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$4,550.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Gerald Hoag, $24.00; Dr. Charles R. Hamilton, $27.00; Dr. Howard P. Horrigan, $7.00; Harvey & Lewis, $10.00; Drs. Horrigan & Turner, $35.00; Dr. Joseph Kochanek, $4.00; Kimball Pharmacy, $40.50; Dr. Barron D. Knox, $10.00; L & R Ambulance Service, $18.00; Lud- low Hospital, $96.00; Dr. Gordon C. MacKay, $19.00; Dr. T. H. McSweeney, $52.00; Dr. M. Millman, $48.00; Millane's Pharmacy, Inc., $25.25; Dr. James G. Makol, $30.00; Marlowes Package Store, $44.72; Town of Maynard (1 case), $184.75; Memorial Hospital, $348.00; Dr. James Z. Naurison, $20.00; Dr. Meran Nakashian, $176.00; Orchard Pharmacy, Inc., $99.95; Pomeroy-Williams Co., $4.00; Peters Drug Store, $21.40; Professional Bldg. Pharmacy, Inc., $76.26; Dr. S. J. Posner, $10.00; Rock Nursing Home, $54.50; Dr. Wm. R. Riley, $90.00; Sadlers Drug Store, $24.75; Dr. Jacob Spungin, $38.00; Dr. John P. Sigsbee, $179.00; Sunters Drug Store, $10.50; City of Springfield (3 cases), $287.07; Town of Savoy (1 case), $116.07; Springfield Hospital, $840.90; Henry Shannon, transporta- tion, $10.00; Leonard VonFlatern, transportation, $5.00; Walgreen's Drug Store, $2.25; Visiting Nurse Assoc., $153.75; Wesson Memorial Hospital, $355.19; Westfield State Sanatorium, $180.00.
Old Age Assistance Administration Expenditures
Federal Grant (Balance from 1951)
$283.49 118.60
Federal Grant (Received 1952)
$402.09
Expenditures
278.85
Unexpended Balance
$123.24
EXPENDITURES: (total $278.85) Helen C. Boden, part salary, $116.50; use of car, $150.00; attendance at Conferences, $5.50; Hobbs & War- ren, Inc., forms, $3.85; Public Assistance Administrator's Assoc. of Mass., dues, $3.00.
Parks Expenditures
Appropriations Expenditures
$900.00
899.79
Unexpended Balance $0.21
EXPENDITURES: (total $899.79) Allen Lawnmower Co., mower and trailer mower, $600.00; Files Service Station, gas and oil, $5.89; Bert Pellegrini, labor mowing, $255.34; Springfield Toro Co., repairs and parts, $38.56.
Pines School - Top Dressing and Reseeding
Appropriation Expenditures
$1,228.00
220.00
Unexpended Balance
$1,008.00
EXPENDITURES : (total $220.00) Harold Porter, labor, $220.00.
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Planning Board Report
The Planning Board held nineteen meetings during 1952. Nine public hearings were held regarding new or additional sub-divisions.
One public hearing for change of zone; this request was withdrawn at time of hearing, and no action taken by Planning Board.
Two meetings with Appeal Board.
Five sub-division plots have been given final approval and three are pending.
Two tentative proposed sub-divisions were denied as they did not comply with zoning requirements.
The Board in the past has had no definite date for meetings; how- ever, by experience and investigation, the Board found it advisable to set a definite time for regular meetings, and since August 15, 1952 all regular meetings are held at 8 p. m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Town Office, and should be so stated in the Town calendar for the coming year.
The Board has also given proper attention to files such as would give plot plans and other papers proper, safe care for future refer- ence, and expects complete installation by early 1953.
GILBERT STACEY, Chairman
GEORGE B. SMITH, Clerk
GORDON HOLDRIDGE
ALBERT H. HOWES
DUDLEY BLISS
Planning Board Expenditures
Appropriation
$325.00
Expenditures 303.49
Unexpended Balance
$21.51
EXPENDITURES: (total $303.49) Barneys' of Hartford, file, $148.75; James B. Logan, postage and envelopes, $20.20; Massachusetts Federa- tion of Planning Boards, dues, $12.50; New England Blue Print Paper Co., copies of zoning laws, $78.00; Springfield Newspapers, advertis- ing, $29.58; Stanbrook Stationery Co., Inc., printing letterheads, $14.46.
