Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1934, Part 10

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Publication date: 1934
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*Agnes Gertrude McRae Harold Edward Neal


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Rita Esther Neal Barbara Corinne Nelson Lillian Beatrice Nesbit Robert Reader Jr. Helen Viola Richards Grace Ball Rideout Austin Ruddy Darrel Jasman Roberts


*Laura Elizabeth Sloan Agnes May Smith Norman Roger Smith Madeline Gertrude Smith Evelyn Sarah Tardif


Blanche Arlene Veno Bertha Isabelle Thompson


*French Medal Winners.


BRAINTREE HIGHLANDS SCHOOL


*Irma Hilda Adams Carl Albrow Brummett Elizabeth Frances Cassidy Francis Edward Clougherty John Francis Dunne Jr. Margaret Cecelia Dwyer Olive Frances Garvey Filomena Mary Graziano Frederick Warfield Kehr Jr.


*Virginia Kathleen LeVarn Isabelle Cecelia MacFarlane. David Austin Mackenzie Mary Helen Mulcahy


Orrin Cummings Pillsbury


Hazel Tyler Quinlan Dorothy June Ross


*Mary Magdaline Scott


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William Joseph Spillane Anna Frances Walter


*French Medal Winners.


NOAH TORREY SCHOOL,


Mabel Augusta Albrecht


Beulah Muriel Allison


Priscilla Elizabeth Allison


Thomas Joseph Azzato Daries Barrasso


Edith Marjorie Beck


*Nancy Elsie Benotti Dorothy Elizabeth Brodie Marguerite Louise Burke Mary Gertrude Burke Florence Lorraine Butler Orville Wright Cahoon Mary Margaret Canavan Mildred Rita Canavan


John Charles Caramanica Nancy Elsie Caruso Ada Costantino John Francis Diauto Jr. Aurelia DiMario Rita Louise Donovan


Anthony Draghetti


Edward Vincent Drinan


Josephine Farina


Priscilla Fern Fitzsimmons Paul Peter Foley


Clara Beatrice Frantiello


Frieda Craft Frazier John Hurd Goodhue Victor Leland Gordon Filomena Mary Grazioso


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Marjorie Estella Harvey Robert Benjamin Hatch Elmer William Johnson Harrison William Jordan Joseph Lauria Barbara Lawry Philoppena Mary Leo Michael Angelo Lorusso Dorothy Annie Lowe


*Helen Elizabeth MacInnis Barbara Mary McAdam


. Grace Mary Messina Eugenia O'Rourke Bernard Francis Pitts Esther Adelle Rakowsky Gustina Angelina Rinaldi Virginia Elsie Rinaldi Edith Harriet Sears


Hilda Melrose Smith


Russell Stanley Smith Mary Frances Talbot


Sarah Sophia Talbot


Grace Margaret Trainor


Clyde Carlyle Twitchell


*Mary Louise Zampine


*French Medal Winners.


PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION Hollis School


President, Mrs. C. Earl Bestick, 285 Washington St., Braintree.


Vice-President, Frederick Graves, Storrs Ave. Brain- tree.


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Recording Secretary, Mrs. James Baker, 447 Wash- ington St., Braintree.


Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Emery White, 43 Maple St., Braintree.


Treasurer, Mrs. Edgar Copp, 11 Beverly Ct., Brain- tree.


Penniman School


President, O. D. Chiesa, 159 Hawthorne Rd., Brain- tree.


Vice-President, Frank Harris, 100 Cabot Ave., Braintree.


Recording Secretary, Miss Marie G. Sward, 130 Hay- ward St., East Braintree.


Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Henry Chrystie, 54 Middle St., Braintree.


Treasurer, Mrs. Lillian Drinkwater, 68 School St., Braintree.


Jonas Perkins School


President, Harris Brown, 6 Shaw St., East Braintree.


Vice-President, Francis A. Erwin, 20 Miller Ave., East Braintree.


Secretary, Miss Beatrice Ryan, 131 Liberty St., East Braintree.


Treasurer, Mrs. James Bewley, 40 Bellevue Rd., East Braintree.


Thomas A. Watson School


President, E. Chester Wright, 56 Audubon Rd., East Braintree.


