Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Williamsburg 1961, Part 3

Author: Williamsburg (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1961
Publisher: Town of Williamsburg
Number of Pages: 114


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Albert D. Sanders School Fund 3,352.76 Byron L. Loomis School Fund 3,500.08


Onslow G. Spelman School Fund


18,910.94


Collins School Fund


136.45


Henry M. Hills Hospital Bed Fund 7,887.51


Anne T. Dunphy Fund, Benefit


Anne T. Dunphy School 4,104.87


Anne T. Dunphy Fund, Benefit


Helen E. James School 4,123.33


46,095.88


Trust Fund Income : Payments :


Henry M. Hills Hospital


Bed Fund


350.00


Whiting Street Worthy Poor Fund 245.00


Henry W. Warner Worthy


Poor Fund


729.26


Byron L. Loomis School Fund


399.30


Electa Waite Charity Fund


305.96


Albert S. Hills Charity Fund


50.00


Anne T. Dunphy Fund, Benefit


Anne T. Dunphy School


319.68


Anne T. Dunphy Fund, Benefit


Helen E. James School 221.70


2,620.90


Total Agency, Trust and Investment


$118,275.95


REFUNDS


Taxes :


Real Estate 1959


$176.60


Real Estate 1960


405.65


Real Estate 1961


545.34


Poll 1960, with Costs and Interest


4.74


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Motor Vehicle Excise 1960


Motor Vehicle Excise 1961


1,162.41 586.02


2,880.76


Departmental :


Water Department


98.96


Haydenville Library 24.51


Police Department


6.00


Public Welfare, Check Received in Error


120.80


250.27


Total Refunds


$3,131.03


INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT


Interest :


General :


Anne T. Dunphy Elementary School


1,330.00


Helen E. James School Remodeling


420.00


1,750.00


Loans :


General :


Anne T. Dunphy


Elementary School 25,000.00


Helen E. James School Remodeling 2,000.00


27,000.00


Temporary :


Anticipation of Reimbursement


22,000.00


Total Interest and Maturing Debt


$50,750.00


Cash on Hand December 31, 1961


189,463.79


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Total Expenditures 1961


$655,577.72


$845,041.51


RESERVE FUND AND TRANSFERS


New Elementary School Construction,


Land Damage


$676.40


Assessors' Maintenance


382.35


Assessors' Tax Map 1960


82.21


Town Secretary Salary and Maintenance


15.39


Town Office


11.63


Public Health


105.29


Police Maintenance


16.33


Highways, Winter and General


205.61


Highways, Chapter 81


.07


Highways, Chapter 90 Construction


.39


Highways, Chapter 90 Maintenance


.21


Street Lights


7.50


Athletic Field


24.25


Water Department


1,500.00


$3,027.63


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TRUST FUND INCOME ACCOUNT


Balance 1/1/61 $299.34


Income 1961 $677.84


Expended 1961 $350.00 245.00


Balance 12/31/61 $627.18


Henry M. Hills Hospital Bed Fund Whiting Street Worthy Poor Fund


59.64


195.10


9.74


Mary L. Main Worthy Poor Fund


598.10


138.75


736.85


Henry W. Warner Worthy Poor Fund


587.66


229.05


729.26


87.45


Electa Waite Charity Fund


436.18


57.64


305.96


187.86


Lyman D. Waite Charity Fund


293.71


24.50


318.21


Albert S. Hills Charity Fund


174.64


193.75


50.00


318.39


C. J. Hills Charity Fund


55.75


162.50


218.25


Ethel Curry School Fund


79.55


33.75


113.30


Collins School Fund


1,785.54


1,611.26


420.00


2,976.80


Byron L. Loomis School Fund


1,029.04


299.77


399.30


929.51


Onslow G. Spelman School Fund


8.86


1,510.54


1,330.00


189.40


Albert D. Sanders School Fund


746.46


164.72


911.18


Ellsworth H. Hyde School Fund


569.41


101.39


670.80


Anne T. Dunphy Fund,


Benefit Anne T. Dunphy School


406.47


342.57


319.68


429.36


Anne T. Dunphy Fund,


Benefit Helen E. James School


163.66


361.29


221.70


303.25


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds W. C. T. U. Clock Fund


43.08


43.08


64.17


77.50


141.67


$7,358.18


$6,225.00


$4,413.98


$9,169.20


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DEBT STATEMENT


Purpose Additional Water Loan Helen E. James Remodeling School Loan Anne T. Dunphy Elementary School Loan New Fire Truck Loan


