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spreader
$30.00
Conant Machine Co., loader
21.00
Clark Wilcox Co., sand spreader
20.50
Town of Acton
90.60
P. I. Perkins Co., grader
306.80
$468.90
$6,000.71
Chapter 90 Construction Main Street
Standard Oil of N. Y., road oil $1,037.23
Wm. P. Proctor Co., lumber,
cement 32.20
Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone
2,182.39
Edna Downey, sand
7.20
Swen Hagen, gravel
125.50
Jos. T. Ryerson Sons Inc., steel bars 57.36
$3,441.88
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Payrolls
Labor
William C. Kazokas, Supt.
$477.00
Edwin Anderson
304.00
Edward Hall
192.80
James Johnston
184.30
R. Liebfried
19.00
Thomas Murray
186.60
Joseph Paskiewicz
170.40
George Penney
114.40
Andsel Smart
162.50
George Downey
50.05
Vincent Sheehan
145.00
Donald MacDougall
60.80
Albert Marsh
50.00
C. Hewitt
11.20
John Bradley
82.50
Charles Byron
66.00
Walter Boyce
12.00
Waino Kangas
38.40
Joseph Kuleisus
38.40
Edwin Christofferson
88.00
Will Charter
88.00
2,541.35
Trucks
Hosea Gould
$320.75
Albert Gravlin
404.00
Ralph Jones
17.25
Clarence Robbins
382.00
Wilho Anderson
381.50
Levi Perkins
62.50
George Morse
147.00
1,715.00
Equipment
P. I. Perkins Co., grader
$420.00
L. P. Boeske, shovel 468.75
Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone
spreader 50.00
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Conant Machine & Steel Co., loader 43.75
Town of Acton, sundry equip-
ment 318.00
1,300.50
$8,998.73
Snow Removal
Ploughing Streets
John Pederson
$966.00
Levi Perkins
240.00
Edwin Christofferson
557.38
Davis Motor Co.
396.00
Reed Coal & Grain Co.
237.00
$2,396.38
Sanding and Cleaning Villages Putting Up and Removing Snow Fences
Labor
$1,430.00
Trucks 995.65
B. W. Brown Grain Co., salt 197.80
Edna Downey, sand 63.40
Conant Machine Co., loader
40.25
Clark & Wilcox, rental sand spreader
80.00
Road Builders' Supply Co., salt
52.00
2,859.10
Sundry Items and Equipment
P. I. Perkins Co., plough
$460.00
E. P. Gates, blades, repairs
130.05
Conant Machine Cc., parts
24.08
NuWay Welders Inc., welding
3.00
International Harvester Co.,
chain .56
E. W. Systrom Co., parts
60.85
Hinds & Coon Co., belts
9.68
Maynard Supply Co.
1.32
Anderson Engineering Co.,
hinge 2.25
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Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., gas 5.15
Central Garage, gas, oil 3.75
Acton Motor Co., welding
2.05
A. W. Davis Co., enamel, brush- es 12.93
Riverside Paint & Varnish Co., enamel
12.47
W. E. Aubuchon Co., chain links 1.62
P. I. Perkins Co., runnbers, bolt
17.12
Maynard & Acton Oil Co. Inc.,
gas .80
747.68
$6,003.16
Machinery Account
Colonial Beacon Co., oil
$33.11
Pierce's Express
.50
American Chain Link Fence Co., drag
7.90
Central Garage
39.32
Laffin's Express
1.50
Frank T. Bauer, lanterns
13.20
State Prison, marking machines
85.00
Eastern Auto Parts, grease kit
.20
Traffic & Road Equipment Co., steel brooms 25.35
Oilmen's Service & Supply Co.
6.75
New Idea Store, rubber coats
6.95
Auto Shop, repairs
.25
Buff & Buff Mfg. Co., lerching rod
21.50
Great Roads Garage, anti-freeze
27.00
Ayer Motor Express
.60
C. C. Cullinane, express
.75
Parker Hardware Co.
