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Respectfully submitted,
GEO. E. MacARTHUR, School Physician.
Ipswich, January 23, 1923.
SCHOOL NURSE'S REPORT. .
To the Superintendent of Schools: - The following report submitted covers the work of the school nurse for the year 1922, which has been carried on in the same routine as the previous years, four days each week being devoted to this work.
The class rooms are visited weekly, inspections made and health talks given. At the office of the nurse, emergency cases are cared for. Three weighings a year are made and reports of some cases are sent home with the quarterly school report cards. Besides this card, notices of physical defects are sent, resulting from the examinations made at the beginning of the school year by the School Physician, as for instance regarding enlarged tonsils, adenoids, eye conditions, teeth conditions, etc. In many instances the parents respond to these notices and the defects are remedied as far as they can possibly go, which makes the work seem very much worth while.
The dental clinic is carried on in the usual way at the Cable Hospital by Dr. Kyes and Dr. Smith, and the children are taken to Salem when necessary to have their eyes examined.
The United Benevolent Society has sewed for the school children. making whatever was most needed, and many arti- cles of clothing also have been furnished through other sources,
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and all distributed to great satisfaction. Mittens and socks have been kindly given by the Red Cross Society.
RECORD OF FIRST WEIGHINGS OF SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING SEPTEMBER, 1922.
Grade School
Teacher
Total % Under- weight
Boys % Under- weight
Girls % Under- weight
1.
Dennison
Miss Kimball
15.15%
3.03%
12.12%
Cogswell
Mrs. Ladd
41.17
14.70
26.47
1.
Payne
Miss Trussell
34.21
13.16
21.05
Burley
Miss Friend
48.48
21.23
27.27
66
Miss Stanford
25.64
7.67
17.97
Burley
Miss Darling
33.33%
23.33%
10.
II.
66
Miss Charles
35.71
14.28
21.43
Wainwright Mrs. Grenache
53.12
28.12
25.
IL.
Cogswell
Miss Joyce
50.
23.53
26.47
IL.
Payne
Mrs. Millard
38.24
14.71
23.53
III.
Payne
Miss Bowlen
51.28%
41.03%
¥0.25%
III.
Burley
Miss Harris
32,5
15.
17.50
III.
Dennison
Miss Wade
45.20
24.65
20.55
IV.
Winthrop
Miss Cook
42.55%
29.78%
12.77%
IV.
Warren St.
Miss Abbott
48.72
12.82
35.90
IV
Burley
Miss Weare
41.30
17.39
23.91
V.
Winthrop
Mrs. Atherley
35.71%
11.90%
2.3.81%
V.
Burley
Miss Hodgkins
44.19
9.30
34.89
V.
Warren St.
Mrs. Moran
70.27
27.03
43.24
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VI.
Burley
Miss Riley
38.64%
20.46%
18.18%
VI.
Winthrop
Miss Fellows
35.71
23.81
11.90
VI.
Miss Sheppard
36.37
20.46
15.91
VII.
Winthrop Class 4
52.77%
30.55%
22.22%
VII.
5
42.85
19.04
23.81
VII.
6 and 7
59.37
25.
34.37
VIII.
Winthrop Class 1
41.46%
19.51%
21.95%
VIII.
2
47.83
26.09
21.74
VIII.
3
52.64
26.32
26.32
Freshman M.H.S.
65.15%
33.33%
31.82%
Sophomore
40.42
17.02
23.40
Junior
66
53.13
37.50
15.63
Senior
46.66
13.33
33.33
Linebrook Miss Archer
66.66%
22.22%
44.44%
Total Per Cent. Underweight
44.070
20.833
23.237
GENERAL SUMMARY OF NURSE'S REPORT.
