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Highway Safety
Next year, with the aid of the State Department of Public Works, we plan to paint white lines on all our through ways (Chapter 90 roads).
Civilian Defense
This committee has been actively engaged in making plans for our protection in the case of emergency. New quarters will be established in the new fire station, and all emergency calls will be sent from there. See report under Civilian Defense.
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Betterments
In last year's report your Board pointed to the keen fiscal challenge and the "growing pains" with which the Town is faced and the need for sacrifice or postponement of many worthwhile projects to maintain a reasonably practical tax rate.
Some better means of separating the relative priority of capital improvements or extension of services will be- come increasingly important. Petitions for worthy private acceptances each year exceed the average total practical within the maximum budget recommended by the High- way Committee on Street Acceptances. Your Board, after considerable study on this subject, recommends that future acceptances of private ways benefiting a limited area be made contingent on the assessment of betterments to cover two-thirds of the estimated appropriated cost thereof.
The Outlook
"There is nothing new under the sun," and less new per- haps than any other modern phenomena is the importance of living within one's income. The only difference on this score from year to year is the degree of the problem.
We are confronted with staggering future "musts" for education and minimum public services. To fulfill such obligations and avoid confiscatory taxes on real estate, we must budget as we have perhaps never budgeted before, and we must learn to postpone or do without those things which under other conditions might have seemed impera- tive.
The people of Wilbraham have always distinguished themselves through their sound, conservative Town Meet- ings, and such an alert citizenship can and will face a challenging future with confidence.
In closing, the Selectmen wish to thank all Town officials and department heads for their cooperation during the year, and especially in their efforts to show an unexpended balance in their budget to be returned to the treasury.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL NELSON J. LORING BROOKS, JR. ROGER T. HINTZE
Selectmen
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Wilbraham Branch Ludlow Savings Bank and Village Store
School Building Committee Report
To the Selectmen of the Town of Wilbraham:
The School Building Committee, appointed by your board following the special town meeting in July, reports the fol- lowing progress in carrying out the vote of the citizens, "to build and equip additions to the Pines and Memorial Schools":
The preliminary plans and recommendations of the School Survey Committee became the basis of the building program. Mr. Herbert F. Swetland was named chairman of the School Building Committee and in his absence Mr. Aldo Alberici directs the committee.
Mr. Warren Ashley, architect for the present Memorial School, was employed to draw plans and specifications for the two additions. Following several meetings at the office of the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Commis- sion offices in Boston, approval of the plans by this com- mission was secured and assurance of financial state aid was given for the projects.
For the Memorial School addition, there will be seven classrooms, a library classroom, a homemaking room, an industrial arts room, plus the necessary lavatories and stor- age space. This will provide the necessary classrooms re- quired by this growing community. The industrial arts and homemaking rooms will enable the junior high pro- gram to offer these important subjects while the library will fill a vital requirement and be available to all the stu- dents.
At the Pines School, the plans include a combination auditorium, cafeteria, and gymnasium, a serving kitchen, shower and locker rooms, public lavatories, and necessary storage space. The plan also calls for the renovation of the lavatories, clinic room, and teachers' room in the present Pines building. This new construction will give physical education, music classes, visual education, and assembly programs the necessary space to achieve the maximum educational value. Hot water for washing in the lavatories, an enlarged health and teachers' room, and adequate stor- age room will result in as modern and functional a school as can be found anywhere.
The plans and specifications were advertised for bids and the proposals were opened December 3, 1952. Nine general contractors submitted bids for the construction of the addition at the Memorial School. The contract was awarded to the low bidder, J. G. Roy and Sons, for the base bid of $241,172.00. For the construction of the addi- tion to the Pines School, ten contractors submitted bids.
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Following consultation with the two low bidders and a careful study of projects now under construction or newly completed by the two firms, the contract was awarded to the W. J. Quinn Company for a base bid of $90,500.00. An injunction against the School Building Committee and the W. J. Quinn Company was asked by the unsuccessful bidder, Capuano, Incorporated. The Superior Court denied the injunction and construction is now underway. The committee feels that, following their careful study of the project, the best interests of the Town of Wilbraham are being served by the employment of the W. J. Quinn Com- pany for this work. At the time the injunctions were served, the committee received constant legal advice from Mr. Frank Auchter, Town Counsel.
