Town annual report of Chelmsford 1943, Part 7

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Publication date: 1943
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
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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


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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.


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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,


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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


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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.


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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.


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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


.


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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.




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