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The causes for which children are most often excluded, except dur- ing epidemics, are the skin diseases and pediculosis.
Pupils in all the grades are showing marked improvement in the care of the teeth.
In many cases small cavities are overlooked in the first permanent teeth, as the children do not complain of toothache. I find very fre- quently a second tooth coming in out of place because a first tooth has not been removed, and by reminding the parents of this condition the
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children are sent to their dentist or to the Page Dental Clinic at the Melrose Hospital, where much valuable work has been done in the past few years. We are not finding as many decayed six-year molars as we did when this work began. The parents have been brought to real- ize that these are permanent teeth and only early attention can save them.
This year shows the largest number of operations for the removal of tonsils and adnoids.
The attendance and health of the pupils has been remarkable since the opening of school in September. This may be due somewhat to our nutrition clinic, where milk and cookies are served to the children at the morning recess; those who can paying a reasonable price, and those who cannot, but who need it the most, receiving it free of charge. Each child is weighed and measured every month and charts kept which show the gain or loss from time to time. Thus the interest of the children is stimulated and a spirit of rivalry appealed to. We sincerely hope that in the future, by co-operation, better physical con- dition and less susceptibility to disease, may be attained among the school children.
SUMMER HEALTH AND PLAY SCHOOL
The first Summer Health and Play School of Melrose was held during the summer of 1920 at the Lincoln School and was in session six weeks. This location had many advantages: plenty of play space, good facilities for preparing and serving the lunches, easy access to groves with shady paths for the walks, etc. The school opened July 6th with an enrollment of twenty-two children, eleven boys and eleven girls, ranging in age from six to eleven years of age and selected by the School Nurse. Most of them had lost much time during the school year on account of illness, and all were below the normal standard of health. Many lacked the proper food and care at home as the mothers worked. They came from all parts of the city and all our local na- tionalities were represented.
The children were examined upon entering and at the time of dis- charge, and were under nursing supervision and inspection daily. Each child was weighed and measured when entered and weekly thereafter during the school term. A record for each child was kept and at the close a notice was sent to the parents, stating the gain that their child had made during the session, and urging that they continue the work along the lines laid out for them by our health agents.
The attendance was remarkable, the instructor insisting upon this point. For the operation of the school, one instructor, the school nurse. and a matron, who prepared the food, were employed. Only one day was lost during the whole term on account of rain.
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A hot. nourishing noonday meal was served, besides a mid-morn- ing and mid-afternoon lunch. The daily routine did not vary much, the schedule being about as follows: At nine o'clock the children were assembled in the building and the day was opened with devotional exercises. fag salute. roll call and songs. Physical exercises and games followed on the playground. At ten o'clock hands were washed, a lunch of milk and crackers or cookies served and a toothbrush drill held, each child having been presented with a toothbrush. Then came games, after which the girls were taught to knit, sew and crochet, or share with the boys the swings, shute and teeters. On cool days the children were taken for a walk in the woods before the dinner hour, and after a wash-up the noon-day meal was served, when they learned to like new food, to eat slowly and in proper quantity.
The rest hour followed, which was a vital part of the program. At first this was a strenuous time for the instructor, as none of the children had been, accustomed to rest during the day. The habit of sleep or rest was readily acquired, however, and through the kindness of Miss Cook, Superintendent of the Melrose Hospital, the school was loaned the use of ten rugs for the pupils to lie on during the rest hour. Following came games, books or work and the children were dismissed for the day at three fifteen, after a lunch of milk and sand- wiches had been served. The gain in weight was as follows: One child gained 3 pounds, three gained 21/2 pounds, seven gained 11/2 pounds and six gained 1 pound. One boy lost weight and did not gain in strength, and was noticed coughing, so that was reported to the doctor, who, upon examination, placed him at Westfield for a time. Another boy who did not show an increase in weight was examined and a bad condition of the throat was found. With these exceptions, all of the children appeared to have been benefited, and to continue the work after the session closed, milk was sent daily to two of the pupils who seemed to need it most. Through the helpful co-operation of the school principals, milk is furnished daily free of charge to a number of the Summer School children at the morning recess.
Respectfully submitted,
MYRTLE S. MERIAM, R. N.
Public Health Nurse
Report of City Physician
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Alderinen:
Visits made for the Charity Department :
To patients in their homes
298
Office calls 55
Visits made for the Health Department: .
