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Charles Scribner's Sons, books $ 25.00
Kate Folsom, expenses in Boston 36.00
Junior Literary Guild, membership 37.00
Remington Rand Business Service Co., cards 9.50
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books
739.65
Abbie M. Blaisdell, services as librarian
189.53
Blanche King, services as assistant librarian
100.00
R. Wesley Barron, services as assistant librarian 72.00
Maud B. Gray, magazine subscriptions 50.35
Gaylord Bros., supplies 1.25
Balfe Service Co., supplies
5.50
Blanche King, checking books
5.00
Harriet L. King, services
1.00
Edgar Smith, transporting books
87.50
$ 1,359.28
Unexpended
$ 14.98
TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$ 3,300.00
Expenditures
Lowell Gas Light Co., gas
$ 73.23
C. B. Coburn Co., floor wax 6.62
Thomas F. Sullivan, labor and parts
6.75
Lowell Electric Light Corp, electricity
405.90
New England Tel. & Tel, Co., telephone 107.25
Derby Electric Motors Co., lamps
18.72
Eugene N. Patterson, janitor
1,200.00
A. F. French & Co., paper
40.35
F. I. Carter & Son, slab wood
4.50
Fred C. Church Co., premium on Legion Hall policy
109.50
Friction Roller Cloth Co., Flexoid Rustout Water Treatment
70.00
G. C. Prince & Son, supplies
1.80
W. J. Robinson, labor and material
47.13
Bennett Bros., labor
35.05
W. K. Foss, lettering door
2.50
Commissioner of Public Safety, inspection of boilers
10.00
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Charles H. Kittredge. repairing lights
1.00
Osterman Coal Co., coal
992.96
David E. Hicks, trucking
5.50
Fred A. Dugan, sharpening lawn mowers
2.50
Walter W. Coburn, tuning piano
4.00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
.50
Dolge Co., supplies 7.21
The Robertson Co., rubber matting
32.00
W. J. Bolton, labor and material
24.00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., ribbon
.75
Fairgrieve & Co., supplies
.35 $ 3,213.07
Unexpended
$ 86.93
GENERAL
Central Savings Bank, paid notes Nos. 75, 78, 82, 84, 81, 86, 87
$105,000.00
Commonwealth of Mass. state tax
3,750.00
hospital care of civil war veterans 60.00
parks & reservations
88.47
old age assistance tax
840.00
County Treasurer, county tax
6,229.50
care of tuberculosis patients
378.19
Commonwealth of Mass. special state tax
9.00
$116,355.16
MOTH ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Expenditures
James W. Roberts, labor $ 83.00
Harris M. Briggs. Jr., labor 288.00
Harris M. Briggs. labor
391.14
Nelson J. Brown, labor
20.00
Robert W. Staveley, labor
20.00
Raymond Briggs, labor
8.00
Benjamin Buck, labor
29.00
Bartlett & Dow Co., supplies
2.19
Harris M. Briggs, telephone
8.90
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Derby Electric Motors Co. Inc., repairs
4.40
C. B. Coburn Co., supplies
5.90
Frost Insecticide Co., arsenate of lead
120.96
Thomas P. Sawyer, use of team
18.00
$ 999.49
Unexpended
$ .51
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Expenditures
Harris M. Briggs, labor $ 624.42
Harris M. Briggs, Jr., labor
494.00
Robert W. Staveley, labor
38.00
James W. Roberts, labor
16.00
R. M. Briggs, labor
4.00
Nelson J. Brown, labor
56.00
Benjamin Buck, labor
179.00
Ernest Treadwell, labor
28.00
The Thompson Hardware Co., supplies
1.30
Bartlett & Dow Co., supplies
37.43
James H. Broadbent & Son, printing
5.00
Harris M. Briggs, telephone
13.70
George C. Chamberlain, filing saws
2.50
$ 1,499.35
Unexpended
$ .65
INTEREST
Appropriation
$ 3,500.00
Expenditures
Central Savings Bank, interest on notes nos. 75, 78. 81, 82, 83, 84, 86. 87
$ 2,876.66
Unexpended
$ 623.34
POLICE
Appropriation
$ 2,000.00
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Expenditures
Anthony G. Kelley, services $ 442.50
Warner Bancroft, services 523.00
Benjamin Buck, services 36.50
A. H. Jewell, services 248.50
George E. Hamilton, services 151.10
Bernard H. Greene, services 9.50
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones
70.79
A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps 3.00
