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Jan. 4
Arthur E. Fortier
Ephraim & Clara Laferrier
Jan. 10
Louise M. Brinker
Rudolph R. & Josephine Peritz
Jan. 11
Guiseppe Grimaldi
Gennaro & Cristina Giordano
Jan. 12
Mary M. Simonetti
Dennis & Lena Poggi
Jan. 15
Franchesco Liebfatori
Peter & Margaret Rosso
Jan. 18
Muriel J. Hall
Joseph W. & Bertha Burlingame
Jan. 30
Muriel L. Dumond
Alfred & Ellen Roberts
Jan. 31
Francisca Lucia
Gaetano & Josephine Juliana
Feb. 4
Anita L. Levesque
Ernest & Laura Moreau
Feb. 5
Pierina Montagna
Peter & Louisa Givani
Feb. 6
Almira Provost
Edward & Elmira Wescott
Feb. 10
Frank J. Meyer, Jr.
Frank J. & Rose Diegel
Feb. 11
Lillian M. Paul
Joseph B. & Lilla French
Feb. 18
Edward J. Goyette
Melville & Ermine Cerepien
Feb. 20
Joseph N. Marieb
Taffy & Jennie Ogoley
Feb. 24
Emily P. Cook
William & Freda Robinson
Feb. 25
Lugi Carestia
Giovanni & Stella Morisi
Feb. 26
Lawrence E. Carmel
Napoleon & Matilda Deforge
Mar. 2
Esther DiPalma
Lugi & Louisa Casella
Mar. 2
Carmela Misisco
Michele & Rosina Tricenella
Mar. 2
William & Julia Dunn
Mar. 4
Frank & Ruby Dezelle
Mar. 20
Mary A. Bessette
Harold & Elizabeth Lemire
Mar. 25
Edward R. Taddia
Luigi & Clara Bretta
Mar. 30
Franklin E. Smith
James S. & Mary Withers
April 1
Stanley W. Dugan
William H. & Alexandrena Bienveneue
April 3
Martha B. Diegel
George A. & Frieda Maier
April 3
Mary Conselino
Louis & Anana Jhanal
April 4
Samuel F. Resigna
Giovanni & Yolanda Cassela
April 12
Elsie L. Salani
Robert & Mary Guidi
April 30
Robert H. Taylor
Roland S. & Ethel Starrat
April 30
Carl G. Peterson
Peter A. & Nina Carlson
April 21 May 6
Doris M. Birch
Arthur W. & Evelyn Gay
May 9
Roger C. Merrell John Ferrero
Michael & Regina Checci
May 12
Eugene O. Smith
Eugene A. & Anna Kelley
May 14
Walter A. Wileikis
Anthony & Anna Kuzmeski
May 14
Iolanda M. Soufrette
Aristide & Adele Guidoni
May 22
Albert Davis
Salim & Edna Anton
May 30 June 3
Wadsworth
Charles S. & Ella Proctor
June 4
Lauretta B. La Mothe
Frank A. & Anna Smith
June 4
Corina E. Borgatti
Ettore & Emma Benozzi
June 9
Reno Rescia
Giacomo & Ida Lossani
June 14
Henry F. Arnold
Henry G. & Rosella Dunn
June 16
Roland S. Crouss
Raymond S. & Elizabeth Fischer
June 16
Bagley
William T. & Jennie Mather Andrea & Margarita Grasso
June 23
Alfredo Giordano
Pasquale & Giovanina Melone
June 27
Carl B. Gustafson
Carl B. & Anna McCarthy
June 27
Joseph A. Danieli
Angelo & Lucy Contardi
June 28
Margaret J. Atwater
Harold C. & Margaret E. Atkins
July 4 - Hazel M. Spear
Harrison G. & Ina G. Holcomb
23
June 3
Peter S. Dimetres
Samuel & Melvina Fortier
June 17
Maria L. Scibelli
Henry & Edna Todd
May 11
Ronald Fournier
Jean T. & Lillian La Berge
Alice DiDonato
Sandy & Nancy
Clara R. Miller Sonoski
BIRTHS REGISTERED-Continued
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
July 11
Ruth R. Brissette
Alphonse & Delia Barcomb
July 19
Ruth B. Brown
Charles W. & Sarah Taylor
July 23
Peter L. David
Peter & Theresa Cavaloni
July 26
Dorothy E. Dickinson
Earle E. & Cora Blanche Bailey
July 26
Donald E. Dickinson
Earle E. & Cora Blanche Bailey
July 31
James Lucardi
Joseph & Henrietta Pasotti
July 31
Arnaldo L. Boido
Aurelio & Mary Paggela
Aug. 14
Leonard W. Bennett, Jr.
