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Respectfully Submitted,
FREDERIC A. WHEELER.
TABLE OF STATISTICS
School Calendar, 1925
Winter Term: Monday, December 29, 1924, to Friday, February 20, 1925.
Spring Term : Monday, March 2, to Friday, April 24. -
Summer Term: Monday, May 4, to Thursday, June 25.
Fall Term: Tuesday, September 8, to Wednesday, De- cember 23.
Holidays :-
January 1, New Year's Day.
Monday, April 20, Patriots' Day.
October 12, Columbus Day.
Wednesday noon, November 25, to Monday, November 30, Thanksgiving Day recess.
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School Census, April 1, 1924
Boys
Girls
Total
Persons 5 to 7 years old,
56
28
134
Persons ^ to 14 years old,
267
258
525
Persons 14 to 16 years old,
40
47
87
Totals,
363
383
746
School Membership and Attendance, 1923-24
Aggregate
Attendance
Attendance Average
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Per cent of
Attendance
Cases of Tardiness
Cases of
Dismissal
Stony Hill,
3,472.0
18.46
21.
19.93
92.62
37 6
The Pines :
Mrs. Burroughs, 3,077.0
16.54
23
17.72
93.99
2
~Z
Mrs. Williams,
7,358.0
39.54
43
41.33
98.7
14
1
Mrs. Welch,
5,640.5
30.32
35
31.5
96.28 108 25
Miss Sullivan,
6,583.5
35.55
40
37.26
95.31
11
1
Miss Holland,
5,328.0
28.73
35
31.12
91.23
1
Miss Shea,
5,451.0
29.23
37
32.07
90.9
23
Miss Cronin
6,315.5
33.86
39
35.88
94.3
20
1
Edw. F. Powers,
2,020.0
10.68
13
11.50
92.95
2
Wilbraham Street :
Mrs. Pease,
4,421.5
23.7
31
28.72
96.
84
3
Mrs. Green,
4,256.
22.61
29
24.37
92.3
103 21
Mountain,
2,547.
13.77
20
14.64
94.06
35 41
East Wilbraham,
3,740.5
19.89
32
21.12
94.14
94 1
Glendale,
3,132.
17.07
23
17.71
96.12 109
7
North Wilbraham :
Miss Feustel,
4,746.5
25.31
29
27.14
93.25 225 36
Miss Whelan,
6,681.5
35.87
40
37.68
95.1
50
Miss Connelly,
6,585.
35.21
49
37.31
91.
73 42
-
81,355.5 436.34 539 467.06
94. 1001 198
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Membership by Schools and Grades, December, 1924
Name of School
Number of Grade
1
2
3
4
6
8 Total
Stony Hill,
4
6
1
3
1
2
17
The Pines,
109
40
13
14- 20
23
19
238
Edw. F. Powers,
5
2
3
5
1
16
Wilbraham Street,
5
4
5
1
9
15 8
6 53
Mountain,
1
1
6
1
9
East Wilbraham,
3
4
1
3
1
12
Glendale,
3
2
2
3
15
North Wilbraham,
30
17
4
13
16
15
24
126
159
76
29
40
57
55
40
30
486
GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, JUNE, 1924
Josephine Allyn
Ramona LaRiviere Genevieve Lynch
Charles Backus
Anita Belli
Jean MacDowell
Rose Brackinisky
Annie Nietupski
Lucile Brodeur
John Panek
Elizabeth Campsie
Elizabeth Piper
Bertha Farnham
Alice Porteri
Catherine A. Goodrich
Charlotte Rauh
Lora Gottsche
Dorothy Rice
Horace Greendale
Clement Smith
Chester Hall
Charles Heath
Emerson Hooker
Letty I. Keyes
Mitchell Labuda
L. Arlene Smith Beatrice Soule James Spaulding Gezel Syarto Edward Tilley
Everett Young
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NUMBER OF PUPILS IN HIGH SCHOOL DECEMBER, 1924
Myrtle Street Junior High,
19
State Street Junior High,
9
Central High,
5
High School of Commerce,
18
Technical High,
16
Ludlow High,
1
Total,
68
Vocational School,
5
Grand Total,
73
HONOR ROLL
On Honor Roll of Springfield High Schools During 1924
(No mark lower than B)
Mary Boden
Harry Foxhall
Alta Callender
Lorna Genge
Jennie Cole
Lora Gottsche
Helen Dickinson
Edna Heath
Ruth Dickinson
Edith Kittredge
Bertha Farnham
Josephine Szymczak
Awarded Final Certificates by The A. N. Palmer Co., 1924,
For Excellence in Penmanship
Rose Brackinisky
Eileen Foy
Elizabeth Campsie
Bertha Farnham
Julia Nowak Mary Urban
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Perfect Attendance, 1923-1924
Eleanor Brindley
Harland Perry
Lucile Brodeur
Clifford Rogers
Sophia Cyranowski
John Sepiol
Stanley Czupryna
Frank Soja
Jennie Gummula
Sophie Surowiec
Sophie Kuczek
Gezel Syarto
Hazel MacDowell
Zofia Wojtanowski
Amelia Nowakowska
CORPS OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1925
Number One, Stony Hill
Ruth M. Mason, 116 Florence St., Springfield.
