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Theodore L. Wallace
William N. Wallace, Jr. Nelson Elmer Warner Paul A. Wierciak David M. Wight Joseph Witowski Mitchell Witowski Thaddeus Witowski
Walter Loring Woods, Jr.
Emanuel Wyzik Walter Wyzik
Frank Zabawa Walter Zabawa
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Rearranged Town Report TOWN OF WILBRAHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
REPORT COVERING ACTIVITIES OF THE YEAR OF 1942
The Board of Selectmen would welcome the complete reading of this report by every resident of the Town. Realizing that this probably cannot occur, the Board has this year rearranged this book so that everyone can easily and quickly refer to at least the summary highlights of the Town's affairs.
These highlights are contained in the two sections printed on green paper (pages 1-16 inclusive and pages 81-96 inclusive) In the first green paper section, you will find a new summary net cost report covering every appropriation and any offsetting receipts payable to the Town. In future years, as this new record is continved, preceding years will be included in this report for your convenient comparison. Also in the first green paper section are all honor roll lists and directories of officials and appointed committees.
In the final green paper section (pages 81 to 96) of the book is the highlight material that can assist you in voting at your Town Meeting. Here you will find the reports of the Town Collector, the Treasurer and the State Auditors. Also, in the last section is the entire warrant for the 1943 Town Meeting.
KNOW YOUR TOWN'S AFFAIRS-
READ ALL OF THIS REPORT THAT YOU CAN- BUT DON'T FAIL TO READ ALL OF THE TWO SEC- TIONS PRINTED ON GREEN PAPER.
The second section of this book, which is printed on blue paper, contains the general and statistical reports of the Town and the third section, printed on white paper, contains the de- tailed record of expenditures against each appropriation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Table of Contents
Section 1-Summary and Directory (Green paper)
Appropriations: Summary of
School Department:
Net Cost,
5 to 7 inc.
Graduates and Honor Roll
4
Officials and Committees:
School Calendar, Directory
(Federal, State, County &
and Statistics
13 to 16 inc.
Town)
8 to 12 inc.
War Honor Roll
1
Section 2-General Reports (Blue Paper)
Annual Town Meeting, (Feb. 2, 1942) 17 to 23 inc.
Salvage Committee 44
School Supt. and Supervisors
Aid to Agriculture 42
30 to 41 inc.
Barn, Animal & Slaughtering 46
Sealer of Weights & Measures 46
Building Inspector 45
Selectmen's Report 24 to 26 inc.
Fire Chief 43
Town Clerk 29
Gypsy Moth Supt. 45 Visiting Nurse 47
Milk Inspector
46 Well Child Clinic 48
Planning Board
28 War Transportation Committee 27
Section 3-Detailed Expense Reports on Appropriations (White paper)
Aid to Dependent Children 55 Old Age Assistance 54 and 55
Aid to Agriculture
52 and 66
Police
57
Assessors
67 Planning Board 69
Board of Health
56
Printing Town Reports 65
Building Inspector
63
Parks 64
Cemetery Commissioners
68
Registrars 65
61
Dental Clinic
57
Selectmen's Contingent 50 to 52 inc.
Fire Commissioners
78
Soldiers Relief
56
Forest Warden
62
State Aid
56
Highways, Miscellaneous
58
Street Lights
61
Chapter 81
59
Town Office Rent.
66
Chapter 90( Maint)
60
Town Clerk
57
Chapter 90 (Const.)
60
Town Collector
66 and 67
Hydrants
64
Town Officers Salaries
49
Indemnity Insurance
65
Treasurer
67
Insurance & Bonding
65
Tree Warden
80
Interest
66
Water Dept.
Gypsy Moth
64
Appropriation 70 and 71
Legal
65
Bonds & Interest
66
Library Trustees
79
Notes & Interest 66
Memorial Day
64
Well Child Clinic 57
New Bicycle Law
63 Welfare
53
Section 4-Reference, Material for Your Town Meeting (Green paper)
Assessors' Report
85 and 86
Treasurer's Reports 88 to 90 inc. Warrant for Feb. 1,
Auditor's Report-
(State) 81 to 84 inc.
