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$24,432.07
Balance, to 1939
189.58
$24,621.65 $24,621.65
123
$5.600.00
$2,250.00 850.00
Cemetery
Appropriation
Transferred from Cemetery Reserve
Payments
Salaries and wages
$1,758.60
Truck maintenance
365.50
Tools and material
122.77
W. P. A. material
165.71
Equipment maintenance
60.74
Compensation insurance
39.32
Loam
150.00
Fertilizer
160.02
Seeds and flowers
48.47
Miscellaneous
16.00
Light
26.11
Water
111.00
Fuel
35.22
$3,059.46
Unexpended Balance, to Excess and Deficiency
Account
40.54
$3,100.00
$3,100.00
Cemetery Reserve Fund
Balance from 1937
$1,697.00
Sale of lots and graves
221.00
Transferred to Cemetery Account
$850.00
Balance, to 1939
1,068.00
$1,918.00
$1,918.00
Interest
Appropriation, From Taxes
$2,681.25
From Water Revenue
10,000.00
$12,681.25
Payments
Interest: On Temporary Loans ...... $1,522.25
Tax Title Loans
8.97
Municipal Relief Loans
75.00
Water Department Bonds
9,781.25
Water Department Notes
312.00
School Department Notes
492.50
$12,191.97
124
Unexpended Balance, to Excess and Deficiency Account
489.28
$12,681.25
$12,681.25
Interest - 1937 Account
Appropriation
$584.68
Balance from 1937
$584.68
Maturing Debt
Appropriation, From Taxes
$20,000.00
From Water Revenue
1,400.00
$21,400.00
Payments
Water Department Bonds
$12,500.00
Municipal Relief Loan Notes
3,000.00
School Department Loan Notes
3,500.00
Water Department Loan Notes
2,400.00
$21,400.00
$21,400.00
Reserve Fund
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Transferred to:
Selectmen
$85.00
Town Accountant
20.00
Treasurer
100.00
Tax Collector
135.00
Assessors
300.00
Election and Registration
415.00
Town Hall
300.00
Police Department
100.00
Fire Department
535.00
Tree Warden
1.00
Health and Sanitation
750.00
Board of Public Welfare
495.00
Aid to Dependent Children
571.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,065.00
Unclassified
20.00
$4,892.00
Unexpended Balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
108.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
125
New Trust Funds Received for Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots $225.00
Payments
To Trustees of Trust Funds $225.00
Trust Funds Income
Received from Trustees of Trust Funds, income
$162.50
Balance (income due from Trustees) to 1939 277.03
Payments
Account Cemetery Perpetual Care Lots
$192.63
Account S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund
176.63
Account Walker School Fund
14.77
Account Common Fund
55.50
$439.53
$439.53
Trust Funds - 1937 Account
Balance from 1937
$419.56
Received from Trustees, income
$419.56
Dog Licenses
Balance from 1937
$7.20
Received from Town Clerk
972.20
Payment
To County of Middlesex
$904.40
Balance, to 1939
75.00
$979.40
$979.40
Tax Titles Dr.
Balance from 1937
$40,850.97
1936 Taxes
1,831.85
1937 Taxes
1,845.46
1938 Taxes
7,572.62
Costs, 1938 sales
516.55
Cr.
Redeemed Tax Titles
$9,327.57
Loss account tax sales
6,011.45
To Tax Title Possessions
884.36
$16,223.38
Balance, to 1939
36,394.07
$52,617.45
$52,617.45
126
Tax Titles - Revenue Dr.
Tax Title Redemptions, to Excess and Deficiency
Account
$7,202.21
Tax Title Redemptions, Reserved
2,125.36
Loss account tax sales
6,011.45
Tax Title Possessions
SS4.36
Balance, to 1939
36,394.07
Cr.
Balance from 1937
$40,850.97
Costs, 1938 sales
516.55
From Excess and Deficiency Account
11,249.93
$52,617.45
$52,617.45
Tax Title Redemptions - Reserved
Dr.
Paid Commonwealth on Tax Title Loans
$2,413.24
Balance, to 1939
18.05
Cr.
