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Harry Leonard Sawyer 7
Harriett Gertrude Seaman
Dorothy Graff
Leland Sprague Graff
Isabel Margaret Granfield Mildred Elizabeth Harrison Helen Henderson
Rowland Rawson Shepardson ? Chesley George Stevens 9 Hilda Symonds
Evelyn Harding Thomas Gertrude Alice Turner
Alice Bossom Herbolzheimer Harold L. Turner Harold Leslie Hill
≤ Leroy Carroll Hutchinson Gladys Young Johnstone Gladys Abbott Killam
John Eric Turner 1 0 Louis Edwin Whitchurch Barbara Winship
304
PUPILS GRADUATING FROM HIGHLAND SCHOOL JUNE, 1916
BOYS
GIRLS
Ainsworth, Donald M.
Andrews, Grace O.
Bacigalupo, Louis
Boudreau, Emma M.
Ballou, Grover
Coakley, Helen
Bangs, Melvin O.
Collins, Ethel M.
Beecher, Cedric U.
Currell, Helen
Benton, Philip W.
Dewey Elizabeth M.
Bond, Joseph A.
Desmond, Catherine
Brackett, Herbert O.
Donegan, Alice M.
Briggs, Donald H.
Doran, Margaret A.
Brown, William C.
Fenerty, Catherine
Buck, Richard O.
Gallant, Alice J.
Burke, Dion
Gauthier, Rose
Burke, William H.
Glidden, Madeline E.
Cahill, George O.
Griffin, May A.
Carney, Bartholomew
Haag, Claire R.
Christiansen, Percy C.
Heselton, Lillian G.
Cummings, Charles L.
Hobson, Madeline F.
Outcliff, Walter F.
Hutchinson, Emily
Dalton, Curtis
Ingalls, Helen R.
Dillaway, Newton L.
Kennedy, Helen K.
Dulong, Arthur L.
LaLonde, Manola K.
Edwards, Chester F.
Legro, Carrie I.
Evans, Norman H.
Libby, Madelaine
Esner, Arthur L.
Litchfield, Muriel
Frotten, F. Edward
MacDougall, Marion P.
Geary, John E.
Macleod, Marjorie A.
Henderson, William A.
Meuse, Margaret L. Murray, Elizabeth
Herbolzheimer, William A.
Hodson, Arthur Edward
Holt, Kendrick
Johnson, Ivar A.
King, Roy A.
Kennard, Walter Lane, John E.
· Lang, E. Kenneth Langdon, Arthur E.
Parker, Eleanor F. Pierpont, Dorothy A. Porter, Margaret F. Prescott, Hazel J. Quimby, Gertrude Quimby, Marjorie
Ransom, Margaret S.
Riley, Beatrice
305
BOYS
Legro, Chester G.
Libby, Allen Arthur
McCaughey, Raymond A.
McLeod, Everett W.
Meekins, Eldon E.
Meuse, Andrew
Meuse, Charles
Meuse, Melbourne
Mills, Grant B.
Moran, Harold W.
Moulton, Louis S.
Murray, Thomas O.
Nealey, Harold O'Kelly, Charles W.
Parsons, Francis B.
Patrick, Donald T.
Pheney, Roderick
Pritchard, Aaron F. Quinlan, James J.
Rogers, Harold M.
Sargent, Ralph E.
Savage, Bradford
Schwarz, John L.
Sias, Howard M. Spillane, Timothy
Stratton, Willard E.
Thornton, Edward
Upton, John B.
Walsh, Herbert
Wight, Percival
GIRLS Sewell, Emmeline Smith, Mona I. Thompson, Helen M.
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DEC. 31, 1916, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR WHEN APPOINTED ALSO ENROLLMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 1916
School
Grade
Teachers
Where Educated
Year When
Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
High
IX-XII
A. L. Safford, Principal and Supt . .
Bates College. .
1913
$3000
329
Agnes M. Gilmore, Asst. Principal.
