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mals, etc. ..
6.50
Tel, and postage
1.30
Joseph Perry, labor at dump 305.00
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William Munn, inspecting hogs ...
2.60
Gorham Fire Equip. Co., new shaft
for pump 8.75
Acton Motor Co., gas, lab. on motor 10.00
Dr. E. A. Mayell, prof. services 63.00
Central Garage, labor on pump
1.50
Strong's Market, supplies
.76
E. R. Sanborn, labor
24.00
George H. Reed, shovel
1.50
E. P. Gates, irons
1.50
Dr. Paul Gates, prof, services
25.00
Wm. P. Proctor Co., lumber, cement
33.70
E. R. Squibb & Sons, vaccine
7.00
Acton Pipe Co., labor on pump
5.00
.90
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., licenses . Dr. O. L. Clark, prof. services and inspections
68.00
Lillian F. Taylor, prof. services . . 13.00
$826.61
TOWN NURSE
Genevieve J. Creeley, services and
transportation
$2,000.00
Acton Pharmacy, supplies
50.87
Thomas W. Reed Co., supplies
11.75
$2,062.62
HIGHWAYS Village
Acton Granite Co., stone and inlets
$84.22
Acton Pipe Co., pipe 17.66
Wm. P. Proctor Co., lumber, cement 32.74
36.65
A. W. Davis Co., paint 10.20
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., kerosene
.50
Edna Downey, sand
1.40
Morse Oil Co., gas
.50
J. S. Moore, paint, brushes
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E. P. Gates, drilling 1.00
Town Shop, cambric
.30
R. H. Newell Co., stripping sand pit
40.25
Hedge & Matthers Co., brooms
2.45
Margaret Spinney, gravel 11.40
Cypras Kazokas, bags
1.40
Acton Motor Co., cutting pipe
1.00
State Prison, frames and grates
25.65
Kelley Coal Co., brick
11.50
Parker Hardware, bolts, etc.
6.73
Conant Machine Co., steel, welding
7.58
M. I. Houghton Co., sawing
1.00
Arthur Fraser, gravel
.10
Traffic & Road Equipment Co., steel brooms
12.00
$306.23
Labor
Albert H. Perkins, Supt.
$9.00
William Kazokas, Supt.
118.00
Henry Stone
41.00
George Rugg
21.00
William Kelley
43.75
James Johnston
35.00
David Clayton
19.00
Thomas Murray
18.00
James Bradley
20.00
Joseph Lemoine
8.00
Edward McGuire
32.00
Herbert Owen
6.00
Jahner Jarvi
30.00
Alex Duby
24.00
William Charter
33.60
Emile Noterman, Jr.
13.00
George Downey
4.00
David Tuttle
4.00
William Bradley
16.00
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Arthur Hurley
. 2.00
$497.35
Trucks and Equipment
E. A. Anderson
$12.00
Wilho Anderson
29.50
George Morse
66.38
Levi Perkins
22.00
Clarence Robbins
22.00
Hosea Gould
32.00
Carrie Kingsley
57.00
Albert Gravlin
22.00
Arthur Jalonen
12.00
Ralph Jones
22.00
George Reed
12.00
Leonard Smith, shovel
33.75
$342.63
$1,146.21
Chapter 81
Margaret Spinney, gravel
$185.20
Edna Downey, sand
64.20
Standard Oil of New York, asphalt
4,486.26
State Prison, grates and frames ..
69.83
Wm. P. Proctor Co., lumber, cement
99.46
Arthur Fraser, gravel
9.80
Kelley Sales Corp., brick
12.00
Ormal Laffin, gravel
6.00
Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone
490.21
No. Middlesex Washed Sand &
Gravel Co.
12.71
George H. Reed, cement
24.50
Ida Gagnon, gravel
.30
Am. Cy. & Chemical Co., caps
3.75
New England Metal Culvert Co.
41.34
Acton Pipe Co. 2.20
Berger Metal Culvert Co.
388.08
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R. J. Rodday Co., pea gravel
42.00
State Prison Colony, posts
101.70
$6,039.54
Labor
Albert H. Perkins, Supt.
$200.25
William Kazokas, Supt.
