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In anticipation of the enforcement the Ludlow Manufacturing Associates maintained an evening school throughout the fall and in compliance, discharged all who could not meet its demands in January.
Three Polish children have thus been enrolled in our schools at " The Pines," where they are taught in classes by themselves, in time taken from the regular school. As they cannot understand our language nor we theirs, their progress is necessarily slow and it will probably take months to bring them up to the standard.
They come here expecting to find work and to gain a livelihood. Through no action of theirs but by the execution of a good law, which will eventually decrease child labor and reduce the importa- tion of illiteracy, they are thrown out of employment, and doubtless, in some case, into actual want.
It is the purpose of the state to hasten their schooling as much as possible and then separate schools, where they may receive the entire attention of the teacher, are recommended. Springfield and Ludlow have opened such schools, but we have deemed it im- practicable for so small a number. If either place would admit them, I think it would be economical and humane to place them there that they may more speedily acquire the language and return to their work.
I have again to call your attention to the need of stricter enforcement of the non-attendance law and to the necessity of better care of town supplies placed in the hands of the pupils. I believe
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children should be required 'to pay for all willful waste and ill- treatment of books and of all other town property and I urge the importance of so instructing the teachers. A closer attention to these matters would reduce the expense of material.
The year as a whole has been one of good progress, and fair advancement has been made.
In one particular, however, our schools are behind those of the other towns in this district of supervision and of sixteen of the twenty-three towns of the county. I refer to the subject of drawing. This is a study required by law of the state, but in none of our schools is it taught as well as is music, simply because we have a special teacher for the latter and none is employed for the former.
The last report of the Board of Education shows that nearly ninety-seven per cent of the children of the state are taught under the direction of such a teacher. Longmeadow and East Long- meadow have employed one for thirteen years. Hampden has done the same for seven consecutive years. Should not the children of Wilbraham have the same privilege ?
The old objection that few can excel in this subject has been so frequently overthrown by experience that it needs no refutation. We do not expect that any will become artists, but neither do we expect instruction in penmanship to produce authors of merit.
In teaching drawing we endeavor to train to close and correct observation, to educate the muscles to respond accurately to the in- telligent commands of the brain and to lead to the perception and appreciation of the beautiful in nature and in art.
It may be said that it will not help any child to earn his living. The same may be said of music but both will add very greatly to enjoyment and happiness in after life, and who feels more keenly the need of the light and beautiful than the overworked and heavy hearted ?
Besides, it is not true that it will not be of material aid in gain- ing a livelihood, for " the majority of those who go to our schools are to take some part in the making or shaping or growing of actual physical, objects, which can be accurately and clearly described only by drawings and not by words and it is therefore essential that they have some facility in graphic expression, or they will lack the means of securing an intelligent, accurate and thorough understanding of their work in life."
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I know of no study of greater ethical value, for here children are led to feel the necessity of absolute truth and accuracy. About right avails nothing in a mechanical drawing. Measurements and lines must be exact in every detail, or they are worthless.
" I do not think its value can be exaggerated, because it gives the means of training the young in attention and accuracy which are the two things in which all mankind are more deficient than in any other mental quality whatever.
I consider there is nothing of so great value as the habit of drawing to secure these two desirable ends."
Respectfully submitted,
MARY L. POLAND.
January 27, 1906.
Schools
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
Tardy
1
16
13
12.6
93.8
35
2
14
12
11.4
92.4
15
2
27
24.5
22.6
89.3
18
3
17
17
15.3
94.5
25
4
16
14.7
13.6
92.3
49
4
11
10.9
9.8
90.3
8
4
24
20.2
18.6
92.4
30
5
16
12.4
11.8
94.8
17
6
21
17.8
16.7
93.3
52
7
25
22
21.4
89.8
91
8
20
18.9
17.2
90.4
44
8
26
23
21.2
91.3
47
8
40
37
35.7
95
84
271
243.4
227.9
92.3
575
Roll of Honor.
Neither absent nor tardy from September 5, 1905, to February 1, 1906.
School No. 1 Pease, Walter. No. 2.
Cormack, Annie. Lavigne, Ada.
Fitzgerald, Blanche.
Perry, George.
Perry, Mabel.
Powers, May.
Powers, John. O'Brien, Helen.
