Town of Hamilton Annual Report 1922, Part 3

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Publication date: 1922
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In November we were visited by a member of the State Li- brary Board. All our old, worn and out-of-date books were cleared out, leaving more shelves for our newer volumes.


The Main Library is open Wednesday and Saturday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M.


The Branch Library is open Tuesday and Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M.


Respectfully,


LYDIA L. HARADEN, Librarian.


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WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Hamilton, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Hamilton, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said town on Tuesday, the thirteenth (13th) day of March, nineteen hundred and twenty-three (1923), at fifteen minutes before six in the forenoon (5.45 o'clock a. m.), then and there to act on Article 1.


ARTICLE 1. To bring in your ballots for :


Moderator, for one year. Town Clerk, for one year.


Three Selectmen, for one year.


Overseers of Poor, and Board of Health, three for one year.


One Assessor, for three years.


Treasurer, for one year.


Tax Collector, for one year.


Tree Warden, for one year.


Three Constables, for one year.


One Library Trustee, for three years.


One Cemetery Commissioner, for three years.


One Park Commissioner, for three years.


One member of the School Committee, for three years.


One member of the School Committee, for two years. And to vote on the following :


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Shall license be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicat- ing beverages for the coming year? Yes or No.


All on one ballot.


The polls will open at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the morning (5.45 a. m.) and will close at four o'clock in the after- noon (4 o'clock p. m.).


After the closing of the polls the meeting will be adjourned to Tuesday, the twentieth day of March, nineteen hundred and twenty-three (March 20, 1923), at eight o'clock in the evening (8 o'clock p. m.), then and there to act on the remaining articles of the Warrant.


ARTICLE 2. To choose and appoint all other town officers in such manner as the town shall determine.


ARTICLE 3. To hear the report of the town officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and other committees and take any action thereon.


ARTICLE 4. To raise and appropriate money for the repairs of highways, town ways and bridges, and all town expenses, and determine the manner of expending the same.


ARTICLE 5. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for the use of the Augustus P. Gard- ner Post. 194, of the American Legion, as petitioned for by Victor W. Daley and others.


ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of. one thousand eighty-seven and 05/100 dollars ($1,087.05), being the sum levied upon the inhabitants of the Town of Hamilton, by the County of Essex, for the maintenance of the Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital for the year 1922,


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ARTICLE 7. To see what action the town will take relative to the offer of Mrs. George v. L. Meyer, Sr., of a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of the Civil, Spanish and World wars, to be placed in the triangle in front of the cemetery and next to the church.


ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will appoint a committee of three (one a Civil War veteran, one a Spanish War veteran, and the commander of the American Legion), and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) to erect a memorial to the soldiers, sailors and marines of all wars, on the Soldier's Green, as endorsed by the American Legion, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by the Augustus P. Gardner Post, 194, of the American Legion, and others.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to elect by official ballot, beginning at the annual town meeting in 1924 and annually thereafter, one Surveyor of Highways for one year, as provided for in Section 1 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or take any action thereon.


ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will vote to procure a parcel of land for a gravel pit, to be obtained by purchase or by right of eminent domain, as petitioned for by George H. Gibney and others.


ARTICLE 11. To see what action the town will take toward purchasing a crushing plant to crush and separate gravel, as peti- tioned for by George H. Gibney and others.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will vote to widen, straighten or relocate the curve located upon School street between Bridge street and the railroad crossing ; being 500 feet, more or less, from Bridge street, the expense thereof to be taken from the regular highway appropriation, or to take any other action thereon, as petitioned for by Walter E. Cheever and others.


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ARTICLE 13. To see what action the town will take toward grading and draining Maple street and appropriate a sum of money for the same, as petitioned for by Thomas Horne and others.


ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will build a sidewalk on Main street from Asbury street to the Congregational church and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Percival D. Whipple and others.


ARTICLE 15. To see what action the town will take toward purchasing a new truck for the Moth Department and appropriate a sum of money for the same, as petitioned for by Harry R. McGregor and others.


. ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will equip the Town Hall for basketball and appropriate a sum of money for same, as petitioned for by Avon D. Bradeen and others.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will place a street light on Park street, midway between Asbury and Arlington streets, as petitioned for by Daniel McGinley and others.


ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will vote to install a street light on Mill street, near the residence of Thomas Ryan, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, as petitioned for by Thomas Ryan and others.


ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will vote to repair and mod- ernize the Center school and appropriate a sum of money for the same, as petitioned for by the School Committee.


