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Cash :
Temporary Loans :
General
$ 17,508.81
Petty Cash :
Treasurer
50.00
Infirmary
50.00
$ 17,608.81
Accounts Receivable :
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
948.50
Sale of Real Estate
1,875.00
Levy of 1934
$ 25,167.85
Levy of 1935
83,040.95
$108,208.80
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1934
$ 22.90
Levy of 1935
1,280.51
Dog License Fees-Due County
8.40
Chairs for Centre Town Hall
200.00
Hydrant Service, South Chelmsford
Water District 500.00
Public Buildings
$ 18.62
Selectmen
12.00
Police
80.00
Tree Warden
12.00
Health
23.93
Levy of 1933
696.28
Highway
406.13
Levy of 1934
691.02
Public Welfare
8,736.57
Levy of 1935
877.32
Old Age Assistance
1,142.42
Schools
109.16
State Aid
10.00
$ 10,550.83
$ 30,000.00 4.38
Taxes to be Refunded
Taxes Overpaid
91.18
Tailings
514.97
Surplus War Bonus Fund
3.104.95
Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus
27.428.98
Foreclosing Tax Titles
700.00
Tax Abatement Defence
41.00
$ 1,303.41
$
27.00
Dog Officers' Fees Due from County
Departmental :
Overlay Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1926
$ 100.50
$ 2.365.12
In Anticipation of Revenue
Taxes :
BALANCE SHEET-January 1, 1936-Continued
Tax Titles
$ 9,068.95
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Revenue 1936
a
16,200.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$
1,303.41
Accounts Overdrawn :
Departmental 10,550.83
Tax Title 9.068.95
North Road $ 195.78
Outside Relief and Old Age Assistance 612.86
State Tax
757.68
Assessors, Defence of Tax Abatements 185.00
Vocational School
478.52
Workmen's Compensation 31.40
Outside Relief-City of Lowell 4,650.00
$ 6,911.24
$169,879.04
Excess and Deficiency
$ 81,173.37
$169,879.04
DEBT ACCOUNTS December 31, 1935
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$ 59,080.00
High School Loan $ 3,250.00
Centre Grade School Loan 43,330.00
Middlesex County Sanatorium Loan 12,500.00
$ 59,080.00
$ 59,080.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds : Cash and Securities :
Joseph Warren Library Fund
$ 831.94
Adams Emerson Library Fund
173.68
Selina G. Richardson Library Fund
465.30
In Custody of Library Trustees 15,243.38
Aaron George Cemetery Fund
1,014.94
In Custody of Insurance Fund Commissioners ... 38,385.24 George Library Fund
2,130.40
Amos F. Adams Library Fund
10,616.39
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
25,064.90
Harriet N. Edwards Cemetery Fund
262.25
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund 155.92
Insurance Investment Fund 38,385.24
Workmen's Compensation Fund 10.73
$ 79,111.69
$ 79.111.69
WINTHROP A. PARKHURST, Town Accountant.
In Custody of Town Treasurer $ 25,483.07
PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS OF TOWN DEBT TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY BY TAXATION
Year
New High School
Building, 1916
New Grade School
at Centre, 1925*
New Grade School
at Centre, 1925
Middlesex County
Sanatorium Loan,
1940
Totals
Interest Rate
4%
4%
4% June 1
6% March 15
1936
April 1
June 1
$ 6,666.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,500.00
$ 14,416.00
1937
June 1
June 1
March 15
$ 2,500.00
$ 11,166.00
1938
June 1
June 1
March 15
$ 6,666.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,500.00
$ 11,166.00
1939
June 1
June 1
March 15
$ 6,666.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,500.00
$ 11,166.00
1940
June 1
June 1
March 15
$ 6,666.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,500.00
$ 11,166.00
Total
$ 3,250.00
$ 33,330.00
$ 10,000.00
$ 12,500.00
$ 59,080.00
*Outside Debt Limit.
$ 3,250.00
$ 6,666.00
$ 2,000.00
INTEREST PAYMENTS OF TOWN DEBT TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY BY TAXATION
Year
New High School
Building, 1916
New Grade School
at Centre, 1925*
New Grade School
at Centre, 1925
Middlesex County
Sanatorium
Totals
1936
.. $
65.00
$ 1,199.88
$ 360.00
$
675.00
$ 2.299.88
1937
933.24
280.00
525.00
1,738.24
1938
666.60
200.00
375.00
1,241.60
1939
399.96
120.00
225.00
744.96
1940
133.32
40.00
75.00
248.32
Total
$
65.00
$ 3,333.00
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,875.00
$ 6,273.00
*Outside Debt Limit.
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting March 2, 1936 and March 9, 1936
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To John J. Buchanan, Constable, or any suitable person of the Town of Chelmsford.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby requested to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in their several Polling Places, viz :
Precinct 1-Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre.
