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Merchants National Bank, Discount on 1938 tax-note
$14 92
First National Bank, Interest on P.W.A. Loan
4 59
Total
$19 51
Unexpended Balance
80 49
Appropriation
$100 00
$100 00
Board of Health Payments
Salaries:
Marion Ober
$1,500 00
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Dorothy Bates
... 100 00
$1,600 00
Labor and Supplies:
Lincoln Garage
$114 02
Other Payments
81 87
195 89
Miscellaneous Payments
881 41
Total
$2,677 30
Unexpended Balance
70
Appropriation
$2,678 00
$2,678 00
Veterans' Aid Account Payments
$814 50
Appropriation
$800 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
14 50
$814 50
$814 50
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Refund Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$168 91
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
Selectmen's Orders
$2,043 88
Appropriation $2,043 84
Wildcat Account Payments
Harris Goodwin, Bounty on Bob Cat Welfare
$10 00
Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$3.292 97
Appropriation
4,100 00
Unexpended Balance
$807 03
Old Age Assistance Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$9,802 64
Appropriation
6,000 00
Federal Grants
4,246 75
Unexpended Balance
$444 11
Aid to Dependent Children Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$1,997 50
Appropriation
1,100 00
Federal Grants
314 67
Transfer from Reserve
584 00
Unexpended Balance
$1 17
Selectmen's Orders
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Miscellaneous Account Payments
$578 73
Supplies - Payments Mi.seclianeous:
Hayward Pierce, Inspector
$318 50
Garden City Press, Printing
250 60
Linco.n Press, Printing
177 05
Herbert G. Farrar, Rent of Land
100 00
846 15
Other Payments
231 66
Total
$1,656 54
Transferred from Reserve Fund $139 75
Appropriation
$1,465 00
Overage
51 79
$1,656 54
$1,656 54
Water Payments
Transferred to P.W.A., 1557-F Construc- tion Account
$10,000 00
Salaries:
John J. Kelliher
$475 00
William H. Davis
200 00
Sumner Smith
75 00
Sidney MacRae
75 00
Labor:
Joseph Gilbert
$478 00
John Gilbert
384 00
Miscellaneous
2 00
864 00
Supplies - Payments
965 67
Labor and Supplies:
Manning W. MacRae
$249 56
Other Payments
151 27
Miscellaneous:
Boston Edison Co., Power and Light ....
$1,789 92
Middlesex Motor Co., Payment on car
260 91
Other Payments
723 30
Appropriation $14,625 00
$15,829 63
P.W.A. Construction Account Docket No. Mass. 1557-F Payments
Advertisements for bids $114 40
825 00
400 83
$2,774 13
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Return of deposits on plans, specifications, etc.
115 00
Equipment and supplies
149 00
Printing plans and specifications
85 26
Legal and clerical services
141 00
Other expense
22 65
Total
$627 31
Unexpended Balance
$102,317 37
Appropriation
$102,944 68
Old Age Assistance Administration Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$126 10
Federal Grants
141 43
Unexpended Balance
$15 33
P.W.A Construction Account Docket No. Mass. 1411-DS Payments
A. G. Tomasello & Son
$30,399 74
Legal and Clerical
450 00
Testing of pipe and specials
91 01
Miscellaneous
69 87
Engineering Services
513 90
Total
$31,524 52
Planning Board Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$25 00
Appropriation
$25 00
Election Expenses Payments
Expenses at Elections
$144 00
Unexpended Balance
31 00
Appropriation .
