Wilbraham annual report 1951-1955, Part 46

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 634


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Weighers of Grain Henry R. Hyde, 1956 J. Wilbur Rice, 1956 Measurers of Wood and Charcoal Walter H. Clark, 1956 Henry R. Hyde, 1956


Officers Appointed by Selectmen AND DATE OF EXPIRATION OF TERM


Superintendent of Streets Herbert L. Butler, 1956


Forest Warden Ralph E. Tupper, Sr., 1956


Animal Inspector Inspector of Slaughtering Dog Officer Ernest L. Bacon, 1956


Secretary to Selectmen Doris G. Cochran, 1956


Welfare Agent Helen C. Boden, 1956


School Dentist Irving P. Dinneen, D.M.D., 1956


Milk Inspector Ernest L. Bacon, 1956


Building Inspector George Herter, 1956


Moth Inspector E. Ray Pease, 1956


Bookkeeper Josephine M. Pease, 1956 Fence Viewers Gordon W. Holdridge Pearl R. Kinney Harold W. Porter


Financial Committee Aldo Alberici, 1956 Frederick J. Carr, 1956 (deceased) Frederick M. Cohn, Jr., 1956


Irving J. Cordner, 1956 Richard L. Danforth, Chr., 1956


John W. Gale, 1956


Wesley H. Holdridge, 1956


Albert H. Howes, 1956 Albert E. Neale, 1956


Board of Appeals James M. Carroll, 1958 William F. Roach, 1958 (Associate Member) Albert L. Martin, 1957 Jesse L. Rice, 1956 Town Counsel Frank Auchter, 1956


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN (Continued)


Board of Fire Commissioners Wesley G. Chapman, 1956 Fred B. Reidy, 1956 John P. Sigsbee, M.D., 1956


Well Child Clinic


Carmela Alberici, 1956 Lillian E. Allen, 1956


Barbara T. Brooks, 1956 Margaret C. Brown, 1956 Adele R. Graves, 1956 Ina S. Morgan, 1956 Margaret M. Nelson, Chr., 1956


Avis B. Ryder, 1956 Helen M. Sambor, 1956


Wilbraham Public Safety Committee Carl Nelson James P. Powers, Chairman (deceased) John P. Sigsbee, M.D.


Playground Commissioners Richard H. Allen, 1956 Victor S. Kodis, 1956 Warren T. Reddish (Resigned) John W. Rogers, 1956


Registrars of Voters


Walter F. Berry, 1955 (Ex-Officio) William L. Dempsey, 1957


Harold R. Porter, 1958 John J. Powers, 1956


Civil Defense Personnel


Raymond H. Beach, Jr., Director (Resigned)


John P. Sigsbee, M.D., Assistant Director (Resigned)


Roger T. Hintze, appointed as Director


Michael J. Rudy, Assistant Director


Walter B. Miller, Assistant Director


Sealer of Weights and Measures Adelbert J. Brooks, 1956


School Building Committee Wesley H. Holdridge


Albert H. Howes, Chairman


Harry R. Jeffrey


Leo E. Kuehn


Marshall Roper


Aid to Agriculture Trustees' Report


According to Section 45, Chapter 128 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, any town may appropriate money to be expended by the Trustees for carrying out the provisions of the law under which they are appointed.


Agents of the Trustees have made contacts during the past year in your town either by public meetings, individual farm and home visits, group discussions, demonstrations or otherwise in attempting to assist citizens toward improved farm practices, better home man- agement and boys and girls in 4-H Club projects.


