Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1929, Part 3

Author: Middleton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1930
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April 16, 1929 Salem Savings Bank 25 98


May 1, 1929 N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. Co., coupons 20 00


May 1, 1929 Broadway Savings Bank 33 30


June 19, 1929 Andover Savings Bank 30 02


July 1, 1929 Western Tel. & Tel Co., coupons 25 00 August 1, 1929 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. Co., preferred 82 50


October 1, 1929 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. Co., coupons 40 00


October 1, 1929 Danvers Savings Bank 24 70


October 16, 1929 Salem Savings Bank 25 98


November 1, 1929 N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. Co., coupons 20 00


November 6, 1929 Broadway Savings Bank 33 30


December 18, 1929 Andover Savings Bank 30 02


January 2, 1930 Western Tel. & Tel. Co., coupons 25 00


$563 00


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TRUST FUNDS ACCOUNTS


PAID


April 1, 1929 Flint Public Library $139 84


July 1, 1929 Flint Public Library 127 58


October 2, 1929 Flint Public Library 139 84


January 3, 1930 Flint Public Library 127 58


Naumkeag Trust Company, commisssion


28 16


$563 00


By NAUMKEAG TRUST COMPANY, Trustee.


Henry K. Mansfield Fund


Balance January 1, 1929


$ 129 65


Received from Old Colony Tr. Co., trustee 1,151 00


Interest


5 48


Miscellaneous receipts


5 00


$1,291 13


Payments :


Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets


$543 07


Band concerts


261 15


Picnic


324 77


On hand December 31, 1929


162 14


$1,291 13


EXPENDITURES


R. D. Hurlburt


$302 39


A. B. Gilpatrick & Co.


214 14


F. W. Woolworth, 5 and 10 cent store


6 80


Nesson Bros. 6 74


Kirby Footwear Co. 13 00


$543 07


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TRUST FUNDS ACCOUNTS


Band Concerts:


R. H. Richardson, band


$145 20


Sagamore Music Makers 35 00


Puritan Ice Cream 28 50


Augustus P. Gardner Post 227


25 00


G. W. Andrews, labor on stand


14 00


Almy, Bigelow & Washburn


6 41


L. N. Soper


3 50


R. D. Hurlburt


2 44


H. H. Bradstreet


1 10


$261 15


Picnics :


Hemeon Bros., buses


$150 00


Amusements at Canobie Lake 65 05


Eastern Mass. Street Railway Co. 28 86


Armour & Co., supplies


23 45


Harry B. Call, ice cream


19 80


Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co.


9 18


Morehouse Baking Co.


6 00


E. Zorbas Co., bananas


5 90


Naumkeag Paper Co.


4 63


The Mirror Press Co.


3 75


Eldridge, Baker Co.


2 40


A. & P. Tea Co.


2 00


Salem Evening News


2 00


Albert Sheldon


1 00


Danvers Herald


75


:


$324 77


H. K. Mansfield Fund


Balance January 1, 1929 $ 129 65


Received from Old Colony Trust Co.


1,151 00


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TRUST FUNDS ACCOUNTS


Interest on deposit


$5 48


Sundry


5 00


$1,291 13


Selectmen's orders paid


$1,128 99


Cash on hand and in bank


162 14


$1,291 13


H. H. BRADSTREET, Treasurer.


Old Colony Trust Company Report Henry K. Mansfield Fund


Report of Old Colony Trust Company as trustee, Septem- ber 1, 1928 through August 31, 1929.


Principal amount


$25,047 50


Income received in interest and dividends


1,557 76


Payments to Town of Middleton from November, 1927 to May, 1928 $1,151 00


Old Colony Trust Company, services 73 26


Cash transferred to amortize premium on bonds and stocks


17 75


Telephone


15


$1,242 16


Balance of income


315 60


Portfolio


Book Value Income


Cash on hand


$336 70


Ames, Oliver, 5% notes, June 15, 1932


$1,000 00


50 00


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,


preferred, 20 shares


1,996 50


100 00


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LIST OF JURORS


Boston & Albany R. R., 10 shares $1,727 50


$87 50


Boston Five Cents Sav. Bank, deposit 1,110 00


49 96


Consolidated Gas of N. Y., pref., 10 shares 1,015 45


46 25


Dallas Power & Light 5s, July 1, 1952


997 50 50 00


Duquesne Power & Light, 42s, Apr. 1, 1967 2,013 40


90 00


General Electric Co., special, 100 shares


1,117 40


60 00


Hudson & Manhattan Ry., 5s, Feb 1, 1957 2,041 00


100 00


Illinois Central R. R. and Chicago, St.


