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1929
700
French
Marian T. Pratt.
*Wellesley B. A .. .
1919
1900
Latin
Mildred B. Sussmann. .
*Radcliffe A. B ..
1919
1900
Biol., Hist., Alg.
Ellen S. Wright.
*Mt. Holyoke A. B.
1926
1600
Agriculture .
Hermon P. Wheeler .
..
*Mass. Agric. College B. S. C ..
1924
2400
Secretary
Myrtle W. Tilton
*Bates A. B.
1923
3600
*
Springfield Col. B. P. E.
1927
2400
French .
Ramona Beil
*Mt. Ida ...
1924
1700
31
28.12 31.44
27.21 96.93 28.93 92.11
Soc. Stu. Guid ..
Carl W. Belmore.
*Bates A. B.
1927
2500
Penmanship
Margaret Cameron .
*Salem Nor., Zaner Bloser Col. of Penn ..
1927
2000
Science Guid. . .
Marian D. Day .
*Beverly High.
1924
1800
Practical Arts ..
George R. Draper .
*Fitchburg Normal.
1927
2300
29
29 30.15
28.23 93.63
Woodworking.
Lyman E. Fancy
*Mass. Normal Arts.
1918
2300
Social Studies.
Lestina M. Goddard. ..
1920
1700
34
33.29
31.53 94.76
Soc. Stud. Guid ...
Grace M. Harriman . ..
1928
1900
General Science. ..
Gladys Henderson ..
*Salem Normal.
1928
1200
28
27.7
26.5
195.7
Sewing ..
Rita Lahaise.
*Roxbury High.
1921
1700
29
Mathematics
George D. Anderson . ..
*M. I. T., 2 yrs., Boston Univ., 1 1/2 yrs ..
1926
2200
Foods, Homemak'g
Harriet S. Burr ..
*Simmons B. S.
1929
1700
Drawing.
Eleanor F. Emerson. .
*Salem Normal .
1915
1700
31
26.19 90.33
Principal .
Raymond W. Blaisdell .
Phys. Ed.
Philip W. Althoff
W. S. Parker Junior High
1924
1900
French ...
Marie L. Day
Membership
*Gorham Normal.
*Radcliffe A. B., Harvard Ed. M.
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DEC. 31, 1929, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR APPOINTED ALSO ENROLLMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS ENDING DEC. 31, 1929
SCHOOL
GRADES OR SUBJECT
NAMES OF TEACHERS
GRADUATE OF
Year
Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrollment
Average
Average
Attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
Mathematics. Soc. Studies.
Inez H. Lewis
*Gorham Normal
1923
$1700
34
32.85
31.10 94.66
Louise B. Maxwell
* Bridgewater Normal
1920
1700
34
31.50
29.99 95.14
English .
Ruth A. Maxwell
*Bates.
1929
1700
31
31
27.84 93.69
Mathematics.
Emma S. Page ..
*N. H. State Normal.
1899
1900
English .
Claudia Perry .
*Radcliffe A. B.
1928
1400
35
35
33.84 96.55
English . ( ppor. Classes.
Anna M. Peck.
Radcliffe A. B.
1927
1800
27
25.7
22.9
89.26
Mathematics.
William A. Rich.
*Salem Normal .
1928
1500
31
31
29.88 95.64
French
Carmen Simon. .
*Boston Univ. A. B. & A. M.
1928
1800
32
32
31.06 94.48
English .
Helen M. Thompson.
Wheaton A. B ..
1928
1700
33
33
31.47 95.42
Phys. Ed ..
Margaret E. Tyacke
*Girls High & Latin, Harvard S. Sch
1926
1700
33
34
32.51 95.49
Bus. Prac. & Type.
Ethel S. Williams.
*Salem Normal.
1922
1700
32
31.25
29
92.8
Secretary .
Doris Skinner .
Esther Downs ..
*Salem Normal.
1890
2400
38
36.81
35.11 95.39
Phys. Ed., Hygiene
*Posse Nissen .
1927
1200
46
44.46
42.63 95.50
Arith., Geog ...
Annie Louise Fogg
*Colby College, 2 yrs.
