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Expended :
Frank R. Phillips, Inspector of
Slaughtering $192 50
Willard N. Seibert, Inspecting Cattle
126 00
Alex Woleck, Town Dump 50 00
Massachusetts, Dept. Public Health 10 00
K. A. Campbell, M. D., Clinic Services 50 00 Rosenfeld Washed Sand & Stone Co., gravel and use of bulldozer 90 00
Varney Bros., use of bulldozer 28 00
Milford, Hopedale, Mendon Instructive District Nursing Association ...
50 00
Worcester County Sanatorium, care of one patient 417 00
Rutland Training Center, care of one patient
182 15
Total Expended $1,195 65
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD METCALF, Chairman, ROY A. BARROWS, SILAS H. DUDLEY, Board of Health.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
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Appropriation
$100 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
175 00
Total
$275 00
Expended :
William Nuttall, Salary
$12 00
Pay Rolls :
William Nuttall
$113 75
William Munsell
42 70
George Blanchard
97 50
Willard Mathewson
5 60
Total Expended
$271 55
Unexpended
3 45
$275 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. NUTTALL, Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
GENTLEMEN :
I submit the following annual report on the roads for the year 1946.
CHAPTER 81.
19,322 gallons of tar and asphalt were applied to various roads under this Chapter. We were unable to cover some places that were in need as there was considerable new work laid out.
There were 1,697 yards of gravel used to make the dirt roads more passable and safe. We had to use part of the gravel for Taft Avenue which was voted a Town road at the 1946 Annual Town Meeting, and which was in very poor con- dition.
All drainage was cleared and considerable new work was accomplished on various roads.
On North Avenue 900 feet was scarified and re-graded. The road was raised six inches to shed the water and the shoulders were built.
The dangerous curve on Thornton Street was eliminated and the road widened at this point.
The curve in front of the Post Office was widened from Mr. Thompson's property to that of Fred Phipps. It was
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widened eighteen feet at the narrowest part. This gives ample room for parking in front of the store and Post Office.
On Hartford Avenue East, the road was widened from Leonard's corner to the bridge, giving six feet more of road- way for public safety. In its previous condition the road was dangerous for the school bus to pass cars or trucks.
1,500 feet of Thayer Road was widened and a hard sur- face was applied.
Brush was cut on all dangerous corners and curves on many of the Town roads.
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE.
3,190 gallons asphalt were applied on sections of Provi- dence Street and Northbridge Road.
275 feet of drainage was built on Northbridge Road and drain pipe installed.
350 feet of open drain was installed on Millville Road in front of Mr. Wagner's residence.
Brush was cut on all Chapter 90 roads.
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION.
1,500 feet of Hartford Avenue, West, was laid out by the County, State and Town, beginning from the State Road to the old Pound. The elevation and curves were all changed as well as part of the roadbed.
In excavating for the new road, we ran into about one third more ledge than was estimated by the State. For the benefit of the taxpayers, we had to comply with the Massachu-
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setts State Labor Laws which pays laborers $1.15 per hour. Hired equipment has increased about twenty-five percent as well as material needed in this kind of work.
We have completed the roadbed and all but a few minor jobs at the contract price. The State engineers estimated that it would cost about $300.00 to complete the details, which amount they have promised to give us this Spring.
In concluding, I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, the Townspeople and the State and County Engineers for their corporation and any assistance they have given me to carry on my work.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM R. BOWEN, Highway Surveyor.
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES.
Chapter 81
$11,699 87
Chapter 90 Construction 7,999 88
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,999 52
Snow Removal
3,373 93
General Repairs
999 15
Road Machinery
Total
2,726 16 - $29,798 51
CHAPTER 81.
Town Appropriation
$3,600 00
State Allotment
8,100 00
$11,700 00
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EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$3,478 58
Equipment 4,261 83
$7,740 41
MATERIALS.
H. A. Daniels, insurance $164 36
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., sand and
patch 1,279 46
Guido Sabatinelli, dynamite and caps 83 00
Milton Goldthwaite, gravel 193 40
American Oil Co., tarvia and oil
2,239 24
$3,959 46
Total Expenditures
$11,699 87
Unexpended balance
13
$11,700 00
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION.
Town Appropriation
$2,000 00
County Allotment
2,000 00
State Allotment
4,000 00
$8,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$3,087 05
Equipment
3,743 80
$6,830 85
MATERIALS.
