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15,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
Light department
5,952.85
3,163.65
33,198.08
35,987.28
27,781.65
8,205.63
Water department
1,473.51
15.20
11,847.44
13,305.75
11,224.17
2,081.58
County tax
128.00
2,461.22
2,589.22
2,589.22
State tax
85.53
2,690.68
2,776.21
2,776.21
Dog fees
102.60
277.20
379.80
379.80
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92
OTHER PAYMENTS NOT APPROPRIATED-(Continued)
Balances Dec. 31, '34
Refunds and
Transfers Receipts
Total
Payments
Balance
Cemetery per. care
950.00
950.00
950.00
Library per. care
412.50
412.50
412.50
Water liens
73.00
73.00
73.00
Taxes 1933
33.75
33.75
33.75
Taxes 1934
38.25
38.25
38.25
Taxes 1934
119.30
119.30
119.30
Taxes 1935
100.80
100.80
100.80
Excise 1935
4.61
4.61
4.61
Est. receipts to Collector
2.00
2.00
2.00
1.31
1.31
1.31
5.07
5.07
5.07
7.39
7.39
7.39
3.80
3.80
3.80
1.08
1.08
1.08
157,860.13
2,425.35 169,474.96
322,184.74
266,566.10
55,618.64
TOWN REPORT
Appropriations Accounts balances 1934
RECAPITULATION $124,112.92 33,747.21
$157,860.13
Transferred to Accounts
To Fire Dept.
$ 4.66
From Reserve fund
To Dog officer
47.00
From Reserve fund
To Health nurse
17.19
From Reserve fund
To Highway
10.51
From Road machinery
To Collector Taxes 1934
25.60
From Reserve fund
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To Vocational training
63.13
From Reserve fund
To Road machinery maintenance
897.00
From Road machinery
To Insurance 1934
28.50
From Revenue of previous years
To County tax
128.00
From Reserve fund
To State tax
85.53
From Reserve fund
$159,167.25
Transferred From Accounts Reserve fund Water maintenance
$ 371.11
2,000.00
To Various accounts listed above To Revenue
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93
RECAPITULATION-(Continued)
Road machinery Light department Water maintenance
15.20 907.51 To Road machinery maintenance 3,163.65 To Revenue To Water revenue
$ 6,457.47
$159,167.25-$6,457.47
$152,709.78
Refunds and receipts
169,474.96
$322,184.74 266,566.10
Payments
Balances Dec. 31, 1935
$ 55,618.64
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BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1935
Assets
Liabilities
Cash :
Temporary loans
$ 30,000.00
General
$ 6,935.67
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Electric Light depreciation
19,055.88
Motor vehicle excise taxes
1,593.86
Electric Light reserve
1,817.50
Moth taxes
105.87
Accounts Receivable :
Departmental
8,672.03
Taxes
Municipal Light
742.14
Levy of 1935
42,121.19
Water
1,638.66
Levy of 1934
21,813.34
Federal tax
58
Levy of 1933
2,392.98
Tax titles
2,091.92
Tax tailings
6.33
School teachers
87.83
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Surplus revenue of prior years
32,387.22
Levy of 1935
863.01
Overlay 1935
1,853.09
Levy of 1934
522.77
Appropriations Balances Unexpended
Levy of 1933
212.49
Tax Collector
178.72
Previous years
5.77
Main Street, Chapter 90
4,390.39
Old Age Assistance Taxes :
