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15 Robert Samuel Edwards
May 8 Steven Francis Dostie
19 Susan Mary LaCourse
28 Philip Stanley Graves
June 11
Stanley David Kajka
17 David Brian Adair
20 Alan John Baldwin
26 Colleen Frances Demerski
July 11 Patrice Elaine Brown
Aug. 6 (Female) Paradee
19 Gilda Lee Rustemeyer
19 Carlotta Jane Rustemeyer
21 David Arthur Jenkins
27 John Byron Lunsford
Sept. 6 Patricia Jo Doyle 17 Noreen Reardon
30 Elizabeth P. Papageorge
Oct. 22 Ronald William Matuewezski
24 Richard Alan Martin
25 Corinne Michelle Poulin
27 Susan Marie Soltys
29 Joseph Earle Crompton
Nov. 15
Charlene Susan Flint
Dec. 1 Russell James Osgood
21
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MARRIAGES
There were 22 marriages of Williamsburg residents recorded in 1954, as follows :
Jan. 9 Eleanor A. Hunt, Williamsburg, Mass. Burton L. Rummans, Williamsburg, Mass.
9 Carole Ruth Harlow, Williamsburg, Mass. Gerald Martin Lavallee, Leeds, Mass.
Feb. 27 Barbara Joan Krawczynski, Northampton, Mass. James Carson, Haydenville, Mass.
13 Mary Esther Graves, Williamsburg, Mass. Raymond Francis Doyle, Jr., Holyoke, Mass.
Mar. 28 Ruth M. Wells, Williamsburg, Mass. Ralph K. Rhodes, Rocky Mount, North Caro- lina
May
1 Jane Weeks, Williamsburg, Mass. Allen Hathaway, Williamsburg, Mass.
June
9 Rachel L. Oliver, Williamsburg, Mass. Robert B. Egelston, West Point, N. Y.
19 Charlotte Cross, Williamsburg, Mass. Anthony Engerman, Turners Falls, Mass.
July
17 Rose J. (Zewinski) Dunn, Turners Falls, Mass. Warren J. Gould, Haydenville, Mass.
28 Jeanne E. Harlow, Williamsburg, Mass. Glenn Parker Pierce, Goshen, Mass.
Aug.
1 Esther Jane Loomis, Haydenville, Mass. Dorrance Goodwin Bates, Williamsburg, Mass.
21 Nancy Jane Dunphy, Williamsburg, Mass. Dominick Anthony LeFante, Brooklyn, N. Y.
21 Patricia Evans, Williamsburg, Mass. Bernard Armes, South Deerfield, Mass.
27 Ralean (Todd) Bacon, West Chesterfield, Mass. Philip H. Hall, Williamsburg, Mass.
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26 Barbara Theriaque, Westfield, Mass. Theodore D. Lemire, Williamsburg, Mass.
Sept. 12 Carmen Dolores Maquirang, Staten Island, N. Y.
Raymond Milton Rice, Williamsburg, Mass.
16 Joan Ann Kelley, Northampton, Mass. Ralph Baldwin, Williamsburg, Mass.
25 Shirley May Nichols, Williamsburg, Mass. William Raymond Berry, Andalusia, Alabama
28 Esther S. Bridgman, Florence, Mass. Arthur F. LaCasse, Jr., Williamsburg, Mass.
Oct.
2 Janet E. Nichols, Williamsburg, Mass. Clayton Leroy King, Topsfield, Mass.
23 Arlene Lee Carpenter, Northampton, Mass. Edmond Joseph LaFond, Williamsburg, Mass.
Nov. 12 Evelyn Morey, Williamsburg, Mass. Burt Arthur Church, Chesterfield, Mass.
DEATHS
There were 32 deaths recorded in the Town of Wil- liamsburg in 1954, as follows :
Date
Name
Yr. Mo. Da. Min.
1953
Dec. 12 Charles Heath
73
7 6
1954
Jan. 4 Reuben B. Hills
88
0
25
11 Frank Leslie Raymond
87
0
0
15 Mary E. (Smith) Gale
75
0
25
20 Martin Guzik
72
2
9
25 Mary Clifford
61
0
0
28
Bernard J. Mansfield
49
11
13
Feb.
