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'The School Building Survey
These two facts inevitably suggest the question, "What are we going to do about it?" Searching for some answers to this and similar questions, the School Building Needs Committee has turned to experts-The Harvard Center for Field Studies-to make a building survey. The report is in. It contains what seems to me to be an original solution to our problem, and several pos- sible alternative solutions.
At the request of the School Building Needs Committee this survey re- port is being printed in the high school graphic arts department. It will be distributed under separate cover with this report. I hope that it will be uni- versally read and its recommendations given the full treatment. Thus, in the time still left to us, we may be able, through democratic consultation and debate, to come to a consciousness of our responsibilities and to agreement upon a judicious course of action. To attain this end should be our number one community concern in the year ahead. The conclusions we come to will, in large measure, determine the nature of the educational program (indeed, the nature of our community) for decades to come.
Primary Grade Enrollment
In the meantime, we shall handle our problem by such expediencies as are required. Next year we estimate that there will be 127 children enrolled in grade 1. By requiring some children to cross district lines to attend school, we expect that we shall be able to meet the increased enrollment by opening only one new first grade. The expense for this addition has been included in the school budget for 1952.
High School Pupil-Staff Ratio
In grades 8 and 9 in the high school, enrollment will be 216 in September as against the present enrollment of 182. The pupil teaching loads of teachers working with this age group are already excessive in our school. As a result, the pupils in these grades are not well served. It is, therefore, recommended that an additional teacher be added to the high school staff next September. This will bring our pupil-staff ratio in the high school to 21.3. For compara- tive purposes, it should be noted that in towns over 5,000 population in Massa- chusetts the average in high schools is about 19 pupils to each staff member. The cost of this addition to the staff has been included in the budget for 1952.
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In the remainder of this report I should like to record certain items re- lating to the school program which have not been particularly stressed in re- cent reports.
Present School Associations Firmly Established
First among the marks of progress in 1951, I would count the strengthen- ing of the programs of the several school associations. Bringing together, as they do, parents, teachers and other citizens concerned with education, they serve as a prime means of crystallizing opinion concerning the nature of the schools. As these opinions affect educational policy, they tend to bring the program into line with our desires for our boys and girls rather than with academic tradition. That is a good thing.
I would hope that these organizations would soon affiliate with the state and national Parent-Teacher Associations, in part to lend their weight to the State organization and in part to be recipients of the stimulus that comes from being associated with millions of other people in a common cause.
Music Program Includes Instrumental Instruction
Beginning in September, the music program was broadened to include instrumental instruction. This instruction is given by the music Supervisor during regular school hours to elementary school pupils who can provide their own instruments. The change has been widely reported in the newspapers and in the school publication, OUR SCHOOLS. At the present time seventy-eight children are receiving group instruction in six different classes. Ninety others are receiving pre-instrumental training. It is expected that by next fall even, some of these children will be feeding into the high school band and orchestra.
Broader Art Program
Those who visit the schools regularly or who attend our annual exhibits of the art work throughout the schools have noted that the program continues to include a wider and wider variety of learning activities relating art to every aspect of school life. It should be said, however, that these develop- ments have been carried on in the elementary schools under physical conditions which inhibit the type of program which we all envisage.
Improved Equipment in Graphic Arts
Among the outstanding improvements in our educational equipment this year must be counted the addition in the graphic arts room at the high school of a multilith, off-set press and a varityper. This equipment was paid for out of the "shop, fire-loss account." It will enable the department greatly to en- rich the experiences to be offered to the students. The report of the School Building Needs Committee is a sample of the type of work which can now be undertaken.
Improved Audio-Visual Equipment
During the year we have taken a long stride in the direction of providing teachers some of the mechanical, audio-visual equipment so necessary in moti- vating classroom activities. A 35 millimeter projector has been introduced in each of the schools. In addition, there has been added a library of some 300 colored film strips illustrating many aspects of the school curriculum. These have been supplemented by 2 tape recorders and a wire dictating machine.
Active Public Library Program Helps Schools
I would call your attention to the manner in which the Public Library has served the schools and your children during the year. Through the librarian's
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story hours for young children, through the attractive exhibits of books and pictures which she has arranged, through her book clubs, through her ener- getic cooperation with our staff in preparing book lists and research materials, our children's interest in books and in the library has been mightily stimulated.
