Wilbraham annual report 1941-1945, Part 12

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1941
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 636


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12.00


Michael Cioch, labor


20.00


Wm. E. Day, labor


40.00


Jerry Donahue, labor


140.00


Thomas Davies, Sharpening mowers


4.50


Weidenmiller & Magovern Co., mower


14.95


Unexpended Balance


18.55


Memorial Day


Appropriation


$75.00


Grey Nook Flower Shop, Wreaths


$15.00


Wm. Harrington, Bugler


4.00


Reformatory for Women, Flags


6.31


Sons of Legion Squadron, Music


25.00


Springfield News Co., Flags


10.94


Unexpended Balance


13.75


Hydrants Appropriations


$2,460.00


Appropriation City of Springfield


$290.00 2,170.00


Town of Wilbraham


2,460.00


Unexpended Balance


.00


400.16


231.45


61.25


65


Insurance and Bonding


Appropriation


$800.00


Lloyd M. Hoover, Insurance


$40.70


Wm. F. Logan, Insurance


$422.06


679.06


Wm. F. Logan, Bonds


275.00


697.06


735.76


Unexpended Balance


64.24


Registrars' Expense


Appropriation


$75.00


Jennie T. Abbott, Reimbursement for cash paid for supplies, etc.


2.82


A. H. Bartlett, Posters, notices


2 90


Hattie E. G. Burbank, Typing


23.41


James B. Logan, Envelopes


4.98


Masonic Bldg. Association, Rent of hall


9.00


Robinson Seal Co., Inc., Forms


7.66


50.77


Unexpended balance


24.23


Legal Appropriation


Appropriation $1,000,00


Cobb Beesley & Miles, Surveys & plans for Land


Court on properties on Glendale Rd., Tinkham Road and Main Street


$105.50


Ernest E. Hobson, Services for 1942


200.00


Unexpended balance


694.50


Indemnity Insurance


Appropriation Lloyd M. Hoover (part payment)


230.00


Unexpended Balance


.00


Town Reports


Appropriation Anker Printing Company, reports


$382.80


$382.80


Unexpended Balance


.00


305.50


$230.00


66


Town Office Rent


Appropriation Town of Wilbraham


$144.00


$144.00


144.00


Unexpended Balance


.00


Interest


Appropriation


$200.00


Third National Bank & Trust Co.


$10.40


10.40


Unexpended Balance


189,60


Aid to Agriculture


Appropriation


$75.00


Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture $75.00


75.00


Unexpended Balance


.00


Water Bonds and Interest


Appropriation


$4,800.00


First National Bank of Boston


$4,800.00


Unexpended Balance


.00


Water Notes and Interest


Appropriation


$3,202.50


Palmer National Bank


$3,202.50


Unexpended Balance


$3,202.50 .00


Town Collector's Expense


Appropriation $400.00


225.00


From Reserve


625.00


A. H. Bartlett Co., Bills, notices, receipts etc. $67.70


W. F. Berry, Reimbursement for cash paid for news- papers .30


4,800.00


67


Hildegarde Fitzgerald, for depositing remittance


5.00


Hobbs & Warren, books and forms 20.72


Mitchell Labuda, Rent of space for collecting taxes 3.00


Donald McCauley, legal service


306.18*


James B. Logan, Stamped envelopes


88.32


W. F. Logan, Deputy collector's bond


5.00


Betty Smith, for depositing remittances


5.00


Michael C. Smith, reimbursement for cash paid for postage, transportation, supplies


25.48


Springfield Newspapers, legal notices


76.90


Wallace Tiffany, rent of space for collecting taxes


3.00


Unexpended balance


$18.40


*$126.00 of this expense added to tax titles


Assessors' Expense


Appropriation


$150.00


Mrs. Gladys M. Clark, transfer cards and postage


$63.23


Hobbs & Warren, Books, forms etc.


