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$136,384.65 546,550.00
1/4 Payment $34,096.16 $136,637.50
Total
$113,432.17
$569,502.48
$682,934.65
Assessments payable in four equal installments not later than the first day of April, June, September, and December.
ASSESSMENT COMPARISON 1965-1966
Hampden
Wilbraham
1965
1966
Capital
1965 $30,112.91
1966 $24,705.21
$109,910.98 433,233.98
$88,726.96
Operating
96,068.37
111,679.44
457,823.04
Total
$126,181.28
$136,384.65
$543,144.96
$546,550.00
Hampden
Wilbraham
Dollar Increase
$10,203.37 8.09%
$3,405.04 .63%
Pupil Increase
137 to 160 = 23
% Increase
16.7%
618 to 656 = 38 6.14%
PUPIL ENROLLMENT BY GRADES October 1, 1965
Grade
Hampden
Monson
West Brookfield
Wilbraham
Total
9
52
33
187
272
10
34
2
1
177
214
11
42
2
146
190
12
31
144
175
PG
1
1
2
4
160
4
35
656
855
Stone-cutting as a hobby seems to be of great interest to pretty girls ...
% Increase
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FINANCIAL REPORT - 1965 REGIONAL DISTRICT BUDGET ANALYSIS MATERIALS
1965
1966
Account
Budget
1965 Expenditures
1965 Balance
Budget
Expense of School Committee
$365.00
$143.95
+
$221.05
$245.00
Superintendents' Salaries
8,500.00
8,500.00
9,100.00
Business Office
15,229.00
15,009.91
219.09
16,363.00
Principals' Salaries
20,314.00
20,490.11
176.11
21,951.00
Principals' Office
7,934.00
8,121.04
187.04
8,053.00
Teachers' Salaries
304,821.00
300,315.18
+
4,505.82
356,663.00
Supplies, Instructional
16,826.00
16,769.04
+
56.96
19,012.00
Textbooks
10,280.00
9,038.62
1,241.38
12,432.00
Library
12,430.00
11,158.43
+
1,271.57
13,151.00
Audio-Visual
1,845.00
1,634.43
210.57
2,090.00
Guidance
27,499.00
26,219.30
+
1,279.70
32,821.00
Speech Services
11,291.00
10,068.20
+
1,222.80
12,078.00
Attendance Officers
100.00
100.00
100.00
Health
5,320.00
5,564.35
244.35
5,567.00
Transportation
43,443.00
43,426.06
16.94
58,904.00
Food Services
100.00
+
100.00
100.00
Varsity Athletics
10,725.00
11,255.03
530.03
11,830.00
Student Body Activities
800.00
661.06
+
138.94
800.00
Custodians' Salaries
37,383.00
31,965.17
+
5,417.83
40,383.00
Custodial Supplies
2,500.00
2,562.14
62.14
2,700.00
Heating of Building
15,000.00
12,465.10
+
2,534.90
13,300.00
Utility Services
16,950.00
17,346.76
396.76
17,000.00
Maintenance of Grounds
1,600.00
1,521.36
+
78.64
1,600.00
Maintenance of Buildings
5,525.00
6,850.24
1,325.24
5,550.00
Maintenance of Equipment
4,837.00
4,556.97
+
280.03
6,095.00
Retirement
4,300.00
4,096.00
+
204.00
4,300.00
Insurance
4,589.00
7,381.54
2,792.54
11,821.00
Current Loan
3,000.00
1,223.11
+
1,776.89
3,000.00
Community Services
7,000.00
6,694.64
+ 305.36
7,000.00
New Equipment
2,800.00
2,310.03
+
489.97
5,458.00
Debt Retirement and Service
249,565.00
239,440.00
+ 10,125.00
234,045.00
Total
$852,871.00
$826,887.77
+$25,983.23
$933,512.00
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PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Name District Office : Irving H. Agard
Position Year Appointed
Educational and Professional Training
Kenneth E. Johnson
Assistant Superintendent 1957
Eva M. Ellis
Executive Secretary 1959
Anna B. Tupper
Secretary
1958
Maureen O'Brien
Secretary
1965
Sharon Boyer
I.B.M. Operator
1965
High School Office: Lincoln A. Dexter
Principal
1961
Richard I. Trenholm
Assistant Principal
1960
Charles B. Thompson
Guidance Director
1958
Peter Gartner
Guidance Counsellor
1959
Marjorie Bean
Secretary
1960
Cammella Kerr
Secretary
1963
Joan Makuch
Secretary
1964
Teachers:
Amelia B. Allison
Music
1965
B.A., Barnard College, N.Y.
