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4 80
Clare Thurber
331 60
45
Walter W. Tracy 5 60
John M. Tweedie
1 20
A. Oater
3 00
H. Ward
13 20
Edward T. Whiting
2 40
John F. Powers
15 00
Raymond Barrows
3 20
Perry Wood
4 80
Lester Wright
19 20
P. Wyspianski
14 00
E. Yanski
24 00
Walter Yanski
220 00
John Zylinski
10 40
Harold Barrows
16 00
J. Calcagni
20 00
Guy Kneeland
3 20
Ernest Kempton
3 20
D. Kinsley Barnes
96 00
T. Di Antonio
59 25
Total for labor
$9,819 60
TRUCKS.
D. Kinsley Barnes
$532 50
Walter I. Coffin
86 25
Robert M. Donnelly
940 00
Edward C. Goss
668 00
Daniel Leone
781 25
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
1,416 25
Carl M. Taft
702 50
E. L. Sabatinelli & Son
5 00
Total for trucks
$5,131 75
COMPRESSOR.
E. L. Sabatinelli & Son $1,203 00
46
ROAD ROLLERS.
Town of Upton
$12 00
R. H. Newell Co.
265 00
Total for rollers
$277 00
POWER SHOVELS.
J. De Pasquale
$913 00
Domonic Di Petro
40 00
Total for shovels
$953 00
TRACTOR.
Town of Mendon
$310 00
TRUCKS WITH PLOWS.
Aldo A. Sabatinelli
$339 00
Carl M. Taft
279 00
Rosenfeld Washed Sand and Stone Co.
24 00
Total for trucks with plows
$642 00
TEAMS.
John F. Powers
$5 00
Frank Walentuck
23 00
Alex Woleck
23 00
Herbert S. Wood
5 00
Total for teams
$56 00
Grand total for payrolls
$18,392 35
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE C. CADMAN, PETER O. GASKIILL, GEORGE G. DAVENPORT, Selectmen.
ALDO A. SABATINELLI, Superintendent of Streets.
January 1, 1936.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors' Recapitulation Sheet and Table of Aggre- gates are given below:
RECAPITULATION SHEET.
Town appropriations :
Special Town Meeting, Nov. 24,
1934
$1,500 00
Annual Town Meeting, March 4,
1935
47,984 19
$49,484 19
State Tax
$1,995 00
State Parks and Reservation Tax
15 00
County Tax
2,261 00
Overlay for 1935
1,505 28
Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax
70 69
$55,331 16 $55,331 16
Estimated Receipts
$11,216 21
Available Funds (voted by Town
Meeting and authorized by Tax Commissioner) 3,195 95
$14,412 16 $14,412 16
Net Amount raised on polls and property $40,919 00 412 Poll Taxes @ $2.00 each $824 00
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Total Valuation, $1,336,500.00 Tax rate, $30.00
Property Tax
$40,095 00
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of
assessments on real
estate
491
Number of assessments on person- al estate 127
618
Number of male polls assessed ....
412
Value of assessed stock-in-trade $2,900 00
Value of assessed live stock
43,405 00
Value of assessed machinery
91,000 00
Value of all other assessed person- al estate 7,350 00
Value of assessed personal property $144,655 00
Value of assessed buildings, ex- cluding land $871,614 00
Value of assessed land, excluding buildings 320,231 00
Value of assessed real estate
$1,191,845 00$1,191,845 00
Total value of asssessed property $1,336,500 00
Tax on personal estate $4,339 65
Tax on real estate 35,755 35
Tax on polls
824 00
Total poll and property taxes
$40,919 00
$40,919 00
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Rate of tax per $1000
$30 00
Number of horses assessed
76
Number of cows assessed
547
Number of sheep assessed
None
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
90
Number of swine assessed
None
Number of dwelling
houses
assessed
406
Number of acres of land assessed
10,830
Number of fowl assessed
4,570
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES COMMITTED
TO COLLECTOR IN 1935.
Vehicles registered in 1934
$4 00
Vehicles registered in 1935
2,059 20
Total
$2,063 20
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES ABATED
IN 1935.
1934 taxes
$6 00
1935 taxes
90 15
$96 15
OVERLAY ACCOUNT
1930.
Balance
$259 56
1931.
Balance
$418 55
1932.
Balance
$357 08
50
1933.
Overlay
$805 28 Abatements
$166 40
Balance
638 88
$805 28
1934.
Overlay
$818 44
Abatements
$87 20
Balance
731 24
$818 44
1935.
