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Appropriations from Available Funds 387,271.95
Total
$1,849,370.62
1962
Appropriations recommended to be raised by taxation
$1,509,579.85
Appropriations recommended from Available Funds 130,274.53
Appropriation previously voted from Available Funds
9,500.00
Total
$1,649,354.38
As indicated above the amount to be raised by taxation for 1962 is $48,481.18 in excess of the amount voted to be raised by taxation in 1961. This amount is accounted for as follows:
$53,827.00 Increase for Local School Budget 23,116.94 Increase for Regional School Budget
13,881.14 Net Increase for All Items Other Than Schools
$90,825.08 Total Increase Article 5
less 42,343.90 Net Reduction of Special Articles
$48,481.18 Net Increase
For the benefit of new residents who may not be entirely famil- iar with factors pertaining to determination of the tax rate, the
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Committee would again call attention to the fact that the amount of $48,481.18 referred to above does not indicate the extent to which there may be a change in the tax rate for 1962. The de- termination of such tax rate is the sole responsibility of the Asses- sors in accordance with the General Laws of the Commonwealth.
At the time this report is prepared various factors affecting determination of the rate such as assessments from state and county, revenues from state, local revenues and the amount of valuations and overlay are not available. Furthermore, an impor- tant consideration pertaining to the 1962 rate will be the result of the revaluation program and the factors used in computing the rate by the assessors. Any effort therefore on the part of the Finance Committee to relate the effect of recommended expendi- tures upon the forthcoming tax rate would be inappropriate.
Included in our report for 1961 were four specific recom- mendations for improving the Town's accounting procedures and the establishment of appropriate job classifications and salary and wage scales for Town employees. These were as follows:
1. Employment of a qualified accountant.
2. Installation of an improved accounting system as recom- mended by state fiscal authorities.
3. Development of and presentation to the voters of a segre- gated budget in the form recommended by state fiscal authorities.
4. Appointment of a Survey Committee to study and recom- mend appropriate job evaluations and salary and wage scales for Town employees.
We are pleased to report as follows regarding action taken and progress made relative to the above recommendations:
1. The Selectmen appointed a part time accountant effective April 1, 1961. Our 1962 budget recommendations include funds to permit the appointment of a full time accountant as of April 1, 1962.
2. A system of accounts as recommended by state authorities has been installed which has permitted the development of four new statements which are included for the first time this year in the Financial Statement Section of the Town Report. The Treasurer's Report of cash disbursements
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has been arranged in accordance with the state accounting system.
3. Progress has been made this year relative to ultimate adoption of a segregated budget by presenting the budgets to show salary expense and other expenses separately for this year. However, appropriations are to be voted for the total of the two items. During the year to come the new accounting system will be further improved to make more readily available record of expenditures on the basis of these categories. Before actually recommending complete adop- tion of a segregated budget the Finance Committee feels that Town officials and department heads should be af- forded further opportunity to study and prepare for budg- etary practices based upon this method.
4. The Selectmen appointed a Personnel Study Committee early in May 1961. The Committee reported to the Select- men and the Finance Committee on January 4, 1962. The report established job classifications and salary and wage rates which have proved of great assistance to the Finance Committee in considering budget requests for 1962. The application of the classifications and wage rates has re- sulted in salary and wage increases for some employees which will bring them more in line with the majority of rates paid in other comparable communities.
Last year there were complaints that the Town Report was not available until only a few days before the Annual Meeting. The reason for the lateness of the report was due to inadequacy of our accounting system. The report could not be printed until the state had audited our accounts and had prepared a balance sheet which was not available until late in February. The appointment of the part time accountant and the improvement in our account- ing system during the past year permitted the preparation of a balance sheet on January 12, 1962 with supporting schedules received a few days thereafter. The details of expenditures and balances, the operation of the Surplus Account and the actual receipts against revenues estimated by the assessors were there- fore available to the Finance Committee by the middle of January. This information was of great assistance to the Committee in its deliberation regarding the 1962 budget requests and has resulted
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in getting the Town Report in the hands of the voters at an earlier date than in the past.
