Town annual reports of officers and committees of the town of Heath, Massachusetts 1958, Part 2

Author: Heath (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1958
Publisher: [Heath, Mass : The Town]
Number of Pages: 88


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2


110


2075


Galipo & Lively


125


1250


Gersuny, Otto & Lisbeth


200


2


110


1500


Giard, David


204


2130


3250


Giard, J. Louis & Mildred B.


4


130


1950


Gilbert, Charles K.


1600


166


1850


5600


Gleason, Frank I.


681


780


2125


Gleason, Frank I., Earle M., F. Walter


238


2470


2500


Gregoire, Aldei C.


35


10


190


2200


Green, Gladys I.


112


20


Green, Grant Dixon, Elizabeth N.


121


1390


11,150


Hager, Albert & Sanford


140


1400


Hall, Lyle & Theresa


80


800


Hamilton, Charles E. & Helen L.


159


3/4


100


1550


Harris, Cathrine B.


35


350


Hartwell, Ernest & Mildred


200


100


1200


31


Hawthorne, Donald


50


Heath Historical Society


20


200


Heath Union Parsonage


100


1000


Henderson, Norman & Genevieve


240


2490


1900


Hicks, Clarence O.


300


20


290


2400


Hillman, John O. & Florence


266


2750


2225


Hillman, Smead A. & Evelyn I.


5


140


1100


Hillman, Wayne


32


320


Hosmer, Helen


10


10%


200


2000


Howe, Gardner


10


100


Hoxie, George & Cynthia


18


360


1850


Hulbert, Winifred


250


314


130


2450


Hurd, Howard


100


1090


2975


Hitchcock, Roger


100


Johnson, Jean H. R.


700


8


170


2500


Jones, Margaret S. & Dean H.


4


40


Joy, Jesse


40


2


110


1250


Kinsman, Anna R.


125


1340


2725


Kinsman, Ernest E.


12


100


1600


Kinsman, Francis S.


116


1160


50


Kirk, William


15


150


Kliphouse, John E. & Mildred R.


200


90


990


1650


Knott, David


22


310


400


Krasky, Andrew & Laura


50


76


850


1385


Landon, William G.


146


1550


3850


Landstrom, Oscar N.


158


1670


3050


Laramee, Lawrence L.


90


900


Leary, William D.


1


100


1075


Liese, Austin & Margaret


135


1440


1875


Liese, Austin Jr. & Annie


65


650


Linzee, John


2


110


2200


Lively, Claude


20


200


32


Lively, Mederic, Eleanor,


Frederic


174


1830


2750


Lively, Roland


161


1700


3200


Lively, Roderick


100


1000


Lively, Walter & Alexina


1%


110


100


Longridge, Lumber Co.


155


1550


Luippold, Charlotte


200


30


390


1650


Malone, Carol J.


33814


3500


3175


Madden, William I. & Lillian M.


50


90


900


400


Malone, Frances


17


170


Malone, Margaret B.


1000


20


290


3300


Mann, T. S. Lumber Co.


186


1860


Manson, John


80


890


2500


Martens, Charles


500


433


4690


5250


Martens, Charles & Letitia F.


60


600


Martin, Edgar & Florence


600


75


930


1400


Martin, Frank A.


109


1180


2425


Mathis, Ernest J.


100


1


100


800


Matyas, Edith


14


100


500


Meszaros, Stephen


74


830


3100


McCloud, Everett &


Marion


8


80


McGrath, Arthur F. Jr.


50


590


500


Morse, Gwendolyn J.


1000


433%


530


4000


Metelica, John &


Musiah, Frank B.


26


260


Newman, Mary & Janice


57


660


1900


New England Power Co. 60,796


New England Tel & Tel


5500


North Berkshire Elec. Co. 16,000


Pavel, Henry Herbert


230


2300


Pazmino, Luis, Eva, Unger,


Waldemann, & Emilie


150


1590


3600


Peon, Donald


621


720


3000


33


Peters, Leon N. & Phillippine


600


5


140


2700


Rainville, Rosalie


266


2750


2415


Rainville, Wilbert


600


Rice, Alfred & Lois


14


140


Rice, Francis & Evelyn


240


661


760


2500


Riddle, Ralph


500


100


1090


3000


Rivers, Albert G.