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Vice-President, Mrs. Robert Keigan, 20 Trefton Drive, East Braintree.


Rec. Secretary, Mrs. Ruth Swasey, 73 Edgehill Rd., East Braintree.


Corresponding Secretary, Miss Ruth Lonergan, 14 Miller Ave., East Braintree.


Treasurer, Mrs. Hervey Paradis, 40 Ardmore St., East Braintree.


Abraham Lincoln School


President, Mrs. Ralph Chadbourne, 502 Elm St., Braintree.


Vice-President, Mr. Frank Campbell, 59 Dewey Rd., East Braintree.


Corresponding Secretary, Miss May Burns, 169 Glen- rose Ave., East Braintree.


Treasurer, Mrs. Albert Nelson, 125 Hobart St., East Braintree.


Noah Torrey and Pond Schools


President, G. Arnold Prescott, 1151 Washington St., South Braintree.


Vice-President, Mrs. Lawson B. Twitchell, 259 Pond St., South Braintree.


Recording Secretary, Miss A. May Blass, Marshfield Hills.


Corresponding Secretary, Miss Constance Church, 1431 Washington St., South Braintree.


Treasurer, Harold E. Norris, 359 Hancock St., South Braintree.


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Monatiquot School


President, Mrs. George L. Gogan, 105 Central Ave., South Braintree.


Vice-President, Carl Holton, 17 Academy St., South Braintree.


Secretary, Miss Eleanor Gannon, 1 Smith Terrace, South Braintree.


Treasurer, Hobart Spring, 121 West St., Braintree.


Highlands School


President, John L. Waite, 66 Liberty St., South Braintree.


Vice-President, Miss Flora I. Donald, 251 Pleasant St., Milton.


Secretary, Mrs. Alice Cammick, 85 Liberty St., South Braintree.


Treasurer, Victor G. Serreze, Massachusetts Ave., South Braintree.


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BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL


Oct. 1, 1934


Department


Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Service Began


Principal


Total 933


James L. Jordan


Bates College


26 years


Sept. 1918


Secretary


Post-Grad 52


Kathleen L. Welch


Braintree High


5 years


Oct. 1929


Sub-Master, Science


Seniors 178


Samuel E. Lawrence


Rhode Island State


18 years


Sept. 1921


Science


Juniors 197


Paul V. Toolin


U. of N. H.


6 years


Sept. 1930


Science


Sophomores 249


Almeda M. Walker


Mass. State College


9 years


Sept. 1927


Science, Math Freshmen 257


Walter J. Kane


Norwich University


4 years


Sept. 1934


Science, Civics


James M. Dysart


Bowdoin College


5 years


Sept. 1932


Mathematics


Katherine K. Waldron


Boston University


25 years


Sept. 1924


Mathematics


Alton C. Perry


U. of Maine


9 years


Sept. 1928


Civics and Guidance


Richmond L. Scott


Farmington Normal


Boston University


11 years


Sept. 1934


History


G. Vinton Jones Albert J. Murphy


Bridgewater Normal


Boston University


6 years


Sept. 1931


History


Eula I. Hutchins


Boston University


9 years


Sept. 1932


English


Constance F. Stecher


Boston University


8 years


Sept. 1928


Colby College


7 years


Sept. 1929


History


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education Experience


Service Began


English


Charles W. Brooks Rufus M. Grindle


Bridgewater Normal


19 years


Jan. 1916


English


Colby College U. of Maine


10 years


Sept. 1934


English


Marion L. Billings


Smith College


13 years


Sept. 1924


English


Gladys E. Maxfield


U. of Maine


13 years


Sept. 1926


English, Drawing


Katherine D. Hearn


Trinity College


5 years


Sept. 1933


English, Latin


Bernadine McCusker


Boston University


4 years


Sept. 1931


Drawing


Aldo C. Chiesa


Mass. Sch. of Art


71/2 years


Apr. 1929


Latin, French


Ida Wilsker


Brown University


12 years


Sept. 1924


French, Latin


Hazel M. Summerville


U. of New Hampshire


9 years


Sept. 1926


French


Josephine A. Keany


13 years Boston University Middlebury College 30 years


Sept. 1932


Household Arts


Ruth J. Bennet


Framingham Normal


19 years


Sept. 1919


Household Arts


Bertha C. Emerson


Fairmount Normal Boston University


23 years


Sept. 1927


Librarian


Ruth P. Strout


7 years


Sept. 1929


Commercial


Raymond L. Strangford


17 years


Sept. 1922


Commercial


Howard E. Batchelder


Northeastern U. Burdett College Boston University Fitchburg Normal


41/2 years


Sept. 1934


Commercial


Richard W. Johnson


14 years


Sept. 1922


215


Sept. 1924


German, Spanish


Belle E. Wright


Service


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Began


Commercial


Mildred B. Ahlgren


Salem Normal


15 years


Sept. 1923


Commercial


Viola P. Evans


Salem Normal


9 years


Sept. 1928


Commercial


Hazel M. Fitts


Salem Normal


12 years


Sept. 1923


Commercial


Margaret C. Kirby


Salem Normal


20 years


Sept. 1923


Commercial


Ruth W. Thrasher


Boston University


13 years


Sept. 1924


Commercial


Anna M. Tilley


Boston University


8 years


Sept. 1928


216


SOUTH DISTRICT


District Principal


Charles G. Lord


Boston University


15 years


Sept. 1927


HIGHLANDS SCHOOL


Cadet


170


Ruth G. Munroe


Hyannis Normal


None


Sept. 1934


Grade 8


22


Flora I. Donald


Lowell Normal


6 1/2 years


Sept. 1933


Grade 7


19 Helen H. Darroch


Gorham Normal


7 years


Sept. 1932


Grade 6


24


Loretta McGinty


Bridgewater Normal


7 years


Sept. 1930


Grade 5


15


Elinor Stimson


. Gorham Normal


5 years


Sept. 1933


Boston University


Grade 4


23 Eunice M. Brown


North Adams Normal


: 6 years


Sept. 1930


Grade 3


18 Doris M. Varney


Keene Normal


8 years


Sept. 1929


Service


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education Experience


Began


Grade 2


17 Josephine M. Foster


Braintree High School


311/2 years


Sept. 1905


Grade 1


18 Mary Reardon


Hyannis Normal


1 year


Sept. 1933


Kindergarten