Outstanding Maturing


How Payable Annually


Interest Payable Dec. 31, 1961


21/4%


Nov. 1


$7,000.00


in 1962 $2,000.00


Annually


31/2%


Aug. 1


10,000.00


2,000.00


Annually


1.4%


Sept. 1


70,000.00


25,000.00


Annually


3%


Oct. 1


11,500.00


2,300.00


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TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG Balance Sheet-December 31, 1961 GENERAL ACCOUNTS


Assets


Liabilities and Reserves


Cash


$189,463.79


Payroll Deductions:


Federal Taxes


$3,001.15


Accounts Receivable : Taxes :


State Taxes


854.54


County Retirement System


299.61


Teachers' Retirement 701.78


Blue Cross and Blue Shield


78.60


Levy of 1956: Real Estate


162.00


$4,935.68


Levy of 1957 :


Water Extension Deposits


2,880.00


Personal Property


$76.50


Real Estate


935.00


1,011.50


160.00


Levy of 1958 :


3,040.00


Personal Property


44.00


Tailings :


Real Estate


298.68


342.68


Unclaimed Checks


125.91


Levy of 1959:


Personal Property


963.09


Trust Fund Income :


Real Estate


2,855.23


3,818.32


Levy of 1960 : Poll


20.00


627.18


Personal Property


736.00


Real Estate


10,583.42


11,339.42


Whiting Street Worthy Poor Fund 9.74


Levy of 1961 : Poll


160.00


Mary L. Main Worthy Poor Fund


736.85


Water Connections and Entrance Deposits


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Henry M. Hills Hospital Bed Fund


Personal Property 1,149.86 Real Estate


52,539.51 53,849.37


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:


Levy of 1959 576.69


Levy of 1960


1,316.47


Levy of 1961


10,153.00 12,046.16


Ethel Curry School Fund 113.30


Collins School Fund 2,976.80


Byron L. Loomis School Fund 929.51


Albert D. Landers School Fund 911.18


Tax Possession


192.43


Departmental :


Ellsworth H. Hyde School Fund 670.80


General Relief


705.10


Aid to Dependent Children 720.72


Anne T. Dunphy Fund, Benefit Anne T. Dunphy School 429.36


Anne T. Dunphy Fund, Benefit Helen E. James School 303.25


Old Age Assistance


388.51


School Department


129.25


W. C. T. U. Clock Fund 141.67


Onslow G. Spelman School Fund 189.40


1,943.58


9,169.20


Water:


Federal Grants :


Rates


3,205.89


Miscellaneous


1,093.40


Petticoat Hill Extension


345.00


4,644.29


Old Age Assistance


14,273.71


Aid to Dependent Children: Administration 217.00


Aid to Highways: State


14,612.62


School :


Henry W. Warner Worthy Poor Fund 87.45


Electa Waite Charity Fund 187.86


Lyman D. Waite Charity Fund 318.21 Albert S. Hills Charity Fund 318.39


C. J. Hills Charity Fund 218.25


Farm Animal Excise: Levy of 1961


188.36


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Disability Assistance 2,847.36


Aid to Dependent Children 144.71


Medical Aid to Aged 2,023.18


County 7,000.00


Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts : School Cafeteria (Anticipation of $2,431.89 reimbursement)


21,612.62


P. L. 81-874, Education 6,374.90


25,880.86


Revolving Funds : High School Athletics


2,492.37


Appropriation Balances : Revenue : General 3,363.58


Non-Revenue :


Anne T. Dunphy Elementary School Construction 1,097.63


4,461.21


Overestimates 1960 :


State Recreation Areas:


88.11


Assessment County Tax


369.53


457.64


Road Machinery Fund


3,537.88


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus


14,212.43


Overlays Reserved for Abatements :