To patients in their homes 39
To patients at the hospital. 2
Visits of inspection and consultation 131
Office treatment for pupils of the public schools 37
Visits for the Police Department .
7
Vaccinations 45
Examinations by order of the Mayor 1
Maternity cases
1
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE P. HOLDEN
City Physician
Report of Overseers of the Poor
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l'o the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose.
Gentlemen :-
The Board of Overseers of the Poor herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1920.
PARTIAL SUPPORT
Individuals aided 221
Adults
82
Children
139
Having settlement in Melrose
132
Having settlement elsewhere in State
21
Having no known settlement
68
Families aided
53
Having settlement in Melrose
35
Having settlement elsewhere in State
7
Having no known settlement
11
FULL SUPPORT
Supported in private families 2
Children boarded by the State
8
At Massachusetts Hospital School
3
Supported in Malden City Home 2.
Cases discharged
1
APPROPRIATIONS
General Administration
$1,250:00
Outside Relief by City 4,500.00
Relief by other Cities and Towns 4,000.00
Mothers' Aid
4,500.00
Maintenance in Hospitals
1,000.00;
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation
$1,250.00
$1,250.00
Salaries of the Board
800.00
Expenses
289.43
Transfer to Outside Relief by City.
150.00
Excess and Deficiency
10.57
$1,250.00
OUTSIDE RELIEF BY CITY
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Transfer from General Administration
150.00
Transfer from Relief by Other Cities and Towns
500.00
$5,150.00
Expended
$5,144.39
Excess and Deficiency
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5,150.00
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS
Appropriations
$4,000.00
Less transfer to Outside Relief by City
500.00
Less transfer to Mothers' Aid
500.00
$3,000.00
Expended
$2,761.84
Excess and Deficiency
238.16
$3,000.00
MOTHERS' AID
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Transfer from Relief by Other Cities and Towns
500.00
$5,000.00
Expended
4,888.82
Excess and Deficiency
111.18
$5,000.00
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CITY OF MELROSE HOSPITALS
Appropriation
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Expenses
978.71
Excess and Deficiency
21.29
1,000.00
RECEIPTS
Reimbursement from Individuals
$110.00
Reimbursements from Commonwealth
2,977.13
Reimbursements from Other Cities and Towns ..
705.06
$3,792.19
ELEANOR BROWN TOOTHAKER FUND
January 1, 1920
$1,536.94
Expended
102.74 $1,434.20
CIVICS CLASS OF THE MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL
Liberty Bond
$50.00
Interest
4.49
$54.49
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Salary of Clerk $7.00
Tele- phone
Office Furnish- ings
Reports and Adv.
Trans- por- tation
$8.93
Feb.
14.00
2.33
$8.10
24.43
Mar.
14.00
1.87
3.96
19.83
Apr.
10.50
6.27
12.52
29.29
May
6.00
6.67
10.00
22.67
June
6.53
6.53
July
23.00
2.37
20.00
45.37
Aug.
12.00
1.77
1.00
$27.00
$5.00
46.77
Sept.
8.00
2.37
4.94
2.50
17.81
Oct.
11.00
6.08
7.60
1.00
25.68
Nov.
17.00
6.87
23.87
Dec
11.00
6.40
.85
18.25
Total
$133.50
$51.46
$68.97
$27.00
$8.50
$289.43
Sundries
Total
Jan.
$1.93
OUTSIDE RELIEF BY CITY-1920
Cash
Food
Rent
Board
Fuel
Clothing
Medicine
Burial
Sundries
Total
.Jan.
$142.00
$82.12
$98.79
$52.00
$6.45
$2.25
$383.61
Feb.
153.00
64.26
97.43
59.00
13.10
386.79
Mar.
201.00
54.39
82.29
59.00
$167.10
11.24
575.02
Apr.
200.00
56.31
111.86
80.00
20.75
8.60
477.52
May
184.00
21.76
77.00
79.14
2.00
1.80
365.70
.June
203.00
29.48
79.00
56.00
18.10
1.95
$30.00
417.53
July
198.54
30.79
79.00
70.00
1.18
30.00
$6.00
415.47
Aug.
240.00
30.06
79.00
65.00
7.60
1.60
30.00
453.26
Sept.
191.00
24.16
84.00
78.00
17.70
8.00
3.00
405.86
Oct.