Overlay
$1,505 28
Abatements
$44 70
Balance
1,460 58
$1,505 28
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT S. WOOD, CARL M. TAFT, CHARLES F. LEONARD,
January 1, 1936.
Board of Assessors.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1933 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes outstanding Jan. 1, 1935 $2,044 39
Interest 201 32
$2,245 71
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$2,124 04
Tax Titles
32 20
Abated by authority of Tax Comm. ... 89 47
$2,245 71
1934 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
Total Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1935 $141 69
Interest
2 25
$143 94
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$137 94
Abated by authority of Tax Comm. .... 6 00
$143 94
1934 MOTOR EXCISE TAX COMMITTED. JANUARY 12, 1935.
DR.
Taxes committed
$4 00
Interest 16
$4 16
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CR.
Paid Treasurer
$2 16
Abated
2 00
$4 16
1934 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes Outstanding Jan. 1, 1935 $7,862 68
Interest
220 66
$8,083 34
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$5,542 01
Subsequent Tax Title Credit
176 00
Uncollected
2,365 33
$8,083 34
1935 POLL TAXES.
DR
Taxes Committed
$830 00
Interest
1 59
Demands
6 30
$837 89
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$807 89
Abated
30 00
$837 89
1935 MOTOR EXCISE TAXES.
DR.
First Committment, April 3, 1935 $1,483 83
Interest 4 08
$1,487 91
53
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,473 23
Abated
12 68
Uncollected
2 00
$1,487 91
DR.
Second Committment, June 25, 1935 .... $253 60
Interest
46
$254 06
CR.
Paid Treasurer
238 49
Abated
15 57
Uncollected
0 00
$254 06
DR.
Third Committment, August 31, 1935
$170 86
Interest
78
$171 64
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$163 64
Abated
6 00
Uncollected
2 00
$171 64
DR.
Fourth Committment, October 9, 1935
$101 23
Interest
21
$101 44
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$95 44
Abated
2 00
Uncollected
4 00
$101 44
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DR.
Fifth Committment, December 2, 1935 $49 68
$49 68
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$22 49
Uncollected
27 19
$49 68
1935 PROPERTY TAXES.
DR.
Taxes Committed
$40,095 00
Interest
27 79
$40,122 79
CR.
Paid Treasurer $29,009 24
Abated
14 70
Uncollected
11,098 95
$40,122 79
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR P. DALTON, Collector of Taxes.
January 1, 1936.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
The Board of Public Welfare submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1935.
Appropriation $7,000 00
EXPENDED. GENERAL AID.
MENDON SETTLEMENT CASES.
Aid rendered one family in own home $90 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 36 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 110 80
Aid rendered one family in own home 37 24
Aid rendered one family in own home 4 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 42 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 366 00
Aid rendered one family in own home
67 16
Aid rendered one family in own home 10 63
Aid rendered one family in own home Aid rendered one family in own home 40 71
208 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 25 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 52 50
Aid rendered one family in own home Aid rendered one family in own home 10 00
103 93
Aid rendered one family in own home 296 90
Aid rendered one family in own home 117 00
Aid rendered one family in own home 275 25
Aid rendered one family in own home 189 36
$2,082 48
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PAID OTHER TOWNS FOR CASES SETTLED IN MENDON.
Case No. 1
$47 04
Case No. 2
60 75
Case No. 3
433 90
Case No. 4
20 00
CASES SETTLED IN OTHER TOWNS. Aid rendered one family in own home $662 04
$561 69
UNSETTLED CASES.
Aid rendered one family in own home $325 78
Aid rendered one family in own home 54 00
Aid rendered one family in own home
890 23
Aid rendered one family in own home 155 37
Aid rendered one family in own home 15 00
Aid rendered one family in own home
515 14
$1,955 52
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE.
MENDON SETTLEMENT CASES.
Case No. 1
$316 00
Case No. 2
226 00
Case No. 3
225 00
Case No. 4
345 50
$1,112 50
MOTHER'S AID.
Aid rendered one case
$242 00
Paid Town of Milford for storage and handling of Government commodi- ties
171 01
Miscellaneous expenses
80 12
$6,867 36
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SUMMARY.
Appropriation
$7,000 00
Expended
$6,867 36
Unexpended
132 64
$7,000 00
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED IN MENDON WITH
PUBLIC WELFARE FUNDS.
Persons given Old Age Assistance
4
Other Adult Persons
43
Children
52
Total
99
Total number of cases 31
Respectfully submitted,
PETER O. GASKILL, GEORGE G. DAVENPORT, GEORGE C. CADMAN, Board of Public Welfare.