Louis and New Orleans, 5s, Dec. 1, 1963


1,018 00


50 00


Milwaukee Gas Light, 42s, Mar. 1, 1967


2,015 88


90 00


City of Montreal, 5s, June 1, 1954


2,026 70


100 00


Province of Ontario, 42s, Nov. 1, 1950


1,023 35


45 00


Province of Ontario, 42s, Sept. 1, 1944


1,019 95


45 00


Standard Oil of New York, 42s, Decem- ber 15, 1951


1,959 00


90 00


U. S. Steel, preferred, 15 shares


1,908 75


105 00


Western Electric Co., 5s, Apr. 1, 1944 Cash


1,017 65


50 00


39 47


Interest on daily balance


12 35


$25,047 50 $1,557 67


List of Jurors


The following is a list of jurors prepared by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with Chapter 384, Acts of 1907 :


Allen, Harry A., Salesman


South Main Street


Colton, Robert C., Innkeeper


South Main Street Maple Street


Currier, Charles O., Farmer


Mount Vernon Street


Giles, Wayne A., Druggist


South Main Street


Groce, George H., Clerk


Essex Street


Crossman, Leon H.


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PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCOUNT


Linquist, Lennart, Farmer


Matheson, James W., Painter


Peabody, Arthur H., Superintendent


Robinson, Walter M., Farmer


Boston Street Lake Street


North Main Street


Essex Street


Mount Vernon Street Central Square


List of Firemen


Oscar Sheldon, Chief


Elmer Campbell


Leon Soper


Richard Floyd


George Stahler


Arthur Fuller


Everett Wilkins


J. Roy Osborne


Morrill Young


Clarence Richardson


Paul Young


Flint Public Library


Trustees' Report M. E. Tyler in account with the Flint Public Library :


Charles L. Flint fund, principal


$5,000 00


Unexpended balance in bank 117 61


$5,117 61


Deposited in banks as follows:


Danvers Savings Bank


$1,062 52


Andover Savings Bank 369 87


Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence


1,000 00


Maple Street


Maple Street


South Main Street


Read, George E., Carpenter Tyler, Harley N., Farmer


Wigley, Charles M., Farmer


Young, Henry A., Janitor


Standley, Wallace, Chauffeur


Albert Sheldon


80


PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCOUNT


Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence 1,866 96


Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 818 26


$5,117 61


Cash in hands of Treasurer, last report $109 31


Received from Salem Five Cents Sav. Bank 50 00


Received from Naumkeag Trust Company 542 20


Received from Essex Savings Bank 50 00


Received from Broadway Savings Bank


93 30


Received from Danvers Savings Bank


100 00


Received from Edith L. Fletcher, fines and damage 35 26


Received from H. H. Bradstreet


43 25


F. W. Wendell, Town appropriation


155 00


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$1,178 32


Bills Paid for Books and Miscellaneous Bills :


Edith L. Fletcher, librarian $350 00


Edith L. Fletcher, postage, express, etc. 6 60


William R. Godfrey, services as janitor 101 50


William R. Godfrey, supplies


3 95


Electric lighting


31 52


Topsfield Historical Society


4 18


De Wolfe Fiske Co., books


177 98


Gaylord Brothers


5 60


Charles Hutchinson, lawn mower


1 50


A. A. Pembroke


2 50


Yawman & Erbe Co.


10 00


F. W. Wendell, fuel


169 00


C. R. Tapley, insurance 61 25


R. W. Ropes


5 90


G. P. Pope, insurance


7 50


Danvers Water Board


13 00


Frank Taylor, insurance


16 42


.


