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One of the high lights in our work with boys and girls dur- ing the past year was the Book Week Story Hour which at- tracted more than one hundred and fifty boys and girls of ten, eleven and twelve. While it might be taxing to cope with the swarm of boys and girls who invaded the Young People's Library before the hour appointed, it was thrilling on this gala occasion to see our room filled and overflowing with eager children. A furtive peek into the Library Hall after the story hour had begun revealed every seat filled and a semi- circle of children seated on the floor-all giving rapt atten- tion to the stories. "When are we going to have stories again?" has been a frequent refrain ever since.
A very delightful innovation this year which we hope will become a permanent part of our library activity was a tea in June for the mothers of children entering school in the fall. The program included brief book talks and an opportunity to browse among the lovely children's books, many copies of which had been especially purchased for the occasion. A goodly number of books were circulated and new friends, we are sure, gained for the library.
Another experiment in the use of films was a series of Family Nights at the library, a program of book talks and films, held on three Friday evenings in late April and early May. Aimed originally at the junior high school boys and girls and their parents, it was for the most part the younger children who responded. Of the films shown, BIRDS OF THE
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NORTH WOODS, was easily the favorite of children and grownups alike for it drew an audience of over a hundred and stimulated an interest in books about birds which was felt for some weeks after.
A very pleasant recollection is the afternoon when the library was host to the members of the Andover Junior High School Faculty. Members of the library staff provided a pro- gram of book talks which was followed by a very informal tea.
Young people of high school age are using the library in force this new school year. Primary among their demands is the demand for books about the war, written out of the per- sonal experience of young people not so much older than themselves, who have seen it first hand. It is normal and in- evitable that they should be so interested and it would be like ordering the seas to fall back to command them to be other- wise. One boy requesting war books was asked if he might not like to read books of heroism and courage of another day or books of exciting adventure in other spheres. He replied, "Yes, perhaps I might but I know that I don't want to read about Missouri". After all, if we interpret what he meant aright, the center of his universe is the present with all the excitement which life in a world at war brings; and while he could be satisfied with our choice of books, provided that they appealed to him, still he would not be put off with some- thing which seemed to him remote, uninteresting and un- related to the life which he as a seventeen-year-old might alto- gether too soon be called upon to play. Despite, however, the great demand for books about the war, young people are on the whole reading more widely and better books than was true a few years ago.
The very great use which young people, to be sure in re- sponse to school assignments, have made of vocational books and pamphlets warrants at least brief comment. The serious- ness with which they have undertaken their individual topics may be evidence of their genuine interest in the part which they will play-perhaps very soon-in the world of tomorrow.
In other years, ninth graders have come to the library in the spring in classes for book talks, to become acquainted with
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the adult library and to sign up for their adult cards. This year, instead, we held a Library Open House in November for the new sophomores who were sent attractive personal invitations. Naturally as it was entirely voluntary and out of school hours, attendance was much smaller. The boys and girls who came enjoyed the book talks and the film SOUTH OF THE BORDER WITH WALT DISNEY, which was shown. The boys and girls would like another such evening and we hope that it can be arranged during the coming year. Perhaps out of this may come the nucleus for a young people's reading or discussion group, the program for which might be planned and carried out by the young people themselves.
Library Open House was held on the first Sunday in Book Week, as has been our custom for the last few years. A very appreciative group of people were on hand to enjoy the book exhibits for young people and adults and to hear the program of book talks in which four members of the Library Board and four members of the Library Staff participated.
British Book Week was celebrated in October with special book exhibits and the showing, one evening, of the British War Information film, THE FARMERS' YEAR. This was the first in what will probably be a series of special book weeks, each devoted to an ally among the United Nations.
