Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1921-1930, Part 8

Author: Lynnfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1921-1930
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1126


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Laying all the lands between the above described line and the present highways into the highway so that the same shall be as shown on a plan filed herewith and deposited in the office of the County Engineer, bearing the record number 2298, which plan is made a part of this decree and reference may be had to it for a more particular description.


And all the lands included in the highway as described and as shown on the plan above referred to and made a part of this descrip- tion are hereby taken for the purposes of a highway under authority of Chapter 79 of the General Laws.


And all portions of the existing highway lying northeasterly of the line as herein established are hereby discontinued.


And we have caused stone monuments each bearing on its top the letters E. C. to be set at the ends of the above described curved line, the required point in each case being marked by the center of the back of the monument which is set wholly within the highway.


And the abutting owners are allowed thirty days to remove from within the location, all timber, wood, trees or other property.


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And according to our best skill and judgment we have determined that the damages occasioned by relocating the said highway and by discontinuing portions thereof and the benefits accruing therefrom are equal and consequently no damages are awarded.


And it is determined by the County Commissioners that the in- habitants of Lynnfield in which town said way is laid shall on or be- fore the first day of July A. D. 1923 complete and finish a bituminous macadam roadway at least twenty feet in width south of said line as hereby established, to connect the state highways at either end thereof, said road to be properly crowned and graded and well and substantial- ly made all to the reasonable directions and requirements and to the acceptance of the said Commissioners.


And upon the completion and acceptance of said road, the Com- missioners acting under the authority of Chapter 82, Section 16 of the General Laws will reimburse the said town in a part of the cost of constructing the same.


IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 29th day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.


J. M. GROSVENOR JAMES C. POOR ROBERT H. MITCHELL


County Commissioners


Essex, ss. Court of County Commissioners, December term, A.D.


1922. The foregoing report is filed and accepted and thereupon it is ordered that the same be recorded that the said road may be known as a public highway forever.


A true copy


Attest :


HAROLD E. THURSTON,


Deputy Asst. Clerk.


REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


During the year 1922 the department responded to forty calls consisting of five still alarms and thirty-five telephone and bell alarms. Eighteen calls were for grass and brush fires where valuable aid was given the forest warden.


The greatest loss during the year was the barn on the Danforth estate, it being struck by lightning during one of the worst thunder storms known. The shed adjoining and house nearby were saved only


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by the hardest of work of townspeople and firemen, and I wish to thank the townspeople for their wonderful support on this fire as well as others.


The details of reorganization of the department appeared in the annual report for 1921. The plan has worked out very nicely, the firemen taking more interest and the town getting much better pro- tection.


Much credit is due Mr. John S. Caldwell, one of our townsmen, who voluntarily drew up the plan and put it into action.


House No. 1 is badly in need of repairs. I would recommend the ceiling be re-plastered, walls painted, a toilet installed, a new pump and chairs purchased to replace boxes now used.


I think the fire alarm system should be extended each year until the whole town is protected.


EDWARD A. RUSSELL, Chief Engineer Lynnfield, Mass., Jan. 1, 1923


REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen :- During the last year the majority of forest fires were caused by locomotives on the railroads for which the railroad re- imbursed the town for the expense of extinguishing.


The department was called upon to extinguish several fires set by persons not holding fire permits.


All persons should know that it is unlawful to set a fire without a permit to do so.


Respectfully submitted, RALPH E. COX, Forest Warden.


REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS


Lynnfield, Mass., Jan. 1, 1923


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: .


Gentlemen :- The usual Spring scraping of gutters and shaping of roads was done.


Tarvia and oil were applied to all the main traveled streets.


Grading was done on Lowell and Chestnut Streets.


Considering the cost of clearing the streets of the great amount of snow that fell this Winter and the future cost of grading side- walks which should be done this year I feel that the full amount of the appropriation asked for will be needed.


Respectfuy submitted, RALPH E. COX, Supt. of Streets


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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Lynnfield, Mass., Jan. 1, 1923


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1922.


Sealed


Platform scales over 5,000 lbs.


2


Platform scales under 5,000 lbs.


6


Counter scales


6


Beam scales


2


Spring balances


12


Computing scales platform


2


Computing scales hanging


1


Weight avoirdupois


49


Liquid measures


21


Gasoline measuring pumps


12


Yard measures


1


Gasoline quantity stops


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Total fees collected $13.68.


Respectfully submitted,


RALPH E. COX, Sealer of Weights and Measures


REPORT OF TREE WARDEN


To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:


At the last annual town meeting an appropriation was made to repair the trees damaged by the ice storm. This appropriation was very small compared to the amount of work to be done. It required a lot of time to trim and repair some of the trees. The trees from Earls mill, including the common to Mr. D. McCarthy on Main Street were trimmed and repaired in first-class condition. Also some of the most damaged trees in different parts of the town were repaired.


