Wilbraham annual report 1946-1950, Part 28

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 572


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$224.39


Town Clerk's Report


Births Recorded, 83; Births Corrected, 6; Marriages Recorded, 53; Deaths Recorded, 33; Personal Property Mortgages Recorded, 83; Other Instruments Recorded, 6; Gasoline Permits Renewed, 22; Dog Licenses - Male, 217, Female, 53, Spayed, 129, Kennel, 9; Resi- dent Licenses - Fishing, 131, Hunting, 105, Sporting, 132, Women's and Minor's, 62, Trapping and Sporting (free), 16; Non-Resident Fishing Licenses, 6; Citizen Trapping, 3; Oaths Administered, 79.


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Town Clerk's Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$350.00 206.11


Unexpended Balance


$143.89


EXPENDITURES: (total $206.11) A. H. Bartlett Co., office supplies, $10.86; Walter F. Berry, supplies (reimbursement) use of car and postage, $44.33; Roland D. Courtemache, chair, $45.00; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., office supplies, $13.82; James B. Logan, envelopes, $17.58; Eva M. McCombe, clerical services, $25.88; Barbara Nygren, clerical services, $3.60; Mass. Assoc. of Town Clerks, dues, $3.00; Josephine M. Pease, clerical services, $18.90; Springfield Office Sup- ply Co., office supplies, $3.14; Madeline Wellman, services at town meeting, $20.00.


Town Collector's Report


For Year Ending December 31, 1949 COMMITMENTS


Outstanding January 1, 1949 Commitments 1949


$20,018.12 236,873.30


Total Commitments


$256,891.42


Total amount collected to December 27, 1949 and paid to Treasurer


$229,671.46


25,308.68


Total amount unpaid to December 27, 1949 Abatements


1,652.64


Added to Tax Titles


258.38


Disallowed


.30


$256,891.46


Less overpayment


.04


$256,891.42


(NOTE: The Town Collector has filed with the Board of Selectmen an itemized, breakdown schedule covering all of the above. Since the size of this detailed report for this year's figures makes it imprac- ticable for clear reproduction on this size page, it will be held at the Town office for the reference of Town Officials and the Public.)


Respectfully submitted, LILLIAN E. THOMPSON


Town Collector's Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$700.00


689.03


Unexpended Balance


$10.97


EXPENDITURES: (total $689.03) Hobbs & Warren, supplies, $118.89; James B. Logan, stamped envelopes, etc., $175.20; William F. Logan, bonding, $71.25; Eva M. McCombe, clerical, $21.00; Josephine M. Pease, clerical, $186.50; Geraldine E. Thompson, clerical, $9.00; Lil- lian E. Thompson, reimbursement for stamps, supplies, expenses to Collector's meeting, use of personal car, $107.19.


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Town Officers' and Employees' Salaries Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$9,300.00 8,845.15


Unexpended Balance


$454.85


EXPENDITURES : (total $8,845.15) SELECTMEN - J. Loring Brooks, chairman, $550.00; Carl Nelson, $500.00; Irving J. Cordner, $500.00. ASSESSORS - Henry I. Edson, chairman, $132.50; E. Ray Pease, $318.90; George E. Egan, $274.85. TOWN COLLECTOR - Lillian E. Thompson, $1,100.00. TOWN TREASURER - Walter F. Berry, $850.00. TOWN CLERK - Walter F. Berry, $300.00 and fees; Vital statistics, $182.00; Adm. Oaths, $19.00. AUDITOR - William E. Porter, $100.00. SOCIAL WORKER - Helen C. Boden, part salary, $1,660.02. BOOK- KEEPER - Josephine M. Pease, $688.50. CLERICAL - Eva M. Mc- Combe, $400.88. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - Adelbert L. Brooks, $200.00. BUILDING INSPECTOR - George Herter, $300.00; use of car, $120.00 Herbert Swetland, $54.00. MILK INSPECTOR - James M. Pickens, $35.00. INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING - James M. Pickens, $17.00. DOG OFFICER - Ernest L. Bacon, $50.00; use of personal car, $24.00. REGISTRARS - Walter F. Berry, $25.00; William Dempsey, $25.00; William Dempsey, field work, $146.00; James Powers, $25.00; Ernest L. Bacon, field work, $172.50; Harold R. Porter, $25.00. MOD- ERATOR - Frank Auchter, $50.00.


