Wilbraham annual report 1932-1940, Part 24

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


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9,084.33


Outstanding December 31, 1937 per list


15,395.89


82,779.10


45


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1937


Commitment per warrants


Abatements after payment refunded


$6,157.06 131.24


Over payment to Collector adjusted


.15


Interest reported as taxes


.11


Unlocated difference


.02


6,288.58


Payments to Treasurer


$5,485.15


Abatements


365.40


Outstanding December 31, 1937 per list


438.03


6,288.58


Interest and Costs on Taxes


Cash on hand January 1937 per previous


audit


$22.09


Collections :


Taxes :


Levy of 1935


Levy of 1936


1,161.77


Levy of 1937


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :


Levy of 1936 $20.91


Levy of 1937


Costs:


Poll Taxes 1937


$37.45


Payments to Treasurer


1,242.22


Tax Collector's Expense


Appropriation


$375.00


Transferred from Reserve


225.05


$600.05


Barre Gazette, Property and motor


vehicle excise tax bills $19.25


Robert W. Bodfish, Legal services


281.05


Patrick J. Courtney, Tax takings


14.00


Oren K. Gilbert, Reimbursment for money advances :


Tax Collector Assoc. Dues 4.00


Expense to Tax Collector's Meetings 20.52


Affidavits and 6 Tax Title Deeds 24.35


46


Cost on Tax Titles $74.00


Hobbs & Warren, Books 14.09


James B. Logan, Envelopes and postage 98.54


Springfield Printing Co., Tax demands 17.75


Springfield Union, Tax Collector's notices 23.50


Weeks, Inc., Brief case 9.00


$600:05 OREN K. GILBERT, Collector of Taxes.


Treasurer's Report


Receipts for 1937


Collector of Taxes :


Oren K. Gilbert:


Property Tax, 1935


$5,512.98


Property Tax, 1936


18,148.27


Property Tax, 1937


56,295.00


Poll Tax


1,666.00


Excise Tax, 1936


237.86


Excise Tax, 1937


5,485.15


Interest on all Taxes


1,221.24


Fees and Costs


23.65


$88,590.15


Treasurer of the Commonwealth:


.


Division of Highways, No. 2715


$25.00


Division of Highways, No. 2892


6,175.00


Division of Highways, No. 5812


346.62


Division of Highways, No. 5490


2,085.76


Division of Highways, No. 5979


2,800.00


Division of Highways, No. 5936


1,000.00


Old Age Assistance, Federal Grant Mass. School Fund, Chapter 70, Part 2 11,230.63 Income Tax


4,808.50


Income Tax, Chapter 362, Section 4 266.56


Income Tax, Educational 1,877.77


Income Tax, State Valuation 2,208.60


Aid to Independent Industrial Schools


3,382.76


Dept. of Public Health, Subsidies for Cities and Towns 66.43


Temporary Aid 1,758.35


28.50


Support of Indegent persons


4,400.48


47


Burial of Indigent Persons


$35.00


Old Age Assistance 490.96


Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes


113.21


Tuition of Children


227.70


Old Age Assistance Fund


1,217.01


Aid to Dependent Children, U. S. Grant 22.00


Corporation Tax, Chapter 108


8,464.26


Corporation Tax, Gas, Electric Light,


and Water


139.12


School Superintendent in Small Towns


886.51


Corporation Tax, Business


182.89


54,239.62


Treasurer of Hampden County :


Dog Officer's Expense


$21.00


Dog Taxes


590.47


Highways


3,679.83


4,291.30


Miscellaneous :


Water Department


$6,976.34


Licenses


3,953.50


Tax Title Redemptions


2,762.56


Interest and Costs on Tax Titles


460.51


District Court of Eastern Hampden


131.27


Old Age Assistance


282.24


Public Welfare


847.20


Dental Clinic


215.62


Dog Taxes


708.60


Refund-Highways Chapter 81


.98


Interest on Cemetery Trust Funds


140.95


Interest on Library Trust Funds


28.67


Interest on School Trust Funds .


