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In times past there have been repeated infractions of the laws governing school attendance and employment of minors. The temptation to break these laws is at times strong. Especially is this true in the case of a minor who has opportunity to earn money if he can get out of school and whose family is in need of whatever he can earn. A study of the cases of minors out of school illegally indicated that in many instances failure to comply with the law was due to ignorance of the law. To do away with this cause for lawlessness, short courses of instruction in these laws have been introduced in grades 7 and 8. In giving these courses the teachers make use of a booklet entitled "When You Go To Work" published by the Child Labor Committee of the state. In addition to these last August a letter was sent out to the girls and boys between fourteen and sixteen years of age living in The Pines and The Plains sections of the town, urging everyone to comply with the law either by reporting to school on the day that the fall term opened, or, if he could legally remain from school, by securing the certificate which the law required. The response to these efforts of the school department shows clearly that many of the cases in which the law had
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been disregarded were due to ignorance rather than wilful- ness.
Another law whose observance is of much im- portance to the school department is that governing the sale of tobacco to minors. Chapter 213 of the General Laws as amended reads in part as follows: "Whoever sells a ci- garette to a person under 18 years of age, or whoever sells snuff or tobacco in any of its forms to a person under 16 years of age or, not being his parent or guardian, gives a cigarette to a person under 18 years of age shall be pun- ished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars." For the welfare of the children in our schools this law should be rigorously adherred to by tobacco dealers in town.
"The Second Mile"
The laws of the Commonwealth set up standards with reference to education to which the town must comply. These necessitate the annual appropriation of large sums of money, almost all of which is spent in meeting fixed charges. There is no greater evidence to be found of the faith which the citizens have in public education than the fact that, after having met the requirements of the law, as individuals and through various voluntary organizations, they give further of their time and substance for the welfare of the schools. The amount of such activity in the town of Wilbraham is impressive. It includes playground ap- paratus given the North Wilbraham school by the Parent- Teacher Association, a contribution from St. Cecelia's Guild to establish a milk service in the North Wilbraham school; the financing of a hot noon-day lunch project, the gift of a victrola, and the installing of playground apparatus by the Wilbraham Street Parent-Teacher Association; a gift of fifty dollars by Mr. Gideon Dickinson for playground ap- paratus at Wilbraham Street; the installing of electric lights at the Stony Hill school by the citizens of that neigh- borhood; the offer of prizes and gift of shrubbery from the Garden Group of the Study Club for the improvement of school grounds; and other items which I may have over- looked. Voluntary service beyond that required by their contracts with the town on the part of employees of the school department is an expression of the same spirit. At this time particular attention is called to the efforts of The
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Pines teachers to raise money for the purchase of a piano, and to the large amount of equipment referred to elsewhere made for The Pines school by the janitor of that building. The piano fund now amounts to fifty dollars. Under the direction of Mrs. Tower, supervisor of art, teachers and pupils are planning for a fair to be held toward the close of the school year at which articles made by the pupils will be sold for the benefit of this fund. Patronage is solicited.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERIC A. WHEELER
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the Superintendent of Schools, School Committee, and Parents of Wilbraham :
I have Schick tested 75, vaccinated 70, immunized 86. and examined 410 school children, made 2 visits at schools at special call, examined 16 pupils for work certificates dur- ing the year 1929. I wish to express my appreciation for the hearty cooperation of all in the school work.
Respectfully submitted,
A. L. DAMON, M. D.
School Physician
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School Calendar, 1929-1930
School Calendar, 1929-1930
Fall Term :
Tuesday, September 3, to Friday, December 20.
Winter Term:
Thursday, January 2, to Friday, February 21.
Spring Term :
Monday, March 3, to Friday, April 25. Summer Term:
Monday, May 5, to Thursday, June 26.
CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL CENSUS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION, OCTOBER 1, 1929
5 to 7 years 56
7 to 14
14 to 16
Boys,
228
75
Girls,
48
244
56
Total,
104
472
131
Distribution :
In public school,
97
318
68
In Trade school,
0
0
33
In private school,
1
150
4
Not enrolled in any school,
6
4
26
Total,
104
472
131
years
years
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SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE 1928-29
Name of School
Aggregate
Attendance
Average
Attendance
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Per Cent of
Attendance
Cases of
Tardiness
Cases of
Dismissal
Stony Hill
3,319.
18.49
18
19.61
94.28
8 00
0
The Pines :
Mrs. Amo
4,148.
22.36
31
24.03
93.05
20
4
Miss McCorrison
5,975.
32.21
39
35.10
91.77
48
8
Miss McDonald
5,864.
31.6
37
33.05
95.6
31
Mrs. Welch
5,217.5
25.97
33
30.09
92.3
36
4
Miss Feustel
5,057.5
27.26
33
29.08
93.74
22
4
Miss Holland
4,475.5
24.20
29
25.8
93.07
20
0
Mrs. Kelly
4,492.
24.35
30
26.46
91.83
12
12
Miss Terwilliger
2,449.
13.22
17
13.77
95.92
84
1
Wilbraham Street :
Mrs. Parsons
3,073.
16.83
22
18.06
93.
8
2
Miss Egan
5,719.5
31.31
40
34.09
90
0
12
Miss Hart
3,644.
19.91
29
22.77
87.44
11
1
East Wilbraham
4,130.5
22.44
29
23.99
93.53
33
0
North Wilbraham :
Miss Kelley
4,462.5
24.36
32
26.64
91.44
10
17
Mrs. Logan
5,344.
29.13
34
31.61
92.03
6
13
Mrs. Sanderson
5,293.
28.83
34
31.14
90.8
9
Z
72,664.
392.47
487
425.29
92.
358
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STATISTICS
MEMBERSHIP BY SCHOOLS AND GRADES, DECEMBER, 1929
Name of School
Number of Grade
Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
Special Class
Stony Hill
2
6
3
3
14
The Pines
64
34
20
19
13
29
22
8
15
224
Wilbraham Street
9
9
10
11
12
11
6
75
East Wilbraham
3
5
3
4
4
2
21
North Wilbraham
15
13
8
10
14
11
13
11
95
93
61
44
46
45
54
46
25
15
429
74
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-
75 -
Number of Pupils in High School, December, 1929
Central High School,
20
High School of Commerce,
16
Technical High School,
17
Myrtle Street Junior High School,
11
State Street Junior High School,
24
Ludlow High School,
2
Total, 90
Trade School,
41
Grand Total,
131
HONOR ROLL
On Honor Roll of Springfield High Schools One or More Times During 1929 (No Mark Lower than B)
Joseph Baldwin
Howard Johnson
Dora Barcome
Lucy Lee
Eleanor Brindley
Mary Lyons
Dorothy Fairchild
Hazel MacDowell
Bertha Farnham
Ian Mackenzie
Albert Greendale
Louise Morgan
Gordon Holdridge
Janet Piper
Winifred Wallace
Awarded Certificates by the A. N. Palmer Co., 1928-29, for Excellence in Penmanship
Business Certificate
Helen Bulat Rose Burek Genevieve Jakobezyk
Helen Opalinska Helen M. Opalinska Mary Sowa
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Final Certificate
Helen Bulat Rose Burek
Joseph Chmura Dominika Cieplik John Cieplik
Genevieve Jakobezyk Helen Opalinska
Helen M. Opalinska
Mary Sniezyk Mary Sowa
Stella Zawrotna
Perfect Attendance, 1928-29
John Bernet
Helen Rys
Eleanor Bodurtha
Josephine Ryzner
Hildergarde Fitzgerald
Walter Scotlis
Henry Herter
Stanley Walch
John Karwoski
Jean Walker
David MacDowell
Patricia Walker
Beatrice Porteri
Stanley Wloliak
GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, JUNE, 1929
Aldo E. Alberici
Lillian May Avery
Clara E. Barnes
Genevieve Jakobezyk
Roland B. Bennett
Frederick W. Bernet
Charles Wesley Johnson Anna M. Luczek Mary H. Lyons
Mary A. Besciak Marjorie Bland
David O. MacDowell
Addie E. Bliss
Louise Dora Morgan
James Nazarino Branchi
Helen M. Opalinska Helen Opalinska
Helen A. Bulat
Elliott Gordon Phillips
John Pattison Campsie
Grace Elizabeth Reynolds Lee W. Rice, Jr.
