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9,352.00
Henry O. Peabody Income Account
35,279.36
Refunds:
Town Clerk Incidentals
10.00
General Government Incidentals
26.88
Lunch Counter Operations (Special)
435.45
1962 Excise Abatements (Rescinded)
196.60
1961 Excise Abatements (Rescinded)
87.10
E & D 712.34
School Instruction Supplies
2.30
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School Custodians Salary Account
75.60
School Teachers Retirement Board
73.06
School Lunch Revolving Fund 376.34
Library Incidentals 20.10
Old Age Assistance (Town Funds)
197.10
Old Age Assistance (U. S. Grant)
158.25
Aid to Dependent Children 688.45
Aid to Dependent Children (U. S. Grant) 143.40
Veterans Benefit Account 833.34
Welfare 45.00
Disability Assistance (Town Funds)
151.65
Medical Assistance for the Aged (Town Funds)
73.43
Sewer Construction Account
136.60
Old Age Assistance (Recovery Account)
8,496.44
Disability Assistance Recovery Account 744.00
Engineering Incidentals 6.25
Enforcement of Dog Laws
13.44
School Equipment (Rep. and Rep.)
7.00
Finance Commission Incidentals
89.53
Aid to Dependent Children (Recovery Account) 180.00
Drain Maintenance Account
17.00
School Instructors Salaries
100.00
Garage Maintenance and Operation
37.70
Highway Maintenance and Operation
30.00
General Relief 39.00
Insurance Rebate (School Construction)
863.04
Public Works Vacation Account
342.40
Miscellaneous Receipts :
Airport Rental 1,070.82
Norwood Housing Authority (In Lieu of Taxes)
2,700.00
Fee for Collecting State Taxes
179.49
Gift to Town (Orient Lodge A. F. & A.M.)
500.00
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
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Retirement Military Allowance
546.07
Transferred from Stabilization Fund to General Account 159,602.12
Tax Title Redemptions
1,657.97
Tax Title Fees
18.00
Federal Withholding Tax Deductions
400,632.17
State Withholding Tax Deductions
33,405.09
Bond Deductions 7,100.00
H. & P. Licenses 100.00
Petty Cash Reimbursements :
School Administration Account
100.00
Maintenance and Control of Traffic
10.00
Peabody School
100.00
Library
50.00
Welfare
20.00
Total
$9,331,099.66
Less Paid out on Warrants
7,433,539.63
Balance December 31, 1962
$1,897,560.03
Add Surplus Revenue Invested
400,000.00
Total $2,297,560.03
RAYMOND T. HALLORAN, Town Treasurer
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES January 1 to December 31, 1962
Balance Jan. 1, 1962 Commitments
Abatements Refunded
Cash
Transferred Added to to Taxes in Abatements Tax Titles Litigation
Balance
12/31/62
Levy of 1962
Real Estate
$3,393,564.30
$21,768.60
$3,254,172.96
$76,055.70
$2,469.60
$82,634.64
Personal Property
128,283.75
123,177.75
491.40
4,614.60
Sewer Assessments
8,483.02
117.32
8,205.06
69.41
325.87
Street Assessments
168.81
168.81
Committed Interest
1,857.89
60.24
1,844.70
17.79
55.64
Water Liens
12,505.12
49.30
11,479.61
90.65
984.16
Motor Vehicle Excise
431,041.57
8,978.71
357,789.43
27,872.12
54,358.73
Polls
14,758.00
28.00
12,060.00
2,204.00
522.00
Levy of 1961
Real Estate
$60,292.88
2,485.35
54,784.58
2,359.35
1,871.10
$3,739.05
24.15
Personal Property
4,922.68
3,933.58
346.50
642.60
Sewer Assessments 141.19
141.19
Committed Interest
20.84
20.84
Water Liens
598.45
598.45
Motor Vehicle Excise 144,189.19
93,450.77
10,174.97
223,252.61
18,619.41
5,942.91
Polls 544.00
316.00
92.00
136.00
TOWN OF NORWOOD
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Levy of 1960
Real Estate
2,342.40
12.80
1,372.80
12.80
38.40
931.20
Personal Property 476.51
214.00
262.51
Water Liens
27.65
27.65
Motor Vehicle Excise
5,063.08
28.47
1,389.32
35.90
3,666.33
Polls
104.00
10.00
20.00
74.00
Levy of 1959
Motor Vehicle Excise
713.90
9.62
219.60
456.16
47.76
Polls
48.00
4.00
6.00
38.00
RAYMOND T. HALLORAN, Collector of Taxes
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
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REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
The Honorable Board of Selectmen Norwood, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I respectfully submit herewith the report of the Veterans' Service Department for the year ending December 31, 1962.
