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ARTICLE 6. On petition of the Board of Electric Light Commis- sioners, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, said sum to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department. This sum together with the exchange value of the present 1952, four-door sedan to be expended for the purchase of a new service car.
Recommended.
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ARTICLE 7. On petition of Richard Collins and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the purchase of materials to be used to install street lights on Webb Street, said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 8. On petition of James Bastable and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purchase of materials and to install lighting on Liberty Street from Mill Street to Lakeview Avenue and one light at Spring Road and Acorn Street, said amount to be taken from earnings of Electric Light Department.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 9. On petition of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners to see if the Town will vote to accept from Bertha F. Woodward the sum of $1,000.00 and the conveyance of a cemetery known as the "Flint Cemetery", said sum and said cemetery to be held in trust by the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for its preservation as a burial place for the bodies of the owner and her descendants or relatives as will be specified in the instrument creating the trust in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 28 of the General Laws, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,700.00 which together with the exchange value of the present 1957 Ford Police Car is to be expended for the purchase of a new Police Cruiser for the use of the Police Department, to be purchased by the Board of Selectmen as provided in the By-laws, subject to the assent of the Chief of Police.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 of which $300.00 will be taken from the Ambulance Fund, which together with the exchange value of the present 1947 Ford Police Ambulance, is to be expended for the purchase of a used 1951 Cadillac Ambulance, Model 1516, Serial
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No. 6681, for the use of the Police Department, to be purchased by the Board of Selectmen, as provided in the By-laws, subject to the assent of the Chief of Police.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 12. On petition of the Fire Chief, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00, said money to be used to purchase and equip a new 34 ton Pick-up Truck, to replace the present Forest Fire Truck, which is 31 years old. Said money to be raised in the following way: $2,000.00 to be taken from the Surplus Revenue Account, and $2,000.00 to be assessed against this year's tax rate, making a total of $4,000.00; and to have a committee appointed by the Moderator consisting of five members, one from the Board of Selectmen, one from the Finance Committee, the Fire Chief, and two other members of the Fire Department, to purchase and equip said truck for the Fire Depart- ment.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 13. On petition of the Planning Board to see if the Town will vote to amend the "Zoning District Map of the Town of Middleton," adopted March 15, 1955, by rezoning as a limited commercial district in accordance with Section 111-4A, B and C of the Zoning By-law and Zoning District Map adopted March 15, 1955, an area bounded on the East by South Main Street and land now or formerly of the John Fuller Estate, on the South by a stone wall, on the West by a stone wall and Boston Street, and on the North by land now or formerly of Richardson and other land now or formerly of Johnson. Said area containing 128.17 acres more or less and set forth in a Plan entitled "Proposed Additional Limited Commercial Zone" dated January 15, 1959, a copy of which is on file in the Town Clerk's office, or to take any other action relative thereto.
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 14. On petition of Michael Lavorgna and others to see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-law as adopted March 15, 1955 by adding to Section 111-2B and Section 111-3B both entitled "Uses Permissible on Special Authorization" the following paragraph:
"Any lawful business, service, storage, distribution, or light manu- facturing use provided that such use is not dangerous to the
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vicinity through fire, explosion, emission of waste, or other cause and provided further that such use is not likely to create more noise, vibration, dust, heat, smoke, fumes, odor, or glare than the minimum amount normally resulting from any of the uses listed in Section 111-4A entitled "Limited Commercial District Uses" or to take any other action relative thereto."
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to be expended for the purpose of increasing the wattage of the existing street lights.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purchase and erection of Speed Signs controlling the speed of motor vehicles on Maple Street, subject to the approval of the Department of Public Works.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-laws entitled, "Traffic Rules and Regulations," by adding to Article 4 the following paragraph, "No person shall park a motor vehicle for a period to exceed two hours between the hours of 9 A.M. and 6 P.M. in the area known as Middleton Square, bounded and described as the Business Zone in the Zoning Map of Middleton, as amended March 15, 1955, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the purchase and erection of signs.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,589.60 to be expended on Mount Vernon Street, said sum to be taken from the fund made available by Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five voters to make a survey of the duplication of street names and to number the lots fronting on accepted streets and to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for expenses of said committee or take any other action relative thereto.
Not recommended.
