Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1921-1925, Part 18

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 584


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June 8


Frances M. Fariole


Clement and Ida Caresella


June 10


George Donnellan


June 10


Joseph A Bruno


June 12


John Wilson


June 15


Cordes


June 18


Arthur W. Gallerani


June 21


Carol J. Frilen


June 22


Domenic L. Tessecino


June 22


William E. Kreiner


June 25


Oliver P. Moore


June 29


Peter Grasso


Nadeau


June 30 July 2 4


Roger L. Bessette


July


Silvie E. Brissette


July


6


Helen A. Jacques


July


Thomas Ambrose


July July 14


Charles W. Porter


Francesco Rescigno


Albert Montagna


July


Frances Zauha


July 23


Irene S. Cormier


Aug. Aug.


Lucille Campbell


Aug. 9


Roy H. Ferrell


Aug.


9


Thomas Kwiatkowski


John W. and Florence M. Burns


Aug. 13


Michele Averse


Aug. 15


Madeline Buoniconti


Aug. 20


Robert L. Berry


Louis M. and Irene Brissette Harold L. and Vester M Irish


Aug. 23


Merritt E. Blanchard


Aug. 23


Percilla B. Kerr


James H. and Laura Fuller


Aug. 24


Gaetano L. Mercadante


Anthony and Carmon DeChristopher


Aug. 29


Ruth S. Phelps


Arthur G. and Irene Haun


Aug. 29


Alice C. Santosuosso


Sept. 2


Verna E. Beauchane Paul Pompa


Sept. 6


Angelo Morris


Sept.


8


John W. Kupec


Sept. 8


Louis Russo


Matteo and Josephine Carboni


Sept. 10


Lawrence Rivers


Levi Jr and Amelia Lamontagne


Sept. 11


Caramela Rosato


Sept., 14


Raymond C. Haley


Sept. 15


Dorothy E. Christopher


Sept. 15


Rita E. Albro


Louis A. and Anna H. Avezzie


Sept. 15


Edward Pilch


Sept. 22


Edward Morassi


Sept. 24


Marjorie F. Keefe


Sept. Oct.


7


Frederick D. Amato


Oct.


9


Rosina Santanniello


Luigi and Dinah DeFilippi


Oct. 14


William O'Brien


Oct.


21


- Hart


Oct.


26


Oct. 28


Joseph Forman Mary J. Earle Joseph E. Calabrese


Joseph and Anna Potkavilh Charles W. and Esther M. Withee Anthony R. and Mary Deloghia Ernest and Rose DeCorey


Nov. 7


Francis E. Bouley


Nov. 11


Alfred E. Perusse Mary L. Fortier Charles Buoniconti


Nov. 26 Nov. 29


Louise M. Mandirol


Dec.


5


John C. Merrell


Dec. 6


Doris J. Meeham


Edward H. and Annie M. Carlson Harold J. and Isabelle P. Lemire Alphonse and Delia Barcomb Robert R. and Alice MI. Tomstock Robert T. and Mabel G. Duclos John and Mary F Tortoriello George W. and Kate Adams Domenico and Madelina Buoniconti Joseph and Annie Serventi Ignataius and Kataryna Jaron Harvey and Florence Duvall Henry A. and Mayena Perkins Pierto and Dinah Baiardi Thomas and Susan Baco Frank H. and Theresa Lee Edson A. and Leona Rivald


July


25 3 6


Mayena E. Pease


Louis J. Lavotti


Rolland A. Swanson


Aug. 8


7 13


Tortoriello


July


July


17 19 21


Alfonso and Teresa Sorrentina Joseph and Zina Pascelni


Sept. 5


Salvadore and Mary A. Lepore George J. and Selina Ricard Carmel and Maria Antonia Joseph and Jenny Morris George R. and A'ice E. Mansfield


Joseph B. and Carolina Kusick John and Rose C. Morassi Philip T. and Minnie LeBlanc Anthony W. and Myrtle L. Young


