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WILMINGTON, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR, ENDING DECEMBER 31
1925
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ELECTED AND APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS, 1925
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor FRANK W. DAYTON, Chairman ARTHUR W. GIROUX CHARLES F. PERRY
Assessors
ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE J. HOWARD EAMES JAMES E. KELLEY
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1928 Term expires 1926
Town Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY
Treasurer FRANK L. EAMES
Collector of Taxes
GEORGE W. BUCK
Town Accountant HARRY R. DEMING
Constable WALTER. A. HILL
Police Department WALTER A. HILL, Chief
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Special Police
ELMER W. EATON
EDWARD HARRIS
ALBERT J. SPAULDING
EDWARD S. LEWIS
WALTER J. HARRISON ROBB W. HAUCK
WALTER F. ELLSWORTH CHARLES D. REILLY
ALEXANDER BRABANT CHARLES W. MILLER
GEORGE S. FOOTE HARRY G. PIERSON ALBERT A. HAYWARD
Keeper of Lock-up WALTER A. HILL
Board of Survey SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
MAURICE P. GALLAGHER
Term expires 1928 HARRY P. JONES Term expires 1926 ALDICE G. EAMES Term expires 1927
JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board
Fence Viewers BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Field Drivers
WILLIAM J. RODDEN EDWARD W. TAYLOR CHARLES D. REILLY
Pound Keeper CHARLES D. REILLY
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Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber
HERBERT C. BARROWS EDWARD N. EAMES
SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH ARTHUR W. EAMES
WALTER L. HALE THOMAS T. SIDELINKER
HARRY R. DEMING ARNOLD D. CARTER WILLIAM T. LEWIS
Measurers of Leather
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
HARRY R. DEMING REGINALD J. FROTTON
Public Weighers of Merchandise
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
FRED W. CARTER
AUSTIN C. TAYLOR
J. ARTHUR TAYLOR
ALFRED S. BLACKBURN HARRY R. DEMING JOHN A. HOWE WALTER L. HALE
Sealer of Weights and Measures ERNEST R. CURRIER
Janitor of Town Hall OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent of Streets GEORGE S. FOOTE
SELECTMEN
Board of Health DR. DANIEL T. BUZZELL, Agent
Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
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Inspectors of Meats and Provisions ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE GEORGE L. FLINT
Chief of Fire Department EDWIN L. DAY
Forest Fire Warden EDWIN L. DAY
Deputy Forest Fire Wardens
OLIVER A. McGRANE OTIS A. ELLIS
WINFRED W. RICE GEORGE S. FOOTE
Cemetery Committee SELECTMEN GEORGE F. NEWCOMB, Superintendent
Common Committee
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1928
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1926
CHARLES F. PERRY
Term expires 1927
School Committee
PETER NEILSON
Term expires 1928
ALFRED S. ALLEN
Term expires 1928
HELEN H. BUCK
Term expires 1926
OLIVIA H. NORCROSS
Term expires 1926
JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1927
HARRY W. DeLORIEA
Term expires 1927
Inspector of Buildings EDWARD J. CROTEAU
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Board of Appeal HARRY R. DEMING ARTHUR W. EAMES LOUIS T. McMAHON
Undertakers EDWARD M. NICHOLS JOSEPH B. McMAHON
Burial Agent JOHN H. SIMPSON
Trustees of Public Library
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1928
PETER NEILSON
Term expires 1928
CHARLES C. ALDEN
Term expires 1926
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1926
DANIEL T. BUZZELL
Term expires 1927
HELEN H. BUCK
Term expires 1927
Trustees of Trust Funds
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1928
EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1926
PHILIP B. BUZZELL Term expires 1927
Tree Warden OLIVER A. McGRANE
Superintendent for Suppressing Moths OLIVER A. McGRANE
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
Term expires 1926
MILDRED E. NEILSON
Term expires 1927
JOHN W. HATHAWAY Term expires 1928
GERALD F. FRAZEE
Term expires 1929
ARTHUR W. GIROUX
Term expires 1930
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Finance Committee
CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1928
FRANK M. TIFFANY
Term expires 1928
THOMAS C. DALY
Term expires 1928
OSCAR A. LUNDGREN
Term expires 1926
LOUIS T. DOUCETTE
Term expires 1926
GEORGE H. VOTER
Term expires 1926
WALDO L. DEAN
Term expires 1927
LOUIS T. McMAHON
Term expires 1927
HERBERT C. BARROWS
Term expires 1927
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
JOHN E. DENEHEY
HAROLD SWAIN
EBER P. MELZAR
EUGENE G. SHAW
JOHN F. MUSE
JOSEPH H. SURRETTE.
