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52ND
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Norwood MASSACHUSETTS
For Year Ending December 31
1923
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NORWOOD, MASS. AMBROSE PRESS, INC., PRINTERS 1924
TOWN OFFICIALS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1923
Selectmen: FRANK G. ALLEN, 1921-1924, Chairman; ED- MUND G. DALTON, 1923-1926; WALTER F. TILTON, 1921-1924; H. EUGENE RICE, 1923-1926; THOMAS B. MULVEHILL, 1922-1925.
Finance Commission: CHARLES J. PRESCOTT, 1923-
1926, Chairman; ARTHUR W: COOLIDGE, 1921- 1924, Secretary; FRANK A. FALES, 1922-1925. Moderator: JAMES A. HALLORAN, 1923.
Town Counsel: JAMES A. HALLORAN.
Town Clerk and Accountant: JAMES E. PENDERGAST.
Assistant: CHARLES P. STONE.
Treasurer and Collector: HAROLD W. GAY, 1923. General Manager: WILLIAM P. HAMMERSLEY.
Superintendent of Public Works: JOSEPH E. CONLEY.
Superintendent of Municipal Light: FRED A. BARTON. Superintendent of Cemetery: GEORGE ALFRED SMITH. Town Engineer: GEORGE ALBERT SMITH.
Chief of Police: WILLIAM C. KINDELAN.
School Board: FREDERICK A. CLEVELAND, 1921-1924, Chairman; JULIA R. O'BRIEN, 1923-1926; FLOR- ENCE M. FIELD, 1923-1926; BRAINARD ROWE, 1922-1925; ARTHUR A. HARTWELL, 1921-1924; EDWARD F. BRENNAN, 1922-1925.
Superintendent of Schools: HERBERT H. HOWES. Sealer of Weights and Measures: HARRY M. KING. Building Inspector: FORREST M. DOUGLASS.
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NORWOOD. MAES
52ND
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Norwood
MASSACHUSETTS
For Year Ending December 31
1923
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT.
ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND VITAL STATISTICS.
RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Monday, January 15, 1923, and adjournment to March 20, 1923.
On a Warrant duly issued by the Selectmen, under date of January 2, 1923, and signed by Frank G. Allen, Thomas B. Mulvehill, H. Eugene Rice, Walter F. Tilton and Edmund G. Dalton, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which Warrant was duly attested by J. Irving Reid, . Constable of Norwood.
All of the requirements of the Statutes and By-Laws relating to elec- tions and Town Meetings having been complied with, the meeting was called to order, the articles contained in the Warrant and the action there- under being as follows:
Article 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, namely: two Selectmen for three years (who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways); one Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year; one Finance Commissioner for three years; one Moderator for one year; one member of the Board of Health for three years; two members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; one Trustee of the Morrill Memorial Library for one year to fill vacancy; two members of the Planning Board for three years; six Constables for one year; and also upon the same ballot to vote upon the following questions:
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating bev- erages in this town?" and "Shall the Town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the Commonwealth?"
Two Selectmen for three years.
Edmund G. Dalton had seven hundred twenty-nine (729), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
H. Eugene Rice had six hundred and fifty-three (653), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
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Edward H. Allen had five hundred eighty-three (583). Arthur J. Forrest had five hundred fifty (550). John F. Kiley had five hundred sixteen (516). Blanks, three hundred ninety-one (391).
Finance Commissioner for three years.
Charles J. Prescott had one thousand one hundred seventy-two (1172), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, two. Blanks, five hundred thirty-seven (537).
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year.
Harold W. Gay had one thousand three hundred sixty (1360), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, three.
Blanks, three hundred forty-eight (348).
Moderator for one year.
James A. Halloran had one thousand two hundred sixty-two (1262), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, five.
Blanks, four hundred forty-four (444).
One member of Board of Health for three years.
Joseph J. Hagerty had one thousand seventy-eight (1078), elected. Scattering, twelve.
Blanks, six hundred twenty-one (621).
Two members of School Committee for three years.
Julia R. O'Brien had one thousand seventy-eight (1078), elected.
Florence M. Field had six hundred seventy-eight (678), elected. Herbert V. Brady had five hundred ten (510).
