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Article 9. To determine what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for general oiling.
Article 9. Voted to raise and appropriate $4,500.00 for general oiling.
Article 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise ånd appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for hydrant service, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 10. Voted to appropriate $1,500.00 for hydrant service.
Article 11. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 to pay the expense's of the Water Department, including Bonds and interest, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 11. Voted to raise and appropriate $12,000.00 to pay expenses of the Water Department including Bonds and Interest.
Article 12. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $297.82 to be added to the Water Department Surplus, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Article 12. Voted to appropriate the sum of $297.82 to be added to the Water Department Surplus.
Article 13. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for moth work.
Article 13. Voted to raise and appropriate $300.00 for Moth Work.
Article 14. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $6,900.00, providing the State will expend the sum of $6,900.00, for repairs and improvements on outlying roads under the provisions of Section 26 through 29, Chapter 81 of the General Laws as amended.
Article 14. Voted to raise and appropriate $6,900.00, providing the State will expend $6,900.00 for repairs and im- provements on outlying roads, provisions of Section 26-29, Chapter 81 of General Laws as amended.
Article 15. To determine what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for snow removal.
Article 15. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,500.00 for snow removal.
Article 16. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, providing the State and County will each furnish a like amount to repair Hollis, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 16. Voted to raise and appropriate $2,000.00 providing the State and County will each furnish a like amount to repair Hollis road.
Article 17. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00, the same to be used by the Tree Warden for care of shade trees.
Article 17. Voted to raise and appropriate $50.00, same to be used by Tree Warden for care of shade trees.
Article 18. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to care for the overdrafts and unpaid bills for snow removal and of the Welfare Department for 1933, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 18. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,980.00 to care for the overdraft in the Welfare Department for 1933 and $1,077.53 to care for overdraft and unpaid bill for snow re- moval for 1933.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as re- quired by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tubercu- losis Hospital, and for the Town's share of expense under the provision of Chapter 331 of the Acts of 1933, which pro- vides for the settlement of certain claims of the Common- wealth against the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital District, including interest or discount on temporory notes issued therefor, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Law and Acts in amendment
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thereof and in addition thereto, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 19. Voted that $392.79, this being the Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, including interest on temporary notes issued therefor be, and the said sum is hereby appropriated. That a further sum of $100.36, this being the Town's share of the expenses incurred under the provisions of Chapter 331 of the Acts of 1933, which provided for the settlement of certain claims of the Commonwealth against the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital District be, and the same is hereby appropriated.
Article 20. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, the same to be used in the maintenance of the Lawrence Library, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 20. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,000.00, same to be used in the maintenance of Lawrence Library.
Article 21. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to pay for the Town's share of materials used in the consumation of C. W. A. pro- jects ; the allotment of said money to be under the supervision of the Selectmen, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 21. Voted to raise and appropriate $2,000 to pay for the Town's share of materials used in the consumation of C. W. A. projects ; the allotment of this money to be under the supervision of the Selectmen.
Article 22. To determine whether the Town will ac- cept the following sums for the perpetual care of the follow- ing Cemetery lots :
- Edmond Blood Fund $100.00
Fannie Lane Coburn Fund
100.00
Allan S. Parker Fund 100.00
Marcy E. McKay
1-4 Lot 25.00
George H. Downes Fund
1-4 Lot 25.00
Article 22. Voted that the Town accept the following
sums for the perpetual care of these Cemetery lots. Edmond Blood Fund $100.00
Fannie Lane Coburn Fund 100.00
Allan S. Parker Fund 100.00
Marcy E. McKay 1-4 Lot 25.00
George H. Downes Fund 1-4 Lot 25.00
Article 23. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the observance of Memorial Day, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 23. Voted to raise and appropriate $100.00. for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 24. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $172.15 to pay an unpaid bill of the School Committee, contracted by them in carrying
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on a C .W. A. project of December 1933, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 24. Voted that $172.15 be appropriated from the School Surplus of 1933 to pay for an unpaid bill of the School Committee contracted by them in carrying on a C. W. A. project of December 1933.
Article 25. To determine whether the Town will approve of the Town Club putting in a concrete retaining wall at the culvert on the West side of Hollis Street at the Play- ground and making a controlled height spillway for the pur- pose of flooding the land for skating purposes; said project to be without expense to the Town, and when completed to be under the control of the Playground Committee, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 25. Voted that the Town approve of the Town Club putting in a concrete retaining wall at the culvert on the West side of Hollis Street at the Playground and making a controlled height spillway for the purpose of flood- ing the land for skating purposes ; said project to be without expense to the Town and when completed to be under the control of the Playground Committee. Voted to an amend- ment on this motion that the Selectmen obain releases satis- factory to them from abutting property owners, freeing the Town from all damages to land and property by flooding.
