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*Boston University, A.B.
1931
700
Chemistry, Physics
Frederick J. Popc.
*Colby, B.S .; Harvard, Ed. M.
1922
2500
French.
Marian T. Pratt.
*Wellesley, A.B ..
1919
1900
French.
Carmen Simon
*Boston Univ., A.B. and M.A ..
1928
1900
Agriculture
Hermon T. Wheeler
*Mass. Agric. College, B.Sc.
1924
2500
W. S. Parker, Junior High. . . .
Asst. Prin., Mathematics
Emma S. Page.
*N. H. State Normal.
1899
1900
Mathematics.
George D. Anderson
*Boston Univ., B.S.
1925
2500
27
24.48
22.97
93.26
Social Science.
Helen B. Bean.
*Wellesley, B.A ..
1931
1700
27
26.94
25.75
95.59
*Framingham Normal, B.S. Ed.
1930
1800
31
30.61
29.47
96.64
Science Guidance.
Marian D. Day .
*Beverly High School.
1924
1900
28
25.33
24.44
96.52
Printing, Metal Work.
George R. Draper.
*Fitchburg Normal
1926
2500
30
29
28.14
97
Art ..
Eleanor F. Emerson .
*Salem Normal ..
1915
1700
32
31.15
29.46
94.57
Woodwork. .
Lyman E. Fancy
1918
2500
Social Science.
Lestina M. Goddard
*Gorham Normal.
1920
1700
31
20.42
27.98
95.15
Guidance, Occupations
Grace M. Harriman
*Radcliffe, A.B .; Harvard, Ed. M.
1928
1900
1923
3600
Principal
Raymond W. Blaisdell
*Bates College, A.B .; Harvard, Ed. M.
Hygiene, Phys. Ed., Coaching ..
Philip W. Althoff
*Springfield College, B.P.E ..
1927
2500
Home Economics.
Ruth Bonney
*Mass. Normal Art.
Appointed
Average
SCHOOL
GRADES OR SUBJECTS TAUGHT
NAME OF TEACHERS
GRADUATE OF
Year
Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrollment
Membership Average
Average
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
English.
Grace Heffron ..
*Tufts, A.B.
1930
1600
31
30.43
29.04
95.41
Gener il Science
Gladys Henderson.
*Salem Normal.
1928
1400
24
23.85
23.04
97.06
Latin and French.
Genevieve P. Hook
*Univ. of Vermont, A.B .; Radeliffe, M.A. .
1931
1600
34
33.02
31.59
95.67
Social Seience ..
Louise B. Jenkins.
*Bridgewater Normal.
1920
1700
28
26.56
24.62
92.70
Mathematics.
Inez H. Lewis. .
*Gorham Normal.
1923
1700
28
26.06
24.68
94.70
English
Helen G. MeGill
*Wheaton College, A.B ..
1928
1800
30
29.24
27.68
94.70
English.
Claudia Perry.
*Radcliffe, A.B.
1928
1500
30
30.47
29.09
95.44
English. .
Dorothy W. Randall
*Radeliffe, A.B
1929
1800
34
33.38
31.48
94.20
Special Class.
Anna M. Reek.
*Radeliffe, A.B.
1928
1800
18
17.88
15.94
89.13
Mathematics
William A. Rich.
*Salem Normal.
1928
1900
34
33.63
32.51
96.73
Physical Education
Margaret E. Tyaeke.
1922
1700
33
32.5
30.69
94.43
Social Seienee.
John M. Woodbridge, Jr ..
1930
2000
32
32
30.44
95.10
Musie.
Thelma Rhynsburger
1931
.lighlan 1.
Prin. Hld., Central, Union.
M. Gree Wakefield .
*Salem Normal
1890
2400
40
38.51
36.92
98.47
Grade 6
Doris E. Bauer.
*Salem Normal.
1929
1200
40
38.86
37.22
96.29
Cride 5
Lillian Branm.
*Farmington, Me., Normal.
1930
1500
30
29.36
27.03
92.08
Physical Education
Marjorie H. Buckle.
1927
1400
1500
26
25.24
22.28
88.28
Grade 1
Bertha Carfrey
*New Jersey State Normal Certificate.
23
20.54
29.12
93.07
Grade 2.
Bertha Carfrey.
