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Salary of Sealer $150.00
Transporting weights 50.80
Purchase of equipment 9.20
$210.00
Appropriation $210.00
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL P. LYONS, Sealer of Weights and Measures
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List of Jurors
As Approved by the Board of Selectmen, Randolph, Mass. July 5, 1939
Anderson, Lars B., Farmer Ayers, George O., Farmer Adams, Frank B., Florist Boothby, John R., Carpenter Burns, Samuel J., Shoeworker Beal, Jesse S., Mill Worker Bertram, Walter R., Plumber
702 South Main St. 553 High St. 78 High St. 26 Woodlawn St. 26 Warren St. 202 Union St. Lillian St. Pond Lane 36 Pond St. Hill St. Englewood Ave.
Cheverie, William J., Salesman Condon, William S., Superintendent Cutting, Robert, Plumber Carmicheal Andrew G., Cook Corrigan, Arthur H., Sheet Metal Wkr. 371 Highland Ave. Dupras, John J., Salesman DeAngelis, Paul, Laborer Diauto, Frederick, Oil Dealer Dawe, John W., Cabinet Maker Doody, Arthur L., Insurance Downes, Walter B., Salesman Driscoll, Harold B., Carpenter Eddy, Frederick W., Foreman Esposito, Frank J., Chauffeur Elliott, Ray A., Engineer Flanagan, Walter J., Salesman Frederickson, John A., Superintendent Frawley, George L., Rubber Worker Gaynor, Joseph, Shoeworker Gallagher, Frank J., Farmer Good, John K., Laborer Haskell, Charles J., Clerk Higgins, J. Frank, Timekeeper Hoye, James G., Salesman 106 Cross St. 20 Maitland Ave. Cole Ter. Dorr St. 356 South Main St. 208 Pond St. Vesey Rd. 591 North Main St. 48 Maitland Ave. 317 Union St. 85 Canton St. 46 Fairview Ave. 41 Liberty St. 44 Plain St. 265 Centre St. 8 Mill St. 696 South Main St. 19 Fairview Ave. 93 North St.
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Hanley, John P., Real Estate Heim, Herman H., Painter Hutchinson, Ralph H., Mechanic Isaac, Harry C., Insurance Johns, Charles W., Chauffeur Kane, Charles E., Salesman Keefe, James F., Salesman Kangiser, Leo A., Road Operator Kelliher, Joseph P., Foreman Lyons, Raymond E., Manager Madigan, John J., Cook Mullen, William F., Salesman Murphy, Dennis J., Real Estate Malloy, Stephen J., Shoeworker Murphy, Daniel, Printer Morgan, Howard C., Tile Setter McAuliffe, Eugene L., Real Estate McMahon, Joseph H., Unemployed McNeil, George M., Steel Worker McGrath, Laurence E., Painter McLucas, William F., Rubber Worker O'Connell, Cornelius, Shoe Welter O'Connor, William J., Manager O'Riley, Thomas, Plumber O'Gorman, Patrick, Clerk Pearce, Albert S., Painter Porter, H. Franklin, Insurance Peters, Gerald J., Chauffeur Powers, Stanley W., Inspector Quimby, Alfred, Roofer Ringdahl, Kaleb A., Blacksmith Roberts, James W. S., Retired Sarni, Rocco, Blacksmith Sullivan, Eugene, Shoeworker
Sullivan, Peter B., Retired Stetson, Walter P., Const. Foreman Sampson, Clifford, Mechanic
1210 North Main St. Castleton Ave. 439 North Main St. 186 South St. 148 Druid Hill Ave. Van Beal Rd. 1120 North Main St. 600 South Main St. 5 Norfolk Rd. 15 Cole Terrace 207 Center St. 137 Union St. 141 Warren St. Alden Ave. 631 North St. Linden Rd. 39 Roel St. 47 South St. Augusta Street 89 Cross St. Grove Lane 60 Liberty St. 19 Roel St. 138 Druid Hill Ave. 84 Lafayette St. 52 Hall St. 100 Liberty St. Morgan St. Howard Ave. 208 Center St. Emeline St. 999 High St. 26 Maitland Ave. 391 South Main St. 24 Fowler St. 245 Center St. 200 Pond St.
