Town Report on Lincoln 1935-1940, Part 35

Author: Lincoln (Mass.)
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 860


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$2,312 85


CEMETERY COMMISSION Perpetual Care Funds on deposit with Middlesex Institution for Savings, Concord, Mass.


Paid in 1939


for care of lots Balance


Fund:


Samuel Hartwell


$323 81


Orila J. Flint


350 73


Annie A. Ray


358 04


Maria L. Thompson


591 58


John H. Pierce


585 54


George F. Harrington


106 32


Francis Flint


322 58


William W. Benjamin


610 58


Abijah G. Jones


317 05


Ellen F. Whitney


105 77


E. H. Rogers


$12 25


269 63


Ellen T. Trask


260 34


Thomas Huddleston


206 30


Joa Pacewicz


410 55


Mary Susan Rice


89 44


Julia A. Bemis


350 77


Donald Gordon


396 91


Elizabeth G. Chapin


352 21


Sarah J. Browning


208 27


Agnes S. Brown (Dep. 1-16-39)


306 28


On deposit with the Suffolk Savings Bank, Boston:


J. Waldo Smith


312 70


Charles Sumner Smith


311 49


Edward R. Farrar


306 03


Anne D. Pollard


306 03


WARWICK V. HARRIS,


Treasurer.


Dec. 31


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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


In Account With Charles S. Smith Legacy for High School


1939


Dr.


Jan.


1


Balance on hand


$68,985 68


Interest on:


Savings Bank Accounts


980 64


U. S. Treasury 3s 1948


225 00


U. S. Treasury 31/4 s 1945


325 00


Great Northern Rwy. Co. 4s


40 00


$70,556.32


Cr.


Safe Deposit Box Rent


5 00


Dec. 31


Balance


$70,551 32


Invested in:


Middlesex Institution for Savings, Concord, Mass.


14,172 92


Suffolk Savings Bank, Boston


6,348 93


Warren Institution for Savings, Boston ...


12,581 05


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank


13,190 17


Great Northern Rwy. Co. $1,000 General Convt. Series G 4s due 7-1-1946


950 28


U. S. of America


$10,000 Treasury 314s due 10-15-45 10,000 00


7,500. Treasury 3s due 1948 7,520 31


6,500. Savings Bonds due 6-1-47 Series C.


4,875 00


Interest payable on collection of bonds


Checking account in First National Bank, Boston 912 66


$70,551.32


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With The Bemis Lecture Fund Dr.


1939


Income


$763 85


Jan. 1 Cash Balance


Dec. 31 Investments and 1939 Income $3,000. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Gen'l Mtge. 4s 10-1-1995 120 00


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


101


3,000. Louisville & Nashville R. R., Atlanta, Knoxville and Cincinnati Division 4s 5-1-55 120 00


1,000. Marion Reserve Power Co. 1st Mtge. 41/2s 4-1-52 45 00


3,000. New England Power Co. 1st Mtge. 314 s 11-15-61 97 50


3,000. Philadelphia Electric Co. 1st Mtge. 31/2s 3-1-67 105 00


3,000. Pere Marquette Ry. Ser. B 1st Mtge. 4s 7-1-56 120 00


U. S. of America


10,000. Treasury 31/4 s 4-15-46 325 00


1,000. Treasury 11/2s 6-15-40 15 00


1,040.03 Middlesex Institution for Savings, Concord, Mass. 28 60


16 Shares Boston & Albany R. R. 140 00


10 Shares Boston & Providence R. R.


0


$1,879.95


1939


Payments:


Printing, postal cards, postage addressing,


etc ..


$60 13


Safe Deposit box rent 5 00


For Lectures


Jan.


Addington Hall Blackington


85 00


Feb.


Pherbia Thomas


210 00


Feb.


Martin Bovey


100 00


Mar.


Yves Chardon


200 00


Mar.


Arthur B. Monroe


35 00


Mar.


Gerald Wendt


150 00


Oct.


Fred E. Crockett


100 00


Nov.


Col. Edwin H. Cooper


75 00


Nov.


Max E. Nohl


85 00


Dec.


