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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to borrow on account of tax titles under Chapter 49, Acts of 1933 as amended, to be used to meet the appropriations for the year 1939, the amount so voted to be applied by the Assessors for the purpose of 1939 tax reduction.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of four thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars and fifty-four cents ($4,345.54) from the Electric Light Operating balance to be used by the Assessors with the estimated receipts to fix the tax rate for the year 1939.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to fix the compensation of the members of the Merrimac Bureau of Old Age Assistance who may or may not be members of the Board of Public Welfare, said compensation to be paid from any available funds granted by the Federal Government for Administrative purposes.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to sell at public auc- t'on, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town fourteen days at least before the sale, property heretofore taken or which may be taken by the Town under Tax Title procedure, pro- vided that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen or their authorized agent may at the time of such public auction re- ject any bid which they may deem inadequate or take any action relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for the improve- ment of Chapter 90 (General Laws) Road Maintenance work, said sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or any portion thereof to be used in conjunction with any money which may be alloted by the State or County or both for this purpose.
Article 14. To see what action the Town will take to provide a list of candidates for the 1940 Citizens Caucus, whose nominees shall be placed on the ballot as candidates at the Annual Town Meeting of 1940.
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Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of two hundred and seventy five dollars ($275.00) from the sale of Cemetery lots, such sum or part thereof, to be ex- pended under the direction of the Cemetery Trustees for the "care, improvement and embellishment" of said Cemetery, according to Section 15 and Section 25 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be placed at the disposal of the Playground Commission to be used at their discretion on the playground during the current year.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be used in whole or in part to purchase drain pipe to be used at Pleasant St., Merrimacport in the construc- tion of a Vitrified clay drain, catch basins, resurfacing, etc. as part of the terms of an approved W.P.A. project, (Merrimac W.P.A. project No. 34) or take any other suitable action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400.00) to be expended on high- way work on thickly settled streets (other than Chapter 81), said sum to be transferred from available cash balance of fourteen hun- dred dollars ($1,400.00) in the Town Treasury, received in 1938 under terms of Chapter 500 General Laws, and the use thereof amended by Chapter 2, Acts of 1939 General Laws.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of four hundred and twenty-five dollars ($425.00) for Board of Registrars Expense under Chapter 427 and Chapter 440 of the Acts and Resolves of the General Court for the year 1938, said appropriation being made for the year 1939.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) to be expended under the supervision of the Engineers of the Fire Department for repairs to the fire alarm system.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of twenty eight dollars and fifty cents ($28.50) to
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pay bill of Herman F. Davis for supplies furnished during the storm emergency period of the hurricane of September 1938, said bill be- ing rendered after January 10, 1939.
Article 22. On petition of Henry L. Adams and twenty three others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars ($1,250.00) for the purchase of materials and truck hire to be used in extending the water service from the hydrant at the corner of Church and Nichols Streets north- westerly along Church Street at a point on upper Church Street ad- jacent to the residence of Henry L. Adams, with the installation of a hydrant at that point provided the same can be done in whole or in part as a W.P.A. project, and that the Water Commissioners are hereby instructed and authorized to sponsor, and have supervision of such W.P.A. project if said project is approved by the Federal Government.
Article 23. On petition of Alexander M. Sullivan and ten others to see if the Town will vote, commencing with the year 1940 to nominate and elect five Playground Commissioners, one member to be nominated and elected for the term of five years, one member to be nominated and elected for the term of four years, one member to be nominated and elected for the term of three years, one member to be nominated and elected for the term of two years, one member to be nominated and elected for the term of one year; and each year thereafter one member of the Playground Commission to be nom- inated and elected for a term of five years.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) from the surplus revenue account to the estimated receipts for the year 1939 for the purpose of re- ducing the 1939 tax levy, subject to the approval of the Commis- sioner of Corporations and Taxation in accordance with Section 23, Chapter 59 of the General Laws, or take any action thereon.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of oiling thickly settled streets (other than Chapter 81) or take any other action relative thereto.
