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$900.00
Susan Hosmer Fund
600.00
$1,500.00
Unexpended Balance
500.00
$2,000.00
BONDS AND NOTES
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Paid :
Merchants National Bank, High School Bonds $4,000.00
RESERVE FUND
Transferred from Overlay Surplus $1,500.00
Transferred to :
Police Department
$249.73
Kinsley Road .
12.60
Liability Insurance
198.01
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Forest Fire
.23
Building & Grounds
134.31
Fire Department
2.67
Moth Department
87.83
Highways
288.71
Pope Road
18.92
E. R. A.
58.08
Welfare
432.41
$1,483.50
Unexpended Balance
16.50
$1,500.00
REVENUE LOANS
Amount Outstanding January 1, 1935 .. $45,000.00
Received First National Bank of Ayer .. 35,000.00
Susan Hosmer Fund
10,000.00
$90,000.00
Paid :
First National Bank of Ayer $25,000.00
Susan Hosmer Fund .
20,000.00
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1935
45,000.00
$90,000.00
REFUNDS
1934 Tax
$110.08
1935 Tax
5.36
Excise Tax
216.19
$331.63
SURPLUS ACCOUNT
Balance Jan. 1, 1935
$24,034.14
Surplus Revenue 1935
3,030.60
Tax Title Revenue
342.24
$27,406.98
Debit : Transferred to Overlay Surplus $65.00
Appropriation for Vaults and Remodeling Town Hall 3,500.00
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Appropriation for Welfare Dept. 1,000.00
$4,565.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
22,841.98
$27,406.98
OVERLAYS
1931
Balance January 1, 1935
$1.00
Transferred to Overlay Surplus
$1.00
1932
Balance January 1, 1935
$13.63
Transferred to Overlay Surplus
$13.63
1933
Balance January 1, 1935 $2,748.77
Debit :
Abatements
$706.90
Transferred to Overlay Surplus
2,034.79
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
7.08
$2,748.77
1934
Balance Jan. 1, 1935
$3,252.72
Debit:
Refunds
$110.08
Abatements
176.08
Balance, Dec. 31, 1935
2,966.56
$3,252.72
1935
Overlay
$3,867.06
Debit:
Refunds
$5.36
Abatements
150.88
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
3,710.82
$3,867.06 .
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OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance Jan. 1, 1935
$7,248.59
Transferred from Surplus Account
65.00
Transferred from 1931, 1932, 1933 Over- lays 2,049.42
$9,363.01
Debit:
To Reserve Fund
$1,500.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
7,863.01
$9,363.01
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REVENUE
Balance Jan. 1, 1935
$4,872.12
Tax 1935
6,306.31
$11,178.43
Debit :
Abatements
$568.07
Refunds
216.19
Total Amount Collected 1935
6,563.82
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
3,830.35
$11,178.43
CEMTERY LAND FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1935
$1,167.00
Received for Lots Sold in 1935
255.00
$1,422.00
Debit :
Transferred to Cemetery Account
$300.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
1,122.00
$1,422.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Amount Due from Collector, Dec. 31, 1934 $52,649.11
Received State Tax
5,718.07
State Parks 35.00
Overlay
3,867.06
Town Grant
87,537.93
Added Assessment 1933
42.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
6,306.31
County Tax
5,700.00
-$161,855.48
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Treasurer Cash on Hand, Dec. 31, 1934 . $36,437.20
Received Interest on Taxes 2,090.60
Received Costs on Taxes
35.70
Receipts Other Than Taxes
97,080.62
135,644.12
$297,499.60
Paid :
State Tax
$6,000.00
State Park Tax
55.44
Special Tax
38.00
County Tax
5,693.60
County Hospital Assessment
504.46
County Dog Tax
651.20
General Government
5,459.52
Buildings and Grounds
1,934.31
Police
2,749.73
Fire Department
2,802.67
Forest Fires
500.23
Moth Work
587.83
Tree Warden
492.68
Health and Sanitation
984.09
Town Nurse
2,087.36
Highways
24,385.21
Kinsley Road
412.60
Snow Removal
6,999.82
Pope Road
6,393.92
Pope Road & Main St., Chapter 464
2,734.20
200th Anniversary Celebration
997.15
Vault & Remodeling Town Hall
300.00
E.R.A. and W.P.A.