Balance from 1937
$305.93
Redemptions
2,125.36
$2,431.29
$2,431.29
Tax Title Possessions
Dr.
Balance from 1937
$2,740.38
Foreclosures by Treasurer
884.36
Cr.
Balance to 1939
$3,624.74
$3,624.74
$3,624.74
Tax Title Possessions - Revenue
Dr.
Balance to 1939
$3,624.74
Cr.
Balances from 1937
$2,740.38
Foreclosures by Treasurer
884.36
$3,624.74
$3,624.74
127
Abatement 1933 Taxes Dr.
Balance from 1937
$24.84
Cr.
Appropriation
$24.87
Abatement 1935 Taxes
Balance from 1937
Dr. $901.60
Appropriation
$901.60
Abatement 1936 Taxes
Dr.
Abated in 1938
$1,371.22
Cr.
Balance from 1937
$709.64
Balance to 1939
661.58
$1,371.22
$1,371.22
Abatement 1937 Taxes
Dr.
Refunded
$15.28
Abated
312.99
Balance to 1939
1,002.41
Cr.
Balance from 1937
$1,330.68
$1,330.68
$1,330.68
Abatement 1938 Taxes
Dr.
Refunded
$16.35
Abated
1,128.14
Balance to 1939
1,231.17
Cr.
Balance from 1937
$2,375.66
$2,375.66
$2,375.66
Cr.
128
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Dr.
Estimated Amounts:
Income Tax
$25,853.20
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
5,700.00
Licenses
3,200.00
Fines
35.00
Protection of Persons and Property
100.00
Health and Sanitation
755.00
Charities
2,500.00
Old Age Assistance
4,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
500.00
Veterans: Exemptions
249.84
Schools ( Including dug licenses)
1,800.00
Library ...
80.00
Cemetery
300.00
Interest
3,810.00
Unclassified
400.00
Reimbursement, loss of taxe
7.31
$49,290.35
Refunda, Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
120.21
Balance, to Excess and Deficiency Account (Excess)
22,713.57
$72,124.13
Cr.
Amount Actually Received :
Income Tax
$26,061.36
Income Tax (Chap. 36, 1936)
121.35
Corporation Taxes
561.61
Federal Emergency Relief
26.29
Licenses
4,309.50
Court Fines
25.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
8,624.91
Treasurer : return of foreclosure fees
35.25
Town Clerk: Printed Records ....
$1.00
Return premium .20
1.20
Police: Records
1.00
Building Inspection: Fees
52.00
Sealing Weights and Measures: Fees
64.47
Moth Department: Supplies sold
1.70
Health: Subsidy, Middlesex County Sana- torium patients
834.29
Highways:
Return insurance premium
$61.55
Snow removal 49.50
129
Private work
5.00
State
49.14
165.19
Charities:
Board of Public Welfare:
From Towns and Cities. ...
$398.11
From State, Temporary Aid
2,990.62
From individuals
148.86
Printed Forms
5.25
3,542.84
Old Age Assistance:
From Towns and Cities
$280.16
From State
13,880.71
14,160.87
Aid to Dependent Children:
From State
$181.77
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid
$304.00
Military Aid
112.50
416.50
Veterans' Exemptions, State
268.00
Schools:
Tuition and transportation :
State
$3,582.80
Tuition and transportation :
Cities and towns
1,696.40
Account Supt., State
1,192.23
Dog Licenses
695.28
7,166.71
Library: Fines, etc.
68.81
Cemetery: Burial expense
$378.00
Foundation
32.00
410.00
Interest: On Taxes
$3,489.25
On Redeemed Tax Titles
1,133.13
On M. V. Excise Taxes
328.92
Account Tax Title Loan
55.43
Account Municipal Relief
Loan
4.76
On deposits
4.71
5,016.20
Reimbursement, loss of taxes, State 7.31 $72,124.13
130
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Dr.
Balance from 1937
$699.82
Allotment, account Chapter 90, Maintenance.
1,000.00
Allotment, account Chapter 90, Construction
6,000.00
Cr.
Received during 1938
$1,599.20
Balance due, to 1939
6,100.62
$7,699.82
$7,699.82
County of Middlesex
Dr.
