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43 00
J. Currier
13 50
W. Weeks
13 50
Howard Hood
18 25
P. O. Richardson
11 50
Roy Lord
5 50
F. E. Weeks
4 75
E. R. Gould
3 75
Otis Renald
2 75
Herbert Roode
2 00
$4,290 88
(39)
40
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Church Yard Work
Clyde L. Hood
$ 2 40
Oscar Sheldon, team
17 00
Otis Evans
6 25
Charles Wilkins
2 00
$27 65
Sidewalks
Clyde Hood
$ 66 00
Clyde Hood, team
103 00
W. Wendell, truck
2 34
Walter Clayton
37 25
W. Gould
19 25
Bert Daniels
17 00
Harry Richardson
12 75
$257 69
Tree Warden Payroll
B. McGlauflin
$248 64
B. McGlauflin, team
24 50
C. Osgood
170 00
Grant Morrison
35 00
Bert Daniels
11 00
Harry Richardson
8 00
$497 14
41
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Forest and House Fires
Leon Soper and auto
$77 75
Oscar Sheldon and auto truck
10 00
Albert Sheldon and truck
14 50
Fred Creed and truck
39 00
Middleton Motor Co.
13 00
C. Osgood and car
25 00
Roy Osborn, truck and sprayer
30 00
W. Colton and car
6 00
Elmer Campbell and car
14 00
M. Evans and car
5 00
Clyde Hood and car
6 25
W. Russell and car
8 25
R. Berry and car
3 00
Roger Esty and car
3 00
B. Graham and car
3 00
C. Richardson and car
32 25
W. Wendell and car
6 00
G. Groce
25 00
C. Groce
21 00
R. Wendell
25 00
O. Pickard and team
23 00
J. Pickard
18 00
W. Roberts
19 00
G. Morrison
16 50
H. Tyler
13 50
G. Evans
12 75
B. Evans
13 00
Charles Wilkins
13 00
P. Goodale
11 00
A. Snow
10 50
Otis Wilkins
7 00
F. Snow
9 50
42
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
W. Wilkins
9 50
E. G. Rowell
8 00
C. Bracon
9 00
J. R. Russell
9 50
J. O. Richardson
6 75
M. Young
5 00
M. Betts
6 50
G. Sheldon
5 25
George McIntyre
5 00
R. Peabody
4 50
E. P. Oakman
4 50
J. G. Cronin
4 50
J. Lewis
4 00
A. Hibbard
4 00
H. Richardson
4 00
P. Goodwin
3 50
I. Wendall
3 50
E. Wilkins
2 75
A. Partons
2 50
J. Ryer
2 50
E. Wilkins
2 75
P. Young
2 50
R. Floyd
2 50
R. Barbrick
2 00
H. Currier
2 00
A. Marshall
2 00
J. Marshall
2 00
F. Currier
2 00
W. Milberry
2 00
H. Croxford
2 20
R. Sanborn
2 00
Charles Hutchinson
2 00
Albert Lord
2 00
43
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
J. Cronin
1 50
R. Weeks
1 50
C. Wendall 1 50
Burt McGlauflin
1 50
Leon Crossman
1 50
H. Nelson
1 00
H. Milberry
1 00
M. DeSomonia
1 00
J. W. Osborne
1 00
P. Russell
1 00
F. Fossa
1 00
O. Evans
1 00
C. Abbie
1 00
W. McGlauflin
1 00
Harley Tyler
1 00
A. Beauregard
1 00
L. Wright
1 00
M. Wright
1 00
C. Robinson
1 00
E. Brown
50
A. Fuller
50
G. Currier
50
R. Currier
50
G. Cappas
50
G. Fictas
50
B. Daniels
50
B. Dexter
50
E. Fossa
50
P. Jankoski
50
H. Hood
50
J. Brown
50
A. Hallord
50
D. Murphy
50
44
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
P. Murphy
50
R. Green
50
W. Meade
50
M. Wildes
50
E. Leary
50
J. Pappas
50
T. Rowell
50
$697 25
Highway Bridges
Clyde Hood
$29 10
Clyde Hood, team
17 50
Bert Daniels
21 50
W. Clayton
13 75