1,058.08
Street Lighting
3,095.74
State Aid
270.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,084.79
Education
43,498.72
Library Maintenance
850.69
Library Books
502.55
Cemeteries
997.06
Cemeteries Perpetual Care
1,178.50
Cemeteries Hosmer Fund
1,791.31
Cemeteries Surplus Fund
41.50
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Unclassified
392.07
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds
220.50
Military Aid
120.00
Memorial Day
274.91
Liability Insurance
1,198.01
Hydrants
3,078.00
Public Welfare
8,428.66
Old Age Assistance
7,276.32
Tax Titles Expense
94.32
High School Bonds
4,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds
1,160.00
Revenue Loans
45,000.00
Interest on Revenue Loans
1,500.00
Refund Taxes
331.63
$200,207.38
Tax Titles
$5,018.32
Abatements
1,033.86
Abatement Excise Tax
568.07
Amount Due from Collector, Dec. 31, 1935
46,400.85
Amount Due from Treasurer, Dec. 31,
1935
44,271.12
97,292.22
$297,499.60
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1935
Assets
Liabilities
Cash
$44,271.12
Revenue Loans $45,000.00
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1932 Excise ... $226.25
Levy of 1933 7.08
Levy of 1933 Excise 119.25
Levy of 1934
11,273.37
$165.80
Levy of 1934 Excise 1,059.16
Redemption Tax Titles . 300.00
Levy of 1935 31,290.05
Vault and Remodelling
Levy of 1935 Excise 2,425.69
Town Hall 3,200.00
46,400.85
Tax Titles
4,147.96
Cemetery Land Fund
Departmental :
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
Public Welfare
$1,555.93
General
1,390.69
Levy of 1934 2,966.56
Levy of 1935 3,710.82
6,684.46
Public Welfare, 1934 Acc't $1.66
Overlay Surplus
7,863.01
Surplus Revenue
22,841.98
335.63
$98,102.18
$98,102.18
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Debt
$25,000.00
High School Bonds
$25,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD L. JONES,
Town Accountant.
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2,946.62
Overdrafts to be Raised in 1936 :
Difference in State and County Taxes for 1935 333.97
Levy of 1933 $7.08
3,665.80 1,122.00
Departmental Revenue 2,946.62 4,147.96 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue . . 3,830.35 Tax Title Revenue
Appropriation Balances : Pope Road & Main St., Chapter 464 . .... .
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Treasurer's Report Year Ending December 31, 1935
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton, Massachusetts :
I herewith submit my report for the year 1935 :
Cash Balance January 1, 1935 $36,437.20
Receipts for 1935:
Received from State Treasurer :
Educational Measure
$2,006.00
Valuation Measure
1,898.01
Highways
2,400.00
Highways
630.00
Highways
3,600.00
Highways
3,187.50
Highways
1,070.00
Highways
2,700.00
Highways, Chapter 464
2,900.00
Old Age Assistance
1,779.51
Loss of Taxes-Reimbursement
535.57
Tuition
525.58
Income Tax
5,394.00
Corporation Tax, Business
3,343.74
Corporation Tax, Gas & Light
384.76
Race Track, Distribution
210.00
State Aid
400.00
Veteran's Exemption
63.78
33,028.45
Received from County Treasurer :
ยท Dog Licenses $527.77
Highways
630.00
Highways, Pope Road
1,062.50
Highways 1,070.00
Dog Damages 297.00
3,587.27
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Miscellaneous Receipts :
Alfred Casassa, License
$100.00
Lester Sebastian, License
100.00
John Maguire, License 100.00
Travellers Ins. Co., Claim
10.00
Town of Maynard, Welfare
18.00
Acton Grange, Rent of Hall
86.75
Arthur F. Davis, Library Fines
53.92
Arthur F. Davis, Magazines Sold
9.50
Arthur Wayne, Whist, Bingo, Costume ..
