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5.05
Transferred to Vacation Pay
24.00
Transferred to Bridges
53.10
Transferred to Workmen's Compensation
2.78
Transferred to Machinery Account
133.68
Transferred to Board of Health
25.00
Transferred to Library
58.68
-$
304.72
Respectfully submitted,
CASPER P. ZIMMERMAN
ARTHUR J. DOBIAS
ROY A. HINE
Selectmen of Leyden
Audited January 15, 1964
HANNAH E. ORR
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24 32756
22 020.00 23/07. 56
SELECTMEN'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1964 .
Town Officers
$ 2,185.00
Welfare
500.00
Old Age Assistance
1,000.00:
Medical Aid to Aged
1,000.00
Snow Removal
1,500.00
Bridges
200.00 v
Railing
100.00
0
Highway Chapter 81
600.00
Highway Chapter 90 Construction
3,600.00
Highway Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
Gypsy Moth
50.00-
Board of Health
75.00 V
Dutch Elm Disease
250.00 v
Library
400.00 V
Inspection of Slaughtering
100.00 V
Inspection of Barns and Animals
50.00
Fire Insurance
550.00 ¥
Tree Warden
100.00 ¥
Fire Department
1,000.00 Y
Notes and Interest
3,600.00
Printing
450.00 -
Machinery Account
5,000.00
Memorial Day
30.00
Maintenance of Town Buildings
400.00
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6- 22020,00
Fallen 800.
1963 CHAPTER 81 EXPENDITURES
1. Greenfield Road
$ 961.97
2. Brattleboro Road
208.16
3. Frizzell Hill Road 245.13
4. North Bernardston Road
11.70
5. East Hill Road
439.60
6. East Hill Br. Road
48.50
7. Keets Brook Road
436.03
8. Paige Road
19.90
9. Alexander Road
247.41
10. County Road
1,059.95
11. Hunt Road
10.00
12. W. S. Black Road
16.70
13. Eden Road
1,222.88
14. East Glen Road
436.41
24,527.56
800
23 $27.56 2.2020
800
1.00 9.10
12
Pioneer Valley Regional School
24,327.562
Schools
21,020.00
500.00 -7
Miscellaneous Account
500
$ 69,587.56
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15. Wilson Road
50.00
16. Gates Road
235.20
17. River Road
524.31
18. Lynde Mill Road
0.00
19. West Leyden Road
479.27
20. Bell Road
195.50
21. George Lamb Road
10.00
22. Kately Hill Road
372.66
23. South Schoolhouse Road 581.75
24. Coates Road
29.45
25. Brooks Road
13.45
Snow
2,807.40
Calcium Chloride
610.50
Stock Pile
325.50
Total
$ 11,599.33
ALLOTMENTS:
State
$11,000.00
Town
600.00
Total
$11,600.00
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Town Clerk's Report
Vital Statistics BIRTHS
January 21
Jeffery Clayton Baker
June
8
Norman James Mason
July
3
Robert Ernest Lindemann
July 13
Beth Bernice Barton
September 1
Hilary Jane Baker
October 10
Pennie Marie Hutchinson
November 7
Jeffery Alan Glabach
MARRIAGES
February 2 Arthur Eugene Brewer and Betty Ann Williams
May
4 Edward L. Carter and Judith Ann Sevene
July
20 Albert Lee Kemp and Shirley May Johnson
November 9
Robert Dana Snow and Valarie Elise Temple
DEATHS
February 21 Welcome George Leach, 68 years
July
17 Ernest F. Lindemann, 46 years
REPORT OF DOGS LICENSED
40 males @ $2.00
$ 80.00
9 females @ $5.00
45.00
25 spayed females @ $2.00
50.00
1 Kennel @ $10.00
10.00
$ 185.00
Paid Town Treasurer
166.25
Fees Retained, 75 @ $ .25
18.75
$ 185.00
REPORT OF HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING LICENSES
24 Resident Citizen Fishing @ $4.25 $102.00
54 Resident Citizen Hunting @ $4.25
229.50
37 Resident Citizen Sporting @ $7.25
268.25
10 Resident Citizen Minor Fishing @ $2.25
22.50
