Norwood annual report 1923-1927, Part 49

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1656


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7


35


19


16


7


27


Gertrude M. Shaw


6


39


27


12


4


31


Caroline Bodell .


6


37


19


18


4


34


Aliee O'Connor


5


34


20


14


37


Anna R. Sheehan .


5


39


21


18


3


33


Edna E. Frost.


4


34


19


15


33


Ethel Overloek


4


37


17


20


34


Ina B. Talbot.


3


34


13


21


33


Vina G. Freeman


3


38


17


21


36


Estelle M. Callahan


2


40


23


17


37


Lucy H. Brooks.


Beacon


6


35


22


13


2


34


Annie M. Thompson


",


5


38


15


23


38


Inez H. Sanford.


4-5


38


15


23


37


H. Roxanne Eldredge


2-3


39


20


19


37


Jessie Cushman .


1-2


33


16


17


13


21


Minnie C. Cole .


Shattuck


6


35


16


19


3


36


Veronica E. Miskell.


=


5


40


23


17


1


40


Gertrude Freeman .


35


21


14


35


Jessie Webster.


,,


3


34


15


19


35


Florence Noyes


2-3


32


17


15


32


Mary A. Dean .


2


35


17


18


37


Maude A. Woods


1


32


17


15


10


Anna E. Nelson.


1


32


19


13


7


25


Emma F. Niles .


East


2


31


17


17


30


Blanche Mayhew


,,


1


37


21


16


13


20


Hittie MeIntyre


Winslow


6


42


16


26


42


Agnes H. Hedberg


6


15


10


5


1


13


Edna S. Leonard.


5


22


11


11


1


22


Edna S. Leonard


5


42


22


20


39


Mary C. Fleming


4


42


18


24


1


44


Bertha 1 .. Brown


4


10


3


7


12


Katie M. Hunt.


3


28


12


16


30


Katie M. Hunt.


3


43


23


20


43 38


Florenee A. Baker


1


36


18


18


14


25


Gertrude Cuff . .


West


2


37


19


18


36


1


Elizabeth Costello


1


24


13


11


8!


16


Graee Franklin.


1


41


23


18


12


25


.


Louise B. MeManus


Sp.


14


4


10


5


9


7


39


39


14


23


Irene L. Doyle.


24


Graee M. Everett .


7


355


153


No. 14 Years to


202


93


10-12


?


37


17


20


Irene Hall. .


4


22


Julia A. Sheehan .


