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69.
Parsons, F. E.
200.00
215.90
9.00
4.00
220.90
70.
Phillips, E. A.
200.00
200.25
9.00
5.00
204.25
71.
Pickard, Cyrus
100.00
107.37
4.50
3.00
108.87
72.
Pike, George M.
100.00
104.45
4.50
3.50
105.45
73.
Pike, Martin and Ruth
100.00
102.50
4.50
1.50
105.50
74.
Piper, Hepsabeth
50.00
56.00
2.25
2.50
55.75
75.
Piper, Josiah
75.00
79.92
3.37
3.00
80.29
76.
Piper, Luther W.
100.00
108.59
4.50
2.00
111.09
77.
Pratt, Lorenzo A.
100.00
106.50
1.50
3.00
108.00
78.
Putney, Jonas K.
150.00
153.46
6.75
5.00
155.21
62.
Merriam, Asaph
100.00
3.00
103.00
86
79. Raymond, Nancy, and Jos. Estabrook, 100.00
105.22
4.50
3.50
106.22
80. Reed, Joseph L.
50.00
51.40
2.25
2.50
51.15
81. Reed, Moses A.
50.00
50.56
2.25
2.00
50.81
82. Reed, Reuben L.
100.00
102.25
4.50
3.00
103.75
83. Robbins, Elbridge J.
100.00
106.50
4.50
4.00
107.00
84.
Robbins, Hannah D
50.00
55.92
2.25
1.50
56.67
85.
Robbins, Mary A.
100.00
106.50
4.50
2.00
109.00
86.
Robbins, Mary E.
100.00
105.97
4.50
4.00
106.47
87.
Robbins, Ruth
100.00
106.90
4.50
3.00
108.40
88.
Robbins, Warren
100.00
101.50
. 4.50
2.00
104.00
89.
Rouillard, Frederick
100.00
107.15
4.50
3.00
108.65
90.
Severance, Mary
100.00
107.50
4.50
3.00
109.00
91.
Skinner, Mary
200.00
221.32
9.00
4.25
226.07
92.
Smith, Henry M.
75.00
78.98
3.37
3.00
79.35
93.
Smith, Solomon
75.00
77.64
3.37
3.00
78.01
94.
Snelling, J. P.
100.00
103.60
4.50
4.00
104.10
95.
Tarbell, Edwin
100.00
107.00
4.50
3.00
108.50
96.
Taylor, Moses
400.00
424.00
18.00
18.00
424.00
97.
Taylor, Zoeth
50.00
53.73
2.25
2.50
53.48
100.00
108.00
4.50
3.00
109.50
100.00
108.32
4.50
3,00
109.82
100.
Tuttle, Daniel
200.00
224.00
9.00
3.00
230.00
101.
Tuttle, Edward
100.00
105.50
4.50
3.00
107.00
102.
Tuttle, Horace
100.00
110.09
4.50
2.00
112.59
103.
Tuttle, James
100.00
103.10
4.50
5.00
102.60
104.
Tuttle, Jedediah
50.00
51.50
2.25
1.50
52.25
105.
Tuttle, Julian
100.00
104.00
4.50
3.00
105.50
1.06. Tuttle, Luke
100.00
103.48
4.50
3.50
104.48
107.
Tuttle, Varnum, and Francis
250.00
264.69
11.25
9.00
266.94
108.
Tuttle, William D.
100.00
106.30
4.50
3.00
107.80
309.
Wayne, Robert
75.00
79.78
3.37
3.00
80.15
87
98.
Temple, James
99.
Truette, Joseph
·
No.
Name of Fund
Deposit
On hand Jan. 1, '23
Income
Exp'n'd
On hand Dec. 1, '23
1.
