Wilbraham annual report 1932-1940, Part 6

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


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$68.00


Cash Balance


28.00


December Warrant


3.00


$99.00


Paid Treasurer


31.00


$68.00


Refunded by State


57.00


$11.00


Cash Balance


2.00


Outstanding December 30, 1933


$9.00


Cash Balance


$46,770.55


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Outstanding November 11, 1933 on 1933 Excise Taxes as per State Audit


$480.03


Warrant of December 13, 1933


49.97


Warrant of December 13, 1933


22.00


Warrant of December 31, 1933


16.71


$568.71


Paid Treasurer


141.49


$427.22


Abated


7.10


Outstanding December 30, 1933 $420.12


Interest collected on all Taxes collected and paid to Treasurer during 1933 $2,146.34


O. K. GILBERT, Tax Collector of Wilbraham.


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Report of Water Commissioners


Appropriation


$2,500.00


Receipts :


House installations


$450.02


Water rents


3,667.42


Hydrant rentals


1,950.00


House installation repairs


22.65


Rentals, equipment, etc.


45.65


Penalties


2.00


Street extension


59.76


Insurance refunds


28.35


Town of Ludlow, labor on Miller St.


9.70


$6,235.55


Expenditures :


Material:


Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., fittings


21.20


National Meter Co., meters


162.00


Crane Co., pipe fittings


82.21


$265.41


Labor:


Harold Porter, Supt.


$576.72


D. C. Ellinwood


39.15


Marino Cocchi


16.80


George Northup


12.00


J. E. McGuire


2.10


B. F. Griffin


10.00


Ralph Phillips


15.60


Gideon Dickinson


1.60


Stanley Allyn


5.60


James Hamburger


2.00


$681.57


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Miscellaneous :


City of Springfield, water $1,025.03


G. B. Owens, refund 2.60


Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., gas and oil 1.98


Oren K. Gilbert, express .50


W. F. Logan, insurance 20.50


R. F. Gurney, envelopes and postage


46.32


F. C. Taplin, pump repairs 2.30


H. S. Thomas, miscellaneous supplies .95


Red Hed Mfg. Co., tapping machine repairs 5.48


J. Russell Co., equipment 4.58


G. M. Green, clerk


150.00


M. C. Smith, freight


.52


Belcher Brothers, gas


.17


G. M. Green, grease


.30


National Meter Co., meter repairs 12.54


Thacker Craig Paper Co., supplies 7.65


City of Springfield, meter repairs .48


George Northup, Water Commissioner


25.00


Henry Farmer, Water Commissioner 25.00


William Dempsey, Water Commissioner


18.75


$1,350.65


Total expenditures Unexpended Balance


$2,297.63


Appropriation needed for 1934:


For Maintenance of System


$2,500.00


202.37


Respectfully yours,


GEORGE E. NORTHUP, HENRY FARMER, WILLIAM L. DEMPSEY, Water Commissioners.


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Report of Superintendent of Streets


CHAPTER 81


Appropriations :


Town


$6,450.00 4,300.00


State


From Reserve


2.91


$10,752.91


LABOR


John Mandell


$3.20


Fred Phelps, Supt.


$632.80


George Matte


127.20


John Anderson


54.50


William McDonald


65.60


Ernest Bacon


56.00


William Miller


3.20


Julian Biel


73.60


Albert Mynaski


13.60


John Bolek


65.60


H. E. Morgan


37.60


Napoleon Bourdon


41.60


John Motyka


3.20


Harold Brown


35.20


William North


491.52


Albert Collette


360.00


Fred Oaks


30.40


Albert Cwieka


3.20


Walter Olszewski


3.20


John Cyranowski


70.40


Foster Payne


35.20


Walter Cyranowski


59.20


C. E. Pease


178.40


Gideon Dickinson


175.20


E. Ray Pease


12.80


Albert Dobek


3.20


Sator Peczka


51.20


Edward Evans


4.80


D. Pellegrini


38.40


A. F. Friend


43.20


Arthur Pellerin


9.60


Carl Hagman


67.20


Rudolph Pfczka


19.20


C. B. Hitchcock


8.80


Macie Przybycien


3.20


Lawrence Kawa


3.20


Frank Riettoho


100.80


Charles Kittridge


9.60


George Shrade


318.80


Clement Laird


331.60


Frank Severyn


104.80


Philip Lindsay


16.00


A. M. Soule


92.80


B. M. Lynch


129.60


Stanley Tupek


3.20


.