Guild ,,


259


STATISTICS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1924-1925


Average Membership


Average


Attendance


Per Cent of Attendance


Number of


Tardinesses


Pro Rata of


Tardinesses


Number of Days


in Session


Agg. Days Attended by all Pupils


341.08294


329.76204


06.75


262


.7681


181


596S2


36.7955


34.5027


93.7688


65


1.7665


181


6245


36.9668


35.2486


95.352


44


1.19


181


6380


33.4696


32.0718


95.829


58


1.732


181


5805


36.2596


34.5966


95.41


45


1.241


181


6262


35.98342


34.24861


95.178


51


1.3783


181


6199


34.6795


33.2375


95.84


49


1.4129


181


6016


37.5865


35.4189


94.233


37


.9843


179


6340


38.0726


35.9720


94.48


11


.2889


179


6439


35.3687


32.5921


92.14


2


.0565


179


5834


38.4134


36.6424


95.38


31


.80701


179


6559


34.586


32.486


93.928


17


.491


179


5815


37.0614


35.3016


95.25


9


.24


179


6319


34.80


33.39


95.97


44


1.26


179


5978.5


33.525


32.005


95.471


57


1.7


179


5729


33.972


32.575


95.88


49


1.433


179


5831


33.96


31.902


93.939


107


3.15


179


5710.5


34.717


32.8966


94.957


62


1.7


179


5888.5


38.0949


36.3687


95.468


60


1.575


179


6510


36.2318


34.3156


94.711


41


1,131


179


6142 5


37.36


35.57


95.22


40


1.0706


179


6368.5


33.10


31.08


93.897


64


1,933


179


5565


36.913


34.209


92.674


62


1.679


179


6123.5


36.583


34.765


95.03


35


.95


179


6223


37.139


33.918


91.327


45


1.21


179


6071.5


37.743


33.4357


88.5878


64


1.695


179


5985


34.8212


32.81


94.22


21


.60


179


5873


38.122


36.116


94.71


19


.49


179


6465


36.7988


34.1229


92.74


85


2.41


179


6108


36.8715


34.243


92.87


4.5


1.22


179


6129.5


14.2094


13.4553


94.69


36


2.53


179


2408.5


37.2960


35.6899


95.693


35


.9384


179


6388.5


39.6815


38.2793


96.4663


40


1.007


179


6852 1


33.06145


32.0335


96.8


9


.272


179


57341


33.6292


31.8258


94.635


44


1.3083


178


5665.5


31.6592


29.9161


94


5


.157


179


5355


36.2346


34.3351


94.757


23


.6346


179


6146


31.2988


28.8631


92.21


30


.9584


179


5166.5


31.5865


28.8854


91.455


15


.484


179


5170.5


31.7039


30.0726


94.855


40


1.26


179


5383


32.7122


30.6256


93.61


13


.0397


179


5482


40.6899


38.5865


94.83


4


.0943


179


6907


13.9664


13.3240


96.8332


2


.0912


179


3731.5


39.9355


38.4901


96.3806


18


.4507


178.5


6870.5


42.3118


39.4887


93.328


11


.2599


178


7029


11.0195


10.3743


94.144


4


.362


179


1857


29.0223


27.4972


94.745


4


.1378


179


4922


42.50


40.2011


94.35


22


.5176


179


7196


36.938


34.42


93.183


22


.595


178.5


6144


36.7668


33.646


91.511


8


,21


178


5989


35.46


33.47


94.38


19


.4795


178.5


5974.5


22.7905


20.9944


92.1103


20


.8775


179


3758


37


34.5418


93.356


19


.5135


179


6183


33.547


31.868


94.994


70


2.08


179


5704.5


33.489


31.1


95.567


26


.7764


179


556S


34.832


33.268


95.509


27


.775


179


5955


35.84


33.58


93.69


59


1.64


179


6012.5


33.87


32.08


94.71


38


1.12


179


5743


32.0448


29.6417


92.50


76


2.37


178.5


5292


21.8212


20.8463


95.536


179


2385


260


ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE-Continued


NAME


School


Grade


State Enrollment


Boys


Girls


16 Years


14 Years


No. 5 Years to 7 Years


Lizzie E. Hadley


Balch


6


34


18


16


2


31


Geraldine Woods.


6


34


16


18


1


33


Mildred L. Morse.


6


35


13


22


4


32


Katherine Conroy


5


37


19


18


1


34


Helen S. Holloway


5


35


24


11


3


30


Grace M. Beverly


5


35


18


17


32


Ethel M. Keefe.


4


39


21


18


39


Katherine Porter


4


39


24


15


15


24


Delia Lydon


4


38


24


14


39


Ruth Vanee


3


41


20


21


39


Maude E. Dalton.


3


42


21


21


37


Margaret Flaherty


3


40


20


20


41


Mildred L. Holloway


1 1


2-3


36


17


19


35


Bertha H. Wahl.


11


2


41


20


21


39


Mary A Hadley .


2


43


24


19


39


Evangline Ryan


1,


1


31


13


18


17


13


Josephine McCabe.


1


31


16


15


13


18


Jennie W. Mann.


..


1


31


15


16


15


15


Rachel J. Ellis


31


16


15


14


16


Josephine Fokes


11


Sp.


15


11


4


1


13


Totals


3170 1588 1582


486 2110


217


2


41


22


19


38


Ceeelia L. Mitchell


1


-


No. 14 Years to


No. 7 Years to


261


STATISTICS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1924-1925-Continued


Average Membership


Average


Attendance


Per Cent of


Attendance


Number of


Tardinesses


Pro Rata of


Tardinesses


Number of Days


in Session


Agg. Days Attended


by all Pupils


32.42253


30.53802


94.187


31


.956


177.5


5420.5


34.0113


32.4447


95.393


4


.1176


176.5


5725.5


32.09065


30.08215


93.742


10


.311


176.5


5309.5


33.9435


31.9548


94.1411


2


.0599


176.5


5658.5


34.1073


32.57909


95.5188


17


.498


177


5766.5


39.0085


37.0937


95 099


9


.2307


176


6520.5


39.0198


36.4232


93.360


11


.2819


176


6410.5


38.9209


36.8926


94.788


21


.539


177


6930


10.1954


37.7563


93.934


5


.1233


176.5


666-1


34.5706


32.5762


94.23


15


.4303


177


5766


39.2732


37.1521


95.593


19


.483


176


6617.5


39.4943


36.4435


92.275


48


1.215


177


6450.5


28.7711


26.6412


92.596


15


.5213


177


4715.5


29.0256


26.6837


91.586


7


.2411


175.5


1683


29.7762


27.4532


92.198


5


.1679


176.5


48.45.5.


