Wilbraham annual report 1956-1960, Part 5

Author: Wilbraham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 654


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Flood Damage Repair Work .. 17A


Miscellaneous Highways 17A


Arbor Lane 18A


Brainard Road 18A


Brooklawn Road 18A


Decorie Drive 18A


Dudley Street 19A


Greenwood Road 19A


Jewell Lane 19A


Pearl Lane


19A


South Colonial Road 20A


Loader


20A


Sand Spreader 20A


Burt Lane 20A


Sidewalk - Hunting Lane to Pomeroy St. 21A


Sidewalk - Delmor Circle to Merrill Road 21A


Sidewalk - Main St. to School House 21A


Insurance and Bonding Ex. 21A


Jury List 66A Legal Expenditures 21A


Library Report 21A


Library Expenditures 23A


Library Survey Com. Report 23A


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


Representative in Congress Raymond H. Beach, Wilbraham George T. Smith, East Long.


State Senator Paul H. Benoit, Southbridge


County Commissioners


William F. Stapleton, Holyoke Ralph P. Walsh, Longmeadow Thomas F. Sullivan, Springfield


Democratic Town Committee John F. Baldwin Constantine Cioch Earl Decorie Fred T. Los


Joseph Kaczowka


Thomas Normoyle Harry King, Jr.


Fred Reidy


Republican Town Committee George Alden Safford E. Helen Porter


Jesse L. Rice Margaret J. Allyn Stanley Arabik


Roland H. Bennett


Mildred H. Brooks


Virginia Danforth


William H. Dawson Louise D. Folsom Roger W. Folsom


Harold R. Goodnow


Herman G. Grandchamp


Albert Greendale


Frederick M. Cohn, Jr.


Albert E. Morgan


Faith Plumb Herbert L. Sanborn


Lewis A. Shaw


Chester L. Thorndike, Jr.


Gladys Cloutier


Alexina C. Holdridge


Haldimond S. Putnam, Jr.


Carl Nelson Frederick B. LePage


Harold F. Swetland


Gilbert E. Stacy


J. Loring Brooks, Jr.


Oren K. Gilbert


Charles L. Merrick


Robert T. Welch


Elected Town Officers AND DATE OF EXPIRATION OF TERM


Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


Carl Nelson, Chairman, 1957 Roger T. Hintze, 1958 Jesse L. Rice, 1959


Assessors


E. Ray Pease, Chairman, 1957 Frederick V. Gale, 1958 (Deceased) George Alden Safford, 1959 Allan R. Kinney (Appointed to fill vacancy)


School Committee Dorrance T. Green, Chr., 1957 Louise D. Schatz, 1958 (Resigned) Marshall E. Roper, 1959 Ethel M. Musselman (Appointed to fill vacancy)


Town Collector Lillian E. Thompson, 1957


Town Clerk Walter F. Berry, 1957


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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS (Continued)


Town Treasurer Doris G. Cochran, 1957


Auditor William T. Payne, 1957


Tree Warden Ernest M. Hayn, 1957


Cemetery Commissioners Roland H. Bennett, 1957 Adelbert J. Brooks, 1958 (Deceased) Henry R. Hyde, 1959 Arthur D. Tripp (Appointed to fill vacancy)


Water Commissioners Walter L. Woods, 1957 Everett P. Pickens, 1958 John F. Baldwin, 1959


Trustees of Public Library Louise D. Folsom, 1957 Barbara B. Dickey, 1958 Stanley O. Smith, 1959


Moderator Frank Auchter, 1957


Constables


Ernest L. Bacon, 1957


Robert A. Converse, 1957 Robert C. Dietz, 1957 Jerry Donohue, 1957 Gardner R. Files, 1957


Planning Board Robert A. Edwards, 1957 Leo E. Kuehn, 1958 Richard H. Morgan, 1959


