Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1936-1940, Part 3

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


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Assessors


Salaries


2,250.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage


89.18


All Other


129.57


2,468.75


Law Department


Town Counsel


248.75


Other Counsel


265.00


All Other


177.16


690.91


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Town Clerk


Salary


500.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage


32.96


81.49 614.45 All Other


Election and Registration


Registrars


240.00


Election Officers


505.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage


329.23


All Other


278.32


1,352.55


Total General Government


12,449.55


Town Buildings


Janitors


108.00


Lights


371.81


Repairs


85.04


All Other


11.65


576.50


Protection to Persons and Property


Police Department


Salary of Chief


2,400.00


Salary of Motorcycle Officer


1,799.00


Other Salaries


927.34


Gas and Oil


583.14


Equipment and Repairs to Car


610.76


Equipment and Repairs to Motorcycle


35.68


Lock-up Fees


69.50


All Other


220.89


6,646.31


Fire Department


Firemen


1,500.00


Janitors


150.00


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Repairs to truck


55.99


Apparatus and Hose


401.42


Gas and Oil


138.91


Fuel


212.42


Light


154.36


Repairs to Building


29.50


Telephone


72.38


All Other


726.27


3,441.25


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Salary


396.00


Transportation


10.50


Equipment


20.85


427.35


Gypsy Moth


Supervision


128.50


Labor


201.30


All Other


.20


330.00


Forestry


Salary of Warden


44.80


Labor


95.00


Supplies


98.97


Spraying Trees


50.00


Fire Permits


42.30


331.07


Dog Officer


487.00


Total Protection to Persons and Property


11,662.98


Health


General Administration


Salaries 250.00


Quarantine and Contagious Disease Board and care 209.29


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Medicine and Medical


Attendance


425.51


All Other


322.96


Tuberculosis


3,118.56


Hospital Maintenance


1,501.29


Diphtheria Immunization


88.29


5,665.90


Vital Statistics


Deaths


12.90


Inspection


Animals


250.00


Meats and Provisions


750.00


1,000.00


Community Nurse


Salary


1,620.00


Car Expense


540.00


Telephone


16.25


Supplies


73.05


2,249.30


Sanitation


Sewers


Labor


297.62


All Other


2.16


299.78


Surface Drainage


Labor


235.26


All Other


64.59


299.85


Refuse and Garbage


Garbage Collection


300.00


Highways


Suffield St., Chapter 90 Construction Contract


1,818.49


Walnut St. Construction


558.55


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Snow Removal


Salaries and Wages


2,271.36


Trucks


708.25


All Other


276.58


3,256.19


Highways


Wages


3,762.61


Stone and Gravel


904.26


Equipment and Repairs


802.87


Bridge Upkeep


95.78


Gas, Oil, etc.