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SCHEDULE "A" - 1959 BUDGET
GENERAL GOVERNMENT - 4.05% OF TOTAL
Item
Item
Expended Expended
No
1955-1957
1958
Recom- mended 1959
Moderator
1.
Salary
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
Finance Committee
2.
Expenses
60.83
30.00
100.00
Selectmen
3.
Salaries
1,100.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
4.
Expenses
443.26
490.00
500.00
5.
Clerk
283.33
400.00
400.00
Accountant
6.
Salary
1,200.00
1,400.00
1,400.00
7.
Expenses
74.80
22.10
100.00
Treasurer
8.
Salary
1,066.67
1,400.00
1,400.00
9.
Expenses
923.86
902.81
900.00
10.
Tax Titles
277.05
305.00
650.00
Collector
11.
Salaries and
Wages
1,066.67
2,340.00
2,520.00
12.
Expenses
876.50
740.90
790.50
13.
Office Equip.
577.50
Assessors
14.
Salaries
1,600.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
15.
Expenses
740.83
1,175.26
850.00
Counsel
16.
Salary
666.67
800.00
1,000.00
17.
Expenses
48.00
167.55
150.00
Clerk
18.
Salary
400.00
700.00
700.00
19.
Expenses
387.89
349.24
350.00
20.
Office Equip.
76.67
224.63
Elections and Registrations
21.
Salaries
235.00
300.00
200.00
22.
Expenses
781.85
1,248.98
850.00
Expenses
90.70
193.00
400.00
Planning Board 23.
Average
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Item
Item
Average Expended Expended
No.
1955-1957
1958
Recom- mended 1959
Town Hall
24.
Salary
480.00
480.00
480.00
25.
Expenses
621.31
754.71
650.00
Memorial Hall
26.
a Slary
360.00
360.00
480.00
27.
Expenses
1,861.36
1,821.76
1,900.00
28.
Special
322.66
125.00
350.00
29.
Hot Top
1,800.00
1,664.94
TOTALS
$16,095.91 $21,745.88 $21,047.50
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY-5.61% OF TOTOL
Constable
30.
Salary
$ 35.00
$ 35.00
$ 35.00
Police Department
31.
Chief Salary
4,506.67
4,680.00
5,300.00
32.
Wages
2,598.38
2,999.35
3,200.00
33.
Expenses
2,222.03
2,953.72
2,645.00
Civil Defense
34.
Expenses
84.09
91.96
100.00
Fire Department
35.
Salaries
.1,764.65
2,361.61
2,625.00
36.
Expenses
6,557.47
7,765.02
8,280.00
Building Inspector
37.
Salary
433.33
500.00
500.00
38.
Expenses
131.67
200.00
200.00
Board of Appeals
39.
Expenses
227.03
104.47
200.00
Wire Inspector
40.
Salary
300.00
300.00
300.00
41.
Expenses
98.98
125.00
125.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
42.
Salary
125.00
125.00
175.00
43.
Expenses
75.00
75.00
75.00
Forestry Department
44.
Expenses, Forestry
1,206.42
1,309.36
1,500.00
45.
Expenses, Moth
1,194.08
1,182.67
1,200.00
46
Expenses, Dutch Elm Disease 1,097.48
1,482.09
1,500.00
47.
New Trees
232.13
300.00
300.00
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Item
Item
Average Expended Expended
No.
1955-1957
1958
Recom- mended 1959
Dog Officer
48.
Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
49.
Expenses
138.00
228.00
240.00
TOTALS
$23,127.41 $26,918.25 $28,600.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION-1.45% OF TOTAL
Board of Health
50.
Salaries
186.67
320.00 3,134.61
320.00
51.
Expenses
2,834.04
2,700.00
Dental Clinic
52.
Expenses
1,237.07
1,109.69
1,500.00
Community Health Program
53.
Expenses
933.33
2,500.00
2,500.00
Inspetcor of Animals
54.
Salary
200.00
100.00
200.00
55.
Expenses
95.00
100.00
100.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
Salary
75.00
50.00
50.00
TOTALS
$5,561.11
$7,314.30
$7,370.00
57.
Road Machinery Account
4,267.10
3,579.74
4,500.00
58. Highway Expenses
4,780.99
5,532.80
6,500.00
59.