Number Two, The Pines
Mrs. Ellen M. Burroughs, Prin., 37 Highland St., Springfield, Grades 7 and 8.
Edith S. Feustel, North Wilbraham, Grade 6.
Loretta K. McDonald, 24 Monroe St., Springfield, Grade 5.
Mrs. Mabel E. Welch, Floral Park Road, Springfield, Grades 3 and 4.
Mary E. R. Sullivan, 119 Elm St., Holyoke, Grade 2.
Elizabeth F. Cronin, 88 Prospect St., Springfield, Grade 1.
Marion L. Holland, 218 Pearl St., Springfield, Grade 1.
Eleanor D. Shea, 889 Worthington St., Springfield, Grade 1.
Number Three, Edw. F. Powers Alice N. May, R. F. D. No. 2, Ludlow.
Number Four, Wilbraham Street
Mrs. Fannie R. Pease, R. F. D. No. 2, Ludlow, Grades 6 to 8. Mrs. Millicent G. Green, Wilbraham, Grades 1 to 5.
Number Five, Mountain
Susie R. McCorrison, 151 Sherman St., Springfield.
Number Six, East Wilbraham
Mrs. Nellie W. Hinchcliffe, North Wilbraham.
Number Seven, Glendale Mrs. Minnie M. Sanderson, North Wilbraham.
Number Eight, North Wilbraham
Eleanor A. Burleigh, Prin., Hampden, Grades 7 and 8. Eleanor A. Whelan, 47 Huntington St., Springfield, Grades 4, 5 and 6. Mildred E. Connelly, 135 Wellington St., Springfield, Grades 1, 2 and 3.
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Supervisor of Music Mrs. Ethel C. Morse, 79 Leete St., Springfield.
Supervisor of Drawing Helen P. Bartlett, 36 Summit St., 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.
TOWN WARRANT
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose a Town Clerk and Treasurer, one Selectman for three years, who shall be Overseer of the Poor, one Assessor for three years, five Constables, one Auditor for the ensuing year, 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, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, all on one ballot.
Also all other Town Officers.
Art. 3. To hear and act on the reports of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, School Committee, and other officers.
Art. 4. To fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
Art. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be deem- ed 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 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 intoxicat- ing liquors in this Town contrary to the laws of the Com- monwealth, or take any action in regard to the same.
Art. 9. To see what disposition the Town will make of the Dog Tax of 1924.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will grant money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred ($100.00) to be expended by the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture for the County of Hampden in acordance 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 Agricul- ture and Home Making.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for the improvement and repairs on highways, under Chapter 81 of the General Laws.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will appoint a Town Forest Committee to investigate and determine the avail- able land suitable for reforestration, and raise and appro- priate the sum of fifty dollars for the same.
Art. 14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to disposing of the Portable Schoolhouses in the Pines District.
Art. 15. To see if the Town of Wilbraham will ap- point a Committee to investigate a source of water supply for the Town and appropriate and raise money for the same.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate ($300.00) three hundred dollars, for the use of the
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Wilbraham Post of the American Legion in carrying out the following program :
A-The proper observance of Memorial Day.
B-The collection and compilation of all data con- cerning the records of the men from Wilbra- ham who served during the World War.
