Town annual report of Swampscott 1950, Part 10

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1950
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 216


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2. Originally a teacher of Speech was employed in this depart- ment on a part-time basis. Her work was primarily of a corrective nature. Shortly her full time was required. Now, so great has been the demand for her instruction in that area, and so great the demand for speech improvement courses among High School pupils, that she can come nowhere near accommodating all who desire her serv- ices. There is sufficient work for two teachers.


3. Among educators the field of Physical Education is deemed to include the entire physical well-being of the pupils - health, bodily build-up, and recreation, including athletics. Our activity in this area has never been thoroughly coordinated. I feel that a person trained both by education and by experience to bring about and direct a logical well-rounded program for both boys and girls ex- tending from the elementary grades through the Senior High School would be a distinct asset to our system.


4. With our Senior High School a four-year school, the problem of pupil guidance in that school has been greatly increased. It has expanded beyond the scope with which the department heads, who formerly served as untrained councillors, can possibly cope. We need a person to devote full time to such guidance and to testing throughout the system.


The distribution of our High School pupils through the curricula of the school is a commentary on the need for such service.


At the present time 66.7 per cent of our pupils are enrolled in College Preparatory classes; 21 per cent in the Business Course, and only 12.5 per cent in our Practical Arts Courses. While it is true that Swampscott is what may be called a college-minded com- munity, and that the college preparatory curriculum provides the background needed by those entering not only the standard colleges but nursing schools and secretarial, medical technician and art schools, it is likewise true that many, particularly among our boys, would profit more by the business fundamentals and the practical knowledge and manual facility that can be obtained only in our Business or Manual and Domestic Arts curricular. A guidance pro- gram is an essential in meeting such a situation.


5. Our Manual Arts have for many years been under the di- rection of Mr. Arthur Cronk, who likewise has been the only teacher of the subject. For the past few years his schedule has been so seriously overloaded as to handicap him in expanding his department. Transferring the ninth grade to the High School made impossible his handling the entire load, and an additional teacher became a necessity. Mr. Cronk has been made a department head, handling Shop Mathe- matics and Mechanical Drawing, and his assistant conducts the shop. This has provided opportunity to extend shop work along the general shop idea, and to expand into other activities such as electrical, auto mechanics, metal and machine work. A comprehension plan has been


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submitted to me which seems logical and workable, and I feel that a start should be made on it at once.


*


During the summer we undertook major alterations at the Junior High School and Machon Schools to bring those buildings into con- formity with the requirements of the State Department of Public Safety. Through circumstances beyond the control of the con- tractor, the work at the Junior High delayed opening school in that building for three days in September. The buildings now meet all safety requirements and have State certification for the next five years.


Because of the late date of finishing the plastering on these jobs, painting was not done at the time, and is at present only par- tially completed. It will be done as rapidly as opportunity permits, during vacation periods.


Other major repairs included :


Painting the exterior of the Stanley School.


Renewing certain floor covering in the High School corridors and stairwells.


Retubing a boiler at the Junior High School.


Renewing all radiator vacuum traps at the Stanley School.


Rebuilding a portion of the Junior High School parapet wall where it had begun to bulge.


Painting several rooms at the High School.


Painting corridors at the Stanley School.


Repairing cave-in in the Hadley School yard.


In addition there has been the usual installation of cork bulletin boards, minor plumbing, heating and roof repairs, and the main- tenance to equipment and fittings that is an ever present problem. The high winds of late November ripped the flashings from the Stanley School roof, but this damage fortunately was covered by insurance.


For next year I call attention to the following items of major importance :


Completing painting at the Machon and Junior High Schools.


Redecorating five rooms at the High School.


Redecorating four rooms at the Stanley School.


Painting exterior of High School.


Replacing corroded ventilator braces on High School roof.


Repairing cast stone window ledges on rear of High School.


Rebuilding front parapet of south wing of Junior High School, where serious leaks exist.


