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1,200.00
$1,600.00
$1,351.49
$1400.00
$1, 00.00
$93,687.57 $90,921.05$101,563.03$100.313.03
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Budget Requests and Recommendations
Teachers' Salaries
1953 Budget $52,568.00
1953 Expended $53,712.63
1954 Budget $65,483.21
1954 Recom. $65,483.21
Janitors' Salaries and Serv.
4,380.00
4,837.94
5,200.00
5,200.00
Janitors' Supplies
500.00
860.52
900.00
900.00
Drawing Teacher
564.00
616.00
685.55
685.55
Music Teacher
1,036.00
1,033.44
1,142.22
1,142.22
Superintendent's Salary
2,750.00
2,724.96
2,700.00
2,700.00
Penmanship
480.00
480.00
480.00
480.00
Clerk
1,200.00
1,214.87
1,200.00
1,200.00
Union Expense
200.00
203.70
225.00
225.00
Nurse's Salary
600.00
600.00
660.00
660.00
Nurse's Travel Expense
25.00
25.16
25.00
25.00
Physicians' Salaries
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
Transportation
6,575.00
6,372.24
6,670.00
6,670.00
Fuel
2,200.00
1,469.79
2,200.00
2,200.00
Repairs
383.00
778.22
3,100.00
3,100.00
Sundries
450.00
417.25
450.00
450.00
Books
1,100.00
1,656.04
1,500.00
1,500.00
Classroom Supplies
1,425.00
1,008.10
1,200.00
1,200.00
Office Supplies
150.00
331.85
250.00
250.00
Athletics and Trans.
1,167.50
884.29
1,112.65
1,112.65
Smith's School Tuition
4,350.00
4,232.43
4,375.00
4,375.00
Lights
850.00
748.93
850.00
850.00
New Equipment
82.39
2,170.00
2,170.00
Insurance
971.10
953.38
1,000.00
1,000.00
Committee's Salary
350.00
350.00
350.00
350.00
Smith's School Transp.
1,100.00
1,065.75
1,250.00
1,250.00
$85,774.60 $87,059.88 $105,618.65 $105,618.65
Total
$179,462.17 $177,980.93 $207,181.68 $205,931.68
A five per cent reduction in the school budget is recommended by the finance committee.
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Town Clerk
Town Clerk's Report
DOGS
There were 282 dog licenses issued in 1953, as fol- lows: 169 males, 23 females, 85 spayed and 5 kennels. The sum of $616.60 has been paid to the Town Treasurer.
FISH AND GAME
There were 547 sporting licenses issued in 1953 for which the sum of $1,714.00 was returned to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
BIRTHS
There were 39 births recorded in the Town of Wil- liamsburg in 1953 which included two in 1952 on which records were not received until 1953. The listing also includes nine births in 1953 on which records were re- ceived in 1954.
1952
Dec. 14 Peter Noyes Waddell
28 Stephen Arthur Dufresne
135,618.65 5280.94
1953
Jan. 7 Debra Marion Beebe
9 Joseph Chester Kulash
15 Roxanne Joy McCord
30 Harry Whiting Warner, III
31 Jane Marie Hathaway
05,618.67
205
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Town Clerk
Feb. 2 Robert Alan Barnard
10 Merry Elizabeth Frost
14 Scott James Miller
Mar. 17 Nancy Jane Fuller
23 Jaclyn Ann Sabo
Apr. 2 Amy Louise Edwards
5 Margaret Mae Molloy
10 Stanley Anthony Soltys, Jr.
14 Robert Lewis Wells
19 Maureen Theresa O'Brien
22 Joy Elizabeth Nietsche
25 Marjorie Ann Perry
May 19 Thomas William Mosher
23 Arnold James Amidon
June 4 Debrah Gail Billett
16 Russell Earl Culver
26 (No name) Lunsford
July 8 Alan Henry Everett
11 Thomas Connell
15 Samuel Robert Williston
20 Dale Landon Beals
23 Robert Hutton Christenson
Aug. 2 Kathleen Anne Williams
6 Peter Chesson Hale
15 John Edwin Clark
15 Steven Ellis Clark
28 (No name) Emerson
28 David Frederick Shea
Sept. 3 Mary-Ann Michelle Reardon
23 Patricia Gail Dostie
24 Teresa Vayda
29 James Jay Smith
Oct.