14


Ethel M. Fletcher


Wheelock Kindergarten 7 years


Sept. 1930


NOAH TORREY SCHOOL


Cadet


487


Constance A. Church Frances LeSage


Bridgewater Normal 1 year


None


Sept. 1934


Grade 8


31


C. Winifred Kimball


Gorham Normal Salem Normal


5 years


Sept. 1933


Grade 8


30


Blanche Hinds


Boston Normal


22 years


Dec. 1924


Grade 7


36


Clara B. Ferguson


Lowell Normal


22 years


Sept. 1929


Grade 7


37


Marguerite V. Murphy


Bridgewater Normal


18 years


Sept. 1930


Grade 6


42


A. May Blass


Fitchburg Normal


9 years


Sept. 1932


Grade 6


40 Elizabeth Pillsbury


Boston University


Farmington Normal


6 years


Sept. 1929


Grade 5


33 Clara W. Bickford


Gorham Normal


18 years


Feb. 1926


Grade 5


32 Gertrude H. Falt


Gorham Normal


11 years


Apr. 1926


Grade 4


34 Esther F. Drake


Bridgewater Normal


9 years


Sept. 1928


Grade 4


32 Margaret E. Perkins


Colby College


15 years


Sept. 1922


Grade 3


27 Muriel E. Whiteley


Plymouth Normal


4 years


Sept. 1933


Sept. 1933


Cadet


217


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education Experience


Service Began


Grade 3


28


Madeline Gilpatrick


Farmington Normal


6 years


Feb. 1932


Grade 2


35


Mildred S. Parsons


Perry Normal


4 years


Sept. 1932


Grade 2


37


Ida E. Stratton


Newburyport Training


23 years


Apr. 1926


Special Class


12


Shirley E. Makemson


Bridgewater Normal


5 years


Sept. 1932


218


POND SCHOOL


118


Grade 1


34 Claire E. Shay


Thayer Academy


31 years


Sept. 1903


Grade 1


35


Leta M. Weston


Brookfield High 23 years


Sept. 1918


Kindergarten


49 Lucy E. Gage


,Wheelock


10 years


Sept. 1933


SOUTHWEST SCHOOL


Grade 1


19


Clara N. M. Holbrook


Thayer Academy


25 years


Sept. 1909


Kindergarten


18 Ethella M. Nichols


Perry Normal


18 years


Sept. 1916


NORTH DISTRICT


District Principal


Alberto M. Eldridge


Bridgewater Normal 36 years Sept. 1918


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Service Began


MONATIQUOT SCHOOL


Cadet


329


Margaret Reardon


Bridgewater Normal 1 year


Sept. 1933


Grade 8


45


Mary Halloran


Bridgewater Normal


5 years


Sept. 1931


Grade 7


35 Mabelle E. Steele


Plymouth Normal


24 years


Jan. 1933


Grade 6


37 E. Aldana Coleman


Castine Normal


24 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 5


39


Elizabeth G. Rogers


Framingham Normal


36 years


Sept. 1915


Grade :4


35


Eleanor Davis


Farmington Normal


7 years


Sept. 1929


Grade 3


39


E. A. Maude Craig


Hyannis Normal


20 years


Sept. 1929


Grade 2


35


Cora M. Coffill


North Adams Normal


21 years


Sept. 1918


Grade 1


35


Helen A. Hadden


Bridgewater Normal


4 years


Sept. 1931


Kindergarten


29


Eleanor Gannon


Perry Normal


Bridgewater Normal


1 year


Sept. 1933


HOLLIS SCHOOL


Cadet


359


Gladys Ryan


Bridgewater Normal


1 year


Sept. 1933


Grade 8


39 Minnie M. Tibbetts


Castine Normal


14 years


Sept. 1927


Grade 7


37


Marjorie E. Hunt


Framingham Normal


8 years


Sept. 1928


Grade 6


37 Mary B. Arnold


Tufts College


10 years


Sept. 1927


219


220


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Service Began


Grade 5


27


Dorothy Russell


Fitchburg Normal


Bridgewater Normal


8 years


Sept. 1929


Grade 4


31


Mabel I. Priestman


Farmington Normal


7 years


Sept. 1929


Grade 4


29


Julia F. Young


Gorham Normal


8 years


Oct. 1928


Grade 3


39


Rosalie S. Bayley


Thayer Academy


35 years


Sept. 1899


Grade 2


34 Hannah C. Whelan


Weymouth Training


42 years


Sept. 1890


Grade 1


36


Rena E. Hemenway


Salem Normal


16 years


Sept. 1922


Kindergarten


32


Bessie M. Scott


Aroostook Normal


10 years


Dec. 1930


Special Class


18


Bertha L. Jennings


Bridgewater Normal


26 years


Sept. 1925


PENNIMAN SCHOOL


Cadet


410


Louise Hough


Lesley Normal Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal Framingham Normal Keene Normal Westfield Normal


