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ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum with which to meet unpaid bills of 1936; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money to purchase a type- writer, supplies, and other equipment, for the purpose of installing a new system in the Assessors Department ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell in behalf of the Inhabitants of the Town any or all of the land devised to the Town by the late Martina Gage, and to give a good and sufficient deed thereto; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept title to certain land located between Fairmount and Holt Streets in North Chelmsford, Mass., from the North Chelmsford Fire District ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept Fair- mount 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 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Fair- mount Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept Spring 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 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred ($100) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Spring Street ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept Fair- mount Street extension 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 appropriate the sum of One Hundred Seventy-five Dol- lars ($175), or some other sum, for the purpose of ex- tending Fairmount Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sunset Avenue extension to Oriole 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 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of extending Sunset Avenue to Oriole Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Naylor 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 relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200), or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Naylor Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. 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 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200), or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Elliott Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. 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 relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200), or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Hil- dreth Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. 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 relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450), or some other sum, for the purpose of recon- structing Sixth Avenue ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept Waverly 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 relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400), or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Waverly Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept Ledge Road as laid out by the Selectment as shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200), or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Ledge Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept Gilwood 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 relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75), or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Gil- wood Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($850), for the purpose of defraying the expense of fore- closing tax titles ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($325), or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing an automobile for the Police Department ; said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 35, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to transfer title to the Ford Automobile now used by the Police Department ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing an automobile truck; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-five Dollars ($8,295), or some other sum, for the purpose of carrying on Federal or State Projects, the costs of administration, and the costs of materials and supplies for same; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-five Dollars ($265), for the purpose of settling land damage claims on the Riverneck and Dunstable Roads; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to accept title to certain land called "The Harrington Sandbank"; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Overlay Reserve Account to the Emergency Flood Relief Account the sum of Four Thousand Seven Hun- dred Thirty-eight and 65/100 Dollars, ($4,738.65) ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-five Hundred Dollars ($3500) for the reconstruction of the North Road, con- tingent upon the State and the County contributing a similar amount for said purpose; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for the reconstruction of the Lowell Road, contingent upon the State and County contributing a similar amount for said purpose ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Twelve and 86/100 Dollars ($612.86) for the purpose of covering a deficit in the outside aid and old age assistance account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars to be used by the Moth Department for the purpose of ex- terminating and controlling the elm leaf beetle; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to construct an addition to the Town Hall in Chelmsford Centre and make certain alterations thereon; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 47. In the event there is an affirmative vote under Article 46, to see if the Town will vote to transfer from the accounts entitled "Sale of Real Estate and Surplus War Bonus Fund", certain sums contained in these ac- counts for the purpose of defraying the expense of an addition to the Town Hall as set forth in Article 46; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept from George C. Moore, Jr. title to certain lands in that part of Chelmsford called North Chelmsford, a particular description of which may be seen in the Town Clerk's Office ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Committee of three per- sons for the purpose of considering the advisability of enacting building laws and regulations for the Town; said Committee to make their report at the next annual town meeting ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twelve Hundred Eighty-four and 24/100 Dollars ($1284.24) to pay the County of Middle- sex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use a sum of money in the amount, such as the Tax Commissioner may approve, as free cash ; said sum to be applied in computing the tax rate for the year 1937 ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to oil the Twiss Road from the junction of Twiss Road and Main Street so-called to the Stony Brook R. R. tracks on Twiss Road, and that the expense of this oiling be taken from the appropriation of "Road Binder" so-called; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the fund entitled "Sales of Cemetery Lots", a cer- tain sum of money for the purpose of the care, improve- ment and embellishment of some or all of the cemeteries in the Town; or act in relation 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 Chelmsford and West Chelmsford, and at the School House in East Chelmsford and the Golden Cove School House, Westlands, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the first meeting aforesaid.
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HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of the Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding this meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this Twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven.
JAMES A. GRANT, STEWART MacKAY, KARL M. PERHAM,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
Superintendent of Schools
OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.
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LET THE CHILDREN GUARD
WHAT THE SIRES HAVE WON
MAS
TTS
1655 ACHUS
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
1936
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JAMES P. CASSIDY, Chairman . Term Expires 1937 North Chelmsford
JOHN A. McADAMS Term Expires 1938 Westlands
WENDELL P. HARVEY, Secretary. Term Expires 1939 Chelmsford
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
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 1936-37, the position held, the date when service in Chelmsford began, and the institutions in which they prepared.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lucian 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. M., 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.
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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. Catherine W. Mooney, B. S. E., Commercial, Sept. 1936, Salem.
McFARLIN
Louis O. Forrest, Principal, VIII, Sept. 1926, Gorham Normal.
