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240.00
Water Loan Great Pond
240.00
Water Loan of 1891, (refunded in
part by the Water Commis- sioners)
6,000.00
Discount on tax notes
4,066.93
Bank Exchange 1.03
$14,542.96
Balance on dep. in National Shaw-
mut Bank $17,330.71
$419,700.88
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Braintree, Jan. 20, 1919.
We have examined the 1918 account of the Treasurer and find it correct. The disbursements are properly vouched and the balance, $17,330.71, is on deposit in the National Shawmut Bank.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors for 1918.
Reserve Fund from Overlays.
Acts of 1913.
Balance January 1, 1918 $3.230.53
Interest on deposit 75.59
1915 Overlay 828.61
$4,134.73
Paid by vote of Town for fire whistle ..
$3,000.00
Amount of fund December 31, 1918. .. 1,134.73
$4,134.73
Account verified and balance, $1,134.73, on deposit in the National Shawmut Bank.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors for 1918.
Protested Taxes Account.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1918 $1,799.68
Interest on deposit
36.05
$1,835.73
Amount of fund December 30, 1918 .. $1,835.73
Examined and found correct. Balance, $1,835.73, in State Street Trust Company.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors for 1918.
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SINKING FUNDS ACCOUNT.
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WATER LOAN OF 1891, 150,000, 4 PER CENT., DUE JUNE 1, 1921.
Cr.
Balance Dec. 31., 1917.
$129,783.46
Town Appropriation, 1918
3.075.01
Income, 1918
5,468.95
$138,327.42
INVESTMENTS.
R. R. Bonds
$47,994.93
American Tel. & Tel. Bonds
1,660.00
Town of Braintree, Note
1,000.00
Town of Braintree 1891. Water Bonds.
63,000.00
Liberty Loan Bonds
2,100.00
Savings Bank Deposits
22,572.49
$138,327.42
WATER LOAN OF 1896, $6,000. AT 4 PER CENT. DUE AUGUST 1, 1926.
Cr.
Balance, December 31, 1917
$3,891.15
Town appropriation, 1918
120.00
Income, 1918
174.62
INVESTMENTS.
One bond Braintree Water loan, 4%, due 1921
$1,000.00
South Weymouth Savings Bank
$1,092.48
Randolph Savings Bank
1,652.20
Braintree Savings Bank
441.09
$4,185.77 $4,185.77
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The securities of the Sinking Funds of 1891 and 1896 have been examined at the Security Vaults, Boston, and found as stated.
The sums named as on deposit in the various Savings Banks have been compared with the Deposit Books and are correct.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors for 1918.
January 21, 1919.
THE NATHANIEL H. HUNT TRUST.
Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer.
Principal :
Six notes Town of Braintree, $1,000
each, dated July 1, 1914, 4%, due July 9, 1919-1924, inc.
$6,000.00
Railroad Bonds . . .
1.1,000.00
Savings Bank Deposits
7,276.99
$24,276.99
Income Account :
Dr.
Town Notes
$280.00
Railroad Bonds
320.00
Savings Bank Deposits
304.92
$904.92
Paid W. C. Harding, Treasurer Trus- tees Thayer Library
$904.92
We have examined the above account and find the amount of the income correct and the disbursements properly vouched. We find the securities, amounting to $24,276.99, in the custody of the Treasurer.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors for 1918.
January 20, 1919.
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CHARLES EDWARD FRENCH TRUST.
Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer.
Principal :
Two Town of Braintree Water Bonds of 1891, cach $1,000
$2,000.00
Income Account :
Balance, Jan. 1, 1918 $40.00
June 1, 1918, coupons 40.00
Dec. 1, 1918, coupons 40.00
$120.00
Paid Higgins Magnuson & Co., 15
silver medals . 80.00
Dec. 31, 1918, balance of Braintree Savings Bank 40,00
$120.00
$120.00
Correct with proper voucher for expenditures made, Balance $40.00, in the Braintree Savings Bank.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors for 1918.
January 20, 1919.
THE ANN MARIA PENNIMAN TRUST.
Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer.