10


100


Robbins, Howard C. & Molly


1000


166


1760


3175


Royer, Andreas & Edith


45


21%


310


1050


Royer, Ernest & Helen & Bernard, Russel, & Teresa


35


350


400


Rouba, Jadwiga


500


Rush, Lewis E. & Ruth


40


400


Rubenstein, Frances D.


25


250


Ryan, Louise


180


1800


Saulnier, Roger & Dorothy


301


3190


3900


Sawyer, Maude


200


112


110


2000


Schmidt, Ethel & Timothy


300


146


1550


1675


Sessions, Richard, & Ellen


165


1740


3775


Sessions, Ralph & Dorothy


85


940


1950


Sheaffer, Geo. & Cecelia


200


512


150


1700


Shepherd, Edwin


112


1210


3400


Sherman, Mary


39


480


1100


Sherman, James


30


300


25


Sherman, James Jr.


50


15


240


500


Sherman, Elmer


60


Shippee, Arthur F.


200


50


590


500


Shippee, Edmund D. Jr. &


Shippee, Edmund D.


75


840


600


Smith, Ernest & Delia


300


66


750


1400


Smith, Gilbert &


Cobb, Vivian


97


1060


1550


Smith, Herbert E.


62


710


550


34


Smith, Marshall & Elizabeth


165


1740


2825


Smith, Newland H. & Martha E.


400


120


1290


2025


Stetson, Douglas & Beatrice


285


75


840


1175


Stetson, Flora


13


220


2300


Stetson, Frances & Julia


200


5


140


2900


Stetson, Herbert


1100


96


960


300


Stetson, Kenneth


30


390


2700


Storer, Emily L. &


Berkland Lydia


400


26


350


2300


Stowe, Edward


10


100


Strout, Richard


19


280


1000


Sumner, Ralph & Rachel


78


870


1850


Temple, John B. & Anderson, Esther


62


620


Temple, Earle H.


90


900


Temple, John B. et al


50


500


Terill, Harry & Ruth


1


100


1900


Thompson, Oscar


105


1140


2475


Thompson, Maurice & Mildred


60


600


Thompson, O. R. & H. H.


42


420


Trinity, Church of Boston 1000


130


420


3500


Tripp, Robert & Mable


49


490


500


Turner, Dora


150


334


130


500


Underwood, Clifford & William


2/10


100


1000


Varney, Clyde H.


2 1/3


120


1600


Vincent, Louis


106


1060


Volland, Arthur


138


1470


2550


Volland, Jack & Frances


8


80


Vreeland, Victor


163


1720


1400


Warriner, Winthrop


25


340


500


Weatherbee, Roger E. & Emily


1


100


1980


Weymouth, Clinton


100


42


510


400


Wheeler, Bertha E.


150


3


120


1000


Wieber, Richard & Margaret 100


17


260


1000


35


Wilbur, Benjamin & Nina Willey, Harry Wilson, J. Gilbert & Elizabeth


26


350


250


150


400


100


1090


2100


Wolf, William


300


55


640


2450


U. M. C. A.


169


1690


Assessed Value of Personal Estate


$ 109,930.


Assessed Value of Real Estate


464,095.


Total Valuation


$ 574,025.


Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed


150


Number of Horses Assessed


20


Number of Cows Assessed


22


Number of Neat Cattle Assessed


30


Number of Fowl Assessed


600


Number of Polls Assessed


101


Number of Automobiles Assessed


191


Automobile Excise Tax


$ 2,991.


Number of Acres Assessed


14,824


Tax Rate for 1958


Per Thousand


73.00


Assessed Valuation Farm Animal Excise Tax


$70,703.75


Tax Rate for 1958


Per Thousand


5.00


Respectfully submitted,


RALPH SUMNER


EARL GLEASON


DONALD FINCK


36


1


Report Of The Western Franklin Welfare District


The case load in the District has dropped off again this year. Monroe has no cases at the present. The increased need for nursing home care, hospital and other medical care has caused our payment to be higher.


