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Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Assessors to adopt official street names for the Town of Williamsburg, or take any other action thereon.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to adopt Chapter 41, Section 45A of the General Laws, or take any other action thereon.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to empower the Board of Assessors to use from available funda the sum of $25,000.00 to reduce taxation, or take any other action thereon.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1232.00 to cover costs of blueprints drawn up by the Housing and Home Finance Agency, Plan No. 19-P-15 Highway Bridges, for the Library Bridge in Haydenville, or take any other action thereon.
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Report of Finance Committee
Please refer to the Town Accountant's report where you will find listed the transfers from the Reserve Fund that we made to cover deficiencies in various depart- ments during the year 1956.
We refer you to the pages of this Town Report where- in is listed the Budget Requests and our Recommenda- tions for 1957.
The Finance Committee reminds the townspeople that our schools have been expanded and improved and with the rising costs of supplies and salaries is now taking approximately 60% of our total budget. This does not include the payments on principal or interest on the school bonds.
We agree that good schools are the most important facility a town provides for its citizens and we all want to provide the best possible education for our children.
Therefore, the finance committee has tried to apportion the remaining 40% of the budget so all the other de- partments can function to provide essential services.
With the above in mind, we have gone over with each department, every item listed in their budgets, and while we might feel that all the requests were proper and desirable they represented an increase over last year's budgets of about $20,000. We are forced to conclude that at present it is not a question of what is desirable for the Town but a question of what the taxpayers can afford to pay for. We have accordingly recommended a budget which reduces this increase to about $5,000 over
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last year, by reducing individual items or by using other available funds in the case of Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children.
Your Finance Committee has spent long hours study- ing these budgets and town finances, but can only recom- mend to the voters. What is appropriated depends en- tirely upon those voters present at Town Meeting.
It shows a deplorable lack of interest on the part of the people of a town when about 90% of the voters stay away from Town Meeting and let the other 10% make all the appropriations that make up the tax rate.
The Finance Committee wishes to thank the officials of the Town for their cooperation. These public spirited men and women are serving you with little or no pay and are deserving of all our support.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD S. OUTHUSE JOHN O. JONES
W. LEROY LEONARD
MRS. VIOLA FRASER
HANS L. NIETSCHE ROLLO PURRINGTON
MRS. CARL RUSTEMEYER
WINFIELD S. SMITH
MRS. HARRY WILLISTON
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Budget Requests and Recommendations, 1957
1956
1956
1957
1957
Approp.
Expended
Request
Recom.
Moderator
$25.00
$25.00
$35.00
$35.00
Finance
Reserve
4,000.00
3,322.91
4,000.00
4,000.00
Maintenance
40.00
40.00
75.00
75.00
4,040.00
3,362.91
4,075.00
4,075.00
Selectmen
Salaries, Chairman
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
Member
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
Member
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
Maintenance
300.00
234.72
300.00
300.00
Advertising
50.00
37.50
50.00
50.00
1,150.00
1,072.22
1,150.00
1,150.00
Treasurer
Salary
900.00
900.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Maintenance
350.00
345.41
400.00
400.00
Tax Title Expense
75.00
5.00
75.00
75.00
1,325.00
1,250.41
1,675.00
1,675.00
Elector, Oliver Smith Will
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
Accountant
Salary
750.00
750.00
750.00
750.00
Maintenance
100.00
99.16
150.00
150.00
850.00
849.16
900.00
900.00
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Assessors
Salaries
550.00
550.00
550.00
550.00
Maintenance
250.00
204.19
250.00
250.00
800.00
754.19
800.00
800.00
Town Clerk
Salary
300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
Maintenance
300.00
300.00
330.00
330.00
Elections and
Registrations
800.00
814.93
300.00
300.00
Street Listings (Chap. 51 SA)
275.00
275.00
1,400.00
1,414.93
1,205.00
1,205.00
Tax Collector
Salary
600.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
Maintenance
535.00
560.60
550.00
550.00
Adding Machine
294.00
268.40
1,429.00
1,429.00
1,150.00
1,150.00
Town Secretary
Salary and
Maintenance
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
General Government
Town Hall
300.00
405.88
325.00
325.00
Town Shed
150.00
149.88
150.00
150.00
Town Counsel
250.00
507.04
300.00
300.00
Sealer, Weights & Measures
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Tree Warden
900.00
900.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Town Clocks
175.00
254.47
125.00
125.00
Town Reports
350.00
396.00
400.00
400.00
Memorial Day
150.00
152.25
165.00
165.00
Wood Lot
10.00
9.75
12.00
12.00
Gypsy Moth & Public
Nuisances State Liab.
