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Pupils Enrolled
Valu- ation Per Pupil
Cost Per Pupil
% of Elem.% of H.S. Teachers Teachers With With Degree Degree
Popu- lation 1940
Framingham
3,670
9,669
112.37
31.9
94.1
23,214
WV. Springfield
2,449
11,117
142.11
17.3
84.6
17,135
Winthrop
3,075
8,192
103.63
31.5
80.
16,768
Braintree
3,522
8,296
109.33
41.2
92.5
16,378
Wakefield
2,847
8,757
110.45
20.3
80.5
16,223
Greenfield
2,295
11,239
116.38
20.9
85.7
15,672
Dedham
2,627
11,567
140.75
33.3
94.4
15,508
We have for quite a number of years persistently followed a testing program in our grades and recorded the result's and kept them in pupil's individual folders. The data thus secured we believe is proving its value in many ways not the least of which is that this information can be passed along to the High School and thus make it possible to arrange work for these pupils in the High School more in accordance with their talent's the first year in High School instead of the second or third year.
It is our hope that the coming school year will produce funds suffici- (nt for the department to provide for the more extensive use of work books in various subjects. The duplicating machine which each school building has is used to such a great extent and so frequently are the demands made upon it in the preparation of the material corresponding to that which the work book provides that we have found our copies faint, sometimes so poor as to be almost useless. This is the reason for our desire to turn to the use of work books which will undoubtedly be more
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expensive but at the same time we feel that the results will be much better. We can then use our duplicating machines to supplement the work books and this would place on these machines less constant use with the prob- ability that the work which would be turned out would be satisfactory.
The standards of our academic work have not been lowered but children in our schools are victims of the conditions existing in this war torn world even as you and I are and no one can tell just to what extent. The children are restless, uneasy, nervous, inattentive, frequently not properly nourished and robbed of opportunity for proper rest, normal play and in fact of all the normal experiences of childhood. They attain maturity long before their years justify it. Members of the family and friends away at war; the radio is war; the movie is war; salvage drives for war; sales of stamps and bonds for war; everything war. Well, we can not help it but teachers can and do make every possible effort to get a way from it and keep away from it in the classroom just so far as is possible without interfering with the "all out war effort." Our extra- curricula activities are now more valuable than ever and we have been able to go along without too much curtailment and it is to be hoped we may be able to continue. The reports I have received from the many subordinates in charge of the various activities of our schools are most encouraging as they show we have not yet lost any appreciable ground in our achievements. Many most interesting details are presented in these reports and I regret that these reports can not be printed in full in the Town Report.
I want to quote from the report of the Supervisor of Attendance: "Parent's say to me, 'He has changed so since the war-I can't under- stand him. He seems like a strange being in our home.'" In connection with the teen age problem "Magazines and papers' call it the 'Gang Age' but I differ. In my opinion it is the 'Forgotten Age.' This age craves excitement, adventure, hazard. We've all been through it and came out generally speaking, respectable citizens." A true statement and worthy of being kept constantly in mind. "Then too, the imagination, daring, and initiative these youngsters show in planning and carrying out their undesirable projects are the qualities that man make them valuable citizens-organizers-leaders."
. The home front indeed has a job-in fact, it has many jobs, but I am sure that not the least important of these jobs is to make every possi- ble effort and to exercise all possible precautions to see to it that we strive to not simply maintain our standards of educational achievements but even raise them to the greatest extent possible.
With the coming of peace and our democratic ways of government and living, knowledge, the ability to think clearly and faculty to exercise sound judgment are the requisites for an electorate which shall give us a nation that the world can look up to and accept as a model and leader.
Respectfully submitted,
C. EDWARD FISHER Superintendent of Schools
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Teachers' Salaries (including Principals, Super-
visors and 4 Secretaries)
$272,991.35
Superintendent's Salary
5,175.00
Secretaries' Salaries
3,300.00
Supervisor of Attendance
1,150.00
Telephones, Printing, Postage, etc.