Howard Hood
8 00
W. Gould
1 25
$91 10
Police
E. Hillman
$247 70
E. Hillman and car
157 50
Oscar Sheldon
165 25
Oscar Sheldon, car
3 00
Will A. Russell
84 50
Will A. Russell, car
42 50
Everett Bryer
49 50
45
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Albert Sheldon and car
37 00
Fred Creed and car
7 50
George Barnaby
6 00
W. Milberry
6 00
Ben Evans
5 00
Arthur Page and car
4 00
M. Butts
2 25
E. Duclow
2 25
Leon Crossman
1 75
E. P. Oakman
1 25
C. Osgood, car
1 00
Will Turnbull
50
$824 50
Cemetery
Arthur M. Peabody
$247 53
George Barnaby
126 50
Albert Gerry
116 75
Roland Peabody
90 75
J. Allen Atwood and team
23 14
J. Tedford
15 75
B. McGlauflin and team
4 32
Roger Peabody
4 00
Celesta Peabody
2 25
L. Anderson
2 00
W. Butts
2 00
E. Foss
2 00
J. Currier
2 00
P. Russell
2 00
Leon Soper
2 00
C. Osgood
1 50
$644 49
46
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Moth Payroll
Burt McGlauflin
$214 89
Burt McGlauflin, team
69 50
W. W. Wilkins
114 88
W. W. Wilkins, team
3 00
C. Osgood
96 50
Roger Peabody
50 50
Frank Curtis
24 00
Oscar Sheldon and team
48 00
Harry Richardson
16 00
William Roberts
8 00
Walter Clayton
6 00
Bert Daniels
4 00
$655 27
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Various Committees
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR
Year Ending December 31, 1925
PART II
51
CEMETERY ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment Account-1925
NAME
No. of Lot
Fund
Balance 1924
Interest Received
Amount Withdrawn
Balance
Atwood, L. Frank
360
$100 00
$133 04
$6 39
$6 00
$133 43
Averill, Edward P.
52
100 00
101 92
4 87
5 00
101 79
Averill, Joseph
346
100 00
103 50
4 97
5 00
103 47
Barnaby, Caroline V.
646
100 00
103 96
4 97
5 00
103 93
Batchelder, Harold T.
528
75 00
77 46
3 71
5 00
76 17
Berry, Allen
112
122 90
126 84
6 05
7 00
125 89
Berry, William
178
100 00
1 88
101 88
Bryer, Allen D.
526
100 00
108 28
5 18
6 00
107 46
Conlon, Mary A.
100 00
102 64
4 90
4 00
103 54
Curry, Mary A.
342
100 00
100 69
4 80
4 00
101 49
Curtis, Phoebe .
50 00
51 01
2 45
2 00
51 46
Demsey, J. W.
156
100 00
Dennett, Ruth H.
24
75 00
75 64
3 61
3 00
76 25
Emerson Benjamin F.
214
150 00
6 56
4 00
152 56
Emerson, Eunice
166
100 00
101 98
4 87
4 00
102 85
Estey, Annie E.
572
100 00
110 45
5 29
10 00
105 74
Esty, Allena A.
258
100 00
102 88
4 91
5 00
102 79
Esty and Hutchinson
48
100 00
103 71
4 97
5 00
103 68
Eaton, Irvin L.
168
75 00
75 70
3 61
3 00
76 31
Fowley, Alonzo
12
100 00
104 75
5 01
5 00
104 76
Frame, L. Maria
516
125 00
126 57
6 05
7 00
125 62
Fuller, Jeremiah
70
125 00
75 16
4 01
3 50
125 67
Fuller, Lida A.
686
100 00
100 00
5 22
3 50
101 72
Fuller, Sophronia .
236
200 00
269 84
12 94
15 00
267 78
Fuller, Timothy & Lydia
268
100 00
102 53
4 90
4 00
103 43
Flint, George B.
152
66 30
66 67
3 18
3 00
66 85
Goswiler, Carl B.
716
150 00
153 21
7 34
5 00
155 55
Gifford, William
180
100 00
104 61
5 01
5 00
104 62
Gould, Porter I.
