Town annual report of Swampscott 1954, Part 11

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 142


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Students trained in the Business Department of our school work chiefly in offices in Swampscott, Lynn, Salem and Boston. The demand for them to work in both part and full-time employment continues to be greater than their supply. Young people who understand business principles and who have competence in bookkeep- ing, filing, general clerical work, typing, office machines, and stenography have no difficulty upon graduation in securing satisfactory beginning jobs in the business world.


It is to be hoped that boys and girls who evince interest in business and have aptitude for it will be encouraged by parents and teacher advisers to study in the field of business. Successful completion of their courses in high school enables them to progress according to their ability and application to the work at hand.


The Placement Bureau of the school stands ready to help students and business placement officers alike to secure placement, orientations, and advancement on the job. In so doing, it helps the community.


This past year the industrial arts department has expanded its facilities to include areas in automotive industry practice and electricity, in addition to the func- tioning wood working area. A course in industrial materials also was incorporated as a necessary correlating subject, filling a long existent need in the curriculum. The drafting area fills the needs of the industrial arts group, with the facilities being extended to those in the scientific group of the college preparatory curriculum who are planning an engineering career. A planning area for the shop has been set up and will be functioning shortly. Here are also provided the space and materials for special instruction in any of the shop skills as well as for special pupil needs in other curricula, in close cooperation wtih the guidance department. With the ex- panded facilities and the apparent needs as indicated in conference with the guidance


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Woodworking is an important part of the Industrial Arts program.


department, an appreciable increase in enrollment may be expected in the industrial arts department this coming year.


From this industrial arts training, comes motivation for automotive, technical and other specialized schools.


The department of Home Economics affords an insight into the rich oppor- tunities in the field of dietetics and clothing. Many of our students take work in this area for their personal needs. There are many opportunities open for those who wish to specialize in this field.


An increasing number of our students are recipients of scholarships. At graduation last June a total of $2750 in local scholarships and awards was given to students going to a variety of schools, including: Teachers Colleges, Nurses Training Schools, Junior Colleges and Secretarial. Others have lately won scholarships at leading colleges. There are many opportunities for our ambitious students."


During the year the Stanley School Building Committee made a new Stanley School addition available for the use of the children. This eight room addition was opened in September and now has an enrollment of 268 pupils. These rooms will enable us to take care of the elementary school population for the next year or two. After that time more classrooms will be needed to accommodate these youngsters.


The solution that is suggested is that the Hadley School be converted to an elementary school entirely and that it be modernized in order to best carry out this purpose. At the present time a Hadley School Investigating Committee is studying


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Home Nursing and child care techniques are demonstrated by our Public Health Nurse.


changes that will need to be made in the building to make it serviceable as an elementary school for a period of years. It should be noted that failure to solve the High School problem not only will effect the education of youngsters in grades ten to twelve but the crowded conditions will extend their effects throughout all the grades in the school system. We know from our figures of present enrollment and from predictions that it will be essential to have more elementary school classrooms in the near future and that the conversion of the Hadley School for elementary purposes will meet this need.


The Instructional Program -- A Year of Progress


The program of appraisal of all the subjects and practices in the elementary school has been continued. During the year new elementary report cards were tried out. The Teachers' Committee met and discussed the experiences with the new sys- tem and also took a poll of parental opinion on the matter. As a result of this, mod- ifications have been made in the card. Conference plans also are improved by the use of a written report form to give standard test results to parents. This enables the parent to know exactly where his child stands in various school subjects in re- lation to other children in the country.


A Reading Committee was formed consisting of elementary teachers from all buildings. This committee, after study of the various reading systems on the market, selected three to be investigated. These were carefully investigated and visits made to systems where they were in use. All first grades were equipped with materials this year. This program will be installed in grade two next year and gradually


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extended until it is available to all youngsters in all grades. It is gratifying to report that up to the present time no adverse comments on the new system have been re- ceived. This is to the credit of the committee which did such a fine job in its selection. tion.


During the year two other committees have been formed - one to study Science teaching in the elementary grades and one consisting of all kindergarten teachers to plan a curriculum guide for the kindergarten grades. These committees are expected to report during the year 1955.