14.12
Maynard Supply Co.
17.32
R. I. Perkins Co., parts
149.61
A. W. Davis Co., tools
23.10
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., gas, oil
174.43
E. P. Gates, repairs
95.95
Conant Machine Co., parts
11.55
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Acton Motor Co.
5.15
Maynard & Acton Oil Co. Inc., gas
121.34
Acton Pipe Co., pipe
9.99
Hedge Mattheis Co., parts, equipment
28.17
Wm. C. Kazokas, painting, repairing sand spreader
8.53
Railway Express Agency
4.09
Clark Wilcox Co., parts
64.93
W. E. Aubuchon Co., twine
1.56
$999.72
Street Lighting
Boston Edison Co.
$3,932.61
Street Signs
Acton Pipe Co., pipe
$249.44
Laffin's Express
3.10
State Prison, signs
224.40
Pay Rolls, labor
43.30
Lowell Iron & Steel Co., rods
4.97
$525.21
Public Welfare
Temporary Aid
$3,406.55
Town of Westford
407.43
City of Somerville
210.84
Mass. Dept. of Public Welfare
275.15
City of Boston
129.40
City of Worcester
81.40
Town of Concord
35.12
Administrative
Hobbs & Warren Inc.
3.21
$4,549.10
Aid to Dependent Children Orders of the Board of Public Welfare
$3,083.04
Old Age Assistance
Orders of the Supervisor of Old Age Assistance
$29,223.77
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Administrative Account
Carl E. Backman, salary, transportation
$408.50
Carl E. Backman, postage, tel. 41.98
Carl E. Backman, attending convention at Springfield 10.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms, etc. 11.37
Murphy & Snyder, letterheads, envelopes
8.51
Wm. Henry Soar, postage
4.29
Boston Council Social Agencies
8.00
$492.65
Soldiers' Relief
Orders of Soldiers' Relief Agent $1,579.46
Military Aid
Paid
$495.00
State Aid
Paid
$180.00
Education
Orders of School Committee as per their itemized report $47,369.01
High School Addition
Byron L. Moore, contract
$16,888.83
Charles W. Way, architect 979.00
O'Brien Russell, bond 251.52
Orson K. Miller, fire insurance
41.92
Chandler & Barber Co., hardware
184.25
Mass. Reformatory
367.40
Jos. Scarlata, repairing lockers 7.75
Pettingell-Andrews Co., reflectors, etc. 121.00
All Steel Equipment Co., lockers
674.60
$19,516.27
Library Maintenance
Arthur F. Davis, librarian $122.50
Arthur F. Davis, binding, cataloging, post- age, etc. 61.36
Ralph Rogers, janitor 154.50
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Ralph Rogers, repairs
5.50
Mrs. Oliver D. Wood, ass't. librarian
132.50
Boston Edison Co. 59.53
Boston Consolidated Gas Co.
331.21
Ida Costello, libarian, West library
10.20
Remington Rand Co., cards
2.85
Chester B. Robbins, insurance
30.93
West & South Water District
12.00
Ralph Anderson, librarian, South library
28.00
Ralph Anderson, fuel, transportation of books 7.50
A. Merriam Co., repairing chairs
16.45
News-Enterprise Co.
6.50
Katherine Kinsley, librarian
101.00
Katherine Kinsley, janitor, trans. books
36.40
Printers and Bindery Supply Co., supplies
3.47
Murphy & Snyder, slips 14.21
Nashoba Oil Co.
4.85
Winifred Sylvia, librarian, South library
78.00
Winifred Sylvia, transportation, fuel, etc. 31.25
$1,250.71
Library Books
DeWolfe Fiske & Co.
$20.90
H. R. Huntting Co.
103.26
Jean Karr Co.
20.35
New England News Co.
73.14
Union Library Ass'n.
20.38
Junior Literary Guild
55.50
Chemical Pub. C.
2.70
Ginn & Co.