Fund on deposit in the Braintree Sav-
ings Bank $500.00
Income :
Balance Braintree Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1918 $20.20
From Braintree Savings Bank, interest to Jan. 1. 1919 22.75
Paid Alida N. Stevens and Chester A. Maddocks, Committee 20,20
Jan. 1, 1918, balance in Braintree Sav- ings Bank 22.75
$42.95 $42.95
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Fund on deposit in Braintree Savings Bank, $522.75, and disbursement is properly vouched.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors for 1918.
January 20, 1919.
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD. Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer.
Dr. Cr.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1918
$439.18
Street lights
6.570.00
F. B. Lawrence, manager
55,488.20
Interest on deposit
13.85
Paid by orders
$58,537.81
Depreciation Fund
.
3,593.52
Balance
379.90
$62,511.23 62,511.23
Examined and found correct with proper vouchers for expenditures. Balance, $379.90, on deposit in State Street Trust Co.
C. F. TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH M. ARNOLD, Auditors, 1918.
January 24, 1919.
ELECTRIC DEPRECIATION FUND. Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer.
Dr. Cr
Balance, Jan. 1, 1918 $2,979.19 1
Int. from National Shawmut Bank. 50.06
Electric Light Department, 1918
3,593.52
Paid by orders
Balance, Dec. 31, 1918
$2,102.64 4,520.13
$6,622.77 $6,622.77 Examined and approved with proper vouchers for pay- ments made and balance of $4,520.13, on deposit in the- National Shawmut Bank of Boston.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors for 1918.
January 20, 1919.
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FUNDED DEBT OF THE TOWN.
.WATER DEPARTMENT.
Coupon Bonds, issued June 1, 1891,
payable June 1, 1921, 4%, 129 bonds, $1,000 each
$129,000.00
Registered in name of Commonwealth, January 17, 1910. one bond. One bond
20,000.00
1,000.00
Notes issued Aug. 1, 1896, payable August 1, 1926. 4%, driven wells.
6,000.00
Notes issued July 15, 1209, payable $1,000 1919, 4% Mayflower Park Extension 1,000.00
Coupon Bonds dated Oct. 1, 1911, payable $1,500 yearly, 1919-1921, 4%, Great Pond Pumping Station Notes dated Nov. 1, 1916, $2,000, 1919, Union Street Extension
4,500.00
2,000.00
Less Sinking Funds :
1891
$138,327.42
1896
4,185.77
$142,513.19
Net balance Water Debt
20,986.81
$163,500.00 $163,500.00
GENERAL DEBT.
Six notes dated July 1, 1914, $1,000 each, payable yearly, July 1, 1919, 1924 $6,000.00
Six notes dated .July 1, 1914, $750, each payable yearly, July 1, 1919, 1924 $4,500.00
One note, dated Oct. 1, 1914, $500, pay- able October 1. 1919 500.00 5,000.00
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Coupon note issued on account of Abraham Lincoln School, $2,000, 31/2%, payable June 1, 1919 . . Bonds issued for Hollis School, each $500 at 4%, maturing $3,500 yearly, July 1, 1919 to 1921 and maturing $3,000 yearly July 1, 1922 to 1931, inclusive . 40,500.00
2,000.00
Bonds issued for Hollis Playground maturing $500 yearly, July 1, 1919 to 1921, 4% 1.500.00
Bonds issued for Town Hall, $1,000 each, 4%, maturing $3.000, yearly, June 1, 1919 to 1922, inclusive, maturing $2,000 yearly, June 1, 1923 to 1932, inclusive 32,000.00
Note issued in anticipation of taxes, 1918 : Maturing May 6, 1919. 25,000.00
$275,500.00
SINKING FUNDS.
Loan of 1891
. $138,327.42
Loan of 1896 4,185.77
$142,513.19
Net balance Funded Debt
132,986.81
$275,500.00
Allowing for payments and accretions to the Sinking Funds, the Funded Debt has decreased during 1918, $20,088.58.
OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer.
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BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND. Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer.
Principal Account :
Braintree Savings Bank Deposits. $4,845.15
Real Estate :
Farm on Town Street, 21,954
acres, with house and barn; 19,096 acres on Granite Street, value ... 4,000.00
$8,845.15
We find the amount stated as in, the various Banks properly vouched by pass books.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors for 1918.
