USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Chelmsford > Town annual report of Chelmsford 1943 > Part 7
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Our teachers have made an exhaustive study of the salaries paid in Chelmsford for the last ten or fifteen years, and of salary schedules in other towns, and have indicated what they regard as inequities in our present scale. They ask for immediate increases of varying amounts for
74
those teachers who have not reached the maximum and for an in- crease in the maximum for all groups, the full adjustment to be effected not later than September 1945. We are confining our recommendations to the current year. Economic conditions in 1945 and later will determine what should be done then.
We are indebted to Fred E. Pitkin, Superintendent of Schools in North Andover, for a recent study of the maximum salaries paid in 44 towns which have populations from 5000 to 12,000. The towns named, and the report shows the Median maximum; that is, half the towns pay more, half pay less. Chelmsford is on the low side for all groups, elementary, high school women, high school men, etc. An increase of $100 in the maximum for each group would in most cases bring our salaries to the median as it stands in January, 1944. When our salaries were raised $200 in 1942 we re- mained in about the same relative position with other towns .since they also were granting increases. No increases were given in Chelmsford in 1943, although prices were rising and the cost of living consequently increasing. Our budget as proposed to the Finance Committee and recommended to the Town provides for an increase dating from January 1, 1944, for all teachers, of $100, excepting for teachers without experience who began last Septem- ber at the new state minimum; and for the ususual step-rate in- crease in September of $100 for teachers who have not reached the maximum.
The janitors also ask for consideration, and in our pro- posed budget we have made provision for an increase of 10% It would be impossible to replace these men at the salaries now paid.
Long Range Planning
Many towns find themselves at a disadvantage when im- provements on public property are necessary or desirable, be- cause earlier building did not make adequate provision for the future needs. School buildings should always be designed 80 that additions can be readily made when need arises, and they should be solidly constructed since they are to be subjected to hard usage for many years. The site should be chosen with care, with a view to providing adequate playground and to avoiding 80 far as possible heavily traveled streets. In Chelmsford atten- tion should be given to the problem of sewage disposal. See last year's report, page 124, relating to the sewage problem at the McFarlin School. The appointing of a Post-War Projects Planning Committee on the suggestion of the Governor, which has taken over the work d the Town Planning Committee, makes this a fitting time to list improvements on our school plant which are clearly in order. Not all of these are urged for action at the present time- some may wait ten or twenty years-but all may well be under present consideration.
75
1. The providing of a complete athletic field back of the High School, to include grading and fencing of all the grounds . The long range view requires enlarging the present field.
2. Providing playgrounds at the two schools which do not have them, Quessy and South Chelmsford. It would be necessary to acquire land at both schools as the field immediately back of the Quessy School is not owned by the Town .
3. Enlarging the so-called New Building at Prince- ton St., which was built in 1899, so that the use of the Old Building, the front half of which antedates the Civil War, can be terminated; or, preferably, provide a new building adjacent to, or near, Varney Playground large enough to accomodate all the pupils in the North Chelmsford area . In either case provide a hall designed for playing basketball, with a large seating capacity, and having the necessary shower and dressing rooms. Such a building might well provide rooms for other community purposes.
4. Providing a new building, with community hall, at East Chelmsford. In recent years the present building has been badly over-crowded, but just now grades are small. When more classrooms are needed, an entirely new building located on the farther side of the playground would be a wiser solution than an attempt to enlarge the old building.
5. Facing the remaining wooden buildings with brick, both to make them warmer and to obviate the recurrent cost of painting.
Repairs and Improvements.
No painting of buildings has been done for several years. When conditions return to normal as regards material and labor all the buildings except the High School and the Westlands will. need attnetion. We are asking for an additional $2000 for repairs with this in mind.
At the McFarlin School the cesspools were cleaned at a cost of $70. The boys' toilet in the basement is a source of constant trouble. It will be necessary to overhaul this completely in order to avoid almost monthly bills for service and repairs. This is on our list for attention next summer, or before.
At East Chelmsford a part of the roofing was re- placed at a cost of $196, patching plastering in classrooms and hall cost $88, and covering the poor plaster in the girls' toilet, all about to fall, with celotex cost $95.