1,421.12


All Other


372.37


7,359.01


Oiling


Shoemaker Lane


3,603.00


All Other


1,839.49


5,442.49


West St. Special-State Aid


2,461.43


Flood Control


2,644.66


Street Lights


Contract


6,899.92


All Other


342.39


7,242.31


Public Welfare


General Administration


Salary and Car Expense of Agent


2,500.00


Salary of Clerk


900.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage


74.82


All Other


1,024.91


4,499.73


Relief


Groceries and Provisions


6,093.18


Coal and Wood


1,406.91


Board and Care


3,979.79


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Medicine and Medical


Attendance


928.54


Dental


68.00


All Other


1,057.86


Relief by Other Cities and Towns


5,789.29


Cash Aid


457.00


Rent


3,316.04


Shoes and Clothing


441.41


Hospital


2,093.83


Burial


115.00


Pay Roll


5,060.70


Flood Relief


16.89


30,824.44


Mothers Aid


Cash Aid by Town 2,387.00


Old Age Assistance


Cash Aid


10,745.06


Medical


101.39


Fuel


8.00


Burial


200.00


Investigator


275.00


Relief by Other Cities and Towns


427.63


All Other


293.99


12,051.07


U. S. Grant Old Age Assistance ....


5,509.94


Soldiers Relief


Cash Aid


4,391.75


Board


840.00


Fuel


290.94


Groceries and Provisions


253.46


Rent


709.25


Medicine and Medical Attendance


303.12


Hospital


117.43


All Other


210.95


7,116.90


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State and Military Aid


State Aid 120.00


Schools


For detail see School Report 133,011.04


Libraries


Librarians' Salaries


405.00


Books


1,573.47


Periodicals


20.75


Fuel


17.50


Lights


25.74


Repairs


2.71


All Other


88.95


2,134.12


Unclassified


Damages to Persons and Property


37.00


Memorial Day


144.41


Printing and Distributing Town and School Reports


540.36


Care of Properties on Tax Title


435.14


Tax Title Foreclosure


742.40


Liability Insurance


932.00


Surety Bonds


621.00


County Aid to Agriculture


75.00


Independence Day


92.94


Burglar Insurance


31.00


High School Fence


59.63


Special Unclassified


1,400.00


Miscellaneous


44.47


5,155.35


To County


Dog Licenses


1,367.80


W. P. A. Projects


Walnut St. Sewer


3,487.32


Tree Trimming


738.40


Suffield and Rowley Sts. Sewer


9,633.42


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Reed St. Drainage


3,409.46


Gypsy Moth


240.01


Cooper St. Water


2,025.48


Maple St. Sidewalk


1,054.21


High St. Drainage


506.59


Painting School Buildings


1,617.62


Surveying


1,092.39


Investigator


390.20


High St. Pipe


926.65


Sewing


949.55


Wood Chopping


118.15


All Other


483.83


Reed St. Surfacing


3,054.97


Farm to Market Roads


1,990.99


Shoemaker Lane Resurfacing


571.90


Assessors Plans


77.76


Recreation


430.52


Administrative


985.19


First Aid


199.89


Tools


780.62


34,765.12


Public Service Enterprise


Water Department


Salary of Superintendent


1,200.00


Salary of Clerk


500.00


Printing, Stationery and Postage


185.29


Telephone


35.77


Labor


2,058.60


Trucks


698.70


Pipe and Fittings


789.55


Meters and Equipment


1,054.45


Gas and Oil


310.74


All Other


604.57


Contract-Water Consumption


11,377.85


Bonds


6,500.00


Interest


1,663.76


26,979.28


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Cemeteries


Maple Grove Cemetery Fund


53.15


Old Cemetery Fund


25.00


78.15


Interest


.


Anticipation of Revenue


1.035.06


School Loan


4,800.00


Memorial Bridge Loan


1,080.00


All Other


2,871.17


9,786.23


Debt


Anticipation of Revenue


250,000.00


Tax Title Loan


27,500.00


School Loan


27,000.00


Sewer Loan


1.000.00


Bridge Loan


3,000.00


Municipal Relief Loan


7,000.00


315,500.00 .


