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4,420.00
4,420.00
ATHLETIC RECEIPTS FUND
Credits :
Balance January 1, 1952
2,209.64
Expenditures : Athletic Expenses Balance forward to 1953
2,465.23
Receipts
2,073.73
1,818.14
4,283.37
4,283.37
LIBRARY
Credits :
Appropriation
7,500.00
Expenditures : .2 Outside Services
7,500.00
UNCLASSIFIED
R. T. CRANE PICNIC FUND, PICNIC
Credits:
Receipts
1,283.93
Expenditures : .2 Outside Services
1,283.93
BROWN ANIMAL FUND
Credits :
Receipts
47.75
Expenditures: .2 Outside Services 47.75
EUNICE CALDWELL COWLES FUND
Credits :
Receipts
275.00
Expenditures : .8 Scholarship 275.00
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CASH RECEIPTS AND CASH PAYMENTS SUMMARY Year Ending December 31, 1952
Cash Balance January 1, 1952 Receipts
$ 215,961.50 1,428,724.42
1,644,685.92
Payments
1,504,934.91
$ 139,751.01
Composition of Cash Balance:
First National Bank of Ipswich
$ 115,472.55
First National Bank of Ipswich Withholding Tax
5,469.62
First National Bank of Boston
176.40
Merchants National Bank of Boston
1,000 00
Ipswich Savings Bank
7,381.85
Cash in Office
10,250.59
139,751.01
Treasury Bills
198,768.47
$ 338,519.48
STATEMENT OF COLLECTIONS For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1952
Taxes:
Current Year
Prior Years
$429,176.03 39,884.65
Motor Vehicle Excise :
Current Year
43,268.41
Prior Years
5,580.73
Moth:
Current Year
112.75
Prior Years
37.50
Water Liens Added to Taxes:
Current Year
405.97
Prior Years
232.12
Interest :
Current Year
164.64
Prior Years
1,416.07
Costs :
Current Year
193.55
Prior Years
249.25
Tax Certificates
20.00
Electric Light
271,698.59
Water
43,607.03
Departmental
92,156.93
$928,204.22
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS
For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1952
Departmental: Taxes:
Auditing Tax
2,759.10
State Parks and Reserva- tions Tax
1,157.41
County Tax
23,266.24
Essex County Sanatorium Tax 10,617.04
37,799.79
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Chil- dren, Adm.
235.08
Aid to Dependent Chil- den, Aid
1,769.45
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
3,487.15
Old Age Assistance, Aid
59,266.50
Disability Assistance, Adm. 287.61
Disability Assistance, Aid
2,173.77
67,219.56
State Grants:
Disability Assistance, Adm.
46.65
Shellfish Reimbursements 453.20
Interest :
550.00
499.85
Refunds :
Personal Taxes 1951
12.50
Real Estate Taxes 1951 12.50
Poll Tax 1952
12.00
Personal Tax 1952
31.12
Real Estate 1952
573.02
Motor Vehicle Excise 1951
136.31
Motor Vehicle Excise 1952 877.52
Moth Added to Taxes 1951
18.50
Sidewalks A/R
77.85
Electric Light A/R
1,384.42
Costs .70
Electric Light Meter Deposits 479.00
Electric Light Meter Deposits Interest
17.95
Tax Possession
800.00
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund
250.00
Martha I. Savory Fund
6.00
Appleton Memorial Fund
25.00
4,463.39
248,552.43
2,584.41
Trust Fund Income- Withdrawals:
Eunice Caldwell Cowles, Scholarship 275.00
R. T. Crane Jr. Fund Picnic and Adm.
1,283.93
Brown Animal Fund 47.75
1,606.68
Electric Light :
Operations
256,571.51
Construction
7,582.70
Depreciation
17,215.34
281,369.55
Water:
Operations
39,284.87
Construction
13,978.10
53,262.97
Maturing Debt :
7,000.00
Agency and Trust :
Dog Licenses for County
1,535.40
Contributory Pension System
13,841.42
Withholding Tax
46,356.87
Blue Cross
6,978.43
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
1,250.00
69,962.12
Trust Fund Income-Deposits : Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 981.12
R. T. Crane Jr. Picnic Fund
1,322.29
Tailings 25.00
Sealers Overpayment 1951
5.00
Treasury Bills
1,504,934.91
Balance Dec. 31, 1952 139,751.01
1,644,685.92
730,064.16
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1952
Taxes Current Year :
Poll
4,014.00 26,964.17
County : Chapter 90 Construction 3,500.00
Dog Licenses 1,185.76
429,176.03
Taxes Previous Years:
Poll
16.00
Personal
5,493.76
Real Estate
34,374.89
780.00
39,884.65
Tax Title Redemption :
Licenses and Permits:
3,297.25
Liquor
10,656.00
Hawkers and Peddlars
12.00
Pool, Billiards, and Bowling
46.00
Pistol
46.50
Amusement
48.00
Auctioneer
2.00
Auto Dealer Class I
30.00
Auto Dealer Class II & III
30.00
Automatic Amusement
320.00
Shellfish and Seaworms
568.00
Common Victualer
58.00
Garbage
2.00
Innholder
17.00
Junk
60.00
Methyl Alcohol
1.00
Milk and Cream
29.50
Sale of Supplies
310.00
Cranes Beach Receipts
5,471.00
Pasteurization
40.00
Rendering
6.00
Slaughter House
100.00
Taxi Cab
2.00
Tallow
2.00
Recreation Camp
1.50
Rubbish Collection
2.00
12,084.50
Fines and Forfeits:
206.00
Grants and Gifts: Federal:
Old Age Assistance, Aid
59,314.18
Aid to Dependent Chil- dren, Aid 1,740.68
Disability Assistance, Aid
4,402.55
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
2,967.56
Aid to Dependent Chil- dren, Adm.
144.04
Disability Assistance, Adm. 382.40
68,951.41
State:
Disability Assistance, Adm. 126.00
Income Tax
55,924.00
Corporation Tax 36,687.02
Lieu of Taxes 5,355.75
Education Transportation 9,282.92
Vocational Training
1,755.00
Meal Tax
4,799.71
English Speaking C'ass
171.90
Shellfish Benefits
1,000.00
Chapter 90 Construction
7,00) 00
Committee on School Reimbursements
1,000.00
Garbage
800.01
123,101.40
Individuals: W.R.C. for Memorial Building Parking Lot
880.00
Special Assessments: Moth Added to Taxes
150.25
Privileges:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1950 3.31
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 1951
5,577.42
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise 1952
43,268.41
48,849.14
General Government:
Selectmen:
Photo Copies
10.00
5,791.00
Treasurer and Collector: Interest on Treasury Bills
1,028.64
Town Hall:
Rent of Court Room
325.00
Scale Receipts 86.10
Rent of Town Hall
35.00
446.10
Trustees of Great Neck: Rent of Lots 1,400.00
Town Clerk:
Fees 1,232.26
Protection of Persons and Property : Police:
Ambulance 552.00
Registration of Bicycles 55.00
607.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures:
Fees 106.50
Moth:
Spraying 511.75
Health: Tuberculosis
755.71
Slaughter Fees 2,120.00
3,675.72
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Personal
Real Estate
398,197.86
4,685.76
100.00
Oleo
5.00
DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS-(Continued)
Highway: Rental of Equipment
Sidewalks
617.77 2,086.59
2,704.36
Charities and Veterans Services :
Public Welfare:
Commonwealth of Mass.
1,063.04
Cities and Towns
179.50
1,242.54
Aid to Dependent Children: Commonwealth of Mass.
3,588.81
Old Age Assistance:
Commonwealth of Mass.
59,064.36
Cities and Towns
139.53
59,203.89
Disability Assistance:
Commonwealth of Mass.
1,294.82
Veterans Services:
Commonwealth of Mass.
5,569.70
Cities and Towns
24.00
Tax Title
321.84
Tax Certificate 20.00
Tax Releases 7.50
Meter Deposit Interest
210.47
High School Cafeteria
15,967.68
Winthrop Lunch
8,138.18
Athletics
2,073.73
Tuition
10,744.50
Feoffees Grammar School
5,000.00
Sale of Supplies
153.69
Rent of Auditorium
15.00
42,092.78
Ipswich Housing Authority : Lieu of Taxes
3,081.76
Electricity :
Sale of Electricity and Misc.