1,878.91
Nurse, Physicians and Health Supplies
3,672.63
Janitors' Salaries
26,484.61
Fuel
12,205.24
Light, Water and Misc. Operating
5,017.69
Text Books and Supplies
13,997.74
Transportation
10,485.65
Tuition
3,348.52
Repairs and Improvements
23,401.05
Outlay
1,035.16
Miscellaneous
434.53
$384,578.08
RECEIPTS OF THE TOWN ON ACCOUNT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Massachusetts School Fund
$ 28,310.00
State Reimbursement (on tuition paid)
1,655.64
Tuition (State Wards and others)
1,464.63
Miscellaneous
147.09
31,577.36
Net Cost to Town for Support of Schools
$353,000.72
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GRADUATES-CLASS OF 1944
HIGH SCHOOL
Nancy Virginia Guiliano
Olive Josephine Matulina
Leo Thomas Fillis
Ruth Gertrude Foley
Gladys Elizabeth Fontoni Curtis Hall Ford, Jr. Ethel Alice Foster Marie Frances Frazier
Marcel Linwood Allison
Florence Virginia Gourley
Katherine Pamelia Altobelli
Jeanete Barbara Appleyard
Dorothy Ann Baker
t Emmett Billings Baker Marion Laura Baker Ruth Leano Baker
Joan Christine Hansen
Frances Florence Barile
Louis Philip Barker
John Edward Barrett
Henry Francis Bates Jacqueline Bates
Robert Elmore Baumeister
Robert Herman Belyea
Mary Elizabeth Brownell
Robert Lawrence Buckley
Joyce Eileen Burke
Janice Burpee
Constance Lavinia Busch
Martha Jean Caird
George Rouse Jenkins
Clark Ferguson Cameron
Barbara Mary Johnson
Paul Baxter Cammick
*Elizabeth Mae Jones Mildred Marilyn Jones
Beverly Alton Jordan
Evelyn Mason Kitson
David Whitelaw Knowles
Joan Elizabeth Landers
Jean Alberta Collier
John Robert Lang
Harriet Rose Corcoran
Richard Francis Lansing
Pearl Bernadine Craig
Mary Margaret Curran
John Hilding Larson Margaret Mary Lauria
Robert Parker Layton
Robert James Daiute
Elena Marie Damiao
Virginia Kathleen Damiao
Olive Elizabeth Davis
Jennie Antonette DeFrancesco
Madeline Diaute
William Joseph Dignan
Jean Pauline Dowd
Pauline Florence Dries
Marjorie Ann Drinkwater
Marjorie Louise Martin Albert Francis Mattie
James Christie Maxwell
Virginia Marguerite McCarthy
Robert James MoClellan
James Harold McCormack
Warren Harvey Elliott
Isabelle Mary Magaldi Antonette Marie Magazu
Frederick William Driver, Jr. Harriott Duffee
Doris Anita Dugmore
Charles Everett Elliot
Gertrude Maria Levesque Ralph Russell Libby Rita Marie Lisano
Helen Patricia Lydon
Mary Frances Lynch
John Fredrick Mackay Neil Macleod
Jane Stewart Curry Marion Murtis Dagley
Marguerite Louise LeVangie
Muriel Mercer Carter
Dorothy May Cesarini Virginia Augusta Chiesa Ivy Doreen Coates Lillian May Cochrane
Rupert Cleves Fairbairn
Robert Alfred Ingmanson Peter Norman Allinson Edmund George Bregoli Evelyn Louise Hansen Dorothy Quincy Adams George Alfred Adams
Richard Irving Gaskill
Margaret Isabel Green Wilfred Richard Gurney Ruth May Haines Catherine White Hamilton
Catherine Agnes Harkin Arlene Patricia Harris Cecilia Fitler Harvey Mary Frances Harvey Sara Lou Ann Hawkins Victor Hugo Heurlin, Jr. Shirley Ruthven Hixon
Harry Francis Hollien Dorothy Claire Hollis Ethel Lillian Holmes Grace Angela Iamele Ruth Alice Jackson Eileen Suzanne Janssen
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John Joseph McDermott Margaret Mary McDonnell Jean McGregor Maureen Lucille Mclaughlin
Rose Frances McMahon Richard Leo McMaster
Harold Wesley Ross, Jr. Kenneth Eugene Ryan Samuel Joseph Scott
Rita Gertrude McNabb Clare Frances Moisan t Robert James Moore
Arthur Frank Seigler
George Francis Sheehan
Elizabeth Ann Morrison
Beverly Lorraine Simpson
Joan Marie Murphy
Bertel Henry Sjolin
Robert Edmund Moseley
Barbara Jean Stevens
Marjorie Jean Moyle
Barbara Annie Thomas
Joan Marie Murphy
Earle Alfred Thompson, Jr.
