Official reports of the town of Wayland 1929-1930, Part 6

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1929
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 468


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Appropriation


Refund


$2,500.00 3.63


$2,503.63


Total bills


2,440.77


Balance


$ 62.86


ALFRED A. LAMARINE


F. J. BIGWOOD


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REPORT OF MOTH EXTERMINATION


1929


D. J. Graham


$1,440.00 40.00


Roy Campbell


Payroll


1,480.00


Bowker Chemical Co., Cresote


133.36


Arthur L. Stewart. Repairs on Sprayer


15.40


Wayland Motors. Gasoline


5.80


J. H. Lee. Team on Sprayer


80.00


Samuel Cabot, Creosote


15.90


250.46


Expended Amount of work done on private property.


1,730.46


$389.00


Receipts for lead sales.


63.50


DANIEL J, GRAHAM, Superintendent.


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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


1929


In accordance with the law; I submit the following report ending November 30, 1929:


Sealed


Platform scales over 5000 lbs.


.3


Platform under 5000 lbs.


11


Counter scales


20


Spring balances


15


Computing Scales (platform


14


Slot weighing scales


2


Weights (Avoirdupois)


127


Liquid measures


19


Gasoline pumps


34


Molasses measuring pumps


1


Yard measures


2


Motor oil pumps


40


Kerosene pumps


13


Quantity stops on pumps


184


Total


485


Reweighing


Coke in bag


3


Wood in bag


4


Flour in bag


3


Charcoal in bag


4


Fees Collected


$48.53


ALBERT B. MARCHARD, Sealer of Weghts and Measures. 1


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REPORT OF GAME WARDEN


During the year 1929 I have looked over 252 Sport- men's Licenses and patrolled 348 hours, and assisted at 4 con victions for violation of fish and game laws.


With the district Warden I have travelled through 14 cities and towns looking over the conditions of fish and game and the enforcement of the game laws; this work being done without expense to the town.


CHARLES M. MAGORTY. Game Warden


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Minimum Quarantine Requirements Recommended. by The Massachusetts Department Of Public Health


CONTROL OF CONTACTS


PLACARD


DISEASE


MINIMUM PERIOD OF QUAR ANTINE OF PATIENT


ADULTS


.. IMMUNE CHILDREN


CHILDREN NOT IMMUNE


Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantil Paralysis)


Two weeks from onset of dis- No restrictions except as to ease, and thereafter until acute adult food handlers. (Note 1)


symptoms have subsided.


-


No restrictions.


No restrictions.


No.


Chichen Pox


Seven days and until all crusts No restrictions. % I have disappeared.


No restrictions save Note 2.


If 2 negative cultures are taken


Yes


Diphtherla


One week from date of report and until 2 successive negative cultures, taken at least 24 hours apart, from nose and throat,


have been obtained.


1


Two weeks from onset of dis- ease, and thereafter until all occupations. Note 1.)


No restrictions save in certain


If the child lives away from home 10 days and continue to live away from home, can re- enter school.


If child lives away from home 10 days and continues to Ilve away from home, can re-enter school.


Yes


Cerebro-Spinal Fever Spinal Meningitis)


(Cerebro-


acute symptoms have ceased.


No restrictions


No restrictions.


No restrictions.


No.


German Meanlen


Measles (Note 4)


One week from date of rash.


No restrictions save non-im- mune school teachers. These handled as non-immune children


No restrictions.


Exclusion from school for 16 days from date of last exposure.


Yes.


Mumps


One week from onset of disease and thereafter until the disap- pearance of swelling of salivary glands.


No restrictions.


No restrictions.


No restrictions.


No.


Scarlet Fever


Four weeks from date of rash and thereafter until the dis- charges from nose and throat ear or abscesses or other sur- faces (e. g., puerperal or sur- gical scarlet fever) have ceased.


No restrictions save in certain No restrictions if away cennations. (Note 1.) home.


from If child lives away from home one week and continues to live away from home, can re-enter school.


Note 3.


Yes.


Smallpor


Three weeks and until crusts have disappeared and skin 18 caled.


Note 3.


Note 3.


No restrictions.


Exclusion from school 2 weeks from exposure.


Yes.


