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His school maintained its A rating throughout his incumbency. For one period Wilmington High School had a four year certificate from the 'small college entrance board' when most school got theirs from year to year, or not at all.
Not the least of his difficulties was the fact that for the last ten or more years the school has been so large that, because of building adjustments to provide classroom space, there was no place where he could call his student body together as a single unit for purposes of school assemblies designed to build school morale. Instead, all such gatherings had to be called in two shifts, thus dividing the school into two spiritual units. This is of much greater importance than the layman realizes.
It seems a pity that the town has allowed Mr. Hood to depart without any word or act of appreciation for his twenty years of service.
Succeeding Mr. Hood as headmaster is Mr. George C. Kambour, formerly submaster. It was the natural choice since Mr. Kambour has been in close touch with the administration of the school since
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1930. The school should continue to maintain the standard of work which has marked its past.
Another valued principal also left us for a better position, at least financially. Miss Helen Barrett of Lawrence, for 6 years a teacher in the schools at Silver Lake. and principal since 1943. was elected to a position in the Lawrence school system. She did a fine piece of work for us. Her departure was noted with regret by both pupils and parents in that section of the town.
Other changes were as follows:
Mrs. Harriet Leggat
Miss Eileen Greenwood
High School
Mr. Leo Rogers
High School
Miss Shirley Emmons
High School
Miss Anne McCarthy
High School
Buzzell School
Medford. Mass.
Miss Mary G. Quinn
Buzzell School
Married
Mrs. Gertrude Waring
Mrs. Helen Hunter
Center School
No. Tewksbury. Mass.
Not teaching
NEW TEACHERS
Mrs. Elizabeth Mellvin Mr. Wallace Pillsbury
Mr. James E. Dempsey Miss Marie Moriarty
Miss Jacqueline Gleason Miss Ruth Berube
Mrs. Phyllis Pillsbury
Miss Barbara Duffy
Miss Rose M. Kenney Miss Anne M. Costello Mrs. Ruby Fitzsimmons Mrs. Josephine O'Donnell Mrs.Emma F. Mallon
Miss Pauline Leiter
Music Supervisor
Submaster High School
French-Latin, High School
Commercial-High School
English-High School
Arithmetic & Geography Buzzell School
Grade VI-Center School
Grade VI-Center School
Grade V-Center School
Grade V-Walker School
Grade II-Mildred Rogers School
Grade IV-Mildred Rogers School
Opportunity Class-North School
Opportunity Class-Roman House
Mr. George C. Kambour Mrs. Agnes Daley
PROMOTIONS
Headmaster-High School
Principal-Mildred Rogers School TRANSFER
Mrs. Virginia Erickson from Walker School Grade V to Buzzell Grade VII.
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Music Supervisor
Not teaching
Chelnisford. Mass. Clark School. Hanover. N. H.
Chelmsford. Mass. Married
Miss Clementia Scopa
Center School
Not teaching
Mrs. Grace G. Gallagher
Silver Lake School
NEW CLASSES
In conformity with the law and to Improve the educational op portunity for all concerned two new classes wore put Into operation at the beginning of the current school year, Because of the number Involved it was found advisable to create separate classes for boys and girls who could best be served by this type of Opportunity School.
Two more new names have been added to our roster this year These are the teachers of the Opportunity Classes in the North School and the Roman House.
A class of about ten giris was started in the solarlum of the Roman House in September. It is under the direction of Miss Pan Mne Leiter of North Wilmington. Miss Leiter Is a graduate of Lowell State Teachers College. She has had previous experience In a slintlar type of class In a private school in Brookline.
For the boys' class, originally twelve In number, at the North School, we secured the services of Mrs. Emina Malion of Lowell, n graduate of Lowell Normal School with experience in this type of work in Chelmsford.
In both of these classes the children are progressing faster and gaining more self-confidence than would ever be possible in the standard grades. Some of the handwork already produced clearly shows the value to the training. When more materials and equip ment are available from next year's budget more ambitious projects will be introduced.
HOT LUNCH PROGRAM
Under the sponsorship of the Parent Teacher Association, the first unit in the program of providing hot food to supplement the cold lunches brought from home is In the course of development. This first unit will soon start operating In the basement of the Whitefield School.