1919
1500
47
46.55
45.15 97.18
Geo., Draw., Pen ..
Matilda J. Gamble
*Woburn High .
1920
1500
48
44.51
43.09 96.76
Hist., Read., Spell.
Carolyn C. Grace. .
*Plymouth, N. H., Normal.
1925
1500
48
41.97
40.54 96.59
Draw., Read., Lang.
Annie W. Quillen .
1927
1500
45
44.22
41.92 94.82
Grade 1.
Winifred Cochrane . .
1919
1500
23
21.59
19.63 89.99
Grade 2.
Halden L. Daniels.
Salem Normal
1927
1200
29
27.69
26.07 94.16
Grade 4.
Secretary
Beatrice Bryden
*Lowell Normal.
1929
1500
14
12.73
11.81 92.83
Upper .
Dorothy Allard .
*Salem Normal .
1927
1300
15
13.12
12.05 91.84
Center Street. .
Grade 4.
Vera Buckle.
*Boston Univ. A. B ..
1915
1500
43
42.33
40.27 95.04
Grade 2.
Alberta Mathieson
Salem Normal.
1924
1500
15
43.53
41.38 94.98
Grade 4.
Norma Perkins.
Salem Normal.
1928
1100
41
38.66
36.39|92.43
Grade 3.
*Salem Normal
1921
1500
45
43.03
40.96 95.23
Grade 3.
Genevieve W. Quinlan . Isabel L. Winchester . ..
*Salem Normal
1928
1100
44
42.02
39.88 94.91
.
*Radcliffe A. B.
1929
1700
30
29.54
27.88 94.3
Highland Grades 5 & 6
Prin.Hgh.,Cen.,Un.
M. Grace Wakefield
Doris Bauer .
Salem Normal .
1929
1000
1500
35
28.72
26.03 90.20
Language, Science.
Florence A. Potter
*Salem Normal.
1916
1500
48
47.19
44.87 95.05
Arith., Music.
Eva C. Wilcox .
*Plymouth, N. H., Normal
17
15.55
14.62 93.85
Grade 3. .
20
20
18.86 94.30
Opportunity . . .
Lower.
Marian F. Richner
*No. Adams, Concord Bus. Col.
1919
*N. S. Provincial Normal .
Mus., Hygiene, Pen.
Marjorie Buckle
Clerk . .
Dorothy Randall
Membership
Union Street ...
Grades 1 & 112. ..
*Dover, N. H., High
1925
23
22.05 32.03 44.15 28.35
20.08 91.06 30.09 93.94 41.86 94.75 26.41 93.33
Lowell Street . .
Prin. & Grade 3 . .
Nellie P. Beaton.
*Danvers High
1920
1700
8
6.66
6.32 93.79
Grade 4.
Dorothy L. Burgess
*Lesley Normal.
1926
1300
47
41.45
37.93|91.63
Grade 1. ..
Doris R. Cleary.
Salem Normal.
1927
1200
29
28.32
25.92 91.59
Grade 2.
Grade 2.
Martha Kenefick.
*Framingham Normal.
1929
1300
16
15
13.71|91.41
Grade 3.
27
20.34
23.55 92.91
Prospect Street .
Prin. & Grade 2.
Ada E. Dow
*Caribou High
1908
1700
14
14
13.13 95.09
Grade 3.
Jessie Little ..
Bridgewater Normal.
1926
1300
38
32.46
35.42 94.84
Grade 1.
Velma Herrick.
*Perry Normal.
1927
1300
44
42.13
39.50 93.72
Grade 3. ..
Olive S. Perry .
*Wheelock.
1916
1500
17
14.60
13.26 90.33
Grade 4.
31
30.81
28.96 94.05
Chestnut Hill. .
Prin. & Grade 1. ..
Irene Richardson .. ..
*Aroostook State Normal.
1928
1600
9
9 17.42
8.70 96.72 16.36 93.96
Grade 3.
A: Louise Richardson . .
Lesley Normal.
1928
1100
12
11.97
11.53 94
Grade 4.
5
5
4.83 96
Totals. .
2191
2098.89 1989.46 94.4
.
*Bridgewater Normal.
1927
34
Grade 2. ..