O'Brien, Lillian. No. 3
Calkins, Howard.
No. 4
Beebe, Kathryn. No. 5
Walker, Alice. No. 6. Vinton, Howard. No. 7 Farr, Elsie. No. 8
Hitchcock, Harold. Robinson, Grace.
Report of the Supervisor of Music.
There have been many changes among the teachers during the past twelve months, nine of the thirteen coming to Wilbraham in the fall of 1905 or since that time. Naturally this means a pause in the work while adjustment to new conditions is being made. The new comers have shown themselves responsive to the Supervisor's efforts, and have earnestly endeavored to carry on the work as out- lined for them.
Special credit should be given to the four teachers who have been with us the longest, for their hearty co-operation and faithful service. Satisfactory results can only be obtained by the combined forces of grade teachers and supervisor, working together with one end in view.
The new school buildings provide commodious, well-lighted rooms for a large proportion of our school children, and such pleasant surroundings must be an incentive to better work along all lines.
The regular course of study in music, as outlined in last year's report, has been followed as closely as possible. Naturally a school of three grades will make more rapid progress, other things being equal, than one of six or seven. The individual drill, however, gives each child a chance to advance. We know of no other system of public school music so admirably suited as the Weaver method to the great variety of conditions which prevail in different schoolrooms.
Vocal music is now taught as a regular branch of study in all the schools of two hundred and seventy of the three hundred and fifty-four towns and cities of Massachusetts. These two hundred and seventy towns contain ninety-four and five-tenths per cent of all the schools in the state, and ninety-six and eight-tenths per cent of all the pupils.
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We quote from a recent " Report on the Teaching of Music in the Public Schools of Massachusetts to the Committee on Music of the State Board of Education " by George M. Martin, sec'y :
" Some members of the State Board of Education have felt that music was one of the essentials of education. They have realized that the ability to hear is as universal a gift as the ability to see, and have noted that, while training is provided in observation and in reproducing impressions created by observation, the wisdom of training the kindred sense of hearing is far less generally ad- mitted. There are members of the Board of Education who believe that the ear has a no less useful office in life than the eye. Through the spoken word, by the living voice, we come into the closest possi- ble communion with our fellows; and when the common elements of sound existing in the world all about us are raised and glorified by the art of music, an avenue of life is open which knows no end. Especially in a materialistic age does the art of music become of great importance, in providing food for the growth of that spiritual life without which a free Commonwealth cannot exist."
Respectfully submitted,
MARY ELIZABETH HOWARD, :
Supervisor of Music.
Wilbraham, February, 1906.
Town Warrant.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, School Committee and other town officers.
ART. 3. To fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for ensuing year.
ART. 5. To choose a Town Clerk and Treasurer, one Select- inan for three years who shall be one of the Overseers of the Poor, one Assessor for three years, five Constables, four Fence Viewers, one Auditor, one School Committee for three years, Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year, one Library Trustee for three years, one Tree Warden for the ensuing year, all on one ballot. Also all other town officers. To decide by ballot, which shall be Yes or No, the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town."
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for defraying the expenses of the town for the ensuing year, and appropriate the same, and vote how the same shall be raised.
ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to bor- row such sums of money as may be sanctioned by the Selectmen, the same to be paid from the taxes.
ART. 9. To see if the town will instruct their Selectmen to prosecute any person or persons selling or transporting intoxicating
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liquors within this town contrary to the laws of this Commonwealth, or take any action in regard to the same.
ART. 10. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund of 1905.
ART. 11. To see if the town will grant money for the proper observance of Memorial Day.
ART. 12. To see if the town will appropriate money for the care and winding of the tower clock on the M. E. Church.
ART. 13. To see if the town will provide for special instruction in music and raise money for the same.
ART. 14. To see if the town will provide for the adequate lighting of the streets of the town.
ART. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00, to be expended by the Tree Warden in planting and care of public shade trees.
ART. 16. To see if the town will purchase a rock crusher, with power necessary to operate the same, or to provide the same in some other way.
ART. 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00, to be expended in graveling certain sections of high- way in Glendale, lying between Randolph Beebe's and the Hampden line, between L. L. Farr's and the Charles Edson place, about ten rods west from the gravel near G. E. Calkins' shop, and at the four corners near Glendale Church.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to instruct its assessors to publish valuation lists.