William H. Shortell, 1960 Bion T. Wheeler, Jr., 1961


Pound Keeper Jerry Donohue, 1957


Surveyors of Lumber Walter H. Clark, 1957 Jesse L. Rice, 1957


Field Drivers


Jerry Donohue, 1957 Alvin A. Richmond, 1957 Leonard F. VonFlatern, Sr., '57


Weighers of Grain Henry R. Hyde, 1957 Jesse L. Rice, 1957


Measurers of Wood and Charcoal Walter H. Clark, 1957 Henry R. Hyde, 1957


Officers Appointed by Selectmen AND DATE OF EXPIRATION OF TERM


Superintendent of Streets Herbert L. Butler, 1957


Forest Warden Ralph E. Tupper, Sr., 1957


Animal Inspector Inspector of Slaughtering Dog Officer Ernest L. Bacon, 1957


Secretary to Selectmen Doris G. Cochran, 1957


Welfare Agent Helen C. Boden, 1957


Bookkeeper Josephine M. Pease, 1957


Milk Inspector Ernest L. Bacon, 1957


Building Inspector George Herter, 1957


Moth Inspector E. Ray Pease, 1957


Board of Appeals James M. Carroll, 1958 (Resigned) John R. Lyman, Chairman (Appointed to fill vacancy)


Albert L. Martin, 1957 Pearl R. Kinney, 1959 William F. Roach, 1958 (Resigned) (Associate Member) Arthur I. Macdonald (Appointed to fill vacancy)


Town Counsel Frank Auchter, 1957


Well Child Clinic


Carmela Alberici, 1957 Lillian E. Allen, 1957 Louise E. Angell, 1957 Barbara T. Brooks, 1957


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN (Continued)


Elaine F. DeSanti, 1957 Adele R. Graves, 1957 Ina S. Morgan, 1957 Margaret M. Nelson, Chr., 1957


Avis B. Ryder, 1957


Helen M. Sambor, 1957


School Dentist


Irving P. Dinneen, D.M.D., 1957


Veterans Agent Jesse L. Rice, 1957


Registrars of Voters


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


Bert B. Nietupski, 1959 Harold R. Porter, 1958


Financial Committee


Aldo E. Alberici, 1957 J. Loring Brooks, Jr., 1957 Frederick M. Cohn, Jr., 1957 Richard L. Danforth, 1957 John W. Gale, 1957 Albert H. Howes, 1957


Frederick B. LePage, 1957 Samuel R. Mccleery, 1957 Albert E. Neale, 1957


Fence Viewers


Gordon W. Holdridge, 1957 Pearl R. Kinney, 1957 Harry R. Jeffrey, 1957


Playground Commissioners Richard H. Allen, 1957 Victor S. Kodis, 1957 John W. Rogers, 1957


Board of Fire Commissioners Wesley G. Chapman, 1957 Fred B. Reidy, 1957 Dr. John P. Sigsbee, 1957


Sealer of Weights and Measures Charles L. Merrick, 1957


Library Planning Committee Marguerite G. Brady Leo E. Kuehn


Dr. Gordon C. MacKay


Dorothy B. Sigsbee Stanley O. Smith


School Building Committee


Wesley H. Holdridge Albert H. Howes, Chairman


Harry R. Jeffrey


Leo E. Kuehn


Marshall E. Roper (Resigned)


Dorrance T. Green


Wilbraham Public Safety Committee Robert C. Dietz Dr. Gordon C. MacKay Carl Nelson


Civil Defense Personnel


Roger T. Hintze, Director


Michael J. Rudy, Assistant Dir.


Howard B. Miller, Assistant Dir.


Regional High School Interim Committee


Ernest W. Furnans, Jr.


Francis E. Reese


Marshall E. Roper Louise D. Schatz (Resigned) Margaret A. Wiggenhauser


Civic Survey Committee Leo E. Kuehn Lloyd M. Hoover


Wallace C. Tiffany


Raymond F. Gurney


Herbert F. Swetland


Richard L. Danforth


J. Clarence Allen, Co-Chairman Harry R. Jeffrey Carl Nelson Roger T. Hintze


Bert Mount, Chairman


Leslie A. Shaw


Wesley H. Holdridge


Richard G. Burke


Aid to Agriculture Trustees' Report


In accordance with the General Laws of the Commonwealth, Chap- ter 128, the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture are empowered to receive on behalf of the County money appropriated by any town or by the Federal Government for carrying out the provisions of the law under which they are appointed.


The Trustees are further empowered to maintain agents to con- duct meetings or demonstrations, make individual farm and home visits and in all ways help to improve home and community interests in every way possible.


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AID TO AGRICULTURE TRUSTEES' REPORT (Cont.)