HENRY A. McMAHON JOHN W. SIMPSON
MARGARET W. DeLORIEA MARY L. CAIL.
ELEANOR M. LIVINGSTON ROSE T. CAVANAUGH
Moderator
EDWARD N. EAMES
JURY LIST, TOWN OF WILMINGTON
Revised by Board of Selectmen, July 20, 1925
Name
Occupation
Street
Charles H. Black
Clerk
Church
Charles V. Blaisdell
Teamster
Parker
Roger S. Buck
Machinist
Woburn
Joseph A. Caron
Station agent
Burlington
Donald K. Colgate
Painter
Church
Joseph A. Cotton
Real estate
off Thurston
Irvin Eames
Retired
Woburn
M. Herbert Foskett
Printer
Ballardvale
Maurice P. Gallagher
Currier
Middlesex
Charles F. Goodson
Plumber
Woburn
Walter J. Harrison
Baggage man
Andover
Chester T. Horton Charles A. Livingston
Grocer
Burlington
Frank H. Lyon
Shipper
off Clark
George C. McKittrick
Crossing man
Eames
Louis T. McMahon
Superintendent
Middlesex Cottage
Clerk
Middlesex
Daniel C. Norcross
Machinist
Shawsheen
Jerome J. O'Leary
Pensioner
Swain
Charles F. Perry
Janitor
Church
Leon A. Rhine
Laundryman
Woburn
Wilbur A. Sheldon
Clerk
Clark
Arthur L. Williams
Tower man
Wil. Junction
John H. Woodman
Clerk
Federal garden
Fred U. Wyman
Clerk
Church
Carpenter
Swain
John H. Muse Louis A. Nichols
Laborer
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Records of Warrants and Proceedings of Town Meetings, Births, Marriages and Deaths, with a Statement of Money Paid to the County Treasurer on account of Dog Licenses
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TOWN WARRANT
To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington : Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the second day of March next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 9.45 a.m. and shall be closed at 8 p.m. for the election of Town Officers.
Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen, who shall also act as Overseers of the Poor and Board of Survey; one Assessor for two years; one As- sessor for three years; Town Clerk; Treasurer ; Collector of Taxes; Constable ; Three Fence Viewers ; Two members of the School Committee for three years; Two trustees of the Public Library for three years; One trustee of Trust Funds for three years; One member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years; Trec Warden; Mod- erator; also to vote on the following question, to wit : "Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of certain non- intoxicating beverages in this Town?" Yes or No.
You are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wil- mington, who are qualified to vote on elections and Town affairs, therein to assemble subsequently, and, meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in
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said Town of Wilmington, on Monday, the ninth (9) day of March, A.D. 1925, at eight (8) o'clock p.m., then and there to act on the following articles :
Art. 2. To choose all other Town Officers for the en- suing year.
Art. 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Art. 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items:
General Government
Public Library
Protection of Life and Property
Cemetery
Tree Warden
Notes Payable
Forest Fires
Street Lights
Health and Sanitation
Street Department
Printing Care of Town Clock
Support of Poor
Finance Committee
Dependent Widows
Reserve Fund
Soldiers' Relief
School Department
Interest
Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year.
Art. 6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to determine how the same will be expended.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of seventy-five ($75) dollars for the up- keep of Regan Park, Rogers Park and Thomas Nee Park, or do anything in relation thereto.