1943 Town Meeting 91 to 95 inc. In Memoriam 96 (Town) 86
Town Collector's Report
87
Safety Committee 63
Finance Board
69
School Committee ยท 72 to 77 inc.
Committee on Public Safety (Civilian Defense)
62 and 63
Road Machinery
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATES, JUNE, 1942
Teddy J. Bak
Helen Theresa Murphy
Lorraine Theresa Beaulac
Herbert Tupper Murphy Shirley Newell
Louise Patricia Bogue Teddy Brassard
Maddalena A. Pellegrini
Erwin P. Brut
Andrew Planeta
Phyllis Rose Cioch
Dorothy June Porteri
Raymond Corriveau
Valentino Rudolph Ricci Sophie Ann Sajdak
Josephine Cwieka
Frederick Severyn
Irene Dabrowski Victoria D'Andrea
Theresa De Gray
Don Sharples Stiles
William Haven Doe
Pauline Stokosa
Martha Elizabeth Egan
Nellie Szlosek
Theresa Gendron
Lillian Alma Williams
Charles Edward Hackett
Yvonne Lorraine Whitney
Eleanor Ruth King
Elizabeth Lorraine Young
Wesley Eugene Clark
William King Prendergast
HIGH AND TRADE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL, 1942
Eleanor Adams
Wanda Nieiadlik
George Backus
Eugene Nowak
Donald Bacon
Henry Opalinski
Alfred Beane
Josephine Pabis
Elva Bower
Dorothy Porteri
Dorothy Boyer
Julia Porteri
Henry Boyer
John Preston
Charlotte Burrows
Richard Preston
Pauline Campsie
Janet Rogers
Victor Carman
June Rogers
Chester Cebula
Helen Chmura
** Lynford W. Samble Helen Skorupski Frank Skrzyniarz Roberta Snelling Jerome Stedman Jocelyn Stedman
*Valeta B. Cutting Irene Dabrowski John Dabrowski Mary Lou Dietz John Feranzoviz Dorothy Frost Silvio Gendron Edwin Goodrich
Robert Guilmette Charles Hackett
Eleanor Harrington
*Mary Lisbeth Stedman Fred Strasburg Josephine Szczebak Josephine Szlosek Genevieve Tokarski Alice Trybus Edward Trybus John Tupper James Van Wart Joseph Victor Jane Ward
Phyllis Hatch Lloyd Hoover Wilbur Jenkins Malcolm Johnson Janet Mallon Stanley Misterka
Stanley Witowski Genevieve Wozniak
Mitchell Mitus
Anita Yamer
Joseph Motyl
Helen Zabawa
Bernice Mullan
Josephine Zabawa John Ziemba
Shirley Newell
*Three-year honor students, Classical High School
** Three-year honor student, High School of Commerce
Thelma Jean Bennett
Josephine Babs Pabis
Lorraine Idella Cotter
Robert Edward Smith
Roberta Snelling
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Account
Credits Paid Appropria- Transfers Into Gen'l Treas. tions
From Reserve
Credits Paid Into Acc't
Total Available
Expenditures
Balance
Aid to Agriculture.
$75.00* 1,000.00*
$75.00 1,000.00
597.50
402.50
Aid to Dependent Children
(Federal Grant).
$261.50
261.50
261.50
.00
Aid to Dependent Children Adminis- tration (Federal Grant) .
44.95
44.95
44.95
00
Americanization Class .
375.00
375.00
228.77
146.23
Assessors' Expense.
150.00
150.00
123.51
26.49
Board of Health
3,000.00
3,000.00
1,922.00
1,078.00
Building Inspector's Expense. .
10.00
10.00
4.05
5.95
Cemeteries .
625.00
(From Trust Funds).
154.57
779.57
751.87
27.70
Cemetery Trust Funds.
.50*
.50
.50
.00
Collector's Expense.
400.00
225.00
625.00
606.60
18.40
Committee on Public Safety.
1,000.00
1,000.00
833.23
166.77
County Taxes.
4,511.15
Dental Clinic.
600.00
600.00
581.35
18.65
Dog Licenses.