A further assistance to the Finance Committee as a result of the new accounting system has been the availability each month of a copy of the balance sheet and a schedule of appropriation expenditures.
You will note that the Committee recommendations for Arti- cle 5 and the Special Articles have been consolidated into one statement so that the total amount recommended is shown in one figure separated to show the amounts recommended to be raised by taxation and those recommended to be appropriated from available funds.
Attention is called to the fact that this year's recommended appropriations do not include school building funds. This ac- counts for a difference of approximately $50,000 in comparing the increase for 1962 with that for 1961. However, the results of the School Survey reports would indicate that the Town must be prepared to anticipate further substantial school building costs in the immediate years ahead.
In connection with the school building program of the past year, we were fortunate to have a sizeable Stabilization Fund to reduce otherwise increased appropriations from current taxation and to alleviate the necessity of extensive bonded indebtedness. With an eye to the future regarding evident capital expenditures for the many needs of the Town it would appear essential that the Stabilization Fund be increased at a sufficient rate to assure that a substantial balance of the fund will be at hand as these capital expenditures accrue. With this in mind the Finance Com- mittee has recommended that contribution to the Stabilization Fund be increased $25,000 over the amount appropriated in 1961.
ALDO ALBERICI, Chairman
IRVING J. CORDNER
HERMAN G. GRANDCHAMP
HARRY C. CRAWFORD, JR.
ALBERT H. HOWES
EARL W. DECORIE
ALBERT E. NEALE
FRED T. GOOGINS
MARSHALL ROPER
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ARTICLE 5 APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED
1961 Appropriations As Modified
1961 Expended
1962 Budget
1962 Recommended Totals
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen
Salaries and Wages
$5,918.25
$4,830.50
$6,261.00
Expense
1,541.75
1,523.65
1,500.00
Total
$7,460.00
$6,354.15
$7,761.00
Accounting Department
Salaries and Wages
$890.50
$890.50
$4,329.00
Expense
2,100.00
2,100.00
1,371.00
Total
$2,990.50
$2,990.50
5,700.00
Town Treasurer
Salaries and Wages
$4,355.00
$4,302.00
$4,498.00
Expense
992.91
973.53
400.00
Total
$5,347.91
$5,275.53
4,898.00
Land Court Fees
$50.00
50.00
Town Collector
Salaries and Wages
$5,338.00
$5,332.88
$6,616.00
Expense
1,250.00
1,134.13
1,250.00
Total
$6,588.00
$6,467.01
7,866.00
Assessors, Board of
Salaries and Wages
$7,265.50
$6,774.81
$9,113.00
Expense
900.00
854.96
1,800.00
Total
$8,165.50
$7,629.77
10.913.00
Town Clerk
Salaries and Wages
$3,467.50
$3,321.00
$3,419.00
Expense
200.00
187.81
240.00
Total
$3,667.50
$3,508.81
3,659.00
Legal
Salaries and Wages
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Expense
3,970.19
3,970.19
1,500.00
Total
$4,170.19
$4,170.19
1,700.00
Elections and Town Meeting Exp.
Salaries and Wages
$580.00
$530.85
$1,380.00
Expense
500.00
287.13
350.00
Total
$1,080.00
$817.98
1,730.00
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1961 Appropriations As Modified
1961 Expended
1962 Budget
1962 Recommended Totals
Registrars of Voters
$710.00
$706.50
$800.00
Salaries and Wages Expense
450.00
40.05
250.00
Total
$1,160.00
$746.55
1,050.00
Planning Board
Salaries and Wages
$475.00
$460.80
$247.00
Expense
500.00
483.00
500.00
Total
$975.00
$943.80
747.00
Town Office and Bldg. Maint.