The contracts as awarded were within the committee's estimates for the cost of this construction. Proposed costs of equipment and architect's fees were also adequately com- puted. The site work and landscaping bids were much higher than originally planned and cannot be included in the budget as voted by the townspeople. A less elaborate plan with the work being carried out by the town depart- ments may be the answer to this problem.
With the excellent progress now being made on these two additions, your committee feels confident these build- ings will be available for school use in September of 1953, and will provide additional facilities of which the towns- people may feel justifiably proud.
Regular meetings of the School Building Committee are held the first Thursday of each month.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT F. SWETLAND, Chairman
ALDO ALBERICI
IRVING J. CORDNER JOHN W. GALE
DORRANCE T. GREEN
ROGER T. HINTZE
ALBERT H. HOWES
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Elegy of the Young Man Bitten by a Rattlesnake
On Springfield Mountains there did dwell A likely youth who was knowne full well Lieutenant Mirick onley sone A likely youth nigh twenty one
One friday morning he did go in to the medow and did moe A round or two then he did feal a pisin sarpent at his heal
When he received his dedly wond he dropt his sithe a pon the ground and strate for home wase his intent caling aloude stil as he went
tho all around his voys wase hered but one of his friends to him apiere they thot it wase some workmen calld and there poor Timothy alone must fall
So soon his Carful father went to seak his son with discontent and there his fond onley son he found ded as a stone a pon the ground
And there he lay down sopose to rest with both his hands Acrost his brest his mouth and eyes Closed fast And there poor man he slept his last
his father vieude his track with great consarn Where he had ran across the corn uneven tracks where he did go did apear to stagger to and frow
The seventh of August sixty one this fatal axsident was done Let this a warning be to all to be Prepared when God does call
"Timothy Merrick, the son of Lt. Thomas and Mary Merrick was bit by a rattlesnake on August 7, 1761 and
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died within 2 or 3 hours, he being 22 years old and very near the point of marridg."
From the "Town History of Wilbraham" published on the 150th anniversary of incorporation, June 15, 1913. Author, Chauncey E. Peck.
It is said the summer of 1761 was very dry and it is sup- posed that the serpent had come down from "Rattlesnake Peak" on the mountain, where there were known to be a few, to the meadow, in search of water. The snake was found coiled up near the scythe of young Timothy and was killed. The house which was being built for the young man, so near the "point of marridg" is still standing on the east side of the Road and is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Bliss.
Forgotten Facts About Wilbraham
MARCH 16, 1773. Voted to choose a committee to take into consideration corresponding with the town of Boston relative to the Crown fixing salaries upon our officers with- out our consent.
APRIL 5, 1858. Article 14. Collection of taxes put up at the lowest bidder. North Parish struck off to Wm. Kent for $29.00; South Parish struck off to Wm. C. Stebbins for $13.00.
APRIL 4, 1889. Voted that the Selectmen move the "Tramp House" to the South part of the town near the house of Mr. Simons.
JANUARY 1, 1766. Voted and granted the sum of twenty pounds for the use of schools in this town.
Nov. 14, 1774. Voted that no school master or school mistress should allow any sort of labor to be taught in either of the schools in said town. "Nothing but reading, writing and sifering."
Nov. 5, 1827. Voted to grant $500. for the support of schools.
Report of the Financial Committee
Late in 1952 the Town of Wilbraham suffered an irre- parable loss in the death of George E. Murphy, Jr., a man
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whose knowledge of the recent history of this town and whose understanding of its problems over the years have been a steadying influence and source of strength. George Murphy's greatest concern was always the welfare of the town as a whole and his sincerity, tactfulness, and sound judgment gained for him the respect of all the people in the town. Your Financial Committee's loss is a personal one. We miss his friendly guidance as chairman and his humorous yet always sympathetic anecdotes about town events and personalities. It is our earnest hope that with his inspiration as a guide the committee will continue to have the support and cooperation of the people of the town and, in our dealings with the various boards, the spirit of mutual trust that George Murphy always fostered and of which he was so proud.
