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MISCELLANEOUS
Advertising
$ 8.00
Inspection Fees at Slaughter House
326.90
Licenses :
Concert on Lord's Day 19.50
Ice Cream
10.00
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Lodging House
2.00
Sale and Pasteurization of Milk
49.50
Slaughter House
10.00
Overnight Cabins
1.00
Used Car Dealers
30.00
Taxicab
15.00
Motor Vehicle Junk
15.00
Sale of Sewing Machines and Bicycles
472.00
Sale of Manual Training Supplies
4.85
Sale of Town Maps
10.00
Easement Rights
. 2.00
Renewal of Gasoline Permits
2.00
Miscellaneous School Expenses
10.08
Sealer of Weights and Measures Fees
22.17 $
1,010.00
Toll Calls
250.09
Receipts from Athletic Games
-1,833.78
Reimbursements:
Tuition and Transportation (State Wards) $ 1,420.58
Estate of Caroline Mason (Welfare)
529.00
Town of Saugus (Health)
280.00 $
2,229.58
Refunds :
Recording Fees
$ .40
Duplicate Payment
10.10
Service Charges
23.04
Dog Damage
70.00
Vocational Guidance Tests
35.20 $
138.74
Land of Low Value Sale
$ 874.00
Recording Fees
73.00 $
947.00
Total Money Received
$511,201.23
EXPENDITURES
Total Amount of Expenditures as per Items
Listed in the Report of the Town Auditor $411,576.84
Balance
$ 99,624.39
Cash on Hand $ 1,666.61
Deposited in Union National Bank, Lowell 97,957.78 $ 99,624.39
TOWN FUNDS
Post War Rehabilitation Fund Chapter 5, Acts
of 1943, Registered War Savings Bonds (5) $35,000.00
Interest Received to December 31, 1947 1,385.05 $ 36,385.05
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STABILIZATION FUND
Registered War Savings Bonds (4) $ 8,000.00 Interest Received to December 31, 1947. 200.83 $ 8,200.83
TRUST FUNDS
Anna Boynton 2 War Savings Bond
$ 200.00
Foster School Fund
1,243.42
Cemetery (Seven)
1,708.58
George A. Pierce
113.67
Municipal Building Insurance :
Deposited in Savings Banks $ 22,314.80
Registered War Savings Bonds (6) 4,500.00
Total Amount of Fund January 1, 1947.
$ 26,814.80
TAX TITLES
Total Amount due the Town on date of Tax Takings. ..
$ 471.82 Rate Paid on Town Notes, Year of 1947
A. R. Notes borrowed at .65% discounted.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. MARSHALL, Town Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPRAISERS
MOTH AND TREE DEPARTMENTS
January 1, 1947
$ 1,291.00
January 1, 1948
1,919.40
Net Gain $ 628.40
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
January 1, 1947
$ 15,597.50
January 1, 1948
21,397.50
Net Gain $ 5,800.00
VICTOR N. CLUFF, EDWARD J. SULLIVAN, WILLIAM B. CARTER,
Appraisers.
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
The following is my report as Collector of Taxes from January 1, 1947 to December 31, 1947.
1944 Real Estate Account
Tax Title Disclaimed
$ 2.80
Tax Abated
2.80
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947 ....