414
100 00
102 51
4 91
5 00
102 42
Goodwin, Ira E., Heirs of
380
100 00
106 58
5 10
6 00
105 68
Graves, D. A.
234
100 00
103 05
4 94
6 00
101 99
Graves, Kendall E.
586
100 00
1 88
101 88
Haskell Ella C.
390
200 00
208 62
10 01
8 00
210 63
Hall, E. P.
106
100 00
102 16
4 90
5 00
102 06
Harlow, Levi F.
684
100 00
100 98
4 83
4 50
101 31
Higgins, Lewis S.
264
100 00
102 52
4 90
4 00
103 42
Hobbs, Kathryn 1/2
588
50 00
52 50
2 50
1 00
54 00
Hutchinson, Carolina A.
253
100 00
103 11
4 94
5 00
103 05
Hutchinson, Elisha P.
740
100 00
102 37
4 89
5 00
102 26
Day, Mrs. Geo. E.
588
50 00
50 40
2 41
1 00
51 81
52
CEMETERY ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment Account-Continued
NAME
No. of Lot
Fund
Balance 1924
Interest Amount Received Withdrawn
Balance
Hutchinson and Russell
518
$100 00
$101 37
$4 85
$5 00
$101 22
Jones, John E.
372
100 00
102 94
4 93
4 00
103 87
Jones, Samuel
290
100 00
101 70
4 85
4 00
102 55
McIntire, Abram S.
132
75 00
75 49
3 61
3 00
76 10
McIntire, Annie M. .
338
100 00
122 31
5 86
3 00
120 17
Peabody & Hutchinson 182-84
150 00
169 16
8 12
10 00
167 28
Peabody, Andrew
56
100 00
1 13
101 13
Peabody, A. W.
90
200 00
211 27
10 15
10 00
211 42
Peabody, Dean
344
100 00
100 69
4 80
5 00
100 49
Peabody, Laura E.
534
100 00
103 16
4 95
4 00
104 11
Peabody, S. Maria
584
100 00
103 61
4 97
5 00
103 58
Peabody, Samuel M.
204
100 00
113 06
5 42
6 00
112 48
Peabody, William M.
100 00
101 80
4 87
5 00
101 67
Phelps, William M.
148
100 00
104 95
5 01
6 00
103 96
Richardson, Rev. D. W.
410
100 00
100 90
4 83
4 00
101 73
Richardson, Daniel
100 00
100 90
4 83
4 00
101 73
Richardson, Lucy G.
80
100 00
107 45
5 16
10 00
102 61
Russell, P. B.
430
200 00
223 46
10 73
15 00
219 19
Smith, E. D. & M. J.
436
100 00
101 32
4 85
5 00
101 17
Smith, Sarah F.
102
150 00
159 83
7 46
12 00
155 29
Sargent, James A.
750
100 00
100 00
5 65
3 00
102 65
Soper, Polly A.
298
100 00
102 86
4 91
5 00
102 77
Stiles, David .
150 00
161 71
7 74
10 00
159 45
Stiles, Farnham
10
100 00
103 31
4 94
6 00
102 25
Taylor, Benjamin H.
334
100 00
100 88
4 83
4 50
101 21
Thomas, H. Amelia
64
75 00
76 42
3 66
3 00
77 08
Wellman, John R.
40
200 00
201 43
9 67
10 00
201 10
Weston, Samuel W. .
36
200 00
242 01
1 63
15 00
238 64
White, Henry F. .
208
80 00
80 45
3 85
3 00
81 30
Wilkins, Henry A.
254
100 00
104 85
5 01
5 00
104 86
Wilkins, Edward W.
172
150 00
152 17
7 30
5 00
154 47
Wilkins, Susan A.
596
100 00
101 40
4 59
4 50
101 49
Wilkins, Samuel H. .
230
100 00
101 91
4 87
4 00
102 78
Young, John
278
100 00
101 84
4 87
4 00
102 71
Pike, Sarah J.
412
125 00
130 51
6 24
10 00
126 75
Richardson, Benj. F.