Balance from 1937
$499.87
Allotment, account Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,000.00
Allotment, account Chapter 90, Construction
3,000.00
Cr.
Received during 1938
$1,399.25
Balance due, to 1939
3,100.62
$4,499.87
$4,499.87
Tax Revenue Account
Dr.
Appropriations, for Town purposes
$223,818.36
1938 State Tax
5,520.00
1938 State Parks and Reservations
142.45
1937 State Tax, underestimate
502.50
1937 State Parks and Reservations, underestimate.
41.69
193S County Tax
6,984.32
1937 County Tax, underestimate
78.05
Overlay, 1938
2,375.66
Balance, to Excess and Deficiency Account
16.72
$239,479.75
Cr. Raised as follows:
Committed to Collector: Poll Taxes $2,590.00
Property Taxes 187,547.68 $190,137.68
1937 Hospital or Home Care Tax, overestimate
35.00
Estimated Receipts
49,290.35
Additional Commitment to Collector
16.72
$239,479.75
131
Expenses and Deficiency Account
Dr.
$2,173.63
Balance from 1937
11,249.93
To Tax Titles Account
45,964.15
Balance to 1939
Cr.
Appropriation
Tax Titles - Temporary Account
8.12
Tax Titles - Redemptions
7,202.21
Tax Title Loans
16.72
Tax Revenue Account
Unexpended Balances:
Selectmen
$10.37
Town Accountant
14.30
Treasurer
32.05
Assessors
12.73
Finance Committee
.79
Town Counsel
.34
Town Clerk
2.87
Planning Board
50.00
Town Hall
8.72
Police Department
3.07
Fire Department
2.99
Building Inspection
.51
Board of Appeal
41.00
Sealing of Weights & Measures
2.54
Moth Department
2.25
Tree Warden
.29
Health
154.67
Highways
3.89
Street Lights
249.44
Road Machinery Account
263.32
Board of Public Welfare
1.61
Aid to Dependent Children:
Town Account
.67
Old Age Assistance: Town Ac- count
142.52
State Aid
160.00
Military Aid
200.00
Soldiers' Relief
.47
Schools
58.52
Vocational Training
151.20
Parks
22.29
Unclassified
11.65
Memorial Day
7.25
132
$2,173.63
25,000.00
23.32
Tax Collector
Cemetery
40.54
Reserve Fund
108.00
Interest
489.28
2,273.46
Balance, Estimated Receipts (Excess)
22,713.57
$59,387.71
$59,387.71
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT
Temporary Loans
(Anticipation of Revenue)
Outstanding January 1, 1938 :
Note No. 221
$25,000.00
Note No. 222 ..
20,000.00
Note No. 223
20,000.00
Note No. 221
5,000.00
Note No. 22S
25,000.00
Note No. 229
..
25,000.00
Note No. 230
10,000.00
Note No. 231
5,000.00 $135,000.00
Borrowed during 1938:
Note No. 232
$14,000.00
Note No. 233
25,000.00
Note No. 234
25,000.00
Note No. 235
10,000.00
Note No. 236
5,000.00
Note No. 237
25,000.00
Note No. 238
10,000.00
Note No. 239
10,000.00
Note No. 240
5,000.00
Note No. 248
25,000.00
Note No. 249
25,000.00
Note No. 250
25,000.00
Note No. 251
10,000.00
Note No. 252
10,000.00
224,000.00
$359,000.00
Paid during 1938:
Note No. 221
$25,000.00
Note No. 222
20,000.00
Note No. 223
20,000.00
Note No. 228
25,000.00
133
25,000.00
Note No. 229
10,000.00
Note No. 230
5,000.00
Note No. 232
25,000.00
Note No. 233
25,000.00
Note No. 237
10,000.00
Note No. 238
10,000.00
Note No. 240
5,000.00 $219,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1938
Temporary Loans
(From Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Account Tax Titles)
Outstanding January 1, 1938:
Note No. 225 (Balance)
Borrowed during 1938:
Note No. 241
5,500.00
Note No. 242
15,000.00
Note No. 253
10,000.00
$30,805.93
Paid during 1938:
Note No. 225 (Balance)
$305.93
Note No. 241 (On account)
2,107.31
2,413.24
Outstanding December 31, 1938
$28,392.69
Municipal Relief Loans
Outstanding January 1, 1938: Issue of 1937
$6,000.00
Borrowed during 1938 7,000.00
$13,000.00
Paid during 1938
