Wilbraham annual report 1924-1931, Part 6

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 836


USA > Massachusetts > Hampden County > Wilbraham > Wilbraham annual report 1924-1931 > Part 6


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28


Geneva Dymon


Clifford Rogers


Mary Gumula


Helen Soja


Alice Herter


Stella Symzak


Stanley Kozol


Edward Tupek


Helen Miarecka


Mitchell Tupek


Mitchell Motyl


Nellie Witoska


Amelia Nowakowski


Stephen Ziemba


CORPS OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1926


Number One, Stony Hill


Ruth M. Mason, 116 Florence St., Springfield-On leave of absence. Anne M. Dewey, 238 Birnie Ave., West Springfield-Substitute.


Number Two, The Pines


Elizabeth F. Cronin, Prin., 88 Prospect St., Springfield, Grade 1. Mrs. Bertha H. Amo, 743 White St., Springfield, Grades 7 and 8. Edith S. Feustel, North Wilbraham, Grade 6.


Loretta K. McDonald, 24 Munroe St., Springfield. Grade 5. Mrs. Mabel E. Welch, Floral Park Road, Springfield, Grades 3 and 4.


Mrs. Martina M. Squire, 16 Rupert St., Springfield, Grade 2.


Marion L. Holland, 218 Pearl St., Springfield Grade 1.


Eleanor D. Shea. 889 Worthington St., Springfield, Grade 1.


Number Three, Edw. F. Powers


Katherine A. Hart, R. F. D. No. 2, Ludlow.


Number Four, Wilbraham Street Mrs. Fannie R. Pease, R. F. D. No. 2, Ludlow, Grades 6 to 8. Phyllis B. Irwin 79 Elm St., West Springfield, Grades 1 to 5. Number Five, Mountain Susie R. McCorrison, 151 Sherman St., Springfield


Number Six, East Wilbraham Mrs. Nellie J. Hinchcliffe, 159 Wellington St., Springfield Number Seven, Glendale Mrs. Minnie M. Sanderson, North Wilbraham.


75


Number Eight, North Wilbraham


Eleanor A. Burleigh, Prin., Hampden, Grades 7 and 8.


Mrs. Mary G. Logan, North Wilbraham, Grades 4, 5 and 6.


Mildred E. Connelly, 135 Wellington St., Springfield, Grades, 1, 2 and 3.


Supervisor of Music


Mrs. Ethel C. Morse, 79 Leete St., Springfield.


Supervisor of Drawing


Mrs. Helen B. Tower, 23 Haskins 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.


OFFICERS' REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OF WILBRAHAM


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1926


PRINTED BY PALMER REGISTER INC. PALMER, MASS.


OFFICERS' REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OF WILBRAHAM


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1926


PRINTED BY PALMER REGISTER, Inc. PALMER, MASS.


Town Officers


Clerk Mrs. JENNIE T. ABBOTT Treasurer GEORGE M. GREEN


Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor


FRED W. GREEN, Chairman ERNEST L. THOMPSON W. H. McGUIRE, Jr. 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


H. W. CUTLER A. L. DAMON Mrs. ESTELLE P. WHITE


Collector of Taxes CHARLES W. VINTON


Constables


LEWIS BRYANT FRED C. PHELPS JOHN A. ASHE Jr. A. F. FRIEND Auditor J. M. PERRY Inspector of Dairies FRED C. PHELPS


Inspector of Provisions JESSE L. RICE Fence Viewers


CHARLES E. SEYMOUR C. P. BOLLES


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 Selectmen


CHARITIES


Groceries


$1236.50


Milk


85.23


Rent


294.00


Fuel


71.25


Lights


4.96


Moving


28.00


Bread


101.92


Clothing


,


144.42


Care


1487.85


Nursing


49.00


$3503.13


MOTHERS' AID


Cash


$2565.00


Rent


214.50


Fuel


60.38


Milk


75.76


Clothing


12.00


$2927.64


Cash Received


300.00


Due from State Mothers' Aid


1738.62


Due from State Charities


11.00


$2049.62


$4381.15


Net to Town


$6430.77


5


TOWN OFFICERS


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Treasurer


George M. Green


$250.00


Selectmen


Fred W. Green


250.00


Ernest L. Thompson


200.00


W. H. McGuire


100.00


Assessors


Fred W. Green


147.50


Fred Dobbs


122.50


Henry I. Edson


115.25


Tax Collector


W. H. Barhydt, 1924 100.00


Charles W. Vinton, 1925


100.00


Charles W. Vinton, 1926


500.00


.