The Schools Work On Reading
For our own part, we also have been concerned with the problem of read- ing. Listings of books have been prepared relating books to various stages of the pupils' growth. A check-list for evaluating reading instruction, which resulted from a study conducted by a group of our teachers at the Winthrop School, was published this year under the title, "LET'S LOOK AT OUR READING". It was distributed to all our teachers who are concerned with reading. It has also received some circulation elsewhere.
Besides this bulletin, a Reading Instruction Level Chart was prepared under the direction of the principal of the Burley and Shatwell Schools and has been developed as a supplement to the pupil's cumulative record. On this chart the pupil's achievement in various aspects of reading may be easily re- corded. As this record goes with the pupil from grade to grade or from school to school, it will help to insure his receiving instruction on the level of his needs.
Elementary School Recreation Program Continues
The after-school recreational program has continued to function. There is now a man in each of the three elementary schools who gives time several afternoons a week to the development of an inter-school program, which con- sists of leagues for grades 4-7 in baseball, touch football, volley ball, basket- ball and other activities in the appropriate season. During the winter months the program was hampered by lack of a place indoors to play, the high school gymnasium being inadequate to accommodate even a full high school program. The Town Hall is being made available late afternoons for limited use by this group. This will be helpful.
Community Recreation Program Fills Need
This program is being supplemented by a program for elementary school boys and girls financed and conducted by the Recreation Committee appointed by the Town Manager. This program is being conducted Saturdays in the high school gymnasium. The boys use the gym in the morning; the girls, in the afternoon.
Interscholastic Athletics Dependent Upon Appropriation
In the high school the interscholastic athletics program has increased dur- ing the past year in the number participating and in the quality of participa- tion. In football three different teams representing upward of 80 boys played three different schedules. There has been similar interest in other interscholas- tic sports for both boys and girls and in the informal activities grow out of the physical education program. This interest is a tribute to the coaches and to the faculty manager.
It should be said, however, that the program could not have been con- ducted without the subsidy from the Town last year. The economics of the situation are such that the athletic program cannot be carried on in the future without a recurring annual appropriation. For 1952 the estimated deficit after receipts will be $4,400. I recommend the appropriation of this amount because I believe that the program, as presently conducted here, offers superior opportunities for learning other things than how to throw a ball or flex a muscle.
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Ipswich Schools In Important Education Study
Since October the Center for Field Studies at Harvard has been conducting a pioneer study approved by the School Committee and financed by a grant of $40,000 from the Russell Sage Foundation. The study is concerned in part with the effects upon boys and girls of the formal and informal groupings formed by them in their school life. It is thought that the findings will be of importance to educators, parents and others who work with boys and girls. In pursuing this study, four field workers have been with us in the schools continuously for the past four months.
I am pleased that the School Committee authorized our participation in the project. I know that I express the attitude of the teachers when I say it has been a good experience from which we have all profited.
Varied Professional Activities Of Staff
Besides being involved in this study, our staff has seized other oppor- tunities for in-service improvement. During the year, three of our teachers have been awarded higher degrees. In addition to the courses which these degress represent, our teachers have taken fourteen professional courses at Harvard, Tufts, and Boston University dealing with different aspects of our local school problems. Four of our teachers and the art supervisor participated in the workshop in art instruction given over a period of eight weeks at Salem under the aegis of the New England School Development Council. One of our members was enrolled in the advanced administrative institute conducted at Harvard last summer under a grant from the Kellogg Foundation. Two of our number were participants at the New England Reading Institute at Ports- mouth. Our schools were represented at the 3-day coaching institute at Colby and at the University of Connecticut. Our staff has been represented in three different study groups of the New England School Development Council. Two have worked closely with the building survey. One of our number is a mem- her of the seven-man Massachusetts Educational Policies Commission; another is one of a small, state-wide committee to study and report on cafeterias in the school program; still another of our staff was selected as a member of a small State committee consisting of superintendents, coaches, principals and school committee members to study and develop recommendations for the con- duct of interscholastic athletics. Our nurse has served recently as president of the board of the North Shore Babies' Hospital. Many others have partici- pated on committees and on study groups concerned with educational problems of more specifically local interest.
From this professional interaction, I am sure, our staff is bringing back a broader understanding of educational problems and a surer competence, which can result only in better instruction for our boys and girls.
