Official reports of the town of Wayland 1936-1938, Part 8

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 678


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TAXES OF 1933


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/36


Balance


$1,415.68


To Moth


1.50


To Interest


.38


T. T. disclaimed


16.26


$1,433.82


Collections


$798.50


Abatements


457.31


From Moth


.50


Tax Titles


159.89


1,416.20


17.62


Motor Excise


1/1/36


Balance


$305.61


Adj. Auditor


22.04


$327.65


Collections


$131.09


Abatements


65.48


196.57


131.08


168


Outstanding


TAXES OF 1934


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/36 Balance


$23,323.04


T. T. disclaimed


15.30


Adj. Auditor


5.30


Refund


10.00


$23,353.64


Collections


$19,567.38


Abatements


362.30


Adj. Auditor


51.00


Tax Titles


2,310.08


22,290.76


1,062.88


Apportioned Street Assessment 1/1/36 Balance


$18.97


Collection


13.68


5.29


Poll


1/1/36


Balance


$54.00


Collections


$24.00


Abatements


6.00


30.00


24.00


Motor Excise


1/1/36


Balance


$819.39


Refund


15.85


$835.24


Collections


$256.34


Abatements


172.80


429.14


406.10


TAXES OF 1935


Real Estate and Personal


1/1/36


Balance


$61,727.62


Adj. Betterment


7.70


Disclaimed T. T.


17.58


Refund


117.20


Surplus Revenue


.02


$61,870.12


169


Outstanding


Collection


$29,039.34


Abatements


2,293.53


Tax Titles


2,493.43


33,826.30


28,043.82


Apportioned Street Assessment


1/1/36 Balance


$31.40


Collections


15.40


16.00


Poll


1/1/36


Balance


$352.00


Collections


$184.00


Abatements


92.00


276.00


76.00


Motor Excise


1/1/36


Balance


$2,024.67


Refund


2.73


$2,027.40


Collections


$1,315.29


Adj. Auditor


4.09


Abatements


248.23


1,567.61


459.79


TAXES OF 1936


Real Estate and Personal


6/2/36 Commitment


$169,064.54


12/18/36


Commitment 58.52


12/18/36


Commitment 70.84


Refunds


181.72


Adjusting T. T.


41.41


$169,417.03


Collections


$95,224.36


Abatements


$1,180.41


Tax Titles


6,381.91


102,786.68


66,630.35


170


Outstanding


Apportioned Street Assessment


6/2/36 Apport'ned Assessment $43.85 Committed Interest 16.06


$59.91


Collections


$23.95


Abatement


1.06


25.01


34.90


Poll


Commitment


$1,932.00


Commitment


38.00


Commitment


34.00


$2,004.00


Collections


$1,754.00


Abatements


60.00


1,814.00


190.00


Motor Excise


Commitment


$4,273.94


Commitment


1,822.84


Commitment


1,214.76


Commitment


243.08


Refunds


132.69


$7,687.31


Collections


$5,291.41


Abatements


398.47


5,689.88


1,997.43


12/31/36 Total Taxes Outstanding


$99,147.17


THEODORE H. HARRINGTON, Collector of Taxes, Town of Wayland


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ASSESSORS' REPORT For the year ending December 31, 1936


Real Estate assessed Jan. 1, 1935


$5,052,298


Personal Estate assessed Jan. 1, 1935 620,141


Real Estate assessed Jan. 1, 1936


$4,981,281


Personal assesed Jan. 1, 1936


507,830


Polls assessed


966


Horses assessed


87


Cows assessed


288


Neat cattle other than cows


47


Sheep assessed


none


Goats assessed


13


Swine assessed


642


Fowl assessed


9,571


Number of dwelling houses


1,127


Number of Motor Vehicles


1,245


Value of Motor Vehicles


$256,170


Rate on property


Rate on Motor Vehicles


Tax on Motor Vehicles


$30.80 per 1000 of value 33.38 per 1000 of value $7,310.54


Exempt property :


Commonwealth


$15,000


Town, Personal and Real


537,100


Church, Personal and Real


145,300


American Legion


15,700


Hannah Williams Playground


200


Pequod Lodge, I. O. O. F.