642.40
9.00
300.00
300.00
Dutch Elm Control State Liab.
321.20
327.00
750.00
750.00
Dutch Elm Control Town
350.00
350.00
3,348.60
3,211.27
4,177.00
4,177.00
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Recreation Committee Athletic Field Recreation Power Mower
400.00
308.73
400.00
400.00
100.00
190.35
100.00
100.00
200.00
200.00
500.00
499.08
700.00
700.00
Police
Salaries
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
Telephones
125.00
129.10
140.00
140.00
Special Police
100.00
106.10
100.00
100.00
Equipment
100.00
132.65
150.00
150.00
Patrolling
1,400.00
1,383.20
1,400.00
1,400.00
School Patrol
800.00
852.15
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,725.00
2,803.20
2,990.00
2,990.00
Fire Department
Salaries, Chief
200.00
200.00
400.00
300.00
Deputy Chief
150.00
150.00
200.00
200.00
Firefighters
70.00
64.00
350.00
175.00
Telephone and Lights
750.00
924.57
800.00
800.00
Insurance
200.50
178.28
250.00
250.00
Labor at Fires
1,000.00
1,214.50
1,300.00
1,300.00
Fuel
400.00
548.33
600.00
600.00
Equipment Maintenance
1,000.00
1,034.11
1,000.00
1,000.00
Training
300.00
114.00
New Equipment
800.00
775.20
500.00
500.00
Water Holes
100.00
Radio Equipment
1,200.00
000.00
Building Maintenance
600.00
341.24
400.00
400.00
Administration
50.00
75.56
75.00
75.00
5,620.50
5,619.79
7,075.00
5,600.00
Highways
Chapter 81
3,150.00
3,150.00
3,150.00
3,150.00
Winter and General
10,000.00
15,620.73
12,000.00
. 12,000.00
Bridges & Railings
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,500.00
2,000.00
Sidewalk Repair
200.00
199.98
250.00
250.00
Chapter 90 Construction
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Tool Account
200.00
173.20
200.00
200.00
Street Lights
3,220.00
3,158.14
3,231.60
3,231.60
22,270.00
27,802.05
24,831.60
23,831.60
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Board of Health
Public Health
1,200.00
402.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Barn & Animal Inspection
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
Chairman's Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Dairy Inspection
75.00
75.00
75.00
Slaughter Inspection
125.00
30.00
100.00
100.00
Dump Rental
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
Rubbish Collection
500.00
556.00
720.00
720.00
Well Child Clinic
300.00
300.00
350.00
350.00
Dump Caretaker
520.00
609.60
700.00
700.00
Dump Maintenance
300.00
326.00
400.00
400.00
Administration
100.00
76.85
100.00
100.00
Garbage Collection
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
Immunization Clinic
300.00
300.00
300.00
5,580.00
4,460.45
6,105.00
6,105.00
Water Department
Caretaker, Pumping Station
150.00
150.54
150.00
150.00
Caretaker, Watershed
100.00
70.75
100.00
100.00
Caretaker, Chlorinator
100.00
90.75
100.00
100.00
Pipeline Maintenance
4,000.00
5,922.80
5,000.00
5,000.00
Watershed
3,800.00
273.47
3,800.00
3,800.00
Chlorinator Maintenance
1,000.00
325.81
1,000.00
1,000.00
Well Maintenance & Pumping Costs
1,200.00
2,386.37
2,000.00
2,000.00
Administration
300.00
168.83
200.00
200.00
South St. Extension Note
500.00
500.00
Additional Water Supply Note
2,000.00
2,000.00
Additional Water Supply Interest
360.00
360.00
Sanatorium Extension Note
1,000.00
1,000.00
Sanatorium Extension Interest
41.25
41.25
Water Connections
46.92
10,650.00
9,436.24
16,251.25
16,251.25
Public Welfare
General Åid
3,000.00
1,083.65
2,500.00
2,500.00
Maintenance
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
Disability Assistance
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
7,500.00
7,378.52
5,000.00
2,500.00
Old Age Assistance
20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
12,500.00
Agent's Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
37,700.00
35,662.17
34,700.00
24,700.00
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Veterans' Benefits
Assistance
2,500.00
3,447.13
3,500.00
3,500.00
Agent's Salary & Adm.