Surveyor Salary (from available Department Funds)
4,160.00
4,160.00
4,160.00
60.
Chapter 81
4,900
4,950.00
4,950.00
61. Chapter 81 State
8,983.33
9,075.00
9,075.00
62. Chapter 90 Construction
1,833.33
963.99
2,500.00
63.
Chapter 90 State & County
5,319.77
7,500.00
64.
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
65. Chapter 90 State
1,000.00
1,000.00
66.
(Chapter 90 Peabody St. Bridge)
4,707.93
(Chapter 90 State & County)
67. Chapter 718 Mount Vernon St.
966.86
68. Chapter 718 Liberty Street
828.72
56.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT-10.37% OF TOTAL
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Average
Item
Item
Expended Expended
No.
1955-1957
1958
Recom- mended 1959
69.
Snow Removal
10,113.59
11,424.05
10,000.00
70. Storm Drains
756.99
825.92
1,000.00
71.
Street Lighting
3,666.67
4,500.00
4,800.00
TOTALS
$47,621.77 $50,355.01 $52,825.00
CHARITIES-8.43% OF TOTAL
Public Welfare Board
72.
Salaries
750.00
800.00
800.00
73.
Expenses
86.84
32.24
200.00
74.
General Relief Aid
3,958.07
7,433.85
5,000.00
75.
Old Age Assistance
37,379.57
24,808.96
26,500.00
76.
Aid Dependent Children
6,249.30
4,596.48
7,000.00
77.
Disability Assistance
2,243.26
1,682.87
2,000.00
78.
Welfare District Administration
930.33
1,174.00
1,450.00
TOTALS
$51,597.37 $40,528.40 $42,950.00
VETERANS SERVICES-1.24% OF TOTAL
Veterans' Agent
79.
Salary
250.00
250.00
250.00
80.
Exepnses
12.25
5.00
50.00
81. Veterans' Aid
5,199.05
6,770.08
6,000.00
TOTALS
$5,461.30
$7,025.08
$6,300.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT-54.39% OF TOTAL
Schools
82.
Salaries and Wages
75,451.15 108,392.22 113,235.00
83. Expenses
61,381.46 73,074.24 57,725.00
84. Supt. Out of State Travel
138.87
200.00
85. Building Committee Expenses
484.72
86. Building Addition
17,751.13
87. Regional
25,274.23 104,083.66
88. Vocational Education
700.69
1,175.35
1,500.00
TOTALS
137,672.17 226,151.89 276,743.66
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Item
Item
No.
Average Expended Expended 1955-1957 1958
Recom- mended 1959
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT -. 92% OF TOTAL
89. Salaries and Wages
1,754.50
1,620.00
1,900.00
90. Expenses
2,833.46
3,618.00
2,000.00
Plus Dog Tax Refund
860.85
TOTALS
$4,587.96
$5,238.00
$4,760.85
RECREATION -. 28% OF TOTAL
91. Park
Expenses
765.42
1,181.68
1,400.00
UNCLASSIFIED-3.93% OF TOTAL
92.
Retirement Assessment
3,979.82
5,878.64
6,260.31
93. Memorial Day
395.03
393.60
425.00
94. Printing Town Reports
1,003.25
1,019.60
1,050.00
95. Insurance
4,315.24
7,937.45
7,707.00
96. Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance 1,847.39
2,471.25
2,550.00
97. Christmas Lighting
70.10
48.83
50.00
98. East Street Land Purchase
500.00
99. Reserve Fund
1,707.42
1,944.64
2,000.00
TOTALS
$13,318.25 $20,194.01 $20,042.31
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Electric Light Department
100.
Salaries
8,182.00
9,116.00
9,280.00
101.
Wages
15,628.14
18,891.78
20,500.00
102.
Energy
90,670.55 107,646.74 115,000.00
103.
Expenses
17,479.05
17,867.13
20,000.00
104.
Line Clearance
1,269.27
1,597.73
1,800.00
105.
Depreciation
7,901.63
8,720.86
9,000.00
106. Emergency Fund
1,000.00
107. Wennerberg Road Lights
391.87
108. Beatle Road Lights
300.00
109.
