Wilbraham annual report 1956-1960, Part 6

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


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$5,500.00


4,370.50


Unexpended Balance


$1,129.50


EXPENDITURES: (total $4,370.50) John Arooth, $4,355.00; J. A. Daigle, $7.50; Wm. F. Richmond, Postmaster, $8.00.


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General Relief Expenditures


Appropriation Refund


$6,000.00 35.00


$6,035.00


Expenditures


3,511.94


Unexpended Balance


$2,523.06


EXPENDITURES: (total $3,511.94) Quality Market, $70.00; Spring- field Hospital, $464.08; Wesson Maternity Hospital, $90.14; Dr. Arthur H. Goodwin, $12.00; Orchard Pharmacy, $40.00; Albert E. Booth Co., $5.50; Belcher Bros., $10.00; Skorupski Bros., $35.44; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., $5.88; Marguerite Collins, reimbursement clothing, etc., $82.88; W. T. Grant Company, $61.70; Petty Cash, registering letters, etc., $6.23; Victor Oil Company, $118.60; Dr. E. J. Dill, $7.00; Wilbraham Engineering Company, $26.86; Dr. S. J. Posner, $4.00; Dr. Stanley E. Keller, $97.00; Mrs. Felix DiCle- menti, board, $60.00; Mrs. Charles Rossi, board, $405.00; Dr. R. R. Meunier, $15.00; Millane's Pharmacy, $6.30; Elsie Samble, reim- bursement, $17.44; Leonard's General Store, $12.00; Dr. John E. McNally, $5.00; Timothy F. Sweetman, fuel, $12.50; A. H. Bartlett Co., $11.66; Springfield Office Supply Co., $14.00; F. G. LeGrand, fuel, $23.27; Merit Shoe Co., Inc., $27.07; Cash Grants, $1,733.39; Mentzen's Store, $32.00.


Gypsy Moth, Dutch Elm Disease and Pest Control Report


To combat the Dutch Elm Disease, 62 dead and condemned trees were removed and burned. The Elm Trees were sprayed and all preventive measures were taken to stop the spread of the disease; however, the disease has gained a good foothold and will require a great amount of work to prevent the further spread of the disease. The Gypsy Moth is well under control with only 200 egg clusters being found this year.


The Town was sprayed three times for the control of Mosquitoes.


Highways were sprayed (as far as funds would permit) for the elimination of Poison Ivy.


E. RAY PEASE, Superintendent


Gypsy Moth Department Expenditures PEST CONTROL - CHAPTER 660


Appropriation Transferred from Reserve


$1,500.00


200.00


$1,700.00


Expenditures


1,700.00


Unexpended Balance


$0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,700.00) Airborne Sprayers, $955.00; The Northern Tree Expert Co., spraying, $125.00; The Chemical Corp., esteron, $90.80; Leonard's General Store, creosote, $2.90. LABOR - Fred Bryant, $145.00; Henry Herter, $64.60; George E. Keyes, $17.60; E. Ray Pease, $299.10.


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GYPSY MOTH DEPARTMENT EXP. (Continued) MOSQUITO CONTROL


Appropriation


$2,250.00 2,250.00


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance $0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $2,250.00) East Coast Aviation Corp., spray- ing, $2,250.00.


DEAD WOOD - CHAPTER 761


Appropriation


$1,500.00


Transferred from Reserve


1,000.00


$2,500.00


Expenditures


2,500.00


Unexpended Balance $0.00


EXPENDITURES : (total $2,500.00) The Northern Tree Expert Co. of Palmer, cutting and removing trees, $2,290.00; Walter H. Clark, cutting and removing trees, $48.75; W. F. Goodrich, trucking, $7.00; Henry Herter, labor, $5.10; E. Ray Pease, Supt., $149.15.