Precinct 2-Town Hall, North Chelmsford.
Precinct 3-Fire House, West Chelmsford.
Precinct 4 School House, East Chelmsford.
Precinct 5-Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford.
Precinct 6-Golden Cove School House, Westlands.
on Monday, the second day of March, 1936, being the first Mon- day in said month, at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following officers :
Moderator for one year.
Town Clerk for three years.
One Selectman for three years.
One Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
Treasurer and Tax Collector for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
Tree Warden for one year.
One Member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Two Trustees of Adams Library for three years.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.
One Constable for one year.
One School Committee Member for three years. All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12 noon to 8 P. M., and to meet in the Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre on the following Mon- day, the Ninth day of March, 1936, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon. then and there to act upon the following articles, viz :
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ARTICLE 1. To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the current year. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year; also in such other matters as may arise re- quiring in their judgment the action of such agent, and to em- ploy counsel therefor; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of the revenues of the current financial year ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum not exceeding Two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars to be used as a Reserve Fund at the discretion of the Finance Committee, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6 ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sufficient sum with which to meet unpaid bills of 1935; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept Hildreth Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of Town Clerk; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of One Hundred ($100) Dollars, or some other stm, for the purpose of reconstructing Hildreth Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept an exten- sion of Jordan Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of Town Clerk ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred ($200) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Jordan Road; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of Jordan Road in that part of Chelmsford known as West Chelmsford to Strawberry Hill Road ; or act in relation there- to.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sixth Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of Town Clerk; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Hundred ($300) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Sixth Avenue ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept an exten- sion of Ledge Road as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of Town Clerk ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of ($200) Dollars, or some cther sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Ledge Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept Elliott Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Elliott Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of Crosby Street to Crosby Lane ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept Gilwood Street as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of Town Clerk ; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Hundred Fifty ($150) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Gilwood Street ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to request the De- partment of Corporations and Taxation, Division of Accounts, to make an audit of the Town of Chelmsford accounts; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of settling claims made against the Town by Minnie E. Johnson and Frank Johnson ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen and 66/100 ($1,213.66) Dollars, to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance and repair of the Middlesex County Tuber- culosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws ; or act in relation there- to.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Four Thousand Six Hundred Fifty ($4650) Dollars, for the purpose of covering an overdraft in the Wel- fare Department, said money having been paid to the City of Lowell in settlement of claims against the Town by the City of Lowell ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-four and 21/100 ($1,424.21) Dollars to settle the claim of the City of Worcester against the Town of Chelmsford in the inatter of welfare given by the City of Worcester to persons having a settlement in Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Hundred Ninety-five and 78/100 ($195.78) Dollars for the purpose of covering a deficit in the North Road Account ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Thirty-five Hundred ($3,500) Dollars for the improvement and reconstruction of the North Road, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any other action; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to appoint physicians for the purpose of rendering medical service to needy persons ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate certain sums of money for the purpose of compensating physicions appointed under Article 28, provided an affirma- tive vote is made under Article 28; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing an automobile truck for the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to sell and transfer title to the 1931 International truck now used in the Highway Department ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing an automobile for the Police Department.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Eight Thousand Eight Hundred ($8,800) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of carrying on Federal or State projects, the cost of administration, and the cost of materials and supplies for the same; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to accept a devise and bequest of certain properties located in Chelmsford, as set forth in the last will and testament of the late Martina Gagc of Lowell ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars, or some other sum, for the improvement, reconstruction and relocation of Westford Street, said sum or any portion thereof to be used in conjunction with money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money for the purpose of settling land damage claims on Billerica Road ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Hundred ($100) Dollars for the pur- pose of settling claims for damages to property located on Church and Middlesex Streets as the result of blasting during the reconstruction of Middlesex Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Four Hundred Seventy-eight and 52/100 ($478.52) Dollars, to cover an overdraft in the Vocational School Account ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Hundred Eighty-five ($185) Dollars, to cover an overdraft in the Assessors' Abatement Expense Ac- count ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000) ) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purchase of high school desks, the purchase of seats for the basement of the McFarlin School, and for the purpose of adapting the McFarlin School Basement for high school use ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may author- ize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate; or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 48 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, placing regular or per- manent police members under the rules and regulations of the Civil Service; or act in relation thereto. Said Section reads as follows :
Sec. 48. Application to Police, etc., of Certain Towns .- A Town which has not accepted this chapter or the corresponding provisions of earlier laws may accept this section as to its regular or permanent police and fire forces, or as to either of them. Ac- ceptance as to the fire force shall include regular members, and
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may include call members, and a town which has accepted this sec- tion or the corresponding provisions of earlier laws as to regular firemen may afterward accept it as to call firemen. In a town which accepts this section by vote of the town at a town meeting, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, as to any or all of said forces, the members of the forces to which the ac- ceptance relates shall be subject to this chapter and the rules made hereunder, and shall hold office until their death, resignation or re- moval; but members in office at the time of such acceptance shall continue in office without examination or reappointment.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 49 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, placing the Chief of Police under the rules and regulations of the Civil Service ; or act in relation thereto. Said Section reads as follows :
Sec. 49. Application to Chiefs of Police, etc., of Certain Cities and Towns .- This chapter and the rules made hereunder shall apply to superintendents, chiefs of police and chief marshals in cities which have accepted Chapter four hundred and sixty-eight of the Acts of nineteen hundred and eleven in the manner therein provided, and in towns which have a police force subject to this chapter, and which have accepted, said Chapter four hundred and sixty-eight, or accept this section, by vote at an annual town meet- ing.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, and West Chelmsford, and at the School House, East Chelmsford, and the Golden Cove School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding this meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 14th day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-six.