The following citizens have been of real assistance in promoting such assigned projects as have been conducted during the year: Mrs. Irving Agard, Jr., Mrs. Roland Bennett, Mrs. C. W. Broughton, Mrs. John M. Burnett, Mrs. E. G. Clarkson, Mrs. L. W. Clifford, Mrs. Weldon Fellows, Edwin Fife, Mrs. Herman Grandchamp, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Hackney, Mrs. Charles J. Hatch, Mrs. Carl Heiden, Mrs. A. H. Howes, Mr. and Mrs. John Hunter, Ernest Le Vasseur, Mrs. Edward J. Luff, Mrs. H. C. Miller, Mrs. J. K. Nordin, Mrs. Rene Paradis, Mrs. Clifford Patric, Mrs. P. W. Randall, Mrs. Warren Reddish, Mrs. June B. Rice, Lucien Riendeau, Mrs. C. J. Smith, Jr., Mrs. Gilbert Stacy, Edward Trombley.


An expense of $142.84 was incurred by these local leaders for either travel or purchase of material needed in carrying on the various programs.


Any appropriation made by your town to the Trustees is held by the County Treasurer and used exclusively for reimbursing your own citizens for any necessary expenses they may incur in performing such duties as may be assigned to them.


ALBERT H. FULLER, Clerk


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Aid to Agriculture Trustees' Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$125.00


125.00


Unexpended Balance


$0.00


(total $125.00) Trustees of Hampden County $125.00.


Aid to Dependent Children Expenditures


Appropriation Federal Grant (1954) Federal Grant (1955)


$2,000.00 2,539.79 600.37


Expenditures


1,406.86


Unexpended Balance


$3,733.30


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,406.86) Cash Grants (2 cases), $1,271.22; Hollis Collins, transportation, $3.00; Dr. Arthur H. Goodwin, $3.00; Dr. Stanley E. Keller, $31.00; Orchard Pharmacy, $34.64; Dr. Maurice Rubin, $10.00; Dr. John P. Sigsbee, $54.00.


Aid to Dependent Children (Administration) Expenditures


Federal Grant (Balance 1954)


$383.55


Federal Grant (1955)


37.77


$421.32


Expenditures :


76.20


Unexpended Balance


$345.12


EXPENDITURES: (total $76.20) Helen C. Boden, part payment use of personal car, $75.00; conference expense $1.20.


Aid to Disabled Expenditures


Appropriation


$6,000.00


Federal Grant (Balance 1954)


1,798.94


Federal Grant (1955)


2,129.56


Refund


130.50


$10,059.00


Expenditures


8,846.33


Unexpended Balance


$1,212.67


EXPENDITURES: (total $8,846.33) Acre Drug Co., $8.00; Cash Grants (7 cases), $2,610.93; Community Opticians, $2.50; Jerry Donohue, trans., $3.00; Dr. Robert W. Emery, $6.00; Dr. Arthur H. Goodwin, $16.00; Leonard Drug Co., $83.20; Millane's Pharmacy, $107.75; Dr. George A. Sotirion, $6.00; Springfield, City of (Municipal Hospital), $1,867.08; Springfield Hospital, $4,128.87; Dr. John P. Sigsbee, $7.00.


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$5,140.16


EXPENDITURES :


Animal Inspector's Report


Living quarters for 295 cattle, 45 horses, 266 swine, 16 sheep and 10 goats were inspected and passed as clean and well cared for. ERNEST L. BACON


Assessors' Report


Appropriations to be raised by taxation


$576,200.89


Total appropriations voted from available funds


252,228.83


State Parks and Reservations


676.00


State Audit of Municipal Accounts


1,087.62


County Tax 1955 estimates


7,971.00


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 1955


787.04


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment underestimates 1954


48.98


Overlay of current year


23,191.68


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Income Tax


$46,135.35


Corporation Taxes


21,363.82


Reimbursement on account of publicly owned land


326.72


Old Age Tax (Meals)


655.01


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


45,000.00


Licenses


5,000.00


Fines


825.00


General Government


500.00


Protection of Persons and Property


100.00


Charities (other than federal grants)


3,000.00


Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants)


10,000.00


Veterans' Services


50.00


Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Department)


25,000.00


Schools (Funds from Income Tax not to be included)


