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Geo. W. Pickering Coal Co. 10,122 51
Total
$12,492 13
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WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
MISCELLANEOUS
J. H. Sheppard, labor
$1,379 25
F. C. Manthorn, labor
1,217 74
G. D. Player, labor
1,237 87
N. LeMay, labor
964 00
Pettingell Andrews Co., supplies
586 86
F. E. Wood, teaming
137 32
B. & M. R. R., freight
6 42
C. F. Chapman, supplies
33 51
Mayer & Porter, auto supplies
132 58
C. L. Lovell, supplies
169 80
Ipswich Motor Co., auto supplies
41 25
J. T. Hood, repairs
3 50
American Express Co., express
36 45
J. W. Goodhue, supplies
24 93
Howard Blake & Son, supplies
19 36
The White Co., auto supplies
22 09
C. S. Garrett, supplies
2 00
A. G. Osborn, oils
1,032 07
Westinghouse Electric Co., supplies
210 43
Wetmore Savage Co., supplies
849 51
Foster McDonald Co., supplies
37 43
R. V. Pettingell Electric Supply Co., supplies
274 60
Western Union Tel. Co., rent poles
8 00
Anne Jewett, bookkeeper
540 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
50 03
Geo. A. Schofield & Son, printing
94 85
Geo. E. Marsh Co., supplies
25 80
R. W. Davis, supplies
21 35
Canney Lumber Co., lumber
15 49
Ciolek Hardware Store, supplies
10 01
A. H. Walton, Manager
950 00
G. O. McIntire, labor
4 00
Newburyport Gas & Elec. Co., electric supplies
1,271 58
J. J. Merrill, lamps
497 95
C. E. Goodhue, P. M., supplies
114 65
G. W. Knowlton Rubber Co., supplies
23 13
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WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
B. B. Ward, repairs
45
James L. Wile, teaming
9 65
Ames Iron Works, supplies 78 00
H. B. McArdle, supplies
111 95
Line Material Co., supplies
57 98
J. B. Bailey, supplies
198 90
Geo. H. Wahn Co., supplies
168 01
Mrs. C. S. Tyler, supplies
7 14
A. H. Walton, registration
4 00
Providence Engineering Co., supplies
583 21
Line Equipment & Sales Co., supplies
49 80
Sullivans Drug Store, supplies
10 60
Vye-Smith Co., supplies
11 88
E. W. Ham Co., supplies
78 40
C. A. Mallard, supplies
69 24
General Electric Co., supplies
64 34
C. A. Mallard, commissioner
100 00
A. H. Walton, commissioner
100 00
J. E. Cole, Jr., commissioner
100 00
Damon & Damon, insurance
643 01
Warren Steam Pump Co., supplies
20 77
Dyer Sales & Mac. Co., supplies
14 90
Postal Telegraph Co., rent of poles
21 00
Pauline Blunda, rent land
25 00
Municipal Lighting Asso., dues
10 00
Town of Ipswich, garage expense
6 75
Blaisdell Express Co., express
9 75
G. A. Schofield, insurance
574 00
Splen Adv. Co., supplies
18 00
Lighting Despatch, express
3 70
Joseph A. King, repairs
4 55
Peatfield Express Co., express
4 50
Standard Oil Co., oil
25 65
Ipswich Mills, repairs
3 03
Wm. Costos, labor
40 50
Andrew Suforaki, labor
41 50
B. J. Conley, supplies
1 18
Western Electric Co., supplies
230 30
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Geo. B. Brown, supplies 1 80
Edward H. Smith, labor
42 61
Total
$15,591 86
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WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
NOTE PAYMENT
Notes paid by Treasurer
$5,850 00
INTEREST
Interest paid Various Parties
$1,863 00
JOBBING DEPARTMENT
Pettingell Andrews Co., supplies
$262 79
R. V. Pettingell Electric Supply Co., supplies
136 59
Total
$399 38
Dr.
Cr.
To bal. profits to
By bills paid
$399 38
Jan. 1, 1925
$3,675 15
Bills due Jan. 1, 1925 3 65
To material
416 15
By balance
3,809 43
To bills due
121 16
$4,212 46
$4,212 46
WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
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MAINTENANCE
Dr.