59.28


The Stoneham Independent, Excise cards


1.00


123.51


Unexpended Balance


$26.49


Treasurer's Report


Appropriation


$250.00


Walter F. Berry, reimbursement for cash paid for postage, traveling expenses, auctioneer's fees


$20.50


Conklin Office & School Supply Co., Typewriter ribbons & paper J. S. Day, Association Treasurer, dues


3.25


Hobbs & Warren, forms


3.88


Johnson's Bookstore, supplies


3.25


Wm. F. Logan, Insurance (Weights & Measures)


56.25


James B. Logan, stamped envelopes


114.26


$203.39


Unexpended balance


$46.61


2.00


606.60


68


Cemetery Commissioner's Report


Appropriation


$625.00


From Trust Funds


154.57


779.57


Expenditures


Adams Cemetery


Adelbert J. Brooks, care of lots and opening graves


$36.00


Adelbert J. Brooks, care of lots from Trust Funds


106.50


Merton Booth, labor


9.00


Leslie Collins


12.00


C. J. Hatch


10.00


Joseph Ladue


8.75


Donald McCarthy


144.50


Raymond Marriott"


8.25


Stanley Mazur


2.50


William North


5.00


John Sajdak


3.75


346.25


Woodland Dell Cemetery Association


Gideon Dickinson, labor


10.50


Woodland Dell Cemetery Assoc., for opening graves


39.70


50.20


East Wilbraham Cemetery


Adelbert J. Brooks, care of lots and opening graves


38.50


Adelbert J. Brooks, care of lots from Trust Funds


45.57


Merton Booth, labor


2.25


C. J. Hatch


33.25


Donald McCarthy "


152.50


The Cutler Company, fertilizer, fencing etc.


21.35


293.42


Glendale Cemetery


Adelbert J. Brooks, care of lots from Trust Funds


2.50


James Bennett, labor


15.00


Wesley Clark


15.00


Leonard Farr


22.00


Donald McCarthy “


7.50


62.00


Total Expenditure


751.87


Unexpended balance


$27.70


69


Planning Board Appropriation


(ZONING ORDINANCES & MAP)


Appropriation $300.00


New England Blue Print Paper Company, Magni- graph, Tracing Cloth etc. $19.04


100.00


Maynard O. Saunders, engineering services


119.04


Unexpended Balance


$180.98


Report of Finance Board


Available in Reserve Fund


$5,000.00


To Article 27-Precinct "C" a/c


57.32


Town Collector's Expense a/c 225.00


Selectmen's Contingent Fund a/c


1,000.00


Selectmen's Contingent Fund a/c


250.00


Town Clerk's Expense a/c


16.88


Town Officer's Salary a/c


126.51


1,675.71


Balance


$3,324.29


Your Finance Board is pleased to report that it was found necessary to transfer only a small portion of the Reserve Ac- count this year, the greater portion of the transfer being oc- casioned by the unforseen expense in connection with the organization and housing of the Ration Board.


In making its recommendations for the coming year, the Board has interviewed the representatives of the various de- partments of the town and to the best of their ability all con- cerned have endeavored to pursue a reasonably conservative policy yet provide for contingencies which may be expected to arise in a year as wholly unpredictable as 1943 may prove to be.


Respectfully submitted, IRVING J. CORDNER, Chairman CARL NELSON, Secretary LEON A. JEWELL FRANK N. BODEN JOHN J. LYONS EDWARD P. RACIBORSKI


70


Report of Water Commissioners


Construction-House Installations-Water Rent, etc.


Appropriation :


$4,200.00


Labor:


Roy Capen


$63.59


Norman Ellis


6.00


James Jaffray


28.60


E. D. Jerome Jr.


10.40


George Keyes


74.61


Fred Meher


63.05


E. Ray Pease


93.75


James Pickens


5.00


Harold Porter


182.50


$527.50


Miscellaneous:


Chapman Valve Company, valves and fittings


$116.23


Davitt and Calkins Express, express


2.44


Gardner's Express, express


1.36


Leadite Company, leadite


24.00


Morrissey Brothers, tubing, saw blades etc.


