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Advisor Balance December 31, 1950
1951 Miss Priscilla Mckay
1952 Wilbur Armstrong
$141.56 61.10
1953
Wilton J. Moyer 61.78
1954
Charles Sakey
52.52
1955
Miss Edith M. Anderson 14.21
1956 Mrs. Jeannette Houle 6.25
The complete financial records are on file in the superintendent's office.
There were sixteen adults from Hamilton enrolled in vocational and practical arts courses at Beverly this fall. These students are aware of the satisfaction and dignity in competent hand work which many are prone to forget amid an atmosphere of movies. radio and television. It is gratifying that this opportunity is available through the School Depart- ment to those whose formal education is completed.
A good school system needs an adequate physical plant and herein lies our major problem. More classroom space is needed at once. The kin- dergarten is temporarily in a room at the Town Hall. The sixth grade has a room at the high school but follows the elementary school time sched- ule. The Jonathan Lamson School is full and there are not empty rooms at the High School. Next year it seems highly probably that the Jona- than Lamson School will be too small to accommodate five grades as it does now. Present school population and future enrollment figures indicate the need for an elementary unit of at least fourteen rooms, twelve regular classrooms and one "double" kindergarten room to accommodate the num- ber of pupils we shall have in the kindergarten and the first six grades. In the interest of good education both the kindergarten and sixth grade should be returned to their regular place in the elementary school as soon as
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possible. The High School needs three or four more classrooms and a larger gymnasium if it is to continue to house the six upper grades. It is also in need of repairs to stop leakage and replacement of the stoker must be seriously considered. It would seem a wise economy to do the recon- struction and repairs all at once. A larger expenditure for repairs now will eliminate the high maintenance costs which have persisted because the source of the trouble was not eliminated. New construction should be as inexpensive as is compatible with its degree of permanence. Suffi- cient space. light. heat and ventilation. good equipment. and ease of main- tenance are the essentials of adequate school facilities.
I wish I could tell you that I think school costs will be lower but I cannot. Each year there are more children in the schools and this will continue certainly for the next four years and probably longer. Thus each year we need more supplies. more teachers. more of almost everything. And the prices of school essentials have risen just as they have on house- hold necessities. I can only assure you that I will make no requests for expenditures that are not essential to the education you have indicated you want for the children of Hamilton.
One factor of a good school system. equally as important as the others is morale. It costs nothing and cannot be bought. It grows on nourish- ment of various kinds-the taxpayers' desire to give their children the best education possible ; the townspeople's interest in school activities. the feeling they have that "This is our school : It's a fine school"; the parents' support of the school and its activities; the cheerful cooperation of the staff in always doing its best for the school: the students' liking to go to school. their feeling of fellowship with the teachers. their personal desire to protect the school from harm or opproborium through their actions. We must all work together to have our school the best school. a respected mem- ber and a worthy representative of the community "family."
I wish to thank all the members of the staff of the Hamilton School Department for their unfailing cooperation. I commend to your atten- tion the separate reports of the several department members which follow.
I am grateful to the school committee for its understanding and generous contribution of time and effort as we work together toward our common goal-the best possible schools for the Town of Hamilton.
Respectfully submitted. MILTON C. BLANCHARD. Superintendent of Schools.
January 12. 1951
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL Jonathan Lamson School
To the Superintendent of Schools :
DEAR SIR :
I herewith submit my yearly report of the Jonathan Lamson School.
School opened in September with no changes in our teaching staff. Our enrollment, kindergarten through grade six, was two hundred seventy- nine. Up to date nine pupils have been transferred to other schools and eighteen have been admitted making our total enrollment at present two hundred eighty-eight.
Due to the large enrollment in the third grade the class was divided on October 1st and Mrs. Carolyn Lander was appointed to teach one of the classes. In order to make room for this extra class the sixth grade was transferred to the High School and a room was made ready at the Town Hall for the kindergarten class.
In September 1951 another problem will confront us. The fourth grade will undoubtedly have to be divided. Where will we place this extra class ?