Salaries and Wages
$935.63
$935.63
$1,121.25
Expense
4,386.57
4,386.57
4,378.75
Total
$5,322.20
$5,322.20
5,500.00
Town Auditor
Salaries and Wages
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
200.00
Total Gen. Government
$47,176.80
$44,426.49
$51,774.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department Salaries and Wages
$21,331.00
$20,841.60
$23,033.00
Expense
3,300.00
3,287.15
3,600.00
Total
$24,631.00
$24,128.75
$26,633.00
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages
$16,160.00
$16,010.25
$16,910.00
Expense
6,044.00
5,367.24
6,994.00
Total
$22,204.00
$21,377.49
23,904.00
Pest Control
Salaries and Wages
$720.00
$716.44
$708.00
Expense
480.00
479.87
492.00
Total
$1,200.00
$1,196.31
1,200.00
Dead Wood
Salaries and Wages
$1,866.00
$1,865.50
$1,458.00
Expense
1,634.00
1,633.62
2,042.00
Total
$3,500.00
$3,499.12
3,500.00
Forest Warden
Salaries and Wages
$360.00
$360.00
$500.00
Expense
540.00
402.43
400.00
Total
$900.00
$762.43
900.00
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1961 Appropriations As Modified $150.00
1961 Expended $150.00
1962 Budget
1962 Recommended Totals
Aid to Agriculture Tree Warden Salaries and Wages Expense
$1,165.00
$1,164.50
$1,500.00
1,335.00
1,334.12
1,500.00
Total
$2,500.00
$2,498.62
3,000.00
Civil Defense
Salaries and Wages
$820.00
$820.00
$820.00
Expense
1,838.07
903.00
334.93
Total
$2,658.07
$1,723.00
1,154.93
Dog Officer
Salaries and Wages
$165.00
$160.08
$150.00
150.00
Building Inspector
Salaries and Wages
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
Expense
650.00
647.84
650.00
Total
$2,450.00
$2,447.84
2,450.00
Wiring Inspector
Salaries and Wages
$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
Expense
650.00
603.82
650.00
Total
$1,250.00
$1,203.82
1,250.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salaries and Wages
$292.25
$285.00
$300.00
Expense
25.00
Total
$292.25
$285.00
325.00
Appeals, Board of
Salaries and Wages
$475.00
$460.80
$247.00
Expense
150.00
Total
$475.00
$460.80
397.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property
$62,375.32
$59,893.26
$64,963.93
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
Salaries and Wages
$1,380.00
$1,380.00
$400.00
Expense
5,810.00
4,461.93
6,890.00
Total
$7,190.00
$5,841.93
$7,290.00
Dental Clinic
Salaries and Wages
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Expense
50.00
34.80
50.00
Total
$1,050.00
$1,034.80
1,050.00
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$100.00
100.00
1961 Appropriations As Modified
1961 Expended
1962 Budget
1962 Recommended Totals
Mosquito Control Salaries and Wages Expense
$225.00
$209.75
$225.00
2,375.00
2,302.00
2,375.00
Total
$2,600.00
$2,511.75
2,600.00
Inspector of Animals Salaries and Wages
$65.00
$65.00
$65.00
65.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
Salaries and Wages
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
50.00
Total Health & Sanitation $10,955.00
$9,503.48
$11,055.00
HIGHWAYS
Highway Department Salaries and Wages
$21,500.00
$21,040.99
$25,556.00 29,616.00
Expense
28,900.00
25,275.07
Total
$50,400.00
$46,316.06
$55,172.00
Road Machinery Oper. Acct.