Payments


County Tax


13,665.81


State Tax


14,200.00


State Parks and Reservations


110.29


Smith Hughes Fund


263.07


28,239.17


Agency, Trust and Investment


Davis Library Fund


375.69


Phelon Library Fund


12.39


388.08


Refunds


Real and Personal Taxes


342.61


Poll Taxes


6.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes


331.26


Miscellaneous


8.38


Error in Distribution


2.96


691.21


Total Payments for Year


686,154.52


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Recapitulation


Payments for the Year 1936


General Government


12,449.55


Town Buildings


576.50


Protection to Persons and Property


11,662.98


Health


6,928.80


Community Nurse


2,249.30


Sanitation


899.63


Suffield St. Construction


1,818.49


Walnut St. Construction


558.55


Snow Removal


3,256.19


Highways


7,359.01


Oiling


5,442.49


West St .- State Aid


2,461.43


Flood Control


2,644.66


Street Lights


7,242.31


Public Welfare


Administration


4,499.73


Relief


30,824.44


Mothers Aid


2,387.00


Old Age Assistance


17,561.01


Soldiers Relief


7,116.90


State and Military Aid


120.00


Schools


133,011.04


Libraries


2,134.12


Unclassified


5,155.35


To County-Dog Licenses


1,367.80


W. P. A. Projects


34,765.12


Water


26,979.28


Cemeteries


78.15


Interest


9,786.23


Debt


315,500.00


County Tax


13,665.81


State Tax


14,200.00


State Parks and Reservations


110.29


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Smith Hughes Fund


263.07


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Trust and Investment


388.08 Refunds 691.21


Total Payments 686,154.52


Cash Balance on Hand


47,691.48


733,846.00


Trial Balance After Closing Books


December 31, 1936


Cash


47,691.48


Cash in School Department 50.00


Cash in Welfare Department 10.00


1932 Real and Personal Taxes


1.00


1933 Real and Personal Taxes


4.05


1933 Poll Taxes


20.00


1934 Real and Personal Taxes


381.06


1934 Poll Taxes


143.00


1935 Real and Personal Taxes 47,405.93


1935 Poll Taxes


358.55


1936 Real and Personal Taxes ...


97,332.99


1936 Poll Taxes


859.00


1933 Old Age Assistance


11.75


1933 and 1932 Old Age Assistance Abated 51.00


1932 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


11.52


1933 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ....


81.47


1934 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ....


302.45


1935 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ....


1,171.85


1936 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ....


3,188.98


Accounts Receivable Sidewalks 1929 161.18


Tax Titles


102,349.95


Water Liens


334.44


Accounts Receivable Health


284.99


Accounts Receivable Town Nurse


4.50


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Accounts Receivable Sewer


206.50


Accounts Receivable Public Welfare


2,629.51


Accounts Receivable Old Age Assistance 340.22


Accounts Receivable Sealer of


Weights and Measures


1.27


Accounts Receivable Schools


1,822.66


Accounts Receivable Water


412.08


Meter Lease


275.00


Water Rates


10,688.12


Accounts Receivable County Aid to Highways-Suffield Street 353.16


Accounts Receivable State Aid to Highways-Suffield Street 159.27


Revenue Loans


125,000.00


Surplus War Bonus


2,701.14


Phelon Library Trust Fund


16.05


Old Cemetery Fund


104.82


Maple Grove Cemetery Fund


37.82


Overlay Reserve


329.78


Overlay 1932


634.04


Overlay 1933


2,563.23


Overlay 1934


1,085.09


Overlay 1935


2,840.29


Overlay 1936


3,676.11


Tax Title Revenue


102,349.95


Water Lien Revenue


334.44


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue 1932


11.52


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue 1933


81.47


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue 1934


302.45


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue 1935


1,171.85


3,188.98


Special Assessment Revenue


161.18


Water Revenue


10,467.84


Revenue 1937


5,500.00


County Tax


321.46


State Tax


710.00


State Hospital and Home Care ...


60.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue 1936 Departmental Revenue


7,737.81


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State Parks and Reservations


14.97


Excess and Deficiency


50,516.75


Election and Registration


152.55


Health-Hospital and T. B.


1,077.61


Suffield St. Chapter 90 Construction


1,353.34


Walnut St. Construction


4,441.45


U. S. Grant Old Age Assistance- Assistance


311.61


U. S. Grant Old Age Assistance- Administration .59


Special Unclassified


1,400.00


W. P. A .- Walnut St. Sewer


3,912.75


Tree Trimming


59.60


Gypsy Moth


94.99


Maple St. Sidewalk


162.79


Sewing


240.45


Wood Chopping


66.85


Reed St. Surfacing


1,558.03


Farm to Market


1,341.07


Assessors Plans


180.24


Recreation


438.48


Water Consumption


1,377.85


Tax Title Reserved for Payment of Debt


115.98


329,652.10


329,652.10


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REPORT OF Town Auditor


January 19, 1937


This is to certify that I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk and Treasurer, also those of the Col- lector, and, in general, all office records for the year end- ing December 31, 1936 and to the best of my knowledge and belief they are correctly recorded as stated in their annual reports.