Playground Commissioners' Report
The Commission held eighteen meetings during the past year. A new venture in Junior activities was inaugurated at Memorial School under the capable direction of Mrs. Ralph Carew and Thomas Laurino which proved highly successful. A bus was chartered to take children to and from the school each week day morning where they were taught various crafts and participated in sports of all types. The average attendance during the months of July and August was forty children. This was climaxed by a picnic on the last day of the pro- gram which was greatly enjoyed by all. Our thanks to Mrs. Carew and Mr. Laurino for a splendid job. The bathing beach was reopened July 1, under the direction of Mr. David Goldstein, Springfield Col- lege student. In early August the commission was again faced with the problem of pollution at the beach. The New England Laboratories reported a high percentage of bacteria and it was necessary to ter- minate activities at this time. Shortly after this date another test was made by Mutter Laboratories of Holyoke and the beach was re- opened and the season was brought to a close with a water carnival. Even in the face of adversities Mr. Goldstein was able to hold Junior
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PLAYGROUND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT (Cont.)
and Senior life saving courses that were well attended. The after- math of these courses was the organizing of the Wilbraham Life Saving Corps under the direction of Mr. Goldstein which should prove a great help in years to come. Mr. Goldstein is to be com- mended for his untiring efforts to make this program such a success. In September a report from Mr. Sterling of the State Board of Health was received. Mr. Sterling suggested that unless toilet and bathhouse facilities are erected at the bathing beach prior to reopen- ing that bathing be abandoned there. It is the recommendation of the Commission that future activities be concentrated at Memorial School.
EARL DECORIE, Chairman WARREN REDDISH IRVING AGARD
Playground Expenditures
Appropriation Refund
$2,250.00 5.62
$2,255.62
1,754.06
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
$495.94
EXPENDITURES: (total $1,754.06) Alling Rubber Co., trophies, $21.74; Agnoli Sign Co. Inc., $24.00; Baker's Sport Center, equipment, $25.25; Bieber Polar Co., soda, $4.00; Carlisle Co., chains, $12.64; Electric. & Hardware Center, rope, $7.08; Files Service Station, gas and oil, $4.54; Gebeau's Garage, welding, $2.50; Howard Lumber Co., lumber, $24.38; Leonard's General Store, paint, line, bolts, etc., $37.80; Springfield Chapter American Red Cross, emblems, pins, and text- books, $13.90; Springfield Chris-Craft Marine, equipment, $24.65; Bart Sullivan, rent, $1.00; The Village Store, rolls and candy, $16.95; Wilbraham Life Guard Corp., $45.00; George W. Motyka, transpor- tation, $432.00; Bert Pellegrini, mowing, $159.33. SUPERVISORS Mrs. Nelson Carew, $202.50; David J. Goldstein, $489.30; Thomas. Laurino, $145.50; Harold R. Loftus, $60.00.
Police Expenditures
Appropriation $250.00 Expenditures 149.07
Unexpended Balance
$100.93
EXPENDITURES : (total $149.07) Giacomo Alberici, $23.13; Ernest. L. Bacon, $20.00; Robert Dietz, $40.25; Jeremiah Donohue, $19.38; George E. Egan, $6.25; Gardner R. Files, $3.75; William E. Tupper, $3.75; W. S. Darley & Co., traffic duty belts, $6.56; Massachusetts Fire Equipment Corp., police belts, $25.00; Beulah Wahlberg, alter- ations on safety belts, $1.00.
Preliminary Plans - Additions to Schools Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$5,000.00 5,000.00
Unexpended Balance $0.00 EXPENDITURES: (total $5,000.00) Warren H. Ashley, architect, $4,994.00; Irving J. Cordner, reimb. for slides on School Bldg., $6.00.
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Printing Town Reports Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$1,200.00 1,200.00
Unexpended Balance $0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total $1,200.00) The Pond-Ekberg Co., $1,200.00.
Purchase of Ambulance Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$3,100.00 3,100.00
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total $3,100.00) Zabek Motor Sales, $3,100.00.