School visits
396 Class visits 645
Inspections
21874 Treatments 941
Talks to classes
514 Consultations
63
Assisted School Physician with physical examinations
1222
Notices sent resulting from physical examinations
(concerning 719 children)
911
Children weighed and measured at beginning of the year 1264
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Children weighed balance of year (notices sent home
regarding these weighings 3 times through year) 2116
Children taken to dental clinic 131
Children taken to private dentist
2
Children taken to oculist
19
Home visits 1038
GENERAL SUMMARY OF ABSENCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Measles
178 Diphtheria 20
Impetigo
20
Whooping Cough 30
Scarlet Fever
6 Mumps
1
Pneumonia
1
T. & A. Operations 29
Appendicitis
3
Respectfully submitted,
MARTHA J. STEWART, R. N. School Nurse.
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
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BUDGET FOR 1923.
General Expense
$ 4775.00
School Physician
500.00
Teachers' Salaries
57000.00
Evening School
500.00
Text Books and Supplies
7000.00
Tuition
500.00
Transportation
3500.00
Support of Truants
210.00
Janitors
3700.00
Fuel and Light
4300.00
Buildings and Grounds
3435.00
Furniture and Furnishings
400.00
Diplomas and Graduation
175.00
Insurance
640.00
$86635.00
Receipts (Estimates.)
f
State (Income Tax)
$8880.00
State (Vocational Education)
270.00
Rowley (Tuition)
4505.00
Boston (Tuition)
85.00
Miscellaneous
100.00
$13840.00
-
$72795.00
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LIST OF TEACHERS IN THE IPSWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Ralph C. Whipple Elizabeth C. Ferguson
Theresa R. Whittemore Helen J. Blodgett
Katherine F. Sullivan Leroy W. Jackman Gertrude R. Sheppard M. Gretchen Hamilton Marian A. Whelan
Edith M. Barrows
Abby L. Smith
Mary D. Hamelin
Addie S. Cook
Marion E. Brown
Annie P. Wade
Dorothy Darling Amy Stanford Grace A. Bowlen
Ethel M. Archer
(Mrs.) Alice D. Moran
. Ruth F. Joyce (Mrs.) Augusta Grenache
(Mrs.) Belle D. Rogers
(Mrs.) Carrie Ladd
(Mrs.) Lena J. Atherley
Abby Fellows Arthur H. Tozer
Sara Abbott ·
JOSEPH I. HORTON, Superintendent.
Lucy Ardell Kimball Hazel M. Weare Anne E. Friend A. Pauline Charles Frances P. Trussell
Margaret T. Reilly Constance Brady (Mrs.) Sara G. Houghton Lydia S. Harris
(Mrs.) Nellie T. Smith Martha J. Stewart (Mrs,) Winifred Millard Arthur W. Gould
Althine L. Hodgkins
Helen N. Damon E. Margaret Allen Robert D. Conary Ruth A. Lord
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1923.
TERM
BEGINS
CLOSES
Winter
January 2nd
February 23rd
Spring
March 5th
April 27th
Summer
May 7th
June 28th
Fall
September 5th
December 21 st
Teachers must report for duty on Tuesday, September 4, at 9 A. M., one day previons to the opening of school for the Fall Term.
HOLIDAYS.
Every Saturday; Columbus Day, October 12; Wednesday Afternoon, Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving Day; Jan- uary 1; February 22; April 19; Memorial Day; June 17; and Good Friday.
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NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
-OF THE-
IPSWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
4 Blasts at 7.30-No MORNING SESSION in any school.
4 Blasts at 8.00 -- No MORNING SESSION in the first three grades.
4 Blasts at 11.00-No AFTERNOON SESSION in any school.
4 Blasts at 11.30 -- No AFTERNOON SESSION in the first. three grades.
In the absence of any signal at 11.00 or 11.30, the afternoon session will be held as usual. Teachers and pupils must be present at such sessions as on other days.
All should bear in mind that the 7.30 and 8.00 o'clock sig- nals do not excuse for the entire day.
In addition to the warning given by the whistle, the street lights will be turned on for five minutes after the signal is given in each case.
Parents are expected to exercise their judgment in extreme- ly bad weather as to permitting their to attempt to attend school.
Distribution of Pupils In the Ipswich Schools By Grades and Ages.