8 Resident Citizen Female Fishing @ $3.25
26.00
1 Non Resident Citizen Fishing @ $8.75
8.75
3 Duplicate @ $ .50
1.50
4 Resident Citizen Sporting FREE
FREE
$ 658.50
Paid Division of Fisheries and Game
625.00
Fees Retained, 134 @ $ .25
33.50
$ 658.50
ANN M. ZIMMERMAN
Town Clerk
Audited Jan. 15, 1964 HANNAH E. ORR
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Report of Tax Collector DECEMBER 31, 1963
Tax
Collected Uncollected
Interest
Demand
Abated
Refunded
Tax Title
1958
none
25.60
1959
none
29.60
1960
111.96
34.00
11.19
2.00
88.00
32.00
1961
1,832.04
1,611.14
91.27
8.00
131.95
36.40
1962
5,163.79
3,917.05
125.88
29.00
41.20
1963
34,444.54
9,474.31
11.82
248.40
162.00
43.20
POLL
1956
none
2.00
1959
none
2.00
1960
4.00
none
6.00
1961
18.00
8.00
1.30
2.45
8.00
1962
38.00
6.00
1.05
5.25
4.00
1963
154.00
24.00
2.10
26.00
MOTOR VEHICLE
1956
17.46
none
1959
none
178.50
1960
142.45
20.08
21.56
2.00
217.66
1961
775.88
368.93
58.70
19.00
172.03
1962
1,888.57
413.59
44.40
55.00
75.20
12.37
1963
2,016.09
1,637.95
4.00
228.37
103.80
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FARM ANIMAL
1959
none
15.34
1960
none
29.38
1961
49.87
74.25
3.05
3.00
20.63
1962
55.00
71.00
2.34
3.00
1963
390.50
98.00
2.00
TOTAL
47,102.15
17,758.35
394.56
151.80
1,453.46
278.17
208.00
TAX TITLE ACCOUNT
208.00
PAID TO TREASURER:
$47,835.05
CASH ON HAND December 31: 21.46
All persons owing delinquent taxes who could be located have been contacted, and collection has been and is being pressed. All taxes abated were certified as uncollect- able, and the abatements approved by the Commissioner of Taxation.
GEORGE E. HOWES Collector of Taxes
Audited January 15, 1964 HANNAH E. ORR
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Treasurer's Report RECEIPTS
Balance January 1, 1963
$ 29,825.79
Davenport Fund income
44.00
Davenport Library Book Fund
50.00
Library Fund income
40.59
Barstow Fund income
179.62
Quintus Allen Legacy
600.00
Dog money returned by County
150.37
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Transportation
3,350.20
Vocational Education
416.00
School Supt.
393.82
Income Tax, Chap. 70 Part 1
7,388.32
Income Tax
1,255.00
School Loan
1,182.46
Reimbursement loss of taxes
127.48
Corporation Tax, business
2,040.00
Meal Tax
136.20
Medical Aid to Aged
10.50
Old Age Assistance
181.90
Aid to Dependent Children
380.78
Administration O. A. A.
6.66
Administration A. D. C.
5.00
Highways, Chap. 782
4,289.48
Highways, Chap. 81, 1962 balance
4,305.11
Highways, Chap. 81, 1963
8,462.63
Highways, Chap. 90 C., 1962
8,000.00
Highways, Chap. 90 M.
1,000.00
School Lunch
623.90
Inspection of Barns
25.00
Library
250.00
Schools, Title III
142.00
Support Indigent Persons
685.85
Veteran's Service
259.68
County of Franklin
Highways, Chap. 90 C. 1962
4,000.00
Highways, Chap. 90 M. 1962
1,000.00
U. S. Grant
Medical Aid to Aged
15.72
Old Age Assistance
512.47
Aid to Dependent Children
492.00
Administration O. A. A.
25.31
Administration A. D. C.
19.00
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District Court of Franklin
15.00
Reimbursement Koppers Co. Inc.
56.60
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
.36
Pascienik tax title
246.50
Veteran's Service
179.00
C. W. Hawks, refund
10.00
Dorothy Streeter, overpayment
.50
Harold B. Allen Inc., refund
20.66
Library fines
11.39
Harold B. Allen, Inc., overpayment
.04
Farm Family Mutual Insurance Co.