19.50
James Mahoney, License .
100.00
Concord District Court, Fines
492.00
Wm. Henry Soar, Fire Dept.
3.50
Selectmen, Licenses
53.00
Board of Health, Services
7.50
F. E. Tasker, M.D., Milk Licenses
20.00
City of Lynn, Welfare
56.00
Arthur Wayne, Grange Rent
10.50
Town of Boxboro, Tuition
3,291.72
Horace F. Tuttle, Lots Sold, Woodlawn .
155.00
Horace F. Tuttle, Dog Licenses
627.00
City of Peabody, Welfare 270.00
10.00
O. D. Wood, Grange Rent 51.42
O. D. Wood, Reunion
8.00
Katherine Kane, Tax Title P. P.
76.08
Edison Elec. Ill., Refunds, Schools
15.72
George T. Weaver, Tax Title
585.55
Fred Waite, Tax Title
565.48
Eloise Sisson, Tax Title 2,047.25
Director of Standards, License
8.00
City of Medford, Welfare
11.20
First Nat'l Bank, Ayer, Loan
35,000.00
City of Waltham, Welfare
243.45
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Loan
10,000.00
West Acton Women's Club, Rent Hall
5.85
Clare Milbery, Weights and Measures ..
46.38
Fred Green, Lots Sold, Mt. Hope
100.00
Fred Green, Rent Lowering Device
78.00
Emile Dumas, License
100.00
Joseph McElroy, Fines
29.00
Jennie Henson, Tax Title
124.22
O. D. Wood, Whist Parties
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John Hill, Tuition 50.16
Emile Noterman, Tax Title
583.11
J. Henry Thatcher, Tax Title 140.29
Gertrude Moorhouse, P. P. Tax Title
66.55
Town of Concord, Land Tax 25.12
Manuel Bloomberg, P. P. Tax Title
175.89
Charles Polep Est., P. P. Tax Title
84.96
Frank & Louise Price, Tax Title
570.50
Howard L. Jones, Tax Title
213.08
Archie Beach, Tax Title
69.33
Est. of J. J. Manning, Weights & Meas- ures
17.60
Walter Goss, Tax Title
152.59
Transfer, Blanchard Fund
25.00
Transfer, 19th April Fund
261.68
Transfer, Cemetery Fund
1,153.50
Transfer, Cemetery Surplus
41.50
Transfer, Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
1,791.31
Transfer, Memorial Library .
328.54
Transfer, Memorial Library (Heald)
24.70
60,464.90
Received of Charles A. Durkee, Collector :
Town Taxes, 1932
$15.38
Town Taxes, 1931
1.00
Town Taxes, 1933
9,780.13
Town Taxes, 1934
24,296.93
Town Taxes, 1935
68,414.90
Poll Taxes, 1935
1,388.90
Excise Interest, 1931
12.40
Excise Taxes, 1932
217.43
Excise Taxes, 1933
1,208.45
Excise Taxes, 1934
1,822.33
Excise Taxes, 1935
3,802.83
110,960.68
Total Cash Receipts and Cash Balance 1/1/35
$244,478.50
Payments in 1935 :
Selectmen's Orders $194,151.94
State Taxes 6,055.44
200,207.38
Cash Balance December 31, 1935
$44,271.12
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OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Anticipation Revenue Note 143, Due June 25, 1936 .. $35,000.00 Anticipation Revenue Note 144, Due Aug. 1, 1936 . . 10,000.00 High School Bonds, Due 1936 to 1945 25,000.00
ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 : Principal Fund
$25,000.00
Unexpended Balance
1,374.43
$26,374.43
Received Interest :
Amherst Savings
$65.00
Athol Savings
60.00
Andover Savings
55.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
65.00
East Cambridge Savings
60.00
Lawrence Savings
60.00
Lowell Savings
50.00
Marlboro Savings
60.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