None


Sept. 1934


Grade 8


37 Eleanor G. Brown


Sept. 1922


Grade 7


45


Juliet Douty


Grade 6


31 Ruth Arbuckle


Sept. 1932


Grades 5 & 6


13-13


Florence M. Jeffers


Grade 5


32 Martha E. Ryder


Hyannis Normal 10 years


Feb. 1932


Grade 4


37 Mary E. Mills


Castine Normal 24 years


Sept. 1926 131/2 years 11 years 51/2 years 71/2 years Sept. 1931


Sept. 1926


221


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Service Began


Grades 3 & 4


11-17


Marie G. Sward


Atlantic Union


9 years


Sept. 1931


Grade 3


36


Mildred Hazeltine


Plymouth Normal


9 years


Dec. 1930


Grade 2


30


Ilo L. Sullard


Willimantic Normal


9 years


Dec. 1930


Grades 1 & 2


13-12


Mary E. Rand


Bridgewater Normal


3 years


Sept. 1932


Grade 1


29


Frances Ryan


Bridgewater Normal


1 year


Sept. 1933


Kindergarten


54


Cecilia C. Whelan


Wheelock Kindergarten


18 years


Sept. 1916


EAST DISTRICT


District Principal


I. Raymond Libby


Boston University Farmington Normal 10 years


Sept. 1929


JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL


Cadet


294


Frances E. Landrey


Hyannis Normal


1 year


Sept. 1933


Grade 8


28


Bertha E. Hinchcliffe


Salem Normal


19 years


Sept. 1924


Grade 7


46


Ena M. Bell


Aroostook Normal


11 years


Sept. 1929


Grade 6


27


Catherine E. Tobin


Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal


5 years


Sept. 1931


Grade 5


39 Beatrice P. Ryan


4 years


Sept. 1931


Grade 4


45


M. Irma Killian


Bridgewater Normal


20 years


Sept. 1916


Grade 3


32 Helen C. Dignan


Bridgewater Normal


16 years


Sept. 1921


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Service Began


Grade 2


28 Helen F. Moore


Bridgewater Normal


5 years


Sept. 1930


Grade 1


29 Marguerite L. Sumner


Page Kindergarten


38 years


Sept. 1904


Kindergarten


20


Sylvia L. Cox


Fannie A. Smith Kdg.