Bradford Washburn


150 00


$1,255 13


Dec. 31 Balance, in First National Bank, Boston .... 624 82


$1,879 95


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COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Trustees of Lincoln Library


1939


Principal


Income


Jan. 1 Deposits in Middlesex Institution for Savings, Concord, Mass. Fund:


Julia A. Bemis


$684 05


$17 20


John H. Pierce


1,114 57


28 03


George Russell


415 74


10 44


George G. Tarbell


3,138 38


78 94


Abbie J. Stearns $1,430


Plus amount rec'd


from Abbie J. Stearns


Fund for Town Hearse


1-30-39


500


1,930 00


48 56


Paid to Trustees of Lincoln Li- brary


0


$183 17


Also held for the Library Trustees:


5 Shares Boston & Albany R. R. in Codman Fund


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank Deposit $203.00


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Abbie J. Stearns Fund for Town Hearse Principal


1939


Income


Jan. 1 Balance in Middlesex Institution for Savings, Concord, Mass.


$2,329 94


30


Transferred, under decree of Middlesex County Probate Court dated 12-1-38:


To Abbie J. Stearns Library Fund $500 00


Trustees of Lincoln Library 1,829 94


$2,329 94


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Abbie J. Stearns Fund for Silent Poor


Principal


Income


1939


Jan. 1 Balance in Middlesex Institution for Savings, Concord, Mass. $1,225 05 Interest


$1,229 .. 45


61 74


Dec. 31 Balance $2,516.24 $1,225 05


$1,291.19


$7,282 74


$183 17


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


103


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With Donald Gordon Recreation Fund


1939


Principal


Income


Jan. 1 Balance in Middlesex Institution


for Savings, Concord, Mass. $5,194 75


$257 26


Interest


135 28


$392 54


Paid Parent Teachers Ass'n for Playground


150.00


Dec. 31 £ Balance $5,437.29 ........ $5,194 75 $242 54


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS In Account With The Grammar School Fund


1939


Mar. 22 Received from surviving trustee of Grammar School Fund


Savings Deposits:


1939


Principal


Income


Middlesex Institution for Sav-


ings, Concord, Mass. ..


$722 00 *


Cambridge Savings Bank .... 495 52 (6 mos.) $6.19


$1,217 52


$6 19


Paid to Town of Lincoln $6 19 ....... *Note :- Permanent dividend orders will hereafter bring annual dividends on above accounts.


See General Account for income received in 1939 from Trus- tees of Grammar School Fund.


C. LEE TODD, Chairman F. WINCHESTER DENIO FREDERIC M. SEEGER Commissioners


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE LINCOLN LIBRARY


The Trustees submit herewith the reports of the Trea- surer and the Librarian for the year ending December 31, 1939.


During the past year the wall of the Librarian's room has been repaired and the room painted. The only ex- traordinary repairs that we plan for 1940 are the re- placement of the two windows on either side of the front door and the renewal of the copper valley on the roof. It is estimated that these will cost about sixty- five dollars.


During the past year we requested the Garden Club to help in the planning of new planting to replace the trees ruined by the hurricane and for additional trees or shrubs which might be of decorative value. The Gar- den Club appointed a committee which drew up a com- prehensive plan for the care of existing trees and the planting of new ones, and at the same time donated fifty dollars towards the expense of the planting. Due to this generosity, part of their plan was carried out during the year. The existing trees were pruned and fed, stumps removed, and new trees planted. This spring we plan to carry out the planting around the foundation of the building. The Garden Club has also contributed much to the attractiveness of the interior by the arrangement of flowers under the direction of Mrs. Edward F. Flint.


The exhibits from the De Cordova museum continue to be of great interest as were those loaned by Mr. Rus- sell G. Crook and Miss Mary Russ.


The Library has received the gift of a fund of $144.00 given in memory of Hugh Anthony Gaskill by friends of his family, to be used for the purchase of children's books.


The Trustees wish to express their gratitude to the above for their generosity as well as to the following who


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TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN LIBRARY


have donated books, periodicals, or other gifts during 1939.


Adams Family and Mr. Crook


Mr. John C. Baker


Mrs. Henry S. Bean


Miss Elizabeth W. Blodgett


Mr. Charles V. Briggs Miss Stella M. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Leland M. Burr Mr. John Campobasso Mrs. William O. Causer Miss Carrie B. Chapin Concord Library Mr. Julian De Cordova Mrs. Matthew H. Doherty Mrs. R. D. Donaldson


Mrs. Donald J. Finlayson Mrs. Conrad P. Hatheway and Miss Jean Gordon Mr. Carl F. Holloran


Mr. Christopher W. Hurd Mrs. Leonard Larrabee Lincoln League of Women Voters


Lincoln Rod and Gun Club Mr. J. C. McFaul


Mrs. Richard S. Meriam


Mrs. Henry G. Nichols Mr. Waldo E. Palmer Miss Mary T. Peirce Mrs. Robert.M. Pierce Mr. John H. Rogers Miss Bertha Scripture Miss Mary Scripture Mr. George G. Tarbell


Mr. John H. Wilkins


Mr. Robert S. Woodbury


Yale University Press


For the normal operation of the Library, and the plant- ing, and extraordinary repairs mentioned above, we ask for an appropriation of $1,050 plus the dog-tax.