Town Offices, Rent and Maintenance Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$800.00 749.60


Unexpended Balance


$50.40


EXPENDITURES: (total $749.60) Walter F. Berry, reimbursement for light fixtures, $1.85; Central Mass. Elec. Co., $11.55; Conklin Office & School Supply Co., desk lamp, $16.25; Domore Chair Co., office chair, $28.75; Norman Ellis, repairs to vault, $8.00; Arlan R. Goss, electrical work in office, $19.48; Leonard's Gen. Store, light bulbs, $2.56; Morrisey Bros., awning, wire, etc., $5.41; New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., $250.34; E. Ray Pease, labor on screens, etc., $9.00; Lillian E. Thompson, Town Coll., reimbursement for cash for janitor services and supplies, $137.41; George H. F. Goodrow, part payment for adding machine, $100.00; Town of Wilbraham, rent and water, $159.00.


Treasurer's Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$910.00 327.99


Unexpended Balance


$582.01


EXPENDITURES : (total $327.99) Mass. Coll. & Treasurers Asso- ciation, dues, $2.00; The Hedman Co., protection on check writer, $52.50; James B. Logan, Postmaster, postage, $122.28; Walter F.


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TREASURER'S EXPENDITURES (Continued)


Berry, registered mail and money orders, $6.10; Leonard's General Store, scotch tape and holder, $.88; Remington Rand, Inc., carbon and typewriter ribbons, $6.49; Walter F. Berry, use of car, $37.50; Palmer National Bank, rent of safe deposit box, $6.00; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., office supplies, $6.09; Eva M. McCombe, clerical serv- ices, $32.25; Josephine M. Pease, clerical services, $24.00; Walter F. Berry, registering bonds to Boston, $7.89; A. H. Bartlett Co., check sheets, $24.01.


Treasurer's Report


Balance Jan. 1, 1949


General


Surplus War Bonus Fund


$171,295.08 2,538.00


$173,833.08


RECEIPTS


Taxes 1947


193.32


1948


10,688.22


1949


150,137.96


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1948


698.41


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1949


24,414.27


Interest on Taxes


262.81


Licenses


4,799.39


Licenses, Dog


1,061.20


Library


Fines


135.35


Phone Calls


10.35


Book Sales


.80


Rent - Town Office


144.00


Accounts Receivable


Old Age Assistance, state, cities and towns


12,503.88


Garbage


1,355.65


General Relief


1,371.56


Sewer


35.00


Aid to Dependent Children


2,423.79


Veteran's Benefits


1,413.37


U. S. Grant O A A Aid


12,927.57


U. S. Grant O A A Administration


941.68


U. S. Grant A D C Aid


2,026.50


U. S. Grant A D C Administration


219.58


State


Income Tax


26,474.44


Corp. Taxes


29,865.64


Reimb. - State Game Farm


135.12


Vocational Education


2,265.08


School Salaries


676.67


School Transportation Highways


1,818.33


28,037.10


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TREASURER'S REPORT (Continued)


Withholding Taxes


5,275.55


Retirement accounts


1,069.70


Road Machinery earnings


2,165.05


Sealer of Weights and Measures


58.26


Insurance - Highway payroll


301.63


Water Department


Rents


12,022.35


Deposits


6,268.23


Miscellaneous


8,526.11


Refunds


Cemeteries, graves


40.00


Cemeteries, dividends


4.08


Express


.78


Highways


18.45


Insurance


47.35


O. A. A.


24.40


Welfare


34.00


School transportation, etc.


156.09


Adv. - sub-division


25.00


Teachers' Retirement Acc't


12.47


County Retirement Acc't


16.87


Playground


11.20


Dental Clinic


71.00


District Court Fines


437.65


Sale of Town Histories


15.00


County Highways


1,802.43


Dog Officer fees


13.10


Tax Title Redemption


60.00


U. S. Bond Coupon


12.50


Dog Fund


837.48


Cemetery Trust Fund


200.00


Note


1,200.00


Note Dividend


3.21


U. S. Bond Dividends


2,387.50


Sale of U. S. Bonds


81,030.00


Loan for New School


334,868.97


776,053.45


Interest on Surplus War Bonus


51.01


776,104.46


Payments per Selectmen's Warrants


487,013.96


Balance Dec. 31, 1949 - General


$460,334.57


Surplus War Bonus Fund


2,589.01


$462,923.58


Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1949


Palmer National Bank


$156,958.25


Third National Bank


255,480.34


949,937.54


$462,923.58


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TREASURER'S REPORT (Continued)


Second National Bank, Boston 25,000.00 Union Trust Co. 22,834.75


Springfield Institution for Savings Cash in Office


2,589.01


61.23 $462,923.58


Respectfully submitted,


WALTER F. BERRY, Treasurer


Treasurer's Trust Funds Report


Post War Bonds


$8,503.22 74.98


Building Fund


War Memorial 36.80


SCHOOLS: (total $2,701.05) School Lot, $819.56; Deacon Warriner, $798.65; Soldiers Monument Park, $1,082.84.


