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Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to auth- orize the Selectmen to contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation at the then prevailing price per light
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for the following additional lights, and will raise and appropriate sufficient money to meet the expense there- of, viz :
One light on Littleton Road ;
Three lights on Sunset Avenue ;
Two lights on Middlesex Street ; One light on Shaw Street; Eight lights on Old Westford Road; Six lights on Twiss Road ; One light on Marion Street;
One light on Albina Street; One light on Riverneck Road ;
Two lights on New Fletcher Street ;
Two lights on Sylvan Avenue; One light on Maple Avenue ;
One light on Golden Cove Road;
One light on Seneca Avenue ;
One light on Dalton Road ;
or act in relation thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate out of money already in the hands of the Treas- urer the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250), to cover the amount of the judgment against the Town in an action of tort brought by Ellen Herson, and the further sum of Fourteen and 20-100 Dollars ($14.20) to cover the amount of the judgment against the Town in an action of tort brought by Arne Olsen; or act in rela- tion thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will strike out Sec- tion eight (8) under the Police Regulations of the by- laws of the Town and substitute therefor and adopt as a part of said by-laws the following :
8. No person shall affix with paste or other means any bill, placard or notice or shall write any figures, words or device on any building, fence, pole or wall be-
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longing to the Town and located therein ; or act in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400), or what other sum, and elect a director, the money to be ex- pended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agri- culture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chap- ter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to auth- orize the Selectmen to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Town Forestry Committee that part of the Town Farm property adjacent to the inter-section of the Turnpike Road and the Russell Mill Road, consisting of approx- imately thirty-five acres; or act in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 25-A, Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1921, which reads as follows :
"In towns which accept this section the assessors may appoint and remove citizens of the town as assis- tant assessors, who shall, subject to the supervision of assessors, act as assistant assessors of the town and shall have all necessary powers therefor.
In this section the word towns shall not include cities."
or act in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred and Fifty ($450), or what other sum, for the purpose of grading and re-surfacing Marshall Road; or act in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate from money already in the hands of the Treas- urer, the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1200), or
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what other sum, for the purpose of grading the grounds at the rear and sides of the school house situated on Dal- ton Road; or act in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Two Hundred Dol- lars ($2200), or what other sum for the purpose of grad- ing and installing macadam walks and drips at the Quessey School, so called, at West Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-Five Hundred Dollars ($3500), or what other sum for the purpose of install- ing a flush toilet system at the Quessey School, so call- ed, at West Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Eight Hundred Dol- lars ($2800), or what other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a new heating unit at the South Chelmsford School; or act in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will appoint two persons who with the School Committee will constitute a committee to study the general school-housing con- ditions of the town with special references to the school- housing conditions at North Chelmsford and the possible erection of a new grade school at North Chelmsford, and report their conclusions and recommendations at some subsequent meeting; or act in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee of three consisting of a member of the School Committee and two others to investigate and report at the next Town Meeting whether special or annual, on the matter of procuring additional land for playground purposes at the East School, so called; or act in relation thereto.
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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow the sum of Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000), or what other sum, for the purpose of continuing the construction of the Acton Road, rebuilding the Littleton Road, the Lowell Road and Central Square, each so called, two-thirds of the expense to be borne equally by the Commonwealth and County of Middlesex; or act in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money with which to build a shed at the rear of the Town Hall, Chelms- ford Center, for the use of the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will accept and allow Oak Knoll Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk, or act in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will accept and allow Manning Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk, or act in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will accept and allow Stearns Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to discon- tinue so much of the Twiss Road, so called, as is located between Main Street, otherwise known as the West Chelmsford Road, on the north and a line marked by two stone posts at the southerly terminus of the Twiss Road as re-located, on the south; or act in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town will accept and allow New Twiss Road as laid out by the Selectmen as
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shown by their report duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), or what other sum, for the purpose of grading, grassing and improving the Common at Chelmsford Center; or act in relation thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will authorize the superintendent of Streets, under the general supervision of the Board of Selectmen, to change the lay-out of Cen- tral Square Park located at Chelmsford Center; or act in relation thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to trans- fer the control and management of the Town dump located off Warren Avenue to the Board of Health; or act in relation thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote "That re- funds to the town from money paid out of appriopra- tions of the Board of Health be credited to the appro- priations from which they were paid"; or act in relation thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will accept from Fred E. Varney, M. D., the gift of a certain lot of land containing about six acres located on the shore of Leach's Pond in that part of Chelmsford known as North Chelms- ford, the same to be conveyed by his deed which will be exhibited at this meeting dated December 23, 1926, sub- ject to the express reservation and condition that said land is to be forever kept open as and for a public playground or recreation center under the provisions of Chapter 45, Section 14 of the General Laws, and that such playground be named and known as "The. Varney Playgrounds"; or act in relation thereto.
