Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Williamsburg 1931-1940, Part 21

Author: Williamsburg (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1931
Publisher: Town of Williamsburg
Number of Pages: 722


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Due to acts of the legislature we had no Chapter 90 work this year and we will have none in 1940.


We wish again to extend to the Finance Committee, and all the other Town Officials, our appreciation of their cooperation during the past year.


LEON B. SANDERSON, OAKLEY AMES, SILAS SNOW,


Selectmen.


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Report of Finance Committee


The Finance Committee has held five meetings during the year. At a meeting held January 16, 1940 it was voted not to recommend any increase in the salaries of any Town Officers, but allow them to come before the Town meeting and make their requests.


The committee respectfully requests that each depart- ment submit a tentative budget carefully prepared in de- tail, together with a statement of 1940 expenditures for each item, when they are called to meet the Finance Com- mittee next year.


Details of the budget recommendations will be found in another column.


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS F. DUNPHY, Chairman,


ARTHUR J. POLMATIER, Secretary,


MRS. HATTIE A. METCALF,


MRS. IDA RHOADES,


MISS MARY DUNPHY, SERENO CLARK, FREDERICK SMITH,


ROBERT F. COLLINS,


CHARLES R. DAMON,


Finance Committee.


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Budget Recommendations, 1940


1. GENERAL GOVERNMENT


1939


1939


1940


1940


Appro.


Exp'd.


Req'ted. Recom'd.


a. Moderator


$10 00


$10 00


$10 00


$10 00


b. Selectmen's Salries Maintenance


450 00


450 00


450 00


450 00


250 00


251 09


350 00


350 00


c. Accountant's Salary Maintenance


300 00


300 00


300 00


300 00


50 00


48 35


50 00


50 00


d. Treasurer's Salary Maintenance


222 00


212 40


150 00


150 00


e. Elector, Oliver Smith Will 10 00


300 00


300 00


300 00


300 00


f. Collector's Salary Maintenance


285 00


274 59


285 00


285 00


g. Assessors' Salaries Maintenance


75 00


47 79


150 00


150 00


h. Finance Committee


25 00


25 00


25 00


25 00


i. Town Clerk's Salary Maintenance


100 00


100 00


100 00


100 00


j. Elections and Reg.


200 00


117 61


350 00


350 00


k. Town Hall


500 00


253 88


800 00


800 00


1. Consultation Fees


50 00


35 00


50 00


50 00


$3,497 00 $3,105 71 $4,205 00 $4,050 00


2. PROTECTION, PERSONS AND PROPERTY


a. Police, Salaries


$200 00


$200 00


$200 00


$200 00


Maintenance


400 00


439 75


400 00


400 00


b. Fire Dept. Salaries Maintenance


700 00


553 56


700 00


700 00


c. Sealer


40 00


36 60


40 00


40 00


d. Moth Work


500 00


499 95


500 00


500 00


e. Tree Warden


100 00


86 50


100 00


100 00


250 00


250 00


250 00


250 00


10 00


10 00


10 00


270 00


270 00


425 00


270 00


150 00


150 00


150 00


150 00


180 00


180 00


180 00


180 00


$2,120 00 $1,996 36 $2,120 00 $2,120 00


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3. HEALTH AND SANITATION


a. Public Health


$2,000 00 $1,997 38 $1,000 00 $1,000 00


b. District Nurse


500 00


500 00


500 00


500 00


c. Barn and Animal Insp. 150 00


197 35


150 00


150 00


d. Dairy Inspection


50 00


50 00


50 00


50 00


e. Town Dump


50 00


34 60


50 00


50 00


f. Public Health Admin.


50 00


50 00


50 00


50 00


g. Anti-Rabic Vaccine


50 00


50 00


50 00


h. Diphtheria


100 00


55 25


.