5 years


Sept. 1930


THOMAS A. WATSON SCHOOL


222


Cadet


365


Ruth Lonergan


Bridgewater Normal · Bridgewater Normal North Adams Normal


14 years


Sept. 1922


Grade 7


38


Ruth I. Clark


11 years Sept. 1925


Grade 6


43


Dorothy King


Bridgewater Normal 3 years


Sept. 1933


Grade 5


37 Mary T. Madden


Bridgewater Normal


15 years


Sept. 1923


Grade 4


42


Gladys M. Pierce


Castine Normal


14 years


Sept. 1927


Grade 3


47


Georgianna B. Barrows Aileen L. Kingsbury


R. I. College of Ed. Plymouth Normal


11 years


Sept. 1925


Grade 2


36


Grades 1 & 2


11-11


Doris E. Campbell


Framingham Normal


3 years


Sept. 1933


Grade 1


33 Violet Pirovano


Keene Normal


7 years


Sept. 1931


Kindergarten


31 Mary B. Warren


U. Lincoln School


Lesley Normal 12 years


Sept. 1929


1 year


Sept. 1933


Grade 8


36


A. Eugenia Wilbas


7 years


Sept. 1930


Service


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education Experience


Began


ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL


Cadet


367


May Burns


Bridgewater Normal


1 year


Sept. 1933


Grade 8


23


Helen H. MacDonough


Plymouth Normal


9 years


Sept. 1930


Grade 7


36


Mary G. Leahy


Keene Normal


13 years


Sept. 1928


Grade 6


40 Anna V. Galligan


Bridgewater Normal


26 years


Sept. 1916


Grades 5 & 6


9-13


Mary E. Gordon


Framingham Normal


6 years


Sept. 1933


Grade 5


36


Anna F. Clark


Gorham Normal


5 years


Sept. 1933


Grade 4


29


Emily A. Landry


Bridgewater Normal


18 years


Sept. 1918


Grade 3


40


Laura M. Snow


Gorham Normal


71/2 years


Jan. 1930


Grade 2


32


Martha V. Scully


Plymouth Normal


10 years


Sept. 1930


Grades 1 & 2


13-15


Henrietta F. E. Byam


Bridgewater Normal


301/2 years


Sept. 1933


Grade 1


40


Grace C. Church


Boston Normal


16 years


Sept. 1933


Kindergarten


24


Florence M. Ladrigan


11 years


Sept. 1927


Special Class


17


Alice Crocker


Perry Kindergarten Bridgewater Normal


26 years


Sept. 1925


. SUNDRY PERSONS


Vocal Music


Ingrid E. Ekman


N. E. Conservatory Boston University Mass. School of Art


24 years


Sept. 1919


Instrumental Music


Frederick W. J. Lewis


27 years


Sept. 1923


Drawing


Ruth H. Johnson


10 years


Sept. 1927


223


Service


Department


Oct. 1, 1934 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Began


Physical Education


Ellsworth R. Thwing


Aurora College


7 years


Sept. 1929


Physical Education


Alice E. Daughraty


Posse Nissen School


7 years


Sept. 1929


Nurse


Mary E. Collins


Malden Hospital


32 years


Sept. 1929


Superintendent


C. Edward Fisher


St. Lawrence University Brown University


34 years


Oct. 1921


Secretary


Thelma Mackenzie


Braintree High School


9 years


Sept. 1925


Carpenter


Edward O. Long


June 1922


Supervisor of Attendance


Mrs. Frances L. Walker


Sept. 1934


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Physician


Dr. F. H. Gile


Physician


Dr. H. W. Ripley


Physician


Dr. J. J. Gallivan


JANITORS


William G. Benham, 10 May Ave., Braintree. George W. Jennings, 317 Washington St., Braintree. Elia Dyer, 20 Tremont St., South Braintree. Helen Dyer, 20 Tremont St., South Braintree. Joseph E. Hayden, 55 Pearl St., South Braintree. Frank T. Lindsay, 26 Frederick Rd., South Braintree. Omer W. Hollis, 282 Union St., Braintree.


Edward C. Holyoke, 24 Liberty St., East Braintree. Joseph M. McRae, 32 Hillside Ave., East Braintree James L. Parker, 66 Hillcrest Rd., East Braintree. Nelson E. Hayden, 305 Pond St., South Braintree. J. Herbert Annis, 40 Summer St., South Braintree. Howard Harrington, 74 Liberty St., South Braintree. Marion C. Gillette, 21 Hancock St., South Braintree.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Teachers' Salaries


$190,321.75


Superintendent


3,825.00


Secretary


1,105.00


Attendance Officer


425.00


Nurse, School Physicians & Health Supplies


2,358.75


Janitors' Salaries


14,390.76


Fuel


7,903.69


Light, Water & Miscel-


laneous


4,729.49


Textbooks & Supplies


15,146.20


Transportation


9,627.00


Tuition


3,818.51


Repairs & ERA Projects


21,492.42


Outlay


1,075.56


Miscellaneous


3,060.04


$279,279.17


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RECEIPTS BY THE TOWN ON ACCOUNT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT -


Massachusetts School Fund $28,980.00


State Reimbursement (on Tuition paid)


1,612.96


State Tuition (Wards)


540.32


Miscellaneous


113.67


$ 31,246.95


$248,032.22


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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN


December 31, 1934.


To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree, Mass .:-


I herewith submit the report of the tree depart- ment for the 1934 fiscal year:


Appropriated and expended on general trim- ming of trees $300.00


After the above appropriation was exhausted we suffered several severe storms which so damaged the trees that further emergency work was necessary in the amount of $167. 13. There has been no appro- priation to date for this amount.


Our trees have benefited through CWA project No. 812 which included 100 new trees, loam, dressing, trucking and some 4800 odd man hours of labor. The benefit in dollars to our trees amounting to $4,826.36, $1,471.34 of which you voted to appropriate in your special town meeting as the town contribution, the balance of $3,355.02 being furnished by the federal government. A small portion of this project was com- pleted in 1933.


Your tree warden was able to obtain still further benefit for your trees through the medium of ERA project No. 2040B15-64. This project represents about 4800 man hours and an outlay of $3,917.80. The town's share of this amount is $428.00 which repre- sents a transfer from the special Emergency Fund ap- propriated at your regular town meeting this year to


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be distributed at the discretion of the finance commit- tee. A small portion of this project will extend into 1935.


Our trees through these projects above mentioned have received a thorough pruning never before possi- ble due to lack of funds. Your Tree Warden and ERA crew were highly commended for the splendid work being done by the federal inspector.


From the above it may be seen that our trees have received an approximate benefit of $9,000.00 with a 1934 tax levy of only $728.00.


Your tree warden has entered wholeheartedly into this campaign of health for the trees. He stands ready to tackle this larger monster that appears on the horizon in the form of the Dutch Elm disease. Your tree warden is asking for a larger appropria- tion for 1935 in order to avail ourselves of federal funds in the further promotion of our trees and the combat of the Dutch Elm Disease.


Yours for Braintree Trees,


C. R. BESTICK, Tree Warden.


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REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.


Gentlemen :


I respectfully submit the following report as Town Counsel for the year ending December 31, 1934.


