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Total deductions 8,547.97
Balance to surplus Exhibit A
$ 16,617.90
WATER DEPARTMENT LOANS
Sold to
Amount
Rate
Date of Issue
Matures
Old Colony Trust Co.
12,000.00
4%
May 15, 1927
1942-47
1st & Ocean Nat. Bank of Newburyport
12,000.00
21/2 %
April 15, 1938
1941-53
$ 24,000.00
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WATER DEPARTMENT
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Following is the report for the year ending December 31, 1941:
Main Pipes
The number of feet of mains laid to date and sizes are as follows:
14 inch
1,505
12
10,963
10
8,830
8
64,629
6
117,176
4
4,741
3
10,080
2
66
14,850
1
2,696
235,470 feet
A total of 44 miles 3150 feet
Street Gates
Total now set
255
Hydrants
On Town property
236
On private property
15
Total in use 251
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Service Pipes
There has been added 43 services during the year, making a total of 1,845. There were 34 of the old services renewed.
Services in regular use 1538
Summer services
307
Total 1845
Service pipes on Town property 33,440 feet
Service pipes on private property 43,788 feet
Total
77,228 feet
These services are either cast iron, transite, lead, galv. iron or copper and in sizes from 3/4" to 6 inch.
Extension of Water Mains During Year
Appleton Park 430 feet 6 inch cast iron
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Fellows Road 3908 feet 6 inch cast iron
Argilla Road 5280 feet 8 inch cast iron
Pumping Record for Year 1941
Number hours pumps operated 2342 hours
Total number of gallons pumped 120,499,100 gals.
Average amount of water used daily 330,134 gals.
Largest number of gallons pumped in any month was July 14,879,800 gals.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT STATISTICS
Summary of the K. W. H. output for the year 1941 and comparison with previous years
Kilowatts sold:
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
Number of domestic consumers
1,797
1,832
2,127
1,916
1,986
2,028
Number of commercial
227
223
162
234
285
278
2,024
2,055
2,289
2,150
2,271
2,306
Town of Rowley
232,400
351,000
377,700
410,800
417,400
450,100
Town Buildings
47,748
64,361
72,005
154,126
74,082
62,368
Water Dept. pumping
118,430
122,260
120,560
124,240
133,880
138,640
Street lighting
229,300
225,520
238,760
244,390
280,920
283,169
Station light and power
168,195
170,787.
163,087
171,504
181,252
183,786
Commercial light
214,022
258,955
316,870
377,767
Commercial power
905,026
904,924
674,870
571,197
1,047,330
1,389,706
Domestic lighting
829,546
936,851
1,074,340
1,193,717
1,301,825
1,412,388
2,744,667
3,034,658
3,038,192
3,247,741
3,436,689
3,920,157
Kilowatts unaccounted for
369,918
425,073
503,935
376,658
542,299
698,543
Kilowatt hours generated
3,114,585
3,459,731
3,542,127
3,624,399
3,978,988
4,618,700
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1941 EXHIBIT A
Assets
Liabilities and Surplus
Fixed Assets : Plant Investment General Equipment
$ 374,892.95
Special Deposits
4,563.66
Interest Accrued 52.50
Loans Repayment
221,000.00
Current Assets :
Cash
8,161.68
Special Deposits
4,563.66
Accounts Receivable
22,382.62
Material and Supplies
8,924.27
Depreciation
12,857.50
56,889.73
$433,880.12
$433,880.12
Plant Investment Account as of December 31, 1941
Land $ 684.00
Structures
62,110.01
Internal Combustion engines
161,129.78
Electric Auxiliaries
18,691.91
Transformer station & regulators
12,243.03
Poles, fixtures and overhead conductors
54,114.58
Underground conductors
8,286.72
Consumers meters and installation
20,029.99
Line transformers and installation
26,477.96
Street lighting equipment
8,825.99
$374,892.95
Construction appropriation repaid 1,511.06
Profit and Loss Balance
190,752.90
Notes Payable
$ 16,000.00
2,097.44
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES Year Ending December 31, 1941 EXHIBIT B
Operating Income:
Metered sales to Private consumers
$ 91,937.35
Municipal revenues
19,442.48
$111,379.83
Operating Expenses :
Station labor
$ 12,211.00
Engine fuel
22,130.05
Lubricants
1,541.12
Misc. station supplies & expenses
227.92
Maintenance of station structures
39.75
Maintenance of engines
241.80
Maintenance of electrical equipment 90.81 Maintenance of Auxiliaries 163.14
Maintenance of outside lines & meters
15,167.87
Maintenance of street light system
1,799.77
Commercial salaries
1,533.50
New business expense
518.75
Salaries of Manager & commission
1,762.10
General office supplies & expenses
1,241.94
Insurance
881.87
Transportation expense
1,318.58
Depreciation
12,857.50
73,727.47
Gross income for the year
$ 37,652.36
Interest paid on notes 414.27
$ 37,238.09
Net income transferred to profit & loss
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
EXHIBIT C PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT
Dr.
