Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1931-1935, Part 8

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1931
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 812


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Janitors' Services


High


2,042.70


Elementary ..


7,628.90


9,671.60


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Fuel and Light


High


1,653.89


Elementary


5,551.96


7,205.85


Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds High


Repairs


448.48


Janitors' supplies


I 59.02


All other


179.37


786.87


Elementary


Repairs


2,027.18


Janitors' supplies


374.86


All other


468.93


2,870.97


Insurance on Buildings ..


248.80


Furniture and Furnishings


High


I14.02


Elementary


182.01


296.03


Other Expenses


Diplomas and graduation


exercises


234.89


Miscellaneous Printing


72.84


Library


54.16


All other expense


177.98


539.87


Health


High


620.4I


Elementary


1,534.12


2,154.53


Total schools ..


144,996.54


Smith-Hughes Fund


322.42


George Reed Fund


34.59


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Libraries


Librarians' salaries


Other salaries


405.00 6.60


Books and periodicals


North Agawam


469.31


Feeding Hills


443.37


Agawam Center


447.73


Slips and pockets


23.95


Fuel


27.50


Light


11.16


Repairs


71.96


Furniture and Furnishings


49.00


Janitors'. supplies


5.25


Stationery and postage


....


15.44


1,976.27


Unclassified


Surety Bonds


Treasurer's Bond


195.00


Collector's Bond


390.00


Town Clerk's Bond


5.00


590.00


Other Expenses


Printing Town and Finance


reports


294.66


Compensation Insurance


1,280.84


Injury to Persons


32.00


Mass. Com. Geo. Washington Bicentennial


149.20


Marking graves of Soldiers, American Revolution


60.20


Memorial Day Observance ...


150.00


County Aid to Agriculture


250.00


Burglar Insurance


31.00


2,247.90


To State


Old Age Assistance Tax


2,158.00


State Parks


17.61


State Audit


59.20


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Assessment for Veterans' Hospital


100.00


2,334.81


Bank Tax


6.43


To County


Dog Licenses


905.40


Payments


Water Maintenance


Commissioners


300.00


Superintendent


1,404.00


Clerk


500.00


Printing and Postage


166.13


Telephone and Tolls


13.98


All other


4.50


Upkeep of truck


180.34


Gas and oil


153.06


Meters and repair of same


and other equipment


527.47


Service pipe and fittings


685.55


Services, boxes, etc. 46.35


Labor, Pay rolls


841.43


Payment of Bonds


6,500.00


Interest on Water Debt


2,783.75


Water purchased


8,961.52


23,068.08


Water Construction


Pipe and fittings


1,046.81


Carting pipe


16.00


Labor, Pay rolls


425.20


1,488.01


Cemeteries


Maple Grove Cemetery


19.20


Old Cemetery


25.00


44.20


Interest and Municipal Indebtedness Interest


Anticipation Revenue Loans .


9,886.19


Memorial Bridge Loans 1,560.00


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High School Loan


6,000.00


High School Addition


2,800.00


Other School Loans


2,187.50


Highway Loan


160.00


Sewer Loan


480.00


23,073.69


Debt


Anticipation of Revenue Loans


285,000.00


Memorial Bridge Loan


3,000.00


High School


12,000.00


High School Addition


10,000.00


Other Schools


7,000.00


Highway


2,000.00


Sewer Loans


1,000.00


320,000.00


Agency Trust and Investment


Taxes


State Tax


13,357.50


County Tax


16,297.24


29,654.74


Trust and Investment


Private Trust Funds


684.01


Phelon Library Fund


35.80


719.81


Refunds


Taxes


9.50


Excise


163.07


172.57


Recapitulation


Payments for year 1932


General Government


11,771.30


Municipal Buildings


720.90


Protection to Persons and


property


10,379.33


Health and Sanitation


6,632.32


Highways


10,829.51


Street Lights


10,342.56


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Highway Construction


31,952.44


Public Welfare


69,723.24


Old Age Assistance


8,279.24


Soldiers' Relief


9,601.70


State and Military Aid 45.00


Schools


144,996.54


Smith-Hughes Fund


322.42


George Reed Fund


34.59


Libraries


1,976.27


Unclassified, Bonds


590.00


Other expenses


2,247.90


Old Age Assistance


2,158.00


State Parks


17.61


State Audit


59.20


Assessment for Veterans'


Hospital


1.00.00


Public Service Enterprises


22,917.20


Public Service Construction


1,638.89


Cemeteries


44.20


Interest and Maturing Debt .