Constance Grace Nash
Barbara Allen Thornton
Irma Phylis Nason
Ethel Louise Trapp
Gloria Hazel Niles
Dolores Marie Traverse
Francis Joseph Noonan
William Lawrence Tribou
Virginia Theresa Norling
Joseph George Trott
Janice Beulah Norris
Mary Josephine Vella
Frances Greenwood Nott
Fred Arthur Vines
Frances Carmela Novio
Raymond Warner
Warren Olof Olofsson
Dorothy Dunn Watson
Hugh Lorrimer Opie, Jr. Frances Joseph O'Rourke
Lois Julia Wentworth
Clayton William Parry
George Richard Wetherbee
Louise Shirley Patenaude
Herbert Edward Wheeler
Richard Harvey Perkins
Justin Hartley White
Donald Leon Plummer
Priscilla Earle Wishart
William Kenneth Pollock
Anita Gertrude Zahn
First six names are arranged according to rank, with grade average of 90% or over.
*Perfect record of attendance for twelve years in the Braintree Public Schools.
t In Service.
BRAINTREE HIGHLANDS SCHOOL
Florence Rose Asci
Richard Andrew Peter O'Rourke
Donald Edson Brown
Edwin Eric Ostman
Kenneth Leonard Carr
Joyce Payson
Warren Cashell
William Martin Pearson
Louise May Digaetano
Alice Pauline Pitman
Elizabeth Ann Lea Fagan
Mary Ethel Pitman
Bayard Stephen Galbraith
Bruce Melville Michael Reynolds
Marguerite Mary Hine
Barbara Louise Simonds
Leslie Garnet Lewis
Dorothy Emily Smith
Arthur Frederick Lucas
Geraldine Stevens
Donald Edward Macleod
Irene Margaret Straz
Rosa Anne McKenney
Barbara Anne Sylvester
Ethel Jane Newman
NOAH TORREY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Gerald Charles Adams Marjorie Bates Paul Albert Benson
Barbara Louise Bregoli Richard Nickerson Brown
Barbara Joan Calderwood Francis James Campbell Rita Irene Canelli
Elizabeth Margaret Cesarini
Betty Ann Corrigan
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Ambrose Celestine Powers
Robert Edward Pryor Barbara Elton Rice
James Brewerton Ricketts, Jr.
James Elmer Wentworth
James Costantino Victor Damiano Arthur Edward Donald George Lawrence Dwinell Rose Marie Farina Edward Francis Flynn Mary Theresa Gallagher
Dominick Joseph Georgianna
Marjorie June Holbrook
Margaret Josephine Reed
Leonard Emerson Spinney
Walter John Hyde Audrey Virginia Jewell
Vincent Robert Lauria
Warren Allan Lunetta
Marie Louise Magazu
Frederick Edward Meehan
Paul Joseph Van Doren
Alice Marie Venuti
Nicholas John Melchionno Rita Rosa Migliorini
Marilyn Weston
Robert Herman Weston
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL
Thayer Anastos
Patricia Anne Healey
Francis Paul Anderson
Margery Maxwell Hunt
Joan Marie Artesani
Barbara Tomlinson Hunt
William Baker
Anthony Bernard Iamele
Audrey Barrett
Clifford Spencer Johnson
Mark Dinsmore Batcheldor
Phyllis Ann Johnson Ruth Janice Joyce
Richard Bruce Bodman
Daniel Arthur Brown
Gilbert Holmes Kelley
Richard Baxter Brown
Daphne Forsythe McConnell
David John McCormack
Anthony Dauite
Paul Michael McSharry Robert William Muir
Eugene Theodore Donovan
Barbara Ann Nelson
Barbara Jean Garland
Phyllis Deane Hatch Herbert Edward Hayden
Claire Rita Patenaude Geraldine Reardon
Scott Seale
Naomi Ruth Tully
William Abbott Hazard
Margaret Agnes Weathers
HOLLIS SCHOOL
Elizabeth Ruth Alden Susan Frances Baker
Shirley Elizabeth Johnson Marjorie Emma King
Davis Remele Bates, Jr.
