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2,221.10
Per cent of Attendance, 1920.
92.36
Per cent of Attendance, 1919.
93.35
Length of School Year, September, 1919 to June, 1920
39 weeks
Days lost, stormy weather, holdiays, etc., High.
16 days
Elementary 17 days
Actual length of school year, High.
.35 weeks, 5 days
Special teachers employed.
5
Regular teaching positions.
88
Total teaching positions. 93
DAY SCHOOLS
Cost per pupil for instruction and maintenance, based on average member- ship:
High School
$89.31
Elementary School.
49.84
Day Schools 58.31
35 weeks, 3 days Elementary.
APPENDIX B
Grade
Teacher
Pupils 5 and 6
Pupils between 7 and 14
Pupils between 14 and16
Total Enroll- ment
Average Member- ship
Average Attend- ance
Per ct. of| Attend- ance
12 Day's Attend- ance
12 Day's Absence
Tardi- ness
Dismiss- als
Truancy
High
Charles J. Peterson
0
47
259
604
543.82
518.10
95.20
92,740
4,605
1,565
515
4
Lincoln
8
Fannie E. Carter
0
26
14
40
38.29
36.30
94.80
13,033
717
25
24
0
7-8
Anna A. Hurley
0
30
3
34
33.24
32.01
96.29
11,494
442
18
9
0
7
Eunice W. Fobes
35
8
45
40.19
37.67
93.72
13,525
906
42
17
1
6
Clara E. Davidson
28
3
34
31.79
29.61
93.14
10,571
779
39
18
1
5-6
M. Emma Vinal
36
1
38
34.91
33.80
96.82
12,102
398
45
14
0
5
Jessie S. Dyer
0
44
0
51
42.54
39.09
91.88
14,035
1,210
41
7
4
4
Isabel M. Elliot
0
31
1
40
33.29
31.34
94.14
11,254
703
4
6
1
3-4
Ruth E. Hickey
0
35
0
37
33.94
32.00
94.28
11,459
696
82
17
0
2-3
Bernice E. Hendrickson
0
49
0
50
47.17
44.04
93.36
15,767
1,122
85
19
4
2
Mary I. Hawkins
0
45
0
48
44.29
40.73
91.96
14,584
2,295
55
11
2
2
Hannah J. Andill
0
30
0
33
29.79
27.19
91.27
9,735
929
41
11
0
1
Carolyn M. Burbank
0
38
0
44
37.49
33.54
89.46
12,008
1,326
35
8
0
1
Blanche L. Meserve
29
15
0
52
43.38
38.08
87.90
13,633
1,878
70
2
1
Warren
8
Mildred Stone
0
33
12
46
45.44
42.32
92.69
15,511
777
80
18
0
7
Mary Kalaher
0
40
6
46
42.78
40.17
93.89
14,382
920
131
43
0
.
6
Bessie E. David
0
39
2
45
41.76
39.56
94.73
14,166
745
60
13
7
5
Irene F Norton
0
47
0
46
44.02
41.47
94.20
14,847
913
153
6
3
4
Lillian A. Shaffer
0
24
0
25
23.71
22.06
93.01
7,858
594
98
40
0
3
Louise P. Phipps
0
25
1
26
24.53
23.18
94.49
8,275
481
54
14
0
2
Mary E. C. Geagan
0
27
0
27
25.39
23.44
92.31
8,324
691
141
56
0
1
Alice J. Kernan
26
8
0
34
31.27
28.42
90.88
10,090
1,013
140
20
0
Hamilton
5-6
Elizabeth Gardner
0
34
0
34
30.96
29.32
94.70
10,438
727
89
41
0
3-4
Mary E. Kelly
0
41
0
41
37.05
31.18
84.10
11,079
847
116
31
0
2-3
Florence B. Holt
0
32
0
32
23.26
22.27
95.75
7,907
933
53
3
0
1-2
R. Louise Cone
22
13
0
35
30.13
24.60
81.64
8,734
920
31
8
0
Greenw'd
8
Josephine H. Rourke
0
13
13
29
24.39
23.36
95.77-
8,389
370
47
17
0
7
Mae T. McCarthy
0
28
4
34
29.34
27.74
94.54
9,960
576
62
6
0
6
Lila P. McCormack
0
33
3
38
33.20
30.57
92.07
10,978
947
38
14
1
-