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PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCOUNT


Herbert E. June, work on clock


$ 2 00


J. B. Kidney & Co., repairs


100 00


C. W. Hutchinson, labor


30 00


M. E. Tyler, postage


1 54


$1,101 94


Cash on hand


76 38


$1,178 32


MAURICE E. TYLER, Treasurer.


Librarian's Report


Flint Public Library has been open to the public every Tuesday evening, also Saturday afternoon and evening, with the exception of two holidays, January 1, and October 12.


The number of books circulated during the past year was 8,664 or 19 less than during 1928. (Considering two holidays, our circulation was much greater, really, than in 1928.) For the year, there were 855 books of non-fiction borrowed.


Those who have cared to read at the table have found the following magazines (* shows gift) American, American Boy, Atlantic, Century, Country Life, Harpers, Munsey, National Sportsman, Review of Reviews, St. Nicholas, Scribner's Woman's Home Companion, Popular Science, World's Work, Youth's Companion, *National Republic, *Our Dumb Animals, American Legion, *Columbia, *Christian Science Journal, * Essex Farmer and Homemaker, Outlook, Life, *Christian Register, *Christian Science Sentinel, and *New England Poultryman.


In June the library was pleased to award book certficates to eight pupils of the Grammar School. Those pupils receiv- ing certificates were Richard Churchill, Victoria Jankoski, Rosamond Le Colst, Amy Morgan, Victor Morrison, Olive Philbrick, Rosalie Rosnosky and Josie Sheldon. Each certifi- cate was given for the reading of five books from the approved


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State Reading List, and writing a short review of each book. We hope that many more certificates will be awarded during the coming year.


We wish that more of the townspeople would read the "annual statistics" at the end of this report, and so become better acquainted with the general work of the library, and the ground it is trying to cover.


Again the librarian wishes to thank the trustees for their ever willing help and interest in the management of the library during the year now past.


Annual Statistics


Volumes in library, January 1, 1929


9,428


Volumes added by purchase 125


Volumes added by gift


33


Total number of volumes added


158


Volumes in library, January 1, 1930


9,586


Total circulation of books, year ending Jan. 1, 1930


8,664


Magazines loaned during the year


350


Circulation of non-friction during 1929


855


Largest monthly circulation, August


891


Smallest monthly circulation, December


608


Average monthly circulation


722


New borrowers registered


52


Number of books rebound


64


Number at reading table during year


1,711


Largest number at reading table, March


165


Smallest number at reading table, October


110


Average number at reading table


142


Collected on books kept overtime or damaged


$35.26


Respectfully submitted,


EDITH L. FLETCHER, Librarian.


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TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT


Tax Collector's Account


1927


Balance uncollected January 1, 1929


$171 31


Collected, personal and real estate


$135 75


Abatement, polls


2 00


Abatement, personal and real estate


33 56


Interest received and paid to Town Receipts of 1927, tax sales


18 00


1928


Balance uncollected January 1, 1929


$19,730 09


Collected, personal and real estate and moth


$19,440 69


Poll taxes


6 00


Abatement, personal and real estate


256 96


Balance uncollected December 31, 1929


26 44


$19,730 09


Interest received and paid to Town


861 40


Receipts of 1928, tax sales


141 00


1929


Tax levy


$40,430 38


Collected, personal and real estate and moth


$21,347 78


Poll tax 682 00


Abatement, personal, real and polls 70 45


Balance, poll tax uncollected Dec. 31, 1929 54 00


Balance, personal and real estate, Dec. 31, 1929 18,276 15


Tax levy


$40,430 38


37 31


Interest received and paid to Town


$171 31


7 95


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1929 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


Tax levy $3,491 78


Collected


$1,866 12


Abatements


103 91


Balance, December 31, 1929


1,521 75


$3,491 78


Interest received and paid to Town 1 20


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY A. YOUNG,


Tax Collector.


The foregoing accounts have been verified and found to be correct.


