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Selectmen of Merrimac
1876
1877
William H. Haskell
Stillman S. Blodgett
Stillman S. Blodgett
Edmund N. Sargent
Alexander Smart
John S. Clement
1878
1879 Edmund N. Sargent
Charles E. Rowell
Oscar F. Seavey
1881 Edmund N. Sargent Albert Sargent Phineas Chase
1882 Albert Sargent Phineas Chase John Cleary
1883 Albert Sargent Phineas Chase John Cleary
1884 Edmund N. Sargent William H. Colby John E. Currier
1885 Elbridge M. Morse William H. Colby John E. Currier
1886 Elbridge M. Morse William H. Colby John E. Currier
1887 Elbridge M. Morse Charles E. Rowell Nelson P. Cummings
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John S. Clement Stillman S. Blodgett
Edmund N. Sargent
1880 Edmund N. Sargent Charles E. Rowell Albert Sargent
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1888
Nelson P. Cummings
Charles E. Rowell
Thomas H. Hoyt
1890
William H. Colby
George W. Sargent
Moses G. Clement
1892 Thomas H. Hoyt John L. Merrill William H. Blodgett
1894
I. B. Bolton
Richard S. Bailey James T. Locke
1896 Richard S. Bailey
James C. Libby
Ralph H. Sargent
1898
Ralph H. Sargent
Richard S. Bailey
Thomas L. Goodwin
1900 Everett D. George Alfred M. Colby Ralph H. Sargent
1902 Everett D. George Alfred M. Colby Ralph H. Sargent
1889
George G. Larkin
William H. Colby
Thomas H. Hoyt
1891 George W. Sargent
Moses G. Clement (died '91 )
Lorenzo B. Blaisdell
William H. Blodgett
1893. James T. Locke I. B. Bolton Richard S. Bailey
1895 James T. Locke
Richard S. Bailey
James C. Libby
1897 Richard S. Bailey Ralph H. Sargent Thomas L. Goodwin
1899 Everett D. George
Samuel C. Pease
Alfred M. Colby
1901 Everett D. George Alfred M. Colby
Ralph H. Sargent
1903 Ralph H. Sargent Everett D. George Alfred M. Colby
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1904
1905
Ralph H. Sargent
Ralph H. Sargent
Alfred M. Colby (Died) William O. Smiley
James W. Bailey Willis H. Scott
1906
1907
Frank E. Bartlett
Oliver W. Jordan
James W. Bailey
1908
James W. Bailey
Frank E. Bartlett
Oliver W. Jordan
1909 Herbert® O. Delano James W. Bailey Frank E. Bartlett
1910
John K. Sargent Herbert O. Delano
James W. Bailey
1912 John K. Sargent James W. Bailey Stephen L. Kelly
1913 John K. Sargent James W. Bailey Stephen L. Kelly
1914 James W. Bailey Stephen L. Kelly John K. Sargent
1915 James .W. Bailey John K. Sargent Stephen L. Kelly
1916 James W. Bailey
Homer R. Sargent Stephen L. Kelly
1917 Homer R. Sargent James W. Bailey Clifton C. Putney
1918 Willis H. Scott Frank E. Bartlett Homer R. Sargent
1919 Willis H. Scott Frank E. Bartlett Homer R. Sargent
Willis H. Scott
Henry H. Story Melville S. Gibbs
1911
Herbert O. Delano John K. Sargent James W. Bailey
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1920
Homer R. Sargent
George B. Crofut
James F. Pease
1922
Ernest W. Haskell
George B. Crofut
Clifford R. Howe
1924
Ernest W. Haskell M. Sargent Waterhouse James W. Bailey
1926
Ernest W. Haskell
M. Sargent Waterhouse
Everett L. Jewell
1928 John K. Sargent Everett L. Jewell
M. Sargent Waterhouse
1930 Andrew O. Nicol
John K. Sargent Fred H. Stewart
1932 John K. Sargent Homer R. Sargent Andrew O. Nicol
1934 Harold C. Lord Frederick E. Bragdon Andrew O. Nicol
1921
Homer R. Sargent
George B. Crofut
Ernest W. Haskell
1923 Ernest W. Haskell
Thomas W. Wright
George W. Bailey
1925 Ernest W. Haskell M. Sargent Waterhouse James W. Bailey
1927 John K. Sargent Everett L. Jewell M. Sargent Waterhouse
1929 Everett L. Jewell John K. Sargent Andrew O. Nicol
1931 John K. Sargent Andrew O. Nicol
Charles W. Morell