Lightning struck the chimney of the Highland Ave. School the afternoon of Aug. 3d. £ Leander Marion, builder of the additions at the High School and the Westlands,
76
was called upon to protect the building against further damage. He and the insurance adjuster fixed the cost of repairs at $1590. Mr. Marion finished this work, chimney, slate, plaster, wood-work, etc., just as school opened in September. The sheet metal ventilator on the roof, which was not damaged by the lightning, was painted and repaired while the staging was up, and the foundation walls pointed up, at an additional cost of $199.
At South Chelmsford, instead of replacing bulkhead doors in the rear, a covered entrance was built at a cost of $70.
In the extremely cold weather of last winter we had bad freeze-ups in places where such trouble had never been experienced before, just as many house-holders had. In three buildings, Princeton St., Highland Ave., and Quessy, the janitors were provided with insulating board with which they covered basement windows for the winter. At Quessy where the hall in the rear is difficult to heat, the hall windows and doors have been weatherstripped at a cost of $159. At the Westlands the ceiling of the addition and the north-west corner of the building were insulated at a cost of $435. The resultant saving in fuel will pay for all these improvements within a few years, to say nothing of the saving in plumbing bills. Only the unceasing
vigilance of the janitor in cold weather saves the toilet room plumbing in the Old Building at Princeton St. Water has to be drawn out of all piping and fixtures if the temperature is down to 15 above zero. We got figures for insulating, but decided that a less expensive way might be devised if the building is to be continued in use for many years.
In cold weather, especially when there is high wind, the janitors have been staying in the High School at night. Without doubt they have saved repair bills by so doing. I repeat an earlier recommendation, that the Town employ a nicht man for the two schools at the Center, who would serve as a Watchman for property valued at over $400,000 and who would maintain fires at night when needed. There is work enough in the two schools and on the grounds for an ad - ditional man the year around.
Enrollment
There was a drop in the October 1st enrollment of 145. The smaller attendance is especially noticeable in grades I and II and in the last three years of the High School, 42 in the primary grades and 66 in the High School. The first is explained by reference to the birth records of six and seven years ago. For the twenty years ending in 1941 the average number of births recorded in Chelmsford was 113. In 1936 it was 85 and in 1937 the number dropped
. to 77. In 1942 the number was 149, and in 1943 it was 145. In the High School the drop is a normal one, explained by the number who have left school either to enter the armed
77
services or to take jobs on reaching the age of sixteen. For the entire state the loss in high school enrollment from October 1942 was nearly 15%. Ours was just over 16%.
The table below shows enrollment by grades and by buildings on October 1, 1943. A comparison with the similar tables in earlier reports will show where the school population is falling.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
Total
McFarlin
42
36
44
28
24
44
46
35
299
East
15
6
10
13
9
10
16
16
95
Highland
10
11
6
14
11
17
15
12
96
Ave .
Princeton 21 St.
29
30
23
28
23
26
21
201
Quessy
13
14
13
11
8
10
11
10
90
South
6
5
9
7
6
8
41
Westlands 14
23
26
18
28
26
20
28
183
Special class
in McFarlin School
7
Total
121
124
138
114
114
138
134
122
1012
High School
IX
X
XI
XII
P.G.
122
93
78
70
1
364
Total, all schools,
1376
The number of pupils transported dropped from 628 on October 1, 1942 to 538 last October: 162 to McFarlin, 67 to Princeton St., 58 to Quessy, 32 to South, and 219 to the High School.
School transportation suffered in another way. The rules of O.D.T. absolutely forbade the use of school busses to carry pupils except to attend school. Mr. M rinel could not carry athletic teams without forfeiting his right to buy gas and tires. We are indebted to parents organized by the Civic Committee for carrying teams to football and basketball games in their own cars. Such help will be needed as long as present restrictions prevail, and we express our thanks for the assistance given.
It will be impossible to restore our system of handling athletics under teacher-coaches until after the War. A. J. Lupien was engaged last fall for football coach, Kr. Schulte is handling basketball, and will coach baseball. The program in all sports is necessarily curtailed. The trend in such towns as Chelmsford, not located on a railroad or having good bus service to a number of other towns, is to give up inter-school contests and substitute intra- mural. The latter program makes it possible for many more students to participate.