0 000 0 0
/
APPENDIX (Continued)
Grade
Teacher
Pupils 5 and 6
Pupils between 7 and 14
Pupils between 14 and16
Total Enroll- ment
Average Member- ship
Average Attend- ance
Per ct .. of] }2 Day's Attend- Attend- ance ance
1/2 Day's Absence
Tardi- ness
Dismiss- als
Truancy
Greenw'd 5
Mary L. Geary
0
32
1
37
30.46
28.22
92.64
10,132
806
44
32
0
4
Laura A. Hart
0
44
0
49
38.34
35.51
92.61
12,713
1,014
77
23
2
3
Susie E. Long
0
46
0
49
44.16
40.25
91.14
14,330
1,393
57
19
0
2
Gertrude H. Howland
0
42
0
48
38.80
34.65
89.30
12,405
1,488
56
7
0
1
Maude E. Parks
50
10
0
66
52.50
44.25
84.28
15,092
2,822
84
8
2
Hurd
7-8
E.eanor B. Ringdahl
0
26
6
34
32.42
30.67
94.60
10,951
626
40
26
1
5-6
Helen R. Vance
0
37
0
37
34.72
31.90
91.87
11,389 ,
1,012
60
28
1
3-4
Edith S. Fish
0
39
0
41
37.94
35.08
92.46
12,489
1,018
64
17
0
1-2
Lydia M. Sullivan
20
33
0
55
48.36
43.70
90.36
15,559
1,659
99
9
0
Franklin
8.
Eliza V. Coburn
0
21
7
30
27.67
26.28.
94.97
9,385
495
17
10
0
7
Marguerite Flewelling
0
30
4
34
30.55
28.53
93.38
10,186
721
80
20
8
6
Gertrude C. Sullivan
0
41
2
43
38.79
35.73
92.11
12,756
1,092
49
8
34
5
Mary T. Dowling
0
43
2
48
40.85
37.84
92.63
13,522
1,070
75
27
1
4
Maude L. Arnold
0
41
1
46
36.86
33.39
90.58
11,921
1,240
45
14
0
3
Katherine L. Kelly
0
41
0
43
38.50
35.88
93.19
12,774
935
56
12
8
2
Ruth Willey
0
40
0
47
38.08
34.73
91.20
12,364
1,181
33
7
1
1
Alleda T. Neal
46
6
0
55
53.46
43.82
80.09
15,602
2,297
·
45
3
0
1-2-3
Marion Ellis
0
38
0
43
37.81
34.31
90.74
11,909
1,225
37
8
14
Montrose
6-7
Ida G. Low
0
21
1
22
17.67
15.96
90.32
5,733
618
38
13
0
4-5
Hazel O. Wilder
0
28
0
32
25.99
23.59
90.76
8,471
862
63
14
2
1-2-3
Lela Atkinson
18
33
0
51
42.01
37.94
90.31
13,584
1,459
107
13
5
Woodville 6
Isabel C. Hill
0
35
4
40
28.76
28.57
99.20
5,178
396
38
5
6
4-5
Isabel C. Hill
0
38
0
49
41.57
38.13
91.70
7,400
640
29
58
0
2-3
Ellen Connorton
0
49
0
53
45.31
43.25
95.45
8,088
993
32
0
4
1
Ellen Connorton
20
14
0
34
26.95
26.30
97.58
4,854
861
21
0
0
Prospect
3-4
Mabel A. Kernan
0
29
0
31
26.92
25.54
94.87
9,044
623
117
36
7
1-2
Addie R. Cosman
12
19
0
37
31.75
29.90
94.17
10,705
797
170
22
0
Total
243
1,802
358
2,842
2508.56
2327.08
92.36
715,414
58,803
5,073
1,447
125
.
.
1
176
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
APPENDIX C
School Organization
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Willard B. Atwell, 1911, Brown University
SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERKS Gertrude L. McKenna Margaret M. Anderson
LIST OF REGULAR TEACHERS TO DATE
Name
Grade
Date of first election
Where Educated
High School
Charles J. Peterson, B. A.
Principal
1919
Wesleyan University
Roland H. Kinder
Sub-Master
1919
New Hampshire State
Raymond S. Dower
Assistant
1918
Northampton Commercial
Elizabeth Ingram
66
1881
Smith College*
Paul A. Saunders, B. S.