*New Boston, N. H., High; Colby (2 yrs.).
1919
1500
41
38.82
37.84
97.44
Grade 6.
1920
1500
40
38.95
37.25
95.53
Grade 5
Matilda J. Gamble
1919
1500
40
40
38.29
95.72
Grade 6.
Carolyn C. Grace.
1927
1400
16
14.52
13.61
93.61
Grade 4
Halden L. Har ling
*Salem.
18
17.98
17.03
94.59
Grade 5.
Florence A. Potter
1925
1500
39
38.36
37.23
97.03
Grade 6.
Annie W. Quillen.
*Salem Normal.
1916
1500
43
41.57
39.50
94.57
Domestie Science, Primary .
Pauline V. Rice.
1931
1600
Opportunity
Marion F. Richncr
*Gorham Normal.
1929
1500
13
9.61
90.74
94.64
Opportunity
Helen D. Stockwell
*Salem Normal
1930
1400
15
14.03
12.94
92.85
Grade 6. .
Florence Thackleberry .
*Plymouth, N. H., Normal
1931
1500
31
27.16
25.8
94.98
Grade 5
Eva C. Wilcox
*Nova Scotia Province Normal.
1927
1500
44
43.17
40.99
94.9
1926
1700
Business Practice and Type.
Ethel S. Williams.
Har.,A.B.,Ed.M .; Har.Bus.Adm.,M.B.A ..
John Fletcher College, B.A ..
1931
1700
Special.
Josephine Carleton .
*Boston Univ., B.S. Ed.
Grade 5
Dorothy Allard.
*Salem Normal.
1928
1500
*Posse-Nissen.
*New Jersey State Normal Certificate.
A. Louise Fogg. .
*Woburn High. . .
*North Adams Normal
Grade 3.
Halden L. Harding
*Salem ..
*Plymouth, N. H., Normal.
*Framingham Normal, B.S. in Ed.
1931
*Girls High School, Boston; Harvard Sum. *Salem Normal.
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, DECEMBER 31, 1931, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR APPOINTED ALSO ENROLLMENT FOR THE FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931 .
Center
Grade 2.
Grace H. Crosby ..
*Salem Normal.
1930
1100
27
25.6
24.12
94.25
Grade 2.
Alberta Mathieson.
*: alım Normal.
1924
1500
38
36.19
34.84
96.03
Grade 4.
Frances L. Musgrave.
*Bridgewater Normal
1929
1200
41
37.73
36.19
95.93
Grade 4.
Norma E. Perkins.
*Salem Normal.
1928
1300
44
41.61
38.73
93.04
Grade 3.
Edna M. Thompson
*Salem Normal
1930
1100
45
43.05
40.635 94.057
Grade 3.
Isabel L. Winchester
*Salem Normal.
1928
1300
44
43.11
40.57
94.19
Alice D. Berry
*Bridgewater Normal
1927
1500
38
37.04
35.22
95.11
Union ..
Grade 1.
Winifred Cochrane.
*Plymouth, N. H., Normal
1920
1500
37
33.95
31.88
93.91
Grade 1.
Addie A. Copeland.
*Dover, N. H., High School.
1925
1500
36
31.71
28.13
88.66
Grade 1
Glenna A Dow.
*Caribou, Me., High; Hyannis Summer
1919
1500
38
37.44
35.87
95.97
Lowell St .. . ..
Grade 2. Principal and Grade 4.
Nellie P. Beaton.
*Danvers High.
1920
1700
31
29.12
27.94
95.87
Grade 1
Dorothy L. Burgess
*Lesley Normal.
1926
1500
43
39.63
36.33
91.81
Grade 2
Doris R. Cleary .
*Salem Normal.
1927
1400
43
41.21
39.42
95.39
Grade 3
Dorothy E. Cotton.
*Lowell Normal
1930
1500
40
39.68
38.54
96.48
Prospect St .. . .
Principal and Grade 3
Ada E. Dow. .
*Caribou High School; Emerson Col. (2 yrs.)
1908
1700
38
36.79
34.60
94.34
1927
1500
45
43.62
40.97
93.92
Grade 2.
Jessie Little .. .
*Bridgewater Normal
1926
1500
46
44.31
39.52
89.19
Grade 4
Olive S. Perry .