Whooping Cough


Three weeks from beginning of No restrictions. spasmodic cough.


No rest. ictions.


Typhoid Fever


One week after subsidence of No restrictions save for food clinical symptoms. If patient is handlers who cannot continue a food handler he must have at any work requiring food hand- least 2 negative cultures from 'ing. without permission from both stool and urine. Cultures the local Board of Health. must be taken at least a week apart. (Note 5.)


Septic Sore Throat


During the clinical course of the During the clinical course of the disease and convalesence, com- disease and convalescence, al' plete exclusion of the patlent from participation in the pro- duction or handling of milk or milk products until permission is granted by the local Board of Health contacts to be excluded fror participating in the production or handling of milk or milk products until permission Is granted by the local Board of Heallth.


NOTES


1. School teachers should have same restrictions as school children. Food handlers and others whose occupation trings them in contact with children have no restriction if they live away from home.


2. School teachers must have 2 successive negative cultures taken 24 hours apart; food handlers and others whose occupation brings them in contact with children one negative culture.


3. If the patient goes to the hospital, isolation for 3 weeks for the non-immune contacts. If the patient stays at home non-im- mune persons living in the same household with the patient must remain in quarantine for 3 weeks after death or recov-


ery of the patient.


4. Warning signs on house seven days if there are no susceptibles in the family. If there are susceptibles the placard is kept on sixteen days. If on the 16th day there are children show- ing prodromal symptoms of measles the card is not removed. 5. It is recommended that at least 2 negative cultures from both stool and urine be obtained in all cases. Cultures should be taken at least a week apart.


*These same requirements are recommended by the Massachu- setts Association of Boards of Health.


Yes.


No restrictions.


If child lives away from home one week and stays away from home, can re-enter school. Other [wise same restrictions 88 pa- tient.


If 2 negative cultures are taken) and quarantine is effective the and child lives away from home, child then can continue in


then can continue in school.


school.


Quarantine at home otherwise.


One week from date of rash.


Yes


-


1


No.


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


The Board of Health submits the following report for the year 1929.


Contagious Diseases


Scarlet Fever


19


Measles


3


Chicken Pox


5


Whooping Cough


6


Dog-Bite


2


Tuberculosis


2


37


Licenses Granted


Milk


9


Alcohol


8


17


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The board has investigated many complaints during the year. Some were found to be prompted by spite, rather than by conditions that constitute a public nui- sance.


All contagious diseases that were reported were taken care of, but nothing can be done unless the case has been reported by the physician in charge, or by the head of the family. The Board wishes that everyone realize the necessity of knowing the General Laws gover- ning contagious cases.


General Laws .. Chapter 111. Section 3.


If a physician knows that a person whom he visits is infected with small pox, diptheria, scarlet fever or any other disease declared by the department dangerous to the public health, or if either eye of an infant, whom or


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whose mother a physician or hospital, or medical officer registered under section nine of chapter one hundred shows unnatural discharge within two weeks , er and twelve, visits. becomes inflamed, swollen or red or birth, he shall immediately give written notice thereof over his own signature to the Board of health of the town, and if he refuses or neglects to give such notice, he shall forfeit not less than nor more than two hundred dollars. Minimum Qu' 're adopted by the Board of Health and were printed in the Wayland Enterprise of Friday, May 24, 1929. We feel the need of calling attention to these again.


There is no Town Pumping Ground, and the Board has spent a good deal of time trying to keep our roadsides clean and sanitary. It has been necessary to adopt a set of rules and regulations concerning this.


Rules and Regulations


No person or persons, unless by leave of the Board of Health, shall dump, throw, or deposit, or cause to be dumped, thrown, or deposited in any street or vacant lot, or in any pond, creek, stream, or river, any dirt, sawdust, soot, ashes, cinders, shavings, lime, shreds, manure, met- als, rubbish or filth of any kind, or any vegetable or ani- mal substances whatever.


We feel that the town should make some provision for the disposal of refuse. The dump on the Old Sudbury Rd. has been cleaned up by private subscription and the land is posted. The dump on the State Rd. West, near Sand Hill was burned over by order of the Board, and later the State took it over, and put up a gate which is padlocked. We call attention to the article in the Town Warrant concerning a Town Dump.