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Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars for Public Health Work, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars or some other amount, and elect a Director, the money to be ex- pended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for county aid to Agricul- ture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Ser- vice under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee of three to make recommendations for a suitable Memo- rial to those who served in the World War of 1917, and report at the next annual Town Meeting. To set aside the sum of one thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars and eighty-three cents ($1,475.83) returned by the State from Poll Taxes, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or any other amount for the erection of a School Building in the Silver Lake District; also determine how this amount shall be raised or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or any other amount for the purchase of land for School purposes and determine how the amount shall be raised, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to exercise the right of Eminent Domain if necessary in securing land for School purposes.
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Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to complete that portion of the sidewalk under construction on Main Street between Lake Street and Clark Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to widening Forest Street from Burlington Avenue and Forest Street to Randolph Road, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money necessary for the widening of Forest Street from Burlington Avenue, and Forest Street to Randolph Road, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept addi- tions to its By-Laws in relation to laying out and accept- ance of new streets in the Town of Wilmington as recom- mended by the Finance Committee in the Warrant at the Annual March Meeting, 1924 (under Article 28), and re- ferred to a future Town Meeting, or what they will do in relation to the same.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 2, Section 5, of the Town By-Laws, relating to the Com- missioners of Trust Funds, by eliminating Section 5 and substituting therefor the following:
A-"All funds left to the Town in trust for various pur- poses shall be deposited with the Town Treasurer. He shall give a receipt to the depositor for any sum so received. The Treasurer shall then notify the Com- missioners of Trust Funds of the receipt of such funds, and hand to them the deed of trust. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds and securities of such trust funds, and shall invest and reinvest them,
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and expend therefrom money as directed by the Com- missioners. The Treasurer shall furnish a separate bond satisfactory to them for the faithful perform- ance of his duties.
B-"Said Trustees of Trust Funds shall report, in print, at every annual Town Meeting the names of all per- sons whose deposits they have received from the Treasurer, the income to, and the outlay made on the respective lots for the year then expired, and the bal- ance then standing to the credit of the same, and shall also state the standing of all other funds that may have been placed in their charge."
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to instruct and authorize the School Committee to hold a Fire Drill in all the schools once a week during the school term.
Art. 20. To see how much the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Vocational Training and continuance of School expenses, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 21. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to fixing the compensation of the School Committee.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five thousand one hundred and fifty- two dollars and fifty-six cents ($5,152.56), the same being deficiency in revenue for the year 1924, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of two thousand five hundred ninety- five dollars ($2,595), account of Civilian War Poll Taxes of 1923, now standing on the Town books, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand one hundred fourteen dollars and twenty-three cents ($1,114.23), the same being unpaid bills of the School Department, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three hundred ninety-three dollars and five cents ($393.05), the same being unpaid bills of the Highway Department, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three thousand eight hundred ninety- eight dollars and thirty-seven cents ($3,898.37), the same being overdrafts for the year 1924.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to set aside a part of the Town Farm property, the same to be used for Town Forest purposes, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a Power Loader for the Highway Department, or do any- thing in relation thereto.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of laying out and opening up a new section of the cemetery, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) under Chapter 90, Section 34, of the General Laws, to be ex-
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pended under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, or do anything in relation thereto. "Salem Street."
Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract to extend the lights from the B. & M. bridge on Eames Street to the Junction of Eames and Main Streets, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for electric lights to be installed on Columbia Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Park Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for one Electric Light to be installed on Concord Street, or do anything in relation thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal of said Town this six- teenth day of February, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.
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PRODAT
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FRANK W. DAYTON, CHARLES F. PERRY, CARL S. PETTENGILL, Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of Annual Town Meeting Held March 2, 1925
In accordance with the directions of the foregoing War- rant, the voters assembled on the above date. The meet- ing was called to order by the Town Clerk, and Article 1 and as far as Article 2 of the Warrant was read by the Town Clerk; the Moderator then examined the ballot box which was found empty, the register indicated 0000, the box was locked and the key delivered to the Constable.
The Ballot Clerks and Tellers having been sworn, the official ballots were delivered to the Ballot Clerks, a receipt for the same being taken by the Town Clerk.
The Moderator announced that the polls for the election . of officers were open and that balloting might proceed.