Cr.
To bal. Jan. 1, 1925 $33,934 49
By bills paid
$40,907 28
To sale of current 49,677 97
Less old bills due 7,674 01
To sale of power 4,000 00
Notes paid 5,850 00
To miscel. receipts
828 85
Interest paid
1,863 00
To bills due
495 08
Coal on hand 3,672 27
To coal on hand
565 12
Balance
48,061 91
Rec'd street lights 11,014 00
To amt. due current 7,512 96
$108,028 47
$108,028 47
ELECTRIC LIGHT LOAN
Held by
Amount
Rate
Date of Issue
No. Notes
Matures
Chelsea Savings Bank
$1,000
4
Oct.
1, 1903
2
1925-1926
Malden Savings Bank
2,000
4
Oct.
1, 1903
2
1927-1928
State of Mass.
4,000
4
May
1, 1905
4
1926-1929
Cemetery Trust Funds
2,000
4
June
15, 1907
2
1932-1933
North Ave. Savings Bank
2,000
4
June
30, 1908
2
1934-1935
Malden Savings Bank
2,000
4
June
15,
1909
2
1936-1937
Ipswich Savings Bank
2,250
4
Dec.
30,
1910
10
1925-1934
G. A. Schofield
900
4
June
30,
1914
1
$100 each year
Ipswich Savings Banks
3,000
5
July
1,
1919
7
1925-1931
E. E. Currier
2,000
43/4
Dec.
4, 1922
3
1925-1927
First Nat. Bank, Boston
18,000
4 1/4
June
5,
1924
20
1925-1934
$39,150
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WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
25
1925
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Joseph T. Morton, Treasurer
Dr.
Cr.
To amounts received :
By paid :
Commercial Light $38,576 11
Orders
$49,379 38
Prepayments
349 25
Notes
5,850 00
Town Buildings
1,235 28
Interest
1,863 00
Power
13,517 33
Jobbing
7 94
Miscellaneous
1,237 06
$54,922 97
Street Lighting
Appropriation
11,014 00
$65,936 97
$57,092 38
Bal. Jan. 1, 1925
8,572 35
Bal. Jan. 1, 1926
17,416 94
$74,509 32
$74,509 32
The Treasurer has the following bills for collection :
Commercial Light
$1,625 02 17 79
Town Buildings
184 76
Miscellaneous
143 59
$1,971 16
Commitment December 31, 1925
6,158 04
$8,129 20
Power
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MANAGER'S REPORT
I would recommend the Town appropriate $11,172 for street lights for the ensuing year.
The following table will show the number of meters in- stalled and the increased amount of current sold.
Year No. of meters
Sale of current
1923
1084
$45,829 97
1924
1162
47,942 74
1925
1285
53,677 91
The next table will show the output at the stations and distribution of same.
Total K W generated
735,439
Total K W bought
32,900
Total K W accounted for Commercial Light
355,681
Total K W accounted for power
194,066
Total K W accounted for street lights
103,855
Total K W accounted for auxiliary lights
8,410
Total accounted for
662,012
Total unaccounted for
106,327
Total generated Loss 14%
768,339
The past year's business has shown a very gratifying in- crease over last year. The increase in K W hours generated and K W hours sold would warrant us to make a reduction in our commercial lighting rate and I would recommend a reduction of $.01 per K W hour beginning Jan. 1, 1926.
ARTHUR H. WALTON,
Manager.
768,339
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COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
The Municipal Light and Water Commissioners submit their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1925.
WATER DEPARTMENT
The expenditures for the year 1926 are estimated as fol- lows :
For interest payment
$2,605 00
For general expenses
11,000 00
For construction pipe line
5,000 00
For note payment
3,500 00
For hydrant service
2,262 00
$24,367 00
The Board recommends the amount of hydrant service be raised and appropriated from the tax levy, the balance to be taken from the earnings of the department.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
The Board recommends that the Town appropriate for Street Lighting $11,172.
There has been added during the year 10 new lights.
831 lamps at $12 00 $9,972 00
24 lamps at $50 00 1,200 00
$11,172
We would recommend no appropriation be made for Town Buildings as the various departments include in their budgets recommendation for same.
