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Stratmeyer, Edward. Dave Porter's Return to School jS115.14
Stratmeyer, Edward. Dave Porter at Oak Hall .jS115.20
.jS115.23
Stratmeyer, Edward.
Dave Porter in the Far North. jS115.24
Stratmeyer, Edward. Dave Porter in the South Seas. jS115.25
Stratmeyer, Edward. Dave Porter and His Classmates jS115.26
Strayer, E. Ward. Making Good With Margaret S115.60
Taggart, Marion A. Captain Sylvia. T5.2
Titus, Harold. Bruce of Circle A. T32.15
Tolman, Albert W. Jim Spurling. T33.50
Tomlinson, Everett T. Scouting With General Funston. T35.16
Tracy, Louis. The Revellers. T44.8
Train, Arthur. The Earthquake . T44.33
T44.34
Train, Arthur. The Goldfish.
Train, Arthur. The World and Thomas Kelley. T44.35
Turner, George K. Biography of a Million Dollars. T54.15
Vaizey, Mrs. George De Horne. About Peggy Saville. V2.21
Vallotton, Benjamin. Potterat and the War . V2.40
Vanardy, Varick. The Two-Faced Man. V2.60
Van Dyne, Edith. Mary Louise. .jV5.10
Verheoff, Carolyn. All About Johnny Jones V7.50
Von Hutten, Bettina. The Bag of Saffron. . . V14
Waldo, Lillian. Safety First for Ltitle Folks. jW2.80
Walpole, Hugh. The Green Mirror . W4.31
Warwick, Anne. The Best People. W18.30
Wawn, F. T. The Joyful Years. W20.50
Watts, Mary S. The Boardman Family W23.23
Wells, Carolyn. Doris of Dobb's Ferry
W24.23
Wells, Carolyn. The Mark of Cain.
.jW24.25
Wells, H. G. Joan and Peter. jW24.26
Webster, Henry K. An American Family . W26.36
Wemyss, Mary C. E. Impossible People W27.10
Weston, George. The Apple Tree Girl. WV28.35
Wheeler, Francis Rolt. The Boy With the U. S. Weather Men W.29.34
Wheeler, Francis Rolt. The Wonder of War in the Air. W29.35
Wheeler, Francis Rolt. The Aztec Hunters W29.36
Whitaker, Herman. Over the Border. W30.3
White, Wm. Allen. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me W35.7
Widdemer, Margaret. The Wishing Ring Man. W35.61
Widdemer, Margaret. Winona's War Farm. . W35.62
Widdemer, Margaret. You're Only Young Once W35.63
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins. Edgewater People. W40.24
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Williams, Hawley. Straight Ahead. W41.8 Williamson, C. N. and A. M. Everyman's Land. W41.37 Williams, Earl. The Court of Belshazzar .. W41.50 Woodbridge, Elisabeth. The Jonathan Papers. W53.30
Woodbridge, Elisabeth. More Jonathan Papers W53.31 Woodruff, Helen S. The Imprisoned Freeman. IV57.20
Wylie, I. A. R. Towards Morning. W75
Children's Books
Mother Goose Melodies
The Red Fairy Book
Child's Natural History Stories and Pictures
The Blue Fairy Book
Four-Footed Friends
Mother Goose in Holland
The Mother Goose Book (2)
My Picture Book
The Night Before Christmas (2)
Goosey, Goosey Gander
Farmyard Favorites
Little Red Riding Hood
Puss in Boots
Cinderella
Juvenile Set Published by De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.
The Brave Deeds of Our Naval Heroes. .j920.N4
The Heroic Life of Ulysses S. Grant. j923.G15
The Heroic Life of Capt. Paul Jones. .j923.J9 ..
The Heroic Life of Abraham Lincoln. .j923.L17
The Heroic Life of William McKinley j923.M11
The Heroic Life of George Washington j923.W21
Education
Poulsson, Emilie. Through the Farmyard Gate. . j372.P2
Arts
Jackson, Capt. Orton P. and Evans, Maj. Frank E. The Marvel Book of American Ships .. 699J
Fine Arts
Thurston, Carl H. P. The Art of Looking at Pictures 750.T
Amusements
Mathiews, Franklin. The Boy Scouts Year Book
790.M
LITERATURE
American Poetry
Andrews, Clarence E. From the Front. 811.A5 Chrisholm, Louey (chosen by). The Golden Staircase (Poems for Children) ... j811.C20 Field, Eugene. With Trumpet and Drum. .j811.F8
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American Essays
Andrews, Mary S. Her Country 814.A1
Sherwood, Margaret. Familiar Ways. .814.S2
American Letters
Paine, Albert Bigelow. Mark Twain's Letters.