During Education Week in November we held our annual Parent's Day. Over a hundred parents visited our school and observed the regular daily work in the classrooms. Projects in art. social studies, and penman- ship were exhibited at this time.
We are fortunate to be able to continue our hot lunch program. The menus are planned by Miss Boswell according to federal regulations and are well balanced meals, tastily cooked by Mrs. Back and Mrs. Tremblay at the High School and brought to us hot in large containers. Mrs. Trem- blay, with the aid of four pupils from the fifth grade serves the lunch.
We are continuing our testing program in reading this year. The Gates Reading Tests have been given in all of the grades. We are planning to give a repeat test in May, using a different form, in order that we may measure the progress in reading made by each child.
The Pintner Cunningham Intelligence Test has also been given to each pupil in the first grade.
The Rinehart System of Writing has been continued this year and much improvement in penmanship has been noted. By the charts which this system uses the pupils are taught to know their own weaknesses and they strive to conquer them. Many of the classes have already attained the gold star goal which denotes excellent writing, while a few groups have reached the gold seal goal which represents more than excellent or super- ior writing.
Dental Hygiene is an important factor in the early years of a child's life. We are fortunate to again have the benefits of the Dental Clinic. Wednesday and Thursday mornings are given to this work.
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We have again joined the Junior Red Cross one hundred per cent. In the fall we filled several boxes which were sent to the school children of Europe. We have also contributed to the Tuberculosis Fund and to the "March of Dimes."
The Saftey Patrol has been reorganized and the pupils of the fifth and sixth grades have been doing a fine piece of work in helping to care for the safety of our increased number of school children. Patrol leaders are stationed at all of the crowded bus stops to guard the children entering and leaving the busses. Patrol leaders are also stationed at intersections of Railroad Avenue and Union Street, Rust Street and Union Street, Rail- road Avenue and Willow Street, before the opening of school, at noon, and at the end of the school day in order to assist the younger children safely across these streets. These pupils, I feel, are doing much to promote safety of our school children.
In conclusion, I would like to express to you, the school committee, parents and teachers my appreciation of their loyalty and support.
Respectfully submitted, MARION C. JOSEPH, Principal, Jonathan Lamson School.
December 25, 1950
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REPORT OF THE FACULTY MANAGER OF ATHLETICS
Dear Mr. Blanchard :
I am submitting herewith the first annual report of the Hamilton High School Athletic Association. This is a partial report of the year, covering the period of my appointment as faculty manager. Our football team has been equipped with new uniforms. and a new line marker has been added to our equipment. The Varsity field hockey team, it is hoped, will be furnished with new uniforms for the next season.
Winthrop Park is in need of a certain amount of work in preparation for the spring athletic activities.
Receipts from the Football Games
Alumni
$34.20
Topsfield
29.80
Essex
11.75
Harvard
8.20
Manchester
51.35
Leavitt
16.20
$151.50
Twenty-two students applied for athletic accident insurance
$55.50
Officials for football and field hockey
120.00
Season basketball tickets to date
20.30
Football uniforms
327.50
Field hockey equipment
75.00
Athletics should be a privilege for good scholarship. We hope that more intramural sports will be introduced into the high school to foster greater cooperation and to develop a finer spirit of sportsmanship in the student body. We intend that participation in athletics would encourage greater appreciation of good health and develop physical fitness in the student.
Our aim is: Mens sana in corpore sano.
Respectfully submitted.
CHARLES L. SAKEY, Faculty Manager of Athletics.
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REPORT OF THE CAFETERIA MANAGER
In order to give the pupil of the Hamilton Schools a nutritious luncheon at the least cost to the pupils the school cafeterias are on the Federal Lunch Program.
To receive the benefits of this program the Type A luncheon is served which allows the following to each pupil each day :
Type A Luncheon
Meat or Substitute Protein 2 oz.
Vegetable and /or Fruit 34 cup
Butter or Fortified Margerine 2 tsps.