Article 26. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00, the same to be ex- pended by the Playground Committee for material (back- stop. home plate. pitcher's plate, benches, etc.) mowing field and paying water bill at the Playground, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 26. Voted that the Town raise and appro- priate $150.00 to carry out the provisions of this article.
Article 27. To determine whether the Town will vote to fill in the corner of Varnum land between Main and Hollis Streets, or take any action in relation there to.
Article 27. Voted that the Highway Surveyor have permission to dump suitable materials into the corner of Varnum land between Main and Hollis Streets for the pur- pose of filling up said corner.
Voted to dissolve meeting at 9:18 P. M.
A true copy, Attest :
WILFRED E. LEARY Town Clerk.
Pepperell, Mass. March 20, 1934
Pursuant to the Warrant a Special Town Meeting was held on the above date in the Town Hall.
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 o'clock P. M. by the Town Clerk, Wilfred E. Leary, who read the Warrant and called for the election of a Moderator. Under Article 1
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Harry W. Hutchinson was elected Moderator. He was sworn into office by the Clerk and at once took up his duties.
Article 2 To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to pay for past, present and future expense of snow removal for the current year. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,800.00 to take care of past bills con- tracted for snow removal and to take care of future removal of snow for the current year.
Article 3. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for repairs on tractor, or take any action in relation thereto. Voted to raise and appropriate $200.00 to care for repairs made on the tractor.
Voted to dissolve meeting.
A true copy, Attest :
WILFRED E. LEARY Town Clerk
I have issued 14 Certificates of Registration for the keeping, storage and sale of Gasoline. The fees on same amounting to $39.00 have been paid by me to the Town Treasurer.
One Pool and Bowling Alley License.
Two Oleomargarine Licenses.
One Junk Dealers License.
Fees on above amounting to $35.00 have been paid over to the Treasurer, also $10.00 for 1933 Junk License.
I have paid over to the Treasurer on account of Dogs licensed from January 1 to December 31, 1934, $653.40 and hold his receipts for same.
I have issued 293 Fishing, Hunting, Sporting, Trap- ping, Special Fox Hunting and Special Privilege Fishing, Free, and Duplicate licenses. The fees for same have been sent the Division of Fisheries and Game, and I hold their receipts.
Respectfully submitted, WILFRED E. LEARY Town Clerk
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Report of Trustees Lawrence Library
The Trustees of Lawrence Library respectfully submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1934.
ORGANIZATION
Chairman, Leon P. Richardson
Secretary,
Joseph A. Saunders
Executive Committee,
Gladys Johnson Leon P. Richardson Joseph A. Saunders
Finance Committee,
Charles B. Taft (A. G. Pike appointed by Selectmen to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Taft's death in October.) Leon P. Richardson Joseph A. Saunders
Book Committee,
Martha E. Smith Gladys Johnson Carlotta Libby
Library Hours
Mondays and Thursdays 9:00 to 12:00 A. M., 2:00 to 5:30 P. M. Wednesdays - Saturdays 9:00 to 12:00 A. M., 2:00 to 5:30 P. M. 6:30 to 9:00 P. M.
The Library has been used very extensively by the pupils of all the schools, and books have been bought especial- ly from lists prepared for them.
The circulation of books will be seen in the Librarians' report.
The Trustees, as an emergency measure, used $520.00 from the Trust Funds to buy and install a new heater rather than call a special town meeting and are asking for this amount to be returned in a separate article.
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The income from the investments will be found in the Treasurer's report.
We are asking for $1,200.00 so as to have two full time librarians and to make some needed changes in the Reading Room.
The Trustees wish to thank everyone who has helped to make this year successful and we hope to make this next year still better.
Respectfully submitted, LEON P. RICHARDSON Chairman.
LIBRARY RECORD
January 1, 1935.
To the Trustees of the Lawrence Memorial Library :
The librarian respectfully submits the following report for the year 1934.
