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Loss of Taxes
39.79
Public Health Subsidy
260.71
Division Live Stock
13.50
Post War Rehabilitation
125.00
Distribution Highway Fund
3,478.82
Trust Funds
2,166.90
Total Receipts
$128,900.62
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1944
49,174.55
$178,075.17
PAYMENTS
Moderator
$10.00
Selectmen's Salaries
600.00
Selectmen's Maintenance :
Association Dues
$12.00
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Clerk
20.00
Telephone and Mileage
218.00
$250.00
$300.00
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Collector's Salary
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Collector's Maintenance :
Bond
$60.75
Ptg. and Postage
189.73
$250.48
Assessors' Salaries
$425.00
Assessors' Maintenance :
Mass. Assessors' Dues
$6.00
Mileage, Ptg. and Postage
78.06
$84.06
Clerk
$25.00
Accountant's Salary
$300.00
Accountant's Maintenance :
Telephone and Supplies
$49.93
Treasurer's Salary
$250.00
Treasurer's Maintenance :
Bond
$43.50
Lock Box
10.00
Postage and Ptg.
91.80
$145.30
Town Clerk's Salary
$150.00
Town Clerk's Maintenance :
Bond
$7.50
Ptg. and Postage
89.32
$96.82
Elector Oliver Smith Will
$10.00
Finance Clerk
$25.00
Consultation Fee
$55.45
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Election and Registration :
Ballot Clerks Printing
$295.00
88.80
$383.80
Town Hall :
Lights and Telephone
$37.73
Fuel
32.00
Janitor's Services .
55.00
Janitor's Supplies
8.00
$132.73
Police Department :
Salaries
$200.00
Fees
$98.25
Traffic
45.10
Collecting Dog Taxes
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21.80
Special Police
17.50
Telephone
31.92
Equipment
17.90
$232.47
Fire Department :
Salaries
$272.00
Fuel and Bldg. Maintenance
$49.50
Labor
706.00
New Equipment
626.32
Medical Care
101.40
Telephone and Light
60.17
Equipment, Rent and Maintenance
196.57
New Fire Truck
4,300.00
Engine Houses Alterations
1,792.85
$7,832.81
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Sealer Weights and Measures
$50.00
Moth Extermination
$395.10
Tree Warden
$128.23
Tree Spraying
138.50
Public Health Adm.
50.00
Public Health and Sanatorium
$1,127.69
Visiting Nurse
$500.00
Dairy Inspection
$50.00
Slaughtering and Animal Inspection
55.50
Town Dump
69.80
Child Welfare Conference
100.00
Highway Maintenance :
Chapter 81
Labor
$4,336.35
Gravel
266.80
Tar
1,229.60
Power Shovel
729.00
Equipment
1,354.75
Culverts
63.61
Signs
7.00
Lumber
96.72
$8,083.83
Chapter 90
Labor
$811.01
Tar
1,282.33
Equipment
390.36
Shovel
661.50
Gravel
154.80
$3,300.00
Tool Appropriation
$87.65
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Winter Highways:
Labor
$1,477.30
Equipment
714.70
Salt
111.70
Sand
14.60
Snow Blades
33.10
Catch Basin Cover
2.00
Shovel
72.00
$2,425.40
Bridges :
Labor
$198.40
Planks
132.88
Culverts
350.00
Miscellaneous
36.21
$717.49
Adams Road :
Land Damages
$100.00
Bull Dozer
112.00
Labor
68.60
Equipment
24.00
Shovel
72.00
Gravel
26.20
$402.80
Truck and Tractor:
Gas and Repairs
$2,405.14
Street Lights
$2,021.94
Sidewalk Repair
$200.00
Athletic Field
$31.00
Wood Lot
$5:70
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Civilian Defense :
Clerk
$906.79
Office Supplies
23.85
Telephone and Lights
35.31
Printing
13.05
State Guard Equipment
85.08
$1,064.08
Community House :
Purchase of Building
$1,700.00
Labor
140.64
Fuel
111.90
Heating Plant
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230.00
Wiring
517.46
$2,700.00
Town Aid, Adm.