$175 00
$175 00
Insurance Account Payments
Payments
$1,102 24
Appropriation
$1,100 00
Overage
$2 24
Recapitulation Payments
Vocational Account
$1,010 63
Schools
39,428 65
Miscellaneous Account
1,656 64
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Welfare Account
3,292 97
Old Age Assistance
9,802 64
Aid to Dependent Children
1,997 50
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment .. Bob-cat Bounty
10 00
Board of Health
2,677 30
Veterans' Aid Account
814 50
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Refund
168 91
Street Lights
3,701 16
Hurricane Emergency
6,823 21
Interest
19 51
Salary Account
4,625 00
Tax Title Refund
13 68
Town Hall and Public Grounds
1,707 34
Fire Department
1,889 21
Road Machinery Account
2,499 95
Library Account
1,718 53
Moth and Tree Work
1,999 29
Chapter 90 Maintenance Account
3,499 77
Highway Chapter 90
4,223 89
Police Department
2,322 85
Cemetery Account
699 97
Special Highway Machinery Account
2,175 50
Highway Department
17,994 72
Planning Board
25 00
Election Expenses
144 00
Insurance Account
1,102 24
Old Age Assistance Administration
126 10
Total
$120,214 44
Reserve Fund Account
880 31
P.W.A. Construction Account No. Mass. 1557-F
627 31
Water
5,829 63
John H. Pierce Fund
2,371 97
P.W.A. Construction Account No. 1411-DS
$31,524 52
2,043 88
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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Charles S. Smith Legacy for High School
1938 Jan. 1 Balance on hand
Dr.
$67,434 24
Interest on Savings Bank accounts
1,026 00
Interest on U. S. Treasury 314s 1945
325 00
Interest on U. S. Treasury 3s 1948
225 00
Cr.
19 56
Safe Deposit Box Rent
5 00
Balance
24 56
$68,985.68
Dec. 31 Balance: Invested in:
Middlesex Institution for Savings, Concord Mass.
$13,825 15
Suffolk Savings Bank, Boston
6,223 84
Warren Institution for Savings, Boston. ... Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
12,930 28
U. S. Treasury 314s 1945 $10,000 00.
10,000 00
U. S. Treasury 3s 1948 7,500 00
7,520 31
U. S. Bonds due 1937 6,500 00 1 Interest payable on collection of bonds 5
4,875 00
Great Northern Ry. Com. 4s Ser .eG. due 1946. Bought 12/27/38 1,000 00 First National Bank, Boston, Checking Acct.
950 28
327 66
$68,985 68
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With The Bemis Lecture Fund
1938
Principal
Income $472 37
Jan. 1 Balance cash
$ 00
U. S. A. 21/2s $1,000 matured.
1,000.00
25 00
Transferred from income to cover bond premium Income received and investments at end of 1938:
37 89
$3,000.00 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 4s 1995 120 00
$69,010 24
Accrued interest on bond purchased
12,333 16
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3,000.00 Louisville & Nashville R. R. 4s 1955 120 00
1,000.00 Marion Reserve Pow- er Co. 412s 1952 .... 00 3,000.00 New England Power Co. 314s 1961 97 50
3,000.00 Philadelphia Electric Co. 31/2s 1967 105 00
3,000.00 Pere Marquette Ry. 4s 1956 120 00
10,000.00 U. S. A. Treasury 31/2$ 1946 325 00
1,000.00 U. S. A. Treasury 11/2s 1940 15 00
1,040.03 Deposit in Middlesex Inst. for Savings,
Concord, Mass. .... 28 60 16 Shares Boston & Al- bany R. R. 140 00
10 Shares Boston &
Providence R. R.
00
Refund Acct. lecture expense 7 50
$1,037 89
$1,575 97
1938
Payments :
Transferred to principal to
cover bond premium ....
37 89
Thomas Todd Co., Printing .....
23 35
Postage
9 75
Safe Deposit box rental
5 00
Accrued interest on bonds
bought
1 13
For Lectures
Jan.
W. Colston Leigh
200 00
Feb.
Demeter Zachareff 75 00
Mar.
Pitt F. Parker
185 00
Nov.
Cleveland P. Grant
100 00
Nov.
White Entertainments, Inc ...
100 00
Dec.
