Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1936-1940, Part 16

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 840


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84.65


All Other


27.72


Hospital Maintenance


1,461.47


4,918.26


Inspection :


Animals


250.00


Meats and Provisions


800.00


1,050.00


Town Nurse :


Salary


1,620.00


Salary of Relief Nurse


325.00


Car Expense


486.00


Telephone


17.57


All Other


42.94


2,491.51


Sanitation


Sewers :


Labor


1,182.34


Pipe and Fittings


188.07


All Other


1.85


1,372.26


60


.


Surface Drainage :


Labor


363.10


Pipe and Fittings


33.75


All Other حمد


18.00


414.85


Refuse and Garbage :


Garbage Collection


300.00


Highways


Springfield Street, Chapter 90


Maintenance


4,997.10


Suffield Street, Chapter 90 Construction


14,596.75


Snow Removal :


Salaries and Wages


723.91


Trucks


190.75


All Other


85.18


999.84


Highway Maintenance :


Salaries and Wages


4,195.00


Trucks


312.50


Stone, Gravel, etc.


490.85


Equipment and Repairs


367.81


Gas and Oil


1,615.73


All Other


1,036.30


Bridge Upkeep


219.03


8,237.22


Suffield Street Adjustment


275.56


Equipment


751.24


Sidewalks


13.35


Dump Maintenance


83.67


General Oiling :


Labor and Trucks


2,615.51


All Other


1,704.26


4,319.77


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New Oiling : Labor and Trucks


441.17


All Other


920.45


1,361.62


Ash Collection


268.36


Parks and Roadsides


85.28


All Other


160.32


Lighting :


Contract


6,848.92


All Other


340.45


7,189.37


Hurricane Damage


2,498.16


Public Welfare


General Administration :


Salary and Car Expense of Agent


2,458.29


Salary of Clerk


1,000.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage


116.96


All Other, Rent, Gas, Oil


Repairs, etc.


1,259.80


4,835.05


Relief :


Groceries and Provisions


6,213.40


Fuel


1,536.86


Board and Care


4,074.23


Medicine and Medical Attendance


1,645.15


Board at Institutions


1,350.17


Dental


85.50


All Other


88.67


Relief By Other Cities and Towns


4,103.80


Cash Aid


589.20


Rent


2,374.31


Shoes and Clothing


403.13


Hospital


2,187.66


Burial


174.00


Pay Roll


5,848.32


30,674.40


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Mothers' Aid


Cash Aid by Town 4,322.00 U. S. Grant-Dependent Children 1,467.35 5,789.35


Old Age Assistance


Cash Aid


17,717.52


All Other


4.50


U. S. Grant-Old Age Assistance- Assistance


16,358.30


U. S. Grant-Old Age Assistance- Administration


615.29


34,695.61


Soldiers' Relief


Cash Aid


5,362.25


Board


782.00


Fuel


587.60


Groceries and Provisions


461.71


Rent


1,364.00


Medicine and Medical Attendance


694.86


Hospital


380.40


All Other


431.98


10,064.80


State and Military Aid


State Aid


160.00


Schools


For detail see School Report ... New School :


147,000.00


Purchase of Land


4,000.00


Preliminary Plans


1,200.00


Contract, Advertising, etc.


68,985.10


74,185.10


Libraries


Librarian's Salaries


450.00


Books ...


1,636.89


63


Periodicals


24.03


Fuel


24.15


Light


9.00


Repairs


16.28


All Other


72.63


2,232.98


Unclassified


Damages to Persons and Property


2,396.70


Memorial Day


150.00


Widows' Annuities


700.00


Printing and Distributing


Town Reports


468.40


Tax Title Foreclosure


137.00


Liability Insurance


1,049.59


Surety Bonds


612.00


Sewer Survey


450.00


County Aid to Agriculture


100.00


Burglar Insurance


31.00


Miscellaneous


21.00


6.115.69


To County :


Dog Licenses


1,961.00


W. P. A. Projects :


Administration


1,479.16


Adams Street Drainage


2,113.30


Gypsy Moth


140.60


Recreation


177.95


Sewing


3,522.90


Tool Account


743.82


Assessors' Plans


266.53


Springfield and Central Sts. Sewer and Springfield St. Walk


11,992.17


First Aid


149.23


School Painting


810.73


Harding Street Sewer


646.82


64


Wilson Street Sewer


6.50


Main Street Walk


5,832.91


Cooper Street Drainage


1.074.50


Cooley Street Drainage


125.00


Ottawa Street Drainage


126.84


Maple Street Walk


2,195.98


Southwick Street Drainage


1,220.57


Mulberry Street Drainage


941.16


Ellington Street Drainage


953.63


South Street and Shoemaker Lane Drainage


5,257.58


Oak Hill Street Sewer


979.40


Surveying and Mapping


1,275.87


+2,033.15


Public Service Enterprises


Water Department :


