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. 6.00
$58,894.62
$58,894.62
Standpipe:
Expenses:
Contractor-construction $ 5,800.00
Materials on Contract:
Pipe and Fittings
$ 77.00
Other Expenses:
Advertising
$.
26.25
Recording Fee
10.50
Plowing
79.00
$5,992.75
$5,992.75
Cemetery :
Salaries and Wages:
Superintendent
$ 3,137.47
Clerical
1,300.00
Labor
13,212.42
Other Expenses:
Materials and Supplies
$ 973.64
Equipment Repairs
1,010.02
Telephone
73.52
Light and Fuel
129.93
Gasoline and Oil
440.91
Printing and Advertising
51.50
Stationery and Postage
30.00
Shrubs and Trees
135.00
Bond and Insurance
203.12
Water
40.00
Transportation
250.00
Dues
5.00
Registration of Trucks .. . .
4.00
$3,346.64
$20,996.53
New Veterans Lot in Riverside Cemetery:
Salaries and Wages:
Labor
$
469.09
$469.09
Other Expenses:
Lumber $ 2.50
.
$17,649.89
1947]
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
137
Supplies
95.10
Grass Seed
174.00
Stone and Gravel
156.08
Steps
470.00
Equipment Repairs
13.50
$911.18
$1,380.27
Total for Enterprise and Cemeteries
$146,389.07
SUMMARY OF ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES
From Transfer & 1946 Refunds
Appro- priation
Expended
Balance to Rev. or 1948 $ 179.80
Water Pur. '46 Bills
4,115.12
4,115.12
Water Maint.
$ 60.85
26,073.37
26,114.59
19.63
Water Maint. '46 Bills
625.61
625.61
Water Ext.
2,990.00
2,989.58
.42
Hyd. Gates & Meters
4,000.00
3,999.80
.20
Water Services
1,300.00
2,660.00
3,960.00
MDC Mains
7.00
80,000.00
58,894.62
21,112.38*
MDC Standpipe
30,000.00
5,992.75
24,007.25"
Cemetery
2.852.42
18,147.58
20,996.53
3.47
Vet. Lot
$2,605.50
1,380.27
1,225.23*
Totals
$2,605.5C
$4,220.27
$186,111.68
$146,389.07
$46,548.38
* To 1948
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Maturities:
Relief Loan
$ 1,000.00
Fire and Police Station Loan
3,000.00
Sewer Loans
18,000.00
Tax Title Loans
46,717.58
Temporary Loans
550,000.00
Interest :
On Relief Loan
$ 45.00
On Fire and Police Sta. Loan
780.00
On Sewer Loans
9,570.00
On Tax Title Loans
752.64
On Temporary Loans
1,565.55
On Water Loans
612.50
From Premiums:
On Water Loan Int.
400.00
$13,725.69
Total for Interest and Maturing Debt
$632,443.27
AGENCY AND TRUST
Federal:
Withholding Tax Deduction $ 55,256.99
$55,256.99
State:
State Tax and Assessments:
$ 12,600.00
Audit Municipal Accounts
1,430.10
Exam. Retirement System 68.06
Charles River Basin Loan
1,407.83
Metropolitan Park Loan:
Sinking Fund Loan
5,534.42
Nantasket Maintenance
416.05
Sinking Fund-Series 2
70.30
Care of Civil War Veterans
80.00
Smoke Inspection
212.71
$21,819.47
Water Purchase
$ 17,500.00
$ 17,320.20
$618,717.58
State Tax
138
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
County:
County Tax
$ 30,016.85
Tuberculosis Hospital
10,695.23
Dog Licenses
3,539.60
$44,251.68
Town:
Income Wilson Library Fund: Books $ 92.38
Income Johnson Library Fund:
Books
121.87
Income Kimball Library Fund: Books
85.64
Perpetual Care Bequests
9,508.50
Tailings
80.00
Private:
Blue Cross and Shield
Deductions
3,677.05
$3,677.05
Total for Agency and Trust $134,893.58
REFUNDS
Taxes:
1947 Real Estate
$ 2,495.28 694.47
$3,189.75
1946 Poll
24.00
1947 Poll
56.00
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Levy of 1946
$ 27.76
Levy of 1947
359.75
Water:
December 1945 Water Rates $ 5.00
$5.00
Tax Titles:
Redemptions
$ 28.76
28.76
Sewers:
Assessments
$ 20.89
Interest
3.71
24.60
Abatement:
Interest
$ 1.79
Demand Interest
.36
2.15
$3,717.77
TRANSFERS
From Reserve Fund:
To:
Election and Registrations $ 1,700.00
Ashes and Rubbish 255.13
Water Services
1,300.00
Repairs to Town Buildings
300.00
Treasury
135.00
Tree Warden
500.00
Town Accountant
198.20
Public Works
30.00
O. A. A. Aid-Adm.
96.33
Insurance
242.20
$9,888.39
1946 Real Estate
$80.00
$387.51
1947]
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Forest Warden
300.00
Veterans Benefits
200.00
Water Maintenance
52.13
Snow and Ice
114.25
Health
377.00
Selectmen
150.00
From Other Sources: To:
Law
$ 400.00
1948 Election
3.000.00
Repairs to Town Buildings
326.35
Health
1,000.00
Lincoln Avenue Sewer Const.
4,082.50
Lincoln Court Sewer Const. .
2,532.34
New Road Mach. and Equip.
10,500.00
Chap. 90 Const .- Hesper St.
690.13
Chap. 90 Const .- Sweetwater St.
2,405.36
Chap. 90 Const .- Central St. ..
3,904.51
Chap. 90 Const .- General
7,000.00
Library
2,485.31
Cemetery
2,852.42
Fill and Grade-Cemetery
5,000.00
Sewer Bonds
5,932.33
$52,111.25
Total for Transfers
$58,061.49
Total Cash Expenditures, Refunds and Transfers
1,936,928.83
Cash on Hand December 31, 1947
160,056.13
Total
2,096,984.96
RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Cash Balance, January 1, 1947 . . $268,856.65
Receipts:
General Revenue $1,006,166.05
Commercial Revenue
761,229.85
Refunds
2,670.92
1,770,066.82 58,061.49
Transfers
Total Receipts, Refunds and Transfers .. $2,096,984.96
Expenditures :
General Government
$ 73,213.99
Protection of Persons and Property
118,234.84
Health and Sanitation
40,403.47
Highways and Bridges
119,615.07
Charities and Veterans Benefits
197,780.88
Education and Libraries
381,895.75
Recreation and Unclassified
30,279.65
Enterprises and Cemeteries
146,389.07
Interest and Maturing Debt
632,443.27
Agency and Trust
134,893.58
Refunds
3,717.77.
Transfers
$1,878,867.34 58,061.49
Total Expenditures, Refunds and Transfers Cash on Hand, December 31, 1947
$1,936,928.83 $160,056.13
13º
$5,950.24
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Outstanding Bonds and Notes, Dec. 31, 1947
1938 Municipal Relief Loan Notes, Issued Under Chapter 58, Acts of 1938, November 15, 1938
Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass. No. 598 Due November 15, 1948 at 214 % $1,000.00
(Final Payment)
1934 Fire and Police Station Loan Bonds, Issued December 31, 1934 Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass.
Balance December 31, 1947 $21,000.00
Nos. 60-62 Due December 1, 1948 at 31/4 % 3,000.00
(Registered and payable Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
1938 Sewer Loan Bonds, Issued May 1, 1938
Balance December 31, 1947 $82,000.00
6,000.00
Nos. 55-60 Due May 1, 1948 at 234 % . (Payable at National Shawmut Bank, Boston, Mass.)
1938 Sewer Loan Bonds Issued September 1, 1938
Balance December 31, 1947
$251,000.00
Nos. 109-120 Due September 1, 1948 at 234 % 12,000.00
(Registered and payable to Commonwealth of Mass.)