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Charles W. Vinton


130.00


Auditor


J. M. Perry


25.00


Board of Health


J. L. Rice, Inspector of Slaughtering 35.00


F. C. Phelps, Inspector of Dairies


46.00


F. C. Phelps, Inspector of Animals 52.00


6


Constables


John Ashe A. F. Friend


359.05


90.75


14.45


8.00


47225 $2,645.50


SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS


Land Damages at North Wilbraham


Appropriation J. W. Baldwin


$1,250.00


900.00


The Collins Est.


350.00


Total


$1,250.00


Appropriation


$1,500.00


George E. Adams, grader


$1,755.00


Hampden County League


Appropriation $100.00


Treasurer Hampden County League $100.00


Appropriation $165.00


Adding Machine


$175.00


Sewer and Sidewalk


Appropriation F. T. Ley Co., sewer $525.00


$2,000.00


C. E. Fletcher Lewis Bryant


7


sidewalk


1,450.00


Total


$1,975.00


Gypsy Moth


Appropriation $350.00


H. Brown


$67.50


H. Swetland R. Pease


68.00


68.00


Egg Clusters found


1335


$203.50


Contagious Disease


Appropriation $300.00


Dr. F. D. Jones, tests


$ 6.00


New England Laboratories, tests


9.00


Westfield State Sanatarium


144.00


Ernest L. Thompson


40.00


$199.00


Vocational School


City of Springfield $1,906.50


Street Lights


Central Mass. Electric Co.


$3,996.57


8


CONTINGENT ACCOUNT


Appropriation


$2,200.00


Stationery and Printing


Johnson's Book Store. stationery etc.


27.53


R. P. Childs, stencils


9.55


Palmer Register, town reports


261.00


Palmer Register, stationery


16.70


G. M. Green, envelopes


22.12


Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott, envelopes


11.08


W. H. Barheydt, envelopes


28.12


James Logan, envelopes


11.53


Bartlett Co. posters


4.62


Hobbs and Warren, blanks and books


18.33


Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co, telephones


1.25


Old Colony Trust Co.


2.02


$413.85


Elections


Election officers


$112.00


Palmer Register, ballots


33.00


The Grange, rent


85.00


Lewis Bryant, Police officers


4.00


F. C. Phelps, Posting Warrant and Police officer 25.50


Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott. Preparing tally sheets


6.00


Plannet Co., Booths


42.00


Express on Booths


2.00


$309.50


9


Miscellaneous


New England Tel. & Tel. Co.


39.95


Treasurer's Bond


100.00


Tax Collector's Bond


100.00


Arthur Brodeur, Police work


15.00


Certifying notes


8.00


H. Foot, dog checks


7.33


George West, cleaning and repairs


12.75


Durkee, White and Towne, sidewalk


61.42


Louis Bryant, police


2.00


Auto Tax Service, tax book


5.00


Hampden County, advertising


3.00


Times Publishing Co., assessors supplies


12.70


Frank Wozmiak, interpreter


8.00


Carter Florist Co.


15.00


Ward L. Gurley, sealer supplies


4.61


Ernest L. Thompson, express to Boston


12.00


Allyn M. Seaver, express to Boston


7.54


Davis Stamping Co, sealer supplies 16.50


Charles Vinton, express


.53


Mass. Public Safety, blanks


.50


Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott, care of office


30.00


Ernest Hobson, counsel


75.00


New England Plumbing Co., bulbs


1.40


The Library, rent


144.00


Hampden Co. Tuberculosis Hospital 547.00


15.00


Sherman Stebbins, land damage appraisal


Charles Vinton, supplies


18.00


Postage on Bonds 1.85


$1.264.08


10


Vital Statistics


Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott, recording births,


marriages and deaths 80.00


Doctors for reporting births 7.25


Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott, affidavits recorded


14.00


$101.25


Total


$2,088.68


SUMMARY


Mothers's Aid


$2,921.14


Charities


3,503.13


Contingent


2,088.68


Street Lights


3,996.57


Memorial Day


260.38


Hampden County League


100.00


Gypsy Moth


203.50


Contagious Disease


199.00


Vocational School


1,906.50


Forest Warden


171.00


Tree Warden


57.40


Town Officers


2,645.50


Cemeteries


341.20


Fire Dept.