We removed several dead trees which were a menace. We had to remove lots of dead and broken limbs which were very dangerous to the public. I hope there will be more interest shown in regards to the trees this coming year.


Respectfully submitted, LYMAN H. TWISS, Tree Warden


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen :- During the year there have been 125 cattle inspect- ed and 50 barns. All of which were found to be in reasonable condi- tion.


Respectfully submitted, WALTER GRAY, Inspector of Animals


REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES


To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:


The following reports of the Librarian and Assistant Librarian give the important facts in regard to both libraries for the past year. In accordance with our expectation for some years past we were. obliged to move the Branch Library from the School House in Septem- ber. It has only been through the courtesy of the School Committee that we have been allowed to stay there for the past two years. At present the Branch Library is located at the Chipman Cottage on Salem Street. This arrangement was made possible by the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Chipman when we were wholly at a loss as to what to do, and we do not feel that we should ask them to extend us this pri- vilege any longer than is needful. Some action by the Town is now necessary.


During the coming year the Main Library will need attention in the way of painting and repairs. We also feel that the lighting ar- rangement should be improved. We should like to see the reading room of more real value to the people.


In making out our lists for books for purchase during the past year we have consulted the teachers of the local school as to books they would like to have put in for use of the school children, and have obtained lists of books required at the Wakefield High School, and have. included some of these in every purchase. There is always a demand for fiction and for the recently published books, and this demand we have tried to answer just as far as we felt we could afford. In every purchase we have included books that we feel are of more than. passing value, although perhaps not quite so popular at the moment.


GEO. E. LAMBERT, JR., Chm. ERNEST J. CLARKE, Secretary ANDREW MANSFIELD


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REPORT OF MAIN LIBRARY


To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:


Number of patrons for the year


221


Number of books loaned


2583


Number of magazine patrons


28


Number of magazines loaned 206


Magazines subscribed for


4


Number of books bought by Town


137


Total number of books added during the past year


152


Received from fines


$10.20


Miscellaneous expenses


1.70


Received in gifts from :


Capr. A. C. Corkum


1 book


Miss Nellie Tuttle


4 books


Miss E. Coughlin 4 books


State


6 books


Magazines have been received from:


Miss Alice Bartlett


Miss B. E. Butman


Mrs. E. J. Clarke


Mrs. F. W. Freeman


Mass. Department of Public Health


Henry Ford


E. W. Lundahl


Two sets of pictures have been loaned us by the Woman's Edu- cational Association of Massachusetts during the past year. Respectfully submitted, ELIZABETH W. GREEN, Librarian


REPORT OF BRANCH LIBRARY


To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:


Number of book patrons


268


Number of books loaned


4862


Number of magazine patrons


94


Number of magazines loaned 902


Received in fines $23.20


Received from old magazines


1.55


Total


$24.75


Miscellaneous expense


$ 4.37


Books bought by Town


112


New books from Center Library


29


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Number of Magazines subscribed for 9 Received in gifts :


Girl Scouts, subscription to American Girl for 1922 and 1923.


Department of Public Health, The Commonwealth Magazine.


A friend 5 books


Mr. Joseph Ducette 1 book


Mrs. Albert Mansfield 17 books


Mr. H. W. Munroe


6 books


Mrs. Arthur Bryant


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2 books


Mr. Frnasic Gilbo


1 book


Mrs. John McCabe


4 books


William Kenney


1 book


Miss Ruth Gorman


6 books


Sherman & Mabel Harding


19 books


Sherman & Mabel Harding


5 booklets


Magazines have been received from :


Mr. H. W. Munroe


Mr. Fred Gorman, Sr.


Mr. Fred Gorman, Jr.


Mrs. Charles Dewing


Mrs. E. L. Sherin


Miss Ruth Pillsbury, Pamphlets on food


Books have been loaned by the Woman's Educational Asso.


Respectfully submitted, GERTRUDE A. CHIPMAN, Branch Librarian


REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my report of Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1922. There have been fourteen arrests as follows: Running of still, fine $75.00; larceny, fine $25.00; peddling without a license, fine $20.00; driving under the influence of liquor, fine $50.00.


Officers have been on duty Sundays and holidays, also officers have been doing duty as traffic officers on the Turnpike. Two places were raided in March but no results.


Respectfully submitted, ALBERT G. TEDFORD, Chief of Police


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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:


We have endeavored the past season, to keep down grass and brush in the cemeteries of the town; but with the incessant rains of the Summer it has been quite a task to keep up with the growth.