$2,950 00 $2,884 58 $1,850 00 $1,850 00


4. HIGHWAYS


a. Chapter 81


$3,150 00 $3,150 23


$3,150 00 $3,150 00


b. Winter Roads


2,000 00


2,006 26


2,000 00


2,000 00


c. Bridges


400 00


498 34


600 00


600 00


d. Street Lights


1,785 00


1,754 45


1,785 00


1,785 00


e. Sidewalk Repair


200 00


193 32


200 00


200 00


f. Chapter 90, Maintenance


250 00


250 07


350 00


350 00


g. Tools


25 00


25 75


25 00


25 00


$7,810 00 $7,878 42 $8,110 00 $8,110 00


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5. PUBLIC WELFARE


a. Town Aid


$5,000 00 $5,581 75 $5,000 00 $5,000 00


b. Soldiers' Relief


1,000 00


794 43


900 00


900 00


c. Old Age Assistance


10,000 0


10,905 49


11,000 00


11,000 00


d. Aid to Dependent Chil. 1,600 00


1,100 50


1,200 00


1,200 00


e. Administration


100.00


100 00


100 00


100 00


$17,700 00 $18,482 17 $18,200 00 $18,200 00


6. CEMETERIES


a. Mountain Street


$50 00


$48 00


$50 00


$50 004


7. LIBRARIES


a. Haydenville


$300 00


$286 43


$450 00


$450 00


8. MISCELLANEOUS


a. Town Clock


$100 00


$67 90


$100 00


$100 00


b. Memorial Day


60 00


60 00


60 00


60 00


c. Town Reports


100 00


90 00


160 00


160 00


d. Reserve


2,000 00


1,074 18


2,000 00


2,000 00


$2,260 00 $1,292 08 $2,320 00 $2,320 00


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9. INTEREST AND INSURANCE


a. Int. & Revenue Loans $1,200 00 $1,068 28 $1,000 00 $1,000 00


b. Insurance 40 00


ยท


60 00


60 00


c. Workmen's Comp. 700 00


740 34


700 00


700 00


$1,940 00 $1,808 62 $1,760 00 $1,760 00


10. SPECIALS


a. WPA


$2,500 00 2,563 79 $2,500 00 $2,500 00


b. Wood Lot


50 00


50 00


50 00


c. WPA Administration


50 00


50 00


50 00


50 00


$2,600 00 $2,713 79 $2,600 00 $2,600 00


Grand Total


$41,227 00 $40,296 16 $41,665 00 $41,665 00


11. WATER DEPARTMENT


a. Salaries


$200 00


$200 00


$200 00


$200 00


b. Maintenance


1,550 00


1,509 81


1,425 00


1,400 00


c. Purchasing 15,000


Red Pine Trees


180 00


180 00


.


$1,930 00 $1,889 81 $1,625 00 $1,600 00


12. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers' Salaries


$17,600 00 $17,800 00 $17,870 00


Janitors' Salaries


2,288 00


2,333 00


2,433 00


Janitors' Supplies


300 00


306 96


300 00


Music Teacher


600 00


600 00


600 00


Music Supplies


17 89


25 00


Superintendent


1,500 00


1,500 00


1,500 00


Union Expense


200 00


177 21


200 00


Nurse


500 00


500 00


500 00


Nurse Supplies


15 00


6 41


10 00


Physicians


150 00


185 00


150 00


Transportation


4,100 00


3,961 00


4,100 00


Fuel


1,500 00


1,079 43


1,400 00


Repairs


250 00


406 86


500 00


Sundries


350 00


243 65


300 00


Books


500 00


513 80


500 00


Schoolroom Supplies


400 00


555 45


450 00


Office Supplies


73 85


50 00


Athletic Supplies


100 00


.


12


Smith's School


1,800 00


1,674 19


3,000 00


Freight


15 00


4 23


Lights


300 00


239 38


250 00


New Equipment


600 00


676 04


700 00


Insurance


300 00


259 00


549 50


Committee, Salaries


250 00


250 00


250 00


$33,518 00 $33,363 35 $35,737. 50 $34,000 00 Balance 154 65


$33,518 00


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Treasurer's Report


DR.


1939 Jan. 1. Balance


$6,458 36


Receipts for year


130,853 76


$137,312 12


CR.


Payments for year


$124,561 42


1940


Jan. 1. Balance


12,750 70


$137,312 12


Respectfully submitted,


ANNA E. WATSON,


Treasurer.


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Town Clerk's Report


FISH AND GAME


319 Sporting Licenses have been issued in 1939, for which $561.00 has been returned to the division of Fish- eries and Game, Boston.


