Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Williamsburg 1916-1930, Part 25

Author: Williamsburg (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Town of Williamsburg
Number of Pages: 1220


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Temporary Aid,


14 16


Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes,


44 83


Compensation for Inspector of Animals, 29 00


Massachusetts School Fund,


1,875 86


Vocational Education, 482 86


School Supt. in Small Towns,


946 46


Tuition of Children, 719 20


High School Tuition in Special cases, 1,008 33


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Contagious Diseases,


$133 50


Support of Paupers,


60 50


Director of Standards, 6 00


Refund of Dog Tax, 282 17


Court Fines and Forfeitures, 90 05


City of Northampton, Pauper Dept.,


304 30


City of Northampton, Health Dept., 158 00


Corticelli Silk Co, Moth Work,


3 00


Tuition, City of Boston,


625 03


Tuition, Town of Plainfield,


350 00


Tuition, Town of Cummington,


150 00


Tuition, Town of Goshen,


190 00


Tuition, Town of Chesterfield,


300 00


Tuition, Town of Conway,


50 00


Tuition, Earl Cross, 7 00


Income Collins School Fund, 1,166 99


Sale of Grass on School lot (1923), 6 00


Sale of Scrap Iron (School Dept.), 6 10


Sale of Spelling Book (School Dept.), 56


Rent of Town Hall,


203 00


Rent of Grange Hall,


35 00


Sale of Grange Hall,


2,000 00


W. G. Bisbee, Coll.,


40,276 85


W. G. Bisbee, Town Clerk,


27 00


Williamsburg Water Dept.,


1,307 94


Loans-In Anticipation of Taxes,


35,000 00


Loan-Williams St. Bridge, 2,000 00


Interest on deposits,


371 60


Income-A. S. Hills' Fund,


212 50


Income-Onslow G. Spelman School Fund, 245 00


Refund on Poor Acct.,


559 75


Sale of Calcium Chloride, 43 64


Damages to the Bradford Lumber Co., Bridge, 52 76


Highway Dept., Town of Goshen, 6 90


Highway Dept., Use of Town Truck, 771 00


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Highway Dept., Use of Town Tractor, $389 75 Highway Dept., Gravel from Town


Bank,


14 30


Fees, Use of Scales,


18 00


Fees, Sealing weights,


1 70


Fees, Licenses,


17 00


$129,047 35


EXPENDITURES


Loan Account,


$39,300 00


Interest,


2,945 83


State Tax,


3,480 00


Repairs on State Highway,


268 00


State Aid,


168 00


Mothers' Pension,


647 00


District Court Fees,


54 50


Hampshire Trustees, Aid to


Agriculture,


150 00


County Tax,


6,297 93


Memorial Day,


60 00


School,


33,081 38


Onslow G. Spelman, School Fund,


245 00


Highway,


3,104 28


Highway Chap. 81,


7,350 93


Tractor,


1,782 00


Sinking Fund Commissioners,


1,000 00


Fire Department,


319 48


Street Lights,


2,009 25


Contingent,


2,589 50


Contingent, Poor,


764 64


Poor,


1,022 64


Salary,


1,656 22


Coupon,


1,620 00


Moth Work,


260 30


Insurance,


350 36


Nurse,


410 00


Williams Street Bridge,


3,000 00


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Edwards Street Extension,


$248 00


Underpass,


2,500 00


Meekins Library,


250 00


Haydenville Library,


363 46


Mountain Street Cemetery,


45 81


A. S. Hills' Fund,


210 00


Whiting Street Fund (Transfer),


199 53


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1926,


$117,754 04 11,293 31


$129,047 35


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1926,


$11,293 31


Surplus War Bonus Funds,


1,029 86


Balance on A. S. Hills' Fund,


446 80


$1,476 66


Available, $9,816 65


ANTICIPATION OF REVEUNE LOANS ACCOUNT


DR.


Jan. 1 Due on 1924 Loans, $25,000 00


Apr. 1 Borrowed of Haydenville Savings Bank, 25,000 00


June 16 Borrowed of Haydenville


Savings Bank,


10,000 00


- $60,000 00


CR.