28.8923


25.9263


89.734


27


.9345


176.5


4576


14.6412


13.3559


91.221


14


.956


177


2364


3070.71073


2900.26821


94.205


2628


.8838


178.5


518892.5


38.17514


35.4661


92.9


25


.65-18


177


6277.5


37.6666


35.9435


95.425


10


.2654


177


6362


39.3323


37.5994


94.599


13


.331


177.5


6594.5


33.3767


32.0594


96.053


177


5656 4


1


TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1926


School


Grade


Name


Date of Appointment


Where Graduated


High


Principal


Leonard W. Grant


June 1921


Colby College, B. S.


Civics and History


Dorothy W. Abbott


Sept.


1922


Radcliffe College, A. B.


Civics and History


Marguerite I. Elliott


Aug.


1920


Boston University, A. B.


English and History


Helen J. Estes


Sept.


1924


Wheaton College, A. B.


English


Bessie D. James


Sept.


1925


Boston University, M. A.


English


Elizabeth Shirley


Sept.


1925


Wellesley College, A. B.


English


Helen C. Wilson


Sept.


1923


Radcliffe College, A. B.


French


Lucille H. Foster


June


1923


Colby College, A. B.


French and Spanish Latin


Elizabeth H. Upton


Sept.


1925


Smith College, A. B.


Mathematies


Sarah A. Blake


Sept.


1918


Smith College, A. B.


Mathematies


Ruth M. Gow


Dee.


1918


Boston University, A. B.


Physics and Science


Carl E. Smith


Sept. 1922


Bates College, B. S.


Physics and Science


James C. Geer


Sept.


1925


Tufts College, B. S.


Commercial


Grace C. McGonagle


Nov.


1917


Chandler Normal School Boston University, B. B. A.


Commercial


Mary E. Coughlin


June


1923


Chandler Normal School


Commercial


Eleanor J. Stoekwell


Sept. 1922


Chandler Normal School


Commercial


Marie A. Watson


Sept.


1925


Salem Commercial School


Principal


George W. Allen


Oct.


1909


Cortland Normal School


9


Sept.


1924


Bridgewater Normal School


9


K. Waltrude Collins Helen P. Gale


Sept.


1921


Farmington Normal School


262


Junior High


Jennie C. Beaulieu


Sept. 1925


University of Maine, A. B.


Everett


7


Grace M. Everett


June


1919


Pottsdam Normal School


7


Elvira L. Cook


Nov.


1924


Bridgewater Normal School


7


Mary N. Callahan


Sept.


1923


Bridgewater Normal School


7


Florence M. Hayes


Jan.


1919


Gorham Normal School


7


M. Agnes McCarthy


Sept.


1910


Quincy Training School


7


Mary H. Nichols


Feb. 1921


Farmington Normal School


7


Ethel Sawill


Sept.


1925


Framingham Normal School


7


Gertrude Shaw


Sept.


1919


Aroostook State Normal School


Principal


Katherine T. Gregory


Mar.


1924


Farmington Normal School


6


Vina G. Freeman


Jan.


1925


Gorham Normal School


6


Alice V. O'Connor


Feb.


1923


Rhode Island Normal School


5


Edna E. Frost


Jan.


1915


Farmington Normal School


9


Mary E. Laiviz


Sept. 1925


Worcester Normal School


9


Florence MacNamara


Sept. 1922


Bridgewater Normal School


9


Ruth G. Manchester


June 1920


Western Normal School


9


Mildred I. O'Donnell


Sept.


1925


Bridgewater Normal School


9


Nellie L. Twiss


Sept.


1921


Bridgewater Normal School


8


Louise Bachelder


May


1923


Bridgewater Normal School


S


Marie S. Brown


Sept.


1922


Lowell Normal School


S


Kathryn R. Byrne


Sept.


1924


Bridgewater Normal School


8


Irene L. Doyle


Sept.


1924


Salem Normal School


8


Emma W. Elliott


Sept. 1925 Boston University, B. A.