Robert Andrew Campsie Joseph J. Chmura Dominika J. Cieplik
Walter Scotlis
Thomas Smart
John A. Cieplik Helen Dvorchak
Marjorie R. Farmer
Mary F. Sowa Winifred C. Wallace Eman F. Wyzik
Stella Zarotna
Helen Brosch
Mary Louise Foy Barbara E. Goodrich
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CORPS OF TEACHERS January 1, 1930
STONY HILL
RUTH M. MASON,
116 Florence St., Springfield
THE PINES
MRS. AGNES I. SIMMINGTON, Principal,
9 Converse St .. Palmer. Grades 7 and 8
SUSIE R. McCORRISON,
151 Sherman St., Springfield, Grades 6 and 7 LORETTA K. McDONALD,
24 Monroe St., Springfield, Grades 4 and 5 MRS. MABEL E. WELCH,
216 Jasper St., Springfield, Grades 2 and ¿ WINIFRED A. EGAN,
160 Maynard St., Springfield, Grades 1 and 2 RUTH M. GENNETT,
57 Woods Ave., Holyoke, Grade 1
MARION L. HOLLAND,
218 Pearl St., Springfield, Grade 1
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FERNE E. TERWILLIGER,
2 Gold St., Westfield, Special Class
WILBRAHAM STREET
MRS. ELEANOR B. PARSONS, Principal Hampden, Grades 7 and 8
ESTHER I. LINDELL,
8 Randall Ave., Springfield, Grades 4, 5, and 6
KATHERINE A. HART,
8 Monroe St., Springfield, Grades 1, 2, and 3
EAST WILBRAHAM
YOLANDE A. RICHARD,
3 Fountain St., Monson
NORTH WILBRAHAM
MARION E. KELLEY, Principal
North Wilbraham, Grades 7 and 8
MRS. MARY G. LOGAN,
North Wilbraham, Grades 4, 5, and 6
MRS. MINNIE M. SANDERSON,
North Wilbraham, Grades 1, 2, and 3
SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING MRS. HELEN B. TOWER, 23 Haskins St., Springfield
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SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
RALPH L. MORSE,
122 Fort Pleasant Ave., Springfield
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
FREDERIC A. WHEELER,
East Longmeadow
SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERK
EMILY O. CORMIER,
East Longmeadow
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
DR. A. L. DAMON,
North Wilbraham
SCHOOL NURSE
SIGNE L. POLSON,
36 Summit St., Springfield
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
FRANK J. PATNAUDE, North Wilbraham
JOHN ASHE, Jr., North Wilbraham
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Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Hampden, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Wilbraham in the County of Hampden,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilbraham qualified to vote in town affairs to meet in Grange Hall in said Town on Monday the Third day of February next, at ten o'clock a. m. to bring in their votes for Town Officers and act on the following Articles. Viz :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Article 2. To choose by ballot, a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, One Selectman for three years, One Selectman for one year, who shall be a member of the Board of Public Welfare, One Assessor for three years, Five Constables, One Auditor, Water Commissioner for three years, and One Cemetery Commissioner for three years, also to elect all other Officers.
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Article 3. To hear and act on reports of the Select- Amen, Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, School Com- mittee, and other Officers.
Article 4. To fix the compensation of all Elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 5. 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.
Article 6. 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 finan- cial year.
Article 7. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to prosecute any person selling or transporting intoxi- cating liquors in this Town contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth or take any action in regard to the same, or raise any money for the same.