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John Waldek


$3.20


The Cutler Co., Tools $5.80


Gebeau's Garage. Gas and welding 5.78


Charles C. Lewis Co., Tools 8.81


៛4.145.22


TRUCKS


A. Bergeron


$559.13


John Moriarty, Sand 36.00


Walter Clark


454.50


D. J. Menard


654.75


John Piscor


846.00


Charles Vandall


768.38


$3,282.76


MATERIAL On Chapter 81, 1933


Adams & Ruxton Con-


Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., Gas and Oil 92.18


struction Co., Compressor rental $293.38


I. Suzio Trap Rock Co., Stone 195.85


American Tar Co., Rotar and tarine 970.17


Tait Brothers, Coal


4.95


John Anderson, Dynamite 68.55


Mrs. Ira Belcher, Gravel 31.80


Leon Bennett, Gravel 27.10


Mrs. Rose Bergeron, Gravel


26.80


$3,324.93


Total expenditures


10,752.91


Boston and Albany Rail-


Transferred from Re-


serve Fund 2,91


CHAPTER 81 -- EXPENDITURES ON ROADS IN WILBRAHAM -- 1933


1. Ludlow Road


$739.48


2. River Road


25.50


3. Weston Street


174.37


4. Bridge Road


36.20


5. Stony Hill Road


1,754.26


6. Dipping Hole Road


23.04


7. Springfield Street


565.78


8. Faculty Street


117.57


9. Tinkham Road


233.50


10. East Longmeadow Road


23.84


Mace Moulton Jr., Asphalt Emulsion Colas 899.00


New England Culvert Co., Culverts 373.67


A. B. Rathbone, Gravel 26.20


Rathbun Federal Truck Co.,


Repairs 3.29


Warren D. Sampson, Tools 43.60


Town of East Longmeadow, Roller 40.00


Birnie Sand & Gravel 80.20


road, Freight 1.80


22.40


Earl Wise


Peter Y'amer


128.00


Massachusetts State Prison, Signs 90.00


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11. Soule Road


$81.92


12. South Main Street


286.93


13. Burleigh Road 98.52


14. Branch Road


0.00


15. Bolles Road


0.00


16. Monson Road


815.82


17. Church Road


305.39


18. Ridge Road


543.20


19. Hollow Road


9.60


20. Beebe Road


0.00


21. Bennett Road


63.44


22 Triangle Road


0.00


23. Glendale Road


3,198.20


24 North Main Street


315.81


25. Crane Hill


128.39


26 Maiden Lane


0.00


27. Chapel Road


151.62


28. Cottage Avenue


73.99


29 Railroad Street


0.00


30. Maynard Road


273.26


31. Three Rivers Road


301.91


32. Chilson Road


102.80


33. Red Bridge Road


16.43


34. Silver Street


28.24


CHAPTER 90 -- RED BRIDGE ROAD


Appropriations :


Town


$900.00


State


4,000.00


County


2,300.00


Balance from 1932


3,461.10


$10,661.10


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LABOR


Fred Phelps, Supt. $383.60


John Anderson


5.00


Julian Biel


16.00


Dwight Bodurtha


32.80


John Bolek


44.80


James Bolger


6.40


Walenty Borek


3.20


Napoleon Bourdon


3.20


Harold Brown


123.20


H. W. Burbank


80.40


Albert Collette


190.24


Albert Cwieka


48.00


John Chrzanowski


28.00


Walter Chrzanowski


30.40


Gideon Bickinson 67.20


Frank Diotalevi


16.00


Frank Dyl


3.20


Joseph Dyl


3.20


Mike Iwasienski


12.80


E. Frageau


96.00


Benjamin Griffin


6.40


Ernest Hayn


39.20


C. B. Hitchcock


24.80


Clinton Jewell


62.40


Richard Kretschman


12.80


Clement Laird


28.00


Adam Lis 3.20


B. M. Lynch


64.00


John Madel


96.00


George Matte


60.80


William McDonald


48.00


Joseph Miner


22.40


Albert Minoski


48.80


William North


166.08


Walter Olszewski


72.00


Foster Payne


45.60


C. E. Pease


119.20


E. Ray Pease


32.80


Sator Peczka


12.80


Frank Riettotto


36.80


Frank Severyn


57.60


George Shrade


24.80


A. MI. Soule


83,20


Jerome Sylvester $25.60


John Westagren 440.00


John Witowski 3.20


Andrew Wyzik


97.60


Frank Wyzik 9.60


Peter Yamer


160.00


$3,097.32


TRUCKS


A. Bergeron


$160.88


Walter Clark 343.13


D. J. Menard 219.38


John Piscor 498.38


Charles Vandall


219.38


$1.441.15


MATERIAL


For Chapter 90, 1933, Red Bridge


Adams and Ruxton Constr.


