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11.50
Apr. 3 Bradford Washburn
135.00
25 P. A. Carter, Postals, Printing, etc.
6.45
May 9 Helen Howe
150.00
June 16 P. A. Carter, Postals, Printing, etc. 6.53
28 Waltham Legion Band
50.00
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July 4 Waltham Legion Band 225.00
Oct. 29 Sanroma Ensemble 162.00
Nov. 7 P. A. Carter, Postals, Printing, etc 9.16
17 The Printcraft Shop, Postals, Printing, etc. 7.25
17 P. A. Carter, Postals Printed
2.00
Dec. 8 Dr. Lawrence Gould
285.00
17 $5000 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. 4s of 1995 4,842.22
20 Bronson De Con 100.00
31 Balance 3,722.51
$10,195.80
The Fund is invested as follows:
60 shares Pennsylvania R. R. Co.
10 Boston & Providence R. R. Co.
16 Boston & Albany R. R. Co.
10 Old Colony R. R. Co.
5 66 Boston Elevated Railway Co. first preferred.
75 American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
25 Great Northern Railway Co. preferred.
20 New York Railways Corp. Stock Trust preferred. $1,000 New York Railways Co. 6% Income Bond of 1965.
$3,000 Southern Railway Co. 4s of 1956.
$1,000 American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 5s of 1946.
$1,000 U. S. Rubber Co. 5s of 1947.
$5,000 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Gen. Mtg. 4s of 1995.
(Signed) C. LEE TODD,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING AND TRUST FUNDS
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
In Account With
WATER WORKS SINKING FUND
1930
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance $17,993.45
Coupons, Town of Lincoln 31/2s due 1932 105.00
Coupons, Town of Lincoln 31/2s due 1934 175.00
Coupons, Town of Lincoln 4s due 1936. 560.00
Coupons, U. S. Liberty 41/4s due 1938 318.75
Interest on Deposit 301.09
Cash, Sale $5,000 Liberty 41/4s of 1938 5,127.12
Cash, Treasurer of Lincoln a/c Sinking Fund 825.00
$25,405.41
1930
Cr.
Dec. 31 Balance
$ 2,405.41
Due $23,000, Town of Lincoln 31/2s of 1930 23,000.00
$25,405.41
The Fund is invested as follows:
$14,000 Town of Lincoln 4s, due September, 1936.
$3,000 Town of Lincoln 31/2s, due September, 1932.
$5,000 U. S. Liberty 41/4s of 1938. $5,000 Town of Lincoln 31/2s, due November, 1934.
Respectfully submitted,
C. LEE TODD, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY.
Commissioners.
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TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS
In Account With
GEORGE G. TARBELL LEGACY TO THE LINCOLN LIBRARY
1930
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance principal a/c. $602.80
Dividends, Boston Elevated Ry. Co. 2nd pfd. 3.50
Dividends, American Tel. & Tel. Co. 36.00
Dividends, Boston Elev. Ry. Co. 1st pfd 56.00
Coupon, West Tel. & Tel. Co. 5s 25.00
Dividends, 8 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
48.00
Interest 22.14
Rights, Am. Tel. & Tel. Co.
88.88
$882.32
1930
Cr.
Dec. 31 Cash, J. F. Farrar, Treas., Lincoln Library $190.64
Balance on Deposit, Principal Account 691.68
$882.32
The Fund is invested as follows:
7 shares Boston Elevated Railway Company first preferred.
8 shares New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. 4 shares American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1/2 share Boston Elevated Railway Co. second preferred. $500 . Western Tel. & Tel. Co. 5s of 1932.
Respectfully submitted,
C. LEE TODD, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY. Commissioners.
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TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS
In Account With
GEORGE RUSSELL LEGACY TO THE LINCOLN LIBRARY
1930
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance $329.07
Interest
10.22
Dividend, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 12.00
$351.29
1930
Cr.
Dec. 31 Cash, J. F. Farrar, Treas., Lincoln Library $22.22
Balance on Deposit, Principal Account 329.07
$351.29
The Fund is invested as follows:
2 shares New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co.