The School Plant Is Maintained
The following tabulations give some indication of the maintenance and improvement work on properties and fixtures during the year in addition to routine operation.
HIGH SCHOOL
Furniture:
Scrub down and refinish 180 desk-chair combinations.
Refinish 28 large laboratory benches.
Floors:
Scrub down and wax 17 regular classrooms, 1 study hall, 2 shop rooms, 1 cafeteria, 1 auditorium-gym.
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Paint:
Floor behind cafeteria counter.
Toilet rooms in shower rooms, all inside window sills.
Wash all woodwork and dadoes, wash out and sterilize lockers, vacuum down all drapes and hangings, polish all sash and light fixtures. Install 18 new double window shades.
Install new automatic Bunker "C" oil boiler in No. 2 boiler. Overhaul stoker in No. 1 boiler. Keep grounds.
BURLEY SCHOOL
Remove stationary desks and chairs in four classrooms.
Refinish tops on 75 desks and convert three into movable units by attaching runners fabricated in school shop.
Pour and level asphalt-concrete underlayment over worn floors in four classrooms.
Install asphalt tile in four classrooms.
Install 107 new chairs and 49 new table-desks in five classrooms.
Strip floors in five classrooms and corridors and refinish.
Paint walls, ceilings, floors and compartments of girls' toilet and basement corridor.
Paint basement corridor leading to boys' toilets.
Refinish blackboards by painting three coats and water sanding. Clean walls, light fixtures, window glass.
Install 27 new double hung window shades.
Clean and assemble boiler. Maintain grounds.
WINTHROP SCHOOL
Remove fixed chairs and desks, grade 1, and install movable units. Place forty stationary desks on runners and refinish tops.
Install fifteen table-desks and ninety chairs in three classrooms.
Paint upper corridor, east wing wall and ceiling. Paint ceiling walls, boards and floor, grade 1.
Paint floors in boys' and girls' toilets.
Clean and refinish floors, classroom walls, light and sash. Grounds :
Scrape and grade driveways and backyard.
Remove 126 yards of material and replace with 126 yards of gravel. Tar, asphalt-seal, sand and roll.
Install 8 new double hung window shades. Maintain grounds.
SHATSWELL SCHOOL
Clean and seal floors, paint stair treads, wash furniture, seal base- ment, floors, clean walls, wash light fixtures, glass, etc. Install five new window shades.
Maintain grounds.
Changes In Teaching Personnel
The following persons terminated their employment since the last annual report was submitted :
Robert D. Burgess, teacher of industrial arts, resigned in November, 1951. Betty W. Carmine, teacher of grade 2 at the Winthrop School, resigned in June, 1951.
Blanche L. Oxner, teacher of grade 7 at the Shatswell School, died in service March 19, 1951.
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Dorothy A. Riley, teacher of grade 1 at the Winthrop School, resigned February 1, 1951.
Margaret M. Smith, teacher of grade 5 at the Winthrop School (on leave of absence) resigned in November, 1951.
Arthur H. Tozer, supervisor of music, retired in June, 1951.
Dr. Frederick C. Wilder, school dentist, retired in June, 1951. Elected to fill the vacancies were the following:
John A. M. Dow, Jr., a graduate of Teachers College in 1951 with a B.S. in Education degree and a major in industrial arts teaching, was elected in November and assigned to teaching industrial arts at the High School.
Raymond R. Hill, a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in 1951 with a B.S. in Education, was elected supervisor of music.
Violet L. Hawkins, who before her resignation in 1947 had taught in the Ipswich schools for nineteen years, was elected and assigned to grade 3 at the Winthrop School.
Cecilia Z. Mackenzie, a former teacher in Ipswich, Ed.M. Boston Univer- sity in 1950, was elected and assigned in September to grade 5 at the Shats- well School.
Ethel A. Rogers, B.S. in Education, Salem Teachers College in 1950, who taught grade 1 for one year in Malden, was elected and assigned in September to grade 1 at the Winthrop School.
William E. Waitt, Jr., B.S. in Education, Salem Teachers College in 1951, was elected and assigned in September to grade 5 at the Winthrop School.
Other Personnel Changes
Frederick E. Cronin was elected a custodian at the High School in March, 1951.