Glenna Dow. . .
·
*Caribou, Me., High, Hyannis, Summer. Salem Normal.
1919 1929
$1500 1400 1500 1000
46 30
Grade 1. ..
Margaret Morgan.
.
.
35
33.48
32.17 96.03
Grade 1.
15
14.24
13.33 92.79
31
29.8
28.5
96.02
Grade 2 ..
Addie A. Copeland . Alice D. Berry . .
.
Grade 1. .
19
Grade 2. .
* Have taken additional courses in education and graduate work. t On sick leave.
BUDGET SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, TOWN OF READING, 1929
1930 Estimated
Appropriation
GENERAL ACCOUNT: SALARIES
,
1. Salaries-Teachers and Supt.
$151,553.81
$146,936.05 15,952.36
$136,060.73
2. Janitors
15,952.50
11,546.50
3. Other Salaries :
Attendance Officer
500.00
500.00
500.00
Medical Inspector
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
School Nurse
2,420.00
1,900.00
1,780.00
$179,500.00
Total Salaries
$171,426.31
$166,288.41
$150,887.23
6,700.00
4. Transportation of Pupils
6,120.62
5,393.50
5,105.00
250.00
5. School Tuition
169.14
158.57
5,250.00
6. Books
5,025.10
4,854.28
5,319.72
6,400.00
7. Supplies for Pupils
6,364.39
6,191.17
7,009.86
1,500.00
8. Apparatus for Teaching
2,642.51
2,909.06
681.22
3,850.00
9. General Expense :
Printing and Advertising
151.75
348.61
601.87
Office Supplies
589.61
614.95
571.03
Telephones
744.23
761.71
774.46
Graduation
213.26
245.55
151.08
Supt's Expense
49.91
42.50
Lectures, Public Meetings
3.00
11.00
Insurance
31.57
32.24
65.05
Supervisor's Expense
629.56
380.86
173.64
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Expended 1929
Expended 1928
Expended 1927
$ 2,409.89
$ 2,429.42
$ 2,348.13
$ 7,000.00 2,400.00
10. Fuel
$ 8,000.00 $ 7,722.28 $ 8,200.31
11. Building Maintenance
Gas and Electricity
2,368.71
3,258.19
1,881.91
2,000.00
Water and Sewer
1,968.95
2,265.55
1,352.90
600.00
Trucking, etc. ..
596.40
526.50
613.57
2,300.00
Janitors' Supplies
2,279.28
2,228.40
1,923.17
1
20,000.00
12. Maintenance and Improvements
Buildings
10,709.35
6,716.04
6,288.98
Furniture
987.26
711.72
532.93
Grounds
3,670.76
2,326.89
1,332.50
58,250.00
TOTAL FOR MAINTENANCE
$ 15,367.37
$ 9,754.65
$ 8,154.41
TOTAL EXPENDITURES-General
$ 53,312.36
$ 47,691.57
$ 42,590.20
$224,738.67
$213,979.98
$193,477.43
Receipts not from tax levy :
State Reimbursement, Chap. 70, G. L.
$ 15,490.00 $ 14,760.00 $ 13,425.00
Tuition, etc.
14,327.48
9,289.75
11,599.21
Sundry Receipts ..
91.37
Due, but not paid (tuition)
4,207.58
4,719.06
823.77
BUDGET SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, (Continued)
1930 Estimated Appropriation
Expended Expended Expended 1929 1928 1927
AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNT:
$ 2,800.00
1. Teachers', Supt's and Janitors' Salaries Smith-Hughes' Fund
161.78
197.98
313.29
300.00
2. Light, Fuel, Repairs .
311.22
3. Books, Apparatus, Supplies
147.35
56.34
188.78
Receipts not from tax levy :
$ 3,119.99
State Aid to Industrial School
$ 1,136.46
$ 1,122.82
$ 1,172.35
Smith-Hughes' Fund Tuition
749.24
646.73
456.71
Due, but not paid
247.08
186.33
25.58
600.00
INDUSTRIAL, TUITION
$ 582.98
$ 294.75
$ 338.94
Tuition paid .. . Reimbursement from State
160.58
136.66
398.58
$ 2,634.86
$ 2,619.99
176.68
161.78
197.98
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DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1929
Transportation:
Eastern Mass. Street Railway Co. $ 30.00
James Mason
6,079.82
Frank H. Powell
10.80
$ 6,120.62
Tuition:
Middlesex County
$ 169.14
$ 169.14
Books:
Allyn & Bacon
$ 272.07
American Book Co.