120.00
Hartford Insurance Group
48.30
Austin Dobias, used roofing
10.00
H. V. Campbell, Machinery Fund
54.00
Douglas A. Barton, Machinery Fund
32.20
Junk Dealer's License
5.00
Interest South Cemetery Funds
83.03
Interest Beaver Meadow Cemetery Funds
15.76
Rent of Town Hall
7.50
Machinery Earnings
5,700.90
Sale of Leyden Histories
41.70
Dealer's License
5.00
Pistol permits
4.00
Franklin County Trust Co., temporary loans
10,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
5.40
Highway Equipment Loan
4,500.00
William Stebbins, reimbursement O. A. A.
1,985.00
Albert Phillips, reimbursement O. A. A.
2,350.00
School lunch program
1,420.48
Town Clerk, dog licenses
166.25
County Retirement
555.87
Federal withholding tax
2,777.10
State withholding tax
153.07
Collecting state withholding
4.58
Certificate of lien
3.00
Interest 1960 tax
32.75
Interest 1961 tax
154.32
Interest 1962 tax
173.67
Interest 1963 tax
11.82
Charges 1960 tax
4.00
Charges 1961 tax
32.45
Charges 1962 tax
92.25
Charges 1963 tax
8.10
-
$112,970.39
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TAXES
1960 real estate tax
71.96
1961 real estate tax
1,722.84
1962 real estate tax
4,649.82
1963 real estate tax
27,993.59
1960 personal tax
40.00
1961 personal tax
109.20
1962 personal tax
513.97
1963 personal tax
6,450.95
1961 poll tax
18.00
1962 poll tax
38.00
1963 poll tax
154.00
1960 motor excise
142.45
1961 motor excise
775.88
1962 motor excise
1,888.57
1963 motor excise
2,016.09
1961 farm excise
49.87
1962 farm excise
55.00
1963 farm excise
390.50
$ 47,080.69
$160,051.08
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen's Warrants
$ 73,795.98
Overpayment Selectmen's warrants
.04
School Committee warrants
19,014.19
Overpayment School Committee warrants
.50
School Lunch warrants
1,923.85
School Title 111 warrants
507.43
Pioneer Valley Regional School
23,103.06
Balance December 31, 1963
41,707.03
$160,052.08
HAROLD V. CAMPBELL Town Treasurer
Audited January 15, 1964
HANNAH E. ORR
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Assessor's Report TABLE OF AGGREGATES Of Polls, Property, and Taxes, as Assessed January 1, 1963 FOR LEYDEN
Compiled from the figures entered in the Valuation List. Not including figures relating to Exempted Property or to the Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise or to Live Stock subject to Farm Animal Excise
NUMBER OF PERSONS ASSESSED
No.
Individuals All Others
Total
1. On Personal Estate Only
9
2 11
2. On Real Estate Only 116
5
121
3. On Both Personal and Real Estate 37 1
38
(NOT the sum of Items 1 and 2)
4. Total Number of Persons Assessed 170
*Partnerships, Associations or Trusts, Corporations.
5. Number of Polls Assessed 102
VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE
6. Stock in Trade $ 700.00
7. Machinery 75,900.00
8. Live Stock (Do not include value of farm animals) 4,056.00
9. All Other Tangible Personal Property
10. Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate $ 80,656.00
VALUE OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE
11. Land exclusive of Buildings $145,950.00
12. Buildings exclusive of Land 181,250.00
13. Total Value of Assessed Real Estate $327,200.00
14. Total Valuation of Assessed Estate $407,856.00
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TAX RATE PER $1,000 - $108.00 TAXES FOR STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY OR TOWN PURPOSES, INCLUDING OVERLAY
16. On Personal Estate (Item 10 x Item 15) (Do Not Include Farm Animal Excise) $ 8,710.85
17. On Real Estate (Item 13 x Item 15) 35,337.60
18. On Polls (Item 5 x $2.00) 204.00
19. Total Taxes Assessed $ 44,252.45
NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK ESTIMATED UNDER SECTION 36, CHAPTER 59
General
Farm Animals Assessed $5 Excise 4
20. Horses (1 year old, or over)
Neat Cattle: (1 year old, or over)
19
21. Cows (Milch)
15
594
22. Bulls 0, Oxen 0 Yearlings: steers 2, heifers 9
11
23. Swine (6 months old, or over)
24. Sheep (6 months old, or over)
10
25. Fowl
24
17
26. All Other (Burro) 3
27. NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND ASSESSED 11,188
28. NUMBER OF DWELLING HOUSES ASSESSED* 117
*Each building used as a dwelling counted as ONE without regard to the number of families housed.