Space will permit but a brief review of the ways in which the library cooperated with other groups in the community. For the spring, summer and fall months, the library served as the headquarters for the Red Cross Nutrition table which featured every few weeks exhibits of timely interest ranging from a deep freeze unit to enticing suggestions for outdoor suppers. A fall meeting with speaker and film was a joint undertaking of the nutrition committee and the library. The library cooperated with the Andover Food Production Com- mittee which gave publicity through its weekly newspaper column to the many books and pamphlets in the library of interest to the home food producer. A special Victory Garden Book Shelf facilitated the use of this material. The library, in response to a request from the Central Parent-Teachers Association, arranged book exhibits with a staff member in attendance at three PTA teas. On two occasions the library
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loaned magazines to the Andover Blood Bank Center. The library served as collection center for clothing for Greek War Relief. The Addison Gallery was brought closely to the attention of library users through loans on various occasions, arranged by Mr. Bartlett Hayes, of paintings, photographs, and cartoons, currently featured in its exhibitions. As in the past few years the Library Hall and committee room have been in demand as meeting places for various groups; among them: The League of Women Voters (Board meetings and Study Groups) ; Warden and First Aid courses, Andover Vil- lage Improvement Society, Block Leaders, Andover Historical Society, Russian War Relief Committee, Andover Cooperative Society, Boy Scouts Court of Honor.
A second Victory Book Campaign was carried on with the library as collection headquarters. The library is grateful to the members of the committee who assisted in this under- taking.
In addition to the monthly book list, NEW BOOK SAMPLER, the following lists of special interest have been compiled during the year: IS THIS THE BOUNDARY LINE OF YOUR VACATION?, A FEW BOOKS ABOUT BABIES, MENTAL HEALTH IN WARTIME, THE LADY HATH CHARM, ATTENTION YOUNG AMERICA. An extensive bibliography on the UNITED NATIONS, compiled by Miss Ruhl at the request of the high school, is being used as a reading list this year. In July the Essex Historical Institute published in its Historical Proceedings a paper by Miss Mary Byers Smith, THE FOUNDING OF THE MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY, read at a meeting of the Andover Historical So- ciety on the library's seventieth anniversary. Reprints are available.
Among the more interesting exhibits arranged at the library during the past year were: the manuscript of Mr. Stephen Byington's translation of the Bible exhibited during Bible Week; a display of handicraft and mementoes from Africa and the South Pacific sent back by men in the service; and several gun models made by a sixteen-year-old boy from illustrations found in library books.
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The librarian has spoken before the following groups: The Round Table of Children's Librarians; the annual lunch- eon meeting of the Orchard Home School; the Northern New England Conference of Religious Education; the Ballardvale Parent Teachers Association; the North School Community Club; a class in child care at Abbot Academy. Miss Ballard has reviewed books for boys and girls at the Woman's Union, West Parish Church, and the North Andover Parent Teachers Association.
Several staff members have attended meetings of the North Shore Library Club and the Round Table of Children's Librarians. Miss Robinson attended the School of Library Service at Columbia for a fourth summer and the librarian, the stimulating week's institute on the LIBRARY AND THE COMMUNITY at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School.
If the year just past has shown any accomplishment, part of it is due to the individuals and groups, who, through vari- ous ways, have demonstrated belief in the library and in its program. The library expresses appreciation to the School Department, to Mr. George Glennie, and to Phillips Academy for the loan of their moving picture projectors and to all, from the discussion leaders without whom our series of film forums would have been impossible, to the many individuals who gave books, flowers, records, money, and of themselves.
The year just past has been recorded and falls back into proper perspective. Our eyes are now on 1944 and the years ahead. The buoyancy of our age is no better exemplified than by the spate of plans and blue-prints springing into being to usher in a "world made new." The public library has a part in this forward-looking movement, for in that "world made new," it will play an increasingly important role. The Memorial Hall Library, then, cannot afford to be found with- out plans-plans to be sure which will undergo constant scrutiny and revision. Included among the plans which the Memorial Hall Library holds for the future are the following: Bookmobile service to the outlying districts; the building up of a well-selected collection of musical scores and recordings; full-time library service to Punchard High School; structural
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changes in the library building which will provide a sunnier and better located Young People's Library, a staff room, better working areas, a sound-proof listening room; the de- velopment of an enlarged and better housed collection of Andoveriana; indexing of The Andover Townsman and Law- rence American and Andover Advertiser.
