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150-153
3,000
1
Oct. 21, 1907
.,
154-156
1,000
4
Nov. 19, 1907
1
157
2,000
4
Dec. 31, 1907
,
2
158-159
1,000
4
Nov. 30, 1908
1
160
3,500
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1923 to 1930 inc
7
14-20
1,000
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1923 to 1925 inc
2
14-15
7.500
4
Oct. 1, 1910
1926 to 1940 inc
15
16.30
2,500
4 Oct. 1, 1913
$250
each year
I
45
2,750
4 Dec. 1, 1914
$250
each
year
1 .
68
6,800
4
Dec. 1, 1915
$400 each year
1
117
3,250
4 May 1, 1916
$250 each
year
1
123
F S Moseley & Co
14,000
4 1/4 Aug. 15, 1922
1923 to 1937
15
76-89
4
· July 1, 1899
3
144-146
Adams & Company
6,000
1 July 1, 1900
Sinking Fund I W D
Sinking Fund I W D
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Five Cent Savings Bank, Lynn Cemetery Trust Funds Sinking Fund I W D
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$201,300
Owned by
Lamprecht Brothers Sinking Fund I W D E P Jose
1
5
131-136
Sinking Fund I W D
2,000
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT
DR.
CR. $2,972 34
To balance 1922 $2,260 25
By bills paid
To depreciation
1,775 08
By balance
1,159 53
To private const
96 54
$4,131 87
$4,131 87
COST OF CONSTRUCTION
Cost of real estate
$8,117 19
Cost of steam plant
16,431 18
Cost of electric plant
10,467 86
Cost of electric lines
107,949 94
$142,966 17
DEPRECIATION FUND
Amount transferred from
By bills pd renew $1,578 92
operat. expenses $3,354 00
Charged to const 1,775 08
$3,354 00 *
$3,354 00
NOTE INDEBTEDNESS
To notes oustanding
Jan. 1, 1923 $56,300 00
$56,300 00
By notes paid $5,550 00
By bal outstanding 50,750 00
$56,300 00
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES
The following bills have been paid for construction dur- ing the year 1923.
Paid to
Amount
J H Sheppard, labor
$203 61
F C Manthorn, labor 186 03
G C Player, labor 180 24
Wetmore Savage Co, supplies
1,205 48
Pettingell Andrews Co, supplies
472 02
General Electric Co, supplies
163 40
Perkins Carpenter Supply Co, supplies
156 96
J .J Merrill, supplies
9 98
Maloney Electric Co, transformers
170. 64
Westinghouse Electric Co, transformers
113 77
Foster McDonald Co, supplies
21 00
Blaisdell Express Co, express
6 10
F E Wood, express and freight
9 96
Line Material Co, supplies
73 15
Total
$2,972 34
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
MANAGER'S REPORT
Gentlemen :
To the Water and Lighting Commission,
I submit the following report of the receipts and expendi- tures of the Lighting Plant for the year 1923.
MAINTENANCE
Paid to
Amount
Edmund Russell, labor
$1,962 89
George E. Brown, labor
1,579 00
J A McLean, labor 1,627 31
George L Fall, labor
1,717 78
W P Edgerly, labor
1,581 06
R B Pickard, labor
1,465 81
Fred C Rust, labor
1,449 00
Chester Cook, labor
1,440 00
Total $12,822 88
FUEL
Paid to
Geo W Pickering Coal Co
Amount $15,544 13 57 60
John A Brown
B & MRR
236 35
Edmund Wile
1,402 69
Wile Bros.