WILHELM GLABACK DONALD C. HERRON
PHILIP T. KOSHINSKY Board of Assessors of Leyden
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Report of State Audit
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Casper P. Zimmerman, Chairman Leyden, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Leyden for the period from September 10, 1961 to July 20, 1963, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
ARTHUR H. MACKINNON
Director of Accounts
AHM: MCC
Mr. Arthur H. Mackinnon
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
Boston, Massachusetts
Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Leyden for the period from September 10, 1961, the date of the previous audit, to July 20, 1963, and submit the following report thereon:
The records of financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing town funds or sending out bills for collection were examined and checked in detail.
The surety bonds of the several town officials required by law to furnish them for the faithful performance of their duties were ex- amined and found to be in proper form.
Ledger accounts were compiled, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on July 20, 1963.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the records of the departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town
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treasury, while the payments were checked with the selectmen's war- rants authorizing the disbursement of town funds. The cash book additions were verified, and the cash balance on July 20, 1963 was proved by actual count of the cash on hand and by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement received from the bank of deposit.
The records pertaining to temporary loans and maturing debt were examined and checked. The loans issued were compared with the treasurer's recorded receipts, while the payments on account of temporary loans, maturing debt, and interest were compared with the amounts falling due and were checked with the cancelled securities on file.
The records of payroll deductions on account of Federal and State taxes and the county retirement system were examined and checked. The payments to the proper agencies were certified, and the amounts on hand to the credit of the town employees were listed and proved with the treasurer's records.
The taxes transferred to the tax title account were checked with the tax collector's records, and the tax title on hand was listed and compared with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The savings bank books representing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed. The income and transfers to the town were proved, and the balances in the several funds were verified.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The tax and excise accounts outstanding at the time of the previous audit, as well as all subsequent commitment lists, were audited and proved with the warrants issued by the board of assessors. The recorded collections were checked, the payments to the treasurer were verified, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, the transfers to the tax title account were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved. The cash balance on July 20, 1963 was proved by actual count of the cash on hand and by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement received from the depository.
Further verification of the outstanding accounts was obtained by mailing notices to all persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
It is again recommended that prompt action be taken to procure a complete settlement of the delinquent tax and excise accounts of prior years.
The appropriations were listed from the town clerk's records of town meetings, and the amounts voted were compared with the ag- gregate appropriations raised by the assessors in the computation of the tax rates for 1962 and 1963.
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The records of transfers from the reserve fund were checked- with the selectmen's records of appropriations.
The financial transactions of the town clerk were examined. The receipts from dog and sporting licenses were checked with the rec- ords of licenses issued. The payments to the town treasurer and the State were verified, and the cash on hand July 20, 1963 was proved by actual count.
The records of receipts of the board of selectmen and of the sealer of weights and measures, as well as of the highway, public welfare, school, and library departments, and of all other depart- ments collecting money for the town or sending out bills for collec- tion, were examined and checked, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing reconciliations of the several cash accounts, summaries of the tax, excise, tax title, and departmental accounts, as well as schedules showing the transactions and condition of the trust funds.
