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2 00
3 saws
2 00
Scraper casting .
1 00
1 hand roller
12 00
2 tires
1 00
1 lot lanterns
2 00
1 ditch derrick
40 00
1 grind stone
8 00
Canvas
5 00
2 drags
7 00
Total
$859 00
Chelmsford Centre Fire Apparatus
1 combination chemical and hand fire engine . $500 00
1 hose and protective wagon 150 00
1 hook and ladder 150 00
10 chemical extinguishers 70 00
650 feet fire hose 200 00
1 lot chemicals 10 00
2 single harnesses 70 00
6 sets rubber suits 30 00
4 fire axes 2 00
2 crow bars
2 00
9 shovels 6 00
6 forks. 2 00
12 pails
5 00
20 cans. . 5 00
1 40-ft. extension ladder 40 00
1 30-ft. extension ladder 10 00
1 30-ft. ladder 10 00
1 35-ft. ladder 10 00
1 20-ft. ladder 5 00
2 20-ft. ladders 12 00
2 ropes and tackle.
5 00
7 pike hooks and poles 5 00
3 horse blankets
10 00
6 lanterns
2 00
Hose nozzles
5 00
1 hose rack
5 00
1
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1 lot brooms and sundries 5 00
1 cabinet. 5 00
Total
$1,331 00
North Chelmsford Fire Apparatus
1,000 ft. 212 in. hose
$500 00
1 wagon 150 00
1 hose reel 30 00
4 underwriters' chemicals 40 00
1 steel bar and axe
1 75
1 dozen Tabor spanners
1 68
150 ft. 34in. rope 3 75
2 nozzles.
35 00
1 40-ft. extension ladder 40 00
Boiler and fixtures
235 00
Totals
$1,037 18
South Chelmsford Fire Apparatus
1 wagon
$50 00
17 water pails
5 00
1 rope . . 4 00
4 ladders
15 00
Total $74 00
Property Appraisal of Moth Department
1 power sprayer and equipment. $ 800 00
1 tool box 5 00
1 push cart 5 00
40 ft. extension ladder 5 00
6 ladders. 5 00
Poles, hooks, brushes, etc. 5 00
6 pairs climbing irons 5 00
8 hatchets 2 00
15 axes . 7 00
8 bush hooks.
3 00
18 new bush hooks.
4 50
10 old bush hooks. 1 50
1 dozen bush scythes and swaths 7 00
2 Johnson pumps. 2 50
Field glass. 6 00
600 ft. hose. 25 00
1 grind stone 3 00
2 Friend's spray pumps 20 00
4 pails,.
50
3. hand saws.
1 50
1 grab.
1 00
150 gal. tank .. 10 00
1 gypsy moth burning outfit 8 00
1 bbl. creosote 5 00
25 1bs. twine. 3 00
1 pair clyde cutters. 1 50
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10 pitch forks
$ 2 00
4 scrapers
2 00
$ 946 00
EMILE E. PAIGNON, WALTER PERHAM,
Appraisers.
Property of Town of Chelmsford in Charge of Forest Warden
30 chemical extinguishers. . $ 210 00
30 boxes of charges for above
12 00
30 shovels 22 00
30 Johnson's pumps.
75 00
30 cans
22 50
10 badges
5 00
Miscellaneous
5 00
$ 352 00
ARNOLD C. PERHAM,
Forest Warden.
