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The Selectmen take this opportunity to express their deep appreciation of the fine community spirit of cooperation and helpfulness which marked the ceremonies on the day of ded- ication.
An excellent account of the proceedings which appeared in the Springfield Republican on August 13, 1939 is reprinted here for the review of posterity.
Reprinted from the account appearing in the Springfield Republican, August 13, 1939
Dedication ceremonies to mark the official opening of the new bridge that spans the Chicopee river and connects Wilbra- ham and Ludlow, replacing the old covered bridge condemned following the flood and hurricane last September, were held this afternoon with a crowd of 3500 present.
Congressman Charles R. Clason, principal speaker, stressed the spirit as exemplified by the towns of Wilbraham and Ludlow to emerge from its greatest catastrophe and within a year have what he termed "one of the finest bridges in Western Massa- chusetts." He further cited the towns as excellent examples of New England determination.
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Named for Green and Towne
Congressman Clason also announced that Green-Towne was the name decided by Wilbraham and Ludlow officials for the new bridge. The names memorialize two men who were long prominent in affairs of the two towns. The late Fred W. Green served Wilbraham as selectman for 34 years and in many other offices during that period. The late Frank Towne conducted one of the largest stores in Ludlow for many years and for 30 years served on the board of selectmen there.
Following the invocation given by Rev. Roland C. Marriott, pastor of Grace Union Church, North Wilbraham, Chairman George E. Murphy, Jr., of the Wilbraham selectmen, and Dr. Robert M. Mackintosh of the Ludlow selectmen, served as chairmen during the speaking program. In the center of the span a platform had been erected for official and invited guests.
Selectman Murphy praised the county commissioners and Congressman Clason for their work in securing action to restore the bridge following the flood and hurricane. and reviewed other conditions of the time when a major blow had been struck not only to the town's major industry but also to the town in general.
Governor Represented
County Commissioners Charles W. Bray, Thomas J. Costello and Edward J. Stapleton also related in brief talks the great problem that existed here and praised the cooperation shown them by Ludlow and Wilbraham officials. Gov. Leverett Saltonstall unable to attend, was represented by Capt. Norman Hines of the governor's staff. Public Works Commissioner John W. Beal alsowas unable to attend, and was represented by Charles Tinkham, acting district engineer: C. D. Raymond and Murray Damon.
Atty. Robert W. King of Springfield was a guest and sat at the speakers' stand with the county commissioners. Other local and Ludlow officials, as well as former officials of both towns, present were: Selectmen Raymond Warren, Aldie J. Latourneau and Dr. Mackintosh of Ludlow; Sidney Ingham, Ludlow town counsel, James Wilson of the Ludlow Board of Health; former Selectman Herbert Bartlett of Ludlow; Ernest L. Thomspon and Edward J. MacDowell, former Wilbraham selectmen; and Tax Collector Frank B. Dobek; Selectmen William H. McGuire and Albert L. Martin of Wilbraham.
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Mrs. Mary R. Green, widow of Fred W. Green, was one of the invited local guests along with many other of the older residents of the town. The ceremonies attracted many former residents as well as large representations from surrounding cities and towns. At the close of the speaking program with Dr. Mackintosh acting as chairman, Chairman Murphy and Warren of the Wilbraham and Ludlow selectmen cut a red, white and blue ribbon drawn through the center of the bridge to declare it officially opened.
Long Parade Held
The afternoon events opened at 2.30 with one of the largest street parades ever held in town. Forming at No. 8 school and led by a motorcycle squadron of state troopers and Ludlow police, the parade followed along Boston Road to the Ludlow Post-road intersection, then over Cottage Avenue to the bridge. Next in line came the county American Legion colors and colors of the Wilbraham and West Springfield posts. Serving as marshal and assistant were Maurice Hines of the Brimfield post and County Commander Arnold Estelle of West Springfield.
Delegations from the Springfield, East Longmeadow, Ludlow, Harrison Wright of Springfield and local American Legion posts were in line. The Gremo-Lusitano band of Ludlow preceded the group of cars bearing officials and othe.I dignitaries. Following in line were the Friends of the American Legion Boys' Band of Palmer, the American Legion junior drum corps of Ludlow, Wilbraham fire apparatus, Polish Girl and Boy Scouts, The Franco-American Girls fife and drum corps of Indian Orchard, Wilbraham Polish Women's Club delega- tion, a float depicting Uncle Sam and Miss Liberty entered by the Polish Citizens' Club and men's group, Palmer American Legion "Squash Hollow" fire apparatus and the Indian Orchard band.
