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2,600.00
INSURANCE
Appropriation
9,000.00
Payments :
Fire - buildings
2,650.06
Fire and theft - motor
431.66
Auto accident and indemnity
1,614.21
School boilers
538.00
Workmen's compensation
2,069.95
Public Liability
1,565.56
Honor Roll glass
20.00
Burglary
10.00
Total payments
8,899.44
Balance to Revenue
100.56
9,000.00
PENSION
Appropriation
2,500.00
Payments :
A. O. Christiansen
2,083.30
Balance to 1953
416.70
2,500.00
PARKING METER FEES
Cash collections in 1952
6,156.46
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Payments :
Partial payments for meters 3,046.70
Transferred to parking meter expense 611.04
Total payments 3,657.74
Balance to 1953
2,498.72
6,156.46
PARKING METER EXPENSE
Transferred from Parking Meter Fees
611.04
Payments :
Meter hoods
30.00
Coin counting machine
500.00
Repair parts
71.42
Total payments
601.42
Balance to 1953
9.62
611.04
BELCHER PARK FUND
Balance January 1, 1952
1,071.50
Payments :
Salaries
420.00
Playground supplies
23.00
Total payments
443.00
Balance to 1953
628.50
1,071.50
MEMORIAL DAY EXPENSE
Appropriation
850.00
Payments :
Care of graves
30.00
Flags
89.00
193
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
Plants, wreaths, etc.
248.55
Tonic, ice cream, etc.
117.04
Band
240.00
Janitor service
5.00
Postage
2.54
Total payments
732.13
Balance to Revenue
117.87
850.00
TOWN HISTORY
Balance January 1, 1952
2,300.00
Payments :
Photos
25.00
Advertising for bids
10.80
Total payments
35.80
Balance to 1953
2,264.20
2,300.00
CHURCH CLOCKS
Appropriations
70.00
Payments :
First Baptist Church
35.00
First Congregational Church
35.00
Total payments
70.00
TOWN REPORT
Appropriation
2,500.00
Payments :
Printing town report
2,057.40
Distributing town reports
150.00
Advertising for bids
5.25
194
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Total payments
Balance to Revenue
2,212.65 287.35
2,500.00
RETIREMENT COSTS
Appropriation Payment
4,748.30
4,748.30
POLICE INSURANCE RECOVERY
Cash recovery
1,613.15
Payments :
New police crusier
1,034.21
Radio
578.90
Total payments
1,613.11
Balance to Revenue
.04
1,613.15
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Balance January 1, 1952
4,599.59
Payments :
General Relief :
Paid cities and towns
343.24
Medical 2.50
345.74
Police :
Motor equipment
99.00
Water - Joint account Paid
Town of Holbrook
4,154.85
4,599.59
UNPAID BILLS OF PREVIOUS YEARS Appropriation 1,425.82
195
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
Payments : Tax Collector : Extra clerk hire
40.00
Insurance
1,002.87
Water - Joint Account : Paid Town of Holbrook
382.95
1,425.82
WATER DEPARTMENT - SALARIES
Appropriations
20,740.00
Payments :
Commissioners
600.00
Superintendent
3,700.00
Senior clerk - collector
2,320.00
Junior clerk
1,520.00
Meter readers
600.00
Labor
11,879.37
Total payments
20,619.37
Balance to Revenue
120.63
20,740.00
WATER DEPARTMENT - EXPENSE
15,767.00
Appropriation Payments :
Stationery and postage
542.01
Printing and advertising
195.69
Telephone
365.52
Registration plates
6.00
Collector's bond
10.00
Subscriptions
21.00
Insurance
867.32
Notarizing liens
9.25
Recording liens
81.77
Truck repairs
134.27
196
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Gas and oil
707.94
Pipe and fittings
3,948.89
Meters and repairs
5,990.60
Tools
669.24
Supplies
379.46
Trenching and bulldozing
1,693.55
Patch
77.88
Surveying
20.00
Rubber boots
39.85
Express
6.09
Total payments
15,766.33
Balance to Revenue
.67
15,767.00
WATER - JOINT ACCOUNT
Appropriation
11,300.00
Payments :
Chemicals
275.50
Labor
162.01
Pipe and fittings
198.35
Oil, waste, packing
374.77
Fuel
6,009.48
Repairs to buildings
99.04