A. H. Handley
75 00
Purchase of $1,000 Marion Reserve Power Co. 41/2s 1952 $1,037 89
$1,037 89
$812 12
Dec. 31 Balance, in First National Bank, Boston 00
763 85
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Trustees of Lincoln Library
1938
Principal Income
Jan. 1 Deposits with Middlesex Inst. for Savings, Concord, Mass.
Fund:
Julia A. Bemis
$684 05
$20 67
John H. Pierce
1,114 57
33 68
George Russell
415 74
12 55
George G. Tarbell
3,138 38
94 85
Abbie J. Stearns
1,430 00
43 22
$6,782 74
$204 97
Paid to Trustees of Lincoln Library
00
204 97
Also held for the Library Trustees: 5 Shares Boston & Albany R. R. in Codman Fund. $203.00 Deposit in Boston Five Cents Savings Bank.
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Abbie J. Stearns Fund for Town Hearse
1938
Jan. 1 Balance in Middlesex Inst. for Savings, Concord, Mass.
$2,261 59
Interest
68 35
Dec. 31 Balance in Middlesex Inst. for Savings, Concord, Mass. $2,329 94
In accordance with Decree of Middlesex Probate Court dated Dec. 1, 1938, the Trustees will in 1939 add $500 of this fund to the Abbie J. Stearns Library Fund and pay over the balance to the Library Trustees.
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Abbie J. Stearns Fund for Silent Poor
1938
Principal
Income
Jan. 1 Balance in Middlesex Inst. for Savings, Concord, Mass. .... $1,225 05
Interest
$1,157 45 72 00
Dec. 31 Balance $1,225 05
$1,229 45
$2,454 50
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Donald Gordon Recreation Fund
1938
Principal
Income
Jan. 1 Balance in Middlesex Inst. for Savings, Concord, Mass. ...... Interest
$5,194 75 $97 31
159 95
Dec. 31 Balance $5,194 75
$257 26
$5,452 01 C. LEE TODD, Chairman, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, FREDERIC M. SEEGER, Commissioners.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
TREASURER'S REPORT. CALENDAR YEAR 1938
January 1, Balance, Cash on deposit .... $30,205 12
Receipts
Interest
Collector
Taxes
Excise
and Costs
1935 and prior
$356 71
$8 00
$11 54
1936
6,353 08
62 28
530 71
1937
6,035 59
266 88
207 16
1938
68,309 39
5,694 52
66 82
$81,054 77
$6,031 68
$816 23
87,902 68
Bonds, proceeds of sale of $50,000 11/4 s due 1939/48
50,426 00
Board of Health: Nurse, Local
163 00
Nurse, Schools
400 00
Licenses
38 50
Building Inspector: Fees
153 50
Cambridge, Mass. Taxes
413 89
Cemetery Fund 1938 appropriation
100 00
Concord Court, Fines
56 95
Highways: Local
254 20
Machinery Account
774 20
Middlesex County
2,228 50
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of
5,353 96
Interest on sale of bonds
21 07
Lawrence, City of, Old Age Assistance refund
40 00
Library receipts
79 54
Loan, Merchants National Bank
15,000 00
Miscellaneous, Licenses, etc.
74 30
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Corporation Tax
132 75
Old Age Assistance
484 97
Aid to Dependent Children
594 28
Income Tax
4,488 94
Hawker's License
6 00
High School Transportation
2,269 55
Tuition of Children
559 55
Aid to Independent Industrial Schools
708 34
Federal Emergency Relief Fund
2 84
Middlesex County: Dog Tax
518 53
Care and Killing of dogs
16 00
Wild Cat bounty refund
10 00
Schools: Grammar School Fund
36 77
City of Boston
28 29
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
552 50
Town Clerk, Dog Tax
Town Hal., Rentals 100 00
U. S. A. Old Age Assistance 4,246 75
Old Age Assistance Administration Costs
141 51
Aid to Dependent Children 314 67
Repayment of amount of loan for W. P. A. Account 3,084 50
Waltham, City of, Old Age Assistance Refund 4 80
$211,986 95
Payments
Selectmen's Orders
$120,214 44
Middlesex County, Dog License receipts, Dec. 1937 through Nov. 1938
549 00
Lincoln Water Works, amount due on 1936 adjustment in State Audit
06
Midd. esex County, 1938 Tax
5,169 60
Payment of Tax Anticipation Note
15,000 00
Payment of P. W. A. Note
3,084 50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1938 Tax, net balance Transfer to P. W. A. account under 1938 appropriation Balance, checking account in First National Bank, Boston
50,000 00
14,014 72
General Account
$12,837 54
Mach. Fund
1,177 18
$211,986 95
TAX TITLES OUTSTANDING:
One for year 1935 at $340.53 and subsequent taxes.