2.48
Wilcox & Follett Co.
16.09
D. Van Nostrand Co.
4.73
Acton Woman's Club
2.70
Wilbur H. Siebert
3.34
Indian Council
2.00
Womrath Book Shops
33.59
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
1.45
D. C. Heath
6.28
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Jordan Marsh Co. 4.59
Noble & Noble
1.54
Osburn Publishing Co.
1.67
George H. W. Turner
2.00
Herman Goldberger Agency
39.50
Science Digest
2.50
$420.69
Cemeteries
Fred S. Kennedy, labor
$722.55
Fred S. Kennedy, truck
15.00
Fred S. Kennedy, supplies, gas, oil
15.83
Duncan Kennedy, labor
460.32
Joseph Gallant
10.00
Elwin Hollowell, labor
321.25
Elwin Hollowell, trucking
93.50
Edwin Hollowell, postage
6.00
Leonard Wooden, labor
146.00
C. Hollowell, labor
28.80
H. Hollowell, labor
8.00
George Tuttle, labor
23.00
Boston Edison Co.
9.75
West & South Water District
50.30
Holland Motor Co., gas, oil
13.33
Albert Batley & Son, flowers
34.36
Reed Coal & Grain Co., cement, fertilizer
46.00
Acton Pipe Co., bushing
70
C. B. Robbins, insurance
8.00
Albert Gravlin, trucking
22.25
Perry Seed Co., tools
6.42
James J. Knight, spraying
29.99
A. W. Davis Co., tools
13.35
George Cahoon, sharpening mowers
7.50
Thomas J. Grey Co., seed
18.90
Sudbury Nurseries, trees, shrubs
161.30
Murphy & Snyder, printing
13.00
Acton Monumental Co.
6.00
Hosea Gould, trucking, gravel, removing stumps 131.00
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Jenks Tree Service, tree work
50.00
Laffin's Express
.35
Power Lawn Mower Co., parts
.95
Jos. Harris Co., seed
10.50
R. J. Rodday Co., tools
3.20
E. P. Gates, repairs
12.50
Horace Tuttle, writing and recording deeds
5.00
$2,504.90
Susan Hosmer Fund
Greenough Bros. Inc., removing stumps
$104.00
Sudbury Nurseries, Inc., trees
35.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, tractor
24.00
Power Lawn Mower Co., mower
148.85
William Kazokas, labor
14.00
P. I. Perkins Co., grader
42.00
Flora Kilmartin, dressing
37.50
Fraser Kennels, loam
26.40
Hosea Gould, truck
80.00
Reed Coal & Grain Co., lime
6.00
Elwin Hollowell, labor
551.88
Elwin Hollowell, trucking
76.00
Leonard Warden, labor
380.00
C. Hollowell, labor
4.80
Fred S. Kennedy, labor
1.88
$1,532.31
Perpetual Care
Fred S. Kennedy, labor
$307.63
Duncan Kennedy, labor
226.75
Elwin Hollowell, labor
366.25
Leonard Wooden, labor
253.00
George Tuttle, labor
44.00
C. Hollowell, labor
25.60
H. Hollowell, labor
4.00
Reed Coal & Grain Co., fertilizer
109.56
Albert Batley & Son, flowers
73.40
$1,410.19
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Luke Blanchard Fund
Fred S. Kennedy, care of lots $25.00
Art. 34-Shade Trees
Jenks Tree Service
$297.63
Work Relief
Surplus Commodities Division $182.11
Treasurer U. S. A. Music Project 15.00
$197.11
Liability Insurance
Theron A. Lowden, premium $663.13
Memorial Day
Hillside Florist, flowers $18.25
Geo. H. Finan, wreaths 8.50
William Cobleigh, flowers
21.78
Lovell Bus Lines, Inc., transportation
20.00
South Acton News Co., refreshments
38.20
Dorothy Davis, printing cards
2.50
Town Shop, flags
25.25
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., car- tridges 19.20
Newton Post 48, A. L. Band 100.00
$253.68
Painting Town Hall-Art. 23
Barton Wheeler & Sons, contract $459.00
Barton Wheeler & Sons, setting glass 6.40
Samuel E. Knowlton, interior painting 118.00
$583.40
New Seats for Town Hall-Art. 24
Mass. Reformatory $500.00
Dog Officer
Fraser Kennels
$200.75
Jones Community Field
Eden Cahill, labor $62.50
William Bradley, labor 20.00
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Osgood Tuttle, labor
17.00
David Maguire, labor 9.00
Ralph T. Jones, truck
5.00
Morse Oil Co., gas, oil
23.85
J. S. Moore, lock, can
1.65
Chester M. Sawtelle, power mower
150.00
$289.00
1940 Bills
Arthur W. Lee, general gov't
$22.00
William B. Feeley, general gov't.