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Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money sufficient to purchase one or more trucks, for the purpose of reducing truck hire costs to the Town and to author- ize the Selectmen to purchase the same or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 27. On petition of Harold M. Waterhouse, Joseph B. Frye, Frank R. Haskell, Kenneth E. Haskell, Isaiah S. McClure and thirty seven others to see if the Town will vote to distribute the hiring of trucks for W.P.A. and highway work, equally among the residents of Merrimac, Mass., present owners of trucks, equipped to do the work.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote subject to the ap- proval of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works to recon- struct the sidewalk adjacent to the State Highway on the southerly side of East Main Street from Mill Street easterly a distance of ap- proximately twelve hundred feet, same to be built as a cement side- walk in whole or in part as a W.P.A. project, and to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to purchase materials and furnish truck hire necessary to the construction of the same.
Article 29. On petition of George B. Crofut and twenty one others to see if the Town will vote to resurface the sidewalk on south side of East Main Street from Mill Street to Private Way near resi- dence of William P. Gilmore and raise and appropriate a sum of money for cost of same.
And you are hereby required to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in seven public places in said Town of Merri- mac, at least seven days before said time of meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
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Given under our hands at Merrimac this sixth day of February, 1939.
ALBERT P. WADLEIGH, HAZEN M. EMERY, FRED T. HOPKINSON, Selectmen of Merrimac.
A true copy, Attest,
JAMES P. DONAHUE, Constable.
By virtue of the above warrant to me directed, I hereby notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet at the time and place and for the purpose therein expressed.
JAMES P. DONAHUE, Constable.
Merrimac, Mass., February 6, 1939.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Merrimac:
In accordance with the By-laws of the Town of Merrimac and the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Finance Committee recommend the following appropriations to be made for the year 1939.
General Government
Moderator
$ 12.00
Selectmen (Chairman)
$
450.00
Selectmen (Clerk)
125.00
Selectmen (Other)
100.00
675.00
Selectmen's Departmental Expenses
500.00
Public Welfare (Chairman)
200.00
Public Welfare (Clerk)
200.00
Public Welfare (Other)
100.00
500.00
Town Accountant
1,300.00
Town Accountant's Expense
125.00
Treasurer
450.00
Treasurer's Expense
900.00
Tax Collector
800.00
Tax Collector's Expense
600.00
Assessors (Chairman)
275.00
Assessors (Other two each $187.50)
375.00
650.00
Assessors' Expense
200.00
Town Clerk
225.00
Town Clerk's Expense
50.00
Registrars of Voters
112.50
Town Hall Maintenance
Janitor of Town Offices
120.00
Maintenance
1,000.00
1,120.00
Town Hall Repairs
100.00
Bonding Town Officers
310.00
Election Officers
120.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police
3,550.00
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Fire Engineers
200.00
Fire Department
3,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
90.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Expenses
50.00
Inspector of Wiring
90.00
Inspector of Wiring Expenses
5.00
Dog Officer (to cover fees)
100.00
Moth Department
900.00
Moth Department Repairs
50.00
ยท Tree Warden
250.00
Town Forest
300.00
Town Forest Warden
150.00
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
1,250.00
Public Health Nurse and Expense
1,150.00
Inspector of Animals
100.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
20.00
Inspector of Milk
20.00
Essex County T. B. Hospital
746.92
Highway Department
Highway Department, Chapter 81 Streets
4,650.00
Snow and Washouts
1,000.00
Snow Emergency Note due 1939
1,500.00
Sidewalks, Railings and Bridges
100.00
Rocks Bridge
650.00
Street Lights
3,776.42
Charities
State Aid
120.00
Public Welfare
19,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,600.00
Aid to Dependent Children or Mothers' Aid
1,500.00
Old Age Assistance
25,000.00
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Schools and Libraries
School Committee (Chairman)
50.00
School Committee (Clerk)
75.00
School Committee (Other)
50.00
175.00
School Department
28,250.00
Public Library
1,000.00
Unclassified
Memorial Day (American Legion)
150.00
Vocational Education
300.00
Town Counsel Fees (to Mar. 6, 1939 inc.)
12.50
Lighting Town Buildings
569.12
Insurance
2,300.00
Reserve Fund
500.00
Interest
600.00
Cemeteries
1,000.00
Municipal Loan Note
1,000.00
Vital Statistics
75.00
Water in Town Buildings
329.64
Printing Town Reports
300.00
$118,229.10
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN K. SARGENT, Chairman
W. H. FRANKLIN, Secretary
HARRY A. PEASE,
HARRY KINNEY,
HERMAN F. DAVIS,
Merrimac Finance Committee.
