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CHILDREN WHOSE ATTENDNACE WAS PERFECT.
Pines Primary. Lucile Brodeur Center Grammar.
Doris Ellinwood Ruth Stone
Glendale.
Thelma Rogers Winifred Rogers
George Rogers
PUPILS ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY.
Bertha Cormack
Kathryn Keefe Herbert Tupper Frederick Rice
PUPILS RECOMMENDED TO HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE.
Virginia Allen
Julia V. Blackmer
Ethel Kingdom Stanley C. Kittredge Harold McDermott
Eunice E. Bell Wilfred A. Brodeur
Franklin Murphy Mary E. Murphy
Rosemary Cady Esther R. Donahue Annette S. Dumaine
Mary E. Normoyle John F. O'Connor Gladys R. Piper
Theodore J. Dumaine
Ethel M. Eaton Edmund P. Garvey Clarence Keefe
Eunice C. Rice
Ida M. Sherwin
Myrtle Vinton
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LISTS OF TEACHERS.
1916-1917
1917-1918
Stony Hill, Mary E. Horr
Pine Pr., Marie W. Gaskill
Pines Int., Clara Richardson
Mile Tree, Madeline Manning
Center Pr., Minnie E. Rumley
Minnie E. Rumley
Center Gr., Mary E. M. Mack
Mary E. M. Mack
Mountain, Ruth Abbott
Margaret M. Burns
Kathryn O'Day
E. Wilb.,
Anna G. Taylor
Anna G. Taylor
Glendale, Irene C. Smith
Mrs. Genevieve Waite
N. W. Pr.,
Maude E. Griffin
Anna B. Lillis
N. W. Int.,
Edna M. Burroughs
Madalyn O'Day
N. W. Gr., Edith S. Feustel
Edith S. Feustel
SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
Hermine T. Cowles Dorothy L. Nichols
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Bertha Hebert Bertha Hebert
WORK IN DRAWING-SEPTEMBER TO CHRISTMAS VACATION.
Representation. Flowers and Grasses. Perspective. Landscapes. Color Work. Landscapes. Printing. Capital Letters.
Dorothy M. Kline M. Agatha O'Connell Edna M. Burroughs Pauline Burns
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Technical Drill.
Expression in Rote Songs.
Sight Reading.
Individual and Chorus Singing.
LEANORA E. TAFT, Superintendent of Schools.
School Medical Inspector
Wilbraham, Mass., January 14, 1918.
As Medical Inspector, appointed by the School Committee, I have visited all the schools three times during the year-that is, each term. At each visit I have separately inspected all pupils in attendance.
I found the condition of the children so favorable at those inspections that no re-inspection has been necessary. The calls of teachers for special inspections have been but few. During the Spring term a slight epidemic of scarlet fever, in two fam- ilies having children attending the Stony Hill and Center schools, caused some alarm and the closing of those schools for two weeks.
Under the amendment, Acts of 1910, I have examined at the Ludlow Manufacturing Associates' office and my own, all applicants for employment tickets, and have given health or age certificates to such children as I have found in sufficiently sound health and physically able to perform the work they in- tend to do.
H. G. WEBBER, M. D., Medical Inspector.
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Town Warrant
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, School Committee, and other officers.
Art. 3. To fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To choose a Town Clerk and Treasurer, and one Selectman for three years, who shall be Overseer of the Poor ; one Assessor for three years, five Constables, four Fence Viewers, one Auditor, for the ensuing year, one for School Committee for three years, one for two years, Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year, one Library Trustee for three years, one Tree Warden for the ensuing year, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, 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 liquor in the Town?
Art. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for defraying the expenses of the Town for the en- suing year and appropriate the same and vote how the same shall be raised.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
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Art. 8. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to prosecute any persons selling or transporting intoxicating liquors in this Town contrary to the laws of the Common- wealth or take any action in regard to the same.