164
100 00
100 90
4 83
4 00
101 73
$405 50 $8,580 19
53
SEALERS' ACCOUNT
Endowed Lots Accounts
Interest from Danvers Savings Bank $277 50
Interest from Salem Five Cents Sav. Bank 123 50
Interest from Salem Savings Bank 4 50
$405 50
EXPENDITURES
Arthur M. Peabody for care of lots $405 50
H. H. BRADSTREET,
Treasurer.
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures Year Ending November 30, 1925
Scales
Adjusted
Sealed
Condemned
Platform, over 5,000 pounds
1
2
Platform, under 5,000 pounds
2
11
2
Counter, over 100 pounds
1
3
Counter, under 100 pounds
2
12
Beam, over 100 pounds
1
Spring, over 100 pounds
2
1
Spring, under 100 pounds
9
14
Computing, under 100 pounds
4
4
-
Weights: Avoirdupois
12
112
Measures:
Liquid
57
2
Linear
1
-
Automatic Liquid Measuring Devices:
Gasoline Pumps
13
22
Kerosene Pumps
2
3
Oil Pumps
2
5
Measures (Stops, etc. )
115
-
-
-
54
CUMMINGS' FUND ACCOUNT
Leather Measuring Devices:
Power Machines 2
2
Totals 50 366 5
Sealing fees collected $33.29
INSPECTIONS
Stores 5; Peddler's License 2; Marking Bread 8; Mark- ing of Food Packages 3 ; Ice Scales 1; Paper or Fibre Cartons 8.
REWEIGHING AND RETESTING
Bread 4; Butter 4; Coal in Paper Bags 11; Dry Commod- ities 8 ; Flour 2; Gasoline Pumps 6.
Court cases 1, finding guilty.
Respectfully submitted, E. O. CAMPBELL, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
David Cummings Fund, Dec. 31, 1925
Balance Salem Five Cents Savings Bank,
January 1, 1925
$3,678 97
Balance Salem Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1925 3,931 35
Received United Shoe Mach. Co., divdends 115 50
Received Interest Salem Five Cents Sav. Bk. 174 91
Received Interest Salem Savings Bank 178 88
$8,079 61
Less Trustees' orders paid 150 50
Balance on hand, January 1, 1926 $7,929 11
Permanent fund $7,500 00
Balance income available 429 11
$7,929 11
Also 33 shares United Shoe Machinery Co. common stock value, January 2, 1926, 484
H. H. BRADSTREET,
Treasurer.
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EMERSON FUND ACCOUNT
B. F. Emerson Fund
Principal in fund
$10,077 89
Invested as follows :
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence
$1,332 22
Salem Savings Bank, Salem 1,039 19
Andover Savings Bank, Andover 1,201 67
Danvers Savings Bank, Danvers 988 25
Western Tel. & Tel. 5%, 1932 1,002 50
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. 4%, 1934 1,031 25
33 shares Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe
Ry. preferred 1,482 81
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe 4%, 1995
2,000 00
$10,077 89
Income February 1, 1925 to February 1926
RECEIPTS
Broadway Savings Bank $66 60
Salem Savings Bank 46 76
Andover Savings Bank
60 04
Danvers Savings Bank
46 93
Western Tel. & Tel. Co. bonds 50 00
New York Central & Hudson River R.R. bonds 40 00
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe bonds 80 00
stock 165 00
$555 33
EXPENDITURES
Maurice E. Tyler, Treasurer $527 56
Naumkeag Trust Company, commission 27 77
$555 33
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LIST OF JURORS
List of Jurors
The following is a list of jurors prepared by the Select- men in accordance with Chapter 348, Acts of 1907.