Interest


23,073.69


Debt


320,000.00


Agency Trust and Investment


State Tax


13,357.50


County Tax


16,297.24


Trust and Investment


719.81


Refunds


172.57


Bank Tax


6.43


Collection of Dog licenses to


County Treasurer


905.40 721,975.90


Cash balance on hand .... ...


4,210.91


726,186.81


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Trial Balance after Closing Books


December 31, 1932


Cash


4,210.91


Cash in School Dept.


50.00


Taxes


Polls 1930


2.00


R. & P. 1930


75.76


Polls 1931 .


253.00


R. & P. 1931


42,085.88


R. & P. 1932


144,254.89


Polls 1932


582.00


Old Age Assistance


1932


280.00


1931


129.00


Motor Vehicle Excise


1930


578.39


1931


911.17


1932


2,110.36


Tax Titles


10,876.71


Accounts Receivable


Health


1,043.77


Sewer


213.24


Public Welfare


7,950.84


Sealer Wts. and Msurs.


104.67


Schools


1,466.82


Fire Dept.


31.00


Sidewalks, 1928


87.38


Sidewalks, 1929


233.42


Sidewalks, 1930


275.63


Water Rates


4,225.21


Water Entrances


220.80


A/c Rec. County Aid to Highways


3,427.64


State Aid to Highways


3,426.65


Revenue Loans


124,000.00


Emergency Loan


24,000.00


Surplus War Bonus


2,701.14


Phelon Library Trust Fund


21.20


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Old Cemetery Fund Income ....... Maple Grove Cemetery Income .... Overlay Reserve


99.86 84.66 3,393.63


Overlay 1929


2.00


Overlay 1930


825.14


Overlay 1931


1.796.00


Overlay 1932


9.774.18


Tax Title Revenue


10,876.71


1930 Mo. Ve. Excise Revenue ....


578.39


1931 Mo. Ve. Excise Revenue


911.17


1932 Mo. Ve. Excise Revenue


2,110.36


Departmental Revenue


10,827.34


Special Assessment Rev.


596.43


Water Revenue


4,446.0I


Excess and Deficiency


65,576.14


Auditor and Accounting Dept. ..


24.02


12,237.99


So. Westfield St. Construction .... Library


253.26


Water Construction


North Street


1,823.99


Other


199.56


253,133.16


253,133.16


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Treasurer's Report


Ending December 31, 1932


Balance on hand January 1, 1932 .... $ 9,808.17


Receipts of 1932 (see accountant's


report)


716.378.64 $726,186.81


Payments of 1932 (see accountant's


report)


721,975.90


Cash balance December 31 .... 4,210.91


726,186.81


TRUST FUNDS


Whiting Street Fund


On hand January 1, 1932


Securities


$ 5,500.00


Cash


326.51


Income from Fund


288.30 $ 6,114.81


Paid by order of Trustees


200.00


Federal Tax


.12


On hand December 31, 1932 Securities


5,500.00


Cash


414.69


6,114.81


Desire A. Pyne Fund


On hand January 1, 1932


Securities


2,000.00


Cash


121.34


Income from Fund


80.80


2,202.14


Paid by order of Selectmen .... 96.57


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Federal Tax


.14


On hand December 31, 1932 Securities


2,000.00


Cash


105.43


2,202.14


Phelon School Fund


On hand January 1, 1932


5,108.38


Income from Fund


183.57


5,291.95


Paid orders of School


Committee


202.25


Federal Tax


.24


On hand Securities


4,225.93


Income


863.53


5,291.95


Phelon Library Fund


On hand January 1, 1932 Amount of Fund


500.00


Rec. Income from Fund


20.20


520.20


Paid to Trust Fund Income


20.20


Amount of Fund


500.00


520.20


Davis Library Fund


Income from Safe Deposit and Trust Co.