Their agents have made contacts during the past year in every community either by public meetings, individual visits, group dis- cussions, demonstrations or otherwise in attempting to assist the needs of the citizens toward better business, better living and better community service and have been ably assisted by hundreds of local volunteer leaders to this end.


In Wilbraham 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. Stephanie Decorie, Mrs. Thomas B. Ervin, Mrs. Weldon Fellows, Edwin Fife, Mrs. Herman Grandchamp, Mrs. Ivan Hackney, Joyce Hackney, Mrs. A. H. Howes, Mrs. John Hunter, Mrs. James J. Ingraham, Ernest Le Vasseur, Mrs. Edward J. Luff, Mrs. Mildred Manning, Mrs. Warren Reddish, Mrs. June Rice, Wayne Rice, Lucien Riendeau, Mrs. Charles J. Smith, Jr., Mrs. Gilbert Stacy and Edmond Trombley.


A total expense of $106.97 was incurred during the year for either travel or purchase of material needed in carrying on the various projects by the local leaders. The appropriation made by your town was used by the agents of the Trustees for only residents of your town.


A. H. FULLER, Clerk


Aid to Agriculture Trustees' Expenditures


Appropriation


$150.00


Expenditures


150.00


Unexpended Balance


$0.00


EXPENDITURES : (total $150.00) Trustees of Hampden County, $150.00.


Aid to Dependent Children Expenditures


Appropriation


$1,000.00 3,140.16


Federal Grant (1956)


1,185.73


$5,325.89


Expenditures


1,737.06


Unexpended Balance


$3,588.83


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,737.06) Cash Grants, $1,553.18; Dr. Jo- seph V. Baldwin, $10.00; Dr. Leroy J. Kendrew, $10.00; Dr. Stanley E. Keller, $80.00; Wilbraham Pharmacy, $6.38; Dr. John P. Sigsbee, $53.00; Mercy Hospital, $20.00; Orchard Pharmacy, $4.50.


Aid to Dependent Children (Administration) Expenditures


Federal Grant (Balance 1955)


$345.12


Federal Grant (1956)


125.20


$470.32


Expenditures


285.83


Unexpended Balance


$184.49


EXPENDITURES: (total $285.83) Mrs. Mildred Moore, Treas. dues, $1.50; Aucoin's Press, $6.07; Helen C. Boden, part salary, part pay- ment use car, expenses to conference, $258.30; Wm. F. Richmond, Postmaster, $18.96; Council of State Governments, manual, $1.00.


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Federal Grant (Balance 1955)


Aid to Disabled Expenditures


Appropriation Federal Grant (Balance 1955) Federal Grant (1956)


$6,000.00 1,212.67 2,131.82


$9,344.49


Expenditures


8,503.40


Unexpended Balance


$841.09


EXPENDITURES: (total $8,503.40) Cash Grants, $1,101.54; Leonard's Drug Store, $83.20; New England Center Hospital, $500.25; City of Springfield (Municipal Hospital), $2,083.20; Community Opticians, $17.00; Springfield Hospital, $2,935.33; Rutland Training Center, $683.62; Dr. Eugene R. Law, $6.00; Dr. T. H. McSweeney, $5.00; Tewksbury State Hospital, $1,031.83; Thomas Farnham, transporta- tion, $25.43; Dr. John P. Sigsbee, $7.00; Dr. Albert E. Knight, $8.00; Forest Park Ambulance Service, $16.00.


Animal Inspector's Report


Living quarters for 306 cattle, 33 horses, 218 swine, 22 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


$684,956.77


Total appropriations taken from available funds


91,921.13


$776,877.90


State Parks and Reservations


628.94


State Audit of Municipal Accounts


1,278.51


Emergency Flood Overdraft


11,057.79


County Tax 1956 estimates


8,959.60


County Tax underestimates of 1955


571.56


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 1956


1,572.15


Tuberculosis Hospital underestimates of 1955


785.11


Overlay of current year


15,624.68


$817,356.24


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Income Tax


$49,044.53


Corporation Taxes


21,098.82


Reimbursement on account of publicly owned land


336.23


Old Age Meals Tax


635.16


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


65,000.00


Licenses


3,000.00


Fines


2,000.00


Special Assessments


1,000.00


General Government


2,300.00


Protection of Persons and Property


100.00


Charities (other than Federal grants)


7,500.00


Old Age Assistance (other than Federal grants)