1933 John K. Sargent Homer R. Sargent Mortimer E. Sullivan
1935 Albert P. Wadleigh Hazen M. Emery Harold C. Lord
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1936
1937
Albert P. Wadleigh
Hazen M. Emery
Harold C. Lord Albert P. Wadleigh
Harold C. Lord
Fred T. Hopkinson
1938
1939
Albert P. Wadleigh
Frederick A. Small
Hazen M. Emery
Fred T. Hopkinson
Richard E. Sargent Fred T. Hopkinson
1940
Albert P. Wadleigh Frederick A. Small
Hazen M. Emery
Town Clerks
Bailey Sargent 1876-1910-Resigned 1910 account of age.
Clifton B. Heath
1910-1930-Died in office.
Mrs. Grace Gibbs
1930-1930-Appointed by Selectmen.
D. Edward Flynn
1930-1933-Died in office.
Mrs. Grace Gibbs
Oct. 1933-Dec. 1933 Appointed by Selectmen C. Howard Phillips Dec. 1933-1941.
Town Treasurers
Daniel Gould
1876-1877
James C. Pease 1906-1911
Bailey Sargent
1877-1888
Willis H. Scott
1911-1914
M. Perry Sargent
1888-1889 Frederick C. Grant 1914-1919
Ora E. Little 1889-1892
Frank E. Walker
1919-1925
Daniel S. Poore
*1892-1901
Richard A. Sargent 1925-1930
William L. Smart
1901-1903
Roy C. Journeay
1930-1941
Clifton B. Heath
1903-1906
Tax Collectors
Bailey Sargent 1876-1888
Harry W. Hale
1908-1910
M. Perry Sargent
1888-1889
Fred W. George
1910-1922
William C. Russell 1889-1896
A. R. Waterhouse 1922-1933
John S. Clement
1896-1908
Fred. C. Twombly
1933-1941
* Died in office.
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SUMMARY OF STATE AUDIT
The State Audit of the Town Books made during the year 1939 being received too late for inclusion in last year's Town Report, the summary is printed herewith in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 40 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, which section reads in part as follows:
"Upon the completion of each audit, as aforesaid, a report thereon shall be made to the mayor and city government in cities, and to the selectmen in towns and a copy of the same shall be furnished to the city or town clerk who shall cause the same or a summary of its essential features to be published at the expense of the city or town."
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston
To the Board of Selectmen March 18, 1940
Mr. Albert P. Wadleigh, Chairman Merrimac, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Merrimac for the period from May 1, 1935 to October 21, 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 Ac- counts.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts.
TNW:FC
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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 Merrimac for the period from May 1, 1935 the date of the previous audit, to October 21, 1939, and report thereon as follows.
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were reexamined, checked, and compared with the records of the town accountant and the town treasurer.
The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the treasurer's cash book and with the records of departmental payments to the treasurer, while the recorded dis- bursements were checked with the treasury warrants and with the record of payments of the treasurer.
The appropriations and transfers, as listed from the town clerk's record of town meeting votes, were checked to the ap- propriation accounts in the accountant's ledger.
An analysis was made of the ledger accounts, and after the numerous adjustments resulting from the audit of the several departments were made, a trial balance was drawn off, proving the accounts to be in balance, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial con- dition of the Town on October 21, 1939.