Anderson, Henrietta
$50.00
$54.79
$2.25
$5.00
$52.04
2. Blood, Jerusha
200.00
261.75
9.00
1.50
269.25
3. Hapgood, Mary
50.00
54.52
2.25
5.00
51.77
4. Hutchinson, Frances
.50.00
55.29
2.25
1.50
56.04
5. Temple, Samuel
50.00
57.54
2.25
5.00
54.79
$400.00
$483.89
$18.00
$18.00
$483.89
110. Wetherbee, Daniel
100.00
105.35
4.50
3.00
106.85
111. Wetherbee, Daniel J., and E. E.
200.00
224.40
9.00
4.00
229.40
112. Wheeler, Fidelia
100.00
106.07
4.50
3.00
107.57
113. Whitcomb, Irving V.
100.00
105.70
4.50
3.00
107.20
114.
Whitcomb, Joseph A.
100.00
103.33
4.50
4.00
103.83
115.
White, John
100.00
105.87
4.50
3.00
107.37
116.
Wood, Franklin P.
100.00
108.66
4.50
3.00
110.16
117.
Wood, Lewis Jr.
100.00
109.53
4.50
3.00
111.03
118. Wood, William F.
50.00
52.94
2.25
1.50
53.69
119. Wood, William N.
100.00
109.25
4.50
3.00
110.75
120.
Woodbury, Rev. James T.
100.00
123.26
4.50
1.00
126.76
121.
Wright, Rebecca C.
100.00
.
2.25
102.25
$13,700.00
$14,059.09
$602.72
$392.00
$14,870.81
88
NORTH CEMETERY
MT. HOPE CEMETERY On hand Jan. 1, '23
No. Name of Fund
Deposit
Income
Exp'n'd
On hand Dec. 1, '23
1. Adams, James L.
$75.00
$75.56
$3.37
$2.00
$76.93
2. Bean, Alcanda P.
100.00
107.08
4.50
3.50
108.08
3. Blanchard, John
100.00
115.58
4.50
4.00
116.08
4. Brown, Albert
100.00
104.00
4.50
3.50
105.00
5. Brown, Harriet D., John Porter Priest and Lucien J. Priest
275.00
292.36
12.37
8.00
296.73
6.
Brown, Bessie E. .
100.00
109.91
4.50
3.50
110.91
7.
Burbeck, Lucy A. (Wetherbee)
100.00
113.23
4.50
3.50
114.23
8. Burr, William .
100.00
102.25
4.50
4.00
102.75
9. Bush, H. Louis (See Johnson, Emer- line A.)
10.
Chandler, Joseph E.
100.00
101.83
4.50
3.50
102.83
11.
Chaplin, William, Sr.
100.00
101.28
4.50
3.50
102.28
12.
Chaplin, William, Jr.
200.00
212.81
9.00
7.00
214.81
13. Chaplin, William, G. A. R.
200.00
207.78
9.00
5.00
211.78
14. Clark, H. T.
100.00
101.37
4.50
3.50
102.37
15. Charles, William A.
75.00
75.56
3.37
2.00
76.93
16. Coburn, J. D.
100.00
100.62
4.50
3.00
102.12
17.
Crampton, George
100.00
115.65
4.50
4.00
116.15
18.
Cutler, William A., and Bradley Stone 100.00
101.58
4.50
5.00
101.08
19.
Davy, W. K. .
50.00
50.34
2.25
2.25
50.34
20.
Decoster, George H.
100.00
107.50
4.50
3.50
108.50
21.
Faulkner, Howard E.
150.00
188.55
6.75
6.00
189.30
22.
Fletcher, Aaron J. .
75.00
75.56
3.37
2.00
76.93
23.
Fletcher, Charles J.
75.00
75.56
3.37
2.00
76.93
24.
Flint, F. E. (See Johnson, Emerline A.)
25. Fuller. Emerson . 100.00
108.65
4.50
4.00
109.15
·
.
.
·
. .
.
89
·
26. Gardner, George
100.00
109.83
4.50
4.00
110.33
27. Gilmore, Walter A.
50.00
50.76
2.25
2.25
50.76
28. Goodnow, Lewis B.
100.00
115.65
4.50
4.00
116.15
29. Hall, B. D.
75.00
77.24
3.37
2.50
78.11
30. Hall, D. H.
75.00
75.56
3.37
2.25
76.68
31.
