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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1936UAL RE 1936 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER ~936 OFi--ICE, RS' RF_PORT OF THE Receipts and Expenditures AS PRESENTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE Financial Year Ending December 31, 1936 INCLUDING Report of School Committee ~nd Board of Ptlblic Works NORTH ANI)OVER~ MASS, TIlE (~. II. DRtvra Co. 1937 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1936 Moderator CORNELIUS J. MAHONEY Town Clerk Town Treasurer JOSEPH A. DUNCAN CORNELIUS B. MEAGAN Selectmen ItARRY C. FOSTER JAMES P. I/AINSWORTH ARTHUR A. THOMSON Board of Public Welfare JAMES P. HAINSWORTH HARRY C. FOSTER ARTHUR A. THOMSON Board of Assessors HERBERT T. WILD Term expires 1937 EDWARD E. CURLEY Term expires 1938 JAMES P. HAINSWORTH Term expires 1939 Board of Health GEORGE JEWETT Term expires 1937 HERBERT E. McQUESTEN Term expires 1938 EDWARD W. A. HOLT, M.D. Term expires 1939 School Committee LOUIS H. McALOON, JR. Term expires 1937 FREDERICK C. ATKINSON, M.D. Term expires 1938 REV. CLINTON W. CARVELL Term expires 1939 Superintendent of Schools FRED E. PITKIN Board of Public Works WILLIAM H. SOMERVILLE Term expires 1937 ABBOT STEVENS Term expires 1938 BERNARD F. HUGHES Term expires 1939 Superintendent of Public Works WILLIAM B. DUFFY Board of Registrars of Voters PATRICK C. CRONIN Term expires 1937 HARRY F. CUNNINGHAM Term expires 1938 F. ORRIS REA Term expires 1939 JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, CIerk Regular Police ALFRED H. McKEE, Chie/ THOM~kS H. MILNES, Captain MYRON B. LEWIS A. ItOUGHTON FARNHAM RICHARD HILTON Highway Surveyor Supt. ToWn Infirmary IRA D. CARTY RICHARD I-IEIDER Tree Warden I Pound Keeper JOHN J. CONNORS RICHARD HEIDER Engineers Fire Dept. CHARLES W. HINXMAN HERBERT W. GRAY THOMAS ti. BRODERICK Matron Town Infirmary Sealer Wts. and Measures MRS. RICHARD ItEIDER Building Inspector bIARTIN LAWLOR -~ Town Auditor JAMES W, ELLIOTT FREE~IA~q J. DAVIS Collector of Taxes IRVING E. HINTON Supt. Moth Dept. JOHN J, CONNORS z z ,::- ,-'~/~/ .... Agent Board of Health ,:~,~ ' LUCIUS P. KATHAN Fish Warden Burial Agent · ~4~EI~-M[cCORMA~,ti, ? MARTIN CASEY Public Weighers JAMES J. DOOLEY ~ ~'-~ ~ THOMAS GAGNON Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber ARTHUR H. FARNIIAM IRA D. CARTY CLARENCE FARNUM ,..:~ ~ CHARLES W. PAUL ~ Fence Viewers Police Officers ~flCHAEL GOLDEN ~ JOHN A. SULLIVAN ~ GEORGE WATERHOUSE ~' GEORGE KANE GORNELIUS DONOVAN HUGH STEWART ~' 30HN M. COSTELLO~ "tIAROLD WOOD t i GHARLES W. PAUL ¢[~,~bHCHAEL HURSON GUSTAVE NUSSBAUM LAURIE E. HAROLD TYNING ' WALTER CHAMPION JOHN J. MURRAY FREDERICK MOSLEY SAMUEL JENKINS FRED McCORMACK IRVEN ELSTON ~-~ FREDERICK RABS ~ BOSLOW BUSH ~ EDWARD DONOVAN FRANK SPENCER CHARLES PITMAN ~ PHILIP SUTCLIFFE RICHARD HEIDER R~CHARD L. HEIDER: CHARLES W. HINXMAN~ ARTHUR H. FARNHAM, ALFRED H. McKEE MARCUS L. CAREY~ .~LARENCE ELLIS~ AUGUSTUS WALSH GEORGE E. W. KERSHAW JOHN H. FENTON HORACE CULPON GEORGE STEWART RICHARD HARGREAVES, JR. GEORGE W. BUSBY JOHN W. MAWSON JOSEPH BUMYEA LEWIS HUMPItREYS PAUL WILLETT JOHN HARRINGTON ' FRANCIS MURPHY CHARLES WOOD PIIILIP MIDGLE¥ WILLIAM RITCHIE EDWARD SARCIONE DONALD BUCHAN BERTRAM SMITH CYRIL KNOWLES MILFORD BOTTOMLEY JOHN IIILL, JR. WILLIAM THOMPSON ALEXANDER WHITE JAMES J. DILLON. JOHN ERIEL ALBERT DETORA ARTHUR R. DRUMMOND WILLIAM P. CALLAHAN TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 9 Item 4. Tax Collector's Department. Emergency commitments $~,400 00 1936 commitments 1,250 00 On the question of voting on appropriation under item 8, by a ballot vote, 157 voted in favor and 270 voted in opposi- tion. 265 voted in favor of appropriation of 812,000.00 and 143 voted in opposition. After voting on item 8, of Article 5, it was voted to re:onsider action whereby each item was to be considered separately. The Moderator then announced appropriation made under each item of this article; Item 23 was raised to $16,500.00; item 24 was reduced from $9,600.00 to 88,500.00; item 42 was raised from $5,000.00 to 25,500.00, then all items voted in a group. Under item 17, it was voted to authorize the Board of Health to appoint one of/ts members Board of Health Physi- cian and that his salary be fixed at $100.00, to be taken from the appropriation made for this department. Under item 26, it was voted that the Board of Public Welfare be authorized to appoint one of its members as Agent and that his salary be fixed at $400.00, to be taken from appropriation made for this department. Under item 29, it was voted that the School Committee be authorized to appoint one of its members as School Physi- c[an azd that his salary be fixed at $250.00, to be taken from appropriation made for this department. DEPARTMENTS APPROPRIATIONS Selectmen, salaries $750.00, expenses $270.00 $1,020 00 Auditor, salary $600.00, expenses $100.00 700 00 Treasurer, salary $L050.00, expenses including bond $720.00 1,770 00 Collector, salary $1,050..00, expenses including bonds $2,650.00 3,700 00 5 Assessors, salaries $1,350.00, expenses $700.00 2,050 00 6 Town Clerk, salary $350.00, expenses $100.00 450 00 7 Election E~penses Board of Registrars, salaries $200.00, expenses $2,400.00 2,600 00 g P~lice Dept., equipment, salaries and expenses 12,000 00 9 Fire Dept., ambulance, engineers and expenses 17,000 00 10 Dog Warrant 100 O0 11 Building' Inspector, salary 50 O0 12 Sealer of Weights and Measures, salary $250.00, expenses $90.00 340 00 13 Insect Pest 3,000 00 14 Tree Warden, salary $150.00, expenses $1,000.00 1,150 00 15 Brush Cutting' 500 00 16 Fish Warden, salary 5 00 10 ANNUAL REPORT 17 Board of ~ealth, salarles $300.00, physician $100.00, expenses $4,200.00 4,600 00 18 Garbage Disposal 900 00 19 Vital Statistics 200 00 20 Refuse Disposal 3,000 00 21 Highway Surveyor, salary 3,000 00 22 General Maintenance Street Department 40,000 00 23 Snow Removal 16,500 00 24 Street Lighting 8,500 00 25 Board of Public Welfare, salaries 300 00 26 Supt. and Matron, salaries $1,200.00, outside relief and ~:epairs, $22,400.00, agent $400.00 24,000 00 27 Public Parks and Triangles 2,000 00 28 Discount on Notes 2,000 00 29 School Department 110,000 00 30 Stats and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief 3,~00 00 31 Stevens Memorial Library 5,800 00 32 Memorial Day 350 00 33 Board of Public Works, salaries 300 00 34 Maintenance and Const. Water Dept. 25,000 00 35 Maintenance and Const. Sewer Dept. 4,000 00 36 Contingent and Forest Fire 2,000 00 37 Annual Report 950 00 38 Insurance 8,700 00 39 Maintenance County Hospital 3,030 93 40 Playgrounds 300 00 41 Town Hall Janitor 300 00 42 Maintenance Town Building, including Clerks and Commitment Machine 5,500 00 43 American Legion (rent) 450 00 44 Interest on East Side Sewer Notes 1,487 50 45 Redeeming East Side Sewer Notes 2,000 00 46 Interest on New Schoolhouse Notes 956 25 47 Redeeming 3 New Schoolhouse Notes 3,000 00 48 Board of Survey 100 00 49 Forest Fire Warden, salary 100 00 50 Animal Inspector, salary 200 00 51 Expenses on Dump 260 00 52 Town Forest 90 00 53 Bathing Beach 1,000 00 54 Old Age Assistance 15,000 00 55 N.R.A. interest 412 50 56 Redeeming N. R. A. bend, $1,913.04 from Andover National Bank 50 58 57 Game Warden 100 00 58 Tax Titles 500 00 59 License Commissioner, expenses 100 00 60 Reserve Fund 3,000 00 $349,872 76 Voted to raise and appropriate under other artleles in the warrant: AFcicle 12 $75 00 Article 14 600 O0 Article 18 600 00 Article 19 750 00 Article 20 300 00 Article Article Article Article Art!cie Article Article 32 Article 33 Article 5 Grand Total A~icle 6. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 24 7,000 00 26 (conditional) 500 00 28 (conditional) 600 00 29 3,500 00 30 2,500 00 31 4,000 00 579 66 221 00 $21,225 66 349,872 76 ~371,098 42 To see if the town will vote to authorize 11 the town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the reve- nue of the financial year beginning January 1. 1936 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. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1936, 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. The vote was unanimous and so declared. Article 7. To consider reports of all special commit- tees. The report of the Planning Board Committee was re- ceived as progressive and the committee continued. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to use the un- expended balance of two thousand dollars ($2,000) of the 1935 Reserve Fund to apply to the Reserve Fund of 1936. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Voted to use the unexpended balance of $2,000.00, Re- serve Fund for year 1935, together with the amount raised under item 60, of Article 5, to be the Reserve Fund for 1936. Article 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of the sale by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title 12 ANNUAL REPORT procedure provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid ~vhich they deem inadequate, or take any action rela- tive thereto. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to sell after first giving notice of the time and place of the sale by posting such notices of sale in some convenient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, rroperty taken by the town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they dee.~ inade- quate, or take any action thereto. Article 10. To see what action the town will take in regards to appointing a committee to care for public parks and triangles of the town. Petition of the Board of Select- nlen. Voted that the Board of Public Works serve as a com- mittee to care for Public Parks and Triangles. Article 11. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee of five members to serve without pay, said eom- mittee shall consist of the Board of Selectmen, Chairman of the Board of Health, and the Chief of Police, for the purpose of looking into the advisability of adopting a Zon- ing By-Law, that will promote the health, safety, conven- ience and welfare of the inhabitants, will tend to improve and beautify the town, will harmonize with its natural devel- opments, and will assist the carrying out of any scheme for municipal improvement, in accordance with General Laws (Tercentenary Edition) Chapter 40, Section 25, and any and all acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto. The said committee is to report its recommendations and any proposed additions to the Town By-Laws at the next Town meeting. Petition of Irving E. Rogers and others. It was voted to postpone this article. Article 12. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) for the observance of Armistice Day. Petition of Joseph A. Trickett and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars £or observance of Armistice Day. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate, the amount equal to the insurance received, twelve hun- dred seventeen dollars and ninety-four cents ($1,217.94), TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, 31ASS. 18 for fire which occurred October 28, 1935 at the Town In- firmary and which destroyed sheds and farm implements. This amount to be used to replace buildings, implements, and equipment destroyed. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. It was voted that this amount $1,217.94, be incorporated with sums mentioned in Article 4, of the warrant, as being withheld from the Treasury. The amount mentioned to re- place buildings, implements and equipment destroyed by fire at the Town Infirmary. Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the suni of six hundred dollars for painting the interior and exterior of the American Legion Beach bath house; purchasing and erecting a steel flag pole; improving the sanitary conditions and upkeep of grounds. Petit/on of the Bathing Beach Committee. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred to paint the interior and exterior of the American Legion Beach House; purchasing and erecting a steel flag pole and improv- ing the sanitary conditions and upkeep of the grounds. Article 15. To see if the town will vote to petition the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxation for the installation of an accounting system in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. Petition of John 3I. Pillion and others. Voted to petition the Director of Accounts for the instal- lation of the State Accounting System. This to be done not later than April 15, 1936. Article 16. To see if the town will vote to transfer all unexpended balances of the 1935 E.R.A. appropriation to the 1936 appropriation for W.P.A. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Incorporated under Article 4 of this warrant. Article 17. To see if the town will accept Dufton Court from Andover Street to Chickering Road. Petition of George H. Schruender and others. Voted to accept Dufton Court from Andover Street to Chickering Road. Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise an.d appropriate the sum of ($1,000) one thousand dollars for repair of the heating and ventilating system of the Union School. Petition of the School Committee, Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars to repair the heating and ventilating system of the Union School. 14 ANNUAL REPORT Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ,~750 for replacing the floor of the gymnasium in Johnson High School. Petition of the School Committee. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars to replace the floor of the gymnasium of the Johnson High School. Article 20. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $300 for the purchase of a mechanical refrigerator for the lunch room at Johnson High School. Petition of the School Committee. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to purchase mechanical refrigeration for the lunch room at the Johnson High School. Article 21. To see if the town will vote to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the River School Property be disposed of by the town as there seems to be little probability that it will again be used for school pur- poses. Petition of the School Committee. Voted to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the town dispose of the River School property. Article 22. To see if the town will vote to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the Farnham School Property be disposed of by the town as there seems to be little probability that it will again be used for school purposes. Petition of the School Committee. Voted to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the town dispose of the Farnham School property. Article 23. To see if the To~vn will authorize the Board of PubIic Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred and fifty-three dollars and seven cents ($353.07) of the 1935 appropriation for a water main on Prospect Street and the unexpended balance of four hun- dred and eight dollars and fifty-eight cents ($408.58) from. the 1935 appropriation for a water main on Dufton Courl and such additional sum from the appropriations for main- tenanee and construction of the water and sewer depart- ments as will purchase a one and one-half ton truck. Peti- tion of the Board of Public Works. Voted to authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred fifty-three dollars and seven cents, of the 1985 appropriation for a water main on Prospect Street, and the unexpended balance of four hundred eight dollars and fifty-eight cents from/he 1935 appropria- TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 15 tion for a water main on Dufion Court and such additional sum from the appropriation for Maintenance and Construc- tion of the water and sewer departments as will purchase a one and one-half ton t~uck. Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of seven thousand dollars for materials and ser~,- ices to be used in completing the additional water supply reservoir now being constructed with Works Progress Ad- ministration funds from the Federal Government. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seven thou- sand dollars for materials and services to be used in com- pleting the additional water supply reservoir now being constructed with Works Progress Administration funds from the Federal Government. Article 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and eighty-eight cents ($389:88) of the 1935 appropriation for the extension of the East Side Trunk Sewer on Phillips Court and Harkaway Road to complete the project. Petition of the Board of Pub- lic Works. Voted to authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred eighty-nine dol- lars and eighty-eight cents, of the 1935 appropriation for the extension of the East Side Sewer on Phillips Court and Hark- away Road to complete the project. Article 26. To see if the town will raise and aPPropri- ate a sum of money to extend the water main on Dufton Court from the present terminus on Dufton Court. two hun- dred and twenty-five feet to Chickering Road. Petition of George H. Schruender and others. Voted to extend the water main on Dufton Court from the present terminus on Dufton Court, two hundred and twenty-five feet to Chickering Road, provided the owner of the building served, furnishes satisfactory guarantee to pay 4% of the cost per year for a period of ten years. Five hun- dred dollars raised and appropriated. Article 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money sufficient to lay water main in Innis Street. Petition of A. W. Bohmwagner and others. Voted not to make this appropriation due to excessive cost. 16 ANNUAL REPORT Article 28. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to extend the water pipe on I, ongwood Avenue from a point where it now ends in a southerly direc- tion for a distance of 270 feet. Petition of Mary E. Chase and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars, to extend the water main on Longwood Avenue from a point where it now ends in a southerly direction for a dis- tance of two hundred seventy feet, provided the Board of Survey first accept the street plan and provided the owner of the building served furnish a satisfactory guarantee to pay 4% of the cost of construction per year for a period of ten years. Article 29. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500) for the purchase of a Tractor complete with snow plow ~or the use of the Highway Department. Petition of Highway Sur- veyor. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars to purchase a tractor complete with snow plow for the use of the Highway Department. Article 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) to continue the rebuilding of Boxford Street under Chap- ter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in eon- junction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Sur- veyor. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to continue the rebuilding of Boxford Street under Chapter 90, of the General Laws, said money to be used in conjunction with any money be alloted by the State or County or both. Article 31. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to carry on the activities of the W.P.A. work. Petition of the Select- men. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars to carry on the activities of the W. P. A. work. Article 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of five hundred seventy-nine dollars and sixty- six cents for the unpaid bills of 1935 of the Board of Public Welfare. Petition of the Board of Public Welfare. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 17 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred seventy-nine dollars and sixty-six cents to meet the unpaid bills of the year 1935, of the Board of Public Welfare. Article 33. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of two hundred and twenty-one dollars ($221) for the unpaid bills of 1935 of the Bureau of 01d Age Assist- ance. Petition of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred twenty-one dollars to meet the unpaid bills of the year 1935, of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance. Article 34. To see whether the Town will adopt the following by-law or some modification thereof for the pur~ pose of regulating billboards or other outdoor advertising devices. By-Law, Regulation of Advertising Signs and Bill- boards. Section 1~ AUTHORIZATION. In conformity with the General Laws and lawful state regulations for the proper control and restriction of outdoor advertising devices, and without relaxing any restrictions on said devices imposed by such regulations, said devices in the Town of North Andover are hereby further restricted as provided in the following sections. Section 2. EXEMPTIONS. This by-law shall apply exclusively to outdoor advertising within public view of any highway, public park or reservation. It shall not apply to signs or other devices controlled under the provisions of Sections 1, 2 or 8, of Chapter 85, General Laws, or to signs or other devices on or in the rolling stock, station, subways or structures of or used by common carriers, except adver- tising devices on bridges or viaducts or abutments thereof; and, except for lawful restrictions as to size and location, it shall not apply to signs or other devices which advertise or indicate either the person occupying the premises in ques- tion or the business transacted thereon or advertise the property itself or any part thereof as for sale or to let and which contain no other advertising matter. It also shall not apply to any advertising device legally permitted and main- tained on the date of the taking effect of this by-law, until one year after the first day of July next following said date. Section 3. DEFINITIONS: "ADVERTISING DE- VICES" shall mean billboards, painted bulletins, poster panels, signs, placards and other outdoor units designed to call public attention to the matter displayed thereon. "Advertising sign" or "sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device. 18 ANNUAL REPORT "Sign-board" shall mean any structure designed for displaying an outdoor advertisement. "Highway" shall mean any public way. "Public Park" shall mean a piece of public land of at least five thousand square feet set apart for beauty and public enjoyment. "Public reservation" shall mean a piece of public land set apart for recreational use, as a state or municipal for- est, as a protection to a public ~vater supply, as a memorial, or cemetery, or as a place of unusual scenic or historical in- terest. "Permitted" shall mean authorized by an official per~ mit. "Display" shall mean to make or maintain visible from any highway, public park or reservation. "Area" of a sign or signboard shall mean the area of the face view of the entire device, including all attachments except supports and lattice at the base thereof. "Residential District" shall include any district or block in which the greater part of the street frontage is occupied by land of one or more of the following classes: land de- voted to residence or lodging purposes; undeveloped or open land; land devoted to farming, horticulture, floriculture or plantations, including the sale thereon of its own products, or to the raising of live-stock, pasturage, forests, wood- lots, parks, reservations or recreation areas. "Non-conforming business" shall mean a business located in a residential or rural district, other than such rural business as farming or the raising and sale on the same premises of farm, garden or orchard products. "Lawful sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising de- vice not prohibited by any provision of lav~ or by any law- ful regulation. "Accessory sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device which carries only advertisements strictly incidental and subordinate to a lawful use of the premises on which it is located, including signs indicating business transacted or goods sold or produced on the premises or an occupant thereof, but not including any sign sold or rented to an out- side party. "Sign on a wall" shall mean a sign closely attached throughout to and facing with that wall, or on a window or door therein. "Lot" shall mean a plot of ground containing and de- voted to the purposes of a building, or laid out to contain a building, with all required open spaces; or a larger tract TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 19 of unbuilt, undivided land under one ownership. Section 4. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS. No person, firm, association or corporation shall be pe~xnitted or allowed to erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor advertising device, not exempted by Section 2 hereof, ex- cept those specified in paragraphs (a) (b) (c) (d) and (e) of this section. (a) In districts not of a residential or rural character, any lawful sign on or attached to a wail of a building or any lawful ground or roof sign or signboard no part of which extends over fifteen feet above the part of the ground or roof on which it stands. (b) In a residential or rural district, any lawful acces- sory sign or signs not exceeding five square feet in aggre- gate area on any one building or lot; or any lawful sign or signs advert/sing only the sale or rental of the premises not exceeding a total area of ten square feet; or, on the premises of any public building, or of any farm, garden, tree-nursery or forest, any lawful accessory signs not ex- ceeding all together fifteen square feet in area within the limits of said premises; or any lawful accessory signs on the front wall of any building occupied by a non-conform- ~ng business. (c) Any lawful sign not exceeding thirty-two square feet in area displayed by the town, or any sign displayed by the United States, the state or the county, relative to government business. (d) At any boundary line of the town a lawful sign not exceeding five square feet in area indicating the meet- ings of any civic organization located therein. (e) On property owned or principally occupied by a religious, civic or charitable organization, association of war veterans or the like, any lawful accessory sign displayed by written permission of the Selectmen and approval of the in- spector of buildings if any, for a limited period not exceed- ing sixty days. Section 5. SET-BACKS. No advertising sign or sign- board shall be permitted or allowed to be so located as to obstruct a view between any Foints on connecting streets within fifty feet of a corner of the rights of way; or to obstruct any door, window or fire-escape on a building; or, if on a roof, to be set nearer than one-half its height to the wall thereof on a street front; or, in a residential district, to extend more than six inches nearer to any boundary of the lot or premises on which it is Iocated than it would be lawful to maintain a building, except as provided in para- '2O ANNUAL REPORT graph (d) of Section 4. Section 6. PROHIBITIONS. Except signs exempted under Section 2, no person, firm, association or corporation shall be permitted or allowed to erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor advertising device in any district. (a) Except the owner or a tenant occupant of the premises where it is located, or a party holding written per- mission from either to display the device for a limited period which party's name shall be conspicuously displayed thereon; (b) Upon any rock, tree, fence or pole; (c) Within one hundred feet of any church, public building, monument or memorial, or within three hundred feet of any public park, playground, or public reservation, if within view from any portion thereof; except that this paragraph shall not apply to accessory signs on the walls of buildings; (d) If it contains any obscene, indecent or immoral matter; (e) Unless all parts and attachments and the ground about t~e base thereof are kept in neat and safe condition. Section 7. ADMINISTRATION. No advertising de- vice for which a permit from any state authority is re- quired shall be erected, displayed or ~naintained in the town until five days after a permit therefor, or a true copy thereof, has been filed with the Town Clerk. Whenever notice of an application for such a permit is received by the Town Clerk, he shall immediately transmit it to the Inspector of Build- ings or ortner officer, if any, charged with the administra- tion of this by-law. Such officer, or in the lack of such officer, the Town Clerk, shall thereupon make an examina- tion of the case and, as promptly as possible, within thirty days of the receipt of the application by the Town Clerk, shall send written notice to the state authority to whom the application is addressed, stating whether or not the pro- posed advertising device would violate any provision of th~s by-law, and if so, what provision. Like notice shall be sent also to the applicant and to the owner or tenant of the pro- posed location of the device. At least twenty-five days before an outdoor advertis- ing device not requi~ing a permit from any state authority and not exempted under Section 2 shall be erected or dis- played in the to,m, a description thereof and of its pro- posed location shall be filed with the town clerk, after which the procedure shall be the same as prescribed in the pre- ceding paragraph in the case of an application for a state permit, except that notice whether or not the device would TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 21 violate any provision of the law shal! be sent, within twenty days after receipt of the description, only to the party filing the same and to the owner or tenant of the proposed loca- tion. Section 8. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT. Whoever violates any provisions of sections 4, 5 or 6 hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and whoever after final conviction for such violation unlawfully displays such outdoor advertising device for twenty days shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The Selectmen or any officer charged with the enforce- ment of this by-law shall cause any such violator to be prosecuted; and shall notify the state regulatory authority of Outdoor Advertising of any and all violations of lawful state regulations. Any town officer or any interested party may petition the Superior Court in equity to enjoin the erection or main- tenanee of any outdoor advertising device erected or main- tained in violation of any provision of this by-law. Town ofllcials shall have the same right and power to cause the removal of any outdoor advertising device as of any struc- ture or building maintained in violation of a by-law. Section 9. If any provision of this by-law is declared unconstitutional or illegal by any Court, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby. Section 10. All regulations for outdoor advertising de- vices heretofore adopted by the town and in force at the time of the adoption of the foregoing sections are hereby repealed. Voted not to adopt. Under Article 20 of the warrant, on the question of taking this amount from appropriation made for School De- partment, 97 voted in favor and 171 in opposition. The meeting called for 1.30 at the Town IIall was con- dueted by C. J. Mahoney as Moderator. Microphones were used for the first time at our town meeting and proved very beneficial. The following persons assisted the Moderator in taking hand count of votes: John B. Osg'ood, Charles Friel, David M. Kimel, William J. McGee, Patrick C. Cronin, Charles It. Downing. 22 ANNUAL REPORT About five hundred persons were present. A true record, Attest: JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING APRIL 27, 1936 Article 1. To see if the town will vote to sell and con- vey the real estate formerly occupied by the River School, as recommended by the School Committee and voted at the Annual Town Meeting in 1936, and authorize the Selectmen to make such sale, for such price as they find it practicable to obtain; and authorize and empower the Town Treasurer, in the name and behalf of the town, to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver a deed or deeds giving effect to such sale as the Selectmen may make under the foregoing authorization. Voted: That the town sell and convey the real estate formerly occupied by the River School, as recommended by the School Committee and voted at the Annual Town Meet- ing in 1936, and authorize the Selectmen to make such sale, for such price as they find it practicable to obtain; and authorize and empower the Town Treasurer, in the name and behalf of the town, to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver a deed or deeds giving effect to such sale as the Selectmen may make under the foregoing authorization. Article 2. To see if the town will vote to sell and convey the real estate formerly occupied by the Farnham School, as recommended by the School Committee and voted at the Annual Town Meeting in 1936, and authorize the Selectmen to make such sale, for such price as they find it loracticable to obtain; and authorize and empower the Town Treasurer, in the name and behalf of the town, to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver a deed or deeds giving effect to such sale as the Selectmen may make under the foregoing authorization. Voted: That the town sell and convey the real estate for- merly occupied by the Farnham School, as recommended by the School Committee and voted at the Annual Town ~eet- ing in 1936, and authorize the Selectmen to make such sale, for such price as they find it practicable to obtain; and authorize and empower the Town Treasurer, in the name and behalf of the town, to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver a deed or deeds giving effect to such sale as the Selectmen may make under the foregoing authorization. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. '23 TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS During the year 1936, 90 deaths were recorded, 50 male, 40 female. The following persons reached the age of 70 yea~ or more: IIannah J. McDonald 85 Michael F. Drisco]l 75 Lauretta Pollock 70 William W. Phelps 81 William F. Murch 76 Helena E. Jensen 82 Jeanie Pollock 74 Hartley Stott 74 IIarriet G. Donovan 78 Lawrence G. Lacy 84 William H. Robinson 73 Hannah J. Quealy 87 Joseph L. Leighton 71 Eliza M. Watts 83 James Breen 72 Joseph Ravenscroft 87 Patrick II. Conway 82 Fannie Halliday 74 Elizabeth Alien 77 Elizabeth Morrow 74 Mary Mackie 73 William Howes 81 Sarah Whiteside 70 Alice J. Frisbee 83 Lucy A. Stevens 72 Mary E. Sullivan 72 Margaret R. Gilchrist 97 Elizabeth Wood 76 Maurice Hennessy 80 George Fielding 79 Augusta F. Juenger 79 Richard J. Turner 80 Ezra Oates 86 Deaths by Ages 90 to 100 years i 60 to 70 years 21 70 to 80 years 21 40 to 50 years 6 50 to 60 years 19 20 to 30 years 2 30 to 40 years 0 ·1 to 10 years 1 10 to 20 years 0 Under ] year 6 80 to 90 years 13 Causes of Death Accidental 4 Heart Diseases 37 Uraemia 1 Suicide 2 Anemia 1 Nephritis 4 Pneumonia 6 Drowning 1 Cerebra] Apoplexy 1 Hemorrhage 6 Diabetes 3 Carcinoma 9 Tuberculosis I 24 ANNUAL REPORT Other Causes 11 Stillborn 3 Births Whole number of births 91 Male 46 Female 45 Native parentage 63 ~Iixed parentage 22 Foreign parentage 6 Marriages recorded 84 Youngest bride 16 Youngest groom 20 Oldest bride 53 Oldest groom 62 LICENSES Resident Fishing, 115, @ $2.00 each $230 00 Resident Hunting, 90, @ $2.00 each 180 00 Resident Sporting, 56, @ $3.25 each 182 00 Minor and Female Fishing, 18, @ $1.25 each 22 50 Special Non-Resident Fishing, i I 50 Resident Citizen Trapping, 1 5 25 $621 25 Less 281 licenses, @ 25c each 70 25 Amount sent to Div. of Fisheries and Game $551 00 Also 10 licenses issued to persons 70 years old or over for which there is no charge. Dogs 171 male @ $2.00 each 36 spayed @ $2.00 each 9 female @ $5.00 each 216 @ 20¢ each Amount paid Town Treasurer $342 00 72 00 45 00 $459 00 43 20 $415 80 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER~ MASS. 25 June 29, 1936 To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Harry C. Foster, Chairman North Andover, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of North Andover for the period from November 13, 1935 to March 7, 1936, ard the installation of a system of accounts, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts. TNW: ER Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of North Andover for the period from November 13, 1935, the date of the previous audit, to March 7, 1936, and in addition have installed a system of accounts for the town, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws, and a vote of the town, the fol- lowing report being submitted thereon: The records of the financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked in detail. General ledger accounts were compiled and the charges against appropriations were analyzed for the period from November 13 to December 31, 1935. A new ledger for the town auditor was opened as of January 1, 1936, and all transactions were entered for the period from January 1 to March 7, 1936. The auditor's ]edger was analyzed, a trial balance was taken off proving the accounts to be in balance, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on March 7, 1936. 