Harvey Gilbert Lyons, Jr. George Victor MacDonald Joanne MacDonald
Richard Harold Bracketť William Hare Brooks Constance Anne Clark John Joseph Cleggett Joan Elizabeth Coyle
John Francis Maxwell, Jr. Jane Ellen McLeod
Marporie Ethel Medland
Richard Howard Elliott
Barbara Ann Noyes
Elizabeth Helen Richardson
Doris Marie Emerson Robert Leonard Guibord Leo Allan Hall Rose Marie Hall
Norman James Richardson
Barbara Ryan Marilyn Shaylor Claire Elaine Viden
Ruth Frances Hall
Frederick Thomas Hobart
Randall Holbrook Walker
Richard Edward Welch
Robert Lester Hobart, Jr. Harry William Hohn Linda Myrtle Ivers
William Roy Westland, Jr. Thelma Woodman
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Mary Madelyn Milton Earl Orrin Nichols, Jr.
Edna Frances Norris
Michael Angelo Novio Nancy Ann O'Donnell Jon Lyman Opferkuch Joseph Mario Picardi Patricia Ann Pino Earle Clayton Prario Anita Claire Raymond
Arthur Murray Tingley, Jr. Edwin Ginn Turner, Jr. Mary Virginia Turra Mary Phyllis Valle
Paul Brow Connelly
Nancy Ruth Haynes Nancy Lisle Hazard
PENNIMAN SCHOOL
Joan Stirling Balmayne
Joanne Catherine MacDonald
Richard Arthur Benham
Elizabeth Anne Mahar
Henry Carl Boltz, Jr.
Joan Margaret Mahar
Nancy Patricia Callaway
Claire Ruth Major Dorothy May Mantia
Jean Claire Carroll
Mary Swift Cavanagh
Gloria Joyce Marcolini Harriett Louise Mariani
Clare Lucille Cheverie
David Edward Marshall
Nancy Milne Christie
David Grant McLelland
Frances Elizabeth Coulahan
George William Murphy, Jr.
James Lorin Crispin
Anne Glidden Nichols Nancy Maybelle Perkins
Jean Jordan Drinkwater
John Keyser Robinson
Joan Ruth Ellis
John Gordon Rosseel Georgia Jean Savage
Calvin Mackintosh Farnsworth
Pauline Mildren Ferris
Warren Arthur Schwab
Elizabeth Mary Fraser
Robert John Stalker, Jr.
Richard Wyllie Gillies
Margaret Elaine Starkie
Arthur Charles Griffiths
Arthur Thomas St. Andre
Warren Pierce Hayes
Evelyn May Watson
William Henry Hicks
William Elmer Wilcox
Donald Porter Holbrook
Franklin Stokehill Young
Anne Elizabeth Jenkins
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL
Kenneth Stevens Aitken
Richard Herbert Hough
Marjorie Ann Brow
Franklin Joseph Mouzer
Theodore Keith Buker
Grace Rita Natoli
Viola Ethel Buker
Walter Frederick Nickerson
Virginia Ann Buker
Jeanne Eleanor Noonan
Robert James Burns
David Berger Petersen
William John Burns
Phyllis Ann Robery
Violet Louise Cameron
Richard Louis Robinson
Augustus Warren Clapp, Jr.
Clifford Silver
Joseph William DiNatale
Janet Catherine Starr
Gloria Cecelia Frazier
George Henry Sterling
Joseph Herbert Frazier
Patricia Ann Taber
Robert Anton Hensen
Robert Louis Mark Wallace
Frederic Maybury Hatch
Elenor Lillian Wentworth
Lawrence DeLisle Haworth
Grace Louise Westover
THOMAS A. WATSON SCHOOL
Warren David Armstrong
Thelina Grace Hauber
Janet Mae Bailey
Emma Hurley
Charles Walter Belyea
Raymond T. Hyslop
George Frederick Belyea, Jr.