Marilyn Ats
Languages
1961
B.A., University of Oklahoma
Jerry A. Badger
Biology
1963
B.A., M.Ed., Bates College;
Springfield College
Donald Bamford
Mathematics
1959
B.S., M.Ed., M.S.E., University of Mass .; University of Penn.
David W. Barry
Social Studies
1964
B.A., M.A., St. Michael's;
Rosemary Bauer
English
1964
B.S., Springfield College
Charles Beeler
Music
1964
B.Mus., Hartt College, Hartford
Lawrence Bergmann
Mathematics
1964
B.S., University of Mass.
Superintendent 1956
B.A., M.Ed., Lafayette; State College at Fitchburg B.A., M.A., C.A.G.S., American Inter- national College; Univ. of Conn. Burdette College
B.S., M.Ed., C.A.G.S., Rhode Island State; State Col. at Worcester; Springfield Col. B.A., M.A., Bates Col .; Boston University B.S., M.Ed., Springfield College; University of New Hampshire B.A., Bates College
St. John's University, N.Y.
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PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (Continued)
Name
Position
Year Appointed
Educational and Professional Training
Carol Bishop
Biology
1965
B.A., Bates College, Maine
Wilfred Blanchard
Science
1965
B.A., American International College
Richard A. Brown
Science
1959
Patricia Cascio
Physical Education
1965
Judith Cross
Home Economics
1961
Marcia Denison
Physical Education
1964
B.A., M.S., Denison University;
Paul A. Deslauriers
Remedial
1964
B.S., M.Ed., Springfield College;
James DeWolf
Industrial Arts
1959
Alf S. Ehnstrom, Jr.
Physical Education
1962
Barbara I. Evans
Social Studies
1965
B.A., Susquehanna University, Pa.
Margarct E. Fcy
Languages
1963
B.A., Lake Eric College
Katherine Goulding
Home Economics
1961
Ronald E. Hofmann
English
1964
B.A., M.Ed., University of Mass .;
Gordon V. Joncs
Art
1965
B.A., Drew University
Susan E. Jones
Languages
1965
B.A., Marietta College, Ohio
Marion Kacoyannakis
Social Studies - Guidance
1962
B.A., American International College
Dwight D. Killam
Music
1959
B.Mus., M.Mus., Syracuse; Boston Univ.
Constance Kimberly
English
1961
B.A., American International College
William Michael Kober
Physical Education
1960
B.S., Springfield College
Edgar H. Law
Mathematics
1960
B.A., M.A., Trinity College, Hartford
Vivian Little
English
1959
B.A., M.A., Mount Holyoke;
Henry Manegre
Industrial Arts
1963
B.S., State College at Fitchburg
Dorothy Marot
Librarian
1963
B.A., Syracuse University
Robert A. McCarthy
Languages
1964
Harold K. Miller
Mathematics
1959
B.S., M.Ed., Springfield College
Industrial Arts and Mathematics
1964
B.S., State College at Fitchburg
Michacl A. Murphy
Mathematics
1964
B.S., B.A., State College at Westfield; Concordia, Missouri
B.A., M.S., Bowdoin; Colby College B.S., Springfield College
B.A., Kcene Teachers College
Columbia University
State College at Westfield
B.S., State College at Fitchburg
B.S., Springfield College
B.S., State College at Framingham
State College at Westfield
Hartford Seminary Foundation
B.A., M.A., University of Mass .; Harvard
David Munscy
Jean B. O'Neil Doris Pelletier Barbara Prackneck Suzanne Rheaume
George H. Robinson, Jr.
Mathematics
1959
B.S., M.Ed., University of Mass .;
Springfield College
Valeta Robinson
Languages
1963
B.A., Middlebury College
Carolyn Sakakeeny
English
1965
B.A., University of Mass.