$100.00
Town Aid :
Cash
$716.00
Hospital
131.52
Other Cities and Towns
568.95
$1,416.47
Soldiers' Relief
$139.56
Mothers' Aid and O. A. A. Adm., Local $250.00 Mothers' Aid and O. A. A. Adm., Federal
415.20
$665.20
Mothers' Aid, Local
$503.50
Mothers' Aid, Federal
561.50
$1,065.00
O. A. A., Local
$15,873.89
O. A. A., Federal
12,974.89
$28,848.78
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School Department:
Teachers' Salaries
$18,166.25
Janitors' Salaries
3,900.00
Janitors' Supplies
359.50
Drawing Teacher
360.00
Music Teacher
365.26
Clerical Assistance
600.00
Music Supplies
25.00
Superintendent
1,650.00
Union Expense
154.03
Nurse
500.00
Nurse's Supplies
10.00
Physicians
180.00
Transportation
4,260.00
Fuel
1,400.00
Repairs
352.26
Sundries
218.06
Books
576.88
Schoolroom Supplies
485.39
Office Supplies
115.88
Athletic Supplies
66.96
Smith's School
965.49
Lights
311.93
New Equipment
308.72
Insurance
379.66
Committee Salaries
250.00
$35,683.42
Haydenville Library :
Librarian
$52.00
Books
178.31
Heat and Lights
10.50
Janitor and Supplies
27.34
Filing Cabinet
5.09
Insurance and Furnace Repair
37.15
$310.39
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Water Department:
Salaries
$200.00
Administration
$162.04
Pipe Maintenance
583.09
Water Shed
658.89
Chlorinator
183.92
$1,587.94
Pipe Extension, Chesterfield Road :
Pipe and Fittings
$300.15
Labor
189.38
$489.53
Mountain Street Cemetery
$24.00
Town Clocks
181.72
Memorial Day
60.00
Town Reports, 1943
211.20
Interest
455.00
Insurance
75.40
Workmen's Compensation
560.70
Withholding Tax
1,634.50
Dog Licenses to County
478.40
Haydenville School Loan
2,000.00
Spelman Annex Loan
1,000.00
War Bonds
10,000.00
State Tax
2,783.00
State Park Tax
63.37
County Tax
4,060.61
State Audit
854.66
Tax Refund, Real Estate, 1944
72.00
Motor Excise Refund, 1944
37.29
Town History
50.00
Post War Rehabilitation
125.00
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Highway Loan Trust Funds
3,477.77
602.18
Total Payments
$137,503.79
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1944
40,571.38
$178,075.17
TRUST FUNDS
Bal. '43
Rec. '44
Exp. '44
Bal. '44
H. M. Hills
$581.18
$325.92
$60.00
$847.10
Collins
281.97
281.97
Whiting Street
64.67
111.58
90.00
86.15
Electa; Waite
30.94
35.56
30.00
36.40
A. S. Hills
57.56
112.50
115.50
59.56
O. G. Spelman
845.35
845.35
B. Loomis
453.44
148.72
54.18
547.98
Ethel Curry
61.67
20.00
81.67
C. J. Hills
11.54
100.00
75.00
36.54
Lyman Waite
10.08
14.00
6.00
18.08
Cemetery
171.50
171.50
TRANSFERS
From Reserve Fund to Consultation Fees
$5.45
From Reserve Fund to Election and Registration
83.80
From Reserve Fund to Fire Dept.
42.81
From Reserve Fund to Tree Warden
28.23
From Reserve Fund to Tools
12.65
From Reserve Fund to Winter Highways
425.40
From Reserve Fund to Truck and Tractor Acct.
449.84
From Reserve Fund to A. D. C.
3.50
From Reserve Fund to Haydenville Library
10.39
From Reserve Fund to Town Clocks
100.00
From Reserve Fund to A. D. C. and O. A. A. Adm.
150.00
HOWARD F. BAKER, Town Accountant.