Highways Expenditures CHAPTER 81


Carried forward from 1955


$1,931.73


Raised by taxation


7,500.00


From available funds


13,750.00


Transferred from Reserve


850.00


$24,031.73


Expenditures


24,031.51


Unexpended Balance


$0.22


EXPENDITURES: (total $24,031.51) PAYROLLS - Herbert Butler, $1,977.90; Stanley Mazur, $1,088.25; Adelard Paquette, $1,301.25; John Piscor, $1,446.95; Maurice Disley, $1,184.50; Baltas Skorupski, $1,249.95; Edward Dearborn, $15.40; George E. Keyes, $101.30; Henry Herter, $9.10; Harland Rogers, Jr., $672.00; Wesley Mac- Intire, $12.60; Craig Preston, $302.25; Robert Googins, $215.80; Robert Jablonski, $274.95; Carl North, $287.95; Northern Tree Ex- pert Co. of Palmer, $20.00. EQUIPMENT - Town Trucks, $3,952.15; Walter H. Clark, trucks, $1,188.51; Edward Lindsay, backhoe, etc., $1,056.20; Earl Harris, truck, $175.50; Alton E. Gleason, $71.25; Edward Christianson, shovel, truck, bulldozer, etc., $420.00; Kenneth Dinan, truck, $127.50; Dudley Bliss, Jr., truck, $56.00; Robert Coolong, backhoe, $20.00; William Jurczyk, truck, shovel, backhoe, $824.70. MATERIAL - New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts, $580.24; American Tar & Asphalt Co. Inc., tar, $2,271.04; A. Boilard & Sons Inc., cement, blocks, $95.85; Asphalt Pavement Corp., patch, $920.10; Springfield Foundry Co., catch basins, $405.00; North Wil- braham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., sand, $836.36; Walter H. Clark, gravel, $209.40; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, signs, $211.35; Rice Fruit Farm, gravel, $121.50; D. D. Ruxton Co., Inc., sand, $4.85. MISCELLANEOUS - Insurance on payrolls, $323.86.


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HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES (Continued)


CHAPTER 90 - CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVING


Carried over from 1955 Raised by taxation From available Funds


$10,213.66 5,000.00 15,000.00


$30,213.66


Expenditures


19,226.83


Unexpended Balance


$10,986.83


EXPENDITURES : (total $19,226.83) PAYROLLS - Herbert Butler, $656.00; Stanley Mazur, $352.10; Adelard Paquette, $417.75; John Piscor, $417.00; Maurice Disley, $474.75; Baltas Skorupski, $420.70; Harland Rogers, Jr., $273.00; Craig Preston, $84.50; Robert Googins, $57.20; Robert Jablonski, $29.25; Carl North, $42.90. MATERIAL - New England Metal Culvert Co., $4,477.73; Walter H. Clark, gravel, $1,817.55; Springfield Foundry, catch basins, $150.00; Ludlow Con- crete Service, concrete mix, $805.94; Asphalt Pavement Corp., patch, $115.80; American Tar & Asphalt Co., tar, $1,329.75; North Wil- braham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., sand, $251.17; The Charles C. Lewis Co., rods, angles, $190.72; A. Boilard Sons, Inc., block, cement, $88.10; Cutler Grain Co., grass seed, $3.75; Leonard's Gen- eral Store, seed, $9.48; Skorupski's, kero, $5.39; Howard Lumber Co., lumber, $519.65; Alvin Trombley, fill, $13.00; James A. Bennett, material, equipment, labor, $954.23. EQUIPMENT - Town Trucks, $1,210.65; Walter H. Clark, truck, $1,050.88; Edward Lindsay, truck, dozer, backhoe, $1,641.00; James Moran, truck, $658.60; William Jurczyk, backhoe, $91.60; Earl Harris, Jr., truck, $21.00; Edward Christianson, shovel, $230.00; Alton Gleason, truck, $132.00. MISCEL- LANEOUS - Northern Tree Expert Co., removal of tree, $95.00; Treasurer of Hampden County, entry fee, $5.00; Gebeau's Garage, welding, $8.75; Insurance on payrolls, $124.94.


CHAPTER 90 - MAINTENANCE


Balance of 1955 Appro.


$1,654.38


Raised by taxation (1956)


1,000.00


From available Funds


2,000.00


$4,654.38


Expenditures


4,653.44


Unexpended Balance


$0.94


EXPENDITURES : (total $4,653.44) PAYROLL - Herbert Butler, $198.00; Stanley Mazur, $61.60; Adelard Paquette, $160.50; John Piscor, $105.00; Maurice Disley, $132.00; Harland Rogers, Jr., $33.00; Baltas Skorupski, $89.60; Craig Preston, $36.40; Robert Googins, $35.10; Robert Jablonski, $35.10; Carl North, $37.70. EQUIPMENT - Town Trucks, $457.90; Walter H. Clark, trucks, $178.13; Edward Christianson, shovel, trucks, $815.00. MATERIAL - American Tar & Asphalt Co., Inc., tar, $1,767.14; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., sand, $476.89. MISCELLANEOUS - Treasurer of Hamp- den County, entry fee, $5.00; Town of Wilbraham, insurance deduc- tions from payroll, $29.38.