List of Jurors, 1912
George Billson. Stone Cutter
Ervin A. Blaisdell Farmer Fliny C. Bliss Farmer
Frank P. Brown Farmer Albert H. Davis. Farmer
Francis Day. Retired
George W. Day . Grain Dealer
R. Wilson Dix Contractor
Thomas J. Dunn Farmer William Z. Dupee. Farmer
George S. Elliott. Carpenter
Arthur I. Emerson
Farmer
John Finnegan. Iron Worker
Patrick Flynn, Jr. Farmer
John E. Harrington .Agent
Charles A. Hoyt Retired
Isaac H. Knight Plumber
Edgar B. Lapham Farmer
John McTague Barber
Nelson J. Loucraft
Farmer
George P. Mansfield. .Farmer
Walter N. Marinel Mechanic
John J. Monahan Contractor
Owen F. McNally Iron Moulder
George McNulty. Farmer
Michael McNulty Farmer
James B. McQuade. Mechanic
Samuel N. Naylor Salesman
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George F. O'Neil Overseer
Edwin C. Perham Butcher
Walter Perham Undertaker
Emile C. Paignon, Jr
Butcher
James B. Phillips Farmer
George W. Pickard. Teamster
H. Sumner Queen.
Mechanic
William H. Quigley Engineer
Dyniel O. Reardon
Coal Dealer
Arthur E. Reed
Wheelwright
E. Hamlin Russel
Sawyer
Fred A. Russell. Farmer
John P. Scoboria
Carpenter
Charles F. Scribner
Postmaster
William H. Shedd
Farmer
John Sheehan
Farmer
William J. Sheehan.
Farmer
George C. Stetson
Machinist
Joseph E. Warren
Farmer
Charles J. Willsteed.
Operative
Arthur O. Wheeler . Clerk
Fred I. Vinal Carpenter
Report of Board of Health
BOARD OF HEALTH, CHELMSFORD, MASS.,
Gentlemen :
I beg to submit my report, as agent for precinct one and two, for the year 1913. Cases occurred as follows :
Measles 5
Diphtheria 3
Scarlet fever 4
Purulent Conjunctivitis 1
Tuberculosis
4
A few cases of chicken pox.
Quarantine was established and well maintained in the cases of scarlet fever, so that no cases arose from the original ones.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR G. SCOBORIA, M. D.
March, 1913.
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BOARD OF HEALTH, CHELMSFORD, MASS. ,
Gentlemen :
As agent of the Board of Health for precincts two and three I respectfully submit the following report for the year ending March 1st, 1913:
Diphtheria. 7
Scarlet fever 101
Measles .. 48
Typhoid fever 17
Ophalmia Neonatarium 1
F. E. VARNEY, M. D.
Report of the Chairman of Board of Health
I respectfully submit the following report for the year ending Feb. 28, 1913:
The slaughter houses in the various parts of the town have been duly inspected. As heretofore the inspection of animals is under the indirect supervision of the State Board Health.
WALTER B. EMERSON.
Report of Cemetery Commissioners
1912 - 1913
To the voters of Chelmsford :
The Cemetery Commissioners present to you their annual report.
Very little new work has been done in the cemeteries during the past year owing to the small amount of money appropriated at the last annual meeting.
J. Roland Parkhurst has had charge of the work in Fore- fathers and Pine Ridge Cemeteries, and as in years past has proved a faithful and enthusiastic worker.
The time is soon coming when the hedge on the Littleton street side of Forefathers Cemetery will need to be replaced as it is gradually dying out. Most of the walks and drives in the new section need graveling.
It is the wish of the Commissioners that more interest be taken by the lot owners in Pine Ridge Cemetery. The drives and walks have been well cared for by the town but many adjacant lots have received but little or no attention.
James S. Wotton has had charge of the work in Riverside Cemetery. The main drive in the new section remains in an unfinished condition, but will be complete in the early spring.
The small lot of land on the easterly end of the old section has been stumped and an entrance will soon be made at this end and several new lots laid out.
A. F. Whidden has served in the capacity of superinten- dent of West Cemetery since the creation of the Board of
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Commissioners, and his work has always been done in a satisfactory manner. A few remaining lots have been put into saleable condition and now work on the new part must commence. Lot owners are much inconvenienced in this cemetery because of lack of water, the supply is very uncer- tain.
Charles O. Robbins was appointed superintendent of Hart Pond Cemetery in 1909 and since that time has made great changes in the appearance of this cemetery, and it was with regret that the Commissioners were recently obliged to accept his resignation.
Many lot owners in this cemetery have done much in the care of their individual lots, these improvements, with well kept avenues and paths have made this cemetery one of the most attractive in the town.
Alfred S. Simpson has been chosen superintendent to succeed Mr. Robbins. We now have 66 trust funds, 9 have been added the past year.
CHARLES F. SCRIBNER, CHARLES A. HOLT, WILLIAM H. HALL.
AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
ACCOUNTS
Appropriations and Receipts
Expenditures
Surplus
Deficit
Teaching, Care and Fuel.
$22,900 00
$22,957 26
$57 26
Superintendent
1,600 00
1,558 33
$ 41 67
Tuition of State Children
134 00
134 00
Tuition of ether Children
82 00
82 00
Sale of Supplies . .