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BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1944
ASSETS
Cash
$40,571.38
Taxes '41
$2.00
Taxes '42
34.45
Taxes '43
2,719.45
Taxes '44
10,596.79
$13,352.69
Motor Exise '42
$40.76
Motor Excise '43
45.36
Motor Excise '44
1,893.84
$1,979.96
Tax Possessions
$306.31
Water Rents
$314.48
Water Miscellaneous
250.69
$565.17
Accounts Receivable :
Public Health
$260.51
Schools
133.91
Public Welfare
236.91
$631.33
Federal Disaster Loan
$607.05
Overlay '41
$22.85
State Aid (Highways)
$686.58
Departmental Revenue
$2,168.17
Revenue '45
$5,250.00
A. D. C.
$8.00
$66,149.49
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LIABILITIES
Dog Taxes Tax Title Revenue
$5.40
306.31
Water Surplus
1,631.10
Accounts Receivable :
O. A. A.
$2,819.15
Mothers' Aid
$7.55
Withholding Tax
$561.00
Trust Funds
$1,708.48
Overlay '42
$605.38
Overlay '43
343.61
Overlay '44
395.04
Overlay Reserve
1,650.96
$2,995.09
State Park Tax '43
$1.85
Motor Revenue
1,974.45
Water Revenue
852.45
$2,826.90
Surplus and Deficiency
$52,433.20
A. D. C. and O. A. A. Adm.
$51.15
O. A. F., Federal
$802.31
$66,149.49
HOWARD F. BAKER,
Town Accountant.
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Report of Water Commissioners
During the past year the Water Commissioners were compelled to repair seven services and to lower and install a bleeder on extension at lower South Main St., Hayden- ville to prevent freezing. Two hydrants damaged by auto- mobiles were repaired, one new service installed and two joints on main line repaired.
The Water Commissioners have endeavored to do more work on the reservoir property. The time has come when considerable thinning out must be done to preserve the forest in and about the reservoir. This past year with a minimum of help we have cut 46 cords of wood, all of which was sold and brought back a revenue to the town of $355.00. This work was accomplished along with the usual maintenance work which is done yearly at the res- ervoir.
Post War Recommendations :
New and larger service be installed from reservoir to high school in Williamsburg. This must be considered in order to give the citizens of Williamsburg proper fire pro- tection.
Consideration should be given to reservoir property. A project of thining out the forest is urgently needed. At the present time the fire roads are closed from fallen trees caused by ice storm in 1942. We have been doing as much of this as possible with the budget we have to work with, but this work should be done on a larger scale and we recommend that this be another project.
RAYMOND GRAY, EDWARD BEATTIE, M. J. DUNPHY, Water Commissioners.
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EXPENDITURES, 1944
Salaries
$200.00
Administration :
Bond
$10.00
Postage, Tel. and Printing
46.94
Service Mileage
87.60
Refund of Water Rent
15.50
Rent to Railroad
2.00
$162.04
PIPE MAINTENANCE
Material and Fittings
$176.76
Trucking
32.00
Labor
374.33
$583.09
WATER SHED
Material and Tools
$22.00
Trucking
2.00
Labor
634.89
$658.89
CHLORINATOR
Chlorine
$62.00
Freight
2.36
Electricity and Fuel
31.18
Operator
60.00
Labor and Supplies
28.38
$183.92
Total
$1,787.94
Balance
172.06
Appropriated
$1,960.00
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PIPE EXTENSION
Pipe and Fittings Labor
$300.15
189.38
Total
$489.53
Balance
10.47
Appropriated
$500.00
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Water Rates Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944 $424.81
Misc. Charges Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944 19.23
Water Rate Commitments, Jan. 1, to Dev. 31, 1944
4,409.62
Misc. Charges Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1944 423.59
Interest Charges Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1944 36.70
$5,313.95
Water Rates Collected Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1944 $4,282.61
Misc. Charges Collected Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1944
392.13
Water Rates Abated
164.22
Water Interest Collected
36.70
Water Rates Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944 387.60
Misc. Charges Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944 50.69
$5,313.95
M. J. DUNPHY,
Collector.
