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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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