12,000.00


Veterans' Services


500.00


Schools (Funds from Income Tax not to be included)


31,800.00


Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Department)


30,000.00


Interest: On Taxes and Assessments


500.00


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ASSESSORS' REPORT (Continued)


State Assistance for School Construction - Chapter 645 19,300.00


Flood Damage Reimbursement - 90% 9,952.01


State Recreation Area Outside of the Met. Park District 81,36 92,002.49


Available Funds


$348,069.24 Net amount to be raised by taxation on polls and property 469,287.00


Number of polls - 1,807


$817,356.24 $3,614.00


Valuation of Personal Property


$629,385.00


Tax on Personal Property


31,469.25


Valuation of Real Estate


$8,684,075.00


Tax on Real Estate


434,203.75


$469,287.00


Tax Rate per $1,000.00 - $50.00


Tax on Motor Vehicles


$92,267.23


Abatements on 1956 levy Number of dwellings assessed - 1,718


$3,894.04


E. RAY PEASE GEORGE ALDEN SAFFORD ALLAN R. KINNEY


Assessors' Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$3,500.00 3,377.46


Unexpended balance


$122.54


EXPENDITURES: (total $3,377.46) Association of Massachusetts Assessors, dues, $9.00; Appraisal Books, $10.50; Credit Bureau, Inc., bulletin, $6.00; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies, $119.52; Kee Lox Manufacturing Co., carbon paper, $12.67; Lyons, Inc., rubber stamp, $1.50; John P. Lynch, registrar, photo copies, $261.80; J. A. Daigle, printing, $20.00; George H. F. Goodrow, adding machine ribbons, $2.50; A. R. Reid, files, $40.15; Springfield Office Supply Co., binder, $2.95; William Richmond, envelopes, $18.27; Royal Typewriter Co., repairs on typewriter, $50.05; The National Library Bindery Co., binding valuation book, $8.25; The Stoneham Independent, Inc., index card, $1.00; Alexina C. Holdridge, clerical $63.75; Josephine M. Pease, clerical, $2,749.00; reimb. for supplies, $55.00.


Auditor's Report


It is my belief that the Town Collector and Town Treasurer have accurately, completely and legibly recorded the facts pertaining to all money received and paid out by the Town of Wilbraham during the year of 1956 and that the cash balance of $449,193.88 as of December 31, 1956, is correct and properly accounted for by safe bank deposits.


WILLIAM T. PAYNE


Board of Health Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$6,000.00


1,559.62


Unexpended Balance


$4,440.38


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BOARD OF HEALTH EXPENDITURES (Continued)


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,559.62) Dr. Arthur H. Goodwin, $122.50; Janet Horacek, $52.50; Madeline Howe, $19.50; Doris Low, $67.25; Dr. John P. Sigsbee, $107.50; Christine Clark, $7.50; Evelyn Nowak, $2.00; Rose Brackinisky, $1.32; Ethel C. Horacek, $38.00; Walter Clark, work, and fill equipment at dump, $373.20; Alberici Sales & Service, rental and upkeep of dump, $575.00; Francis O. and Edwin Bready, rental of dump, $50.00; Edward Lindsay, service dump, $75.00; American Surgical Supply Co., needles, syringes, etc., $24.44; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms, $11.66; Tighe & Bond, Inc., Engineer- ing service re sewerage, $32.25.


Building Inspector's Report


No. Type


Valuations


121 Houses


$1,812,890.00


2 Manufacturing


5,560.00


10 Porches


6,250.00


27 Garages


30,160.00


2 Stores


32,500.00


2 Offices


4,300.00 760.00


1


Boiler Room


12


Breezeways


7,352.00


18


Additions


44,300.00


1 Repeating Station


2,000.00


4


Tool Sheds


3,700.00


1 School


225,000.00


4 Alterations


8,000.00


205


$2,182,772.00


480 Electrical Inspections


296 Plumbing Inspections


475 Houses


GEORGE G. HERTER


Building Inspector's Expenditures


Appropriation


$100.00


Expenditures


29.41


Unexpended Balance


$70.59


EXPENDITURES: (total $29.41) A. H. Bartlett Co. Inc., forms, $29.41.