Adams, Willis H., Machinist
Maple Street
Anderson, Lewis, Machinist
Atwood, J. A., Undertaker
South Main Street Maple Street
Currier, Raymond, Farmer
South Main Street
Barnaby, George E., Shoe Worker
Giles, Wayne A., Druggist
Godbout, Onisine, Farmer
Park Avenue Essex Street
Hutchinson, Charles W., Shoe Cutter
North Main Street
McCredie, James G., Nurse
Pleasant Street
Parsons, Edward B., Retired
Boston Street
Turnbull, William G., Machinist
Boston Street
Tyler, Harley M., Farmer
North Main Street Essex Street
Wigley, Charles M., Farmer
Wilkins, G. Payson, Farmer
East Street
Young, William H., Carpenter
Pleasant Street
Flint Public Library
Trustees' Report
M. E. Tyler in account with Flint Public Library. Charles L. Flint fund $5,000 00
Unexpended interest 72 51
$5,072 51
Deposited in banks as follows :
Danvers Savings Bank $ 954 18
Andover Savings Bank
308 38
Liberty Street South Main Street
Groce, George H., Clerk
57
PUBLIC LIBRARY
. Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence $1,025 00
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence
1,866 96
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 917 99
$5,072 51
Cash in hands of Treasurer as last report $ 73 72
Received from Town appropriation 300 00
66 "' Naumkeag Trust Company of B. F. Emerson fund 527 56
Received from Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence 50 00
Broadway Sav. Bank, Lawrence 93 30
Edith L. Fletcher, fines 31 71
$1,076 29
Amount of Bills Paid for Books :
DeWolfe & Fisk Company
$114 23
Gaylord Brothers
1 05
Hermond Goldberger
48 40
Desmond Publishing Co.
37 80
$201 48
Miscellaneous Bills Paid : Edith L. Fletcher, Librarian
$350 00
postage, express, etc.
63 47
Electric lighting
31 64
William R. Godfrey, janitor
60 00
A. B. Gillpatric, supplies
75
E. C. Bragdon, hardware
2 65
Frank Taylor, insurance
10 09
G. P. Pope, treasurer's bond
7 50
A. Norman, repairing lawn mower
1 50
Danvers water board
13 00
R. B. Draper, coal
130 60
Maurice E. Tyler, wood
13 08
George W. Newman, labor
75
F. J. Barnard, rebinding books
53 20
58
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Library Bureau 3 25
Charles W. Hutchinson, care of lawn 30 00
Ropes Brothers, fertilizer 5 10
A. A. Pembroke, flowers for Emerson lot 1 50
$728 08
Bills paid for books
201 48
$929 56
Cash on hand
146 73
$1,076 29
Respectfully submitted
GALEN B. HOWE
WILLIAM R. GODFREY
MAURICE E. TYLER
GEORGE E. BARNABY
CHARLES W. HUTCHINSON
HENRY A. YOUNG
Trustees.
Librarian's Report-Annual Statistics
Volumes in library, January 1, 1925
8,966
added by purchase 94
gifts 89
Total number of volumes added 183
discarded
3
Net gain in volumes 180
Volumes in library, January 1, 1926
9,146
Circulation of books for year ending January 1, 1926 7,148
Largest monthly circulation, (August) 711
Smallest monthly circulation, (October) 452
Average monthly circulation 595
59
PUBLIC LIBRARY
New borrowers registered
68
Number of worn volumes replaced
17
Patronage at reading table, for the year
1,281
Largest patronage at reading table, (March)
133
Smallest patronage at reading table, (July)
80
Average patronage at reading table, per month
106
Magazines loaned during the year
1,281
Amount collected on books kept overtime
$31.71
General Report
This past year the patrons of the library have had the opportunity of seeing views of England, by means of an exhibit of pictures, entitled "A flight over England." This set of pictures was loaned by the Woman's Education Association of Boston.
During the year, Miss Helen W. Averill, a former resi- dent of the town, has given the library a generous collection of books, including ten volumes of Robert Louis Stevenson's works, and also a complete set of the Waverly novels by Sir Walter Scott.
The library has been opened Tuesday and Saturday even- ings, and Saturday afternoons through the year ; also Thursday evenings during July and August, except two holidays-May 30 and July 4.
This year the library has taken advantage of the "Inter Library Loan" from the Boston Library, and has secured for library patrons, certain books desired by them, which would not have sufficient call to warrant the purchase of such books by the local library. By means of this "Inter Library Loan" these books may be borrowed for two weeks from the Boston Library.