1,422.06


Library


1,187.35


Schools


49,067.45


Highways


18,076.17


Water Dept.


82,550.43


Loans, temporary


70,000.00


11


County Tax


4,996.99


State Tax


6,240.00


State Highway Tax


1,038.80


State Bank Tax


.73


Interest School Bonds


1,800.00


School Bond


3,000.00


Sewer and Sidewalk


1,975.00


Grader


1,755.00


Land Damages


1,250.00


Adding Machine


175.00


$262,929.98


RESOURCES


Due from Mother's Aid and other


charities


$ 1,793.41


Uncollected Taxes


16,432.76


Cash in Treasury


8,218.88


Due from Town of Hampden


400.00


$26,845.05


LIABILITIES


Due Water Department


$20,000.00


Interest on Water Bonds


1,333.33


Interest on School Bonds


750.00


$22,083.33


12


RECOMMENDATIONS


The Selectmen recommend the following appropria- tions for 1927.


Charities


$6,500.00


Highways and Bridges


9,000.00


Contingent Account


1,800.00


Insurance and Bonding officers


500.00


County Tuberculosis Hospital


600.00


Interest


1,500.00


Interest School House Bonds


1,680.00


Printing Town Reports


250.00


Street Lights


4,020.00


Land Damages


150.00


Gypsy Moth


350.00


Town Officers


2,500.00


Tree Warden


200.00


Fire Warden


250.00


Cemeteries


350.00


School House Bonds


3,000.00


Contagious Disease


500.00


Tractor repairs


750.00


Fire Hydrants


1,080.00


Police


500.00


FRED W. GREEN,


ERNEST L. THOMPSON,


W. H. McGUIRE.


Selectmen


Superintendent of Streets


Report


HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90


Labor


L. F. McCreedy


$589.52


F. C. Phelps


493.50


C. E. Pease


323.25


Joe Heath


156.00


Charles Heath 308.25


R. C. Bennett


66.15


W. H. McGuire


186.41


Clarence Peirce


256.00


Ernest Stedman


4.00


Albert Goldsmith


32.00


William Armstrong


23.50


Leanard Farr


16.50


George Bean


28.00


O. K. Gilbert


12.50


Lincoln Murdough


8.00


Steve Smith


4.00


Lawrence Smith


8.00


John Smith


12.00


George Burke


25.10


Hollis Collins


8.00


Nepoleon St. John


122.00


William North


162.75


Albert Monasni 12.00


W. Bennett


2.00


W. J. Goodrich


1.50


Peter Collette


12.00


John Anderson


6.00


M. Piska


4.80


$2,917.20


Gravel


John O'Leary $ 7.50


Collins Mfg. Co.


20.50


Mrs. Moshier


13.80


Max Elpert


19.60


Charles Stephens (nails) 1.55


A. G. Hiersche


15.00


F. A. Gurney 9.00


A. Roderiz 18.90


$105.85


Teams and Trucks


R. C. Bennett 198.00


J. W. Baldwin 341.25


W. H. McGuire 424.25


Geo. Bull 205.00


David Menard 416.50


M. Piska


12.00


N. Netupski 36.00


John Porteri 4.00


Fred Read


65.50


A. Roderiz 40.00


Theo. Gebo 13.50


$1,756.00


Materials Etc.


