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Churches
Four - Methodist at Glendale, Roman Catholic at North Wilbra- ham, United at Wilbraham, Congregational at North Wilbraham.
Public Schools
Pines, Memorial, Springfield Street and Springfield High Schools.
Private Schools
Wilbraham Academy.
Settled
1731
Established as a town
June 15, 1763
Type of Government Town Meeting
Historic Trends
Wilbraham was known as the fourth precinct of Springfield in 1741 and was incorporated as a town in 1763. As a manufacturing town, Wilbraham was not prominent prior to 1865, al- though a grist mill and a number of saw mills were in operation as early as 1750. A woolen mill was started in 1845 and was followed by two others. There were also the old carding and fulling mills which produced cloth for domestic purposes, and a tannery owned and operated by Thomas and Henry Howard. The Collins Paper Com- pany was established in 1872 and the Cutler Mills, manu- facturing feed and grain were started in 1877. Wilbra- ham Academy (originally known as Wesleyan Academy) was started in 1825. It was co-educational but after its reorganization in 1911, it became a boy's school.
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APPENDIX FOR 1954
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This section contains the 1954 Reports and Expenditures of all Departments, publication of which is required by vote of Town Meeting
For Appendix Table of contents see next page
Appendix - Table of Contents Reports as filed, and expenditures of all town boards and departments
Page
Page
Aid to Agriculture Report ... 69
Old Age Assist. (Adm.) Ex ... 86
Aid to Agriculture Expense .. 70
Parks Expenditures . 86
Aid to Dependent Children Ex. 70 Planning Board Report 87
Aid to Disabled Expenditures
70 Planning Board Expenditures. 86
Playground Commis. Report. . 87
Playground Expenditures . 88
71
Police Expenditures 88
Assessors' Equalization Ex. . . Assessors' Expenditures
72
Printing Town Reports Ex. .. 88
72 Registrar's Expenditures 89 73 Report of Superintendent
of Schools 98
Board of Health Expenditures 73 73
Reserve Fund Allocations 89
Building Inspector's Report .. Building Inspector's Ex.
73
Road Machinery Oper. Ac. . ..
89
Cemeteries Expenditures
73
Safety Committee Exp.
89
School Bonds and Int. Ex.
90
Dental Clinic Report
74 74
Additions at Memorial
Dog Officer's Report
74
Election Expenses
74 75
Fire Department Report
Fire Department Expenditures 75
Forest Warden's Report
76
Sealers of Weights and Meas. Selectmen's Contingent Ex. . . Slaughtering Inspector's Rep ..
106 107
Forest Warden's Expenditures Garbage Collection Service Ex. Garbage Cooker Expenditures General Relief
77
Street Light Expenditures 107
107
Gypsy Moth and Dutch Elm
Disease Report
78
Town Clerk's Expenditures 108
Town Collector's Report 109
Town Collector's Expenditures 108
Town Officers - Appointed. . .
68
Dead Wood Expenditures .. Highway Expenditures -
Chapter 81
79
Chap. 90-Imp. and Rebldg. 79
Chap. 90-Canals & Bridges 80
Chapter 90 Maintenance 80
Miscellaneous 80 Birch Street 81 Brookside Drive 81 81
Bruuer Avenue
East Colonial Road
81
South Colonial Road 82
West Colonial Road 82 82
Sidewalks
Weed or Brush Control 82
Purch. of 2-ton Dump Truck 83
Purch. Truck Chassis & Cab 83
Insurance and Bonding Ex. .. 83
Jury List 118
Legal Expenditures 83
Library Report 83
Library Expenditures 84
117
Memorial Day Expenditures. . 85 Milk Inspector's Report 85
Officials, Governmental Dis-
tricts and Representatives. . 67
Old Age Assistance Ex. 85
78
Town Officers - Elected . 67 . . Town Offices and Bldgs. Maint. 110 Town Officers and Employees'
Salaries Expenditures 108
Town Services-Tel. Directory 119
Town Treasurer's Ex. 110 Town Treas. Land Court Exp. 110 110 Treasurer's Report
Treasurer's Trust Fund Rep ..
112 Tree Warden's Expenditures. Veterans' Benefits Ex .. 113 113
Visiting Nurse Ass'n of Spfld.