6,765.60
6,765.60
7,300.00
7,300.00
Street Lights
6,995.00
6,525.17
8,000.00
8,000.00
Total Highways
$64,160.60
$59,606.83
$70,472.00
CHARITIES
Department of Public Welfare Salaries and Wages Aid :
$5,998.00
$5,474.50
$3,296.00
$3,296.00
General Relief
11,000.00
9,753.05
11,000.00
11,000.00
Old Age Assistance
21,069.62
20,918.19
23,000.00
23,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,000.00
812.15
3,000.00
3,000.00
Disability Assistance
3,000.00
1,871.60
2,000.00
2,000.00
Total Charities
$42,067.62
$38,829.49
$42,296.00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Veterans' Services
Salaries and Wages
$405.00
$405.00
$480.00
Expense
7,120.00
5,231.03
5,500.00
Total Soldiers' Benefits
$7,525.00
$5,636.03
$6,000.00
SCHOOLS
Local
Salaries and Wages
Expense
$460,371.00 135,072.00
Total Local
$541,616.00 $525,651.96
$595,443.00
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20.00
Aid
1961 Appropriations As Modified
1961 Expended
1962 Budget
1962 Recommended Totals
Hampden-Wilbraham Regional Salaries and Wages Expense
$189,407.93 171,369.24
Total Regional
$337,660.23
$337,660.23
360,777.17
Total Schools
$879,276.23
$863,312.19
$956,220.17
LIBRARY
Salaries and Wages
$14,066.00
$13,684.62
$15,807.00
Expense
7,130.00
7,114.43
6,325.47
$22,132.47
Total Library
$21,196.00
$20,799.05
$22,132.47
RECREATION AND CELEBRATIONS
Parks
Salaries and Wages
$545.00
$363.60
$500.00
Expense
130.00
126.65
100.00
Total
$675.00
$490.25
$600.00
Playgrounds
Salaries and Wages
$1,815.00
$1,814.20
$2,130.00
Expense
2,047.00
2,046.81
520.00
Total
$3,862.00
$3,861.01
2,650.00
Community Program
Salaries and Wages
$4,500.00
Expense
1,500.00
Total
$6,000.00
$5,579.22
6,000.00
Memorial and Independence Day
250.00
142.70
$250.00
250.00
Total Rec. and Celeb.
$10,787.00
$10,073.18
$9,500.00
PENSIONS
Assessment - Hampden County Retirement System
$9,020.80
$9,020.80
$9,781.80
$9,781.80
UNCLASSIFIED
Printing Town Reports
$2,654.00
$2,654.00
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Insurance and Bonding
9,884.74
9,632.42
8,500.00
8,500.00
Industrial Development Com.
600.00
448.41
1,000.00
1,000.00
Total Unclassified
$13,138.74
$12,734.83
$12,500.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
Water Dept. - Maintenance Salaries and Wages
$10,250.00
$10,110.04
$11,650.00
Expense
14,400.00
14,398.98
15,500.00
$27,150.00
Total Pub. Serv. Enter.
$24,650.00
$24,509.02
$27,150.00
CEMETERIES
Salaries and Wages
$1,400.00
$1,355.50
$1,400.00
Expense
1,200.00
402.05
1,400.00
$2,800.00
Total Cemeteries
$2,600.00
$1,757.55
$2,800.00
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1961 Appropriations As Modified
1961 Expended
1962 Budget
1962 Recommended Totals
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
Maturing Debt
School Bonds
$90,000.00
$90,000.00
$100,000.00
$100,000.00
Water Bonds
35,000.00
35,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
Maturing Interest
School Bonds
$15,855.00
$15,855.00
$18,942.50
18,942.50
Water Bonds
2,435.00
2,435.00
1,755.00
1,755.00
Temporary Loan Interest
2,060.00
1,175.05
1,000.00
1,000.00
Total Mat. Debt and Int. $145,350.00 $144,465.05
$136,697.50
Total Article 5.
$1,340,279.11 $1,304,567.25
$1,423,342.87
We also recommend appropriations under some Articles in the Warrant as follows:
Article 4
Library (Dog Tax)
$1,049.53
$1,049.53
Article 6
Chapter 81 - Highway Work
17,325.00
$7,878.00
25,203.00
Article 7
Chapter 90 - Highway Maint.
4,000.00
2,003.00
6,003.00
Article 8
Chapter 90 - Highway Const.
18,900.00
6,303.00
25,203.00
Article 9
Garbage Collection
6,500.00
6,500.00
Article 10
Assessors' Revaluation Program
6,000.00
6,000.00
Article 11
Maps - Assessors and Planning Board
2,500.00
2,500.00
Article 13
Police Cruiser
1,500.00
1,500.00
Article 15
Snow Plow - Highway Dept.
825.00
825.00
Article 16
21/2 Ton Truck - Highway Dept.