AGES
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 | TOTAL
1
64
102
24
6
1
1
198
2
40
69
46
26
3
184
3
1
43
63
31
20
12
2
1
1
174
25
46
49
15
8
4
147
4
9
33
40
20
21
6
5
134
3
8
40
25
36
18
13
7
1
148
6
2
11
28
30
40
16
4
131
7
1
4
24
29
18
8
2
1
87
8
12
24
21
12
2
71
9.
2
14
22
9
4
1
52
10
1
5
15
4
4
3
32
12
13
64
143
136
149
146 |
165
105 | 133
123
89
60
33
22
13
8
1 |1390
11
1
4
13
8
5
1
32
1
.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To the Citizens of Ipswich :- I herewith submit the Annual Report of the Manning School, R. H. Manning, Burley Education, Heard Treadwell and Brown Funds as compiled from the books of their respective Treasurers. I have found receipts for all bills paid and have examined the various securities of which these funds are composed and have found them to agree with the re- ports submitted.
February 7, 1923.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor.
.
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MANNING SCHOOL FUND.
Receipts:
Cash on hand February 1, 1922 $ 807 11
Income from investments and rentals 1498 30
$2305 41
Expenditures:
Taxes, insurance and miscellaneous expenses $1449 68
Salary High School Principal 350 00
Cash on hand February 7, 1923 505 73
$2305 42
Manning School Fund Securities.
12 1000 4% Peoria & Eastern 1st mtg bonds ....:
$12000.00
2 1000 5% N. E. Brick Co. bonds 2000.00
15 shares Patterson Bridge Co. 1000 00
3 1000 41/2% National R, R. Mexico bonds 3000 00
1 1000 4% 11 =
11
1000 00
1 500 4%
. 11
500 00
1. 100 4% 11 11
10000
Invested in Master's House 7.000 00
Invested in Colonial Building 18000 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank 1613 42
$46213 42
1.
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R. H. MANNING FUND.
Receipts:
Încome from investments
$ 49 50
Income from Ipswich Savings Bank deposits
239 64.
$289 14
Securities.
60 shares Patterson Bridge Co.
$ 4000 00
33 shares Pere Marquette R. R. Co.
561 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
6235 99
$10796 99
HEARD FUND OF IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Income:
Balance on hand, January 1, 1922
$2625 30
Received from investments
354 63
Received from Treadwell Fund
600 00
$3579 93
Expenditures:
Salaries
$ 975 00
Insurance and miscellaneous expenses
447 34
Liberty Bonds and new investments
1732 17
Balance on hand January 1, 1923
425 42
$3579 93
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Securities Comprising Heard Fund.
33 shares B. & M. R. R. 1st pfd class B $1518 00
35 shares B. & M. R. R. pfd 875 00
10 shares B. & M. R. R. 1 st pfd class A
305 00
1 C. B. & Q. R. R. 31/2% bond
960 00
1 United Electric Light & Power bond
800 00
1 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Corp bond
1200 00
2 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin R. R. Co. bonds
200 00
3 Quincy Gas & Elec Heating Co. 5% bonds
1950 00
1 Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern R. R. bond Liberty Bonds
2700 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
269 20
$11127 20
TREADWELL FUND.
Income:
Cash on hand January 1, 1922
$ 263 51
Received from investments
1152 26
Cancellation of bonds
1500 00
$2915 77
Expenditures:
Salaries
$ 50 00
Miscellaneous expenses
292 95
Liberty Bonds and new investments
1235 00
Transferred to Heard Fund
600 00
Balance on hand January 1, 1923
737 82
$2915 77
350 00
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Securities Comprising Treadwell Fund.
50 shares B. & M. R. R. Ist pfd $1525 00
30 shares Old Colony R. R. pfd 2265 00
25 shares B. & P. R. R. pfd
3125 00
25 shares Me. Central R. R. pfd
750 00
25 shares B. & A. R. R.
3650 00
25 shares Vt. & Mass. R. R.