Nursing Service in Wilb. .. 113 Water Bonds and Interest 114
Water Commissioners' Report. 114 Water Dept. Installations Ex. 116 Water Dept. Maintenance Ex. 115 Water Dept. - Special
Appropriation - Truck ...
116
Water Notes and Interest ... 114
Water Dept .- 16" Pipe Line Miller Street - 1954 ... . . Well Child Clinic Expenditures Wilbraham Contributory
117
Retirement Account Ex. 117 Wilbraham Memorial and
Pines School Additions Ex .. 117
106
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77 Town By-Laws Expenditures. 77 Town Calendar 120
Town Clerk's Report 107
Gypsy Moth and Dutch Elm Disease Control Ex. 78
Gypsy Moth - Destroying
School Bonds and Interest on
Dental Clinic Expenditures
and Pines Schools 90
School Calendar 106
School Committee Report 90
School Statistics 105
Com. Program - Mem. School 74
Auditor's Report
71
Aid to Disabled (Adm.) Exp. Animal Inspector's Report ... Assessors' Report
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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 John F. Kennedy, Boston Leverett Saltonstall, Dover
Representatives in Congress Edward P. Boland, Springfield
Representatives in General Court Raymond H. Beach, Wilbraham George T. Smith, East Long.
Democratic Town Committee
John F. Baldwin Henry Baush
Harriette R. Casey
Constantine Cioch
Earl Decorie
George Egan, Chairman Ann Hill Harry King
Henry Kosakowski
Charles McNamara
Thomas Normoyle, Treasurer
Patrick O'Connor
Michael Pyzocha
Fred Reidy, Secretary
Raymond Stebbins
State Senator Paul H. Benoit, Southbridge
Councillor
George A. Wells, Worcester
County Commissioners William F. Stapleton, Holyoke Thomas F. Sullivan, Springfield Ralph P. Walsh, Longmeadow
Republican Town Committee
Margaret J. Allyn
Stanley Arabik
Roland H. Bennett
Bennett W. Benson
Mildred H. Brooks
Gladys Cloutier
Frederick M. Cohn, Jr.
Virginia W. Danforth
William H. Dawson
Louise D. Folsom
Roger Folsom
George H. Frey
Frederick V. Gale
Harold R. Goodnow
Herman G. Grandchamp
Albert Greendale
Frank C. Gross
Alexina C. Holdridge
Louis G. Keyes
Howard B. Miller
Albert E. Morgan
Faith Plumb
E. Helen Porter
Jesse L. Rice
George Alden Safford
Herbert L. Sanborn
Louis A. Shaw
Chester L. Thorndike, Jr.
Mansfield W. Williams
Elected Town Officers AND DATE OF EXPIRATION OF TERM
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare Roger T. Hintze, Chairman, 1955 J. Loring Brooks, Jr., 1956 Carl Nelson, 1957
Assessors George E. Egan, Chairman, 1955 George Alden Safford, 1956 E. Ray Pease, 1957
School Committee Louise D. Schatz, 1955 Marshall E. Roper, Chr., 1956 Dorrance Green, 1957
Town Collector Lillian E. Thompson, 1955
Town Clerk Walter F. Berry, 1955
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS (Continued)
Town Treasurer Doris G. Cochran, 1955 Auditor William T. Payne, 1955
Tree Warden Ernest M. Hayn, 1955
Cemetery Commissioners Adelbert J. Brooks, 1955 Jesse L. Rice, 1956 (Resigned) Roland H. Bennett, 1957 Henry R. Hyde (Appointed to 1955)
Water Commissioners Everett P. Pickens, 1955 John F. Baldwin, Chr., 1956 Walter L. Woods, 1957
Trustees of Public Library Barbara B. Dickey, 1955 Burr J. Merriam, 1956 Louise D. Folsom, Chr., 1957
Moderator Frank Auchter, 1955 Constables Giacomo Alberici, 1955
Ernest L. Bacon, 1955 Robert C. Dietz, 1955 Jerry Donohue, 1955 Gardner R. Files, 1955
Planning Board Robert A. Edwards, 1957
Leo E. Kuehn, Chairman, 1958 Richard H. Morgan, 1959 George B. Smith, Clerk, 1955 Gilbert E. Stacy, 1956
Pound Keeper Jerry Donohue, 1955
Surveyors of Lumber Walter Clark, 1955 J. Wilbur Rice, 1955
Field Drivers Ernest L. Bacon, 1955 Jerry Donohue, 1955 Leonard F. Von Flatern, 1955
Weighers of Grain Jesse L. Rice, 1955 J. Wilbur Rice, 1955
Measurers of Wood and Charcoal Walter H. Clark, 1955 Jesse L. Rice, 1955
