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On December 16th in Hampden and December 17th in Wil- braham, the voters endorsed this committee's recommendation by approving the action to incur a debt of $2,000,000 to build and equip the high school and swimming pool.
Two members of the original committee resigned during the year. Mrs. Louise D. Schatz served as coordinator of the Com- munity Educational Conference which initiated the regional school program in Wilbraham. As a member of the Educational Specifications Sub-Committee, she worked with Dr. John E. Marshall on the space requirements for the school. Her efforts are reflected in the school now under construction.
Mr. Edwin N. Lombard was a member of the original School District Planning Committee from Hampden which was ap- pointed in 1954, and a member of the committee which achieved the adoption of the regional agreement in 1956. As chairman of the Site Selection Sub-Committee, he was instrumental in locating the Heiden property. He also served as a member of the Architect Selection Sub-Committee. He assisted in inter- viewing all the architects and making a final recommendation with the Architect Selection Sub-Committee. Mr. Lombard's contribution will be even more apparent in the completed school.
Throughout the past year, your committee has had continuous assistance and support from the officials of Hampden and Wil- braham. It wishes to publicly express its appreciation.
MARSHALL E. ROPER, Chairman
ETHEL F. MUSSELMAN
ERNEST W. FURNANS, JR. HOWARD H. MACMULLEN
MARGARET F. WIGGENHAUSER
THEODORE M. HOLMES FRANCIS E. REESE
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ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation Expenditures
$7,286.57 7,286.57
Unexpended Balance $0.00 EXPENDITURES : (total, $7,286.57) Treasurer Hampden-Wilbraham Re- gional School District Committee, $7,286.57.
Town Collector's Report ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$650.00 151.03
Transferred from Reserve
$801.03
801.03
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance $0.00
EXPENDITURES : (total, $801.03) Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies, $305.79; Massachusetts Collector's Association, dues, $2.00; William Richmond, stamps, envelopes, $270.44; Lillian E. Thompson, use of car, $120.00, reimb. for Post Office Box Rent, $6.00, reimb. for supplies and recording tax title, $4.65; Burroughs Corp., ribbons, $2.30; The Rand Co., envelopes, $47.40; Lyons, Inc., supplies, $0.60; Kee Lox Mfg. Co., supplies, $6.45; A. R. Reid, supplies, $7.10; Pitney Bowes, Inc., share for stamping ma- chine, $26.65; Gardiner's Motor Express, $1.65.
TOWN COLLECTOR: Mrs. Lillian Thompson.
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Town Collector's Report Ending December 31, 1957
1955
Out- standing
1957 Commitments
Refunds
Paid to Treasurer
Abate. ments
Unpaid
Added to Tax Titles
Adj.
Real Est.
$228.77
$228.77
Real Est.
121.50
$121.50
Personal
56.40
56.40
Interest
17.34
17.34
Unapp. St. Bett.
115.00
115.00
Dis. Liens
2.00
2.00
1956
Personal
1,907.00
1,400.25
$506.75
Excise
16,980.90
$11,076.79
$574.22
26,592.45
1,868.00
$171.46
Real Est.
29,924.63
15.00
28,236.38
55.00
1,648.25
O.A.A.
42.47
42.47
A.D.C.
168.05
168.05
Vet. Ben.
245.14
245.14
App. St. Bett.
10.19
10.19
Com. Int.
2.40
2.40
Interest
537.20
537.20
Water Misc.
88.94
88.94
Fees
85
.85
1957
Personal
630.50
630.50
Personal
32,445.66
31,003.28
45.50
1,396.88
Poll
3,824.00
ยท
Poll
22.00
8.00
3,408.00
444.00
2.00
Real Est.
497,103.62
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Real Est.
Real Est.
1,803.10
458,177.33 70.32
10,064.40 30,739.11
170.82
$0.24
Interest
Excise
104,328.22
2,591.13
94,981.33
5,223.08
6,714.94
Excise Additional Com.
2,927.15
2,927.15
Interest
30.86
30.86
App. St. Bett.
189.12
162.81
26.31
Com. Interest
34.36
27.16
7.20
Unapp. St. Bett.