3,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1938
$10,000.00
School Department Notes (Issue of 1395)
Outstanding January 1, 1938
$21,500.00
Paid during 1938
3,500.00
Outstanding December 31, 1938
$18,000.00
Water Department Bonds (Issue of 1928)
Outstanding January 1, 1938
$262,500.00
Paid during 1938 12,500.00
Outstanding December 31, 1938
$250,000.00
Note No. 231
14,000.00
Note No. 239
$140,000.00
$305.93
134
Water Department Notes (Issue 1935, 1936)
Outstanding January 1, 1938
$14,200.00
Paid during 1938
2,400.00
Outstanding December 31, 1938
$11,800.00
Summary of Town Debt
Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)
$140,000.00
Tax Title Loans
28,392.69
Municipal Relief Loans
10,000.00
School Department Notes
18,000.00
Water Department Bonds
250,000.00
Water Department Notes
11,800.00
Outstanding December 31, 193S
$458,192.69
Outstanding December 31, 1937
$439,505.93
135
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1938
Dr.
Cr.
Cash in Treasury
$66,716.58
Uncollected Taxes:
1936
$433.07
Chapter 90, Maintenance
75.92
1937
26,262.74
Chapter 90, Construction 5,846.12
1938
92,803.49 $119,499.30
Aid to Dependent Children-U. S. Grant. 124.50
38.04
Library (income due)
12.97
Vocational Training
695.24
Trust Funds (income due)
277.03
W. P. A. Projects
555.80
1938 State Tax (Balance)
6,210.00
Water Department
189.58
1938 State Parks and Reservations (Balance)
14.85
Shawsheen Ave .- Lake St. Water Mains
2,500.00
1938 County Tax (Balance)
9.85
Road Machinery Fund
586.40
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Highways)
6,100.62
Chapter 500, Highway Fund
893.97
County of Middlesex (Highways)
3,100.62
Dog Licenses
75.00
Abatement 1936 Taxes
661.58
Surplus War Bonus Funds
1,475.83
Authorized Loans
2,000.00
State Highway Damage Account
84.00
Tax Titles
36,394.07
Cemetery Reserve Fund
1,068.00
Tax Titles-Possessions
3,624.74
Tax Titles-Revenue
36,394.07
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Tax Titles Possessions-Revenue
3,624.74
1931
$65.39
Tax Titles Possessions-Sales
990.00
1932
158.15
1933
138.61
Abatement 1937 Taxes
1,002.41
1934
150.84
Abatement 1938 Taxes
1,231.17
1935
210.26
1937 State Tax (Balance)
502.50
1936
1,268.24
1937 State Parks and Reservations (Balance) 41.69
..
..
Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue) $140,000.00 Election and Registration 266.98
Old Age Assistance-U. S. Grant ..
136
Tax Titles Redemptions-Reserved 18.05
137
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities .............. $22.395.11
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund ... ...... ....
...
$6,755.12
Sears Cook Walker School Fund
296.50
Chester W. Clark Library Fund 632.77 ........ Burnap Library Fund 251.85 ..
Benjamin Buck Library Fund
575.38
Charlotte C. Smith Library Fund
793.12
Sabra Carter Common Fund
259.62
Lizzie T. B. Sweatt Cemetery Fund 5,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
7,830.75
$22,395.11
$22,395.11
HARRY R. DEMING,
Town Accountant.
1937 ........... 1938 ................... ......................
.......
1,348 94
1937 County Tax (Balance)
78.05
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax-Revenue .......... E'xcess and Deficiency Account . ............. ....
4,092.77
45,964.15
$248,714.98
$248,714.98
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
.. $318,192.69
Tax Titles Loans
$28,392.69
Municipal Relief Loans .. 10,000.00
Water Department Bonds 250,000.00 .... Water Department Notes 11,800.00
... School Department Notes
........
18,000.00
$318,192.69
$318,192.69
...