The last section of the parade was given over to a large number of business trucks and decorated automobiles and school busses. The police escort was in charge of Corp. James Lyons of the Monson State police barracks and Chief of Police John McGrath of Ludlow. The program was brought to a climax with the firing of three volleys by an American Legion firing squad. the sounding of taps by buglers stationed at both ends of the bridge and the playing of "The Star Spangled Banner."
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Temporary Aid
Appropriation
Refund
Total number of cases aided 82
Total number of persons aided 312
Having a settlement in Wilbraham 241
Having a settlement elsewhere or unsettledcases 71
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Aid rendered settlement in Wilbraham
$9,399.61
Aid rendered settlement elsewhere or to unsettled
cases
2,167.94
General expenditures
89.38
Not charged to individual persons
$11,656.93.
Expenditures in Wilbraham
Care
$879.75
Cash
18.20
Clothing
110.27
Food
3,968.52
Fuel
95.89
Medical Aid
1,344.37
Miscellaneous
29.00
Rent
294.00
Not charged to personal accounts
89.38
$6,829.38
Miscellaneous Account:
3.00 Burial; Transportation $16.00 $29.00
Not charged to individual persons :
Administrative expenses of Surplus Commodity Division 77.14
Grace Union Church (Ladies Aid) Silverware lost during 1938 flood emergency
8.00
Springfield Cold Storage, storage of butter
4.24
$89.38
Wilbraham cases living elsewhere:
Chicopee
$5.00
Hampden County Children's Aid Association
260.70
Ludlow
1,227.96
Palmer 3.75
$14,000.00 7.03
Wilbraham cases living elsewhere
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Springfield
2,852.64
In care State Division Child Guardianship
465.00
Connecticut
12.50
$4,827.55
Monthly Expenditures in Wilbraham
Per-
Not Charged To Individual
January
February
954.37
$77.14
March
828.53
April
919.21
May
665.20
8.00
June
467.19
.50
July
360.33
.98
August
381.20
September
298.21
.60
October
300.74
November
393.06
1.08
December
426.38
1.08
$6,740.00
$89.38
Total Expenditures in Wilbraham
$6,829.38
Total Expenditures outside Wilbraham
4,827.55
$11,656.93
Chargeable to other cities, towns and Commonwealth for cases aided in Wil-
braham and not settled in Wilbraham
$2,167.94
Net Cost to Wilbraham
9,488.99 $11,656.93
Total Unexpended Balance
$2,350.10
Old Age Assistance
Appropriation
$10,500.00
Federal Grant
7,239.71
$17,739.71
sonal
Accounts
Persons
$745.58
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Number of cases aided during year, residing in Wilbraham 58
Number of cases aided during year, residing elsewhere 7
Number of cases aided during year in Wil-
braham having a Wilbraham settlement 40
Number of cases aided during year having a settlement elsewhere or having no settle- ment 18
Number of cases aided during year having a Wilbraham settlement 47
Total number of cases aided
65
Aid rendered settlement in Wilbraham $12,215.21
Aid rendered settlement elsewhere or having no settlement 4,734.61
Total Expenditure $16,949.82
Federal Funds received during year 7,239.71
Expended from Town apropriation during 1939 $9,710.11 Received from Commonwealth for period January 1-April 30, 1939 $1,932.70
Received from Cities and Towns for period January 1-April 30 225.65
Due from Commonwealth for period
May 1, 1939-December 31 4,187.78
Due from Cities and Towns for period
May 1, 1939-December 31 385.34
$6,731.47
Net Cost to Town of Wilbraham for 1939 $2,978.64
Due from Federal Funds December 31, 1939 and available for expenditure without appropriation for 1940 $1,269.31
Soldiers' Relief
Appropriation $1,200.00
Number of Cases 5
Number of Persons 13
Amount expended, cash, food, medical 931.83
Unexpended balance $268.17
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Aid to Dependent Children
Appropriation Federal Grant
$1,100.00 198.00
Number of cases
3
Number of persons
6
Cash
$1,066.34
Unexpended balance
231.66
Old Age Assistance Administration
Federal Grant $241.26
H. C. Boden, administering OAA cases, use of car, etc.
$100.00
Conklin Office & School Supply Co., steel
case file, desk chair, forms, etc.