January 1, 1936.
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CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND.
The committee in charge of the Christmas Cheer Fund make the following report:
Received from Y. P. R. U. $58 00
Distributed 29 baskets at cost of 58 00
Respectfully submitted,
RAYMOND DUDLEY, PETER O. GASKILL, GEORGE G. DAVENPORT, GEORGE C. CADMAN,
January 1, 1936.
Committee.
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 150 00
$350 00
EXPENDITURES.
George C. Cadman, fumigating and placarding $14 50
Frank R. Phillips, inspection of
slaughtered animal in 1934 2 00
Godfrey G. Davenport, transportation of patient to Worcester County Sanatorium 6 00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
2 67
Massachusetts Department of Health, 1/2 of fee received for License to Manufacture Non-Alcoholic Bever- ages 10 00
Worcester County, care of 2 patients
at Worcester County Sanatorium 306 25
$341 42
Unexpended
8 58
$350 00
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE G. DAVENPORT, PETER O. GASKILL, GEORGE C. CADMAN,
January 1, 1936.
Board of Health
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 35 00
$535 00
EXPENDITURES. SALARIES AND PAY ROLLS.
Harold F. Lowell, Chief $75 00
Pay Rolls :
No. 1. Mendon Inn Fire $6 00
No. 2. Geo. Wilbur Fire 3 00
No. 3. W. Seibert Fire 13 50
No. 4. Mendon Inn Fire 12 00
No. 5. George Daige Fire 10 50
No. 6. John Powers Fire 4 50
No. 7. D. H. Barnes Fire 3 00
No. 8. Raymond Barrows Fire 10 50
No. 9. Zylinski Fire 7 50
No. 10. Mankus Fire
18 00
No. 11. Dewolf Fire
18 00
No. 12. Wagner Fire
9 00
No. 13. Wiersma Fire 7 50
No. 14. McTurk Fire
9 00
$207 00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Worcester Suburban Elec. Co., whistle $55 00
W. A. Barry, stock and labor 25 00
The Milford Daily News, advertising 30
Freeman C. Lowell, gasoline
2 08
W. S. Darley & Co., supplies
13 78
W. H. Casey, supplies 1 15
W. B. Phoenix, pump
10 00
Edward Whiting, stock and labor
5 09
Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills, covers
41 63
Harold F. Lowell, toll calls and supplies 2 98
Gorham Fire Equipment Co., supplies 54 60
T. A. Gordon, blowing whistle 32 00
M. M. Goodnow, plumbing and supplies 3 00
Clark & Shaughnessy, range oil
47 03
C. C. Shattuck, supplies 25 82
D. L. Thomas, blowing whistle 3 60
$323 06
$530 06
SUMMARY.
Available
$535 00
Expended
$530 06
Unexpended
4 94
$535 00
APPROPRIATION FOR FIRE PUMP.
Appropriation $500.00
62
EXPENDITURES.
Harold F. Lowell, freight charges $4 70
W. S. Darley Co., fire pump 492 80
Gorham Fire Equipment Co., supplies 2 50
$500 00
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD F. LOWELL, Chief, RAYMOND L. DALEY, ROY A. BARROWS,
January 1, 1936.
Fire Engineers.
63
REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN.
Appropriation
$300 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 335 00
$635 00
EXPENDED.
Pay Rolls :
No. 1. Ferris Fire $11 00
No. 2. South End Fire 199 05
No. 3. Providence Street Fire,
No. 1 9 50
No. 4.
Providence Street Fire, No. 2 8 50
No. 5. Milford Hill Fire, No. 1 2 00
No. 6. George Street Fire 1 50
No. 7. Albeeville Fire
67 10
No. 8. Smith Fire 7 00
No. 9. Supplement to No. 7 11 10
No. 10. Milford Hill Fire, No. 2 2 00
No. 11. Bennett Fire 14 50
No. 12. Kenneth Taft Fire 16 05
No. 13. Woleck Fire 26 99
No. 14. Morrison Fire 10 00
No. 15. Steere Fire
145 56
No. 151/2.Supplement to No. 15 ....
5 00
No. 16. L. W. Holbrook Fire 5 50
$542 35
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Harold F. Lowell, salary as Warden $25 00
James A. Coffin, supplies 6 00
Gorham Fire Equipment Co., supplies
24 86
Harold F. Lowell, toll calls and supplies
4 99
Nellie F. Gordon, for blowing whistle
14 90
Hopedale Fire Department, assistance
rendered on October 27th, Fire ....