97.40
American Educ. Press, Inc.
16.90
O. L. Angevine
2.80
D. Appleton & Co.
24.96
Arlo Publishing Co.
2.55
The Athletic Supply Co., Inc.
4.00
Jos. E. Avent
13.36
Edward E. Babb & Co.
243.43
F. J. Barnard Co.
741.83
A. S. Barnes & Co.
8.73
Beckley Cardy Co.
69.99
C. C. Birchard & Co.
55.56
The Bobbs Merrill Co.
1.76
Bookshop for Boys and Girls
11.00
Milton Bradley Co.
7.38
Robert Paris Carroll
2.50
The Century Co.
6.56
College Entrance Exam. Board
10.00
Congregational Pub. Soc.
8.30
The Davis Press
6.00
The John Day Co.
6.05
Detroit Teachers College
.30
Oliver Ditson Co.
22.57
Doubleday Doran & Co.
8.79
Expression Co.
18.95
The Frontier Press
15.50
Charles M. Gates
3.92
Ginn & Co.
455.94
The Gregg Pub. Co.
14.78
.
110
Harcourt Brace & Co.
152.26
G. M. Harriman
2.00
Harvard University Press
1.00
D. C. Heath & Co.
203.41
Henry Holt & Co.
8.10
Houghton Mifflin Co.
179.21
Iriquos Publishing Co.
143.09
Kramer Publishing Co.
27.90
Latin Form & Syntax Co.
2.50
Charles E. Lauriat Co.
9.30
J. B. Lippincott Co.
5.48
Little Brown & Co.
74.37
Longmans Green & Co.
6.41
Looseleaf Educ. Inc.
19.22
Robert M. McBride & Co.
1.72
E. V. McCollum
1.20
McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
2.13
Macmillan Co.
101.02
Mass. Soc. for Mental Hygiene
3.00
Charles E. Merrill Co.
27.77
National Child Welfare Assn.
1.00
National Safety Council
17.75
New Republic, Inc.
1.00
The Old Corner Book Store, Inc.
121.50
Oxford Book Co.
4.05
Playground & Rec. Assn. of Am.
1.25
Public School Publishing Co.
95.92
G. P. Putnam's Sons
7.04
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
30.98
Progressive Educ. Assn.
32.12
Regents Publishing Co.
3.74
Rochforts Book Shop
1.50
Row, Peterson & Co.
5.80
Harold Rugg
194.91
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.
109.86
J. H. Saul
3.50
Scott, Foresman & Co.
14.65
Charles Scribners Sons
88.42
Self-Test Publishing Co.
1.10
W. Hazleton Smith
5.67
Silver Burdett & Co.
185.33
Standard Book Co., Inc.
3.38
J. B. Taylor
16.65
Teachers College
5.75
University of Chicago
. .
2.50
111
University Press 1.97
University Publishing Co.
15.36
The University Supply & Book Co. 1.68
United Society of Christian End. 1.80
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
6.84
The Williams & Wilkins Co.
6.00
Warwick & York, Inc.
8.88
Winfield High School
1.50
John C. Winston Co.
140.81
World Book Co.
759.92
$ 5,025.10
Supplies for Pupils:
Adams Company
$ 38.37
Amercian Book Co.
81.00
American Classical League
1.00
American Cookery
1.50
American Type Founders Co.
23.35
The Athletic Journal
1.50
Athletic Trainer's Supply Co.
2.44
G. H. Atkinson Co.
89.47
Edward E. Babb & Co.
855.35
W. Bancroft & Co.
15.51
Chas. F. Bingler Sons, Inc.
.70
Milton Bradley Co.
58.75
Barris Lumber Co.
29.43
Henry W. Bryden
5.60
Carter Rice Co.