Boston University .
1910
1200
Helen R. Abbott
Mt. Holyoke College
1915
1000
Elizabeth M. Batchelder
Salem Normal .
1916
750
Louise A. Berthold .
Tufts College
1914
850
Marion Corliss . .
Wellesley College .
1913
800
E. Frances Greenhalgh
1914
750
Florence B. Hayes.
Vermont University
1916
850
Alfred E. Humphries .
Dartmouth College.
1916
1000
Allan J. Keaney .
Bates College ..
1916
1100
Alice M. Lombard.
Bay Path Institute
1907
1000
Ruby Mansfield .
Salem Normal School
1916
600
Josephine M. Minihan
Radcliffe College
1913
800
John G. Powers
N. H. State College
1915
2100
.
Helen M. Purnell
Vassar College .
1915
750
Vera Young .
Highland . .
Alice Barrows, Principal
Bridgewater Normal .
1880
1200
40
38.
35.5
93.3
Alice E. Hood .
Concord Training School
1902
750
42
41.
37.8
92.4
Fannie C. Whittemore.
N. H. State Normal, Hyannis
1905
750
39
36.9
35.4
95.1
Jun. Inter.
Sadie V. Johnstone.
Farmington, Me., Normal
1911
675
41
37.2
35.2
94.1
Helen A. Eldridge
Boston University.
1916
650
40
39.2
37.5
94.5
Dora G. Martin.
N. H. State Normal.
1916
700
35
34.1
31.8
93.2
..
Chester E. Chase, Manual Training
Sloyd Training School, Boston ..
1916
800
. .
..
Alma Porter, Physical Training . ..
Sargent Sch. Physical Train ..
1916
600
.
VI
Ethel M. Reed .
Farmington, Me., Normal.
1913
625
38
36.
34.
94.4
Fitchburg Normal.
1912
650
39
37.5
35.2
93.8
..
V . .
Marjorie O. Symmes
1913
625
44
42.8
40.4
94.3
V ..
Dorothy M. Carlisle
Concord Training School
1911
650
43
40.7
37.8
92.7
Centre.
III .
M. Grace Wakefield. Principal
Salem Normal.
1890
725
43
41.7
38.2
91.6
II . ..
Vera Buckle .
Boston University .
1915
550
42
39.3
37.7
95.9
II . . .
Alda L. Parker.
Westfield Normal.
1914
650
30
28.4
25.4
89 4
IV.
Emily Searway
Washington, Me., Normal
1913
600
38
35.4
31.4
88.6
..
IV
Phoebe M. Doran.
Salem Normal
1913
600
37
35.6
33.3
93.5
III.
Joyce L. Fielder
Salem Normal .
1908
650
42
39.8
37.4
93.9
. .
Sen. Inter.
Emma S. Page, Assistant
N. H. State Normal .
1899
800
Inter.
H. Shirley Martin, Domestic Science
School Domestic Science. Boston . .
1916
650
Mt. Holyoke College.
1915
850
Bay Path Institute.
..
..
VI
Mabel I. Mathewson
Boston Normal
908
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DEC. 31, 1916, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR WHEN APPOINTED ALSO ENROLLMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 1916-(CONTINUED)
School
Grade
Teachers
Where Educated
Year When
Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Union St. ..
I ....
Anna P. Reid, Principal.
Reading High.
1884
$725
35
29.1
26.3
90.3
II .
Ethel J. Bent
E. Greenwich High
1911
650
40
36.3
34.3
94.5
Marion H. Morgan
Bridgewater Normal
1904
675
32
29.6
27.2
91.8
Mabel A. Porter
Rust Kindergarten
1911
650
32
26.6
24.5
92.1
Prospect St. ..
..
I ..
Helen G. Quinlan
Salem Normal
1915
550
37
32.1
27.96
86.11
II
Ada E. Dow, Principal -
Lowell Normal
1909
725
26
24.45
21.47
85.75
III
Ada E. Dow ..