We would recommend the Electric Light Commissioners be authorized to use any unexpended balance in the operation account as they deem fit.
We desire to report that a reduction of .01 per K W hour ยท for commercial lighting to take effect Jan. 1, 1926.
It is quite possible that with a return of prosperity and a corresponding increase in the Departments business a further reduction of similar amount can be made in the near future. With the Newburyport lines connected at our station, making it possible to repair our engine and generator, which has been done the past year. With Newburyport connected and the present condition of our plant quite an increase in our present business could be cared for. The overhead expense of this additional business would be virtually nothing while the op- erating expenses per K W hour sold would naturally be less. This increase would make possible a reduction in our present rates and it is the only thing that would do it.
ARTHUR H. WALTON, CHARLES A. MALLARD, J. E. COLE, Jr.
Water and Light Commissioners.
January 21, 1926.
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AUDITOR'S STATEMENT
This is to certify that I have examined the books and ac- counts 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 21, 1926.
TOWN OF IPSWICH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MASS
CH
IM
634
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
1617
FOR THE YEAR
1925
CHARLES G. HULL, PRINTER 8 COGSWELL STREET, IPSWICH, MASS. 1926
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
FRANCIS WADE
1926
CHARLES L. LOVELL
1926
HARLAND BURKE
1927
JOSEPH W. ROSS
1927
GEORGE E. MacARTHUR, M. D.
Term Expires 1928
ERNEST J. SMITH
1928
Organization.
Joseph W. Ross Chairman
George W. Tozer
Clerk
George E. MacArthur, M. D 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
$3000 00
Geo W Tozer, clerk
400 00
Geo W Tozer, truant officer
300 00
Geo A Schofield & Son, printing
71 75
Chas G Hull,
408 75
Wright & Potter Printing Co, blanks
4 06
Chas E Goodhue, P M, postage & box rent
25 83
New England T & T Co, telephone
220 65
Joseph I Horton, car fares
84 10
D A Grady, auto hire
44 00
Moore's Motor Service, auto hire
5 00
E Warren Dodge,
2 00
Ralph C Whipple, car fares
15 52
Katherine F Sullivan,
15 18
Geo W Tozer, taking census
100 00
Geo E MacArthur, M D, physician
600 00
The Three Millers, supplies
12 85
Dimond-Union Stamp Works, stamps
3 55
American Railway Ex Co, express
6 91
W A Banfill, painting
11 50
$5331 65
TEACHERS' SALARIES (Day School.)
Ralph C Whipple
$1492 00
Robert D Conary
1993 35
Helen J Blodgett
1463 34
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
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E Margaret Allen
1570 00
A Erma Brown
1380 00
Catherine A Brown
1290 00
M Katherine Blood
1022 50
Elizabeth C Ferguson
640 00
Sarah C Richards
720 00
Martha E Martin
840 00
Helen N Damon
181 25
Katherine A Stone
500 00
Helen M Kelley
440 00
Katherine F Sullivan
1636 65
Abby L Smith
1397 50
M Gretchen Hamilton
1290 00
Winifred M Burns
630 00
Phyllis M Gaines
690 00
Blanch L Oxner
1090 00
Eleanor A Wass
324 50
Ethel M Archer
1120 00
Marion F Whitney
1120 00
E Benjamin Currier
. 1280 00
Althine L Hodgkins
1220 00
Elizabeth C Weare
1170 00
Margaret T Reilly
600 00
Emma A Knights
1050 00
Anne E Friend
1120 00
A Pauline Charles
1115 59
Emily J Gove
1003 01
Irma T Gilman
1100 00
Katherine E Hinkley
1003 01
Ruth F Joyce
1120 00
Helen I Wright
630 00
Annie P Wade
1194 00
Amy Stanford
1035 00
Kathleen Harrigan
540 00
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Alice D Moran
1220 00
Ethel G Jahnke
1020 00
Grace A Bowlen
1300 00
Lelia Ross
630 00
Lucy Ardell Kimball
1220 00
Violet L Hawkins
1020 00
Ruth A Lord
1279 00
Mary J Goodwin
720 00
Lena J Atherley
1120 00
Belle D Rogers
1120 00
Florence A Hosmer
1040 00
Nellie T Smith
1433 29
Augusta A Grenache
1208 00
Arthur H Tozer
900 00
Martha J Stewart
1000 00
Blanche E J Leighton
680 00
Grace V Conrad
440 00
Ruth C Baxter
400 00
Althea Hayes
360 00
Harriet M Rowe
440 00
Marion R Charles
364 72
Margaret P Howard
360 00
Etta J Stanley
414 75
Ruth M Brown
318 00
Hattie W Brown
138 00
Hilda J Schofield
64 00
Eleanor A Demons
115 50
Zelda Hayes
48 00
Edith McKee
120 00
Mary Nourse
14 00
Isabel G Merson
4 00
Maud C Whipple
12 00
Francis D Cogswell
34 00
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
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Winifred Millard
2 00
$58570 96
TEACHERS' SALARIES. (Evening School.)
