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Respectfully submitted,
ESTHER H. NICHOLS, R. N. School Nurse.
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REPORT OF THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT
In rendering this report I am going to attempt to give you some of the more minute details that have been corrected by this depart- ment.
In reading this report one fact must be kept in mind. There are certain repairs relative to plumbing and electrical work that under the state law must be done by licensed workmen. However the particular job must be investigated and referred to the School Board for action before releasing it to the proper workmen. This phase of the work comes under the maintenance man. He must also see that the work has been done to the satisfaction of the School Board.
A great deal of miscellaneous work has been done this year. Such as:
Windows-locks, cords and parting beads. 118 lights of glass were set; much of it due to vandalism.
Doors-painted, refitted, locks checked and lubricated and re- placed where necessary. Fire exit doors checked and repaired. Door closers and panic bars installed.
Desks and seats-secured to the floor, adjusted, replaced, repaired, tops sanded and refinished; including repairs to the teachers desks.
During the summer vacation it was necessary to devote consider- able time to the transfer of books and supplies, and miscellaneous equipment of special classes. Two partitions in the old High School were moved to make larger rooms to accommodate the 7th and 8th grades. Old Laboratory benches were dismantled and desks and chairs were secured to the floor. 160 desks and chairs were removed from the Center School and some were put in the North School for storage, to be refinished and used in the Whitefield School for replacement of small desks which are now in use. About 45 portable desks and chairs have been repaired and put back into use.
Storm damage to the following buildings was taken care of by this department. Gable sections of the Buzzell School, Mildred Rogers School, Silver Lake Portable School, and the Maple Meadow School roofs.
The section of flat roof of the Buzzell School has given consider- able trouble in the past due to the fact that there was not enough pitch. This difficulty was taken care of by an outside contractor to specifications set up by this department after consulting the building inspector.
The warm air shafts and foul air ducts in the old High School have been put into operation for the first time in several years.
New fire escape porches were put on the Portable building at the lake, as well as a new runway to the coal bin. The coal bin has a new roof.
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New bookcases have been made and put in many of the rooms, especially in the lower grades.
Two new bicycle racks were made for the Buzzell School and one for the Walker. All racks were oiled.
Considerable work has been done by this department in conjunction with the Walker School Mothers Club in making the basement of the Walker School suitable for use as a lunchroom.
Space would not permit the ennumeration of each and every job, but these records are kept and can be seen at any Board meeting, if requested by the Board.
In as much as a great deal of the work canot be done during school it therefore must be done evenings, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. A total of 22931/2 hours time has been put in by this department this past year.
Elsewhere in the report of the School Committee you will find a list of the major items that were done this year.
It has been necessary to make several repairs to the stoker in the Roman House, which under normal circumstances would have necessi- tated the calling in of a service man from Lowell. This also applies to the stokers in the Walker and Whitefield Schools.
All supplies relative to maintenance of buildings are now handled by this department; such as janitors' supplies and materials necessary for repairs.
When the new fence was installed at the Whitefield School it was important for this department to determine the boundries. No plan was available so it was necessary to get this information from the registry of deeds at Lowell. This entailed work that normally would not have been necessary had the proper plans been filed in the right places. I hope that anyone who had access to any plans concerning school property in the past as well as in the future will see to it that they are given to the proper people for filing. This would save a great deal of delay as well as expense.
During the past year it has been my privilege to meet with the various committees relative to school improvements and repairs; also representatives of various firms. I have found your School Committee most willing to correct conditions that concern the welfare of our children where it has been possible. I have enjoyed being associated with Mr. Bean the Superintendent and firmly believe that when he retires his absence from our School department will be felt for a long time.
Respectfully submitted
JOHN J. RUSSELL
Maintenance Department
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
January 31, 1951
Mr. Stephen G. Bean Supt. of Schools Wilmington, Mass.
Dear Sir:
It is with extreme pleasure that I am presenting my first report, as Physical Education Supervisor of the Wilmington Schools.
The Physical Education Curriculum emphasizes such phases of Education as the Physical, Social, Emotional, and Recreational deve- lopment of each pupil. In considering the whole child, the primary function of Physical Education is to develop each individual to his greatest physical capacity within the range of accepted educational objectives.