Cemeteries Expenditures


$1,800.00


Appropriation Expenditures


1,482.30


Unexpended Balance


$317.70


EXPENDITURES: (total, $1,482.30) Rice Fruit Farm, $288.50; Mer- rick Farm, $25.20; Charles L. Merrick, Survey of Adams Cemetery, $150.00; Springfield Foundry Co., Grave markers, $56.30; New Eng- land Rototiller Sales, $47.00; Woodland Dell Cemetery Assoc., $60.00; Aselton Trucking Co., $37.50; Leonard's General Store, $50.30; Arthur D. Tripp, $429.50; Walter Clark, $42.50, Fred Bernet, $229.50; Roland Bennett, $66.00.


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Civil Defense Expenditures


Appropriation Balance from 1955


$3,000.00 3,431.80


$6,431.80


Expenditures


4,956.67


Unexpended Balance


$1,475.13


EXPENDITURES : (total $4,956.67) The Springfield Newspapers, $17.17; Commonwealth of Mass., $4,120.90; Walter Whittum, Inc., $13.50; Quality Market, $14.00; C. A. Krohne & Sons, $57.88; Rogers Bros., $4.00; Soundco Electronic Supply Co. Inc., $20.95; Supt. of Documents, $22.00; N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., $26.40; American Emblem & Textile Co., $0.32; Hathaway Bakeries, Inc., $5.30; Leonard's General Store, $3.50; General Offset Printing Co., $97.00; Hampden Hat & Cap Co., Inc., $93.75; McKenna Uniform Co., $460.00.


Community Program Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$4,000.00 3,999.78


Unexpended Balance


$0.22


EXPENDITURES : (total $3,999.78) Payrolls, $3,999.78.


Dental Clinic Report


All Dental Examinations were completed at all schools in the Town of Wilbraham during the school year of 1956.


IRVING P. DINNEEN, D.M.D.


Dental Clinic Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$1,050.00


1,028.85


Unexpended Balance $21.15


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,028.85) Dr. Irving P. Dinneen, $1,000.00; Ryan Dental Supply Co., $28.85.


Dog Officer's Report


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


Number of dogs killed by automobiles - 9.


Number of dogs picked up and returned to their homes - 4.


Ten people were bitten by dogs in Wilbraham this year.


ERNEST L. BACON


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Election Expenditures


Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Refund


$2,000.00 355.55


4.22


$2,359.77


2,359.77


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance $0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $2,359.77) ELECTION WORKERS - Wesley Holdridge, $57.63; Anna Tupper, $64.30; Dorothy Reidy, $59.50; Beulah Wahlberg, $49.93; Theresa Boden, $64.05; Helen Laurino, $59.12; Wanda Gurski, $32.45; Filomena Gilbert, $56.20; Alexina Holdridge, $20.60; Coralie Gray, $53.40; Helen Panek, $28.05; Wil- liam Dempsey, $76.50; Mae Irwin, $46.03; Sophie Przybycien, $11.00; Mildred Brooks, $48.65; June Rice, $45.43; Julia Szczebak, $34.38; Helen Bernard, $44.06; Helen Workum, $47.86; Josephine M. Pease, $5.00; Nelson I. Bradway, $43.75; Edith Jerome, $34.66; Katherine Los, $36.31; Doris Kosciol, $19.80; Helen Starczewski, $31.35; Char- lotte Babineau, $31.90; Charles L. Merrick, $40.00; Albert Grze- bieniowski, $8.25; Frances S. Arooth, $29.15; Anna Grzebieniowski, $29.43; Helen Los, $30.53; Lillian Goodnow, $22.00; Gladys Cloutier, $8.25; Pauline Hamburger, $28.05; Elizabeth Barnes, $22.83; Julia Polaczak, $21.45; Mary Kilburn, $21.18; Stella Los, $17.05; Alice Grandchamp, $17.05; Marion E. Converse, $15.95; Mary Strycharz, $15.40; Beatrice Normoyle, $17.05; Joyce Baush, $14.85; Victoria Bobowiec, $13.75; Anna Cieplik, $14.30; Genevieve Bator, $14.02. POLICE - Ernest Bacon, $26.25; Alton McDonald, $22.50; Stephen Lopata, $22.50. CLERICAL - - Barbara Nygren, $30.00; Alexina Holdridge, $2.50. SUPPLIES - United States Pencil Co. Inc., $8.49; Hobbs & Warren, $7.93; The International Seal & Knot Protector Co., Wirelock Seals and Staples, $7.52; Merrimack Valley Wood Products, Inc., booths, $130.00. MISCELLANEOUS - Robert W. Bod- fish, legal, $90.00; Jerry Donohue, posting warrants, setting up booths, $60.00; A. H. Bartlett Co. Inc., printing, $174.75; Pond- Ekberg Co., printing, $40.67; Robert Dietz, posting warrants, $6.00; Davitt & Calkins, express, $8.32; Masonic Building Association, rent, $10.00; Grace Union Church, rent, $90.00; Charles L. Merrick, reimb. for lunches, $1.72; William L. Talbot, lunches, $13.97; Palace Restaurant, $36.38; Sunset Restaurant, lunches, $9.20; Vera M. Carver, lunches, $24.50; May Jenkins, lunches, $12.32; P. T. A., lunches, $21.80.