S


Leonora M. Bradford


Sept.


1921


South Manchester High School. Pri-


vate School


S


Grace M. Richard


Sept.


1925


Boston University, School of Educa- tion, B. S. E.


263


S


Marion E. Smart


Sept. 1921


Farmington Normal School


Guild


-


TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1926


School


Grade


Name


Date of Appointment


Where Graduated


5


Anna M. Sheehan


Sept. 1919


Framingham Normal School


4


Ethel Overlock


Nov.


1919


Gorham Normal School


4


Ina B. Talbot


Sept. 1916


Fitchburg Normal School


3


Estelle M. Callahan


Jan.


1903


Framingham Normal School


3


Julia I. Drummy


Sept.


1909


Framingham Normal School


2


Julia Sheehan


Sept.


1915


Bridgewater Normal School


1


Lucy H. Brooks


Sept. .


1913


Worcester Normal School


Bcacon


6


Annie M. Thompson


Oct.


1919


Fitchburg Normal School


5


Inez H. Sanford


Sept.


1920


Castine Normal School


4


H. Roxanne Eldredge


Sept.


1924


Bridgewater Normal School


3-2


Jessie D. Cushman


May


1922


Castine Normal School


2-1


Louise B. McManus


June


1916


Quincy Training School


Special


Minnie C. Cole


Feb.


1922


Hyannis Normal School


Shattuck


Principal


Marian E. Lynch


Nov.


1917


Bridgewater Normal School


6


Veronica E. Miskell


Sept.


1924


Portsmouth Training School


5


Hannah M. McGuire


Sept.


1924


Worcester Normal School


4


Jessie Webster


July


1920


Aroostook State Normal School


3


Florence P. Noyes


Sept.


1920


Plymouth Normal School


3-2


Mary A. Dcan


Sept.


1924 Bridgewater Normal School


2


Maude A. Woods


Sept.


1899


Wheelock Kindergarten Training Sch.


1


Anna E. Nelson


Aug.


1920


Framingham Normal School


1


Emma F. Niles


Mar.


1903


Wellesley College (1 yr.)


264


.


East Winslow


2


Blanche Mayhew


Sept. 1920


Keene Normal School


June 1920


Castine Normal School


Principal


6


Agnes H. Hedberg


Sept. 1920


Salem Normal School


6-5


Edna S. Leonard Sept.


1924


Bridgewater Normal School


5


Mary C. Fleming


. Sept.


1921


Lowell Normal School


4


Bertha L. Brown


Feb. 1907


Farmington Normal School


4


Katie M. Hunt


Sept.


1921


Bridgewater Normal School


3


Irene Hall


Sept.


1924


Bridgewater Normal School


3


Helen L. Nickerson


Sept.


1925


Bridgewater Normal School


2


Florence Baker


May


1921


Bridgewater Normal School


Winslow


1


Gertrude D. Cuff


Sept.


1914 Framingham Normal School


West


2


Elizabeth O. Costello


Sept.


1922


Framingham Normal School


1


Grace Franklin


May


1920


Perry Kindergarten Normal School


Principal


Katharine L. Carbee


Sept.


1901


Plymouth Normal School


265


6


Lizzie E. Hadley


Sept. 1901


Templeton High School


-


6


Mildred L. Morsc


Sept.


1919


Fitchburg Normal School


3-5


Hazel S. Fraser


Sept.


1925


Bridgewater Normal School


5


Grace M. Beverly


Sept.


1922


Johnson, Vt., Normal School


5


Ruth Rogers


Sept.


1924


Bridgewater Normal School


5


Helen Holloway


Sept.


1922


Bridgewater Normal School


4


Katherine Porter


Sept.


1923


Framingham Normal School


4


Ethel Keefe


Sept.


1918


Plymouth Normal School


4


Delia Lydon


Sept.


1923


Fitchburg Normal School


3


Maude Dalton


Jan.


1907


Sharon High School


3


Margaret M. Flaherty


Jan.


1921


Framingham Normal School


3


Ruth Vance


Sept.


1922


Fitchburg Normal School


3-4


Mildred Holloway


Jan.


1924


Bridgewater Normal School


2


Cecelia L. Mitchell


Aug.


1920


Wheelock Training School


2


Mary A. Hadley


Sept.


