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Rubble means masonry built of irregular stones. Span means distance center to center of supports. Story means part of building from one floor to an- other-not over 12 feet shall be a story.
Masonry wall means wall, constructed of solid con- crete, concrete blocks, stone, terra cotta and brick. Street means any public or private way commonly used by the public.
Penalty for Violation
See. 30. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this By-law shall be pun- ished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence.
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Sec. 31. The provisions of these By-laws shall not apply to buildings and structures owned and occu- pied by the United States or the State of Massachu- setts, nor to bridges.
ART. 27. To see what sum, if any, the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to purchase a new truck for the Highway Department, or take any 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, 8 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 11th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.
IRVING F. FRENCH, ' WILLIAM H. KELLEY,
JOSEPH W. JORDAN. 1 Tewksbury.
Selectmen of
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN of TEWKSBURY
Also Report of The Superintendent of Schools
FOR THE
Fiscal Year Ending December 31 1929
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The regular work and supervision of the Schools has been carried on as usual this year. Very few repairs were made during the summer. One class room at the Spaulding School had a new inetal ceiling erected. Later the roofs of the Foster and Spaulding Schools were re-shingled. Some inside painting was done in both of these Schools. Almost the entire Spaulding School had one coat of paint, while the corridors and tables in the lunch room of the Foster School received the same. A substantial and attractive fence has been built around the play grounds of the North School.
Respectfully submitted
HERBERT L. TRULL, Chairman. CHARLES WENTWORTH, MAY L. LARRABEE, Secretary.
The School Committee recommend the sum of $51,156.00 be ap- propriated for the schools for 1930 based upon the following pro- posed budget:
Superintendent
1,295.00
Supervisors
1,534.00
Teachers
19,450.00
Janitors
3,949.00
Transportation
8,720.00
Fuel
1,634.00
Tuition
10.000.00
Books and supplies
1,078.00
Health
1,275.00
Insurance
600.00
Light
178.00
Water
60.00
District
83.00
Miscellaneous
500.00
Repairs
800.00
Total
$51,156.00
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Tewksbury:
Mrs. Larabee and Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my seventeenth annual report which is the thirty-ninth in the series of superintendent's reports. The year has been one of strong, harmonious work on the part of teachers and pupils, with no especially outstanding event.
Teachers and Supervisors
I am pleased to report but few changes in the teaching force of your schools. All supervisors are the same as last year. But two teachers left in June, both from the Foster school. Miss Dorothy Dickenson, who had taught in town eight years with marked success resigned to be married. Miss Hazel Young, who taught in Tewks- bury only one year accepted a position in Vermont.
Two town girls were hired to fill vacancies in June, Miss Evelyn Fuller and Miss Mary Watson. Each was graduated in June from Lowell Normal School, and each has made an admirable start in her first position as teacher.
There is but one teacher in the Spaulding School, Miss Nettie L. Eagles, with grade one. All rooms at the Foster School are in use.
Transportation
Onen of the most perplexing problems pertaining to the schools is that of transportation. It is a very real problem in Tewksbury. The large town-owned, horse-drawn barge comes each day from Burke's Crossing, a bus containing over twenty pupils is run from the West, another smaller one brings the eighth grade from the North, another brings pupils who live more than a mile from school at the" Shawsheen. There are enough pupils living over the mile limit at or towards Wamesit to fill a street car, while the eighth grade are transported from Shawsheen to the Foster School by trolley. At the close of the fall term, just before the Christmas vacation, a number of parents petitioned the Committee for transportation by bus from the blacksmith shop corner to the North School. There were thirteen pupils who by actual measurement lived more than a mile from school. As a mile has for many years been Tewksbury's limit for
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transportation, the committee felt that all parts of the town should be treated alikÄ—, therefore, the request was granted. You will see that the large sum of $8,499.40 was spent last year for transportation; however, this sum includes High School transportation which is re- funded by the State.
Banking
The Banking interests among the pupils keeps up to a remark- able degree for hard times. You will note that your children have saved during the past year and placed in the bank the sum of $2,434.67. This seems to be a most practical method of conforming with the law in teaching thrift. The cordial relations existing between your teachers and the officials of the Mechanics Savings Bank is most commendable.