The following is a statistical analysis of the District's acti- vities:


Number of Applications taken


16


Number of home visits made


185


Number of Office calls


37


Number of visits from State Area Representative


21


Number of days Auditor at office


5


Number of Welfare Association Meetings attended


2


Number of conferences attended


1


Number of visits not classified as home visits


41


Heath


OAA ADC


DA


GR


Case load Jan. 1, 1958


7


0


1 0


New cases


1


0


0


1


Cases closed


0


0


0


1


Case load Jan. 1, 1959


8


0


1


0


Cases denied


0


1


0


0


AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN


Town Appropriation $ 000.00


Federal Grant balance brought forward January 1, 1958 174.85


Cases


$ 000.00


Federal Grant balance carried forward


to January 1, 1959


174.85


$ 174.85 $ 174.85


37


DISABILITY ASSISTANCE


Town Appropriation


$


650.00


Federal Grant balance brought forward January 1, 1958


71.86


Federal Grants for 1958


503.15


1 case


$ 755.12


Credit balance to Town Appropriation 418.12


Federal Grant balance carried forward to January 1, 1959


51.77


$ 1,225.01


$ 1,225.01


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Town Appropriation


$ 5,000.00


Federal Grant balance brought forward


January 1, 1958


147.62


Federal Grants for 1958


3,455.35


7 cases


$ 7,684.68


Credit balance Town


Appropriation


540.22


Federal Grant balance carried forward to January 1, 1959


378.07


$ 8,602.97


$ 8,602.97


WELFARE


Town Appropriation


$ 500.00


1 case


$ 455.20


Credit balance Town


e


Appropriation


44.80


$ 500.00 $ 500.00


38


WESTERN FRANKLIN WELFARE DISTRICT


Budget 1959


Salary-Agent


$ 3,750.00


Clerk


2,700.00


Treasurer


150.00


Telephone


100.00


Travel


240.00


Bonding Treasurer


5.00


Postage


140.00


Supplies


50.00


Misc. Charges


125.00


Rent


300.00


Assessed share Franklin Co. Retirement


326.01


Medical Consultant Fee


120.00


Total


$ 8,006.01


Voted at the December 2, 1958 meeting that the towns assessed share would be $1,000 and the same percentages were to be used as in 1958.


Charlemont 42%


$ 420.00


Hawley


12%


120.00


Heath


16%


160.00


Monroe


14%


140.00


Rowe


16%


160.00


Balance brought forward from 1958


1400.28


Estimated amount to be received Federal


3700.00


State


2500.00


FINANCIAL REPORT


Balance brought forward from Dec. 31, 1957 $ 1,291.39


Town Appropriations: Charlemont 672.00


39


Hawley


192.00


Heath


256.00


Monroe


224.00


Rowe


256.00


Federal Grant Administration


District OAA


2,558.70


District ADC


814.10


District DA


240.55


State Administration


District ADC


542.74


District OAA


1,705.79


District DA


141.52


District GR


116.08


Withhold tax, Federal


904.80


County Retirement


316.44


Blue Cross and Blue Shield


50.10


Phyllis L. Heist, Agent


$ 3,750.00


Transportation


186.16


Edith B. Lynch, Clerk


2,580.00


Mary L. Carpenter, Treasurer


100.00


Bond for Treasurer


5.00


Supplies and Communications


323.69


Town of Charlemont - Rent


300.00


Assessed share - Franklin County Retirement


349.49


Withholding - Franklin County Retirement


316.44


Federal


904.80


Blue Cross and Blue Shield


50.10


Miscellaneous expenses


16.25


Credit balance carried forward to Jan. 1, 1959


1,400.28


$10,282.21


$10,282.21


Respectfully submitted,


PHYLLIS L, HEIST


Agent


40


I hereby certify the foregoing report to be a true statement of the financial transactions of the Western Franklin Welfare District for the year 1958.


Respectfully submitted,


MARY L. CARPENTER


Treasurer


Report Of The School And District Nurse


The Western Franklin Public Health District activities in- clude a generalized health service to folks of all ages in Charle- mont, Hawley, Heath and Rowe. The total number of visits in the District were 1,035.


In general, the health of the school children was better. No serious defects were found in the physical examinations. Any defects, not known to the parents, are reported to them. The need for dental care is still outstanding. Watch those permanent teeth! Extraction of these-due to long neglected cavities leaves a poor "bite". Regular, thorough brushing removes food particles and greatly helps to prevent decay.