271,698.59
Water:
Water Rates
43,607.03
Water Liens Added to Taxes
638.09
44,245.12
Deposits :
Meter Deposit
592.00
Summer Service Deposit
876.00
1,468.00
Cemetery :
Sale of Lots and Graves
297.00
Annual Care
897.50
Interments and Removals
2,624.00
Foundation and Liners 416.32
891.27
4,234.82
Agency and Trusts:
1,428,724.42
Federal Withholding Tax
46,635.65
Balance January 1, 1952 215,961.50
Contributory Pensions
13,545.46
Blue Cross
6,979.43
1,644,685.92
Tailings:
61.68
Treasury Bills:
148,947.96
Refunds :
Fire Dept.
39.39
Forestry Division
1.83
Health
13.30
Highway-Summer
28.09
Public Welfare
5.50
Aid to Dependent Children
34.80
Old Age Assistance
2,134.47
Disability Assistance
134.60
Veterans' Services
50.00
Cemetery
557.14
Education
10.57
Electric Light
5,042.27
Water
788.75
Athletics
20.00
Teachers Annuities to Surplus Revenue
217.43
Insurance Refunds to Surplus Revenue
1,217.26
Capital Equipment
84.00
Playground 1951 to Surplus 27.51
Personal Tax 1950 to Surplus 48.22
Tax Possession Refund to Surplus 400.00
Unpaid Bills Refund to Surplus
143.00
Insurance Refund Fire Dept.
11,889.40
Dog Licenses for County 1,537.20
Insurance Receipts 2,570.00 Perpetual Care Bequests 1,250.00
Trust Funds-Income:
R. T. Crane Jr. Picnic Fund 1,412.29 Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund 250.00
Appleton Memorial Fund 25.00
Martha I. Savory Fund 6.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care 891.12
2,584.41
Trust Funds-Withdrawals: R. T. Crane Picnic Fund, Picnic
1,283.93
Eunice Caldwells Cowles Scholarship 275.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
2,017.21
Brown Animal Fund 47.75
3,623.89
Interest and Costs:
Taxes
1,720.60
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
304.38
5,593.70
Education :
2,584.79
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72,517.74
COMPARATIVE TAX STRUCTURE STATEMENT 1951 - 1952
1951
1952
A. Total Appropriation to be raised by taxation : $ 691.771 82
700.736 50
Total Appropriation to be taken from available funds :
29,000 00
68.450.00
$ 720,771.82
$ 769,186.50
B. State Requirement :
Parks & Reservations
1.045 30
1.078.44
Audit
2.473 08
2.254.75
Underestimated Previous Years:
Parks & Reservations
219.70
$ 3,738.16
C. County Requirement :
Tax
24.026 49 10.275 62
25.991.98 12.294 46
Underestimates Previous Years
1.070 23
Tax
T. B. Hospital
34.302 02
41.989.86
D. Overlay
15.412.64
13.622.58
E. Gross Amount to be raised
$ 774.224.64
$ 824,798.94
F. Estimated Receipts & Available Funds:
Estimated Receipts (Local, other units & water)
255.793.77
267.085 03
Overestimates : State Andit
County Tax
2.271.68
1.012 63
State Parks T. B. Hospital
1.396 94
Surplus Revenue
29,000.00
61.450.00
Electric Light
15,000 00
Overlay Reserve Fund Cemetery Lots Fund
Stabilization Fund
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
Machinery Fund
$ 288.462.39
$ 351.718.21
G. Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation :
Poll Tax
Real Estate & Personal Tax
485,762.25
4,836.00 468.2444.73
473,080.73
Grand Total to be Raised
$ 774,224.64
$ 824,798.94
Assessed Valuation :
Real Estate Personal Property
8.865,445.00 757,800.00
9,187,290.00 670,415.00
$9,623,245.00
$9,857,705.00
Tax Rate
$50.00 per thousand
$47.50 per thousand
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4,600.00 481,162.25
170.55
7.000.00
T. B. Hospital
STATEMENT OF 1952 ASSESSMENTS
1952 Tax Rate
$47.50 per $1.000
Persons Assessed :
465
Personal Estate Real Estate
1726
Personal & Real Estate
136
Total
2327
Polls Assessed (Poll Tax)
2418
Value of Assessed Personal Estate:
Stock in Trade
177.060 00
Machinery
113.520 00
Live Stock
54,680 00
All Other Tangible Personal Property.
