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I should like to express my appreciation and thanks to Mr. Bean, the teachers, friends, and my energetic students, for their whole- hearted cooperation.
Respectfully submitted, EVELYN D. WELLS,
Supervisor of Physical Education.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
Mr. Stephen G. Bean,
Superintendent of Schools,
Wilmington, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to submit my sixth annual report as Supervisor of Music.
In believing that appreciation and love of music is best developed through participation, we have most of the students singing in the high school and all the students in all the other grades. The en- thusiasmı and response to the music activities are gratifying.
Each school building at the Silver Lake School has a piano. This is a great help in music education and gives the children better un- derstanding in the rhythmic and tonal aspects of music. The Maple Meadow and West Schools have pianos now. Every school in Wil- mington has a piano except the North School. This school will have one as soon as it is possible to purchase one.
Last May the High School Girls' and Boys' Glee Clubs participated again in the Massachusetts Music Festival held in the previous years. The Boys' Glee Club and the Mixed Chorus were the winners of Class "C". The annual Elementary and High School concerts will be given in the Spring.
The fourth annual concert of the Elementary Schools of Wil- mington was held on May 15, 1940 at the Grange Hall. The program was as follows:
WHITEFIELD SCHOOL
THE ALPHABET'S HOLIDAY
GRANNY DICTIONARY Anne Wills
DUTCH GIRL Joanne Plympton
LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET
A-Marion Sharp, B-Paul Doucette, C-Anne Chipman, C-Wil- liam Chisholm, D-Phyllis O'Leary, E-Gladys Scott, F-Duncan Mac-
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Leod, F-Theresa Gagnon, G-Paul Berrigan, H-Charles Walsh, I- George Calnan, J-Lois Blake, K-Mildred Waisnor, L-Mary Sughrue, Bonning, M-Albert Goss, N-Beverly Gaudreau, O-Mary Sughrue, P-Robert Pipes, Q-Bernard Brabant, R-Claire Bishop, S-Beverly Park, T-Verda Johnson, V-Theresa Bourassa, V-Mildred Giles, W-Glenn Foster, X-Norman Sharp, Y-Nancy Marshall, Z-Char- lotte Blake.
CHORUS-Marie Chisholm, Lyman Washburn, Louise Gove, Shir- ley Wilkish, Ellen Frolio, Virginia Nitchie, Barbara Hughson, James Hughson, Marion Sidelinker, James Terricone, Irene Brabant, Eliza- beth Lienhard, Dorothy Sharp, Helen Peitzsch, Ivy Lienhard, Joan Sughrue, Marjorie Park, Charlotte Cutter, Beverly Forsythe, Norma Zanotti, Ann Marie Mackey, Dorothy Babine, Jean Babine, Paul Browne, Rosa Amaro, Jean Burbine, Earl Richard, Ann Palmer, Mar- guerite Worth, Mary Murray, Harold Sullivan, Norman Arbo, Bar- bara Bertwell, Walter Malatesta, Catherine Flynn, Charles Blake, James McKinnon, Anne Doucette.
Under Direction of Carol Brink-Olive Littlehale
Lyrics by Florence Aitken
Music by Gertrude McRae
SILVER LAKE SCHOOL
"THE LOST CLOWN" by Sarah G. Clark and Agnes Wright Characters (In Order of Appearance)
GOODMAN DICK-A Lover of Forest and Stream Francis Kelly
ROVER JO-At Home in the Greenwood Russell Garland
DASHAWAY-A "Retired" Pirate. .Roger Maskell
STEALAWAY-Also a "Retired" Pirate Robert Taylor SONG SPARROW-A Rescued Waif. Theresa Thornton SONG SPARROW'S AIDES. Mary Welling and Lorraine Manson
RED FEATHER-Last of an Ancient Tribe. William Chambers MAYFLOWER-Who Loves Dancing Ruth Gildart THE SCARLET TANAGER-Native of a Strange Country Thomas Brennan
THE LOST CLOWN-Who Fell Off an Elephant. Karl Woodman EAGLE Frank Carta
Mary Ann Barry
PEACE
INDIAN ATTENDANTS George Casaletto, Bernard Eaton
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SYNOPSIS Act 1 DEEP IN A FOREST NOOK Time: Evening
Act II Same: In the Morning
AVIATORS: Alice Wagstaff, John Crispo, Dorothy Whalen, Wil- liam Fabgano, Barbara Hoyt, Robert White, Lois Pilcher, Virginia Garland, Gerald O'Reilly.
SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS: John Duggan, John Ingalls, Norman Stewart, Kenneth Poole, Ernest White, Donald Robinson.
DANCERS: Betty Burns, Lorraine Forrest, June Provost, Cynitia Coinielson, Claire Beemis, Charlotte Crispo, Ruth Gildart, Claire Crispo.
CLOWNS: James Keefe, Sadie Johnson, Thomas Thornton, Mar- tha Rooney, Gerald O'Brien, Barbara Johnson, Ronald Clements, Joan Keefe, Evelyn McDonough, Rose Marie Burns, Hazel O'Brien, Marilyn Lynch.
ARCHERS: Charles Crotty, Lois Burns, Richard Dickinson, Mar- garet Rooney, Aldona Arsenol, Charles White, Mary O'Connor, An- toinette Ottati, Joyce Eaton, Lester Smith, Marjorie Smith, Donald Estabrook, George Graham, Dorothy Keefe, Martha Rooney, Willis Whalen, Mona Crispo, James Smalley, Gladys Arsenol.
Music-Doriscey Florence
Dialogue-Doriscey Florence
Costumes-Mildred Rogers, Barbara Purbeck and Doriscey Florence
CENTER SCHOOL CHOIR
Trained by
GRACE E. BOEHNER
1. Amaryllis
Ghys
2. The Rose Tree
Praetorius
3. Now the Day Is Over Barnby
4. The Daffodils Hermes
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WALKER SCHOOL
THE MAGIC WOOD by May H. Brahe
CHARACTERS
TOMMY TUCKER
Donald Saunders
JACK HORNER Irving Buck
SIMPLE SIMON Robert Saunders
JOHNNY GREEN
Rufus Stevens
WILLIE WINKIE Roger Kambour
ROBIN A BOBBIN .William Buck
POLLY FLINDERS Julia Webber
BETTY BLUE
Marjorie Bedell
NANNY ETTICOAT June Johnston
JENNY WREN Geraldine Porter
BESSY BELL
Jane Buck
MARY GRAY
June Newhouse
FAIRY SUNBEAM
Muriel Martin
1ST FAIRY
Carol Hadley
2ND FAIRY
Nancy Odiorne
3RD FAIRY
Joan Preston
4TH FAIRY
Irene Foley
5TH FAIRY
Elizabeth Galka
CHORUS: Frederick Bischoff, Burt Holmes, Dorothy Oman, Jack Reagan, Robert Findlay, Roberta Hillis, Theodore Wicks, Robert Woods, Edith Blackburn, Bernice Doucette, Beatrice Doucette, Eleanor Preston, Grace Smith, Allen Dickinson, Ethel Cain, Richard Day, Janet Gustin, Patricia Hahner, Gertrude White, Norma LaCreta, Marjorie Wood, Virginia Hood, Robert Ritchie, Virginia Colucci, Paul Carpenter, Anna Grant.
Music-Harriet Donehue
Dialogue-Desire Goldsmith
Tickets-Olive E. Oman
Stage Manager-Sybil Wiberg
The fifth annual concert of the High School of Wilmington was held on June 4, 1940. The program was as follows:
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March of the Patriots
Grieg
Berceuse
Happy Farmer Rosamunde
Brahms Schumann Schubert
ORCHESTRA
Pauline Johnston, Accompanist
Spring
Ave, Maria Stella
Sokolof
Grieg
May Day Carol Air from Essex County
FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
Anne Buzzell, Accompanist
Foster
Old Folks at Home
Ring, Ring the Banjo The Camptown Races Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
DANIEL T. BUZZELL CHORUS
Doris L. Groesbeck, Accompanist
Vilanelle
Dell Aqua
Waltz Song from Romeo and Juliet Gounod
SOLOIST, NANCY TRICKEY
Accompanist, Eleanore Fitzgerald
Spring Sokolof
Coral Treharne
None but the Lonely Heart Tchaikowsky
JUNIOR-SENIOR GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
Anne Buzzell, Accompanist
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So We'll Go More A-Roving Doctor Foster On Wings of Song
Thomas Hughes Mendelssohn
BOYS' GLEE CLUB
Anne Buzzell, Accompanist
Will You Remember (from "Maytime") Romberg Dusk Gretchaninof
Chorus of Homage Gericke
JEAN MacLEOD and ANNE BUZZELL at the piano
MIXED CHORUS
PATRONS
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Bean Mr. and Mrs. Philip Buzzell
Mr. and Mrs. J. Turner Hood, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Ainsworth
Mr. and Mrs. George Kambour Mr. and Mrs. August G. Macleod
Mr. and Mrs. John Hathaway
I should like to express my appreciation to you Mr. Bean and Mr. Hood and the teachers of the elementary schools for your whole- hearted cooperation, interest, and understanding of my school prob- lems.