Statistics
Circulation :
Number of days the library was open
202
Number of books circulated during the year
27,065
Average daily circulation
134
New patrons added during year
75
Classified circulation of adult books :
General works
21
Foreign books
14
Philosophy
58
Literature
517
Religion
32
History
326
Social Science
152 Travel
715
Language
5
Biography
636
Science
98
Fiction
16,213
Useful Arts
187
Periodicals
1,721
Fine Arts
191
Classified circulation of juvenile books :
General works
33 Fine Arts 42
Philosophy
0 Literature
41
Religion
9 History
149
Folklore
184 Travel
89
Science
108 Biography
109
Useful Arts
57 Fiction
5,358
The adult circulation was 20,886 and the juvenile 6,179. The total circulation was 1,078 less than that of last year.
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Accessions
Volumes in library, January 1, 1934 Volumes added in 1934:
22,220
By purchase By gift
336
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Volumes in library, January 1, 1935
22,614
List of Donors of Books and Magazines
E. G. Cann
Mrs. J. Rice
Firestone Company
Mrs. A. P. Rockwood
Mrs. Guerrier
Miss C. B. Rockwood
P. J. McDermott
J. A. Saunders
Mass. Girl Scouts, Inc.
Chas. Scribner's Sons
Miss A. Merrill
Mrs. R. Sheedy
List of Magazines
American Boy
Literary Digest
American Magazine
McCall's
Atlantic
Nature
Better Homes & Gardens
Our Dumb Animals
Boston Transcript, Wed - Sat Pepperell Free Press Boy's Life
Child Life
Pictorial Review
Clarion-Advertiser
Popular Mechanics
Columbia
Popular Science
Delineator
Reader's Digest
Etude
Review of Reviews
Geographic
St. Nicholas
Good Housekeeping
Saturday Evening Post
Harper's
School Arts
House Beautiful
Scientific American
Garden Digest
Scribner's
Ladies' Home Journal
Woman's Home Companion
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. WILEY Librarian
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Photoplay
Report of the Collector of Taxes
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1934.
Motor Vehicle Excise - 1934
Warrants to collect
$4,122.85 -
*Cash collected
$3,525.40
Abatements
163.57
3,688.97
Balance to collect
433.88
Refunds issued and paid
53.86
Refunds issued and unpaid
16.32
Interest collected
6.51
Poll, Personal and Real
Warrant to collect
$76,642.64
Omitted Assessment
153.17
Total to collect
$76,795.81
Poll collected
$1,812.00
Personal Tax collected 1
10,748.59
Real Estate Tax collected
37,420.93
Abatements
1,095.69
Tax Titles certified
2,181.96
$53,259.17
Balance to collect
$23,536.64
Interest collected
$117.53
Motor Vehicle Excise - 1933
Balance to collect
$230.88
Warrant of January 20, 1934
334.44
Warrant of January 20, 1934
2.00
$567.32
Cash Collected
432.38
Balance to collect
$134.94
Refunds not reported in 1933 Report
8.51
Refunds issued in 1934
18.85
Interest collected
6.20
*Overpayment to Treasurer of $.04 to be refunded.
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Old Age Assistance - 1933
Balance to collect
Cash collected
$31.00
Abated by Commissioner
11.00
42.00
Balance to collect
$1.00
Interest collected
.67
Poll Tax
Balance to collect
Cash collected
$62.00
Abatements
22.00
84.00
Balance to collect
$4.00
Interest collected
1.44
Real and Personal
Balance to collect
$43,453.84
Cash collected
$30,616.65
Abatements
201.25
Tax Titles certified
3,112.15
33,930.05
Balance to collect
$9,523.79
Interest collected
1,253.35
Motor Vehicle Excise - 1932
Balance to collect
$25.19
Cash collected
$11.27
Abated by Commissioner
13.92
25.19
Interest collected
$1.23
Old Age Assistance
Balance to collect
$5.00
Unreported as outstanding in 1933 Report
2.00
Total to collect
$7.00
Cash collected
$4.00
Abated by Commissioner
3.00
7.00
Interest collected
.38
Poll
Balance to collect
$18.00
Cash collected
$14.00
Abated
2.00
16.00
Balance to collect
$2.00
Interest collected
1.29
Real and Personal - 1932
Balance to collect
$10,427.99
Cash collected
$8,790.42
13ml
Calzu
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$43.00
$88.00
By Tax Title Abatements
1,583.75 73.08
$10,447.25
Overpayment to treasurer, refunded
to collector 1.00
10,446.25
Overcollected
$18.26
Refund to taxpayer
5.25
Interest collected
1,002.26
Motor Vehicle Excise - 1931
Balance to collect
$77.43
Abated by commissioner
77.43
Real and Personal
Balance to collect
$15.44
Cash collected
15.44
Interest collected
$13.89
Respectfully submitted,
RAY M. NEWELL
Collector of Taxes
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Report of Moth Superintendent
To the Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Pepperell :
I submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1934.