Salary of Commissioners


300.00


Salary of Superintendent


1,200.00


Salary of Clerk


500.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage


164.88


Telephone


33.99


Labor


2,179.20


Trucks


165.55


Pipe and Fittings


1,153.83


Meter Equipment and Repairs


1,079.60


Gas and Oil


411.94


All Other


23.63


Contract


10,861.93


Bond


6,500.00


Interest


1,103.75


25678.30


Cemeteries


Care of North Cemetery


50.00


Maple Grove Cemetery Fund


49.90


Old Cemetery Fund


25.00


124.90


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Interest


Anticipation of Revenue


918.46


School Loan


3,612.50


Memorial Bridge


840.00


Relief Loan


560.00


Tax Title Loan


53.06


Sewer Loan


240.00


6,224.02


Debt


Anticipation of Revenue


200,000.00


School Loan


27,000.00


Memorial Bridge


3,000.00


Relief Loan


9,000.00


Tax Title Loan


18,000.00


Sewer Loan


1,000.00


258,000.00


Payments :


County Tax


15,266.93


State Tax


23,970.00


State Audit


1,372.60


State Hospital and Home Care 10.00


State Parks and Reservations ....


286.92


Smith-Hughes Fund


285.07


41,191.52


Agency, Trust and Investment


Davis Library Fund


518.82


Refunds :


Taxes


19.78


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes


321.54


Miscellaneous


3.95


345.27


Total Payments for Year


$778,527.68


RECAPITULATION


Payments for the year 1938 : General Government $ 13,144.64


Town Buildings 691.94


66


Protection to Persons and


Property


16,176.65


Health


5,218.26


Inspection


1,050.00


Town Nurse


2,491.51


Sanitation


2,087.11


Springfield Street Chapter 90 Maintenance


4,997.10


Suffield Street Chapter 90


Construction


14,596.75


Snow Removal


999.84


Highways


8,237.22


Suffield Street Adjustment


275.56


Equipment


751.24


Sidewalks


13.35


Dump Maintenance


83.67


Oiling


5,681.39


Ash Collection


268.36


Parks and Roadsides


85.28


All Other


160.32


Street Lights


7,189.37


Hurricane Damage


2,498.16


Public Welfare:


Administration


4,835.05


Relief


30,674.40


Mothers' Aid


5,789.35


Old Age Assistance


34,695.61


Soldiers' Relief


10,064.80


State and Military Aid


160.00


Schools


147,000.00


New School


74,185.10


Libraries


2,232.98


Unclassified


6,115.69


To County-Dog Licenses


1,961.00


W. P. A. Projects


+2,033.15


Water


25,678.30


Cemeteries


124.90


Interest


6,224.02


Debt


258.000.00


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County Tax


15,266.93


State Tax


23,970.00


State Audit


1,372.60


State Hospital and Home Care


10.00


State Parks and Reservations


286.92


Smith-Hughes Fund 285.07


Trust and Investment


518.82


Refunds


345.27


Total Payments


$778,527.68


Cash on Hand 72,885.76


$851,413.44


TRIAL BALANCE AFTER CLOSING BOOKS


December 31, 1938


Cash $ 72,885.76


Cash In School Department 50.00


Cash In Welfare Department 10.00


1936 Real and Personal Taxes 60.35


1936 Poll Taxes


73.77


1937 Real and Personal Taxes


46,746.12


1937 Poll Taxes


236.00


1938 Real and Personal Taxes 116,153.83


1938 Poll Taxes


701.95


1935 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ....