In previous years the Report and Recommendations of the Financial Committee have been printed in a separate pamphlet. This year for your greater convenience we have been able, by means of an accelerated schedule of meetings with the various boards, to have our report prepared in time to be incorporated in this Annual Report of the Town, and our recommendations are to be found under each article in the warrant.
The consideration of the various budgets was greatly facilitated by the submission early in January of many written requests for appropriations showing in some de- tail how funds were spent last year and an estimate of how funds are to be spent in the coming year. The Committee wishes to express its appreciation to those boards and town officials who submitted such helpful information. We have also met personally with the various boards and officials, feeling that this is indispensable if we are to have complete information and an opportunity to arrive at a common understanding.
The Financial Committee's Report at the Annual Town Meeting in 1950 mentioned the finding by advisory engi- neers that the main feed line of the town water supply which runs from Ludlow Center to the corner of Main and Maple Streets was inadequate. In order to boost the water pressure throughout the existing system, particu- larly needed in the areas of town farthest from the supply and at the Memorial School, situated as it is on a hill, the Financial Committee wholeheartedly recommends approval by the Town of Article 31 calling for the laying of a 16" parallel line which will, in effect, bring Quabbin Reservoir to our very door, and the financing of this $160,000 proj- ect by borrowing $100,000 and using $60,000 from avail- able funds in the treasury.
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Such an outlay for water naturally focuses the attention of the townspeople on the question of an equitable split-up in the expense of the town water system between those who have town water available to them and those who do not. Since the beginning of the town water system in 1926, those who have town water have contributed to its sup- port through a differential in real estate valuation. How- ever, as the situation exists at present, this committee is in complete accord with the engineers, the water commis- sioners, the Water Survey Committee, and the Selectmen in feeling that those who have town water should bear a larger share of the total expense and, therefore, endorses Article 32 calling for the Town to recommend to the Water Commissioners an increase in the water rates.
Ever since 1949 when an article first appeared in the annual warrant proposing an extension of the water sys- tem to serve the East Wilbraham section of the town, it has been the hope of the Financial Committee to find it feasible to recommend such a step without reservation. Adequate pressure has so far been unavailable. When a parallel main supply line is laid it is the opinion of the engineers that the pressure would still not be enough with- out a pumping station, and even then the supply at the higher elevations would be questionable. We are advised that such a project would cost about $105,500. Under the circumstances, your committee recommends that Article 30 be not approved.
With the growth of the town the burden of street accept- ances is each year becoming progressively heavier for the town to bear. At the Annual Meeting on March 25th, 1950 the Town approved the report of a special committee which recommended that the Town spend a minimum of $2000 per year on newly accepted streets. Last year this com- mittee recommended postponement to a future year the acceptance of those streets which reappear in the warrant this year under articles 12 through 17 inclusive. We rec- ommend that these streets now be accepted and that a total of $5850 be raised and appropriated for this purpose ex- cept, however, that the acceptance of Pease St. and Sunset Rock Road be subject to the final approval of the Plan- ning Board. We further recommend that affirmative action be taken by the Town on Article 39 concerning the assess- ment of betterments so that future street acceptances will be subject to the provisions of that article.
In discussing budgets for the coming year with the vari- ous boards and officials the Financial Committee found that a determined effort was being made by all concerned to keep expenses down to a minimum. As might be expected, however, increases over the previous year are unavoidable in those departments directly affected by the growth of
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the town's population, particularly the school department whose budget must include provision for additional staff and supplies occasioned by the new additions.
It may be helpful to the people of the town to know that the current total valuation of both real and personal prop- erty is about $6,400,000, which means that each $6,400 appropriated is reflected by $1.00 in the tax rate. At a meeting on February 2nd of the assessors, the selectmen, and the financial committee, a calculation was worked out with the result that a tax rate for 1953 of approximately $41.00 per thousand can be reasonably forecast provided the town follows the recommendations of the committee as indicated in the warrant.