The Language Arts Committee is in its second year. A new English text was adopted for use in Swampscott elementary grades. The Committee is also printing a guide for the use of the teachers in order that practices in all buildings may be corelated and the same type of material taught to the youngsters.


Growth in the number of elementary pupils and classes during the last few years made it impossible for our music supervisor to cover the work that has been assigned to her. This year a new teacher has been engaged to assist in the teaching of junior high school and elementary music. This has enabled us to do more thorough work in the elementary grades, and it will result in more Glee Club ac- tivity in all schools for those youngsters of interest and ability. This is but one of the many steps being taken to adjust to ever-increasing enrollments.


It has been particularly pleasing to observe the growth of our physical educa- tion program in all the schools. During the year 1954 a program of basketball in the afternoon for grades seven and eight has been started at the Stanley School. The


More than play - a team effort and the best each has to to give.


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shortage of play space has always been a severe handicap to the school in an attempt to do more in the line of sports throughout the winter. The addition of the Stanley School Hall will make it possible for us to expand.


In the spring, in cooperation with the Swampscott Yacht Club, sailing was made available as a sport to people in our High School and Junior High, both boys and girls. A Track team was formed for the first time. Forty-five boys participated in this program, and several meets were held during the spring.


Not only has our program grown in the number of sports added, but it has grown in every other direction also. There are more varied types of drills, more students taking part, more mat work, ropes, and group games. According to latest figures 160 boys were involved in football on the junior and senior high levels, while 70 played elementary touch football last fall. In field hockey 185 girls par- ticipated. Figures are equally high in other sports with 45 boys in hockey, 110 girls in basketball, 85 boys in basketball, 80 boys in baseball and 15 boys in track.


The elementary school youngsters were not left out of the afternoon program either. During this winter 125 boys and girls will be in the basketball program for the Junior High School and 65 for the elementary schools. Many requests for information have been received from other schools concerning our program and how such a program is started. It is pleasing that this overall program has grown so quickly.


During the year the school staff makes use of standard tests. These tests are constructed by a commercial firm and tried out on large numbers of pupils through- out the country in order to establish levels of achievement that may be expected from the various grades. It is gratifying that when these tests are used in Swampscott they invariably show that our youngsters make scores from a half a year to a year in advance of the scores of the other school systems. This indication that preparation is very thorough in Swampscott is backed up by two other pieces of evidence.


1. We often hear from youngsters coming in from other systems that our work is more advanced than it was in the system from which they came. We rarely if ever, hear that anybody feels that the work in Swampscott is too easy in com- parison to that which he had before coming.


2. Each year we also have approximately 25 or 30 youngsters taking college board examinations. From this we get the opportunity to compare our better students with the better students in other communities from public and private schools throughout the country. In these tests 500 is considered an average mark. 600 is considered very high. The average of our total scores in each subject would total 568 for last June, which is an extremely high record. Many pupils got totals of over 600 in their subject matter tests. The College Boards also give a test to de- termine the ability of the student. In these tests, our students, who also took sub- ject matter tests, averaged 490 in their scores. It must be borne in mind that this is in comparison with the best students from all over the country. It is obvious at once that a very good training must be given at Swampscott High School if our scores on capacity are average and our scores on achievement are high.


This is an account of the major accomplishments in 1954. In addition it must be borne in mind that many devices are coming into use, or are extended in their use that tend to give our children a better training and a better understanding of the world in which they live. Our teachers are alert for opportunities to bring new edu-


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Modern teaching uses a variety of materials to challenge the skills and interests of all pupils.


cational experiences. For instance, in the fifth grade at the Machon School nearly half the class formed a pen pal club through the student letter exchange. The Clarke School citizenship course is often quoted as an example of good practice in this area and inquiries have been received from other systems as to how the pro- gram is set up. In the Stanley School a tape recorder has been constantly in use. This enables worthwhile material to be recorded and made available to all classes in the school at a time when it is convenient for them to hear the program, and also children's voices may be recorded for speech correction. A library of film strips is slowly being built so that this important visual aid will be available to students in all schools. These are only a few of the many ways in which an alert staff is seeking to use the best modern devices to improve the thoroughness of learning of the pupils.