3 80
3 80
Reimbursement on Transportation
24 30
24 30
Dog License.
526 12
526 12
Incidentals
400 00
398 99
1 01
Transportation
1,750 00
1,744 75
5 25
Apparatus .
50 00
46 75
3 25
Furniture and Repairs
1,000 00
1,477 39
477 39
Text Books and Supplies
1,700 00
1,717 52
17 52
Medical Inspection
250 00
250 00
Grading at North Chelmsford, Highland Ave.
300 00
295 50
4 50
Lowell Industrial School
595 00
1,115 00
520 00
Support of Poor
3,000 00
4,619 12
1,619 12
Highways .
4,000 00
6,971 89
446 33
Receipts
3,418 22
Repairs of Public Buildings
300 00
186 23
113 77
Street Lighting
6,800 00
6,749 11
50 89
Miscellaneous
2.500 00
2,906 17
122 72
Receipts
283 45
Officers and Committees
3,000 00
4,220 51
1,220 51
Moth Work .
1,688 17
3,093 10
51 93
Receipts . .
1.456 86
Care and Improvement of Cemeteries
600 00
775 19
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
450 00
422 00
28 00
Cattle Inspection.
100 00
200 00
100 00
Adams Library
1.200 00
1.200 00
North Chelmsford Library
600 00
600 00
Village Clock. .
30 00
30 00
Tree Warden.
300 00
360 39
14 61
Receipts
75 00
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175 19
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Public Parks
200 00
185 44
14 56
Meat Inspection .
800 00
800 00
Abatement of Taxes
736 38
727 65
8 73
Loans and Interests
4,791 76
4,791 76
Sinking Fund.
200 00
200 00
400 00
516 00
139 00
255 00
State Aid, Receipts
1,036 00
960 00
76 00
Memorial Day . .
125 00
66 40
58 €
Hydrant Service, North Chelmsford
1,500 00
1,500 00
Flag and Rope (Center) ...
45 00
33 00
12 00
Daniel F Hartley, (Damages).
150 00
150 00
Janitors North and Center Fire House
100 00
105 00
Gravel Road, Action Street . .
428 67
255 02
173 65
Reimbursement (Daniel Reardon)
30 00
30 00
Weights and Measures. .
100 00
70 01
84 51
Receipts ..
54 52
$72,069 25
$74,285 48
$2,098 48
$4,314 71
Net Deficit.
2,216 23
2.216 23
$74,285 48
$74,285 48
$4,314 71
$4.314 71
Appropriations Receipts
$64.719 98
Expenditures Deficit
$74,285 48
7,349 27
2,216 23
$72,069 25
$72.069 15
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D. FRANK SMALL WALTER B. EMERSON A. HEADY PARK
Selectmen.
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Military Aid. Receipts
5 00
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Annual Report
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
and the
Superintendent of Schools
of the
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
for the
School Year Ending February 28th, 1913
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-1912-1913
JOHN E. HARRINGTON Term expires 1913
JOHN J. MONAHAN Term expires 1914
WILLIAM H. HALL
Term expires 1915
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
BENJAMIN E. MARTIN
Report of the School Committee 1912 1913
To the Citizens of Chelmsford :
The report of your School Committee, together with that of Superintendent of Schools for the fiscal year 1912-1913, is submitted herewith.
Under the able direction of Superintendent Benj. E. Mar- tin, teachers and pupils have completed a year of hard work, of the results of which you are the judges.
Your children, citizens in the making, deserve, and should receive the best that we can give them. Upon their shoulders must evenually fall the burdens which you now bear, and from among them must come the men and women who will perpetuate the institutions of this land. Prudence, therefore, if no other reason, demands that these children be taught first of all in the home, respect for the laws, for constituted authority and for the rights of others; and in the public schools such fundamental subjects as will enable them to read understandingly, observe correctly, express themselves intelli- .gently, calculate accurately, and reason logically.
We believe that reading, writing and arithmetic are the fundamental subjects upon which we must erect our educa- tional structure, if we are to help you make of your children useful and efficient citizens. We believe that other, and to our minds lesser important subjects may be taught, but they should never be allowed to interfere with thorough instruction in these essentials.
We have endeavored with the aid of the Superintendent,
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to develop your schools along these lines. We believe that they are as good in many respects as most public schools, and better than many. There is plenty of room for improvement, however, as you will see by a further reading of this report, and of that of the Superintendent of Schools.