Frederick and Eleanor F. Holland Pasquale and Giovannina Cardarjore


Oct. 10 Oct. 13


Harry Gatti


Shirley D. Spring


Edwin B. and Denise S. Marois John J. and Margaret Meissner John and Bessie Hamond


Nov. 2


Nov. 24


Alfred and Louisa L. Mahew Joseph L. and Mary A. Dordon Nicolo and Rosie Grinaldi Louis and Marie Cressia Edwin C. and Bernice A. Pond Ralph and Mabel Rowland


24


Austin A. and Rosamond Callanen Joseph and Fannie Montanari Charles F. and Mary A. Scully Herman A. and Ernestine H. Arnold Arsenio and Emaline Balbini Rudolph G. and Elsie C. Carlson Salvatore and Mary Saracino Eugene and Frieda A. Thomas Oliver P. and Violet M Trevallion Emedio and Lina Deloghia


Domenick and Niglia Donato Raymond and Mary Young Henry and Dehlia Guidi


25


Constance L. Trabold


Date of Birth


Name of Child


Name of Parents


Der. 7


Christina Coughlin


William and Mary Gordon


Der. 10


Raymond A. Barrett


Raymond W. and Hilda Soderstrom


Dec. 10


Bernard F. DeForge


Louis E and Nora G. Sullivan


Dec.


12


Norman H. Pfersick


Frank B. and Hazel B. Avery Adam and Theresa Silvestrina


Dec.


18


Renzo M. Ceccarini


Dec. 19


Lorraine A. Ardizoni


Victor and Georgiana Scherpa Harmon A and Evelyn Dorr


Dec.


25


Harmon A. Smith


Dec. 28


Lenda E. Biusi


Luigi and Nunzia Minissali Paul S. and Caroline A. Schreiber


Dec. 28


Erich W. Daubitz


Dec


30


Samuel Grimaldi


Charles and Moristina Dento


Dec. 30


Wilber C. Johnson


Paul B. and Maude F. Hess


25


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN AGAWAM FOR THE YEAR 1924


Date and Place of Marriage


Name of Groom and Bride


Residence


Age


No. of Marriage


Jannary 8


Sheldon G. Brockway


Constable, N. Y.


26


First


Agawam


Ruth V. Dumont


Agawam


21


First


January 22


Edward A. Rooney


Springfield


32


First


Agawam


Frieda V. Paro


Agawam


26


First


January 28


Fortunato Baggetta


Springfield


26


First


Springfield


Christine Maiolo


Agawam


17


First


February 2


Joseph A. Juke


Agawam


27


First


Springfield


IIclen Loupinsky


Westfield


18


First


February 2


Elvira B. Bowen


N. Walpole, N. H.


21


First


Agawam


John L. Cartello


Agawam


21


First


February 9


Christine Driscoll


Springfield


21


First


Springfield


Earle L. Brooks


Agawam


25


First


February 9


Elsie M Moore


Agawam


20


First


Agawam


Alfonso Liquori


Agawam


21


First


February 21


Lena Albano


Springfield


20


First


Springfield


Theodore H. llauser


Suffield, Ct.


48


Second


Agawam


Mabel E. Pomeroy


Agawam


17


Third


March 19


James W. Luce


Springfield


21


First


Agawam


Charles S. Slight


Springfield


25


First


March 19


Josephine E. Robinson


Springfield


30


Second


Agawam


Luthea H. Critzer


Ohio


29


First


Agawam


Esther B. Short


Agawam


31


First


April 21


Joseph Vayas


23


First


West. Springfield


Marion Uschman


Suffield, Ct.


25


First


May 5


Justin Wilkiewicz


Agawam


21


First


Springfield


Sophie Siatkowski


West Springfield


21


First


May 6


Grace V. Caldon


Agawam


20


First


Hinsdale, N. H.


Hermann B Lemaire


Agawam


30


First


May 19


Marie Y. Sorel


Agawam


23


First


Springfield


John Robbins


West Springfield


36


First


May 17


Georgia M. Loomis


Agawam


40


Second


Hartford, Ct.