78
Financial Summary
The report of the Town Accountant gives an itemized statement of expenditures for 1943.
Appropriated
Expended
Administration
$ 3,675.00
$ 3,650.57
Instruction
94,000.00
93,388.07
Janitors
12,600.00
12,350.00
Operation and Maintenance
11,550.00
11,485. 34
Auxiliary Agencies
12,350.00
12,264.52
New Equipment
400.00
68.30
Playgrounds
500,00
430.85
$135,075.00
$133,638.15
The Town received cash or credits as follows:
Reimbursement for teachers' salaries $ 14,312.50
Tuition of state wards
1,484.47
Tuition from towns
283.55
Tuition of Boston wards
81.27
Rent of High School Hall
100.00
Telephone tolls
5.55
Insurance rebate
3.07
Damaged book
.70
$ 16,271.11
Total expenditures for 1943
$133,638.15
Total receipts and credits
16,271.11
Net cost of schools met by local taxes $117, 367.04
Vocational schools tuition paid in 1943, $1,357.45 Reimbursement for year ending on August 31,1942. 1,143.60
Net cost of vocational education for 1943$ 213.85
School Courses
Your committee report of last year mentioned the course in English as needing attention. New textbooks are now in use in the 7th and 8th grades, the lower books of the series used in the High School. For twenty or thirty years emphasis on English teaching in the elementary schools has been on "language", correct usage as a habit of speech, rather than as observance of rules. Teacher training institutions led this movement away from grammar, and also away from the use of phonics in teaching beginners to read, until a whole generation of young teachers came into the schools with little knowledge of either. The pendulum is now swinging the other way. The new books con- tain real grammar, and the new reading methods do not ignor phonics. Teachers generally approve the new trend, just as for- mer teachers and many parents, brought up on the older methods, will applaud the change. It still remains true, in English as in all subjects, that the teacher herself is far more important than either textbook or method.
79
The impact of the War on school life is seen in more ways than in lessened attendance. To quote from last year's report: " These trying times have inspired some students to more earnest effort; others have seemed content to drift while awaiting their country's call". Doubtless there is a feeling on the part of some that our courses are not fitted to these stirring days, and certainly courses will be modified in the future to meet new needs. But what will those needs be? No one is wise enough to give a complete answer now.
One thing however is certain. True education consists not in information gleaned from books and lessons and filed away on shelves in one's mind, but rather in the mental and personality traits developed in the individual through the learning process. Determination to do the task assigned, whether it is pleasing or distasteful; pride in its comple- tion; readiness to undertake uninteresting and even un- meaning work; joy in doing one's best regardless of the rewards received - these are some of the characteristics of real and effective education. In these days when the cream of America's youth is giving all in poorly paid, but glorious service on the World's battle fronts, it is a cause of regret that slackers are still found in classrooms.
In behalf of teqchers and pupils appreciation is express- ed to all who have been of assistance in the work of the schools, and especially to you, the members of the School Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
George S. Wright, Superintendent.
SCHOOL CENSUS. October 1, 1943.
5 and under 7. 7 and under 16.
Registration of minors:
Boys,
91
562
Girls,
93
564
Total,
184
1126
Distribution of minors:
In public schools,
161
1087
In vocational schools,
7
In private schools,
3
15
Not in school,
20
17
Total,
184
1126
.
80
Mr. George S. Wright Superintendent of Schools Chelmsford, Massachusetts
My dear Mr. Wright:
I am pleased to submit, herewith, my fourteenth annual re- port as principal of Chelmsford High School.
The total enrollment up to January 1, 1944 is as follows :
Class
Number
of Boys
Number of Girls
Total
Post Graduate
0
; Boy's
1
1
Senior
25
45
70
Junior
44
35
79
Sophomore
41
54
95
Freshman
59
63
122
169
198
367
The enrollment reached a peak of 532 on January 1, 1941. Since that time the enrollment has decreased each year. The enrollment as of January 1, 1944 is over 31 per cent less than it was on January 1, 1941. The boys' enrollment has dropped over 39 per cent since January 1, 1941, while the enrollment of the girls has dropped over 22 per cent.