752.34
4,092.77
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS, 1938
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund,
Woburn
No. 56672
$2,000.00 4,578.50
$56.27
120.36
$2,051.71 4,696.66
$6,578.50
$346.50
$176.63
$6,748.37
Walker School Fund:
Sears Cook Walker
Mechanics No. 12819
$257.00
$46.95
$14.77
$289.18
Library Funds:
Chester W. Clarke
.Mechanics No. 17540
500.00
148.67
648.67
Burnap
.Andover
No. 8512
200.00
57.10
257.10
Benjamin Buck
Andover
No. 18341
500.00
87.42
587.42
Charlotte C. Smith
Mechanics No. 4215
500.00
313.07
12.97
800.10
Common Fund:
Sabra Carter
Andover
No. 18349
200.00
65.04
55.50
209.54
Cemetery Funds:
Isaac Cazneau
Andover
No. 18985
100.00
21.74
121.74
Susan S. Carlton
Andover
No. 18345
75.00
10.83
85.83
Geo. W. & Minnie A. Sidelinker
Andover
No. 22450
200.00
19.14
219.14
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
.Andover
No. 18347
200.00
34.29
234.29
....
Mechanics No. 11437
Amount
Accumu- lated Interest $107.98 238.52
With- drawn
Balance on Deposit
138
139
William H. Carter
.. Andover
No. 24631
100.00
18.70
118.70
Dolly Harnden
Andover
NNo. 18342
100.00
10.31
110.31
Thomas P. Eames
Andover
No. 18346
100.00
19.19
119.19
Sabra Carter
Andover
No. 18345
100.00
26.22
126.22
Rich Carter
Andover
No. 22451
100.00
12.39
112.39
James Frazer
Andover
No. 18343
200.00
30.52
230.52
Martha Temple
Andover
No. 18344
100.00
12.93
112.93
S. D. J. Carter
Andover
No. 22579
200.00
83.70
283.70
Charlotte C. Smith
Mechanics No. 4214
50.00
4.91
54.91
Chas. H. Hopkins
Mechanics
No. 17526
200.00
52.19
5.00
247.19
Abner C. Childs
Woburn
No. 33384
100.00
8.54
108.54
Gilman C. Harnden
Woburn
No. 32614
100.00
7.87
107.87
Laura Parker
Woburn
No. 32615
50.00
7.45
57.45
Sarah G. Sheldon
Woburn
No. 33514
200.00
69.16
269.16
Rufus C. Eames
Mechanics No. 17527
100.00
10.82
110.82
John Sheldon Sargent
.Mechanics No. 17528
100.00
10.82
110.82
Isabelle Holt
Mechanics No. 17529
75.00
6.46
81.46
Henry Blanchard
Mechanics No. 17530
50.00
4.35
54.35
Nathan B. Eames
Mechanics
No. 6899
100.00
11.04
111.04
Thomas Day
Andover
No. 31514
100.00
12.67
112.67
Lorenzo Meads
.Mechanics No. 7176
100.00
10.36
110.36
Almira J. Carley
.Andover
No. 32237
100.00
17.78
117.78
George E. Swain
Mechanics No. 17531
100.00
8.14
108.14
Josiah Monroe (Care Elbridge H. Carter
& Walter Blanchard Lots)
Mechanics No. 7559
100.00
10.54
110.54
Amount
Accumu- lated Interest
With- drawn
Balance on
Deposit
... ..... ....
......... ........
140
Jacob H. Shedd
.Mechanics No. 17532
100.00
9.33
109.33
George T. Eames
Mechanics No. 17533
200.00
25.79
5.00
200.79
Jonathan Eames 2nd
Andover
No. 35188
100.00
12.08
112.08
Newman Parker, Jr.