684.01


684.01


Paid Agawam Library


Association


684.01


684.01


Maple Grove Cemetery Fund


Amount of Fund


500.00


Received from Cemetery Association for Fund


905.81


Income from Fund


56.76


1,462.57


Paid Trust Fund Income


56.76


Amount of Fund


1,405.81


1,462.57


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Old Cemetery Fund Amount of Fund


700.00


Rec. Income from Fund


28.28


728.28


Paid Income Trust Fund


28.28


Amount of Fund


700.00


728.28


HENRY E. BODURTHA, Treasurer


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LIABILITIES, DECEMBER 31, 1932


Ten bonds of $1,000. each payable annually Oct. 1, 1933-42 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4% water loan $ 10,000.00


Bonds of 1913 water loan payable $3.500. annu- ally July 1, 1933-43 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 41/2% 33,500.00


Bonds of 1917 water loan payable $1,000. an- nually Oct. 1, 1933-42 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 412% 10,000.00


Notes of 1931 water loan payable $1,000. an- nually July 1, 1933-39 to First National Bank at 334% 6,500.00


Bonds of 1916 Schoolhouse loan payable $1,000. annually July 1, 1933-34 to Old Colo- ny Trust Co., at 4% ..


2,000.00


Bonds of 1916 Sewer loan payable $1,000 an- nually Dec. I, 1933-43 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%


II,000.00


Bonds of High School loan payable $12,000. annually Sept. 1, 1933-41 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 5%


108,000.00


Bonds of 1924 Schoolhouse loan payable $2,000. annually June 1, 1933-44 to Old Col- ony Trust Co., at 41/4% 24,000.00


Bonds of 1925 Schoolhouse loan payable $3,000. annually June 1, 1933-40 to Old Colo- ny Trust Co., at 4% 23,000.00


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Bonds of Memorial Bridge loan payable $3,000. annually Oct. I, 1933-44 to Old Colo- ny Trust Co., at 4% ........ .. 36,000.00


Bond of Highway loan payable $2,000. Oct. I, 1933 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4% 2,000.00


Bonds of High School Addition of 1928 pay- able $10,000. annually Nov. I, 1933-38 to Old Colony Trust Co., at 4%


60,000.00


Notes of Welfare Dept. payable Dec. 29, 1933


24.000.00


Temporary loans ..... .. 100,000.00


$450,000.00


Of the above sum


Water debt is


$ 66,500.00


Outside of debt limit 144,000.00


Inside of debt limit 150,000.00 Payable in 1933 64,500.00


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REPORT OF Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare and Board of Health


Owing to the unusual times which we are now passing through our recommendations are to urge the necessity of strict economy in every department as this is the only way that we will be able to keep our tax rate down.


Mounting relief costs make it imperative that the ex- pense in all other departments be kept at the lowest pos- sible amount.


The Relief Department has been of much help to the other branches through furnishing labor, the cost of which has been paid out of Public Welfare. The High School auditorium was redecorated at quite a saving to the School Department, extra janitor service has been furnished the schools at different times during the year enabling them to do a lot of work through vacations that would not have been possible with the regular force of janitors thus saving quite an amount on the school budget. Men have made a great many repairs to public buildings thus saving on that appropriation. The Highway Department has used a good sized force of welfare men throughout the year and in that way the superintendent has been able to do a large amount of work on an appropriation which was cut fifty per cent in 1932.