Respectfully submitted,
C. LEE TODD, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY. Commissioners.
175
TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS
In Account With
JOHN H. PIERCE LEGACY TO THE LINCOLN LIBRARY
1930
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance
$18.33
Coupons, American Tel. & Tel. Co. 5s
50.00
Dividends, Boston Elevated Ry. Co. 2nd pfd. 3.50
Interest .87
$72.70
1930
Cr.
Dec. 31 Cash, J. F. Farrar, Treas., Lincoln Library. $54.37
Balance on Deposit, Principal Account 18.33
$72.70
The Fund is invested as follows:
1/2 share Boston Elevated Railway Company 2nd preferred. $1,000 American Tel. & Tel. Co. 5s, 1946.
Respectfully submitted,
C. LEE TODD, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY.
Commissioners.
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TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS
In Account With
JULIA A. BEMIS FUND FOR BENEFIT OF LINCOLN LIBRARY
1930
Dr.
Jan.
1 Balance
$35.34
Dividends, Boston Elevated Ry. Co. 2nd pfd 7.00
Coupons, U. S. Rubber Company 5s 50.00
Interest
2.18
$94.52
Cr. 1930
Dec. 31 Cash, J. F. Farrar, Treas., Lincoln Library $59.18
Balance on Deposit, Principal Account. 35.34
$94.52
The Fund is invested as follows: 1 share Boston Elevated Railway Company 2nd preferred. $1,000 United States Rubber 5s, 1947.
Respectfully submitted,
C. LEE TODD, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY. Commissioners.
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TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS
In Account With
ABBIE J. STEARNS FUND FOR LINCOLN LIBRARY
1930
Dr.
Jan.
1 Balance $29.37
Dividends, Boston Elevated Ry. Co. 2nd pfd. 21.00
Coupons, U. S. Rubber Co. 5s 100.00 Interest 2.90
$153.27
1930
Cr.
Dec. 31 Cash, J. F. Farrar, Treas., Lincoln Library $123.90
Balance on Deposit, Principal Account 29.37
$153.27
The Fund is invested as follows:
3 shares Boston Elevated Railway Company 2nd preferred. $2,000 United States Rubber 5s, due 1947.
Respectfully submitted,
C. LEE TODD, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY. Commissioners.
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TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS
In Account With
ABBIE J. STEARNS FUND FOR SILENT POOR
1930
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance
$1,587.42
Coupons, U. S. Rubber Co. 5s, due 1947 100.00
Interest
50.91
$1,738.33
1930
Cr.
Dec. 31 Paid on Selectmen's orders $41.00
Balance on Deposit, Income Account 1,536.17
Balance on Deposit, Principal Account. 161.16
$1,738.33
The Fund is invested as follows:
$2,000 United States Rubber 5s, 1947.
Respectfully submitted,
C. LEE TODD, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY. Commissioners.
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TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS In Account With
ABBIE J. STEARNS FUND FOR TOWN HEARSE
1930
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance
Dividend, Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 60.00
Interest 24.04
Rights, Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 44.23
$896.85
1930
Cr.
Dec. 31 · Balance on Deposit
$896.85
The Fund is invested as follows:
15 shares Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
DONALD GORDON RECREATION FUND
1930
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance
$5,163.03
Interest
24.02
Coupons, Edison Elec. Il1. Co. 5s 125.00
$5,312.05
1930
Cr.
Dec. 3 Balance principal a/c Balance income a/c.
$67.25
67.30
July 4 Fireworks $5,000 Edison Elec. Il1. Co. 5s, 1933 4,937.50 240.00
$5,312.05
The Fund is invested as follows:
$5,000 Edison Elec. Il1. Co. 5s of 1933.
Respectfully submitted, C. LEE TODD, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY. Commissioners.
$768.58
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TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS In Account With
JOHN H. PIERCE LEGACY TO THE TOWN
1930
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance on hand $8,274.11
Jan. 22 Trustees of John H. Pierce. 750.00
Apr. 24 Trustees of John H. Pierce 750.00
July 28 Trustees of John H. Pierce 750.00
Oct. 21 Trustees of John H. Pierce.
750.00
Bank interest 156.18
$11,430.29
1930
Cr.