Many hours of labor and much thoughtful planning by members of the association under the guidance of Mrs. Esther Nichols, our school nurse, is resulting in a much better setup for this unit than seemed possible. Similar projects will be started when room can be found.
THE DENTAL CLINIC
Through the initiative of the Wilmington Rotary Club, whole- heartedly supported by various local organizations, money was raised
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through a three day carnival on Labor Day weekend, sufficient to equip an up to date dental office in the Roman House. This venture raised over $4,600.00, part of which has already been spent for brand new equipment which is already installed.
The room used for the clinic is being redecorated and will be provided with Venetian blinds. Furniture will also be provided for comfort of patients waiting in the hallway.
Such balance of funds as remains after complete preparations are made will be placed in a fund to be administered by a self-per- petuating committee and used for the support of the clinic until such time as further funds are available from other sources or through the initiative of the controlling committee.
The plan of operation of this clinic is being very carefully con- sidered by a committee made up of the president of the Rotary Club as nominal chairman, Mr. Guy Nichols, active chairman, Dr. Charles H. Black, Jr., Dr. Ernest C. MacDougall, Mr. Joseph McMahon and Mr. Earl Sylvester. Mrs. Esther Nichols sits with this committee in an advisory capacity.
IMPORTANT NEW LEGISLATION
There will be presented to the current session of the State Legis- lature another bill designed to give further school aid to towns of the state. This bill will, if passed, give an additional $25,000,000 to edu- cation based on the number of persons employed in any way ill connection with the strictly educational part of the school systems. It does not apply to those engaged in operation or upkeep of the school plant. If this law were passed as written, Wilmington would receive an approximate addition of $65,000 to help to support its school program.
THE SCHOOL SURVEY
At the request of the School Committee, on a suggestion from the P. T. A., a one day survey of the Wilmington schools was carried out by a body of twelve representatives of the State Department. The work was carried on under the general oversight of Miss Alice B. Beal, State Supervisor of Elementary Education. It was done in June and the results were presented to the townspeople in a pamphlet prepared at the direction of the local School Committee. A goodly supply of these reports are still available and may be secured from the office of the Superintendent of Schools. This report should be read by every voter before attending this year's town meeting.
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In Memoriam
HENRIETTA A. SWAIN A Teacher in the Wilmington Schools 1893 - 1938
HENRIETTA A. SWAIN
On January 23, 1949 1, in common with the whole community, was greatly saddened to learu of the passing from this life of Henrietta A. Swain who for forty-three years served as a teacher in this town. For fourteen of these years, until her retirement in 1938, I had the privilege of being associated with her iu the work that she loved. In those years I learned much from her in the field of tolerance for the very human behavior of children.
A woman of strong Christian character, of gentle manner. and yet a firm believer in the doing of right because it is right, I feel cer- tain that hundreds of children in this town have grown to be better citizens because of her influence. Great will be her reward when she enters the presence of the Master Teacher. Requiescat in pace.
CONCLUSION
I take this opportunity to express my great appreciation to all who have loyally supported my endeavors to maintain our school standards under the difficult conditions which we have faced.
Thanks is due the School Committee for their endeavors to make the school plaut a better place for children to be taught in and for teachers to work in.
Respectfully submitted
January 30, 1949
STEPHEN G. BEAN,
Superintendent of Schools
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REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
January 31, 1949
Mr. Stephen G. Bean Superintendent of Schools Wilmington. Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Bean:
In this first paragraph of my first annual report as Principal of Wilmington High School, I wish to pay tribute to my able predecessor. For nearly twenty years, J. Turner Hood, Jr., was Principal of Wil- mington High School. During the years that Mr. Hood was Principal, the school earned and held the highest rating attainable by the State Department of Education and by the New England College Entrance Certificate Board. The educational policies that were in effect during his administration must have been sound to have made it possible to maintain such a high rating over nearly a score of years. Upon my appointment to this position I found the school well organized for the current school year. In fact, there have been only a few changes made in the schedule, in class assignments to teachers, or in the con- tent of any course of study. It is my sincere wish and that of the faculty that Mr. Hood will be happy and successful in his new posi- tion as Superintendent of Schools in North Reading.
