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1. Any person who is loaned a Fire Extinguisher by the Town of Westford for use at brush or house fires must be responsible for same.
2. After using and before refilling, the extinguisher should be thoroughly washed out to prevent corroding. The hose and nozzle also should be washed. Make sure the hole in the nozzle is clear.
3. Always wash and refill immediately. There may be another fire.
4. In winter the extinguisher should be put near a stove or in a warm place, to prevent freezing. Otherwise it should be emptied and washed out.
5. By putting into the extinguisher 34 of a cup of salt and stirring until dissolved, the extinguisher will not freeze so easily. It cannot, however, be left in a wholly unheated building.
6. All persons having extinguishers, who close their homes for the winter, or who leave town, should notify the Forest Warden, Harry L. Nesmith, by telephone, and give the extinguishers to him.
7. Every spring the extinguishers should be discharged, washed out and refilled.
8. Any extinguisher that is lost or becomes defective should be reported to the Forest Warden.
9. Each person taking an extinguisher to a fire should take his own extinguisher home.
10. Know the number of your own extinguisher.
11. Any person allowing an extinguisher to freeze must pay for having it repaired.
Per Order,
BOARD OF ENGINEERS,
Town of Westford.
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Forest Fires
Date
Owner
Acres
Dam- age Dam- age
Town Expense Town Expense
Railroad Expense Railroad
Expense
Apr. 5
Town Farm
1
$ 9.20 (B. & M.)
Apr. 6
Mrs. R. Reed
1
$ 4.95
Apr. 9
J. A. Healy
1
$ 12
$ 12.30
Apr. 10
C. Parker
1
Apr. 12
Vose & Spellmont 10
50
Apr. 13
J. A. Healy
14
Apr. 14
O. R. Spaulding
5
25
16.35
Apr. 20
Abbot Worsted Co. 10
50
Apr. 22
O'Rourke & Vose
50
.250
Apr. 25
G. Jackson
4.85
Apr. 26
Westford Water Co. 1
5
5.95 (B. & M.)
Apr. 27
R. Taylor
1
5.40
Apr. 28
W. Symmes Est.
8 20
May 6 O'Rourke
May 7 T. Sullivan
14
May 6 W. Butterworth
4
20
May 6
W. Butterworth
1
5
3.75 (N.Y. N.H. & H.)
MIay 7
J. Patnaude
10
100
75.55
May 14
A. Fisher
1/1
5
4.30
May 17
O. R. Spaulding
2
20
12.10 (B. & M.)
May 20
Abbot Worsted Co. 4
15.20
May 20
Nelson Prescott
1
5
4.80
May 24
D. Sherman
1
5
8.25 (B. & M.)
May 26
W. Edwards
8
50
51.65
May 27
Blanchard
1/2
5
10.65
May 30
W. Butterworth
1/1
2.20 (N.Y. N.H. & H.)
June 4
O. R. Spaulding
8
80
49.35
June 13
E. Woods
1
10
14.30 (B. & M.)
Aug. 13
O. R. Spaulding
12
29.30
Aug. 19
J. A. Healy
4
50
55.00
Aug. 21
B.& M.R.R.Bridge
4.50 (B. & M.)
Aug. 26
Geo. C. Moore
14
5 3.40
Sept. 13
C. Coburn
1%
4.50
Oct. 8
C. Coture
1
5.40
Oct. 11 S. Watson
1/4
3.85
Nov. 3
C. Edwards
14
2.79
Dec. 12
W. Symmes Est.
4
10
6.70
Total
$372.54
$232.27
Date
Owner
Acres
$ 3.85 (B. & M.) 18.35 (N.Y. N.H. & H.) 2.75 (B. & M.)
1 6.25
Apr. 20
F. Prescott
39.72 (B. & M.) 80.35 (N.Y. N.H. & H.)
10.75 (B. & M.) 3.75 (N.Y. N.H. & H.) 3.70 (N.Y. N.H. & H.) 8.80 (N.Y. N.H. & H.)
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Report of the Engineers of the Westford Fire Department
The Board of Fire Engineers submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1923.