H. Courteau, gravel
$174 60
E. Migneault
61 10
60
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., cement
and patch 45 57
American Oil Co., tarvia 270 14
Leo Bros., dynamite and caps
159 05
Milford Cement Block Co., cement blocks 74 00
Corbett Concrete Pipe Co., pipe
243 00
Fairbanks & Bartlett, oil 4 26
E. Yanski, lime 2 60
$1,169 03
Total Expended
$7,999 88
Unexpended
12
$8,000 00
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE.
Town Appropriation $1,000 00
State Allotment
1,000 00
County Allotment
1,000 00
$3,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Labor
$1,558 39
Equipment
453 50
$2,011 89
MATERIALS.
H. A. Daniels, insurance $62 42
G. Sabatinelli, bits 5 10
G. Poirier, bits
3 75
Rosenfeld Sand & Gravel Co., sand and patch 269 38
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., pipe
289 70
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American Oil Co., tarvia 357 28
$987 63
Total Expenditures
$2,999 52
Unexpended balance
48
$3,000 00
SNOW REMOVAL.
Town Appropriation
$3,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
PAY ROLLS.
Labor
$1,138 60
Equipment 1,360 35
$2,498 95
SUPPLIES.
Seaver's Express
$2 34
Jesse White, welding and cutting 12 00
Lakeside Garage, labor and supplies
115 48
L. N. Jaques & Sons, supplies
5 65
Files & O'Keefe, plow hoist
85 71
Rosenfeld Sand & Gravel Co., sand
445 14
Milford Grain Co., salt
95 50
Dep't. of Public Works, plowing
52 01
Dyar Sales & Machine Co., supplies
61 15
$874 98
Total Expended
$3,373 93
Unexpended balance
126 07
$3,500 00
GENERAL REPAIRS.
Town Appropriation ..... ...
$1,000 00
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EXPENDITURES.
Labor
$504 10
Equipment
163 35
$667 45
MATERIALS.
E. O. Rose & Son, bolts and repairing hydraulic hose $3 75
Leon Zocchi Co., snow shovels 17 40
Fairbanks & Bartlett, oil 14 19
Varney Bros. Trucking Co., express ....
1 64
Dyar Sales & Machine Co., supplies ....
44 90
Rosenfeld Sand & Stone Co., patch and gravel 117 10
W. A. Barry, repairs to tools 13 40
W. H. Casey, supplies
21 90
L. N. Jaques & Sons, hardware
83 07
C. C. Shattuck, supplies
14 35
$331 70
Total Expended
$999 15
Unexpended
85
$1,000 00
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT.
Town Appropriation
$1,500 00
Road Machinery Fund
1,116 20
Transferred from Reserve Fund
110 00
$2,726 20
EXPENDITURES.
Payroll No. 1, labor $26 00
Payroll No. 2, labor
10 70
Elmer Dow, repairs to sander
8 00
Trubilt Truck Body Co., backboard
59 95
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R. M. Donnelly, light 12 00
E. O. Rose & Son, supplies
2 00
Home National Bank, note on truck
637 50
Perkins, Eaton Machine Co., repairs to spreader 21 40
Carl Wagner, trucking
2 00
McGaughey Bros., rent
60 00
Registry of Motor Vehicles
1 00
H. A. Daniels, insurance
89 45
Granholm & Trotta, greasing
9 00
Henley Kimball Co., repairs to truck
176 39
Carpenter Manufacturing Co., master lights 24 22
L. N. Jaques, paint
2 80
Fisk Alden Co., parts for tractor
15 81
So. Milford Filling Station, supplies
90
Louis Auto Service, welding
13 00
Dyar Sales & Machine Co., plows
859 00
Eddie's Service Station, repairs
69 00
Lakeside Garage, repairs
89 30
Gleason's Gas Station
535 47
Seaver's Express
1 27
$2,726 16
Expended
$2,726 16
Unexpended
04
$2,726 20
ROAD MACHINERY FUND.
PAID TO TOWN TREASURER.
