Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1937-1938, Part 16

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


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Fortunately, a new composition floor was laid on the cement under-flooring in the gymnasium the second week in January. We hope that this new floor will enable us to use the gymnasium again for as- semblies, dances, Physical Education, and musical club rehearsals. While the gymnasium is hopelessly inadequate to our needs, we had not appreciated how much we depended upon it in attempting to carry on a well-rounded school program.


Enrollment in the school reached an all time peak of three hundred and twenty-seven pupils in October. Our present Senior Class numbers sixty-seven pupils, and there are one hundred and fourteen more in the eighth grade of the Buzzell School. What our enrollment will be next September is a mathematical puzzle of the first degree. Ten years in Wilmington have taught me to be very cautious in making predictions as to future enrollment. This much I am sure of: Wilmington High School in September, 1939, will enroll between three hundred and thirty and three hundred and seventy pupils. The exact number of pupils will depend upon two things; first, the pupils who graduate or leave school, and, second, the number of new pupils who move to Wilmington from other towns.


It is entirely possible that we shall be obliged to return to a two session day with Freshmen attending school in the afternoon. Because of the uncertainty as to the enrollment for next year, I shall be obliged to make two sets of schedules, one for a single session, and the other for a two session day.


It is only a matter of a very short time before Wilmington will be obliged to provide additional accommodations for both high and Buzzell school pupils.


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We are introducing a course in social guidance for Seniors this year. The work will be quite informal and consist of discussion and demonstrations. We hope to discuss the more common customs and manners which everyone needs in order to associate with people of good breeding without suffering embarrassment. Everyone is obliged to live and work with people, and one's progress is largely dependent upon the impression one makes upon one's associates.


Many of the facts contained in books may be forgotten without seriously affecting one's later advancement, but ignorance of customs and uncouth manners can bring much embarrassment and unhappiness. We feel that some social guidance is most important. Social Guidance is receiving more and more attention from the better schools. The time is not far distant when Social Guidance will have a place in the curricu- lum equal to that of music, drawing, and Physical Education.


As I look back over a service of some ten years in the high school, I take pride in the fact that every pupil has had a fair chance, regard- less of race, creed, economic condition, or political affiliation of his parents. This policy will be continued so long as I remain in my present position.


The possession of high intelligence is not confined to any racial, political, economic, or religious group, and needs to be given a fair chance wherever or whenever discovered. I feel that we owe it to every pupil to see to it that he receives the very best that our resources will permit us to give him.


I am deeply obligated to the teachers in the two schools for their unselfish work and cooperation; to Mr. Kambour and Miss Delaney for sharing in the routine and responsibility of the administration; to the School Committee for its unfailing support; and last, but not least, to you, Mr. Bean, for your guidance and sympathetic understanding of my problems and efforts to solve them.


Respectfully yours,


J. TURNER HOOD, JR.


High School Principal.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE


January 23, 1939.


Mr. Stephen G. Bean Supt. of Schools Wilmington, Mass.


Dear Sir:


I herewith submit my report as School Nurse for the year 1938.


Many of the cases that have involved a good deal of time and effort cannot be recorded here because of their personal nature. But I am deeply grateful to the teachers for calling my attention to those chil- dren who were handicapped and to whom I could be of service.


In January I assisted Mrs. Barrows of the State Department of Health in testing the hearing of the children in the upper seven grades with an audiometer.


Number of children tested 475


Number of children having defective hearing ... 52


The parents were notified of these hearing defects.


The Dental Clinic was held from February 3 to April 4 at the Walker, Whitefield and Buzzell Schools. Children from the Maple Meadow, South, West, and Silver Lake schools were transported to the clinic by the School Nurse.


Number of children attended 158


Number of cleanings 138


Number of fillings 404


Number of extractions 235


This clinic is sponsored by the Public Health Nurse Association, Mrs. H. C. Barrows, President, assisting at the clinic two days a week. The dentist is paid by them and as bills are collected for work done the money is returned to that organization. If the parents do not cooperate by paying or at least starting weekly payments as soon as the bills are sent home we run short of money and have to stop operations before all the children have been cared for, as was the case this year. I wish to thank Mrs. Barrows and the P. H. N. A. for their assistance, without which this clinic would be impossible.


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Beginning April 26 a series of four Diphtheria Prevention Clinics were conducted with E. C. MacDougall, M. D. in charge.