DOGS


181 Dog Licenses have been issued, 166 Males and 15 Females, for which $370.80 has been returned to the Town Treasurer.


BIRTHS


Whole number recorded (25) as follows:


Jan. 5. John Hervy Hayden.


Jan. 14. Frances Vayda.


Jan. 16.


Irene Lillian Dufresne.


Feb. 20. Leona Gail Shumway.


Mar. 2. Jean Frances Baldwin.


Mar. 17. Patricia Anne Robideau.


Mar. 19. David Joseph Smith.


Mar. 21. William Anthony Ryan, Jr.


Apr. 2. Charles Samuel Bowker.


May 11. Kenneth Nelson Gillman, Jr.


May 19. Phyllis Mae Johndrow.


May 23. Richard Michael Muraski.


June 22. June Elizabeth Allen.


July 3. Richard Henry Waite.


July 14. Dennis Patrick Larkin.


15


July 27. (Stillborn)


Aug 9. Harry Willis Sanderson.


Aug. 24. George Edward Heath.


Aug. 25. Nancy Kathryn Wells.


Sept. 11. Jeanette Marian Watling.


Sept. 20. David Lawrence Breguet.


Oct. 9. (No name) Graham.


Nov. 11. Nacey Sophia Hillenbrand.


Dec. 6. Lida Dee Sherk.


Dec. 16. (Stillborn)


MARRIAGES


Whole number recorded (38) as follows : Feb. 21. Richard Tiffany Wales, Williamsburg. Margaret Elizabeth Guyette, Conway.


Mar. 19. George H. Bennett, Ashfield, Mass. Shirley M. Tower, Colrain, Mass.


Mar. 31. Fred A. Liston, Worthington. Joan Watkins, Worthington.


Apr. 8. Noel Fernand LaMarche, Hartford, Conn. L. Anita Pierce, Hartford, Conn.


Apr. 13. Edward Ernest Gage, Lee, Mass. Laura Helen Golash, Williamsburg.


June 10. Morris H. Carpenter, Conway, Mass. Stacia Taradena, Williamsburg.


June 17. Walter M. Kulash, Williamsburg. Mary Stephanic Gobush, Northampton.


June 17.' Joseph Deres, Hatfield. Wanda Lezynski, Williamsburg.


June 24. Joseph P. Gagnon, Williamsburg. Phyllis B. Specht, Cambridge.


June 24. Frederick Wells Goodhue, Williamsburg. Elinor Louise Kellogg, Williamsburg.


June 24. Robert Hawley Hayden, Williamsburg. Dorothea Wallace Ward, Williamsburg.


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June 24.


Edward Bateman Brainerd, Williamsburg.


Ellen Louise Knox, Huntington.


June 24.


William Lukas, New York.


Czestora Guzek, Williamsburg. .


June 25. Bernard Steven McAvoy, Williamsburg. Hazel Irene Torrey, Peru.


July 10. Henry E. Tedford, Cummington. Myrtle Parker Tedford, Williamsburg.


July 15. Howard W. Rice, Northampton. Mary Elizabeth Ginn, Rockland, Maine. July 22. John Frederick Shaw, Williamsburg. Marion Alice Bachand, Northampton.


July 24. Harold E. Israel, Northampton. Elsa Margarieta Siipola, Northampton.


Aug. 1. Ralph Derby Lovering, Northampton. Faith Loraine Foster, Northampton.


Aug. 1. James Edward Lyman, Northampton. Bernice May Weeks, Williamsburg.


Aug. 5. Albert Corydon White, 3rd, Springfield. Dorothy Drake, Springfield.


Aug. 5. John Francis Deming, Berlin, Connecticut. Phyllis Baker, Williamsburg.


Aug. 14. Russell Sreeno Clark, Williamsburg. Arlene Kramer Holmes,, Northampton.


Aug. 17. Albert E. Lumley, Amherst. Mabel H. Brinn, Northampton.


Sept. 2. Elmer Willcutt, Williamsburg. Irene Versailles, Northampton.


Sept. 16. Raymond Gilbert Bradford, Williamsburg. Meta Winkopp Richmond, Northampton.


Sept. 16. George Ceretta, New York. Gertrude Loretta Kearney, Williamsburg.


Sept. 20. Donald James Landry, Northampton. Elizabeth Bird Knight, Williamsburg.