Acknowledgements
During the past year the schools have received assistance from various divisions of the Town government, but especially from the departments of finance, highways, fire and police. Through you I should like publicly to thank the heads of these departments and the men. Particularly I want to express gratitude to the Town Manager, whose spirit I know to be reflected in all these courtesies and cooperative actions.
As in the past I should like to commend to you the entire school staff and to acknowledge the staunch support which they have given to every con- structive school enterprise. As professionals in education, they join me, I know, in thanking you, the School Committee, who typify great numbers of people who give generously of their time and best thought without compensa- tion to help promote the cause of education.
Respectfully submitted, HARRY S. MERSON Superintendent of Schools
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DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY SCHOOL AND GRADE
ENROLLMENT - October 1, 1951
School
Grades
I
II
III
IV
V
VI VII
VIII IX
X XI XII P.G. Total
Burley
39
30
29
33
27
30
28
216
Shatswell
27
35
37
21
28
31
28
207
Winthrop
37
34 24-30 38
33
33
30
259
Ipswich High
94
70
87
67
55
1
374
Total
103
99
92
88
94
86
94
70
87
67
55
1 1056
ENROLLMENT CHART BY GRADES
1942 - 1951
Grade
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
I
86
77
85
102
90
96
98
116
101
99
II
79
73
68
82
89
89
92
87
116
95
III
72
88
69
76
77
68
80
96
92
89
90
V
91
86
77
78
77
68
80
92
92
88
VI
103
88
83
74
77
78
64
75
95
95
VII
92
98
79
79
73
77
75
68
82
87
VIII
91
70
87
88
73
69
73
73
68
95
IX
142
122
92
100
107
94
97
99
106
73
X
75
81
86
62
74
95
85
86
70
80
XI
87
62
67
79
65
70
76
69
72
68
XII
63
57
45
53
68
55
52
80
60
56
P. G.
1
1
1
1
6
2
2
Totals
1058
972
930
943
941
972
985
1024
1045
1048
ENROLLMENT STATISTICS - 1945 - 1952
Enrollment:
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
High School
295
324
320
312
336
308
280
Grade VIII
88
73
69
73
73
68
94
Elementary
560
560
583
600
615
669
682
Total
943
957
972
985
1024
1045
1056
68
80
95
95
85
94
122
IV
76
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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE
October 1, 1951
BOYS
Age
Grade
1 5 | 6 | 7 |8 | 9| 10 | 11
12
13
|14
15|16 17 18|19|20
21 or over
T1.
I
12
40
2
54
II
17
29
3
4.0
III
8152
6
1
67
IV
14
26
8
1
49
V
18
21
9
48
VI
8
27
9
1
1
46
VII
11 23
4
6
44
VIII
9 26
13
8
1
57
IX
5
22
11
1
39
X
7
23
8
4
42
XI
6
21
4
2
33
XII
2 .15
5
1
23
P.G.
1
1
Total
12
57
39
69
50|37
49 41 136 48
43 33
24
5
4
552
.
GIRLS
Age
21 or
Grade
| 5 | 6| 7| 8 | 91
11
12 |13
14 15 16 17
118
19
20
over
T1.
I
17
31
1
II
18
27
5
50
III
12
39
2
53
IV
15
25
1
2
43
V
15
22
2
1
40
VI
15
26
5
1
1
48
VII
14
27
1
42
VIII
11
19
3
4
37
IX
7
20
4
31
X
9
29
7
45
XI
9
22
3
34
XII
10
18
3
1
32
P.G.