76.29
Hobbs & Warren, forms
2.47
James B. Logan, stamped envelopes
49.14
227.90
Unexpended balance
13.36
Contagious Diseases
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Oren K. Gilbert, transportation of patient to Lakeville
$12.96
Lakeville State Sanatorium (1 case)
337.00
Town of Palmer
239.95
Rutland State Sanatorium (1 case)
455.00
Westfield State Sanatorium (7 cases)
2,405.00
$3,449.91
Unexpended balance
1,550.09
Report of Dental Clinic
For 1939
Clinic open
72
Visits
89
New patients
46
Total number visits
135
$1,298.00
28
Total number dismissed
135
Amalgam fillings
297
Porcelain fillings
15
Cement fillings
6
Zinc oxide fillings
37
Total number fillings
355
Permanent teeth filled
188
.
Temporary teeth filled
87
Total number teeth filled
275
Permanent teeth extracted
10
Temporary teeth extracted
38
Total number teeth extracted
48
Abscessed teeth
18
Silver nitrate treatments
134
Cleanings
195
Number operations
588
Pre-School children attending clinic
12
Dental Clinic Expenditures
Appropriation
$600.00
Dr. Irving P. Dineen
$560.00
Dentists & Surgeons Supply Co., alloys, brushes, cups, etc. 28.75
Jerry Donahue, moving dental chair
6.00
Elm Dental Supply Co., cards
4.50
$599.25
Unexpended balance .75
Work Relief and Works Progress Administration for 1939
Town Expenditures
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Preserve and Restore Trees
John T. Casey, drawing up project proposal $10.00
The Cutler Company, tools
6.00
Faulkner Hardware Co., saws, wedges, files, etc. 44.42
Frost Insecticide Co., hooks, clips, thimbles 2.89
Hall's Hardware, rope, handles, gauge 7.13
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Ernest M. Hayn, supervision
77.00
Joseph Perkowski, trucking 64.00
Lewis Zundell, rope, saws, wedges, etc. 120.40
$331.84
Collins Dike
Walter Clark trucking
48.00
William Ernst, labor
1.60
Fred Phelps, labor
15.00
Victor Pirosseno, trucking
33.00
John Piscor, trucking
48.00
$145.60
Work Relief
Walter Clark, trucking
195.00
Stanley Kowalczyk, labor
49.60
Bernard M. Lynch, labor
.80
William North, labor
2.00
Fred Phelps, supervision
84.00
John Piscor, trucking
75.00
Marie Pirosseno, trucking
19.00
$425.40
Fire Hazard Work in Forests
Ray E. Beane, trucking
14.00
Jerry Donahue, trucking
8.00
Faulkner Hardware, wedges
.42
Joseph Perkowski, trucking
62.00
$84.42
Hollow Road
Rene Bergeron, trucking
132.00
John T. Casey, drawing up project proposal
10.00
Jerry Donahue, trucking
185.50
H. C. Durick, gravel
20.60
George Lemon, gravel and stone
38.00
Victor Pirosseno, trucking
56.00
Joseph Perkowski, trucking
72.50
Charles Vandall, trucking
18.00
$532.60
Springfield Street Water Job
Adams & Ruxton Construction Co., rental compressor
216.80
John T. Casey, drawing up project proposals 35.00
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Jerry Donahue, trucking
8.00
F. W. Nash, dynamite, caps and labor 56.79
John Victor, kerosene
4.00
Wilbraham Academy, gravel
1.80
$322.39
Manchonis Road Water Job
Leonard F. Cotter, drawing up project
proposal
15.00
John Victor, Kerosene
10.93
$25.93
General Expense
American National Red Cross, first aid books 1.44
A. H. Bartlett, time books 1.75
Charles J. Backus, painting signs 2.00
Brown Fence & Wire Co., fence posts, wire 34.91
Carlisle Hardware Co., tape and tape measure 2.14
Oren K. Gilbert, services as notary for W. P. A. workers 5.00
A. E. Halperin Company, Red Cross supplies 29.75
Theodore Montcalm, Red Cross sup- plies 4.30
O'Connell-Quirk Company, drinking cups 31.40
George W. Robbins Company, lumber for tool box 7.96
$120.65
Total Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
$1,988.83 511.17
Report of Food and Clothing Distributed During 1939 by Surplus Commodities Division
Flour
15,7551/2 lbs. 2,922 cans
Cereal
2,086 lbs.