Levy of 1,956


162.00


Levy of 1957


1,011.50


Levy of 1958


342.68


Levy of 1959


3,818.32


Levy of 1960


1,280.46


Levy of 1961


1,194.11


7,809.07


Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and


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1,067.60


Trailer Excise 12,046.16


Farm Animal Excise


188.36


Tax Possession


192.43


Departmental


1,943.58


Water


4,644.29


Aid to Highways


21,612.62


40,627.44


Surplus Revenue : General


181,236.18


Water


3,696.25


184,932.43


$301,682.12


$301,682.12


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DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit : General Outside Debt Limit:


$21,500.00


Inside Debt Limit : Serial Loans: School Fire Truck


$10,000.00 11,500.00


$21,500.00


General


77,000.00


Outside Debt Limit : School Water


70,000.00


7,000.00


77,000.00


$,98,500.00


$98,500.00


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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS


Trust and Investment Funds : Cash and Securities : In Custody of Town Treasurer


In Custody of Trustees


$145,366.05 3,202.25


In Custody of Town Treasurer : Welfare Funds :


Henry M. Hills Hospital Bed Fund $19,637.51


Whiting Street Worthy Poor Fund 5,574.25


Mary L. Main Worthy Poor Fund 3,023.67


Henry W. Warner Worthy Poor Fund


7,301.36


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


School Funds:


Collins School Fund


12,793.61


Onslow G. Spelman School Fund 41,203.13


Byron L. Loomis School Fund


8,396.18


Ethel Curry School Fund


1,000.00


Albert D. Sanders School Fund


6,511.06


Ellsworth H. Hyde School Fund


3,004.77


Anne T. Dunphy, Benefit


Anne T. Dunphy School


9,810.80


Anne T. Dunphy, Benefit


Helen E. James School Fund


9,907.91


Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund


1,325.00


W. C. T. U. Clock Fund


2,000.00


Post-War Rehabilitation Fund


1,403.29


$145,366.05


In Custody of Trustees : Helen E. James School Fund


$3,202.25


$148,568.30


$148,568.30


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Assessors' Report


The method of computing the tax rate for the year of 1961 is as follows :


Appropriations voted at Town Meeting $457,456.88


Voted from available funds 56,119.13


State Parks and Reservations 1,381.76


County Tax 14,563.58


State Audit for Municipal Accounts 1,669.78


Overlay for current year


7,375.38


Gross amount to be raised


$538,566.51


Estimated Receipts and Available Funds :


Income Tax


$41,550.49


Corporation Taxes


8,430.47


Reimbursement of Publicly


Owned Land


145.64


Old Age Tax


1,125.19


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


21,400.00


Licenses


4,840.00


Fines


155.00


Protection of Persons and Property


105.00


Charities


9,540.00


Old Age Assistance


8,240.00


Veterans' Services


1,515.00


Schools


38,740.00


Public Service Enterprises


11,080.00


Interest on Taxes and


Assessments


1,770.00


State Assistance for


School Construction


17,480.00


Farm Animal Excise


275.00


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Reimbursement Paraphlegic Veterans Total Estimated Receipts


$166,931.79


Overestimates of previous year to be used as available funds :


County Tax $0.91


State Parks and Reservations


Amounts voted to be taken from available funds 1960 and '61 82,914.13


Total Estimated Receipts and


available funds 249,306.83


Net amount to be raised by Taxation


on Polls and Property 259,821.62


Polls, 561 @ $2.00


1,122.00


Total Value Personal Property


@ $61.00 10,790.43


Total Value Real Estate


@ $61.00


247,909.19


Total Taxes Levied on


Polls and Property $259,821.62


Total Amount of 1961 Taxes on Polls and Property and of Assessments added to


taxes as committed to the Collector $259,821.62


COMPUTATION OF TAX RATE


Total amount to be raised by taxation $259,821.62


Less amount available from 561 Polls @ $2.00 1,122.00


Amount to be raised on Personal and Real Estate


$258,699.62


Value of Personal Property $176,892.00


Value of Real Estate


4,064,085.00


Total Property Value $4,240,977.00


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$258,699.62 = $61.00 per $1,000 valuation.