Lowell Normal
1909
24
23.31
21.34
92.07
..
IV
Eleanor F. Emerson
Salem Normal.
1915
675
27
26.39
23.44
88.82
Eleanor F. Emerson
Salem Normal
1915
15
14.33
12.91
90.09
IV .
Olive S. Perry
Wheelock Training
1916
600
31
30.2
28.4
93.7
Lowell St.
I-II
Caryl M. Porter.
Rust Normal.
1911
650
43
41.4
37.6
89.9
Castine Normal
1914
675
38
38.
37.4
98.4
..
V-VI .
Annie W. Quillen
Salem Normal
1916
500
24
23.
21.92
95.
Chestnut Hill
..
I-II-III . ..
A. Isabelle Parker, Principal.
Dean Academy.
1911
650
27
26.3
24.4
93.2
Salem Normal
1916
500
24
22.9
22.1
96.5
Supervisors
Drawing ..
Mary N. Yaffee.
Mass. Normal Art.
1916
600
Music. ....
Arthur H. Tozer, Music.
1910
600
I .
I
V .
III-IV
. ...
Hannah B. Sargent, Principal.
IV-V-VI ..
Margaret Whittier. ..
307
LIST OF JANITORS WITH THEIR SALARIES, DECEMBER 31, 1916
(Per week)
High
Center Clement Gleason .
$28 00
$1,456 00
Union St. )
Highland-Jesse N. Hutchinson
18 00
936 00
High-Mrs. Ara Pratt
10 00
520 00
(Per month)
Lowell St .- Sylvanus L. Thompson
20 00
240 00
Prospect St .-- George Hutchinson
20 00
240 00
Chestnut Hill-Earle Sewell
12 00
144 00
Grouard House-Chas. H. Stinchfield
6 25
75 00
OTHER SALARIES
E. Dalton Richmond, M. D., Medical Inspector $200 00
William Killam, Truant Officer and Census Enumerator .
150 00
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER, 1916
Number of absences reported to me 33
Number found to be truants 18
Number reported by parents as ill
2
Number kept out by parents to work or otherwise 10
Number reported insufficiently clad .
3
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM KILLAM, Truant Officer.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1916
RECEIPTS
GENERAL ACCOUNT :
Appropriation from tax levy $48,150 00
From Agricultural Account, overhead charges 476 28
Tuition from North Reading
2,184 00
Tuition from Middleton
24 00
Tuition from Commonwealth
368 00
Rent of John St. Schoolhouse
36 00
From telephones and sundries
27 75
Refund from McAdams & Co.
5 98
Refund from G. W. Marshall
1 00
Refund from A. B. Reid
72
Refund from Boston & Maine R. R.
16 00
Total receipts, General Account $51,289 73
SPECIAL ACCOUNTS :
1. Agriculture :
Appropriation from tax levy . $1,500 00
Reimbursement from Common- wealth 729 17
Tuition from North Reading 563 00
Tuition from Wakefield 150 00
Tuition from Stoneham
991 00
Tuition from Wilmington
262 00
Tuition from Middleton
36 00
Total receipts, Agricultural Ac- count 4,231 17
2. Painting High School .
200 00
3. Painting Union St. School 160 00
4. For fire protection 650 00
309
310
5. Tuition to Industrial Schools $350 00
6. Transportation of pupils 500 00
7. Grouard House 3,000 00
8. Schoolhouse extension 15,000 00
Grand total receipts, all accounts
$75,370 90
EXPENDITURES, SUMMARY OF TOTALS
General Account
$51,748 77
Less deficit 459 15
-$51,289 62
SPECIAL ACCOUNTS :