Margaret McCarthy had four hundred thirty-five (435).
Scattering, fourteen.
Blanks, seven hundred thirty-five (735).
Two Trustees of Morrill Memorial Library for three years.
Willard W. Everett had eight hundred eighty-eight (888), elected. Maude A. Shattuck had five hundred thirty-eight (538), elected. Scattering, fourteen.
Blanks, one thousand nine hundred eighty-one (1981). .
One Trustee of Morrill Memorial Library for one year, to fill vacancy. M. Agnes Mahoney had one thousand eighty-two (1082), elected. Scattering, one hundred one.
Blank, five hundred thirty-one (531).
Two members of Planning Board for three years. John C. Johnson had nine hundred twenty-five (925), elected. William G. Upham had nine hundred six (906), elected. Scattering, four.
Blanks, fifteen hundred eighty-nine (1589).
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Six Constables for one year.
William J. Barrett had eleven hundred forty-eight (1148), eleeted.
Peter N. Curran had eleven hundred thirty-nine (1139), elected.
J. Irving Reid had nine hundred forty-three (943), eleeted.
Patriek Coyne had twenty-two, eleeted.
Charles R. Donnell had sixteen, eleeted.
Thomas C. Lydon had nineteen, elected.
Seattering, eighty-nine.
Blanks, six thousand eight hundred sixty-five (6865).
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating bev- erages in this Town?"
Yes, six hundred thirty-one (631).
No, six hundred thirty-three (633).
Blanks, four hundred forty-seven (447).
"Shall the Town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the Commonwealth?"
Yes, five hundred forty-six (546).
No, two hundred seventy-nine (279).
Blanks, eight hundred eighty-six (886).
Article 2. To hear and act on reports of Town Officers and Committees.
Voted: That the report of the Town Officers be aeeepted as printed.
Voted: That the report of the Town Planning Board be accepted as printed.
Voted: That the report of the Street Railway Committee be accepted as a report of progress.
Voted: That the report of the Committee on Town Memorial be ae- eepted as a report of progress.
Voted: That the preliminary report of the Baleh School Building Com- mittee be accepted as a report of progress.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Voted: To so authorize the Treasurer.
Article 5. To see what disposition the Town will make of money re- ceived for dog licenses.
Voted: That this article be laid upon the table and taken up and aeted upon with Article 6, Sub-division D, Section 6. .
Article 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the current fiscal year for the following pur- poses, or take any other action in the matter:
1. Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways.
(a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) That the Selectmen receive no salaries. (b) By taxation, for ineidental and personal expenses of the Seleetmen, the sum of $100.00.
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2. Town Clerk and Accountant and Town Bookkeeper. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: Salary of Town Clerk, $400.00; salary of Town Accountant and Town Bookkeeper, $2,900.00. For incidental expenses the sum of $7,025.00. And that all fees received shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
3. Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. (a) Salaries. (b) In- cidentals.
Voted: Salary of Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, $1,500. For in- eidentals, including premium on suretyship bond, the sum of $2,750.00 By taxation.
4. Assessors. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salaries of Assessors, $1,200.00; for incidental expenses, $1,250.00. By taxation.
5. Certification of Bonds and Notes.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $200.00.
6. Finance Commission. (a) Incidentals ..
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $100.00.
7. Law. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation, for salary the sum of $1,200.00 and for incidental expenses the sum of $600.00, of which $500.00 is for expenses incurred in connection with the Neponset River Expense Apportionment proceedings.
8. Election and Registration. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation, for salarics the sum of $300.00 and for ineidentals the sum of $800.00.
9. Town Offices. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $1,100.00.
10. General Manager. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals, including pre- mium on suretyship bond.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $4,500.00 and for incidentals, ineluding premium on suretyship bond, the sum of $150.00.
11. Engineering. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $2,200.00 and for incidental expenses the sum of $1,260.00.
12. Board of Survey. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $100.00.
13. Planning Board. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $600.00.
B. Protection of Persons and Property.
1. Police Department, including prosecution of illegal sale of non-in- toxicating beverages.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $24,850.00.