167.32
M. F. Charles
13.00
M. J. Chase
8.23
Clapp & Leach, Inc.
10.16
College Entrance Exam. Board
2.00
Colgate-Palmolive Pub. Co.
1.00
Crescent Laundry
1.76
J. Cuneo & Co.
3.06
Oliver Ditson Co.
3.05
Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc.
3.46
Ellis Publishing Co.
27.97
Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co.
23.49
A. Flanagan Co.
1.09
Carl Fischer, Inc.
1.10
General Science Quarterly
2.50
The Gregg Writer
2.00
C. A. Gregory
3.70
J. L. Hammett Co.
3,051.48
C. S. Hammond & Co.
5.00
112
The Haire Publishing Co.
3.00
Harvard Graduate School of Educ.
19.35
D. C. Heath & Co.
33.48
Herrick Company
10.20
Hodson Brothers
5.10
Houghton Mifflin Co.
32.14
Howe & French, Inc.
72.66
Amos C. Hoyt
2.25
W. C. Hutchinson
38.55
The Inland Printer
4.00
Jordan Marsh Co.
. .
52.36
Journal of Chem. Educ.
2.00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
372.22
Kenney Service Station
4.75
W. E. King
25.00
Laidlaw Bros.
12.62
Loose Leaf Mfg. Co.
3.50
R. A. Lufkin
4.98
H. B. McArdle
192.15
McIntosh Publishing Co.
21.41
The Macmillan Co.
16.12
Mangus Brush Materials
43.50
B. L. Makepeace
3.12
The Mathematics Teacher
2.00
Mass. S. P. C. A.
1.00
Morey & Co.
10.00
Mun. Light Board
2.81
National Studios, Inc.
3.62
Parker Brothers
6.17
Popular Science Monthly
3.75
The Priscilla Co.
3.00
Public School Pub. Co.
24.83
Reading Citizens Ice Co.
1.60
Reading Custom Laundry
10.92
Research Service Co.
9.00
Rockport Fish Market
3.10
Ryan and Buker, Inc.
45.65
Samuel Stephens 197.71
School Arts Magazine
6.00
Service Bureau for Classical Teachers
1.58
Scott, Foresman & Co.
18.76
R. Taylor Milk Co.
23.55
University Extension 2.00
The University Pub. Co.
32.45
The United States Daily
15.00
. .
113
Van Alstine's
3.26
W. H. Willis
7.08
Wild and Stevens, Inc.
6.40
A. J. Wilkinson
60.55
John C. Winston Co.
57.22
A. M. Wood Co.
233.61
World Book Co.
61.97
$ 6,364.39
Apparatus for Teaching:
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$ 302.50
W. C. Barrett
5.00
R. W. Blaisdell
6.00
Beverly Trade School
33.50
Cambridge Botanical Sup. Co.
57.26
Central Scientific Co.
207.48
Chemical Rubber Co.
119.00
Clapp & Leach, Inc.
4.00
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
311.20
W. H. Field Co.
494.70
J. L. Hammet Co.
8.56
Jewell Elec. Instru. Co.
25.72
Mass. Audubon Soc.
7.50
Mun. Light Board
2.99
Albert-Pick-Barth Co.
69.01
Remington Rand Bus. Ser. Inc.
295.00
Royal Typewriter Co.
15.00
Charles N. Smart
17.13
L. C. Smith & Corona Type, Inc.
30.00
Underwood Typewriter Co.
385.00
James W. Brine Co.
245.96
$ 2,642.51
Administrative Expense:
Adams Co ..
$ 3.60
American Council on Educ.
4.25
American Gas & Oil Co.
20.59
Athletic Trainers' Supply Co.
14.58
G. H. Atkinson Co.
1.56
Edward E. Babb & Co.
30.28
F. J. Barnard & Co.
.75
Joseph Breck & Sons
15.60
Bureau of Pub. Pers. Admin.
.70
Margaret A. Cameron
11.00
Carter Rice Co.
3.92
M. F. Charles
1.57
H. O. Copeland
2.50
114
Cummings Express Co.
3.50
George W. Davis Co.
14.00
Louis Davis
30.44
Dennison Mfg. Co.