26 ANNUAL REPORT The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The cash book additions were veri- fied, and the recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the collections as recorded in the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments by the treasurer were compared with the selectmen's war- rants authorizing the disbursement of town funds. The Treasurer's cash balance on March 7, 1936, was proved by a reconciliation of the bank balances with state- ments furnished by the banks of deposit, by an inspection of the savings bank books, and by actual count of the cash in the office. The savings bank books and securities representing the investments of the trust funds in the custody of the trus- tees and of the town treasurer were examined and listed, the income being proved and the withdrawals verified. The books and accounts of the former collector of taxes were examined, the taxes outstanding at the time of the previous examination being audited. The recorded collections were checked with the commitment books, the abatements were compared wi[h the assessors' records of abatements granted, the payments to the treasurer were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed. In order to verify the outstanding tax accounts as listed, notices were sent to many persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town. A large number of replies were received from persons who claimed that their taxes had been raid but not credited on the books of the collector. All these claims were investigated, and many tax- payers substantiated their claims by presenting proper proof of payment of taxes, assessments, and interest and costs, which had not been entered on the cash books of the former collector or posted to his commitment books. These amounts, together with other items collected but not accounted for, were charged to the former tax col- lector, the final reconciliation of the several tax accounts indicating that there was the sum of $3,924.67 due from him as of March 7, 1936. Additional claims were made by taxpayers that their taxes have been paid but not credited on the books, but evi- dence of payment had not been produced at the completion of the audit. Any additional items which may subsequently be proved as having been paid and not entered on the former collector's books should be charged to him a~d the newly- elected collector to whom these items were recommitted for TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. collection should be credited with the amounts found to have beech previously paid. The tax and assessment accounts in the auditor's ledger hav~ been credited with the amounts due from the ~ormer collec[or, and these accounts were closed and new accounts were opened for the new collector representing the outstand- ing taxes and assessments as of March 7, 1936. The total amount outstanding on each of the tax and assessment levies was given to the board of assessors for their use in prepar- ing the recommitment warrant. Deficits in several overlay accounts aggregating $g,933.19, as shown on the balance sheet, and any additional abatements subsequently granted and chargeable to these accounts, should be raised by the assessors in accordance with the provisions of Section 23, Chapter 59, General Laws. The records of licenses and permits issued by the town clerk and other departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and the town were verified. The records of departmental accounts receivable were examined. The payments to the treasurer were verified, the abatements were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved. The records of water and sewer accounts receivable in the office of the board of public works were examined and checked. The commitments were analyzed, the collections and payments to the town treasurer were verified, the abate- ments were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved. Verification of the outstanding departmental and water accounts was made by mailing notices to many persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct. In addition to the departments mentioned, the available records of all other departments receiving money for the town were checked and the payments to the town were veri- fied. The surety bonds of the town officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form. Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, tax titles, departmental, water, and sewer accounts, as well as tables showing the transactions and condition of the trust funds. The system of accounting which has been installed will, 28 ANNUAL REPORT hereafter, make it much easier for the several officials to perform their respective duties, as they will have informa- tion before them at all times relating to all financial trans- actions, and since the system provides f,~r a reporting of all revenues to the accounting officer, complete information will be available at any time from the town auditor's books. The books and accounts under the new system were opened as of January 1, 1936, and the financial transactions to March 7, 1936, were entered therein. The system as installed provides automatic checks which will furnish the administrative officers with information that should prove helpful in carrying on the work of the respective departments. Citizens may also be furnished with facts relative to the cost of the several functions and activi- ties of town government. The several books and forms provided contemplate the systematic classification of accounts by means of grouping all items of receipts and all items of expenditures of a simi- lar nature under what is termed a functional classification; that is, grouping all items that are related, thus allowing the public to see at a glance what each particular service is cost- ing. It is recommended that consideration be given to the appointment of a town accountant, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 55 to 61, Chapter 47, General Laws. A list of the books and forms provided for the town, together with a brief description of their use and certain general instructions relative to the keeping of the accounts, follows: 1. Journal for town auditor 2. Cash book for town auditor 3. Ledger for town auditor 4. Classification book for town auditor 5. Cash book for treasurer 6. Check register for treasurer 7. Trust fund ledger for treasurer 8. Schedule of departmental bills payable 9. Treasury Warrants 10. Schedule of departmental bills receivable 11. Commitment sheets of taxes and assessments 12. Schedule of collector's payments to treasurer 13. Schedule of departmental payments to treasurer 14. Schedule of treasurer's receipts 15. Cash book sheets for collector 16. Departmental bills 17. Schedule of tax abatements allowed TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 18. Schedule of motor vehicle excise tax abatements 19. Voucher folder 20. General department pay-rolls 21. School department pay-rolls 22. Monthly statement 23. Water cash sheets All of these books and forms are arranged so as to sim- plify the reporting and make possible a proper check on the accounting of public moneys; also to insure a classification of both receipts and payments. All moneys received from every source and paid to the treasurer are also reported to the town auditor, in whose book will be recorded all cash transactions in detail which will furnish an absolute check on the total. 1. Journal. This is a bound book of the ordinary two- column stock type. It forms, together with the cash book, the medium from which all entries in the general ledger are posted, as it is of vital importance that no entry shall be originated in the general ledger. The journal is used for keeping a record of the debiting and crediting of items in the ledger, such as opening entries, budget appropriation entries, the entering of tax commit- ments, the abatement of taxes, accounts receivable, and all entries which are not strictly cash book transactions. It is important that all journal entries state clearly the ledger accounts which are to be debited and credited; also that a full explanation of the entry be made, in order that the transactions may be fully understood by any one exam- ining the accounts. 2. Cash Book (for Town Auditor). This is of loose- leaf form, made up of the treasurer's schedule of receipts on the debit side and of the duplicate treasury warrants on the credit side. These sheets are placed in a hinder provided for this purpose, forming a book containing all transe, ctions involving the receipt or expenditure of cash in order that the total transactions for a given ]~eriod may be shown at a glance. All entries made on the debit side of the cash book should dearly state the source from which the money was received and the department or account to which the same should be posted in the ledger; and all entries on the credit side should show to whom the payment was made and the appropriation or account against which the amount should be posted in the ledger. All moneys received from every source will be reported to the auditor; therefore, in the latter's cash book will he recorded cash transactions which are similar to those of the 30 ANNUAL REPORT treasurer and which will furnish an absolute check on the total. 3. Ledger. This is of the loosedeaf type; when the several sheets are properly arranged and placed in the binder provided for the purpose, they form the general ledger, in which are recorded, in controlling accounts, all of the finan- cial transactions of the town. The accounts in the general ledger are separated and g~'ouped in sections, as follows: First, Assets and liabilities Second, Revenue accounts Third, Appropriation accounts Fourth, Funded or fixed debt Fifth, Trust funds From the ledger, information relative to the condition of the several appropriations may be obtained readily and the administrative officers may keep constantly informed of the amounts expended; also of the amounts available for the balance of the year. This information is very necessary in view of the statute which expressly forbids the incurring of liabilities in excess of the appropriations made for the use of the several departments; unless the work is well planned, it wilt be found that the appropriations will be exhausted before the end of the year, with much needed work still to be done. 4. Classification Rook. This book consists of loose- leaf forms with printed headings covering the chief sources from which revenue is received and objects for which money is expended, with blank spaces which allow for additional headings to cover important items that may seem desirable. These sheets are arranged in functional order and placed in a binder provided for the purpose, thus forming the principal source of detailed information regarding the receipts and disbursements of the town. They are arranged in a classified form that is generally accepted and adopted by accountants and students of municipal affairs. Provision is made for the recording of the date of the receipt, from whom received and the source. On the payment side will be shown the date of the bill, to whom paid, and the purpose or object of payment. From this book definite information can readily be ob- tained of every cash transaction of the town, but its chief object is to furnish classification in a scientific manner, re- gardless of the method of making appropriations. This book is also designed to bring the costs of each particular function or service together, so that by knowing TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. the costs and intelligently comparing them with the service given, the taxpayer may judge of the efficiency or inefficiency of the administrative officers. 5. Cash Book (for Treasurer). This is a bound book especially designed for the recording of all of the cash re- ceipts and disbursements of the treasury department in one book. 6. Check Register (for Treasurer). This book con- sists of loose-leaf forms which, placed in the binder provided for the purpose, form the book in which all transactions with the banks are recorded. It will show at a glance the condition of the accounts in any of the depositories of the town. 7. Trust Fund Ledger (for Treasurer). This is of the loose-leaf type for the use of the treasurer, a separate ac- count being kept of each trust fund together with a con- trolling account of all trust funds. In it will be recorded all transactions pertaining to the several funds. 8. Schedule of Departmental Bills Payable. On these sheets each department should list all bills approved for pay- ment, and should forward them, accompanied by the original bills, to the town auditor. From these the treasury war- rants are prepared. 9. Treasury Warrants. These are for listing the bills of the several departments. Warrants are submitted to the · selectmen, together with bills, for their approval, the bills first having been checked by the town auditor and compared with the several appropriation accounts to which they are chargeable. The selectmen having signed the warrant, it is passed to the treasurer as his authority for payment. Under the statute, the selectmen are required to approve bills before they are paid by the treasurer, by using the treasury warrant, they can give greater attention to the bills and appropriation accounts without consuming additional time. 10. Schedule of Departmental Bills Receivable. These are sheets for the use of departments in listing all bills due the town for services rendered and materials furnished, and should be forwarded, accompanied by the individual bills, to the auditor, who, after making examination and proper entry on his books, should forward the treasurer's copy with the bills to the treasurer for collection. 11. Commitment Sheets--Poll, Personal, Real Estate and Assessment and Motor Vehicle Excise. These are of loose-leaf form for the use of the assessors in committing taxes and assessments to the collector. They are to be type- 82 ANNUAL REPORT written in duplicate, one copy to be retained by the assessors to serve as their valuation book. f 12. Schedule of Collector's Payments to Treasurer. These are especially designed forms for the reporting to the town auditor of payments made to the treasurer by the col- lector. From these reports the town auditor is enabled to classify properly the collector's receipts and verify the re- ceipts reported by the treasurer. 13. Schedule of Departmental Payments to Treasurer. This form is for the use of departments, except those for which special forms are prepared, for reporting payments to the treasurer. 14. Schedule of Treasurer's Receipts. The treasurer will use these forms in reporting the cash receipts to the town auditor. They form the basis of the debit entries in the town auditor's cash book, and together with the schedules of payments to the treasurer, serve as an automatic check on the cash account, furnishing the auditor with the neces- sary information for keeping his accounts up to date at all times, and also enabling statements to be drawn off show- ing actual cash transactions. By the use of printed forms for the reporting of all items involving cash, but little time is reouircd for reporting the same. 15. Cash Book Sheets (for Colleetor)--Poll, Personal, Real Estate and Assessment, and Motor Vehicle Excise. These are especially designed columnar sheets for the use of the tax collector for the detailed recording, in classified form, of receipts of taxes and assessments. 16. Departmental Bills. These are bound in book form and are made out in triplicate by all general depa/'tments against persons from whom money is due the town for the sale of materials or for services rendered. One copy is sent to the person to be charged, as a demand for the payment of the bill, another is given to the treasurer as his collection record, and the third, which is not detachable, remains in the book as the copy of the department. 17. Schedule of Tax Abatements Allowed. This form is for the use of the assessors in reporting abatements to the town auditor, so that be may credit the collector with these items in addition to his cash payments to the treasurer. On the town auditor's book, the collector is charged with the commitment and credited with collections paid the treasurer; if to the collections are added abatements allowed, the town auditor's ledger will show in his eolleetor's account, the exact amount of outstanding taxes. TOWN OF NO~TH ANDOVER. MA?~S. gg 18. Schedule of Mot{w Vehicle Excise Tax Abatements. This form is for the use of the assessors in reportin~ to the town auditor the abatements granted on account of motor vehicle excise taxes. 19. Voucher ~'clder. This ~orm is for ~hc use of the town auditor and is designed for the purpose of securing uniformi~y i:~ the filing of bills. 20. Get*oral Department Pay-Rolls. These are to be used by all departments, except the school depgrtment, ~n m~k~nj up their weekly er monthly pay-rolls, and are sic'nad for the purpose of securing' naif trinity in the pay- rolls of all departments. 21. Schssl Department Pay-Rolls. These are espe- cia}ly desia'ned for the use of the school deFartment, provi- skm~ being made for showing the gross amoun~ of salary due each teacher or employee, the amount of deduction on c. czount of the retirement fund, the net amount received by each por.'~an, a,~d the torai amount to he se~ ~o ~he treasurer of th~ re[~ remen~ fund. 22. >fo?2h!y Sfa~ements. These forms are used by the tow2 auditor ~n notifyin~ each department of tM warrants draw~ a~afnst its apizroFriatfon and the balance subject to draf2. 23. Water Cash Sheers. These are loose-leaf sheets designed for the use of the coPeetor (¢' water charges in re- eordinf~ in classified form, co!leetfo~s on account of water char;~'es as well as the payments to the treasurer. E~:ve,~u,~. Up~:n re~:e~pt oi' notice -~rom the town clerk of approcrfatiops ye!ed by the town t~ be raised by taxation, a j~urnal entry should be made del~qtin~, revenue and credit- ing the pro?r appi'opriation accounts. When the warrant for poll emd m~operty taxes i~ delivered to the collector, this aceszmt should be credited and taxes debited. ~evenue should also be deb/ted with the amount of the state taxes, county taxes, and overlay raised, and the respective accounts credited. A~; %he close of the year, a journal entry should be made flsbitfn~ ail unsxpended appropriation accounts (%he object for which the appropriation was made havfn~ beech com- pleted) and crediting revenue. The estimated receipts count slaouid also be closed ou~ into the revenue account the dose of the year, and the revenue account closed into the excess and deficiency account. Estimated Receipts. The amount of estimated receipts deducted by the assessors in de~erminin~ the amount to be raised ~?y taxation should be debited to the estimated ~4 ANNUAL REPORT ceipts account and the revenue account credited; as cash is received, estimated receipts should be credited and cash debited. Taxes. (Poll and Prope~ty. Upon the delivery of the assessors' warrant for the collection of taxes, a journal entry should be made debiting taxes with the total amount of the commitment and crediting revenue. As money is paid into the town treasury, cash should be debited and the tax account credited. When poll or prop- erty tax abatements are granted by the assessors, a journal entry should be made crediting taxes and debiting overlay. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State Aid. This ac- count represents the amount due from the Commonwealth for State Aid disbursed during the previous year. Upon re- ceipt of money from the State, cash should be debited and State Aid credited. At the close of the year, a journal entry should be made debiting State Aid due from the Common- wealth and crediting the Departmental Revenue with the amount of State Aid disbursed during the year. Public Welfare Depm-tment Accounts Receivable. When bills are sent to the State, cities and towns, or individuals, for aid rendered persons not having sett]ement in the town, a journal entry should be made debiting the public welfare department accounts receivable and crediting departmental revenue with the amount of the charge; as cash is received, the accounts receivable account should be credited and cash debited. The same procedure should be followed in the case of accounts receivable of all departments rendering bills for amounts due the town. Overlay. Whenever poi1 or property tax abatements are granted by the assessors, a journal entry should be made debiting overlay and crediting taxes for the amount of the abatements. Any balance in the overlay account in excess of the amount of the warrant remaining to be collected or abated should, by journal entry, be transferred to the over- lay reserve fund. Overlay Reserve Fund (Overlay Surplus). This ac- count represents the surplus or difference between the over- lay and the abatements granted by the assessors, and should be reserved for extraordinary or unforeseen expenses, as required by Section 25, Chapter 59, of the General Laws. Revenue Loans. Whenever loans are issued in anticipa- tion of revenue, the cash account should be debited and the revenue loan account credited; when the loan is paid, a war- TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. 