11,190.59
8.65
7,957.54
8.65
3,233.05
Unapp. St. Bett. Addition
3,418.68
54.50
3,364.18
Dis. Liens
200.00
200.00
Water
1,569.60
44,152.71
cr.
2.70
44,093.93
112.92
1,523.16
Water Misc.
1,171.88
1,171.88
Garbage
644.00
644.00
Garbage
4,442.00
3,928.00
484.00
30.00
Licenses
9,370.33
7,021.58
2,348.75
Welfare
283.30
283.30
A.D.C.
433.35
433.35
O.A.A.
12,549.84
12,549.84
Dis. Allow.
4,580.36
4,580.36
Rental of Gym
1,124.50
1,124.50
Vet. Ben.
1,432.48
1,432.48
Farm Animal Excise
194.59
194.59
Pd. in Adv. St. Bett.
20.00
20.00
Fees
148.25
148.25
Interest on Bett.
4.66
4.66
$52,018.38
$748,289.30
$5,007.80
$731,447.68 $18,812.30 $54,762.94
$292.32
$0.24
Cash on Hand January 2nd, 1958 $2,899.33
Wilbraham, Mass.
HISTORY
Return to
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239.98 5.20 70.32
5.00
TOWN CLERK AND TOWN TREASURER: Mrs. Doris Cochran.
Town Clerk's Report
As Town Clerk I am pleased to submit my first report. Since taking over the full responsibility of this office it has been a pleasure to serve not only the residents of Wilbraham but others with requests from this department throughout the United States.
Like all other departments, this office is experiencing growing pains with our continual population growth. It also appears that as we grow not only the number of residents increase but also our canine population, with additional new registrations in this department. It is also interesting to note the demand for Sporting and Fishing licenses, indicating that folks are able to enjoy this type of recreation and relaxation away from the cares of present day living pressures and toil.
Two town meetings were held during the year with a noted increased attendance by residents interested in town government. It is always gratifying to town officials to see a large number at town meetings thus expressing opinions of the townspeople as a whole. It is hoped that this trend will continue to be the case.
In February and November 1957 two registrations were held for the new residents desiring to become voters in town affairs. The additions to Precinct A - 100, Precinct B - 52 and Precinct C - 6. As of June 1957 there were 3,322 registered voters in Wilbraham.
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VITAL STATISTICS
BIRTHS: (total, 115) Males, 62; Females, 53; Sets of Twins, 3.
"#7 '48 '49 '50 '51 252 253 '54 '55 '56 .59
135
130
125
120
115
-
110
-
105
100
95
90
85
80
-
75
,
70
MARRIAGES : 38.
DEATHS: (total, 57) Males, 30; Females, 27.
LICENSES : DOGS: - (total, 580) Males, 289; Females, 57; Spayed, 227; Kennels, 4; Transfers, 3. FISH AND GAME - (total, 576) Fishing, 190; Hunting, 132; Sporting, 125; Minor Fishing, 26; Female Fishing, 48; Minor Trapping, 1; Citizen Trapping, 2; Citizen Sporting (free over 70), 27; Special 3-day Non-Resident Fishing, 8; Non-Resident Minor Fishing, 1; Non-Resident Fishing, 10; Non-Resident Sporting, 1; Duplicate, 5.
ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve
$100.00 71.89
$171.89
171.89
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance $0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total, $171.89) Doris G. Cochran, convention expense, $50.00; Lyon's, Inc., supplies, $8.64; Massachusetts Town Clerk's Associa- tion, dues, $7.50; Springfield Newspapers, advertising, $11.39; Conklin's Office & School Supply Co., Inc., supplies, $6.30; Muriel C. Murphy, clerical, $24.00; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies, $35.91; Springfield Office Supply Co., supplies, $8.15; A. H. Bartlett Co., Inc., supplies, $14.90; Barbara Nygren, reimb. for supplies, $1.50; Postage, $3.60.