325.00
325.00
Agent's Salary
300.00
350.00
Agent's Maintenance
150.00
135.58
2,950.00
3,932.71
3,825.00
3,825.00
Civilian Defense
Heat and Light
100.00
25.07
100.00
100.00
Administration
50.00
50.00
100.00
25.07
150.00
150.00
Cemeteries
Mountain St.
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
Old Village Hill
200.00
129.15
150.00
150.00
275.00
204.15
225.00
225.00
Haydenville Library
500.00
534.10
325.00
325.00
Interest on Revenue
200.00
381.19
300.00
300.00
Workmen's Compensation
1,400.00
1,450.29
1,500.00
1,500.00
School Department
Teachers' Salaries
92,099.36
95,249.29
100,499.01
100,499.01
Special Class Law 514
3,500.00
2,866.88
3,500.00
3,500.00
Adjustment Counselor
2,900.00
2,900.00
Adjustment Counselor's Travel
300.00
Janitors' Salaries
9,900.00
9,569.52
9,900.00
9,900.00
Janitors' Supplies
1,300.00
972.07
1,300.00
1,300.00
Drawing Supervisor
1,026.67
854.06
1,000.00
1,000.00
Superintendent's Salary
2,700.00
3,771.83
2,700.00
2,700.00
Secretaries' Salaries
2,900.00
2,899.92
3,240.00
3,240.00
Union Expense
415.00
371.25
400.00
400.00
Nurse and Travel
Expense
706.67
621.00
758.00
758.00
Physicians' Salaries
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
Transportation
7,500.00
7,430.06
7,500.00
7,500.00
Fuel
5,000.00
5,287.11
5,500.00
5,500.00
Repairs
800.00
1,119.92
900.00
900.00
Sundries
997.00
1,143.30
1,347.00
1,347.00
Telephones
506.84
450.00
450.00
Books
2,830.00
2,676.68
2,800.00
2,800.00
Classroom Supplies
1,960.00
2,074.56
3,037.47
3,037.47
Office Supplies
350.00
267.07
350.00
350.00
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Athletics and
Transportation
1,441.85
1,645.10
157.55 5,000.00
157.55 5,000.00
Smith's School Tuition
9,000.00
4,311.68
Smith's School
Transportation
1,600.00
483.75
1,250.00
1,250.00
New Equipment
335.00
1,462.61
866.00
866.00
Insurance
1,147.53
1,147.53
1,811.79
1,811.79
Committee's Salaries
275.00
275.00
275.00
275.00
Lights
2,200.00
2,373.18
2,200.00
2,200.00
Driver Education
200.00
282.99
250.00
250.00
Music Supervisor
1,866.67
1,878.56
2,436.00
2,436.00
Penmanship
570.00
288.00
Physical Education
130.00
141.00
544.00
544.00
Dentist
150.00
150.00
Visual Education
66.66
$153,250.75 $152,537.42 $163,821.82 $163,821.82
Totals added
$106,348.10 $107,689.58 $115,654.85 $103,179.25 $259,598.85 $260,227.00 $279,476.67 $267,001.07
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Town Clerk's Report
DOGS
There were 268 dog licenses issued in 1956 as follows : 175 males, 20 females, and 73 spayed females. Six ken- nel licenses were issued and one transfer license. The sum of $616.20 was paid to the Town Treasurer.
FISH AND GAME
There were 532 sporting licenses issued in 1956 for which the sum of $1,688.50 was returned to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
BIRTHS
A total of 59 births were recorded in 1956, including 8 which occurred in 1955 and on which records were re- ceived in 1956. Also listed below are seven births which occurred in 1956 and which are recorded in 1957.
1955
Nov. 7 Raymond Ernest LaCourse
8 Jeffrey Michael Heath
11 Herbert Alan Kellogg
25 Ann Joan Ingellis
Dec. 6 Mark Ernest Warner
12 Bonnie Sue Sabo
12 Lois Eleanor Jenkins
21 Ellen Frances Ames
1956
Jan.
2 Dona Lee Sylvester
8 Marianne Watling
25
9 Lenny Arthur Church
24 (No Name) Gustavis
26 Anita Marie Brisbois
Feb.
1 Deborah Ruth Wright
7 Stephen Joseph Foster
15 Dianna Lynn Courville
22 Lori Jeanne Kopka
Mar.