While it is the librarian who writes the report, it is the library staff and all who have served the library who, through their interest and thoughtful service, make a report possible. The librarian appreciates also the backlog of strength pro- vided by members of a Library Board who know that in a world at war, the public library becomes not less but more important.
Respectfully submitted,
MIRIAM PUTNAM, Librarian
STATISTICS OF LIBRARY USE BOOK STOCK
Adult Juvenile
Volumes at beginning of year
31,720
7,181
Total 38,901
Volumes added by purchase
1,282
441
1,723
Volumes added by gift
198
26
224
Volumes added by binding
11
1
12
Volumes lost or withdrawn
2,001
301
2,302
Total volumes at end of year
31,210
7,348
38,558
Periodicals currently received (Titles, Copies)
70, 80
USE
Volumes % of total circ.
Vols. of adult fiction loaned
41,748
40.7
Vols. of adult non-fiction loaned
20,369
19.8
No. of books for children loaned
40,435
39.4
Total number of books loaned
102,552
REGISTRATION
Adult Juvenile Total
Borrowers registered during year
529
357
886
Total number of registered borrowers 3,424
741 4,165
Circulation per capita 9.2
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
Forty-second Annual Report
of the
Board of Public Works
EMBRACING THE FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT of WATER COMMISSIONERS and FORTY- SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT of SEWER COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1943
1944
*John H. Flint
*Wm. S. Jenkins
*Wm. S. Jenkins
1899-1902
*John H. Flint *Wm. S. Jenkins
*John L. Smith
*James P. Butterfield *Felix G. Haynes
1903-1906
*John L. Smith *Felix G. Haynes *John W. Bell *Lewis T. Hardy
James C. Sawyer
1906-1907
*Felix G. Haynes *John W. Bell, Treas.
James C. Sawyer, Sec'y.
*Lewis T. Hardy *Harry M. Eames 1907-1908
*Felix G. Haynes
*John W. Bell, Treas.
James C. Sawyer, Sec'y.
*Lewis T. Hardy
*Andrew McTernen 1908-1912
*Lewis T. Hardy *John W. Bell, Treas. James C. Sawyer, Sec'y. *Andrew McTernen *Willis B. Hodgkins 1913-1914
*Lewis T. Hardy ('16)
*Barnett Rogers ('16)
Andrew McTernen ('15)
*Thos. E. Rhodes, Sec'y. ('14) *Willis B. Hodgkins, Treas. ('15) 1914-1916
*Thos. E. Rhodes ('19)
*Barnett Rogers ('16) *Lewis T. Hardy ('16)
*Andrew McTernen, Sec'y. ('18) *Willis B. Hodgkins, Treas. ('18) 1916-1917
*Barnett Rogers ('19)
*Thos. E. Rhodes ('17)
*Andrew McTernen ('18) Chas. B. Baldwin, Sec'y. ('19) *Willis B. Hodgkins, Treas. ('18) 1917-1918
*Barnett Rogers ('19)
*Thos. E. Rhodes ('20)
* Andrew McTernen ('18) Chas. B. Baldwin, Sec'y. ('19) *Willis B. Hodgkins, Treas. ('18) 1918-1919
*Barnett Rogers ('22) *Andrew McTernen ('21) Philip L. Hardy ('21) Chas. B. Baldwin, Sec'y. ('22) *Thos. E. Rhodes, Treas. ('20)
*Deceased
WATER COMMISSIONERS 1889-1899 *James P. Butterfield
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
1893-1894 *John L. Smith
1894-1899 *John L. Smith
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
1919-1920-1921
*Barnett Rogers ('22) William D. McIntyre, ('21)
*Arthur T. Boutwell ('22)
Philip L. Hardy, Sec'y, ('21)
*Thos. E. Rhodes, Treas. ('23) 1922-1923 *Thos. E. Rhodes ('23)
Philip L. Hardy ('24)
Wm. D. McIntyre, Sec'y, ('27)
*Arthur T. Boutwell ('25)