TEACHERS
We have an excellent corps of teachers, well educated, well trained. hard working, conscientious and enthusiastic, anxious to do all in their power to put your schools on a high plane and keep them there, and it is to be regretted that you do not visit your schools more frequently, so that you might become acquainted with the principals and teachers who have charge of your children.
COURSE OF STUDY
After mature consideration and upon the advice of the Superintendent, we have decided upon the following changes, which we think will materially increase the efficiency of your schools.
1st. We recommend the establishing of an Industrial course, and have had an article inserted in the Town Warrant, to pro- vide the necessary money.
2d. We recommend adding two weeks to the school year of grades one to eight inclusive, thus making the school year, for all pupils in your schools, forty weeks, and have included in our estimate for "Teaching," a sum of money necessary to carry this into effect.
3d. We have decided to abolish the present ninth grade and to transfer pupils to the High School upon completion of the eighth grade.
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BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
As expressed in a former report, it is our intention to spend each year an amount of money sufficient to keep your buildings in good condition, and the grounds presentable.
Last year we painted several of the buildings, made minor repairs on others, and installed drinking fountains at the Cen- tre school. During the coming year it will be necessary to make extensive repairs at the Centre School and the usual re- pair and renovation of the other buildings.
We recommend an appropriation to continue the grading at Princeton-st. buildings, and have had inserted in the Town Warrant an article to that effect.
It will not be possible to postpone for a great while longer the erection of a new building at the Centre. The crowded condition there has been called to your attention several times, and in order that something definite may be accomplished, we will introduce a motion at the annual meeting, asking for the appointment of a committee to act with the school committee, to consider a new building and a site therefor and report, with recommendations thereon, not later than the annual town meeting of 1914.
In conclusion :- We urge you fathers and mothers to keep your children in school as long as you can, and, if possible, let them go through High School. We realize that to do this may mean three or four years more of hard work and self- denial ; but the boy will be a better man and the girl a better woman mentally and physically for having had at the most critical periods of their lives, an opportunity for study and development in congenial surroundings. From a purely sel- fish point of view it is a paying proposition, and your boy will have a much greater earuing capacity after going through High School than he would have had if he left school at four- teen. We request that you read carefully this report as well as that of the Superintendent of Schools, and we invite criti- cisms, or suggestions, or both.
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APPROPRIATIONS
We recommend the following sums of money for the fiscal year of 1913-1914.
Text Books and supplies . $ 1,700 00
Furniture and repairs 1,500 00
Apparatus 50 00
Transportation
1,750 00
Incidentals
400 00
Superintendent
1,600 00
Fuel
2,100 00
Care
2,500 00
Teaching
19,500 00
Medical inspection
300 00
Total
$31,400 00
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN E. HARRINGTON, JOHN J. MONAHAN, WILLIAM H. HALL,
School Committee.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TEACHING
Superintendent
Benjamin E. Martin $ 1,558 33
Centre
Ruth G. Butters, 32 weeks. 464 00
May Farnham, 37 1-5 weeks 476 10
Ida M. Gardner, 15 weeks.
217 50
Eva M. Godfrey, 38 weeks.
524 50
Charles A. Holbrook, 40 weeks.
1,090 00
Helena B. Lyon, 35 4-5 weeks.
476 90
Susie S. McFarlin, 37 4-5 weeks.
578 40
Eliza Spaulding, 38 weeks .
478 70
Florence M. Stites, 38 weeks 486 50
Helen J. Coffin, 24 weeks
348 00
$5,140 60
North
Mary W. Cross, 40 weeks. $ 612 00
Laura B. Desmarais, 38 weeks, 505 50
Camille Fitzgerald, 35 weeks 491 00
Margaret C. Gookin, 37 9-10 weeks. 534 55
Frank E. Holt, 16 weeks. 440 00
Ella A. Hutchinson, 37 9-10 weeks.
