Town annual report of Swampscott 1945, Part 7

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1945
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 210


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Safety


Before bids were advertised, plans and specifications were filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety, building divi- sion. They were satisfactory, but were returned to the architects with the statement that a certificate of approval was not required since the structure and its use as an administration building did not come within the jurisdiction of the department. The only permit required was that of the Town Building Inspector. Plans were filed with him, and a permit issued.


The New England Fire Insurance Rating Association inspected the building and rated it for fire insurance coverage. The rate reflects their engineering department's opinion of the building as an insur- ance risk. The rate is .30 per thousand. The rate placed on the old Town Hall is .58; the police station .62; the High School .35.


Cost of Operation


The cost of operation of the old Town Hall for 1944, shown by the Town Accountant's figures on Page 145 of the 1944 Town Report, was $5892.49. The operation of the Administration Building should be little more than this.


General Picture


Swampscott was a fishing village with farms inland. The beauty of the shore attracted people of means who built summer places. Mod- ern residential development of the town began in 1887 with the open- ing up of the Mudge Estate. The character of this development was farsighted and beneficial. The developers, a group of Boston men or- ganized as The Swampscott Land Trust, engaged as planner and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead of Boston, landscape architect for the Metropolitan Park System. He was the son of the Frederick Law Olmstead, nationally famous, who laid out Central Park in New York, the Capitol grounds in Washington, Back Bay in Boston, and other notable domains. The aim of the father and son in land development and municipal planning was to preserve in each community some of the natural beauty of the American scene against mercantile and industrial encroachment.


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Thus, instead of being a pattern of rectangular streets with a multitude of houses crowded together, the Mudge Estate serves to retain for the Town its character of a distinctive residential com- munity.


Whether this condition can last is a question. The quality re- ferred to is broken down in many ways, carelessly, politically, and unintentionally. The tendency of selectmen to be kind to applicants for licenses and shore resorts; the neglect of zoning law enforcement; lack of inter-departmental understanding and co-operation; these and other things are part of the process of deterioration.


Swampscott can be a town of real homes or it can be a town of quick access to beach stands, cocktail bars, and licensed sound trucks; but it cannot be both.


Thought in saving some of the town's natural beauty can and doubtless will be given by town planning boards to future lay-out of such undeveloped tracts as the Whitney, Palmer, and Jeffries Estates.


Professor Thomson built his mansion in 1890. The construction and material are so substantial that the cost must have been consid- erable. The property was assessed by the Town at $93,000 until 1944 when the assessment was lowered to $72,000. The sale to the Town at the special price of $30,000 was at the request of the members of Professor Thomson's family, and was a semi-gift. At this figure even a portion of the land could not have been taken by eminent domain. Besides providing the practical housing needs of the public service, the preservation of the estate is a memorial to a world famous scien- tist, a benefactor to humanity. It is. hoped that this public edifice and its grounds, at the gateway to the Town, will help to preserve Swamp- scott's character as a community of residential attractiveness.


The Committee desires to express its thanks to Congressman George J. Bates for his aid in obtaining necessary approval from the National War Production Board at Washington. The original applica- tion was rejected by the Boston Regional Board without even a hear- ing, although the amount of priority material required was trifling. Appeal was taken to the National Board and speedy action was ob- tained by the Congressman from this district. But for this delay the work would have been completed sooner and perhaps at less expense.


Minor Matters


During the progress of the work, much misinformation concern- ing costs, fire hazards, etc., was disseminated through the medium of the public press. It came from one source. Although it may have caused misapprehension among a few, the Committee did not feel called upon to answer. The Committee is not in politics. Our aim has been to carry out to the best of our ability the undertaking for which we were appointed. To this end some time and effort have been given.


Conclusion


Pressure for a building had continued over a number of years. The demand was not so much for a hall, since the Town has two audi- toriums, in the High School and in the Hadley School, suitable for meetings. The need was for quarters to carry on the public service. The old Town Hall had long been inadequate and no repairs could make it satisfactory.