816.C1
Churchill, Mary Smith.
You Who Can Help
816.C2
American Humor
Leacock, Stephen. Frenzied Fiction 817.L4
Travel and Description
O'Shaughnessy, Edith. Diplomatic Days.
917.2501
Franck, Harry A. Vagabonding Down the Andes .918.F
Peary, Josephine D. The Snow Baby .. . j919.8P Peary, Josephine D. and Peary, Marie A. Children of the Arctic. By the Snow Baby and Her Mother j9198.P1
Biography
Breshkorsky, Catherine. The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution 920.B20
Davis, Richard H. Adventures and Letters of 920.D5
Mathieson, Annie. The Story of a Brave Child (A Child's Life of Joan of Arc) .
j920.J3
Brooks, Elbridge S. The True Story of Christopher
Columbus
j923.C19
Rothschild, Alonzo. Honest Abe. 923.L16
HISTORY
Current
Austin, Oscar P. Uncle Sam's Boy at War. 940.9A1
Baldwin, Sergt. Harold. Holding the Line. 940.9B4
Berger, Marcel and Berger, Maude. The Secret of the Marne. . 940.9B5 Brown, Heywood. With Pershing's Army in France. .940.9B6 Curtin, Dr. Thomas. The Land of Deepening Shadows 940.9C2
Chartres, Annie Vivanti. The Outrage. 940.9C3
Cheradame, Andre. The Pan-German Plot. 940.9C4
Cheradame, Andre. Essentials of An Enduring Peace 940.9C5 Dawson, Lieut. Coningsby. The Glory of the Trenches. 940.9D2 Driggs, Laurence La Tourette. The Adventures of Arnold Adair, American Ace 940.9D3
Empey, Arthur Guy. First Call. 940.9E3
Fraser, Helen. Women and War Work. .940.9F
Gerard, James. Face to Face With Kaiserism .940.9G2
Grasty, Charles H. Flashes From the Front. 940.9G3
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Hay, Maj. Ian B. All In It K1 Carries On. 940.9H3
Holmes, Corp. R. Derby. A Yankee In the Trenches 940.9H4 Hall, Lieut. Bert. En L' Air (In the Air) . 940.9H5
Huard, Francis Wilson. My Home in the Field of Mercy 940.9H6
Kehoe, Tommy. The Fighting Mascot. 940.9K2
Lauder, Harry. A Minstrel in France. 940.9L1
Mack, Arthur. Shellproof Mack .. 940.9M1 Margot, Henriette Cuvru. Beyond the Marne. 940.9M2
Northcliff, Lord. Lord Northcliff's War Book. 940.9N1
Newton, W. Douglas. The War Cache.
940.9N2
Nadaud, Marcel. The Fighting Poilu.
Peat, Harold R. Private Peat. 940.9N3
940.9P1
Pinkerton, R. Douglas. Ladies From Hell. .940.9P2
Paine, Ralph D. Fighting Fleets. .940.9P3
Root, Esther S. and Cooper, Margaret. Over Periscope Pond. . 940.9R2
Shepherd, William. The Scar That Rippled. .940.9S3
Smith, Lieut. J. S. Over There and Back. .940.9S4
Trotzky, Leon. The Bolsheviki and World Peace. . 940.9T
Turczynowicz, Laurade. When the Prussians Came to Poland
Tappan, Eva March. The Little Book of the War 940.9T1
j940.9T2
Usher, Roland, Ph. D. The Winning of the War.
940.9U
Von der Goltz, Capt. Horst. My Adventures as a German Secret Agent 940.9V1
Van Dyke, Henry. Fighting for Peace .. 940.9V2
Vaka, Demetra. In the Heart of German Intrigue 940.9V3
Warren, Maude R. The White Flame of France. .940.9\V2
English History
Michael, A. C. My Book of Best Stories from History. ..... j942.M4
American History
Usher, Roland G., Ph. D. The Story of the Pilgrims for Children
.j974.U
d-duplicate. j-juvenile
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Our Dumb Animals. Year's subscription.
Christian Science Journal. Year's subscription.
Christian Science Sentinel. Year's subscription. Ford Times.
Mexican Review.
The Other Side of Prohibition.
Temperance Cause.
Acts and Resolves of Mass.
National Geographic Magazines. 15.
Successful Farming Magazines. 12.
Alpha Aids. Year's subscription.
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Mass. Library Club Bulletins. War Work Bulletins.
N. E. Division Bulletin Red Cross Weekly.
Food Administration Bulletins. Monthly Crop Reports.
Public Health Bulletins.