The year 1962 was a very active year for the Veterans' Service Depart- ment. The problems of veterans and their dependents continue to in- crease as more new veterans and their families move into Norwood.
This department is operated under Chapter 115 of the G.L. of the Commonwealth as amended by Chapter 584 of the Acts of 1946 in admin- istering Veterans Benefits and Services. During the year 1962 this office handled approximately 60 Veterans Benefits cases involving some 135 persons. Norwood spends about $40,000.00 per year in this program and all assistance cases were investigated and payments made in accordance with Chapter 115 of the General Laws which assures to the Town of Nor- wood a fifty (50%) percent reimbursement from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Veterans' Services Department assisted some 2,654 veterans and/or their dependents to procure benefits and information to whichi they are entitled relative to employment, vocational or other educational opportunities, G.I. Loans, hospitalization, medical care, compensation, pensions, on-the-job training, insurance, burial allowance, grave markers, photostats and all other benefits granted veterans under Federal and State laws.
Every request for assistance was accorded conscientious consideration. All possible assistance under existing regulations was invariably granted. There was complete cooperation with the Veterans Administration, the State Department of Veterans Services and the various local Civic and Veterans Organizations that interest themselves in veterans problems.
The one aim was to give veterans and their dependents the best possible service at all times and to administer the laws and regulations affecting veterans impartially, efficiently and effectively.
Grateful acknowledgement is made to the Honorable Board of Select- men, the General Manager, the Town Counsel, Veterans Organizations and others who have assisted the Director of Veterans' Services in his duty.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM F. NOLAN, JR. Director of Veterans' Services
ANNUAL REPORT
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1962
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE: (Seated) Elizabeth V. Syverson, Clerk; Charles L. Donahue, Chairman; Dr. Philip O. Coakley, Superintendent; Mary H. Hemman; (Standing) John F. Reynolds, Henry W. Diggs, Thomas A. White, John J. Cavanaugh, Francis X. Sheehan, Jr.
REPORT OF THE NORWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1962
School Committee
Term Expires 1963
Charles L. Donahue
161 Bond Street
John F. Reynolds 1963
16A Day Street
John J. Cavanaugh 1964
235 Railroad Avenue
Thomas A. White 1964
42 Mountain Avenue
Henry W. Diggs 439 Washington Street
1965
Mary H. Hemman (Mrs. Robert)
1965
11 Westview Drive
Francis X. Sheehan, Jr.
1965
15 Bird Road
Organization Charles L. Donahue, Chairman Elizabeth V. Syverson, Clerk
Committee Meetings
A regular meeting of the School Committee is held in the Administra- tion Building (formerly West School), corner of Elliot and Walpole Streets, on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Philip O. Coakley, 10 Shattuck Park Road, 762-1266
The office of the Superintendent of Schools is at the Administration Building (formerly West School), and is open from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. every day, Monday through Friday, inclusive. Telephone 762-0133 or 762-5095.
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School Calendar 1962 - 1963
Monday, August 27th - Friday, August 31st: Registration in all schools 9 A.M. to 4 P.M.
Friday, August 31st - Administrators' Meeting - 10 A.M. - Administration Building.
Monday, September 3rd - Labor Day - No School.
Tuesday, September 4th -10 A.M. Faculty Meetings - 2:00 P.M. General Staff Meeting at Senior High School Auditorium -3:00 P.M. Reception to New Teachers - Norwood Teachers' Club.
Wednesday, September 5 -Grades 1 to 12 in regular full session.
Monday, September 10 - Kindergartens in session.
Friday, October 12 - Columbus Day - No School.
Friday, October 26- Norfolk County Teachers' Convention - No School.
Monday, November 12 - Veterans' Day - No School.
THANKSGIVING RECESS: Schools close at noon Wednesday, November 21 and re-open Monday, November 26.
CHRISTMAS RECESS: Schools close on Friday, December 21st and re- open on Wednesday, January 2, 1963.
WINTER RECESS: Schools close Friday, February 15th and re-open on Monday, February 25, 1963.