The North Westfield Street Road project was completed this year to the Westfield line. This job furnished a lot of work for Agawam residents at a time when work was badly


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needed. We are strongly in favor of continuing this Chap- ter 90 work on other streets of the town as the State and County Aid keeps the actual cost to the town low and also furnishes work for quite a force of Agawam men.


Our Tuberculosis expense is high at the present time. This is beyond anyones control as we never know when a new case may be reported in. Clinics and constant checking of all suspicious cases by Hampden County Association nurses and community nurses are doing much to keep this dreaded affliction under control.


We recommend a small appropriation for diphtheria im- munization, as what has been done along these lines proved very successful. As the last clinic was held in 1931 we feel that a small amount should be used this year to keep our school children as nearly immune as possible.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWIN L. TALMADGE, GILES W. HALLADAY, JOHN L. BURKE,


Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare, Board of Health


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REPORT OF Chief of Police


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit the annual report of the Police De- partment from January Ist, 1932, to January Ist, 1933.


Arrests


Assault and Battery


5


Arson


I


Automobile Violations


II6


Assault with Dangerous Weapon


2


Breaking, Entering, and Larceny


2


Breach of Peace


2


Bastardy


I


Cruelty to Animals


I


Concealing of Leased Property


I


Drunk


38


Fugitive from Justice


I


Gaming on the Lord's Day


7


Insane


5


Indecent Assault


I


Indecent Exposure


I


Larceny


34 6


Non-Support


3


Rape


I


Stubbornness


3


Suspects


2


Violation of Liquor Law


4


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.


.


.


.


.


.


.


Malicious Destruction of Property


67


Violation Labor Law


I


Violation Probation


5


Violation Town Ordinance


47


Violation Game Laws


2


Violation Parole


I


Vagrancy


2


Robbery


I


Total Number of Arrests 296


Dispositions


Continued Day to Day


32


Discharged


2


Filed


2


Fined


180


House of Correction


II


Northampton (Insane Hospital)


6


Probation


13


Released


9


Restitution


8


Suspended Sentences


19


Sentenced to State Farm


I


Sentenced to Mass. Reformatory


2


Sentenced to Shirley


I


Sentenced to Lyman School


I


Turned over to other Police


9


Total 296


Total Amount of Fines Imposed


$3,122.00


Total Amount turned back to Town Treasury 866.00


Restitution


1,780.00


Value of Automobiles Recovered


3,700.00


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.


.


.


.


In rendering this, my sixth annual report, to the Town of Agawam, I wish to state we have passed through a year of marked depression, which always creates more work for the Police, but with our small department, I be- lieve we have met the emergencies with a fair degree of


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success, and given to the Town our best possible service. We have tried to be economical, which I believe you will see by the amount of business done and the amount ex- pended.


It has always been my desire to give Agawam our best possible service plus economy, which I hope we have ac- complished.


Respectfully submitted,


PERLEY J. HEWEY, Chief of Police


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REPORT OF Board of Fire Engineers


For the Year Ending December 31, 1932


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


Sirs-Our report for the past year is very little different from others that we have submitted in previous years.


Many calls were made upon the Department. Some were of a serious nature. Many were small and did very little damage. But in all cases the promptness and effi- ciency of your men has been reflected in the fact that in no case has a fire got beyond control when it was possible to use hydrants. In many cases when fires have occurred out- side of hydrant zone much property has been saved by the use of Booster Tanks and pumps with which the three new pieces of apparatus are equipped.


Only the most needed supplies were purchased during the year. In all cases nothing but first class equipment is secured. This might seem unwise to many of our citizens during this economic period but when the safety and com- fort of the men who give unselfishly of their time under the most trying conditions year after year for the small sum they receive, it is the opinion of your commissioners that they should have the best that you can give them.


We wish to thank the firemen for their loyal and effi- cient effort to the protection of lives and property in our Town.