Official Bulletins. Daily.
Mass. Audubon Society Bulletins.
Food. Monthly.
War Libraries Bulletins. Weekly.
War Information Series.
Proceedings of the U. S. Nat. Museum.
Farmers' Bulletins. 30.
U. S. Geog. Survey. 14.
Vital Records: Salem (vol. 2), Cohasset, Charlemont, Stoneham, Northbridge, Harvard, Milford, Windsor, Hardwick, Gloucester, Carlisle, Shirley, W. Newbury, Westport.
Dupont Magazine. Year's subscription.
The Porcupine. Jan., 1918. International Conciliation. 8.
Harper's Magazine. Nov., 1916. Pamphlets on Public Information.
Annual Report of the Secretary of War, 1917.
Manual for the General Court, 1918.
General Education Board Report of Sec., 1916-1917.
Eleventh Annual Report on the Public Employment offices.
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.
Report of a Special Inquiry Relative to Dependent Families in Mass. Receiving Mothers' Aid.
Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War Pub. by the French Government.
U. S. National Museum. 8.
The Polytechnic. 5.
The Christian Church : What of Its Future ?
Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Trustees of Public Reserva- tions, 1917.
Historic Dress in America, 1607-1800.
Facts About the War.
Mass. Nautical School.
The Polytechnic. 3.
The Sixty-sixth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, 1917-1918.
The War Saver.
Popular Mechanics, Feb., 1918.
General Acts of Mass., 1917.
Special Acts and Resolves of Mass., 1917.
Statistics of Railways in the U. S., 1915.
The Periodical, April, 1918.
U. S. Department of Agriculture Library Leaflets. The Arbitrator.
Columbia University Annual Reports, 1917.
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Armour & Co. Cataloge, 1918.
Mass. Agricultural College Announcement, 1917-1918.
Report of a Special Inquiry Relative to Aged and Dependent Persons in Mass., 1915.
Thirty-Fifth Annual Report Soldiers' Home in Chelsea, 1917. The Story of a Pullman Car.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Year Book, 1917-1918.
Library of Congress Report, 1917.
Thirty-First Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1917.
Statistics of Municipal Finances, 1915.
The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report, 1916.
Journal of the Senate, 1918.
Journal of the House of Representatives, 1918.
Progressive Sheep Raising.
The Commonwealth. 4.
Selective Service Regulations-Forms 999-999a. Seven other smaller pamphlets.
The American City Magazine, March, 1918.
Statistics of the Railways in the U. S., 1916.
The Use of Waterways a Wartime Necessity.
Statement of Swift & Co., Aug., 1918.
Columbia University Bulletins. 3.
Handwritings.
Some Old Sites.
Woman in the War.
When the War is Over, What ?
The President's Flag Day Address. 3.
The Savings Letter.
German Bolsheviki Conspiracy.
Diplomatic Documents European War, 1914.
Report of the Provost Marshal General to Secretary of War.
Statistics of Express Companies, 7th and 8th Annual Reports.
State and Federal Laws Relating to Intoxicating Liquors.
Railroads War Board.
America's War, Arms and Peace Program.
The Philanthropic Board
Menace of Paternalism.
Federator.
Government Ownership of Railroads and War Taxation. Washington's Nine Months of War.
Wilson Bulletins.
Civil Service Bulletins.
Report to the President. W. G. McAdoo.
An Address by S. A. Thompson.
Waterways and Harbors of the U. S.
The Piper. The Commonwealth.
Bulletins of the State Board of Education.
ABBIE M. BLAISDELL,
Librarian.
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
MIDDLESEX SS :
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in said County.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at Pickering Hall in said Tewksbury, on Monday, the 3d day of February, 1919, at nine o'clock a. m. to act on the following articles :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of Poor, three members of the Board of Health, a Town Treasurer, an Auditor, a Collec- tor of Taxes, a Tree Warden, and Constables-all to serve one year; one Assessor, one Highway Commis- sioner, one School Committee, two Trustees of the Public Library and one Park Commissioner, all to serve three years ; also one Trustee of Public Library to serve one year. The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at ten o'clock a. m., and close at three o'clock p. m.
ART. 3. To hear reports of Town Officers and Commit- tees and act thereon.
ART. 4. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation to defray necessary expenses for the current year, and make appropriations for the same.
