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Julie A. Opalinska Helen A. Pabis Alfreda Agnes Paczka
Helen Elizabeth Patnaude Elizabeth Mary Powers
Helen A. Presz Calvin William Reed
Helen Rys John Francis Smith
Paul Robert Smith
Mary M. Swiatek Genevieve R. Walch William Newton Wallace Loyola Claire Weeks Joseph J. Witowski Joseph Teddy Witowski John T. Wojtan Jessie Anderson Wright Adella P. Ziemba
Stephen F. Ziemba
In Memoriam FRANK J. PATNAUDE
Custodian of The Pines School and Supervisor of Attendance Died November 21, 1932
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CORPS OF TEACHERS, JAN. 1, 1933
STONY HILL SCHOOL Liane S. Laramee, 45 Park St., Palmer
THE PINES SCHOOL
Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington, Principal, Box 81, Palmer, Grade 8 Helen R. Ritchie, 57 Woods Ave., Holyoke, Grade 7
Susie R. McCorrison, 207 Bay St., Springfield, Grade 6 Ruth M. Gennett, 57 Woods Ave., Holyoke, Grades 4 and 5 Mrs. Mabel E. Welch, 216 Jasper St., Springfield, Grades 3 and 4 Mrs. Yolande R. Aldrich, 84 Main St., Monson, Grades 1 and 2 Marion L. Holland, 218 Pearl St., Springfield, Grade 1 Ferne E. Terwilliger, 2 Gold St., Westfield, Special Class
WILBRAHAM STREET SCHOOL
Mrs. Eleanor B. Parsons, Principal, Hampden, Grades 7 and 8 Esther I. Lindell, 8 Randall Place, Springfield, Grades 4, 5, and 6 Katherine A. Hart, 64 Rochelle St., Springfield, Grades 1, 2, and 3
EAST WILBRAHAM SCHOOL Adele M. Cone, Box 37, North Wilbraham
NORTH WILBRAHAM SCHOOL
Marion E. Kelley, Principal, North Wilbraham, Grades 7 and 8 Mrs. Mary G. Logan, North Wilbraham, Grades 5 and 6
Helen S. Kochanek, 39 Ludlow Ave., Indian Orchard, Grades 3 and 4 Mrs. Minnie M. Sanderson, North Wilbraham, Grades 1 and 2
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC Mrs. Ethel C. Morse, 244 Pearl St., Springfield
SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING Mrs. Helen B. Tower, 23 Haskin St., Springfield
SUPERINDENT 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 . SCHOOL DENTIST Dr. Irving P. Dinneen, 162 Main St., Indian Orchard
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State Auditor's Report
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or sending our bills for collection, were ex- amined, checked and verified.
The computation of the tax rates by the assessors was checked, and it was found that appropriations amounting to $5,300. voted on September 25, 1931, as well as appropriations voted in 1932 from available funds and from water revenue, aggregating $7,986.25, were not con- sidered by the assessors in the determination of the 1932 tax rate. All appropriations voted by the town, whether they are to be raised by taxation or transferred from available funds in the treasury, should be certified by the town clerk to the assessors, as required by Section 15-A, Chapter 41, General Laws.
The recommendation that water department appro- priations be included by the assessors in the total appro- priations voted by the town and that a sum equal to the appropriation for the water department be included in the estimated receipts used as a deduction from the amount to be raised by taxation, was not followed, al- though this procedure is required.
A comparison of the appropriations listed with the aggregate amount expended from each appropriation showed a number of overdrafts. Attention was called to the Section of General Laws relative to such overdrafts which reads as follows:
No department of any city or town, except Bos- ton, shall incur liability in excess of the appropria- tion made for the use of such department, except in
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cases of extreme emergency involving the health or safety of persons or property, and then only by a vote in a city of two thirds of the members of the city council, and in a town by a vote of two thirds of the selectmen.