1947 Water Loan, Issued February 12, 1947
Amount (Water mains)
$40,000.00
Nos. 1-2 Due January 1, 1948 at 134 % . 2,000.00
Amount (Standpipe) 30,000.00
Nos. 1-2 Due January 1, 1948 at 134 % 2,000.00
Amount (Water mains)
40,000.00
Nos. 1-2 Due January 1, 1948 at 2%
2,000.00
(Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston)
Tax Title Notes (Payable to the Commonwealth of Mass.)
Balance December 31, 1947 .
$40,831.09
No. 782 Due December 1, 1948 at 1%
Outstanding Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Taxes December 31, 1947 NONE
Statement of Bonded Indebtedness
1938 Relief Loan
$ 1,000.00
1934 Fire and Police Station Loan
21,000.00
1938 Sewer Loan (May) 82,000.00
1938 Sewer Loan (September)
251.000.00
1947 Water Loan
110,000.00
Total Bonded Indebtedness $465.000.00
STATEMENT OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS OUTSTANDING December 31, 1947
$834,600.00
Total Tax Title Loans from 1933
793,768.91
Total Repaid
Total Outstanding 12/31/47 40,831.09
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
1947]
RECAPITULATION OF TOWN INDEBTEDNESS
Bonded Debt:
Inside Debt Limit
$154,280.00
Outside Debt Limit
310,720.00
Total Bonded Debt
$465.000.00
Total Tax Title Loan
40,831.09
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$505,831.09
Temporary Loans Outstanding
NONE
Total Town Indebtedness
$505,831.09
Table of Town Debt, December 31, 1947 Showing Total Payment of Principal To Be Raised 1948 To 1972 Inclusive
Principal
Relief Loan 11/15/38 - 214 %
$ 1,000.00
$
Interest 22.50
$
Total 1,022.50
Fire & Police Sta. Loan 12/1/34 -
314 %
21,000.00
2,730.00
23,730.00
Sewer Loans 5/1/38 - 234 %
82,000.00
17,655.00
99,655.00
Sewer Loans 9/1/38 - 234 %
251,000.00
75,652.50
326,652.50
Water Loans 2/12/47 - 134 %
70,000.00
13,987.50
83,987.50
Water Loans 2/12/47 - 2%
40,000.00
8,900.00
48,900.00
$465,000.00
$118,947.50 $583.947.50
TOWN OF SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1947
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
General:
In Banks and Office .$160,056.13
Special Deposits:
Surplus War Bonus 705.23
Advance for Petty Cash :
Tax Collector 100.00
Reserve for Payment of Sewer Loans
7,171.90
Reserve for Payment of Tax Title Loans .
17.88
Tailings
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Levy of 1946: Poll
$ 2.00
Levy of 1947:
79,473.19
Personal
2,063.69
Poll
374.00
Sewer Assessments 4,005.92
Tax Titles
151,026.23
Special Assessments:
Unapportioned Sewer
3,465.76
Levy of 1947 389.28
Committed Interest 76.59
Trust Fund Incomes:
George M. Wilson Library Fund $ 144.46
Benjamin N. Johnson Library Fund 153.22
Annie May Kimball Library Fund 171.40
Ora Maitland Kimball Welfare Fund
621.17
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 2,547.61
$3,637.86
1946
272.69
1947
1,552.29
Temporary Aid
153.60
O. A. A. Aid
252.02
Metropolitan Nantasket Maint. 60.99
A. D. C. 1,303.44
Estates Deceased Persons 2,306.32
$6,192.99
County Assessments : County Tax
$6,484.65
TOWN DOCUMENTS
Tax Titles
Tax Possessions
176,643.06
Departmental :
Sewer Rentals:
1944
$ 101.74
1945
250.89
Special Assessments: Charles River Basin Loan Fund $ 103.97
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance 14.77
[Dec. 31
$179.73
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Reserve for Petty Cash Advance $ 100.00
Surplus War Bonus
705.23
Reserve for Payment of Debt: Premium on Loan $ 129.25 Accrued Interest on Loan 511.40
$ 640.65
Reinvestment of Trust Funds
1,002.77 885.16
Sale of Cemetery Land Fund
1,619.00
Excess Proceeds, Sale T. T. Land of L. V.