35 rant should be drawn, revenue loan account debited, and cash credited. Departmental Revenue (Not Available Until Collected.) Th!s account represents revenue of the several departments o~ account o£ charges for services rendered or materials fur- nished. At the end of each month the amount of cash re- ceived on account of departmental charges should be credited by journal entry to the estimated receipts account and de- partmental revenue should be debited. Net Bonded Debt. When debt is incurred by the issue of bonds or notes (for other than temporary loans), a jour- nal entry should be made debiting net bonded debt and credit- ing the specific loan account. When the bonds are paid, the specific loan account should be debited and net bonded debt credited. Trust Funds. When money is received the income of which is to be used for some specific purpose, cash should be debited and the special fund account credited. A warrant should be drawn authorizing the treasurer to deposit the amount in the savings bank, cash should be credited, and trust funds (cash and securities), debited. As income is withdrawn from the bank, cash should be debited and the sl~ecific purpose for which the fund was created (such as library, cemetery, etc.), credited. At the end of the year, the income in excess of the withdrawals should be entered on the books by debiting trust funds (cash and securities), and crediting the specific fund account. While engaged in making the audit and installing the system, courtesy and co-operation was received from all offi- cials and clerks, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts. HBD :ER BY=LAW.5 OF THE TOWN OF NO TH ANDOVEI¢. ES.SEX COUNTY, ~IA$S, Article I. Section ~. The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first Monday in March. Section 2. The warrants for ali Town Meetings shall be directed to either of the constables, ~vho shalI serve the same by posting a true and attested copy thereof at the Town Hall and at five or more public places in each precinct of the Town, not more than fifteen nor less than ten days before the time of holding said Meetings. Section 3. When a Town Meeting shall be adjourned to a time certain that is more than fourteen days from the time of adjournment, the Town Clerk shall cause noti. ce of the time and place of such adjourned meeting to be duly posted in three or more public places in each precinct in the Town two days at least before the time of holding said adjourned meet- ing, which notice shall also briefly state the business to come before such meeting. Section 4. After the election of Town 0ffieers whose names appear on l;he official ballot, and the vote upon the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, the Annual Meeting in each year shall stand ad- journed for the consideration of all other matters in the warrant to 1:80 o'clock in the afternoon of the second Satur- day next following, at a place to be designated by the Selectmen in the warrant for said meeting. The warrant shall also state the date and hour of said adjournment. R~--L~WS 37 Section 5. At said adjourned meeting the Moderator shall appoint an Advisory Committee of seven, who shall .'~ ve from the dissolution of said meeting until the dissolu- tion of the Annual Meeting next following. They shall consider the reports of the Town Officers, the recommenda- tions of the Finance Committee for the ensuing year, the several articles in the Warrant for the Annual Meeting next following, and any and all other municipal questions. The Committee shall give at least one public hearing ',':h;~ ten days preceding the date of the Adjourned Annual ~eeting, upon all matters to be considered by them. They shall prepare and distribute among voters, prior to said adjourned meeting, printed copies of such findings and recommendations as they see fit to make, and shall report the same to said meeting. For this purpose and for the performance of their other duties hereunder, they may incur such reasonable expense as may be necessary. Article II. Section ~. The Selectmen in addition to their general duties, shall have authority to defend suits brought against the Town, unless otherwise ordered by a vote of the Town. Section 2. The Selectmen shall annually cause a report to be printed which shall contain a statement of their doings during the preceding financial year; the report of the School Committee and of such other officers, boards and committees as are required to make reports; the list of jurors as prepared, by the Selectmen; a report of all Town Meetings held since the publication of the last Annual Town Report; the regula- tions of the Board of Health and of the 'Board of Water Com- missioners; the By-Laws of the Town; and such other mat- ters as the7 deem expedient or as the To,~vn votes to insert: Said .report shall be bound in pamphlet £orm, and shall b~ ready for distribution among the taxpayers at least twenty-one days before the Annual Town Meeting. NOaTH AND0¥E~ Article III. Section x. The Selectmen shall annually, during the month of March, appoint at least five police o~cers, and a Chief of Police. The latter shall have general supervision and direction of the constables and police officers of the Town. Section 2. The Selectmen may make such rules and reg- ulations as they deem necessary, under the Revised Laws, in relation to the passage of carriages, sleighs, street cars or other vehicles through the streets and ways of the Town, or the use of sleds or other vehicles for coasting therein. Any violation of said rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar or more than twenty dollars. Section 3. No person shall keep a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metal or second-hand articles, or shall go from house to house collecting or procuring by pur- chase or barter any such articles, without a written license from the Board of Selectmen. The fee for such license shall not be less than one dollar. Each license shall continue in force until the first day of May next ensuing unless sooner revoked by the Selectmen. Section 4. No person shall behave in a rude or disorderly manner, nor use loud, profane or indecent langugge, nor throw stones, snow balls or other missiles in any street or other public place. Section 5. No person shall loiter upon any sidewalk, street or way of the Town, or upon private property thereto adjoining without the consent of the owner thereof, after he has been requested by a constable or police officer to depart. Section 6. No person shall pasture cattle or other ani- mals either with or withont a keeper, upon any of the streets or ways of the Town, provided that this By-Law shall not effect the rights of any person to the use of the land within the limits of such street or way adjoining his own premises. Section 7. No person shall go through the streets or ways of the town as a hawker or pedler, selling or expos- lng for sale fruits or vegetables, without first obtaining a written license from the Selectmen of the Town; provided that this By-Law shall not apply to a person engaged in the pursuit of agriculture who peddles fruits or vegetables. Every licensee hereunder shall cause his name and the number of his license to be plainly and legibly exhibited up- on the vehicle, conveyance, or receptacle in which he carries or transports his wares, and every such license shall upon demand of a constable or other police officer of the Town exhibit his written license to such constable or officer. Petition of Board of Health. Section 8. The following Rules and Regulations shall govern the building and inspection of dwelling houses in North Andover. RULES AND REGULA~ONS Coastructio~t of Buildings The nature and size of frame shall at least conform to the following specifications: All rooms must be exposed to the outside light, and there shah be no room which is to be occupied as a living or sleeping room that shall have less than seven hundred cubic feet of air space. All build- ings must be set at least four feet from the side lines in every instance. Foundatioms Foundations for all dwelling houses to be built of brick, cement or stone, to be well bonded together, and the same to be laid in mortar of the following proportions: One part of Portland cement, two parts lime with the proper propor- tion of clear sharp sand; and no cellar to be less th~n six feet,, six inches in the clear, to have at least four windows for light and ventilation, said windows to be not less tlum three light eight by ten glass. Fi'ante Frames for all houses used for dwellings to be according to the following schedule: On single dwellings, sills to be not less than six by seven inches,; floor joists two by seven inches, placed not moro than eighteen inches on centers; and all crossed sills to be mortised and tenoned and pinned together, outside studding two by four inches, six- teen inches in centers, corner pos[s four by six inches. rafters two by six inches, twenty-four inches on centers. For double houses, sills to be six by eight inches, center sills eight by eight inches, floor joists two by eight inches. no ~nore than eighteen inches on centers, outside studding and the studding under all carrying partitions to be two by four inches, placed not more than sixteen inches on centers. corner posts four by six inches, ceiling joists two by six inches, twenty inches on centers, rafters two by six inches. not more than twenty-four inches on centers, plates four by frmr inches, ledger-boards one by six inches, all nailed and spiked.. Buildings to Be Used for Camp Purposes Only The foregoing Rules and Regulations shall not apply to buildings which are to be built and occupied for camp purposes only: Alteration and Additions Any alteration or addition to any building already erected or hereafter to be built, shall be subject to these regulations, except necessary repairs not affecting the con- struetion of the external or party walls. Penalty Any violation of the foregoing Rules and Regulations shall be considered a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00. ur-~tws 41 A~icle IV. Section ~. The financial year of the Town shall begin with the first day of January and end with the 3~st day of De- ~ember and for the payment of bills contracted by the several departments for ordinary expenses, during the interval b~- tween the close of the financial year and the time of making the next annual appropriations, the Selectmen shall have auth- ority to draw from any available funds in the hands of the Treasurer, and the amount so drawn shall be charged against the said next annual appropriation for the department for which such draft shall have been made; but in no case shall such expenditure for any purpose exceed one-sixth of the amount appropriated for that purpose at the Annual Town Meeting in the preceding year. Section 2. No money shall be paid from the Town Treas- ury, except the state and county taxes and bank discount, without a warrant 'therefor signed by the Selectmen. Section 3. All promissory notes o~ the Town shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen. Section 4. All Town officers, boards and committees, who in any way receive or expend money belonging to the Town, shall keep a record of their official acts, and an account of their receipts and expenditures; they shall make an annual report to the Town in season to be audited and incorporated into the Annual Town Report. Section 5- All Town officers, boards and committees, who shall receive money in behalf of the Town, shall pay to the Treasurer monthly, and oftener if so requested by the Se- lectmen, all money so received. All other persons who shall have in their possession money belonging to the Town shall pay the same forthwith to the Town Treasurer. Section 6. The Superintendent or other official charged by the Board of Wa~er Commissioners with the duty of col- Iecting and receiving money due the Town, shall give a bond in a penal sum and with sureties approved by the Board of Selectmen. Section 7- The Selectmen and the Auditor shall consti- tute a committee to be known as the Finance Committee, whose duty it shall be to prepare a table of estimates o£ ex- penses for which appropriations are to be made at the next annual Town Meeting, and to report the same in writing on or before the first day of February in each year to the Select- men, who shall incorporate said report in the Annual Town Report. Section 8. It shall be the duty of the Auditor to inspect ail bills presented against the Town; to see that they have the approval of the officer, board or committee contracting the same, and are in proper form; to indicate the account to which they are chargeable; and, if there are funds, to trans- mit said bills with his certificate to the Selectmen, who shall draw their warrant on the Town Treasurer authorizing pay- ment thereof; to examine the books and accounts of all town officers, boards and committees receiving and expending money; to investigate the condition of all funds and trust funds held for the benefit of the Town. He shall verify the amount of funds in the hands of the town officers, boards and committees by actually counting the cash in their possession, and by personal application at banks of deposit, shall ascer- tain the amounts held therein to the credit of the Town. He shall report to the Town in detail under each department alt receipts and expenditures by the Town for the previous financial year ..... Section9. No office, board or committee of the Town shall have any pecuniary interest, either direct or indirect, person- ally or through another person, in any loan, contract or em- ployment of any sort made by, with or for that department to which his or its duties appertain. All contracts or employ- ments made in violation of this By-Law shall be void as to the Town, and no bills therefor shall be approved, audited or paid. Article V. Section I. The assessment o{ taxes shall be completed and the tax list and warrant shall be delivered to the Collector oi Taxes on or before the fifteenth day of August, and the tax bills shall be distributed on or before the second day of Sep- tember in each year. Section 2. The Collector of Taxes shall use all means and processes provided by law for the collection of taxes re- maining unpaid after the first day o{ January in each year. Section 3. The compensation of the Collector of Taxes shall l~e fixed annually by vote of the Town. Article VI. Section ~. The Board of Selectmen may declare any sewer laid in any land, street or way, public or private, opened or proposed to be opened for public travel, to be a common sewer; and the same shall not be laid or connected with any existing common sewer except by the board of officers au- thorized by law to lay and maintain common sewers. Section 2. The Board of Health may make and enforce regulations for the public health and safety relative to house drainage and its connection with public sewers, if a pub- lic sewer abuts the estate to be drained. Section 3. No person shall enter his drain into any com- mon sewer without a written license from the Board of Se- lectmen, and any person entering under such license shall comply with such rules and regulations as to material and construction as the Board of Selectmen may prescribe. Said Board may close any drain eutering a common sewer for fail- ure to comply with the provisions of this By-Law. No excavation shall be made within a public way in con- necting such private drains with a common sewer except un- der the direction of the Highway Surveyor or other persons having charge of the streets of the Town. Article VII. Section ~. No person shall open any hydrant of the wa- ter-works system of the Town without written permission previously obtained from the Board of Water Commission- ers; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of hydrants and water by the Chief of the Fire Department, or the person acting in his stead, in case of fire. Article VIII. Section ~. The following shall be the device of the Town seal: In the center of a double circle the inscription, "Incor- porated April 7th, z855 ;" in the margin without the inner cir- cle the legend, "Town of North Andover, Massachusetts.' Article IX. Section ~. The violation of these By-Laws, except such ;~s by their terms provide a penalty for the breach thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Section 2. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed at any Town Meeting, provided an article or articles for that purpose have been inserted in the warrant of said meeting. Section 3. All By-Laws heretofore made and adopted are hereby repealed. North Andover, Mass., January 1, 1937 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a ~rue copy of the By-Laws of the Town of North Andover. - Attest: JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. PUBLIC WORKS 45 The Board of Public Works herewith submits its thir- tieth annual report containing the thirty-ninth annual report of the Water Department and the thirtieth annual report of the Sewer Department for the yeah ending December 31, 1936. WILIAM H. SOMERVILE, ABBOT STEVENS, BERNARD F. HUGHES. WATER DEPARTMENT The total amount collected for water rates during the year 1936 amounted to $27,504.17 including $4,579.94 from the City of Lawrence. Main Pipe During the year of 1936 the department laid 1014 feet of 6-inch main pipe, and 224 feet of 10-inch main pipe and 117 feet of 12-inch main pipe as outlined in the Superinten- dent's Report. Service Pipe Service pipe laid (1936) on private property 1,293.2 feet Service pipe laid (1936) on town property 823.7 feet Total 2,116.9 feet Service Pipe Renewals Service pipe laid (1936) on private property 1,170.6 feet Service pipe laid (1936) on town property 995.5 feet Total 2,166.1 feet Bonds and Notes Outstanding The bonds and notes outstanding against the town for the water system amount to $9,000.00 due 1937 to 1943. $2,000.00 due 1937 to 1938; $1,000.00 due 1939 ]~o 1943. Statement of Amount to be Expended in 1937 on Account of Water Debt Already Incurred: For 3.75 per cent interest $337 50 For retiring bonds and notes 2,000 00 $2,337 50 46 ANNUAL REPORT 1936 Financial Statement Water Department Debit Cash balance January 1, 1936 Appropriation for Maint. and Const. Appropriation for truck (Article 23) Appropriation for Dufton Court Water Ext. Appropriation for Longwood Ave. Water Ext. Collected Water Rates Collected Water Const. and Misc. Restricted balance in bank Credit $354 86 25,000 00 761 65 500 00 6OO 00 27,149 31 3,371 58 481 25 $58,218 65 Expended for Maintenance and Construction Acct. Construction service piping and meters sold $3,773 37 Construction and distribution piping 4,650 43 Maintenance pumping plant 5,563 33 Maintenance general 12,149 13 Paid Town Treas. water and const, receipts 30,689 72 Balance from Dufton Court 116 18 Balance from Longwood Avenue 600 00 Cash balance January 1, 1937 186 03 Paid Town Treas. payments on restricted balance 96 24 Restricted balance 385 01 Balance in Water Dept. appropriation 9 21 $58,218 65 Water and Sewer Receipts for 1936 Cash balance January 1, 1936 $354 86 Restricted balance in bank 481 25 Water rates 1936 commitments 25,606 94 Water rates commitments previous to 1936 1,542 37 Water Const. and Misc. commitments 1936 3,039 61 Water Const. and Misc. commit, previous to 1936 331 97 Sewer charges for 1936 1,246 16 Sewer charges previous to 1936 25 86 Total receipts for 1936 Paid Town Treas. from receipts $31,961 74 Paid Town Treas. Divd. in Liq. 96 24 $32,629 02 $32,057 98 Balance January 1, 1937 $571 04 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Cash balance $186 03 Restricted balance 385 01 Cost of Construction Distribution Suction Main Reservoirs Pumping Station Pumping Plant Service Piping and Meters Incidental Construction Expenses Land and Right of Way Tool Account 47 $571 04 $299,672 36 1,94361 47,298 87 16,910 38 29,880 15 74,732 11 5,471 38 1,015 70 3,363 58 $480,288 14 EXPENDITURE.q--WATER 1936 Coal Oil Packing Meters Pipe Supplies Miscellaneous Wages Totals Construction Service Dist. Pipe Pipe ~76 65 862 87 546 2' 608 80 528 7 9.6 17 57 1 ]773 37 350 4 Maintenance Pump. General Plant L989 8: 8 80 106 3~ 138 4'~ 20 11 241 00 399 21 1851 60 458 8" 1425 77 ,'470 7( 8591 85 1563 3~ 2149 13 Sub Total $1998 6l 106 36 158 53 917 65 1409 14 4393 41 1957 92 15184 64 ~26136 26 4S ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Office: Town Office Building. OFFICE HOURS Daily: 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Rules, Regulations and Water Rates All meter rates shall be computed quarterly; in case of a meter stopping or failing to register, the quantity of water used shall be estimated as the amount which ordi- narily passes through the meter when in operation. Bills for metered water shall be rendered quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October for the amount of water used during the previous quarter, based on the fol- lowing sliding scale: For 1st. 2,000 cu. ft., 20 cents per 100 cu. ft. All over 2,000 cu. ft., 12 cents per 100 cu. ft. All meters read in cubic feet. A cubic is computed as seven and one-half gallons. No service shall pay less than $1.50 per quarter. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 49 Regulations The following regulations, until further notice, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who uses water. 1. Ail applications for the use of water must be made at the office of the Board of Public Works and must state fully the purpose for which it is intended to be used. The Water Department will in service pipe from the street wall and provide on the end In any case where an owner all cases furnish and lay the main to and through the cellar thereof a stop and waste valve. shows sufficient reason he may be permitted to lay a pipe on his own property, but pro- vision must be made, at the owner's expense, so that a meter installation can be made where the Water Depart- ment work ceases. The owner of the premises shall in all cases pay for such service pipe as may be laid within his premises, together with the stop and waste valve, at such rates as may be fixed by the Board of Public Works. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to establish a minimum price for service installations. Payment in full must be made for any service installation before the water is turned on. 2. The Water Department will set meters on ail serv- ices and charge a rental of two dollars per year for 5/s-inch meters and a suitable increase for larger sizes. Consumers at their option may purchase said meters when they will be marked on the books as private and no rental will be charged. Ali meters will be kept in repair by the Water Department unless damaged by the frost, hot water, or through the fault or negligence of the owner or tenant of the property. No more than one meter may be installed on any service unless the owner agrees to have each additional meter (for the purpose of billing) considered as a separate service. 3. AIl persons using water must furnish internal pipes, connections and fixtures and keep them and all pipe to the street line in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and the Town will not be liable for any damage resulting from failure to do so. Any expense 5O ANNUAL REPORT incurred in clearing services must be borne by the con- sumer. No person will be permitted to connect with any water pipes on the inlet side of the meter in any way or manner without a written permit from the Board of Public Works. 4. Water rates shall be payable at the office of the Board of Public Works quarterly. No abatement of water rates shall be made except when the entire premises are shut off for a period of at least three months. In all cases of non-payment of water rates within sixty days after the same are due as well as for any violation of these rules, the supply may be shut off and water will not again be let on except upon payment of the amount due and the sum of one dollar for shutting off and letting on the water. In case of shutting off or letting on the water for repairs, testing of pipes or any other purpose the sum of one dollar will be charged. 5. The water rates shall be paid by the owner or les- see of the whole premises and the owner shall in all cases be responsible for the water rates of his tenants. 6. No water taker shall supply water to parties not entitled to its use, except on written permit from the Board of Public Works. 7. All apparatus and places supplied with water must be accessible at all reasonable times to the inspection of the Board of Public Works or their agents to examine the pipes and fixtures and ascertain the quantity of water used and the manner of its use, and all pipes and fixtures shall be subject to rejection by said Board of Public Works if considered unsuitable for the purpose. $. Upon application of an owner a meter will be re- moved and tested. For this service a charge of one dollar will be made. In case the meter in question is found to over-register more than three per cent this charge will be cancelled and a proper adjustment made. 9. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to restrict the use of hose or fountains or to shut off the water TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 51 when it becomes necessary to make extensions or repairs or for violation of any of the Regulations. 10. Art. 7, Sec. 1, Town By-Laws: No person shall open any hydrant of the water works system of the Town, without written permission previously obtained £rom the Board of Public Works. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of hy- drants and water by the Chief of the Fire Department or the person acting in his stead, in case of fire. Water Waste at 100 Lbs. Pressure. I nc~h 1-64 1-32 of Leak -5- 2O7 .129 3.87 4.58 8.57 19.71 72.8~- 52 ANNUAL REPORT Sewer Department Twenty-five connections, totaling 1,374.0 feet were made between buildings and main sewers during 1936. Main pipe laid 454.0 feet, as outlined in the Superin- tendent's Report. Bonds and Notes Outstanding The total amount o£ bonds and notes outstanding against the ~own £or the system amounts to $34,000.00 as follows: $34,000.00 due 1937 to 1953 $2,000.00 each year Statement of amount to be raised in 1937 on account of Sewer Debt already incurred: For 4.25 per cent interest $1,402.50 For retiring bonds and notes 2,000 00 $3,402 50 Sewer assessments numbered 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 for $327.68 were committed to the Town Treasurer for collection. Financial Statement---Sewer Department--1936 Debit Appropriation £or Maint. and Const. of Sewers $4,000 00 Appropriation for Harkaway Road 389 88 Credit Expended £or Const. of Sewers $3,906 65 Expended for Maint. o£ Sewers 451 11 Bal. Harkaway Road Approp. 64 Bal. Sewer Appropriation 31 48 $4,389 88 $4,389 88 Financial Statement~Park Department--1936 Debit Appropriation for Park Department Credit Expended on Supplies Expended on Wages Balance $2,000 00 $234 57 1,765 10 33 $2,000 O0 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT There were laid during the year 1936 one thousand and fourteen feet of six-inch, two hundred and twenty-four feet of ten-inch, and one hundred and seventeen feet of twelve- inch cast iron pipe. Eleven six-~nch gate valves and one ten- inch gate valve were placed. The water system now consists of fifty-two and seventy-nine hundredths miles of main pipe, two twelve-inch check valves, one fourteen-inch gate, ten twelve-inch gates, thirteen ten-inch gates, sixty-one eight- inch gates, and four hundred and twenty six-Jnch gate valves, and three hundred and eleven public fire hydrants. The new water main extensions were as follows: Long- wood Avenue from the previous terminus of the water main southerly one hundred and ninety-two, feet of six-inch pipe; at the new duplicate distribution reservoir one hundred and seventeen feet of twelve-inch pipe and two hundred and twenty-four feet of ten-inch pipe and one ten-inch gate valve; Chapin Road from the previous terminus northerly ninety- six feet of six-inch pipe; Edmands Road from the previous terminus southeasterly two hundred feet of six-inch pipe; Dufton Court from the previous terminus of the water main northwesterly two hundred and twenty-four feet of six-inch pipe; Middlesex Street from the previous terminus easterly eighty feet of six-inch pipe; Wood Avenue from Sutton Street two hundred and twenty feet of six-inch pipe and one six-inch gate valve. Six-inch gate valves were placed on the following hydrant branches for the following reasons: Harkaway Road at Stevens Mill--leak, Main Street at Greene Street,--low hydrant, Longwood Avenue--broken hydrant, 0sgood Street at Bradford Street--road raised, Beverly Street at Perry Street--leak, Railroad Avenue at Maple Avenue--low hydrant, 440 Osgood Street--low hydrant, Rea Street--re- pair hydrant, 316 Johnson Street--broken hydrant, 195 Andover Street--broken hydrant, 124 Massachusetts Ave- nue broken hydrant. During the repair of the Riverview Street bridge a single sixteen foot length of six-inch pipe was used to span the open- ing and was securely anchored to the abutments independent of the bridge floor or timber. An inoperative twelve-inch check valve installed in 1898 at the Pumping Station was replaced. ~4 ANNUAL REPORT The system of water main piping is listed according to size as follows: SIZE OF PIPE (INCHES) 14 12 10 8 6 LENGTH OF PIPE (FEET) 423 17558 8095 41247 211414 There were installed during the year 1936 twenty-seven new services, and seventy-seven old services were either wholly or partially renewed. In the past five years almost three hundred old services have been thus rene~ved. Since more than half the services now in use have been installed over twenty-five years an increasing number of service re- newals will be necessary. There were sixty-two service leaks and seven main pipe joint leaks. Three hydrants were broken off by automobiles and none of them had gate valves on the hydrant branch. Because of this it was necessary in one case to shut off the entire Wilson's Corner area and secure a few hours water supply from Andover for the area while the hydrant with a proper gate valve was being placed. The inconvenience caused to this large area makes the lack of gate valves on the hydrant branches of almost two-thirds of the hydrants noteworthy. Including the nine services no longer in use which were dug up and shut off at the main this year a total of one hundred and four such services have been thus definitely removed form any .danger of wasting water, damaging streets or other property. The policy of meter inspection by which all meters in service more than five years are inspected was continued. Hydrant inspection as in former years was carried out. Gate valve inspections carried on since 1932 now result in imme- diately locating and promptly operating valves as required. No important repairs or replacements were necessary at the Pumping Station. Ninety-seven boats were registered for use on Lake Cochichewick and one hundred and seventy residents were given permits ~o boat and fish there. The March flood proved the policy of maintaining equipment at the Pumping Station in first class condition and replacing it when necessary to be the proper one when it became neces- cessary for the town to pump over thirty-six million gallons of water in nineteen days to the city of Lawrence without difficulty and without interfering with the town water sup- ply needs. The following letters from the Department of Health of the Commonwealth summarize the part the water department took in the flood emergency: "It is imperative that the town of North Andover give every available service practicable with the view to supplying water to the city of TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 55 Lawrence. The water works pumping station and the filters of the city of Lawrence were inundated during the high water, and so far as we can see, it will be a number of days before this plant will be functioning normally. During this time, as much water as possible must be supplied to Law- rence from neighboring municipalities." After the emer- gency was over the following was received: "The Commission on Emergency Flood Relief wishes to express its apprecia- tion of the very excellent service rendered by the Town of North Andover to the city of Lawrence during the recent emergency. The amount of water supplied made it possible for the city of Lawrence to pass through the recent emer- gency without pumping any polluted water into its distribu- tion system." In July three and a half million gallons of water was supplied to Lawrence to assist in filling their depleted reser- voir. The additional water supply reservoir started in 1935 was completed and made part of the town water system. The value of this major improvement to the system has already demonstrated itself in the more efficient pumping made pos- sible. The construction is described elsewhere in this report. Under Article 26 of the warrant, two hundred and twenty-four feet of six-inch main pipe were placed on Dufton Court. Under Article 27 no work was done as no street plan of Longwood Avenue was accepted by the Board of Survey nor guarantee made. In following out a definite construction program in order that the water system may be strengthened and imDrowd so as to meet any anticipated requiremer~ts in the future it is recommended that: 1. A new twelve-inch main feeder line be laid from the reservoir to the downtown section via Chestnut Street, Hill- side Road, Turnpike Street, and Railroad Avenue. 2. The original wooden coal bin at the Pumping Station be replaced with a larger bin of permanent construction. 3. An eight or ten-inch main be placed on Johnson Street from Milk Street to the present eight-inch auxiliary line to the Reservoir in order that this line which is now supplied by six-inch mains may be better able to feed the systeTM. For 1937 it is recommended that the following minor extensions and improvements be made to the system: 1. Replace the following temporary supply pipes with six-inch cast iron pipes in order to provide better domestic 56 ANNUAL REPORT supply a) b) c) d) 2. a) Street b) c) d) e) 3. and provide fire protection: Wood Lane from Andover Street Bacon Avenue from Massachusetts Avenue Highland View Avenue from Chadwick Street Stevens Street from Harkaway Road Connect the six-inch mains: Middlesex Street from Milton Street to Lyman Brightwood Avenue to Furber Avenue Chapin Road to Middlesex Street Saltonstall Road to Herrick Road Wilson Road to Turnpike Street Raise, relocate, and place gates on several hydrants throughout the town and especially on the heavily traveled ways :-- Sutton, Main,/~Iiddlesex Streets, and Massachusetts Avenue. 4. Place new hydrants where the nearest present hydrant entails the use of excessive lengths of fire hose: a) End of Tolland Road b) Near 225 Massachusetts Avenue c) Middlesex Street near Greene Street d) Near 665 Salem Street e) End of Beacon Hill Road f) Pleasant Street at Lexington Street g) Lincoln Street between Pleasant and Oxford Street h) Near 471 Massachusetts Avenue i) Near 375 Massachusetts Avenue j) Near 62 Salem Street Sewer Department The North Andover Sewerage System is designed to flow in three divisions: The East Side Drainage Area with its trunk sewer following Cochichewick Brook from Lake Cochi- ehewiek to the Merrimack River; the West Side Drainage Area with its trunk sewer on Railroad Avenue, Greene Street, and along the Shawsheen River to the Merrimack River; the Central Drainage Area bounded by Railroad Avenue, Middlesex, and Water Street with the trunk sewers in Rail- road Avenue, Water Street and Main Street to the Merri- mack River. There are sixteen and ninety-six hundredths miles of sewers in the North Andover Sewerage System with almost four hundred manholes. There are one thousand and thirty- three particular sewers connected with the main sewers. The main sewers are listed according to size as follows: TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 57 Size of Sewers (Inches) 24 20 18 15 12 10 8 6 Length of Sewer (Feet) 5926 822 8450 3211 3294 9596 15026 43105 Fifty-seven feet of sixdnch pipe were placed on Chapin Road and two hundred and forty-two feet of six-inch pipe and two manholes were constructed on Edmands Road by the department without Federal assistance. One hundred and fif'ty-four feet of eight-inch pipe were placed on Sutton Street westerly from Main Street as part of a Works Progress Ad- ministration project to remedy the serious sanitary condi- tion made evident by the March flood. Twenty-five connec- tions totaling thirteen hundred and seventy-four feet were made between buildings and the main sewers. Seven particu- lar sewers, completely blocked with roots, were relaid using a jointing compound which prevents the roots from entering the sewer. Forty-three particular sewers, blocked mostly by roots, were cleared. The entire sewerage system was flushed as usual. The following recommendations are made in order that the sewerage system may be improved in accordance with a definite prom'am to promote the health and convenience of the peorle of the town: 1. The East Side Trunk Sewer to be extended from Stevens Street at Harkaway Road in order to take care of the Bathing Beach and the Center. 2. The sewers on Sargent Street and Belmont Street which are filling with the roots be relaid at lower elevations by starting a new sewer on Hodges Street at May Street. 3. The sewer on Commonwealth Avenue be relaid on account of roots. 