1. Agricultural Account $4,231 17
2. Painting High School 200 00
3. Painting Union St. School 150 00
4. For Fire Protection
650 00
5. Tuition to Industrial Schools
337 46
6. Transportation of Pupils .
500 00
7. Grouard House 3,000 00
8. Schoolhouse Extension 14,855 69
$75,213 84
UNEXPENDED BALANCES :
General Account $ 11
Special Accounts :
5. Tuition to Industrial Schoo s 12 54
8. Schoolhouse Extension 144 41
Total unexpended balance 157 06
$75,370 90
4
SCHOOL COMMITTEE EXPENDITURES, CLASSIFIED
EXPENDED, 1913
EXPENDED, 1914
EXPENDED, 1915
EXPENDED, 1916
General Account :
1 Teachers' and Supt.'s salaries .
$28,510 27
$28,463 70 3,474 50
$30,989 43 3,540 00
$35,584 81 3,603 00
3 Other salaries :
Truant Officer ·
150 00
104 00
104 00
102 00
Medical Inspector .
200 00
200 00
200 00
200 00
Census Enumerator
100 00
65 00
50 00
$450 00
$369 00
$354 00
$302 00
4 Transportation of pupils
367 25
850 00
1,046 25
883 44
5 Tuition paid
227 80
408 50
14 14
78 00
6 Books
1,274 48
1,291 17
1,353 20
1,695 67
7
Supplies for pupils
1,914 29
1,771 34
2,354 40
2,812 06
8 Apparatus for teaching
6 60
290 00
190 71
193 96
9 General Expense :
a Printing and advertising
135 19
157 51
185 74
191 43
b Office supplies, stationery
50 80
40 39
90 47
22 39
C Telephones ·
136 27
124 46
138 13
256 11
d School Com. expenses
87 75
30 80
23 96
26 82
f
e Supt.'s expenses Law enforcement and police service
4 00
g Lectures, public meetings
37 44
10 00
193 00
$473 30
$357 81
$641 30
$514 15
.
.
.
.
.
21 85
4 65
17 50
.
.
.
.
h Insurance
.
2 Janitors' salaries .
3,276 00
4
SCHOOL COMMITTEE EXPENDITURES (Continued)
EXPENDED 1913 $2,937 43
EXPENDED 1914 $3,153 74
EXPENDED 1915
EXPENDED 1916
10 Fuel
.
11 Building Maintenance :
a Light .
211 73
147 06
215 95
292 22
b Water
244 84
291 76
275 38
315 94
C Removal of ashes
43 15
122 01
93 25
118 95
d Janitors' Supplies .
385 87
397 24
422 99
500 45
$885 59
$958 07
$1,007 57
$1,227 56
12 Repairs :
a Buildings
1,687 99
313 03
913 73
1,363 83
b Furniture
140 98
232 18
255 43
155 37
c Grounds .
403 12
163 35
119 50
168 83
$2,232 09
$1,208 61
$1,288 66
$1,688 03
$48,055 10
$12,596 44
$45,889 25
$52,248 77
Less Unpaid Bills :
Books .
·
.
·
$235 65
Supplies ·
.
.
$459 15
$51,789 62
.
.
.
.
.
223 50
.
.
.
.
.
$3,108 99
$8,666 09
Agricultural Account :
1 Salaries
$3,015 00
2 Books, apparatus and supplies
739 89
3 Janitors, light and fuel
476 28
Total cost of Agriculture
$4,231 17
Less transfer to general account for overhead
476 28
$3,754 89
314
DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES, 1916 - GENERAL SCHOOL ACCOUNT
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS :
Adams, George, transportation $32 50
Bay State Street Railway Co., ticket books 285 94
Borthwick, James, transportation 65 00
$383 44
TUITION-TRUANT SCHOOL :
Middlesex County, tuition 78 00
BOOKS :
Adams, John Q. & Co., books $14 50
Allyn & Bacon, books 203 44
American Book Co., books 81 90
American Express Co., expressage 6 86
Babb, E. E. & Co., books 432 02
Barnard, F. J. Co,. rebinding books 31 68
Barnes, A. S. Co., books
2 67
Century Co., books
6 11
Cummings Express, expressage
21 29
De Wolfe & Fiske, book . 3 60
Dictionary of Thoughts Pub. Co., books
7 80
Ditson, Oliver Co., music 27 92
The M. W. Dunton Co., books 1 50
6 85
Frontier Press Co., dictionary Funk & Wagnalls Co., books .