Apr. 1 Paid Haydenville Savings Bank, $25,000 00 Nov. 5 Paid Haydenville Savings Bank, 10,000 00


1926 Jan. 1 Balanue due on 1925 Loans, 25,000 00


$60,000 00


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STATEMENT OF THE WATER DEBT


· Water Bonds, Less Sinking Fund,


$50,000 00 33,960 09


$16,039 91


WATER DEPT


DR.


Cash on hand Jan 1, 1925, $1,307 94


Received from H. E. Bradford, Coll., 3,989 51


Interest on deposits, 12 33


Payment stopped on ck No. 161,


issued 12/3/23, 3 11


$5,312 89


CR.


Cash expended,


$3,151 14


Cash on hand Jan 1, 1926,


2,161 75


$5,312 89


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES


ASSETS


Balance in Treasury,


$9,816 65


Due on Outstanding Taxes,


16,322 84


Sinking Fund,


33,960 09


Water Dept.,


2,161 75


Surplus War Bonus Funds,


1,029 86


School Account,


484 06


Poor Account,


1,034 08


Mothers' Pension,


466 00


$65,275 33


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LIABILITIES


Due Haydenville Savings Bank,


Loan of 1925, $25,000 00


Silk Mill Bridge Loan, 1,000 00


Due Hampshire Co. Trust Co.,


Water Extension Loan,


3,200 00


Williams Street Bridge Loan,


1,000 00


Due First National Bank, Northampton, Cone Bridge Loan, 6,000 00


Water Bonds Outstanding,


50,000 00


- $86,200 00


Town Notes coming due in 1926,


At the Haydenville Savings Bank, Apr. 1, Loan of 1925, Anticipation of Taxes, $25,000 00


July 10, Silk Mill Bridge Loan, 1,000 00


At the Hampshire Co Trust Co.,


July 8, Water Extension Loan, 800 00


Nov. 28, Williams Street Bridge Loan, 1,000 00


At the First National Bank, Northampton,


Oct. 1, Cone Bridge Loan, 1,000 00


$28,800 00


At the Hampshire County Trust Co.,


3 Notes $800 each Water Extension Loan coming due July 8, 1927-1928 and 1929, 2,400 00 2,400 00


At the First National, Northampton,


5 Notes $1,000 each, Cone Bridge Loan coming due Oct. 1, 1927-1928, 1929-1930 and 1931, $5,000 00 $5,000 00


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INCOME FROM THE COLLINS SCHOOL FUND


Dividends on the following Bank Stocks,


20 shares Northampton Nat. Bank, $320 00 20 shares Hampshire Co. Trust Co., 120 00 21 shares 1st Nat. Bank, Northampton, 168 00 21 shares 1st Nat. Bank, Greenfield, 210 00 24 shares Mechanics Nat. Bank, Worcester, 276 00


Interest on deposit at Haydenville Savings Bank, 72 99


$1,166 99


A Stock dividend was declared 1/10/25 by the Mechanics Nat. Bank, Worcester which doubled the number of shares pre- viously held by the Town.


INCOME FROM THE ELECTA WAIT FUND


DR.


Cash on hand 1/1/25,


$38 18


Interest,


79 78


$117 96


CR.


Paid Beneficiaries,


$110 00


Service charges at bank,


2 50


Cash on hand 1/1/26,


5 46


$117 96


The Electa Wait Fund amounts to $1,773.51 and is on deposit at the Haydenville Savings Bank.


43 INCOME FROM THE WHITING STREET FUND


DR.


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1925,


$199 53


Interest transferred, 350 00


$549 53


CR.


Paid Beneficiaries,


$415 00


Service charges at the bank,


1 50


Cash on hand 1/1/26,


133 03


$549 53


The Whiting Street Fund amounts to $5,523.39 and is on deposit in the Savings Dept. Hampshire Co. Trust Co.


Additional Interest available, $253 37


INCOME FROM A. S. HILLS' FUND


DR.


Cash on hand 1/1/25,


$444 30


Income,


212 50


$656 80


CR.


Paid Beneficiaries,


$210 00


Cash on hand 1/1/26,


446 80


$656 80


Received from the Elizabeth G. Spelman Estate, a fund of $26,000, to be known as the Onslow G. Spelman School Fund. Part of this sum is invested in bonds and the balance is on deposit in the Haydenville Savings Bank.