Co., Compressor rental $50.40


John Anderson. Dynamite 12.04


Joseph Bernard, Gravel 12.00


Boston and Albany R. R .. Freight 2.46


The Cutler Co., Cement .75


John T. Moriarty, Field Stone 114.00


Mace Moulton, Jr., Asphalt Binder 2,532.17


New England Metal Cul- vert Co., Cedar posts, cable and rope clips 304.01


Roch Nietupski, Gravel 57.30


Penn. Culvert Company. Pipe and band 6.17


George W. Robbins & Sons


Co., Paint, nails and lumber 140.95


Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., Gas and oil 46.25


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State Prison, Signs $72.50 Town of Ludlow, Roller rental $144.00


Jeremiah Sullivan, Anchor


rods and sharpening tools 1.50


$6,109.63


L. Suzio Trap Rock Co., . Stone 2,598.28


Total expenditures


$10,648.10


Tait Coal Co., Coal


14.85


Balance 13.00


SNOW AND MISCELLANEOUS HIGHWAYS


Appropriation


From Reserve


$1,000.00 870.51


$1,870.51


LABOR


Fred Phelps, Supt.


$156.80


Walter Olszewski


12.80


Stanley Bennett


4.00


C. E. Pease 6.40


Fred Bernat


3.20


Harland Perry 6.40


Dwight Bodurtha


2.40


Clark Phillips 5.20


Frank Borek


6.40


Oscar Rauh 6.40


Harold Brown


29.20


Clifford Rogers 4.80


Frank Burza


9.60


John Sajdak


12.80


Fred Chmura


6.40


A. M. Soule


46.00


Albert Collette


30.40


Bernard Speigles


3.20


Arthur Dibble


16.00


James Szczebak


6.40


Gideon Dickinson


9.60


Walenty Wiezboski 3.20


John B. Dumaine


6.40


Andrew Wyzik 1.60


A. F. Friend


6.80


Frank Nowak


6.40


Frank Grzbieniowski


6.40


Carl Hagman ·


16.00


$601.12


Ernest Hayn


11.20


TEAMS


John Iwanic


6.40


Sarah Bull


$6.00


Joseph Kowalczyk


7.20


George Matte, Jr.


23.20


William McDonald


6.40


David Menard


49.50


Teddy Misiaszek


6.40


Charles Vandall


108.00


Harold Morgan


28.80


Bert Neitupski


3.20


Wallace Neitupski


6.40


Alton Nordin


6.40


John Nordin


3.20


William North


54.72


TRUCKS


Walter Clark


$146.63


Joseph Mitus


3.20


$304.13


MATERIAL


Used on Miscellaneous Highways Boston and Albany R. R., freight $ .52


Charles Orbzut $3.20


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Converse Federal Truck Co., repair parts $1.88