Mechanics No. 17534
100.00
8.21
108.21
Irwin E. Morse
Mechanics No. 8531
100.00
14.72
114.72
Sylvester & Lois R. Carter
.Mechanics No. 8990
100.00
10.76
110.76
Capt. George W. McIntosh
.Mechanics No. 9662
200.00
35.06
5.00
230.06
Mary A. Gowing, Lot 410
Mechanics No. 10283
100.00
10.31
110.31
S. Lizzie Carter, Lot 439
Mechanics No. 10282
100.00
14.58
114.58
Julia M. Parker (Ward Parker Lot)
Mechanics No. 10641
100.00
10.31
110.31
Manuel & Elizabeth Dexter
.Mechanics No. 10640
50.00
4.53
54.58
Jaques Gowing
.Mechanics No. 10639
100.00
10.12
110.12
Maud K. Tuttle, Lot 60 B
Mechanics No. 10693
100.00
14.52
4.63
109.89
Benjamin T. Glover, Lot 416
.Mechanics No. 10953
100.00
12.69
112.69
John W. Perry, Lot 222, Sec. D
Mechanics No. 10967
100.00
12.22
112.22
Mary E. Kelley, Lot 322, Sec. E
Mechanics No. 10968
100.00
9.67
109.67
Caleb S. Harriman, Lot 53
Mechanics No. 11642
100.00
11.87
111.87
John N. Eames, Lot 137
Mechanics No. 11643
100.00
12.29
112.29
Lemuel C. Eames
Mechanics No. 12493
100.00
12.74
112.74
Sarah H. Jackson, Lot 497
Mechanics No. 12494
100.00
11.93
111.93
Henry G. Gowing, Lot 20
Mechanics No. 12495
150.00
18.95
10.50
158.45
Susan A. Hamlin, Lot 646 A
Mechanics No. 12820
100.00
12.50
112.50
William H. McCabe, Lot 334
Mechanics No. 12821
100.00
12.50
112.50
Walter A. Hill, Lot 458
Mechanics No. 13322
100.00
10.78
110.78
Rachael Clough, Lot 132
Mechanics No. 13323
100.00
10.78
110.78
Amount
Accumu- lated Interest
With- drawn
Balance on
Deposit
..
......
Amount
Accumu- lated Interest
With- drawn
Balance on Deposit
Samuel Manning & Stephen Buck, Lot 73
.. Mechanics No. 13324
100.00
10.78
110.78
Clifford H. Wilson, Lot 54
Mechanics No. 13325
100.00
10.78
110.78
Edward B. Manning, Lots 196, 203
Mechanics No. 13360
100.00
10.82
110.82
Lizzie T. B. Sweatt
Town Note No. 224
5,000.00
162.50
162.50
5,000.00
Thomas J. Morley, Lot 81, Sec. F
Mechanics No. 17535
100.00
7.74
107.74
Sydney C. Buck, Lot 274, Sec. D
Mechanics No. 17536
100.00
6.86
106.86
John Simpson (Levi Swain Lots 134, 140, Sec. B
.Mechanics No. 17537
150.00
12.51
162.51
Mrs. W. J. Duffy, Lot 11, Main Ave., Sec. A
.Mechanics No. 17538
100.00
6.57
106.57
Deacon Levi Parker, Lot 02, Old Cemetery .......
.Mechanics No. 15602
100.00
8.24
108.24
Annie L. Priggen, Lot 75, Sec. F
.Mechanics No. 17539
100.00
5.95
105.95
Chas. & Ella Blaisdell, Lot 8, Sec. F
Mechanics No. 17267
100.00
2.08
102.08
George Gowing, Lot 178, Sec. F
.Mechanics No. 17268
100.00
2.08
102.08
Mary C. Roman, Lot 501, Sec. E
.Mechanics No. 18151
100.00
100.00
Wilford Fletcher, Lot 637, Sec. B
.Mechanics No. 18152
100.00
100.00
Milo VanSteenburg, Lot 93 A, Sec. F
.Mechanics No. 18152
25.00
25.00
$14,432.00
$1,847.51
$275.87
$16,003.64
CALEB S. HARRIMAN, PHILIP B. BUZZELL, EDWARD N. EAMES, Trustees of Trust Funds.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Together with the Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS For the Year Ending December 31st 1938
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Wilmington:
The growth of the school population of Wilmington continued in 1938.
The High School is crowded to a point where further expansion seems impossible. The Buzzell School and the Centre School are filled beyond their planned capacity. Additional accommodations for the chil- dren of the first four grades in the Silver Lake District should be pro- vided as soon as possible so that "platooning" of classes which is un- satisfactory from all points of view may be discontinued.
