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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
FROM
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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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