LIBRARY: (total $1,664.07) Abner E. Bell, $47.76; Henry Cutler, $577.65; Henry Cutler, $598.01; Mort. Day Fund, $321.09; Chloe B. Stebbins, $119.56.


CHARITIES: (total $2,802.08) Chloe B. Stebbins, $213.07; Soldier's Bonus, $2,589.01.


CEMETERIES : (total $10,041.69) Frank G. Adams, $433.63; Charles L. Amadon, $159.99; John W. Baldwin, $231.57; John W. Baldwin, $225.52; Henry A. Bowker, $110.45; E. H. Brewer, $458.04; Laura Bruuer, $1,174.93; Albro Bryant, $112.65; James A. Butler, $184.35; Philip M. Butler, $110.45; William Butler, $110.45; Bishop Lot, $163.48; Henry C. Butler and Herbert Greene, $121.04; Abel B. Calkins, $172.27; Charles M. Calkins, $110.45; Howard Calkins, $216.17; Henry Clark, $110.45; Evalina J. Copeland, $110.45; Emma Carson, $55.53; Inez V. Chilson, $111.13; Lucy M. Dane, $112.65; Hiram Danks, $111.55; J. W. Dunsmore, $215.49; F. A. Fuller and M. A. Lane, $343.14; Charles H. Gates, $110.45; Harriet Gates, $233.72; B. Franklin Green, $110.45; Fred W. Green, $110.45; Lora N. Green, $60.85; Benjamin B. Green, $110.45; W. H. Graves, $111.13; Henry Green, $105.77; Blanche B. Gilbert, $168.24; Eliza V. Jones, $110.45; Anna C. Kibbe, $111.55; Abraham Knowlton, $110.45; Charles R. Knowlton, $110.45; George E. Knowlton, $220.90; Angeline P. Morgan, $82.80; Charles North, $200.00; Charles J. Parker, $331.94; Inez E. Perry, $110.45; Inez E. Perry, $110.45; Ira G. Pot- ter, $111.55; P. P. Potter, $117.05; William H. Reed, $223.89; Jesse L. Rice, $226.10; Frank R. and Hattie Rindge, $68.82; Martha E. Smith, $55.20; Etta May Simmons, $224.22; Nellie Spencer, $110.45; Chloe B. Stebbins, $110.45; Francis E. Stebbins, $220.90; L. and M. Stebbins, $220.90; Spear and Butler Lot, $203.34; Elizabeth B. Tup- per, $56.99; Dasco Lot, $203.01; Hines Family Lot, $2.04.


Tree Warden's Expenditures


Appropriation Transfer from reserve


$850.00 350.00


$1,200.00


Expenditures


1,200.00


Unexpended Balance


$0.00


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TREE WARDEN'S EXPENDITURES (Continued)


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,200.00) LABOR - Herbert Benson, $266.90; Joseph Dano, $15.30; Ernest Hayn, $216.75; Morris Hayn, $5.10; Jesse Rice and men, $40.75; Theodore Siok, $241.40; The North- ern Tree Experts Co., $367.00; Stanley Mazur, $4.50; Herbert But- ler, $4.75; John Campsie, $4.50; John Piscor, $4.50; Adelard Paquette, $4.50; John Gill, $2.55; Baltas Skorupski, $4.25. TRUCKS - Walter Clark, $8.00; Town of Wibraham, $9.25.