*Wheelock Training
1916
1500
42
41.10
38.83
94.47
Chestnut Hill. .
Principal and Grade 1
Irene Richardson.
*Aroostook State Normal
1928
1600
17
15.68
14.43
92.18
Grade 2.
Irene Richardson.
*Aroostook State Normal
19
17.07
14.77
86.18
Grade 3.
Gladys Gibbons.
*Salem Normal
1930
1100
21
19.12
18.32
91.55
Grade 4
Gladys Gibbons
*Salem Normal
17
16.73
14.88
88.91
2356
2233 18
2163 86
96.89
Totals.
Grade 1
Velma E. Herrick.
*Perry Normal
*Have taken additional courses in education and graduate work.
BUDGET, SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, 1932
1932 Estimated Appropriation
1931 Expended
1930 Expended
1929 Expended
SALARIES
1. Salaries-Supt. and Teachers'
$167,417.69
$157,759.47 15,813.00
15,952.50
3. Other Salaries :
Attendance Officer
500.00
500. 00
500.00
Medical Inspector
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
School Nurses
3,166.67
3,187.00
2,420.00
$194,950.00
Total Salaries
$188,354.36
$178,259.47
$171,426.31
MAINTENANCE
7,500.00
4. Transportation of Pupils .:
6,983.43
6,599.00
6,120.62
200.00
5. School Tuition
52.00
169.14
6,000.00
6. Books
7,029.53
5,475.94
5,025.10
8,500.00
7. Supplies for Pupils
9,231.74
7,441.00
6,364.39
1,500.00
8. Apparatus for Teaching
564.88
774.64
2,642.51
9. Administrative Expense
300.00
Printing and Advertising
500.68
62.85
151.75
700.00
Office Supplies
519.64
1,044.08
589.61
900.00
Telephones
890.37
823.19
744.23
300.00
Graduation
306.84
228.99
213.26
50.00
Superintendent's Expense
40.00
34.35
49.91
50,00
Lectures, Public Meetings
30.00
100.00
Insurance .
125.42
54.00
31.57
$151,553.81
2. Janitors
16,270.00
BUDGET SCHOOL DEPARTMENT (Continued)
1932 Estimated Appropriation 600.00
Supervisor's Expense
Prof. J. B. Davis Total Admin. Exp.
$ 2,960.83
$ 4,224.51
$ 2,409.89
6,500.00
10. Fuel
6,252.86
6,930.88
8,000.00
2,500.00
Gas and Electricity
2,391.61
2,427.79
2,368.71
1,500.00
Water and Sewer
1.623.80
1,512.95
1,968.95
600.00
Trucking, etc.
485.39
551.81
596.40
2,200.00
Janitors' Supplies
2,269.52
1,988.42
2,279.28
12. Maintenance and Improvement of Buildings
Buildings
9,929.72
7,219.76
10,709.35
Furniture
1,514.83
106.60
987.26
Grounds
4,024.49
4,655.55
3,670.76
13,500.00
Total Maint. and Im.
$ 15,469.04
$ 11,981.91
$ 15,367.37
350.00
13. Blanket Insurance
53,850.00
TOTAL FOR MAINTENANCE
55,262.63
49,960.85
53,312.36
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$243,616.99
228,220.32
224,738.67
Receipts not from tax levy : State Reimbursements, Chap. 70, G. L. Tuition, etc.
16,930.00
16,160.00
15,490.00
8,858.72
17,171.51
14,327.48
1931 Expended 578.01
1930 Expended 1,147.05 800.00
1929 Expended 629.56
3,000.00
11. Building Maintenance
Sundry Receipts Due, but not paid (Tuition)
95.68 8,460.39
76.09 1,344.94
91.37 4,207.58
AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNT :
3,750.00
1. Teachers,' Supt's. and Janitor's Salary Smith-Hughes' Fund George-Reed Fund
2,941.59
2,696.64
2,634.86
185.70
176.68
161.78
20.17
2. Light, Fuel, Repairs
300.00
3. Books, Apparatus, Supplies
170.18
251.33
147.35
Receipts not from tax levy :
State Aid to Industrial School
1,437.07
1,357.52
1,136.46
Smith-Hughes' Fund
175.96
185.70
176.68
George-Reed Fund
38.23
20.17
Tuition
500.40
1,003.85
749.24
Due but not paid
441.33
247.08
1,200.00
INDUSTRIAL TUITION :
Tuition paid
1,155.47
1,040.21
582.98
Reimbursement from State
509.57
205.21
160.58
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS:
Land Purchase Account
3,400.00
3,500.00
Grading Jr. High Playground
5,000.00
·
243.616.99 2 52, 016.9
100
DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931
Transportation:
Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co.