City of Lowell, use of jail
8.50
Peter Crowley, transporting prisoner
7.78
Frank J. Donovan, transporting prisoner
3.39
John F. McGuinness, M. D., professional services
5.00
Town of Wilmington, refilling oxygen cylinder 13.74
H. L. Gonzales, police badges
9,00
Cyril L. Barker, services 180.50
$ 1,712.80
Unexpended
$ 287.20
PARKS AND COMMONS
Appropriation
$ 250.00
Transferred from Old Age Appropriation as per
vote of town, Nov. 23, 1931 200.00
$ 300.00
Expenditures
Lowell Electric Light Corp., lighting band stand $ 53.06
Reformatory for Women, flag 21.67
Fred A. Dugan, sharpening lawn mowers 4.70
Spencer Chamberlain, trucking
2.00
Hugh Cameron, care of North Common
6.00
W. J. Robinson, painting 100.00
Thompson Hardware Co., lawn mower and parts
14.20
Harris M. Briggs, care of common
65.00
Nellie G. Briggs, care of flag 25.00
H. E. Fletcher Co., crushed stone
8.37 - -
$ 300.00
Unpaid bills $ 5.13
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$ 3,500.00
Transferred from Old Age Appropriation as per
vote of town, Nov. 23, 1931
200.00
$ 3.700.00
Expenditures
A. S. Haines, chief $ 1,454.93
Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity
60.25
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones
140.78
Standard Oil Co., oil and gasoline 13.01
American Fire Equipment Co. Inc., searchlight and repairs 30.44
Walter G. Buckle, premium on voluntary firemen
187.50
Osterman Coal Co., coal
99.25
North Tewksbury Garage, labor and supplies
75.90
Haines' Cafe, lunches
4.50
American Fire Equipment Co., fire extinguishers
450.00
Brunettes Filling Station, gasoline
1.00
Daniel E. McQuade, parts for trucks
14.85
C. B. Coburn Co., supplies
33.16
Edward J. Walsh, repairing siren
2.00
Tewksbury Garage, use of garage
2.35
Town of Wilmington, rental of hydrants
120.00
A. B. Moore, supplies
9.68
E. A. Wilson Co., coal
52.50
William I. Bailey, storage of fire truck
40.00
Franklin Sheet Metal Co., pipe and damper
4.50
$ 2,796.50
Labor at Fires
E. S, Haines
$ 89.00
Lyle R. Holt
73.50
Charles E. Bowden
68.00
Homer L. Darby
57.50
John Cummings
38.00
James W. Roberts
29.00
R. W. Millett
62.00
Walter Kohanski
2.00
Omer Blanchard
20.33
Wm. I. Bailey
18.25
Fred Flaherty
10.00
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George K. James
87.00
Harold Mills
74.50
Clifford Edgecomb
14.00
James Bancroft
50.00
Frank Goodwin
51.00
Cyril Barker
1.00
Henry Blanchard
3.00
Albert Bancroft
12.50
R. F. Carson
4.00
W. S. Farwell
8.82
Richard Blanchard
3.00
Louis Amiot
2.00
Harry A. Treadwell
34.00
Edward J. Walsh
3.00
Daniel Sterling
50.00
Walter Sawyer
10.00
F. H. Garlick and truck
25.00
Ralph Garland
3.00
$ 903.40
Total
$ 3,700.00
Unpaid bills $ 535.89
ASSESSORS
Appropriation
$ 1,800.00
Expenditures
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones $ 42.16
Buzzell King, services
693.00
George A. Marshall, services
483.00
Albion Felker, services.
164.50
Albion Felker, use of auto
99.00
Estate of James W. Miller, services
21.00
The Daval Printing House, supplies
12.30
Gertrude B. Sweeney, transfer cards
47.50
Derby Electric Motors Co., heater
5.52
G. C. Prince & Sons, supplies
2.05
Balfe Service Co., check lists
75.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., abatement books
3.00 $ 1,648.03
Unexpended
$ 151.97
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INSPECTION OF MEAT AND ANIMALS
Appropriation $ 600.00
A. H. Jewell, inspection of slaughter houses $ 385.00
A. H. Jewell, inspections of barns and animals 215.00
$ 600.00
Unpaid bills $ 41.00
MOTOR EXCISE TAX REFUNDS
John E. Barry, refund on motor excise tax $ 2.37
Charles R. Fitzgerald, refund on motor excise tax 3.64
William Meisner, refund on motor excise tax 1.75
George A. Mercier, refund on motor excise tax 2.06
Lindley A. Roberts, refund on motor excise tax
.42
Esther E. Bennett, refund on motor excise tax 3.75
Roscoe H. Winters, refund on motor excise tax 6.57
Fred H. Garlick, refund on motor excise tax ....