.90
Dept. of Secon Sch. Principals
2.00
Dept. of Superintendance
30.00
L. W. Dickinson & Son
2.45
Fred B. Emerson
.80
Francis Brothers
24.42
Ginn & Co.
2.05
J. L. Hammett Co.
62.25
Harding Typewriter Co.
23.00
Harvard University
2.00
Mary E. Hilton
104.50
Hygeia
3.00
John W. Hutchins
6.00
Houghton Mifflin Co.
3.33
Hodson Brothers
4.00
Jewell & Andrews
25.99
Jordan Marsh Co.
17.60
The Journal of Educ.
3.00
Kingman & Richardson
1.13
Alex Lindsay
32.25
J. B. Lippincott Co.
7.50
Ida C. Lucas
50.00
H. B. McArdle
81.10
E. F. Mahady
4.95
A. H. Mingo
2.05
Mun. Light Board
19.66
Nat'l. Com. for Mental Hygiene
3.00
Nat'l. Educ. Assn.
2.00
Florence Nichols
10.50
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
744.23
Public School Pub. Co.
12.24
Reading Motor Co.
44.92
Reading School Lunches
5.00
Research Service Co.
3.00
Remington Rand Bus. Ser. Inc.
171.81
Adelbert L. Safford
7.91
The Science Press
5.00
School Board Journal
6.00
Scott, Foresman & Co.
1.50
Chas. N. Smart
2.00
The Song Shop
25.00
Standard Office Machine Co.
3.83
.
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115
S. R. Stembridge Co.
14.70
Work-Study Plan Assn.
1.00
The Survey
5.00
Teachers College
10.60
W. E. & W. F. Twombly
261.00
University of Chicago
2.50
United States Post Office
187.99
M. Grace Wakefield
13.75
Margaret E. Whittier
50.50
W. H. Willis
2.00
World Book Co.
110.88
Wright & Potter Print Co.
4.16
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co.
23.10
Fuel:
Oliver McGrane
66.50
Percy N. Sweetser
5,613.85
Otis P. Symonds
10.00
Wakefield Coal Supply Co.
2,304.65
Charles Wheeler
5.00
$ 8,000.00
Gas & Electricity
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
475.66
Municipal Light Board
1,893.05
$ 2,368.71
Sewer and Water:
Sewer Dept.
1,079.10
Water Dept
889.85
$ 1,968.95
Ashes and Trucking:
American Railway Exp. Co.
17.88
Harold W. Batchelder
2.00
Boston and Maine R. R.
57.94
Chase's Auto Express
.90
P. F. Newhouse
1.35
Cummings Express Co.
248.33
Dept. of Correction
3.00
Henry E. Smith
265.00
$ 596.40
Janitors' Supplies:
American Oil & Gas Co.
.44
Andrews Paper Co.
257.25
G. H. Atkinson Co.
17.62
J. C. Birchall
1.00
Boston Mill Remnants Co.
166.45
$ 2,409.89
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Clapp & Leach, Inc.
.40
M. F. Charles
.50
C. B. Dolge Co.
9.60
H. I. Dallman
38.90
M. C. DiRocco Co.
1.25
F. S. Eaton
191.44
Economy Lubricating Co.
41.47
Fort Hill Paper Co.
199.90
Francis Brothers
54.91
L. M. Glover Co.
6.86
J. L. Hammett Co.
5.18
Norman C. Hayner Co.
111.62
Hodson Brothers
33.72
W. E. Johnson
2.25
Kenney Service Station
3.00
Mass. Sts. Prison
121.77
Masury Young Co.
233.18
Middlesex County House of Cor.
2.62
Midland Chemical Laboratories
373.85
Mun. Light Board
.33
Noxon Chemical Products Co., Inc.
6.00
Ira S. Noyes
20.75
Ponsell Floor Machine Co., Inc.
10.20
Proctor & Gamble Dist. Co.
12.74
Reading Custom Laundry
.90
Reformatory for Women
47.15
F. H. Richards
21.00
The Rustile Co.
11.25
Fred F. Smith
48.09
Spencer Co. of Boston
49.46
S. R. Stembridge Co.
4.40
Stone & Forsyth Co.