1,040.00
Henry Stone
534.75
Alexander Duby
79.75
James Johnston
506.00
George Rugg
508.00
William Kelley
469.50
Lester Stiles
69.50
Alex Morrison
35.50
Robert Willett
89.00
David Clayton
77.00
George Richardson, Jr.
81.75
Thomas Murray
22.00
James Bradley
309.00
Edward McGuire
374.50
George Charter
8.00
Joseph Lemoine
140.25
George Anderson
3.00
David Tuttle
85.50
George Larrabee
70.05
Herbert Owen
220.25
J. Hurley
92.50
Emile Noterman, Jr.
237.75
Will Charter
116.25
Louise Leveroni
1.25
George Downey
106.25
William Bradley
97.50
J. Jarvi
23.75
George Butler
36.50
$5,635.30
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Trucks and Equipment
Hosea Gould
$522.51
George Morse
493.25
A. Jalonen 573.39
Clarence Robbins 531.76
Wilho Anderson
590.89
Carrie Kinsley
496.76
Levi Perkins
499.63
Ralph Jones
482.63
Albert Gravelin
480.50
Jesse Briggs
45.63
George Reed
69.75
A. W. Davis Co.
15.75
Leonard Smith
39.75
Leonard Smith, compressor
60.50
Leonard Smith, shovel
678.75
Town of Acton, equipment
444.15
$6,025.60
$17,700.44
Chapter 90, Maintenance
Kelley Sales Corp., brick
$26.00
George H. Reed, cement
21.00
Margaret Spinney, gravel
.20
Edna Downey, sand
56.40
Standard Oil of New York, asphalt .
2,111.43
State Prison, grates and frames
37.05
Wm. P. Proctor Co., cement
7.55
Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone
89.10
New England Concrete Pipe Corp.,
sewer pipe
141.12
$2,489.85
Labor
William Kazokas, Supt.
$295.00
James Bradley 127.00
143.75
J. Hurley
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Emile Noterman, Jr.
125.25
Henry Stone
141.25
Robert Willett
96.50
David Clayton
115.50
James Johnston
153.00
William Kelley
141.50
Edward McGuire
142.00
George Rugg
84.50
George Richardson, Jr.
60.00
Herbert Owen 56.75
Will Charter
41.80
Alexander Duby
42.50
William Bradley
43.25
J. Jarvi
40.00
$1,849.55
Trucks and Equipment
Wilho Anderson
$233.26
A. C. Gravlin
132.51
George Morse
138.13
Hosea Gould
133.13
A. Jalonen
176.25
Ralph Jones
177.50
Carrie Kinsley
112.75
Clarence Robbins
176.00
Levi Perkins
105.63
Jesse Briggs
7.50
Leonard Smith, compressor
38.50
Leonard Smith, shovel
161.25
Town of Acton, equipment
69.50
$1,661.91
$6,001.31
Machinery Account
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., gas, oil
$124.53
George H. Reed, tools
9.30
Acton Motor Co., repairs
12.15
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E. P. Gates, hone 87.75
E. P. Gates, repairs 57.60
A. W. Davis Co., tools 36.85
E. W. Systrom Co., blade 36.00
Parker Hardware Co., tools
8.17
Conant Machine & Steel Co., repairs, parts 2.86
C. C. Cullinane, express
1.10
Hedge & Matthews, root cutter
52.50
Hedge & Matthews, tools and parts 86.88
Railway Express, express
.67
Buffalo Springfield Roller Co., parts 15.15
Pierce's Express
.50
Oberg's, boots
8.00
Dyer Sales & Machinery Co., wicks
1.92
Edward Cheney, drills
1.00
Security Fence Co., chains and bar, bolts
9.64
$552.57
SNOW REMOVAL
Ploughing
John Pederson
$793.00
Levi W. Perkins
304.50
A. W. Davis
300.00
George H. Reed
202.50
Edwin Christofferson
358.14
$1,958.14
Sanding and Cleaning Villages (Putting up and Removing Snow Fences)
Labor
$1,317.75
Trucks
957.65
Edna Downey, sand
69.60
Road Builders Supply Co. 50.96
$2,395.96
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Sundry Items
George H. Reed, shovels, labor
$6.00
A. W. Davis, installing plough 12.00
A. W. Davis, paint ,shovels 7.95
J. S. Moore, shovels
1.80
E. P. Gates, work on ploughs 4.50
Robert Willett, work and parts on sand spreaders
30.35
Wm. P. Proctor Co., enamel
1.22
E. W. Systrom Co., new plough
190.00
Anderson Engineering Co., plough
edge
10.00
C. C. Cullinane, express
.70
Conant Machine & Steel Co., bolts, labor
7.85
Hosea Gould, belt for spreader
3.00
Lewis E. Tracy Co., belt and chain
4.51
William Kazokas, belt
5.91
Levi Perkins, installing plow
15.00
George H. Reed, sander
45.00
$345.79 $4,699.89
STREET LIGHTING
Boston Edison Co.