Nancy Mae Kellick
Donald Blood
Robert Langle Keiser
Lillian Frances Burns
Elaine Ruth Lehtonen
Donald Francis Cheverie
Thomas Lang
Joyce Mary Colbert
Rocco William Libertine
Constance Elinor Currier
Dorothy Jean Lindahl
Barbara Ann Lyon
Alice Margaret Dwyer Thomas Girouard Ann Theresa Gorham
Emily Dorothy Lyon
James Charles Gorham
Catherine McInnis Ann Marie Melville
Donald Raymond Griffin
Helen Mills
Lillian Colamene Green Harry Francis Hall
Doris Mae Moore
William Joseph Mortimer
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Robert Donald Cavanagh
Francis Richard Dugan
Robert Paulin George Dean Piggott Frank Pilmore John Prudente Winifred Margaret Radloff Axel Lennart Ringquist, Jr.
Nancy Lee Thompson
Pauline May Thompson Robert Warner
Barbara Ann Whitten
Winifred Woods
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL
William Anthony Adams, Jr.
Vernon Thomas Langley, Jr.
Joan Virginia Archambault
Mary Lillian Leet
Claire Irene Burke
Barbara Ann Litchfield
Robert Stanley Brown
Thomas Henry Lyons
Richard Fisher Chadbourne
Mary Joan McCue
Rose Marie Cochrane
Ethel Maud Creswell
Doris Ann Moore Banbara Louise Neal
Marion Jeane Creswell
Lois Mae Nelson
Donald Richard Davies
Dorothy Lorraine Parsons
John Gilbert Edwards
Robert Fausto Pellegrini
Ruth Mary Everett
Ethel Marie Peterson
Anna Mary Fahey
Grace Eleanor Roberts Gordon Francis Ruddy
Joan Elizabeth Fitzsimmons
William Henry Goodale
Doris Jaunita Heebner
Shirley Ford Watts
Arthur Wallace Hicks
Henry Lincoln Williams
Banbara Ferguson
Frances Theresea Seymour Betty Ann Watts
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
December 31, 1943 to December 31, 1944
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1944 RECAPITULATION
FIGURES USED IN FIXING TAX RATE, G. L. Chap. 59, §§23, 25
CITY OR TOWN: Include All Appropriations Voted Since 1943 Tax Rate Was Fixed. Total appropriations as certified by city or town clerk to be raised by taxation, Chapter 41, 615A Total appropriations voted to be taken from available funds: In 1944
$1,083,011.33
209,293.04
$1,292,304.37
Amount necessary to satisfy final court judgments
57.24
STATE: Tax and Assessments :
State Tax
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
1,482.48
State Examination of Retirement System
.
344.08
Smoke Inspection Service
292.19
Additional State Assessments required to be raised
by Cities and Towns in Metropolitan Districts Area Charles River Basin
$ 2,147.78
121.61
Metropolitan Parks-Reservation
4,741.97
397.08
Nantasket Beach-Maintenance
516.59
54.87
Boulevards .
780.93
Metropolitan Sewerage-South System
13,057.09
21,244.36
49.05
$ 76,845.11
$ 622.61
77.467.72
COUNTY: Tax and Assessments : County Tax Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
$ 31,268.94
$ 3,173.45
9.930.84
$ 41,199.78
$ 3,173.45
44,373.23
1944 Estimates Column 1 of Cherry Sheet $ 53,482,00
1943 Underestimates Column 2 of Cherry Sheet
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OVERLAY of current year
25,970.48
Gross Amount to Be Raised
$1,440,173.04
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS:
Income Tax Note :- The amount estered for each of the
$ 90,976.46
Corporation Taxes
first four items must be exactly
71,402,27
Gasoline Tax under Acts of 1943,
as certified to you by the commis-
Chapter 569 sioner. (Col. 3 of Cherry Sheet)
29,547.24
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
27,300.00
Licenses
7,000.00
Special Assessments
6,500.00
General Government
400.00
. Protection of Persons and Property
1,000.00
Health and Sanitation
6,000.00
Highways
200.00
Charities (other than federal grants fo raid to dependent children)
12,000.00
Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants)
50,000.00
Old Age Tax (Meals), General Laws, Chapter 64B, §10
2,202.97
Soldiers' Benefits
2,000.00
Schools
2,500.00
Libraries
1,000.00
Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Department, etc.) Water
$113,105.24
Light
345.00
113,450.24
'Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots
100.00
Interest: On Taxes and Assessments
4,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts
$427,579.18
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Smoke Inspection Services (Overestimate) 79.46
Amounts voted to be taken from avalaible funds: (Before any such amount can be used in fixing tax rate, the Commissioner's written approval must be obtained 209,293.04
Total Available Funds Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$209,372.50
636,951.68
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation on Polls and Property
$ 803,221.36
Number of Polls 6320 at $2.00 each
Total Valuation at Tax Rate of $28.20 Personal Property $ 22,395.03
$ 12,640.00 22,395.03
Real Estate 768,186.33 Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property
768,186.33
$
803,221.36
Items Not Entering into the Determination of the Tax Rate
Betterment and special assessments added to taxes: Comm. Inter.