Institute
The fifth annual institute for our own teachers was held in Dracut on Feb. 8, 1929. These institutes take the form of an all day meeting, in which the forenoon is taken up with demonstrations of class room work, or with discussions of topics of local interest. A good lunch is served at noon at a reasonable price. The afternoon session opens with an half hour of music under the direction of our own supervisor. Then come two lectures of profession on allied interests. This year, Mr. Arthur B. Lord of the State Board of Education gave a timely address, followed by Mr. Ira Morse, with a showing of his famous African pictures. I know that the teachers consider "The Institute" as most valuable. The institute is held for two years in Dracut, then in Tewksbury. This coming February it will be held in Tewksbury.
Spelling Contests
During the year the teachers of the two towns of the District, Dracut and Tewksbury, have renewed interest in oral spelling among the four upper grades. The preparation for these contests lasted throughout the year and furnished an incentive for the formal study of spelling. The final decisions took the form of elimination con- tests to select teams to represent each school, and later actual con- tests between the teams of the various buildings and last of all between the two towns.
There was great interest in these matches which were conducted in as fair a manner as possible by the superintendent.
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In the final contest in the intermediate grades Collinsville, a Dracut school won. In the upper grade contest between the teams of Tewksbury on the one side and the winning team of all the Dracut schools on the other there was intense interest, almost rival- ing that of the old time "spelling school." Tewksbury won the contest in a very even match, after the sides had stood one to one for some time.
Census of 1930
The law regarding state aided high schools is intimately con- nected with the United States Census taken each ten years. It was believed that soon after the census of 1920 the population of Tewks- bury increased so that there were more than five hundred families in town. If the census of 1930 shows this number of families then the town will lose the aid that has been thus far given in High School tuition and transportation.
Lunch Serving
Between the Thanksgiving recess and April 1, warm lunches are served at the Foster School. Tables and benches turn the "girls' playroom" into a very comfortable dining room. All children who remain during the noon hour at this school eat their lunches brought from home at one of these tables. There is also the opportunity to buy something hot at actual cost .. This undertaking is practically self-supporting, and is appreciated by the parents. Mrs. Maclaren has charge of preparing and serving the food, and two of the teachers have charge of the room during the lunch period.
Marks for High School
Considerable misunderstanding is caused each June about the points necessary for admission to high school. It seems strange to some parents that a pupil may graduate from the eighth grade, yet not be able to receive a certificate to Lowell High School. The Tewksbury school has the privilege of sending pupils to Lowell High on certificate by the principal. This certificate right must be guarded carefully or it will be taken from us. A pupil who secures a mark equivalent to 70 per cent. may be promoted from grade to grade, or at the completion of the eighth grade he may receive a diploma. However, it is generally believed that a pupil will be unable to main- tain his standing in a new school under very different environ- ments than those with which he has been familiar, unicss he has
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shown himself able to do work indicated by the mark of 80 per cent. Hence each year there are a few pupils who desire to go to high school, who have not secured the requisite marks. This is apt to cause great disappointment and misunderstanding.
This is not a custom pertaining to our school alone. You will find it the same at the completion of a high school course. Many a pupil graduates from high school who is unable to enter college, he must return for another year of study or enter a preparatory school.
Graduation
On Thursday evening, June 27, 1929, a large class was graduated from the Foster School. After an interesting program of recita- tions and music, Chairman Herbert L. Trull presented diplomas to: Dorothy Ackles, Ruth Amiot, Joseph Bennett, Myrtle Buchanan, Elsie Burgess, Elta Burgess, Ernest Brabant, Bertha Callahan, Patrick Carmody, Mary Cislancis, Emma Clarke, Edward Cogan, Spencer Colby, Florence Cork, Irma Darby, Frederick Garth, Wiloian Gatlı. Stanley Gelinas, Lincoln Ginieres, Plato Ginieres, George Gray, Clinton Holt, George James, Amelia Kazetta, John Kelley, Evangelos Liakos, Harry Liakos, Joseph Lipomi, Alice Livingstone, Anthony Lorenzo, Thomas McCoy, Alexander Obert, Charles O'Connell, Frances Parker, George Parker, Bill Rodgerics, William Powers, Herbert Roberts, Mark Roper, Blanche Rychwa, Edna Sartanowicz, Robert Staveley, Edward Sullivan, John Szurly, Elizabeth Trickey, Dorothy Williams, Anthony Zygelis.
Of the forty-seven graduates, 29 entered high school, 8 entered Vocational School, one is at Foster, 7 are working, 1 has left town and in a private school.