Officers Appointed by Selectmen AND DATE OF EXPIRATION OF TERM
Financial Committee
Aldo Alberici, 1955 Stanley Boryczka, 1955 Charles W. Brierley, 1955 Frederick M. Cohn, Jr., 1955 Irving J. Cordner, 1955 Richard L. Danforth, 1955 John W. Gale, 1955 Albert H. Howes, 1955 Rudolph L. Shults, 1955
Board of Appeals James M. Carroll, 1955 William F. Roach, 1955 (Associate Member) Jesse L. Rice, 1956 Albert L. Martin, 1957
Town Counsel Frank Auchter
Board of Fire Commissioners Wesley G. Chapman, 1955 Fred B. Reidy, 1955 John P. Sigsbee, M.D., 1955
Superintendent of Streets Herbert L. Butler, 1955
Forest Warden Ralph E. Tupper, Sr., 1955
Animal Inspector Inspector of Slaughtering Dog Officer Ernest L. Bacon, 1955
Secretary to Selectmen Doris G. Cochran, 1955
Welfare Agent Helen C. Boden, 1955
School Dentist Irving P. Dinneen, D.M.D., 1955
Well Child Clinic Carmela Alberici, 1955 Barbara T. Brooks, 1955 Margaret C. Brown, 1955 E. Gwendolyn Buchanan, 1955 Janet L. DeMarco, 1955 Ina S. Morgan, 1955
Margaret M. Nelson, Chr., 1955 Avis B. Ryder, 1955 Edith H. Williamson, 1955
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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN (Continued)
Wilbraham Safety Committee
Irene L. Converse, 1955 Carleton R. Reid, Chr., 1955 Ralph E. Tupper, Sr., 1955
Fence Viewers Dwight M. Bodurtha, 1955 (Resigned)
Harold W. Brown, 1955 (Resigned) William L. Dempsey, 1955 Pearl R. Kinney (Appointed, 1955)
Milk Inspector Ernest L. Bacon, 1955
Building Inspector George Herter, 1955
Bookkeeper Josephine M. Pease, 1955
Registrars of Voters Walter F. Berry, 1955 (Ex-Officio) John J. Powers, 1956 William L. Dempsey, 1957 Harold R. Porter, 1955
Regional School District Planning Committee
(Appointed by Moderator) Albert H. Howes
Harry R. Jeffrey Marshall Roper
Director of Civil Defense Raymond H. Beach, Jr. John P. Sigsbee, M.D. (Assistant Director)
School Survey Committee Irving J. Cordner Helen A. Reid Dorrance Green
Harry R. Jeffrey
Sealer of Weights and Measures Adelbert J. Brooks, 1955
Albert H. Howes
Aid to Agriculture Trustees' Report
The Trustees For County Aid To Agriculture consists of a board of nine unpaid members appointed by the County Commissioners. These Trustees are empowered by law to maintain one or more Agents or instructors in Agriculture, Home-making and Country life, who shall meet the residents of the County, individually and in groups, for the purpose of teaching and demonstrating better prac- tice in Agriculture and Home-making, the benefits to be derived from cooperative efforts, better methods of marketing farm products, and the organization of communities to build up country life. The statutes further allow the Trustees to receive on behalf of the County, money appropriated by any town or by the Federal Government . . . or by the General Court for any County . .. and may enter into any agreements . .. relative to Extension Work with adults and with boys and girls in Agriculture, Home-making and Country life. (G. L. Ch. 128)
In accordance with the above, the Hampden County Trustees dur- ing the past year maintained Agents who have been of service to all residents of the County. These Agents have conducted meetings and demonstrations and made individual farm and home visits in connection with many phases of Agricultural and Home-making prac- tices in all cities, towns and communities in Hampden County. Some of these practices included Better Farm Management, Better Live- stock, Insect and Disease Control, Marketing, Soil Testing, Food Preservation, Financial Facts on Buying, Building and Improving the Home, Canning, Gardening, Crafts and Community Organization with Farmers, Homemakers, and Boys and Girls 4-H Club Work both rural and urban. Their counsel and assistance has been available to all citizens of the County without charge.