Respectfully yours,
ANGELICA CARABELLO,
Music Supervisor.
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REPORT OF THE ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Wilmington, Mass.,
January 8, 1941.
Mr. Stephen G. Bean,
Supt. of Wilmington Schools
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find my report as Attendance Officer for year ending December 31, 1940.
Number of calls
307
Truants
20
Brought to school
33
Illness 67
Insufficient clothing
27
Missed School Bus
26
Satisfactory Reasons
94
Unsatisfactory Reasons
39
Without Working Certificate
1
Respectfully,
FREDERICK A. FIELD,
Attendance Officer.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
To Harry J. Ainsworth, a 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 Third day of March next at 9:45 o'clock in the fore- noon, 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, who shall also act as a member of the Board of Sur- vey; 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 Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one mem- ber of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years; one Water Commissioner for three years; Planning Board, one member for three years; Tree Warden; Moderator; one Trustee of Trust Fund for three years.
You are also 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 Meetings at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Town of Wilmington on Monday the 10th day of March, A. D. 1941 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.
Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items :- ,
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General Government
Cemetery
Protection of Person and Property Interest
Schools
Highways Charities Soldiers' Benefits
Library
Recreation
Maturing Debt
Unclassified Memorial Day
Reserve Fund
Water Department
Insurance
Article 5. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for necessary expenses in connection with Works Progress Administration 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 be- ginning January 1, 1941, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within 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, General Laws.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum sufficient 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 Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to pay for affecting insur- ance providing indemnity for the protection of the officers and em- ployees 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 ($5000.00) 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
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Memorial Day, and that the Moderator appoint 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 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 fore- closure 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 raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) for the purpose of repairing and reconstructing Federal Street Bridge, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($4650.00) for the purchase of a truck for the use of the Highway Department or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) or any amount for the purpose of a new automobile and equipment therefor for the Police Department and/or authorize the sale or turn in of the present police car as credit toward such purchase, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a two way radio for the Police Department or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) or any amount for the purchase of a new ambulance and equipment thereof, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to allow the board of Public Welfare to pay a salary to one of its members designated by said Board as a full time investigator as provided under Chapter 41, Section 108 of the General Laws, or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of Joachim Correia and others.
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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not exceeding Eighteen Hundred Dollars ($1800.00) for expenditure by the Finance Committee for a complete study and survey of the operation of all town departments and the preparation of a report thereon for submission to the town by said Finance Com- mittee together with its recommendations for action thereunder. (Re- quest of the Finance Committee).
Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.000) or any other amount, for for the extension of water mains westerly on Burlington Avenue from Boutwell Street as far as funds will permit, and that W.P.A. assistance be procured if available, if not, that it be made with Town Labor or, do anything in relation thereto. (Request of Planning Board & Water Commissioners).
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five (5) to investigate and report on the need of increased school accommodations. (Request of School Com- mittee).
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 48 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edi- tion, as to its regular or permanent police force, or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of John J. Reagan and others.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 49 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edi- tion, or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of John J. Reagan and others.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept Nassau Avenue from Shawsheen Avenue to a point at or near Dutton Road, a distance of 1800 feet more or less or do anything in relation thereto. On peti- tion of Antonio Cipollo and others.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept Silver Lake Street from Salem Street to and including McDonald Road to the residence of Ventura Canelas or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of Raymond E. Banks and others.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or some other amount. The money to be expended under the direction of the 4-H Town Com- mittee, serving in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees
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for county aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 129, General Laws of Massachusetts. On petition of Frank W. Haynes and others.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, or a certi- fied 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 Seventeenth Day of February, A. D., One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty One.