Respectfully submitted, ROLAND C. MACKENZIE THOMAS J. ROUNER SUMNER SMITH GEORGE G. TARBELL C. LEE TODD


Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library for Year Ending December 31, 1939


Receipts


Expenditures


Balance in Concord National Bank, January 1, 1939


$286 18


Telephone


33 52


Light


41 76


Income Deposit in Boston Five Cents Sav- ings Bank


4 06


Fuel


176 35


Income Codman Fund


43 75


Repairs, Ordinary


24 27


Fines received in 1939


107 71


Repairs, Hurricane


121 25


Dog Tax


428 80


Repairs, Librarian's Room


183 68


Town Appropriation


1,200 00


Supplies


56 21


Lincoln Garden Club


50 00


Binding


86 21


Income George Russell Fund


10 44


Magazines


69 93


Income Julia A. Bemis Fund


17 20


Books


647 75


Income Abbie J. Stearns Fund


48 56


Fines 1938 to Town Treasurer


76 49


Income John H. Pierce Fund


28 03


Pierce Fund Income to Librarian


28 03


Income George G. Tarbell Fund


78 94


Salary of Librarian


840 00


Withdrew from Stearns Fund (Special)


444 00


..


$2,389 70


$2,747 67


Balance Dec. 31, 1939


357 97


$2,747 67


The Codman Fund is invested in five shares of Boston & Albany Stock. The Liberty Bond account is in the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. The Abbie Stearns Special Fund and the Hugh Anthony Gaskill Fund are on deposit in the Middlesex Institution for Savings. All other securities are in the custody of the Town Treasurer, ROLAND C. MacKENZIE, Treasurer.


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Water


$4 25


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TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN LIBRARY


Library Statistics


Number of volumes at beginning of year 12,413


Number of volumes added by gift 79


Number of volumes added by purchase 307


Number of volumes withdrawn 206


Total at end of year 12,593


Circulation


Number of days library was open


99


Number of volumes of fiction borrowed 5,200


Number of volumes of non-fiction borrowed 2,531


Number of volumes of children's books borrowed 3,528


Number of periodicals borrowed 1,391


Total of circulation from library


12,650


School circulation


1,038


Total for year


13,688


Per capita circulation (1,500 pop.)


9


REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES


TAXES


1939


Committed


Abated


Added to Tax Title


Outstanding 12-31-'39


Poll


$ 10.00


Personal


1,992.86


Real


$ 638.00


19,757.00 318.87


1938


Poll Balance 1-1-39


36.00 14,460.27


32.00


2.00


2.00


Real and Personal Bal. 1-1-39


6,368.98


127.50


708.91


7,254.88


Excise


$175.87


4th Com.


206.18


382.05


263.74


118.31


1937


Real and Personal Bal. 1-1-39


7,560.50


7,097.32


377.71


85.47


Excise Bal. 1-1-39


190.62


2.00


188.62


1936


Real and Personal Bal. 1-1-39


47.60


47.60


Excise Bal. 1-1-39


116.99


4.67


112.32


$127,863.09


$95,931.54


$856.63


$1,346.91


$29,728.01


INTEREST AND COSTS


1939


$64.61


1938


193.92


1937


550.59


1936


.....


$816.11


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..


...


6.99


..


..


$ 1,200.00 10,606.58 86,401.88 6,860.60


Paid $ 1,070.00 8,613.72 66,006.88 6,424.63


$120.00


Excise


117.10


WATER


1939


Committed


Paid


Deductions and Abatements


Liens Recorded


Outstanding 12-31-'39


$ 8,601.59


$6,920.71


$1,166.87


$514.01


1938 Balance 1-1-39


1,671.35


Committed 5-10-39


... 82.50


1,753.85


837.34


181.40


$735.11


$10,355.44


$7,758.05


$1,348.27


$735.11


$514.01


WATER LIENS


Recorded


Paid


Added to Tax Title


Outstanding 12-31-'39


1938


.(21)


$ 735.11


$277.50


$43.00


$414.61


1937 Balance 1-1-39


.. (13)


