Hatfield Annual Town Report
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ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF HATFIELD FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1966 Printed by Gazette Printing Co., Inc. Northampton, Mass. Town Officers for 1 965 SELECTMEN George W. Rogalewski, Chairman Frank J. Godek Stanley J. Filipek MODERATOR Gordon A. Woodward TOWN CLERK - TREASURER Peter S. Rogaleski BOARD OF ASSESSORS Mitchell W. Kempisty, Chairman Richard D. Belden Joseph S. Wilkes TAX COLLECTOR Thomas L. Mullany SCHOOL COMMITTEE Stanley Sliwoski, Chairman Henry F. Kulesza Ethel I. Byrne WATER COMMISSIONERS Ralph F. Vollinger, Chairman Rupert Harubin John R. Rudy CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS Arthur Cory Bardwell, Chairman William Podmayer Henry F. Szych LIBRARY TRUSTEES Dorothy Breor, Chairman Margaret M. Wentzel Michael M. Majeskey ELECTOR UNDER THE WILL OF OLIVER SMITH Henry P. Betsold TREE WARDEN Francis E. Godin PLANNING BOARD Francis H. Hebert, Chairman William H. Burke, Jr. Henry F. Szych John S. Besko Stanley Sliwoski BOARD OF APPEALS Thaddeus Kabat, Chairman Edward S, Kowalski Leon C. Maksimoski Alternates Harold Lyman William E. Boyle TOWN COUNSEL Atty. Elizabeth A. Porada FINANCE COMMITTEE Joseph V. Porada, Jr., Chairman Frederick J. Zehelski Edward J. Wickles 6 BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS Howard B. Abbott, Chairman Joseph J. Pelc Peter S. Rogaleski Edward T. Kostek TOWN ACCOUNTANT Gertrude B. Rogaleski SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Joseph J. Deres INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS & SLAUGHTER Frank Sikorski, Jr. SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES Albert E. Jenest — 210 Elm St., Greenfield SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS Charles J. Eberlein, Sr. COLLECTOR OF WATER RENTS Harold B. Lizek . DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WELFARE John A. Skarzynski DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES Thomas P. Mullins WOOD SURVEYORS Bernard Donnis Charles J. Eberlein, Jr. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Joseph V. Porada Peter Kubosiak John Osley, Jr. Elizabeth Porada Clifford L. Belden, Jr. DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE Paul Stefancik FENCE VIEWERS AND FIELD DRIVERS Michael M. Majeskey Charles J. Eberlein, Jr. CHIEF OF POLICE Henry J. Sliwoski CONSTABLES Henry J. Sliwoski Mitchell W. Kempisty James E. McGrath Peter Kubosiak Joseph S. Wilkes Stanley J. Filipek Henry Kosakowski John Brennan George W. Rogalewski William Podmayer Anthony Malinowski Peter P. Backiel Stanley Malinowski George Omasta POLICE OFFICERS Anthony J. Sikorski Adolf Ciszewski William A. Symanski Stanley Jagodzinski Harold B. Lizer Robert Thayer William Slowikowski Ralph F. Vollinger Stanley S. Symanski Frank Godek David E. Omasta Thaddeus Kabat John Szych SPECIAL POLICE Joseph Deres FIRE CHIEF Myron J. Sikorski FIREFIGHTERS Main Street Station Kempisty, Edward, Deputy Chief Pelis, Bernard Proulx, Alfred, Deputy Chief Petrowicz, Charles Boyle, William, Captain Petrowicz, Richard Sikorski, Frank, Captain Rogaleski, John Kotch, Peter, Lieut. Shaw, Bernard Lizek, David, Lieut. Shea, Robert Balise, Kenneth Szych, Joseph Boyle, Marcus Vollinger, Donald Gizinski, John Vollinger, Richard Korza, Wiliam Zgrodnik, George Osepowicz, Robert Dugal, Eugene Pease, Marshall North Hatfield Station Belden, Richard, Asst. Chief Mieleszko, Joseph Baceski, Andrew Omasta, Michael Besko, John, Jr. Smiarowski, Teddy Bielunis, Adam Stevens, Richard Kubilis, Louis Symanski, Anthony Maiewski, Philip Sysun, Connie TOWN OF HATFIELD MASSACHUSETTS Incorporated 1670 AREA 8900 Acres ELEVATION 132 Feet at Main Street POPULATION 1965 Census — 2708 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Second Hampshire District JOHN D. BARRUS Goshen, Mass. STATE SENATOR Franklin & Hampshire District CHARLES A. BISBEE, JR. Chesterfield, Mass. REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS First Congressional District SILVIO O. CONTE Pittsfield, Mass. SENATORS IN CONGRESS LEVERETT J. SALTONSTALL Dover, Mass. EDWARD M. KENNEDY Boston, Mass. 10 Selectmen's Warrant COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Hampshire, ss. To either of the constables of the Town of Hatfield in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet in Memorial Town Hall in said Hatfield on Monday, the 20th day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to take action under Article 1, and to meet at seven o'clock in the evening to take action on all other articles : Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year: One Selectman for three years; one member of the Board of Assessors for three years; one member of the School Committee for three years; one member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years; one member of the Library Trustees for three years; Elector under the Will of Oliver Smith for one year; one member of the Planning Board for five years; one member of the Planning Board for four years; one member of the Sewer Commission for three years; and four members of the Hatfield Housing Authority. The polls will be opened at ten o'cock in the forenoon and kept open until eight o*clock in the evening. 