Park Street Lights
500.00
110. Truck
2,000.00
TOTALS
141,230.64 167,032.11 176,580.00
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Average
Item
Item
Expended Expended
Recom- mended
No.
1955-1957
1958
1959
WATER DEPARTMENT -. 78% OF TOTAL
111. . Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
112. Expenses
497.96
3,029.51
200.00
113. Maintenance
3,500.00
TOTALS
$ 797.96
$3,329.51
$4,000.00
CEMETERIES-1.37% OF TOTAL
114. Commissioners' Salaries
60.00
60.00
60.00
115. Supt. of Burials Salary Cemetery
30.00
30.00
30.00
116.
Expenses
3,988.06
5,520.00
5,600.00
117. Opening Graves
853.36
1,300.00
900.00
118. New Section
214.40
14.00
425.00
TOTALS
$ 5,145.82
$6,924.00
$7,015.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST-7.18% OF TOTAL
119.
School Addition Loan 1950
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
120. School Addition Loan 1956
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
121. Fire-Highway Building Loan
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
122. Fire Truck Loan
3,000.00
3,000.00
123. Interest
5,233.75
9,228.42
8,500.00
TOTALS
$30,233.75 $37,228.42 $36,500.00
GRAND TOTALS
341,909.53 454,134.43 509,554.32
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Town of Middleton
for the Year Ending December 31, 1958
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SCHOOL REPORT
School Committee
MR. EBEN L. JEWETT, Chairman
MRS. ROSAMOND BASTABLE, Secretary
MR. HENRY SAWYER
MR. HENRY LUSCOMB
MR. GEORGE CLAYTON
Term expires 1961
Term expires 1961
Term expires 1960
Term expires 1960
Term expires 1953
SUPERINTENDENT-PRINCIPAL GEORGE E. PORT, JR.
Office: Howe-Manning School Tel. SPring 4-3517
Office Hours - 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. - Monday - Friday
School Calendar 1959
Open January 5, 1959 Close February 27, 1959 VACATION - ONE WEEK
Open March 9, 1959
Close May 1, 1959
VACATION - ONE WEEK
Open May 11, 1959 Close June 12, 1959
SUMMER VACATION
Open September 9, 1959 Close December 23, 1959
February 22
School Holidays Good Friday April 20
November 11, 26 and 27
(and such other days as the School Committee may designate) The School Calendar may be subject to change.
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No School Signals
The following no school signals have been adopted:
a. 2-2-2 blast on the fire alarm
b. Two blasts at the B. B. Chemical Co.
c. Street lights on for three minutes
d. Radio Stations WBZ and WESX will carry an announcement on their regular no school broadcasts.
The signal for the High School will be at 7:15 A.M. The signal for the Howe-Manning School will be at 7:45 A.M.
SCHOOL CENSUS
October 1, 1958
Age
Girls
Boys
Total
5-7
80
78
158
7-16
244
274
518
4-5
29
37
66
3-4
47
42
89
2-3
39
50
89
1-2
38
30
68
Under one year
26
28
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Age of School Admission
All children born on or before January 1, 1954 are eligible to attend school in the coming fall term. No entrance tests for children under the age requirements will be given.
Employment Certificates
Certificates for the employment of minors between the ages of 14-18 may be obtained at the Superintendent-Principal's office during regular office hours.
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HOWE-MANNING SCHOOL Corps of Teachers 1958-1959
Date of Grade Appointment
Name Eugene C. Winter, Jr.,
B.S. Ed.
Lowell Teachers Col.
Prin. Sept. 1958
Catherine Devane
Lesley College 1
Sept. 1937
Evelyn Hausman
Westchester Teachers
1 Sept. 1956
Rhoda Murphy, B.S. Ed.
Framingham Teachers 1
Sept. 1958
Carol Mansfield, B.S. Ed.
Salem Teachers Col.
2
Sept. 1957
Georgia Lewis, B.S.
Boston University
2
Sept. 1958
Virginia Sperry
Wheelock Col. 2
Sept. 1958
Eleanor Cassidy, B.S. Ed.
Salem Teachers Col.
3 Sept. 1955
Gladys Williams
Bridgewater Teachers 3
Sept. 1954
Rhoda Goodwin, B.S. Ed.
Salem Teachers Col.