Hall, Enoch
75.00
75.83
3.37
2.50
76.70
32.
Hall, E. L.
75.00
77.24
3.37
2.50
78.11
33.
Hall, Ira B.
100.00
104.40
4.50
4.00
104.90
34.
Hapgood, Benjamin F
100.00
112.73
4.50
4.00
113.23
35.
Hapgood, Hiram J.
100.00
107.29
4.50
3.50
108.29
36.
Hart and Hoar lot
250.00
.93
250.93
37.
Hartwell, Simon
100.00
113.95
4.50
3.50
114.95
38.
Hayward, Alvin A. and Ellen M.
100.00
102.08
4.50
4.00
102.58
39.
Hayward, Francis
100.00
108.25
4.50
3.50
109.25
40.
Hayward, Frank C.
500.00
534.33
22.50
18.00
538.83
41.
Hayward, S. Lizzie
100.00
127.10
4.50
3.50
128.10
12.
Hayward, J. Warren
50.00
50.55
2.25
2.25
50.55
100.00
107.70
1
4.50
4.50
107.70
44.
Hosmer, Caroline A.
100.00
113.60
4.50
4.00
114.10
45.
Hosmer, Ella F. and Lucius S.
100.00
115.22
4.50
4.00
115.72
46.
Hosmer, Henry F.
50.00
51.37
2.25
3.00
50.62
47.
Hosmer, Simon (See Warren, A. Louise)
48.
Houghton, John R.
100.00
116.37
4.50
4.50
116.37
49.
Hutchins, Sarah A.
100.00
119.16
4.50
4.00
119.66
50.
Johnson, Emerline A., F. E. Flint and
.
. .
·
..
51.
Jones, Francis
50.00
50.29
2.25
2.50
50.04
52.
Keyes, George F.
75.00
75.58
3.37
2.50
76.45
53.
Keyes, Marcus M.
500.00
547.66
22.50
18.00
552.16
54. Knapp, Francis W.
100.00
101.12
4.50
3.50
102.12
55.
Knowlton, A.
50.00
51.66
2.25
2.50
51.41
56. Knowlton, G. W.
50.00
51.66
2.25
2.50
51.41
H. Louis Bush
400.00
446.27
18.00
14.50
449.77
43.
Holden, Walter O.
90
57. Littlefield, Nahum
50.00
50.27
2.25
2.50
50.02
58. Littlefield, Waldo
100.00
102.53
4.50
3.50
103.53
59. Mason, William T.
100.00
102.37
4.50
1.00
105.87
60. Mead, Hobart E.
100.00
109.58
4.50
3.00
111.08
61. Mead, Lyman and Frank Priest
150.00
104.87
5.62
4.50
155.99
62. Mead, Oliver
100.00
109.78
4.50
3.50
110.78
63. Mead, Varnum B.
100.00
101.12
4.50
4.00
101.62
64. Nash, F. C.
100.00
100.12
4.50
3.50
101.12
65.
Parker, Edwin C.
150.00
156.88
6.75
5.00
158.63
66.
Patch, B. H. and O. K.
50.00
50.65
2.25
2.50
50.40
67.
Piper, William F.
100.00
104.53
4.50
3.50
105.53
69.
Pratt and Hooper
100.00
102.75
4.50
3.50
103.75
70.
Preston, Emma
100.00
100.37
4.50
3.50
101.37
71.
Priest, John Porter Brown)
72.
Priest, Lucian J. (See Harriet Brown)
73.
Reed, Isaiah
100.00
114.98
4.50
4.00
115.48
74. Rentell, James
100.00
104.08
4.50
4.00
104.58
75.
Richardson, E. F.
50.00
50.20
2.25
2.25
50.20
76.
Richardson, James E.
50.00
50.55
2.25
2.50
50.30
77.