$3,506.35
PUBLIC WELFARE
Temporary Aid
$6,267.25
City of Boston
547.87
Town of Boxborough
6.88
' Town of Westford
302.48
' Town of Hudson
39.30
Town of Maynard 1
201.05
City of Leominster 1
105.58
1 City of Waltham
7.25
1 Hobbs & Warren, Inc., blanks
3.31
$7,480.97
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AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Orders of the Board of Pub. Welfare $3,136.43
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Orders of the Supervisor of Old Age
Assistance $26,635.13
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT
Carl E. Backman, salary, travel, ex-
pense, telephone $446.22
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., bills 16.44
$462.66
Soldiers' Benefits SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Orders of the Soldiers' Relief Agent $2,334,50
MILITARY AID
Paid
$410.00
STATE AID
Paid
$420.00
EDUCATION
Orders of the School Committee
..
$47,071.61
(See itemized report)
LIBRARY MAINTENANCE
Arthur F. Davis, librarian $151.50
Arthur F. Davis, rebinding books 45.25
Arthur F. Davis, writing cards .
11.91
Arthur F. Davis, cataloging
10.00
Arthur F. Davis, postage 1.22
Mrs. O. D. Wood, asst. librarian
101.00
Ralph Rogers, janitor
151.50
Ralph Rogers, lights and repairs
2.00
Boston Edison Co. 42.38
News-Enterprise Co., labels
10.25
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Chester B. Robbins, insurance . . 49.71
West & South Water Supply District 12.00
Parker Hardware Co. .40
Charles Farris, labor
1.00
Simon D. Taylor, supplies
.88
Remington Rand Co., daters, ink, pad 2.80
Boston Cons. Gas Co.
256.62
$850.42
LIBRARY BOOKS
H. R. Huntting Co.
$118.69
Jean Karr Co.
31.14
Junior Literary Guild 55.50
DeWolfe Fiske Co. 90.08
Wm. A. Wilde Co.
17.84
New England News Co.
47.53
Follett Book Co. 29.20
Savings Bank Life Ins. Council
1.95
George H. B. Turner
2.00
Harold A. Sandstrom
3.00
Union Library Assn.
21.11
Encyclopedia Brittanica
1.45
News - Enterprise Co.
1.50
Herman Goldberger Agency
45.70
Julian de Cordova
3.00
Ernest H. Washburn
16.00
$485.69
BRANCH LIBRARY
Ida Costello, librarian
$95.00
Ida Costello, transporting books
11.00
Ida Costello, attending fires
2.55
Boston Edison Co.
22.10
Maynard & Acton Oil Co.
14.10
Nashoba Oil Co.
4.24
Ralph Anderson, librarian
104.00
Ralph Anderson, transport'g books .
4.00
Ralph Anderson, fixing oil burner,
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cleaning curtains, oiling floors . . 6.05
$263.04
CEMETERIES
Fred S. Kennedy, labor
$490.32
Fred S. Kennedy, horse
6.00
Fred S. Kennedy, postage, telephone
7.20
Fred W. Green, labor
28.77
Fred W. Green, horse
4.00
Duncan Kennedy, labor
293.25
Elwin H. Hollowell, labor
215.95
Elwin H. Hollowell, tools
3.00
Elwin H. Hollowell, postage
4.50
Howard Jones, labor
164.00
H. H. Hollowell, labor
12.00
Charles F. Farris, labor
4.00
W. Coolidge, labor
3.20
Joseph Gallant, labor
6.00
Boston Edison Co.