1919
Colgate University
Hazel M. Cushing, B. A.
66
1911
Tufts College
Helen Gilmore
66
1913
Boston University*
Arthur A. Fulton
66
1915
Northampton Commercial
A. Irene Goddard, A. B.
66
1915
Boston University
Alfred E. Preble, B. S.
66
1913
Tufts College
Gertrude M. Butler, A. B.
66
1917
Brown University
Genevieve I. Elmer
66
1905
Boston University
Elise Brecker
66
1920
Boston University
Helen Crocker, A. B.
1920
Wellesley College
M. Alice Ryan
66
1915
Fitchburg Normal
Edith C. Cochrane, B. A.
66
1919
Jackson College
Hester C. Sharkey, B. A.
66
1919
Boston University
Alice E. Donovan
66
1918
Salem Normal
Isabelle M. Hirst
Drawing
1916
Mass. Normal Art
Donald White, A. B.
Agriculture
1919
Harvard College
Doris A. Nelson
Dom. Sci.
1919
Framingham Normal
Mildred Ashley
Clerk
1918
Middleboro High
*Not a graduate
1902
Simmons College
Harriet M. Bigelow
66
1919
Radcliffe College
K. Olive Hirst, B. A.
1916
Middlebury, Vt.
Margaret A. Ryan, A. B.
1919
Radcliffe College
Ethel G. Reed, A. B.
177
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Lincoln
T. Frank Shea
Principal
1902
Westfield Normal
Maude F. Gurney
Assistant
1919
Salem Normal
Fannie E. Carter
8
1886
Millbury High
Anna A. Hurley
7-8
1914
Lowell Normal
Eunice W. Fobes
7
1904
Farmington Normal
M. Emma Vinal
5-6
1913
Bridgewater Normal
Clara Davidson
6
1907
Truro Prov. Normal
Jessie S. Dyer
4-5
1900
Quincy Training
Isabel M. Elliot
4
1900
Wakefield High
Ruth Hickey
3
1914
Salem Normal
Bernice Hendrickson
3
1908
Salem Normal
Mary I. Hawkins
2
1896
Southboro High
Hannah J. Ardill
2
1892
Salem Normal
Carolyn M. Burbank
1
1915
Plymouth, N. H., Normal
Blanche Meserve
1
1917
Hyannis Normal
Warren
Harold B. Arey, A. B.
Principal
1920
Colby College
Mildred Stone
8
1920
Plymouth Normal
Mary Kalaher
7
1888
Salem Normal
Bessie David
6
1907
Bridgewater Normal
Irene F. Norton
5
1908
Hyannis Normal
Lillian A. Shaffer
4
1908
Hyannis Normal*
Louise P. Phipps
3
Miss Wheelock's K. T. S.
Mary E. C. Geagan
2
1906
Lowell Normal
Alice J. Kernan
1
1890
Wakefield High
Greenwood
Rose Vardon
Principal
1910
Bridgewater Normal
Josephine Rourke
8
1916
Lowell Normal
Mae C. McCarthy
7
1918
Bridgewater Normal
Lila P. McCormick
6
1891
Wheaton Seminary
5
Laura A. Hart
4
1910
Framingham Normal
Susie E. Long
3
1907
Castine Normal*
Gertrude Howland
2
1913
Hyannis Normal
Maude E. Parks
1
1919
Plymouth, N. H., Normal
Franklin
Oscar F. Raymond
Principal
1918
Bridgewater Normal
Eliza Coburn
7-8
1912
Salem Normal
Marguerite W. Flewelling
6-7
North Adams Normal
Gertrude Sullivan
5-6
1913
Fitchburg Normal
Gertrude Flynn
4-5
1920
Salem Normal
Maude L. Arnold
5
1899
Salem Normal
I'78
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Katherine Kelly
3
1894
Salem Normal
Hester Walker
2
1917
Salem Normal
Alleda T. Neal
1
1915
Kindergarten Normal T. S.
Mary T. Dowling
1-2
1912
Salem Normal
Hamilton
Elizabeth Gardner
Principal 5-6 1898
Calais, Me., High
Mary E. Kelly
3-4
1884
Wakefield High
Florence B. Holt
2-3
1911
Page Kindergarten
R. Louise Cone
1-2
1917
Miss Wheelock's K. T. S.
