Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1936-1940, Part 19

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


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All of these projects add to the boys' knowledge of handyman activities. The boys have had electric wiring, metalwork, woodwork, and woodfinishing in order to carry to completion the projects already mentioned. It is my belief that a boy who assists in making school equipment has a greater appreciation of its value and will take greater pride in his school.


The department has been able to turn back $140.90 to the town treasurer which helps to pay for lumber and other supplies which were bought during the school year.


It is a definite pleasure to realize that such a depart- ment as ours can provide a real saving to our town through the making of good school projects. Our school committee should be commended on the fact that it has see fit to provide us with a well equipped department that enables us to carry on our training in industrial arts.


Respectfully submitted, RAYMOND E. HARRIS,


Supervisor of Industrial Arts.


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REPORT OF THE BOYS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT


To the Superintendent of Schools :


The following report is a resumé of the activities in the Boys' Physical Education Department for the year 1938.


With the changing times, the value of this department in the general educational program has become increas- ingly important. It has become a definite factor in helping the individual boy find his place in our everyday life. Athletes, as a rule, are men of action and while all cannot be athletes in the strict sense of the word, it has been the aim of this department to offer a program such that those participating can absorb some of the values and en- thusiasms to be gained in gymnasium contacts and athle- tic experiences. Although the joy of achievement comes to those who specialiaze and perhaps have some superior physical advantage, the joy of physical effort is for every boy. That is the fundamental idea behind our physi- cal education program.


Following up the idea that the younger boy needs the discipline of routine gymnasium work, the junior high school program involved marching and calisthenics as well as apparatus work and group games during the winter months. In the senior high school the formal routine was dispensed with except in instances where individual boys required or desired it. The thought here being that older boys should engage in such sports and activities as are


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easily pleasurable, with the prospect that these can be car- ried on and enjoyed later in life.


Excellent faculty cooperation aided and abetted the intramural and interscholastic program. The inter-room program was efficiently supervised by Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Oulton of the junior high faculty, and awards were made to the rooms winning championships. Mr. Reynolds again coached the high school hockey and baseball teams, while my duties in the coaching field took in football, bas- ket ball and track. Mr. Langlois gave valuable assistance in football and Mr. Oulton in baseball. All faculty mem- bers cooperated in detail work involved in the running off of interscholastic contests. Championships were won in baseball and track.


The real value of interscholastic games lies not in championships won, however, but rather in the pleasure, wider social contacts, and the character built from friendly competition in skill and strength with other schools.


Respectfully submitted, HARMON A. SMITH,


Supervisor of Boys' Physical Education


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REPORT OF THE GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT


To the Superintendent of Schools :


For the past year the aim of the Girls' Physical Edu- cation program in the Agawam Junior-Senior High School has been twofold,-to develop habits of healthy living, and sportsmanship. Such activities as posture correctives. sports, folk dancing, and Danish Gymnastics have been used as methods to instill this aim.


A slogan has been adopted by this department to in- sure a happy future for Agawam pupils.


By discussion of sports, every girl becomes acquainted with a varied sports program. As far as possible, each girl is given a chance to try such sports as she desires. Said sports are: tennis, badminton, bowling, swimming and horseback riding.


The slogan-"A sport for every girl and every girl in a sport."


Respectfully submitted, DOROTHY R. HASTINGS, Supervisor of Girls' Physical Training


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TEACHERS' APPOINTMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS - 1938


APPOINTMENTS


Name Henry H. Baker Beatrice A. Rogers


School Subject or Grade


Began Service


Junior-Senior High Science and Manual Training Sept., 1938


Agawam Center Grades III-IV-V Sept., 1938


RESIGNATIONS


Name


School Subject or Grade


Service Ended


F. Earl Williams Ruth G. Eldridge Wilhelmina I. Rura


Junior-Senior High Principal


June, 1938


Agawam Center Grade I


June, 1938


Springfield Street Grade I


June, 1938


TRANSFERS


Name


From To


Date


Frederick T. Dacey


Junior-Senior High Junior-Senior High Manual Training Principal


Sept., 1938


Raymond E. Harris


Junior-Senior High Junior-Senior High Science Manual Training Feeding Hills Springfield Street