Leonard W. & Flora Leroy
Aug. 18
Dorothy M. Vancini
Peter D. & Stella Bussolari
Aug. 22
Edith O. Cesan
James W. & Olga Blackburn
Aug. 22
Agnes M. Arnold
Philip B. & Francis Vlasak
Aug. 28
David W. Hastings
Philip W. & Vivian Hastings
Sept. 13
Alfred D. Trehey
David A. & Lena Campbell
Sept. 17
Harold I. Baker
Robert A. & Gertrude Inman
Sept. 20
Frederick Nardi
Joseph & Rosa Gambruno
Sept. 20
Norman H. Randall
Ernest A. & Jennis Thurber
Sept. 21
Mary A. McGrady
Francis & Mary Hickey
Sept. 24
Samuel H. Roberts, Jr.
Samuel H. & Clara Fuller Cosimo & Carmela Maiolo
Oct. 2
Elizabeth Morris
Oct.
6
Joeannina Guiel
Oct. 8
Flora E. Grippioni
Oct.
8
Ida Cocchi
Marino & Josie Rhemaldi
Oct. 10
Lawrence B. Curran
Patrick & Elizabeth McDonald
Oct. 13
Carmel Buoniconti
Giuseppe & Pasqualia Zerno
Oct. 15
Alfreda C. Grasso
Oct. 18
Dorothy G. Wilbur
Oct. 22
Arthur E. Daigneau
Edward A. & Maud Bourdo
Nov. 7
Alberto DeChristofori
Charles S. & Hester Lincoln
Nov. 18
Gertrude L. Cooley
Maro H. & Ethel Giles
Nov. 19
Earle D. Martyny
William & Susie Baker
Nov. 20
William T. Walsh Baiden
Edwin S. & Gladys Perkins
Nov. 22
Louis A. Dearstyne
Louis M. & Sadie Long
Nov. 23
Marion M. Cochinski
Frank & Josephine Kraski
Nov. 24
Felice Pisano
Domenico & Rosina Di Palma
Nov. 30
Mario J. Novelli
Mario & Ida Ardizoni
Dec. 5
Louis Balboni
Antonio & Mary Montagne
Dec. 5
Arthur Lamontagne
George A. & Viola Paro
Dec. 9
Dominick Montagna
Paul & Sarah Serventi
Dec. 10
Louis C. Rossi
Louis & Angelina Ressia
Dec. 13
Enis Christoferi
Henry & Delia Guidi
Dec. 14
John J. Dean Joseph Z. Fillion
John H. & Eva Deforge
Dec. 16
Alexander & Cecelia Michand
Dec. 20
Paul E. Bruso
Alfred J. & Angelina Diagle
Dec. 25
Pauline E. Rossignoli
Ernest J. & Esther Troco
Dec. 26
Ralph Lucardi
Chester & Mary Coppi
Dec. 27
Robert J. Hartford
Joseph F. & Loretta Viedeman
Dec. 27
James V. Motherway, Jr.