Cash receipts and disbursements were tested and vouch- ers supporting disbursements were examined for proper approval. Bank balances were reconciled.


E. HENDRICK FICKWEILER,


Auditor


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REPORT OF THE Board of Public Welfare


The Welfare Board meet at the Welfare Building the first and third Thursdays of the month.


The law governing relief to the needy is changing each year and during the past year with the Federal Govern- ment entering the Relief picture in the form of Old Age Assistance and Mother's Aid and Social Security the laws have had many radical changes which we are endeavoring to meet by making the proper changes in our own depart- ments.


We have appointed an Old Age Assistance Board, as the State have requested two to be from the Welfare Board and the third appointed by these two. This board is as follows :


Oscar T. Barker, Chairman J. J. Borgatti S. Frederick Cushman


In closing we wish to state that we have operated the Relief Department as economically as possible with the thought of giving adequate aid to the needy and will con- tinue this policy throughout the year.


Respectfully submitted,


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF AGAWAM JOSEPH J. BORGATTI, Chairman


OSCAR T. BARKER FRANK W. KELLOGG


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REPORT OF THE AGENT OF The Welfare Department


The case load for 1936 has decreased from 1935 owing to the W. P. A. and private employment also some cases transferred to Old Age Assistance.


The number of Old Age Assistance cases have about doubled due to a change in the law making 65 years the age a person can receive aid instead of 70 years.


The work of this department has increased at least 100% owing to the Federal Government and State's require- ments as to reports and statistics.


The Federal Government are now reimbursing us on Old Age Assistance and Mother Aid cases to the extent of 50% of the expenditures but in order to receive these reim- bursements we must comply with their rules, and are sub- ject to Federal Auditors' and inspectors' recommendations on such cases.


In addition to the Old Age Assistance and Welfare cases this department have investigated about 300 applications for W. P. A. work during the year.


In conclusion I wish to call your attention to the fact that a short report of this kind can not begin to cover our activities but we are working for the Town of Agawam and that means every one of the residents of Agawam are en- titled to come in and discuss relief matters.


Respectfully submitted, J. GILMAN CLARK, Agent


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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, 1936 to December 31, 1936 inclusive.


Arrests


Total Number of Arrests Against Public Order 215


Total Number of Arrests Against Property 20


Total Number of Arrests Against Person 12


Total Arrests 247


Dispositions


Total Number of Court Convictions 245


Number Discharged in Court 1


Number Defaulted in Court 1


Total Amount of Fines Taken In $2,328 Total Amount of Jail Sentences Imposed 30 yrs., 10 days Total Amount of Suspended Sentences 12


In submitting this, my annual report, to the Town of Agawam, I wish to state that during the past year the number of arrests has decreased from 311 in 1935, to 247 in 1936. The amount of fines also has decreased, but the amount of jail sentences has been far greater than during the preceding year. I believe we have made a good show- ing from a police standpoint, in the year just ended, espe-


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cially in regard to traffic violations and fatal accidents, which have been reduced to a lower level than that of any other year.


We have had an exceedingly large number of larcency cases, which have been taken care of, and I believe the actual loss from larceny in the Town during the past year, is very small.


I am thoroughly convinced that the town people can see and realize the changes in the town, in the last few years, in increased Police Activities and that it is prac- tically impossible to give the service whch the citizens mght require, with only two regular officers. Traffic is increasing yearly, we have many licensed places, we also have the Agawam Race Track and during the past spring we had the flood, all of which required extra Police atten- tion.