Chapter 81, use of truck $924 80
Chapter 81, use of spreader 33 50
Chapter 81, use of grader 314 00
Chapter 90 Maintenance, use of truck
293 20
Chapter 90
Maintenance, use of
spreader
8 00
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Chapter 90 Construction, use of truck 376 75
Chapter 90 Construction, use of grader 128 00
Snow Removal, use of truck 542 15
General Repairs, use of truck 163 35
J. F. White, use of equipment 10 00
Leland Whiting, use of truck and grader 60 00
Mathew Mantoni, use of cement mixer 4 50
Lyman Hazard, use of grader
6 00
Lake Nipmuc Park Co., use of tractor and cement mixer 65 00
$2,929 25
SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES ON ALL HIGHWAY WORK IN 1946.
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 Construction
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Snow Removal
General Repairs
TOTALS
W. Bowen
$748.00
$390.00
$317.00
$103.50
$65.00
$1,623.50
E. Auty
218.45
154.68
118.13
16.80
508.06
R. Bartlett
117.60
33.60
151.20
P. Bonati
14.00
14.00
E. Boover
6.00
4.60
10.60
D. Brownly
15.40
15.40
M. Bracci
9.10
9.10
W. Butler, Jr. ....
10.50
10.50
L. Brothers
2.80
2.80
R. Benoit
23.25
23.25
J. Carmody
4.20
4.20
A. Castro
200.10
200.10
E. Carroll
9.90
9.90
A. Damon
44.80
44.80
A. Dresser
11.00
11.00
R. Fagan
104.85
24.50
13.65
143.00
H. Fairbanks
5.60
5.60
H. Freeman ...
4.20
4.20
E. Gaskill
47.60
13.44
61.04
T. Hackenson
22.40
22.40
R. Hazard
197.80
197.80
G. Hutchinson
109.20
5.60
22.40
137.20
W. Hutchinson
...
.
....
...
7.43
7.43
.
...
...
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SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES ON ALL HIGHWAY WORK IN 1946-Con't.
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 Construction
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Snow Removal
General Repairs
TOTALS
L. Holbrook
2.80
2.80
L. Hazard
5.60
5.60
H. Jones
1.40
1.40
D. Kempton
7.09
7.09
J. Lamothe
5.60
5.60
D. Leo
5.60
5.60
W. Mathewson
286.95
351.33
200.63
30.00
868.91
H. Metcalf
582.42
309.70
253.41
94.36
83.05
1,322.94
W. Munsell
495.65
330.63
100.88
5.60
69.20
1,001.96
W. Nuttall
22.40
22.40
S. Nuttall
219.90
219.90
J. Oppewall
5.60
5.60
R. Phipps
12.74
12.74
A. Paddock
7.84
7.84
F. Roy
12.60
12.60
L. Roy
2.10
2.10
E. Rogers
5.40
5.40
W. Rogers
15.40
15.40
A. Sabatinelli
236.00
48.00
284.00
G. Sabatinelli
60.00
9.59
69.59
N. Thibeault
44.80
87.50
67.20
199.50
A. Tetreault
385.61
132.05
56.89
125.77
42.00
742.32
K. Taft
28.00
28.00
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SCHEDULE OF WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES ON ALL HIGHWAY WORK IN 1946-Con't.
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 Construction
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Snow Removal
General Repairs
TOTALS
K. Taylor
12.00
323.73
239.48
38.37
613.58
E. Taft
7.00
7.00
C. Trask
2.10
2.10
W. Wagner
23.10
37.94
61.04
A. Wolec
161.50
337.53
204.38
30.00
733.41
S. Wilbur
63.70
5.20
68.90
R. Wright
2.89
2.89
J. Whalen
17.50
17.50
W. Yanski, Jr.
64.40
29.70
44.73
138.83
W. Yanski
13.80
13.80
E. Yanski
41.40
41.40
TOTALS
$3,478.58
$3,087.05
$1,558.39
$1,138.60
$504.10
$9.766.72
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SCHEDULE OF AMOUNTS PAID FOR RENTED EQUIPMENT. TRUCKS.
Name
Chapter 81
Chapter 90 Construction
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Snow Removal
General Repairs
TOTALS
D. K. Barnes
$361.05
$186.00
$14.80
$62.75
$624.60
L. Hazard
196.00
C. Kuchinski (Sutton)
430.03
430.03
H. Lowell
12.00
12.00
N. Rogers
300.25
342.00
31.45
125.00
798.70
C. Taft
344.40
268.00
53.65
119.80
785.85
L. Tetreault
359.80
165.00
7.40
198.90
731.10
L. Weirsma
108.00
108.00
J. White
191.75
191.75
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COMPRESSOR WORK
G. Poirier
31.50
31.50
G. Sabatinelli
153.00
13.50
166.50
Leo Brothers
344.05
344.05
POWER SHOVEL. 1,618.00
1,618.00
G. Poirier ....... 933.00
933.00
GRADER 24.00
Town of Uxbridge .........