Sept., 1938


Elizabeth A. Wyman


Sept., 1938


Grades I-II Grade I


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT


DECEMBER 31, 1938


Superintendent Benjamin J. Phelps


Subject or Grade


Began Service in Agawam


Education Yale College, B.A. Columbia University, M.A. July, 1922


Supervisors


Mary M. Crowley Art


Mass. School of Art, B.S. Sept., 1926


Ruth A. Perry Music


Keene Normal School


Boston University, B.S. Sept., 1926


Junior-Senior High School


Frederick T. Dacey


Principal


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1922


Mrs. Hazel C. Aldrich


Domestic Science


Skidmore College of Arts Sept., 1922


Raymond E. Harris


Manual Training


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1930


Dorothy R. Hastings


Physical Training and Coach of Girls' Athletics


Bouve Boston School of Physical Education Sept., 1936


Am. International College B.A.


Harmon A. Smith


Sept., 1924


Louis H. Moseley Gertrude M. Belyea


Physical Training Y. M. C. A. College and Coach of Boys' Athletics Agriculture Commercial Nasson Institute


Mass. State College, M.S. Sept., 1929 Sept., 1930


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Subject or Grade


Education


Mass: State College, B. S. Mt. Holyoke College, B.A. Clark University, B.A. Salem Teachers College, B.S.


Sept., 1936 Sept., 1933


Science


Sept., 1927


Sept., 1937


Paul R. Langlois


English French


University of Maine, B.A. Smith College, B.A. Smith College, B.A.


Sept., 1930


Eleanor B. Miller


Latin and Mathematics


English


Smith College, B.A.


Sept., 1927


Katharine M. Phealan John M. Quirk


Science


Middlebury College, B.S. Jan., 1923 Sept., 1933


George L. Reynolds


Commerical


Amherst College, B.A.


Smith College, B.A.


Columbia University, M.A.


Sept., 1922


Marjorie Ward


Ilistory


Smith College, B.A.


Columbia University, M.A. Sept., 1922


Cora M. Barnes


History English


Westfield State College


Sept., 1922


Eleanor C. Daly


Westfield State College


Sept., 1923


Henry H. Baker


Science and Manual Fitchburg State College, B.S. Training Mathematics


Sept., 1938


Mae P. Lynch Emily M. McCormick


Mathematics


Westfield State College Westfield State College


Sept., 1919 Sept., 1924


Flory G. Costa Ruth E. Dickerman Allan M. Hadley Helen A. Henderson


Geog. and History


Began Service in Agawam


English


Typewriting and Shorthand


Sept., 1936


Elaine W. Mansfield


Sept., 1928


Eleanor H. Smith


Mathematics


TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Arthur B. Oulton


Subject or Grade History and Hygiene English


Education


Began Service in Agawam


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1937


Keene Normal School


Sept., 1925


Westfield State College Sept., 1917


Boston University, B. S.


Providence Normal Sept., 1929


Richard A. Wilkinson Social Science


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1937


Agawam Center School Mary E. McDowell


Principal and Grade VI


Eastern State Normal Sept., 1926


Dorothy E. Hansen


Grade VI


Westfield State College


Nov., 1932


Marguerite C. Kramer


Grade V


North Adams State College Farmington Normal


Sept., 1930


Nora M. Chandler


Grade IV


Sept., 1927


Merriam S. Weeks


Grade III


Westfield State College


Sept., 1926


Beatrice A. Rogers


Grades III-IV-V


Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept., 1938


Cecily C. Pratt


Grade II


Fitchburg State College


Sept., 1928


Harriet A. O'Keefe Grades I-II


Westfield State College, B. S.