17 20
Ginn & Co., books . .
348 86
Heath, D. O. & Co., books
63 07
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books .
95 14
Little, Brown & Co., books
48 10
Lyons & Carnahan, books
36 78
MacMillan Co., books 12 34
Merrill, Charles O. Co., books Old Corner Book Store, books The Palmer Co., books .
7 46
7 50
1 44
Pontes Publishing Co., books 5 70
Rand, McNally & Co., books
16 38
315
Rosen's Talking Machine Shops,
books $36 00
Sanborn, Benj. H. & Co., books 23 01
Scott, Foresman Co., books 72 00
Silver, Burdett & Co., books 25 92
University of Chicago Press, books 5 73
Ward, Artemas, encyclopedia
7 00
Whitcomb & Barrows, books
60 97
Wilson, H. W. Co., books 2 80
World Book Co., books . 25 41
$1,685 67
SUPPLIES FOR PUPILS :
Adams Co., cheese cloth $1 25
American Express Co., expressage 16 04
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co., paper ·
12 80
Atkinson, George Co., supplies
79 22
Babb, E. E. & Co., supplies 529 81
Bailey, J. W., supplies .
2 30
Becker, Peter, supplies .
5 50
Borthwick, James, expressage
3 00
Carter, Clarence E., town plans
13 50
Carters' Ink Co., coupon book
7 50
Central Scientific Co., stop watch
9 11
Chapin, E. H., dry cells
35
Charles, M. F., supplies
17 56
Cummings' Express, expressage
48 91
Oliver Ditson Co., music
21 41
Educational Associates, charts
11 00
Francis Bros., supplies . 2 18
Hammett, J. L. Co., supplies
758 23
Hill, Smith & Co., supplies
18 35
Hodson Bros., supplies .
16 05
Johnson, Geo. T. Co., toilet paper
21 00
Knott, L. E. Apparatus Co., sup- plies 39 84
Lapex, A. R. & Bro., buttons 7 10
Macey-Stetson-Morris Co., supplies 49 50
Matthewson, Mabel I., supplies 9 61
McAdams, William M. L., supplies 13 69
316
McArdle, H. B., supplies $8 50
McIntosh, D. O., supplies 25 52
Metcalf Store, supplies . 3 40
Milton, Bradley Oo., supplies
406 76
Moulton, O. W. H. Co., ladder
3 00
Mostyle Oo., supplies
26 60
National Express Co., freight
1 39
Oxley, Clarence, supplies
28 18
Parker & Page, supplies
248 32
Pilgrim Press, hymn tablets .
5 36
Pratt's, Daniel, Sons, clocks .
17 50
Reid, W. B. & Co., desk stands
1 44
Rich, W. A., cod fat
45
Scott, Foresman & Co., exercises 19 00
Stewart & Robertson, dowels 90
Symonds, O. P. & Sons, jobbing
1 50
Van Buskirk, J. B., supplies
13 48
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., sup- plies 28 08
Wallace, F., supplies
28 26
Ward, Samuel, supplies
6 46
Wilkinson, A. J. & Co., supplies 153 38
Willis, W. H., supplies . .
