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For this reason, it was concluded that a regional school would of necessity be at an entirely different location. The following tabulation illustrates the difference in costs :
10-Room Addition at Memorial School
New 14-Room Regional School
Cost per room
$30,000
$40,000
Total Cost
300,000
560,000
State's Share (431/3%)
130,000
(65%) 364,000
170,000
196,000
Less Hampden's Share
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(25%)
49,000
Net Cost to Wilbraham
$170,000
$147,000
Thus, by entering into a regional plan, we could get the 10 rooms for $2,300 per room less, which over a 20-year period would amount to an annual reduction of about $1,150.
On the other hand, Wilbraham would be carrying a heavier interest load. This is shown by converting the above comparative table into annual amortization require- ments to be raised by taxation :
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Total Borrowed
$300,000
$560,000
Wilbraham's Share
300,000
(75%) 420,000
Annual Principal Payment
15,000
21,000
First Year's Interest at 2%
6,000
8,400
21,000
29,400
Less 1/20 State's Share
6,500
13,650
Net Annual Amortization $14,500
$15,750
The increased cost of the facilities plus the larger amount of debt for which Wilbraham would be responsible more than offsets the increased contribution by the State.
The other benefit from regional participation is the 15% increase in the State's contribution toward school operating expenses. In 1951, the State's share of Wilbraham's pres- ent school expenses was $21,476. Under the regional ar- rangement, this would increase by $3,221. It is pretty diffi- cult to estimate whether this increase would be offset by additional operating costs at a new school.
It is our conclusion that the balance is in favor of Wil- braham constructing and maintaining its own school facili- ties for the time being.
Architect
Our only contact with an architect in our study was largely for the purpose of obtaining information relative to the present Memorial School building. We naturally turned to Mr. Warren Ashley, the individual who was closest to this project. In view of the Town's complete satisfaction with Memorial School, which reported one of the lowest costs in the State at the time, it would seem entirely rea- sonable that the Town should employ the same architect in connection with the addition. The reason for bringing this point up at this time is that the townspeople will un- doubtedly want to have some preliminary plans or sketches prepared showing just what can be done.
We are preparing this report in order that it may be in- cluded, if desired, in the 1951 annual report to the towns- people. We would suggest, however, that the subject merits a special meeting in the near future. In this respect, it should be added that from the standpoint of construction time September 1953 is not very distant and relatively rapid action is essential.
In summary, we would suggest that at the regular an- nual meeting on March 15, 1952, articles be included in the warrant authorizing (1) the filing of a bill to authorize the necessary borrowing, (2) setting a date for a special
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meeting for the full discussion of the Committee's report, and (3) providing funds with which to meet the cost of preliminary plans.
In the course of the survey, the Committee met with Mr. Harold A. Truell, Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Irving Agard, Principal of Memorial School, and Mr. Warren Ash- ley, of Malmfeldt & Associates and principal architect in the construction of the Memorial School. We were also in touch indirectly with the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Commission and the Springfield Superintendent of Schools. We are indebted for their ready assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK M. COHN, JR., Chairman BARBARA M. PUTNAM, Secretary
STANLEY BORYCZKA
IRVING J. CORDNER
JOHN W. GALE
DORRANCE T. GREEN
ALBERT H. HOWES
GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR.
JOSEPHINE L. MURRAY
HELEN R. REID
February 20, 1952
Death Notices
ETHELBERT BLISS, School Committee Member WILLIAM M. NORTH, Highway Superintendent WILLIAM F. PORTER, Auditor JOHN TUPPER, Constable, Dog Officer, Tree Warden
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Jury List - 1951
Alberici, Aldo Baker, George A. Belli, Aldo
Benson, Bennett W.
Burgess, Clifford W.
Chapin, Faxon D.
Davis, Otis N.
Folsom, Roger W.
Francis, William T.
Getchell, Carolus H.
Gibson, Harold L.
Goodrich, Leon
Harrington, Russell Hitchcock, Charles B.
Hyde, Henry R.
Jack, Kenneth Q.
