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Water Services:
Expenses :
Pipe and Fittings
$1,264.79
Supplies
17.00
1,281.79
Cemetery Department:
Personal Services:
Superintendent
$ 2,950.00
Labor
11,985.72
Clerical
867.90
Other Expenses:
Materials and Supplies
820.40
Equipment and Repairs
1,138.80
Telephone
84.40
Light and Fuel
73.91
Gas and Oil
474.95
Printing and Advertising
21.50
Stationery and Postage
40.00
Trees and Shrubs
159.00
Sod and Loam
570.38
Bond and Insurance
171.20
Water
48.40
Use of Car
250.00
Perpetual Care
280.00
19,936.56
New Veterans' Lot in Riverside Cemetery:
Expenses :
Engineering
$250.00
Lumber
1.60
Photos
2.65
Advertising
18.50
Drainage Contract
1,653.75
1,926.50
Purchase Compressor for Cemetery:
Expenses :
New Compressor
350.00
Total for Enterprise and Cemeteries $67,908.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Maturities :
Relief Loan $ 1,000.00
Fire and Police Building Loan
3,000.00
Sewer Loans
18,000.00
Tax Title Loans.
35,717.03
Temporary Loans
450,000.00
$507,717.03
Interest:
On Relief Loan $ 90.00
On Fire and Police Building Loan
975.00
On Sewer Loans
10,560.00
On Tax Title Loans
1,606.34
On Temporary Loans
1,343.15
14,574.49
Total for Interest and Maturing Debt ..... $522,291.52 ....
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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AGENCY AND TRUST
Federal:
Withholding Tax Deductions $55,489.91
State:
State Tax and Assessments:
State Tax
$16,864.00
Audit Municipal Accounts 2,104.95
Examination of Retirement System
79.04
Charles River Basin Loan
Fund
1,354.55
Metropolitan Parks Loan Sinking Fund
3,277.46
Metropolitan Parks-Nantas- ket Maintenance 320.47
Metropolitan Parks Loan
Sinking Fund Series 2 ....
215.86
Care of Civil War Veterans ..
104.00
Smoke Inspection Service ... 130.05
24,450.38
County :
County Tax
$27,493.35
Tuberculosis Hospital Assess-
ment
7,595.47
Dog Licenses
3,399.80
38,488.62
Town:
Guarantee Deposits-Planning Board:
Printing and Advertising .... $20.00
Postage
2.00
22.00
Income-Wilson Library Fund: Books
105.05
Income-Johnson Library Fund: Books
85.89
Income-Kimball Library, Fund: Books
36.33
Income-Post-War Rehabilitation Fund: Accrued Interest
$ 10.20
Investment in Savings Bank 193.60
203.80
Tailings (Unclaimed Checks) :
Andrea Genova
$41.76
Town of Saugus
15.93
57.69
Reinvestment of Trust Funds: Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
25,000.00
Contributory Retirement System: Investment Income Deposited in General Cash in Error 37.50
Bequests : Perpetual Care Bequests 8,124.00
Total for Agency and Trust $152,101.17
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[Dec. 31
REFUNDS
Taxes :
1943 Real Estate
$ 250.10
1944 Real Estate
579.46
1945 Real Estate
1,444.97
$2,274.53
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Levy of 1944
$ 1.74
Levy of 1945
27.38
29.12
Special Assessments :
1945 Sewer
$6.15
1945 Committed Interest
1.97
8.12
Water:
December 1944 Water Rates
$25.27
Water Liens Added to 1943 Taxes
5.00
Water Liens Added to 1944
Taxes
6.00
Water Liens Added to 1945
1.00
37.27
Tax Titles:
Redemptions
7.80
Withholding Taxes
21.80
Total for Refunds
$2,378.64
Total Cash Expenditures and Refunds
$1,582,797.50
TRANSFERS
From Reserve Fund:
To
Selectmen
$150.00
Tax Title Expense
100.00
Assessors
180.00
Law
36.01
Town Hall
200.00
Fire and Police Building Maintenance
175.00
Secretary (War Price and
Rationing)
208.00
Sewer Connection-9 Mt. Ver- non St.
100.00
Highways (Salaries)
440.00
Street Lighting
24.03
Guild Road Drain
1,125.00
A. D. C .- Aid
950.00
Infirmary
300.00
Repairs to Sweetser School
1,280.00
Memorial Day Exercises ...