E. L. Thompson, lumber $ 22.24


Geo. E. Adams, Inc. 22.24


Good Roads Mch Co. Scraper Repairs 3.39


C. S. Merrick, lumber 10.67


Horace Thomas, supplies 16.82


Hall Hrdw. Co., hardware 29.80


Dearden Co., haulage 88.27


B. & A. R. R. Co., freight 113.58 Wing & Evans, chloride 563.40 Gebo Garage, storage, -


repairs 47.64


Birnie Sand & Gravel Co. sand 177.78


George Ezekiel, insurance 19.41 Geo. W. Robbins & Sons, lumber 80.12


Am. Tar Co., tar 1,206.76


Carlisle Hdw. Co. hardware 6.50


14


B. B. Green, posts 16.50


M. Chapman, cart


35.00


Geo. W. Ely, lumber


10.20


John Swanson, stone boat


8.00


Lane Trap Rocks, trap rock 60.08


W. F. Berry, tiles


6.00


F. T. Ley Co.


207.20


The Ludlow Mfg. Associates


10.84


$2,830.20


Total $7,989.74


MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS


Labor


Teams and Trucks


L. F. McCreedy


$242.45


F. C. Phelps


269.40


Clarence Peirce


172.50


C. E. Pease


22.00


N. Rauch


8.00


E. R. Pease


4.00


W. H. McGuire


177.50


Charles Heath


262.30


David Menard


174.00


Nepoleon St. John Hollis Collins


12.00


William North


166.00


Arlon North 20.00


Dominck Pelligrian


60.00


Lincoln Murdough


42.00


W. H. McGuire


342.00


John Smith


209.00


John Rodex


209.25


Ronnan Masiu


159.00


Albert Bobovitz


130.00


Lawrance Smith


188.00


Steve Smith


175.50


George Bean


10.50


Frank Moore


12.00


Arthur Bendle


76.89


John Frazer


135.37


E. Frazeau


32.00


Lincoln Gaser


10.00


Peter Collette


8.00


Walter Wallace


89.00


Horace Thomas, supplies


4.60


Louie Lusik


25.00


Wilbraham Academy, coal


7.98


Oscar Rauh


147.50


Martin Bobovitz


24.00


John Anderson


3.00


Roscoe Bennett


105.50


$4,710.47


$3,642.86


Total


$9,003.83


Theo. Gebo 6.00


$764.50


Materials Etc.


Dearden Co., haulage $1,568.32


Birnie Sand & Gravel Co.


sand 115.50


Am. Tar Co. tar 1,828.50


Maynard Coal Co., coal 35.90


Bartlett Co., twine


2.40


Gebo Garage, supplies


5.20


J. S. Lane Co., trap rock 986.59


Hull Hdw. Co., hardware 3.30


John Swanson, blacksmith 7.20


Standard Oil Co., gasoline 100.80


George E. Adams, repairs 13.98


Louis Laird, gravel 15.00


Gorden, labor 3.00


E. E. Christenson, gravel 12.00


Tractor


Gebo Garage, storage and .