4. Manholes be placed on the following dead ended sewers in order that they can be properly flushed: Richard- son Avenue, Milton, Lyman, Chadwick, and Sutton Streets; Ghapin, Perley, Buckingham and Columbia Roads. Further extensions of the sewerage system on the West Side Drainage area must await the extension of the West Side Trunk Sewer from Massachusetts Avenue southerly along the Shawsheen River. Few extensions in the Central Drainage Area remain to be made. 58 ANNUAL REPORT PARK DEPARTMENT The Center Common, Training Grounds, Memorial Park, Historical Society Plot, and Triangles have been maintained as usual. A program of improvement and shrub replacement was started at the Center Common by removing several diseased and decayed trees and the shrub beds in back of the Phillips Brooks statue which had long since outlived their attractive- ness. Small shrubs, suited to their location, and several large hemlocks and flowering dogwoods were placed to form a background for the Phillips Brooks statue in keeping with the Common. The work of the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth and the North Andover Improvement Society in eliminating the open ditch on the Massachusetts Avenue side of the Common and grading and removing trees there has added much to bringing the eight and one-half acres in the plot into a typically beautiful New England Com- mon. It is recommended that sufficient money be provided to do some much needed work on feeding, trimming, and shap- ing the trees on the Common. The triangle at Great Pond Road and Marbleridge Road was partially rebuilt. All the triangles have now been rebuilt and changed to accommodate the increased automobile traffic. Much favorable comment was heard of the work on the parks and triangles this year. Works Progress Administration Additional Reservoir Work continued uninterrupted on the reservoir project from 1935 until it was completed in 1936. One hundred a~ld seventeen additional feet o~' twelve- inch supply pipe and two hundred and twenty-£our feet of ten-inch drain and overflow pipe, and one ten-inch gate were placed. Both pipe lines were enclosed with concrete where they passed through the embankments and into the reservoir. A concrete core wall was placed across both pipe trenches from below the pipe to within two feet of the top o£ the em- bankment and extending several feet on each side of the trench. The excavation of the bowl of the reservoir was com- pleted by means of a derrick and buckets with a compressor used to loosen the clay. The embankment was raised to eleva- tion 343.0 and the .berm to 338.0 with the material excavated. A contract was then given to E. H. Lewis of Andover on his low bid to haul in sufficient material to raise the embank- ment and berm to the required elevation. All the material TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 59 placed on the embankment and berms was carefully spread and rolled as placed. A reinforced concrete footing was placed around the inner edge of the embankment and a six-inch re- inforced concrete floor was poured with transit mix concrete from trucks on top of the embankment. Suitable construc- tion joints were placed and the concrete properly cured. Almost thirty thousand paving blocks were then placed on the inner slopes of the embankment to prevent them from being washed out by the rains and the rise and fall of the water. The top and sides of the embankments and berms were covered with loam and sown with grass seed. Sods were placed on the inner and outer edges to prevent the washing out of the loam. A five foot woven wire fence was erected The reservoir was filled and disinfected under the direction of the State Board of Health. After tests were made the State Board of Health gave l~ermission for making the new reser- voir part of the town water system in October. The workmen on the project were commended by W. P. A. authorities for their work and the town has a substantial improvement to an important public service as a result-of the Federal assist- ance. Daniel Connors was the W. P. A. foreman, Louis Godin was the supervisor for the town, and William B. Duffy was in charge of the design and construction of the project. A quarter of a mile of cinder road was constructed from Chestnut Street to the Reservoir site and a wire fence erected to enclose the entire town plot. The Federal Government spent a total of $21,999.84 for labor and $1,000.00 for pipes and valves while the town under Article 24 of the warrant spent $6,960.80 and from the 1935 W. P. A. balance $1,728.76 for materials and equipment. Harkaway Road Sewer--Six hundred feet of Harkaway Road was resurfaced where the sewer was installed under the E. R.A. The W. P. A. spent $415.38 for labor, and $450.60 for asphalt and crushed stone. The town spent $389.24 for materials and equipment under Article 25 of the warrant. Sutton Street Sewer--Work was started in December on installing a sewer on Sutton Street westerly from Main Street to take care of several buildings where a serious sanitary con- dition prevailed especially after the March flood. One hun- dred and fifty-three feet of eight-inch pipe were placed. The W. P. A. spent $888.03 for labor while the town spent $170.94 for materials and equipment. A project to classify and index plans not completed in 1935 was completed by the W. P. A. at a labor cost of $222.40. A project to search records relative to water and sewer mains was completed in 1936. The W. P. A. spent $479.00 and the 60 ANNUAL REPORT Town spent $11.75. A project to revise the system of meter reading was started in 1936. The W. P. A. spent $103.41. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM B. DUFFY, Superintendent. Elevations of water in Great Pond Elevations refer to mean sea level and are from bench marks established by the Massachusetts Geodetic Survey of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works in 1936. January i 107.54 feet July I 109.56 feet January 15 108.04 " July 15 108.79 " February i 108.12 " August 1 108.50 " February 14 108.15 " August 15 108.00 " March 1 110.00 " September i 106.90 " March 14 112.40 " September 15 106.73 " April I 113.70 " October 1 107.92 " April 15 113.70 " October 14 107.80 " May I 113.37 " November I 107.88 " May 15 113.04 " November 16 107.95 " June I 112.72 " December i 108.07 " June 15 112.20 " December 16 108.83 " 62 ANNUAL REPORT uo!~dtun~uo~) o°o°o°§go°o°o°§§°°o o o o uoBonS pu~ u!o~:~.l~[ ~a!pn[~uI ~1 q.;mol~ TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. (;3 SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For the Year Ending December 31, 1936 In fol~m recommended by the New England Water Works Association Board of Public Works, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, Population 1935 Census, 7164. System built in 1898 by Water Commissioner. Source of supply, Lake CochJchewick. Mode of supply, pumping direct into system with overflow reservoir. Pumping Statistics 1. Builders of pumping machinery: Laidlaw-Dunn-Gor- don Company, 2 units--l--2,500,000 gallons a day. 1--1,500,000 gallons a day. 2. Description of fuel used: (a) Bituminous Coal (b) Average price per gross ton: $6.49 (c) Percentage of ash (d) Wood, 0 pounds 3. Coal on hand January 1, 1936:165.00 tons estimated. Coal purchased 1936:t405.62 tons Coal consumed 1936: 350.58 tons Coal on hand January 1, 1937:'195.00 tons esti- mated 4. The amount of fuel used: none 5. The equivalent coal consumed for the year (3+4)~- 350.58 tons 6. Total pumpage for the year, Venturi meter 211,039,400 gallons 7. Average static head against which pumps work: 277.0 feet 8. Average dynamic head against which pumps work: 318.5 feet 9. Number of gallons pumped per pound of equivalent coal (5) =268.74 *Difference represent loss due to evaporation of mois- ture, errors in estimates and weighing, and inaccuracy of scales. tCity of Lawrence purchased 99.02 tons. 10. Duty~gallons pumped (6) x 8.34 (lbs.) x 100 x dynamic head (8) ~- total fuel consumed (5) ---- 71,384,400. Cost of pumping figured on Annual Pump- ing Station Expenses $5,256.04 Town, $1,587.16 Law- rence 11. Cost per million gallons pumped $32.42 12. Cost per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic) $0.1018 64 ANNUAL REPORT Statistics of Consumption of Water 1. Population 1935 Census 2. Estimated population on lines of supply 3. Estimated population supplied 4. Total consumption of the year (gallons) 5. Passed through meters 140,721,750 Fires, flushings, known losses 4,392,000 Allowable loses 65,599,150 7,164 7,150 7,150 211,039,400 Statistics Relating to Distribution System 1. Kind of pipe Cast iron 2. Sizes 6 in. to 12 in. 3. Extended feet during the year 1,355.0 4. Discontinued None 5. Total now in use 52.79 miles 6. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter None 7. Number of hydrants added during the year 0 8. Number of hydrants now in use 311 9. Number of stop gates added during the year 12 10. Number of stop gates now in use 514 11. Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inch None 12. Number of blow-offs 5 13. Range of pressure on mains 26 lbs. to 148 lbs. 14. Kind of service pipe Cement lined, lead lined, copper and cast iron 15. Sizes of service pipes ~/~" to 10t~ 16. Extended 2,116.9 17. Discontinued None 18. Total now in use 20.86 miles 19. Number of service taps added during the year 27 20. Number of service taps now in use 1,552 21. Average length of services 70.97 feet 22. Number of meters added 27 23. Number of meters now in use 1,552 24. Percentage of receipts from metered water 100% 25. Percentage of services metered 100% 210,712,900 6. Percentage of consumption accounted for 99.8% 7. Average daily consumption 467,760 8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant 65.29 9. Gallons per day to each customer 65.42 10. Gallons per day to each tap 301.39 11. Cost of supplying water per million gallons figured on the total maintenance plus interest on bonds $93.40 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 65 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH ANI)OVER SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of North Andover: At a meeting held January 19, 1937, it was voted to accept the annual report of the superintendent and to adopt it as the report of ~he School Committee. LOUIS H. McALOON, JR., Chairman DR. FRED C. ATKINSON, CLINTON W. CARVELL, School Committee. 66 ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE supERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS January 12, 1937. To the School Committee of North Andover: I respectfully submit the following to you as my tenth annual report. New Gymnasium Floor A fine new maple floor has been laid in the gymnasium of Johnson High School. The old maple floor, laid when the addition was built in 1916, had been ruined by warping due to extreme dampness. An attempt to prevent warping of the new floor was made by putting waterproof paper between the floor and the cement under it, by allowing for expansion by having the floor slightly smaller than the room, and by water drains just inside of the outside wails. The rioor was covered with two coats of 100% bakelite varnish. Omission of the customary sub-coat of shellac gives a surface that is less slippery. The bakelite surface is extremely tough, and gives grip to the rubber shoes. Union School Heating Plant Over-hauled Two Fu]lerqWarren ventilating f~rnaces were pur- chased of the town of Norwell and were installed in the Union School in place of two worn out similar ones. To each of these was added an electric fan-type forced draft with semi-automatic control. The result has been highly satisfactory. Franklin School Closed As the enrollment in the Franklin School last year dropped to 13 pupils, and as there was need of, and demand for, another teacher in the Thomson School, it was decided to close the Franklin School. The teacher, Mary C. Mc- Carthy, was transferred to the vacant room in the Thomson School to teach grade V. Previously the Thomson School had only three teachers for the four grades, V to VIII inclusive. This change has greatly improved the arrangement of grades there as each teacher now teaches a single grade. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 67 In July a petition opposing the closing of the Franklin School was presented. Following that the School Commit-' tee held a hearing which was attended by about fi£ty parents from the Franklin and Thomson districts. The discussions there seemed to improve the understanding and feeling of those concerned. Transportation for Franklin School District The Franklin School was originally built to decrease the walking distance to school of pupils in grades I, II and III. After that school was closed, Arthur J. Garneau was en- gaged to transport the pupils to school in the morning and home at night, by bus. The pupils who lived in Stevens' Village were assigned to the Center School and those living in Colonial Gardens were assigned to the Merrimack School. Those.attending the Mcr~ rimack School are provided with noon transportation in the buses of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway. Telephones in All Schools Each o£ the six regularly used schools in town now has a telephone in the building. These are of great value in expediting regular administrative work as well as in emer- gencies. River and Farnham Schools Sold On May 6 the River and Farnham Schools were sold at pub]lc auction to Stanley Stefanski and John Farnum, respectively. The River School was located on the river side of Osgood Street opposite the junction o£ Barker Street. It was last used as a school building in 1907. After that it was rented as a rather crude dwelling place. For the last six years it has been rented to Mrs. Grace Hadley of Andover. She spent several hundred dollars on repair of the building and oper- ated a successful tea-room there. The present building was erected about 1860. The School Committee report of 1861 said of it: "The excellent investment this District has made in their new School-house cannot be too highly commended. They now have the best School-room in Town." The Farnham School is located between Johnson Street and the Salem Turnpike at their intersection. Miss Roache Retires After Half-Century In June Miss Helen E. Roache, teacher of Grade I in the Merrimack School, retired after more than fifty years of service as teacher in this town. 68 ANNUAL REPORT In 1885 she became teacher in the Pond School, in 1890 she went to the Union School, and in 1911 to the Merrimack School. She will be remembered with gratitude by her hundreds of former pupils. W.P.A. Nursery School About 40 pupils, ages from two through four years, is the average enrollment of the Nursery School o£ the Works Progress Administration that is this year being held in the Franklin School. This Nursery School is a federal unemployment project. The staff has been very interested and efficient, and the school has been well praised by visiting officials. The pupils are present from about 9.00 A. M. until 2.00 P.M. They are served a mid-morning lunch and a dinner. The latter is followed by nap-time. The menus are carefully planned to fit the needs of young children, and they are lib- erally supplemented with cod liver oil. This year grocer/es to the value of about $700 and sala- ries to the amount of about $4800 have been supplied with federal funds. This is the fourth consecutive year of opera- tion. The present staff consists of Adela Dainowski, Elinor Driscoll and Dorothy Stearns, teachers, Mrs. James Cornell, I~.N., nurse, and Mrs. Clara Richardson, cook. Private trans~ portation is furnished for the pupils. W.P.A. Book Repair Project Beginning April 9, and still continuing, three ladies working on a book repairing project have cleaned and re- paired 5883 books in the schools and have rebound 118. The total wages paid from federal funds on this project is about $1200 and the cost of supplies to the School Depart- ment has been about $100. This is an unemployment project. The present staff consists of Mrs. Lillian Dearden, time- keeper, Mrs. Alice ~Iay and Mrs. Lillian Russell. They have received instruction in book binding and do very good work. The instructor, who sees many such groups working, says this group is doing better than any other he has seen in the state. N.Y.A. Clerical Project During the school months an average of three high school pupils have done work of a clerical nature under the super- vision of the high school principal and superintendent. This is an unemployment project of the National Youth Adminis- tration in which each worker earns $6 a month. The total TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 69 wages paid from federal funds for the year is about $400. The cost to the School Department for supplies has been very small. Burden of School Support Average for Towns of This Size The relative financial burden of supporting the schools o£ North Andover is indicated below. The figures are chiefly for 1935 and are the latest published by the State Department of Education. Included are the 16 Mass. towns with a popu- ]ation of 6,500 to 7,500 and Andover. 1935 Cost per Pupil for 1935 Tax Rate School Support Barnstable $26.62 P~ndolph $63.78 Hingham 28.20 Dracut 64.63 South Hadley 29.00 Chelmsford 64.85 Andover 29.20 Maynard 68.52 Walpole 31.40 Millbury 69.50 Franklin 32.80 Franklin 70.98 Shrewsbury 33~00 Graf ton 73.99 Agawam 34.60 Shrewsbury 74.54 Che]msford 35.00 South Hadley 74.95 North Andover 38.40 Agawam 75.29 Millbury 38.70 North Andover 81.16 Concord 39.60 Ware 84.00 Ware 40.00 Walpole 97.73 Randolph 41.40 Andover 98.79 Maynard 43.60 Barnstable 114.30 Grafton 49.20 Hingham 117.50 Dracut 51.00 Concord 121.07 State Average 96.41 Total 1935 Cost for 1935 Valuation per PuPil Support of Schools Barnstable $14,116 Graf ton $86,570 Hingham, 11,156 Millbury 86,996 Andover 10,566 Ware 90,976 Walpole 8,445 Maynard 94,630 Concord 7,869 Dracut 97,725 Randolph 6,573 Che]mford 99,157 North Andover 6,399 North Andover 100,799 Ware 6,058 South Hadley 102,684 Franklin 5,600 Randolph 106,074 Shrewsbury 5,600 Franklin 110,586 Agawam 5,488 Shrewsbury 110,994 Millbury 4,647 Agawam 125,290 Maynard' 4,457 Concord 149,678 Chelms£ord 4,372 Andover 151,647 Randolph 3,606 Hingham 160,733 Grafton 3,556 Walpole 165,860 Dracut 2,659 Barnstable 191,332 70 ANNUAL REPORT Percent School Support is Percent 1935 Debt was of of Total Tax Rate 1935 Total Valuation Ware 28.9% Barnstable 0.4 % Barnstable 29.3% Millbury 0.45% Maynard 29.3% Grafton 0.78% Hingham 29.4% Hingham 0.98% North Andover 29.4% Ware 1.16% Randolph 30.8 % North Andover 1.27% Andover 32.0% Chelmsford 1.25% Franklin 32.3% Andover 1.51% Walpole 32.5% Dracut 1.63% Millbury 32.5% Randolph 2.25% South Hadley 33.2% Shrewsbury 3.02% Chelmsford 33.6% Walpole 3.37% Agawam 34.4% South Hadley 3.05% Grafton 34.5% Franklin 3.16% Shrewsbury 35.0% Agawam 3.41% Dracut 35.6% Maynard 4.18% Concord 39.6% Concord 6.21% Of these 17 towns North Andover averages to rank eighth, or one place above the middle in the six columns above. It is above middle in four columns below in 2. North Andover ranks better than average in these four: 1--The town is relatively well-to-do, having a valuation of $6,399 per pupil. 2--The total cost of school support, $100,799, was two positions smaller than the average. 3--A smaller proportion, 29.4%, of the total to~m tax Was spent for school support. 4--The town debt is relatively very small, being only 1.27 % of the total valuation. North Andover's position is poorer than the average in these two: 1--The cost per pupil for school support is two positions more than the average. 2--The town tax rate was one position more than the average. Annual Book and Supply Purchases $2000 Below Normal In the five years preceding the depression $31,982 was spent for books and supplies. In the last five depress/on years only $21,242 was available for them. This $10,740 decrease, or about $2000 decrease for each of the five years, has become a distinct handicap to the classroom work. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 71 Elementary Pupils Score 2 % Above Grade Standards and 17% Above Age Standards Late in the spring the pupils of grades I to VII were given the Metropolitan Achievement Tests and grade VIII was given Unit Scales of Attainment. Normally 50~ of the pupils are expected to score as high as the standard average (or median). In North Andover 67% scored as high or higher than the standard medians for their respective ages and 52~ scored as high or higher than the standard medians for their grades. Hence the age scores were 17% above nor- real and the grade scores 2~ above. 50 % Improvement Since 19~5 in Primary Reading On June 9, 1925, all pupils in grades I, II and III were given the Haggerty Reading Examination, Sigma 1, pub- lished by the World Book Company. Those tests were not given again here until June 9, 1936, exactly 11 years later. The 1936 scm'es averaged 50% higher than those of 1926. The scores were the number of correct answers and the re- sults were as follows: 1925 1936 Percent Score Score Improvement Grade III 32 37 21 " II 20 30 50 % " I 5 9 80% The 45 questions ranged tn difficulty from ,'Put a tail on the pig" to "Do convicts sometimes escape from prison?" Special Study of Intermediate Reading In November, December, February, and March Forms 1, 2, 3 and 5 respectively of the Thorndike-McCall Reading Scales were given to grades III, IV, V and VI. In June Form I was repeated for comparison with November scores. These 2200 tests were given and scored by the superintendent. At the same time modern class reading methods were discussed at teachers' meetings. Youth Keep First Two Jobs Three Months Each boy or girl under 21 years of ~ge must obtain from this offi~ce an employment certificate for each factory, store or clerical position he or she secures. After he, or she, leaves employment lhe employer returns, more or less promptly, the certificate to this office. Checking 258 cases of re-employment and 75 cases of dis- missal indicates that on the average our boys and girls keep 72 ANNUAL REPORT each of their first two jobs about 3 months, and that about a year passes between their first and second jobs and their second and third jobs. Most of~ them attend school between jobs, but many do not. Increased State Aid for Education Would Relieve Real Estate In this state about 91% of the cost of schools is borne by the towns and cities, and these get most of their money from the real estate tax. It is recommended that support be given to suitable proposed legislation that would increase substantially the state aid that Massachusetts distributes to towns and cities for education and that the State secures such state aid from other sources than a tax on real estate. At present this state bears only about 9% of the cost of public schools. The other 47 states average to bear 20% of the cost of education in their respective states. If Massa- chusetts raised its state to 20% of the cost of schools, that would relieve the local tax on real estate about $1.50 per $1000 on the average. Other Professional Services of the Superintendent During the year the superintendent has been a member of the Administrative Planning Board of the Mass. Teachers' Federation, and, in the Mass. School Superintendents' Asso- ciation, he has been a member of the Executive Committee, chairman of the special committee on Taxation for Educa- tion, and member of the special committee appointed to frame a bill for the certification of teachers. In Closing I have enjoyed my work in North Andover very much. I am grateful to the teachers for the good spirit in which they have borne during the depression their need for new textbooks and equipment and very much appreciate the pleasant manner and cooperation of the School Committee. Your attention is called to the report of the high school principal and statistics that follow. Respectfully submitted, FRED E. PITKIN, Superintendent of Schools. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL 73 January 7, 1937. To the Superintendent of Schools: I submit to you at this time, my fifth annual report. Attention is called ~o the tables which follow: Table I Enrollments by classes, as of Oct. 1 over a 5 year period. 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 Post Graduates ....... 13 9 19 8 12 Seniors ............ 72 79 55 79 77 Juniors ............. 86 55 101 88 86 Sophomores ......... 85 112 113 107 92 Freshmen ........... 108 118 120 105 112 Totals .......... 364 373 408 387 379 Table II Size of classes (December 31, 1936). 4 classes have 1-5 pupils 6 .... 6-10 13 .... 11-15 " 8 " 16-20 " 17 " 21-25 " 19 " 26-30 " 11 .... 31-35 " 3 " 36-40 " I class has over 40 pupils Total Classes 82 74 ANNUAL REPORT Table III Average class sizes by courses of instruction. (December 31, 1936) Pupils Course English IV ............ English III ............ English II ............. English I ............. Latin I ............... Latin II ............... Latin III .............. German I ............. German ii ............. German III ............ French I .............. French II ............. French III ............ Civics ................. Junior Social Science .... American History ...... Sociology .............. Economics ............. Modern History ......... Junior Business Training Typewriting I ......... Typewriting II ........ Typewriting III ........ Stenography I ......... Stenography II ........ Bookkeeping .......... Salesmanship .......... Business Law .......... Algebra I ............. Algebra II ............ Plane Geometry ........ Solid Geometry ......... Trigonometry .......... General Science ........ Biology ............... Chemistry ............. Physics ............... Domestic Arts I ..... Domestic Arts II ...... Domestic Arts III ..... Instructed 78 82 98 108 2O 11 7 40 9 12 32 2O 12 116 69 89 61 61 20 75 84 38 22 31 14 28 27 27 60 26 44 14 15 77 81 42 20 23 20 8 Average Class Size 26 28 33 27 2O 11 7 40 9 .12 32 20 12 29 23 30 31 31 2O 25 28 19 22 31 14 28 27 27 3O 26 22 14 15 26 27 21 2O 23 2O 8 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. Domestic Arts IV ...... 14 14 Cooking and Sewing I .. 41 14 Cooking and Sewing II 12 6 Cooking and Sewing III 11 11 Cooking and Sewing IV 5 5 Manual Training I ..... 83 11 Manual Training II ... 15 10 Mechanical Drawing I .. - 8 8 Mechanical Drawing II . 2 2 Free Hand Drawing I . 13 13 Free Hand Drawing III 3 3 225 225 Music ................. 75 Table IV Cases of tardiness over 4 year period (For year ending in June) 1933 1934 1935 1936 Cases of tardiness ...... 843 766 860 814 Average number per pupil 2.38 2.16 2.28 2.18 Last June this institution fit-anted diplomas to 79 gradu- ates, this number constituting the largest class ever to grad- uate during the 69 year history of our school. Of these graduates, many are continuing their education ac other schools. Among the colleges chosen are Emmanuel, Jack- son, Colby, Boston University and State Teachers' Colleges at Lowell, Salem and Framingham. Other graduates have entered Trade Schools, Commercial Schools and Schools of Nursing. The North Andover Women's Club Scholarship, presented for the first time last June, was awarded to Bar- bara S. Mason who is continuing her education in the chem- istry department at Jackson College. It is unfortunate that the school does not have more scholarships of this nature, to assist worthy and deserving individuals in their quest for higher education. The Women's Club merits our most sin- cere thanks for taking the first step in this direction. Attention is called to Table IV. An effort has been made to diminish the number of cases of tardiness during the last few years. It would appear that some progress is being made. One fact which the table fails to show is that be- tween 30% and 40% of the tardinesses for any one year are charged to roughly 5% of the student body. Our attendance record is usually slightly over 95%. However, here again it migi~t b'e pointed out that approximately 25% of the ab- sences are contributed by 5 % of the pupils. At times these 76 ANNUAL REPORT absences and tardinesses are necessary as in cases o~ illness, but frequently investigation has shown them to be unwar- ranted, and needless. Poor school work and erratic attend- ance are usually found together. Our athletic program has prospered during the past year. Not only have the teams won their share of games, but our finances also are in a healthy state. There are, how- ever, certain conditions connected with athletics, which merit consideration. The football field should be supplied with greater seating accommodations to care for the spectators. . .it present, large numbers are forced to stand at all home games. Some provision should be made for a field house and shower baths at the field, in order that the health of com- petitors might be protected in a larger degree. Music has always maintained an important place in our program. Last year, however, for the first time our school orchestra entered the State Music Festival In this compe- tition we received the excellent rating of 92% which speaks highly for the work being accomplished by our music super- visor, Miss May Leach. Lack of bass instruments has proved a handicap in the past, but the school hopes to acquire one or two instruments of this nature shortly, loaning them to pupils who desire to take lessons on instruments of this type. During the past year, some badly needed repairs have been made in our building. The stairs throughout the school have been given new treads thereby greatly improving the appearance of the building and at the same time eliminating the noise attendant Upon passing over the old and worn treads. A splendid new floor has been laid on the basketball court and the girls and boys of the basketball teams have washed and painted the walls of the gymnasium: These are items which are greatly appreciated by all who use the gym. Our program of studies remains unchanged this year. It appears to ~neet the needs of our pupils in a highly satis- factory manner. There are however, two suggestions which I wish to make in this report: The first concerns a more ex- pansive program in the field of industrial arts for boys. The second relates to a more comprehensive program of physical education for all. Our aim is for sound minds in sound bodies. At present, not more than 20% of our enrollment actively participate in the athletic program. Athletics are, at best, a poor substitute for physical education for all. They differ in their aims. The organized athletic program presupposes a sound body. A physical education program attempts to develop sound bodies where they failed to exist before. The realization of these suggestions would mean TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 77 additions to our faculty, which would in turn mean increased expense. However, I believe they are worthy of serious consideration. Last year the Johnson High Alumni Association was re- vived, after remaining in a dormant state for many years. At the annual banquet held in June, 274 members were pres- ent and the enthusiasm displayed at this occasion would indicate that the efforts of the officers and executive com- mittee would be rewarded by an active association in the future. I cannot close this report without expressing my appre- ciation for the splendid spirit of cooperation which continues to exist in our school. Also, I wish to offer my thanks to you and the school committee for the interest displayed in our varied activities. ALVAH G. HAYES, Principal. 78 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1936 Receipts Appropriation (including $250 for School Physician) Expenditures Expenses of School Committee: Secretary's Salary *$1,040 00 Telephones 281 75 $1,321 75 Salaries of teachers and supervi- sory staff '77,136 46 Attendance Officer: Salary and Census *430 28 Expenses of Officials 372 37 Books and Supplies 4,247 85 Salaries of Janitors *7,964 84 Fuel 2,374 45 Expenses of Operation (;vater, gas, elec., bldg. supplies, etc.) 2,788 96 Maintenance and Repairs 3,859 66 Health Work: Salaries, Nurse and Physician *$2,050 00 Supplies 13 04 Transportation: Bus Drivers *$5,690 00 Car Tickets 28 00 2,063 04 5,718 00 New Equipment 745 16 Tuition: Industrial and Practical Arts $278 60 Evening High School 487 31 Training School 29 72 795 63 Miscellaneous 181 19 Balance Starred salary items in above statement total Supply and other items total $110,000 00 109,999 64 36 $110,000 00 $94,311 58 15,688 06 $109,999 64 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. 79 Special Appropriations: Art. 18, Union School heating system Appropriation $600 00 Expended $582 10 Unexpended balance $17 90 Art. 19, High School gymnasium floor Appropriation $750 00 Expended 749 61 lJnexpended balance 39 Art. 20, refrigerator for High School Appropriation $300 00 Expended 250 00 Unexpended balance 50 00 Total approp. $111,650 00 Total expenditures $111,58] 35 Total unexpended balance $68 65 Substitute Teachers 1935-1936 Esther Belair $5.00; Mary Lane Boyle $47.75; Margaret Donlan $138.25; Helen Kelly $4.50; Frederick McCabe ~10.00; Dorothy Michelmore $186.25; Julia Collins Moynihan $107.50; Katherine Currier Osgood $5.00; Mary M. Poor $63.00; Helena Sullivan Reilly $83.25; Alice Robertson $5.00: Olga Williams $5.00. EXPENSES AND SUPPLY PAYMENTS 1936 Acme Textile Mill Ends Co. (Mill Ends) $79 75 Acorn Publishing Co, (Supplies) 96 Aetna Mercantile Co, (Chairs) 70 00 Allied Paint Stores (Paint, etc.) 164 02 Allyn & Bacon (Books) 8 02 American Book Co. (Books) 71 38 American Education Press eBooks~ I 97 American Mason Safety Tread Co. (Stair Treads) 242/ 52 American Public Health Assn. (Books) 1 35 Ames Safety Envelope Co, (Envelopes) 10 60 D. Appleton Century Co. (Books) 10 13 Arlo Publishing Co. (Books) 14 25 Asia Magazine (Subscription) 2 00 Edward E. Babb (Supplies and Equipment) 58 04 Babson's Institute (Service) 7 95 Babson's Reports, Inc. (Subscriptions) 2 35 Badger Fire Extinguisher (Supplies) 40 Baker Taylor Co. (Books) 2 94 Bart Engraving Co. (Charts and Maps) 5 19 Beckley Cardy Co. (Books) 21 32 Bicknell & Fuller (Boxes) 25 00 Bostitch, Boston (Staples) 2 20 Boston Music Co. (Music) 2 06 8O ANNUAL REPORT Bride, Grimes & Co. (Supplies) Brookings Institute (Pamphlets) Bruce Publishing Co. (Subscription) Donald Buchan (Police Duty) Building America (Subscription) Olive Butler (Diplomas) Cambosco Scientific Co. (Supplies) Camire Welding Co. (Cutting) Carroll & Connelly (Fuel) Central Scientific Co. (Supplies) E. L. Chase Typewriter Co. (S~encils) Christian Science Publishing Society (Subscription) The Circle Book Co. (Book) City Treasurer, Lawrence, Mass. (Tuition) Civic Education Service (Subscription) Clearing House (Subscription) A. L. Cole Co. (Supplies) Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Film~) Consumers Research (Subscrip%ion) Coordinated Studies in Ed. (Supplies) D, J. Cos+,ello (Repairs) William J. Cotter (Trucking) County Treasurer, Salem (Tuition) Hedley V. Curren (Repairs) A. P. Currier and Co. (Groceries) Dorothy Currier (Supplies, Stamps, Postage, Cutler-Hammer (Transformer Supplies) Dallman Co. (Dictionary) Davis & Furber (Material and Repairs) Oliver Ditson Co. (Music) D0dd, Mead Book Co. (Books) Cornelius Donovan (Express) Daniel G. Donovan (Repairs) John J. Dorgan (Cqeaning Rug) Doubleday Doran (Book) Dowling School Supply (Supplies) Charles H. Driver (Printing) Dura Binding Co. (Rebinding Books) Eagle Auto Shop (Repairs) Eastern Mass. (Car Tickets)' Irven Elston (Census, Tel., etc.) Edward M. Espey (Sidewalk) Essex Hardware (Supplies) Arthur H. Farnham (Fuel) Joseph M. Finneran (Health Supplies) Carl Fischer Inc. (Music) Forse Mfg. Co. (Curtains) Foreign Policy Assn. (Books) Sam Fox Pub. Co. (]~lusic) Edward C. Fulton (Supplies) Albert Giard (Labor) Ginn & Co. (Books) B. Goldburg & Son (Supplies) Gregg Publishing Co. (Books) Gledhill Bros. (Supplies) Roland B. Glines (Repairs) Gutterson Gould (Iron Plate) 5 96 3 6O 6 00 4 00 ' 19 80 27 65 74 29 2 5O 775 96 8 69 11 50 2 40 1 43 765 91 52 80 5 00 110 81 7 5O 1 00 3 83 82 13 10 O0 29 72 360 48 7 78 18 00 20 40 15 80 1 06 1 23 1 45 14 77 3 O0 2 50 1 76 321 78 171 64 128 02 28 00 159 36 130 O0 11 25 126 50 13 04 3 27 12 O0 400 15 79 10 O0 556 60 11 60 13 13 332 76 44 27 2 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 81 J. L. Hammett (Supplies) 35 03 Harrington Express (Express) 26 Harcourt Brace & Co. (Book) 9 41 Alvah 'G. Hayes (Postage, Freight, etc.i 5 47 D. C. Heath & Co. (Books) 99 74 Lawrence Higginbottom (Repair Work) 86 56 Henry Holt & Co. (Books) 8 91 George W. Home Co. (Repairs) 148 00 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 51 15 Houghton Mifflin Co. (Books) 69 60 F. Milton Howard (Expenses) 14 80 J. B. Hunter (Supplies) 137 70 Hy Glen Labor~teries (Janitor Supplies) 100 45 Internat'l Journal of Indiv. Psychology (Subscription) 7 50 Institute for Research (Books) 7 50 Waiter Jacobs, Inc, (Music) 20 20 James H. Joyce (Repairs) 788 04 William Kent (Ice, Moving) 17 75 2 50 Kodascope Libraries (Films) Lawrence Bindery (Wiring Pads) I 00 Lawrence Gas & Elec%ric Co. (Service) 1,204 05 Lawrence Lumber Co. (Lumber) 148 05 Lawrence Plate & Window Glass Co. (Glass) 48 69 Lawrence Rubber Co. (Baseballs) 4 00 Fred Leach (Repairs) 259 32 40 O0 May C. Leach (Expenses) 13 12 Thomas H. Lebel (Repairs) 62 27 J. B. Lippincott Co. (Books) 12 29 Little Brown & Co. (Books) Longbottmns Market (Groceries) 30 05 Longman's Green Co. (Books) 5 23 Lyons & Carnahan (Books) 39 69 Lewis MaeArthur (Labor) 5 00 Macmillan Co. (Books) 99 90 Magnus Brush & Crafts (Supplies) 12 13 Mail Order Supply Co. (Supplies) 19 85 Manual Arts Press (Book) 7 00 Edward B. Marks Music Co. (Music) 15 27 Marble Ridge Grain Cm (Supplies) 60 Masury-¥oung Co. (Janitor Supplies) 265 78 Meadowbrook Laundry (Laundry) 2 30 G. & C. Merriam (Books) 36 56 Milton Bradley Co. (Supplies) 476 08 Model Grocery (Groceries) 12 93 E. W. Moody (Repairs) 52 77 Louis H. McAloon (Repairs) 43 73 E. McCabe (Repairs) 33 fl0 McGraw Hill Book Co. (Books) 5 57 McKnlght & McKn~ght (Books) 4:63 H. E. McQuesten (Groceries) 41 74 National Bureau of Casualty & Surety Underwrilers (Books) 4 50 National Education Assn. (Subscription) 5 53 National Bm'eau of Econmnic Research (Bulletins) I 00 Nation's Schools (Subscription) 2 00 Thomas Nelson & Sons (Reuewal Pages) 6 00 New England TeL & Tel. Co. (Service) 293 01 News Week (Subscription) 1 O0 82 ANNUAL REPORT North Andover Bd. Public Works (Water Service) North Andover Coal Co. (Coal) Carl 01son & Sons (Lumber) Osborne Furniture Co. (Furniture) Papercrafters Inc. (paper) Parents' Magazine (Subscription) Fred E. Pitkin (Travel Expenses) Porter Cable Mchm Co. (Sanding Machine) $. E. Porter Corp. (Supplies) Public Affairs Committee (Subscription) G. P. Putnam's Sons (Book) Railway Express Agency (Express) Rand McNally (Books) Red Star Ribbon Co. (Ribbon) Remington Rand (Supplies) Oscar Richard (Repair Work) Arthur Robinson (Labor) Robinson's Express (Express and Moving) Rowe, Peterson & Co. (Books) Royal Typewriter Co. (Typewriters and Repairs) School Fm'm Publishing Co. (Blanks) School Executive (Subscription) Science Service (Subscriptions) F. Schneider (Repairing) Scholastic (Subscription) Sco~tt, Foresman Co. (Books) Shattuck's Express (Express) Edward Shea (Repairs) Silver Burdett & Co. (Books) Singer Sewing Mch. Co. (Supplies) Eugene R. Smith (Subscription) Frank Smith (Painting) L. C. Smith & Corona Typ. Co. (Typewriters) Social Frontier (Subscription) Spaulding Moss (Printing) Oliver C. Steele Shades) Michael J. Sullivan (Chairs) A. B. Sutherland Co. (Supplies) William A. Taylor (Painting) Teacher's College, Columbia Univ. (Tests) Telephone Equipment Shop (Repairs) Charles C. Thomas Co. (Books) Charles H. Thomas Co. (Paper) Earl B. Tracy (Expenses) Typewriter Shop (Supplies) Treat Hardware Corp. (Supplies) Underwood Elliot Fisher Co. (Typewriters and Repairs) University Society Inc. (Books) University Publishing Co. (Books) United Laboratories Inc. (Supplies) United States News (Subscription) Univ. North Care]ina Press (Book) Visual Educa{ion (Film) Charles I. Vincent (Repairs) Webster Publishing Co. (Book) Harry J. Welch (Repairs) White Sewing Mchn. Co. (Sewing Machines) 201 08 1927 24 221 66 39 60 15 35 1 00 250 00 168 99 8 30 i 00 2 14 19 46 8 51 I 68 31 46 111 25 I 25 6 00 2 00 155 20 24 19 3 00 2 50 3 00 8 40 78 72 35 1 00 143 72 2 00 5O 270 12 240 00 2 00 6 12 29 00 17 20 25 95 65 82 12 55 12 53 6 00 21 10 85 8 00 159 68 64 10 14 50 32 53 38 20 10 O0 I 94 7 O0 60 00 65 69 563 77 45 35 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. White-Smith Music Co. (Music) H. W. Wilson Co. (Subscription) Henry S. Wolkins (Supplies) John Wood (Repairs) World Book Co. (Books) Wright & Potter Printing Co. (Printing) Yawman & Erbe (Supplies } 83 10 12 2 00 72 99 I 88 86 70 4 16 8 89 $15,712 06 >':~ 6 ddd d dddYdd dd6d,,:,d dddddd o'ddd ddd cld dddddddd~d6 'dd~ddddd6 p :HV[~o m?W~ qg~ ~ q ~qoq ~Tq ~9~ TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 87 REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 No. of absentees investigated 120 75 50 27 28 No. of truancies reported 12 4 10 15 15 No. of parents notified 12 4 10 10 10 No. of pupils taken to schools 6 2 5 8 14 No. transfer cards investigated 28 35 30 46 41 Tardiness investigated 0 0 I 3 6 Home permits investigated 5 2 8 0 Committed to Training School I 0 0 0 0 Respectfully submitted, IRVEN ELSTON, Attendance Officer. JANITORS Name Salary William P. Callahan $1,755 00 George Lewis 1,395 00 Jeremiah Murphy 1,395 00 John Wood 966 00 William Werk 966 00 Irven Elston 1,033 25 James Taylor 140 40 School Johnson High School Merrimack School Bradstreet School Union School Center School, Thomson School Franklin School NO SCHOOL SIGNALS Three blasts of the Fire Signal with an interval of five seconds between successive blasts. Street lights will be on for five minutes as a supplementary signal, 15 minutes after whistle blows. 