5.88
West & South Water Supply
45.75
George H. Reed, tools, cement, fer- tilizer
59.45
Thomas J. Grey Co., seed
15.20
A. W. Davis Co., paint, cement, trucking
17.22
Sudbury Nurseries
8.90
Holmerden Co., weed killer
52.95
James J. Knight, spraying
19.85
Albert Jenks, spraying
2.85
Laffin's Express
1.40
Chester Robbins, insurance
56.25
Spaulding Moss Co., blueprints
2.80
Murphy & Snyder, printing
5.25
George Cahoon, sharpening mowers
7.00
Levi W. Perkins, stone
3.00
John Pederson, loan, express. 4.50
Acton Pipe Co., pipe, fittings, labor
15.61
Albert Batley & Son, flowers
31.12
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F. W. Bulette, team
15.00
Avery & Murphy, labor on mower 1.40
Holland's Garage, gas
1.70
E. P. Gates, repairing mowers Horace F. Tuttle, selling 10 lots, writing, recording deeds 10.00
15.00
Compiling account of money received
and expended on account of the several lots under perpetual care . 15.00
$1,655.27
SUSAN HOSMER FUND
Fred W. Green, labor $3.75
Fred S. Kennedy
46.00
Duncan Kennedy
45.00
Elwin Hollowell
330.00
Howard Jones
268.50
Greenough Bros., Inc., removing
stumps, filling holes
512.13
Greenough Bros., Inc., 186 yds. loam spread
251.50
Levi W. Perkins, manure
200.00
Hosea Gould, loading and hauling loam
100.50
Fraser Kennels, loam
60.00
Thomas G. Gray, seed, scythe
72.00
A. W. Davis Co., fuses
.25
George H. Reed, cement
3.75
E. L. Willard, humus
10.00
Laffin's Express
.75
Acton Pipe Co., pipe fittings, labor .
15.03
Frank Bulette, team
29.00
John Pederson, express
2.00
Sidney N. Schurcliiff, prof. services
48.96
$1,999.12
PERPETUAL CARE
Fred W. Green, labor
$25.00
Fred S. Kennedy, labor
306.26
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Duncan Kennedy, labor 259.75
Elwin H. Hollowell, labor
420.00
Howard Jones, labor
329.00
Harry Hollowell, labor
4.00
W. Coolidge, labor
3.20
Charles Farris, labor
8.00
George H. Reed, fertilizer
120.06
Herman Parker, care of lot 8.00
Bartlett & Dow Co., sprinklers
33.50
Albert Batley & Son, flowers
78.70
Acton Monumental Co., cleaning stones 20.00
$1,615.47
BLANCHARD FUND
Fred S. Kennedy
$25.00
CEMETERY SURPLUS
Thomas Groom & Co., Inc., 2 record
books
$20.00
HURRICANE DAMAGE
Fred S. Kennedy
$15.72
Duncan Kennedy
6.00
Howard Jones
3.00
$24.72
WORK RELIEF
H. E. Day, sharpening saws
$13.05
E. P. Gates, tree irons
8.25
James Higgins & Son, creosote
29.16
Athol Motor Express, express
3.10
Treas. U. S. A. music project
18.00
James J. Knight, express, pole
1.20
Samuel Cabot, healing paint
7.06
Fraser Kennels, gravel
44.40
1.50
Acton Pharmacy, drinking cups ยท James E. Kinsley, carfare, attending meeting .86
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Frost Insecticide Co., brushes, saws, poles 28.74
A. W. Davis Co., poles, saw blades .. 6.60
News - Enterprise Co., easement
forms
3.25
Wm. P. Proctor Co., brushes
.98
PAY ROLLS
Labor
$647.90
Trucks
587.00
$1,401.05
MEMORIAL DAY
Dorothy Davis, cards $1.75
South Acton News Co., refreshments
31.30
Town Shop, flags .