381.54


173.50


20.00


188.04


1936 Balance 1-1-39


.(9)


368.59


348.59


20.00


$1,485.24


$799.59


$83.00


$602.65


-


INTEREST AND COSTS


. Paid


1938


$20.10


1937


22.78


1936


41.63


$84.51


COLLECTOR OF TAXES


WILLIAM H. DAVIS Collector of Taxes


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REPORT OF THE LINCOLN NURSING COMMITTEE


During the year 1939 the Public Health Nurse made 1,603 calls, subdivided as follows: Medical 592, Surgical 251, Prenatal 79, Postnatal 14, Board of Health 43, So- cial Service 202, Child Welfare 314, Doctors' offices and Hospitals 108. She has collected for her visits the sum of $168.10, which amount has been turned over to the Treasurer of the Town.


While Mrs. Ober was on her vacation in July, her work was done by Miss Dorothy Bates, R. N., as sub- stitute.


The nurse has made visits daily to both of the schools in her capacity as School Nurse. The statistics of her school work are not included in the figures given above, as they are set forth in her report.


SUSAN LENNOX BRIGGS ROBERT D. DONALDSON, JR. ROBERT L. DENORMANDIE


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


TOWN OF LINCOLN


FOR THE


School Year 1939


NCOL


4


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Thomas J. Rouner, Chairman


Susan L. Briggs .


James DeNormandie .


Term expires 1940


Term expires 1942


Term expires 1941


Superintendent of Schools CARL F. HOLLORAN


TEACHERS


Grade 1 JOSEPHINE C. DOHERTY


Grade 2 VILLETTE POWERS


Grade 3 ELIZABETH S. E. COX


Grades 4, 5, 6 THELMA GODDARD MAY V. NEILSON


K. RITA NEYLON


Junior High School FREDERICK E. SHIPP FLORENCE E. WHEELER BETTINA KING


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, 1940


Term begins - Jan. 3, 1940


Term ends - Feb. 16


7 weeks - 33 days


Term begins - Feb. 26


Term ends - Apr. 12


7 weeks - 35 days


Term begins - Apr. 22


Term ends - June 14 8 weeks - 39 days


Holiday-Memorial Day, Thursday, May 30


Term begins - Sept. 9


Term ends - Dec. 20


15 weeks - 72 days


Holidays-Teachers' Convention, Friday, Oct. 25 Armistice Days, Monday, Nov. 11 Thanksgiving Recess, Nov. 28-29


Totals - 37 weeks - 179 days


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


The accompanying Financial Summary shows that our General School expenditures for 1939 totalled $39,604.14 against an estimated $40,850, the unexpected balance being largely accounted for by withdrawals from high school and consequent saving in tuition payments. The Vocational Education account shows an unexpended bal- ance of $366.51, and the final cost of the Center School fire escapes was $3,273.26 or $201.74 less than the $3,475 appropriation for that purpose. Thus, the total 1939 gross expenditures for all school purposes totalled $44,- 160.89 in contrast with the total appropriation of $45,975, leaving $1,814.11 returnable to the Town treasury.


After crediting all reimbursements and revenues from the State and other outside sources, the net cost to the Town of all schools for the year 1939 was $37,718.04, or about $127 per pupil.


The General School expenses for the year 1940 are estimated at $39,375 in contrast with the $40,850 budget for the year just passed. It will be seen from the Finan- cial Summary that the 1940 allowance for High School tuition is very much below normal. This is accounted for by a change in Concord's billing practice, effective Sept. 1, 1940, which requires a smaller advance tuition pay- ment in the fall and a correspondingly larger payment after Dec. 31 in each year. This tuition item will again become normal in 1941.


The year 1939 saw the extension of bus transportation to Sandy Pond Road, where eleven children are carried, and also marked the addition of a sound movie projector to our classroom equipment. One set of standard metal swings was added to the playground equipment at the Center School.


Maintenance work for 1940 will be expanded some- what in order to avoid larger accumulations in later


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years. Some of the major items at the Center School are weather stripping, painting of cornice, stair repairs, and grading, while at the South School the items will include linoleum for classroom floors, as well as certain grading and drainage work around the building. 1940 will see the addition of considerable new playground equipment at both schools, including modern swings and teeter boards at the South School, together with another swing set and a second clay court on the Center School grounds.