None
1945 Real Estate Account
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1947
$ 2,312.25
Refunded
34.96
Tax Title Disclaimed
3.04 $_ 2,350.25
Taxes Collected
$ 2,300.70
Taxes Abated
33.44
Credited with taxes on Tax Titles
16.11
Total Credited to Collections $ 2,350.25
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947
None
1946 Real Estate Account
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1947
$ 13,638.00
Refunded
3.62
Tax Title Disclaimed
3.24 $ 13,644.86
Taxes Collected
$ 10,884.49
Taxes Abated
3.62
Credited with Taxes on Tax Titles
23.00
Total Credited to Collections
$ 10,911.11
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947 $ 2,733.75
1946 Personal Property Account
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1947
$ 942.51
Taxes Collected $ 831.38
Taxes Abated
9.07
Total Credited to Collections $ 840.45
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947
$ 102.06
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1946 Motor Vehicle Excise Account $ 213.85
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1947
Committed during 1947
135.56
Refunded
4.00 $ 353.41
Taxes Collected
$ 338.92
Taxes Abated
14.49
Total Credited to Collections
$ 353.41
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947
None
1946 Poll Account
Refunded
$ 8.00
Taxes Abated
$ 8.00
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947 None
1947 Real Estate Account
Total Amount Committed
$113,135.23
Refunded
248.69 $113,383.92
Taxes Collected
$ 97,674.70
Taxes Abated
1,869.29
Added to Tax Titles and Credited to Collections 205.92
Total Credited to Collections $ 99,749.91
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947
$ 13,634.01
1947 Personal Property Account
Total Amount Committed
$ 81,722.52
Refunded
4.95 $ 81,727.47
Taxes Collected
$ 80,709.02
Taxes Abated
60.39
Total Credited to Collections
$ 80,769.41
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947 $ 958.06
1947 Motor Vehicle Excise Account
Total Amount Committed $ 8,650.99
Refunded 91.73 $ 8,742.72
Taxes Collected $ 7,360.09
Taxes Abated
374.12
Total Credited to Collections $ 7,734.21
Amount Outstanding Dec, 31, 1947
$ 1,008,51
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1947 Poll Account
Total Amount Committed $ 2,720.00 Refunded 2.00 $ 2,722.00
Taxes Collected $ 1,792.00
Taxes Abated
930.00
Total Credited to Collections $ 2,722.00
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947
None
TAX COLLECTOR'S SUMMARY OF CHARGES AND CREDITS
Charges
Real Estate Taxes-1944
$ 2.80
Real Estate Taxes-1945
$ 2,315.29
Refunds
34.96 $ 2,350.25
Real Estate Taxes-1946
$ 13,641.24
Refunds
3.62 $ 13,644.86
Personal Property Taxes-1946
$ 942.51
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes-1946 $ 349.41
Refunds
4.00 $ 353.41
Poll Taxes-1946
Refunds
$ 8.00
Real Estate Taxes-1947
$113,135.23
Refunds
248.69 $113,383.92
Personal Property Taxes -- 1947
$ 81,722.52
Refunds
4.95 $ 81.727.47
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes - 1947
8,650.99
Refunds
91.73 $ 8,742.72
Poll Taxes-1947 $ 2,720.00
Refunds
2.00 $ 2,722.00
Interest and Costs
$ 506.59
TOTAL CHARGES
$224,384.53
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CREDITS
Total Cash Collected and Paid over to Treasurer $202,397.89 Total Amount Abated 3,305.22 Tax Title Credits 245.03
Total Amount Collected and Credited to Collections $205,948.14
Total Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947
18,436.39
TOTAL CREDITS $224,384.53
Respectfully Submitted,
WILLIAM J. HOULIHAN,
Collector of Taxes.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
The year 1947 has been one in which many changes have taken place in our economic structure. These changes being of a national nature can't help but affect each and every one of us. With higher wages and higher cost of living, higher cost of government is inevit- able. The Town of Tewksbury can well be proud of her elected and appointed officials and employees. As we read the daily papers we read of our neighboring town holding special Town meetings for the purpose of transferring money or appropriating more money to carry on the business of the town. By careful management and plan- ning this has been avoided in Tewksbury.
There has been a transfer of $1000 to the A. D. C. Account which was necessitated by the mandatory increase imposed upon us by the State. A transfer of $1500 to the Highway Department caused by the two large snow stormis the latter part of December. A transfer of $75. to the stationary and printing account. All other departments lived within their respective budgets.
The year 1948 is going to be another year of trying conditions. With the high cost of living, and the high cost of equipment and mate- rials etc. it will necessitate the cooperation of every one to adminis- ter a sound, constructive, progressive town government.
At our last Annual Town meeting it was voted to instruct the Selectmen to study the Insurance policy of the Town. We have thoroughly investigated the insurance problem and recommended all insurance of Town owned buildings be placed in the hands of a Com- missioner and the five year plan adopted.