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VOTE FOR OFFICERS, ANNUAL ELECTION March 7, 1938
977 Votes Cast (514 Men, 463 Women) (1447 Registered Voters)
Moderator, for One Year:
*Clifford R. Howe, Forest Street 631
Frederick A. Small, East Main Street 269
Blanks 76
Town Clerk, for One Year:
*C. Howard Phillips, Church Street 809
Blanks 168
Selectmen, for One Year:
*Hazen M. Emery, Judkins Court 463
*Fred T. Hopkinson, Locust Street 416
Harold C. Lord, Grove Street 329
John K. Sargent, Merrimac Street 243
Frederick A. Small, East Main Street 368
*Albert P. Wadleigh, Church Street 533 Blanks 579
Board of Public Welfare, for One Year:
*Hazen M. Emery, Judkins Court 441
*Fred T. Hopkinson, Locust Street 442
Andrew O. Nicol, Pleasant Street 285
John K. Sargent, Merrimac Street 273
*Albert P. Wadleigh, Church Street 510
Ellen M. Wallace, Central Street 401
Blanks 579
Assessor, for Three Years:
*George B. Crofut, East Main Street 523
Clifford R. Howe, Forest Street 367
Blanks 87
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Treasurer, for One Year:
*Roy C. Journeay, Prospect Street 809
Blanks
... 168
Collector of Taxes, for One Year:
Irving M. Manning, Locust Grove Avenue 163
*Fred C. Twombly, Grove Street 761
Blanks
53
School Committee, for Three Years:
A. Lawton Crane, East Main Street 268
*Howard DeLong, Pine Street 652
Blanks
57
Trustee of Cemeteries, for Three Years:
Benjamin F. Carter, Pleasant Street, 'Port 201
*Charles A. Lancaster, Locust Street 642
Blanks
134
Trustee of Kimball Park:
*John W. Kirkpatrick, Main Street 686
Blanks 291
Library Trustees, for Three Years:
*Minnie S. Hale, Main Street 402
James Duncan How, Merrimac Street 315
Frank E. Walker, Middle Street 358
*Ethel B. Whiting, Church Street 431 Blanks 448
Light Commissioner, for Three Years:
Ralph L. Buzzell, School Street 340
*George F. Wilde, Woodland Street 536
Blanks 101
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Water Commissioner, for Three Years:
Ralph L. Buzzell, School Street 341
*George F. Wilde, Woodland Street 528
Blanks
108
Constables, for One Year :
Oran W. Burke, East Main Street S3
George R. Buzzell, School Street 307
*James P. Donahue, Lincoln Street 710
*Leon L. Dow, Mechanic Street 692
*George W. Goldsmith, School Street 503
Blanks 636
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark,
for One Year:
*Ralph L. Buzzell, School Street 585
*George R. Hoyt, Birch Meadow 613
*Edson C. Walker, Birch Meadow 677
Blanks 1056
Tree Warden, for One Year:
Benjamin F. Carter, Pleasant Street, 'Port 271
. * Samuel C. Doust, Church Street Blanks 166
540
Playground Commission, for One Year:
Arthur D. Bridge, Union Street 259
Charles Edward Bridges, Prospect Street 246
Perley W. Brown, Currier Avenue 212
*Kenneth G. Fowle, Church Street 375
*Elmer T. Grant, Adams Street 410
*Willard T. Kelly, Birch Meadow 373
*Burton C. Lafaver, Lincoln Street 408
Henry S. Lay, Summer Street 362
George K. Nicol, Pleasant Street 217
*Herbert E. Whiting, Church Street 448
Blanks 1465
Elected.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
1938
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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 69th Annual School Report.
MRS. ANNIE L. TUCKER, Chairman HOWARD L. DeLONG, Secretary WILLARD T. KELLY
School Committee.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
(Continued from Calendar in 1937 Report)
All Dates Inclusive
Third Term:
February 27, 1939 to April 21, 1939 for all schools 8 weeks
Spring Term:
May 1, 1939 to June 16, 1939 for elementary school 7 weeks May 1, 1939 to graduation for high schools 8 weeks
Fall Term:
September 6, 1939 to December 15, 1939 for elementary school 15 weeks September 6, 1939 to December 22, 1939 for high schools 16 weeks
Winter Term:
January 2, 1940 to February 16, 1940 for all schools 7 weeks June 20, 1939, Tuesday, Junior High School graduation. June 22, 1939, Thursday, High School graduation.
