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Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January, 1, 1948, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) said sum to be paid as salary to the Board of Old Age Assist- ance, whose members may or may not be members of the Board of Public Welfare, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be placed at the disposal of the Playground Commission to be used at their discre- tion on the playground during the current year.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to sell at public auction, 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 reject any bid which they may deem inadequate, or may after such auction has been held sell
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such property provided that in their estimation an adequate offer may be made.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and. appropriate a sum of money to be used under the supervi- sion of the Selectmen for any necessary repairs to Tax Title- Possessions or other expense of same.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and. appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) tos be expended on highway work on thickly settled streets.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars. ($250.00) for the Board of Registrars Expense under Chap- ter 427 and Chapter 440 of Acts and Resolves of the Gen- eral Court for the year 1938, said appropriation being made for the year 1947.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ninety Dollars ($90.00). 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 Ceme- tery, according to Section 15 and Section 25 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Forty-eight Hundred Sixty-two Dollars and Forty-one Cents ($4,862.41) from the Electric Light operating balance, to be used by the Assessors with the esti- mated receipts to fix the tax rate for the year 1947.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to meet such legal expenses as may occur due to suits pending against the town or take any action relative thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury a sum of money for Chapter 90, High
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way Construction or Maintenance or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town: will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to make necessary repairs in or on or around the Town Hall or take any action relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Assessors to use a sum not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) from free cash in the treasury toward the reduction of the 1947 tax rate. -
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury a sum of money for Chapter 81 and highway construction or maintenance, or take any ac- tion relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a motor driven tractor sidewalk plow, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
Article 20. On petition of George P. Stevens and oth- ers to see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 21 to 25 inclusive of Chapter 136 of the General Laws, providing for certain sports and games permitted on the Lord's Day.
Article 21. On petition of the Fire Engineers to see if the Town will vote to purchase 500 feet of hose and make an appropriation for same.
Article 22. On petition of Louis A. Cyr and others, to see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article Thirty (30) of the warrant for the annual meeting in 1946 and transfer the amount of $1,500.00 appropriated under said article to the appropriation voted for the con- struction of the new school building.
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Article 23. On petition of Charles E. Hoyt and oth- ers to see if the Town will vote to complete the unfinished W. P. A. project as of 1936 at Birch Meadow by lowering the culvert passing under Birch Beadow Road No. 2, eight- een inches to finish proper outlet for pipe which enters the main ditch running through Birch Meadow, as agreed upon by the Engineer when laid, and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for the same.
Article 24. On petition of Arthur D. Lockwood and others to see if the Town will vote to rescind its action taken under Article 4 of the Special Town Meeting held November 29, 1946, whereby and whereunder it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of con- structing, originally equipping and furnishing a modern fireproof consolidated school building, and whereby and whereunder the Treasurer was authorized to transfer from available funds the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dol- lars, to sell Sixty Thousand ($60,000.00) Dollars worth of Government Bonds, to borrow the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand $150,000.00) Dollars under authority of Chapter 217, the Acts of 1946 and Thirty-nine Thousand ($39,000.00) Dollars under the authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and to issue bonds and notes of the Town therefor.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) the said amount to be expended under the super- vision of the Selectmen to repair roof on the Highway Ga- rage.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to pay the salary of the Veterans Service Of- ficer.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for expenses of the Veterans Service Officer.
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And you are hereby required to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in seven public places in said Town of Merrimac, 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.
Given under our hands at Merrimac this twentieth day of January, 1947.
KENNETH E. HASKELL J. ARTHUR OLLIS, RALPH L. BUZZELL, Selectmen of Merrimac.
A true copy. Attest :
EDWARD J. O'KEEFE,. Constable.
By virtue of the above warrant to me directed, I here- by notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merri- mac to meet at the time and place and for the purpose therein expressed.
EDWARD J. O'KEEFE, Constable. Merrimac, Mass., January 20, 1947.