Registrars' Expenditures
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve
$400.00 305.00
$705.00
Expenditures
690.71
Unexpended Balance
$14.29
EXPENDITURES : (total $690.71) CLERICAL - Eva M. Ellis, $6.30; Barbara Nygren, $77.55; Josephine M. Pease, $8.00; Mary L. Powers, $40.50; William E. Tupper, janitor, $7.50; Hobbs & Warren, supplies, $43.86; Masonic Building Association, rent of hall, $10.00; Palmer Registrar, printing voting lists, $497.00.
Reserve Fund Allocations
From Overlay Surplus Account Expenditures 4,544.80
$6,500.00
Unexpended Balance $1,955.20
EXPENDITURES : (total $4,544.80) Damage Claims, $40.00; Fire De- partment Expense Account, $300.00; Forest Warden's Expense Ac- count, $200.00; Garbage Collection Service account, $25.00; Highways, Chapter 90 Construction, $1,600.00; Highways Safety Committee, $147.00; Insurance and Bonding, $290.80; Library Special Appropria- tion, $550.00; Registrars' Expense, $305.00; Resurfacing Town Office Driveway, $600.00; Selectmen's Contingent Account, $118.00; Town Office Equipment Appropriation, $36.00; Town Clerk's Expense Ac- count, $40.00; Town Collector's Expense Account, $100.00; Town Treasurer's Expense Account, $189.00; Highways, Chapter 90 Main- tenance, $4.00.
Road Machinery Operating Account
Appropriation Expenditures
$3,000.00 2,954.23
Unexpended Balance
$45.77
EXPENDITURES : (total $2,954.23) Ferrara Spring & Parts Co., Inc., parts and repairs, $96.43; Gebeau's Garage, repairs, parts, gas,
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ROAD MACHINERY OPERATING ACCOUNT (Cont.)
$1,391.43; Gulf Oil Corp., gas and oil, $1,190.06; Leonard's General Store, gas and hardware, $108.84; Perkins-Milton Co., crank, $2.57; Post Road Garage, welding, gas, and repairs, $75.13; Skorupski Bros., gas, $86.02; Victoria Tire Co., Inc., $3.75.
School Bonds and Interest Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$23,145.00 23,145.00
Unexpended Balance $0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total $23,145.00) Second National Bank of Boston, $23,145.00.
School Committee Report
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1952
Appropriation, March 15, 1952 Expenditures Less Refund
147.50
Net Expenditures
164,613.23
Unexpended Balance
$10,867.77
NET COST OF SCHOOLS TO THE TOWN FOR 1952
Total, net expenditures
$164,613.23
Credits
From the Commonwealth :
Superintendent's Salary
$1,306.62
Chapter 71, Section 7A Transportation
18,722.52
Chapter 643
22,776.93
Vocational
1,388.27
$44,194.34
From other sources:
Tuition refunds 681.72
Tuition and Transportation
non-residents
188.00
Rental, Memorial Auditorium
401.00
Miscellaneous
56.70
1,327.42
45,521.76
Net cost of schools from local taxation
$119,091.47
PINES FENCE AND LAWN
Appropriation
$1,228.00
Net Expenditures
220.00
Unexpended Balance
$1,008.00
COMMUNITY PROGRAM
Appropriation Net Expenditures
$1,800.00
1,706.55
Unexpended Balance
$93.45
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$175,481.00
$164,760.73
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT (Continued) ITEMIZED LIST OF EXPENDITURES
SCHOOL COMMITTEE: (total $225.00) John W. Gale, salary, $75.00; Dorrance T. Green, salary, $75.00; Helen A. Reid, salary, $31.25; Louise D. Schatz, salary, $43.75.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, EXPENSE: (total $37.59) Irving H. Agard, Reimbursement for flowers, $15.00; May Jenkins, Reimbursement for tea, $4.59; Massachusetts Association of School Committee, dues, $15.00; The Nation's Schools, Magazine subscription, $3.00.
SUPERINTENDENTS' SALARIES: (total $2,722.32) Irving H. Agard, salary, $1,519.17; Harold A. Truell, salary, $1,203.15.