January 20, 1919.
BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND. 1
Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer.
Income Account Dr. Cr.
Balance, Dec. 31. 1916
$212.02
Rent of land, to May 1, 1919
39.00
F. A Haydeu, rent of farm
200.00
Dividends from Principal Account
211.48
Dividend from Income Account
12.24
Refund overpaid bill
.10
$674.84
Paid :
Dr.
Cr
Town of Braintree
$350.00
A. T. Stearns Lumber Company. .
76.57
C. H. Hobart & Son, Insurance
26.60
Balance, Dec. 31, 1918
221.67
$674.84
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We find the above statement of income correct. £ The disbursements are properly vouched, and the balance, $221.67, in the Braintree Savings Bank.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors, 1918.
Wood to the amount of $517, with a deduction for ex- penses of $11.85, has been sold and the proceeds added to the Principal account.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1918. The Board met and organized as follows :
F. A. Tenney, Chief; Edward Avery, Clerk.
Total number of alarms, 157. Box alarms, 69; telephone calls, 88; building fires, 57; woods and grass, 78; false alarms, 11; soft coal, 2; . automobiles, 1; tar barrel; elec- tric car, 1; lost children, 6.
Valuation of buildings $295,850.00
Loss on buildings
12,793.00
Insurance on buildings 254,600.00
Valuation on contents 436,750.00
Loss on contents 3,941.00
Insurance on contents
417,895.00
Permits Granted.
Garage permits
7
Dynamite permits 16
To set fires in open air
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Recommendations.
Salary of Fire Chief, permanent men, two engineers, two stewards, forty-five call men, forty-nine poll taxes, extra pay for firemen, general expenses, new hose, Qualey's truck, auto pumping engine, new fire station.
Respectfully submited,
F. A. TENNEY, Chief.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Hon. Board of Selectmen, Town of Braintree, Mass.
Gentlemen :- In compliance with your request, I submit the following report of the Department of Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 15, 1918.
I have tried most earnestly during the year just past to perform the duties of the office in an impartial and fair manner, and therefore be just to all parties concerned. I have found our merchants most courteous and willing to comply with the laws in relation to the sealing of weights, measures and inspections.
The Department has in the past year been appointed by the Food and Fuel Commissioner of the State to inspect and report direct to them on the food and fuel conditions.
The number of inspections made on the food and fuel products which is not included in the weights and measures report :
Inspections on food
238
Inspections on fuel
69
Inside or Office Work. No Fees Charged.
Surveyors' tape
3
Scales tested and found correct
127
Scales tested and condemned
12
Scales tested and adjusted 56
Weights tested and found correct
110
Weights tested and condemned
15
Weights tested and adjusted 26
Liquid measures condemned
8
357
Outside Work. Fees Charged.
Scales tested and found correct
198
Scales tested and condemned
4
Scales tested and adjusted .
42
Weights tested and found correct
387
Weights tested and condemned
15
Weights tested and adjusted
37
Liquid measures tested and found correct.
178
Liquid measures tested and condemned
8
Linear measures tested and found correct
6
Measuring pumps found correct
12
Leather measuring machine not sealed
1
Due the department
$1.33
108
Slot weighing machines sealed 6 Slot weighing machines tagged for repairs 5
Amt. received and paid to the Treasurer in fees $64.49
Number of Inspections Made from Dec. 15, 1917, to Dec. 15, 1918.
Coal reweighing while in transit 89
Coal reweighing in bags of less than 100 lbs. 278
Inspection in stores after scales tested of commodi- ties 642
Inspection of scales used by peddlers
38
Inspection of scales used by icemen
81
Inspection of jars on milk wagons
419
Inspection of junk dealers' scales
41
Inspection of coal teams for certificates
219
Milk jars, Mass. seal
26,000
I wish to thank all with whom I have been associated this past year and feel very sure that our future relations could be even more pleasant; all these things, of course, help greatly towards the best possible results.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES S. HANNAFORD, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
C. FRED TARBOX. RALPH ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, Auditors, 1918.
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suitable system.
of like population who have not met the question with a
ly increasing congestion, we would again urge the consider-
With our rapidly increasing population and consequent-
JAN.