E. R. A.
1,017.03
Levy of 1933
229.00
Unexpended Balances
Levy of 1932
38.00
Tax Collector
31.81
Moth Taxes :
Road machinery
2,150.05
Levy of 1935
55.40
Cemetery contingent
20
Levy of 1934
24.95
Electric Light maintenance
8,205.63
Levy of 1933
35.50
Electric Light depreciation
19,055.88
Previous years
1.50
Electric Light reserve
1,817.50
Departmental :
Water maintenance
2,081.58
Board of Health
1,318.33
Kimball Park
13.50
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BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1935-(Continued)
Public welfare
5,507.24
Old age assistance
1,104.83
Mothers' aid
721.63
Municipal Light :
Light
683.34
Power
.90
Miscellaneous
57.90
Water:
Rates
540.92
Miscellaneous
213.33
State Aid (due from State)
20.00
Tax titles
2,091.92
Overlay :
1931
246.66
1932
1,140.20
1933
2,259.55
1934
1,901.73
Federal tax
.58
Advance change (town office)
10.00
Advance change (Light and Water)
125.00
County aid to highway
1,273.51
State aid to highway
2,545.53
Water liens added to taxes
884.41
620.30 State highway, Chapter 464 Special State tax (O. A. A.) 43.00
96
TOWN REPORT
$118,778.79
$118,778.79
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net funded or fixed debt
$12,800.00 Water extension Municipal loan (Acts of 1933), bor- rowed from Commonwealth 10,800.00
$ 2,000.00
$12,800.00
$12,800.00
TRUST FUNDS
In custody of Town Treasurer :
$47,932.85
Library funds T. H. Hoyt library funds
22,281.11
Kimball Park funds
3,033.17
Cemetery perpetual care funds
20,707.09
$47,932.85
$47,932.85
LIABILITIES
Notes Payable
Interest on Notes Payable
Water main extension at 4%, year
1936
$2,000.00
Year 1936
$ 80.00
Municipal (Federal Emergency Re- lief) at 31/2%
Year 1936
3,600.00
Year 1936
378.00
Year 1937
3,600.00
Year 1937
252.00
Year 1938
3,600.00
Year 1938
126.00
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TOWN REPORT
$ 1,911.48
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Name
Original Amount
New
Balance Dec. 31 '34
Int.
Withdrawn Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35
Frank Hargraves
$100.00
$ 105.75
$ 3.19
$ 3.00
$ 105.94
John Heald
200.00
*$200.00
1.50
201.50
Clara M. Kendall
200.00
212.94
6.42
4.00
215.36
Daniel W. Gould
100.00
107.04
3.23
4.00
106.27
David Tukesbury, Thos. Merrill.
150.00
151.19
4.57
4.00
151.76
Betsy A. Veal
100.00
101.99
3.07
4.00
101.06
Stephen Nichols
100.00
102.32
3.08
4.00
101.40
Benjamin Rowell
50.00
66.34
2.00
68.34
Moses Sawyer
50.00
62.80
1.88
64.68
Thomas Hoyt
150.00
152.12
4.59
4.00
152.71
Chas. S. Lockwood
100.00
106.51
3.21
4.00
105.72
Fred B. Porter
100.00
105.22
3.17
3.00
105.39
Rufus H. Bennett
100.00
108.07
3.26
3.00
108.33
N. L. and Ella S. Howe
100.00
107.17
3.23
3.00
107.40
Edmund Ricker
100.00
104.46
3.15
4.00
103.61
Tappan Sargent and Franklin Ma- son
100.00
104.44
3.15
3.00
104.59
Austin W. Sawyer
100.00
107.53
3.25
3.00
107.78
Geo. H. Tilton
100.00
106.50
3.21
1.00
108.71
Moses C. Flanders
50.00
54.86
1.64
56.50
Jennie Prescott
100.00
*100.00
.50
100.50
John W. Logan
100.00
102.21
3.08
3.00
102.29
Chas. Colman
100.00
103.24
3.11
3.00
103.35
Julia Whaland
150.00
158.93
4.79
4.00
159.72
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Name
Original Amount
New
Balance Dec. 31 '34
Int.