During the past year I have carried on the regular line of work of this department, in as far as the funds appropri- ated would allow. These funds, however, were inadequate for this purpose, and owing to this cause, only a part of the regular territory has been covered during the past year.
Owing to the rapid increase of the Gypsy and other moths and different tree diseases, our roadside shade trees are badly in need of spraying, to control these pests.
Equipment On Hand
1 Grind Stone 1 Cross-cut Saw
4 Axes
11 Power Sprayer (22 h. p.) 700 Feet of 5-8 Hose 3 Iron Rakes
1 30 Foot Extension ladder 3 Pairs of Climbers
1 20 Foot Extension ladder 2 Pairs of Clippers
2 Cant Hooks 5 Brush Scyths swaths
2 Hand Saws
10 Brush Scyths blades
4 Iron Wedges 100 Feet of Rope
4 Brown-tail moth cutters
2 Four-tine Forks
11 Creosoting Poles with brushes
1 One-man Saw
2 Long handled shovels
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD COPP
Moth Superintendent
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Report of Tree Warden
To the Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Pepperell :
I submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1934.
During the year very little work has been done on the trees because of lack of funds appropriated for use in this department.
A great many trees and broken limbs should be re- moved as they are a dangerous menace to public safety.
Equipment On Hand
1 Ford Truck
1 40 foot Extension ladder
1 pr. Blocks and falls 100 Feet of Rope
1 Pair of Tree Climbers
1 Cross-cut Saw
1 Hand Saw
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD COPP Tree Warden
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The Annual Report
of the
School Department
of the
Town of Pepperell Massachusetts
for the Year Ending
December 31, 1934
DEL
A DISTRICT-
AUG. 23.1775
SIR WILLIAM
PEPPERELL ·
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Organization for 1934
School Committee
Trescott T. Abele, Chairman
Term Expires 1935
Lucy J. Spring A. W. Moody, Secretary
Term Expires 1936 Term Expires 1937
Superintendent of Schools
George B. Clarke
Telephone, at C. M. Shattuck School
Pepperell
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At residence Pepperell 211
Health Officials
In general charge of diagnosis, first aid, sanitation, communicable disease certificates.
F. W. Lovejoy, M. D. In charge of physical examinations and pre-school clinic.
A. L. Winograd, M.D. Shea Bldg., Nashua, N. H.
School Nurse, Ellen Conley, R. N. (Nurse of Pepperell District Nursing Association)
Janitors
Frank D. Farley Linville M. Shattuck
Edward J. Gorman
C. M. Shattuck School High School Groton St. and Tarbell St. Schools
Bus Drivers
Warren C. Fuller Harold B. Olsen
South Road Oak Hill
Harold C. Gilbert
Jesse M. Shattuck
Nashua Road and North Pepperell Jewett and Mason Streets
Supervisor of Attendance
Arthur A. Charbonneau
No School Signal (In charge of Superintendent)
At 7:45 on fire alarm: Three blasts repeated once means no session of Elementary Schools all day and High School to attend as usual.
Six blasts repeated once means both high and elemen- tary schools will be closed all day.
At 11:30 on fire alarm: Three blasts repeated once means the elementary schools will continue in session until
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1:00 o'clock and close then for the day; the High School to have the usual noon recess and afternoon session.
Six blasts repeated once means the High School will also continue in session until 1:00 o'clock, and then close for the day.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1935
High School
January 2 to February 21 8 weeks
March + to April 18 7 weeks
April 29 to June 28 9 weeks
September 3 to December 20
16 weeks
Elementary Schools
January 2 to February 21 8 weeks
March 4 to April 18
7 weeks
April 29 to June 14
7 weeks
September 3 to December 20
16 weeks
All schools will re-open Monday, January 6, 1936.
