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Trustee of Kimball Park, for three years:
Maurice Carey 9
Walter D. Calnan 1
Arthur L. Douglass 2
Robert K. Silvia
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Trustee of Kimball Park, for two years:
William J. Burns
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Maurice Carey
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Arthur L. Douglass
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Robert K. Silvia 1
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Light Commissioner, for three years:
Ray T. Wallace, River Road 430
Robert C. Young, Birch Meadow Road 438
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Water Commissioner, for three years:
Ray T. Wallace, River Road 429
Robert C. Young, Birch Meadow Road 428
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Constables, for one year:
George R. Buzzell, Sr., 33 School Street 765
Ronald C. Sarasin, 65 Church Street 674
Albert W. Lord, Heath Road 638
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Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark, for one year:
Ralph L. Buzzell 1
Robert L. Eckert 1
Robert K. Silvia 1
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Tree Warden, for one year :
Harold K. Joralmon, 110 East Main Street 639
William J. Lamb, Jr., 13 Lincoln Street 225
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Playground Commission, for five years:
William S. Burns 1
Bernard C. Bickum
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Maurice Carey 7
Robert C. Young ......
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Planning Board, for five years :
Russell B. Kelley, Birch Meadow Road 720
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ANNUAL REPORT
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Monday, March 3, 1958
Essex, ss.
To Alexander M. Sullivan, one of the Constables of the Town of Merrimac :
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet in Sargent Hall on
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1958
at Five Forty-Five o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect a Moderator for one year, Town Clerk for one year, three Selectmen for one year, three members of the Department of Public Welfare for one year, one Assessor for three years, one Assessor for one year, Treasurer for one year, Tax Collector for three years, one Member of the School Committee for three years, Trustee of Cemetery for three years, two Trustees of Public Library for three years, Trustee of Kimball Park for three years, Trustee of Kimball Park for one year, one Commissioner of Playground for five years, one Com- missioner of Municipal Light for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Water Commissioner for two years, three Constables for one year, three Sur- veyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark for one year, Tree Warden for one year, and one member of the Planning Board for five years.
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Article 2. To fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws as amended; Moderator, Town Clerk, three Select- men, three Members of the Board of Public Welfare, three Assessors, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, three Commissioners of Municipal Light, three Water Com- missioners and raise and appropriate sums of money, therefore.
Article 4. To determine what sums of money shall be raised to defray the necessary and usual charges and expenses of the Town for the year 1958 and make appro- priations for same.
Article 5. 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 the maintenance of Road Machinery to keep Road Machinery in operation.
Article 6. 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, 1959 and to issue a note or notes therefore, 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 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 discret- ion on the playground during the current year.
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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 pro- cedure, provided that the Town Treasurer with the appro- val 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 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 super- vision of the Selectmen for any necessary repairs or other expense to Tax Possessions.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended on highway work on thickly settled streets or take action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($650.00) for the Board of Registrars expense under Chap- ter 427 and Chapter 440 Acts and Resolves of the General Court for the year 1938, said appropriation being made for the year 1958.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Nine hundred seventy five dollars ($975.00) from the sale of cemetery lots such sum or part thereof to be expended under the direction of the Cemetery Trustees for the "care, improvement, and em- bellishment" of said cemetery, according to Section 15 and Section 25 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws.
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Article 13. 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 or other action against the Town or take any action relative thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treas- ury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 15. 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 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use a sum of money from free cash in the Treasury toward the reduction of the 1958 Tax Rate.
Article 17. 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 action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to pay the salary of the Veterans Service Officer.
Article 19. 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.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be paid the Essex County Retirement Board for various funds of the Essex County Retirement System.
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Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance and operation of the Water Department, and to pay any water loans that may be due in the year 1958, and to determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropriation, water surplus or water revenue; or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) to pay the salary of the Welfare Agent, for the year 1958, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for the rental of quarters for the use of the American Legion Post.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) said amount to be spent for control of Dutch Elm Disease.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00) to pay notes due for Elementary School Construction in the year 1958.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for salary of Dog Officer for the year 1958.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be spent under the direc- tion of the Civil Defence Director and the supervision of the Selectmen for Civil Defense or take action in relation thereto.
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Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money said amount to be spent for salaries to instructors for Supervised Play at the Mer- rimac Playground, under the jurisdiction of the Merrimac Playground Commission.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) said amount to be spent for Christmas Lighting, parade or other expense said amount to be spent under the direction of the Selectmen.
