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Alsace Lorraine
64
16 Stillborn
17 Cora Allen
Braintree
80 -- 10- 3
18 Charles H. McDade
Scotland
36- 1-14
18 Albert Kissling
Cambridge
42-9-15
22 Margaret A. Leary
Ireland
83-10-19
23 Mary W. Brown
Marlboro
85- 1-23
24 Minnie E. Dickinson
Maine
47-9-1
25 Bertha K. Sword
Rockport
26- 9-10
26 John P. McManus
Braintree
63
27 Fred R. Lord
Stoneham
62-4-22
Braintree
76-7-29
NOVEMBER
3 Doane
Boston
10 hrs.
3 Doane
Boston
0-0-1
8 William Miller
Nova Scotia
81-3-11
Conn.
77-1-25
14 Rose A. Gallagher
Birthplace Age
Braintree
33- - 3
Canada
76-3-3
Nova Scotia
81- 7-
24 Martha M. Mackinnon
27 Idella F. S. Thayer
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Date
Name
Birthplace Age
14 Stillborn
15 Fannie L. Croft
Nova Scotia
68-8-9
15 Julia A. Maloney
Braintree
82- 0-0
17 Helen P. Maguire
Quincy
34-10-16
18 Agnes B. Hayward
Braintree
72-2-20
18 Raymond W. Wheeler
Boston
56-9-4
19 Philip Sherry
-
Ireland
60-0-0
19 Joseph A. Peach
England
71-2- 6
19 George A. Albonetti
Brockton
5-7-13
29 Jeanette D. Lewis
Nova Scotia
63-10- 8
29 Peter Moore
Gloucester
59-5-10
DECEMBER
1 Ruth Elizabeth Hinsdell Hodgdon Elgin, I11.
1 Elizabeth W. Pinel
Scotland
81-4-19
4 Emma Jane Smith
Nova Scotia
75-2-7
4 Gertrude Charlotte Phelps
Milton, Vt.
7 Louis Oezzella
Italy
82-9-0
11 Marie Louise Roberts
Phila. Pa.
64 9-7
13 William Howes Bain
Southboro
77-4-3
15 Stillborn
16 Frances Haggier Italy
60- 3-13
16
Oraanna Drollett
Braintree
78-11-4
18 Josephine M. Fitzgerald
Canada
75-7-19
20 William H. Sprague
Dighton
66-3-27
21 Jennie O. Hunt
Marshfield
78-6-6
21 Nelson Everson Hayden
Braintree
65-11-26
23 Isabella H. Morgan
Scotland
72-9-15
25 Stillborn
26 Otto Louis Duven
Switzerland
51-9-9
29 Charles C. Leining
Germany
82-2-23
Total number of deaths, 225.
Males 127, Females 98, Single 52, Married 95, Widowed 72, Divorced 6.
BIRTHPLACES: Braintree 22, other places in Massachusetts 103, Canada 28, Ireland 10, Italy 7, Maine 6, Scotland 6, Rhode Island 4, Con- necticut 4, Pennsylvania 4, England 4, Finland 4, New York 3, Vermont 3, New Hampshire 2, New Jersey 2, Illinois 2, Sweden 2, Virginia, France, Poland, Switzerland, Turkey, Savoy, Armenia, Azores and Germany 1 each.
AGES: Stillborn 13, under 1 year, 7; 1 to 10, 4; 11 to 20, 3; 21 to 30, 9; 31 to 40, 16; 41 to 50, 14; 51 to 60, 33; 61 to 70, 51; 71 to 80, 46; 81 to 90, 27; 91 to 100, 2.
DISEASES: Tuberculosis 38 (2 residents and 36 non-residents), Heart disease 34, Pneumonia 28, Carcinoma 23, Cerebral hemorrhage 15, Arterio-sclerosis 13, Stillborn 13, Thrombosis 11, Accident 9, Prematurity 4, Myocarditis 4, Nephritis 4, Embolism 4, Coronary Occlusion 3, Senility 2, Uremia 2, Suicide 2, Streptocosus 2, Coronary sclerosis , Erythroblastosis, Cirrhosis of liver, Peritonitis, Asthma, Hydrocephalus, Toxemia, Encapha- lopathy Cholelithiosis, Pneumatic fever, Abscess, Hernia, Angine pectoris and Gas bacillus infection, 1 each.
29-0-0
59-1-0
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DOG LICENSES ISSUED JANUARY 1, 1940 TO DECEMBER 31, 1940 INCLUSIVE
Total number issued.
1181
745 Males @ 2.00 $ 1,490.00
115 Females
@ 5.00.