4,975.00
3,285.00
8,260.00
Article 29
Brooklawn Road
410.00
410.00
Article 31
Joan Street
239.70
239.70
Article 32
Shirley Street
186.30
186.30
Article 33
Railroad Avenue
1,577.20
1,577.20
Article 34
West Colonial Road
348.00
348.00
Article 35
Resurface Main Street
5,250.00
5,250.00
Article 36
Resurface Main Street
5,400.00
5,400.00
Article 39
Ambulance - Fire Department
10,500.00
10,500.00
Article 40
Stabilization Fund
45,000.00
30,000.00
75,000.00
Article 41
Reserve Account
20,000.00
20,000.00
Article 42
Installations - Water Dept.
11,000.00
11,000.00
$130,274.53
$86,236.98
Total Special Articles
$216,511.51
Total Recommendations
$1,639,854.38
SUMMARY
Appropriations recommended to be raised by taxation
$1,509,579.85
Appropriations recommended from available funds
130,274.53
Total
$1,639,854.38
From Available Funds
From Tax Levy
1962 Recommended Totals
Article 14
Mowing Equip. - Highway Dept.
700.00
700.00
Article 30
Ely Road
2,856.78
2,856.78
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - 1961 Town Treasurer's Report
Balance on hand January 1, 1961 Receipts during 1961 :
$333,913.73
Taxes :
Real Estate
1959
$6,879.60
1960
34,983.86
1961
893,225.00
$935,088.46
Personal
1959
$19.50
1960
3,158.70
1961
54,248.26
57,426.46
Poll
1959
$2.00
1960
14.00
1961
3,782.00
3,798.00
Excise
1958
$21.09
1959
341.34
1960
53,002.83
1961
135,142.87
188,508.13
Farm Animal Excise
1960
$8.53
1961
169.65
178.18
Total Taxes
$1,184,999.23
Interest :
On Taxes
$1,640.21
On Savings
2,082.34
Committed
168.03
Total Interest
3,890.58
Municipal Liens
151.00
Water Department :
Water Rates
$67,435.68
Installation Deposits
6,082.00
Miscellaneous
941.32
Total Water Department
74,459.00
Licenses :
Dogs
$1,621.00
Milk Inspector's
26.00
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Selectmen - Committed
10,743.84
Selectmen - Cash
53.25
Police
269.00
Total Licenses
12,713.09
Fees :
Town Clerk
Dogs
$199.00
Sporting
160.90
Miscellaneous
885.50
Town Collector
805.00
Planning Board
2 50.00
Board of Appeals
135.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
140.90
Total Fees
2,576.30
Building Permits
1,903.50
Electrical Permits
1,284.00
Garbage Collection
5,285.00
Street Betterments - Committed and Paid in Advance
919.32
Payroll Deductions:
Federal Taxes
$73,747.95
State Taxes
6,414.20
State - Employers' Compensation
52.06
County Retirement
8,395.43
Road Machinery Earnings
5,756.25
Blue Cross
3,425.75
Total Deductions
$97,791.64
School Department :
School Lunches - Sales $36,228.79
School Lunches -
State and Federal Reimbursement
17,393.27
Auditorium Rental
728.00
Tuition
267.84
Miscellaneous
217.20
Total School Department
54,835.10
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance - Aid $16,554.70
Old Age Assistance - Administration 1,424.87
Aid to Dependent Children - Aid 3,296.00
Aid to Dependent Children - Administration 251.68
Disability Assistance - Aid 1,081.40
Disability Assistance - Administration 44.35
Medical Aid for Aged - Aid
8,664.28
Medical Aid for Aged -
Administration 476.28
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12,861.00 School Aid - Public Law 864
School Aid - Public Law 874
2,291.91
Total Federal Grants
46,946.47
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Highways
$32,084.17
Income Tax
10,388.00
Income Tax - Chapter 70
81,025.72
Income Tax - Mentally Retarded
7,576.31
Corporation Tax
28,522.15
School Aid - Chapter 645
74,638.29
Transportation
34,109.49
Vocational Education
11,500.33
