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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 re- ported 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.
90
Graniteville Fire House
114
M. Downs
92
Westford Fire House
116
John Simpson
117
O. R. Spalding
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Forest Fires
Date
Owner
Acres
Damage
Town Expense
Railroad Expense
Apr. 3 H. O. Keyes Est.
1-3
$ 5
$ 3.75
Apr. 11 E. Webster
2
10
$ 2.75
Apr. 24 M. Gage
28
38.20
Apr. 27
J. F. Sweetser
1
5
5.05
Apr. 27
Geo. Smith
1
5
3.95
Apr. 29
J. F. Sweetser
1
5
5.05
May 4 W. Edwards
1
10
4.75
May
Geo. Smith
1
5
5.85
May 5
Geo. Smith
1
5
7.40
May 7 Geo. Smith
1
5
8 25
May 17
Geo. Smith
1
5
5.80
May 23
Geo. Smith
1
2.75
May 26
M. Palmer
1
7.35
June 1
Hall Bros.
1
5
2.20
June 7
C. Wright
3
10
15.65
June 8
Pine Hall
2
10
13.50
June 8 Mrs. Prescott
1
5
7.70
June 10
C. Wright
1
5
3.40
June 10
C. Wright
4
10
11.40
June 18
Drew Farm
1
5
2.75
June 19
L. Sargent
1/2
1
3.85
July 8
A. McDonald
1/2
7.35
July 8
Ward Ledge
100
500
197.50
July 28
Wm. Edwards
5
25
44.80
Aug. 3
Wm. Edwards
4
80
40.70
Oct. 12 Mrs. Prescott
3
5
25.08
Oct. 12 T. Riley
1
5
6.50
Oct. 23 Abbot Worsted Co.
1
10
3.85
Oct. 26 T. White
2
10
15.20
Nov. 3
Wm. Butterworth
1/2
2
3.85
Nov. 5
Sullivan Place
1/2
4.50
Nov. 8 Ledge Rd.
3
10
17.80
Nov. 10 D. Sherman
3
15
8.35
Nov. 18 H. Murphy
3
1
7.60
Nov. 28
Geo. Smith
1-3
1
2.20
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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, 1924.
At the first meeting of the Board, the engineers organized as follows :
Alonzo H. Sutherland, Chief. Alfred T. W. Prinn, Asst. Chief. John Edwards, Clerk.
The companies have responded to 13 fires other than forest fires during the year : 9 building fires, 1 truck and 3 chimney fires.
The following is a list of the buildings where damage occurred :
Feb. 16-House of Henry J. Haley, Graniteville. Roof partly burned. Cause, unknown.
July 24 Two cottages and contents, one garage and one automobile, of George C. Moore at Brookside. Total Loss. Cause, unknown.
Sept. 17-Storehouse, and contents of George Kimball, Littleton Road. Total loss. Cause, unknown.
Oct. 10-Blacksmith shop of H. E. Fletcher Co. Total loss. Cause, unknown.
Oct. 30-Stone shed and engine house of H. E. Fletcher Co. Stone shed partly burned ; engine house total loss. Cause, sparks from boiler.
Nov. 1-House of Arthur G. Hildreth, Hildreth street. Slight damage. Cause, unknown.
Nov. 3-House of Arthur Boisvest, River street. Slight damage. Cause, over-heated stove.
Nov. 6-Barn and silo of Charles Lougee. Total loss. Cause, unknown.
Nov. 11-House of Albert A. Hildreth, Concord Road. Total loss. Cause, unknown.
The engineers have for the past two years called to the attention of property owners the care of their chimneys, and the result is that less than one-half the number of fires have occurred. Let the good work continue.
The Fire Engineers recommend the sum of $2200.00 be raised and ap- propriated to meet the expenses of the Fire Department for the coming year.
Owing to the large number of forest fires, the chemical truck we now have is called to extinguish, and has to go sometimes a long way in the woods; this leaves the buildings and other property in the villages and sur- rounding parts of the town unprotected. And as the horse-drawn hose wagons in Graniteville and Forge Village are practically useless, as there are no horses to haul them, we also recommend that the town purchase a combina- tion chemical and pumping engine, to be placed in the Fire House in West- ford Center, and 2 two-tank chemical equipments on Ford chassis, one to be placed in Forge Village, and one in Graniteville Fire House. This would take care of all parts of the town for a number of years to come.
ALONZO H. SUTHERLAND, ALFRED T. W. PRINN, JOHN EDWARDS.