Light and power
668.96
Trenching and bulldozing
65.00
Tools and supplies
61.93
Telephone
97.88
Legal service
27.50
Motors
57.50
Insurance
147.92
Trucking
5.00
Meals
16.00
Gas and oil
10.43
Equipment rental
10.00
Paint
7.61
197
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
Soap powder Express
7.50
1.92
Total payments
8,304.30
Balance to accounts payable 1953
2,995.70
11,300.00
PORTABLE LIGHT
Appropriation
400.00
Payments :
Light
305.47
Balance to Revenue
94.53
400.00
FLOURIDATING MACHINE
Appropriation
500.00
Balance to 1953
500.00
PUMPING STATION PUMP AND BURNERS
Balance January 1, 1952
19,759.05
Appropriation
6,000.00
25,759.05
Payments :
Advertising for bids
61.85
Equipment and installation
12,741.88
Freight and express
60.84
Engineering service
750.00
Insurance
48.20
Total payments
13,662.77
Balance to 1953
12,096.28
25,759.05
HIMOOR CIRCLE - WATER EXTENSION Balance January 1, 1952 1,244.47
198
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Payments :
Surveying
42.00
Trenching and gravel
1,092.40
Gas and oil Fittings
95.00
Total payments
1,244.31
Balance to Revenue
.16
1,244.47
WARREN STREET - WATER REPAIRS
Appropriation
3,250.00
Payments :
Pipe and fittings
1,733.23
Labor
713.10
Trenching and bulldozing
250.00
Patch
174.03
Gas and oil
50.96
Express
1.25
Total payments
2,922.57
Balance to 1953
327.43
3,250.00
JANE STREET - WATER EXTENSION
Appropriation
2,800.00
Payments :
Pipe, fittings, hydrants
2,073.31
Tools
13.90
Trenching
694.00
Gas and oil
17.86.
Total payments
2,799.07
Balance to Revenue
.93
2,800.00
199
14.91
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
LIBERTY STREET - WATER REPAIRS
Appropriation
1,050.00
Payments :
Pipe and fittings
341.93
Tools
20.07
Labor
548.00
Trenching
90.00
Gas and oil
49.25
Total payments
1,049.25
Balance to Revenue
.75
1,050.00
NORTH MAIN STREET - WATER REPAIRS
Appropriation
600.00
Payments :
Pipe and fittings
348.35
Labor
157.70
Trenching
90.00
Express
1.25
Total payments
597.30
Balance to Revenue
2.70
600.00
MITCHELL STREET - WATER EXTENSION
Appropriation
4,000.00
Payments :
Pipe, fittings, hydrants
2,729.22
Surveying
40.00
Tools
3.50
Trenching
1,205.40
Gas and oil
19.69
200
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Total payments
Balance to Revenue
3,997.81 2.19
4,000.00
INTEREST AND DISCOUNT
Appropriation Charged to Revenue
22,932.62
1,400.00
24,332.63
Payments :
Anticipation of Revenue
721.18
Anticipation of Reimbursement
215.54
Pumping Station Loan
440.00
High School Land Loan
420.00
McNeill School Addition Loan
180.00
New Junior-Senior High School
21,527.50
New Highway Equipment Loan
150.00
Total payments
23,654.22
Balance to Revenue
678.41
24,332.63
MATURING DEBT
Appropriation
75,000.00
Payments :
Pumping Station Loan 5,000.00
High School Land Loan 3,000.00
McNeill School Addition Loan
2,000.00
New Junior-Senior School Loan
65,000.00
Total payments 75,000.00
TEMPORARY LOANS
in Anticipation of Revenue 150,000.00
in Anticipation of Reimbursement
20,500.00
170,500.00
201
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
PREMIUMS ON LOANS
Balance January 1, 1952
93.40 )
Premiums received in 1952
3,290.56 )
3,383.96
Payments :
Printing and certifying notes
1,329.03
Transferred to E. & D. Account
93.40
Balance to 1953
1,961.53
3,383.96 €
AGENCY
State Parks and Reservation
1,448.38
Auditing Municipal Accounts
1,266.17
County Tax
14,304.16
County Hospital Assessment
11,295.97
Dog Licenses
1,005.40
Federal Tax Withholding
50,873.10
County Retirement Withholding
7,602.46
Teacher's Retirement Withholding
3,744.67
91,540.33
REFUNDS
Real Estate and Personal taxes
14,576.78
Motor Vehicle Excise taxes
2,673.28
Interest
1.35
Bid Deposits
4,900.00
22,151.4.