EXPENSE OF SUPERINTENDENCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF LAW: (total $3,692.79) Irving H. Agard, travel, necessary expenses, $217.83; Emily Badger, salary, $66.40; Christine Clark, salary, postage reim- bursement, $1,753.28; Thomas Groom and Co., W-4 forms, $1.20; J. L. Hammett Co., office supplies, $15.77; Ruth Hulton, salary, $381.52; Mary G. Logan, census enumerator, $150.00; The National Library Bindery Co., binding town reports and registers, $25.25; National School Service Co., A.D.P. cards, $26.31; New England Tel. and Tel., office telephone, $164.15; John Polaczak, Supervisor of Attendance, $100.00; Harold R. Potter, printing order blanks, $23.40; A. R. Reid, office supplies, $331.25; Spencer Printing Co., letter heads, transportation cards, report cards, envelopes, $173.26; Springfield Office Supply Company, office supplies, $17.82; Harold A. Truell, travel, necessary expenses, $228.67; Underwood Corporation, adding machine tape, ribbon, $9.01; Wright & Potter Printing Company, ledger sheets, $7.67.
SUPERVISORS' SALARIES : (total $6,044.72) Ruth G. Backus, $672.00; W. L. Rinehart, $440.00; Helen B. Tower, $2,471.78; Maxine J. West- fall, $2,460.94.
PRINCIPAL'S SALARY: (total $980.73) Irving H. Agard, $980.73.
TEACHERS' SALARIES : (total $56,971.95) Irving H. Agard, $2,125.04; Therese A. Bailey, $2,867.32; Ruth G. Backus, $35.00; Margaret Barnes, $215.00; Martha Beck, $1,445.50; Walter E. Bowen, $1,011.84; A. Louise Bradley, $1,092.76; Marguerite G. Brady, $3,050.48; Eva Brown, $1,458.00; Ralph N. Carew, $2,576.01; Agnes C. Coote, $2,964.60; Lincoln A. Dexter, $804.69; Paula Donohue, $947.92; Sylvia Gertel, $1,470.00; Josephine Giorgi, $1,392.00; Millicent G. Green, $2,865.96; Madeline Harrington, $947.92; Marion L. Holland, $3,065.23; Mary E. Howard, $70.00; Esther L. Johnson, $2,964.60; Mary E. Johnston, $2,567.92; Marion E. Kelley, $2,932.36; Rebecca Koch, $1,112.99; Stasia K. Lavoie, $1,890.00; William .Lennon, $1,011.84; Virginia Locke, $980.59; Mary G. Logan, $147.50; Bar- bara Maher, $1,011.84; Clara B. Merrill, $2,816.01; Dorothy Minor, $1,446.00; Patsy Piscopo, $40.00; Rachel Prater, $599.93; Merillis Scott, $285.00; Marilyn E. Stone, $1,092.76; Helen S. Strauss, $3,014.58; Barbara J. Walters, $2,622.76; Geraldine S. Young, $30.00.