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Article 31. In the event of affirmative action under the preceding article to see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-Six Hundred Dollars ($3600), or what other sum, with which to grade and improve the land to which reference is made in the pre- ceding article for the purposes of a playground or rec- reation center; or act in relation thereto.
Article 32. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee to consider and report at some future meeting as to what changes and improvements, if any, should be made in Vinal Square at North Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider and report at some future meeting as to the advisability of constructing a sidewalk on Gor- ham Street, so called; or act in relation thereto.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000), or what other sum, for the purpose of build- ing a fire station on Middlesex Street at North Chelms- ford on land previously acquired by the Town for such purpose ; or act in relation thereto.
Article 35. In the event of affirmative action under the preceding article, to see if the Town will appoint a committee to have charge of the building of such a fire station; or act in relationt thereto.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-Five Hundred Doll- ars ($7500), or what other sum, for the purpose of re- modelling for the use of the Fire Department, the gram- mar school house situated on the North Road at Chelms- ford Center; or act in relation thereto.
Article 37. In the event of affirmative action under the preceding article, to see if the Town will appoint a
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committee to have in charge of the remodelling of said grammar school house; or act in relation thereto.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate from money already in the hands of the Treasurer, a sum not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2000) to be used as a Reserve Fund at the discretion of Finance Committee, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6 ; or act in relation thereto.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400), or what other sum, for State Aid; or act in re- lation thereto.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Center of the town, South Chelmsford, North Chelms- ford, and West Chelmsford, and at the School House, East Chelmsford, and at the Golden Cove School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appoint- ed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the first meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.
GEORGE RIGBY, ROBERT W. BARRIS, RALPH P. ADAMS, Selectmen of Chelmsofrd.
A true copy. Attest : DONALD F. ADAMS. Constable of the Town of Chelmsford.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF CHELMSFORD, MASS. For the School Year Ending December 31 1926
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Frank J. Lupien, Chairman . Term expires 1929
Charles H. Clough, Financial Secretary Term expires 1927 Willis L. MacComb, Secretary Term expires 1928
ADDRESSES OF COMMITTEE
Frank J. Lupien, Residence, Chelmsford Center .... Tel. Lowell 2852-M Charles H. Clough, Residence, Chelmsford Center .... Tel. Lowell 5957-J Willis L. MacComb, Residence, North Chelmsford .... Tel. Lowell 3509-R
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Charles H. Walker, Superintendent, Residence, Chelmsford Center Tel. Lowell 3444-J Office, New Grade School, Chelmsford Center
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Arthur G. Scoboria, M. D., Res., Chelmsford Center. Tel. Lowell 4767 Fred E. Varney, M. D., Res., North Chelmsford, Tel. Lowell 2892-R
SCHOOL NURSE
Miss Mary E. Sheehan, R. N., Res., Chelmsford Ctr, Tel. Lowell 3067-5
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
Donald F. Adams,
Res., Chelmsford Center, Tel. Lowell 6775-M
John E. Johnson,
Res. North Chelsmford, Tel. Lowell 4258-RK
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1927
Winter Term-Jan. 3, 1927 to Feb. 19, 1927-7 weeks.
Early Spring Term-Feb. 28, 1927 to Apr. 9, 1927-6 weeks.
Spring Term-April 18, 1927 to July 1, 1927-11 weeks.
Fall Term-Sept. 6, 1927 to Dec. 24, 1927-16 weeks. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Jan. 1. Feb. 22, April 19, May 30, Oct. 12, Thanksgiving and the day following, Dec. 25.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
Fire Whistle, 3 blasts, repeated 3 times at 7.15, no session, in all schools for day.