SPRING RECESS: Schools close on Thursday, April 11 and re-open Monday, April 22, 1963 (Friday, April 12th - Good Friday).
MEMORIAL DAY: Thursday, May 30th, 1963 - No School.
GRADUATION: (Tentative) Tuesday, June 11, 1963.
CLOSING DATE OF SCHOOL: (Tentative) Friday, June 21, 1963.
No-School Signals 2-2
Repeated at 7:15 A.M. No sessions, all schools, all day.
Repeated at 7:30 A.M. No session, elementary and junior high schools only.
Repeated at 7:45 A.M. No morning session, elementary schools only.
Repeated at 12:15 P.M. No afternoon session, elementary schools only. Repeated at 6:15 P.M. No evening sessions.
Street lights will be on for three minutes at the time of the signal. In addition, no-school announcements will be broadcast over Radio Sta- tions WNAC, WBZ, WEEI, and WHDH beginning at 7:00 A.M. and when possible, at noon and at night.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Norwood:
The Norwood School Committee is pleased to submit the annual report for the year ending 1962.
In February of 1962, the Senior High School Addition was sufficiently completed to allow the total school enrollment to revert to a single session. In a normal setting after a disquieting six months, the new plant allowed for a refinement and extension of offerings, curricula as well as extra- curricula. In particular, new equipment as well as additional space now provided for improved offerings in the Language Department, the Busi- ness Department, Physical Education, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, Science, and Guidance.
With the cooperation of the Parent-Teacher Associations through- out the Town, another census is being completed in order that new popu- lation figures may be analyzed. It is known at this date that another Junior High School will be needed in Norwood, as well as one more elementary school. If our population increase continues, another ele- mentary school is indicated.
The John P. Oldham Elementary School is presently under construc- tion, and at this writing, is 48% complete. This school, a sixteen-room building with auxiliary facilities, is scheduled to be ready for occupancy by September of 1963. It will relieve the overcrowded situation temporarily, but it is now evident that due to the increased home construction of Hearthstones, Lakeview Estates, Massanova Woods, Rustic Acres, and the new Windsor Gardens, another elementary school need is imminent.
In a planned program of capital expenditures, maintenance and repair, we have attended to the most necessary items of plant protection, hygienic and safety features. Some of the major items during the past year in - cluded the installation of smoke screens, door closers, and safety wire- glass in all schools to meet additional requirements of the Department of Public Safety. In issuing certification, the Department of Public Safety is completely satisfied with all of the buildings. Steam traps and valves have been attended to; completely new roof jobs and glazing jobs have been accomplished on the old part of the Norwood Senior High School, and on the total Junior High School. Both Boys and Girls Shower and Locker Rooms have been completely renovated at the Junior High School and a new intercommunication system has been installed. A new Science Laboratory has been installed (Room 303 at the Junior High School). In another year, we will find many more accomplishments in our restora- tion program.
It is by no accidental coincidence that our staff procurement during the past year provided us with quality personnel. Our recruitment program and our interviewing teams brought to Norwood many fine new and ex- perienced teachers from all parts of the country. Some thirty-eight colleges and universities from coast to coast were represented by our new personnel. This geographic representation brings much to Norwood in the form of culture and new ideas.
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The salary schedule of last year is no longer even adequate to meet competition this year. The new state minimum is now $4500 for a beginning teacher with a Bachelor's Degree. Norwood has always been $200 to $400 over this figure and we must revise once again in order to provide quality staff.
We would be remiss in our duties if we did not call attention to the fact that next year our budget will have to increase many thousands of dollars just to maintain pace. Additional pupils, additional housing and new innovations, mean additional teachers, additional operating costs and additional equipment. You have entrusted to us the job of providing the best educational pattern possible in Norwood. This we can do with your help.
We, the members of the Norwood School Committee, appreciate the willingness of the employees of the Norwood Public Schools to perform in excellent manner each according to his capacity in the many and diffi- cult tasks that are involved in their daily routine. We submit this report with the assurance that it has been a pleasure to serve you in the capacity as School Committeemen and we request your continued interest and support.
CHARLES L. DONAHUE, Chairman JOHN J. CAVANAUGH HENRY W. DIGGS MARY H. HEMMAN JOHN F. REYNOLDS FRANCIS X. SHEEHAN, JR. THOMAS A. WHITE
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
"What Is Honored In a Nation Will Be Cultivated There" (Socrates)
Norwood's educational system is ninety years old and it is my pleasure to submit an educational report at the completion of this year, 1962.