A determined effort should be made to compel de- partmental officials to discontinue the practice of exceed- ing the amount of their appropriations ; and, if necessary, action should be taken by the selectmen or by interested citizens under the provisions of Section 62, Chapter 44, General Laws.
The action taken at the annual town meeting rela- tive to the use of the Surplus War Bonus Fund was noted. Attention in this connection is called to Chapter 480, Acts of 1924, which provides that this fund may be ap- propriated only for the purpose of paying indebtedness, or for purposes for which a town may borrow money.
The books and accounts of the treasurer were ex- amined and checked in detail. The cash book was footed, the bank balances were proved with the statements re- ceived from the banks, and the cash on hand was veri- fied by an actual count.
The savings bank books representing the investment of trust funds in the custody of the treasurer were ex- amined and listed and the funds were found to be as re- ported.
The accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The taxes outstanding at the time of the pre- vious examination were audited, and all subsequent com- mitments of poll, personal, real estate, motor vehicle ex- cise, and old age assistance taxes were added and re- conciled with the commitment warrants. The collections were checked with the amounts paid to the treasurer, the abatements were compared with the assessors' abatement records, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
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The financial accounts of the town clerk were ex- amined and checked. The payments made were verified, and the cash on hand was proved.
The surety bonds of the town clerk, treasurer, and water collector for the faithful performance of their du- ties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The accounts of the sealer of weights and measures were examined. The recorded receipts were checked with the records of weights and measures sealed and adjusted, and the cash on hand was verified. Attention is again called to the provision of Section 34, Chapter 98, General Laws, which requires monthly payments of fees by the sealer to the town treasurer.
The accounts of the fire warden and of the highway, public welfare, and school departments were checked. The outstanding accounts of the public welfare depart- ment were listed and proved.
The recorded collections from the dental clinic were checked with the payments to the treasurer.
The record of library receipts for fines, etc., was checked, the payments to the treasurer were verified, and the cash on hand was proved.
The savings bank book representing the investment of the Morton L. Day Library Fund in the custody of library trustees was examined. The income was proved and the payments by the trustees was verified.
The water department accounts were examined and checked. The payments to the treasurer were checked, and the outstanding accounts were proved.
Ledger accounts were compiled and analyzed, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on August 18, 1932, was prepared.
BALANCE SHEET-AUGUST 18, 1932
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$101,000.00
School Loan Water Construction Loan Water Extension Loan
$ 24,000.00 76,000.00 1,000.00
$101,000.00
$101,000.00
Trust Accounts
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities : Custody of Treasurer
Chloe B. Stebbins Poor Fund
$ 137.44
Warriner School Fund
641.74
School Lot Fund
666.66
Custody of Trustees
772.78
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
772.78
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
3,658.65
Laura Brewer Cemetery General Care Fund
1,013.13
$ 8,030.40
$ 8,030.40
$ 7,257.62
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash :
General
Special Deposit
$28,875.67 1,668.19
In Anticipation of Revenue 1932 In Anticipation of Reimbursement
$ 15,000.00 50,000.00 18,000.00