We have taken into consideration factors that affect the child, such as, climatic conditions, facilities, equipment and previous training. Unfortunately we cannot provide for all their needs. Children in the Primary Grades being individualistic need a program to improve their social attitudes, and at the same time to develop their larger muscles. For this we have installed rhythmics, singing games, running games of low organization and creative patterns. Children of the Inter- mediate Grades having passed through the first phases of Physical Education, require games of higher organization in order to develop skills in the individual. At the present time these children have mimetics, folk dancing, tumbling and acrobatics, games of all natures, and some calisthenics.
Our boys and girls in the Junior high grades are facing the greatest changes, both physiologically and biologically. Keeping this in mind at all times, we must arrange major sports or games of higher organi- zation that have been modified or adapted to meet the needs of the children.
Because of the availability of the Junior High School Gym, we have been able to carry on a program, regardless of weather conditions, for all the pupils of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. All
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other schools have programs arranged to meet their own peculiar conditions, according to the season.
Now that the showers have been installed in the new High School, a program on an elective basis will be had, when weather permits. We are attempting to organize more Intramural Sports at the Junior High, thereby giving each child the opportunity to participate in a major program, regardless of ability or skill. Plans are underway for a girls' field hockey team, which will start with the coming of Spring. Come May, we anticipate the presentation of "Field Day" on the Common. This will give each parent an opportunity to see just what our program offers the child.
In conclusion I want to thank you, Mr. Bean, for your suggestions and counsel in laying the foundation for this program, and to the School Committee, Principals and Teachers who have been so helpful in furthering the value of our work.
Respectfully submitted,
LAWRENCE H. CUSHING,
Supervisor of Physical Education.
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ROSTER OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
Supervisors
Stephen G. Bean Mary Boutilier Evelyn Andersen (Mrs.)
Harriet Berube
Harold MacDonnell Lawrence Cushing
Band Instructor Supervisor of Physical Education &
Coach of High School Girls
High School Sub-Master
Social Science and Personnel
Social Science and Coach
Commercial
Mathematics and Coach
Commercial
Head of Commercial Dept.
Head of English Dept.
Science
Marie Macklin (Mrs.)
Commercial
Latin and French English
Home Economics
Manual Training History-Grade 8
RESIDENCE
Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Methuen, Mass.
Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Woburn, Mass. Woburn, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass.
Andover, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Woburn, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Lexington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass.
Principal
Bernard McMahon
POSITION
Superintendent Remedial Reading
Supervisor of Drawing
Supervisor of Music
Principal Teachers
George C. Kambour
Joseph Donovan, Jr. Harland Whittredge
Constantine O'Doherty
Anthony DeLuca
Cesidio Tessicini Irene Sharp George Webber (Mrs.)
Laura N. Marland
Elene W. Farello
Elizabeth Henchey Margaret Horner Shirley Bedell Hubert Durling
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NAME
Teachers
Principal Teachers
Harold Driscoll G. Myrtle Mahoney (Mrs.) Florence Liston (Mrs.) Virginia Erickson (Mrs.) Marion P. Mogan (Mrs.) Mary B. Crawford (Mrs.) Warren Cheever Rose Kennedy (Mrs.) Barbara Duffy Irene Rogers (Mrs.)
History-Grade 7 Arithmetic-Grade 8 English-Grade 8 Geography-Grade 8 Arithmetic-Grade 7 English-Grade 7 Geography-Grade 7 Buzzell School
Buzzell School-Grade 6
Buzzell School-Grade 5
Mary L. Donahue (Mrs.)
Buzzell School-Grade 6
Buzzell School-Grade 5
Buzzell School-Grade 3
Center School-Grades 3 & 4
Center School-Grades 5 & 6
Walker School-Grade 1
Walker School-Grade 5
Walker School-Grades 3 & 4
Walker School-Grade 2
Whitefield School-Grade 4
Whitefield School-Grade 2
Whitefield School-Grade 1 Whitefield School-Grade 3
Mildred Rogers School-Grade 1
Lawrence, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Lowell, Kass. Methuen, Mass. Woburn, Mass.
Lawrence, Mass. Lowell, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Dracut, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Reading, Mass. Lowell, Mass.