ART. 19. To see what disposition the town will make of the schoolhouse and lot in district No. 4.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, ASSESSORS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 22, 1907.
PALMER, MASS .: PRESS OF C. B. FISKE AND COMPANY. 1907.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, ASSESSORS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 22, 1907.
PALMER, MASS .: PRESS OF C. B. FISKE AND COMPANY. 1907.
Report of Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
H. C. Emerson,
$ 12.40
STREET LIGHTS.
Central Mass. Electric Co., $585.00
MEMORIAL DAY.
J. S. Morgan, $25.00
C. E. Peck, 50.00
$ 75.00
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
J. O. Martin, services at polls, $ 3.00
A. H. Bartlett, printing ballots, 6.00
C. G. Robbins, services at polls, 2.00
Posting warrants,
6.00
Lease of land for tramp house,
1.00
D. H. Eaton, services at polls,
2.00
Palmer Journal, printing town reports,
36.90
W. H. Day, wood for office, Rubber stamp,
.25
A. J. Bryant, gathering up street lamps,
1.00
J. W. Rice, services at polls, 3.00
Cone & Sherwood, treasurer's bond,
15.00
Carter Ink Co., ink, .38
3.00
4
O. W. Studley, officers' fees H. E. Rieutard case, $57.58 Jacob Dugel, officers' fees H. E. Rieutard case, 26.00
H. W. Burbank, services at polls, 3.00
Wilbraham Grange, rent of hall, 20.00
J. W. Baldwin, stamped envelopes, 13.34
C. T. Bagnall, printing dog notices, 1.46
Stern Press, assessors' books, 2.25
D. W. Mowry, team for E. W. Wall, 1.50
Henry R. Johnson, assessors' books, 4.63
E. P. Kendrick, attorney, 10.00
Cone & Sherwood, collector's bond, 15.00
O. W. Studley, officer's fees, H. E. Rieutard case, 3.66
D. H. Eaton, officer's fees Wm. Butler case, 6.92
Geo. W. Taylor, repairing safe, 7.50
W. H. Day, automobile sign posts, 6.75
H. F. Greene, interpreter, 2.00
Hobbs & Warren, license blanks,
.56
H. W. Burbank, services at polls, 3.00
6.00
C. G. Robbins, posting warrants, Services at polls, 2.00
A. F. Friend, officer's fees Joseph Long case, 5.80
Officer's fees Wm. Martin case, 6.05
J. W. Baldwin, stamped envelopes, 1.65
H. D. Osborne, officer's fees Bradway case, 3.31
10.60
J. W. Baldwin, 500 stamped envelopes, 50 return postal cards, 1.00
20.00
Wilbraham Grange, rent of hall,
D. H. Eaton, services at polls, 2.00
A. H. Bartlett, 1000 tax bills, 2.00
J. O. Martin, services at polls, 3.00
Henry M. Meek Pub. Co., birth return books, 1.63
Estate of W. L. Collins, rent of office, 50.00
Geo. A. Bills, officers' fees, H. E. Rieutard case, 49.30
J. W. Rice, services at polls, 3.00
J. S. Morgan, “ 3.00
W. H. McGuire Jr., care tower clock, 25.00
John Kelley, tax abated for 1905, 4.80
Carter Ink Co., ink, .21
A. E. Bell, interest on Bell fund, 1.40
J. M. Perry, interest on town loan,
$78.50
H. G. Webber, M. D., returning births, 1.75
Arthur C. Couro, M. D.,
.25
U. Labelle, M. D., 66 66
.50
O. C. Geleneau, M. D.,
66
4.75
A. L. Damon, M. D.,
66'
3.50
W. G. McKechnie, attorney, 5.00
F. W. Greene, express, .75
Undertaker, 56.50
E. W. Wall, election officer, 5.00
Preparing tally sheets, 6.00
Care weights and measures, 5.00
Meeting town clerks,
2.00
Recording petition for relocation for highway, .50
Recording County Commissioners report, 1.00
Registers inspection stamp,
.50
Entering name in new register
and preparing copy for printer,
4.00
Car fare paid making deposits, 1.60
Office supplies and postage, 1.11
Express,
3.65
Recording marriages,
5.20
Recording births,
21.00
Recording deaths,
5.80
$680.29
SCHOOLS.