All the Needs of All the Children


An important part of the school program is to take care of the personal needs of the children, to treat them as individual personalities in many cases needing help and advice to make the adjustments required in school life as well as life outside the school. Such activities are part of the work of every teacher. Teachers help the youngsters to meet their problems, to adjust to situations that may be difficult to them and observe youngsters at all times for signs that some special attention is needed. The formal work in connection with this function of the school lies within the scope of the activities of the school nurse and the director of guidance.


During the year 1954 a set of ear phones was purchased for our pure tone audiometer. This makes it possible for all youngsters to have a modern hearing test


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Up-to-date equipment and skillful testing catch hearing loss in time.


each year, which not only will reveal the present level of hearing, but is so de- signed that it immediately detects slight losses of hearing which might later result in deafness. Many times it is possible to prevent the onset of deafness if a person knows soon enough that trouble is coming. For the first time this year, a hearing therapy class has been started two afternoons a week. In this class a specialist tutors youngsters whose hearing is inadequate to a point where lip reading methods must be used to supplement the use of a hearing aid.


The work in Guidance has been enlarged in scope through the addition of a half-time teacher in the field. Our Guidance staff not only does a great deal of work in placement, individual counselling and advising, but supervises the testing pro- gram throughout all the schools, including vocational guidance tests. The Guidance department also serves as aid and advisor to teachers in their studies of problems which affect their work directly.


During 1954 a revised system of keeping accumulated records was instituted in the elementary schools. Under the new system on two cards teachers record a com- plete history of the child as he progresses through the elementary school. This will be made available to the high school staff in later years, because such informa- tion is useful in teaching and advising high school students.


During the year a committee of Junior High teachers was formed to discuss and revise the promotional policy at the Junior High School. Standards for pro- motions were reviewed and clarified. Provisions were also made for cooperative decisions by the faculty.


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Our Staff Has Grown


As the number of pupils has increased and the school program has grown in its scope, so have the number of staff members required to keep the program up to the usual standards. Now we have 112 principals and teachers. The total number of employees in the school system numbers 137 full-time men and women and eight part-time.


There has been considerable activity on the part of the professional staff in studying for purposes of professional improvement. Nearly all teachers fulfill course requirements of the salary schedule as of June 1954. In addition to this there is increasing professional activity with organizations, such as the New England School Development Council, The Association for Childhood Education, The Mass- achusetts Teachers' Association, The American Association of University Women, and the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma (honor society for women in edu- cation). In addition our teachers are working with a variety of committees which are studying problems with teachers of other towns. This kind of professional awareness will do much toward keeping a spirit of progressiveness alive that will lead to the continual solution of the many problems one faces in present day education.


During the year the opening of the Stanley School and the problems presented by greatly increased enrollment in the Hadley School in the last three years, made it necessary that more janitors be employed. As a result two men were added to the staff in 1954, which will make it possible for standards of housekeeping to be maintained.


During 1954 the teachers' new salary schedule went into effect. This schedule was voted by the School Committee after a study by a representative group of people, consisting of teachers, school committee, and representatives from various interested organizations in town. At the same time extra salaries paid for part-time work in addition to the regular salary was studied and in some cases changes were made.


All elementary teachers were given one visiting day during the fall in order that they might observe teachers in other towns. Visits were of great value to the teachers and the geographical area represented in the visitations extended from New York to the Maine border. It is interesting to note that our teachers came back feeling that their methods, materials, and teaching situations were very satisfactory in comparison with those which they visited.


The School Plant was Improved


In 1954, as in the three previous years, considerable work was done on the school plant in order to keep it up to proper standards of repair and cleanliness. The projects carried out are far too numerous to mention, but perhaps a few of the changes do deserve special mention in this report.


Much work was done in replacing shades in the Hadley School and in the High School. This must be a continuing program extending over the next four or five years, since there are many that are not in condition for further use. One major project was the replacement of the High School hot water tank. This tank had been in use since the remodelling of the building and was in an unsafe condition. Its removal was made at the request of the Boiler Inspector.