8 Mark Duane Harry
16 Mark Kevin Wilson
27 Jean Agnes Clark
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Town Clerk
Nov. 7 Joan Ann Bohmer
15 Denise Morin
18 Mary Louise Newell
20 Maureen Moynahan
Dec. 12 Natalie Joyce West
23 Jo Ann Neill
MARRIAGES
There were 26 marriages of Williamsburg residents recorded in 1953, as follows :
1952
June 28 Barbara Ann Ross, Haydenville, Mass. Armand Ernest Daviau, Haydenville, Mass.
Dec. 30 Barbara Jean Outhuse, Williamsburg, Mass. Harry Peter Baker, South Portland, Maine
1953
Jan. 10 Edith L. Hawley, Amherst, Mass. John A. Kolosewicz, Haydenville, Mass.
Apr. 4 Phyllis Mary Masloski, Williamsburg, Mass. Frank Whiton Olin II, Windham, Conn.
7 Miriam (Waldron) Brainard, Mansfield, Ohio Edward Lynn Smith, Tarrytown, N. Y.
May
1 Marilyn Fay Black, Williamsburg, Mass. Percy F. Culver, Jr., Conway, Mass.
3 Ruth Ann Bray, South Hadley, Mass. Allen C. Eastman, Williamsburg, Mass.
9 Barbara Ann Trumble, Conway, Mass. Walter Robert Demerski, Haydenville, Mass.
23 Mae Louise Sanderson, Williamsburg, Mass. John Anthony Pavelcsyk, Haydenville, Mass.
June 7 Grace Ewing Sabin, Westfield, Mass. Otis Charles Flint, Williamsburg, Mass.
15 Vivian M. Blanchette, Northampton, Mass. Leroy J. Baldwin, Haydenville, Mass.
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Town Clerk
20 Blanche Louise Roberge, Williamsburg, Mass. Armond LaCroix, Westfield, Mass.
21 Donna (Rice) Michel, Haydenville, Mass. Herbert Roy Hunter, Haydenville, Mass.
27 M. Elaine Dickinson, Whately, Mass. Russell M. Warner, Williamsburg, Mass.
27 Charlotte Jane Fry, Northampton, Mass. Charles Dickinson Showalter, Williamsburg, Mass.
July 31 Shirley A. Ferreira, Haydenville, Mass. Kenneth A. Roberge, Jr., Northampton, Mass.
Aug. 8 Harriet Louise Kendall, Northampton, Mass. Frederick George Oliver, Williamsburg, Mass.
Oct. 10 Dorothy Ann Harrington, Leeds, Mass. Donald William Morin, Haydenville, Mass.
14 Joyce M. Baldwin, Williamsburg, Mass. Thomas J. Kennedy, Florence, Mass.
17 Joan Bachand, Haydenville, Mass. Walter Kopka, Haydenville, Mass.
17 Barbara E. Nash, Williamsburg, Mass. Morton G. Stowe, Northampton, Mass.
17 Stanislawa Gadzinska, Shelton, Conn. Walenty Kulas, Haydenville, Mass.
19 Eleanor R. Gougeon, Florence, Mass. Harvey E. Cranston, Jr., Williamsburg, Mass.
24 Mildred L. LaRochelle, Florence, Mass. Roland T. Lemire, Williamsburg, Mass.
Nov. 26 Loretta Jean LaCasse, Williamsburg, Mass. Anthony Kolosewicz, Haydenville, Mass.
Dec. 14 Barbara Louise Ferron, Williamsburg, Mass. Frederick Merton Blondin, Florence, Mass.
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Town Clerk
DEATHS
There were 35 deaths recorded in the Town of Wil- liamsburg in 1953, as follows :
Date Name
Yr. Mo. Da. Hr.