Fire Department Report


Telephone No. LY 6-3111 our emergency phone for incoming calls is to be used only for reporting fires and emergencies. For all other business pertaining to Fire Department please dial LY 6-3014. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.


Fire Loss :


Buildings (30) Contents


$10,801.50


2,541.00


Assessed Valuations


52,715.00


Department responded to 189 alarms: 30 buildings, 77 grass and brush, 6 automobiles, 8 dumps, 3 mutual aid out of town, and 65 emergencies. 313 permits issued, 287 inspections, 71 extinguishers recharged.


To cooperate with our Town Civil Defense we have 24 auxiliary


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FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT (Continued)


firemen well trained and well equipped with helmets, coats, boots and mittens, all our vehicles are equipped with two-way radios also our fire dispatchers plus our 60-watt base station and antenna at the North Wilbraham Station. We also have a 5000KW generator to take over our Main Station in case of power failure. All this equipment including the auxiliary firemen's gear was purchased by matching funds through M. C. D. A. with the cooperation of Mr. Roger Hintze, our C. D. Director and Mr. Robert Boulay, our Sector Director at Sector Headquarters in North Wilbraham. We were in- deed fortunate in getting Sector Headquarters located here.


For their cooperation and assistance, I express my heartfelt gratitude to the Fire Dispatchers, the Call Men, the Auxiliary, to the members of the Board of Selectmen, Fire Commissioners, the Ludlow Fire Department, our Emergency Doctor John P. Sigsbee, and others who may have helped during the past year.


RALPH E. TUPPER, SR., Fire Chief


Fire Department Expenditures


Appropriation Transferred from Reserve


$11,500.00 365.00


$11,865.00


11,862.94


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance


$2.06


EXPENDITURES : (total $11,862.94) MAINTENANCE EXPENSE ($4,207.08) - Worcester County Electric Co., $178.24; New England Tel. & Tel. Co., $461.10; Berenice H. Tupper, fire dispatcher, $420.00; Eunice B. King, fire dispatcher, $420.00; Mary B. Chapman, fire dispatcher, $420.00; Gideon Dickinson, garage rent, $200.00; Ludlow Mfg. & Sales Co., alarm box maintenance, $18.00; Center Service Station, gasoline, $75.89; Leonard's General Store, gasoline, oil, sup- plies, $246.94; Skorupski Bros., gasoline, anti-freeze, $13.30; Pat's Atlantic Station, gasoline, inspection stickers, $8.30; Mac & Eddie's Service Station, brake fluid, $2.10; Wilbraham Engineering Co., fuel oil and repairs, $865.69; Town of Wilbraham, water, $20.00; Ralph E. Tupper, Sr., janitor service, $60.00; Ralph E. Tupper, Sr., con- vention expense, $75.00; Peerless Laundry, laundry for ambulance, $4.09; Louis E. Keyes, insurance on equipment, $229.01; Lloyd M. Hoover, insurance on equipment, $75.50; William F. Logan, insur- ance on equipment, $102.42; C. A. Krohne & Sons, 2-way radio maintenance, $64.75; Philbrene Radio Comm. Co., 2-way radio maintenance, $66.00; Zabek Fire Apparatus, Inc., truck storage and rental, $180.75. REPAIR EXPENSE ($1,121.73) - Ferrara Spring & Parts Co., engine block and parts, $753.03; Braun's Welding Service, Inc., weld block, $35.75; Charles Royce, motor repairs, $30.00; Zabek Motor Sales, carburetor repairs, $13.93; Luzi Auto Body, fender repairs, $30.00; Palmer Auto Parts, muffler pipes, $10.64; Harold F. Thatcher, check fire alarm circuit, $23.88; Northern Tree Expert Co., trim out for siren lines, $197.00; Cosman & Decorie, siren repair, $7.50; Hastings Pontiac, Inc., wreck estimate, $5.00; Albert O. Lebel, loam and labor, $15.00. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT EXPENSE ($3,547.13) - Blaze Guard Mfg. Co., fire hose, $825.00; W. S. Darley & Co., high pressure pump, $1,195.00; Ward LaFrance Fire Truck Co., $250.00; United Plumbing Co., plates, hangers, $2.39; W. G. Chap- man, keys, printing, $6.25; Mass. Fire Equipment Co., recharge CO2 and oxygen tanks, $69.50; A. L. McDonald, fire equipment and sup- plies, $592.87; Larro's, brooms, $4.70; M. S. French & Son, printing, $10.50; Guthrie Fence Co., wire enclosure, $70.00; John Sigsbee,