Art. 9. To see what disposition the Town will make of the Dog Tax of 1917.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will grant money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the care and winding of the Tower Clock on Memorial Church.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to place an electric light on Railroad Street opposite the home of W. L. Dempsey and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) to be ex- pended within the Town under direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of boy's and girl's club work, and the improvement of agriculture and coun- try life in the town, including agricultural demonstration work on land owned by the Town or owned by any resident of the Town in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to extend the sewer up Chapel Street on the Mountain road about 450 ft. and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to consolidate schools numbered five, six and seven, known as the East Wil- braham, Mountain, and Glendale schools, with school number eight at North Wilbraham; also schools numbered one and three, known as Stony Hill and Mile-Tree schools, with school number four at Wilbraham, providing transportation for pupils to these schools and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to maintain a Junior High School.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 31, 1918
TALMER, MASS. THE JOURNAL PRINT 1.19
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 31, 1918
PALMER, MASS. THE JOURNAL PRINT 1919
Roll of Honor
In Memory of the Wilbraham Men who Died in the Military Service of the United States
Nelson S. Vincent was born in Ashfield, Mass., October 21, 1897. His parents were Levi H. and Mary E. Vincent. His father died when he was two years old. He attended school in North Adams as a boy and in 1913 came to this town to live with his aunt, Mrs. Thomas H. Nims. He en- listed July 19, 1917, and was sent to Syracuse, N. Y., and from there to Camp Merritt, in Tenafly, N. J. He was a member of Co. M, 49th Infantry, and "Acting Corporal" at the time of his death, which occurred April 23, 1918, in Tomah, Wisconsin, where he had been sent as an escort with the body of a comrade. He is buried in North Adams, where his mother still lives. He was an active member of the local Grange.
Edward F. Powers was born in Wilbraham, October 17, 1894. He was the son of John and Bridget S. Powers, both of this place. He was a student at Wesleyan Academy, and also attended Springfield High School. He was called to the colors October ?, 1917, and sent to Camp Devens and from there to Camp Gordon, Ga., where he became a mem- ber of the 326th Infantry. While at Camp Gordon he was stricken with pneumonia and died February 11, 1918. Burial was in Hampden. He leaves a father and a brother.
George M. Kingdon was born in Auburn, Mass., February 18, 1893. He was the son of Clara L. and James Kingdon. In April, 1914, the family moved to North Wil- braham and the son attended the Palmer schools. After leaving school he was employed in the Wright Wire Mill. He was Past President of the Sons of St. George of Palmer,
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and a member of the order of Odd Fellows. He enlisted May 29, 1917, in Co. K, 104th Infantry. He was sent to Camp Bartlett in Westfield and from there overseas to France. He was wounded in action and sent to mobile hospital No. 1, where he died October 16, 1918. He is buried somewhere in France.
Wilbraham Men Who Enlisted or Were Inducted Into the Military Service of the United States
Ashe, Frank
Kingdon, Charles
Ashe, John J.
Landry, Timothy
Allen, Richard
Logan, William F.
Baldwin, William V.
Lemon, Cassius
Bell, Chester
Marshall, Leonard
Bell, Winthrop
McDermott, Matthew
Bolles, Harold A., Lieut.
McClellan, Harold
Bourden, Henry
Mehers, Fred
Bourden, Stephen
O'Connor. P. J.
Boyur, John
Parsons, George
Bradway, Clifford A.
Powers, Charles E.
Bryant, Fred A.
*Powers, Edward F.
Butler, Wesley B.
Powers, Thomas
Calkins, Wilfred L.
Prokop, Stanley
Corecki, John
Perry, George
Cormack, James P.
Richardson, Walter
Darling, George F.
Roberts, Charles
Day, William
Roberts, Ernest
Dean, Michael E.
Spafford, Roy D.
Gebo, Wilbur H.
Stephens, Wesley G.
Gordon, Harold
Sweeney, Daniel J.
Goodenough, Henry, Lieut.