61 47
$2,811 56
APPARATUS FOR TEACHING :
Knott, L. E. Apparatus Co., sup- plies
$7 65
Remington Typewriter Co., shields 1 40
Rosen's Talking Machine, cortina outfit 30 00
Royal Typewriter Co., supplies 10 00
Thompson. A. T. & Co., supplies 38 70
Whittal, Tatum Co., apparatus 90 69
Wright & Ditson, dumb bells 15 52
$193 96
. PRINTING AND ADVERTISING :
Turner, Wilbur, pictures $7 50
Twombly, W. E. & J. F., printing 183 93
191 43
317
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND STATIONERY :
Macey-Stetson-Morris Co., supplies $26 31 McAdams, Wm. M. L., supplies 5 98
$32 29
TELEPHONES :
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones . 256 11
SCHOOL COMMITTEE EXPENSES :
Gilmore, Agnes M., ribbon for diplomas . $12 00
Vale, Anita, engrossing diplomas . 12 25
Wright & Potter Printing Co., ledger sheets .
2 57
26 82
SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPENSES :
Safford, A. L., expenses
17 50
FUEL :
Bancroft, Wendell & Co. $492 19
Berry, D. W., teaming . 5 75
Boston & Maine R. R., freight 976 32
Hanscom, E. C., teaming
91 87
Russell Coal Co., coal 1,540 50
Sewell, Daniel, wood 3 00
Sweetser, P. N., coal and teaming
488 55
Wakefield, Charles, wood 5 50
Zwicker, Jason, fuel
13 00
3,616 68
LIGHT :
Municipal Light Board, lights
$222 22
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co., gas 70 00
292 22
WATER :
Reading Water Works, water
315.94
REMOVAL OF ASHES :
Burke, Joseph
$3 15
Cummings Express
108 30
Zanni, Angelo
7 50
118 95
318
JANITORS' SUPPLIES :
Atkinson, G. H. Co., supplies $17 32
Burton, A. & E. Co., brushes 52 75
Breck, Joseph & Sons, supplies 11 83
Dallman, H. I. Co., supplies
15 00
Eastern School Specialty Co., floor spray 25 00
Hannaford, Mrs. Margaret, brooms 4 75
Houghton & Dutton, ash cans 5 88
Jameson, Frank, supplies
22 75
Johnson, Geo. T. Co., paper and towels 52 25
Marshall, Geo. W., repairs 1 00
Masury-Young Co., supplies .
60 25
N. E. Petroleum Co., supplies
10 75
Ordway, O. O., supplies
3 25
Orona Mfg. Co., supplies
14 25
Stone & Forsyth Co., supplies
49 25
Talbot Chemical Co., supplies
18 00
Wakefield Chemical Co., supplies 32 30
Wallace, Fred, supplies 60 00
Wilkinson, A. J. & Co., supplies . 21 08
Worcester, G. H. & Co., supplies . 82 19
$500 45
REPAIRS
BUILDING :
Allen Shade Holder Co., shades · $88 00
Bailey, J. W. & Sons Co., lumber 17 84
Bancroft, Wendell & Co., repairs, etc. . 36 21
Clapp, R. D., repairs,
328 87
Clapp & Leach, labor and supplies 76 18
Eames, L. T., repairing bells
1 50
Fife, T. O., repairs
362 56
Francis Bros., repairs
166 87
Hanscom, E. O., cleaning cesspools
10 00
Hodge Boiler Works, repairing boiler 11 76
Hodson Bros., repairs
95 83
319
Johnson, H. R., repairs . $43 90
Morgan, Hugh, repairs .
40 95
Murphy, James, repairs . 2 50
O'Brien Awning Co., recovering awnings 35 00
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., glass . 25 93
Standard Electric Time Co., repairs 9 93
Stock, Geo. O., cleaning cesspools 7 50
Surrette, Frank, labor 2 50
$1,363 83
FURNITURE :
American Seating Co. $12 00
Edgerley & Bessom, chairs 3 50
Green, K., repairing baseballs 1 00
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co. 5 75
Hill, Smith Co., supplies 1 20
Jackson, Chas. S., reseating chairs 3 00
Jackson & Newton Co., drawer cases 6 00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
25 50
Kissock, Frances, table .
