Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1934, Part 7

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Publication date: 1934
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Ireland 59


Scotland 74-2-0


Boston 51- 5-4


Sweden 38-6-8


Boston 2-9-7


Braintree 71-10-9


Boston


78


140


Date


Name


Birthplace


Age


5 Pauline Preibis


6 James P. Wallace


7 Thomas H. Rideout


Maine


63- 9-16


Canton 71-4-16


New Brunswick 72- 0- 8


15 Peter Sulmanov


Russia


55-7-10


15 Stillborn


16 Annie J. Daily


Braintree


73-8-0


Boston 58


Boston 12- 7-23


19 Annie E. Wermers


Roxbury 68


London, Eng. 78-2-10


Braintree 1- 3-0


Natick 30- 9-24


26 Emma Jane Campbell


26 Daniel H. Pitts


Nova Scotia


58-4-8


27 Clayton Jones


Revere 34- 4-25


29 Barbara Ann Wilson


Quincy


0- 0-26


JUNE


1


3 Fidelia Dyer


Boston


78


4 Joseph Urbanowicz


5 John Alberts


Canada 74-0-5


5 Harriet Salina Dailey


Nova Scotia


75-3-8


7 August Martin


Finland 68- 6-19


8 Peter Bertrand


Canada 71- 4-24


9 Peter Alphonsus Welch


Calais, Me.


54- 6-17


14 William Nickson


England 80- 4-14


15 William F. Marguardt


Germany 66- 5-17


15 Winfield Scott Holland


Philadelphia 56-4-4


15 Eugene O'Neill


Braintree 33-11- 0


17 Frances Carlozzi


Quincy 4-6-0


Cambridge 24-5-9


20 Barbara A. Fitzgerald


Weymouth


3- 1-29


Norwood 19- 8-25


Malden 9-3-11


13 Lester A. Johnson


14 Joseph Henry Aitken


17 Katherine J. Walsh


18 Robert Whipple Pillsbury


25 Selina Mary Davis


25 George R. Hall 1


26 Edna A. Damon


Randolph Abt. 59


Poland 39


141


19 Ruth A. Joslin


Date Name


24 Lena E. Baker


28 James T. McKenna


29 Annie Cora Drinkwater


Birthplace


Age


Waltham


58-7-2


Hingham


76-1-2


Maine


79-5-28


JULY


1 Walter L. Poole


5 Helen Schneider


6 Leonar R. Weeks


Monmouth, Me. 64- 3- 4


11 Elizabeth F. McCue


Ireland


65


14 Mary Frances Sanborn


Somerville


74-11-9


15 Burgess Fay Putnam


Marlboro 55-10-25


Lowell 89-6-23


Somerville 65- 2-16


Conn.


