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Dwight Tuller
96.25
Quentin Weaver
329.00
Robert Cook
273.00
Archie Worden
12.00
Dexter Shearer
12.00
Steven Muka
8.75
375
170 00
.
62500
11.600.12 2/4/30 945882
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1965 CHAPTER 81 EXPENDITURES FOR THE TOWN OF LEYDEN
Greenfield Road
$ 416.40
Brattleboro Road
93.60
Frizzell Hill Road
764.63
North Bernardston Road
40.55
East Hill Road
380.10
East Hill Br. Road
208.87
Keets Brook Road
733.83
Paige Road
95.95
Alexander Road
376.00
County Road
1,084.55
Hunt Road
.00
W. S. Black Road
28.60
Eden Road
750.90
East Glen Road
404.50
Wilson Road
10.00
Gates Road
280.75
River Road
474.73
Lynde Mill Road
25.00
West Leyden Road
204.80
Bell Road
902.24
George Lamb Road
.00
Kately Hill Road
270.75
South Schoolhouse Road
234.05
Coates Road
105.70
Brooks Road
45.40
Snow
2,422.54
Calcium Chloride
511.00
Culverts
.00
Salt
.00
Stockpile
705.68
Signs
28.00
Total
$ 11,599.12
Allotments :
State
$ 11,000.00
Town
600.00
Total
$ 11,600.00
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Edward Franklin Alphonse Marshall James L. Senn Steven Siciak Aubrey Rice
15.00
88.00
80.75
234.00
H. V. Campbell
144.00
The Chemical Corp., salt
317.41
The Chemical Corp., chloride
612.00
Northfield Washed Sand and Gravel Co.
270.36
Wirthmore Stores Inc., chloride
30.00
Northeastern Culvert Co.
73.73
Lake Asphalt and Petroleum Co.
34.13
Leon Fisk
129.75
Herman Severance
7.50
Norman Flagg
28.50
Raymond Noyes
7.50
Machinery earnings
2,870.00
$ 11,000.12 600
HIGHWAY CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
State
$ 1,000.00
County
1,000.00
Town
1,000.00
$ 3,000.00
John F. Wells, supt.
$ 214.70
Ernest F. Brooks
269.50
Edgar Collis
311.50
Quentin Weaver
211.75
Robert Cook
35.00
Machinery earnings
627.15
Lake Asphalt and Petroleum Co.
1,059.60
Clinton Stafford
166.00
Ormond, Whipple and Ormond
104.80
$ 3,000.00
HIGHWAY CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION 1963
Balance January 1, 1965
$ 2,660.39
John F. Wells, supt.
$ 210.90
Ernest F. Brooks
168.00
Edgar Collis
154.00
Dwight Tuller
14.00
10
81.00
Quentin Weaver
154.00
Robert Cook
58.39
Machinery earnings
236.50
Lake Asphalt and Petroleum Co.
607.60
Raymond Noyes
10.20
Leon Fisk
61.70
Town of Guilford
39.60
James Senn
204.00
Aubrey Rice
405.00
Clinton Stafford
118.00
Earl Elwell
149.50
Edgar Collis, chain saw
34.50
Quentin Weaver, chain saw
$
2,660.39
5
HIGHWAY CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION 1964
Balance January 1, 1965
$ 3,452.60
John F. Wells, supt.
$ 393.30
Ernest F. Brooks
362.25
Edgar Collis
285.25
Robert Cook
138.25
Shanahan Trucking Co.
147.00
Northfield Washed Sand and Gravel Co.
604.03
Northeast Culvert Co.
123.17
J. L. Dunnell and Son
4.05
Steven Siciak
65.00
Mackin Construction Co.
665.00
Machinery earnings
579.80
Ernest Brooks, chain saw
12.00
Edgar Collis, chain saw
73.50
$ 3,452.60
HIGHWAY CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION 1965
Appropriation
State
$ 7,200.00
County
3,600.00
Town
3,600.00
$ 14,400.00
John F. Wells, supt.