The library has again been glad to help the schools of our town, by loaning a collection of books, named on the State
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Reading List, so that the State Reading Certificate may be given to those pupils reading the required number of books, prescribed for each of the grades, above the third. It is hoped later on, if a sufficient number of pupils show the interest necessary, that one of the secretaries from the Division of Libraries of the State Board of Education, may be secured to come to our town, and we may have a public presentation of the Reading Certificates.
The usual good supply of weekly and monthly magazines is to be found on the reading table, as follows: American Magazine, American Boy, Atlantic, Century, Country Life, Harper's Monthly, Munsey's, National Sportsman, Woman's Home Companion, Popular Science Monthly, Outlook, Life, Youth's Companion, and Current History.
The library has received as gifts to the reading table the following magazines : Dearborn Independent, Our Dumb Ani- mals, Christian Science Sentinel, Christian Register, and the National Republic.
The librarian wishes to express thanks and appreciation to the members of the Board of Trustees, for their continued co-operation and willing support in the general management of the library.
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH L. FLETCHER, Librarian.
Tax Collector's Report
(1923)
Balance January 1, 1925
$220 97
Collected personal to January 1, 1926
$108 39
Abatements 112 58
$220 97
Interest
6 27
61
TOWN HALL REPORT
(1924)
Balance January 1, 1925
$14,914 54
Collected polls
$ 2 00
Abatements, polls
78 00
Collected real estate, personal, moth, to January, 1926
14,025 89
Abatements personal, real estate
745 54
Uncollected personal
63 11
$14,914 54
Interest
562 95
Report of tax sale 1924
43 50
(1925)
Taxes assessed in year 1925
$37,648 84
Real estate and personal, moth to January 1, 1926
$21,229 64
Polls collected 640 00
Polls uncollected
106 00
Uncollected personal, real estate and moth
January 1, 1926
15,673 20
$37,648 84
Interest
11 72
HENRY A. YOUNG, Tax Collector.
Town Hall Report for the Year Ending December 31, 1925
Received from Improved Order Red Men $82 40
Received from Middleton Grange, No. 327 56 80
Received from Piano 27 00
Received from Entertainment and Dances 140 10
$306 30
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TOWN VALUATION
Report of Vital Statistics for the Year Ending December 31, 1925
Marriages 13; births 18; local deaths 14; other deaths 130. Respectfully submitted, WAYNE A. GILES, Town Clerk.
Assessed Valuation of the Town of Middleton
Real estate and personal property, assessed $1,505,638 00
Tax raised on real estate and personal property
$37,490 07 746 00
Polls
$38,236 07
Tax rate 1925, $24.40 a thousand.
Total residents assessed property 386
Total non-residents assessed property
257
Persons assessed polls only
142
785
Persons assessed poll tax
373
Town Scales Report
381 weighings made at 10 cents net to the town $38 10
Cash on hand $38 10
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
School Committee
Superintendent of Schools AND
Yearly Statistics
OF THE
Grammar School
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1925
School Department
School Committee
Arthur E. Curtis, Chairman
Term expires 1928
Mrs. W. M. Berry
Term expires 1927
Albert W. Doolittle, Secretary
Term expires 1926
Stephen G. Bean, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Andrew Nichols, School Physician Mrs. M. E. Roundy, School Nurse
TEACHING STAFF
Miss C. Alice Manning, Principal, Grades 7-8
Miss Mira B. Noyes, Grades 5-6
Miss Fannie C. Hinckley, Grades 2-3
Miss Helen Connors, Grades 1-2
Miss Pearl Clarke, Special Instructor
Miss B. Gertrude Haywood, Sewing Supervisor
Mrs. Genie F. Kimball, Music Supervisor
Miss Helen Farley, Drawing Supervisor
Eli Richardson, Janitor
No School Signal-2 rounds on fire whistle at 7.45 A. M.
Report of School Committee
To the Voters of Middleton :
In submitting their annual report your School Committee wishes to state that it has tried to work faithfully for the best
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interests of your chldren. Much time and thought has been given to the carrying out of what would be a benefit, not only to the physical needs of the school property, but to the teach- ing problems as well. The Committee has been a unit in all this work, and we trust that what has been done will merit your approval.