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ART. 5. To see what action the Town will take on the. following question : Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town? The vote to be yes or no, as provided by Revised Laws, Chap- ter 100, Section 10.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote the money arising" from licensing dogs, for the ensuing year, to aid in support of the Public Library.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
ART. 8. To see what compensation the Town will vote for the collection of taxes, and at what rate and from what date interest shall be charged on taxes of 1919 unpaid after November 1, 1919, or to take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to borrow, if neces- sary, a sum not exceeding one twenty-fifth of one per cent. of the current year's valuation, such sum of money to be used in the suppression of the Gipsy and Brown Tail moths, and not to be expended before December 1st next, and to be raised in the tax levy of the year 1920.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $150.00, for the proper observ- ance of Memorial Day, and appoint a committee to. expend the money.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to institute suits on behalf of the Town or de- fend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town.
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ART. 12. To see what action the Town will take toward the acquisition of a site for a new Town Hall, or toward the erection of a new Town Hall, to see if the Town will appoint a committee to obtain plans for said hall, and to see what sums of money the Town will appropriate and raise by loan or otherwise for said site, hall or plans, and to see what action the Town will take in regard to any or all of the above matters.
ART. 13. To see what sum of money will be appropri- ated for a Town Memorial Forest in honor of the Town's Roll of Honor in the recent world war.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take, if any, in regard to Street Railroad car service in West Tewksbury.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to laying out, widening, and grading Astle Street.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to have the Bay State Street R. R. Co. take up their tracks between Astle Street and Wamesit.
ART. 17. To see what disposal the Town will vote of the balance of money left from insurance on Town Hall.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take, if any, in regard to raising the salaries of the Town officers as follows :
Town Clerk, from $150 to $200; Town Treasurer, from $200 to $250; Auditor, from $200 to $250; As- sessors, from $2.50 to $3.00 per day; Selectmen, chairman, from $200 to $250, the other two members from $150 to $200; School Committee, from $50.00 to $75.00 each.
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ART. 19. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 423 of the Acts of 1909 and laws amendatory thereto, re- lating to the sale of ice cream, confectionery, soda water and fruit on Sunday.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to place two gas lights on James Street, as petitioned for by James Chandler and five others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to place one more gas light on Robinson Avenue.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $50, or some other amount, and elect a director for demonstration work in agriculture and home econom- ics, the money to be expended by, and the director to serve in co-operation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agri- culture and Home Economics under the provisions of Chapter 273, General Acts of 1918.
ART. 23. To see what provision the Town will make to- ward compiling a complete record and memorial of the persons who have been in the service during the recent war, and make appropriation for same, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 24. To see what action the Town will take toward reimbursing the Town Treasurer for money ad- vanced to Highway Department in 1918 in anticipa- tion of Street Railway and Excise Tax, amounting to $2,632.66. Also, in the sum $388.32 being the amount paid as interest in loans in excess of amount received from taxes for last year.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take, if any, in regard to finishing Andover Street, and make an appropriation for same, by loan or otherwise.
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ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take toward appointing a committee of three to investigate the advisability of a water supply, and report at a special meeting to be held as soon as convenient, or take any other action relative to the same.
ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take toward purchasing a new fire truck, or other fire apparatus, and to see what sum of money the Town will appro- priate and raise by loan or otherwise for same.
ART. 28. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to sale of the Town Farm; to see what instruc- tions, if any, the Town will give to the Overseers of the Poor regarding closing or carrying on the Farm and Almshouse for the ensuing year, or take any other action relative thereto.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by post- ing up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and leave one hundred copies for the use of the citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, 10 days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this thirteenth day of Janu- ary, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
IRVING F. FRENCH, HARRY L. SHEDD, Selectmen of Tewksbury.
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TABLE OF ESTIMATES FOR 1919
Schools $21,945.75
Highways ($609.03 unexpended balance) 6,500.00
Incidentals (unexpended balance) 2,800.00
Street Lighting 3,300.00
Town Farm (balance of Grinnell Fund) 1,459.08
Library (Dog Tax) 500.00
Police ($24.33 unexpended balance)
700.00
Board of Health ($79.58 unexpended balance) . 200.00
Stationery and Printing ($131.92 unexpended balance) ... 600.00
Salaries ($514.08 unexpended balance) . 2,500.00
Park Commission ($86.81 unexpended balance) 15.00
Tree Warden ($67.10 unexpended balance)
135.00
Insane and Poor (unexpended balance) . 1,400.00
Fire Department ($395.12 unexpended balance) 2,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF TEWKSBURY
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
FOR THE 1 . -
FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1918
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
War conditions during the year 1918 have affected nearly every branch connected with school administration. We can be thankful, however, that the work of the public schools was not hindered in the U. S. as it was in other belligerent nations at the beginning of the war.
Early in 1918 the Tewksbury School Board, among others of Mass., received notice of the purpose of the Commissioner of Edu- cation to prevent any relaxation in carrying on the schools at highest. efficiency. He says: "Education is a long-time investment. Its purpose is to protect democracy through the right training of the youth."