47.86
Real Estate Taxes 1946
51.73
Personal Property Taxes 1946
1.43
Revenue Reserve Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $ 3,146.29
Motor Vehicle Excise: Levy of 1947 3,216.85
Tax Possessions 176,643.06
Departmental 12,227.73
Water 25,746.59
$372,795.82
Committed Int. Paid in Adv. 14
$89,061.50
151,026.23
Real Estate
$160,861.36
Water Rates: December 1943
$ 2.00
June 1944
3.89
December 1944
221.10
8,424.68
June 1945
788.55
December 1945
1,213.44
June 1946
1,704.31
December 1946
3,291.89
June 1947
4,522.03
December 1947
13,190.70
$24,937.91
Water Liens:
Levy of 1946
$
6.00
Levy of 1947
846.83
$852.83
Chap. 90-Land Damages, Central Street 1.00
Chap. 90-Const., Central St.
3,894.71
Resurface Guild Road
767.84
Surface Drain-Centenial Ave.
1,850.00
Surface Drain-Denver St.
1,818.40
Surface Drain-Hayden Road
795.40
Rental for V. F. W. Quarters
124.00
World War II Plans and Specifications 1,000.00
Water Ext .- Golden Hills Rd.
1,250.00
Water Extension-Hawkes St.
800.00
Lot in Riverside Cemetery for Veterans Burial
1,225.23
Riverside Cemetery- Wall Repair
10.00
Riverside Cemetery-Fill and Grade
7,114.82
M. D. C. Water Mains
21,112.38
M. D. C. Standpipe
24,007.25
Clean Oaklandvale Brook
400.00
1948 Election
2,709.96
$77,139.18
Agency and Trust: Withholding Tax Blue Cross and Shield 355.70
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Surplus Revenue
356.30 116,794.53
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$610,093.69
$610,093.69
1947]
Appropriation Balances: Renew Assessors Plans CA 101.51
New Mach. and Equipment 4,771.01
Chap. 90-Land Damage, Hesper Street 130.50
Chap. 90-Const., Hesper St.
2,379.22
Chap. 90-Construction, Sweetwater Street 431.39
Chap. 90-Const., Sweetwater St. 444.56
State Taxes and Assessments: Underestimates:
Metropolitan Park Reservations
*370.36
Overlays:
1938
$ 37.67
1939
109.78
147.45
Overlay Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1946 Levy of 1945
$ 9,164.69 723.40
Levy of 1947 Surplus
2,149.24
$20,462.01
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTONT
Deferred Revenue
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due .. $ Apportioned Sewer Assessment
1947
$255.79
Due in 1949
3,056.65
1953
3.22
Due in 1950
3,060.77
1954
83.36
Due in : 1951
632.19
1955
83.36
Due in 1952
217.07
1956
83.36
509.09
Suspended Sewer Assessment Revenue .
245.93
Suspended Sewer Assessments
245.93
$10,274.59
$10,274.59
Debt Account
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$505,831.09
Tax Title Loans
$40,831.09
Municipal Relief Loan 1,000.00
Fire and Police Station Loan
21,000.00
Sewer Loans
333,000.00
Water Loans
110,000.00
$505,831.09
$505,831.09
Trust Account
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities
$150,072.20
George W. Wilson Library Fund
$2,100.00
Benjamin N. Johnson Library Fund
5,125.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
141,549.69
Post War Rehabilitation Fund ..
1,297.51
$150,072.20
$150,072.20
Retirement Account
Retirement Funds-Cash and Securities ... $114,225.38
Annuity Savings Fund
$52,022.19
Annuity Reserve Fund
3,833.92
Pension Fund
55,595.85
Special Fund-Mil. Service
2,027.54
Expense Fund
745.88
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
$114,225.38
$114,225.38
[Dec. 31
.
9,519.57
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue: Due in 1948
$3,061.98
·
$10,028.66
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REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
1947]
Report of the Engineering Department
Charles C. DeFronzo, Acting Superintendent Public Works Department Woodbury Avenue Saugus, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
The following is a report of the work completed by the Engineer- ing Department in the year 1947.