13.22


1936 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax .... 139.08


1937 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 761.80


1938 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


870.85


Tax Titles


72,038.18


Tax Possessions


7,115.43


Accounts Receivable Sewer


209.50


Accounts Receivable Public Welfare


4,421.03


Accounts Receivable Old Age Assistance 79.91


Accounts Receivable Schools


2,424.26


Accounts Receivable Water


505.63


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Water Rates


10,586.98


Road Machinery Fund


360.75


County Aid to Highways


5,000.73


State Aid to Highways


10,001.45


Revenue Loans


100,000.00


Surplus War Bonus


2,701.14


Phelon Library Trust Fund


39.11


Old Cemetery Fund


86.87


Maple Grove Cemetery Fund


10.32


Overlay Reserve


2,074.24


Overlay 1932


139.50


Overlay 1933


139.50


Overlay 1934


145.50


Overlay 1935


140.89


Overlay 1936


1,053.97


Overlay 1937


69.73


Overlay 1938


5,633.35


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue 1935


13.22


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue 1936


139.08


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue 1937


761.80


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue 1938


870.85


Tax Title Revenue


79,153.61


Departmental Revenue


9,382.65


Water Revenue


11,092.61


County Tax


1,660.55


State Tax


12,440.70


State Hospital and Home Care ....


10.00


State Parks and Reservations


275.80


Excess and Deficiency


95,977.28


Road Machinery Fund


1,001.88


Highway Fund, Chapter 500- Acts of 1938


7,050.00


Springfield Street Chapter 90 Maintenance


2.90


Suffield Street Chapter 90 Construction


5,403.25


U. S. Grant-Old Age Assistance- Administration


141.60


U. S. Grant-Old Age Assistance- Assistance


833.54


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U. S. Grant-Dependent Children .. School Building


92.06 30,814.90


W. P. A. Projects : Sewing


575.10


Surveying and Mapping


724.13


South St. and Shoemaker Lane


144.82


Southwick, Mulberry and


Ellington Sts. Water


248.14


Springfield St., Walk


186.29


Maple St. Walk


134.02


Cooper St. Drainage


3,925.50


Main St. Walk


4,167.09


Harding St. Drainage


1,003.18


Wilson St. Drainage


1,793.50


Tax Title Reserved for Payment of Debt


623.19


$367,161.97


$367,161.97


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TOWN Auditor's Report


January 21, 1939


This is to certify that I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector and Account- ing Officer for the year ending December 31, 1938, and to the best of my knowledge and belief they are correctly recorded as stated in their annual reports.


E. HENDRIK FICKWEILER, Auditor


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REPORT OF THE Board of Public Welfare


January 12, 1939


The Welfare Board has met as in former years on the first and third Thursdays of each month except during the summer when we held one meeting a month.


We have a separate division called the Bureau of Old Age Assistance, as has been required by law since 1936, and must consist of two members of the Welfare Board, and a third member chosen by these two. The present members are :


JERRY CAVANAUGH, Chairman OSCAR T. BARKER ROSAIRE J. COUTURE


In all of the different branches, Welfare, Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children we have tried to give necessary aid to those in distress at the least ex- pense to the town.


The details of our work will be covered more thor- oughly in the reports of the agent and supervisor of Old Age Assistance.


Respectfully submitted, OSCAR T. BARKER JEREMIAH J. CAVANAUGH FRANK W. KELLOGG


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REPORT OF THE AGENT OF The Welfare Department


January 12, 1939


This department during 1938 had charge of general relief. Old Age Assistance, and Aid to Dependent Chil- dren.


The case load for general Welfare increased steadily from September 1937 till March 1938, when it started to drop, and continued to do so until November 1938, when it started to increase again, but we hope this winter will not be as bad as last year. Changes in the case load of course are affected not only by general conditions, but to some extent by the winter season.


W.P.A. workers are certified in this office, but as we have not been allowed to put anyone on in the last two months, naturally this compelled us to put some on wel- fare.


The Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Chil- dren cases have increased in numbers this month, because all the persons on W.P.A. who are eligible for either of these have had notices to apply as they are to be laid off W.P.A.


The Welfare department also certifies young men for C.C.C., and it has been our policy at all times to try to find work of any kind for needy people so that they can be self-supporting, and not require aid.


In closing I wish to thank all of the town officials for their co-operation, which has made it possible for me to do the work better.


Respectfully submitted, WALTER S. KERR


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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


January 12, 1939


Since the Social Security Law was passed the number of Old Age Assistance cases in this town has increased from about 30 to 106, and if the age of elegibility is lowered there will be many more, and this form of relief will continue to grow even after times are better.


As the Federal Government, and the state pay the greater part of the costs of this assistance, naturally we are under their close supervision, and must comply in ev- ery way to their laws, and their policies. This we have done to the best of our ability, and consequently we have received every benefit available, nevertheless the adminis- tration is going to be more expensive from year to year.