TEXTBOOKS: (total $2,485.84) American Book Company, $358.81; Beckley-Cardy Company, $37.30; Ginn and Company, $247.27; Milli- cent G. Green, $2.00; The Grolier Society, $133.10; D. C. Heath and Company, $182.98; Houghton Mifflin Company, $103.82; Iroquois Publishing Company, $10.52; J. B. Lippincott Co., $68.98; Lyons & Carnahan, $74.95; Macmillan Company, $74.64; National Geographic Society, $7.50; Rand McNally and Co., $105.58; Rinehart Books Inc., $4.21; Row, Peterson and Company, $59.88; Benjamin H. Sanborn, $3.75; Scott, Foresman Co., $552.99; Silver Burdett Co., $158.86; L. W. Singer Company, $258.72; John C. Winston Co., $39.28; World Book Company, $.70.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT (Continued) Itemized List of Expenditures (Continued)
EXPENSE OF INSTRUCTION, SUPPLIES: (total $4,066.83) Allyn and Bacon, workbooks, $20.60; American Book Company, workbooks, $4.74; American Education Press, weekly readers, $298.65; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hall Babbitt, assembly program, $25.00; Therese A. Bailey, transportation for tutoring, $10.56; Blodgett's Music Store, music, $6.68; Boston University School of Public Relations, film ren- tal, $1.62; Milton Bradley, Crayons, $30.84; Ralph N. Carew, neces- sary expenses, $4.75; City Stamp Works, stamp, $5.50; Ditto, Incor- porated, Ditto masters, $6.10; Carl Fischer Music Co., music, $97.93; Ginn and Company, workbooks, $66.86; J. L. Hammett Co., paper and other supplies, $2,284.76; D. C. Heath Company, workbooks, $18.97; Howard Lumber Company, lumber for Christmas program, $.70; Junior Scholastic, weekly papers, $94.00; Laidlaw Brothers, work- books, $64.16; Leonard's General Store, tags, misc. supplies, $17.21; Lyons & Carnahan, workbooks, $29.33; Charles E. Merrill, workbooks, $1.20; Movocco Film, film rental, $25.00; National Safety Council, magazines, outlines, $67.82; News Map of the Week, weekly maps, $55.95; A. J. Nystrom Co., workbooks, $5.84; F. A. Owen Co., bul- letin board charts, $1.00; A. B. Rider, pictures, $2.00; A. R. Rice, Inc., report forms, $45.62; Scott, Foresman, workbooks, $616.78; Valley Cinema, film rental, $4.10; John C. Winston, workbooks, $18.28 ; World Book Company, tests, workbooks, $134.28.
JANITORS' SALARIES: (total $8,020.48) Richard Allyn, $51.95; John Babineau, $99.00; Paul Babineau, $103.00; Raymond Bednarz, $20.00; Homer Boyer, $40.63; George Bready, $9.00; Ralph N. Carew, $328.30; David Chapman, $1.00; Robert Egan, $100.00; Gilbert Gar- dell, $11.71; Arnold Hansen, $5.36; Carl Heiden, $236.50; Henry Hyde, $500.00; May Jenkins, $5.00; Thomas Laurino, $66.03; Malcom Melanson, $1.00; Walter Mentzen, $176.00; James Normoyle, $114.00; Eugene Nowak, $44.00; Anders Nygren, $27.25; Edmund Polaczak, $35.00; John Polaczak, $3,259.95; Fred Reidy, $13.00; William Tup- per, $50.33; William E. Tupper, $2,722.47.
FUEL: (total $3,765.91) Belcher Brothers, $252.00; Crown Petro- leum Corporation, $2,847.66; Cutler Grain and Coal, $666.25.
EXPENSE OF OPERATION, MISCELLANEOUS: (total $3,948.49) Alberici, repair kit, $2.25; John Bednarz, removing rubbish, $15.00; Edward L. Canter, Inc., felt blades, $1.50; Crown Petroleum, Inc., cups, $178.20; Jerry Donohue, trucking, $32.00; Rudolph Genza, trucking, $23.00; Hillyard Sales Co., floor primer, $72.00; J. I. Holcomb, wax, custodians' supplies, $977.69; Henry Hyde, reimbursement for brush, $1.75; International Business Machines Corporation Contract, re- pairs, $36.08; Leonard's General Store, miscellaneous custodians' supplies, $203.73; Lunner Floor Service, wax, custodians' supplies, $38.50; Walter Marchi, Fire extinguisher hose, $9.00; Morrissey Brothers, Keys, $7.88; New England Telephone & Telegraph Com- pany, service, $312.25; John Polaczak, reimbursement for transport- ing supplies, $1.52; W. L. Rackliffe, keys, $12.60; A. R. Reid, con- tainers, $41.44; Richo Products, Floor-Kleen, $169.64; George B. Robbins Disinfectant Company, misc. custodians' supplies, $9.98; City of Springfield, water, $54.20; Springfield Window Cleaning Co., washing Memorial windows, $100.00; Stanley Home Products, brush- es, $4.78; Thacker-Craig Paper Co., toilet paper, paper towels, $148.95; William Tupper, reimbursement for transporting supplies, $6.40; Village Store, bug bombs, misc. supplies, $10.04; Town of Wilbraham, water, $107.15; Worcester County Electric Co., service, $1,370.96.