Some action is needed concerning regulations apply- ing to cesspools. No cesspool ought to be allowed, unless it is at least twenty feet from a dwelling, and of reason- able size. A permit should be necessary from the Board of Health that these two requirements might be enforced.


ARTHUR H. DUDLEY ERNEST H. DAMON THOMAS J. DOWEY Board of Health


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REPORT OF THE DISTRICT NURSE


Madam President and Members of the Wayland


District Nursing Association:


I hereby submit my ninth annual report for the year ending Dectmber 31, 1929.


Many welfare problems have been dealt with this year. An underweight school child was sent to a Summer Camp for tht month of August at the expense of the District Association.


Nursing visits


769


New cases opened during the year


130


Parental visits 18


Deliveries attended


6


Advisory visits 54


T. B. 8 G


Concluding, I wish to thank you and the other members of the Association for your co-operation.


Respectfully submitted,


MARY E. McNEIL


District Nurse


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS 1929


Number of cows inspected


333


Number of young stock


46


Number of pigs inspected


730


Number of dogs quarantined for rabies


2


F. J. Bigwood Inspector of Animals


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REPORT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


To the Citizens of the Town of Wayland:


Oiling


At the town meeting held last March the town appro- priated the sum of $8000 for oiling, $2000 of which was for State and County roads, as had been done in years past. The State and County changed their contract this year and in order to receive their aid the town had to spend $4,000, with $2000 from the State and $2000 from the County, totaling $8000 for State and County roads. This left only $4000 to oil the rest of the town roads, a re- duction of $2000 over previous years which then was in- sufficient.


Sidewalks


About 1200 feet of sidewalk of permanent construc- tion was built on Pond Street. The town constructed the base and Warren Bros of Boston the surfacing. This I believe should be extended to School Street another year to complete the work.


Railings


The town has nearly three miles of railings. About 900 feet are in very poor condition and should be rebuilt. There were 375 feet rebuilt this year, besides the repair work necessitated by accidents.


Culverts and Catch Basins


Several stone culverts have been replaced this year with Toncan Pipe, one on Moore Road and the others on Ox Bow and Gleason Roads. On Main Street in Wayland Center there is need of several catch basins to relieve the bad conditions that now exist. On Plain Street, Cochitu- ate, by the ball field, there is also need of a catch basin to drain the surface water which now flows int othe lot ad- jacent to the schoolhouse, into the drainage system on Main Street.


I recommend that the town purchase a gasoline roller for road work. At the present time th etown has to rely


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upon the State for a roller. Early in the year when we need it the most it is not available, consequently we have to use a large amount of patch, which is costly, as later on a good deal of htis has to be sacrificed and the work done over.


The work would be started a good deal earlier in the year and the roads would be in far better shape than they are today. Gasoline rollers have been on the market for fourteen years and eighty per cent of rollers sold last year were driven by gasoline.


The following list and table may be of interest. It gives the mileage of roads in the town computed by speed- ometer:


Miles


Miles


Bow Road


.4


Oxbow Road


2.3


Connecticut Path


3.8


Pleasant St.


.1


Clay Pit Hill Road


1.0


Pine Brook Road


. .4


Concord Road


3.2


Plain Road


1.9


Cochituate Road


1.3


Pemberton Road


.5


Damon St.


.1


Plain St., East


.5


Draper Road


2.2


Plain St., West


1.0


French Ave.


.2


Pond St.


2.2


Glen St.


.2


River St.


.9


Gleason Lane


2.4


Rice Road


2.5


Hazelbrook Road


2.5


Sudbury Road


1.7


Harrison St.


.15


Stone Bridge Road


1.3


Island Road


2.0


Sherman Bridge Road


.7


King St.


.1


School St.


.8


Loker St.


1.0


Shawmut Ave.


.15


Lincoln Road


1.4


Thompson St.


.2


Moore Road


.8


Training Field Road


.3


Main St., Cochituate


2.4


Water Row


.3


Mill Brook Road


.3


Winter St.


.1


Mitchell St.


.2


Road (N. Wayl'd) .5


Oak St.


.4


Total miles


42.4


Oiled Roads


24.7


State and County Roads 8.6


Penetration Roads


2.8


Dirt Roads 14.9


Classification of expenditures will be found in the accountant's report.