24.00
Walter L. O'Neil, general gov't.
20.00
J. G. Flynn, fire dept.
1.00
Morse Oil Co., fire dept.
5.43
Middlesex County Sanatorium, health
26.25
Committee on Public Safety Defense
Mary Laffin, expenses to Boston, 20 trips
$30.00
T. C. Gallagher, stationery, postage 12.61
American Woolen Co., blankets
140.00
$182.61
Unclassified
So. Acton Dept. Store, flags
$18.20
L. P. Townsend, circulars, postage a/c de- fense 5.99
Commercial Supply, defense stickers
4.86
C. A. Durkee Ins. Co., robbery insurance
50.00
Horace F. Tuttle, releases, maps
3.80
Duncan M. Ross, dinners
72.00
Murphy & Snyder, printing, defense
4.50
Dr. O. L. Clark, postage, supplies, etc., defense 20.80
Howard A. Wilson, prof. services
15.00
Acton Granite Co., boundary posts
3.50
T. C. Gallagher, expenses, organizing 15th company, State Guard Reserves
16.75
West Acton Woman's Club, rent of hall, defense 4.00
$98.68
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W. Burton Harvey, perambulating town lines 20.00
George Morse, perambulating town lines 10.00
James E. Kinsley, perambulating town lines 20.00
Leonard J. Smith, shovel, bulldozer 98.00
Mabel Tobin, services a/c defense
15.00
Mabel Tobin, certificates
1.00
Murphy & Snyder, posters, defense
5.15
$388.55
Notes and Bonds
Merchants National Bank, high school bonds $1,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds
Merchants National Bank, high school bonds $200.00
Interest on Revenue Loans
Merchants National Bank $62.50
No Appropriation Items
Revenue Loans
Merchants National Bank
$25,000.00
State tax
$10,230.00
State park tax
144.11
State audit
684.82
State for certain bridges
306.42
County tax
5,892.62
County hospital assessment
944.26
$18,202.23
Refunds
Motor Vehicles excise taxes
$355.95
Real estate taxes
145.41
Poll taxes
4.00
$505.36
Middlesex County Dog Licenses
$833.00
Refund cemetery land fund
10.00
Tailings account
39.25
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Certifying and printing high school notes
67.33
Total expenditures
$238,871.70
Cash balance December 31, 1941
63,036.12
$301,907.82
Statement of Reserve Fund Transfers
Moth department
$250.00
New hose
262.40
Memorial Day
3.68
Education
250.00
Board of Health
209.74
Building and Grounds
53.62
Fire department
13.81
New forest hose
3.59
Highways, Village
48.16
Highways, Chapter 81
.37
Highways, Chapter 90
.71
Snow removal
3.16
Dog officer
.75
Cemetery
4.90
Forest fires
872.05
High school addition
16.71
$1,993.65
Unexpended balance
6.35
$2,000.00
Statement of Machinery Fund
Balance January 1, 1941
$889.90
Received from Town of Acton
748.82
$1,638.72
Tansferred to Road Machinery Account
$851.52
Balance December 31, 1941
787.20
$1,638.72
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Statement of Cemetery Land Fund
Balance January 1, 1941
$67.35
Received from sale of lots
167.00
$234.35
Paid:
Refund
$10.00
Balance December 31, 1941
224.35
$234.35
COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET-December 31, 1941
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
1940 $48,380.30
1941
$63,036.12
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Taxes:
Real Estate :
Levy of 1939
11,340.25
Levy of 1940
26,092.26
9,889.80
Machinery Account
148.48
.28
Levy of 1941
23,162.89
Fire Dept., New Hose
3,000.00
Committee on Public Safety
4,167.39
Premium on Bonds
94.67
Levy of 1939
861.72
Levy of 1940
1,522.10
836.53
Levy of 1941
1,214.80
Old Age Assistance
672.43
Old Age Assistance, Adm. Acct.