The hurricane of September 21, 1938 did very little damage to our school houses. One panel of the roof of the Silver Lake School was blown away. Some shingles on the Walker School were stripped off. Repairs were made promptly.
The High School has been improved with a new roof and a new gymnasium floor.
Mr. Harry DeLoreia, who had been a member of the Wilmington School Committee for over fourteen years, resigned to the great regret of his associates, in September, 1938. Miss Olivia H. Norcross, a former member, was elected to fill the vacancy at a joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee.
Miss Henrietta A. Swain, for over thirty years a teacher in our schools, retired in June of the past year. Her pupils, past and present, join with the School Committee in paying tribute to her teaching ability and unwavering devotion.
Our High School continues to stand in the highest class of ac- credited preparatory schools.
To the entire staff of the department the thanks of the School Committee and the public are due for a year of efficient and self- sacrificing service.
Respectfully submitted,
The School Committee
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The following is my fifteenth in the series of Annual Reports pre- pared by the Superintendent of Schools of this town. I have made it as brief as is consistent with a fair statement of the important facts which should be stated at this time.
A general survey of the system shows that our schools are still maintaining the standards which have prevailed for the past ten or more years, with accomplishment records by our graduates which might well be the envy of many systems of double the size and almost double the resources or expenses. A brief examination of the reports of the High School Principal and of the various supervisors and the school nurse will provide plenty of evidence that our accomplishment is far better than the average town shows.
We have a high school which has not only a grade "A" rating by the State Department of Education, but has a four year certificating priv- ilege from the New England College Certificate Board. This is the direct result of the work done by graduates of Wilmington High School in suc- cessfully maintaining their places in the various colleges to which we have sent them and for which we have prepared them. Success in col- lege is in no small measure due to previous preparation in the high school. Failure in college is almost invariably blamed on poor high school training. It seems only just, therefore, to claim that our school system is succeeding if it be judged by its product.
Of course it is true that a very small proportion of our graduates go to college. We can then turn to the records made by those who have gone out from the commercial department and secured and held po- sitions in competition with the graduates of more pretentious schools, not excepting the private commercial colleges.
Our graduates who attend the State Teacher's College not only enter successfully but maintain creditable standings and even attain high records of accomplishment. There are not many of these, to be
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sure, but the training shows in those that there are. The same can be said for those who enter training as nurses.
In the field of Physical Education we are doing an unusual piece of work for a town of our size and limitations. Any who saw the May Festival last Spring can attest to the results which are being secured.
On the same day that this exhibition was in progress there was an unusually fine demonstration of accomplishment in Art on exhibition in the High School Building. It was not a mere routine show of routine work but rather a coordinated project which showed art tied up with regular school subjects, especially with geography. It was a credit to the supervisor and to every teacher who helped to direct the work.
Our program in Music under the leadership of Miss Carabello speaks, or at least sings, for itself. The success of our choruses at Fall River, and the quality of the several concerts given last Spring should be a source of great pride to the community. Here again credit is also due to those teachers who worked so faithfully to produce the finished results. It is to them after all that a measure of the success is due. The supervisors provide the planning and the inspiration, but the teachers do the tedious drilling which aids to perfection.
All too frequently the elementary teachers are forgotten in the dis- tribution of bouquets for the accomplishment of our schools. We are prone to forget that without good workmanship from the ground up any structure must prove inadequate. Successful work in our high schools depends on adequate preparation thru all of the other eight grades.
The program of athletic sports in the High School is more success- ful than can be justly expected in consideration of the handicaps under which the coaches have to labor. Equipment is limited and playing space for outdoor sports is too far removed from the school. For indoor sports the facilities for both practice and competition are wholly inad- equate. We are fortunate in being allowed the use of the Common for field hockey but this space is not wholly satisfactory because of its shape.
Since this is already fully covered in the report of the high school principal I refer you to that report for a more complete consideration of the subject.
STAFF CHANGES
Fortunately we have had few changes in our teaching corps during the year. Of course we suffered a great loss in the retirement of Miss Henrietta Swain from the principalship of Walker School. If space per- mitted I could write a very happy eulogy of the work of this grand
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