Butter
3,198 lbs.
Beans
2,038 lbs.
Grape Fruit Juice
Rice
514 cans 315 lbs.
Evaporated Milk
31
Apples Canned Fruit
2,301 lbs. 694 cans 584 lbs.
Raisins
Dried Peaches
584 lbs.
Canned Vegetables
587 cans 540 lbs. 6,012 lbs.
Corn Meal
Bloomers
34
Combinations
6
Comforters
12
Dresses
340
Layettes
3
Nightgowns
83
Overalls
5
Pajamas
147
Pants
170
Rompers
5
Shirts
298
Shorts
26
Slips
137
Union Suits
26
Suits
13
The Visiting Nurse Association, Wilbraham Service
Report for the year January 1939-January 1st, 1940 Cases under care January 1, 1939
99
Cases taken on during the year
146
Total cases carried
245
Cases discharged during the year
87
Cases carried over to January 1940
158
Cases carried January 1, 1940
Nursing
2
Prenatal
7
Health Supervision
Infant
20
Preschool
123
Adult
6 149
158
Prunes
32
Total visits made during the year
Nursing
248
Prenatal
45
Health Supervision
Infant
32
Preschool
315
Adult
13
360
In behalf
3
Absent
26
682
In July 612 days Child Health Clinic-Attendance 104 331/2 days of contract service.
Visits covered by contract service
Nursing
74
Prenatal
30
Health Supervision
Infant
22
Preschool
235
Adult
9
266
In behalf
3
Absent
21
394
The Visiting Nurse Association
Appropriation
$250.00
The Visiting Nurse Association
$250.00
Town Officers
Appropriation
$5,800.00
Check to Mary S. Merrick (returned)
5.00
$5,805.00
Selectmen :
Wm. H. McGuire
$400.00
Albert L. Martin
400.00
George E. Murphy, Jr., (Chairman)
450.00
$1,250.00
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Assessors :
Henry I. Edson E. Ray Pease Charles W. Vinton
$261.78
270.87
154.70
$687.35
Treasurer: George Milo Green
$500.00
Town Clerk: Jennie T. Abbott
50.00 and fees
Tax Collector: Frank B. Dobek
800.00
Sealer Weights and Measures: Charles W. Vinton
200.00
Auditor: William E. Porter
75.00
Building Inspector: Herbert F. Swetland
100.00
Cattle, Barn and Slaughtering Inspector: James M. Pickens
72.50
Milk Inspector: James M. Pickens
35.00
Moderator: F. A. Upham
15.00
Moderator: Mary S. Merrick
5.00
Registrars :
George Keyes
39.66
Harold Porter
42.90
Jennie T. Abbott
72.15
John F. Baldin
104.65
John F. Baldwin, Jr.