FEB.
MARCHI
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
Ост.
Nov.
DEC.
Chicken-pox
1
1
. .
. .
1
1
2
6
14
Diphtheria . .
5
3
2
4
1
1
2
18
German measles
. .
1
7
14
8
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
31
Measles
133
52
31
15
2
5
1
.. .
. .
. .
.
1
240
Mumps ·
3
2
3
1
. .
..
. .
3
1
1
1
2
4
23
Pulmonary tu- berculosis ...
1
1 2
.
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
.
1
3
1
2
4
2
18
Ophthalmia neo- natorum
1
1
Suppurative con- junctivitis
1
1
Spinal meningitis
1
Lobar pneumonia
1
3
1
1
2
8
Influenza .
. .
Total
144
68
42
23
29
17
9
10
865
438
74
407
2126
. .
. .
.
. .
. .
1
1
1
12
Scarlet fever
...
. .
. .
. .
2
2
1 ..
1
2
1
. .
12
Other tuberculo- sis
2
Whooping cough
. .
.
. .
. .
1
. .
.
. .
. .
855
430
68
392
1745
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
This board submits the following table of contagious dis-
eases occurring in Braintree during 1918. Owing to the fact that very few cases of influenza were reported by out-of-town physicians and to the additional fact that many cases were not given medical attention, the total number of 1745 is far
too low. The statistics for the remaining diseases may be
considered as fairly accurate.
lation of 10,038, Braintree remains one of the very few towns
ation of proper sewage disposal. With an estimated popu-
.
. .
.
. .
.
.
7
. .
1
. .
. .
2
REPORT OF INSPECTORS OF PLUMBING.
Braintree, Mass., Dec. 28, 1918. To the Honorable Board of Health of the Town of Braintree.
Gentlemen :- We herewith submit our report for the year ending December 31st, 1918. There has been issued from this office 130 permits to install plumbing together with 2 left over from 1917. Of this number 127 have passed in- spection, and 5 remained unfinished December 31st.
There was installed in old and new buildings 625 fixtures Such as water closets, lavatories, laundry trays, sinks, soda fountains, etc., the value of which was $54,053.00. The num- ber of new dwellings in which plumbing was installed was 81 one family, 7 two family; other new buildings were 1 hospital; old dwellings, 22 one family, 2 two family; other old buildings were, 4 shoe factories, 1 restaurant, 1 candy factory, 1 town farm, 1 fire station, 1 rubber mill, 1 work shop, 1 pool room, 2 stores, and 1 barber shop. In one in- stance a house was ordered vacated owing to the unsanitary condition of the plumbing.
Respectfully submitted, J. E. LUDDEN, Inspector. F. L. CHANDLER, Deputy.
Braintree, December 31st, 1918. To the Board of Health.
Gentlemen :-- I have the honor of submitting to you my annual report of the Inspection of Meats, Provisions and Slaughtering for the year ending December 31st, 1918. Owing to the still high cost of grain and the scarcity of garbage the raising of hogs by the farmer for the market still remains short, but the raising of hogs by private individuals for private use shows quite an increase over last year. I am pleased to note that the individuals killing their own hogs on their own premises for private use are being educated up to the fact that they must first notify the Inspector of their desire to do so. or face a fine of $500.00, or imprisonment, or both. I have inspected the past year 778 animal carcasses, - and out of that number have stamped for approval 769, as follows · 20 cattle, 29 calves, 711 hogs, and 9 pigs; and have condemned as unfit for consumption 5 cattle, 1 calf. 1 hog, 2 pigs. There have been 6 licenses granted for slaughtering the past year.
.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD O. PEARSON, Inspector of Meats, Provisions and Slaughtering.
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MONTH
Cows
CALVES
HOGS
SHEEP
PIGS
CONDEMNED
DISEASE
DISPOSITION
January
6
5
130
0
0
2 Cows
Tuberculosis
Rendered
February
1
0
30
0
0
March
0
3
34
0
0
April
1
4
12
0
0
1 Cow
Pneumonia
Rendered
May
2
6
4
0
0
June
2
1
0 0
0
1 Cow
Tuberculosis
1 Cow
Indigestion
Rendered
July
0
3
1
0
0
August
0
1
0
0
0
September
0
1
0
0
October
1
2
7
0
0
November
5
1
99
0
0
December
7
4
394
0
11
1 Hog
Tuberculosis
1 Calf
Poisoned
Rendered Buried
2 Pigs
Died, over fed Rendered
Totals
25 30
712 0 11
Collections
$193.25
Respectfully submitted, F. HERBERT GILE, Chairman. WALTER B. SKINNER, Sec. JOSEPH G. BAILEY, WILLIS MARTIN, Agent.
