Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1947-1948, Part 20

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1947
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 374


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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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