E. P. OAKMAN, Town Accountant.


Middleton Electric Light Department


In accordance with the general practice of making annual departmental reports, the Board of Electric Light Commis- sioners hereby submit the following report for the year end- ing December 31, 1929 for your approval.


We hope that our efforts in regard to maintenance, new construction and street lighting, as a whole have been satis- factory to our citizens, and we intend in 1930 to improve and further remedy the faults throughout our distribution system.


The factor of maintenance is of paramount importance. No electric lighting company can long continue to serve its customers, if its distribution system is not properly main- tained.


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Extensive repairs have been made to primary and second- ary lines during the year. New poles have been set and a number of miles of wire installed. Transformer capacity has been checked and additional transformers placed in service where conditions required. Primary lines have been extended in order to overcome the voltage drop and reduce line losses. Trees have been trimmed over the entire system, thereby eliminating the fault of heavy line leakage.


Maintenance is in charge of the manager by virtue of his office and a more detailed report on maintenance of this de- partment will follow this report and is made a part hereof.


Your Electric Light Commission, entered into a contract with the Eastern Massachusetts Electric Company for electric light and power service. This contract was made for a period of ten years with a provision for re-adjustment of rates at the termination of the fifth year period. When this contract be- comes effective it will be possible for the people of this town to enjoy a better and more adequate electric service and at a rate not higher than is being paid at the present time.


On August eight a contract was made with Mr. Creighton and Mr. Breed of Essex Street for electric service. In order to supply this service, a primary line was run a distance of fifty-eight poles from School Street to Creighton's permises. The total cost of the construction of this line, including the trimming of trees and one-half interest in fifty-eight poles was paid jointly by Mr. Creighton and Mr. Breed.


An agreement was made with the New England Telephone Company on October tenth. This agreement was for one-half interest in fifty-eight poles on Essex Street.


Primaries were run into Haswell Park from the South Main Street supply. Eight new customers were added by this installation.


House lighting lines were extended from Peabody Street along Mill Street, a distance of approximately five hundred


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feet. The total cost of this line was paid jointly by Mr. Cocazella and Mr. Fish of Lynn.


House lighting lines were extended from Peabody Street along East Street, a distance of about six hundred feet to Mrs. Hoctor's. The cost of this extension was borne by Mrs. Hoctor.


We had hoped to extend the house lighting lines this year up North Main Street, if conditions would warrant. As this report is being written, we are considering the advisability of building a line from Essex Street, through Debush Avenue to North Main Street to supply customers in that vicinity.


Plans have been made and specifications submitted for the building of the power line to South Middleton to supply the Boston Blacking Company. The building of this line is depen- dent on a favorable contract. Several contracts have been submitted to the Boston Blacking Company for approval, but at this writing no agreement has been reached.


A survey of the street lighting circuits shows that consid- erable maintenance work will be required this year. Several street lighting brackets should be repaired and numerous re- flectors replaced.


: Street lighting is a public service which merits consider- ably more attention on the part of townspeople than is gener- ally conceded to. it. It is one of the important factors in municipal development today.


Better and more adequate street lighting will advance civic pride, attract industry, and greatly increase the real estate values in our town.


Extensive use of household appliances is encouraged. It should be realized that a more universal use of electric current in homes will lower the cost of that current. It is quite ob- vious that the more business you give your Electric Light Department means lower rates and better service for the


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consumers and that naturally lower rates mean a wider use of electricity with its consequent advantages and benefits to the people of this town. It is a cycle which works out to the ad- vantage of all concerned.


In conclusion of this report, we wish to take this oppor- tunity to thank the various officials of our town for their co- operation as well as the hearty support of the townspeople during the past year, which we appreciate has contributed so largely to the success of this municipally owned activity operated wholly for the public good.


Respectfully submitted,


ARCHIBALD L. JONES OSCAR H. SHELDON OTTO CURRIER Board of Commissioners.


Manager's Report


In assuming the management of this Department, before determining on a policy to be pursued in maintaining and in- creasing the efficiency of the plant, it was necessary to give · considerable time to a study of its actual physical and financial condition.