$112.50
James Mason
6,860.35
Alvin Munnis
10.58
$6,983.43
Books:
Allyn & ' Bacon
238.88
American Book Co.
249.11
American Educ. Press, Inc.
33.87
Amer. Educ. Research Ass'n
4.00
Amer. Library Ass'n
.75
American Medical Ass'n
3.00
American Shorthand Teacher
1.00
D. Appleton & Co.
147.07
The Arlo Publishing Co.
9.87
Athletic Trainers' Supply Co.
3.00
Joseph E. Avent
2.50
Edward E. Babb & Co.
586.23
F. J. Barnard Co.
331.36
A. S. Barnes & Co.
46.66
Beckley Cardy Co.
69.97
The Bedford Print Shop
1.13
C. C. Birchard & Co.
2.67
The Bobbs Merrill Co.
1.55
Bookshop for Boys and Girls
20.21
The Boston Music Co.
18.62
Boy Scouts of America
3.00
Milton Bradley Co.
2.63
The Bruce Publishing Co.
18.04
Buffalo Mun. Research Bureau
5.00
Beatrice Hunter Cahill
7.98
The Century Co.
4.14
College Entrance Book Co., Inc.
27.75
Committee of Seven
12.37
The Commonwealth Press
2.50
C. C. Crawford
3.20
The Dayloin Co. 2.00
Oliver Ditson Co.
5.49
Div. of Publications, Commonwealth Fund.
9.75
Dodd, Mead & Co., Inc.
3.24
Doubleday Doran & Co.
28.16
Ginn & Co.
975.06
101
Golden Syndicate Publishing Co.
6.75
The Gregg Publishing Co.
52.54
C. S. Hammond & Co. 5.00
Harcourt Brace & Co.
276.16
D. C. Heath & Co.
402.82
Houghton Mifflin Co. 695.11
Institute for Research
39.50
Iroquois Publishing Co.
26.40
Italian Digest & News Service, Inc.
1.00
Journal of Chemical Education
2.00
Laidlaw Brothers
81.00
J. B. Lippincott Co.
323.93
Little Brown & Co.
93.13
Longmans Green & Co.
2.94
Lyons & Carnahan
116.53
The Macmillan Co.
261.24
Mansfield Printing Co.
6.29
Marshall Jones Co., Inc.
.93
McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
60.54
Mentzer Bush & Co.
5.81
Nat'l Committee for Mental Hygiene
3.00
Thomas Nelson & Sons
1.30
The New Era
2.75
Noble & Noble
37.26
The Old Corner Book Store, Inc.
24.87
F. A. Owen Publishing Co.
10.74
Oxford Book Co.
7.01
L. C. Page & Co.
7.38
Peabody High School
6.00
Professional & Technical Press
6.80
Public School Publishing Co.
132.20
G. P. Putnam's Sons
3.23
Rand McNally & Co.
26.65
Thomas S. Rockwell Co.
32.21
Row, Peterson & Co.
9.71
Harold Rugg
46.50
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.
7.75
School Arts Magazine
4.75
Scott, Foresman & Co.
18.07
Charles Scribner's Sons
76.25
Secondary Education Board
4.36
Silver, Burdett & Co.
155.09
Stanford University Press
10.20
Teachers College
4.00
United States Post Office
9.00
102
United Typothetae of America
2.60
The University of Chicago Press
35.81
University of Michigan
3.00
The University Publishing Co. 41.92
Warwick & York, Inc.
4.38
Welles Publishing Co.
27.00
Wheeler Publishing Co.
6.23
John C. Winston Co.
190.71
F. W. Woolworth Co.
5.00
World Book Co.
724.42 $ 7,029.53
Supplies for Pupils:
Adams Company
$ 39.21
American Book Co.
29.99
American Cookery
3.00
American Educational Press, Inc.