1875 00
1 Am. T. & T. Co. 4% bond
1220 00
I Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Corp. bond
1200 00
2 Chicago, Aurora & Elgin R. R. bonds
200 00
1 Quincy Gas & Elec Heating Co. 5% bond
650 00
ł Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern R. R. bond
350 00
} Missouri Pacific R. R. bond
402 50
Liberty bonds
3000 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
967 44
Deposited in Salem Savings Bank
750 00
$21929 94
THOMAS H. LORD FUND.
Receipts:
Income from investments $42 50
Securities.
Liberty Bonds Cash on hand January 1, 1923
$1000 00
184 90
$1184 90
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THE BURLEY EDUCATION FUND.
The Trustees of the Burley Education Fund herewith pre- sent their ninety-seventh annual report.
The funds in their hands are as follows:
$ 962 01
In Ipswich Savings Bank
In Ipswich Savings Bank (Caldwell Fund)
1295 09
In Salem Savings Bank
1906 64
In Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
438 22
15 shares B. & M. R. R. common stock
262 50
Liberty Bonds, second issue
700 00
Liberty Bonds, fourth issue
1000 00
$6564 46
The income for 1922 has been as follows:
From Ipswich Savings Bank
$153 53
From Ipswich Savings Bank (Caldwell Fund)
50 26
From Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
103 29
From Salem Savings Bank
82 96
From Liberty Bonds, second issue
29 75
From Liberty Bonds, fourth issue
42 50
$462 29
Expenditures: Rent of Safe Deposit Box
$ 4 81
Transferred to Burley School account
5000 00
$5004 81
FRANK T. GOODHUE CHARLES M. KELLY A. STORY BROWN JOSEPH T. MORTON GEORGE W. TOZER Trustees.
1
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE
FEOFFEES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Income:
Cash on hand February 7, 1922
$2805 00
From land and taxes, Little Neck cottage owners
8428 56,
N subscriptions for road repairs.
24 35.
tax abatement
13 28
$11271 19
Expenditures:
Damon & Damon, insurance
$ 101 00
Joseph &. King, repairs
9 75
John W. Goodhue Corp., sundries
14 31
F. F. Byron, expense
18 50
Lathrop Bros., teaming
531 50
Samuel L. Connor, surveying
75 00
Water Dept., water
12 38
George A. Schofield, printing
3 50
Joseph F. Ross, expense
4 16.
G. H. W. Hayes, services
2 00
Ralph C. Whipple, services,
450 00
Wilfred Wile, taaming
834 00
J. E. Brunick, labor
33 00
E. O. Peabody, labor
51 50
William Burridge, labor
21 89
Edmund Kelley, labor
30 00
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
A. C. Damon, sundries
6 05
G. E. Farley, postage 16 07
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
31 68
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
3000 00
Town of Ipswich, taxes
4010 63
G. E. Farley, Treas., salary
200 00
$9456 92
Balance, February 7, 1923
1814 27
$11271 19
Property in their hands as follows: Little Neck valued at
$ 5000 00
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank 12951 30
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank, Essex Sch. Farm 1931 54
$19882 84
Ipswich, Mass., February 7, 1923.
I hereby certify that I have this day audited the accounts of the Treasurer of the Feoffees of the Grammar School and find that the same are correct and that the balance on hand is $1814.27. FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor.
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
BROWN SCHOOL FUND.
The Trustees of the Brown School Fund present the follow- ing report for the year 1922.
The Funds are as follows:
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
$1410 50
Deposited in Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
1190 96
$2601 46
Income since last report:
Dividend from Ipswich Savings Bank
$54 54
Dividend from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
51 82
$106 36
Expenditures: Paid Margaret Reilly, teaching in the Candlewood school, one month $45 00
Income over expenses
$61 36
Respectfully submitted,
A. STORY BROWN CHARLES G, BROWN BENJAMIN R. HORTON Trustees.
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
INDEX.
Organization Page 3
Expenditures
4
Report of School Committee
17
Report of Superintendent.