Progress was made in the painting of the Machon School with the redecoration


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of three more classrooms and both of the stairwells. This has improved the working conditions for the children to a considerable extent.


A new roof was placed on the Hadley Annex, replacing one that had been on the building since it was built in 1924. Repointing is badly needed both at the Hadley and at the High School, one wall being repointed at the Hadley.


Considerable attention was given to the Clarke School grounds, all lawns being loamed and protected with temporary fences from the youngsters who come to Abbott Park to play. It is planned to improve the appearance of the building further by placing shrubbery around it during 1955.


One of the most pleasing improvements in the school system this year has been the installation of new lights in twelve Hadley classrooms. This came about as a result of a meeting with P.T.A. members who expressed considerable interest in seeing the lighting project carried out. It is encouraging that such things can be done in an old building to make it more functional for modern education. During the year many minor projects were carried out such as the cleaning and repair of the High School stage cyclorama, the improvement of storage facilities in the Junior High shop, the rebuilding of doors at the Hadley School, the replacement and re- pair of flashings which were in a dangerous condition at the Machon School, taking care of some bad roof leaks at the Stanley School, replacing one classroom of fur- niture in the Stanley School, installing a bicycle rack at the Clarke School and finish- ing additional bookcases for our growing High School library.


An unusually large amount of money was spent on textbooks during 1954. This was necessary mainly in the High School where additional enrollment put a heavy burden on the textbook account and also at the Stanley School. In the Stanley School the grades that had been on platoon were sharing the same textbooks. When these grades were separated in the new building it meant that one room for each grade had to have complete new textbooks. This kind of heavy expenditure is not anticipated again in the near future.


Throughout the year considerable attention has been given to the materials used by our janitors in the cleaning and maintenance of the buildings. All of the men have been spending some time in an attempt to discover and experiment with new products that might do the work better and with more efficiency. As a result of this, the kinds of supplies being bought are gradually being changed and replaced with the latest types. Tests were made of certain floors during the year to ascertain which waxes were the least slippery, and therefore would be safer for the children, the teachers and the public. Purchases in the future will be made on the basis not only of the wearing quality of the wax, but also on its safety quality.


The addition of a full-time maintenance man to the staff in place of the "floating janitor" has proved to be a sound financial investment. There are many small maintenance and repair jobs that formerly would have to go out under con- tract that are now done by our own man with only the cost of materials being neces- sary. This is indicative of the continual adjustments that are being made in order to get good work done at a lower price.


Our School Costs are Staying in Line


During the year 1954 the School Department budget for current operations totalled $643,609.00. Of this amount by far the greater part was spent for instruc-


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tion. Our instruction cost in Swampscott of 79% of the budget indicates that the money that is appropriated for schools is spent for those things that provide for the proper education of the children - teachers, supplies and textbooks. Our next largest account is for operation of the plant. This includes supplies for janitors, janitors' salaries, heat and light and some repair of equipment. Our administrative costs of something over 2% is considered very low in any business.


It should also be noted that as the cost of running the school system increases, the receipts from state funds are increasing also, so that the net gain in any year over the previous year is always less than it would seem to be from comparing the two budgets. For instance, in 1953 receipts on account of schools were $33,874.00, but in 1954 they were five thousand dollars higher than that, a total of $39,480.00. The summary of expenditures for 1954 is given below:


Appropriation


$643,609.00


Transfer


552.00


$644,161.00


Expenditures :


General Control


$ 14,393.16


Cost of Instruction


506,012.88


Operation of Plants


81,446.26


Maintenance


17,114.17


Capital Outlay


3,062.72


Auxiliary Agencies


22,130.86


644,160.05


Unexpended Balance


$ .95


Credits to the Department:


General Receipts


457.00


Tuition Received - General


1,138.00


State Refund, Trade and Vocational Schools


1,472.00


State Refund, General School Fund


36,413.00


39,480.00


Net Cost of Schools


$624,680.05


Schools and Community Work Together


In our country schools are kept close to the people in the local towns in con- trast to some countries where educational policy is formulated by the central govern- ment. Because of this the modern American school system makes every possible attempt to work closely with its community and with its parents.