Sept. 23. Tofield Gromelski, Williamsburg. Philamena Kerejezyk, Hatfield.


17


Sept. 30. Charles S. Beebe, Williamsburg. Margaret M. Hill, Goshen.


Oct. 9. Edmond George Morin, Northampton. Margaret Duplessis, Williamsburg.


Oct. 11. Edward Clark Foster, Williamsburg. Edith M. Derosia, Williamsburg.


Oct. 12. James Sloan, Holyoke. Elizabeth T. Friedrick, Holyoke.


Oct. 19. Armond Joseph LeBelle, South Ashfield. Janice Mary Anderson, Northampton.


Oct. 21. Harold Charles Smith, Southampton. Anna Florence Hurteau, Williamsburg.


Nov. 4. Warren Henry Whitney, Montague. Ruth Merritt Cross, Williamsburg ..


Dec. 22. Alonzo P. Knowlton, Chicopee. Annie R. Waite, Williamsburg.


Dec. 23.


Hartley Leroy Lyman, Williamsburg.


Delia P. Evans, Williamsburg.


DEATHS


Whole number (29) recorded as follows:


Yr.


Mo.


Da.


Feb. 14. Philomene Richard Laurion


79


1


Feb. 27.


Selina Thibideau Joslyn


73


11


21


Mar. 1.


Ann O'Brien Welch


72


8


Mar. 12.


Ellen Mahar O'Brien


73


10


20


Mar. 25. Axel Gustafson


68


3


Apr. 13.


Frank Demerski


70


3


25


May 9. Albert Willis Locke


86


4


20


May 22. Joseph Ingellis


8


28


May 25.


Lena Andrew Burdeau


78


5


12


May 31.


Grace Barber Rising


67


5


9


June 3. Ethel Curry


62


7


8


June 15.


Estelle Patterson Clark


53


3


28


June 20.


Edward H. Schuler


72


4


22


18


June 23.


Margaret E. Costello


62


July 27. Stillborn


-


Aug. 9. Ida Louise Rhodes


59


11


9


Aug. 14.


Rose Ann McGowan


72


-


Aug. 24.


Hubert A. Smith


69


6


Aug. 28. David Larkin


15


14


Sept. 20.


Howard Marshall Rhodes


63


11


3


Oct. 9.


No Name, Graham


10h


20m


Oct. 10.


George Buckman


73


7


22


Oct. 28.


Carrie Morgan Lawrence


69


2


6


Nov. 28.


Clara Starks Atherton


77


2


11


Dec. 6.


Sarah Miller Thresher


74


2


23


Dec. 14.


Harriet Frost Guilford


74


7


16


Dec. 16. Stillborn


Dec. 16.


Bernice E. Hathaway


21


11


23


Dec. 26.


Charles W. Wade


85


9


8


19


TOWN OFFICERS


Term Expires


Selectmen


Leon B. Sanderson, Chairman


1940


Oakley Ames


1940


Silas Snow


1940


Town Clerk


Charles W. Wells


1940


Town Treasurer


Anna E. Watson 1940


Assessors


Warren E. McAvoy, Chairman


1940


John O. Jones 1942


Frederick A. Noble


1941


Elector under will of Oliver Smith


Stephen J. Burke


1940


Richard F. Burke, Chairman 1940


Warren E. McAvoy 1942


William G. Loomis 1941


Tax Collector


Helena Breguet


1940


Constables


Wilfred Johndrow


1940


Henry M. Hathaway 1940


Tree Warden


Spencer Bickford


1940


Water Commis- sioners


Raymond Gray, Chairman


1942


Charles Powers


1940


Martin J. Dunphy


1941


Trustees of Hay- denville Library


Hattie Metcalf


1942


Lula Smith


1941


Maude E. Sanderson


1940


Trust Fund


Commissioners


Roswell Jorgensen


1942


William G. Loomis


1941


Arthur J. Polmatier


1940


-


Moderator


John H. Breguet


1940


Thomas P. Larkin, Jr., was appointed assistant Town Clerk, July 28, 1939.