$ 581.40
Ernest F. Brooks
525.00
Edgar Collis
428.75
Quentin Weaver
38.50
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1
34.50
Robert Cook Machinery earnings
2,133.35
New England Culvert Co.
1,576.58
Steven Siciak
1,326.00
Mackin Construction Co.
2,121.00
Edgar Collis, chain saw
25.50
25.50
Quentin Weaver, chain saw Russell Denison Ray Robertson
475.04
107.75
-$
9,556.48
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
1,500.00 $
John F. Wells
$ 127.30
Ernest F. Brooks
105.00
Edgar Collis
117.25
Quentin Weaver
17.50
Northfield Washed Sand & Gravel Co.
213.62
The Chemical Corp.
240.21
J. L. Dunnell and Son
6.30
Robert Cook
14.00
841.18
BRIDGES
$
300.00
John F. Wells
$ 22.80
Ernest F. Brooks
21.00
Edgar Collis
28.00
Quentin Weaver
14.00
Clark Hardware Co.
5.96
Denison Lumber Co.
114.50
-$
206.26
RAILING
Appropriation
$ 100.00
Expended
0.00
VACATION PAY
Appropriation
$ 220.00
John F. Wells
$ 76.00
Ernest F. Brooks
70.00
Edgar Collis
70.00
$
216.00
12
V
177.86
-- $
Appropriation
14.25
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Packard, Sawyer, Watters and Bell
$
500.00
$ 500.00
MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$ 3,500.00
Appropriated from machinery account
4,500.00
Reserve fund
53.91
$ 8,053.21
Gulf Oil Corp.
$ 893.39
Corsiglia Oil Co.
49.79
Sun Oil Co.
353.38
Phillips Petroleum Co.
259.16
Barton's Garage
1,432.77
Henry A. Glabach
1,109.29
Perkins Machinery Co.
2,002.43
Harold B. Allen Inc.
10.04
Bernardston Auto Exchange
260.64
American Lubricant Co.
146.68
Agawam Tool Co.
213.69
Construction Equipment Co.
218.20
Art's Tire Service
374.74
D. R. Cote Co.
4.02
All City Steel Co.
224.04
Wilfred Smith Estate
175.90
Stimson and Son Inc.
313.05
Registry of Motor Vehicles
12.00
$ 8,053.21
FIRE DEPARTMENT
:
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Henry Glabach
$ 55.18
Corsiglia Oil Co.
133.26
New England Tel. and Tel. Co.
141.60
Charles H. Clougherty Co.
55.50
Tri-State Mutual Aid
10.00
Edmond F. Tetreault
24.00
Maxim Motor Co.
13.89
$ 433.43
5h 6-4
13
37805
Appropriation Reserve fund
Stinson and Son Inc.
$ 575.00
16.43
$ 591.43
$ 591.43
$
591.43
PRINTING
Appropriation Enterprise and Journal E. A. Hall and Co. Mercantile Printing
$ 400.00
$ 350.00
44.05
5.90
-$
399.95
MEMORIAL DAY
$
30.00
$
11.70
4
-$
11.70
BOARD OF HEALTH
$
75.00
Appropriation Dr. William R. Buchanan
$ 50.00
$
V 50.00
INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERING
Appropriation
$
50.00
Earl A. Brooks
$ 50.00
$
50.00
INSPECTION OF BARNS AND ANIMALS
Appropriation
$ 50.00
Charles B. Glabach
$ 50.00
$
50.00
TREE WARDEN AND DUTCH ELM DISEASE
Appropriation
Tree Warden Dutch Elm Disease
$ 100.00
200.00 27.00
Reserve fund
327.00
-
Appropriation F. H. Brown Co.
FIRE INSURANCE
14
Arthur Beaudoin Donald Baker Richard Canedy Gerald Kennedy Edwin Damon, Jr.