44 INCOME FROM THE ONSLOW G. SPELMAN SCHOOL FUND


DR.


Income to 1/1/1926,


$245 00


CR.


Expended to 1/1/1926,


$245 00


PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


On deposit in the the Haydenville Savings Bank.


I. F. Baker Fund,


$300 00


L. C. Graves Fund,


200 00


W. F. Warren Fund,


100 00


H. W. Warner Fund,


100 00


$700 00


Interest available on the first two, $137 50


Interest available on the last two, 55 00


$192 50


SURPLUS WAR BONUS FUND


(Chap. 480-Acts of 1924)


Cash on hand 1/1/26,


$1,029 86


This fund was received from the Commonwealth in 1924 to be held as a special fund until appropriated for one of the purposes specified in chapter 480.


ANNA E. WATSON,


Town Treasurer.


A ssessors Report


Value of assessed Real Estate, $1,007,555 00 Value of assessed Personal Estate,, 309,145 00


$1,316,700 00


Value of assessed buildings,


$701,275 00


Value of assessed land, 306,280 00


$1,007,555 00


Number of Polls assessed,


596


Number of residents assessed on


property, 500


All others (corporations, etc.),


46


Number of non-residents assessed on property,


67


All others,


19


Number of Persons assessed on


property,


632


Number of Persons assessed for Poll Tax only, 237


Rate of Tax per Thousand,


$31 25


Number of Horses assessed,


171


Number of Cows assessed,


473


Number of Neat Cattle assessed, 172


Number of Sheep assessed,


47


Number of Swine assessed,


44


Number of Fowls assessed,


4,339


Number of dwellings,


445


46


State Tax,


$3,480 00


State Highway Tax,


268 00


County Tax,


6,297 93


Town Grant,


31,620 50


Overlayings,


1,628 95


-


$43,295 38


Bank and Corporation Tax, 2,450 00


Income Tax, G. L. Chap. 70, Part II, 1,875 86


Income Tax, G. L. Chap. 70, Part 1, 7,807 14


Value of Property Exempt from Taxation.


Literary Institutions,


$76,800 00


Church Property,


53,900 00


Petticoat Hill Park,


1,600 00


$132,300 00


Estimated value of Public Buildings,


Water Works, Fire Apparatus, and Sinking Fund,


$162,025 00


Respectfully submitted, JAMES R. MANSFIELD,


WALTER E. KELLOGG, ROSWELL JORGENSEN,


Board of Assessors.


Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners


DR.


Feb. 1, 1925, Cash in Bank, $6,732 24


Interest on deposit, 147 72 Interest on Wmsb. Bonds, 840 00


Interest on U. S. Bonds, 187 00


U. S. Bond 3rd sold, 1,842 40


U. S. Bond gain on sale, 171 35


U. S. Bonds 4th sold, 1,952 33 U. S. Bonds gain on sale, 87 05 Received from Town


Treas., 1,000 00


Cash in Haydenville Savings Bank, $12,960 09


ASSETS


Jan. 4, 1926.


Cash in Haydenville Savings, $12,960 09


Williamsburg Bonds,


21,000 00


$33,960 09


Respectfully submitted, HENRY W. GRAVES, HUBERT A. SMITH, LEON B. SANDERSON,


Commissioners.


Auditors' Statement


Williamsburg, Mass., Feb. 8, 1926


We, the undersigned, certify that we have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Water Commissioners, Tax Collector, Sinking Fund Commis- sioners and School Committee for the year 1925.


A few slight errors were found which have been satisfactorily adjusted otherwise the accounts were cor- rect and properly vouched for to the best of our knowledge and belief.


WILLIAM G. LOOMIS, RAYMOND P. BUCK.


ALMONERS OF WHITING STREET FUND


Jan. 1, 1925, Unexpended balance, Interest,


$199 53


350 00


$549 53


Paid 40 Beneficiaries, Balance,


$415 00


134 53


$549 53


MRS. MARTHA BISBEE, MRS. JOSEPHINE SHEEHAN, ARTHUR J. POLMATIER.


Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures


Williamsburg, Mass.,


Dec. 31, 1925


Mr. A. G. Cone:


Chairman Board of Selectmen,


Herewith is my report as sealer of weights and measures.


During the year I have tested and sealed 35 Scales, 20 Liquid measures, 10 gasoline pumps, 3 Kerosene Pumps and 48 Measured Stops on Pumps.


About every case where a scale was wrong it was giving over weight.


I noted also that many of the heavy computing scales were on counters that did not offer rigid foundations.


The gasoline pumps were very accurate.


Respectfully, CHAS. A. POWERS,


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


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Report of Milk Inspector


Honorable Board of Selectmen :


Herewith is my report as Milk Inspector. 54 per- mits to sell milk were issued for the year 1925.


Most of the milk produced in this town is handled in a sanitary manner and an extra effort is noticed amongst dairy men in guarding against ill health in their animals.


Samples of milk analized showed that milk being delivered is above the state law requirements in regard to butter fat.


Respectfully, CHAS. A. POWERS,


Milk Inspector.


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Report of Extension Service


Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the town of Williamsburg.


I respectfully offer the report of the work done by the Extension Service agents in Williamsburg during 1925.


Agricultural Work


A poultry school was held on February 26 at which 22 people were present. Nine poultrymen have been carrying on poultry disease control work which means plant sanitation and growing chicks on new land each year. Six poultrymen have been sending in monthly pro- duction records. A good many calls have been made to help poultrymen out of difficulties.


In fruit growing, eleven fruit growers carried on ni- trate of soda demonstrations on their orchards. All of these showed results either in increased vigor of the trees or in increased crops. A county fruit meeting was held at Hillside Orchards at which Chas. Gould was elected President of the Hampshire County Apple Growers' As- sociation.


In dairy production, work has been continued in a campaign to get dairy farmers to grow more and better roughages on their farms so that grain bills could be re- duced to a reasonable figure.


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Interest was aroused in the use of lime and one car- load was brought in. Alfalfa demonstrations were started with C. B. Tower and Geo. Dansereau. Several other men are planning alfalfa fields for next year. Chas. Graves and Sereno Clark conducted corn variety tests in which Lancaster County Sure Crop corn and Huron County corn were compared, with usual varieties. These tests showed that the Sure Crop is a rather larger variety than most men will care to grow. The Huron County corn is worthy of further trial.


The following men became members of the cow test- ing association : Ed. O'Neil, Allen Adams, C. B. Tower, S. S. Clark and the Hampshire County Black Fox Co.


Homemaking Work:


No project work as such has been carried on this year but the Home demonstration agent has worked in- dividually with women who have wanted help. The agent has made home visits and helped some of the women re- arrange their kitchens so they would be more convenient.


The women have also had the opportunity of attend- ing very fine lectures held in Northampton under the auspices of the Home Department of the Extension Ser- vice. At these lectures the speakers have been much better than could be obtained if the meetings were to be held in a small community.


Club Work:


Club work in Williamsburg isn't what it ought to be because of the lack of adult leadership. However three sewing clubs and a few poultry and dairy members did very good work. Thirty-three boys and girls were in the work and three leaders directed them. At the Center Mrs. Murray Graves and at Haydenville Miss Mildred


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Daley and Miss Mildred Brown led girls' clothing clubs. Charles Damon, Jr. won a number of times in the monthly egg laying contest and other poultry and dairy members show interest.


What we need a great deal in Williamsburg is a little adult interest. The work can't be run with the young- sters alone.


At Haydenville Mrs. Charles Gould is willing to help a group of girls in food club work and Miss Marion Chandler will lead a group in sewing, at the Center we lack a leader in boys' and girls' work.


CHARLES A. POWERS,


Town Director.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


Town of Williamsburg


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1925


Report of School Committee


To the Citizens of the Town of Williamsburg :


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


The major repairs made during 1925 include the re- decoration of the interior of the James School Building, the installation of electric lights in the Haydenville Gram- mar School, three new furnaces for the Haydenville build- ings and considerable carpenter work in the several school buildings.


During the present year it will be necessary to lay new floors in several of the school rooms and considerable painting is necessary.


