Wilbraham annual report 1932-1940, Part 20

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 956


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2 beams, under 100 lbs.


9 springs, under 100 lbs.


8 computing.


59 weights.


1 tank. 9 liquid measures. 7 oil jars. 36 meters. 9 oil pumps tested. 100 quantity measures on pumps. Fees collected, $43.12.


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Cemetery Commissioner's Report


Appropriation Trust Funds Reserve


$300.00 135.90


101.05


$536.95


EXPENDITURES Adams Cemetery


Arthur E. Dibble, care of lots and opening grave


$292.75


Chapin and Clark, lawn mower


17.00


The Cutler Co., lawn seed and rakes


3.30


$313.05


East Wilbraham


Adelbert J. Brooks, care of lots


$141.00


The Cutler Co., fertilizer and lawn seed


9.10


$150.10


Glendale


Leonard Farr, care of lots


$34.00


The Cutler Co., fertilizer


3.80


$37.80


Woodland Dell


F. A. Gurney, opening graves


$36.00


Total Expenditure


$536.95


USED FROM TRUST FUNDS Adams Cemetery


Care of lots


$94.00


East Wilbraham


Care of lots


40.50


Glendale


Care of lots


$1.40


Total $135.90


B. B. GREEN, HENRY I. EDSON, ARTHUR E. DIBBLE, Cemetery Commissioners.


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Report of Planning Board


The members of the Town Planning Board for the year 1936 were Raymond H. Beach, Ira W. Belcher, Lloyd M. Hoover, Arthur I. Macdonald and Edward G. MacDowell. The Board organized with Edward G. MacDowell, Chairman, Lloyd M. Hoover, Secretary. Regular meetings were scheduled the second Monday of each month at 7.30 P. M. at the Town Hall.


Street Layouts-Chapin Drive and Brookdale Drive at Stony Hill, and Ripley Street and a part of Pomeroy Street at Wilbraham Center, and Manchonis Road and Grove Street at North Wilbraham were accepted at a special Town Meeting held in November. The Planning Board held a hear- ing on the acceptance of these streets just previous to the last annual Town Meeting and rendered a report in favor of their acceptance but due to the preliminary work and survey nec- essary the voters felt that before assuming liability money should be available for immediate improvement and the above work should be done.


We expect that in the near future much more building will be done than there has in the past and would request that each and every one would observe the building and zoning laws of the town. A new map of the town is needed as a guide for future development and we recommend that of any money that is appropriated for use of the planning board a portion may be set aside for this purpose.


The townspeople may be interested to know that our neighbor to the south, the village of Hampden, through the activities of the Garden Club and other public spirited citizens has become interested in town planning and taken their first steps towards zoning protection.


Respectfully submitted,


LLOYD M. HOOVER, Secretary.


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List of Jurors


JULY 13, 1936


Anderson, John


Baldwin, John F.


Bennett Roscoe K.


Berry, Walter F.


Bryant, Lewis A.


Cormack, Alexander D.


Cwika, Albert A.


Dibble, Arthur


Dobbs, Fred


Green, George Milo


Herter, George G.


Keefe, James F.


Keyes, George E.


Kimball, William J.


Kittridge, Charles F.


Logan, William F.


Merrick, Charles L.


Muir, David Los, Thadeus


Murphy, Harold J.


North, William


Pease, Holton L.


Phillippi, Arthur K.


Porter, Harold R.


Powers, Thomas C.


Pickens, Everett P. Powers, John J.


Tumidajski, Stanley White, Harry I.


Farmer Real Estate Broker Truck Driver Real Estate Game Breeder


Plumber Laborer Farmer Retired Clerk Carpenter R. R. Clerk Paper Maker Farmer Millwright Insurance Agent Retired Clerk Machinist Paper Maker Farmer Farmer Clerk Farmer Machinist Auto Mechanic Retired Paper Maker Paper Maker


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THE PARTICIPATION OF WILBRAHAM IN THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF SPRING- FIELD AT PYNCHON PARK MAY 19TH TO THE 21ST.