There will be an article in the warrant calling for the purchase of a new truck for the Tree and Moth Department. This we recom- mend in order to avoid a complete breakdown in this department.
An article calling for the printing of an Assessors report book should also be adopted. The by-laws say one should be printed every five years, our last one was printed in 1929.
Every year our books are audited by an experienced accountant from the office of the State Director of Accounts. Last year he recommended a file system of recording Town owned land. This sys- tem is in the process of being made up and it will be about six months before it will be completed. Upon its completion it certainly will help those responsible for getting land back into taxation immensely.
This year the State auditor recommended the Town adopt a standard system of accounting. This recommendation is not a new one, it has been proposed periodically for a number of years. After talking with the heads of the departments and balancing its advan-
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tages against its disadvantages we are convinced that it is in the best interests of the Town to adopt this system and have included articles in the annual warrant to make this possible.
The board is also sponsoring an article for the creation of a Planning Board as provided for by State Statute. We feel that a Board of this type can plan conservatively and progressively for the growing pains every suburban town will experience in the years ahead. Only by careful planning will we be able to keep our Town govern- Illent on an even keel.
In the early summer we petitioned the Department of Public Utilities to order the Boston & Maine R. R. to provide better crossing protection at the Railroad Crossing on Shawsheen Street. Several mmeltings were held at the crossing and then a Public Hearing was held at the State House. The subject was strongly objected to by the Railroad and their attorneys. The Town was represented by the full Board of Selectmen and Harris Briggs. As a result the Department of Public Utilities ordered the Railroad to install automatic gates and lights at this crossing.
In regards to the controversy that has been existing specially since the Annual Town Meeting of February 1947 we have the follow- ing statement to make.
We do not like unfavorable newspaper headlines any better than you do. We have tried to do our duty as we feel that it should be done. We have consulted our Town Counsel many times during the past year. We think that it is unfair and unreasonable for other Town Officials to criticize and condemn our actions when they are in ac- cordance with the law as ruled by our Town Counsel.
As long as we are in office we will do our best to fulfill our oath in which we swore to serve our Town to the best of our abilities.
In short, the tail has been wagging the dog too long and we trust that many of you good citizens are beginning to see light. Surely this situation cannot remain the same for another year.
Harmony is the attribute to a peaceful community and we as a Board will work towards that conclusion.
Respectfully submitted,
VICTOR N. CLUFF, Chairman EDWARD J. SULLIVAN, WILLIAM B. CARTER.
Selectnien of Tewksbury.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Value of Land Exclusive of Buildings Jan. 1, 1947
$ 867,550.00
Value of Buildings
2,547,080.00
Value of Personal Property
2,476,440.00
Value of Omitted Property, December Assessment
13,710.00
Total Value for 1947
$5,904,780.00
Total Value for 1946
5,669,500.00
Gain in Valuation
$ 235,280.00
TOTAL LEVY FOR 1947
Town Appropriations
$260,847.07
Appropriation Available Funds
9,445.01
Tax Title Foreclosure
250.00
Debt and Interest Charges
3,247.50 $273.789.58
State Tax $ 3,600.00
State Parks & Reservations
322.48
Underestimate State Parks
120.93
State Audit
889.97 $ 4,933.38
County Tax
$. 8,621.30
Underestimate County Tax
95.18
Tuberculosis Hospital
1,413.38 $ 10,129.86
Overlay Current Year
$ 3,643.37
Gross Amount to be raised
$292,496.19
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
Income Tax
$ 15,326.88
Income Tax Suppliment
6,559.12
Corporation Tax
6,475.47
Corporation Tax Supplement
2,221.88
Reimbursement State Owned Land
3,771.23
Gasoline Tax
5,854.29
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise
5.000.00
2.400.00
Licenses General Government
300.00
Aid Dependent Children
4,400.00
Old Age Assistance
18,000.00
Old Age Tax (Meal)
1,125.00
Schools
2,000.00