repairs 18.20


F. W. Green, registration plates 4.00


Samuel Cole, gasoline


2.00


W. F. Berry, gasoline 12.10


Standard Oil Co, gasoline 291.34 Geo. E. Adams, Inc., repairs 52.85 380.49


J. W. Baldwin 54.00


Ethelbert Bliss 146.00


J. W. Dunsmoor 12.00


George Bull


183.00


166.50


Roscoe Bennett 16.00


15


Snow Removal and Etc. Labor


L. F. McCreedy


$250.34


Peter Collette


134.15


J. F. Powers


79.65


Lewis Bryant


64.80


Charles Kitteredge


35.25


Lincoln Bryant


7.50


Edward Poquette


19.50


W. H. McGuire


16.00


Joe Heath


14.50


Charles Heath


14.50


George Bean


9.50


Harold Brown


6,00


John Rand 13.75


Stanley Kitteredge


2.00


Stanley Bennett


30.00


R. C. Bennett


24.00


Ernest Stedman 13.50


Springfield Motor Specialty


K. Netupski


14.00


J. W. Baldwin


6.50


John Nosdin


1.20


F. L. Read


3.75


Daniel Ellenwood


12.60


Harry Edson


.75


E. E. Dickinson 5.00


Edward Evans


10.50


J. W. Rice 6.00


M. Piska 16.00


Edw. Francovitz 8.00


Fred Andrews 2.00


$823.04


Supplies


Express for tire chains 5.31


Standard Oil Co., gas. 78.75


Gebo Garage, storage and repairs 40.90


F. T. Ley Co., scraping 73.10


Horace Thomas, supplies


9.04


Foss & Co., repairs


6.88


Foss & Co., gas. 1.10


W. F. Berry, gas. 5.25


W. R. Munsell 4.00


Co. acetylene gas 12.60


4-Wheel Drive Auto, bolts 1.27


Geo. E. Adams. Inc. 4.00


$237.60


Total


$1,082.60


Town Clerk's Statistical Report


Jan. 1, 1926 to Dec. 31, 1926


Births recorded


57


Marriages, 1926,


19


Deaths, 1926


38


Resident Citizens Sporting Licenses


133


Resident Citizens Trapping Licenses


4


Minor's Trapping Licenses


8


Dog Licenses


246


Kennel License


1


JENNIE T. ABBOTT


Town Clerk


REPORT OF TOWN MEETING


Held February 1, 1926


Article 1. Frederick A. Warren was elected Modera- tor of the meeting.


Art. 2-MINOR OFFICERS ELECTED


Pound Keeper Lee W. Rice


17


Measurers of Wood and Charcoal


B. B. Green


Robert M. Welch


Edgar C. Clark Charles W. Vinton John W. Baldwin


Surveyors of Lumber


B. B. Green


Edgar C. Clark


Charles W. Vinton


Field Drivers


R. J. Sackett


Harold M. Brown A. J. Bryant


Weighers of Grain


R. J. Sackett Robert W. Ellis


John Powers Dwight Bodurcha


Art. 3 Voted to accept the Reports of Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, School Com- mittee and Water Committee as printed.


Art. 4 Voted to fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year as $500.00


Art. 5 Voted that the highways and bridges be re- paired under the supervision of the Selectmen.


Art. 6 Voted the following appropriations :-


$4,000.00


Charities Highways and Bridges, 8,000.00


Highways, miscellaneous,


1,000.00


18


Contingent Account,


2,200.00.


Contagious Diseases,


300.00


Vocational School.


900.00


Gypsy Moth.


350.00


Town Officers


3,000.00


Street Lights.


3,980.00


Tree Warden.


200.00


Forest Warden,


200.00


Cemeteries,


250.00


Fire' Department,


1,250.00


Library,


500.00


Interest on Schoolhouse bonds,


1,800.00


Schoolhouse bond due 1926,


2,855.88


Premium on Insurance,


400.00


Schools,


51,275.00


Art. 7 Voted that the Town Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year beginning January 1, 1926 and to issue a note or notes therefore 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 1925 be given to the Library.


Art. 10 Voted unanimously to authorize and direct the Committee on Water Supply for the Town of Wilbraham to petition the General Court for permission and authority


19


to issue water bonds not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of furnishing and installing a water system for the Town of Wilbraham.


Art. 11 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,550. to purchase a tractor Grader.


Art. 12 Voted to raise and appropriate $165. for a new Adding Machine for the Town Office.


Art. 13 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($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 pur- pose of teaching and demonstrating better practice in Agriculture and Homemaking.


Art. 14 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000. to continue the permanent highway work on the road leading from Wilbraham to the Hampden line, pro- viding the State and County furnish a like amount.


Art. 15 Voted to fix the compensation of Town Of- ficers for the ensuing year as follows: Selectmen, chair- man, $250; Others, $200; Treasurer, $250; Assessors, $5.00 per day.


Art. 16 Voted to raise and appropriate $300 for the use of the Wilbraham Post of the American Legion in carrying out the following program :


A. The proper observance of Memorial Day.


20


B. The care of the Memorial lots at North Wilbraham, Wilbraham and Glendale.


Art. 18 Voted to elect the following committee of five members to consider the purchase of a lot for a Junior High School, and report at the next Annual Meeting: Miss E. O. Beebe, T. L. Bower, L. W. Green, L. W. Rice and Mrs. C. L. Merrick.


Art. 19 Laid on the Table.


Art. 20 Laid on the Table. Art. 21 Laid on the Table.


Art. 22 Laid on the Table.


Art. 23 Voted to compensate the individual members of the George W. Kingdon Fire Company at the rate of ninety cents per hour for actual time spent on the way to the fire, time spent in returning from fire and also in re- filling the chemical tanks after arriving back at the fire station. This shall be in addition to the compensation now received. This additional compensation shall be paid from November 1 to April 1. Voted to raise and appropriate $250.


Art. 24 Voted to leave in hands of Selectmen.


Art. 25 Taken up with Art. 6.


Art. 26 Voted to raise and appropriate $2,000. to erect and maintain a Portable School in the Mountain View Park district.