The Cutler Co., nails and whetstone 1.87


Deardon & Co., plowing snow


54.00


R. E. Faulkner, bolts and washers


4.48


Harold Fountain, repair on car


26.75


Gebeau's Garage, gas and repairs


28.16


R. S. Graves & Co., repair- ing magneto 5.10


Charles C. Lewis Co., tool steel and chains 14.31


W. F. Logan, tractor reg- istration 4.00


Masonic Building Associa-


tion, barn rent


60.00


New England Metal Cul- vert Co., cables, cedar posts, etc. $144.48


J. W. Rice, grinding tractor valves 5.00


Geo. W. Robbins and Sons Co., lumber, paint, cem- ent, etc. 108.58


Standard Oil Co., gas and oil 32.22


P. D. Thibert Lumber Co., Plank 29.40


H. S. Thomas, bolts, etc. 2.27


Thompson Electric Co., putting in lead at beacon corner Springfield St. 6.76


M. B. Tyler Co., stone boat ends, bolts, nuts 10.00


$539.78


MISCELLANEOUS HIGHWAYS -- CWA


LABOR


John Anderson $2.50


TEAMS


Leon Bennett $29.75


Alphonse Bergeron


24.00


C. P. Bolles 14.50


Sarah Bull 42.50


Mario Campora 30.75


D. C. Ellinwood 42.50


Edward Evans 32.25


John Rauh


40.75


$257.00


TRUCKS


Walter Clark $3.75


John Piscor


28.12


Harold Porter


14.06


Charles Vandall


13.75


$59.68


MATERIAL Used on CWA


John Anderson, dynamite $6.30


Mrs. Ira Belcher, gravel 13.80


The Cutler Co., axes 4.00


G. M. Green, oil 4.90


Charles C. Lewis Co., bolts, washers, cable chain grab


hooks, etc. 8.71


Geo. W. Robbins and Sons Co., plank 4.00


J. Russell & Co., shovels, picks, etc., pinch bars, hammer adges 55.59


Warren D. Sampson, ham-


mer handles 3.00


$100.30


Total expenditures CWA $419.48 Total expenditure $1,870.51


FRED C. PHELPS, Superintendent of Streets.


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Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library


Number of Volumes in Library January 1, 1933


5,741


Number of Volumes added by purchase


223


Number of Volumes donated


6


5,970


Number of Volumes discarded and lost


78


Number of Volumes in Library January 1, 1934


5,892


Circulation


Borrowers


North Wilbraham


15,925


645


Stony Hill


215


31


16,140


676


Rural School Deposits


1,862


1


18,002


RESOURCES


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Dog Fund


540.20


$1,540.20


EXPENDITURES


Leonard Hill, care of lawn $31.60


James Jaffrey, care of heater


64.00


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, services Librarian


100.00


Mrs. Chas. Hitchcock, Stony Hill Branch


5.00


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Mrs. J. T. Abbott, paid for assistance in library $48.70


Library Book House, books


279.95


M. L. Edgerton, magazines


34.75


Mrs. E. G. Burbank, books


20.00


Junior Literary Guild, Inc., books


14.75


Literary Guild of America, books


5.11


Cutler Co., coal 49.00


Hamilton Coal Co., coal


276.59


B. B. Green, wood


3.50


Central Mass. Elec. Co., current


101.10


H. L. Huntting Co., lacquer


1.40


Town Water Dept., water rental


9.50


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, supplies, repairs and cleaning


13.75


Gaylord Bros., repair material


23.30


Cutler Co., fertilizer and seed


4.40


C. S. Stacy, repairs


5.50


$1,091.90


Used less than appropriation $448.30


Gross Expenditures as above $1,091.90


Less Int. Henry Cutler Legacy


$37.86


Less Chloe Bliss Stebbins


3.79


Less Int. Abner E. Bell Fund


1.50


Less Fines


28.20


Less Rent Town Offices 1 year


144.00


$215.35


Net Expenditures $876.55


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MORTON L. DAY TRUST FUND


On hand January 1, 1933


$775.98


Interest credited to August 15, 1933


29.34


$805.32


Paid out for Christian Herald


37.00


$768.32


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, M. D., 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 1933.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1933


Appropriation for school support


$66,759.00


Interest, Warriner Fund 24.27


Interest, School Lot Fund


25.20


Total available for school support $66,808.47


Total expenditures, itemized statement follows


Less-


Refunds on tuition


111.00


Net expenditures $61,189.50


Less than total available


$5,618.97


COST OF SCHOOLS TO THE TOWN IN 1933 FOR SUPPORT


Net expenditures above $61,189.50


Credits


General School Fund Law, Part II $12,073.86


General School Fund Law, Part 1 5,486.61


Superintendent's Salary 859.26


$61,300.50


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Vocational Education


$2,918.42


Tuition, State Children


168.90


Interest, Warriner Fund


24.27


Interest, School Lot Fund


25.20


Tuition, Town of Monson


195.00


Supplies Sold


.39


Sale of Pump


35.00


Car Tickets Sold


10.66


Teachers' Contributions


941.46


School Committee salaries returned to


treasurer


120.00


$22,859.03


Amount paid from local taxation for support


$38,330.47


ITEMIZED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES . School Committee