Edward Shattuck ('25) 1923-1924
Philip L. Hardy ('27)
Wm. D. McIntyre, Sec'y. ('27)
*Arthur T. Boutwell, Treas. ('25) Edward Shattuck ('25) Walter I. Morse ('26) 1924-1925-1926
Philip L. Hardy ('27)
Wm. D. McIntyre, Sec'y. ('27)
*Arthur T. Boutwell, Treas. ('28)
*Thos. E. Rhodes ('28) Walter I. Morse ('29)
1927
*Arthur T. Boutwell ('28)
*Thos. E. Rhodes ('28)
Walter I. Morse, Treas. ('29)
Wm. D. McIntyre, Secy. ('30) George H. Winslow ('30) 1928-1929
*Arthur T. Boutwell ('31)
W. I. Morse Treas. ('32)
Wm. D. McIntyre, Sec'y. ('30) George H. Winslow ('30) Thos. P. Dea ('31)
1929-1930
Wm. D. McIntyre ('33)
W. I. Morse, Treas. ('32)
George H. Winslow, Sec'y. ('33)
*Arthur T. Boutwell ('31) Thos. P. Dea ('31) 1930-1931
Wm. D. McIntyre ('33)
W. I. Morse, Treas. ('32)
George H. Winslow, Sec'y. ('33)
Thos. P. Dea ('34) Frank A. Buttrick ('34) 1931-1932
Wm. D. McIntyre ('33)
W. I. Morse ('35) Thos. P. Dea ('34) Frank A. Buttrick ('34) John H. Playdon ('33)
SUPERINTENDENT
CHARLES T. GILLIARD
*Felix G. Haynes
*Charles E. Abbott
*John E. Smith
1932-1933
Wm. D. McIntyre ('36) W. I. Morse ('35)
John H. Playdon ('36)
Frank A. Buttrick ('34)
*Henry A. Bodwell ('34) 1933-1934-1935
Wm. D. McIntyre ('36) W. I. Morse ('38) John H. Playdon ('36)
Frank A. Buttrick ('37)
*Henry A. Bodwell ('37)
1934-1935-1936
Wm. D. McIntyre ('39) W. I. Morse ('38) John H. Playdon ('39)
Frank A. Buttrick ('37) *Henry A. Bodwell ('37)
1935-1936-1937 Wm. D. McIntyre ('39) W. I. Morse ('38) John H. Playdon ('39)
Frank A. Buttrick ('40)
*Henry A. Bodwell ('40) 1938-1939
Wm. D. McIntyre ('39)
John H. Playdon ('39)
Frank A. Buttrick ('40)
*Henry A. Bodwell ('40) Sidney P. White ('41) 1939-1940 Sidnew P. White ('41)
*Henry A. Bodwell ('40) Frank A. Buttrick ('40) John H. Playdon ('42) Edward P. Hall ('42)
1940-1941 Sidney P. White ('41)
John H. Playdon ('42) Edward P. Hall ('42) William F. Barron ('43)
John B. White ('43)
1941-1942
Sidney P. White ('44)
John H. Playdon ('42) Edward P. Hall ('42) William F. Barron ('43) John B. White ('43)
1942-1943 Sidney P. White ('44)
William F. Barron ('43) John B. White ('43) Jesse Bottomley ('45) Fred W. Doyle ('45) 1943-1944 Sidney P. White ('44) William F. Barron ('46) Jesse Bottomley ('45) Fred W. Doyle ('45) P. Leroy Wilson ('46)
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Board of Public Works
Andover, Mass. February 3, 1944
The Board of Public Works voted to adopt the following report of the Superintendent as its report for 1943 with recom- mendations for 1944.
SIDNEY P. WHITE, Chairman WILLIAM F. BARRON, Secretary JESSE BOTTOMLEY FRED W. DOYLE P. LEROY WILSON
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Superintendent's Report
To the Board of Public Works:
GENTLEMEN:
The major activities and developments in the Water, High- way, Sewer and Park Departments during the year which ended December 31, 1943, were as follows:
WATER DEPARTMENT
The turbine at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station was in- spected by Mr. Cameron and the following report was re- ceived from the General Electric Company :
Re: Inspection of Type D-60-180 H. P. Turbine No. 40551
May 26, 1943
Board of Public Works, Andover, Massachusetts
Attention : Mr. Charles T. Gilliard, Supt.