Out of this continued demand came in 1940 the appointment of a Committee to study the situation. By 1944 it was plain that a new building was inevitable. The real question was not whether the Town


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would have a building, but when, in what way, what sort of building, and to whom the Town would entrust the undertaking. The Thomson property was acquired just before the rise in land values set in. Had action on the question of a new structure been delayed even a year, and had it then become necessary to take by eminent domain and to build, the Town, faced with a rising market in land and materials, would have had to pay out several times the moderate cost of buying and remodelling the Professor Thomson estate.


Swampscott is now in the fortunate position of having a hand- some structure, adequate to meet its needs for many years to come, built of sound materials that could not today be duplicated, with over two-thirds of the cost paid and out of the way, the attractiveness of the house and grounds adding materially to the appearance of the Town, a memorial to one of its most distinguished citizens.


PHILIP W. BLOOD, HENRY S. BALDWIN, RICHARD P. BREED, LORING GRIMES, HARRY D. LINSCOTT.


RECOMMENDATION AND VOTE AT ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING APRIL 11, 1944


That the Town purchase the Elihu Thomson property on Monu- ment Avenue, Burrill Street and Elmwood Road for not exceeding $30,000.


That the same be adapted and equipped for use as a Town Ad- ministration Building.


That a Committee of five Town Meeting Members be appointed by the Moderator with power in the name and behalf of the Town to make such purchase, adapt and equip the same for a Town Admin- istration Building, including construction, renovating or remodeling, engage an architect, enter into contracts, and do all things necessary or incidental thereto.


That for the purchase of said property there be appropriated six thousand dollars from the tax levy of the current year and twenty- four thousand dollars to be raised by notes or bonds of the Town not exceeding ten years in total maturity.


And that for the cost of construction, renovating, remodelling and equipping the same, the sum of $30,000 be raised by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency fund of the Town.


July 1, 1945.


THOMSON ESTATE Appropriation


1944 Town Meeting, and Loan


$60,065.66


1945 Extra Appropriation, Town Meeting


5,000.00


1945 Transfer by Finance Committee 800.00


$65,865.66


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1945]


Expenditures


May 11-Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. c/o Thomson Estate


$ 6,000.00


18-Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. c/o Thomson Estate


24,000.00


29-Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. c/o Thomson Estate


Insurance


97.99


29-McCarthy Bros.


Labor


106.00


29-Farquhar & Black


Insurance


10.00


June 13-E. Doane & Son


Labor on floors


9.00


15-J. Williams Beal, Sons Architect


400.00


Oct. 4-Hastings & Sons Pub. Co. Ads. 4-Lynn Telegram News .... Ads.


24.94


18-I. Murray Adams


Reg. letters


2.80


Nov. 14-Hastings & Sons Pub. Co. Ads.


17.06


14-Lynn Telegram News .. Ads.


22.32


Dec.


4-P. N. Blood Keys


1.40


5-J. Williams Beal, Sons Architect


1,100.00


14-I. Murray Adams Reg. letters


2.64


$31,812.53


1945


Dec. 1-Frank I. Richardson


Check G. E. units


$ 2.50


6-Farquhar & Black


Additional premiums


41.56


14-McCarthy Bros.


Bulldozer hire


12.00


29-Daniel C. Cunningham Construction Co.


Contract


2,703.60


Jan. 15-Lynn Gas & Electric Co. Light


1.21


24-Frank I. Richardson ... Oil


150.14


Feb. 8-Daniel Cunningham Con- struction Co.


Contract


4,968.00


15-Lynn Gas & Electric Co. Power


10.08


15-Lynn Gas & Electric Co. Light


7.23


24-Frank I. Richardson .. ....


Fuel oil


69.52


28-Frank I. Richardson


Supplies and oil


341.56


Mar. 8-Daniel Cunningham Con- struction Co.


Contract


3,655.40


12-J. Williams Beal, Sons Contract


500.00


15-Lynn Gas & Electric Co. Light and power


18.52


Apr. 4-Daniel Cunningham Con- struction Co. 10-W. S. Rees


Contract


7,006.16


Taking door from one


45.94


13-Lynn Telegram News .... Ads.