200


172


Tax Levy


Assets


Estimated Receipts


$51,914.22


Assessed on Real Estate


153,423.38


Assessed on Personal Estate


15,641.16


1,932.00


Assessed on Polls Available Funds


125.00


$223,035.76


Liabilities


Town Appropriations


$188,150.20


Special Cemeteries


125.00


Water Department


11,776.40


Old Age Assistance


146.00


State Tax (estimated)


8,265.00


County Tax (estimated)


8,613.28


State Park Tax


78.64


Tuberculosis Hospital


2,227.50


Deficits in Overlay


1,316.33


Overlay


2,337.41


$223,035.76


Betterment Assessed


$ 43.85


Interest Committed


16.06


State Tax estimated and assessed


8,265.00


State Tax Paid


8,700.00


County Tax Estimated


8,613.28


County Tax Paid


8,560.50


Park Tax Estimated


78.64


Park Tax Paid


60.99


Betterment Tax


43.85


Interest Committed


16.06


Supplemental Polls


72.00


December Assessment Personal


12.32


December Assessment Real Estate


58.52


DANIEL BRACKETT,


SIDNEY LOKER, CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS, Clerk,


Wayland Assessors.


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REPORT OF WAYLAND PLANNING BOARD (1936)


The co-operative spirit which has existed throughout the year between the Planning Board and the other Town Boards and officials has been a most encouraging factor in our work.


We were asked to confer with the Selectmen, Water Board, Park Department and W. P. A. Administrator to assist in the preparation of projects for immediate and future government endorsement. Some subjects included were :


1. Preliminary studies of existing private ways in which the Town had voted to lay new cast iron water mains. e.g. Dudley Road, Beachwood Point, Lake Shore Drive and some roads in Shore Acres. Work included location plans, and in some instances the setting of grade stakes to insure that pipes would not require relaying when road may later be accepted and its surface properly graded.


2. Further study of the Dudley Pond District :- to pre- pare such plans as will soon be needed to meet the growing de- mand for at least a few of the more important arteries to give adequate access to this section, so as to discourage the numer- ous tax title sales and to encourage the owners of the better properties to improve them and to add to their holdings.


3. To work with the Town Officials at tax title sales and take steps to reserve for the Town easements for highway pur poses where such reservations will soon be needed and might become expensive.


4. To assist the School Department and Park Department by preparing a detailed planting program for the new High School Building, driveway and adjacent grounds. Our work includes a complete planting schedule, having in mind the ac- ceptance of the most generous gift by Dr. Martin Edwards who offered to donate nearly two-thirds of all the shrubs and trees needed to complete the project.


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We staked out the holes dug for a group of maples donated by Mr. Alan C. Bemis which were actually planted early last spring. Unfortunately the demand for Town Welfare labor on State Highway work prevented more substantial progress on the grading and planting of the High School grounds.


5. To survey the lots adjacent to and including the Mill Pond at Wayland Center. There are six lots received from the Adams' Estate and accepted at the Annual Town Meeting. The old deeds are involved and some of the boundary lines difficult. We now have the field work completed and are ready to lay out a plan. This plan is the first step toward study of the future development of this most attractive area in the Town's Park System.


In all this work, the Planning Board has been functioning both as a Planning Board and as a Town Engineering Depart- ment, Our small yearly allowance would be adequate for the former but is entirely insufficient for the latter activity. The Government authorities are becoming more exacting in their requirements demanding proper plans as prerequisite data for any W. P. A. project. Not all citizens are aware that in our town the total of expenditures from all sources for such pro- jects is second in amount only to our school expenses. The most careful consideration and preparation of project plans should be complete before such work begins. Unless other arrangements are made for supplying this engineering service, your Planning Board will endeavor to expend such funds as may be placed at its disposal so as to obtain the maximum benefit for the general welfare.