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Tax Collector's Report
DEBITS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944 :
1941 Poll Taxes
$4.00
1942 Poll Taxes
24.00
1943 Poll Taxes
36.00
1942 Excise Taxes
44.95
1943 Excise Taxes
162.92
1941 Real Estate Taxes
46.00
1942 Real Estate Taxes
3,463.29
1943 Real Estate Taxes
11,222.32
1941 Personal Property Taxes 10.07
1942 Personal Property Taxes
127.35
1943 Personal Property Taxes
1,318.33
$16,459.23
Commitments :
Jan. 10, 1944-Excise Taxes (1943) $27.27
Feb. 5, 1944-Excise Taxes 282.69
Feb. 8, 1944-Excise Taxes (1943) 4.00
April 19, 1944-Poll Taxes
1,138.00
June 14, 1944-Poll Taxes
22.00
June 14, 1944-Personal Property Taxes 7,015.18
June 17, 1944-Real Estate Taxes 40,473.54
June 27, 1944-Excise Taxes 1,605.03
July 8, 1944-Poll Taxes. 8.00
Aug. 15, 1944-Excise Taxes 52.82
Sept. 22, 1944-Excise Taxes 61.25
Oct. 2, 1944-Poll Taxes 2.00
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Oct. 20, 1944-Excise Taxes
8.00
Nov. 29, 1944-Excise Taxes 22.43
Nov. 29, 1944-Poll Taxes
2.00
Dec. 11, 1944-Excise Taxes
10.00
Dec. 11, 1944-Personal Property Taxes 61.20
$50,795.41
Abatement after payment refunded:
1944 Excise Taxes
$37.29
1944 Real Estate Tax
72.00
$109.29
$67,363.93
CREDITS
·Collected and paid Town Treasurer:
1941 Poll Tax
$2.00
1942 Poll Tax
2.00
1943 Poll Taxes
12.00
1944 Poll Taxes
782.00
1942 Excise Taxes
4.19
1943 Excise Taxes
134.54
1944 Excise Taxes
1,854.68
1941 Real Estate Taxes
46.00
1942 Real Estate Taxes
3,378.84
1943 Real Estate Taxes
8,693.32
1944 Real Estate Taxes 30,277.00
1941 Personal Property Taxes
10.07
1942 Personal Property Taxes
123.10
1943 Personal Property Taxes
1,011.60
1944 Personal Property Taxes
5,836.07
$52,167.41
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Abated :
1942 Poll Taxes
$18.00
1943 Poll Taxes
10.00
1944 Poll Taxes
330.00
1943 Excise Taxes
17.34
1944 Excise Taxes
67.24
1942 Real Estate Taxes
83.28
1943 Real Estate Taxes
128.70
1944 Real Estate Taxes
561.87
1943 Personal Property Taxes
10.80
1944 Personal Property Taxes
36.00
$1,263.23
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944 :
1941 Poll Tax
$2.00
1942 Poll Taxes
4.00
1943 Poll Taxes
14.00
1944 Poll Taxes
60.00
1942 Excise Taxes
40.76
1943 Excise Taxes
42.31
1944 Excise Taxes
157.59
1942 Real Estate Tax
1.17
1943 Real Estate Taxes
2,400.30
1944 Real Estate Taxes
9,706.67
1942 Personal Property Taxes
4.25
1943 Personal Property Taxes
295.93
1944 Personal Property Taxes
1,204.31
$13,933.29
$67,363.93
Respectfully submitted, HELENA M. BREGUET, Collector of Taxes.
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Assessors' Report
Appropriation to be raised
$87,954.50
To be transfered
26,825.30
Haydenville School Loan
2,000.00
State Tax
2,783.00
State Parks and Reservations 63.37
State Audit of Municipal Accounts 854.66
County Tax 4,060.61
1943 Underestimate of Cherry Street 260.62
Overlay of Current Year
1,414.90
Gross Amount to be raised
$126,216.96
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
Income Tax
$7,544.65
Corporation Taxes
2,910.47
Reimbursement on Acct. of State owned land
39.79
Gasoline Tax Under Acts of 1943, Chapter 569
3,478.82
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
1,500.00
Licenses
1,300.00
Fines
300.00
Health and Sanitation
300.00
Charities
11,000.00
Old Age Tax
566.91
Schools 1
9,000.00
Water Dept.