Katherine F Sullivan
$72 50
Nellie T Smith
72 50
A Erma Brown
18 00
$163 00
TEXT BOOKS & SUPPLIES.
Ginn & Company
$582 23
Houghton Mifflin Co
96 20
D C Heath & Co
332 55
D A Fraser
2 10
Lyons & Carnahan
5 32
McIntosh Publishing Co
153 52
F J Barnard & Co
374 48
Edward E Babb & Co
844 46
F M Ambrose & Co
125 01
Silver Burdett & Co
62 25
Chamber of Commerce, U S A
7 50
Iroquois Publishing Co
59 08
Dept of Education - Chicago University
5 00
American Book Co
511 14
Chas E Merrill Co
12 34
The Gregg Publishing Co
73 27
J L Hammett Co
807 38
South Weston Pub Co
15 33
Allyn & Bacon
184 58
Charles Scribner's Sons
30 06
Keystone View Co
14 41
D H Knowlton Co
6 50
Public School Pub Co
33 51
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Institute for Public Service
2 50
The Literary Digest
49 80
Marshall Jones Co
6 08
Little Brown & Co
28 64
Bailey & Himes
20 92
H A Johnson Co
23 00
The Plymouth Press
2 40
The Century Co
1 88
The Macmillan Co
186 77
Gaylord Bros
2 90
Benj H Sanborn & Co
38 41
The National Geographic Soc
18 00
J B Lippincott
1 40
World Book Co
1 23
Wheeler Pub Co
15 82
W S Guiler
1 18
Universal Slide Service
3 00
The Smith Casey Co
64 20
Asia Magazine Inc
6 00
The American Penman
1 25
The Review of Reviews Corp
6 00
The Outlook Co
24 00
Massachusetts Bible Soc
21 00
Harris & Gilpatric
18 72
The Gregg Writer
10 00
The Forum
2 50
The Dobson Evans Co
1 12
The John C Winston Co
728 52
J & I E Moore
12 00
Chas E Lauriat Co
144 52
John W Goodhue Corp
3 15
Manzer & Damon
7 20
Canney Lumber Co
48 24
A J Wilkinson & Co
95 80
IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
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Alonzo C Rand
14 50
Chas S Garrett
10 15
N J Bolles.
88 50
J E Lombard
12 67
Arthur C Damon
15 05
Hiller Co
18 55
Wm G Horton
1 25
Singer Sewing Machine Co
29 58
Titcomb & Co
2 29
C S Tyler
13 50
Wallace Bruce
50
Underwood Typewriter Co
155 18
Remington Typewriter Co
12 00
Royal Typewriter Co
4 50
Neostyle Sales Agency
85 15
Doe & Ingalls
82 32
Oliver Ditson Co
375 90
A I Savory
7 67
F E Wood
14 38
L E Knott Apparatus Co
40 77
Dennison Mfg Co
4 76
A E Martell Co
2 31
Flax Mfg Co
3 50
Library Bureau
1 00
John H Thurston
2 00
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co
6 27
CF Chapman
7 83
A D Handy
5 03
Amee Bros
8 25
Wellesley Press, Inc
2 45
Longmans, Green & Co
50 92
Business English Pub Co
3 00
C A Nichols Pub Co
99 75
George W Craigie
27 73
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American Nature Asso
15 00
Dowling School Supply Co
171 57
Irving L White
103 68
The Papercrafters Inc
421 63
John Carter & Co
7 50
Wadsworth Howland Co
14 56
Milton Bradley Co
9 28
Geo P Brown & Co
30
Geo A Schofield & Son
30
Spaulding-Moss Co
121 00
Kenney Bros & Wolkins
209 63
W F Poole
1 75
Eimer & Amend
9 46
Blaisdell's Express
9 45
Marshall-Moulton Ex Co
4 75
American Railway Ex Co
23 74
George Tibbetts
2 50
A B Dick Co
78
Ryan & Buker Inc
442 06
The Office Appliance Co
7 61
Geo W Tozer
37 00
Athletic Trainers' Supply Co
19 95
Wright & Ditson
13 59
$8792 67
TUITION.