The old Cemetery on Salem Street, at the south part of the town needs quite a deal of work done on it, which will be quite a little in excess of what has been expended there in the several past years. At the annual town meeting of last year an appropriation was made to have trees planted.


We procured trees from the Cherry Hill nursery in West New- bury, and some were planted in Forest Hill Cemetery and some in Willow Cemetery, which we hope met with the approval of the people.


In Forest Hill Cemetery many cracked branches had to be climbed for and cut away last Spring.


Forest Hill Cemetery, being mostly a side hill requires some special work in keeping the avenues in condition for autos and trucks to pass along.


It is necessary to have avenues kept well graded and cared for. This cemetery has an area of six acres or more, all of which we care for.


SETH H. RUSSELL, Cemetery Com.


ARTHUR BRYANT


REPORT OF ASSESSORS


APPROPRIATIONS ANNUAL TOWN METING, 1922


General Government


$ 3,800.00


Charities


1,300.00


State Aid


240.00


Protection


1,000.00


Street Lighting, (Maintenance)


2,650.00


Street Lighting, Additional


30.38


Highways Maintenance


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9,000.00


Street Signs


275.00


Liability Insurance


500.00


Schools Maintenance


28,000.00


Fire Department


3,000.00


Heating Plant, Fire House No. 1


350.00


Fire Alarm


400.00


Cemeteries


. 400.00


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550.00


Library


Moth Department


824.03


Tree Warden


750.00


Storm Damage Account


1,500.00


Park Commission


75.00


Town Hall Repairs


1,500.00


Memorial Day


125.00


Reserve Fund


500.00


Notes Due


5,500.00


Interest


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2,000.00


$64,269.41


Estimated Credits


Bank Tax


$ 350.00


Corporation Taxes, Public


Foreign and Domestic


300.00


Income Taxes, total from State


5,077.90


393 Polls at $2.00


786.00


Interest on Taxes


593.69


Interest on Bank Balance


77.36


Rent of Halls


350.00


State Aid (Soldiers' Benefits)


450.00


License Fees


68.50


Sealer of Weights & Measures, Etc.


. . 12.50


Inspection of Barns


25.00


Court Fines


195.00


B. & M. R. R., Fire Account Refund


32.00


School Supt., Refund


280.00


High School Transportation


1,535.93


High School Tuition


370.73


Soldiers' Exemptions, Refund


42.76


Cemeteries, Sale of lots, etc.


36.00


Library Fines


30.00


Highway Dept., Refunds


112.70


Moth work, Refund from Supt.


555.12


Moth work, Refund from State


266.41


Suntaug Fund for South School


. . .. . 1,000.00


$12,547.60


Appropriations Town Expenses


$64,269.41


Less Credits Estimated 12,000.00


$52,269.41


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State Tax


$ 4,200.00


County Tax


3,351.46


State Audit Account


152.70


49.25


Refund to State, Overpayment


45.79


State and County


$ 7,799.20


Total


$60,068.61


Overlay 1922


1.239.91


$61,308.52 98.25


Moth Tax


'Total Warrant to Tax Collector


$61,406.77


Poll Tax Warrant to Tax Collector, April $ 1,965.00


Poll Tax Warrant to Tax Collector, Additional 50.00


Dec. Assessment Warrant


$ 163.88


TABLE OF AGGREGATES APRIL ASSESSMENT


Number of residents assessed on property 444


Number of non-residents assessed on property .. 216


Number of Corporations, Etc., assessed on prop. 17


Number of polls assessed at $5.00


393


Value of personal property


$ 294,401.00


Value of real estate


1,857.682.00


Total value taxable property


$2,152.083.00


Rate per $1000-$28.50


Tax on personal property $ 8,390.42


52.916.57


$ 61,306.99


Moth Tax


98.25


Tax on 393 polls at $5.00 $ 1,965.00


Number of horses assessed 104


Number of cows assessed 196


Number of sheep assessed .


7


Number of neat cattle assessed


28


Number of swine assessed


75


Number of fowl assessed 2913


Number of dwellings assessed 475


Number acres land assessed


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6030


Tax on real estate


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DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS


Value of personal property


$ 150.00


Value of real estate


4,800.00


Total


$ 4,950.00


Tax on personal (Dec.)


$ 4.28


Tax on real estate


136.80


Correction on April assessment


22.80


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Total Dec. Warrant


$ 163.88


Additional polls, 10 at $5.00


50.00


ABATEMENTS


Levy of 1919 (correction)


$ 6.00


Levy of 1920


187.55


Levy of 1921


298.24


Levy of 1922


. . 361.03 .