Total
17
49
40
59
42 38 44 |44
27 34
46
39
21
3
1
504
Total Membership - 1056
EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES ISSUED TO MINORS
1951
Age 14 - 16
16 - 18
18 - 21
Total
Boys
15
43
30
88
Girls
10
44
56
110
Total
25
87
86
198
1
1
49
1
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT - SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES FROM 1947 - 1950 INCLUSIVE
Item
I. GENERAL CONTROL
II. EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
a. Teachers' Salaries
94,423.56
98 877.84
104,709.95
113.912 13
133.126.22
b. Tex's and Supplies
4,979.39
5 557.31
6,404.36 564.39
6,874 28
7.921.26
c. In-Service Training
227.03
160.67
III. EXPENSES OF OPERATING PLANT
a. Janitors' Salaries
8,876.02
10,735.40
10,777:50
11 627.58
14,756.40
b. Fuel. Power, Gas. Water
6,657.14
8,208.15
7,023.17
7.243 55
6,188.20
c. Operating Supplies
1,199.05
1 550.82
1,695.34
1 511.38
1 985.87
IV. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
6,094.71
5,523 19
6,979.29
7,409.67
9,061.88
V. AUXILIARY AGENCIES
a. Health
2 525.08
3,235.56
3,352.75
3 462.65
3.813.75
b. Transportation
10,203 60
11,296.40
13.769.00
14.282.95
14,888.77
c. Tuition
1,280.75
1,706.57
1,376 02
1,219.91
1.172.95
d. Americanization Classes
312.00
246.00
90.00
190.00
154.00
e. Miscellaneous and Insurance
1,861.98
1.854.50
1,234.68
1 418.87
2.184.19
VI. OUTLAY
3,328.46
11,720 57
4,447.49
3.858.01
VII. RETURNED TO REVENUE
1,680.48
85.95
1,601.49
Total Expenditure
144,724.38
159,162.53
178,960 00
181 524 42
207.761.13
Less Feoffees' Payment
2.000.00
2,000.00
4 000 00
6 676.48
5,000.00
Appropriation
142,724.38
157,162.53
174,960.00
174 847.94
202,761.13
Less Receipts to General Revenue.
17.839.66
20,548.56
42.583.71
40,051 52
47,672.87
Net Cost from Local Tax
124,884.72
136,613.97
132,376.29
134,796.42
161,866.75
Interscholastic Athletics,
Special Appropriation
1947 Expense 6,311.10
1948 Expense 7.042.33
1949 Expense 7,582.50
1950 Expense 7 610.98
1951 Expense 8,488.96
5,177.00
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Teachers' meeting-Tuesday, September 4, 1951 at 9:00 A. M.
School opens-Wednesday, September 5, 1951.
School closes-Friday afternoon, December 21 1951 to Wednesday morn-
ing, January 2, 1952-Christmas holidays.
School closes-Friday afternoon, February 15, 1952 to Monday morning,
February 25, 1952.
School closes-Thursday afternoon, April 10, 1952 to Monday morning, April 21, 1952.
Elementary school closes for the summer-Friday, June 13.
High school closes for the summer-Thursday, June 19.
High school graduation-Thursday, June 12.
HOLIDAYS
Friday, October 12, 1951-Columbus Day.
Friday, November 9, 1951-Essex County Teachers' Convention.
Monday. November 12, 1951-Armistice Day.
From Wednesday noon, Thursday & Friday, November 28, 29 & 30, 1951-
Thanksgiving.
Friday. April 11, 1952-Good Friday.
From Thursday noon & Friday, May 29 & 30, 1952-Memorial Day.
RANKING PERIOD
First Quarter begins Wednesday, September 5, 1951 and ends Friday, November 9, 1951 (46 days). Reports go out Thursday, November 15, 1951.
Second Quarter begins Tuesday, November 13, 1951 and ends Friday, January 25, 1952 (45 days). Reports go out Wednesday, January 30, 1952.
Third Quarter begins Monday, January 28, 1952 and ends Friday, April 4, 1952 (45 days). Reports go out Wednesday, April 9, 1952.
Fourth Quarter begins Monday, April 21, 1952 and ends Friday, June 13, 1952 for elementary schools (41 days) and ends Thursday, June 19, 1952 for high school (46 days). Graduation-high school-June 12, 1952.
Total-182 days.
SCHOOL HOURS
High school and grades 6 and 7. 8:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. Afternoon session (voluntary) 2:30 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Elementary school, grades 4 and 5
8:40 A.M. to 11:55 A.M. and-1:15 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. grades 1, 2, 3-8:40 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. and-1:15 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.
No School Announcements :
High School and Grades VI and VII-Radio broadcasts over Stations WBZ and WESX beginning at 7:00 a.m. Four blasts of fire whistle at 7:15 a.m.
First Five Grades-Radio broadcasts over Stations WBZ and WESX be- ginning at 7:00 a.m. for morning session. Four blasts of fire whistle at 7:30 a.m. for morning session; four blasts of fire whistle at 11:30 a.m. or at 12:30 p.m. for afternoon session.