Article 30 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, including the appropriation from Post War Rehabilitation Fund for a Regional School, the sum of Seventy eight thousand two hundred nineteen dollars and twelve cents ($78,219.12), said amount to be paid as Merrimac's portion of the Pentucket Regional School District budget for 1958, or take any action relative there- to.
Article 31. 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 Maintenance or take any action relative thereto.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be placed at the disposal of the Planning Board for any expenses that they may have.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate a certain sum of the excess and deficiency fund for the purchase of bonds. The proceeds of the sale of bonds to be appropriated for renovations or additions to Merrimac School Buildings.
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Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for maintenance of the dump or take any action relative thereto.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Six thousand eight hundred sixty seven dollars ($6,867.00) from the Electric Light Operating balance to be used by the Assessors with the estimated re- ceipts to fix the tax rate for the year 1958.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept or not to accept the complete building code which at this time is to be presented by a committee appointed by the Town at the Special Town meeting held July 29,1957 to prepare this code, or take any action relative thereto, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for any expense that may occur in preparation of this code or preliminary plans.
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Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to sell, either at public auction or private sale the property known as the "Port School", provided that the purchaser pay all legal fees, recording charges, clearing of title and all necessary expenses that may occur as a result of this sale, or take any action relative thereto. :
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2,200,00.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new Cruiser for the Police Department, said Cruiser to be purchased by a Committee consisting of the Board of Selectmen and 'the Chief of Police, and to authorize such Committee to dispose of the present Police Cruiser by public auction or by trading it in toward the purchase of a new Cruiser, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 39. On petition of Carroll C. Riley and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty five hundred fourteen dollars and twenty six cents ($3,514.26) to install a six inch water main from Birch Meadow Road to the Riley Farm a distance of approximately 1000 feet, and to install one hydrant, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000 .- 00) to defray the expense of adding Fifteen (15) new wells to the water system's present water supply, or take action relative thereto.
Article 41. On petition of Albert W. Lord and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the light service from Birch Meadow Road along Heath Road to a point in front of the residence of Allan M. Chapman, a distance of approx- imately three thousand (3000) feet, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 42. On petition of Gertrude F. Kaskiewicz and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Eleven thousand two hundred ninety eight dollars and twenty seven cents ($11,298.27) to install a six inch water main with two hydrants, said main to run from Bear Hill Road Easterly to property of Gustave DeKeyser and thence Southerly to property of Frank M. Hargraves and Northerly to property of Francis Smith thence Westerly to property of Russell S. Kaskie- wicz, provided that releases be obtained from all property owners whose land will be crossed and that said releases be filed with the Town Clerk, said installation to cover a distance of approximately 3200 feet, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 43. On petition of Edwin M. Tammick and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five hundred dollars ($500.00) to erect three street lights, one at the corner of Bear Hill Road and Harriman Road, one at the corner of Harriman Road and Brush Hill Road and another in front of the property of Edwin M. Tammick on Brush Hill Road, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the purchase of new hose for the Fire Department.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five hundred dollars ($500.00) for special equipment to be used by the Fire Department, this money to be used in conjunction with any funds or aid that may be obtained from the State or Federal Government.
Article 46. On petition of H. Jean Rose and others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty two hundred fifty four dollars and seventy six cents ($3,254.76), to install a six inch water main and one hydrant on Church Street from a point in front of the residence of Richard V. W. Beede, Northerly a distance of approximately six hundred feet to Harriman Road or take any action relative thereto.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to establish a School Building Needs Committee composed of three School Committee members, one Selectman, one Finance Committee member, one Assessor, and three members to be elected by the Town Moderator, to study and report on the future elementary school housing needs. This Committee is to report their findings to the Citizens of Merrimac before December 31, 1958.
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Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for any expenses that the Board of Appeals may have.
Article 49 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install a surface drain from the trunk line located on land owned by William Battis to a point westerly to Summer Street or take any action relative thereto.
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 20th day of January, 1958.
RALPH L. BUZZELL GEORGE E. LAY HAZEN M. EMERY Selectmen of Merrimac
A true copy : Attest:
ALEXANDER M. SULLIVAN, Constable
By virtue of the above warrant to me directed I here- by notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet at the time and place and for the pur- pose therein expressed.
ALEXANDER M. SULLIVAN,
Constable
Merrimac, Mass., January 20, 1958.
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In Memoriam
BYRON H. SARGENT
1882 - 1957
Born, Merrimac, Mass., February 26, 1882.