James V. & Sarah Blair
24
I
Sept. 26
Guiseppina Longo
Sept. 29
Daisey M. Bean
George E. & Lillian Pero Angelo & Jennie Morris
Cesar & Olvila Cocchi Primo & Regina Maloni
Mariano & Julia Francesco Robert E. & Lena Roberts
Oct. 28
Earle K. Thompson
Charles & Pauline Duclos Gaetano & Maria De Leo
Nov. 13
Hester A. Wolcott
William V. & Mary Quirk
Nov. 20
Marriages Registered in Agawam For the Year 1919
Date and Place of Marriage
Name of Groom and Bride
Residence
Age
No. of Marriage
January 8
Aurelio Boido
Agawam
23
First
Springfield
Louisa Pagella
Agawam
22
First
January 13
George Moore
Detroit
24
First
Agawam
Bernice A. Brown
Agawam
21
First
January 13
Vincent Nacevicz
Bridgeport
24
First
Springfield
Caroline Statkum
Agawam
20
First
January 14
George W. Allard, Jr.,
Springfield
38
First
Agawam
Beatrice Paro
Agawam
24
First
January 25
Daniel S. Robbins
Springfield
83
Third
Springfield
Anna M. Hayden
Agawam
63
Second
February 4
Robert E. Cross
Agawam
25
First
Springfield
Lillie R. Zinn
Springfield
25
First
February 10
Walter L. Tatro
Agawam
24
First
West Springfield
Rachel M. Ashley
West Springfield
23
First
March 4
Henry Christofri
West Springfield
23
First
Springfield
Delia Guidi
Agawam
17
First
March 17
Samuel H. Roberts
Agawam
20
First
Agawam
Clara L. Fuller
Agawam
22
First
March 24
Herbert A. Holcomb
Southwick
21
First
Agawam
Lillian W. Newton
Southwick
21
First
April 28
John A. Najjar
Boston
34
First
Springfield
Florence R. Davis
Agawam
25
First
May 17
Raymond C. Haley
Agawam
23
First
Agawam
Mary Young
Agawam
18
First
May 20
George C. Stebbins
Agawam
30
First
West Springfield
Martha A. Hartford
Agawam
26
First
May 22
Hardin Tidwell
Springfield
27
First
Springfield
Flora I. White
Agawam
28
First
May 24
Alexander A. Ogston
Agawam
25
First
Agawam
Carolyn L. Bashaw
Agawam
23
First
June 3
Andrew L. Arnold
Agawam
35
Second
Holyoke
Adeline Prophit
Holyoke
28
First
June 12
Harold L. Light
Agawam
18
First
Springfield
Laura Miner
Springfield
18
First
June 20
Frederick A. Raison
Agawam
28
First
Agawam
Agnes A. Healy
Agawam
21
First
June 24
James C. Atwater
Agawam
23
First
South Hadley
Kamah K. Gilbert
South Hadley
23
First
June 21
Otto Nicodemus
Agawam
36
Second
Agawam
Delia Gleason
Agawam
46
Second
June 24
Raymond Mahoney
Agawam
22
First
Northampton
Ruby Deteau
Northampton
22
First
June 25
William F. Kane
Springfield
27
First
West Springfield
Kathryn D. Barry
Agawam
22
First
July 10
Antonio Turicelli
Agawam
23
First
Springfield
Lucia Guidi
Springfield
17
First
July 14
Emile Peretti
Agawam
20
First
Chicopee
Elsie Camell
Chicopee
22
First
July 17
Winfred I. Clark
Hartford
25
First
Agawam
Julia E. Shaylor
Agawam
22
First
July 19
Henry E. Walker
Springfield
39
First
Springfield
Carrie B. Grout
Agawam
28
First
July 21
Wilfred A. Deslaurier
Agawam
44
Second
Agawam
Ida A. Parent
West Springfield
36
First
July 29
Dudley Carlton
Springfield
50
Second
Agawam
Flora E. Bartlett
Springfield
40
First
August 4
Major M. Burnett
Agawam
26
First
West Springfield
Catherine Houlahan
Agawam
19
First
25