3 Charles Blacking
86
3
2
4 Herbert Lawton
51
3
4
Mar. 10
Judson G. Blackman
83
4
21
17 Alfred Hendrick
85
0
0
23
Apr. 7 Thomas John Ferron
0 0 28
May 8 Maleville Amy (Buck) Studley
79
0 12
26
Henry Tatro
56
1
29
June 25
Oakley E. Ames
64
5
17
27 Bertha Graves
99
5
26
July
5 Herbert C. Newell
87
5
29
8 Arthur J. Polmatier
83
0
21
16 Garrard P. Nightingale
73
3
0
25 Arthur Beebe
74
2
10
26 Howard F. Baker
69
6
30
Aug. 28
J. Floyd Best
74
3
5
Sept. 12 Anna B. (Piorkowski) Lentner
60
3
9
18
George Oliver
67
2
25
Oct.
6 Oliver Ducharme
77
8
21
12 Orman G. Elmes, Sr.
59
7
21
12 Fred Ketchen
60
0
0
Nov.
2 Grace A. (Sheldon) Graves
84
4
1
11 Rebecca Faith Nicholls
0
0
0
12
15 Ida Torrey Rhodes
76
2
12
28 Frank W. Merritt
67
3
0
Dec. 20
Leon Tiley
51
3
13
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Tax Collector's Report
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1953 :
1951 Excise
$9.37
Real Estate
14.10
1952 Personal Property
442.40
Real Estate
3,668.82
Excise
163.81
1953 Poll Tax
10.00
Personal Property
3,198.02
-4
Real Estate
14,507.75
Excise
1,486.01
Total
$23,500.28
Commitments :
1954 Poll Tax
$1,118.00
Personal Property
15,503.13
Real Estate
121,358.10
Water Liens
480.25
Excise
16,839.12
1953 Excise given in January 1954 757.13
Total
$156,055.73
Collected and Paid Treasurer :
(Including Interest)
1951 Excise
$11.37
1952 Personal Property
395.32
Real Estate
3,751.63
Excise
78.87
1953 Poll Tax
13.53
Personal Property
3,093.81
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Real Estate
12,654.12
Excise
2,027.11
1954 Poll Tax
1,136.50
Personal Property Real Estate Excise
94,428.88
13,538.28
$142,464.12
Tax Titles :
1954
$83.15
10.35
$93.50
Abatements :
1951 Real Estate
$14.10
1952 Personal Property Excise
72.80
90.23
1953 Personal Property
136.94
Real Estate
64.44
Excise
364.66
1954 Poll Tax
58.00
Personal Property
6.90
Real Estate
4,434.01
Excise
2,101.53
Total
$7,343.61
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1954:
1953 Personal Property
$48.60
Real Estate
2,005.01
Excise
11.09
1954 Personal Property
4,164.29
Real Estate
23,166.72
Excise
1,709.65
Total
$31,105.36
Respectfully submitted, BARBARA W. SWANDA, Tax Collector
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11,334.70
Total
Treasurer's Report
Debits
Jan. 1, 1954, Balance on hand
Receipts for year
$196,515.49 561,841.72
$758,357.21
Credits
Payments for year
$484,515.63
Jan. 1, 1955, Balance on hand 273,841.58
$758,357.21
Respectfully submitted,
ANNA E. WATSON, Treasurer
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2
Report of Town Accountant
In compliance with the provisions of Section 61, Chap- ter 41, of the General Laws, I submit herewith my report as Town Accountant for the year ending December 31, 1954.