Surplus Applied to Depreciation $ 10,277.79 Notes paid 7,000.00
Cr.
Credit Balance Jan. 1., 1941 $181,792.60 Credit for Year 1941 as Profit (Exhibit B) 37,238.09 Lieu of Taxes 11,000.00
Paid to Town Treasurer in
Balance from Exhibit A as Profit in the Liability and Surplus Account 190,752.90
$219,030.69
$219,030.69
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ELECTRIC LIGHT STATEMENT Elwyn F. McCarthy, Treasurer 1941
Dr.
Cr.
By paid :.
Orders $134,405.23
Notes 7,000.00
Interest 432.50
Refunds
992.37
Town Buildings 2,027.73
Water Pumping 2,816.80
Miscellaneous 1,103.50
Town of Rowley
8,407.35
$106,970.97
Street Lighting
Appropriation 6,400.00
Transferred from Depreciation
Fund 43,540.70
Transferred to De- preciation Fund 12,857.50 Transferred to Maturing Debt by vote of Town 11,000.00
156,911.67
166,687.60
Balance December 31,1941 8,161.68
Balance January 1,
1941 17,937.61
$174,849.28
$174,849.28
To amounts received:
Domestic Light $ 50,139.80
Domestic Light-
Little Neck 2,534.27
Commercial Light 39,941.52
$142,830.10
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The Treasurer has the following bills for collection :
Domestic Light $ 9,329.27 25.63
Town Buildings
Commercial Light
2,426.33
Miscellaneous
319.65
Little Neck
346.88
Commitment December 31, 1941
10,661.11
$ 23,108.87
DEPRECIATION FUND
Amount of Fund January 1, 1941
$ 43,540.70
Transferred from Operating Cash Account 1941
12,857.50
56,398.20
Transferred to Construction Account
43,540.70
$ 12,857.50
SPECIAL ACCOUNT Electric Light Meter Deposit Fund 1941
Amount deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
January 1, 1941
$ 4,389.15
Meter Receipts
382.00
Income
110.41
4,881.56
Refunds
318.00
Amount deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank $ 4,563.56 December 31, 1941
12,447.76 $
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT LOANS
Sold to
Amount
Rate
1
Date of Issue No. Notes
Matures
Inst. Savings Newburyport
$ 6,000.00
31/2 %
June 15, 1934
3
1942-44
First National Bank, Boston
10,000.00
11/2 %
March 15, 1936
2
1942-43
Total Outstanding $16,000.00
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Year
Total K.W.H.
K.W.H.
Town paid for
Cost per K.W.H.
output
used for Street lights
Street
lights
to average Domestic consumer
1924
584568
97445
$10,834.00
.12
1925
662012
103855
11,014.00
.12
1926
716949
115760
11,172.00
.11
1927
833290
115265
10,990.00
.10
1928
949064
156623
11,096.00
.09
1929
1093897
231550
9,700.00
.09
1930
1417658
239820
12,100.00
.071/2
1931
1634098
219140
10,000.00
.071/2
1932
1593265
222650
10,340.00
.071/2
1933
1718691
227300
10,000.00
.051/2
1934
1898632
225810
10,000.00
.051/2
1935
2091934
226350
8,700.00
.051/2
1936
2744667
232400
8,000.00
.051/2
1937
3034658
225520
7,300.00
.04
1938
3038192
238760
6,000.00
.04
1939
3247741
244390
6,200.00
.04
1940
3436689
245000
5,600.00
.04
1941
3920157
283169
6,400.00
.04
1942
285000E
5,800.00
.04
E
This is the estimated amount of KWH. to be used for Street lighting during 1942.