82.55
James F. Keefe
3.90
Clerk for Selectmen: Helen C. Boden
1,060.00
Bookkeeper for Selectmen: E. G. Burbank
148.70
Jennie T. Abbott: recording deaths, mar- riages and births
83.00
Jennie T. Abbott, administering oaths
9.75
$3,499.76 $5,437.11
Unexpended balance
$367.89
Miscellaneous Contingent
Appropriation
$600.00
From Reserve
1.89
$601.89
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H. C. Boden, registering letters, postage, etc. 6.32
Central Mass. Elec. Co., repairs to Beacon Light 14.58
Emma Bombardier, reimbursement for cash paid for partial release Federal Land Bank 5.00
Charles M. Calhoun, Clerk, entry fee, Bobard property
3.00
Carlisle Hardware, push broom 1.26
Jerry Donahue, removing rubbish from office yard 1.25
Oren K. Gilbert, delivering cut, material to printer
3.00
W. & L. E. Gurley, die and matrix for Sealer
4.71
Ernest M. Hayn, labor, U. S. Forestry Service
11.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., record book 2.10
Hall's Hardware, glass, putty (office windows)
1.35
Carmi Hill, labor, material (screens for office)
23.85
George E. Murphy, Jr., expenses to Mass. Public Welfare Conference 6.00
Merrill & Sears, survey, Bobard cut, Springfield Rd. 6.04
Albert L. Martin, reimbursement for cash paid for keys
.45
New England Tel. & Tel Co., telephone
101.33
George E. Murphy, Jr., reimbursement for expenses to Annual State Selectmen's convention
12.00
Wm. H. McGuire, registering deed State Line Potato Chip Co. 2.03
George W. Robbins & Sons Co., nails, roofing mat- erials for Mile Tree School 8.20
Thacker Craig Paper Company, paper for office 1.35
1.83
Theodore N. Waddell, certifying town notes
32.00
Springfield Union, advertising
9.65
Bernheimer Co., Inc., repairs to cane
5.00
$263.30
Office Supplies
American Writing Ink Co., ink $2.10
A H. Bartlett Co., binders, warrants, forms, etc. 104.43
H. C. Boden, reimbursement for cash paid for express on ink .33
Conklin Office Supply Co., clips, guides, etc. 8.64
Lawrence Tenezar, cleaning materials
35
H. & B. Service Co., printing letter heads 3.25 Hobbs & Warren, binders, forms, etc. 13.78
Johnson's Bookstore, typewriter ribbons, tape, etc. 1.25
James B. Logan, stamped envelopes
16.38
John C. Moore Corp., welfare forms
3.16
R. H. Smith Co., rubber stamps
4.66
Superior Printing Company, printing letter heads 16.25
Thacker-Craig Paper Co., bookkeeping book 6.86
$181.09
Elections
Jerry Donahue, moving booths
$1.50
Oren K. Gilbert, posting warrants 14.00
Grange Hall, rent
5.00
Grace Union Parish House, rent
40.00
George E. Murphy, Jr., reimbursement for cash paid for officer's lunches
2.50
Palmer Register, ballots
28.50
Elections Officers
Raymond Babineau
$6.00
Elizabeth P. Bacon
6.00
Emma S. Bower
6.00
Clara O. Bradway
6.00
Mary L. Foy
6.00
Mary L. Lynch
6.00
Sofia Przybycien
6.00
Clara Strasburg
6.00
Lillian Thompson
6.00
John B. Tupper (Constable)
6.00
John Zelewicz
6.00
$157.50
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Report of Superintendent of Streets
Highways, Chapter 81
Appropriations :
Town
$6,600.00
State
6,600.00
Refund
8.66
From Reserve
.20
LABOR
EQUIPMENT
Walter Clark, Truck
$1,308.00
Stanley Allyn
105.60
Joseph Biel
14.40
Charles Vandall, truck 468.00
Peter Boyer
82.40
Joseph Cieplik
241.60
William Ernst
384.80
Raymond Evans
328.80
William Foy 1.60
MATERIAL
Mitchel Galas
141.60
American Tar Co., tar $2,098.71
Wesley Holdridge
4.00
Stanley Kowalsi
6.40
George Lemon
171.20
B. M. Lynch
392.80
Nicholas Moroz, gravel
1.00
B. Markiewicz
72.80
Moulton Asphalt Service,
Frank Nash 4.00
William North
458.50
Edward Vibbert
331.20
Peter Yamer
354.40
$3,883.60
Total Expenditure
$13,208.86
Miscellaneous Highways
Appropriation
$2,350.00
LABOR
Edward Vibbert
32.00
Peter Yamer 17.60
Fred Phelps
$225.00
Stanley Allyn
3.20
Joseph Biel
8.80
John Burnet
7.20
J. Cieplik
28.80
Wm. Ernst
45.20
R. Evans
42.40
Mitchell Galas
3.20
Stanley Kowalski
38.40
Charles Vandall, trucks 6.00
B. M. Lynch
18.40
Wm. North
113.50
$846.50
EQUIPMENT
Walter Clark, trucks
$411.00
Ruper Keyes, trucks
1.50
Milton Kittridge, trucks
4.00
Victor Pirosseno, trucks
28.00
John Piscor, trucks 396.00
Fred Phelps
$787.50
D. Pellegrini, team 28.00
John Piscor, truck 1,479.00
Town of Wilbraham, Grader 158.00
$3,441.00
Ethelbert Bliss, gravel 5.10
Construction Service Corp., Sand 124.80
Asphalt Emulsion 143.79
New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts 273.48
E. S. Sirine
3,237.38
$5,884.26
$583.70
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MATERIALS
Belcher Bros., kerosene oil
$1.88
H. C. Boden, cash paid for money order, Chas. M. Calhoun 3.00
Construction Serv. Corp., sand 15.48
Cutler Co., cement, finish lime
3.90
Gebeau's Garage, repairs on truck, gas, oil, etc.