High School
There were registered at the Lowell High School in Septem- ber, last, one hundred and one pupils, in Reading one and in Billerica two, a total of one hundred four pupils, the largest in the history of the town. At Lowell High are: Dorothy Ackles, Gilbert Ackroyd, Ruth Amiot, Marcelle Aubut, Bronie Barousky, Wesley Barron, Ralph Battles, Mary Blair, Carolyn Blanchard, Richard Blanchard, Dorothy Briggs, Virginia Briggs, Myrtle Buchanan, Elsie Burgess, Etta Bur- gess, Joseph Byron, George Canfield, Mary Carmody, Robert Carmody, Patrick Carmody, Lawrence Carson, William Corcoran, Ernest Cote, Henry Cote, Alice Crosby, Ferdinand Cuccoli, Irma Darby, Thetis Darby, Alden Doucette, Henry Farmer, Fred Flaherty, Herbert Flet-
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cher, Ruth French, Roland Fuller, Rose Furtado, Edna Gale, Ralph Garland, Dorothy Foster, Lincoln Ginieres, Paul Ginieres, ; Platc Ginieras, George Gray, Adella Greene, Francis Guyer, Mildred Hed- strom, Clinton Holt, Hector Jackson, Kempton James, Alfred John- son, Donald Johnson, Joseph Jordan, Lucy Kaulen, Adam Kazetta, Amelia Kazetta, Elsie King, Harriet King, Pauline Kokinacis, Evan- geline Liakos, Albert Little, Alice Livingston, Ernest Livingston, Hugh Mahoney, John Mahoney, Harry Mann, Edith Marion, Paul Mc- Coy, Florence McKillop, Charles Meister, Irene Meister, Edna Olson, Thelma Olson, Francis Parker, Marie Parsons, Gladys Penney, Manuel Penvolotis, George Pierce, Margaret Pierce, William Powell, Mark Roper, Blanche Rychwa, Edna Sartanowicz, Edward Sawyer, Marg- aret Scott, Ruth Small, Thelma Small, Arthur Sparkes, Roberta Stave- ley, Edward Sullivan, Evelyn Sunskis, Henry Thompson, Elizabeth Trickey, Helen Trull, James Whitehouse, Dorothy Williams.
Spencer Colby attends Reading High School.
Conclusion
In conclusion let me call to your attention the reports of the various supervisors which follow and form a part of this report.
The teachers and supervisors have co-operated in a loyal manner. I heartily thank them. The School Board has supported me when- ever it felt that it could conscientiously do so, and for this I wish to express my appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES L. RANDALL, Superintendent.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the School Committee of Tewksbury:
Our schools are in good sanitary condition and slight outlay for next year seems anticipated. The health of our children seems above average and their examination shows parental co-operation. During our inspection we have found many cases of enlarged tonsils and adenoids but have reported only those seemingly to be affecting the health. The milk supply for our school children, has been in- spected and found to be perfectly satisfactory, this insuring a whole- some food product for those who use it.
Very respectfully,
HERBERT M. LARRABEE, School Physician.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent and the School Committee of Tewksbury:
I have made two hundred eighty-one visits to the schools. Every child has been weighed, measured, and examined for pediculosis. cleanliness, skin eruptions, etc. every two months. Weight cards have been sent home with the report cards.
I have made forty-six visits to the homes and the parents have been willing to co-operate with me. I have conducted eighty-two children to the Dentist. I have obtained corrected vision for twenty- three children and influenced several parents to attend to the matter themselves. Two children have been with me for removal of tonsils and adenoids. I have obtained treatment for two children with diseased glands.
I have assisted Dr. Larrabee in vaccinating twenty-nine children and in the examination of one hundred eighty children. I have re- corded the defects found and have corrected them in some cases.
I have done three hundred fifty-one dressings in school. Many children have had infected wounds of varying severity.
I have borrowed lantern slides from the State Dept. of Public Health and shown them to the children at the ce ter schools.
The hot lunches are a decided factor in the well being of the children at the Foster school.
Respectfully submitted,
EMMA P. MacLAREN.
School Nurse.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
To the Superintendent and School Board of Tewksbury: "Music! O how faint, how weak, Language fades before thy spell! Why should feeling ever speak, When thou canst breathe her soul so we'l."
Moore
If this art is worthy of the dignity of human devotion, it is worth considering a little seriously without depreciation of the lighter pleasures to which it may minister.