325,155 00
Total
$ 670,415.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land exclusive of buildings
1,853,890.00
Buildings exclusive of land
7.333,400.00
Total: Value of Assessed Real Estate
9,187,290.00
Total: Valuation of Assessed Estate
$9,857.705.00
Total: Taxes Assessed for State. County, and Town Purposes. including overlay
$ 463.076.99
Number of Livestock Assessed :
Horses (1 yr. old or over)
61
Cows (Milch)
100
Bulls
10
Yearling Steers
48
Swine
19
Sheep
179
Fowl
4,239
All Other
520
Number of Acres of Land Assessed.
17,730
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed.
2.243
STATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS December 31, 1952
Date of Issue
Date of Maturity
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1952
Dec. 1, 1935
Rate 2%
New High School 1953-1955
$ 18.000.00
Dec. 1, 1948
134%
Masconomet Road Water Mains. 3.000 00
1953-1955
April 15, 1938
216%
Water Extension
1.000.00
1953
June 1, 1948
1 1/4%
Water Mains Extensions
2,000.00
1953
Oct. 1, 1949
114%-11%%
Laying & Extending Water Mains
to Present System 1953-1959
7,000 00
April 15, 1946
1 1/4 %
Extending Water Mains 1953-1961
14,400.00
Dec. 1, 1951
1.40%
Electric Light Generator 1953-1961
63.000.00
Total Bonded Debt
$108.400.00
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Balance Jan. 1, 1952 $76,099.83
Requests $1,250.00
Income 1952 $2,146.52
Expenditures 1952 $2,017.21
Balance Dec. 31, 1952 $77,479.14
Cemeteries
Appleton Memorial Foundation
1,025.00
25.53
1,050.53
Eunice Caldwell Cowles
10,166.95
253.44
275.00
10,145.39
Mrs. William G. Brown
2,392.99
72.30
47.75
2,417.54
Dow Boulder
160.89
4.85
165.74
Marianna T. Jones
919.97
27.79
947.76
John C. Kimball
512.58
15.48
528.06
Mark Newman
5,298.94
160.14
5,459.08
Martha I. Savory
318.78
9.57
328.35
Richard T. Crane, Jr.
32,324.24
1,329.84
2,426.95
31,227.13
Stabilization
345.81
10.43
356.24
Post War Rehabilitation
1,513.66
45.74
1,559.40
Statements in detail of the above Trust Funds are available to you at the Town Treasurer's Office.
EDWARD J. MARCORELLE GEORGE C. PARSONS CHARLES E. GOODHUE, JR. GLADYS M. POOLE, Treasurer Trust Fund Commissioners
TRUST FUNDS IN CUSTODY OF TRUSTEES
Manning School Fund
$7,601.15
Income
1,174.67
Expenditures
6.00
December 31, 1952 - Balance
8,769.82
M. Charles Arthur,
Treasurer
R. H. Manning Fund
January 1, 1952 - Balance
13,596.66
Income
468.66
December 31, 1952 - Balance
14,065.32
M. Charles Arthur,
Treasurer
Burley Education Fund
January 1, 1952 - Balance
7,830.80
Income
227.96
8,058.76
Expenditures
6.00
December 31, 1952 - Balance
8,052.76
Frederick S. Witham, Treasurer
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January 1, 1952 - Balance
8,775.82
IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Trust Funds - 1952
Lower of Cost or
Book Value
Market Value
Market Value
Income
Treadwell Fund
$17,131.02
$17,190.29
$15,567.80
$ 773.90
Heard Fund
8,593.29
9,229.87
8,369.52
374.38
Lathrop Fund
1,854.90
1,854.90
1,854.90
51.87
Spiller Fund
1,812.05
1,812.05
1,812.05
51.39
Newman Fund
2,432.79
2,432.79
2,432.79
65.27*
Building Fund
88.94
88.94
88,94
2.60
Total - 1952
$31,912.99
$32,608.84
$30,126.00
$1,319,41
Total -- 1951
31,834.52
31,302.54
29,842.89
1,310.60
Increase or (Decrease)
78.47
1,306.30
283.11
8.81
Newman Fund income not available for operating expense usage.