William J. Coughlin


Agawam


26


First


June 4


Springfield


Mary A. Gordon .


Springfield


26


First


21


First


Elwyn C. Brooks


Agawam


March 1


Edna A. Hathaway


Agawam


First


April 19


25


First


Agawam


Agawam


Carroll T. Cummings


26


27


Date and Place of Marriage


Name of Groom and Bride


Residence


Age


No. of Marriage


June 4


Emile E. Desmarias


Agawam


23


First


Agawam


Ethel L. Gregory


Agawam


21


First


June


Arsene C. Davignon


Agawam


36


First


Monson


Cecelia A. - Leveille


Monson


20


First


June 12


Samuel Vona


Agawam


25


First


Springfield


Maria DaPonde


Springfield


26


First


June 15


Louis Mandirol


Agawam


21


First


Springfield


Marie Ressia


Agawam


24


First


June 18


Ernest A. Couture


Agawam


22


First


Springfield


Madeline M. Fleury


Springfield


24


First


June 19


Eugene Candini


Agawam


82


First


Springfield


Erma Cavallini William H. Roberts


West Springfield


34


Second


Agawanı


Aldea Jolly


Agawam


25


First


June 24


Joseph D Wysmulek


Springheld


25


First


Springfield


Rose C. Cusluski


Agawam


21


First


June 23


Arthur C. Ashley


Agawam


20


First


Springfield


Howard W. Pond


Agawam


24


First


Agawam


Frank E. Dragetti


Agawam


26


First


June 30


Mary Cascella


Palmer


19


First


July 1


Joseph E. C. Bergeron


Agawam


24


First


West Springfield


Grace A. Riley


Agawam


25


First


Springfield


Eldora Osterhout


Springfield


26


First


July 14


Iassim Salem


West Springfield


36


First


West Springfield


Myrtle Green


Agawam


28


First


July 19


Dorothy Sussman


Agawam


28


First


Chicopee


Louis Viceli


Agawam


22


First


August 2


Mary Piccini


Agawam


17


First


Springfield


George R. Allarie


West Springfield


37


Second


August 6


Lydia I. Pallman


Westfield


32


Second


August 18


Albert R LaViolet


Agawam


25


First


Springfield


Elizabeth R. Ghisellini


Springfield


22


First


August 30


Ernest A. Breuninger


Agawam


38


Second


Westfield


Emily Pirko


Agawam


32


First


September 1


Charles A. Sparrow


Springfield


45


Second


Enis Cabrine


Springfield


27


First


June 25


Anna B. Crouss


Agawam


Palmer


24


First


July 3


Edward K. Svenson


Agawam


26


First


Clarence A. Shippec


Chicopee


20


First


21


First


·


Agawam


June 21


Agawam


Date and Place of Marriage


Name of Groom and Bride


Residence


Age


No. of Marriage


Agawam


Clara B. LaPlante


Springfield


34


Second


September 1


John Burke


Holyoke


23


First


Agawam


Rose L. Denault


Agawam


22


First


September 10


Herbert L. Griffin


Southwick


26


First


Agawam


Alice I. Safford


Agawam


16


First


September 13


Leonard A. Sylvia


Springfield


30


First


Hartford, Ct.


Sylvia K. Fuller


Agawam


28


First


September 16


Joseph A. Nadeau


Agawam


23


First


Chicopee


Victoria G. Ducharme


Chicopee


22


First


September 16


Isaac Nolan


Agawam


39


First


Agawam


Beatrice P. Allard


Agawam


31


Second


September 16


William E. Perusse


Agawam


22


First


Agawam


Bessie O. Stone


Agawam


17


First


September 17


Theodore A. Crouss


Agawam


29


First


West Springfield


Hilda M. Giroux


West Springfield


25


First


September


Ernest H. Blair


Agawanı


25


First


Agawam


Evelyn F. Petithory


Agawam


21


First


October 15


Bertley C. Jenks


Agawam


28


First


Agawam


Charles H. Schaedlich


Agawam


31


First


Agawam


Dorothy D. Percy


Agawam


26


First


November 8


Philip A. Gumlaw


Springfield


28


First


Agawam


Dorothy M. Buckley


Springfield


20


First


November 15


Frederick W. Miller


Springfield


66


Second


Agawam


Althea R. Baker


Springfield


65


Second


December 6


William R. Barrette


Springfield


26


First


Enfield, Ct.


