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DOG OFFICER'S REPORT
DOG OFFICER'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
As Dog Officer for the Town of Middleton, I wish to submit the following reports:
Investigated complaints on dogs 91
Reports of dog bite 9
Poultry killed by dogs 17
Lost dogs returned to rightful owners
14
Stray dogs disposed of
9
Dogs killed by automobiles
13
Dogs disposed of on request of owners
13
Dog taxes collected and turned over to Town Clerk $185.00
In closing I wish to thank the Selectmen and the owners of dogs for their cooperation and assistance during the year 1946.
Respectfully submitted, WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, JR. Dog Officer of Town of Middleton.
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BUILDING INSPECTOR'S REPORT
BUILDING INSPECTOR'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Middleton, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1946.
Permits granted 63
Inspections made 189
Number of jobs completed 46
Number of jobs not completed
17
Amount of fees collected
$152.00
At the present time there are several new buildings under con- struction and many alteration jobs under way.
In the past few years the State Public Safety Laws have been so revised that many of the duties formerly carried out by the State Inspectors are now the responsibility of the Local Building Inspector.
These laws include the certification of and the enforcement of laws relating to places of public assembly, except churches, schools and theatres. Also mercantile and commercial establishments em- ploying more than ten persons.
I am grateful for the cooperation of the Board of Selectmen and Board of Appeals, as well as the general public.
Respectfully submitted,
EARL S. JONES,
Building Inspector.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Year of Tax
Balance Jan. 1, 1946
1946 Commitment
Amount Collected
Abate- ments
Refunds Tax Titles
Collected Collected Dec. 31, '46
REAL ESTATE
1945
$7,172 11
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$7,070 23
1
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$ 101 88 $ 159 22 $ 3 75
1946
$72,117 63 62,277 17
$571 28
$ 14 40* 122 04
482 27
38 43
$8,801 31
EXCISE
1945
46 85
46 85
32
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1946
2,685 81
2,377 52
39 50
1 54
3 22
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268 79
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POLL
1946
1,348 00
984 00
306 00
1
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38
12 60
58 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY
1945
132 30
132 30
2 16
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-
5,728 03
5,537 70
3 49
1
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26 24
-
186 84
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-
* Refund for overpayment
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
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1946
Interest
Fees
Balance
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COMPARISON 1945-1946
Commitment (1945)
Commitment (1946)
Increase in Amount of Commitment
Amount Collected (1945)
Amount Collected (1946)
Increase in Amount Collected
Real Estate Tax
$59,454.90
$72,117.63
$12,662.73
Real Estate Taxes
$58,446.18
$69,548.80
$11,102.62
Excise Tax
1,967.98
2,685.81
717.83
Excise Taxes
1,898.29
2,427.91
529.62
Poll Tax
1,318.00
1,348.00
30.00
Poll Taxes
988.40
996.98
8.58
Per. Property Tax
4,113.87
5,728.03
1,614.16
Per. Property Taxes
3,994.03
5,698.40
1,704.37
Total
$66,854.75
$81,879.47
$15,024.72
Total
$65,326.90
$78,672.09
$13,345.19
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD E. TYLER, Tax Collector.