MARRIAGES REGISTERED :- Continued
Date and Place of Marriage
Name of Groom and Bride
Residence
Age
No. of Marriage
August 4
Henry J. Fortier
Agawam
24
First
Palmer
Eva St. Armand
Palmer
21
First
August 5
Ernest I. Perron
Agawam
28
First
Holyoke
Rhea Vezina
Holyoke
22
First
August 6
George Tucker
Agawam
40
First
Springfield
Mary E. Johnson
West Springfield
28
Second
August 17
Nathan A. Labovitz
Agawam
26
First
Agawam
Elsie Levin
Springfield
19
First
Agawam
Ruby E. Lilley
Northboro
20
First
Pittsfield
Theresa K. Resse
Pittsfield
19
First
August 30
Robert B. Eggleston
Springfield
28
First
Agawam
Gladys E. Burce
Springfield
17
First
September 4
Harold T. Buffum
Springfield
23
First
Agawam
Valida Roberts
Agawam
23
First
September
6
Hubert Blackburn
Agawam
34
First
Agawam
Maud D. Light
Agawam
21
First
September
9
Rudolph Delasco
Springfield
26
First
Springfield
Alice E. Wells
Agawam
22
First
September 10
Andrew Gibbs
Springfield
25
First
Springfield
Margaret Miller
Agawam
17
First
September 16
Gene Megazzini
Springfield
21
First
Springfield
Rose A. Angeleri
Agawam
21
First
September 17
Austin A. Donnellan
West Springfield
28
First
West Springfield
Rosamond M. Callanan
Agawam
23
First
Westfield
Odna Garreau
Westfield
19
First
October 4
Frank H. Campbell
Agawam
29
First
Enfield Ct.,
Teresa B. Lee
Agawam
27
First
October 9
Alfonso Albano
Springfield
21
First
Springfield
Carmella Liquori
Agawam
18
First
October 15
Thomas P. Ahern
Agawam
27
First
West Springfield
Margaret O'Donnell
Agawam
19
First
October 18
Anacleto Guazzirotti
Springfield
28
First
Springfield
Corina Daglio
Agawam
23
First
October 25
Joseph L. Geoffrion
Agawam
24
First
Agawam
Marie I. La Berge
Agawam
18
First
October 27
Raymond F. Cleary
Agawam
27
First
Springfield
Sarah Lanton
Springfield
22
First
October 28
Edward La Violette
Agawam
41
First
Holyoke
Mary Caughlin
Holyoke
40
First
October 28
Harry J. Campbell
Russell
40
Second
Enfield, Ct.,
Eva E. Provost
Agawam
31
Second
October 28
Cyril F. Cross
Agawam
22
First
Springfield
Beatrice P. Gregg
Springfield
23
First
November 5
William M. Brooks
West Springfield
50
Second
Agawam
Emma L. Rivers
Agawam
41
First
November 17
John J. Beston
West Springfield
29
First
West Springfield
Anna D. Jasmin
Agawam
25
First
November 17
Stephen Jackowski
Agawam
26
First
Springfield
Sophie Polky
Agawam
22
First
November 24
Moses J. Fortier
Agawam
23
First
Agawam
Marietta A. Talmadge
West Springfield
20
First
November 27
Mathew Rosso
Agawam
28
First
Springfield
Giuseppina Carboni
Windsor Locks
25
First
December 27
Arthur Bourdo
Agawam
20
First
West Springfield
Mary E. Sullivan
Agawam
25
First
December 30
Ernest Powers
Agawam
26
First
Agawam
Jennie M. Perusse
Agawam
17
First
August 27
Lindsey L. Jones
Northboro
29
First
August 28
Emile T. Piazzo
Agawam
23
First
September 29
William La Montagne
Agawam
22
First
26
Deaths Registered in Agawam For the Year 1919
Date of Death
Name of Deceased
Age Y. M. D.
Disease
Place of Burial
Jan. 4
Julina Barbato
1
5 23
pneumonia
Jan.
5
Paul E. Gustafson, Jr.