Withdrawn Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35
Norman S. Cole
100.00
100.71
3.03
3.00
100.74
Mary Ordway
100.00
101.91
3.07
3.00
101.98
John T. Lovett
100.00
102.69
3.09
3.00
102.78
Wm. H. Franklin
100.00
102.29
3.08
3.00
102.37
Helen G. Linden
100.00
102.29
3.08
3.00
102.37
Clifton B. Heath
150.00
156.43
4.71
4.00
157.14
Mary E. Sargent (Orlando Sar- gent lot)
100.00
101.52
3.07
3.00
101.59
John K. Sargent
100.00
104.14
3.14
2.00
105.28
Mary H. Sargent (Hayden Sargent lot)
100.00
101.14
3.05
3.00
101.19
Roswell J. Eaton
100.00
100.79
3.03
3.00
100.82
John Currier (Joshua Currier lot)
150.00
152.46
4.59
3.00
154.05
John Currier (Church St. Ceme- tery)
125.00
127.57
3.85
3.00
128.42
Single grave lots
30.00
30.56
.92
31.48
Annie M. Sargent
(John L. Sar-
gent lot)
125.00
126.45
3.81
3.00
127.26
Fred R. Weed
200.00
204.18
6.17
210.35
Mary J. Murphy (J. H. Murphy lot)
100.00
101.00
3.05
/
104.05
Edward H. Preble
125.00
126.25
3.81
130.06
Edwin S. Lane
100.00
100.75
3.03
103.78
Elbridge D. Young
100.00
100.50
3.03
103.53
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99
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Name
Original Amount
New
Balance Dec. 31 '34
Int.
Withdrawn Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35 =
Mary Emma Hoyt (Frederic Nich-
ols lot)
150.00
150.00
4.15
154.15
Harriett E. Story (F. A. Sargent
and Story lot)
100.00
100.00
2.77
102.77
Phillip E. Quimby
100.00
100.00
2.00
102.00
Sarah B. Titcomb (Eva J. Titcomb
lot)
100.00
100.00
1.25
101.25
Annie Tuttle (Amos Small-Law- son lot)
100.00
100.00
100.00
Clarence T. Allison
100.00
100.00
1.25
101.25
Rebecca P. Little (Albert Sargent lot)
200.00
200.00
3.00
203.00
Frank Ward
200.00
232.45
7.01
6.00
233.46
R. W. Sargent & Moulton
100.00
110.18
3.32
3.00
110.50
Samuel C. Pease
150.00
155.22
4.69
5.00
154.91
Agnes F. Judkins (Geo. W. and Olive O. Judkins lot) 150.00
168.03
5.07
5.00
168.10
Willard D. Sargent (Edward P. Sargent lot)
200.00
247.01
7.45
5.00
249.46
Everett Carleton (Richard Stoyle lot)
100.00
110.30
3.32
4.00
109.62
A. E. Porter (S. L. Porter and Mary Emery lot)
150.00
179.25
5.41
17.00
167.66
Donald MacDiarmid
150.00
172.78
5.21
4.00
173.99
100
TOWN REPORT
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Name
Original Amount
New
Balance Dec. 31 '34
Int.
Withdrawn Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35
Wm. H. Young ..
100.00
103.30
3.11
4.00
102.41
Mary A. Hoyt (Thos. Hoyt lot)
200.00
199.01
6.02
3.00
202.03
Willard D. Sargent (Moses Sargent
lot)
50.00
*50.00
54.88
1.64
1.00
105.52
Willard D. Sargent (Nicholas Sar- gent lot)
50.00
*50.00
54.88
1.64
1.00
105.52
Lilla P. Laraway (H. W. Laraway lot)
100.00
105.73
3.19
3.00
105.92
Warren E. Wallace
100.00
124.80
3.75
4.00
124.55
Moses Stevens
100.00
114.33
3.45
4.00
113.78
Elizabeth M. Cooper (Jos. Cooper lot)
100.00
104.36
3.14
4.00
103.50
E. Fannie Bradley (Daniel Bradley lot)
100.00
103.49
3.13
3.00
103.62
Rhoda S. Poore (Daniel Poore lot) 300.00
397.98
12.01
22.00
387.99
Rhoda S. Poore (Frederick Sargent lot)
200.00
336.33
10.16
35.00
311.49
Otis W. Little
200.00
280.39
8.46
10.00
278.85
Susan B. Sargent (westerly half J. B. Sargent lot)
75.00
88.81
2.67
.50
90.98
Eliza M. Sawyer (Thos. C. Sawyer lot)
114.00
112.50
3.39
3.00
112.89
Mary A. Noyes
100.00
109.76
3.31
3.00
110.07
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS (Continued)
Name
Original Amount
New
Balance Dec. 31 '34
Int.