CHAPTER 90 - SOUTH MAIN DRAINAGE


Unexpended balance of 1955 Expenditures


$4,874.17 4,867.31


Unexpended Balance


$6.86


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HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES (Continued) Chapter 90 - South Main Drainage (Continued)


EXPENDITURES: (total $4,867.31) MATERIAL - New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts and fittings, $4,797.47; A. Boilard Sons, Inc., blocks, $69.84.


CHAPTER 90 - CANAL AND BRIDGES


Unexpended Balance of 1955


Expenditures


$8,497.68 4,925.69


Unexpended Balance $3,571.99


EXPENDITURES: (total $4,925.69) Joseph F. Austin, contractor, $4,925.69.


FLOOD DAMAGE REPAIR WORK


Appropriation


$1,500.00


Expenditures 1,459.45


Unexpended Balance


$40.55


EXPENDITURES : (total $1,459.45) PAYROLL - Herbert Butler, $124.00; Stanley Mazur, $61.60; Adelard Paquette, $57.00; John Piscor, $106.50; Maurice Disley, $43.50; Harland Rogers, Jr., $73.50; Baltas Skorupski, $75.60; Craig Preston, $20.80; Robert Googins, $16.90; Robert Jablonski, $16.90. MATERIAL - American Tar & Asphalt Co., $281.75; New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts, $109.89; Walter H. Clark, gravel, $160.70, truck, $28.50; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., $65.41; Asphalt Pavement Co., patch, $216.90.


MISCELLANEOUS HIGHWAYS


Appropriation Transferred from Reserve


$15,000.00 275.67


$15,275.67


15,275.67


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance


$0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $15,275.67) PAYROLLS - Herbert Butler, $2,220.60; Stanley Mazur, $1,042.00; Adelard Paquette, $1,150.50; John Piscor, $1,619.10; Maurice Disley, $1,259.05; Harland Rogers, Jr., $569.25; Baltas Skorupski, $1,353.75; George E. Keyes, $73.80; Emile Babineau, $21.00; Henry Herter, $72.00; Ralph Keyes, $16.63; Fred Bernet, $7.00; Craig Preston, $71.50; Robert Googins, $10.40; Robert Jablonski, $24.70; Carl North, $27.30. TRUCKS - Earle Harris, $72.00; Walter H. Clark, $736.25. MATERIAL, SUPPLIES AND REPAIRING - A. Boilard Sons, Inc., $44.38; Donel Supply Co., signs, $36.25; International Salt Co., salt, $328.63; The American Legion, scotchlite, $7.50; The Charles C. Lewis Co., supplies, $112.81; Howard Lumber Co., lumber, $29.45; Walter A. Marcil, Jr., rain suits, boots, $48.60; E. F. Edson Co., Inc., steel brooms, lanterns, signs, $109.90; Asphalt Hot Mix, Inc., hot-mix, $9.68; Cosman & Decorie, bulbs, $2.30; O. R. Cote Co., $96.88; Ward MacIntire, used grease gun, $65.00; New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts, $123.99; Village Store, supplies, $1.38; The Chemical Corp., salt, $1,056.50; D. D. Ruxton Co., Inc., sand, $1,088.03; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., sand, $365.33; Walter H. Clark, gravel and patch, $257.30; F. P. Sullivan, shovels, rakes, brooms, $40.97; J. F. McDermott Co., sewer rods, $56.42; Braun's Welding Service,


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HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES (Continued) Miscellaneous Highways (Continued)