23
pneumonia
Jan. 7
Jennie C. Swetland
33
2
15
pneumonia
Springfield
Jan. 11
Edmond J. Bitgood
63
1
11
nephritis
Jan. 11
John J. Sullivan
56
8
27
pneumonia
Jan. 18
Frederick C. Hawkes
56
8
12
nephritis
Jan. 20
Walter Pawlowicz
6
10
17
pneumonia
Jan. 22
George E. Blanchard
30
9
23
pneumonia
Feb. 8
Mertin C. Fillmore
35
4
12
pneumonia
Feeding Hills Springfield
Feb. 9
Joseph St. Louis
66
pneumonia
West Springfield
Feb. 17
George J. Hill
18
2
30
epilepsy
Springfield
Feb. 18
Mary T. Putman
59
4
9
carcinoma
West Springfield
Feb. 19
Mary Breuninger
34
0
17
pneumonia
West Springfield
Feb. 21
Larry Maiolo
49
6
1
apoplexy
Springfield
Feb. 24
Alfred L. Humiston
39
2
20
pneumonia
Feeding Hills
Feb. 28
Julia C. Huntington
90
3
16
nephritis
Agawam
Mar. 1
Dorothy H. Burke
8
11
10
meningitis
Agawam
Mar. 2
Tennessee T. Woodard
42
2
endocarditis
Springfield
Mar. 4
Herbert L. Houghton
17
11
16
influenza
Feeding Hills
Mar. 6
Mark N. Coates
40
7
20
pneumonia
Springfield
Mar. 24
Delia A. Dailey
77
carcinoma
Springfield
Mar. 30
Grace E. Thompson
20
3
2
tuberculosis
Agawam
April 4
Richard H. Arnold
1
3
18
West Springfield
April 16
Margaret M. Walsh
6
26
West Springfield
April 30
Byron C. Roberts
79
10
23
Feeding Hills
April 30
Lewis A. Barden
63
6
23
Agawam
May 3
Bernice Newport
16
9
20
drowning
Springfield
May 17
Harvey Burton
15
8
drowning
Springfield
May 26
Otis H. Adams
65
11
29
sclerosis nephritis
Springfield
June 11
Clarence B. Radway
43
0
7
tuberculosis
Agawam
June 25
Ellen Holland
68
apoplexy
Springfield
July 3
John L. O'Connor Melvina Kraus
43
3
tuberculosis
West Springfield
July
5
Helen Oskerko
24
accidental
Springfield
July
7
Mary C. Woodworth
70
6 16
coma
July 12
Henry W. Billings
73
5
16
heart
July 19
Charlotte M. Giles
86
10
3
apoplexy
July 20
Jerry Roberts
70
8
25
carcinoma
West Springfield
July 20
Iolanda Cercosta
6
19
exhaustion
West Springfield
Emelia Ouilette
30
10
24
exhaustion
West Springfield
Aug. 20
Ovila Voudren
25
3
13
typhoid
West Springfield
Sept. 8
Byron L. Holt
65
7
8
cirrhosis
Feeding Hills
Sept. 13
Maria K. Reed
81
8
17
nephritis
Cambridge, Vt.
Sept. 18
Martha A. King
82
10
senility
Feeding Hills
Sept. 19
Emma Rivers
61
6
2
dysentry
West Springfield
Oct.
6
Charles C. Clapin
7
1
scelerosis
Tewksbury
Oct. 1 2
Josephine Hascek
3
16
heart
Springfield Springfield
Oct. 19
Catherine M. Fitzgerald
2
11
28
abscess
West Springfield
Oct. 25
Daniel O'Brien
63
7
carcinoma
West Springfield
Oct. 26
Catherine Campbell
81
4
13
senility
Agawam
Oct. 30
Laura Fairman
63
4
27
pneumonia
Central Village, Ct.
Nov. 2
Charles N. Cook
64
9
drowning
Agawam
Nov. 3
Daisey M. Bean
1
5
Feeding Hills
Nov. 29
Victor Shibley
2
1
21
Springfield
Dec. 20
Mary Heglass
49
tuberculosis
Springfield
Dec. 25
Jennie Magni
15
10
10
bronchitis
Springfield
Dec. 29
Chauncey R. Sias
87
4
17
sclercosis
Woburn
HENRY E. BODURTHA,
Town Clerk.
Oct. 12
Joseph Read
64
11
3
drowning
Oct. 17
Delia Pawłowicz
2
11
7
bronchitis
West Springfield
1
convulsions
Springfield
May 17
John Coogan
Springfield
June 3
Charles Pska
58
2
convulsions
Springfield
July
5
West Springfield South Deerfield Agawam
July 25
74 1
pneumonia bronchitis nephritis
pneumonia
Agawam Chicopee Springfield
West Springfield
Springfield Springfield
malnutrition scalds
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Treasurer's Report
Henry E. Bodurtha, Treasurer,
In account with the Town of Agawam For the year ending December 31, 1919.