21.57


13-Treasurer, College of Holy Cross


Observatory


1.00


15-Lynn Gas & Electric Co. Light and power


22.18


17-Diebold Inc.


Vault door


150.00


25-York Safe & Lock Co. Vault Door


154.00


May 3-Daniel Cunningham Con- struction Co. 5-Bertram & Fox


Contract


4,289.70


Roofing


308.13


9-0. G. Poor Lumber Co. Tumber


9.00


10-Lynn Sand & Stone Co. Dust


22.49


15-Lynn Gas & Electric Co. Power


12.87


21-Frank I. Richardson .... Fuel oil


2.66


nlace to another .....


13-Hastings & Sons Pub. Co. Ads


15.75


1944


18.38


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May 22-Ricciardelli Co. 33.14


25-P. W. Sands


Counter for Assessors' office 62.19


31-E. A. Goguen


Sash cord & plate glass 4.11


June 2-Lynn Ornamental Iron Works


Rail equipment


50.00


15-Daniel Cunningham Con- struction Co.


Contract


1,590.24


15-Lynn Gas & Electric Co. Light and power


11.22


16-P. W. Sands


Counter and enclosure. 88.00


22-Ricciardelli Co.


Piping


14.53


23-Frank I. Richardson


Oil and supplies


10.93


25-P. W. Sands


Counter


62.81


30-Fuller Electric Co.


Electrical work


97.86


30-W. S. Rees


Moving safe door


75.84


July 1-Lynn Gas & Electric Co. Light


12.44


7-Henry S. Baldwin


Equipment


4.00


14-Bertram & Fox


Work on roof


9,26


17-North Shore Iron Works


Repairs


19.75


18-Theodore P. Nordin


Painting


2,803.00


19-Daniel Cunningham Con- struction Co. Contract


3,376.35


$32,868.54


Total for 1944


31,812.53


Grand total


$64,681.07


Appropriation


$65,865.66


Spent


64,681.07


Balance


$1,184.59


Apr. 11-Farquhar & Black


Insurance


$ 90.04


July 30-Leonard Bates


Labor


11.00


30-Daniel Cameron


Labor


11.00


31-John T. Hubbard


Supplies


12.50


Aug. 2-J. Williams Beal, Sons Contract


758.95


15-Lynn Gas & Electric Co. Electricity


9.80


11-Philbrick & Pope


Supplies


11.40


11-Frank I. Richardson


Supplies


22.29


9-P. W. Sands


Labor


34.76


6-Town of Swampscott.


Water


13.55


20-H. D. Linscott


Reimbursement


6.95


27-E. C. Phillips


Installation


8.97


31-P. W. Sands


Supplies


34.76


Total Appropriation


$65,865.66


Expenditures to July 26, 1945


$64,681.07


Expenditures to date


1,025.97


$65,707.04


65,707.04


Balance December 14, 1945


... $158.62


Pipe and fittings


$1,025.97


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PLANNING BOARD


1945]


The Planning Board


January 7, 1946.


The Board of Selectmen Swampscott, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott:


The Planning Board submits the following report:


During 1945, as in previous war years, no definite plans covering sub-divisions for the purpose of new home construction were sub- mitted to the Board. It is expected, however, that this situation will change quickly when conditions as to labor and materials permit the erection of new buildings in the numerous proposed developments.


The revision of the Zoning-By-Laws with accompanying maps, has been completed and notice of hearings will be advertised.


The major details of the Master Plan have been completed, and progress has been made in the studies on long range planning.


The Board during the current year, aside from its routine acti- vities, proposes to devote considerable time to the completion of the long range planning structure.


Yours very truly, PLANNING BOARD,


James R. Maddock, Chairman; Ralph L. Williams, Secretary; Chester A. Brown, Gordon L. Brown, A. B. Way, Jr.