FEOFFEES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Balance Dec. 30, 1951
$ 957.62
Income 1952
23,192.45
Expenditures
22,160.98
Balance Dec. 31, 1952
1,989.09
Property Held in Trust By the Feoffees December 31, 1952
Little Neck Valued at
Store Building
Cash on hand or in First National Bank
2,273.06
Interest earned on same 1952
68.71
2,341.77
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank Farm account
5,110.99
Interest earned 1952
154.56
5,265.55
Cost
Present Value
5 U. S. Series F Bonds
$ 3,700.00
4,240.00
50 Shares First Nat. Bank of Boston
2,677.26
2,600.00
100 Shares Nat. Shawmut Bank Boston
2,748.63
3,350.00
Ipswich Co-operative Bank paid up certificates
2,000.00
2,000.00
12,190.00
11,125.89
12,190.00
$48,286.41
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$16,500.00 10,000.00 1,989.09
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
24,150.07
DETAILED STATEMENT OF TAXES For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1952
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1952
Commitments
Refunds
Collections
Abatements
Tax Title
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1952
Taxes:
Poll 1952
$
$ 4,856.00
$ 12.00
$ 4,014.00
$ 848.00
$ 6.00
Personal 1952
31,845,94
30.87
26.964.17
771.66
4,140.98
Real Estate 1952
436,994.92
573.02
398.197.86
8.547.40
302.84
30,519.84
Poll 1951
78.00
16 00
62.00
Personal 1951
5 585.50
12.75
5.379.75
218.50
Real Estate 1951
37,929.68
12.50
28,635.44
955.00
12.50
8,339.24
Personal 1950
305.51
114.01
191.50
Real Estate 1950
5.935 80
5 739.45
185.85
10.50
Personal 1949
143.66
143.66
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49,978.15
473,696.86
641.14
469,060.68
11,923.57
325.84
43.006.06
Motor Vehicle & Trailer
Excise :
45,313.62)
1952
Dec. 4,329.79)
877.52
43.268.41
2,176 65
5,075.87
1951
4,055.21
1 900.53
135.97
5,577.42
514.29
1950
63.30
3.31
59.99
$54,096.66
$525,240.80
$1,654.63
$517,909.82
$14,674.50
$325.84
$48,081.93
Moth:
1952
164.25
112.75
51.50
1951
15.00
18.50
19.50
14.00
1950
24.00
18.00
6.00
Water Liens Added to
Taxes 1952
694.17
405.97
288.20
1950
232.12
232.12
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT Revenues and Expenditures December 31, 1952
Revenues :
Domestic Sales
144,375.98
Commercial Sales
97,185.94
Sales to other utilities
27,585.30
Engine Fuel 95,593.92
Lubricants 6,507.46
Station Supplies & Exp. 946.96
Maint .- Engines
15,322.50
Maint .- Auxiliaries
346.52
Maint .- Generating 366.30
Maint .- Accessories
8,454.53
Distribution:
Inspect and Test Meters 3,826.86
Remove and Reset Meters 3.20
Maint. of Lines
31,856.19
Oper. Street Lamps
1,789.22
Administration :
Sal. of Gen. Office
3,652.03
Other office salaries
7,364.80
Office supplies & expenses
2,815.13
Insurance
3,623.26
Pensions
644.76
Accidents & Damages
338.80
Transportation Expense
1,914.76
Maint. Gen. Structures
1,062.81
Operating Expenses
223,740.28
Depreciation
25,213.58
Total Expenses
248,953.86
Profit-1952
20,422.06
Net Revenue
269,375.92
Total Expense & Profit
269,375.92
Balance Sheet December 31, 1952
Assets :
Land
841.20
Bonds Payable
63,000.00
Structures
78,591.53
Consumer deposits
7,171.38
Fuel system
4,165.75
Accrued Interest
73.50
Internal combustion engines
426,749.44
70,244.88
Electric Plant
26,003.06
Transformer Station equipment
47,406.71
Loans repayment
237,000.00
Poles, fixtures and over-
App. for Const. 1,511.06
head conductors
138,931.66
Profit and Loss-Balance
Underground conductors
10,903.59
January 1, 1952
348,236.14
Consumer meters
47,043.59
Profit and Loss-1952
20,422.06
Consumer meter installa- tion
1,291.48
607,169.26
Line Transformers
75,976.45
Less-Transfer to Town
15,000.00
Transformer Installation
1,091.64
Street Lighting Equip.
