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Excise
45,846.79
41,612.87
1,446.63
2,029.02
3,581.61
Poll
2,844.00
2,586.00
10.00
260.00
2.00
Poll Tax Interest
2.84
2.84
Water Rent
13,488.38
12,938.08
22.42
550.30
Water Miscellaneous
9,918.11
9,804.43
1.03
113.68
Garbage
2,329.25
2,329.25
Licenses
5,911.38
5,650.60
130.39
School Tuition
140.00
140.00
Rental of Gym and Cafeteria
285.00
285.00
O. A. A.
14,840.29
14,840.29
34.50
Veterans' Benefit
547.91
513.41
Welfare
2,966.48
2,966.48
593.57
A. D. C.
1,621.14
1,027.57
$319,016.79
$299,948.02
$2,156.83
$4,732.49 $16,672.48
$115.92
5.20
Excise Interest
33.80
33.80
Abate Unpaid Tax Title Overpaid
Respectfully submitted, LILLIAN E. THOMPSON, Town Collector
Town Collector's Expenditures
Appropriation From Reserve
$800.00 100.00
$900.00
818.16
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
$81.84
EXPENDITURES: (total $818.16) Eva M. Ellis, clerical services, $214.21; Geraldine E. Thompson Dorey, clerical services, $5.80; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies, $141.36; William F. Logan, Bond, $67.50; James B. Logan, Postmaster, envelopes, postage, $236.71; Oren K. Gilbert, fee, $3.00; Mass. Collectors and Treasurers Association, dues, $2.00; Mary L. Powers, clerical services, $35.35; Springfield Office & School Supply Co., supplies, $17.58; Lillian E. Thompson, use of car, reimbursement for supplies, $94.65.
Town Office Building Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$13,000.00 12,981.66
Unexpended Balance
$18.34
EXPENDITURES: (total $12,981.66) Cosman & Decorie, electrical work, $403.10; Cieplik Bros., painting contract, $1,200.00; Crane Co., plumbing and lavatory supplies, $393.13; Diebold Co., vault door, $593.00; Harvey-Whipple, Inc., heating contract, $2,780.00; Louis C. Hinckley, Architect, $736.93; William W. Jurczyk, erecting vault, $1,525.00; Lewis Lovett, moving desks, $10.50; Harold Morgan, con- tract, $5,025.00; Paul Polak, moving desks, $10.50; George Merwin, labor, $60.00; Benj. Powell & Sons, Inc., eave troughs and conduc- tors, $244.50.
Town Officers' and Employees' Salaries Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$12,000.00 11,999.12
Unexpended Balance
$0.88
EXPENDITURES: (total $11,999.12) SELECTMEN - Irving J. Cord- ner, $550.00; J. Loring Brooks, $500.00; Carl Nelson, $500.00. ASSESSORS - George E. Egan, $484.50; Henry I. Edson, $280.50; E. Ray Pease, $470.50. TOWN COLLECTOR - Lillian E. Thompson, $1,300.00. TOWN CLERK - Walter F. Berry, $400.00 and fees; TOWN TREASURER - Walter F. Berry, $950.00; Walter F. Berry, vital sta- tistics, $213.00. AUDITOR - William E. Porter, $100.00. WELFARE AGENT - Helen C. Boden, part salary, $2,621.00. BOOKKEEPER - Josephine M. Pease, $659.20. CLERICAL - Eva M. Ellis, $1,347.07. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - Adelbert J. Brooks, $275.00. BUILDING INSPECTOR - George Herter, $500.00; use of car, $165.00. MILK INSPECTOR - Ernest L. Bacon, $35.00. ANIMAL INSPECTION - Ernest L. Bacon, $66.00. SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR - Ernest L. Bacon, $20.00. DOG OFFICER - Ernest L. Bacon, $50.00; Ernest L. Bacon, use of car, $24.00. REGISTRARS - Walter F. Berry, $25.00; Harold Porter, $25.00; John Powers, $25.00; William E. Dempsey, $197.75; Ernest L. Bacon, canvassing, $165.60. MODERATOR - Frank Auchter, $50.00.