Interest on Taxes 500.00 $ 73,933.87
$
Amount from Available Funds $ 21,445.01 21,445.01
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Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$ 95,378.88
Net Amount to be Raised on Polls & Property
$197,117.31 Polls $ 2,712.00
Personal Property 81,722.52
Real Estate
112,682.79 $197,117.31
$197,117.31
Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property
Tax Rate 1947-$33.00
Omitted Assessments
Polls
$ 8.00
Real Estate
452.43 $ 460.43
EXEMPTIONS AND ABATEMENTS
Polls
Clause 17A
$ 174.00
Clause 18
10.00
Clause 23
6.00
Chapter 406-1943
686.00
Deceased
6.00
Non-Residents
26.00
Unable to Collect
22.00 $
930.00
Real Estate
Clause 17
$ 431.64
Clause 18
23.76
Clause 22-23
1,181.90
Over Value
124.74
Foreclosed by Town
107.25 $ £ 1,869.29
Personal
Over Value $ 60.39 $ 60.39 $ 2,859.68
Clause 17 -- Widows; Clause 17A - Over 70 years; Clause 18 -- Inability to pay; Clauses 22 and 23 - Veterans. Spanish, World War I and II, 10% disability, etc .; Chapter 406 Acts of 1943 Military and Naval Service World War II: Non-Residents-Living in Tewksbury but claiming other cities and towns as their legal domicile; Unable to Collect-Moved out of State.
AUTO EXCISE LEVY
Total Valuation
$278,610.00
Amount Warrants to Collector
$ 8,650.89
Amount Taken Estimated Revenue $ 5,000.00
Amount Abated
374.12 5,374.12
Balance
3,276.77
Tax Rate 1947-$36.23
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
1,459
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
11,186.7
Number of Live Stock Assessed:
Horses
55
Cows
479
Bulls, Steers, etc.
79
Swine
312
Sheep
3
Fowl
17,698
Goats, Mink, etc.
121
EXEMPTED PROPERTY (REAL AND PERSONAL)
Religious, Charitable, etc.
$ 216,000.00
Town 378,500.00
Town Land (Low Value Sale) 37,300.00
State
4,386,580.00
Federal
102.550.00
Total Exempted Property $5,120,930.00
Respectfully submitted,
AUSTIN F. FRENCH, Chairman HARRY P. NASH, ETHEL M. PHILLIPS,
Board of Assessors.
REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
To the Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
As Park Commissioners, we submit the following:
During the summer the commons were mowed and raked and trimmed.
The flag was raised on all occasions.
This spring a memorial is going to be erected on one of the commons for the men who gave their lives in World War I and II.
This year we plan to have a lighting effect around the memorial at Christmas time.
The flag pole needs painting and repairing, also a new rope.
Respectfully submitted, LESLIE COLLINS, FRANK SHERLOCK,
Park Commissioners.
REPORT OF BY-LAW COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Tewksbury:
The recommendations of the By-Law Committee as to amend- ment of the By-Laws are published in the Town Warrant and Town Report.
Under the heading "Town Meeting" the principal changes recom- mended by the Committee are that Roberts Rules of Order shall govern rather than Cushing's Manual, and that a motion for the pre- vious question shall have precedence over a motion indefinitely post- poned.
Under Article III entitled "Financial" the committee recom- miends that the treasurer's report contain a statement of the amount of encumbrances on any appropriation already made and an estimate of any monies due or likely to be received by the town during the coming year, so that voters may have more accurate information as to the exact financial condition of the town. Provision is also made in Section 7 of Article III for disposition of outmoded equipment to the value of not over $150.
Under the heading "Finance Committee" the committee recon- mends that there be one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Road Commissioners and one member of the School Committee members of the Finance Committee without voting power. The proposed by-laws provide for the organization of the Finance Committee on the second Monday of March in each year. It is also provided that the Committee shall report the amount of expenditures made for any given purpose for the two preceding years so that an easy comparison may be made by the voters for estimates and recommendations of the Committee. The proposed by-laws also pro- vide for the submission of budgets to the Finance Committee only by boards or officers primarily responsible for the expenditure of money. A new provision was made that no action of the Finance Com- mittee will be valid unless taken at a duly called meeting and pro- vides specifically for giving notice to the members of the Committee.