GILBERT SMALL, Chairman, JAMES BOLTON, ARTHUR D. DOOLEY, CHESTER H. HOBBS, OTTO H. KOHLER, HOWARD S. RUSSELL, Clerk.


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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE For the Year Ending December 31, 1936


Wayland Police


State Police


Assault


2


2


Assault and battery


Assault with dangerous weapon


1


1


Breaking and entering and larceny


1


2


Larceny


1


6


Trespass


1


Using motor vehicle without authority


2


Larceny of automobile


1


1


Keeping unlicensed dogs


16


18


Illegitimate child act violating


1


5


Non-support


3


2


Vagrants


1


3


Runaway children


6


38


57


1


Robbery


3


1


Disturbing the peace


Drunkenness


7


Motor vehicle laws violation


4


3


Insanity


HARRY W. CRAIG, Chief of Police.


176


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS


The records of the Fire Department show a total of 102 alarms answered in 1936, 48 by the Wayland Company and 54 by the Cochituate Company. In several instances the Wayland Company was called to Cochituate to help out on fires that were threatening, and Cochituate aided in Wayland when it appeared extra help was necessary there.


Fires in buildings, including chimney and those caused by oil burners caused only fourteen alarms ; a very low record and a correspondingly low fire loss. The other calls covered a wide range. There were the usual number of grass, woods and brush fires and a larger number for emergency work. One drowning accident and a call to rescue two men trapped in a well taxed the resources of the department. On another occasion a boy broke through the ice and on another a horse was pulled from a bog.


The Wayland Company was of great assistance during the spring flood in pumping out cellars of houses where severe ill- ness made it necessary to maintain fires in heating plants.


Apparatus and equipment are all in good condition and ready for work.


Three members of the department, two from Wayland and one from Cochituate, completed the course at the fire drill school in Needham and received certificates on the completion of the work conducted by the Department of Vocational Train- ing. This makes a total of five men who have been interested enough to give their time and receive training which better fits them for the work they are later called on to do.


The fire alarm question will no doubt be settled one way or another by action on the article in the warrant covering the situation. The Board of Engineers sponsored this article as we feel that we are responsible for any result which might occur. Several times the past year the system would not operate and the same thing may again happen when there is an urgent need.


THEODORE H. HARRINGTON, ERNEST H. DAMON, ALBERT J. KEACH.


177


REPORT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT For the Year 1936


Pay Roll


D. Graham


$996.00


C. Brackett


4.00


P. Pontasse


20.00


Schedule of Bills


Brewer & Company, arsenate of lead


94.50


A. W. Hunt, team on sprayer


50.00


Wayland Motors, gasoline


6.32


Globe Rubber Works, 100 feet of hose


28.00


Respectfully submitted,


DANIEL J. GRAHAM,


Superintendent.


178


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Report of work performed by Sealer for the year ending December 31, 1936.


Sealed


Platform scales over 5,000 lbs.


1


Platform scales under 5,000 lbs.


8


Counter scales under 100 1bs.


9


Spring scales over 100 lbs.


7


Spring scales under 100 lbs.


22


Computing scales under 100 lbs.


7


Personal weighing (slot)


2


Avoirdupois weights


64


Liquid measures


22


Milk jars


150


Gasoline pumps


29


Kerosene pumps


8


Oil pumps


32


Quantity stop on pumps


54


Automatic stop meters


2


Vehicle tank


1


Yard sticks


1


Grease machine


1


Condemned


Avoirdupois weights


2


Ice scales


1


Grease machine


1


Platform scales


1


Trial Weighing of Commodities


Total number Correct


Under


Over


Bread


4


4


Flour in bags


8


7


1


Charcoal


3


2


1


Kindling wood


3


2


1


ALBERT B. MARCHAND, Sealer of Weights and Measures.


179


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


Cochituate, Mass., December 31, 1936.


The Board of Health submit the following report for the year ending 1936.