1952
Dec. 7 Victor C. Bickford
78 8 12
1953
Jan. 9 Sarah (Harvey) Bates
86
4
19
29 Hattie (Bush) Keyes
72
2
21
Feb. 3 Edward J. Walpole
59
0
13
5 Henry J. Guyette
75
9
2
14 Frances (Greski) Kulash
81
5
0
28 John Vayda
75
6
16
Mar. 21
Ray N. Sornborger
65
10
12
Apr. 3 John G. Krimmel
86
7
21
3 Edward Beattie
56
2
21
13 Bessie E. Briggs
70
9
0
14 Alfred E. Nye
69
3
14
15 Barbara Purnell
9
2
25
28
Margaret (Kajder) Demerski 72
10
19
May 6 Henry N. Brown
76
0
12
14 Mary (Hart) Taylor
63
1 22
19 Edna (Burroughs) Curtis
69
7
14
29 Rilla (Sweeney) Craven
83
0
0
June 3 Edith (Sharpe) O'Brien
59
8
10
5 Charles S. Beebe
34
8
18
9 Alice K. (Derricks) Roberts
84
6
6
26
(Baby Boy) Lunsford
16
26
Emma (Stanton) Smith
76
4
26
July 24
Edwin Gaul
47
0
0
Aug. 13
George Hillenbrand
56
2
7
27
Rose (St. Laurent) Lamagdelaine
79 10 19
(Baby Boy) Emerson
28
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Town Clerk
Sept. 2 Sereno S. Clark
73
0
6
4 Philip S. Eddy
57
11
11
11 Lottie (Crowell) Eno
72
9
24
24 Magdalena (Fischer) Nehring
92
6
8
28
Mary (Ciereski) Muraski
77
0
0
Oct. 6
Frank Dudinski
69
11
22
Nov. 22
(Baby Girl) Cone
0
0
1
Dec. 17
John Greski
73
0
0
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Tax Collector
Tax Collector's Report
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1952:
1946 Real Estate
$9.20
1948 Poll Tax
2.00
Personal Property
.62
Real Estate
23.00
Excise
34.75
1949 Poll Tax
6.00
Real Estate
15.58
Excise
3.31
1950 Poll Tax
6.00
Personal Property
58.44
Real Estate
192.20
1951 Poll Tax
14.00
Personal Property
777.35
Real Estate
2,212.11
Excise
. 135.97
1952 Poll Tax
32.00
Personal Property
2,548.70
Real Estate
14,698.54
Excise
2,929.47
Total
$23,760.62
Commitments :
1953 Poll Tax
$1,220.00
Personal Property
12,568.28
Real Estate
94,283.51
Excise
13,654.10
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Tax Collector
1952 Excise given in January & March 1953 719.15
Total
$122,445.04
Tax Titles :
1953
$8.10
65.07
Total
$73.17
Collected and Paid Treasurer :
(Including Interest)
1948 Personal Property
$1.58
1949 Real Estate
19.25
1950 Personal Property Real Estate
143.39
1951 Personal Property
801.88
Real Estate
2,175.37
Excise
101.11
1952 Poll Tax
21.58
Personal Property
1,669.34
Real Estate
8,545.39
Excise
2,291.05
1953 Poll Tax
1,151.21
Personal Property
9,376.46
Real Estate
77,062.58
Excise
11,243.21
Total
$114,669.51
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1953:
1951 Excise-Herbert Baker $9.37
Real Estate-Fred B. Clark Corp. 14.10
1952 Personal Property 442.40
Real Estate 3,668.82
66.11
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Tax Collector
Excise-Joseph O. Roy
3.38
Sarah Treacy 86.85
Bernard Jablonski
67.55
Floyd W. Nye
6.03
1953 Poll Tax
10.00
Personal Property
3,198.02
Real Estate
14,507.75
Excise
1,486.01
Total
$23,500.28
Abatements :
1946 Real Estate
$9.20
1948 Poll Tax
2.00
Real Estate
23.00
Excise
34.75
1949 Poll Tax
6.00
Excise
3.31
1950 Poll Tax
6.00
1951 Poll Tax
14.00
Excise
60.15
1952 Poll Tax
12.00
Excise
951.17
1953 Poll Tax
140.00
Real Estate
2,910.20
Excise
987.23
Total $5,159.01
Respectfully submitted,
BARBARA W. SWANDA,
Tax Collector.