575.00
314 Females (Spayed) @ 2.00.
628.00
3 Kennel
@ 25.00.
75.00
2 Kennel
@ 50.00.
100.00
2 Males (Transfer) @ .25
.50
$ 2,868.50
Credit by cash paid Town Treasurer .. 2,632.20
Fees Retained, Chap. 320, Sec. 11, Acts of 1934. 236.30
$ 2,868.50
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED JANUARY 1, 1940 TO DECEMBER 31, 1940 INCLUSIVE
Total number issued.
652
201 Res. Citizens' Fishing @ 2.00 $ 402.00
251 Res. Citizens' Hunting @ 2.00 502.00
120 Res. Citizens' Sporting @ 3.25
390.00
46 Res. Citizens' Female and Minor Fishing @
1.25
57.50
8 Res. Citizens' Minor Trapping @ 2.25
18.00
4 Res. Citizens' Trapping @ 5.25
21.00
15 Res. Citizens' Sporting
Free
7 Duplicates @ .50.
3.50
Credit by cash paid Division of Fisheries & Game
$ 1,394.00 1,236.50 Fees retained, Chap. 131, Sec. 9, G.L. 157.50
$ 1,394.00
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 ACCOUNTS OF
The Town of Braintree
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1939
Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws
April 4, 1940
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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
April 4, 1940.
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Henry D. Higgins, Chairman Braintree, Massachusetts Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Braintree for the fiscal year 1939, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Ac- counts.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts
TNW:FC
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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell
Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston Sir :
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Braintree for the fiscal year 1939, and submit the following report thereon:
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing pills for collection, were examined and verified by a comparison with the books and records in the offices of the town treasurer and the town accountant.
The books and accounts in the accountant's office were examined and checked. The general and appropriation ledger accounts were analyzed, the recorded receipts being compared with the treasurer's cash book and the payments being checked with the treasury warrants. The appropria- tions, transfers, and loans authorized, as recorded on the ledgers, were checked with the town clerk's records of financial votes passed by the town meeting and with the finance committee's authorizations of trans- fers from the reserve fund. -
The necessary ledger adjustments resulting from the audit were made, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1939, was prepared and is appended to this report.
In checking the paid vouchers and pay-rolls on file it was noted that several vouchers lacked sufficient detail to substantiate the charge. It is recommended that no bills be placed on a warrant for payment unless they are fully itemized to show the purpose of the expenditure, quantities, prices, date of purchase, mileage, etc.
It was also found that a bill amounting to $1,437.66 was paid i11 1939 for work done at the so-called Legion building, there apparently being no record of a written contract therefor as required by the town by-laws. Attention in this connection is called to Sections 1 and :l. Article V, of the town by-laws.
It was also noted that several W.P.A. vouchers of 1939 were paid in 1940 and charged to the 1940 appropriation. Had these bills been paid in the year in which they were incurred, an overdraft would have been shown on the books.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the records in the several departments in which charges originated or in which money was collected for the town, with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, and with the accountant's records. The payments were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the account- ant's books.
The cash book additions were verified and the cash balance on Febru- ary 3, 1940, was proved by a reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit, by actual count of the cash in the office, and by inspection of the savings bank books and the certificates of deposit.
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The payments on account of debt and interest were proved with the_amounts falling due, and were checked with the cancelled securtities and coupons on file. The unpaid coupons were listed and reconciled with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit.
The securities and savings bank books representing the investments of the trust and retirement funds in the custody of the town treasurer and the treasurer of the library trustees were examined and listed. The income was proved and the transfers to the town and the disbursements were verified.
The tax title deeds in the custody of the treasurer were examined and the amounts added to the tax title account were compared with the collector's records. The reported redemptions were checked with the receipts as recorded on the treasurer's and the accountant's books, the re- corded disclaimers and foreclosures were checked, and the tax titles on hand were listed, reconciled with the accountant's ledger, and verified by checking with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The tax and assessment accounts outstanding at the time of the previous examination were audited, and all subsequent commitments were proved. to the assessors' warrants issued for their collection. The recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the accountant's books, the abatements as recorded were compared with the assessors' record of abatements granted, the taxes transferred to the tax title account were checked with the records and deeds on file, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the account- ant's books.
The tax collecor's cash balance on February 3, 1940, was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by a reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit.
The records of departmental accounts receivable were examined and checked. The recorded payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's cash book, the abatements and disallowances were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved to the accountant's ledger.
The financial records of the town clerk were examined and checked in detail. The records of receipts on account of dog and sporting licenses were examined, the payments to the State being verified with the re- ceipts on file and the payments to the town treasurer being compared with the treasurer's cash book.