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BRAINTREE MASSACHUSETTS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Sixty- Fourth Annual Report - OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
Thirty-Fourth Annual Report
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
1918
BRAINTREE BEE PRINT BRAINTREE, MASS. 1919
School Committee, 1918.
Benjamin Hawes, Chairman, 516 Middle St., East Braintree. Dr. Franklin H. Merriam, 47 Holbrook Ave., S. Braintree. *Mrs. A. M. Brooks, 124 Franklin St., S. Braintree. *Frederick C. Folsom, 27 Lowell St., Braintree.
Mrs. Carrie F. Loring, Rec. Secretary, 110 Front St., E. Braintree.
George H. Weatherbee, 105 Washington St., Braintree. *Deceased.
Superintendent.
Clarence N. Flood, 276 Washington St., Braintree. Tele- phone 62.
Office Hours :- On school days except Thursdays, from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Town House. Telephone 57-W.
Meetings of Committee.
Second Monday evening of each month at seven-thirty o'clock at the Town House, Washington Street, Braintree.
Janitors.
High School : J. H. Macandrew, 54 West Street.
Jonas Perkins : Edward C. Holyoke, 24 Liberty Street.
Noah Torrey, F. F'. Tupper, Central Avenue. Tel. 83-W.
Penniman : Omer Hollis, Union Street.
Pond : James Dreghorn, South Braintree.
Southwest : N. E. Hayden.
South : Frederick Phinney.
Abraham Lincoln : Herbert M. Smith, 495 Commercial Street. Hollis : Frank Drake, 36 Central Avenue. Tel. 83-M.
Attendance Officer.
C. S. Hannaford. South Braintree. Tel. 266-W.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree :
The School Committee herewith submits the following report, which, supplemented by that of the Superintendent, will give a comprehensive review of the work accomplished for the year 1918 and some of the needs of the future.
It is expected of the public school department not only to educate the children but to guard their physical and moral welfare; this the Committee has endeavored to carry out to the satisfaction of the parents. The details of the de- partment are handled by the Superintendent and Principals, and not by the Committee. Therefore, a parent should go to a Principal or to the Superintendent first in case of a misunderstanding or difficulty, and only to the Committee . as a last resort. The Committee, however, has always en- deavored to be courteous and considerate to each citizen and parent.
Rules and Regulations-The School Committee will print a set of rules and regulations to govern the Superintendent, teachers and the school system early this term. They will facilitate matters greatly for the Committee and also assist the superintendent materially in the governing of the school system, and demonstrate to parents the status of Superin- tendent and teachers.
Heating and Instruction for Janitors-A policy of edu- cation to avoid waste in our heating systems has been secured. Economy cannot be practiced as thoroughly now as under nor- mal conditions, owing to poor quality of coal, and interrup- tions by the epidemic.
When conditions right themselves the following matter will be given serious consideration :
Coal will again be purchased according to the value of the heat units it contains. Coal of less than about 14,000 heat units per pound, by B. T. U. test, will only be purchased when absolutely necessary.
Coal records kept in all schools to compute the quantity and efficiency of the coal used will, we trust, materially aid in economy.
Temperature regulating apparatus will probably be in- stalled, and tested in one building with a view to greater conservation of fuel before our recommendation of an appro- priation for all school rooms.
Superintendent of Schools-At the end of the school year the Committee received notice from Mr. Ralph L. Wiggin, our Superintendent of Schools, of his intention to volunteer
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his services for Y. M. C. A. work and his assignment to ac- tion near the lines on the western front, in France, neces- sitating his resignation from our school work. Considering the nine years' faithful service, untiring effort and keen in- terests in behalf of the school system, which has been shown by the great advancement made under his direction, the re- spect accorded to him by pupils and parents alike, and the general cooperation of the teaching force, made the accept- ance of his resignation one of regret.