During the year there has been extensive cooperation between the schools and organizations in the town, who are directly or indirectly connected with educational work.


This is the first full year of the publication of "Focus on Your Schools" our School Department paper. The issues have been devoted to the building problem and to the work of the Guidance Department, in addition to other items of interest in the work of the schools. Recently a questionnaire was sent out to parents to get reactions from the "Focus" material, and the answers that we received from the


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public indicate that it is being well accepted and that there are many suggestions for future articles.


School people cooperated with the Community Service in promoting a series of lectures in Adult Education. These lectures were carried on in the fall and were considered successful.


The School Department has cooperated with three committees which have been studying town problems, particularly school problems, during 1954. The first, a Public Building Needs Committee, reported to the Town Meeting in April, using to some extent material furnished from the School Department. Information has also been given as requested to the Hadley School Investigating Committee and the High School Investigating Committee.


In the spring the Swampscott Health Department and School Department cooperated in participating in the experimental work on polio that was being done on a national scale. Many of our children were innoculated as part of the experiment to test the effectiveness of a vaccine that had been developed.


Our halls have been used by many organizations in the town. These halls are made available on very favorable terms to educational, cultural or recreational or- ganizations in Swampscott. They are also used sometimes for money raising funds at a reasonable fee. Appreciation has been expressed by those using the halls both because of the fine facilities that are being offered and because of the courteous service received from our janitorial staff.


Our four P.T.A.'s have enjoyed a successful year of operation. There has been cooperation between the teachers and the parents, both through conferences and in handling the regular meeting program. The Superintendent has had the privilege of attending occasional P.T.A. council meetings and has found it to be very much worthwhile as a means of learning about the P.T.A. program and understanding the objectives of the council and its various individual organizations. A strong P.T.A. organization is a vital part of a strong school system, and the cooperation that exists in this town is a factor in the success of its schools.


Open house has been conducted in all schools during an evening at least once during 1954. The purpose of this visitation evening is to allow the parent to see the teachers and to see the work of their children, as well as the environment in which the children work. All have been very well attended and appreciation has been expressed for the opportunity to get into the building at night, particularly by the fathers of the children concerned. As we face the problems of growth and re- adjustment of our school program, it is important that both parents and school staff realize that our interests are not opposed but are the same. School staff and parents have much to contribute to the thinking of each other and by working together co- operatively can do an effective piece of work for the children. It has been the policy to keep continual contact open between parents and school people through questionnaires, through conferences, through meetings and through newspaper publicity. This practice aids the school in being sensitive to the needs of the children and the community.


Conclusion


It is the function of the School Committee to formulate policies for the con- duct of the school system, as well as to make final decisions on all matters con-


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cerning finance, employment and educational practice. Our School Committee has spent many hours this year in the study of the problems that we must face, and par- ticularly the problem of school space. Their earnestness and enthusiasm are greatly appreciated by the members of the school staff.


I would like also to express my thanks to the principals, teachers, janitors and cafeteria workers for their cooperation and very effective work this past year. Their ability as well as their loyalty to the cause of good education is greatly appreciated.