C-The care of the memorial lots at North Wil- braham, Wilbraham and Glendale.
Art. 12. To see if the Town of Wilbraham will set aside as a fund for Wilbraham Post American Legion the money returned by the State which was assessed for the Soldiers' Bonus, for the American Legion to use for the upkeep of Soldiers' Graves-said fund to be placed at in- terest and at the disposal of the American Legion.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to buy a play ground in the Weston Street District and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will install gas service on Weston and Adams Streets.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will install an electric light on Adams Street.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to continue the permanent Highway work on the road leading from the Ludlow waiting station to the Boston (State) road, providing the State and County furnish a like amount.
OFFICERS' REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1925
THE PALMER REGISTER, INC. Palmer, Mass. 1926
OFFICERS' REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1925
THE PALMER REGISTER, INC. Palmer, Mass. 1926
WANENGAYW 10 /707
Town Officers
Clerk Mrs. JENNIE T. ABBOTT Treasurer GEORGE M. GREEN
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor W. H. McGUIRE Jr., Chairman ERNEST L. THOMPSON FRED W. GREEN Assessors
FRED W. GREEN, Chairman HENRY I. EDSON
FRED DOBBS
School Committee
Miss EVANORE O. BEEBE, Chairman H. W. CUTLER
THOMAS S. BOWER Trustees of Town Library A. L. DAMON Mrs. ESTELLE P. WHITE
H. W. CUTLER
Collector of Taxes CHARLES W. VINTON
Constables
LEWIS BRYANT
FRED C. PHELPS
JOHN A. ASHE Jr.
CHARLES E. FLETCHER ARTHUR BRODEUR
Auditor J. M. PERRY Inspector of Dairies FRED C. PHELPS Inspector of Provisions JESSE L. RICE Fence Viewers
CHARLES E. SEYMOUR GEORGE L. RINDGE
BENJ. B. GREEN
Tree Warden OLIVER L. GREENE Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES W. VINTON Forest Fire Warden FRED C. PHELPS Cemetery Commissioners LEE W. RICE HENRY I. EDSON
BENJ. B. GREEN
Report of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
CHARITIES
Board and Care
$1481.06
Nursing
48.50
Medical Attendance
26.00
Burial
25.00
Hospital
65.66
Cash
60.00
Groceries
963.60
Bread
101.92
Clothing
50.00
Fuel
70.60
Milk
142.02
Rent
150.00
Sundry Items
12.59
$3,196.95
MOTHERS' AID
Cash
· $3097.00
Fuel
34.64
Sundry Items
10.50
Board
140.56
Clothes
45.00
Rent
208.00
Milk
130.68
$3666.38
$6,863.33
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Cash Received
$ 300.00
Due from State Health Aid
2028.33
Due from West Springfield Aid
170.00
$2498.33
Net to Town
$4365.00
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation
$3,983.00
Central Mass. Electric Co.,
3,663.27
HAMPDEN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE
Appropriation
$150.00
Hampden County Improvement League, 150.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$300.00