I wish to express my appreciation to all citizens and officials of the Town, who have cooperated with me dur- ing the past year.


Respectfully submitted, PERLEY J. HEWEY,


Chief of Police


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REPORT OF THE Board of Fire Engineers


For the Year 1936


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


Gentlemen :


'It gives us great pleasure to report that altho we have had a large number of calls this year, the actual losses have been small. Two of these fires endangered valuable buildings; namely, the Agawam Center School, and the Club House at the Race Track. In each case, we attribute the small loss to the efficiency and promptness of the firemen.


Last year there was an effort made to place life and accident insurance on the firemen : but, owing to red tape, and general difficulties, we were unable to make any defi- nite arrangements. We feel that considering the small pay the firemen receive for their work, they should have the best of equipment and protection. We ask that you give this matter careful consideration. The cost of this insurance is small in comparison to the benefits.


After the disastrous flood last March, all three pieces of apparatus were used to pump water from the homes and buildings of the unfortunate victims. While we are always. glad and willing to help in any emergency, the fact re- mains, the faster our equipment is worn out, the sooner it must be replaced if we are to have efficiency.


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Considerable new equipment should be bought this com- ing year. We have been buying only bare necessities for so long, the department is not keeping up with the times.


The number of calls made upon the department were as follows :


Company No. 1 North Agawam 28


Company No. 2 Feeding Hills


50


Company No. 3 Agawam Center 50


Total 128


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD J. GOSSELIN,


Chairman


FRANK T. GOSS


RILEY S. FARNSWORTH


Board of Fire Engineers


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Assessors' Report


TOWN OF AGAWAM, MASS. 1936


Horses


198


Cows


608


Sheep


38


Neat Cattle


197


Swine


290


Fowls


8,665


Value of Fowls $


8,785.00


Value of Assessed Stock in Trade


61,160.00


Value of Assessed Machinery ....


743,915.00


Value of Live Stock


59,975.00


Value of all other Tangible Personal Property


397,065.00


No. of Dwelling Houses Assessed


1,638


No. of Acres of Land Assessed


13,224.17


No. of Motor Vehicles Assessed


2,194


Value of Motor Vehicles


439,900.00


Tax on Motor Vehicles .. 12,169.95


Valuations


Value of Buildings


$ 5,782,050.00


Value of Land


2,489,765.00


Total Value of Real Estate


8,271,815.00


Value of Personal Property 1,262,115.00


Total Assessed Estate


9,533,930.00


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Upon which Taxes have been levied as follows :


County Tax


13,299.92


State Tax


14,200.00


State Parks and Reservations 148.42


Municipal Audit 16.98


Overlay for year 1936


6,451.18


Town Appropriations Feb. 8, 1936


378,865.57


Town Appropriations May 12, 1936


1,871.08


Town Appropriations from Available Funds


17,400.00


Old Age Assistance 1932


and 1933


119.00


432,372.15


Less Estimated Receipts


Income Tax


23,065.30


Corporation Tax


3,941.30


Race Track Distribution


568.00


Motor Vehicle Excise


8,000.00


Licenses


8,500.00


Fines and Fees


200.00


General Government


Rents and in Lieu of Taxes


1,500.00


Health and Sanitation


1,000.00


Charities and Old Age Assistance


20,800.00


Soldiers' Benefits


200.00


Schools


4,400.00


Libraries


50.00


Public Enterprises


(Water Department)


......