Robbins, Varnum
100.00
103.50
4.50
3.50
104.50
78.
Robinson, Charles
75.00
79.83
3.37
3.00
80.20
79.
Rowell, Henderson
50.00
50.28
2.25
2.25
50.28
$0.
Smith, Eben
50,00
54.62
2.25
1.00
55.87
81.
Staples, Guy
50.00
50.50
2.25
2.50
50.25
82.
Stockwell, Ira
100.00
102.62
4.50
5.00
102.12
83.
Stone, Bradley (See Wm. A. Cutler)
84.
Stone, Edwin
100.00
104.85
4.50
3.50
105.85
85.
Temple, John and Edward F. Pratt ..
100.00
106.40
4.50
4.00
106.90
86.
Turner, George C.
50,00
49.68
2.25
2.00
49.93
87.
Tuttle, Alonzo L.
50.00
51.41
2.25
2.50
51.16
.
. .
.
(See Harriet
. . .
. ..
.
. .
91
68. Pratt, Edwin F. (See Temple, John)
88. Twitchell, Charles S.
50.00
50.54
2.25
2.75
50.04
89. Walcott, F. D.
100.00
119.81
4.50
4.50
119.81
90. Warren, A. Louise, and Simon Hosmer 150.00
179.02
6.75
4.50
181.27
91. Watson, Edith A.
50.00
51.66
2.25
2.50
51.41
92.
West, Hugh
100.00
101.12
4.50
4.50
101.12
93.
Wetherbee, Phineas
. 1 sh. F.R.R.
35.15
2.50
32.65
94.
Wheeler, George
100.00
100.25
4.50
4.00
100.75
95.
Wheeler and Shattuck
50.00
50.25
2.25
2.25
50.25
96. Whitcomb, Bancroft
100.00
107.20
4.50
3.50
108.20
07.
Whitcomb, Eliza A.
75.00
80.36
3.37
2.50
81.23
98.
Whitcomb, Granville E.
100.00
105.50
4.50
3.50
106.50
99.
Whitcomb, J. H.
100.00
103.25
4.50
4.00
103.75
100.
Whitcomb and Preston
100.00
102.17
4.50
4.50
102.17
101.
Whitney, Jerome B.
100.00
105.70
4.50
3.50
106.70
1.02.
Willard, Henry
100.00
103.13
4.50
3.50
104.13
103.
Woodward, Bixby
50.00
51.67
2.25
3.00
50.92
104.
Wright, George C.
100.00
142.40
1.50
13.00
133.90
105.
Wright, George C. (Davis Memorial),
50.00
83.05
2.25
85.30
106.
Wright, George S.
100.00
118.65
4.50
4.00
119.15
107.
Wright, Joel
100.00
117.40
4.50
4.00
117.90
$10,400.00
$10,912.66
$456.49
$386.50
$11,282.65
MT. HOPE CEMETERY Luke Blanchard Fund accepted by special vote of the town, March 29, 1909
No.
Name of Fund
Deposit
On hand Jan. 1, '23
Income
Exp'n'd
On hand Dec. 1, '23
Luke Blanchard
.$500.00
$809.61
$40.45
$6.00
$844.06
Simon Blanchard tomb
100.00
148.49
7.40
4.00
151.89
Calvin and Luther Blanchard Memo-
. . . .
rial
100.00
159.01
7.95
166.96
$700.00
$1,117.11
$55.80
$10.00
$1,162.91
92
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1923
RATED
ONI
. 1735.
ACTON
THE NEWS-ENTERPRISE HUDSON, MASS.
1924
ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Spencer H. Taylor, Chairman Term expires 1926
Mrs. Louise L. Clark
Term expires 1926
Bertram E. Hall, Secretary
Term expires 1925
Mrs. Mary Richardson
. Term expires 1925
Wm. T. Merriam Term expires 1924
Mrs. Alice M. Carlisle Term expires 1924
Superintendent Herman C. Knight, Littleton, Mass. Telephone, Littleton 42-3
Attendance Officers
Thomas Scanlon
West Acton
Michael Foley
South Acton
Oliver D. Wood .Acton
Herman C. Knight, superintendent Littleton
School Physician
Dr. E. A. Mayell Acton
School Nurse
Ida B. Breidenbach West Acton
CALENDAR 1924
First short term begins January 3, 1924.