Cold weather brings upper respiratory illnesses. How they spread in the schools! Early care pays off. A Thank You-to par- ents who keep sick pupils home. A and D Vitamins are available all the school year. They do help for better health.


Contagious diseases were less-but Heath School did have a run of Measles and in Rowe, a few cases.


41


Fewer pupils failed the Mass. Vision Test, given to each pupil. Failure, after retest, is reported to the parent. One little girl with new glasses said, "I like them-things are much nearer to me now!" Strabismus (cross eye) needs an eye specialist's attention when the child is small-untreated, it may lead to blindness later on.


With our new Pure Tone Audiometer, Mrs. Beda Langevin tested, individually, all pupils in the schools. The 3 with marked hearing loss have been checked by an ear specialist. A pre-school child-question deafness-the hearing test done-boy ok.


All pupils were weighed and measured. A guide to year around health.


Three Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Tetanus immu- nization clinics, for school and pre-school, were held this year. Pupils 11 years old and older had the Adult Diphtheria and Teta- nus shots. A few started late or were ill and did not complete the series-the family doctor would then carry on.


Number of children who completed immunization:


High School


3 shots - 27


Booster - 5


Hawlemont School


3 shots - 54


Booster - 74


Heath School


3 shots - 17


Booster - 20


Rowe School


3 shots - 3


Booster - 4


Pre-School


Charlemont


3 shots - 14


Booster - 22


Hawley


3 shots - 6


Booster - 9


Heath


3 shots - 1 Booster - 13


Rowe


3 shots - 1 Booster - 7


-


The Annual Well Child Conferences were held at the Hawle- mont School in July. Dr. M. B. Low was the examining Physician. Mrs. George Coombs was the nutritionist and Mrs. Robert Mc- Intosh, Jr. the dental hygienist. Dr. Low's "Well Child" record- ing is a great satisfaction to the mother. Abnormal conditions are referred to the family doctor. The attendance was: Charle- mont - 67, Hawley - 27, Heath - 30 and Rowe - 14.


42


A school child was stung on the tongue while eating fruit out of doors. Bee or hornet stings of the tongue can be fatal. They light on the fruit while the child is eating. Watch this for little tots and warn older children to look at each bite!


Home visits under New Born, Infant, Pre-school, School Home, Crippled Children and Adult Health were made-to aid toward good health and the correction of defects.


A Red Cross Modified Home Nursing course was given to the Senior and Junior High School Girls. They learned, by prac- ticing on each other, how to give care and comfort to a sick or helpless person in the home.


Adult Polio clinics, for the 4 Towns, were sponsored by the Heath and Rowe Granges. About 90 adults were immunized. Be wise-immunize! It was a fine community project.


To Greenfield Health Camp went 2 girls and 2 boys-from Charlemont, Hawley and Heath. One girl gained 7 lbs. and a boy 6! The Salvation Army helped with the expenses of this project.


May I thank the Teachers, in all the schools, for watching the health of their pupils so closely. They really do a fine job in giving First Aid or keeping an eye on a "not feeling well" child, resting on a cot. Most always I may be located to go to a school if an emergency arises.


It is truly a pleasure to work in such friendly Towns. We sincerely thank the many individuals and the organizations that have done so much to help make the health program of the Western Franklin Public Health District a success.


Respectfully submitted,


DOROTHY MOREHOUSE, R. N. District Nurse


43


WESTERN FRANKLIN PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT


Treasurer's Report


Receipts:


Balance brought forward Jan. 1, 1958


$ 527.03


Town of Charlemont


2,346.00


Town of Heath


920.00


Town of Hawley


782.00


Town of Rowe


552.00


Vitamin Capsules


71.75


Nursing Fees


126.75


Dental Fund


27.85


Withholding


544.80


Blue Cross & Blue Shield


12.75


Total


$ 5,910.93


Disbursements :


Nurse's Salary


$ 3,720.00


Nurse's Mileage


268.72


Phone Service


47.00


Supplies


36.51


Clinics


98.00


Vitamins


99.00


New England Tel. & Tel.


123.56


Office Rent


300.00


Treasurer's Salary


110.00


Treasurer's Bond


5.00


Withholding


544.80


Blue Cross & Blue Shield


12.75


$ 5,365.34


Balance carried forward to 1959


$ 545.59


Respectfully submitted,


MARY L. CARPENTER


Treasurer


44


Report Of Veterans' Agent


To the Selectmen of Heath:


Herewith is my fourteenth annual report as Director and Veterans' Agent for the Western Franklin Veterans' District.