Unpaid Orders
52.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1930
6.52
State Tax
4,387.50
State Parks and Reservations Tax
6.19
Cash discrepancy
98.71
Special State Tax-Old Age Assistance :
1931
$ 13.00
$ 355.83
1932
796.00
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
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Levy of 1925
$
2.00
County Tax
$
5,353.11
Levy of 1929
2.00
Surplus War Bonus Fund and Accumulations $ 1,668.19
Levy of 1930
1,231.92
Appropriation Balances
$ 79,091.90
Levy of 1931
17,170.52
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
$ 15,748.61
Levy of 1932
117,455.92
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
$135,862.36
Old Age Assistance Taxes :
Levy of 1930
1,482.19
Levy of 1931
$ 13.00
Levy of 1931
3,248.00
Levy of 1932
150.00
Levy of 1932
2,635.13
$ 163.00
$
7,367.32
$ 30,543.86
87.70
Due from Former Collector Due from Present Collector : Cash in Office
$ 257.12
Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Revenue 1931
$
809.00
Levy of 1929 $ 2.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1929 Levy of 1931 Levy of 1932
$ 29.06
112.92
703.06
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $ 845.04
Tax Title 824.49
Departmental
4,530.42
Water
360.77
Tax Titles
$
824.49
$ 6,560.72
Departmental: Public Welfare Old Age Assistance
$4,490.42
40.00
$ 4,530.42
$ 360.77
Water, . Aid to Highways: State
County
$ 11,150.00 9,000.00
$ 20,150.00 $ 17,796.00
$
126.25
Insurance and Bonds
$ 161.25
Water Extension
300.92
$ 462.17
$212,107.89
$212,107.89
$ 845.04
Surplus Revenue $ 8,056.83
Estimated Receipts to be Collected Revenue 1932 Overdrafts 1932
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Cemetery Commissioners' Report
Appropriation
$350.00
EXPENDITURES
Adams Cemetery
Cutler Co., fertilizer and grass seed
$18.25
L. W. Rice 128.00
East Wilbraham
B. B. Green
$60.00
Glendale
Charles M. Calkins
$24.50
Woodland Dell
Woodland Dell Cemetery Assn. $24.00
Frank A. Gurney 12.00
$266.75
Unexpended balance
$ 83.25
RECEIVED FROM TRUST FUNDS
Adams, G. Frank
$ 6.00
Brewer, Edward H.
6.00
Bruuer, Laura
7.00
Butler, William
4.00
Butler, Phillip M.
4.00
Calkins, Chas. M. & D. C.
4.00
Clark, Henry
5.00
Dane, Lucy M.
5.00
Danks, Hiram
10.00
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Fuller, F. A. & C. F. & Lane M. A.
10.00
Gates, Harriet
5.00
Greene, B. Franklin
5.00
Jones, Eliza M.
4.00
Knowlton, Abraham
4.00
Knowlton, George E.
6.00
Morgan, Angeline P.
2.00
Potter, Ira G. 6.00
Potter, Philip P.
5.00
Rice, Jesse L.
6.00
Stebbins, Chloe B.
3.00
Stebbins, Frances E.
4.00
Stebbins, L. & M.
6.00
$117.00
USED FROM TRUST FUNDS ADAMS CEMETERY
For Care of Lots $85.00
EAST WILBRAHAM
For Care of Lots $32.00
B. B. GREEN,
HENRY I. EDSON,
L. W. RICE,
Cemetery Commissioners.
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Memorial Day and Care of Parks
The appropriation this year was two hundred and fifty dollars, fifty dollars less than previously. While we have not made any extensive improvements we have maintained the standard of good up-keep of the parks which they have received for the last several years. We have purchased a new flag for Collins Park and planted there a blue spruce tree which we feel in a few years may be additionally ornamental in the holiday season illuminated as a Christmas Tree.
Mr. Donohue has maintained the parks at North Wilbraham and Wilbraham in a manner which has testi- fied to interest in them far beyond the compensation re- ceived-one hundred dollars combined.
In accordance with the custom established in 1931 of alternating the place of the Memorial Day exercises between Wilbraham and North Wilbraham, the exercises were held in Grace Union Church, North Wilbraham on Memorial Sunday.
The speaker was Norman MacDonald, Past Com- mander of Hampden County Council, American Legion, who was assisted by Rev. William Ganley and Rev. How- ard Orr. This year the exercises will be at Wilbraham.