The records of receipts and expenditures showing sources and purposes respectively, together with the statement of Town Debt, Trust Funds, Trial Balance and Balance Sheet will be found in the following pages.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to all Town Offi- cials for their cooperation during my stay in office. Our friend, Mr. Howard F. Baker, who had conducted the affairs of this office for so many years is greatly missed and the cooperation received is regarded as a tribute to him.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN E. MCAVOY, Town Accountant
RECEIPTS
Taxes 1952
$3,086.15
Personal Property 1952
369.60
Real Estate 1952
933.30
Taxes 1953
11,703.47
Poll 1953
8.00
Personal Property
1,130.17
Real Estate 1953
7,898.08
Poll 1954
1,072.00
Personal Property 1954
11,331.94
Real Estate 1954
94,302.38
Water Liens to 1954 Taxes
82.00
$131,917.09
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Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1951 $18.74
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1952 76.96
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1953
2,400.48
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1954
13,508.74
$16,004.92
Taxes, State
Corporation
$6,361.92
Income Tax
3,611.00
Income Tax-
School Aid, Chapter 70
24,794.53
Meal
871.74
Reimbursement-Loss of Taxes
108.91
$35,748.10
Licenses :
Liquor and advertising
$4,829.25
Board of Health
11.00
Junk
12.00
Other
96.00
$4,948.25
Permits :
Pistol
$11.50
$11.50
Fines and Forfeits :
Court
$46.51
Dog Licenses for County
565.20
$611.71
Grants and Gifts :
County-Dog licenses refund $458.63
County-Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
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State-Chapter 90 Maintenance 1,000.00 State-Chapter 81 9,283.98
U. S. Grant-Old Age Assistance 12,243.54 U. S. Grant-O. A. A. Administration 551.94 U. S. Grant-Aid to Dependent Children 5,027.91
U. S. Grant-A. D. C. Administration 199.07
U. S. Grant-Disability Assistance 1,900.64
U. S. Grant-D. A. Administration 55.27
State-School Transportation 4,641.74
State-School Superintendent and Travel 1,398.76
Public Health-State
1,192.85
State-Reimbursement on Inspector of Animals 30.00
$38,984.33
Departmental Revenue :
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$44.25
Aid to Dependent Children-State 3,456.51
Old Age Assistance- Cities and Towns
763.41
Old Age Assistance-State
13,536.30
Veterans' Benefits-State
234.00
Disability Assistance and Administration-State
1,663.77
Schools-Tuition
$2,687.21
State Wards Tuition
928.20
State Wards Transportation 76.00
Miscellaneous Receipts
32.25
$23,421.90
Vocational Education Reimbursement
$2,660.96
Water Rents
6,819.81
Water Miscellaneous
179.74
Water Lien Fees
2.00
State Aid to Highways 1953
4,496.65
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
774.00
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193.10
Tax Collector's Fees Water Surplus, County Extension and check recovery
807.75 -
Truck and Tractor Earnings
6,022.50
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
9,700.00
School Bond Premium
318.50
School Bond Issue
245,000.00
Trust Funds
15,000.00
State-Abatements to Paraplegic Veterans
144.90
School Athletic Fund
446.85
Sale of Land
36.00
Sale of Tires, Fire Dept.
22.50
Sale of Town Histories
10.50
Refunds
29.57
Miscellaneous Departments
6.00
$292,671.33
Federal Withholding Tax
$11,798.40
Employees Retirement Deductions
757.67
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
789.20
$13,345.27
Interest
Taxes, Real and Personal
$647.29
Taxes, Motor Vehicle Excise
31.14
Treasurer's Deposit
100.00
$778.43
Income-H. M. Hills Fund
$62.50
Collins School Fund
1,118.05
Whiting Street Fund
153.28
Electa Waite Fund
53.20
A. S. Hills Fund