Total payments Cash balance December 31, 1952
1,918,470.8
757,331.3
2,675,802.2
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS TEMPORARY LOANS
202
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Outstanding January 1, 1952
70,500.00
Notes issued during 1952
158,000.00
Maturities paid during 1952 170,500.00
Outstanding December 31, 1952
58,000.00
228,500.00
228,500.00
INDEBTEDNESS INSIDE STATUTORY LIMIT
Outstanding January 1, 1952
293,000.00
Notes issued during 1952 :
New Highway Equipment
24,000.00
New Junior-Senior High School Devine School Addition
445,000.00
Maturities paid during 1952 : McNeill School Addition
2,000.00
High School Land 3,000.00
Pumping Station Pump and Burners 5,000.00
New Junior-Senior High School 15,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1952 816,000.00
841,000.00 841,000.00
INDEBTEDNESS OUTSIDE DEBT LIMIT
Outstanding January 1, 1952
950,000.00
Maturities paid during 1952 :
New Junior-Senior High School 50,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1952 900,000.00
950,000.00 950,000.00
BORROWING CAPACITY Inside Statutory Limit of Indebtedness Chapter 44, Section 10, General Laws Valuation Real and Personal Property :
1950
$ 8,569,450.00
1951
14,973,260.00
1952
15,582,872.00
Valuation Motor Vehicle Excise
203
79,000.00
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
1950
1,531,500.00
1951
1,626,510.00
1952
1,790,650.00
44,074,242.00
Valuation of Abatements :
Real and Personal Property
1950
427,713.00
1951
675,333.00
1952
659,256.00
Valuation of Abatements :
Motor Vehicle Excise
1950
76,409.00
1951
123,958.00
1952
45,851.00
2,008,520.00
Net valuation for three years, less abatements 42,065,722.00 Average net valuation 14,021,907.00
5% of average valuation
701,095.00
Outstanding December 31, 1952
* 816,000.00 None
Net borrowing capacity
* Excess borrowing authorized by State Emergency Finance Board May 12, 1952
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH Balance Sheet December 31st, 1952
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash
$757,331.33
Accounts Receivable: Taxes:
Levy of 1950:
Real Estate
33.40
Levy of 1951:
Poll
400.00
Premiums on Loans
Personal
69.75
Real Estate
21,202.93
Payroll Deductions: Federal Tax
5,861.80
21,672.68
County Retirement
61.98
Teachers' Retirement
1,455.00
Poll
1,086.00
7,378.78
Personal
991.20
Real Estate
88,919.26
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Taxes on Estates Deceased Persons
1,888.40
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
27,060.93
Tax Titles
12,365.09
Levy of 1951
1,575.66
Departmental 5,086.56
Levy of 1952
25,213.67
Water 10.907.92
27,060.93
77,919.02
Taxes on Estates Deceased Persons
1,888.40
Old Age Assistance Recovery
580.50
Tax Titles
12,365.09
Coddington Fund Interest
10.09
Tax Possessions
20,610.12
2,498.72
Aid to Highways:
Chapter 90 Roads:
1,688.58
County
1,352.71
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
29.82
State
247.84
Tailings-Unclaimed Checks
575.93
1,600.55
M. B. Claff & Sons Gift
1,000.00
Departmental:
Proceeds of Dog Licenses Due County
1.80
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
90,966.46
112,702.54
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1950 271.60
Tax Possessions
20,610.12
Levy of 1952:
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of $50,00.00 Revenue 1952 In Anticipation of Reimbursement 8,000.00
58,000.00 1,961.53
Parking Meter Fees Overestimates: County Tax
Old Age Assistance 1.26
Aid to Dependent Children
1,886.69
Disability Assistance
110.04
Veterans' Benefits
2,374.25
Health
714.32
Sale of Real Estate Tax Title Receipts Reserved Accounts Payable: Charities Assistance 293.21 Water-Joint Account 2,995.70
5,086.56
3,288.91
Water:
Federal Grants:
Levy of 1951
1,272.00
Levy of 1952
9,218.27
Old Age Assistance Aid
47,070.28
Administration
2,131.90
Water Liens Added to Taxes:
Levy of 1951
62.99
Levy of 1952
354.66
Administration
848.86
417.65
Disability Assistance Aid
794.53
State Parks and Reservations
94.31
Auditing Municipal Accounts
285.59
County Hospital Assessment 3,084.92
Unexpended Balances: General
33,188.41
Overlay Deficits:
School Construction
482,043.10
Levy of 1950
415.71
Levy of 1951
842.40
2,634.59
Levy of 1952
747.78
274.33
2,005.89
222,217.76
$955,024.15
$955,024.15
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
10,490.27
Aid to Dependent Children Aid
5,191.39
Underestimates:
Administration
187.12
56,224.08
3,464.82
515,231.51
School Lunch Program School Athletic Program Surplus Revenue
3,302.20 206.00
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Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$1,716,000.00 McNeill School Loan
$10,000.00
High School Land Loan
21,000.00
Pumping Station Pump and Burners Loan
17,000.00
New Junior-Senior High School Loans
1,199,000.00
New Highway Equipment Loan 24,000.00
› Devine School Addition Loan 445,000.00
$1,716,000.00
$1,716,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Securities
$54,366.76
Coddington Fund
$1,900.00
School Playground Equipment Fund
87.72
Soldiers' Monument Fund
212.53
Turner Reference Medal Fund
1,150.40
Stetson School Fund
13,209.71
Turner Library Fund
37,806.40
$54,366.76
$54,366.76
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
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BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Date
McNeill School Addition
High School Land
Pump Sta. Pump and Burners
New Junior- Sen. High School
Highway Equipment
Devine School Addition
Total
1953
2,000.00
3,000.00
5,000.00
70,000.00
5,000.00
25,000.00
110,000.00
1954
2,000.00
3,000.00
4,000.00
70,000.00
5,000.00
25,000.00
109,000.00
1955
2,000.00
3,000.00
4,000.00
70,000.00
5,000.00
25,000.00
109,000.00
1956
2,000.00
3,000.00
4,000.00
70,000.00
5,000.00
25,000.00
109,000.00
1957
2,000.00
3,000.00
70,000.00
4,000.00
25,000.00
104,000.00
1958
3,000.00
70,000.00
25,000.00
98,000.00
1959
3,000.00
70,000.00
25,000.00
98,000.00
1960
70,000.00
25,000.00
95,000.00
208
1962
65,000.00
20,000.00
85,000.00
1963
65,000.00
20,000.00
85,000.00
1964
65,000.00
20,000.00
85,000.00
1965
65,000.00
20,000.00
85,000.00
1966
65,000.00
20,000.00
85,000.00
1967
65,000.00
20,000.00
85,000.00
1968
64,000.00
20,000.00
84,000.00
1969
60,000.00
20,000.00
80,000.00
1970
20,000.00
80,000.00
1971
20,000.00
20,000.00
1972
20,000.00
20,000.00
10,000.00
21,000.00
17,000.00
1,199,000.00
24,000.00
445,000.00
1,716,000.00
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
1961
65,000.00
25,000.00
90,000.00
60,000.00
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