In accordance with the vote passed at the annual town meeting, February 3, 1936, the town of Wilbraham accepted the invitation from the city of Springfield to participate in the Historical Pageant of Springfield, "The Wings of Time" presented at Pynchon Park on May 19, 20 and 21st. Unfor- tunately the weather was unseasonably cold and there was one postponement due to rain so that the program was extended for an additional evening. The time entailed in rehearsal and in going to Springfield for four successive evenings involved much self sacrifice for the large group who participated, and their efforts are worthy of lasting commendation. The part assigned to Wilbraham was "Episode Five" which portrayed the first meeting house and an early church service. Mrs. Eva Gurney supervised and directed the Wilbraham group in a most efficient manner and Raymond Beech portrayed the clergyman in conducting the service in very capable fashion. We wish to thank the various townspeople who lent for the purpose ancient garments, guns and other property. The names of the partici- pants as they appeared in the souvenir program of the occasion are being inserted. It is with regret that we are unable to procure an accurate list of every one who participated since there were several substitutions on various evenings largely occasioned by the postponement.


Leader-Mrs. Eva Gurney Rev. George Moxom- Raymond H. Beach


John Baldwin Wesley Holdridge H. W. Cutler


Mrs. T. S. Bower


Mrs. N. I. Bradway


J. B. Logan


ยท Mrs. A. L. Damon Mrs. A. F. Berry Mrs. H. H. Thompson


G. E. Murphy, Jr.


H. S. Thomas


Mrs. R. W. Ellis


R. H. Beach


Mrs. H. W. Cutler


Mrs. Wesley Holdridge


R. F. Gurney Wendell Stacy


Mrs. J. B. Logan


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Ethelbert Dunsmore G. Milo Green Wilbur Gebeau Rev. H. A. Orr Lee A. Rice W. H. McGuire Dr. A. L. Damon Howard Calkins Wm. Eaton Clarence Edson


BOYS


John Ellis


Raymond Beach


Harold Porter, Jr. Wesley Holdridge, Jr. Roger Tiffany John Preston


Miss Loyola Weeks Mrs. Horace Rice Mrs. R. H. Beach


Miss Ruth Dickinson Miss Doris Foster Mrs. W. C. Tiffany Mrs. H. R. Porter Mrs. R. F. Gurney


Mrs. M. G. Robinson


Miss Helen Dickinson


Mrs. H. E. Thomas


Girls Elna Bower


Doris Bower


Helen Dunsmore


Thelma Dunsmore


Shirley Newell


Patricia Walker


Emma Rice


Valetta Cutting


Auditor's Report


I have audited the books and accounting records of the Town of Wilbraham, Mass., for the year ending Dec. 31, 1936. In my opinion they are correct and have been fairly kept.


WILLIAM E. PORTER, Town Auditor.


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Report of Finance Committee


Transfers Made From Reserve Fund By Finance Committee In 1936


Appropriation 5 per cent of 1935 Tax List $5,034.74


September 21, 1936


$50.00 to Miscellaneous Highway App.


1200.00 to WPA App. 250.00 to Police App.


December 3, 1936 1300.00 to WPA App.


December 21, 1936


900.00 to Public Welfare App.


239.62 to Water Dept. App. .03 to Chapter 81 App. 225.00 to Old Age Assistance App.


December 28, 1936


95.45 to Cemetery App.


December 30, 1936


60.00 to Welfare App.


December 31, 1936


5.60 to Cemetery App.


$4,325.70


Balance


December 31, 1936 709.04


5,034.74


We recommend that the appropriations approved by the Finance Committee for 1937 be given your careful con- sideration.


J. W. BALDWIN, JOHN J. LYONS, LEE RICE, LEON JEWELL, W. H. HOLDRIDGE, Secretary, W. F. BERRY, Chairman.


Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston Sir:


In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Wilbraham for the year ending December 31, 1936, and submit the following report thereon:


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The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting or disbursing money for the town or sending out bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified.


The receipts from licenses granted by the board of select- men were checked with the record of licenses granted and the payments to the treasurer were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's record of receipts. In connection with liquor licenses issued for the year 1937, attention is called to Section 70, Chapter 138, General Laws, as amended, which provides that no such licenses shall be granted unless the applicant for a license shall have filed with the town treasurer a bond running to the town.


The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were checked with the records of the departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection, and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments were compared with the treasury warrants approved by the selectmen authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash book was footed for the period covered by the audit, and the cash balance December 31, 1936, was proved by a reconciliation of the bank balances with statements re- ceived from the banks, by an examination of the savings bank book, and by actual count of the cash in the office.