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Returned to Town to Reduce Taxes
Outstand-
Total cost of
ing
Debt
Plant
Value of Plant after Depreciation
$
$45,000.00
$125,276.38
$107,695.59
39,150.00
133,349.10
112,010.31
33,300.00
140,657.19
113,984.44
67,450.00
195,197.57
175,581.82
58,600.00
203,922.10
179,591.43
50,750.00
215,639.52
192,304.29
78,900.00
277,451.34
269,998.22
78,550.00
282,868.58
269,805.93
66,700.00
297,997.87
278,859.17
3,000.00
54,850.00
301,529.83
272,980.19
68,000.00
301,208.27
266,375.84
55,500.00
316,605.60
273,250.96
38,000.00
332,321.40
278,620.63
8,800.00
56,500.00
404,881.65
340,363.28
10,000.00
45,000.00
409,547.26
332,882.44
11,000.00
33,500.00
418,265.14
329,313.90
11,000.00
23,000.00
428,583.67
329,355.94
11,000.00
16,000.00
485,351.82
376,990.39
11,000.00
*
9,000.00
Note:
*
To be paid in 1942.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
The generating capacity at the Power Plant was increased during the year 1941 by replacing the 350 Horse-power Deisel unit with a 1050 Horse-power unit. This change added 22% to the capacity of the Plant. The total capacity of the four units now installed is 3175 Horse-power. On account of the 14% increase in output during the past year this added horse- power was not installed any too soon, and for the first time in the history of the Department a major change was made with- out the aid of borrowed money in as much as this new unit was paid for by money in the Depreciation Fund and the op- erating account of the Department.
We wish to especially call to your attention the tables on Pages 24 and 25 of this report which show in detail the growth of the Plant, lowered street lighting costs, amount of money paid by the Department to the Town to help reduce the Tax Levy, the decrease in the Plant Debt and the steadily growing value of the Plant over a period of the last eighteen years.
WATER DEPARTMENT
The water mains were extended through Fellows Road from the Proctor Estate to Candlewood Road thus eliminating two dead-ends and giving the opportunity to by-pass the supply of water at this section of the Town in case of emer- gency. At the present time there are new mains being installed
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on Argilla Road and it is expected that this job will continue under the W. P. A. until the end of the road is reached.
The work in connection with a new source of supply of water by the underground well system is progressing and it is hoped that before the summer season these wells will be in operation.
JAMES EDWIN COLE, JR. ALEXANDER B. C. MULHOLLAND GEORGE E. HODGKINS
Water and Light Commission.
CHARLES A. MALLARD, Manager
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Rates In Effect December 31, 1941
Domestic Service
51/2 c per KWH for the first 25 KWH per month
4 c per KWH for the next 25 KWH per month
3 c per KWH for the next 100 KWH per month
2 c per KWH for all over 150 KWH per month
Minimum charge 50c per month.
10 per cent discount, except on minimum bills, if payment is received on or before the 20th day of the month. No discount allowed when arrears are due.
Commercial Service
51/2 c per KWH for the first 50 KWH per month 4 c per KWH for the next 300 KWH per month 3 c per KWH for the next 500 KWH per month 21/2 c per KWH for the next 1000 KWH per month 21/4 c per KWH for the next 10000 KWH per month 2 c per KWH for all over 11850 KWH per month
Minimum charge $1.00 per month for the first H. P. or fraction thereof of connected load and 50c per month for each additional H. P.
10 per cent discount, except on minimum bills ,if pay- ment is received on or before the 20th day of the month. No discount allowed when arrears are due.
TOWN OF IPSWICH
Annual Report of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1.17
FOR THE YEAR 1941
Stanley A. Hull Printing Co.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires
WILLIAM F. HAYES
1943 REV. FREDERICK C. WILSON
1943
PAUL RAUPACH 1942
DR. FREDERICK C. WILDER 1942
EARL EWING 1944
HERMAN KYES 1944
WILLIAM F. HAYES Chairman
FRANK L. COLLINS School Physician
MURIEL E. RILEY, R.N. School Nurse
GEORGE W. TOZER Attendance Officer
SUB-COMMITTEES OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Playground Dr. Wilder
Athletics
Mr. Ewing and Mr. Raupach
Finance Mr. Ewing and Mr. Kyes
Textbooks and Teachers Mr. Raupach and Dr. Wilder Supplies Mr. Wilson and Mr. Kyes
Building and Grounds Mr. Wilson and Mr. Kyes
Transportation
Mr. Raupach and Dr. Wilder
Insurance
Mr. Ewing and Mr. Wilson
The Chairman of the School Committee is ex-officio a member of all sub-committees.