No. of Pre-School Children receiving 3 doses 27


No. of Pre-School Children receiving 1 dose 3


No. of school children receiving 3 doses 103


No. of school children receiving 2 doses 2


No. of school children receiving 1 dose 3


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We are indebted to Holland Bros. Bus Co. for transporting all these children to the Buzzell School where the clinics were held.


In June, 38 children who have been exposed to tuberculosis were taken to the North Reading State San. for X-Ray and examination. This is done annually, or oftener when indicated, in an effort to prevent tuberculosis. It is gratifying to see some of these pupils graduate from high school each year in good physical condition. All of them have been in contact with the disease. Some have had child-hood type tuber- culosis, some have been classified as "suspicious." All have had extra care with periodic examinations and some have had a summer at the Health Camp through the Christmas Seal Sale. I feel that without this care more than one case of tuberculosis would have developed among our school children.


Twelve children have been taken to hospitals or clinics other than North Reading San. and one was taken to Shriner's Hospital, Spring- field, Massachusetts.


Shortly after school opened this fall, E. C. MacDougall, M. D. the school doctor, examined all the children in the first eight grades and notices of defects were sent to parents. He also examined the football team and the high school girls ruling out those who were not physically fit for strenuous exercise.


Number of home visits made during the year ....... 132 I wish to express my thanks to you, Mr. Bean, and to the teachers for their kind spirit of helpfulness.


Sincerely,


ESTHER H. NICHOLS, R. N.


School Nurse.


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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ART


Mr. Stephen G. Bean Superintendent of Schools Wilmington, Mass.


Dear Sir:


I have the honor to submit my tenth annual report as supervisor of drawing.


All forecasts in Art Education indicate a period immediately before us of an immense interest and enthusiasm in American Art Education. Art is becoming increasingly a part of American needs and the school curriculums are combining art as an incentive to the learning of many other subjects, such as geography, science, and history.


Last year I undertook a very large project, correlating art with geography on "A Trip Around the World." It was drawn in mural form and each class from grades two to six made one country which was as large as the width of their class-room. The trip started in New Mexico, U. S., continued through Mexico, up to Alaska, across to Japan, then to Egypt, Central Africa, the Sahara Desert, Italy, Switzerland, in summer and in winter, Holland, and across the Atlantic to New York. Each one represented the costumes, animals, trees, houses, boats, industries, and landscapes of that particular country. All these things were drawn by different children and colored, cut, and pasted on to a background scene of the country colored with chalk, which was also done entirely by the pupils. This was all joined together and exhibited around the High School gymnasium on Thursday, June the second from three to five in the afternoon.


A large number of parents attended this exhibition and a great deal of enthusiasm was shown for this particular project as well as for a great many drawings. The freehand drawing class of the High School made travel posters to advertise each country that was incuded in the trip. This class also painted some very beautiful madonnas set against a stained glass window background. Their work also included pencil technique, pastels, figure drawings and original pictures of the "Hurricane." This class as well as one in mechanical drawing meets after school the same as they have for the past four years.


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The class at the North School shows a great deal of interest in the course in mechanical drawing that I have been giving them. As the class is all boys who do so much mechanical work, this type of drawing seems most suited to their needs.


In the past year the seventh grades have made original winter sport figures and painted them, posture posters, cut-paper flower designs, circus and rodeo drawings, pictures of the "Hurricane," Indian border designs, calendars for November with original illustrations on them, Christmas candle cut-paper designs, and Christmas cards. The eighth grades have accomplished a great deal, too, such as; free-brush work designs painted directly without drawing them first with pencil, pencil lessons on perspective, figure drawing copied from a real model, water color landscapes, Hallowe'en designs, original Indian heads, and stained glass windows made of black cut paper and colored paper filled in for the panes of glass. As the drawing periods are short in the above two grades some of these pupils have been willing to stay after school to complete some of these lessons satisfactorily.


At the exhibition, the first and second grade drawings. had to be shown in the school library, as there was not room in the gymnasium. Their work included many lessons on design, free-expression lessons of people, animal drawings, and many cutting and pasting lessons.


What I mean by Art, then, is not the affair of a few but of every- body. It is order, tidiness, the right way of doing things and the right way of making things. It is a question of pleasant railway stations, of street cleaning, of controling advertisments, of making our houses fit for sane people to live in, and of cooking meals fit for healthy people to eat.


In conclusion, I wish to express my sincere thanks to Mr. Bean, teachers, pupils, and school officials for their loyalty, co-operation, and activity in making my work successful.