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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 Mer- rimac and the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the Finance Committee recommend the fol- lowing appropriations to be made for the year 1947:
Moderator, Salary $ 12.00
Selectmen, Chairman, Salary 450.00
Selectmen, Clerk, Salary 125.00
Selectmen, Other Member, Salary
100.00
675.00
Selectmen's Departmental Expenses
400.00
Welfare, Chairman Salary 200.00
Welfare, Clerk Salary
200.00
Welfare, Other Member Salary
100.00
500.00
Town Accountant Salary
2,080.00
Town Accountant Expenses
125.00
Treasurer Salary
500.00
Treasurer Expenses
700.00
Tax Collector Salary
875.00
Tax Collector Expenses
500.00
Assessors, Chairman Salary
360.00
Assessors, Other two each 220.00
440.00
800.00
Assessors Expenses
325.00
Town Clerk Salary
225.00
Town Clerk Expenses
100.00
Registrars of Voters
250.00
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Town Hall Maintenance:
Janitor of Town Offices Salary 240.00
Maintenance of Hall 1,200.00
1,440.00
Town Hall Repairs
100.00
Bonding Town Officers
315.00
Election Officers
100.00
Police
4,500.00
Fire Engineers: 1
Chief Salary
150.00
Clerk Salary
125.00
Other Member Salary
100.00
....
375.00
Fire Department
3,700.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Expenses
15.00
Inspector of Wiring Salary
90.00
Inspector of Wiring Expenses
5.00
Dog Officer to cover fees
150.0,0
Moth Department
1,025.00
Tree Warden
500.00
Town Forest
400.00
Forest Fire Warden
150.00
Board of Health
1,250.00
Health Nurse and Expenses
1,200.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
100.00
Inspector of Animals Expense
5.00
Inspector of Slaughtering Salary
..
20.00
Inspector of Slaughtering Expenses Inspector of Milk Salary
20.00
Inspector of Milk Expense
5.00
Essex County T. B. Hospital
711.93
Snow and Washouts
6,500.00
Sidewalks, Railings and Bridges
100.00
Rocks Bridge
900.00
.
5.00
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Street Lights
4,383.76
State Aid
120.00
Public Welfare
5,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,600.00
Aid to Dependent Children
5,000.00
Old Age Assistance
40,000.00
School Committee:
Chairman Salary
50.00
Clerk Salary
75.00
Other Member Salary
........ 50.00
175.00
School Department
41,300.00
Public Library
1,200.00
Memorial Day
170.00
Vocational Aid
2,500.00
Lighting Town Buildings
478.65
Insurance
2,300.00
Reserve Fund
500.00
Interest
500.00
Cemeteries
2,000.00
Vital Statistics
90.00
Water in Town Buildings
288.34
Printing Town Reports ....
335.00
$ 141,789.68
JOHN K. SARGENT,
JAMES T. COLGAN,
CLEMENT L. LOCKWOOD,
HERMAN F. DAVIS,
WILLIAM H. FRANKLIN,
Merrimac Finance Committee.
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
To the Citizens of the Town of Merrimac:
I submit herewith my report as Collector of Taxes for the year ending Dec. 31, 1946.
Again this year the real estate bills will be itemized and a separate bill will be issued for each parcel of prop- erty.
I wish to thank all the various officials and citizens for their cooperation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
WILFRED G. JOURNEAY, Collector of Taxes.
1946 Auto Excise
1
Commitments ..
$ 1,056.28
Cash to Treas. $ 4,755.95
3,036.12 Abatements 266.15
794.77
Outstanding® 384.63
397.21
Dec. 30, Comm.
58.54
Dec. 30, Comm.
54.15
Refunds
9.66
$ 5,406.73
$ 5,406.73
1946 Personal Property
Commitment $ 5,528.14
Cash to Treas. $ 4,901.63
Abatements 56.40
Outstanding 570.11
$ 5,528.14
$ 5,528.14
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1946 Real Estate
Commitments
$ 78,199.32
Cash to Treas. $ 66,159.73
Refunds
76:14 : : Abatements 2,491.22
Tax Title Addings 393.39
:
Outstanding
9,231.12
$ 78,275.46 !
$. 78,275.46
1945, Moth
Outstanding
Cash to Treas. $ 8.13
1-1,'46
$ 14.00
Outstanding 2.15
Journal Debit
.53
Journal Credit 4.25
$
14.53
$
14.53
1945 Real Estate
Outstanding
Cash to Treas. $ 8,572.51
1-1 '46
$ 10,182.77
· Abatements
363.10
Reimbursement
26.98
Outstanding
1,281.75
Journal Debit
7.61
$ 10,217.36
$ 10,217.36
1946 Poll
Commitment $ 1,622.00
Cash to Treas.