30.38
General Elec. Co., parts for beacon
45.22
W. H. Graves, sawing lumber
2.52
James J. Griffin, oil for flares
1.83
Ernest M. Hayn, labor and grass seed
7.70
Wesley Holdridge, signs at Nine Mile Pond
2.00
Clifton F. King, care of flares
7.00
Fred T. Ley, rental of cable
30.93
Wm. F. Logan, two pairs registration plates
4.00
Masonic Bldg. Assoc., rent
60.00
Merrill & Sears, surveying (Bobard-Glendale)
24.00
Nicholas Moroz, gravel
7.80
F. W. Nash, dynamite, caps
4.51
New Eng. Metal Culvert Co., culverts
115.50
Dan H. Pease Costume Co., decorations at bridge
25.00
Fred Phelps, express on signs and posts
3.31
W. C. Ring, cross cut saw files
1.20
Geo. W. Robbins & Sons Co., paint, roof coating
38.65
Warren D. Sampson Co., picks, shovels, hammers
31.35
E. S. Sirine, tar and oil products
126.03
Standard Oil Co., gasoline and oil
22.77
State Prison, signs, posts, etc.
150.85
Jeremiah S. Sullivan, sharpening tools
10.00
Walsh Holyoke Steam Boiler Works, repair parts
34.65
Unexpended balance
$811.46 2,241.66
108.34
Highways, Chapter 90, Maintenance
Appropriations :
Town
$600.00
State
999.51
County
599.81
LABOR
Mitchel Galas
24.80
Fred Phelps
$70.50
B. M. Lynch
48.80
Stanley Allyn
31.20
William North
47.00
Peter Boyer
11.20
Joseph Cieplik
32.80
William Ernst
40.80
Peter Yamer
37.60
Raymond Evans
37.60
William Foy
14.40
Edward Vibbert
9.60
$406.30
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EQUIPMENT
MATERIAL
Walter Clark
$177.00
S. S. Sirine, asphalt
1,253.83
John Piscor
183.00
Charles Vandall
147.00
$1,285.83
Total Expenditure
2,199.13
$507.00
Balance
.19
Road Machinery
Appropriation
$300.00
Cutler Company, scythes
$7.00
G. C. A. Fuller, sledge hammer handles, tractor, shift lever
6.00
Gebeau's Garage, gasoline and oil
86.34
Hedge & Mattheis Co., sand spreader
137.20
Holyoke Auction Sales, small tools
20.70
New Eng. Metal Culvert Co., grader blade
7.35
Warren D. Sampson, push brooms and
handles 26.85
$291.44
Unexpended balance
8.56
Street Lights
Appropriation
$2,520.00
Central Mass. Electric Light Co.
$2,497.26
Thompson Electric Co., repair blinkers
4.20
$2,501.46
Unexpended balance
18.54
Springfield Street Curve
Appropriation
$550.00
Felix & Emma Bobard, purchase of land, Springfield Street
$500.00
Merrill & Sears, surveying
50.00
$550.00
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$75.00
American Legion Auxiliary, wreaths
$15.00
Frederick Bull
5.00
Anna Callahan, organist
5.00
Russell Callahan
5.00
Construction Corp., sand
$32.00
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Theodore Gauthier
5.00
Rev. Walter Loomis, speaker
15.00
Charles M. Ladd
5.00
Denver Mehlberg, bugler
2.50
Springfield News Company, flags
8.00
65.50
Unexpended balance
9.50
Care of Parks
Appropriation
$225.00
From Reserve
60.00
$285.00
Edward Crafts, labor
$9.45
Arthur Cote, labor
8.00
Cutler Co., seed, fertilizer, lime, etc.