$ 14.625.12
Sewer-Apportioned . $ 12,619.27 $ 2,005.85 Sewer House Connections-Apportioned .. 2,924.52 756.61
3,681.13
Sewer House Connections-Unapportioned 20.88 1.11
21.99
Total of All Other Commitments
18,328.24
Total Amount of 1944 Taxes on Polls and Property and of Assessments Added to Taxes as Committed to Collector
$ 821,549.60
WALTER B. SKINNER, Chairman FRED AUSTERBERRY, Clerk NORRIS H. PINAULT Board of Assessors of Braintree
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES
OF POLLS, PROPERTY, AND TAXES, AS ASSESSED JANUARY 1, 1944 FOR BRAINTREE
Compiled from the Figures entered in the Valuation List Not including figures relating to EXEMPTED PROPERTY or to the MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE
Item
No. NUMBER OF PERSONS ASSESSED Individuals All Others* Total
1. On Personal Estate Only 262
34
296
2. On Real Estate Only 2,387
2,687
5,074
3. On Both Personal and Real Estate 91
12
103
(NOT the sum of Items 1 and 2) Total Number of Persons Assessed.
5,473
*Partnerships, Associations or Trusts, Corporations.
5. NUMBER OF POLLS ASSESSED
6,320
VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE
6. Stock in Trade $ 96,150.00
7. Machinery
150,550.00
8. Live Stock 29,100.00
9. All Other Tangible Personal Property 518,350.00
10. Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate $ 794,150.00 VALUE OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE
11. Land exclusive of Buildings $ 7,895,975.00
12. Buildings exclusive of Land 19,344,675.00
13. Total Value of Assessed Real Estate
$27,240,650.90
14. TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE $28,034,800.00
15. TAX RATE PER $1,000-$28.20
TAXES FOR STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY OR TOWN PUR- POSES, INCLUDING OVERLAY
16. On Personal Estate (Item 10 x Itemi 15) $ 22,395.03
17. On Real Estate (Item 13 x Item 15) 768,186.33
18. On Polls (Item 5 x $2.00) 12,640.00
19. Total Taxes Assessed $ 803.221.36
NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK ASSESSED
20. Horses (1 year old, or over) 46
Neat Cattle: (1 year old, or over)
it
22. Heifers 12
617
25. Fowl 6,911
26. All Other 28
27. NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND ASSESSED 8,377
28. NUMBER OF DWELLING HOUSES ASSESSED* 4,820
*Each building used as a dwelling counted as ONE without regard to the number of familes housed.
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21. Cows (Milch)
23. Swine (6 months old, or over)
It is hereby certified that the foregoing is a full and true copy of the Table of Aggregates as it appears in the Valuation List, according to our best knowledge and belief.
Subscribed this first day of June, 1944, under the penalties of perjury.
WALTER B. SKINNER FRED AUSTERBERRY NORRIS H. PINAULT Board of Assessors
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN TREASURER
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
December 31, 1943 to December 31, 1944
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Report of the Town Treasurer JOHN W. HARDING, Town Treasurer in account with THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE
Cash Book Balance, January 1, 1944 $ 742,979.31
Received from the Collector of Taxes
857,271.7S
Received from Anticipation of Revenue Notes
200,000.00
Received from Electric Light Department
488,239.01
Received from Water Department
111,885.49
Received from all other sources
620,690.74
$3,021,066.33
Paid on Selectmens Warrants for:
Matured Anticipation of Revenue Notes
$ 200,000.00
Bonds, Notes and Interest
78,208.47
Electric Light Department Vouchers
425,647 61
Water Department Vouchers 94,218.81
All Other Appropriations and Expenditures
$1,351,632.16
Cash Book Balance, December 31, 1944 871,359.28
$3,021,066.33
The Cash Book Balance is made up of the following items:
General Town Account Balance
$ 385,258.92
Water Department Balance
27,812.20
Electric Light Department Balance
191,953.70
Electric Depreciation Fund
263,900.66
Trust Fund Income Balances
2,422.8.