Oil burners for Machon and Stanley Schools.


Painting interior of water pressure tank at High School.


New legislation in 1949-50 placed under direct control of the School Committee the finances of both school athletic activities and the school lunches. Each had previously been handled as a kind of private business under the direction of the principal of the school concerned and subject to supervision by the School Committee. Now all receipts from any source pass through School Committee hands into revolving funds deposited with the Town Treasurer. These funds can be expended only by School Committee approval like any other School Department moneys.


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There has been much complaint about this process in certain quarters, but I see no fault in it. The complaints seem to come from those who do not understand the procedure, or from those who find suddenly restricted moneys which they formerly could deal out with a generous hand unsubjected to audit by state authorities. Certainly we shall not suffer under the legislation, except that there is now no way to buy the band uniforms that have heretofore been provided through athletic accounts, since such purchase is illegal from any School Department funds. In the future it will be necessary to have such supplementary appropriations as the School Committee formerly carried in its budget for those purposes made separately and desig- nated as going to the specific funds in question.


There were several changes in our teaching force:


Resignations :


Mrs. Arthur Rogers, Junior High School, Physical Education


Mr. Arthur Crosbie, High School, English


Mrs. Marion Burdett, Junior High School, French


Miss Priscilla Randall, Hadley School, Grade 2


Mrs. Jean Curtis, Machon School, Kindergarten


Elections :


Mr. Philip Jenkin, High School, English


Mr. Thomas Eickelberger, High School, Shop


Mr. Wilfred Sheldon, Junior High School, Art


Miss Priscilla Smith, Junior High School, Physical Education Miss Phyllis Woodfall, Hadley School, Kindergarten


What the current upbuilding of the national armed services may mean to us is still uncertain. There are on our faculties five men who are members of reserve groups, presumably subject to call. If the possibilities come actually to pass we shall be seriously crippled. The supply of qualified teachers in many fields is still limited, and several of our men are in those fields. We can only hope that time will deal kindly with us.


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK L. MANSUR,


December 30, 1950


Superintendent of Schools.


SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION


Financial Report for Fiscal Year September 8, 1949 to July 5, 1950 RECEIPTS


FOOTBALL


Gate Receipts


$3,618.87


Contracts and Guarantees


3,744.96


Miscellaneous:


Bus fares


9.80


Sweaters


135.00


Football jersey


1.00


Trans. from band acct.


150.00


Check No. 3247 void


2.22


Reimburse for check No. 3176


8.00


TOTAL FOOTBALL RECEIPTS $7,669.85


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BOYS' BASKETBALL


Gate Receipts


561.75


Transportation


10.50


Check No. 3095 cancelled


8.00


Sweaters


31.50


TOTAL


611.75


GIRLS' BASKETBALL


Receipts for jackets


22.00


GIRLS' FIELD HOCKEY


Receipts for jackets


80.00


ICE HOCKEY


Receipts


57.88


Reimburse for equipment Helmet


5.00


Deposit 5/22


58.00


125.88


BASEBALL


Marblehead receipts


29.00


GOLF


Guarantee


15.00


TOTAL RECEIPTS


$8,553.48


DISBURSEMENTS


FOOTBALL


Equipment


$1,632.20


Cleaning and Conditioning


101.97


Medical Services and Supplies


2.85


Transportation


607.00


Officials


300.00


Police


386.10


Contracts and Guarantees


2,181.80


Ticket Sellers and Takers


159.00


Field Expense


30.00


Printing


121.00


Miscellaneous :


Mass. Sec. School Principals


10.00


Bonded Transport


75.00


E. Held-supplies


5.10


Bank Service charge-Sept.


.45


Revere Knitting Mills


247.50


W. Delorey-services


95.00


Dieges & Clust-megaphones


19.29


D. L. McDonald 6/25


3.20


Torrence Vary-Pur. 8/30


4.00


Noyes Hardware


21.10


O. G. Poor Co.


4.38


H. Martin-conference


3.20


L. Nolan-dues conference


35.00


E. Radiant Lamp Co.


6.25


Armour Co .- soap for field house


13.50


Service Charge for Oct.