ARTICLE 20. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning January 1, 1924, in anticipation of the revenue of said municipal year, such sums of money as may be necessary to


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meet the current expenses of the town, giving the note or notes of the town therefor. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from revenue of said financial year.


ARTICLE 21. To see if the town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use, agreeable to Chapter 41, Section 37, of the General Laws.


ARTICLE 22. To act on any other matter that may legally come before said meeting.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Town Hall and one at each of the three postoffices in said town, seven days at least before the time of hold- ing said meeting.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding said meeting.


Given under our hands this 12th day of February, A. D. 1923.


AVON D. BRADEEN, ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS, JONATHAN LAMSON, Selectmen of Hamilton.


LIST OF JURORS, 1923


Harold M. Dodge, School St., blacksmith


William E. Townsend, Willow St., retired Rodney H. Adams, Highland St., farmer Frank Dane, Moulton St., foreman Charles A. Smerage, Rust St., railroad conductor John E. Cox. Main St., foreman Roscoe Caverly, Gardner St., merchant


Fred A. Saunders. Railroad Ave., collector Oscar A. Wood, Bridge St., carpenter Daniel P. McGinley, Park St., machinist Otho L. Charles, Plum St., chauffeur Herbert J. Feener, Asbury St., carpenter Ernest M. Barker, Jr .. Bridge St., chauffeur Frank J. Burton, Linden St., carpenter Alden L. Southwick, Highland St., teamster John R. Mann, Asbury St., superintendent. Thomas W. Green, Washington Ave., laborer George F. Cross, Walnut St., carpenter Robert H. Chittick, Jr., Asbury St., salesman Victor W. Daley, Main St., forester


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REPORT


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Finance and Advisory Committee


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Appropriations and Articles


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REPORT OF THE FINANCE AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE


To the Citizens of the Town of Hamilton:


Your committee have examined the financial needs for the maintenance of the various departments of the town, and to pro- vide for the payment of principal and interest due on bonds and notes for the fiscal year ; and have also investigated all requests calling for the appropriation of money in the various articles of the Town Warrant; and after careful consideration, we make the recommendations given below in this report.


During the past year your committee have transferred from the Reserve Fund $1,853.43 to the various departments, which you may find itemized in the Town Accountant's report.


We wish at this time to congratulate all departments for the manner in which they have conducted the business of the town; in all cases, transfers were asked for before the appropriation was exhausted; and reasons for so doing were clearly stated and transfer was for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures.


REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 4.


The various departmental recommendations we believe are fair and reasonable; and with the exception of snow, we recom- mend the amounts as hereafter set forth. To date, February 16, the snow bills total over $10,000. We, therefore, at this time do not recommend any given amount, but will do so at the Town Meeting.


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SCHOOLS.


With regard to the appropriation for the schools of $45,480 your committee wishes to state that they have gone into the ques- tion of school expenditures in a joint meeting with the school committee. From statistics obtained from the state it is evident that our town, with an average daily attendance of 353 pupils, spends for school maintenance over $100.00 per pupil per year, while six comparative towns-that is, towns with average daily pupil attendance of 350 to 400 pupils-spent from $80.00 to $57.00 per pupil per year.


Hamilton is classified in group 111 by the Department of Education. (See Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Bulletin of Department of Education, 1923, Number 1.) There are 115 towns in this group. Of these 115 towns, 16 spend as much as or more than we do. The other 99 spend less. The average for the 115 is $77.30 per pupil (average net membership). That is to say, we spend $30 per pupil more than the average cost in the group.


Your finance committee presents these figures to you for your information. We are not criticizing the school committee, to whom all of us Hamiltonians are indebted for a fine school and educational system; nor do we lose sight of the difficulties with which they have had to contend. We commend them for their work. At the same time your finance committee, whose job it is to keep the taxes as low as possible without impairing the efficiency of any town department, feels that certain economies could be brought about in the purchase of school supplies, involv- ing some $10,000.


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RECOMMENDATIONS


ARTICLE 4.


Under Article 4, salaries and fees for each department, as well as expenses, are included in the appropriation for said de- partment. A complete list of salaries and fees recommended is given on the page following the list of these department appro- priations.