4,500.00
Interest on Tax and Assessments
400.00
Spelman Fund
1,000.00
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State Parks Overestimate, 1943 1.85 33,825.00
Comm. letter of approval
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$77,667.79
Net Amount to be raised by Taxation on Polls and Property at $36.00 per M $48,549.17
Value of Assessed Real Estate
$1,124,265.00
Value of Assessed Personal Property 192,712.00
Total Value of Assessed Estate Jan.
1, 1944 $1,316,977.00
No. of polls assessed
569
Horses
66
Neat cattle, 1 year and over
227
Swine
39
sheep
27
fowl
19,923
all others
203
acres assessed
14,452
dwelling houses
470
RECAPITULATION OF MOTOR EXCISE TAX
Number of Vehicles Assessed 521
Value of Vehicles Assessed
$62,510.00
Total Excise Tax
$2,069.49
Respectfully submitted,
Board of Assessors of Williamsburg,
JOHN O. JONES, Chairman, MARVIN E. JANES, VIVIAN BLACK,
Assessors.
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Library Report
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The Trustees of the Haydenville Library submit the following report for 1944.
The Library has been opened one evening each week during the year, and the circulation of books has increased over last year. A large number of new books has been added, both fiction and non-fiction, and the Trustees feel that there is a very good selection of books for a library of this size.
The furnace has been repaired and rusted pipes re- placed by new ones.
Number of books now on hand, 3,462.
New books added during 1944, 110.
Circulation, 3,350.
Fines collected, $28.05.
EXPENDITURES
Librarian
$52.00
Janitor and Janitor's Supplies
27.34
Books
178.31
Fuel and Lights
10.50
Filing Cards
5.09
Insurance and Furnace Repairs
37.15
$310.39
LULA B. SMITH, HATTIE A. METCALF, MAUDE E. SANDERSON,
Trustees.
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REPORT OF MOUNTAIN STREET CEMETERY
Appropriation Labor
$50.00 24.00
Balance
$26.00
Respectfully submitted, ALLEN B. ADAMS, Caretaker.
REPORT OF MOTH WORK
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended
400.00
Material Purchased
5.90
Number clusters destroyed
45,000
Respectfully submitted,
BURTON L. DOBBS,
Moth Supt.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$100.00
Labor and Truck
69.00
Balance $31.00
Due to lack of help, only emergency work was done during 1944.
The wind storm of September did relatively small damage to the trees of this town.
Respectfully submitted,
AUSTIN SNOW, Tree Warden.
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Report of the Fire Department
The following is the report of the Fire Department:
The department met and organized on January 5, 1944 with Lester Wells as Chairman and Charles Sabo as Sec- retary and Treasurer. Meetings were held the first Wednesday evening of each month.
There were practice drills held during the summer months including hose and ladder drills, use of fire depart- ment tools and pumping. I was very much pleased with the co-operation of the firemen at these drills.
The following new equipment was purchased this year. One new triple combination five hundred gallon two stage pumper, three hundred and fifty feet of fire hose, one chimney fire pump can, and two CO2 fire extinguishers.
The fire departments were called out to fifty-one fires, forty building fires and eleven grass fires.
At this time I would like to thank the townspeople for their co-operation in regard to open air burning. Also I thank all those who have helped the fire department in any way.
I recommend that the town appropriate the sum of $120.00 for accident insurance to cover the firemen.
I recommend that hydrants with pumper connections be placed at points of greatest fire hazard.
I recommend that the hydrant tops be painted to designate the flow of water and the size of main.
Respectfully submitted,
CHENEY K. HATHAWAY,
Fire Chief.
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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Dear Sirs :
During 1944 this department adjusted and inspected 187 weights and measures.