At the opening of the Fall term, an unusually large number of pupils were to register from North District and it was considered wise to open the school in that dis- trict for one year. It is unfortunate that after the school had been in session only a short time the majority of registered pupils removed from town and it is doubtful if it will be wise to continue this school during the current year,


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The need for additional room on the second floor of the James School to be used by the High School is as ap- parent as ever, and some action should be taken in view of the ever increasing costs. The crowded condition of some of the rooms in Haydenville Grammar School will have to be relieved this year. Your Committee are to consider a plan to relieve the congestion at a very small cost.


The piano in use for years at our High School was replaced by a new one purchased at a very attractive price and the old piano is now at the Haydenville school where it will be greatly appreciated.


For the year 1926, your Committee ask for the same appropriation as has been granted the past two years, namely, $33,500.00.


In closing our Report, your committee extends its sincere thanks to all who have had any part in the ad- ministration of school affairs.


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


School Committee.


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SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES


To Teachers,


$16,312 26


Janitors,


1,984 55


Janitors Supplies,


216 09


Music and Penmanship,


1,100 00


Music Supplies,


368 25


Superintendent,


1,300 00


Union Expenses,


200 00


School Nurse and Supplies,


544 22


School Physicians,


233 50


Transportation,


3,322 50


Fuel,


1,774 80


Repairs,


2,165 01


Sundries,


601 22


Books,


900 35


School Room Supplies,


1,047 36


Smiths' Agricultural School,


579 37


Freight and Cartage,


27 17


Light,


96 86


Insurance,


46 50


Truant Officers,


31 00


School Committee,


250 00


$33,101 01


Deductions


By Checks Returned,


$17 41


By Treasurer's Error,


2 22


$19 63


Net Expenditure,


$33,081 38


Town Appropriation, Expended,


$33,500 00


33,081 38


Unexpended,


$418 62


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DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES TEACHERS


Leslie C. Anderson,


$510 00


John Bauer,


480 00


Mildred C. Brown,


690 00


Josephine G. Cahill,


1,005 00


Marion Chandler,


880 00


Grace Conners,


320 00


Ethel Curry,


1,000 00


Anne T. Dunphy,


1,493 36


Nelle A. Dolan,


966 72


Margaret C. Daley,


600 00


Alice Graves,


320 00


Linda Howlett,


380 00


Cleon B. Johnson,


720 00


Jennie C. Kiely,


966 72


Doris E. Leland,


885 46


Mrs. W. A. Metcalf,


35 00


Flora L. Merrifield,


1,300 00


Margaret C. O'Leary,


1,000 00


Helen L. Pratt,


720 00


Elizabeth J. Purrington,


1,000 00


Mrs. R. A. Warner,


1,040 00


$16,312 26


JANITORS


Marion Chandler,


$36 00


Henry Dansereau,


861 15


Frederick Kohl,


17 00


F. H. Reasoner,


10 40


G. Vernon Warner,


1,060 00


$1,984 55


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JANITORS' SUPPLIES


W. J. Sheehan & Co.,


$56 31


Standard Oil Co.,


10 58


George F. Cramer,


81 90


Foster-Farrar Co.,


2 25


J. L. Hammett Co.,


28 02


Burke & Burdeau,


29 93


F. H. Reasoner,


20


Parsons Electric Co.,


3 00


A. J. Polmatier & Son,


3 90


$216 09


MUSIC AND PENMANSHIP


C. Ruth Warner, $1,100 00


MUSIC SUPPLIES


Allyn & Bacon,


$24 00


Ginn & Co.,


88 72


Oliver Ditson & Co.,


14 33


Theo. Prisser & Co.,


4 49


C. C. Birchard & Co.,


7 46


W. G. Loomis,


17 00


F. T. Atkins,


13 50


The Music House,


198 75


$368 25


SUPERINTENDENT AND UNION EXPENSES


L. A. Merritt, $1,500 00


SCHOOL NURSE AND SUPPLIES


W. J. Sheehan & Co.,


$44 22


Fabiola Plourde, 500 00


$544 22


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SCHOOL PHYSICIANS


Dr. J. G. Hayes, M. D.,


$120 00


Dr. C. H. Wheeler, M. D.,


113 50


$233 50


TRANSPORTATION


S. A. Clark,


$420 00


Chas. Goodale,


13 00


Carl E. Leavitt,


479 00


C. A. Nichols,


800 00


R. T. Nichols,


22 50


Mrs. James Stone,


358 00


J. E. Wade,


390 00


Street Railroad Co.,


840 00


$3,322 50


FUEL


R. G. Bradford,


$7 00


W. C. Devlin,


24 00


J. H. Graham,


589 13


W. E. Kellogg,


72 00


D. Lacourse,


80 00


Lenihan Bros.,


975 67


D. E. Sanderson,


.