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We call your attention to a condition that at present exists in North Agawam. For many years the fire alarm in this district has been a steam whistle located at one of the paper mills. During the past year this plant has been idle much of the time. The lack of this whistle has been of much concern to the residents of this district. We have been approached many times during the year by residents of this district in their effort to have this condition cor- rected. This we were unable to do. We hesitate in mak- ing any recommendation on this matter. The conditions at Feeding Hills are very much the same. The purchase of sirens similar to the one at Agawam Center would be an expensive proposition at the present time. We feel it is our duty to ask that those interested in this matter should give it their careful consideration.


During the year many applications were received for the installation of oil burners. These have been inspected and approved by this department. All former installations were checked and permits granted for same.


Many applications were received and permits issued for the installation of gasoline and oil tanks, and to sell at re- tail crude petroleum and its by-product; also for the sale and use of fireworks and explosives.


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Value of property destroyed by fire, $52,100.


Insurance paid on building and contents and other property destroyed, ($34,799.50) thirty-four thousand seven hundred ninety-nine dollars and fifty cents.


Following is a list of calls made upon the Department during 1932.


Houses


19


Chimneys


13


Barns 8


Hen Houses


2


Garages 8


Dump


3


Grass and Brush 40


Airplane


I


Total 98


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These were divided as follows :


North Agawam 19


Feeding Hills 39


Agawam Center 40


Total 98


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD J. GOSSELIN, Chairman JAMES W. SHEA, Purchasing Agent


FRANK T. GOSS, Secretary


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ยท


Assessors' Report


Horses


278


Cows


617


Sheep


19


Neat Cattle


183


Swine 405


Fowls


8.455


Value of Fowls


$8,455.00


Value of Assessed Stock in Trade


$61,589.00


Value of Assessed Machinery


$941,450.50


Value of Assessed Live Stock ...


$73.675.00


Value of All Tangible Personal Property .. . $1.264.204.00


No. Dwelling Houses Assessed .. 1,609


No. Acres of Land Assessed ...


13,78I


Valuations


Buildings


$5.503.785


Land


2.838,060


Total Real Estate


8,341,845


Personal Estate


1,264,204


Total Valuations


$9,606,049


Upon which Taxes have been levied as follows :


County Tax .... $16,297.24


State Tax


13,357.50


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Municipal Audit Tax


59.20


Parks and Reservations


17.61


Special State Tax Old Age Assistance


2,158.00


Town Appropriations


367,619.50


Overlay for Current year


10,428.18


Civil War Vets care (Chap. 340 Acts of 1929)


100.00


Overlay Deficits-1929 ..


909.44


$410,946.67


Less Estimated Receipts :


Income Tax


$34,771.59


Corporation Taxes


3,530.73


Bank Taxes


1.40


Motor Vehicle Excise


9,500.00


Licenses


1,800.00


Fines


1,200.00


Special Assessments


200.00


General Government


500.00


Gas, Electric Lights and Water


995.94


Health and Sanitation


I20.00


Highways


100.00


Charities


2,200.00


Old Age Assistance


3,978.50


Soldiers' Benefits


I 50.00


Schools


4,500.00


Libraries


75.00


Bill in Lieu Taxes


850.00


Public Service Enterprise


..


100.00


Railroad, Tel. & Tel.


Companies


898.75


Interest and Deposits


100.00


Interest on Taxes and


Assessments


4,700.00


Chap. 122, Acts of 1931


Highway Appropriations


7,897.82


Rentals


600.00


Water Dept.


19,560.47


Total Estimated Receipts .... 98,330.20


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Amt. used by Assessors upon written authority from the Commissioners of Corpora- tions and Taxations 18,025.00


Total Deductions .. ....