36.26
Aid to Dependent Children 156.64
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
7,497.63
6,987.29
Levy of 1940
294.00
72.00
Levy of 1941
304.00
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1939
1,571.27
Levy of 1940
1,843.81
1,676.56
Levy of 1941
1,928.66
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Departmental Revenue
2,870.23
2,254.36
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
1,937.43
986.65
Tax Titles and Possessions
645.36
743.40
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Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1937
168.59
Levy of 1939
287.13
8.13
Levy of 1940
1,481.71
195.75
Levy of 1941
782.77
Revenue Loans
1940 $25,000.00
1941 $25,000.00 10,000.00
Highway Loan
State Assessment
9.28
Machinery Fund
889.90
787.20
Cemetery Land Fund
67.35
224.35
Appropriation Balances:
Personal :
Library Book Account
200.00
Federal Grants:
Poll:
Levy of 1939
108.00
Reserve for Highway Dept.
3,188.46
Tax Titles
572.08
670.12
Tax Title Possessions
73.28
73.28
State and County Aid to High- ways
318.46
6,811.54
Tailings
66.35
71.50
Tax Judgement - Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
502.62
502.62
Surplus Revenue
51,460.31
51,724.71
Departmental:
Welfare
828.32
1,353.43
Aid to Dependent Children
1,005.82
Old Age Assistance
366.09
387.43
State and Military Aid
606.00
447.50
County Dog Account
64.00
66.00
State Aid to Highways
318.46
4,552.15
County Aid to Highways
2,259.39
Overdrawn Accounts: Highways, Chapter 81
318.46
Debt Account:
Temporary (Highway)
10,000.00
State and County Assessment
32.31
$95,191.19
$119,847.02
$95,191.19
$119,847.02
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Debt Accounts
Net Funded Debt
1940 $5,000.00
1941 $20,000.00
High School Bonds
1940 $5,000.00
1941 $4,000.00 16,000.00
High School Additions Notes
$5,000.00
$20,000.00
$5,000.00
$20,000.00
Trust Accounts
1940
1941
1940
1941
Trust Funds Cash and Securities $191,114.39
$192,677.82
Elizabeth White Charity Fund
$26,390.97
$26,581.52
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund
13,569.50
13,562.49
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
14,488.32
14,390.00
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
2,003.40
2,238.53
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
609.99
622.24
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
45,775.01
46,583.32
Cemetery Surplus Fund
1,003.37
1,023.53
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
1,499.77
1,505.13
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
82,308.52
82,554.52
Sarah J. Green Cemetery Fund
151.00
Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund
3,465.54
3,465.54
$191,114.39
$192,677.82
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$191,114.39
$192,677.82
Respectfully submitted, HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
ATED .-
ONI
1735.