12.60
G. H. Atkinson Co.
157.35
Edward E. Babb & Co.
2,300.88
Back Bay Electrotype Co.
2.04
Walter H. Baker Co.
5.80
W. Bancroft & Co.
69.19
Beacon Wiper Supply Co.
18.70
Gerrit A. Beneker
15.00
Board of Public Schools
1.00
Board of Public Works
.50
The Boston Music Co.
88.88
Milton Bradley Co.
1,112.46
Joseph Breck & Sons
15.71
James W. Brine Co.
66.52
H. W. Bryden
9.00
Cambosco Scientific Co.
117.11
John Carter & Co.
114.10
M. F. Charles
19.20
Chase, Parker & Co., Inc.
6.24
The Chemical Rubber Co.
132.46
G. S. Cheney Co.
51.95
Central Scientific Co.
172.08
J. Cuneo & Company
4.59
Dennison Mfg. Co.
4.50
Oliver Ditson Co.
3.89
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
89.93
Frances M. Doughty
5.00
The Educational Test Bureau, Inc.
10.00
Frank S. Eaton
1.80
Fairbairn Art Company
1.90
103
The Fenton Press
5.51
Alfred L. Fischer
14.89
Carl Fischer, Inc.
41.79
Fort Hill Paper Co.
33.75
Francis Brothers
9.13
Garfield Fralick Lumber Co.
47.87
General Biological Supply House
19.58
General Electric Supply Corp.
24.38
Gilchrist Company
17.52
Gardner G. Gill.
2.75
Ginn & Company
84.47
i
Good Will Dairy, Inc.
.27
W. T. Grant Co.
1.00
J. L. Hammett Co.
2,028.31
C. S. Hammond & Co.
5.00
Harding Typewriter Co.
4.40
Harvard Univ. Graduate School of Ed.
9.00
Charles W. Homeyer & Co.
8.51
Horace Partridge Co.
10.14
Howe & French, Inc.
84.11
Howe Publishing Co.
15.00
George M. Hutchinson
2.10
The Inland Printer
3.92
Iroquois Publishing Co.
8.74
W. E. Johnson
3.20
Hodson Brothers
13.60
H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.
4.61
Journal of Business Education
3.00
Keystone Envelope Co.
15.22
W. E. King
26.25
Laidlaw Brothers
14.17
Carl Larson
8.96
J. B. Lippincott Co.
3.55
Loyola Educational Digest
3.00
R. A. Lufkin
3.44
Magnus Brush Materials
11.17
Marshall Son & Co., Corp.
4.65
The Mathematics Teacher
2.00
H. B. McArdle
262.59
Mittag & Volger
41.16
Municipal Light Board
121.57
National Safety Council
17.75
The Palmer Co.
13.46
Palmer & Parker Co.
88.25
Parker Brothers
4.33
104
Samuel A. W. Peck 2.20
Proctor & Gamble Co.
1.40
S. S. Pierce Co. 1.20
Douglas A. Porell
9.69
Theodore Presser Co.
17.93
Public School Publishing Co.
51.81
Reading Board of Public Works
.50
Reading Cash Market
8.51
The Reading Chronicle
63.25
Reading Citizen's Ice Co.
1.76
Reading Custom Laundry
1.50
Reading School Lunches
5.50
Reading Soft Water Laundry Inc.
9.90
Anna M. Reck
21.85
Remington Rand Bus. Serv. Inc.
58.00
Rockport Fish Market
.90
Rogers Isinglass and Glue Co.
5.05
Royal Typewriter Co. Inc.
2.70
Russell Sage Foundation
5.00
Ryan & Buker Inc.
10.17
The School Arts Magazine
6.00
H. A. Shepard & Co.
4.68
"Bob" Smith
14.00
Fred F. Smith
3.10
A. G. Spaulding & Bros.
4.08
Samuel Stephens Wickersham Quoin Co ...
329.70
South-Western Publishing Co.
26.21
Standard Electric Time Co.
1.10
Talens School Products Inc.
6.58
Teachers College
4.00
Tullar-Meredith
5.10
University Extension Commonw'th Mass.
20.00
University Publishing Co.
20.95
Upton Lumber Co.
16.83
Van Alstine's
3.30
Wadsworth Howland & Co. Inc.
1.56
Webster Publishing Co.