Withdrawn Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35
Edward F. Goodwin and Thomas
Goodwin lot
150.00
151.83
4.58
4.00
152.41
Fred W. Cate
100.00
101.59
3.07
3.00
101.66
Marietta B. Sargent
(Wm. P.
Colby lot)
250.00
370.27
11.18
20.00
361.45
Ida E. Stevens
125.00
133.10
4.03
4.00
133.13
Mary A. Chase (G. W. Chase lot) .. 100.00
108.93
3.27
4.00
108.20
Stuart, Chase and Sargent
100.00
154.36
4.65
4.00
155.01
Chas. A. Noyes (Chas. Henry Noyes lot)
75.00
75.81
2.27
2.00
76.08
Porter Sargent (Bailey Sargent
lot)
150.00
155.01
4.69
5.00
154.70
M. W. R. Downing (John Sargent and Ichabod Nichols lot)
125.00
132.78
3.99
10.00
126.77
Amos Weed
100.00
130.31
3.93
25.00
109.24
W. O. Smiley (Wm. and Francis Smiley lot)
100.00
113.67
3.43
4.00
113.10
Harriett and Carrie P. Baxter 100.00
116.37
3.51
4.00
115.88
Parmelia Trefethan (Ephraim
Trefethan lot)
100.00
127.77
3.85
4.00
127.62
Caroline S. Noyes (Somerby C.
Noyes lot)
100.00
109.41
3.31
5.00
107.72
Adeline Whittier
100.00
109.73
3.31
4.00
109.04
Warren Sargent
100.00
103.16
3.11
3.00
103.27
102
TOWN REPORT
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS (Continued)
Name
Original Amount
New
Balance Dec. 31 '34
Int.
Withdrawn Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35
Ruth C. Rowell (Jacob Rowell and
Chas. Dow lot)
200.00
324.14
9.80
40.00
293.94
Sarah A. Pattee (Asa F. and Sarah Pattee lot)
175.00
229.08
6.92
15.00
221.00
Sarah A. Pattee (Wm. Gunnison lot)
125.00
138.44
4.17
10.00
132.61
A. B. Little
337.87
356.99
10.77
10.00
357.76
John Bancroft
50.00
52.10
1.56
1.00
52.66
Aaron Bancroft
50.00
51.29
1.55
1.00
51.84
Thos. D. Nelson
150.00
186.71
5.63
15.00
177.34
Mabel J. Shepardson (Isaac Jones lot)
100.00
106.53
3.21
4.00
105.74
Henry Crosby
65.00
123.34
3.73
5.00
122.07
A. Linda Little
150.00
189.76
5.72
7.00
188.48
Etta H. Colby
100.00
106.67
3.21
5.00
104.88
Mrs. Gilman Hoyt
100.00
111.20
3.35
4.00
110.55
Phineas Chase
100.00
102.08
3.08
4.00
101.16
Chas. A. Bridges
100.00
119.10
3.59
18.00
104.69
Louise Clement (John S. Clement
lot)
100.00
139.58
4.21
3.00
140.79
Carrie C. Noyes
150.00
165.77
5.00
8.00
162.77
M. E. Sargent
100.00
114.20
3.44
3.00
114.64
Emily S. Goodwin (Patten Sargent
lot)
250.00
282.36
8.52
5.00
285.88
TOWN REPORT
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Name
Original Amount
New
Balance Dec. 31 '34
Int.