LIST OF JURORS
As Approved by the Board of Selectmen, Randolph, Mass. JULY, 1952
Ayers, Norman F., Mechanic Ayers, George O., Jr., Brewer
Bassett, Milton R., Rubber Worker Beasley, Charles T., Horticulturist Blanchard, Charles E., Salesman Black, Joseph G., Engineer Boyle, Philip L., Medical Rep. Campbell, Allen R., Milkman Cannizzaro, John, Clerk Cardello, Santo T., Sheet Met. Worker Cartwright, Ralph W., Sr., Fun. Dir., Cole, William S., Vets' Agent
Condon, George, Oil Business
Condon, Girard, Coal & Ice Dealer Conrad, Robert A., Lineman
Conrad, Roy A., Grocer
Conrad, Ruth E., At Home Corp, Mary G., Housewife Cullen, George F., Soap Cutter
Curran, Edward J., Iron Worker Curran, Joseph W., Sheet Met. Worker
Curran, William, Chauffeur
Deitrick, John F., Pipefitter Diauto, Fred A., Chauffeur Dolan, Isabelle G., Secretary Doty, Albert M., Retired
Duffy, Vincent L., Mechanic
Erickson, Emery, Service Manager
Esposito, Frank J., Truck Driver Evans, Perley R., Foreman
Farnsworth, Roy A., Gas Station Owner Forrest, Marie A., Housewife Franke, Arthur P., Farmer
Fraser, Robert B., Optician
28 Canton Street
282 Canton Street 547R No. Main Street 80 Canton Street 9 Martin Terrace 19 Vesey Road 25 Martin Terrace 23 Soren Street 9 Short Street 13 Hills Street 419 No. Main Street 84 Old Street. 434 No. Main Street 473 No. Main Street 26 Emeline Street 4 Intervale Terrace 11 Stoughton Street 400 Center Street 93 Old Street 6 Cedar Drive 54 Stacy Street 496 West Street 214 So. Main Street 2 Cole Terrace 33 Silver Street 1152 High Street 325 Union Street Byron Street 48 Maitland Avenue 81 Chestnut Street 5 Junior Terrace 435 No. Main Street 284 Canton Street 1075 No. Main Street
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Frederickson, John A., H'way Surveyor Freedman, Lloyd J., Maintenance French, Horace, Electrician Garity, Leo A., Proprietor Gill, Arthur L., Special Police Hall, L. Vernon, Guard Harris, Frederick M., Carpenter Hart, Joseph J., Tree Surgeon Hannon, John T., Civil Engineer Holbrook, Alfred, Clerk Howarth, George H., Shoeworker Hurley, Helen F., Secretary Hutcheon, Eugene C., Sales Manager Hylen, Carl G., Florist Jacobson, Leo H., Sheet Met. Worker Jacobson, Norman R., Maintenance Jameson, Silas N., Mechanic Jope, Robert C., Oil Dealer Kehoe, William H., Salesman LaBrecque, Norman, Maintenance Laird, George T., Retired Larson, Harold P., Mechanic Lemieux, Frank T., Taxi Owner Leombruno, Louis, Superintendent Lewis, Serena V., Housewife Lindblom, Ruth V., Telephone Operator 56 So. Main Street Lionetti, Fabian J., Biochemist 3 Himoor Land 60 Cottage Street 1242 No. Main Stree 15 Cole Terrace 301 Highland Avenue 97 High Stree 35 North Stree Long, William R., Maintenance Lyons, Francis A., Truck Driver Lyons, Raymond E., Accountant Macleod, Ralph E., Engineer Marshall, Evelyn L., At Home McAuliffe, Harold J., Bus Driver McCarthy, George F., Credit Manager McDonnell, Thomas H., Mechanic McGerrigle, John E., Shoe Cutter Merrill, Henry W., Salesman
50 Fairview Avenue 100 South Street 11 Orchard Street 60 Cross Street 1295 No. Main Street 360 No. Main Street 29 Woodland Parkway 160 West Street 40 Hills Street 192 Liberty Street 477 No. Main Street. 44 So. Main Street 441 No. Main Streett 436 West Street 120 Stacy Street 82 Stacy Street 44 Waldo Street 99 Lillian Streett 7 Cedar Drivee 137 Union Street 33 Woodlawn Street 9 Vesey Road 312 North Street 6 Fairview Lang 245 Allen Street