RICHARD L. DANFORTH FREDERICK M. COHN, JR. ALDO ALBERICI RUDOLPH L. SHULTS
STANLEY J. BORYCZKA CHARLES W. BRIERLEY ALDEN SAFFORD
In Memoriam
GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR. November 24, 1952 who served the Town as W. P. A. Administrator Selectman Chairman, Finance Committee
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Town of Wilbraham BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1952
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$261,161.61
Payroll Deductions : Federal Taxes County Retirement System
$1,295.30 181.48
$1,476.78
Taxes :
Dog Licenses - Due County
12.00
Levy of 1951 :
Road Machinery Fund
7,271.76
Real Estate
$85.36
Planning Board Deposits
625.00
Overestimates, 1951: County Tax 49.70
T. B. Hospital
109.20
158.90
Real Estate
15,983.41
16,388.87
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
241.05
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequest
50.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Income
17.61
School Lunch Fund
1,207.48
Motor Vehicle and Trailer :
Old Age Assistance: Assistance Administration
6,932.08
Levy of 1951
2.00
123.24
Levy of 1952
2,950.80
2,952.80
Aid to Dependent Children
1,880.01
Tax Titles
553.20
Disability Allowance : Allowance Administration
42.12
Tax Possessions
223.98
777.18
33.35
9,010.80
Accounts Receivable
Levy of 1952:
Personal
320.10
Federal Grants:
Departmental:
Unexpended Balances :
Assessors' Equalization Plan 718.50
Fire Station
2,851.07
Old Age Assistance Veterans' Services
798.63
Civil Defense 1,032.50
Town By-Laws 500.00
Land Taking 25.00
Memorial School Addition
5,316.52
Water Pipe - Miller Street
1,957.53
12,401.12
Miscellaneous
1,389.11
2,669.21
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus Overlays Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1951 85.36
15,380.76
Aid to Highways :
State
8,946.14
County
6,809.63
15,755.77
Levy of 1952
8,461.12
8,546.48
Revenue 1953 - To Be Raised
325.00
Revenue Reserved until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 2,952.80
Underestimates 1952:
Tax Title and Tax Possession 777.18
State Parks Assessment
41.41
Auditing Municipal Accounts
77.95
119.36
Departmental
3,972.51
Water
2,669.21
State and County Aid to
Highway
15,755.77
26,127.47
366,000.00
Loans Authorized - Unissued
366,000.00
Surplus Revenue
221,614.10
$670,141.31
$670,141.31
Selectmen Aid to Dependent Children 232.49
2,847.87
93.52
3,972.51
Water:
Rates
1,280.10
Dog Officer's Fees Loans Authorized
19.00
Town of Wilbraham
BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1952 (Continued)
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$300,500.00 Memorial School Building Loan Water Loans
$276,000.00 24,500.00
$300,500.00
$300,500.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Trust and Investment Funds :
Chloe B. Stebbins Charity Fund
$227.51
Cash and Securities
Deacon Warriner School Fund
853.01
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$15,875.20
School Lot Fund
884.60
In Custody of Probate Court
204.53
Chloe B. Stebbins Library Fund
127.67
Abner Bell Library Fund
50.98
Henry Cutler Library Fund
1,253.38
Morton L. Day Library Fund
225.44
Civil War Mortar Memorial Plaque Fund
39.28
Laura Bruuer Cemetery General Care Fund
1,254.92
Hines Family Burial Lot Fund
204.53
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
9,560.80
Soldiers' Monument Park Fund
1,156.56
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
241.05
$16,079.73
$16,079.73
Comparative Annual Expenditures of Town Appropriations
(Account with receipts or offsetting credits other than appropriations shown in detail in Schedule 2)