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Board of Assessors - 1946


The Board of Assessors submit herewith all figures used by them in the determination of the Tax Rate and other figures of a statistical nature. It is again to be noted that in consequence of lack of building operations during the past five years, the demolition of larger build- ings and the depreciation of old buildings that the valuation of the Town upon which the Tax Rate is determined is gradually receding. The total valuation for 1945 shows a decrease of $214,639 from that of 1944.


The Excise Tax on automobiles for the year 1945 showed a de- crease of $5,063.13.


LIABILITIES 1945


STATE ASSESSMENTS:


State Tax


$25,976.00


Auditing Municipal Accounts 1,104.92


Charles River Basin


2,355.69


Metropolitan Parks


3,747.77


Nantasket Beach Maintenance


486.27


Boulevards


337.50


Metropolitan Water


33,956.14


State Retirement System Audit


47.12


TOTAL STATE ASSESSMENTS


$68,011.41


COUNTY ASSESSMENTS:


County Tax


$41,867.83


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 9,949.49


TOTAL COUNTY ASSESSMENTS


51,817.32


TOWN APPROPRIATIONS:


(a) to be raised by Taxation $884,876.99


(b) to be raised by Available Funds 9,465.20


894,342.19


OVERLAY DEFICITS:


1938


$ 71.77


1939


70.54


1940


61.91


1941


539.53


1942


80.54


1943


26.98


TOTAL OVERLAY DEFICITS


851.27


OVERLAY, 1945


16,840.93


GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED


$1,031,863.12


ASSETS 1945


Property Tax Valuation $23,573,009 @ $29 per $1000. $683,620.99


Available Funds


64,465.20


Estimated Receipts (State Accounts)


128,018.15


Estimated Receipts (Town Accounts)


147,910.78


Poll Taxes: 3,924 @ $2.00


7,848.00


TOTAL ASSETS


$1,031,863.12


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ESTIMATED RECEIPTS (State)


Income Tax $68,887.19


Corporation Tax 35,626.63 Gasoline Tax under Acts 1943, Chapter 569 .... 23,504.33


TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS (State) .... $128,018.15


.....


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS (Town)


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


$17,236.53


Licenses


5,334.00


Fines


89.00


Grants and Gifts


1,330.00


Special Assessments


3,490.00


General Government


276.00


Protection of Persons and Property


304.00


Health and Sanitation


950.00


Charities (other than Federal Grants for A.D.C.)


36,636.00


Soldiers' Benefits


1,110.00


Schools


1,467.00


Libraries


1,173.00


Recreation


464.00


Public Service Enterprises (Water Dept.)


73,269.84


Interest on Taxes and Assessments


3,137.00


Miscellaneous


172.00


Old Age Tax (meals, General Laws, Chapter 64B, Paragraph 10)


1,472.41


TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


$147,910.78


TABLE OF AGGREGATES 1945


Number of Persons, Partnerships and Corporations Assessed on Property


3,301


Number of Polls Assessed


3,924


Value of Land


$ 6,485,655


Value of Buildings


15,890,965


Value of Assessed Real Estate


$22,376,620


Value of Stock in Trade


$ 94,687


Value of Machinery


105,533


Value of Live Stock


250


Value of all other Personal Property


995,919


Value of Assessed Personal Estate


$1,196,389


Tax Rate per $1000


$29.00


Number of Horses Assessed


5


Number of Acres of Land Assessed


1,675


Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed


2,778


TAXES FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN PURPOSES


On Personal Estate


$ 34,695.46


On Real Estate


648,925.53


On Polls


7,848.00


TOTAL TAXES ASSESSED


$691,468.99


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK E. MORRISON, CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY, JOHN A. HOLMES, Board of Assessors.