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Treasurer
Treasurer's Report
Debits
Jan. 1, 1953, balance on hand
Receipts for year
$186,932.26
279,850.03
$466,782.29
Credits
Payments for year
$270,266.80
Jan. 1, 1954, balance on hand
196,515.49
$466,782.29
Respectfully submitted,
ANNA E. WATSON,
Treasurer.
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Town Accountant
Report of Town Accountant
RECEIPTS
Taxes 1948
$.62
Taxes 1949
15.58
Taxes 1950
1,909.49
Taxes 1951
3,143.02
Taxes 1952
12,729.93
Taxes 1953
82,015.30
$99,813.94
Motor Excise 1951
$71.52
Motor Excise 1952
2,533.77
Motor Excise 1953
10,751.46
$13,356.75
Real Estate and Motor Excise Tax Interest
626.08
Tax Fees and Costs
247.85
Dog Licenses from Town Clerk
$647.80
Dog Licenses from County
438.38
$1,086.18
Liquor Licenses
$4,038.00
Miscellaneous Licenses
98.33
$4,136.33
Sale of Histories
10.00
Court Fines
78.40
Library Fines
25.84
Sealer of Weights and Measures
44.00
Wild Cat Bounty
10.00
Refunds and Cancelled Checks
45.53
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Town Accountant
Miscellaneous Sales :
Fire Equipment
$1.00
School Department
46.93
Damage to School Building
35.00
$82.93
Water Rents
$8,027.18
Water Miscellaneous
600.26
Sale of Lumber
3,355.00
$11,982.44
Highways :
Chapter 81 1952
$1,452.25
Chapter 81 1953
10,178.35
Chapter 90 1953, State
5,750.00
Chapter 90 1953, County
3,250.00
$20,630.60
Town Road Equipment :
From State
$30.00
From Private Parties
58.25
From Town
6,743.50
$6,831.75
Live Stock Subsidy
20.00
Sanatorium Subsidy
641.43
Garbage and Rubbish
1,483.50
A. D. C., State
$2,739.68
A. D. C., Federal
4,013.92
$6,753.60
A. D.C., Federal Adm.
$73.91
O. A. A., Federal Adm.
606.90
Disability Aid, Federal Adm.
66.75
Disability Aid, Adm. State
23.18
$770.74
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Town Accountant
O. A. A., State
$12,921.11
O. A. A., Federal
13,161.76
O. A. A., Other cities and towns
1,733.93
O. A. A., Sarah Bates Estate
736.20
$28,553.00
Disability Aid, State
$1,191.70
Disability Aid, Federal
1,560.00
-$
2,751.70
Veterans' Aid
192.11
Post-War Rehabilitation
500.00
Withholding Tax
9,905.80
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
754.60
Retirement Fund
811.71
Loss of Taxes
105.88
Post-War School Repair Fund
9,760.00
Sanatorium Water Extension Loan
8,000.00
Interest on Loan
18.33
Sanatorium Water Extension from County
1,505.83
Income Tax
27,570.72
Meal Tax
849.11
Corporation Tax
6,245.47
Schools :
Vocational Education
$1,249.13
Transportation, State
3,070.50
Superintendent, State
1,799.21
Temporary Aid
3.97
Tuition from other Towns
3,007.40
Boston Wards
106.95
State Wards
702.20
$9,939.36
Trust Funds
3,708.52
$279,850.03
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1953
186,932.26
$466,782.29
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Town Accountant PAYMENTS
Moderator
$25.00
Selectmen's Salaries
$600.00
Selectmen's Maintenance
315.34
$915.34
Collector's Salary
$400.00
Collector's Maintenance
463.57
$863.57
Assessors' Salaries
$550.00
Assessors' Maintenance
268.36
$818.36
Executive Secretary's Salary
$775.00
Executive Secretary's Maint.