First short term ends Feb. 15.
Second short term begins Feb. 25. Second short term ends April 18.
Spring term beings April 28.
Spring term ends June 14.
1924-'25
School opens September 2. Thanksgiving recess November 26. School reopens December 1. Fall term ends December 19. Winter term opens December 29. First short term ends February 20. Second short term opens March 2. Second short term ends April 24. Spring term begins May 4. Spring term ends June 12.
1925-'26
School opens September 8.
3
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, first Monday of September, October 12, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day (the day following when any of the first four days mentioned, the 12th of October, or Christmas occurs on Sunday.)
Arbor Day falls on the last Saturday in April, and is not a legal holiday.
Flag Day falls on June 14, and is not a legal holiday. It should. be observed by proper exercises by any school in session on that day ..
The same is true of Armistice Day, November 11.
STANDING RULES
Rule I. Children shall not be admitted to the public schools until they are six years of age, excepting that children who are six by the first of January following opening of school in September, may be admitted with the approval of the superintendent of schools.
Rule II. Pupils shall be promoted from grade to grade and school to school according to merit. Thorough and satisfactory work will be required of pupils in a lower grade or school before entering a higher grade or school.
Rule III. Children who have not previously attended any school shall be admitted to the public schools only at the beginning of the- fall term, unless qualified in the opinion of the teacher and super- intendent of schools to do the work.
Rule IV. Pupils shall be held responsible for books loaned to them until returned to the teacher.
Rule V. No repairs shall be made upon the public property in the care of the school committee except by their authorized agents.
Rule VI. There shall be no signal for "no school'' on stormy or inclement days, but parents shall determine in their individual cases whether it is expedient to send their children to school or not ..
Rule VII. Schools in the different buildings shall be five and one quarter hours long, including one fifteen minute recess. Primary rooms shall have an outdoor recess each afternoon; other rooms shall. have a recess of sufficient length to allow pupils to go to basements: or outhouses. Deviation from these hours shall be made only with the consent of the superintendent, and shall be reported by him to. the school committee at its next monthly meeting.
Rule VIII. Doors shall not be opened before the principals ar -. rive. Pupils may be allowed to come to their rooms with the per- mission of their room teachers, and pupils coming in barges may enter the basements, if weather conditions make it advisable.
Rule IX. The fire drill shall be given at least once in two, weeks.
Teachers in Service, December 31, 1923
School
Teacher Appointed
Where Educated
Home Address
Center
Martha F. Smith .... 1902 Lowell Normal
Marion L. Towne ... 1921 Smith
Ella L. Miller . 1899 Framingham Normal
West
Julia T. Long .1922 Fitchburg Normal
Mrs. Marion Twichell 1922 New Haven Normal .
Brookfield
West Acton 4 Maud B. Priest ..... 1922|Fitchburg Normal . ·
Ernest E. Maynard . 1923 Hyannis Normal (Summer Session)
West Acton
South
Mrs. Beatrice Sargent 1920 Fitchburg Normal . Julia L. McCarthy .. 1906 Fitchburg Normal · Helga C. Neilson .... 1923 Fitchburg Normal . Mrs. Helen Cummings '19 Simmons College (Summer Session)
Fitchburg South Acton
Stow Warner, N. H.
Supervisor of Music ..... A. Pamelia Precious .1922 Lowell Normal Supervisor of Drawing .. Ella Munsterberg .. . 1922 Radcliffe
. Forge Village Brookline, Mass. ·
Acton Concord Acton
West Groton
5
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
We submit herewith our report of finances for the year 1923, and our estimate of requirements for 1924.