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2. Fire Department. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
· Voted: By taxation, for salaries and wages the sum of $8,715.00 and for incidental expenses the sum of $2,200.00.
3. Maintenance and Extension of Fire Alarm System.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $930.00.
4. Inspector of Buildings. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation, for salary the sum of $500.00 and for incidental expenses $75.00.
5. Inspector of Cattle.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $150.00.
6. Sealer of Weights and Measures. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation, for salary the sum of $350.00 and incidentals the sum of $75.00, and that all fees received shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
7. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth and other Insect Pest Extermination.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $3,955.00.
8. Care and Planting of Shade Trees.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $1,600.00.
9. Street Lighting.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $5,000.00.
C. Health and Sanitation.
1. Board of Health. . (a) Salaries. (b) Contagious Diseases, Refuse and Garbage Disposal, Maintenance of Town Dump and Incidental Ex- penses.
Voted: By taxation, for (a) salaries $100.00 and (b) Contagious Diseases, Refuse and Garbage disposal, maintenance of Town Dump, incidental ex- penses including Dental, Medical and Health Clinics, $10,980.00.
2. Sewer Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Particular Sewers.
Voted: For maintenance of the Sewer Department the sum of $9,690.00 by taxation and (b) for Particular Sewers the sum of $5,000.00 by taxation.
3. Sewer Construction
Voted: By borrowing the sum of $28,000.00 and the further sum of $11,000 by taxation.
4. Maintenance and construction of Main Drains and Cleaning Brooks and Drains other than Main Drains.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $2,700.00 for maintenance and the further sum of $7,600.00 by taxation for construction.
5. Removal of Ashes.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $1,500.00.
D. Miscellaneous.
1. Maintenance, repairs and construction of highways, culverts and bridges, highway equipment, paving gutters, building sidewalks, setting
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edgestones, removal of snow and ice, sanding sidewalks, street signs and guide boards and operation of stone crusher plant.
Voted: For the foregoing purposes, excepting removal of snow, surfacing with macadam pavement and construction of granolithic sidewalks, by taxation the sum of $18,000.00, by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of $26,000.00, by borrowing the sum of $14,000.00, which sum shall be available only for the following purposes; namely,
Surfacing with macadam pavement. $9,000.00
Construction of granolithic sidewalks. 5,000.00
and further sumn for the removal of snow, by taxation. $7.500.00.
2. (a) Institutional and Outside Relief. (b) Aid for Dependent Mothers.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $29,000.00.
3. Salary of Town Physician.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $200.00.
4. Soldiers' Benefits.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $1,850.00.
5. Support of Schools.
Voted: That Articles 7 and 8 be taken up and considered and further voted that Articles 7 and 8 be considered together with Article 6, Sub- division D, Section 5.
Voted :. By taxation, the sum of $241,260.00.
6. Support of Morrill Memorial Library.
Voted: That Article 5 be taken from the table and acted upon with Article 6, Sub-division D, Section 6.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $9,644.00 and the further sum of $856.13 being money received for Dog Licenscs.
7. The use of George K. Bird Post, No. 169, G. A. R., to decorate Soldiers' Graves on Memorial Day.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $325.00.
8. Recreation and Parks.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $400.00.
9. Printing and Distribution of Town Reports.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $800.00. .
10. Defraying incidental and other necessary expense not otherwise provided for.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $500.00.
11. Band Concerts.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $500.00.
E. Public Service.
1. Electric Light Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Operation. (c) Depreciation. (d) New Construction. (e) Repairs.
Voted: "The following sums from the treasury of the Electric Light De- partment: Construction, $6,165.00; Maintenance, Operation and Repairs,
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$131,640.00; Depreciation, $8,710.00; Debt, $12,500.00; Interest, $3,286.00.
2. Water Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Construction.
Voted: From treasury of the Water Department the sum of $32,500.00 for maintenance and operation; $11,000.00 for construction; $4,430.00 for interest, and $12,900.00 for debt requirements.
F. Cemeteries. 1. Maintenance and Improvement.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $1,200.00 and from available balance in the treasury the sum of $5,200.00.