213.50
33.40
84.00
101.00
8.36
440.26
Nov.
215.50
9.37
84.00
97.00
23.55
10.33
3.50
443.25
Dec.
192.00
26.72
87.00
70.00
4.40
380.12
Total
$2.333.50
$462.82
$1,043.37
$866.14
$234.05
$55.89
$52.62
$90.00
$6.00
$5,144.39
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS
Board of Children
Board in Hospitals
Board in Institutions
Food
Fuel
Cash
Total
Jan.
$184.00
$10.86
$194.86
Feb.
$24.00
Mar.
$416.00
44.57
460.57
Apr.
8.00
259.00
267.00
May
420.56
52.57 214.00
$24.00
238.00
July
117.43
Aug.
117.43
435.42
Sept.
420.56
14.86
92.00
Oct.
92.00
Nov.
416.00
43.43
159.43
Total
$1,673.12
$284.86
$769.00
$10.86
$24.00
$2,761.84
24.00
June
473.13
Dec.
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MOTHERS' AID
Jan.
Cash $413.67
$5.27
$418.94
Feb.
430.00
4.93
434.93
Mar.
364.00
10.37
$6.85
381.22
Apr.
379.00
5.71
384.71
May
428.00
10.37
438.37
June
364.00
5.27
21.50
390.77
July
427.00
5.58
432.58
Aug.
338.00
6.28
344.28
Sept.
403.63
5.74
409.37
Oct.
382.00
5.55
387.55
Nov.
464.36
5.74
470.10
Dec.
396.00
396.00
Totals
$4,789.66
$70.81
$28.35
$4,888.82
HOSPITAL
January
$64.91
February
March
350,85
April
25.72
May
June
166.36
July
102.72
August
93.50
September
October
117.65
November
57.00
December
Total
$978.71
THE A. C. MARIE CURRIER FUND, 1920
Balance on hand January 1, 1920
$1,732.64
Received for 1921 $1,000.00
$2,732.64
Expended 1920
$1,336.83
$1,395.81
Food
Fuel
Total
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CITY OF MELROSE
The Clothing for children of the worthy poor consisted of the fol- lowing:
163 prs. boots
172 prs. stockings
47 prs. rubbers 26 prs. union suits
6 waists
3 blouses
At Christmas, 1920, dinners were given to 100 families.
From the Melrose Branch, Red Cross, Home Service Department :
36 night dresses
26 flannel dresses
87 flannel petticoats
These garments were made in the several churches and given to the needy families by the Overseers of the Poor.
The conditions relating to the people who receive aid from this de- partment are steadily improving in many respects.
It is interesting to call attention to the fact that the main ex- penditures have been given to the aged and to the widows with de- pendent children and also to women who have dependents, whose hus- bands are sick and unable to work; and to deserted wives who have children to support.
In one section of our work, namely those cases which are com- monly known as Mothers' Aid cases, we are aiding at this date. Jan. 1, 1921, fifteen families: eleven are widows, three deserted. and one with a husband who is totally incapacitated. These fifteen women have fifty-nine children depending upon them. The aid given, depends upon the income of the family, the allowance ranging from six to fifteen dollars per week.
No family is being aided if the husband is able to work, except in desertion cases.
There is no doubt that in 1921 there will be a further increase in the department owing to the fact that, despite the large increase last year, there is a growing and insistant demand that aid to mothers with dependent children should be more liberal in order that the grow- ing children be better nourished and cared for.
In other outside aid, such as rents, allowances. board, nursing, etc .. there is a large increase.
Many applications have been made to this office for assistance. Upon investigation, we have found that it is not a question of pauper relief, but merely assistance to tide over a short period of time that is needed. In such cases these families are referred to the Community Associates and their wants are attended to by these generous ladies, thereby saving the family from the stigma of having received public aid.
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The housing problem is a big factor in this city, especially among the poor, as rents have been increased in every instance.
The members of the Board invite the co-operation of all citizens who are willing to contribute money, food, clothing or furniture for families in need, and especially in aid of families, who, in time of sick- ness or misfortune, may, by private relief, be prevented from becoming public charges.
We would express our appreciation for the work and service rendered by the City Physician in co-operation with this Board .. The Melrose Hospital has also rendered valuable service to our outside poor during the past year.