Much of our equipment has been in use for a number of years, and was installed to meet conditions as they then exist- ed, but with the rapid advance of the design and use of elec- trical devices in the home, it is now entirely inadequate. How to meet these present day conditions has been given care- ful consideration.


A chart has been prepared showing the location of all transformers, the capacity of each and the number of custom- ers served by each. Several transformers were shown to have


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been greatly overloaded and others without sufficient load to operate efficiently. A noticeable case of this kind is a 1} KW transformer serving 17 customers and a 3 KW transformer serving 1 customer. In cases of this kind transformers have been relocated to give a better and more economical distribu- tion of current.


A new transformer has been installed at the corner of Washington Street to reduce the load on the transformers at the Square and in front of Town Hall. The transformer in front of the Church has been replaced by one double its size, giving much better service in that locality.


Long secondary leads with the attendant line losses are being eliminated as far as possible.


A check of all current sold against all current paid for shows line and distribution losses to be 24.8% or a money loss of $1,374.28. While service and distribution losses cannot be entirely avoided, they should not exceed 15%. To reduce this loss as much as possible, all trees along our lines have been trimmed and primary or secondary insulators installed where necessary. Poles and cross arms are being replaced where needed. Many of these have been in service for a long time and are badly decayed.


Seventy-eight metres have been changed and calibrated and as fast as meters are taken out they are tested and cali- brated before being again put in service. New services have been installed for forty-five customers and street services have been extended on Essex, East and Mill Streets and at Haswell Park. Other new extensions are planned for the near future.


Five street lights have been installed at South Middleton, two on South Main Street, and defective lighting fixtures re- placed on Maple, East and Forest Streets. A weekly inspec- tion of all street lights for replacing lights out has been provided ; light poles have been numbered and a chart prepared showing the location of all lights. A check sheet shows the


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number and location of lights replaced each week, locating at once any uusual breakage or defective fixtures.


Billing and collection of accounts has been systematized and bills of customers in arrears are being brought to their attention within a reasonable time. This not with a view of bringing undue pressure to bear, but only that a spirit of fair play does not permit those who pay promptly to carry the burden of those who do not.


A. B. HARRINGTON, Manager.


Highway Department Report


· To the Selectmen and Taxpayers of the Town of Middleton :


The following is a summary of the work of the Highway Department for the year 1929.


It is in the spring when the need of fresh gravel and proper drainage on our dirt roads is most forcibly brought to our attention. The back or dirt roads of the town are in very poor condition. 1. The only way to remedy such conditions is for the town to raise money to gravel such roads.


Gravel is one of the most important things for the high- way department to consider. Certainly some of our roads cannot be made smooth or free from mud until they are built up enough to secure drainage and to cover the worn out mate- rial, which on some roads, is mostly loam.


The department has endeavored to put as much gravel on our roads as was possible, consistent with the regular main- tenance work on all roads. The money allowed us in the regular highway appropriation is not enough to allow of much graveling, outside of patching here and there.


During 1929, 8,065 gallons of Tarvia B and 7,200 gallons of road oil have been applied and covered with sand. 1,500


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gallons of Tarvia K P have been mixed with gravel or pea stone and applied as patching material.


The fence appropriation was spent in repairs and painting most of the fences along the highways.


There was no bridge project carried out in 1929, but the Peabody Street bridge over the Ipswich River should be re- planked in 1930.


Sidewalks were rebuilt on portions of Maple, Lake and South Main Streets.


The East Street special appropriation work was started about July 1 and completed about September 10. On this project 4,000 linear feet were completely rebuilt and resur- faced, 20 feet in width. This work involved the excavation of 4,355 cubic yards of earth, 163 cubic yards of ledge and 128 cubic yards of trench. The laying of 362 feet of culvert. Removing and relaying 1,115 linear feet of stone wall. Re- moving 31 trees of 10 inch diameter or more and installing three catch basins.


It required over 5,000 cubic yards of gravel for the foun- dation and surface. 4,195 gallons of Tarvia B were applied and 65 cubic yards of sand were used to hold the' tar.


The total distance of 4,000 feet completed was 400 feet more than the contract with the State called for.