1,351 59
Total $18,592 36
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MISCELLANEOUS
JJ H Sheppard, labor $1,394 16
F C Manthorn, labor 1,226 97
G C Player, labor 1,210 26
(' F Chapman & Son, supplies 16 65
C S Garrette, supplies
95
Anne Jewett, bookkeeper 486 00
Ames Iron Works, supplies station
58 60
Henry K Barnes Co, supplies 4 00
F E Wood, express
175 31
( S Tyler, supplies
15 25
A G Osborne, oil and waste
1,141 82
American Express Co, express
25 42
W C Henderson, repairs
2 20
J W Goodhue Inc, supplies
47 04
Standard Oil Co, gasoline
1,037 38
Ipswich Motor Co, auto
11 75
Blaisdell's Express Co, express
4 55
Wetmore Savage Co, supplies
305 19
Mayer & Porter, auto 65 92
1 82
J .J Merrill, lamps
471 34
General Electric Co, supplies
7 66
New Eng Tel & Tel Co, telephone
46 18
S G Davison, auto 51 60
A I Savory, supplies
9 78
Nelson Bourque, labor
80
A HI Walton, Manager
850 00
C E Goodhue, P M, supplies
110 35
G A Schofield & Son, printing
201 00
Townsend Motor Co, auto
20 30
Pettingell Andrews Co, supplies
1,107 80
Manzer & Damon, repairs
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Chas E Stanwood, accounting
134 23
R W Davis, auto 54 95
Fred Buzzell, labor
70
G W Knowlton Rubber Co, supplies
13 17
Foster McDonald Co, supplies
516 73
Municipal Lighting Association, dues
10 00
Line Material Co, supplies
93 53
Perkins Carpenter Supply Co, supplies
5 10
Ipswich Mills, labor
75
Jos King, repairs
10 02
B & M R R, freight
96 00
A H Walton, commissioner
100 00
(' A Mallard, commissioner
100 00
„J E Cole, Jr, commissioner
100 00
Damon & Damon, insurance
233 50
HI B McArdle, supplies 67 00
Howard Blake & Son, supplies
6 02
G A Schofield, insurance
303 75
North Shore Roofing Co, station repairs
341 00
C W H Moulton Co, station supplies
18 50
B B Ward, repairs 2 39
14 78
.J H Cownie Glove Co, supplies
14 85
Total -
1.
$12,345 02
The White Co, auto
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NOTE PAYMENT
Notes paid by the Treasurer $5,550 00
INTEREST
Interest paid various parties by Treasurer $2,318 50
JOBBING DEPARTMENT
Pettingell Andrews Co, supplies $84 24
Wetmore Savage Co, supplies
190 00
Perkins Carpenter, Supply Co, supplies
3 27
Total $277 51
MAINTENANCE
DR. CR.
To bal Jan 1, 1923 $14,572 65 By bills paid
$42,181 34
To sale of current 40,823 57
Less old bills due
To sale of power 4,000 00
· Jan. 1, 1923 5,511 71
Rent of poles 533 60
Due rent of poles
Rent of gasoline 954 30
Jan. 1, 1923
262 40
Insurance dividend 94 00
Notes paid
5,550 00
To miscel receipts 253 01
Interest paid
2,318 50
To amount due cur 7,262 76
Depreciation paid
3,354 00
To miscel bills due
73 51
Coal on hand
To coal on hand 3,613 36 Jan. 1, 1923 960 40
Recd street lights
11,137 00
Balance 23,179 41
$83,317 76
$83,317 76
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JOBBING DEPARTMENT
DR.
CR.
By bills paid 1923 $277 51
To bal profits to Jan. 1, 1923 $3,618 59 Bal in favor of dept
To material
272 41 Jan. 1, 1924 3,644 93
To bills due 31 44
$3,922 44
$3,922 44
ELECTRIC LIGHT LOAN
Date of Issue
No. Notes
Maturities
$3,000
4
Oct.
1,
1903
3 notes
1924-1926
2,000
4
Oct.
1,
1903
2 notes
1927-1928
3,000
4
Oct.
1, 1903
3 notes
1930-1932
2,000
4
Dec.
15,
1904
3 notes
1923-1925
State of Mass.
4,000
May
Dec.
15,
1906
2 notes
1930-1931
Sinking Fund I W D
2,000
4
4
June
15,
1907
2 notes
1932-1933
North Ave. Savings Bank
2,000
June
30,
1908
2 notes
1934-1935
Malden Savings Bank
2,000
June
15,
1909
2 notes
1936-1937
Sinking Fund I W D
2,000
1
June
30,
1910
4 notes
1931-1934
Sinking Fund I W D
3,500
4
Oct.