H. W. Cutler, salary $40.00


Mrs. Mary S. Merrick, salary 40.00


Horace J. Rice, salary 40.00


$120.00


Superintendence of Schools and enforcement of Law F. A. Wheeler, salary $1,497.22


F. A. Wheeler, travelling and office ex- penses 262.50


Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott, work certificates and care of tickets 38.50


Emily O. Cormier, clerical services 453.00


D. C. Ellinwood, supervisor of attendance 70.00


Mrs. Fannie R. Pease, issuing work cer- tificates 8.70


Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington, telephone 1.36


Wright & Potter Printing Co., account blanks 7.65


W. M. Young Regalia Co., newsboys badges 6.17


$2,345.10


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Supervisors' Salaries and Expenses


Mrs. Ethel C. Morse, music supervisor


$45.70


Mrs. Helen B. Tower, art supervisor


23.00


$68.70


Teachers' Salaries


Mrs. Yolande R. Aldrich


$1,053.00


Mrs. E. V. Barnes


34.00


Adele M. Cone


1,000.00


Mrs. Michael Dalton


12.00


Ruth M. Gennett


1,053.00


Katherine A. Hart


1,080.00


Marion L. Holland


1,080.00


Marion E. Kelley


975.52


Mrs. Lucy B. Kerr


510.12


Helen S. Kochanek


1,014.00


Liane S. Laramee


1,009.30


Esther I. Lindell


1,080.00


Mrs. Mary G. Logan


1,077.30


Susie R. McCorrison


32.40


Mrs. Adella Olin


230.00


Mrs. Eleanor B. Parsons


1,202.85


Mrs. Fannie R. Pease


24.00


Helen R. Ritchie


1,014.00


Mrs. Minnie M. Sanderson


1,080.00


Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington


1,184.63


Ferne E. Terwilliger


1,125.00


Mrs. Mabel E. Welch


1,08C 00


$17,951.12


Textbooks


Ailyn & Bacon


$47.17


American Book Company


32.26


A. S. Barnes & Company


4.80


Beckley-Cardy Company


19.54


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Ginn and Company


$38.06


Iroquois Publishing Company


44.32


Laidlaw Brothers 23.15


The Macmillan Company


26.53


Newson & Company


30.02


The A. N. Palmer Company


4.95


Rand, McNally & Company


11.14


Scott, Foresman & Company


8.44


Charles Scribner's Sons


6.85


The John C. Winston Company


52.28


$349.51


Supplies


American Education Press, Inc., Weekly


Reader $7.20


Edward E. Babb & Co., seat work 11.49


The Bobbs-Merrill Co., seat work 6.17


Milton Bradley Co., general supplies


424.63


Carlisle Hardware Co., woodwork supplies


6.05


Joseph Y. Donald, printing


7.80


Forbes & Wallace, Inc., sewing materials


14.57


J. L. Hammett Co., inkwells 7.75


Marion E. Kelley, penmanship awards and postage 2.78


Laidlaw Brothers, work books 13.06


The Macmillan Co., arithmetic work books 3.81


Morgan, Crossman & Co., repairing stamp 1.00


Morrissey Brothers Co., nails, glue


1.11


Newson & Company, work books


10.46


The A. N. Palmer Co., pens


10.27


Papercrafters, Inc., blotting paper


3.05


Public School Publishing Co., tests


13.16


George W. Robbins & Sons Co., lumber and paint 9.93


Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington, paper


.50


M. Steinert & Sons Co., records 1.60


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Ferne E. Terwilliger, supplies for sewing $7.85


C. B. Webb Co., rubber balls 7.86


$572.10


Janitors


George Milo Green


$442.00


Louis J. Johnson


90.00


Charles Lapine


936.00


Mrs. Harriet Swetland


325.00


C. W. Vinton


90.00


$1,883.00


Fuel


Walter H. Clark, coal $326.87


Converse-Carlisle Co., coal


64.38


The Cutler Grain and Coal Co., coal


25.10


B. B. Green, wood


6.25


Hamilton Coal Co., coal


751.96


Town of Wilbraham, Welfare Department,


wood 140.00


$1,314.56


Miscellaneous Operating Expenses


Edward E. Babb & Co., Kaustine chemical $6.50


Carlisle Hardware Co., Dustbane, bolts,


keys 45.47


H. W. Carter Paper Co., toilet paper, soap 50.36


Central Mass. Electric Co., light and power 248.36


Community Feed Stores, venom, snow shovels 11.05


Lightfoot-Schultz Co., soap dispensers 12.45


James B. Logan, Klicko .60


E. D. McNamara, coal shovel 1.85


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Massachusetts State Prison, brushes, mops $11.51