1,110.00
10.00
Abatements
496.00
Refunds
6.00
Outstanding
32.00
$ 1,638.00
$ 1,638.00
1944 Personal Property
Outstanding 1-1,'46
$
76.54
Outstanding
13.33
$
76.54
Cash to Treas. $ 63.21
$ 76.54
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1945 Personal Property
Outstanding 1-1, '46 $ 707.70
Cash
$ 513.40
7.56
Abatements Outstanding
186.74
$ 707.70
$ 707.70
1945 Poll Taxes
Outstanding
Cash to Treas. $ 8.00
1-1,'46
$
14.00
Abatements
2.00
Refund
2.00
Outstanding
6.00
$
16.00
$ 16.00
1945 Auto Excise
Outstanding
$ 211.97
Cash
$ 101.50
Abatements
79.87
Outstanding
30.60
$ 211.97
$ 211.97
1944 Moth
Cash to Treas.
$ .45
Outstanding 1-1,'46
$
4.78
Abatements
4.33
$
4.78
$ 4.78
1944 Real Estate
Outstanding
Cash to Treas. $ 2,368.74
Jan. 1, 1946 $
2,726.52
. Abatements
352.26
Journal Debit
.30
Outstanding
5.82
$ 2,726.82
$ 2,726.82
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VOTE FOR OFFICERS, ANNUAL ELECTION March 4, 1946
Votes Cast (428 Men, 374 Women), Total 802
Moderator, for one year :
Clifford R. Howe, 5 Forest St. ..
661
Blanks 141
Town Clerk, for one year :
C. Howard Phillips, 48 Church St. 663
Blanks 139
Selectmen, for one year :
Ralph L. Buzzell, 63 School St. 378
Matthew J. Cummings, 27 Nichols St. 79
George D. Currier, 2 Prospect Hill 262
Kenneth E. Haskell, Highland Rd. 443
Ernest E. Hewson, 10 Woodland St. 133
Charles Emery Hoyt, Birch Meadow Rd. 132
J. Atrhur Ollis, 37 E. Main St. 293
Harold M. Waterhouse, 6 Bear Hill Rd. 239
Blanks 448
Board of Public Welfare, for one year:
Harriett F. Bigelow, River Road 569
Hazen M. Emery, 15 Judkins Ct. 614
Ellen M. Wallace, 9 Central St. 572
Blanks 651
Assessor, for three years :
Roscoe Child, 22 Union St. 660
Blanks 142
Treasurer, for one year :
Roy C. Journeay, 10 Prospect St. 669
Blanks
133
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Collector of Taxes, for three years :
Wilfred G. Journeay, 28 Grove St. 671
Blanks 131
School Committee, for three years :
Willard T. Kelly, Birch Meadow Rd. 315
Philip C. Means, 20 Main St. 441
Blanks 46
Trustee of Cemeteries, for three years :
Cecil E. Welch, 19 Middle St. 539
Blanks 213
Trustee of Kimball Park, for three years: Warren Heath, Main St. 1
Arthur D. Lockwood, Main St. .4
George S. Nelson, Main St. 1
Chester E. Whiting, Main St. 1
Blanks
795
Library Trustees, for three years : 1
Edgar J. Davis, 16 Main St. 169
Alvin F. Heath, 33 Grove St. 548
Chester E. Whiting, 37 Main St. 563
Blanks
324
Light Commissioner, for three years:
Dale W. Blackden, 2 Sawyer St. 372
Irvine G. Burbeck, 21 East Main St. 367
Blanks
63
Light Commissioner, for one year:
Ulysses N. Corson, West Main St. 583
Blanks
219
Water Commissioner, for three years: Dale W. Blackden, 2 Sawyer St. 382
Irvine G. Burbeck, 21 East Main St. 340
Blanks
80
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Water Commissioner, for one year:
Ulysses N. Corson, West Main St. 565
Blanks 237
Constables, for one year :
Leon L. Dow, 2 Mechanic St. 613
Alden B. Morse, 50 Main St. 579
Edward J. O'Keefe, 7 Central St. 572
Blanks
642
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark, for one year :
Ralph L. Buzzell, School St. 4
George R. Hoyt, Birch Meadow Rd. 2
Harold C. Lamb, Abbott St. 1
George L. Sargent, Bear Hill Rd. 1
Edson C. Walker, Birch Meadow R.d. 1
Blanks 2397
Tree Warden, for one year :
Samuel C. Doust, Highland Rd.
555
Blanks 1:
247
Playground Commission, for five years :
Edwin E. Leidich, 36 Main St. 274
George H. K. Nicol, 15 Walnut St. 362
Blanks
166
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MERRIMAC For the Year Ending December 31 1946
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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 76th annual printed school report.
HOWARD L. DeLONG, Chairman WILLARD T. KELLY, Secretary ANNIE L. TUCKER,
School Committee
SCHOOL OFFICERS
John C. Page, Ed. D., Superintendent of Schools Address : West Newbury Tel. W. N. 52
Margaret R. Sawyer, Secretary Address : Rye, N. H.