100.00
Cemetery
280.00
New Compressor for Cemetery
350.00
5,998.04
Taxes
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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From Other Sources:
To:
Sewer Division $4,847.96
Library
2,560.46
Cemetery
2,004.78
Sewer Loans
7,135.17
16,548.37
Total Transfers
$22,546.41
Total Cash Expenditures, Refunds and Transfers
$1,605,343.91
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1945
144,433.18
Total
$1,749,777.09
RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Cash Balance, January 1, 1945 $ 120,806.24
Receipts :
General Revenue $907,571.44
Commercial Revenue 696,173.21
Refunds
2,679.79
1,606,424.44
Transfers
22,546.41
Total Receipts, Refunds and Transfers ....
... $1,749,777.09
Expenditures :
General Government $ 84,706.67 Protection of Persons and Property 120,605.39
Health and Sanitation
42,232.60
Highways and Bridges
91,085.14
Charities and Soldiers'
Benefits 147,081.28
Education and Libraries 318,726.35
Recreation and Unclassified ..
33,680.74
Enterprise and Cemeteries .... 67,908.00
Interest and Maturing Dept .. 522,291.52
Agency and Trust 152,101.17
Refunds
2,378.64
Transfers
$1,582,797.50 22,546.41
Total Expenditures, Refunds and Transfers .......
$1,605,343.91
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1945 $144,433.18
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[Dec. 31
Outstanding Bonds and Notes, Dec. 31, 1945
1938 Municipal Relief Loan Notes, Issued Under Chapter 58, Acts of 1938, November 15, 1938
Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass.
No. 596
Due November 15, 1946, at 21/4 % $1,000.00
No. 597 Due November 15, 1947, at 21/4 % 1,000.00
No. 598 Due November 15, 1948, at 21/4 % 1,000.00
$3,000.00
1934 Fire and Police Station Loan Bonds, Issued December 1, 1934
Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass.
The following bonds are registered and payable to the Common- wealth of Massachusetts: Nos. 54 to 56 inclusive, and Nos. 59 to 62 inclusive.
Nos. 54-56 Due December 1, 1946, at 31/4 %
$3,000.00
Nos. 57-59 Due December 1, 1947, at 31/4 %
3,000.00
Nos. 60-62 Due December 1, 1948, at 31/4 % 3,000.00
Nos. 63-65 Due December 1, 1949, at 31/4 % 3,000.00
Nos. 66-68 Due December 1, 1950, at 31/4 %
3,000.00
Nos. 69-71
Due December 1, 1951, at 31/4 %
3,000.00
Nos. 72-74 Due December 1, 1952, at 31/4 %
3,000.00
Nos. 75-77
Due December 1, 1953, at 31/4 %
3,000.00
Nos. 78-80
Due December 1, 1954, at 31/4 %
3,000.00
$27,000.00
1938 Sewer Loan Bonds, Issued May 1, 1938 (W. P. A. Project No. 16218-Saugus, Mass.) Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass.
Nos. 43-48 Due May 1, 1946, at 234 %
$6,000.00
Nos. 49-54
Due May 1, 1947, at 234 %
6,000.00
Nos. 55-60 Due May 1, 1948, at 234 %
6,000.00
Nos. 61-66 Due May 1, 1949, at 234 % 6,000.00
Nos. 67-71 Due May 1, 1950, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 72-76 Due May 1, 1951, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 77-81
Due May 1, 1952, at 23/4 %
5,000.00
Nos. 82-86
Due May 1, 1953, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 87-91 Due May 1, 1954, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 92-96 Due May 1, 1955, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 97-101
Due May 1, 1956, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 102-106
Due May 1, 1957, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 107-111
Due May 1, 1958, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 112-116
Due May 1, 1959, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 117-121
Due May 1, 1960, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 122-126 Due May 1, 1961, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 127-131
Due May 1, 1962, at 234 %
5,000.00
Nos. 132-136
Due May 1, 1963, at 234 %
5,000.00
$94,000.00
1945]
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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1938 Sewer Loan Bonds Issued September 1, 1938 (P. W. A. Docket No. 1422-F)
Registered and Payable to Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Nos. 85-96 Due September 1, 1946, at 234 %
$12,000.00
Nos. 97-108 Due September 1, 1947, at 234 % 12,000.00
Nos. 109-120 Due September 1, 1948, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 121-132 Due September 1, 1949, at 234 %
12,000.00
Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass.