60.00
North Middlesex Savings
60.00
North Middlesex Savings (Income)
17.43
Waltham Savings
60.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings
60.00
Worcester North Savings
30.00
762.43
$27,136.86
Balance December 31, 1935:
Amherst Savings
$2,000.00
Andover Savings
2,000.00
Athol Savings
2,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent
2,000.00
East Cambridge Savings
2,000.00
Hudson Savings (Income)
1,000.00
Lawrence Savings
2,000.00
Lowell Inst. Savings
2,000.00
Marlboro Savings
2,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
2,000.00
North Middlesex Savings
2,000.00
North Middlesex Savings (Income)
324.86
Waltham Savings
2,000.00
Worcester Five Cent
2,000.00
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Worcester North Savings 1,000.00
$26,324.86
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1935
812.00
$27,136.86
CEMETERY FUNDS
Balance January 1, 1935 : Principal Fund $37,882.21
Unexpended Balance
4,000.79
$41,883.00
Received for Perpetual Care :
Elijah E. Smith Lot, Woodlawn
$100.00
Marshall E. Wright
5.00
Isaac W. Flagg, Lot, Woodlawn
100.00
Charles L. Miller, Lot, Woodlawn
100.00
E. M. Wheeler, J. S. Hoar, Lot, Mt. Hope
100.00
Daniel MacMillan, Lot, Woodlawn
100.00
Mary F. Yeaton, Lot, Mt. Hope
100.00
Bertha F. Harrington, Lot, Mt. Hope
100.00
Received Interest :
Assabet Inst. Savings (Income)
$101.61
Athol Savings
31.50
Boston Five Cent Savings
55.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
9.75
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
48.75
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
8.13
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
48.75
East Cambridge Savings
60.00
Home Savings
27.50
Marlboro Savings
37.50
Maynard Trust
301.44
Middlesex Inst. Savings
98.96
North Middlesex Savings
213.73
Suffolk Savings
82.50
Worcester North Savings
60.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings
45.00
Warren Inst. Savings
60.50
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income)
68.30
West & South Water Bonds
114.00
1,472.92
$44,060.92
705.00
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Balance December 31, 1935:
Assabet Inst. Savings
$1,423.36
Athol Savings
1,050.00
Boston Five Cent Savings
2,000.00
Central Savings 1,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
1,500.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
250.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
300.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
1,500.00
East Cambridge Savings
2,000.00
Home Savings 1,000.00
Hudson Savings
2,400.00
Marlboro Savings
1,300.00
Maynard Trust Co.
3,228.96
Middlesex Inst. Savings
3,475.00
North Middlesex Savings
5,737.33
Suffolk Savings
3,000.00
Worcester North Savings
2,000.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings
1,500.00
Warren Inst. Savings
2,200.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income)
3,342.77
West & South Water Bonds
2,700.00
$42,907.42
Transfer to Town Account
1,153.50
$44,060.92
NOTE: West and South Water Bond redeemed, funds deposited in the Middlesex Inst. Savings Bank ($300.00).
LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1935
$1,435.50
Received Interest :
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
$3.19
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
8.27
Massachusetts Savings
42.85
Warren Inst. Savings
2.49
56.80
$1,492.30
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Balance December 31, 1935:
Massachusetts Savings
$1,012.51
Charlestown Five Cent Savings 101.05
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
261.17
Warren Inst. Savings
92.57
$1,467.30
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$1,492.30
SUSAN NOYES HOSMER FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 :
Principal Fund
$82,238.95
Unexpended Balance
1,816.34
$84,055.29
Received Interest :
Andover Savings
$82.50
Arlington Savings
120.00
Athol Savings 90.00
75.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
162.50
Farmers and Mechanics Savings
137.50
Franklin Savings
90.00
Hudson Savings
90.00
Leominster Savings
90.00
Lexington Savings
90.00
Lynn Five Cent Savings
75.00
Marlboro Savings 90.00
Medford Savings 90.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income) 87.44
Middlesex Inst. Savings
97.14
North Middlesex Savings
90.00
Springfield Inst. Savings
90.00
Watlham Savings 60.00
Wincheondon Savings
175.00
Worcester North Savings
90.00
Town of Acton (Notes)
600.00
2,572.08
$86,627.37
Cambridge Savings
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Balance December 31, 1935 :
Andover Savings
$3,000.00
Arlington Savings 4,000.00
Athol Savings 3,000.00
Cambridge Savings 2,500.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
5,000.00
Farmer's & Mechanics Savings
5,000.00
Franklin Savings
3,000.00
Hudson Savings
5,000.00
Leominster Savings
3,000.00
Lexington Savings
4,000.00
Lynn Five Cent Savings
2,500.00
Marlboro Savings 3,000.00
Medford Savings 3,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Income)
2,597.11
Middlesex Inst. Savings
3,238.95
North Middlesex Savings
3,000.00
Springfield Inst. Savings
3,000.00
Waltham Savings
4,000.00
Wincheondon Savings
5,000.00
Worcester North Savings
3,000.00
Town of Acton, Note
10,000.00
Boston Five Cent Savings
2,000.00
Wildey Savings
1,000.00
Home Savings
2,000.00
$84,836.06
Transfer to Town Account
1,791.31
$86,627.37
CEMETERY SURPLUS FUND
Balance January 1, 1935
$1,130.92
Received Interest :
Assabet Inst. Savings
53.23
$1,184.15
Balance December 31, 1935 :
Assabet Inst. Savings $1,142.65
Transfer to Town Account
41.50
$1,184.15
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19TH OF APRIL FUND
Balance January 1, 1935
$254.01
Received Interest :
Middlesex Inst. Savings
7.67
$261.68
Balance December 31, 1935 :
Middlesex Inst. Savings
$000.00
Transfer to Town Account
261.68
$261.68
FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance January 1, 1935
$516.57
Received Interest :
15.60
Balance December 31, 1935 :
Middlesex Inst. Savings $532.17
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND Balance January 1, 1935 :
$9,000.00
404.80
Susan Augusta & Luther Conant Fund ..
1,000.00
Hiram J. Hapgood Fund
200.00
Luke Tuttle Fund
200.00
John W. Heald Fund
817.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
2,016.90
Minnie Davis Fund 300.00
$13,938.70
Received Interest :
West Shore R. R. Bond
$40.00
Cambridge Savings (Hosmer)
60.48
Home Savings
27.50
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
97.50
Cambridge Savings
26.65
Massachusetts Savings
43.11
Middlesex Savings (Heald)
24.70
Middlesex Inst. Savings
30.23
Maynard Trust Co. (Income)
21.51
371.68
$14,310.38
Principal Fund
Unexpended Balance
Middlesex Inst. Savings
$532.17
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Balance December 31, 1935 :
Cambridge Savings
$2,047.14
Cambridge Savings
326.65
Charlestown Five Cent
3,000.00
City Inst. Savings
1,000.00
Home Savings
1,000.00
Massachusetts Savings
1,043.11
Middlesex Inst. Savings
817.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
1,000.00
Warren Inst. Savings
2,000.00
Maynard Trust
400.00
Maynard Trust (Income)
323.24
West Shore R. R. Bond
1,000.00
$13,957.14
Transfer to Town Account
328.54
Transfer to Town Account (Heald)
24.70
$14,310.38
ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance January 1, 1935 :
Principal Fund .
$465.00
Unexpended Balance
28.60
$493.60
Received to Fund :
Bequest (Am. Chem. Corp.)