$ 243.00
7.00
47.00
12.00
18.00
$
327.00
GYPSY MOTH
Appropriation
$ 50.00
Expended
0.00
VETERANS' AID
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Expended
0.00
BEAVER MEADOW CEMETERY
Appropriation
$ 100.00
Austin Dobias
$ -100.00
-$ 100.00
1
EAST HILL CEMETERY
Appropriation
$ 50.00
Louis J. Black
$ 50.00
$
50.00
TOWN HALL WATER
Appropriation from free cash $ 3,000.00 156.44
Reserve fund
32% 3 6
$ 3,156.44
E. H. Hartley
2/9
$ 1,469.65
C. F. Reum
317.36
Arthur Beaudoin
10.00
Shanahan Fuel Co.
1,359.43
$ 3,156.44
BUILDING MAINTENANCE
Appropriation Wilhelm Glabach
X
$ 200.00
$ 56.00
$ 56.00 2
15
:
9827082
156.44
4
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NOTES AND INTEREST
Appropriation Appropriation from machinery account
$ 2,050.00 2,500.00
$ 4,550.00
Franklin County Trust Co.
School notes
$ 1,500.00
Interest on school notes
195.00
Interest on temporary loans
139.25
Truck note
1,500.00
Interest on truck note
90.00
Tractor note
1,000.00
Interest on tractor note
90.00
Director of Accounts
4.00
3 7 5
LIBRARY
Appropriation
$ 250.00
Appropriation from State Library Fund
250.00
Library Fund
46.46
Charles M. Davenport Book Fund
25.00
Doris Glabach
63.00
Rose Koshinsky
0 202.00
Katherine Ainsworth
9.00
Edith Snow
16.13
Richard Brooks
8.41
Harold Johnson
20.00
Rural Gas Service
105.29
Western Mass. Electric Co.
14,00
Grossett & Dunlop Inc.
18 78
Follett Library Book Co.
34.43
DemCo.
4.50
Barrett and Baker
22.40
H. W. Wilson Co.
18.00
American Library and Educational Service Co. 7.78
$ 552.72
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Balance January 1, 1965 Expended
$
141.50 0.00
16
126.44 1
50
5
6
327.54
22518
2
1
5
2638 9 50 23 61 900.00
$ 571.46
7245
$ 4,518.25
39,00-
20.00
195.00 90 90
319.95
John Staiger
PIONEER VALLEY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Appropriation Treas. Pioneer Valley Regional School District
$ 21,980.72
$ 21,980.72
ATHOL-FRANKLIN
VOCATIONAL REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Appropriation from free cash
$ 45.00
Reserve fund
.42
$ 45.42
Treas. Athol-Franklin Vocational Regional
School District
$ 45.42 1
ATHLETIC FIELD
Appropriation
$ 200.00
Clark Hardware Co.
X
$ 16.00
$
16.00
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Franklin County Selectmen's Assoc.
$
6.00
Mass. Selectmen's Assoc.
12.00
2.6
Mass. Town Clerk's Assoc.
8.00
Western Mass. Town Clerk's Assoc.
2.00
Mass. Assessor's Assoc.
9.00
Mass. Collector's and Treasurer's Assoc.
4.00
Hobbs and Warren Inc.
77.45
Barrett and Baker
26.30
Western Mass. Electric Co.
/126.44
Registry of Deeds
40.80
Stimson and Son Inc.
87.00
Ann Zimmerman
24.65
H. V. Campbell
65.80
George E. Howes
20.98
Philip Koshinsky
15.00
Arthur Dobias
3.00
Roy A. Hine
5.00
Spencer C. Howes
V 25.00
Henry A. Glabach
100.00
Wilhelm Glabach
25.50
Elihu Osgood
-18.14
10.00
Lawrence Lively
¥10.00
3 4
17
3. 44
46,25
1
2 98
8200
3
0
0
2
5
2
:
250
Tracy R. Burdick Greenfield Recorder Levy and Winer Mercantile Printing Shanahan Fuel Co.