REPAIRS: (total $3,759.87) Irving H. Agard, reimbursement for having lawn mowed, $5.00; R. P. Allexander Co., repairs on duplica-
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT (Continued) Itemized List of Expenditures (Continued)
tor, $6.12; George J. Allen, piano repairs, $20.00; The American Floor Surfacing Machine Company, repairs to floor machine, $4.42; Arthur W. Anderson, painting, Memorial School, Springfield Street, $1,153.00; James Bennett, refinishing desks, bulletin boards, $217.33; Edward L. Cantor, Inc., repairs to floor machine, $30.00; Carlisle Hardware, door checks, $22.50; Edward N. Christianson, bank run, $41.73; Crown Petroleum, Try cocks, $6.37; T. J. Conway, repairs to boiler, $245.26; Cosman and Decorie, office lights, furnace, $272.53; Norman Ellis, flagpoles, sill cocks, bubblers, furnace, urinals, $652.51; Ernest M. Hayn, spraying to kill poison ivy, $26.00; New England Door Closer, Inc., door checks, $13.60; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel, bank run, $9.08; Bert Pellegrini, lawn contract, $159.96; D. Pellegrini & Sons, landscaping, Memorial, $295.00; E. J. Pinney Co., Inc., repairs to doors, $16.86; John Polaczak, painting cafeteria tables, $148.00; A. N. Porteous, plumbing, $19.00; Harold R. Porter, lawn at Springfield Street School, $17.50; Post Road Garage, welding, $3.50; Jesse Rice, removing tree Pines, $23.50; Richard A. Turner, boiler controls, $12.95; United Floor Service, refinishing Springfield Street School floors, $310.00; Valley Cinema, repairs to projector, $28.15.
HEALTH: (total $2,535.58) Acre Drug Company, supplies, $66.91; Harold J. Brown, M.D., examinations, $3.00; Gwendolyn Buchanan, salary, reimbursement for cots, pillows, blankets, $1,132.05; Ralph N. Carew, reimbursement for physical, $3.00; City Dye Works, wash- ing curtains, $2.50; William B. Coen, M.D., examination, $3.00; Stanley R. Dixon, M.D., examinations, $6.00; Paula Donohue, re- imbursement for physical, $3.00; Arthur H. Goodwin, M.D., salary, examinations, special calls, $695.00; Hearing Aids of New England, audiometer ear phones, $135.00; Richard J. Hunt, M.D., examinations, $3.00; Joseph M. Kochanek, M.D., examinations, $6.00; Maico Hear- ing Service, audiometer, $347.50; Field Case Leonard, M.D., examina- tion, $3.00; R. R. Meunier, M.D., examinations, $6.00; Meran Naka- shian, M.D., examinations, $20.00; John Polaczak, taking sick chil- dren home, $24.00; Quaker Shops, covering cots, $40.50; John Sigs- bee, M.D., examination, $3.00; Helen B. Tower, reimbursement for physical, $3.00; William Tupper, taking sick children home, $30.12.
TRANSPORTATION : (total $24,447.46) David Bliss, reimbursement for tickets, $15.00; Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Brooks, contract, $816.00; Mrs. C. H. Getchell, reimbursement for tickets, $33.60; Paul Heiden, reimbursement for tickets, $30.00; Harriet Jones, reimbursement for tickets, $4.20; Joseph Kaczowka, reimbursement for tickets, $17.90; Edward Kubik, reimbursement for tickets, $16.80; Town of Ludlow, billed, $21.80; George W. Motyka, contract, $18,310.00; John Polaczak, transporting students, $5.40; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Samble, con- tract, $4,740.00; Springfield Street Railway Co., tickets, $434.00; William E. Tupper, transporting students, $2.76.
TUITION, HIGH SCHOOL: (total $26,980.81) Town of Ludlow, $312.34; Town of Palmer, $780.00; City of Springfield, $25,888.47.
VOCATIONAL TUITION: (total $5,627.41) City of Springfield, $4,811.41; Town of West Springfield, $816.00.
AUXILIARY AGENCIES, MISCELLANEOUS: (total $1,087.97) J. L. Ham- mett, diplomas and covers, $42.08; Lloyd M. Hoover, insurance, $29.13; William F. Logan, insurance, $942.76; Walter Whittum, Inc., tickets, programs for graduation, $74.00.