Respectfully submitted ARTHUR HEARD DUDLEY, Highway Surveyor


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


The year 1929 has been to the department as well as to many of the Welfare Boards throughout the State the most expensive ever known, owing to lack of work, sick- ness and other misfortunes which have compelled the different ones to apply to the town for aid.


Our financial statement is included in the Town Ac- countant's report.


Below are the number aided:


Number aided here Settlement elsewhere 12


Number aided here Settlement here 37


Number aided elsewhere Settlement here


8


Number aided under Mother's Aid Law 3


Number aided in State Institutions


2


62


ANDREW PAUL T. W. FROST MARTIN A. HOLMES, Clerk


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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS


Appropriation for 1929 Expense for 1929


$450.00 $450.00


Balance


$000.00


Of this year's appropriation, three hundred dollars was expended for upkeep and equipment of playgrounds in Wayland and Cochituate. The balance of this ap- propriation ($150.00) was expended for completing the construction of the tennis court in Cochituate.


It is the intention of the Committee to remove shrub- bery and alder growth at the junction of State Road and Cochituate Road which now obstructs the vision of auto- mobilists. We feel this should be done as a safety measure.


Respectfully submitted, JOHN B. WIGHT DENNIS J. McSWEENEY FRANCIS R. GLADU


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


AND THE


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TOWN OF WAYLAND


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1930


NATICK. MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN


1930


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


School Committee


Llewellyn Mills Dorothy C. Stone Warren L. Bishop


Term Expires 1932


Term Expires 1931 Term Expires 1930


Organization


Warren L. Bishop, Chairman


Dorothy C. Stone, Secretary


Frank H. Benedict, Superintendent


Ernest E. Sparks, M. D., School Physician


Mrs. Mary E. McNeil, School Nurse


Mrs. Mary E. McNeil, Supervisor of Attendance


School Calendar 1930 Schools close February 28


Recess of One Week


Schools open March 10


Schools close May 2 Recess of One Week


Schools open May 12


Schools close June 20


High School Graduation June 23


Summer Vacation Schools open September 3 Schools close December 23


Holidays April 18-May 30-October 13-November 11 . November 27 and 28


1931 Schools open January 5


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


To the People of the Town of Wayland:


The School Committee of Wayland met and organized as follows: Chairman, Warren L. Bishop; Secretary, Dorothy C. Stone.


The Committee calls attention to the annual reports of the Superintendent, Principal of the High School, School Physician, Nurse, and Supervisor of Attendance. We believe these reports will give the people a real under- standing of the progress and present state of the schools.


We desire to express to the people of Wayland our deep appreciation of the support given the schools, not only by those in authority but also by the people them- selves. We believe that the high standard of the schools is well maintained.


The Committee appreciates the loyal cooperation of our Superintendent, Mr. Benedict, and also the very splen- did services rendered by all our teachers.


In conclusion we earnestly urge the people to seri- ously consider the problem of the building of a new school building, plans of which will be submitted at the next an- nual town meeting.


Respectfully submitted


WARREN L. BISHOP LLEWELLYN MILLS DOROTHY C. STONE


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1929


Salaries


David J. Allen


2,835.00


A. Marion Simpson


1,750.00


Maude E. Merrithew


1,715.00


Mildred A. Henderson


1,700.00


Francis R. Gladu


1,737.50


Margaret C. Robbins


420.00


Mary Kerr


1,667.50


Eleanor Partridge


1,307.40


Nettie Davis


1,235.00


Sylvia E. Prescott


1,450.00


Janet M. MacNamara


1,450.00


Drusilla Goddwin


1,053.50


Drusilla Goodwin


1,053.50


Jane Noel Campbell


1,440.00


Ethelyn Morrill


1,390.00


Arthur C. Faris


1,072.50


Walter J. Paton


490.00


Mabel S. Draper


1,450.00


Elizabeth Smith


1,450.00


Gertrude Macdonald


1,347.50


Julia B. Smith


895.00


Agnes E. Boland


60.00


Anna L. Hallett


170.00


Ernest W. Schleicher


140.00


Janie Foster


1,605.00


Marguerite E. Peaslee


700.00


Ellen Ferguson


362.50


Mabel Hammond


125.00


Margaret Boornazian


72.00


Elsie Rimmer


95.00


Doris Hilliard


10.00


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Frank H. Benedict Thomas Metcalf James Morton Mary E. McNeil