GEORGE H. BANCROFT, Clerk


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE List of Graduates, 1922


Graduates Lynnfield Centre Grammar School June 1922


Edward Averill


Robert Moulton


Constance DeMasselles


Phillip Nute


Margaret Doe


Charles Parker


Beatrice Farello


Albert Tuttle


Warren Knowland


Wesley Tuttle


Charles McCarthy


Graduates South Grammar School June 1922


Mary Gilbo


Esther Sayers


David Hatch


Edna Smith Isabelle Winchester


Franklin Nest


Graduates Wakefield High School June 1922


Thelma Crouse


Leslie Payzant


Lillian Daly


Robert Rourke


Graduates Peabody High School June 1922 Lucia Upton


Ruth Hayward


Pupils Attending Wakefield High School Seniors


Freshmen


Paul Clarke


Phillip Nute


Ernest J. Clarke, Jr.


Robert Moulton


Gordon Millar


Albert Tuttle


Juniors


Wesley Tuttle


Ralph Flannigan


Warren Knowland


Clara Looke


Charles Pratt


Sophomores


Harry Pratt


Eugene Rourke


Elmer Flannigan


Violet Savage


Emily Gray


Elva Richards


Charles McCarthy


Leonard Joll Helen Milligan


Beatrice Farello


Constance DeMasselles


Margaret Doe


Melrose High School


Senior


Louise Bond


Seniors


Gladys Gilbo


Juniors


Peabody High School Doris Sayers Elory Dewing Sherman Harding


Alice Gilbo


Freshmen


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Ralph Miller


Alice Elliott


Francis Gilbo


Irene Preston


Sub-Freshmen


Marjorie Ingraham


Isabelle Winchester


Avis Hayward


Mary Gilbo


Marie Stokes


Franklin Neat


Velma Morse


David Hatch


Sophomores


Grace Grigway


Frank Melanson


Muriel Smith


Clara Melanson


Lynn Classical High School


Freshmen


Richard Stokes


Rudolph Schmidt


Juniors


Daniel Killorin


Elizabeth Deans


Sophomores


Senior


Oscar Swain


Fred Moulton


Phillip Lane


Lynn English High


Helen Schmidt


Report of Superintendent of Schools


To the School Committee:


Town of Lynnfield


Madam and Gentlemen:


Herewith I submit my second annual report as Superintendent of the Lynnfield Public Schools.


TEACHING FORCE


The placing and retaining of efficient teachers still continues to be our most serious problem in developing and strengthening our school system. Miss Margaret Lamb who had rendered most val- uable service at the Center School resigned in June to accept school work in Somerville. Miss Audrey Jones took up the work in Septem- ber but resigned at the end of the fall term. Miss Gladys Mann a graduate of Framingham Normal School and a teacher of several years' experience then took up the work and is proving most satisfac- tory. At the South School we had vacancies in the third and fourth and fifth and sixth grade rooms at the close of school in June. The first week in September Miss Chase who had served for several years in the primary room resigned. Miss Hamblen, a graduate of Cas- tine Normal School and a teacher of considerable experience, was engaged for the third and fourth grade room and is a very efficient


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teacher. Miss Hill and Miss Lundgren, both Normal graduates, while having no previous experience are doing good work.


We were most fortunate in being able to retain Mrs. Ridley at the South School and the Misses Hughey and Swett at the Center.


ATTENDANCE


The school attendance is much better than last year. There is, however, still opportunity for improvement. I find unnecessary ab- sence and tardiness is in most cases the fault of parents rather than the children. We are interested in perfect attendance not for the purpose of a high record but that boys and girls may receive the benefits of all that is offered them in the way of an education.


The following pupils were perfect in attendance for the school year 1921-1922:


SOUTH SCHOOL Janis E. Ridley


CENTER SCHOOL Peter Toomasian C. Wesley Tuttle Lillian Pratt


PHYSICAL EDUCATION


The victrolas and records for physical exercises have helped to improve this work as well as making it much more interesting for the boys and girls. The physical examination, weighing and measuring of children, and health and hygiene instruction have been carried on by the nurses. At the Center many home calls have been made by the nurse resulting in better health habits and the correction of many minor physical defects.


The calls at the South School have been few because of the limit- ed time the nurse has been able to give us there.


Beginning January first Mrs. Carlton serves as school nurse for both schools and will, I am sure, be able to do all the work in a very satisfactory manner.