At the first meeting of the Board, the engineers organized as follows:
Alonzo H. Sutherland, Chief Alfred Prinn, Assistant Chief John Edwards, Clerk
The companies have responded to 15 fires other than forest fires during the year : 6 building fires, 7 chimney fires and 2 automobile and truck fires, being 10 less than last year.
The following is a list of the buildings where damage occurred :
Jan. 30-Pool room and bowling alley of Conrad Richards (Granite- ville), building and contents partly burned ; cause, over-heated furnace.
Mar. 29-House of Almon Vose, Road, roof partly burned ; cause, sparks from chimney.
Apr. 14-House of C. G. Sargent Co., First St., (Graniteville), roof partly burned ; cause, sparks from rubbish fire.
May S-Barn of S. B. Watson, Main Street, slight damage; cause, over-heated boiler.
June 18-Garage of Geo. Wilson, Pershing Street, total loss, with two automobiles ; cause, unknown.
Sept. 6-Storage building of George C. Moore, Nabnasset Street, slight damage ; cause, unknown, probably set.
While there has been a decrease in chimney fires, we again call to the attention of persons owning houses the necessity of cleaning their chimneys. We find that some have done so, while others have not.
The equipment of the Fire Department is in good condition.
The Fire Engineers recommend the sum of $1,800.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the expenses of the Fire Department for the coming year.
ALONZO H. SUTHERLAND ALFRED PRINN JOHN EDWARDS
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Report of Finance Committee
Westford, January 25, 1924.
The Finance Committee has carefully considered all articles calling for the appropriation of money, in the warrant for the Annual Town Meet- ing to be held February 11, 1924; they have conferred with the officers having charge of the spending of the money appropriated, and herewith submit a list of the appropriations asked for and the amounts recommended.
Amount Amount Asked Recommended
Amount Asked
Amount Recommended
Article 11. General Government :
Selectmen ..... $ 500.00 $ 500.00
Town Accountant
825.00
825.00
Town Treasurer.
400.00
400.00
Tax Collector.
1,250.00
1,250.00
Assessors
800.00
800.00
Town Counsel ...
400.00
400.00
Town Clerk
....
325.00
325.00
Election Officers
and Registrars
600.00
600.00
Town Hall
1,500.00
1,500.00
$
6,600.00 $
6,600.00
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13.
Fire Department
2,800.00
2,800.00
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14.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
125.00
125.00
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15. Fish and Game Warden.
75.00
100.00
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16. Moth Department
3,000.00
3,000.00
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17. Tree Warden
300.00
300.00
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18.
Forest Fires
1,000.00
1,000.00
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19.
Health Department
3,000.00
3,000.00
20. Highways :
General Road Construction
and Repairs
$16,000.00
State and County Roads ..
4,000.00
Machinery
5,000.00
25.000.00
25,000.00
Snow Removal
1,000.00
1,000.00
Brush Cutting
500.00
.00
21. Charities :
Outside Aid
7,000.00
7,000.00
Westford Home
5,500.00
5,500.00
Soldiers' Benefit
600.00
600.00
Salaries $37,000.00 $35,000.00
Care and main-
tenance .... 14,500.00
13,000.00
Transportation.
7,500.00
7,500.00
Text books and
supplies
3,500.00
3,500.00
12. Police Department
2,300.00
2,300.00
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22.
23.
Schools :
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Amount
Amount Asked Recommended
Amount Asked
Amount Recommended
General expense
2,400.00
2,400.00
Tuition to other
towns
300.00
300.00
Vocational School
700.00
700.00
Physician ..
300.00
300.00
Playgrounds im-
provement
500.00
500.00
66,700.00
62,600.00
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24. Public Library
2,200.00
2,200.00
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26. Care of Common.
250.00
250.00
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27. Town Reports
600.00
600.00
66
28. Legion Headquarters
200.00
200.00
66
29.
Town Scales
25.00
25.00
66
30.
Liability Insurance
500.00
500.00
31. Cemeteries
900.00
900.00
66
32.