Graduate Merrimac High School, Class of 1901. Operator Sargent Coal Co., Merrimac many years. President First National Bank of Merrimac, Mass. 1926 - 1957.
Merrimac Weigher of Coal and Measurer of Grain (old title) and Sworn Weigher (present title) 50 years, 1907 - 1957.
JAMES P. DONAHUE
1894 - 1957
Born. Amesbury, Mass., March 16, 1894. In U. S. Navy, World War 1. Amesbury police officer 1919 and 1920. Merrimac Chief of Police 1920 - 1943. In U. S. Naval Reserve in World War II. Member Merrimac Finance Committee 1950 - 1957. Deputy Sheriff of Essex County 1950 - 1957. Member Stanley Wood Post, American Legion in Merrimac, Mass.
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In Memoriam
MRS. MINNIE (CURRIER) SMITH
1866 - 1957
Born. South Amesbury, now Merrimacport, Mass., Sept. 5, 1866.
She had the distinction of being the only Merrimac High School Graduate of the class of 1883, the graduation exercises and reception being held in the Town Hall, the same as for larger classes.
1883 - 1884 As school teacher she taught the Grade School in the Birchmeadow District and 1884 - 1887 taught the Intermediate Grade School at Merrimacport.
Her husband B. Frank Smith (since deceased) was a Trustee of the Merrimac Public Library several years, and was one of the foremost proponents to establish a Municipal Water and Electric Light Department in Merrimac as was finally voted in 1901. In recent years Mrs. Smith has lived at Newington, Connecticut.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
For The Year Ending December 31, 1957
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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 87th annual printed school report.
VIRGINIA H. WEBSTER, Chairman F. N. SWEETSIR, M. D., Vice Chairman KENNETH G. FOWLE, Secretary IRVING A. BLAKE CARL G. OLSON
School Committee
SCHOOL OFFICERS
John C. Jakobek, Superintendent of Schools Address : Union Street, Merrimac Tel. FI 6-9721
Dorothy M. Peirce, Secretary Address: 52 West Main Street
Kenneth E. Haskell, Supervisor of Attendance Address: Bear Hill Road
A. Frances Davis, M. D., School Physician Address: 16 Main Street Annie L. Gleed, R. N., School Nurse Address: West Main Street
Working Certificates: Edward Morrow Merrimac High School and
Office of Superintendent of Schools Merrimac Elementary School
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DIRECTORY OF SCHOOL STAFF HIGH SCHOOL & GRADES 7 and 8
Position
Name Edward S. Morrow
Training
Total Yrs. Experience
Yrs. in Merrimac
Principal
B. S. Univ. of N. H. 1943 M. Ed. 1957
10
10
English
Christine Platsis
A. B. Univ. of Mass. 1954
2.6
.6
English
Polly A. Kaufman
.A. B. Pembroke College 1951,
resigned 3/1/57 1.10
. 4
English
John J. Milleravage
A. B. Boston Univ. 1946
3
0
English - Soc. Studies Michael F. Sullivan
B. A. Northeastern Univ. 1954
1
1
Soc. Studies
Daniel S. Gulezian
B. A. Bowdoin 1954
3
0
French, Latin
Mary E. Doherty
A. B. Regis College 1953
3
3
Mathematics
William H. Whiting
B. A. Bowdoin 1952
1.
1
Science
Joseph D. LeBlanc
B. S. Tufts College 1952
2
1
Commercial
John S. Mitro
B. S. Boston Univ. 1956
1
1
Commercial
James F. Maher
B. S. Salem Teachers 1957
0
0
Principal, English
Cornelia E. Wolfe
A. B. Boston Univ. 1931
17
12
English, Art
Regina G. McIntyre
B. S. Salem Teachers 1954
3
3
English
Lilian Bilodeau
B. E. Plymouth N. H. Teachers 1956
0
Math., Reading
John E. Whitcraft
B. A. Asbury College 1947
1.5
1.5
Math., Phys. Ed.
Jane S. Ross
B. S. Univ. of Mass. 1952
Soc. Studies
Mary E. Murphy
B. A. Univ. of Mass. 1956
1
Soc. Studies
Richard N. Michaud
B. S. Boston College 1957
Science, Phys. Ed.