52-10-29


Ireland 89


Brockton


74-5-14


AUGUST


2 Bertha E. King


3 James Venuti


3 Marion Tocchio


Quincy 23-6-2


8 George Henry Slade


Chelsea 79-0-24


9 Pauline Faneuil Robinson


N. Carolina 64-3-4


11 Mary E. Hale


Braintree 88-1-1


Baltimore, Md. 20- 6-11


Braintree 75-9-2 N. H. 75-6-20


Conn. 78- 6-28


Italy 44-8-17


Beechmont


20-3-2


23 Stillborn


Nova Scotia


40-9-8


12 Theresa Calderone


12 Mary Lizzie Parker


12 Adelaide Louisa Rowe


17 Joseph Edward Cornish


20 Rose Messina


21 Alfred S. Hutchinson


Randolph


90-10-27


Braintree 30- 8-10


21 Lavonne E. Crane


21 Marie L. Croke


25 Maurice Fitzgerald


26 Mary D. Mahar


27 Edwin Leslie Emerson


Boston 17 hours


142


SEPTEMBER


Date Name


Birthplace


Age


4 Loretta Smith


Sackville N. B. 86- 2- 3


8 William A. Cummings


Lynn 66-10-30


10 Ferdinand Schwab


New York 50- 6-13


12 Maria Childs Lane


N. H. 88- 5-26


13 Stillborn


15 Laura A. Wavle


England


70-1-3


16 Thomas J. Farrell


Sudbury


36-8-2


17 Paul J. Murphy


Roxbury 28-7-28


21 George E. McCarthy


Weymouth 35-2-8


24 Amelia M. Sullivan


Ireland


45


26 Hannah Sibley Willis


30 Mary Lockwood


Nova Scotia


30-5-0


OCTOBER


2 Alice Rahko


Vancouver


22-4-6


5 Stillborn


7 George R. Kempl


Stockbridge


67-0-23


9 Dean J. Kingsbury


Braintree


21-10-9


12 Benson


14 Marion L. Gould


Boston


75


14 William Rogers Drake


Quincy


69-11-14


18 Alice Elizabeth Hussey


England 60-8-16


20 Florence M. Knaus


Whitman 31- 6-21


21 William H. Anderson


P. E. I.


58-10-0


21 Thelma G. Bates


Braintree


6 hours


21 Mary J. Harrigan


Dedham


67-9-21


22 Stillborn


22 Lizzie Bailey


New Brunswick 54-11- 8


Milford 69-1-8 22 George Gower Ellsworth


23 Mary J. Kelley


Andover 81-11-28


25 Effie Irene Cobb


Eastham 76-9-21


26 Edna Johnson


Quincy 24-4-8


143


Milford 78-2-4


Arlington 6 hours


Date Name


26 Michael F. Canavan


29 Elizabeth C. Turner


30 Florence Mabelle Gillette


3.0 . George H. Eggleton, Jr.


31 Annabelle Ross


Birthplace


Age


Quincy 46-3-26


China, Me. 91- 5-29


Charlestown


66- 8-21


Quincy 15-3-17


P. E. I.


81-10-6


NOVEMBER


8


Sarah A. Flye


8 Cornelius O'Brien


9 John Gustafson


Sweden 68-6-3


10 Mary Collari


Italy 23-8-17


12 Henry B. Barham


Virginia 64-4-18


Ohio


75-6-5


17 Matthias J. McNamara


Boston


79


19 Sarah Wright


Braintree 77-4-27


Somerville 54


Nova Scotia 59-0-13


Princeton, Me. 52- 1- 6


22 Benjamin Bannon


27 Anderson


Weymouth


20 min.


29 Pietro Pino


Italy


58


30 Henry Chase Searle


30 Claire E. Shay


Braintree


51-3-3


DECEMBER


1 Bridget Theresa Shea


3 John J. Cleggett


5 Beatrice Bessie Marcham


6 Mabel Elizabeth Morgan


6 Frank E. Wentworth


7 Alton Otis


10 Doris S. Stevens


Ireland


50


Ireland 57-3-18


England 52-1-15


Lubec, Me. 37-11-7


Canton 69-10-13


Avon 18-6-7


Boston 17- 7-15


Nova Scotia


79-3-26


Lynn 74-10-0


13 Isaac Lawrenc Jones


19 Mary T. Doherty


20 Joseph F. Bonvie


20 Charles F. Hall


Braintree 86-0-13


Maine 71-4-17


144 .


Date Name


Birthplace Age


10 Alice A. Kay


Boston 48-1-25


12 Frederick E. Bumpus


Wareham 62- 8-12


17 Murch Brondson, Jr.


Milton


38-11-27


17 Ralph C. Lonergan


Weymouth


69-1-27


17 Freda Heuser


Boston 67- 9 -- 0


19 Katherine T. Slavin


Braintree 70-2-27


21 Edyth Blancherd


Joilet, Ill. 46-8-0


23 Jennie Stevens


Nyack, N. Y. 66-9-3


26 Augustus H. Angier


Lynn 60- 7 -- 11


. 31 Margaret Levangie


Nova Scotia


85-8-0


Total number of deaths: 208.


Males, 107; Females, 101; Single, 53; Married, 94; Wid- owed, 60; Divorced, 1.


Birthplaces: Braintree, 20; other places in Massachusetts, 91; Canada, 21; Maine, 14; Ireland, 12; England, 9; Italy, 7; New York, 4; New Hampshire, 3; Vermon, 3; Connecticut, 3; Sweden, 3; Pennsylvania, 2; Finland, 2; Russia, 2; Germany, 2; Rhode Island, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Scotland, Switzerland, Poland and Cape Verde Island, 1 ech.


Ages: Stillborn, 6; Under 1 year, 10; 1 to 10, 5; 11 to 20, 7; 21 to 30, 13; 31 to 40, 11; 41 to 50, 16; 51 to 60, 39; 61 to 70, 30; 71 to 80, 45; 81 to 90, 21; over 90, 5.