Sept., 1937


Barbara B. Halladay Grade I


Westfield State College


Sept., 1936


North Agawam School Katherine G. Danahy Principal and Grade VI Kathryn M. Roache Girade VI


Westfield State College Sept., 1899


Westfield State College Sept., 1922


Viva M. Potter


Catherine T. Powers


Social Science


Mrs. Marion C. Smith Special Class


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Subject or Grade


Education


Began Service in Agawam


Alice B. Connolly


Grade V


Fitchburg State College


Dec., 1929


Alice Mckeown


Grade IV


Westfield State College


Sept., 1923


Della M. Lamson


Grades III-IV


Westfield State College


Sept., 1935


M. Arlene Flint


Grade III


Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept., 1938


Julia A. O'Connell


Grade II


Springfield Kindergarten


April, 1927


Jennie M. Lucas


Grade I


Southington Training


Sept., 1900


Julia R. Chriscolo


Special Class


Westfield State College


Sept., 1934


Springfield St. School Faolin M. Peirce


Principal and Grade II


Springfield Normal


Sept., 1909


Mrs. C. W. Southworth


Grade. VI


Sept., 1932


Dorothy M. Emerson Grade V'


Fitchburg State College University of Vermont Training Class Sept., 1925


Elizabeth C. McCormick Grade I\


Westfield State College


Sept., 1927


Ruth M. Cassidy


Grade III Grade I


Westfield State College Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept., 1934


Feeding Hills School Mrs. Madrine W. Allen


Principal and Grade VI Grades I\'-\" Grades III-IV Grades I-II


Plymouth, N. H. Normal Westfield State College Castine Normal School Fitchburg State College, B.S.


April, 1933


Marguerite A. Coyle


Sept., 1934


Ruth M. Ripley


Sept., 1925


Hazel K. Ridgway


Sept., 1937


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Sept., 1929


Elizabeth A. Wyman


Articles in Warrant


FOR TOWN MEETING


FEBRUARY 11. 1938


Article 1. To choose two or more Fence Viewers. and two or more Field Drivers.


Article 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.


Article 3. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of Public Welfare for the ensuing year.


Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day, and provide for its expenditure.


Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an In- surance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.


Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for Liability Insurance of its employees.


Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for enforcement of the dog law.


Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for employment of a District Nurse.


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Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $100.00 to be expended in the Town of Agawam by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Com- monwealth.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Sec- tion 17. Chapter ++ of the General Laws.


Article 11. To see if the Town will reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $2,363. balance of 1938 appropriation for Tax Title Foreclosure.


Article 12. To see if the Town will reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $450. balance of 1938 appropriation for a Sewer Survey.


Article 13. To see what action the Town will take regarding arrangements with the City of Springfield for the disposal of sewage, when the City of Springfield pur- chases certain lands for the same.


Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a certain sum for any or all of the following 1938 Over- Assessments ; State Tax $12,4+0.70; County Tax $1,660.65 ; State Parks and Reservations $275.80; State Hospitals and Home Care $10.


Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $117. for reimbursement to Frank W. Randall, who served as Tree Warden in 1937.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2.000.00 for Chapter 90 work on Suffield Street.


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Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for Chapter 90 work on Springfield Street.


Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate $1,200.00 from the Road Machinery Fund for the purchase of a new truck and two snow plows.


Article 19. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.


Article 20. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.


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INDEX


Articles in Warrant 142


Accounting Officer's Report


51


Assessors' Report 79


Auditor's Report


71


Births


37


Board of Public Welfare


72


County Aid to Agriculture


82


Deaths


43


Fire Engineers


77


Forestry Department


88


Gypsy Moth Control


87


Highway Department


91


I.iabilities


48


Library Trustees


85


Marriages


39 3


Old Age Assistance


74


Police Chief


75


Public Welfare, Agent's Report


73


School Department


101


Attendance 116


Calendar 104


Committee's Report


105


Financial Statement


109


High School Cafeteria


123


Junior-Senior High 118


School Doctor and School Nurse 121


Superintendent 111


Teachers' Appointments and Resignations 137


145


Officers, Town


State Election, Nov. 8, 1938


32


Tax Collector's Report 49


Town Clerk's Report 7


Election, Town, February 7, 1938


7


Meeting, Annual, February 12, 1938


10


Meeting, Special, May 9, 1938


22


66 July 25, 1938


26


66 66 September 7, 1938


28


December 19, 1938 30


Town Nurse


89


Treasurer's Report


45


W. P. A. Projects 94


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Annual Report of Town Officers


