Wilbraham annual report 1932-1940, Part 8

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


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3.78


4.00


100.07


Knowlton, Charles R.


100.00


2.42


1.00


101.12


Knowlton. George E.


230.22


8.69


7.00


231.91


Morgan, Angeline P.


81.96


3.07


5.00


80.03


Potter, Ira G.


129.77


4.89


6.00


128.66


Potter, P. P.


104.10


3.93


4.00


104.03


Rice, Jesse L.


202.08


7.65


7.00


202.73


Soldier Bonus


1,735.57


65.68


1,801.25


Stebbins, Chloe B.


101.16


3.82


4.00


100.98


Stebbins, Francese E.


205.21


7.76


10.00


202.97


Stebbins, L. & M.


231.56


8.75


6.00


234.31


Tupper, Elizabeth B.


69.04


2.61


71.65


SCHOOL


School lot


666.66


25.20


25.20


666.66


Warriner, Deacon


641.74


24.27


24.27


641.74


LIBRARY


Bell, Abner E.


40.00


1.50


1.50


40.00


Cutler, Henry


1,000.00


37.86


37.86


1,000.00


Stebbins, Chloe B.


100.00


3.79


3.79


100.00


CHARITIES


Stebbins, Chloe B.


142.98


5.38


148.36


during


Jan. 1


rear


1933


rear


year


$100.00 $9,273.09 $347.05 $232.04 $9,488.10


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Auditor's Report


I have examined the accounts of Town Officers entrusted with funds of the Town of Wilbraham, for the year 1933 and believe them to be correct.


M. C. SMITH, Town Auditor.


Report of Finance Committee


To Voters of Wilbraham:


The Finance Committee met three times in 1933 to transfer money from the Reserve Fund to the following accounts:


November 11, 1933


Hydrant


$30.00


Police


150.00


Snow removal


200.00


December 13, 1933


Chapter 81


$2.91


Contagious Diseases


280.00


Contingent Fund


150.00


Miscellaneous and Highways


500.00


Parks


9.91


December 30, 1933


Cemetery


$ .58


Miscellaneous and Highways


170.51


$1,493.91


C. P. BOLLES, Chairman,


JOHN J. LYONS,


J. W. BALDWIN,


R. J. SACKETT,


LEON JEWELL,


LEON BENNETT,


W. H. HOLDRIDGE, Secretary.


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State Auditor's Report


For the Period from August 19, 1932, to November 11, 9133


The following brief extracts were taken from the State Auditor's Report covering the period of time from August 19, 1932, to November 11, 1933:


"The work of the several departments has been performed carefully and accurately and the various recommendations made in the previous audit have, for the most part, been car- ried out.


"Ledger accounts were compiled and analyzed, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on November 11, 1933, was prepared and is appended to this report. As shown by the balance sheet, the town is in good financial condition."


TOWN OF WILBRAHAM Balance Sheet -- November 11, 1933 GENERAL ACCOUNTS


Assets


Liabilities and Reserves


Cash:


$40,673.14


Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Revenue, 1933 $25,000.00


Accounts Receivable :


Taxes :


Levy of 1931 $69.02


Levy of 1932


15,103.32


Levy of 1933 46,460.07


Unpaid Orders 1,675.24


State Tax 4,050.00


$61,632.41


Old Age Assistance Taxes:


Levy of 1932


$2.00


Levy of 1933


93.00


$95.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :


Levy of 1931 $2.82


Levy of 1932 81.67


Levy of 1933 533.34


State Parks and Reservation Tax 8.44


Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax 883.89


Special State Tax-Old Age Assistance 14.00


Surplus War Bonus Fund and Accumula- tions 1,801.25


$617.83 Dog Licenses-County 386.40


Tax Titles,


$6,827.67


Departmental: Public Welfare Old Age Assistance


$4,045.22


448.33


Schools 35.00


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Overlays-Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1931


$69.02


$4,528.55


Levy of 1932 1,459.73


Levy of 1933


2,040.98


Water


524.03


3,569.73


State Aid to Highways


5,425.00


Revenue Reserved Until Collected :


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


$617.83


County Aid to Highways


2,300.00


Tax Title


6,827.67


Departmental


4,528.55


Estimated Receipts to be collected


1,416.17


Water


524.03


$12,498.08


Surplus Revenue 15,747.64


$124,039.80


$124,039.80


Appropriation Balances: Stony Hill Water $15.79 General 38,601.27


$38,617.06 19,788.07


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Debt Accounts -- Head Net Funded or Fixed Debt


$93,000.00


School Loan Water Construction Loan


$21,000.00 72,000.00


$93,000.00


$93,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities : In Custody of Town Treasurer $7,918.89


In Custody of Library Trustees


775.98


Chloe B. Stebbins Poor Fund


$148.36


Warriner School Fund 666.01


School Lot Fund 691.86


Chloe B. Stebbins Library Fund 103.79


Abner E. Bell Library Fund


41.50


Henry Cutler Library Fund


1,037.86


Morton L. Day Library Fund


775.98


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


4,142.85


Laura Bruuer Cemetery General Care Fund 1,086.66


$8,694.87


$8,694.87


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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 inhabitants of the town of Wilbraham qualified to vote in town affairs to meet in Grange Hall in said Town on Monday the fifth 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 meet- ing.