In addition to Mr. Hood, four other members of last year's fa- culty have resigned. Miss Shirley H. Emmons accepted a position in Chelmsford High School. Miss Eileen K. Greenwood is teaching in Westford Academy. Miss Ann M. McCarthy withdrew from the profession in order to assume the responsibilities of married life.
Mr. Leo G. L. Rogers found that a position in Clark School, Hanover, N. H., was more desirable than the one which he held in Wilmington. Altogether forty-two per cent of last year's faculty have resigned. With one exception, all of these former faculty members have resigned to accept more lucrative positions elsewhere.
To fill the vacancies created by these resignations one teacher was transferred and four teachers who were new to the system joined the faculty. Miss Irene M. Sharp was transferred from the Center School to teach Commercial subjects and to coach Girls' Athletics. To teach other subjects in the Commercial Department, Miss Marie C. Moriarty was engaged. Mr. James E. Dempsey has been placed in charge of the Latin and French instruction. Miss Jacqueline Gleason has joined the English Department. Mr. J. Wallace Pillsbury was engaged to teach Mathematics, to do testing, and to be the Vocational Guidance Director, as well as to be the Sub-Master. Each of these
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new members of the High School faculty has had at least some teach- ing experience. All are very cooperative and ready to do all in their power to make the training at Wilmington High School as valuable as it possibly can be for each student.
Present members of the faculty who were here last year are continuing their fine work of leadership and instruction. It is a tribute to them that the school year is going so smoothly and effect- ively in spite of a forty-two per cent turnover in personnel.
Overcrowding and lack of proper facilities are increasingly serions problems in this building. The voters' attention to this critical sit- uation has been called repeatedly in years past by you, Mr. Bean, as well as Mr. Hood. It is impossible to carry on a modern high school program with our serious lack of facilities. Mr. A. Russell Mack, State Supervisor of Secondary Education, wrote the following blunt paragraph in his part of the report on the state survey of Wilmington schools conducted last spring. "There is no auditorium, no gymna- sium (worthy of the name), no library, no shops and no cafeteria. The science laboratory is inadequate as are the class rooms. This is obviously true in a building planned for 200 pupils, in which 300 pupils are now placed." And since this was written there has been a ten per cent increase in the enrollment of our High School.
On October 1, 1948 the enrollment was 334 with 59 in the graduating class. The enrollment in the present eighth grade is about 110. If 90 per cent of students currently in grades 8, 9, 10 and 11 register next September, there will be approximately 350. It is within the realm of possibility that there will have to be made additional make-shifts next fall in order to accommodate all students who appear. Make-shifts are usually unsatisfactory educationally and expensive financially.
In spite of all these handicaps the school spirit is good. I believe that the splendid record of last fall's undefeated football team is a re- flection of a healthy school spirit as well as a strong contributing factor toward an even better one. The morale of the student body is reflected in the improved grooming of individual students, in the pro- per use, rather than abuse, of the building, and in the care with which school work is done. In fact the good morale seeps through, to have a beneficial effect upon every phase of school life.
Finally, I want to express my appreciation to all who have worked for the welfare of our school. I am deeply grateful for the fine co- operation received from the School Committee, from you, Mr. Bean, from the faculty, and from the student body.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE C. KAMBOUR
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REPORT OF ART SUPERVISOR
Mr. Stephen G. Bean.
Superintendent of Schools, Wilmington, Massachusetts.
January 1, 1949
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to submit my fourth report as Supervisor of Art for the schools of Wilmington.
The following objectives in terms of appreciation, attitudes and de- sires were current in my 1948 art program:
(a) A growing appreciation and enjoyment of beauty in all forms around one in everyday life.
(b) An honest appreciation of one's work and that of one's fellow students.
(c) Appreciation of some contemporary and some historically fine art products.
(d) Attitude of responsibility for one's own share in making a community.
(e) Attitude of respect for the artist and of responsibility for one's share in making a community art conscious.
(f) Attitude of cooperative sharing, fair play, and individual re- sponsibility for group materials developed through the art activity program.
(g) A desire to have one's surroundings and possessions in school and at home as beautiful as possible.