5 00
Ladd, Frederick A., piano tuning and repairs 19 25
Lansing, E. H., benches
16 80
Marshall, George W., lawn mower sharpened 1 00
Masury- Young Co., valve for sprayer
1 25
Miller, Henry F. & Sons Piano Co., tuning piano
3 10
Neostyle Co., charges sending
neostyle . 25
Pratt's, Daniel, Sons, clocks . 6 50
Prescott & Co., bldh. maintenance 6 00
Standard Electric Time Co., in- stalling and ribbons .
18 39
Underwood Typewriter Co., tables and repairing machines . 8 98
Warren-Allen Carpet Co., line 9 90
Woburn Carpet Cleaning Works, cleaning rug 1 00
155 37
320
GROUNDS :
Borthwick, Jas. W., transportation $4 00
Carter, M. M., dressing . 24 00
Devaney, Mathew, labor 63 00
Manning, J. W ., grading and shrubs
64 83
McLeod, Herbert, loam and dressing 9 00
Sweetser, P. N., hauling loam 4 00
$168 83
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
FIRE PROTECTION :
Eames, L. T., repairs
$12 84
Fife, T. C. 168 40
$181 24
TRANSPORTATION :
Bay State Street Ry. Co. 500 00
TUITION :
City of Boston
$12 71
Middlesex County .
26 00
City of Somerville .
175 00
Town of Wakefield .
190 00
403 71
AGRICULTURE :
American Book Co., books
$14 40
American Chem. and Man. Co., supplies 2 48
Anker Printing Co., cards
5 39
Babb, E. E. & Co., books
40 88
Bancroft, W. & Co., lumber .
32 24
Bristol County Agricultural School, supplies 7 50
Central Scientific Co., supplies 107 58
Christiansen, J. L., photographs .
6 15
Clarke, W. B. Co., books, supplies
4 67
Cyphers Incubator Co., incubator .
16 30
Eames, L. T., repairs
15 14
Francis Bros., supplies
6 85
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Frost & Adams, supplies $5 50
General Fireproofing Co., supplies 35 95
Ginn & Co., books . .
56 43 Harvard Coop. Society, Inc., tables 3 15
Heywood Bros., furniture
33 55
Hoard's Dairyman, subscription
75
Knott, L. E. App. Co., supplies
103 98
Lea & Febiger, books 4 00
Locke, Arthur T., lumber
16 31
Macey-Stetson-Morris Co., supplies
15 00
Manifold Mfg. Co., supplies
8 00
Market Growers' Journal, subscrip- tion . 1 00
Meserve, H. M. & Co., supplies 8 85
Moss, Charles E. O., supplies
40 53
Orpin Bros., desks .
40 00
Silver, Burdett & Co., books .
6 62
Standard Electric Time Co., wiring and installing . 5 48
Ward, Artemas, encyclopedia
7 00
Whitall, Tatum Co., supplies 6 45
Wilkinson, A. J. & Co. 72 77
$730 90
BUILDING APPROPRIATIONS :
Adden & Parker, architects $100 00
Allen Shade Co., shades 153 20
Clapp & Leach, elec. equipment 125 00
Ellenwood, Louis, labor 15 35
Fife, T. O., repairs and heating
922 00
Francis Bros., plumbing and heat 705 51
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., furniture 580 00
Hodson Bros., painting
310 00
Johnson, H. R., moving Grouard House 1,400 00
Orpin Brothers, furniture 70 00
Pratt's, Daniel, Sons, clocks .
26 00
Prescott & Co., supplies .
36 00
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Stewart & Robertson, contractors $1,308 50
Sidebottom, George H., architect's fees . 534 53
Stokes, H. D., repairs
286 05
$14,885 59
PAINTING HIGH SCHOOL :
Stokes, Harry D. $200 00
PAINTING UNION ST. SCHOOL :
Stokes, Harry D. $150 00
GROUARD HOUSE :
Johnson, H. R. . $1,622 66
Manning, J. W.