Nos. 133-144 Due September 1, 1950, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 145-156 Due September 1, 1951, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 157-168 Due September 1, 1952, at 23/4 %
12,000.00
Nos. 169-180 Due September 1, 1953, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 181-192 Due September 1, 1954, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 193-204 Due September 1, 1955, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 205-216 Due September 1, 1956, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 217-228
Due September 1, 1957, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 229-240
Due September 1, 1958, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 241-252
Due September 1, 1959, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 253-264
Due September 1, 1960, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 265-276
Due September 1, 1961, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 277-288
Due September 1, 1962, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 289-300
Due September 1, 1963, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 301-312
Due September 1, 1964, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 313-324
Due September 1, 1965, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 325-336
Due September 1, 1966, at 23/4 %
12,000.00
Nos. 337-348
Due September 1, 1967, at 234 %
12,000.00
Nos. 349-359
Due September 1, 1968, at 234%
12,000.00
$275,000.00
Tax Title Notes Payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
No. 755 Due October 16, 1946, at 1% $ 6,091.78
No. 756 Due November 18, 1946, at 1% 50,000.00
No. 757 Due December 1, 1946, at 1% No. 758 Due December 4, 1946, at 1%
50,000.00
25,000.00
$131,091.78
Outstanding Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Taxes
No. 754 National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass. $200,000.00 @ .385-350 days discounted Dated May 7, 1945-Due April 26, 1946. $200,000.00
Statement of Total Bonded Indebtedness
1938 Relief Loan
$ 3,000.00
1934 Fire and Police Station Loan
27,000.00
1938 Sewer Loan (May) $ 94,000.00
1938 Sewer Loan (September) 275,000.00
Total Sewer Loans 369,000.00
Total Bonded Indebtedness
$399,000.00
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[Dec. 31
STATEMENT OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS OUTSTANDING DECEMBER 31, 1945 Tax Title Loans
Year of Loan:
1933
$165,000.00
1934
80,000.00
1935
82,600.00
1936
157,000.00
1937
75,000.00
1938
75,000.00
1939
100,000.00
1940
50,000.00
1941
50,000.00
1942
None
1943
None
1944
None
1945
None
Total Tax Title Loans
$834,600.00
-Less-
Repaid :
1933
$34,424.40
1934
61,804.28
1935
70,261.48
1936
70,032.46
1937
53,793.67
1938
66,851.20
1939
57,741.78
1940
56,827.76
1941
65,116.15
1942
45,746.82
1943
48,632.97
1944
36,558.22
1945
35,717.03
Total Payments (Deduct)
703,508.22
Total Outstanding Tax Title Loans, December 31,
$131,091.78 1945
RECAPITULATION OF TOWN INDEBTEDNESS
Bonded Debt:
Inside Debt Limit $178,280,00
Outside Debt Limit 220,720.00
Total Bonded Debt $399,000.00
Total Tax Title Loans
131,091.78
Net Funded or Fixed Debt $530,091.78 Temporary Loans Outstanding 200,000.00
TOTAL TOWN INDEBTEDNESS ........
$730,091.78
Table of Town Debt, December 31, 1945, Showing Annual Payments of Principal to Be Raised- 1946 to 1968 Inclusive
Relief Loan of
Fire & Police Station Loan of Dec. 1/34 31/4%
Sewer Loan
Sewer Loan of
21/4%
1946
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
$6,000.00
$12,000.00
$22,000.00
1947
1,000.00
3,000.00
6,000.00
12,000.00
22,000.00
1948
1,000.00
3,000.00
6,000.00
12,000.00
22,000.00
1949
3,000.00
6,000.00
12,000.00
21,000.00
1950
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
1951
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
1952
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
1953
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
1955
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1956
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1957
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1958
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1959
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1960
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1961
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1962
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1963
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1964
12,000.00
12,000.00
1965
12,000.00
12,000.00
1966
12,000.00
12,000.00
1967
12,000.00
12,000.00
1968
11,000.00
11,000.00
$3,000.00
$27,000.00
$94,000.00
$275,000.00
$399,000.00