At the appointed time stated in the Warrant the Mod- erator declared the Polls closed. The names checked upon the lists numbered seven hundred and fifty-six (756) and the ballots as counted from the ballot box numbered seven hundred and fifty-six (756) and the register indicated seven hundred and fifty-six (756). The following is the vote for Town Officers as declared by the Moderator.
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Selectmen (To act as Overseers of Poor and Board of Survey)
Votes
Leon F. Call had two hundred and eighty-eight 288
Elected, Frank W. Dayton had four hundred and fifty- three 453
Elected, Arthur W. Giroux had three hundred and ninety-eight 398
Walter L. Hale had three hundred and forty-eight 348
Elected, Charles F. Perry had four hundred and eighty- two 482
Charles V. Blaisdell had one 1
Louis T. McMahon had one 1
John Denehy had one 1
Blanks, two hundred and ninety-six 296
Assessors (Three Years)
Elected, J. Howard Eames had six hundred and thirty 630 Blanks, one hundred and twenty-six 126
Assessors (Two Years to Fill Vacancy)
Elected, Arthur W. Sprague had five hundred and sixty-two 562
Blanks, one hundred and ninety-four 194
Town Clerk
Elected, James E. Kelley had six hundred and sixty- eight 668
Ed Day had one 1
Blanks, eighty-seven 87
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Treasurer
Elected, Frank L. Eames had six hundred and thirty-
one 631
Blanks, one hundred and twenty-five 125
Collector of Taxes
Elected, George W. Buck had six hundred and fifty-
eight 658
Blanks, ninety-eight 98
Constable
Elected, Walter A. Hill had five hundred and eighty-
four
584
Blanks, one hundred and seventy-two 172
Fence Viewers
Elected, Frank W. Dayton had four hundred and forty- three 443
Elected, Arthur W. Giroux had three hundred and fifty- six 356
Walter L. Hale had three hundred and forty-eight 348
Elected, Charles F. Perry had four hundred and forty- five 445
Carl S. Pettengill had two hundred and ninety-seven 297 Leon Call had three 3
Blanks, three hundred and seventy-six 376
School Committee (Three Years)
Elected, Alfred S. Allen had five hundred and thirty- five 535
M. Herbert Foskett had two hundred and sixty-five 265 Elected, Peter Neilson had four hundred and forty-two 442 Charles F. Perry had one 1
Blanks, two hundred and sixty-nine 269
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Trustees Public Library (Three Years)
Elected, Edward N. Eames had five hundred and six- teen 516
Natalie A. Giroux had three hundred and thirty- seven 337
Elected, Peter Neilson had three hundred and seventy- five 375
Blanks, two hundred and eight-four 284
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee (Five Years)
Elected, Arthur W. Giroux had three hundred and thirty-five 335
Frank A. Roman had three hundred and eleven 311
Blanks, one hundred and ten 110
Trustee of Trust Funds (Three Years)
Elected, Caleb S. Harriman had six hundred and five 605
Blanks, one hundred and fifty-one 151
Tree Warden
Elected, Oliver A. McGrane had six hundred and forty-
six 646
Blanks, one hundred and ten 110
Moderator
Elected, Edward N. Eames had four hundred and sixty- nine 469
Archie S. Thurston had two hundred and eighteen 218
After a declaration of the vote by the Moderator and administering the oath of office to the following named per- sons, Frank W. Dayton, Charles F. Perry and Arthur W. Giroux as Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Fence Viewers and Board of Survey ; Walter A. Hill as Constable, Oliver A. McGrane as Tree Warden, and James E. Kelley as Town Clerk, the meeting adjourned until Monday, March 9th, at 8 o'clock at the Grange Hall.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of the Adjourned Annual Meeting in the Grange Hall, March 9, 1925
. At the appointed time the meeting was called to order by the Moderator and Article 2 of the Warrant read.