Following these figures will be found the report of Supt. Herman C. Knight, which the committee has accepted and endorsed.
We regret our continued inability to install flush closets in the Centre school for which the town voted the sum of $1500. at the last regular town meeting. The reason being, that we could not secure bids for the work, to come within this Agure.
Since January 1, 1924, however, we have had figures from a reliable contractor for both the Centre and West schools, and as we believe these figures to be fair and prices not likely to be lower, we have in cluded these amounts in our 1924 budget and trust for your favorable consideration.
The total amount expended in 1923 was $40,444.84.
Besides the amount appropriated at the town meeting, there has been received on account of schools the sum of $7,176.51 as follows-
Dog Tax
$460.99
Rebate on School tickets
3.71
Rebate from Town of Littleton, for tel., etc.
12.85
Rebate from Town of Westford, for tel., etc. 22.85
Mass. School fund
5,768.13
Mass. Superintendency fund
529.77
State Aided Vocational schools
300.00
State Children tuition 66.21
Tuition of Out of Town Scholars 12.00
$7,176.51
This brings the net cost for school down to $33,268.33.
ESTIMATES FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 1924
For general expenses :
Salaries and other expenses of the com- mittee $175.00
Salaries and other expenses of the super- intendent and truant officers 1,200.00
For expenses of instruction :
Tuition of pupils attending out-of-town schools 12,500.00
Salaries of elementary teachers 14,000.00
For text books :
Elementary schools 1,000.00
For stationery and supplies : Elementary schools 250.00
For expenses of operating school plants :
Wages of janitors, fuel and miscellaneous. 4,150.00
Maintenance and repairs 1,700.00
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For auxiliary agencies : Health 250.00
For transportation : High
4,050.00
Elementary
3,700.00
For special improvements :
Flush closets at Centre school 1,579.25%
Flush closets at West school
1,962.40*
*These are the exact figures of contractor.
DISBURSEMENTS
General Expenses
School Committee
Salaries :
B. E. Hall, Salary, 1923 $100.00
Other expenses :
B. E. Hall, telephone, postage and typewriting. $4.75
A. C. Flagg, telephone and postage 2.17
.O. E. Houghton, transportation of school com- mittee
2.00
Wright & Potter Prtg. Co., school blanks .
4.10
Roger Priest, transportation of school commit- tee
6.00
G. Edward Prouty, expenses of conference 3.00
Brown-Howland Co., furniture and fixtures 16.69
Allen Brooks Parker, legal advice
2.00
$40.71
Superintendent of Schools and Enforcement of Law
Salaries :
Herman C. Knight, superintendent $838.84
Miscellaneous :
Herman C. Knight, telephone, postage, etc. $34.21
Herman C. Knight, travel . 132.86
Nellie M. Scanlon, clerk for superintendent 152.13
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 32.55
Milton Bradley Co., office supplies 4.61
Library Bureau, office supplies
27.35
J. L. Hammett & Co., office supplies
.23
Thorp & Martin, office supplies
4.20
Town of Littleton, part cost of stall
12.09
W. S. Ross, printing
3.00
II. S. Turner, printing
2.65
Underwood Typewriter, repairs . .