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Report of Finance Committee
Westford, January 19, 1925.
The Finance Committee has considered all the articles calling for the appropriation of money in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting to be held February 16. 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. Article 11. General Government :
Amount Used 1924
Amount Asked 1924
Amount Recommended 1925
Selectmen
479.35
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
Town Accountant
794.57
825.00
825.00
Town Treasurer
428.74
500.00
400.00
Tax Collector
1,125.04
1,250.00
1,250.00
Assessors
52S.45
1,500.00
1.500.00
Town Counsel
323.00
400.00
400.00
tion
1.361.91
600.00
600.00
Town Clerk
287.22
325.00
325.00
Town Hall
1,521.15
3,000.00
3,000.00
Police Department
2,164.98
2,300.00
2,300.00
14.
Forest Fires
613.16
1,000.00
1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
111.14
150.00
150.00
16.
Fish and Game Warden
104.00
100.00
100.00
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17
Moth Department
2.995.35
3.000.00
3.000.00
19.
Health Department
2.902.81
3,000.00
3.000.00
20.
Cattle Inspector
149.00
150.00
150.00
21. Highways :
Town Roads
16.066.18
16,000.00
16,000.00
State
and County
Roads
4,020.52
4,000.00
4,000.00
Machinery
4,937.64
5,000.00
5,000.00
Snow Removal
1,244.96
1.500.00
1,500.00
Brush Cutting
500.00
500.00
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22. Charities :
Outside Aid
7.051.8S
7.500.00
7,500.00
Westford Home
6,032.69
5.500.00
5,500.00
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23.
Soldiers' Benefits
1.307.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
66
25.
Library
2,404.45
2.350.00
2,350.00
66
26.
Memorial Day
322.05
300.00
300.00
27.
Care of Common.
235.82
300.00
300.00
66
28. Publishing of Town Re- ports
546.29
600.00
600.00
29. Legion Headquarters ..
200.00
200.00
200.00
66
12.
66
13.
Fire Department
2,752.01
2.200.00
2,900.00
15.
18.
Tree Warden
300.65
300.00
300.00
..
..
24.
Schools
59.942.07
6S.000.00
68,000.00
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Election and Registra-
70
66
30. Town Scales
66
31.
Liability Insurance
362.26
650.00
650.00
621.61
900.00
900.00
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32. Cemeteries
66
33. Land for Cemetery ....
..
34. Purchase and Grading
1,500.00
2,000.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
.6
35.
Farm Bureau
66
36.
Fireproof Equipment for Town Officers
675.00
600.00
66
37.
Fire Apparatus
400.00
400.00
66
38.
Band Concerts
2,000.00
2,000.00
6
39.
Bridge at Forge Village
707.00
707.00
..
40. Overdrafts of 1924.
3,000.00
3,000.00
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41. Outstanding Bills . ..
1,374.68
2,000.00
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42. Reserve Fund
45.00
45.00
48. Printing Town By-Laws
$158,752.52
$151,477.00
FIXED CHARGES
$ 2,640.00
Hydrants
4,200.00
Street Lights
6,200.00
General Loans
2,740.00
Interest on General Loans.
1,100.00
Interest on Revenue Loans
6,127.49
County Taxes
8,745.45
State Taxes
$ 31,761.94
$183,238.94
INCOME
Corporation and Bank Tax
11,278.69
Income Tax
1,926.00
Poll Taxes
12,329.30
All Other
1,475.54
Surplus War Bonus
47,210.00
$136,028.94
14,000.00
From Surplus
$122,028.94
Valuation of the Town for 1924, $4,007,113.00.
If the amounts as recommended are appropriated and the sum of $14,000.00 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 $30.00 per thousand.
25.00
25.00
25.00
800.00
of Land Acquired ...
3,300.00
10,800.00
$ 20,080.47
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Article 12. Should the town vote favorably on the appropriation to pur- chase the two chemical trucks for use at Graniteville and Forge Village, the Committee recommend that the sum of $700.00 be added to the amount asked for by the Fire Department, same to be used for heaters and the care of the trucks during the year.
Article 33. This article relates to the purchase of land for an addition to Fair View Cemetery. We recommend that this land be seized by the town in a legal manner.
Article 34. Should the town vote to seize the land referred to in the previous article, we recommend that the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated to pay for the land and grading same.