(h) Desire to appreciate art displays and exhibitions.
(i) Desire to express oneself creatively through art media and a correlative appreciation of the media for leisure time pursuit.
(j) Desire and habit of applying art principles to all evidence of art expression, all phases of personal community, school, home life, wherever it is possible.
The high school elective art program consisted of mechanical and freehand drawing one afternoon weekly. Freehand drawing consisted chiefly of human form drawing in composition, still life, nature work. nature trips, posters and lettering. During our spring exhibit of all grades, the high school students displayed numerous varieties of elected subjects and media.
The grade schools were visited once in two weeks, as of previous years. Health lessons, color harmony, designs, human form drawing. animal and nature study were combined with seasonal and holiday art.
I wish to thank you. Mr. Bean, and your staff of principals and teachers for a splendid fourth year of support and cooperation.
Respectfully submitted. EVELYN P ANDERSEN.
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REPORT OF MUSIC INSTRUCTOR
Mr. Stephen G. Bean. Superintendent of Schools Wilmington, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Bean:
I would like to submit to you my first annual report as Supervisor of Music in the schools of Wilmington, Massachusetts.
I believe that the aim of music education is to bring each child into such contact with music that it may give richer, finer and larger intake and outlet to his life.
Educators have come to realize more and more the importance of music as a life-giving force in education. The trend is to teach music for what it can contribute to the child rather than what the child can contribute to music. Music must be made so delightful, so satisfying an experience during school days that a very large number of them will learn to love it so deeply that when school days are over they will want to continue to play and sing and listen-perhaps even create. Music becomes for them a necessary part of normal happy living, a stimulant towards a more friendly attitude as they mingle with other human beings. In keeping with these beliefs I have tried to make music a joyful and satisfying experience throughout the whole school year.
In the first three grades we build a large repertory of songs, sing- ing games and dances through which the child may find a happy means of self-expression. Music reading is begun in the third grade. Two part singing begins in the firth grade and three part singing in the sixth.
The importance of the grade teachers in the music program can- not be overemphasized. It is her daily music lesson which affords the practice and drill needed to carry out the aims of the program. Over- crowded classes as they exist today in the schools make this a problem. I wish to thank the grade teachers for their cooperation in carrying ont the music program.
In the seventh and eighth grades the technical problems of the first six grades are reviewed briefly. The principal new problem is the changing boy voice. The bass staff is introduced and the boys are given an opportunity to read from it. These boys are now working on a project which they hope to present sometime in the late spring.
A mixed glee club, a boys' choir and a girls' choir are offered in the high school curriculum. The mixed glee club numbers one hundred
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and two. There are eighty in the girls' choir and thirty in the boys' choir. Here again an overcrowded room makes it difficult to accom- plish all that might be accomplished if we had adequate room. However, I am very much pleased with the spirit and the enthusiasm shown by the pupils for these glee clubs.
The mixed glee club performed at the December meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association and a double quartet of boys sang at the Boosters Club Banquet.
We are planning an operetta using pupils from the first six grades which is to be performed in April.
I wish to thank you as Superintendent of Schools, the School Com- mittee. the teachers and the townspeople for cooperation and assistance at all times.
Respectfully submitted.
ELIZABETH O. McILVIN,
January 30, 1949
Music Supervisor.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
January 18, 1949
Mr. Stephen G. Bean, Superintendent of Schools Wilmington, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my report as school nurse, for the year 1948.
A well rounded school health program has many phases, all aimed at achieving maximum health for every school child. It includes: phy- sical examinations by the school physician, vision and hearing tests, prevention of disease through immunization and X-Ray, health educa- tion, communicable disease control, personal cleanliness, sanitation, mental health, dental health, nutrition, and many other phases that contribute to the health and well-being of the school child.
Obviously, the success of such a broad program depends on the co- operation of the many people involved, especially the teachers. To promote this cooperation, nurse-teacher conferences are becoming in- creasingly valuable. By discussing plans and programs, as well as in- dividual children's problems, nurse and teacher can work more effec- tively for the physical and mental development of the pupils.