4,240.977


Mr. Damon attended the State Assessors' School at the University of Massachusetts, Aug. 22, 23, 24, and 25, 1961, also the Hampshire-Hampden Conference at Springfield.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES M. DAMON, SR., Chairman BERTRAM W. CLARKE EDWIN C. BRECKENRIDGE


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Report of Water Commissioners


During 1961 the following routine work was performed by the Water Department: 25 renewals of old services, seven new services and 15 meters were installed. One hydrant was replaced and one hydrant connection capped.


Among the 25 service renewals there were 14 along Route 9 at the suggestion of the State because the resur- facing of another portion of the highway was planned for the fall of 1961. The department contemplates con- tinuing this work along Route 9 as part of updating the 60 year old system.


The chlorinator was completely renovated in the early part of 1961. A Dall tube was installed for measuring the flow of water. The electronic equipment for con- trolling the chlorinator pump was completely recon- ditioned. The chlorinator pump was also reconditioned. The interior of the chlorinator house was painted.


From September through the end of 1961 the upper reservoir was extremely low. However, this did not necessitate a great amount of pumping from the gravel packed well. Pumping to bolster the supply and because of turbidity caused by rainstorms used 11,000,000 gallons. Over 50,000,000 gallons of water flowed through the chlorinator house from the reservoir.


CHARLES M. DAMON, JR., Chairman ROBERT C. MCCUTCHEON GABRIEL E. MONGEAU


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Report of Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent


Emergency expenditures for two storms this past year totaled $200.00. A thunderstorm with heavy gusts broke off or blew over nine trees in the northeast section of town on July 21st and a freezing rainstorm on December 19th and 20th broke off many limbs and bent many trees into the roads. Some of these trees may come back but many of them will have to be cut next year.


Four large elms were cut because they did not sample out as diseased with Dutch Elm and could not be cut in that account. Utilities paid for the topping of these trees.


Twenty-three trees were cut and removed and some poison ivy spraying was done. It is hoped that much more of this spraying can be done this year to try and get this situation under control.


Thirty-six of our sugar maples were pruned. Inasmuch as we are losing our elms I feel that we should do all we can to prolong the life of these fine shade trees. There are many more trees needing this work.


HARRY W. WARNER, JR. Tree Warden


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REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT


With this account spraying was done on all shade trees. This spraying is for foliage eating insects and mosquito control.


Because of Gypsy Moth infestation in surrounding communities, all of the woods in town were perambu- lated and it was discovered that we do not seem to be in any immediate danger of infestation.


HARRY W. WARNER, JR. Moth Superintendent


REPORT OF DUTCH ELM DISEASE


This cannot be a complete report as all work has not been completed at this date. Ice storms have put the New England Tree Co., which does our topping, behind schedule and we still have eight more trees to be removed.


Thirty-nine samples were taken with aid of the state sampling crew. Thirty-three of these were found to be diseased. Fifteen of these trees have been removed and funds enough to get the eight that need cutting are avail- able for a total of 23 trees removed, plus three from last year that were not removed. The utilities have paid for cost of topping all trees over their wires.


These figures represent public trees only. There are fifteen private trees that need cutting that have been sampled, plus many more that I did not have funds to sample, plus ten sampled last year. I hope that more money will be forthcoming next year so that we can get to work on private trees and remove some of them. The nature of the disease is such that there is no way to tell just when they will start dropping limbs or falling, and they are a real danger to the homes and residents in their vicinity.


HARRY W. WARNER, JR. Moth Superintendent


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Haydenville Library Report


Painting the inside of the library was accomplished this year. The library is now in excellent condition and no further major projects are anticipated.


Mrs. Harry Pomeroy, for the second year, is conduct- ing a very popular story hour Friday afternoons at 3:15 for children through the third grade.


Books are still being brought in periodically from Meekins Library.


Circulation


4,044


Books added


79


Bookmobile loans


1,399


Fines collected


$37.52


LULA SMITH


VIOLA FRASER


MARION PURRINGTON


Trustees


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Report of Board of Health


The Board of Health submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1961 :


Five eating places were inspected and issued certifi- cates stating they were found to be in sanitary condition.


The garbage and rubbish collections were satisfactori- ly done, also maintenance of the dump.


A Well-Child conference was sponsored by the Board of Health. One hundred pre-school children were exam- ined by Dr. Davis, pediatrician from Greenfield.