It is increasingly difficult to keep students, especially boys, in school during war, and periods of high wages. This was a fact during the first World War. We feel that after this war is over the boys and girls who left school because of the high wages will realize the serious mistakes they made. There has never been a time when the need of a good education has been as great as it is today. This need will be still greater when this war is over. Children always suffer more during war times than adults. Therefore, every effort should be made by every one to see that the education of our youth suffers as little as possible.
Following is the report of the Chelmsford High School Students Fund as made by our Vice-Principal, Miss C. Edith McCarthy:
1. General Fund
Balance, Jan. 1, 1943
$182.94
Receipts, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
616.00
Total Receipts 798.94
Less : Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943 621.35
Balance, Dec. 31, 1943
$ 177.59
2. Chemistry Club
Balance, Jan. 1, 1943
31.38
Receipts, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
7.58
Total Receipts 38.96
Less : Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943 8.42
Balance, Dec. 31, 1943 30.54
81
3. Slide Rule Club
Balance, Jan. 1, 1943
$ 3.76
Receipts, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
8.00
Total Receipts 11.76
Less : Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
7.00
Balance, Dec. 31. 1943
$ 4.76
4. Fence Fund - Gift of the Classes of 1935 and 1938
50.00
Receipts, June 1938
75.00
Balance, Dec. 31, 1943
125.00
5. Magazine Fund - Gift of the Class of 1934
Balance, Jan. 1, 1943 14.45
Less : Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
10.50
Balance, Dec. 31, 1943 3.95
6. Dunigan and Gay Memorial Fund - Gift of the Class of 1937
Balance, Jan. 1, 1943
12.65
Less : Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
5.00
Balance, Dec. 31, 1943
7.65
7. Dramatic Club
Balance, Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 1943
28.53
8. Latin Club
Balance, Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 1943
2.40
9. Athletic Association
Balance, Jan. 1, 1943
281.93
Receipts, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
957.82
Total Receipts
1239.75
Less : Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
1000.22
Balance, Dec. 31, 1943
239.53
10. Class of 1943
Balance, Jan. 1, 1943
41.98
Receipts, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
148.86
Total Receipts 190.84
Less: Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
130.04
*Balance, Dec. 31, 1943
60.80
*Left as a gift to purchase War Bonds
82
Receipts, June 1935
11. Class of 1944
Balance, Jan. 1, 1943
$ 3.20
Receipts, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
145.03
Total Receipts
148.23
Less: Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
46.20
Balance, Dec. 31, 1943
$ 102.03
12. Year Book of 1943
Receipts, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
540.38
Less: Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
540.38
13. Music Fund
Balance, Jan. 1, 1943
16.10
Less : Payments, Jan. 1 -- Dec. 31, 1943
7.00
Balance, Dec. 31, 1943
9.10
Total CASH in all Funds, Dec. 31, 1943
791.88
Distribution of Cash in Funds, Dec. 31, 1943
In Checking Account - Union National Bank of Lowell
$605.91
Less : Outstanding Checks
30.30
Balance, Dec. 31, 1943
575.61
On Interest - Lowell Institution for Savings
216.27
Total CASH in Banks
$791.88
I am pleased to acknowledge, with many thanks, the kind assistance and hearty cooperation that I have received from you, Mr. Wright, the School Committee, parents, the faculty and student body, in trying to make our school what it should be.
Respectfully yours,
Lucian H. Burns
83
GRADUATES OF EIGHTH GRADE
June 11, 1943 MCFARLIN SCHOOL
Eleanor May Hartley Allen Florence Alma Ayotte
Ralph Arthur Berg, Jr.
Virginia Lee Billington John Gardner Clayton Maureen Joyce Dane Henry Charles Dawalga Barbara Ann Dufresne Lester Fletcher
Richard Francis Greeley
Milton Robert Greenwood Shirley Lois Harvey Lorraine Hood
Natalie Joan Thomas Margaret Agnes Trainor
Albert Edwin Wheeler
Thomas Edwin Wiggins
Hollis Andrew Wilkins, Jr.