To train response in feeling to achieve emotional enrichment and strngthen the rhythmic currents inherent in each individual, through music rightly taught, rightly studied and rightly used, is our aim. I say "our" because I am certain that I have the co-operation of the very best of teachers to be had. I mentioned "each individual" be- cause I believe any educational factor that is not a personal, vital factor, that holds through life is not worth teaching.
Our entire course is "Music Appreciation" that is the ability to understand music. It bespeaks the capacity of a well developed intelligence; and not in any way as many people believe, just so much general information gained by listening to a victrola, radio or lecture. The course consists of note singing, rhythmic band read- ing, theory, group and chorus singing, dramatization of some songs, the study of instruments, their books and tone quality, some music history and finally arranging a symphony orchestra according to in- struments and parts played.
The pupils, at least once during the year present a program to the Parent-Teachers Association. The annual music test in April, was a decided success. The class rank was one hundred per cent., every pupil received a perfect score pin, the class, a banner.
The usual Christmas assembly was held in the hall. This year each grade presented one special feature, besides the general carol singing.
Respectfully submitted,
ISABEL M. GREGORY,
Supervisor of Music.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING
To the Superintendent and School Board of Tewksbury:
Today more people are awakened to an interest in the Arts than ever before. Now the average man's idea of Art is no longer limited to that of the picture painted on canvas. There has come the realization of the need of design and Art quality in American manu- facture and merchandising. Every community is conscious of the need of Art as a force working for the finer tastes in the people at large.
We now realize that Art in the Schools has the advantage of working with childhood developing skill, recreation, interests, aptitudes, something to live by. It develops sense training and fine discrimination.
Art education is quite essential to have in schools. We aim to give sense training and develop skills during the early period of life so that they may be trained to an appreciation of the finer things in life, train them to see beauty as it really is.
Through our contact with the beautiful we see more of the Truth.
"Art is Truth intensified."
The fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year. It is fortunate that the schools open at such a time. Nature is ever ready to help us, but at the beginning of the year when we are ad- justing ourselves to the new routine again, she is overflowing with beautiful flowers, leaves, grasses and berries of various kinds.
In nature work the children learn to observe more closely the things which are always about them. They are taught the tech- nique of expression and the delicacy of color.
After Nature's display, three holidays were welcomed:
Hallowe'en came with its witches, cats, owls and pumpkin faces.
Thanksgiving came with turkeys and fruits arranged on cards. pictures and folders.
Christmas came with its festive decorations, cards, candle .. trees, lanterns, blotter pads, calendars, cut outs and transparencies.
These Holiday problems included construction work and desiga. likeful things as well as the decorative were made.
A few lessons in lettering were taken so the children (cu! ! express their Greetings in an attractive manner.
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The upper classes are now very busy making posters for a Thrift Poster Contest. This sort of work enables them to use their own imaginations and to think for themselves. Many clever ideas are being carried out. It also encourages Banking.
Last year we were very successful with our Animal Posters and we hope this year to be as successful with our Thrift Posters.
The lower classes are now making cut-out pictures of winter and various scenes in color and black and white.
We have many things to accomplish yet.
Lincoln's Birthday, Valentine's Day, Washington's Birthday and Easter will be remembered by doing more construction work.
Designs will follow. We hope to have a more beautiful and brighter display this year than we had last year. In design we study the beauty of line and color. A knowledge of color like any other subject is best obtained by using color.
The desire of children for bright colors is a natural one which should be directed not suppressed. Our world is a world of color, therefore we must make use of it. It functions in our lives from beginning to end.
Object drawing and perspective will be studied also.
In the Spring, Nature again offers her assistance. Buds, flowers . and birds will be studied. Nature teaches us to love and produce beauty.
I again take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. Randall and the School Board, for your kind help and interest in my work. I also thank the teachers more emphatically this year for their fine co- operation in carrying on my work.
Respectfully submitted,
CHRISTINA G. YOUNG,
Supervisor of Drawing.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF SEWING AND COOKING
Mr. Charles L. Randall, Superintendent of Schools,
Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Dear Sir:
The following report is submitted covering instruction in sewing in the Foster School.
The sewing in the seventh and eighth grades changes very little from year to year.
The seventh grade girls learning the different stitches in every day sewing, how to cut from patterns and the use of the sewing mach ne. They have completed holders, towels, bags and are work- ing on articles of underwear. The eighth grade made pillows, under- wear, and are now working on dresses, either for themselves or young- er members of the family.
1 wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sincere appre- ciation of the hearty co-operation of the Superintendent and teachers.