4.09
$46,516.65
$409.97
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Expenses of Instruction
Town of Concord, High School
$11,311.34
City of Lowell, Industrial school
240.95
City of Somerville, Industrial school
380.71
$11,933.00
Elementary Schools
Helmi Myllykangas
$749.76
Ernest Maynard
631.60
Maud B. Priest
1,200.04
Marion E. Twitchell
1,057.92
Julia T. Long
876.34
Helen H. Cummings
1,497.94
Julia T. McCarthy
1,092.02
B. Florence Moore
1,021.01
Helga Neilson
378.96
Florence H. Ladd
682.12
Ella L. Miller
1,200.04
Martha F. Smith
1,001.79
Marion Towne
1,094.12
Mabel Wren, substitute
5.00
Mrs. A. L. Saben, substitute
55.00
Mrs. Forrest K. Howe, substitute
95.00
Mrs. Percy Foss, substitute
5.00
Miss Clark, substitute
5.00
A. Pamelia Precious, music
285.00
Ella Munsterberg, drawing
342.00
$13,275.66
Fuel
S. H. Coal & Lumber Co. $1,404.90
George H. Reed
22.72
Chas. A. Durkee, hard wood
191.25
F. E. Parks & Co., kindling
23.00
Benj. A. Buzzell & Co., coke
333.81
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight on coke
216.05
E. R. Teele, teaming coke
8.00
F. W. Oulette, teaming coke
15.00
Ralph Jones, teaming coke
29.75
E. L. Spinney, teaming coke.
30.00
J. E. Coombs, teaming coke . .. 20.00
$2,294.48
Miscellaneous
American Woolen Co., electricity
$17.31
W. & S. Water Dist. of Acton, water
69.75
Theron F. Newton, extra cleaning, freight and express
24.28
Thomas Scanlon, extra cleaning, freight and ex-
44.00
press
2.17
J. S. Moore, supplies
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Chas. H. Mead & Co., supplies, 1918-19-20-21-22 24.81
Masury-Young Co., supplies 24.26
Finney & Hoit, supplies 9.60
J. L. Hammett & Co., supplies
17.00
Acton Drug Co., supplies .95
Milton, Bradley Co., supplies
19.23
J. W. Livermore, teaming, supplies, etc., clean- ing vault 40.63
Arthur F. Davis, school census
25.00
Henry C. Doughty, floor oil
43.00
F. W. Green, teaming supplies and cleaning vault
17.55
Harold R. Strand, repairing clocks
4.75
Wilmot B. Cleaves, tuning pianos
7.50
Frank J. Jameson, supplies
26.55
Mass. State Prison, supplies
11.41
$429.75
Maintenance
Repairs :
Kinney Bros. & Walkins
$37.26
S. A. Coal & Lumber Co., lumber 59.81
Hall Bros. & Co., lumber 19.11
J. T. McNiff, labor
13.00
B. F. Townsend, labor on furnace
36.50
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., supplies
1.19
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
1.30
Albert B. Clifford, putting up black board
2.00
Chas. J. Kelley, work on furnace and ventila- tors
26.05
Chas. E. Smith, carpenter work
39.75
$235.97
Text Books
American Book Co.
$217.58
Ginn & Co.
147.33
Rand, McNally & Co.
36.42
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
28.69
Warwick & York, Inc.
27.50
Little, Brown & Co.
29.32
Churchill-Grindell Co.
2.00
C. C. Birchard & Co.
11.01
World Book Co.
38.84
O. C. Heath & Co.
71.76
The Arlo Pub. Co.
10.50
Edward E. Babb & Co.
27.34
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
19.82
The Macmillan Co.
18.60
The A. N. Palmer Co.
8.28
Chas. Scribner's Sons
68.25
Silver Burdett & Co.
26.26
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The John C. Winston Co. Hooper & Bros. Iroquois Publishing Co.
9.52
8.63
34.97
Oliver Ditson Co.
3.19
Supplies
Milton Bradley Co. .
$308.58
J. L. Hammett & Co.
178.19
Edward E. Babb & Co.
3.03
Kinney Bros. & Walkins
2.22
Huntley S. Turner
13.70
S. Kershaw
3.55
Dowling School Supply Co.
40.94
Harris & Gilpatrick
99.52
Library Bureau
1.53
Fred W. Green, freight
1.46
H. C. Knight, freight
3.00
$655.72
Expenses of Operating School Plants
Wages of Janitors :
Theron F. Newton, janitor and supervisor $605.00
Thomas Scanlon, janitor and supervisor
540.00
George Little, janitor and supervisor
608.00
F. D. Green, substitute
149.00
Jas. Fitzgerald, substitute
24.00
Est. Lowell A. Jones .
