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I would like to express my appreciation to the principals - and teachers for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted
SHIRLEY E. SIMPSON, Supervisor of Physical Education for Girls.
270
REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
To the Superintendent of Schools, Chelmsford, Mass.
McFarlin School Cafeteria
The McFarlin School Cafeteria has now been in operation a little over a year. We are serving approximately 450 pupils from the High School and the McFarlin School each day with hot dishes, soups, sand- wiches, desserts and milk. With the help we receive from the Govern- ment, which is seven cents for every hot dish served and two cents for every bottle of milk, we are able to operate on a self supporting, non- profit basis.
From January 1, 1946 to January 1, 1947, 48,063 hot plates were served and 73,917 bottles of milk were sold. For the High School the hot plate plus a bottle of milk is 20c, and for the Grammar School a hot plate plus a bottle of milk is 15c. The following is a sample of a week's menu.
Day Monday
Hot Dish
Soup
Sandwich
Dessert
Amer. Chop
Chicken
Chopped Meat Peaches
Suey
Noodle
Peanut Butter
Cole Slaw
Jam
Beets
Tuesday
Ham
Pea
Ham Salad
Choc. Pudding
Mashed potato
Peanut Butter with Whipped
Mixed veg.
Jam
Cream
Wednesday
Meat Loaf
Chicken
Egg Salad
Apple Sauce
Mashed potato Spinach
with Rice
Peanut Butter Jam
Thursday
Chicken
Tomato
Meat Salad
Org. Pudding
Mashed potato
Peanut Butter with Whipped
Carrots
Jam
Cream
Friday
Salmon Loaf
Vegetable Tuna Fish
Pineapple
Mashed potato
Peanut Butter Jam
Peas
Bread and Butter with all Meals.
The painting and redecorating of the cafeteria and kitchen during the Summer of 1946 made the surroundings much more pleasant than heretofore and more attractive to the students, teachers and lunchroom staff.
Our cafeteria is now well equipped thanks to the efforts of our Superintendent of Schools.
271
REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Dr. Handy was successful in obtaining outright grants from the Federal School Lunch Program totaling approximately $2,800.00. With these funds a stainless steam table, a new restaurant type gas stove, a 30 cu. ft. electric refrigerator, a gas hot water heater and tank, and an automatic dishwasher with tables have been purchased and installed. These improvements were accordingly possible at absolutely no cost to the Town and are making it possible to operate more efficiently with a staff of five women and a supervisor.
The townspeople are always welcome to visit our cafeteria at any time.
Respectfully submitted, IRENE H. EMERSON, Supervisor.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
January 15, 1946.
To the Superintendent of Schools:
Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Following is a list of my activities as school nurse:
Number of visits to classrooms 507
Personal hygiene and other talks 175
Sanitary inspections in schools 95
Consultations with parents 560
Pupils sent home or taken to physicians 317
First Aid Treatments 500
Transportation to hospitals 89
Absentees visited at home 400
Excluded from school for Impetigo 50
Excluded from school for Ringworm 15
Excluded from school for Pediculosis
10
Pupils taken home because of illness
95
Children taken to Waltham for X-ray of chest 4
During March and April the ears of all the children were tested by means of an audiometer loaned to us by the State Department of Public Health. May 1, 2, and 3, 1946 Health Conferences were held with the cooperation and assistance of the State Department of Public Health. The unit consisted of the following members:
Dr. Jean Rafuse, examining physician Miss Almeda King, nutritionist Miss Maria Brooks, dental hygienist
Number of children examined-45
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Those children entering school for the first time were invited to attend this pre-school clinic. The P. T. A. presidents and Dr. Handy helped in making these clinics a success. The unit met at the McFarlin School, the Westlands School, and North Chelmsford Town Hall.
All pupils were given a physical examination by the school phy- sicians, Dr. J. E. Boucher and Dr. A. G. Scoboria. These students par- ticipating in athletics were given more rigid examinations.