TOWN DEBT OUTSTANDING:
$50,000.00 of general lien 11/4 % bonds, dated Dec. 1, 1938 due $5,000.00 annually on Dec. 1, 1939 through 1948.
WARWICK V. HARRIS, Treasurer.
TOWN TREASURER In Account With John H. Fierce Legacy to the Town
1938
Dr.
Jan. 1 Balance on hand. $20,190 50
Trustees of John H. Pierce Will, Income
3,000.00
Rent
672 50
Interest on Savings Accounts 427 05
$24,290 05
3,954 63
TREASURER'S REPORT
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Cr.
Paid on Selectmen's orders
2,371 97
Dec. 31 Balance
$21,918 08
Balance on deposit in
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank ..
3,103 77
Middlesex Institution for Savings, Con- cord, Mass.
4,100 60
Provident Institution for Savings, Boston
2,165 54
Warren Institution for Savings, Boston
6,132 18
Suffolk Savings Bank, Boston
2,165 55
Wakefield, Mass., Savings Bank
2,197 87
First National Bank, Boston, Checking Account
2,052 57
$21,918.08
Rent Overdue
$988 00
WARWICK V. HARRIS, Treasurer.
IN MEMORIAM
John French Farrar
Trustee of the Lincoln Library from its inception in 1884 until his death, June 18, 1938.
In grateful recognition of fifty-four years of devoted service.
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TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN LIBRARY
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE LINCOLN LIBRARY
The Trustees submit herewith the reports of the Treas- urer and the Librarian for the year ending December 31, 1938.
In compliance with the terms of the deed of gift of the library, the Trustees have elected as life member Dr. Roland C. Mackenzie to succeed Mr. John F. Farrar, deceased.
We wish to call attention to a large increase in the circulation for the past year. In 1937 there were 9,776 volumes issued, and in 1938 there were 12,085, an in- crease of 231/2%.
During the past year the exterior of the library was painted up, this being the only major repair undertaken. The librarian's room is in very bad condition, the plaster on one wall being so badly crumbled that it must be re- moved, the wall furred, lathed, and replastered. We have included this item in the budget request for 1939.
In common with other property the library suffered from the hurricane, several shingles being ripped off and three of the large trees being ruined. We plan to plant new trees to fill in the vacancies.
The Trustees believe that, with the increased demand for books, we should make an increase in the number of volumes purchased and recommend that one hundred dol- lars be added to the usual appropriation for this item. To care for the needs of the library for the year ensuing, including the repair of the librarian's room and addi- tional books, we ask for an appropriation of $1200 plus the dog tax.
To the following who have donated books, periodicals, or other gifts to the library during 1938 we extend our grateful appreciation.
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Mrs. Anna K. Bean Mrs. Leland Burr Comm. of Massachusetts
Mrs. Daniel Comstock Concord Free Library Mrs. R. D. Donaldson Mrs. Arthur L. Goodrich Mrs. Robert Gowing
Mr. Benton L. Hatch Harvard University Press Mr. Robert T. Woodbury
Mrs. E. W. Herman
Mrs. Leonard Larrabee Mrs. Richard S. Meriam Mrs. Heyward Peirce Miss Mary Richardson Mr. Raymond Robbins Miss Bertha Scripture Miss Mary Scripture Mr. George G. Tarbell Mr. John H. Wilkins
Mr. C. F. Holloran
Respectfully submitted,
ROLAND C. MACKENZIE,
THOMAS J. ROUNER,
SUMNER SMITH,
GEORGE G. TARBELL, C. LEE TODD.