16.72
The Welles Publishing Co.
19.00
Wild & Stevens Inc.
7.35
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
95.75
"Back Number" Wilkins
6.36
Willis Pharmacy
1.25
F. W. Woolworth
1.50
A. M. Wood Co.
75.00
World Book Co.
432.15
$ 9231.74
105
Apparatus for Teaching:
C. C. Birchard & Co.
6.00
James W. Brine & Co.
179.79
The Brunswick-Balk-Collender Co.
13.50
Cambosco Scientific Co.
6.50
Central Scientific Co.
19.15
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
56.03
Dictaphone Sales Corp.
7.50
Francis Brothers
14.26
Gilchrist Company
29.98
J. L. Hammett Co.
3.75
Horace Partridge Co.
13.80
Jewell Electrical Instrument Co.
52.65
Keuffel & Esser Co.
16.20
Keystone View Co.
96.61
Quality Saw Co.
7,54
Royal Typewriter Co.
4.80
Ryan & Buker Inc.
30.65
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
6.17
$ 564.88
Administrative Expense:
American Gasoline & Oil Co.
43.75
Amberg File & Index Co.
20.00
G. H. Atkinson Co.
5.00
Edward E. Babb & Co.
219.60
F. J. Barnard & Co. Inc.
1.50
Joseph Beaudette
14.09
R. W. Blaisdell
41.04
The Bookshop for Boys & Girls
2.00
Joseph Breck & Sons
23.25
James W. Brine Co.
20.46
Bureau of Vocational Guidance
2.50
Margaret Cameron
33.00
M. F. Charles
.75
Clement's
4.55
Dept. of Secondary School Principals
4.00
A. B. Dick Co.
37.34
Emerson & Company
1.08
General Fireproofing Corp.
8.02
Gilchrist Company
8.00
J. L. Hammett Co.
2.46
Mary E. Hilton
73.20
Hyde Publishing Co.
10.00
Eugene F. Irwin Publishers
.80
Jewell & Andrews
27.00
100
Allyn W. Kellogg
3.13
Kingman &Richardson
2.02
Alex Lindsay 1.75
Loring, Shart & Harmon
.89
The Macmillan Co.
1.48
E. F. Mahady Co.
6.87
H. B. McArdle
34.38
Mckenzie EngravingCo.
131.59
National Education Ass'n
4.00
The Nation's Schools
2.00
Nat'l Ass'n for the Study of The Platoon or Work-Study-Play School Organiza- tion 1.00
New Eng. Ass'n of Colleges & Secondary Schools
2.00
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
890.37
Florence G. Nichols 6.00
25.50
Phillips Ribbon Carbon Co. 10.85
Prentiss & Parker
123.40
Progressive Educ. Ass'n
10.00
Public School Publishing Co.
4.95
The Reading Chronicle
440.35
Reading Custom Laundry
1.58
Reading Motor Co.
9.13
Remington Rand Business Service, Inc.
174.27
School Board Journal
3.00
School Executives Magazine
2.00
The Science Press
5.00
Scott, Foresman & Co.
7.95
S. R. Stembridge Co.
17.79
St. Louis Button Co.
7.23
Dept. of Superintendence
30.00
The Survey
5.00
Rudolf Sussmann
28.20
Teachers College
15.60
Thorp & Martin
10.65
Town of Reading. Police Dept.
3.00
Josephine Turner
5.60
United Motors Service
13.25
United States Post Office
197.18
The University of Chicago
2.50
Verna L. Wadleigh
12.50
M. Grace Wakefield
12.50
Wakefield Item Co.
11.35
Mercie V. Nichols
107
Ward's .50
Warwick & York, Inc.
5.00
F. S. Wester Co.
9.50
Margaret E. Whittier
36.00
Yowman & Erbe Mfg. Co.
24.53
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
4.10
$
2,960.83
Fuel:
Wendell Bancroft & Co.
4,475.57
Oliver A. McGrane
66.50
Percy N. Sweetser
1,705.79
Charles Wheeler
5.00
$ 6,252.86
Gas and Electricity:
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Service ..
466.41
Municipal Light Board
1,925.20
$ 2,391.61
Sewer and Water:
Sewer Dept.
755.65
Water Dept.