11 ; Article 2. To hear and discuss all reports or sub- jects which have to do with the welfare of the town, or act anything thereon. Article 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial years, beginning January 1, 1967 and January 1, 1968 in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Article 4. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $132.07 received from the Dog Fund to the Library Account, or act anything thereon. Article 5. To see if the town will vote to appropri- ate the sum of $587.50 from the State Aid for Libraries Account to the Library Account, or anything thereon. Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary to defray the current expenses and charges of the financial year, including debt and interest set the salaries for all elected officials in accordance with the provisions of Section 108, Chapter 41 of the General Laws; and provide for a reserve fund; or act anything thereon. Article 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $6,332.99 as allocated by the actuary and certified by the County Commissioners to the Town of Hatfield under the provisions of Chapter 32, General Laws, as amended, and pay said amount to the Treasurer-Custodian of the Hampshire County Re- tirement System. 12 Article 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cooperate with the County and State under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, the town's share, for improvement of Chapter 90 highways, and to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, the State and County share, in anticipation of reimbursement from the State and County ; the town's share to be raised by taxation and the State and County share to be taken from Surplus Revenue and returned to same when reimbursement is re- ceived, or act anything thereon. Article 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cooperate with the State under the pro- visions of Chapter 81, General Laws, and to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $8,500.00, the town's share, and to appropriate the sum of $14,025.00, the State's share, in anticipation of reimbursement from the State, the town's share to be raised by taxation and the State's share to be taken from Surplus Revenue and returned to same when reimbursement is received, or act anything thereon. Article 10. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to cooperate with the State and County under the provisions of Chapter 90, General Laws, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,550.00, the town's share for new construction on School and King Streets, and to appropriate the sum of $13,650.00, the State and County share, in anticipation of reimbursement from the State and County, the town's share to be raised by taxa- tion and the State and County share to be taken from sur- plus revenue and returned to same when reimbursement is received, and to transfer the sum of $5,415.78 from the 1966 Chapter 90 monies for new construction on School, Chestnut, and King Streets to new construction on School and King Streets, or act anything thereon. ia : Article 11. To see if the town will vote to appropri- ate from monies allotted under Chapter 679, Acts of 1965, the sum of $4,180.58 for new construction on School and King Streets, or act anything thereon. Article 12. To see if the town will vote to appropri- ate from the Machinery Earnings Account the sum of $800.00 for the purchase of a snow plow for the Highway Department, or act anything thereon. Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to continue construction of the sidewalk on the old sidewalk bed which runs on the easterly side of North Street approximately 1,000 feet in a northwesterly direction, or act anything thereon. (By petition) Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer the sum of $1,000.00 to elec- trify the town clock, or act anything thereon. Article 15. To see if the town will vote to place street lights in the following locations At the residence of Charles Zononi on Pantry Road, North Hatfield, pole #17, At the residence of Joseph Zalinski, Raymond Avenue, pole #1, At the residence of Peter Kotch, Elm Street, pole #26, On West Street, West Hatfield, between the homes of Anna Mullins and Dorothy Engle- hardt, pole #82, On Primrose Path between the homes of Eggles- ton and Levine, pole #9, On Pleasant View Drive, poles #4 and #8, On Bridge Street, poles #26, #32, #35, and #38, On Depot Road, North Hatfield, at the residence of Frederick Warren, pole #2/61, or act anything thereon.