Teachers . 21
22
Table of Enrollment
25
Attendance .
29
Field Day .
29
School Exhibition
33
Evening School
34
Penny Savings
35
Manual Training
36
Improvement of Teachers
37
Repairs
38
Mid-Morning Lunch
40
The Schick Test.
40
The Burley School .
41
The High School.
43
Recommendations
45
Acknowledgments
47
Manning High School
49
Commencement Exercises
56
High School Graduates 57
Junior High School. 58
Graduation Exercises
61
Junior High School Graduates 62
21
Enrollment
100
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT.
Penmanship Page 63
Drawing 65
Music 68
Physical Education 69
Manual Training
73
Domestic Science .
75
Attendance Report
77
School Physician's Report
78
School Nurse's Report.
81
Budget
85
List of Teachers
86
School Calendar 87
No School Signals
88
Distribution of Pupils 89
Auditors' Report 90
TOWN OF IPSWICH
FIFTEENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
ON THE APPROPRIATIONS AND ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT
FOR THE
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH 5, 1923
ICH
SS
NO
$ $ 2/
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENLE
1 .37
IPSWICH, MASS. GEO. A. SCHOFIELD & SON, PRINTERS
1933
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 26, 1923.
To the Citizens of Ipswich :-
During the past month the Finance Committee at its various meet- ings, has considered the requests for appropriations made by the vari- ous town departments and after careful consideration, has decided to recommend appropriations for the various departments as shown on pages 4 and 5 of this report. In a few cases, we have not recommended the full amount asked for. The reasons for reducing the appropria- tions in those cases will be given at the annual meeting.
In Ipswich, as in other towns, it is the common practise when the tax bills are sent out to hear many words of protest against the amount of the tax assessed and against the rate of taxation. Few vot- ers seem to realize that it is not the officials who are responsible for the size of the appropriations or for the tax rate. It would seem that every voter ought to be able to understand that if the voters in town meeting appropriate money and authorize its expenditure, the money must be raised in some manner and that there is no other method for raising it than by taxation of the property of the tax payers. The way to reduce taxation is to reduce expenditure. If this can be done and at the same time give the various departments a sufficient amount of money to conduct the town business in a fair and just manner, it is
the duty of each voter to consider well before he votes for the appro- priation. It is undoubtedly true that the town could expend much larg. er sums of money in many departments and do good work. That is true also of each of us as individuals. The man who has no automobile would enjoy owning one if he could afford it. The man with an open auto might enjoy a commodious, heated, clo ed car if he could afford it. The position of all the voters in a body is no different from that of the individual voter and we as a town, might enjoy many things which other wealthier towns have, but we must always consider as a body the same thing that we consider as individuals, "Can we afford it ?"
The answer in many cases must be and should be "No." For that reason, we, as a Finance Committee find it our duty to say "No" when in many cases it would be much pleasanter to say "Yes." In the cases where we have said "No" this year as in other years it has been be- cause we feel that the town cannot afford under present conditions to grant the full amounts asked for.
The question is often asked, "What does it amount to if the Town votes to spend a thousand dollars ?" The answer in Ipswich is this Based on the valuation fixed by the Assessors in Ipswich at the last assessment, every thousand dollars voted by the Town and raised by taxation adds fourteen cents to the tax rate. If a department asks for approximately $10,000 increased appropriation as has been done this year by two departments, the School Department and the High- way Department, it would mean that each of those Departments would add $1.40 to the tax rate for the coming year. It happens that the in- creases asked for in the other departments total about $8000, making all together about $28,000. If that amount is voted it will mean ap- proximately a four dollar increase in the tax rate over last year.
If the voters see fit to appropriate these increased amounts at the coming meeting, they will be responsible for the increased rate and it will be well for them to remember when their tax bills come out next August to say to themselves, "We did that" and not spend their time condemning the Assessors or others for their increased taxes.
In calling attention to this, we are not doing it in a spirit of criticism or with a desire to unjustly reduce appropriations, but we do think it is well that the voters should realize what their own re- sponsibilities are and not continue to ask for that which is impossible, i. e., increased appropriations and lower taxes.