15 00
$90 75
$633 10
SUMMARY.
Available
$635 00
Expended
$633 10
Unexpended
1 90
$635 00
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD F. LOWELL,
Forest Fire Warden.
January 1, 1936.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES.
LABOR.
Lewis W. Holbrook
$24 00
Harold F. Metcalf
2 00
Douglas Taylor
24 00
Roscoe Steere
4 00
Herbert S. Wood
5 00
Perry Wood
24 00
TRUCKS.
Herbert S. Wood
$6 00
Carl M. Taft
5 00
$94 00
Unexpended
6 00
$100 00
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT S. WOOD,
Tree Warden.
January 1, 1936.
66
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
-
Appropriation
$350 00
EXPENDITURES. POLICE DUTY AND EXPENSES.
Harold C. Barrows
$198 30
Raymond Barrows
7 00
Norry J. Daige
95 00
Fred Phipps
13 25
Albert W. Sears
7 00
Ernest E. Souls
9 50
George M. Barrows
8 50
$338 55
Unexpended
11 45
$350 00
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD C. BARROWS, Chief.
January 1, 1936.
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REPORT OF SEALER AND DEPUTY SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 1935:
Platform scale over 5000 lbs. (free) 1
Platform scale under 5000 lbs
1
50
Spring scale over 100 lbs
3
1 50
Spring scales under 100 lbs
6
60
Computing scale under 100 lbs.
1
10
Counter scales under 100 lbs
2
20
Gasoline pumps @ 50 cents each
9
4 50
23
$7 40
We have inspected the following licenses:
Meat peddlers
1
Fish peddlers
2
Bread peddlers
4
Fruit peddlers
3
Junk peddlers
2
Kerosene
4
Ice scales
4
-
20
We have collected fees and turned over to the Town Treas- urer the sum of $7.40.
Respectfully submitted, WALTER TAYLOR, Sealer, WILFRED TAYLOR, Deputy Sealer.
December 31st, 1935.
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FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT.
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Our library is a place for reading, study, and research, and should at all times be kept as quiet as possible in order that those who wish to read and study may do so.
The building and grounds must not be considered a loaf- ing place. During the past year there has been considerable complaint due to the young people congregating on the steps near the entrance, and twice recently the glass in the door has been broken.
We ask the co-operation of all, both old and young, to keep our library a pride of the town.
It will be necessary to have the floors refinished this year, which will call for a slight increase in the appropriation.
Respectfully submitted, ERNEST E. SOULS, Chairman, EDWARD F. BLOOD, Secretary, MRS. LENA W. GEORGE, MELDEN E. SMITH, GEORGE C. CADMAN,
Library Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year (102 days) was 11,671 volumes. The largest given out in one day was 223, the small- est 26, the average 114. The circulation by classes was as follows: Fiction, 8,535; Magazines, 1,901; Biography, 302; Travel, 107; History, 132; Literature, 291; Useful and Fine Arts, 200; Science, 56; all others, 167.
There are 8,051 volumes in the library. 173 were added this year. 35 were bought by the town, 120 with the Fletcher Fund and 18 were given.
The library subscribes to the American, American Boy, American Home, Better Homes and Gardens, Boy's Life, Child Life, Colliers', Country Gentleman, Delineator, Good Housekeeping, Harpers' Monthly, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, Literary Digest, McCall's, National Geographic, Pictorial Review, Popular Mechanics, Instructor, Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Woman's Home Companion. Dumb Animals, Elk's, Rotary and New England Poultryman are given.
$12.77 was received in fines during the year.
Respectfully submitted, VERENA R. DALEY,
Librarian.
Mendon, January 1, 1936.
70
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$550 00
EXPENDITURES.
Mrs. Joseph Dudley
$52 00
R. M. Donnelly, wood
42 39
Dura Binding Co.
34 80
Worcester Suburban Electric Co.
11 51
H. R. Hunting Co., books
3 04
Personal Book Shop
53 59
Eva S. Ramee, book
2 50
Fred W. Wood, Upton History
2 15
Seaver's Express
50
Verena R. Daley, Librarian
225 00
Remington, Rand Co., supplies 16 90
Herbert J. George, insurance
95 62
Raymond Barrows, setting glass
2 00
H. W. Williams Co., book
8 00
$550 00
Fletcher Fund Expenditures
$176 47
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD F. BLOOD,
Finance Committee.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF MENDON :
Pursuant to Chapter 41, Section 50 of the General Laws I have examined the Accounts of the various Town Officers receiving and disbursing Municipal funds for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1935, and find their accounts correctly cast with vouchers for all transactions carefully filed.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. A. BARRY, Auditor.