WILBRAHAM POST 286,
American Legion
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Expenditures
Grey Nook Flower Shop,
wreaths for monuments $ 16.50
J. Donohue, care parks,
Wilbraham and N. Wilbraham 100.00
Wm. E. Day, care Glendale lot 20.00
Reformatory for Women, Flag, Collins Park
10.46
E. M. Hayn, tree and setting
16.00
Water Department, water rental
7.50
J. Donohue, fertilizer Norman MacDonald, speaker
16.00
15.00
John Hibbert, soloist
5.00
Wilber Gebeau, soloist
5.00
Bertha Farnham, organist
3.00
Fred Severns, bugler
2.50
Mrs. Hattie E. Day,
wreaths for cemeteries
25.00
Springfield News Co., flags for cemeteries
7.00
$248.96
Appropriation
$250.00
Expended
248.96
Balance
$ 1.04
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Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Hampden, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Wilbraham in the County of Hampden,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the town of Wilbraham qualified to vote in town affairs to meet in Grace Church Parish House in said Town on Monday the Sixth day of February next, at ten o'clock a. m. to bring in their votes for town officers and act on the following articles. Viz:
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
Article 2. To choose a Town Clerk, a Town Treas- urer, one Selectmen for three years who shall be a mem- ber of the Board of Public Welfare, one Assessor for three years, five Constables, one Auditor for the ensuing year, one School Committee for three years, Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year, one Library Trustee for three years, one Tree Warden for the ensuing year, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, two members of the Planning Board for three years, all on one ballot.
Also all other Town Officers.
Article 3. To hear and act on reports of the Select- men, Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, School Com- mittee, and other Officers.
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Article 4. To fix the compensation of all elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for defraying the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year and appropriate the same and vote how the same shall be raised.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to bor- row money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Article 7. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to prosecute any person selling or transport- ing intoxicating liquors in this Town contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth or take any action in regard to the same, or raise any money for the same.
Article 8. To see what disposition the Town will make of the Dog Tax of 1932.
Article 9. To see if the Town will ask the Director of the Division of Accounts of the Commonwealth to make an annual audit of the town accounts.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to sell the School House known as No. 5 situated on the corner of Glendale and Mountain Road.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise an appropriate a sum of money to continue Highway work on the road known as Red Bridge Road, provided the State and County contribute towards the same.
Article 12. To see if the Town will establish an account to be known as "The Road Machinery Account."
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to buy a Snow Plow.
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Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote of the Town taken at the annual Town meeting in 1925 and the vote taken at the Special Town meeting July 7, 1932 in regard to the appropriation of the sum returned to the Town by authority of Chapter four hun- dred and eighty of the Acts and Resolves of the General Court in the year 1924 and the accumulated interest thereon.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to trans- fer to the Board of Selectmen control of the so-called "Perry barn" in North Wilbraham which was purchased by the Water Commissioners for the Town from J. M. Perry in 1931.
Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum returned to the Town by direction of Chapter 480 of the Acts and Resolves of the General Court in 1924, and whatever interest has or shall have accumulated on this fund before its expenditures; for the purpose of en- larging, remodelling, furnishing, and equipping the so- called "Perry barn" at North Wilbraham, now owned by the Town, in such manner that it may be used by the people of the Town for such purposes ; civic, recreational, social and educational, as the Board of Selectmen may prescribe and regulate. This building shall be a memo- rial to the men and women of Wilbraham who served their country in the World War, and shall be known as the Community Memorial Building. The sum so ex- pended shall be limited by the available fund referred to.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Selectmen to appoint a committee of three, who shall serve with them, in carrying out the plans set forth in Article Sixteen. One of the committee so chosen shall be a World War veteran. Upon completion of their duties,
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the committee shall make a report of their activities in the annual Town Report.
This committee shall be authorized to accept and expend in the name of the Town any gifts or donations made to the Community Memorial Building. Upon favor- able acceptance of their report by the vote of the Town the duties and authority of the committee shall cease, and the power of control of the building shall be vested in the Board of Selectmen.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-five ($75.00) Dollars for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of One Hundred and Twenty-five ($125.00) Dollars for the care of the Memorial Lots at Wilbraham, North Wilbraham and Glendale.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 to be expended in the Town by the Hampden County Trustees for County Aid to Agri- culture in accordance with the provision of the laws of the Commonwealth.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof: one at the Post Office at Wilbraham, one at the Post Office at North Wilbraham and one at Glendale Church, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings there- on to the Town Clerk on or before the time for holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this twelfth day of January, 1933.