906.80
Dog Officer's Fees.
22.00
Fire Department.
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,303.14
696.86
Fire Department (Defense).
1,000.00
1,000.00
.00
1,000.00
Forest Warden
300.00
300.00
179.25
120.75
Gypsy Moth.
500.00
500.00
400.16
99.84
Highways
(Miscellaneous)
2,700.00
2,700.00
1,794.57
905.43
(Chapter 81).
6,750.00
.00
Aid to Dependent Children
$433.86
U
151.56
Collector's Costs.
(Civilian Defense).
. .
. .
1
$75.00
Account
Credits Paid Appropria- Into Gen'l Treas. tions
Transfers From Reserve
Credits Paid Into Acc't
Total Available
Expenditures
Balance
State. .
Loan (to be repaid by State)
650.00 6,100.00
13,500.00
10,469.98
3,030.02
(Chapter 90-Springfield St.)
2,107.30*
2,107.30
391.40
1,715.90
(Chapter 90-Ludlow Road)
700.00
1,400.00
2,100.00
854.47
1,245.53
(Manchonis Road).
607.70*
607.70
00
607.70
House Numbering.
150.00
150.00
116.75
33.25
Hydrants . .
2,460.00
2,460.00
2,460.00
.00
Indemnity Insurance.
230.00
230.00
230.00
.00
Insurance and Bonding .
800.00
800.00
735.76
64.24
Interest. .
200.00
200.00
10.40
189.60
Legal Appropriation . .
1,000.00
1,000.00
305.50
694.50
Liquor Law Enforcement .
100.00
100.00
.00
100.00
Library .
900.00
755.16
1,655.16
1,208.61
446.55
Memorial Day ..
75.00
75.00
61.25
13.75
78.50
50.00
50.00
21.65
28.35
Old Age Assistance
12,000.00
12,000.00
10,516.65
1,494.35
(Federal Grant).
7,744.96
7,744.96
7,744.96
.00
Old Age Assistance (Federal Grant)
45.97*
258.10
304.07
304.07
.00
Parks.
250.00
250.00
231.45
18.55
Planning Board.
300.00
300.00
119.04
180.96
Playground.
300.00
300.00
00
300.00
Police. . .
200.00
200.00
65.00
135.00
Precinct "C"
75.00
57.32
132.32
132.32
.00
Public Welfare.
1,520.49
7,000.00
7,000.00
5,192.97
1,807.03
Refunds
(Excise).
117.96
00
(Personal Property) .
3.66
.00
(Real Estate). .
100.04
00
(Water Department)
18.48
.00
.
6
(From Dog Tax).
New Bicycle Law.
11.00
Loan (to be repaid by State)
Registrar's Expense. .
75.00
75.00
24.23
Reimbursement Loans.
00
Revenue Loans.
00
Road Machinery . . .
1,000.00
1,000.00
110.80
Safety Committee:
(Protection School Children ). (Expense).
50.00
50.00
33.00
17.00
Selectmen's Contingent
1,000.00
2,250.00
2,249.51
.49
Schools .
7,707.58
61,850.00
61,850.00
58,026.63
3,823.37
Soldiers Relief . .
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
.00
State Aid.
100.00
100.00
75.00
25.00
State Tax. .
7,800.00
00
State Parks and Reservations.
111.36
State Audit. .
696.16
Street Lights
2,900.00
2,900.00
2,748.33
151.67
Street Signs.
200.00
200.00
199.54
.46
T. B. Hospital .
398.27
Town Officers' Salaries
6,100.00
126.51
6,226.51
6,226.51
00
Town Clerk's Expense
60.00
16.88
76.88
76.88
.00
Town Office Rent .
144.00
144.00
144.00
.00
Town Reports.
382.80
382.80
382.80
.00
Treasurer's Expense.
250.00
250.00
203.39
46.61
Tree Warden
550.00
550.00
336.88
213.12
W. P.A ...
857.35*
857.35
00
857.35
4,350.48
4,200.00
4,200.00
3,180.81
1,019.19
Water Department (Installations) Maintenance (Water Bills)
6,316.25
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,582.70
217.30
Water Bonds & Interest ..