Keyes, Louis G.
Kibling, F. Harvey Langdon, Robert
LePage, Frederick B.
Loeb, Theodore F.
Menard, David J.
Normoyle, Thomas B.
Perry, Edward A.
Phillips, Ralph C.
Die Sinker
Richmond, William R., Jr. Carpenter
Roper, Marshall E.
Salesman
Ruggles, Calvin H.
Safford, George Alden
Sambor, Alphonse
Accountant
Merchant
Retired
Production Mgr.
Maintenance Man Engineer
Salesman
Retired
Boston Rd., Rte. 89, Spfld. 9 Elm Circle, W.
2450 Boston Rd., N. W. 298 Glendale Rd., N. W. 799 Stony Hill Rd., W. 1000 Stony Hill Rd., W. 95 Springfield St., W. 868 Stony Hill Rd., W. Birchknoll, W.
664 Stony Hill Rd., W. 795 Stony Hill Rd., W. 356 Stony Hill Rd., W. 31 Main St., W. 615 Stony Hill Rd., W. 6 Burt Lane, W.
31 Springfield St., W.
28 Maple St., N. W. 766 Monson Rd., N. W. 207 Main St., W. 263 Main St., W.
694 Glendale Rd., N. W. 4 Delmor Ave. W. 8 Cottage Ave., N. W. 605 Stony Hill Rd., W. 2 Birchknoll Dr., W. 72 Bennett Rd., N. W. 196 Main St., W.
742 Glendale Rd., N. W. 106 Springfield St., W. 57 Stony Hill Rd., I. O. 20 Maynard Rd., N. W. 8 Maiden Lane, N. W. 10 Delmor Circle, W.
Thurlow, Norman A. Traill, Frederick
Victor, Joseph Whitney, Winthrop
Ser. Sta. Mgr. Factory Foreman Restaurant Owner
Mover
Treasurer
Smith & Wesson
Elec. Contractor
Insurance
Stock Clerk
Elec. Engineer
Adv. Official
Manager Insurance Agent Maintenance Man Farm Worker
Insur. Employee
Insur. Employee
Insur. Employee
Engineer
Bank Official
Merchant
Contractor
Paper Co. Emp.
Builder
Merchant
Foundry Foreman
Strattos, John Thompson, Harold H. Thorndike, Chester J.
9 Bruuer Ave., W. 2 Delmor Ave., W. 2030 Boston Rd., N. W. 239 Main St., W.
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Town Office Building Has Been Considered For 111 Years Before Becoming an Actuality
Records show that in 1840 an article in the warrant read as follows: - "to see if the Town will vote to locate Town House, if they agree to build one, on the green, so called, near the house of John Adams."
Forty-five years later in 1885 the following article was in the warrant - Article 16, "To see if the Town will vote to erect a monument to the memory of the men of Wilbra- ham who died for their country in the war for the Preserva- tion of the Union, and make all necessary appropriations, and choose a committee to carry the same into effect."
A committee of five was chosen, and favored building a Memorial Town Hall to be located where the Soldiers Monu- ment now is, and which was considered near the exact cen- tre of the town. In April 1886 the basement and about four feet of the walls were completed. However, at the town meeting in April after having agreed to complete the build- ing, the meeting was continued until about nine o'clock in the evening when a motion to reconsider prevailed, and it was voted not to build. The story is that those opposed to the location waited until the farmers had to leave to do
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BEFORE- No. 8 School, built by the Town in 1905 at a total cost of approximately $5,000.
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AFTER - No. 8 School, remodelled in 1951 to provide Town Offices at a cost of under $13,000.
their daily chores before a motion to reconsider was offered. Weary with the long strife those who favored the project gave it up. Now sixty-six years later we have Town Offices which are very much needed.