4.90


National Meter Company, meters


171.29


Springfield Water Department, water rent


1,861.40


White and Crowley, tubing


471.69


$2,653.31


Total Expenditure


3,180.81


Balance


$1,019.19


Maintenance and taxes


Appropriation


$1,800.00


Labor:


Roy Capen


$25.76


James Jaffray


5.20


Joseph Ladue


5.20


George Keyes


23.38


Fred Meher


21.45


E. Ray Pease


165.00


James Pickens


21.00


Harold Porter


394.40


$661.39


71


Miscellaneous:


Anker Printing Company, water bills


$19.00


A. H. Bartlett Company, memo book


1.60


Belcher Brothers, kerosene


.90


Builders' Iron Foundry, material


28.46


James B. Clow and Sons, material


147.24


Dresser Manufacturing Company, material


3.53


Gebeau's Garage, welding


3.00


James B, Logan. stamped envelopes and stamps


74.41


William F. Logan, war damage insurance


2.00


Morrissey Brothers, snow shovels


2.98


New York Central R. R. Company, freight


14.12


Palmer Register, purchase orders


6.00


M. C. Smith, check to cover postage


2.16


City of Springfield, testing and repairing meters


22.55


Town of Ludlow, taxes


372.00


Town of Wilbraham, check to cover postage


2.61


Town of Wilbraham, reimbursement clerical work


56.90


Hattie E. G. Burbank, clerical work


68.10


Harold Porter, clerical work


25.00


Howard F. Calkins, Water Commissioner


25.00


Russell Harringsn, Water Commissioner


25.00


Estate of George Northup, Water Commissioner


12.50


Everet Pickens, Water Commissioner


6.25


$921.31


Total Expenditure


$1,582.70


Balance


$217.30


72


Report of School Committee


To the Citizens of Wilbraham:


Your school committee respectfully submits the following report for the year 1942.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1942


Appropriation for School Support


$61,850.00


Total expenditures for school support (itemized state- ment follows) $58,026.63


Less:


Tuition refunds, 1942 330.24


$57,696.39


Net expenditures for school support


Unexpended balance


$4,153.61


Appropriation for Americanization Class 375.00


Expenditures for Americanization Class 228.77


Unexpended balance 146.23


Total net expenditures


$57,925.16


Total unexpended balance $4,299.84


NET COST OF SCHOOLS TO TOWN FOR 1942


Total net expenditures above


$57,925.16


Credits


From the Commonwealth:


General School Fund, Part I


$2,320.00


Vocational Education 5,378.19


Superintendent's Salary Reimbursement 859.26


Tuition, State Children


201.12


Americanization Class


140.00


8,898.57


From other sources:


Tuition refunds, 1941 17.62


Miscellaneous credits, supplies sold,


rental, telephone 49.82


67.44


Total credits 8,966.01


Net cost of schools from local taxation


$48,959.15


ITEMIZED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES


School Committee:


H. W. Cutler, salary


50.00


Mrs. Mary S. Merrick, salary


50.00


Horace J. Rice, salary


50.00


$150.00


Superintendent's Salary


Edmund R. Sawyer


$1,577.81


73


Expenses of Superintendence and Enforcement of Law


Mrs. Jennie T. Abbott, labor certificates


$58.25


Mrs. Emily Condon, secretary's salary 611.07


Conklin Office and School Supply Co., filing case


1.05


Charles Lapine, supervisor of attendance


59.50


Edmund R. Sawyer, traveling & office expenses


320.36


Wright & Potter Printing Co., account blanks


6.11


1,056.34


Supervisors' Salaries


William L. Rinehart


130.00


Mrs. Cecilia C. Seymour


580.00


Mrs. Helen B. Tower


760.00


1,470.00


Teachers' Salaries


Mrs. Carol B. Allen


20.00


Mrs. Marguerite G. Brady


1,040.00


Mrs. Miriam P. Bryans


2.00


Judith V. Carlson


1,140.00


Mrs. Pearl P. Chouffet


613.00


Mrs. Adele C. DuBray


14.00


Mrs. Liane S. Fontaine


1,250.00


Mrs. Esther Goggin


12.00


Mrs. Millicent G. Green


1,370.00


Emily Ham


4.00


Katherine A. Hart


750.00


Marion L. Holland


1,237.50


Marion E. Kelley


1,370.00


Mrs. Lucy B. Kerr


14.00


Helen S. Kochanek


1,250.00


Mrs. Mary G. Logan


1,332.87


Patricia E Mitchell


1,035.00


Pauline Monahan


14.00


Christine E. Pike


440.00


Mrs. Olive Radebaugh


8.00


Mrs. Isabel Riddle


4.00


Mrs. Grace Rodin


20.00


Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington


609.00


Mrs. Clara W. Strasburg


1,140.00


14,689.37


Textbooks


Allyn and Bacon


13.90


American Book Company


6.22


Beckley-Cardy Company


80.84


The Bobbs-Merrill Company


1.86


Ginn and Company


18.60


Houghton Mifflin Company


31.11


Iroquois Publishing Company


27.68


The Macmillan Company


65.46


National School Book Service


27.02


74


Noble and Noble Publishers, Icn.


$1.84


Scott, Foresman & Company


197.25


The John C. Winston Company


78.47


$550.25


Supplies


American Book Company, workbooks


4.76


American Crayon Company, paper, dyes 45.15


American Education Press, Inc., news sheets


92.80


Edward E. Babb & Company, general supplies


38.75


Beckley-Cardy Company, sentence builders


1.50


Blodgett's Music Store, music


16.08


Carlisle Hardware Co., physical ed. supplies


43.20


Civic Education Service, news sheets


25.80


Cook and Company, drill charts


9.89


Department of Education, rental Erpi films


12.50


Forbes & Wallace, Inc., oilcloth


1.00


Ginn and Company, workbooks


31.78


Mary Joan Green, magazine subscriptions


11.00


J. L. Hammett Co., general supplies


52.52


Harcourt, Brace and Company, workbooks


6.05


Houghton Mifflin Co., workbooks


37.50


C. Howard Hunt Pen Co., lettering books


3.00


The Macmillan Company, workbooks


33.78


Laidlaw Brothers, workbooks


16.89


Papercrafters, Inc., paper


42.81


The Plymouth Press, seatwork


5.00


Theodore Presser Co., music


4.84


Edmund R. Sawyer, transportation paid on films


7.70


Scott, Foresman & Co., workbooks


115.40


Shaw-Walker, record cards


2.66


Springfield Office Supply Co., pencils, file


5.98


Supreme Radio Service, records, charts


9.21


O1 H. Toothaker, atlas, map


4.45


Mrs. Helen B. Tower, drill, paint, shellac


2.17


Weber-Costello Co., Alphacolor


2.27


Webster Publishing Co., workbooks


7.03


Henry S. Wolkins Co., general supplies


327.28


World Book Co., tests


21.30


1,042.05


Janitors


Charles J. Hatch


183.00


Henry R. Hyde


800.00


Charles Lapine


1,509.82


2,492.82


Fuel


Cutler Grain & Coal Co., anthracite coal Springfield Coal Company, bituminous coal