Respectfully submitted, JOHN A. WHITEHEAD Superintendent of Schools


Pupils Enrolled - October 1, 1954


High School


Freshman Sophomore . Juniors 176 149


Seniors 115


Total 589


149 Class I 160


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343


Grades


Kind . 1


2


3


4


5


6


Clarke


52


68


58


50


52


45


52


377


Hadley


38


44


48


65


54


37


33


319


Machon


29


47


51


32


24


36


28


247


Stanley


63


68


62


67


65


62


58


445


High School


589


Junior High


343


Elementary


1388


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY


HIGH


James H. Dunn, Principal


Irene P. McCormack


Robert V. Andersen


John I. MeLaughlin


Brooks K. Blossom


Flora B. MeLearn


Marian P. Burlingame


Jennie M. Mc Vey


Arthur G. Cronk


Edna I. Morrison


Bette L. Davis


Mildred J. O'Leary


Walter C. Drogue


Charlotte M. Oliver


Thomas J. Eickelberger


Richard W. Pavesi


Enos E. Held


L. Joseph Roy


Walter R. Henshaw


Lois W. Roy


Philip A. Jenkin


Bronia Sielewicz


Antoinette Lambert


Eileen Soper


Jeanne Lepine


Richard D. Stevenson


Richard J. Lynch


Katherine W. Trickey


Leon Marden


Emma S. White


Nance Marquette


Marjorie White


JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


Keith L. Jordan, Principal


Beatrice M. Hutchinson


Marian S. Bennett


George E Hutchinson


Mary G. Boyce


Harold S. Martin


Francis E. Chiary


Jeanne F. McGovern


Beatrice L. Cook


Crandall P. Nodwell


Alice T. Durgin


Priscilla M. Sehryver


Elizabeth Gapinski


Katherine R. Townsend


Gertrude L. Hammond


Helen Warren


Mary E. Hanifey


Grace E. Young


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Class II


Junior High School


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CLARKE SCHOOL


Madelaine M. Murphy, PrincipalBeryla Gorham


Marjorie M. Carlson


Virginia T. Grimes


Marilyn F. Dennett


Katherine F. Kerans


Joan Dimeno


L. Francis Mitchell


Joan M. Dymond


Ruth Nickerson


Marilyn E. Francis


Barbara Poole


Catherine T. Garrity


Evelina S. Roney


Francis Goddard


HADLEY SCHOOL


Keith L. Jordan, Principal


Helen H. Hudson


Emma Blossom


Ruth K. James


Sophie Boratgis


Cecelia P. Loring


Maxine Boyd


Anne M. McCarthy


Norma Briana


Marian F. Newcomb


Melba Collins


Mary E. Selvage


Florence M. Harrington


Georgette Weddendorf


MACHON SCHOOL


Esther K. Heikel, Principal


Thelma Hessell


Hazel V. Chase


Evelyn H. Lovejoy


Helen F. Gangi


Nancy Shumway


Averill D. Gellerson


Phyllis Smith


Mae M. Graham


Elizabeth W. Wade


Dorothy M. Henderson


STANLEY SCHOOL


Hilda J. Gifford, Principal


Rosalie Muchnikoff


Charlotte N. Connors


Helen N. Nelson


Shirley C. Covner


Genevieve rierre


Margaret E. Durgin


Dorothy E. Rich


Grace M. Farrell


Shirley Sterman


Margaret P. Johnston


Clara Waterman


Elizabeth S. Mahoney


Carolyn H. White


Jessie C. Martin


Barbara L. Young


ALL SCHOOLS


Mary M. Chaisson Supervisor of Art Director of Physical Education


Mary W. Cooper Director of Guidance


Speech


Donald C. Hammond


Esther Nazarian


Instrumental Music


Supervisor of Music


Amy C. Burk, R. N., School Nurse


SECRETARIES Bessie Heggie, Hadley School Edith Legro, High School JANITORS


Elizabeth Kehoe


Frank Coletti


Daniel J. Myers


Kenneth Cort


Carl B. Goodwin


Richard Corcoran


Ralph E. Gould Mario Travascio


Michael Pagnotta


Thomas Bailey


Wendell Jones


Donald R. Peterson


Emery Doane


Francis Losano


Henry J. Callahan


ASSISTANTS


Elsie Topp


Jennie Bates


LUNCH ROOM


Lillian Morse Lena Wilson


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Sarah Corcoran Hilda O. Boston Clementine Emery


Stanley Bondelevitch


Anne Linscott


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In Memoriam


EDWARD J. CONNELL Wire Inspector - 1950-1954 Died June 18, 1954


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CAPTAIN WARREN C. DUNPHY, JR. Member of Fire Department 1950-1954 Died July 18, 1954


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JOHN A. HOLMES


Board of Assessors - 1937-1954 Died March 3, 1954


EDWARD E. JAFFEE


Member of Finance Committee 1952-1954 Died January 18, 1954


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ARCHIBALD MILLER


Park Commissioner - 1918-1932 Died March 8, 1954


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EDWARD C. PHILLIPS


Plumbing Inspector - 1912-1951 Died March 28, 1954


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WILLIS E. SHEPHARD Dog Officer - 1935-1950 Died May 17, 1954


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Town of Swampscott


General Information


Swampscott was incorporated as a Town on May 21, 1852.