(Mrs.) Eva L. Dobson, VII, Nov. 1919, Plymouth Normal. Esther M. Thayer, VII-VIII, Jan. 1936, Keene 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, V-VI, Sept. 1935, Plymouthı 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. Jane E. McEnaney, I-II, Sept. 1926, Lowell Normal.
HIGHLAND AVENUE
Gerald A. Ivers, B. Chem., Sept. 1935, Lowell Textile Institute.
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. Isabell M. Doyle, B. S., VIII, Sept. 1936, Boston University. (Mrs.) Elsa Reid, VI, Sept. 1922, Lowell Normal. Gladys Harrington, V, Sept. 1931, Lowell Normal. (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.
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Josephine M. Quigley, B. S. E., III-IV, Sept. 1934, Lowell. Alice P. McEnaney, I-II, Jan. 1936, Lowell Normal.
SOUTH
Roberta M. Small, B. S. E., IV-VI, Sept. 1935, Lowell. Veronica M. McTeague, B. S. E., I-III, Jan. 1936, Lowell.
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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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Chelmsford :
In order that you may be kept informed of the condition of your public schools and of the best methods of securing their efficiency and improvement, this committee annually makes a report of the conduct of the town schools. This report consists of a statement by this com- mittee ; a detailed report by the superintendent of schools; a report by the principal of the high school; a report by the supervisor of music and a report by the school nurse. Some subjects have been reported in greater detail in other annual reports of this committee and we sug- gest that the school reports of recent years be considered in connec- tion with this report.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
There follows a statement of the amount appropriated by the Town and expended for school purposes in the year 1936 :
Appropriated
Expended
Administration
$ 3,950
$ 3,927.20
Instruction
69,000
68,975.99
Operation and Maintenance
16,400
16,398.23
Auxiliary Agencies
11,750
11,748.43
New Equipment
250
247.75
Special
2,000
1,876.52
Total
$103,350
$103,174.12
Each year there is paid to the Town of Chelmsford by the State Treasurer, out of the proceeds of the tax on incomes, an amount of money which is determined in part by the number of teachers the Town employs and the salaries paid to them. The Town receives $200 for each teacher in full service for the entire school year who receives a salary of not less than $950.00; $150.00 for each teacher so employed who receives a salary of not less than $850.00; and $100.00 for each teacher not included in either of the foregoing classes. The balance of the sum so paid to the Town out of the tax on incomes is determined by the ratio between our proportionate part of the state tax and the number of pupils in the Chelmsford schools.
This year the Town received from the state income tax, as cash or credit on the school account, the sum of $15,575.00. The Town also received on the school account $3,722.06 for tuition of state wards; the Town received on the school account for tuition from other towns, the amount of $938.08. After these three items are deducted from the whole amount of school expenditures for 1936, the balance will represent the net cost of the schools to the Town of Chelmsford; or stated another
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way, the net amount of money which was paid from local taxes in 1936 for school purposes. These figures may be summarized as follows :
Total School Expenditures for 1936. $103,174.12 Received as cash or credit on school account .. 20,235.14
Net amount from Town Taxes $ 82,938.98
ENROLLMENT
On October 1, 1936, the school enrollment was as follows :
McFarlin, 338; East, 170; Highland Avenue, 119; Princeton Street, 266; Quessy, 110; South, 46; Westlands, 140; High School Freshmen, 144; Sophomores, 137; Juniors, 93; Seniors, 89; P. G., 1; making a total of 1193 pupils in the grades and 434 in the high school, 1627 pupils in all. This total is twelve less that the total enrollment for 1935 when we had 1639 pupils; in 1934 the total enrollment was 1650; in 1933, 1647; in 1932, 1634; in 1931, 1572; in 1930, 1487.
NET COST PER PUPIL
The cost of educating each pupil in our schools may be determined by dividing the whole amount of school expenditures by the number of pupils in the schools.
$103,174.12
Expended-1936 Total Enrollment 1627
Cost per Pupil $63.41
The Massachusetts department of education does this same thing in a more complicated and exact way by figuring absences, resignations and withdrawals to get what they call the number of pupils in net average membership. On such a basis for the year ending June 30, 1936, the state department of education determines the cost per pupil in net aver- age membership in Chelmsford to be $64.85.
In making its survey, the department places Chelmsford in a group of 82 towns in the Commonwealth. Chelmsford ranks No. 78 in that group. That is, there are 77 Massachusetts town in group II that have a higher cost per pupil than Chelmsford and four towns that have a lower cost per pupil. The figures range from $149.71 for Brookline to $62.33 for Saugus which is the lowest cost per pupil of any town in group II. The cost per pupil in some of our neighboring towns is as follows :
Tewksbury $80.05
Billerica
81.03
Dracut 64.63
Westford
84.77
Tyngsborough
96.59
The credit for the thrifty administration of schools in Chelmsford goes to all the committees and superintendents who have served the town over a long period of years.