HARRY S. MERSON
Superintendent and Purchasing Agent
GEORGE W. TOZER Clerk OFFICE Manning School Building
OFFICE HOURS School Days from 3:30 to 5:00 and by appointment
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Ipswich :
Each year a part of the annual Town Report is our section containing a record of the activities of the various schools located in the town. Because the report contains a comprehensive statement by the Superintendent and members of the faculty as to the scholastic ambitions of the schools, the report of your committee has generally been confined to a narrative of the condition of the ma- terial, supplies, and buildings under the jurisdiction of the committee. However, this year, we desire to deviate from the customary chronicle.
Every person is, and should realize that he is, an actual part of the present world-wide conflict, - not only for the part such person is to accomplish in the struggle, but for the anticipated accomplishment that will come to those who will carry out the results. That a democratic form of government will live is the present task; that it will be preserved is a problem to be faced by everyone. With this thought, your committee, while lending aid in every effort and assisting in every enthu- siasm in the present perilous period, nevertheless is fully conscious of the truth that a democratic form of govern- ment can only survive when its people are sufficiently cognizant of its workings to make it a success.
Two classes of persons become citizens of our gov- ernment; those who acquire it by an oath of allegiance, and those who receive it by birth. However, a mere
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oath of allegiance is not sufficient for citizenship. An applicant for admission must satisfy an examiner that by education he has an understanding of the forms of government sufficient to warrant the applicant's becom- ing an active participant in processes of a democracy. Americanization classes by way of night schools are pro- vided for those who have a desire to acquire an educa- tion preliminary to applying for citizenship. While this school has received more attention in recent years than formerly, your committee would welcome an increase in this department, with a corresponding interest by the public.
The group who have received citizenship by birth are necessarily the chief concern of your committee. This group comprises the persons who are to make democracy survive and preserve its institutions for others. The schools of today should receive more than passing con- cern by the public. Your committee feels that it should direct the attention of the voters to this most important obligation lest that at some late date the public might awake to the fact that the present generation is inade- quately trained to meet their task.
It appears to be conceded in the present conflict that one of the major struggles confronting the people is whether the present form of government might endure. The youth are constantly being rushed into this struggle and are thereby having their normal mode of life inter- rupted. We feel we should, therefore, give more atten- tion to the long range policies of our school system than might ordinarily be considered. This long range view should take into consideration the possibilities of inter- ruptions caused by an all out effort in the present emer- gency. The materials necessary to a proper education
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may become sparse. The teaching personnel may have their interests diverted. Problems not now foreseen may become matters of concern. However, your committee feels that its obligation as to the future is of such import- ance that the citizens of the town should be aware, in these times, of its fundamental duties.
In this report the entire committee wishes to incor- porate its expression of appreciation to all who have in any way assisted us in the performance of our duties as your committee.
Respectfully submitted, IPSWICH SCHOOL COMMITTEE, William F. Hayes, Chairman.
Comparative Statement of School Department Expenditure. Years 1931-1941 inclusive.
General Expense Teachers Salaries
$
1931 4,961.99 $ 69,907.84
1932 5,068.20 $ 70,486.13
1933 5,058.08 $ 68,915.03
1934 4,951.03 $ 68,022.54
1935 6,035.10 $ 66,782.28
1936 5,815.19 65,540.27
1937 6,905.62 67,960.18
1938 5,242.99 68,635.44
1939 5,155.80 67,399.80
1940 5,209.53 65,630.08
$
1941 5,318.87 65,097.62
Americanization Classes
274.00
252.00 4,134.91
238.00 3,391,88
232.00 3,949.65
236.00 4,661.41
296.06 5,895.90
264.30 4,054.04
190.20
342.79
422.50
377.00
Libraries
3,317.42
3,716.79
4,988.21
4,902.34
Tuition
1,501.61
1,518.46 *
978.72
1,054.42
1,419.47
809.21
384.80
831.86
516.83
328.86
645.60
Janitor Service
4,465.99
4,510.60
4,452.19
4,522.60
4,491.00
4,738.85
6,778.40
6,796.00
6,796.00
6.790.20
6,807.60
Bldgs. and Grounds
4,471.09
1,764.98
4,048.22
4,772.67
1,901.62
3,467.94
4,809.50
3,048.12
3,065.74
5,143.02
3,662.37
Diplomas and Grad.