21


Voted that the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion of the Pines Schoolhouse Building Committee ($144.12) be used for the payment of the bond due 1926.


Voted that the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion of the Water Supply Committee ($176.45) be placed to the credit of said Committee.


Voted that the vote passed under Art. 26 be rescinded.


Voted to transport the pupils of the Mountain View district to School No. 8 and to the Pines School and that the matter be left in the hands of the School Committee.


JENNIE T. ABBOTT


Town Clerk


REPORT OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


Held May 7, 1926 at seven o'clock P. M. in Grange Hall.


Art. 1 Frank A. Gurney was elected Moderator.


Art. 2 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $900. to pay for damage to the property of John W. Baldwin and $350. to pay for damage to the Collins Estate on ac- count of the change in grade at the new underpass in North Wilbraham.


Art. 3 Voted to authorize the Selectmen to defend any suits that may be brought against the Town by the Collins Estate.


JENNIE T. ABBOTT,


Town Clerk


22


REPORT OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


Held in Grange Hall at ? P. M. July 12, 1926.


Art. 1 Frederick A. Upham was elected Moderator.


Art. ? Voted that before accepting Chapter 295 of the Acts of 1926 the Water Committee be authorized to have plans and specifications made and competitive bids given on the same, which shall be submitted to the Town at a future meeting to which we shall adjourn.


Voted to adjourn to four weeks from tonight at 7 P. M.


Art. 3 Not acted on.


Art. 4 Voted that a sum not to exceed $500. be raised and appropriated to pay for such preliminaries as shall be found necessary to procure a form of contract from some contractor whose financial ability is to be guaranteed to the effect that said contractor will do all work necessary to put in the water system in the Town of Wilbraham as set forth in the report of Durkee, White & Towne sub- mitted at the Town meeting held July 12, 1926. Voted that the Selectmen borrow $500 for the use of the Com- mittee.


Art. 5 Not acted on.


Art. 6 Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to borrow $500 for the purpose of putting an iron pipe through the old underpass at North Wilbraham. Voted that $350. additional be appropriated, all to be paid within one year.


Art. 7 Voted to direct and require the Board of Fire Engineers to station, keep and maintain the Reo Chemical


23


Truck, hose and other fire apparatus in the fire station built by the town on the "Library Lot," so called, in North Wilbraham.


JENNIE T. ABBOTT,


Town Clerk


REPORT OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


Report of the Adjourned Meeting held at Grange Hall August 9, 1926 at 7 P. M.


Resolution :


Whereas: In relation to and in considering a public water supply for the Town of Wilbraham, it becomes evi- dent that a portion of the town can never be directly bene- fited thereby, and other portions only gradually, it is here- by resolved: That in the event of a public water supply for the Town of Wilbraham, the Assessors shall make a just and equitable difference in valuation between property to which it is available and property to which it is not available, such valuations being subject to the usual laws of abatement and appeal. And that this resolution be spread uppon the records of this meeting.


Art. ? Voted to accept the report of the Water Com- mittee in regard to plans, specifications and bids.


Voted to accept Chapter 295 of the Acts of 1926. 136 Yes. 50 No.


Art. 3 and Art. 4 Voted. Polls opened for election of Water Commissioners by ballot at 9 P. M.


Voted that for the purpose of supplying the inhabi- tants of the Town of Wilbraham with water as authorized by Chapter 295 of the Acts of 1926, there be raised and appropriated the sum of $100,000 and that to meet said


24


appropriation. the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow, under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 295 of the Acts of 1926, the sum of $100,000 and to issue bonds or notes therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of said Act and of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than thirty years from the date of issue of the first bond or not or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.


Maturities to be as follows :


$4000 1927-1936 : $3000 1937-1956


Voted, Yes 136; No 38.


Art. 5 Voted.


Voted at 1 A. M. August 10 that the Polls be now closed.


Result of ballot :


Water Commissioner for three years G. Milo Green


Water Commissioner for two years John L. Baldwin


Water Commissioner for one year Julius H. Whipple


JENNIE T. ABBOTT,


Town Clerk


No. Wilbraham, Mass.