Transportation of children,
$ 9.50
Supplies,
1,737.49
Care schoolhouses,
552.70
Joint school district,
11.39
High school tuition,
915.66
Superintendent,
758.04
Supervisor of music,
180.00
Repairs,
324.21
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Supervisor of drawing, Teachers' wages,
$ 144.00
4,605.10
$9,238.09
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
LOUISA WEBSTER.
C. G. Robbins, care, $129.50
J. A. Bennett, care, 53.00
$182.50
MRS. MARY MILLS.
C. G. Robbins, care, $129.50
J. A. Bennett, care, 53.00
A. L. Damon, M. D., medical attendance, 26.25
$208.75
LAURETTA AND LILLIE BEARDSLEY.
Mrs. James Henry, care,
60.00
EMMA AND CATHERINE BEARDSLEY.
60.00
CATHERINE BEARDSLEY.
City of Springfield, aid,
11.00
GERVASE DEVINE.'
City of Springfield, aid,
47.50
City of Springfield, aid,
109.15
HATTIE AMO.
Town of West Springfield, aid,
11.40
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, care,
10.00
MRS. CHARLES BILSON.
Town of Attleboro, care and medical aid,
266.35
MRS. ALBERT H. BUTLER.
24.66
F. A. Fuller, supplies, (Refunded by Albert H. H. Butler.)
A. L. BLISS.
Town of Brookfield, aid, 35.95
Mrs. J. P. Brown, care,
JOHN R. DEVINE.
DANIEL LYNCH.
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
William Kaullman, labor,
$ 18.75
A. A. Phelps,
129.91
R. J. Pease,
257.03
F. C. Phelps,
66
123.20
Edward Evans,
6 6
135.57
Edward Evans, plank and posts,
14.60
Alvin Chilson, labor,
2.10
G. L. Rindge,
33.88
W. F. Morgan,
44.58
P. H. LaBroad, 6 6
117.63
J. H. Farr,
94.46
· W. H. Gilbert,
،،
94.48
L. L. Farr,
86.20
J. A. Bennett,
4.00
H. M. Green, labor,
1.20
John L. Smith, landside for road machine,
1.50
M. A. Maynard, sewer pipe,
17.82
L. W. Rice, post and railing,
22.14
F. A. Fuller, supplies,
.04
L. J. Potter, gravel,
21.00
G. L. Rindge, superintendent of streets,
30.75
$1,250.84
LIBRARY ACCOUNT.
A. H. Bartlett, labels, $ 1.20
Mrs. Kellogg, stove,
4.00
Henry R. Johnson, books,
4.57
F. A. Fuller, supplies,
1.42
The Cutler Co., supplies,
2.04
F. F: Marcy, lumber,
7.91
J. W. Baldwin, librarian,
25.00
H. W. Cntler, labor, express, freight and rent, 18.67
Eunice M. Bates, care, rent and supplies, 52.60
City Library Association, books,
.60
Robert Brooks, books,
18.64
J. W. Baldwin, coal, 3.35
H. W. Cutler, express and picture,
2.48
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Johnson's Book Store, books, $30.55
F. W. Green, exchanging books, 10.00
Funk & Wagnells Co., subscription to Review of Reviews, 3.50
$186.53
CEMETERY ACCOUNT.
L. L. Farr, care Glendale, $ 7.00
B. B. Green, care East Wilbraham, 10.00
. A. J. Bryant, care Adams, 12.00
$29.00
CHLOE BLISS STEBBINS LOT.
A. J. Bryant, care, $ 2.00
TOWN OFFICERS.
TREASURER.
E. W. Wall,
$60.00
F. W. Green,
$56.55
W. H. Day,
8.25
G. L. Rindge,
34.50
$99.30
ASSESSORS.
A. A. Phelps,
$31.25
J. S. Morgan,
52.50
W. H. McGuire Jr.,
40.00
$123.75
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
H. G. Webber,
$46.00
Evenora O. Beebe,
25.00
C. P. Bolles,
35.75
$106.75
TAX COLLECTOR.
H. F. Greene,
$100.00
REGISTRARS.
$12.00
W. H. Murphy, H. M. Green, 12.00
SELECTMEN.