580 00
Genevieve E. Jantzen, 37 weeks. 455 50
Gertrude A. Jones, 36 weeks
532 50
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Catherine E. McDermott, 37 3-5 weeks. . $ 556 50
Katherine M. Quinn, 37 9-10 weeks 504 20
Martha G. Roark, 38 weeks 448 50
May D. Sleeper, 38 weeks. 533 50
Mary A. Underwood, 37 2-5 weeks 448 80
Arthur W. Truby, 24 weeks 660 00
Grace M. McCue, 35 4-5 414 60
$7,717 15
West
Catherine E. Dunn, 37 2-5 weeks. $ 404 20
Kathryne E. Howarth, 38 weeks. 505 50
Bertha H. Long, 38 weeks. 562 50
1,472 20
East
Rose C. Geary, 15 weeks $ 165 00
Hannah H. Sleeper, 38 weeks 477 50
Margaret Shinkwin, 22 weeks. 264 00
906 50
South
Ruth D. Crawford, 38 weeks.
426 00
Mabel E. Haggerty, 37 4-5 weeks. 424 00
850 00
Golden Cove
Ivy E. Kew, 13 4-5 weeks . $ 144 90
Regina B. Frappier, 22 4-5 weeks. 273 60
418 50
South Row
Regina B. Frappier, 15 weeks. $ 165 00
Esther A. Reid, 23 weeks. 230 00
395 00
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North Row
Ruth E. Adams, 37 7-10 weeks. $ 399 80 $ 399 80
Drawing
Bertha G. Bartlett, 16 weeks
$ 208 00
Miriam C. Fearing, 24 weeks. 288 00
496,00
Music
Mary B. Raynes, 6 weeks
$ 78 00
M. Marion Adams, 23 weeks. 276 00
Mildred L. Brennon 25 00
379 00
Substitute Teachers
Bessie A. Gatie, 5 weeks $75 00
Helen C. Osgood, 1 2-5 weeks 14 00
Mae Hogan, 1 week
10 00
Mae Hogan, 1-5 week .
1 75
Ethel Park, 1 4-5 weeks
15 75
Ethel Chalifoux, 1-5 week
1 72
Hannah McNabb, 1-5 week
1 75
Mary Garvey, 1-5 week.
1 25
Mary Dunn, 1-5 week
1 25
Grace A. Stinson, 3-5 week
6 30
Ethel Wright
5 00
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Elizabeth M. Flynn, 3 weeks
30 00
Florence G. Finegan, 1-5 week
2 00
Blanche Waller, 1 3-5 weeks
20 00
Margaret Hansberry, 2 2-5 weeks
24 00
Alice Akers, 3-5 week 7 50
Gertrude Rideout, 7 weeks
98 00
Jule Coddington, 1 week
14 00
Gertrude Quigley, 1-10 week
1 00
Ruth M. Furbush, 2-5 week.
3 50
333 80
$18,508 55
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MEDICAL INSPECTION
Dr. A. G. Scoboria $125 00
Dr. F. E. Varney 125 00
$250 00
APPARATUS
L. E. Knott & Co.
$46 78
$46 75
TRANSPORTATION
E. Paignon, Jr $336 00
J. C. Sheehan
327 25
John Sullivan
289 50
S H. Nickles
366 00
Mrs. F. W. Merrill 176 00
Mary B. Raynes
4 00
Bertha G. Bartlett
16 00
Bay State Street Ry
160 00
Lowell & Fitchburg St. Ry
70 00
$1,744 75
FUEL
Harry L. Parkhurst
$932 02
E. A. Wilson
12 00
F. W. Park
6 00
Courier-Citizen
14 50
J. P. Quinn
321 68
John J. Dunn.
25 00
Lowell Sun.
14 40
James P. Dunigan
812 61
$2,138 21
CARE
James S. Byam $500 00
Edward Fallon 341 00
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Charles House
$ 37 50
Walter Lee
200 00
A. G. Twiss
330 00
Oliver Scollan
550 00
Alfred Simpson
200 00
Ira Spaulding
38 00
Rufus Wood.
55 00
E. A. Howe
59 00
$2,310 50
INCIDENTALS
Boston & Maine R. R.
$
1 11
American Express
2 65
Lowell Gas Light Co.
9 35
Lowell Electric Light Co.
11 37
North Chelmsford Fire District.
68 27
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 5 06
Frank Holt .
1 38
Phillip Donohoe
50
James Byam
2 90
John T. McManomin
4 65
Edward Fallon.
15 50
Bartlett & Dow
8 25
Harry C. Kittredge
25
Lawler Printing Co
8 25
Edwards & Monahan
3 00
C. B. Coburn
37
Gilbride Co.