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Playground Commissioners Irving H. Agard, 1955 Earl Decorie, 1955 Warren T. Reddish, 1955
Moth Superintendent E. Ray Pease, 1955
AID TO AGRICULTURE TRUSTEES' REPORT (Cont.)
Our Agents have made contacts in every city, town and community in Hampden County during the past year in one or more projects and have been ably assisted by local committees or individual volun- tary leaders as the occasion required.
In Wilbraham the following citizens have been of great assistance as voluntary leaders in such projects as were conducted during the year: David Bliss, Mrs. C. A. Bradway, Mrs. A. J. Brooks, Mrs. Leonard Clifford, Willis Estes, Mrs. Willis Estes, Mrs. Weldon Fel- lows, Mrs. Herman Grandchamp, Ivan Hackney, Mrs. Ivan Hackney, Mrs. E. W. Hansen, Mrs. Charles J. Hatch, Mrs. Carl W. Heiden, John Hunter, Mrs. John Hunter, A. H. Howes, Mrs. A. H. Howes, Mrs. H. C. Miller, Mrs. J. K. Nordin, Mrs. Clifford Patric, Mrs. Stephen Presz, Mrs. June Rice, Mrs. Lucien Riendeau, Lucien Rien- deau, Mrs. C. J. Smith, Jr., Mrs. K. G. Steup, Mrs. Eva Sideleau, Mrs. J. C. Szczebak.
ALBERT H. FULLER, Clerk
Aid to Agriculture Trustees' Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$125.00
125.00
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES : (total $125.00) Hampden County Improvement League, $125.00.
Aid to Dependent Children Expenditures
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Federal Grant Balance from 1953
2,906.47
Federal Grant - 1954
2,027.00
$6,933.47
Expenditures
4,335.79
Unexpended Balance
$2,597.68
EXPENDITURES : (total $4,335.79) Frederick J. Bready, supplies, $20.00; Albert E. Booth Co., $23.40; Nelson Bradway, transportation, $32.50; Cash Grants (5 cases), $3,763.04; Marguerite Collins, Board, $5.00; Joseph J. Durocher, repairs to oil burner, $56.00; Letty Farn- ham, Board, $20.00; Dr. Louis Federici, $3.00; Dr. Arthur H. Good- win, $57.00; Dr. Chas. R. Hamilton, $13.00; Dr. Stanley E. Keller, $40.00; Franklin Lynch & John Tatro, moving charges, $50.00; Orchard Pharmacy, $27.05; Skorupski Bros., fuel oil, $21.95; South End Pharmacy, $1.85; Dr. John P. Sigsbee, $19.00; Springfield Hos- pital, $183.00.
Aid to Disabled Expenditures
Appropriation Federal Grant (1953) Federal Grant (1954)
$6,000.00 918.31 2,245.51
$9,163.82
Expenditures
7,291.90
Unexpended Balance
$1,871.92
EXPENDITURES: (total $7,291.90) Cash Grants (7 cases), $1,592.97; Dr. E. J. Dill, $20.00; Dr. Robert W. Emery, $5.00; L & R Ambu- lance Service, $12.00; Leonard's Drug Store, $83.20; Liggett Drug,
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AID TO DISABLED EXPENDITURES (Continued)
$5.90; Mass. Dept. Public Welfare (Tewksbury State Hospital), $718.05; Millane's Pharmacy, $39.09; New England Center Hospital (Pratt Diagnostic Hospital), $914.24; Ray's Pharmacy, $41.00; Dr. John P. Sigsbee, $8.00; City of Springfield (Municipal Hospital), $1,546.20; Springfield Hospital, $2,301.25; Leonard Von Flatern, Transportation, $5.00.
Aid to Disabled (Administration) Expenditures
Federal Grant (1953)
$44.51 104.40
Federal Grant (1954)
$148.91
Expenditures
2.23
Unexpended Balance
$146.68
EXPENDITURES: (total $2.23) John C. Moore Corp., forms, $2.23.
Animal Inspector's Report
Living quarters for three hundred and five (305) cattle, thirty- nine (39) horses, one hundred and eighty-one (181) swine, twenty- one (21) sheep and eleven (11) goats were inspected during Decem- ber, 1954 and found satisfactory.