School Committee


20


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REVISED LIST OF JURORS


Thomas Coogan, Pine St., Haydenville


Laborer


Frederick La Valley, Jr., Goshen Rd. Barber Harold K. Packard, Nash St. Farmer


Fred W. Sanderson, Village Hill Frederick L. Smith, S. Main St., Haydenville


Laborer


Albert F. Ames, High St., Haydenville C. Preston Otis, Village Hill


Brass Plater Poultryman


James Hickey, Jr., S. Main St., Haydenville


Clerk


Michael V. O'Brien, S. Main St., Haydenville


John C. Gould, Main St., Haydenville


William A. Ryan, Main St., Haydenville


Charles N. Roberge, Nash St.


Richard F. Watling, Village Hill Ave.


Shipping Clerk


Leon A. Tilley, North St.


Gas Station Operator Insurance Salesman


George N. Luce, Village Hill


Retired Clerk


Stephen J. Burke, Main St.


Walter F. Tetro, East Main St.


Jeweler Plumber


Ward Shumway, Mt. St., Haydenville


William Blinn, Main St., Haydenville


Tool Maker


Joseph Kulash Sr. and Arthur J. Polmatier were drawn for court work during the preceding year.


Button Worker Laborer Cutlery Worker Machinist


Edward P. Larkin, Main St.


Manufacturer


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Report of Town Accountant


RECEIPTS


Taxes, 1937


$5,736 56


Taxes, 1938


8,727 61


Taxes, 1939


26,828 27


$41,292 44


Motor, 1937


62 11


Motor, 1938


319 96


Motor, 1939


2,716 10


$3,098 17


Water Liens


70 68


Tax Titles


617 00


Releasing Deeds


6 00


Poll Tax Demands


6 30


$699 98


Tax Title Interest


61 48


Tax Interest


755 31


$816 79


Liquor Licenses and Others


$1,325 00


Dog Licenses from Town Clerk


381 60


Dog Licenses from County Treas.


379 67 .


$761 27


Revenue Loan


$15,000 00


Public Health Subsidy from State 260 71


Public Health Subsidy from City of Northampton 601 70


$862 41


22


Wild Cat Bounty Court Fines


$10 00


123 90


Library Fines


10 00


Inspector of Animals


21 50


Sealer Weights and Measures


24 59


Town Hall Rent


10 00


$199 99


Water Rents


3,952 47


Water Miscellaneous


89 35


Water Interest


50 32


$4,092 14


Mass. School Fund


3,641 54


Small Schools Supt.


954 71


State High School Tuition


1,250 00


State Wards


827 88


Mass. Vocational Aid


856 89


Tuition from Other Towns


3,258 90


Boston Wards


488 82


$11,278 74


Income Tax


$4,269 75


Income Tax, Chapter 58


4,465 25


Income Tax, Chapter 362


99 23


Reimbursement Loss of Taxes


39 85


Business and Corporation Tax


735 94


$9,610 02


O. A. A., Federal


$9,456 98


O. A. A., State


6,786 21


O. A. A. from other Cities and Towns


383 21


O. A. A. Administration


315 19


Mothers' Aid, Federal


426 09


Mothers' Aid, State


507 67


Mothers' Aid Administration


48 93


Temporary Aid, State


657 88


$18,582 16


23


Refunds :


Pipe and Junk


$26 00


School Dental Work


10 00


Sale of Paper


2 66


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. (Playground)


40 00


Land Court


4 75


Rancourt Estate


2 00


Collector's Bond


6 30


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. (Highway)


2 50


License


2 00


Cancelled Checks


38 50


$134 71 $2,550 80


Town Road Equipment


1938:


Chapter 90 (County)


$1,495 13


Chapter 90 (State)


2,745 13


Chesterfield Road (State)


535 00


$4,775 26


Gas Tax Refund


$3,883 92


Chapter 500


113 63


Chapter 81


6,214 02


Chesterfield Road (State


$885 00


Chesterfield Road (County)


250 00


$1,135 00


Trust Funds :