DORIS G. COCHRAN
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Town Treasurer's Report
$412,944.56
Taxes: 1955 Real Estate
$228.77
1956 Real Estate
28,236.38
1957 Real Estate
458,178.27
1957 Poll
3,408.00
1956 Excise
26,592.45
1957 Excise
94,981.33
1955 Personal
56.40
1956 Personal
1,400.25
1957 Personal
31,003.28
Interest: 1955
17.34
1956
537.74
1957
100.64
1957 - Committed
29.56
1957 - On Betterments
4.66
Farm Animal Excise
194.59
Building Permits
1,560.00
Water: Rates
44,093.03
Deposits on Installations
12,530.30
Miscellaneous
1,260.82
Licenses: Dogs
1,265.10
Town - Accounts Receivable committed
to Collector
7,021.58
Town - Cash Receipts by Selectmen
71.75
Town Clerk's Fees - Dogs
Sporting
141.25
Miscellaneous
846.95
Town Collector's Fees
149.10
Payroll Deductions: Federal Taxes County Retirement
5,487.16
Insurance
434.28
Road Machinery Earnings
5,097.45
School Lunches - Sale of Lunches
28,285.14
State and Federal Reimbursement
15,160.87
Garbage Collections
4,572.00
County: Dog Refund
1,547.13
Court Fines
2,479.80
Highways
9,397.89
Library: Building Rental
960.00
Fines and Telephone
17.38
School: Auditorium Rental Miscellaneous
300.04
Planning Board - Sub-Division Fees
275.00
Board of Appeals - Fees
35.00
Hines Burial Lot Income
6.12
Bliss Family Burial Lot Income
67.50
Accounts Receivable: Public Welfare
283.30
Aid Dependent Children
601.40
Aid Disabled
4,580.36
Old Age Assistance
12,592.31
Veterans' Benefits
1,677.62
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Balance on hand January 1, 1957
1,124.50
43,770.05
128.00
Federal Grants: Old Age Assistance
13,195.52
Old Age Assistance Administration
1,058.53
Aid Dependent Children
1,686.27
Aid Dependent Children Administration
109.05
Disability Assistance
1,810.14
Disability Assistance Administration
70.93
School Aid
5,011.00
Commonwealth of Mass .: Highways
38,702.47
Income Tax
8,652.86
Corporation Tax
25,021.50
Chapter 645 - School Aid
55,935.14
Chapter 70 - School Aid
60,606.93
Vocational Education
4,067.52
School Transportation
36,638.74
Division of Child Guardianship
1,314.36
Loss of Taxes
359.73
Meals Tax (OAA)
776.18
Director of Standards
24.00
Stony Hill School Addition -
Bonds and Premium (1957)
401,118.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
125.25
Tailings
21.46
Street Betterments
3,076.15
Unapportioned Street Betterments
5,050.89
Apportioned Street Betterments
173.00
Street Betterments Paid in Advance
20.00
Dissolving Liens
202.00
Refunds: City of Springfield - Tuition
296.25
Wilbraham Public Library
20.00
Johns-Manville
2,705.08
Leonard's General Store
4.36
Second Bank State Street Trust Co.
55.00
Assessors - Typewriter Rental
15.00
Howard Lumber Company
3.41
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
3,800.00
Old Age Assistance
37.95
Mortimer Day Trust Fund
15.00
Reimbursements: School - Insurance
18.50
Fire Department - Insurance
195.00
Damage to Pines School
170.00
Bayer and Mingolla - Water Dept.