Respectfully submitted,


SHIRLEY H. GULLIVER


Art Supervisor.


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REPORT OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SUPERVISOR


Mr. Stephen G. Bean Superintendent of Schools Wilmington, Mass.


Dear Sir:


I have the honor to submit my second annual report as Physical Education Supervisor of the school of Wilmington.


Posture Training is our objective again this year, and I am glad to report a definite improvement in the posture of the school children. The children were examined for posture in September, and it was most gratifying to note the splendid results of last year's work. Each child knows what is expected of him and how to attain good posture.


A Posture Campaign was conducted among the children for one week to decide which class in the town had the best posture. A Posture Tag was given to every child at the beginning of each day for one week. If his posture was poor during the day, he lost his tag for that day. Daily records were kept by each grade teacher, and an average mark for her class handed in at the end of the week. In this way, the class with the highest average for the week was adjudged the winner of the Posture Campaign.


Habits of posture acquired early in a child's life insure the proper alignment of the body with the resultant correct physiological func- tioning of the body.


Grades 7-8


Several important changes have been made in the Physical Educa- tion program of the Daniel T. Buzzell School. Separate classes for the boys and girls have been organized. This plan has met with great en- thusiasm among the students. Volley Ball teams were organized for the boys, and Field Hockey teams for the girls. Interclass games were held between the respective groups during the season.


The time allotment has been increased from a thirty-five minute period every other week to a forty-five minute period every week.


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The girls, in view of the increased time limit, voted to wear gym- nasium suits. Each class has its own color, and will retain that color throughout the High School years.


Basketball classes for the boys and girls will start in the gymna- sium at the completion of the new floor.


High School


Regular classes are held for the High School girls every Tuesday and Thursday.


The Girls' Field Hockey Teams had a very successful season. They were the undefeated champions of 1938. Several of the games were played on the Common, and attracted large crowds. Wilmington was represented by a first team captained by Miss Ruth Boynton, and a second team captained by Miss Gladys Babine. The first team ran up a total of 23 points to 2 points, and the second team ran up a total of 17 points to 1 point.


The schedule of the games and the scores were as follows:


Schedule of games and scores of the First Team are:


Wilmington 3 Stoneham


0


October 10


Wilmington 2 Reading


0


October 14


Wilmington 2 Medford 1


November 3


Wilmington 7 Medford 0


November 8


Wilmington 1


Reading


1 October 26


Wilmington 7


Tewksbury


0


November 2


Wilmington 1 Malden 0


November 15


Schedules of games and scores of the Second Team are:


Wilmington 4


Stoneham


0


October 10


Wilmington 5


Reading


0


October 14


Wilmington 1 Medford 0


November 3


Wilmington 3 Medford


1


November 8


Wilmington 1


Reading


0


October 26


Wilmington 1


Tewksbury


0


November 2


Wilmington 2 Malden


0


November 15


Total-13 Wins. 1-Tie.


The interclass hockey schedule provided competition between the four classes. The Freshmen class turned out in large numbers for the sport, and had two fine teams. They competed with eighth grade and defeated them. Their games with the upper classes were spirited but not victorious.


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The Sophomores defeated the Freshmen, and tied the Juniors. The Seniors defeated the Juniors, and the Sophomores.


Fr. vs. Soph Soph Sr. vs. Jr. Tie


Fr. vs. Jr.


Jr. Sr. vs. Soph Sr.


Jr. vs. Fr.


Jr. Fr. 1 vs. Fr. 2 Fr. 2


Basketball was started in December, but was discontinued due to the unsanitary condition of the gymnasium. Practice games were held at Woburn and Reading in preparation for the Lowell Suburban League Basketball games which started in January.


During the 1938 Basketball season the League team defeated Chelmsford in both games, Johnson and Tewksbury in the home game and tied Johnson.


The class basketball teams defeated Methuen's Sophomore and Junior team, and Punchard's two upper class teams.


The Physical Education program 1937-1938 culminated in a May Day Festival on the Town Common, May 18, 1938 at 2:00 in the afternoon. Approximately one thousand school children participated in the event. The program was presented before Wilmington High School's first May Queen, Miss Barbara Scott, and her court, who were seated on a throne at one end of the Green. The Queen, her ladies and attendants, attired in beautiful pastel gowns, were escorted on the Com- mon by a group of uniformed Boy Scouts amid great acclaim by the large crowd. Miss June Cates crowned the May Queen at a picturesque ceremony.