The payments of debt and interest were proved by a com- parison with the amounts falling due during the period covered by the audit and by examination of the cancelled securities and coupons on file.


The savings bank books representing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were ex- amined and listed. The income was proved and the with- drawals were checked with the treasurer's records.


The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The taxes outstanding at the time of the previous examination were audited and proved, and all subsequent commitment lists of poll, property, and motor vehicle excise taxes were reconciled with the assessors' warrants.


The recorded collections were checked with the com- mitment lists, the payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's record of receipts, the abatements were


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checked with the assessors record of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.


The outstanding accounts were verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto in- dicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.


The collector s cash balance December 31, 1936, was proved by a reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank and by actual count of the cash on hand.


The financial transactions of the town clerk were examined and checked. The recorded receipts for dog and sporting licenses were checked with the record of licenses issued, the payments to the State and town treasurers were verified, and the cash on hand December 31, 1936, was proved by actual count.


The surety bonds of the town clerk. treasurer, and tax collector were examined and found to be in proper form.


The appropriations voted by the town were listed from the town clerk's record of town meetings and a comparison with the aggregate amounts chargeable against each appropriation showed that all expenditures have been kept within the amounts voted by the town.


The transfers from the reserve fund voted by the finance committee were listed and checked with the appropriation accounts.


The receipts of the sealer of weights and measures were checked with the record of fees charged, the payments to the treasurer being verified by a comparison with the treasurer's record of receipts.


The records of accounts receivable of the public welfare and school departments were examined. The charges were listed, the collections and disallowances were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.


The record of the school department for miscellaneous receipts were checked with the record of collections, and the payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's cash book.


The recorded receipts of the librarian for fines, etc., were checked and the payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's cash book.


The savings bank book representing the investment of the Morton L. Day Library Fund in the custody of the library


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trustees were examined. The income was proved and the ex- penditures were verified.


The books and accounts of the water department were examined and checked. The charges for the sale of water and for water services were added, the recorded collections were checked with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.


The manner in which the records of the several departments of the town have been kept indicates a keen interest on the part of the officials in charge and greatly facilitated the work of the audit.


Ledger accounts were compiled, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1936 was prepared and is appended to this report. The balance sheet indicates that the town is in excellent financial condition.


Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax and departmental accounts, as well as tables showing the trust fund transactions.


For the co-operation received from the several town officials while engaged in making the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.


Respectfully submitted,


HERMAN B. DINE


Assistant Director of Accounts.


TOWN OF WILBRAHAM Balance Sheet -- December 31, 1936 General Accounts


Assets


Liabilities and Reserves


Cash


$46,309.86


Road Machinery Earnings Reserve $248.50


Accounts Receivable:


Surplus War Bonus Fund and Accumulations 1,969.52


Taxes:


State Parks and Reservations Tax-Overestimate


11.93


Levy of 1935


$5,756.98


Levy of 1936


28,061.22


Unexpended Appropriation Balances: Highways, Chapter 90 $4,831.16


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1936


151.42


Stony Hill Water Extension 438.74


Tax Titles


13,153.40


5,273.29


Departmental:


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus


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Public Welfare


1,057.38


Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1935


3,174.51


1,089.38


Levy of 1936


1,880.89


Water


578.56


5,055.40


State Aid to Highways


2,134.83


Revenue Available When Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


151.42


Tax Title


13,153.40


Departmental


1,089.38


Water


578.56


14,972.76


Surplus Revenue


64,298.34


$98,411.67


$98,411.67


33,818.20


Federal Grant Old Age Assistance, Ad- ministrative Expenses 3.39


6,581.93


Schools


32.00


County Aid to Highways


1,054.92


County Tax (Underestimate, to be provided for)


121.10


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt


$72,000.00


School Loans Water Loans


$12,000.00 60,000.00


$72,000.00


$72,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Chloe Stebbins Charity Fund


$162.19


Deacon Warriner School Fund


661.91


In Custody of Library Trustees


726.67


School Lot Fund


730.68


Chloe B. Stebbins Library Fund


100.00


Abner E. Bell Library Fund


40.00


Henry Cutler Library Fund


1,000.00


Morton L. Day Library Fund


726.67


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


4,343.53


Laura Bruuer Cemetery General Care Fund


1,094.37


$8,859.35


$8,859.35


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: In Custody of Town Treasurer