$10.00
Bequest (Company Salaries)
230.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings (Interest)
16.32
256.32
$749.32
Balance December 31, 1935 :
$745.92
Paid Trustee's Order (O. L. Clark)
$2.00
Paid Trustee's Order (E. A. Mayell)
2.00
4.00
$749.32
Respectfully submitted,
WM. HENRY SOAR,
Town Treasurer.
Middlesex Inst. Savings
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Auditor's Report
I have audited the books of the Tax Collector and have mailed Notices to delinquents. I have checked the Treasurer's cash on hand and verified the various trust funds in the Treasurer's care.
HOWARD L. JONES,
Feb. 10, 1936.
Town Accountant.
Elizabeth White Fund
The Trustees have signed orders to the Treasurer for eight hundred twelve dollars ($812.00) for the year ending December 31, 1935. These orders have been given after careful investi- gation with the knowledge that each person is needy and worthy of help from this trust fund.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN H. JONES, WALDO E. WHITCOMB, CHARLOTTE CONANT,
Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
ATED
ONI
-1735.
ACTON.
For the Year Ending December 31
1935
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ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Dr. Randall Woodworth, Chairman Term expires 1936
Mrs. Lulu Clark
Term expires 1938
Mrs. Albertie Mead
Term expires 1936
Mr. Everett Montague
Term expires 1937
Mrs. Oliver Wood . Term expires 1937
Mr. Samuel Knowlton
Term expires 1938
Meetings of the School Committee
Regular meetings of the School Committee shall be held the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in the High School, at 7.30 P. M. Exceptions may be made during July and August.
Superintendent Walter F. Hall
South Acton, Mass. Office-High School Building. Tel. 110
School Physician Dr. Ernest A. Mayell, Acton
School Nurse Mrs. Simon Taylor, North Acton
Attendance Officer Michael Foley, South Acton
School Calendar
January 2, 1936-All schools reopened.
February 21, 1936-All schools close.
March 2, 1936-All school reopen.
April 17, 1936-All schools close.
April 27, 1936-All schools reopen.
May 30, 1936-Memorial Day-no school.
June 12, 1936-Grades I to VIII, inclusive, close.
June 19, 1936-High School closes-Graduation.
September 9, 1936-High School reopens.
September 14, 1936-Grades I to VIII, inclusive, reopen.
November 25, 1936-All schools close at noon.
November 30, 1936-All schools reopen.
December 22, 1936-All schools close.
January 4, 1937-All schools reopen.
Legal Holidays
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, first Monday of September, October 12, November 11, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day (the day following when any of those mentioned occur on Sunday). Arbor Day falls on the last Saturday in April
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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.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL-Time: 7.30 A. M.
Acton Center and South Acton 2-2-2-2 blasts 1-1 blasts
West Acton
STANDING RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1. Admission to School
Children shall not be admitted to the public school until they are 5 years, 8 months of age on or before September 1, except in the case of those children 5 years, 6 months of age on Septem- ber 1, whose mental age and physical condition are satisfactory. Ordinarily, entrance must come during the first two weeks of school. All children entering for the first time must present birth and vaccination certificates.
2. School Sessions
The total length of sessions shall be 51/4 hours in the elemen- tary schools and 6 hours in the high school, with sufficient re- cesses. The doors of schools shall not be opened to pupils except by the principals or persons delegated by the principals.
3. School Busses
All pupils living more than two miles away from the schools they attend are entitled to bus transportation. Bus pupils must meet the bus schedule and, while on the bus, conduct themselves properly.
4. Excuses for Absence and Tardiness
Pupils are expected to attend school regularly. They must present a written excuse, signed by parent or guardian for each absence or tardiness.
5. Detention
Pupils may be detained after school in the afternoon not longer than 30 minutes in the elementary schools and for a longer per- iod in the high school.
6. Contagious Diseases
State Laws: Chapter 71, Section 55; Chapter 76, Section 15. "A child from a household where a person is ill with small-
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pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious or contagious disease, or from a household exposed to contagion from any such disease in another household, shall not attend any public school during such illness or exposure until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the local board of health, school physician or from the attending physi- cian, stating that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed. .