Janis Helene Wilson Howard Oliver Wright
June 14, 1943
QUESSY SCHOOL
Therese Claire Bernard Thelma Minerva Burton Evelyn Lois Flavell Mildred Josephine Flynn Estelle Grace Gervais Greta Maria Leedberg Anna Louise Lovering Barbara Ann Malloy Mary Frances Mulcahy Dorothy Arlene Nystrom
George Louis Bartlett
Donald Edwin Burne
Tony Chancey
Kenneth Conroy Edwards
Paul Edmund Gervais
Kenneth Howard Leedberg
Robert Alan Malley
Walter Ridgeway Wilkins, Jr. Frank Yeschanin
June 15, 1943
Westlands School
Thomas Francis Chagnon George Ryan Flynn
John Joseph Foley Laura Jean Libbee Earl James Nickerson
Nancy Estelle Pickard Patricia Alice Pratt
Hubert Roland Scoble
Donald William Sim
Elaine Nancy Soutter
Gilbert Arthur Stevens
Donald Robert Vayo
Charles Edward Watt Marjorie Ruth White
84
Robert Maxfield Morrison Harold Francis Mortham Ruth Elaine Pearson Ray Hamilton Pickard Lillian Rosalia Pike George A. Pontefract Barbara Jean Reid
Shirley Victoria Reid Charles Edward Rogers Thelma Ruth Smith
Norman Albert Johnson, Jr.
Margaret Jacqueline Kydd Richard Joseph Lagasse
Rita Mary Lessard Doris Eva Marchildon
Alice Rachel McHugh
Mildred Eleanor McMaster
June 16, 1943
EAST CHELMSFORD SCHOOL
Alice Pauline Abrahamson
Laura Ruth Barker
Hobart Mckinley Burroughs
Rita Elsie Farrell
Roland Jule Fortin
Helen Marie Pacheco
Isabelle Gonsalves
Raymond George Ross Isabelle Frances Sousa
Natalie Jane Sutherland
June 17, 1943
A
PRINCETON STREET SCHOOL
Lorraine Therese Boucher Roland Louis Carbonneau Patricia Marie Carter Ivy Cohen
Robert Francis Courchaine
Shirley Mae Crowell
Arthur Alfred Daigle
Arlene Joyce Devno Robert Charles Dinnigan
Robert Michaud Beverly Irene Nickles Rita Marie Parks
Robert Louis Patenaude
Douglas John Peterson
Raymond Joseph Gelineau John Hartt Gordon
Edward Emile Gosselin Alice Jennie Green Leo Francis Greska
Robert Henry Hoyle Mary Esther Kerrigan
Miney Louise Kierstead
Robert French Kingman
Ronald Seymore Klonel
Robert Bruce Lovett
David George Marqua
John Arthur Edwards Arthur Gedion Fortin
Robert Emmett Gagnon
Lillian Kathleen Roach Ruth Helen Sliney Theresa Vennard
Abby Mills Vondal Alvin Floyd Wetmore
June 18, 1943
HIGHLAND AVE. SCHOOL
Anne Elizabeth Barron Veraconda Catherine Brennan Julia Lillian Deamcis Evelyn Joan Desmarais Joan Eva McEnany George Leslie Merrill
Shirley Louise Miller Lester Walter Monette Eugene Whitfield Pudsey Shirley Arlene Russell Mary Nancy Sweet Kenneth Edmund Vinal
85
Barbara Joan Hunt
Winifred Maureen Hunt
Doris Mary Lambert
Arthur Edward Morrell
Florence Grace Morrell
Frederick James Morton Bayles Newhall
June 9, 1943
CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Doris Evelyn Abrahamson Jeannette Bertha Allard Francis Edwin Ballinger Joan Baxter Mary Rita Beauregard Constantine Stephen Bentas Natalie Elizabeth Berg Shirley Boyd
Evangeline Esther Braman
Barbara Frances Bridgfore
Norman Robert Brooks Phillis Arline Burton Robert Bell Campbell Camilla Jenny Capuano Jacquelyn Doris Carkin Gloria Lorraine Carter Walter Joseph Chagnon, Jr. Marie Gloris Lucille Champagne
Shirley Priscilla Coburn Geraldine Helen Daly Francis Leo DeKalb George Raymond Desmarais Jeremiah Dirubbo Beatrice Ann DiRuzza
Nelson Arthur Dutton
Edward William Farrell
Blair Edward Finnegan Shirley Esther Fletcher Mary Virginia Fox Gertrude Theodora Gendreau
Hazel Elizabeth Giffin
Hilda Louise Gill Deborah Jean Grant Lillian Elizabeth Hansen John William Hardman
Raymond Eugene Harmon, Jr. Kathryn E. Haselton James Junior Hill Edwin Raymond Hodgson Catherine Ruth Jacobs
Margaret Flora Knox