Dear Mr. Gilliard:
Our Mr. Cameron reports this unit both the steam end and the reduction gears in good condition, although the first row, first stage wheel buckets are cut back about 3-32 in. which in no way affects their strength but might have possibly one or two percent less economy in operation. At this inspection the turbine rotor was not removed but in May, 1941, it was taken out of the unit and the nozzles and intermediates throughout were in good condition. We have every reason to believe that at the present time there has been no appreciable wear during that period. In fact, at that time the first row, first stage buckets showed wear of 3-32 in. so in two years there has been practically no wear.
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Our Mr. Cameron checked your spare stock and found a good supply of material on hand.
Yours very truly, (Signed) G. W. HOWARD, District Turbine Engineer
G. W. Howard, EC
The following report was received from the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, after the inspection of the 2-6 in .- L-3 volute pumps No. 903084 and No. 903085 at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station.
DAILY PROGRESS REPORT 5-10-43 SUBJECT: 2-6-L-3 No. 903084-85
Checking up on pumps and found them in good shape ex- cept shaft sleeves are worn some, but will have to last for another year or two. Impellers and wearing rings in good condition. Also opened up fast coupling. Cleaned and flushed same and oil replaced with new oil.
. (Signed) V. A. STEVENS
Boston 97291
The electric pump at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station was checked by the General Electric Company and minor re- pairs made.
A sheet rock ceiling, installed on the lower story of the Water Works Shop, assisted in heating the second floor. Sheet rock ceilings were also installed at the Bancroft Road Pump- ing Station and in the electric pump room at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, greatly facilitating heating these places.
A number of screen doors and windows as well as storm windows have been installed at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station. A section of the floor at the Haggetts Pond Pump- ing Station was renewed.
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A new diaphragm pump has been bought to replace the old one.
Window shades were renewed at the engineer's house at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station.
New center grate hangers were installed in the newer of . the two boilers at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station.
Mr. Edward Doyle started to work April 12th as engineer at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station.
A four-inch tap was made for the Phillips Academy off Holt Street where a new four-inch line is being installed to care for tennis courts, race tracks, etc.
"No-Trespassing" signs have been erected around Haggetts Pond, near the Pumping Station and also at the two reser- voirs. These signs were obtained from the Massachusetts De- partment of Agriculture.
In the way of new roads, the watergates have been brought to grade.
A number of hydrants received their annual inspection. Two hydrants discovered broken were promptly repaired.
During 1943, 390,688,000 gallons of water were pumped at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, a daily average of 1,070,378 gallons. The steam turbine was in operation 5297 hours and 10 minutes and the electric pump 752 hours and 20 minutes, making a daily average run of 16 hours and 35 minutes.
On July 21 the greatest amount of water was pumped, namely, 2,010,000 gallons and the maximum weekly con- sumption was that from July 15 to July 21 inclusive, during which time 13,142,000 gallons were pumped. The water rate collections for 1943 amounted to $55,831.00.
To provide for adequate expenditure in the Water Depart- ment during 1944, we recommend an appropriation of $40,100.00, to be divided substantially as follows:
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
$23,500.00
Coal and Power
10,000.00
Engine Oil, Chlorine, Etc.
900.00
Repairs, Boilers, Pump and Property
2000.00
Office Supplies
800.00
Reservoirs and Telemeters
250.00 ยท
Supplies, Miscellaneous, Tools, Etc.
600.00
Secretarial Services
50.00
Meters and Parts
900.00
Pipes of All Kinds
700.00
Brass Goods, Hydrants, Etc.