The selectmen's records of licenses and permits issued and of mis- cellaneous receipts were examined and checked, and the payments to the town were verified.
The records of departmental cash collections by the sealer of weights and measures, by the inspector of buildings, as well as by the health, school, and library departments, and of all other departments in which money was collected for the town, were examined and checked. The payments to the town treasurer were verified and the cash on hand in the several departments was proved by actual count.
The books and accounts of the electric light department were exam- ined and checked. A list of the outstanding accounts was drawn off from the consumers' ledger cards on file and reconciled with the controlling accounts kept by the department and the town accountant. The collec- tions as recorded were compared with the payments to the treasurer and the abatements and discounts were verified.
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The records of guarantee deposits for electric light service were examined, the refunds of deposits and interest were verified, and the bal- ance on hand was reconciled with the ledger accounts of the department.
The books and accounts of the water department were examined and checked. The recorded collections for water rates and charges were compared with the payments to the treasurer, the abatements were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the water department controls and the accountant's ledger.
The outstanding tax, assessment, electric light, and water accounts were verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose nanies appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The surety bonds furnished by the several town officials required by law to furnish such surety were examined and found to be in proper form.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the several cash accounts, summaries of tax, assessment, tax title, departmental, electric light and water accounts, as well as tables showing the condition and transactions of the various trust funds.
While engaged in making the audit, co-operation was received from all the town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for my- self, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts
HBD:FC
Detailed tables are on file in the Town Clerk's Office.
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
Balance Sheet-December 31, 1939 GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Cash-General
$364,530.23
Library Treasurer.
3,698.79
Electric Light Guarantees-Special Deposit. 3,850.66
$372,079.68
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1938:
Poll
36.00
Personal
901.53
Real Estate
55,146.90
Levy of 1939 :
Poll
692.00
Personal
3,562.20
Real Estate
240,632.41
300,971.04
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Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
$ 77.73 Levy of 1938 Levy of 1939
1,121.34
1,199.07
Special Assessments :
Sewer:
Unapportioned
$ 2,463.18
Added to Taxes 1938.
1,256.20
Added to Taxes 1939.
4,557.28
Sewer House Connections :
Unapportioned
3,654.81
Added to Taxes 1938
67.64
Added to Taxes 1939
444.54
Street :
Added to Taxes 1938 71.20
Added to Taxes 1939
477.30
Committed Interest :
Levy of 1938
553.58
Levy of 1939
1,979.07
15,524.80
Tax Titles and Possessions :
Tax Titles $ 39,112.38
Tax Possessions
49,364.90
88,477.28
Departmental:
Health
$ 3,066.74
Temporary Aid
12,242.74
Aid to Dependent Children
2,179.56
Old Age Assistance
890.48
State Aid and Soldiers' Burials
917.00
Miliary Aid
590.00
Electric Light
44,752.02
Water Rates and Services
24,266.33
Unprovided for and Overdrawn Accounts:
Underestimates 1939:
State Assessments 7.00
Tax Judgments
78.69
Execution of Judgments
572.46
Overlay Deficits :
Levy of 1926
$ 13.12
Levy of 1927
27.52
Levy of 1928
24.32
Levy of 1929
25.92
Levy of 1930
24.64
Levy of 1931
24.64
Levy of 1932
34.54
Levy of 1933
42.00
Levy of 1934
20.40
Levy of 1935
20.88
19,886.52
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Levy of 1936 Levy of 1937
236.54 259.50
754.02
$868,568.91
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue 1939
$200,000.00
Tailings-Unclaimed checks
3,035.41
Proceeds of Dog Licenses-Due County .
19.20
Dog Fund From County.
2,126.17
Sale of Real Estate Fund. ..
1,600.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund. ....
150.00
Trust Fund Income:
Charles E. French School Fund.
$ 30.24
Ann Maria Penniman School Fund. 53.09
Avis A. Thayer School Fund. 7.68
Library Funds
3,698.79
Charles Thayer Fund
391.40
George W. Kelley Cemetery Fund.
.45
Hannah R. Hollis Cemetery Fund.
4.11
Julia A. Minchin Cemetery Fund.
5.82
Joseph S. Miller Cemetery Fund.
1.64
Braintree Tercentenary Fund.