14.80
William Baldyga, labor
12.00
John Reynolds, labor
5.60
Charles Foy, labor
1.40
Milton Kittridge, labor
8.00
Stanley Kowalczyk, labor
5.20
John Rys, labor
12.00
John Rendowski, labor
6.40
John Wauozyk, labor
6.40
William E. Day, labor
30.00
Luther Farr, labor
15.00
Jerry Donahue, labor and trucks
137.80
$272.05
Unexpended Balance
$12.95
Legal Advice
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Ernest E. Hobson, for services
$100.00
Ernest E. Hobson, reimbursement for cash paid recording deeds, revenue stamps, etc. 9.80
Unexpended balance $890.20
40
Liquor Law Enforcement Appropriation A. H. Bartlett Co., liquor license blanks $19.95
$350.00
Unexpended balance
$330.05
Gypsy Moth Report
Appropriation
$600.00
Frank Beane, labor
$103.60
Edward Bobowiec, labor
16.00
Hollis Collins, labor
40.40
Morrissey Brothers, lead, black leaf,
poles and tape
8.15
Northern Tree Expert Co., spraying trees
19.35
Edward Pease, labor
130.80
E. Ray Pease, labor
78.50
D. Robson, labor
3.20
John Reynolds, labor
9.60
Norman Thurlow, labor
134.00
Joseph Witowski
12.80
$556.40
Unexpended balance
43.60
Gypsy Moth Report for 1939
Egg clusters found
2,215
Largest colony found
125
Largest single colony
106
Trees sprayed
43
E. RAY PEASE, Gypsy Moth Superintendent.
Report of Barn, Animal and Slaughtering Inspector
Number of barns inspected
107
Number of dogs quarantined
9
Number of cattle brought into State
2
Number of swine inspected (slaughtered)
18
Number of cows inspected (Slaughtered)
6
Number of calves inspected (Slaughtered)
2
JAMES M. PICKENS, Inspector.
41
Report of Milk Inspector
Licenses given to sell milk 44
License fee turned over to Collector (50 cents each) $22.00
Dairies were inspected and fifteen permits given to sell under twenty quarts per day. (No charge for these permits.)
JAMES M. PICKENS, Milk Inspector.
Report of Building Inspector
Permits
54
Houses
20
1 Car Garage
3
2 Car Garage
12
Hen Houses
2
Camps
7
Additions
6
Work Shops
2
Factories
1
Hot House
1
Total Cost
$86,005.00
Building Inspector
Appropriation
$10.00
R. F. Gurney, stamped envelopes
$8.13
Unexpended balance
1.87
Report of Dog Officer
Number of Unlicensed Dogs to July 10th
46
Number of Dogs Killed
6
Complaints Filed in District Court
4
JOHN B. TUPPER, Dog Officer.
Report of Tree Warden
Appropriation
Labor at 50 cents per hour
Ernest M. Hayn
$65.50
Fred Herter
33.00
Milton Kittredge
21.50
Gardner Files
16.50
Albert Collette
15.50
$200.00
42
Robert Gowell
13.00
Victor Patnode
10.00
William Goodrich
8.50
Edward Dollar
2.75
George Herter
2.00
John Heggarty .75
Material
R. E. Faulkner, 2 gallons ebonal 1.70
Equipment
Benjamin Powell Co. Inc., 1 12 inch ladder 4.80
Hall's Hardware Co., 2 saw handles .65
$196.15 3.85
Unexpended balance
During the early part of the year 337 trees were trimmed and 22 removed on Main Street from the Boston Road to Mon- son Road by a W. P. A. project. Later this work was contin- ued by the town. Trees were trimmed on Main Street from Monson Road to Tinkham Road and on Stony Hill Road from Springfield Street north one mile.
This work could not be continued due to lack of funds. Therefore there still remains several hundred trees in a danger- ous condition, many with broken limbs hanging over the highways and private property that should be removed. This is still damage done by the hurricane of 1938.
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