During November a health meeting was held in the McFarlin Auditorium with many parents and friends attending. This meeting was sponsored by the P. T. A. organizations of the town. The speakers were Miss Almeda King, State Nutritionist, Miss Mary Leonnard, Health Educator and Dr. Everett Handy, Superintendent of Schools. Miss Mary Leonnard from Southern Middlesex T. B. Association showed movies on general health topics.
The P. T. A. presidents and myself met several times to discuss the various needs of the town.
I have had several consultations with Dr. Arthur Burke, Health Officer, Miss Herlihey, State Public Health Nursing Supervisor and Miss Mary Leonnard, T. B. Health Educator. I met with the Board of Health and School Committee combined, in a first meeting of its kind and many problems concerning the needs of the school and community were freely discussed.
December was a busy month as the Board of Health planned a series of Diphtheria Prevention clinics to be held in each school. Booster doses were given to a large percentage of the children in all schools and also a large number desiring immunization were given their first dose of serum. As this report goes to print the statistics on these clinics are not as yet fully compiled. Much credit should be given to the Board of Health, school doctors, teachers and all who aided in making them a success. I am very grateful to the Red Cross for giving us Nurses' Aides to help and The Lowell Visiting Nurses' Association for the help of two of their student public health nurses at these clinics.
In closing I should like to thank Dr. Handy and the School Com- mittee for their kind assistance during 1946.
Respectfully submitted,
CHRISTINA N. SIMPSON, R. N. School Nurse.
273
REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
December 31, 1946.
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I am pleased to present the following report of my work as Super- visor of Vocal Music.
Elementary Grades
1. Basic Fundamentals of Music Theory
2. Bodily Rhythmic responses from Indian drum beats to syncopation
3. Creative Listening
drawings, paintings, pictures of descriptive music. dramatizations
highlights in the lives of famous composers
4. Expression and Interpretation of
symbols, signs and their significance as applied to the composition in question fusion of musical vocabulary into everyday conversation
5. "A singing child is a happy child"-a love to' sing and a means of expression, of rejoicing, of praying and of playing and relax- ing.
It can easily be observed that each of these phases can be divided and sub-divided into smaller units.
High School
1. Monday and Thursday Chorus of 125 mixed voices
2. Tuesday and Friday Chorus (advanced chorus) 60 voices
At present my schedule allows no time for a regular five period weekly music course. If such a course were offered it would give any High School student an opportunity to receive full credit in music as in any other subject. Such a course would be elective by the student, but in turn selective on the part of the instructor.
The Girls Glee Club of 60 voices is in its second year. Although it does not have a regular period during the school week, we have found one and oftentimes two afternoons a week in which to practice. This has not hindered the enthusiasm, the co-operation, the high ideals set of all concerned.
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Respectfully submitted,
B. ANDREA ROUVALIS, Supervisor of Music.
.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
December 31, 1946.
To the Superintendent of Schools:
Moneys Received by the Treasurer of the Chelmsford Athletic Advisory Committee by means of Donations, Subscriptions, etc.
4/5/45 Received from Chelmsford Civic Com. $ 689.27
8/31/45 Interest on bank Deposit 1.56
10/29/45 Received for Adv. 1945 Program 1,015.00
12/12/45 Received for Adv. 1945 Program 573.00
1/12/46 Interest on Bank Deposit
6.75
3/13/46 Received for Adv. 1945 Program
15.00
4/29/46
Received for Adv. 1945 Program 10.00
3/23/46
Received for Adv. 1945 Program 20.00
5/7/46 Received for Adv. 1945 Program
5.00
5/10/46 Received for Adv. 1945 Program
25.00
6/11/46 Received for Adv. 1945 Program
10.00
7/19/46 Interest on Bank Deposit
6.11
9/13/46
Received for Adv. 1945 Program
20.00
Total
$2,396.69
Moneys Paid Out by Treasurer of the Chelmsford Athletic Ad- visory Committee for Items other than Sports and Physical Ed.