9 00


F. A. Shumway,


18 00


$1,774 80


SUNDRIES


Hammond & Hammond, $10 00


Town of Williamsburg (Water Dept.), 76 00


Mrs. Arthur Hinds,


60 00


N. E. Tel & Tel Co.,


18 13


Frederick L. Smith,


25 00


T. A. Purser, 14 00


63


J. L. Hammett Co.,


$104 00


Metcalf Printing Co.,


12 00


Parsons Electric Co.,


3 50


Henry Dansereau,


1 97


Commissioner Public Safety,


4 00


Clara L. Rustemeyer,


3 50


Leslie C. Anderson,


6 00


City of Northampton,


263 12


$601 22


REPAIRS


Chas. H. Church,


$23 50


H. C. Pomeroy,


9 40


Edward H. Blake,


1 40



P. J. Murphy,


780 73


F. L. Woodruff,


8 44


W. J. Sheehan & Co.,


277 40


Charles Mitchell,


36 85


Suriner & McBreen,


307 45


T. C. O'Brien,


75 25


Howes Brick Co.,


18 00


Hampden Paint Co.,


27 80


Taylor & Mellen,


1 25


Haydenville Co.,


1 60


H. L. Richardson,


381 25


J. Hugh Pierce,


5 58


Consolidated Dry Goods Co.,


58 95


Parsons Electric Co.,


6 76


W. F. Tetro,


4 50


H. B. Smith Co.,


77 00


George Dansereau,


13 00


Henry Dansereau,


10 70


Graves Garage,


60


F. H. Reasoner,


4 60


Nuttleman Mfg Co.,


2 00


F. E. Sanderson,


30 00


$2,165 01


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SCHOOL ROOM SUPPLIES


Educational Supply Co.,


$2 75


Public School Publishing Co.,


11 83


Wright & Potter,


6 00


J. L. Hammett Co.,


475 58


Wiswell The Druggist,


67 79


Edw. E. Babb Co.,


1 46


Webster Publishing Co.,


1 73


Gazette Publishing Co.,


62 85


Edward C. Foster,


1 40


The Paperscrafters Co.,


18 75


Keystone View Co.,


128 50


Milton Bradley Co.,


10 12


Consolidated Dry Goods Co.,


237 50


Denoyer-Gippert Co.,


21 10


$1,047 36


BOOKS


D. C. Heath & Co.,


$86 93


Allyn & Bacon,


75 38


American Book Co.,


46 79


Silver, Burdett & Co.,


51


Lyon & Carnahan,


41 74


Chas. Scribners' Sons,


7 88


Little, Brown & Co.,


5 84


Edward E. Babb & Co.,


82 20


MacMillian Co.,


21 96


Ginn & Co.,


149 88


J. C. Winston Co.,


77 78


Regents Publishing Co.,


1 30


J. L. Hammett Co.,


20 41


Rand, McNally & Co.,


42 60


National Educational Assocation,


3 00


Bruce Publishing Co.,


3 82


Oval & Koster,


22 45


J. B. Lippincott Co.,


148 41


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Northampton Commercial Co., $23 83


Bridgman & Lyman, 19 06


Eldridge Entertainment House,


3 00


Dowling School Supply Co.,


15 58


$900 35


SMITHS' AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL


Tuition,


$579 37


FREIGHT AND CARTAGE


American Railway Express,


$1 24


R. J. Damon,


24 83


Mrs. Fannie Loomis,


1 10


$27 17


LIGHT


Mill River Electric Light Co.,


$96 86


INSURANCE


W. M. Purrington, $46 50


TRUANT OFFICERS


B. L. Dobbs,


$10 00


E. H. Blake,


21 00


$31 00


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Susan H. Wheeler,


$50 00


Walter H. Thayer,


50 00


J. Clark Foster,


150 00


-


$250 00


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SCHOOL STATISTICS


for the Year Ending June 30, 1925


School


Boys enrolled


Girls enrolled


Av. membership


Av. attendance


Per cent of


Attendance


Aggregate


Attendance


Williamsburg High


35


42


70.29


65.41


92.6


12,343.5


Grammar


15


9


21.82


20.42


93.2


3,445.5


Intermediate


18


22


35.38


32.46


91.