57.50


Town of Monson, Tuition


83.50


City of Springfield, Refunds


172.25


F. A. Wheeler, Tuition, Tickets and Supplies 38.54


Agnes I. Simmington, Salary Refund


20.25


Burr F. Jones, Tickets and Supplies


16.15


W. F. Logan, Insurance Refund


13.65


Trust Funds


400.00


Sale of Property Taken for Taxes


285.00


48


Sale of Wooden School Building at


Pines $115.00


Sale of Town Histories


6.00


Sale of Town Pound


125.00


David J. Manning, Fines


85.00


Checks on Which Payment Was Stopped


1.75


C. W. Vinton, Sealer of Weights and


Measures 51.33


Land Court Refund


4.00


John B. Tupper, Dog Officer


1.00


Balance in Excess of Tax Title


15.13


Charles A. Tabor, Probation Officer


1.00


Andrew Gruzska, Sewer Entrance


35.00


Land Damage Checks Returned


10.00


Telephone Calls


.60


Rent of Town Offices


144.00


Library Fines


42.28


Additions to Machinery Reserve


216.00


18,448.37


Total Cash Receipts


$165,569.44


Cash on Hand January 1, 1937


44,340.34


$209,909.78


Payments


By Selectmen's Orders


$164,892.57


Cash on Hand, December 31, 1937 $45,017.21


There are tax titles to the amount of $28,652.42 outstand- ing on the Treasurer's books and property taken by foreclosure of tax titles and owned by the town in the amount of $242.31. Respectfully submitted, GEO. MILO GREEN, Treasurer.


Treasurer's Expense


Appropriation $390.00


Robert Bodfish, Services in Land Court Case $29.49


Conklin Office Supply Co., Typewriter ribbon .75


Patrick J. Courtney, Filing petitions 1.00


49


F. & E. Check Protector Service Co., Re- newal of bond and replacement $42.80


G. M. Green, Reimbursement:


Expenses to Treasurer's meetings $32.00 Recording Land Court Deeds 1.00 33.00


R. F. Gurney, Envelopes and postage


50.14


M. F. Hadley, Repairing check writer 5.70


Hobbs & Warren, Books, forms, deeds, etc.


18.64


Johnson's Bookstore, Envelopes


.45


Land Court, Two entries of land


60.00


Mass. Tax Collector's and Treasurer's Association Dues 4.00


Registry of Deeds, Recording land court


entries, affidavits, deeds


10.58


Robinson Seal Co., Seals


.78


$257.33


Unexpended Balance


132.67


TREASURER'S REPORT OF TRUST FUNDS


Funds received


hand


credited during


Paid out during


Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1937 $376.74


Brewer, Edward H.


395.28


9.94


6.00


399.22


Bruuer, Laura


1,094.37


27.53


6.00


1,115.90


Bryant, Albro


100.00


.50


100.50


Butler, James A.


156.28


3.13


159.41


Butler, Philip M.


100.18


3.01


3.00


100.19


Butler, William


100.00


2.51


2.51


100.00


Calkins, Abel B.


150.00


4.53


3.00


151.53


Calkins, Charles M.


100.35


3.01


3.36


100.00


Clark, Henry M.


109.15


2.74


6.00


105.89


Copeland, Evalina M.


100.00


3.01


3.01


100.00


Dane, Lucy M.


100.27


3.01


3.00


100.28


Danks, Hiram


118.85


2.98


6.00


115.83


Fuller, F. A. & C. F. and Lane,M.A.


347.90


8.74


12.00


344.64


Gates, Charles H.


100.00


Gates, Harriet


216.40


6.52


6.00


216.92


Greene, B. Franklin


100.99


3.03


4.00


100.02


Green, Lora M.


50.00


1.50


1.50


50.00


Jones, Eliza M.


100.00


2.51


2.51


100.00


Kibbe, Anna C.


101.36


2.54


1.70


102.20


Knowlton, Abraham


100.35


3.01


3.36


100.00


Knowlton, Charles R.


100.55


2.51


3.00


100.06


Knowlton, George E.


236.81


7.14


12.00


231.95


year


Jan. 1 1937


year


year


Adams, G. Frank


$373.35


$9.39


$6.00


during


Cash on Interest


100.00


50


Morgan, Angeline P.


$77.32


$2.32


$4.00


$75.64


Perry, Inez M.


$100.00


100.00


Perry, Inez M.


100.00


100.00


Potter, Ira G.


122.10


3.07


6.00


119.17


Potter, P. P.


103.66


3.11


3.00


103.77


Rice, Jesse L.


210.34


5.28


6.00


209.62


Rindge, Frank R. & Hattie B.