A Polio immunization clinic was held and 189 persons received a first, second, third or booster injection. Sixty- two (5th) injections were given to persons requesting it.


Several septic tank permits were issued and six milk dealer's licenses.


Five cases of hepatitis, 11 cases of chicken pox, five cases of mumps, seven cases of measles, three cases of tuberculois and eight dog bites were reported. Many cases of contagious diseases are not reported by the parents.


The birth of three premature infants was also reported to the Board of Health.


Respectfully submitted,


DR. JOSEPH R. HOBBS BERNARD REARDON MARGARET MADISON


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Report of the Police Department


The streets were patrolled some weekends, holidays and late nights for a total of 7951/2 hours and 4,700 miles traveled.


School crossing officers worked a total of 8691/2 hours.


The Police Department participated in one night watch during 1961.


The department received one complaint, breaking, entering and larceny in a home; five complaints of break- ing and entering and larceny in the night, of business places ; none of these cases have been solved.


Three patients were transported to the State Hospital, one was taken to the Cooley Dickinson Hospital, and one patient was returned to the Veterans' Hospital, by the de- partment.


Twenty-seven summonses were served for outside de- partments.


Twenty-eight accidents were reported to the local and state police, thirteen to state police and fifteen to local police. Six persons claimed injuries in the accidents re- ported to the local police. There were two fatal accidents, the operator died in one of these accidents. The other, the operator was arrested and prosecuted. Total of eighty-one complaints were recorded by police; many others of minor nature were not recorded.


One car reported stolen on Jan. 15, 1961 never was re- covered.


Twelve dogs (stray) were taken to the S.P.C.A. shelter ; two dogs were destroyed at owner's request.


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Two stray dogs were killed by cars; five dogs reported by owners having been killed by cars.


Thirteen persons reported dog bites.


One cow was found dead in a pasture, whether it was run to death or not by dogs as far as I know has not been determined. Two ducks and 21 other fowl were reported to police as being killed by dogs (no question) also re- ported to police were forty to fifty chickens missing, whether they were carried away by dogs or other animals or stolen is not known.


Seventy-one complaints were brought before the Dis- trict Court by state and local police as follows :


Delinquency


6


Drunkenness


10


Vagrancy


4


Larcency


2


Adultery


4


Indecent exposure


1


Assault and battery


2


Insanity


2


Contributing to the delinquency of a minor 1


Threatening to commit a crime


1


Non-support of minor children


1


Neglect of minor children


1


Selling firearms without permit


1


Unregistered motor vehicle


1


Uninsured motor vehicle


1


No registration in possession


2


Defective equipment


2


Obstructed traffic


1


Failure to stop for school bus


2


Endangering


8


Allowing improper person to operate


1


Driving after revocation


1


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Going away after doing property damage 1


No license 4


Stop sign violation


2


Failing to have inspection sticker Speeding


2


7


Sixty-four males ; 7 females


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Forty-three of these complaints were brought by state police ; 28 by local police.


The help that the state police have given us during the past year is much appreciated. They were called in on all breaking and entering cases, as well as many others.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES H. CROSS Chief of Police


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Report of Fire Department


Thirty-five calls for fire appartus were answered dur- ing the year: 10 house, 2 chimney, 5 false, 8 grass or woodland, 3 dump, and 1 miscellaneous. Two calls took us out of town, one to Goshen and one to Northampton.


Our resuscitator was used twice.


The new pumper arrived in November and was tested near the Riverview Club in Mill River. It pumped well over its rated capacity and was immediately put in service. It is housed in the Williamsburg Station.


The tanker that was in Williamsburg was placed in the Haydenville Station.


We are building a water tank to put in the old Reo pumper. This will give us a total capacity of 2,100 gallons of water in the four pieces of apparatus. This is a big asset in areas where there is no water for firefight- ing.


We purchased one radio unit and are now tied in with the Hampshire County network. This is a help during emergencies as communications are vital. The North- ampton Fire Station serves as base headquarters.


The three schools were inspected as usual, and although no serious fire hazards seem to exist, sprinkler systems should be installed to protect the large investment the town has in these buildings.