3 Robert Harold Smart
5 Deborah Lyn Dewey
Apr. 4 Judith Ann LeBeau
7 Gilbert Edward Loud, Jr.
17 David Wayne Baldwin
20 Linda Mary Hmieleski
24 Kathleen Marion Sylvester
29 Thomas Joseph Breen
May
2 Ruth Olive Brown
4 Nancy Ruth Reed
13 John Patrick McAvoy
17 Everett Harlan Fuller
18 Sharon Ruth Guzik
26 Joseph Louis Perry
28 Michael Eric Wilson
June 16 Lynda Grace Nicholls
17 Cynthia Marie Childs
18 Cheryl Lee Ferron
19 Gregory John Linscott
23 Frank Gordon Bradley
July
Aug.
10 Mary Lee Pierce 29 Jennifer Lee Robertson 6 Michael Leroy Hathaway
Sept. 3 Mary Elizabeth Magdalenski
5 Mary Ann Margaret Martin
13 Kirk Andrew Stone
13 Stephen Joseph Heath
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15 Edward Herrick Childs
18 Peter Vincent Kocot
19 Marjorie Anne Newell
19 Kristen Safford Rouner
20 Neil Patrick O'Brien
24 William Thomas Walshe
29 Karen Ann Mccutcheon
Oct.
5 Bonnie Lee Warriner
13 Gary Ernest Wilkinson
16 Charles Robert Patnode, Jr.
17 Betty Ann Dondoros
20 Shirley Mae Bohmer
21 Thomas James Krzynowek
26 Joseph Gordon Connell
29 Richard James Phaneuf
Nov.
6 Michael Arthur La Casse
7 Judith Ann LaCourse
16 David Francis Golash
23 Maurice Connell
26 Leonard Joseph Cranston Betsy Jean Everett
MARRIAGES
There were 32 marriages recorded in 1956, as follows : 1955
Dec. 30 Clarence C. Acker, Williamsburg, Mass. Winifred (Reason) Lascor, Williamsburg, Mass.
1956
Jan. 24 Robert Marsh Mathers, Jr., Williamsburg, Mass. Anna Myrtie Hallett, Northampton, Mass.
Feb. 17 Harold Bonzek, Greenfield, Mass. Edith (Lynch) Williams, Haydenville, Mass.
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Feb. 25 Charles Walter Roberge, Williamsburg, Mass. Jeannette Carol Cooley, Sunderland, Mass.
April 1 Lloyd Warriner, Williamsburg, Mass. Marjorie Mackenzie, Greenfield, Mass.
14 Lawrence E. Coogan, Jr., Haydenville, Mass. Ellen Jane Ames, Haydenville, Mass.
14 Ralph E. Bates, Haydenville, Mass. Judith Ann Markley, Norfolk, Virginia
14 Lawrence Ernest Daniels, West Springfield, Mass. Nancy Marian Bowie, Williamsburg, Mass.
May
13 Wesley W. Sorby, San Mateo, California Eleanor Muriel (Rhoades) Parish, Williams- burg, Mass.
June
2 Bernard R. Bachand, Haydenville, Mass. Nancy A. Allaire, Haydenville, Mass.
9 James E. Gulow, Northampton, Mass. Joan C. Kenney, Williamsburg, Mass.
10 James Albert Swindell, Jr., Northampton, Mass.
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Barbara Louise Durbin, Northampton, Mass. Leon Burton Cranson, Haydenville, Mass. Elizabeth Ann O'Connor, Northampton, Mass.
23 Ernest Joseph Braman, Williamsburg, Mass. June Elizabeth Allen, Williamsburg, Mass.
30 William Berton Foster, Haydenville, Mass. Mary (Wells) Mimitz, Williamsburg, Mass.
30 Paul Jerome O'Brien, Haydenville, Mass. Elizabeth Mabel Dunny, Northampton, Mass.
July
4 William Francis Hibbard, Northampton, Mass.
Carol Ann Beal, Haydenville, Mass.
7 Donald H. Baldwin, Haydenville, Mass. Joan C. Braman, Williamsburg, Mass.
Sept.
1 Robert Francis Kearney, Haydenville, Mass. Christine Ann Diemand, Northampton, Mass.
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1 Elson Willcutt Hathaway, Jr., Williamsburg, Mass. Eleanor Warren, Stowe, Mass.