Fire Whistle, 3 blasts, repeated 3 times at 11.15, one session for grades closing at 12 noon.
TEACHERS 1926-27
The following is a list of the teachers, with their respective grades, number of years experience, dates of beginning and ending service in Chelmsford, school they graduated from and their present residence:
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HIGH
Lester F. Alden, Principal, Mathematics, Problems of American Democ- racy; 19; Feb. 1920; Amherst College; Chelmsford, Mass.
Ralph P. Coates, Sub-Principal, Science; 7; September, 1920; Bates College; Chelmsford, Mass.
Ursulu E. Tetreau, French, English: 1; Sept. 8, 1925; Bates College; 40 Monument St., Portland, Me.
Josephine F. Harmon, Commercial; 6; Sept. 1921; Kimball Commercial ยท College; 609 Stevens St., Lowell, Mass.
C. Edith McCarthy, Commercial, English: 3; Sept. 1923; State Normal 14 Oak St., Ayer, Mass.
Abbie B. Small, Latin, English; 2; Sept. 1924, Bates College; West Scarborough, Me.
Lucy T. Nordon, History and Civics; 2; Sept. 1924; Jackson College; 6 Noves Terrace, Lynn, Mass.
Marion Turner, Mathematics and Biology; 3: Sept. 1924; Middlebury College, Berlin, Vt.
Florrie Alderson, Commercial English; 2; Sept. 1924; Boston University; 143 Appleton Street, Lowell, Mass.
CENTRE
Susan S. McFarlin, Principal, VIII; 45; April 1879; Framingham Nor- mal; Chelmsford, Mass.
Eva L. Dobson, VII; 9; Nov. 1919; Plymouth Normal; South Chelms- ford, Mass.
Katie D. Greenleaf, VI-VII; 12; Sept. 1922; Framingham Normal, Chelmsford, Mass. M. Beryl Rafuse, VI; 13; Sept. 1920; Truro Normal, Martin's Pt,, Lunenburg Co., N. S.
Helene B. Lyon, V; 20; Sept. 1911; North Adams Normal; East Hamp- ton, Mass.
S. Adelaide Margle, IV; 1: Sept. 8, 1925; Farmington Normal; Win- throp, Me.
Charlotte M. Kemp, III; 4; April 20, 1925; Lowell Normal; Chelmsford, Mass.
Ester R. Nystrom, II; 14; Dec. 1911; Lowell Normal; 27 Fleming St., Lowell, Mass.
Eva M. Large, I; 9; Sept. 1917; Lowell Normal; 31 Burgess St., Low- ell, Mass.
WESTLANDS
H. Jean Rafuse, Principal, VII-VIII; 10; Sept. 1920; Martin's Pt., High; Martin's Pt., Lunenburg Co., N. S.
Vera G. Rafuse, V-VI; 13; Sept. 1921; Truro Normal; Martin's Pt., Lun- enburg Co., N. S.
Mayme G. Trefry, III-IV; 12; Sept. 1921; Truro Normal; Arcadia, Yarmouth Co., N. S. Marion C. Bradley, I-II: 8; Sept. 1919, Lowell Normal; 496 Wilder St., Lowell, Mass.
EAST
Louis O. Forrest, Principal, VI-VIII; 12; Sept. 1926; Gorham Normal; Chelmfsord, Mass.
Esther M. Kochian, V-VI; 1; Sept. 8, 1925, Gorham Normal; 229 Frank- lin St., Portland, Me.
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L. Wilmer Perkins, III-IV; 1; Sept. S, 1925; Lowell Normal, Chelms- ford, Mass.
Grace G. Sheehan, I-II; 4; Sept. 1922; Lowell Normal; 54 Hanks St., Lowell, Mass.
SOUTH
Mary E. Mooney, III-V; 2; Sept. 1924; Lowell Normal; 213 Moore St., Lowell, Mass.
Jane E. McEnaney, I-II; Sept. 1926; Lowell Normal; North Chelmsford.
SOUTH ROW
Helen C. Osgood, I-IV; 712; Sept. 1921; Lowell Normal; Boston School D. Sci .; 1 Osgood St., Lowell Mass.
PRINCETON STREET
Gertrude A. Jones, Principal VIII; 33; Sept. 1899; Salem Normal; North Chelmsford, Mass.