1
1910
7 notes
1924-1930
Ipswich Savings Bank
2,750
4
Dec.
30.
1910
11 notes
1924-1934
Sinking Fund I W D
900
4
June
29,
1912
1 note
$100 each year
1,100
4
June
30,
1914
1 note
$100 each year
Sinking Fund I W D
1,000
4
June
30,
1913
1 note
$100 each year
1,100
4
June
30,
1914
1 note
$100 each year
1,200
4
June
30,
1915
1 note
$100 each year
,
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1,300
4
June
30,
1916
1 note
$100 each year
1,400
4
June
30,
1917
1 note
$100 each year
,
1,500
4
June
30,
1918
1 note
$100 each year
4,000
5 July
1, 1919
8 notes
1924-1931
3,000
4
Dec.
15,
1921
6 notes
1924-1929
4,000
4 34 Dec.
4,
1922
4 notes
1924-1927
4
1, 1905
4 notes
1926-1929
Cemetery Trust Fund
2,000
1
1
Ipswich Savings Bank Sinking Fund I W D E. E. Currier
$50,750
Held by Chelsea Savings Bank Malden Savings Bank Sinking Fund I W D Holliston Savings Bank
Amount Rate
Geo. A. Schofield
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT, TOWN OF IPSWICH
WILLIAM J. RILEY, Treasurer.
DR.
CR.
To amounts received
By paid
Commercial Light
$32,516 92
Orders $47,010 11
Prepayments
301 50 Notes 5,550 0C
Town Buildings
757 75
Interest 2,318 50
Jobbing
3 27
Power
7,199 13 :
Miscellaneous
6,248 86
Street Lighting Ap-
propriation
11,137 00
$58,164 43
$54,878 61
Balance January
Balance Jan. 1,
1, 1923
5,370 58
1924 8,656 40
$63,535 01
$63,535 01
The Treasurer has the following bills for collection :
Commercial Light
$1,828 20 50
Town Buildings
Power
132 47
Miscellaneous
94 25
.
$2,055 42
Commitment, Dec. 30, 1923
5,312 29
$7,367 71
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MANAGER'S REPORT
I would recommend the Town appropriate $10,834 for street lights.
The following table will show the number of meters in- stalled and the increased amount of sales for the last year.
Year
No. of Meters Sale of current and
power
1921
892
$35,938.17
1922
984
41,246.53
1923
1,084
45,829.97
Next table will show the output at the Station and the distribution of same.
Total K W generated 618,360
Total K W accounted Commercial Light
269,571
Total K W accounted Power
128,972
Total K W accounted Street Lights
95,000
Total K W accounted Auxiliary Lights
8,880
Total K W accounted for
502,423
Total K W unaccounted for
115,937
Total K W generated Loss .187%
.
618,360
Your attention is called to the increase of electricity gen- erated and the number of meters set the last year. It is ap- parent from the constantly increasing demand upon the sta-
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tion that steps should be taken to meet that demand. You will note the increase in the commercial lighting the past year which comes on the peak of the load. If this should con- tinue, and I believe it will, in both light and power, and as our source of supply has practically reached the maximum rating of our large unit, I think some attention should be given to this question. ARTHUR H. WALTON, Manager.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
The Municipal Light and Water Commissioners submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1923.
WATER DEPARTMENT
The expenditures for the year 1924 are estimated as fol- lows :
For interest payment $5,482.00
For general expenses 11,000.00
For hydrant service 2,250.00
$18,732.00
The Board recommends the amount for hydrant service be raised and appropriated from the tax levy, the balance be taken from the earnings of the Water Department. .
We recommend no appropriation be made for the Sinking Fund.
In submitting our report we desire to bring to your at- tention some thought and consideration to our water supply. As you all know the conditions that existed last year in our shortage of water, we have given much time and study to the question of more storage. In view of the fact that we are having a general survey and of costs of every proposition available in connection with our present storage basin, we are not in a position to make any recommendations at this time as the result of the survey and costs will not be available.