Accomplishment 1951-1952
New Town Offices
Water Extensions - Nokomis Road, Forest Street, Lake Drive, Hillcrest Drive
Street Acceptances - Surfaced Hillcrest Drive, Delmor Avenue, Delmor Circle, Severyn Street, Dalton Street (portion), Bruuer Avenue, Ripley Street (portion) , Weston Street (portion)
Purchased - 2-Ton Truck and Sand Body Re-Located a portion of Soule Road at Y. M. H. A. Camp Started work on Glendale Road (Chapter 90)
Surfaced Crane Hill Road and Maynard Road
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Comparative Annual Expenditures of Town Appropriations
(Accounts with receipts or offsetting credits other than appropriations shown in detail in Schedule 2)
SCHEDULE 1
1951 Appropriation or Transfer from Reserve $75.00
1951 Total Expenditures of Town Appro. $75.00
1951 Unexpended Balance $00.00
V 1950 Expenditures of Town Appro. $50.00
1949 Expenditures of Town Appro. $50.00
1948 Expenditures of Town Appro. $25.00
Aid to Agriculture
6,000.00
2,187.09
3,812.91
5,470.54
5,786.30
4,264.95
*Aid to Dependent Children (Federal)
3,598.56
2,615.67
982.98
1,576.93
1,606.76
914.85
Assessors' Expense
2,200.00
2,189.36
10.64
1,430.21
1,380.23
1,999.49
Assessors' Special Appro. for Equalization
2,400.00
1,637.88
762.12
00.00
00.00
00.00
Board of Health
2,500.00
347.88
2,152.12
1,256.50
2,230.89
816.90
*Cemeteries
1,800.00
1,310.38
489.62
1,402.63
937.52
1,287.84
*Community Program - Memorial School
1,800.00
1,375.73
424.27
00.00
00.00
00.00
Civil Defense
250.00
48.31
201.69
00.00
00.00
00.00
Dental Clinic
2,200.00
2,185.49
14.51
1,896.75
1,212.55
901.20
Election Expense
216.40
216.40
00.00
1,309.12
168.00
1,220.84
Fire Department
6,000.00
5,937.85
62.15
5,884.53
5,131.65
4,950.15
Forest Warden
500.00
471.75
28.25
498.95
498.38
498.74
*Garbage Collection Service
2,000.00
1,874.75
125.25
1,635.00
1,493.63
1,156.37
*General Relief
10,500.00
7,520.56
2,979.44
9,145.89
9,435.91
6,617.21
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Account
Gypsy Moth and Elm Tree Disease Control Destroying Dead Wood in Elm Trees
1,470.00 700.00
1,376.70
93.30
1,422.05
697.55
671.70
664.65
35.35
634.99
00.00
00.00
*Highways
Chapter 81 State
14,400.00} 6,000.00
20,348.16
41.94
19,974.24
18,799.46
17,249.33
Chapter 90 Imp. and Rebuilding
24,814.64
10,325.29
14,489.35
25,514.18
42,046.15
3,108.77
Chapter 90 Maintenance
3,000.00
2,585.98
414.02
3,006.54
3,375.85
5,048.51
Miscellaneous
8,897.84
8,897.84
00.00
6,831.81
7,336.13
8,039.85
Bruuer Avenue
800.00
780.29
19.71
00.00
00.00
00.00
Dalton Street
400.00
398.16
1.84
00.00
00.00
00.00
Delmor Avenue
506.40
501.54
4.86
93.60
00.00
00.00
Delmor Circle
1,200.00
1,024.83
175.17
00.00
00.00
00.00
Hillcrest Drive
400.00
320.54
79.46
00.00
00.00
00.00
Right of Way
200.00
177.35
22.65
00.00
00.00
00.00
*Relocation of Soule Road
1,000.00
831.04
168.96
00.00
00.00
00.00
Ripley Street
250.00
250.00
00.00
00.00
00.00
00.00
Severyn Street
850.00
764.81
85.19
00.00
00.00
00.00
Weston Street
200.00
198.07
1.93
00.00
00.00
00.00
Safety Expense
50.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
27.25
28.00
Safety Com. - Protection of Children
600.00
600.00
00.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
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COMPARATIVE ANNUAL EXPENDITURES OF TOWN APPROPRIATIONS (Continued)