Scope of Work
Surveys, drains, water, Assessors Plans, street lines and grades, Public Works estimates, plan and drawings.
Street Lines and Grades at Request of Abutters on the Following Streets:
Essex Street
Sunnyside Park
Riverbank Road Wilson Street Intervale Avenue
Winter Street Puritan Road
Bailey Avenue
High Street Willis Street
Lincoln Avenue
Street Lines and Grade for Lynn Gas and Electric Company:
Corner Vine and Highland Avenue Central Street Woodbury Avenue Hesper Street
Releases Including Chapter 90 Roads
Westford Street Golden Hills Road Central Street
Drains-Layouts and Grades for the Following Streets
Lincoln Avenue Sunyside Park
Central Street Denver Street
Lincoln Avenue near Bristow
Layouts - Grades and Profile for Sewers on the Following Streets
Lincoln Avenue Lincoln Court
Summer Street
Water Mains Layout and Grades
Hesper Street - 1500 feet
Street Plans for Acceptance n
Waban Street Extension Hurd Avenue Extension
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Plans, Drawings and Tracings
Many plans, tracings and drawings were made during the year, consisting of Land Court Records and plans on file at the Registry of Deeds in Salem. Revising assessment sheets for the Assessors and prepar- ing drawings for other departments.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY C. SEAVER Acting Town Engineer
Tree Warden's Report
To the citizens of Saugus:
The following is a report of our activities for 1947.
We pruned out, removed dead wood, hangers and cleared limbs injuring property on nine hundred and two trees. During the year we also removed eighteen trees, all of them in dangerous condition, these were located at Vincent Street, Denver Street, Vermont Avenue, Spring- dale Avenue, Water Street, Walnut Street, Wolcott Street, Chestnut Street, Ballard Street, Jackson Street, Essex Street, Lincoln Avenue and other places.
We had two bad storms during the year, one on August 15th when trees were felled and others shattered at Oaklandvale Avenue, Howard Street, Main Street, Chestnut Street and many other sections. There was also the twister on the afternoon of September 2nd which tore a path from the turnpike thru to Lynnhurst, felling many large maples particularly on Summer and Pleasant Streets where we lost seven trees.
Due to the cut in our budget request we were not able to continue our tree planting program as much as we would have liked. We have several hundred requests for shade trees from abuttors but due to higher costs and less funds we were able to plant only forty-five trees, divided as evenly as possible. We hope funds will be made available this coming year for this purpose as storm damage and other causes are gradually making replacements necessary.
Our elms were sprayed several times this year and we are happy to note the foliage was excellent and showed hardly a trace of beetle feeding. We believe this is due to improved insecticides, consisting of D.D.T. and D.X. Pyretheum.
We would like to call to the attention of all citizens, at this time, of the Dutch Elm disease menace, and request all persons removing or pruning elm trees to immediately destroy the wood and bark. This town does not have this disease at present but it is rapidly spreading over the State, having been found at Boston, Swampscott and other towns nearby. We are cooperating with the Federal and State Agencies to pro- tect ours.
In closing may I thank all citizens, officials and other town de- partments who have assisted me through the year.
GEORGE L. PEARCE,
Tree Warden
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GYPSY MOTH DEPARTMENT
1947 ]
Gypsy Moth Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The following is our annual report of work accomplished during 1947 and the condition of the town in regards to insect pests.
We find the brown tail moth is entirely cleaned out. All previous infested spots were thoroughly checked and no signs appear. The tent caterpillar and gypsy moth feeding was so slight that it was almost im- possible to find even in the previously heavily infested section of North Saugus. This we believe is the result of our new spray formula and methods. During the active season we sprayed all roadsides with D.D.T. and lead arsenic, using a total of 39,760 gallons of the liquid.
One small infest of Oriental Moth appeared in the Ballard Street section. This we hope to check during the coming year.
The Fall Web Worm has greatly increased in nearly all sections of the town, this is due to the fact that they are not considered as a leaf feeding pest, only as being unsightly and no provision is made to fight them by either State or other agencies. These worms hatch only in the fall and can only be destroyed by cutting the webs, our present plans call for this work in the coming year.