Milk. (unflavored as a beverage) 1/2 pint
In addition to the requirements of the Type A luncheon enriched bread and a dessert is served daily.
The cost of the luncheon is twenty-five cents per day.
In return for fulfilling the requirements of the Federal Lunch Pro- gram, the cafeterias are reimbursed eight cents for each Type A luncheon sold to a pupil and one and a half cents for each 1/2 pint of milk sold separate from the luncheon. In addition to the money received from the government there are surplus foods which are given monthly to schools on this program. These surplus foods have been, for this year, as follows : white potatoes, powdered milk, powdered eggs. honey, peanut butter, butter, canned tomatoes, cheese, cranberry jelly, canned cherries, and turkeys.
With Federal Government Aid the school cafeterias are able to be completely self supporting even to the extent of paying the wages of the two cafeteria employees.
During the past five years, with assistance by the government we have been able to purchase the following equipment; electric dishwashers, elec- tric mixers, institutional gas stoves, a deep freeze and a large electric refrigerator.
It is our desire to progress further in the next five years and have additional equipment which will enable us to serve the increasing school population with the same nutritional type luncheon that we are now able to serve.
Respectfully submitted,
MILLICENT J. BOSWELL.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
During the past year almost all the pupils had the customary annual examinations ; a moderate number of correctable defects were noted. Stu- dents going out for sports were double checked. The physician was called a few times for first aid. We were fortunate in having no serious epidemics in school. the usual children's diseases having been mild and infrequent.
The emphasis in school health work as in medicine in general is shifting from the correction of defects to their prevention. We are increas- ingly interested in the overall picture of the school child-his physical, mental, and emotional development from year to year: in his ability to adapt himself to the school environment. The discovery of defects is im- portant. and their correction likewise. inasmuch as such defects in any of the three categories mentioned will interfere with his evolution into a mature adult.
This shift of emphasis requires closer coordination between the school physician, the child, his parents and teachers. Conferences and personal conversations were arranged whenever they seemed essential to the program.
The advances in medicine and the sharp increase in enrollment com- bine to accentuate the problem of how a part-time school physician can do a creditable job in the available time; a practical compromise is being sought which will not sacrifice the fundamental objectives outlined above.
Respectfully submitted. DANIEL M. ROGERS. M.D.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools,
Hamilton, Massachusetts
DEAR SIR :
I herewith submit my twenty-first annual report as School Nurse of the Town of Hamilton.
Total Enrollment (including kindergarten) ... 452
Result of physical examinations to date by Dr. Daniel M. Rogers. M. D .. School Physician :
Defects
Corrections
Mod. Enlarged Tonsils 12
Tonsillectomy and
Enlarged Tonsils
4
Adenoidectomy
Posture 28
Foot abnormalities
Fractures
5
Functional Heart Murmur 11
Glasses
10
Appendectomy 2
Under Treatment :
Scalp condition
5
Speech
2
Diabetes 1
Diabetes
1
Asthma
Asthma
5
Poliomyelitis 2
Appendecitis
2 Heart 2
Mastoid
1
A report of all defects are reported to parents with the recommendation that they consult their family physician.
Diphtheria and Tetanus Clinic
Every pre-school and school child has the advantage of this clinic for their protection against the above named diseases. \ follow-up clinic will be given in 1951.
Eye and Ear Examinations
These examinations are given every year. The following is a report of those found defective during the past year.
Number found with defective eves 14
Number found with questionable hearing
Number corrected with glasses 11 Number glasses changed 6
These cases are all to be retested again this year to determine the amount of hearing loss they might have.
Orthodontia 1
Miscellaneous defects :
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Contagious and Communicable Diseases Reported in the Schools
Measles 3 Chicken Pox 12
Poliomyelitis 2 Mumps
2
Ringworm
1
Impetigo
3
Dogwood Poisoning
Scarlet Fever
1
Whooping Cough
1 Ivy Poisoning
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Dental Clinic
The dental clinic is being carried out the same as in other years with parents being very grateful in being able to send their children to Dr. John King who is in charge of this clinic.