4,800.00
.00
4,800.00
.00
Water Notes & Interest ..
3,202.50
3,202 50
3,202.50
.00
Well Child Clinic. .
600.00
600.00
474.50
125.50
(*1941 Balances marked)
$195,700.57
.
.
.
7
.
.
.
600.00
600.00
600.00
00
1,250.00
50.77 7,500.00 35,000.00 889.20
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TOWN OF WILBRAHAM MASSACHUSETTS
Incorporated 1763
Annual Town Election and Annual Appropriation Meeting Always held on first Monday in February.
Represented in the United States Senate by David I. Walsh, Clinton Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Beverly
Represented in Congress by Charles R. Clason, Springfield Second Massachusetts Congressional District
Represented in the Governor's Council by Michael J. O'Hara of Worcester Seventh Councillor District
Represented in Massachusetts State Senate by Thomas H. Johnston, Clinton Worcester-Hampden Senatorial District
Represented in Massachusetts House of Representatives by Clarence B. Brown, Brimfield William J. Sessions, Hampden First Hampden District
County Commissioners Charles W. Bray Thomas J. Costello Edward J. Stapleton
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Elected Town Officers-1942 AND DATE OF EXPIRATION OF TERMS
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR., Chairman, 1943 J. LORING BROOKS, JR., 1944 ALBERT L. MARTIN, 1945
Assessors CHARLES W. VINTON, Chairman, 1943 HENRY I. EDSON, 1944 E. RAY PEASE, 1945
School Committee MRS. MARY S. MERRICK, 1943 HORACE J. RICE, 1944 H. W. CUTLER, Chairman, 1945
Town Collector MICHAEL C. SMITH, 1943
Treasurer WALTER F. BERRY, 1943
Town Clerk MRS. JENNIE T. ABBOTT, 1943
Auditor WILLIAM E. PORTER, 1943
Cemetery Commissioners ADELBERT J. BROOKS, Chairman, 1943 ARTHUR E. DIBBLE, 1944 HENRY I. EDSON, 1945
Water Commissioners GEORGE E. NORTHUP, 1943, Deceased EVERETT P. PICKENS, Appointed to Fill Vacancy RUSSELL J. HARRINGTON, 1944 HOWARD F. CALKINS, 1945
Trustees of Public Library DR. A. L. DAMON, 1943, Deceased H. W. CUTLER, 1944 MRS. ALICE P. PLIMPTON, 1945
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Tree Warden ERNEST M. HAYN, 1943
Constables ERNEST L. BACON, 1943 WILLIAM E. DAY, 1943 AUGUSTUS F. FRIEND, 1943 EVERETT P. PICKENS, 1943 JOHN B. TUPPER, 1943
Planning Board RAY PALMER, 1943 HERBERT F. SWETLAND, 1943 WALTER F. LAUFFERT, 1944 RUSSELL J. HARRINGTON, 1945 A. I. MACDONALD, 1945
Officers Appointed by Selectmen
Town Counsel ERNEST E. HOBSON, 1943
Bookkeeper for Selectmen HATTIE E. G. BURBANK, 1943
Superintendent of Streets FRED C. PHELPS, 1943
Financial Committee
FRANK N. BODEN, 1943 IVRING J. CORDNER, 1943 LEON A. JEWELL, 1943 JOHN J. LYONS, 1943
WM. H. McGUIRE, 1943, Deceased CARL NELSON, 1943 EDWARD P. RACIBORSKI, 1943
Board of Fire Commissioners WESLEY G. CHAPMAN, 1943 DAVID J. MUIR, 1943 FRED B. REIDY, 1943
Forest Warden JERRY DONAHUE, 1943
Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES W. VINTON, 1943
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Building Inspector GEORGE HERTER, 1943
Inspector of Provisions, Slaughtering, Cattle and Milk JAMES M. PICKENS, 1943
Gypsy Moth Superintendent E. RAY PEASE, 1943
Registrar of Voters MRS. JENNIE T. ABBOTT, Clerk, (Ex-Officio), 1943 HAROLD R. PORTER, 1943 JOHN J. POWERS, 1944 WILLIAM L. DEMPSEY, 1945
Fence Viewers HAROLD W. BROWN, 1943 WILLIAM L. DEMPSEY, 1943 JOHN J. LYONS, 1943
Dog Officer JOHN B. TUPPER, 1943
War Transportation Committee
Irving J. Cordner, Chairman
Leo E. Kuehn