Article 8. To see what disposition the Town will make of the Dog Tax of 1929.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to continue the permanent Highway work on the road leading from Wilbraham Center to the Hampden line providing the State and County furnish a like amount.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to continue the Highway work on Stony Hill road leading from the Springfield road to the Tinkham road.
Article 11. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2500.00) for improved highway work on the Stony Hill road leading from the Boston Road to the Springfield Road.
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Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build an additional room on the Library Building for the use of the Town Officers.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install street lights on the Tinkham Road between the State Game Farm and Main Street.
Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the installation of an electric light on Pole No. 44 at Bliss Curve.
Article 15. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money to extend the existing 6 inch water main on the Boston Road a distance of twenty-five hundred feet.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ($300.00) Three Hundred dollars for the use of the American Legion in carrying out the following program :
(a.) The proper observance of Memorial Day.
(b.) The care of the Memorial lots at No. Wilbraham. Wilbraham and Glendale.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) for the care and winding of the Tower clock on the M. E. Church.
Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of hiring a clerk to assist the various boards of the Town.
Article 19. To see if the Town will establish a dental clinic in accordance with the provisions of section 50 of Chapter III of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate money therefor or take any action thereon.
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Article 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be ex- pended by the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture for the County of Hampden in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 273 of the Acts of 1918, the same to be applied for the purpose of teaching and demonstrating better practice in Agriculture and Home Making.
Article 21. To see if the Town will release and dis- charge to Metille De L. Brooks of Springfield, all rights acquired under and by virtue of a certain deed from John M. Merrick to the inhabitants of the Town of Wilbraham dated Oct. 1, 1881.
Article 22. To see if the Town will sell or rent the school house on the mountain.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof : one at the Post Office at Wilbra- ham, one at the Post Office at North Wilbraham and one at Glendale Church, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the time for holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this seventeenth day of January 1930.
FRED W. GREEN W. H. McGUIRE
Selectmen of Wilbraham
INDEX TO CONTENTS
DEPARTMENT
PAGE
Assessors' Report
32
Auditor's Report 30
Cemetery Commissioners' Report 42
35
Forest Warden's Report
45
Library Trustees' Report
48
Memorial Day
47
School Committee's Report
51
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
46
Selectmen's Report
12
Superintendent of Schools' Report
61
Superintendent of Streets' Report
20
Town Clerk's Report
6
Town Officers
3
Town Warrant
80
Treasurer's Report
25.
Tree Warden's Report
44
Trust Funds 28.
Water Commissioners' Report 37
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Fire Department Report
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Wilbraham
AND OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures for the Year Ending December 31, 1930
PALMER REGISTER, Inc.
PROPOSED
BUILDING ZONE MAP
OF THE TOWN OF WILBRAHAM MASS. PREPARED BY THE
ZONING COMMISSION SCALE - 1" * 660' DECEMBER 1930 MERRILL & SEARS CIVIL ENGINEERS
ABRIDOR
ROAR
ROAD
CHIL JON
ROAD
RIVERS
MAYNARD
PALMER
THREE
BOSTON
RIVER
MAPLE
ST.
GLENDALE
ANOIC
DIPPING
HOLE
ROAD
ROAD
MAIN
SPRINGFIELD
MOUNTAIN
ROAD
FACULTY
SPRINGFIELD
SI
ROAD
ROAD
GLENDALE
ROAD
STONY
HOAD
MONSON
ROAD
TINKHAM
ROAD
ROAD
MAIN
..
HAMPDEN
EAST
ROAD
ROAD
BUSINESS
DISTRICT
RESIDENTIAL
A DISTRICT
INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT
RESIDENTIAL 8 DISTRICT
MONSON
HILL
ST.
RIDGE
ميكس الدولة
PALMER
ROAD
HOLLOW
LONGMEADOW BOAD
SOULE
HAMPDEN
CHICOPEE
--
GRANT ML GRANT
NORTH
ROAD
---
..-...
BOLLES
A04D
ROAD
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Wilbraham
AND OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures for the Year Ending December 31, 1930
PALMER REGISTER, Inc.