116,355.20


Net amount to be raised on Polls and Property


$294,591.47


No. Old Age Assistance Taxes 2158 @ $1.00 each


$ 2,158.00


No. Polls .2126 @ 200 each 4,252.00


Tax Rate $30.00 per $1,000 Property Tax 288,181.47


$294,591.47


Omitted Taxes Dec. Assessment


9.00


Excise Tax 1931 Committed Jan. 15, 1932


411.43


Excise Tax 1932 Committed to Dec. 16, 1932 10,529.37 Additional Polls assessed Oct. 2Ist, 1932 @ $2.00 each 32.00


Additional Old Age Assistance Oct. 21st, 1932 @ $1.00 each 16.00


Total amount committed to collector .... $305,589.27


ADOLPHUS PROVOST CLARENCE H. GRANGER PAUL B. JOHNSON


Assessors


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REPORT OF Tax Collector


1932


Tax Committed


$292,442.47 $292,442.47


Cash paid to Treasurer


144,554.58


Abatements


654.00


Tax Titles


2,397.00


Uncollected


144,836.89


292,442.47


Previous Years


January I, 1932 balance due


166,753.29


Plus added commitments and


adjustments


24.55


166,777.84


Cash paid to treasurer


117,909.56


Less refunds and adjustments


12.92


117,896.64


Abatements


3,296.92


Tax Titles


3,167.64


Uncollected 1930


77.76


Uncollected 1931


42,338.88


166,777.84


Motor Vehicle Excise 1932


Committed


10,529.37


10,529.37


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Cash paid to Treasurer


Less refunds


7,979.75 136.31


7,843.44


Abatements


575.57


Balance due January 1, 1933 .... 2,110.36


10,529.37


Previous Years


Balance due January 1, 1932 ....


2,868.91


Plus commitments and


adjustments


411.55


3,280.46


Cash paid to Treasurer


1,725.18


Less refunds and adjustments


25.31


1,699.87


Abatements


91.03


Balances January 1, 1933


1,489.56


3,280.46


Old Age. Assistance Tax


Committed 1932


2,158.00


2,158.00


Paid to Treasurer


1,878.00


Balance due


280.00


2,158.00


Previous Year


Balance due January 1, 1932 ....


266.00


Commitment


6.00


272.00


Paid to Treasurer


143.00


Balance due


129.00


272.00


FREDERICK A. RAISON, Collector


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932.


Town of Agawam :


The Town of Agawam appropriated to the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture $250 which appropriation was requested for the purpose of reimbursing 4-H Club and Home Bureau local leaders of the Town for necessary ex- penses. In short, this money only passes through the hands of the Trustees as it all goes back to Agawam people who incur expenses as leaders and follow-up helpers for the 4-H and Home Bureau groups.


One hundred and eighty-five (185) 4-H boys and girls carried on work in the Town of Agawam during the year. These young people won more money in cash prizes at the Eastern States Exposition and elsewhere on their 4-H projects than the Town paid out for all of its leadership work; for example, one boy received $117 in cash prizes on his live stock, another was chosen County Sheep Club Champion, one of the 4-H garden boys won the County Garden Championship, and one of the Canning Club girls won the gold medal offered in the State and National Can- ning Contest. Several boys and girls received prize trips to the State College and Camp Vail for work done. The Local Leaders not only render valuable assistance them- selves, but they also enable the County workers to serve more people in the Town and do better work.


In the Home Bureau Department there were two hun- dred and fifteen (215) women enrolled in the various pro- jects which included New Clothes from Old, Low Cost Meals, Home Canning, Child Development, Home Furnish-


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ing, and Recreation. Thirty-four Home Bureau meetings were held in the Town during the year with an attendance of five hundred and forty-three women. Twenty-nine home visits were made by the County Home Bureau agents, and seventy women completed projects carried on under the direction of these Agents.


The Two Agricultural Agents made one hundred and twenty-three (123) farm visits in the Town during the year. Most of these visits were made by request of the farmers visited. Thirty-seven men and women carried on definite projects in cooperation with the Agents in control of poul- try diseases, orchard pests, and some phase of market garden problems.


