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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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