Time and space do not permit a detailed report of the work done, but two important projects which have been undertaken this past year will greatly increase the effectiveness of the school health program. One is the hot lunch program, sponsored by the Wilmington P. T. A., and the other is the dental clinic, sponsored by the Wilmington Rotary
The hot soup program, which started a year ago in the Whitefield School, lasted just eight days. Its failure was due to the illness of the person who prepared the soup, and to the fact that it is impractical to prepare soup for such a large number in a near-by family kitchen. The insistent demand for more soup, plus the discovery of some avail- able space, encouraged the P. T. A. to go ahead with plans to install a lunchroom in the basement of the Whitefield School. Using $800, granted by the Wilmington Community Fund, and many hours of
volunteer labor, the lunchroom is now near completion. Although there was a great deal of enthusiasm for this project, the actual work has been done by a very few members and friends of the P. T. A. Very soon, hot soup will be cooked, served, and eaten in the attractive lunchroom, made possible by the interest and generosity of the towns-
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people, expressed through the P. T. A. and the Community Fund. We shall not be satisfied until every school in Wilmington has a similar program.
Adequate dental care has always been one of our greatest needs. We have had dental clinics in the past, and many children have bene- fited by them. However, the nature of dental disease is such, that a permanent, continuing clinic is needed. During the past year, the local Rotary Club undertook to provide such a clinic. Funds raised by them, in a three-day "Old Home" celebration, are being used to prepare a room in the Roman House, and to buy the necessary equipment. Simul- taneously, a committee of the Rotary Club is working to set up the clinic itself. It is their task to determine policies, procedures, fees, personnel, etc. They are proceeding cautiously in an effort to evolve a program that will make possible the greatest amount of preventive and constructive dentistry for the largest number of children. Health education through all the grades, featuring teeth and the proper care of teeth, will greatly increase the permanent value of this project.
It is with a feeling of anticipation that we begin this new year. We have high hopes for the projects just begun. We hope this may be the year when something will be done to relieve the crowded condition of our schools, which handicaps all our endeavors.
May I express my deep gratitude to the Rotary Club, the P. T. A. and the Community Fund for their generosity and their tireless efforts on behalf of the school children. To Mr. Bean and the teachers, my sincere thanks for their cooperation at all times.
Respectfully submitted,
ESTHER H. NICHOLS, R. N.
School Nurse.
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ROSTER OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
NAME
Stephen G. Bean Principal George C. Kambour Supervisors Evelyn Andersen ( Mrs. ) Elizabeth O. Mellvin (Mrs.) Harold McDonnell J. Wallace Pillsbury Anthony E. DeTeso James E. Dempsey Joseph I. Donovan, Jr. Irene Sharp George Webber (Mrs.) Marie C. Moriarty Elene Farello Laura N. Marland Ralph T. Ambrose Jacqueline Gleason Principal Teachers Harold C. Driscoll G. Myrtle Mahoney ( Mrs.)
Florence Liston (Mrs.) Harriett R. Berube Virginia Erickson (Mrs.) Teresa M. Considine Marie R. Barrett
Principal
Principal Teachers Barbara E. Duffy Phyllis H. Pillsbury (Mrs.) Rose M. Kennedy (Mrs.) Sybil Wiberg (Mrs.)
POSITION
Superintendent High School Supervisor of Drawing Supervisor of Music Band Instructor
Sub-Master
Social Science and Athletics French and Latin
English Coach
Commercial Girls Coach
Commercial
Commercial
Science English and History Social Science-Coacli English
D. T. Buzzell-History & Geography Mathematics & Geography Gr. 8 English & Geography Gr. 8 Arithmetic & Geography Gr. 7 History & Geography Gr. 7 English & Geography Gr. 7
Center School-Grade VI Center School-Grade VI Center School-Grade VI Center School-Grade V
Walker School --- Gr. I
RESIDENCE
Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Danvers, Mass. Methuen, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Winchester, Mass. Somerville, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Andover, Mass. Winchester, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Reading, Mass.