Youth Service Board
3,600.00
Division of Child Guardianship
2,778.86
Loss of Taxes
708.91
Meals Tax (OAA)
1,220.30
Director of Standards
12.00
Civil Defense
466.44
Aid to Libraries
1,551.27
Total Commonwealth
290,182.24
County of Hampden :
Dog Refund
$1,041.95
Dog Officer's Fecs
372.00
Court Fines
1,335.20
House of Correction Fines
10.00
Highways
5,646.86
Total County
8,406.01
Accounts Receivable :
Public Welfare
$1,918.81
Aid to Dependent Children
1,468.52
Aid to Disabled
226.64
Old Age Assistance
10,197.92
Medical Aid for Aged
5,472.79
Veterans' Benefits
4,145.68
Total
23,430.36
Library :
Building Rental
$840.00
Fines, Lost and Damaged Books
585.47
Total Library
1,425.47
Trust Fund Income:
Hines Burial Lot
$7.90
Bliss Family Burial Lot
150.26
Total Trust Funds 158.16
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Stabilization Fund
187,556.10 1.00
Lions Club - Spec Pond Rental
Tax Anticipation Loans
300,000.00
Pines School Addition Loan
205,000.00
Pines School Addition Loan - Premium
407.95
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
240.00
Appropriation Refunds
476.11
Refunds Credited to Estimated Receipts
224.78
Reimbursements:
Ambulance Service
$60.00
Performance Bonds
1,800.00
Total Reimbursements 1,860.00
Total Receipts 1961
$2,507,122.41
Total January 1, 1961 plus 1961 Receipts
$2,841,036.14
Less Payments per Warrants
2,292,274.51
Cash Balance December 31, 1961
$548,761.63
Treasurer's Trust Fund Report
CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL, $51.95. SCHOOLS (total, $2,307.88) Deacon War- riner, $1,131.50; School Lot, $1,176.38. LIBRARY: (total, $1,605.88) Abner E. Bell, $67.38; Henry Cutler, $635.83; Henry Cutler, $621.81; Mortimer Day, $111.67; Chloe Bliss Stebbins, $169.19. SOLDIERS' MONUMENT PARK, $1,111.00. CHARITIES, Chloe Bliss Stebbins, $301.72. CEMETERIES : (total, $12,712.59) G. Frank Adams, $375.31; Charles L. Amadon, $226.49; John W. Baldwin, $223.11; John W. Baldwin, $279.73; Bishop Lot, $231.44; Henry A. Bowker, $156.25; Edward H. Brewer, $648.84; Laura Bruuer, $1,096.37; Albro Bryant, $111.50; Philip and Angeline R. Butler, $138.59; Henry C. Butler and Herbert F. Green, $173.60; James A. Butler, $231.65; Ethelbert Bliss, $686.96; William Butler, $156.25; Abel B. Calkins, $214.29; Charles M. Calkins, $138.59; Howard Calkins, $306.12; Emma Carson, $78.47; Inez V. Chilson, $157.27; Henry Clark, $156.24; Frederick Coon, $64.98; Evalina N. Copeland, $138.59; Lucy M. Dane, $111.52; Hiram Danks, $109.97; Dasco Lot, $287.49; J. W. Dunsmore, $218.21; F. A. Fuller and Marshall A. Lane, $486.02; Charles H. Gates, $138.59; Harriet Gates, $223.31; Blanche B. Gilbert, $215.06; W. H. Graves, $109.47; Benjamin B. Green, $138.59; B. Franklin Greenc, $111.50; Fred W. Green, $138.59; Henry Green, $149.65; Lora M. Green, $87.11; Eliza V. Jones, $156.24; Anna C. Kibbe, $157.78; Abraham Knowlton, $111.67; Charles R. Knowlton, $156.25; George E. Knowlton, $223.03; Etta Simmons May, $218.79; Angeline P. Morgan, $112.08; Charles North, $283.16; Charles J. Parker, $334.73; Inez M. Perry, $138.59; Inez M. Perry, $138.59; Ira G. Potter, $157.76; P. P. Potter, $111.59; William H. Read, $219.40; Jesse L. Rice, $219.36; Frank R. and Hattie E. Rindge, $98.55; Allyn M. Seaver, $221.00; Spear-Butler Lot, $278.98; Chloe B. Stebbins, $109.49; Luther and Milton Stebbins, $219.28; Frances E. Stebbins, $276.20; Elizabeth B. Tupper, $54.85; Martha E. Smith, $79.00; Nellie Spencer, $111.50.