STEWART MACKAY, JAMES A. GRANT, KARL M. PERHAM, Selectmen 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, 1935
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
RALPH A. BERG, Chairman ...... Term Expires 1936 Chelmsford JAMES P. CASSIDY Term Expires 1937 North Chelmsford
JOHN A. McADAMS, Secretary Term Expires 1938 Westlands
SUPERINTENDENT
GEORGE S. WRIGHT, A. B. ---- Office in McFarlin School Chelmsford
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
ARTHUR G. SCOBORIA, M.D. Chelmsford ERNEST LATHAM, M.D. North Chelmsford
SCHOOL NURSE
(MRS.) MAE S. LEWIS,, R. N. ...... Office in McFarlin School
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS
WINSLOW P. GEORGE Westlands
RALPH G. HULSLANDER North Chelmsford
SCHOOL CALENDAR
The school year is divided into a fall term ending at the Christmas vaca- tion, and three terms after the Holidays.
Fall term from September 4, 1935, to December 20, 1935.
Second term from January 2, 1936, to February 21, 1936.
Third term from March 2, 1936, to April 17. 1936.
Fourth term from April 27, 1936, to June 19, 1936.
The school year of 1936-1937 will open on Tuesday, September 8, 1936.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
In case of extremely bad storms or of roads dangerous because of ice, a signal for no school all day is given at 7:15 on the fire alarms, three blasts repeated three times. Notice is also broadcast by Station WLLH.
TEACHERS
The table shows the teachers at the beginning of the school year 1935-36, the position held, the date when service in Chelmsford began, and the institu- tions in which they prepared.
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HIGH SCHOOL
Lucien H. Burns, A. M., Principal, Sept. 1930. University of New Hamp- shire, Columbia.
C. Edith McCarthy, B. S. E., Vice-Principal, Commercial, Sept. 1923, Salem.
F. Christine Booth, B. A., Latin, Math., Sept. 1927, Colby.
Daisy B. MacBrayne, A. B., English, Sept. 1929, Boston University.
Procter P. Wilson, B. S., Science, Feb. 1930, M. I. T.
George R. Knightly, A. B., Social Science, Sept. 1930, Aurora. Morris L. Budnick, A. B., Math., Science, Sept. 1930, Tufts. John J. MacLaughlan, A. B., History, Nov. 1933, Holy Cross.
Warren C. Dean, A. B., Mathematics, Sept. 1934, Boston University.
Ernestine E. Maynard, B. S. E., Commercial, Sept. 1934, Salem. Earl J. Watt, A. M., French, Nov. 1934, Harvard.
Beth R. Hoffman, A. B., English, April 1935, Boston University. Catherine Coughlan, A. B., English, Sept. 1935, Boston University.
McFARLIN
Louis O. Forrest, Principal, VIII, Sept. 1926, Gorham Normal.
(Mrs.) Eva L. Dobson, VII, Nov. 1919, Plymouth Normal. Louise E. Cummings, VII-VIII, Sept. 1931, Lowell Normal. M. Beryl Rafuse, VI, Sept. 1920, Truro Normal.
Helena B. Lyon, V, Oct. 1911, North Adams Normal. Emily Hehir, IV, Sept. 1928, Lowell Normal.
Charlotte L. Lyons, IV-V, Sept. 1935, Plymouth Normal.
Mayme G. Trefry, III, Sept. 1921, Truro Normal.
Myrtle Greene, II, Sept. 1928, Lowell Normal.
Clara W. Dexter, B. S. E, I, Sept. 1934, Lowell.
EAST
Harry Y. Hilyard, Principal, VII-VIII, Sept. 1930, Gorham Normal. (Mrs.) Jessie F. Brown, V-VI, April 1930, Boston University. Mildred G. Perry, B. S. E., III-IV, Sept. 1931, Lowell and Fitchburg. Gladys G. Mooney, I-II, Sept. 1931, Lowell Normal.