8 Robert Danforth Healy, Chesterfield, Mass. Juanita Mae Tirrell, Williamsburg, Mass.
8 Harry G. Hawk, Cambridge, Minnesota Helen Guyette, Williamsburg, Mass.
8 Frank E. Nesbitt, Goshen, Mass. Ann Marie Superba, Williamsburg, Mass.
15 Gordon H. Hathaway, Williamsburg, Mass. Phyllis M. Johndrow, Haydenville, Mass.
Oct.
20 Donald L. Owens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dorothy B. Golash, Haydenville, Mass.
Nov.
3 Kenneth Irving Nichols, Williamsburg, Mass. Marcia Louise Kellogg, Haydenville, Mass.
9 Robert G. Gardner, Jr., Haydenville, Mass. Anne L. Ice, Williamsburg, Mass.
13 John Gesiorek, Northampton, Mass. Marjorie Perry, Williamsburg, Mass.
15 George W. May, Haydenville, Mass. June (Demerski) Tiley, Haydenville, Mass.
17 Bernard J. Jablonski, Williamsburg, Mass. Maureen K. McCarthy, Williamsburg, Mass.
22 Richard B. Walsh, Northampton, Mass. Janice H. Cumm, Haydenville, Mass.
DEATHS
There were 29 deaths recorded in the Town of Wil- liamsburg in 1956, as follows: :
Date
Yr. Mo. Da.
1955
Dec. 3 Donald Purrington
65
7 26
1956
Jan. 24 (No Name) Gustavis
5 hrs.
31 Mary T. (Osborne) Weeks
71
10 28
Feb. 19 Gordon J. Nash 44 0 10
29
22 Zygmont K. Batura
63
2
0
24 Anne T. Dunphy
65
3
0
29 Raymond Francis Miller
57
7
20
Apr
7 Susie (Kenney) Baker
47
8
12
25 Elva (Fuller) Bickford
83
7
28
May
3 Mary A. Murphy
75
1 27
22 Marion (Smith) Breckenridge
86
6 25
22 Anna F. (Figgis) Huntley
98
2
11
25 George W. King
58
4
10
June
11 Malcolm H. Perrea, Jr.
24
4
18
21 Roseanna (Fontaine) Allaire
79
8
13
July 18 Bernice Otis
69
1
10
29 Mary Thomas
5
5
1
Aug.
1 Charlotte (Cadden) Warner
92
0
0
10 George E. Tennyson
81
6
2
21 Joseph Morin
52
3
17
27 Arthur H. Showalter
69
4
29
Sept.
11 James C. Ryan
67
9
9
26 Lucius A. Merritt
68
5
9
29 Frederick W. Sanderson
60
11
2
Nov.
18 Eva (Brodeur) Paquette
70
0
0
21 Harry Chester Nedd Smith
83
3
1
25 Harriet (Forsyth) Packard
88
9
2
26 Maurice Connell
0
0
3
27
Myron Albert Lawton
56
0
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Tax Collector's Report
Outstanding December 31, 1955 :
1953 Real Estate
$52,81
1954 Personal Property
1,224.76
Real Estate
2,489.74
Excise Tax
349.26
1955 Poll Tax
82.00
Personal Property
2,752.56
Real Estate
21,300.30
Excise
1,407.41
Total
$29,658.84
Abatements :
1954 Excise Tax
$103.26
1955 Poll Tax
10.00
Excise Tax
360.96
1956 Poll Tax
32.00
Personal Property
529.65
Real Estate
6,732.97
Excise Tax
946.64
Total
$8,715.48
Tax Title :
1956
$108.45
Commitments :
1956 Poll Tax
$1,046.00
Personal Property
18,717.57
Real Estate
161,250.12
Excise Tax
18,904.96
1955 Excise Tax (Committed March, 1956)
245.49
Total
$200,164.14
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Collected and Paid Treasurer
(Including Interest)
1953 Real Estate
$57,89
1954 Personal Property Real Estate
1,957.14
Excise Tax
78.05
1955 Poll Tax
90.75
Personal Property
1,660.47
Real Estate
17,881.86
Excise Tax
2,317.30
1956 Poll Tax
1,056.60
Personal Property
14,310.56
Real Estate
127,688.49
Excise Tax
13,840.88
Total
$181,386.74
Outstanding December 31, 1956 :
1954 Real Estate
$1,297.89
Personal Property
307.05
Excise Tax
188.88
1955 Poll Tax
4.00
Personal Property
1,132.66
Real Estate
4,110.20
Excise Tax
337.75
1956 Poll Tax
20.00
Personal Property
3,882.96
Real Estate
27,387.84
Excise Tax
4,613.77
Total
$43,283.00
Respectfully submitted,
BARBARA W. SWANDA,
Tax Collector
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446.75
Treasurer's Report
Debits
Jan. 1, 1956, Balance on hand
$113,775.42
Receipts for the year 479,315.29
--- $593,090.71
Credits
Payments for the year
$428,324.76
Jan. 1, 1957, Balance on hand 164,765.95
$593,090.71
Respectfully submitted,
ANNA E. WATSON,
Treasurer
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Report of Town Accountant
In compliance with the provisions of Section 61, Chap- ter 41, of the General Laws, I submit herewith my re- port as Town Accountant for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1956.