ACTON.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1941
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ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Mr. Richard Lowden, Chairman
Term expires 1942
Mrs. Hazel O. Bundy
Term expires 1944
Miss Fannie Davis Term expires 1943
Mr. Robert C. Hall Term expires 1942 Mr. Edward A. Schmitz (until next election) Term expires 1943
Mr. Walter B. Stevens Term expires 1944
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
Richard B. Greenman
Office: High School Building, Tel. 110
School Physician
Dr. Ernest Mayell, Acton
School Nurse Mrs. Genevieve Creeley, West Acton
Attendance Officer Leonard Godfrey, West Acton
Custodians:
High School
Daniel MacDougall
Center School
Ralph Rogers
South School Benjamin Sawyer
West School Leonard Godfrey
Tentative Calendar for 1942
January 5-Schools open.
February 20-Schools close.
March 2-Schools open.
April 17-Schools close.
April 27-Schools open. June 5-Elementary schools close.
June 12-High School Graduation.
June 19-High School closes.
September 9-High School opens.
September 14-Elementary Schools open.
October 12-Holiday (Columbus Day)
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October 30-Teachers' Convention.
November 11-Holiday (Armistice Day)
November 26 and 27-Holidays (Thanksgiving).
December 18-All schools close
December 28-All schools open.
1943
January 1-Holiday.
February 19-Schools close.
March 1-Schools open.
April 16-Schools close.
April 26-Schools open.
May 31-Holiday (Memorial Day) .
June 4-Elementary Schools close.
June 11-High School graduation.
June 18-High School closes.
No School Signal-Time 7:00 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 sat- isfactory. 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 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.
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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 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 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 contag- ion from any such disease in another household, shall not at- tend 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 dis- ease 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, 1942
Center School
App.
Graduate of
Home Address
Clayton E. Craig, Prin.
1941
Keene Normal School
South Acton
Helen Appleby
1936
Lesley Normal School
Concord
Ruth Berglind
1935
Lesley Normal School
South Acton
South School
Julia McCarthy, Prin.
1906 Fitchburg Normal
South Acton
Florence Merriam
1927
Fitchburg Normal
South Acton
Carolyn Tuttle, B.S.E.
1940 Fitchburg State College
South Acton
Louisa Wood, B.S.E.
1941 Hyannis State College
Actor Center
West School
Bridgewater State College Newtonville
Robert L. Perry, Prin., B.S.E.
1941
Grace Callahan, B.S.E.
1935 Fitchburg State College
West Acton
Alice Feehan, B.S.E.
1938
Fitchburg State College South Acton
High School
Richard B. Greenman, Prin., A.B., Ed.M.
Walter Holt, Asst. Prin., B.S., M.A.
1928
Dartmouth College
East Acton
Rebecca Bartlett, B.S.E.
1939
Framingham State College
Worcester
Margaret Boornazian
1929
Burdett College Methuen
Cecelia Callahan, B.S.E.
1938 Fitchburg State College
West Acton
Ruth Eynon, B.S.E.
1941
Salem State College
Lynn
Robert Harris, A.B.
1940
Harvard University
Acton Center
Henry Hopkinson, L.L.B.
1930
Northeastern Law
West Acton
Marjorie Jones, B.S.
1931
Simmons College
South Acton
Kalervo Kansanniva, B.S.E.
1938 Fitchburg State College
West Acton
John Mitchell, B.S.E.
1939
Fitchburg State College
Worcester
Marion Towne, A.B.
1921
Smith College
Concord
Roger Walsh, Ph.B., Ed.M.
1941
Boston College
Allston
Supervisors
Rita O'Donnell, B.S.E.
1942
B. U. Sargent School
Dorchester
Constance Russo
1941
School of Practical Art
Waltham
Charles K. Yeremian
1941 Longy School of Music
Watertown
1935
Harvard University West Acton
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Acton:
The school committee herewith submits its report with that of the superintendent for the year 1941. We believe that education is one of the greatest advantages of this great democracy.
Two committee members resigned during the year, Mr. Montague, and Mrs. Howe, the chairman. Their offices were filled by Mr. Schmitz and Mr. Robert Hall, the committee being unanimous in its approval of these candidates.
We wish to thank the voters and the special building com- mittee for their help in obtaining the much needed addition to the high school.