$ 871,359.28
OUTSTANDING FUNDED DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1944
First Sewer Loan, 31/2%, dne 1945-1961
$ 249,000.00
Second Sewer Loan, 5%, dne 1945-1953
36,000.00
Third Scwer Loan 314%, due 1945-1954
70,000.00
Sewer Loan, 1%, due 1945-1951
47,000.00
Fire and Police Station Loan, 4%, due 1945
7.000 00
Fire Station Notes, 34 %, due 1945
7,000.00
$ 416,000.00
Bonds & Notes
Year
Maturing
Interest
Funded Debt to be Ontstanding Dec. 31st
1945
$47,000.00
$13,431.25
$369,000.00
1946
33,000.00
12,102.50
336,000.00
1947
33,000.00
11,080.00
303,000.00
1948
33,000.00
10,057.50
270,000.00
1949
33,000.00
9,035.00
237,000.00
BONDS AUTHORIZED AND UNISSUED
High School Addition Loan $ 240,000.00
Water Main Loan 30,000.00
TAX TITLES AND TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS
Tax Titles held by Town of Braintree, January 1, 1944 $ 73,756 43
Tax Titles acquired in 1944, including subsequent taxes added 4,429.70
Tax Titles Redeemed in 1944 51,622.23
Tax Ttitles Abated and Disclaimed in 1944
13,850.23
222
Tax Titles Foreclosed in 1944
6,365.60
Tax Titles Held, December 31, 1944
6,348.07
The book value of Tax Title Possessions held by the Town of Braintree on December 31, 1944 was
49,587.45
TRUST FUND TRANSACTIONS-YEAR 1944
Principal of Fund Dec. 31, 1944
Balance of Income Jan. 1, 1944
Income
Payments
Balance of Receipts from Income Income 1944
1944
Dec. 31, 1944
N. H. Hunt Trust
$ 24,376.99
$735.87
$735.87
Chas. E. French Trust
2,419.50
$ 24.19
48.62
48 62
24.19
Ann M. Penniman Trust
500.00
18.53
10.21
20.00
8.74
Geo. W. Kelley Trust
200.00
.01
4.04
4.05
Ilanah R. Hollis Trust
100.00
1.00
2.01
2.00
1.01
Julia A. Minchin Trust
100.00
1.58
2.02
1.58
2 02
Charles Thayer Trust
20,329.06
442.99
409.60
432.99
419.60
Avis A. Thayer Trust
500.00
8.56
10.12
9.00
9.68
Joseph S. Miller Trust
123.66
3.51
2.51
3 51
2.51
Charles C. Hill Trust
100.00
2.12
2.03
2 12
2.03
Colbert School Trust
25,000.00
1,321.68
502.70
1,824.3S
Henry H. Musick Trust
250.00
2 09
2.09
Post War Rehabilitation Fund of 1944
100,000.00
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Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. HARDING, Town Treasurer.
TOWN OF BRAINTREE CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM Treasurers Report for Year 1944
Under authority of Section 31HI of Chapter 318 of the Acts of 1936 the Town Treasurer is custodian of all funds and securities of the Contributory Retirement System.
CASH RECEIPTS
Cash Balance, January 1, 1944 (Retirement Fund) $ 3,744.26
Cash Balance, January 1, 1944 ( Expense Fund)
227.36
Receipts for year 1944 ( Retirement Fund)
38,725.91
Receipts for year 1944 ( Expense Fund)
100.00
$42,797.53
CASH PAYMENTS
Payments by vouchers of Retirement Board (Retirement Fund) . $37,903.71 Payments by vouchers of Retirement Board ( Expense Fund) 76.95
Cash Balance, December 31, 1944 (Retirement Fund) 4,566.46
Cash Balance, December 31, 1944 ( Expense Fund)
250.41
$42,797.53
SECURITIES HELD (As of December 31, 1944) Bonds
Par Value
2,000
Atlantic City Electric Co.
31/4% due 1964 .
2,000
Brooklyn Edison Co.
314%
1966
3,000
Central Maine Power Co.
31/2% 1970
5,000
Green Mountain Power Co.