19.50
23.61
35.00
5.90
50.21
$
846.28
WELFARE
Appropriation Expended
$ 500.00 0.00
U. S. GRANT AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Balance January 1, 1965 Received 1965
$ 1,499.00
602.50
$ 2,101.50
Expended
$
-
993.95
Balance December 31, 1965
1,107.55
$
2,101.50
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation Expended
$ 1,000.00
U. S. GRANT OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Balance January 1, 1965
$ 2,492.38
Received 1965
1,019.97
$ 3,512.35
Expended
$ 1,226.08
Balance December 31, 1965
2,286.27 $ 3,512.35
MEDICAL AID TO AGED
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00 1,000.00
Expended
U. S. GRANT MEDICAL AID TO AGED
Balance January 1, 1965 $ 1,061.70
Received 1965 626.34
$ 1,688.04
18020
18
30495
2 33
1
222616
$ 1,000.00
Expended Balance December 31, 1965
0
$ 683.25 1,004.79 $ 1,688.04
FEDERAL DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Balance January 1, 1965 Expended
$ 112.50
0.00
ADMINISTRATION WELFARE DISTRICT
Appropriation
$ 254.50
U. S. Grant for administration
50.00
$ 304.50
Northern Franklin Welfare District $ 304.50
$ 304.50
ALL OTHER
Treasurer of Franklin County
2,682.42
County Tax Dog Licenses
2 186.75
County Retirement System
Assessment
677.00
Withheld from employees
604.70
Director of Internal Revenue
2,082.80
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State recreation areas
197.91
Motor vehicle excise tax
1
32.55
State assessment system Withholding tax
187.60
Town of Leyden, collecting state tax
5.59
Franklin County Trust Co., temp. loans
10,000.00
George E. Howes, tax charges
80.00
Treas. Beaver Meadow Cemetery
/16.76
Treas. South Cemetery
V
89.38
0
50.00
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Tax refunds
Arthur Beaudoin
4.60
81,61
Charles B. Glabach
137.50
Wayne Fisher
.50
Joseph Muka
4.50
Donald Snow
11.55
Russell Gray
17.80
William Fritz
10.10
Charles B. Glabach
9.90
Spencer C. Howes
2.31
Arthur Dobias
13.75
Roger Hutchinson
6.60
$ 17,112.57
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation from overlay surplus
$ 450.00
Transferred to Town Hall
$ 156.44
Transferred to Fire Insurance
16.43
Transferred to Highway Chap. 81
.12
Transferred to Machinery Account
53.21
Transferred to Tree Warden and Dutch Elm
27.00
Transferred to Vocational School District
.42
-$
253.62
Respectfully submitted,
ROY A. HINE HUGH L. SLOANE
ARTHUR J. DOBIAS
Selectmen of Leyden
Audited January 26, 1966 HANNAH E. ORR
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SELECTMEN'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1966
Town Officers
$ 2,300.00
Welfare
500.00
Old Age Assistance
500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
500.00
Medical Aid to Aged
2,000.00
Snow Removal
1,500.00
Bridges
300.00
Railing
100.00
Highway Chap. 81
600.00
Highway Chap. 90 Construction
3,600.00
Highway Chap. 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
Gypsy Moth
80.00
Board of Health
75.00
Dutch Elm Disease
200.00
Library
500.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
50.00
Inspection of Barns and Animals
50.00
Fire Insurance
575.00
Tree Warden
100.00
Fire Department
500.00
Miscellaneous Account
1,000.00
Notes and Interest
4,500.00
Printing
500.00
Machinery Account
5,000.00
Memorial Day
30.00
Maintenance of Town Buildings
200.00
Pioneer Valley Regional School
23,640.97
Athol-Franklin Vocational Regional School
302.67
Schools
23,337.00
$ 73,540.64
A THANK YOU ! !