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
ASSESSORS' REPORT
The following is a recapitulation of the money appropriated by the Town of Middleton and the estimated receipts deducted therefrom in the determination of the 1946 Tax Rate:
APPROPRIATIONS:
Town appropriation
$150,911 01
State tax-1946
1,750 00
State parks and reservations
87 95
State audit of municipal accounts
1,166 82
County tax
4,224 71
Tuberculosis Hospital assessment
2,173 43
1945 Underestimated County Tax
44 05
1946 Overlay
1,869 06
Total appropriation
$162,227 03
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS:
Income tax
$7,000 43
Corporation taxes 7,000 60
Reimbursement on account of publicly owned land 749 24
Gasoline tax under Acts of 1945, Chapter 719
2,863 20
Motor vehicle and trailer excise 1,900 00
Licenses
2,000 00
Fines
100 00
General government
750 00
Protection of persons and property
400 00
Health and sanitation
450 00
Charities (other than federal grants for aid to dependent children) 500 00
Old age assistance (other than federal grants) 16,000 00
Old age tax (meals) Gen. Laws, (Chap. 64B S10) 1,013 25
Schools 6,000 00
Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots) 350 00 Interest on taxes and assessments 300 00
Overestimates of previous year to be used as available funds: State Parks and Reservations 22 64
Transfers voted by Town 35,640 01
Total estimated receipts and available funds
$83,039 37
Gross amount to be raised 162,227 03
Total estimated receipts and available funds
83,039 37
$79,187 66
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Net amount raised by taxation on personal property
5,728 03
" real estate
72,117 61
Number of polls assessed, 671 at $2.00 each
1,342 00
Gain on account of fractional divisions of tax rate
02
$79,187 66
TOTAL VALUATION:
Personal property Real estate 1946 Tax rate
$159,112 00
2,003,267 00
36 00
Respectfully submitted, ARCHIBALD L. JONES, PAUL B. WAKE, SR., HAROLD M. BISHOP,
Board of Assessors.
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MOTH DEPARTMENT REPORT
MOTH DEPARTMENT REPORT
Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of Middleton:
Gentlemen:
I submit my report on the Moth Department for the year 1946.
All the trees along the roadside in the Town of Middleton have been sprayed with Arsenate of Lead, with spreader.
This Arsenate of Lead spray was used to control such insects which are most deadly to trees, such as gypsy moths, brown tail moths, tent caterpillars, and fall web worms. There is a terribly.in- fested area in town, of which runs from River Street to Boston Street. A good many trees through this area, have died from these pests.
Much time has been spent by the Department in trying to check these pests, to no avail the reason is lack of funds. '
I have contacted the State Department in regards to this matter, and I think that they will furnish our Department with D. D.T. which is a more deadly spray for such pests, and also cover more area.
I wish to thank the officials and citizens of the Town of Middle- ton for their sincere cooperation.
Respectfully yours,
JOSEPH PICARIELLO, Tree Warden.
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FORESTRY AND MOTH REPORT
FORESTRY AND MOTH REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Middleton.
Gentlemen;
I submit my report on the Forestry an Moth Department for the year 1946.
During the year the department did the following work on trees. Removed two trees, trimmed, shaped and lifted three hundred trees, also took dead wood out of two hundred trees. The department was also called out on a few emergencies of trees that were injured and blown down by storms, of which were immediately taken care of.
There is very important work to be done to the trees in the Town of Middleton. This department was unable to complete the work that has to be done, due to insufficient funds.
The work that has to be done is taking down of large trees which are dead along the roadside, and of which are a menace to public safety, there are also dead limbs, which should be taken off immed- iately, before further damage is done.
Respectfully yours,
JOSEPH PICARIELLO, Tree Warden.
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CEMETERY REPORT
During the war years most cemeteries were hit rather hard by the shortage of labor and equipment. Ours was no exception. High school boys came to our assistance in mowing and solved the labor shortage. As for lawn mowers, there were no new ones available but by using spare parts from some of our broken down ones and welding other broken parts we managed to keep some in usable condition.