Respectfully submitted,-
LENA M. COBURN.
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REPORT OF MANUAL TRAINING
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January 9, 1930 Mr. Charles Randall,
Superintendent of Schools,
Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
Following is a report of the work done in the manual training department of the Foster School, Tewksbury:
The work of the classes has progressed well during the past year. In addition to learning the names, uses, and proper care of the tools, the boys have made numerous articles such as sew- ing cabinets, combination book and magazine racks, hall-trees, end- tables, plant boxes, medicine cabinets, tabarets, piano- benches, trellises, radio cabinets, and many other useful articles. The boys have also done much work in the school building, such as making shelves for lunch boxes and repairing school furniture and they have also done many repair jobs for their homes.
A good spirit prevails in all of the classes, and the co-operation is fine.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYMOND A. NORTON.
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School Teacher
Preparation
Length of Service
Service in Town prior to Sept., 1920
Total Enrollment
Average
Membership
Attendance Average
Percent of
Attendance
5 yrs. to 7 yrs. No. of Boys
No. of Girls 5 yrs. to 7 yrs.
7 yrs. to 14 yrs.
7 yrs. to 14 yrs.
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils over 14 yrs.
in Grade I
in Grade II
in Grade III
in Grade IV
in Grade V
in Grade VI
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
Amount of money
deposited in School
Bank during year
of Jan. 1 1929 to Jan. 1, 1930
52|$ 150.09
36
231.37
Foster, Gr. VII
.... Sarah O'Brien .. .. Lowell Normal . . | 4|
53
239.89
Foster, Gr. VI
. Elizabeth Flynn . . . Lowell Normal .. . |16
16|
52|
50
961
26
26|
98
21
12|
33
266.92
Foster. Grade V . Ruth Piper . Plymouth Normal.| S|
191.80
Foster, Gr. IV. . . Marion Piper
137.01
Foster, Gr III.
.Margaret Flynn
. Lowell Normal .. 1
4
40
39|
38
96
Foster. Gr. II. Elsie Hicks
Lowell Normal
2
10
39
37
95|.
1
18
S
10|
40
Foster, Asst. Gr. VIII Evelyn Fuller
Lowell Normal
... |
Spalding, Gr. I ..... .Nettie Eagles
Salemi Normal . . |29
21|
39|
36
03
92
14|
19
2
39
124.41 532.67
Shawsheen, IV, V, VI Miriam Wiggin
... Brewster Academy |20 .
18
38
37
136
1
49
10;
40|
38
31
1
18
20
2
12|
13
CT
10
64.77
North, I, II, III. .... Bernice McCann .. Lowell Normal .. . | 3]
2
33
31
29|
95
6
S
101
9
13
18
12
West, I, II, III, IV .. Anna Sullivan
.... Lowell Normal ... | 3|
3
20|
20
19|
94|
10
4
1
4
Music
Isabel Gregory .... Fealten School . . . |11| .Christine Young . . Normal Art
| 1|
1
Sewing
. Lena Coburn
Manual Training. .... Raymond Norton
1
1 510| 484
459
95
45
53| 191| 194
27|
79|
72| 671
68| 54
66| 52|
52|$2,434.67
50|
49|
97|
5|
26]
21|
Foster, Gr. VIII ..... Ethelyn Howard .. Salem Normal . . . . |18|
17|
17|
2
36
5 +1 1: 40 015.
331
31
29
94
11
15
10
. .. |
Foster. Asst. Gr. VI. Mary Watson
Lowell Normal
20
8
8
23
15|
11
195.12
Shawsheen, I. II, III. Ruth Tingley
Lowell Normal .|13|
40
92
17
6
11
21
20
1
VII
North, IV. V. VI VII. Eva Hersey
. Gorham Normal . . 120|
78.57
96.97
11
1
No. of Boys
No. of Girls
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
No. of Pupils
in Grade VII
in Grade VIII
52|
33|
31
30|
34|
97|
. Plymouth Normal.| 6|
125.05
Drawing
Rent of Hydrants on South St.
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Work in Agriculture
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Overlay Account 45 Extension of Street Lighting 43 44
Unpaid Bills 1928
Cemetery Trust Funds
Summary
Trust Funds
Board of Appraisers
Board of Public Welfare
Chief of Fire Department
Health Department
Highway Commissioners
Inspector of Meats and Provisions
Inspector of Animals
Trustees of Tewksbury Public Library
Librarian
Circulation of Books
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