Veterans' Benefits Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$2,500.00 2,411.57


Unexpended Balance $88.43


EXPENDITURES: (total $2,411.57) 6 Cases, Cash Grants, $1,531.53; Edward H. Baldwin, D.D.S., services, $3.00; Banta's Market, food, $20.00; Dickinson-Streeter Co., ambulance service, $90.00; L. O. Genest, M.D., services, $1.00; Grenier's Pharmacy, drugs, $29.05; Holyoke Hospital, $239.70; Arthur L. Kinne, M.D., services, $9.00; J. S. Macdonald Co., surgical supplies, $25.00; Old Corner Drug Co., drugs, $180.88; T. H. McSweeney, M.D., services, $71.00; Samuel F. Potsubay, M.D., services, $24.00; Skorupski Bros., fuel, $1.54; Visit- ing Nurse Assoc., services, $89.00; Yankee Oil Co., fuel, $96.87.


Water Bonds and Interest Expenditures


Appropriation


$3,960.00


Expenditures : Third National Bank & Trust Co.


3,960.00


Unexpended Balance


$0.00


Water Department New Construction Expenditures Formerly Article 17


Carried over from 1948 Expenditures


$17,143.42


14,006.55


Unexpended Balance $3,136.87


EXPENDITURES: (total $14,006.55) LABOR - George E. Keyes, $35.75; Harold Cleland, $14.00; Thomas Forman, $10.00; John Bur- nette, $10.00; William North, $39.60; H. Butler, $34.20; S. Mazur, $32.40; John Campsie, $32.40; A. Paquette, $18.00; J. Piscor, $21.60; H. Porter, $21.60; B. Skorupski, $20.40; G. Robinson, $20.40; M. Flocken, $20.40; Charles Stephens, $265.00. MISCELLANEOUS - Truck Hire, $21.70; Asphalt Pavement Corp., $162.30; Commonwealth of Mass. (Stone Bounds), $14.80; Builders Providence, $8.61; Johns- Manville, $5,302.45; P. P. DiMascio & Son, $7,248.15; Tighe & Bond, professional services, $652.79.


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Water Department Installations Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$10,275.00 8,087.13


Unexpended Balance


$2,187.87


EXPENDITURES: (total $8,087.13) MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES - Town of Ludlow, patching road, $41.76; Holyoke Valve & Hydrant Co., $83.29; Hersey Mfg. Co., $880.00; David B. Brown, digging ditch, $40.00; City of Springfield, supplies, $277.00; William H. White, $118.53; C & C Express, $2.03; Edward N. Christianson, $528.25; George E. Keyes, reimburse parts, $8.00; United Plumbing Supplies Inc., $1,164.82; N. Y. C. R. R., express, $3.31; John Lizak, $50.00; Rockwell Mfg. Co., $1,519.13; New England Concrete Pipe, $23.40; Asphalt Pavement Corp., $123.60; Prescott & Sons, $43.16; W. J. Foss, $31.12; Reliance Motor Transp., $9.76; M. J. Manning, $14.80; Ford Meter Box Co., $28.84; Builders Providence, $156.18; Chapman Valve Mfg., $291.84; Johnson Asbestos, $9.24; Morris Silverlieb, $76.20; The Cutler Co., $5.75; Tighe & Bond, $126.65; William Jurczyk, $36.00. LABOR - Thomas Lopata, $22.50; E. Ray Pease, $1.50; Baltas Skorupski, $8.50; George Herter, $32.00; Harry Turner, $181.50; Harold Cleland, $775.50; George E. Keyes, $1,372.97.


Water Department Maintenance Expenditures


Appropriation


$9,200.00


Expenditures


9,199.86


Unexpended Balance $0.14


EXPENDITURES: (total $9,199.86) MISCELLANEOUS - Pittsburgh Equitable, $335.84; Chapman Valve Mfg., $8.20; Addressograph Sales Agency, $11.69; Springfield Radio Co., $6.40; George Keyes, misc. reimb., $27.94; Gebeau's Garage, $140.94; Registered letter, $.30; Skorupski Bros., $14.05; Pat's Atlantic Station, $4.50; H. R. Prescott, $1.63; Johns-Manville, $305.81; Louis E. Keyes, $66.65; C & C Ex- press, $8.17; Leonard's General Store, $7.82; J. A. Daigle, $54.00; P. K. Lindsay, $1,112.72; Joseph Rapala, $2.50; Bristol Co., $5.22; James B. Logan, $78.20; Johnson's Bookstore, $1.20; Edward Chris- tianson, $109.63; Town of Ludlow, $397.50; Rockwell Mfg. Co., $1.58; W. J. Foss Co., $11.52; Morrissey Bros., $3.33; Howard Lumber Co., $1.00; City of Springfield, $4,297.41; United Plumbing Supply, $1.45. SALARIES - Gertrude O. Wheeler, $360.00; Everett Pickens, $75.00; Walter Woods, $75.00; John Baldwin, $75.00; Thomas Normoyle, $6.00; Herbert Benson, $12.00; Cyril Woods, $11.00; Thomas Forman, $14.50; Herbert Butler, $11.00; Harold Cleland, $142.00; George E. Keyes, $1,401.16.