Massachusetts Tuberculosis League, Inc.,


thermometers and charts 2.43


City of Springfield, water


26.18


Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., floor dressing


9.00


Thacker-Craig Paper Co., paper towels, soap 158.25


F. A. Wheeler, damper


.25


Town of Wilbraham, water


50.77


$635.03


Repairs


Charles B. Hitchcock, painting


$89.60


Edward E. Babb & Co., septic tanks,


bowl, cover 122.76


Carlisle Hardware Co., cord


1.89


The Collins Electric Co., plate, cord, socket 4.85


Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler inspection 5.00


Community Feed Stores, paint and brushes 79.83


Jerry Donohue, cinders and trucking 3.25


Meekins, Packard & Wheat, Inc., shade 1.60


D. J. Menard, trucking 3.38


Morrissey Bros. Co., paint, glass, fence post, etc. 26.83


John Nordin, trucking


1.50


The Oliver & Howland Co., packings, gasket, plug 4.00


Harold Porter, trucking


4.50


Benjamin Powell Sons, eaves trough


22.50


Quimby & Co., faucet


1.25


Reformatory for Women, flag 3.24


George W. Robbins & Sons Co., putty,


glass, nails, etc. 27.38


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Charles S. Stacy, repairs on heaters


$119.69


Herbert F. Swetland, labor 158.67


Horace S. Thomas, lock 1.00


C. W. Vinton, toilet installation 30.00


T. M. Walker Co., enamel


2.42


F. A. Wheeler, cement


.65


John S. Lane & Son, trap rock dust


1.12


$716.91.


Health


Mrs. George A. Clark, services


$8.00


A. L. Damon, M. D. 472.75


Dentists & Surgeons Supply Co., needles, syringes 2.50


The Elm Pharmacy, supplies


5.70


The Federal Pharmacy, supplies


7.78


Signe L. Polson, salary and expenses


738.54


$1,235.27


Elementary School Transportation


George R. Dannals


75. 04


Town of Ludlow 118.91


George W. Motyka


600.00


Nicholas J. Samble


230.00


A. B. Sanderson 480.00


Springfield St. Railway Co.


1,148.00


$2,651.95


High and Trade School Transportation


Joseph Y. Donald, identification cards


$2.75


Town of East Longmeadow


21.38


Interstate Busses Corp., tickets


402.00


George W. Motyka


1,200.00


Stella M. Nietupski


30.00


Elsie M. Samble


45.00


Springfield St. Railway Co., tickets


3,936.00


$5,637.13


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High School Tuition


Town of Palmer


City of Springfield


$1,050.00 20,295.88


$21,345.88


Elementary School Tuition


Town of Ludlow $204.35


Continuation School Tuition


City of Holyoke


$8.88


City of Springfield


33.60


$42.48


Trade School Tuition


City of Springfield $3,500.75


Miscellaneous Auxiliary Agencies


:


Forbes & Wallace, ribbon for certificates $2.76 :


William F. Logan, insurance 723.90


$726.66


Total of School Orders Drawn $61,300.50


APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED FOR 1934


General Expenses


School Committee


$120.00


Superintendent's Salary


1,540.00


Other Expenses


850.00


Expenses of Instruction


Supervisors' Salaries


$800.00


Teachers' Salaries


17,750.00


Textbooks 500.00


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Supplies Expenses of Operation


$850.00


Janitors


$1,900.00


Fuel


1,300.00


Miscellaneous


725.00


Maintenance


Repairs


$1,000.00


Auxiliary Agencies


Health


$1,200.00


Transportation


8,500.00


Tuition


27,400.00


Miscellaneous


20.00


$64,455.00


ESTIMATE OF CREDITS ON ACCOUNT OF EDUCATION FOR 1934


General School Fund Law, Part II


$11,816.80


General School Fund Law, Part I


5,200.00


Superintendent's Salary


859.26


Vocational Education


1,756.61


Tuition


200.00


$19,832.67


Respectfully submitted,


H. W. CUTLER, 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:


Madam and Gentlemen :


Herewith is submitted my report as superintendent of schools for the year ending December 31, 1933.