144.30
Byron's Funeral Home
25.00
Lombard Funeral Home
25.00
Home Indemnity Insurance Co. - Damage
51.60
Interest on Investments
5,154.00
Interest on Deposits :
Wilbraham Branch Ludlow Savings
690.95
Springfield Institution Savings
471.39
Monson Savings
2,133.13
$1,533,648.39 $1,946,592.94
Payments per warrants
1,334,300.73
Cash Balance January 1, 1958
$612,292.21
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Town of Wilbraham BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1957
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$612,292.21
Dog Licenses - Due County Tailings
$22.55 75.19
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Trust Fund Income : Hines Family Burial Lot Fund
$12.24
Real Estate
1,648.25
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 29.07
41.31
Levy of 1957
Poll
$2.00
Federal Grants :
Personal Property
2,027.38
Real Estate
30,738.41
32,767.79
$467.47
182.23
Aid to Dependent Children
334.11
Levy of 1957
9,642.09
9,813.55
3,612.65
Special Assessments :
Administration
1,741.51
Street Betterments
Unapportioned
$6,597.23
School Aid
7,031.30
16,771.67
Apportioned, Added to Taxes 1957
26.31
3,092.21
Committed Interest 1957
7.20
6,630.74
Tax Titles and Possessions :
$591.00
Tax Titles
$1,116.93
Highways
Tax Possessions
223.98
1,340.91
Chapter 90 Construction
19,995.00
Departmental :
Selectmen's Licenses
$2,348.75
2,000.00
Garbage Collections
30.00
Water Mains Installation General
2,414.01
Old Age Assistance
509.71
3,215.58
Decorie Drive
2,210.00
Edgewood Road
1,350.00
Disability Assistance Administration Assistance
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise : Levy of 1956
$171.46
Administration Aid
Old Age Assistance :
Assistance
3,402.40
School Lunch Program Appropriation Balances Revenue : Tree Warden's Expense
Chapter 90 Construction Monson Road Assessors' Maps and Plans
3,010.68
Aid Dependent Children
327.12
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Levy of 1956
Water : Rates Miscellaneous
$1,521.56 1,288.38
2,809.94
School Construction - 1957
138.52 230,817.04
262,526.25
Aid to Highways: State County
$23,309.80
10,999.91
34,309.71
Overestimates 1957 : County Hospital Assessment Road Machinery Fund Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
344.01 5,207.82 18,776.40
Underestimates 1957:
Overlay Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1956 Levy of 1957
$1,648.25
County Tax
680.86
748.13
5,516.27
7,164.52
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Special Assessment
$9,813.55
6,630.74
Tax Title and Possession
1,340.01
Departmental
3,215.58
Water
2,809.94
Aid to Highway
34,309.71
58,120.43
Surplus Revenue
333,434.45
$705,576.81
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt : Inside Debt Limit Outside Debt Limit General Water
$285,000.00
Inside Debt Limit School Addition Loan Outside Debt Limit General : Memorial School Loan
$285,000.00
$726,000.00
150,000.00 876,000.00
$186,000.00
140,000.00
400,000.00
150,000.00
876,000.00
$1,161,000.00
School Project Loan - 1956 School Project Loan 1957 Water Loans
$1,161,000.00
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Non-Revenue : School Construction - 1956
$705,576.81
State Recreation Areas Assessments 67.27
Town of Wilbraham BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1957 (Continued) DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Assessments Not Due : Street
Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue Due 1958-1971
$592.13 $592.13
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds : Cash and Securities
In Custody of Town Treasurer: Chloe B. Stebbins Charity Fund Deacon Warriner School Fund
$263.01
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$107,392.77
986.17
School Lot Fund
1,025.25
Chloe B. Stebbins Library Fund
147.53
Abner E. Bell Library Fund
58.84
Henry Cutler Library Fund
1,098.14
Mortimer L. Day Library Fund
210.85
Civil War Mortar Memorial Plaque Fund
45.34
Ethelbert Bliss Cemetery General Care Fund
1,178.90
Laura Bruuer Cemetery General Care Fund
1,450.91
10,488.59
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Soldiers' Monument Park Fund Stabilization Fund