FRED W. GREEN GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR. W. H. McGUIRE Selectmen of Wilbraham
Index to Contents
Assessors' Report -
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Auditor's Report -
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Board of Health Report
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Cemetery Commissioners' Report
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Dental Clinic -
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Fire Department Report
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Forest Warden's Report
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Gypsy Moth Report -
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Library Trustees' Report
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Memorial Day and Parks
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Planning Board -
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Police Department Report
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School Committee's Report
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Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
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Selectmen's Report
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State Auditor's Report -
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Superintendent of Schools' Report
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Superintendent of Streets' Report -
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Tax Collector's Report -
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Town Clerk's Report -
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Town Officers -
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Town Warrant -
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Treasurer's Report -
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Tree Warden's Report -
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Trust Funds - -
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Water Commissioners' Report -
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Town Officers --- 1933
Town Clerk MRS. JENNIE T. ABBOTT
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
FRED W. GREEN
W. H. McGUIRE
GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR., Chairman
Treasurer GEORGE MILO GREEN
Assessors FRED W. GREEN, Chairman HENRY .I EDSON CHARLES W. VINTON
School Committee H. W. CUTLER, Chairman HORACE J. RICE MRS. MARY S. MERRICK
Trustees of Public Library DR. A. L. DAMON, Chairman H. WILLIS CUTLER MIRS. MARY R. GREEN
Collector of Taxes OREN K. GILBERT
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Constables
LEWIS A. BRYANT AUGUSTUS F. FRIEND
DANIEL C. ELLINWOOD OREN K. GILBERT. JOHN B. TUPPER
Auditor MICHAEL C. SMITH
Trec Warden JOHN B. TUPPER
Cemetery Commissioners BENJ. B. GREEN LEE W. RICE HENRY I. EDSON
Field Drivers LEWIS A. BRYANT HAROLD M. BROWN JAMES M. PICKENS
Water Commissioners HENRY FARMER GEORGE E. NORTHUP WILLIAM L. DEMPSEY
Planning Board
RAYMOND H. BEACH IRA W. BELCHER
ALEXANDER D. CORMACK STACY B. BETZLER LEE W. RICE
Registrars of Voters MRS. JENNIE T. ABBOTT JOHN F. BALDWIN HAROLD R. PORTER
JAMES F. KEEFE
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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN
Finance Board CLARENCE P. BOLLES. Chairman
WESLEY H. HOLDRIDGE, Secretary JOHN J. LYONS
RICHARD J. SACKETT JOHN W. BALDWIN
LEON J. BENNETT LEON A. JEWELL
Superintendent of Streets FRED C. PHELPS
Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES W. VINTON
. Inspector of Provisions and Slaughtering JAMES M. PICKENS
Inspector of Cattle JAMES M. PICKENS
Inspector of Milk HERBERT W. BURBANK
Building Inspector HERBERT F. SWETLAND
Forest Warden EARLE BROWN
Fence Viewers BENJ. B. GREEN HAROLD MI. BROWN CLARENCE E. BOLLES
Dog Officer OREN K. GILBERT
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Report of Town Meeting
FEBRUARY 6, 1933
Article 1. F. A. Upham was elected Moderator of the meeting.
Article 2. Minor Officers elected :
Pound Keeper Lee W. Rice
Measurers of Wood and Charcoal
Benj. B. Green
Edgar C. Clark
Robert M. Welch Charles W. Vinton
Surveyors of Lumber
Benj. B. Green Edgar C. Clark Charles W. Vinton
Field Drivers
Lewis A. Bryant James M. Pickens Harold W. Brown
Weighers of Grain Henry Clark
Article 3. Voted to accept the reports of the Select- men, Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, School Committee, and other officers as printed. .