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Water Notes and Interest


Appropriation Transferred from Reserve


$4,844.00 .07


$4,844.07


Expenditures : Third National Bank & Trust Co.


4,844.07


Unexpended Balance $0.00


Well Child Clinic and Visiting Nurse Association Report


The entire Nursing and Health Program for the year of 1949 has proved very successful. The Well Child Conference was held the week of May 2nd through 6th. Dr. Hazel Richards and Miss Dorothy McCall, R.N., conducted the Clinic.


Mrs. Ray Palmer and Mrs. Bernice Chapin, Dental Hygienists, examined the children's teeth for dental defects, and Nutritionists Mrs. Norman Fountain of the Western Massachusetts Electric Com- pany and Miss Margaret Parsons (now married) of the Hampden County Improvement League, discussed dietary and nutritional prob- lems with the parents, who proved to be most interested and coopera- tive in these respects.


Miss Luella I. Young, R.N., of the Hampden County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association gave Patch tests to all the children. There were no positive reactors.


As in the past, volunteers provided the transportation as needed, and assisted with the Conference routine. Mrs. Carl Nelson, Chair- man of the Child Welfare Committee, worked diligently arranging the schedules and transportation needed. To her we owe many thanks for her willing cooperation and assistance in making the Conference a success.


SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL FINDINGS OF CONFERENCE CHILDREN


Total number examined 125


No. needing vaccination 67


completed during year - 5


(majority to be vaccinated before school entrance)


No. needing diphtheria toxoid 17


completed during year - 13


No. needing dental care completed - 16


30


No. with enlarged tonsils 25


No. with foot defects 2


No. with nutritional problems 13


No. with possible allergies 5


No. with strabismus 1


corrected by operation


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WELL CHILD CLINIC AND VIS. NURSE REP. (Cont.)


The demand for nursing visits has shown a large increase, espe- cially in the orthopedic field.


406 cases were given services with a total of 1339 visits made to the homes for nursing and maternity care. 874 visits were also made in Infant and Child Health Supervision.


4234 days, including 41/2 days in the Conference, were spent in working with the parents of infant and preschool children. In making these visits the parents were found to be interested and anxious to cooperate with the recommendations rendered for the better health of their children.


I wish to again thank Miss Helen Boden and Mrs. Carl Nelson and her committee, for their never-ending assistance and willing cooperation in making the Community Health Program for 1949 a success.


Respectfully submitted,


The Visiting Nurse Association of Springfield DOROTHY MCCALL, R.N.


Well Child Clinic Expenditures


Appropriation


Expenditures


$600.00 455.63


Unexpended Balance $144.37


EXPENDITURES: (total $455.63) Wynona Palmer, $10.00; Hazel H. Richards, M.D., $125.00; Visiting Nurse Assoc., $320.63.


Wilbraham Contributory Retirement Account Expenditures


Appropriation


$544.55


Expenditures : Treasurer of Hampden County


544.55


Unexpended Balance


$0.00


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For Condensed Annual Report of Town of Wilbraham For 1949 See Pages 1 to 44 Inclusive (Printed on White Paper)