400.00
Total
$40,100.00
Services in use January 1, 1944
2747
Meters in use January 1, 1944
2681
RECEIPTS
Water Rates
$55,831.00
Water Construction
407.88
Paid to Town Treasurer:
Water Rates
$55,831.00
Water Construction
407.88
$56,238.88
$56,238.88
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SUMMARY COST OF CONSTRUCTION WATER DEPARTMENT
Classification
Approved Bills
Credits
Net Cost
Totals
Office Fixtures
$ 916.36
Telemeters
4,090.95
Telephones
184.77
Teams
583.65
Pipe Distribution
512,241.91
Service Pipe
$6445.92
$407.88
$6038.04
213,045.73
Water and Land
6,687.23
Suction Pipe
1,309.46
Reservoirs
16,985.82
Coal Shed
806.97
Grading Land
2,739.12
Workshop
1,271.88
Building Pumping Station
9,610.14
Pumping Plant
74,907.51
Construction Expenses
10,182.64
Tools
4,715.34
Totals
$860,279.48
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Sewer Mains
89,828 ft.
Cost to Abutters
$160,336.00 372,582.00
Jan. 1, 1944
Cost to Town
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
The following table shows the snowfall for the year 1943:
January
19.00 Inches
February
4.50
March
7.50
November
.50
31.50 Inches
The snowstorm that occurred the latter part of January was difficult to handle and Town trucks together with the hired trucks were used to plow. Slippery conditions prevailed practically all winter and considerable sanding was necessary.
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This was the second year, due to shortage of asphalt and tar products, that it was necessary to submit a list of streets to be repaired for the State's approval. The State accordingly released 190,000 gallons of tar to care for those streets and also 20,000 gallons of the same material to be used for mixing patching material. Just as the season for this type of work was drawing to a close, the ban on tar products was lifted.
The following roads were treated with "Tarvia Retread": entire lengths of School Street, Central Street, Carmel Road, Burnham road, Dufton Road, Carisbrooke Street, Argyle Street, Fleming Avenue, Carlisle Street, Liberty Street, Suth- erland Street, Coolidge Road, Cedar Road, Cabot Street, Dumbarton Street, Sterling Street, Binney Street, Shepley Street, Corbett Street, Bancroft Road, Bellevue Road, Brown Street, Upland Road, Flint Circle, Gardner Avenue, Lovejoy Road, Lupine Road, Orchard Street, Os- good Street, Railroad Street, Torr Street, Enmore Street, Webster Street, Walker Avenue and sections of Poor Street, Cheever Circle, Haggetts Pond Road, Chestnut Street, Essex Street, Gray Road, Phillips Street and Woodland Road. Of the above only the following were honed: School Street from - Central Street to Main Street, Central Street from a point in the vicinity of Brook Street to a point beyond the South Church, Webster Street and Enmore Street. These sections were honed because of the roughness of the road surfaces. The remaining streets were smoothed with the wire mat.
The curved section of Cheever Circle was gravelled, shaped up and given an application of "Tarvia B."
Sidewalk material which is made from asphalt was un- obtainable this year.
Greenwood Road from the Lawrence line to the corner of High Plain Road was shaped up, gravelled, rolled and given an application of "Tarvia B." High Plain Road from the corner of Greenwood Road to the driveway of Mrs. Stella Babicki, a section of High Plain Road near Hag- getts Pond Road, Gould Road from Main Street to the North Reading Line, the westerly end of Cutler Road near Lowell
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Street, Virginia Road, a section of Reservation Street near the Lowell Street end, and a section of Bailey Road from the property of William Flint estate to the property of Mr. Chandler Bailey were given a similar treatment. The section of Greenwood Road mentioned above was given an appli- tion of "Tarvia Retread" later in the season.
During the early spring sections of the following roads were gravelled: High Plain Road, Brundrett Avenue.
The following work was accomplished under Article 10 of the 1943 Warrant relative to maintenance of roads built under Chapter 90: cleaning roads, cleaning catch basins, application of T -- 9 tarvia and pea stone on Haverhill Street from High Street to the North Andover Line. This application was rolled. River Road from Laurel Lane a distance of twenty-six hun- dred feet in a southerly direction was given a similar treat- ment.
Due to the labor shortage, the sand used for blanketing roads and for sanding roads and sidewalks was screened and loaded with a machine hired from Wellesley College.
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