334℃
1963
5,000
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31/2% .. 1966
Post War Rehabilitation
Fund-Hollingsworth
50,000.00
137.55
137.55
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1,500
U.S. Government Savings Bonds
1948
15,000
U.S. Government Savings Bonds
21/2%
1953
35,000
U.S. Government Savings Bonds
21/2%
1954
25,000
U.S. Government Savings Bonds
21/2%
1955
16,500
U.S. Government Savings Bonds
21/2%
1956
2,000
Westchester Lighting .Co.
3%%
1967
$112,000
Deposits
Savings and Co-operative Banks
$ 4,000
Braintree Co-operative Bank
1,000
Lawrence Co-operative Bank
2,000
Lincoln Co-operative Bank
1,000
Mattapan Co-operative Bank
1,000
Randolph Co-operative Bank
2,500
Braintree Savings Bank
3,000
South Weymouth Savings Bank
2,000
Weymouth Savings Bank
$ 16,500
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN W. HARDING Town Treasurer.
Report of the Tree Warden
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree:
The original appropriation for specific trees was expended as directed as follows: Aborway Drive, Oak-$50.00; Elm St., Ash-$25.00; Front St., Elm-$40.00; Hawthorne Rd., Butt-$20.00; River St., 2 Elms- $25.00; Steadman Ave., Maple-$35.00; Tremont, Maple-$40.00; Tremont, Maple, $25.00; Union, Ash-$40.00; Washington St., Elm-$100.00; Washington St., Maple-$50.00.
Of the General Appropriation amounting to $450.00, $449.50 was expended in general care and hurricane damaged trees on the following streets: Hancock, Washington, Tremont, Hollis, Monatiquot, Town, Taylor, Central, French, School, and Trefton Drive.
The September and October windstorms mangled and uprooted many trees causing further expense. The Finance Committee made available funds in the amount of: $150.00 for Middle St., Maple; $124.75 for Georganna St., Poplar; and $126.13 for trees on Tremont, Quincy Ave., Pond, Pearl, Park and Adams St.
Further hurricane damage work amounting to $491.64 was done on the following streets: Washington, School, Tremont, Oakland, Holmes, Aborway, Arthur, Trefton, Shaw, Mt. Vernon, Georganna, Dyer Hill, Elm, Elmlawn, Cedar, Hawthorn and Middle. As no funds were avail- able for this emergency work the Finance Committee has the amount under advisement for 1945.
A great amount of work is needed on our trees for which I am re- questing funds in 1945. I strongly urge an appropriation for new trees . to help replace the many we have lost in past years.
Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE R. BESTICK Tree Warden
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Annual Town Election
19
Annual Town Meeting
26
Annual Town Warrant, 1944
11
Annaul Town Warrant, 1945
189 128
Animal Inspection
Aid to Dependent Children
154
Births
65
Board of Assessors, Report of
215
Braintree School Fund
138
Building Inspector, Report of
134
Deaths
80
Division of Accounts
87
Dog Licenses
85
Electric Light Department, Report of
145
Engineering Department, Report of
113
Fire Department, Report of
105
Fire Alarm Report
111
Health Department, Report of
119 96
Highway Department, Report of
127
Inspector of Slaughtering
127
Jury List, 1945
155 73
Marriages
Meat and Provision Inspection
126
Milk Inspection
123
Old Age Assistance
144
Park Commissioners, Report of
151
Police Department, Report of
115
Presidential Primaries
45
Public Welfare
153
Recapitulation, 1944
164 3
Report of Selectmen
197
School Dental Clinic
125
Sewer Commissioner, Report of
139
Soldiers' Relief
104
Special Town Meeting
63
Special Town Meeting Warrant, 1944
18
Sporting Licenses
49
State Election
57
Tax Collectors' Report
135
Thayer Public Library, Report of
97
Town Accountant, Report of
159
Town Clerk, Report of
11
Town Officers for 1944
221
Tree Warden's Report
224
Warrant for Presidential Primaries
43
Warrant for State Primaries
48
Warrant for Presidential Election
52
Warrant for Special Town Meeting
62
Water Department, Report of
129
112 5
Town Treasurer's Report
Town Infirmary, Report of
85
State Primaries
Inspection of Plumbing
Planning Board
School Department, Report of
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