Cattle Inspector
150.00
150.00
66
33. Reserve Fund
2,000.00
2,000.00
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34. Outstanding Bills
1,160.62
1,160.62
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35. Overdrafts
1,185.84
1,185.84
36. Farm Bureau
400.00
400.00
$135,371.46 $130,796.46
Fixed Charges :
Hydrants
$ 2,680.00
Street Lights
4,500.00
General Loans
4,300.00
Interest on Loans .. 1,500.00
Interest on Rev. Loans.
1,350.00
County Taxes
5,700.00
State Taxes
10,350.00
30,380.00
$161,176.46
INCOME
Corporation Tax
$15,442.01
Bank Tax
122.00
Income Tax
9,455.68
Poll Tax
1,848.00
All other income
13,744.34
$ 40,612.03 12,000.00
From Surplus
$ 52,612.03
$108,564.43
Valuation of Town for year 1923, $3,816,746.00.
25.
Memorial Day
300.00
300.00
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If the amounts as recommended are appropriated and the sum of $12,000.00 be taken from the surplus, also basing the amount of income same as that of last year, together with the apparent increase in valuation, the rate of taxation should not be above $27.50 per thousand.
Article 43. This article refers to the borrowing of money to meet the expenses to be incurred in erecting and furnishing either a new school house or additions to existing school houses at Granite- ville and Forge Village. It is estimated that the sum of $125,000.00 will be required to carry out the proposed plan. The voters of the town will act upon the four previous articles of the warrant, deciding on that which they deem most desirable to satisfy the needs of the two villages. This Committee recommends that the required sum be borrowed, payment to be made in twenty annual installments. The amount required this coming year will increase the tax rate about $1.00 per thousand.
Article 47. We recommend that the Town authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement with the Abbott Worsted Co. to widen the Street and Canal Bridge at Forge Village and payment for the Town's part of the expense be taken from the General Road Appropriation.
Article 49. Should the Town vote to establish a war memorial in accord- ance with the plans as recommended by the committee chosen for the purpose, we recommend the appropriation of the sum of $6;000.00 same to be used in the establishment of such memorial. This will increase the tax rate for the coming year about $1.50 per thousand.
HERBERT V. HILDRETH
JULIAN A. CAMERON
ARTHUR H. BURNHAM
P. HENRY HARRINGTON
GEORGE F. WHITE
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, Westford, Mass.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To the Constable of the Town of Westford, in said County : GREETING :
You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections, and also in Town affairs, to meet at the Town House, in said Westford, on Monday, February 11, 1924, being the second Monday in said month at 7.45 o'clock A. M. The polls will be opened at eight o'clock A. M., and may be closed at one o'clock P. M., and they are then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit :
1st. To bring in their votes for one Town Clerk, one Selectman, one Overseer of the Poor, one Assessor, two members School Committee, one Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds, one Trustee of the Public Library, one member Board of Health, all for three years; one Trustee of the Public Library to fill vacancy, Moderator, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable and Tree Warden, all for one year ; also to vote on the following question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town ?"
2nd. To hear the report of the Finance Committee.
3rd. To hear the report of the Town Accountant.
4th. To hear the report of the Selectmen, including the report on guide boards and the naming of streets and roads.
5th. To hear the report of the Overseers of the Poor.
6th. To hear the report of the School Committee.
7th. To hear the report of the Trustees of the Public Library.
8th. To hear the report of the Commissioners of the Burial Grounds.
9th. To determine the compensation of the Tax Collector.
10th. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Town Clerk from $25 to $100.
11th. To appropriate money for General Government purposes.
12th. To appropriate money for the Police Department.
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13th. To appropriate money for the Fire Department.
14th. To appropriate money for Sealer of Weights and Measures.
15th. To appropriate money for Fish and Game Warden. 16th. To appropriate money for the Moth Department. 17th. To appropriate money for the Tree Warden.
18th. To appropriate money for Forest Fires. 19th. To appropriate money for the Health Department.
20th. To appropriate money for Highway purposes.
21st. To appropriate money for Charities.