Collins School


$263 26


Spelman School


995 57


Loomis School


2,309 56


H. M. Hills


376 16


C. J. Hills


125 00


A. S. Hills


125 00


Whiting Street


139 34


Lyman Waite


17 50


24


Electa Waite


44 32


Cemetery


31 60


$4,427 31


Total Receipts


$130,853 76


Cash on hand Jan. 1st, 1939


6,458 36


$137,312 12


PAYMENTS


Moderator


$10 00


Selectmen's Salaries


450 00


Selectmen's Ass'n. Salaries


$6 00


Printing and Postage


12 17


Coolidge Bridge Dedication


15 04


Flowers


11 00


Wild Cat Bounty


10 00


Trust Fund Bond


17 00


Telephone and Mileage


179 88


$251 09


Accountant's Salary


$300 00


Printing, Postage and Telephone


48 35


$348 35


Treasurer's Salary


$250 00


Surety Bond


41 50


Tax Titles


72 00


Lock Box


10 00


Printing, Postage and Telephone


88 90


$462 40


Oliver Smith's Will


$10 00


Collector's Salary


$300 00


Surety Bond


83 00


Burglar Insurance


32 94


Printing and Postage


158 65


$574 59


25


Assessors' Salaries


$270 00


Recording Deeds


7 20


Printing and Postage


40 59


$317 79


Finance Com. Clerk


$25 00


Town Clerk's Salary


150 00


Surety Bond


7 50


Printing and Postage


92 50


$250 00


Election and Registration :


Salaries


$102 00


Printing and Postage


13 61


Rent


2 00


$117 61


Consultation


$35 00


Town Hall :


Janitor


$38 00


Fuel


15 00


Janitor's Supplies


18 01


Telephone


31 01


Paint and Labor


109 45


Repairs


42 41


$253 88


Police Department:


Salaries


$200 00


Wages


248 08


Court Fees


112 53


Jail Nurse


9 10


Telephone and Mileage


70 04


$639 75


26


Fire Department:


Salaries


$180 00


Wages


249 50


Miscellaneous


16 14


Bldg. Repair


5 85


Gas, Rent and Apparatus Supplies


173 04


Fuel


32 05


Light


38 94


Telephone


38 04


$733 56


Sealer of Weights and Measures


$36 60


Moth Extermination:


Labor


$490 30


Insecticide and Equipment


9 65


$499 95


Tree Warden


$86 50


Health and Sanitation:


Administration


$49 40


Nurse


500 00


Sanatorium


1,997 38


Diphtheria Clinic


55 25


Barn, Animal and Slaughter Inspection


197 35


Dairy Inspection


50 00


Town Dump


34 60


$2,883 98


Chapter 221: (Chesterfield Road)


Labor


$235 80


Trucking


85 13


Tar


479 29


$800 22


27


Chapter 90, Maintenance: Labor Trucking


$348 55


124 87


Tar


276 65


$750 07


Tools


$25 75


Chapter 500:


Labor


$642 42


Plank


21 18


Trucking


81 00


Tar


171 80


$916 40


Chapter 81 :


Labor


4,930 35


Trucking


2,152 95


Gravel


214 70


Tar


2,076 53


Tile


75 70


$9,450 23


Winter Highways:


Labor


$885 23


Trucking and Truck Repair


464 86


Salt


188 00


Gravel


18 38


Tools


17 38


Gas


143 34


Miscellaneous


24 07


$1,741 26


Street Lighting


$1,754 45


Bridges :


Labor


$239 96


Cement


55 76


28


Lumber and Paint


102 13


18 00


I Beams and Labor Spikes, Trucking, Tools and Iron Fencing


82 49


$498 34


Sidewalks :


Labor


$170 80


Trucking


4 55


Materials


16 03


Miscellaneous


1 94


$193 32


Truck and Tractor Maintenance :


Insurance and Registration


$115 28


New Truck


1,141 90


Hoist


40 00


Iron Rake


24 50


Blade


10 00


Tools


9 75


Parts and Repairs


945 92


Gas and Oil


738 86


$3,026 21


WPA Administration


$5.0 00


WPA:


Insurance and Registration


$105 78


Tar


175 72


Fuel


19 91


Writing Projects


50 00


Northampton & Boston Offices Expense


324 89


Gravel


200 45


Rent


60 00


Express


135 40


Second Hand Truck


189 90


29


Second Hand Hoist


29 95


Tools and Tool Repair


56 43


Lumber, Ball Field Supplies, Grass Seed, etc.