Mary L. Lynch, Secretary
H. W. Cutler
Carl Nelson
Ruth M. Gale
Bert W. Gowell
Donald Benson
Harold Murphy
Clifford A. Bradway
Arthur K. Phillippi
Cornelius J. Donovan
Lillian E. Thompson
Aldo Belli
Joseph Nalepa
Dorothy Porter
Fred B. Reidy
WILBRAHAM COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (Civilian Defense)
RALPH S. STEDMAN, Chairman, resigned WESLEY CHAPMAN, Vice-Chairman and Acting Chairman FRED B. REIDY, Secretary
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Honor Roll Committee
Winthrop E. Bell Charles K. Farrar
Joseph B. Nalepa
Helen C. Boden Ray Palmer Bert W. Gowell Fred B. Reidy
Wilbraham Safety Committee
At a request of the Federal Government the National Safety Council was asked to increase their efforts for accident prevention, in order to prevent the loss of man-hours in our all out effort to win the war.
Last July, Wilbraham was one of three towns in western Massachusetts to receive a "Reward of Merit" certificate for excellent results in accident prevention.
Wilbraham has led the small towns in safety work for the past ten years.
Why not do your part to help win the war by helping to prevent "off the job" accidents?
Let's make 1943 our best year.
Better be safe than sorry!
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER F. BERRY
HAROLD J. MURPHY
BERT GOWELL
WILLIAM F. LOGAN
FRED C. PHELPS Wilbraham Safety Committee
Rationing Board Members
Frank Auchter, Chairman Walter F. Berry, Resigned Donald D. Benson
George E. Egan
Russell J. Harrington, Resigned Carl Nelson Dr. Frederic T. Steele, Deceased William R. Cooper
Richard L. Danforth
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1942-1943
First Term: Wednesday, September 9, to Wednesday, Dec. 23 Second Term: Monday, January 4, to Friday, February 26 Third Term: Monday, March 8, to Friday, April 30 Fourth Term: Monday, May 10, to Friday, June 25
The schools are closed on Friday, October 30, annual meeting of the Hampden County Teachers' Association; Wednesday noon, November 25, to Friday, November 27, inclusive, Thanksgiving recess; Friday, April 23, Good Friday; and on all legal holidays.
SCHOOL DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1, 1943
Superintendent of Schools
Edmund R. Sawyer, Residence: 54 North Main Street, East Longmeadow. Office: Town Hall, East Longmeadow
Superintendent's Secretary
Mrs. Emily Condon, 54 Fairfield Street, Springfield
Teachers
THE PINES SCHOOL:
Marion E. Kelley, Acting Principal, North Wilbraham Grades 5-8 *Mrs. Pearl P. Chouffet, 42 Plateau Avenue., West Springfield Grades 7-8 Helen S. Kochanek, 39 Ludlow Avenue., Indian Orchard Grades 7-8 Judith V. Carlson, 165 Massachusetts Ave., Springfield Grades 5-8
Mrs. Liane S. Fontaine, 19 Knox St., Ptlmer Grades 3-4 Marion L. Holland, 218 Pearl St., Springfield Grades 1-2 *Substitute for Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington on leave of absence
SPRINGFIELD STREET SCHOOL:
Mrs. Millicent G. Green, Principal, Wilbraham Grades 5-6
Mrs. Marguerite G. Brady, Wilbraham Grades 3-4 Grades 1-2
Christine E. Pike, Wilbraham
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NORTH WILBRAHAM SCHOOL:
Mrs. Mary G. Logan, Principal, North Wilbraham Grades 5-6 Mrs. Clara W. Strasburg, Wilbraham Grades 3-4 Patricia E. Mitchell, 812 Carew St., Springfield Grades 1-2
Janitors
THE PINES SCHOOL:
Charles Lapine, 98 Stony Hill Road, Wilbraham (P.O. Address, Ludlow)
SPRINGFIELD ST. & NO. WILBRAHAM SCHOOLS: Henry R. Hyde, Wilbraham