The Queen was chosen by the faculty and students for her pro- ficiency in scholarship and athletics. The ladies-in-waiting were chosen by their respective classes. The Senior class was represented by Misses Rose Andrews and Jennie Mosack, the Junior class by Misses June Cates and Doris Hadley, the Sophomore class by Misses Gertrude Down- ing and Ina Hinxman, and the Freshmen class by Misses Jean McLeod and Nancy Todd.


Virginia Hood was the Crown bearer, Carol Hadley and Barbara Hoyt, the flower girls, Dickie Day and Gerald Fagan were the train- bearers.


The program was:


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MAY DAY FESTIVAL Town Common-Wilmington, Mass. May 18, 1938-2:00 P. M.


1. Hail! May Queen, Hail!


2. Dance of Greeting High School Girls


3. Danish Dance of Greeting Grades 1-2 Nixie Polka


4. Bleking


Ace of Diamonds Grades 3-4


5. Tumbling-Pyramids Boys-Grades 4-8


6. Csebogac Grades 5-6


7. High School


a. Marching


b. Calisthenics


8. Seven Jumps Grades 7-8


9. Tumbling-Pyramids High School Girls


10. Norwegian Mountain Dance High School Girls


11. Gavotte Queen's Ladies


12. Recessional


The Folk dance groups presented a beautiful and colorful picture on the Common. The children were attractively dressed in costumes typical of the countries they represented.


The High School girls under the direction of Miss Helen Watters a member of the Senior Class, displayed great skill in marching tactics and calisthenics.


All the activities, including the Tumbling and Pyramids which was expertly done, were directed by student leaders.


Superintendent Stephen G. Bean announced the events for the occasion. Loud speakers were installed on the grounds, which helped broadcast the music and announcements to all parts of the Common.


I wish to extend my sincere thanks to you Mr. Bean and to the teachers and students for their cooperation in making the year's work pleasant and successful.


Sincerely yours,


ANNE F. MULLANE


Physical Education Supervisor


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REPORT OF THE MUSIC SUPERVISOR


My dear Mr. Bean:


I herewith submit my fourth annual report as Music Supervisor for the schools of the Town of Wilmington.


The past year has been marked by a very definite growth in interest participation, and accomplishment in the musical program of the local school system.


Our best method of judging the effectiveness of any educational program is the result. In this connection a resumé of the musical activ- ities during the past year can be allowed to present its own case.


Our first opportunity to judge the effectiveness of our work in music, was provided by all state competition meet at Fall River under the auspices of the Massachusetts Festival Association in which we placed first in our Class.


The Massachusetts Music Festival Association purposes to advance the interest of the band, choral, and orchestral music in Massachusetts, by encouraging and inducing a high standard of excellence in per- formance through the maintenance of band and orchestra festivals and also through the promotion of any other activities in its province that may tend to raise the standard of musicians and impel more genuine appreciativeness and support on the part of the public for music and inusical education, especially in the public schools.


The following schools competed with Wilmington:


The Dighton High School. Dominican High School from Fall River. Sacred Heart from Fall River. Weymouth High School. Concord High School. Dracut High School.


There were about 5,000 high school students from Massachusetts at Fall River. In the afternoon there was a grand parade with all the high schools marching in it. The Judges for the choral sections were:


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Dr. Thompson Stone of Boston, Massachusetts. Miss Grace Pierce of the Lowell Teachers College.


Percy Graham, Director of Public School Music of Boston Uni- versity.


Following this, we presented the Elementary Schools Festival. A great deal of its success depended upon the teachers of the Elementary Schools. May I express thanks for all that they have done for the children.


The Festival was as follows:


Part One


FATHER TIME A One Act Operetta


Whitefield School Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Miss Olive Littlehale


Guest Soloist


Fantasie


Mollenhauer Miss Joan Scafarello, Violinist Mrs. Mary Kirkwell, Accompanist


FOLK SONGS


France


Au Clair de la Lune Frere Jacques


Good Pierrot Brother John Morning


Tremp' Ton Pain, Marie


Maple Meadow School, Grades 1, 2


Silver Lake School, Grades 1, 2


Miss Carol Brink Miss Nathalie Towles


Hawaii


Hawaiian Boat Song Hawaii


Aloha


Maple Meadow School, Grades 3, 4


Silver Lake School, Grades 3, 4


Miss Carol Brink Miss Nathalie Towles


Japan


Maid of Japan Yo San Marusaki West School, Grades 1, 2 South School, Grades 1, 2, 3