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Soule, Frederick J., Painter
Smith, Herman H., Merchant
Tangen, Christopher, Moulder
Tanner, Arthur, Painter
Teed, Frank F., Builder Thompson, Percy H., Shoe Cutter
Wing, Mortimer O., Polisher
Walsh, Garrett E., Chauffeur White, Orrin B., Truckman
Young, George E., Carpenter
18 Hall St. 50 Pond St. 559 High St. Russ St. 50 Oak St.
410 North Main St. 65 Pond St.
60 Wales Ave.
17 Vesey Rd. 351 Highland Ave.
THEODORE S. LUDDINGTON, CHARLES H. MCGRATH, CHARLES F. BLAKELY, Selectmen of Randolph.
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Report of the Board of Appeals
January 22, 1940.
Board of Selectmen, Town of Randolph, Randolph, Mass.
Gentlemen :
It is requested that the following brief report of The Board of Appeals be incorporated in the town report.
The Board of Appeals which was appointed by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with the Zoning laws adopted by the town and approved by the Attorney General, wishes to report that no appeals have been received since the organization of the Board in September 1939. The procedure by which an appeal may be taken from an adverse decision of the Building Inspector is set forth in the Zoning Laws. Arrangements are being made for the printing of a number of copies of the Zoning Laws and these will shortly be available for distribution at the Town Hall.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE N. WELCH, Chairman HENRY TANGEN, Secretary JOHN E. KELLEY GEORGE TAYLOR DENNIS MURPHY
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Report of the Investigating Committee for Stetson High School
Under article 21 of the warrant for the annual town meeting for March 13, 1939, a committee of five mem- bers: Dr. George V. Higgins, Martin Young, Carl Reich- ert, Harold Macauley and Leslie A. Claff, was appointed to work in conjunction with the school committee to in- vestigate the over-crowded conditions at the Stetson High School and to make recommendations for relieving these conditions.
This committee organized on May 10, 1939, with Mr. Leslie A. Claff as permanent chairman and Mrs. George W. Brewster as secretary. At this meeting the principal of the high school reported conditions existing as follows :
1. The lunch room, laboratory and sewing room are being used for home rooms.
2. The science laboratory is being used for classes in general science and drawing; as well as for chemistry and physics laboratory experimental work. The use of the laboratory for other pur- poses curtails the amount of usage that can be given to the room for the purpose for which it was originated.
3. Due to the inadequacy of the lunch-room facil- ities, the laboratory and sewing room are being used for lunch rooms.
4. Study pupils are placed in the rear of every reci- tation room and are so distracted by what is
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being said and done in the room that they can- not concentrate on their studying. On the other hand, so many study pupils in a room constitute a problem for the teacher who must divide her time between study pupils and recitation to the detriment of the recitation.
5. Room 28, a room made by partitioning off one large room into 3 rooms, has to be used for study and recitation, although in its present setup, heat, light and ventilation are not satis- factory.
6. Due to the inadequacy of the assembly hall, the school has to be divided into two assembly per- iods as state law limits the audience to 350-the enrollment at present is over 500.
At the second meeting held May 24, 1939 at the school committee rooms, printed data prepared by the superintendent of schools, was submitted, showing the seating capacity of each room and the present enrollment in the entire school system. This data was submitted with the thought of relieving the high school congestion by using space in the junior high schools. Upon inves- tigation there was found to be no available space in the Devine School and so little at the Prescott School that such a plan would be inexpedient.