For Table of Contents See Page 3


THE POND-EKBERG COMPANY SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS


Where it Comes From


TAXES


.42 . 27


CASH RESERVES


STATE and COUNTY


. 13


RELIEF


. 07


HIGHWAYS


. 07


WATER


. 03


LICENSES


. 01


1.00


CE


Wilbraham Dollar 1949


( Distributed to the nearest cent


NEW SCHOOL .27 SCHOOL EXPENSES . 20


. 47


NEW HIGHWAYS . 16 HIGHWAY EXPENSES .05


.21


RELIEF


.10


WATER


.08


ADMINISTRATION


. 05


FIRE DEP'T.01 NEW TRUCK.04


. 05


.02


TAXES


HEALTH


. 01


. 01


Where it Goes


TREES and PARKS


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1950 ANNUAL REPORT


Town of Wilbraham


Cynthia Bennell


David Burgess


Ellenz Castaldi


Arthur Lawton


Hild, Szczebak


Tommy Hater


Mary O Connor


Richard SENEcal


Bryan Walker


Elaine


Anyone


Peter Fay


Pearl Minard


Leonard LE VOSSEUT


Richard Hodges


Susan wright


Penelope Ward


John Hitchock


Allender Heiden


Kathleen Nelson


Robert


Rivers


Lorraine Griffin


Marlene Mac Donald


Alfred King


MusicEn Jobb


Gary Converse


Jean Robbins


Phyllis Mazur


Esther


La Framboise


Robert Crunt


Carol Kawolski


Kathleen Nelson


George Pyzocha


Robert Wheeler


Judy Sullivan


Beverly Twombley


James Martin


Harold Lester


Georgina Hartman


Richard Dygo!


Russell Milly


Susan Burber


Beverly


Frustr


Gail Tiendra


June Ciepunske


Linda Rost


Patricia Sullivan


JanEs Guadiana


Fern Chestnut


Joseph Schullert


Annabelle Wells


Robert Bednarz


Donna Converse


Sandra Brown


William Mobley


Donald Brierley


Peter Clark


Thomas Munning


Billy Payne


Nancy Bradley


Gail Robbins


Carol Fey


Nancy Brown


Samuel Ardison


Johnson


Stanley


Jonına Herler


William Bliss


Clifford Lynch


HELEN Princess Subjek


Nelson NEWhouse


Donna Baxter


Margaret Ellis


Robert Chadwick


Donald Fife


MerrilE Green


Barbara Cieplinski


Ephom Carring


David Antonopoulos


Robert Schmid


Sandra LEE Nima


Pupils receiving hot lunch in new cafeteria


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CONDENSED ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1950


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"Your Town at a Quick Glance"


The design for endsheets of this Annual Report were created by Mrs. Helen B. Tower and show silhouettes of the first-grade pupils in the Wilbraham Schools.


Table of Contents of Condensed Annual Report


Pages 1 through 52. Printed on White Paper


Page


Balance Sheet 20


Comparative Expenditures - Four Years 16


Facts about Wilbraham 5


Jury List 24


Net Cost of Accounts Other than Appropriations 23


Officials, Federal, State and County 6


Officials, Elected (Town) 7


Officials, Appointed (Town)


11


School Calendar


13


School Directory


13


Selectmen's Report 35


Town Meeting - March 25, 1950 25


Town Owned Property and Equipment 15


Town Services - Telephone Directory 52


42


Warrant for March 17, 1951


APPENDIX


For appendix containing 1950 reports and expenditures of all departments (publication of which is required by vote of Town Meeting) see Pages 53 to 100 inclusive


Printed on buff paper


Table of Contents for Appendix appears on page 54


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Facts about Wilbraham


Settled


1731


Incorporated


1763


Location


Eight miles east of Springfield


Population


Approximately 4000


Form of Government Town Meeting


Tax Rate $36.00


Number of Dwellings Approximately 1083


Property Valuation Approximately $5,000,000.


Public Schools


Pines School, Wilbraham Memorial School and Springfield High Schools


Private Schools


Wilbraham Academy


Fire Protection


Stations at Wilbraham and North Wilbraham - Telephone 24


Police


Five elected Constables and Monson Barracks, State Police - Telephone Palmer 800


Recreational Facilities


Three playgrounds, swimming beach


Town Highways


Approximately 47 miles


Public Library


At North Wilbraham Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, 2 p. m. to 6 p. m .; 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. (Children's room, 2 p. m. to 6 p. m.)


Churches


Four - United at Wilbraham, Con- gregational at North Wilbraham, Roman Catholic at North Wilbra- ham, Methodist at Glendale


Highest Altitude 937 feet - Mt. Chapin


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Governmental Districts and Representatives for the Town of Wilbraham


Second Congressional District Seventh Councillor District Worcester and Hampden Senatorial District First Hampden Representative District


United States Senators


Leverett Saltonstall, Newton Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Beverly


Representative in Congress Foster Furcolo, Longmeadow


Councillor George A. Wells, Worcester


State Senator Edward W. Staves, Southbridge


Representative in General Court


Raymond H. Beach, Wilbraham Clarence B. Brown, Brimfield


County Commissioners


William F. Stapleton, Holyoke Thomas F. Sullivan, Springfield Ralph P. Walsh, Longmeadow