1914


Bridgewater Normal School


Balch


1


Hittie McIntyre Julia A. McCarthy


May 1920 Framingham Normal School


TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1926


School


Grade


Name


Date of Appointment


Where Graduated


2


Bertha H. Wahl


Sept. 1923


Framingham Normal School


1


Evangeline Ryan


Nov. 1920


Gorham Normal School


1


Jennie Mann


Sept. 1919


Perry Kindergarten Normal School


1


Josephine McCabe


Sept.


1922


Bridgewater Normal School


1


Rachel Ellis


Dec.


1921


Hyannis Normal School


Special


Josephine Fokes


Nov.


1921


Boston Normal School


Unassigned


Flora L. Wade


Sept. 1925


Bridgewater Normal School


Americanization


Wilda L. Vose


Sept.


1913


Castine Normal School


Music


Jean V. Dethier


April


1925


Royal Conservatory of Music, Liege, Belgium


266


(Assistant)


Physical Education


Hclen B. Follett


June


1921


Gorham Normal School


Physical Education


H. Bennett Murray


Sept. 1921


Boston College, A. B.


Physical Education


John H. R. Ward, Jr. Helen L. Arnold


Dec.


1921


Massachusetts Normal Art School


(Assistant)


Drawing


Ethel H. Cook


Dec.


1924


Massachusetts Normal Art School


Houschold Arts


Agnes M. Bridges


Sept. 1911


Framingham Normal School


(Assistant)


Household Arts


Lucy E. Stcele


Oct.


1917


Framingham Normal School


(Assistant)


Household Arts


Sept.


1925


Framingham Normal School


Household Arts


Sept.


1925


Framingham Normal School


Mechanical Drawing


Clifford H. Wheeler


May 1923


Fitchburg Normal School


Woodworking


Gustave A. Larson


Sept.


1924


Fitchburg Normal School


Nurse


Helen W. Gould


May


1921


New York Hospital Training School


Nurse


Sadie E. Downs


Sept.


1922


Morton Hospital, Taunton


Supervisors and Special Teachers


Physical Education


Erna H. Kiley


Oct.


1915


Sargent School of Physical Education


(Assistant)


Sept. 1925 Springfield College B. P. E.


Drawing


Sara L. Hall Ellen L. Lytle


(Assistant)


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REPORT OF THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMISSION


While it has not been customary for special commissions to prepare a statement for publication in the Annual Town Report, the size of the undertaking that has been placed in the hands of this Committee would seem not only to warrant but to call for an account of stewardship.


In explanation of the needs for the total of $535,000.00, the following may be of interest:


This is the third High School that the Town of Norwood has built. The first was the Beacon School. At the time it was planned it was thought that it would provide for the needs of the town for some years to come. Two years after its completion, the Beacon School was overcrowded and the town had to face the problem of enlarging its High School facilities. Finally the Washington Strcet High School site was agreed on and plan was made for housing there both the Junior and Senior High. When this plan was completed it was thought that it would serve the needs of the town for ten years. Due to the war the west wing was not completed until 1920. At that tinic it was so overcrowded that one year of the Junior High had to be accommodated outside. With this experience before it, the Building Committee chose a site large enough not only for immediate, but for future use, and had plans prepared for a building that was capable of taking care of a High School population of a town double the size of Norwood. This plan having been made, the committee then undertook to get out specifications for a building to be immediately contracted for which would provide facilities for 650 pupils-25% more than the esti- mated High School membership at the time of completion. Thus, while mecting the immediate need, the structure now under construction is such as to provide for indefinite future enlargement without tearing down or remodeling any part-it being only a matter of adding units as needed.


New Building and General Facilities


The pupil capacity of the new Senior High School, when completed, will bc 18% more than the Senior High pupil capacity of the building on Washington Street. The general facilities that have been provided, how- ever, are adequate for a school of from 1,600 to 2,000-approximately thrce (3) times the pupil capacity of the building now under construction; in other words, in adding to pupil capacity from time to time, as needed, it will only be necessary to build class room facilities; it will not be necessary to add to the boiler room, the chimney, coal pockets, fan rooms, lunch room


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and kitchen, storeroom, vault, administration rooms, gymnasia and sup- plementary rooms, or library and conference rooms-all of these being adequate for future needs until the town shall have a population of between 30,000 and 40,000.