.89


J. Marks-referee Jr. Varsity


16.00


P. Gandolfo-referee Jr. Varsity ...


16.00


H. Cunningham-Material for skirt


7.30


E. Held-postage and registration ..


51.50


5.00


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111


Charge printing check book


3.26


V. Easterbrooks-washing towels


60.00


Service Charge for Nov.


2.20


Service Charge for Dec.


1.72


N. Rogers-clerical services


3.00


Parisians-cleaning band uniforms


68.80


N. E. Conference-expenses


3.20


Central Dental Lab.


7.00


A. Chiancone


162.00


James O'Leary-travel expenses


17.76


W. R. Terryberry-pur. 3/8


17.10


L. Ericksonpur. 10/3


2.22


Dieges & Clust


16.12


Jostens


2.22


Mass. Assoc. of Deans


8.00


Total Disbursements


$6,531.18


BOYS' BASKETBALL


Officials


$ 170.00


Ticket Sellers & Takers


63.00


Transportation


292.00


Police


34.32


Printing


20.00


Miscellaneous:


E. Held-postage


6.73


L. Harris-Faculty Assoc. Dues


3.00


Bank Service Charges


2.47


Collector of Internal Revenue


90.98


J. Dunn-Expenses at tournament ..


4.50


Mr. McLaughlin-travel expenses ..


5.00


Revere Knitting Mills


45.00


Total Disbursements


3 737.00


GIRLS' BASKETBALL


Equipment


7.11


Officials


44.50


Transportation


48.00


Cleaning


11.50


F. Coletti-services


12.00


F. McLearn-expenses


3.00


Jane Tooher Sport Co .- jackets


37.40


Total Disbursements


163.51


BASEBALL


Equipment


19.60 ...


Cleaning


Transportation


171.00


Officials


146.00


Miscellaneous:


Service Charge for July, 1949


.85


K. Knowland-pur.


2.16


K. Jordan-expenses


4.00


Bank service charges


1.66


H. Martin-expenses


4.80


Mr. Mclaughlin-travel expenses ..


5.00


Total Disbursements


355.07


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GIRLS' FIELD HOCKEY


Equipment


334.85


Officials


40.00


Transportation


191.60


Cleaning


35.06


Miscellaneous :


W. Hogan-alterations


70.00


Membership dues


2.00


Total Disbursements


673.51


GOLF


Sunbeam golf range-equipment .. 50.00


50.00


ICE HOCKEY


League dues


S 10.00


North Shore Sports Center


31.68


V. Dennis-sandwiches


2.85


Mr. Denehay-rink


10.00


T. Anderson-practice


4.35


Carroll's Taxi


2.00


Total Disbursements


$ 60.88


TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS


$8,571.15


TOTAL LOSS FOR SEASON


$ 17.67


PROOF


Balance on hand September 8, 1949


$ 55.30


Balance on hand July 5, 1950


37.63


LOSS FOR SEASON


$ 17.67


J. McVEY, Treasurer.


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE


Superintendent of Schools


Swampscott, Mass.


Dear Sir:


I herewith submit a report for the year ending December 31, 1950:


School visits 657


Number sent to family physician 209


Number excluded 218


506


Home visits


470


Physical examinations 1469


Defects found 420


Immunized to Diphtheria


139


Taken to clinic 126


Visits for attendance


190


Truancy


46


School adjustment


132


Home adjustment 76


Schick tested


119


Respectfully submitted,


MARY K. HAMMOND, R. N., School Nurse.