It is interesting to note that ninety years ago the average membership was 373 pupils and the average attendance was 297. The nine teachers on the professional staff indicated concern with curriculum refinement, punctu- ality and attendance, and -- over-crowding of pupils at the primary level.
Illustrative of the fact that constant evaluation is an integral part of our educational program, and too, that the hard core of any educational pattern revolves around personnel and curriculum, irrespective of time or era, more than 300 staff members of the Norwood Public Schools are today concerned with these very same things. Our concern today is for some 5,300 individuals or an average pupil-teacher ratio of 19 to 1. Ninety years ago, the concern was no doubt equally sincere, with a pupil-teacher ratio of 41 to 1. Increased complexities over the years have no doubt accrued. Not- withstanding,Norwood has, year after year, for ninety -- fulfilled in excellent fashion their moral and ethical commitment to the public education of their citizenry. The change to modern methods and techniques over the years has been a part of the normal growth. Today, there is no indication that any of the agencies of this municipality, nor the people of this community are ready to accept anything less.
Personnel
Our educational efforts are of little value without highly qualified, well prepared, inspirational teachers. These are the people who are affecting the lives of our children daily. The ethical core lies in the interpersonal relation- ship with the client. Thus, our task is to provide the person of highest moral fiber and one with the highest academic and social proficiency for the very personal task of helping our pupils to learn. The salary must be related to competence. We now can be outbid for professional services. A new salary schedule for the members of our professional staff is indicated.
In addition to the weekly and monthly faculty meetings and the study groups in Reading, Science, Mathematics and Reporting, this past year we have conducted two Reading Workshops and an introductory course in Modern Mathematics for our professional staff members. Many of our staff individually have attended outside conferences and study meetings. We have an obligation in this regard, and we must extend these offerings in the future. The majority or our staff are constantly attempting professional improvement and are studying in-course work at nearby colleges and universities.
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Curriculum
The Principals, Directors and Supervisors reports contain specifics with regard to curriculum refinement. Of signifiicant note, however, is the adoption of a new basal reader this year for the primary levels. Following two years of study, selection of the new readers was made on the basis of that which would be most intellectually challenging and at the same time provide a solid skills program. To date, we feel secure in the knowledge that we are providing the finest in reading instruction at the primary levels. We are continuing our pilot study in reading at the Callahan School, a modi- fication of the New Castle Audio-Visual Experiment.
We are projecting a pilot study of Modern Mathematics for selected pupils at the Intermediate Level in the Spring of 1963. Also, we will conduct a control group in the use of teaching machines.
Our Physical Education Program is being refined and expanded at all levels and we are constantly adding new equipment. The music program in the Norwood Public Schools is undergoing a complete reorganization and much progress has been made to date. The reorganization and elaboration of the Parents Music Association has done much to complement our work in this phase of the curriculum.
Plant
We are continuing to make repairs, renovations and improvements in line with our long-range program. Exterior protection of the properties and hygienic and safety facilities have received priority in this undertaking. Thereafter, a planned painting and modernization program will be effected. The condition of the buildings and the maintenance therein has improved greatly.
The past two years have been gratifying. The General Manager and all municipal departments have been most helpful in expediting the many things essential to the successful operation of the Norwood Public Schools. It is evident that Norwood wants good schools and a good educational pro- gram and that the people are aware of their responsibility in this regard. Enthusiastic cooperation has been received throughout the many changes to date. Our educational obligation to you is constantly the reminder in our efforts to better serve the children and youth of Norwood.
I would like to thank all members of the Norwood Public Schools for their cooperation, enthusiasm, and willingness to perform the many and varied tasks required of this highly moral vocation. And, to the members of the Norwood School Cominittee, I would like to express my sincere apprecia- tion for the excellent cooperation and understanding help that has been extended to me. It has been a privilege and a pleasure working with you in our common endeavors.
PHILIP O. COAKLEY Superintendent of Schools
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
I have the honor to present my seventeenth annual report as Principal of the Senior High School.
On February 26, 1962, a milestone in secondary education in Norwood was reached. At that time the new and enlarged facilities at the High School were sufficiently completed to permit at least their limited use. Double sessions could now be terminated and single sessions with a new rotating schedule begun.