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COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR 1944 AND 1945


LIABILITIES


1945


1944


*Increase or Decrease


State Assessments


$ 68,011.41


$ 92,834.22


$24,822.81


County Assessments


51,817.32


54,006.22


2,188.90


Town Appropriations


894,342.19


928,771.02


34,428.83


Overlay Deficits


851.27


938.12


86.85


Overlay


16,840.93


24,197.65


7,356.72


ASSETS


Property Valuation


$23,573,009


$23,787,648


$ 214,689*


Property Tax


683,620.99


713,629.44


30,008.45


Estimated Receipts (Town)


147,910.78


142,177.02


5,733.76*


Estimated Receipts (State)


128,018.15


128,753.77


735.62


Income Tax


$68,887.19


$68,476.81


$ 410.38*


Corporation Tax


35,626.63


35,626.63


..


Gasoline Tax


23,504.33


24,650.33


1,146.00


Motor Vehicle and Trailer


$17,236.53


$20,000.00


$2,763.47


Licenses


5,334.00


3,067.00


2,267.00*


Fines


89.00


30.00


59.00*


Grants and Gifts


1,330.00


1,075.00


255.00*


Special Assessments


3,490.00


3,475.00


15.00*


General Government


276.00


240.00


36.00*


Protection of Persons & Property


304.00


335.00


31.00


Health and Sanitation


950.00


222.00


728.00*


Charities


36,636.00


34,775.00


1,861.00*


Old Age Tax (Meals)


1,472.41


1,344.32


128.09*


Soldiers' Benefits


1,110.00


1,100.00


10.00*


Schools


1,467.00


1,700.00


233.00


Libraries


1,173.00


875.00


298.00*


Recreation


464.00


508.00


44.00


Public Service Enterprises


73,269.84


69,980.70


3,289.14*


Interest on Taxes


3,137.00


2,975.00


162.00*


Miscellaneous


172.00


475.00


303.00


Value of Real Estate


$22,376,620


$22,557,520


$180,900


Value of All Personal


1,196,389


1,230,128


33,739


Tax Rate


29.00


30.00


1.00


Number of Horses Assessed.


3


5


2


TAXES FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN PURPOSES


Personal Estate


$ 34,695.46


$ 36,903.84


$ 2,208.38


Real Estate


648,925.53


676,725.60


27,800.07


Polls


7,848.00


7,876.00


28.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


12,249.67


17,412.80


5,163.13


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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT Relative Statistics Concerning Appropriations and Valuations APPROPRIATED AT TOWN MEETING


1940


1941


1942


1943


1944


1945


1. Overdraft Previous Year .......


$ 818.66


$ 1,656.00


$ 2,214.68


$ 896.79


$ 3,461.41


$ 851.27


2. General Government


55,844.00


53,849.43


59,904.49


65,272.60


74,201.95


84,079.27


3. Protection Life and Property ..


101,644.57


110,061.35


147,239.39


122,174.42


138,546.83


124,433.25


4. Health and Sanitation


51,593.70


77,023.26


39,265.40


43,666.00


49,903.50


61,678.50


5. Highways and Bridges


116,725.18


117,438.90


116,901.25


112,800.00


126,791.85 78,519.13


132,535.38


6. Charities and Soldiers' Relief


87,112.97


86,802.72


83,835.58


83,231.82


80,617.73


7. Education-Schools


199,850.00


200,400.00


225,353.00


223,354.00


234,673.00


233,570.00


8. Library


12,575.00


12,875.00


14,256.50


14,567.00


15,461.60


16,070.00


9. Recreation


25,122.00


25,570.00


28,441.36


25,958.20


41,355.20


47,099.60


10.


Cemetery


7,922.00


6,557.00


7,701.05


7,900.00


9,863.70


9,465.20


11. Unclassified


13,696.65


11,561.82


12.292.95


14,094.06


48,934.28


13,825.81


12. Maturing Debt


56,050.00


50,050.00


46,350.00


41,750.00


40,750.00


40,500.00


13. Maturing Debt Interest


18,067.50


16,207.25


14,747.25


13,657.50


12,268.75


11,153.75


14. State Tax


58,080.00


60,060.00


54,600.00


18,200.00


46,222.00


25,976.00


15. State Assessments


12,189.64


8,757.94


8,747.45


7,696.39


7,783.32


8,079.27


16. County Tax


34,461.53


38,088.03


35,575.52


32,137.25


39,418.01


41,867.93


17. County Assessment


9,976.46


10,051.71


12,878.37


14,034.75


12,531.01


9,949.49


18. Overlay


10,003.38


8,021.06


17,776.34


23,796.66


24,197.65


16,840.93


Totals


$871,733.24


$895,031.47


$928,080.58


$865,187.44


$1,004,883.19


$958,593.28


Voted after the Tax Rate was fixed


$25,883.35


Thomson Estate Appropriation in 1944 $60,000. (Under Unclassified $36,000. Raised by Taxation), Balance ($24,000 by Bond Issue)