Notes to parents


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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1950


Boys


Age


Grade


4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Totals


Kdg. 20 66


86


1


12 69 3


84


2


15 58


79


3


34 48


89


4


24 41 11 1


77


5


1 34 35 10 2 .... 1


83


6


1 23 36 7 2 2


71


7


20 30 12 2


64


8


20 35 7 2


64


9


13 22 11 5 1


1


53


10


1 22 24 10 3


60


11


15 21 16 2


54


12


21 28 5


2


56


P.G.


2


1


3


Total .. 20 78 84 95 79 83 69 67 59 63 56 52 57 50


2


923


MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1950


Girls


Age


Grade


4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Totals


Kdg. 21 75


96


1


14 55


69


2


22 49


71


3


34 33 4


71


4


1 32 40 2 1


76


5


4 33 27


4


68


6


27 20 2


1


50


7


33 37 2 2


74


8


19 31 1


1


52


9


12 31 15 1


59


10


27 30 2


1


60


11


1 27 33 6


67


12


1 26 25


4 3 59


P.G.


....


Total .. 21 89 77 84 69 77 56 58 58 46 62 74 62 32 4 3


872


....


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SCHOOL CENSUS - OCTOBER 1, 1950


5 years or over and under 7


7 years or over and under 16


Total


Registration of Minors


Boys


233


707


940


Girls


221


657


878


Total


454


1364


1818


Distribution of the above minors:


In public day school membership


379


1096


1475


In continuation school membership


..


In vocational school membership


74


261


335


In State or county institutions


and special schools for defectives


3


3


Not enrolled in any day school ..


1


4


5


Totals


454


1364


1818


PUPILS ENROLLED - NOVEMBER, 1950


High School


118


121


115


3


470


Junior High School


Class I 142


Class II 116


258


Grades


Kind.


1


2


3


4


5


6


Hadley A.M.


62


39


35


35


75


66


65


377


Hadley P.M.


34


38


35


30


....


....


137


Machon


35


35


42


61


43


29


32


277


Stanley


54


41


42


39


36


56


25


293


High School


470


Junior High


258


Elementary


1084


1812


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY


High


Name


Degree


Training


Year Began in Swampscott


James H. Dunn


B.S.


Colby


1929


Principal


Ed.M.


Harvard


Angelo Annacone Mathematics


Ed.M.


Boston Univ.


Brooks K. Blossom


A.B.


Chicago


1933


Head of Foreign Lang. Dept.


A.M.


Harvard


Salem 1946


Katherine M. Carroll Social Studies


Ed.M.


Boston Univ.


Mary Cooper


B.S.


Tufts 1929


Science


M.S.


Univ. of Pittsburg


Arthur G. Cronk


Trade Exper.


1930


Manual Arts


Fitchburg Teach. Coll.


Walter G. Drogue


A.B.


Yale


1947


History & Visual Educ.


Ed.M.


Boston Univ.


Thomas J. Eickelberger Manual Arts


B.S.


Miami Univ. 1950


Averill Gellerson


A.B.


Colby 1947


English


A.B.


Boston College 1949


B.S.


Educational


Total


Fresh. 113


Soph. Juniors Seniors P.G.'s


In private school membership ..


and delinquents


1950]


SCHOOL REPORT


115


Enos Held


A.B.


North Central 1947


Head of Science Dept.


Ed.M.


Harvard


Walter R. Henshaw


A.B.


Dartmouth


1930


Head of English Dept.


A.M.


Boston Univ.


Philip A. Jenkin English


A.M.


Harvard


Gorham 1931


Antoinette Lambert Science & Social Studies


B.S.


Boston Univ.


Jeanne Lepine


A.B.


Univ. of Maine 1948


French & Spanish


A.B.


Stetson 1935


Harold S. Martin Physical Education


A.B.


Univ. Vermont 1949


I. Patricia McCormack English


A.B.


Holy Cross


1931


John I. McLaughlin History


Ed.M.


Boston Univ.


Flora A. McLearn Physical Education


B.S.


Salem


1945


Jennie McVey Commercial


Ed.M.