Alexander M. Sullivan, Supervisor of Attendance Address: Locust Street
A. Frances Davis, M. D., School Physician Address: 16 Main Street
Ramona H. Hewson, R. N., School Nurse Address: 10 Woodland Street
J. A. Hawes, D. M. D., Director School Dental Clinic Address: Merrimac
SCHOOL CALENDAR (Continued from 1945 Town Report)
Winter term: January 2, 1947 to February 21, 1947 (High and Grade 8) -
January 6, 1947 to February 21, 1947 (Cen- tre and Prospect)
Third term: March 3, 1947 to April 25, 1947
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Spring term: May 5, 1947 to June 13, 1947 (Centre and Prospect)
Grade 8 Graduation, Monday evening, June 16, 1947.
High School Graduation, Wednesday even- ing, June 18, 1947.
Fall term: Registration Day, September 2, 1947-for all pupils entering Merrimac schools for the first time.
September 3, 1947 to December 19, 1947.
Winter term: January 5, 1948 to February 20, 1948.
Schools also close on the following days: Memorial Day, May 30; Essex County Teachers' Convention, Novem- ber 7, 1947; Armistice Day, November 11, 1947; Thanksgiving recess, November 27 and 28, 1947.
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 all schools. One session
11:20 A. M. Same signal
12:30 P. M. Same signal
No school in afternoon
NO SCHOOL Announcement will also be made over Station WLAW between 7:00 and 7:15 in the morning.
DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL STAFF-OCTOBER, 1946
Position
Training
Total Years Experience
Years in Merrimac
High School Principal,
Science & Math. English
isaiah Chase isabelle M. Phelan Dorothy Kyros Howard G. Patchett Norma R. Litvack
B. S. E. 1945, Salem
1
1
Grade 8 and ass't. · to Principal in boys' athletics
Edward Morrow
B. S. 1943, Univ. of N. H.
0
0
Prospect St. School Grade 7 Grade 6, Principal Prospect & Centre
Cornelia E. Wolfe
A. B. 1931, Boston Univ.
6
1
Angeline C. Shaheen North Adams Normal, 1926
17
6.5
Centre School
Grade 5
33
9
Grade 4
Marion E. Journeay Mary C. Burns Elaine W. Snow
Portsmouth Training, 1912 B. S. E. 1943, Lowell Aroostook Normal, 1923
20
10
Grade 2
Bridgewater Normal, 1918
22
19.5
Ass't Principal Grade 2
Helen K. Manning Miriam M. Felch
B. S. 1936, Kutztown (Pa.) State Teachers College
0
0
Harriet Shook
B. A. 1945, Ohio State Univ.
0
0
A. B. 1913, Bates
1
1
Drawing Teacher
Mass. School of Art
1
1
Music Teacher
Institute of Music Pedagogy
24.5
15
5
Physical Education Teacher
Effie M. Knapp Doris M. Currier Mary Elizabeth Walker
B. S. E. 1944, Lowell
2
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B. S. in Ed. 1941, Tufts
3.6
3.6
B. S. in P. A. L. 1942, Boston Univ.
3
3
· French & Latin History
B. A. 1914, Union. M. A. 1926, Clark
24
15
Commercial
A. B. 1930, A. M. 1932, Harvard
10
9
Grade 1 Grade 1
Ethel B. Whiting
3
3
Grade 3
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"THE TEACHER CRISIS"
"The exodus from the teaching profession in recent years is probably the most striking vocational migration in our history. An estimated 350,000 teachers have quit the profession entirely since 1939. Approximately 60,000 pos- itions have not been filled or have been closed out and the work has been distributed among the remaining teachers." "Despite low legal requirements, there are 108,000 emergency teachers who cannot meet the lowest standards in their respective states." Equally alarming are the figures concerning the decrease of enrollment in teachers colleges despite the highest general enrollment in history for ed- ucation beyond the high school.
TEACHER SALARIES
On Tuesday evening, November 26, 1946, a committee of teachers, representing the teachers of Merrimac, ap- peared before the Merrimac school committee with a peti- tion that all teachers had signed. The petition requested beginning January 1, 1947, a submitted salary schedule which was presented as a low average for Massachusetts towns of Merrimac's size. The schedule had been compiled from data obtained from the research department of the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers. In Merrimac, as in many towns, the recent inflation had destroyed the salary schedule for teachers because prevailing sa aries in the open market had made it necessary to pay as much or even more for beginning or inexperienced teachers as Merrimac teachers were getting after years of successful experience. The Merrimac school commitee after studying the petition, voted, with some reservations, to place on its 1947 budget for the annual town meeting an amount which should en- able it to sustain the essential salary features of the petition in question. In other similar towns, near and far, school committees have likewise voted to submit similar salary budgets, or higher ones, for the annual 1947 town meetings.