12.95
C. Brooks Stevens, refund on motor excise tax .... C. Dudley Clatur, refund on motor excise tax ....
5.56
Wm. H. McGowan, refund on motor excise tax ...
2.39
Agnes J. Trull, refund on motor excise tax 2.67
5.09
Mildred Maguire, refund on motor excise tax
1.22
Roger Billings, refund on motor excise tax 11.09
2.41
Adolph B. Moore, refund on motor excise tax 2.63 F. Arthur Osterman, refund on motor excise tax 6.14
John H. Gale, refund on motor excise tax
2.20
$ 95.14
COLLECTION OF TAXES AND REFUNDS
Appropriation
2,500.00
Expenditures
James C. Marshall, collector, commission $ 1,734.48
James C. Marshall, envelopes 54.27
James C. Marshall, recording tax deeds 61.10
Hobbs & Warren Inc., blanks
23.46
Fred C. Church & Co., premium on collector's
bond
155.00
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18.72.
Maurice I. Hart, refund on motor excise tax Walter W. Lavelle, refund on motor excise tax
1.51
Warner Bancroft, refund on motor excise tax ....
Wm. Speke & Co., printing
38.95 Courier Citizen Newspaper Co., advertising 85.50
G. Thorndike Trull, refund on taxes 50.88 Lowell Industrial Developing Co., refund on taxes 249.60
Unexpended
$ 40.76
NORTH SCHOOL LOAN
Appropriation
3,270.00 $
Expenditures
Central Savings Bank, interest on notes nos. 64, 65 $ 270.00
Central Savings Bank, paid note no. 64 3,000.00 $ 3,270.00
FOSTER SCHOOL LOAN
Appropriation
$ 1,621.38
Money received in accordance with Chapter 480,
Acts 1924 used a's per vote of town. 1,186.62
$ 2,808.00
Expenditures
Central Savings Bank, paid interest on notes nos.
32, 33, 34, 35 $ 408.00
Central Savings Bank, paid note no. 32 2,400.00 $ 2,808.00
ELECTRIC LIGHTS ON MARSDON STREET
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Unexpended $ 400.00
MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
Appropriation
$ 50.00
Unexpended $ 50.00
FOSTER SCHOOL GROUND TRUST FUND
Interest from U. S. Bond Jan. 1923 to Sept. 1928
$ 248.70
Central Savings Bank, interest on Fund 97.80
$ 346.50
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$ 2,459.24
Expenditures
David E. Hicks, labor, truck and loam $ 56.75
Bartlett & Dow Co., fencing 289.75 $ 346.50
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Receipts
Interest from the Wm. Prindle Fund $ 4.00
Interest from the Martha Page Fund 5.00
Interest from the Louisa Bridge Fund 3.00
Interest from the Samuel Jaques Fund 3.00
Interest from the Jeremiah Kittredge Fund 3.00
Interest from the Peter Clark Fund
5.00
Interest from the Martha Shedd Fund
6.00
$ 29.00
Expenditures
Tewksbury Cemetery Corp.
Care of the Thomas Bridge lot $ 3.00
Care of the Jeremiah Kittredge lot 3.00
Care of the Samuel Jaques lot 3.00
William Pringle, care of Wm. Prindle lot 4.00
William Pringle, care of Ebenezer Page lot 5.00
William Pringle, care of Peter Clark lot 5.00
William Pringle, care of Martha Shedd lot
6.00
$ 29.00
MUNICIPAL BUILDING INSURANCE FUND
Appropriation $ 1.500.00
Deposits
Central Savings Bank $ 500.00
City Institution for Savings 500.00
Merrimack River Savings Bank 500.00 $ 1,500.0)
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SUMMARY
Highways
$19,592.91
Oil or Other Binder
5,000.00
Andover Street
13,500.00
Shawsheen Street
3,005.22
Billerica Road
7,361.99
Schools
53,312.31
Vocational Schools
3,686.50
State Aid
237.00
Board of Public Welfare
4,605.66
Old Age Pension
154.00
Stationery and Printing
604.20
Salaries
2,350.00
Incidentals
1,156.72
Board of Health
740.42
Memorial Day
325.68
Street Lighting
7,636.25
Library
1,359.28
Town Hall
3,213.07
General
116,355.16
Moth Account
999.49
Tree Warden
1,499.35
Interest
2 876.66
Police
1,712.80
Parks and Commons
300.00
Fire Department
3,700.00
Assessors
1,648.03
Inspection of Meat and Animals
600.00
Motor Excise Tax Refunds
95.14
Collection of Taxes and Refunds
2,459.24
North School Loan
3,270.00
Foster School Loan
2,808.00
Electric Lights on Marsdon Street
000.00
Middlesex County Extension Service
000.00
Foster School Ground Trust Fund
346.50
Cemetery Trust Funds
29.00
Municipal Building Insurance Fund
1,500.00
Total expenses
$268,040.58
Cash in bank subject to check $ 10,191.95
Treasurer's receipts
$278,232.53 $278,232.53
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TRUST FUNDS
Condition of funds, December 31, 1931:
Foster School Fund
$ 952.88
Municipal Building Insurance Fund 1,500.00
Samuel Jaques Fund
117.72
William Prindle Fund
101.73
Martha Page Fund
362.68
Louisa Bridge Fund
155.24
Jeremiah Kittredge Fund
117.72
Peter Clark Fund
114.31
Martha Shedd Fund
548.21
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of town officers who are authorized to receive and expend money, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1931, and to the best of my knowledge they are correct, with proper vouchers on file, and $10,191.95 in the treasury.