7. School Property
Pupils shall be held responsible for books loaned to them by the school authorities, and shall not mar or injure any form of school property.
8. Fire Drill
Fire drills shall be given at least once in two weeks in the elementary schools and at least once a month in the high school.
TEACHERS IN SERVICE As of January 1, 1936
App.
Graduate of
Home Address
Center School:
Ruth Sutcliffe, Prin.
1934
Fitchburg State College
Ruth Berglind
1935
Lesley Normal School
Gertrude Puhakka 1931
Fitchburg Normal
Monson, Mass. South Acton Fitchburg
South School
Julia McCarthy, Prin. 1906
Fitchburg Normal
Jessie Kinnevan
1929
Worcester Normal
Florence Merriam 1927
Fitchburg Normal
- South Acton Worcester South Acton
West School
Richard Greeman, Prin. 1935
Harvard University
Concord
Grace Callanan
1935
Elise Dickerman
1926
Fitchburg State College Fitchburg Normal
West Acton Ayer
High School:
Walter F. Hall, Prin. 1935
Harvard University Northeastern Law
South Acton West Acton
Henry Hopkinson, Asst. Prin.
1930
Edith Ames
1927
Elsie Bixby
1927
Margaret Boornazian 1929
George Braman 1933
Robert Dolan 1930
Barbara Douglass 1931
Walter Holt 1928
Dartmouth College
Marjorie Jones
1931
Simmons College
South Acton
Mary Stolte
1931
Middlebury College
Marion Towne
1921
Smith College
Miss Forehand's School
Melrose Woodville
Framingham Normal Boston University
Burdett College
Wentworth Institute Clark University University of Vermont
Methuen Acton Marlboro Winchester, N. H. East Acton
South Acton Concord
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Acton:
The School Committee presents herewith its report for the year 1935, together with the report of the Superintendent of Schools, which has the approval of the committee and is rec- ommended to your study and attention.
The principal event in connection with our schools this past year has been a change in the superintendency. After inter- viewing some seventy odd men the committee was unanimous in the choice of Mr. Walter F. Hall of Canton, a man of wide school experience, a gentleman, and scholar. He has already shown his adaptability to his new position in many ways, and we all know that the townspeople will be proud of the fact that he heads our school system.
We have encountered a few more financial obstacles this past year, and will have considerable difficulty meeting expenses unless our budget is increased slightly.
A new transportation problem has arisen which we are obliged to care for according to law. There are seven or eight pupils in the Newtowne section of our town living beyond the two-mile limit and one or two on Nagog Hill Road, who are entitled to transportation. Right now, this adds five hundred dollars thereabouts to the cost of buses. The Committee is also interested at this time in a proposition whereby we might transport all eligible pupils to the different buildings at a slight additional cost. It would help considerably on tardiness, as well as other difficulties which arise between the different centers and the school building.
During the past year we have replaced the unsanitary toilet accommodations at the South School, so that today each of the elementary buildings has a new clean group of toilets, which were so sadly needed. It might be in order at this time to say that it seems unwise to pour money into these buildings which are poorly ventilated, poorly heated, and expensive to operate, when we all know that a new central elementary plant would be a much better proposition, from the child's point of view as well as the town's. It might seem like a big project right now,
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but so is anything that is worthwhile. The high school build- ing was considered too large a project, but since its completion the town has saved three thousand dollars and over each year. It is safe to say that during the ten-year period that it has operated the town has made a saving of some forty thousand dollars,-almost enough money to build again. This is abso- lutely so: for years, our school budget was $48,000, while the pupils were being sent to Concord for the high school training ; but, during the last several years, it has varied from $40,000 to $45,000.
Our Superintendent and the Committee have carefully pre- pared a budget for the coming year ; there are no extravagances involved, just the bare necessities to run the school system as it should be. So, let's get in back of our Superintendent. We know he will give you an administration of which you will be proud.
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