September 5, 1939, Registration Day for all entering pupils. Union Meeting in afternoon.
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All schools will also be closed on the following days:
Patriots' Day, April 19, 1939.
Memorial Day, May 30, 1939.
Columbus Day, October 12, 1939.
Essex County Teachers' Convention, November 3, 1939.
Armistice Day, November 11, 1939.
:Thanksgiving recess, November 30 and December 1, 1939.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
7:15 a. m .- 11-11-long pause-1. No school in grades only. 7:15 a. m .- 11-11-11. No school in high schools and grades. 11:20 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
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: 5 East Main Street Tel. 52-11
DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL STAFF, OCTOBER, 1938
Position
Training
Total yrs. experience
Years in Merrimac
High School
Prin., math .. science
Chauncey D. MacKay Isaiah Chase
B. S. E., Boston Univ., '24 A. B. '30, A. M. '32, Harvard Ph. B., Univ. Vermont, '38 B. S., Univ. New Hampshire, '31 B. S. in Ed., Salem Teachers, '36
1.6
0.6
Prospect St. School
B. S. in Ed., Salem Teachers, '35
0.5
0.5
Prin., Gr. 8 Grade 7
Ralph V. Murray Vera Dealy
B. L. I., Emerson College, '33
2
2
Centre School
Prin., Gr. 6
Louise E. Hardy
Framingham Normal, '28
10
5
Grade 5
Marion E. Journeay
Portsmouth Training Sch., '12
25
1
Grade 4
Elaine Blackden
Aroostook State Normal, '23
12
2
Grade 3
Sarah B. Titcomb
Salem Normal, '05
24.5
17
Grade 2
Helen K. Manning
Bridgewater Normal, '18
14
11.5
Grade 1
Edith A. Gillen
Bridgewater Teachers, '34
4
4
Merrimacport School Special Class
Howard G. Patchett
B. A., Union '14; M. A. Clark '26
16
7
Drawing Supervisor
Annie A. Kelly
Mass. School of Art '06
28.5
12
Music Supervisor
Doris C. Currier
Institute of Music Pedagogy
16.5
7
4
3
French and Latin
0
0
7
7
History
Commercial
Maolyn D. Osgood Roberta C. Annon Everdene Wiley
14
10
English
SCHOOL REPORT
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SPECIAL HELP
The year 1938 was marked by much attention being given to pupils who needed special or individual help. Part of this-the special class-was required by the state; the other part-the diagnostic and remedial work-was organized in the Centre School under the direc- tion of Mrs. Hardy and the teachers. The class in remedial reading- one of the most effective of modern educational procedures-was taught daily from 11.20 until noon recess by Mrs. Journeay. There were two groups, on alternating days. One group was composed of thirteen pupils from grades two, three, and four, and the alternating group of seven pupils from all four lower grades. Another step in the same direction was the introduction, towards the year-end, of an in- dividualized diagnostic and remedial set in various subjects and grades, with offset ink for multiple use, for the purpose of ferreting out difficulties and applying help where needed. This work will be well under way in 1939.
Under Chapter 71, Section 46, a special class in Merrimac was mandated by the state for the fall of 1938. The report came in late spring, following the annual state clinic conducted by Dr. Flora M. Remillard in March. Thirteen pupils were named for individual help and the local school committee given no choice in the matter. The appeal of one parent brought the state supervisor of special classes to Merrimac on December 15 to review the case. His decision was that no exception could possibly be made under the statute.
For special class housing the school department had only the Merrimacport School, unless the town were to be asked to go to more expense than seemed warranted. Fortunately the total number of pupils in town for each of the lower grades was such as to make this possible, so Miss Edith A. Gillen, teacher until June of the Mer- rimacport School, was transferred to the first grade Centre in place of Miss Mary L. McDonald who resigned in June, and preparations were made to convert Merrimacport School into a special class school serving the entire town.
During the summer the conversion was made, largely through the planning and work of Mr. Howard L. DeLong. The building was,
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in many ways, ideally adaptable to the conversion. In special class schools it is necessary to have handwork and practical arts work upon which pupils can be engaged while academic instruction and special help in studies is being given to individuals or to small groups. At the Port school the room was partially divided anyhow into two rooms; the east part was equipped for practical arts and the west part left as before for academic studies. The practical arts part was equipped by Mr. DeLong with benches and tool drawers beneath the windows and an assembling table in the center. Another assembling table was made by Mr. Kelly from the old square piano at the High School. For the girls a gas stove for cooking was added. Special equipment which was added include a jig saw, a woodworking lathe, and an electric plate for heating. Tools include eight hammers, eight chisels, six wood files, four saws, and two bench vises. In addition there are planes, squares, braces and bits, hand and electric drills, a soldering iron, and a set of woodturning tools.