December 31, 1926


Forest Warden's Report


Appropriation


$200.00


Stanley Allyn


$3.50


W. G. Allyn


1.50


Charles Backus


7.50


Leo Backus


2.25


George Bean


2.50


Ray Bean


6.00


Clifford Bradway


3.75


John Brackenisky


2.75


William Brackenisky


2.75


Harold Brown


1.00


A. Barcombe


2.50


Emil Babineau


2.50


Ernest Bacon


2.50


Roscoe Bennett


5.00


George Bull


2.50


W. W. Bigelow


.50


Lawrence Beebe


1.25


D. D. Chaupenard


2.00


E. C. Clark


2.50


Elwin Clark


1.50


Walter Clark


.50


Louis Costello


6.50


M. H. Chapman


1.50


H. Dutilly


.50


George Dubuque


2.00


A. L. Fan


4.00


Louis Farnham


2.00


James Garvey


2.50


26


(). K. Gilbert 2.00


William Goodrich


1.00


William Goodrich, Jr.


1.00


Homer Goodrich


1.00


Charles Heath


2.50


Joseph Heath


2.00


Myron Hitchcock


2.50


Chester Hall


1.25


Charles Hitchcock 3.00


Peter Karpovich


3.25


George Keyes


2.25


Clement Laird


.50


Harry Lahue 1.50


Leo McCready


11.00


Edward Matte


.50


Earl Maxwell


1.00


Ralph Murphy


2.25


Arlan North


2.50


Arden Northrop


6.50


Thomas Normoyle


2.50


Clarence Pierce


3.00


F. C. Phelps


15.50


Frank Patnaude


1.50


Ray Pease


1.00


Clarence Pease


4.00


Joseph Presz


2.00


Roy Rice


.50


John Readen


1.00


George Rauch


.50


Joseph Staples


.50


Edward Spofford


5.00


A. B. Sanderson


3.00


William Wilbur


2.25


Don Wade


1.00


27


Robert Welch


1.00


C. H. Willard


1.50


W. W. Wallace


1.50


Total


$170.50


FRED C. PHELPS,


Forest Warden


Report of Tree Warden


The following is a record of the money spent on the Tree Warden Account for the year ending December 31, 1926.


Appropriation


$200.00


R. K. Bennett


7.00


O. W. Butler


12.00


John Nordine


1.00


Wm. North


12.00


C. E. Pease


8.00


F. C. Phelps


17.40


$57.40


FRED C. PHELPS,


Acting Tree Warden


€.


Trust Funds


Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots


Cash on


Int.


Paid Funds Balance out Rec'd during


Jan. 1, 1926


since


year


on handJan. 1,1926


Adams, G. Frank


307.04


13.95


16.91


304.08


Brewer, Edw. H.


300.69


13.66


5.25


309.10


Bruuer, Laura


1114.69


50.70 105.00


1060.39


Butler, James A.


106.18


4.30


110.48


Butler, Philip M.


102.07


4.63


6.00


100.70


Butler, Wm.


100.05


4.55


4.50


100.10


Clark, Henry


107.79


4.89


3.50


109.18


Danks, Hiram


143.18


6.51


10.50


139.19


Fuller, F. A. and C. F. and


Lane, M. A.


320.21


14.56


10.50


324.27


Jones, Eliza M,


101.84


4.61


6.00


100.45


Knowlton, Abraham


100.00


4.54


4.54


100.00


Knowlton, George E.


200.00 200.00


Potter, Ira G.


130.12


5.92


6.00


130.04


Potter, P. P.


103.24


4.68


3.50


104.42


Soldier's Bonus


1364.21


30.69


1394.90


Stebbins, Chloe B.


101.54


4.59


3.75


102.38


Stebbins, L. and M.


203.16


9.23


5.25


207.14


Tupper, Elizabeth B.


50.56


2.28


52.84


School


School Lot


666.66


30.30


30.30


666.66


Warriner


641.74


29.18


29.18


641.74


hand Credited


30


Library


Bell, Abner


40.00


1.80


1.80


40.00


Cutler, Henry


1000.00


45.50


45.50


1000.00


Stebbins, Chloe B.


100.00


4.55


4.55


100.00


Charities


Stebbins, Chloe B.


104.55


4.73


109.28


Total


7309.52 300.35 302.53 200.00 7507.34




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.