273 64
Poor, Howard W.
975 00
Stokes, H. D.
128 70
$3,000 00
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ACCOMPANYING BUDGET FOR 1917
TO THE HONORABLE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF READING, MASS. :
GENTLEMEN-Estimates for the budget of the School Committee for the fiscal year of 1917 are submitted here- with for your consideration and recommendations.
Several conditions have operated to increase materially the fixed charges for the maintenance of the schools for the year of 1917. In view of this fact, the School Committee foregoes any request for money for additional teachers, for the extension of the work of the schools in any direction or for any increase in salaries other than the regular annual advancement for experience as provided in the Schedule of Teachers' Salaries adopted two years ago with the endorse- ment of your Honorable Board.
The method of estimating the budget of the Agricul- tural Department has been modified to bring it into closer accord with the general budget and to make chargeable to that department the cost of instruction for all of the sub- jects included in the curriculum as defined by the State Board of Education, and also a proportionate part of the general supplies and overhead charges of the High School. While a considerable portion of these amounts would still have to be expended if the agricultural department were discontinued nevertheless it seemed correct bookkeeping to have each department bear its legitimate burden of over- head expenses and other costs of maintenance.
The first item of the budget, Teachers' Salaries, repre- sents as in other recent years the largest item of increase, amounting to $4,125.19. This increase arises from two sources : 1st, the addition of four new teachers to the
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corps last September with salaries aggregating $2,600, and second, the gradual approach to the maximum salaries pro- vided in the schedule adopted two years ago. Eight teachers are already receiving maximum salaries, twelve teachers will reach the maximum this year, and fourteen more next year. As changes in the corps tend to prevent the whole corps from being at the maximum salary, at the same time the maximum expenditure under the present salary schedule will probably be reached next year. The amount estimated for teachers' salaries for 1917 is made up as follows: salaries in force Jan. 1, 1917, as per schedule attached, $38,050, additional amount to meet the require- ments of the regular advancement in September as provided in the schedule of Teachers' Salaries, $1,100, amount esti- mated as necessary to provide substitutes, $400; total for general account $39,550; salaries for agricultural account, $3,175; total salary estimate $42,725.
Items two and three are practically the same as last year. Although we are paying more for janitor service at the Lowell Street, Prospect Street and Chestnut Hill School- houses, a saving has been affected at the Centre and Union Street Schoolhouses that offsets the increases.
Item 4, Transportation of pupils is based on actual con- ditions at the present time and not on the sums expended last year. The whole matter of transportation has been investigated and systematized with the purpose of equaliz- ing the privileges for all parts of the town. The price of tickets on the Bay State Street Railway has been increased 20%, that is from two and one half to three cents per ticket, also a larger number of pupils than last year are attending school from Haverhill Street and vicinity. The estimate is made up as follows : 85 pupils at $12 each, $1,020; automo- bile service from Haverhill Street, $280 a year; tickets for pupils from Chestnut Hill attending classes in Manual Train- ing and Sewing at Highland School, $50, total $1,350.
Item 5, is for pupils at the Truant School. There are two there at present and more are likely to be added. $200 is considered necessary for this purpose.
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Item 6, Books, shows an increase over previous years for three reasons. First, the opening of several new rooms makes necessary a considerable number of books that we have been able to provide only in part in 1916, owing to lack of funds; second, the condition of the geographies throughout the Town is very bad and many of them must be replaced; and third, all book publishers have advanced the price of school books. The estimate of 1,975 is conser- vative and will not wholly meet present needs.
Item 7, Supplies for Pupils, is considerably increased but not in proportion to the advance in prices. Most grades of school papers have more than doubled in price. Some staple articles, such as ink powders, have increased fourfold and some articles are difficult to obtain at any price. The practice of a rigid economy will be necessary in order to make this estimate of $3,700 suffice.
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