In presenting this report for 1920, we wish to express our appre- ciation for the uniform courtesy of the Mayor and the Board of Alder- men.
Respectfully submitted, ADALINE G. REED, BERTRAM E. LOVEJOY THOMAS F. TROY
Overseers of the Poor
Report of Police Department
January 22, 192)
To the Honorable Angier L. Goodwin, Mayor, and the Members of the Honorable, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Melrose.
Gentlemen:
In compliance with Chapter 33 of the Ordinances of this City, I respectfully submit the following report of the doings of the Police Department for the year 1920:
Appropriation :
Salaries and Wages
$31,137.98
Expenditures
30,567.55
Transfers
200.00
Balance
$370.43
Appropriation :
Other Expenses
$1,000.00
Transfer from Ambulance appropriation. 100.00
Transfer from Salaries and Wages appropria- tion
100.00
$1,200.00
Expenditures
1,171.67
Balance
28.33
Appropriation :
Horses and care of same
127.74
Expenditures 127.74
Balance 00.00
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$570.43
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Appropriation :
Equipment and repairs
$560.00
Transfer from Ambulance appropriation. 100.00
Transfer from Salaries and Wages appropriation
100.00
$760.00
Expenditures
729.46
Balance 30.54 Offences for which complaints have been made in Court 9I
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. KERR
Chief of Police
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Report of Fire Department
Melrose, Mass., January 13, 1921 The Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose. Mass. Gentlemen :-
I respectfully submit the report of the Fire Department for the. year ending December 31, 1920.
ORGANIZATION
The number of Companies are as follows: Engine Co. No. 1: Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1; Combination A; Hose Co. No. 4.
FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Call Force consists of 1 Chief Engineer, 1 Deputy Chief En- gineer, 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 22 Privates.
The Permanent Force consists of 2 Captains, 1 Lieutenant, 12 Privates.
EQUIPMENT
1 Automobile (Chief's)
1 Pumping Engine
2 Combination Chemical and Hose Automobiles
1 Automobile Hook and Ladder Truck
2 Pungs
1 new Automobile Chemical and Hose Truck
10 Chemical Extinguishers
The following equipment was condemned:
1 Hook and Ladder Truck
1 Steam Engine
1 Hose Wagon
(All the above horse drawn.)
HOSE
Number of feet of good hose. 6,000
Number of feet of poor hose. 250
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
FIRES
Number of alarms during the year.
159
Bell alarıns
51
Still alarms
108
Nine of the Bell alarms were false.
Number of Buildings Damaged, 20
Value of buildings damaged
$114,600.00
Insurance thereon
121,100.00
Total damage thereto
11,592.65
Total insurance paid
8,849.65
Contents
Total value of contents
$435,100.00
Total insurance thereon
481,550.00
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Total damage thereto
20,451.95
Total insurance paid 19,836.95
Value of Personal Property in the Department ... $40,695.00
The personal property is in good condition. The stations are in good repair, with the following exceptions: Hose 4 Station will need to be painted on the outside, the station at the Highlands it would be a waste of money to repair.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH EDWARDS
Chief Engineer
Report of Park Commissioners
To the Honorable, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Melrose.
Gentlemen :-----
In compliance with the provisions of Section 12, Chapter 28, of the Revised Laws, the Board of Park Commissioners herewith present its eleventh annual report.
The appropriations for the year, together with the expenditures, are given in detail and are as follows:
APPROPRIATIONS
Parks, General Administration:
Salaries and wages
$100.00
Other expenses
150.00
Lighting
360.00
$610.00
Parks and Gardens:
Salaries and wages
$1,200.00
Improvements and additions
250.00
Other expenses
250.00
Clearing snow Ell Pond and other places for
hockey
300.00
$2,000.00
Playgrounds :
Salaries and wages
$500.00
Improvements and additions
100.00
Other expenses
400.00
$1,000.00
Messenger's Meadows:
Salaries and wages
$500.00
Improvements and additions
1,000.00 $1,500.00
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Bathhouses and Beaches :
Salaries and wages
$750.00
Improvements and additions
150.00
Other expenses
100.00 1,000.00
Total appropriated in Budget
$6,110.00
EXPENDITURES
Parks, General Administration. Salaries and wages :
Appropriation $100.00
Expended :
Salary for Clerk 100.00
Parks, General Administration. Other expenses :
Balance from 1919
$84.10
Appropriation
150.00
$234.10
Expended :
Postage and carfare
$11.59
Postage for report
8.00
Cuts for report
17.85
Clasp envelopes
7.55
Melrose Free Press
4.00
Art shop, frames for pictures
5.75
Thorp, Martin & Co., supplies
6.15
Copley Press, printing report
97.50
Rubber stamp (Pack)
.85
L. Nickerson, mending flags
5.75
Balance to 1921 account
69.11
$234.10
Parks, General Administration. Lighting:
Appropriation
$360.00
Expended :
Transfer to Messenger's Meadow.