The report submitted a year ago was taken up largely with the discussion of ways in which the school department had cut down expenditures in response to the demand that this be done to bring the school department into harmony with the economic stringency. Believing that the interest of the public in the financial aspect of the schools is still keen, I propose in this report to explain somewhat the laws in ac- cordance with which the town receives grants on account of education from the state treasury, thereby reducing substan- tially the net expenditure of the town.


General School Fund Law, Part II


Towns in the commonwealth which pay not more than fifty cents out of every thousand dollars of state tax levied are beneficiaries under this law. In 1926 when the law went into effect Wilbraham was paying fifty-three cents, and so did not benefit. By the state revaluation in 1928, and again by the state triennial valuation in 1929, Wilbraham's apportionment was just fifty cents. By the triennial revaluation of 1932 Wilbraham's apportionment was reduced to forty-five cents. Accordingly, the town has benefited under the provisions of Part II of the General School Fund Law since 1928. The total amount received has been $42,968.83. As the state tax apportionment is based on the state triennial valuation and as the valuation made in 1932 will hold for 1933 and 1934, the


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town may expect at least two more payments under the pro- visions of Part II.


The so-called General School Fund Law was enacted by the legislature of 1920. It has been amended repeatedly since that time, but the two main objectives of the law have not been lost sight of in the amendments. Its purpose was to equalize the burden of taxation for the support of public schools, and also to raise the standard of professional training of teachers. employed in the public schools. Part II is particularly con- cerned in equalizing the burden of taxation. This is accomp- lished by means of what is known as the "Assured Minimum" provision. In brief, the "Assured Minimum" provides that towns which are beneficiaries of Part II shall report to the Department of Education a sum made up of the expenditures for teachers' salaries not in excess of $1,100, a maintenance allowance of $250 for every teaching position, all amounts expended for local transportation or transportation to elemen- tary schools of other towns, all amounts expended for elemen- tary school tuition, and, in the case of towns exempt by the action of the State Department from maintaining a high school, all amounts paid for high school tuition in other towns. The sum of these makes up the "Assured Minimum." The town may then claim from the state treasury a certain per- centage of this, depending largely upon the rate and the amount of the local tax for education. In the case of Wilbraham the claim is the difference between the total of the "Assured Mini- mum" and the amount yielded by a tax of five dollars a thous- and. For 1932 this amounted to $12,073.86. According to law the amount claimed for any given year is paid on March 10th of the succeeding year. The treasurer of the town of Wilbraham on the 10th of next March ought to receive from the state treasurer $11,816.80, Wilbraham's claim for 1933.


General School Fund Law, Part I


The purpose of Part I of the General School Fund Law is not so much to equalize the cost of education as to raise the


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standard of the professional training of teachers. All cities and towns of the commonwealth receive disbursements from the state treasury under this law on the same footing. $100 annually for every teacher, supervisor, and superintendent, except superintendents in superintendency unions, provided a mini- mum salary of $750 is paid, $50 more, provided the minimum salary is not less than $850 and the qualifications of the teacher meet a somewhat higher standard, and $200 annually, provided the salary is not less than $950 and the qualifications, which include professional training and experience, are adequate. In addition to thse fixed amounts, in the case of poorer towns and cities supplementary reimbursements are granted based on the amount of taxable property in the towns back of each child in the average membership of the public schools. In the case of Wilbraham for the school year ending June, 1933, the supplementary reimbursements amounted to $125 per teacher, and the total grant from the state treasury amounted to $5,486.61. It is to be noted that claims for grants under the General School Fund Law, Part II, are based on expenditures during the town's fiscal year, but claims for grants under the General School Fund Law, Part I, are based on the employ- ment of teachers during the school year. It is also to be noted that payments under Part I are made from the tax on incomes, not at all from the proceeds of the Massachusetts School Fund.


Vocational and Continuation School Tuition


The rate of tuition at the Springfield Trade School is $150 a year. At the Continuation School the tuition bill is made out on an hourly basis and depends on the actual ex- penditures for support. All expenditures by the town for tuition in these schools are reimbursed fifty per cent by the state treasury. In 1933 reimbursements from the state under this heading amounted to $2,918.42.




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