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Earl M. Scott, E. W. Wall,
$12.00 12.00
$ 48.00
TREE WARDEN.
C. G. Robbins, $ 40.75
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
J. M. Pease, $121.75
A. F. Friend,
FIRE WARDEN. $ 8.50
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR GRAVEL, $500.00 ON SPRINGFIELD AND STONY HILL ROAD.
F. C. Phelps, labor,
$151.02
Edward Evans,
152.55
R. J. Pease,
117.75
Edward Evans, gravel,
15.70
F. A. Gurney,
.
50.64
$487.66
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR GRAVEL IN GLEN- DALE, $200.
L. L. Farr, labor and gravel, $199.35
STATE AID, CHAPTER 381 ACTS OF 1904.
William Butler,
$48.00
Francis M. Davis,
48.00
Sarah J. Darrock,
48.00
James C. Moody,
60.00
Addie Speight,
48.00
Ellen C. Weeks,
48.00
Gilbert P. Warfield,
42.00
William H. Bigelow,
24.00
Henrietta Laird,
28.00
Francis M. Angell,
32.00
$426.00
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SUMMARY.
Contagious Diseases,
$ 12.40
Street Lights,
585.00
Memorial Day,
75.00
Contingent.
680.29
Schools,
9,238.09
Paupers,
1,027.26
Highways and bridges,
1,250.84
Library,
186.53
Cemeteries,
29.00
Chloe Bliss Stebbins lot,
2.00
Town officers,
708.80
Gravel, Springfield and Stony Hill Road,
487.66
Gravel, Glendale,
199.35
State aid,
426.00
--
$14,908.22
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding note,
$400.00
RESOURCES.
Due from State of Massachusetts, state aid,
$461.00
Due from State of Massachusetts, account paupers,
133.18
Due from State of Massachusetts, inspection of animals,
22.00
Uncollected taxes, 1905,
6.00
Uncollected taxes, 1906,
1,308.55
Cash in treasury,
2.57
Less liabilities,
$1,933.30 400.00
Total Resources,
$1,533.30
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The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations :
Highways and bridges,
$1,800.00
Paupers,
1,200.00
Contingent expenses and town officers,
1,500.00
Street lights,
630.00
Care cemeteries,
50.00
Library,
25.00
F. W. GREEN, ) Selectmen of G. L. RINDGE, § Wilbraham.
List of Jurors.
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN.
J. A. Calkins,
Henry Clark,
J. L. Rice,
E. M. Nichols,
Charles W. Vinton,
Henry I. Edson,
W. M. Green,
C. P. Bolles,
Edgar H. Keith,
David Ogilvie,
W. T. Eaton,
James M. Pease,
Frank A. Fuller,
Fred C. Phelps,
J. Wilbur Rice, Clarence E. Pease,
Raymond J. Pease,
Benjamin B. Brewer,
Andrew J. Cleeland, Robert A. Green.
Treasurer's Report.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 22, 1907.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury Feb. 23, 1906, $ 390.49
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 174.50
Support sick paupers, 34.25
Tuition of children, 273.50
Inspection of animals,
24.00
Account Supt. Schools,
492.42
Corporation tax, 682.18
National bank tax,
142.52
State aid, 404.00
Burial of soldiers, 70.00
Street railway tax, 635.50
Income Mass. school fund, 1,077.50
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 3 months' note,
1,000.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co .. 3 1,000.00
months' note,
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 3
months' note, 1,000.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 3 months' note, 1,000.00
George L. Rindge, 30 days' note, 400.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., interest on deposits, 18.20
Fred A. Bearse, county treasurer, dog tax, 1906, 229.59 The Cutler Company, coal license, 1.00
W. C. Savage, slaughter house license, 1.00
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E. W. Wall, $ 1.50
M. Ecker, peddler's license,
6.00
W. F. Adams, Stebbins' centennial address, 2.00
The Cutler Company, rebate interest, 8.85
Free Public Library, fines and cards, 8.79
E. P. Clark, master, fines,
5.00
G. L. Rindge, grass, town farm,
10.00
The Cutler Company, rebate interest,
.70
Rose C. Smith, car tickets,
6.00
Hazel Bolles, books,
1.52
Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund interest,
10.59
A. E. Bell fund interest,
1.40
Hiram Danks cemetery lot fund interest,
3.52
A. H. H. Butler, aid rendered family,
24.66
H. G. Webber, stationery,
.28
J. M. Perry, interest, town loan,
78.50
Springfield and Eastern Street Ry., excise tax, 1906, 259.77
J. W. Baldwin, collector, 1903, 2.00
H. F. Greene, collector, 1905, 1,277.51
H. F. Greene, collector, 1906, 13,835.79
H. F. Greene, collector, interest 1905 taxes, 61.34
$24,656.37
EXPENDITURES.