Supervisor of Art
Mrs. Helen B. Tower, Allen Street, Hampden (P.O. Address, East Longmeadow)
Supervisor of Handwriting
William L. Rinehart, Harvard Sq. P. O. Box 145, Cambridge
Supervisor of Music
Mrs. Cecilia C. Seymour, 2612 Crown St., Westfield
School Physician
Dr. Edmund L. Saunders, Wilbraham
School Nurse Signe L. Polson, 36 Summit St., Springfield
School Dentist
Dr. Irving P. Dinneen, 162 Main St., Indian Orchard
Supervisor of Attendance
Charles Lapine, 98 Stony Hill Road, Wilbraham (P.O. Address, Ludlow)
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TABLE I Data Bearing Upon School Membership for the Period 1927-42 (As of December in each year)
Year
Births Recorded
1st Grade
8th Grade
Elementary High and Schools
Trade Schools
1927
51
112
30
460
107
1928
27
97
48
440
122
1929
24
93
25
429
131
1930
19
74
41
449
128
1931
25
68
50
458
151
1932
29
71
59
460
153
1933
21
61
46
439
158
1934
37
50
54
413
163
1935
32
54
47
370
183
1936
27
37
47
324
177
1937
29
50
44
313
178
1938
43
37
33
278
193
1939
51
40
44
297
191
1940
45
'43
32
285
174
1941
55
40
42
299
164
1942
31
30
292
152
TABLE II Children in the School and their Distribution October 1, 1942
5 to 7 years
7 to 17
years
Total
Boys
33
198
231
Girls
23
211
234
Total
56
409
465
Distribution :
In public school
32
326
358
In Trade school
0
18
18
In private school
5
60
65
Not enrolled in any school
19
5
24
56
409
465
Total on October 1, 1941
77
396
473
.
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TABLE III Number of Pupils in Elementary Schools by Grades, Five-Year Period 1937-1942
(As of December in each year)
Yr. Grade I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VII
Total
1937
50
31
26
38
38
47
39
44
313
1938
37
30
33
28
32
33
52
33
278
1939
40
24
37
33
32
35
34
44
279*
1940
43
34
27
38
34
35
42
32
285*
1941
40
41
33
31
44
33
35
42
299*
1942
31
41
37
36
36
45
36
30
293*
*Does not include two pupils for whom Wilbraham pays tuition in Ludlow.
Number of Pupils in the Several High and Trade Schools Five-Year Period 1937-1942
(As of December in each year)
Junior Classical High Technical Ludlow Palmer
High
High
School
High
High
High School School School
Total
1937
53
13
28
29
2
9
44
178
1938
51
15
30
30
3
10
54
193
1939
38
16
36
35
3
8
55
191
1940
44
11
28
21
1
7
62
174
1941
31
16
28
20
2
9
58
164
1942
37
16
25
31
3
9
31
152
Trade
School School Commerce School
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Report of Annual Town Meeting FEBRUARY 2, 1942
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant the voters of the Town assembled in Grange Hall, Wilbraham Ballot Clerks and Tellers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. :
Mrs. Mary Lynch, Mrs. Marian Robinson, Mrs. Wanda Gurski, Hildegarde Fitzgerald, and A. A. Gustafson. A. F. Friend was Constable at the polls. Ballot Box registered 0000.
Article 1 was acted on at nine o'clock and Rev. Howard Orr was elected Moderator of the Meeting.
The polls were declared open and were closed at six o'clock.
Article 2. Minor officers elected :
Pound Keeper John B. Tupper
Measurers of Wood and Charcoal
Walter Clark Robert M. Welch
Surveyors of Lumber
Walter Clark
J. Wilbur Rice
Field Drivers
Harold E. Howe
John B. Tupper
Norman Thurlow
Weighers of Grain
Ralph Bennett Henry Clark
Article 3. Voted to accept the reports of Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, School Committee and other officers as printed.