Inc., parts, $2.75; Asphalt Pavement Corp., patch, $95.70; City Truck Co., Inc., express, $5.92; Eastern Equipment Sales, Inc., torches and wicks, spreader, $35.37; Leonard's General Store, supplies, $235.77; Skorupski Brothers, oil, kero, valve and carburetor, $200.22; M. J. Harrington & Son, repairing tools, $14.10. MISCELLANEOUS - Lloyd M. Hoover, insurance, $102.80; William F. Logan, reg. cert., $6.00; New England Rototiller Sales, sharpening chain saw, repairs, $53.00; Weidenmiller-Magovern Co., sharpening chain saw, $1.50; Norman Ellis, plumbing, $6.37; C. E. Anderson, staking line for South Main St., drainage, $60.00; Land Takings, Crane Hill and Mountain Roads, $5.00; The Saw Center, repairs, sharpening chain saw, file and chain, $29.70; Reliance Motor Transportation Co., Inc., express, $4.70; Gardiner's Express, $2.42; Normand's, express, $2.35; N. Y. Central R. R. Co., freight, $183.87.


ARBOR LANE


Appropriation $1,350.00 Expenditures 1,270.05


Unexpended Balance $79.95


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,270.05) Walter H. Clark, equipment and labor, $543.50, Material, $720.50; John J. Lynch, registrar, $6.05.


BRAINARD ROAD


Appropriation $5,350.00


Expenditures 5,191.30


Unexpended Balance $158.70


EXPENDITURES : (total $5,191.30) PAYROLL Herbert Butler, $32.00; Adelard Paquette, $24.00; John Piscor, $24.00; Stanley Mazur, $4.20; Baltas Skorupski, $4.20; Allan B. Robbins, $37.70; Walter H. Clark, gravel, $53.20; Edward Christianson, equipment, $920.00, labor, $660.75, Material, $3,419.25; John J. Lynch, registrar, $12.00.


BROOKLAWN ROAD


$2,940.00


Appropriation Expenditures 2,224.63


Unexpended Balance


$715.37


EXPENDITURES : (total $2,224.63) PAYROLL - Herbert Butler, $57.00; Stanley Mazur, $39.90; Adelard Paquette, $57.75; John Piscor, $98.25; Maurice Disley, $48.75; Baltas Skorupski, $72.10; Craig Preston, $6.50; Robert Googins, $6.50; Carl North, $6.50. MATERIAL - Walter H. Clark, gravel, $174.00; Springfield Foundry Co., catch basins, $100.00; Asphalt Pavement Corp., patch, $40.00; American Tar & Asphalt Co., tar, $974.39; A. Boilard Sons, Inc., blocks, $39.52; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co. Inc., sand, $188.22; H. R. Prescott & Sons, Inc., $39.45. EQUIPMENT - Walter H. Clark, gravel, $23.75; Edward Lindsay, dozer, $24.00; Edward Christianson, dozer, grader, $178.50; Alton E. Gleason, roller, $41.50; John J. Lynch, registrar, $8.05.


DECORIE DRIVE


Appropriation Expenditures


$2,384.00


2,307.15


Unexpended Balance $76.85


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HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES (Continued) Decorie Drive (Continued)


EXPENDITURES : (total $2,307.15) Edward Christianson, labor, $281.00; equipment, $594.00; Material, $1,425.00; John J. Lynch, registrar, $7.15.


DUDLEY STREET


Appropriation $1,370.00 Expenditures 1,280.86


Unexpended Balance


$89.14


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,280.86) PAYROLL - Herbert Butler, $46.00; Stanley Mazur, $23.80; Adelard Paquette, $62.25; John Piscor, $43.50; Maurice Disley, $39.00; Baltas Skorupski, $60.20; Harland Rogers, Jr., $12.00. MATERIAL - Walter H. Clark, $287.43; Springfield Foundry, catch basins, $100.00; American Tar & Asphalt Co., tar, $256.04; A. Boilard Sons, Inc., cement blocks, $37.44; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., sand, $83.30; Edward Christianson, equipment, $213.00; John J. Lynch, registrar, $4.90; Edward Lindsay, $12.00.


GREENWOOD ROAD


Appropriation Expenditures 1,340.15


$1,539.00


Unexpended Balance $198.85


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,340.15) Walter H. Clark, contractor, labor and equipment, $930.80; Material, $405.20; John J. Lynch, registrar, $4.15.