Tax Rates


$27.40


$27.00


$29.00


$27.00


$30.00


$29.00


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TO BE RAISED BY TAXES ON PROPERTY AND RECEIPTS


1940


1941


1942


1943


1944


1945


Estimated Receipts


$184,187.79


$199,031.72


$189,265.55


$163,065.43


$200,950.09 82,427.66


$202,659.09


Transfers


26,333.76


41,322.35


30,631.52


49,397.72


64,465.20


Poll Taxes


7,212.00


7,268.00


7,454.00


7,640.00


7,876.00


7,848.00


Property Taxes


653,999.69


647,409.40


700,729.51


645,084.29


713,629.44


683,620.99


Totals


$871,733.24


$895,031.47


$928,080.58


$865,187.44 $1,004,883.19


$958,593.28


Voted After Tax Rate Fixed


$25,883.35


WATER DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE FIGURES


Amount Bonded


Value of Buildings


$15,868,686


$16,036,955 6,688,605


$16,186,805 6,719,795 1,256,357


$16,086,055 6,628,930 1,176,941


$16,000,965 6,556,555 1,230,128


$15,890,965 6,485,655


Value of Land Value Personal Property


..


..


..


23,868,602


23,978,126


24,162,957


23,891,876


23,787,648


23,573,009


Tax Rate


27.40


27.00


29.00


27.00


30.00


29.00


Polls


3,606


3,634


3,727


3,820


3,938


3,924


Town Debt


561,950


504,400


452,850


405,000


361,750


343,500


..


6,796,085


1,203,831


1,252,566


1,196,389


Total Valuations


..


The money appropriated, as above, represents annual budget, special articles in warrants before the Tax Rate was determined and any money appropriated the previous year subsequent to determining the Tax Rate of that year.


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Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1898-1945


ASSESSORS' VALUATION


JANUARY 1.