868.15
$ 1,623.80
Ashes and Trucking:
Harold W. Batchelder
3.00
C. Bowen
.50
Chase's Auto Express
.50
Cummings Express Company
158.98
Dillon Parcel Delivery, Inc.
.40
Dockam Trucking Co.
.60
Huckins Co., Inc.
1.25
Reading Express Agency
19.16
Sargent's Express
2.50
Harry E. Smith
85.00
Dominick Zanni
213.50
$ 485.39
Janitors' Supplies:
American Gasoline & Oil Co. Inc.
1.08
Andrews Paper Co.
268.48
G. H. Atkinson
37.90
Boston Mill Remnant Co.
96.20
Dallman Company, Inc.
69.59
C. B. Dolge Co.
7.06
Dustbane Mfg. Co.
6.37
Frank S. Eaton.
106.53
Economy Lubricating Co.
88.83
108
T. C. Fife, Inc. 1.67
Fort Hill Paper Co.
244.37
Francis Brothers
38.67
Hodson Brothers
530.79
The Holmerden Co.
172.69
Kenney Service Station
10.00
John R. Lyman Co.
7.15
Mass. State Prison
99.85
Masury-Young Co.
186.43
H. B.' McArdle.
2.50
Midland Chemical Laboratories, Inc.
9.00
Michigan Sanitary Supply Co.
15.22
Morandi-Proctor Co ..
21,96
Municipal Light Dept.
2.34
Proctor & Gamble Dist. Co.
19.50
Pronto Company
7.35
The Rustile Co.
13.50
Fred F. Smith
100.15
S. R. Stembridge Co.
4.97
Stone & Forsyth Co.
76.85
Otis P. Symonds & Sons, Inc.
.80
The Tropical Paint & Oil Co.
10.70
The Vortex Cup Co.
11.02
$ 2,269.52
Repairs: Buildings, Furniture, Grounds:
Abbott Mattress Co.
77.25
Allen Shade Holder Co.
698.54
American Type Founders Co.
29.40
Anderson-Coffey Co.
178.10
E. E. Babb & Co.
31.45
W. Bancroft & Co.
135.65
W. C. Barrett
19.25
The Barrett Co.
215.44
Bayrd & Goodwin
27.00
J. G. Blount Co.
7.42
Board of Public Works
56.27
Burgess & Blacher
1,513.80
Braman, Dow & Co.
6.16
James W. Brine Co.
6.00
H. W. Bryden
1.00
Clapp & Leach, Inc.
481.90
Capitol Theatre Supply Co.
5.10
M. F. Charles
15.40
Chase, Parker & Co., Inc.
29.73
Church Film Co.
121.40
109
Clements
7.12
Cory Lindsay Co.
18.37
E. B. Currell & Son
217.28
Dallman Co., Inc.
29.40
Davis & Abbott
25.00
Dictaphone Sales Corp.
17.02
M. C. DiRocco
2.94
Dudley Lock Corp.
54.18
Ernst Hermann
100.00
Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc.
.33
Frank E. Eaton
9.00
Emerson & Co.
1.00
T. C. Fife, Inc.
3,346.20
Alfred L. Fischer Co.
12.25
Francis Brothers
19.30
E. L. French
95.83
Frederick Frotten
18.00
Edward P. Garbati
150.00
General Fireproofing
Corp.
8.02
W. T. Grant
3.50
E. L. Ham Co.
138.80
J. L. Hammett Co.
674.60
Harding Typewriter Co.
127.45
Heywood-Wakefield Co.
82.78
Hodson Brothers
974.92
L. M. Johnson
2.90
W. E. Johnson
1.35
Johnson Service Co.
9.59
Jordan Marsh Co.
21.44
Kenlit Mfg. Co.
10.62
Keystone View Co.
16.92
Edward Lappin
2.40
Louis I. Lyons
3.00
George W. Marshall
3.00
H. B. McArdle
50.00
H. T. Mellett
10.13
Esther Millett
5.00
H. Q. Millett
5.00
Municipal Light Board
35.45
Narragansett Machine Co.
158.00
New England Iron Works Co.
17.00
C. H. Ober
126.72
R. E. Ostrander
492.54
A. H. Packard
13.55
Albert Pick-Barth Co.
85.63
110
H. Harvey Quigley
45.00
Reading Custom Laundry
.90
W. N. Reeves
10.95
Remington Rand Business Service, Inc. ..