5/25/45 High School Band (Donation
Recommended by Civic Committee) $ 150.00
12/12/45 Lowell Coca Cola Co (Programs) 23.24
12/12/45 Sullivan Bros. (Printing Programs) 236.67
12/12/45 Picken Printing (Program Slips) 9.00
2/14/46 Lowell Sun (Program Slips) 7.96
2/14/46 Picken Printing (Program Slips) 13.60
3/5/46 Panda Press (Program Slips) 9.85
5/10/46 Soucy Iron & Wire Co. (Fence) 1,000.00
7/30/46 Forrest Rogers (Lumber for Bleachers) 300.00
9/13/46 Chelmsford High School Band 300.00
Total
$2,050.32
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Moneys Received by the Treasurer of the Chelmsford Athletic Advisory Committee as Proceeds from Sports.
8/31/45 Net Proceeds Baseball & Basketball 1945 $ 11.77
11/28/45 Income from Football 1945 1,213.33
2/1/46 Income from Basketball (Johnson, Alumnae,
Concord, Burlington, Wilmington)
297.22
2/14/46
Income from Basketball (Tewksbury, Dracut) 188.45
3/13/46 Income from Basketball (Howe)
53.13
3/2/46 Error in Tax Return
.07
5/13/46 Players Share of Cleats Purchased 9/27/45 15.00
Total
$1,778.97
Moneys Paid by the Treasurer of Chelmsford Athletic Advisory Committee to Support Sports and Physical Education.
4/5/45 A. J. Lupien
$ 73.69
4/5/45 Sullivan Bros. (Printing Tickets) 9.00
4/5/45 Fred C. Church (Insurance) 7.95
4/5/45 Thomas Cleaner
15.00
4/5/45 General Mills (Lime)
4.00
4/5/45 Donovan Harness (Repairs)
.50
6/1/45
Basil Larkin (Police)
12.00
8/31/45 Basil Larkin (Police)
4.00
11/28/45
Gardner Pearson (Bleachers)
50.00
12/12/45
Russell Lumber Co.
1.35
12/12/45
Narragansett Machine Co. (Parallel Bars)
261.80
12/12/45
Wilder Grain Co. (Lime)
3.20
12/12/45
J. Kydd & Sons (Meals)
56.25
12/12/45
Horace Partridge
46.03
12/12/45
Marinel Transportation Co. (Busses)
129.62
12/12/45
Donovan's Harness (Repairs)
1.00
12/12/45
Lowell Sun
4.88
12/12/45 Lull & Hartford (Cleats)
30.00
12/12/45
Picken Printing
5.25
12/12/45
Osborn Motors
4.16
12/12/45 James Brine Co.
99.21
1/12/46 Iver Johnson
68.20
1/12/46 Page's Drug Store
37.23
1/12/46
Osborn Motors
.35
1/12/46
Wilder Grain
28.70
Carried Forwar .!!
953.37
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Brought Forward
953.37
Panda Press
8.75
2/14/46 . Narragansett Machine (Ph. Ed.)
33.60
2/14/46 James Brine
14.65
2/14/46 Marinel Transportation
19.20
3/5/46 Erickson's Market .
13.11
3/5/46
Scholss Mfg. Co.
36.01
3/5/46
Panda Press
5.70
3/23/46 Thomas Cleaner (1944-1945 cleaning)
425.35
3/23/46
James Brine
25.58
3/23/46
Horace Partridge
122.25
3/23/46
Lull & Hartford
.50
3/23/46.
Fred Bishop
1.55
3/23/46
Erickson
2.17
3/23/46 Marinel Transportation
129.00
3/23/46 Collector of Internal Revenue
11.99
3/23/46 .. Horace Partridge
9.30
4/13/46
Kydds Diner
11.25
4/29/46
R. McGlinchy (Umpire)
5.00
4/29/46
E. Miner (Police)
4.00
5/7/46
W. George (Police) 4.00
5/7/46
B. Dimlick (Umpire)
5.00
6/11/46 Scholss Mfg. Co.