Paid to Town Treasurer in fees
$20.63
Appropriation
$50.00
Labor and Transportation
47.68
Equipment
2.32
$50.00
Respectfully submitted, LESLIE H. TAYLOR,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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Report of Trust Fund Commissioners
ONSLOW G. SPELMAN SCHOOL FUND
Deposit in
Haydenville Savings Bank
$12,408.07
Conway Savings Bank
5,000.00
Easthampton Savings Bank
3,500.00
Nonotuck Savings Bank
2,500.00
Florence Savings Bank
1,500.00
Northampton Institution for Savings
2,040.00
Bond Accounts :
United States Savings Bonds, War Series G, 21% 10,000.00
$36,948.07
ETHEL CURRY SCHOOL FUND
Deposit in the
Northampton Institution for Savings
$1,000.00
WHITING STREET FUND
Deposit in the
Nonotuck Savings Bank $5,574.25
LYMAN D. WAITE FUND
Deposit in the
Nonotuck Savings Bank
$700.00
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ELECTA WAITE FUND
Deposit in the
Haydenville Savings Bank
$1,773.51
A. S. HILLS FUND
Deposit in the
Easthampton Savings Bank $5,000.00
C. J. HILLS FUND
Deposit in the
Haydenville Savings Bank $5,000.00
DR. HENRY M. HILLS FUND
Deposit in the
Haydenville Savings Bank
$10,046.40
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Bond Account :
1
United States Savings Bonds,
War Series G, 21% 5,000.00
$15,046.40
BYRON LOOMIS SCHOOL FUND
Deposit in the
Holyoke Savings Bank
$3,381.51
Haydenville Savings Bank
4,055.00
$7,436.51
COLLINS SCHOOL FUND
Deposit in the
Haydenville Savings Bank
$3,766.70
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Bank Stocks:
100 shares Northampton National Bank $2,000.00
20 shares National Shawmut Bank of Boston 250.00 63 shares First National Bank of Northampton 1,260.00
244 shares First National Bank of Greenfield 2,440.00 10 shares Chase National Bank of New York 200.00 14 4/10 shares Mechanics National Bank of Worcester 1,440.00
1 share Amerex Holding Corporation
$11,356.70
WARREN-WARNER FUND
Deposit in the
Haydenville Savings Bank $250.00
BAKER-GRAVES FUND
Deposit in the
Haydenville Savings Bank $725.00
FREDERICK W. MAIN FUND
Deposit in the
Haydenville Savings Bank
1
$100.00
REHABILITATION FUND
Deposit in the
Haydenville Savings Bank $126.04
Bond Account:
United States Savings Bonds,
War Series G, 21% 10,000.00
$10,126.04
WILLIAM G. LOOMIS, ARTHUR J. POLMATIER, ROSWELL S. JORGENSEN, Commissioners.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1944
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Report of the School Committee
We feel very fortunate to have finished the year of 1944 without suffering too much the effect of the many problems that were facing the field of education in secur- ing teachers, transportation, fuel and other essential necessities for an efficient system. Your committee en- deavored to operate the schools in Williamsburg and Hay- denville as economically as possible and were successful in keeping the expenses within the budget and having a reasonable balance at the end of the year.
In February an orchestra was formed among the stu- dents of the High School. Miss Johnson, a teacher in the High School resigned, and her position was ably filled by Mrs. Frederick L. Smith of Haydenville for the balance of the year. In April, Rev. William C. Ford met with the committee to discuss the possibilities of a religious educa- tion program for the coming year and at the regular busi- ness meeting it was voted to arrange the school schedule for the 1944-1945 year to accommodate a one hour period per week for this program of religious education. The inception of this course was the first week of October at the Congregational Church in Williamsburg with the chil- dren from the fifth and sixth grades of Haydenville and Williamsburg in attendance. The monies expended for the teaching force and supplies are raised by interested parents and organizations of the town, and in the case of Haydenville students there are available funds for their proportion of the expenses. Therefor, this program is made available to the children of both villages without expense by taxation through budget expenditures.
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It became necessary to amend the married teachers ruling in effect that we might engage the services of a married woman for our teaching staff for the period of one year, this ruling to be voted upon each year of the duration. This action was necessary because of the acute shortage of teachers.
Because of the crowded conditions of the first four grades it became necessary to engage another teacher in the Williamsburg School and reopen the room previously used for the first and second grades. We now have a system whereby the first grade receives the whole atten- tion of the teacher and the third is so divided that each of the members may enjoy the more efficient method of teaching.