150.00
Mary L. Main Fund
75.00
Byron Loomis Fund
223.08
O. G. Spelman Fund
966.97
Ethel Curry Fund
25.00
C. J. Hills Fund
150.00
Cemetery Fund
39.76
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Lyman Waite Fund
19.25
Albert D. Sanders Fund
162.70
Ellsworth H. Hyde Fund
75.10
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
125.00
$3,398.89
Total Receipts
$561,841.72
Cash on hand January 1, 1954
$196,515.49
$758,357.21
PAYMENTS '
Moderator's Salary
$25.00
Selectmen's Salaries
$600.00
Selectmen's Maintenance
299.98
$899.98
Accountant's Salary
$500.00
Accountant's Maintenance
108.18
$608.18
Treasurer's Salary
$600.00
Treasurer's Maintenance
265.63
$865.63
Tax Collector's Salary
$600.00
Tax Collector's Maintenance
472.11
$1,072.11
Assessors' Salaries
$550.00
Assessors' Maintenance
249.50
799.50
Town Counsel
$225.00
Town Clerk's Salary
$200.00
Town Clerk's Maintenance
301.03
$501.03
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Elections and Registrations :
Registrars
$125.00
Election Officers
356.00
Printing and Stationery
105.50
50.00
Loud Speaker System Grange Hall Rent Labor
20.00
10.00
$666.50
Elector, Oliver Smith Will
$10.00
Finance Committee Clerk
$25.00
Executive Secretary's Salary
$1,700.64
Town :
Fuel
$113.70
Lights
42.53
Telephone
186.53
Janitor
289.05
Repairs
16.48
Window Installation
293.78
$942.07
Town Shed :
Fuel
$108.27
Total General Government
$8,448.91
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department :
Salaries
$200.00
Labor
798.00
Special Police
141.00
Legal Counsel
75.00
Equipment
85.58
Mileage
249.50
Dog Tax Collection Fees
23.70
Telephones
107.65
Court Fees
116.01
$1,796.44
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Williamsburg Fire House Addition Fire Department :
$253.00
Salaries
$426.00
Labor
728.26
New Equipment
1,509.71
Fuel
486.37
Telephone and Lights
591.28
Insurance
148.78
Equipment Maintenance
1,034.89
Training
593.59
Water Holes
50.25
Building Maintenance
361.61
$5,930.74
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$100.00
Tree Warden Department :
Tree Warden
$782.26
Moth Work, Local
72.53
State
250.62
Dutch Elm Disease
303.39
$1,408.80
Total Protection of Persons and Property
$9,488.98
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Salary
$100.00
Administration
77.42
Hampshire County Sanatorium
628.62
Barn and Animal Inspection
45.00
Slaughter Inspection
26.00
Town Dump, Care and Maintenance
617.90
Town Dump, Rent
200.00
Garbage Collection
2,800.00
Rubbish Collection
412.50
Well Child Clinic
291.12
Visiting Nurse
$5,198.56 $1,325.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$6,523.56
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Chapter 81
Labor
$6,222.31
Town Equipment
2,637.00
Private Equipment
3,656.25
Gravel
1,090.00
Colprovia
674.40
Cement
2.40
Culverts
566.09
Catch Basin
96.22
Tar
430.36
$15,375.03
Winter Highways :
Labor
$4,460.35
Private Equipment
1,475.73
Sand
219.75
Town Equipment
2,087.50
Road Repair, Winter Mix
33.30
Lumber
34.79
Salt
528.80
Fence Posts
20.00
$8,860.22
Bridges and Railings :
Tools and Equipment
$114.88
Town Equipment
34.00
Reinforcement Rods
230.16
Cement
69.25
Fence Posts
42.50
Planks
266.81
Labor
236.15
$993.75
Street Lights
$3,056.87
Tool Account
181.59
Chapter 90 Construction :
Labor
$2,338.38
Town Equipment
690.50
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Private Equipment
4,938.13
Gravel
1,108.45
Cement
6.00
Cement Blocks
17.69
Culverts
557.92
Tar
338.25
Grass Seed
4.70
$10,000.02
Chapter 90 Maintenance :
Labor
$565.69
Town Equipment
448.50
Private Equipment
101.50
Gravel
615.87
Tar
1,268.48
$3,000.04
Chapter 90 Construction Special, Route 143 : Culverts
$429.26
Truck and Tractor Maintenance :
Gas, oil and supplies
$1,700.48
Repairs, tires, batteries, etc.