1 50
Clark's Orchestra
6 25
Ethel Wright (graduation)
9 83
Wm. C. Ward
5 00
Mary B. Raynes
2 00
Knowlton Press
42 90
Catherine Quinn
54
Mrs. Henry Pearson
2 00
Geo. E. Hutchins
9 50
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R. C. Wood $ 3 90
Ira Spaulding. 9 29
J. P. Carlson. 2 00
Walter Lee. 2 00
A. G. Quist. 1 10
G.C. Prince
6 10
W. H. Hall
2 55
E. R. Marshall.
3 00
W. L. Stearns
2 50
Owen Scollan.
3 00
Thompson Hardware
5 74
Charles Stewart.
3 00
B. E. Martin.
44 71
G. F. Cutler
4 00
D. F. Small 1 78
W. E. Westall
36 00
Ervin Smith
1 05
Beaver Co.
3 30
S. W. Parkhurst
4 30
A. W. Greely.
5 00
L. A. Derby .
72
Chas. Scribner
1 80
Wm. P. Proctor. .
18 12
Nelson & Co ..
5 80
Wm. C. Hinckley
1 15
McIntosh Mach. Co
70
Ethel Wotton 4 00
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$ 398 99
FURNITURE AND REPAIRS
William Proctor & Co. $ 8 13
D. F. Small. 4 61
James Kiberd
31 50
Masury Young 92 70
James McMaster. 50 00
149
James Burns. $ 32 93
Robert Getchel 4 95
D. Stark ..
3 00
W. W. Stuart 75
F. G. Pratt. 359 95
H. H. Wilder
3 75
N. D. Lafleur
1 00
Amasa Pratt.
2 63
Chas. E. Parkhurst
218 36
E. L. Stearns
2 50
B. C. Beamis
12 75
Bartlett & Dow
1 25
C. B. Coburn
9 49
Wm. McLarney
233 52
I. K. Knight.
2 25
Gookin Bros.
18 00
Adams & Co. .
27 90
Thomas Murphy
255 16
E. T. Adams
26 62
M. J. Ward.
2 25
A. W. Holt.
2 30
J. B. Emerson
10 66
E. R. Marshall
51
J. J. Quigley
3 00
Walter Lee.
50
E. A. Howe
2 82
Welch Bros. .
23 40
C. G. Nickles
2 50
25 75
$1,477 39
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
154 91
Ginn & Co.
Silver Burdett. 173 36
10 35
Oliver Ditson & Co.
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Edward E. Babb & Co
561 56
150
American Book Co
61 56
G. C. Prince Co. 8 74
Grogs Pub. Co.
2 02
Hammett & Co.
185 25
The Cable Co.
7 00
Talbot Dye & Chemical Co
1 40
Bartlett & Dow.
14 55
Parkhurst Press.
8 20
Knowlton Press
2 75
B. E. Martin
10 40
· Boston & Maine R. R
2 47
Allyn & Bacon
15 20
D. C. Heath & Co
50 09
Milton Bradley
112 94
E. F. Hatch.
5 00
Horace Turner. . .
3 05
Houghton Mifflin
22 56
Bigelow & Dowse
20 00
Kenney Bros 45 30
Rand McNally
137 60
J. D. Brown
100 00
Play ground and Rec' Assoc.
1 25
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$1,717 52
GRADING AT HIGHLAND AVE. SCHOOL
Minor & O'Neil
$ 274 00
Smith & Brooks 17 00
Fred E. Fallon . 4 50
295 50
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
ACCOUNT
Appropriations and Receipts
Expenditures
Surplus
Deficit
Teaching, Care and Fuel.
$22,900 00
$22,957 26
$57 26
Superintendent .
1,600 00
1,558 33
$41 67
Tuition of State Children
134 00
134 00
Tuition of other Children
82 00
82 00
Sale of Supplies .
80
3 80
Reimbursement of Transportation
24 30
24 30
Dog Licenses .
526 12
526 12
Incidentals
400 00
398 99
1 01
Transportation
1,750 00
1,744 75
25
Apparatus.
50 00
46 75
3 25
Furniture and Repairs
1,000 00
1,477 39
477 39
Text Books and Supplies.
1,700 00
1,717 52
17 52
Medical Inspection
250 00
250 00
Grading at Highland Avenue School.