Donald Short
Music
1962
B.Mus., M.Mus., Boston University
Richard P. Spencer
English
1959
B.A., M.Ed., University of Mass .;
Karl Sternberg
Science
1960
B.A., American International College
Jean M. Stuart
Business Education
1961
Christine Trenholm
Business Education
1959
Joseph B. Vanwest
Art
1959
B.S., Tufts; Dip., Museum School of Fine Arts
Louis Verani
Business Education
1963
B.S., American International College
Helen A. Walinski
Mathematics -
1959
Dean of Women
Constance Weatherby
Social Studies
1965
B.A., University of New Hampshire
Speech Therapists :
Marilyn Tilton
Speech
1965
A.B., M.A., Earlham Col .; Bowling Green;
State University, Ohio
Linda Lajoie
Speech
1965
B.A., M.A., University of Mass.
Health :
Arthur H. Goodwin
Doctor
1959
M.D., Tufts
Madeline Newsome
Nurse
1959
R.N., Springfield Hospital
Hot Lunch :
May Jenkins
Manager
1959
Leona Isham
Cook
1959
Arlene Ross
Cook
1959
B.A., American International College B.A., American International College B.A., M.Ed., Regis College
English
1963
Science
1965
B.S., University of Mass.
English
1963
Business Education
1965
Springfield College
B.A., American International College Ac.S., B.S., M.Ed., Bay Path; American International College; Trinity, Hartford
B.A., M.Ed., Our Lady of the Elms Col .; Springfield College
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PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (Continued)
Name
Position
Year Appointed
Educational and Professional Training
Nancy Clark
Cook
1959
Marie Tupper
Cook
1962
Doris Willis
Cook
1963
Edith Wickett
Cook
1964
Dorlene Howard
Cook
1964
Custodians:
Everett Pickens
Head Custodian
1959
Walter Polanczak
Custodian
1959
Stanley Strycharz
Custodian
1959
Harold Rogers
Custodian
1959
Leon Superneau
Custodian
1959
George Hosie
Custodian
1965
Omer Talbot
Custodian
1965
Transportation :
George W. Motyka
Wilbraham
1959
Charles Walker
Hampden
1962
Changes in school personnel not shown in the preceding chart are :
Walter Battershall, teacher, resigned, June 30, 1965 William Vincent Burke, teacher, leave of absence Dwight D. Killam, teacher, Sabbatical leave Maureen Miller, teacher, resigned, January 31, 1965 Sharon Horton, teacher, resigned, April 24, 1965 Julie Speakman, teacher, resigned, June 30, 1965 Patricia Dygon, I.B.M. operator, resigned, May 7, 1965 Madelyn Howe, secretary, resigned, September 10, 1965
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One of Wilbraham's favorite "products" photographed as they prepare for Carousel.
Report of the Wilbraham Site Committee
At the Wilbraham Annual Town Meeting held on March 13th, 1965, it was voted favorably by a majority that the Town authorize the Selectmen to appoint a School Building Site Com- mittee to find sites for future junior high schools and elementary schools.
On May 24, 1965, this committee met with the Selectmen, and was instructed by them to find, and recommend for purchase, six or more building sites to meet Town's maximum future school needs.
Setting to work at once, the committee held weekly meetings. The Wilbraham Master Plan was studied carefully for school population trends and other information, and experienced mem- bers of comparable committees in other communities were con- sulted for guidelines to follow.
It was determined by the committee that, among the many factors to be scrutinized in considering the suitability of any site, the following were important:
1. Soil conditions and drainage
2. School population trends
3. Accessibility (of roads, etc.)
4. Water availability
5. Present and future traffic flows
With the above factors in mind, many sites have been considered, and others are under consideration at the present time.
On August 30, 1965, the committee unanimously agreed on its first recommendation and an option was obtained to purchase the property of Elizabeth C. P. Bacon on Stony Hill Road. The money for the purchase of approximately 50 acres was appropri- ated by the townspeople at the Special Town Meeting held on September 20, 1965.
The committee wishes to take this opportunity to express its appreciation for the courteous and continuing help of the mem- bers of the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Soil Conservation, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, in furnishing maps and other information for our use. Our thanks go, also, to the members of the Board of Assessors of the Town, and its staff for their courtesy and help.