NEW EQUIPMENT: (total $7,358.98) Carlisle Hardware, tools, radio, door checks, $231.02; Cosman and Decorie, fuse tester set, $39.20; Norman Ellis, bubblers, $100.00; H. F. Elwell Iron Works, iron grates, $175.00; Millicent G. Green, reimbursement for cash box, $2.69; J. L.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT (Continued) Itemized List of Expenditures (Continued)
Hammett, desks, chairs, flags, chalk board, $3,024.82; International Business Machines Corporation, clocks, $66.00; Howard Lumber Company, lumber for graduation program, $22.36; George Kelley, rubber matting, $258.05; Leonard's General Store, wheelbarrow, ash cans, $104.37; The Meyer Company, dark curtains, $274.50; Movocco Film, projection light, $4.75; The Piano Shop, Casters, $12.45; E. J. Pinney, setting bronze placques, $16.00; A. R. Reid, office desks, files, chairs, duplicator, $654.73; George W. Robbins, Lumber for screen, $2.75; L. C. Smith-Corona, typewriter, $155.00; Underwood Adding Machine, adding machine, $285.30; Universal Bleacher Co., bleachers, $1,780.00; Valley Cinema, screen, $42.75; Welch-Allyn, eye testing machine, $107.24.
WILBRAHAM SCHOOL COMMITTEE BUDGET ESTIMATE, 1953
General Expenses
School Committee, Expense
$75.00
Superintendent's Salary
2,000.00 4,515.00
Expense of Superintendence
Expense of Instruction
Salaries, Principal
3,375.00
Salaries, Supervisors
7,270.00
Salaries, Teachers
73,910.00
Textbooks
4,000.00
Supplies
5,375.00
Expense of Operation
Custodians' Salaries
10,712.00
Fuel
6,920.00
Miscellaneous
5,500.00
Maintenance
Repairs and Replacements
1,300.00
Auxiliary Agencies
Health
2,405.00
Transportation
27,880.00
Tuition
38,950.00
Miscellaneous
2,221.00
Outlay
New Equipment
5,200.00
$201,608.00
SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET
Community Programs at Pines and Memorial Schools $3,000.00
ESTIMATES OF CREDITS ON ACCOUNT OF EDUCATION, 1953
Chapter 71, Section 7A, Transportation
$19,000.00
Chapter 643
25,000.00
Vocational Education
3,000.00
Tuition, State Wards and non-residents
200.00
$47,200.00
The budgets adopted by your School Committee and submitted to the Finance Committee call for $201,608.00. This represents an in- crease over the amount requested in 1952 of $27,526.72. The major reasons for this increase are :
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT (Continued) Estimates of Credits On Account of Edu., 1953 (Cont.)
1. Continued increase in pupil enrollment requiring :
a. Additional teachers
b. Additional bus transportation
c. Additional supplies and textbooks
d. Additional payment of high school tuition to Springfield.
2. Salary increases for school personnel.
With the opening of Springfield Street School in September, three additional classrooms became available to relieve the crowded condi- tions at Memorial School until the present building program is com- pleted.
By vote of the townspeople at the annual town meeting on March 15, 1952, Wilbraham withdrew from School Superintendency Union No. 15 effective June 30, 1952. The following expression of apprecia- tion to Mr. Harold A. Truell, Superintendent of Schools of School Superintendency Union No. 15 was voted and recorded in the School Committee minutes :
"The Wilbraham School Committee wished to express its apprecia- tion to Mr. Harold A. Truell for his outstanding accomplishments in the educational field during his tenure as Superintendent of Schools in Wilbraham. His intense interest in the welfare and the educational growth of the children of Wilbraham aided greatly in the develop- ment of the school system. His careful business management enabled the school department to operate within its budgets throughout a period of increasing costs, while continually improving the physical condition of the buildings and adding to the supply of necessary text- books. The planning and the building of the Wilbraham Memorial School during his superintendency is a tribute to his foresightedness and his belief in a better educational system for the Town of Wilbra- ham. The committee wishes him many years of continued success in his chosen field."
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