Diseases: Tuberculosis, 26 (Residents 2, non-residents 24) ; Cancinoma, 27; Pneumonia, 25; Arterio sclerosis, 24; Myocardi- tis, 19; Accident, 16; Heart disease, 13; Cerebral hemorrhage, 13; Stillborn, 6; Nephritis, 5; Diabetes Mellitus, 5; Prematurity, 5; Appendicitis, 2; Meningitis, 2; Coronary thrombosis, 2; Rup- ture, 2; Cinhosis of liver, 2; Grippe, Tumor, Suicide, Natural Causes, Peritonitis, Malignancy, Acute Alcoholism, Acute Cho- lelthrasis, Intestinal obstruction, Cardiac insufficiency, Bilateral Mastorditis, Uratheral structure, Atelectasis nematorium and Prolapse uteri-lae of cervix, 1 each.


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DOG LICENSES ISSUED JANUARY 1, 1934 TO DECEMBER 31, 1934 INCLUSIVE


Total number issued


866


582 Males @$ 2.00 $1,164.00


99 Females @ 5.00 495.00


182 female (spayed) @ 2.00 364.00


2 Breeder's @ 25.00 50.00


1 Breeder's @ 50.00 50.00


$2,123.00


Credit by cash paid Town Treasurer as per vouchers $1,954.60


Fees retained


173.20


$2,127.80


Overpaid Town Treasurer


4.80


$2,123.00


SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED JANUARY 1, 1934


TO DECEMBER 31, 1934 INCLUSIVE


Total number issued


457


131 Res. Citizens Fishing


@$2.00 $ 262.00


200


Hunting @ 2.00 400.00


69


Sporting @ 3.25


224.25


34


Minor and


Female


Fishing@ 1.25


42.50


4 " "


Trapping @ 5.25 21.00


146


15 " Sporting


4 Duplicate


Free @ .50 2.00


$951.75


Credit by cash paid Division of Fisheries and Game


$ 842.25


Fees retained


109.50


$951.75


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST C. WOODSUM,


Town Clerk.


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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION


Division of Accounts


REPORT OF AN AUDIT OF


The Town of Braintree


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933. Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws.


May 9, 1934.


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation


Division of Accounts State House, Boston.


Henry F. Long, Commissioner


Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts


To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Edward Avery, Chairman


Braintree, Massachusetts.


Gentlemen :


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the Town of Braintree for the year end- ing December 31, 1933, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.


Very truly yours,


THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.


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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.


As directed by you I have made as audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Braintree for the year ending December 31, 1933, and submit the fol- lowing report thereon.


Sir :'


The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The re- corded receipts were compard with the departmental reports of payments to the treasurer and with the treasurer's records, while the recorded disbursements were checked with the warrants approved by the Se- lectmen and with the treasurer's books. The ledger accounts were analyzed, the necessary correcting and adjusting entries were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared show- ing the financial condition of the town as of Decem- ber 31, 1933.


In checking the original vouchers and pay-rolls on file it was noted that departmental bills incurred in 1932 were paid in 1933 from appropriations intended for the maintenance of the departments in 1933, and that at the close of 1933 there were unpaid bills of 1933 on file in excess of $31,000, of which sum bills totaling $12,000 were paid early in 1934 in anticipa- tion of the town meeting vote specifically appropriat- ing money for unpaid bills of 1933. Attention in this connection is called to the fact that, in a number of instances, had these bills of prior years been charged to the appropriation of the year in which they were


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incurred, considerable overdrafts would have been shown on the books. To incur liabilities in excess of appropriations voted by the town for specific pur- poses is contrary to the provisions of Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws, which reads as follows:


No department of any city or town, except Boston, shall incur liability in excess of the appropriation made for the use of such de- partment, except in cases of extreme emer- gency involving the health or safety of persons or property, and then only by a vote in a city of two thirds of the members of the city coun- cil, and in a town by a vote of two thirds of the Selectmen.


Attention is also called to Section 58, Chapter 41, General Laws, which provides for the notification of departmental officials by the town accountant when- ever any appropriation shall have been expended or whenever it appears that the liabilities incurred against any appropriation may be in excess of the un- expended balance thereof, and which prohibits the allowance of claim or the incurrence of further lia- bilities until the town makes provision for their pay- ment.