41.18
George Robbins
31.00
Royal Typewriter Co., Inc.
103.05
Sani Products Co.
3.12
Security Fence Co.
127.00
Shepard, Clark Co.
17.64
Fred . F. Smith
7.68
Harry E. Smith
2,788.22
W. A. Snow Iron Works, Inc.
374.00
Spencer Co. of Boston
19.00
Standard Electric Time Co.
20.74
Percy N. Sweetser
37.50
The F. H. Stevens Type Co.
1.50
S. Stephens & W. Quoin Co.
17.27
The Swan Company
117.60
Stoneham Dye House & Rug Cleaning Co.
199.00
A. M. Surrette
74.40
Percy N. Sweetser
36.00
Town of Reading Tree Warden Dept.
27.50
Underwood Typewriter Co.
7.79
Wakefield Laundry
1.25
J. W. White Machine Co.
2.25
George H. Whitney
13.50
A. J. Wilkinson & Co.
53.28
Wolverine Equipment Co.
114.17
Yawman Erbe Mfg. Co.
61.00
Dominick Zanni
255.76 $ 15,469.04
Agricultural Account
Books and Supplies:
R. G. Adams Co.
$ 2.66
American Nature Association
3.00
Cherry Burrell Corp.
3.55
Francis Brothers
25.64
Hodson Brothers
.70
Horticulture
2.00
The Macmillan Co.
9.94
Meredith Publishing Co.
1.00
Old Corner Book Store, Inc.
5.03
Fred F. Smith
1.00
Tercentenary of N. E. Agriculture
2.50
United States Post Office
4.03
111
Webster Publishing Co.
2.31
John N. Weston
15.00
Hermon T. Wheeler
91.82
$ 170.17
Industrial Tuition
City of Boston
348.95
City of Everett
41.45
City of Somerville
669.07
Lynn Independent Industrial Shoemaking School
15.00
Wakefield School Dept.
81.00
$ 1,155.47
Land Purchase Account
Boston & Maine Railroad
$ 1,500.00
Joseph D. Knight
1,900.00
$ 3,400.00
Junior High School Playground Acct.
Board of Public Works
$ 7.56
Davis & Abbott
331.50
Samuel H. Davis
8 .00
John E. Hand
100.00
Ernst Hermann
425.00
Dominick Zanni
4,127.94
$ 5,000.00
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE OF THE READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 1931
Mr. Adelbert L. Safford,
Superintendent of Schools,
Reading, Massachusetts.
Dear Mr. Safford :
In submitting for your approval this report of the work of the attendance department during 1931 I wish to call attention to the fact that the current crisis in financial circles has perhaps struck the schools in a way also, in that it has given us added enrollment and has possibly accounted for increases in truancy and difficulties in school adjustments. In Reading our policy has always been to keep in school all who would benefit from continued attendance, but even though we do this there are always some boys and girls, especially those of low
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mental ability, who lose interest and find employment of some kind. In times like these we have by law to keep these children in school because there are no avenues open for employment for them. We have been able this year to find some way to handle most of these cases and to keep happy these boys and girls in our own classes. Trade schools, shop courses, agriculture, and the like require good mental ability to master and we can hardly require teachers of these subjects to handle disciplinary cases for us. This would be unfair to the bright pupils who desire to benefit from these courses and have a right to do so. I can count as many as twenty cases of truancy in pupils this year who are of low grade mentality, between the ages of 14 and 16, and deriving little or no benefit from our schools as at present constituted. Ordinarily these pupils would find some em- ployment and relieve the schools. But relief for the schools might perhaps mean burdening the courts and our institutions later on, as it has in the past to our knowledge. Reading has gone further than many school systems in caring for this class of pupils, but there is still much to be done in training in right habits of living in the mentally low grade child. With good training he is an asset to the community; with little training or poor training he is a liability, leaving school early, marrying young, and never earning a living wage for himself, let alone for a family. Personally I feel that we should oftener ask and work for commitment to our state training schools of more of these pupils than we do. No school system can afford to have the facilities for training that we find at Waverly, the Middle- sex Training School, and other schools of similar aims. We would save for the future good of the state and town many by even a year or two of clean, wholesome living and practical training.
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