20.25
Lovell Bus Lines, busses
30.00
Newton Post No. 48, Am. Legion
Band
100.00
Gerald H. Finan, plants, wreaths
56.70
Wm. P. Proctor Co., paint, brushes . 3.10
$243.10
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Theron Lowden, premium $913.95
UNCLASSIFIED
Howard A. Wilson, legal services . . $225.00
John J. Donahue, legal services
30.00
News - Enterprise Co., adv.
4.48
Flora Kilmartin, curtain damaged ..
1.00
Horace F. Tuttle, surveying, writing releases
15.00
So. Acton Dept. Store, flags
16.90
C. A. Durkee Ins. Agency, Treas-
urer's bond acct. trust funds
35.00
$327.38
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JONES COMMUNITY FIELD
Chester M. Savatelle, tractor . $55.00
Central Welding Co., roller frame .
7.40
Acton Pipe Co., pipe 12.06
George H. Reed, poultry netting 15.60
Ralph Jones, loam
6.00
Wm. P. Proctor Co., lumber, spikes .
10.37
Morse Oil Co., gas
16.40
Eden Cahill, labor
96.25
Eden Cahill, brads, loops
.75
William Cahill, labor
29.25
Jesse Reynolds, labor
1.50
John Bradley
16.00
$266.58
REDEMPTION OF TAX TITLES
Wm. Henry Soar, expenses to Cam- bridge Registry of Deeds and
Boston Land Court $7.50
Howard Wilson, prof. services 74.30
$81.80
DOG OFFICER
Fraser Kennels
$224.00
NOTES AND BONDS
Merchants' National Bank
High
School Bonds
$4,000.00
Alfred L. Ripley, Fire Equip. Notes .
1,500.00
$5,500.00
INTEREST ON NOTES AND BONDS Merchants' National Bank, High School Bonds $520.00 Alfred L. Ripley, Fire Equip. Notes 52.50
$572.50
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INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS Merchants' National Bank $143.75
COUNTY HOSPITAL ASSESSMENT
County Treasurer
$994.23
1938 BILLS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Horace F. Tuttle, salary, recording
vital statistics, postage, telehpone, clerk to registrar of voters . . . . $360.00 Wm. Henry Soar, postage, tel., note fees 22.30
Daniel Sheehan, registrar of voters and recount 22.00
Estate of Charles A. Durkee, balance for collecting 1932-1933, 1934-
1935 excise taxes
43.87
E. E. Allsopp, balance salary as cat- tle inspector 30.00
$478.17
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., oil
$10.25
O. D. Wood, janitor
19.25
O. D. Wood, care of clock and flag 57.00
O. D. Wood, labor on grounds
7.00
A. W. Davis Co., wax 1.20
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Pay roll $8.00
J. G. Flynn, towel service 1.00
Louis W. Bills, rep. fire alarm box . . 6.00
$94.70
$15.00
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BOARD OF HEALTH
E. E. Allsop, labor at dump $70.00
E. E. Allsop, burial, milk, alcohol
permits, recording diseases 11.85
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., books 3.42
$85.27
TOWN NURSE
Acton Pharmacy, supplies $26.74
HIGHWAYS
Margaret Spinney, gravel
$2.60
State Prison, frame and cover 16.65
$19.25
PUBLIC WELFARE
Town of Westford
$160.96
Town of Maynard
61.79
City of Leominster
29.95
Temporary Aid
294.74
$547.44
BRANCH LIBRARY
Ida Costello, librarian
$10.00
DOG OFFICER
Fraser Kennels
4.00
NO APPROPRIATION ITEMS
Revenue Loans
Merchants National Bank
$50,000.00
Agency :
State Tax
$10,440.00
State Auditing
14.11
State Parks
156.11
County Tax
4,985.04
County Dog Licenses
782.00
$16,377.26
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Refunds
Taxes
$64.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
277.43
$341.43
Tailings Account
12.50
Total Expenditures
$229,808.92
Cash Balance Dec. 31, 1939
$37,580.66
$267,389.58
STATEMENT OF RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS
Military Aid
$320.00
Aid to Dependent Children
600.00
General Government
215.20
Building and Grounds
123.03
Forest Fires
7.16
Education
150.00
Chapter 90, Highways
1.31
Chapter 81, Highways
.44
Street Lighting
10.00
1938 Bills
18.87
$1,446.01
Unexpended
53.99
$1,500.00
STATEMENT OF MACHINERY FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1939
$1,152.48
Received from Town of Acton
513.65
Received from Laffin's Garage
2.50
Transferred to Machinery Acct. .