$8,132.68


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School Committee's Report


To the Citizens of Wilbraham:


Your school committee respectfully submits the following report for the year 1936.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1936


Appropriation


$67,431.00


Interest, Warriner Fund


39.23


Total available


$67,470.23


Total expenditures, itemized statement


follows


$64,166.25


Less :


Tuition refunds, 1936


161.50


Net expenditures


$64,004.75


Less than total available


$3,465.48


COST OF THE SCHOOLS TO THE TOWN IN 1936


Net expenditures above


$64,004.75


Credits


General School Fund Law, Part II


$10,988.01


General School Fund Law, Part I


3,755.54


Vocational Education


2,737.91


Superintendent's salary reimbursement


869.27


Tuition, State Children


29.23


Tuition, Town of Monson


69.00


Tuition, Other Non-Residents


22.00


Supplies Sold


8.21


Car Tickets Sold


37.22


Interest, Warriner Fund


39.23


Refunds on 1935 Tuition


165.00


$18,720.62


Amount paid from local taxation for schools


$45,284.13


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ITEMIZED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES


School Committee


H. W. Carter, slary


$48.33


Mrs. Mary S. Merrick, salary


48.33


Horace J. Rice, salary


48.33


$144.99


Superintendence of Schools and Enforcement of Law F. A. Wheeler, salary $1,654.08


F. A. Wheeler, travelling and office ex- penses 272.09


Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott, labor certificates 23.75


Emily O. Cormier, clerical services


475.32


Charles Lapine, supervisor of attendance


28.00


Edmund Lapine, delivering letters


.75


Mrs. Fannie R. Pease, labor certificates


6.45


Wright & Potter Printing Co., account


sheets 6.17


$2,466.61


Supervisor's Salaries


Mrs. Ethel C. Morse


$446.20


Mrs. Helen B. Tower


495.74


$941.94


Teachers' Salaries


Mrs. Yolande R. Aldrich


$833.40


Mrs. Carol B. Allen


4.00


Adele M. Cone


1,164.00


Marjorie A. Fernald


975.00


Mrs. Millicent G. Green


337.50


Katherine A. Hart


1,161.15


Marion L. Holland


1,164.00


Mrs. Esther L. Johnson


1,164.00


Marion E. Kelley


1,255.79


Mrs. Lucy B. Kerr


118.00


Helen S. Kochanek


1,212.53


Liane S. Laramee


1,164.00


Mrs. Mary Ledger


8.00


Mrs. Mary G. Logan


1,164.00


Mrs. Adella Olin


32.00


Mrs. Eleanor B. Parsons


1,299.89


Mrs. Minnie M. Sanderson


1,164.00


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Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington Mrs. Ruth G. Sullivan


$1,309.50


1,161.15


Mrs. Mabel E. Welch


1,164.00


$17,855.91


Textbooks


Allyn & Bacon


$12.16


American Book Co.


139.20


D. Appleton-Century Co.


1.60


The Arlo Publishing Co.


5.70


Beckley-Cardy Co.


11.19


C. C. Birchard & Co.


9.40


Bobbs-Merrill Co.


6.50


Department of Superintendence


5.40


Doubleday-Doran Co., Inc.


20.38


Ginn & Company


69.60


Houghton-Mifflin Co.


4.96


H. R. Huntting Co., Inc.


57.19


Iroquois Publishing Co.


24.36


Laidlaw Brothers


25.85


McGraw-Hill Book Co.


4.20


The Macmillan Co.


24.25


Charles E. Merrill Co.


1.69.


Thos. Nelson & Sons


16.40


The A. N. Palmer Co.


1.77


Row, Peterson & Co.


21.00


Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.


1.24


Scott, Foresman & Co.


30.52


University Publishing Co.


.86


The John C. Winston Co.