Boston Univ.


B.S.


Salem


1935


Edna I. Morrison Commercial


M.C.S.


Boston Univ.


Mildred J. O'Leary Head of Comm. Dept.


B.B.A.


Boston Univ.


Charlotte Oliver


B.S.


Framingham


1940


Domestic Science


A.B.


Middlebury


1924


Eileen Soper French


A.M.


Columbia


Katherine Trickey Librarian


M.A.


Emma S. White


B.S.


Bridgewater


1936


English


Ed.M.


Harvard


Marjorie White


A.B.


Bates


1927


Head of Math. Dept.


Ed.M.


Harvard


Junior High School


Educational Training


Year Began in Swampscott


Name


Degree B.S.


Gorham


1946


Eleanor L. Birch


Hyannis


1937


Social Studies


B.S.


Salem


1931


Marion P. Burlingame


A.B.


Mt. Holyoke


1922


Latin & English


Salem


1918


Alice T. Durgin


Salem


1916


Mathematics


Salem


1924


George E. Hutchinson Manual Arts


Art


1924


Nance Marquette English


B.S.


Bridgewater


1944


Crandall P. Nodwell Mathematics


Truro


1927


Wilfrid C. Sheldon Art


B.S.


Mass. School of Art 1950


Lena Patchett Mathematics


A.B.


Bates


1941


B.A.


Univ. of Maine 1949


Keith L. Jordan Principal


Mary G. Boyce Mathematics


Salem


Beatrice L. Cook History


Beatrice M. Hutchinson History


Mass. School of


A.B.


Williams Coll. 1950


New Haven 1921


Fitchburg 1931


Ed.M.


Boston Univ.


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Priscilla Smith Physical Education


B.S.


Boston Univ. 1950


A.B.


Boston Univ. 1947


M.A.


Boston Univ.


A.B.


Smith


1918


B.S.


Simmons


A.B.


Bates


1941


A.M.


Radcliffe


Hadley School


Educational


Year Began


Name


Degree


Training


in Swampscott


Keith L. Jordan


B.S.


Gorham


1946


Principal


Castine


1932


Louise Cerica Grade 1


B.S.


Boston Univ.


Joan Dimeno Kind.


B.S.


Lesley


1949


Margaret Forbes


B.S.


Salem


1941


Grade 3


B.S.


Bridgewater


1943


Grade 5


Catherine T. Garrity Grade 4


B.S.


Boston Univ.


1947


Helen H. Hudson Kind.


Leslie


1928


Ruth James


Salem


1921


Katherine Kerans


Salem


1921


Grade 2


Cecelia Loring Grade 3


Perry


1948


Marion Newcomb Grade 4


Salem


1910


Mary E. Selvage Grade 5


B.S.


Lowell


1949


Evilena Roney Grade 6


Salem


1931


Alice Toman Grade 1


Farmington


1947


Phyllis Woodfall Kind.


Perry


1950


Name


Degree


Educational Training


in Swampscott


Madelaine M. Murphy Principal


Ed.M.


Boston Univ.


Hazel D. Chase


B.S.


Salem


1926


Grade 5


Lowell 1936


Evelyn H. Lovejoy Grade 6


B.S.


Columbia


Clare Murray Grade 4


R. I. College of Educ.


1948


Ruth Nickerson Grade 3


B.A.


Wayne Univ.


1949


Elsie Oakes


B.S.


Fitchburg


1923


Grade 1


Salem


1928


Phyllis G. Smith Grade 4


Machon School


Y'ear Began


B.S.


Fitchburg


1948


Mae M. Graham Grade 3


Gorham


1938


Maxine A. Boyd Grade 6


Salem


1936


Marilyn Francis


Grade 2


Katherine Towsend Science Helen Warren Domestic Science Grace Young English


1950]


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117


L. Ann Stanley Kind. M. Elizabeth Wade Grade 2


Wheelock


1948


Salem


1914


B.S. & Ed.M.