ERNEST L. BACON
Assessors' Report
Appropriations to be raised by taxation
$514,119.35
Total appropriation voted to be taken from available funds
99,853.07
$613,972.42
State Parks and Reservations 1954 estimates
767.63
State Parks and Reservations 1953 underestimates
170.78
State Audit of Municipal Accounts 1953 estimates County Tax 1953 estimates
8,103.17
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
554.93
Overlay
15,952.70
$641,335.53
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$37,540.85
Corporation Taxes
22,423.82
Reimb. on account of public owned land
317.65
Old Age Meal Tax
765.65
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Licenses
5,000.00
Fines
500.00
General Government
1,000.00
Protection of Persons and Property
100.00
Health and Sanitation
100.00
Charities (other than federal grants)
4,000.00
Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants)
12,000.00
Veterans' Services
500.00
Schools (Funds from Income Tax not to be included)
19,400.00
Libraries
100.00
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45,000.00
1,813.90
ASSESSORS' REPORT (Continued)
Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Department) Interest County Tax (Over estimates of 1953)
300.00
103.76
Tuberculosis Hospital Available Funds
162.88
99,853.07
Net amount raised by taxation
367,167.85
Number of Polls - 1,665 at $2.00
3,330.00
Valuation of Personal Property
$614,520.00
Tax on Personal Property
27,653.40
Valuation of Real Estate
$7,470,760.00
Tax on Real Estate
336,184.20
Gain on fractional divisions of tax rate
.25
Total Tax Levied on Polls and Property Tax Rate $45.00 per $1,000 Tax on Motor Vehicles
$66,701.64
Abatements on Motor Excise 1953 levy in 1954
791.34
Abatements on Motor Excise 1954 levy in 1954
2,659.78
Refunds on Motor Excise 1953 levy in 1954
325.94
Refunds on Motor Excise 1954 levy in 1954
1,814.55
Number of dwellings assessed 1,463
GEORGE E. EGAN
GEORGE ALDEN SAFFORD
E. RAY PEASE
Assessors' Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$3,000.00
2,982.88
Unexpended Balance
$17.12
EXPENDITURES: (total $2,982.88) Association of Massachusetts Assessors, $9.00; Cosman & Decorie, installation of Lights and Fix- tures, $54.00; Credit Bureau, $3.00; J. A. Daigle, printing, $10.00; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies, $114.69; George H. E. Goodrow, adding machine ribbons, $2.00; George E. Egan, expenses to Hard- wick, $35.00; Leonard's, supplies, $7.96; R. F. Gurney, postmaster, envelopes, $35.91; John P. Lynch, Register, photocopies, $195.20; Manifold Supplies Co., carbon paper, $15.44; New England Blue- print Paper Co., prints, $1.41; Josephine M. Pease, clerical, $2,453.28; A. H. Reid, files and supplies, $31.74; Remington Rand, repairs on typewriter, $8.75; The Stoneham Independent, Inc., $1.00; Lillian E. Thompson, clerical, $4.50.
Assessors' Equalization Program Expenditures
Carried forward from 1953 Expenditures
$141.99
119.00
Unexpended Balance
$22.99
EXPENDITURES: (total $119.00) E. Ray Pease, salary, $119.00.
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25,000.00
$274,167.68
$641,335.53
$367,167.85
Auditor's Report
I have examined the financial records of the Town of Wilbraham many times during the year 1954 and found them orderly, up to date and accurate.
Expenditures have been properly authorized and receipts recorded and deposited promptly.
The best interests of the Town have been kept consistently in mind by all members of the regular staff at the Town Office.
WILLIAM T. PAYNE
Board of Health Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$5,000.00 4,968.10
Unexpended Balance $31.90
EXPENDITURES : (total $4,968.10) Walter Clark, material for dump, $274.00; Alberici Sales & Service, rent of dump, $150.00, use of bull- dozer, etc., $311.06; County of Hampden (Westfield State Sanatorium, 4 cases), $4,170.22; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms, $2.00; Ed Lindsay, bulldozer at dump, $50.50; Rodent Control Fund, rodenticide, etc., $10.32.
