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Budget Recommendation's 16
Treasurer
20
Town Clerk 21
Town Accountant 29
Water Commissioners 44
Tax Collector
47
Assessors
51
Fire Department 53
Sealer of Weights and Measures 54
Trust Fund Commissioners 57
Haydenville Library 61
Mountain Street Cemetery 62
Moth Work 62
Tree Warden 62
Board of Health 63
Recreation 55
School Department 67
Police Department 65
State Auditor 89
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1948
GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
OFFICE HOURS
The various town officers may be reached at the time and place as stated.
Selectmen-Town Hall, Monday evening, 8 P.M.
Assssors-Feb., March, April, every Monday, 7 to 9 P.M. May to January, First Monday of the Month. Home of J. O. Jones.
Treasurer-Tuesday, 9 to 12 A.M. Home of A. E. Watson.
School Committee-Last Friday of each month High School.
Tax Collctor-Monday evening, 7:30 to 9:00. Jenkins' Store.
Water Commissioners-By appointment
Town Clerk-Thursday evening, 7:30 to 9:00. Home of E. C. Foster.
Articles of the Warrant
Article 1. To elect a Moderator. To elect one Selectman for a term of three years, who shall be an Overseer of Public Welfare. To elect one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Tree Warden, one Elector under the will of the late Oliver Smith, Esq., two Constables, all for one year, three Water Commissioners, one for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, one for a term of one year. One School Committee- man, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, one Library Trustee, one Assessor, one Tax Collector, all for a term of three years.
Article2. To choose all necessary minor Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1949 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary to defray the expenses of the current financial year.
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Article 5. To hear the report of the Selectmen, Treas- urer, School Committee, Water Commissioners, and other Committees and act thereon.
Article 6. To choose a committee to expend the income from the Whiting Street Fund.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to pay the note which is due in 1949 on the Spelman Annex to the High School and to instruct the Assessors to use the income from the Onslow G. Spelman School Fund (not to exceed one thousand dollars) as an estimated receipt in determining the tax rate.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to co-operate with the County and State under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, for construction, and to vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, the Town's share of the ex- pense, and to vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 the County and State's share of the expense, and in anticipation of re-imbursement from the County and State under the provisions of this Chapter, the Town's share to be raised by taxation and the County and State's share to be taken from the Surplus Revenue Account and returned to the Surplus Revenue Ac- count when received from the County and State or take any other action thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to co-operate with the County and State under the Provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, for maintenance, and to vote to appro- priate the sum of $500.00 the Town's share of the expense, and to vote to appropriate the sum of
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$1,000.00 the County and State's share of the ex- pense, and in anticipation of re-imbursement from the County and State under the provisions of this Chapter, the Town's share to be raised by taxation and the County and State's share to be taken from the Surplus Revenue Account and returned to the Surplus Revenue Account when received from the County and State, or take any other action thereon.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cooperate with the State under the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws and to vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,150.00, the Town's share of the expense, and to vote to ap- propriate the State's share of the expense, and in anticipation of re-imbursement under this Chapter, such sums to be taken from the Surplus Revenue Account, the State's share to be returned to the Surplus Revenue Account when received, or take any other action thereon.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all Elected Officers of the Town as provided in Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws as amended.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $489.55, to be paid to the Treasurer-Custodian of the Hampshire County Re- tirement System to be credited to the funds thereof.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell any obsolete equipment, the value of which does not exceed $25.00, or take any other action thereon.
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Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the $500.00 in the Water Supply Improvement Account to pay the note which is due in 1949 on the South Street Water Extension, or take any other action thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the Old Gravel Pit on the Ashfield Road, or take any other action thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the property known as the "Me- thodist Church", or take any other action thereon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to restore and remodel the Methodist Church, for a Town Hall, according to plans submitted to the Building Committee by architect Carl Putnam, or take any other action thereon.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to charge for the use of it's Road Machinery for purposes other than State and County aided highways.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 for the Road Machi- nery Account of 1949 or take any other action thereon.
Article20. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the $999.99 in the Veterans' Memorial Account to Free Cash or take any other action thereon.