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GRADUATES OF IPSWICH HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1951
College Course
Charles Douglas Bolles
*Florence Campbell Frances Jarvis Cartledge, 3rd Phyllis Anne Gauthier
*Mary Elizabeth O'Brien William Bulkeley Pescosolido
*Gwyneth Mary Gunn Lillian May Hawkes Harriet Elizabeth Heard
*Eleanor Frances Powers Philip Walker Ross
*Charlotte Ann Saunders
*Eleanore Veronica Sklarz Peter James Somers Maureen Elizabeth Sullivan
*Jeanne Meserve Todd Charles Sumner Tyler
David Lindsay Wilson
Commercial Course
Ruth Belle Clancy Ida Mary LeBel
General Course
Margaret Ann Belanger Kay Francena Billings John Aloysius Burns Allegra Ann Cripps Grace Ann Cronin
Lucy Elizabeth Kisiel Yvonne Mary LeBel Barbara Jean Manthorne
Letitia Ann Day
Richard Harland Dort
Janet Mary Gillis Josephine Elizabeth Gillis Grace Eleanor Girard
*Mary Charlotte Miller Evlyn Kay Patterson Rita Ella Poirier Robert Lucien Poirier Amy Ella Purington Kenneth Arnold Richards
Louise Charlotte Gwinn
James Myron Hill Carole Mae Homans
Kenneth Willard Hood Jere Decker Hovey
Burrett Brainard Richardson Alice Elaine Riddle Walter Gerold Smolla Patricia Joy Steen Stanley John Strok Mary Jo Sullivan
Sarah Elizabeth Wallis
Domestic Arts Course
Helen Gregg Hill
Marlene Allison Sheppard *Honor Group
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* Ann Marilyn Hull *Evelyn Karalias Astrid Lois Lindberg Ruth Elaine L'Italien Anne Marie Lombard
Clark McCarthy Henry Arthur Morgan
Marie Irene Boudreau
THE STAFF IPSWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1951 - 1952
HARRY S. MERSON, Superintendent
High School Ralph C. Whipple, Principal
E. Margaret Allen
Victoria A. Machaj
Helen J. Blodgett
Hazel E. Manzer
Helen M. Brown
G. Otis Mudge
Frances D. Cogswell
Elizabeth G. Nitardy
John A. M. Dow, Jr.
Carl L. Orcutt, Jr.
G. Mark Hayes
C. Elliott Roundy
Lucy A. Hill
Marion F. Whitney
Ruth A. Lord
Miriam R. Woolley
Burley School Bertram H. Bennett, Principal
Ruth M. Brown
Margaret I. Chisholm
Anne E. Friend Ruth Gilday
Mary M. Evans
Frank J. O'Malley, Jr.
Elizabeth C. Weare
Shatswell School Bertram H. Bennett, Principal
Ethel M. Archer
Mary L. Bamford
Mary M. Bond
Ruth F. Joyce Cecilia Z. Mackenzie Joseph R. Rogers
Hilda J. Schofield
Winthrop School Lena J. Atherley, Principal
Grace A. Bowlen
Margaret M. Smith
Violet L. Hawkins
Dorothy A. Riley
Blanche E. J. Leighton
Ethel A. Rogers
Jennie A. Moutevelis
Amy Stanford
Josephine T. Moyer
William E. Waitt, Jr.
Frank H. Chadbourne, Art Supervisor Raymond R. Hill, Music Supervisor Frank L. Collins, M.D., School Physician Eleonore Richardson, R.N., School Nurse Adelaide Hodgkins, Attendance Supervisor
Janitors
Albert G. Waite
High School
Mary W. Scott
High School
Frederick E. Cronin
High School
Harold D. Bowen
Winthrop School
Lawrence R. Gwinn
Burley School
Warren E. Grant
Shatsweil School
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LIST OF JURORS These are the citizens who are eligible to be drawn for jury duty during 1952
Asnip, John
13 Brown Street
Retired
Arsenault, Bernice
High Street
Clerk
Bailey, Walter R.
Newmarch Street
United Shoe
Bagley, Wendell M.
50 County
Engineer
Barth, Elmer J. Belosselsky, Serg
3 Turkey Shore Road
Accountant
Labor-in-Vain Road
Farmer
Benedix, George W.
10 Maple Avenue
Clerk
Betts. Robert E.
Woods Lane
Sylvania
Bialek, Joseph W.
7 River Court
Bodman, Leon L.