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OUR RESPONSIBILITY
The great trust which is reposed in this committee is not a financial one, but is rather the obligation and responsibility of developing to worthy maturity the children of this town. This trust the committee cannot fulfill alone, it is rather carried out by our superintendent and teachers who labor daily in training the minds and developing the characters of all the pupils of our schools. But all of these together, executives, administrators and teachers, would make little headway without the constant cooperation of the parents. Parents, teachers, superintendent and committee members together are responsible for the education of thse boys and girls of Chelmsford. This is no idle task but is a heavy responsibility, to be carried out in the knowledge that we are preparing these boys and girls for life in a world that moves and changes rapidly. It is our duty to train them to live and to work; to lead orderly, efficient and happy lives. Most of these chil- dren will complete their scholastic training in Chelmsford. Most of them depend entirely on us for their training, and it is our respons- ibility to give them the training they need and of which they are most worthy.
APPRECIATION
We wish to add a word of thanks in grateful appreciation of the efforts of all who had a part, large or small, in the operation of our schools last year. We need and welcome every assistance from every source, and we ask for your continued kindness and cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES P. CASSIDY, Chairman JOHN A. McADAMS, WENDELL P. HARVEY,
School Committee.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
To the School Committee :
This is my ninth report to you and to the citizens of Chelmsford. Each year the attempt is made to avoid repeating the substance of earlier reports. Readers who desire a detailed study of school costs in Chelmsford are referred to the reports of 1930, 1934, and 1935. Ex- cept in showing the cost of material for W. P. A. work in the schools and the use of the $2000 special appropriation, this report will not deal with school finances.
There is little change in our expenditures from year to year. The cost per pupil in net average membership, as reported in the last re- port of the Department of Education, is $64.85. Very few towns in the state have so low a cost. The state average is $96.41, and the average in the 83 towns of group II (over 5000 population) is $86.78.
TEACHERS
In December 1934 Miss Louise Cummings, Miss Gladys G. Mooney, and Miss Hazel R. Young, who had been on the list of permanent substitutes in Lowell for several years, were notified that they would be assigned to positions in Lowell in January. Miss Esther M. Thayer, a graduate of Keene Normal School, who had had three years of ex- perience in junior high school grades, was chosen for the 7th and 8th grade position in the McFarlin School. Miss Veronica McTeague, a graduate of Lowell Teachers College, was given the 1st and 2nd grade position in South Chelmsford. Miss Jane McEnaney was transferred from the Quessy school to East Chelmsford, and Miss Alice P. Mc- Enaney, a graduate of Lowell Teachers College, was elected to the 1st and 2nd grades at Quessy.
In August Mr. Harry J. Kane, principal of the Highland Ave. School since 1929, submitted his resignation in order to accept a posi- tion in a junior high school in Natick. Mr. Gerald A. Ivers was transferred from the 8th grade at Princeton St. to the Highland Ave. position, and Miss Isabell M. Doyle, a graduate of Boston University, was elected to the Princeton St. 8th grade.
In connection with these changes it should be noted that each one of these four teachers had served the schools of Chelmsford success- fully for several years. Their resignations were received with regret. In each case the new position offered paid a substantially higher salary.
A study of the registration for the High School showed conclu- sively that the commercial department would require the services of
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a third teacher, and also that a larger room would be required for typewriting. Miss Catherine W. Mooney, a graduate of Salem Teachers College, was secured for the additional teacher. The report of Mr. Burns shows the growth of this department.
One other resignation was received in 1936 which merits more than passing notice. Miss Bertha H. Long began service in West Chelms- ford in the upper grades of the two-room school which stood in front of the present building. This was in April 1896. In January 1905 the school moved into the present building, and became a three-teacher school. Miss Long had the upper grades. Later a fourth teacher was added to the school, and Miss Long was made principal. At various times she had grades from the 5th through the 9th. About 1925 the school committee began engaging young men for grammar school principalships, since which time Miss Long has had the 5th and 6th grades. Her retirement for reasons of health brings a deep feeling of regret to the families whom she has served so long and so faith- fully. . Such teachers cannot immediately be replaced; they have grown into the very warp and woof of the community. Chelmsford has been fortunate in the number of teachers of this type who have given their full time of active life to her children. All honor to them while in service, and all happiness and peace during their years of well-earned rest.
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