22nd. To appropriate money for Soldiers' Benefits. 23rd. To appropriate money for the School Department. 24th. To appropriate money for the Public Library.
25th. To appropriate money for Memorial Day.
26th. To appropriate money for the care of the Common.
27th. To appropriate money for the publishing of the Town Reports.
28th. To appropriate money for the rent of headquarters of Westford Post 159, The American Legion.
29th. To appropriate money for the care of the Town Scales. 30th. To appropriate money for liability insurance. 31st. To appropriate money for Cemeteries.
32nd. To appropriate money for Cattle Inspection.
33rd. To see if the Town in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws will appropriate money as a Reserve Fund.
34th. To appropriate money to pay bills outstanding December 31, 1923.
35th. To appropriate money to meet the overdrafts of various departments. 36th. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $400 and elect a director, under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws.
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37th. To see if the Town will rescind the vote taken at the last annual meeting to withdraw from the present Union School System and employ a Superintendent for the schools of the Town only.
3Stlı. To hear the report of the committee chosen at the last annual meeting to investigate and report relative to making additions to the school house in Graniteville.
39th. To see if the Town will vote to erect a new 10-room school house on land to be acquired between Forge Village and Graniteville, equip and furnish the same and act in relation thereto.
40th. To see if the Town will vote to erect a new 6-room school house on the land that the Town has already voted to acquire at Forge Village, equip and furnish the same and act in relation thereto.
41st. To see if the Town will vote to build a 4-room addition to the present 4-room school house at Graniteville, equip and furnish the same and act in relation thereto.
42nd. To see if the Town will vote to build a 6-room addition to the present 4-room school house at Forge Village, equip and furnish the same and act in relation thereto.
43rd. To see if the Town will vote to borrow $125,000 to meet the expense to be incurred in erecting school houses or making additions to exist- ing school houses and furnishing and equipping the same under the provisions of one or more of the four preceding articles and will vote to petition the General Court for authority to borrow a sum of money over and above the debt limit sufficient to carry out the pro- visions of this vote and act in relation thereto.
44th. To see if the Town will establish an additional hydrant on a private way known as Roosevelt Avenue.
45th. To see if the Town will establish an additional hydrant at Edwards Corner.
46th. To see if the Town will vote to install additional street lights as follows : 2 on Palermo St., 2 on Pershing St., 3 on Storey St., 2 on Central St., 2 on Roosevelt Ave., 1 on Orchard St. and 4 on Depot Rd.
47th. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into an agreement with the Abbot Worsted Company to widen the street and bridge at the canal of this Company in Forge Village and appro- priate money therefor.
48th. To choose all other Town officers necessary to be chosen.
49th. To hear the report of the committee relative to the establishment of a war memorial and see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $6,000 to erect such memorial.
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50th. To hear the report of the committee on by-laws, a copy of which is to be printed in the annual report, and see what action the Town will take thereon.
51st. 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.
52nd. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the current year, also the rate of interest on taxes remaining unpaid at a time to be fixed by a vote of the Town, and when and how said taxes shall be paid into the treasury, and establish the office hours of the collector.
53rd. To hear the report of the committee on reforestation.
54th. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to lease premises for the location of the Town scales and provide for the use and main- tenance of the same.
55th. To see if the Town will accept the sum of $2,000 to be known as the Emily F. Fletcher Lecture Fund, and other personal property be- queathed under the will of Emily F. Fletcher.
56th. To see if the Town will vote to light the Westford Home with electricity.
57th. To see if the Town will authorize the taking of gravel from the Westford Home for highway or other purposes.
58th. To see if the Town will vote to sell the land and buildings owned by the Town situated on the southerly side. of Union Street ..
59th. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 20, Chapter 39 of General Laws authorizing the election of Town officers and voting on the question of granting licenses for the sale of certain non-intoxi- cating beverages by precinct voting at the annual town election.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up true and attested copies at the Town House and each Depot in said Westford, eight days at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-four.
FRANK L. FURBUSH, JOHN B. GRAY, ARTHUR G. HILDRETH,
Selectmen of Westford.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASS.