4
Sept. 1957
Marjorie Eustis
Westfield Teachers
4
Jan. 1958
J. Nellie Johnston
Salem Teachers Col.
5
Sept. 1949
Rose E. Durgin, B.S.
Gordon College
5 Sept. 1956
Nancy DeSautels, M Ed.
Boston Teachers
6
Sept. 1957
Silvestro Borrelli, M Ed.
Coolidge College
6
Oct. 1958
Jean Harrington, B.S. Ed.
Boston College
7
Sept. 1958
Frank S. Taft, Jr., M Ed.
Suffolk University
7
Sept. 1958
Salem Teachers Col.
8
Sept. 1953
Eugene C. Winter, Jr.,
B.S. Ed.
Lowell Teachers Col. 8 Sept. 1954
Mount Saint Vincent
Ungraded
Sept. 1958
Tufts University
Art Sept. 1953
Lowell Teachers Col.
Music Sept. 1957
Salem Teachers Col.
Read. Sept. 1957
Staff Members
Lois K| Rogers, M.D.
Yale Univ. Physician
Sept. 1945
George Haykal, D.D.S.
Georgetown Dentist
Sept. 1958
Irene Richmond, R.N. Marion Seaver
Bryant &
Stratton
Secretary
Aug. 1955
Mary King, B.S.
Univ. of N.H. Cafeteria Mgr. Aug. 1958
Jennie Johnson
Cafeteria Worker Sept. 1952
Mary Silva
Cafeteria Worker
Sept. 1955
Lorayne Hocter
Cafeteria Worker
Sept. 1957
Myrtle Boardman
Cafeteria Worker Sept. 1958 Head Custodian and
Nathan A. Hayward, Jr.
Attend. Officer Apr. 1950
Perley Lovelace
Custodian
June 1957
Edward Bruzzo, B.S. Sandra Masi, B.S. Ed. E. Frances Donovan
Salem Hosp. Nurse
Jan. 1957
Lillian Taylor, B.S. Ed.
Ruth Chasse
Vice-
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The Middleton School Committee submits its annual report to the citizens of Middleton for the year 1958.
The past year has witnessed changes in the administrative set-up of the Howe-Manning School. At the time of our last annual report to you, we informed you that the school committee had petitioned the State Department of Education to allow Middleton to have one person serve as both superintendent and principal instead of having a full-time superintendent and a full-time principal. Permission to do substantially this was subsequently granted by the State Department of Education. After the resignation of Mr. Raymond S. Dower, Jr. as superintendent of schools effective July 1, 1958, candidates were recruited for the position of superintendent-principal. Mr. George Port who had served the school as a teacher and then as a full-time principal was the unanimous choice of the committee to serve as superintendent-principal. Mr. Eugene Winter was elected as vice- principal with full-time teaching duties, and Mrs. Nellie Johnston as audio-visual aids coordinator. To date this administrative set-up has proved to be much more satisfactory, more efficient, and much less of a financial burden to the town.
Two replacements have been made within our own committee membership. At a combined meeting of the selectmen and the school committee, Mr. Henry Sawyer was appointed to fill the vacancy caused when Mr. Elmer Morrill moved from Middleton. At a later date at a similar meeting, Mr. George Clayton was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Joseph Chartier.
Again this year our committee enrolled in the seminar, consisting of a weekly series of seven meetings at which some of the major concerns of school committees were analyzed and discussed. Committee members have also attended our area meetings of the Massachusetts School Committee Association.
In keeping with its practice to keep the building in good repair and the school an attractive place in which to teach and learn, several projects were undertaken this year. A contract was awarded for painting the outside window sash and flagpole. Worn-out stair treads were replaced. A motor that burned out in one of the boilers was replaced. After consulting with several ventilating men, the committee had a fan installed in the dish-washing room of the cafeteria in an attempt to make the working conditions there more tolerable. It was
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found necessary to cover some pipes and a flue in the boiler room in an effort to cut down on the excessive temperatures there which resulted with the addition of another boiler. The office area has been painted. The cement floor of the cafeteria has been covered with asbestos tile thus making it much more attractive, easier to maintain, and more acoustically efficient.