The overdrawn account of Highways-Chapter 81, as shown on the balance sheet, could have been avoided had the town treasurer borrowed under the provisions of Section 6-A, Chapter 44, General Laws.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The receipts, as recorded, were analyzed and
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compared with the records of payments to the treasurer by the several departments, and with other sources from which the town received money, while the recorded payments were compared with the selectmen's warrants and with the accountant's books.
The cash book was footed throughout for the period of the audit and the cash balance on October 21, 1939, was verified by actual count of the cash in the office and by a reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank in which town funds are deposited.
The payments on account of debt and interest were verified by a comparison with the amounts falling due arid with the cancelled securities on file.
The savings bank books representing the investments of the several trust funds were listed, the income and transfers being found to be as recorded.
The tax titles held by the town were listed from the records of the treasurer and all transactions pertaining thereto were verified.
The books and accounts of the collector of taxes were ex- amined and checked in detail. These records were found to have been poorly kept, and it was therefore necessary to check all postings from the time of the previous audit, both cash and abatements, and to add each cash book for the same period. numerous clerical errors were found, such as errors in addition of the cash books, errors in posting to the commitment books, and errors in entering cash receipts. Items were found to have been entered in the commitment books which were not on the cash book and vice versa, while the columnar cash books were not used properly, interest and cost collections being found in the abatement columns, etc.
A great deal of time was necessary in order to check and adjust the collector's accounts, which increased the length and cost of the audit far in excess of what it should have been for a town of the size of Merrimac.
Replies received from verification notices sent to a large number of persons whose accounts were shown as unpaid on
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the books disclosed the fact that many of these accounts had been paid and not credited on the books of the town. These were all admitted by the collector as having been paid and were entered on his cash books and posted to the respective accounts.
The table showing a reconciliation of the collector's cash on October 21, 1939, discloses that there was the sum of $917.56 due from the collector on that date, which sum, however, was paid over to the treasurer by the collector before the completion of the audit.
The computation of the tax rates by the assessors for the period covered by the audit was checked, and it was noted that the sum of $7,675 was raised by the assessors in 1939 in excess of the requirements for that year.
Considerable difficulty was experienced in checking the records of abatements granted by the assessors. Errors were found in reporting abatements and in recording them in the assessors' record of abatements granted. In some cases it was found that the abatement slip held by the collector did not agree in amount with the duplicate slip kept by the assessors, which was due, no doubt, to the fact that a change had been made on the collector's record and not on the duplicate kept in the assessors' office.
It is very essential that greater care be taken by the assessors in the performance of their duties.
The records of receipts of the town clerk on account of dog and sporting lisenses issued was examined, the payments to the treasurer and to the Division of Fisheries and Game being verified.
The record of receipts of the sealer of weights and measures for work done was examined and checked. The field books were checked with the office record of receipts, the cash book was footed throughout, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
The records of accounts receivable of the public welfare department, including the bureau of old age assistance, were found to have been poorly kept. In order to prove the accounts re- ceivable and arrive at the amount due the town on account of aid rendered for other cities and towns and for the State, it was
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necessary to post hundreds of items which had been paid to the town and which were not properly recorded. In some cases it was necessary to get duplicate lists of items paid by the State as the original lists could not be found.
This vast amount of detailed work, which should have been done previously, necessarily increased the time and cost of the audit; and since considerable revenue is received by the town from these sources, the necessity for keeping the records accurately and up-to-date ought to be apparent.
The books and accounts of the municipal light and water departments were examined and checked. The commitments were analyzed and found to be as recorded. The payments to the treasurer and the cash on hand were verified and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the accountant's control accounts.
Although a recommendation was made in the report of the previous audit that an appropriation be voted for the requirements of the water department, it was noted that this had not been done. Attention is, therefore, again called to the provisions of Chapter 396, Acts of 1928, which require that such an appropria- tion be voted for the water department.
An examination of the surety bonds filed by the several officials for the proper performance of their duties disclosed that they were in proper form.