The New School Complex
Newly completed construction at the High School has in effect doubled the school's capacity. New classroom facilities include fifteen additional general purpose classrooms and twenty-two new special purpose class- room for instruction in Natural and Physical Science, Art, Music, Reading, Homemaking, Mechanical Drawing, and Industrial Shop. Also a second gymnasium with two additional teaching stations has been built. The school cafeteria has been enlarged, remodeled, and renovated. A new thirty-station Language Laboratory has been provided. An auditorium seating six hun- dred students with a stage completely equipped for dramatic productions has been built, and an area in the previously existing building has been re- modeled to provide a guidance reception area plus four guidance conference rooms. In short, the new school complex today provides optimum physical facilities in which to house a superior educational program.
The New School Population
Table #1
Enrollment as of December 1, 1962 - Grades 9-12 inclusive
Grade
Boys
Girls
Total
9
178
212
390
10
171
203
374
11
181
167
348
12
108
125
233
Grand Total
1,345
Table #2
Estimated Enrollment as of December 1, 1963 - Grades 9-12 inclusive
9
433
10
380
11
370
12
340
Grand Total
1,523
Comments
Table #1 shows that on December 1, 1962, the new school population at the Senior High School numbered 1,345 students. This was an increase of 30 over our estimate of last year.
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Table #2 shows as a prediction that in the fall of 1963 we shall have a school population of approximately 1,523 students. It is interesting to note that this estimate exceeds by 23 the capacity of all presently existing facili- ties at the school.
The New School in Operation
As we reflect upon the educational program presented during our first year in the new school, we are reminded of the view that there is no progress without change. The interested reader will find in this report, we believe, considerable evidence of significant change and, we believe, of significant progress.
LANGUAGE LABORATORY-Since early fall, six hundred students have been using the new Language Laboratory. Our Foreign Language Depart- ment Head reports: "We have already heard evidence of greater ability with the foreign language as a result of intensive practice in the language laboratory."
LITERARY AWARDS-During the year just past THE HILLTOPPER, our school newspaper and TIOT, the 1962 Senior Yearbook, were both awarded the highest rating by the New England Scholastic Press Association. Also, Miss Donna L. Daley, Senior at the School, was cited by the National Council of English for superior achievement in English in nation-wide competition.
ENGLISH SEMINAR-Eight outstanding Senior English students are this year for the first time undertaking a new, after-school, credit-carrying seminar in "Utopian Societies in Literature."
FIFTH YEAR MATHEMATICS-Revision of our college preparatory mathematics program is already well advanced and is continuing on sched- ule. We now have eighteen Juniors in the school who by next June will have completed four years of college preparatory mathematics. As Seniors next September, these students will be able for the first time if they wish to undertake a course of college level in the Calculus.
MATHEMATICS TEAM-For the first time in the history of the school, a team composed of top mathematics students is representing Norwood High School in regular competition with similar newly formed Mathematics teams of otlier Bay State League Schools.
P. S. S. C. PHYSICS-Norwood was among the first of the high schools in the United States five years ago to offer the new course in physics de- veloped at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by the Physical Science Study Committee, i.e., P. S. S. C. Physics. It is noteworthy that the Chairman of our Science Department (who is P. S. S. C. instructor at the School) was last year an instructor in P.S. S. C. Physics for Science teachers in summer session at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.
SCHOOL LIBRARY-Since its renaissance four year ago, 4,662 volumes have been added to the Senior High School Library. For the year just past, our full-time librarian reports in part: "Integrated instruction and articula- tion of the library with the classroom are the goals of today's school library. The studious atmosphere of the library and the increased degree to which
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students evidence an ability to use library materials attest to the success of our library program."
INDUSTRIAL SHOP-Almost three hundred boys are enrolled in our new Industrial Shop courses which offer experiences in Woods, Metals, Electronics, and Mechanical Drawing. With ample space, excellent new equipment, and competent instructors, Industrial Shop is accepted as an im- portant and valuable part of the total educational program.
COLLEGE EXAMINATION CENTER-For the first time in its history, the School was selected by the Educational Testing Service to be a center for the administration of college entrance examinations. On the first ex- amination date, Saturday, December eighth, 181 students from Norwood and surrounding communities took these tests in the school gymnasium.
HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT-This department has now been transferred to a beautiful four-room suite in the new building. When this new setting is fully furnished, it is certain to afford optimum learning op- portunities for our students. One hundred eighty girls are now enrolled for courses in Home Economics. Superlative results are already in evidence.
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