Withdrawn Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35
John L. and Sophia Merrill
200.00
262.95
7.92
25.00
245.87
Moses Goodrich
100.00
101.80
3.07
3.50
101.37
W. A. Paine (Henry Sargent lot)
50.00
59.33
1.79
3.00
58.12
J. E. Prescott
125.00
150.50
4.53
7.00
148.03
Addie F. Sawyer (Chas. W. Saw- yer lot)
100.00
113.39
3.43
13.00
103.82
Melville S. Gibbs
50.00
50.66
1.52
50
51.68
Arthur C. Sargent
100.00
113.36
3.43
4.00
112.79
Heirs of A. R. Kimball
100.00
107.07
3.23
3.00
107.30
Geo. E. Ricker (J. W. Sargent lot) 100.00
100.50
3.03
3.00
100.53
Alfred G. Wells (A. G. Wells, R. K. Nichols and Patriquen)
100.00
228.10
6.89
5.00
229.99
Stephen C. Parsons
200.00
221.37
6.68
4.00
224.05
Alfred H. Colby (A. M. Colby lot) ....
100.00
101.85
3.07
3.00
101.92
George S. Sargent
100.00
107.29
3.23
4.00
106.52
Edward Sherman
100.00
101.83
3.07
3.00
101.90
Chas. E. Rowell
150.00
170.34
5.13
20.00
155.47
Erastus Sargent
100.00
117.48
3.55
5.00
116.03
Mary E. Robinson
150.00
163.63
4.94
4.00
164.57
Chas. Wallace and Helen Cham-
berlain
100.00
103.39
3.11
4.00
102.50
Frank C. Williams
100.00
110.04
3.32
4.00
109.36
Melville A. Cunningham
100.00
111.03
3.35
4.00
110.38
Daniel M. Means
100.00
107.93
3.25
4.00
107.18
104
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS (Continued)
Name
Original Amount
New
Balance Dec. 31 '34
Int.
Withdrawn Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35
Judson S. Jewett
100.00
112.05
3.38
4.00
111.43
Conrad Kippenberger
50.00
51.39
1.55
1.00
51.94
Herbert C. Oak
150.00
159.37
4.81
5.00
159.18
Walter L. Chaloner
170.00
192.25
5.81
6.00
192.06
Justin Clement
75.00
87.20
2.63
1.00
88.83
Emma P. Emerson (Alfred Chase
lot)
100.00
102.64
3.09
3.00
102.73
John W. Foster
150.00
169.27
5.11
7.00
167.38
John H. Cleary
100.00
109.94
3.31
3.00
110.25
M. A. Gassett
100.00
114.74
3.45
4.00
114.19
J. W. Johnson
100.00
101.61
3.07
3.00
101.68
William Greeley
100.00
114.87
3.45
4.00
114.32
Moses S. Brown
100.00
107.32
3.23
4.00
106.55
John B. Judkins
350.00
500.77
15.12
12.00
503.89
Henry C. Fox
100.00
112.89
3.39
3.00
113.28
Geo. G. Larkin (Little, Larkin lot and Oliver Larkin lot)
300.00
304.83
9.20
8.00
306.03
Addie Haley
100.00
106.86
3.21
4.00
106.07
Jacob T. Crosby
100.00
108.04
3.26
4.00
107.30
Willis H. Scott
75.00
92.12
2.78
3.00
91.90
Herbert F. Chase (Enoch Chase lot)
100.00
102.72
3.09
3.00
102.81
Joseph H. Leavitt
100.00
116.13
3.50
6.00
113.63
William Betts
150.00
158.28
4.77
3.00
160.05
TOWN REPORT
105
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Name
Original Amount
New
Balance Dec. 31 '34
Int.
Withdrawn Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35
Horace J. Batchelder and George H. Nichols
200.00
215.21
6.50
7.00
214.71
James D. Pike
100.00
115.45
3.49
4.00
114.94
Gustavus D. Veal (Gustavus Veal
and George Grant lot) 100.00
103.92
3.13
4.00
103.05
William Gilday
150.00
*50.00
162.15
4.89
15.00
202.04
$950.00
$19,910.33
$606.26
$759.50
$20,707.09
.