Cooperating with the Public Works Department in keeping roads clear of brush, and eliminating blind corners, we cut and removed brush from Central, Forest, Main, Winter, Walnut, Johnson Road, Dudley, Baker, Western Avenue, Essex, Wamesit, Denver, Talbot and other streets.
We also used approximately 2800 gallons of 50 per cent D.D.T. on mosquito breeding areas, consisting of the old Iron Works Bog, Hurd Avenue, Buford Street, Lynnhurst and other swamps,-this is now un- derstood to be a function of the Health Department, however this de- partment will assist in any manner possible.
In closing we wish to thank all departments who assisted us dur- ing the year.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE L. PEARCE Supt. Gypsy Moths.
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners
To the Citizens and Taxpayers of Saugus:
The Board of Cemetery Commissioners would like at this time to congratulate the Superintendent and his entire staff on their splendid performance of duty especially in view of the limited funds to operate and the antiquated equipment. We also desire to express our apprecia- tion to all other departments who have so kindly cooperated.
With reference to the Veterans' Lot, after twenty-six (26) meet- ings it was finally decided by the former Chairman that the Town Engi- neer and the Superintendent proceed as they see fit, they were author- ized to proceed on this basis which was done and outside of the layout of graves the work was completed by last Memorial Day.
The Commissioners sincerely trust that the Finance Committee will aprove our 1948 budget as submitted in order that the new Commis- sioners may carry on in the same efficient manner.
Respectfully submitted, PAUL J. HAYES, Chairman B. A. FULLERTON Cemetery Commissioners
Town of Saugus
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
and SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS of the Town of Saugus, Massachusetts
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1947
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1947]
Report of the School Committee
School Committee
JAMES W. CURRIER, Chairman 36 Stone Street Term Expires-1948
GEORGE A. McCARRIER 31 Prospect Street Term Expires-1948
DR. JOHN L. SILVER 35 Main Street Term Expires-1948
WILLIAM S. BRAID 6 Allison Road Term Expires-1948
HARRIETT A. MCADOO
6 Johnston Terrace Term Expires-1948
Superintendent of Schools
VERNON WYNNE EVANS 94 Chestnut Street Office, High School Building Office Hours-3 to 4 P.M. (Every School Day)
Secretary to the Superintendent
MISS ANNA V. JACOBS 329 Lincoln Avenue
In Charge of Attendance
ANNE C. HUNTLEY 435 Walnut Street
HAROLD E. HALEY 72 Jasper Street
School Physicians
DR. LEROY C. FURBUSH 420 Lincoln Avenue DR. JOSEPH O. WARD 40 Main Street
DR JAMES A. CLARK 545 Lincoln Avenue DR. PRISCILLA FLOCKTON. 24 Main Street
School Nurse
ANNE C. HUNTLEY, R.N. 435 Walnut Street
High School Principal JOHN A. W. PEARCE 5 Myrtle Street
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Fall term, 1947: Opened September 3, 1947. Closed, December 23, 1947. Winter Term (first half): Opened January 5, 1948. Closes, February 20, 1948.
Winter Term (second half) : Opens, March 1, 1948. Closes, April 16, 1948. Spring Term, Opens, April 26, 1948. Closes, In June 1948, the exact date depending upon the number of days lost because of bad weather.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
Elementary Grades
3 A.M. 2-2 (two rounds sounded) on fire alarm whistle-means no morning session for the first six grades and the special class at the Centre School.
Between 6:30 and 8 A.M. no school announcements will also be given over radio stations WNAC, WBZ, WCOP, WESX, WLYN.
12:45 P.M. 2-2 (two rounds sounded) on fire alarm whistle-means no afternoon session for the first six grades.
Between 12 noon and 1 P.M. no school announcements will also be given over the same radio stations as listed above.
High School and Junior High
6:45 A.M. 2-2 (two rounds sounded) on fire alarm whistle-means no session for High and Junior High schools.