Year


Real Estate


Personal Property


Total Valuation


Rate Taxes per $1,000


Year


Debt


1945


$22,376,620


$1,196,389


$23,573,009 23,787,648


$29.00


1946


$301,500.00


1944


22,557,520


1,230,128


30.00


1945


343,500.00


1943


22,714,935


1,176,941


23,891,876


27.00


1944


361,750.00


1942


22,906,600


1,256,357


24,162,957


29.00


1943


405,000.00


1941


22,725,560


1,252,566


23,978,126


27.00


1942


452,850.00


1940


22,664,771


1,203,831


23,868,602


27.40


1941


504,400.00


1939


22,486,182


1,223,968


23,710,150


26.00


1940


561,950.00


1938


22,200,540


1.221,031


23,421,571


25.00


1939


623,500.00


1937


22,009,175


1,225,488


23,234,623


26.40


1938


688,050.00


1936


21,989,840


1,251,017


23,240,857


27.00


1937


715,600.00


1935


22,135,642


1,240,657


23,376,299


29.30


1936


494,650.00


1934


22,257,887


1,215,044


23,472,931


27.00


1935


546,200.00


1933


22,405,423


1,248,975


23,654,398


24.40


1934


440,100.00


1932


22,543,462


1,276,099


23,819,561


26.40


1933


486,300.00


1931


22,523,651


1,168,246


23,691.897


25.50


1932


534,500.00


1930


22,239,452


1,013,203


23,252,655


24.00


1931


538,700.00


1929


21,592,351


1,016,761


22,609,112


24.00


1930


502,600.00


1928


20,977,277


1,862,029


22,839,306


24.00


1929


259,600.00


1927


20,417,314


1,877,468


22,294,782


26.00


1928


296,800.00


1926


19,584,208


1,648,254


21,232,462


28.00


1927


338,000.00


1925


17,870,147


1,643,644


19,513,791


26.00


1926


345,200.00


1924


17,088,098


1,546,498


18,634,596


25.00


1925


246,900.00


1923


16,157,425


1,526,754


17,684,179


26.00


1924


291,900.00


1922


15,321,512


1,414,422


16,735,934


25.00


1923


343,900.00


1921


14,226,510


1,391,298


15,617,808


24.00


1922


341,500.00


1920


14,007,916


1,316,938


15,324,854


23.00


1921


344,100.00


1919


12,771,170


1,179,422


13,950,592


20.00


1920


236,600.00


1918


12,619,556


1,110,776


13,730,332


20.00


1919


251,750.00


1917


12,141,321


1,000,682


13,142,300


20.00


1918


312,000.00


1916


11,532,432


4,928,181


16,460,513


20.00


1917


330,800.00


1915


10,810,305


5,028,193


15,838,498


17.80


1916


363,900.00


1914


10,508,225


3,531,119


14,039.344


16.80


1915


344,100.00


1913


10,028,325


3,174,590


13,202,915


16.40


1914


293,500.00


1912


9,413,525


2,974,381


12,387,906


16.00


1913


276,600.00


1911


9,050,850


2,771,167


11,822,017


15.00


1912


273,150.00


1910


8,489,200


2,698,340


11,187,540


15.00


1911


194,639.00


1909


7,675,905


2,450,021


10,125,926


16.00


1910


184,295.00


1908


7.312,165


2,680,490


9,992,655


16.00


1909


191,295.00


1907


7,099,090


2,317,468


9,317,468


14.50


1908


176,420.00


1906


6,303,625


2,093,820


8,397,445


14.50


1907


167.320.00


1905


6,030,185


2.117,442


8,147,627


14.50


1906


151,320.00


1904


5.489,121


2,206,172


7,695,293


12.90


1905


110,020.00


1903


5,135,124


1,286,981


6,422,105


11.50


1904


114,770.00


1902


4,762,665


1,744,874


6,507,539


12.00


1903


75,270.00


1901


4,668,985


1,598,745


6,267,730


12.00


1902


70,600.00


1900


4,446,900


1,138,275


5,585,175


11.00


1901


68,100.00


1899


4,200,175


1,199,045


5,399,220


11.50


1900


64,300.00


1898


4,135,582


1,318,591


5,454,173


14.00


1899


59,000.00


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SCHOOL REPORT


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School Report For the Year Ending December 31, 1945


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1945


Edgar U. Burdett, Chairman .. . 56 Elmwood Road LYnn 2-3853


Marion D. Morse. 7 Millett Road


LYnn 2-2203


Bernard F. Carey


63 Orchard Road


LYnn 3-3693


Ralph N. Murray


79 Banks Road


LYnn 5-0597


Robert O'Neill.


31 Stanwood Road


LYnn 2-6580


Regular meeting, second Wednesday of each month.


Superintendent of Schools and Secretary of the School Committee Frank L. Mansur


2 Palmer Avenue.


LYnn 3-2193


The office of the Superintendent of Schools is open on school days from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M .; Saturdays from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.


School Calendar 1946


Winter term begins Wednesday, January 2


Winter term closes. Friday, February 15


Spring term begins Monday, February 25


Spring term closes Friday, April 12


Summer term begins. Monday, April 22


Fall term begins. Wednesday, September 4


Dedicated to the six former students of Swampscott High School who have this year given their lives in the armed services of the nation.


IN MEMORIAM


LESLIE R. DURKEE, JR Class of '42


THOMAS HODGES Class of '35


JOHN HOMAN, JR. Class of '36


ROBERT NORRIS


Class of '38


FRANK POWERS Class of '33


HAROLD THOMPSON Class of '37




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