Tewksbury Schools, we believe, have fared well, everything being taken into consideration. Crowded conditions in the Foster School have been somewhat alleviated by the remodelling of the lower rear interior of the building, thus forming a new room capable of seating about 30 scholars.
All buildings are in good condition. Last summer the whole Foster School interior underwent improvements of an extensive nature, as may be seen from the report on special appropriation for this purpose. The North and Shawsheen school houses were given two coats of paint on the outside. A fire exit was installed at the West School. The interior of the Library schoolroom has been brightened by the application of a light brown shade of paint on the walls, with a result more restful to the eye than the former color, which was a red. A more satisfactory water supply for drinking has been arranged for this school.
The fuel situation appeared somewhat critical at times, but it seems that all danger of shortage has now passed. Early in 1918 the Christmas vacation was extended to Jan. 7, by request of Fuel Ad- ministrator J. J. Storrow, in order to conserve coal. No further moves in this direction were necessary, however, and our schools- were fortunate in receiving at an early date their full supply of fuel for the present winter.
Since the fire of October 13, which destroyed the Tewksbury Congregational Church, Pickering Hall has been in great demand, not only as the most desirable place in which Sunday services could be held, but also as the only hall of suitable size for the accommodation of all entertainments and functions usually held in the old church vestry and vestry hall. The School Board has endeavored to co- operate with the church committee to the utmost in offering the use
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of the hall at the lowest possible figure which will cover the ex- penses. It is fortunate that the extensive improvements, so much needed in the interior and especially in the hall of the Foster School, should have been completed in time to make the latter fit for such considerable service.
The School Board has taken warning from the several disastrous fires of 1918 and substantially increased the insurance carried on the school buildings of the Town.
It will be seen from our financial statement that we have run short of funds to the extent of $1,189.75. It is needless to call to mind the high prices which have prevailed during 1918 on all material and on labor itself. An additional and unlooked-for expense turned up last summer in the shape of instructions from the State Building Inspector requiring further installation of lathe and plaster ceilings in the basement of the North, Shawsheen and West schools. A por- tion of this work designated as immediately necessary has been com- pleted. The Committee plans to do more along this line the coming year. In spite of war prices, salary advances and the above-mentioned work which had to be done, our appropriation would not have fallen short of our expenses if we had received the usual amount from the State on account of the Mass. School Fund. The apportionment of this fund received by Tewksbury in 1917 was $893.92. The exact amount cannot be foretold, but depends some- what upon the size of the Town's valuation, and when the latter reaches $2,500,000 it automatically ceases. In making up the budget for 1918 the Committee figured on receiving aid from the School Fund, not realizing until too late that our Town valuation had just passed the $2,500,000 limit.
In this connection it might be well to call attention to the fact that within a year or two Tewksbury must probably forego other State aid which it enjoys today, in the form of reimbursements on tuition and transportation accounts. At present, having a valuation of over $1,000,000, but with less than 500 families, Tewksbury is en- titled to reimbursement of all money expended on High School trans- portation, and one-half of all money expended on High School tuition. The last census showed Tewksbury as having 485 families. We may therefore expect a continuance of the State Aid on the above ac- counts until 1920, when it will probably be found that the number of families in Town has increased to 500 or more. To sum up in a brief statement, we have been able up to 1918 to count on aid from the State toward running our schools to the amount of approximately $3,000. We will now no longer have a portion of the Mass. School Fund, amounting to nearly $1,000, and in 1920 will probably lose approximately $1,500 we are now getting toward tuition, and $550 toward transporation of scholars at the Lowell High School.
The above is simply called to your attention to show that Tewks- bury schools in this growing Town cannot for long enjoy the substan- tial aid they have been getting from the State.
The particular item of trolley transportation expense will be
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larger this year owing to the increase in fares charged by the Bay State Street Railway Co. Those children in our elementary grades which require transportation by trolley number about the same as those which attend the Lowell High School, incurring a cost to the Town of some $550 per year. The fares now average double what they did six months ago. In addition, the Bay State Street Railway Co. has taken steps to gain financial relief by applying for the re- moval of its obligations by law to transport all school children at half-fare rates. A hearing at the District Court in Boston has been set twice in December but postponed to a later date. Your Commit- tee has protested and will protest any such change in fares.
There is further food for thought when we realize that if State aid on transportation be removed in 1920, and if the Bay State Street Railway Co., in addition to raising their fares, are permitted to charge full rates for school children into the bargain, the Town bill for all trolley transportation will soon be increased by about $4,500 annually.
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