The records of receipts and expenditures showing sources and purposes respectively, together with the statement of Town Debt, Trust Funds, Trial Balances and Balance Sheet will be found in the following pages.
Departmental examinations have been made during the year and I respectfully request that all departments receiving monies for the Town turn them over to the Town Treasurer promptly and at least once a month.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to all Town Offi- cials for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN E. MCAVOY,
Town Accountant
RECEIPTS
Taxes :
Real Estate 1953
$52.81
Personal Property 1954
420.91
Real Estate 1954
1,801.20
Real Estate 1954 Water Liens
56.50
Poll Tax 1955
68.00
Personal Property 1955
1,625.76
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Real Estate 1955 Poll Tax 1956 Personal Property 1956 Real Estate 1956
17,494.76 998.00
14,304.96
127,637.81
$164,460.71
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1954
64.12
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1955
2,186.74
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1956
13,831.39
16,082.25
Taxes, State :
Corporation
6,912.77
Income Tax
3,937.05
Income Tax-
State Aid Chapter 70 Schools
31,946.09
Income Tax-
State Aid Chapter 71 Schools
1,411.76
Meal Tax
724.78
Reimbursement-Loss of Taxes
114.30
Paraplegic Veterans
189.00
45,235.75
Licenses :
Liquor
4,700.00
Board of Health
6.50
Junk
10.00
Automatic Music and Amusement
69.75
Common Victuallers
18.00
Hawkers
16.00
Sunday Licenses
18.00
Used Car
75.00
Gasoline
2.00
4,915.25
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Permits : Pistol
10.00
Fines and Forfeitures : Court
28.10
Dog Licenses for County
618.00
646.10
Grants and Gifts :
County-
Dog License Refunds
378.11
Chapter 90 Construction 1954
2,277.75
Chapter 90 Construction 1955
1,225.25
Chapter 90 Construction 1956
2,500.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance 1955
1,000.00
7,381.11
State-
Chapter 90 Construction 1955
5,000.00
Chapter 90 Construction 1956
5,000.00
Chapter 81 Highways 1955
8,908.59
Chapter 81 Highways 1956
4,449.25
Flood Relief
6,134.40
School Superintendent
1,400.00
School Transportation
5,460.50
New Elementary School
8,903.10
Commodity Distribution- School Lunch
4,735.00
49,990.84
U. S. Grants-
Disability Assistance
3,381.21
Disability Assistance Administration
69.49
Aid to Dependent Children
3,523.15
Aid to Dependent Children Administration
553.70
Old Age Assistance
9,656.47
Old Age Assistance Administration
309.29
17,493.31
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Departmental Revenue :
Sealer of Weights and Measures 54.85
Disability Assistance-State 4,121.67
Aid to Dependent Children-State 3,168.13 Old Age Assistance-State 11,240.41
Disability Assistance Administration-State 34.75
Old Age Assistance- Cities and Towns 826.46
Veterans' Benefits-State
1,599.69
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
1,934.55
General Relief, Temporary Aid and Transportation
322.00
Animal Inspection-State
25.00
School Department-
Tuition
9,110.95
State Ward's Tuition
909.73
State Ward's Transportation
302.00
Insurance Claim
7.39
Miscellaneous Sales and Claims
110.54
Rent of Gymnasium
52.50
Cafeteria Income
12,477.06
46,297.68
Vocational Education-State
3,931.61
Water Rents
12,295.45
County Extension Note and Interest-1955
1,937.50
County Extension Note and Interest 1956
1,882.50
Water Miscellaneous
942.19
Water Entrances and Connections
470.00
Liquor Advertisements
24.75
Collector's Costs and Fees
169.85
Truck and Tractor Earnings