There were 33 burials in Oakdale cemetery in 1946. Some that died in town were buried out of town and others, some of whom were old town residents, were brought here for burial. The list follows:
Mrs. Eliza Ellen Day
from Peabody
age 87 years
Mrs. Dorothy Tucker
from Danvers
age 24 years
Mrs. Louis B. Noyes
from Danvers age 30 years
Mr. Lucien Winfield McGlauflin
from Middleton age 65 years
Mrs. Emma M. Stiles
from Middleton
age 79 years
Mr. Howard E. Lee
from Peabody
age 48 years
Mrs. Mary A. Brown
from Lawrence
age 65 years
Mr. William Fletcher
from Danvers
age 67 years
Mrs. Elvira P. Ogden
from Middleton
age 75 years
Miss Rosa Ella Hayes
from Middleton
age 83 years
Mrs. Maybelle B. Harrington
from Middleton
age 72 years
Mr. Otis Wilkins
from Middleton
age 78 years
Mr. Lester W. Hilton
from Middleton
age 76 years
Mr. Benjamin J. Graham
from Middleton
age 77 years
Mr. Leon E. Collins
from Beverly
McDonald baby girl
from Lynn
age 73 years stillborn
Mrs. Henrietta D. Wilkins
from Beverly
age 83 years
Mr. Herbert O. Hatch
from Topsham, Vt. age 78 years
Mrs. Minnie C. Tyler
from Middleton age 82 years
Mrs. Mary A. Gould
from Peabody'
age 70 years
Mrs. Myrtle Louise Wilkins Ballard baby
from Ipswich
age 54 years stillborn
Mr. William H. Garvin
from Danvers
age 66 years
Mr. Lyman S. Wilkins
from Middleton
age 94 years
Mr. John C. Parker
from Salem age 63 years
Miss Florence Carleton
from Danvers age 75 years
Mr. Fredrick DuBois Ingalls
from Reading
age 69 years
Mr. Jesse Peabody Howard baby boy
from Boston
age 55 years
from Framingham stillborn
Mr. James McCreedie
from Middleton
age 84 years
Mr. Eli Richardson
from Middleton age 89 years
Mrs. Sarah J. Esty
from Salem
age 79 years
Mrs. Mary Ellen Bailey
from Middleton
age 80 years
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from Peabody
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CEMETERY REPORT
There were nine new lots endowed or put under perpetual care in 1946. To any that have been considering this proceedure and would like to know more about it, I will state the process is quite simple. First, the lot should be put in proper condition and if it is the usual standard 10-grave lot the cost is $150.00.
Draw check made payable to the Town of Middleton and send to the Supt. of Cemetery who will make the necessary records and get receipt from the town treasurer who in turn deposits it in a saving bank. The interest only to be used in perpetual care. It is the only way one can be reasonably sure that their lot will be cared for in years to come.
There are available at present 10-grave lots in the new section at the rear of the cemetery. These lots are $200.00 each but this is the only cost as $150.00 of this amount is used for endowment. One advantage of buying in this section is that all the lots will be sold endowed and there will be no uncared for lots in this section. However, in order to be eligible to purchase a lot in Oakdale Cemetery, the Commissioners have made a ruling that one must have interests in town.
Last year for the first time we used a tank of penetrating oil on the avenues. This is the first proceedure in making a tarvia turface. Unfortunately most of our avenues are not properly built to hold a tarvia surface, but if we can use more heavier oil on certain hills it will help greatly to prevent washing during rain storms.
Now that we can again purchase equipment we hope to make ours more modern in the near future.
Richard N. Maxwell, Superintendent of Cemetery
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REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE
To The Board of Selectmen
Mr. Clarence Osgood, Chairman
Middleton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Article 19 of 1946 Town Meeting Warrant we have investigated the needed repairs and improvements to the old school building and herewith submit our report :-
Your committee has conducted meetings with various parties at interest including the present occupants of the building. We have consulted contractors and architect and have arrived at the following conclusions:
I. The building is structually sound but through negli -- gence over a period of years it has come into a con- dition of disrepair requiring immediate attention.
II. Present occupants have indicated that the building in its present condition is wholly inadequate and unsafe for their needs.
III. We have found that the roof needs extensive repairs. As a result of the leaking condition of the roof over an extended period of time, considerable repairs will be required to the plastering.
The heating plant has been out of use for a period of approximately nine years. The lower portion of the boiler has been flooded with seepage water. On inspection by the state boiler inspector he advised this boiler be replaced with new equipment.