Account
1951 Appropriation or Transfer from Reserve 2,084.81
1951 Total Expenditures of Town Appro. 2,084.81
1951 Unexpended Balance 00.00
1950 Expenditures of Town Appro. 1,227.16
1949 Expenditures of Town Appro. 2,516.19
1948 Expenditures of Town Appro 1,057.55
Insurance and Bonding
Legal
750.00
638.95
111.05
200.00
249.00
248.00
*Library
3,301.02
2,983.85
317.17
3,365.15
2,629.85
3,065.67
Memorial Day
500.00
438.25
61.75
133.00
108.56
78.00
*Old Age Assistance
22,099.98
22,000.00
99.98
20,045.00
17,467.34
16,020.82
Federal
16,561.77
10,371.88
6,189.89
13,413.27
12,226.25
9,942.13
Parks
300.00
227.19
72.81
238.47
140.49
291.70
Pines School
Top dressing, seeding and erecting fence
1,700.00
472.00
1,228.00
00.00
00.00
00.00
Planning Board
200.00
27.54
172.46
136.91
547.55
601.65
Playground
2,002.35
1,581.60
420.75
2,592.97
1,469.46
1,156.21
Police
150.00
91.48
58.52
113.50
72.00
55.00
Printing Town Report
1,306.78
1,306.78
00.00
952.69
776.89
887.25
Registrar's Expense
240.00
227.36
12.64
364.09
322.84
177.21
2,848.07
2,848.07
00.00
1,955.33
1,663.23
1,225.89
Road Machinery Operating Account Purchase of Truck and Sand Body
4,500.00
4,416.87
83.13
00.00
00.00
00.00
*Schools
141,033.00
139,575.56
1,457.44
112,112.64
97,814.40
91,523.23
Hot Lunch (Pines School)
1,600.00
1,588.28
11.72
00.00
00.00
00.00
*School Bonds and Interest Selectmen's Contingent Street Lights
23,460.00
23,460.00
00.00
23,775.00
00.00
00.00
750.00
477.00
273.00
603.32
751.44
903.02
3,500.00
3,078.33
421.67
3,192.68
3,175.61
3,139.48
Town Clerk's Expense
500.00
328.00
172.00
306.68
206.11
224.36
Town Collector's Expense
900.00
818.16
81.84
689.20
689.03
694.34
Town Officers and Employees' Salaries
12,000.00
11,999.12
.88
10,201.15
8,845.15
8,074.39
Town Office Building
13,000.00
12,981.66
18.34
00.00
00.00
00.00
Town Offices, Rent and Maintenance
1,800.00
1,182.88
617.12
697.41
749.60
631.90
Town Treasurer's Expense
497.00
464.47
32.53
609.23
327.99
324.21
Tree Warden's Expense
950.00
495.95
454.05
870.99
1,200.00
620.11
*Veterans' Benefit
3,000.00
1,055.40
1,944.60
1,858.72
2,411.57
1,424.01
Water Bonds and Interest
3,720.00
3,720.00
00.00
3,840.00
3,960.00
4,080.00
Water Department
*Installations
12,000.00
9,512.59
2,487.41
8,993.52
8,087.13
7,214.55
Forest Street
5,074.35
3,098.88
1,975.47
00.00
00.00
00.00
Hillcrest Drive
2,000.00
1,428.33
571.67
00.00
00.00
00.00
Lake Drive
1,900.00
1,508.54
391.46
00.00
00.00
00.00
Nokomis Road
4,700.00
3,033.93
1,666.07
00.00
00.00
00.00
Maintenance
11,004.63
8,095.38
2,904.62
8,003.97
9,199.86
8,141.78
Water Notes and Interest
4,727.82
4,727.82
00.00
4,785.94
4,844.07
2,767.20
Well Child Clinic
600.00
310.64
289.36
323.76
455.63
496.25
Wilbraham Contributory Retirement Account
1,088.00
1,087.69
.31
830.25
544.55
323.40
Wilbraham Memorial School Building
51,202.47
51,202.47
00.00
327,192.11
00.00
00.00
* Credit
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Net Cost to the Town of Accounts with Receipts or Offsetting Credits Other than Town Appropriations
SCHEDULE 2
1951 Expenditures of Town Appropriations
1951 Total Expenditures
1951 Receipts from Offsetting Federal, State, County, Credits to City or Town Gen. Treas. (Available for (Not Available Expenditures) for Expenditures)
Net Cost to the Town