After thorough consideration the school committee has decided to fulfill the long felt need for a Remedial or helping teacher in our schools. A teacher having special qualifications and training will be hired for the beginning of the fall term, and will function throughout the grades doing remedial work among the pupils in order to assist each grade to progress smoothly as a unit. In order to determine the effectiveness as well as the practical work- ing out of such a teaching aid, it has been concluded that during the first year a part-time program involving only about half the cost of a teaching salary will be utilized. The 1940 budget contains $304 as the September to Jan- uary allowance for this purpose.


The Parent-Teachers Association has continued to function in a very constructive capacity, its largest pro- ject of the past year being a most successful summer playground program which extended over six weeks, in- volved two paid instructors, and reached well over 100 children of the town between the ages of 8 and 18 years.


The Superintendent and his able staff of teachers have this year given the parents more opportunity for seeing the inside of the school through the scheduling of several daytime meetings at which the parents of an individual grade were invited into the classroom for an hour of social and business discussion.


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The Committee is well aware of the importance of a full and mutual understanding among taxpayer, parent, teacher and school authorities, and it is felt that over the past year these relationships have been unusually pleasant.


Respectfully submitted, THOMAS J. ROUNER, Chairman SUSAN L. BRIGGS JAMES DENORMANDIE


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FINANCIAL SUMMARY


General Schools


Item


Salaries


Average Expenditures for 10 Years $19,310 23


Expended in 1939 $20,485 00


Estimated for 1940 $20,759 00


Supt. & Comm. expenses


135 06


112 72


115 00


Fuel


766 97


1,010 00


885 50


Books and supplies


936 69


950 38


985 00


Health


655 39


674 43


706 50


Operating expenses


452 01


408 81


477 77


Repairs


1,103 42


821 13


1,896 39


Local transportation


5,569 65


4,372 61


4,537 76


High school transportation


2,583 75


3,262 90


3,530 68


High school tuition


5,709 87


7,067 06


5,221 60


New equipment


345 33


360 60


259 80


Playground


78 50


Fire escapes


3,273 26


Totals


$37,568 67


$42,877 40


$39,375 00


Appropriation


$44,325.00


Unexpended balance


1,447.60


Vocational Education


Expended 1939


Estimated 1940 $1,109 10


Tuition


$817 45


Transportation


466 04


535 90


$1,283 49


$1,645 00


Appropriation 1939 ...


1,650 00


Unexpended balance


366.51


ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, FISCAL YEAR 1939


Grammar School Fund


$41 71


Comm. of Mass., tuition of wards


452 99


Comm. of Mass., transportation of wards 145 20


Comm. of Mass., Part I, Chapter 70


2,150 00


Comm. of Mass., high school transportation


3,149 74


Comm. of Mass., vocational tuition


269 21


Comm. of Mass., vocational transportation


212 90


High school transportation


15 23


Miscellaneous


5 87


Total ...


$6,442 85


NET COST OF ALL SCHOOLS TO TOWN


$37,718 04


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To the Lincoln School Committee:


Submitted herewith is my eleventh annual report as Superintendent of Schools.


Personnel


Miss Emma E. Goulart, who had taught arithmetic and art in our elementary grades, resigned to be married and her place was taken in September 1939 by Miss K. Rita Neylon of Springfield.


Miss Charity E. Cannon, who had taught French for one year, did not return in September as the subject was removed from our curriculum.


Transportation


Four buses cover 105.1 miles daily in local transporta- tion and carry 211 pupils. The addition of 6.4 miles over last year is due to the addition of the "Sandy Pond Route."


Nineteen pupils walk to school.


High school transportation is provided for pupils at- tending Concord and Waltham high schools. Pupils at- tending Concord are transported by Doherty Garage and Lovell Bus Lines. Those attending Waltham are trans- ported by the Metropolitan Coach Company.


High school transportation charges are paid for two pupils attending parochial high schools. This is in con- formity with a law recently passed by the Massachusetts Legislature.


High School


The Town is now paying tuition for 62 pupils in the following schools :


Concord


52


Waltham 4


Waltham Trade 6


In this connection it might be of interest to note that from 1930 to 1939 inclusive 185 pupils have been gradua- ted from our junior high school. Three of these pupils left school after completing grade nine; four left town


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after completing grade nine; thirteen entered Waltham Trade School; 165 entered high school.


Further analysis shows that currently about 75% of our high school pupils complete their courses and that about one-third of our high school graduates enter college.


Of the 56 pupils attending high schools 23 are sopho- mores, 16 are juniors, 17 are seniors.


Of General Interest


In September 1939 we inaugurated a series of meetings for parents and teachers. To date we have held two such meetings, September 27 and October 25. The third in the series is planned for January 10, 1940.