21,000.00


Interest on Taxes


5,500.00


Excess Interest on Tax


Titles


895.43


99,620.03


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Available Funds (Approved by H. F. Long, Commissioner) 17,400.00


117,020.03


Less Polls


315,352.12 4,546.00


310,806.12


2273 Polls @ $2.00 Each 4,546.00


Total Valuation $9,533,930.00 @ $32.60 per $1000 310,806.12


21 Additional Polls (Assessed Nov. 1936) @ $2.00 Each 42.00


December 20, 1936 (Omitted Assessment) Value 350.00 @ $32.60 11.41


44-1935 Excise committed Jan. 15, 1936 ..... 110.86


ADOLPHUS PROVOST . ARTHUR A. RANDALL FREDERICK A. RAISON


Assessors


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1936 REPORT FOR THE TOWN OF AGAWAM By the HAMPDEN COUNTY TRUSTEES FOR AID TO AGRICULTURE


Appropriation made by the Town for 1936 $ 75.00


Balance of 1935 Appropriation unexpended 26.62


Total Available for 1936 $101.62


1936 Expenditure 66.99


Balance Available for 1937 $ 34.63


Appropriation recommended for 1937 $ 75.00


Itemized Expenditures 1936


HOME DEPARTMENT


Expenses as Local Leader


Mrs. Gladys Freeman


2.60


Mrs. M. P. Houlahan


.46


Mrs. Agnes Raison


3.25


Mrs. Lawrence LaFleche


.95


Mrs. A. A. Phillips


.95


Mrs. B. F. Hennessey


1.10


Mrs. R. L. Kent


2.14


11.45


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4-H CLUB DEPARTMENT


Expenses as Local Leader


Miss Florence Blish


2.86


Mrs. Marion A. Pond


7.92


Mrs. Floyd White


2.40


Mr. Willard G. Patton


14.46


4-H Achievement Pins


6.30


Charles Ferrero


6.42


Kenneth Brown


15.18


55.54


$66.99


Report as to Work Accomplished


Tabulations made by the Trustees, taken from records of their agents, show that during the year 1,278 persons in Agawam were reported to have been enrolled in some Extension Project, attended one or more Extension meet- ing, acted as demonstrators, local leaders, or otherwise cooperated with and showed a personal interest in the Ex- tension program for the town and county as directed by the County Agents and State College specialists. Our records further show that there were in all 33 separate pro- jects covering various phases of farm, home and commun- ity activities. 326 Farm and Home visits were also made by the agents; 87 meetings held, and 76 days spent by them in the furtherance of the work in Agawam.


A few Outstanding Results


The 4-H Club Department reported the following out- standing results in 1936: Esther DePalma exhibited the champion Hereford steer at the Eastern States Exposition and the Reserve champion steer in the 4-H Club classes ; and her sister, Sabatina, exhibited the third best steer in the 4-H class. Barbara Grout, in recognition of being State Champion in the News Writing Contest, was a State dele- gate to the State Club Camp. The vegetable judging team made up of boys from Agawam won the State vegetable judging contest. This team was composed of Willard M.


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Patton, Albert Christopher, and Angelo Danieli. Albert Christopher was high individual in the contest. Howard Bailey was chosen as Dairy delegate to represent Hamp- den County at the State Camp for Junior leadership train- ing held on the campus of State College.


Agawam People Who Served as Leaders or Otherwise Cooperated


A few of the thirty-three people who acted as Leaders or cooperators were : Arthur Taylor, Charles Brown, James Cesan, George Porter, Clifford Ganger, Chester Pilch, Har- ry Brown, Mrs. Dwight Hawley, Mrs. E. H. Torrey, Mrs. Ernest Freeman, Mrs. Michael Houlahan, Mrs. Frank Er- hardt, Mrs. Harold Costine, Mrs. Fred Raison, Mr. Christo- pher Berninger, Miss Florence Blish, Kenneth Brown, Louis DePalma, Charles Ferrero, Prentiss Jenks, Willard M. Patton, Chester Pilch, and Mrs. Kenneth Pond.


Why A Town Appropriation is Needed


To reimburse citizens of the town, who contribute their time as local leaders for bare travel expenses in vis- iting the 4-H Club members who are enrolled in clubs and to attend leader training meetings as required, procure necessary equipment, material and supplies for use in or- ganized clubs and classes and to take care of local expen- ses that cannot be otherwise supplied by the Trustees.