4,059.47
Insurance
626.40
$6,386.35
Total Highways and Bridges $48,283.13
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Town Aid
Public Welfare Agent's Salary
$1,381.95 $1,659.43 $200.00
Public Welfare Agent's Maintenance
Disability Assistance :
Local
$5,000.00
Federal
472.52
$5,472.52
Aid to Dependent Children :
Local
$7,500.00
Federal
3,424.41
$10924.41
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Old Age Assistance : Local Federal
$24,000.00 6,807.46
$30,807.46
Veterans' Benefits
$699.70
Veterans' Agent's Salary
$300.00
Veterans' Agent's Maintenance
$149.70
Total Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
$51,595.17
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Schools
General Administration :
Superintendent $2,700.00
Clerical Assistance
1,365.90
Office Supplies
226.44
Telephone
259.05
Travel Expense
168.59
Miscellaneous
173.95
Athletics
876.50
Insurance
1,218.00
Nurses's Salary and Travel
649.00
Physicians' Salaries
400.00
Committee's Salary
350.00
$8,387.43
Teachers' Salaries
Teachers
$65,798.50
Music Teacher
1,149.84
Drawing Teacher
584.00
$67,532.34
Tuition-
Smith's School $5,095.42
$5,095.42
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Transportation- Smith's School
Local
$1,009.00 7,240.50
$8,249.50
Text Books and Supplies
Books, High
$139.73
Books, Grades
2,038.03
Classroom Supplies
1,483.56
$3,661.32
Janitors' Services and Supplies
Salaries
$5,237.38
Supplies
583.67
$5,821.05
Fuel and Light
Fuel
$2,247.91
Light
917.73
3,165.64
Repairs
$1,735.56
1,735.56
New Equipment
$115.92
$115.92
$103,764.18
Rehabilitation Fund :
Repairs
$1,356.65
New Equipment 1,952.49
$3,309.14
Funds :
Collins Fund
New Equipment $135.00
Loomis Fund 10.00
$145.00
Loomis Fund
Haydenville School Lunch Room :
Construction $1,200.00
New Equipment 258.01
$1,458.01
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New Elementary School Construction :
Construction
$162,105.20
Site Preparation
16,151.70
Fees
11,302.83
Advertising
50.83
Water Service
980.90
Travel
11.57
Financing Fees
708.16
Land Purchase
3,876.00
$195,187.19
Haydenville Library :
Books
$161.54
Librarian
81.00
Janitor
19.50
Repairs
30.00
Insurance
16.38
Supplies
5.10
Fuel
13.00
Lights
12.00
$338.52
Total of Schools and Libraries
$304,202.04
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Recreation :
Recreation and Equipment
Janitor
$19.80
Band
40.00
Equipment
39.70
Hallowe'en Party
10.00
$109.50
Athletic Field
Labor
$276.00
Tools
2.65
Repairs
105.80
Gas and oil
9.86
$394.31
$503.81
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Town Clocks Memorial Day $150.00 Printing Town Reports 1953 $343.90 Wood Lot $7.95
$102.19
Total Recreation and Unclassified
$1,107.85
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES
Water Department :
Pipe Line
Maintenance $3,314.49
Water Shed 605.06
Chlorinator
Maintenance 683.60
Additional Water Supply 1,094.52
Administration 140.99
Collector of Water
Rents 150.00
Caretaker,
Chlorinator 100.00
Caretaker and Supply 100.00
Caretaker,
Water Shed 100.00
$6,288.66
Water Department Tool Building Workmen's Compensation $1,000.82
$172.21
Retirement Fund, Town's Share
894.01
Retirement Fund,
Employee's Share 791.33
Federal Withholding Tax 11,697.26
Blue Cross and
Blue Shield 789.20
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Collector's Costs and Fees Business Machines
202.55
639.00
Check Returned
15.25
Cemeteries
Mountain Street
Cemetery
$75.00
Old Village Hill
Cemetery 61.00
$136.00
Total Enterprises, Cemeteries and Unclassified
$16,165.42
POST WAR AND TRUST FUNDS INCOME
Post War Rehabilitation Fund $125.000 $125.00
Trust Funds :
Henry M. Hills
Bed Fund $80.00
A. S. Hills Charity Fund 150.00
Cemetery Fund
39.76
Trust Funds :
$269.76
Deposit, O. G. Spelman
Fund
$10,000.00
Deposit, Henry M. Hills
Fund
5,000.00
$15,000.00
AGENCY
State Park and
Reservations Tax
$368.78
State Audit
1,244.92
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County Tax
8,467.84
County Dog Taxes
583.80
$10,665.34
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest on Water
Loan
$130.63
Interest on New
Water System 495.00
Interest on County Extension
192.50
$818.13
South Street Water Extension Note
$500.00
New Water System Note
2,000.00
Sanatorium Extension Note 2,000.00
$4,500.00
REFUNDS
1953 Poll Tax overpayment $4.00
1953 Real Estate 3.24
1953 Motor Vehicle Excise 125.11
1954 Poll Tax 10.00
1954 Real Estate 238.32
1954 Motor Vehicle Excise 480.80
$861.47
Total Payments
$484,515.63
Cash on hand December 31, 1954
$273,841.58
$758,357.21
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TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG Balance Sheet-December 31, 1954 GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Cash
$273,841.58
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1953
Personal Property
48.60
Real Estate
2,005.01
2,053.61
Levy of 1954
Personal Property
4,164.29
Real Estate
22,768.47
Water Liens 1954
398.25
27,331.01
Tax Titles
380.53
Tax Possessions
192.43
572.96
Departmental :
Aid to Dependent Children
1,133.68
Old Age Assistance
863.55
1,997.23
Water Department :
Rates
1,287.30
Miscellaneous
309.43
1,596.73
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Taxes :
Levy of 1953
11.09
Levy of 1954
1,709.65
1,720.74