1,310.65
89,128.59
$107,392.77
In Custody of Probate Court Hines Family Burial Lot Fund
204.53
$107,597.30
$107,597.30
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In Custody of Probate Court
204.53
Comparative Annual Expenditures of Town Appropriations
1957
1956 Expenditures of Town Appro.
1955 Expenditures of Town Appro.
1954 Expenditures of Town Appro.
Account
Aid to Agriculture
$150.00
$150.00
$0.00
$150.00
$125.00
$125.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
996.60
1,406.86
1,942.11
Aid to Disabled
6,000.00
6,000.00
0.00
6,000.00
6,130.50
5,927.02
Assessor's Expense Account
750.00
567.14
182.86
3,377.46
3,195.50
2,982.88
Board of Health
6,000.00
3,710.00
2,290.00
1,559.42
1,603.35
4,968.10
Building Inspector's Expense
100.00
0.00
100.00
29.41
2.35
64.31
Cemeteries
1,800.00
1,398.33
401.67
1,482.30
1,655.75
1,517.93
Civil Defense
4,475.13
4,421.27
55.86
4,956.67
3,068.20
0.00
Community Program
4,800.00
4,751.77
48.23
3,999.78
3,499.42
3,487.95
Dental Clinic
1,050.00
1,014.95
35.05
1,028.85
1,028.55
1,008.70
Election Expense
517.63
517.63
0.00
2,359.77
428.80
1,332.93
Fire Department
15,200.00
14,446.87
753.13
11,862.94
9,154.61
8,112.23
Forest Warden
790.00
790.00
0.00
695.88
733.96
782.52
Garbage Collection
5,000.00
4,506.00
494.00
4,370.50
4,365.00
4,381.50
General Relief
5,000.00
3,343.81
1,656.19
3,511.94
6,203.21
4,837.93
Highways
Chapter 81
22,950.00
22,949.98
02
24,031.51
19,318.27
21,249.49
Chapter 90 Maintenance
3,000.00
2,999.84
.16
4,653.44
1,345.62
2,999.14
Chapter 90 Construction
38,779.28
15,773.39
23,005.89
29,019.83
56,009.49
16,768.88
Miscellaneous
22,808.25
22,808.25
0.00
15,275.67
12,130.68
12,068.06
Insurance and Bonding
4,956.53
4,956.53
0.00
2,867.70
2,104.74
1,115.40
Legal
1,000.00
261.50
738.50
325.00
1,460.95
200.00
Library
10,121.50
9,845.78
275.72
8,131.44
7,217.98
7,481.08
Memorial and Independence Day
250.00
240.78
9.22
304.47
235.01
161.60
Old Age Assistance
21,000.00
21,000.00
0.00
17,067.55
12,999.95
15,048.28
Parks
370.00
368.60
1.40
350.00
350.00
358.00
Pest Control
6,870.00
5,582.80
1,287.20
6,450.00
3,998.25
2,673.93
Planning Board
500.00
212.86
287.14
348.42
289.66
1,112.13
Playground Police
3,152.00
3,064.96
87.04
3,118.69
2,579.75
1,687.75
16,428.41
16,428.41
0.00
11,897.38
10,432.21
731.68
Printing Town Reports
2,273.00
2,273.00
0.00
1,782.82
1,618.95
1,272.50
1957 Appropriations or Transfer from Reserve
1957 Expenditures of Town Appro.
Unexpended Balance
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COMPARATIVE ANNUAL EXPENDITURES OF TOWN APPROPRIATIONS (Continued)
Account
1957 Appropriations or Transfer from Reserve
1957 Expenditures of Town Appro.
1957
1956 Expenditures of Town Appro.
of Town Appro.
1955 1954 Expenditures Expenditures of Town Appro.
Registrar's Expense
75.00
67.12
7.88
598.26
131.86 3,223.66
3,223.19
Safety Committee
2,253.67
2,253.67
0.00
1,508.00
1,457.50
1,135.00
Schools
446,951.15
436,944.15
10,006.06
358,898.06 21,885.00
286,640.57 22,200.00 26,365.00
22,515.00
School Bonds and Interest
(1956)
38,037.50
38,037.50
0.00
1,662.50
0.00
0.00
School Bonds and Interest (1957)
5,500.00
5,500.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
New School (Stony Hill Rd.)
22,893.26
22,754.74
138.52
314,196.82
0.00
0.00
New School Addition (Stony Hill Rd.)