Szlozek, Franciszek
Goreck, John
Tupper, Earl F.
Green, Fred W., Lieut.
*Vincent, Nelson S.
Green, George M.
Wade, Donald
Jarvis, Edward A.
Wade, Harold
Jarvis, Homer
Watson, Louis
Keefe, James
Webber, Benjamin
*Kingdon, George M.
Wolowicz, Ambrozy
S. A. T. C. Men
Green, Harland C. Jewell, Clinton B. Merrick, Harold
Murphy, Geo. P. Stephens, Charles
Town Officers.
Clerk and Treasurer. W. H. McGUIRE, Jr.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor. FREDERICK A. WARREN, Chairman. J. WILBUR RICE ALLYN M. SEAVER. School Committee.
MISS EVANORE O. BEEBE, Chairman. WALTER M. BLISS. EFFIE L. MORGAN.
Assessors.
F. A. GURNEY, Chairman. AUGUSTUS F. FRIEND. FRED W. GREEN
H. W. CUTLER.
Trustees of Town Library. A. L. DAMON. F. A. GURNEY.
Collector of Taxes. FRED W. GREEN.
Constables.
D. H. EATON. A. F. FRIEND. EDWARD G. McDOWELL
F. B. METCALF.
Auditor. J. M. PERRY.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. JESSE L. RICE.
Fence Viewers.
GEO. E. CALKINS. G. R. FILES. J. H. FARR. BENJ. B. GREEN.
Tree Warden. HENRY I. EDSON.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. CHARLES W. VINTON.
Forest Fire Warden. HENRY I. EDSON.
Cemetery Commissioners.
RICHARD J. SACKETT. HENRY I. EDSON. BENJ. B. GREEN.
Report of Town Meeting HELD FEBRUARY 4th, 1918.
Article 1. Robert P. Trask was chosen moderator of the meeting.
Art. 2. The report of the Selectmen was read by the chairman, Allyn M. Seaver, and was accepted by a vote of the Town.
Voted that the remaining reports from the Town offi- cers be accepted as printed.
Art. 3. Voted the sum of $200 be appropriated for the Collection of Taxes.
Art. 4. Voted that the Highways and Bridges be re- paired under the direction of the Selectmen.
Art. 6. Voted to raise and appropriate for :
Paupers, $1,500.00
Highways and bridges, 2,800.00
Contagious disease,
200.00
Contingent account,
1,500.00
Town officers,
1,200.00
Street lights,
. 1,750.00
Cemeteries,
150.00
Library,
500.00
Forest Warden,
200.00
Tree Warden,
150.00
Soldiers' relief,
520.00
Schools, general,
7,000.00
repairs,
600.00
66 music, 300.00
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66
manual arts,
300.00
66
medical inspection, 150.00
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high,
2,500.00
evening,
1,000.00
Art. 7. Voted, that the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jan. 1, 1918, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Art. 8. Voted, that the Town instruct their Selectmen to prosecute any person or persons selling or transporting intoxicating liquors into this town contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth.
Voted the sum of three hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for the above purpose.
Art. 9. Voted that the Dog Fund of 1917 be appro- priated for schools.
Art. 10. Voted the sum of Twenty-five Dollars be raised and appropriated for the observance of Memorial Day.
Art. 11. Voted the sum of Twenty-five Dollars be raised and appropriated for the care and winding of the Town Clock.
Art. 13. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150 to be expended within the Town under the direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for Boys' and Girls' Club work under Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.
Art. 14. Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of $350 to extend the sewer up Chapel Street and the Mountain road.
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Art. 15. Voted, that the matter of school consolidation be left to the School Committee.
Art. 23. Voted, that the Town instruct their Select- men to make arrangements with the Town of Ludlow to furnish fire protection for the Town of Wilbraham, and that the sum of $300 be raised and appropriated for the purpose.