Article 37. This article calls for an appropriation of $10,800.00, with which it is proposed to purchase a new combination pump and chemical truck to be located at the central fire station, same to cost about $7,500.00, also the purchase of two small chemical trucks, one to be located in the fire house at Graniteville and the other at Forge Village, the price for the two being $3,300.00. The recommendation of the Committee is that for the present the town can get along with the equipment now located at the central fire station, but the villages of Graniteville and Forge Village need additional equipment for quick service. We rec- ommend the appropriation of $3,300.00, to be used in the pur- chase of the two chemical trucks as proposed by the Fire Engineers.
HERBERT V. HILDRETH, JULIAN A. CAMERON, P. HENRY HARRINGTON, ARTHUR H. BURNHAM, 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 elec- tions, and also in Town affairs, to meet in their several Polling Places, viz :
Precinct 1. Town Hall, Westford Centre.
Precinct 2. Abbot's Hall, Graniteville.
Precinct 3. Abbot's Hall, Brookside.
Precinct 4. Abbot's Hall, Forge Village.
on MONDAY, the NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1925, being the second Monday in said month, at 6.30 o'clock in the morning, for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following officers :
For Three Years.
One Selectman,
One Overseer of the Poor,
One Assessor,
Two Members of the School Committee,
One Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds,
One Trustee of Public Library,
One Member of Board of Health.
For Two Years.
One Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds (to fill vacancy ).
For One Year.
Moderator, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable, Tree Warden.
and to vote on the following question :
"Shall license be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating liquors in this town?"
all on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 6.30 A. M. to 4 P. M.,
and to meet in the Town Hall at Westford Centre on the following MONDAY, the sixteenth day of February, 1925,
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz :
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1st. To hear the report of the Finance Committee.
2nd. To hear the report of the Town Accountant.
3rd. To hear the report of the Selectmen.
4th. To hear the report of the Overseers of the Poor.
5th. To hear the report of the School Committee.
6th. To hear the report of the Trustees of the Public Library.
7th. To hear the report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
8th. To determine the compensation of the Tax Collector.
9th. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Town Treasurer from $250.00 to $350.00.
10th. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Assessors from $4.00 per day to $5.00 per day.
11th. To appropriate money for General Government purposes.
12th. To appropriate money for the Police Department.
13th. To appropriate money for the Fire Department.
14th. To appropriate money for Forest Fires.
15th. To appropriate money for Sealer of Weights and Measures.
16th. To appropriate money for Fish and Game Warden.
17th. To appropriate money for the Moth Department.
18th. To appropriate money for Tree Warden.
19th. To appropriate money for the Health Department.
20th. To appropriate money for Cattle Inspector.
21st. To appropriate money for Highway Purposes.
22nd. To appropriate money for Charities. 23rd. To appropriate money for Soldiers' Benefits.
24th. To appropriate money for School Department.
25th. To appropriate money for the Public Library.
26th. To appropriate money for Memorial Day. 27th. To appropriate money for the Care of the Common. 28th. To appropriate money for Publishing Town Reports.
.
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29th. To appropriate money for the Rent of Headquarters of Westford Post 159 of The American Legion.
30th. To appropriate money for the care of the Town Scales.
31st. To appropriate money for Liability Insurance.
32nd. To appropriate money for Cemeteries.
33rd. To see if the Town will authorize the purchase or taking by eminent domain of land to enlarge the Fairview Cemetery.
34th. To appropriate money for acquiring and laying out of the land to be acquired to enlarge Fairview Cemetery.
35th. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $400.00 and elect a Director under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128 of the General Laws.
36th. To appropriate money for Fireproof Equipment for Town Officers.
37th. To appropriate money for Fire Apparatus.
38th. To appropriate money for Band Concerts.
39th. To see if the Town will appropriate $2,000 and authorize the Select- men to widen Pleasant Street in Forge Village where it crosses the canal of the Abbot Worsted Company.
40th. To appropriate money to meet the overdrafts of 1924.
41st. To appropriate money to pay outstanding bills Dec. 31, 1924.
42nd. 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.
43d. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to modify and change the present Contract between the Trustees of Westford Academy and the Town for the rent of the Academy Building, and act in relation thereto.
44th. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to contract for the transportation of school children for a period of three years.
45th. To hear the report of the Committee appointed to investigate and report relative to the extension of street lights on Boston Road and Chelmsford Road, and act in relation thereto.
46th. To choose all other Town Officers necessary to be chosen.
47th. To hear the report of the War Memorial Committee.
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48th. To appropriate money for printing the Town By-laws.
49th. 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.