22.10
4,215.32
Guarantee Deposits :
Electric Light Customers. $ 3,535.36
Electric Light Interest .. . 315.30
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3,850.66
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance. $ 4,379.75
Aid to Dependent Children-Assistance. 173.17
Sewer P.W.A .- Reserved for Maturing Debt .... 8,877.77
Sewer Receipts-Reserved for Appropriation
20,935.29
Electric Light Available Surplus
3,577.63
Electric Light Depreciation
146,622.31
Electric Light Construction
40,000.00
Water Available Surplus
13,008.49
State Assessments.
3,005.75
Unexpended Appropriation Balances :
W.P.A. $ 7.89
Sewer Drainage Study
925.85
Highways-Chapter 90, Churc & Center Sts .. 5,999.94
1,897.52
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
8,831.20 514.46
Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1938 $ 4,291.70
Levy of 1939
1,149.36
5,441.06
Survey School System
13,430.69
Overestimates 1939:
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Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax.
$ 1,199.07
Special Assessment 15,524.80
Tax Title 88,477.28
Departmental 19,886.52
Electric Light . 44,752.02
Water
24,266.33
Surplus Revenue
204,099.25
$868,568.91
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Assessments Not Due:
Sewer
$ 64,959.41
Sewer House Connections
8,324.00
Street
1,481.00
$ 74,764.41
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue:
Due in 1940
$ 12,171.32
Due in 1941
12,108.03
Due in 1942
12,011.03
Due in 1943
11,981.03
Due in 1944
9,357.00
Due in 1945
4,271.00
Due in 1946
1,773.00
Due in 1947
1,168.00
Due in 1948
119.00
.
$ 64,959.41
Apportioned Sewer House Connection Revenue:
Due in 1940
$ 1,114.00
Due in 1941
1,109.00
Due in 1942
1,079.00
Due in 1943
1,059.00
Due in 1944
1,029.00
Due in 1945
995.00
Due in 1946
990.00
Due in 1947
686.00
Due in 1948
263.00
8,324.00
Apportioned Street Assessment Revenue:
Due in 1940
$ 781.00
Due in 1941
700.00
1,481.00
$ 74,764.41
194,106.02
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$716,680.70
$716,680.70
Police and Fire Station Loan
$ 44,000.00
Sewerage Loan
494,000.00
School Loan
148,000.00
Water Mains and Standpipe Loan.
3,000.00
Emergency Finance Loan
27,680.70
$716,580.70
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds :
Cash and Securities : In Custody of Town Treasurer.
$ 48,715.98
In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees.
13,693.41
$ 62,409.39
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Charles E. French School Fund. $ 2,419.50
Ann Maria Penniman School Fund. 500.00
Avis Thayer School Fund ... 500.00
Nathaniel H. Hunt Library Fund. 24,276.99
Charles Thayer Fund ..
20,329.06
George W. Kelley Cemetery Fund.
200.00
Charles C. Hill Cemetey Fund. . 100.00
Hannah R. Hollis Cemetery Fund.
100.00
Julia A. Minchin Cemetery Fund.
100.00
Joseph S. Miller Cemetery Fund.
123.66
Braintree Tercentenary Fund
66.77
$ 48,715.98
In Custody of Treasurer of Library Trustees:
Foundation Fund
$ 11,020.91
Caleb Stetson Fund 2,500.00
Rachel R. Thayer Fund. 172.50
13,693.41
$ 62,409.39
RETIREMENT SYSTEM ACCOUNTS
Municipal Contributory Retirement System Funds-Cash and Securities : In Custody of Town Treasurer. Interest Deficiency
$ 49,173.81
. 578.15
$ 49,751.96
....
....
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Annuity Savings Fund
$ 22,260.41
Pension Accumulation Fund
26,309.35
Annuity Reserve Fund
1,111.17
Expense Fund
71.03
...
$ 49,751.96
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
DECEMBER 31, 1939 to DECEMBER 31, 1940
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MR. ARCHIE T. MORRISON, Chairman 555 Liberty Street, South Braintree MRS. ALIDA N. STEVENS, Recording Secretary 75 Tremont Street, South Braintree MR. HOWARD B. BLEWETT, 363 Tremont Street, Braintree MR. C. EARLE BESTICK, 285 Washington Street, Braintree MR. HAROLD R. QUIMBY, 132 Tremont Street, South Braintree MR. HERBERT O. BOARDMAN, 49 Mt. Vernon Street, Braintree
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
MR. C. EDWARD FISHER, 10 Tremont Street, South Braintree Office Telephone 0782 Office Hours on School Days, 8:00 to 9:00 A.M.