Licenses Granted


Alcohol 9 Permits Issued


Conduct undertaking establishment 1 Building cesspools 9 Keeping swine 1


The Board has investigated many complaints during the year. All cases that were reported were taken care of.


The State Board of Health recommends that all children entering school be given the Antitoxin test for the prevention of diphtheria.


The State Board of Health recommends that all dogs in the Town of Wayland be given Anti-Rabie vaccine to prevent the dogs from getting the rabies.


The Board feels that the different Clinics held in the Schools this year was a great help to the children, hoping they will continue with them.


WALDO L. LAWRENCE, Chairman, ERNEST H. DAMON, Clerk, JOHN J. LINNEHAN,


Board of Health.


180


REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR


January 1, 1937


I herewith submit my report for 1936. There have been twenty-one licenses issued to dealers to sell milk in the Town of Wayland.


Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. LINNEHAN, Milk Inspector.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


January 1, 1937.


I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year 1936 :


Number of cows inspected 261


Number of young stock 76


Number of swine 617


Number of goats 18


Number of dogs quarantined


15


Respectfully submitted,


WARREN F. LAWRENCE, Inspector of Animals.


181


REPORT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


To the Citizens of the Town of Wayland :


Materials


The past year 35,600 gallons of bituminous material have been used on our highways all of this being Tarvia except 2000 gallons of 45% oil which was used to lay dust on back roads.


Railings


About 500 feet of old railings have been replaced and 75 feet more were destroyed by motor vehicles repaired.


Culverts


Five stone culverts have been replaced with concrete pipe.


Gravel


2763 yards of gravel have been spread on the town high- ways this year. Shoulders have been cut back and 2187 yards of waste have been removed and used to fill and widen narrow roads.


Sand


3378 yards of sand have been used on oiling. Nearly all of this had to be purchased from out of town.


W. P. A.


Under government supervision all our back roads were widened and made ready for graveling. The money to do this graveling is ready and will be done when the government sees fit.


Stone Bridge


The old Stone Bridge is in very bad condition. The abut- ments have been working out of place slowly, but this spring owing to the flood, their position has been greatly changed. Sooner or later there will be a very bad accident. The bridge is only twelve feet in width and the railing could easily be pushed over into the river as there is absolutely nothing to fasten it to.


This year work has been given to 189 men of the Town.


Respectfully,


ARTHUR HEARD DUDLEY.


182


WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION


To the Citizens of the Town of Wayland :


The Works Progress Administration has been very active here in Wayland for the past year and I would like to familiarise the people of Wayland what real benefit the town has derived from the Federal Government funds which was allotted and accepted by the town to help the unemployed.


Federal Funds Expended for Emergency Relief during 1936 for the Town of Wayland


W. P. A. Program (earnings only through December 1936) $53,233


E. R. A. Program (December 1936) 246 Value of Surplus Commodities Distributed (through December 1936) 26,731


Total


$80,210


During the year 105 different persons have worked on W. P. A. at different interval. The 105 cases represent 390 persons who received benefits from the wages earned and paid by the Federal Government.


Local Projects


List of Local Projects which have been in operation and have been completed during the year of 1936.


Installing new drainage system on Harrison Street. Painting of Cochituate Fire Station (Inside and Outside). Grading around Pumping Station.


600 feet of new 6 inch water pipe laid on Castle Gate Road. 200 feet of new 6 inch water pipe laid on Old Connecticut Path. 1460 feet of new 6 inch water pipe laid on Lake Shore Drive. 2421 feet of new 6 inch water pipe laid on Dudley Road. 1778 feet of new 6 inch water pipe laid on Edgewood Road.


Records of all veterans of all wars enlisting from the Town of Wayland.


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State Wide Projects


State Sidewalks on Boston Post Road.


Farm to Market Road on Old Connecticut Path. Flood Control on Boston Post Road.


Local Projects now in operation


Sewing for the needy.


Cleaning and repairing 4000 school text books.


Trimming 6676 trees along roadsides in Town of Wayland. Cutting down 71 trees along roadsides in the Town of Wayland.