City of Beverly, School Dept $560 00
$560 00
TRANSPORTATION.
D A Grady W E Garrette
$1500 00 725 00
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
E Warren Dodge
610 00
Michael Phelan
495 00
Roger A Heard
126 00
Ethel G Jahnke
22 50
$3478 50
SUPPORT OF TRUANTS.
County of Essex
$130 00
$130 00
JANITOR SERVICE.
Fred B Saunders
$1344 50
John S Kimball
1060 00
I E B Perkins
450 00
Geo W Tozer
400 00
W J Wallace
200 00
W F Rutherford
150 00
Ethel Bailey
150 00
Katherine Pickard
106 00
Thomas A Howe
18 00
Gertrude J Riley
83 00
Harry Rutherford
1 00
$3962 50
FUEL AND LIGHT.
New England Coal & Coke Co
$1050 15
Chas L Lovell
576 05
A H Peatfield
276 31
Campbell, Peacock & Kinzer, Inc
212 06
Lathrop Bros
160 00
George Fall
140 72
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Electric Light Dept
42 74
T H Wile, trucking
331 44
Wile Bros,
53 75
Boston & Maine R R, freight
470 93
Ipswich Gas Light Co
44 88
Electric Light Dept
464 04
$3823 07
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
A W Gould, carpentry
$106 61
E Benj Currier, carpentry
546 00
Manzer & Damon, carpentry
379 93
Elmer C Smith, painting
25 32
J E Greene, carpentry
15 40
Alliston Mansfield, carpentry
78 75
C A Mallard, wiring
99 05
Philip Plourde, carpentry
10 80
George W Hills, painting
511 77
Reuben Andrews, painting
250 00
R L Purinton, plumbing
45 07
A J Brennan, plumbing
492 53
George Hayes, plumbing
45 83
William Patterson, plumbing
22 27
Canney Lumber Co, lumber
466 81
Lovell & Hall, supplies
37 01
H L Moore, Inc, supplies
15 00
C F Chapman, supplies
59 61
Marcorelle Bros, supplies
1 30
John W Goodhue Corp, supplies
149 57
Arthur C Damon, supplies
1 18
Howard Blake & Son, supplies
34 74
Kenney Bros & Wolkins, supplies
12 25
Masury-Young Co, supplies
122 38
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Water Dept, water
342 76
S C Gordon & Son, trucking
81 50
F G Hall, supplies
1 50
Walworth Mfg Co, supplies
5 51
Philip Ewing, labor
4 00
F R Schaller, piano tuning
20 75
Charles Jewett, cleaning vaults
8 00
J H Sheppard, labor
6 00
Joseph A King, labor
4 70
Clarence W Gould, labor
3 50
Geo F Gwinn, supplies
3 50
George Tibbetts, trucking
16 50
B H Davis, labor
1 50
J J Merrill, wiring
166 52
Ciolek Hardware Co, supplies
39 31
Frank Klos, labor
5 00
Austin L Lord, masonry
178 25
W E Bassett, labor
418 87
H A Johnson, supplies
205 00
Eureka Chemical Co, supplies
11 25
The Lunt Jillson Co, supplies
146 55
T H Wile, trucking
27 00
The Brockway-Smith Corp, supplies
15 40
G O McIntire, labor
1 00
F E Wood, trucking
2 00
Edward E Babb & Co, supplies
1014 71
$6259 76
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS.
Allen Shade Holder Co, shades $316 35
Arthur C Damon, supplies
20 15
W E Hadlock & Co, supplies
5 00
Edward E Babb & Co, supplies
281 40
.