To each meeting we have invited the parents of the pupils in one grade. The home room teacher has welcomed the parents and the Superintendent has explained the purpose of the meeting which is to foster a better under- standing of our common problems.


Each teacher has outlined briefly the objectives in her subjects after which an opportunity has been given for questions and general discussion.


Our fifth annual "Open House" was held November 9 with 66% of the pupils represented by parents. The general theme for the evening was "Improvement in School Work."


Meeting such as the "tea meetings" or "open house" make a definite contribution to the welfare of pupils by bringing the home and the school closer to one another.


The Parent-Teacher Association has cooperated in all the above meetings by supplying and serving refresh- ments. We are grateful to them for such cooperation.


Gilbert and Sullivan's "H. M. S. PINAFORE" was presented on April 14 as our annual entertainment. We sold 449 tickets for the performance and the net profit was $41.90. The proceeds of the annual entertainment are used for the benefit of our pupils. The annual ninth grade outing to Provincetown is paid out of this fund.


One set of four swings on galvanized pipe was installed on the Center School playground during the fall term


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thus making a beginning on modern play equipment.


The Bell-Howell 16mm. sound projector recently pur- chased will provide an opportunity for the use of a great number of educational films now available. The motion picture is no longer in the experimental stage as a teaching device but has demonstrated its worth in many class rooms.


I am grateful to the Committee for the cooperation ex- tended to me during the past year.


Respectfully submitted, CARL F. HOLLORAN Superintendent of Schools


Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1939


BOYS


Age


Grade


5


6


7


8


9


10


11


12


13


14


15


16


Totals


1


00


2


10


=


1


10


1


12


III


2


7


475


6


3


1


15


V


15


VII


3


10


12


2


9


IX


Totals


00


14


00


16


12


17


14


-


00


-


6 co


4


109


GIRLS


Age


Grade


5


co


7


8


9


10


11


12


- 13


14


15


16


Totals


-


2


15


17


II


2


11


13


III


1


75


10


2


17


V


3


12


2


17


VI


3


10


4


17


VII


11


62


182


2


9


N


13


IX


Totals


2


17


1


12


12


14


17


14


12


11


11


2


- 124


VI


3


10


1


15


VIII


2


41


4


13


14


IV


2


1


11


4


-


9


IV


8


13


VIII


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


121


00


1


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Distribution of Minors, October 1, 1939


Registration of minors


5 years or over and under 7


7 years or over and under 14


14 years or over and under 16


Boys


27


108


26


Girls


28


102


31


Totals


55


210


57


Distribution of above


In public day schools


29


181


46


In vocational school


In private schools


9


29


11


Not enrolled in any school


17


Totals


55


210


57


Graduates 1939


Virginia Ballou


Anne Hills


Florence Brown


Robert Jensen


Frances Browning


William Burgess


Ralph Kinsler Arthur Low


Joseph Campobasso


Anne Mackenzie


Jennie Ciraso


Margaret Coan James Cole


Frances Murphy Ruth Prescott Edwin Seeger Gertrude Smith


Augusta Cotoia


Ashley Cousins, Jr.


Richard Tarbox


William Doherty


Phyllis Watson


Gloria Goodale


Dorothy Winchell


LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS


Name


Home


First year in Lincoln


Grade


Subject


Carl F. Holloran


Lincoln


1929


Supt.


Fitchburg Normal Boston University


Josephine C. Doherty Villette Powers


Lincoln


1922


1


Keene, N. H.


1936


2


Elizabeth S. E. Cox


Somerville


1936


3


Thelma Goddard


West Brookfield


1926


Social Studies Science


May V. Neilson K. Rita Neylon


Stow


1936


English


Fitchburg Normal


Springfield


1939


Arithmetic, Art


Westfield S. T. C.


Florence E. Wheeler


Rutland, Mass.


1929


Social Studies Science


Bettina King


Melrose


1934


Mathematics Art


Bridgewater S. T. C. Boston Univ.


West Acton


1936


English


Latin


William H. Taunton


Weston


1930


Music


Ernest W. Burckes


Waltham


1928


Woodwork


Graduated


New Bedford Normal Boston University Wheelock School Boston University No. Adams Normal


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Harvard University Harvard Summer School Sloyd Class


123


Worcester S. T. C.


Harvard University


Frederick E. Shipp


124


TOWN OF LINCOLN


REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE


To the School Committee of Lincoln:


A report of school nursing for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1939, is hereby submitted.




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