Our budget for 1942 necessarily calls for an increase. We are planning to meet the exact needs of each department of the budget and expect to do the same in the future. This will mean a fluctuating budget from year to year as the needs in the de- partments change.
We are asking more for salaries so that we can pay teachers an amount equivalent to that which they would receive in other towns similar to ours.
The cost of stationery and supplies has increased about 25% and textbook prices are higher. We use more fuel with the new addition to the high school, and so an increase in these items is necessary.
Because of the lack of funds last year we were not able to paint and repair the school in South Acton. This work must be done this year.
The committee requests that you appropriate the sum of $52,500 for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD A. LOWDEN,
Chairman.
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Comparison of Cost for Operating Acton Schools
Mass. School Fund
Part I
State and City Wards
1941 $4,110.00 950.46
1940 $3,820.00 986.59
1939 $4,030.00 869.58
1938 $4,066.00 796.38
$5,060.46
$4,806.59
$4,899.58
$4,862.38
Out-of-town tuition
*1,168.46
1,628.14
1,863.01
2,498.19
$6,228.92
$6,434.73
$6,762.59
$7,360.57
Expended from Approp.
47,369.01
46,883.36
47,071.61
47,098.63
Net cost to town
$41,140.09 $40,448.63 $40,309.02 $39,738.06
Appropriation
47,375.00
47,000.00
47,000.00
47,100.00
Special Appropriation
3,000.00
Transferred from Reserve
150.00
$47,150.00
* Approximate amount. Any discrepancy between this amount and that in treasurer's report is due to the fact that only money received for tuition for the year 1941 is included here.
ACTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Proposed Budget for 1942
1941
1942
2. Supt. of Schools and General
Expenses
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
3. Supervisors (3)
1.700.00
2,400.00
4. Principals
High
1,000.00
1,000.0)
Elementary
3,800.00
4,100.00
5. Teachers
High
15,400.00
17,900.00
Elementary
7,500.00
7,800.00
6. Textbooks
700.00
800.00
7. Stationery and Misc. Supplies
1,200.00
1,500.00
8. Wages of Janitors
3,550.00
3,840.00
9. Fuel
1,800.00
2,180.00
10. Janitors' Supplies and Power
950.00
1,200.00
11. Repairs
1,150.00
1,300.00
12. Libraries
50.00
55.00
13. Health
300.00
300.00
14. Transportation
5,037.50
5,000.00
15. Sundries
112.50
125.00
16 and 17. Vocational Education
250.00
500.00
$47,000.00
$52,500.00
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SUMMARY OF EXPENSES FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1941
Salary and Expenses of Superintendent $2,144.81
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries of Teachers, Supervisors, and Principals:
Supervisors
$1,650.00
Principal of High School
791.61
Principal of Elementary Schools
3,680.00
High School Teachers
15,455.44
Elementary Teachers
6,999.00
$28,576.05
High School Textbooks
$394.30
Elementary Textbooks
498.89
High School Stationery and Supplies
1,232.77
Elementary Stationery and Supplies
463.50
$2,589.46
Expenses of Operation
High School:
Wages of Janitor
$1,350.00
Fuel
677.98
Miscellaneous
787.32
$2,815.30
Elementary:
South
West $776.00
Center
Total
Wages of Janitor
$776.00
$696.00
$2,248.00
Fuel
315.49
401.48
202.15
919.12
Miscellaneous
181.36
160.11
138.36
479.83
$1,272.85
$1,337.59
$1,036.51
$3,646.95
Maintenance and Repairs
$1,325.40
Elementary:
South
West
Center
$80.56
$470.84
$97.36
648.76
Total Maintenance and Repairs
$1,974.16
High School
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Auxiliary Agencies
Health
$263.92
Libraries
47.68
Transportation
5,000.00
Vocational Education
183.11
Miscellaneous
127.57
Total Expended
$5,622.28 $47,369.01
Unexpended Balance
5.99
Appropriation
$47,375.00
PAID FOR SUPPORT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1941
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