Teachers
Janitors
Bernard McDonough Wilfred Babine Chelsea Davis George Cushing Eli Coombs Ernest W. Eames Leslie Durkee
POSITION
Grades III and IV
Walker School-Grade V
Walker School-Grades II & III
Whitefield School-Grade V
Grade IV Grades II and III
Grades I and II
Mildred H. Rogers School-Grade I
Mildred Rogers School -- Grade II Grade III Mildred Rogers School-Grade IV Maple Meadow School-Grades III and IV Grades I and II
West School-Grades I and II
Boys' Special Class-North School
Girls' Special Class-Roman House
School Nurse
School Physician
E. C. MacDougall Miriam H. Ware (Mrs.) Louis Nichols Ernest Cail
Clerk High School
D. T. Buzzell School
Center and Walker Schools
Whitefield School Mildred H. Rogers School
Maple Meadow School
West School
Roman Property North School
RESIDENCE
NAME
Teachers Olive Oman (Mrs.) Anne M. Costello E. Elizabethı Brennan A. Estelle Horton
Principal Teachers Catherine Mclaughlin (Mrs.) Lena Doucette Mary Boutilier Agnes Daley (Mrs.)
Principal Teachers Josephine B. O'Donnell (Mrs|) Helen Brownell (Mrs.) Ruby Fitzsimmons (Mrs.)
Principal
Helen Patten (Mrs.) Marjorie E. Ethier (Mrs.)
Teacher Teacher
Lena M. Eames (Mrs.) Emma F. Mallon (Mrs.) Pauline Leiter Esther H. Nichols (Mrs.)
Reading, Mass. Winchester, Mass. W. Medford, Mass. Greenwood, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Lowell, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass.
WILMINGTON SCHOOL REPORT AGE-GRADE DISTRIBUTION October 1, 1948
8
6
7
8
9
10
1 1
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
T
1
20
117
22
159
=
16
88
36
2
142
20
68
22
11
3
1
125
IV
21
73
23
6
5
128
V
16
74
26
13
6
1
136
VI
22
67
20
9
4
122
VI
19
60
27
16
2
1
125
VIII
18
62
19
8
3
110
U.G.
1
1
1
1
4
6
7
21
T
1068
IX
15
79
21
11
3
1
130
x
3
15
47
17
1
83
XI
13
33
16
1
63
XII
5
40
8
3
2
58
T
334
G. T.
SCHOOL-GRADE DISTRIBUTION
-
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
S.C.
IX
x
XI
XII
T
WEST
24
24
76
MAPLE MEADOW
17
25
19
15
164
SILVER LAKE
49
33
41
41
159
WALKER
34
34
27
25
39
194
WHITEFIELD
35
26
38
47
48
CENTER
49
122
BUZZELL
125
110
ROMAN HOUSE
12
12
NORTH
1068
TOTAL
HIGH
130
83
63
58
334
TOTAL
159 |142
1 25
128
136
122 |125
110
21
130
83
63
58
1402
SCHOOL CENSUS
October 1, 1948
3-4
4-5
5-6
6-7
7-16
Totals
Boys
56
61
80
62
618
877
Girls
63
65
71
58
524
780
Total
119
126
151
120
1142
1657
171
235
9
9
1402
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INDEX TO WILMINGTON TOWN REPORT YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 194S
Page
Accountant's Report
105
Aid to Dependent Children (Town Account)
121
Aid to Dependent Children (U. S. Grant)
129
Ambulance
112
Assessors
109
Auditing Municipal Accounts
144
Balance Sheet December 31. 1948
151
Blue Cross Hospital Service
142
Board of Appeals 114
Board of Public Welfare
120
Cash
106
Cemetery
136
Cemetery Reserve Fund
137
Chapter 90, Construction
119
Chapter 90, Maintenance
119
Charities
120
Common Reconditioning
127
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Highway Account
143
Constable
112
County of Middlesex Highways Account
144
County Tax
144
Dog Licenses
142
Education
124
Election and Registration
110
Estimated Receipts
145
Excess and Deficiency Account
149
Finance Committee
109
Fire Alarm Equipment and Installation
113
Fire Department
113
4-H Club Town Comm.