We have rebuilt the dam on Bull Brook enabling us to
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use the water at any time with our present supply. It is the sentiment of the Commission that some thought be taken, not only for the present, but for a future supply, and as soon as a report of the survey, which is in progress, is duly received, a recommendation will be submitted for your approval.
We recommend that an appropriation be set aside from the earnings of the Water Department each year as a deprecia- tion fund, the amount to be determined by the Water and Light Commissioners.
We would recommend that all water services be metered. We believe that by so doing much wasting of water will be checked.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS" REPORT
ELECTRIC LIGHT REPORT
The Board recommends that the Town appropriate for street lighting $10,834.
807 lamps at $12.00
$9,684.00
23 lamps at 50.00 1,150.00
$10,834.00
We would recommend no appropriation be made to the Electric Light Department for Town buildings as the various departments include in their budgets recommendations for the same.
We would recommend that the Electric Light Commission- ers be authorized to use any unexpended balance in the operat- ing account as they deem fit.
In confirming the report of the Manager in the increase of meter installation for Light and Power the last year we realize we are nearing the capacity of our large unit. The Department has been considering the necessity of providing for the same, but is still unable to make a recommendation as to just what should be done to provide for the future demands of the Town. We are obliged to run our large unit 18 hours each day and we believe that some auxiliary unit should be available as a standby.
ARTHUR H. WALTON, CHARLES A. MALLARD, J. E. COLE, JR., Water and Light Commissioners.
February 1, 1924.
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AUDITOR'S STATEMENT
This is to certify that I have examined the books and accounts of the Water and Electric Light Department and of the Treasurer of the Sinking Fund and find them correct.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM, Auditor. Ipswich, January 10, 1924.
Town of Ipswich.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
634
THE BIRTHPLACE Of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
FOR THE YEAR
1923
Charles G. Hull, Printer No. 8 Cogswell Street, Ipswich, Mass. 1924.
School Committee.
MARY U. JOHNSON Term Expires 1924
RALPH W. BURNHAM 66
1924
CARROLL PERRY 1924
DR. GEORGE E. MacARTHUR
1925
FRANCIS WADE
1926
CHARLES L. LOVELL .. .
1926
Organization.
Dr. George E. MacArthur
Chairman
George W. Tozer
Clerk
Dr. George E. MacArthur
School Physician
Martha J. Stewart, R. N. . School Nurse
George W. Tozer
Attendance Officer
Joseph I. Horton
Superintendent and Purchasing Agent
Office.
Manning School Building
Office Hours
School Days from 3.30 to 5.00
EDUCATION.
General Expenses.
Joseph I Horton, superintendent
$2955 00
Geo W Tozer, clerk
400 00
Geo W Tozer, Truant officer
300 00
J H Lakeman, P M, postage and box rent
6 93
Chas E Goodhue, P M,
23 58
The Globe Newswaper Co, adv
12 60
Chas G Hull, printing report
374 50
Chas G Hull, printing
32 50
Geo A Schofield & Son, "
153 60
B L Goss,
2 25
Salem Evening News, adv
4 00
New England T & T Co, telephones
174 00
Joseph I Horton, car fares
49 49
D A Grady, auto hire 27 75
Geo W Tozer, taking census
100 00
Geo E MacArthur, physician
500 00
E M Poitevin,Inc, supplies
48 27
Blaisdell's Express, express
6 05
The Three Millers, supplies
13 62
American Railway Ex Co, express
11 04 .
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Standard Elec Time Co, repairs
10 16
Chas N Smart, supplies
6 00
5211 34
Teachers' Salaries.
(Day School.)
Ralph C Whipple,
$1546 00
Helen J Blodgett
1500 00
E Margaret Allen
1350 00
Helen N Damon
1450 00
Theresa R Whittemore
930 00
Elizabeth C Ferguson
1248 00
Elizabeth V C Forrest
500 00
A Erma Brown
480 00
Robert D Conary .
