Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1937-1938, Part 14

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 348


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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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