Alice II. Soderstorm


Springfield


23


First


December 22


Edward Beauchene


Agawam


23


First


Hartford, Conn.


Irene Godin


Agawam


34


Second


Myrtle E. Sparks


Suffield, Ct.


20


First


November 5


28


DEATHS REGISTERED IN AGAWAM FOR THE YEAR 1924


Date of Death


Name of Deceased


Age


Discase


Place of Burial


Jan. 7


llarrict L. Cirillo


1


6


15


Jan.


George II. Taylor


64


3


27


sclerosis


Agawam


Jan.


Annunciata Ferrarini


43


heart disease


West Springfield


Jan.


30


Elvira A. Parsons


80


chropsy


Agawam


Feb.


John W. Barry


69


exposure


Nonson


Feb.


26


Rose Montagna


40


endocarditis


West Springfield


Mar.


5


Frank Speros


64


9


28


apoplexy


Springfield


Mar.


Elizabeth L. Bacon


76


4


12


Mar.


7


James F. Flower


70


9


22


septimcemia


Agawam


Mar.


10)


Thomas I1. Mahon


76


6


25


endocarditis


Mar. 12


Mary E. Taft


81


5


6


heart disease


Agawam


Nar. 13


Ilelena Toelken


59


9


7


scerbofis


Mar.


13


Maria A. Cross


77


11


0


embolism


Nar. 19


Ellen Begley


68


pneumonia


Mar.


22


William B. Rankin


53


4


22


encephalitis


Mar. 22


Francis E. Weeks


73


8


hemorrhage


Mar. 25


Margherita Grasso


64


2


5


pneumonia


Mar.


Renzo Rescina


6


accidental


Springfield


Mar.


31


Charles Wysocki


23


malnutrition


Agawam


Apr.


14


Edward M. Pomroy


80


9


23


Apr. 27


Isabelle M. King


46


16


prematurity


May


John G. Burt


3


5


sclerosis


Agawam


May


11


Mary Loncto


76


1


16


May 24


Sophia HI. McKnight


73


9


5


insufficiency


Ellington,


May


25


Honorios G Sorel


8


7


liemorrhage


Nay 27


Charlotte Helfrich


1


22


heart


West Springfield


May


30


Edmond Parent


65


1


cancer suicidal


Springfield


June


2


Charles L. Penfield


75


9


1


S


hemorrhage


June 13


Jennie Giordano


15


I


21


tuberculosis


June 28


Raymond V. Couture


1


23


hemorrhage


Agawam


July


25


Julia C. Merlo


24


9


heart


West Springfield


Aug.


12


Archer F. Trudeau


66


10


myocarditis


Springfield


July


5


Ilannah L. Parker


94


drowning


West Springfield


June


3


Roger A. Morley


shock


Agawam


Apr.


29


Joseph Ardizoni


5


thrombosis


Springfield


Ausable, N. Y


Nay


30


Charles II. Brockway


appendicitis


Lec, N. H.


Springfield


6


old age


Agawam


Marlboro, N. H.


Agawam


Springfield


West Springfield


Springfield


Chicopee


Springfield


Thompsonville, Conn.


30


indigestion


West Springfield


Springfield


Springfield


pneumonia


Springfield


29


Date of Death


Name of Deceased


Age


Disease


Place of Burial


Y


Aug. 15


Mary D. Barnes


71


Ang.


25


Marion St. John


31


1


6


tuberculosis


West Springfield


Aug. 30


Julius Deloghia


63


7


23


hemorrhage


West Springfield


Sept.


3


Charles A. Devnew


70


7


2


Sept.


11


Ellen 11. Burke


79


20


endocarditis


Sept.


20


Ambah Dunscombe


8


10


hemorrhage


Springfield


Sept.