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Town Offices, Rent and Maintenance Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$1,800.00 1,182.88
Unexpended Balance
$617.12
EXPENDITURES: (total $1,182.88) American Window Cleaning Co., $28.00; O. R. Cote Co., shearing material for vault, $5.00; Central Mass. Elec. Co. & Worcester Co. Elec. Co., $134.64; Jerry Donahue, labor on vault, $27.50; Norman Ellis, $5.00; J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co., floor wax, etc., $21.75; Leonard's Gen. Store, supplies, $4.75; N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., $360.03; E. Ray Pease, labor on vault, $23.00; A. R. Reid, erecting equipment in vault, $38.46; Lillian E. Thompson, Coll., reimbursement for cash paid for janitor work, supplies, $133.09; Thacker Craig Co., towels, $8.46; Pine Point Welding Co., for vault, $20.00; Frank Wyzik, cleaning offices, $8.05; Town of Wilbraham, rent of offices in Library Building, water, $164.00; Skorupski's, fuel, $201.15.
Treasurer's Report
Balance January 1, 1951
$227,619.76
RECEIPTS
Taxes 1949
$430.95
1950
9,990.71
1951
191,642.10
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1950
826.74
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1951
40,826.04
Interest on taxes
251.56
Licenses, Dogs
1,112.80
Licenses
1,749.84
Licenses
Sunday selling and entertainment
380.50
Gas Permits
11.00
Bicycle
6.75
Milk and Oleo
21.00
Library
Fines
154.67
Phone calls
5.80
Rent
144.00
Accounts Receivable
Old Age Assistance - state, cities and towns 13,640.17
General Relief
3,435.26
Aid to Dependent Children
2,134.02
Veterans' Benefits
765.34
U. S. Grant O A A Administration
689.56
U. S. Grant O A A Assistance
14,410.44
U. S. Grant A D C Assistance
2,210.58
U. S. Grant A D C Administration
325.26
State
Income Tax
11,930.14
Corporation Taxes
37,869.76
Old Age Meal Tax
289.96
Vocational Education
2,246.83
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TREASURER'S REPORT (Continued)
RECEIPTS (Continued)
School Transportation
16,553.56
Reimb. - State owned land
345.02
Reimb. - on Memorial School Building
18,852.50
Highways
24,316.97
Tuition
87.08
Retirement withholdings
2,052.89
Withholding Taxes
11,517.35
Road Machinery earnings
3,137.21
Insurance - Highway payrolls
337.03
County - Highways
7,417.98
Garbage
2,347.75
Sale of Bond
485.91
Surplus War Bond Fund
2,589.01
Sealer of Weights and Measures
145.35
Cafeteria - (School and State Aid)
14,600.59
Rent of School Gym
224.00
Rent of Cafeteria
60.00
Water Department
Deposits
9,625.14
Rents
13,475.31
Miscellaneous ($9,625.14 deposits included)
10,040.78
Sub-division fees
50.00
District Court Fines
402.00
Sale of Town Histories
24.25
Sale of Tax Title Property
325.00
Dividends Hines Lot
4.60
Gift for Relocation of Soule Road
500.00
Gift for Flag Pole (Wilbraham Grange)
325.00
Tuition - School
126.00
Dog Fees refund - County
901.02
Interest on Bond Coupon
91.02
Bond Coupon
18.75
Refunds
Repairs for damages to Memorial School
1.70
Burials
25.00
On photostatic copies
3.00
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
34.96
Care of Dogs
15.00
Road Machinery Account
8.00
Water Installations Account
74.35
Water Maintenance Account
4.63
O AA
158.30
General Relief
222.86
Dog Fees (check in error)
354.60
479,383.25
Payments per Selectmen's Warrants
465,011.77
Balance January 1, 1952
$707,003.01
$241,991.24
Respectfully submitted, WALTER F. BERRY, Treasurer
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Treasurer's Trust Funds Report
Building Fund War Memorial $38.37
$91.02
SCHOOLS: (total $2,825.61) School Lot, $862.92; Deacon Warriner, $833.11; Soldiers' Monument Park, $1,129.58.