Janice Vivian Koford Emerson Edward Kolesnikoff Cora Luella Lakin Dexter Wood Laton Mildred Margaret LeClair Domenic William Locapo Virginia Elizabeth Martel Wilfred Albert McMaster
Kathryn Fay Molloy Ruth Elinor Morris Louise Blanche Mullen Priscilla Ruth Nelson Elinor Mary Newton Emil Oscar Nilsson Barbara Eleanor Noon Frederick Walter Nystrom Thomas Ambrose Palmer Walter Nixon Parker Arthur Warren Patenaude
Donald Albert Pelton
Birger Petterson, Jr. Harold Leonard Pivirotto John Leonard Quintin Richard Roland Rafferty
Sonia Virginia Reenstierna Robert Andrew Reis Gwendolyn Anne Rhodes Frances Leanore Rogers Richard Paul Rogers
Corinne Phyllis Russell Evelyn Muriel Russell Mona Joyce Russon
George Warren Sargent
Edward Joseph Scollan Archie Sedelnick
Janet Audrey Seibert Harry Francis Shaw
Katharine Elizabeth Shea
Elizabeth Anna Shuhany Barbara Helen Simm Theresa Mary Ann Straughan
Paul Davis Sulham David Francis Sullivan, Jr. Mary Rita Sullivan Charles Edwin Svenson Sallie Lorraine Swallow
Daniel David Theriault
Edward Francis Trainor Patricia Ann Valentine
Myles Paul Vayo Rita Marie Vayo John Leo Warren Mary Virginia Welch Mildred Jane Wheeler
George Campbell Wilson
Jeannette Mildred Woodfall Lois Blanche Wright
86
REPORT OF POST-WAR PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, and
To the Citizens of the Town of Chelmsford:
At the request of the Massachusetts Emergency Public Works Commission, appointed by Governor Saltonstall, to prepare and maintain current progress information on the design of post-war projects by municipalities of the Commonwealth, the Board of Selectmen has appointed a local Committee to outline a program of worthwhile public works in this Community.
The objective of the Committee is to have complete plans and specifications ready to advertise for bids, for a substantial program of public works, to bridge the gap between the close of the war and the time needed for private industry to re-tool for peace-time production, a period of time estimated to be about one year.
This committee is one of 243 committees throughout the State working towards the one objective --- to provide useful work for those released from the armed forces and from War Industry.
A program of useful public works that may be constructed immediately after the war should be planned now to insure against the development of a critical unemployment situation. This is especially true since these works not only pro- vide employment but are actually needed for the daily use of everyone. Unless preparation for such a program of useful construction is made now, there may arise in the post-war period a demand for a made work program primarily social in its objectives.Such a program would not add materially to the wealth of the Town and large sums of money would be expended on these projects with little of perm- anent value to show for our efforts.
A post-war public works program of this character has double virtue; (1) The projects are needed now, are useful in themselves and will add to the local wealth; (2) they afford a practicable means of generating useful jobs at the proper time. It is not enough to catalogue or list these projects with approximate estimates of their costs and indications of how they may be financed. The real need is that means be provided for complete preparation NOW of actual plans and specifications and other preliminary work such as selection of sites for improvements to the end that, with the return of peace, construction contracts may be awarded and the work promptly started.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.