While engaged in making the audit cooperation was received from the several town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WS:MCC
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ Assistant Director of Accounts
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TOWN OF LEYDEN Balance Sheet - July 20, 1963 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash,
$23,414.20
Temporary Loan - In Anticipation of Reimbursement,
$5,000.00
Levy of 1956: Poll,
2.00
State Recreation Areas, $187.52
Levy of 1960 :
County Tax, 2,589.57
2,777.09
Personal Property,
90.00
Payroll Deductions :
Federal Taxes,
$53.10
State Taxes,
2.06
Levy of 1961:
County Retirement System, 25.40
80.56
Personal Property,
614.69
Dog Licenses - Due County
17.75
Real Estate,
1,641.64
Collector's Costs,
79.10
Tailings,
34.80
Levy of 1962:
Trust Fund Income :
Poll,
$24.00
Barstow Charity Fund,
$179.62
Personal Property,
540.75
Davenport Poor and School
Real Estate,
6,145.76
Fund,
218.65
Quintas Allen School Fund
764.89
Levy of 1963:
1,163.16
Poll,
$124.00
1,985.00
Personal Property,
8,710.85
Real Estate,
35,337.60
Disability Assistance: Assistance, $112.50
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Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
State and County Assessments 1963:
Poll,
$10.00
Real Estate,
32.00
132.00
Poll,
$28.00
2,284.33
6,710.51
Old Age Assistance Recoveries, Federal Grants:
44,172.45
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Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1956,
$17.46
Levy of 1959,
178.50
Levy of 1960,
367.19
Levy of 1961,
1,017.31
Levy of 1962,
808.41
Assistance,
1,692.25
Medical Assistance for
Farm Animal Excise:
the Aged:
Levy of 1959,
$15.34
Administration,
3.32
Levy of 1960,
29.38
Assistance,
858.40
Levy of 1961,
123.00
School :
Levy of 1962,
94.50
Public Law #85-864,
Levy of 1963,
488.50
National Defense,
247.29
750.72
4,853.95
Tax Titles,
Departmental:
Aid to Dependent Children,
$23.23
Old Age Assistance,
42.27
Veterans' Services,
419.48
Loans Authorized and Unissued,
4,500.00
Sale of Real Estate Fund,
2,375.00
Aid to Highways:
State,
$22,000.00
County,
6,000.00
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus,
4,106.18
Estimated Receipts - to be Collected,
10,996.08
Levy of 1960,
132.00
Loans Authorized :
Levy of 1961,
378.51
Levy of 1962,
22.39
Highway Department Equipment,
4,500.00
Levy of 1963,
819.24
1,354.14
190.11
School Lunch Program,
163.52
Appropriation Balances : General - Revenue,
41,256.33
484.98
Road Machinery Fund,
601.78
28,000.00
Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1956,
$2.00
Old Age Assistance:
Administration,
36.71
2,388.87
Aid to Dependent Children : Administration, 18.38 Aid, 1,885.10
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Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and
Trailer Excise, $2,388.87
Farm Animal Excise,
750.72
Tax Title, 190.11
Departmental,
484.98
Aid to Highway,
23,000.00
Surplus Revenue,
26,863.21
$124,026.25
$124,026.25
DEBT ACCOUNTS
$12,000.00
School Building Loan,
$12,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
$1,766.27
Trust Funds : Savings Deposits,
$7,821.24
Barstow Charity Fund, Davenport Poor and School Fund,
1,100.00
Charles M. Davenport Library Book Fund,
1,230.44
Robertson Memorial Library Fund, Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
1,150.00
2,574.53
$7,821.24
$7,821.24
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Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Outside Debt Limit,
26,814.68 1
Report of Northern Franklin Welfare District
Bernardston - Gill - Leyden - Northfield - Warwick To: Leyden Board of Public Welfare
From: L. R. Stark, Director, Northern Franklin Welfare District Subject: Annual report on Public Assistance for 1963
During the year 1963 the District Welfare Office in Bernardston continued to administer Public Assistance for the Leyden Board of Public Welfare. Leyden's share of the cost was $320.00.
There was a general cost of living increase in grants during the year and all Old Age Assistance grants were increased $1.00 per month for leisure time activities. 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 reimburses a part of the cost in all categories. Legislation in 1963 completed elimination of legal settlements in all categories of public assistance beginning January 1, 1964.
Four cases were being aided at the beginning of 1963 and five were on the rolls at the end of December.
Total assistance payments were about $3,000. less than in 1962 with lower payments being made in all categories.
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Minimum grants were increased to $65.00 per month for recipi- ents living with relatives and $85.00 per month for all others without other resources. The highest regular payment during the year was $88.00 per month plus medical needs.
There were two cases on the rolls for the entire year with total regular grant payment of $163.00 per month at the end of 1963. Addi- tional payments for medical needs averaged less than $15.00 per month. Assistance payments were about $2,000. less than the previous year.
No new applications were received during the year. No cases were closed.
Five Old Age Assistance real estate liens were in force at the beginning of the year. Two were released during the year after re- covery of $4,335. and no new liens were filed.
There were no appeals during the year.