In the table on the next page will be found information as to the amounts recommended and the amounts expended last year by the various departments, together with the requests of the departments and the amounts recommended by us for 1923.
Department
Appropriation recommended
1922
Appropriation
and transfers made 1922
Total expended
in 1922
GENERAL GOVER
Selectmen
$2,300.00
$2,948.28
$2,943.03
Aud. & Acc.
1.850.00
1,850.00
1,849.95
Treas. & Col.
3,780.00
4,055.00
4,055.00
Assessors
1,200.00
2,799.00
2,791.91
Law
600.00
935.00
935.00
Town Clerk
1,520.00
1,603.80
1,540.38
Elec. & Reg.
668.00
1,035.00
1,033.06
Town Hall
3,400.00
3,854.43
3,728.29
Protection of Life an
Police
8,000.00
8,090.46
8,087.91
Fire Dept.
9,210.00
9,240.63
8,838.43
Fire Ward.
100.00
200.00
186.80
Sealer
315.00
315.00
307.94
Moth Dept.
2,700.00
6,418.49
6,398.20
Tree Warden
875.00
875.00
874.35
Bd. of Health
4,500.00
5,357.28
5,345.78
Parks
500.00
550.00
549.97
Charities
Poor Dept.
9,000.00
8,230.73
8,229.59
Farm
3,800.00
4,641.52
4,636.66
Soldiers' Bene
Sol. Relief
750.00
1,542.00
1,540.96
State Aid
1,300.00
1,300.00
1,248.00
Mil. Aid
750.00
750.00
700.00
Highways
26,500.00
29.500.00
29,499.30
Schools
75,000.00
77,308.98
77,307.85
Interest and N
Interest
8,938.83
8,938.83
Notes
13,600.00
13,600.00
8,938.83 13,600.00
Miscellaneou
Playground
500.00
500.00
492.55
Cemeteries
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,998.72
Hospital
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Mem. Day
250.00
250.00
250.00
Shell Fish
200.00
200.00
199.80
Res. Fund
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Water Dept.
4,387.50
4,387.50
4,387.50
Elec. Dept.
11,109.00
11,109.00
11,109.00
Unpaid bills
2,673.27
2,673.27
2,673.27
Total
$202,776.50
$219,559.70
$218,778.03
P
Highways
Schools
Cash balance Dec. 31, 1922
Unpaid bills Dec. 31, 1922
Appropriation
requested for 1923
Appropriation recommended for 1923
NMENT
$5.25
$116.00
$2,818.92
$2,600.00
.05
1,936.00
1,900.00
26.72
3,900.00
3,900.00
7.09
150.00
600.00
600.00
63.42
16.50
1,400.00
1,400.00
2.44
15.12
545.00
545.00
126.14
23.80
3,345.00
3,345.00
nd Property
2.55
299.22
8,000.00
7,500.00
402.20
8,900.00
8,900.00
13:20
100.00
100.00
7.06
346.50
346.50
20.29
52.00
3,400.00
3,400.00
.65
1,045.00
1,000.00
11.50
241.80
4,500.00
4,500.00
.03
639.00
639.00
1.14
449.81
7,200.00
7,000.00
4.86
40.78
4,500.00
4,100.00
efits
1.04
179.00
1,346.00
1,300.00
52.00
1,250.00
1,200.00
50.00
700.00
700.00
1
.70
223.75
39,381.00
39,000.00
1.13
386.12
86,635.00
82,000.00
Notes
9,233.00
9,233.00
14,600.00
14,600.00
7.45
500.00
500.00
2,200.00
2,000.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
250.00
300.00
.20
200.00
200.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,250.00
2,250.00
11,137.00
11,137.00
2,220.62
2,220.62
$781.67
$2,220.62
$230,293.67
$224,416.10
P
us
1.28
2,715.63
2,500.00
Recommendations of Articles in the Warrant.