Ella A. Hutchinson, VII; 35; Sept. 1905; Framingham Normal; Chelms- ford Mass,
Elsa Reid, VI; 15; Sept. 1922; Lowell Normal; West Chelmsford, Mass. May D. Sleeper, V; 26; March 1907; Chelmsford High and Extension Courses; North Chelmsford, Mass.
Lilla B. McPherson, IV; 12; Sept. 1920; Framingham Normal; 588 Stevens St., Lowell, Mass.
Genevieve E. Jantzen, III; 18; Sept. 1911; Lowell Normal 3 Olive St., Lowell, Mass.
Mary F. Robinson, II; 2; Sept. 1924; Lowell Normal; 40 Crowley St., Lowell, Mass.
Katherine G. Dewire, I; 16; Jan. 1921; Lowell Normal; 315 High St., Lowell, Mass.
HIGHLAND AVENUE
Mary A. Garvey, Principal, VI-VII; 18; Sept. 1921; Lowell Normal; North Chelmsford, Mass.
Ella Bailey, V-VI; 12; Sept. 8, 1925; Farmington Normal; R. D. 11; Gardner, Me.
Mary K. Daley, III-IV; 6; Sept. 1922; June 1926; Lowell Normal; North Chelmsford, Mass.
Lottie M. Agnew, III-IV; 4; Sept. 1923; Lowell Normal; West Chelms- ford, Mass.
Estelle M. Buckley, I-II; 0; Sept. 1926; Lowell Normal; North Chelms- ford, Mass.
CORP. GEORGE QUESSEY
Harold F. Meyette, VII-VIII; 6; Sept. 8, 1925; Keene Normal; Chelms- ford, Mass.
Bertha H. Long, V-VI; 32; April 1$96; Salem Normal; No. Wilmington Mass.
Edith M. Grant, III-IV; 1 1-3; April 21, 1925; Salem Normal; 20 Simon St., Beverly, Mass.
Mary A. Dunn, I-II; 15; Sept. 1921; Lowell Normal, West Chlemsford, Mass.
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SPECIAL TEACHERS
Elsie S. Burne, Supervisor of Music; 312; Boston Con. of Music; West Chelmsford, Mass.
Ruth L. Hazelwood, Supervisor of Art; 3; Oct. 1923; Boston Mussum of Fine Arts; 16 Melville St., Augusta, Me.
Mary E. Sheehan, School Nurse; 4; St. John's Hospital Training School. R. N .; Chelmsford, Mass.
SUPERINTENDENT
Charles H. Walker, Superintendent; 23; April 1, 1923; Bates College; Chelmsford, Mass.
DRIVERS, SCHOOL TRUCKS
Lewis Fisk, Chelmsford, Mass .. Tel. Lowell 4399-W George Gaudette, North Chelmsford, Mass.
Edwin Whitcomb, Chelmsford, Mass .. . Tel. Lowell 7431 George Marinel, North Chelmsford, Mass. Tel. Lowell 4423-J
JANITORS
High School, C. O. Robbins, Chelmsford, Mass.
Centre Grade School, Otis Brown, South Chelmsford, Mass.
South School, E. Dyer Harris, South Chelmsford, Mass. South Row School, Mrs. Thomas Moran, Chelmsford, Mass. East School, Richard Robertson, East Chelmsford, Mass. Westlands School, Charles Stearns, Chelmsford, Mass. Princeton Street School, John Matson, North Chelmsford, Mass. Highland Avenue School, Edward Fallon, North Chelmsford, Mass. Quessey School, Edward Carlson, West Chelmsford, Mass.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Your committee herewith submits its report to the citizens of Chelmsford for the year ending December 31, 1926. Your committee feels that the year 1926 has been a very successful one both from a financial and educational point view. Our
of Parent-Teachers' Associations in the various sections of the town have shown an unusual interest in our school affairs and have co-operated in a very whole- some manner with all the school faculties and school committee. Our Superintendent has kept in close touch with the work done in all our schools. Splendid co-operation has been manifested by all concerned in the educational system for the welfare of our schools. Whereas much repair work and many improvements have been made in the several buildings throughout the town, much more remains to be done to put the buildings in proper condition for school purposes.