Annual Payments of Interest to Be Paid 1946 to 1968 Inclusive on Above Loans
Due in:
1946
$67.50
$877.50
$2,502.50
$7,562.50
$11,010.00
1947
45.00
780.00
2,337.50
7,232.50
10,395.00
1948
22.50
682.50
1,172.50
6,902.50
9,780.00
1949
585.00
2,007.50
6,572.50
9,165.00
1950
487.50
1,856.25
6,242.50
8,586.25
1951
390.00
1,718.75
5,912.50
8,021.25
1952
292.50
1,581.25
5,582.50
7,456.25
1953
195.00
1,443.75
5,252.50
6,891.25
1954
97.50
1,306.25
4,922.50
6,326.25,
1955
$1,168.75
4,592.50
5,761.25
1956
1,031.25
4,262.50
5,293.75
1957
893.75
3,932.50
4,826.25
1958
756.25
3,602.50
4,358.75
1959
618.75
3,272.50
3,891.25
1960
481.25
2,942.50
3,423.75
1961
343.75
2,612.50
2,956.25
1962
206.25
2,282.50
2,488.75
1963
68.75
1,952.50
2,021.25
1964
1,622.50
1,622.50
1965
1,292.50
1,292.50
1966
962.50
962.50
1967
632.50
632.50
1968
302.50
302.50
$135.00
$4,387.50
$22,495.00
$90,447.50
$117,465.00
1954
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
of May 1/38 Sewer Loan
Sept. 1/38 23/4%
TOTALS
Nov. 15/38
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TOWN OF SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1945
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
General:
In banks and office $144,433.18
Special Deposit:
Surplus War Bonus 5,676.85
Metropolitan Parks Reservations 212.85
Advance for Petty :
Tax Collector 100.00
$150,210.03
$379.91
Accounts Receivable :
Deduct-Metropolitan Nantasket Maintenance 9.49
370.42
Real Estate
$ 1,688.98
Personal
10.60
Levy of 1945
Real Estate 90,091.15
Sale of Cemetery Lands Fund
3,050.00
Personal
1,058.11
Polls
.. 354.00
93,202.84
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Levy of 1945
431.18
Special Assessments : Moth:
Levy of 1945
27.20
Sewers:
Levy of 1944
$ 23.15
Committed Interest
6.48
Levy of 1945
850.57
Committed Interest
.... 219.30
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
2,184.83
Tax Titles
Tax Possessions
125,655.67
Guarantee Deposits-Planning Board Tailings
3,128.60 9.00 697.27
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
Reserve for Payment of Sewer Loans .. Excess Proceeds from Sale. of Tax Titles as Lands of Low Value
41.22
656.71
Old Age Assistance Recoveries Trust Fund Income:
George M. Wilson Library Fund $ 159.81
Benjamin N. Johnson Library Fund 224.33
Annie May Kimball Library Fund
175.46
Ora Maitland Kimball Welfare Fund 384.17
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1,099.50 269,270.81
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Taxes
$200,000.00 .. State Assessments: Charles River Basin Loan Fund $152.14
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance 14.92
Taxes:
Levy of 1944:
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance --- Tax Collection .. Surplus War Bonus Fund
100.00
5,676.85
5,904.39
Departmental: Sewer Rentals:
1944
$ 111.74 2,311.05
Old Age Assistance 230.91
Aid to Dependent Children (State Cases)
819.93
Estates of Deceased Persons ..
2,111.06
5,584.69
Water Rates:
June, 1943
$ 1.00
December, 1943
165.57
June, 1944
1,037.59
December, 1944
1,402.94
June, 1945
3,064.08
December, 1945
10,613.89
Water Liens Added to Taxes:
Levy of 1944
17.00
Levy of 1945
1,321.21
17,623.28
Overdrawn or Unprovided For Accounts: 1945 County Tax
312.14
Rationing Board
30.00
Overlays :
1932
$ 9.75
1934
13.48
1935
249.88
1936
233.68
1937
184.51
1938
21.45
1939
28.70
1940 ..
14.81
1941
19.48
1942
10.60
1944
.. 194.58
Loans Authorized
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1945
2,435.93
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Appropriation Balances :
New Accounting System ..
$ 44.73
Foreclosure of Tax Titles 36.16
Renew Assessors' Plans 172.61
Revaluation of All Real Estate
4,647.46
Law Department
500.00
National Defense Committee .. Secretary (War Prices and Rationing)
440.00
Repairs to Public Works Stockroom
326.35
Repairs to Legion Building
91.05
New Veterans' Lot at Riverside Cemetery
3,458.50
Loan Authorized Unissued Surplus Revenue
11,834.63 110,000.00 7,672.79
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980.92 110,000.00
$774,398.26
3,128.12
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise $ 431.18
Moth Assessment 27.20
Sewer Assessment
1,099.50
Tax Title
269,270.81
Tax Possession 125,655.67
Departmental
5,584.69
Water 17,623.28
419,692.33
2,087.77
$774,398.26
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1945
Deferred Revenue
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due .... Suspended Sewer Assessments
$20,345.69 245.93
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue:
Due in 1946
$3,816.24
Due in 1947
3,805.07
Due in
1948
3,794.25
Due in 1949
3,783.68
Due in
1950
3,778.57
Due in 1951
852.92
Due in
1952
389.31
Due in
1953
....