$700.00
Balance December 21, 1939
968.63
$1,668.63
$1,668.63
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STATEMENT OF CEMETERY LAND FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1939
$156.00
Received from sale of lots
158.00
Received from sale of lumber
150.00
Unexpended balance Hurricane dam-
age appropriation
.35
$464.35
Transferred to Cemetery Account . .
$150.00
Balance December 31, 1939
314.35
$464.35
COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1939
Assets.
Liabilities and Reserves :
Cash
1938 $29,184.99
$37,580.66
Revenue Loans
$ 35,000.00
$ 25,000.00
Excise Tax Revenue
2,063.48
1,698.45
Tax Title Revenue
4,996.69
1,666.34
Department Revenue
1,099.55
2,002.52
Levy of 1938
34,410.01
11,774.84
County Dog Tax
3.60
Levy of 1939
31,485.76
Cemetery Land Fund
156.00
314.35
Machinery Fund
1,152.48
968.63
POLL TAXES
Levy of 1938
256.00
116.00
Levy of 1937
152.00
Levy of 1939
316.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Levy of 1936
96.90
Levy of 1937
1,059.65
182.65
Levy of 1938
404.31
12.25
Levy of 1939
1,000.93
Tax Titles
4,996.69
1,666.34
Machinery Account
3.65
151.08
Court Judgment Motor Vehicle
Redemption of Tax Titles
100.00
Excise Taxes
502.62
502.62
Truck for Highway Dept.
1,200.00
1,200.00
1939
1938
1939
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Taxes :
Levy of 1937
9,836.84
Balances :
Old Age Assistance, Federal Grant
1,468.79
Old Age Assistance,
Adm. Acct., Federal Grant
148.82
37.79
Aid to Dependent Children, Federal Grant
268.88
Cemetery Hurricane Damage
25.07
Work Relief
2,088.75
Departmental :
Overlays:
Welfare
123.85
551.76
Levy of 1937
2,683.18
Aid to Dependent Children ..
268.50
97.01
Levy of 1938
2,867.67
2,731.47
Old Age Assistance
2,455.20
700.08
Levy of 1939
1,997.61
State Aid
445.00
445.00
Military Aid
40.00
136.67
State Aid to Highways.
4,957.78
99.55
County Aid to Highways
2,820.81
212.54
County Dog Account
44.00
72.00
Agency :
Overdraft State and County
Taxes
5,239.05
$97,294.20
$86,952.66
$ 97,294.20
$ 86,952.66
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Debt
$ 16,000.00
$ 10,500.00
High School Bonds
13,000.00
9,000.00
Fire Truck Notes
3,000.00
1,500.00
$ 16,000.00
$ 10,500.00
$ 16,000.00
$ 10,500.00
Overlay Surplus
5,132.17
6,224.53
Agency :
Over raised State - County Taxes
17.98
Tailings
66.35
Surplus Revenue
36,839.02
42,871.96
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds Cash and Securities $185,854.16
$188,360.72
$185,854.16
$188,360.72
Elizabeth White Charity Fund
25,823.39
26,099.26
Georgia E. Whitney
Charity Fund
10,293.20
12,255.45
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
14,402.98
14,459.32
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund ..
1,477.34
1,744.97
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
581.87
596.49
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
44,716.19
44,781.22
Cemetery Surplus Fund
1,173.52
978.40
Luke Blanchard
Cemetery Fund
1,498.55
1,504.64
Susan Noyes Hosmer
Cemetery Fund
82,421.58
82,475.43
Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund
3,465.54
3,465.54
$185,854.16
$188,360.72
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
RATEL
ONI
1735.
ACTON ..
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1939
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Organization
School Committee
Mr. Everett Montague, Chairman Term expires 1940
Mrs. Leland Howe
Term expires 1942
Mr. Samuel Knowlton Term expires 1941
Mr. Richard Lowden Term expires 1942
Mrs. Otis Reed Term expires 1941
Mrs. Oliver Wood Term expires 1940
Meetings of the School Committee
Regular meetings of the school committee shall be held the first Tuesday 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. Genevieve Creeley, West Acton
Attendance Officer Leonard Godfrey, West Acton
School Calendar
January 2, 1940-All schools reopened.