Mendon, Mass., January 23rd, 1936.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1935
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SCHOOL FINANCIAL REPORT.
-
RECEIPTS.
General appropriation
$17,621 05
Dog Tax, 1934
295 95
Transfer from Emergency Fund
160 00
Total Receipts
$18,077 00
Expenditures
18,076 73
Balance 27
REIMBURSEMENTS.
General School Fund Part 1 $1,800 00
General School Fund Part 2
1,744 16
Superintendent's Salary 733 33
Tuition from State
64 80
Tuition from City of Boston
73 04
High School Grant
571 43
Total Reimbursements
$4,986 76
TAXATION COST OF SCHOOLS.
Total Expenditures $18,076 73
Reimbursements 4,986 76
Net Cost by Taxation
$13,089 97
75
EXPENDITURES.
Repairs and Replacements
$249 77
Care of Buildings
1,412 60
Miscellaneous Operation
283 31
Fuel
950 44
Transportation
2,659 60
Health
301 65
Textbooks
771 38
Supplies
298 04
Insurance
9 34
Miscellaneous
75 24
New Equipment
294 50
Salaries of Teachers
9,286 56
Music Supervisor
292 50
Superintendent
1,000 00
Superintendent's Expenses
146 15
School Committee Clerk
20 00
School Committee Expense
25 65
- $18,076 73
SCHOOL DIRECTORY, 1935-1936. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Ernest E. Souls, Chairman
Term Expires 1937
George G. Davenport
Donald B. Lowell, Secretary
Term Expires 1936 Term Expires 1938
Regular meetings held at the Center School building on the first Monday of each month at 7.30 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-MELDEN E. SMITH.
Office-Bellingham Center Building, Bellingham. The Superintendent of Schools may be seen at his office personally, by appointment, practically anytime. TEACHERS. 76
Name. HIGH SCHOOL. Henry P. Clough, Principal
Subject or Grade.
Preparation.
Dartmouth College and N. H. Univ .- Harvard Summer Schools Worcester Normal, 4 years Sixth
Eighth
Marion D. Remmert
English
Ursula Leach
Commercial
Tufts College
Bryant & Stratton First
Wanda L. Haznar
Domestic Science
State Teachers College, Framingham First
Telephone, Milford 157-14.
Years of Service in Town.
CENTER SCHOOL.
Orrilla F. Park Edith M. Davenport Helen L. Pickard
Mary M. Ross
Grades 5 and 6
Castleton, Vermont, Normal Tenth
Grades 3 and 4
Framingham Normal Fifth
Grades 2 and 3
Framingham Normal First
Grade 1
Framingham Normal
Fifth
EAST MENDON. Dorothy Fisher Grades 1 to 7
Framingham Normal
Teachers College First
77
MUSIC SUPERVISOR. Amy Young Burns
Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, Study in Germany, etc. Fourth
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
K. A. Campbell, M. D. Telephone, Milford, 102
SCHOOL NURSES.
Helen C. Grady, R. N. Milford District Nursing Association, Telephone, Milford, 862 Mildred Salmond, R. N., Assistant
JANITORS.
Raymond Barrows Fred Bullard
Center School
East Mendon
TRANSPORTATION AGENTS. Harold C. Barrows Kenneth Taft
TRUANT OFFICER. Harold C. Barrows
78
79
CALENDAR FOR PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1936. HIGH SCHOOL.
Open December 30, 1935 Close April 17, 1936 Vacation 1 Week
Open April 27, 1936 Close June 19, 1936
16 Weeks
8 Weeks
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Open December 30, 1935
Close February 21, 1936 Vacation 1 Week
8 Weeks
Open March 2, 1936
Close April 17, 1936 Vacation 1 Week
7 Weeks
Open April 27, 1936 Close June 5, 1936
6 Weeks
CALENDAR FOR PERIOD FROM 1936-1937. HIGH SCHOOL.
Open September 8, 1936 Close December 24, 1936 Vacation 1 Week
16 Weeks
80
Open January 4, 1937 Close April 16, 1937 Vacation 1 Week
Open April 26, 1937 Close June 18, 1937
15 Weeks
8 Weeks
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Open September 8, 1936
Close December 24, 1936 Vacation 1 Week
16 Weeks
Open January 4, 1937
Close February 19, 1937 Vacation 1 Week
7 Weeks
Open March 1, 1937
Close April 16, 1937 Vacation 1 Week
7 Weeks
Open April 26, 1937 Close June 4, 1937
6 Weeks
36 Weeks
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AGE OF ADMISSION TO SCHOOL.