To the Voters:
As I am retiring this year from the Board of Selectmen, I desire to ack- nowledge the assistance and pleasant relations I have had in the past in trying to make Leyden a fine place in which to live and bring up the future generation.
I shall no doubt miss the relationship I have had and I shall retain many happy recollections, and shall be happy to render whatever assistance I can offer in the future.
Roy A. Hine
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Town Clerk's Report
Vital Statistics BIRTHS
January
13
March
13
November 19
Luann Joan Canedy Kip James Rumens David Francis Brown
MARRIAGES
January 12 George E. Smith and Olive Carey Sage
May
15 Donald R. Snow and Ruth E. Wood
May
22 Don Westley Maynard and Eleanor M. Chapin
June 10 Robert Berthiaume and Janice A. Flagg
October 30
Gerald N. Kennedy and Julia (Bates) Trombley
DEATHS
April 7
Gertrude Bolton
April 26
John Sigfrid Johnson
May
17 Gertrude B. Crouch
June
13 Mildred Helen Barton
July
7 Malcolm Vern Bailey
September 15 John Henry Wilder
REPORT OF DOGS LICENSED
46 males at $2.00
$ 92.00
10 females at $5.00
50.00
28 spayed females at $2.00
56.00
1 kennel at $10.00
10.00
$ 208.00
Paid Town Treasurer
$ 186.75
Fees retained 85 at $.25
21.25
208.00 $
REPORT OF HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES
22 Resident Citizen Fishing at $4.25 $ 93.50
43 Resident Citizen Hunting at $4.25 182.75
28 Resident Citizen Sporting at $7.25 203.00
6 Resident Citizen Minor Fishing at $2.25 13.50
7 Resident Citizen Female Fishing at $3.25
22.75
1 Duplicate at $.50
.50
7 Resident Citizen Sporting FREE
$
516.00
Paid Division of Fisheries and Game $ 489.50
Fees retained 106 at $.25 26.50
$ 516.00
ANN M. ZIMMERMAN
Town Clerk
Audited Jan. 17, 1966 HANNAH E. ORR
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Report of Tax Collector December 31, 1965
Collected
Uncollected Interest Demand
Abated
Refunds
1960
$34.00
1961
291.20
1962
$
90.35
525.40
8.75
2.00
1963
2,358.97
972.00
155.95
8.00
1964
9,405.97
1,791.50
190.88
6.00
1965
36,755.43
8,840.62
17.43
2,312.75
138.00
1961 Poll
4.00
1962 Poll
2.00
4.00
.19
.35
1963 Poll
2.00
16.00
.11
.35
1960 Motor Vehicle Excise
1961 Motor Vehicle Excise
1962 Motor Vehicle Excise
8.43
109.26
12.58
9.00
1964 Motor Vehicle Excise
1,268.32
228.96
33.16
41.00
84.87
2.31
1965 Motor Vehicle Excise
2,975.80
1,357.76
455.93
82.10
1962 Farm Excise
26.00
2.46
1.00
1963 Farm Excise
95.00
3.00
6.23
2.00
1964 Farm Excise
114.75
9.50
2.00
2.00
1965 Farm Excise
522.50
388.50
TOTALS
$ 53,814.20
$14,758.01
$429.74
$71.70
$2,853.55
$222.41
Paid to Treasurer - $54,315.64
758.25
GEORGE E. HOWES, Tax Collector
Audited January 18, 1966 HANNAH E. ORR
7
66.00
1963 Motor Vehicle Excise
188.68
106.27
444123
7582
:
4861072
10.04
23
Tax
Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS
Balance January 1, 1965
$ 39,521.37
Barstow Fund
161.48
208,24
Davenport Fund
46.76
Davenport Library Book Fund
25.00
Library Fund
46.46
Quintus Allen Legacy
700.00
Dog money returned by County
127.20
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Supt. of schools
540.01
Transportation
3,366.75
Vocational Education
289.00
Income Tax, Chap. 70, Part 1
7,388.32
Income Tax
1,550.00
182467
Income Tax, Chap. 660, Acts 1963
274.67
School Loan
1,182.46
Reimbursement loss of taxes
-126.40
Corporation Tax, business
1,925.00
Meal Tax
131.62
Medical aid to aged
416.15
Aid to dependent children
181.05
Administration MAA
5.00
Administration OAA"
5.00
Administration ADC
2.50
Highways, Chap. 81, 1965
9,921.82
Highways, Chap. 81, 1964 balance
298.86
53455