125.65
Suspended Sewer Assessment Revenue
245.93
$20,591.62
$20,591.62
TOWN DOCUMENTS
Debt Account
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$530,091.78
Municipal Relief Loan ......... Fire and Police Station Loan ...... ...
$ 3,000.00
27,000.00
Sewer Loans
369,000.00
Tax Title Loans
131,091.78
$530,091.78
$530,091.78
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$20,345.69
Trust Accounts
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities $155,772.29
George M. Wilson Library Fund $ 2,100.00
Benjamin N. Johnson Library Fund 5,125.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 123,353.69
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 25,193.60
$155,772.29
$155,772.29
Retirement Funds-Cash and Securities Interest Deficiency
Retirement Accounts
$94,971.59
Annuity Savings Fund-Group 1
$38,108.73
735.91
Annuity Savings Fund-Group 2
1,272.06
Annuity Reserve Fund-Group 1
1,894.82
Pension Accumulation Fund-Group 1
51,398.01
Pension Accumulation Fund-Group 2
2,050.41
Military Service Fund
778.84
Expense Fund
204.63
$95,707.50
$95,707.50
1945]
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Gypsy Moth Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The following is a report of the work accomplished during 1945 and condition of the town as to insect pests.
The town has been scouted for browntail and gypsy moths. This year no browntail moths were found, the infest of 1944 at West Cliftondale having been entirely cleaned up. The gypsy moth, however, has increased to some extent. While we found very few egg masses in Cliftondale, East Saugus and Saugus Center, the North Saugus section increase is very noticeable. There was a marked decrease in tent caterpillars this year while the fall web worm, very often mistaken for the tent, showed an increase. There were no signs of the black elm worm this year and Sau- gus also escaped the infestation of aphis which bothered Lynn, Malden and other surrounding cities this year.
This department continued its tree planting program at the town farm area and other spots. A total of forty-five hundred trees (pine and spruce) were given us by the State and planted by the Saugus Boy Scouts. These are serving as a barrier to the gypsy moth and for re- forestation as well.
Approximately sixty thousand gallons of lead arsenic was used by us during the spraying season. We also used two hundred gallons of fuel oil on the mosquito breeding spots. Plans are made to use D.D.T. this coming year, experiments by the Government departments having shown that it is both cheaper and more effective for fighting mosquitoes than older methods, so we will be able to cover the swamps better and oftener. We also used one hundred pounds of amate on poison ivy in several sec- tions of the town, and some bad spots were eradicated. Cutting of brush was carried on at Great Woods Road, Walnut Street, where several bad corners were opened up, Water Street, Main Street and many others.
We wish to thank the Public Works Department and all other town departments for their cooperation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE L. PEARCE, Gypsy Moth Superintendent.
Report of the Board of Health
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus:
The Board of Health herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1945.
In the past year health conditions in general have remained about the same as in the past two or three years. There were no severe out- breaks of contagious or infectious diseases, and contrary to our expecta- tion there was no increase in the number of cases of tuberculosis. The number of cases of tuberculosis confined at the Sanatorium was the same at the end of 1945 as in 1944. The maintenance of this minimum
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rate, we feel, is due to the untiring and unceasing efforts of our Agent and Health Nurse.
We cannot over stress the importance of diphtheria prevention. The response of parents to the Board's request to have children protected against this dreaded disease was gratifying, and the clinics held at the office of the Board of Health at the Town Hall were well attended. We are considering the advisability of conducting clinics twice each year.
The Board has requested the State Department of Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health, to conduct a Well Child Clinic to include children from six months to pre-school age. This clinic will be conducted without expense to the town, for the benefit of those who are unable to pay for complete medical examination and it is for the pur- pose of discovering and correcting conditions which might destroy the child's whole future health and happiness.