Mrs. Lena Eames Miss Ruth Kidder


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TOY MAKER A One Act Operetta


Walker School, Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5


Miss Harriet Donehue


A Surprise Party for Mozart


Miss Anne Waters


Aviator Amaryllis


The Bells


Deep River


How to tell Wild Animals


Now the Day is Over Grade 6 Miss Anne Waters


The High School Festival was as follows:


Part One


Nursery Rhymes Where'er You Walk Dark Eyes


Curran Handel


Russian Folk-Song


Junior-Senior Girls' Glee Club


In My Garden Now is the Month of Maying Where'er You Walk Auf Wiedersehn


Firestone Morley Handel


Romberg


Freshman-Sophomore Girls' Glee Club


The Drum All Day on the Prairie The Lonesome Road The Musical Trust


Gibson Guion Shilkret Clokey


A Cake-Shop Romance Two Little Magpies Oh, Italia, Beloved


Boys' Glee Club


Osborne Wells Donizetti


The Buzzell Chorus Miss Groesbeck, Accompanist


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Center School, Grade 5 The Center School Choir


Part Two


March of the Peers Petite Tonkinoise Tales from the Vienna Woods


Sullivan Scotto Strauss


Orchestra


Goin' Home Sympathy


Dvorak Friml


Mixed Chorus


Accompanists


Thomas Cavanaugh


Mary Kirkell


Charles Black Anne Buzzell


In the titles and names of composers shown in the above programs, it is evident that we have not sacrificed quality for popularity in mu- sical selections.


We appreciate fully the many kind things which have been said, concerning the performances of the students. It is a fact, however, that because of our inability to stage these concerts adequately, full justice has never been done. In an auditorium of reasonable size the audience should be farther removed from the performers, and where reasonable acoustical conditions were present, where many of the voices were not lost, and where quality of tone was not distorted by the low arched stage and narrow wings, the quality of result would be superior.


As a financial result of these various public performances, we have been able to buy pianos, have them moved, and put into condition; we have bougiit instruments for the orchestra and music for all the organ- izations.


There have been recent agitations for a junior band. This is out- side the power of the school department to provide, but if through the community and through parental interest the children can be instructed, the result would eventually function in the schools.


I wish to thank you Mr. Bean, the principal, teachers and pupils for the genuine cooperation that has been given me in my work.


Respectfully submitted,


ANGELICA CARABELLO


Music Supervisor.


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TOWN WARRANT For Annual Town Meeting


To Harry J. Ainsworth, Constable of the Town of Wilmington:


Greetings ;- In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants 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 one Selectman for three years, one Selectman for two years, and one Selectman for one year, who shall also act as Board of Survey; one Assessor for three years; Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Taxes; Constable; Board of Public Weifare, one member for a term of three years; two members of School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years; one Water Commissioner for three years; one mem- ber of Planning Board for three years; Tree Warden; Moderator; one Trustee of Trust Funds for three years.


You are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, 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., 1939, 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 ensuing year.


Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.


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Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items:


General Government


Cemetery


Care of Parks


Education


Unclassified


Highways


Charities and Aid


Public Health Work


Soldiers' Benefits


Protection of Life and Property


Public Library


Town Indebtedness


Interest


Street Lights


Reserve Fund


Water Department


Planning Board


Hydrant Rental


Article 5. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate for necessary expenses in connection with Works Progress Ad- ministration projects or other Work Relief projects, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ing January 1, 1939, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable with- in one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, Gen- eral Laws.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum suffic- ient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by Law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repair of the Mid- dlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto and including Chapter 400, Section 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Thirty-Five Dollars and Seventy-One Cents ($435.71) to pay for effecting insurance providing indemnity for the protection of the officers and employees of the Highway, Cemetery, and Police Departments of the Town against loss by reason of their liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, including death, at any time resulting therefrom, caused by the operation, within the scope of their official duties or employment, of motor vehicles owned by the Town, to an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars


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Health and Sanitation


($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, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for the observance of Memo- rial Day, and that the Moderator appoint a Committee who shall ar- range and have charge of such observance, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize a Committee composed of the Board of Selectmen, the Town Treasurer, and the Tax Collector to sell on any terms which the Committee may deem for the best interest of the Town any and all property taken by foreclosure proceedings or otherwise, and the Selectmen further be authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out the purposes of this vote, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 4S, Chapter 31 of the General Laws (Tercentenary Edition) as to its permanent Police force. On petition of Board of Selectmen and others.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) for the purchase of a parcel of land at Silver Lake for school purposes or take any action thereon. On petition of School Committee.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000) for the building and equipment of a schoolhouse in the Silver Lake district, and instruct the Selectmen and/or the School Committee to apply for and accept any Federal grant or other assistance available towards the construction and equipment of said schoolhouse, or take any action thereon. On petition of School Committee.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) to purchase from Adele S. Williams the Maple Meadow Brook Park Lots No. 183 (2559 square feet) ; No. 184 (2750 square feet; and No. 185 (2562 square feet), the present Maple Meadow Brook Park School Site, for school purposes, or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of Samuel F. Frolio and others.


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Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to turn over to the School Department the Maple Meadow Brook Park Lots Nos. 181 and 182, for school purposes, or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of Samuel F. Frolio and others.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to Transport Scholars liv- ing less than two miles from schools where there would be no extra expense, or where the expense would be small, or do anything in rela- tion thereto. On petition of Charles J. Sargent and others.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a Committee, consisting of three (3) members, to investigate present status of money now held by the Town and carried on the Books of the Town as a Credit for the purpose of erecting a suitable War Memorial, this Committee to be empowered to seek information as to how this money can be used and report back at a subsequent Town Meeting, or do anything in relation thereto.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, or a certified copy thereof, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, as soon as may be and before said meeting.


Given under our hands and Seal of Said Town this Eleventh Day of Februarv, A. D. One Thousand Nnine Hundred and Thirty-Nine.


CHARLES H. BLACK FREDERICK J. MacQUAIDE FRANK W. DAYTON


Selectmen of Wilmington.


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INDEX TO WILMINGTON TOWN REPORT


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1938


Page


Collector of Taxes Account


102


Reports, General:


Acting Librarian


123


Board of Assessors


60


Board of Health


80


Board of Public Welfare


89


Building Inspector


75


Cemetery Commission


86 71


Inspector of Animals


88


Inspector of Slaughtering


75 79


Middlesex County Extension Service


96


Moth Superintendent


87 66


Planning Board


95


Public Library Trustees


76


Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Committee


82


Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Committee Treasurer's Report


81


Sealer of Weights and Measures


73


Superintendent of Streets


93


Town Counsel


63


Water Commissioners


83


W. P. A. Work


98


School Department


143


Age-Grade Distribution


157


Art Supervisor


167


Financial Statement


153


High School Principal


161


Instructor of Physical Education


169


Music Supervisor 173


Payroll Facts


150


Fire Department


Memorial Day Committee


Police Department


181


Roster of School Employees


158


School Committee


144


School Nurse Superintendent of Schools


165


145


Accountant's Statement


104


Accountant's Report


105


General Government:


Abatements (Taxes)


128


Aid to Dependent Children


116


Appropriations and Expenditures


105


Balance Sheet


136


Board of Public Welfare


118


Board of Appeals


110


Cemetery


124


Charities


115


Dog Licenses


126


Educational


119


Estimated Receipts


129


Expense and Deficiency Account


132


Fire Department


109


Health and Sanitation


111


Highway Department


112


Inspector of Buildings


110


Interest


124


Library


120


Loans


134


Maturing Debt


125


Memorial Day


121


Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Tax


112


Old Age Assistance


117


Parks


120


Protection of Persons and Property


108


Public Health Nurse


112


Reserve Fund


125


Sealer of Weights and Measures


110


Statement of Town Debt


133


Soldiers' Benefit


118


Summary of Town Debt


135


Suppression of Moths


111


Tax Titles


126


Tree Warden


111


Trust Fund Income


126


Unclassified


121


W. P. A. Projects


122


Water Department


123


182


Town Clerk, Report of 9


Annual March Meeting and Vote Cast 17


Births Recorded 56


Deaths Recorded


56


Jury List 58


Marriages Recorded


56


Town Officers 3


Town Treasurer, Report of 61


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1938 11


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, March 6, 1939 177


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, June 21, 1938 32


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, September 17, 1938 41


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, October 29, 1938 45


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, December 6, 1938 50


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, December 27, 1938 54


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W JELLS BINDERY INC. VALTHIAM, MASS. MAY 1971





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