The work of special class teacher was taken over by Mr. Howard G. Patchett, principal until June at the Prospect Street School. The hours are the same as those at the high school. Mr. Patchett has em- phasized special help individually in academic work, but citizens are invited to visit and see the many things which have been made in the practical arts department.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
In addition to the special work done at the Port school, new toilets were installed in December in the girls' basement at the Centre School. Heat is here needed, too. A wash bowl was placed in the of- fice of principal and school nurse at Centre School. A white sink was donated by Mrs. Annie L. Tucker and placed in the lower hall at Centre School. In January a much needed desk was added in Miss Titcomb's room. At the Prospect Street School, also early in the year, the upstairs washbowls were removed on account of the backing up of fumes from the sewage. The chimney of the Prospect Street build- ing, which blew off during the hurricane of September 21, was re- built quickly. At the High School the completion of the WPA grading project was further postponed. A somewhat extensive WPA school
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repair project the committee has been trying to put through for 2 years was finally approved, but so late in the year that it was felt it would be inefficient and wasteful to conduct it through the winter months. This project has been postponed until the next summer vaca- tion.
On October 13, at the request of the school department, the Merrimac fire department, represented by Mr. Irvine G. Burbeck, made its annual inspection of school buildings. The fire drills, which were witnessed, showed the following time necessary for clearance in case of a surprise alarm. High School 30 seconds, Prospect Street School 40 seconds. Centre School 90 seconds, Port School 30 seconds.
ENROLLMENT
On the first of October the enrollment in the Merrimac public schools was 437, distributed as follows: At Centre 216, at Prospect Street 74, at High School 133, at Merrimacport (special) 14. Fur- ther distribution was: At Centre, Miss Gillen (Grade I) 31, Mrs. Manning (Grade II) 38, Miss Titcomb (Grade III) 39, Mrs. Black- den (Grade IV) 39, Mrs. Journeay (Grade V) 36, Mrs. Hardy (Grade VI) 33. At Prospect Street, Miss Dealy (Grade VII) 33, Mr. Murray (Grade VIII) 41. At High School, (Grade IX) 50, (X) 40, (XI) 25, (XII) 16, (P. G.) 2.
TEACHING STAFF
During 1938 two new members came to the teaching staff. In the High School, in the French and Latin department, beginning in September, Miss Maolyn D .. Osgood of Wilder, Vermont, and in the Prospect Street School, in the eighth grade, beginning in September, Mr. Ralph V. Murray of Lynn, Massachusetts. Miss Osgood is a graduate of the Winooski High School, White River Junction, Ver- mont, 1934, and of the University of Vermont, 1938, with the degree of Ph. B. and majors in French and Latin. Mr. Murray is a graduate of the Lynn Classical High School, Lynn, Massachusetts, and of Salem Teachers College, 1935, with the degree of B. S. in Ed. His practice teaching was in the junior high schools of Lynn and Salem.
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For two and one half years following his graduation, Mr. Murray was a regular substitute in the junior and senior high schools of Lynn. From the first of February, 1938, until the end of June, he was acting principal of the Byfield School, Byfield, Massachusetts, grades one to eight, while the regular principal was on a five-months leave of absence.
Miss Everdene Wiley began her work in the commercial depart- ment of the Merrimac High School on January 3, but was engaged in 1937 and was reported in last year's school report. During the summer of 1938 Miss Wiley took two courses at Boston University, including one on the "Administration and Supervision of Commercial Education".
Mr. Isaiah Chase, English teacher at the High School, took two courses at Harvard during the summer. Mr. Chase has been presi- dent during the year of the Wenemesame Club, comprising all the teachers of Merrimac, Newbury, Salisbury and West Newbury.
Concerning Mrs. Louise E. Hardy, principal at Centre School, the superintendent received on January 25, from Mr. James A. Moyer, Director of University Extension, a personal letter of com- mendation of Mrs. Hardy for the success with which she completed a course and examination on "Methods of Supervising Instruction".
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