Dr.
To balance in treasury December 31, 1918,. ... $46.42 Received from C. D. Parker & Co., temporary loans, 60,000.00
Received from Grafton Co., temporary loans, ...
15,000.00
Received from Grafton Co., highway notes, .... 10,000.00
Received from Grafton Co., premium on notes,. .
1.50
Treasurer of Commonwealth:
Income tax of 1917,
288.00
Income tax of 1918, .
504.00
Income tax of 1919, general, 880.00
Income tax of 1919, school,
2,500.00
Corporation tax, 1918, business,
86.49
Corporation tax, 1919, business,
210.80
Corporation tax, 1919, public,
2,868.04
National Bank tax,
111.24
Mothers' aid act,
566.30
Temporary aid,
130.16
State aid, .
462.00
Contagious disease, .
77.86
Refund in transportation, .
2.88
Industrial schools,
149.50
Highway account,
317.62
28
Street Railway Co., excise tax,
$2,923.21
Street Railway Co., refund on tickets, . 597.49
Street Railway Co., repairs on highway , . 42.25
E. S. Gauthier & Co., liquor licenses, .
566.66
E. J. Fitzgerald & Co., liquor licenses
566.66
Federal Hill Club license,
33.33
Pool licenses,
18.00
Junk licenses,
21.00
Slaughter licenses,
16.00
Riverside Park Co., grove license,
75.00
Riverside Park Co., amusement licenses,
744.00
Jitney licenses, .
577.50
Gas Light Co., repairs on highways,
19.50
J. C. Healey, rent of tenement,
156.00
Mrs. Poggi, rent of tenement, .
30.00
Treasurer of Hampden County, dog fund,
597.81
Dog fines, .
20.00
Police Court fines,
185.00
Sealer's fees,
22.48
City of Springfield refund on tuition,
37.50
M. L. Wood, car tickets, .
17.00
C. D. Parker & Co., interest on deposits,
16.67
Union Trust Co., interest on deposits,
141.15
Sale of building,
7.00
Sewer entrances, .
555.00
Ralph Granger deposit, .
35.24
Rent of Agawam Town Hall,
21.23
Rent of Feeding Hills Town Hall,
143.00
Rent of Fire Department Hall, .
94.50
Phelon Library Fund,
21.47
Water connections,
238.45
Water rents,
7,474.24
1913 Taxes, .
137.66
1914 Taxes,
576.71
1915 Taxes, .
1,723.63
1916 Taxes,
2,137.28
1917 Taxes,
4,395.88
29
1918 Taxes,
$14,830.90
1919 Taxes,
78,681.61
Interest on taxes,
1,692.15
$214,392.97
Cr.
Cash paid Treasurer of Commonwealth, license fees, . $141.66
Cash paid Treasurer of Commonwealth, state tax, .
10,260.80
Treasurer of Hampden County, county tax,
4,003.11
Bureau of statistics, certifying notes, .
28.00
C. D. Parker & Co. Inc., temporary loans,
65,000.00
Care of poor,
3,696.10
Highways and bridges, . .
25,552.86
Town office,
2,526.64
Clerk, Treasurer and Collector,
2,200.00
Contingencies,
174.43
Sewers, .
472.17
Police, .
2,370.19
Street lights,
5,330.21
State aid,
270.00
Care and repair of Town buildings,
1,328.63
Health department, .
325.28
Schools, .
47,773.72
Library,
1,158.91
Fire departments,
1,208.13
Fire trucks,
6,000.00
Forestry,
801.72
Assessors, .
815.95
District nurse,
1,237.42
Memorial Day observance,
100.00
Liability insurance,
292.28
Surety bonds, .
50.00
Hampden Co. Improvement League,.
238.00
Schoolhouse lots,
1,440.36
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Interest, .
$10,341.11
Town debt, .