Account
Aid to Dependent Children
$2,187.09
$4,802.76
$2,210.58
$2,134.02
$53.07
Cemeteries
1,310.38
1,310.38
25.00
1,285.38
Community Program - Memorial School
1,375.73
1,375.73
284.00
1,091.73
Garbage Collection Service
1,874.75
1,874.75
2,347.75
473.00*
General Relief
7,520.56
7,520.56
3,658.12
3,862.44
Highways - Chapter 81
14,358.06
20,348.16
Chapter 90 Improving and Rebuilding
10,325.29
2,585.98
8,897.84
8,897.84
Bruuer Ave., Dalton St., Delmor Ave., Delmor Circle, Hillcrest Dr., Soule Rd., Right of Way, Ripley St., Severyn St., and Weston St.
5,246.53
5,246.53
6,000.00
25,734.95
15,678.75
Library
Old Age Assistance
22,000.00
32,371.88
14,410.44
13,640.17
8,359.83
Planning Board
27.54
27.54
50.00
22.46*
Schools
139,575.56
139,575.56
19,015.17
120,560.39
Veteran's Benefits
1,055.40
1,055.40
765.34
290.06
Water Department - Installations
9,512.59
9,512.59
- Forest St., Hillcrest Dr., Lake Dr., Nokomis Rd.
9,069.68
9,069.68
- Maintenance
8,095.38
8,095.38
23,595.07
3,082.58
*Wilbraham Memorial School Bonds and Interest Wilbraham Memorial School Building
23,460.00
23,460.00
18,852.50
4,607.50
51,202.47
51,202.47
* Credit
2,983.85
2,983.85
304.47
2,679.38
Chapter 90 Maintenance Miscellaneous
Town of Wilbraham
BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1951
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$242,073.89
Payroll Deductions : Federal Taxes County Retirement System
$1,288.10 164.90
$1,453.00
Taxes :
Levy of 1950 :
Dog Licenses - Due County
12.00
Personal Property $75.60
Road Machinery Fund
3,987.71
Real Estate 776.99
$852.59
Planning Board Deposits
425.00
Water Connections Deposits
103.33
Overestimates 1951 : State Parks and Reservation Tax $56.16
County Tax
774.81
830.97
Personal Property 541.44
Real Estate 10,015.01
10,556.45
11,409.04
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
241.05
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Income
12.76
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Levy of 1950
$185.47
Levy of 1951
5,939.62
6,125.09
283.49
Tax Titles
$424.51
Aid to Dependent Children : Assistance
$982.89
Tax Possessions
223.98
648.49
Administration
143.18
$7,599.45
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Levy of 1951 :
1,290.78
School Lunch Fund Federal Grants :
Old Age Assistance : Assistance Administration
$6,189.89
Accounts Receivable :
Town of Wilbraham BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1951 (CONTINUED)
Departmental
Selectmen
$4,793.65
Unexpended Balances : Town By-Laws $500.00
Temporary Aid
1.00
Aid to Dependent Children
476.12
Construction of Trunk Water Mains
3,136.87
Old Age Assistance
2,036.62
Glendale Road, Chapter 90 9,674.71
13,311.58
Veterans Services
34.50
School
28.00
7,369.89
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus Overlays Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1950
11,460.52
Water Department
Rates
$1,199.78
Levy of 1951
7,823.01
8,675.60
Miscellaneous
853.12
2,052.90
Aid to Highways
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $6,125.09
State
$12,865.56
Tax Title and Tax Possession 648.49
County
6,000.00
18,865.56
Departmental
7,369.89
Water
2,052.90
25.50
State and County Aid to Highway
18,865.56
35,061.93
County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
66.40