55 Vesey Roa 50 Oak Stree 33 Warren Stree ;. Cole Terrac
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Mixer, Herbert L., Chauffeur Nevers, Thelma C., Housewife O'Gorman, Patrick, Clerk Paine, Carroll L., Florist Pelissier, Edward R., Pressman Peterson, Paul A., Maintenance Porter, John L., Salesman Powers, Etta B., Housewife Preble, Charles E., Fleet Supt. Rota, Henry J., Contractor Russell, Charles W., Salesman Salamone, Joseph, Salesman Sarni, Albert P., Mechanic Sass, Joseph P., Clerk Scanlon, Walter E., Sales Clerk Schultz, Henry, Station Operator Semensi, Joseph J., Coal Dealer Shanks, Leonard D., Musician Shay, Joseph T., Salesman Stein, Otto, Store Proprietor Sullivan, Helen C., Housewife Teed, Frank F., Builder Teed, Harvey, Builder Thayer, Gordon, Chauffeur Thompson, James A., Carpenter Tierney, William, Custodian Towns, Russell L., Truck Driver Truelson, Carl W., Laborer Tucker, Sidney, Construction Wallace, E. Carol, Superintendent Wallace, John E., Mechanic Watson, Andrew, Claims Examiner White, Harold L., Pipefitter Whynot, Elmer, Mechanic Wilbur, Howard, Electrician Willis, Edward, Mechanic Young, George E., Carpenter
1113 No. Main Street 22 Waldo Street 84 Lafayette Street 90 High Street 17 Liberty Street 50 Vesey Road 84 So. Main Street 558 No. Main Street 73 Belcher Street 1253 No. Main Street 381 No. Main Street 530 So. Main Street 26 Maitland Avenue 390 Canton Street 90 Wales Avenue 408 Canton Street Tileston Road 729 No. Main Street 22 Mill Street 388 So. Main Street 34 So. Main Street 50 Oak Street 1276 No. Main Street Dyer Avenue 72 Stacy Street 64 Union Street 394 Main Street 163R Chestnut Street 289 South Street 13 Soren Street 65 Overlook Road 111 Grove Street 5 Byron Street 64 Warren Street 17 Wales Avenue 302D West Street 223 So. Main Street
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ANNUAL REPORT
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Randolph :
The Randolph School Committee submits herewith the annual report of the year 1952.
It is to be noted that during the year of 1952 the structure of our school department as it is related to its physical facilities, received the greatest amount of attention. Our new Randolph High School was completed and occupied on September 2, 1952, and on Nov. 9 dedicatory exercises were held, at which time the new school building was of- ficially turned over by the Randolph School Planning and Building Committee to the School Committee.
The renovation of Stetson High School was completed for occupancy of elementary grades, and the pupils who formerly attended the Prescott School buildings are now housed in the newly named Stetson School.
By action of the citizens of Randolph, appropriations were made for an addition to the Devine School, and con- tracts were awarded under the supervision of the Ran- dolph School Planning and Building Committee for con- struction of this new addition which is currently in progress. Over the past twenty-four months the building program for Randolph schools has been the largest in the long history of the Town.