G. Interest and Debt Requirements. 1. Interest Requirements.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $39,900.00 and by transfer the sum of $1,100.00 from the treasury of the Sewer Department to meet interest requirements in the following amounts:
Sewerage Loans
$ 8,885.50
Highway Loans
2,276.75
Park and Office Lot Loan
720.00
General Purpose Loans.
1,297.50
Park Purpose Loans.
22.00
County Hospital Loan
450.00
Public Works Yard Loan
46.00
School Purpose Loan
18,057.75
Loans in anticipation of revenue and other loans not herein provided for .
9,244.50
2. Bonds and Notes due in 1923.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $75,500.00 and by transfer $4,938.80 from treasury of Sewer Department and $561.20 from premiums, for the following respective bonds and notes:
Highway Purpose Loan
$14,300.00
Sewer Loans.
15,000.00
Park and Town Office Lot Loan
2,000.00
General Purpose Loan
10,300.00
Park Purpose Loan .
1,100.00
County Hospital Loan.
5,000.00
Public Works Yard Loan
1,600.00
School Purpose Loans.
31,700.00
H. Insurance on Town Property.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $5,575.00 and by transfer the sum of $125.00 from treasury of Electric Light Department and $250.00 from treasury of Water Department.
I. Abatement of Taxes.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $500.00.
J. Reserve Fund.
Voted: by taxation, the sum of $1,000.00.
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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to maintain an evening school as provided by law and raise and appropriate money for such purpose, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Action taken with Article 6, Sub-division D, Section 5.
Article 8. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for industrial educational purposes, or take any other action in the matter. Voted: Action taken with Article 6, Sub-division D, Section 5.
Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the establishment and maintenance of con- tinuation schools or courses of instruction, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Action indefinitely postponed.
Article 10. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to pay not more than the ordinary and reasonable compensation for care actually rendered or furnished by the Norwood Hospital or other hospitals in the vicinity of Norwood to such persons as may be in whole or in part unable to care for themselves, the same to be in addition to sums appro- priated for the care of contagious diseases and for institutional relief, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That. Articles 10 and 11 be considered together.
Article 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the employment of district or other nurses, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Action under Articles 10 and .11.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $1,200.00 for the foregoing purposes.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of As- sessors to take appropriate action as provided by law for the earlier col- lection of poll taxes, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To so instruct the Board of Assessors.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to sell and direct the Selectmen to convey by a proper deed to Hugo B. C. Riemer a certain parcel of land lying southerly of land now owned by said Reimer, easterly of land of one Williamson, bounded on all other sides by land of the Town of Norwood, containing approximately 860 square feet and being a part of land taken by the Town of Norwood for park purposes, or take any other action in the matter. (On petition of Clara Fiedler and others.)
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Voted: Action indefinitely postponed.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to adopt by-laws relative to billboards, signs and other advertising devices in accordance with the provisions of Section 29 of Chapter 93 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative to said matters.
· Voted: That the following by-law be and the same is hereby adopted, viz .:
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BILLBOARD BY-LAW
Section 1. No person, firm, association or corporation shall post, erect, display or maintain a billboard, sign or other advertising device, except as provided in Section 32 of Chapter 93 of the General Laws, exceeding 5 feet in height or 8 feet in length, within 300 feet of any public park, reserva- tion, playground or public way, if within public view from any portion of such park, reservation, playground or way; and no billboard, sign or device placed within 300 feet of any such park, reservation, playground or public way and within view shall be nearer than 50 feet to any other such bill- board, sign or device; or at the junction of any public ways, and within a radius of 150 feet from the point where the center lines of such ways inter- sect; or in any location unless the lowest part of such billboard, sign or device is at least 3 feet above the ground and the entire structure including its braces and supports is maintained in good repair, well painted, free from accumulations of rubbish and filth, and from the pupae, eggs and caterpillars of insect pests; provided that this section shall not apply to signs or devices which advertise or indicate either the person occupying the premises in question or the business transacted thereon, or advertise the property itself or any part thereof as being "For Sale" or "To Let."
Section 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this by-law shall be punished by a finc of not more than one hundred dollars.