91.73
$866.73
Accountant's Salary
$450.00
Accountant's Maintenance
108.91
$558.91
Treasurer's Salary
$500.00
Treasurer's Maintenance
244.67
$744.67
Town Clerk's Salary
$200.00
Town Clerk's Maintenance
308.94
$508.94
Finance Clerk
$35.00
Elector Oliver Smith Will
$10.00
Consultation Fee
$250.00
Election and Registration :
Printing
$41.00
Ballot Clerks
152.00
Loud Speaker System
195.00
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Town Accountant
Rent of Grange Hall
100.00
Labor
40.40
Registrars
125.00
$653.40
Town Sheds :
Fuel
$161.00
Town Hall :
Telephone and Lights
$164.44
Fuel
117.00
Janitor
341.65
Insurance
227.20
$850.29
Police Department :
Salaries
$275.00
Labor
774.70
Equipment
46.31
Court
97.45
Telephone and Mileage
269.59
Ambulance
15.00
$1,478.05
Fire Department :
Salaries
$392.00
Labor
1,588.00
Equipment
1,090.99
Fuel
544.58
Telephone and Lights
355.13
Gas and Storage
231.14
Miscellaneous
53.31
Accident Insurance
88.50
Building Insurance
57.40
Equipment Insurance
17.00
Water Holes
218.00
$4,636.05
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Town Accountant
Water Holes 1951
$41.00
Installing Rest Room in Engine House
$298.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$200.00
Moth Work
$16.62
Tree Warden
$860.15
Elm Tree Disease
$300.00
Public Health :
Salary
$100.00
Administration
70.66
Sanatorium
2,523.76
Animal Inspection
60.00
Slaughter Inspection
46.00
Town Dump
330.00
Town Dump Rent
200.00
Garbage
1,172.75
Rubbish
450.00
Nurse
1,325.00
Diphtheria Clinic
100.00
Well Child Clinic
261.91
$6,640.08
Chapter 81 :
Labor
$6,579.30
Equipment
2,719.00
Private Equipment
1,753.05
Shovel
444.00
Tar
1,927.65
Salt
133.60
Culverts
987.25
Gravel
534.50
Cement Mixer
296.70
$15,375.05
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Town Accountant
Chapter 90 Construction :
Labor
$1,870.55
Equipment
776.25
Private Equipment
4,700.87
Gravel
1,108.46
Lumber
98.35
Tar
1,228.88
Cement Mixer
216.66
$10,000.02
Chapter 90 Maintenance :
Labor
$622.90
Equipment
371.75
Private Equipment
69.00
Gravel
366.37
Tar
820.00
$2,250.02
Chapter 90 Chesterfield Road :
Labor
$710.95
Equipment
995.48
Private Equipment
244.00
Tar
1,449.60
$3,400.03
Bridges :
Planks
137.73
Labor
275.60
Equipment
12.00
Private Equipment
134.96
$560.29
Winter Highways : -
Labor
$5,370.85
Equipment
2,236.00
Gravel
404.76
Private Equipment
22.50
Tar
15.86
$8,049.97
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Town Accountant
Truck and Tractor :
Gas and Oil
$1,969.71
Repairs
2,352.55
Insurance
139.84
Liability Insurance
394.45
Registration
15.00
Hydraulic Pump
115.00
Chain Links
308.80
Steel
444.73
Tires and Tubes
137.32
Paint
11.13
Labor
7.15
$5,895.68
Street Markers:
Posts
$120.10
Labor
94.80
Equipment
16.00
$230.90
Street Lights
$2,739.97
Sidewalk Repair:
Cement
$13.35
Asphalt
54.00
.. 67.35
Tool Account
$184.10
Town Aid
$1,839.73
Public Welfare Agent's Salary
$1,508.57
Public Welfare Agent's Administration
$200.00
Disability Aid Local
$1,528.90
Disability Aid Federal
1,979.03
$3,507.93
A. D. C. Local
$4,286.41
A. D. C. Federal
4,372.05
$8,658.46
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Town Accountant
O. A. A. Local O. A. A. Federal
$15,657.21 16,315.40
$31,972.61
Veterans' Benefit
$538.06