*Deposited since Dec. 31, 1934.
=
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TOWN REPORT
TOWN REPORT
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Name
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, '34
Interest
Expended 1935
Balance Dec. 31, '35
James Whittier
$ 487.07
$ 717.53
$ 20.56
$ 75.00
$ 663.09
D. J. Poore
500.00
601.99
16.69
100.00
518.68
A. E. Goodwin
200.00
205.83
6.20
212.03
Laura Patten
500.00
502.50
15.18
517.68
Thos. H. Hoyt
294.99
775.00
9,781.11
9,848.62
412.50
Balances shown in Merrimac Savings bank books
$11,876.47
$ 766.12
$ 950.00
$11,692.59
Haverhill Savings Bank, T. H. Hoyt fund
5,000.00
150.00
150.00
5,000.00
Danvers Savings Bank, T. H. Hoyt fund
7,500.00
262.50
262.50
7,500.00
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$24,376.47
$1,178.62
$1,362.50
$24,192.59
KIMBALL PARK FUNDS
Amos Weed
$1,860.86
$ 2,036.90
$ 60.54
$ 94.50
$ 2,002.94
Judith W. Kimball
1,000.00
1,000.00
30.23
1,030.23
$ 3,036.90
$ 90.77
$ 94.50
$ 3,033.17
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Electric Light-Depreciation Fund
$18,496.83
$ 559.05
$19,055.88
Electric Light-Reserve Fund .....
1,764.19
53.31
1,817.50
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the €
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
of the
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
1935
IN MEMORIAM
MRS. ANNIE W. HOYT
Died Nov. 29, 1935
Member of the Merrimac School Committee 1930- -1935
Courageous, Loving, Cheerful too, Nothing was too hard to do, Your helping hand was always near Full of hope and without fear.
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SCHOOL REPORT
SCHOOL REPORT
To the Citizens of the Town of Merrimac:
In accordance with custom and with the Acts of the General Court, 1859, Chapter 57, we herewith submit to you the 66th Annual School Report.
HOWARD L. DeLONG, WILLARD T. KELLY,
School Committee.
MERRIMAC SCHOOL CALENDAR
(Continued from calendar in 1934 Town Report) March, 1936 to March, 1937
March 2, 1936-All schools open for third term.
April
24, 1936-All schools close for Spring vacation.
May
4, 1936-All schools open for Spring term.
June
12, 1936-Elementary schools close.
During week ending
June
19, 1936-Junior and Senior High School graduations. (One week later if number of days requires it)
September 8, 1936-Parents' Day, registration for all entering pupils.
September 9, 1936-All schools open for Fall term.
October 12, 1936-All schools close, Columbus Day.
November 11, 1936-All schools close, Armistice Day.
Nov. 26 and 27, 1936-All schools close for Thanksgiving recess.
December 18, 1936-Elementary schools close for Christmas va- cation.
December 22, 1936-Junior and Senior High schools close for Christmas vacation.
January 4, 1937-All schools open for Winter term.
February 19, 1937-All schools close for mid-Winter vacation.
March 1, 1937-All schools open for third term.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL 1
7:30 a. m .- 11-11-long pause- 1. No' school in grades only.
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7:30 a. m .- 11-11-11. No school in high schools and grades.
11:40 a. m .- Same signals. One session.
12:30 p. m .- Same signals. No school in afternoon.