LIBRARY: (total $1,681.79) Abner E. Bell, $49.80; Henry Cutler, $601.09; Henry Cutler, $623.81; Mort. Day Fund, $282.40; Chloe B. Stebbins, $124.69.
CHARITIES: (total $304.90) Chloe B. Stebbins, $222.25; Soldiers' Bonus, $82.65.
CEMETERIES: (total $10,510.06) Frank G. Adams, $452.33; Charles L. Amadon, $166.88; John W. Baldwin, $243.81; John W. Baldwin, $237.43; Bishop Lot, $170.52; Henry A. Bowker, $115.19; E. H. Brewer, $477.80; Laura Bruuer, $1,225.65; Albro Bryant, $118.57; James A. Butler, $194.09; Philip M. Butler, $116.26; William Butler, $115.19; Henry C. Butler & Herbert Greene, $127.42; Abel B. Calkins, $181.38; Charles M. Calkins, $116.26; Howard Calkins, $225.49; Henry Clark, $115.19; Evalina J. Copeland, $116.26; Emma Carson, $57.91; Inez V. Chilson, $115.91; Lucy M. Dane, $118.57; Hiram Danks, $116.32; Dasco Lot, $211.77; J. W. Dunsmore, $224.77; F. A. Fuller & M. A. Lane, $357.94; Charles H. Gates, $116.26; Harriet Gates, $246.08; B. Franklin Green, $116.26; Fred W. Green, $116.26; Lora N. Green, $64.04; Benjamin F. Green, $116.26; W. H. Graves, $115.91; Henry Green, $110.31; Blanche B. Gilbert, $177.13; Eliza V. Jones, $115.19; Anna C. Kibbe, $116.34; Abraham Knowlton, $116.26; Charles R. Knowlton, $115.19; George E. Knowlton, $232.55; Angeline P. Morgan, $87.16; Charles North, $208.64; Charles J. Parker, $349.48; Inez E. Perry, $116.26; Inez E. Perry, $116.26; Ira G. Pot- ter, $116.34; P. P. Potter, $123.23; William H. Read, $233.54; Jesse L. Rice, $235.85; Frank R. and Hattie Ringe, $72.43; Martha E. Smith, $58.10; Etta May Simmons, $233.89; Nellie Spencer, $116.26; Chloe B. Stebbins, $115.19; L. & M. Stebbins, $230.41; Spear & Butler, $212.10; Elizabeth B. Tupper, $59.42; Francis E. Stebbins, $232.55.
Town Treasurer's Expenditures
Appropriation $497.00 Expenditures 464.47
Unexpended Balance
$32.53
EXPENDITURES: (total $464.47) A. H. Bartlett Co., office supplies, $4.25; Walter F. Berry, reimbursement for stamps, money order, use of car, $46.67; Edward P. Boland, recording tax possessions, $3.10; Eva M. Ellis, clerical services, $74.71; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., office supplies, $8.30; Leonard's General Store, $.53; James B. Logan, Postmaster, stamps, envelopes, $137.56; Mass. Coll. & Treas. Assoc., dues, $2.00; Barbara Nygren, clerical services, $10.50; Josephine M. Pease, clerical services, $176.85.
Tree Warden's Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$950.00 495.95
Unexpended Balance
$454.05
EXPENDITURES: (total $495.95) David Brown, removing stump, $136.50; Worcester County Electric Co., trimming, $25.00; The North- ern Tree Expert Co., cutting tree, $270.00; Charles Barber, labor, $6.90; Ernest Hayn, labor, $31.25; Morris Hayn, labor, $26.30.
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Veterans' Benefits Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$3,000.00 1,055.40
Unexpended Balance
$1,944.60
EXPENDITURES : (total $1,055.40) Cash Grants (2 cases), $914.65; Dr. E. J. Fleury, $3.00; Grenier's Pharmacy, $6.75; Dr. Gerald J. Hulton, $6.00; Mass. Veterans Service Agent's Assoc., fees, $5.00; Springfield Hospital, $120.00.