Article 2. To choose a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, one Selectman for three years who shall be a member 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, two members of the Board of Water Commissioners, one for two years and one for three years, and to act on the following questions. all on one ballot.


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1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)?


2. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages)?


Also all other Town Officers.


Article 3. To hear and act on reports of the Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, School Committee, and other Officers.


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 en- suing 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 borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.


Article 7. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to prosecute any person selling or transporting intoxicating liquors in this Town contrary to the laws of the Common- wealth 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 1933.


Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the


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Selectmen as the town's contribution to the Civil Works Ad- ministration projects now being carried on, and for any other Civil Works Administration program which may be selected by them, or to take any action upon same.


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 acquire by purchase or exchange, a new lot for School House No. 8 in North Wilbraham, or land to enlarge the present No. 8 School House lot, and raise and appropriate money for the same and take any other action in regard to 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 continue Highway work on the road known as Stony Hill North, provided the State and County contribute towards the same in accordance with the provisions of Chapter Ninety, General Laws.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to improve Tinkham Road, provided the State and County contribute toward the same, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter Ninety, General Laws.


Article 15. To see if the Town will rescind a vote passed November 5, 1878, in regard to the discontinuing of the Peak (Ridge) Road south of the four corners, or take any action in regard to the same.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200.00 for repairing the town office. This work to be under the supervision of the Selectmen.


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Article 17. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Powers School for three years to the Boy Scouts of Wilbraham, providing they maintain the building at no expense to the Town.


Article 18. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to institute or defend suits and employ counsel for the purpose of protecting the interests of the Town.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to include in the "Business District" as defined in the Zoning By-laws, the fol- lowing described tract: Property adjoining and southerly of the "Town Lot" at the intersection of Main and Springfield streets, Wilbraham-frontage 75 feet, depth 100 feet.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Selectmen to appoint a committee of three or more citizens to co-operate with the Massachusetts Forest and Park Association in the detection and eradication of the Dutch elm disease.


Article 21. 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 22. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of One Hundred and Fifty ($150.00) Dollars for the care of the Memorial Lots at Wilbraham, North Wil- braham and Glendale.


Article 23. 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 posting attested copies thereof: one at the Post Office at Wilbraham, one at the Post Office at North Wilbraham and one at Glendale


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Church, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this wararnt with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on cr before the time for holding said meeting.


Given under our hands this fifteenth day of January, 1934.


GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR., W. H. McGUIRE, FRED W. GREEN, Selectm en cf Wilbraham.


Index to Contents


Assessors Report.


Auditors Report


Balance Sheet .


Barn and Animal Report


Board of Health


Building Inspector's Report .


Cemetery Commissioners


Civil Works Administration Report.


Dental Clinic.


Finance Committee Report


Fire Department Report


Forest Warden Report


Gipsy Moth Report.


Library Trustees Report


Memorial Day and Park.


Milk Inspector's Report .


Planning Board.


Police Department Report .


Public Welfare Report.


School Committee Report


School Directory


School Nurse Report.


School Physician Report


Sealer of Weights and Measures Report


Selectmen's Report.


State Auditor Report.


Superintendent of Schools Report


Superintendent of Streets Report


Tax Collector's Report


Town Clerk's Report.


Town Meeting Report.


Town Officers .


Town Warrant


90 81


Treasurer's Report.


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Tree Warden's Report.


Trust Funds Report ..


Water Commissioner's Report


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ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Wilbraham


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TO INCORPORATED


1763.


AS


TTS.


AND OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Wilbraham


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INCORPORATED


1763.


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AND OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934


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Town Officers --- 1934


Town Clerk MRS. JENNIE T. ABBOTT


Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


FRED W. GREEN


W. H. McGUIRE, Chairman


GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR.