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For the most part the plumbing fixtures have been removed from the building. It was impossible to establish the present condition of the concealed plumbing without considerable expense but it may be assumed that the major portion is usable. The front of the building was recently painted leaving the balance of the outside surface to be similarly painted. We also found that the windows throughout the building are in need of repair.
IV. It is suggested that the town give consideration to the advisability of making the following improve- ments. We have obtained the services of a com- petent architect who has drawn us a proposed plan for the necessary improvements to the second floor.
This plan calls for the installing of a truss over the ceiling and removal of the present partition between
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the two rooms in the old part of the building to make one large auditorium. Provision has also been made to install fireproof walls between the stair- wells and the main building. The plan also includes installation of a small kitchen and for the refinishing of the floors, walls, and ceilings.
V. We have been furnished with the following approxi- mate estimates by contractors. For the repairs as indicated in our report covered by paragraph III, $7500.
For the improvements as covered in paragraph IV, $15,000.
VI. The building is of considerable value to the commu- nity and it seems advisable that the town take steps to either restore it or abandon it.
Respectfully submitted, Richard L. Roode, Chairman Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. James H. Coffin Chester K. Masse
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RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
Report of the Finance Committee For the Town of Middleton Upon the Warrant For the Annual Meeting to be held March 11, 1947 TO THE VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETON:
W wish to thank the Department Heads for the cooperation they have given in helping us to arrive at the following recommenda- tions, and trust that they will understand the necessity for our REDUCED FIGURES.
There was an open meeting held in the Town Hall on February 11, 1947 and the voters seem to question the necessity of such high appro- priations, and, therefore, in order to balance the continued high cost of living, we must eliminate unnecessary expenditures, and still give adequate services.
We hope the citizens of Middleton will give every consideration to the recommendations here listed, and so keep to a minimum, OUR TAX RATE.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE For the Town of Middleton
For the Annual Town Meeting March 11, 1947
ARTICLE I. To authorize the Selectmen to appoint such other Town Officers as are required to be chosen annually.
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE II. To hear and act on Committee Reports.
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE III. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the letting of the Town Hall.
No recommendation required.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
ARTICLE IV. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1947, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE V. To see what action the Town will take to defray the Town expenses for the ensuing year.
See itemized recommendations as per attached.
ARTICLE VI. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $524.00 from the Dog Tax Refund to the Library Fund.
Recommended such sum be so transferred.
ARTICLE VII. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Electric Light Department to use the earnings of the Department for the ensuing year, agreeable to the petition of the Electric Light Commissioners, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Recommended the Electric Light Department be so authorized.
ARTICLE VIII. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to use such free cash in the Treasury as they, in their best judgment, feel is warranted, and is approved by the Com- missioner of Corporations and Taxation, for the purpose of reduc- ing the tax rate.
Recommended this article be accepted as read.
ARTICLE IX. To see what action the Town will take in regard to closing the Town Warrant on the second Tuesday of January.
Recommended this article be accepted.
ARTICLE X. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approp- riate the sum of $4,800.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 81- Roads; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by Federal, State or County, or all, for this purpose.
Recommended.
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ARTICLE XI. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approp- riate the sum of $4,000.00 for the improvement of Essex Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State, or County, or both for this purpose. (Chapter 90 Construction)
Not recommended. (See itemized recommendations)
ARTICLE XII. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $250.00 as salary and $50.00 for expenses as a Veteran's Agent.
Recommended.
ARTICLE XIII. To see if the Town will vote to pay regular Town Laborers 82.6 cents per hour and part time laborers . 75 cents per hour.
Recommended.
ARTICLE XIV. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the following sums to pay 1946 accounts: Police department, $48.28; Snow removal $9.60; Chapter 81 $20.00; Road machinery account $36.35: Contingent Fund, $16.17; Town Officers expenses, $24.60, Total, $155.00
Recommended under protest.
ARTICLE XV. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Committee appointed under authority of Article 19 of the Town Warrant for 1946 relative to the Old School Building and appropriate the sum of $22,500.00 for same.