33.95
7/19/46
Marinel Transportation
28.50
11/9/46 Athletic Association of Chelms. Schools
215.56
Total
$2,125.34
Money Raised by Sports 1945-1946
$1,778.97
Expenses for Sports 1945-1946
2,125.34
Deficit
$ 346.37
Money Raised by Donations, etc.
$2,396.69
Money Spent for Other than Sports 2,050.32
Surplus
$ 346.37
Deficit on Sports
$ 346.37
Surplus on Donations, etc.
346.37
Balance
$ 0.00
1/12/46 John Shannon
6.00
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD HARTLEY, Treasurer Athletic Advisory Board.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
GRADUATES-1946
East School
Joan Bell
Joyce Bailey
Katherine Kennedy
Gerald Hunt
Dolores Lemay
Richard Leaver
Loretta Moore
Ralph Rodrigues
Eleanor Silva
Robert Smith
Highland Ave. School
Virginia Mae Bartlett
Pauline Doris Dadbois
Janet Ruth Bomil
Charles Gilmore Mackey
John Daniel Bonura
Charles Francis McGeown
Eileen Anne Callahan
Barbara Ann Molloy
Patricia Marie Carrigg
Donald Francis Pickard
John Francis Costello
Jean Sanderson
Edward Joseph Duffy
Mary Elizabeth Spinazola
Robert James Elwood
James Joseph Tansey Helen Catherine Tobin
William Albert Tousignant
McFarlin School
Louise Barbara Avila Barbara Mary Bovill Lois Evelyn Brooks Carolyn Ruth Burtt
David Samuel W. Clarke
Frederick John Oczkowski
Marion Ruth Desmarais Barbara Marie Ducharme Anne Dunsford Donald John Eliasen
Henry Parlee Carol Jean Pickard
Fessenden Peter Fitts Raymond John Fontes Norman Henry Forest John Anthony Fox Arthur Cromwell Harvey
Malcolm Graham Malloy Priscilla Rita Maybury
Richard Clark McHugh
Edward Theodore Oczkowski
Michael Cornelius O'Neill Frederick Wendell Parkhurst, Jr.
Ronald Spaulding Pickard Janice Ruth Poland Gerald Ludlow Pond Jean Louise Roberts Edna Ruth Rose William Clegg Sherman
Nancy Eileen Hildreth Joseph Edwin Hollingworth, Jr. Jacqueline Clark Sidelinger Richard Edward Howard Ronald Robert Talty Martha Louise Warren Edla Mildred Johnson James Karafelis Shirley Julia Waterman Jeanne Gladys Wiggins Robert Leslie Kydd Priscilla Ann Lovering Charles Zaher Robert Bruce MacElroy Elizabeth Helen Zouzas
Ronald Osmond Elwood
Joseph Carter
James Gaudette
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Princeton St. School
Noreen Brady
Joseph Stephen Broderick
Ernest Robert Carter
Ronald Charles Courchaine
Dorothy Mary Daigle
Vincent Albert Oliver
Robert Edmund Page
George Henry Pelletier
Roger Albert Proulx
Gail Shawcross
Edward Louis Shuman Florence Shirley Wright
Quessy School
Philip J. Burne
Richard T. Burne
Lorna J. Burton
Sylvia C. Burton
George W. Monsen
Evelyn L. DeGuise
Florence D. Mulcahy
John S. Edwards
Sally Petterson
Allan E. Reis
Joseph G. Roark
Westlands School
Janet Frances Adams
William David Atherton
Evelyn Frances Brown
William Paul Chagnon
Gloriann Marie Manseau
Beverly Viola Cochrane
Mildred Moss
Rita Therese O'Sullivan
Richard Wilfred Hanson
Constance Jane Pomeroy
Marilyn Irene Ullam
Marilyn June Watt
Robert James White
George Stuart Yates
High School
Albert Conrad Abrahamson Bernice Louise Adams
Roger Allan Anderson Cynthia Marilyn Atwood Patricia Ann Bacon
Steve Belida Joyce Isobel Bellwood
Jeanette Agnes Bishop Teresa Louise Bishop
Florence Margaret Blackie
Evelyn Estelle Brown
Arthur Weldon Byam Margaret Mary Cahill Joseph Raymond Cantara
Dana Francis Donovan
Gertrude Louise Foster
Alexander William Gervais, Jr.
