester Wells, labor, 10.60


53.30


William O'Brien, labor,


4.00


D. P. Stebbins, labor, 2.50


14.25


Steve Kolash, labor,


4.00


John Sodawater, labor,


5.00


T. I. Breckenridge, labor,


7.50


W. E. Tannatt, labor,


3.90


Ernest Graves, labor,


5.60


Raymond Warner, labor,


4.91


George Dolan, labor,


9.50


George Harris, labor,


4.40


John Breckenridge, labor, 36.00


F. J. Atherton, labor,


43.75


Milton Snyder, labor,


33.50


S. A. Clark, labor, 5.50


Nelson Damon ,labor,


2.00


Charles Codding, labor,


William Spitzer, labor,


51


Clarence Baldwin, labor,


13.50


William Gates, labor,


7.00


Mary L. Carter, Treasurer,


2,000.00


Balance cash on hand,


133.79


$4,003.79


GEORGE A. THRESHER, H. E. BRADFORD,


Water Commissioners.


Auditors' Statement


Williamsburg, Mass., Feb. 22, 1924.


We, the undersigned, certify that we have this day ex- amined the accounts of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Water Commissioners, Sinking Fund Commissioners, Tax Collector, and School Committee for the year 1923 and find them correct and properly vouched for, to the best of our knowledge and belief.


PHILIP P. LARKIN, WILLIAM G. LOOMIS.


ยท


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


Town of Williamsburg


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1923


Report of School Committee


To the Citizens of the Town of Williamsburg.


Your School Committee beg leave to offer their Annual Report as follows :


In our last Report, attention was called to the lack of room in our High School; as yet, this condition has not been improved upon. We again call attention to this con- dition which is one that should have relief.


There is an overcrowded condition in the First Pri- mary Grade at Haydenville. This is a one room building and it will be absolutely necessary to erect an addition to this building during the coming Summer.


Extensive repairs are necessary to our Mountain Street and Second Primary Schools as well as painting the exterior and some of the interior of the Haydenville Gram- mar School. These repairs are costly but in every case are absolutely necessary.


A very serious condition exists in the rear of the Hay- denville Grammar School that is the cause of a great deal of just complaint. When the Ives property was made a part of the School Playground, an open brook which ran through the property was enclosed in concrete. From recent experience, the enclosure appears to be too small to carry off the water after heavy rain storms. This causes the water to overflow, filling the basement of the Congrega-


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tional Church, School and other nearby places. It is proba- ble that the casing will have to be enlarged at an expense of about $500.00.


The expense of transporting pupils during the past year has been far too great. Of course a certain part of the expenditure will be repaid by the State, but we feel sure that the expense can be materially reduced by competitive bidding. This plan we are going to try out before the schools open for the Fall Term.


The 1924 school year, with the necessary repairs, prom- ises to be more expensive than usual. We feel, however, that you can place every confidence in your School Com- mittee to have all repairs made and purchases at the lowest possible cost.


The Budget we are going to ask for 1924 is as follows :


Teachers' Salaries,


$17,000.00


Janitors' Salaries,


1,825.00


Janitors' supplies,


200.00


Music and Penmanship,


1,100.00


Music Supplies,


50.00


Superintendent's Salary,


1,250.00


Union Expenses,


200.00


School Nurse,


510.00


School Physicians,


250.00


Transportation,


3,200.00


Fuel,


1,500.00


Repairs,


3,000.00


Sundries,


500.00


Books,


650.00


School Room Supplies,


500.00


Smith's Agricultural School,


968.00


Freight and Cartage,


75.00


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Electric Current,


100.00


Insurance, Truant Officers,


100.00


40.00


School Committee (2 years),


500.00


$33,500.00


Your Committee sincerely hope that it will be the pleas- ure of the Town Meeting to allow this appropriation, which we consider absolutely necessary, and putting off repairs will only cause larger expenditures at a later time.


It would appear ungrateful if we closed our year's re- port without thanking our Superintendent, Teachers, Super- visor and Janitors for the best of co-operation we have received from them, and to the pupils who are showing a far better "School Spirit" than could be observed in the past.


Respectfully submitted,


J. CLARK FOSTER, SUSAN H. WHEELER, WALTER H. THAYER,


School Committee.


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SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS


APPROPRIATION,


$29,850.00


Expenditures


Teachers,


$16,046.00


Teachers Retirement,


529.00


Janitors,


1,825.25


Janitors' Supplies,


146.59


Music and Penmanship,


1,045.00


Music Supplies,


9.99


Superintendent,


1,250.00


Union Expenses,


194.98


School Nurse,


509.35


School Physicians,


126.00


Transportation,


3,502.75


Fuel,


1,976.19


Repairs,


960.46


Sundries,


441.66


Books,


395.88


School Room Supplies,


380.95


Smith's Agricultural School,


378.75


Freight and Cartage,


70.02


Electric Light,


46.04


Insurance,


177.15


Truant Officers,


24.00


$30,036.01


Expenditures,


$30,036.01


Appropriation,


29,850.00


Deficit,


$186.01


59


TEACHERS


Amount


Retirement


Mildred G. Atherton,


$712.50


$37.50


Grace Bunnell,


342.00


18.00


Josephine G. Cahill,


1,000.00


A. J. Clough,


480.00


Ethel Curry,


1,000.00


Mrs. Herbert A. Clapp,


25.00


Nelle A. Dolan,


1,000.00


Anne T. Dunphy,


1,500.00


Dorothy Jenkins,


160.00


Ralph M. T. Johnson,


684.00


36.00


Jennie V. Kiely,


950.00


50.00


Clarence J. Larkin,


655.50


34.50


Mrs. W. A. Metcalf,


5.00


Mrs. L. A. Merritt,


10.00


Flora L. Merrifield,


1,235.00


65.00


Edwin C. Miller,


437.00


23.00


Helen Nash,


10.00


Helen O'Brien,


210.00


Fay R. Page,


980.00


20.00


Ethel H. Packard,


513.00


27.00


Elizabeth J. Purrington,


950.00


50.00


Katherine V. Riley,


1,000.00


Vernon D. Stiles,


1,007.00


53.00


Mae Elizabeth Toole,


1,105.00


60.00


Mrs. R. A. Warner,


75.00


C. Ruth Warner,


55.00


$16,046.00


$529.00


60


JANITORS


Henry Dansereau,


$768.50


G. Vernon Warner,


1,040.00


Helen L. Kellogg,


13.25


Burton L. Dobbs,


3.50


$1,825.25


JANITORS' SUPPLIES


Standard Oil Company,


$26.70


C. B. Dolge Company, 23.94


R. F. Burke, 30.00


J. L. Hammett Company, 16.50


G. Vernon Warner,


.60


Central City Chemical Company,


4.19


W. J. Sheehan & Company,


44.64


$146.59


MUSIC AND PENMANSHIP


C. Ruth Warner, Supervisor,


$1,045.00


MUSIC SUPPLIES


Daniel J. Shea, $3.50


C. C. Birchard & Company, 6.49


$9.99


SUPERINTENDENT




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