Hurd
Eleanor B. Ringdahl
Principal 7-8 1919
New Britain, Conn., Normal
Helen Vance
5-6
1920
Tennessee Normal
Edith Fish
3-4
1916
Bridgewater Normal
Lydia Sullivan
1-2
1916
Fitchburg Normal
Woodville
George E. Hayes
Principal, 7
1920
Bridgewater Normal
Grace M. Riley
5-6
1920
Lowell Normal
Elizabeth Guarnaccia |
4
1920
Salem Normal
Isabel C. Hill
3
1917
Miss Wheelock's K. T. S.
Ellen Connorton
1
2
1917
Framingham Normal
Harriet E. Salmon
1
1920
Leslie Normal
Montrose
Ida G. Low
Principal 5-6-7 1918
Needham High Salem Normal
Hazel O. Wilder
3-4
Lela Atkinson
1-2
1920
Indiana University
Prospect
Mabel A. Kernan
Principal 3-4 1899
Wakefield High
Addie R. Crosman
1-2
1899
Wellesley*
Mrs. Myrta Knight
Per. substitute 1910
Salem Normal
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
I'79
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SPECIAL TEACHERS
Name
Grade
Date of first election
Where Educated
C. Albert Jones
Supervisor Music
1912
Boston Conservatory
Grace Jenkins
Sup'v'r Drawing
1919
Mass. Normal Arts
Louise U. Ekman
Teacher of Sewing
Teachers' Course, Symonds
Joseph H. Franck
Teacher Ind. Arts
1913
Mass. Normal Art
Eleanor Blaikie
Physical Instructor 1917
Sargent School
Sgt. Ernest M. Munroe Military Instructor 1920
36th Inf. U. S. A.
John McMahon
Ass't Military Ins. 1909.
A Co., 6th Inf. M. V. M.
Dr. C. E. Montague
School Physician
Mary K. English
School Nurse
Albert D. Cate
Attendance Officer, Census Enumerator
JANITORS
Name
School
Address
Edward E. Eaton
High
31 Park Street
Charles E. Newman
Lincoln
13 Otis Street
Albert Heath
Warren
50 Chestnut Street
Eugene Lenners
Hamilton
205 North Avenue
Arthur W. Cate
Greenwood
20 Richardson Avenue
W. W. Shedd
Hurd .
25 Cordis Street
Albert A. Mansfield
Franklin
8 Summer Street
Henry Oliver
Woodville
Joseph S. Henfield
Montrose
222 Nahant Street Bellevue Avenue
T. John Ardill
Prospect
8 Fairmount Avenue
180
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
APPENDIX D
COST OF PUBLIC DAY AND EVENING SCHOOLS, 1920
Support
Day Schools
Total
High
Elem.
Evening Schools Elem.
P. Arts.
General Expenses:
Supt. of Schools and Atten- dance Officer, Salaries. .
$4,219.39
$138.60
Other Expenses .
596.71
School Comm., Clerks.
1,344.14
54.60
Other Expenses.
946.09
Expenses of Instruction:
Supervisors' Salaries
2,187.51
$3,249.14
$11,920.50
$348.00
Teachers' Salaries
117,830.64
40,822.08
74,948.56
1,744.00
316.00
Text Books.
4,220.51
2,281.45
1,926.38
12.68
Supplies.
6,706.54
2,143.81
4,562.73
Expenses of Operating School
Plant:
Janitors' Service.
10,328.61
2,414.78
7,620.56
165.27
128.00
Fuel .
7,936.97
2,306.34
5,251.24
131.65
247.74
Misc. Ex. of Operation.
2,101.27
296.65
1,804.62
Maintenance:
Repair and Up-keep.
2,094.55
231.67
1,862.88
Auxiliary Agencies :
Promotion of Health.
1,921.45
Agriculture .
3,283.59
3,283.59
Miscellaneous.
855.08
Transportation.
18.52
18.52
Tuition
293.98
293.98
Outlay :
New Equipment ..
936.47
661.12
275.35
Permanent Improvements. ..
