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During the spring and fall the grade schools are visited once every two weeks and during the winter months once every week. The re- . mainder of the time the work is carried on by the grade teacher. The program consists of rhythms, calisthenics, drills, dances, miznetics, and games. The children are very enthusiastic about the after-school tap dancing classcs. Great stress is laid on posture. Each child is ex- amined and given a rating. Charts with the ratings hang in most of the rooms and the children show an interest in the posture work. Par- ents, however, should not leave this problem entirely to the teachers. Correction of improper sitting and standing positions should be made at home.
In conclusion, I wish to express my sincere thanks to Mr. Bean, prin- cipals, teachers, pupils, and school officials for their loyalty and cooper- ation in making my work a success, and help me to attain my goal, which is to promote a sound mind in a sound body for every school child in Wilmington.
Respectively submitted,
Edna M. Coburn.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
Mr. Stephen G. Bean, Supt. of Schools, Wilmington, Mass.
My Dear Mr. Bean :
I herewith submit my annual report as School Nurse.
Guarding the health of the school children has been more com- plicated and difficult than usual this year.
The straitened financial condition of many of the families has been reflected in the health of their children.
The physical defects disclosed by the annual examination given by the School Physician were many and needed immediate attention in many instances. Thus we were confronted with a three-fold problem i. e. insufficient food, insufficient clothing and physical defects. The question of food was taken care of through the splen- did co-operation of the Welfare Board.
The question of clothing, especially shoes and rubbers was taken . care of by a fund donated by "The Wilmington Teachers' Club."
But there seemed to be no money available for the correction of physical defects. So with the assistance of Miss Betty Brown, teacher at the Walker School, Miss Ruth Maynard, teacher at the Whitefield School, Mrs. Lena Eames, teacher at the West School, Miss Edna Coburn, Physical Director and Miss Helen Cazneau, Mu- sic Supervisor, a very successful entertainment and Health Exhibit was given in the Grange Hall last January. The sum realized was $211.91, which is being used for health work among the school child- ren. To date the fund has been used for the following :
No. of children sent to Eye & Ear Inf. for glasses, 6.
No. of children sent to Eye & Ear Inf. for Tonsillectomy, 4.
No. of children provided with clothing for Health Camp, 2.
No. of children having dentistry done, 3.
No. of children having plaster jackets made at the Mass. General Hospital, 1.
No. of children sent to Heart Clinics, 4.
The third annual Dental Clinic was sponsored as usual by the Wilmington Public Health Nurse Assn. with Dr. W. J. S. McNally in charge. The report follows :
No. of children attended, 194.
No. of cleanings, 184. No. of fillings, 717. No. of extractions, 225.
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I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the W. P. H. N. A. and especially Mrs. H. C. Barrows, President, for making this clinic possible.
We are constantly watching for children who might develop. tuber- culosis. Not with the old idea of curing, but with the newer idea of prevention. All known contact cases as well as all suspicious children have been given a thorough examination at the North Read- ing State Sanitorium. This includes an X-Ray of the chest and the · Von Pirquet skin test.
One boy has been admitted to the N. R. S. S. and is much im- proved. Three girls were sent to summer health camps. The an- n al Health Seal Sale conducted by Mrs. H. C. Barrows provided the funds for Health Camp.
The second Diphtheria Prevention clinic was held last May by Dr. L. R. Orton, School Physician and 124 children were immunized. The 175 children who were immunized in May 1931 were given the Schick test to determine their immunity. Only 2 of the 175 were still susceptible to diphtheria and one was doubtful. The two posi- tive cases were again immunized and all three will be re-Schicked . this year. I feel that this work is very important and believe that in time diphtheria will be as unheard of as small-pox. ·
I wish to thank you Mr. Bean, and every teacher and supervisor for the splendid. co-operation I have received in this great task of making the school children of Wilmington healthier and happier. Respectfully submitted,
MRS. ESTHER H. NICHOLS, R. N. School Nurse.
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING
Mr. S. G. Bean,
Superintendent of Schools,
Wilmington, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir :
I have the honor to submit my fourth annual report as super- visor of drawing.