Transportation. Since last September our children from the suburban districts (two-thirds of the whole school enroll- ment) have been transported in warm, comfortable up-to-date motor barges. In cold, stormy weather they are now sheltered. There is a source of much gratification to the committee and was made possible by the increased appropriation, granted at the last annual Town meeting. The barge routes have been extended this year to include South Middleton.
Accident Insurance. Last year the committee placed an accident insurance policy, covering both barges, so that in case of trouble, which we pray, may never occur, the town will be amply protected. Your increased appropriation last year also made this possible. In view of the many accidents, we trust the wisdom of this is apparent.
Repairs. Much repair work was done on the Grammar school this past summer. It was originally planned to replace two ceilings, but the other two were found to be in such bad shape, that they were done also. Their condition was such that it was extremely fortunate that a serious accident, causing severe injuries to the children, had not occurred. All the walls in the rooms were repaired where necessary, and also the ceiling and walls in the upper hall on the boys' side. The building is now in good shape in this regard. The old wood- en porches and steps were replaced by permanent concrete ones, and some necessary repairs made on the furnace. The electric lighting was also overhauled and additional lights installed.
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Painting. The interior of the school was entirely re- painted, including walls, ceilings, woodwork and blackboards. The dark walls were given a coating of light paint, which brightened the rooms greatly. The exterior of the school was repainted also.
Teaching Problems. Last fall the crowded condition of the first six grades especially the first and second, where there were 50 beginners, made it necessary to hire an additional teacher. The committee has been deeply concerned with the teaching problems of your school this past year, and earnestly recommend that this phase of the work, which is covered by the report of your Superintendent, Mr. Bean, be given close attention.
Your school has always had good teachers but if we are to continue on the high level we desire for our children, we must be ready and glad to spend money to get good teachers ; and also to meet competition of towns around us in this respect. The changing nationalties of the children in your school today is also presenting a serious problem. We need to pay especial attention to this. Americanization and good teaching go hand in hand. All schools are facing this serious question.
Health Work. We wish to call attention to the good work done by our school nurse, Mrs. Roundy. We are indebted to her, for her careful, painstaking effort, which means so much for our children's good health.
ADDITIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING
Because of the conditions that have prevailed this year, your committee has given serious thought to the advisability of an addition to the present building.
Last fall the first three rooms were so crowded that extra desks had to be secured, thus using these rooms to their full capacities. There were 50 children in the first and second
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grades, which was too many for one teacher to handle success- fully. When that number is reached, the State law says that extra help must be secured.
In the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades there has been an unusual combination of retarded pupils who needed special help. The additional teacher your committee employed has helped in both these situations and her work has been greatly needed, but has been handicapped by lack of a suitable class room. The manual training work is handicapped by lack of room (see the superintendent's report for 1924, ) being partly done at the Town Hall, and at a disadvantage in the class room.
In the past five years there has been an increase of twen- ty-seven pupils in the school. It is hard to tell just what the future growth in enrollment will be. A few more pupils next fall would make more room absolutely necessary. (The first week of February, since this report was started, saw four new pupils enrolled. )
Our suggestion is that on April 1st when the annual school census is due, that a special effort be made to find how many new pupils will be enrolled next fall. If it is found that we will need more room, there will then be time to call a special town meeting to consider the matter. Your committee in the mean- time can secure figures on the cost of the two-room addition needed, and if it seems advisable to go ahead, there would be time to complete the work by September 1st.
NEEDS FOR 1926
The committee finds it necessary to replace the sanitary arrangements in the basement of the school this year, which will cost approximately $450 and are including the amount in their budget. They also plan to repair the stairs on the boys' side of the school, and to have screens made for the windows in order to help overcome the fly nuisance in the summer and fall, which is most annoying and unsanitary.
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BUDGET FOR 1926
The committee has carefully gone over its financial needs for the coming year. All estimates have been carefully figured and we must ask for $18,400 as our appropriation for 1926. The increase over last year is made necessary mainly by the hiring of an additional teacher, increased cost for better ele- mentary transportation ; on increased high school costs; in- creased pupils in the grammar school with necessary increase of cost of supplies, etc., and the cost of replacing the sanitary system in the grammar school.
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