7,151.91
1,325.19
5,826.72
Miscellaneous Expenses :
Evening School
15.23
14.63
.60
Totals
$190,700.00
$59,015.82
$116,312.04
$2,416.23
$885.54
Principals' Salaries
15,517.64
I8I
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
APPENDIX E
HOW A SCHOOL DOLLAR IS SPENT
9
10
8
7
9
12345
1. Practical Arts. $.0044
2. Repairs .0110
3. Evening School . 0127
4. Office Expenses, including clerk hire, all telephones, travelling ex- penses . . 0151
5. Miscellaneous: Water, Light, Janitors' Supplies.
6. Fuel . 0205
. 0396
7. Permanent Improvements and New Equipment
. 0425
8. Janitors . 0526
9. Books and Supplies. .0573
10. Salaries: Supt., Attend. Officer, Teachers, School Physician, Nurse, Agriculture .7443
$1.000
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT of the TOWN ACCOUNTANT 1920
Accounting Department
RECEIPTS FOR 1920
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1920
59,190.76
Chas. E. Walton, taxes, poll.
18,332.00
personal. .
79,104.99
real estate.
346,548.25
Dec. Ass'm'ts. 1918-19- 20 122.43
444,107.67
66
moth assessments.
1,808.99
66
sewers apportioned . 6
2,248.85
66
not apportioned.
249.60
2,498.45
sidewalks, etc.
973.11
:
interest on taxes etc .
6,015.09
66
certification of taxes
27.00
A. H. Boardman, Treas., tax titles. 66
Interest on deposits.
626.67
Comm. of Mass. bank tax.
5,743.03
corporation tax.
14,069.86
60
income tax.
42,659.97
66
St. Ry. tax.
93.16
Soldiers exemption
529.60
63,095.62
Middlesex County, dog licenses
Board of Selectmen, circus.
66
66
pedlers.
35.00
66
2nd hand dealer
15.00
66
66
pool and billard's
25.00
66
motor vehicles
175.00
"
all other
14.00
640.00
66
Town Hall .
685.00
junk.
350.00
847.42
26.00
on deposits.
401.24
286.88
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
183
Clerk of Court, fines etc. .
1,166.00
Sale of house (rear Wakefield Est.)
101.00
". of Woodville School house
253.00
Insurance forms.
6.95
Fire Department, rent Greenwood Hall. 66 all other.
73.99
137.24
Sealer of W. and M. Department, fees.
111.00
Elevator licenses
1.00
Moth Department.
5.70
Health Department ..
45.00
Highway Department, use of team
121.88
Salem St. (State)
2,992.97
66
66
sale of hay (Wakefield est ) .
20.00
66
sale of ash tickets
833.68
Poor Department, Produce and stock
66
66
Board
1,311.00
66
other farm receipts .
31.50
66
66
reimbursements, (Mothers' Aid)
1,347.38
4,563.72
Com. of Mass. State Aid
2,717.00
66
Military Aid
105.00
66
Soldiers' Burials
100.00
School Department, sundry.
4.60
State Wards
577.50
66
tuition
3,992.64
60
Smith-Hughes Fund .
66.73
4,641.47
Library Department, receipts Light Department sale of gas.
82,881.47
sale of electricity
64,484.60
66
66
construction receipts.
1,151.98
66
66
depreciation receipts.
112.45
9,006.02
157,636.52
Water and Sewer Dept. water rates.
56,276.72
66
66
66 services
4,339.26
66
66
66
66 turn ons
68.00
66
66
66
summons
72.50
66
65
66 66 rent of house
258.30
61,014.78
66
66
66
66 sewer connections.
2,555.82
Cemetery Department, sale of lots etc.
Various persons, temporary loans
66.
66 sewer loans.
5,200.00
66
66 water loans.
11,000.00
66
Highway loans
6,000.00
22,200.00
Teachers Retirement Fund .
3,991.00
Beebe Library Fund .
770.09
66
66
" (County)
2,992.98
1,426.52
reimbursements .
447.32
381.47
66 all other
166.00
340,000.00
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Other Trust Funds . Refunds, Water Mains.
1,115.69
70.49
66
Water Construction.
200.00
66 School Department.
19.00
66
Library Department
10.00
66 Fire alarm.
6.00
66
Woodville School.
110.08
66
Moth Department.
1.44
417.01
Total
$1,192.367.87
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1920 FROM THE TAX LEVY
Moderator's Salary .
$25.00
Selectmen's Department:
Selectmen's salary
$500.00
Dept. expenses.
300.00
800.00
1
Accountant's Department :
Accountant's salary.
1,650.00
Department expenses .