21


Arthur J. Carter


56


5


20


Sept. 24


Anjanette B. Webb


55


3


18


carcinoma


Springfield


Sept


25


William A. Flower


78


Sept.


27


Eliza F. Barden


54


1


9


hemorrhage


Oct.


Gerald Brown Jr.


2


2


Oct.


3


Nellie Burke


46


Oct.


8


Gertrude L. Parker


52


14


John Cirillo


70


7


25


Oct. 15


Olive E. Gosselin


37


5


27


diabetis


Nov. 8


Marcilina Daglio


7


8


influenza


Suffield, Conn


Dec.


2


51


8


17


inyocarditis


Dec.


4


37


1


5


1


carcinoma


Dec.


John F. Wilson


72


obstruction


Florence


Dec.


Grace F. Phelan


49


7


27


hemorrhage


Dec.


19


Lena llillpole


55


7


22


suicidal


Dec.


23


Margaret Reed


33


hemorrhage


Dec.


27


Charles H. Fink


76


5


24


myocarditis


Dec.


27


Stanislaw Ciak


43


accidental


Springfield


Nov.


28


Mary E. Hunt


Wilfred F. Dumas


insane


Sandusky, Ohio West Springfield


Dec.


7


- Dorilla B. Denault


42


hemorrhage


Springfield


appendicitis


Agawam


myocarditis


Springfield


Oct.


West Springfield


pneumonia


West Springfield


Agawam


66


nephritis


Agawam


Springfield


2


sudden


Springfield


myocarditis


West Springfield


Agawam


hemorrhage


Northampton


dysentery


Springfield


30


Paul Sarnella


West Springfield


Sunderland


Springfield


Springfield


Treasurer's Report


Henry E. Bodurtha, Treasurer


In account with the Town of Agawam For Year Ending December 31, 1924.


Dr.


To cash in Treasury, December 31, 1923. .$ 2,040.10


Received from Treasurer of Commonwealth


Income Tax of 1922 and previous.


205.01


Income Tax of 1923


637.00


Income Tax of 1924


15,633.40


Corporation Tax of 1923 551.22


Corporation Tax of 192+


5,381.08


State Aid 168.00


Mothers' Aid


1,068.36


Tuition of State Wards


63.44


Vocational Education


965.22


National Bank Tax 1923


12.19


National Bank Tax 1924


174.79


Soldiers' Exemption


26.76


Abatement of Poll Taxes


357.00


Care of Poor


20.00


Peddlers' Licenses 22.00


C. D. Parker & Co., Inc., temporary loans 53,000.00


Old Colony Trust Co., temporary loans 25,000.00


Grafton Co., temporary loans


25,000.00


West Springfield Trust Co., temporary loans


10,000.00


Paine Webber Co., school loan


+6,000.00


Premium, school loan


626.06


Accrued interest, school loan


21.72


R. L. Day, Memorial Bridge Loan.


66,000.00


Premium, Memorial Bridge loan


296.34


Old Colony Trust Co., highway loan


18,000.00


31


Premium, highway loan


36.00


Accrued interest, highway loan


72.00 974.89


County Treasurer, dog fund


Police Court, fines


1,513.00


E. P. Clark, Sheriff, fines


9.50


Pool licenses


56.00


Slaughter licenses


285.00


Junk licenses


21.00


Garage licenses


10.00


H. & S. Bus license


75.00


Riverside Park licenses


728.00


Riverside Park Amusement Co. (policing)


112.57


Victuallers' licenses


5.00


Jitney licenses


100.00


Sealer's fees


38.66


Dog fines


101.00


Rent of Library tenement


126.00


Rent of Post Office


150.00


Rent of Fireman's Hall


18.00


Rent of Town Hall


5.00


Rent of land


5.00


Sale of grass, High School grounds


3.00


W. J. Deuel (refund )


132.24


Bodurtha & Taylor (refund )


153.34


Civilian War Tax (refund )


2,701.14


Street Light (refund)


3.75


Sewer, entrance fees


1,223.74


Phelon Library fund


22.75


Water rents


17,739.26


Water connections


2,171.00


High School tuition


325.00


Interest on deposits (Union Trust )


338.40


Interest on deposits (West Springfield Trust )


108.64


Interest on Taxes


6,797.28


Taxes, 1918


785.26


Taxes, 1919


1,954.76


Taxes, 1920


3,847.85


Taxes, 1921


6,423.01


Taxes, 1922


21,420.81


Taxes, 1923


45,800.61


Taxes, 1924


121,042.47


$508,708.62


32


Cr.