WESTFO
TOWN
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PORATED
SEPT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923
Lowell, Mass. COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS
1924
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Organization, School Committee
EVA F. WRIGHT, Secretary
Term expires 1926
EDWARD SPINNER ..
66 1926
WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, Chairman.
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1925
FRANK L. FURBUSH.
66 1925
ARTHUR G. HILDRETH.
66 1924
A. MABEL, DREW
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1924
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
HERMAN C. KNIGHT, Littleton, Mass. Telephone, Littleton 42-3
COMMITTEE ON TEXT-BOOKS
A. MABEL DREW
SUPPLY AGENT
HERMAN C. KNIGHT
TRUANT OFFICERS
John Sullivan Willard H. Beebe
J. A. Healy Everett Miller
Charles Edwards
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
CYRIL A. BLANEY, M. D.
SCHOOL NURSE
ELVA L. WRIGIIT, R. N.
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Report of the School Committee
TO THE CITIZENS OF WESTFORD :
We hereby submit the report of the School Board for the past year.
We feel that our schools have made good progress through the consci- entious work of our superintendent, teachers and supervisors.
A word as to the school buildings. Owing to the two-platoon system operating in the schools at Forge Village and Graniteville it was necessary to install electric lighting. The wood stove at the Parkerville school having served its usefulness, has been replaced by a furnace which has been installed in the basement of the school. The William E. Frost School should be re- shingled during the summer vacation. If the Cameron School is continued in use it should be repainted. The floors in the Sargent School are in very poor condition and should be renewed.
During the year, Miss Issie Parker retired from active teaching after having served the Town faithfully for 38 years. In recognition of Miss Parker's long service, and her interest and devotion to the schools, the Committee voted suitable acknowledgment and a copy of our action was sent to Miss Parker.
Again we must call your attention to the urgent need of additional room at Forge Village and Graniteville. At the present time at Forge Village we have four rooms in the main building and two in the portable with an enrollment sufficient for nine rooms. At Graniteville we have four rooms and scholars for seven. Articles have again been placed in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting with the hope that some favorable plan will be adopted whereby this unfavorable condition will be remedied.
We respectfully call your attention to the reports of the superintendent, principal of the Academy and supervisors.
The expense account for the year 1923 will be found under the Town Accountant's report.
We respectfully ask for the sum of $66,700.00 for school expenses for the year 1924.
WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, Chairman FRANK L. FURBUSH A. MABEL DREW ARTHUR G. HILDRETH EVA F. WRIGHT, Secretary EDWARD SPINNER
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School Calendar
Winter Term Ends-March 14, 1924.
Spring Term Begins-March 24.
Spring Term Closes-June 18.
1924-1925
Fall Term Opens-Sept. 3. Fall Term Closes-Nov. 26. Winter Term Begins-Dec. 1.
Christmas vacation, Dec. 19 to Dec. 30, 1924.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Same calendar as above except closing date, June 6.
Special Exercise Days and Holidays, 1924
Feb. 12-Lincoln Exercises, one-half hour.
Feb. 21-Washington Exercises, one-half hour.
Apr. 18-Patriots' Day Exercises, one-half hour. May 29-Memorial Day Exercises, one-half hour.
Oct. 11-Columbus Day Exercises, one-half hour.
Nov. 26-Thanksgiving Exercises, one hour.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, First Monday of September, October 12, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. (The day fol- lowing when any of the first four days mentioned, the 12th of October or Christmas occurs on Sunday.)
Arbor Day falls on the last Saturday in April, and is not a legal holiday.
Flag Day falls on June 14, and is not a legal holiday. It should be observed by proper exercises by any school in session on that day.
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Teachers in Service, 1924
Academy
Teacher
Grades Taught
Where Educated
Home Address
William C. Roudenbush
IX-XII
Williams
Westford
Laura Gotberg
Boston Univ. So. Manchester, Conn. Salem Normal
Katherine L. Ott
Daisy V. Bashford
Boston University
Shrewsbury Norwood
Wm. E. Frost School
Edith Wright
I-II Westford Academy
Westford
Ruth Tuttle
III-IV Lowell Normal
Westford
Blanche Lawrence
V-VI Mt. Allison Normal
Amherst, N. S.