Apr. 26 Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, Legal Services .. $631.70
Dec. 31 Balance on hand 10,798.59
$11,430.29
CHARLES S. SMITH LEGACY TO THE TOWN
1930
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance on hand. $52,173.90
Bank Interest 1,263.23
$53,437.13
1930
Cr.
Dec. 31 Balance on hand $53,437.13
Respectfully submitted, · C. LEE TODD, · F. WINCHESTER DENIO, CONRAD P. HATHEWAY, Commissioners.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1930
OL
A.PE
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Chairman, Term expires 1931 EDITH B. FARRAR (Mrs.), Secretary, Term expires 1933 HARRY M. CONDIT, JR. Term expires 1932
Superintendent of Schools CARL F. HOLLORAN
Teachers Junior High School-Grades VII-VIII-IX MISS FLORENCE E. WHEELER MISS BARBARA PRICE MISS MARJORIE M. HOWARD
Grade VI MISS ISABELLE McBREEN
Grade V MISS ETHEL J. BOYCE
Grade IV MISS THELMA GODDARD
Grade III MISS FLORENCE JACKSON
Grade II MISS ESTHER R. COMER
Grade I
MRS. JOSEPHINE C. DOHERTY
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Manual Training E. W. BURCKES
Music WILLIAM TAUNTON
Janitors
Center School
South School
WILLIAM HARRINGTON JOHN DONOVAN
School Physician DR. HENRY A. WOOD
School Nurse DOROTHY C. SNELLING (Mrs.)
Attendance Officer JOHN J. KELLIHER
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Mid-Winter Term, begins Monday, January 5, 1931, ends Friday, February 20, 1931; seven weeks.
Spring Term, begins Monday, March 2, 1931, ends Friday, April 17, 1931 ; seven weeks.
Summer Term, begins Monday, April 27, 1931, ends Wednesday, June 17, 1931; seven and one-half weeks.
Fall Term, begins Tuesday, September 8, 1931, ends Wednesday, December 23, 1931; sixteen weeks.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Lincoln :
The annual report for the year 1930 together with reports of the Superintendent of Schools and School Nurse is here- with presented.
As noted in the Superintendent's report, several changes in the teaching staff took place during the year, but your Committee feel that some progress is being made toward reducing to a minimum the number of resignations effective each year. Your Committee and also the Superintendent have adopted the policy of securing the best teachers obtain- able commensurate with the salary offered and of retaining such teachers over a period of years if possible. In passing, it may be said that the salaries now paid to our teachers are above the average paid in communities similar to Lincoln and should attract good teachers.
In response to a general demand for special instruction in music, it was decided to again introduce this subject in the schools and Mr. William Taunton of Sudbury was engaged to supervise this study. Although giving but one day each week to this work, yet, we feel that definite progress is being made and that satisfactory results will be attained.
Transportation
The matter of transportation has its problems as con- sistently as ever. New demands for additional service have to be met and cared for. However, it would appear that local transportation and its incidents is not one that is peculiar to Lincoln alone. All communities appear to be affected alike. Your committee aims to solve this problem
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in such a way as to give service where the need demands it. Owing to recent demands, new arrangements have been made for additional transportation facilities to be put into effect in the near future, whereby it is hoped that all sec- tions of the town will receive adequate service.
School Buildings
The special appropriation of three thousand dollars for repairs on the Centre School has placed this building in very good repair. A program of renewal of the desks and furnish- ings in the several rooms is now being carried out and at least one of the rooms will be refurnished this year. Other than completing this refurnishing, and the refinishing of the black-boards, it would seem that this building should not need special attention for several years.
The South School, however, must have attention this present year, and this regardless of what action the Town may take on the recommendation of the Special Committee on School Accommodations to be presented at the March meeting. This building should be painted both inside and out. The teacher's room provided with toilet and bowl; facilities for procuring hot water installed, the cellar made water proof and white-washed. Also outside and around the build- ing should be cemented and the grounds in front of the building graded. To do these necessary repairs, if the build- ing is to be continued as at present, will necessitate an ex- penditure estimated at between fifteen hundred and eighteen hundred dollars. If the building is to be used permanently a larger expenditure will be necessary in that it should be entirely gone over including the heating, toilets, weather proofing the windows, installation of electric lights, new curtains and refurnishing the second grade room.