1,000.00
2,650.00
Treasury Department:
Treasurer's salary .
750.00
Department expenses .
350.00
Paymaster's salary.
200.00
1,300.00
Collector's Department:
Collectors' salary.
1,000.00
Dept. expenses.
525.00
1,525.00
Assessor's Department:
Salary of Assessors.
2,000.00
Department expenses
1,750.00
3,750.00
Legal Department:
Town Counsel salary.
1,000.00
Department expenses.
500.00
1,500.00
Town Clerk's Department:
Salary of Clerk. .
500.00
Department expenses
850.00
Vital Statistics.
150.00
1,500.00 1
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Election and Registration :
Salary of Registrars. Department expenses
425.00
1,400.00
1,825.00
Town Hall.
4,500.00
Police Department:
Salary of Chief.
2,200.00
Department expenses
17,600.00
19,800.00
Fire Protection :
Salary of Chief.
2,200.00
Department expenses .
21,744.00
Hydrant rental.
6,475.00
Fire Alarm
3,000.00
33,419.00
Moth Department.
5,500.00
Inspector of Buildings.
500.00
Weights and Measures Department:
Salary of Sealer .
1,500.00
Department expenses
100.00
250.00
Forest Warden Department 150.00
Compensation Account.
2,000.00
Health Department:
Salary of Board .
300.00
Inspector of Plumbing
700.00
Inspector of Milk.
200.00
Collection of Garbage.
1,400.00
Department expenses
6,200.00
8,800.00
Inspector of Animals.
200.00
Highway Department:
Salary of Superintendent of Streets.
2,500.00
General Highways.
4,000.00
Salem Street ..
3,000.00
Construction.
6,000.00
New Barn
5,000.00
White Avenue
1,700.00
22,200.00
Removal of Ashes
2,000.00
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Poor Department:
Salary of Board
300.CO
Salary of Clerk.
75.00
Department expenses
23,000.00
23,375.00
State Aid
3,000.00
Military Aid.
500.00
Soldiers' Relief.
3,500.00
School Department:
Schools.
190,700.00
Trade Schools.
500.00
191,200.00
Library Department 4,630.00
Park and Cemetery Department:
Salary of Commissioners
200.00
Park expenses.
3,650.00
Cemetery
650.00
Elimination of weeds.
500.00
5,000.00
Miscellaneous Account.
1,200.00
July 4th.
600.00
Insurance (fire)
1,950.00
Reserve Fund ..
2,500.00
Home Economics.
200.00
High School Site (Armory St. addition).
1,050.00
New High School.
13,200.00
Centre Depot Drain .
3,275.00
Memorial Tablet (World War)
750.00
Repairs to Old High School
16,000.00
Memorial Day, G. A. R
250.00
Memorial Day, S. W. V.
100.00
Light Department:
Salary of Commissioners
300.00
Operating Account.
20,700.00
Construction account.
4,000.00
25,000.00
Water and Sewer Department:
Salary of Commissioners .
300.00
Water Maintenance.
30,000.00
Water Construction.
4,000.00
Water Services.
3,500.00
Bonds and Notes.
12,000.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
187
Interest .
6,333.75
56,133.75
Sewer Maintenance.
1,500.00
Sewer Connections.
2,000.00
3,500.00
Interest Account
23,200.00
Maturing Debt.
20,500.00
Total for Town purposes
$514,807.75
State Charges:
State tax.
38,920.00
Special State Tax.
1,834.80
Charles River Basin Loan, interest
586.05
66
66 maintenance.
896.35
66
66
66 Bonds .
50.69
Met, Parks LoanSinking Fund
288.02
..
Interest
1,756.53
66
66
Maintenance.
4,219.31
66
66
66
Bonds.
102.64
66 60
Sinking Fund Series 2.
68.73
66
60 66 Interest
560.24
66
66
66
Maintenance.
1,235.25
66
66
Bonds.
165.72
66
66
(Nantasket) Maintenance .
343.93
Wellington Bridge Maintenance
Met. Sewer Loan Fund, (North system)
2,970.88
Interest
4,978.31
66
66
Maintenance
5,389.35
66 66 Bonds.
508.80
Eastern Mass. St. Ry Co
$449.36
Middlesex County Charges.
8,603.78
RECAPITUALTION
Town purposes.
$514,807.75
State purposes .
74,992.32
County purposes
17,053.07
Overlay, 1920.