Art. 5 Minor officers chosen by vote of the Town : Pound Keeper :
Lee W. Rice.
Measureres of wood and charcoal :
Henry M. Green, Marcus Gottsche, John W. Bald- win, Benjamin Hallowell, James M. Pease.
Surveyors of Lumber :
Henry M. Green, Lester L. Stone, James M. Pease. Field Drivers :
Alfonse Rivers, Louis G. Stacy, Edgar C. Clark, Albro J. Bryant.
Weighers of Grain :
John Powers, Herbert L. Miller, Richard J. Sackett, John W. Baldwin.
W. H. McGUIRE Jr.,
Town Clerk.
Report of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
STATE CHARITIES AND MOTHERS' AID
Burr Co.,
$ 9.00
J. Liro,
95.40
J. Szemilla Bros.,
36.50
Isaac Lender,
111.75
John Chamora,
74.23
Leon Surowic,
97.52
Dr C. H. Lortie,
62.45
Tenerowicz & Boski,
50:48
A. M. Seaver,
400.00
T. W. Sloseck,
20.00
J. C. Witowski,
600.74
Ludlow Associates,
2.48
Tohn Dymon,
1.50
Albert Booth,
.90
Mike Dzuira,
18.00
Albert Grzebinowski,
12.00
Pawet Ciecko,
33.25
Joseph Wolek,
33.00
John Szczygel,
121.99
M Sevwouke,
29.70
Mary Ogrodink,
91.00
M. Koehanek,
66.00
$2,017.89
TOWN CHARITIES
J. H. Richee, $ 373.90 Mercy Hospital, 60.00
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Dr. C. P. Hoyt,
2.00
Frank A. Towne,
134.96
M. J: Gottsche,
27.14
Petre A. Meron,
15.00
City of Northampton,
111.54
City of Springfield,
26.43
J. C. Wetowski,
423.07
Dr. C. H. Lorti,
5.00
Peter Faulkinweiz,
5.00
A. M. Seaver,
2.70
Leon Serowic,
1.96
Tohn Chamora,
.80
The Burr Co.,
5.00
Isaac Liender,
25.50
1. J. Szimila & Bros.,
10.00
$1,230.00
Soldier's Relief,
$500.00
Total of all Charities,
$3,741.89
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Emerson laboratory,
$6.40
Central City Chemical Co., 9.58
A M. Seaver, posting notices, express and telegrams, 11.75
$27.93
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
Police.
E. G. McDowell, police duty,
$68.95
A. F. Friend, police duty, 258.21
Fred B. Metcalf, police duty,
5.00
Morris Eckland, police duty, 5.00
Patrick Fitzgerald, police duty,
5.00
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Lewis Tripp, police duty,
4.00
Frank Thayer, police duty, 1917,
5.00
D. H. Eaton, police duty, 5.00
Joseph Knopka, police duty,
3.00
$359.16
Elections.
D. H. Eaton, service at polls and posting warrants,
$20.00
W. J. Jenning, service at polls, 3.00
W. F. Berry, service at polls, 3.00
Chas. H. Backus, service at polls, 5.00
F. A. Gurney, 6.00
W. M. Bliss,
7.00
A. F. Friend,
5.00
F. W. Green,
6.00
M. C. Wade,
3.00
W. H. Eaton, lighting club room,
2.00
Rent, Grange Hall,
25.00
A. H. Bartlett, 9.75
$94.75
Stationery and Printing.
A. H. Bartlett,
$29.20
Palmer Journal, town reports,
58.20
Palmer Journal, printing notice blanks, 4.75
A. W. Gifford, dog tags, 4.75
Johnson's Bookstore, collector's book and stationery, 6.70
Willis J. Eldredge, mt'g book,
15.00
F. C. Newton, envelopes, 18.48
Hobbs & Warren, blanks,
.55
A. W. Brownell, assessor's supplies, 17.33
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R. M. Smith, rubber stamp, 1.30
F. H. Warren, envelopes and stationery, 2.20
$158.76
Micellaneous.