Water Department Installations Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$12,000.00 9,512.59
Unexpended Balance
$2,487.41
EXPENDITURES : (total $9,512.59) MISCELLANEOUS William Jurczyk, $366.75; Clark's Express, $1.44; Mueller Co., $27.85; Asphalt Pavement Corp., $184.80; Red Hed Mfg. Co., $19.21; George E. Keyes, $8.00; Neptune Meter Co., $1,128.63; Rockwell Mfg. Co., $1,412.71; The Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., $180.00; H. R. Prescott & Sons, $41.84; Municipal Services, $205.15; Edw. Christenson, $10.00; David B. Brown, $203.50; Joseph G. Pollard Co., Inc., $563.24; City of Spring- field, $.92; United Plumbing Supply, Inc., $3,664.26; N. Y. Central R. R., $4.49. LABOR - George E. Keyes, $936.75; John Piscor, $36.80; Wilfred Laframboise, $32.78; Nicholas Bordoni, $87.98; Harold Cle- land, $28.75; Arthur Garriepy, $58.65; David Murphy, $5.75; Arthur Babineau, $44.86; Frank Wyzik, $113.29; Larry Bordoni, $105.81; Paul Polak, $14.38; Ralph E. Keyes, $24.00.
Water Department Maintenance Expenditures
Appropriation Refund
$11,000.00 4.63
$11,004.63
8,095.38
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
$2,909.25
EXPENDITURES : '(total $8,095.38) MISCELLANEOUS - Metropolitan District Commission, $3,451.24; Hampden Color & Chemical $110.00; Municipal Services, $30.42; J. A. Daigle, $70.00; The Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., $55.15; George E. Keyes, reimbursement telephone, $.54; Johns-Manville, $57.93; James B. Logan, $112.64; Louis Keyes, $58.90; Leonard's, $24.77; C & C Express, $2.80; Gebeau's Garage, $429.60; Gertrude O. Wheeler, $405.00; Walter L. Woods, $150.00; John Baldwin, $150.00; Everett Pickens, $150.00; Skorupski Bros., $12.05; William Jurczyk, $14.00; Addressograph Multigraph, $69.62; Mutters Milk & Water Lab., $5.00; Western County Electric Co., $48.75; City of Springfield, $531.34; Joseph G. Pollard Co., Inc., $14.98; United Plumbing Supply Inc., $3.18; The Bristol Co., $5.10; Wyckoff & Lloyd Co., $17.64; Pat's Atlantic Station, $9.26; Hiersche & Son, $86.69; Johnson's Bookstore, $2.10. LABOR - George E. Keyes, $1,856.25; Nicholas Bordoni, $2.30; Harold Cleland, $49.45; Arthur Garriepy, $32.20; Arthur Babineau, $3.45; George Egan, $43.70; Larry Bordoni, $8.63; Frank Wyzik, $20.70.
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Water Department Expenditures Lake Drive
Appropriation Expenditures
$1,900.00 1,508.54
Unexpended Balance $391.46 EXPENDITURES: (total $1,508.54) MISCELLANEOUS - Joseph C. Pol- lard Co., Inc., $61.15; The Cutler Co., $1.15; Wm. Jurczyk, $87.50; Eastern Equipment Sales Inc., $220.00; Town of Ware, $20.00; Johns- Manville Sales Corp., $651.15; Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., $76.61; Ellis, Auchter & Brooks, $6.00; H. R. Prescott & Sons, $168.44; Clark's Express, $7.45. LABOR - George E. Keyes, $87.75; David Murphy, $30.48; Arthur Babineau, $66.13; Donald Chapman, $24.73.