Principal Teachers
Margaret Clarke (Mrs.) Sybil Wiberg (Mrs.) Gladys Dunnigan (Mrs.)
Principal Teachers
Principal
Olive Oman (Mrs.) Mildred Keville (Mrs.) Helen Patten (Mrs.) Lena Doucette Lena Leiter Catherine Mclaughlin (Mrs.) Agnes Daley (Mrs.)
Reading, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Lowell, Mass.
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Margaret Maloney (Mrs.)
Isabelle A. Burns (Mrs.)
Helen Roth (Mrs.)
Teachers
Principal Teachers
Ruby Fitzimmons (Mrs.) Ruth O'Keefe (Mrs.) Molly Mazur Marydean Snell Josephine B. O'Donnell (Mrs.) Marjorie Ethier (Mrs.) Rosemary Drohan Emma Mallon (Mrs.)
Pauline Leiter Lena Eames (Mrs.)
Nurse Physician Clerk H. S. Clerk Janitors
Esther H. Nichols, R. N. Dr. Ernest C. MacDougal Natalie A. Giroux Barbara Lewis John Ritchie William Chisholm
Louis H. Nichols Ernest Cail Bernard McDonough Wilfred Babine Chelsea Davis George Cushing Eli Coombs Maint. Man John Russell
Mildred Rogers School-Grade 3 Mildred Rogers School-Grade 2 Mildred Rogers School-Grade 2 Mildred Rogers School-Grade 1 Mildred Rogers School-Grade 4 Maple Meadow School-Grades Maple Meadow School-Grades Center School-Special Class Center School-Special Class West School-Grades 1-2
High School
High School Asst. Junior High School Buzzell School Center and Walker Schools Whitefield School Mildred Rogers School Maple Meadow School West School All Schools
Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Winchester, Mass. Lowell, Mass. No. Wilmington, Mass. Winchester, 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. No. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington, Mass.
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ROSTER OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SALARIES
NAME Stephen G. Bean
POSITION
1950
Superintendent
$ 3,640.00 $
1951 5,000.00
Mary Boutilier
Remedial Reading
3,200.00
3,200.00
Harriett R. Berube
Supervisor of Music
3,000.00
3,000.00
Evelyn Andersen
Supervisor of Drawing
3,000.00
3,000.00
Harold McDonnell
Supervisor Band Master
1,040.00
1,040.00
Lawrence Cushing
Supervisor Physical Education
2,700.00
3,000.00
George C. Kambour
High School Principal
3,900.00
4,000.00
Joseph Donovan, Jr.
High School Sub-Master
3,400.00
3,500.00
Harland Whittredge
High School Teacher
3,000.00
3,200.00
Constantine O'Doherty
2,900.00
3,100.00
Anthony DeLuca
2,300.00
2,500.00
Cesidio Tessicini
2,600.00
2,800.00
Irene Sharpe
2,700.00
2,700.00
George Webber
2,500.00
2,900.00
Laura Marland
2,700.00
3,100.00
Elene W. Farello
2,600.00
3,000.00
Marie Macklin
2,400.00
2,600.00
Elizabeth Henchey
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2,400.00
2,600.00
Margaret Horner
"
"
2,400.00
2,600.00
Shirley Bedell
2,800.00
3,000.00
Hubert Durling
,
"
"
Home Economics Manual Training
2,500.00
2,700.00
"
"
,
"
"
& Coach
202
NAME
POSITION
1950
1951
Bernard MeMahon
2,800.00
3,000.00
Harold Driscoll
2,400.00
2,800.00
G. Myrtle Mahoney
2,400.00
2,700.00
Florence Liston
2,400.00
2,700.00
Virginia Erickson
2,400.00
2,700.00
Mary P. Mogan
2,500.00
2,700.00
Mary B. Crawford
2,300.00
2,500.00
Warren Cheever
2,300.00
2,500.00
Rose Kennedy
Principal
2,800.00
3,000.00
Barbara Duffy
Teacher
2,500.00
2.800.00
Irene Rogers
2,400.00
2,600.00
Mary L. Donahue
2,400.00
2,600.00
Margaret Maloney
2,400.00
2,600.00
Helen Roth
2,300.00
2,500.00
Isabelle Burns
2,300.00
2,500.00
Margaret Clarke
2,300.00
2,500.00
Sybil Wiberg
2,600.00
3,000.00
Gladys Dunigan
2.300.00
2,500.00
Olive Oman
2,400.00
2,800.00
Mildred Keville
2,400.00
2,600.00
Catherine Mclaughlin
.,
2,400.00
2,700.00
Helen Patten
Principal
2,600.00
3,000.00
Lena Doucette
Teacher
2,400.00
2,800.00
Lena Leiter
2,400.00
2,600.00
Agnes Daley
Principal
2,700.00
3,000.00
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Principal
Teacher
..