Respectfully submitted, WALTER S. KERR


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Report of Chief of Police


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit to you the annual report of the Police Department from January 1, 1938 to December 31. 1938, inclusive.


Arrests


Total Number of Arrests Against Public Order 201


Total Number of Arrests Against Property 22


Total Number of Arrests Against Person 6


Total Arrests 229


Dispositions


Total Number of Court Convictions 227


Total Number Discharged 1


Total Number Defaulted 1


Total Number Suspended


15


Total Number of Arrests for Larceny


18


Amount of State Fines $1,640.00


Amount of Town Fines $1,784.50


Amount of Stolen Property Recovered $1,137.00


Total Number of Jail Sentences Imposed- (14 Years-3 Months) 16


The amount of arrests for the year 1938 have been considerable less than they were in 1937. Also the amount of automobile accidents and fatalities have been greatly reduced.


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During the past spring we purchased a new ambulance which was installed in the Police Cruiser, which I feel has proved very satisfactory and has been used many times in transporting people in accidents and otherwise, to the hospitals in Springfield. We want the people of Agawam to know that this is a town ambulance and we stand ready to use it at all times for their benefit.


Respectfully submitted, PERLEY J. HEWEY, Chief of Police


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REPORT OF THE Board of Fire Engineers


For the Year 1938


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


Gentlemen :


By far the greater number of fires this year were of grass and brush. These fires are not usually expensive in loss of property. But there is always the danger that while on these calls, the apparatus might be badly needed for a fire in some other section.


As is ever the case, we have had fires this year that were a total loss, as well as others that have been ex- tinguished with but small losses. After all, no department can be expected to save very much of a building if they are not notified before the fire has gained too much head- way.


The department is now equipped with an inhalator and flood lights. The inhalator, at present, is kept at police headquarters. Several of our firemen and police have had complete instructions in its use. The floodlights are at Feeding Hills and have been used twice; once, on the night of the hurricane, and at the County Training School while the County prisoners were quartered there during the flood danger at the York Street Jail.


We wish to mention at this time that some of our units have been commended for their efficient handling of


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fires by high officials of a large city. Your Fire Engineers thank the firemen for their untiring loyalty to the town in defeating Old Man Fire.


The three units have been called a total of 177 times this year. These calls are as follows:


Company No. 1 North Agawam 62


Company No. 2 Feeding Hills 49


Company No. 3 Agawam Center 66


Total 177


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK T. GOSS, E. J. GOSSELIN, R. S. FARNSWORTH,


Board of Engineers


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Assessors' Report


1938


Horses


202


Cows 689


Sheep


24


Neat Cattle


140


Swine 308


Fowls 10,745


Value of Fowls $ 10,745.00


Value of Assessed Stock in Trade 62,745.00


Value of Assessed Machinery. 679,560.00


Value of Assessed Live Stock. 66,630.00 Value of all other Tangible Personal Property +09,015.00 Total Value of all Personal Prop. 1,217,950.00 No. of Dwelling Houses Assessed 1,658


No. of Acres of Land Assessed .. ... 12,601.50


No. of Motor Vehicles Assessed ....


2,285


No. of 1937 Motor Vehicles Assessed January 15, 1938 38


Value of Motor Vehicles assessed 479,270.00 Value of 1937 Motor Vehicles


Assessed January 15, 1938 15,650.00


Excise Tax Assessed on


Motor Vehicles 14,337.72


Excise Tax Assessed on 1937


Motor Vehicles, Jan. 15, 1938 95.25


Valuations


Value of Buildings


$5,709,800.00


Value of Land


2,401,125.00


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Value of Real Estate 8,110,925.00


Value of Personal Property 1,217,950.00 Total Assessed Estate 9,328,875.00


Upon which Taxes have been


Levied as follows :


County Tax 1938 13,606.38


State Tax 1938


11,280.00


State Tax 1937


(Under Estimates)


1,065.00


Municipal Audit


1,372.60


State Parks and Reservations


260.42


State Parks and Reservations


(under estimates)


77.72


Town Appropriations


+09,583.89


Overlay Deficits for 1933, 1934, and 1936


409.77


1932 Old Age Assistance ..


75.00


Overlay of Current Year .. .... 5,870.90 $ 443,601.68


Less Estimated Receipts


Income Tax


34,210.39


Corporation Tax


4,637.71


Motor Vehicle Excise


10,000.00


Licenses


8,000.00


Fines


1,000.00


General Government


300.00


Health and Sanitation


1,300.00


Charities


12,000.00


Soldiers Benefits


200.00


Schools


2,500.00


Libraries


50.00


Public Service Enterprises


(Water Dept.)