Building Inspector's Report
No. Type
Valuations
128 Houses
$1,506,620.00
25 Garages
18,335.00
17 Additions
20,700.00
2 Alterations
2,000.00
4 Tourists Cabins
3,000.00
1 Office
11,000.00
3 Tool Sheds
1,225.00
3 Porches
3,585.00
1 Freezer Room
700.00
1 Silo
1,000.00
$1,568,165.00
230 Electrical House Inspections
346 Electrical Oil Burner Inspections
340 Buildings Inspected
GEORGE G. HERTER, Building Inspector
Building Inspector's Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$100.00
64.31
Unexpended Balance $35.69
EXPENDITURES: (total $64.31) Ernest L. Bacon, inspection, $3.00; A. H. Bartlett Co., forms, $58.31; George Boyer, Inspector, $3.00.
Cemeteries Expenditures
Appropriation $1,800.00 Expenditures 1,517.93
Unexpended Balance
$282.07
EXPENDITURES: (total $1,517.93) Roland Bennett, reimbursement for rake, $2.60, labor, $240.30; Adelbert J. Brooks, labor, $362.75;
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CEMETERIES EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Cutler Grain & Coal Co., cement, $2.50; Leonard's General Store, seed, paint, brushes, $152.18; Wm. F. Logan, insurance, $17.15; Carl North, labor, $55.35; Jesse L. Rice, labor, $428.00; Arthur Tripp, labor, $207.10; Woodland Dell Cemetery, opening graves, $50.00.
Community Program - Memorial School Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$3,500.00
3,487.95
Unexpended Balance
$12.05
EXPENDITURES: (total $3,487.95) Janitor service, fuel, electricity, $3,487.95.
Dental Clinic Report
Dental Examinations were undertaken and completed at all schools in the Town of Wilbraham during the year 1954.
DR. IRVING P. DINNEEN
Dental Clinic Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$1,050.00 1,008.70
Unexpended Balance $41.30
EXPENDITURES: (total $1,008.70) Dentists & Surgeons Supply Co., $8.70; Dr. Irving P. Dinneen, $1,000.00.
Dog Officer's Report
Number of stray dogs picked up and destroyed after holding them for six days - 5.
Number of dogs killed by automobiles amounted to 9. All were removed from the highways and disposed of.
Dogs killed 19 turkeys, one sheep and 4 rabbits.
Eighteen people were bitten by dogs in Wilbraham this year.
ERNEST L. BACON
Election Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$1,500.00
1,332.93
Unexpended Balance
$167.07
EXPENDITURES: (total $1,332.93) Davitt & Calkins, express, $4.00; A. H. Bartlett Co. Inc., printing, $103.05; S. Ralph Cross & Sons, supplies, $15.80; Grace Union Church, rent, $60.00; Leonard's Gen- eral Store, supplies, $5.21; Merrimack Valley Wood Products, Inc., ballot box, $59.00; Memorial School PTA, lunches, $14.05; Palmer Register, printing, $128.00; Pond-Ekberg, printing, $19.00; Opalin- ski's Market, lunches, $4.50; Quality Market, lunches, $6.52; W. C. Rackliffe & Son, lock and key, $2.85; Sunset Res-
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ELECTION EXPENDITURES (Continued)
taurant, lunches, $14.50; Julia Szczebak, lunches, $1.64; William L. Talbot, lunches, $16.35; Wilbraham Masonic Bldg. Associ- ation, rent, $10.00; Postage, $0.60. PAYROLL - Carmelo Albe- rici, $12.75; Giacomo Alberici, $43.50; Francis Arooth, $16.00; Helen Bernard, $16.00; Victoria Bobowiec, $11.00; Theresa Boden, $35.25; Adelbert J. Brooks, $17.00; Mildred Brooks, $12.00; Nelson Bradway, $21.50; Evelyn Cebula, $9.00; Gladys Cloutier, $4.00; Mary Cloutier, $12.00; William Dempsey, $36.00; Jeremiah Donohue, $94.08; Dolores Felentreger, $4.00; Gardner Files, $21.00; Filomena Gilbert, $29.75; Albert Grzebieniowski, $14.00; Anna Grzebieniowski, $4.00; Wanda Gurski, $24.50; Pauline Hamburger, $2.75; Alexina Holdridge, $23.25; Wesley. Holdridge, $32.75; Alice Hodgdon, $11.75; Mae Irwin, $29.75; Edith Jerome, $15.25; Letty Keyes, $17.00; Doris Kosciol, $16.00; Helen Laurino, $27.50; Helen Los, $9.50; Stella Marco, $17.50; Beatrice Normoyle, $2.50; Helen Panek, $25.50; Josephine M. Pease, $7.25; James Powers, $27.38; Sophie Przybycien, $23.50; Dorothy Reidy, $8.00; June Rice, $27.25; Julia Szczebak, $15.50; Helen Tolzman, $17.50; Anna Tupper, $16.25; Beulah Walh- berg, $30.00; Helen Workum, $26.50.