Veterans' Agent's Salary
$150.00
Veterans' Agent's Expenses
$150.00
School Department :
School Dept. bill 1952
$863.23
School Department :
Teachers' Salaries
$53,712.63
Janitors' Salaries & Services
4,837.94
Janitors' Supplies
860.52
Drawing Teacher
616.00
Music Teacher
1,033.44
Superintendent's Salary
2,724.96
Penmanship
480.00
Clerk
1,214.87
Union Expense
203.70
Nurse's Salary
600.00
Nurse's Travel
25.16
Physicians' Salaries
400.00
Transportation
6,372.24
Fuel
1,469.79
Repairs
778.22
Sundries
417.25
Books
1,656.04
Classroom Supplies
1,008.10
Office Supplies
331.85
Athletics
884.29
Tuition
4,232.43
Lights
748.93
New Equipment
82.39
Insurance
953.38
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Town Accountant
Smith School Transportation
1,065.75
Committee's Salaries
350.00
$87,059.88
From Rehabilitation Fund:
Repairs
$2,916.78
New Equipment
2,550.05
$5,466.83
From Sanders Fund :
Janitors' Supplies
$13.61
Sundries
10.47
Office Supplies
13.75
Smith School Transportation
44.25
Religious Education
45.00
$127.08
Loomis Fund :
New Equipment
$215.41
Sundries -
6.50
Repairs
7.00
$228.91
Hyde Fund :
Religious Education
$45.00
Collins Fund:
Transportation
$15.00
Smith School Transportation
22.00
Sundries
14.50
$51.50
School Rehabilitation Fund :
Repairs
$2,916.78
New Equipment
2,550.05
$5,466.83
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Town Accountant
Haydenville Library :
Fuel
$20.25
Building Repairs
165.25
Janitor
18.00
Lights
9.81
Librarian
78.00
Insurance
13.00
Books
94.63
$398.94
Recreation Commission :
Janitor
$60.40
Band
35.00
Equipment
79.37
Hallowe'en Party
20.00
$194.77
Athletic Field :
Lawn Mower
$110.10
Labor
210.00
Loam
39.68
Gas
4.4(
Fence
35.82
$400.00
Water Department:
Salaries
$375.00
Administration
209.07
Tar Mixture & Gravel
83.01
Truck, Crane & Shovel
215.00
Chlorinator Expense
108.74
Pump & Electricity for same
734.05
Fittings
527.64
Miscellaneous Supplies
251.58
Tools
209.23
Plywood
28.03
Wiring
67.13
Labor
2,276.62
$5,085.10
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Town Accountant
Underground Water Supply :
Digging Well Wiring Land Damage Expenses
$2,578.00
559.80
5,571.95
$8,709.75
Sanatorium Water Extension :
Certification of Notes
$41.75
Pipe & Fittings
4,756.52
Labor & Truck
1,679.10
Shovel
1,175.25
Tar Mixture & Lumber
454.96
Gasoline & Acetylene
88.25
$8,195.83
Mountain St. Cemetery
$75.00
Town Clocks
Insurance
$19.75
Repairs
70.00
Lighting
21.03
Labor
80.00
$190.78
Memorial Day
150.00
Town Reports 1952
309.40
Wood Lot
8.70
Interest
291.87
Interest on Water Loan
540.00
Workmen's Compensation
1,059.62
Dog Taxes to County
608.20
Post War Rehabilitation
500.00
Retirement Fund (Town's Share)
468.01
Retirement Fund (Employee's Share)
788.41
Withholding Tax
9,718.50
Blue Cross & Blue Shield
754.60
State Park Tax
254.80
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Town Accountant
State Audit County Tax
4.16 8,575.54
Post War School Fund (In Haydenville Bank)
966.52
1953 Tax Refund
124.70
1952 Motor Excise Refund
336.23
1953 Motor Excise Refund
191.08
Tax Fees
350.35
Spelman Note
1,000.00
South St. Water Extension Note
500.00
New Water Supply Note
2,000.00
New School Committee Plans :
E. E. Anderson
$460.00
P. B. Johnson
3,261.21
Gazette Printing Co.