6,420.09
Sale of Town Histories and Postage
83.56
High School Athletic Fund
1,634.34
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Sale of Engine
10.00
Damage to Town Highway Fence
10.65
29,812.49
Federal Withholding Tax
18,605.35
Employees' Retirement Deductions
1,226.90
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
1,261.85
21,094.10
Interest :
Taxes, Real and Personal
604.30
Taxes, Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
69.63
Treasurer's Deposit
314.50
988.43
Anticipation of Revenue Loan
50,000.00
Helen E. James Remodeling Loan
20,000.00
Library Fines
18.86
Miscellaneous Receipts :
Refunds
Fire Department
1.50
Teachers' Retirement
32.73
Land Check-Clark
600.00
Springfield Hospital
321.15
Haydenville Kindergarten
7.04
Accountant's Salary
250.00
Dog Officer
6.50
Water Department
105.00
1,323.92
Trust Funds :
Income
Collins School Fund
1,289.07
Whiting Street Worthy
Poor Fund
167.22
Electa Waite Charity Fund
53.20
Albert S. Hills Charity Fund
150.00
Mary L. Main Worthy Poor Fund
75.00
Byron Loomis School Fund
223.08
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Onslow G. Spelman School Fund
1,107.06
Ethel Curry School Fund 27.50
C. J. Hills Charity Fund
150.00
Cemetery Fund
39.76
Lyman D. Waite Charity Fund
21.00
Albert D. Sanders School Fund
178.98
Ellsworth H. Hyde School Fund
82.62
3,564.49
Total Receipts 1956
$479,315.29
Cash on Hand January 1, 1956
113,775.42
$593,090.71
PAYMENTS
Moderator
$25.00
Selectmen's Salaries
$800.00
Selectmen's Maintenance Association Meetings
3.50
Travel
60.72
Dues
31.00
Stationery and Forms
77.50
Appraisal
10.00
Telephone
29.60
Traffic Count
22.40
234.72
Selectmen's Advertising
37.50
1,072.22
Accountant's Salary
1,000.00
Accountant's Maintenance
Clerk
35.00
Stationery and Forms
34.16
Telephone
15.00
Adding Machine Rent
15.00
1,099.16
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Treasurer's Salary
900.00
Treasurer's Maintenance
Clerk
25.00
Telephone
48.15
Carfare
18.90
Stationery
113.06
Certification of Note
2.00
Safe Deposit Box Rent
10.00
Bond
117.00
Dues
2.00
Miscellaneous
9.30
Tax Title Expense
5.00
1,250.41
Tax Collector's Salary
600.00
Tax Collector's Maintenance
Dues
2.00
Adding Machine Rent
20.00
Stationery and Forms
245.80
Bonds
211.25
Water Lien Release
2.00
Insurance
27.50
Mileage
27.05
Supplies
25.00
Adding Machine
268.40
1,429.00
Assessors' Salaries
550.00
Assessors' Maintenance
Dues
9.00
Records of Transfers
52.00
Stationery and Forms
88.19
Mileage
55.00
754.19
Town Counsel
507.04
Town Clerk's Salary
300.00
Town Clerk's Maintenance Vital Statistics
112.00
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Bond
5.00
Stationery and Forms
74.10
Telephone
62.50
Clerk
23.15
Dues and Service
12.50
Equipment
10.75
300.00
600.00
Elections and Registrations :
Labor
32.25
Forms
32.50
Salaries
125.00
Wardens and Clerks
488.00
Booths
134.18
814.93
Elector, Oliver Smith Will
10.00
Finance Committee :
Clerk
25.00
Dues
15.00
40.00
Town Secretary's Salary
1,276.25
Town Hall :
Telephone
210.56
Electricity
28.54
Repairs
74.95
Janitor
35.33
Insurance
56.50
405.88
Town Shed
Fuel
80.25
Repairs
69.60
149.85
Total General Government
$9,433.93
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Police Department :
Salaries
200.00
Labor
774.00
Mileage
334.90
Court
196.85
Legal
50.00
Dog Tax Collection
27.45
Special Police
106.10
Equipment
132.65
School Traffic Patrol
82.80
Telephones
129.10
2,033.85
School Traffic Patrol
769.35
2,803.20
Fire Department :
Salaries
414.00
Telephones
806.22
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