In an attempt to see that our pupils receive the greatest educa- tional value possible out of the school situation, the committee adopted a policy whereby pupils are no longer allowed to work in the cafeteria. Since the financial status of the cafeteria would not allow for further increases in the number of paid cafeteria staff members, it was imperative with this policy in effect that the cafeteria be operated at optimum efficiency. This required serious study resulting in our purchasing additional dishes, trays, and carts as well as several changes in duty assignments and serving procedures. Mrs. King, our new cafeteria manager, has been most helpful and our cafeteria staff most cooperative in helping us to eliminate the use of 5 pupils scheduled to work in the cafeteria every day during school hours.
It has been necessary for the school committee to contact and confer with the local board of health on numerous occasions during the past year in an attempt to get a sewerage problem of long standing from the adjoining property taken care of adequately. Although some progress has been made in this direction, the problem has not been taken care of to our complete satisfaction and negotiations with the State Board of Health are now underway.
Although the school committee has worked diligently to keep school costs at a minimum consistent with sound education, we too have been caught in the ever-increasing spiral of inflation. In order to comply with the new State Minimum Teacher Salary Law effective as of September 1958, it was necessary to further increase our local teacher salaries by an additional $100 across the board at that time. Present indications seem to be that there will be still a further increase in the State Minimum Teacher Salary Law by next September - a factor which we had to consider in making up a new salary schedule and which reflects a substantial increase for this item in our budget for the year 1959. Since progress reports on our regional school building are most encouraging, there seems to be every indi- cation that Middleton pupils of grades 7-12 will be housed in Masconomet Regional school and that our local school will house grades 1-6 come next September. Cognizant of the fact that the financial burden of getting the regional school in operation will be very great for the first few years, the local school committee has
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considered every possibility of paring the costs of operating the local school for the coming year. Consequently we have postponed some of our long-range replacement and improvement programs and have made a sincere attempt to cut our budget request to the very minimum without impairing the educational offerings to our pupils. We feel that the decrease in our local budget request despite forces of infla- tion reflects this effort and are confident that the tremendous advan- tages that our pupils of grades 7-12 will derive from our own regional school will warrant this effort on our part.
We wish to express our gratitude to the parents and townspeople for the sincere interest, cooperation, and support given our school system during the past year. We solicit your cooperation and sug- gestion in the future.
We wish to thank our superintendent-principal, Mr. Port; our vice-principal, Mr. Winter; our teachers, supervisors, school secretary, custodians and cafeteria staff for their cooperation and loyalty during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
MIDDLETON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Eben L. Jewett, Chairman Rosamond L. Bastable, Secretary Henry F. Luscomb Henry Sawyer George R. Clayton
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ENROLLMENT STATISTICS AGE-GRADE DISTRIBUTION - OCTOBER 1, 1958
Age
5. 6 7 .8
9 10
11
12
13
14
15 Totals
Grade"
I
10
55
8
73
IT
19
49
4
72
III
5
48
6
2
1
62
IV
12
43
4
1
50
V
4
33
21
2
60
VI
5
27
25
4
1
62
VII
13
38
4
55
VIII
10
24
4
1
39
Ungraded
1
1
6
1
1
3
13
Totals
10
74
62
65
53
45
69
76
33
8
1
496
TEACHER-GRADE DISTRIBUTION - OCTOBER 1, 1958
Un-
Teacher
Grade ·Grade 1 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
5
6
7
8
Miss Devane
24
24
Mrs. Hausman
25
25
Mrs. Murphy
24
24
Miss Mansfield
24
24
Mrs. Lewis
24
24
Mrs. Sperry
24
24
Mrs. Williams
31
31
Mrs. Cassidy
31
31
Miss Goodwin
31
31
Mrs. Eustis
29
29
Mrs. Johnston
31
31
Miss Durgin
29
29
Miss DeSautels
31
31
Mr. Borrelli
31
31
Miss Harrington
29
29
Mr. Tạft
26
26
Mrs. Taylor
20
20
Mr. Winter
19
19
Miss Chasse
13
13
Totals
73
72
62
60
60
62
55
39
13
496
Grade Grade Grade Grade graded Totala
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT- PRINCIPAL
To the Middleton School Committee:
Herein is submitted my first annual report as Superintendent of the Middleton School System and Principal of the Howe-Manning School.
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