14,441.70
Transportation equipment
10,796.94
Less Reserve for Depreciation
329,371.24
554,863.50
Current Assets :
Cash in Town Treasury
43,913.53
Cash in Special Deposit
7,171.38
Accounts receivable
31,970.24
Inventory
24,495.49
107,550.64
Total Assets
662,414.14
Total Liabilities & Surplus
662,414.14
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Municipal Sales
6,992.75
Misc. Revenue
9,752.03
Gross Revenue
285,982.00
Deduct :
Interest on Bonds
980.00
Discounts Allowed
15,536.08
16,516.08
Operating Expenses: Generating:
Engine Labor 37,310.27
592,169.26
Liabilities :
Surplus :
WATER DEPT. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Receipts and Expenditures Statement
December 31, 1952
Receipts :
Expenditures : Construction of Mains 3,418.16
Rates
43,607.03
Construction of Services 8,778.03
Refunds
788.75
General Equipment
1,828.56
Bonds Payable
6,600.00
45,033.87
Interest
392.50
Maint. of Services
17,044.65
Building and Grounds
226.84
Water Pumping
4,044.98
Maint. of Mains
1,920.78
Adm. and Trans.
9,396.32
53,650.82
Balance Construction
December 31, 1952
22,515.29
Balance Receipts over Operation Expenses
5,361.15
81,527.26
Total
81,527.26
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1952
Assets:
Plant Investment:
Engineering
7,314.71
Land
8,219.12
Pumping Station
15,075.24
Pumps and Machinery
6,607.02
Storage Basin
27,693.59
Distribution Reservoir
17,827.56
Bull Brook Reservoir
50,476.43
New Well System
23,815.12
Water Softener
1,393.55
Chlorinator and Calgon Applicator
1,657.31
Pipe Lines
267,172.01
Service Pipes
106,978.69
Operations Surplus 58,599.26
Store House
178.70
Department Building
2,367.97
Transportation Equipment and Air Compressor
7,775.13
Miscellaneous Equipment
4,662.76
549,214.91
Less Reserve for Depreciation
262,980.97
Total Plant Investment
286,233.94
Current Assets :
Cash-Operating
5,361.15
Construction
22,515.31
Accounts Receivable
15,577.83
Inventory
13,838.00
Total Current Assets
57,292.2)
Total Assets
343,526.2 3
Liabilities:
Appropriation from Tax Levy for Note Payments and Construction 24,083.03
Appropriation from Light Department for Con-
struction 39,338.91
Notes Payable
24,400.00
Total Liabilities
87,821.94
Surplus :
Ipswich Water Department Property Account 197,105.03
Total Surplus
255,704.29
Total Liabilities and Surplus 343,526.23
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Water Liens
638.09
Balance Construction Account
January 1, 1952
36,493.39
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT
1952
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Terni Expires
EDWARD T. FOLEY 1954
RICHARD R. MANSFIELD 1954
C. LOUISE RICHARDSON 1954
JOHN V. HUBBARD, JR. 1953
WILLIAM J. WALLACE 1953
EDWARD S. SULLIVAN 1952
SEWARD S. TYLER 1952
C. LOUISE RICHARDSON, Chairman
Meetings of the Committee:
Regular meetings of the School Com- mittee are held on the first Thursday of each month at the Office of the Super- intendent - Ipswich High School, at 7:30 p.m.
ROBERT F. SAVITT
Superintendent and Purchasing Agent ADELAIDE HODGKINS Secretary OFFICE Ipswich High School OFFICE OPEN-School Days from 8:30 to 4:30 and by appointment FRANK L. COLLINS, M.D.
School Physician ELEONORE RICHARDSON, R.N. School Nurse
Changes In Teaching Personnel
The following persons terminated their employment since the last annual report was submitted:
Frank J. O'Malley, Jr., teacher of grade 6 at the Burley School, left the school system temporarily on May 1, 1952, to answer a recall to military service.
Ethel A. Rogers, teacher of grade 1 at the Winthrop School resigned in June, 1952.