52.26


1.57


53.83


Soldier Bonus


1,969.52


49.54


2,019.06


Stebbins, Chloe B.


100.88


2.53


3.00


100.41


Stebbins, Francese E.


201.73


6.07


7.00


200.80


Stebbins, L. & M.


238.87


5.99


12.00


232.86


Tupper, Elizabeth B.


78.30


1.97


6.00


74.27


SCHOOL


School Lot


730.68


22.06


42.50


710.24


Warriner, Deacon


661.91


16.64


15.00


663.55


LIBRARY


Bell, Abner E.


40.00


1.00


1.00


40.00


Cutler, Henry


1,000.00


25.16


25.16


1,000.00


Stebbins, Chloe B.


100.00


2.51


2.51


100.00


CHARITIES


Stebbins, Chloe B.


162.19


4.08


166.27


$400.00 $10,102.20


265.69


227.12


10,540.77


Cemetery Commissioner's Report


Appropriation


$500.00


Trust Funds


140.95


$640.95


Expenditures


Adams Cemetery


Arthur E. Dibble, care of lots and open- ing graves


$205.75


Care of lots from trust funds


97.00


The Cutler Co., lawn seed and lime


18.50


Arthur E. Dibble, reimbursement for sharpening lawn mowers


3.00


$324.25


East Wilbraham


Adelbert J. Brooks, care of lots


$134.50


Care of lots from trust funds


42.25


Walter Clark, trucking


36.00


Cutler Co., fertilizer


8.00


51


Moulton Asphalt Service, asphalt cut-back $21.98 9.60


Charles Obrzut, labor


$252.33


Glendale


Leonard Farr, care of lots $37.40


Leonard Farr, care of lots from trust funds 1.70


Cutler Co., fertilizer, cement and nails 7.95


Leonard Farr, Lumber .63


R. E. Faulkner, pipe


6.30


Total Expenditure


630.56


Unexpended Balance 10.39


Report of Water Commissioners


Receipts :


House installations


$685.47


Water rents


4,197.85


Hydrant rentals


2.070.00


House installation repairs


1.90


Sale of material


16.71


Use of suction pump


2.00


Check on which payment was stopped


2.41


$6,976.34 $3,000.00


Appropriation


Expenditures :


Material:


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves and fittings


$233.11


National Meter Co., meters


283.16


Albert E. Mayer, pipe and fittings


77.08


Crane Co., pipe fittings


5.26


Ford Meter Box Co., fittings


3.86


$602.47


Labor:


Harold Porter


$732.61


Caruso Cocchi


6.00


David Selleg


26.80


Anello Cocchi


24.40


George Keyes


92.50


Gideon Dickinson


1.60


$53.98


52


Theodore Collette Emile Cote


$3.20


21.40


$908.51


Miscellaneous :


Gebeau's Garage, welding $ .50


City of Springfield, water 1,178.78


Thacker-Craig Paper Co., rubber stamp 1.45


F. A. Gurney, gravel 1.20


W. F. Logan, insurance 20.50


City of Springfield, meter repairs


18.52


Harold Porter, fittings


.50


Green's Service Station, kerosene


1.84


Palmer Register, printing


11.00


R. F. Gurney, postage


1.62


J. Russell Co., wicks


2.00


City of Springfield, tapping pipe


7.65


Hobbs & Warren, record books


12.66


Howard Calkins, Water Commissioner 25.00


Arthur Phillipi, Water Commissioner 25.00


George Northup, Water Commissioner


25.00


G. M. Green, clerk and collector


150.00


$1,483.22


Total Expenditures


2,994.20


Unexpended Balance 5.80


Extension of 6-inch Main on Stony Hill Road


Appropriation


$2,000.00


Expenditures :


Johns-Manville Co., pipe $1,023.13


Boston & Albany Railroad, freight


68.40


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., hydrants, gates, and fittings 291.12


R. D. Wood Co., pipe fittings


33.67


Leadite Co., leadite


20.00


Railway Express Co., express


1.47


J. Russell Co., small tools


19.65


Green's Service Station, kerosene


7.68


Harold Porter, labor and inspection


67.94


George Keyes, labor


14.80


Anello Cocchi, labor


3.20


53


Emile Cote, labor Theodore Collette, labor


$3.20 3.20


Total Expenditures


$1,557.46


Unexpended Balance 442.54


Owing to the delay in starting this extension, it has not been possible to complete it during the year 1937, therefore, we respectfully request that the unexpended balance be appro- priated for the use of the Water Department in completing this extension.