To raise and appropriate money for :


Appropriated 1922


Called for


1923


Recom- mended 1923


Street lighting


$ 6,500.00


$ 6,500.00


$ 6,500.00


Highway


14,000.00


15,000.00


15,000.00


Poor Department


4,000.00


4,000.00


4,000.00


State aid


200.00


300.00


300.00


Soldiers' relief and military aid


600.00


400.00


400.00


Town Hall


1,700.00


1,700.00


1,700.00


Fire Department


1,500.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


Cemetery


500.00


750.00


750.00


Park Commission


50.00


100.00


100.00


Tree Warden


800.00


800.00


800.00


Selectmen


1,100.00


1,100.00


1,100.00


Assessors


1,400.00


1,400.00


1,400.00


Treasurer


900.00


900.00


900.00


Collector


800.00


800.00


800.00


Accounting


1,100.00


1,100.00


1,100.00


Town Clerk


550.00


550.00


550.00


Police


1,500.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


Snow removal


1,500.00


Finance Committee


25.00


25.00


25.00


Board of Health


850.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


Printing Town Reports


380.00


350.00


350.00


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Appropriated 1922


Called for 1923


mended 1923


Brown tail and gypsy moth


work


4,350.00


4,700.00


4,700.00


Memorial Day


200.00


200.00


200.00


Schoolhouse loan


1,000.00


1,000.00


*1,000.00


Interest


3,000.00


2,500.00


*2,500.00


Boiler insurance


125.00


70.00


70.00


Schools


41,800.00


45,480.00


45.480.00


Industrial School


700.00


700.00


700.00


Schoolhouse insurance


1,830.00


1,830.00


Sealer of Weights and


Measures


150.00


150.00


150.00


Election and registration


750.00


550.00


550.00


Moderator


50.00


50.00


50.00


Legal expenses


100.00


200.00


200.00


Certifying town notes


20.00


20.00


20.00


Cattle inspector


75.00


75.00


75.00


Town clock


50.00


50.00


50.00


Public Library


2.500.00


2,500.00


2,500.00


Forest Fire Warden


65.00


65.00


65.00


Reserve fund


** 1,853.43


3,000.00


*3,000.00


$96,743.43


$102,915.00


$102,915.00


*Recommended from Excess and Deficiency Fund.


** Transferred during year 1922.


Recom-


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MEMORANDUM OF SALARIES AND FEES INCLUDED IN FOREGOING APPROPRIATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 4


Selectmen, Chairman $ 350.00


Overseers of Poor,


Second member 250.00


Chairman 50.00


Third member


250.00


Second member 25.00


Treasurer 750.00


Third member 25.00


Collector


500.00


Registrars, $50 each


200.00


Town Clerk


400.00


Election officers and Tellers, $8 each


Allowance and ex-


penses and fees 150.00


Moderator, $10 per meeting


50.00


Town Accountant 1,000.00


Board of Health,


Sealer


75.00


Chairman 50.00


Forest Fire Warden


10.00


Second member


25.00


Allowance for fees of


Third member 25.00


Cattle Inspector 75.00


Town Counsel


200.00


Assessors, per day 5.00


ARTICLE 5.


Petition of A. P. Gardner Post, American Legion. Called for by Article $200.00.


Recommended $200.00.


ARTICLE 6.


Tax for maintenance, care and re- pairs of Essex County Tuber- culosis Hospital, 1922. Called for by Article $1,087.05.


Recommended $1,087.05.


ARTICLE 7.


Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial.


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ARTICLE 8.


Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial.


Your committee would recommend that a com- mittee of three. as asked for under Arti- cle 8, be appointed ; they to consider both Articles 7 and 8, and report at a Special Town Meeting.


ARTICLE 9.


Surveyor of Highways.


No action necessary.


ARTICLE 10. Land for gravel pit.


ARTICLE 11.


Purchase of stone crusher.


We understand that the petitioners intend to ask that a committee be appointed to inves- tigate this subject, un- der Articles 10 and 11. Your committee is agreeable to this.


ARTICLE 12. Relocation of School St. between Bridge St. and railroad crossing.


Your committee recom- mend that the Select- men investigate this. and report at a later meeting.


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ARTICLE 13. Grading and draining Maple St. Called for by Article $1,000.00.


Recommended $1,000.00, and that the work be done by contract.


ARTICLE 14. Sidewalk on Main St.


Recommended that $1,- 000.00 of highway ap- propriation be used as far as it will go; the balance to be finished another year.


ARTICLE 15. Truck for Moth Department. Called for by Article $400.00.


Recommend $400.00.


ARTICLE 16. Equipping Town Hall for basket- ball. Called for by Article $300.00.


Recommend $300.00.


ARTICLE 17.


One street light on Park St.


Recommended, and that the cost be taken from street lighting appro- priation.


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ARTICLE 18.


One street light on Mill St.


Recommended, and that the cost be taken from the street lighting ap- propriation.