59 08


Paper Bags and First Aid Kits


35 94


Truck Repair and Gas


1,120 34


$2,563 79


Public Welfare Administration


$50 00


Town Aid:


Groceries and Provisions


$1,084 47


Fuel and Rent


325 50


Board


153 50


Medical Aid


1,061 98


Cash


868 00


Paid to Other Cities and Towns


2,053 30


Burial


35 00


$5,581 75


Mothers' Aid Administration


$48 93


Mothers' Aid (Local)


$1,100 50


Mothers' Aid (Federal)


469 00


$1,569 50


O. A. A. Administration


$315 77


O. A. A., Local


$10,905 49


O. A. A., Federal


9,121 81


$20,027 30


Soldiers' Relief :


Cash


$627 00


Fuel


7 50


Groceries


45 63


Medical Aid


114 30


Schools


$794 43 $33,363 35


For Details see School Report


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Haydenville Library :


Librarian


$52 00


Janitor


27 00


Books


189 29


Repairs


4 00


Janitor's Supplies


1 00


Insurance


13 14


$286 43


Town Clocks


$67 90


Mt. St. Cemetery


48 00


Memorial Day


60 00


Town Reports (1938)


90 00


Workmen's Compensation


740 34


Dog Taxes paid to County


381 60


Haydenville School Loan


2,000 00


Williamsburg School Loan


1,000 00


Trust Funds


3,290 22


Tax Refunds


75 99


Motor Excise Refunds


97 72


Interest


1,068 28


Revenue Loan


15,000 00


State Tax


3,780 00


Auditing Account


2 04


Veterans' Relief


8 30


State Park Tax


77 26


County Tax


3,090 41


Water Department:


Salaries


$200 00


Maintenance


1,689 81


$1,889 81


For Details see Water Dept. Report


Total Payments


$124,561 42


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1940


12,750 70


$137,312 12


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INCOME OF TRUST FUNDS


Bal. '38 Rec. '39


Ex. '39


Bal. '39


Collins Fund


$263 26


$263 26


B. Loomis


$28 75


2,309 56


2,309 34


$28 97


O. G. Spelman


203 00


995 57


1,127 93


70 64


Hyde & Saunders


1 04


1 04


Whiting Street


74 23


139 34


137 50


76 07


Henry M. Hills


13 61


376 16


398 00


A. S. Hills


4 54


125 00


115 75


5 56


C. J. Hills


7 89


125 00


111 90


20 99


Electa Waite


14 33


44 32


49 70


8 95


Lyman Waite


8 15


17 50


8 50


17 15


Cemetery


31 60


31 60


$2,000.00 from the Byron Loomis Fund used to buy new bonds.


$1,000.00 from the O. G. Spelman Fund used to pay Williamsburg School Loan.


$8.23 transferred from A. S. Hills Fund to H. M. Hills Fund.


TRANSFERS


From Winter Highways to Chapter 90


$165 00


From Winter Highways to Bridges 100 00


From Soldiers' Relief to Old Age Assistance


150 00


From Mothers' Aid to Old Age Assistance From Town Aid to Old Age Assistance From Reserved Fund to Water Department


350 00


200 00


100 00


From Reserved Fund to Selectmen's Maintenance


1 09


From Reserved Fund to Police Department


39 75


From Reserved Fund to Animal Inspector 50 00


From Reserved Fund to Chapter 221


22


From Reserved Fund to Chapter 90, Tools


75


From Reserved Fund to Chapter 81


23


From Reserved Fund to Winter Highways


6 26


32


From Reserved Fund to Workmen's Compensation 40 34


From Reserved Fund to WPA 65 29


From Reserved Fund to Town Aid


770 25


From Soldiers' Relief to Aown Aid


11 50


BALANCE SHEET


December 31, 1939


ASSETS


Cash $12,750 70


Taxes, 1938


$9,848 44


Taxes, 1939


14,897 71 61 53


Sidewalk Assessments


$24,807 68


Motor Excise, 1938


$39 38


Motor Excise, 1939


131 70


$171 08


Tax Titles


1,102 29


Water Liens


$145 86


$1,248 15


Water Rents


$611 67


Water Miscellaneous


39 40


$651 07


Departmental Revenue


$10,406 48


State Penalty


25 00


State Aid to Highways


161 08


$50,221 24


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LIABILITIES


Motor Excise, 1937


$2 00


Water Surplus


522 65


Tax Title Revenue


$652 52


Motor Revenue


353 67


Water Revenue


813 58


$1,819 77


Accounts Receivable :


Public Health


$634 56


Public Welfare


752 98


Schools


3,323 82


O. A. A.


6,867 07


$11,578 43


Trust Funds


$1,229 37


Overlay, 1938


$203 90


Overlay, 1939


1,593 54


Overlay Reserve


2,868 74


$4,666 18


Veterans' Relief


23


State Park Tax


8 90


O. A. A. Adm.


26 15


Surplus and Def.