John Chester Jensen
James Joseph Kerrigan
Daniel Steven Monette
Ruby Ross MacDonald
Irene Louise Noel
Clara Natali DiRuzza
Jean L. Gervais
George W. Hatch
Dorothy L. Lovering
Omer George Mainville
Robert Theodore Marchand
Claire Lorraine Manseau
Joan Patricia Croft
Barbara Eleanor Kilburn Marjorie Louise Lakin Elmer Louis L'Ecuyer
Ronald K. Edwards
279
REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
High School (Continued)
Joyce Elaine Carkin
Eleanor Clare McGlinchey
Paul Joseph Coughlin
Lorraine Anita McGlinchey
Jean Justine McHugh
Barbara Ann McMaster
Cecelia Ferreira
Theresa Margaret McNulty
Donald Pearson Feyler
John Joseph Meagher, Jr. Grace Elizabeth Merrill
Mary Frances Fontes
Donald Coleman Fox
Elizabeth Arlene Messier
Edna Estelle Giffin
Marian Ellen Morrison
Gloria Mavis Gleason
Warren Bradford Norton
Alice Dorothea Haines
Stanley William Oczkowski
Almeda Doris Haines
Thomas Leo Plein
Eleanor Eileen Hamel
Blanche Gladys Proulx
Phyllis Dorothy Hartley
Dorothy Ann Riopelle
Ruth Mary Hilton
Frank Raymond Huslander
Helen Alice Jamros
Earl David Russell
Eva Karafelis
Bradford Milton Sanders
Joan Kelly
Merilyn Lois Scott Patricia Ann Shea
Sally Ann Kingston
Catherine Claire Locapo
Katherine Isabelle Vennard
Douglas James Logan
Charles Clifford Webster
Elsie Wentworth Manning
Warren Donald Wylie
Gertrude Edith Yoachimciuk
Gladys Eleanor Zabierek
George Washington Zaher
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Class of 1946 Chelmsford High School
PROGRAM
CLASS MARCH Chelmsford High School Band
INVOCATION Rev. Karl A. Bach
ESSAY-Education for Security Teresa Louise Bishop ESSAY-MacDowell, Musician and Teacher . June Elizabeth Douglas MUSIC-I Heard a Forest Praying-Peter de Rose Graduating Class
Anna Mathilda Marcotte
Linda Doreen Marinel
Ann Mary McAndrew
Donald Francis Robertson
Forest Allen Rogers
June Elizabeth Douglas Janice Myra Elwood
280
REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ESSAY-Nobel's Contribution to Peace Patricia Ann Bacon ESSAY-Knute Rockne, American Idol Roger Allan Anderson MUSIC-Onward Ye Peoples-Jean Sibelius .Graduating Class
ESSAY-Lessons from a Naturalist Grace Elizabeth Merrill PRESENTATION of the CLASS GIFT Roger Allan Anderson ACCEPTANCE Robert Henry Hoyle
MUSIC-La Reine de Saba-Ch. Gounod Chelmsford H. S. Band AWARDS Announced by Principal Lucian H. Burns PRESENTATION OF THE GRADUATING CLASS
Dr. Everett L. Handy
CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS Mr. Bryant C. Emerson BENEDICTION Rev. George D. Roache CLASS ODE .Graduating Class
GRADUATION MARCH Chelmsford High School Band
GENERAL INFORMATION
No School Signal
Three blasts of the fire alarm signal repeated three times at 7:15 A.M. indicates no school all day for all schools. Radio station WLLH also broadcasts the announcement.
Birth Certificates
A birth certificate is required for admission to school.
Vaccination
All children must be vaccinated before entering school.
Admission to School
Any child who is 51/2 years of age on or before the opening day of school in September may be admitted to the first grade. No ex- ceptions to this rule are permitted.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Absences or Tardiness
Teachers shall require a written excuse from parent or guardian for each absence or tardiness.