SCHOOL OFFICERS
John C. Page, Ed. D., Superintendent of Schools Address: West Newbury
Tel. W. N. 52
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SCHOOL REPORT
Margaret R. Sawyer, Secretary
Address: West Newbury
Tel. W. N. 52
Alexander M. Sullivan, Supervisor of Attendance Address: Locust Street Tel. 238
A. Frances Davis, M. D., School Physician Address: 16 Main Street Tel. 154
Jean Badashaw, School Nurse
Address: 29 Mill Street Tel. 52-11
MRS. ANNIE W. HOYT
On November 29 we were saddened by the death, after a short illness, of our chairman Mrs. Annie W. Hoyt. Mrs. Hoyt had been a member of the School Committee since 1930, during which period she gave generously of her time and thought to the efficient con- duct of our school system. In her home, social and public life, she represented the highest type of American womanhood and we feel that her passing is a distinct loss to the Town of Merrimac.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Maintenance was a major item in 1935. Only a few of the four- teen items of change at Centre School ordered by the State Build- ing Inspector on September 12, 1934, had been possible within the 1934 budget, so 1935 opened with many of its maintenance items predetermined. A complication arose during the summer when the furnaces at Centre School suddenly gave out. The additional ex- pense of new furnaces on top of ordinary repairs and extraordinary changes raised the cost of the year's maintenance to $2,248.25. Had it not been for the transfer of $589.42 from books, supplies and equipment, and for the refunded dog tax and other transfers here and there, the required expenses could not have been met without added funds. It meant denial to the teachers and pupils of work books and many school aids, but the situation was met.
Two school projects with E. R. A. labor should be mentioned in a 1935 report. In the summer the Centre School was painted tan, the windows brown, and a large amount of miscellaneous work in- side and out was also done with E. R. A. labor including cement steps, new doors, and enclosure around basement entrance. In the late fall a grading project was started on the grounds beside the high school.
Among needs, the toilets at the high school should have new seats and plumbing repairs.
DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL STAFF, SEPTEMBER 1935
Position
Training
Total years experience
Years in Merrimac
High School
. Prin., math., science English
Chauncey D. MacKay Isaiah Chase Barbara Morrell
Harvard, A. B. '30, A. M. '32
1
1
A. B., Bates, 1915
13
9
Roberta C. Annon
B. S., Univ. of N. H., 1931
5
5
Evelyne F. E. Oliver
B. S. in Ed., Salem Teachers '34
1
1
Junior High
Prin., soc. science English and math.
Howard G. Patchett Frederick A. Small
B. A., Union Col. '14, M. A. Clark '26 B. S. in Ed., Boston U. Sch. of Ed. '34
1
1
Centre School
Prin., Grade 6
Wilma B. Kingsbury
Castine Nor. 1896, 4 summer sessions
20
11
Grade 5
Louise E. Hardy
Framingham Normal, 1928
7
2
Grade 4
Theresa Kondrat
Lowell Normal, 1926, 2 summer ses. Salem Normal, 1905
81/2
5
Grade 3
Sarah B. Titcomb
211/2
14
Grade 2
Helen K. Manning
Bridgewater Normal, 1918
11
81/2
Grade 1
Helen J. Kennedy
Lesley Normal, 1927
61/2
5
Merrimacport School
Edith A. Gillen
Bridgewater Teachers College '34
1
1
Drawing Supervisor
Annie A. Kelly
251/2
9
Music Supervisor
Doris C. Currier
Mass. School of Art, 1906, 3 sum- mers Institute of Music Pedagogy
13 1/2
4
B. S. E., Boston U. Sch. of Ed. '24
11
7
French and Latin History Commercial
13
4
SCHOOL REPORT
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SCHOOL REPORT
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
In October the enrollment in the public schools was 450 dis- tributed as follows: At Centre 228, at Port 26, at Junior High 83, at High School 113. Further distribution was: At Centre, Miss Kennedy (Grade I) 32, Mrs. Manning (Grade II) 29, Miss Titcomb (Grade III) 37, Miss Kondrat (Grade IV) 40, Mrs. Hardy (Grade V) 42, Mrs. Kingsbury (Grade VI) 48. At Port, Miss Gillen (Grade I-12, III-7, IV-7) 26. At Junior High, Grade VII-36, VIII-47. At High School, Grade IX-40, X-26, XI-31, XII-13. Post-graduates-3.