30,367 56


$50,221 24


HOWARD F. BAKER,


Accountant.


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Report of Water Commissioners


Your Water Commissioners wish to report as follows:


The year of 1939 saw the completion of water main on Hatfield Road in Haydenville and the lowering of four- inch main under river bed at Searsville.


The citizens have received a much needed gift of four drinking fountains, three in Haydenville, and one in Wil- liasburg to replace old cement fountains. Said donation being made by the W. C. T. U. and from the use these fountains are receiving, can assure the donors they are very much appreciated by the people of the two villages.


On two WPA projects sponsored by your commis- sioners ,the following work has been accomplished at a minimum cost to the Town, and will no doubt save con- siderable in years to come.


Most of the damage to our reservoir property has been repaired.


The spillway of the lower dam has been completely rebuilt and is much more secure than previously. The above was entirely washed out at time of hurricane in September, 1938.


Three new bridges have been built, all of which were washed out at the time of the hurricane and have been re- placed in such a way we do not think high water will again disturb them.


Certain parts of property adjacent to reservoir was badly washed away and would cause considerable erosion to our property and we are happy to say that this has been practically all completed by fill.


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Fifteen thousand red pine trees were set out this spring and except for replacement of dead trees this should complete the reforestration of reservoir property.


WPA help also cleared 85 acres of brush on your prop- erty and burned same. All the brooks leading to our water supply will be cleaned of brush and heavy timber felled during hurricane is now in the process of clearing and the spillway is to be enlarged.


The earthen dam of large storage reservoir has settled in places, twelve to eighteen inches and in the spring a WPA project which is now working at reservoir will make the necessary repairs to put this in first class condition.


The labor of doing all this work on your property has saved thousands of dollars and has accomplished work your water commissioners have wanted to do for years, but the cost was prohibitive.


Respectfully submitted,


RAYMOND GRAY, Chairman,


CHARLES A. POWERS, MARTIN J. DUNPHY, Water Commissioners.


EXPENDITURES


Salary


$200 00


Administration :


Bond


$10 00


Telephone


5 65


Postage, Stationery and Supplies


43 80


Water Liens


13 00


Insurance


26 00


Mileage


2 00


Printing


2 00


Rental


1 00


$103 45


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WATER SHED


Red Pine Trees, 15,000


$180 00


Labor


$231 18


Lumber


17 50


Trucking


14 50


Supplies


22 72


Tools and Repairs


37 44


Eng. Service, WPA


23 50


Saw Bill


3 78


Blue Prints of Water Shed


22 50


$373 12


Pipe Maintenance :


Labor


$586 65


Material and Fittings


295 93


Tools and Repairs


39 10


Trucking


42 75


Freight and Express


5 01


Melting Joints


31 75


Snow


15 40


Supplies


16 65


$1,033 24


Total


$1,889 81


Balance


40 19


Appropriation


$1,930 00


COLLECTOR'S REPORT


Uncollected Balance Dec. 31, 1938 $550 60


Commitments Jan. 1, 1939


2,046 25


Commitments July 1, 1939


2,005 94


Commitments Dec. 31, 1939


229 44


Broken Water Main


56 55


Broken Hydrant 23 50


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Broken Hydrant


9 30


Interest due of Collected 1939


52 69


$4,974 27


Amount Collected for Water Rents 1939


$3,950 10


Interest Collected 1939


52 69


Misc. (Hydrants and Main)


89 35


Liens


30 00


Abatements


85 77


Uncollected Balance Dec. 31, 1939


766 36


$4,974 27


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES A. POWERS,


Collector.


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Collector's Report


To the Board of Selectmen:




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