24.00
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Leo Brothers
196.00
SCHEDULE OF AMOUNTS PAID FOR RENTED EQUIPMENT-Con't.
Chapter 90 Chapter 90
Snow General
Name
Chapter 81 Construction Maintenance
Removal
Repairs TOTALS
ROLLER
Town of Milford
36.00
36.00
Town of Northbridge .... 108.00
108.00
ROAD MIXER 60.00 60.00
F. Conway
TOWN EQUIPMENT.
Grader
314.00
128.00
442.00
Spreader
33.50
8.00
41.50
Town Truck
924.80
376.75
293.20
542.15
163.35
2,300.25
TOTALS
$4,261.83
$3,743.80
$453.50
$1,360.35
$163.35
$9,982.83
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Mendon, Mass., January 9, 1947.
Owing to the inability to obtain material for the con- struction of the East Mendon District Water System, the in- stallation of the system was postponed until the spring of 1947.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANKLIN E. GOODNOW, Chairman, EVERETT G. WATSON, Clerk, DONATO F. LEONE,
Mendon Water Commissioners.
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SIXTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the Taft Public Library present the re- port of the Librarian and the Financial Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1946.
After serving several years as Secretary of the Library Trustees Edward T. Whiting felt that he could no longer serve as he has moved to the Cape. The Trustees wish to express their thanks for the time and work that he so willingly gave.
Mrs. Verena R. Daley, former librarian, was appointed a Trustee to fill the vacancy caused by Edward T. Whiting's resignation.
With limited funds available and the higher cost of books the Trustees are endeavoring to buy the books for reference as well as the lighter fiction to keep the standard of our Library as high as possible. Mendon really has a very fine library for a small town. The librarian cooperates with the school teachers and is always willing to help in the selection of books.
Respectfully submitted, VERENA R. DALEY, Secretary, MRS. LENA W. GEORGE, SILAS DUDLEY, LEONARD ROGERS, PERCY ROWE,
Library Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$550 00
Expenditures :
Carl L. Smith, supplies
$1 25
Worcester Suburban Electric Company
13 00
H. W. Wilson Company, books 13 99
American Library Association, maga- zine
3 00
Gaylord Bros., supplies
15 10
Flora Hammond, cleaning
14 50
Lester Hill, Electrician
2 00
Vestella M. Daniels, salary
225 00
Personal Book Shop
59 53
Nina M. Burr, magazines
51 50
Raymond Dudley, janitor
104 03
Dura Binding Company
29 82
Nipmuc Ice Company, wood
12 00
$544 72
Balance
5 28
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year (98 days) was 4732 volumes. The largest number given out in one day was 157, the smallest, 17, the average, 48. The circulation by classes was as follows: Fiction, 3680; Magazines, 438; Biography, 115; Travel, 93; History, 157; Literature, 38; Fine Arts, 45; Science and Use- ful Arts, 104; all others, 62.
There are 10198 volumes in the library. 155 books were added this year. 71 were bought by the Fletcher Fund, 38 by the Town and 46 were gifts.
The library subscribes to the American Magazine, American Home, Atlantic Monthly, Better Homes and Gardens, Boys' Life, Child Life, Colliers', Good Housekeeping, Instructor, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, McCalls', National Geographic, Parents' Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Readers' Digest, Red Book, Saturday Evening Post and Woman's Home Companion.
$34.83 was received in fines during the year.
Respectfully submitted, VESTELLA M. DANIELS, Librarian.
January 1, 1947.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
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TO THE CITIZENS OF MENDON:
Pursuant to Chapter 41, Section 50, of the General Laws, I have examined and checked the accounts of the various Town Officers receiving and disbursing municipal funds for the fis- cal year Ending December 31, 1946, and find their accounts correctly cast with vouchers carefully filed. -
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM A. BARRY,
Mendon, January 18, 1947.