1,750.00 $32,945.40


1,000.00


1,000.00 $ 2,000.00 500.00 $ 500.00


Transportation


James Ferguson


$3,888.11


Alexander Sauer


1,236.60


Harold O. and T. L. Hynes


1,467.76


Frank J. Bigwood


384.00


J. Fred Wheeler


374.00


M. & B. Street Railway


125.00 $ 7,475.47


Supervisor of Attendance


Mary E. McNeil


$ 60.00 $ 60.00


Supplies


Little, Brown and Co.


$ 3.24


Underwood Typewriter Co.


5.00


Benj. H. Sanborn and Co.


46.21


Ernest W. Schleicher


1.50


American Book Company


129.39


Silver, Burdett and Co.


33.45


Gertrude Macdonald


.85


Hall and McCreary Publishing Co.


26.01


Royal Typewriter Company


4.00


John C. Winston Company


3.86


Phillips Ribbon and Carbon Co., Inc.


3.07


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


.78


The Gregg Publishing Co.


39.66


Milton Bradley Company


3.14


Natick Printing Co.


13.00


Office Appliance Co.


6.50


The Flax Manufacturing Co.


5.50


Kenney Bros. and Wolkins


177.85


J. L. Hammett Co.


271.13


Webster Publishing Co.


4.63


R. H. Hinkle Company


62.55


Edward E. Babb and Co.


236.02


Houghton, Mifflin and Co.


15.56


Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.


69.82


Reformatory for Women


4.65


Ginn and Company


161.04


F. H. Owen Publishing Co.


28.00


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D. C. Heath and Co.


147.96


Remington Rand Business Service, Inc.


13.28


The Macmillan Co.


66.11


College Entrance Board


2.50


Howe and Company


2.00


Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc.


25.52


Philfuels Company


6.03


F. C. Beane Estate


2.50


Oliver Ditson Company


52.58


The Horace Partridge Company


13.18


Beckley-Cardy Co.


9.27


Bates and Holdsworth Co.


3.13


The Boston Music Company


42.74


South-Western Publishing Co.


104.20


Ally and Bacon


91.95


David J. Allen


2.83


Arthur C. Faris


1.77


Martin Diploma Company


54.65


The Suburban Press


13.50


West Publishing Company


6.50


Dura Binding Co.


73.85


The Arlo Publishing Co.


13.26


Scott, Foresman and Co.


11.17


The A. N. Palmer Co.


10.89


Row, Peterson and Co.


3.75


Wayland District Nursing Ass'n


1.25 $ 2,132.78


Fuel-Light-Power


New England Coal & Coke Co.


$653.07


Timothy Linnehan


15.00


Boston & Maine R. R.


155.80


George V. Evans


6.50


A. W. Atwood


321.32


William A. Jepson & Son


265.39


William Coughlin


5.00


Philfuels Company


6.25


The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston


235.36 $ 1,663.69


New Equipment-Replacements-Building Alterations


Morandi Proctor Co.


$ 20.00


Smith-Patterson Company


17.00


Royal Typewriter Company


151.00


Kenney Bros. and Wolkins


31.82


128


Massachusetts Reformatory


48.25


Natick Plumbing and Heating Co.


750.00


Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.


11.20


James Linnehan


135.63


Philfuels Company


74.50


Manufacturing Equipment and


Engineering Co.


195.00


Martin Holmes


26.00


Wright & Son


13.00


Underwood Typewriter Company


70.00


I. C. Smith and Corona Typewriter Co.


73.50


Oliver Ditson- Company


6.07


Edward E. Babb and Co.


34.16


Remington Rand Business Service, Inc. 117.50


Davis Hardware Co.


8.50 $ 1,783.13


Repairs-Upkeep


Henry L. Gleason


$ 32.00


The Billings-Chapin Co.


24.73


C. Warren


6.25


Walter C. Smith


218.00


Natick Plumbing and Heating Co.


625.22


The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston


.75


James Linnehan


49.00


J. C. Massie


27.50


The E. Howard Clock Co.