Posy Shop,
30.00
Clifton H. Hobson,
10.00
F. R. Strasburg,
5.00
Walter Clark,
2.00
Mrs. Ella Hurd,
5.00
G. Milo Green,
6.00
Clifford A. Bradway,
10.00
Gideon Dickinson,
5.00
William F. Logan,
4.25
W. L. Dempsey,
105.70
George H. Herter,
40.00
W. E. Bill,
2.00
$224.95
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Appropriation
$125.00
New England Laboratories
$33.00
C. B. Dolge Co.
14.68
F. D. Jones,
3.00
West State Sanat,
203.00
S. R. Carsley,
10.00
$263.68
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Appropriation
$750.00
City of Springfield,
1,568.75
TOWN OFFICERS
Appropriation,
$1,800.00
Treasurer
G. Milo Green,
150.00
150.00
Selectmen
W. H. McGuire Jr.,
100.00
Fred W. Green,
100.00
Fred W. Green, Overseer of Poor,
40.00
Ernest L. Thompson,
115.00
Ernest L. Thompson, Board of Health,
40.00
$395.00
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Assessors
Fred W. Green,
154.00
Henry I. Edson, Fred.Dobbs,
102.00
64.75
$320.75
Tax Collector
W. H. Barhydt,
152.88
Chas. W. Vinton,
150.00
$302.88
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Charles W. Vinton, 131.85
Auditor
Joseph M. Perry,
25.00
Registrars of Voters
Wm. H. McGuire Jr.,
12.00
Fred W. Green,
12.00
Ernest L. Thompson, 1924-1925,
24.00
Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott,
12.00
$60.00
Board of Health
Jesse L. Rice,
20.50
Fred C. Phelps,
52.00
Fred C. Phelps,
56.00
$128.50
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Ernest E. Hobson, John Ashe Jr., Arthur C. Brodeur,
50.00
278.00
25.15
353.15
$1,867.13
CONTINGENT
Stationery and Printing
A. H. Bartlett, ballots and stationery,
$42.34
Commonwealth of Mass., refund,
3.50
Palmer Journal, town reports,
215.76
Palmer Register, stationery,
15.00
G. M. Green, envelopes,
55.90
Times Pub. Co. assessors' blanks,
12.00
Wilbraham Library, Binding,
2.65
Hobbs and Warren, blanks,
6.44
Merry Print, office supplies,
4.50
Weeks Pub. Co., assessors' blanks
2.00
F. W. Green, tax book,
2.25
$362.34
Elections
The Grange, rent,
24.00
Grace Church, rent,
40.00
Fred Phelps, Posting Warrant,
11.50
Election Officers,
$0.00
M. Smith, express
.50
Charles Fletcher, Posting Warrant,
6.00
James Jaffrey, trucking,
2.00
$160.00
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Vital Statistics
Joseph Ratell, Return of Deaths,
3.00
Jennie T. Abbott, Recording, 93.50
Doctors' returns of Births, 25.75
$122.25
Miscellaneous
New England Tel & Tel. Co., telephone, $ 27.38
E. L. Thompson, ex. to Boston, 32.00
Treasurer's Bond, 50.00
Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott, Keye,
2.10
Theodore Wadell, certifying notes,
10.00
Johnson Bookstore, office supplies,
6.80
G. M. Green,
3.00
A. W. Gifford, dog tags,
12.10
H. M. Stacy, assessors' supplies,
4.00
A. H. Bartlett Co., supplies,
17.16
W. F. O'Connor, Legion work,
15.00
City of Springfield, refund,
31.50
Cone and Sherwood, insurance,
28.25
Crawford Diction Agency,
1,335.98
Collector's Bond,
50.00
R. H. Cowing, check writer,
60.00
Charles E. Fletcher,
5.00
Hobbs and Warren, blanks,
9.53
Milton Kittridge,
1.50
Dept. of Public Safety, blanks,
.60
Green and Thomas,
14.40
Nellie Moriarty, copying,
5.00
W. H. McGuire, ex. to Boston,
5.00
Masonic Building Asso., rent,
60.00
F. A. Warren,
11.87
Wilbraham library, rent,
144.00
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Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott,
30.00
William Logan, insurance,
231.24 2,203.41
$2,848.00
School House Bond
Old Colony Trust Co., $3,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co.,
Interest School House Bond, 1,920.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Interest on Note No. 22, 135.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Note No. 31, 15,000.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Note No. 22, 3,000.00
Chicopee National, Note No. 32, 25,000.00
Chicopee National, Note No. 33, 10,000.00
Palmer National, Note No. 34, 20,000.00
Palmer National, interest, 6.67
Teasurer Hampden County, tax, 4,778.37
Treasurer Hampden County, Hospital, 428.27
Treasurer State, State and Highway tax, 7,252.25
Palmer Savings Bank, Soldiers' bonus, 1,364.21
$90,884.77 .
SUMMARY
Mother's Aid,
$3,746.38
Charities,
3,116.95
Contingent,
2,848.00
Street Lights,
3,663.27
Memorial Day,
224.95
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Hampden County League,
150.00
Gypsy Moth,
333.36
Contagious Diseases,
1
263.68
Vocational School,
1,568.75
Forest Warden,
95.00
Tree Warden,
92.50
Town Officers,
1,867.13
Cemeteries,
335.55
Fire Dept.