860.90


390.63


1,251.53


75


Miscellaneous Operating Expenses


Carlisle Hardware Co., dustbane


$19.00


Carter Paper Company, wax


40.00


Central Mass. Electric Co., light, power, bulbs


167.77


C. B. Dolge Co., floor seal


386.82


Jerry Donohue, removing ashes


16.90


David K. Farrelly, deodorant blocks


1.85


Henry. R. Hyde, fly spray


5.30


Morrissey Brothers Co., cleaner


3.29


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone service


130.16


City of Springfield, water


23.54


State Prison Colony, brushes


18.14


Thacker Craig Paper Co., paper towels


135.45


Town of Wilbraham, water


24.50


972.72


Repairs


Edward E. Babb & Co., Alotol


3.67


Division of the Blind, repairing and tuning pianos


10.50


A. Boilard & Sons, Inc., cement, sand 14.50


Carlisle Hardware Co., burner plate


8.96


Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler inspection


5.00


Community Feed Stores, paint


16.75


The Cutler Co., cement


4.80


Forbes & Wallace, Inc., shade


2.95


J. L. Hammett Co., slatex


1.60


Henry Hyde, mowing yard


5.00


Charles Lapine, repairs and mileage


90.59


Fred C. McClean Heating Supply Co., guage, brush, couplings


3.30


O. J. Merkel & Sons, wiring heater


18.80


Leo Meunier, repairs


7.15


Moderne Radio Shoppe, repairs on radios


13.75


Morrissey Brothers Co., fuse, bolts, glue


15.02


E. Ray Pease, labor


249.00


Reformatory for Women, flags


21.54


George W. Robbins & Sons Co., fir, nails


26.24


Edmund R. Sawyer, key


.20


Charles S. Stacy, repairs on heaters


45.98


Ellis Stansfield, labor


244.80


True Bros., Inc. clocks


16.50


826.60


Health


Dentists & Surgeons Supply Co., Schick needles


2.50


Federal Pharmacy, supplies


25.42


Franconia Press, printing


3.11


Signe L. Polson, salary, postage, telephone


756.76


Walter T. Rohr, M. D., physician


198.50


Edmund L. Saunders, M. D., physician


49.50


1,035.79


76


Elementary School Transportation


Mrs. Mildred H. Brooks, contract


$448.50


Leon A. Jewell, contract


141.58


Town of Ludlow, contract


110.08


George W. Motyka, contract


1,680.00


Bernard L. Rochford, contract


250 00


Nicholas J. Samble, contract


764.00


3,394.16


High and Trade School Transportation


Zelva Barber, reimbursement


3.75


Town of Ludlow, contract


60.02


George W. Motyka, contract


5,020.00


Julia Porteri, reimbursement


4.25


Mrs. Flsie M. Samble, contract


491.20


Springfield Street Railway Co., tickets


164.00


5,743.22


High School Tuition


Town of Ludlow


240.64


Town of Palmer


900.00


City of Springfield


14,611.38


15,752.02


Elementary School Tuition


Town of Ludlow


127.36


Trade School Tuition


City of Springfield


5.192.19


Miscellaneous Auxiliary Expenses


Lewis H. Blackmer, program covers


6.60


Mrs. Emily Condon, lettering certificates


8.70


Forbes & Wallace, Inc., housewares


4.80


William F. Logan, insurance


647.50


667.00


New Equipment


.


Mrs. Cecilia C. Seymour, victrola case


1.39


Supreme Radio Service, record player


20.23


Welch Allyn Co., vision test equipment


13.78


Total expenditures for school support


$58,026.63


Americanization Class


Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies


1.40


Teresa Boylan, teacher


66.00


Irving C. Clark, film rental


3.00


Mrs. Esther Goggin, teacher


66.00


Mrs. Lucy B. Kerr, teacher


88.00


Clem O. Thompson, Director, books


4.37


35.40


228.77


77


APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED FOR 1943


General Expenses


School Committee


$150.00


Superintendent's Salary


1,600.00


Expenses of Superintendence


1,135.00


Expenses of Instruction


Salaries of Supervisors and Teachers


19,859.00


Textbooks


800.00


Supplies


1,200.00


Expenses of Operation


Janitors


2,620.00


Fuel


1,350.00


Miscellaneous


750 00


Maintenance


Repairs and Replacements


1,000.00


Auxiliary Agencies


Health


1,150.00


Transportation


9,886.00


Tuition


22,955.00


Miscellaneous


145.00


Total for support of schools, transportation and


trade school tuition


$64,600.00


Americanization Class


$200.00


ESTIMATE OF CREDITS ON ACCOUNT OF EDUCATION FOR 1943


General School Fund Law, Part I


$2,410.00


Superintendent's Salary


859.26


Vocational Education


4,278.32


State Wards


100.00


Americanization Class


60.00


TOTAL


$7,707.58


Respectfully submitted, H. W. CUTLER, Chairman MRS. MARY S. MERRICK HORACE J. RICE