After carefully considering the applications for the po- sition, several candidates of apparent ability, were inter- viewed. Our choice, based on actual progress made by can- didates in the community they had served, was Mr. Clarence N. Flood. While it is too short a time to render a decision, we are very confident the school system will be greatly im- proved by his administration.
Crowded Conditions-While your School Committee feels that the year just past has been one of advance in all de- partments of school work, it has labored under extraordinary disadvantage through the limited amount of room that has been at its disposal. Preceding the opening of the schools last September the Committee had been aware of the coming situation, and a year ago urged upon the Town the necessity of providing a suitable school building to relieve the present congestion, and provide for at least a few years of the future.
The urgency of the situation can best be described by calling attention to the congestion that exists in all the school buildings of the Town. The Noah Torrey and portable build- ings are providing quarters for eleven classes, though it was originally intended for only eight. We are using the hall which is entirely unadapted to the needs of the present. Whatever may be said, it is too crowded for good school work.
The Jonas Perkins is heavily taxed by three classes more than we have rooms to properly handle.
The old High School is an example for improvement. The building is improperly constructed for high school pur- poses. Owing to the crowded conditions, it is necessary that. some provision be made this year.
The Pond School is entirely occupied and the Hollis School is filled. The Abraham Lincoln School building has been gradually filling, until now it is overcrowded so that no doubt two extra rooms should be added and two small rooms in rear should be increased in size by addition of unused hall space.
After considering the crowded conditions in the town, the Committee unanimously recommend the erection of a modern High School to accommodate the five upper years. By means of such a building we would be able to relieve
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the crowded conditions of all our school buildings, except the Abraham Lincoln.
Investigations in other towns has proven conclusively to your Committee that this method offers the best if not the only practical solution of the housing problem.
The necessity that manual training be introduced into the upper grades, and domestic science for girls in the upper grades and High School readily shows the immense advan- tage of having a large school center.
The following list gives the alterations and repairs nec- essary throughout the entire school system :
HIGH SCHOOL .- Installation of modern toilets, settees for the assembly hall; desks revarnished.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN .- Two rooms built on the -second floor, North and South wings for the overflow in the primary grades of this district.
HOLLIS SCHOOL .- Outside walls washed and waterproofed, and the roof retarred.
UNION SCHOOL .- This building put in temporary con- dition for use as an overflow building until a new building is erected.
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL .- Electric lights.
At the meeting of the Committee held January 20, 1919, the following budget was adopted for the year 1919. This budget has, been prepared with great care and study. It shows you as near as can be estimated the amount needed to carry on the work of the School Department and maintain the efficiency of the system.
General expenses
$4,090.00
Teachers' Salaries :
High
11.405.00
Elementary
42,580.00
Music, drawing and domestic science
2,390.00
Text Books and Supplies :
High
1.500.00
Elementary
2,800.00
Commercial Department
140.00
Domestic Science
25.00
Tuition
1,200.00
Transportation
2,350.00
Support of Truants, Norfolk County Janitors' Salaries :
107.00
High
1,040.00
Elementary
5,621.00
117
Fuel and Light
Coal, wood, gas and electricity- High 1,240.00
Coal, wood, gas and electricity- Elementary 4,400.00
Buildings and grounds-inside re-
pairs
1,675.00
Buildings and grounds-outside re- pairs 750.00
Janitor supplies
250.00
Miscellaneous 1,293.00
Total needed for the year 1919
$84,856.00
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN HAWES, Chairman, ALIDA N. STEVENS,
FRANK W. COUILLARD,
CARRIE F. LORING,
GEORGE H. WETHERBEE,
FRANKLIN H. MERRIAM,
School Committee.
EDUCATION INCREASES PRODUCTIVE POWER.
· Massachusetts gave her citizens seven years' schooling.
The United States gave her citizens four and four-tenths years' schooling.
Tennessee gave her citizens three years' schooling.
Massachusetts citizens produced per capita $260 per year.
Citizens of the United States produced per capita $170 per year.
Tennessee citizens produced per capita $116 per year.
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