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PROSPECTIVE REIMBURSEMENT ADJUSTMENTS
Real estate tax in Massachusetts has had to bear too heavy a share of the necessary increased cost of public education because Chapter 70 and the other statutes per- taining to state aid and reimbursements have remained static while the value of the dollar has been decreasing. Both state and federal government in 1946 recognized the need of help to public education; both started to plan for this help. On September 16, at Room 36, State House, Bos- ton, superintendents of schools and others met the Recess Commission on Education of the Massachusetts legislature for the purpose of stating the case and of drawing up plans for presenting bills for reimbursing towns and cities under the revised and increased salary schedules for teachers and the other increased costs of education to the municipalities. No member of the Commission or of the audience dissented on the question of the need ; the discussion centered around the question of what formula should be used. In Washing- ton, in July, Senators Thomas of Utah, Hill of Alabama, and Taft of Ohio were working on Senate Bill 181 for substan- tial federal aid to education. Details of the proposals for aid were presented to superintendents by United States Commissioner John W. Studebaker at the Harvard Confer- ence at Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the week of July 22, 1946. Dr. Studebaker said that it was recognized nation- ally as well as within the states that both state and federal government must come to the aid of municipalities to the end of carrying on public education with increased, not decreased, efficiency.
CONTINUED CONGESTION IN THE PRIMARY GRADES'
. In the Fall of 1946 it was necessary to find room for first and second grade classes, each of which needed two teachers. The American Legion Home, which had been used until the end of the school year in June through the kindness of the local Post, was no longer available for Sep- tember. An extra room was found by moving the eighth grade from the Prospect Street building to the High School
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building, then moving the sixth grade from the Centre building and placing it with the seventh in the Prospect Street building. At the Centre School building, one section of the first grade was thus placed in the lower front room (the one used in the Spring by the sixth grade) and the other section in the lower middle room (the one used in the Spring by the third grade). The third grade was placed in the lower back room (the one used in the Spring by the Centre School section of the first grade). On the upper floor at Centre School building the front room (the one used until June by the fifth grade) was taken over by the entire second grade, with the newly engaged teacher, Mrs. Mariam M. Felch, functioning cooperatively as an assis- tant to Mrs. Helen K. Manning who was also acting prin- cipal of the school in the absence of Mrs. Angeline C. Sha- heen whose sixth grade had been moved to the Prospect Street building. The fifth grade was placed in the upper middle room (the one used in the Spring by the fourth grade) and the fourth grade was placed in the upper back room (the one used in the Spring by the second grade). Mrs. Shaheen's principalship duties were extended to in- clude the seventh grade at the Prospect Street building where her sixth grade had been placed.
ENROLLMENT
On the first of October the enrollment of the Mer- rimac public schools was 367, distributed as follows: In grades one to six 223, in grades seven and eight 71, in grades nine to twelve 77. Further distribution was: Grade I (Mrs. Whiting and Miss Shook) 49, Grade II (Mrs. Man- ning and Mrs. Felch) 47, Grade III (Mrs. Snow) 26, Grade IV (Miss Burns) 38, Grade V (Mrs. Journeay) 38, Grade VI (Mrs. Shaheen) 25, Grade VII (Mrs. Wolfe) 36, Grade VIII (Mr. Morrow) 35. In the High School, Grades IX 20, X 25, XI 19, XII 13, (Mr. Chase, Miss Phelan, Miss Kyros, Miss Litvack, Mr. Patchett) .
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TEACHING STAFF
At the end of the Winter term Mrs. Helen R. Donaghue resigned as Principal of Prospect Street School. Mrs. Don- oghue had taught in Merrimac nearly four years. During the third term and the Spring term, that is, from March 4 to the end of the school year, the eighth grade position was taken over by Mr. John D. Barr of Rye, New Hamp- shire. Mr. Barr had just been discharged from the military service. He is a graduate of Hyannis State Teachers Col- lege, 1939, with the Bachelor's degree, and several units of graduate credit at the University of New Hampshire. His experience was in Cape Neddick, Maine, Farmington, Connecticut, and Wareham, Massachusetts.
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