117.45
119.45
112.94
114.97
120.50
143.17
155.41
71.56
121.08
106.29
117.01
Athletics
714.67
556.99
533.14
188.91
1,100.02
1,646.59
1,993.13
279.70
1,697.14
622.81
959.24
Health
Total Expend.
$108,176.02 $100,395.45 $100,899.14 $102,084.12 $100,500.45 $103.882.65
Receipts :
$104,362.53
$104,455.96
$104.673.04
$102,608.48
Mass. Inc. Tax
9,410.00
9,570.00
16,695.00
17,858.30
14,920.00
14,663.20
14,720.00
14,950.00
12,500.00
9,550.00
9,550.00
Tuition-Hamilton
Tuition - Rowley
3,719.00
3,755.00
4,236.47
2,163.25
3,837.75
3,298.00
112.50
4,633.00
4,046.00
4,369.00
3,893.00
Manning
1,500.00
423.50
1,500.00
1,250.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Burley Insurance
141.77
500.00
85.91
7.63
Salem Music
1,541.25
111.90
Women's Club
:
127.56
134.00
965.97
5.75
Mass. Amer. Classes
121.00
110.00
90.00
128.00
99.00
159.00
127.50
162.00
189.00
Tuition-State Wards
50.00
265.03
141.86
69.20
Total Receipts Unexpended Bal.
$14,177.27
$14,088.57
$33,310.32
$20,868.44
$20,120.64
$20,787.28
$22,315.35
$22,114.16
$14,622.02
$13,931.70
108.23
14.72
26.96
24.21
$22,207.12
$22,128.88
$14,688.98
$13,945.91
Net Cost
$93,998.75 $86,306.88
$67,588.82
$81,215.68
$80,379.81
$83,095.37
$85,751.38
$82,265.09
$85,880.38
$87,851.02
$86,664.28
1,504
1,507.
1,425
1,409
1,400
1,326
1,267.00
' 1,240.00
1,237.00
·1,200
1,153
Pupil enrolled
62.50
57.27
47.43
57.64
57.41
62.66
67.68
66.34
69.42
73.21
75.17
-
920.71
629.57
652.85
736.89
306.92
491.88
3.383.00
284.25
137.05
279.63
220.50
Manual Training
500.00
1,500.00
500.00
250.00
200.00
5,233.52
Furniture and Fur.
202.03
75.95
27.40
192.15
92.20
1,728.91
1,225.12
644.84
626.35
1,040.23
S76.9S
Insurance
1,954.87
795.50
888.05
986.03
96.91
194.28
368.29
375.14
163.14
83.14
104.00
Fire Alarm
3,777.41
1,584.94
2,987.49
3,105.57
4,597.91
5,360.94
4,885.61
5,460.20
5,644.74
5.803.32
Supp't of Truants
7,689.31
9,527.34 .
9,192.00
9,007.77
8,966.33
8,166.01
7,874.50
8,075.75
7,587.11
6,812.77
6,842.27
Fuel and Light
79.79
269.60
96.97
$
$
1,622.65
1,569.96
1,664.06
Mass. Income Tax Rebate
11,605.00
Feoffees
Miscellaneous
Refund
8.68
36.10
2.00
22.69
Boiler Sale
$18,575.58
Number of Pupils Enrolled
Net Cost per
$
3
Text Bks. & Sup.
8,137.76
Transportation
983.81
1,696.34
$107,958.50
Mass. Voca. Edu.
76.00
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Ipswich,
Gentlemen :
In the school reports of 1939 and 1940 there are discussions, as detailed as space would allow, of the development of certain aspects of our school program: the work in reading, the development of the program of studies, the testing program, the curricular and extra curricula activities of the high school, the practical and domestic arts program in the junior and senior high schools, the health program. These reports are on file and are available for any who wish to review them. We beg leave, in this school report, to make mention of those factors which have influenced our school program and policy since those things were written.