In the elementary school there was one change in the staff, towards the end of the year. In November, Miss Helen J. Kennedy resigned from Centre School in order to accept a position in her home town of Winthrop. Miss Kennedy had given over five years of efficient and loving service to the first grade children; her resigna- tion was accepted with much regret. On December 2, Miss Mary Louise McDonald of Newton Centre assumed the work of the first grade. Miss McDonald is a graduate of Newton High School and of the Framingham State Teachers College. Her practice teaching was in the Parker School, Watertown. She has been very active in Girl Scout work in Newton.
Early in 1935 the attendance in Centre School was badly hurt by German measles and colds. In May, the usual standardized tests were given throughout for determining how the children stood in their studies, in order that more stress might be laid where needed. In May also the annual state clinic was held for determin- ing where the difficulties lie in the case of any children who have failed three times of promotion. These clinics are required under Chapter 71, Section 46, of the General Laws. If at any time ten pupils are diagnosed by these clinics as mentally retarded to a suf- ficient degree, Merrimac will be required to hire a special teacher and form a special class.
In the fall there was a congestion in the fourth grade room. The number of pupils exceeded the seating capacity of the room, under fire regulations. The situation was relieved by establishing a fourth grade at the Port, consisting of those pupils who had re- cently been promoted from the third grade at the Port. Fortunately it was possible to abolish for the year the second grade at the Port, and thus give Miss Gillen three grades, I, III, and IV. The one member of Grade II was transferred to Centre School.
During the fall, Mrs. Hardy of the fifth grade, Centre, continued her professional training by taking a course entitled "School and Society," given late Thursday afternoons at Haverhill through the Boston University Extension Service.
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Throughout the year the usual extra-curriculum programs (such as a bird lecture by Miss Harriet W. Goode), and programs and projects by pupils, supplemented and varied the classroom studies, and town organizations such as the P. T. A. and the Grange continued their friendly interest and support of the Centre School and of all schools. The local Red Cross supplied milk where needed at Centre School and the Port during the early winter months, and the P. T. A. gave a basketball to the sixth grade as a prize for best parent attendance at the meetings. In December the pupils gave a program for the P. T. A. in the Town Hall.
The usual joint Memorial Day exercises of all of the schools were held in Sargent Hall on Wednesday afternoon, May 29. Invi- tations were sent to representatives of local patriotic organizations. Addresses were by Mr. John Lovett, without whom a Memorial Day program would not be complete, and Mr. Edward Germane, repre- senting the American Legion.
During Fire Prevention Week the inspection of buildings and the witnessing of drills were by Chief Aaron A. Hume, Mr. George R. Buzzell, and Mr. Charles Bridges, of the Merrimac Fire Depart- ment.
Reports of the principals of the junior high and high will be found elsewhere. The junior high school, on Tuesday evening, June 18, graduated a class of 35 at Sargent Hall. There were 16 boys and 19 girls. The valedictory was by Frances Hall, the salutatory by Gladys Palmer, and the address by the Reverend Leon A. Dean. There were class parts by Stanley Whiting and Nellie Durgin. Other honor pupils were Elaine Noone, Richard Cate, and Harrison De- Long. The Merrimac High School, on June 19, graduated a class of 16 at Sargent Hall. There were 4 boys and 12 girls. The class honor pupils were Paul Morgan and Howard DeLong, Jr.
The activities of the high schools during the year were many and varied. A mention of some of them will be found in the prin- cipals' reports. Mr. Small gave many of his evenings and much ef- fort to the establishment of a club for the boys. The staff of both junior high and high has been busy with the boys and girls, both in the classroom and outside. An account of the achievements of the year can scarcely be attempted in a short report. In the commer- cial department of the high school, the excellence of the work of Norma Mader and Ruth Metcalf received special comment (after submittal) in the Gregg Writer, in the May number, together with the name of the Merrimac High School.
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