5,320.25 Highways, Chap. 90 ℃, 1963 1,748.86 School lunch 850.42 Inspection of Barns 25.00 Library Fund 400.00 -Veterans' Service 544.15 1375523 County of Franklin Highways, Chap. 90 C, 1964 Highways, Chap. 90-G, 1963 2,660.12 874.43 3534.55. 24 10220.68 >069.11 353455 Im CAS U. S. Grant Medical aid to aged Aid to dependent children 626.34 602.50 Old age assistance 1,019.97 Administration O.A.A. 11.49 0600 Administration A.D.C. 2.00 Administration M.A.A. 11.51 Girl Scout Council License 50 Sale of school stoves 25.00 Sale of Town Hall furnace 1.00 Gunsmith's license 5.00 2 ammunition licenses 10.00 -6 pistol permits ... 12.00 Quentin Weaver, machinery fund 6.00 Kenneth Barton, machinery fund 6.00 Rent of Town Hall 10.00 Machinery earnings 6,446.80 Sale of Leyden histories 19.50 Interest South Cemetery funds 89.38 Interest Beaver Meadow Cemetery funds 16.76 Sealer of Weights and Measures 10.40 Franklin County Trust Co., temporary loans 10,000.00 School lunch program 1,954.10 Town Clerk, dog licenses 186.75 County Retirement 604.70 Federal withholding tax 2,082.80 State withholding tax 193.19 Collecting state withholding 5.59 George V. Corsiglia Inc., refund 8.53 Library fines 12.41 Interest 1962 tax 11.40 Interest 1963 tax 174.87 Interest 1964 tax 226.04 $29.74 Interest 1965 tax 17.43 Charges 1962 tax 3.35T Charges 1963 tax 19.35 7170 Charges 1964 tax 49.00 William Fritz, refund 10,10 $105,147.87 €45880 4 25 TAXES 1962 real estate tax 90.35 1963 real estate tax 2,037.67 1964 real estate tax 8,692.00 1965 real estate tax 29,632.93 1963 personal tax 321.30 1964 personal tax 713.97 1965 personal tax 7,122.50 1962 poll tax 2.00 1963 poll tax 2.00 1962 farm excise tax 26.00 1963 farm excise tax 95.00 1964 farm excise tax 114.75 1965 farm excise tax 522.50 1962 motor excise tax 8.43 1963 motor excise tax 188.68 1964 motor excise tax 1,268.32 1965 motor excise tax 2,975.80 4.44123 $ 53,814.20 $158,962.07 EXPENDITURES Selectmen's warrants $75,956.21 School committee warrants 20,672.28 School lunch warrants 2,160.74 Pioneer Valley Regional School 21,980.72 Balance December 31, 1965 38,192.12 $158,962.07 HAROLD V. CAMPBELL Town Treasurer Audited January 18, 1966 HANNAH E. ORR 26 ASSESSORS' REPORT TABLE OF AGGREGATES NUMBER OF PERSONS ASSESSED Individuals All others Total On both Personal and Real Estate 32 1 33 On Personal Estate only 2 2 4 On Real Estate Only 131 10 141 Total Number of Persons Assessed 178 VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE Stock in Trade $ 700.00 Machinery Live Stock 3,050.00 (Do not include value of farm animals 5,800.00 All other tangible personal property 61,300.00 Total value of assessed personal estate $ 70,850.00 VALUE OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE Land exclusive of buildings $174,030.00 Buildings exclusive of land 189,400.00 Total value of assessed real estate $363,430.00 TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE $434,280.00 TAX RATE PER $1,000 - $110.00 TAXES FOR STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY OR TOWN PURPOSES, INCLUDING OVERLAY On Personal Estate (Item 10 x Item 15) (Do not include farm animal excise) $ 7,793.50 On real estate (Item 13 x Item 15) 39,977.30 Total taxes assessed $47,770.80 27 : NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK ESTIMATED UNDER SECTION 36, CHAPTER 59 Farm animals General Assessed $5 excise 16 2 Horses (1 year old, or over) Neat Cattle: (1 year old, or over) Cows (Milch) 9 553 Bulls, Oxen, Yearlings: steers, heifers 8 Swine (6 months old, or over) 5 Sheep (6 month old, or