1880 00
Katherine F Sullivan
1600 00
Abby L Smith
1333 50
Leroy W Jackman
780 00
Mary D Hamlin
725 00
Gertrude R Sheppard
1100 00
Addie S Cook
440 00
Marion E Brown
1200 00
M Gretchen Hamilton
1140 00
Marian A Whelan
660 00
Lucy Ardell Kimball
1106 88
Elizabeth C Smith
500 00
Adeline A Moulton
440 00
Ruth C Duncan
440 00
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
Annie P Wade
660 00
Constance Brady
1000 00
Hazel M Weare
1115 00
Dorothy Darling
595 00
Amy Stanford
1000 00
Anne E Friend
924 00
A Pauline Charles
1068 00
Althine L Hodgkins
1200 00
Margaret T Reilly
1000 00
Grace A Bowlen
1172 75
Frances P Trussell
1100 00
Ruth F Joyce
1020 00
Ethel M Archer
1070 00
Alice D Moran
1140 00
Sarah G Houghton
1080 00
Sara Abbott
660 00
Ruth A Lord
1323 00
Lena J Atherley
1133 50
Belle D Rogers
1100 00
Abby Fellows
1100 00
Nellie T Smith
1398 75
Lydia S Harris
770 00
Carrie B Ladd
1000 00
Augusta A Grenache
1144 25
Winnifred Millard
1147 13
Martha J Stewart
1000 00
Arthur H Tozer
900 00
Arthur W Gould
1535 53
Emma A Knights
409 50
Elizabeth C Weare
420 00
Mary C Goodwin
440 00
M Lucia Waite
440 00
Mildred M Parker
27 50
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
Julia E McLaren
192 50
Ethel M Trask
101 50
Maude M Whipple
364 00
Hilda M Schofield
38 00
Lauretta A Wade
52 00
Louise Grant
34 00
Edith M Barrows
216 00
Hester Martel
24 00
Isabel G Merson
4 00
· Grace Mansfield
. 4 00
Hattie W Brown
40 00
54,513 29
Teachers' Salaries. (Evening School.)
Katherine F Sullivan
42 00
Nellie T Smith
42 00
A Erma Brown
34 00
Amy Stanford
36 00
Ruth C Duncan
20 00
Ethelinda Tucker
3 00
Katherine Reddy
2 00
179 00
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Text Books and Supplies.
F M Ambrose & Co
102 77
D C Heath & Co
246 76
Little, Brown & Co
96 25
The Arlo Pub Co
23 20
Allyn & Bacon
61 15
Edward E Babb & Co
835 83
Ginn & Co
390 95
Houghton Mifflin Co
220 64
American Book Co
103 55
Manifold Supplies
10 50
The Bruce Pub Co
32 74
The Macmillan Co
26 12
The Pub School Pub Co
22 16
Mass Audubon Society
12 00
Neostyle Sales Agency
85 91
Regents' Pub Co
2 40
Lyons & Carnahan
5 75
Barnes & Noble Inc
126 90
Dowling School Supply Co
384 05
Boston Paper Board Co
110 00
Kenney Bros & Wolkins
129 95
Harris & Gilpatric
194 75
J L Hammett Co
437 95
John Carter & Co
25 00
Milton Bradley Co
24 45
Geo P Brown & Co
30 50
Dennison Mfg Co
6 58
Canney Lumber Co
27 45
J B Hunter
1 16
Pitman & Brown Co
59 67
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
Doubleday, Page & Co
3 00
The Bobs Merrill Co 65
National Geographic Society
9 00
John Wiley & Sons Co
4 74
Yale University Press
1 20
McGraw-Hill Book Co
2 55
The Gregg Pub Co
18 35
Dept of Public Instruction N J
50
F J Barnard & Co
189 81
The Literary Digest
12 00
J B Lippincott Co
1 90
The Outlook Co
25 80
Supt of Documents
40
Teachers' College
9 80
Laidlaw Bros, Inc
70
Asia Pub Co
5 00
N O Wilhelm
12 00
Ernst Hermann
15 15
Russell Sage Foundation
10 00
University of Chicago
14 40
Chas S Garrett
17 15
Hiller Co
40 34
N J Bolles
51 82
Wm G Horton
2 50
C S Tyler
7 26
Newman's Dept Store
13 89
Marcorelle Bros
56
American Railway Ex Co
3 76
F E Wood
45 95
George Tibbetts
11 00
The Three Millers
13 75
Oliver Ditson Co
127 87
W M Welch Mfg Co
16 50
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
Burroughs Adding Machine Co
411 60
Eimer & Amend
66 55
Angus I Savory
12 10
James W. Brine Co
90 92
Wright & Ditson
121 12
A E Martell Co
77 66
Henry S Spaulding
45
Hayden Costume Co
6 37
Zaner & Bloser Co
82 50
H D Foss & Co, Inc
2 52
· F C Sheldon Slate Co
79 94
Blaisdell's Express
2 55
Royal Typewriter Co
6 00
Remington Typewriter Co
130 25
Underwood Typewriter Co
30 00
Chas J Wright
3 00
Brainard J Conley
3 90
Ipswich Mills
4 50
Kee Lox Mfg Co
6 00
.