127
General Government
107
Health and Sanitation
116
Highway Department
117
Highways, General Account
117
Highways, Grove Ave. Sidewalk
118
Highways, Jaquith Road
117
Highways, Road Machinery Account
118
Highways, Snow and Ice Removal
118
Highway Snow Plow
120
Highway Truck No. 1 and No. 2
120
Indemnity Insurance
128
Accountant's Report-Continued
Page
Inspection of Buildings
114
Interest
137
Lease American Legion Club House
124
Library
126
Maturing Debt
137
Memorial Day
12S
Middlesex County T. B. Hospital 1947 117
116
Middlesex County Retirement Assessments
142
Middlesex County Retirement Deduction Account
143
Old Age Assistance (Town Account)
122
Old Age Assistance (U. S. Grant)
123
Old Age Reimbursement Account
143
Overlays
138-140
Parks
126
Planning Board
111
Police Car
112
Police Department
111
Police Transmitter
112
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
141
Power Motor-Parks
127
Premium on Water Mains Extension Notes
140
Protection of Persons and Property
111
Receipts
106
Reserve Fund
138
Revenue Account 148
Sale of Low Value Land
140
Sale of Real Estate
140
Schools
124
School Accommodations Comm. 126
School Department Loans
150
Sealer of Weights and Measures 114
Selectmen 107
127
State Audit of Town Accounts
101
State Highway Damages 141
144
Statement of Town Debt
149
Street Lights
120
Summary of Town Debt 150
Suppression of Elm Leaf Beetle
115
Suppression of Moths
115
Tailings Account
140
Tax Collector
108
Tax Titles
141
Silver Lake Park Projects
State Parks and Reservations
..
Middlesex County T. B. Hospital 1948
Accountant's Report-Continued
Page
Tax Titles Possessions
142
Tax Title Revenue
141
Teacher's Retirement Fund
143
Town Accountant
107
Town Counsel
109
Town Clerk
109
Town Hall
111
Treasurer
108
Tree Warden
115
Trust Accounts
153
Trust Funds
140
Trust Funds Income
154
Unclassified
128
Unpaid 1947 Bills
128
U. S. Withholding Tax
142
Veterans' Benefits
124
Vocational Training
125
Water Department Operating Account
129
Water Department Bonds
150
Water Mains Extension
130-135
Water Mains Extension Notes
150
Water Revenue Account
130
Water Service for Fire Use and Hydrant Upkeep
114
Reports, General:
Board of Appeal
95
Board of Assessors
60
Board of Public Welfare
87
Building Inspector
74
Cemetery Commissioners
69
Collectors'
86
Constable
59
Fire Department
75
Inspector of Animals
84
Inspector of Slaughtering
74
Librarian
78
Memorial Day Committee
128
Moth Superintendent and Tree Warden
72
Police Department
65
Planning Board and Park Commission
70
Public Library Trustees
77
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Committee
95
Sealer of Weights and Measures
72
Superintendent of Streets
96
Tax Collector
86
Town Counsel
63
Reports, General-Continued
Treasurer
85
Trustees of Trust Funds
154-158
Tuberculosis Report for 1948
85
Water Commissioners
79
School Department
Age-Grade Distribution
195
Budget
172
Calendar
169
High School Principal
186
Holidays
169
No School Signal
169
Officials
16S
Roster of School Employees
193
School Grade Distribution
195
School Census
195
School Committee
170
Supervisor of Art
1SS
Supervisor of Music
189
School Nurse
191
Superintendent of Schools
174
Town Clerk, Report of
S
Records of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting, January
10, 1948 10
Records of Proceedings of Annual Town Meeting, held March 1, 1948 19
Record of Proceedings of Primary Elections, April 27, 1948
32
Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting, held July 26, 1948
38
Record of Proceedings of State Primaries Sept. 14, 1948 41
Record of Proceedings of State Election Nov. 2, 1948 50 55
Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting Nov. 29, 1948 Births Recorded
58 58
Deaths Recorded
Licenses
58
Marriages Recorded
58
Town Officers 3
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, March 1, 1947 11
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, Jan. 19, 1948 9
Warrant for Presidential Primaries, April 27, 1948 31
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, July 26, 1948 37
Warrant for State Primaries, Sept. 14, 1948 39
Warrant for State Election, Nov. 2, 1948 45
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, Nov. 29, 1948 54
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1949 159
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