The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The receipts, as re- corded on the cash book, were checked with the rec- ords of the several departments collecting money for the town, with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, and with the town ac- countant's records. The payments by the treasurer were compared with the Selectmen's warrants au- thorizing the disbursment of town funds and with the accountant's books.


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The treasurer's cash book was footed and an- alyzed, and the cash balance was verified by an act- ual count of the cash in the office, by a reconciliation of the bank accounts with statements received from the several banks of deposit and by an examination of the savings bank books.


Appended to this report are tables showing a re- conciliation of the treasurer's cash.


The debt and with interest payments were recon- ciled with the amounts falling due and with the can- celled securities and coupons on file.


The tax title deeds on file were examined and listed, the necessary adjusting entries being made to bring the accountant's ledger into agreement with the detailed list.


The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The taxes and as- sessments outstanding at the time of the previous ex- amination were audited, and all subsequent commit- ments of taxes and assessments were verified and compared with the assessors' warrants for their col- lection. The recorded collections were checked with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements, as re- corded, were checked with the records of abatements granted by the assessors, and the outstanding ac- counts were listed and proved to the accountant's books.


A recommitment of the taxes and assessments to a new collector was made as of March 15, 1934, the outstanding accounts being listed and proved to the accountant's ledger and the total outstanding on each of the several levies being given to the assessors for the preparation of the recommitment warrants.


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The outstanding accounts were verified by mail- ing notice to a number of persons whose names ap- peared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts as listed, are correct.


Appended to this report are summary tables of the tax accounts.


The financial accounts of the town clerk were ex- amined. The records of dog and sporting licenses issued were checked and the payments to the town and to the State were verified.


The books and accounts of the Municipal Light Department were examined and checked in detail. The payments to the treasurer were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled to the accountant's ledger.


Appended to this report are tables showing sum- maries of the electric light accounts receivable.


The books and accounts of the Water Department were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked to the consumers' accounts, the payments to the treasurer were verified by a com- parison with the treasurer's books, and the outstand- ing accounts were listed and reconciled with the ac- countant's ledger.


Tables showing a reconciliation of the water de- partment accounts are appended to this report.


The savings bank books and securities represent- ing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer and the trustees of the library


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were personally examined and listed. The income was proved and the disbursements were verified.


In addition to the departments and accounts men- tioned, the accounts of all other departments collect- ing money for the town were examined, and the pay- ments to the treasurer were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's books.


The surety bonds of the various officials for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.


For the co-operation extended by the several town officials during the process of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.


Respectfully submitted,


(Signed) HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts.


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TOWN OF BRAINTREE Balance Sheet - December 31, 1933 GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash :


In Bank and Office.


$83,852.36


Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue


$253,000.00


Sale of Real Estate Fund


925.00


Accounts Payable


26,808.58


Dog Licenses - County


3.80


Donations from Town Em-


ployees 193.96


Trust Fund Income:


Braintree School Fund. $930.73


Charles Thayer Fund. . 599.12


Ann M. Penniman Fund 81.75


Charles E. French Fund


28.48


Braintree Tercentenary


Fund 8.01


Old Age Assistance Taxes:


George W. Kelley Fund


1.83


Levy of 1931


$28.00


Levy of 1932


311.00


Levy of 1933


844.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1931 $1,008.15


Water Department Avail-


155


Levy of 1927


$41.28


Levy of 1928


3.04


Levy of 1929


3.24


Levy of 1930


1.54


Levy of 1931


4,097.20


Levy of 1932


49,625.95


Levy of 1933


312,791.73


366,563.98


Hannah R. Hollis Fund


4.81


Julia A. Minchin Fund


5.21


1,659.94


1,183.00 Electric Light Department- Depreciation 20,355.17


Accounts Receivable :


Taxes :


Levy of 1932 3,101.15


Levy of 1933


5,422.88


Special Assessments: Moth :


Levy of 1932


$28.50


Levy of 1933


184.50


116.00


Road 100.00


Highway Betterments:


Levy of 1931


$27.00


Levy of 1932


3,121.84


Levy of 1933


1,819.40


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Committed Interest on Highway Betterments:


Police and Fire Station 6,246.15


Sewer System Construction 7,158.41


Water Department Stand-


pipe Construction 556.99


Water Department Filtra-


tion Plant 44,926.12


Sewer System Construc-


tion P. W. A.