SECRETARY
MISS EDNA E. WOODSUM
Office Hours: 8:00 to 12:00, 1:00 to 5:00, on days when Schools are in session.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
Second Monday evening of each month at 8:00 o'clock in the School Committee offices, 10 Tremont Street, South Braintree
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree:
The most important matter that will come up at the Town Meeting this March will be what the citizens of the Town through the Town Meet- ing members will do with the recommendation of the School Committee that an addition be made to the High School.
The matter has been pressing for several years. This year we have 1047 children in the High School, last year I reported 1066, which is a reduction of 19-13 of that 19 represent postgraduates, which apparently means that they were able to find work. However, although the Junior and Senior classes are 11 less than last year, the Freshman and Sopho- more classes have 5 more, so that the net reduction in pupils outside of postgraduates is 6. Undoubtedly we are faced with an increase in our school. population, some portion of which will be found in the High School, because of the increasing industrial activity in connection with the Defense Program. The Fore River Company expects to have from 18M to 20M employees- there are about 10M there now-and there is a considerable building program in Braintree now that will undoubtedly be augmented and continued.
Even if there were no increase in the school population in prospect, the question of an addition to the High School is even more important today than for several years back in view of the recommendations and challenging criticism in the School Survey Committee's report. The source of many of these criticisms lies largely in the lack of facilities necessary to make available the progressive and diversified program of studies in connection with technical, vocational, and domestic subjects that should be available in our High School and in the upper grades of the Grammar Schools.
The Survey Report is receiving and will continue to receive the deep- est attention. Several changes are in progress now, but the question of additional facilities still controls just how much can be done. Several changes have been made in the organization at the High School, all with a view to equalizing the burden and improving results, and the details will be found by referring to the Superintendent's report.
During the past year the Noah Torrey Grammar School has been partially equipped with an automatic sprinkler system. This coming year we plan that the Watson School will be so equipped, and we wonder if it would not be advisable to complete the sprinkler installations in the Jonas Perkins School and in the Monatiquot School, and thus give com- plete sprinkler systems to those two wooden schoolbuildings. This sug- gestion has already been discussed with the Sub-committee on Schools of of the Finance Committee, and it is possible they may recommend that in their judgment this would be a wise thing to do.
Our budget for 1941 has been completed and calls for $338,225.
We wish to record our appreciation of the faithful and efficient service rendered by the superintendent and all other employees of the department. We call your attention to the superintendent's report which follows, which is a consolidated report covering the various activities.
Yours very truly,
ARCHIE T. MORRISON, Chairman ALIDA N. STEVENS, Recording Secretary C. EARLE BESTICK HOWARD B. BLEWETT HERBERT O. BOARDMAN HAROLD R. QUIMBY
January 10, 1941
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee:
I present herewith, as Superintendent of Schools my twentieth annual report. At your request the reports from the various subordinates having responsibility for various departments and activities in the School De- partment are not presented for printing in the Annual Town Report. This necessitates the exercise of judgment in selecting those things in the re- ports of these various individuals to me which I feel most worthy of note.
It is not through any oversight, or because of not being willing and able to do so, that no reference is made in this report to the recent survey of the School Department. Comments, or discussions, on this report are out of place unless asked for, and since it has been asked for, and received, by the School Committee from almost all the teachers, principals and the Superintendent, I feel that it is for you, the School Committee, to say whatever is to be said.
Last summer with the closing of our schools four grade school teach- ers resigned to be married, and one has resigned since the opening of our schools in September for the same reason. These vacancies were filled by the election of those who had been cadets. Two of our teachers, Miss Rosalie S. Bayley and Miss Bertha L. Jennings, retired. Miss Bayley had served this Town faithfully and long, over forty years, and she will be remembered for many years to come. Her position was filled by the elec- tion of one who had been a cadet teacher. Miss Jennings had the Special Class at the Hollis School, where she had been for over fifteen years. This vacancy had to be filled in accordance with the State Department of Education's requirements, by one who had had special training for this particular kind of work, and since none of our corps could qualify it was necessary to select from a list of names submitted by the State, and Miss Nanna R. Benson was chosen. For Miss Jennings are the best wishes of all of us and the hope for years of health and happiness to come.
Just prior to our Christmas vacation death deprived the Department of the services of Nelson E. Hayden, janitor for many years at the Noah Torrey Grammar School, and prior to that at the school on Pond Street known as the South West School. His services began in the year of August 1912. No more fitting tribute to his memory is possible than the quotation from a recent communication to the School Committee from the teachers of that building.
"During the past month we lost a very quiet, unassuming but exceptionally efficient man, Mr. Hayden, from our midst. His passing was keenly felt because by many acts of kindness, consideration and efficiency in his work, he made our days in school pleasanter."
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