SCHEDULE 1
1952 Appropriations or Transfer from Reserve
1952 Total Expenditures of Town Appro.
1952 Unexpended Balance
1951 Expenditures of Town Appro.
1950 Expenditures of Town Appro.
1949 Expenditures of Town Appro.
Account
Aid to Agriculture
$50.00
$50.00
$00.00
$75.00
$50.00
$50.00
*Aid to Dependent Children
3,000.00
2,172.07
827.93
2,187.09
5,470.54
5,786.30
Assessors' Expense
2,500.00
2,448.58
51.42
2,189.36
1,430.21
1,380.23
Assessors' Special Appro. for Equalization
2,400.00
1,681.50
718.50
1,637.88
00.00
00.00
Board of Health
2,750.00
1,779.41
970.59
347.88
1,256.50
2,230.89
*Cemeteries
1,800.00
1,599.67
200.33
1,310.38
1,402.63
937.52
Civil Defense
1,250.00
217.50
1,032.50
48.31
00.00
00.00
*Community Program - Memorial School Dental Clinic
1,000.00
976.50
23.50
2,185.49
1,896.75
1,212.55
Election Expense
1,800.00
1,702.82
97.18
216.40
1,309.12
168.00
Fire Department
6,500.00
6,493.08
6.92
5,937.85
5,884.53
5,131.65
Forest Warden
700.00
699.10
.90
471.75
498.95
498.38
*Garbage Collection Service
2,525.00
2,518.16
6.84
1,874.75
1,635.00
1,493.63
*General Relief and Aid to Disabled
10,015.00
8,831.20
1,183.80
7,520.56
9,145.89
9,435.91
Gypsy Moth and Elm Tree Disease Control
1,475.00
1,357.02
117.98
1,376.70
1,422.05
697.55
Destroying Dead Wood in Elm Trees
1,000.00
889.65
110.35
664.65
634.99
00.00
1,800.00
1,706.55
93.45
1,375.73
00.00
00.00
COMPARATIVE ANNUAL EXPENDITURES OF TOWN APPROPRIATIONS (Continued)
1952 Appropriations or Transfer from Reserve
1952 Total Expenditures of Town Appro.
1952 Unexpended Balance
1951 Expenditures of Town Appro.
1950 Expenditures of Town Appro.
1949 Expenditures of Town Appro.
Account
*Highways
Chapter 81
14,400.00
State
6,000.00
20,399.06
.94
20,348.15
19,974.24
18,799.46
Chapter 90 Imp. and Rebuilding
23,276.91
23,241.81
35.10
10,325.29
25,514.18
42,046.15
Chapter 90 Maint.
3,077.46
3,077.44
.02
2,585.98
3,006.54
3,375.85
Miscellaneous
10,000.00
9,309.47
690.53
8,897.84
6,831.81
7,336.13
Safety Com. Expense
50.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
27.25
Safety Com. - Protection of Children
747.00
746.65
.35
600.00
600.00
600.00
Insurance and Bonding
2,790.80
2,790.48
.32
2,084.81
1,227.16
2,516.19
Legal
2,000.00
210.00
1,790.00
638.95
200.00
249.00
* Library
3,519.12
3,114.85
404.27
2,983.85
3,365.15
2,629.85
Memorial Day
200.00
80.96
119.08
438.25
133.00
108.56
*Old Age Assistance
22,000.00
22,000.00
00.00
22,000.00
20,045.00
17,467.34
Parks
900.00
899.79
.21
227.19
238.47
140.49
Planning Board
325.00
303.49
21.51
27.54
136.91
547.55
Playground
2,250.00
1,725.66
518.72
1,581.60
2,592.97
1,469.46
Police
250.00
149.07
100.93
91.48
113.50
72.00
Printing Town Reports
1,200.00
1,200.00
00.00
1,306.78
952.69
776.89
Registrar's Expense
705.00
690.71
14.29
227.36
364.09
322.84
Road Machinery Operating Account
*School Bonds and Interest
23,145.00
00.00
23,460.00
23,775.00
1,663.23 00.00
* Schools
175,628.50
164,760.73
10,867.77
139,575.56
112,112.64
97,814.40
Selectmen's Contingent
786.00
785.83
.17
477.00
603.32
751.44
Street Lights
3,500.00
3,244.23
255.77
3,078.33
3,192.68
3,175.61
Town Clerk's Expense
840.00
667.95
132.05
328.00
306.68
206.11
Town Collector's Expense
900.00
867.70
32.30
818.16
689.20
689.03
Town Officers' and Employees' Salaries
12,750.00
12,626.67
123.33
11,999.12
10,201.15
8,845.15