February 16, 1940-All schools close.
February 26, 1940-All schools reopen.
April 12, 1940-All schools close.
April 22, 1940-All schools reopen.
June 7, 1940-Grades 1 to 6, inclusive, close.
June 14, 1940-Graduation.
June 21, 1940-High school closes. September 4, 1940-High school reopens.
September 9, 1940-Grades 1-6, inclusive, reopen.
November 27, 1940-All schools close at noon.
December 2, 1940-All schools reopen.
December 20, 1940-All schools close.
January 2, 1941-All schools reopen.
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Legal Holidays
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, first Monday of September, October 12, November 11, Thanksgiv- ing Day, Christmas Day (the day following, when any of those mentioned occur 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.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL-Time 7:15 A. M. (all schools) Acton Center, West Acton, and South Acton 2-2-2-2 blasts
SPECIAL SIGNAL-Time 11:45 A. M. (Grades 1-6) All Precincts
2-2-2-2 blasts
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 September 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 514 hours in the ele- mentary schools and 6 hours in the high school, with sufficient recesses. 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 a mile or more away from the schools they attend are entitled to bus transportation. Bus pupils must meet the bus schedule and, while on the bus, conduct them- selves properly.
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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 period 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- pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious or contagious disease, or from a household exposed to con- tagion 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 physician, 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.
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TEACHERS IN SERVICE As of January 1, 1940
Center School
App. Graduate of
Home Address
Kal Kansanniva, Prin., B. S. E.
1938
Fitchburg State College
Maynard
Ruth Berglind
1935
Lesley Normal School
South Acton
Charlotte, Laird, B. S. E.
1938
Fitchburg State College
South Acton
South School
Julia McCarthy, Prin.
1906
Fitchburg Normal
South Acton Concord
Helen Appleby
1936
Lesley Normal School
Cecelia Callanan, B. S. E.
1938
Fitchburg State College
West Acton
Florence Merriam
1927
Fitchburg Normal
South Acton
West School
Theodore Ehrhardt, Prin., B. S., Ed. M.
1938
Bridgewater State Coll. Fairhaven
Grace Callanan, B. S. E.
1935
Alice Feehan, B. S. E.
1938
Fitchburg State College Fitchburg State College
South Acton
High School
Walter F. Hall, Prin., A.B., 1935
Harvard University
South Acton
A. M., Ed. M.
Richard, Greenman 1935
Harvard University
Concord
Asst. Prin., A. B., Ed. M.
Rebecca Bartlett, B. S. E. 1939
Framingham State Coll.
Mass. State College
Burdett College Clark University
Marlboro
Walter Holt, B. S., M. A. 1928
Dartmouth College
East Acton
Henry Hopkinson, L. L. B. 1930
1931
South Acton
John Mitchell, B. S. E.
1939
Fitchburg State College
Worcester
Eleanor Thompson, B. S. E. 1939
Salem State College
Marion Towne, A. B.
1921
Smith College
Supervisors
Frank Braman, Drawing Arlene Hanson, Phys. Ed., B. S. E.
New School of Design B. U. Sargent School
Acton
South Acton
John Moran, Music
N. E. Conservatory
Newton
Worcester Leicester Methuen
Elinor Brown, B. S., A. M. 1939
Margaret Boornazian 1939
Robert Dolan, A. B., Ed. M. 1930
Northeastern Law Simmons College
West Acton
Marjorie Jones, B. S.
Webster Concord
West Acton
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Acton :
The school committee herewith presents its report for the year 1939, together with the report of the superintendent, which has been accepted by the committee.
The duties of the school committee for the past year have included maintenance of buildings, transportation of pupils, and careful consideration of all school policies.
Maintenance of Buildings
Interior conditions were greatly improved in all village schools by freshening the walls with light buff paint. In addi- tion, the West School was painted two coats outside. Several lights were installed in dark stairways and electric base plugs were placed for the work of the dental clinic.
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