Nokomis Road
Appropriation Expenditures
$4,700.00 3,033.93
Unexpended Balance
$1,666.07
EXPENDITURES : (total $3,033.93) MISCELLANEOUS - Chapman Valve, $208.45; H. R. Prescott & Sons, $329.12; Clark's Express, $3.92; C & C Express, $2.44; Wm. Jurczyk, $144.50; Johns-Manville, $1,612.20; Ware Water Works, $25.00; Asphalt Pavement, $31.80; Cutler Co., $1.15; Tighe & Bond, $80.00; Eastern Equipment & Sales, $220.00. LABOR George E. Keyes, $105.00; Nicholas Bordoni, $10.35; Harold Cleland, $21.28; John Piscor, $12.08; Highway Grader, $5.00; Arthur Garriepy, $47.73; Donald Collins, $3.45; Adelard Paquette, $3.45; Arthur Babineau, $46.58; David Murphy, $45.43; Ralph E. Keyes, $75.00.
Hillcrest Drive
Appropriation Expenditures
$2,000.00
1,428.33
Unexpended Balance
$571.67
EXPENDITURES : (total $1,428.33) MISCELLANEOUS - C & C Express, $1.40; City of Springfield, $30.09; Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., $214.80; H. & R. Prescott & Sons, $39.67; Johns-Manville Sales Corp., $651.15; Post Road Garage, $4.00; Wm. Jurczyk, $119.00; David Brown, $52.50; Norman Ellis, $8.19. LABOR - George E. Keyes, $152.25; David Murphy, $39.11; Donald Chapman, $39.11; Arthur Babineau, $54.05; Larry Bordoni, $23.01.
Forest Street
$5,000.00
74.35
$5,074.35
3,098.88
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
$1,975.47
EXPENDITURES: (total $3,098.88) MISCELLANEOUS Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., $261.70; H. R. Prescott, $446.52; Town of Ware, $20.00; John Asbestos Co., $3.90; Arlan R. Goss, $23.60; Johns- Manville Sales Corp., $1,685.34; Cutler Co., $2.30; Clark's Express, $5.30; Wm. Jurczyk, $230.50. LABOR - Arthur Babineau, $85.11; David Murphy, $60.38; Clarence Morse, $3.45; George E. Keyes, $123.75; Donald Chapman, $50.03; Frank Wyzik, $4.60; Ralph Keyes, $56.00; Herbert Butler, $6.75; Stanley Mazur, $2.30; Adelard Paquette, $2.30; John Piscor, $6.00; Clarence Morse, $2.30; Donald Collins, $5.75; Paul Polak, $5.50; Frank Rittorto, $5.50.
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Appropriation Refund
Water Notes and Interest
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve
$4,727.00 .82
Expenditures
4,727.82
Unexpended Balance $0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total $4,727.82) Third National Bank & Trust Co.
Water Notes and Interest
Appropriation
$3,720.00
Expenditures
3,720.00
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total $3,720.00) First National Bank of Boston.
Well Child Clinic and Visiting Nurse Association Report
The Annual Well Child Conference conducted in 1951, by Dr. Hazel Richards, and Mrs. Dorothy Fournier on April 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 proved to be very successful. Assisting in this all around health program was Mrs. Bernice Chapin, Hygienist, who examined the chil- dren's teeth and offered suggestions for proper dentition. Many nutritional problems were discussed and solved right at the clinic by Judith M. Prenier, Nutritionist. Tuberculin Patch Tests were given, as formerly, by Miss Luella Young, with only one positive reactor.
PHYSICAL FINDINGS OF CONFERENCE CHILDREN
Total children examined
122
No. needing toxoid
22
No. needing vaccination 86
No. needing dental care
12
No. needing T. & A.
37
No. with nutritional problems
23
No. with heart murmur 1
Although generalized bedside nursing service has lessened slightly, 352 cases were carried for nursing, maternity care or rehabilitative service. A total of 806 visits were made to homes for this purpose, in addition to 495 visits made to parents of preschool children. Con- ferences with these parents proved to be most profitable in that many clinic findings were corrected, and suggestions for preventative meas- ures were accepted. Many of the children have received toxoid, and most of the enlarged tonsils were removed. General good health prevails among the children, and parents are to be commended for their excellent care.
Geriatrics predominates in the nursing field, and many enjoyable hours were spent caring for these patients. The decrease in need for the service is an indication that members of families, through Home Nursing Courses, and other opportunities afforded them, have' learned to care for the sick themselves, thus allowing the nurse to carry on an educational program.