50th. 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 the vote of the Town and when and how said taxes shall be paid into the Treasury.
51st. To hear the report of the Committee on Reforestation.
52nd. To see if the Town will accept from the Trustees and Devisees under the will of the late Charles G. Sargent a gift of land in Graniteville for a playground, and act in relation thereto.
53rd. To see if the Town will vote to sell the interest of the Town in the land and buildings formerly known as No. 9 School House, located upon the southerly side of the Groton Road, and act in relation thereto.
54th. To see if the Town, in accordance with the provisions of Section 28 of Chapter 130 of the General Laws, will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Division of Fisheries and Game of the Department of Conservation to stock Forge Pond, so called, with food fish.
55th. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the personal property of the Town.
56th. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue a Town way about 43 feet in length extending from the Forrest Road to the Groton Road over land of Michael L. McGlinchey.
57th. To see if the Town will accept a deed from Michael L. McGlinchey of land at the junction of Forrest and Groton Roads.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up true and attested copies at the Town Hall and each Post Office in said Westford, seven 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 first meet- ing aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this twenty-second 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 Westfora.
ANNUAL REPORT
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924
Lowell, Mass. COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS
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Organization, School Committee
ARTHUR G. HILDRETH
Term expires 1927
MARTHA G. WHITING
1927
EVA F. WRIGHT, Secretary
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EDWARD SPINNER
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WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, Chairman.
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FRANK L. FURBUSH
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
CHARLES G. CARTER, Westford, Mass. Tel. Residence 125. Tel. Office 41-3 at the Town Hall.
COMMITTEE ON TEXT-BOOKS
EVA F. WRIGHT, Westford, Mass. Tel. 56.
SUPPLY AGENT
CHARLES G. CARTER
TRUANT OFFICERS
John Sullivan, Westford, Mass. Willard H. Beebe, Graniteville, Mass. Charles Edwards, Nabnassett, Mass. J. A. Healy, Graniteville, Mass. Everett Miller, Westford, Mass.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
CYRIL A. BLANEY, M. D., Westford, Mass. Tel. 26.
SCHOOL NURSE
ELVA L. WRIGHT, R. N., Westford, Mass. Tel. Office 41-3.
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Report of the School Committee
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD :
We submit herewith our annual report for the year 1924, also the reports of the Superintendent, Supervising Principal of the Academy and Supervisors.
The Town by its vote instructed the School Committee to withdraw from the Union composed of the Towns of Acton, Carlisle, Littleton and Westford, and negotiations were opened with the Committees of these towns and the State Board. Several district meetings were held during the past two years and the State Board consulted. Satisfactory arrangements for all concerned were finally reached, and in June, 1924, the District voted to dissolve, the same to be effective as of August 1, 1924. The State Depart- ment gave its consent to the arrangements.
The Committee after interviewing several candidates appointed Mr. Charles G. Carter, superintendent of the Elementary Schools, and appointed Mr. Roudenbush supervising principal of the Academy.
The four room addition to the Sargent School was completed during the summer vacation and school sessions began the seventeenth of September.
In order to relieve the congested condition at the Cameron School about twenty-five scholars have been transported to Graniteville at an expense of approximately $500.00 per year.
Many repairs have been made to the buildings. The Cameron School has been painted, and should be shingled during the coming summer vacation. The Portable School seemed to be going to pieces and required quite a few repairs.
The toilet facilities at the Cameron School are wholly inadequate and this condition should be remedied as soon as possible.
The Wm. E. Frost School has been shingled with slate and copper which we feel is a permanent improvement.
A ventilating system has been installed at the Parkerville School as required by the State Inspector.
The furniture in the schools has been repaired and now the seats and desks in all the buildings are the adjustable type.
For School Expenses for the year 1925 we respectfully ask for the sum of $68,000.
WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, Chairman.
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School Calendar
1924-1925
Fall Term Begins-September 3, 1924. Fall Term Closes-November 26, 1924.
Winter Term Begins-December 1, 1924.
Christmas Vacation-December 24, 1924 to January 5. 1925.
Term Ends-February 20, 1925. Vacation-February 20 to March 2.
Term Begins-March 2, 1925. Closes-April 17, 1925. Term Begins-April 27, 1925. Closes-June 12, 1925.
Fall Term Begins-September 9, 1925. Fall Term Closes-November 25. 1925.
Winter Term Begins-November 30, 1925.
Christmas Vacation Begins-December 24, 1925.
Christmas Vacation Ends and School Begins-January 4, 1926.