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LOTHROP PRESS 28 FORT ST. SPRINGFIELD. MASS.


Town Officers 1939


Selectmen and Board of Health GILES W. HALLADAY HERMAN A. CORDES EDWARD W. TALMADGE


Town Clerk and Treasurer HENRY E. BODURTHA


Collector RAYMOND F. FINNEGAN


School Committee


GRACE B. REED Term Expires 1940


WARREN C. BODURTHA Term Expires 1940


CLIFFORD M. GRANGER Term Expires 1941


LESLIE C. MILLER


Term Expires 1941


EDSON A. FERRELL .Term Expires 1942


SIDNEY F. ATWOOD


Term Expires 1942


Assessors


CHARLES W. HULL


Term Expires 1940


ADOLPHUS PROVOST Term Expires 1941


FRED A. RAISON


Term Expires 1942


Auditor HENDRICK FICKWEILER


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Library Trustees


ANNA H. RUDMAN


Term Expires 1940 EVA S. KERR Term Expires 1941


IDA BERNATCHEZ Term Expires 1942


Water Commissioners


DENNIS M. CROWLEY Term Expires 1940


LOUIS MERCADANTE Term Expires 1941


DUDLEY K. BODURTHA


Term Expires 1942


Board of Public Welfare


JERRIE CAVANAUGH Term Expires 1940


OSCAR T. BARKER


Term Expires 1941


FRANK W. KELLOGG Term Expires 1942


Cemetery Commissioners


GEORGE H. REED


Term Expires 1940


JOHN J. KANE Term Expires 1941


ALVIN R. KELLOGG Term Expires 1942


Trustees of Whiting Street Fund


LEONARD W. BENNETT Term Expires 1940


CHARLES W. BROWN Term Expires 1941


Tree Warden DANIEL DiDONATO


Constables


WARREN C. BODURTHA ALVIN R. KELLOGG


FRANKIE H. CAMPBELL HORACE A. MAROTTE


DAVID E. CESAN CHARLES M. ROBINSON


DANIEL O. CESAN GEORGE H. TALMADGE


JASPER DEFORGE CHARLES H. WYMAN


Finance Committee


EDWARD W. TALMADGE Term Expires 1940


WARREN E. JEWETT Term Expires 1940


FRANK W. KELLOGG Term Expires 1941


HERMAN A. MUTTI Term Expires 1941


HAROLD C. ATWATER Term Expires 1942


GEORGE N. RILEY . Term Expires 1942


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Moderator GEORGE W. PORTER


Welfare Agent WALTER S. KERR


Surveyors of Lumber CHARLES W. HULL NELSON G. KING


Measurers of Wood


WILLARD C. CROUSS FREMONT H. KING


CHARLES W. HULL NELSON G. KING


Public Weighers HERBERT BRIGGS PRENTISS JENKS KENNETH KANE


Sealer of Weights and Measures FRANK DRAGHETTI


Chief of Police PERLEY J. HEWEY


Registrars of Voters


PHILIP D. BARRY PHILIP W. HASTINGS


HOWARD W. POND HENRY E. BODURTHA


Inspector of Meats HERBERT G. TAYLOR


Animal Inspector ANDREW CHRISCOLO


Superintendent of Highways WILLIAM D. RISING


Fire Engineers EDWARD J. GOSSELIN FRANK T. GOSS RILEY S. FARNSWORTH


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Field Drivers WILLIAM S. HALLADAY GEORGE H. REED