Your Committee acknowledges with sincere gratifica- tion the cooperation given by the citizens of the Town, and by various committees designated to assist us in carrying out the many programs with which we are faced. We express our sincere thanks to the Randolph School Planning and Building Committee for its cooperation.
Reports by the heads of the various departments in- cluding the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools, vill be found in this over-all report, and will give the citizens
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of the Town a clear insight of the activities and progress made in your schools during the year. Your Committee recognizes the various changes and methods to be used for the education of the students, and are making every effort to keep abreast of these changes. The need for alertness on the part of your School Committee to the growth of our school system is recognized and focused more clearly by the ever expanding growth of our Town. A cursory review of the school population reveals an increase of more than 700 pupils in a ten-year period.
We extend our sincere congratulations to Mr. I. D. Reade, Superintendent of Schools, for his efficient adminis- tration during a most trying and complicated change-over . period.
Our congratulations are extended also to all adminis- . trators, teachers, supervisors, secretaries and custodians for their cooperation during the past year.
Your School extends to all a sincere welcome to visit the ? schools at your convenience, and welcome any suggestions or r criticism that may in the end serve as a guide for better r education of our children.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM F. MAGUIRE, Chairman CLARK W. FREEMAN, Secretary MURRAY LEWIS JAMES H. MACDONALD HAROLD L. WHITE
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To The Randolph School Committee
Chairman, Dr. William F. Maguire and Members
I have the honor of submitting to you my annual report of the Randolph public schools for the year 1952. This re- port includes also the reports of the high school principal, supervisors, nurse and the necessary school statistics. Each report endeavors to give a short account of school activities with some outstanding achievements and suggestions worthy of study.
This year saw the opening of our long awaited and desperately needed new junior-senior high school. We now have the facilities necessary to provide the type of secondary education that the youth of today must have if they are to become intelligent, responsible citizens of tomorrow. Ap- preciation is acknowledged to the many citizens of the Town who have given unselfishly of their time and talent to aid in the devolopment of this unit of our educational sys- tem.
An elementary workshop was introduced for the first time under the helpful guidance of the elementary principals and Mrs. Christine Gaughen, Supervisor of Elementary Reading. As a result of the success of this program, plans are being made to make this an annual event.
Considerable improvements and repairs were done this year. They were greatly needed. The practice of deferring repairs of school buildings always proves wasteful, increas- ing the cost at each postponement.
We lost by death our School Physician, Dr. Charles E. Wells, who had endeared himself to all connected with our schools. His years of service have left a deep and lasting influence for good on our boys and girls.
Of necessity, much of an annual report deals with as-
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pects of the operation of a school department. It is statist :- cal and says but little concerning the aims, responsibilities, and ideals of the educational program, or of the vital role played by the efficient work of the teaching staff, which is the basis of accomplishment and progress in the educational process.
In an address at the annual convention of The American Association of Schools Administrators in 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine has presented many of these other factors from a national point of view and has stressed the role of Education as a Hope for Peace in meet- ing the problems with which we are confronted. The fol- lowing quotations are from that address :
"Too little attention has been given to the public school system by the public as a whole."
"We preach the importance of education, but we don't do so well on practicing it."
"The young people of our nation are our greatest national asset. They are our nation's future.
But they can easily become a liability. If the young people are to carry the burden set up through years of depression, war, and inflation, they must be given the best possible tools with which to meet this chal- lenge. We must provide those tools in order to give real meaning to the saying that education is not a means of life; education is life. Education is our best hope for peace."
"American education must produce leaders and a think- ing body of citizens which can aim our country in the future, as in the past, with a just and righteous policy, prejudiced toward none, friendly and helpful to all. That is your job, my job, the job of this great nation of ours, and the people of the world."
The interest, help and co-operation of the parents, teachers, and citizens is deeply appreciated.
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