Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1931-1935, Part 36

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1931
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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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