5664 33 1
Tuition.
City of Beverly, School Dept 306 00
306 00
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Transportation.
Walter K. Chapman
405.00
Est Edmund Wile
470 00
D A Grady
1490 00
W E Garrette, Jr
725 00
F E Wood
160 00
3,250 00
Support of Truants.
County of Essex
209 14
209 14
Janitor Service.
Geo W Tozer:
400 00
Fred B Saunders
1 300 00
John S Kimball
880 00
I E B Perkins
450 00
Mary E Saunders
200 00
William J Wallace
210 00
William F Rutherford
150 00
Ella M Wells
80 00
3670 00
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Fuel and Light.
Coastwise Coal Co
1247 08
Chas L Lovell
590 54
New England Coal & Coke Co
420 51
Lathrop Bros
375 10
A H Peatfield
174 09
George Fall
83 28
Appleton Farms
82
Roger A Heard
6 00
Boston & Maine R R, freight
1533 55
Est Edmund Wile, cartage
306 60
Samuel C Gordon, cartage.
102 76
D S Perley
5 00
N A Wells, labor
2 00
Wm E Sturgis
12 00
A F Saunders
6 00
H M Saunders .6
4 87
R D Hills
6 00
E W Smith
10 00
John Magania
12 00
Charles Gwinn
6 50
Edmund Kelley
12 50
Louis Kelley
11 50
John Douglas
6.6
12 00
Philip Ewing
15 50
Konstanty Winzin
6 00
Russell's Lunch, meals
3 35
Electric Light Dept
256 67
Ipswich Gaslight Co,
50 25
5,353 65
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
Buildings and Grounds.
Arthur W Gould, carpentry
704 89
Wm H Cann 66
7 50
Manzer & Damon
1 93
R L Purinton
plumbing
113 09
A J Brennan
385 87
George Hayes
2 50
Geo H Clapp painting
3 00
Austin L Lord masonry
853 92
Fuller Brush Co brushes
8 10
John W Goodhue Corp, supplies
140 10
Walworth Mfg Co
5 49
Samuel C Gordon, trucking
66 50
Canney Lumber Co, lumber
44 17
C F Chapman & Son, supplies
8 76
Mass State Prison
15 65
Philip Ewing, labor
2 00
Angus I Savory, supplies
50
Joseph A King, repairs
8 00
George Tibbetts, trucking
2 25
American Banner Co, supplies
1 00
Standard Gil Co of N Y,
35 18
J S Jaslovich, cleaning vaults
25 00
Frank R Schaller, tuning pianos
18 00
Howard Blake & Son, supplies
2 30
Jobn S Kimball, labor
17 00
Masury-Young Co, supplies
16 65
The L B Philbrick Co, “
15 60
J J Merrill,
1818
J L Hammett Co,
1 63
Arthur C Damon,
7 50
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Henry S Spaulding, services
148 87
A F Foote, comm'r, inspection
2 00
Water Dept, water
525 90
3,209 03
Furniture and Furnishings.
Frank J Jameson, supplies
261 96
Smith & Russell
5 00
Wm E Poole, repairs
11 00
Kenney Bros & Wolkins, supplies
253 00
Allen Shade Holder Co,
43 82
J L Hammett Co,
38 50
John F Wippich, repairs
1 25
614 53
Miscellaneous.