In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and the collector's cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, departmental, water, and electric light accounts, together with tables showing the transactions and condition of the several trust funds.
During the progress of the audit cooperation was received from the several officials, for which I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts.
HBD-FC
STATE AUDIT BALANCE SHEET - OCTOBER 21, 1939 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities . and Reserves
Cash :
Temporary Loans :
General
$838.66
In Anticipation of Revenue 1939 $35,000.00
Electric Light Depreciation
21,203.06
Old Age Assistance Taxes 1933 :
Petty Cash-Selectmen
10.00
Overpayment by Collector 1.00
Electric Light Department :
Consumers' Deposits 675.00
Old Age Assistance Taxes-Due State
43.00
Levy of 1930
$5.77
State Tax
5,040.00
Levy of 1931
50
State-Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax
44.40
Levy of 1933
28.33
State Parks and Reservations Tax.
107.70
Levy of 1934
280.30
County Tax
2,563.06
Levy of 1935
435.18
Dog Licenses-Due County
96.60
Levy of 1936
880.53
Sales of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund
300.00
Levy of 1937
2,055.50
Unexpended Balances :
General $33,932.24
Electric Light Maintenance
4,886.26
Electric Light Depreciation
21,203.06
Water Maintenance
2,667.83
Levy of 1931 $4.97
Levy of 1932
.80
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
92.94
Levy of 1933
7.98
Reserve for Payment of Tax Title Loans. 638.83
Levy of 1934
5.31
Bond Premiums Reserved for Payment of Debt. 3.00
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Levy of 1938
19,943.88
Levy of 1939
73,049.66
$96,679.65
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
$62,689.39
Petty Cash-Light and Water
125.00
$22,176.72
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
STATE AUDIT BALANCE SHEET - OCTOBER 21, 1939-(Continued)
Levy of 1935
58.21
Overlays-Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1936
297.83
Levy of 1933
$28.33
Levy of 1937
368.49
Levy of 1934
68.30
Levy of 1938
134.56
Levy of 1935
71.32
Levy of 1939
400.03
Levy of 1936 238.86
Levy of 1937
144.71
Levy of 1938
633.86
Moth 1931
$1.50
Levy of 1939
619.72
Moth 1935
.65
Moth 1936
15.65
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$1,278.18
Special Assessment
88.47
Tax Title
25,697.58
Departmental
22,227.75
Tax Titles
$20,535.17
Municipal Light
429.02
Tax Titles Possession?, .
5,162.41
Water
1,429.78
State Aid to Highways
4,495.65
Departmen:al :
$55,646.43
Health
$579.06
Excess Revenue 1939
7,830.81
Temporary Aid
12,730.35
Old Age Assistance .
6,929.56
Surplus Revenue
22,722.19
Aid to Dependent Children
1,988.78
$22,227.75
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$1,805.10
Moth 1937
11.40
Moth 1938
17.41
Moth 1939
41.86
$88.47
$25,697.58
Special Assessments :
$1,278.18
STATE AUDIT BALANCE SHEET - OCTOBER 21, 1939-(Continued)
Municipal Light :
Light ..
$406.32
Miscellaneous
22.70
$429.02
Water :
Rates
$1,338.21
Miscellaneous
53.57
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1934
38.00
$1,429.78
State and County Aid to Highways :
State . .
$4,495.65
County (1938)
11.29
Estimated Receipts, to be Collected
18,620.02
Abatements-Old Age Assistance Taxes.
93.00
Overdrawn Accounts :
Highways-Chapter 81
$2,072.34
$195,299.45
$195,229.45
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STATE AUDIT BALANCE SHEET - OCTOBER 21, 1939-(Continued) DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$22,348.01
Emergency Loan
$1,500.00
Municipal Relief Loan 2,000.00
Tax Title Loans
18,848.01
$22,348.01
$22,348.01
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$55,077.36
Thomas H. Hoyt Library Fund
$23,002.85
A. E. Goodwin Library Fund
235.91
Laura Patten Library Fund
529.17
D. J. Poore, Library Fund .
577.07
James Whittier Library Funds
710.80
Kimball Park Fund ..