Fence Viewers WILLIAM H. LESTER . JAMES W. CESAN


Dog Officer PERLEY J. HEWEY


Burial Agent EDWIN B. SPRING


Town Counsel THOMAS H. KIRKLAND


Zoning Committee


FRANCIS F. CLEARY Term Expires 1940


JOSEPH J. BORGATTI Term Expires 1940


JEREMIAH J. CAVANAUGH Term Expires 1941


WARREN F. HOYE


Term Expires 1941


ARTHUR W. TAYLOR Term Expires 1942


ELMER F. BODURTHA


Term Expires 1942


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Town Clerk's Report


TOWN ELECTION, FEBRUARY 6, 1939 RESULT OF COUNT OF BALLOTS


Precincts


A.


Number of Ballots Cast


790


B. 641


C.


Total 2153


Town Clerk and Treasurer :


Henry E. Bodurtha


648


548


656


1852


John R. Lloyd


0


0


1


1


Blanks


142


93


65


300


Selectmen ; Board of Health :


Michael R. Connor


362


145


131


638


Herman A. Cordes


370


428


613


1411


Giles W. Halladay


364


497


536


1397


Arthur A. Randall


168


91


127


386


Edward W. Talmadge


452


408


497


1357


Alfonso Zaccaria


177


118


76


371


Sileo Castelli


1


0


0


1


Blanks


476


236


186


898


Collector :


Henry E. Channell


129


268


466


863


Raymond F. Finnegan


634


343


236


1213


Blanks


27


30


20


77


School Committee :


Sidney F. Atwood


256


396


542


1194


John Dugan


440


170


151


761


Edson A. Ferrell


367


379


511


1257


Albert Satkowski


204


127


79


410


Blanks


313


210


161


684


722


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Assessor :


Francis P. Cleary


473


262


192


927


Frederick A. Raison


249


357


501


1107


Blanks


68


22


29


119


Auditor :


Hendrick E. Fickweiler


293


395


563


1251


James Nodurf


353


159


104


616


Blanks


144


87


55


286


Library Trustees :


Ida Bernatchez


234


330


469


1033


Margaret Ferranti


509


237


187


933


Blanks


47


74


66


187


Water Commissioner :


Dudley K. Bodurtha


294


378


482


1154


John L. Burke


387


203


218


808


Blanks


109


60


22


191


Public Welfare :


Frank W. Kellogg


338


443


562


1343


John Tortoriello


336


154


107


597


Blanks


116


44


53


213


Trustee of Whiting Street Fund :


Charles W. Brown


272


407


552


1231


Leo Racicot


386


172


114


672


Blanks


132


62


56


250


Cemetery Commissioner :


Leonard W. Bennett


421


176


160


757


Alvin R. Kellogg


250


414


513


1177


Blanks


119


51


49


219


Tree Warden :


Daniel DiDonato


294


434


451


1179


James F. Kirby


447


178


233


858


Frank Randall


1


0


0


1


Blanks


48


29


38


115


8


Finance Committee :


Harold C. Atwater


408


413


566


1387


George N. Riley


398


429


523


1350


Blanks


774


440


355


1569


Finance Committee: (vacancy)


Warren E. Jewett


248


346


465


1059


Joseph P. McMahon


381


199


196


776


Blanks


161


96


61


318


Moderator :


George W .· Porter


475


466


613


1554


Howard W. Pond


0


0


1


1


Blanks


315


175


108


598


Constables :


Edward Bazinet


274


128


136


538


Arthur Berthiaume


349


132


185


666


Warren C. Bodurtha


256


371


578


1205


Frankie H. Campbell


229


318


524


1071


Daniel O. Cesan


202


358


471


1031


David E. Cesan


185


342


461


988


Joseph Chagnon


342


183


123


648


John R. Daly


331


135


246


712


Jasper P. DeForge


466


207


232


905


William DeForge


433


166


191


790


William Dugan


363


116


111


590


Edward Hatmaker


233


129


82


444


Howard W. Fraser


172


281


393


846


Alvin R. Kellogg


186


383


463


1032


Horace A. Marotte, Jr.