25,000.00


Libraries


25.00


Interest: On Taxes and Assessments


200.00


State Assistance for School Construction-Chapter 645, Acts of 1948


19,300.00


County Tax (Over estimates of 1954)


396.47


Reimbursement Public Owned Land


3.02


Available Funds


252,228.83


$455,109.22


Net amount to be raised by taxation on polls and property 407,082.82


$862,192.04


Number of Polls - 1,753 @ $2.00


$ 3,506.00


Valuation of Personal Property


$557,860.00


Tax on Personal Property


26,219.42


Valuation of Real Estate


$8,028,875.00


Tax on Real Estate


377,357.13


Gain on fractional divisions of tax rate


.27


$407,082.82


Tax Rate $47.00 per $1,000 Tax on Motor Vehicles


$86,951.59


Abatements on Motor Excise 1954 levy in 1955


469.64


Abatements on Motor Excise 1955 levy in 1955


4,576.57


Refunds on Motor Excise 1954 levy in 1955


151.30


Refunds on Motor Excise 1955 levy in 1955


2,975.02


Number of dwellings assessed 1,595


GEORGE ALDEN SAFFORD E. RAY PEASE


FREDERICK V. GALE


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$828,429.72


$862,192.04


Assessors' Expenditures


Appropriation Transferred from reserve


$3,000.00 195.50


$3,195.50


Expenditures


3,195.50


Unexpended balance


$ 0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $3,195.50) Association of Massachusetts Assessors, dues, $9.00; Conklin Office & Supply Co., files, $46.66; J. A. Daigle, printing, $26.00; Frederick V. Gale, expense to con- ference, $3.00; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies, $139.42; John P. Lynch, photo-copies, $218.15; H. A. Manning, directories, $2.46; E. Ray Pease, expenses to Harwick, $34.70; Josephine M. Pease, clerical, $2,537.07, reimb. for expenses to clerk's meeting, $8.00; reimb. for postage and supplies, $2.74; A. R. Reid, supplies, $5.10; Rice & Watkins, pictures, $62.00; Royal Typewriter Co., repairs on machines and ribbons, $52.70; Frederick Ruther, pictures, $31.00; The National Library Bindery Co., binding valuation books, $16.50; The Stoneham Independent, guide, $1.00.


Auditor's Report


This is to certify that I have checked the important financial records of the Town of Wilbraham many times during the year 1955 and have found them up to date, legible and accurate.


It is my belief that all money received for the Town has been properly deposited in Banks and that all expenditures have been properly authorized.


WILLIAM T. PAYNE


Board of Health Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$6,000.00


1,603.35


Unexpended Balance


$4,396.65


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,603.35) Alberici Sales & Service, dump rental and upkeep, $550.00; American Surgical Supply Co., needles, $4.05; County of Hampden (Westfield State Sanatorium), 1 case, $936.00; Doris G. Cochran, expense to Boston for vaccine, $4.50; Walter H. Clark, services at town dump, $105.60; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms, $3.20.


Building Inspector's Report


No. Type


Valuations $ 28,000.00


121 Houses


1,455,047.00


30 Garages


25,300.00


22 Additions


32,315.00


2 Alterations


11,000.00


7 Tool Sheds


3,230.00


13 Porches


8,175.00


1 Breezeway


1,800.00


2 Hen Houses


2,600.00


1 Store


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BUILDING INSPECTOR'S REPORT (Continued)


No


Type


1 Renovation


1 School


Valuations 3,000.00 325,000.00


$1,895,467.00


400


Electrical Inspections


304


Plumbing Inspections


430


House Inspections


GEORGE G. HERTER


Building Inspector's Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$100.00 2.35


Unexpended Balance


$ 97.65


EXPENDITURES: (total $2.35) A. R. Reid, supplies, $2.35.