My aim in teaching drawing in the schools is, not to make artists out of every child, but, to help him to appreciate the beauty and color in nature and art, to use drawing as a means of - expressing himself freely, to develop hand skill, an accuracy in following direc- tions.
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Every two weeks, in the grades, I visit each room for a forty-five minute period. Then, the regular teachers continue the work by teaching two lessons a week.
In the first six grades, a great deal of "representation" drawing has been accomplished, such as, illustrating stories, making book- lets of different countries, healthi posters, and free-expression work, which must be entirely the child's own work.
"Design" is another important part of the art work. It is sur- prising how much most of the children know about color combina- tions, geometric shapes, repetition, and balance. By this knowledge, they are able to develop the most interesting and original designs.
The two sessions of the seventh and eighth grades make it neces- sary to have just thirty minutes a week for drawing that I teach en- tirely. Last winter we accomplished a great deal in these grades, but this fall, to save time, it has been necessary to do work that does not include water-colors, so we have spent most of the time learning to letter properly. Besides lettering in the seventh grades, they have numbered a calendar and illustrated them with original pictures. The eighth grades are just starting their design work.
The High School freehand and mechanical drawing classes come after school once a week for one hour. They have made posters for the Senior play, Athletic Club play, and are now doing some travel posters. Several lessons have been spent this year on figure draw- ing in pencil outline, ink silhouettes, charcoal, and pastels. Some of the scenery for the Athletic Club play was made by one of the High School pupils.
In conclusion, I wish to express my sincere thanks to Mr. Bean, principals, teachers, and pupils, for their co-operation and activity in making the drawing successful.
Respectfully submitted, SHIRLEY H. GULLIVER
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
Mr. Stephen G. Bean,
Superintendent of Schools,
Wilmington, Mass.
Dear Sir :
I have the __ onor to submit « / second annual repc.t a. Supervisor of Music.
We have been fortunate this year in obtaining new music books for the first five grades. Through this new material a definite work-
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able program is being carried out.
The three main objectives are: first that music shall make the child happier and more sensitive to beauty and, as a socializing force, shall help him to adjust himself to his enviroment; second, that the material and plan of study shall offer exploratory opportunities in which the teacher and parents may discover the latent capacities and interests of the child and in which the child will find himself musical- ly ; and third, that this organized experience shall set up influences which will serve the child as recreational, cultural, avocational and vocational guidance in the development of his relationship with music.
In addition to the finest song material, this course of study in- cludes a program of rhythmic development correlated with physical education ; studies correlated with instrumental music; and music material correlating with the parallel fields of study in literature, history, geography and art.
The joy and pride taken in this new material by the pupils is ample proof of its value.
My time schedule remains the same as last year. A visit is made to the grade schools every two weeks, allowing forty-five minutes to a room. The seventh and eighth grades are visited for forty min- utes cach week.
The lack of room in the High School building makes large chorus work impossible for Junior High and High School students; how- ever the Boys' and Girl's Glee Clubs meet once a week after school.
The membership of the High School orchestra has increased with the addition of three violins, a cornet, clarinet and trombone. Junior High School students are entitled to play with the orchestra, pro- viding they are sufficiently advanced.
For lack of time and building space, I am unable to develop an Elementary School Orchestra for which I have material.
In conclusion, I wish to express my sincere thanks to you, Mr. Bean, the principals, teachers and pupils for the interest and co- operation that has been given me in my work.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN J. CAZNEAU
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School Committee
John W. Hathaway, Chairman
Alfred S. Allen
1934
Helen H. Buck
66
1935
Olivia H. Norcross
1935
Harry W. DeLoriea
1933
Norman W. Perry
66
1934
Secretary Stephen G. Bean
Superintendent of Schools
School Physician
Stephen G. Bean *Lyman R. Orton
School Nurse Attendance Officer
Esther H. Nichols
Ernest W. Eames
*Deceased
SCHOOL CALENDER, 1933
Winter Term January 3, to February 25-eight weeks. Vacation one week.
Winter-Spring Term March 6, to April 28-eight weeks Vacation one week. Spring Term May 8, to June 30-eight weeks. Summer Vacation
Fall Term September 6, to December 23-sixteen weeks
Holidays February 22, April 19, May 30, October 12, November 11, and Novem- ber 30.