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Kenney Bros & Wolkins, supplies
80 10
A E Austin, repairs
4 50
The Office Appliance Co, supplies
131 95
$839 45
RENT.
Nettie R Johnson $30 00
$30 00
DIPLOMAS & GRADUATING EXERCISES.
Martin Diploma Co, diplomas
$53 60
Herbert C Libby, services
25 00
$78 60
INSURANCE.
The Barker Agency
$1217 64
Geo A Schofield
258 80
Damon & Damon
136 80
$1613 24
MISCELLANEOUS.
Wright & Ditson, uniforms and equipment
$451 78
Hayden Costume Co, costumes
10 05
Brainard J Conley, supplies
5 74
A Rothe, supplies
1 50
$469 07
Total expenditures Unexpended balance
$94102 47
1912 71
$96015 18
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IPSWICH SCHOOL REPORT
Appropriation Appropriation unpaid 1924 bills
$93909 00 2106 18
$96015 18
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR.
Com of Massachusetts, Income Tax
$8580 00
Town of Rowley, tuition 3782 50
Com of Massachusetts, Vocational Education
109 00
Telephone refunds
51 04
Sale of books, paper, etc
15 03
$12537 57
COL. NATHANIEL SHATSWELL SCHOOL.
Leighton-Mitchell Co, account contract
$34283 90
Penn Varney, account architect's fee 2802 00
F E Wood, teaming and supplies 491 55
John W Goodhue Corp, tile pipe and supplies
210 56
Water Dept, water service
134 90
Austin L Lord, building cesspools
283 06
Heywood-Wakefield Co, supplies
10 00
C A Mallard, electrical work
193 03
Michael Robichau, labor
7 00
Samuel Goodhue, labor
133 50
Isaac Lemieux, labor
10 00
Frank Piepszak, labor
92 75
Alex MacInnis, labor
24 00
Austin White, labor
64 00
Philip Bernard, labor
78 00
Noel Boucher, labor
92 00
George Soffron, labor
10 00
Kenneth Ready, labor
26 00
George Day, labor
31 75
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Michael Ryan, teams
167 00
A Story Brown, teams 168 00
George Tibbetts, filling
20 75
Appleton Farms, stone
9 00
Ernest Stanwood, ties
2 75
Est George Harris, sand
64 65
Angie P. Brown, gravel
64 50
Total expenditures
$39474 65
Unexpended balance
45525 35
85000 00
Appropriation
85000 00
PAYNE SCHOOL REPAIRS.
Edward E Babb, equipment $132 24
Total expenditures
$132 24
Balance from 1924
$132 24
COGSWELL SCHOOL REPAIRS.
Edward E Babb Co, equipment $60 15
Total expenditures Balance from 1924
$60 15
$60 15
Distribution of Pupils In the Ipswich Schools By Grades and Ages
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13 14
15 16 17 18 19
20/ Total
1
47
98
38
6
1
190
2
1
27
70
37
26
2
163
3
1
21
73
57
29
4
3
1
189
4
9
25
45
33
18
5
7
142
5
4
28
60
39
20
21
5
177
6
1
23
40
24
20
16
4
1
129
7
15
42
39
24
12
2
135
8
8
21
25
27
16
5
102
9
4
30
30
23
15
I
1
105
10
1
6
15
20
17
4
4
2
69
11
6
13
18
14
8
1
60
12
1
11
16
9
1
2
40
13
48|126 138| 146 157 147 124|120 149 123
89
69!
36 22
5
2| 1501
ENROLLMENT OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES FROM 1916 TO 1925.
Grade
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
I.
130
164
161
180
210
212
198
223
214
190
II.
117
121
144
159
201
199
184
165
154
163
III.
123
110
117
127
140
144
174
195
199
189
IV.
87
114
120
83
130
136
147
130
155
142
V.
81
80
104
133
107
166
134
127
140
177
VI.
65
93
75
94
134
111
148
127
125
129
VII.
77
60
63
82
90
117
131
110
124
135
VIII.
66
68
49
53
55
59
87
104
99
102
IX.
80
80
75
64
52
69
71
76
113
105
X.