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Finally, it is the unanimous opinion of this committee that the maximum numbers of sites for school buildings should be ob- tained with as little delay as possible, in view of the diminishing availability and increasing costs of land in the Town of Wilbra- ham.
EDWIN SATTER, III, Chairman ROBERT CROSS HAROLD PORTER J. C. MCCLEERY DORIS C. BOWMAN
Report of the Junior High School Building Committee
As recommended by the 1964 School Survey Committee, the Board of Selectmen appointed the Junior High School Building Committee to lay the groundwork for the building of a local junior high school. At the Special Town Meeting on September 20, this Committee was authorized to employ an architect and contract for studies, test borings and topography maps for the total sum of $25,500.00.
The firm of Alderman and MacNeish has been selected as architects and preliminary drawings will be ready for presentation to the Town in April of this year. State funds will again be requested for building and the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Commission has approved the need for a new junior high school and also the education specifications as prepared by the Wilbraham School Committee. The proposed building sched- ule provides for opening the new school in September, 1968.
KARL MAHAFFEY, Chairman VICTOR WEIDMAN, Vice-Chairman MRS. GORDON LONG, Secretary EARL DECORIE ALBERT HOWES JOHN KENNY FRANK WOLCOTT
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Civil Defense
The relocation of the center of Wilbraham Civil Defense activities has been completed. The new location at the Perry Barn has made a completely self-sufficient alternate Town Gov. ernment Center. The Town Government could shift to this cen- ter if the need arises.
The protection factor of each building is about equal and in our long range planning we are recommending that both the seat of the Town Government and the Civil Defense Center be housed in areas with adequate protection from fire, natural disaster and nuclear attack. To this end it has been suggested that any new construction of public buildings incorporate this needed protec- tion for the residents of Wilbraham.
Your Director feels that the new Junior High School could and should have this facility.
A new 10 KW portable electric generator unit, gasoline pow- ered, has been put into operation this year as well as a portable 100 G.P.M. water pump, gasoline powered. Both of these new items have been added to our stockpile of emergency equipment which is being kept in usable condition and updated and improved as funds are available.
Since this facility has been established it has been made avail- able to civic groups of our community and several have taken advantage of its convenient and adequate facilities. More than one group has used it several times. It is available to all who wish to have their activities there.
Our aim for this next year is for the recruiting and training of interested personnel to continue and improve the Civil Defense Program in our Town, for the protection of its people and their property under abnormal conditions or disaster.
The Civil Defense Program can only be effective if we plan ahead and work together in these preparations.
We have included in our budget only those items which are necessary to maintain our first class standing in preparation for any emergency.
WALTER R. HOWE, JR., Director
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Board of Health Report
During 1965, 18 licensed eating and drinking establishments were inspected and 6 markets were inspected at least once every two months.
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Three recreational camps, one motel and seven overnight cab- ins were licensed and inspected.
Three public health nuisance complaints were investigated. All nuisances were corrected with the exception of one which is being processed at the present time.
Twenty-six store milk licenses, thirteen oleomargarine, eleven milk dealer licenses, three recreational camp licenses were issued during 1965.
Eleven samples of water were obtained and analyzed during the year, six were private water supplies and four samples were taken from swimming areas.
The town dump was inspected every month. The modified sanitary, landfill operation has been instrumental in eliminating odors and fires. Although traffic has been congested at times, the dump is being maintained in a satisfactory manner.
One extensive drainage problem was investigated and recom- mendations were made to the Board of Health.
Four sewage drainage problems were investigated and recom- mendations made for the correction of the problems.
As needed, conferences with the Board of Health were held. It is felt that the Board of Health of Wilbraham is doing an excel- lent job.
My sincere thanks to the people of Wilbraham and to the Board of Health for the excellent cooperation extended to me in 1965.
JOHN A. BRICKETT, R.S., Agent-Sanitarian
Dog Officer's Report
A total of 880 dogs were licensed in 1965. This is an increase of 51 over 1964.
Fifty two dog bites were reported. The dogs were quarantined for 10 days as a rabies precaution.
Forty-nine stray dogs were picked up and 32 were returned to the owners. Seventeen were disposed of.
Sixteen dogs were reported killed by automobiles.
Fifty-eight complaints were received and investigated.