JEWELL LANE


Appropriation


$1,102.00 721.35


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance


$380.65


EXPENDITURES: (total $721.35) LABOR - Herbert Butler, $24.00; Stanley Mazur, $28.00; Adelard Paquette, $25.50; John Piscor, $25.50; Maurice Disley, $30.00; Harland Rogers, Jr., $12.00; Baltas Skorup- ski, $28.00; Carl North, $10.40; Peter Losa, $6.00. MATERIAL - - Walter H. Clark, gravel, $67.20; American Tar & Asphalt Co., $284.95; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., sand, $47.40; Asphalt Pavement Corp., patch, $18.00. EQUIPMENT - Walter H. Clark, truck, $23.75; Edward Christianson, backhoe, $84.00. MISCELLANEOUS - John Lynch, registrar, $6.65.


PEARL LANE


Appropriation $1,600.00 Expenditures 1,470.54


Unexpended Balance


$129.46


EXPENDITURES: (total $1,470.54) LABOR - Herbert Butler, $62.00; Stanley Mazur, $35.00; Adelard Paquette, $64.50; John Piscor, $51.00; Maurice Disley, $52.50; Harland Rogers, Jr., $6.00; Baltas Skorupski, $36.40. MATERIAL - Walter H. Clark, gravel, $114.40; American Tar & Asphalt Co., tar, $522.07; Asphalt Pavement Corp., patch, $33.20; D. D. Ruxton Co., Inc., sand, $19.76; A. Boilard Sons, Inc., blocks, $46.81; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., Inc., sand, $86.10; Springfield Foundry Co., catch basins, $100.00. EQUIP-


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HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES (Continued) Pearl Lane (Continued)


MENT - Edward Christianson, grader, $79.50; Edward Lindsay, backhoe, $20.00; A. E. Gleason Co., Inc., $95.75; Walter H. Clark, truck, $38.00. MISCELLANEOUS - John J. Lynch, registrar, $7.55.


SOUTH COLONIAL ROAD


Appropriation Expenditures


$1,420.00 517.92


Unexpended Balance


$902.08


EXPENDITURES : (total $517.92) LABOR - Herbert Butler, $44.00; Stanley Mazur, $23.80; Adelard Paquette, $37.50; John Piscor, $30.00; Maurice Disley, $33.00; Baltas Skorupski, $30.80. MATERIAL - Amer- ican Tar & Asphalt Co., tar, $127.26; Walter H. Clark, $90.85; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co. Inc., sand, $38.71. EQUIPMENT - Walter H. Clark, truck, $14.25; Edward Christianson, grader, $36.00; Peter Losa, roller, $7.75. MISCELLANEOUS - John J. Lynch, registrar, $4.00.


LOADER


Appropriation Expenditures


$7,500.00 7,083.83


Unexpended Balance $416.17


EXPENDITURES : (total $7,083.83) Graves Equipment, Loader, $7,030.97; Harland H. Rogers, lettering loader, $5.00; Gulf Oil Corp., tires, $44.86; William F. Logan, insurance, $3.00.


SAND SPREADER


Appropriation


From available Funds


$900.00 500.00


$1,400.00


Expenditures


1,390.79


Unexpended Balance $9.21


EXPENDITURES : (total $1,390.79) Perkins-Milton Co., Inc., spreader and extras, $1,390.79.


BURT LANE


$540.00


Appropriation Expenditures


435.20


Unexpended Balance


$104.80


EXPENDITURES: (total $435.20) LABOR - Herbert Butler, $34.00; Stanley Mazur, $11.20; Adelard Paquette, $25.50; John Piscor, $33.00; Maurice Disley, $22.50; Baltas Skorupski, $9.80. MATERIAL - Amer- ican Tar & Asphalt Co. Inc., tar, $133.00; Walter H. Clark, gravel, $68.60; North Wilbraham Sand & Gravel & Concrete Co., sand, $34.60. EQUIPMENT - Walter H. Clark, truck, $33.25; Alton E. Gleason Co. Inc., grader, $27.00. MISCELLANEOUS - John J. Lynch, registrar, $2.75.


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HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES (Continued) SIDEWALK - HUNTING LANE TO POMEROY ST.


Appropriation Expenditures


$1,220.00 973.00


Unexpended Balance


$247.00


EXPENDITURES : (total $973.00) Palmer Paving Co., $973.00.