A brief summary of the work accomplished during the past few years is presented for your interest. During the summer of 1923 the Highland Avenue School was repainted on the outside, thus putting it first-class condition. At the old grade building at the Center all the walls of the different rooms were re-decorated and the ceilings white- ened, thus producing attractive, homelike conditions for the pupils there for the past three years. Many other repairs were then needed but the Committee did not think it wise to lay out more money there as they hoped that the town would shortly remodel the old building or build a new one to accomodate the grade pupils at the Center. How well their hope has been fulfilled in the erection of a new building at the Center we are all aware.
During the summer of 1924 the Highland Avenue School was en- tirely re-decorated in the interior. Minor repairs were made at the two Princeton Street Schools, the High School, the Westlands School and South Chelmsford. The grounds were graded and seeded at the South Row School and a new wire fence built about the same. A well was driven and a pump installed in one of the cloak rooms and a dry well was dug to care for the waste water. The exterior of the Quessey School was painted and a temporary outbuilding constructed to replace the one that was burned. During the summer the two-room building at East Chelmsford was remodeled into a modern four-room building, thus making it possible to re-organize the work so as to have only two grades to a room instead of three grades. This improvement not only did away with the congestion in the rooms but has very much increased the opportunity for more efficient teaching.
During the summer of 1925 the South Row School was re-modeled so that it is now practically a model one-room school with entrance through the vestibule, new hardwood floor, a jacketed stove in the north-east corner furnishing uniform heat and ventilation. It was painted outside and inside and all desks and seats were shellacked and varnished. At the South. Chelmsford School the grounds were graded so as to take the water away from the building. At the Westlands boiler and fan repairs were made. Electric lights have been installed in the Highland Avenue and the two Princeton Street buildings and the Quessey School. For the past two years all the basements of our buildings have been whitened and desks and seats shellacked and var-
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nished by the janitors with the help of the bus drivers under the direct supervision of the Chairman of the School Committee, Mr. Frank Lupien. The grounds in East Chelmsford were graded and seeded and a fence built about same. Grading and seeding were also done at the Highland Avenue School which added much to the appear- ance of that building. The grounds at the rear of the new Princeton Street School were graded and a new retaining wall built.
This past summer new steam heating units were installed at the two Princeton Street Schools and the Quessey School. We are glad to report that these heating units are adequately heating and ventilating the above buildings and that there is no trouble now from coal gas in the class-rooms. A material saving in fuel has also been noticed.
Last Spring the Committee employed Professor Tyler, Sanitary Engineer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to survey the conditions for improving sanitary facilities at the Quessey School and we have received the report and specifications for the installation of same. We hope the citizens of the town will see fit to undertake this project this summer.
This past summer new cement walks and drips were built to and about the old Princeton Street School, also concrete walks were built at the High School and Highland Avenue School. The old Princeton Street School was re-decorated last summer and the South School was also re-decorated. This puts the interior conditions of all buildings in first-class shape with the possible exception of the new Princeton Street School which should be re-finished within a year or two. One building namely the Westlands, should be painted on the exterior very soon. Last summer the two tennis courts at the High School were re-finished and are now in good condition.
The transportation problem is one that should receive the sober consideration of the tax payers of Chelmsford. In the year of 1923 the town was transporting 310 pupils daily. Now 440 pupils are carried to and from school daily. Obviously this necessitated an increase in cost, and in order to relieve the crowded conditions at the North and West sections of the town, Mr. Marinel was supported by the School Com- mittee in the purchase of a new and modern hus. Whereas the con- gested conditions then existing have been temporarily relieved, all busses are crowded at present and something of a permanent nature must be done in the near future.
This fall an evening school for the instruction in the fundamental subjects was established at the Princeton Street School. Two classes were organized and the enrollmert is now in excess of thirty. We hope that the people of Chelmsford will give their sincere support to this undertaking since the cost is exceedingly small and the results are very gratifying.
A great deal more could be included in this report but if you will kindly read the reports of our Superintendent of Schools and that of our High School Principal along with this one, we feel that you will have a thorough knowledge of what has been done and what should be done for the best interests of the schools of Chelmsford.
Thanking all the citizens for their past loyal co-operation and anticipating the same in the future, we remain,
FRANK J. LUPIEN. CHARLES H. CLOUGH. WILLIS L. MacCOMBS.
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