Most of the other amendments remain the same in character and do not in substance affect the present by-laws.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. CARLTON, WILLIAM B. CARTER, BERNARD L. DOUGHERTY, MELVIN G. ROGERS, ROY G. LANNER.
By-Law Committee.
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
December 31. 1947 Gentlemen:
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Tewksbury Police Department, as follows:
Drunkenness 37
Assault and Battery
4
Stubborn Child
3
Truancy
2
Delinquent Child
1
Non-support
5
Breaking, Entering & Larceny in the night-time.
4
Operating without a license
2
Illegitimacy
1
Violation of Chap. 48, Sec. 13
1
Violation of Chap. 122, Sec. 20A
2
Operating to endanger
1
Cruelty to Animals
1
Larceny
1
Permitting an improper person to operate a motor vehicle 1
Operating an unregistered, uninsured car 1
Permitting an uninsured, unregistered car to be operated
1
Operating under the influence of liquor
2
Total
70
Disposition of Cases:
Lowell District Court
Guilty
21
Released by Probation Officer 31
Dismissed for lack of prosecution 3
Continued in District Court
10
Arrests for other departments
2
Held for Probable Cause
3
Total 70
Superior Court Cases
Assault & Battery 2
(Continued from 1946
Breaking, Entering & Larceny
3
Total
5
Disposition of Cases in Superior Court
Guilty 5
District Court Sessions Attended 29
Civil Sessions, District Court 6
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Civil Sessions, Superior Court, Lowell
11
Cases in Superior Court, East Cambridge
17
Telephone calls at office 4478
Telephone calls received at Chief's home 3122 Complaints investigated 1448 68
Accidents investigated
Summons served
54
Public functions policed
Funerals policed
Messages delivered
Dogs struck by automobiles
Dog bite cases
3
Sudden deaths investigated
13 27 11
Snow and ice on highways
Admitted to Tewksbury State Hospital
Lights out, poles and wires down
With Lowell Humane Society
12
Cars stolen in Tewksbury
3
Cars stolen elsewhere
Hearings held at office
Investigations for other departments
12
Cases transported to the hospital
11
Fires policed
48
Stolen cars recovered
6
Registration plates picked up
3
Stolen merchandise recovered
.$12,457.65
Cars transferred
128
Jurors served
10
Transported Animal Inspector
3
Ambulance Service Calls
9
Once again I would like to call your attention to the road surface of Route 38, also the condition that exists at the various curves from the Lowell line to the Wilmington line.
I think many of the accidents on Route 38 could be avoided if the curves were treated with a cut-back pea-stone to roughen the surface. Several years ago this matter was taken up with the De- partment of Public Works but because of the War, nothing could be done at that time. I would recommend that this matter again be called to their attention and see if this situation can not be remedied.
This procedure was carried out by our own Highway Department on Route 133 at the Meloy curve. Prior to doing this our accident average per year was five. Cut-back pea-stone on this curve has eliminated all accidents in this locality.
Respectfully submitted,
CYRIL L. BARKER,
Chief of Police
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51 15 157 29
Doors and windows found open
28 43 4
Missing persons in Tewksbury
51 37 106
Registration plates checked
REPORT OF VETERANS' AGENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my first report as Veterans' Agent for the Town of Tewksbury.
In view of the fact that the year 1947 was the start of Veterans' Benefits throughout the State, I would like to take this opportunity to explain in brief to the Veterans and residents of Tewksbury the functions of this Department.
The "Veterans' Agent" is the person legally appointed to dis- burse "Veterans' Benefits" in any city or town.
"Veterans' Benefits" is assistance, temporary or permanent granted to any eligible Veteran or his dependent in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 115 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, as amended.
This account was formerly known as "Aid, State & Military" which covered State Aid pensions, Soldiers' Relief and War Allowance, but now comes under the heading of "Veterans' Benefits".
Eligibility of a veteran and/or dependent is determined by the Agent after application has been made and investigation completed.