Harry E. Ryerson
B. S. Defiance College 1952
2
2
SCHOOL
REPORT
M. A. Univ. of Washington
service ended 6/30/57
resigned 6/30/57
resigned 6/30/57
resigned 6/30/57 1
resigned 6/30/57 0 0
1 resigned 6/30/57 0 0
MERRIMAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Principal V. Principal, Remedial Reading
Helen R. Donaghue Miriam M. Felch
Bridgewater Normal 1929 B. S. Kutztown, Pa., State Teachers College 1936
19.5
11.8
11
11
Leave of Absence
9/1/57 - 8/31/58
INTERMEDIATE UNIT:
Margaret W. Hume
Newburyport Training, 1909
19
9
B. S. Suffolk Univ. 1955
1
1
James W. Johnston Eleanor Horn
B. A. Ohio State 1955
2.6
.6
Alice Brown
B. A. Providence - Barrington
0
0
Philip Yeaton
B. S. Univ. of N. H. 1951
0
0
Nancy W. Ayers
B. A. Univ. of N. H. 1953 Salem Normal
29.5
24.5
PRIMARY UNIT:
Dorothy K. Edgerly
Salem Normal 1926
11.5
4
Joan T. Maloof
A. B. Merrimack College 1955
2
2
Charlotte R. Goltz
B. A. Wellesley 1935
3
0
Florence L. Coe
Salem Teachers College 1933
9.4
2
Caroline M. Verrette
Salem Normal 1917
17
9
Marion F. Quimby
B. S. Univ. of N. H. 1949
8
0
Ethel B. Whiting
A. B. Bates College 1913
12
12
Perry Kindergarten Normal
2
2
B. S. Tufts 1955
Perry Kindergarten Normal
2
2
Music
Doris M. Currier
Institute of Music Pedagogy
35.5
26
Music
Pauline T, Dyer
B, S. Lowell Teachers 1957
resigned 6/30/57 0 0
MERRIMAC
5.
TOWN OF
resigned 3/22/57
Bible College 1957
2
2
Mae Ethel Davis
resigned 6/30/57
resigned 6/30/57
Rosalie G. Carter
Efstathia Bliziotis
B. S. Tufts 1955
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SCHOOL REPORT
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Merrimac:
The annual report of the Merrimac School Committee is presented to you for your consideration. We take this opportunity to emphasize that the schools of this town are your schools, - your children go to them, your support keeps them in operation and your encouragement has made the educational progress of our schools possible. Public schools belong to the people and are operated as local institutions under the mandates of the laws of the Commonwealth. Education is a State function entrusted to local communities for management.
THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION
Sputnik's effect on American Education was summed up by Franklin D. Murphy, chancellor of the University of Kansas, at the closing session of the American Council on Education in Chicago. He said: "The message which this little ball carries to all Americans, if they would but stop and listen, is that in the last half of the 20th century - in this age of incredible technological change - nothing is as important as the trained and educated mind". We cannot continue to treat education as a second-rate enter- prise and expect it to do the job needed today, he pointed out. "We still consider education a luxury rather than a necessity. The little satellite says that our schools are no longer a luxury, but as important as the food we eat, the cars in which we ride, the clothes we buy". Referring to the massive road building and highway program that the Nation embarked on last year, Dr. Murphy concluded : "Yet, in the matter most vital in our individual and collect- ive future, we are still trying to decide how much educat-
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ion we can afford. The American family and the Ameri- can public must decide how great an educational effort is needed to achieve this educational breakthrough, no matter what the cost. The urgency of our time requires that the yardstick for education must be the need, not the dollar."
ENROLLMENTS
This Committee has been conscious of the ever-in- creasing school population within the community. In re- view, we note that the Merrimac Elementary School with its twelve classrooms, gymnasium and cafeteria, has served as a means of accommodating the increased en- rollments. The passage of the Regional School agreement and the subsequent bond issue show that great strides in solving our school housing problems have been taken. Presently we are operating an almost totally inadequate high school building which has platoons, - secondary pupils in the morning, junior high school pupils in the afternoon.
The completion and opening of the Pentucket Region- al High School in September, 1958, will adequately house our pupils in grades seven through twelve for many years to come.
But our present student population, the increasing birth rate and our enrollment projection shown on the next page indicate that this town must make additional elementary school housing provisions shortly. By a study of the enrollment summaries it is evident that our enroll- ment increased from 278 to 381 in ten years. Projecting the present student enrollments to the year 1962 indicates that we will have 491 students in grades 1 - 6. After 1962 relatively static conditions are indicated, although pro- phesying is always fraught with dangers.
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