Cost on Basis of Facilities Provided


The cost of the new building, not including land, furniture, grading, etc., is $389,200.00. Included in this figure are the following facilities beyond those provided in the present High School:


Gymnasia and Supplementary Rooms 229,337 cu. ft Vault. 1,409 " "


Clock and Tower


4,848


"


"


And the following items of construction much larger than at present re- quired, to provide for subsequent additions as needed-


Double capacity Boiler Room . 17,027 cu. ft.


Chimney 1,313 " "


" Fan Rooms 6,440 "


" Lunch Room 35,671 "


" Kitchen


5,269 " "


" Store Room


1,714 "


Arcade (usable as corridor in future construction) . 14,782 "


Making a total additional contents of


317,810 " "


Estimating the average cost of the foregoing on the basis of the average cost of the building (34.1 cents per cubic foot) gives us a total amounting to $108,373.00, which if not included in the contract would make the cost only $280,827.00.


On Basis of Price Index of 1917 Compared with 1925


The Committee asked Babson Statistical Organization to report the price index factor for construction cost of this type of building as of July, 1917, compared with January, 1925. Taking into consideration the differ- ing costs of material (lumber, cement, structural steel, etc.) and wages, the average increase was estimated at 58%.


Economies of Construction Due to the Type of Design


When deciding on the character and type of structure the Committee undertook to provide the Town with a building which would combine dignity and beauty with simplicity of construction, thereby making possible the maximum of fire protection, health and safety at a minimum of cost. To this end a Colonial type of architecture was decided on.


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Fire Protection, Health, Safety and Operating Cost


1. In Relation to Fire Hazard-All lathing is galvanized expanded metal lath instead of wood; the lift shaft is fireproof, instead of being semi- fireproof; the corridors are divided by smoke partitions instead of not being divided; the vent duets are fireproof instead of being semi-fireproof. The attie space of the new building is divided into twenty-two (22) eom- partments by brick walls or wood partitions eneased with wire lath and plastering instead of being open so that fire eould sweep the entire attie within a few minutes; the exit doors have illuminated exit signs instead of being without lights. Not only is the attic subdivided, but the whole structure is again divided by having briek partitions run from the founda- tion to the roof either side of the corridor, and the spaces thus isolated are again eross-divided by brick walls similarly constructed, thereby making it relatively easy to keep a fire within limits.


2. In Relation to Health and Safety-All pupils' toilets have outside windows instead of being inside rooms; all toilet rooms are ventilated by exhaust fans instead of by gravity; the heating unit has two vaeuum pumps, so that in case the machinery goes wrong in severe weather it will not be necessary to close the school while repairs are being made.


3. In Relation to Operating Economies and Efficiencies-The heating system is of a type that eliminates the necessity of injecting cold water into the return before it goes into the vacuum pump, thereby reducing the eost of water used, the cost of eoal to heat the water used and decreasing the rate of depreciation of boiler tubes; the fan room is provided with a by-pass automatically controlled, so that fresh air may be brought around the heaters. The fresh air fan in this building will operate at approximately one-half the cost of operation of older types now in use; the building is equipped with electric air compressors, which are much more efficient than the hydraulie compressors.


Date of Completion of Building


When the contraet for the new High School was let, the understanding between the committee and the contractor was that the structure would be completed and ready for installation of equipment by July 15, 1926. At this time there is every reason to believe the contractor will complete the work at that time.


The Opinions of Educational Experts-From time to time, while the new High School plans and construction have been under way, the projeet has been gone over by engineering and educational experts. The expressed opinions of these experts have been such as to cause the committee to feel confident that when the projeet is completed, the town will have an out- standing equipment-not only in the beauty and dignity of its architectural design, but also in the adaptation of the facilities to the use intended. One


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of the most gratifying results has been that the United States Commissioner of Education has asked for the elevation and floor plans to be placed in a permanent exhibit in Washington. This request was made on the recom- mendation of Commissioner Payson Smith of Massachusetts, who reported this as one of the outstanding High School projects in Massachusetts.


ARTHUR W. COOLIDGE, Chairman, FREDERICK A. CLEVELAND, FRANCIS J. FOLEY, CHARLES E. HOUGHTON, HERBERT H. MILLER.


INDEX


Page


Accountant's Trial Balance


120


Assessors, Report of .


179


Appropriations, Report of.


115


Showing receipts and disbursements and balances


Board of Health, Report of


183


Cemetery Trust Funds.


126


Finance Commission .


190


Indebtedness, The Limitation of


67


Librarian, Report of .