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Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to pay Ernest LaCourse for land damage or take any other action thereon.
Article 22. To see whether or not the Town will vote to extend a four inch water pipe line from the pre- sent water main on Nash Street, to the new house now being built by Harold Packard; a distance of 250 feet. The estimated cost is $700.00, or take any other action thereon.
Article 23. To see whether or not the Town will vote to extend a six inch water pipe line from the present water main on Williams Street to the foot of Charles Sabo Hill on Petticoat Hill Road a distance of 500 feet. The estimated cost $2,150.00, or take any other action thereon.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use from Free Cash a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars to reduce taxation.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners, and the Board of Select- men to appoint any member of their board to another town office or position for a term provided by law, if any, otherwise for a term not to exceed one year, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4a, Chapter 41, of the General Laws.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $231.56 to pay the unpaid bills of 1948, namely: Truck and Tractor account $231.56 or take any other action thereon.
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Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,242.87 to pay the over- drafts of 1948, namely: Fire Dept. $106.00, Winter highways $1,136.87, or take any other action thereon.
Other Articles may be added to the posted warrant.
The polls will close at 8 o'clock P.M.
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Selectmen's Report
The Board of Selectmen herewith submit their An- nual report for the year ending December 31, 1948.
There have been forty-seven regular meetings and six special meetings since this Board organized in special session Feb. 3rd. 1948, with G. Vernon Warner as Chair- man, Lewis H. Black as Clerk and Victor E. Symons as Chairman of Public Welfare.
G. Vernon Warner was appointed Veterans Service Director and Veterans Benefits Agent.
Community Club Hall in Haydenville was sold to the Gerald E. Larkin Post No. 236 of the American Le- gion on Feb. 23rd. 1948, for the sum of $500.00. This sum was agreed upon by the special committee, named by the Moderator in accordance with Article 14 of the 1948 Annual Town warrant, in session with the Board of Select- men. The deed was not passed however, until Dec. 15, 1948, thereby allowing time for the Gerald E. Larkin Post No 236 to become incorporated.
Chapter 90 Highway monies were spent on the North Farms road continuing the program started by a previous Board. A parcel of land was obtained from Ernest LaCourse to enable the elimination of corners, ledges and snow removal difficulties. Plans are underway to com- plete this program on the North Farms Road.
Bridge Maintenance Money was spent in rebuiding both the Skinnerville and the Mill Street bridges. Defects occuring in Masonic Bridge made it necessary to replank and repair it. School house bridge in Searsville needs re-
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building at the present time, and bridges on Old Goshen Road, Hemenway Road and Bullard Road all need repair in 1949.
The 1940 Ford truck was sold and a new International KBS-5 was purchased from F. N. Graves and Son, the only bidder.
The Town has been promised State Aid, to the extent of one-half of the cost of snow removal, on Lafayette Trail, Route 143, in 1949.
The Board wishes to call attention to the fact that the cost of labor, machinery and materials has nearly doubled, while the Town's share of the Highway appropriation un- der Chapter 81 has remained exactly the same since 1939.
We wish to thank the other Town Officials and the Townspeople themselves for the splendid co-operation they have given us during the past year.
G. VERNON WARNER, LEWIS H. BLACK, VICTOR E. SYMONS,
Selectmen.
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Report of Finance Committee
The Finance Committee is most grateful for the whole-hearted cooperation of the various town officers who presented their budgetary requests for review. Differen- ces in points of view and judgments were well reconciled by a true spirit of common aims. It is to be hoped that this feeling of sincere partnership in the financial affairs of the town will be shared by the voters in their actions on requested appropriations.
The committee is opposed to the granting of appro- priations requested in the warrant relating to the exten- sion of water mains on Petticoat Hill road and on Nash Street. The prevailing opinion of the committee is that the number of consumers who would benefit by these ex- tensions is too small to justify the cost. It is recommend- ed that instead of following the haphazard practice of ex- tending water services in response to requests by indi- vidual property owners, the town establish rules to be observed in the future. Such rules should be related to long-run plans. They should also state specifically how large an expenditure per user the voters of the town feel is justifiable.