25,900.00


Interest on Taxes


6,000.00


Veterans Exemptions


102.81


Bill in Lieu of Taxes


(City of Spfld. Water Dept.)


900.00


$ 107,100.91


80


County Tax (Over estimate) ...... .01


Appropriations voted by Town Meeting 1937 from available funds


and approved by the 1,201.88


Commissioner May 13,000.00


19, 1938 10,000.00


24,201.88


131,302.80


$ 312,298.88


2,223 Polls @ $2.00 each


4,446.00


Total Value of Per. Property .... $1,217,950.00


40,192.35


Total Value of Real Estate 8,110,925.00


267,660.53


(Tax Rate $33.00) Additional Polls Assessed Oct. 25, 1938-11 @ $2.00 ....


22.00


Total of all Taxes and Assessments on Poll and Property Committed to the Collector in 1938


$ 312,320.88


ADOLPHUS PROVOST FREDERICK A. RAISON CHARLES W. HULL


Assessors


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1938 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE


and the HAMPDEN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE


TOWN OF AGAWAM


Agricultural Work


The agricultural service to local citizens during the year included soil testing, information, and advice on farm financing, crop pest control, livestock, crop production and marketing, agricultural engineering or construction, rodent control, farm management, and woodlot improvement.


Of 45 farmers assisted by or cooperating in the ex- tension service programs, the following were leading par- ticipants : Messrs. Charles W. Brown, Chauncey Bailey, and Arthur Taylor in dairy and field crop projects ; James Cesan, George Porter, Albert Christopher, and Vincenzo Moccio in market gardening; Clifford Granger and Louis DePalma in fruit growing; Harry Brown and Chester Pilch in Poultry keeping. Exactly 100 farmers were en- rolled in the Agricultural Conservation Program.


Home Bureau Work


Home Bureau work during the year was very well received by more than 300 women in the Town. There were ten distinct projects carried under the leadership of thirty-eight local women. Thirty-five meetings and dem- onstrations were held and thirty-three home visits were


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made by the League Home Demonstration Agents. Of the ten projects covered, three were especially popular, namely: Stretching the Food Dollar, Home Furnishings, and Christmas Greens.


4-H Club Work


Agawam young people enrolled in +H Clubs did excellent work during the year, and an aroused interest was generally felt. This work had the hearty cooperation of twenty-two voluntary leaders who directed the work in eight projects with 144 young people enrolled. Club mem- bers, with the cooperation of several influential citizens, were instrumental in securing an abandoned school house and renovating the same for a 4-H Club House. There are very few such buildings in the Commonwealth.


The Club members also took over and ran the Com- munity Fair with the consent and guidance of the regular officers.


Several distinct honors came to Agawam including the following: Miss Jean Brown was chosen Camp Spirit at the State 4-H Camp at Amherst, and Albert Christopher won a $100 national poultry scholarship. Agawam had the distinction of having the largest 4-H Poultry Club in Massachusetts and it is gratifying to report that all of the members completed the project. The League agents, with the local leaders, held 187 meetings during the year and made 240 home and farm visits.


Financial Statement


1937 Unexpended Balance


$ 22.48 100.00


1938 Appropriation


$122.48


Total for 1938


103.10


*Expended in 1938


Carry-Over for 1939


$ 19.38


Appropriation Recommended for 1939 $100.00


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Expenses incurred for carrying out the work as re- ported herewith by the following local citizens who served as leaders in the various projects and paid directly to them by check from the County Treasurer.


Home Bureau Leaders: Mrs. W. G. Costine, Mrs. W. C. Bodurtha, Mrs. John Carlson, Mrs. Arthur Fournier, Mrs. Henry Gensheimer, and Mrs. Dwight Hawley.


4-H Club Leaders: Miss Jean Brown, Miss Ruth Brown, Mr. Albert Christopher, Mrs. Frank J. Ehrhardt, Mr. Elbert L. Jenks, Mrs. Marion A. Pond, and Mrs. Helen Quigley.