over) 12 Fowl All other NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND ASSESSED 12,050 NUMBER OF DWELLING HOUSES ASSESSED 103 Respectfully submitted, WILHELM C. GLABACH PHILIP T. KOSHINSKY DONALD C. HERRON Board of Assessors January 26, 1966 28 Report of State Audit - Board of Selectmen Leyden, Massachusetts Gentlemen : This is to certify that the books and accounts of the town of Leyden were audited by the Bureau of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, as of October 26, 1965, at which time they were found to be correct with all funds properly accounted for. A detailed report of the audit will be forwarded as soon as pos- sible. The detailed audit report will contain a recommendation that the tax collector obtain a prompt settlement of the delinquent tax and excise accounts. Very truly yours, WILLIAM SCHWARTZ Assistant Chief of Bureau WS:mdg cc: Town Clerk = 29 Report of Northern Franklin Welfare District To: Leyden Board of Public Welfare From: L. R. Stark, Director, Northern Franklin Welfare District Subject: Annual report on Public Assistance for 1965 During the year 1965 the District Welfare Office in Bernardston continued to administer Public Assistance for the Leyden Board of Public Welfare. Leyden's share of this cost was $304.50. There was no general cost of living increase in grants during the year but all Old Age Assistance grants were increased $5.50 per month for leisure time activities. Hospital and Nursing Home rates again were increased. Federal participation is $54.00 per month in Old Age Assistance, $46.50 per month in Disability Assistance, $20.50 per person in Aid to Families with Dependent Children and 50% of the cost in Medical Assistance for the Aged. The State also reimbur- ses a part of the cost in all categories. A total of five cases were being aided at the beginning of the year with eight on the rolls at the end of 1965. Total assistance payments were about $1,000.00 higher than in 1964. Old Age Assistance, Medical Assistance for the Aged and Aid to Families with Dependent Children were higher. No payments were made in Disability Assistance or General Relief. There were no appeals during the year. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Minimum grants were increased to $71.50 per month for recipi- ents living with relatives and $91.50 per month for all others without other resources. The highest regular payment during the year was $89.00 per month plus medical needs. There were two persons on the rolls for the entire year with total regular grant payment of $171.00 per month at the end of 1965. Additional payments for medical needs averaged about $22.00 per month. Assistance payments were about $100.00 higher than the previous year. No new applications were received during the year. No cases were closed. 30 AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN One case involving one child was aided throughout the year and two cases with four children were added during the year. One of these has been closed leaving two cases with four children on the rolls at the end of 1965. Costs were some $500.00 higher than the previous year. DISABILITY ASSISTANCE No assistance in this category was given during the year. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE AGED Two persons were being aided at the beginning of the year. Two additional persons were added during the year leaving four on the rolls at the end of 1965 one of which is in a nursing home. Costs were about $400.00 higher than the previous year. GENERAL RELIEF No assistance was given in this category in 1965. 