This street should be completed to Maple Street in 1930, giving the town a fine road extending to the Boxford line.


As Highway Surveyor of your town, I would like to ex- press my appreciation to the Massachusetts Department of Public Works for the wonderful spirit of co-operation and assistance given our town department by the engineers in charge. Also to the members of our town department who have co-operated so well to do what they could for the town.


Respectfully submitted,


J. ROY OSBORNE.


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POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT


Police Department Report


Report of Chief


To the Board of Selectmen :


Gentlemen : The Chief of Police herewith submits to your honorable body a brief synopsis for the year ending December 31, 1929, together with recommendations as to the more important requirements of the department for the com- ing year.


During the past year we have put a new roof on the police station and also an outside door with new hardware. There has been purchased some equipment but we are in need of a great deal more.


It is recommended that electric lights be put in the station.


I would request that enough money be appropriated to take care of these.


Work of the Department


Total number of arrests


14


Residents arrested


6


Non-residents arrested


8


Prosecuted for the Following Crimes :


Exposing and keeping liquor for sale


3


Drunken driving


5


Automobile law violations


1


Larceny


1


Drunk


2


Non Support


1


Bastardy


·


1


Disposition of Cases :


Appealed


.


4


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Fines imposed


8


Sentenced to jail


Placed on probation


Still pending


1


Miscellaneous Work :


Automobile accidents


36


Automobiles transferred 59


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Automobiles found and returned to owner


9


Automobile licenses and registrations revoked 24


Complaints received and investigated


229


Dogs lost


7


Dogs found


23


Dogs returned to owner


.


4


Dogs heads sent to animal industry


1


Dogs killed and buried


17


Cows found and returned to owners


4


Patients returned to State Hospital


4


Writs served


41


Police at court


68 days


With medical examiners


1 day


At inquests


1 day


With state officers .


3 days


Placing lanterns at dangerous places


5


Raids


.


5


Posting liquor notices


4


Distilled liquor seized, gallons


.


4


Beer seized, gallons


75


Sick, disabled and stranded persons assisted


5


Traffic duty


468 hours


Trucks checked as to weight


16


Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM H. YOUNG,


Chief of Police.


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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, 1929


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SCHOOL REPORT


School Department Report


School Committee


ARTHUR E. CURTIS


WAYNE A. GILES


ETHEL M. STEWART


Term expires 1931 Term expires 1930 Term expires 1932


STEPHEN G. BEAN, Superintendent of Schools DR. ANDREW NICHOLS, School Physician MRS. M. E. ROUNDY, School Nurse WILLIAM H. YOUNG, Attenndance Officer


TEACHING STAFF


MISS C. ALICE MANNING, Principal, Grades 7 and 8 MISS MARGARET M. BERRY, Grades 5 and 6 MISS FANNIE C. HINKLEY, Grades 3 and 4 MISS MADELYN LAWRENCE, Grades 2 and 3 MISS EVANGELINE DONOVAN, Grade 1 MISS CAROLINE LITTLEFIELD, Coach Teacher MRS. H. JANE MARTIN, Sewing Supervisor MRS. GENIE F. KIMBALL, Music Supervisor MISS HELEN FARLEY, Drawing Supervisor


ELI RICHARDSON, Janitor


NO SCHOOL SIGNAL Two Rounds on Fire Whistle at 7.45 A. M.


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Superintendent's Report


To the School Committee, Middleton, Mass. :


Madam and Gentlemen :


This is the sixth annual report that I have had the honor to submit as Superintendent of Schools. As is customary the report is kept brief for the sake of economy.


There have been no radical changes either in curriculum, methods, or in texts during the year. The most serious change was caused by the retirement of Miss Connors from the teaching profession to that of housewife. The loss of a good teacher is always serious. Miss Lillis who had served as coach teacher was also lost to us to take a position in Peabody.


The new teachers are Miss Evangeline Donovan replacing Miss Connors and Miss Caroline Littlefield who is serving as coach teacher. Both of these young ladies are Normal school graduates of recent years. They are fitting in very well with the rest of the organization so that the school is maintaining its usual excellent standard.




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