78


Report of Fire Commissioners Year Ending December 31, 1942


Regular Appropriation


$3,000.00


Emergency Defense Appropriation


1,000.00


Total Appropriation


$4,000.00


Maintenance Expense


Central Mass. Electric Co., electricity


76.99


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


64.46


Gideon Dickinson, garage rent


180.00


Ludlow Mfg. & Sales Co., alarm box battery upkeep


22.00


Walter H. Clark, coal


65.58


William Tupper, janitor service


24.50


Clifton King, janitor service


15.00


Water Department


4 25


A. J. Brooks, gasoline and oil


50.17


Files' Service Sta., gasoline, oil & battery service


26.79


Lloyd M Hoover, insurance on Reo truck


12.50


John F. Baldwin, insurance on Maxim truck


12.50


$554.74


Supplies and Equipment Expense


American LaFrance Foamite Industries Inc., equipment


232.23


Hall Hardware Co., light bulbs & dry cell batteries


5.15


Sears, Roebuck Co., oil and battery charges


23.88


Fisk Tire Service, tire tubes


18.64


W. G. Chapman, miscellaneous supplies


3.50


238.40


Payroll Expense


Regular payroll


1,155.50


Hourly rate


309.50


$1,465.00


Repair Expense


none


Total Expenditures


$2,303.14


Unexpended Balance


1,696.86


$4,000.00


Respectfully submitted, WESLEY G. CHAPMAN DAVID J. MUIR FRED B. REIDY


Fire Commissioners


79


Report of Trustees of the Free Public Library


Resources


Appropriation for 1942 Dog Fund


$900.00 755.16


$1,655.16


Expenditures


Library Book House, books


$ 452.44


M. L. Edgerton, magazines


32.85


Gaylord Brothers, supplies


8.40


Demco Library Supply Company, supplies


1.35


Remington Rand Company, pockets


2.00


A. H. Bartlett Co., printing and supplies


7.65


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, services as Librarian


100.00


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, paid for assistance


32.80


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, paid for cleaning


7.75


Mrs. J. T. Abbott, paid for postage and supplies


3.68


Mrs. C. B. Hitchcock, care Stony Hill Branch


5.00


Cutler Coal and Grain Company, coal


266.10


James Jaffray, care heater and lawn


193.00


Town Water Department, water rental


12.25


Central Mass. Electric Company, current


77.96


Faulkner Hardware Co., repairs to radiator


2.38


Cutler Company, fertilizer


3.00


Used less than available


$1,208.61 446.55 $1,208.61


Gross Expenditures as above


Less int., Henry Cutler Legacy


20.50


Less int., Chloe Bliss Stebbins Fund


2.05


Less int., Abner E. Bell Fund


. 81


Less Fines (In Treasurer's report for 1943)


49.47


Less Rent for Offices one year


144.00


Net Cost to the Town


$991.73


Morton L. Day Trust Fund


On hand January 1, 1942


$575.80


Interest to August 1, 1942, one year


11.56


Paid for 35 Copies Christian Herald


35.00


On hand January 1, 1943


$552.36


See Auditor's Report for statement of Henry Cutler Legacy, Abner E. Bell Fund and Chloe Bliss Stebbins Fund.


8387


Number of Volumes added by purchase


262


Number of Volumes donated


69


7718


Number of Volumes discarded or lost


74


Number of Volumes in Library January 1, 1943


7644


North Wilbraham


9422


580


Stony Hill


213


21


School Deposits


1351


Total


10.986 301


The Trustees gratefully acknowledge gifts from various sources.


Respectfully submitted,


MRS. ALICE P. PLIMPTON H. W. CUTLER,-Trustees.