We also respectfully request that an appropriation of $3,000.00 be made for the maintenance of the department for the year 1938.


Respectfully submitted, H. F. CALKINS, ARTHUR K. PHILLIPPI, GEORGE E. NORTHUP, Water Commissioners.


Hydrants


Appropriation


$1,740.00


City of Springfield


$30.00


Town of Wilbraham


1,710.00


Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library


Number of Volumes in Library January 1, 1937


6,432


Number of Volumes added by purchase


220


Number of Volumes donated


9


6,661


Number of Volumes discarded and lost


80


Number of Volumes in Library January 1, 1938


6,581


Circulation


Borrowers


North Wilbraham


13,250


604


Stony Hill


211


29


13,461


633


Rural School Deposits


1,060


14,521


54


Resources


Appropriation for 1937 Dog Fund Transfer from Reserve for New Boiler


$1,000.00 590.47


575.00


$2,165.47


Expenditures


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, paid for cleaning and repairs $7.25


James Jaffrey, care heater and lawn


104.00


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, services Librarian


100.00


Mrs. Chas. Hitchcock, Stony Hill Branch


5.00


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, paid for assistance in Library 32.35


Library Book House, books


352.43


M. L. Edgerton, magazines


41.95


Gaylord Bros., supplies


17.05


Cutler Grain & Coal Co., coal


73.90


Walter H. Clark, coal


228.75


W. F. Logan, insurance


196.85


C. S. Stacy, new boiler


575.00


C. S. Stacy, piping and chimneys


29.90


Palmer Electric Co., repairs


4.95


G. W. Robbins & Sons, repairs


5.71


Central Mass. Elec. Co., current


83.91


Cutler Co., fertilizer and plaster


3.20


Cutler Co., cement for coal bin


9.00


Town Water Dept., water rental


11.75


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, supplies and repairs


7.74


H. F. Swetland, repairs


67.58


Jerry Donahue, carting ashes


5.00


Jerry Donahue, new coal bin


14.90


$1,978.17


Used, less than appropriation


$187.30


$1,978.17


Gross Expenditures as above Less int. Henry Cutler Legacy


$25.16


Less Int. Chloe Bliss Stebbins Fund


2.51


Less Int. Abner E. Bell Fund


1.00


Less Fines


42.28


Less Rent Town Offices, 1 year


144.00


$214.95


Net Expenditures


$1,763.22


55


When our heating boiler was receiving its annual cleaning and inspection in June, it was found to be so badly cracked that we feared it would fail in cold weather and leave Library, Town Offices and Mrs. Abbott's apartment without heat. We, therefore, installed a new boiler and Finance Committee very kindly made a transfer from the reserve fund to pay for same.


Morton L. Day Trust Fund


On hand January 1, 1937


$684.74


Interest credired year to August 15, 1937


17.21


$701.95


Paid out for 41 copies Christian Herald


$41.00


On hand January 1, 1938


$660.95


See Auditor's Report for Statement of


HENRY CUTLER LEGACY ABNER E. BELL FUND CHLOE E. STEBBINS FUND.


Respectfully submitted, MARY R. GREEN, A. L. DAMON, H. W. CUTLER, Trustees.


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School Committee's Report


To the Citizens of Wilbraham:


Your school committee respectfully submits the following report for the year 1937.


Financial Statement for 1937


Appropriation


$66,518.00


Interest, School Lot Fund


42.50


Interest, Deacon Warriner Fund


15.00


Total available


$66,575.50


Total expenditures, itemized statement


follows


$64,064.43


Less :