2.65


The Fiske Corporation


5.48


Martin Holmes


92.00


Thomas Metcalf


15.50


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


7.35


John Ploss


4.00


Mclellan Awning and Shade Co.


102.35


James Morton


18.00 $ 1,230.78


Incidentals


The Wayland Water Board


$ 30.00


Hercules Kalon Co.


12.50


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


65.55


Andrews Paper Co.


74.00


Masury-Young Co.


40.38


Gibbs Express


3.10


The Fiske Corporation


19.57


Massachusetts State Prison


13.50


129


Natick Printing Co.


8.00


Railway Express Co.


1.08


A. W. Atwood


62.50


Howe and Co.


2.51


The Natick Bulletin Press


16.00


Thomas Metcalf


6.00


Benson's Store


1.21


Llewellyn Mills


3.50


The L. M. Glover Co., Inc.


2.16


The Rustile Co.


11.25


David J. Allen-Office Expenses and Cash


38.65


Colby and Co.


2.85


Union Lumber Co.


.67


Edmund H. Sears


43.00


C. W. Fairbank


8.85


F. H. Benedict-Traveling and Office Expenses


140.22 $


617.05


Helen Schmeltz


10.00


Total Expenditures


$50,408.30


Income


Town Grant


$50,250.00


Dog Fund


398.49


Income, Donation Fund


8.00


Telephone, Refund


.45 $50,656.94


Unexpended


$ 248.64


School Physician


Income .


Expended


Town Grant


$150 Ernest E. Sparks


$150


Vocational Tuition


City of Newton $19.34


Receipts from State and Other Sources


General School Fund, Part I $3,729.50


Tuition and Transportation of State Wards 363.49


F. H. Benedict-Sale of Bus tickets, Telephone Toll Collections, Dam- ages 24.58 $ 4,117.57


Reimbursement from State


On Account of Vocational Tuition


Paid in 1928


$


122.50


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


To the School Committee of Wayland :


The thirty-third report in the series of reports sub- mitted by Union Superintendents of Schools of this Super- visory District is herewith submitted. It is my twentieth report.


We should look toward the schoolhousing situation for another September with anxiety. The Cochituate building will not in all probability accommodate all the children from the Districts now served by this school. Some of the children in the vicinity of Old Stonebridge Road and Old Connecticut Path may have to be transfer- red to the Center Building although there are already as many children as should be accommodated therein under present circumstances. The High School is already too large for the housing accommodations.


However, we may look forward with a considerable degree of hope and complacency on account of the recent action of the Town in appointing a Building Committee, authorized to act as to sites and plans and probable costs, thus ensuring productive activity in the near future that will provide ample, modern, and delightful school homes for all the children in every district and department.


Last year ten recommendations were made for the improvement of our schools and for the upkeep of build- ings. Five of these recommendations have received all the attention we may hope for and a sixth has been com- pleted in part.


The Town has taken up the matter of school housing vigorously. Lights have been perfected in the typewrit- ing room and in the study hall of the High School. Show- ers and lockers and hot water for the lunch room have been provided. Gas for use in the laboratory has been in- stalled. The typewriting room has been overhauled as


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to furnishings so that 13 students may be accommodated at a time. Five more machines have been purchased. Another teacher has been employed to assist the Commer- cial, English, and French Departments, greatly to the ad- vantage of all students of these departments.


Although the Town has not directly attended to the dental needs of our boys and girls, the District Nursing Association has established this year a system that is working out admirably, so that by the end of this school year all children in the grades will have an opportunity to have dental service at the school homes if desired, at a very low cost if we consider the time it takes for parents to accompany their children to their dentists. Several parents have expressed satisfaction as to the service and gratitude for the chance to have the work done without the great effort necessary to wait upon a dentist out of town.


The District Nursing Association is to be congratu- lated upon its good fortune in securing the services of a first class dentist who handles the children with sym- pathy and understanding, and is thus able to wait upon a very large number of timid children gracefully.


Our School Nurse attends the dentist thus saving a worth while sum for carrying on the work.


We appreciate the interest and helpfulness of Dr. Amos Hadley who has been very generous of his time in advising us as to the dental project.




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