$90.00
Light bill for 1920
270.00
$360.00
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Parks and Gardens. Salaries and wages:
Appropriation
Expended :
Pay rolls labor
$1,155.50
Police pay roll
.10
$1,200.00
Parks and Gardens. Improvements:
Appropriation
Transfer from Playgrounds S. & W. 236.00
Transfer from B. & B. Salaries and wages
32.60
Transfer from B. & B. Improvements. 150.00
Transfer from B. & B. Other expenses.
94.87
$763.47
Expended :
Transfer to Playgrounds. Other expenses
$588.47
Transfer to Messenger's. Other expenses.
175.00
$763.47
Parks and Gardens. Others expenses :
Appropriation
$250.00
Expended :
Repairing culvert H. Mann Park
$12.00
Horse hire
2.00
Gibbons Contracting Co., labor
87.00
Thomas F. Mollins, labor 16.00
Elmer Swains, snow scrapers
32.00
F. E. Coyle, hardware
4.19
Melrose Free Press
5.00
Marston & Co., supplies
17.79
L. Nickerson, mending flags
20.32
Water Department
13.90
Eastman's Express
.79
G. P. French, supplies
.75
Puritan Iron Works
2.10
A. M. Tuttle & Co., shrubs
31.00
Kerosene, 10 gallons
1.80
Repair lawn mower, C. J. Wing
2.00
Andrew's Market, barrel
1.25
To Excess and Deficiency
.11
$250.00
$1,200.00
To Excess and Deficiency
44.40
$250.00
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
Parks and Gardens. Clearing Snow :
Appropriation
$300.00
Expended :
Pay roll
$43.30
Transferred to Equipment Account
100.00
To 1921 account
156.70
$300.00
Parks and Gardens. Clearing Snow Equipment:
Transfer from Clearing Snow
$100.00
Expended :
Perrin, Seamans Co.
$29.24
Ames Implement Co.
16.16
Gifford, Woods Co.
9.90
Noyes Express
27
Eastman's Express
1.58
Balance to 1921 account
42.85
$100.00
Playgrounds. Salaries and wages :
Appropriation
500.00
Expended :
Pay roll
$72.00
Transfer to Parks and Gardens. Improvements
236.00
Transfer to Playgrounds. Other expenses.
192.00
$500.00
Playgrounds. Improvements :
Appropriation
$100.00
Expended :
Deering Lumber Co., lumber
$20.43
Transfer to Playgrounds. Other expenses
79.57
$100.00
Playgrounds. Other expenses :
Appropriation
$400.00
Transfer from Playgrounds, S. & W.
192.00
Transfer from Playgrounds Improvements
79.57
Transfer from Parks and Gardens Improvements . 588.47
$1,260.04
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Expended :
Thomas F. Mollins, labor $10.40
Wright & Ditson 41.26
Eastman's Express 1.37
Chester S. Patten, labor 14.50
L. Jas. Nicoll, labor
17.60
Harry S. Robertson, labor flag poles
24.00
Casey Florist Co.
71.00
M. Jas. Hanley, trucking
12.00
Smith Bros .. material
.60
F. E. Coyle, supplies
46.40
Dolge Co., weed killer
51.45
Boston & Maine freight
2.57
Commonwealth of Mass .. flags.
21.35
Power lawn mower
345.00
Pay rolls
90.00
Water Department
51.73
Prince Paint Co.
3.75
Andrew's Market
.25
Transfer to Messenger's, other expenses
20.00
Marston & Co.