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FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES (Continued)


supplies for ambulance, $19.00; Victoria Tire Co., tires and tubes, $501.92. PAYROLL EXPENSE ($2,987.00) - Ralph E. Tupper, $752.00; Clifton F. King, $316.50; Harold Brown, $247.50; Cyril Woods, $154.50; Bernard Tupper, $187.00; Robert Dietz, $93.50; Leonard VonFlatern, $144.00; Leonard VonFlatern, Jr., $65.00; Ronald Von- Flatern, $137.50; John Campsie, $113.00; Raymond Beach, Jr., $140.50; John Brackinisky, $140.50; Wilbur Jenkins, $118.00; Norman Farnsworth, $104.00; Wesley Chapman, $153.00; Carl Heiden, $120.50.


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


Forest Warden's Report


4,213 permits 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.


Deputy Forest Wardens: Harold Brown, Ernest Bacon, Bernard Tupper, Karl Tupper, Cyril Woods, Leonard VonFlatern, Sr., Raymond Beach, Jr., John Sigsbee, Robert Dietz, Norman Farns- worth and Harland Rogers.


RALPH E. TUPPER, SR., Forest Warden


Forest Warden's Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures


$700.00 695.88


Unexpended Balance


$4.12


EXPENDITURES : (total $695.88) PAYROLL - Ralph E. Tupper, $48.00; Karl Tupper, $25.00; Clifton King, $27.00; John Brackinisky, $13.00; Paul Heiden, $31.00; Roger Whitehill, $22.00; George King, $29.50; Harold Brown, $18.00; Raymond Beach, Jr., $23.00; Bernard Tupper, $23.00; Leonard VonFlatern, Jr., $10.00; Ronald Von- Flatern, $14.00; Leonard VonFlatern, $12.00; Robert Dietz, $4.00; John Campsie, $7.00; Wilbur Jenkins, $12.00; George Jenkins, $14.50; Earl Anderson, $1.50; Richard Behrens, $2.00; Cyril Woods, $21.00; Edward Polak, $4.50; Wesley Chapman, $11.00; David Chapman, $25.00; Alton McDonald, $28.00; David McDonald, $8.00; Charles Murphy, $3.50; Donald Castaldini, $2.50; Fred Bernet, $13.00; Carl Heiden, $13.00; Edward Peczka, $6.00; George Bready, Jr., $2.00; Stephen Burke, $2.50; Frederick Herter, $1.50; John P. Sigs- bee, $48.00; Norman Farnsworth, $9.00; Kenneth Dinan, $14.50; Harland Rogers, $8.00; Jerry Morrissey, $6.50; Frederick Reidy, $2.00; Jeremy Boyce, $12.00; Walter Howe, $6.00; Donald Chapman, $5.00; Robert Maynard, $6.00; Peter Wilson, $2.00; Henry Herter, $2.00; Carl North, $2.00; Donald Manning, $1.00; Charles Dorey, $2.00. MATERIAL - Walter A. Marcil, Jr., pump parts, $11.88; Alton L. McDonald, pump cans, $80.00.


Garbage Collection Service Expenditures


Appropriation Expenditures




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