Town Office and Buildings Maintenance
2,300.00
2,227.94
72.06
1,182.88
697.41
749.60
Town Treasurer's Expense
845.00
825.14
19.86
464.47
609.23
327.99
Tree Warden's Expense
950.00
554.10
395.90
495.95
870.99
1,200.00
*Veterans' Benefits
2,500.00
1,772.93
1,327.07
1,055.40
1,858.72
2,411.57
Water Bonds and Interest
3,600.00
3,600.00
00.00
3,720.00
3,840.00
3,960.00
* Water Department
Installations
11,000.00
7,316.29
3,683.71
9,512.59
8,993.52
8,087.13
Maintenance
12,410.00
9,330.70
3,079.30
8,095.38
8,003.97
9,199.86
Water Notes and Interest
3,669.68
3,669.68
00.00
4,727.82
4,785.94
4,844.07
Well Child Clinic
600.00
480.00
120.00
310.64
323.76
455.63
Wilbraham Contributory Retirement Account
1,492.66
1,492.66
00.00
1,087.69
830.25
544.55
3,000.00
2,954.23 23,145.00
45.77
2,848.07
1,955.33
Net Cost to the Town of Accounts with Receipts or Offsetting Credits Other than Town Appropriations
SCHEDULE 2
1952 Expenditures of Town Appropriations
1952 Total Expenditures
1952 Receipts from Offsetting Federal, State, County, Credits to Gen. Treas. City or Town (Available for (Not Available Expenditures) for Expenditures)
Net Cost to the Town
Account
Aid to Dependent Children
$2,172.07
$2,591.70
$1,316.75
$1,366.33
$91.38*
Aid to Disabled
4,119.93
5,401.59
1,323.78
1,716.20
2,361.61
Cemeteries
1,599.67
1,599.67
20.00
1,579.67
Community Program - Memorial School
1,706.55
1,706.55
401.00
1,305.55
Dental Clinic
976.50
976.50
88.05
888.45
Garbage Collection Service
2,518.16
2,518.16
2,702.90
188.74*
General Relief
4,711.27
4,711.27
1,163.96
3,547.31
Highways - Chapter 81
14,399.06
(20,399.06
23,241.81
6,000.00
21,845.23
- Chapter 90 Maintenance
3,077.44)
- Miscellaneous
(9,309.47
Brookside Dr.
397.87
Colonial Rd.
776.83
Edgewood Rd.
648.94
-
Magnolia St.
600.47
- Opal St.
738.05
Walter St.
351.04
Dalton St. Extension
124.00)
12,946.67
- Chapter 90 Construction and Improving
18,873.08
12,946.67
Insurance and Bonding Library Old Age Assistance
2,790.48
2,790.48
85.58
2,705.12
3,114.85
3,114.85
77.84
3,037.01
22,000.00
34,903.74
13,645.93
17,889.47
3,368.34
Planning Board
303.49
303.49
200.00
103.49
Schools
164,613.23
164,613.23
25,611.26
(139,001.97
School Bonds and Interest
23,145.00
23,145.00
9,426.25
13,718.75)
Veteran's Benefits
1,172.93
1,172.93
356.47
816.46
Water Department - Installations
7,316.29
7,316.29
7,597.12 **
- Maintenance and Taxes
(10,130.70
- Trunk Line - Miller St.
3,042.47)
(13,173.17
16,150.00
Water Bonds and Interest
Water Notes and Interest
3,669.68)
7,269.68)
4,012.02
* Credit
(3,600.00
** Refunds taken out
New Chapter 90 Construction - Glendale Road
Report of Annual Town Meeting MARCH 15, 1952
In accordance with the Warrant as posted, the voters of the Town assembled in the Wilbraham Memorial School Auditorium, Wilbraham, Mass.
The polls were declared open at 8.30 o'clock a. m. by Moderator Frank Auchter and Warden William F. Logan, who was sworn in by Town Clerk Walter F. Berry. Ballot clerks and tellers sworn in by the Town Clerk were: H. Alice Rodenhizer, Dorothy Reidy, Anna G. Tupper, Evelyn Cebula, Mary L. Powers, Helen S. Newell, Giacomo Alberici, Beulah E. Wahlberg, Dolorette Felsentreger, Evelyn Mac- donald, Alice Hodgdon, William F. Dempsey, Josephine M. Pease, Bazenna Sagan, and Anna Grzebieniowski.
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