Special Exercise Days and Holidays, 1925
February 12th. Lincoln Exercise, one hour. February 20th. Washington Exercises, one hour.
April 17th. Patriots' Day Exercises, one hour. May 29th. Memorial Day Exercises, one hour. October 9th. Columbus Day Exercises, one hour. November 11th. Armistice Day Exercises, one hour. November 25th. Thanksgiving Day Exercises, one hour.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
January 1st, February 22nd, April 19th, May 30th, July 4th, First Monday of September, October 12th, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Arbor Day and Flag Day should be observed by proper exercises by any school in session on those days.
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Teachers in Service, 1924-1925
William E. Frost School
Teacher
Grades Taught Where Educated
Home Address Boothbay, Maine
Percy L. Rowe, Prin.
VII-VIII Castine Normal
Blanche Lawrence
V-VI Mt. Allison Normal
Amherst, N. S.
Ruth Tuttle
III-IV Lowell Normal
Westford, Mass.
Edith Wright
I-II Westford Academy
Westford, Mass.
Sargent School
J. H. Fitzgibbons, Prin. VII-VIII Salem Normal Beverly, Mass.
Lillian G. Wright
VI Lowell Normal Graniteville, Mass.
Kathryn Toolan
V N. Adams Normal N. Adams, Mass.
Charlotte Kemp
IV Lowell Normal Chelmsford, Mass.
Mary M. Reynolds
III Lowell Normal Lowell, Mass.
Rubie Willey
II N. Adams Normal Charlemont, Mass.
Gertrude Provost
I Lowell Normal Graniteville, Mass.
Cameron School
Edwin N. Sterling, Prin. VII-VIII ¡Everett High Sch. Graniteville, Mass. Victoria Rylander
V Framingham Normal Gardner, Mass.
Helen Chipman VI Truro Normal Windsor, N. S.
Ruth A. Walker
IV Lowell Normal Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. L. W. O'Clair
III ¡Westford Academy Forge Village, Ms. II Lowell Normal Lowell, Mass.
Louise E. Thompson
*Elizabeth O'Connor
I Fitchburg Normal Leominster, Mass. I ¿Yarmouth High Yarmouth, Maine
Mildred I. Bennett
Mrs. Charles Blodgett Spec. Class Farmington Normal Graniteville, Ms.
Nabnassett School
Peter Perry, Prin. Catherine Wrenn
IV-V-VI Hyannis Normal Provincetown, Mass. I-II-III Lowell Normal Lowell, Mass.
Parkerville School
Mrs. Christine Hunter
I-VI Bridgewater Normal
Stow, Mass.
Music
A. Pamelia Precious
Lowell Normal Forge Village, Mass.
*Resigned. ¡Teachers attended summer sessions at Hyannis Normal School.
#Teacher attended summer sessions at Gorham Normal School.
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Superintendent's Report
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :
I hereby submit my first report as Superintendent of the Grade Schools of Westford.
Attendance in the schools :
Term-September 3, 1924 to January 1, 1925.
Number registered
670
Average number belonging 644.107
Average attendance 610.85
Number of teachers
22
Number of supervisors-music
1
Number of buildings
5
and the portable building Teachers' salaries range from $900-$1150 per year.
Principals' salaries range from $1300-$1650 per year.
The management of schools, as of any other enterprise, has for its sole purpose the securing of the largest possible returns, for the amount of money expended. The money paid for schools and the yet more valuable time of the children are the investments put in the hands of the teachers by the public. The returns demanded are mental power, practical efficiency, character, and the product called culture.
An important part of the school administration is to induce the people to increase their investments in schools, and this may be done by giving them as much as possible for their money, at the same time not using any money for which value is not returned. The school heads and teachers should also realize that this is the surest way to secure larger investments in the educational plants.
It has been said that school is not a preparation for life; it is life. School life is as real to those who are engaged in it as business or industry or society is to those engaged in them. We believe that co-operation, sympa- thy, justice toward the individuals and the social units which form the school, counts more for good citizenship than the profoundest knowledge of history or the rarest appreciation of poetry.
It is a well known fact that a text-book cannot well be a story book yet the principles are understood, and remembered and a teacher can have dis- cussions to develop the principles. It is the pupil's part to illustrate. As soon as one problem is mastered another one must be confronted. Progress may seem slow and difficult, yet each slight advancement puts the art on a higher plane and every step forward is infinitely worth while because it brings the pupil-not to the goal but to the next step.
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