Library Statistics - 1938
Number of volumes at beginning of year
12,160
Number of volumes added by gift
51
Number of volumes added by purchase
346
Number withdrawn
144
Total at end of year
12,413
Circulation
Number of days library was open
103
Number of volumes of fiction borrowed 4,299
Number of volumes of non-fiction borrowed
2,171
Number of volumes of children's books borrowed
4,128
Number of periodicals borrowed 1,487
Total for year
12,085
Per capita circulation 8
Report of the Treasurer of Lincoln Library for Year Ending December 31, 1938
Receipts Balance in Concord National Bank, January
Expenditures
Water
$8 50
1, 1938
$270 17
Telephone
32 34
Income from Liberty Bond Account
4 06
Light
39 39
Income from Codman Fund
43 75
Fuel
149 85
Fines received in 1938
76 49
Repairs, ordinary
18 25
Dog Tax
518 53
Pointing up wall
126 75
Town Appropriation
1200 00
Supplies
43 54
Income from Trust Funds
204 97
Binding
73 25
George Russell Fund
$12 55
Magazines
71 60
Julia A. Bemis Fund 20 67
Books
515 10
John H. Pierce Fund
33 68
Fines, 1937, to Town Treasurer
79 54
Abbie J. Stearns Fund
43 22
Income of Pierce Fund, to Librarian
33 68
George G. Tarbell Fund
94 85
Salary of Librarian
840 00
Total expenditure ..
$2,031 79
Balance on hand
286 18
$2,317 97
$2,317.97
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TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN LIBRARY
The Codman Fund is invested in five shares of Boston and Albany stock. The Liberty Bond Account is in the Boston Five Cent Savings Bank. All securities are in the custody of the Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE NURSING COMMITTEE 1938
During the past year the Public Health Nuise has made 1,613 calls. Sub-divided they are as follows :
Medical
Surgical
Pre-Natal
Board of Health
Child Welfare
Social Welfare
Doctor or Hospital
Miscellaneous
Total
January
65
0
4
15
39
17
-
1
0
144
February
43
1
12
5
38
19
-
7
1 delivery, 2 postnatal
128
March
40
4
12
5
33
24
7
0
125
April
52
26
8
4
31
14
13
5 postnatal
153
May
-
41
13
10
1
29
18
4
1 postnatal
117
June
56
17
9
0
22
5
11
1
121
July
- 39
-
24
7
1
26
3
0
1
101
August
45
49
0
0
- 30
15
3
0
142
September
33
53
3
0
37
21
5
7
159
October
-
47
45
5
3
27
15
7
School Census 21
170
November
26
26
1
0
28
16
1
School Census 10
108
December
--
38
-
29
1
12
- 29
33
3
0
145
Mrs. Ober has received $167.50 for her visits, which amount has been turned over to the Town Treasurer.
The above table does not include Mrs. Ober's school work. She visits both schools daily. The details of that work appear in her report as School Nurse. There are other activities of our Com- munity Nurse which do not appear in either of these reports. She assists Dr. Davies at the Well- Child Clinic each month, and makes many visits of investigation for different departments of the town.
During the month of August a substitute nurse, Miss Dorothy Bates, was engaged while Mrs. Ober was on her vacation.
GLADYS DE YONGH HERMAN, ROBERT L. DENORMANDIE, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, JR.
TOWN OF LINCOLN
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Thomas J. Rouner, Chairman
Gladys de Yongh Herman
James DeNormandie .