Jeffreys Neck Road
Retired
Bolles, Chester A.
15 Turkey Shore Road
Broker
Bolles, Gardner
12 Woods Lane
Investment Broker
Bowen, Chester F.
Town Farm Road
Telephone Operator
Bragdon, Guy W.
Newmarch Street
Carpenter
Burrage, Albert C.
Heartbreak Road
Retired
Carman, Richard B.
Topsfield Road
Manager
Carstones, William
90 Central Street
Manager
Chadwell, George H.
94 High Street
Sylvania
Chapman, Fred F.
16 Kimball Avenue
Merchant
Chase, Joseph T.
18 Linebrook Road
Retired
Ciolek, Theodore J.
17 County Manor
Clerk
Claxton, David B.
68 East Street
Bank Clerk
7 Woods Lane
Salesman
Collins, Ben
3 Poplar Street
Merchant
Currier, Beniamin
North Main Street
Real Estate
Coughlin, William P. Davis, Benjamin H.
6 Linden Street
Salesman
Dondero, Raymond E.
49 Topsfield Street
Clerk
Farquhar, John
7 Spring Street
Chauffeur
Farley, Margaret U.
53 East Street
At home
Ford, George W.
7 Labor-in-Vain Road
Telephone
Galanis, Aphrodite
28 Mt. Pleasant Riverbank
Executive
Gunn, Jeanette D.
9 Liberty Street
Housewife
Hammersley, Albert R.
8 Liberty Street
Bank C erk
Harris, Moses J.
21 No. Main Street
Salesman
Haskell, Edmund R.
Labor-in-Vain Road
Engineer
Hill, John H.
17 Turkey Shore Road
Merchant
Hill, Wendell L.
17 Turkey Shore Road
Clerk
Hills, John P.
73 Central Street
Sylvania
Hubbard, John V.
8 Woods Lane
Retired
Hughes, Gordon S.
19 County Street
Sylvania
Jackson, Winthrop A.
52 High Street
Advertising
Jean, Ann D. King, Lawrence M.
Essex Road
Insurance
Levesque, Laurien A.
39 Topsfield Road
Merchant
Levesque, Raymond Lezon, Roase A.
49 Brownville
Housewife
Lunt, Daniel B.
3 Payne Street
Merchandise Man
Lunt, Helen K.
Housewife
Marcaurelle, Arthur P.
Merchant
Marcorelle, Edward J., Jr.
High Street
Manager
Lord's Square
Merchant
23 High Street
Salesman
Mathews, Althea R.
71 High Street
At home
McCarthy, Elwyn F.
1 Maple Avenue
Accountant
McGilvary, Forrest W.
Jeffries Neck Road
Manager
9 Prescott
Clerk
Spring Street
Broker
5 Warren St. eet
General Electric
Oliver, Frank
1 Woods Lane
Stone Cutter
53 East Street
Retired
Woods Lane
Banker
Perkins, Gretchen
Manning Street
Housewife
Peterson, Julius C.
Retired
Pickard, Hallett D.
Retired
Prescott, Stephen J.
Mechanic
Poor, Daniel W. Jr.
Candlewood Road
Accountant
County Road
Wool Broker
16 Green Street
Merchant
High Street
1 Pleasant Street
Merchant
High Street
Clerk Housewife
74 County Road
Linebrook Road
Superintendent
Water Street
Housewife
Eag e Hill
Salesman
110 Central Street
Sylvania
Ward, Philip F. Whe an, Joseph Wiles, Chester Zervas, Mary
9 Argi la 44 Washington Street
Sprayer Chemist
Michon, Blanche Moseley, Ben P. P.
Murray, Edwin P.
O Malley, Frank J.
Parsons, George C.
1 Elm Street
Clerk
41 Topsfield Road
Merchant
3 Payne Street North Ridge Road
Marcorelle, Edward J., Sr. Marsh, James R.
Secretary
Goodhue, Charles E. Jr.
10 Sawyer Street
Mariner
Cole, Harry F.