16.60


$512.02


Supplies


American Education Press, weekly news sheets


$109.60


E. E. Babb & Co, general supplies


212.49


W. F. Bates, printing


6.55


Bobbs-Merrill Co., tests


2.23


Milton Bradley Co., general supplies


324.13


Columbia Carbon & Ribbon Mfg., ink


1.50


Community Feed Stores, Inc., paint, var- nish, etc. 8.20


Ginn & Company, workbooks


6.64


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J. L. Hammett Co., general supplies $68.44


Harcourt, Brace & Co., workbooks 32.19


Holden Patent Book Cover Co., covers


10.45


The Holliston Mills, Inc., vellum Houghton, Mifflin Co., tests .85 Johnson's Bookstore, paint 1.25


2.14


Marion E. Kelley, postage and certificates


8.82


Laidlaw Brothers, workbooks 3.52


The Macmillan Co., workbooks 2.75


Morgan, Crossman & Co., stamp and pad


3.10


Mrs. Ethel C. Morse, music


1.80


National Broadcasting Co., notebooks


2.80


N. E. Card & Paper Co., blueprint paper, mounts 3.41


The A. N. Palmer Co., pens


20.53


The Papercrafters, Inc., paper


87.00


Public School Publishing Co., tests


20.47


Geo. W. Robbins & Sons Co., wood, enamel, etc.


4.05


Scott, Foresman & Co., workbooks


8.56


Shaw-Walker, record cards


2.20


M. Steinert & Sons Co., Inc., records


1.35


Thacker-Craig Paper Co., wrapping paper


3.0


Mrs. Helen B. Tower, postage on posters


.94


Webster Publishing Co., workbooks


25.11


F. A. Wheeler, expressage paid, repairs on inkwell filler


1.50


World Book Co., tests


36.72


The Plymouth Press, seat work


4.02


$1,028.35


Janitors


Russell Dahlgren


$30 50


Gideon Dickinson


347.00


Geo. Milo Green


443.50


Augusta Johnson


52.75


Louis J. Johnson


19.00


Charles Lapine


1,160.00


C. W. Vinton


102.00


$2,154.75


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Fuel


Wlater H. Clark, coal and wood $1,257.50


The Cutler Grain and Coal Co. coal


68.60


Gideon Dickinson, wood


12.00


B. B. Green, wood


3 00


C. B. Hitchcock, wood


9.00


L. W. Rice, wood 15.00


$1,365.10


Miscellaneous Operating


E. E. Babb & Co., chemical


$6.60


Carlisle Hardware Co., Dustbane, Windex


39.56


Carter Paper Co., soap


59.30


Central Mass. Electric Co., power and lights


213.70


Community Feed Stores, Inc., dust pans, rat traps .70


R. P. Connors, mowing yard 4.50


Jerry Donohue, removing ashes


13.10


Fort Hill Paper Co., soap dispenser


4.11


Green's Service Station, window spray


2.44


Jos. McElroy, Master, State Prison, brush


1.69


State Prison, burshes 13.17


3.20


City of Springfield, water


27.72


Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., insect spray


15.00


Thacker-Craig Paper Co., towels


107.25


H. S. Thomas, cleanser, glass, etc.


1.32


Warren Refining Co., Purg-All


11.62


Town of Wilbraham, water


54.50


$579.48


Repairs


Arthur W. Anderson, paint


$1.75


Birnie Sand & Gravel Co., sand and gravel


61.33


Bourbeau's Shop, paint


36.09


Armand Bourdon, labor


78.80


Carlisle Hardware Co., keys, sttain, etc.


36.99


Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler in- spection


5.00


Emile Cote, labor


67.20


The Cutler Co., cement


102.85


Gideon Dickinson, repairing backstop


14.13


State Prison Colony, brush


75


Division of the Blind, repairing and tun- ing pianos


$6.50


John B. Dumaine, labor


202.80


Electric Time Co., clock


7.68


W. J. Foss, wheelbarrow tray


5.50


B. B. Green, fence posts, gravel


3.75


Ernest M. Hayn, grading at No. 8


3.00


C. B. Hitchcock painting 39.00


Charles Lapine, mileage, use of car


75.12


Edmund Lapine labor


2.00


The Chas. C. Lewis Co., bars, bolts, etc.


6.13


John S. Lane & Sons Co., traprock dust


151.41


The Oliver & Howland Co., fuse plug, washers, etc.