Any child who becomes six years of age on or before January first of the year following the term when he wishes to enter school may be admitted into the first grade, but in every case the admission of a child under six shall be de- pendent upon the fitness of the child to profit by the work of the school, such fitness to be determined by the superin- tendent. Pupils under seven years of age who have not previously attended school shall not be permitted to enter later than thirty days after the opening of school in Sep- tember.
REPORT OF SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS. OCTOBER, 1935.
Number of pupils examined 265
Number found defective in eyesight 24
Number found defective in hearing 2
Number of parents or guardians notified 26
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Mendon, Massachusetts January 14, 1936.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF MENDON:
On the occasion of its annual report to the Town con- cerning the condition of its public school system, the com- mittee, desires to impress on the citizens more deeply than ever, if possible, the importance of a liberal and far-sighted policy toward the school.
In reviewing another school year as members of your Committee, we look back with pleasure and satisfaction on those few things we have been able to accomplish. We look to the future with determination and anticipation that our fellow citizens will insist upon proper, adequate and modern quarters and equipment to accommodate an inadequate and overcrowded condition in our schools.
Meeting the demands of an increasing school population is a problem for any School Committee. By very close super- vision of our expenditures, we have kept within our appro- priation, but there are many things we would like to do to improve our system, that can not be done on account of lack of funds.
There is full co-operation between your Committee and Superintendent to raise our Schools to the highest possible standard within our means. We believe that the Town of Mendon should have schools of high standard for the good of the children and the Welfare of the community.
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During the year 1935 the Town of Mendon has expended under the direction of the School Committee $18,076.73. The Town received reimbursements amounting to $4,986.76.
According to the above figures the actual cost of your schools, as far as the local property tax payer is concerned, was $13,163.01, and we feel that your share of the taxes al- loted to the school was wisely, efficiently, economically and justly spent.
Every citizen is urged to read the report of the Super- intendent of schools.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST E. SOULS, Chairman.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON :
GENTLEMEN :
I hereby submit my second annual report as Superin- tendent of Schools in the Town of Mendon. In accord with the policy of the town in regard to such documents this re- port will be limited to such facts as seem worthy of being called to the attention of the citizens of the town.
Every citizen should familiarize himself with this data in order that he may pass valid judgment on the work, and efficiency of the largest and most important department of our town government. I suggest also a careful study of the reports of the Principal of the High School and heads of departments that are included in this report.
OUR OUTSTANDING PROBLEM.
I regret to say that our outstanding problem again this year is the lack of proper facilities to carry on our work in a satisfactory manner. It is, I suppose, superfluous to en- large in this report upon the need of additional Elementary and High School facilities. The conditions existing at the present time have been brought before the town on num- erous occasions. Nevertheless I feel it to be my duty to try again to impress upon the citizens of our town the serious- ness of the situation. As a matter of record I am going to quote from recent school reports some of the statements referring to this subject.
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REPORT OF 1922-
"We have one real problem in the condition of our Center schools which must be solved before the opening of the next school year. The Intermediate and Grammar rooms are over- crowded and the number next year will likely be larger. For the welfare of the children, some arrangement must be made so that each room may have a smaller number of pupils. Such a large number of pupils in a school room as at present not only makes life very strenuous for the teacher, but it does not give a fair opportunity to each child for teacher help. Especially is this true in the Intermediate room with its en- rollment of fifty pupils. Crowded conditions make the prob- lem of discipline difficult especially when it is necessary to make changes in teachers.
We have no extra room in which we can open another school even if the cost could be met. There seems to be one quite desirable solution of this problem. Since the High School is so small arrangements might be made for what is to-day called a "Junior High School" to include the seventh and eighth grades and the first two year pupils of the Senior High School. This would make it possible to have only two grades in each room below this school. The pupils of the third and fourth year high could be sent to neighboring High Schools."
REPORT OF 1926-
"Another problem before us is the crowded conditions of our Center Schools. Forty-five to fifty pupils of three grades in one room are too many for it to be possible to give sufficient instruction advantages to all. If the suggested changes are made for the High School some little relief of the congestion could then be provided. This is especially needed in the grammar room. If better work must be done in the High School, more opportunity for special instruction must be given these who are to enter High School."
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