Winter term : January 6 to February 21 7 weeks
The schools will be closed on all legal holidays, day after Thanksgiving, and days allowed the teachers for con- vention and visiting.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The School Committee respectfully submit the follow- ing report for the year ending December 31, 1934:
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Resources
Town appropriation
$34,000.00
Dog Tax of 1933 640.19
Total
$34,640.19
Expended as per following statement
34,638.73
Balance on hand December 31, 1934
$1.46
Expenditures General Control
*Salaries and expenses of School Committee
$ 11.59
Salary of Superintendent
1,620.00
Expenses of Superintendent
126.20
Census Enumeration
38.00
Attendance Officer
19.00
Printing
6.50
$1,821.29
*Salaries of School Committee, except $7.50 to retiring member, left unpaid owing to deficiency in funds.
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Expenses of Instruction
1 Salaries: Supervisors (Drawing and Music.) $594.80
2 Salaries of High School Teachers 6,849.78
2 Salaries, Elementary Sch. Teachers 14,494.70 Text Books, High School 455.41
Text Books, Elementary Schools 386.27
Supplies, High School 256.54
3 Supplies, Elementary Schools 642.55
$23,680.05
Expenses of Operation
Janitor Service, High School $432.00
Janitor Service, Elementary Schools
1,386.00
Fuel, High School 378.14
Fuel. Elementary Schools
1,407.36
Miscellaneous : (light, water, soap,
towels, telephone, janitors' supplies) High School 169.33
Elementary Schools
291.29 -
$4,064.12
Repairs and Replacements
High School
$345.54
Elementary Schools
391.23
736.77
Auxiliary Agencies
Library, High School $2.20
4 F. W. Lovejoy, M. D., Sch. Physician 50.00
Health Supplies 3.34
Transportation 3.951.58
5 Tuition. Trade - Vocational Schools 107.32
Graduation Expenses 10.47 4,124.91
New Equipment
Sanding machine, athletic cabinet, etc. 211.59
Total expenditures
$34,638.73
1 Music Supervisor employed entire year in 1934; in 1933 four months.
2 Part of salary deductions restored beginning in September, but only part of usual December salaries paid owing to change to 12 monthly payments: (7-90 instead of 9-90 of annual salary in Dec.) 3 Supply bill of $110.26 unpaid owing to lack of funds.
4 Physical examinations by Dr. Winograd unpaid on account of lack of funds.
5 Tuition bills amounting to $103.64 unpaid on account of lack of funds.
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The financial statement and the reports of our various executive officers explain what has been done and how. We believe the voters would like to know "why".
Pepperell has always been one of the most economical towns in the state in its appropriations for schools. At the time of the last complete report by the state on salaries paid to teachers, in the early part of the depression, Pepperell stood almost at the bottom of the list of towns of its size in what it paid its teachers. We could not well make the re- ductions which were possible and desirable in towns and cities which were paying twice what we were, but reductions were none the less made, chiefly at the expense of our higher paid officials. New teachers were employed at salaries far below those of their predecessors. It was felt that tempor- arily we could get along without supervisors of music and ph sical education, although it was never intended that this should continue for more than a year or two. A year ago last fall we again engaged a music supervisor and within another year or two it will probably be desirable to re-engage a supervisor of physical education.
In 1933 it was necessary for the Committee to go before the town meeting to oppose further reductions of our budget. At that time we stated that all the salary cuts had been made that the system could stand. Nevertheless, in the following spring, with the Town's funds tied up in a closed bank, with the collector unable to secure bond, with the treasurer unable to borrow, we thought conditions suf- ficiently dubious to warrant still further cuts in salaries com- mencing the next fall. These conditions had largely remedied themselves before the reductions went into effect, but the reductions were continued through the year. Before town meeting last year there was considerable agitation for a complete restoration of all salaries. The Committee did not believe there had been sufficient recovery in the earning power of taxpayers to warrant this action, but did include in its budget several hundred dollars to make a start in the restoration of the salaries to approximately what they were when we went before the town meeting two : ears ago.
Another temporary economy in the past few years has been a slowing up in the replacement of worn out text books and other supplies. This was not a real saving but merely the postponement of a bill which has necessitated more than normal buying this year. Unusual fuel and plumbing bills due to last winter's severe weather were also instrumental in unbalancing our budget. Finally, the State required us to establish an opportunity class with a specially trained in- structor.
If the Committee had kept as close watch on its ex- penditures as it should have done, it would have realized there was not enough money to meet these extra expenses and still make the contemplated salary restorations. How-
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ever, these restorations were overdue, and due in part to hospitalization of the superintendent, we did not realize the extent of the bills of the fall. For the first time in several years the Committee failed to keep within the appropriation. This situation was not realized until too late to remedy.
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