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$4,727.82
WELL CHILD CLINIC AND VIS. NURSE ASSO. (Cont.)
In accordance with the rising cost of living, the Visiting Nurse Association has increased its fee to $2.00 per visit. However, adjust- ments are made when necessary, and care is given despite the finan- cial situation.
Recognizing the need of becoming better acquainted with the Health Program of the Town, I spent several lunch hours with Mrs. Bucha- nan, presenting and discussing mutual problems. I deeply appreciate the value of these talks, and I wish to thank her for devoting so much time in behalf of the preschool children.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, Mrs. Carl Nelson, the Child Welfare Committee and Miss Helen Boden for their wonderful cooperation and interest in the Health Program of Wil- braham.
Respectfully submitted, The Visiting Nurse Association of Springfield ELINOR A. RYAN, R.N.
Well Child Clinic Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$600.00 310.64
Unexpended Balance
$289.36
EXPENDITURES : (total $310.64) Bernice Chapin, services as dental hygienist at Well Child Conference, $30.00; Hazel R. Richards, M.D., services at Conference, $125.00; Visiting Nurse Association, services visiting nurse, $155.65.
Wilbraham Contributory Retirement Account Expenditures
Appropriation Expenditures
$1,088.00 1,087.69
Unexpended Balance
$0.31
Wilbraham Memorial School Building
Carried over from 1950 Transferred from Reserve
$49,767.06 1,435.41
$51,202.47
Expenditures
51,202.47
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total $51,202.47) Walter H. Clark, fill, $10.50; J. L. Hammett Co., desks, $1,819.00; E. J. Pinney Co., Inc., balance on Contract, $47,484.70; E. J. Pinney Co., Inc., chairs, trucks, $60.00; Thomas P. Ryland, asphalting playground, $1,828.27.
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Incoming Dollars
TAXES-LOCAL
.56
TAXES-STATE, CORP.
.12
RELIEF-STATE, FED.
.05
HIGHWAYS
.07
SCHOOLS
.12
WATER
.06
LICENSES
.01
MISCELLANEOUS
.01
1.00
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Wilbraham Dollar 1951
(Distributed to the nearest cent)
SCHOOLS-OPERATING
.55
HIGHWAYS
.14
RELIEF
.14
WATER
.09
ADMINISTRATIVE
.05
FIRE
.02
HEALTH
.01
Outgoing Dollars
1.00
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"Your Town at a Quick Glance"
COVER ILLUSTRATION: The Corbin Field House, completed in 1929, and the Greenhalgh Athletic Building, dedicated on October 15, 1952, provide Wilbraham Academy students and visiting athletes with modern facilities for athletic training.
The Corbin Field House and adjoining playing fields were given in memory of Chester C. Corbin, a graduate of the class of 1859. The Greenhalgh Athletic Building was erected in mem- ory of George T. Greenhalgh, member of the class of 1884.
WILBRAHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT
New Wilbraham Fire Station located on Boston Road
Table of Contents of Condensed Annual Report
Pages 1 through 48. Printed on White Paper
Page
Balance Sheet 16
Comparative Annual Expenditures - Four Years 19
Elegy of the Young Man Bitten by a Rattlesnake 11
Facts About Wilbraham
4
Forgotten Facts About Wilbraham 12
Jury List 47
Net Cost Accounts Other Than Appropriations 22
Report of the Financial Committee 12
Report of the School Building Committee 9
Selectmen's Report 5
Town Calendar 34
Town Meeting - March 15, 1952 25
Town Meetings - June 24, July 8, 1952 32
Town Services - Telephone Directory 48
Warrant for March 7, 1953 35
APPENDIX
For appendix containing 1952 reports and expenditures of all departments (publication of which is required by vote of Town Meeting) see Pages 49 to 104 inclusive
Printed on blue paper
Table of Contents for Appendix appears on page 50
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Facts about Wilbraham
Settled
1731
Incorporated
1763
Location
Eight miles east of Springfield
Population
Approximately 4300
Form of Government Town Meeting
Tax Rate $39.00
Number of Dwellings Approximately 1256
Property Valuation
Approximately $6,000,000
Town Offices
North Main Street - Tel. WI 6-3816
Public Schools
Pines School, Wilbraham Memorial School and Springfield High Schools
Private Schools
Wilbraham Academy
Fire Protection
Stations at Wilbraham and North Wilbraham - Tel. WI 6-3111
Police
Five elected Constables and Monson Barracks, State Police - Telephone Palmer 800
Recreational Facilities
Three playgrounds, swimming beach Approximately 49 miles
Town Highways
Public Library
At Boston Road, North Wilbraham- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, 2 p. m. to 6 p. m .; 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. (Children's room, 2 p. m. to 6 p. m.)