State Treasurer, state tax, $1,120.00
Repairs on state highway, 240.80
M. Wells Bridge, county treasurer, county tax, 1,163.69 State aid, 426.00
Spfld. S. D. & Trust Co., interest 3 mos. note, 12.50
Interest 3 mos. note, 13.06
Interest 3 mos. note, 12.78
Interest 3 mos. note, 12.50
Interest renewal note, 12.50
Interest renewal note, 12.50
Interest renewal note, 4.17
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The Cutler Company, interest renewal note, $ 12.65
Interest renewal note, 12.65
Interest renewal note, 12.78
Interest renewal note,
12.50
Interest renewal note,
12.50
Note,
1,000.00
Note,
1,000.00
Note,
1,000.00
Spfid. S. D. & Trust Co., note,
1,000.00
Note,
1,000.00
Note,
1,000.00
Note,
1,000.00
Assessors' abatements, 1905,
78.00
Selectmen's orders,
14,482.22
Balance in treasury, Feb. 22, 1907,
2.57
-
$24,656.37
E. W. WALL, Treasurer.
Trust Funds.
ABNER E. BELL FUND.
NORTH WILBRAHAM, MASS., DEC. 3, 1901.
Received from the town of Wilbraham the sum of forty dollars, the same being in full for land damage awarded by the County Com- missioners. June 25, 1901, by reason of relocation of highway in North Wilbraham in their decree dated April 3, 1901. The amount to be deposited in some savings bank in trust for the town of Wilbra- ham and Abner E. Bell, the interest to be paid annually to said Abner E. Bell during his life by reason of his life tenancy in that portion of the late Henry Cutler's estate. At his decease the principal to revert to the town of Wilbraham for the use of the Public Library, according to the terms of the will of the late Henry Cutler.
E. W. WALL. ! Trustee of the Town of Wilbraham and Abner E. Bell.
The sum of forty dollars is deposited in the Springfield Institu- tion of Savings in the City of Springfield, Book No. 158,877.
E. W. WALL.
CHLOE BLISS STEBBINS FUND-ESTABLISHED 1897.
This is a contribution of three hundred dollars, made by Solomon Bliss Stebbins of Boston, from money given to him by Chloe Bliss Stebbins ' of Wilbraham, said sum to be held by the town as a memorial of her regard for its association with her long life dwelt therein, and in which she died Feb. 27, 1897. The income of the fund is to be paid annually, one-third to the overseers of the poor for the relief of the poor of the town ; one-third to the managers of the town library to aid in its support, and one-third to secure perpetual good care of the graves in the town burial ground of Eber and Elizabeth Bliss Stebbins, and their children, buried in the same range.
THE HIRAM DANKS CEMETERY LOT FUND- ESTABLISHED 1903.
This is a fund of one hundred dollars, left by the will of Hiran Danks, the income only of which to be paid to the treasurer of the Town of Wilbraham for the perpetual care of the Hiram Danks burial lot in the Wilbraham cemetery.
Report of the Tree Warden.
As Tree Warden for the past year I have done some trimming, mostly in the Adams cemetery, as it was in great need of it. Did some trimming on Main street and the mountain road. I have not done any setting of trees. Whole amount of money expended is $40.75.
Respectfully submitted, C. G. ROBBINS, Tree Warden.
Report of the Truant Officer.
June 15, visited schools in District 2, $ .75
June 25, visited schools in District 2, .75
$1.50
Respectfully submitted, C. G. ROBBINS, Truant Officer.
Report of the Board of Assessors.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 22, 1907.
Appropriations.
Highways and bridges,
$1,800.00
Paupers,
1,200.00
Contingent and town officers,
1,500.00
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