The Committee wishes to make public mention of two benefactions received during the past year. Mr. Julian de Cordova has established a fund for the purchase of medals,
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his purpose being "to stimulate scholarship, invite emula- tion of worthy achievement, and foster those qualities neces- sary for good citizenship." The medal is awarded under the following conditions :- No pupil shall be eligible for this award who has not received an average mark of "B" in his regular classwork during the school year. No pupil shall be eligible for this award who shall have received a mark of "U," or "unsatisfactory," in Health Habits, Cooperation, Industry, Courtesy, Preparation, Conduct or Effort." The Codman family contributed generously toward the cost of the new fence around the South School lot, thus helping to make possible an improvement which has received much favorable comment.
Finances
Your committee reports an unexpended balance of the amount of six hundred thirty-two dollars and seventy-one cents ($632.71), from the general school appropriation for this year. Owing to increases in local transportation, teachers' salaries and a few other minor items, the Com- mittee are compelled to ask for an increase in the appropri- ation over that of last year and would recommend the fol- lowing :
For general school expenses $37,500.00
For vocational education 1,200.00
$38,700.00
For repairs on South School $ 1,800.00
Respectfully submitted,
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY HARRY M. CONDIT, Jr. EDITH B. FARRAR
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Summary of Expenses of Lincoln Schools 1930
Salaries $17,475.60
Expenses of Superintendent 159.42
Text Books
621.84
Supplies 655.75
Fuel
801.69
Operating Expenses
621.66
Repairs
1,419.69
Health
613.64
New Equipment
247.77
High School Tuition
4,322.45
High School Transportation
2,060.70
Local Transportation
5,867.08
Vocational Education
977.51
Special Appropriation for Repairs on
Center School
3,000.00
$38,844.80
Receipts on Account of Schools, 1930 .
Miscellaneous 10.42
Lincoln Grammar School Fund 61.21
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
On account of Vocational Expendi-
ture-Aug. 31, 1928-Aug. 31, 1929, 537.45
On account of Part 1, Mass. School Fund 1,630.00
On account of Tuition Charges for
State Wards
1,987.62
$4,226.70
$34,618.10
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Lincoln:
In this, my second annual report as Superintendent of Schools, I have summarized briefly the outstanding changes and accomplishments of the year just ended.
Changes in Personnel
Miss Marjorie M. Howard began her duties in the Junior High School in September in place of Miss Helen Smiley who resigned to be married.
Miss Thelma Sanderson, who taught in the South School, accepted a position in Quincy during the month of February. Her place was filled by Miss Alice Dufort who resigned in September to accept a position in Leominster.
Miss Esther R. Comer began her duties as teacher in grade two with the opening of school in September.
Mr. William Taunton of Sudbury was elected as Super- visor of Music in February and has since given one day a week to this work.
Mr. John Donovan of South Lincoln was appointed jani- tor at the South School.
Transportation
In order to relieve congestion on the school busses the Committee authorized two extra trips which have been in operation since September. One extra trip is made to Kid- der's Corner, the other to the railroad station.
It is interesting to note that your Committee provides transportation for seventy-nine per cent of the pupils attend- ing the local schools and that only fifty-two children walk to school.
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The long wait now necessary before certain children are transported at the close of school will be relieved when the plan now under consideration by the Committee is put into effect.
High School Pupils
Tuition for forty pupils in high and vocational schools is now being paid by the Committee. This number is dis- tributed as follows :
Concord High 24
Waltham High 7
Weston High 3
Waltham Trade-Day Division 1
Evening Division 2
Boston Trade for Boys 2
Boston Trade for Girls 1
Enrollment
The membership by age and grade as of October first is given on another page.
Health
The report of the sixth year of the Dental Clinic under the auspices of the Dental Clinic Committee will be found in the report of the School Nurse.
Under a rule of the Committee only pasteurized milk is served in the schools and the dealer from whom it is pur- chased is designated by the Committee.
The distribution of cocoa during cold weather to all pupils who wish it is made possible through the Cocoa Fund established by contributions from pupils, parents, and organ- izations in the Town. In order that the public may know whence this money comes and how it is expended I am in- cluding a statement of such receipts and expenditures as a part of this report.