Term expires 1940 Term expires 1939
Term expires 1941
Superintendent of Schools CARL F. HOLLORAN
Teachers Junior High School FREDERICK E. SHIPP FLORENCE E. WHEELER BETTINA KING
Grades 4, 5, 6
THELMA GODDARD MAY V. NEILSON EMMA E. GOULART
Grade 1 JOSEPHINE C. DOHERTY
Grade 2 VILLETTE POWERS
Grade 3 ELIZABETH S. E. COX
Teacher of French CHARITY E. CANNON
Supervisor of Music WILLIAM H. TAUNTON
Supervisor of Manual Training E. W. BURCKES
School Physician HENRY A. WOOD, M.D.
School Nurse MARION N. OBER, R.N.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Janitors WILLIAM HARRINGTON, Center School PATRICK J. LENNON, South School
Attendance Officer J. J. KELLIHER
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1939
Term begins - January 4
Term ends
- February 17
7 weeks -33 days
Term begins - February 27
Term ends
- April
14.
7 weeks -35 days
Term begins - April
24
Term ends
- June
16
8 weeks - 39 days
Holiday - Tuesday, Memorial Day, May 30
Term begins - Sept. 11
Term ends - Dec. 22
15 weeks - 72 days
Holidays - Columbus Day, Thursday, October 12 Teachers' Convention, Friday, October 27 Thanksgiving Recess, Nov. 30-Dec. 1
Term begins - January 3, 1940
Total 179 days
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
School costs for 1938 were in close agreement with recent years, except for some expansion in the mainte- nance program, as well as the normal salary increases among the teachers. The largest maintenance items were the reshingling of the South School and extensive repairs to the cornice and gutters at the Center School. A three- year maintenance schedule has been drawn up for the purpose of smoothing out the yearly cost of non-recur- ring items. Salary increases of $100 yearly were granted to five teachers who had not yet reached our established maximum of $1,600 for grade school teachers through the sixth grade, and $1,700 for Junior High School teach- ers. The salary of the Superintendent is $3,500 annually.
The 1939 budget amounts to $40,850 in contrast with $39,700 for the previous year. The increase is accounted for by the larger high school enrollment and tuition costs, increased transportation expenses due to the replace- ment of one of the 1931 buses, together with the normal salary increases on four teachers.
The School Committee has given serious thought to the matter of undertaking some forward step toward further improving our schools. Among these considera- tions are (1) the employment of a Special Teacher who would function as a Remedial teacher through various grades, (2) the establishment of a Public School Kinder- garten, and (3) the modernizing of our school play- ground facilities. While we consider that each of these projects has great merit, it has been our decision that their postponement is judicious in view of the abnormally high State Tax which will be assessed against our Town this year, and also because of the large expenditure re- quired for building fire escapes on the Center School.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
We have been notified by State authorities that it will be necessary to provide additional fire escape facili- ties at the Center School. The present means of egress, which passed unchallenged when the school was built and only partially occupied some thirty years ago, does not now comply with State regulation. Therefore, we have included as a special item and apart from our regular budget, the sum of $3,000.00 which is near the minimum that can be expended and still comply with standards of safety in this crowded building.
Recreational facilities for the children of the town are in definite need of development. The broadening of sen- timent along these lines has been shown by various groups. The local chapter of the Red Cross has, during recent years, sponsored a very successful course of swim- ming instruction. The Parent-Teachers' Association in- stituted a Summer Playground program during the past July, which held daily sessions at the Center School play- grounds and reached some forty or fifty children. This past fall, the school administration conducted regular after-school recreational periods, which were entirely voluntary on the part of the teachers who supervised, and the children who participated. The attendance was gratifyingly large and enthusiastic. The extension of outdoor facilities and the creation of indoor space, which is now entirely lacking, are vital needs for the continua- tion and expansion of recreational programs, which will contribute much to the physical development and to the cooperative and community spirit of our children.