Repairs were made to the roof of the Haydenville School building and the vacudraft system on the boiler was replaced as the old one was not operating satisfac- torily. The inside of the building was repainted where necessary. In the Williamsburg School the inside of the building was painted where needed and careful considera- tion of painting and reglazing the windows and woodwork on the outside of the building was given but the expense of this project greatly exceeded our budget for repairs and we found it necessary to leave it to be included in the 1945 budget.
In the fall we felt that the High School orchestra had shown such enthusiastic progress on an initiative basis that it might become more successful and larger if instruc- tion were offered and we were fortunate in engaging Miss Olive Healy for an hour a week for this endeavor.
A one session program for the High School was pre- sented for the opening of schools in the fall but the com- mittee could not get a clear picture of the advantages, and desiring the co-operation of the parents of the members
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affected by a change in the noon hour period, proposed that they be contacted for their approval or dissent. The approval was in the majority and the program will go into effect after the Christmas holidays for an eight week trial period.
We take this opportunity to thank the Superintendent and Teachers for their co-operation and the townspeople and parents for both their co-operation and support. We also feel that particular mention of appreciation is due the janitors of both buildings for the splendid manner in which they maintained their buildings and grounds.
WARREN E. MCAVOY, LAURI S. RONKA, WILLIAM G. LOOMIS, School Committee.
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TEACHERS
Principal, Anne T. Dunphy, Latin, French,
Haydenville 4781
Helena J. Webber, Math., Hist., 159 West St.,
Winchendon 374-M
Esther G. Thornton ,English, 73 East Pleasant St., Amherst 879-M
Edward C. Foster, Science, Williamsburg 4561
Madeline A. Brown, Commercial, 75 Avon Place Springfield
Martha L. Dickerman, 7, 8, 45 High St., Spencer 659
Nelle Dolan, 5, 6, Haydenville 3361
Dorothy Colburn, 3, 4, Williamsburg 4436
Irene Porter, 2, 3, Worthington 2083
Sophia D. Eaton, 1, Williamsburg
4691
HAYDENVILLE SCHOOL
Tel. 4912
TEACHERS
Principal, Margaret Trainor, 7, 8, Haydenville Margaret Gore, 5, 6, 165 West St., Florence 2173-J
Louise M. Gagnon, 3, 4, 13 Pratt Ave., Beverly 2754
Mary Crampton, 1, 2, Haydenville
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Superintendent's Report
To the Members of the School Committee:
The annual report of the Superintendent of Schools is herewith submitted. It is the twenty-fourth of the present series and the forty-third since the formation of this school union.
Several changes took place in the teaching staff dur- ing the year. Miss Dorothy Johnson resigned as teacher of English in February. We were fortunate in being able to secure Mrs. Lulu Smith who taught this department until the close of schools in June. Mrs. Miriam Brainerd resigned as teacher of grades five and six at Haydenville at the end of the school year. Miss Louise McDermott also resigned at that time to marry.
These vacancies were filled by the election of well trained teachers. The English position was assigned to Mrs. Esther Thornton of Amherst. Mrs. Thornton is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College and received her master's degree from that institution. She trained in the Amherst High School under the direction of the Education Depart- ment of Massachusetts State College. Mrs. Madeline Brown of Springfield was appointed to the commercial de- partment. Mrs. Brown is a graduate of Westfield Teach- ers College and also holds a degree from A. I. C. where she specialized in commercial subjects. She has had five years of teaching experience. Miss Margaret Gore of Florence was appointed to teach grades five and six at Haydenville. Miss Gore is a graduate of Massachusetts
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State College where she majored in history and education. She had her classroom training in the Florence Junior High School.
In order to relieve the crowded conditions in the first four grades at the Helen E. James School, a new room was opened in September. Mrs. Irene Porter of Worthington was elected to teach the second and third grade pupils as- signed to that room. Mrs. Porter is a graduate of North Adams Teachers College. She has had five years experi- ence in the Worthington and Northampton schools. All of these new teachers have had excellent success in the work of the first term. They have become valuable mem- bers of our teaching force.
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