58
43
37
39
47
37
52
60
57
69
XI.
37
36
27
32
25
33
32
33
55
60
XII.
34
27
28
26
25
21
32
28
27
40
Post Grad.
3
3
3
Totals
975
996
1000
1072
1219
1307
1390
1378
1465
1501
An'ual Increase
21
4
72
147
88
83
12
87
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Ipswich, Mass., Gentlemen:
In compliance with the law of the State, this, the twenty-fourth annual report coming from the Superintendent's office, and being the tenth in the line of my succession, is here- with submitted for your consideration. In accordance with the general practice of the day I shall mention but few administra- tive problems and ask your serious attention to the consideration of those larger matters which deal so directly and so vitally with the education and training of our youth. These matters have been held in abeyance for some time. Necessity is pushing them farther and farther to the front. The time has come when they should be taken up and dealt with in that business-like and virile fashion to which their importance justly entitles them.
Enrollment.
For the first time in the history of our schools, the enroll- ment has reached the 1500 mark. The enrollment tables, to be found in another part of this report, show the steady increase of our school population for the last ten years --- a growth of more than 50 per cent .. In other words, it has grown from 975 in 1916, to 1501 in 1926. School accommodations have not grown in corresponding ratio. Old conditions have not been relieved but have become cumulative. Contrary to the experience of previous years, the primary grades were not overcrowded in September, but have gained slowly and steadily since that time until, at present, nearly every primary grade has its usual en- rollment.
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There may have been several and various causes contribu- ting to this unusual condition, but so far as my personal observa- tion goes, I am inclined to the view that the exemption from the requirements of the vaccination law, given pupils of private schools except in times of epidemics, may be a partial explana- tion of this condition.
I wish to state that I am writing without prejudice, but if the presumption be correct, then any law favoring one class of chil- dren above another should be so amended that its provisions may apply with equal force and binding to all classes of schools and school children. Public school authorities should interest themselves in this matter, and endeavor to have the provisions of the law enforced without partiality or favoritism.
Attendance.
The attendance record of the lower grades especially has been badly shattered by the visitations of mumps, measles, whooping cough and a few sporadic cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria. Perhaps other years may have shown an equal num- ber of absences within a shorter period of time, but certainly never before have these diseases been so persistent and long- drawn-out as during the present school year. Conditions have been most discouraging to the teachers and the work of these schools has been greatly hindered. Only by a prompt return of normal healthful conditions and the untiring efforts of these teachers shall we be able to redeem the loss sustained by these most im- portant schools.
In the higher grades a marked improvement in attendance is quite noticeable. This gives evidence of two very pleasing phases of our school affairs. First, a growing interest in school work; and second, an increasing measure of health and physical vigor among our pupils. Dr. Taylor of the Federal Health De- partment, who was working in conjunction with the Massachu-
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setts State Department of Health in a country-wide inspection of school children for goiter, found not a single case in either the Junior or Senior High School. He also made a statement to the effect that "He rarely or never found a healthier or better nour- ished group of children in all his experience." This was most gratifying to us, for he also said that from 40 to 60 per cent of the children of Ohio and other States of the Middle West were afflicted with the malady mentioned. So much to the credit of free milk and medical supervision.
The long list of pupils to be found near the end of this re- port, who have not been absent nor tardy nor dismissed this year, gives substantial evidence to the truth of what has been said in the foregoing.
Changes of Teachers.
The changes of teachers, compared with those made last year, were reduced by more than fifty per cent. Of course, ad- ditional teachers were employed to meet the requirements of the increased membership of the schools, but, aside from this, fewer changes in the rank and file of the teaching force were made last year than ever before, even though salaries are far from adequate. This may have been due largely, in the first place, to the large surplus of Normal graduates who failed to secure positions; and, secondly, to the influx, or return, of older teachers who had ac- cepted clerical positions during the war, and who decided to return to teaching again when those positions were declared vacant. These conditions are rapidly changing. The law of the survival of the fittest is operative here as elsewhere. The weak and unfit are being weeded out. The demand for a higher quality of work was never so strong. The selection of teachers is being made with greater care, and before the election of new teachers again takes place the supply will have' returned to nor- mal. It may truthfully be said that good teachers will always be
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