Tuition refunds, 1937


78.25


Net expenditures


63,986.18


Less than total available


$2,589.32


Cost of the Schools to the Town in 1937


Net expenditures above


$63,986.18


Credits


General School Fund Law, Part II


$11,230.63


General School Fund Law, Part I


3,034.44


Vocational Education


3,382.76


Superintendent's salary reimbursement


886.51


Tuition, State Children


227.70


Tuition, Town of Monson


83.50


Tuition, Other Non-Residents


22.00


Supplies sold


8.12


Telephone toll calls


1.00


Car tickets sold


23.57


Interest, School Lot Fund


42.50


Interest, Deacon Warriner Fund


15.00


Refunds on 1936 tuition


94.00


Refund on insurance


13.65


Salary refund


20.25


19,085.63


Amount paid from local taxation for schools


$44,900.55


57


Itemized Statement of Expenditures School Committee


H. W. Cutler, salary


$50.00


Mrs. Mary S. Merrick, salary


50.00


Horace J. Rice, salary


50.00


$150.00


Superintendent's Salary


Burr F. Jones


$808.01


Frederic A. Wheeler


832.71


1,640.72


Expenses of Superintendence and Enforcement of Law


Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott, labor certificates


17.00


W. F. Bates, letterheads 3.77


Carlisle Hardware Co., shears .62


Emily O. Cormier, clerical services


523.08


Burr F. Jones, travelling and office expenses


135.36


Helen S. Kochanek, expenses Boston conference 4.75


Charles Lapine, supervisor of attendance


70.00


Massachusetts Reformatory, office furni-


ture 7.60


The National Library Bindery Co., bind- ing school registers 15.75


Mrs. Fannie R. Pease, labor certificates


4.05


Remington Rand, Inc., typewriter and supplies 78.27


William Senecal, moving office equipment


1.33


Frederic A. Wheeler, travelling and office expenses 134.62


Wright & Potter Printing Co., account sheets 6.18


$1,002.38


Supervisor's Salaries


Mrs. Ethel C. Morse


$460.00


Mrs. Helen B. Tower


610.60


$1,070.60


Teacher's Salaries


Mrs. Yolande R. Aldrich


$1,110.00


Mrs. Carol B. Allen


34.00


Lily R. Bilton


12.00


58


Adele M. Cone


$720.00


Marjorie A. Fernald


630.00


Mrs. Millicent G. Green


134.00


Katherine A. Hart


1,146.00


Marion L. Holland


1,200.00


Mrs. Esther L. Johnson


1,170.00


Marion E. Kelley


1,305.75


Mrs. Lucy B. Kerr


935.75


Helen S. Kochanek


1,230.00


Liane S. Laramee


1,200.00


Mrs. Mary Ledger


68.00


Mrs. Mary G. Logan


1,220.00


Mrs. Adella P. Olin


48.00


Mrs. Eleanor B. Parsons


796.50


Mrs. Fannie R. Pease


10.00


Mrs. Minnie M. Sanderson


1,200.CO


Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington


67.50


Mrs. Ruth G. Sullivan


1,200.00


Mrs. Mabel E. Welch


1,188.00


$16,625.50


Textbooks


Allyn & Bacon


$20.81


American Book Co.


151.35


Edw. E. Babb & Co.


2.37


Ginn and Co.


89.97


Harcourt, Brace & Co.


4.78


Henry Holt & Co.


2.83


Houghton Mifflin Co.


23.59


Iroquois Publishing Co.


78.74


Laidlaw Brothers


41.36


The Macmillan Co.


155.29


Noble & Noble


1.70


Rand, McNally Co.


2.36


Scott, Foresman & Co.


244.88


Charles Scribner's Sons


1.15


O. H. Toothaker


3.25


R. W. Wagner Co.


9.00


The John C. Winston Co.


36.49


$869.92


59


Supplies


American Book Co., workbooks


$33.86


American Education Press, Inc., weekly news sheets 95.60


Edw. E. Babb & Co., general supplies


52.06


Milton Bradley Co., general supplies


225.55


Carlisle Hardware Co., sand paper, phys- ical educational supplies 16.88


Denoyer-Geppert Co., maps 98.67


Direct Stores, Inc., casein paint, ink, etc.