ROBERT E. GAY,
Town Auditor.
Personally appeared before me on this twenty-second day of Janu- ary. 1932, Robert E. Gay, and made oath that the foregoing statements were correct.
HARRY C. DAWSON, Justice of the Peace.
My Commission expires December 2, 1938.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Middlesex ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewks- bury 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 Town Hall in said Tewksbury, on Saturday, the 6th day of February, 1932, 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 ment . bers of the Board of Public Welfare, three members of the Board of Health, a Town Treasurer, an Audi- tor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden and Con- stables, (Three) all to serve one year; one Highway Commissioner to serve three years, one School Com- mittee to serve three years; two Trustees of the Pub- lic Library to serve three years; one Trustee of the Public Library to serve one year; one Park Commis- sioner to serve three years; one Assessor to serve three years; one Commissioner of Trust Funds to serve three years. The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at nine o'clock A. M., and close at four o'clock P. M.
ART.3. To hear reports of Town Officers and Commit- tees and act thereon.
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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.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs, for th ensuing year, to aid in support of the Public Library.
ART. 6. 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.
The vote to be as follows :
Voted :- That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1. 1932, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said finan- cial year.
ART. 7. To see what compensation the Town will vote for the collection of taxes, and what rate and from what date interest shall be charged on taxes of 1932 unpaid after November 1, 1932, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $350.00 for the proper obser- vance of Memorial Day, and appoint a committee to expend the money. Said committee to be taken from members of the G. A. R., Spanish War Veterans. American Legion. and Sons of Veterans.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Select men to institute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts or agreements in behalf of the Town.
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ART.10. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote whereby it voted to elect three road commissioners, Chap. 41, Sections 1 and 63, Gen. Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Highway Surveyor to serve for one year as provided by Chap. 41, Sect. 11, Gen. Laws.
ART.12. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Highway Commissioners to keep all highway prop- erty in the Town Barn, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $150 for the purpose of putting doors on the Town sheds, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 14. To see what regulations the Town will make for the possession, management and sale of land sold for unpaid taxes and for the assignment of tax titles not inconsistent with law or with the right of redemp- tion as provided in Section 52 of Chapter 60 of the General Laws as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 126 of the Acts of 1927.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for repairing the fire station at the Centre, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,000 to purchase one and one half inch, and two and one half inch hose, and fittings, for the use of the Fire Department; or take any other action relative thereto.
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ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $750 to purchase a portable forest fire pump, of 100 gallons per minute capacity ; or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to allow the Boy Scouts the use of the lower Legion Hall or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate money to pay the following unpaid bills for 1931: Fire Department $535.89, Inspection of Meats $41.00, Vocational School $674.72, Parks and Commons $5.13, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise by loan or otherwise and appropriate the sum of $7,825.54 to pay part costs of erection of the Middlesex County Sanatorium, as provided by Section 83, Chapter 111, General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $5,000.00 for oil or other binder for the highways; or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 90, Highways, providing the State and County each appropriate similar amounts, as pro- vided for in Chapter 90 of the General Laws; or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $4,500.00 to rebuild Andover street, with bituminous macadam, from the present terminal of new construction, at station 20, westerly. providing the State and County appropriate similar
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or greater amounts, as provided for in Chapter 90 of the General Laws; or appropriate any other sum, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,500.00 for specific repairs on Shawsheen street, from the present terminal of new construction, at station 45, northeasterly, to the State Highway, providing the State and County each appropriate similar or greater amounts, as provided for in Chapter 90 of the General Laws, or appro- priate any other sum, or take any other action re !- ative thereto.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept Walnut street, Shawsheen River Park, as drawn by J. W. Grey, surveyor, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Moder- ator for a term of one year.