An examination of the educational records of our teach- ing staff shows that, without exception, they have con- tinued their academic training since graduation from College or University, even though Massachusetts Law does not contain any such requirement. Certain of our
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teachers have almost uninterruptedly attended Summer Schools in order that they may continue to improve their qualifications and remain abreast of the high educational standards being set in Massachusetts. The School Com- mittee is particularly appreciative of these efforts.
The School Committee is grateful for having received very conscientious cooperation from the Superintendent and the staff of teachers, as well as splendid support from parents and other townspeople.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS J. ROUNER, Chairman, GLADYS deYONGH HERMAN, JAMES DENORMANDIE.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
General Schools
Salaries
Average Expenditures For 9 Years $19,179 69
Expended in 1938 $20,249 50
Estimated for 1939 $20,821 00
Supt. & Comm. expenses
137 54
111 82
117 00
Fuel
739 96
747 00
740 00
Books and Supplies
935 17
943 84
935 00
Health
653 27
696 68
714 50
Operating expenses
456 81
424 28
499 78
Repairs
1,134 78
2,180 31
782 58
Local transportation
5,702 65
4,439 97
4,621 74
High school transportation
2,508 29
2,717 90
3,529 00
High school tuition
5,559 07
6,775 62
8,089 40
New equipment
343 63
141 73
..........
Totals
$37,350 86
$39,428 65
$40,850 00
Appropriation 1938
$39,700 00
Unexpended balance
271 35
Vocational Education
Tuition
Transportation
310 90
Estimated 1939 $1,109 76 536 00
Totals
$964 43
$1,645 76
Appropriation 1938
$1,020 00
Unexpended balance
55 57
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, FISCAL YEAR 1938
Grammar School Fund
$36 77
City of Boston, Tuition for wards
21 09
City of Boston, Transportation for wards 7 20
Com. of Mass., Tuition for wards
445 95
Com. of Mass., Transportation for wards .. 113 60
Com. of Mass., Part I, Chapter 70
2,150 00
Com. of Mass., High school transportation
2,269 55
Com. of Mass., Vocational tuition 495 44
Com. of Mass., Vocational transportation ..
212 90
Total
$5,752 50
NET COST OF ALL SCHOOLS TO TOWN
$34,640 58
Expended 1938 $653 53
Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1938
BOYS
Age
Grade
5
6
1
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Totals
I
2
12
1
15.
II
2
7
9
III
9
3
1
13
IV
6
5
3
1
15
V
2
12
1
1
16
VI
17
VII
1
6
2
2
11
VIII
2
4
3
1
1
11
IX
1
6
2
1
10
Totals
2
14
8
15.
10
19
15
11
7
11
3
2
117
GIRLS
Age
Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Totals
I
3
10
13
II
1
7
1
9
III
5
9
1
15
IV
4
12
2
18
V
1
11
4
16
VI
9
VII
3
8
2
13
VIII
4
9
2
15
IX
2
9
5
16
Totals
3
11
12
14
14
14
12
14
14
11
5
124
Grand
Totals
5
25
20
29
24
33
27
25
21
22
1
8
2
241
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
1
5
2
1
.
-
3
12
2
-
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Distribution of Minors, October 1, 1938
Registration of Minors
5 yrs. or over and under 7
7 yrs. or over and under 14
14 yrs. or over and under 16
Boys
27
105
25
Girls
31
104
34
Total
58
209
59
Distribution of above
In public day schools
32
180
46
In vocational schools
0
0
2
In private schools
8
28
11
Not enrolled in any school
18
1
0
Total
58
209
59
Graduates 1938
Mary Bennett
Franklin Panetta
Barbara Butler
James Panetta
Thomas Clarke
Jean Prentiss
John Costello
Doris Rasmusson
Oland Huntley
Alice Ryan
June MacFarland
Richard Schaal
Hazel Macleod
Mildred Sherman
Neil Martin
Dorothy Silva
Richard Meriam
Emily Silva
Shirley Mills
Marion Tyler
James Neville
-
-
-
-
128
TOWN OF LINCOLN
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Lincoln School Committee:
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