SIDEWALK - DELMOR CIRCLE TO MERRILL ROAD


Appropriation Expenditures


$4,740.00 3,389.85


Unexpended Balance $1,350.15


EXPENDITURES: (total $3,389.85) The Chapman Valve Manufactur- ing Co., $61.45; Palmer Paving Corp., contractor, $3,328.40.


SIDEWALK - MAIN ST. TO SCHOOL HOUSE


Appropriation Expenditures


$1,220.00


973.00


Unexpended Balance $247.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $973.00) Palmer Paving Corp., contractor, $973.00.


Insurance and Bonding Expenditures


Appropriation From Reserve


$2,500.00


367.70


$2,867.70


Expenditures


2,867.70


Unexpended Balance


$0.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $2,867.70) William F. Logan, $2,829.52; Lloyd M. Hoover, $38.18.


Legal Expenditures


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Expenditures


325.00


Unexpended Balance $675.00


EXPENDITURES: (total $325.00) James S. Bulkley, $60.00; Robert W. Bodfish, $65.00; Frank Auchter, $200.00.


Library Report


Number of volumes in library, January 1, 1956 11,576


Number of volumes added by purchase


756


Number of volumes added by gift 24


Number of volumes discarded and lost


552


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LIBRARY REPORT (Continued)


Number of volumes in library, January 1, 1957


11,804 932


Number of borrowers (in 478 families)


Circulation


From library


Adult


9,760


Juvenile 6,218


Periodicals 2,980


Borrowed on inter-library loan


4


From Pines School


519


Total circulation


19,501


Gain in circulation over 1955


2,636


1956 has been a year of increasing demand from our growing population for library services. The librarian's report will show an increase in circulation and an increase in book purchasing. We have just about reached the limit of the load we can handle in our present physical facilities.


The Library Trustees have worked closely with the Library Survey Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. S. O. Smith, in explor- ing the possibilities for future expansion. Of particular help to us all was the visit of Miss Alice Cahill, Director of Field Services of the Division of Public Libraries of the Massachusetts Department of Education in Boston. Miss Cahill made a detailed report on library service in this community, commending us on our fine adult collec- tion of books and on our wise use of our inadequate facilities, and pointing out practical ways to reach more of our citizens, especially our children. Her primary recommendation was to plan at once for a new library building.


Your Trustees attended the meeting of the Massachusetts Library Trustees in Worcester where they heard reports on Federal and State aid for small libraries. Mr. John Humphrey of Springfield City Library gave generously of his time to discuss with your Trustees possible developments in regional library service.


This summer the Wilbraham Public Library lost the services of a good friend, when Mr. James Jaffrey, our faithful custodian for many years, retired. We remember with gratitude his loyalty and helpfulness. We were fortunate at this time to have the interest of Mr. Norman Ellis, who in an emergency cared for our furnace until we could convert to oil heat.


After inspection by four heating concerns, and with the approval of the state boiler inspector and of our Fire Department, it was decided to convert the old boiler with a saving to the town of approximately $1,800.00 from the original estimate, which included all new equipment. The conversion was completed in December with very satisfactory results.


Other additions to our equipment were a large magazine display rack, a new section for our growing card catalog, and a ventilating system for the lavatory.


Our friends from the Wilbraham Garden Clubs have delighted library users with their artistic floral arrangements. We especially appreciate the original and attractive Christmas decorations that have become such a pleasant library tradition. A generous gift of money from Mr. Raymond Barber and his family also helped to make Christmas a red-letter day. It is gratifying to be able to start a new year with such support.


Our aim for 1957 is to enlarge and improve our children's and young adults' departments as much as our facilities will permit. We hope to make a large increase in the book collection, to add, if


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LIBRARY REPORT (Continued)


possible, a children's librarian, and to work cooperatively with the schools in encouraging a love of books and good reading habits in our youngest citizens.