Term expires 1933
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REFORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Statistics can be gathered which bear out the thought that a snow bound Town suffers more in loss of trade than it costs to maintain a well organized crew with proper snow removal equipment. The Pub. lic demands good roads all the year. In order to have a well organ- ized crew we must have work that can be done through out the year.
This coming year (1933) it will be necessary to accept new streets to provide winter work. I am proud to say snow removal for (1932) 519.65 includes horse plows, carting snow from square and truck plow- ing labor.
Every year Insurance one way or another claims about $1200.00, as. you might say, before we turn a wheel. Gravel was purchased this last year at better prices. Road Oil and Tar were the lowest price ever in my time, 45 percent Rd. Asp. 0442, 65 percent Rd. Asp. . 045 and late iall price on retread Tar 09.
Streets that were Graveled and Labor Cost.
Aldrich Road
504.95 Cross St. 69.06
Butters Row 369.58 Upton Court 40.25
Wash. Ave.
243.17
Parker St. 299.00
Marion St.
822.68 Lake St. 41.37
Ballardvale St.
234.17 Glen Rd. 85.98
Concord St.
517.15 Ice Sanding 177.68
Storm' Drainage, West St.
124.41
We wish to express apperciation for work done by the Welfare Board in clearing our roadsides of brush.
For your information, I will quote approximate costs on equipment, each unit separately, for gasoline oil and repairs, for the year 1932 and the average day cost of each unit.
Year Day
G. M. C. Truck No. 1 793.20.
4.61
G. M. C. Truck No. 2 598.15.
5.44
Chev. Truck No. 3 225.58. 1.35
Reo Truck No. 4 382.32. 1.98
Roller 133.87
3.43
Tractor
645.35
11.55
Loader
414.12
2.45
Mixer
92.46
1.42
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Ford exchange $250.00, running expense for full year $199.32
We were requested to petition the County Commissioners to bound Shawsheen Ave., before they would help us on Chap. 90 Cont. this last year. It is still a question what this will cost.
Recommend for 1933 Town Acet. $15,000.00
Chap. 90, Maintenance 1,200.00
Const. 'on Shawsheen Ave. 3,000.00
Recommend repairs on Chestnut St., culvert over Maple Meadow Brook.
" Recoinmend trading Chevrolet Truck No. 3.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL ROBERT CARTER, Superintendent of Streets.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Due to the fact that there was no work in this department there is no report to be made.
ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE,
Inspector of Slaughtering.
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TOWN WARRANT
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To Albert D. Butters, Constable of the Town of Wilming ton :
Greeting :- In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhab- itants of the Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday the sixth day of March next at 9:45 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 10:00 A. M. and shall be closed at 8:00 P. M. for the election of Town Officers.
Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen, who shall also act as. Board of Survey ; One Assessor for three years; Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Taxes ; Constable ; Board of Public Welfare, one member for a term of three years; two members of School Com- mittee for three years ; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years ; one Trustee of Trust Funds for three years ; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for one year and one member for five years; one Water Com- missioner for three years ; one member of Planning Board for three years ; Tree Warden ; Moderator.
You are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wil mington who are qualified to vote on elections and Town affairs, therein to assemble subsequently, and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Town of Wilmington, on Monday, the thirteenth day of March. A. D. 1933, at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following Articles :
Article 2. To choose all other Town officers for the en- suing year.
Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items :
General Government
Protection of Life and Property
Health and Sanitation Highways
Charities and Aid
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Soldiers' Benefits
Interest Public Library Cemetery
Town Indebtedness
Unclassified Reserve Fund Education
Water Department
Care of Parks Street Lights Hydrant Rental
Public Health Work
Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Trea surer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year, the Vote to be as follows :
VOTED: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1933, 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 oi said financial year.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Trea- surer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to renew or re- fund any notes issued in anticipation of revenue for a period of less than one year. in accordance with the provisions of Section 17. Chapter 44, General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will accept a bequest of Five Thousand Dollars ($5.000) given to it under the will of Lizzie T. B. Sweatt, late of Wrentham, Massachusetts, de- ceased, "as a trust fund the income therefrom to be used for the perpetual maintenance, care and improvement of the Bond Lot in the Town Cemetery in said Wilmington. Any of the income of said trust fund not necessary to be used for such purpose in any year to be used for the improvement of said Cemetery in other ways that may be deemed desirable by the Trustees of said Cemetery".