190.00
Jesse A. G. Andre
496.55
$4,407.76
Trust Funds
213.14
Total Payments
$270,266.80
Balance on hand Jan 1, 1954
196,515.49
$466,782.29
HOWARD F. BAKER,
Town Accountant.
TRANSFERS 1953
Reserve Fund to:
Accountant's Maintenance
$8.91
Selectmen's Maintenance
15.34
Assessors' Maintenance
18.36
Consultation
100.00
Clerk's Maintenance
8.94
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Town Accountant
Election and Registration
453.40
Town Hall
50.29
Police Maintenance
78.05
Fire Maintenance
244.05
Tree Warden
60.15
Chapter 81
.05
Bridges
60.29
Street Lights
239.97
Chapter 90
.07
Town Aid
339.73
School Department
1,285.28
Town Clocks
65.78
Public Health Adm.
40.00
Collector's Maintenance
75.00
$3,143.66
ASSETS
Cash
$196,515.49
Taxes 1950
$54.84
Taxes 1951
20.10
Taxes 1952
4,469.85
Taxes 1953
25,323.73
$29,868.52
Motor Excise 1951
$18.74
Motor Excise 1952
1,325.86
Motor Excise 1953
3,093.72
$4,438.32
Tax Titles
213.86
Tax Possessions
192.43
Water Rents
2,256.44
Water Miscellaneous
658.30
State Aid to Highways
4,496.65
Estimated Receipts
360.26
State Park Tax
82.37
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Town Accountant
County Tax
49.22
Departmental Revenue
4,035.65
Revenue 1953
2,350.15
$245,517.69
LIABILITIES
Tax Fees
$7.55
Dog Taxes
39.60
Tailings
54.33
Project 19P12
12.00
Tax Title Revenue
406.29
New School Plans
392.24
Water Surplus
8,677.34
Accounts Receivable :
A. D. C.
$97.36
O. A. A.
1,723.93
Veterans' Benefit
54.08
Disability Aid
6.78
$1,882.15
Withholding Tax
989.30
Retirement Fund
103.25
Overlay 1950
1,103.94
Overlay 1951
2,607.34
Overlay 1952
2,604.75
Overlay 1953
5,594.20
Overlay Reserve
5,023.35
16,933.58
Motor Revenue
6,223.50
Water Revenue
2,833.24
Highway Revenue
4,496.65
Surplus and Deficiency
182,659.79
Truck and Tractor Earnings
6,837.75
Trust Funds
4,979.81
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Town Accountant
Town's Secretary's Salary
1,375.00
Town's Secretary's Maintenance
158.27
Fire House Repair
107.00
Moth Work
625.38
Dairy Inspection
150.00
Garbage Collection
227.25
Street Markers
41.77
Truck and Tractor Maintenance
430.24
Disability Aid Adm., Federal
107.85
A. D. C., Adm., Federal
134.09
O. A. A. Adm., Federal
1,131.37
A. D. C., Federal
53.55
Post War School Repair
3,326.65
Old Village Hill Cemetery
50.00
Water Maintenance
70.90
$245,517.69
TRUST FUNDS
Bal. '52 Rec'd. '53 Exp. '53
Bal. '53
Henry M. Hills
$997.92
$125.00
$80.00
$1,042.92
Collins
249.28
1,059.97
51.50
1,257.75
Whiting Street
222.12
146.32
368.44
Electa Waite
112.80
44.32
157.12
A. S. Hills
412.06
150.00
100.00
462.06
Athletic
264.10
501.50
765.60
Spelman
964.30
964.30
.
Mary Main
163.50
75.00
238.50
Byron Loomis
26.11
202.80
228.91
.
Ethel Curry
12.50
25.00
. . . .
37.50
C. J. Hills
297.49
125.00
. . . .
422.49
Lyman Waite
127.45
18.37
. .
145.82
Cemetery
33.14
33.14
. .
Sanders
87.74
162.70
127.08
23.36
Hyde
28.15
75.10
45.00
58.25
. ...
. .