By paying :


Treasurer of Commonwealth, state tax $ 9,800.00


Treasurer of Hampden County, county tax 5,789.28


Division of Accounts, certifying notes 22.00


C. D. Parker & Co., Inc., temporary loans


28,000.00


F. S. Mosely & Co., temporary loans


55,000.00


Grafton Co., temporary loans


30,000.00


West Springfield Trust Co., temporary loan


10,000.00


Schools


108,007.22


Care of Poor


3,255.21


Town Office


5,149.04


Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector


2,000.00


Highways and Bridges


13,851.78


Contingencies


150.09


Sewers


1,756.35


Police


3,150.36


Street Lights


8,350.68


Libraries


1,172.66


State Aid


194.00


Town Buildings


2.036.86


Fire Department


,2427.43


Board of Health


2,103.63


Forestry


938.85


Water Department


11,178.82


Assessors


1,407.30


Springfield Street School Building


48,000.00


Town Debt


34,000.00


Interest


22,817.93


Liability Insurance


296 65


Hampden County Improvement League


300.00


Memorial Day Observance


150.00


Preparing and Certifying Bonds


475.00


Hampden County Memorial Bridge Assessment


66,352.14


Main Street Construction


20,000.00


Balance on hand December 31, 1924


10,575.34


$508,708.62


33


TRUST FUNDS


Phelon School Fund Dr.


To amount of legacy


$ 4,017.21


Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1923


289.93


Income from fund 184.91


$4,492.05


Cr.


By paying orders of School Committee. $ 168.88


Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1924 305.96


Amount of legacy 4,017.21


$4,492.05


Whiting Street Fund Dr.


To amount of fund


$ 5,523.39


Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1923


901.08


Income from fund


350.18


$6,774.65


Cr.


By paying orders of Trustees $ 279.41


Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1924


971.85


Amount of fund


5,523.39


$6,774.65


Desire A. Pyne Fund Dr.


To amount of legacy $ 2,000.00


Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1923 424.80


Income from fund


98.85


$2,523.65


Cr.


By paying Selectmen's orders $ 156.00


Balance of income, Dec. 31, 1924 367.65


Amount of legacy ..


2,000.00


$2,523.65


34


Phelon Library Fund Dr.


To amount of fund


$ 500.00


Income from fund


22.75


$ 522.75


Cr.


By paying Town Treasury


$ 22.75


Amount of fund


500.00


$ 522.75


Old Cemetery Fund Dr.


$ 700.00


Income from fund 31.84


$ 731.84


Cr.


By paying Treasurer of Cemetery $ 31.84


700.00


Amount of fund


$ 731.84


To amount of fund


HENRY E. BODURTHA, Treasurer.


35


Auditor's Report


February 4, 1925


I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for the year 1924 as set forth in his annual report, and to the best of my knowledge and belief they are correctly and ac- curately recorded.


JAMES C. ATWATER, Auditor.