Boston Univ.


Stanley School


Gorham


1932


Boston Univ.


Emma Blossom Grade 5 Charlotte Conners Grade 6


Salem


1929


Margaret E. Durgin Grade 3


Salem


1917


Geraldine L. Eichenberger Kind.


Bates


1949


Grace M. Farrell Grade 2


Salem


1920


Jessie C. Martin Grade 1


Salem


1915


Dorothy Rich Grade 4


B.S.


Boston Univ.


1949


Clara Waterman Grade 5


Gorham


1932


Barbara Young Kind.


Lesley


1948


All Schools


Mary M. Chaisson Supervisor of Art


Salem


1946


B. U. &


Vesper George


Donald C. Hammond Instrumental Music


N. E. Cons. of Music


1946


Anne Linscott Speech


B.L.I.


Emerson


Esther Nazarian Supervisor of Music


A.B.


Boston Univ. 1921


Kutztown


Teachers


1948


B.S.


Boston Univ.


Mary K. Hammond, R.N., School Nurse


Secretaries Bessie Heggie, Hadley School Edith Legro, High School Gertrude Donlon, Superintendent of Schools


Janitors


Elizabeth Kehoe, High School Daniel Myers, High School Henry J. Callahan, High School Kenneth J. Cort, High School Carl B. Goodwin, High School Mario Travascio, High School


Frank Coletti, Hadley School Wendell Jones, Hadley School Emery Doane, Hadley School Michael Pagnotta, Machon School


Thomas Bailey, Stanley School


Assistants


Marion Noonan


Jennie Bates


Jackson


1941


M. Elizabeth Hahn Reading


Lesley


Bridgewater 1929


Hilda J. Thacher Principal


B.S.


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Contributory Retirement Board


To the Citizens of Swampscott:


This is the fourteenth annual report of the Retirement Board.


We recently mailed to each member a copy of a pamphlet pub- lished by the Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement Boards explaining the law, and covering all changes up to Decem- ber 31st, 1950. There still exists considerable confusion as to the rights and benefits provided by the act. The law as written is tech- nical, replete with legal verbiage, and contains innumerable cross references. Consequently it is exceedingly difficult for the layman to properly interpret its provisions. Another disturbing factor is that each year the legislature changes certain parts of the act, and it is onerous to attempt to keep up with the various changes. We do feel however, that this booklet will help explain the basic fundamentals, and enable a member to obtain some idea of what his rights and potential benefits may be. If any member has a question the Board will be happy to attempt to answer it, but it would prove easier if questions were submitted in writing, thus allowing time for a careful examination of the pertinent provisions of the law involved. It should be noted that a member now may designate a beneficiary to receive a pension in the event the member dies before retiring. The accidental death benefit has been increased to two-thirds of the pay of the member, and accidental disability benefit has been increased to two-thirds of the members pay.


Generally, in the lower wage brackets, pensions are not as high as Social Security provides. Some improvement has been made, but there is a long way to go before we attain benefits comparable with those prevalent in private industry.


MEMBERSHIP SUMMARY


A. Membership January 1, 1950


118


1. Enrolled during 1950


18 136


2. Withdrawals


3


3. Deaths


1


4. Retirements


1


5


B. Membership December 31, 1950


131


1. Retirements for :


A. Superannuation


12


B. Ordinary disability


2


C. Accidental Death Benefit 1


15


Total Membership December 31, 1950 146


The following is an income statement for the period January 1, 1950 to December 31, 1950.


Balance December 31, 1949 $136,561.21


INCOME


Amortization


$ 1,161.55


Contributions by members


17,542.52


Contributions by town


Pension


Fund $13,395.00


119


Expense


Fund 1,887.50


15,282.50


Investment Income


3,855.99


$ 37,842.56


174,403.77


DISBURSEMENTS


Refunds to members


Withdrawals


527.15 6.06


$ 533.21


Accrued interest on bonds


100.62


Depreciation on stocks . .