Total number of dental operations 646
Total number cleanings
109
Total number amalgams 353
Number extractions temporary and permanent
38
Number Fluorine treatments
23
Number other treatments
12
Number temporary fillings
68
Number examinations
18
Number X-rays
20
Number having Novacaine
49
Total number children attending clinic 598
Total number clinical hours 18834
Total number dental certificates awarded 71
All dental work at the high school is taken care of privately.
Cafeteria
The program of hot lunches is still available to all school children at both the Lamson and High School. This is very helpful to all children having to be transported considerable distances from home. especially dur- ing the winter months.
Other important health aids given by nurse consists of general in- spections for cleanliness, first aid dressings, home calls, clerical work on health cards, consultation with teachers, pupils. parents, doctors, and health agencies.
In closing I wish to thank all who helped to make the health program worthwhile.
Respectfully submitted.
FLORENCE L. STOBBART, R.N., School Nurse.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL June 15, 1950-Eight O'clock P.M. MAXWELL NORMAN AUDITORIUM
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL-Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar
Girls' Glee Club
INVOCATION
Reverend Edward J. Mclaughlin Commencement Theme: Democracy at the Crossroads
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES-Right and Wrong C. Donald Woodman, Jr. THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM Ann Walke MEDITATION Bach-Gounod
Girls' Glee Club
SOLOIST
THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIALISM
Virginia Lois Pauling Thomas Clyde Brown Strauss
SOLO-The Beautiful Blue Danube
Grace Sylvia Humphrey
WHICH WAY AMERICA?
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS
BENEDICTION
Virginia Lois Pauling Allan MacCurrach Chairman of School Committee Reverend Edward J. Mclaughlin
GRADUATES
Jean Shirley Allen Donald F. Allen Louise Mary Amirault John Emory Bartlett Thomas Clyde Brown Daniel James Counihan Marina Elizabeth Croly Hannah Rita Cullinane Joan Marion Dixon
Virginia Lois Pauling Mildred M. Elizabeth Pooler Beatrice Arvie Ricker Shirley Adair Sargeant Dagmar Lee Schofield
Dorothy A. Grant Eileen Philomena Holleran Grace Sylvia Humphrey
Roger Taylor, Jr. Jean Ester Thimmer Marlene Lenore Titus Sarah Elizabeth Trepanier Robert O. Trembley Chester Donald Woodman, Jr. Ann Marie Walke Beverley E. L. Wentworth
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SCHOOL CENSUS AS OF OCTOBER 1. 1950
Boys
Girls
Number between five and seven years of age
54
50
Number between seven and sixteen years of age
198
161
Totals
252
211
Total Census
463
Distribution of the above minors. October 1, 1950 :
In the Public Day School
404
In continuation school
0
In vocational school
3
In private school
51
Not enrolled in any school
5
Totals (should equal corresponding totals in the above registration ) 463
AGE OF ADMITTANCE
Pupils entering the kindergarten in September must have been at least four years of age on March 1st preceding entrance in September.
Pupils entering the first grade in September must have been at least five years of age on March 1st preceding entrance in September.
VACCINATION
Children who have not been vaccinated will not be admitted to school in September unless they present a certificate from a regular practicing physician stating that they are not fit subjects for vaccination. Parents are requested to attend to this matter during the summer vacation, as certi- ficates of vaccination or exemption must be presented at the opening of school to entitle children to admission.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL
Radio broadcast over WNAC of Yankee Network and Salem WESX between 7:30 and 8:00 a. m .. if there is no school for the day.
22-22 at 7:30 a. m. over the local fire alarm means that there will be no school for the day.
Obviously we cannot blow the no-school signal for every storm. Par- ents may reserve the right to keep their children home in stormy weather if in their own judgment they feel that the weather is too severe for their children.