* Home Bureau Leaders $ 15.25


* 4-H Club Leaders 87.85


* Total $103.10


Respectfully submitted,


TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE L. B. BOSTON, Clerk


LBB:M


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REPORT OF THE Library Trustees


1938


CIRCULATION


Agawam


18,878


North Agawam


11,008


Feeding Hills


10,877


BOOKS OWNED


Agawam


8,538


North Agawam


3,389


Feeding Hills


5,969


BORROWERS


Agawam


1,100


North Agawam


650


Feeding Hills


392


The Library Trustees wish to pay tribute to Mrs. Alice B. Granger who after 18 years of faithful service resigned her office as librarian in January, 1938.


Mrs. Eva S. Kerr was elected Trustee in Mrs. Granger's place and also took up the work of Librarian in Feeding Hills. This year there will be another room available for this work.


Seventy-five books have been received at the Feeding Hills Library from the Dana Library. Other books and magazines have been received as gifts from friends.


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In April 1938 Miss E. Louise Jones, State Library Advisor, visited the Feeding Hills Library for several days. At this time books were classified, selected for mending or discarding, and rearranged to better ad- vantage.


Two National Youth Administration girls have been working for the Feeding Hills Library for several months. They have been working on files and repairing books.


The Veteran Camp in town has been given used books from both the Feeding Hills and Agawam Libraries. Both of these also present the State Library Certificates to school children in the grades.


North Agawam reports a successful year in 1938. Those people desiring books written in Italian have been able to get them at this Library through the State Loan.


The general work at the Agawam Library has pro- gressed as usual during the past year. In addition there has been a large increase in the number of requests for special service. Among these are: service for special read- ing groups, providing books written in Polish, and giving aid in the reference field ..


The Librarians wish to serve the Town of Agawam in the best possible way. They ask for your continued cooperation.


THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES


Anna H. Rudman Eva S. Kerr Ida Bernatchez


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REPORT OF Gypsy Moth Control


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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


This department scouted practically every mile of highway in this Town for Gypsy Moth clusters this fall and winter.


We have cut down the number of clusters found over the previous year by about 33%, and there remains only the clusters in the higher limbs of the trees which could not be painted when the leaves were on the trees.


I believe that with a W. P. A. set-up the woodlands can properly be taken care of.


The result :


Gypsy Moth Clusters painted by W. P. A. 747 Gypsy Moth Clusters painted by Town on High- ways and open country . 456


Total Clusters 1,203


Respectfully submitted,


J. F. KIRBY,


Superintendent


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REPORT OF THE Forestry Department


During the year of 1938, the Town saw several heavy windstorms crash hundreds of our shade trees to the ground. Beautiful elms and maples, landmarks for years. were blown over during the hurricane. These trees will not be replaced for generations to come.


The stumps remaining offer the only testimony of the severity of these several storms.


The Highway Department, and the W. P. A. officials cooperated with the Forestry Department in cleaning all highways the night of the hurricane, and to them and the men who offered their services during the days and nights to follows, go the sincere thanks of this department.


The cost of new trees will prevent any replanting in 1939, as the cost of our most disastrous storm will require the expenditure of hundreds of dollars which the town cannot afford at this time.


In brief let me say that much trimming must be done and stumps pulled in 1939, so we find it necessary to take care of the damage already done.


Trimming was done on several streets during 1938, and 91 trees of varying sizes were removed under your forestry department.


The W. P. A. Report will be found elsewhere showing their activity following the hurricane.


Respectfully submitted, JAMES F. KIRBY, Tree Warden


88


REPORT OF THE Town Nurse


My annual report from January 1, 1938 to December 31, 1938 :


Total Number of Nursing Calls-1,943


Total Number of Dressing 350


Total Number of General Cares (Baths, etc.) 689


Total Number of Mothers and Babies 90


Total Number of Prenatals 4


Total Number of Temperature, Pulse, etc. 350


Total Number of Well Babies 11


Total Number of Contagious Disease 14


Total Number of Miscellaneous Calls 427


Total Calls 1,943


Babies attending clinics 197


Initial Welfare Calls for 1938


January


29


February


12


March


12


April


12


May


7


June


4


July


3


September


8


October


5


November


3


December


7


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I have sent 40 patients to the hospital, made appoint- ments for expectant mothers to go to Wesson and Mercy Hospitals, appointments were made for the T & A Clinic, 30 patients went to the Westfield Sanatorium for X-rays, and I have made several trips to the Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital, Boston, Mass.




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