Auditor.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1946
SCHOOL DIRECTORY 1946-1947. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Leonard M. Rogers, Chairman Term Expires 1947 G. Kenneth Taft, Secretary Term Expires 1949
John L. Lundvall Term Expires 1948
Regular meetings held at the Center School building on the second Thursday of each month at 7.30 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-PERCY L. ROWE.
The Superintendent may be met every Tuesday and Wednesday at the Mendon Center High School or by ap- pointment.
Office-Center School, Bellingham Center
Office Hours-4 to 5 o'clock P. M. on school days.
Telephone, Office-Milford 152-4
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
K. A. Campbell, M. D. Telephone, Milford, 102
SCHOOL NURSE. Milford District Nursing Association Helen C. Grady, R. N., Supervisor
JANITOR.
Raymond Barrows Center School TRANSPORTATION AGENTS Harold C. Barrows, Mendon, Mass. Herbert S. Wood, Mendon, Mass. ATTENDANCE OFFICER Harold C. Barrows Mendon, Mass.
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TEACHERS.
Name
Subject or Grade.
Preparation
Degrees Yrs. Ser. or Yrs. in Town
Henry P. Clough, Principal
History, Algebra, Geometry, French
Dartmouth College and B.S.
New Hampshire University
Raymond F. Biedrzycki
Math., Biology, Science, Chemistry English, Civics
Rhode Island State
Ed.M. 19th B.S.
First
Barbara Hammann (Resigned) Mary C. McCormack Eleanor D. McDonough (Resigned)
Commercial Ed. History Regis College
B.S.
Second 77
Home Economics, General Framingham State Tea. Col. Science, Biology
B.S.E.
First
Virginia Farrell
Home Economics,
Framingham State Tea. Col.
B.S.E.
First
Geography, History
Rita Manion
English
Regis College
B.A. Second
Virginia Mayo
Grades 5 and 6
Bridgewater State Tea. Col.
B.S. Third
Barbara Seaver
Grades 4 and 5
Framingham State Tea. Col.
B.S.E. Second
Grace Gaskell
Grades 2 and 3
Framingham State Tea. Col.
Two Eighth
Bertha Hammann
Grade 1
Rhode Island College
21/2
Second
Pembroke College B.A.
Second
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR PERIOD FROM JANUARY, 1947 TO JUNE, 1948.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Open January 6, 1947, Close April 18, 1947
Open April 28, 1947, Close June 19, 1947
SUMMER VACATION.
Open September 3, 1947, Close December 19, 1947 Open January 5, 1948, Close April 16, 1948 Open April 26, 1948, Close June 17, 1948
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Close February 20, 1948, Open March 1, 1948 Otherwise, same as High School Close June 12, 1947, Close June 11, 1948
HOLIDAYS.
Memorial Day, May 30, 1947 Columbus Day, October 13, 1947 Armistice Day, November 11, 1947 Thanksgiving Recess, November 27-28, 1947
All legal holidays
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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 of any school year.
SCHOOL REGULATIONS.
Any complaint or representation which any person de- sires to make shall be presented or referred in writing to the superintendent of schools, who, in his discretion may bring it before the school committee. In cases of discipline or other school matters relating to their children, parents shall first discuss the matter with the teacher concerned. If for some reason they are not satisfied they will further discuss the matter with the following persons, if necessary, and in the following order: first, the principal of the building and then the superintendent of schools. If, finally, the superintendent has been unable to satisfy the parents, he shall report the case to the school committee for consideration and action.
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THE NO SCHOOL SIGNAL.
It is the policy of the school officials to practically aban- don the use of the "no school" signal on account of weather conditions. This is in line with what many other cities and towns are doing. The reasons for so doing are that much con-
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fusion has resulted from the use of the "no school" signal, and the realization that the loss of even one school day is a very serious one.
However, there may be days when it is advisable to close schools on account of severe weather conditions or other emergency.
Arrangements have been made with Radio Stations WNAC, WBZ, and WEAN to broadcast the fact whenever it is necessary to close the schools. The siren will also blow two blasts twice at 7.30 A. M.
If schools do not close on any particularly bad day (rain, snow, or cold) parents are requested, and urged, to use their own judgment in sending their children to school.
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SCHOOL FINANCIAL REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
General Appropriation $27,030 17
Dog Tax, 1946
447 83
Total Receipts
$27,478 00
Total Expenditures
$27,462 31
Unexpended Balance
15 69
REIMBURSEMENTS.