School Attendance (Extracts from the General Laws)
Chapter 76, Sec. 1 .- "Every child between 7 and 16, except a child between fourteen and sixteen who meets the requirements for the completion of the sixth grade . .. and who holds a permit for em- ployment ... and is regularly employed thereunder for at least six hours a day, or a child between fourteen and sixteen who meets said requirements ... and has the written permission of the Superintendent of Schools of said town to engage in non-wage-earning employment at home ... shall ... attend a public day school in said town ... during the entire time the public schools are in session."
Chapter 76, Sec. 2 .- "Every person in control of a child described in the previous section shall cause him to attend school as therein re- quired, and, if he fails to do so . . . shall . .. be punished by a fine."
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Opening day of school-September 4, 1946 No School-Teachers' Convention-October 25, 1946
No School-Armistice Day-November 11, 1946
THANKSGIVING RECESS: Schools close Wednesday noon-November 27, 1946 Schools open Monday-December 2, 1946
CHRISTMAS RECESS: Schools close Friday-December 20, 1946 Schools open Monday-December 30, 1946
MID-WINTER RECESS: Schools close Friday-February. 14, 1947 Schools open Monday-February 24, 1947
NOTE-This vacation period may have to be cancelled or shortened because of the large number of days schools were closed due to stormy weather.
SPRING RECESS:
Schools close Thursday-April 3, 1947 Schools open Monday-April 14, 1947 No school-Friday-May 30, 1947
Schools close about June 13, 1947
INDEX
Accountant's Report:
Appropriations and Transfers 152
Balance Sheet 160
Debt Account 161
Interest Payments
163
Payments
136
Principal Payments
163
Receipts
131
Trust Funds
164
Adams Library, Reports of:
Librarian 115
Treasurer
116
Trustees
117
Appeals, Board of (No report)
Assessors
96
Audit of Accounts, State
165
Board of Health, Reports of:
Agent
Board of Health
129
Inspector of Animals
123
Inspector of Milk
130
Inspector of Slaughtering
Building Inspector 120
Cemetery Commissioners 118
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 83
Constable
122
Fire Engineers 113
Forest Warden 127
Highway Department
125
Middlesex County Extension Service
North Chelmsford Library Corporation
North Chelmsford Librarian (No report)
Park Commissioners
(No report)
Planning Board
Police
Real Estate for Sale, list of
102
School Department:
Athletic Advisory Committee 276
General Information
280
Graduates June, 1946 277
Janitors 243
McFarlin School Cafeteria 270
Music Supervisor 273
Personnel 240
Physical Education, Boys 266
Physical Education, Girls
268
124
118
119
111
Inspector of Plumbing
110
128
121
INDEX (continued)
Principal
262
School Committee 217
School Nurse 271
Superintendent
219
Sealer of Weights and Measures 121
Sinking Fund Commissioners 122
Tax Collector 78
Tax Collector East Chelmsford Water District 80
Tax Collector South Chelmsford Water District 81
Town Clerk:
Annual Town Meeting March 11, 1946 40
Appointed Town Officers
7
Births
11
Deaths
24
Elected Town Officers
5
Election March 4, 1946
37
Financial Report
75
Jury List
76
Marriages 15
Special Town Meeting June 4, 1946 51
Special Town Meeting September 9, 1946 61
Special Town Meeting October 30, 1946 63
State Election November 5, 1946 71
State Primary June 18, 1946 53
Varney Playground Commission, report for 1945 49
Warrant, Annual Town Meeting March 4 and March 11, 1946 29
Warrant Special Town Meeting June 4, 1946 50
Warrant Special Town Meeting September 9, 1946 59
Warrant Special Town Meeting October 30, 1946 62
Warrant State Primary June 18, 1946 58
Warrant Annual Town Meeting March 3 and March 10, 1947 209
Warrant, State and National Election November 5, 1946. 63
Town Treasurer 82
Varney Playground Commission, 1946 (No report)
Veterans' Benefits, Report of Director 110
Welfare Agent
107
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