Owing to the State having preference over all local pro- jects as far as manual labor is concerned, the State has made it impossible for the Town of Wayland to complete certain local projects that the town had voted money for.


Respectfully submitted, ERNEST H. DAMON, Wayland W . P. A. Co-ordinator.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE FOR THE YEAR 1936


To the Citizens of the Town of Wayland :


The following is a summary of the number of cases aided during the year :


Total number of cases aided here


56


Number of persons represented


192


Settlement Status


Cases


Persons


Wayland settled


35


115


Other town or city, aided here


6


21


Unsettled, aided here


15


56


Mother's Aid


Wayland settled


1


3


Other town or city, aided here


1


6


A list of expenditures will be found under the Town Accountant's report.


Respectfully submitted,


MARTIN A. HOLMES, Chairman, HARRY MOYSE, Clerk, JAMES C. McKAY.


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REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE FOR THE YEAR 1936


Total number of cases aided during 1936 45


Number of new cases 25


Number of deaths


1


Number of cases not allowed


3


Number of cases settled here 38


Number of cases settled elsewhere, aided here 7


Number of cases settled here aided elsewhere 8


Number of cases discontinued 9


Number of cases reopened 3


The increased number of Old Age recipients is due to the fact that the age limit on Old Age Assistance was reduced from 70 years to 65 years by the State Government to meet the requirement of the Federal Government, effective September 1st, 1936.


Receipts and expenditures found in the Accountant's Report.


HARRY MOYSE, Supervisor.


186


REPORT OF SOLDIERS' RELIEF AGENT


To the Board of Selectmen :


Sirs :


Herewith is the annual report of the Soldier's Relief De- partment and the Administration of Soldier's Benefits.


Eighteen family cases representing one hundred and three persons and seven single person cases were handled from time to time during the year.


Several of the veterans on receipt of their Adjusted Com- pensation Bonds were able to care for themselves.


Monthly reports were submitted to State W. P. A. Head- quarters, as required, showing the supplementary aid, as ex- pended to those in addition to their earnings on W. P. A. projects.


Close contact was held with the local co-ordinator at all times with the best of co-operation.


Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. BOLTON, Soldier's Relief Agent.


187


REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENTION SERVICE IN WAYLAND FOR THE YEAR 1936


The following is a report of the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service in the town of Wayland for the year 1936.


As is generally known, this is a county institution carried on by the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, appointed by the County Commissioners for the development of agricul- ture and homemaking in Middlesex County. Each town is represented by a director appointed by the Trustees. These services are free to any citizen of the county. Headquarters are maintained at 19 Everett Street, Concord, where a staff of agents trained in their particular field is available upon request.


Soil deficiencies have been indicated to farmers through soil tests and recommendations to correct these deficiencies have been given. Dairy farmers have been assisted in planning their crop program in securing market connections and what informa- tion is obtainable has been given in the control of mastitis.


For the fruit growers spray warning cards have been sent to all those interested and suggestions given for the material to use and the time of application for the control of the various insect and fungus troubles of the orchardist.


A large number of farm visits have been made to poultry- men, fruit growers and market gardeners upon request. A culling, tattooing and wax picking demonstration was held at the farm of George Richardson in Cochituate.


Wayland has been very active in Extension work during the past year. Wayland has a representative on the Women's Council of the Extension Service in the person of Mrs. T. P. Costelloe, who has been active as a leader and also as an organ- izer. There were five home furnishing groups in Wayland studying methods to improve their homes through re-arranging of their furnishings and the wise use of color.


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In addition, at Tower Hill, Plain Street, Pemberton Road, Main Street, and Cochituate-North Natick sections meetings were held. The Mothers' Club of Cochituate-North Natick has carried the Extension program for eleven years. The fact that this organization continues to thrive shows that it fills a very decided need in the community. There were three groups in Wayland taking the coat and hat project this past fall; Pember- ton Road group, Tower Hill group, and Cochituate Main Street. Many attractive coats and hats for youngsters were made at very reasonable cost. A representative from the Extension Office also helped to judge at the fair in Cochituate. The many lovely quilts and rugs made it difficult to choose the win- ning articles.