206


Library Trustees, Report of .


204


Municipal Light Department


130


Payments


Agency Trust and Investment


109


Assessors


81


Cemeteries .


107 80


Charities


96


Education


97


Election and Registration


81


Electric Light.


103


Engineering.


81


Finance Commission


80


Financial Statement


122


Fire Alarm System


85


Fire Department


84 79 87 91


Inspector of Buildings


86 108


Library


Moth Suppression


Municipal Indebtedness


Police Department .


Parks.


Public Works Overhead .


Real Estate.


107


Sealer of Weights and Measures


86


Sewer Construction


89


Sewer Maintenance


88


Soldiers' Benefits .


96 80


Town Clerk and Accountant


Town Counsel . .


81


Town Office Building


82


Town Physician


96


General Manager


Health.


Highways.


Interest


100 85 108 83 101 129


Certification of Notes


II


Payments (continued)


Town Reports, Printing of


Page 102


Treasurer and Collector


80


Unclassified .


102


Water Department.


114


Receipts


Agency, Trust and Investment Transactions


78


Cemeteries .


76


Charities.


74


Education


75


Electric Light


76 69


Fines and Forfeits


Fire Departinent.


General Revenue


Health


Highways


Interest .


Libraries


Licenses and Permits


Moth Suppression .


Municipal Indebtedness


Police


Real Estate


Refunds.


78 73


Sanitation


Sealer of Weights and Measures


72 74


Town Clerk and Accountant


71 71


Water.


76


Recapitulations of Expenditures


112-113


Report of Fire Engineer


209


School Committee, Report of .


211


Selectmen, Report of .


156


Senior High School Building Committec, Report of


267


Statement of Money Borrowed.


65


Total Fixed Debt.


64


Town Accountant, Remarks of .


138


Town Counsel, Report of .


196


Town Debt, Classificd Statement of .


63


Town Manager, Report of .


139


Treasurer and Collector, Report of .


187


Vital Statistics.


19


72 68 73 74 77 75 69 70 77 72 76


Soldiers' Benefits .


Treasurer and Collector


Abstract of Valuations of Estates


IN THE


TOWN OF NORWOOD


AS OF


April 1, 1925


LIST OF RESIDENTS


Names and Location


Total Personal Estate


Description of Real Estate


Total Real Estate


Total Tax


Aalto, Hjalmar A., 67 Tremont St.


$300


House, $1350; Land, 7420 sq. ft., $670; Garage, $150.


$2,170


$65.45


Abbt, Andrew, 87 Prospeet Ave ..


200


House, $4800; Land, 8830 sq. ft., $800; Garage, $500; Shop, $300


6,400


174.90


Abbt, Otto, 15 Silver St ..


400 10,100


House, 1223 Washington St., $2400; Land, 11950 sq. ft., $1000; Land Prop., Short St. Ext., 27113 sq. ft., $400; Land, Washington St., 8573 sq. ft., $260 ..


4,060


375.24


Abel, Violet G., 240 Nahatan St ..


Land, Neponset St., 12000 sq. ft., $700.


700


18.55


Aeton, John, 13 Lenox Ave ..


House, $3450; Land, 6206 sq. ft., $490.


3,940


104.41


Adams, George E., 21 Beacon Ave ...


1,000


26.50


Adams, L. H. G., in care of Mrs. Ida Van Buskirk, Winter St.


Land, Brook St., 38850 sq. ft., $100.


100


2.65


Adams, Kitty M., 178 Vernon St., and Adams, Mary P.


House, $4750; Land, 11355 sq. ft., $1100; Garage, $300


6,150


162.98


Adamonis, Joseph, rear 1103 Washing- ton St. .


House, $6850; Land, 6155 sq. ft., $500.


7,350


194.78


Adelman, Fred M., 34 Marion Ave. .


House, $3850; Land, 9462 sq. ft., $1000;


5,000


132.50


Adelman, Michael, 540 Nahatan St.


House, $2450; Land, 8 acres, 25439 sq. ft., $1400; Sheds, $150.


4,000


106.00


Adjutant, Minnie G., 23 Winter St ..


450


House, $1550; Land, 8850 sq. ft., $500


2,050


54.33


Ahern, Theresa E., 79 Hill St ..


House, $1850; Land, 7190 sq. ft., $570; Garage, $150. House, $5500; Land, 5009 sq. ft., $300.




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