150,000.00


Tax Titles 44,684.59 45,991.59


215,572.89


Water Rates and Services. .


27,115.26


Loans Authorized-P. W. A. Sewer Construction


150,000.00 Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1933 7,171.63


Overlay Deficits : Levy of 1932 Overdrawn Appropriations:


2,205.11


Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 9,532.18


22,239.09


7,839.41


9,532.18


able Surplus Electric Light Department -Available Surplus Unexpended Balances : General : Sewer House Connections Rebuilding Porches Le- gion Building Highways - Cavanagh


4,500.00


213.00


Zoning Committee


348.75


Pensions-Laborers Elec- tric Light Department 1,000.00


C. W. A. Projects 620.40


4,968.24


6,685.15


Levy of 1931


$14.58


Levy of 1932 442.83


Levy of 1933


882.56


1,339.97


Municipal Light


Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus 70.54


Snow and Ice


$3,413.11


Special Assessments


6,521.21


Temporary Aid


28,135.68


Tax Title


44,684.59


Mothers' Aid


558.57


Municipal Light


45,991.59


Soldiers' Relief


8,153.65


Water


27,115.26


Interest


3,729.86


133,844.83 91,955.51


$781,640.15


$781,640.15


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DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS


Apportioned Highway Betterment Assessments Not Due . $17,093.60


Apportioned Highway Betterment Assessments Revenue Due In:


1934


$2,553.60


1935


2,462.60


1936


2,452.50


1937


2,392.60


1938


2,392.60


1939


2,392.60


1940


1,278.00


1941


1,169.00


$17,093.60


$17,093.60


$17,093.60


43,990.87 Surplus Revenue


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt


$1,147,000.00 Police and Fire Station Loan 92,000.00


Sewerage Loans


507,000.00


Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital Loan 2,000.00


Sidewalk Loans


26,000.00


School Loans


484,000.00


Water Mains and Stanpipe Loans


36,000.00


$1,147,000.00


$1,147,000.00


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TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities:


In Custody of Town Treasurer $56,885.47


In Custoday of Library Treasurer. . 13,693.41


Trust Funds: In Custody of Town Treasurer:


Braintree School Fund 8,893.15


Charles E. French Fund 2,419.50


Ann M. Penniman Fund


500.00


Nathaniel H. Hunt Li- brary Fund 24,276.99


Charles Thayer Fund


20,329.06


George W. Kelley Ceme- tery Fund 200.00


Hannah R. Holis Ceme- tery Fund 100.00


Julia A. Minchin Ceme- tery Fund 100.00


Braintree Tercentary Fund


66.77


$56,885.47


In Custody of Library Treasurer: Foundation Fund 11,020.91


Caleb Stetson Fund 2,500.00


Rachel R. Thayer Fund 172.50


$13,693.41


$70,578.88 Detailed tables on file in Town Clerk's office.


$70,578.88


A true copy. Attest:


ERNEST C. WOODSUM Town Clerk.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


School Department


OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE


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Printed by Order of the Town


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Mr. Henry D. Higgins, Chairman, 490 Washington St., Braintree.


Mrs. Alida N. Stevens, Secretary, 75 Tremont St., South Braintree.


Mr. Wilford P. Woodsum, 99 Academy St., South Mr. Howard B. Blewett, 363 Tremont St., Braintree. Mr. Herbert O. Boardman, 49 Mount Vernon St., Braintree.


Mrs. Harriet B. W. Kimball, 137 Shaw St., East Braintree.


Braintree.


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Mr. C. Edward Fisher, 108 Cedar St., Braintree. Office Telephone, Braintree 0782. Office Hours on School Days from eight to nine a. m. at the Town House.


SECRETARY


Miss Thelma Mackenzie, 48 Plain St. South Braintree. Office Hours eight to twelve, one to five, on days when school is in session.


MEETINGS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Second Monday of each month at eight o'clock in the Town House, Washington St., South Braintree.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


January 2, 1935.


To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree:


The year just passed has been a most strenuous one because of the opportunities presented through Federal aid for many necessary repairs and improve- ments to our school buildings and grounds. Further- more, there were many classes organized for adult education which were supported by Federal funds.