98.78
Thyng & Davis
8.75
Tropical Paint & Oil Co.
27.67
Webster-Thomas Co.
34.13
W. H. Willis
2.50
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$ 2,279.28
Repairs:
Allen Shade Holder Co.
259.72
Babbit Steam Spec. Co.
10.82
Badger Fire Ext. Co.
50.64
W. Bancroft Co.
96.90
W. C. Barrett 7.55
The Barrett Co.
233.97
J. C. Birchall
4.75
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Board of Public Works
68.86
Braman, Dow & Co.
13.10
J. Frederick Buel
5.63
James S. Cassedy
6.77
M. F. Charles
4.00
Clapp & Leach, Inc.
171.36
George Clarkson
8.00
E. B. Currell & Son
1,352.75
Dudley Lock Corporation
16.65
Frank S. Eaton
22.85
T. C. Fife
2,681.89
Francis Brothers
45.19
Frederick Frotten
43.85
Glynn-Johnson Corporation
15.80
J. L. Hammett Co.
687.81
Stephen Harrow
132.50
Heywood Wakefield
25.52
Hodge Boiler Works
801.00
Hodson Brothers
1,936.41
Ideal Song Shop
18.00
Jordan Marsh Co.
9.50
Kenlit Mfg. Co.
200.00
Lambert Sawyer Co.
53.65
B. J. Leathers
96.50
Mun. Light Board
279.77
J. A. Murphy
4.00
Norton Door Closer Co.
9.80
J. L. Petters
5.50
Pigeon Hollow Spar Co.
310.00
Plibrico Co.
16.69
P. J. Seaman
1.00
Alonzo H. Smith
30.00
Walter Smith
6.00
Harry E. Smith
2,889.00
W. A. Snow Iron Works, Inc.
254.65
The Standard Elec. Time Co.
64.15
Samuel Stephens
1.10
Percy N. Sweetser
10.25
S. L. Thompson
11.00
Thyng & Davis
481.00
Tree Warden
10.00
Town of Reading S. of W. & M.
5.50
Underwood Typewriter Co.
1.94
Univ. Supply Co.
4.00
Upton Lumber Co.
40.90
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Waldorf System, Inc.
1,847.70
A. J. Wilkinson Co. 1.48
$ 15,367.37
Agricultural Account
American Nature Assn.
4.80
Francis Brothers
11.60
The MacMillan Co.
43.33
Orange Judd Pub. Co.
24.51
The Century Co.
4.14
J. B. Lippincott Co.
13.75
Meredith Publishing Co.
.60
James Salter
1.00
J. N. Weston
17.25
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1.90
Hermon T. Wheeler
24.47
$ 147.35
Industrial Tuition
City of Boston
188.44
City of Somerville
370.54
Wakefield School Dept.
24.00
$ 582.98
Janitors
Salaries
High School: Leonard Clarkson, 38 Ash St.
$1,560.00
Matron, Mrs. Ara Pratt, 29 Orange St.
1,040.00
Matron, Miss Edith P. Gleason, 5 Salem St.
780.00
Junior High School, Henry W. Bryden, 14 Village St.
1,820.00
Walter Smith, 30 Temple St.
1,560.00
Fred L. Reissle, 12 Minot St.
1,560.00
Matron, Mrs. Agnes Hurley, 109 Haven St.
1,040.00
Highland School, James L. Healey, 65 Woburn St.
1,560.00
Matron, Mrs. Emma Tibbetts, 13 School St.
780.00
Center School, Edward W. McBrien, 18 Salem St.
1,560.00
Union St. School, Edward W. McBrien
Lowell St. School, Sylvanus L. Thompson, 8 Intervale Ter
1,040.00
Prospect St. School, J. Fred Richardson, 17 Prospect St.
1,040.00
Chestnut Hill School, Herbert F. Damon, Stoneham, Mass
520.00
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REPORT OF ATTENDANCE DEPARTMENT For year ending December 31, 1929
Mr. Adelbert L. Safford, Superintendent of Schools, Reading, Massachusetts.