Situation: About 15 miles northeast of Boston.


Population: 11,580


Area: 3.05 square miles


Assessed Valuation: $29,785,825 as of January 1, 1954.


Tax Rate: $47.00.


Administration Building: 22 Monument Avenue.


Senators in Congress: Leverett Saltonstall and John F. Kennedy.


State Senator: Charles V. Hogan of Lynn (1st Essex District) .


Representative in Congress: William H. Bates of Salem (6th Congressional District) .


Representatives in General Court: Thomas M. Newth of Swampscott; John A. Davis, Marblehead, and Ernest W. April of Salem (14th Essex District) .


Member of Governor's Council: Arthur A. Thomson of N. Andover (5th District) .


Qualifications of Voters: Must be 21 years of age, born in United States or fully naturalized; a resident of Massachusetts one year and Swampscott six months. Registration Monday through Friday, 9-12 A.M. - 1-5 P.M. Special sessions held preceding elections.


Where to vote:


Precinct 1 - Machon School on Burpee Road.


Precinct 2 - Clarke School on Norfolk Avenue side adjoining Abbott Park.


Precinct 3 - Old Town Hall on Burrill Street.


Precinct 4 - Hadley School on Redington Street.


Precinct 5 - Essex Oil Filling Station, 638 Humphrey Street.


Precinct 6 - Phillips Beach Fire Engine House, Phillips Avenue.


Tax Bills: Due and payable on or before October 1. Law provides for addi- tion of interest from October 1 on bills unpaid after November 1. Poll and motor excise taxes are payable 30 days and water bills are payable 60 days from date of issue.


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EMERGENCY NUMBERS


AMBULANCE


LYnn 5-1111


CIVIL DEFENSE LYnn 8-9622


FIRE LYnn 5-4050


POLICE


LYnn 5-1111


Information on:


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Assessors


LYnn 5-1644


Police


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Town Accountant


LYnn 5-1648


Town Clerk


LYnn 5-1646


Building Inspector


LYnn 3-4538


Cemetery


Cemetery Superintendent


LYnn 3-4369


Death Certificates


Town Clerk


LYnn 5-1646


Dog Licenses


Town Clerk


LYnn 5-1646


Dogs - Lost and Found Draft Board


Draft Board No. 68


LYnn 8-9144


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LYnn 2-1696


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Selectmen


LYnn 5-1645


Fire Permits


Town Clerk


LYnn 5-1646


Health Department


LYnn 5-1643


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Town Clerk


LYnn 5-1646


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Health Department


LYnn 5-1643


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Town Clerk


LYnn 5-1646


Old Age Assistance Parks and Playgrounds


Park Department


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Plumbing Permits


Plumbing Inspector


LYnn 5-1643


Resident Listing Rubbish Collection


Health Department


LYnn 5-1643


Schools


School Department


LYnn 2-2067


Sewers


Sewer Department


LYnn 5-1647


Streets


Highway Department


LYnn 2-3520


Tax Collections


Tax Collector Tree Warden


LYnn 2-2378


Veterans' Benefits


Veterans' Service Department


LYnn 3-4313


Voting, Registration Water


Board of Registrars


LYnn 3-1873


Water Department


LYnn 5-1647


Weights and Measures


Sealer


LYnn 2-1696


Welfare


Welfare Department


LYnn 8-4400


Wiring Permits Zoning


Wire Inspector


LYnn 3-4538


Building Inspector


LYnn 3-4538


Assessments Bicycle Licenses Bills and Accounts Birth Certificates Building Permits


Dog Officer


LYnn 5-8018


Town Clerk


LYnn 5-1646


Fire Department


LYnn 5-4050


Fishing and Hunting Licenses Garbage Collection Library


Public Library


LYnn 3-8380


Old Age Assistance


LYnn 8-4400


Board of Registrars


LYnn 3-1873


LYnn 5-1646


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Town of


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