At later meetings of this committee all the school buildings were visited and on several occasions the high school building was visited both in and out of session so that your committee might report its findings from actual experience. We report finding conditions existing in the high school exactly as outlined to us by the prin- cipal at our first meeting. The assembly hall is licensed by the State to accommodate 350; the enrollment as of October 1, 1939 was 523. With this excessive enrollment, facilities for passing from one room to another between
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LESLIE A. CLAFF, CHAIRMAN MARÇAKET K. SKEWSTEX , SEC. EDMUND J KKADY GEORGE H. CHASE WALTER J FLANAGAN JOHN E. KELLEY
DE. CEOKGE Y. HIGGINS
BOYS TOILET
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HAROLD W. MACAULEY CARL E. REICHERT MARTIN E YOUNG
HUBERT F. GILGAN
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periods are entirely inadequate. Recent fires in Prov- idence, Rhode Island and Sanford, Maine have deeply impressed upon the committee the necessity for elim- inating the existing corridor traffic conditions at the Stetson High School.
Every parent whose children attend the high school should be deeply concerned in the matter of sanitation and ventilation in the school.
Causes for this Condition
Figures relative to the increase in the number of pupils attending the high school, as taken from the records of the superintendent of schools, from the year 1920 to 1939, are as follows :
High School
Grade School
Year
Pupils
Pupils
Total Registration
1920
156
759
915
1921
182
808
990
1922
194
869
1063
1923
215
925
1167
1924
215
962
1177
1925
227
958
1185
1926
230
1027
1257
1927
214
1084
1295
1928
252
1116
1368
1929
252
1201
1453
1930
288
1256
1544
1931
338
1335
1673
1932
393
1327
1720
1933
417
1378
1795
1934
440
1362
1802
1935
425
1370
1795
1936
429
1368
1797
1937
490
1348
1838
1938
533
1306
1839
1939
523
1294
1817
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GEORGE H CHASE
WALTER J FLANAGAN
JOHN E KELLEY
DA GEORGE V. HIGGINS HAROLD W. MACAULEY
CARL E REICHERT MARTIN E YOUNG
HUBERT E GILGAN
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Likewise we call to the attention of the citizens the fact that from 1920 to 1930 the population of Randolph, according to census figures, increased from 4,756 to 6,553 and a 1935 State report shows an additional increase to 7,580. A new state law relative to the employment of children under 16 years of age, Chapter 461, Acts of 1939, Section 3, adopted by the last legislature and supple- mented by present economic conditions, has a tendency to increase the enrollment in the high school. October 1, 1939 enrollment figures show there are 121 in school 16 years of age! 77-17 years of age; and 20-18 years of age.
Possible Solutions
A. The first consideration is that nothing at all be done in the hopes that perhaps a decline in enrollment will eliminate the over-crowded conditions, but reference to the following table shows that even without an increase in population there can be no relief expected from this source.
ENROLLMENT BY GRADES
Grade 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932
High School
P.G.
4
3
4
3
7
5
5
6
High School
12
86
105
97
79
89
78
73
61
High School
11
167
107
105
104
77
100
91
78
High School
10
125
150
127
108
127
101
121
103
High School
9
141
168
157
135
125
156
128
145
Junior High School
8
153
160
179
161
164 197
177
158
153
164
Grammar School
6
163
162
158
159
207
172
172
156
Grammar School
5
152
172
164
157
149
201
177
168
Grammar School
4
174
153
179
164
164
161
199
176
Grammar School
3
156
169
152
168
167
171
152
173
Grammar School
2
157
160
177
168
155
156
168
169
Grammar School
1
157
158
167
182
187
184
183
179
Special Class
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13
7
11
9
11
13
12
10
Totals
1817 1830 1838 1797 1798 1802 1795 1720
156
146
161
132
Junior High School
7
169
156
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EDMUND J. BRADY
GEORGE H CHASE
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JOHN E. KELLEY
DR. GEORGE V. HIGGINS
HAROLD W. MACAULEY
CARL E. KEICHEKT
MARTIN E. YOUNG
HUBERT F. CILGAN
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ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOLS
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
Stetson H. S.