1,043.94
Library,
1,135.94
Schools,
55,382.61
Highways,
21,160.53
Water,
323.55
Loan,
78,055.00
County,
5,206.64
State Tax,
7,252.25
Interest,
6.67
Soldiers' Bonus,
1,364.21
$189,236.86
RESOURCES
Due from Mothers' Aid and
Other Charities,
$2,028.33
Uucollected Taxes 1921,
3.31
Uucollected Taxes 1922,
118.94
Uncollected Taxes 1923,
512.31
Uncollected Taxes 1924,
826.00
Uncollected Taxes 1925,
12,849.38
Cash in Treasury,
6,720.49
$21,030.43
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LIABILITIES
Note Anticipation of revenue,
20,000.00 750.00
Interest on Bonds,
$20,750.00
Schoolhouse Bonds, 1925-1940, 45,000.00
RECOMMENDATIONS
The Selectmen recommend the following appropri- ations for 1926.
Charities,
$4,000.00
Highways and Bridges,
8,000.00
Highways, Miscellaneous,
1,000.00
Contingent Account,
2,200.00
Contagious Diseases,
300.00
Vocational School,
900.00
Gypsy Moths,
350.00
Town Officers,
2,000.00
Street Lights,
3,980.00
Tree Warden,
200.00
Forest Warden,
200.00
Cemeteries,
250.00
Fire Department,
1,200.00
Library, 400.00
Interest on Schoolhouse Bond,
1,800.00
Schoolhouse Bond due 1926,
3,000.00
Premium on Insurance, 400.00
W. H. McGUIRE Jr., FRED W. GREEN, ERNEST L. THOMPSON,
Selectmen of Wilbraham.
Superintendent of Streets Report
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90
F. T. Ley Co., sewer $3400.00
Royal Smith 48.50
F. L. Burr Co., brushes 5.00
Leonard Farr 59.50
Morrissey Bros., hardware 21.31
William Armstrong 47.50
Springfield Foundry Co.
Jan Motyka 56.00
grate 18.50
John Chumura 12.00
New England Metal
George Bean 78.50
Culvert Co., culvert 32.92
Roscoe Bennett 1 52.00
John Dumaine 36.00
Chapman Valve Co., wrench 4.15
Louis Bryant 24.00
William Brown, stones
10.00
Fred Bryant 4.00
C. E. Pease, stones
5.00
Albert Goldsmith 40.50
William Wallace, stones
9.50
Herbert Bosworth 21.00
W. J. Foss Co., oil
1.00
John Ashe 8.00
Morrissey Bros., lanterns 2.70
Stanley Kittridge
33.50
Harold Brown
38.00
A. Olivera
19.68
S. Roberts
1.50
C. E. Pease
14.00
American Tar Co.,
1,204.50
Birnie Sand and Gravel Co., sand 56.02
John S. Lane Co.,
traprock 719.30
Deardon Co., haulage
1,052.56
Total
$6,586.06
Labor
Charles Kittridge, Supt.
217.25
L. F. McCreedy,
112.45
Peter Cellette 107.50
Gardiner Files 30.00
Roscoe Bennett
71.60
E. Ray Pease 82.50
Ralph Bennett 35.50
Samuel Childehose
75.50
$1371.58
Teams and Trucks
David Mennard 145.50
W. H. McGuire 296.50
J. W. Baldwin 182.25
Wilbraham Academy 111.00
Nicholas Rauh 47.00
William Brown 47.00
Tractor 139.50
Roscoe Bennett 52.00
$9,008.39
Fred Phelps 20.50
Frank Moore
106.60
Indian Orchard Coal Co., Coal 19.40
G. W. Robbins Co.,
lumber 14.20
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MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS
Labor
Charles Kittridge, Supt.