General School Fund, Part I
$1,397 15
General School Fund, Part II
3,146 75
Superintendent: Salary, Transportation 773 33
High School Grant
871 45
Tuition, Transportation State Wards .... 230 23
Vocational Education
117 74
Total Reimbursements $6,536 63
TAXATION COST OF SCHOOLS.
Total Expenditures
$27,462 31
Reimbursements
6,536 63
Net Cost by Taxation
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$20,925 68
EXPENDITURES.
School Committee Expense $25 00
Superintendent's Salary 1,097 96
Superintendent's Expenses 187 31
Salary of Music Supervisor
270 92
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Salary of Handwriting Supervisor
140 00
Salaries of Teachers
13,812 85
Textbooks
555 59
School Supplies
893 31
Wages of Janitor
1,730 34
Fuel
1,290 39
Janitor's Supplies
364 56
Electricity
269 88
Telephone
79 65
Repairs
1,095 76
Health
338 33
Transportation
4,788 86
Tuition
136 62
New Equipment
384 98
Total Expenditures
$27,462 31
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
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Mendon, Massachusetts.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF MENDON:
We present herewith the annual report of the School Com- mittee to bring to your attention some of the more important facts relating to the functioning of that department.
One matter of primary importance to the taxpayers is of course, the increase in the annual budget, which was more or less inevitable. This increase of approximately $6,000. is in part, due to the increase in the cost of living which has caused a nationwide demand for higher wages for teachers and school employees.
We have an excellent staff of teachers and will endeavor to maintain this standard by paying salaries commensurate with the service rendered, and comparable to towns of similar or slightly better financial status. This way we shall retain the high educational standards of which Mendon has always been proud. Approximately 50% of the increase in the budget has been due to the substantial increases in salaries of the teaching staff and school employees, supervisors, etc. Cost of maintenance, materials, health and medical service, school sup- plies, textbooks, etc., account for the rest of the budget in- crease.
We regret exceedingly the passing of our music super- visor, Mr. Gellatly, and we are trying to replace him with an- other to maintain this very important part of our curriculum.
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Two particularly expensive items have not been included in the budget but which must be kept in mind and while they should be termed more as investments than expenses, they must be provided for in the near future. An improvement or replacement of the sewage system will be necessary as soon as soil pipe and other materials are available. The present sys- tem is inadequate and is causing damage to an abutter's prop- erty. This abutter has very considerately agreed, verbally, not to press damage claims, provided the situation is cor- rected as soon as is practical and possible. A survey by a com- petent sanitation engineer has estimated the cost of this im- provement at approximately $2400. (1946 price.)
Another item which will have to be taken care of in the near future will be the replacement of the heating system in the school building. This has been brought to our attention regularly in the constant expense of repairs of the boiler and stoker. A competent heating engineer has assured the com- mittee that our present cast iron sectional boiler has outlived the life expectancy of that type of equipment by two years at the present time, having certain parts installed as early as 1920, and is only as efficient as would be expected of a boiler of that age and type. He has recommended that it be re- placed as soon as it fails or it is convenient, by an efficient, modern steel tubular boiler with an oil burner engineered to match same. He has assured us that a substantial saving in cost of fuel for the amount of heat delivered will result from the installation of such a system.
When it becomes necessary to take care of these items, the appropriations for same will be brought up as separate items at either a regular or special town meeting.
Our stoker has been overhauled this past summer and other general maintenance items taken care of as they have arisen. We expect to re-cover the worn stair tread surfaces, and places where necessary in the halls and entrances as soon
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as contractors for same are available. It is necessary to keep in mind that the repainting of the exterior of the school build- ing will be necessary in 1948.
Several floors in the school building have been resurfaced, desks sanded, etc. Some tools have been purchased to facili- tate the maintenance of building and grounds by our school custodian.
Some other items of general interest such as school lunches have been considered and information gathered re- garding them. Later we expect to have a State Extension expert on school lunch programs in attendance at one of the meetings of the newly organized Parent-Teachers' Associa- tion, provided it meets with the approval of that association.
We believe that this association will prove of real value to the educational system of the Town, and will be glad to coop- erate with them in any way possible. We extend herewith our heartiest and best wishes for the welfare of the organization, and the achievement of its purpose.
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