Percy L. Rowe
VII-VIII Castine Normal
Boothbay, Me.
Sargent School
Veronica McNiff
I Fitchburg Normal
Littleton Charlemont
Rubie Willey
II N. Adams Normal
Mary M. Reynolds
III Lowell Normal
Lowell
Charlotte Kemp
IV Lowell Normal
Lowell
Kathryn Toolan
V N. Adams Normal
North Adams
Lillian G. Wright
VI-VII-VIII
Lowell Normal
James W. Fitzgibbons
VI-VII-VIII
Salem Normal
Graniteville Beverly
Cameron School
Elizabeth Connor
I Fitchburg Normal
Louise E. Thompson
II Lowell Normal
Fitchburg Lowell Graniteville
Gertrude Provost
III Lowell Normal
Ruth A. Walker
IV Lowell Normal
Lowell
Helen Chipman
V Truro Normal
Windsor, N. S.
Victoria Rylander
VI Framingham Normal
Gardner Chelmsford
Beatrice Devine
Special Class
Lowell Normal
Lowell
Nabnassett
Catherine Wrenn Mary V. O'Horo
I-II-III Lowell Normal
Lowell
IV-V-VI Fitchburg Normal
Fitchburg
Parkerville
Christine H. Hunter
Bridgewater Normal Stow
Music
A. Pamelia Precious
Lowell Normal Forge Village
Drawing
Mass. Normal Art Dorchester
Arthur G. Silver
Lowell Normal
Eliza Spaulding
VII-VIII
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Superintendent's Report
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :
The schools of Westford are the workshops where much material is being treated. The workers are the teachers and the material used is our children.
The aim is to take the raw material and develop it into useful and happy men and women. The shops are our school buildings, and the machinery is represented by the equipment, books, supplies, etc. The board of directors is your School Committee, the executive officer is the Superintendent, while the parents and taxpayers are the stockholders.
The demand for intelligent, happy and useful citizens is general as well as local, and the output is not sufficient to glut the market. The directors have wished to increase the plant capacity by providing additional shop space, but the stockholders have controlled the situation, and while the raw material is at its best and is very abundant, it is allowed to de- preciate because of the lack of maximum treatment in a certain time.
The school plants at Forge Village and Graniteville are being worked beyond normal capacity under a plan called the two-platoon system, with the results that 219 pupils lose an hour a day. Allowing five hours a day as the standard. this is equivalent to 44 pupils being without school. Or, again, it may be regarded as a loss of 20 per cent. on this amount of raw material.
The buildings have been improved physically in many instances. Minor repairs at Cameron, electric lights in Cameron, Sargent and Nabnassett schools, a heater and drinking fountain with bubbler at Parkerville, scales and emergency kits at all the buildings for the use of the Nurse are some of the physical improvements. New maps for all the elementary buildings are ordered, but not yet received.
In our educational plant changes in teachers have taken place to an extent that is marked. During the summer and fall one part and twelve full time teachers were hired. In all there are twenty-six full time and two part time teachers. It is readily seen that a considerable change in teachers took place, particularly at the Cameron School, where only two out of the eight began teaching their second year in that school last Sep- tember.
As Superintendent of the educational system in Westford it is my duty to point out the need of greater housing facilities. The next most serious need is a salary schedule for teachers and janitors which will recognize training, experience, and professional growth on the part of teachers, and amount of work done, and faithfulness and efficiency in carrying out rules and regulations by janitors.
The home teacher should not be asked, because she is a home teacher, to teach for less than she would were she an outsider. That she is a home teacher is no reason why she should not be expected to go to summer school or to take some extension courses during the year. I am glad to state that in at least two instances resident teachers, as well as others, are doing this. Until a schedule is in force there will be the feeling that unfairness and in- equality exist. Your Superintendent has recommended this previously.
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