ROBERT A. CONVERSE
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Report of the Library Trustees
Important changes in personnel plus increased circulation and expanded services in an inadequate, overcrowded and even dan- gerous building, keynote the 1965 operations.
Mrs. Gerald Dingman, our Head Librarian, left to become As- sistant Librarian of Bates College. Her duties have been tempo- rarily assumed by Mrs. Edwin Rudge as Acting Librarian, assisted by Mrs. John A. Saunders. Mrs. Rudge has been our Children's Librarian, and for several years Mrs. Saunders was Librarian at Minnechaug High School.
The Trustees wish to acknowledge the great debt the Library and the Town of Wilbraham owe to Mrs. Dingman. Being the Town's first professionally trained librarian, it was under her aegis that the Library was given a new direction and has become an up to date, and efficient, well-ordered establishment.
A library is maintained to serve the informational, educational, and recreational reading needs of the public, and these the Wil- braham Library continued to do adequately in 1965, but under ever increasing hardship. The circulation took another jump, and the number of registrants took an even greater jump, so space and efficiency of operation became much more critical in this out- grown and decaying building.
Additional services instituted during the year include the start- ing of a paperback collection, inspired largely by the high school reading list, the subscription to five newspapers, the purchasing of more magazines, now making the total 53, and the installation of two Autopages for the return of borrowed books, one in Wil- braham center, and one in front of the Library. The Autopages receive anywhere from two to over seventy five books daily, figures which give some indication of their value as a public service.
The use of the Western Regional Library System, a service whereby a book may be obtained from other public and college libraries, continues to grow. This past year over 700 books were borrowed by this method, an increase of about 50%.
On January 3 of this year, 1966, Mr. and Mrs. J. Loring Brooks gave to the Friends of the Library Foundation about six acres of land located in the center of Wilbraham, which will be offered to the Town as a gift at the Town Meeting in March. While this is not properly the subject of a 1965 Library Report, the conditions which prompted the gift have been increasingly
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WILBRAHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY
AUTO-PAGE BOOK RETURN
Library Annex on Main Street may not qualify as automation, but does speed up book returns.
apparent in 1965 as well as for several prior years. That we have long outgrown our present quarters can not be denied. In the past five years our book purchases and circulation have doubled; in the past ten years these have quadrupled. That the building is inadequate and in bad shape is evident on inspection. The ceil- ing leaks in several places and during the year, for the second time in five years, has fallen down, this time over the circulation desk, carrying a lighting fixture along with it and narrowly miss- ing staff workers.
The predicted burgeoning of our population with the resultant pressure on the Library will make an untenable situation com- pletely intolerable. The Trustees hope, therefore, that the Town will quickly respond to the gift of land by appropriating funds for a much needed, long overdue library building.
CLIFFORD W. BURGESS, Chairman
MURIEL R. BOYCE
LESLIE D. POLK
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LIBRARY STATISTICS
Volumes in Library, January 1, 1965
Volumes purchased
1,666
Volumes donated (gifts)
68
Volumes acquired in 1965
1,734
Less volumes discarded, lost
803
931
Volumes in Library, January 1, 1966
18,024
Registration
Adult
2,761
Juvenile
1,959
Total registration
4,720
(gain of 695 over 1964 figure)
Circulation
Adult (including periodicals)
30,539
Juvenile (including periodicals)
37,116
Total circulation (gain of 4,936 over 1964 figure)
*67,655
*1,447 books circulated by WRLS Bookmobile included in this figure
Special Services
Books borrowed on interlibrary WRLS loans
755
Books lent on interlibrary loan
4
Books circulated by WRLS Bookmobile
1,447
Reserve book notices mailed to borrowers
901
Overdue notices mailed to borrowers
2,881
Fines collected in 1965
$999.08
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
The year's sealing included 70 scales, 79 weights, 38 gasoline pumps, 15 grease meters, 9 oil truck meters and 2 kerosene pumps. One untested oil truck meter was tagged to render its use illegal. Sealing fees collected totalled $177.90.
A 1965 act of the legislature increased the fees for sealing most devices from two to five times the old charges. Under the new schedule, the above items would yield over $400 in fees.
CHARLES L. MERRICK
Slaughtering Inspector's Report
One beef cow was slaughtered. The animal was inspected and passed. Other cows were reported to have been slaughtered elsewhere.