Recommend this Article be debated from the floor.
ARTICLE XVI. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Surplus Revenue a sum of $16,000.00 to meet the State and County allotments for Highways and any other Highway relocation, repair or construction done in anticipation of reimbursements, said money when reimbursed to be credited to the Surplus Reveue.
Recommended.
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ARTICLE XVII. On petition of John M. Addison and twenty-three others, to see if the Town will vote to accept Poplar Avenue in said Town and appropriate money for same.
Not recommended.
ARTICLE XVIII. On petition of Ernest C. Anderson and thirty-one others, to see if the Town will vote to line and construct M 11 Street, sometimes known as Mill Road, appropriate money for same.
Not recommended.
ARTICLE XIX. On petition of Lois G. Roode and thirty-nine others, to see if the Town will vote to extend the Water Main on Liberty Street from its present terminus at Mill Street to Peabody Street, for the purpose of providing house service and fire protection.
Recommended this article be debated from the floor. (See Article 2.)
ARTICLE XX. On petition of Walter L. Halliday and thirty-eight others, to see if the Town will vote to accept Beatle Road in the Town of Middleton and appropriate money for same.
Not recommended.
ARTICLE XXI. On petition of Victor J. Hughes and fifty-three others, to see if the Town will vote to accept Riverview Drive in said Town of Middleton for a distance of 2,200 feet, and ap- propriate money for same.
Not recommended.
ARTICLE XXII. On petition of Roger Pennell and nineteen others, to see if the Town will vote to accept Highland Road and Oak Road, both situated at Highland Park, off Maple Street in said Town, and appropriate money for same.
Not recommended.
ARTICLE XXIII. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 120A of Chapter 94 General Laws, relative to slaughtering licenses
Recommended we accept this article.
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ARTICLE XXIV. On petition of James A. Coddington and twenty- four others, to see if the Town will install water pipe on High- land Road and Oak Road and appropriate money for same. -
To transact any other business that may lawfully come before this meeting.
Respectfully submitted, H. M. RICHARDSON, Chairman W. L. PAINE, E. F. LeBEAU, R. L. ROODE, ' W. G. BIRCH,
Middleton Finance Committee.
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Recommendations of Finance Committee for the Year 1947
I .- GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
SALARIES:
Requested
Recommended
Moderator
$ 50 00
$ 50 00
Selectmen (three)
750 00
750 00
Accountant
700 00
700 00
Treasurer
700 00
700 00
Collector
700 00
700 00
Town Clerk
400 00
400 00
Assessors (three)
1,500 00
1,500 00
Town Counsel
300 00
300 00
Electric Light Commissioners ( three)
150 00
150 00
EXPENSES :
Town Officers' Expenses
1,100 00
1,500 00
Tax Title Expenses
300 00
300 00
Assessors Expenses
400 00
300 00
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS:
Salaries
100 00
100 00
Expenses
100 00
100 00
TOWN HALL:
Maintenance
800 00
800 00
Custodian's salary
900 00
730 00
II .- PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY:
Police Maintenance
$6,850 00
$2,650 00
Constable's Salary
35 00
35 00
Fire, Maintenance and Salaries
4,500 00
Telephone
1,200 00
Forest Fire Patrol
150 00
Forest Fire Hose
350 00
3,000 00
Cleaning Water Holes
100 00
Fire Alarm
300 00
23 inch Hose
500 00
14 inch Hose
300 00
100 RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
Requested
Recommended
III .- FORESTRY :
Moth
$1,250 00
$1,000 00
Moth, Private work
300 00
Tree Warden
1,500 00
500 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, salary 125 00
125 00