Surplus Revenue : Encumbered $11,409.04
Unencumbered
197,962.04
209,371.08
$293,836.76
$293,836.76
$852.59
Dog Officers Fees Revenue 1952 to be Raised Underestimate 1951:
5,200.00
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$325,000.00 Memorial School Building Loan Water Loans
$294,000.00 31,000.00
$325,000.00
$325,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Accounts : Cash and Securities :
Chloe B. Stebbins Charity Fund
$222.25
Deacon Warriner School Fund
833.11
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$15,519.15
School Lot Fund
862.92
In Custody of Probate Court
204.53
Chloe B. Stebbins Library Fund
124.69
Abner Bell Library Fund
49.80
Henry Cutler Library Fund
1,224.90
Morton L. Day Library Fund
282.40
Civil War Mortar Memorial Plaque Fund
38.37
Laura Bruuer Cemetery General Care Fund
1,225.65
Hines Family Burial Lot Fund
204.53
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
9,284.43
Soldiers Monument Park Fund
1,129.58
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
241.05
$15,723.68
$15,723.68
Town Services - Telephone Directory
Fire Tel. 24
Town Office Tel. 415
Department
Call
Telephone
Assessors - Property
Assessors
415
Birth Certificate
Town Clerk
415
Board of Health
Selectmen
415
Building Permits
Building Inspector
Mr. Herter
16-11
Charities and Relief
Welfare Department
415
Dog Licenses
Town Clerk
415
Dog Roaming
Dog Warden
Mr. Bacon 4-13
Electrical Permits
Building Inspector
Mr. Herter 16-11
Fishing & Hunting Licenses
Town Clerk
415
Highways
Superintendent
277
Library
Librarian
275
Marriage Licenses
Town Clerk
415
Police
Constables
Mr. Donahue
116
Peddlers, etc.
Selectmen
415
Rubbish, Garbage Disposal
Selectmen
415
Sanitary Inspectors
Selectmen
415
Schools
Pines
Sp. 3-1029
Schools
Wilbraham Memorial
148
School Nurse
Supt. of Schools, E. Long.
Laurel 5-3436
Taxes
Tax Collector
415
Town Treasurer
Town Office
415
Trees
Tree Warden
Mr. Hayn 232
Visiting Nurse
Visiting Nurse Assoc.
Sp. 2-4145
Water Department
Superintendent
Mr. Keyes 144
Town Calendar - 1952-1953
Annual Town Meeting
March 15, 1952
Selectmen's Meeting
Every Monday evening, 7.30 p. m.
Water Board Meeting First Tuesday of month, 7.30 p. m. Planning Board Meeting
No definite time
Fire Commissioners Meeting Tuesday evening
School Board Meeting
Last Friday of the month
Tax Collector's hours
Wednesdays, 7 p. m. to 9 p. m.
Tax Dates
Local Federal State
7-1-52 3-15-52 4-15-52
Election Dates Presidential Primaries, Tuesday, April 29 State and National Election, Tuesday, November 4
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Report of Annual Town Meeting MARCH 17, 1951
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 Warden William F. Logan, who was sworn in by Walter F. Berry, Town Clerk. Ballot clerks and tellers sworn in by the Town Clerk were: Ernest Bacon, G. Alberici, George Egan, W. L. Dempsey, Gawat Galas, Dorothy Reidy, Julia Szczebak, Alice Rodenhizer, Anna Tupper, E. Cebula, Mil- dred Jack, Filomena Gilbert, Helen Newell, Mary Powers.
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Frank Auchter at 10.30, who called upon Carl Nelson, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen for a word of greeting, inas- much as this is the first Annual Town Meeting to be held in the new Memorial School Auditorium.