HAMILTON TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1, 1951
Name
School
Appoint-
Yrs. Ex- perience
Education
Degrees
Milton C. Blanchard
High
Superintendent
17 Wentworth Institute
Tufts College
B.S.
Mrs. Hazel Ramer
High Principal
1921
40 Salem Normal
Charles L. Sakey
High
Foreign Language
1950
4 Boston University
A.B., M.A.
Wilbur Armstrong
High
Science
1944
29
Atlantic Union
B.R.E., B.A.
Mrs. Jeannette Houle
High
Commercial-Physical Education for Girls
1950
0)
Texas Luth. Col.
B.S.
Libby L. Volk
High
Commercial
1946
1
Salem Teachers' Col.
B.S.E.
Priscilla MeKay
High
English
1950
4
Amer. International Col.
B.A.
Edith M. Anderson
High
History
1929
36
Salem Normal
Wilton J. Moyer
High
Mixed
1949
10
State Teachers Col.
B.S.E.
Ruth E. Austen
High
English and Music
1945
6
Radcliffe
A.B.
Carl J. Martini
High
Math. and Physical
Education for Boys 1950
7
Holy Cross
B.S.
Tufts College
M.A.
Millicent J. Boswell
Higli
Home Economics and
8
Framingham Tea. Col.
B.S.E.
Marshall Gero
High
Manual Training
1947
14
Fitchburg Tea. Col.
B.S.E.
Ellen Duffy
J. Lamson
Grade 6
1927
25
Gorhanı Normal
Margaret K. Batchelder
Grade 5
1920
31
Salem Normal
Marian C. Joseph, Principal
"
Grade 4
1921
30
Salem Normal
Evelyn Rankin
Grade 3
1949
14
Gorham Normal
Mrs. Carolyn Lander
Grade 3
1950
13
Gorham Normal
Mrs. Doris Foster
Grade 2
1948
6
Keene Normal
Mrs. Ruth Harris
Grade 2
1949
1
Salem Teachers Col.
B.S.E.
Mrs. Bette Chittick
Grade 1
1948
6
State Teachers Col. California, Penna.
B.S.E.
Mary E. Lucey
Grade 1
1948
2
Salem Teachers Col.
B.S.E.
Harriet Erskine
Kindergarten
1946
6
Leslie Kindergarten
Maude L. Thomas
Music
1923
28
Boston University
Mrs. Edwina Beilman
Art
1950
3
Swain School of Design
Florence L. Stobbart
All
Nurse
1925
25
Beverly Hospital
R.N.
New Eng. Conserv. of Music
M.B.
Cafeteria Manager
1943
Sinimons College
M.S.
:
,
-
Subject or Grade ment 1950
Boston University M.A.
Texas Christian Univ.
Mansfield, Penna.
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HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM OF STUDIES. 1950-1951
The Hamilton High School Program is based upon certain subjects which all pupils must study and additional courses from which the pupils may choose that which interests them more or better suits their needs.
For the students who plan to go to college the proper selections of elective subjects will prepare them for entrance to any college, nurse's training school. or technical school. If students can decide early in their high school career which institution of higher learning they want to attend they will be better able to make a choice of electives.
The students who do not expect to continue school work further but wish to have a good high school education will choose electives that will give background for training to cope with the problems of our complex industrial civilization.
The students whose interests are in the field of business will elect subjects in the commercial field.
Each subject successfully completed counts a specified number of credits toward graduation. Eighty credits are required for a high school diploma; sixty credits for membership in the senior class; fortv credits for membership in the junior class; and twenty credits for membership in the sophomore class.
Obviously the choice of electives should be made only after careful consideration by the STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS. If there are any points of doubt or question the teachers or administrator should be consulted. It is intended to have the elective courses fit the individual needs and aptitudes of each student.
The following lists the required and elective courses offered to each of the grades.