In 1936 Wayland had three 4-H handicraft groups, two clothing, two poultry, two conservation, two garden, one junior homemakers, one canning, one stamp, and one music appre- ciation.


Club members of Wayland held an exhibit and achievement program in connection with a spring meeting of the Parent- Teacher Association. The Cochituate members also displayed work for the Parent-Teacher Association in their community and in the fall at the Grange Fair.


Dorothy Decatur represented the South Middlesex Service Club at State Camp. Ruth Decatur was representative of the Music Appreciation group she led, which won first state honors.


Mrs. Leslie Reid attended State Leaders' Camp. Barbara Reid was invited to be a special guest at the State 4-H Dress Revue in Amherst. She and Marjorie Ellis and Beatrice Decatur were in the blue ribbon class in the South Middlesex Dress Revue.


Priscilla Harrington was one of fifteen prize winners in an all-county canning competition.


George Toohill was awarded, for his excellent work in the 4-H gardening, a medal by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.


The two-day trip to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 1936 was awarded to George Toohill for gardening, Marjorie Ellis for news-writing, Albert Smith for handicraft, and Kenneth Morrell for poultry.


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Among the 4-H leaders not previously mentioned are : Elmer Bigwood, F. D. McGettigan, Robert Tillson, Mrs. Quo Heggen, Mrs. Charles Harrington, Miss Ena Tillson, Miss Dorothy Decatur and Miss Rita Bennett. The town 4-H Chair- man is Mrs. Joseph H. Decatur.


A speaker for the Grange Teachers' reception was furnished.


MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE Joseph Decatur, Director.


REPORT OF WAYLAND DISTRICT NURSE


To the President and Members of the


Wayland District Nursing Association :


I hereby submit my sixteenth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1936.


Cases carried


81


Cases opened


201


Nursing visits


973


Deliveries attended


5


Prenatal visits


16


Advisory visits


139


Friendly visits


49


Pre-school visits


51


The pre-school conference, sponsored by the District Nurs- ing Association, which was started in the spring and discon- tinued in the summer months, will be resumed in the very near future.


Respectfully submitted,


MARY E. McNEIL, District Nurse.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


AND THE


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1936


SCHOOL DIRECTORY


School Committee


Llewellyn Mills Cornelius J. Maguire Dorothy C. Stone


Term expires 1938


Term expires 1939 Term expires 1937


Organization


Llewellyn Mills, Chairman


Cornelius J. Maguire, 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 1937


Schools close February 19


Recess of one week


Schools open March 1


Schools close April 16 Recess of one week


Schools open April 26


Elementary Schools close June 11


High School closes June 23


High School Graduation June 17 Summer Vacation


Schools open September 8 Schools close December 22 Holidays


March 26, May 31, October 12, November 11, 25 and 26 1938


Schools open January 3


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


To the Citizens of Wayland :


We wish, as your School Committee, to present the following report in accordance with custom for the year ending December 31, 1936


There have been no changes in membership or organiza- tion of the School Committee since the last report. Regular meetings being held on the Wednesday evening preceding the first and third Mondays of each month, excepting however, the month of August.


The School Department, through the kindness of citizens and various organizations of the Town, were the recipients of many generous gifts. We wish to express our sincere thanks to these donors.


We continue to recognize the desirability of filling such vacancies as we have, by selecting so-called local candidates, providing, of course, that such candidates are duly qualified for the positions open.


Government projects, pre school work and book repairing, have been carried on under the direction of the local adminis- trator, Mr. Ernest H. Damon, and have proven of real value to the School Department. Proposed Government projects for the ensuing year include ; the grading of the High School, the painting of the interior and exterior of the two Grammar Schools and the drainage of the Cochituate School. These projects have been submitted through the co-operation of the Selectmen, Finance Committee and the Administrator.




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