BARBARA B. DICKEY, Chairman


STANLEY O. SMITH LOUISE D. FOLSOM


Library Expenditures


Appropriation From Dog Tax


$6,991.42 930.08


$7,921.50


7,475.09


Expenditures


Unexpended Balance


$446.41


EXPENDITURES: (total $7,475.09) Prospect Union Educational Ex- change, $2.00; Natural History Book Club, Inc., $56.30; Doubleday & Company, $16.80; Penn Library Guild, $76.18; Town of Wilbraham, $23.00; Book Find Club, $77.66; Rev. James K. Moorehead, $53.50; Demco Library Supplies, $12.55; Bro-Dart Industries, $5.00; Chil- dren's Book Council, $5.05; N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., $112.90; Leonard Wood Memorial, $7.00; The American Home, $3.00; The Meyer Co., $15.50; The H. W. Wilson Co., $6.00; Cutler Grain & Coal Co., $291.70; Arco Publishing Co., Inc., $14.10; Publisher's Central Bu- reau, $38.54; The H. R. Huntting Co., Inc., $5.96; Mata L. Edgerton, $116.30; Scientific American, $4.00; Reader's Digest, $1.98; Nature Program, $1.10; Harper's Magazine, $3.37; Popular Science Publish- ing Co., $43.64; Dover Publications, $7.70; Forbes & Wallace, Inc., $5.85; Worcester Co. Elec. Co., $138.60; Harry S. Friedman, $21.00; Follett Library Book Co., $7.38; International Library Assoc., $26.75; Treasures & Trash, $10.00; Juniper Press, $5.50; Time-Saving Spe- cialties, $1.53; Morgan & Green, $233.75; Popular Mechanics Press, $2.36; John T. Austin, $13.50; R. R. Bowker Co., $9.00; The Brook- ings Institution, $3.15; The College Bindery, $21.83; Cosman & Decorie, $14.12; Library Book House, $1,215.20; The H. W. Wilson Co., $16.40; Norman Ellis $199.90; Americana Corp., $5.00; Art Treasures of the World, $11.25; Reader's Digest Condensed Book Club, $11.32; Ruth T. Abbott, $2,084.81; Book of the Month, $74.07; Wilbraham Engineering Co., $136.79; S. O. Smith, reimbursement for questionnaire material, $28.16; Barbara B. Dickey, Assoc. dues and expenses to meeting, $8.00; F. S. Dennison & Co., $3.76; Com- missioner of Public Safety, $10.00; United States Com. for the United Nations, $10.37; Lena DePinto, $125.50; Eva Sideleau, $7.00; Marie L. Jansen, $24.50; Jeane Gorham, $10.00; Vertene M. Kuehn, $361.25; Muriel Murphy, $151.00; Mary G. Logan, $409.25; Louise D. Mills Peterson, $260.50; Mary Forman, $1.00; Mildred Brooks, $155.25; Priscilla C. Ide, $31.50; Ethel Musselman, $39.50; Robert Gorman, $19.50; James Jaffrey, $250.00; William F. Logan, insur- ance, $134.62, New Republic, $7.00; Remington Rand, $153.84; Facts on File, $3.70.


Library Survey Committee Report


The committee held several meetings, studied reports of library surveys of other towns, and consulted two recognized experts in the field. Thus directed in its thinking, it decided to obtain the opinions of residents and to summarize them into a survey report.


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LIBRARY SURVEY COMMITTEE REPORT (Continued)


Accordingly over 300 questionnaires were prepared and circulated, 200 being mailed to persons chosen at random and living in all parts of the town. The rest of the questionnaires were issued to users of the library when they called there. Answers were returned in very gratifying numbers. Each lot was carefully tabulated and the results are shown in this report. ยท


In this column will be briefed forms of the questions asked


Here, the summary of opinions of library users


Here, opinions of town's people in general


Question No. 1 - Are you satisfied with the present location of our public library :


Yes 2 No 46


Yes 2 No 73


Question No. 2 - (Three parts) State your preference if a new loca- tion were sought.


A. Near intersection Main and


Springfield Streets


Yes 31


Yes 47


B. Near contemplated new high school


Yes 10


Yes 15


See below


See below


Question No. 3 - Facilities and services expected of the town's pub- lic library


A. Books for all age groups


Yes 49 No 0


Yes 75 No 0


B. Periodicals for youth and adults


Yes 44 No 3


Yes 65 No 5


C. A lending library of music records


Yes 21 No 20


Yes 43 No 18


Yes 21 No 19


Yes 39 No 22


Yes 40 No 5


Yes 63 No 3


Yes 32 No 14




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