9.44


Peter Ouimette, repairs on roof


37.44


Reformatory for Women, flags


3.20


Geo. W. Robbins & Sons Co., materials


142.76


Charles S. Stacy, repairs on heaters


62.30


Louis G. Stacy, cleaning septic tank


10.00


James S. Stephens, window shades


24.50


Thompson Electric Co., repairs, in- stalling clock


8.25


C. W. Vinton, repairs at No. 6


2.76


Wilson & Anderson, repairing clocks


4.50


$1,212.18


Health


Mrs. George A. Clark, services


$8.25


A. L. Damon, M. D., school physician


296.75


Federal Pharmacy, supplies


26.88


Signe L. Polson, salary, telephone and postage


691.91


F. A. Wheeler, paid for syringe


.56


$1,024.35


Elementary School Transportation


John Bradlenski, contract


$600.00


Mrs. Wesley Butler


183.82


Town of Ludlow


28.06


George W. Motyka, contract


607.00


Bernard L. Rochford


262.50


Nicholas J. Samble, contract


625.00


$2,306.38


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High and Trade School Transportation


John Bradlenski, contract


$1,240.00


Mrs. Wesley Butler


90.92


Town of East Longmeadow


3.70


Interstate Busses Corporation tickets


323.50


Town of Ludlow 10.35


George W. Motyka, contract


2,665.50


Elsie M. Samble, contract


250.00


Springfield St. Ry. Co., tickets


820.00


$5,403.97


High School Tuition


Town of Ludlow


$113.92


Town of Palmer


975.00


City of Springfield


18,481.11


$19,570.03


Elementary School Tuition


Town of Ludlow $217.38


Continuation School Tuition


City of Springfield


$60.32


Trade School Tuition


City of Chicopee


$4.40


City of Springfield


6,502.70


$6,507.10


Miscellaneous Auxiliary Agencies


Forbes & Wallace, ribbon $2.48


William F. Logan, insurance


723.90


Martin Diploma Co., diplomas and covers 49.35


F. A. Wheeler, expressage on diplomas .43


$776.16


New Equipment R. E. Faulkner, one half cost of radio 39.23


Total of School Orders drawn $64,166.25


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APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED FOR 1937


General Expenses


School Committee


$150.00


Superintendent's Salary


$1,711.10


Other Expenses of Superintendence


875.80


Expenses of Instruction


Teachers and Supervisors


$19,491.10


Textbooks


400.00


Supplies


800.00


Expenses of Operation


Janitors


$2,240.00


Fuel


1,600.00


Miscellaneous


550.00


Maintenance


Repairs


$1,000.00


Auxiliary Agencies


Health


$1,150.00


Transportation


8,500.00


Tuition


28,000.00


Miscellaneous


50.00


$66,518.00


ESTIMATE OF CREDITS ON ACCOUNT OF EDUCATION FOR 1937


General School Fund Law, Part II $11,230.63


General School Fund Law, Part I


3,034.44


Superintendent's Salary reimbursement


869.27


Vocational Education


3,367.60


Tuition, Non-Resident Pupils


120.00


$18,621.94


Respectfully submitted,


H. W. CUTLER, Chairman, MRS. MARY S. MERRICK, HORACE J. RICE, School Committee of Wilbraham.


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Report of Superintendent of Schools


To the School Committee of Wilbraham:


Herewith is submitted my report as superintendent of schools for the year ending December 31, 1936.


Maintenance of School Plant


The customary minor repairs have been attended to. In addition four undertakings of sufficient magnitude to be mentioned in the annual report have been carried through.


The schoolhouse at Wilbraham Street was given a coat of paint during the summer. This may well be considered as having been done in accordance with a plan to give one or two schoolhouses one coat of paint each year, thereby keeping the exteriors of all buildings well painted without piling up the cost in any one year.


The cement floor in the basement of the Wilbraham Street schoolhouse, which had become so broken as to cause a dusty and untidy condition and to make sweeping the floor imprac- ticable, was largely relaid. During the summer vacation of 1937 similar work should be done in the basement of the North Wilbraham schoolhouse.


The yard at the North Wilbraham schoolhouse whose cinder surface had proved most unsatisfactory for play purposes was graded and resurfaced with trap rock dust. The new surface seems to give entire satisfaction. All complaints from parents have ceased.


At the Pines school a W. P. A. project was carried through in the basement of the brick building. The unexcavated por- tions of the basement were excavated to the point where work- men can easily walk around to inspect pipes and walls. A particular reason for doing this was the discovery made last summer that the basement was infested with termites. Part of the newly excavated area was covered with a cement floor to provide storage space for unused school furniture, bulky school supplies, and so on. The dirt removed from the base- ment was used for grading at the rear of the building, thereby improving the play area and making it more convenient for




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