IV .- HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Board of Health
$ 1,200 00
$1,200 00
Essex Sanatorium
2,054 94
2,054 94
Dental Clinic
500 00
500 00
Inspector of Slaughtering, salary
100 00
100 00
Inspector of Cattle, salary
200 00
200 00
V .- HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
Road Machinery Account
$2,500 00
$2,500 00
Highway
1,900 00
1,500 00
Chapter 81 Maintenance
4,800 00
4,800 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,500 00
1,100 00
Chapter 90 Construction
4,000 00
2,000 00
Street Lighting
2,800 00
2,500 00
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VI .- CHARITIES:
Public Welfare, Salaries
$ 325 00
$ 325 00
Public Welfare, Maintenance
4,000 00
2,500 00
Aid Dependent Children
2,600 00
2,500 00
Old Age Assistance, Aid
19,000 00
17,000 00
Old Age Assistance, Administration
500 00
500 00
Aid Dependent Children, Administration 50 00
50 00
VII. - VETERANS' SERVICES:
State Aid
$150 00
$150 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,500 00
1,500 00
War Allowances
200 00
200 00
VIII. - EDUCATION:
School
$47,500 00
$45,000 00
Vocational Education
200 00
200 00
Library
*1,500 00
*1,500 00
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RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
Requested
Recommended
IX .- CEMETERY :
Sup't. of Burials, Salary
$30 00
$30 00
Commissioners' Salary
60 00
60 00
Maintenance
1,500 00
1,450 00
Opening Graves
450 00
350 00
Asphalt
150 00
125 00
X. - PARK:
Maintenance
$500 00
$450 00
XI .- INTEREST AND INSURANCE:
Interest
$ 420 00
$ 420 00
Insurance
1,785 00
1,785 00
XII. - MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
School Construction Notes
$3,000 00
$3,000 00
XIII .- UNCLASSIFIED:
Contingent Fund
$ 800 00
$ 700 00
Reserve Fund
1,500 00
600 00
Memorial Day
375 00
375 00
*Plus Dog Tax
ANNUAL REPORT
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, 1946
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SCHOOL REPORT
SCHOOL REPORT
School Committee
DR. RAYMOND SILVERNAIL, Chairman Term Expires 1948 MRS. ALICE K. CASS, Secretary Term Expires 1947
MRS. ROSAMOND BASTABLE
Term Expires 1949
Supt. of Schools, STEPHEN G. BEAN, Wilmington, Mass. School Physician, LOIS ROGERS, M. D. Topsfield, Mass. School Nurse, MRS. LEONARD WILLEY, R. N. Attendance Officer, MR. PHILIP WEBBER
TEACHING CORPS
MISS C. ALICE MANNING
Principal
MISS ETHEL MACK
Grade VIII.
MISS VOLONTA INCAMPO
Grade VII.
MRS. NATALIE SMITH THISTLE
Grade VI.
MISS ANNABELLE SYLVESTER
Grades VI.
MISS FANNIE HINCKLEY
Grade V.
MRS. VILLA LAVORGNA
Grade IV.
MISS ALICE FLYNN
Grade III.
MISS MARY SHINNICK
Grade II.
MISS CATHERINE DEVANE
Grade I.
MR. HORACE KILLAM, Supervisor of Music
MISS MARY SHEA, Supervisor of Art
MR. CHARLES CLINCH, Janitor
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School Calendar 1947
January 2 to February 21
VACATION ONE WEEK
March 3 to April 26
VACATION ONE WEEK
May 5 to June 21
SUMMER VACATION-10 Weeks
September 8 to noon December 24
16 Weeks
VACATION
School commences January 5, 1948
HOLIDAYS
February 22
Good Friday April 19 May 30
October 12 November 11 November 27 and 28
No School Signal
Two Blows on Fire Alarm at 7.45 o'clock A. M. Two Blows on Whistle at the Blacking Factory at 7.45 o'clock A. M.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Middleton, Mass., School Committee, Mesdames and Sir:
It is my pleasure to present below my twenty-third annual report as Superintendent of Schools. It is increasingly difficult after so long a period to present any fresh material because the fundamental proceedures in education do not change greatly. There are many surface ripples and eddies which appear from time to time but the deep, steady moving current flows on in the same channel.
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