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Assessors' Report
Assessors' Report
The Board of Assessors, when establishing the tax rate for 1953, have endeavored to reverse the trend of building up large cash surpluses by using all the estimated receipts which the laws allow. This has resulted in low- ering the tax rate $2.00 per thousand after an increase of $12,471.25 in appropriation at the annual town meet- ing.
It is the hope of the board that by following this policy the taxpayers will not be required to pay taxes to build up a large cash balance.
During the year, a card system was established with one card for each parcel of property. These cards are being filed according to location when known. Many cards for land only remain unfiled as exact location is not known.
We the assessors earnestly request that favorable action be taken on the article to hire Gordon W. Ains- worth, Registered Land Surveyor, to make tax maps of the entire town. This will be a big step forward to es- tablish basic records so that each year's tax list may be checked to insure that all property situated in the town is taxed.
The problem of revaluation has been discussed with various interested groups and further study is necessary before undertaking this work.
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Assessors' Report
The method of computing the tax rate for the year 1953 is as follows:
Appropriations to be raised $178,899.18
Taken from available funds in 1953 38,123.33
Deficit-Year 1945
3.80
State Parks and Reservations
191.97
State Audit
41.26
County Tax
8,526.32
Overlay of Current Year
5,297.19
Gross Amount to be raised
$231,083.05
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds :
Income Tax
$23,079.69
Corporation Taxes
6,360.47
Reimbursement of Publicly
Owned Land
101.32
Old Age Tax
799.68
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
14,000.00
Licenses
4,400.00
Fines
25.00
Protection of Persons and
Property
50.00
Charities
4,500.00
Old Age Assistance
18,500.00
Veterans' Benefits
350.00
Schools
11,700.00
Interest on Taxes and
Assessments
800.00
Spellman School Fund
1,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts
$85,666.16
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Assessors' Report
Overestimate to be used as Available Funds 392.24
Amounts taken from Available Funds
38,123.33
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $124,181.73
Net Amount to be raised by taxation on Folls and Property :
Polls, 600 @ $2.00 $1,200.00
Total Value Personal Property
$232,746.00 @ $54.00 per M 12,568.28
Total Value Real Estate
$1,724,686.00 @ $54.00 per M 93,133.04
Total Taxes levied on Polls and Property $106,901.32
Respectfully submitted,
E. C. BRECKENRIDGE, PHILIP CARNALL, VERNON P. WEST,
Assessors.
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Water Commissioners
Report of Water Commissioners
January 18, 1954
Last year, due to the dry weather conditions, we were forced to use our Additional Water Supply con- siderably. It was almost in constant use during the months of August and September, pumping a total of 10,688,700 gallons during this period. Had it not been for this additional supply, we would have had to pump from the Ashfield Stream for the reservoir would not have taken care of our water consumption. We pumped a total of 19,098,700 gallons from our well during the year, 1953.
Last November, our Land Damage Suit at the Syl- vester Farm was settled in Superior Court. This Suit cost the Town of Williamsburg a total of $4,801.53.
Our routine work was carried on as usual with ten curb boxes being replaced, five broken hydrants were repaired and three new water entrances were installed.
On the Water Shed our springs were cleaned out and the brush was cut as usual. We sold 200,004 feet of lum- ber to Joseph Rossi, Middletown Conn. for the sum of $3,355.00. The lumber which is being selectively cut was marked by the State Department of Conservation.
We completed the laying of 1,650 feet of six inch cast iron pipe from Fort Hill in Haydenville to the bound- ries of the Hampshire County Sanatorium. Two hydrants were placed on this line giving greater fire protection in that area, also two new water entrances were installed on this line.
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Water Commissioners
Delinquent water accounts have been a serious prob- lem to this department for many years. Last year water liens were placed on some property and in some extreme cases, water service was discontinued.
We feel the services of the Town Secretary has been most successful. She has been doing all the bookwork for this department and collecting the water rents at the Firehouse for the convience of the townspeople. We hope her services will be provided for the coming year.
We were deeply regretful of the death of Mr. Edward Beattie. He had served this department for many years. Mr. Beattie's unexpired term was filled by Mr. Robert Wells.
Mr. Robert Purnell resigned from the board in September, 1953. His term was left unoccupied for the remaining year.
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