Sylvania
Housewife
Richardson, Jerome Ross, Ann K. Ross, Vera R. Soffron, George J. Spe iotes, Peter Sullivan, Mary M. Thomas, Joseph E. Von Suck, Marjorie
Old England Road High Street Farley Avenue
P- Lui Bag 152 451
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Page
Reports -
Board of Selectmen 8
Town Manager 9
Departmental -
Finance
12
Assessing
12
Purchasing
13
Personnel
13
Records
14
Legal
14
Planning Board
15
Police
15
Fire
16
Forest Fire
17
Shellfish
17
Weights & Measures
17
Health
17
Welfare
18
Veterans Service
19
Recreation
20
Electric
21
Public Works
22
Financial Statements -
Balance Sheet
32
Consolidated Expenditures
35
Detailed Expenditures
37
Cash Receipts, Payments Sum-
mary
53
Detailed Receipts 53
Detailed Payments
57
Collections
58
Detailed Taxes
59
Comparative Tax Structure
60
1951 Assessments
61
Municipal Indebtedness
61
Trust & Funds
62
Electric Department
64
Water Department
66
School Committee -
Reports
69
Committee
70
Superintendent of Schools
71
Statistical Data
79
School Calendar
80
Graduates High School, 1951
81
The Staff
82
List of Jurors
83
Charts & Illustrations -
Town Employees Deceased
2 - 3
Organization Structure
6
Your 1951 Municipal Dollar
7
Police Department
16
Fire Department
16
Radio Equipped Vehicles
20
New Electric Dept. Equipment 21
New Generator
22
Parks Division Gives an Assist 23
Construction, Lord's Square
24
Mixing, Loading, Patching
25
New Public Works Dept. Equip- ment 27
Cost of Living Indices
30
Tax Rate vs. Appropriations
31
Trends In Our Municipal Indebt-
edness
68
THE TOWN OF IPSWICH AT YOUR SERVICE A handy Check-List and Directory of Often-Used Town Services
Emergency - FIRE 137
POLICE 237
AMBULANCE 237
HOSPITAL 320
SERVICE
DEPARTMENT
PHONE
Adminstration, General
Town Manager
241
Assessments (Taxes)
Assessors
176
Bicycle Licenses
Police
237
Bills and Accounts
Treasurer
92
Birth Certificates
Town Clerk
318
Burial Permits
Town Clerk
318
Business Certificates
Town Clerk
318
Cemeteries
Cemetery Division
634-W
Cemetery Deeds
Cemetery Division
634-W
Death Certificates
Town Clerk
318
Dog Licenses
Town Clerk
318
Elections
Registrars of Voters
318
Electric
Electric Dept.
140
Employment
Town Manager
241
Entertainment Licenses
Selectmen
241
Fishing & Hunting Licenses
Town Clerk
241
Fuel Oil Storage
Fire Department
137
Garbage Collection
Public Works Dept.
466
Health
Health Dept,
896
Home for Aged and Infirm
Welfare Dept.
621
Housing
Housing Authority
834
Licenses (General)
Selectmen
241
Lights, Street
Light Dept. (Office)
140
Maps
Marriages Certificates
Milk Inspection
Health Dept.
896
Mortgages, Personal Property,
Town Clerk
318
Mortgages, Real Estate,
Assessors
176
Moth Protection
Moth Div.
695-M
Municipal Pensions
Treasurer
92
Municipal Finances
Accountant
92
Old Age Assistance
Welfare Dept.
621
Ordinances, Town
Town Clerk
318
Parks
Park Division
695-M
Planning
Planning Board
Playgrounds
Playground Division
695-M
Purchasing
Town Manager
241
kccreation
Recreation Committee
92
Rubbish Collection
Public Works Dept.
466
School Dept. (Supt.)
34
High School
34
Burley
367-R
Shatswell
367-W
Winthrop
35
Nurse
186
Health Dept.
896
Clam Commissioner
524-M
Shellfish, Licenses
Polic- Dept.
237
Streets, Maintenance
Highway Division
466
Subdivisions
Planning Board
241
Tax Collections
Collector
92
Trees
Parks Div. .
695-M
Tuberculosis Hospital
Health Dept.
896
Veterans' Benefits
Veterans' Agent
318
Voting, Registration
Registrars of Voters
318
Water
Water Division (Office)
140
Weights & Measures Welfare
Sealer
896
Welfare Dept.
621
Wiring Inspector
Wire Inspector
140
Library
Public Library
Light Dept. (Plant) Town Engineer
139
Town Clerk
318
Retirement
Treasurer
Schools
Sewers
Shellfish
Plant 139
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