Town Officers --- 1930
Town Clerk Mrs. JENNIE T. ABBOTT
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
GEORGE E. MURPHY, Jr. Chairman W. H. McGUIRE FRED W. GREEN
Treasurer GEORGE MILO GREEN
Assessors
FRED W. GREEN, Chairman HENRY I. EDSON OREN K. GILBERT
School Committee
Miss EVANORE O. BEEBE, Chairman H. W. CUTLER Mrs. CHARLES S. MERRICK
Trustees of Public Library
DR. A .L. DAMON, Chairman Mrs. FRED W. GREEN H. WILLIS CUTLER
Collector of Taxes
CHARLES W. VINTON
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Constables
LEWIS E. BRYANT DANIEL C. ELLINWOOD
AUGUSTUS F. FRIEND JOHN B. TUPPER WILLIAM E. DAY
Auditor MICHAEL C. SMITH
Tree Warden FRED C. PHELPS
Cemetery Commissioners
BENJ. B. GREEN LEE W. RICE HENRY I. EDSON
Field Drivers
ALBRO J. BRYANT HAROLD M. BROWN JAMES M. PICKENS
Water Commissioners
GEORGE MILO GREEN CHARLES L. MERRICK GEORGE NORTHUP
OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN
Superintendent of Roads FRED C. PHELPS
Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES W. VINTON
Inspector of Provisions and Slaughtering GEORGE L. RINDGE
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Inspector of Cattle JAMES M. PICKENS
Forest Warden FRED C. PHELPS
Fence Viewers
BENJ. B. GREEN HAROLD M. BROWN
THOMAS POWERS
Dog Officer AUGUSTUS F. FRIEND
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Town Clerk's Report
STATISTICAL REPORT
January 1, 1930-December 31, 1930
Births
19
Marriages
27
Deaths 22
Resident Citizens Sporting Licenses
199
Resident Citizens Trapping Licenses
11
Minor Trapping Licenses
6
Alien Sporting Licenses
3
Duplicate Licenses
4
Dog Licenses 267
JENNIE T. ABBOTT
Town Clerk
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Report of Town Meeting
Feb. 3, 1930
Article 1. F. A. Upham was elected Moderator of the meeting
Article 2. Minor Officers elected :
Pound Keeper Lee W. Rice
Measurers of Wood and Charcoal
Benj. B. Green Edgar C. Clark
Robert M. Welch Charles W. Vinton
Surveyors of Lumber
Benj. B. Green
Charles W. Vinton
Edgar C. Clark
Field Drivers
Albro J. Bryant
Harold M. Brown
James M. Pickens
Weigher of Grain
Robert W. Ellis
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Art. 3 Voted to accept the reports of the Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, School Committee and other officers as printed with the exception of error in figures on Page 25. Voted to accept the Auditor's corrected report.
Art. 4 Voted to fix the salaries of all elected town offi- cers as follows
Selectmen
$650.00
($250.00 for Chairman)
Treasurer
350.00
Town Clerk
50.00 and fees
Tax Collector
600.00
Auditor
50.00
School Committee
75.00
Water Commissioners
75.00
Assessors
400.00
Art. 5 Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums of money for defraying the expenses of the town for the ensuing year :
Public Welfare
$7,000.00
Highway, snow removal and other work
1,000.00
Highways, Chapter 81
8,000.00
Contingent
1,000.00
Insurance and bonding town officers
825.00
County Tuberculosis Hospital
870.00
Interest
1,500.00
Payment and interest on school bonds
4,320.00
Payment and interest on Water bonds
7,520.00
Printing Town Reports
312.00
Street lights
4,752.00
Gipsy Moth
500.00
Tree Warden
250.00
Forest Warden
250.00
Cemeteries
350.00
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Police
500.00
Contagious Diseases
2,000.00
Hydrants
1,290.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Fire Department
2,500.00
Library
1,000.00
Schools, including vocational school tuition
62,855.00
Art. 6 Voted that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow money in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the current financial year beginning Jan. 1, 1930 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 resources of said financial year.