Many times in the past several years this Board has brought to the attention of the citizens, through its annual report, the unsanitary con- ditions existing in our largest and most used public building, the Town Hall. The State Inspector of Public Buildings has condemned the balcony as unsafe for use until proper exits are provided. The Sanitary Inspector should condemn the whole building as unfit for use by our Town Hall employees, until proper sanitary conditions are provided. The major number of the Town Hall employees are women and no place is provided for their comfort in case of necessity, and there are no sanitary facilities for those who attend public gatherings in the auditorium.
Good pure water is one of the greatest assets a town can have, but a good sewage system is equally as great. The Board emphasizes the necessity for continued sewer construction to include those areas which we have several times recommended to the Board of Selectmen.
Respectfully submitted,
DR. LEROY C. FURBUSH, Chairman. DR. JAMES A. CLARK, Secretary. MR. RICHARD J. SPENCER, Health Officer.
Report of the Trustees and Staff of the Saugus Public Library
To the Board of Trustees of the Saugus Public Library:
Report for the year ending December 31, 1945:
The year 1945 has been one of interesting progress. The circulation record is, of course, the one unmistakable indication of increase in use, and the librarian is pleased to report a gain of over 5,000 in the total circulation. Every department and branch of the library shows a gain over the previous year, with the exception of the High School library which is slightly lower than in 1944, The Main Library shows the great- est gain of all. In fact, this library has never had so large a circulation as during this past year. Even in 1939, when the total figure reached the all-time high of 98,600 the number of books circulated at the Main Li- brary was nearly 1,000 less than in 1945. We feel that the library is growing in popularity and in service to the public, and since the figures support this theory, this is a great satisfaction and a reward.
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In Memoriam
LEVERETT B. MEARS
Member and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Saugus Public Library Since 1936
Died September 27, 1945
Albert R. Magee, Chairman 1
Trustees
Kaler A. Perkins Ashton F. Davis Walter D. Blossom Chauncy V. Whittredge William Irby
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The section of the Main Library which is devoted to the High School group has been greatly appreciated by the students, as they have shown by their increased use of it and of other facilities of the library. If it were possible to set aside one entire alcove of the adult room for the creation of a Young People's Room, it is quite probable that the boys and girls of this group would form reading habits which would add noticeably to the growth of the library in the coming years. Such a pro- ject is not possible at the present time as both the Main Library and Cliftondale Branch are in a very crowded condition, so far as shelf- space is concerned.
Miss E. Frances Abbott, the assistant librarian, resigned in May to accept the position of librarian of the Wayland Public Library. We re- gretted losing Miss Abbott, but we were pleased at her good fortune. We were fortunate to secure Miss Huldah Blackmer from the Beverly Public Library to fill the vacancy. Miss Blackmer has proved herself able, conscientious, and a very pleasant addition to the library staff.
In June, the Saugus Library collaborated with those of Swampscott and Nahant, under the sponsorship of the Lynn Public Library, in a Book and Author War Bond Rally. In the afternoon preceding the Rally, the four authors, Ogden Nash, Louis Bromfield, Fannie Hurst, and Colonel Robert Henriques visited each library. In Saugus, each of the writers gave a brief, but entertaining, talk to a capacity audience at the Main Library, which was beautifully decorated with flowers from the gardens of generous friends. In the evening, the staff members acted as ushers at the Rally at the New Ocean House in Swampscott. A manu- script was awarded in each town the group selling the largest amount of War Bonds. In Saugus, the award, Mary Ellen Chase's "Bible and the Common Reader," went to the Congregation Ahavas Sholem, and was given by them to the Saugus Public Library.
During the summer, the library supplied books on simple handicrafts for the summer playground schools, arranged the loan of a special col- lection for the use of the Girl Scouts' Day Camp, co-operated with the Lynn Public Library in collecting books and magazines for servicemen, and arranged for a donation of standard English and American classics to the Russian War Relief.
The death, in September, of Mr. Leverett B. Mears, long-time mem- ber and secretary of the Board of Trustees, was felt deeply by all of us. Mr. Mears had always been sincerely interested in the advancement of the library, and in losing him, we have lost a good friend.
Children's Book Week, in November, was celebrated as usual with large and colorful exhibitions of new juvenile books in the Main Library and the branches. Story hours, at which the size of the audience taxed the seating capacity, were held in the Boys' and Girls' Room and at Cliftondale. The librarian gave reviews of new books at the North Sau- gus P.T.A., the Cliftondale Methodist Church, and for the local chapter of the D.A.R., as she has also done at other times and places during the year.
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