300 00
295 50
4 50
Net Surplus .
$30,720 22
$30,446 49
$825 90
$552 17
273 73
273 73
$30,720 22
$30,720 22
$825 90
$825 90
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1913-1914
Mrrch 14, 1913-All schools close, first eight grades for two weeks, Ninth grades and High Schools for one week.
March 24, 1913-Ninth grades and High Schools open for spring term.
March 31. 1913-First eight grades open for spring term.
April 18, 1913-Patriotic exercises, one hour.
April 19, 1913-Patriots' Day, holiday, Saturday.
May 23, 1913-Emerson exercises, half hour.
May 30, 1913-Memorial Day, holiday.
June 13, 1913-Flag Day exercises, half hour.
June 19, 1913-Centre High School graduation.
June 20, 1913-North High School graduation.
June 20, 1913-All schools close for summer vacation, ten weeks.
Sept. 8, 1913 -All schools open for fall term.
Oct. 9, 1913-Historical exercises, one hour.
Oct.
10, 1913-Columbus Day, holiday.
Oct. 31, 1912-Bryant exercises, half hour.
Nov. 26, 1913-Thanksgiving exercises, one hour.
Nov. 27, 1913-Thanksgiving recess.
Dec. 1, 1913-Schools open. .
Dec. 12, 1913-Whittier exercises, half hour,
Dec. 19, 1913-All schools close, grades for two weeks, High Schools for one week.
Dec. 29, 1913-High Schools open for winter term.
Jan. 5, 1914-Grades open for winter term.
Feb. 12, 1914-Lincoln exercises, one hour.
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Feb. 20, 1914-Washington exercises, one hour.
Feb. 22, 1914-Sunday, Washington's birthday.
Feb. 23, 1914-Monday, holiday.
Feb. 24, 1914-Lowell exercises, half hour.
Feb.
27, 1914-Longfellow exercises, half hour.
March 27, 1914-Grades close for two weeks' vacation.
April 3, 1914-High Schools close for one week's vacation.
April
13, 1914-All schools open for spring term.
April 17, 1914-Patriotic exercises, one hour.
April 19, 1914-Patriots' Day, Sunday.
April 20, 1914-Monday, holiday.
May 22, 1914-Emerson evercises, half hour.
May 29, 1914-Patriotic exercises, half hour.
May 30, 1914-Memorial Day, Saturday.
June 12, 1914-Flag Day exercises, half hour.
June 25, 1914 -Centre High School graduation.
June 26, 1914-North High School graduation.
June 26, 1914-All schools close for summer vacation, ten weeks.
Terms for all purposes will be determined by vacations.
Term lengths for the school year 1913-1914.
Fall term :
All schools, 15 weeks.
Winter term : Grades, 12 weeks. High Schools, 14 weeks.
Spring term : All schools, 11 weeks.
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STATISTICS
Population of Chelmsford, 1910
5,010
Valuation, 1912 $4,220,425 00
1911-1912
Number of boys between the ages of five and
fifteen. 524
Number of girls between the ages of five and fifteen 470
Total 994
Number of boys between the ages of seven and fourteen 366
Number of girls between the ages of seven and fourteen 328
Total 694
Illiterate minors over fourteen years of age . . Number of different pupils enrolled 1,002
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Average attendance 813 +
Teachers employed.
*35
Average attendance for 1879-'80
353
Average attendance for 1889-'90.
341
Average attendance for 1899-'00
556
Average attendance for 1909-'10
786
*Two special teachers.
STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING IN JUNE, 1912
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
GRADES
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
Pupils
Under 5
Pupils Be-
Pupils
Over 15
Pupils Be-
tween 7 and 14
CENTER ..
.
Charles A. Holbrook, Sub ..
High
42
37.29
35.3
94.66
0
10
32
3
Ida M. Gardner ..
IX
23
18.
16.85
93 59
0
18
5
9
Susan S. McFarlin
VII, VIII
41
34,76
32.61
93.81
0
35
6
26
Eliza Spaulding
VI, VIII ..
40
36 46
35.
96.
0
38
2
36
V .
29
26 5
24.69
93.2
0
29
0
28
Helena B. Lyons.
III, IV
34
31.45
29.32
93 23
0
34
0
34
Eva M. Godfrey
1I, III .
36
32.55
30.13
95.57
0
36
0
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