Section 46, Chapter 71 of the General Laws Relating to Educa- tion is as follows :


"The school committee of every town shall annually ascertain, under regulations prescribed by the department and the commissioner of mental diseases, the number of children three years or more re- tarded in mental development in attendance upon its public schools, or of school age and resident therein. At the beginning of each school year, the committee of every town where there are ten or more such children shall establish special classes for their instruction ac- cording to their mental attainments, under regulations prescribed by the department."


The state examining staff for this county headed by Dr. Randall of Danvers will, as soon as they complete their examinations in Ames- bury and Peabody, examine the children in the Lynnfield Schools.


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IN GENERAL


The Parent-Teachers' Association at Lynnfield is again serving a hot dish at noon for those children who bring their lunch; cocoa, tomato soup or corn chowder being served.


At recess some forty children are having a half pint bottle of milk and graham crackers served at cost.


The co-operation of the Parent-Teachers' Association recently formed at the Center is also proving of much help. A new victrola with educational records, and many new school library books have been purchased and a consideralbe amount of funds are still available as a result of the "school fair" and other activities by the children, encouraged and assisted by the association.


IN CONCLUSION


I am grateful to the members of the Committee for their devoted interest to the school work and their helpful assistance in making-the efforts of the Superintendent and of the teaching force effective. The teachers are serving skilfully and their work merits the highest re- gard of the Committee and of the People.


Respectfully submitted,


A. B. LORD, Superintendent of Schools.


January 22, 1923.


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TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1923


Name


School


Grades


Salary


Appointed


Education


Ona K. Ridley (Mrs.)


South


Grades 7-8


$1400


1921


Farmington Summer


Helen M. Lundgren


South


Grades 5-6


1000


1922


Salem Normal


Margaret Hamblen


South


Grades 3-4


1200


1922


Castine Normal


Catherine P. Hill


South


Grades 1-2


1050


1922


Castine Normal


Gladys L. Mann


Center


Grades 6-7-8


1250


1922


Framingham Normal


Grace E. Hughey


Center


Grades 3-4-5


1300


1921


Hyannis Summer


Marian E. Swett


Center


Grades 1-2


1200


1921


Fitchburg Normal


* Alice M. Genthner


All


Music


225


1917


N. E. Conservatory


*Doris D. Nutter


All


Drawing


200


1921


Normal Arts


Etta G. Carlton (Mrs.)


All


Nurse


250


1921


School of Domestic Science


* Part time.


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CALENDAR YEAR 1923-1924


1923


February 22


Holiday


February 23


Schools close


March 5


Schools open


April 19


Holiday


April 27


Schools close


May 7


Schools open


May 30


Holiday


June 27


Schools close


SUMMER VACATION


September 4


Teachers' Meeting


September 5


Schools open


October 12


Holiday


November 28


Schools close at noon


December 3


Schools open


December 21


School closes


December 31


Schools open


1924


January 1


Holiday


February 21


Schools close


March 3


Schools open


April 25


Schools close


May 5


Schools open


May 30


Holiday


June 25


Schools close


RESULT OF SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS


Number of pupils examined


182


Number found defective in eyesight


22


Number found defective in hearing


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5


Number of parents or guardians notified


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22


SCHOOL CENSUS As of April, 1922


Boys


Girls


Number between five and seven years of age


17


22


Number between seven and fourteen years of age


79


68


Number between fourteen and sixteen years of age


10


10


Totals


106


100


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Total Census 206.


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AGE OF ADMISSION


No child will be admitted to the first grade at the opening of school in September who was not five years of age on or before the first day of April preceeding their entrance.


Pupils are admitted to this grade only during the first two weeks: of school in September unless they have attended school in some other town.


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 vac- cination. Parents are requested to attend to this matter during the Summer vacation as certificates of vaccination or exemption must be presented at the opening of school to entitle children to admission. .


REGISTRATION


Grades


1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8 T't'1


South


8


12


18


15


16


13


9


11


102


Center


11


6


13


10


9


13


5


12


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To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:


In submitting our report for the year ending December 31, 1922, we wish once more to call attention, as we have heretofore, to the re- port of the Superintendent of Schools and to our statement of receipts and disbursements and to suggest again that they be read with care.


We contemplate no special changes during the coming year. The school property is in general in good condition, particularly the Center School building. It will be necessary during the summer vacation to reshingle the roof at the South School. We will also replace the painted blackboards at that school with modern ones of slate. The expenses of these changes have been included in our estimate of ex- penditures for 1923.


The year that has passed has as usual brought its own problems which we have endeavored to solve in a satisfactory manner. We hope that in most instances our efforts have met with your approval.


Respectfully submitted,


NELSON B. TODD, Chairman MARTHA D. MANSFIELD, Sec. EDWARD A. RUSSELL


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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Appropriation


Refund




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