523
533
490
429
425
440
418
393
Stetson J. H. S.
70
99
Prescott School
477
442
482
500
518
504
496
496
Devine School
374
395
378
372
364
378
410
400
Belcher School
257
254
262
281
264
258
266
209
Pauline St. School
68
76
96
92
91
84
Tower Hill School
56
70
66
67
71
71
69
68
McNeill School
62
60
64
56
65
67
66
55
1817
1830
1838
1797
1798
1802
1795
1720
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* Pupils removed to Prescott and Devine Schools.
B. Your committee has investigated the 2-platoon system as employed in some other towns. In Randolph under this system the actual class time would be cut from 5 hours 17 minutes per day to 4 hours 10 minutes, or a total loss of 201 hours, approximately 40 school days out of 180 total. The maintenance cost would be increased because of light, heat and janitor requirements. Extra- curricular activities would have to be curtailed and in many cases eliminated. Transportation costs would be increased, and therefore this solution is deemed inex- pedient.
C. The 6-3-3 plan would not be practical because the Devine School has no room for the 9th grade. The Pres- cott School could accommodate two rooms of 40 each, if the Tower Hill School were used for lower grades, but it would only take 80 out of 100 that would have to be accommodated. Transportation costs would again be increased. Under the 6-3-3 plan the matter of teachers would be a serious problem as this system necessitates the teaching of languages, higher mathematics and science in the junior high school.
D. The question of a new building at a different location is ill advised because of the cost of land and a
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new building, also the probable increased cost in trans- portation, which briefly stated is this: In its present location transportation is from one end of the town only, whereas, a school centrally located geographically would necessitate transportation from two directions.
E. The final solution to be considered is an addition to the present building.
Recommendations
Your committee recommends that:
A. 1. The Town of Randolph enter into a definite pro- gram of additions to the present high school, with the purpose in mind of eventually providing a school with facilities for 1,000 pupils, as shown in the accompanying diagrams.
2. By this your committee does not mean that this work be done at once, but as conditions, population, enrollment or finances permit.
B. To meet the immediate needs we recommend the addi- tion of 6 class rooms, boiler room, boy's and girl's toilet rooms on first and second floors, addition to auditorium and lunch-room facilities. This addition would cost $150,000.
. C. Financing :
1. Because the borrowing capacity of the town as of December 31, 1939 was $120,606.61, inside the debt limit, that amount of itself would not be ade- quate to meet the cost of financing the building of an addition which would meet the present needs and also provide for reasonable future require- ments.
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2. It would, therefore, be necessary to finance a project of this sort by borrowing outside the debt limit and permission would have to be obtained from the legislature which will not meet until 1941.
D. We, therefore, recommend that a portion of that work be done to include: boiler room, 3 class rooms and necessary renovations, boy's toilet rooms on first and second floors, addition to lunch-room facilities, and all renovations necessary in the present building, in- clude heating, plumbing, wiring and ventilation, which would cost approximately $80,000.
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE A. CLAFF, Chairman, MARTIN E. YOUNG,
HAROLD W. MACAULEY, CARL E. REICHERT, JOHN E. KELLEY, MRS. GEORGE W. BREWSTER,
GEORGE V. HIGGINS,
EDMUND J. BRADY, Investigating Committee for Stetson High School.
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Report of State Auditor
October 30, 1939.
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Theodore S. Luddington, Chairman Randolph, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Randolph for the period from January 1, 1938 to August 12, 1939, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
TNW:0
THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Randolph for the period from January 1, 1938, the date of the previous examination, to August 12, 1939, the following report being submitted thereon:
The records of the financial transactions of the sev- eral departments receiving or disbursing money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were examined,
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checked, and verified by a comparison with the reports and records of the treasurer and of the town accountant.