2.58


Empire Stationers, stamps and pads 2.20


Ginn and Co., workbooks 3.37


J. L. Hammett Co., general supplies 106.71


The Harvey & Lewis Co., paper


.76


Holden Patent Book Cover Co., book covers 11.10


Marion L. Holland, ten cent books


2.00


Johnson's Bookstore, poster paints


2.70


Marion E. Kelley, penmanship certifi- cates, postage 8.70


Mrs. Lucy B. Kerr, penmanship certifi- cates, postage, etc. 4.01


Laidlaw Brothers, workbooks


5.22


National Broadcasting Co., notebooks and manuals 10.25


National Education Association, elemen- tary school packets 1.68


New England Card & Paper Co., cardboard 4.00


The A. N. Palmer Co., pens 7.96


Papercrafters, Inc., paper, notebook covers


43.82


Pond-Ekberg Co., report cards


27.00


Public School Publishing Co., tests


2.50


George W. Robbins & Sons Co., wood and stain 3.18


Scott, Foresman & Co., workbooks


85.30


Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington, postage 5.58


Springfield Office Supply Co., gem clips


.49


O. H. Toothaker, globe


2.64


Mrs. Helen B. Tower, material for flowers, paint 5.84


Universal School of Handicrafts, aluminum 1.66


F. A. Wheeler, class record sheets, postage 2.22


60


World Book Co., tests


$28.81


$904.90


Janitors


Russell Dahlgren


$60.00


Gideon Dickinson


53.75


Geo. Milo Green


432.00


Henry Hyde


318.25


Charles Lapine


1,200.00


C. W. Vinton


60.00


$2,124.00


Fuel


Walter H. Clark, coal


$571.94


Cutler Grain and Coal Co., coal


497.30


B. B. Green, wood


1.50


E. F. Peck Wood and Coal Co., coal


288.00


$1,358.74


Miscellaneous Operating


Carlisle Hardware Co., Dustbane, windex, etc. $38.34


Central Mass. Electric Co., light and .


power


210.40


Community Feed Stores, Inc., glass and putty .22


Fort Hill Paper Co., soap dispenser 4.16


Green's Service Station, fly spray, win- dow cleaner, etc. 9.65


New England Tel. and Tel. Co., tele- phone service 45.07


Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., disinfectant 4.50


City of Springfield, water, The Pines


24.64


State Prison Colony, brushes


23.79


Thacker-Craig Paper Co., paper towels


115.00


Horace S. Thomas, cleansing materials, lime, etc. .90


Town of Wilbraham, water


73.78


$550.45


Repairs


Aldo Alberici, truck hire


$73.00


Angers Lumber Company, paint


1.30


Arthur W. Anderson, stain


1.00


Edw. E. Babb & Co., Swan treatment for wood 44.36


61


L. R. Beebe, repairs on radio


$15.00


The Birnie Co., sand 8.61


Carlisle Hardware Co., varnish, padlock, hinges, etc. 49.97


Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Co., weatherstriping 85.68


Cheney-Bigelow Wire Works, window frames and guards 49.20


Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler inspection 5.00


Community Feed Stores, Inc., paint


23.25


Patrick F. Crowley, labor


163.20


The Cutler Co., cement, ash cans


53.00


Jerry Donohue, removing ashes


24.60


Electric Time Co., Inc., clocks


22.41


Carmi Hill, labor


117.30


John W. Hill, tuning piano


3.50


Burr F. Jones, paid for blue prints


.76


Joseph Ladue, labor


268.60


John S. Lane & Sons, trap rock dust


19.11


Charles Lapine, keys, windows, use of car and trailer 138.28


William McClelland, truck hire


404.50


Joseph McElroy, Master, chain mat


3.67


Leo Meunier, setting flagpole, table legs, etc. 23.49


Morrissey Bros. Co., keys


.50


New England Blue Print Co., blueprints 1.51


The Oliver & Howland Co., fusible plug


.60


Peter Ouimette, repairs on roof


37.05


E. J. Pinney Co., calking trough


25.00


Oscar Rauh, truck hire


10.50


Reformatory for Women, flags


3.25


Geo. W. Robbins & Sons Co., lumber, glass, etc.