The committee is unanimously opposed to spending more money on the rehabilitation or restoration of the former Methodist Church. It is unanimously in favor of the town selling the building but maintaining ownership of the land.
The committee proposed a plan through which the finances of the town may be dealt with more sensibly. That rlan is to have all requests for appropriations pre-
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sented to the Finance Committee at least a week earlier than is customary and before the committee meets with town officers. By this means the committee will know the total budgetary requests and can more sensibly ap- praise the justness of each departmental request. It is earnestly hoped by the committee that the town officers will agree wih this plan.
The committee views with concern the increase of several thousands of dollars in the appropriation request- ed by the School Board. Fully appreciative of the integ- rity and competence of the School Board, the Superinten- dent, and the Faculty and Administration of our Schools, the committee feels obliged to comment on the dispropor- tionate increases in school budgets over the years. Money spent for the education of the coming generation is gen- erally considered to be well-spent. However much the committee agrees with this principle, it must still ask the question, "Can the town afford this much ?" The Finance Committee invites the cooperation of the School Board and of the citizens generally in the consideration of this question. -
The committee recommends that the presentation of statistics on financial items in the town report be thor- oughly revised so that it can be more readily understood. It is further recommended that the report include a brief summary analysis showing the percentages of increases and decreases in the major sources of income and classes of expenditures.
The committee urges every citizen to concern him- self with the present financial condition of our town gov- ernment. The simple facts are that the tax rates have constantly increased over the years and the assessed values of property have within one year been raised an average of twenty-seven percent. Further increases in town expenditures can be met only in the same ways, in-
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crease tax-rates or increase assessed values. These are facts no citizen can escape. Think of them when you vote.
Respectfully submitted,
NEAL B. DeNOOD, Chairman, ARTHUR J. POLMATIER, Secretary, MISS DORCAS BRIGHAM,
MRS. CLARENCE LARKIN,
MRS. CARL RUSTEMEYER,
E. RAYMOND SYLVESTER. DONALD OUTHUSE, ALBERT CRONE, LEONARD WALPOLE,
Finance Committee.
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Budget Recommendations, 1949
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1. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1a. SALARIES OF ELECTED OFFICERS
1948 Approp. $10.00 600.00
1948 Expend. $10.00 600.00
1949 Request. $10.00
1949 Recom. $10.00
a. Moderator
b. Selectmen
1. Chairman
300.00
300.00
2. 2nd Selectman
150.00
150.00
3. 3rd Selectman
150.00
150.00
c. Treasurer
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
d. Elector, Oliver Smith Will
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
e. Collector
400.00
400.00
800.00
400.00
f. Assessors
550.00
550.00
200.00
200.00
2. 2nd Assessor
175.00
175.00
3. 3rd Assessor
175.00
175.00
g. Town Clerk
150.00
150.00
200.00
200.00
$2,120.00
$2,120.00
$2,570.00
$2,170.00
h. Tree Warden $1.00 per hour (to be taken from tree Warden Account)
i. School Committee (To be taken from the School Committee Account)
1. Chairman
$150.00
$150.00
$150.00
2. 2nd Committeeman
50.00
50.00
50.00
3. 3rd Committeeman
50.00
$150.00 50.00 50.00
50.00
50.00
1b. a. Selectman's Maint.
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
b. Accountant's Salary Accountant's Maintenance
350.00
350.00
350.00
350.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
c. Treasurer's Maintenance
200.00
200.00
225.00
225.00
d. Collector's Maintenance
285.00
285.00
285.00
285.00
e. Assessor's Maintenance Assessor's Clerk's Salary
150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
f. Finance Committee
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
g. Town Clerk's Maintenance
275.00
274.97
275.00
275.00
h. Election and Registration
500.00
500.00
300.00
300.00
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1. Chairman
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150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
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i. Town Hall
300.00
334.71
1,000.00
1,000.00
j. Town Sheds
300.00
300.00
k. Consultation Fees
50.00
50.00
100.00
100.00
$2,635.00
$2,669.68
$3,510.00
$3,510.00
2. PROTECTION, PERSONS AND PROPERTY
a. Police Salaries
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Maintenance
1,050.00
1,064.82
1,510.00
1,510.00
b. Fire Dept. Salaries Maintenance
2,000.00
2,106.00
2,190.00
2,190.00.