455,000.00
224,182.96
230,817.04
0.00
0.00
0.00
School - Regional - Hampden-Wilbraham
7,286.57
7,286.57
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Selectmen's Contingent
1,500.00
1,040.16
459.84
2,141.83
1,072.44
1,091.60
Street Lights
4,700.00
4,278.18
421.82
4,176.45
3,834.44
3,689.32
Town Clerk's Expense
171.89
171.89
0.00
877.96
652.94
678.58
Town Collector's Expense
801.03
801.03
0.00
1,171.99
899.98
911.19
Town Officers' and Employees' Salaries
29,000.00
27,287.09
1,712.91
20,642.03
19,699.50
18,246.53
Town Office and Buildings Maintenance Town Treasurer's Expense
400.00
296.92
103.08
736.80
353.54
315.27
Tree Warden's Expense
1,500.00
909.00
591.00
1,185.50
984.95
1,158.17
Veterans' Benefits
4,500.00
3,124.17
1,375.83
4,159.81
2,819.89
716.54
Water Bonds and Interest (1955)
6,942.50
6,942.50
0.00
7,047.50
1,050.00
0.00
Water Installations
15,000.00
13,653.65
1,346.35
12,089.72
9,542.56
8,786.30
Water Maintenance
23,000.00
18,480.12
4,519.88
17,878.60
19,724.98
19,709.37
Water Main (Main to Springfield St. and
80,000.00
70,197.17
12,414.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
Water Notes and Interest (1947)
2,514.07
2,514.07
0.00
2,542.20
2,570.44
3,360.00
Water Notes and Interest (1953)
11,462.50
11,462.50
0.00
11,687.50
11,912.50
14,735.99
Well Child Clinic
900.00
558.00
342.00
740.10
647.71
536.26
Wilbraham Contributory Retirement Account
5,411.66
5,411.66
0.00
4,773.99
5,137.09
2,650.43
School Bonds and Interest
(1949)
21,580.00
21,580.00
0.00
School Bonds and Interest
(1953)
25,605.00
25,605.00
0.00
25,985.00
371.94
Road Machinery Operating Account
4,000.00
3,992.82
7.18
3,916.78
4,752.97
3,117.85
4,220.02
4,220.02
0.00
3,479.94
246,815.23
26,892.63
brought forward from 1956
Unexpended Balance
Stony Hill Rd. via Faculty St.)
TREASURER'S ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation Expenditures
$400.00 296.92
Unexpended Balance $103.08 EXPENDITURES : (total, $296.92) Massachusetts Treasurers Association, dues, $2.00; Doris G. Cochran, conference expenses, $10.00, use of car, $100.00; Pitney Bowes, Inc., mailing machine, $26.65; A. H. Bartlett Co., Inc., supplies, $1.74; The Rand Co., envelopes, $33.00; Gardner's Express, $1.65; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, records, $3.72; Barbara Nygren, reimb. for supplies, $1.50; R. L. Stewart & Co., $10.29; C. E. Bradway, stamps, $5.20; Second Bank State Street Trust Co., expense on bonds, $30.90; E. A. Steele & Co., $28.75; Postage, $39.02; John J. Lynch, regis- trar, photocopy, $2.50.
TREASURER'S TRUST FUND REPORT
CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL, $45.34. SCHOOLS: (total, $2,011.42) Deacon Warriner, $986.17; School Lot, $1,025.25. LIBRARY: (total, $1,515.36) Abner E. Bell, $58.84; Henry Cutler, $554.19; Henry Cutler, $543.95; Mortimer Day, $210.85; Chloe Bliss Stebbins, $147.53. SOLDIERS' MONU- MENT PARK, $1,310.65. CHARITIES: Chloe Bliss Stebbins, $263.01.
CEMETERIES: (total, $12,117.40) G. Frank Adams, $535.43; Charles L. Amadon, $197.48; John W. Baldwin, $242.00; John W. Baldwin, $243.85; Bishop Lot, $201.79; Henry A. Bowker, $136.27; Edward H. Brewer, $565.55; Laura Bruuer, $1,450.91; Albro Bryant, $120.21; Philip and Angeline R. Butler, $120.87; Henry C. Butler and Herbert F. Green, $151.33; James A. Butler, $201.94; William Butler, $136.27; Abel B. Calkins, $186.82; Charles M. Calkins, $120.87; Howard Calkins, $266.87; Emma Carson, $68.48; Inez V. Chilson, $137.15; Henry Clark, $136.26; Frederick Coon, $56.92; Evalina H. Copeland, $120.87; Lucy M. Dane, $121.35; Hiram Danks, $137.61; Dasco Lot, $250.64; J. W. Dunsmore, $265.40; F. A. Fuller and Marshall A. Lane, $423.66; Charles H. Gates, $120.87; Harriet Gates, $256.84; Blanche B. Gilbert, $187.51; W. H. Graves, $137.15; Benjamin B. Green, $120.87; B. Franklin Greene, $120.87; Fred W. Green, $120.87; Henry Green, $130.52; Lora M. Green, $75.98; Eliza V. Jones, $136.26; Anna C. Kibbe, $136.62; Abra- ham Knowlton, $120.87; Charles R. Knowlton, $136.27; George E. Knowl- ton, $241.93; Etta Simmons May, $276.79; Angeline P. Morgan, $97.75; Charles North, $246.89; Charles J. Parker, $369.45; Inez M. Perry, $120.87; Inez M. Perry, $120.87; Ira G. Potter, $137.60; P. P. Potter, $125.75; William H. Read, $276.41; Jesse L. Rice, $279.10; Frank R. & Hattie E. Rindge, $85.96; Spear Butler Lot, $251.05; Chloe B. Stebbins, $136.27; Luther and Milton Stebbins, $272.68; Francis E. Stebbins, $240.79; Elizabeth B. Tupper, $70.27; Martha E. Smith, $68.90; Nellie Spence, $120.87. - 10 Shares of A. T. & T. for Ethelbert Bliss Family Lot.