ARTICLE 19.


To repair and modernize Center School.


Called for by Article $1,500.00.


Recommended, and that the work be let to con- tract by sealed bids. $1,500.00


ARTICLE 20.


Borrowing after January 1, 1924, in anticipation of taxes.


We recommend author- izing the Treasurer to borrow, as set forth in this article of the War- rant.


ARTICLE 21.


Collection of taxes.


Recommended.


GRAND TOTAL OF APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED


From surplus From taxes


$ 6,500.00 100,902.05


From all sources


$107,402.05


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CORRESPONDING TOTALS IN 1922, APPROPRIATED IN Two MEETINGS, AS FOLLOWS :


From surplus From taxes


$ 6,700.00 95,258.19


From all sources


$101,958.19


Respectfully submitted,


CHESTER H. KNOWLES, Chairman,


EDWARD J. READY, Clerk, LESTER E. McGARRY, PERCIVAL W. BURTON, GEORGE VONL. MEYER,


Finance and Advisory Committee of the Town of Hamilton.


REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen: We wish to submit to you the Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Fire Engineers, for the year ending De- cember 31, 1922.


FIRES


Date


Owner


Street


Dist. No. Nature of Fire


Jan. 30


George C. Vaughan


Moulton Elliot


21


Dwelling


Mar. 13


Boston & Maine


Off Main


14


Grass


Mar. 17


A. L. Cochrane


Off Main


24 Dwelling


Mar. 24


J. P. Manning


Gardner


24 Grass


Apr. 11


Boston & Maine


Off Main


23


Grass


Apr. 14


C. S. Torrey


Walnut


21


Grass


Apr. 14 Out of town


Topsfield


32


Grass


Apr. 22


Frank Crowell


Farms Road


25


Grass


Apr. 25


H. A. Thomas


Myopia


21 Brush


Apr. 26


P. Burnham


Bridge


Still Automobile


Apr. 28 B. Tuckerman


Asbury


31


Meadow


Apr. 28 Chebacco Woods


Essex


13


Woods


May 5 G. K. Knowlton


School


Still


Grass


May 15


C. E. Dodge


Walnut


21


Grass


June 12


Essex


13


Automobile


June 28


John Powers


Asbury


Still


Automobile


July 2


Out of town


Wenham


.


Essex


13


Water tower


Aug.


4


G. Miller


Asbury


31


Automobile


Sept. 4 C. S. Torrey


Walnut


21


Chimney


Oct. 26 Charles Hill


Asbury


Still


Chimney


Nov.


2 Myopia Club


Off Main


16


Grass


Nov. 10


Boston & Maine


Farms Road


25


Grass


Nov. 13 Out of town


Ipswich


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Nov.


17 Jonathan Brown, Jr.


Main


21


Grass


Dec.


1


A. C. Burrage


Main


21


Grass


Dec.


2 Myopia Club


Off Main


16


Grass


Dec.


28 F. J. Alley


Highland


32


Chimney


98


Dwelling


Feb. 23


D. Obrion


Apr. 18


F. Winthrop


Highland


July 18 C. E. Whipple


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We wish to extend our thanks to everyone who has been of assistance to us in our work during the past year.


Respectfully,


LESTER M. WHIPPLE, Chief, HARRY R. McGREGOR, RAYMOND C. GOULD, RODNEY H. ADAMS. FRANK DANE.


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In Memoriam


John C. Woodbury


On February 12, 1923, our respected and honored townsman, John L. Woodbury, passed from the cares of earthly life to the rest of life eternal.


He was the son of Nehemiah and Esther ( Patch) Woodbury and was born in Hamilton, January 11, 1843, where he has made his home all his life.


He served in the Civil War in Co. B, 50th Massachusetts Infantry, enlisting September 1, 1862, and being discharged August 24, 1863.


In 1881 he was elected a member of the Board of Selectmen and served continuously on that Board for ten years.


For seventeen years he had faithfully and efficiently served the town as Treasurer, having been appointed to that office on September 11, 1905, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Daniel E. Safford, and had continuously served the town in that capacity to the time of his death.


He had the confidence and respect of his associates and fel- low citizens and by all his loss is deplored.


We shall remember him as a descendant and representative of genuine old New England stock, whose ranks are fast being decimated by the hand of time.


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT


Annual Report of the School Committee of the Town of Hamilton for the year 1922.


ORGANIZATION


ROBERT ROBERTSON, JR., Chairman


Term expires 1924


ADELAIDE D. WALSH Term expires 1923


HENRY G. BLOUNT, Secretary Term expires 1925


Resigned August, 1922.