RESOLUTION OFFERED
Resolved: That the Citizens of Norwood in Regular Town Meeting assembled do hereby extend a hearty vote of thanks and appreciation to all Town officials for services rendered the Town during the past year.
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING March 20, 1923
On a Warrant duly issued by the Selectmen and dated March 6, A. D. 1923, and signed by Frank G. Allen, Thomas B. Mulvehill, Edmund G. Dalton and H. Eugene Rice, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which Warrant was duly attested by J. Irving Reid, Constable of Nor- wood.
All of the requirements of the Statutes and By-Laws relating to Town Meetings having been complied with, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, James A. Halloran, the articles contained in this Warrant and the action taken thereunder being as follows:
Article 1. To see whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money or otherwise make provision to meet that portion of the expense and that care, maintenance and repair of Norfolk County Hospital
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apportioned by the County Commissioners upon the Town, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $8,833.80.
Article 2. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the expense of the resurfacing and relocation of Neponset Street and to pay the damages for land taken under the order and award of the County Commissioners of Norfolk County, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $10,000.00.
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST. Town Clerk and Accountant.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING November 16, 1923
On a Warrant duly issued by the Selectmen and dated November 6, A. D. 1923 and signed by Frank G. Allen, Walter F. Tilton, H. Eugene Rice and Thomas B. Mulvehill, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which was duly attested by Thomas C. Lydon, Constable of Norwood.
All of the requirements of the Statutes and By-Laws having been com- plied with, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, James A. Halloran, the articles contained in this Warrant and the action taken there- under being as follows:
Article 1. To hear and act upon
a. A report by the School Committee with reference to school building and school playground needs of the Town.
b. A report by the Town Planning Board with reference to school build- ing and school playground needs of the Town.
c. A report by the Committee on Town Memorial.
Voted: To accept the following report as offered by the Chairman of the School Committee:
SPECIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON NORWOOD'S PRESENT SCHOOL NEEDS. PREPARED FOR THE INFOR- MATION OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF NOVEM- BER 16, 1923
The Special Meeting, November 16, 1923, being to consider the school needs of the Town of Norwood, the School Committee, reporting, desires to call attention to the representations made in their last Annual Report. The parts of their report to which attention is asked are those bearing on the subjects of:
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1. Seating Requirements, present and prospective.
2. Recommendations for meeting these requirements.
3. Estimated cost for carrying out program suggested.
4. Effect in the debt and tax rate of the Town.
SEATING REQUIREMENTS
In the last annual report, the School Committee's estimates of probable seating requirements were based on the past ten years' experience. These estimates have been bornc out in the experience of the present year and the Committee believes they may be taken as our best guide for making plans in the years to come-assuming that the population of the Town of Norwood increases at the same rate during the next ten years as it has increased during the last ten years. In Table I shown below, the School membership data has been brought up to the present week, November 13.
TABLE I. SHOWING AVERAGE SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP SINCE 1912
School Year
Average Membership
Increase Each Year
Increases before, After and During the War
3 years Average
1912-1913
1707
93
1913-1914.
1839
132
1914-1915.
1990
151
390
130
1915-1916.
2097
107
1916-1917.
2163
66
1917-1918.
2250
87
232
772
1918-1919.
2329
79
1919-1920.
2461
132
1920-1921
2629
168
1921-1922.
2681
52*
As at December 1, 1922
2863
182
482
1603
As at September 17, 1923 .
2971
As at November 13, 1923 .
2999 +
* Entrance age raised, therefore omitted from average.
Estimate proposed December 31, 1922, for December 1, 1923-3024.
+ It seems probable that by February 1, mid-year, the membership will be about 3020.
From the foregoing, it seems clear that the estimate for December 1, 1923, which appeared in the Annual Report last year will be far afield and that Norwood must look forward for providing about 160 additional seats each year for the 5 years covered by this forecast.
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AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BY GRADES
In planning for school buildings, however, it is necessary to know the character of structures, having in mind the different grades of school work to be carried on. The basis for such calculation is found in Table II which follows. The only addition made to the table shown in the Annual Report is the insertion of the registration by grades as of September 17, and the calculation of the losses by classes in passing from one year to another.
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