11,500.00
Soldiers' exemption,
6.84
Water department,.
5,384.88
Balance on hand, December 31, 1919,
2,363.57
$214,392.97
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TRUST FUNDS
Phelon School Fund Dr.
To amount of legacy, .
$4,017.21
Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1918,
80.43
Income from fund, . 158.44
$4,256.08
Cr.
By paying School Committee's orders, . . $131.74
Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1919,. 107.13
Amount of legacy, 4,017.21
$4,256.08
Whiting Street Fund
Dr.
To balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1918,
$596.99
Income from Trustees, 290.00
Interest on deposits, . 9.75
$896.74
Cr.
By paying orders of Trustees, .
$319.05
Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1919,
577.69
$896.74
Desire A. Pyne Fund Dr.
To amount of legacy,
$2,000.00
Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1918,
306.09
Income from fund,
83.34
Interest on deposits,
9.35
$2,398.78
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Cr.
By aid rendered, .
$103.92
Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1919,
294.86
Amount of legacy, . 2,000.00
$2,398.78
Feeding Hills Old Cemetery Fund
Dr.
To amount of fund,
$600.00
Income from fund, 25.76
$625.76
Cr.
Paid Bradford P. Smith, Treas.
$25.76
Amount of fund, 600.00
$625.76
Phelon Library Fund
Dr.
To amount of fund, .
$500.00
Income from fund, 21.47
$521.47
Cr.
Paid into Town treasury,
$21.47
Amount of fund, .
500.00
$521.47
HENRY E. BODURTHA, Treasurer.
Agawam, Mass., January 23, 1920. We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that we have examined all the records for 1919 of the Town Treasurer and hereby declare them to be correct.
EDWARD W. PILLSBURY, WILLIAM H. SEAVER, Auditors.
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Assessors' Report
PROPERTY ASSESSED APRIL 1, 1919
Horses,
565
Cows,
799
Sheep,
31
Neat cattle,
309
Swine,
559
Fowls,.
. 3,800
Value of fowls,
$3,535.00
Houses,
1,047
Acres of land,
14,176
VALUATION
Buildings,
$2,076,475.00
Land, 1,570,805.00
Total real estate,
$3,647,280.00
Personal estate,
849,624.00
Total valuation,
$4,496,904.00
Upon which taxes have been assessed as follows:
State tax, .
$9,680.00
State highway tax,
798.60
State special tax, 580.80
County tax, . .
4,003.11
Schools, Supt. and supplies,.
46,000.00
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Care of poor,
$2,000.00
Highways and bridges,
10,000.00
Town officers,
2,200.00
Salary of Clerk, Treasurer and Col- lector,
1,600.00
Police,
2,000.00
Memorial Day observance,
100.00
Board of Health,
400.00
Assessors' department,
800.00
Forestry department,
800.00
Fire department,
1,200.00
Street lights,
5,700.00
Libraries, .
200.00
Care and repair of Town buildings,
800.00
Contingencies,
600.00
Surety bonds, .
100.00
Liability insurance,
200.00
Interest,
8,500.00
Indebtedness, .
10,000.00
Boys' and Girls' Club work,
300.00
Three fire trucks,
6,000.00
District Nurse, .
2,000.00
Heaters for Feeding Hills and Mit- tineague Fire stations,
850.00
Purchase of Trevallion lot, .
884.84
Purchase of Shaughnessy lot,
283.80
Overlay,
517.45
$119,098.60
Income tax received from State, ... $1,320.00
School tax received from State, .... 2,650.00
3,970.00
$115,128.60
Tax on real and personal estate at the rate of $25.00 per thousand, .
$112,422.60
Tax on 1,353 polls at $2.00,
2,706.00
$115,128.60
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To Henry E. Bodurtha was com- mitted for collection the sum of $115,128.60 Abatements allowed, . 83.29 $115,045.31
R. MATHER TAYLOR, H. PRESTON WORDEN, ALSON W. ALLEN, Assessors.
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Report of Tax Collector
1919 TAX Dr.
To amount committed,
$115,128.60
Interest collected, . 51.64
Cr.