Elementary Principal Teacher
203
NAME
POSITION
1950
1951
Ruby Fitzsimmons
",
Teacher
2,400.00
2,600.00
Ruth O'Keefe
2,300.00
2,500.00
Molly Mazur
2,300.00
2,500.00
Marydean Snell
2,300.00
2,500.00
Josephine O'Donnell
2,400.00
2,600.00
Rosemary Drohan
"
2,300.00
2,500.00
Marjorie Ethier
2,500.00
2,800.00
Lena Eames
Teacher
2,450.00
2,850.00
Emma Mallon
3,000.00
3,000.00
Pauline Leiter
3,000.00
3,000.00
Esther H. Nichols
School Nurse
2,200.00
3,000.00
Natalie A. Giroux
Clerk
1,500.00
1,500.00
Dr. Ernest MacDougal
School Physician
500.00
500.00
Ernest Cail
" Attendance Officer
300.00
400.00
Barbara Lewis
High School Clerk
1,200.00
1,300.00
John Ritchie
Janitor
3,000.00
2,800.00
William Chisholm
Asst.
600.00
Louis Nichols
Elementary Janitor
Old High School
2,100.00
2.200.00
Bernard McDonough
Center & Walker
2,280.00
2,400.00
Ernest Cail
Buzzell
1,680.00
1,800.00
Chelsea Davis
Silver Lake
1,680.00
1,800.00
Wilfred Babine
Whitefield
1,140.00
1,200.00
George Cushing
Maple Meadow
660.00
720.00
Eli Coombs
",
West School
408.00
480.00
",
Elementary Principal
"
Special Class ",
204
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AGE-GRADE DISTRIBUTION October 1, 1950
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
T
-
29
126
26
1
-
21
114
41
9
185
41
90
31
6
1
169
IV
32
76
21
4
5
1
139
V
18
68
24
5
3
2
120
VI
24
66
19
6
4
119
VII
30
74
20
10
2
136
VIII
19
65
27
10
1
122
S.C.
2
5
5
3
8
4
4
1
30
T
29
147
181
164
136
124
130
125
101
47
16
2
1202
IX
22
36
28
8
1
115
X
15
51
17
5
88
XI
3
23
62
16
1
105
XII
18
35
11
-
65
T
22
74
102
105
57
12
373
G.T.
29
147
181
164
136
124
130
125
123
121
118
107
57
12
1
1575
SCHOOL-GRADE DISTRIBUTION October 1, 1950
1
-
IV
V
VI
VII
VINI
S.C.