.45
Balance to 1921 accounts (loam)
434.36
$1,260.04
Messenger's Meadows. Salaries and wages:
Appropriation
$500.00
Transfer from Messenger's other expenses
100.00
Transfer from Lighting
90.00
Transfer from Tent Account
160.00
$850.00
Expended :
Gibbons Contracting Co., labor
$22.85
Thomas F. Mollins, labor
65.00
Pay rolls
760.37
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
1.78
$850.00
Messenger's Meadows, Other Expenses:
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Appropriation, supplementary budget
500.00
Transfer from Playgrounds, Improvements
175.00
Transfer from Playgrounds, Other Expenses
20.00
$1,695.00 :
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Expended :
M. James Hanley, trucking $9.65
Hub Wire Company, netting 90.30
Eugene McCarthy, mason work 69.90
T. D. Murphy, grading 538.84
Wright & Ditson 71.11
Eastman's Express
8.94
Deering Lumber Co., lumber
53.23
Chester S. Patten, carpenter work
281.33
G. A. McCormack Land Co., gravel
15.00
Edwin P. Adams, landscape architect 106.00
30.77
Fred W. Smith, carpenter work
7.50
Goss Bros., bag of salt
1.90
Frank E. Coyle, supplies
8.31
Transfer to Messenger's salaries and wages
100.00
T. H. Holoway, cutting grass
10.00
Prince Paint Co., paints
4.88
L. J. Nicoll, labor repairing
1.75
W. Turner, keys .70
G. P. French, supplies
.65
J. A. Sheridan, labor and team
4.00
Gibbons Contracting Co., labor and team
18.75
R. H. Curry & Son., plumbing
2.63
Breck Bros. .99
A. Winslow, rope 23.76
Harold Evers, keys
1.05
J. L. Westhaver, carpenter work (bleachers.)
18.00
Water Department, water pipe laying
214.71
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
.35
$1,695.00
Bathhouses and beaches. Salaries and wages:
Appropriation
$750.00
Expended :
Pay rolls
$717.40
Transfer to Parks and Gardens, improvements ..
32.60
$750.00
Bathhouses and Beaches. Improvements :
Appropriation
$150.00
Expended :
Transfer to Parks and Gardens, improvements ..
$150.00
$150.00
R. H. Curry & Co., plumbing
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CITY OF MELROSE
Bathhouses and Beaches. Other expenses:
Appropriation
$100.00
Expended :
Andrew's Market
.30
Frank E. Coyle, supplies
4.83
Transfer to Parks and Gardens, improvements ..
94.87
$100.00
Bathhouses and Beaches. Tents:
Appropriation
$300.00
Expended :
Rental of tents
$140.00
Transfer to Messenger's, salaries and wages.
160.00
$300.00
Hockey Rink Account :
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended :
Hub Wire Co., wire netting
$9.25
Deering Lumber Co., stakes
1.44
Prince Paint ,Co.
2.03
Pay roll to Jan. 11, 1921, inclusive
58.50
Balance to 1921
446.78
$500.00
THE WORK OF THE YEAR 1920
The Board of Park Commissioners do not feel very proud of their progress this year on our Parks, as to improvements and additions, we have kept them looking as well as possible with what we had to do with, but it was not to be expected that we could get all the money necessary to do all we would like to do, but we feel that at Messenger's Meadow and also the Hockey Rink. enough has been accomplished to show that playgrounds are appreciated by our young citizens and as they are to be our mature citizens later, we hope to be able to do our part towards fitting them for good healthy citizens, mentally and physically, and we will so far as the city's finance will allow us, to work to that end.
Our work this year has been on the development of some and maintenance of the following areas:
Lincoln Playground, Melrose Common, Ell Pond Park, Bathhouse site, Messenger's Meadows, Horace Mann Park, Ell Pond embankment, Sewell Woods Park.
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
MESSENGER'S MEADOWS
There has been considerable progress made on the development of this playground, and it has been in use continually, a large share of our appropriation was expended at this spot and we feel that good results were obtained from the outlay, if a playground is used all day, every day and evenings during the summer vacation then there can be no question of the success of that playground, we propose put- ting up more apparatus this year and expect to be able to take care of more young people and keep them occupied, the commission would like all our citizens to see this place when in full drive, so that they can see what it means to have playgrounds. We have three Tennis Courts at this playground, two were there before the Meadow came under control of the Parks, and one that was constructed during the past year, besides the ball diamond was greatly improved, the bathing pool has been filled and other improvements will be completed dur- ing the coming season.
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