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Town Clerk's Report
VITAL STATISTICS
1961
1960
1959
Births Recorded
Males
53
96
58
Females
56
65
57
*109
161
115
* 1961 Incomplete. Nov. and Dec. records from Springfield not received at date of printing.
1961
1960
1959
Marriages Recorded
49
62
58
Deaths Recorded
Males
35
29
33
Females
28
19
23
63
48
56
DOG LICENSES
400 Males
@ $2.00
$800.00
63 Females
5.00
315.00
330 Spayed Females
2.00
660.00
2 Kennel Licenses
10.00
20.00
1 Kennel License
25.00
25.00
Fees Retained
199.00
Paid to Treasurer of Hampden County
$1,621.00
SPORTING LICENSES
Total number of licenses issued - 709
Total receipts for licenses issued
$2,875.40
Paid to Division of Fisheries and Game
2,714.50
Fees Retained
$160.90
SUMMARY OF FEES
Recording Fees
$885.50
Fish and Game Fees
160.90
Dog License Fees
199.00
$1,245.40
DORIS G. COCHRAN, Town Clerk
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$1,820.00
Town of Wilbraham BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1961 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash :
Water Guarantee Deposits $1.00
General
$548,761.63
Agency :
Advance for Petty : Town Collector Water Department
$39.00 25.00
64.00
Trust Fund Income : Hines Family Burial Lot Cemetery Perpetual Care
$40.52
69.59
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1960:
Old Age Assistance Recoveries Federal Grants :
Personal Property
$2,652.00
Real Estate
10,393.78
13,045.78
Disability Assistance :
Levy of 1961 :
Administration Assistance
4,467.90
Poll
$78.00 7,987.50
Aid to Dependent Children :
1,136.00
Real Estate
58,260.24
66,325.74
Administration Aid
307.82
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Old Age Assistance :
2,757.62
Levy of 1961
34,338.81
36,217.55
3,961.00
Medical Assistance for Aged :
Administration 476.28
Assistance 768.87
Added to Taxes :
School :
Levy of 1960 Levy of 1961
$10.00
Public Law No. 81-874 : Education
19,908.98
Committed Interest :
Public Law No. 85-864 :
Levy of 1960
4.20
National Defense 2,291.91
36,846.58
Levy of 1961
23.28
114.19
School Lunch Program
10,961.32
110
$770.20
Personal Property
$1,878.74
Levy of 1960
Administration Assistance
Special Assessments :
Street Betterments :
76.71
Excess - Sale of Lands of Low Value 73.95
29.07
240.00
Tax Titles
172.39
Departmental :
Selectmen's Licenses
$165.75
Garbage Collection
1,027.00
General Relief
72.00
Pines School Addition
181,939.03
Aid to Dependent Children
957.06
Old Age Assistance
630.40
2,852.21
Water Mains
689.65
$246,096.47
Water:
Overestimate 1961: State Recreation Areas
255.64
Rates
$2,354.99
Miscellaneous
502.35
2,857.34
Road Machinery Fund
6,506.88
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
16,206.59
Aid to Highways:
State
$35,984.67
County
13,500.00
49,484.67
13,843.32
23,459.03
300.13
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$36,217.55
Special Assessment
114.19
Tax Title
172.39
Departmental
2,852.21
Water
2,857.34
Aid to Highway
49,484.67
91,698.35
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance Surplus Revenue
64.00
287,716.23
$720,195.63
$720,195.63
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Assessments Not Due : Street $3,379.00
Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue : Due in 1962 to 1979, Inclusive $3,379.00
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Underestimate 1961 : County Tax
Appropriation Balances : Revenue : General
$52,944.28
Non-Revenue :
Memorial School Addition
10,523.51
Overlays Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1960 Levy of 1961
$9,615.71
Town of Wilbraham BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1961 (Continued) DEBT ACCOUNTS
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