$115,180.24
By amount paid Treasurer $78,733.25
Abatements allowed, 83.29
Amount due Dec. 31, 1919, .
36,363.70
$115,180.24
1918 TAX
Dr.
To corrected balance Dec. 31, 1918, $26,792.82
Interest collected, . 513.11
$27,305.93
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer,
$15,344.01
Abatements, . .
43.37
Amount due Dec. 31, 1919, .
11,918.55
$27,305.93
1917 TAX
Dr.
To corrected balance Dec. 31, 1918, $10,919,42
Interest collected, 396.95
$11,316.37
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Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer, $4,792.83 Amount due Dec. 31, 1919, 6,523.54
$11,316.37
1916 TAX
Dr.
To corrected balance Dec. 31, 1918, $5,827.99
Interest collected, 302.28
$6,130.27
Cr
By amount paid Treasurer,
$2,439.56
Amount due Dec. 31, 1919,
3,690.71
$6,130.27
1915 TAX
Dr.
To corrected balance Dec. 31, 1918,
$2,178.13
Interest collected, 344.94
$2,523.07
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer,
$2,068.57
Abatements,
454.50
$2,523.07
1914 TAX
Dr.
To corrected balance Dec. 31, 1918,
$960.15
Interest collected,
66.70
$1,026.85
Cr.
By amount paid Treasurer,
$643.41
Abatements,
383.44
$1,026.85
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1913 TAX
Dr.
To corrected balance,
$150.61
Interest collected, .
16.53
$167.14
Cr.
By cash,.
$154.19
Abatements, .
12.95
$167.14
HENRY E. BODURTHA, Collector.
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REPORT OF Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, and Board of Health
To the Citizens of Agawam:
As we close our books this year, we are impressed more than ever with two facts, first, the rapid and continuous growth of the town, and, second, with the demands made upon it to keep pace with the public needs in two branches of its municipal activities. We would hesitate to guess upon our present population but we know that its increase has been steady and rapid and we can see nothing else in the future than a continuation of the increase. Such conditions, how- ever, bring with them added and larger problems. To solve them in the best possible way the town should use all its judgment and foresight. It should adopt as comprehensive a plan as possible and stick to the plan until it is proved to be wrong. Expenditures and improvements should be made only as a part of this plan and not as unrelated matters.
Our needs in two matters are somewhat acute. It is necessary to provide more schools. It may be necessary to revise our entire school system. We make no special recom- mendations in that respect but refer you, for your considera- tion, to the report of the school committee. We have a place in the Commonwealth's system of road improvement and we shall do our share in it wisely.
Considering our departmental figures and our work of the past year, we can briefly report as to highways that we have done considerable needed work on Westfield Street; that we
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have made a needed improvement on Suffield Street, for their part in which we wish to express to the Silver Lake Ice Com- pany the town's appreciation. The most of our road work has been done on Springfield Street as a part of the Common- wealth's plan, and we have built under state direction and supervision three hundred feet more than a mile of perma- nent, tar-bound, macadam road. The state has contributed $10,000.00 to this fund and the town a like amount. A considerable portion of it is as yet unspent, but the work will be continued in the spring. We recommend that it be con- tinued during the coming year and we have some assurances that the Commonwealth will again contribute.
Until it was too late to plan upon it, we were doubtful of receiving any excise tax from the Springfield Street Railway Company. Finally, however, we received more than $2,000.00 and this amount is unexpended. We recommend that you appropriate it to partly pay our present debt on the Springfield Street work.
Because we have acquired two new families, have had several hospital cases, and because of the high cost of living, our expenses in the pauper department have been unduly heavy, otherwise we hope that department has been con- ducted to your satisfaction.
In the Board of Health we have expended an increased amount and will be obliged to expend increased amounts from now on, but in the results which we have obtained from the Hampshire Tuberculosis Hospital and from our community and school nurse we can see ample justification.
Our tax rate was high last year. It may be higher this year. We must pay the debts we have contracted. We will have large demands from the School Department and the Street Department. Soon we must take care of our cost of the new bridge between Springfield and West Spring- field, but thus far our direct apportionment of this expense remains at one per cent.
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