ROBERT A. CONVERSE
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Town Building Survey Committee Report
The regular town meeting held on March 13, 1965 author- ized the Selectmen to name a Town Building Survey Committee for the purpose of making a study of the need for future town buildings and possible sites for such buildings. The committee has had eight regular meetings since its organizational meeting called by the Selectmen in June.
A questionnaire was sent to each town department request- ing its assessment of its present and future space requirements. The committee has visited the library, town offices, highway and water departments and has viewed a number of possible sites. The committee believes that the library is particularly crowded, and that intensive study is needed promptly on the needs of the highway and police departments. After a public hearing, this committee will report its recommendations to the annual town meeting of 1966.
JESSE M. CANERDY, Chairman
DONALD E. KUHN, Secretary
JAMES K. RUSSELL
JUDSON PIERPONT WILLIAM SULLIVAN, JR.
Building Inspector's Report
Permits - Number and Type
Estimated Cost
115 Dwellings
$2,016,000.00
3 Commercial Buildings
113,000.00
3 Commercial Alterations 1,600.00
1 Warehouse
16,000.00
1 School Storage Shed
3,686.00
22 Room Additions
42,800.00
15 Alterations
17,558.00
8 Playrooms
6,550.00
7 Porches
4,550.00
16 Garages
22,500.00
2 Shed Dormers
2,500.00
8 Tool Sheds
1,902.00
1 Carport
300.00
1 Stable
250.00
1 Swimming Pool
1,800.00
1 Fire Damage Repair
8,700.00
13 Demolition
218
$2,259,696.00
ANTHONY G. MASCARO
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This party of hardy explorers will testify that nature in Wilbraham is beautiful, even on a cold, rainy day.
Report of the Conservation Commission
The Conservation Commission of Wilbraham has been active throughout the year studying parcels of land throughout the Town which would be desirable to be reserved for conservation.
In July, Mr. G. Milo Green resigned as chairman for physical reasons and Mrs. Herol Harrington was elected to succeed him. Also, during the year John Seavey resigned as a member of the commission and the Selectmen appointed Mrs. Mary O. Craw- ford to replace him.
At a Special Town Meeting in September, the Town voted to have detailed soils analysis maps made of the Town. They are now in the process of being made and should be completed by spring. At this meeting the Town also voted to purchase the property of Robert C. Dietz - about 4 acres on Rattlesnake Peak, contain- ing one of the best scenic views in Wilbraham. We are investi- gating the possibility of obtaining other tracts in this area which we feel would be desirable to remain as open spaces.
A gift of 81/2 acres of land has been given to the commission by Mrs. Elizabeth C. P. Bacon. This property is located to the rear of other land sold to the Town by her on the east side of Stony Hill Road.
List of properties now held by the commission:
1. Bruuer Pond area - Main Street.
2. Lot on Fox Hill Drive - gift of Mr. A. Liquori.
3. 41% acres on Rattlesnake Peak (Dietz property) .
4. 81% acres off Stony Hill Road - gift of Elizabeth C. P. Bacon.
HEROL HARRINGTON, Chairman
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DORIS MAGRUDER MARY O. CRAWFORD G. MILO GREEN
RICHARD SWAIN
DAVID BIRKHAEUSER FRANCIS J. BENNETT, Secretary
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Summary of Final Report of the Study Committee on Town Government Administration
In presenting our final report we desire to remind you of the two basic facts which were stated in our interim report (Page 73 of the 1964 Town Report) and which we have kept in mind in our continuing study of Town Government Administration, namely:
1. Wilbraham is a growing town and its administrative setup must at all times keep pace with this growth.
2. Any suggested changes must be (a) needed currently, (b) fit into any overall plan, and (c) have flexibility to meet changing circumstances in the future.
Our interim report contained only one recommendation - the advisability of directing your Selectmen to hire a qualified engi- neer who would be known as the Town Engineer. This recom- mendation was approved by your acceptance of Article 25 at the 1965 Annual Town Meeting. On July 19, 1965 the Selectmen employed Walter F. Markett, Jr. formerly the Town Engineer for South Windsor, Connecticut to be the Town Engineer for Wilbraham.
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