Stabilization Fund
Balance December 31, 1956
$37,277.50
Appropriated Town Meeting 1957 Interest
50,000.00 1,851.09
Balance December 31, 1957
$89,128.59
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Auditor's Report
It is my belief that the records of the Town Collector and Town Treasurer accurately and legibly show all receipts and disbursements made by the Town of Wilbraham during the year 1957, and that the resulting balance as reported by the Town Treasurer is correct, and in agreement with bank statements involved.
WILLIAM T. PAYNE
Tree Warden ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Expenditures
909.00
Unexpended Balance $591.00
EXPENDITURES : (total, $909.00) The Northern Tree Expert Co. of Palmer, $565.00; Ernest M. Hayn, labor and trees, $344.00.
Cemeteries ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Expenditures 1,398.33
Unexpended Balance $401.67
EXPENDITURES: (total $1,398.33) E. Ray Pease, opening graves, $50.00; Woodland Dell Cemetery, $125.00; Merrick Farm, $25.20; Rice Fruit Farm, $335.50; Larro's, $65.01; Arthur Tripp, $540.00; Roland H. Ben- nett, $211.04; Carl North, $26.25; Edward Lindsay, $12.00; Ferrara Spring & Parts Co., Inc., $8.33.
Water Commissioners' Report
During the past year the Board of Water Commissioners have experienced more activity in the operation of the Water Depart- ment than in any other prior year. Recognizing our responsi- bility to the community we have endeavored to continue opera- tion and expansion of the water system in the best interest of the Town.
Our recommendations a year ago were substituted by a pro- posal of the Financial Committee and this project has now been completed and in operation. There has been no substantial effect in the area by this new installation.
For several months we have had engineers making extensive studies of our system and they have reported their recommenda- tions to us for presentation to the Town.
It appears after careful examination that the meter located
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on the 16-inch main on Miller Street, Ludlow results in high head losses and is not of sufficient size to meet the peak rate needs of our expanding water distribution system. Consideration has been given to the various sizes and types of meters capable of taking care of our needs. A new meter should be capable of recording minimum night flows of less than 100,000 gallons per day to the maximum capacity of the pipeline of approximately 4,000,000 gallons per day with a flow range of 40 to 1.
Since this matter has not been discussed with the authorities of the Metropolitan District Commission as of this report, it is our hope that some assistance in financing the installation of a new meter will meet with their approval.
Again, we are recommending the replacing of 8,800 feet of 6-inch main on Boston Road with a continuation of the 16-inch main from the intersection of Main and Maple Streets. The capacity of this pipeline is not sufficient to meet the needs of present industries, let alone any future industries that might desire to locate in this area.
In order to supply ample water for fire protection in the south section of Town, and anticipating the increased demand for water due to construction of the new regional high school with swimming pool facilities, we recommend this extension of the 16 inch pipeline along South Main Street to the intersection of Tinkham Road.
It is inevitable that our future growth and expansion will be in the areas near schools and it is our firm belief that the location of the high school in the south end of Town will substantiate our thinking.
Based on the present 52 homes in the Tinkham Road, Stony Hill Road area, the additional income to the Town by the com- pletion of a loop over Tinkham Road to Stony Hill Road would be about 30% of the yearly cost over a 15 year period, or $2,700.00 additional income per year after deducting mainte- nance costs.
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