Requests for Services during 1958 totalled 965. Thirty-nine boys registered for Selective Service and fifty-two veterans ap- plied for Medical and Hospital treatment. Compensation for war- service connected disability was applied for by eleven veterans. Assistance was given in connection with eighty-one applications for pensions by veterans with non-service total disabilities. Two hundred and thirteen requests were received for photostatic copies and we made one thousand two hundred and sixty-seven prints.


Forty new applications were taken for assistance under the provisions of Chapter 115. Thirty-eight families, a total of 95 people, received assistance under this law during the year, for a total expense of $24,927.61. We now have a total of thirty- two active cases.


We have folders for one thousand, seven hundred and sev- enty-nine veterans of all wars and have, in our card files the names, dates of birth and enlistment for all of these, together with the same for recent enlistments.


The total expense for administration of the District Office for the year was $5,689.22. This amount was divided among the ten Towns, in accordance with provisions of Chapter 599, of the Acts of 1946, in proportion to their assessed valuation.


The finest co-operation has been received from Mr. Edward A. O'Neil at the Veterans' Administration office in Greenfield and the other Veterans' Agents with whom we have had contacts.


The continued concern of the Town Representatives with the problems of the District is very encouraging and is much appreciated.


Respectfully submitted, ROBERT E. SCOTT


Director and Veterans' Agent


45


Treasurer's Report


To the inhabitants of the Town of Heath, for the year end- ing December 31, 1958.


Cash on hand, January 1, 1958


$ 15,969.78


From:


1954 personal tax


148.77


Interest 1954 personal tax


13.32


1954 auto excise tax


47.94


Interest 1954 auto excise tax


6.95


1955 personal tax


101.74


Interest 1955 personal tax


10.76


1955 real estate tax


512.22


Interest 1955 real estate tax


64.61


1955 auto excise tax


64.94


Interest 1955 auto excise tax


6.60


1956 personal tax


445.37


Interest 1956 personal tax


28.59


1956 real estate tax


2,417.05


Costs 1956 real estate tax


8.43


Interest 1956 real estate tax


143.04


1956 poll tax


6.00


Interest 1956 poll tax


.24


1956 auto excise tax


74.94


Interest 1956 auto excise tax


5.59


1957 personal tax


157.92


Interest 1957 personal tax


6.03


1957 real estate tax


5,959.17


Interest 1957 real estate tax


121.12


1957 auto excise tax


788.80


Interest 1957 auto excise tax


7.14


1957 farm excise tax


74.03


Interest 1957 farm excise tax


1.73


1957 poll tax


24.00


Interest 1957 poll tax


.45


46


1958 personal tax


7,361.86


1958 real estate tax


24,463.48


Interest 1958 real estate tax


20.07


1958 poll tax


102.00


1958 auto excise tax


1,659.71


1958 farm excise tax


246.62


Interest 1958 farm excise tax


.13


State Treas. for Chap. 90 Maintenance, 1957 acc't 1,500.00


County Treas. for Chap. 90 Maintenance, '57 acc't. 1,500.00


County Treas. for Chap. 90 Constr., '57 acc't 4,000.00


State Treas. for Chap. 90 Constr., '57 acc't 8,000.00


State Treas. for Chap. 81, '57 acc't 11,017.53


State Treas. for Chap. 81, '58 acc't


5,428.71


State Treas. for loss of taxes


475.98


State Treas. for income tax


11,085.00


State Treas. for corporations tax


1,890.00


Shelburne Falls National Bank, anticipation note


20,000.00


Returned dog fund 184.79


5.50


Redemption of tax title


617.77


Ladies Aid, rent of Community Hall


35.00


Young Adults, rent of Community Hall


5.00


Landstrom Reunion, rent of Community Hall


5.00


Thompson Reunion, rent of Community Hall 5.00


American Legion, rent of Community Hall


5.00


Reimbursement for Fire Department radio


44.75


Sealer of weights and measures


2.50


Travelers Insurance Co., payment of claim


2.52


State Treasurer, Meal tax


225.65


State Treas., reimbursement for cattle inspection


25.00


Dog license issued


127.50


Harry F. Terrill, road tar, etc.