New Equipment
1,769.00
1,769.00
Water Holes
200.00
200.00
$3,530.00
$3,646.82
$6,299.00
$6,299.00
c. Sealer
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
d. Moth Work
650.00
650.00
650.00
650.00
e. Tree Warden
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
3. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION
a. Anti Rabic Vaccine
$50.00
b. Public Health
1,200.00
$783.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
c. Public Health Admin.
50.00
49.74
100.00
100.00
d. Barn and Animal Insp.
200.00
200.00
100.00
100.00
e. Dairy Insp.
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
f. Slaughter Insp.
150.00
100.00
g. Town Dump
600.00
285.24
400.00
400.00
h. Well Child Clinic
100.00
100.00
150.00
150.00
i. Diphtheria Clinic
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50.00
50.00
j. Garbage Collection
1,000.00
1,190.00
1,325.00
1,325.00
k. Rubbish Collection
400.00
400.00
300.00
300.00
$3,675.00
$3,082.98
$3,650.00
$3,650.00
4. HIGHWAYS
a. Chapter 81
$3,150.00
$3,150.00
$3,150.00
$3,150.00
b. General & Winter High'ys
4,750.00
5,886.87
5,000.00
5,000.00
c. Bridges
1,000.00
2,370.37
2,000.00
2,000.00
d. Street Lights
2,300.00
2,275.73
2,400.00
2,400.00
e. Side Walks
200.00
199.80
200.00
200.00
f. Chapter 90 Construction
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
g. Tools
100.00
100.00
200.00
200.00
h. Chapter 90 Maintenance
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
280.00
276.00
430.00
430.00
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$13,000.00 $15,482.97 $14,450.00 $14,450.00
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5. PUBLIC WELFARE
a. Town Aid
$3,500.00
$8,559.85 60.00
$4,000 00
$4,000.00
Administration
100.00
100.00
100.00
b. Veterans' Benefits
1,500.00
638.20
500.00
500.00
c. Old Age Assistance Administration
20,000.00
20,048.45 500.00
500 00
500.00
d. Aid to Dep. Children Administration
25.00
4,250.40 25.00
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e. Adm. Ver. Service Center: Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Expenses
150.00
38.94
50.00
50.00
$30,375.00 $29,220.84 $34,575.00 $34,575.00
6. CEMETERIES
a. Mountain Street
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
b. Old Village Hill
100.00 .
72.15
100.00
100.00
7. LIBRARIES
a. Haydenville
$300.00
$298.03
$300.00
$300.00
8. MISCELLANEOUS
a. Town Clocks
$150.00
$148.28
$200.00
$200.00
b. Memorial Day
60.00
60.00
100.00
100.00
c. Town Reports
275.00
217.50
275.00
275.00
d. Reserve
2,000.00
1,998.82
3,000.00
2,000.00
e. Wood Lot
10.00
8.70
10.00
10.00
f. Athletic Field
300.00
259.05
300.00
300.00
g. Recreation and Equipment
400.00
182.65
250.00
250.00
$3,195.00
$2,875.30
$4,135.00
$3,135.00
9. INTEREST AND INSURANCE
a. Int. and Revenue Loans
$300.00
$424.79
$300.00
$300.00
b. Workman's Compensation
650.00
568.83
650.00
650.00
$950.00
$993.62
$950.00
$950.00
Total
$61,105.00 $61,687.39 $71,764.00 $70,364.00
25,000.00
25,000.00
500.00
4,500.00
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10. WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries
$375.00
$375.00
$375.00
$375.00
Water Shed
800.00
800.00
800.00
800.00
Pipe Line Maintenance
2,250.00
2,250.00
2,700.00
2,700.00
Chlorinator
300.00
300.00
400.00
400.00
Administration
210.00
210.00
200.00
200.00
$3,935.00
$3,935.00
$4,475.00