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AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Two cases with two children were being aided at the start of the year at a cost of about $79.00 per month. No new applications were received. One case was closed leaving one case with one child on the rolls at the end of 1963. Total assistance in this category was about $400.00 less than last year.
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
No assistance in this category was given during the year. No applications were received.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE AGED
Two applications were received during the year and assistance was given, with aid continuing to both at the end of 1963.
GENERAL RELIEF
No assistance was given in this category in 1963.
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES - 1963 AVAILABLE FUNDS
DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS
Total
Cate-
Town
Prev.
Federal Reim. 1963
Available Funds
Total Payments
Unused Balance
Receipts
Net Leyden Cost
O.A.A.
$2,000.00
$1,178.88
$2,513.25
$5,692.13
$2,056.45
$3,635.68
$2,513.25
$1,771.91
$2,228.71 cr.
M.A.A.
500.00
858.40
15.72
1,374.12
55.35
1,318.77
15.72
10.50
29.13
A.F.D.C.
500.00
1,555.40
492.00
2,547.40
827.40
1,720.00
492.00
302.49
32.91
D.A.
0
112.50
0
112.50
0
112.50
0
0
0
G.R.
250.00
0
0
250.00
0
250.00
0
685.85
685.85 cr.
Adm.
295.00
25.00
44.31
364.31
320.00
44.31
44.31
11.66
264.03
Total
$3,545.00
$3,730.18
$3,065.28 $10,340.46
$3,259.20
$7,081.26
$3,065.28
$2,782.41
$2,588.49 cr.
gory
Approp.
Balance
Federal
State
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Report of School Department
SCHOOL ORGANIZATION FOR 1963 -
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Harold Johnson, Chairman
Edith Fisher, Secretary Doris Glabach
Term expires 1965 Term expires 1966 Term expires 1964
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 9 A.M. to 4 P.M.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
William Buchanan, M.D. Greenfield, Mass.
SCHOOL NURSE Mrs. Jeanne Field, R.N. Bernardston, Mass.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Schools open January 6, 1964 Schools open March 2, 1964 Schools open April 27, 1964 Schools open September 9, 1964 Schools open November 30, 1964 Schools open January 4, 1965
Close February 21, 1964 Close April 17, 1964 Close June 19, 1964 Close November 25, 1964 Close December 23, 1964 Close February 19, 1965
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee and Citizens of Leyden:
I am pleased to present herewith my sixteenth annual report dealing with the progress made in the public school in the year 1963. This report covers the 192nd year of public education in the Town of Leyden.
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
As of October 1, 1963, the enrollment was as follows:
Mrs. Helen Smith
Miss Pearl Rhodes
Grade 1
11
Grade 4 4
Grade 2
6 Grade 5
8
Grade 3
10
Grade 6 7
Total
27 19
Pioneer Valley Regional School Grades 7 - 12 44
Greenfield Vocational School
1
45
Total Registration 1962 - 83
Total Registration 1963 - 91
SCHOOL PERSONNEL
The year found no changes in our School Personnel. In general, the continuity of staff assures a better integrated program of educa- tion. Again, we can point out that the building has been neatly kept, the extra-curricular activities have been well attended, the lunch pro- gram has continued its popularity and parent interest in our school has been high.
SCHOOL CAFETERIA
During the year 6,683 Type A pupil lunches, 367 adult lunches, and 867 additional bottles of milk were served in the Leyden School Cafeteria. This fine record is a tribute to Mrs. Charlotte Howes. To manage successfully such a small operation is indeed a difficult task.
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SUPERVISORS
The vocal and instrumental music programs are prospering nice- ly under the guidance of Miss Phyllis Drew and Mr. Eugene Gancarz. In September Mr. August Mello took over the supervision of our art program, and is showing great promise. These supervisors at the present time are covering the entire Union #18 and Pioneer Valley Regional School. They are fast approaching a limit to the amount of time that they can give to each individual class. This problem should be granted study during the next school year.
A year ago, because of too many commitments at Pioneer Valley Regional School, the physical education instructors were unable to give any time to the elementary grades. Study should be given the possibility of employing a physical education instructor for the ele- mentary grades devoid of commitments to the regional school. Our limited facilities for such endeavors will make the solution doubly hard.
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