5,480.5


Second Primary


18


17


34.10


31.54


92.5


5,337.5


First Primary


25


24


40.94


38.71


88.7


6,432.0


Haydenville Grammar


19


20


30.52


28.26


92.3


4,715.5


Intermediate


26


16


40.85


38.15


94.0


6,465.5


Grade IV


25


16


40.93


38.29


93.5


6,491.5


Grade III


24


15


39.12


36.70


93.8


6,211.5


Grade II


15


19


31.38


29.52


95.0


4,993.0


Grade I


26


24


45.66


42.54


93.3


7,167.0


Mt. Street


9


10


16.02


14.61


90.0


2,393.5


School Calendar


1926 Sept. 7-Schools open. Dec. 23-Schools close.


1927


Jan. 3-Schools open.


Feb. 25-Schools close for one week.


Mar. 7-Schools open.


April 29-Schools close for one week.


May 9-Schools open.


June 3-Grade schools close.


June 24-High school closes.


The usual holidays will be observed.


Superintendent's Report


To the Members of the School Committee :


The annual report of the superintendent of schools is herewith submitted.


During the year 1925 thirteen schools were in opera- tion. This is one more than last year because the build- ing in the North District was opened to accommodate the increased number of pupils in that district. Owing to the fact that some have since moved away only eight are now enrolled there. This school should be closed in June until the number increases enough to pay to keep it open.


The following changes occurred in the teaching force during the year. Mr. Cleon Johnson went to Littleton, Mass., to teach. Mr. John Bauer, a graduate of Brown University, was oppointed to take his place. Miss Helen S. Pratt of Weaton College resigned, and Mrs. Raymond Warner, a graduate of Smith College, was transferred from the grades to that position. Miss Linda Howlett, a graduate of North Adams Normal School, was secured to teach grades seven and eight, the position left vacant by Mrs. Warner's transfer. At Haydenville Miss Mildred Brown resigned to go to Madison, Ct. Mr. Leslie Ander- son of M. A. C. was elected principal of the Center School to fill this vacancy. Miss Mildred Daly accepted a posi- tion in Pittsfield, and Miss Marion Chandler was trans- ferred from the Mountain Street School to this position.


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Miss Grace Connors, a graduate of Salem Normal School, was appointed to teach the Mountain Street School. Miss Alice Graves who has summer normal school training and one year's experience was elected to carry on the work at the North School.


The enrolment at Haydenville continues to increase in the lower grades, the fourth, fifth, and sixth having the most crowded rooms. As organized now grade four with forty pupils and a part of grade five with nine pupils are in one room under Miss O'Leary's direction. The rest of garde five with twenty one members and all of grade six with twenty six members are in Miss Chandler's room. To relieve these conditions a new room should be opened arranging the classes as follows: Miss O'Leary grade four, forty members; New teacher, grade five, thirty-one members; Miss Chandler, grade six, twenty six members. This arrangement would put the Hayden- ville schools on a "one grade to a room" basis for the first six grades. The advantages are evident and do not need explanation.


The above plan leads to the problem of securing another classroom. Possibly it could be added to the old building. That, however, would be a makeshift ar- rangement and would not be permanent. I believe that the correct solution of all of Haydenville's school problems will come only when a new building is built in that section of the town. The defects of the old buildings are too well known to need review, and the needs of the present are also known. I therefore recommend that the Town Meet- ing appoint a committee to investigate the school housing conditions at Haydenville, and report its findings at some future meeting.


The only change in the elementary school curriculum has been in the method of teaching spelling. In Septem- ber the Horn-Ashbaugh plan was adopted. By this plan the pupils are tested, and then they study the words that they do not know. Each word is given in a test at least




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