Treasurer GEORGE MILO GREEN


Assessors FRED W. GREEN, Chairman HENRY 1. 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 MRS. MARY R. GREEN


Collector of Taxes OREN K. GILBERT


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Fire Commissioners CLIFFORD A. BRADWAY JOHN J. ASHE HORACE L. THOMAS


Constables


LEWIS A BRYANT AUGUSTUS F. FRIEND


DANIEL C ELLINWOOD JOHN B. TUPPER WILLIAM E. DAY


Auditor WILLIAM E. PORTER


Tree 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 HOWARD F. CALKINS


Planning Board RAYMOND H. BEACH IRA W. BELCHER ALEXANDER D. CORMACK STACY B. BETZLER LEE W. RICE


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN


Registrars of Voters


MRS. JENNIE T. ABBOTT


JOHN F. BALDWIN


JAMES F. KEEFE HAROLD R. PORTER


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 M. BROWN CLARENCE E. BOLLES


Constable and Dog Officer OREN K. GILBERT


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Report of Town Meeting


FEBRUARY 5, 1935


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 Charies W. Vinton


Surveyors of Lumber


Benj. B. Green Edgar C. Clark Charles W. Vinton


Lewis A. Bryant


Field Drivers 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.


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Article 4. Voted the following appropriations :


Moderator for Annual Meeting


$10.00


Moderator for Special Meetings


5.00


Selectmen


950.00


Assessors


500.00


Treasurer


350.00


Town Clerk


50. 00 and fees


Tax Collector


600.00


School Committee


120.00


Auditor


50.00


Water Commissioners, each


25.00


Contingent: Stationery and Printing:


Treasurer


50.00


Assessors


16.00


Town Clerk


8.00


Tax Collector


200.00


Article 5. Voted the following appropriations :


Public Welfare


$12,500.00


8000


Highway Misc.


1,000.00


Highway, Chapter 81


6,450.00


Highway, Chapter 90


5,000.00


Contingent, General


600.00


Town Office rent


144.00


Contagious Diseases


2,000.00


Fire Department


2,900.00


Schools


- 64,455.00 65. 3400


Dental Clinic


400.00


600


School Bonds, Interest and Retirment of Bond


3,840.00


3700


Water Bond, Interest and Retirement of Bond


6,880.00


6720


Street Lights


all right 2,000.00


Hydrants


1,650.00


Town Officers' Compensation


3,300.00


Memorial Day


75.00


Care of Parks


150.00


Printing Town Reports


148.00


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Gipsy Moth Tree Warden Forest Warden Care of Cemeteries


$500.00


100.00%


100.00


৳ 175.00


Police


-4€0.00


Reserve Fund from Overlay Surplus


5,500.00


Insurance and Bonding


1,200.00


County Tuberculosis Hospital


420.00


Library Interest


thung


2,000.00


Soldier's Relief


400.00


Old Age Assistance


2 1,500.00


Maintenance of Water System


2 7.50 2,500.00 -


County Aid to Agriculture


60.00


Road Machinery


>3 500.00


Liquor Law Enforcement


1,000.00


Town Office Repairs


200.00


C. W. A. Work from Overlay Surplus


2,500.00


Public Welfare Investigator 500.CO


Legal Claims


300.00


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, 1934 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 and to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 for this purpose.


Article 8. Voted that the dog tax of 1932 be given to the. Library.


Article 9. Voted to appropriate from the overlay surplus accumulation the sum of $2,500.00 to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen as the town's contribution to the,


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300


48056


1,000.00


9


Civil Works Administration projects now being carried on and for any other Civil Works Administration program which may be selected by them.


Article 10. Passed.


Article 11. Voted to take no action.


Article 12. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to establish an account to be known as the "Road Machinery Account."


Article 13. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to continue the highway work on the road known as Stony Hill Road North, provided the State and County contrib- ute toward the same, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws.


Article 14. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,000 00 to improve Tinkham Road provided the State and County contribute toward the same in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws.


Article 15. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to confer with the Selectmen of Hampden in regard to reopening Peak Road.


Article 16. Voted to raise and appropriate $200.00 for repairs in the town office, the work to be done under the super- vision of the Selectmen.


Article 17. Voted to grant the use of the Edward F. Powers school house, for three years, to the Boy Scouts of Wilbraham, provided they maintain the building at no expense to the town.


Article 18. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to institute or defend suits and employ counsel for the purpose of protecting the interests of the town. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for this purpose.


Article 19. Voted to include in the "Business District," as defined in the Zoning By-Laws, the following described tract: Property adjoining and southerly of the "Town Lot" at the intersection of Main and Springfield Streets, frontage 75 feet, depth 100 feet.


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Article 20. Voted to direct the Selectmen to appoint a- committee of three or more citizens to co-operate with the Massachusetts Forest and Park Association in the detection and eradication of the Dutch Elm disease.


Article 21. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 for the observance of Memorial Day.


Article 22. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for the care of the Memorial lots at Wilbraham, North Wilbraham and Glendale.


Article 23. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $60.00 to be expended in the town by the Hampden County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in accordance with the provision of the laws of the Commonwealth.


Voted that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, be authorized to borrow money in anticipation of reim- bursement by the State and County for the highway work designated in Article 13 and 14 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 the current financial year.