31 WELFARE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES 1965 AVAILABLE FUNDS DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS Cate- gory Town Approp. Prev. Balance Federal Reim. 1965 Total Available Total Funds Payments Balance Unused Receipts Federal State Net Leyden Cost M.A.A. 1,000.00 1,061.70 626.34 2,688.04 1,683.25 1,004.79 644.14 416.15 622.96 A.F.D.C. 0 1,499.00 602.50 2,101.50 993.95 1,107.55 684.50 285.79 23.66 D.A. 0 112.50 0 112.50 0 112.50 0 0 0 G.R. 500.00 0 0 500.00 0 500.00 0 0 0 Adm. 254.50 50.82 25.00 330.32 304.50 25.82 25.00 12.50 267.00 Total $2,754.50 $5,216.40 $2,273.81 $10,244.71 $5,207.78 $5,036.93 $2,481.61 $714.44 $2,011.73 O.A.A. 1,000.00 $2,492.38 $1,019.97 $4,512.35 $2,226.08 $2,286.27 $1,127.97 0 $1,098.11 32 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT TOWN OF LEYDEN 1965 SCHOOL ORGANIZATION FOR 1965 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Harold Johnson, Chairman Edith Fisher, Secretary Doris Glabach Term expires 1968 Term expires 1966 Term expires 1967 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS F. Sumner Turner Dartmouth A. B. - Harvard M.Ed. Boston University - University of Massachusetts Office, Pioneer Valley Regional School - Tel. 498-2757 Office Hours School days 8:30 A.M. to 4 P.M. School vacations 8 A.M. to 3 P.M. SCHOOL PHYSICIAN William Buchanan, M.D. Greenfield, Mass. SCHOOL NURSE Mrs. Jeanne Field, R.N. Bernardston, Mass. 33 : SCHOOL CALENDAR Schools open January 3, 1966 Schools open February 28, 1966 Schools open April 20, 1966 Schools open September 7, 1966 Schools open November 28, 1966 Schools open January 3, 1967 Close February 18, 1966 Close April 15, 1966 Close June 17, 1966 Close November 23, 1966 Close December 23, 1966 Close February 17, 1967 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and Citizens of Leyden : I am pleased to present herewith my eighteenth annual report dealing with the progress made in the public schools in the year 1965. This report covers the 194th year of the public education in the Town of Leyden. At the request of the selectmen only the statistical part of the report is printed here. The other reports will be duplicated and distri- buted before town meeting. SCHOOL ENROLLMENT As of December 1, 1965 the enrollment was as follows: Mrs. Ida Wright Miss Pearl Rhodes Grade 1 9 Grade 3 11 Grade 2 17 Grade 4 8 Grade 5 11 Total 26 Grade 6 5 Total 35 Pioneer Valley Regional School, Grades 7-12 Total Registration 1964 - 92 Total Registration 1965 - 101 It is reported that the incoming grade one will be 10. With only five in grade eight to leave in June our problem will be even greater than at present. This will require constant surveillance. Every possible solution must be carefully studied. 34 FINANCES During 1965 the cost of public education in the Town of Leyden was $20,672.28 and Leyden's share of the Pioneer Valley Regional School operational costs was $23,384.66 making a total of $44,056.94. The reimbursements paid to the Town of Leyden were $12,088.82 and Leyden's share of the reimbursements paid to the Pioneer Valley Re- gional School was $4,744.66 making a total of $16,832.88. This leaves a net cost of $27,223.46. The Town of Leyden is educating 102 pupils during the year 1965. This makes a per pupil cost of $266.90. Analy- zing costs of 1964 in the same fashion the per pupil cost was $277.26. The reimbursements for the year 1966 as estimated follow: Chapter 70 $7,388.32 Superintendent's Salary & Travel Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.