Article 2. On motion : Voted a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to bring in a list of names as nominations for the several offices to be filled under the article. The Moderator appointed Louis T. McMahon, Charles C. Alden and Charles F. Perry, who submitted the following list :
Field Drivers
William J. Rodden Edward W. Taylor Charles D. Reilly
Public Weighers of Merchandise
J. Arthur Taylor Fred W. Carter
Walter L. Hale
Austin C. Taylor
Harry R. Deming Arthur F. Blake Alfred S. Blackburn John A. Howe
Measurers of Leather
J. Arthur Taylor Harry R. Deming Arthur F. Blake
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Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Herbert C. Barrows
Schamiel R. McIntosh
Thomas T. Sidelinker
Arthur W. Eames
Edward N. Eames
Harry R. Deming Walter L. Hale Arnold D. Carter
Finance Committee (Three Years)
Caleb S. Harriman Frank M. Tiffany Thomas C. Daly
Common Committee (Three Years)
Caleb S. Harriman
On motion voted : That the list be accepted and adopted and the nominees declared elected.
Article 3. To hear reports of Committees and act there- on.
To the Citizens of the Town of Wilmington:
The Committee appointed at the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1924, for the purpose of bringing in further plans and recommendations for the building of the school in the West district, beg to submit the following report:
The Committee had in mind at first, securing a location that would be accessible to the scholars, not only from the Silver Lake district, but from the West part of the Town. The district has been thoroughly looked over for available and suitable sites, and we regret to state that this entire district showed very few places which we could recom- mend for the erection of a school house because of the swampy land and poor drainage. Further deliberation made us feel that it would hardly be possible for us to locate a building that would accommodate both the Silver Lake and West districts, and the sites narrowed down to
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three : one on Mrs. Thompson's land, one on Main Street, near the Tewksbury line, and another on Main Street, just above Bridge Lane. Mrs. Thompson does not desire to sell, and the land near the Tewksbury line and Main Street had a prohibitive price on it. We finally concluded that the best location was on Main Street, near Bridge Lane, on the south side of Main Street. There is land enough for school purposes and we believe we can build a school with a dry cellar and sufficient drainage to keep the building in proper condition. An architect looked over the locations and he decided that it was quite de- sirable and that it was located on the side of the street which would give proper lighting for school purposes.
It has come to the attention of the Committee, in an indirect way, that there was an agitation to abandon the idea of a district school and make an addition to the Walker School instead. The Committee therefore thought that we should report back to this Town Meeting and let the voters determine whether they wish to build a school in the West district, or to make an addition to the Walker School, or take any other action toward additional school facilities at this time. The Committee were without funds or without the power to negotiate the purchase of any land and were, therefore, unable to proceed any further without additional instructions from the Town.
There is argument for both the district school and for the centralization school from an educational standpoint, and also the matter must be approached from a financial standpoint. A two-room school will cost, furnished, out- side of the price of the land, approximately $15,000. The question arises whether it is prudent for us to confine our building to a two-room school. An examination of the records of births for the last five years would indicate a considerable increase in our scholars during the coming years, and it is questionable whether a two-room building would be equal to housing the scholars which we will have to accommodate. A four-room addition to the Walker
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School would probably cost about $40,000. A similar addi- tion of four rooms was made in Tewksbury last year at a cost of $39,000. There is, of course, the other alternative of double sessions with the cost of an additional teaching staff.
We respectfully place this matter before the voters and ask them for further instructions.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. MARY DALEY, EDWARD NEILSON, CARL PETTENGILL, WALTER CURRIER, L. T. McMAHON, Chairman, Committee on Additional School Facilities.
On motion : Voted the report be accepted.
To the Citizens:
Thrift, we are told, means wise and prudent manage- ment. It does not necessarily mean the hoarding of funds but rather providing for actual needs with the elimination of luxuries. Since the inception of the Finance Committee our purpose has been to promote and encourage the spirit of thrift in the expenditure of Town Funds. Careful con- sideration has been given every matter presented to the Committee, and if we felt the expenditure was justified we have so recommended to the voters, otherwise we ex- pressed disapproval. This disapproval does not always signify that we did not believe the matter unworthy of consideration but it does mean that we felt that at that particular time the matter should be laid aside in the in- terests of economy.
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