5.00
$1,931.00
Auxiliary Agencies
Health :
$50.00
Dr. Ernest A. Mayell 155.00
Acton Drug Co. 16.00
Thos. W. Reed Co.
4.22
Huntley S. Turner
3.00
Geo. B. Robbins Dis. Co.
50.00
Theron F. Newton, freight on dis.
1.09
$279.31
Transportation
High School :
$1,425.64
Geo. L. Noyes
1,170.00
J. F. Lowell
800.00
Fred E. Brill
29.60
$845.81
Dr. S. B. Annis (1922)
B. & M. R. R.
$3,425.24
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Lowell Industrial :
B. & M. R. R.
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 111.36
$34.32
Somerville Industrial :
B & M. R. R.
95.58
Elementary :
Charles Edwards
$600.00
J. D. Smith
600.00
A. Christofferson
950.00
W. M. French
244.00
J. F. Lovell
800.00
3,194.00
New Equipment
Masury-Young & Co., soap servers
$10.50
Am. LaFrance Fire Engine Co., fire extinguish-
er
68.40
Mass. Reformatory, desk
25.00
Harold R. Strand, clock
14.50
Kinney Bros. & Walkins, black boards, etc.
142.35
Samuel Lewis, steps
6.50
Milton Bradley Co.
9.33
Rand, McNally Co. . .
37.54
$314.12
Total
$40,444.84
Respectfully submitted,
SPENCER H. TAYLOR, Chairman,
BERTRAM E. HALL, Secretary, WILLIAM T. MERRIAM,
Mrs. ALICE M. CARLISLE,
Mrs. MARY E. RICHARDSON,
Mrs. LOUISE L. CLARK.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Members of Acton School Committee :
Ladies and Gentlemen : The work of the schools during the year that has just ended has not been of a spectacular sort, but on the contrary it has given evidence of honest effort and very gratifying achievement on the part of pupil and teacher alike.
The work at the West school has shown a substantial improve- ment as a result of having four teachers.
$6,860.50
145.68
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The rooms at the South 'Acton school show more or less con- gestion, while at the Center the primary teacher, Miss Smith, has three grades, and the remaining five classes are taught by two teachers.
There are two ways in which our Acton school problem may be treated. We may make additions to the South Acton building and we can crowd a fourth teacher into the Center, but, better still, we can provide a central junior high school building for the seventh, eighth and ninth years, thereby eliminating one year at Concord, and at the same time relieving the congestion at South Acton and also providing for the Acton Center pupils accommodations so that there. would not be more than two grades in a room.
'The enrollment of such a school would be about one hundred twenty-five. Since the attendance in any high school in the fresh- man and sophomore years, is proportionately greater than it is in the upper classes, there would be a considerable saving of money on tui- tion by having the freshmen who now attend Concord get the work of the first year at home. It would take at least five teachers for such a school. There would still be needed for the first six grades in the three precincts nine and perhaps ten teachers, which with the five junior high school teachers would make fifteen teachers in all .. We now have eleven teachers. At least two more are needed-one. for the Center and one for the South. If they are provided for these. respective communities there is still the problem of providing extra housing for the pupils at South and Center schools.
During the past year much attention has been placed on the physical condition of the school plants, and as a result many repairs. have been made. Our buildings are all practically fifty years old, and are splendid monuments to the honesty and integrity of those who planned and builded them. They are, however, like any other plant that is much used, subject to the laws of wear and tear, and it has become necessary to have a good deal of replacement.
New treads to stairways at the Center, copper valleys replacing those of zinc at the South, and new timbers and steps at West Acton for the piazza are some of the larger repairs.
The greatest single expense was incurred at West Acton, when it became necessary to replace one of the worn out furnaces with a new one. The old furnace was cracked and leaked gas and smoke, but fortunately no very serious damage had resulted because of its condition.
Electric lights at the Center and extra lights for the superin- tendent's office have been installed.
As a temporary means of helping to relieve the poor lighting in the various rooms, adjustable shades have been purchased and before- this report is published they will be in use.
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