$1,037.25
L. F. McCreedy
716.25
Peter Pellette
632.25
Clement Laird
58.25
Ralph Bennett
18.00
Leon Bennett
5.00
E. Ray Pease
544.25
C. E. Pease
225.80
Albert Rauh
15.35
George Rauh
15.25
Roscoe Bennett
268.00
Charles Newton
61.50
H. Yotte
93.00
Edw. Christainson
11.90
Frank Moore
19.68
Earl Brown
4.00
William Armstrong
16.00
A. Olivera
26.24
Herbert Bosworth
10.00
George Bean
69.50
Samuel Childehose
74.50
Insurance
217.67
F. W. Nash, Dynamite 2.23
The Cutler Co., Cement and nails 6.70
Wing and Evans, Cal- cium
679.36
The Carbon Co., lumber' 2.15
Mace Moulton, road'oil
187.80
Gebo Garage, repairs 2.00
F. E. Whitaker, plow re-
pairs 1.60
Jos. Rapalus, sharpening picks 1.20
Bacon and Taplin Co. mixer
120.00
E. E| Stevens, express 5.00
Alvin Hall Est., graveľ 4.38
Green and Thomas, sup- plies 6.44
John O'Leary, gravel 7.20
William Brown
100.00
A. Rodericz 10.25
William Files 28.00
Mrs. Hamilton
28.00
J. F. Powers
47.00
J. W. Baldwin
234.75
W H. McGuire
265.25
Charles Kittridge 30.50
Peter Collette
8.50
Roscoe Bennett
342.75
Academy
3.50
Town of East Long- meadow 207.50
David Mennard
61.50
Tractor
973.50
Gravel
71.20
2,492.75
Freight and Blades for
Road Machines 18.39
Gideon Dickinson, Ex. and Misc.
8.85
Edw. Paquette
28.00
E. C. Clark
16.00
Walter Clark
4.00
E. W. Jones
16.00
Paul Grabinski
2.00
John Dumaine
4.00
Albert Goldsmih
17.50
M. Piccinelli 2.00
Harold Brown 45.00
Stanley Kittridge
91.50
Fred Phelps
52.00
Leonard Farr
111.50
Royal Smith
52.00
4,363.42
Team's
George Bull '21.00
'Nicholas Rauh
51.55
Fred Reed
8.00
Varney Neitupski, gravel 12:30
15
Standard Oil Co., gas
36.80
W. H. McGuire 4.50
Roscoe Bennett 25.00
Ralph Bennett 17.00
E. C. Stedman 3.00
Varney Nietupski 13.25
J. W. Rice scraper
30.00
Birnie Sand and Gravel
Hall Hardware
3.04
Co., sand
159.24
P. H. Faber
19.00
John S. Lane Co., trap rock
501.46
Gasoline
7.76
American Tar Co.,
1,273.94
W. J. Foss Co.
20.48
Deardon Co., haulage
78.00
Silas Gamach
7.00
Ludlow Associates .. 77
G. W. Robbins Co.
107.80
W. J. Foss Co., tools
50.07
Ray Pease
9.21
G. W. Robbins, lumber
36.20
Tractor
28.50
Deardon Co. 72.60
Insurance 231.00
957.79
10,487.11
Discount
2.84
$10,489.95
Miscellaneous
L. F. McCreedy, labor
163.38
Charles Kittridge
77.00
Peter Collette
80.65
J. F. Powers
19.80
Birnie Sand and Gravel Co.,
19.05
Fred Phelps
12.00
Tractor
J. G. Riga Sons 1.12
Standard Oil Co.
328.25
A. Mackie
5.75
Adams
203.62
W. F. Bury 38.65
W. F. Logan, insurance 51.00
Green and Thomas 50.59
C. C. Lewis Co. 5.25
$684.23
Wilbraham Academy
coal
28.13
Arthur Brodeur, care of lanterns
8.50
Willis Munsell 8.00
George Bull
8.00
New Eng. Culvert Co. culvert
141.94
Brown Fence Co., wire and posts
35.55
Gebo Garage, bolts
2.00
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EXPENDITURES ON ROADS IN THE TOWN OF
WILBRAHAM-CHAPTER 81-1925
1. Ludlow Road,
15.40
2. River Road,
32.25
3. Weston Street, 92.55
4. Bridge Road,
68.80
5. Stony Hill Road,
1,432.70
6. Dipping Hole Road, 28.95
7. Springfield Street,
2,449.32
8. Faculty Street,
84.90
9. Tinkham Road,,
332.30
10. East Longmeadow Road,
12.70
12. South Main Street,
1,598.63
13. Burleigh Road,
151.80
14. Branch Road,
00.00
15. Bolles Road,
38.25
16. Monson Road,
318.35
17. Church Road,
62.30
18. Ridge Road,
372.60
19. Hollow Road,
62.20
20. Beebe Road,
43.80
21. Bennett Road,
43.90
22. Triangle Road,
00.00
23. Glendale Road,
1,299.96
24. North Main Street,
505.75
25. Crane Hill,
93.65
26. Maiden Lane,
28.65
27. Chapel Street,
55.05
28. Cottage Avenue,
137.33
29. Railroad Street,
30.00
30. Maynard Road,
89.55
31. Three Rivers Road,
171.40
32. Chilson Road,
44.80
11. Soule Road,
102.65
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33 Red Bridge Road,
75.35
34. Silver Road,
42.90
35. General Work,
256.62
Culverts,
109.12
Machinery and Tools,
205.47
Total Expended,
$10,489.95