ARTICLE 1. Minor town officers elected by unanimous vote were :
Pound Keeper Jerry Donohue
Measurers of Wood and Charcoal Walter Clark Harlan Wheeler
Surveyors of Lumber
Walter Clark J. Wilbur Rice
Field Drivers
Jerry Donohue Norman Thurlow
Ernest Bacon Weighers of Grain
Walter Nietupski Harlan Wheeler
ARTICLE 2. Voted to accept the reports of Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, School Committee and other officers as presented in the Town Report.
ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously that compensation for elected town officers be fixed as follows for the ensuing year :
Town Clerk, $400.00 per year and fees; Town Treasurer, $950.00; Moderator, $50.00 Annual Town Meetings, $15.00 Special Town Meetings; Town Collector, $1,300.00; Tree Warden, $1.50 per hour (includes use of car) ; Selectmen, two members, $500.00 per year, Chairman $550.00; Asses- sors, $1.25 per hour for office work and $1.50 per hour for field service (includes use of car) ; Constables, $1.25 per hour when called on duty by Selectmen plus fees; Auditor,
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$100.00 per year; School Committee, $150.00 per year each ; Cemetery Commissioners, no salary, $1.25 per hour for time spent at work; Water Commissioners, $150.00 per year each; Library Trustees, no salary; Planning Board Mem- bers, no salary; Playground Commissioners, no salary; Poundkeeper, Field Drivers, Weighers of Grain, Surveyors of Lumber, Measurers of Wood and Charcoal (all town officers elected otherwise than official ballot) fees only as fixed by General Laws.
ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1951, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ARTICLE 5. Voted the following appropriations: (Total $284,484.78) Aid to Agriculture, $75.00; Aid to Dependent Children, $6,000.00; Assessors' Expense, $1,900.00; Board of Health, $2,500.00; Building Inspector's Expense, $100.00; Cemeteries, $1,800.00; Community Program - Memorial School, $1,800.00; Dental Clinic, $2,200.00; Elections Ex- pense, $200.00; Fire Department, $6,000.00; Forest War- den, $500.00; General Relief, $10,500.00; Gypsy Moth, De- stroying dead wood in town elms, $700.00; Elm Tree Dis- ease Control, $1,470.00 ; Highways, Miscellaneous, $8,400.00; Highways, Safety Committee Expense, $50.00; Highways, Safety Committee - Protection of Children, $600.00; In- surance and Bonding, $1,300.00; Interest, $50.00; Legal, $750.00; Library Expense Acct. (dog tax estimated at $900.00) plus dog tax, $2,400.00; Liquor Law Enforce- ment, $100.00; Memorial Day, $500.00; Old Age As- sistance, $22,000.00; Parks, $300.00; Planning Board, $200.00; Playground, $2,000.00; Police, $150.00; Printing Town Reports, $1.306.78; Registrars' Expense, $200.00; Road Machinery Operating Account, $2,500.00; Schools, $137,433.00 ; School Bonds and Interest, $23,460.00; Select- men's Contingent, $750.00; Street Lights, $3,500.00; Town Clerk's Expense, $500.00; Town Collector's Expense, $800.00 ; Town Officers and Employees' Salaries, $12,000.00; Town Offices, Rent and Maintenance, $1,800.00; Town Treasurer's Expense (Land Court Expense) $605.00; Tree Warden's Expense, $950.00; Veterans' Benefits, $3,000.00; Water Bonds and Interest, $3,720.00; Water Notes and Interest, $4,727.00; Water Maintenance of system and pur- chase of water (see Art. 45 for installation) $11,000.00; Well Child Clinic, $600.00; Wilbraham Contributory Retire- ment Fund - County $1,088.00.
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ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,200.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 81 roads, provided the State contribute toward the same, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 81, General Laws.
ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously to appropriate and trans- fer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $7,200.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 81 Roads (an amount equal and in addition to the amount appropriated under Article 6), to meet the State's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursement from the State to be restored upon receipt to unappropriated funds in the treasury.
ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 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 unanimously to appropriate and trans- fer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $2,000.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads (an amount which is double and in addition to the amount appropriated under Article 8) to meet the State and County shares of the cost of the work, the reimburse- ment from the State and County to be restored upon receipt to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.
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