HIGHLAND AVENUE
Harry J. Kane, B. S. E., Principal, VII-VIII, Sept. 1929. Bridgewater.
Mary H. Ryan, V-VI, Sept. 1930, Lowell Normal.
Lottie M. Agnew, III-IV, Sept. 1923, Lowell Normal. Gertrude P. Henderson, I-II, Sept. 1932, Lowell Normal.
PRINCETON STREET
Ella A. Hutchinson, Principal, VII, Sept. 1905, Framingham Normal. Gerald A. Ivers, B. Chem., VIII, Sept. 1935, Towell Textile Institute. (Mrs.) Elsa Reid, VI, Sept. 1922, Lowell Normal. Gladys Harrington, V, Sept. 1931, Lowell Normal.
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(Mrs.) Lilla B. McPherson, IV, Sept. 1920, Framingham Normal. Genevieve E. Jantzen, III, Sept. 1911, Lowell Normal. Helen C. Osgood, II, Sept. 1921, Lowell Normal. Ann E. Hehir, B. S. E., I, Sept. 1935, Lowell.
QUESSY
V. John Rikkola, B. S. E., Principal, VII-VIII, Salem. Bertha H. Long, V-VI, April 1896, Salem Normal. Josephine M. Quigley, B. S. E., III-IV, Sept. 1934, Lowell. Jane E. McEnaney, I-II, Sept. 1926, Lowell Normal .
SOUTH
Roberta M. Small, B. S. E., IV-VI, Sept. 1935, Lowell.
Hazel R. Young, I-III, Sept. 1930, Lowell Normal.
WESTLANDS
H. Jean Rafuse, Principal, VII-VIII, Sept. 1920, Martin's Point, N. S .. High School.
Vera G. Rafuse, V-VI, Sept. 1921, Truro Normal.
(Mrs.) Charlotte K. Duffy, III-IV, Sept. 1932, Lowell Normal.
(Mrs.) Marion S. Adams, I-II, Jan. 1928, Lowell Normal.
SUPERVISOR
Charlotte L. Hyde, Music, Oct. 1927, Lowell Normal. TRANSPORTATION George W. Marinel, North Chelmsford.
JANITORS
High School, C. O. Robbins, Chelmsford Centre. McFarlin, Otis Brown, South Chelmsford. East, Bernard Mclaughlin, East Chelmsford. Highland Avenue, Edward Fallon, North Chelmsford Princeton Street, Patrick Cassidy, North Chelmsford. Quessy, John Boutilier, West Chelmsford. South, George Burton, South Chelmsford. Westlands, E. Berg, Westlands.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Chelmsford :
The conditions at the High School in regard to overcrowding have been so thoroughly discussed at several public meetings that it is not necessary to go into them again at this time. However, the problem as to what is the right thing to do for the pupils, as well as for the taxpayers, is still with us.
As a whole the school buildings throughout the town are in very good repair. This has been accomplished through the help and the co-operation received from the E. R. A. and later through the W. P. A., which has fur- nished labor to paint and repair the buildings at no direct expense to the town. The grounds at several of the schools, especially the High School, have been considerably improved. This work has been done as a separate project under the E. R. A. and has resulted in permanent improvements.
The morale of the teachers is high, and their devotion to their work and their unfailing co-operation has helped to maintain a high standard throughout the school system.
The close and efficient supervision which our superintendent exercises at all times has made it possible to keep the costs in our schools down to a point where Chelmsford has one of the lowest costs per pupil in the whole state of Massachusetts, without at any time depriving the pupils of necessary supplies, books and instruction.
The various Parent-Teacher Associations throughout the town have been active in sponsoring and carrying out important and helpful work. Their contributions for free milk and dental work deserve special commendation.
We, as a committee, respectfully urge all citizens to study the reports of the heads of various departments so that they may learn what has been done and what it is hoped to accomplish.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH A. BERG, JAMES P. CASSIDY, JOHN A. McADAMS,
School Committee.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO SECURE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR AN ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL
The special town meeting on April 30, 1935 appropriated $2000 to be used in securing plans and specifications for an addition to the High School, and authorized the Moderator to appoint a committee of four to work with the School Committee for this purpose. The Moderator appointed Mr. C. G. Armstrong, Mr. Roy Clough, Mr. John Meagher, and Mr. James Kiberd, Sr. The committee organized by electing Mr. Clough chairman and Mr. Kiberd secretary.
At this first meeting, after looking over the sketches submitted by several architects in 1930-31 and others submitted later, the committee voted to consult Mr. John Ashton of the firm of Ashton and Huntress, Law- rence, a firm of long experience in school house construction. It was also voted to apply to the Federal Government for a Public Works Administra- tion grant.
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