Cemeteries Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures 1,655.75


$1,800.00


Unexpended Balance $144.25


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,655.75) Roland Bennett, $347.50; Adelbert J. Brooks, $213.30; Robert Graves, $48.60; Howard Lumber Co., $9.38; Wm. F. Logan, insurance, $31.74; Leonard's General Store, $3.58; Northern Tree Experts, $95.00; Carl North, $113.40; David M. Noga, $40.00; John Riddle, $5.40; Charles Roberts, $129.60; Jesse L. Rice, $148.50; Rice Fruit Farm, $344.75; Woodland Dell Association, $125.00.


Civil Defense Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$6,500.00


3,068.20


Unexpended Balance $3,431.80


EXPENDITURES : (total $3,068.20) American Emblem & Textile Co., armbands, pouch, $53.75; Commonwealth of Mass., town's share of radio, $2,500.00; C. A. Krohne & Sons, servicing cars for radio equip- ment, $486.85; Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co., photostat work, $8.40; Supt. of Documents, $17.50; A. R. Reid, $1.70.


Community Program Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$3,500.00 3,499.42


Unexpended balance $ 0.58


EXPENDITURES: (total $3,499.42) Payrolls, $3,499.42.


Dental Clinic Report


Dental examinations and recommendations were made for all chil- dren in all Wilbraham Schools during the year 1955.


IRVING P. DINNEEN, D.M.D.


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Dental Clinic Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$1,050.00


1,028.55


Unexpended Balance


$ 21.45


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,028.55) Dr. Irving P. Dinneen, $1,000.00; Ryan Dental Supply Company, $28.55.


Dog Officer's Report


Number of dogs picked up and destroyed after holding them for six days - 2.


Number of dogs killed by automobiles - 8. All were removed from the highways.


Dogs killed 14 laying hens and 3 rabbits.


Number of dogs picked up and returned to their homes - 5.


Fourteen people were bitten by dogs in Wilbraham this year.


ERNEST L. BACON


Election Expenditures


Appropriation Transfer from Reserve


$400.00 28.80


$428.80


Expenditures


428.80


Unexpended Balance $ 0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $428.80) Jerry Donohue, $19.50; A. H. Bartlett Co., printing, $124.80; Carl Heiden, $16.50; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., ballot forms, $7.43; Roy C. Powers, forms, $3.50; The Pond- Ekberg Co., cards, $10.05; P.T.A. Memorial School, lunches, $19.90; William Tupper, $15.00. PAYROLL - T. Boden, $16.00; M. Brooks, $10.25; W. Dempsey, $17.62; C. Gray, $17.50; F. Gilbert, $11.25; W. Gurski, $10.50; W. Holdridge, $18.75; A. Holdridge, $15.00; M. Irwin, $9.25; H. Laurino, $10.50; S. Przybycien, $10.50; H. Panek, $8.75; D. Reidy, $11.75; A. Tupper, $18.75; B. Wahlberg, $17.00; H. Tolz- man, $8.75.


Fire Department Report


Fire Loss :


Buildings - 38


$22,732.00


Contents


Assessed Valuation


5,503.00 89,575.00


Department responded to 229 alarms: 38 buildings, 89 grass and brush, 4 trucks, 6 automobiles, 8 dumps, 5 chimneys, 1 gas station, 1 gas pipeline, 67 emergencies, 9 mutual aid (out of town), and 1 lost person. 233 permits were issued, 201 inspections, and 67 extinguishers were recharged.


For their cooperation and assistance, I express my heartfelt grati- tude to the Fire Dispatchers, the Call Men, the Auxiliary, the mem- bers of the Board of Selectmen, Fire Commissioners, the personnel of the various Town Departments and others who may have helped during the past year.


RALPH E. TUPPER, SR.