235


293


373


901


Samuel Prova


329


146


119


594


Leo Racicot


284


139


89


512


Charles M. Robinson


156


283


475


914


George H. Talmadge


313


385


463


1161


Charles H. Wyman


213


392


444


1049


Blanks


2349


1523


1061


4933


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Annual Town Meeting


February 11, 1939


Annual Town Meeting assembled in the Auditorium of the High School at one o'clock P. M. according to the call of the Warrant, which was read by the Town Clerk, and under


Article 1. To choose two or more Fence Viewers, and two or more Field Drivers.


William H. Lester and James W. Cesan were chosen as Fence Viewers.


William S. Halladay and Gorge H. Reed were chosen as Field Drivers.


Article 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.


Voted: To accept reports as printed, errors and omissions excepted.


Article 3. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of Public Welfare for the ensuing year.


Voted: To leave support of Public Welfare in the hands of the Board of Public Welfare.


Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day, and provide for its expenditure.


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Voted: To appropriate the sum of $150. for Memorial Day to be spent as has been customary.


Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an In- surance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $620. for a proper charge.


Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for Liability Insurance of its employees.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $1000. for Lia- bility Insurance.


Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for enforcement of the dog law.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $225. to be ex- pended under the same auspices as last year.


Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for employment of a District Nurse.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2350. for a Dis- trict Nurse.


Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $100. to be expended in the Town of Agawam by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture in . accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Common- wealth.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $100. to be ex- pended in Town by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture.


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Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.


Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.


Article 11. To see if the Town will reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $2,363. balance of 1938 appropriation for Tax Title Foreclosure.


Voted: To reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $2363. balance of 1938 appropriation for Tax Title Foreclosure.


Article 12. To see if the Town will reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $450. balance of 1938 appropriation for a Sewer Survey.


Voted: To reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $450. balance of 1938 appropriation for Sewer Survey.


Article 13. To see what action the Town will take regarding arrangements with the City of Springfield for the disposal of sewage, when the City of Springfield pur- chases certain lands for the same.


Voted: That if and when the City of Springfield con- structs a sewage disposal plant in the Town of Agawam,


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that the Selectmen of Agawam be authorized to enter into an agreement with the City of Springfield for the disposal of all sewage that Agawam may deliver to their disposal plant.


Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a certain sum for any or all of the following 1938 Over- Assessments : State Tax $12,440.70 ; County Tax $1,660.65 ; State Parks and Reservations $275.80; State Hospitals and Home Care $10.


Voted: To appropriate the following sums for over- assessments of 1938: State Tax $12,440.70; County Tax $1,660.65; State Parks and Reservations $275.80; State Hospitals and Home Care $10.


Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $117. for reimbursement to Frank W. Randall, who served as Tree Warden in 1937.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $117. for reim- bursement to Frank W. Randall, Tree Warden 1937.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for Chapter 90 work on Suffield Street.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2,000. from Cash in Treasury received under Chapter 500, Acts of 1938, for Chapter 90 work on Suffield St., in conjunction with appro- priations from the State and County.


Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for Chapter 90 work on Springfield Street.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $5,000. from Cash in Treasury received under Chapter 500, Acts of 1938, for Chapter 90 work on Springfield Street, in conjunction with appropriations from the State and County.


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Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate $1,200.00 from the Road Machinery Fund for the pur- chase of a new truck and two snow plows.


Voted: To transfer the sum of $360.75 from Road Machinery Accounts Receivable to Road Machinery Fund, and from said Fund the sum of $1,200. be appropriated for purchase of truck and two snow plows.


Article 19. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.


Voted: To appropriate the following sums:


General Government Legislative:


Salary of Moderator $ 25.00


All Other


75.00


Selectmen :


Salaries


1,500.00




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