Annual Town Meeting


March 17, 1951


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Elected Town Officers AND DATE OF EXPIRATION OF TERM


Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


Carl Nelson, Chairman, 1951 Irving J. Cordner, 1952 J. Loring Brooks, Jr., 1953


Assessors E. Ray Pease, Chairman, 1951 George E. Egan, 1952 Henry I. Edson, 1953


School Committee


William F. Roach, 1951 Helen R. Reid, 1952


Carl F. Alsing, 1953, Resigned John W. Gale, Appointed to 1951


Town Collector Lillian E. Thompson, 1951


Town Clerk and Treasurer Walter F. Berry, 1951


Auditor William E. Porter, 1951


Cemetery Commissioners


Roland H. Bennett, 1951


Adelbert J. Brooks, 1952 Jesse L. Rice, 1953


Water Commissioners


Walter L. Woods, 1951


Everett P. Pickens, 1952 John F. Baldwin, 1953


Trustees of Public Library


Alice P. Plimpton, 1951 Howe S. Newell, 1952 John W. Gale, 1953


Tree Warden Ernest M. Hayn, 1951


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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS - First Row: Alice P. Plimpton, Library Trustee; Lillian E. Thompson, Town Collector; Helen R. Reid, William F. Roach, School Committee; J. Loring Brooks, Jr., Carl Nelson, Irving J. Cord- ner, Selectmen; E. Ray Pease, George Egan, Henry I. Edson, Assessors; Ernest L. Bacon, Constable. Second Row: Walter F. Berry, Treasurer and Town Clerk; Adelbert J. Brooks, Roland H. Bennett, Lee W. Rice. Cemetery Commissioners; Roger T. Hintze, Wendell Stacy, Playground Commissioners; George B. Smith, Russell Harrington, Chester W. Cummings, Planning Board; John J. Lyons, Finance Board; Giacomo Alberici, Constable. Third Row: William E. Porter. Auditor; George E. Murphy, Jr., Frederick Cohn, Richard L. Danforth, Finance Board; Everett P. Pickens, John F. Baldwin, Water Commissioners; Rudolf Schultz, Finance Board; Ernest M. Hayn, Tree Warden; Stephen Lopata, Henry R. Hyde, Jerry Donohue, Constables.


Moderator Frank Auchter, 1951


Constables Giacomo Alberici, 1951


Ernest L. Bacon, 1951


Jerry Donohue, 1951


Henry R. Hyde, 1951 Stephen Lopata, 1951


Planning Board


Russell Harrington, 1951 Chester W. Cummings, 1952 Dudley Bliss, 1953 Gordon W. Holdridge, 1954 George B. Smith, 1955


Playground Commissioners


Roger T. Hintze, 1951 Wendell Stacy, 1952 Charles H. Scott, 1953


Pound Keeper Jerry Donohue, 1951


Measurers of Wood and Charcoal


Walter H. Clark, 1951 Harlan C. Wheeler, 1951


Surveyors of Lumber Walter H. Clark, 1951 J. Wilbur Rice, 1951


Field Drivers


Jerry Donohue, 1951 Norman Thurlow, 1951 Ernest L. Bacon, 1951


Weighers of Grain Henry Clark, 1951 Harlan C. Wheeler, 1951


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APPOINTED OFFICERS - First Row: Helen C. Boden, Welfare Agent; Eva McCombe, Clerk; Barbara T. Brooks, Edith H. Williamson, Margaret M. Nelson, Margaret C. Brown, Ina A. Morgan, Well Child Clinic; Josephine M. Pease, Bookkeeper. Second Row: William L Dempsey, Harold R. Porter, Registrar of Voters: Fred B. Reidy, Fire Commissioner; Ralph E. Tupper, Fire Chief; David J. Muir, Wesley G. Chapman, Fire Commis- sioners; Bert Gowell, William F. Logan, Safety Committee. Third Row: Carleton R. Reid, Safety Committee; George Keyes, Water Superintendent; George Herter, Building Inspector; Dr. Irving P. Dinneen, School Dentist; Harold Brown, Fence Viewer.


Officers Appointed by Selectmen AND DATE OF EXPIRATION OF TERM


Financial Committee Joseph J. Baldwin Frederick M. Cohn, Jr. Richard L. Danforth John J. Lyons Albert L. Martin George E. Murphy, Jr., Chairman Rudolph L. Shults




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