Chas. Hall, electric lights, $2.70
Mass. Bonding and Ins Co., workmen's
compensation, 1916, 14.46
Mass. Bonding and Ins. Co., workmen's compensation, 1917, 46.23
Geo. Ezekiel, Aetna Ins, workmen's compensation, 1918, $1.00
Geo. Ezekiel, Ins., bal. due Logan bond, 25.00
J. B. Logan, notary, 191? and 1918, 11.50
Joseph Knopka, interpreter,
17.20
WVm. V. Baldwin, atty Street Ry. hearing, 202.44 J. P. Fox, Expert, Street Ry. hearing, 9.97
Edgmont, Shelham & White, stenographer, hearing, 2.51
Central Mass. Electric Co., light and heat for vault, 18.40
New Eng. Tel & Tel Co., 10.05
Mrs. J. T. Abbott, care of town offices, 19.00
Geo. Knowlton, painting booth, 4.00
H. S. Thomas, court expense, school No. 3, 4.75 J. W. Rice, court expense, school No. 3, 22.00
Public Library, rent of town office, 144.00
B. B. Green, undertaken, 20.00
Cone & Sherwood, Insurance on school-
house, 3 years, 264.00
$914.21
Total contingent account,
$1,526.88
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Treasurer.
Wm. H. Mc Guire, Jr., $15.00
$15.00
Selectmen.
F. H. Warren,
$15.00
$5.00
J. W. Rice, Allyn M. Seaver,
15.00
$225.00
Assessors.
F. A. Gurney,
91.50
A. F. Friend,
$1.50
F. W. Green,
62.15
W. F. Morgan, 1917,
6.25
$244.00
Registrars.
F. A. Warren,
12.00
J. W. Rice, 12.00
Allyn M. Seaver,
12.00
WVm. H. McGuire, Jr.,
12.00
$48.00
Overseer of Poor.
Allyn M. Seaver,
$56.60
School Committee.
Miss E. O. Beebe,
$31.50
Walter M. Bliss,
20.00
Miss Effie M. Morgan,
68.50
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I. L. Stone, 11.35 9.50
C. P. Bolles, 1917,
$140.85
Tax Collector.
Fred W. Green, 1918,
$100.00
W. F. Logan, 1917, 200.00
$300.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
C W. Vinton, $40.00
Inspection of Slaughtering.
J. L. Rice, $80.00
Inspection of Animals.
J. L. Rice, $46.24
Auditor.
J. M. Perry, $25.00
Total,
$1,280.69
SUMMARY OF ALL ORDERS DRAWN.
Schools,
$15,924.86
Town Charities,
1,230.00
State Ch. and Mother's Aid,
2,017.89
Soldier's Relief,
500.00
Contagious Disease, 28.93
Highways,
2,987.27
Library,
537.32
Street Lights,
1,707.96
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Forest Warden,
194.27
Tree Warden,
163.06
Gypsy Moth,
8.05
Cemetreies,
233.85
Agricultural Demonstration,
150.00
Contingent Account,
1,526.88
Town Officers,
1,280.69
Memorial Day,
18.95
Prosecuting Illegal Liquor Selling,
43.55
Mending Clock, Memorial Church,
19.00 $28,572.31
State Aid, $214.00
$28,786.31
RESOURCES.
Due from State Aid, $248.00
From Mother's Aid and State Charities, 2,266.91
Uncollected Taxes, 1,775.21
Cash in Treasury,
8,889.83
$13,179.95
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding accounts, so far as known, $250.00
Outstanding school accounts, 734.00
$984.00
THE SELECTMEN RECOMMEND
The following appropriations : Highways and Bridges,
$3,500.00
Soldier's Relief,
500.00
Charities,
2,000.00
Contagious Disease,
200.00
Contingent Account,
2.000.00
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Town Officers,
1,500.00
Street Lights,
1,150.00
Forest Warden,
250.00
Tree Warden,
150.00
Library,
500.00
Cemeteries,
250.00
$12,620.00
F. A. WARREN,
J. W. RICE, ALLYN M. SEAVER,
Selectmen of Wilbraham.