On taking office as Town Counsel in March, I was confronted with a lengthy list of cases of long stand- ing together with numerous petitions seeking assess- ment of damages for land takings for sewer construc- tion.


The accumulation of litigation against the town is at- tributed chiefly to the voluminous amount of cases filed in our Superior Court and time needed the Court to dispose of lengthy lists of litigation.


In order to reduce the number of old cases and dispose of new cases, it was necessary to have office space in the Town Hall which your honorable board provided, and which proved very advantageous as it afforded me the opportunity of interviews with many of our citizens, accomplishing adjustments and settle- ments of their claims and to be consulted by the vari- ous town boards and officers upon matters of law and the drawing of necessary legal instruments pertain- ing to their particular office.


Among the matters on which I have been consulted or which I have handled in behalf of the town, may be mentioned the following: Land Takings for Sewer Construction, Land Damage cases on Street Reloca- tion and Layouts, Tax Appeal Cases, Settlement Cases,


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Tort Cases for Personal Injury and Property Damage. Numerous miscellaneous matters were handled with- out the necessity of any legal proceedings, involving in the aggregate, a small sum of money.


I appeared before a Legislative Committee and argued against a Special Town Election on the impor- tant matter of changing our present form of govern- ment to that of Town Manager Form of Government.


I would recommend that all awards and settle- ments of actions in connection with Land Takings for · Sewer Construction purposes be made a charge to the cost of Sewer Construction, and all appropriations made in the future for Sewer Construction should in- clude an amount sufficient to meet damages assessed for the Land Taking in connection with the Construc- tion of Sewers.


I wish to express my many thanks at having re- ceived from your honorable board and from the townspeople and town departments, helpful direction and assistance in dealing with the work of the Town Counsel's Department.


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR G. CHAPMAN Town Counsel.


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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSION


January 2, 1935.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.


We started the year with an entirely new person- nel of the board and the smallest appropriation in over 14 years. But we carried on the largest program of improvements on the parks for a great number of years, with the help of the CWA and the ERA proj- ects now available.


FRENCH'S COMMON


The grass was cut and the field was kept in good condition. The bleachers were painted, thirty-five feet of chain link fence was erected, the baseball diamond was rebuilt by the ERA workers and was a very successful project.


HOLLINGSWORTH PARK


Through lack of money, no work was done on this playground, but we think that the playground should be put to use in this thickly settled part of the town.


HOLLIS FIELD


Grass was cut and the field was raked weekly. We did away with the dump which had become a nuisance to the health of our children. The band- stand and refreshment booth were repaired and painted. The two tennis courts, which were started under the CWA workers, were finally completed un- der the ERA in the middle of the summer, but due to lack of funds, there was no wire fence erected around them and the courts stood idle when they could have been used to good advantage. The com-


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bination tennis court and ice skating rink was painted and a new net and reel installed, which was in use constantly. In the winter, the rink was flooded and hundreds of small children enjoyed safe skating there. The Hollis Field was in greater use than ever before, baseball being played there every day and evening last summer. The Braintree High School used this field for outdoor gymnastics, track, baseball and foot- ball. During the summer, the hill in right field was cut down. The old driveway leading to the tennis court was rebuilt. A rustic cedar fence of artistic de- sign was erected around the field.


At this time we would like to call to the attention of the people of Braintree, the need for a stadium, grandstand, restroom, and new bleachers of cement and steel construction. These could be erected at a very low cost if done under the PWA or ERA. The large number of people who attend the football games here and have to stand out on the damp ground would appreciate this very much. Our town should under- take this proposition right away as it would not only put men to work, helping out with our present unem- ployment troubles, but it would pay dividends in the form of better health, finer character, and a fuller measure of service to be rendered to our town, state, and nation when the children of today are called upon a few years hence to assume the burdens and respon- sibility of directing the affairs of business, govern- ment, and society in general.


ADAMS & WATSON PLAYGROUNDS


From an appropriation of $800 for the year of 1934, available for playgrounds in Precinct Three, we herewith submit the following report. Incidentally, this appropriation was not sufficient considering that there are two parks in Precinct Three. However,


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much improvement has been made in the condition of both playgrounds, including new equipment for both parks, and a new diamond on the Adams Street playground.




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