ALEXANDER H. SPROUL, Elected to serve until Annual Town Meeting, 1923.


ADELAIDE D. WALSH, Purchasing Agent


ARTHUR B. LORD, Superintendent


JOHN G. CORCORAN, School Physician


HELEN GRADY, School Nurse


Resigned August, 1922.


MARY S. MALLEY,


School Nurse


Resigned December, 1922.


ELIZABETH FOSTER,


School Nurse


OSCAR A. WOOD,


Attendance Officer


A school is something more than a building. There must be teachers who love their work and have the ability to lead and in- spire. In addition, there must be a spirit of cooperative helpful- ness in the community which will encourage the children to work and do their best in order to better fit them to take their places in life. We believe that the above conditions are true of our schools


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this year, more than ever before. The teachers are both faithful and loyal, and the town is upholding the school authorities to a degree that is extremely gratifying.


Our new Superintendent, now serving his second year, has made many noteworthy changes in our educational system that reflect great credit on his ability. He has the loyal and enthusi- astic support of every member of the committee.


The changes in personnel of the committee have not been at all detrimental to the interests of the schools, as both Mr. Blount, who resigned in August to accept a superintendency in New Hampshire, and Mr. Sproul who succeeded him, are successful educators. Mr. Sproul is at present at the head of the Commercial Department in the State Normal School at Salem, Mass., and the other two members of the committee feel that they were fortunate in securing him to serve with them. His broad knowledge of both the teaching and administrative work of our modern educational systems have already been of great help and will continue.


As this report is written we are reminded that Mr. Frazer has resigned as High School Principal to accept a more lucrative position at Rochester, New Hampshire. While not a very demon- strative person, he has, nevertheless, been a good principal and we trust that he will be successful in his new field. The committee feels that it is fortunate in securing the services of Mr. L. M. Orcutt of North Conway, New Hampshire, as Principal of the High School. Mr. Orcutt leaves North Conway amid genuine regret among the townspeople, including both parents and scholars.


Regarding the school buildings, the committee felt that only absolutely necessary repairs should be made last year, and as it was found during vacation that both of the large chimneys on the South School needed extensive repairs it was well that the above


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conclusion was reached. By carrying the boiler flue up a few feet above the rest of the brickwork, we were able to improve the draft to such an extent that we were very successful in burning bitumi- nous coal.


The West School was kept open this year and we plan to continue its use.


Respectfully submitted,


ROBERT ROBERTSON, JR., Chairman.


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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT


To the School Committee,


Hamilton, Massachusetts.


I have the honor to submit herewith my second annual report as Superintendent of Hamilton Public Schools.


We have registered 398 pupils, graded as follows :


Grade I


41 First Year Junior High 40


Grade II


50 Second Year Junior High 34


Grade III


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38 Third Year Junior High 30


Grade IV .


45 Sophomores 26


Grade V


33


Juniors 15


Grade VI .


31


Seniors . 15


South School


311


Center School . 24


East School Primary .


15 North School .


21


East School Grammar .


12


West School 15


Total


398


TEACHING STAFF


We were fortunate in having but few resignations from the teaching force during the last year. At the South School, Mrs. Mae Thatcher resigned in June and Miss Weston late in August. Miss Clara Mann, a teacher of several years' experience, was en- gaged for Grade VI, and Miss Marion Smith, who had served in the East School most acceptably, was transferred to the second grade, Miss Sarah Stevens, a graduate of Salem Normal School being appointed to the East Primary School.


In the High School, we had four resignations-the Misses Fitzgibbon, Morrison, Legasse and Whalen, all of whom had


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served but one year, leaving in June. Through a reorganization their work was taken over by the appointment of three new teachers. Miss Catherine Larrabee, a graduate of Colby College, who had served successfully as a teacher at Lawrence High School Fairfield, Maine, teaching Latin and French; Miss Florence Davey, a graduate of Trinity College, teaching English and his- tory, and Mr. Leon Weymouth teaching algebra, biology, print- ing, mechanical drawing and woodwork.


THE HIGH SCHOOL


Through a reorganization of the work of the Junior and Senior High Schools Spanish was dropped from the curriculum, although the following subjects were added: mechanical drawing and printing in the Junior High School, woodwork, mechanical drawing and domestic arts in the Senior High School. The man- ual arts work was placed in charge of Mr. Weymouth, Miss Waldie continuing freehand drawing, both in the High School and the grades.




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