Treasurer's Report.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918. Receipts.
$311.61
Balance, Jan. 1, 1918,
W. F. Logan, coll. taxes, 1916, $ 133.14
Assessors' abatements, 1916, 20.18
WV. F. Logan, coll. taxes, 1917, 1,640.42
Assessors' abatements, 1917, 316.51
County Treasurer, dog fund, 198.81
Mass. school fund, 1,104.65
State Treasurer, Income tax, 1917,
180.00
School books and sundries, 28.95
'Town of Ludlow, 23.00
State Treasurer, Industrial school, 61.50
Court fines, 6.42
Pool and slaughter licenses,
10.50
Car tickets, (chools),
38.90
State Treasurer, charities,
1,170.47
Histories,
20.43
City of Springfield, (refund tuition),
42.00
State Treasurer, road account, 1912,
2,650.00
High school tuition, Trask,
35.00
State Treasurer, tuition of children,
138.00
Joseph Hartt, pauper account,
10.00
Town of Monson, tuition,
41.25
State Treasurer, inspection of animals, 17.00
B. W. Pease, cemetery lot, 7.50
Holyoke Rotary Club. highway account, 4.75 State Treasurer, corporation tax, public service, 195.34
State Treasurer, corporation tax,
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business, 9,688.53
State Treasurer, income tax, 1918, 1,991.96
State Treasurer, national bank tax, 179.22
State Treasurer, State Aid, 204.00
State Treasurer, high school tuition, 2,088.87
State Treasurer, transportation, 1,217.40
State Treasurer, corporation tax, public service, 15.62
State Treasurer, Income tax, 1917, 45.00
State Treasurer, Income tax, 1918,
135.00
Superintendent of Schools, 355.73
Dog licenses, 283.20
E. A. Gilbert, refund, school account, 5.80
C. W. Vinton, sealer fees, 20.90
Springfield St. R. R. Co., refund,
84.81
A. M. Seaver, highway account, 25.00
Palmer National Bank, 2 mo. note, 2,500.00
Palmer National Bank, 8 mo. note,
10,000.00
Palmer National Bank, 4 mo. note,
2,500.00
Tencowiez and Borza, refund,
50.48
Interest on deposits,
58.82
Library trustees, rent, 144.00
F. W. Green, coll, taxes, 1918,
19,839.51
F. W. Green, coll, interest on taxes, 5.41
F. W. Green, coll., commutation tax,
1,971.08
Assessors' abatements, 1918,
32.01
Hunter's licenses,
85.00
Dea. Warriner's trust fund,
39.24
Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund,
11.08
Hiram Danks cemetery fund,
3.00
Total,
$62,119.60
Disbursements.
State Treasurer, state tax, $4,950.00
Repairs on state highway, 1,011.00
Soldiers exemptions, 9.80
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Palmer National Bank, note,
2,500.00
Discount on note,
17.36
Note,
10,000.00
Discount on note, 337.50
Note,
2,500.00
Discount on note,
50.42
Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes,
4.00
State aid, 214.00
Commissioners on Fish and Game,
85.00
County Treasurer, dogs,
283.20
County Treasurer, county tax,
2,215.40
Abatement of taxes, 1916,
20.78
Abatement of taxes, 1917,
376.51
Abatement of taxes, 1918,
32.01
Selectmen's orders,
28,572.31
Selectmen's orders returned,
50.48
Balance,
8,889.83
Total,
$62,119.60
Of the money in the Treasury, $170.61 is due the Public Library.
W. H. McGuire, Jr., Treasurer.
Trust Funds.
LIBRARY TRUST FUND.