We were called to five false alarms. This is a very serious offense and we are using all means possible to pre- vent further occurrences. Punishment to the fullest ex- tent of the law will be brought against anyone caught in this act.


HOWARD B. SANDERSON


Fire Chief


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Report of Visiting Nurse


JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 1961


RECEIPTS :


Nurse's collections


$431.50


Rental of card tables


6.00


437.50


EXPENDITURES :


Nurse's salary


$1,350.00


Less taxes withheld


167.00


1,183.00


Taxes forwarded to government


158.60


1,341.60


Less town appropriation


1,000.00


341.60


F.I.C.A. tax paid for nurse


39.00


Gas for nurse's car


158.60


Supplies for nurse's use


11.99


Postage


3.20


554.39


Expess of expenses over receipts


$116.89


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Director of Civil Defense


To the Citizens and to the Residents of the Town of Williamsburg :


As stated in the Town Report of 1959: "We have now emerged from the obsolete jet age to the missile era." Now, after two years, the Government, as of Jan. 1, 1962, officially recognizes the passing of the manned bomber. All operations have now been changed to conform with missile attack defense operational plans. From now on there will be no evacuation plans. It is now recognized that people in autmobiles would be under full radiological exposure while trying to get away from what, in auto- mobiles, cannot be gotten away from.


At present we have an operative staff of nine who have taken oath and were officially appointed by the Selectmen. These appointments have further been officially recorded in the office of the Town Clerk.


Our set-up includes the emergency use of a short-wave FM radio which would give very satisfactory service. However, this radio does not comply with Governmental requirements in regard to matching funds. Opportunity to put a full acceptable plan in operation will be offered the voters in a separate article in the annual warrant. Should funds not be provided for a salaried Director, re- quired equipment and schooling expenses for the staff, the Civil Defense program will have to continue on the stand- by basis as at present.


In any event, what is of prime importance in case of attack is survival. If attacked we will have fall-out in lethal amounts in all parts of this State. If we are to survive we will have to have shelter. Shelter in your own


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homes, or the nearest available building, or much better yet, a fall-out shelter, is imperative. Distance alone, within the shelter, from the ray source is of immense im- portance inversely as the square of the ratio of the dis- tance, from the source-point of an irradiated particle. However, no governmental information on this very im- portant distance factor has been found.


This distance factor is an exact law of physics and is readily understandable when we consider that if we are two feet from an irradiated particle we will have one- fourth the exposure as at one foot. At ten feet we would have 1/100 the exposure, while at 15 feet we would have 1/225 the radiation as at one foot distance.


Army Engineers are now surveying in towns which have caves and mines, on a mass shelter program basis. There is no plan whatever for those towns which do not have the natural facilities at the present time.


In some areas empty water containers are being dis- tributed, along with "cereal wafers"-just another name for good ( ?) old-fashioned Army hardtack. Your Direc- tor urges every citizen to set-up his own emergency rations on a family basis. The state is supposed to step in with supplies two weeks after an initial attack. The Government, so they say, will come to our rescue exactly four weeks after the attack. My good friends, don't de- pend on it. Don't depend on anything or anybody but your very own selves. If you have a shelter near you of any kind, get in it, and stay. If you don't have food in that shelter you are going to become very, very hungry- and worse.


There are, at present, no matching funds in Massachu- setts-the only such State in the Union. Nevertheless, you are going to be given the opportunity, by a separate article, to make it possible for this town to qualify in case the state becomes qualified. To qualify, not only will a salaried director have to be hired, but an office will have


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to be established, equipped and operated. Funds will have to be provided for staff members to go to schools through- out the nation. Drills will have to be participated in by staff members and other volunteers according to the latest received program which the Government has now declared obsolete ; but part of which will be incorporated in a new program.


As of this date there is no published plan available. A program, however, has been established, and an explana- tory manual is expected to be distributed within the next six months.


Should the CD article be voted down, it is hoped some one will volunteer for the directorship with the small amount of funds available. It is hoped the town will find it advisable, in case full participation is not provided, to appropriate a small amount in the budget, so that, as at present, all CD meetings will be attended and essential cooperation with Area Headquarters at Leeds may con- tinue.


Respectfully submitted,


CARL M. HEMENWAY Director


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