Elected to the teaching staff were the following:
Mary E. Boylan, B. S. in Ed., Salem Teachers' College, was elected and as- signed in September to grade 1 at the Burley School.
Ann P. Crowley, B. A. in Lit. Science & Arts, University of Michigan and Ed. M, Tufts College, was elected to teach English in the Ipswich High School.
Dorothy A. Hammersley, a graduate of Salem State Normal School, was elected and assigned in September to grade 1 at the Shatswell School.
Philip J. O'Donnell, B. S. in Social Science, Boston College, was elected a military substitute teacher and assigned to grade 6 at the Burley School.
Mary F. Packard, M. A. Radcliffe Col- lege and Ed. M., Harvard School of Edu- cation, was elected in September super- visor of remedial reading.
Philip M. Saba, B. S. in Social Science, Fordham University, was elected and as- signed to grade 8 in the Ipswich High School.
Barbara J. Waitt, B. S. in Ed., Salem State Teachers' College, who taught grade 2 for one year in Gloucester, was clected and assigned to grade 1 at the Winthrop School.
Other Personnel Changes
Harry S. Merson, Superintendent of Schools, resigned in June, 1952, to be- come Superintendent of Schools in Fal- mouth, Massachusetts.
Robert F. Savitt, undergraduate Syra- cuse University, B. S. in Ed. Fitchburg Teachers' College; M. S. University of Massachusetts; teacher, supervisor and principal in Amherst, Massachusetts; Superintendent of Schools, Hadley, Massachusetts; was elected as Superin- tendent of Schools in August, 1952.
James W. Leet was elected a custodian at the High School in March, 1952.
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STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Ipswich:
The continual striving for better edu- cation for your younger generation has been the theme of the School Committee meetings for the year 1952. We honestly believe much progress has been made.
Changes have taken place in the school system-not the least being the loss of Harry S. Merson, Superintendent in Ipswich for 13 years. He left as of August 1 to accept an even greater chal- lenge in Falmouth, and long shall we re- member his lasting and far-reaching in- fluence for the betterment of our schools. We take this opportunity to thank Mr. Merson for his devotion to Ipswich.
After many weeks of intensive study, interviewing and consultation with both Harvard and Boston University Graduate School representatives, we were fortunate to acquire the services of Robert F. Savitt, Superintendent of Schools of Hadley, as the educational leader of Ips- wich. Mr. Savitt took over the reins on a full time basis September 25, 1952, but had been available to us since September 1 as Hadley kindly consented to a split week. This arrangement eased the inevi- table problems concerned with the open- ing of school.
Mr. Savitt was unanimously chosen by the committee as a man with the neces- sary ability to handle the many complex problems-both educational and physical in our system. He has made some changes and will make more with the School Committee being well-informed on all major problems. Your committee has the highest praise for the seemingly tireless efforts of Mr. Savitt. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience on school building problems and has been invalu- able to both the School Building Needs Committee and the Regional Committee. He is a strong believer in keeping the public well-informed on school matters, and joins the School Committee in re- issuing an invitation to the parents and other interested citizens to attend our meetings which are held regularly on the first Thursday of each month.
Your committee has continued its part in the study of school building needs and has had a representative on the Regional School Committee. Three members also serve on the Athletic Committee of the High School with Principal Ralph C. Whipple and G. Otis Mudge. A com- plete report of activities of these com- mittees will be found elsewhere in the School Report. We urge you to study each report carefully for only if the general public is well-informed can we hope for the ultimate in education for our children.
The physical aspects of the present school plant have been carefully con- sidered. Firsthand knowledge of inade- quacies were noted and money for im- provements has been included in our 1953 budget. Provision is being made to supply adequate lunch room facilities in the Burley School and also to furnish hot water in that school.
The drainage problems in both the Burley and Shatswell Schools are acute not only in erosion of our play areas, but also in the deterioration of the founda- tion of the buildings and the loss of a basement room in the Shatswell because of water seepage.
The High School field should have considerable attention if we are to con- tinue the now well-established athletic program.
The overcrowding of classrooms the first week of September, despite a care- ful check which was inaccurate only be- cause of new registrants in our system, necessitated the redistricting of a number of students plus the creation of a fifth first grade in the Shatswell School. This leaves the Shatswell without a room avail- able for music or other assembly activi- ties.
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