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State and County Aid to Highways Due from Post War Rehabilitation Fund Chapter 81, Highways Chapter 90, Highway Construction, Special, Route 143
6,991.02
5,300.00
1,991.02
429.26
$323,825.16
LIABILITIES
Employees' Payroll Deductions :
Federal Taxes
$1,090.44
County Retirement System 69.59
$1,160.03
Dog Licenses due County Tailings
21.00
54.33
Trust Fund Income :
Henry M. Hills
Hospital Bed Fund
1,025.42
Whiting Street Worthy Poor Fund 521.72
Mary L. Main Worthy Poor Fund
313.50
Electa Waite Charity Fund 210.32
Lyman D. Waite Charity Fund
165.07
Albert S. Hills Charity Fund
462.06
C. J. Hills Charity Fund 572.49
Collins School Fund 1,551.43
Onslow G. Spelman Fund
966.97
Byron Loomis School Fund
213.08
Ethel Curry School Fund
62.50
Albert D. Sanders School Fund 286.06
Ellsworth H. Hyde School Fund
133.35
$6,483.97 774.00
Old Age Assistance Recoveries Federal Grants : Disability Assistance Administration 163.12
Assistance 1,428.12
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Aid to Dependent Children Administration Aid Old Age Assistance Administration Assistance
333.16
1,658.05
1,683.31
5,873.49
11,139.25
Federal Works Agency, Water Plans and Eng.
12.00
School Athletic Fund
1,212.45
Appropriation Balances : Revenue, General
13,013.30
Non Revenue :
New Elem. School 165,131.31
178,144.61
Road Machinery Fund
6,904.14
State Aid to Highways
6,991.02
ยท Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
7,406.59
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1953
2,053.61
Levy of 1954
1,311.11
3,364.72
Revenue Reserved until Collected :
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise
1,720.74
Tax Title and Possessions
572.96
Departmental
1,997.23
Water
1,994.98
6,285.91
State Park Tax
1.45
County Tax
654.97
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
70.58
727.00
Water Available Surplus
2,748.07
Surplus Revenue
90,396.07
$323,825.16
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TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities in Custody of Town Treasurer
$117,800.44
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities in custody of Trustee
3,694.07
$121,494.51
Henry M. Hills Hospital Bed Fund Whiting Street Worthy Poor Fund
$16,432.21
5,574.25
Mary L. Main Fund
3,000.00
Electa Waite Charity Fund
1,773.51
Lyman D. Waite Charity Fund
700.00
Albert S. Hills Charity Fund
5,000.00
C. J. Hills Charity Fund
5,000.00
Collins School Fund
12,423.45
Onslow G. Spelman Fund
36,947.77
Byron Loomis Fund
7,436.51
Ethel Curry School Fund
1,000.00
Albert D. Sanders Fund
6,508.30
Ellsworth H. Hyde Fund
3,004.77
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
1,325.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
6,264.22
Helen E. James School Fund
3,694.07
Henry W. Warner Fund
5,410.45
$121,494.51
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$276,500.00
$276,500.00
Water Main, South Street Extension Loan
$4,500.00
Water Main, Sanatorium Extension
6,000.00
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Underground Water Supply Loan
Anne T. Dunphy Elementary School Loan
21,000.00 245,000.00
$276,500.00
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Assessors' Report
The method of computing the tax rate for the year 1954 is as follows :
Appropriations to be raised
$201,683.04
Taken from available funds in 1954 164,142.20
State Parks and Reservations
452.60
State Audit
1,244.92
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
321.20
County Tax
9,172.03
Overlay of Current Year
5,756.62
Gross Amount to be raised
$382,772.61
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds :
Income Tax
$25,364.72
Corporation Taxes
6,820.47
Reimbursement of Publicly Owned Land
105.88
Old Age Tax
849.11
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
12,800.00
Licenses
4,000.00
Fines
50.00
Protection of Persons and Property
50.00
Health and Sanitation
500.00
Charities
3,900.00
Old Age Assistance
14,500.00
Veterans' Services
175.00
Schools
9,900.00
Libraries
25.00
Interest : on Taxes and Assessments
625.00
Spelman School Fund
1,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts $80,665.18
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Amounts voted to be taken from available funds $164,142.20
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $244,807.38
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation
on Polls and Property : Polls, 552 @ $2.00 $1,104.00
Total Value Personal Property $224,683.00 @ $69.00 per M 15,503.13
Total Value Real Estate $1,758,813.00 @ $69.00 per M 121,358.10
Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property $137,965.23 Water Liens added to taxes $480.25
Total Amount of 1954 Taxes on Polls and Property and of Assessments added to
taxes as committed to collector $138,445.48
EDWIN C. BRECKENRIDGE,Ch. VERNON P. WEST JOSEPH DYMERSKI
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Report of Water Commissioners
January 17, 1955
In 1954 we used the additional water supply only twice. The first time we pumped for nine days because the chlorinator was out of order. In the nine days a total of 2,561,600 gallons was pumped. The second time it was used we pumped for 12 days due to water short- age. This time we pumped 1,143,000 gallons.