Article 4. Voted that the salaries of all elected Town Officers be the same as those of 1932.
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Article 5. Voted the following appropriations: Public Welfare
$25,000.00 1,000.00
Highway Misc.
Highway, Chapter 81
6,450.00
Highway, Chapter 90
900.00
Contingent
900.00
Town Office rent
144.00
Excise Tax Refunds
100.00
Contagious Diseases
2,000.00
Fire Department
2,500.00
Schools
66,759.00
Dental Clinic
400.00
School Bonds, Interest and Retirement of Bond
3,960.00
Water Bond, Interest and Retirement of Bond
7,040.00
Extension Notes and Interest (Water)
1,040.00
Street Lights
2,000.00
Hydrants
1,620.00
Town Officers' Compensation
3,500.00
Memorial Day
75.00
Care of Parks
125.00
Printing Town Reports
150.00
Gipsy Moth
500.00
Tree Warden
100.00
Forest Warden
150.00
Care of Cemeteries
150.00
Police
400.00
Reserve Fund
1,500.00
Insurance and Bonding
1,200.00
County Tuberculosis Hospital
446.00
Library
1,000.00
Interest
2,500.00
Soldier's Relief
800.00
Mother's Aid
400.00
Old Age Assistance
1,000.00
Snow Plow
400.00
Maintenance of Water System
2,500.00
County Aid to Agriculture
75.00
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Article 6. Voted that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year beginning January. 1, 1933 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the resources of said financial year.
Article 7. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to prosecute any person selling or transporting intoxicating liquors in the town contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth, or to take any action in regard to the same, or raise any money for the same.
Article 8. Voted that the dog tax of 1932 be given to the Library.
Article 9. Voted to ask the Director of the Division of Accounts of the Commonwealth to make an annual audit of the town accounts.
Article 10. Passed.
Article 11. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 to continue the highway work in the road known as Red Bridge Road provided the State and County contribute toward the same.
Article 12. Voted to establish an account to be known as "The Road Machinery Account."
Article 13. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 to buy a snow plow.
Article 14. Voted to rescind the vote of the town taken at the Annual Town Meeting in 1925 and the vote taken at the Special Town Meeting July 7, 1932 in regard to the appropria- tion of the sum returned to the town by authority of Chap. 480 of the Acts and Resolves of the General Court in the year 1924, and the accumulated interest thereon.
Article 15. Voted to transfer to the Board of Selectmen the control of the so-called "Perry Barn" in North Wilbraham
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which was purchased by the Water Commissioners for the town from J. M. Perry in 1931.
Article 16. Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum returned to the town by direction of Chap. 480 of the Acts and Resolves of the General Court in 1924 and whatever has or shall have accumulated on this fund before its expenditure for the purpose of enlarging, remodelling, furnishing and equip- ping the so-called "Perry Barn" at North Wilbraham, now owned by the town in such manner that it may be used by the people of the town for such purposes, civic, recreational, social and educational, as the Board of Selectmen may prescribe and regulate. This building shall be a memorial to the men and women of Wilbraham who served their country in the World War, and shall be known as the Community Memorial Build- ing. The sum so expended shall be limited by the available fund referred to.
Article 17. Voted to direct the Selectmen to appoint a committee of three who shall serve with them in carrying out the plans set forth in Article 16. One of the committee so chosen shall be a World War Veteran. Upon completion of their duties the committee shall make a report of their activities in the annual Town Report. This committee shall be authorized to accept and expend in the name of the town any gifts or donations made to the Community Memorial Building. Upon favorable acceptance of their report by the vote of the town, the duties and authority of the committee shall cease and the power of control of the building shall be vested in the Board of Selectmen.
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