44.70


Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, discount


2.41


County Treas., reimbursement for dog officer


58.00


Town of Deerfield for Welfare 455.20


Machinery earnings


5,397.97


Income tax school aid Chap. 70


6,821.01


Peddlers, etc. licenses


47


Aid to retarded children


22.50


Transportation of pupils


7,515.00


Vocational education


1,201.25


School superintendents


746.68


Western Franklin Welfare district postage


6.56


Welch fund for Library


253.00


Heath Grange, Hall rent


25.00


Gribbin fund for cemeteries


15.00


Walter Benson fund for cemeteries


6.55


Int. on deposit, Shelburne Falls Savings Bank


93.95


State Treasurer, O. A. A., Federal


3,455.35


State Treasurer, O. A. A., State


2,762.48


Disability Aid, State and Federal


566.98


Tax deductions receipts


2,694.56


Franklin County Retirement deductions


140.40


School Cafeteria Receipts


2,507.95


$152,051.84


Paid on Selectmen's warrants


114,794.27


$ 37,257.57


Check book balance


$ 32,421.49


Cash in office


1,352.37


Balance in Savings account


3,487.71


$ 37,257.57


Respectfully submitted,


OSCAR R. THOMPSON


Treasurer


Auditor's Report


I have checked and examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct.


Cash in town treasury January 1, 1959


$ 37,257.57


MRS. PHILIPPINE A. PETERS Auditor


48


Town Clerk's Report


VITAL STATISTICS Births


Feb. 12 Beverly Louise Dau. of Howard H. and Virginia D. (Cutter) Thompson


Apr. 23 Penny Ellen Dau. of Dana B. and Carol J. (Rogers) Malone


May 17 Bradley Arthur Son of Arthur E. and Arlene T. ( Meszaros ) Galipo


Aug. 3 Daphne Charisse Dau. of Russell M. and Barbara J. ( Matyas ) Hillman Oct. 29 Kristi Lynn Dau. of Kenneth A. and Dorothy J. (Lee) Stetson


Nov. 29 Robert Mcclellan Son of Richard P. and Rosemarie D. (Burdick) Stetson


Dec. 11 Jonathan Antoine Son of Frederic A. and Patricia A. (Gadbois ) Lively


Dec. 24 Andrew Trundy Son of Edwin A. and Janet S. (Leonard) Shepherd


Marriages


Date


Name


Residence


Mar. 9 George A. Stetson Norma L. Newton


Heath


Montague


Apr. 12 Merrill H. Antes Muriel A. Stetson


Conway Heath


Apr. 19 Raymond H. Boyden Janet G. Sessions


Conway Heath


49


Deaths


Date


Name


Yrs.


Mos.


Days


June 18


Austin A. Liese


70


7


14


Nov. 18


Charles K. Gilbert


80


3


12


Dec. 11


Elizabeth N. Green


48


4


23


Dec. 31


Florence L. Martin


59


6


25


HUNTING, FISHING, AND SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED


10 Resident Citizens' Fishing at $3.25


$ 32.50


31 Resident Citizens' Hunting at $3.25


100.75


24 Resident Citizens' Sporting at $5.25


127.00


8 Resident Citizens' Minor Fishing at $1.25


10.00


4 Resident Citizens' Women's Fishing at $2.25


9.00


3 Non-Resident Citizens' 3-Day Fishing at $2.75


8.25


2 Non-Resident Citizens' Hunting at $15.25


30.50


2 Duplicate Licenses at $.50


1.00


Paid Division of Fisheries and Game


$299.50


Fees retained


19.50


$319,00


$319.00


4 Resident Citizens' Sporting and Trapping-over 70 yrs .- Free


RETURN OF DOG LICENSES ISSUED-1958


26 Males at $2.00


$ 52.00


7 Females at $5.00


35.00


15 Spayed Females at $2.00


30.00


2 Kennel Licenses at $10.00


20.00


Clerk's Fees 50 at $.25


$ 12.50


Paid County Treasurer


124.50


$137.00


$137.00


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Librarian's Report


The circulation for the year was 1255. New books this year were largely for the juvenile shelves. There are adventure stories, arts and crafts and science books. Adult books include fiction and books on game cookery, crafts, and the Strategic Air Command.