The sum of Forty Dollars is deposited in the Springfield Institution for Savings in the City of Springfield, Book No. 158,817.
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 asso- ciation 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 re- lief 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 Eben and Elizabeth Bliss Stebbins, and their chil- dren, buried in the same range.
Deposited in the Springfield Institution for Sav-
ings Book No. 136,333 :
Library, $100.00
Charities, 100.00
Cemetery, principal and interest, 103.12
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THE HIRAM DANKS CEMETERY LOT FUND - ESTABLISHED 1903
Deposited in the Springfield Institution for Sav- ings, Book No. 166,502.
Amount,
Interest,
$100.00 27.28
Total,
$127.78
THE IRA G. POTTER CEMETERY LOT FUND - ESTABLISHED 1910
Deposited in the Springfield Institution for Sav- ings, Book No. 219,514.
Amount,
Interest,
$100.00 20.62
Total, $120.62
THE EDWADR H. BREWER CEMETERY LOT FUND-ESTABLISHED 1913
Deposited in the Springfield Institution for Sav- ings, Book No.234,595.
Amount,
Interest,
$200.00 26.87
Total, $226.87
Assessors , Report.
APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 1918
Collection of taxes,
$ 200.00
Support of panpers,
1,500.00
Highways and bridges,
2,800.00
Contagious diseases,
200.100
Contingent expenses,
1,500.00
Town officers,
1,200.00
Street lights,
1,750.00
Care cemeteries,
150.00
Library,
500.00
Tree Warden,
150.00
Forest Warden,
200.00
Soldiers' relief,
520.00
Schools,
2,000.00
School repairs,
600.00
Music for schools,
350.00
Medical inspection, schools,
150.00
High school,
2,500.00
Evening school,
1,000.00
Enforcement of liquor laws,
300.00
Memorial Day,
25.00
Care of Town Clock,
25.00
Hampden County Improvement League,
150.00
Sewer,
350.00
Fire protection,
300.00
Total, State tax, 1918,
$23,820.00
$4,950.00
State highway tax,
1,011.00
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County tax, 1918,
2,215.40
Overlayings,
$8,176.40 328.03
Total tax,
$32,324.43
From this deduct :
Corporation tax (estimated), $6,386.56
Bank tax (estimated), 160.28
Income tax, 2,243.84
Commutation tax (estimated), 1,897.27
$10,681.95
Amount to be raised on polls and property, Additional taxes found, $ 10.25
$21,636.48
$21,646.73
TABLE OF AGGREGATES, 1918
Number of polls at $2.00 each, 740, $1,480.00
Value assessed Personal Estate, $430,089.00
Tax on assessed Personal Estate, 4,730.98
Value of assessed real estate, $1,402,318.00
Tax on assessed real estate,
15,425.50
Total property assessed, $1,832,401.00
Total tax, Town, County and State,
$21,636.48
Rate per cent taxation, $11 per $1000.
Number of Dwellings,
419
Horses,
214
Cows,
415
Acres of land, 13,280
Sheep, 56
Neat Cattle other than Cows, 202
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Swine, 252
Fowls, 6,351
Respectfully Submitted,
FRANK A. GURNEY, AUGUSTUS F. FRIEND, FRED W. GREEN,
Assessors of Wilbraham.
Auditor's Report.
This is to certify that I have examined the books of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and Assessors of the Town of Wil- braham, and find there is cash on hand as follows : Palmer National Bank, $ 469.81
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co.,
8,420.02
$8,889.83
There has been received from the Collector : Interest on taxes, $ 5.41
Street Railway Franchise Tax, 1,971.08
On 1918 Tax List, 19,839.51
Total, Assessors' 1918 list, Addition to list,
$21,816.00
$21,636.48 10.25
$21,646.73
Less abatements to date,
32.01
To collect, $21,614.72
Received on above,
19,839.51
Outstanding,
$ 1,775.21
J. M. PERRY,
Town Auditor.
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