Between 6:30 and 8 A.M. no school announcements will also be given over radio stations WNAC, WBZ, WCOP, WESX, WLYN.
SCHOOL TELEPHONES
Armitage School
1090
Roby School 1099
Ballard School
1091
Oaklandvale School 731
Cliftondale School
1092
Centre School 1388
Emerson School
1093 High School
260
Felton School
1094
Superintendent - Office
775
Lynnhurst School
1095
Guidance Office 1699
Sweetser School
1097
Business Office H. S. 1420
North Saugus School
1098
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Saugus:
At a meeting of the School Committee, which took place on January 12, 1948, it was unanimously voted to accept the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools as the report of the School Committee required by the statutes.
JAMES W. CURRIER,
Chairman, School Committee.
1947]
ENROLMENT-DECEMBER 1947
SCHOOLS
GRADES
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Spec.
Total
Armitage
42
22
30
37
19
16
11
177
Ballard
34
32
35
37
29
37
20
19
8
8
23
16
298
Centre
30
18
14
79
Cliftondale
44
35
34
37
150
Emerson
33
29
22
30
114
Felton
36
26
32
26
36
28
8
192
Lynnhurst
12
7
9
15
13
8
64
North Saugus
19
14
19
20
18
17
107
Oaklandvale
16
20
18
15
12
11
92
Roby
45
46
40
30
32
29
29
-
Sweetser
275
High
216
249
156
172
793
Central Junior High
-
-
283
350
268
261
283
220
226
242
243
216
249
156
172
17
2903
-
-
-
5
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
-
279
38
35
102
100
140
143
28
17
6
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
IN MEMORIAM
MAURICE F. O'NEIL
JUNIOR BUILDING CUSTODIAN
Appointed
November, 1926
Retired
February, 1945
Died
April, 1947
NEARLY TWENTY YEARS OF FAITHFUL
SERVICE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JAMES W. CURRIER, Chairman GEORGE A. McCARRIER, WILLIAM S. BRAID, DR. JOHN L. SILVER, HARRIETT A. MCADOO.
7
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1947]
Retired After Faithful Service
ROSA A. BANNON
TEACHER . .. ROBY SCHOOL
Appointed
January, 1927
Retired
September, 1947
COMPLETED 20 YEARS OF TEACHING
SERVICE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1
JAMES W. CURRIER, Chairman GEORGE A. McCARRIER, WILLIAM S. BRAID, DR. JOHN L. SILVER, HARRIETT A. McADOO.
9
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1947]
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the Honorable School Committee and Citizens of Saugus:
It is both the duty and the privilege of the Superintendent of Schools to submit his fifteenth annual report for the School Depart- ment, the same being the fifty-fifth annual report.
The 1947 Budget
At the annual March Town Meeting of 1947 the School Department was voted a General Budget of $357,500.000 and a Schoolhouse Repair Budget of $10,000.00.
Nothing was appropriated for the upkeep or maintenance of the Stackpole's Field Stadium.
Net 1947 Education Cost
Although the sum of $357,500.00 (General Budget) and $10,000.00 (Schoolhouse Repair Budget), or a total of $367,500.00, was appro- priated in 1947 for the ordinary expenses of education, this sum does not represent the actual amount of money expended by the taxpayers of Saugus for education (ordinary School Department expenditures).
The following refunds, as far as can be ascertained at the writing of this report, have been returned to the town treasury during the year 1947:
State reimbursement (State-Aid to Education) $25,320.00
Tuition from City of Boston (Boston wards) 173.46
Tuition from Commonwealth (State wards) 1,125.39
Miscellaneous Income
104.65
Out of Town Tuition
295.12
Unexpended Balance-General Budget. 40.95
Unexpended Balance-Schoolhouse Repair Budget 67.93
Total of all 1947 refunds
$27,127.50
This total sum of $27,127.50 in various forms of refunds lessens the cost of education to the taxpayers of Saugus by that amount. To find the net cost we subtract this sum of $27,127.50 from the total amount appropriated ($367,500.00). The difference, or $340,372.50, represents the net cost for the year 1947.
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