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Diphtheria toxin-anti-toxin was administered by the School Physician during the Fall Term to seventy children including eleven of pre-school age.
The physical examination required by law was also com- pleted early in the term by Doctor Wood, the School Physi- cian.
Tests of sight and hearing were made as usual and where necessary notices of defects were sent to parents.
Of General Interest
During the summer of 1930 the Center School was painted outside and completely redecorated inside.
Following the recommendation made last year that the class rooms be refurnished, grades three and four are now equipped with modern school furniture.
Five new exit doors were installed during the summer.
At the close of school in June the first award of the deCordova Medal was made to the following pupils, John Algeo, Helen Farrar, Charles Copeland, and Jane Lennon. This award was established by a gift from Mr. Julian de Cordova and is to be given annually to one boy and one girl in the Junior High School and to one boy and one girl in grades five and six, who in the opinion of the teachers and Superintendent maintain certain standards of scholarship and school citizenship.
The following pupils won awards in a state-wide poster contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals :
Second Prize Medals-Dorothea Veinot Grade 9
Jane Lennon Grade 6
Honorable Mention-Elizabeth Jackman Grade 7
Leonard Rooney Grade 8 Anna Buchanan Grade 9
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The Class of 1929 gave a fund of $53.23 to the school for the purchase of books. Fifty-one volumes of fiction, travel, history, have been purchased and there is an unexpended balance of $2.34.
The maximum salary for teachers was raised one hundred dollars to become effective September, 1930.
We are now sending to parents cards warning of unsatis- factory work on the part of pupils at intervals between the regular marking periods. These cards are followed by con- ferences between the teachers and the pupils, the Superin- tendent and pupils, and in many cases with the parents. Gratifying results have been attained in closer cooperation between the home and the school and in better work from the pupil.
Of the sixteen pupils graduated from the Junior High School in June all but one entered high school in September.
Attendance has been very regular, particularly since the beginning of the Fall term. Cases of tardiness and dismissal have been greatly reduced and we hope to have both of these evils cut to a minimum by the close of the present school year. It may be noted here that a rule of the Committee for- bids dismissal except in case of emergency.
During the Spring vacation four rooms were equipped with new window shades.
No extensive repairs were made to the South School but a new bulkhead was built and the blackboards were refin- ished. The Committee also authorized the erection of a chain link fence to replace the wooden one partially de- stroyed by fire.
Your Committee is respectfully urged to give careful con- sideration to the following recommendations.
Your budget for the year 1931 should contain a special appropriation to be expended for extensive repairs to the South School if no definite action is taken by the Town for the erection of another school unit.
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The refurnishing policy you have inaugurated should be continued during the year, when at least two more rooms should be refurnished.
A start should be made in refinishing the blackboards in the Center School.
A gas range should be installed in the cooking room in place of the coal range used at present.
In any school having one room and one teacher for each grade there must of necessity be many pupils who could profit by special help. To give this help during regular school hours is difficult no matter how skillful the teacher may be. This condition is aggravated by the fact that as many of our pupils are transported, "after-school" help is next to impossible except in the higher grades. To aid in overcoming this handicap I recommend the election of an- other teacher to give such help to pupils.
May I again express my appreciation of the cooperation given to me during the year by your Committee, the teachers, pupils, and parents.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL F. HOLLORAN,
Superintendent of Schools.
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Junior High School Graduates, June, 1930
JOHN ALGEO
VIRGINIA FOREMAN
JAMES BOYCE
JOHN KENNEDY
ANNA BUCHANAN
EBBA NELSON
THOMAS BURKE
RUSSELL PEDERSEN
ELEANOR CORRIGAN
GRACE PORTER
ALFREDA CRAIG
GLADYS ROCKWELL
EDWARD CUNNINGHAM
DONALD SLOAN
RUTH EDGAR
DOROTHEA VEINOT
COCOA FUND STATEMENT Lincoln School Department
RECEIPTS
Motion Picture 119.19
Other sources 2.38
South School
Grade 1
$10.85
Grade 2
4.74
Center School
Grade 3
15.02
66
4
13.95
66
5
5.55
66
6
7.22
66
7 6.45
8
2.20
66
9
.86
Lincoln Post,
American Legion 5.00
Lincoln Chapter, Red Cross
50.00
Lincoln Grange
50.00
Miscellaneous supplies 3.06
Lincoln League of
Women Voters
50.00
TOTAL $343.41
Balance, on deposit Concord Nat'l Bk. $44.74
EXPENDITURES
H. L. Higginson,
Milk $238.94
Rollons Bros., Sugar 21.52
Rollins Bros., Vanilla 1.65
Church Film Co. 30.00
Sudbury H. S. Orchestra 3.00
Waltham Vocational School . 50
TOTAL $298.67
Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1930 BOYS
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Total
Grade I.