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Fire Department Expenditures


Appropriation Transferred from Reserve


$8,150.00 1,004.61


$9,154.61


9,154.61


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance


$ 0.00


EXPENDITURES : (total $9,154.61) MAINTENANCE EXPENSE ($4,005.56) - Worcester County Electric Co., $126.50; New England Tel. & Tel. Co., $473.75; Berenice H. Tupper (fire telephone service), $420.00; Eunice B. King (fire telephone service), $420.00; Mary B. Chapman (fire telephone service), $420.00; Gideon Dickinson (garage rent), $465.00; Ludlow Mfg. & Sales Co. (alarm box maintenance), $24.00; Files' Service Station (gasoline), $37.82; Center Service Station (gasoline), $10.41; Leonard's General Store (gasoline, oil supplies), $309.94; Rice Fruit Farm (gasoline), $4.50; Skorupski Bros. (gas- oline, kerosene), $2.90; Wilbraham Engineering Co. (fuel oil and repairs), $745.34; Town of Wilbraham (water), $24.20; Ralph E. Tupper, Sr. (janitor service), $60.00; Ralph E. Tupper, Sr. (conven- tion expense), $75.00; Louis E. Keyes (insurance on equipment), $259.75; Lloyd M. Hoover (insurance on equipment), $69.90; William F. Logan (insurance on equipment), $47.15; Peerless Laundry (laun- dry for ambulance), $9.40. REPAIR EXPENSE ($585.49) - Cosman & Decorie (wiring installation), $9.21; Zabek Fire Apparatus, Inc. (repairs and check to fire apparatus), $549.21; C. F. King (repair parts), $3.57; Luzi Auto Body (radiator and fender repairs), $23.50. SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSE ($1,361.56) - Zabek Motor Sales (battery and supplies), $23.45; Zabek Fire Apparatus, Inc. (fire hose, misc. equipment), $843.03; A. L. McDonald (fire coats), $306.68 ; James R. Shea (spanner wrench brackets), $14.00; W. M. Young Regalia Co. (lettering fire coats), $15.00; Ernest M. Hayn Nursery (shrubbery), $8.00; Walter A. Marcil, Jr. (recharge CO2 and oxygen tanks) $16.46; Mass. Fire Equipment Corp. (recharge CO2 and oxygen tanks), $8.75; Amer. Surgical Supply & Equipment Corp. (inhalator mask), $2.50; W. G. Chapman (typing and duplicate keys), $10.19; American LaFrance Corp. (hose spanners), $14.79; James A. Bennett (partition and door), $98.71. PAYROLL EXPENSE ($3,202.00) - Ralph E. Tupper, $854.00; Clifton King, $317.50; Cyril Woods, $150.00; Bernard Tupper, $186.50; Robert Dietz, $114.00; Norman Farnsworth, $110.50; John Brackinisky, $176.00; Leonard VonFlatern, $156.50; Leonard VonFlatern, Jr., $183.50; John Campsie, $124.50; Wesley Chapman, $156.50; Harold Brown, $273.50; Gardner Files, $90.25; Raymond Beach, Jr., $132.50; Carl Heiden, $138.00; Wilbur Jenkins, $32.25; Alton McDonald, $6.00.


WESLEY G. CHAPMAN, FRED B. REIDY, JOHN P. SIGSBEE


Fire Truck (New) Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$9,500.00 $9,500.00


Unexpended Balance


$ 0.00


EXPENDITURES :


(total, $9,500.00) Zabek Fire Apparatus, Inc. $9,500.00.


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Flood Damage - Emergency Relief Repairs Expenditures