Dear Mr. Safford :
The year which has just ended has been a successful one from the standpoint of attendance in the public schools. The per cent of attendance has been slightly lower than it has been at some other times, but I think the reasons for the absences have been in most instances fairly good ones. Occasionally a child has been allowed to stay out for trivial causes, but such is the exception and not the rule. Oftener this year than for some time past we have had children out of school because they had no suitable clothing. There is no doubt that business conditions have been bad this year and mothers and fathers cannot buy clothing when they have no funds. In these cases we have been able nearly always to help out with clothing, under- wear, or shoes, as the case might be, through the generosity of more fortunate children or their mothers. Some cases have been referred to the Board of Public Welfare, through the agent of this board, Miss Helen Brown, and she has supplied whatever seemed necessary. There have been some cases of truancy, the most glaring of which we took to the court. A suspended sentence was meted out, but as yet has not been put into effect, and the boy is still out of school. This is partly our own fault as we endeavored by every means in our own power to bring this boy to his senses before taking him to court, but he is nearly sixteen, and we waited too long. However, it now rests with the court to make some disposition of his case and it is out of our hands. All other cases of truancy, which are few, either have been settled amicably by the school authorities or will be brought before the court for action.
There were enrolled in all the schools for the year beginning in September 1928 and ending in June 1929 two thousand and eighty-eight pupils, of whom 1,032 were boys and 1,056 girls. Of this number 1,135 were enrolled in grades 1 to 6 inclusive; 544 in Junior High School; and 409 in Senior High School. We had enrolled for not less than half the school year outside of Reading, for whom the town paid tuition, four pupils. Non-resident pupils attending Reading schools numbered 130. This included the pupils from North Reading, state wards of the City of Boston, and all others whose tuition was paid to the town. The average membership for the school year was 1,997; average attendance,
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1,855 ; per cent of attendance, 92.8. As I have said, this is not so high a per cent as we have reached at times. Membership in the schools as of October 1928 was as follows :
Elementary 1,097
Junior High
542
Senior High
395
Total 2,034
For comparison, I give below the figures for October 1929 :
Elementary
1,166
Junior High
530
Senior High
434
Total 2,130
This shows an increase of 96 in total enrollment. Total enrollment to December 31, 1929 was 2,191, which will no doubt be somewhat larger before the end of the school year in June 1930.
The census, taken in October 1929, by the pupils of the Junior High School, Social Study groups, under Mr. Belmore's direction, was done in a most painstaking and thorough-going fashion. A street to street canvass was made; the approximate number of children living on each street was obtained; and groupings were made by the pupils doing the work which showed roughly the number of children we might expect to find in grades 1 to 4 inclusive, 5 and 6 inclusive, 7, 8, 9, inclusive, and in the Senior High School. While these pupil-census- enumerators do miss many of those over sixteen, it is the best method we have at present for taking the census and, since it is checked care- fully with the information secured in other years and with the street list, we feel that very few are finally overlooked who come within the jurisdiction of this department. We are looking for those who should be in school, at work with certificates, and those having serious mental or physical handicaps which necessitate special schools or special treatment in our own schools. Much valuable information has been catalogued this year by the census takers. Each year they gain in proficiency, so that before long we may expect, with the co-operation of the citizens who give the data, most complete returns. In addition to the valuable data secured, there is the benefit received by the pupils who put over a complete job and at the same time perform a real civic duty.
Employment certificates have been issued to eleven minors be- tween fourteen and sixteen who are out of school. This is a very small proportion of our minors of that age. Practically all our children under sixteen are in school regularly. We have issued employment certificates to the number of 145 to minors under twenty-one employed either full or part time. Anyone employing a boy or girl under the age of 21 should require a certificate of employment. Some employers fail to
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do this until the inspector comes around, when we have a rush of business in certificates. There is a provision for a fine for failure to require this certificate and also for failure to return it when the employed has left his job. In the main employers are anxious to fulfill the requirements of the law, but some do not understand that anyone under 21 has to secure a certificate. Each different job requires a certificate, as the girl who has changed places nine or ten times this year must realize. However, not many of our girls and boys travel from job to job very much. Most of them do not leave school before they are sixteen or over and by that time they are fairly well equipped to hold their places.
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