To celebrate National Library Week, pupils at the Branch School participated in a poster contest. Three prizes were given in each room, totaling $5.25. Enthusiasm was high and the art excellent. An observance is being planned again for April.


State reading certificates are again available, and out- standing readers will be announced at graduation.


Our new storm windows are proving to be a fuel and heat saver.


Respectfully submitted, MRS. RUTH COREY


Librarian


Report Of Library Trust Funds


Hugh Maxwell fund to October, 1957


$ 1,014.35


F. E. Welch fund to January 1, 1959 1,101.82


Drawn from F. E. Welch fund for Library Building 253.00


Report Of Cemetery Trust Funds


Sarah H. Symonds fund to October 10, 1958 $ 60.12


Ellen N. Fiske fund to October 10, 1958 60.44


Lucy M. Gale fund to July, 1957 111.02


E. T. Chapin fund to October, 1958 161.50


Walter S. Benson fund to January, 1959 216.49


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Clifford J. Hager fund to October, 1958


120.44


Edward P. Dickinson fund to October, 1958 218.05 Chenery fund to July, 1957 524.51


Gribbin fund to October, 1958


1,053.75


Drawn from W. S. Benson fund $ 6.55


Drawn from Gribbin fund 15.00


Report Of Fire Department


During 1958, the Fire Department was called to nine chim- ney fires and one house fire. Charlemont Fire Department was called through Mutual Aid twice. Once at Herbert Stetson's house fire, March 17, 1958 and to a chimney fire at Francis Gali- po's December 13, 1958.


I want to thank the ladies for the wonderful job they have done with the red phones. I want to thank each and everyone for their fast response, fine cooperation and all the help I have received during the year 1958. I also want to thank Chief Frank Wells and all the Charlemont Firemen for their wonderful help they have given us for each call to Heath.


Respectfully submitted, HOWARD H. THOMPSON


Fire Chief


Forest Fire Warden's Report


Eighty-eight fire permits were granted during 1958. Due to the cooperation of the towns-people and the wet weather, we had no outdoor fires. I wish to thank everyone for making this a fire free year.


EARL M. GLEASON


Forest Fire Warden


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Mohawk Trail Regional School District Report


COMMITTEE


Russell C. Denison, Chairman


William Payson Stafford, Vice Chairman Robert J. Haeberle


John William Lawless


Bernard H. Shippee Dr. Charles Streeter


James H. Cromack


Malcolm P. Chattin


Lauriston D. Koonz


Erving S. Kendrick


Clayburn C. Rich


ยข Deceased


Town of Colrain


Town of Charlemont


Town of Buckland Town of Buckland Town of Buckland Town of Charlemont Town of Colrain Town of Heath Town of Shelburne Town of Shelburne Town of Hawley


APPOINTMENTS


Donald A. Fisher


Superintendent


Frederic P. Gray


Treasurer


Esther T. Anderson


Secretary


Donald T. Hillier


Attorney


Warren H. Ashley & Associates Architect


Dr. Herbert B. Bruner & Associates


Educational Consultants


ADVISORY COMMITTEE


Dr. Harold Toy


Town of Buckland


Harry L. Purinton


Town of Charlemont


Donald G. Shearer


Town of Colrain


F. Deane Carter


Town of Hawley


Frank I. Gleason


Parker R. Shaw


Town of Heath Town of Shelburne


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To the Towns in the Mohawk Trail Regional School District:


This is the third annual report of the Mohawk Trail Re- gional School Committee to the citizens of the six towns com- prising the district.


During the past year this Committee has been faced with numerous obstacles brought about by some voters of the Region who are not in agreement with your instructions to this school planning committee. At the annual town meeting of some of the member towns there will be an article to withdraw from the Mo- hawk Trail Regional School District. The majority of this com- mittee feels that withdrawing at this time would be premature.


Our proposed Operating Budget is set up with the assump- tion that the Committee will be planning for a new school for the Region. Because of the withdrawal of Buckland and Shelburne last February the Committee was unable to continue actively planning a new school. Therefore we have an unexpended bal- ance in our operating account which will enable the Committee to continue planning without additional appropriations from the member towns.




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