8,603.78
TAXES 1918
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1920.
$37,710.53
Re-assessments.
324.01
Added by Collector.
124.75
Cash paid Treasurer
$36,581.85
Abatements.
1,577.44
$38,159.29" $38,159.29
$615,456.92
Civilian War Poll Tax 9,648.00 $74,992.32 17,053.07
Overlay, 1920.
19.36
188
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TAXES 1919
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1920.
$104,105.69
Re-assessments.
623.78
Cash paid Treasurer.
$68,866.32
Abatements.
3,084.88
Balance Dec. 31
32,778.27
$104,729.47
$104,729.47
TAXES 1920
Commitment to Collector
$460,682.91
Re-assessment
75.21
Cash paid Treasurer
$338,537.07
Abatements.
8,096.37
Balance December 31
114,124.68
$460,758.12
$460,758.12
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DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS 1918
1
Jan. 1, 1920, outstanding.
$84.15
Cash paid Treasurer .
$82.15
Abated.
2.00
$84.15
$84.15
1
DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS 1919
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920
$46.39
Cash paid Treasurer
$27.10
Abated.
12.00
Balance, Dec. 31
7.29
$46.39
$46.39
DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS 1920
Commitment .
$541.31
Cash paid Treasurer
13.18
Balance Dec. 31
528.13
$541.31 $541.31
189
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1918
Outstanding Jan 1, 1920
$199.50 '
Re-assessment .
19.26
Cash paid Treasurer
$199.50
Abatements
19.26
$218.76
$218.76
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1919
1
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920.
$708.44
Re-assessments
33.84
Cash paid Treasurer
$391.31
Abatements. .
33.84
Outstanding, Dec. 31 .
317.13
$742.28
$742.28
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1920
Commitment to Collector
$1,779.78
Re-assessment
8.00
Cash paid Treasurer
$1,175.18
Abatements.
8.00
Balance December 31
604.60
$1,787.78
$1,787.78
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1918
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920
$402.28
Added commitment.
8.45
Cash paid Treasurer
$410.73
$410.73
$410.73
SEWER ASSESMENTS 1919
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920 Added commitment
$1,043.16
8.45
Cash paid Treasurer
$589.22
Balance Dec. 31.
462.39
$1,051.61 $1,051.61
190
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1920
Commitment to Collector
$1,806.60
Cash paid Treasurer
$1,045.31
Balance Dec. 31.
$761.29
$1,806.60
$1,806.60
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS 1919
Outstanding Jan. 1 1920
$190.86
Cash paid Treasurer
$164.66
Balance Dec. 31
26.20
$190.86
$190.86
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS 1920
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Commitment to Collector
$248.03
Cash paid Treasurer
$193.48
Balance Dec. 31.
54.55
$248.03
$248.03
SEWER ASSESSMENTS (Not Apportioned)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920.
$474.37
Apportioned
$84.50
Paid in full.
296.11
Abated.
93.76
$474.37
$474.37
SEWER ASSESSMENTS (Apportioned)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920.
$5,844.17
Apportioned .
67.60
Commitment to Collector
$1,515.11
Cash paid Treasurer
157.08
Balance Dec. 31
4,239.58
.$5,911.77
$5,911.77
19I
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
STATE AID
Due from State Jan. 1, 1920.
$2,717.00
Payments 1920.
2,004.00
Cash from State.
$2,717.00
Due from State Dec. 31.
2,004.00
$4,721.00
$4,721.00
MILITARY AID
Due from State Jan 11, 1920
$105.00
Payments 1920.
40.00
Cash from State.
$105.00
Due from State Dec. 31
40.00
$145.00
$145.00
SOLDIER'S BURIAL
Due from State Jan. 1, 1920.
$100.00
Payments 1920.
120.00
Cash from state
$100.00
Due from State Dec. 31
120.00
$220.00
$220.00
WATER DEPT. (Water Rates)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920
$388.26
Commitment .
56,223.77
Cash paid Treasurer
$56,276.72
Abatements.
240.71
Balance Dec. 31.
94.60
$56,661.03 $56,612.03
WATER DEPT. (Services)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920.
$127.10
Commitment. .
4,461.81
Cash paid Treasurer
$4,339.26
Balance Dec. 31.
249.65
$4,588.91
$4,588.91
192
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SEWER CONNECTIONS
Commitment .