IX
X
XI
XII
T
WEST
21
22
43
MAPLE MEADOW
23
18
18
17
86
MILDRED ROGERS
57
60
47
34
198
WALKER
39
41
43
37
160
WHITEFIELD
42
44
40
35
161
CENTER
21
16
15
15
30
87
BUZZELL
104
104
209
JR. HIGH
136 |122
258
HIGH
115
88
105
65
373
TOTAL
182 | 185 |169
139
120
119
136
122
30
115
88
105
65
1575
205
182
INDEX TO WILMINGTON TOWN REPORT YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1950
Page
Accountant's Report
106
Agency and Trust Funds
108
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration
133
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid
133
Altering and Equipping Existing Buildings on Roman Property Analysis of the Cash Account
106
Analysis of Overlay Accounts
151
Analysis of Water Available Surplus
150
Ambulance
126
Amounts Borrowed
107
Assessors, Board of
123
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1951
146
Ballardvade St., Street Repairs
132
Board of Appeals
125
Board of Public Welfare Aid
133
Beech St., Street Repairs
132
Building Inspector
128
Cemetery
143
Chapter 90, Construction 1949
131
Chapter 90, Construction 1950
131
Chapter 90, Maintenance
131
Comparison of Receipts
109
Constable
126
Construction of Wilmington Junior and Senior High School
137
Cross St., Repairs to
132
Elections
124
Enterprises and Cemeteries
140
Estimated Receipts
108
Expenditures
110
Finance Committee
124
Fire Department
127
Fire Department Outlays
127
Funded or Fixed Debt
149
4-H Town Committee
139
General Government
122
Grants and Gifts
107
Health and Sanitation
129
Highways
129
Highway Department
129
Hydrant Rental
143
Indemnity Insurance for Drivers of Motor Vehicles
Owned by the Town of Wilmington
139
Interest
144
Interest and Maturing Debt
144
Lease of Quarters: Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion
139
Library
137
Maturing Debt
144
Memorial Day Committee
139
Miscellaneous Receipts 108
Old Age Assistance, Administration
133
137
Accountant's Report-Continued
Page
Old Age Assistance, Assistance
134
Parks
138
Planning Board
125
Police Department
125
Protection of Persons and Property
125
Public Health Nurse
129
Receipts
106
Receipts Available for Appropriation
107
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation
107 138
Recreation and Unclassified
108
Registration
125
Reimbursement to Chief of Police for Expenses incurred
in Accident on Duty 139
Repairs and Alterations to Town Hall
139
Report of Expenditures Against Appropriations
112
Report of U. S. Grants and Expenditures
120
Reserve Fund
139
Revolving Fund
107
Road Machinery Account
130
Schools and Libraries
135
School Dept. Salaries and Wages
128
Selectmen
130
Snow Removal
152
Statement of Town Debt
12S
Surveying and Laying Out Streets
123
Tax Collector
153
Temporary Loans
122
Town Accountant
124
Town Counsel
125
Town Hall
122
Treasurer
128
Tree Warden
138
Unclassified
140
Veterans' Benefits
136
Vocational Training
140
Water Dept .. Salaries and Wages
141
Water Extensions. Nassau Avenue Water Mains 1949 and 1950 143
Reports. General:
SS
Board of Appeal
57
Board of Assessors
90
Board of Public Welfare
79
Building Inspector
55
Cemetery Commissioners
92
Collectors®
56
Constable
Fire Department
82
Suppression of Moths
131
Town Clerk
124
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
134
Water Department. Expenses
140
Water Extensions. Glen Road Water Mains. 1950
134
School Dept. Expenses
134
Sealer of Weights Measures
122
Refunds
Reports, General-Continued
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Slaughtering
77
Librarian
81
Moth Superintendent and Tree Warden
87
Middlesex County Extension Service
102
Planning Board and Park Commission
68
Public Health Nurse
98 80
Public Library Trustees
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Committee, Treasurer's Report
97
Sealer of Weights and Measures
79
Superintendent of Streets
Superintendent, Wildwood Cemetery
Table of Aggregates
Town Counsel
60 S4
Treasurer
84
Water Commissioners
S5
Wilmington Housing Authority
99
School Department
164
Age-Grade Distribution
205
Calendar
165
High School Principal
178
Holidays
165
Maintenance Department
195
No School Signal
165
Officials
164
Roster of School Employees
199
Roster of School Employees and their Salaries
202
School Committee
166
School Nurse
192
Superintendent of Schools
170
Supervisor of Art
184
Supervisor of Music
182
Supervisor of Remedial Reading
186
Supervisor of Physical Education
197
Town Clerk, Report of
8
Births Recorded
54
Deaths Recorded
54
Marriages Recorded
54
Licenses
54
Record of Proceedings of Annual Town Meeting, held March 6, 1950
16
Record of Proceedings of the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting held March 13, 1950 at Villanova Hall
19
Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting, Oct. 16, 1950.
38
Record of Proceedings of State Election, Nov. 7, 1950
48
Record of Proceedings State Primaries held Sept. 19, 1950
30
Town Officers
3
Warrant for State Election, Nov. 7, 1950
43
Warrant for State Primaries, Aug. 18, 1950
29
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, March 6 and 13, 1950
9
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, Oct. 16, 1950
35
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, March 5, and 12, 1951 154
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Police Department
63
94 55 57
Tuberculosis Report for 1950
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