CHARLES H. BLACK, FRANK W. DAYTON, JEROME J. O'LEARY,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
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INDEX TO WILMINGTON TOWN REPORT
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1940
Page
Collector of Taxes Account
82
Reports, General:
Board of Appeals
61
Board of Assessors
43
Board of Health
72
Board of Public Welfare
83
Building Inspector
64
Cemetery Commissioners
59
Fire Department
65
94
Fire Chief
68
Inspector of Animals
79
Inspector of Slaughtering
63
Librarian
71
Memorial Day Committee
95
Middlesex County Extension Service
88
Moth Superintendent and Tree Warden
78
Police Department
49
Police Chief
53
Planning Board and Park Commission
60
Public Library Trustees
70
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Committee
74
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Committee Treasurer's Report
73
Sealer of Weights and Measures
62
Silver Lake School Report
80
State Auditor
144
Superintendent of Streets
86
Town Counsel
47
Trustees of Trust Funds
140
Water Commissioners
75
W. P. A. Sponsors' Agent
90
189
School Department
153
Age-Grade Distribution
162
Art Supervisor
172
Attendance Officer
183
Calendar
155
High School Principal
167
Instructor of Physical Education
174
Music Supervisor
177
Officials
154
Roster of School Employees
164
School Committee
156
School-Grade Distribution
163
School Nurse 170
Superintendent of Schools
157
Accountant's Statement
98
Accountant's Report
97
General Government:
Abatement and Refund of Taxes 129
Aid to Dependent Children (Town Account)
113
Aid to Dependent Children (U. S. Grant) 113
Assessors
100
Assessor's Valuation Book
101
Balance Sheet December 31, 1940
138
Board of Appeals
107
Cemetery
124
Cemetery Building Fire, May 16, 1940
125
Cemetery Reserve Fund
125
Chapter 90, Maintenance
110
Charities
112
Comm. of Mass. Highway Account
134
Constable
105
Dog Licenses-County
127
Election and Registration
103
Estimated Receipts
131
Excess and Deficiency Account
133
Finance Committee
101
Fire Department
106
Fire Insurance
123
Fire Truck
106
Health and Sanitation
108
Highway Department
109
Highway Truck
111
Hydrant Rental
106
Indemnity to John J. Reagan
120
190
Indemnity to Policemen, Firemen, et als
120
Inspection of Buildings
106
Interest
125
Library
118
Lowell and West Sts. Water Main
123
Maturing Debt
125
Memorial Day
113
Middlesex County T B Hospital
109
Military Aid
116
Municipal Relief Loans
135
New Trust Funds
126
Old Age Assistance (Town Account)
114
Old Age Assistance (U. S. Grant)
114
Parks
118
Planning Board
103
Protection of Persons and Property
104
Public Health Nurse
109
Public Liability Insurance
112
Reserve Fund
126
Revenue Account
130
Road Machinery Fund
111
Schools
117
School Department Loans
136
Sealing of Weights and Measures
107
Selectmen
99
Silver Lake School Building
117
Soldier's Benefits (State Aid)
115
Soldier's Relief
116
Statement of Town Debt
134
Street Lights
111
Summary of Board of Public Welfare Accounts
115
Summary of Town Debt
136
Suppression of Moths
107
Tax Collector
100
Tax Titles
127
Tax Title Loans
135
Tax Titles Possessions
128
Tax Title Possessions (Revenue)
128
Tax Title Redemptions (Reserved)
128
Town Accountant
99
Town Counsel
102
Town Clerk
102
Town Hall
104
Treasurer
100
Tree Warden
108
Trust Funds Income
126
191
Unclassified 119
Vocational Training
118
Water Department
122
Water Department, 1937 Account
123
Water Department, 1939 Account
123
Water Department Bonds 136
Water Department Notes 136
W. P. A. Projects 120
Town Clerk, Report of 9
Annual March Meeting 15
Births Recorded 39
Deaths Recorded
39
Jury List
41
Marriages Recorded
39
Town Officers 3
Town Treasurer, Report of 45
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, March 3, 1941 184
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, March 4, 1940 10
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, June 10, 1940 29
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, July 29, 1940 33
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, September 30, 1940 36
TEAM
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