Articles 9 and 10. Under these articles in relation to the exten- sion of the Water and Electric Light systems, we recommend that the rule adopted for years under the suggestions of the Commissioners, be adopted for this year.
Article 12. In regard to this article providing for Memorial Day, we recommend an appropriation of $300 and suggest that there be included in the graves to be decorated thore graves of the Revolu- tionary soldiers as well as the graves of the soldiers of more recent wars.
Article 16. In regard to a special appropriation for the repair of the lower part of East Street. We do not feel that we have had suf- ficient information as to probable cost or that there has been such an investigation as should be made to warrant an appropriation. We recommend the appointment of a committee to make such an investi- gation and report to the Town.
Article 17. In regard to motorizing the ladder truck in the Fire Department. We feel that while the engineers presented some strong arguments in favor of this work, there is not a real pressing neces- sity for it and in view of the extra expenses caused by snow removal this year and the fact that the tax rate is very likely to be in- creased, we do not recommend an appropriation for this work this year.
Articles 18, 19 and 20 covered by our recommendations on Articles 9 and 10.
Article 21. Appropriation for Essex Sanitorium. We recom- mend $1,665.87.
Article 22. Automobile for Police Department. We recommend an appropriation of $447.00.
Article 23. Appropriation for tractor and snow plow. We recommend an appropriation of $825.00.
Article 24. We recommend that this article be referred to the Selectmen to report as to plans and probable cost.
Article 25. Maintenance of Memorial Building. We recommend appropriation of $1,000.
Article 27. Question of purchasing the Manning Street Garage for town purposes, price understood to be $4,000. We recommend the purchase.
We have reduced the requested appropriation for the School Department as to the amount to be raised by taxation. We feel that there are other sources, to wit, certain trust funds which can and should pay a larger amount of their income towards the salaries of the High School teachers. We called attention last year to this
fact and the School Committee were appointed to investigate and enforce contracts which exist between those trust funds and the Town. We are not aware of any action that has been taken during the year in regard to this matter and we feel that something ought to be done, and that if something is done, the amount we have recommended for the School Department will be sufficient to carry out the plans and the budget requirements as submitted to us by the School Committee.
The report of the Feoffees of the Grammar School for the year just passed shows, for instance, that out of the earnings of the Fund $450 was paid to help the Ipswich schools and $3,000.00 deposited in the Ipswich Savings Bank. Why shouldn't that have been reversed and the three thousand given to the schools? The fund was established to help the schools and, according to the report of the Superintendent and School Committee, now is the time the schools need the help.
If the School Committee fail to give us an answer to this ques- tion or fail to report an agreement by the Trustees of the various funds to give the fullest assistance that can be given, we recommend the appointment of a committee of five citizens, of which committee the Town Auditor shall be one, to make a full investigation of the a:ious funds held for the benefit of the Town and its citizens, with instructions to report the present value of all investments in these funds, the annual expense connected with each fund, the amount which each fund could fairly contribute and any other matter which might be of interest to the citizens. We do not believe this matter should be dropped and we urge action
We have recommended a slight reduction in the appropriation for the Board of Assessors for the following reason. We are con- vinced that the change made last year when a salaried man was placed in charge of the Department has so reduced the amount of time necessary for the work of the two assistant assessors that a salary of $200 00 a year each will provide adequate pay. The amount will give them $5.00 a day for forty eight-hour days and from what information we have gathered. we do not feel that more than forty days are required or have been given to the work in the past.
We have reduced the request of the Police Department $500.00 Last year it was explained that the closing of the Turnpike would he the cause of so much additional traffic on our main street that more police service would be necessary. This apparently will be done away with this year and we feel that a reduction of $500.00 would be justified on that account.
M. CHARLES ARTHUR, Chairman GEORGE A. SCHOFIELD, Secretary
CHARLES M. KELLY
JESSE H. WADE
THOMAS R. LORD
EDWARD W. WILLIS
GEORGE E. HODGKINS
GEORGE H. CURTIS
SIDNEY H. PERLEY
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