Voted that all money appropriated at this meeting be raised and assessed on the polls and estates of the town.


Question No. 1


Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein, of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages wines and all other alcoholic beverages)?


Yes 336. No 288. Blank 115. Total 739. Question No. 2


Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ales and all other malt beverages)?


Yes 350. No 246. Blank 143. Total 739.


JENNIE T. ABBOTT, Town Clerk.


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Report of Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


As we enter into the task of attempting to determine policies to anticipate contingencies and to regulate expendi- tures for the year 1935 we feel it incumbent to render an ac- count of the problems encountered in 1934 and to make known the conditions which appear to need the most important consideration in 1935.


At the annual meeting held last February the public welfare appropriation made was $12,5CC, an amount equal to one half the expenditures for 1932 and 1933 respectively, for the same purpose. Because of the fact that at that time the program of the Civil Works Administration was at its highest peak, that enrollment in the Civilian's Conservation Corps included many from Wilbraham and that a considerable num- ber from the western part of the town had been accorded em- ployment at the Ludlow Mfg. Associates, with considerable optimism we estimated that $12,500 would carry thru the year.


Our expectation was more than realized for when the year closed the actual amount expended for public welfare amounted to $7492.45 and there was an unused balance of $5007.55 remaining. Of the $7492.45 expended only $4340.23 was actually expended in Wilbraham, the balance was expended for former Wilbraham people now living without our domain.


The Civil Works Administration went out of existence March 31, 1934 and was succeeded by the Emergency Relief Administration, an organization which in scope and purpose was intended to entwine itself more closely to the local relief boards than its predecessor by virtue of the fact that the


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selection of those employed on the work projects was made entirely by a system based upon the circumstance of whether or not the applicant for employment was eligible, otherwise to be the recipient of public welfare. The E.R.A. has been a most invaluable aid in reducing the number which would otherwise require assistance from the town.


The outlook for the near future as far as Wilbraham is concerned assumed a more darkened aspect during late Novem- ber and the month of December than it had reflected during any of the previous months of the year. The unfortunate labor disturbances which occurred in the area adjacent to Ludlow Bridge upset the steady trend of reduced welfare expenditures which seemed so encouragingly favorable until that time. The Board of Selectmen maintained a consistently neutral attitude throughout both periods and as to the disputants involved did not attempt to decide who was right and who was wrong, or who was the winner or the loser. The Board was interested chiefly and wholly in the maintenance and preservance of law and order.


In the President's message to the new Congress delivered early in January 1935, among the policies outlined was that of the possible abolition of the Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration as such. It was intimated that the present program might be supplanted at an undetermined date in the future by a huge public works program. Whether or not Wilbraham would benefit equally well under the program proposed is diffcult to foretell without more knowledge than is now available.


Considerable road construction has been accomplished during the year. The Stony Hill road construction which it was found necessary to lapse in 1933 was resumed this year and completed to a point about 600 feet north of the junction of Springfield Street and Stony Hill Road. When this distance is completed in 1935 as anticipated there will exist a completely hardened road from Tinkham Road to the Boston Road.


In addition to the completion of Stony Hill Road the Board recommends the continuance of the hardened construc-


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tion on Tinkham Road in a manner similar to that already completed and that the lower section of Glendale Road com- monly called Maple Street in North Wilbraham be constructed as a hardened road from a point near the intersection with the Wilbraham Road near the residence of William Baldwin to a point near the residence of Mrs. Honora Keefe. The Board has already appeared before the Department of Public Works and the County Commissioners in the matter of submission of these three projects as Wilbraham's Chapter 90 activities for 1935.


By the act of the 1934 Legislature the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per mile instead of one hundred dollars per mile as heretofore was granted for the maintenance of highways in Towns eligible for assistance under the provision of Chapter 81. This aid is granted upon the contingency that the town appropriate from local taxation a minimum prescribed annually by the Commonwealth. The sum designated for Wilbraham for a number of years has been $6450. We have within our borders 43 miles of Town road and for several years have received $4300 annually from the Commonwealth. In 1934 we ' received $6450. from the Commonwealth in addition to our local appropriation of $6450. At the present time the Common- wealth matches the town appropriation for maintenance dollar for dollar. If this basis of assistance continues we anticipate being able to maintain our highways at a fifty per cent rate of improvement over the past. The extension of surface treatment on upper Glendale Road and the supplementary surfacing of the Monson Road after the cessation of the C.W.A. activity were made possible in a large measure by the additional assist- ance so received.


.For the first time in its modern annals the Town voted this year to legalize the sale of all alcoholic beverages. The task of granting licenses and the supervision of the establishments so licensed was a responsibility both novel and unexpected. In general we report that the licencees are apparently attempting to their utmost to follow faithfully the conditions prescribed




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