IMPORTANT: Every dollar appropriated by the Town is spent in the Town. Not a cent of a local appro- priation is used for county-wide work; any balance unex- pended is carried over to the credit of the town for neces- sary expenses the following year. The authority to make a town appropriation for this purpose is according to Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 128, Section 42.


Respectfully submitted,


TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE


L. B. BOSTON, Clerk


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REPORT OF Library Trustees


BOOKS


Number at Agawam 8,039


Number at Feeding Hills 7,875


Number at North Agawam


3,269


CIRCULATION


Agawam


19,771


Feeding Hills


13,146


North Agawam


11,496


BORROWERS


Agawam


1,060


Feeding Hills


378


North Agawam


645


ALICE B. GRANGER


ANNA H. RUDMAN


IDA BERNATCHEZ


Library Trustees


75


REPORT OF Gypsy Moth Control


To the honorable board of Selectmen :


Herewith is a report of the gypsy moth work done in Agawam in 1936.


This year there has been a sharp decline in the num- ber of nests treated by painting with creasote.


This was due to the very excellent work done dur- ing the previous year by the E.R.A. and the W.P.A.


Many of the old infestations have been cleared up and a sharp reduction noted in others.


Several new colonies have been discovered on the mountain and must be watched very closely as the high winds are liable to carry the larva of the moth great dis- tances and over wide areas; thereby creating a possible spread in non-infested areas.


Nearly all infests are in Feeding Hills, with those few in Agawam and North Agawam under control.


An agreement made with the W.P.A. is, that the town shall take care of all its highways, and the W.P.A. the Woodland Areas within fifty feet of the highways.


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The results during 1936 :


Nests painted by the town 447


Nests painted by the W.P.A. 159


Total number of nests treated 606


Trees cut down and removed 37


JAMES F. KIRBY


Moth Superintendent


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REPORT OF THE Forestry Department


In 1936 I have been continuing the trimming of trees, principally in North Agawam and Feeding Hills. There is a good deal of work yet to be done as the trees are full of dead wood.


At the present time I am working with the W.P.A. help, but I don't expect to finish with this project. This year I would like to plant some trees to take the place of those which have been removed.


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK W. RANDALL Tree Warden


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REPORT OF THE Town Nurse


My annual report from January 1, 1936 to December 31, 1936 :


Total Number of Nursing Calls 2064


Total Number of Dressings 622


Total Number of General Cares (Bath, etc.) 368


Total Number of Mothers and Babies 152


Total Number of Prenatals 44


Total Number of Temperature, Pulse, etc. 586


Total Number of Well Babies


48


Total Number of Contagious Disease


65


Total Number of Miscellaneous 152


Total Number of Absent Calls 27


Total Calls 2064


Number of Free Calls 1472


Number of Insurance Calls


566


Number of Paid Calls 26


Total Calls 2064


Number of Women Examined at Sewing Stations .... 75


Babies attending clinic 536


Diphtheria Clinic


534


Typhoid Clinic 685


Cash Received


Cash


$ 20.00


John Hancock Insurance


212.50


Metropolitan Life Insurance


210.50


Total


$443.00


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I have taken 49 patients to the different hospitals. 32 expectant mothers were sent to the Wesson and Mercy Hospitals, 41 patients were sent to the cancer clinic held at all three hospitals, 29 appoints were made for Tonsil and Adenoid operations, 19 were taken up to Westfield Sanatorium for X-rays, 9 taken over to West Springfield to the T. B. Clinic held December 22.


During the flood from March 20 to 28 inclusive I worked from 12:30 until 10 P.M. for the American Red Cross over at the West Springfield Y. During that time I did the outside calls. Mr. Cascella has a written report of that but I will give you the total calls :


March


Nursing calls


20


5


21


10


22


9


23


12


24


10


25


12


26




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