G A Barker,
insurance
14 80
Damon & Damon,
46 32
Martin Diploma Co, diplomas
49 60
Geo A Schofield & Son, printing
50 00
Chas Ingham, services
25 00
Herbert W Mason, cash paid for prizes
20 00
Total expenditures Unexpended balance
205 72
82,386 03
1 22
82,387 25
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Appropriation 82,000 00
Appropriation unpaid 1922 bills 386 12
Balance from 1922 1 13
82,387 25
Receipts for the year have been as follows:
Com of Massachusetts, Income Tax
$8550 00
Vocational Education 70 88
Tuition 36 25
Town of Rowley, Tuition
4058 18
Sale of Portable School House
500 00
· Insurance refunds
49 40
Telephone refunds
51 57
Sale of supplies
91 41
Freight refund
6 03
$13413 72
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of the Town of Ipswich :---
The Committee in presenting their annual report, desire to bring to your attention and careful consideration the emphatic need of increased school accommodations. With one excep- tion all of the rooms of the system have as many pupils as can be accommodated, and the prospect of an increased attendance next year brings to us the problem of where to house them.
By the acquisition of the property on Green St. by the town, it seems an opportune time to plan the erection of a new High and Junior High School building of sufficient capacity to attend to the needs of the pupils for some years to come. The cost of erecting such a building will never be any less, and with the material which is already on the property, would be consider- ably less than if everything had to be obtained at first hand. The enrolment in the High School is over 200 which is the largest in the history of the school. By the resignation of Miss Whittemore from the Commercial Department, the school has lost a very efficient teacher, but her place has been very ably filled by Miss Erma Brown, a graduate of Boston University. One new teacher was added to the faculty in September. Miss Elizabeth Forrest, who fills the position of teacher of History
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is exceptionally good, and in fact the whole force is doing excellent work.
In the grades eight teachers resigned in September, some to accept other positions at higher salaries, and others for other reasons. We think that with few exceptions all the teachers in the elementary schools are doing fine work.
We have disposed of the Portable Building at private sale at a very fair price. It has served its purpose very accept- ably and we think the cost to the town has been very reasonable.
New areas have been built around the basement windows of the Winthrop Building, which was an absolute necessity in order to prevent water running in and ruining the sills.
During the National Education Week a regular session of the day schools was held one evening in all the buildings that had facilities for lighting, and the very large attendance of par- ents and friends testified to the interest that they had in the work of their children. , By holding the evening session it was made possible for those who are employed during the hours of the regular sessions of the school, to visit and inspect the work of their children. The rooms were all crowded with visitors, and the pupils and parents both were enthusiastic over the affair. We can only wish that those parents who are not employed in the day time would visit our schools more frequently and thus encourage both teacher and pupil.
In December Mr. Herbert W. Mason resigned as Chairman of the School Board and also from the Committee, owing to removal to Philadelphia. His place was filled on the Board by the appointment of Rev. Carroll Perry, at a joint meeting of the School Committee and the Selectmen as required by law.
There is a very great necessity of making a number of repairs this coming year, especially in the Manning Building. The floors in this building are literally worn out, and unless one or two new ones are laid it may result in a bill
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for damages being brought against the town on account of injuries resulting from the splintering of the wood. These floors have been in use ever since the building was erected in 1874, and it seems to us that they have outlived their usefulness.
We would call attention to the necessity of having an appro- priation large enough to allow an increase in the salaries of some of the teachers. We may have convenient and well arranged buildings, but the skill, energy and inspiration of the teachers are very necessary in making the schools what they are. There- fore it is not unreasonable to ask for a sufficient appropriation that we may be able to obtain the best there is, and to retain the
best we have. Remember that the children of today are the citizens of tomorrow, and upon the sort of training which they receive at the hands of the school authorities, will result the welfare of the town in the future.
We would refer you to the report of the Superintendent and school officials for a more detailed account of the affairs of the . school system.
Budget for 1924.
General Control
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