Art. 7 Voted to instruct the Selectmen to prosecute any person selling or transporting intoxicating liquors in this town contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth, the money to be taken from the Police appropriation.
Art. 8 Voted that the dog tax of 1929 be given to the Library.
Art. 9 Voted to raise and appropriate $4,000 to conti- nue the permanent highway work on the road leading from Wilbraham Centre to the Hampden line providing the State and County furnish a like amount.
Art. 10 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to continue the highway work on Stony Hill Road leading from the Springfield road to the Tinkham road.
Art. 11 Passed.
Art. 12 Voted to raise and appropriate $1,500.00 to build an additional room on the Library Building for the use of the town officers.
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Art. 13 Voted to raise and appropriate $385.00 to in- stall street lights on the Tinkham road between the State Game Farm and Main Street.
Art. 14 Passed.
Art. 15 Passed.
Art. 16 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the use of the American Legion in carrying out the following program :
(a) The proper observance of Memorial Day.
(b) The care of the Memorial lots at Wilbraham, North Wilbraham and Glendale.
Art. 17 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $35.00 for the care and winding of the clock on the M. E. Church.
Art. 18 Voted to raise and appropriate $500.00 for the purpose of hiring a clerk to assist the various Boards of the town.
Art. 19 Voted to establish a Dental Clinic in accord- ance with the provisions of Section 50 of Chapter 111 of General Laws and to raise and appropriate $600.00 for a portable equipment which shall be purchased by the Board of Health.
Art. 20 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to be expended by the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture for the County of Hampden in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 273 of the Acts of 1918, the same to be applied to the purpose of teaching and dem- onstrating better practice in Agriculture and Home- making.
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Art. 21 Voted that the Selectmen, at their discretion, release and discharge to Metille DeL. Brooks of Springfield all rights acquired under and by virtue of a certain deed from John M. Merrick to the inhabitants of the town of Wilbraham dated Oct. 1, 1881.
Art. 22 Voted to authorize the Selectmen to sell or lease, at their discretion, the school house on the mountain.
Voted that the Town Clerk send a letter to Mr. Joseph M. Perry expressing the appreciation of the town for his long and faithful service as Town Auditor. A unanimous vote.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the maintenance of the water system.
Voted that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, be authorized to borrow money in anticipation of reimbursement by the State and County for the Highway work designated in Articles 9 and 10, and to issue note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the resources of the current financial year.
Voted that all money appropriated at this meeting be raised and assessed on the polls and estates of the town.
JENNIE T. ABBOTT
Town Clerk
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Special Town Meeting Aug. 18, 1930
Art. 1 F. A. Upham was elected moderator of the meeting.
Art. 2 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to extend the existing 6 inch water main on the Boston Road a distance of approximately 2,500 feet wester- ly, provided that a minimum annual rate to be fixed by the Board of Water Commissioners shall be agreed upon by a sufficient number of users or petitioners to warrant said extension and cover carrying charges. Voted that to meet the appropriation for the Boston Road extension the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, hereby is authorized to borrow said sum and to issue bonds or notes therefor but not over $2,000.00 of said bonds or notes to be due or payable in any one year. Said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than three years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier date as the treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
Art. 3 Voted that the Board of Water Commissioners be allowed to appoint one of its members as Clerk of said Board and to pay said Clerk a salary of $200.00 in connec- tion therewith, said salary to be paid from previous appro- priation for the Water Department.
Art. 4 Voted that it is the sense of this meeting that the town have a Planning Board and that a Committee of five members be appointed by the Selectmen to act until the next Annual Town Meeting and to report at that meeting its doings.
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Art. 5 Passed.
Art. 6 Voted to appropriate from the cash in the treas- ury an additional sum of $1,500.00 to that already appropri- ated for the use of the Board of Public Welfare in its work for the balance of the year.
Art. ? Voted to authorize the Selectmen to employ legal counsel to defend all suits or actions of law or equity brought against the town.
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