Churches
Four - United at Wilbraham, Con- gregational at North Wilbraham, Roman Catholic at North Wilbra- ham, Methodist at Glendale
Highest Altitude
937 feet - Mt. Chapin
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Selectmen's Report
The duties and responsibilities in carrying out the obli- gations as voted at the two town meetings of 1952 have been successfully completed. This report covers only the highlights, and a more detailed explanation will be found under the respective departmental reports as required by vote of the town meetings.
Highways
Extension of Glendale Road under Chapter 90 was com- pleted and another portion of this road will be undertaken this coming year. All streets accepted last year were re- surfaced. A more detailed report by the Superintendent of Roads will be found under Highway Reports.
Water Department
We have met jointly with the water commissioners, their consulting engineers and the Water Survey Committee con- cerning the immediate and near future needs of maintain- ing adequate volume and pressure in our existing system. Since an expenditure of $160,000 immediately and an addi- tional $115,000 within five years appears necessary to ac- complish the above, even without further expansion of the system, your Board of Selectmen joins with the Water Commissioners in recommending that any such bond issues be accompanied by sufficient increase in water rates so that the water revenue will cover the cost thereof and the areas served by the water system will bear its cost.
New Construction
Fire Station. Your Selectmen, with the aid of our Fire Commissioners, were successful in carrying out plans and completing the new fire station. The report of our volun- teer fire department cannot fail to evoke the pride and respect of the Townspeople. A detailed story concerning this project will be found elsewhere in this report.
Draining Nine Mile Pond
This project has been completed with the cooperation of the Department of Public Works. It is confidently expected that the residential areas adjacent to the pond will no longer be flooded during high water periods, thus finally solving a problem of many years standing.
School Building Committee
In accordance with the vote of the Special Town Meeting in July, your Board of Selectmen appointed a School Build- ing Committee which served diligently and effectively. Plans have been accepted, contracts awarded, and building is now
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in progress for the major additions to the Pines and Memo- rial Schools. Your Board is pleased to report that in spite of currently increasing interest rates, our twenty year bond issue in total of $366,000 was successfully sold at the cur- rently very low average interest rate of 1.9%.
Bathing Beach
The very popularity of the municipal bathing beach has resulted in failure of this project. Due to overloaded patronage your Board, acting in its capacity as Board of Health, has found it necessary to close the beach for a por- tion of the last two seasons. A survey by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health made at the request of your Board indicates that this public beach should not be con- tinued without adequate bathhouse and toilet facilities. Under the circumstances, both the Selectmen and the Play- ground Commissioners have reluctantly reached a conclu- sion that they are unable to recommend continuance of / this public beach on property loaned to the town.
Vandalism
Much as we hate to admit it, a considerable amount of vandalism occurred during the past year, largely directed toward school property. One major episode of destruction was finally and definitely attributed to non-resident char- acters with a criminal record, but there still remained enough damage attributable to local youths to challenge all responsible parents, teachers and public officials to face this problem before it can grow to significant proportions.
Town Report
Again our Annual Town Report won first place in the New England Municipal Report Competition of the New England Council, and first place in the Massachusetts Se- lectmen's Association for its population class. Much credit for this should be given to our chairman, Carl Nelson, who has had outstanding success in this venture for the past few years.
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