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Assessors' Report


PROPERTY ASSESSED APRIL 1, 1924


Horses


414


Cow's


805


Neat cattle


160


Swine


196


Fowls


7570


Value of fowls


$7,570.00


Houses


1,205


Acres of land


14,164


VALUATION


Buildings


$3,328,395.00


Land


2,223,015.00


Total real estate


5,551,410.00


Personal estate


989,510.00


Total valuation


$6,540,920.00


Upon which taxes have been assessed as follows :


State tax


$ 9,800.00


State highway tax


1,588.32


County tax


5,789.28


Schools


108,000.00


Care of poor


5,000.00


Highways and bridges


12,000.00


Town office


4,500.00


Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector


2,000.00


Police


3,700.00


Memorial Day observance


150.00


Board of Health


2,000.00


Assessors


1,400.00


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Fire department


2,500.00


Forestry


600.00


Gipsy moth extermination


300.00


Street lights


8,400.00


Libraries


200.00


Town buildings


2,000.00


Contingencies


600.00


Surety bonds


100.00


Liability insurance


350.00


County aid to agriculture


300.00


Rebuilding Main Street


2,000.00


Interest


24,000.00


Indebtedness


34,000.00


Springfield Street School


2,000.00


Overlay


4,871.85


$238,149.45


Less estimated receipts


38,729.85


Total amount to raise


199,419.60


Tax on 1596 polls at $2.00 $ 3,192.00


Tax on personal and real estate at $30 196,227.60


-$199,419.60


To Henry E. Bodurtha was committed for collection the sum of $199,419.60


Additional assessments 27.75


$199,447:35


Abatements allowed


$


221.40


R. MATHER TAYLOR, WILLIAM H. PORTER, ADOLPHUS PROVOST,


Assessors.


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Report of Tax Collector


1924 TAX Dr.


To amount committed $199,419.60


Additional assessments 22.75


Interest collected


68.26


-


$199,515.61


Cr.


By amount paid treasurer


$121,110.73


Abatements allowed 221.40


Amount due Dec. 31, 1924


78,183.48


$199,515.61


1923 TAX


Dr.


To amount due Dec. 31, 1923 $ 81,024.70


Interest collected


1,878 59


$ 82,903.29


Cr.


By amount paid treasurer


$ 47,679.20


Abatements allowed 2,538.50


Amount due Dec. 31, 192+ 32,685.59


$ 82,903.29


1922 TAX Dr


To amount due Dec. 31, 1923 $ 38,069.34


Interest collected


2,267.47


$ 40,336.81


Cr.


By amount paid treasurer


$ 23,688.28


Amount due Dec. 31, 1924


16,648.53


$ 40,336.81


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1921 TAX Dr.


To amount due Dec. 31, 1923 $ 12,002.77 Interest collected 1,016.05


$ 13,018.82


Cr.


By paying treasurer $ 7,442.06


Amount due Dec. 31, 1924 5,576.76 $ 13,018.82


1920 TAX Dr.


To amount due Dec. 31, 1923 $ 6,575.41


Interest collected 882.75 -$ 7,458.16


Cr.


By amount paid treasurer


$


4,730.60


Amount due Dec. 31, 1924 2,727.56 -$ 7,458.16


1919 TAX


Dr.


To amount due Dec. 31, 1923 $ 3,735.12


Interest collected 637.98 -$ 4,373.10


Cr.


By amount paid treasurer $ 2,592.74


Amount due Dec. 31, 1924 1,780.36 -$ 4,373.10


1918 TAX Dr.


To amount due Dec. 31, 1923 $ 1,311.78


Interest collected +0.18 -$ 1,357.96


Cr.


By amount paid treasurer $ 831.44


Abatements allowed 526.52 -$ 1,357.96


HENRY E. BODURTHA, Tax Collector.


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REPORT OF Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health


In closing our books for the year 1924 we find that we are well within our total appropriations, while of course it has been unavoidable to run over a little in some departments.


BOARD OF HEALTH


It was necessary to spend a large sum of money in this de- partment owing to the tuberculosis cases which we have to sup- port in the State Hospitals. Quite an appropriation will be nec- essary in this department the coming year because the State has raised the rates from $10.50 to $12.00 per week.


TOWN POOR


We have stayed well within our appropriation this year ow- ing to two large families that we have almost wholly supported in the past becoming practically self-supporting.


POLICE


During the year that has passed, under the supervision of Chief E. S. Connors up to the time of his resignation the de- partment has made 151 arrests and fines to the amount of $1,522.50 were collected.


The State Constabulary was ever ready to assist our depart- ment and answer calls coming direct from other sources and the co-operation shown by them was splendid.