From Available Funds Expenditures


$25,950.00 25,950.00


Unexpended Balance $ 0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $25,950.00) LABOR - Herbert L. Butler, $576.00; Stanley Mazur, $301.80; Adelard Paquette, $347.20; John Piscor, $454.30; Maurice Disley, $315.00; Baltas Skorupski, $360.10; David Hintze, $108.13; James Moorhead, $80.00; John Smola, $20.00; Northern Tree Experts, cutting trees, $65.00; Jesse Rice, $25.00; Insurance on payrolls, $8.00; Town trucks, $446.60. POLICE - Robert Dietz, $95.25; Ernest L. Bacon, $75.00; Gardner R. M. Files, $90.00; Norman Farnsworth, $136.00; Stephen Lopata, $61.50; William E. Tupper, $76.50; H. Carleton Cutting, $61.50; George Bready, $124.50; John Chrzanowski, $52.50; Hollis Collins, Jr., $94.50; Edward Steere, $36.00; Everett Kerr, $36.00; Alton McDonald, $18.00; Byron Musselman, $42.75; Henry Baush, $13.50; Leon Farnsworth, $70.50; Harland Rogers, $51.75. FIREMEN - Ralph E. Tupper, $36.00; Clifton King, $36.00; Cyril Woods, $12.00; Bernard Tupper, $12.00; John Brackinisky, $36.00; Leonard VonFlatern, $12.00; Leonard VonFlatern, Jr., $36.00; John Campsie, $12.00; Walter Howe, $36.00; George King, $36.00; H. Carleton Cutting, $36.00; Wesley Clark, $24.00; Arthur Lake, $18.00; Karl Tupper, $12.00; Earl Decorie, $12.00; Richard Castaldini, $12.00; Philip Danforth, $12.00. MATERIAL - Eastern Equipment Sales, Inc., torches, $38.00; Wilbraham Engineering, oil, $27.74; North Wilbraham Sand, Gravel & Concrete Co., sand, $501.50; Robert Converse, gravel, $232.00; Asphalt Pavement Corp., patch $121.20; Asphalt Hot Mix, Inc., $37.50; New England Metal Culvert Co., $1,627.97; Pat's Atlantic Station, gas, $4.85; A. E. Gleason Co., gravel, $1,816.80; Walter H. Clark, gravel, $1,222.75; J. A. Daigle, printing, $16.00; Leonard's General Store, foodstuff, $73.06; William Talbot, foodstuff, $57.10; Quality Market, foodstuff, $342 25. EQUIP- MENT - Edward Lindsay, $1,050.00; William Jurczyk, $132.00; Edward Wrona, $95.00; Steve Wrona, $952.00; Edward N. Christian- son, Inc., $1,454.54; James Moran, $64.00; A. E. Gleason Co., $7,936.13; New England Tel. & Tel. Co., phone service, $13.00; Roy M. Wright, $49.50; Peter F. Wojnicki, $36.00; Robert K. Wilson, $90.00; Donald Gleason, $144.00; A. W. Westerling, Jr., $441.00; Walter H. Clark, $633.73; E. H. Campbell & Sons, $389.50; F. G. Mather, $942.50; Allan B. Robbins, $432.00; Potter & Collins, $228.75; Wesley MacIntire, $36.00; Aselton Trucking Co., $78.75.


Forest Warden's Report


3,981 permits were issued for open air fires.


Under State Law a permit is required for all open air fires. For said permit dial LY 6-3014. At numerous times of the year no burning in the open is allowed. Wire basket incinerators are not allowed to burn in without a permit.


Deputy Forest Wardens are: Harold Brown, Ernest Bacon, Bernard Tupper, Cyril Woods, Leonard VonFlatern, Sr., Raymond Beach, Jr., John Sigsbee, Robert Dietz, Harland Rogers, Norman Farnsworth and Gardner Files.


RALPH E. TUPPER, Sr.