Your Committee has availed itself of the oppor- tunities presented, and as a consequence every build- ing has been painted on the outside, and work is now being done painting the iside. Some work was done on the grounds of the Penniman, Highlands, Jonas Perkins and Watson schools, and extensive work was done on the grounds at the Monatiquot and Abraham Lincoln schools, creating larger and better play- ground areas about these buildings. With the com- ing of spring it is hoped that this work on school grounds may be continued and completed if Federal support for such work is continued and if time per- mits.


Five of our schools-the Pond, Monatiquot, High, Hollis and Jonas Perkins schools-have been con- nected with the sewer. These are the only schools where connections can be made at present.


It should be observed that repairs and improve- ments to our school buildings and grounds have cost the Town some money, since the Federal government furnishes only labor and but little or no materials. The Federal Government spent $24,848.60 for these


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projects on school buildings and grounds, and the Town spent, through the School Department $5,412.59 and through the Sewer Department $1,750.00.


In the past two years all the employees of this de- partment, without exception, have been donating 15% of their salaries for the purpose of making easier the financial burden of the Town. If the finan- cial condition of the Town is still such as to require the practice of strict economy it seems only fair to place the burden for 1935 somewhere else rather than on the' shoulders of our Town employees, who have borne the burden for the past years. We recommend and urge favorable action for the restoration of all municipal salaries, and recommend that economies be practiced somewhere else rather than on salaries, which are relatively low even with no donations. The School Department budget for 1935 is made up on this basis.


The reports following give detailed information relative to the activities of this department and are worthy of your attention.


We wish to take ths opportunity to express our appreciation of the energetic and effective work of our Superintendent. He has spared neither time nor energy on the problems of the department, which have increased tremendously in number and com- plexity.


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY D. HIGGINS, Chairman ALIDA N. STEVENS, Recording Secretary HARRIET B. W. KIMBALL HOWARD B. BLEWETT


HERBERT O. BOARDMAN


WILFORD P. WOODSUM


School Committee.


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


January 2, 1935.


To the School Committee :


I present herewith, as Superintendent of Schools, my fourteenth annual report.


The opening of schools in September found a de- crease of four in the number of teaching positions, and resignations required the placing of seven new names on our list of teachers.


Extensive improvements and repairs were made possible to our buildings and grounds through Fed- eral Aid, but much work still remains which may wisely be done if the Federal Government continues to support such work, and some work must be done whether or not such aid is continued. The roof of the Hollis School is in very bad condition. This roof has been patched here and there in an effort to econoo- mize, but leaks continue to develop from time to time, and have caused damage to the interior which now should be repaired. The condtition is such that the policy of patching can be continued no longer.


Before the Federal Project of painting the inter- ior of the Noah Torrey Primary is carried out-it has been approved already - the exterior walls of this building should be waterproofed. In a beating storm the moisture comes through and stains the walls.


With the construction of a State Road over Gran- ite Street and Pond Street to Randolph, it would seem


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likely that in the near future developments may make it wise and necessary to replace the Southwest build- ing and portable with a real school house, so planned as to allow for the future development of a 12 or 14- room building with an auditorium. Of course present need as to number of rooms is quite modest, but the physical condtion of what now stands there is very, very poor and almost, if not quite beyond repair, and something is needed.


There is but one of our elementary units without the convenience afforded by an electric clock and telephone system, and that building is the Jonas Per- kins school. I feel that it should be provided at the earliest opportunity.


The radio and the motion picture machine are coming more and more into use each year as tools in educational work. Some of our buildings are pro- vided with electric utlets in the back of classrooms for this purpose, and as time goes on other buildings should have these facilities provided, so that when the time comes that Braintree feels it can afford to launch out into the use of these educational facili- ties in a definite, uniform and comprehensive program for the whole town, buildings will be in readiness.


During the year 1934 fire escapes were erected on the Jonas Perkins and Monatiquot schools; exten- sive repairs have been made to boilers at the Noah Torrey Grammar and Jonas Perkins Schools, which have materially increased their efficiency; a receiving tank has been installed in connection with the vacuum system of the heating plant at the Penniman School, which is expected to eliminate so far as possible a recurrence of damage resulting from freeze-ups which in the whole school system cost over $3000.00 last year; all school grounds had more or less work




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