Veterans' Benefits is divided into three classifications, namely "Fuel" and "Medical", which are self-explanatory, and the other, "Ordinary" which includes such items as Food, Clothing, Rent, House- hold Supplies, etc. These benefits are controlled by a budget set up by the Commissioner of Veterans' Services which gives a basis for determining the needs of a veteran and/or his dependents.
Widows or other dependents of a deceased veteran who need assistance over and above their government allotments or pensions are also eligible to receive any of the above benefits from the Town.
Some of the duties of the Veterans Agent are as follows: to assist any applicant in making out application, to secure the neces- sary records to determine eligibility and relationship such as pho- tostatic copy of discharge, marriage, birth or death record of veteran, widow or parent and numerous other records, thorough investigation and home visit, determine settlement status and make recommenda- tions to the Office of the Commissioner of Veterans' Services where eligibility is finally decided.
If an application is approved by the Commissioner of Veterans' Services and the applicant has a Tewksbury settlement then the
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State will reimburse the Town 50% of the money spent; if the ap- plicant has no Massachusetts settlement the State reimburses in full.
The appropriation asked for the year 1948 for the Department is the same as that of other years under the "Aid, State & Military" account but the employment trend being unpredictable I cannot be sure that this will be sufficient; in any event, I will endeavor to execute the duties of the office of Veterans' Agent in accordance with the revised standards of the State of Massachusetts and I will serve the Veterans and their dependents to the best of my ability.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM J. HOULIHAN, Agent
REPORT OF THE STADIUM COMMISSION
An appropriation of $1200 was given at the last town meeting to repair the window frames of the Stadium Field House. $1100 was paid Mr. Hjalmar Johnson for granite work and $90.18 for material and labor for scraping, red leading and painting the steel sash. Bids for this work were as high as $2150,
The uncompleted work of reglazing the broken lights and in- stalling iron grills we estimate to be $250. We are therefore asking for an appropriation of $250, and the balance of $9.82 to complete the work.
The Flag Pole was painted and new halliards installed, goal posts painted, stands and some painting done in the Field House. Clay placed on the baseball diamond and about the same amount will be needed again this Spring. The State authorities will not ap- prove our present drinking water supply until the present condition is corrected. This we plan to do this coming season. We are re- questing the usual appropriation of $500 for maintainance with the unexpected balance.
HAROLD J. PATTEN,
RALPH BATTLES,
THOMAS BERUBE.
Tewksbury Stadium Commission
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TEWKSBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY
The trustees of the Public Library submit the following report:
Details of expenditures will be found in the report of the auditor.
Regular meetings have been held the first Saturday in the month except during July and August.
During the summer the entire stock of books was gone over, dusted and rearranged. About four hundred were weeded out and discarded. This was done under the capable direction of Mrs. Abbie Dempsey assisted by Mrs. Mary Marshall.
The trustees wish to thank the librarian, Mrs. Dempsey, and her assistants for their faithful and courteous service. Acknowledgment is also made to those in whose homes library boxes are placed.
It is hoped that the article in the warrant asking for an appro- priation of $1300 and the money received from the dog tax be granted.
Respectfully submitted,
MARIAN E. FRENCH, Secretary
RUTH W. SMITH, DOROTHY FITZGERALD, EDGAR SMITH, HAROLD PATTEN,
HARRY PRIESTLEY,
Trustees Tewksbury Public Library
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
To the Trustees of the Tewksbury Public Library:
The following report is respectfully submitted:
During the year seven hundred forty one books were added, four hundred thirty adult fiction, one hundred forty eight adult non fiction, one hundred eight juvenile fiction and fifty five juvenile non fiction.
Last March the eighth grade pupils of the Foster School under the supervision of Mrs. Barnes visited the Library where a talk on library cataloging, arranging of books, filing of cards and library service in general was given by the Librarian. Each pupil took out a book to be read as part of the library project being studied at that time. Later these books were exchanged for others.
Several deposits of books are being sent to the Foster School to be used in the classroom libraries.
In the spring a group of girl scouts with their leader, Mrs. Houghton visited the library, later a shelf was reserved for books for the girl scouts.
Many eighth grade pupils are coming to the library for books for book reports.
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