216.88


Number of Volumes in Library January 1, 1942


Circulation


Brorowers


80


Report of Tree Warden


Appropriation


$550.00


LABOR


Ernest M. Hayn


$95.55


Louis B. Hallock


39.50


Henry Hyde


35.50


Ervin Auchter


20.50


William Shortell


2.00


$193.05


MATERIAL


R. E. Faulkner, Ebonol, Tools 9.93


Hill Saw Filing Co., Filing Saws 3.00


Cutler Co., Waterproof paint 1.50


Benjamin Powell Co., Ladder


14.40


28.83


MAINTENANCE


Northern Tree Expert Co. 50.00


Spraying 100 trees


E. M. Hayn, reimbursement for 25 Rock Maples


65.00


115.00


336.88


Unexpended balance


$213.12


This year, as in the past, a spraying program was con- tinued. All elm trees on Main Street and a section of Springfield Street were sprayed for the eradication of Elm Leaf Beetle. This is the second year the elms have been sprayed and they show improvement in health.


The sum of $200.00 was set aside for professional trimming of large trees on Main Street, continuing where this work was terminated last year. Two Tree Expert Companies were en- gaged to do this work but both had to cancel their agreements due to the shortage of skilled climbers. The shortage of man power locally also hindered the progress of tree work.


At the present time there are a few 14 foot Rock Maples purchased by the Town available for roadside planting this spring. Property owners having room for one or two additional roadside trees may apply for them as long as the supply lasts.


Respectfully submitted, ERNEST M. HAYN


81 State Auditor's Report


MR. THEODORE N. WADDELL DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION STATE HOUSE, BOSTON


Sir:


In accordance with your instructions I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Wilbraham for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1942, and submit the following report thereon.


The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified.


The recorded receipts for licenses issued by the board of selectmen were checked with the record of licenses granted, and the payments to the treasurer were verified. The surety bonds filed with the town by indi- viduals to whom liquor licenses were issued were examined and found to be in proper form.


The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records of the departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments were compared with the treasury warrants approved by the board of selectmen authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds, and the cash balance on December 31, 1942, was proved by reconciliation of the bank balance with statements furnished by the bank and by examination of the savings bank book.


The payments of debt and interest were proved by comparison with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.


The savings bank books representing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the treasurer were examined and listed, the income being proved and the expenditures being verified.


The books and accounts of the town collector were examined and checked in detail. The tax accounts outstanding at the time of the prev- ious examination and the subsequent lists of all taxes committed were audited and proved with the warrants given by the assessors for their collection. The recorded collections were checked, the payments to the treasurer were verified, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.


The departmental accounts receivable outstanding at the time of the previous examination and the subsequent commitments of departmental accounts were examined and checked. The recorded collections were compared with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.


The outstanding tax and departmental accounts were verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town. Among the replies received were two which claimed that taxes had been paid. These claims are being investigated, and from the balance of the replies received it would appear that the accounts, as listed, are correct.


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The collector's cash balance on December 31, 1942, was proved by a . reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement received from the bank and by actual count of the cash in the office.


The record of tax titles held by the town was examined and checked with the collector's and treasurer's accounts and with the records at the Registry of Deeds.


The financial transactions of the town clerk were examined. The receipts for dog and sporting licenses were checked with the record of licenses issued and the payments to the state and town treasurers were verified. The receipts for gasoline license renewals were checked with the applications and the payments to the treasurer were verified. The town clerk's cash on hand December 31, 1942, was proved by actual acount.


The surety bonds filed with the town by the town clerk, treasurer and town collector were examined and found to be in proper form.


The appropriations voted by the town were listed from the town clerk's record of town meetings and a comparison with the aggregate amounts chargeable against each appropriation showed that all expenditures have been limited to the amounts voted.


The recorded receipts of the sealer of weights and measures were hecked with the record of work done and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


The receipts for fees charged for registration of bicycles were checked and the payments to the treasurer were verified.




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