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 Office 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 13th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.
IRVING F. FRENCH. - Selectmen of Tewksbury.
WILLIAM H. KELLEY,
JOSEPH W. JORDAN, -
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Annual Report
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Also Report of The Superintendent of Schools
For the School year Ending December 31,
1931
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The work and supervision of the schools have been carried on as customary again this year.
The window and door strips which were much needed have been put on the old sections of the Foster School, and the black boards have been resurfaced and repaired. The rooms at the Shawsheen School have been painted, the ceilings whitened, the desks refinished and minor repairs have been made at all the School houses.
A driven well is badly needed at the Foster School as the water there has been condemned for drinking purposes, making it necessary to purchase spring water which is most inconvenient and expensive We feel that this is not the time to ask for more money than is abso)- lutely necessary, but hope a suitable water supply can be put in the school in the near future.
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Respectfully submitted,
MAY L. LARRABEE, Chairman PHILLIP M. BATTLES AUSTIN F. FRENCH, Secretary
The School Committee recommends the sum of $51,000.00 be ap- propriated for the schools for 1932 based upon the following proposed budget and also show the budget of 1931 for comparison:
1931
1932
Superintendent
$ 975.00 $
975.00
Supervisors
1,500.00
1,465.00
Teachers
19,450.00
18,000.00
Janitors
3,814.00
3,760.00
Transportation
10,000.00
10,000.00
Fuel
1,600.00
1,500.00
Tuition, High School
11,300.00
11,150.00
Books and Supplies
1,000.00
500.00
Health
1,275.00
1,275.00
Insurance
1,000.00
900.00
District
120.00
175.00
Miscellaneous
500.00
800.00
Repairs
1,000.00
500.00
Total
$ 53,434.00 $ 51,000.00
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Tewksbury:
Madam and Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my second annual report as Superintendent of Schools for Tewksbury.
Since this report is primarily for the information of the taxpayers, I am writing it in the form of a Catechism or questionnaire, such as any citizen might put to those in charge of the administration of the schools.
As to Numbers
What is the population of Tewksbury?
5,585-according to the census of 1930.
How many children enrolled in the elementary schools October 1, 1931 ?
There were 514. This is an increase of 29 over the preceding year.
How many children in attendance at High and Vocational schools? About 120 in High school.
About 18 in Vocational school.
How many children between 5 and 16 years are shown by the school census ?
608, nearly all of which number are in school.
What children are compelled, by law, to attend school?
All children between the ages of 7 and 16, but a child of 14 may leave under certain conditions, to go to work, provided he has com- pleted the sixth grade, or its equivalent.
Organization
What is the plan of organization of the school system?
By the cooperation of neighboring communities we maintain what is known as the 8-4 plan. This means 8 years in the elementary grades and 4 years in the High school or Vocational school.
Is this a modern type organization ?
No, it is what is known by its opponents, as the traditional-meaning old-fashioned-type of organization. This distinguishes it from the 6-3-3 plan in vogue where they have junior high schools, and divide the grades into six elementary, three junior high, and three senior high. There is also the 6-6 plan, wherein the division is into six elementary and six high school grades.
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Would one of the more modern plans be desirable for Tewksbury?
It is probable that the 6-3-3 plan could not be worked successfully in a system of this size. It is certain that it would be very much more expensive than the present form of organization. As for the 6-6 plan, it would be wholly out of the question as long as high school pupils must be sent out of town.
What is our method of promotion ?
Promotions are made annually for those pupils who show the ability to carry on successfully the work of the next grade higher. In very rare cases double promotion is granted. This is the most com- mon plan of promotion followed in this state.
What subjects are required to be taught in the elementary grades by the laws of the state ?
Reading, writing, spelling, English language and grammar, ge- ography, arithmetic, history and constitution of the United States, civics, physiology and hygiene, physicial education, drawing, and good behavior.
What additional subjects do we teach?
Music, manual training, sewing, and thrift.
What opportunity for education beyond the elementary grades is offered to the Tewksbury children?
They may have the full benefits of the course at Lowell High School, or the High Schools in Wilmington and Billerica, as they may choose. There is but one condition, and that is that they attain a scholastic average of B or better during their attendance in the eighth grade. Those who fail of this average, but who are, in the judgment of the Superintendent of Schools, capable of profiting by attendance at Vocational school, may attend the Lowell Vocational Schools.
Is the town obliged to provide this vocational education?
Yes, according to the statutes of the Commonwealth. One-half of the cost of such tuition and transportation is borne by the state.
What provision is made for the special instruction of retarded children ?
None, as yet, there being too small a number to make such a class an economical proposition.
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