$2,555.82
Cash paid Treasurer
$2,555.82
$2,555.82
$2,555.82
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BILLS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920.
$9,601.28
Commitment .
180,092.05
Cash paid Treasurer
$157,636.52
Discounts .
15,424.28
Adjustment entry
267.12
Balance Dec. 31.
16,361.41
$189,693.33 $189,693.33
TAX TITLES (Held by Town)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920
$14,059.80
Taken by Town, 1920.
1,310.83
Redemptions 1920.
$173.96
Loss taken by Town
48.53
Outstanding Dec. 31.
15,148.14
$15,370.63 $15,370.63
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS, ETC., (Not Apportioned)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920.
$1,258.17
Cash paid Treasurer
$557.29
Abatement. .
38.37
Outstanding Dec. 31.
662.51
$1,258.17
$1,258.17
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS (Apportioned)
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920
$600.45
Cash paid Treasurer .
$57.68
Commitment to Collector
214.17
Balance Dec. 31. .
328.60
$600.45 $600.45
193
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OVERLAY 1918
Overdraft Jan. 1, 1920
$637.17
Abatements 1920.
1,577.44
Total overdraft.
$2,214.61
OVERLAY 1919
Balance Jan. 1, 1920.
2,839.18
Abatements, 1920
$3,084.88
Overdraft Dec. 31
245.70
$3,084.88
$3,084.88
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OVERLAY 1920
Commitment
$8,603.78
Abatements 1920
$8,096.37
Balance Dec. 31.
507.41
$8,603.78
$8,603.78
TEMPORARY LOANS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1920.
$125,000.00 340,000.00
Borrowed 1920.
Payments .
$325,000.00 140,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31.
$465,000.00 $465,000.00
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Appropriation Accounts
MODERATOR'S SALARY CREDIT
Appropriation.
$25.00
DEBIT
Theodore Eaton Jan. 1 to Mar. 1.
$4.17
M. E. S. Clemons Mar. 1 to Dec. 31. . . 20.83
$25.00
1
$25.00
$25.00
Selectmen's Department
SAL ARIES OF BOARD CREDIT
Appropriation.
$500.00
DEBIT
Frank H. Hackett Chairman, 12 mo ... $100.00 Lawrence L. McMaster Sec'y Mar. 1, to Dec. 31 . 83.34
John J Round, Jan 1, to Mar. 1.
16.66
Geo. H. Taylor, Jan. 1 to Mar . 16.66
Harry E. Clemons Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. . . 100.00
· Wesley S. Goodwin, Jan. 1 to, Dec 31 .. 100.00
. Edward Sullivan Mar. 1 to Dec. 31 .. . . 83.34
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
SELECTMEN'S EXPENSES
CREDIT
Appropriation. $300.00
195
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
DEBIT
Printing, Advertising, Postage:
H. B. McArdle.
$2.62
W. S. Greenough
8.00
H. M. Dolbeare
160.82
Geo. W. Abbott
4.75
$176.19
Telephone:
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
$55.56
$55.56
All Others:
Wales Adding Machine Co
$2.59
L. C. Bracton. .
1.00
T. G. O'Connell.
2.40
W. O. Carter
4.50
Lucas Bros .
1.50
Edward Sullivan -- perambulating line. 5.00
H. A. Simonds, use of auto.
5.00
$21.99
$253.74
Balance Dec. 31.
$46.26
$300.00
$300.00
Accounting Department
SALARY OF ACCOUNTANT
CREDIT
Appropriation .
$1,650.00
Transfer from Misc.
250.00
DEBIT
$
Harry A. Simonds, 12 mos.
$1,900.00
$1,900.00
$1,900.00
ACCOUNTANT'S EXPENSES CREDIT
Appropriation. 1,000.00
196
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEBIT
Postage, Printing, Advertising :
H. W. Dolbeare, 1500 reports at 2.64 a page
$718.08
H. M. Dolbeare
148.55
$866.63
Clerk Hire:
Katherine Madden
$24.90
L. C. Braxton.
8.87
Clara Brownell
8.25
$42.02
$908.65
Balance Dec. 31.
$9.35
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Treasury Department
SALARY OF TREASURER CREDIT
Appropriation. $750.00
DEBIT
A. H. Boardman, 12 mos.
$750.00
$750.00
$750.00
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