3,137.35
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
26,884.21
$55.077.36
$55,077.36
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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SCHOOL REPORT
In accordance with custom and with the Acts of the General Court, 1859, Chapter 57, we herewith submit to you the seventy- first Annual School Report.
HOWARD L. DELONG, Chairman WILLARD T. KELLY, Secretary ANNIE L. TUCKER
School Committee.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
(Continued from Calendar in 1939 Report)
All Dates Inclusive
March 3, 1941 to April 25, 1941 8 weeks
May 5, 1941 to June 13, 1941 (Port and Center) 6 weeks
May 5, 1941 to graduation (High and Prospect) 7 weeks Tuesday, June 17, 1941-Prospect Street School graduation.
Thursday, June 19, 1941-High School graduation.
Sept. 2, 1941-Registration Day for all entering pupils. Union Teachers' Meeting in afternoon.
Sept. 3, 1941 to Dec. 19, 1941-(Port and Centre) 16 weeks Sept. 3, 1941 to Dec. 23, 1941-(High and Prospect) 17 weeks January 5, 1942 to February 20, 1942. 7 weeks
All schools will be closed on the following days: Memorial Day, May 30; Essex County Teachers' Convention, November 7; Armistice Day, November 11; Thanksgiving recess, November 27 and 28.
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NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
7:15 a.m. 11-11-long pause-1.
7:15 a.m. 11-11-11.
11:20 a.m. Same signals. One session.
12 : 30 p.m. Same signals.
No school in grades only.
No school in all schools.
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. 4531
A. Frances Davis, M.D., School Physician Address: 16 Main Street Tel. 4311
Jean Badashaw, School Nurse Address: 5 East Main Street
DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL STAFF -OCTOBER 1940
Position
Training
Total Years experience
Years in Merrimac
High School
Prin., math., science
Chauncey D. MacKay Isaiah Chase
B.S.E., Boston University, 1924 A.B. 1930, A.M. 1932, Harvard Ph.B., University Vermont, 1938
16
12
English
Maolyn D. Osgood
2
?
History .
B.S., University New Hampshire, 1931
9
C
Commercial
B.S. in Ed., Salem Teachers, 1936
3 6
2 6
Prospect Street School
Prin. Grade 8
Lennart A. Swenson Vera Dealy Dewar
A.B., Boston University, 1938 B.L.I., Emerson College, 1933
Centre School
Prin., Grade 6
Angeline C. Shaheen
North Adams Normal, 1926
11
.5
Grade 5
Marion E. Journeay
Portsmouth Training School, 1912
27
3
Grade 4
Edith A. Gillen
Bridgewater Teachers, 1934
6
6
Grade 3
Sarah B. Titcomb
Salem Normal, 1905
26.5
19
Grade 2
Helen K. Manning
Bridgewater Normal, 1918
16
13 5
Grade 1
Elaine W. Blackden
Aroostook State Normal, 1923
14
+
Merrimacport School Special Class
Howard G. Patchett
B.A., Union '14; M.A., Clark '26
18
C
Drawing Supervisor
Annie A. Kelly
Mass. School of Art, 1906
30.5
14
Music Supervisor
Doris C. Currier
Institute of Music Pedagogy
18.5
9
0
0
Grade 7
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6
French and Latin
Roberta C. Annon Everdene Wiley
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BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
1940 was an active year for school maintenance. W. P. A. Project No. 32, approved August 25, 1938, finally got under way on July 10, 1940. Twelve men, including the foreman, nine painters, and two carpenters, were at work for at least part of the time. The cost of materials, which was considerable, was borne by the school budget. It was possible to find funds only because the payroll system, by the written request of the teachers themselves, was shifted from the twenty-payment system (Sep- tember through June) to the twenty-four-payment system (Sep- tember through August). Although the cost in the end is the same whether the salary is divided into twenty equal parts or into twenty-four equal parts, the calendar-year budget of the first year of shift has eight smaller payrolls, bimonthly from September through December. The difference in 1940 was used to swell the maintenance budget to make possible the purchase of materials for the W. P. A. school project from the school budget itself. Not all the 1940 maintenance work was done on the federal project because the authorized items were adhered to closely for the most part. But the project as drawn up took care of the larger items.