Town Accountant .- The books and accounts in the office of the town accountant were examined, checked, and compared with the records of the several depart- ments of the town and with the town treasurer's books. The receipts, as recorded, were compared with the town treasurer's record of receipts and were checked with the departmental records of payments to the treasurer, while the recorded payments were checked with the treasurer's record of disbursements and with the treasury warrants.
The ledger accounts were analyzed, the appropria- tions, loan orders, and transfers being checked with the town clerk's records of town meetings and with the records of the finance committee. The necessary adjusting and correcting entries resulting from the audit were made, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on August 12, 1939, was prepared and is ap- pended to this report.
In checking the charges against appropriations on the town accountant's ledger it was noted that transfers of funds from the appropriation for school salaries to school expenses have been made without a vote of the town. It was noted on the town clerk's records that a special town meeting was called to appropriate additional funds for "School Expenses" to be transferred from "School Sal- aries," but there was no action at the special town meet- ing called due to a quorum not being present. Whenever specific amounts are appropriated for several functions in one department by a vote of the town there is no authority to transfer funds within the department with- out a vote of the town.
Treasurer .- The records of the late treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts
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were analyzed and checked with the town accountant's books, with the departmental records of payments to the treasurer, and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the disbursements were checked with the treasury warrants.
The cash balance on August 12, 1939, was proved, and due to the death of the treasurer shortly after the beginning of the audit, the cash balance on August 23, 1939, was verified by actual count of the cash in the office and by a reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit.
The temporary treasurer, appointed by the selectmen, qualified on August 25, 1939, and the transfer of cash was made as of that date.
The payments on account of debt and interest were verified by a comparison with the cancelled bonds and coupons on file and with the amounts falling due.
The securities and savings bank books representing the trust fund investments in the custody of the town treasurer, the treasurer of the trustees of the Turner Library Funds, and the treasurer of the trustees of the Stetson School Funds were listed. The income was proved and the receipts and disbursements were verified.
The records of tax titles held by the town were examined. The taxes added to the tax title account were compared with the collector's records, the recorded re- demptions, disclaimers, and foreclosures were verified, and the tax titles on hand were listed, reconciled with the town accountant's ledger, and checked with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
Tax Collector .- The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The taxes
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outstanding at the time of the previous examination were audited, and all subsequent commitments were proved to the warrants issued for their collection. The recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treas- urer and with the town accountant's books, the abate- ments as recorded were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding ac- counts were listed and reconciled with the town account- ant's ledger.
Licenses and Permits .- The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen, town clerk, and the health department were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and the town were verified.
Departmental Accounts Receivable. - The commit- ments of departmental accounts receivable were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the town account- ant's books, the abatements as recorded were compared with the records in the departments authorized to grant abatements, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the town accountant's ledger.
Water Accounts Receivable .- The record of water accounts receivable were examined and checked in detail. The commitments were added, the recorded payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's cash book, the abatements were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the town account- ant's ledger.
Outstanding and Overdue Accounts .- Verification of the correctness of the outstanding tax, departmental, and water accounts was obtained by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
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An examination of the outstanding departmental and water accounts indicates that many accounts are long overdue. A determined effort should be made at once to secure settlement of these outstanding accounts, and any of these accounts found to be uncollectible should be adjusted by the departments committing the accounts for collection.
Surety Bonds .- The surety bonds of the several town officials required by law to furnish them for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
Conclusion .- It is recommended that a town vote be passed annually setting the salaries of all elective officers, in accordance with the provisions of Section 108, Chap- ter 41, General Laws, and in this connection attention is also called to the provisions of Section 4A, Chapter 41, General Laws, relative to a vote of the town being re- quired to enable a town board to appoint any member thereof to another town office or position.
In addition to the accounts mentioned, the records of all other departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection were examined and checked in detail.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's cash, summaries of the tax, tax title, departmental, and water accounts, together with tables showing the condition and transactions of the various trust funds.
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