600.25


700.87


Accrued Interest for 1949


596.34


596.34


Administration Expenses Clerical hire


1,056.69


Extra clerical


120.00


1,176.69


Other Expenses


Stationery & Postage ....


57.00


Printing & Binding


76.56


Bonds for members ....


92.50


Furniture & Fixtures ..


451.95


Telephone


89.65


Conferences & Travel


155.90


Reimbursement of Board Member


120.00


Miscellaneous


58.25


1,101.81


Pensions :


Annuities


613.57


Pensions


13,033.00


13,646.57


17,755.49


156,648.28


INVESTMENTS


Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank


4,000.00


Lynn Institution for Savings


3,000.00


Salem Five Cents Savings Bank


4,000.00


Salem Savings Bank


2,000.00


13,000.00


U. S. Savings Bonds


79,000.00


American Tel. & Tel. Co.


5,096.05


Boston Edison Co.


2,048.12


Cleveland Electric Illum. Co.


2,112.29


Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.


2,075.00


Commonwealth Edison Co. .


2,022.50


Consolidated Gas & Light Co.


2,033.64


Connecticut River Power Co.


1,060.55


Consolidated Edison of New York


2,008.52


Detroit Edison Co.


2,045.00


Duquesne Light Co.


2,050.00


Illinois Bell Tel. Co.


3,006.00


Kansas City Light & Power Co.


2,022.87


Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co.


1,972.46


New England Tel. & Tel. Co.


2,041.55


New York Tel. & Tel. Co.


4,139.78


Niagara Mohawk Power Co.


2,042.50


Pacific Gas & Electric Co.


1,991.65


Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co.


4,079.35


Philadelphia Electric Co.


2,020.00


Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.


2,013.66


Wisconsin Electric Power Co.


2,050.00


128,931.49


CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD


1950]


Interest


120


TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


First National Bank of Boston


8,463.75


First National Bank of New York 1,235.00


National Shawmut Bank of Boston


1,015.00


10,713.75


Security Trust Co.


3,993.04


3,993.04


Petty Cash


10.00


10.00


156,648.28


ROBERT H. MCAULIFFE, Chairman, JOHN G. McLEARN, I. MURRAY ADAMS, Secretary Contributory Retirement Board.


The Planning Board


To the Citizens of Swampscott:


The Planning Board has held approximately twenty-four meet- ings during the year of 1950, not at regular intervals, but scheduled to meet situations as they developed.


During the year Board approval was given plans covering seven subdivisions of major importance, and nine plans prepared for the purpose of corrections, legal compliance, small subdivisions, etc.


On account of the tense international situation proposed develop- ments showed a decline during the latter part of the year.


The Board planned early in the year to reprint the zoning by-law embodying changes and additions since the original issue. This work has been delayed pending receipt of certain legal approval from the Attorney General's office ; however actual printing is now in progress and copies of the revised edition should be available by the end of 1950.


The school problem is only partially solved and there is urgent need for its completion. The Planning Board is co-operating with other agencies in the effort to develop a long range plan prepared in understandable form for presentation to the Town Meeting.


This school problem also requires that we consider whether present library facilities are adequate to accommodate the increas- ing number of students.


Due to the critical times in which we are living the Massachu- setts Federation of Planning Boards, at their annual meeting in Springfield during the month of October, keynoted the importance of doing everything possible to limit and reduce congestion respectively in our new developments, and in our older areas of towns and cities. This type of planning is essential in order to provide a greater degree of safety against possible enemy action.


What the new year may bring forth is unknown, but it will be a year for serious thought, and co-operative work on the part of all citizens of this nation plus those in sympathy with our objectives.


Respectfully submitted, THE PLANNING BOARD Ralph L. Williams, Chairman James R. Maddock, Secretary Gordon L. Brown Harold M. King Alexander B. Way, Jr.


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