Article 4. Voted that the compensation of elected officers be the same as last year, except $25.00 additional for Auditor.
Article 5. Voted the following appropriations :
Public Welfare $7,000.00
Old Age Assistance
12,000.00
Aid for Dependent Children 1,000.00
Board of Health Appropriation
3,000.00
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Water Notes and Interest
3,202.50
Water Board Appropriation
6,000.00
Town Officers' Salaries
6,100.00
Street Lights
2,900 00
Library
900.00
Hydrants
2,460.00
Highways, Miscellaneous, Snow Removal, Etc.
2,700.00
Highways, Chapter 81
6,750.00
Highways, Chapter 90
700.00
Fire Department
4,000.00
Care of Cemeteries
625.00
Dental Clinic
600.00
Americanization Class
375.00
Insurance and Bonding
800.00
Interest
200.00
Police
200.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
State Aid
100.00
Road Machinery Account
1,000.00
Printing Town Reports
382.80
Town Clerk's Expense
60.00
Town Treasurer's Expense
250.00
Town Collector's Expense
400.00
Registrars' Expense
75.00
Assessors' Expense
150.00
Building Inspector's Expense
10.00
Selectmens' Contingent Appropriation
1,000.00
Forest Warden's Appropriation
300.00
Tree Warden's Appropriation
550.00
Office Rent
144.00
Care of Parks
250.00
Liquor Law Enforcement
100.00
Legal Claims
1,000.00
Memorial Day
75.00
County Aid to Agriculture
75.00
Safety Committee
50.00
Gypsy Moth Appropriation
500.00
Playground Projects
300.00
Protection of School Children
600.00
Well Child Conference
600.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Revision of Zoning Laws
300.00
Insurance of Town Employees
230.00
Civilian Defense
1,000.00
Enforcement of New Bicycle Law
50.00
Voting Precinct Changes
75.00
Street Signs
200.00
House Numbers
150.00
Schools, including transportation and Trade School 61,850.00
Water Bonds and Interest
4,800.00
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Article 6. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is, authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year beginning January, 1942, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any notes or note that may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17, General Laws.
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 the sum of $100.00 for same.
Article 8. Voted to raise and appropriate $700.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 90 roads, provided the State and County contribute toward the same, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws.
Article 9. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 10. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the care of Parks at Wilbraham, North Wilbraham, and Glendale.
Article 11. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 to be expended for civilian protection and defense by the Com- mittee on Public Safety under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 12. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to change or establish definite names for certain streets and roads in the town.
Article 13. Voted to raise and appropriate $200.00 to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, to make and erect suitable street signs at various street intersections.
Article 14. Voted to raise and appropriate $150.00 to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen to assign street numbers to houses located on certain streets in the town, and urge the homeowners on such streets to suitably mark their houses with such numbers as assigned.
Article 15. Voted to raise and appropriate $75.00 to be expended in the town by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture, in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, Chapter 128, Section 42.
Article 16. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the town, fourteen days at least before sale, property taken by the
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town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen, or whomsoever they authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem inadequate.
Article 17. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 for the use of the Highway Safety committee.
Article 18. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to be used to protect the school children from traffic hazards.
Article 19. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to conduct the Well Child Clinic and the necessary follow up work arising therefrom.
Article 20. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to institute or defend suits and employ counsel for the purpose of protecting the interests of the town, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for same.
Article 21. Voted that the Dog Tax of 1941 be given to the Library.
Article 22. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to be used under the direction of the School Board for the operation of three playground projects in the vicinity of each of the schools in the town during the months of July and August.
Article 23. Voted to accept the following cemetery trust fund left to the town since the last annual meeting, with the stipulation that care will be limited to the amount of the income; Benjamin B .- Green one trust fund of $100.00.
Article 24. Voted to accept the new Bicycle Law, known as chapter 710 of the General Laws.
Article 25. Voted to instruct the Auditor to develop and prescribe, subject to the. approval of the Selectmen and the Financial Committee, a uniform method of financial records and reports to be used by boards or officers of the town whose annual expenditures exceed $500.00 per year.
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