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Forest Warden's Expenditures


Appropriation Transferred from Reserve


$700.00 33.96


$733.96


733.96


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance


$ 0.00


EXPENDITURES : (total $733.96) PAYROLLS - Ralph E. Tupper,


$82.00; Kent Folsom, $15.00; Paul Heiden, $20.00; Leonard VonFlatern, $12.00; Leonard VonFlatern, Jr., $19.00; Robert Dietz, $9.00; John Campsie, $9.00; George King, $40.00; Gardner Files, $9.00; Harold Brown, $14.00; Henry Herter, $2.00; Philip Edson, $1.00; John Brackinisky, $25.00; Cyril Woods, $16.00; Bernard Tupper, $24.00; Richard Castaldini, $4.00; Karl Tupper, $63.00; David Chap- man, $31.00; Alton McDonald, $35.00; John P. Sigsbee, $51.00; Carleton Cutting, $22.00; Harland Rogers, $36.00; Clifton King, $16.00; Wesley Chapman, $10.00; Carl Heiden, $6.00; Austin Swett, $1.00; Edward Goodrich, $1.00; Jerry Morrissey, $4.00; Walter Howe, $9.00; Raymond Beach, Jr., $11.00; William Tupper, $2.00; Wesley Clark, $16.00; Frederick Herter, $2.00; Steven Burke, $1.50; Craig Spafford, $1.00; John Lovejoy, $2.50; Donald Behrens, $1.00; Norman Farnsworth, $10.00; Robert Bready, $3.00; Wilbur Jenkins, $5.00; Charles Bowman, $1.00; Donald Manning, $1.00; Arnold Hansen, $1.00; Edward Peczka, $5.00; George Keyes, $1.00; Richard Everett, $1.00; Hadley Whiting, $1.00; Bruce Ryder, $1.00; Philip Rowe, $1.00; Roger Whitehill, $20.00; Ronald VonFlatern, $8.00; Edward Polack, $5.00; Frederick Reidy, Jr., $4.00; Anthony Bernardes, $1.00; Paul Heiden, $8.00; Donald Chapman, $8.00; Kenneth Dinan, $10.00; Alton McDonald, $10.00; Walter A. Marcil, Jr., rubber mallets, $5.96.


Garbage Collection Service Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$5,500.00 4,365.00


Unexpended Balance


$1,135.00


EXPENDITURES : (total $4,365.00) John Arooth, collector, $4,355.00; William F. Richmond, Postmaster, postals, $10.00.


General Relief Expenditures


Appropriation From Reserve


$5,000.00 1,203.21


$6,203.21


Expenditures


6,203.21


Unexpended Balance


$ 0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $6,203.21) J. Baker Factory Shoe Outlet, $21.87; Nelson I. Bradway, transportation, $10.00; Breckwood Drug, Inc., $6.30; B & M Store, $40.00; Cash Grants (13 cases), $2,937.93; Marguerite Collins, reimbursement clothing, hair cuts, $79.03; Dr. Edward J. Dill, $8.00; Carolyn M. Gill, rent, $75.00; Dr. Arthur H. Goodwin, $13.00; W. T. Grant Co., $37.19; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., $3.20; John Kerns, rent, $354.00; Dr. Stanley E. Keller, $3.00; Liberty Heights Pharmacy, $16.00; Millane's Pharmacy, $3.00; Mentzen's Store, $442.00; Merit Shoe Co., Inc., $57.35; Opalinski's Market,


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GENERAL RELIEF EXPENDITURES (Continued)


$50.00; Orchard Pharmacy, $59.70; Petty Cash, postage, $2.42; Pomeroy-Williams, $17.55; Registrar Probate, records, $1.50; Spring- field Drug, Inc., $5.00; Elsie Samble, reimbursement hair cuts, $86.30; Frank W. Smith, Clerk of Courts, $3.00; Dr. John P. Sigsbee, $9.00; Skorupski Bros., $138.17; Springfield, City of, $1,409.25; Springfield Hospital, $16.00; Topor Furniture Co., fuel, $26.00; United Com. Ser. of Boston, Social Service Index, $10.00; Leonard VonFlatern, trans- portation, $5.00; Wesson Memorial Hospital, $130.20; Dr. Norman Yosko, $42.00; Victor Oil Company, $85.25.


Gypsy Moth and Dutch Elm Disease Control Report


In 1955, twenty-six trees were suspected of having the Dutch Elm Disease. Specimens from these trees were sent to the University of Massachusetts for test. All twenty-six were condemned and were cut and burned.