139.58


Charles S. Stacy, repairs on plumbing, heating


103.75


Thompson Electric Co., wiring for clocks and bell 17.50


T. M. Walker Co., glass 5.92


Worthington Paint and Supply Co., paint 1.70


$1,945.65


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Health


Mrs. George A. Clark, services $5.50


A. L. Damon, M. D., school physician 339.50


Federal Pharmacy, supplies 23.71


Franconia Press, Schick test forms 2.22


Signe L. Polson, salary, postage, telephone


715.62


Elementary School Transportation


John Bradlenski, contract


$636.00


Adelbert J. Brooks, contract


162.00


Wesley Butler


197.45


Town of Ludlow


24.38


George W. Motyka, contract


783.00


Bernard L. Rochford


253.50


Nicholas J. Samble, contract


671.00


$2,727.33


High and Trade School Transportation


John Bradlenski, contract


$1,242.00


Wesley Butler


145.35


Interstate Busses Corporation


440.50


Town of Ludlow


24.84


George W. Motyka, contract


2,686.50


Mrs. Elsie M. Samble, contract


250.00


Springfield Street Railway Co., tickets


1,476.00


$6,265.19


High School Tuition


Town of Ludlow


$215.68


Town of Palmer


1.200.00


City of Springfield


17,471.75


$18,887.43


Elementary School Tuition


Town of Ludlow


$240.88


Continuation School Tuition


City of Springfield


$34.32


Trade School Tuition


City of Chicopee


$7.60


City of Springfield


6,217.50


$6,225.10


Miscellaneous Auxiliary Agencies Martin Diploma Co., covers for certifi- cates $21.00


$1,086.55


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New Equipment


Carlisle Hardware Co., one half cost of radios $30.00


Massachusetts Reformatory, folding chairs 275.00


Minnie M. Sanderson, Treasurer, one half cost of piano 12.50


Harry Thompson Electric Co., installing radios 16.27


$333.77


Total of School Orders drawn


$64,064.43


Appropriations Needed For 1938


General Expenses


School Committee


$150.00


Superintendent's Salary


1,578.00


Expenses of Superintendence


875.00


Expenses of Instruction


Teachers and Supervisors


16,170.00


Textbooks


600.00


Supplies


800.00


Expenses of Operation


Janitors


$1,980.00


Fuel


1,350.00


Miscellaneous


550.00


Maintenance


Repairs


$1,000.00


Auxiliary Agencies


Health


$1,150.00


Transportation


9,933.00


Tuition


27,450.00


Total for Support


$63,586.00


Outlay


Improvement in Pines School Grounds


$1,132.00


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Total for Support and Outlay


$64,718.00


Estimate of Credits on Account of Education for 1938


General School Fund Law, Part II $10,625.73


General School Fund Law, Part I 2,528.88


Superintendent's Salary reimbursement


859.25


Vocational Education


3,047.53


Tuition, Non-Resident Pupils


250.00


$17,311.39


After eighteen years service to the district of which the town of Wilbraham is a part, Frederic A. Wheeler has retired from the office of superintendent of schools. He has shown a comprehensive and accurate knowledge of all matters pertain- ing to the school system, and his untiring devotion to its work has been notable. We have come to love and respect his un- failing good nature and his scrupulous fairness in discussion. His sound judgment and practical sense have often been of the greatest assistance to us in reaching decisions as to matters that have come before the committee. His kind understand- ing and personal interest in individual children and their problems has been an inspiration and an example to us. We wish on behalf of the town of Wilbraham to tender him our heartiest thanks for the past and good wishes for the future.


The joint committee has engaged Mr. Burr F. Jones to succeed Mr. Wheeler, and we feel that the town of Wilbraham and the district were fortunate in being able to secure a man of his experience and ability.


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:


In submitting my first annual report, I wish at the outset to acknowledge a large indebtedness to my predecessor, Mr. F. A. Wheeler, for his valuable personal assistance in helping me to become acquainted with the requirements of the position which he held for a period of eighteen yeeers with so much credit to himself and so much satisfaction to the community.


Reorganization of the Schools


The most important development in the Wilbraham school system during the past year was the reorganization of the schools that was voted by the committee in May to take effect with the opening of the school year 1937-1938. The changes involved in this reorganization affected particularly those children in the East Wilbraham, North Wilbraham, and Stony Hill schools.


As shown in Table II, the elementary school membership has fallen off by more than two hundred pupils since 1925 and by one hundred and forty-seven, or thirty-two per cent, during the last five years. Wilbraham's experience in this regard is not different from that of the state or country at large - except in degree, the decline in Wilbraham being considerably greater. Whereas the enrolment of grades 1-8 in the state as a whole has decreased eight per cent during the last five years, the decrease in Wilbraham has been four times as great.


It was this unusual drop in the elementary school member- ship of Wilbraham coupled with an overcrowded condition at the North Wilbraham school that made desirable the reorgani- zation of the schools.


The plan of reorganization, adopted after very careful consideration of the matter in its various aspects, involved the following changes:




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