CHANGES IN PERSONNEL
During the summer of 1941, five teachers submitted their resignations. These teachers are named below in the order of the length of their service.
Miss Lucy Ardelle Kimball retired from teaching after forty-five years of service - all of them in Ipswich with the exception of an interlude of 10 years during which she taught in the schools of Swampscott. Teach- ing as she did during all her adult life exclusively in the first grade, she became adept at the difficult and exceedingly important task of guiding young children in that transitional period when, upon entering school,
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they are first confronted with social disciplines. Liber- ally endowed with the tact and sympathy that character- ize the great teacher, she managed, as I have been privi- leged to observe, to inculcate into her pupils those New England virtues which distinguish her character. She demanded and managed to maintain in her classroom a discipline (which she herself had mastered) based upon a decent respect for the rights of others. Her pupils, therefore, left her classroom with a proper understand- ing of their importance, with a mastery of fundamentals, and with the habit of success.
I can tesify that she, who had seen so many "sys- tems" come and go and return again, gave evidence of none of the spirit that there is "nothing new under the sun." For her, each class was a new and exciting chal- lenge, which she accepted with all the enthusiasm of a neophyte. It was a constant source of inspiration and education to me, a very young and somewhat inexperi- enced superintendent, to sit with her surrounded by children, and listen to her talk about some new technique, mined from her wide reading and adapted to her work with what she had found to be a particularly troublesome case.
It can be estimated roughly that no less than twelve hundred children (some of them the fathers and even the father's fathers of those whom she taught but yesterday) have come under Miss Kimball's influence during her years of teaching in our town. The effect which she must therefore have had on our community life is wonder- ful to think of.
I am proud as one of her co-workers to have this opportunity to comment on her service, and as a citizen
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of Ipswich, to wish her long years of happiness in her retirement.
Miss Mary Nourse, who had taught in the Shatswell School, Sixth Grade for fifteen years, resigned to be married.
Mr. Arthur Danielson, for three years director of the Industrial Arts course in the senior and junior high schools in Ipswich, resigned to accept the position of principal of the senior and junior high school in Pitts- field, New Hampshire.
Mr. Frank Davis, teacher of English in the Ipswich High School, resigned to accept a similar position in the Danvers, Massachusetts, High School.
Mr. Herbert Downs, teacher of graphic and indus- trial arts in the Ipswich Senior and Junior High Schools resigned to accept a similar position in one of the junior high schools in Newton, Massachusetts.
NEW APPOINTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Mr. Lawrence Quanstrom, who had taught wood working in the East Boston School of Art for eight years, was appointed teacher of Industrial Arts.
Mr. Bertram Bennett, a graduate of Fitchburg State Teachers College, class of 1941, was appointed teacher of printing and mechanical drawing. Mr. Bennett has also taken over the duty of coaching basketball.
Miss Hazel Huston, who attended Michigan State University and graduated from the Possé College of physi- cal education, class of 1940, was appointed teacher of
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girls' physical education in the High School. She also teaches Biology.
Miss Miriam Hayman, a graduate of Ipswich High School and of Salem Teachers' College, class of 1941, majoring in primary education, was appointed teacher in Ipswich and assigned to a primary class at the Shats- well School.
No new appointment was made to fill the position left vacant by the resignation of Miss Nourse. Because of reduced enrollment in the junior high school, Miss Alice Ciolek was transferred from the Winthrop School to the Shatswell School, where she was assigned to teach Grade VI.
CHANGE IN SCHOOL HOURS
At the opening of school this fall the new schedule for opening and closing of the elementary schools, as approved by the School Committee, was put into effect. Though no reduction was made in the length of the school day, a longer period of time was made available to teachers after school hours for the assistance of re- tarded pupils and for the promotion of extra-school ac- tivities among the youngsters.
Not the least of the benefits deriving from the new schedule has been the equalizing of the length of the periods in the junior high school.
PROGRAM OF STUDIES
Last year we commented favorably on the Commit- tee's policy of investing in textbooks and teaching aids. We emphasized then the necessity for having in the classroom a variety of materials and books which could be used to stimulate work on different levels of accom- plishment.
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As a result of this policy the work in most class- rooms throughout the schools has been considerably en- riched. In the elementary schools, also, it has been possible to implement the outlines in language and num- ber work which were adopted last year. In consequence, the outlines are being generally followed.
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