During the month of May all oak and elm trees were sprayed for the control of the Gypsy Moth and the Elm Tree Beetle, followed by two sprayings for the control of Mosquitoes, covering about 900 acres.


While these sprayings did not eliminate all of the mosquitoes, I feel the nuisance was greatly reduced.


275 Gypsy Moth egg clusters were found this year. This is a decided reduction over last year when 1393 egg clusters were found.


E. RAY PEASE


Gypsy Moth Expenditures


Appropriation


$1,500.00


Transferred from Reserve


1,003.00


$2,503.00


Expenditures


2,503.00


Unexpended Balance


$ 0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $2,503.00) East Coast Aviation Corporation, spraying, $1,860.00; The Northern Tree Expert Co., spraying, $225.00; Fred Bryant, labor, $220.00; E. Ray Pease, labor, $198.00.


Gypsy Moth and Dutch Elm Disease Control Expenditures


Appropriation


$1,500.00


Expenditures


1,495.25


Unexpended Balance


$ 4.75


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,495.25) The Northern Tree Expert Co., cutting and removing dead wood, $1,108.00; Jesse Rice, cutting and removing dead wood, $237.25; E. Ray Pease, Supt., labor, $150.00.


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Highways Expenditures CHAPTER 81


Appropriation by taxation From available Funds


$ 7,500.00 13,750.00


$21,250.00


19,318.27


Unexpended Balance


$ 1,931.73


EXPENDITURES: (total $19,318.27) PAYROLL Herbert Butler, $1,540.80; Stanley Mazur, $890.50; Adelard Paquette, $1,117.20; John Piscor, $977.20; Maurice Disley, $916.30; Baltas Skorupski, $1,021.50; Clarence Morse, $30.00; David Hintze, $152.50; James Moorhead, $26.25; John Smola, $96.88. EQUIPMENT - Town Trucks, $2,390.30; Era Markham, truck, $202.50; Walter H. Clark, $316.63; William Jurczyk, backhoe, $64.00; James Moran, truck, $48.00. MATERIAL - American Tar & Asphalt Co., tar, $4,762.82; Asphalt Pavement Corp., patch, $963.53; W. Lee Costigan, Inc., $55.37; New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts, $487.11; New England Concrete Pipe Corp., pipe, $85.00; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., $965.29; D. D. Ruxton Co., Inc., sand, $717.28; Springfield Foundry, catch basins, $50.00; The Commonwealth of Mass., signs and posts, $221.80; The Chemical Corp., rock salt, $990.00; The Lane Construc- tion Corp., winter mix, $10.80. MISCELLANEOUS - insurance on pay- rolls, $218.71.


CHAPTER 90 - IMPROVING AND REBUILDING


Appropriation by taxation


From available Funds


$ 5,000.00 15,000.00


$20,000.00


9,786.34


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance


$10,213.66


EXPENDITURES : (total $9,786.34) PAYROLL - Herbert Butler, $270.00; Stanley Mazur, $133.90; Adelard Paquette, $148.40; John Piscor, $183.40; Maurice Disley, $200.20; Baltas Skorupski, $105.30. EQUIPMENT - Edward Lindsay, bulldozer, $522.00; James Moran, truck, $293.80; Walter H. Clark, truck, $956.75; William Jurczyk, backhoe, $568.00; Town of Wilbraham, trucks, $422.70. MATERIAL - A. Boilard Sons, Inc., cement blocks, cement, $140.04; Walter H. Clark, gravel, $1,222.15; New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts, $3,431.33; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., Inc., sand, $0.94; Skorupski Bros., kero., $4.32; Springfield Foundry Co., catch basins, $200.00. MISCELLANEOUS - Edward G. Shea, clerk, entry fee, $5.00; The Northern Tree Expert Co., removing trees, $945.00; insurance on payrolls, $33.11.




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