$4,475.00
11. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Teachers' Salaries
$31,940.00
$31,346.73 $33,210.00
$33,210.00
Janitors' Salaries
4,800.00
4,453.66
4,000.00
4,000.00
Janitors' Supplies
350.00
395.88
350.00
350.00
For Town Hall
75.00
172.00 to Janitors'
Salaries
Drawing Teacher
450.00
450.00
500.00
500.00
Music Teacher
600.00
633.28
700.00
700.00
Penmanship
480.00
480.00
480.00
480.00
Clerical Assistant
600.00
711.74
1,000.00
1,000.00
Superintendent
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
Union Expense
200.00
119.61
200.00
200.00
Nurse and Travel
600.00
562.00
600.00
600.00
Physicians
200.00
425.00
250.00
250.00
Transportation
4,650.00
4,721.50
4,750.00
4,750.00
Fuel
1,600.00
2,220.79
2,000.00
2,000.00
Repairs
1,000.00
1,380.63
5,000.00
3,000.00
Sundries
300.00
301.37
300.00
300.00
Books
800.00
826.58
800.00
800.00
Classroom Supplies
700.00
1,055.41
1,000.00
1,000.00
Office Supplies
125.00
106.29
100.00
100.00
Athletics and Trans.
200.00
192.30
200.00
200.00
Smith's School Tuition
1,000.00
1,170.94
1,500.00
1,500.00
Lights
300.00
353.14
400.00
400.00
New Equipment
400.00
464.96
500.00
500.00
Insurance
418.00
276.00
650.00
650.00
Committee's Salary
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
Transfers:
Collins' Fund
983.74
Sanders' Fund
49.32
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Balance
.65
Total
$54,871.06 $54,871.06 $60,540.00 $58,540.00
Grand Total
$119,911.06 $120,493.00 $136,779.00 $135,779.00
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Treasurer's Report
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1948
Receipts for the year
$37,230.60 212,332.63
$249,563,23
Payments for the year
$208,338.90
Balance on hand Jan 1. 1949
41,224.33
$249,563,23
Respectfully submitted,
ANNA E. WATSON,
Treasurer.
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Town Clerk's Report
FISH AND GAME
There were 565 sporting licenses issued in 1948 for which the sum of $1,115.25 was returned to the Massachu- setts Department of Conservation, Boston, Mass.
DOGS
There were 261 dogs (223 males-36 females-2 ken nels) licensed in 1948 for which the sum $646.00 was re- turned to the Town Treasurer.
BIRTHS
There were 44 births in the Town of Williamsburg in 1948, recored as follows :
Jan. 12. Thomas Fournier, Williamsburg.
Jan. 12. James Robert Nelson Whited, Haydenville.
Jan. 20. Anthony Peter Demerski, Haydenville.
Jan. 31. Judith Rose Nietsche, Williamsburg.
Feb. 4. Dorothy Mae Goodin, Williamsburg.
Feb. 7. Robert Preston Otis, Williamsburg.
Feb. 10. William Charles Golden, Jr., Williamsburg.
Feb. 20. Carol Jean Blanchet, Haydenville.
Feb. 26. Jean Lindergren Soderberg, Williamsburg.
Feb. 27. Sharlene Ann Kopka, Haydenville.
Mar. 6. Edward Connell, Williamsburg.
Mar. 12. Lois Ann Warner, Williamsburg.
Mar. 18. Joseph James Morin, Haydenville.
Mar. 20. Susan Blanchard, Haydenville.
Mar. 29. Wayne Willis Martin, Williamsburg.
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Apr. 3. David Leslie Bickford, Williamsburg.
Apr. 6. Donald Evans Lawton, Williamsburg.
Apr. 12. Hilarione Sydney Williston, Williamsburg.
Apr. 18. Cheryl Elizabeth Waddell, Haydenville.
Apr. 21. Gary Wayne Nye, Williamsburg. William Graves, Williamsburg.
May 3. May 10.
Dennis Richard Leamy, Haydenville.
June 9. Bruce Carl Sanderson, Williamsburg.