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TOWN OFFICE


Practically no change has been made in our Town Officers the past year, E. U. Leonard has looked after the Sealing of Weights and Measures under contract which has worked out very satisfactorily. James H. Clark has looked after the animal and slaughter house inspection in a satisfactory manner.


Through an agreement with the Water Department and the Selectmen, H. P. Worden has been employed steadily in the Town Clerk's office and all the clerical work is done there which we think is the proper way.


During the year the Town Auditor, Frederick R. Young, resigned his position and James C. Atwater was appointed by the Selectmen to fill the vacancy.


TOWN BUILDINGS


A new slate roof was put on the Feeding Hills Town Hall which was very much needed, and several of the smaller school houses were painted. All the slate roofs at Agawam and North Agawam were patched.


We feel that quite an appropriation should be made in this department as there are a good many buildings to look after and considerable work needs doing.


HIGHWAYS


Our roads have been looked after by Chas. H. Wyman as in former years and we feel that he did very well considering weather conditions and what we had to do with. We feel that this de- partment should be gradually brought up to date by the purchase of some new equipment each year, as our roads are becoming more and more of a problem owing to the increased travel and de- mands made on our highways.


Our policy has been to keep our main highways in as good repair as possible which has cost us a large share of our appropria- tion, but if we let those go to pieces it is impossible to ever get them back into first class condition.


Inspection of certain dirt roads show a condition in some places which should be corrected. People are plowing out into the highways in many places close to the wheel-tracks, thus filling up the drain ditches and causing water to settle in the middle of the road.


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We would have liked very much to have cindered and grav- elled more roads and this should be possible another year if Main Street is rebuilt, as this road cost us a lot of money to keep pass- able.


About thirty safety signs were posted at street intersections and public schools. The road at the intersection of Walnut and Springfield Streets was widened about ten feet and a new fence was erected which relieved a dangerous condition.


We strongly recommend finishing Main Street this year as it is half done now and the State and County are ready to finish it with our co-operation early this year.


EXPENDITURES-CARE OF POOR


Ferrarini's (cash aid)


$ 520.00


Avondo's (cash aid)


77.00


E. A. Kellogg (supplies)


263.00


F. E. Morley (supplies )


50.63


Karl D. Nooney (supplies )


60.00


Clarence E. Smith (supplies)


10.05


H. C. Puffer Co. (supplies)


+0.25


Louis Mercadante (supplies)


72.26


Sweet Drug Co. (supplies)


.65


C. D. Farnsworth, Inc. (supplies)


16.00


Di Donato Ice Co. (supplies)


26.00


S. L. Stanley (supplies)


136.25


Forrest M. Spear (supplies)


+5.00


Frank Sosnischi (supplies)


21.50


City of Springfield


15.00


Springfield Hospital


152.00


Providence Hospital +55.00


Beaven Kelly Home


240.00


R. R. Ranney (rent)


240.00


WV. M. Young (rent)


176.00


D. M. Crowley (rent)


102.00


Mrs. Frank Specos (rent)


39.00


County of Hampden


26.29


Anthony Dalla Porta


21.00


Cora Giamari


42.00


John Dugan


3.00


Tony August


50.00


R. D. Toomey (burial )


50.00


Dickinson & Streeter Co. (burial)


45.00


+3


G. W. Halladay (salary)


100.00


J. L. Hanchett (salary)


80.00


J. F. Kirby (salary)


80.00


$


3,255.21


Appropriation


$ 5,000.00


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES


John S. Lane & Son


$ 484.17


W. F. Cook Coal Co.


1.50


H. G. Taylor, gravel


212.50


Gustin Caruso, trucking


476.20


C. C. Lewis Co.


2.78


Agawam Garage


.60


D. E. Bailey


36.50


James Maspo. labor


10.00


Wilbert H. White, posts


33.65


Cave Welding Co.


12.75


International Harvester Co.


79.93


American Tar Co.


1,238.55


Charles E. Burger, signs


1.70


J. L. Hanchett, Jr.




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