OTIS E. HALL, Managing Director and Clerk for the Trustees


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EXPENDITURES IN THE TOWN OF AGAWAM BY THE TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932


Amount Appropriated


$250.00


Expenditures :


4-H Club Department


Two Soil Teskits for Garden


Club Work $ 1.40


Earle E. Dickinson-Expen-


ses as 4-H Club Leader .... 6.30


Helen Ramah-Expenses as


4-H Club Leader 2.60


Mrs. George E. Moore-Ex-


penses as 4-H Club Leader 10.38


Mrs. Marion A. Pond-Ex-


penses as 4-H Club Leader 18.78


Ethel E. Smith-Expenses as 4-H Club Leader 10.18


Dorothy Brown-Expenses


as 4-H Club Leader 13.32


Henri Benoit-Expenses as


4-H Club Leader 3.78


Kenneth Brown-Expenses


as 4-H Club Leader 20.9I


Louis DePalma-Bus Expen- ses for 4-H Club boys and girls


9.83


Chester Pilch-Expenses as


4-H Club Leader 5.64


Camp Moses Fee-Charles Brown $7.50


Donald Dickinson 7.50 15.00 118.12


80


G


Home Bureau Department


Mrs. Abby H. Polley-Expenses


as Local Leader .40


Mrs. Sadie T. Ferry-Expenses


as Local Leader .60


Mrs. I. I. Chamberlin-Expen-


ses as Local Leader .80


Mrs. P. V. Hastings-Expenses


as Local Leader .40


Lydia Pearsall-Expenses as Local Leader .60


Anna E. McDonald-Expenses


as Local Leader .60


Mrs. Lou La Fleche-Expenses as Local Leader 1.20


Mrs. J. D. Shaw-Expenses as Local Leader .70


Mrs. John Coughlin-Expenses


as Local Leader ..


.40


Mrs. Sara J. Brown-Expenses


as Local Leader .68


Mrs. Anna H. Fickweiler-Ex-


penses as Local Leader .... .32 6.70


Total Expended 124.82


Balance*


$125.18


*Balance will be used in 1933, and no appropriations from the Town will be asked for.


81


REPORT OF Library Trustees


Books


Number at Agawam


10,078


Number at Feeding Hills


6,968


Number at North Agawam


2,565


Circulation


Agawam


24,125


Feeding Hills 10,876


North Agawam


15,822


Borrowers


Agawam


1,050


Feeding Hills 430


North Agawam


440


ALICE B. GRANGER, ANNA H. RUDMAN, IDA BERNATCHEZ,


Library Trustees


82


REPORT OF Sealer of Weights and Measures


To the Selectmen of Agawam:


Gentlemen-After twenty-five years of service, I can truthfully say that I have invariably received co-operation and courtesy from the business people of the town.


A summary of the work done follows :


Articles sealed : 43I


Articles condemned 27


As of December 31, there are 66 sealed gasoline pumps and meters.


Respectfully submitted, EDWIN U. LEONARD, Sealer of Weights and Measures


83


REPORT OF Superintendent for Gypsy Moth Control


To the Selectmen of Agawam:


Gentlemen-The depression has not hit the gypsy moths. The weather has been fine for them; as a result, over six hundred egg clusters have been found.


We are gaining, however, as some old infestations are no more, and I think we are finding all of the new.


Respectfully submitted, EDWIN U. LEONARD, Supt. Pest Infestation


84


ANNUAL REPORTS of the


School Committee and the


Superintendent of Schools of the Town of AGAWAM, MASS.


OF


INCORE


5.1855


PORATED


J


For the Year Ending December 31 1932


Agawam Public Schools


ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD


Clifford M. Granger, Chairman Term expires March, 1935 Post Office Address, Feeding Hills


John J. Caldon Term expires March, 1935 Post Office Address, Agawam


Warren C. Bodurtha Term expires March, 1934 Post Office Address, Agawam


E. J. Demarais Term expires March, 1933 Post Office Address, North Agawam


Joseph L. Roy Term expires March, 1933 Post Office Address, North Agawam


Sidney F. Atwood, Secretary Term expires March, 1933 Post Office Address, Feeding Hills


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Benjamin J. Phelps Telephone : 4-283I


SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1933




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