3
13
1
17
II.
2
10
3
1
16
III.
2
4
5
11
IV.
5
5
3
2
15
194
V.
3
9
3
15
VI.
4
5
2
2
11
VII.
1
10
5
1
17
VIII.
4
7
6
1
18
IX.
6
1
7
Total
3
15
12
13
14
18
10
16
12
15
2
127
GIRLS
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Total
Grade I.
8
1
10
II.
11
11
III.
6
8
3
17
IV.
6
11
3
1
21
V.
2
8
2
12
VI.
1
7
8
VII.
1
1
6
4
12
VIII.
4
1
1
6
IX.
Total
1
8
18
14
16
12
9
12
6
8
1
1
106
195
5
4
9
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ANNUAL REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To the Lincoln School Committee :
A report of the school nursing for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1930, is hereby submitted.
· The schools have been visited daily. 812 office calls of pupils treated or advised, 241 home visits made and 43 trips to hospitals, etc. 27 pupils have been taken home from school owing to illness.
We had 9 cases of Measles, 2 cases of Scarlet Fever, 58 cases of Chicken Pox and 1 case of Mumps, from January 1st to the closing of school in June. From September to December 31st we were entirely free from any communicable diseases.
The Lincoln Dental Committee began their annual clinic at the Center School December 6, 1929, working 2 days a week until April 18, 1930. Mrs. Robert G. Loring is Chair- man of the Committee, and Dr. William L. Cosgrove, a grad- uate of the Harvard Dental School, was the dentist in charge. The Clinic took care of 112 pupils, making 84 cleanings, 60 extractions and 337 fillings. Of the 230 pupils in the school 65% have had all dental defects corrected; this is an im- provement of 15% over last year. 48.7% of the 65% were done by the Dental Clinic and 16% by family dentists.
Dr. David Zacks of the State Department made a follow- up on the Underweight Clinic on February 21, 1930, dis- charging the two cases carried from last year.
The teachers carried on a very interesting program for Health Week, April 29-May 2. Making milk bottles for height and weight records, daily checking on hours of sleep, play, etc., talks on health habits, considering proper foods, using health mottoes for penmanship, dramatizing health
.
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stories and many other interesting things. The following percents are the results of the Mouth Campaign as of May 1, 1930: Grade IV, 71% ; III, 68% ; II, 59% ; I, 58% ; IX, 56% ; V, 47% ; VI, 46%; VII, 35% ; VIII, 24%.
The physical examination was conducted by Dr. Wood in September. The number of children examined was 233. Dr. Wood found 16 had mucous membranes below normal in color-meaning a slight anaemic condition, 26 had poor posture, 2 had pediculosis, 6 had nits, 39 defective teeth, 58 defective tonsils-(31 needing advice from the family physician), 21 symptoms of adenoids, 32 hypertrophied glands, 3 deformities (under treatment), 1 hernia, 2 nervous affections, 1 doubtful thyroid gland, 2 heart defects, 26 10% or more underweight.
The Board of Health, acting in conjunction with the School Committee, authorized the holding of a Diphtheria Prevention Clinic. Dr. Wood, the school physician, did the work. The clinic was held November 5th, 12th and 19th. 70 children were treated, of whom 11 were pre-school.
5 lessons in First Aid were given to one of the Girl Scout troops.
During the year I assisted Dr. Wood with the physical examination of all pupils, sent out the notifications and did the necessady follow up work. Weighed and measured all pupils four times during the year. Re-admitted pupils after Contagious Diseases and other routine procedure.
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