June 17. Paula Jean Pavelcsyk, Haydenville.
June 21. Wayne Robert Beebe, Williamsburg.
June 26. Jean Francis Batura, Haydenville.
July 8. Susan Hamilton Otis, Williamsburg.
July 10. Georgiana Meehan, Haydenville.
July 25. Nancy Elizabeth Merritt, Williamsburg.
July 26. Jerome Ray Sherk, Williamsburg.
Aug. 4. James Edward Trushaw, Haydenville.
Aug. 7. Elizabeth Jean Clauson, Williamsburg.
Aug. 9. Louise Cheryl Williams, Haydenville.
Sept. 13. Margaret Lawrence Reid, Williamsburg.
Sept. 17. Ronald Bryan Taylor, Williamsburg.
Oct. 9. Nelson John Miller, Williamsburg.
Oct. 11. Roy Everett Beals, Williamsburg.
Oct. 16. Norma Joan Adair, Haydenville.
Oct. 23. Pamela Cora Pomeroy, Haydenville.
Oct. 31. Gary William O'Brien, Haydenville.
Nov. 7. Lindsay Lee Mosher, Haydenville.
Nov. 9. Margaret Lou Emerson, Williamsburg.
Nov. 19. Harrison John Fisher, Haydenville.
Nov. 29. Gail Theresa Johndrow, Haydenville.
MARRIAGES
There were 26 marriages in Williamsburg in 1948 re- corded as follows :
Jan. 3. William James Robinson, West Springfield. Valida Marjorie Corcoran, West Springfield.
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Jan. 23.
Leroy James Holman, Williamsburg.
Marion Eleanor Sylvester.
Feb. 7. Vardic Edward Golash, Haydenville. Rowena Isabelle Nye, Williamsburg.
Mar. 11. Robert Everett Newell, Springfield. June Packard Bowker, Williamsburg.
Mar. 29. Robert Edmund Jones, Northampton. Frieda Josephine Hurteau, Haydenville.
May 29. Norman Clinton Bates, Williamsburg. Mildred Rose Duffy, Northampton.
May 30. Frank Wells Munson, Williamsburg. Ernestine Eleanor Warren, Westhampton.
June 5. Benjamin George Miller, Northampton. Irene Jeanette Roberge, Williamsburg.
June 9. Lincoln Shaw Howes, Cummington. Eva Adella LeFleur, Williamsburg.
June 19. Lawrence Edward Guyette, Chesterfield. Ellen Ida Church, Williamsburg.
June 26. Robert Franklin Nash, Williamsburg. Ruth Grace Erickson, North Adams.
June 26. Albert Edward Warner, Newton Center. Geneva Graves, Williamsburg.
June 26. Clarence Edward Tennyson, Jr., Haydenville. Loretta Dorothy Sicard, Northampton.
June 27. Paul Boucot Brown, Philadelphia. Norma Emma Nietsche, Williamsburg.
July 13. Ronald Melvin Emrick, Haydenville. Ruth May Beebe, Haydenville.
July 24. James Albert Weeks, Jr., Conway. Marie Swinington, Williamsburg.
July 24. Charles Austin Fish, Cambridge. Mary Wells Curtis, Williamsburg. July 29. Robert Warren Weeks, Williamsburg. Rose Mary Farrick, Northampton. Aug. 28. Stanley Guzik, Williamsburg. Ruth LaCasse, Williamsburg.
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Sept. 4. Ira Wilson Gabrielson, New York. Mary Putnam Oliver, Williamsburg.
Sept. 18. Horace Nelson Rhoades, Chesterfield. Helen Galpin Ice, Williamsburg.
Oct. 4. Francis Patrick Molloy, Haydenville. Marie Adeline Rousseau, Northampton.
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11. Bernard Joseph Miller, Northampton. Rita Jeanette Lupien, Haydenville.
Oct. 15. Donald Shaw Graves, Ashfield. Phyllis Elizabeth Roberts, Plainfield.
Oct. 16. Alfred Masloski, Hatfield. At Brattleboro Vt. Phyllis Cram, Williamsburg.
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