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Twelve Hundred Ninety Six Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents, ($1,296.35) for interest account of
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year 1932, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap: propriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400) for the obser vance of Memorial Day, and that the Moderator ap- point a Committee who shall arrange and have charge of such observance, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3 000) to be expended on reconstruction of Shawsheen Avenue under the . direction of and with the aid of the State Department of Public Works and County Commissioners, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assessments levied on the Town for its share : of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Ho- pital Funding Loan, Act of 1932 bonds mathring in 1933. issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932, also for any other indebtedness incurred and outstanding under sa Chapter 10 also for the Town's share of interest on said bonds due in 1933, also for the care and treatment of tuber- cular patients under Acts of 1928, Chapter 385 as amended : by Acts of 1931, Chapter 60, also for care, maintenance and repair of said Hospital for 1932 including interest on tem. porary notes issued therefor in accordance with Genera! Laws Chapter 111. sections 85 and 85-A, and for all other expenses 1.1 connection therewith, determine how the money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon. "
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote-to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50) to cover incidental. . expenses of the Planning Board, or do anything in relation - thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a Committee of two members" to as ;; ; sist the Planming Board in its duties, or do anything in re- lation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Three Hundred Eighty Six Dollars ($386) to pay for effecting insurance providing indemnity: for the protection of the officers and employees of the High- way Department and Police Department of the Town against loss by reason of their liability to pay damages to. . others for bodily injuries, including death, at any time re-
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sulting therefrom, caused by the operation, within the scope of their official duties or employment of motor vehr cles owned by the Town. to an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000; on account of injury to or death of one person, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 458 of the Acts of 1931, or do anything in rela- tion thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the suin of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for the purchase of land at Silver Lake for site of Silver Lake Portable School, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100) for the purpose of installing drinking water in the Town Hall, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Sixty Five Hundred Dollars ($6 500) for the purpose of extending the water main from its pre- sent terminus on Burlington Avenue northerly on Boutwell Street to or near Taft Road, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for the , ir pose of extending the water main from the standpipe north to or toward Nassau Street, or do anything in rela- tion thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Thirteen Thousand Dollars ($13 030) . for the purpose of extending the water main from its pre- sent terminus at Perry's corner east along Lowell Street to West Street, thence north along West Street to a point at or near the junction of West Street and Nickerson Avenue, or do anything in relation there to.
Article 20. To see if the Town. will vote to accept Cen- tral Street as laid out by the Board of Survey, or do any- thing in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept Flora- dale Avenue as laid out by the Board of Survey, or do any- thing in relation thereto. .
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept about 550 feet of Brand Avenue from Bridge Lane through the in- tersection of Richmond Street ass laid out by the Board of Survey, or do anything in relation thereto.
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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept an additional 500 feet on Columbia Street extending easterly from the present terminus as laid out by the Board of Sur- vey, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept 1,000 feet of Belmont Avenue from Columbia Street to State Street as laid out by the Board of Survey, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept 275 feet of State Street from Belmont Avenue to Fairview Ave nite as laid out by the Board of Survey, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept 650 feet of Fairview Avenue from State Street northerly as laid out by the Board of Survey, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee of three (3) to look into the matter of building and operating an Electric Light and Power System in Wil- mington, this Committee to organize with a Chairman and Secretary and report at the next Annual Town Meeting, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400) to apply on the replacement of Truck No. 3 of the Highway Depart- ment, being the sum received from the Boston & Maine Railroad for work performed by this Department in 1932 and credited to Excess and Deficiency account, or do any- thing in relation thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, immediately after making a service thereof.
Given under our hands and seal of said Town this sixth day of February, A. D., One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Three.
HAROLD E. MELZAR, WALTER G. BUCKLE, JOHN T. HOLMES, Selectmen of Wilmington,
WA JELLS BINDERY INC. ALTDAM, MASS. MAY 1971
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