Allotments :
State,
$3,150.00
Town,
7,350.00
Appropriation
$10,500.00 $250.00
Town Clerk's Statisical Report
Jan. 1, 1925 to Jan. 1, 1926
Births recorded
55
Marriages,
33
Deaths, 1925
35
Resident Combination Licenses 58
Resident Hunting and Trapping Licenses
44
Resident Fishing Licenses
55
Non-Resident Hunting and Trapping Licenses
1
Minor's Trapping Licenses
9
Dog Licenses
237
Kennel Licenses
2
JENNIE T. ABBOTT
Town Clerk
REPORT OF TOWN MEETING
HELD FEBRUARY 2, 1925
Article 1. Frederick A. Warren was elected Modera- tor. Art. 2-MINOR OFFICERS ELECTED
Pound Keeper Lee W. Rice
Measures of Wood and Charcoal
G. Milo Green Robert M. Welch
Edgar C. Clark Charles W. Vinton
John W. Baldwin
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Surveyors of Lumber
G. Milo Green
Edgar C. Clark
Charles W. Vinton
Field Drivers A. J. Bryant
R. J. Sackett
C. B. Hitchcock
R. J. Sackett
Weighers of Grain John Powers R. W. Ellis
Dwight Bodurtha
Art. 3. Voted to accept the Reports of Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, School Committee, and other Town Officers as printed.
Art. 4. Voted to fix the compensation of Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year at $250.00
Art. 5. Passed.
Art. 6. Voted to appropriate the following sums for defraying the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year and the money be raised on the polls and estates of the Town :
Highways and Bridges
$ 7,350.00
Highways, miscellaneous 500.00
Contingent Account
2,000.00
Contagious Diseases
125.00
Vocational School
750.00
Gypsy Moth
250.00
Town Officers
1,800.00
Street Lights
3,960.00
Tree Warden
200.00
Cemeteries
300.00
Fire Department
950.00
Library
400.00
Land Taken for State Highway
250.00
Interest on Schoolhouse bonds
1,920.00
Note Due 1925 ":"
3,000.00
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Schoolhouse Bond Due 1925 3,000.00
Charities 3,000.00
Unanimously Voted to Appropriate for Schools ' 50,545.00
Art. 7. Voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year beginning January 1, 1925, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and debt or debts in- curred under this vote to be paid from the resources of said financial year.
Art. 8. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to prosecute any persons selling or transporting intoxicating liquors in this town contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth.
Art. 9. Voted that the Dog Tax of 1924 be given to the Library.
Art. 10. Passed.
Art. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 to be expended by the Trustees for County Aid to Agricul- ture for the County of Hampden in accordance with the provision 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.
Art. 12. Voted to raise and appropriate $7,350.00 for the improvement and repairs on highways under Chapter 81 of General Laws.
Art. 13. Laid on table.
Art. 14. Voted that the School Committee be author- ized to sell one or two of the Portable Schoolhouses now at the Pines District, if in their judgement it is advisable to do so.
Art. 15. Voted that the Moderator of this meeting- appoint a committee of five, of which he shall be one mem-
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ber, to investigate the subject of a water supply system, and to report as soon as possible at a future meeting, full plans and close estimates of cost and method of financing same and tht $500 be raised and appropriated for the use of this committee.
Art. 16. Voted to raise and appropriate $300 for the use of Wilbraham Post of the American Legion in carry- ing out the following program :
A. The proper observance of Memorial Day.
B. The collection and compilation of all data con- cerning the records of the men from Wilbraham who served in the World War.
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