Grade Seven
Grade Eight
English Mathematics
English Mathematics
Geography
History
Science
Science
Physical Education
Physical Education
Homemaking-Girls
Homemaking-Girls
Shop-Boys
Shop-Boys
Music Appreciation
Music Appreciation
Activity
Activity
Study
Study
Religious Education
Religious Education
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Grade Nine (20 credits necessary for promotion) CREDITS
English
5
Civics
5
Science
2
Physical Education
2
Activity
Electives
Latin I
5
Junior Business Training
5
Algebra I
5
Shop-Boys
5
5
Grade Eleven (Accumulation of 60 credits necessary for promotion)
CREDITS
English 5
U. S. History 5
Activity 1
Physical Education 2
Electives
French II
Typing II
General Math
Spanish I
5
Plane Geometry
5
Shorthand I 5
Shop-Boys
5
Homemaking-Girls
5
Grade Twelve (Accumulation of 80 credits necessary for graduation)
CREDITS
English
5
Physical Education 2
1
Electives
Physics
Solid Geometry
5
5 Typing III 5
5 French or Latin III
5
World History
5 Shorthand II 5
5 Economics and World Geog. 5
5 Bookkeeping I 5
5
5 Problems of Democracy
5
Shop-Boys
Homemaking-Girls
5
Physical Education
2
Activity
.
Electives
Plane Geometry
5
Sales and Psychology
5
Latin II
Typing I
French I
Modern European History
Biology
Commercial Law
5 Shop-Boys 5
5 Homemaking-Girls 5
Homemaking-Girls
Grade Ten (Accumulation of 40 credits necessary for promotion)
CREDITS
English
Activity
5 Spanish I
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
(Subject to Change) 1951
January 2 February 16 February 26 March 23
April 13
April 23
May 30
June 15
June 21
June 22
Schools open Schools close Schools open
Good Friday Schools close Schools open Holiday Elementary school closes Graduation Schools close
SUMMER VACATION
September 5
October 12
November 2
November 12
November 21
November 26
December 21
Schools open Holiday Teachers' Convention Holiday Schools close at noon Schools open Schools close
1952
January 2
Schools open
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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1950
AGE
Grade 4 5 6 78 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Total 29
Kindergarten 1
18 39 22
59
2
7 36 3
46
3
11 32 3 1
47
4
16 21 1 8 19
4
31
6
5 24 3
35
7
34
8
3
1
27
9
7 18
5
30
10
6 16 7 2 9 12
6
27
12
4 16 6 1
27
Totals
6 41 46 49 51 32 25
40 26 30 29 32 23 24 6 1 461
38
5
2 1 11 19
1 1 4 19
31
11
6 23
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INDEX
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List of Officers
3
Report of Town Clerk
7
Jury List for 1951
45
Report of the Board of Selectmen
46
Report of Town Treasurer
48
Report of Town Collector
49
Report of the Assessors
50
Report of the Planning Board
53 54
Report of the Fire Department
55
Report of Department of Weights and Measures
57
Report of the Civil Defense Agency
58 60
Library Report
61
Report of the Board of Health
63
Report of the Dental Clinic
64
Report of the Board of Public Welfare
65 67
Report of Park Commissions
67 68 69
Report of Superintendent of the Water Board
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners
70
Report of the Town Study Committee
71
Report of the Building Survey Committee
74
Report of Memorial Committee
78
Town Warrant
79
Report of the Finance and Advisory Committee
87
Report of the Town Accountant
105
Receipts
106
Expenditures
110
General Government
110
Selectmen
110
Town Hall
113
Protection of Persons and Property
114
Health and Sanitation
118
Highways
120
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits, Public Welfare
123
Schools
125
General Accounts
129
Public Library
130
Cemetery
134
Interest, etc.
135
Debt and Trust Accounts
135
Recapitulation of Departmental Expenses
137
Public Library Trust Funds
140
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
141
Bonded Indebtedness
145
Report of an Audit of the Accounts
147
Balance Sheet 165
Report of the School Commmittee
1
Report of Police Department
Report of the Surveyor of Highways
Report of Park Commissioners
Report of the Water Board
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