Fire Department Report
Fire Loss :
Buildings - 24
$1,666.00 700.00
Contents
Assessed Valuations
97,505.00
Department responded to 161 alarms: 24 buildings, 70 grass and brush, 5 trucks, 4 automobiles, 4 chimneys, 2 oil burners, 8 dumps, 6 mutual aid (out of town), 1 lost person, 37 emergencies. 297 Per- mits Issued, 207 Inspections, 61 Extinguishers Recharged.
Late in 1954, the Fire Department suffered a great loss in the sudden death of one of our efficient Fire Dispatchers, Margaret C. Woods. We were fortunate in having Mary Chapman consent to take over the duties.
For their cooperation and assistance, I express my heartfelt grati- tude to the Fire Dispatchers, the Call Men, the Auxiliary, to the members of the Board of Selectmen, Fire Commissioners, the person- nel of the various Town Departments and others who may have helped during the past year.
RALPH E. TUPPER, SR., Fire Chief
Fire Department Expenditures
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve
$8,000.00 150.00
$8,150.00
8,112.23
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
$37.77
EXPENDITURES : (total $8,112.23) MAINTENANCE EXPENSE ($3,223.34) - Worcester County Electric Co., $109.00; New England Tel. & Tel. Co., $424.13; Berenice H. Tupper, fire telephone service, $390.00; Eunice B. King, fire telephone service, $360.00; Margaret C. Woods, fire telephone service, $270.00; Cyril Woods, fire telephone service, $30.00; Mary B. Chapman, fire telephone service, $30.00; Gideon Dickinson, garage rent, $410.00; Ludlow Mfg. & Sales Co., alarm box maintenance, $24.00; Files Service Station, gasoline and oil, $34.10; Leonard's General Store, gasoline, oil, keys, $212.56;
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FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES (Continued)
Skorupski Bros., gasoline, $3.35; Alberici Sales and Service, gasoline and oil, $3.07; Wilbraham Engineering Co., fuel oil, $696.73; Town of Wilbraham, water, $20.00; Ralph E. Tupper, Sr., convention expense, $75.00; Ralph E. Tupper, Sr., janitor service, $60.00; Louis E. Keyes, fire insurance, $42.50; Lloyd M. Hoover, fire insurance, $10.00; William F. Logan, fire insurance, $18.90. REPAIR EXPENSE ($640.46) - Worcester County Electric Co., relocate siren wires, $18.37; Cos- man & Decorie, wiring installations and repairs, $184.20; Harold F. Thatcher, relocate siren control circuit, $200.00; New England Tel. & Tel. Co., relocate fire dispatcher tel., $3.50; Edward Lindsay, grad- ing, $50.00; Zabek Motor Sales, check-up and repairs to fire appa- ratus, $184.39. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT EXPENSE ($1,698.68) - Zabek Motor Sales, fire hose, Circular hose-drying cabinet, misc. equipment, $1,587.14; E. B. Atmus, battery for fire apparatus, $52.24; Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co., Scotchlite fabric and adhesive, $23.85; Walter A. Marcil, Jr., recharge Co2 extinguishers and oxygen tanks, $27.95; Mass. Fire Equipment Co., recharge Co2 extinguishers, $7.50. PAYROLL EXPENSE ($2,549.75) - Ralph Tupper, $656.75; Clifton King, $240.75; Harold Brown, $214.50; Norman Farnsworth, $109.50; Bernard Tupper, $152.50; John Brackinisky, $128.25; Cyril Woods, $120.75; John Campsie, $110.75; Leonard VonFlatern, $137.50; Ray- mond Beach, Jr., $113.50; Wesley Chapman, $132.00; Gardner Files, $132.00; Carl Heiden, $112.00; Leonard VonFlatern, Jr., $54.25; Robert Dietz, $134.75.
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