Our routine work was carried out as usual. There were seven new entrances installed and seven old ones renewed. Five hydrants were repaired and the new six inch line to the school was completed.
It was voted by the water commissioners at the January meeting to raise the water rents, in most cases, by fifteen per cent. In some instances they were raised more. This was necessary to bring in more revenue. The costs of the Water Department are going up each year. The system, being more than fifty years old, is beginning to show the effects of old age. As each year goes by now, more and more work will have to be done. The commissioners regretted having to raise the rents, what with a raise in taxes and exerything else, but if the Water Dept. is going to maintain its mains and service there must be money to do it with.
A house to house survey was made this year by the water dept. to correct the records. In some cases there had been additional outlets installed and in others there were some removals. But on a whole there was enough increase to warrant the survey.
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On the department budget this year, we found that in order to have maintenance money enough to take care of anticipated and known work next year, we had to cut expenses everywhere we could. We did away with the salary of Collector and combined the work of care- taker of water shed and caretaker of pump. We cut chlorinator expenses and pump funds. The net outcome was, we were able to increase pipe line maintenance by $1,000.00 and only increased the whole budget by $100.00. The collection and billing of water rents can well be done by the Town Secretary, she agreeing to do it, as it will fill in when she has no other work to do.
Howard Sanderson resigned as Water Commissioner the first of May, when he found that the duties of water dept. and Fire Chief were too much. David Dewey was appointed to fill his vacancy. Robert Wells retired at the end of this year due to health, and Ralph Mason, Jr. re- tired at the same time for business reasons.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert Wells, Chairman Ralph Mason, Jr. David Dewey
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Report of Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent
Labor, chainsaw & truck
cutting and disposal of trees $408.02
Hampshire Tree & Landscape Service 140.00 New England Tree Expert Co. 9.00
Harry W. Warner, Jr.
chainsaw & labor
173.52
Robert S. Loomis, labor
80.76
Herbert Kellogg, tractor & truck
106.50
Walter E. Kellogg, chainsaw
31.88
Paul Waite, tree climber
57.00
Fred G. Dewey, truck
70.13
James O'Brine, labor
8.75
$1,085.56
Number of trees cut 12
Number of trees cabled
3
Storm damaged limbs and trees removed.
Hurricane damage-
10 blown down trees removed 2 damaged trees cut and removed
3 dead elms and several other trees should be removed this year
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT REPORT 1954
In the spring this town cooperated with the State in an aerial spraying project against gypsy moth dam- age. This project was based at Barnes Airport in West-
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field. The town was found to be heavily infested and the spraying, done by C-46's, helicopters and small planes, destroyed the moth caterpillars before too much damage was done.
Paid to State as town's share Labor
$250.62 72.53
$323.15
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID L. DEWEY Tree Warden & Moth Supt.
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Library Report
Mrs. John Winne became our librarian in June upon resignation of Mrs. Demerski. She has been aided in her work by several of the older Girl Scouts.
This fall we had new cellar stairs made, the elm tree on the river side of the building trimmed, and the brush cut.
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