At the Prospect Street School the windows were puttied, and new parting beads installed, the building was painted on the out- side, and a concrete walk laid to each of the two front sets of steps. At the High School the same puttying and painting were done, and a concrete walk was laid on each side of the building from the street to the steps. At the Centre School a ceiling in the upper hall and office was built (of sheet rock) several feet lower, to conserve coal, and the walls were lined with Homasote. The playground, in back, was divided by a Chain-link fence with fourteen posts and a double gate, for separating the children of the three upper grades from those of the three lower. Other 1940 maintenance items included, at Prospect Street, built-in book- cases and storage closets, the construction of a rack for twelve bicycles and of a built-in mailbox; at the High School the replacing and repairing of the upper part of the chimney; at the Centre School the construction in the upper front hall of clothes hangers
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with 44 hooks, and with racks for rubbers and overshoes, and the cutting down of the first-grade tables by about eight inches.
On Thursday, October 10, during Fire Prevention Week, the Merrimac Fire Department, represented by Mr. Irvine G. Burbeck, again responded to the invitation to make its annual inspection of school buildings. The clearance time for fire drill in each building was less than a minute, even at Centre School.
ENROLLMENT
On the first of October the enrollment of the Merrimac public schools was 413, distributed as follows: At Centre 214, at Prospect Street 62, at Merrimacport (special) 20, at High School 117. Further distribution was: At Centre, Mrs. Blackden (Grade I) 33, Mrs. Manning (Grade II) 38, Miss TÃtcomb (Grade III) 31, Miss Gillen (Grade IV) 39, Mrs. Journeay Grade V) 37, Mrs. Shaheen (Grade VI) 36. At Prospect Street, Mrs. Dewar (Grade VII) 25, Mr. Swenson (Grade VIII) 37. At High School, (Grade IX) 27, (X) 37, (XI) 28, (XII) 22, (P. G.) 3.
TEACHING STAFF
There were three changes in the teaching staff of Merrimac during 1940,-the principalships of the Prospect Street and Centre Schools and the Commercial position at the High School. At Prospect Street, Mr. Ralph V. Murray, at the beginning of his third year in Merrimac, resigned to accept the principalship of the Byfield School. In his place Mr. Lennart A. Swenson of Rowley was elected. Mr. Swenson is a graduate of Boston Uni- versity, 1938, with a bachelor's degree in social science and educa- tion. At the Centre School, Mrs. A. Frances Pow completed at the end of January her substitution as sixth grade teacher and principal. In her place beginning February 1 Mrs. Angeline G. Shaheen was elected acting principal and teacher; later she was elected to the position beginning in September. Mrs. Shaheen is a graduate of the North Adams Normal School, 1926, with eleven years of successful experience most of which was in this district, but the most recent of which has been in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Miss Everdene Wiley, commercial teacher since January, 1938,
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resigned on October 18, 1940, and became Mrs. Clifford L. Ken- nedy. In her place Miss Angie A. Johnson of Ipswich was elected. She began her work October 28. Miss Johnson graduated from the commercial department of Salem Teachers College in 1940. Besides her practice teaching she substituted in Ipswich.
Mr. Chauncey D. MacKay, as in 1939, attended summer school at Boston University. Recent courses which he has studied include :
In the summer of 1939:
United States in World Affairs, under Prof. Max Hartmann. Reorganization of Secondary School Curricula, under Dr. Roy O. Billett
Administration of Schools, under Supt. Burr J. Merriam.
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