7:30 No morning session for any school. 12:15 No afternoon session for Elementary Schools. ¸88 ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 89 90 ANNUAL REPORT Report of School Physician and School Nurse The following are statistical sum~naries of the 1936 work of Dr. Frederick C. A/kinson, School Physician, and Miss Grace N. Robinson, School Nurse. Comparative Health Data 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 No. of pupils given physical examination 879 848 897 920 865 Heart trouble 14 16 10 12 5 Lung troub!e 0 0 0 1 1 Sore eyes 0 0 0 0 14 Swollen glands in n~eck 53 114 159 349 Malnutrition 115 6 69 50 90 Faulty posture 4 6 18 57 256 Scalp trouble 2 5 9 6 11 Skin trouble 20 4 21 45 19 Bad Teeth 99 74 98 229 589 Throat trouble 131 208 211 120 453 Nose defects 9 4 0 0 93 Pupils having speech defects I 0 0 11 25 No. of pupils having no phys- ical defects in October 627 501 520 462 271 No. of pupils receiving physi- cally fit tags in June 419 452 408 251 309 Results of teachers' tests: Uncollected sight defects 53 59 86 63 53 Pupils defective in hearing 14 18 15 13 15 Work of the School Nurse: School visits 415 512 450 450 506 No. of pupil inspections 4011 3950 4651 4817 5535 Pupil weighings and measurings 3204 3873 1953 2302 3683 Classroom inspections 1460 1984 1361 1352 977 Teacher consultations 1923 1535 1346 1405 1120 Classroom talks 349 197 495 475 556 Pupils excluded for sick- ness, etc. 9 46 50 29 Pupils referred to school doctor 8 0 6 2 36 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 1936 1935 1934 1933 Pupils re£erred to family doctor 39 4 6 19 Pupil visits to habit clinic 15 0 3 2 Pupils excluded for pediculosi~ 16 21 20 15 T. and A. cases 20 27 60 Pupils taken to oculist 33 45 19 10 Visits to pupils' homes 236 328 291 166 Minor treatments 483 45 469 490 Pupils with weight within the Health Range (10% below & 20% above average) 984 1047 1015 962 91 1932 31 5 6 244 465 973 Summary of Dental Work: Percent of pupils having neces- sary dental work done 50% 66% 46% 48% 34% Average percent Mass. towns 29% 33% 18% Pupils receiving all necessary dental treatment 450 613 426 455 419 Number o£ those treated in local dental clinics 265 247 137 247 250 Proportion in N. Andover treated by private dentists 42% 60% 65% 46% 40% Number receiving two dental certificates during year 126 119 87 90 No. reg. in grade I Summer Round-Up, by School nurse 70 By Board of Health 35 92 ANNUAL REPORT ATIILETIC COUNCIL OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 19'36 - 1937 Purpose of the Council To stimulate the attendance at the athletic games of the school and to stimulate financial support of the ath]etic pro- gram. Members of the Council School Committee: Louis II. McAleon, Chairman Dr. Fred C. Atkinson Rev. C. W. Carvell High School Principal: Alvah G. Hayes Athletic Coaches: Dorothy F. Colburn James Cavalieri Chamber of Commerce Representative: Maurice C. Casey American Legion Representative: Joseph Crabtree Alumni Representatives: Anthony Kapeika Allison Kirk Representatives o£ Senior Class: Isabelle Phelan Joseph Maker Representatives of Junior Class: Veronica Fitzgerald Herbert Bar,yell Representatives of Sophomore Class: May Barnes Arthur Banker Representatives of Freshman Class: Marcia Barker Philip Miller TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 93 SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1936 - 1937 Sept. 9. Wednesday. Schools reopen. Nov. 25. Wednesday. Schools close at noon for re- mainder of week. Thanksgiving Recess. Dec. 24. Friday. Schools close at 2:00 P. M. for Christmas vacation. Jan. 4. Monday. Feb. 19. Friday. vacation. Mar. 1. Apr. 16. vacation. Apr. 26. Schools reopen. Schools close at night for midwinter Monday. Schools reopen. Friday. Schools close at night for Spring Monday. Schools reopen June 23. Wednesday. Schools close in morning for Summer vacation. June 25. Friday. High School closes for Summer va~ cation. High School Graduation. The £ollowing dates which occur in term-time will be holidays. Monday, October 12, Columbus Day; Friday, November 6, Teachers' Convention; Wednesday, November 11, Armistice Day; Thursday and Friday, November 26, 27, Thanksgiving; Friday, March 26, Good Friday; Monday, M~y 31, Memorial Day. 94 ANNUAL REPORT SCHOOL CENSUS, OCTOBER 1936 Boys Girls Total Number of children 41/~-51/2, pre-school 32 36 68 Number of children 51/2-7 in North Andover Schools 71 61 132 Number of children 7-14 in North Andover Schools 386 369 755 Number of children 14-16 in North Andover Schools 106 92 198 Number of children 16-18 in North Andover Schools 67 66 134 Number of children 51~-7 in other schools i 0 1 Number of children 7-14 in other schools 15 12 27 Number of children 14-16 in other schools 7 9 16 Number of children 16-18 in other schools 13 14 27 Number of children 14-16 working locally 3 4 7 Number of children 16-18 working 45 23 68 Number of children 14-16 with home permits 3 3 Number of children 7-14 not enrolled in any school, physically or mentally handi- capped 0 2 2 Number of children 16-18 at home 12 19 31 759 710 1469 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 95 GRADUATION EXERCISES JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Stevens Hall, North Andover, Massachusetts June 19, 1936, Eight O'Clock PROGRAM March "De NIolay" Commandery R. t]. Hall Prayer and Response Rev. Clinton Wentworth Carvell Class Salutatory with Essay Daily Contacts with Chemistry Barbara Shirley Mason Dance of the Winds Leo Delibes Chorus Class Essay How Can We Show Our Patriotism ? Doris Anne Lebe! Glow Worm Paul Lincke Chorus Class Oration When we Build Let us Build Forever LeRoy Walcott Duncan Violin Solo Faust Gounod Bronislaw B. Polichnowski Presentation of Prizes The PrincipM North Andover Women's Club Scholarship Award Mrs. Clinton W. Carvell Presentation of Diplomas Louis H. McAloon ' The Lost Chord Arthur Sullivan Chorus Essay with Valedictory Internationalism and Peace Mary Louts Greenler Class Song Graduates and Audience 96 ANNUAL REPORT GRADUATES 1932--1936 Motto :--When we Build Let us Build Forever Class Colors :--Maroon and S~lver Total 79 Doris Alice Albrecht William Edward Andrews George Joseph Banker Mildred Emelia Bars Stephen Barbett, Jr. Thomas Lindsay Barren, Jr. Henry Follansby Beanland Everett Harold Bennett :t John Robert Benson tSylvia Christine Broderick Evelyn Mabel Bunker Mary Frances Burns IClaire Helen Carroll IGeorge Bartholomew Casserly Harry Cohen Daniel Joseph Connelly Horace Milton Culpon, Jr. iFrank Louis Cunio, Jr. tCatherine Maybray Cunningham Carolyn Mae Currier *Marion Currier *William Gordon Currier John William Curtin Ruth Shirley Dawson Viola Teresa DeNault Rachel Alberta Dufton LeRoy Wa]cott Duncan iBarbara Mary Eagle S James Demetri Evangelos Vitold Daniel Gabys Roland Francis Gesing Hannah Hayes Goff *Mary Louise Greenler Lawrence Fredk. Higginbottom tMarietta Patricia Hill Ralph Richard Joyce John Louis Kane, Jr. SAnthony Kapeika Bruno Frank Kasheta Katherine Phyllis Keating *--Entered College Sept. 1936. Ruth Kersimw SAllison Helena Kirk *Mary Ann Theresa Koroskys Frank Louis Korycki Irene Elizabeth LaPrelle Doris Anne Lebel Corinne Dorothea Lewis Helen Marie Mackie Julia Alice Malek Philippa Marchese Peter Henry Martin *Barbara Shirley Mason Rita Claire McDonald Joseph Patrick McEvoy, Jr. Mary McCubbin McIntosh * Margaret Josephine McLay Grayce Beatrice McNally ~Anna Elizabeth Moore George David Nolan Carl Franklin Olsou ~Grace Pearson Winlfred Ann Perry Frederick William Phc]an '~Bronislaw Belislaw Polichnowski ~Rita Mabel Rand Dorothy Reeves iOscar Evanturel Richard Robert Lawrence Riley Stella Louise Ringalo ~;Eleanor Mary Rohertson Kathleen Mary Smith *Deborah Elizabeth Stillings Dorothy Taylor Violet Hargreaves Turner Yvonne Vandenhecke Arlene Frances Walker ~Stanley Reginald Ward tFernley Edward Wilcox Jennie Agnes Zabrenowiez Total 7. Frank Stevenson and George Robertson, Class of 1933, also entered College this year. i--Returned to Johnson as post graduates Sept. 1936. To~al 13. S--Entered other institutions of training. Total 6. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 97 CLASS SONG "Farewell to Johnson" The new paths of life are now calling As school days are left behind. The routine of our life is falling To lines of a £ar different kind. And growing old we'll remember And treasure the memories Of school days at dear Johnson High And friends that we left behind. Our hearts may be saddened at leaving The bright halls of Johnson High, To follow the parterre life's weaving But dear mere'r/es can never die. We thank our dear Alma Mater For kind help and sympathy, We know that her love will guide us Through life's hard and stormy ways. The moment of parting has come now The months and the years gone by Leave imprints that will last forever And gladden our hearts with their joys. And now we must bid farewell, To journey in new found lanes But still we will always remember Our friendships at Johnson High. Chorus At Johnson, at Johnson You find it is a steadfast rule That man and maid of highest grade Are loyal to their school. At Johnson. at Johnson We raise our banner to the sky, And all our days unite in praise Of Johnson, Johnson High. M~ld[ed · Emelia Bara Senior Marshal Junior Marshals Anthony Kapeika Joseph Anthony l~Iaker Ernest John Roberts 98 ANNUAL REPORT EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES, JUNE 1936, TOTAL 119 Harry Bunker Mary Carey John Casserly SDavid Clark Anna Connelly Frances Coppinger Edward Curran Arthur Currier *Dorothy Dryden Margaret Haight .~Allan Hinton Vera Hulub Lottie Huminick Joseph Jacobs Betty James Marguerite Kenyon Stanley Korycki John Lanni MERRIMACK SCHOOL Kathleen Long Elsie Lundquist Frances Martin Thomas McEvoy Agnes McNab I-Iarriet McQuesten Sophie Mele Barbara Milnes Robert Naylor *Eleanor Noone Lillian Polichnowski SArthur Potvin Robert Richard William Robinson Joseph Saunders Clifton Stone Alexander Tn]lis Ruth Wheeler BRADSTREETSCHOOL Marcia Barker Evelyn Butler John Casale Dorothy Costello Robert Cunningham Louisa Detora Edward Doherty William Donahue tLaura Griva :~Robert Haltmaier ~Richard Haltmaier Philip Kelley Ruth Kennedy *Florence Mawson *Leo Macklin Thomas McCarthy Vito Melnikas Henry Michalski Philip Miller Hazel Morse Glenwood Murphy *James 01isky John Ranfone S Joseph Richard David Ritchie Doris Robinson Marshall Rogers Richard Smith Arthur Stevenson Florence Van Buskirk IDavid Willis Ralph Windle Mary Zabronowicz TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. ALBERT THOMSON SCHOOL ~Albert Beeglin Mary DeNault George Eaton James Flanagan Joseph Flanagan Antranig Giragosian Robina Haddow Robert Hall Dorothy Kreusel Fred Leatham Anna Mackie William Mackie Elizabeth May Arthur MeAllister Alexander McComish Robert McComish John Munro '~Edith Pickles Joseph Provencher Doris Rea John Roche Eugene Ruess Ruth Stevenson James Taylor tFrancis Travers Eleanor Valpey Katherine Wainwright Virginia Wentworth 99 Archie Beaudoin Alice Brightman Lillian Burns Helen Burns *Mary Bohnwagner Rita Camire Dorothy Dainowski Grace Driscoll -~Dominic Giarusso Doris Gustafson Eva Heel CENTER SCHOOL John Jackson Janet Kershaw John Lamprey Marguerite McKinnon Robert Miller William Nelson Itarold 01son '~Stanis]au Pas Isabe] Rahs Leonora St. Jean James Winning *--Pupils who in Sept. entered some other school than Johnson High School. Total 5. -~--Pupils that Did not enter any high school; working. Total 7.S--Moved out of town. Total 6. All others entered Johnson High School, Sept. 1936. Total . Nine others moved into town to enter the Freshman class at Johnson High School. 100 ANNUAL REPORT Center School This school, located in the south corner of Milk and Johnson Streets, was erected i~ 1872 at a cost of $17,548. A large cupola on the top became unsafe and was removed, perhaps about 1890. It con- tains four classrooms. The cei]ing's are 15 feet high. it is now in- sured for $17,600. The lot contains 58,000 sq. ft. and is valued at $726. ToWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 101 MERRIMACK SCHOOL A b~'ick building erected about 1830 was burned. It w~s re-built in 1914 for $21,000, all of the old outside walls being retained. The building now has 8 classrooms, room £er the school nurse, teachers' room, and in the basement a cooking, rotan and manual training shop. It is insul'ed for $32,000, and located at 170 Main St. The lot con- tains 46,900 sq. i't. and is valued at $4,690. 102 ANNUAL REPORT ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORTED Below is a list of pupils or former pupils of North Andover schools and things they have accomplished or hon- ors they have received. Most of these items were newspaper clippings. Probably there are others of which the School Department is unaware. Hgnor students at Mass. Institute of Technology Wellington E. Cassidy James Ellison Hawkes Arthur R. Olson Highest Freshman honors, Boston College Law School William Greenler One of 14 Seniors given highest scholastic award at Yale Robert M. Gagne Cum Laude honor at TUfts Dental School Edward R. Squier Honor freshman at Central Catholic High School Thomas B. Hayes Selected D. A. R. good citizenship representative Rita M. Rand Won college scholarship from local Woman's Club Barbara S. Mason Awards in typing contests of Essex County High Schools Third year typists Allison Kirk, first Second year Evelyn Sauvageot, first Phyllis Pearl, second First year Doris Albrecht, first Eighty word shorthand Hannah Goff, second Sixty word Evelyn Clark, first Essay contest of North Andover Garden Club Mary Carey, first Eva Hoel, second TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. · ASSESSORS' REPORT 103 To the Auditor, Town of North Andover, Mass.: The Assessors of the Town of North Andover present. herewith, their report for the year ending Dec. 31. 1936. Aggregate value of Real Property AggregaTe value of Personal Property Total aggregate $6,742,747 00 1,056,962 00 $7,799,709 00 State Tax $13,900 00 State Auditing 2.115 84 State Parks 144 00 Overlay Deficit 4.207 57 County Tax 13,466 14 County Assessments 3,030 93 Overlayings 4,473 39 Tax Assessed Rea] Estate 269,709 88 Personal Estate 42,278 48 Polls 4.902 00 Dwellings Assessed 1.678 Acres of Land Assessed 13.298 Horses Assessed 135 Cows 687 Other Neat Cattle 46 Swine 6 Value of Fowl 625 Male Dogs 264 Female Dogs 44 Tax Rate $40.00 per M EDWARD E. CURLEY. HERBERT T. WILD, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH. Assessors of North Andover. 104 ANNUAL REPORT POLICE REPORT Total number of miles patrolled with Police Vehicles 37,356 The following arrests were made: Auto violations 12 Assault and Battery 2 Assault with a Dangerous Weapon 1 Breaking and Entering 1 Drunkenness 23 Insane 5 Larceny 2 Larceny of Bicycles 2 Nights Lodging 7 Rape 1 Arrested for out-of-town Police 4 Miscellaneous Work of the Department. Accidents reported 113 Buildings found open 34 Cases investigated 166. Defective wires 7 Lost children found 3 Street obstructions reported or removed 6 Lanterns hung in dangerous places 33 Reported stolen cars 147 Reported stolen bicycles 6 Dogs disposed of 26 Dogs sent to Nevins Farm 40 Officers sent with ambulance Bicycles registered by Police 217 Respectfully submitted, ALFRED H. McKEE, Chief of Police. Since the close of the year, and therefore not a part of this report for 1936, the Police Department has suffered a heavy loss in the death of Captain Thomas J. Milnes, which occurred on January 4. Admired and beloved by his fellow off~cers and by the town as a whole, Captain Milnes has left a place which is difficult to fill. His memory and his example will continue to be an inspiration to our Department. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 105 REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT Total Number of Alarms 141 Value of Property Endangered Damage to Property Insurance on Property Insurance Paid on Property Telephone Number Central Fire Station Total Number Ambulance Calls Total Number Miles Travelled For Ambulance Service Please Call Central Fire Station. Telephone Number $456,025 00 40,901 18 433,900 00 40.756 18 7107 184 3209 7107 Respectfully submitted, CHARLES W. HINXMAN, Chief. 106 ANNUAL REPORT SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES I herewith submit my Fifteenth Annual Report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending Dec. 31, 1937. Sealing Fees Collected $27.14 Adjusting Charges Collected .25 $27.39 Work Performed from January 1, 1936 to December 31, 1936 Platform under 5000 lbs. Platform over 5000 lbs. Counter over 100 lbs. Counter under 100 lbs. Beam over 10 lbs. Spring under 100 lbs. Computing under 100 lbs. Personal Weighing Prescription Avoirdupois Weights Liquid Measures Gasoline Pumps Gasoline Meters Quantity Measures on Pumps Yard Sticks Adjusted Sealed Condemned 9 2 1 12 1 4 24 2 12 1 1 56 4 3 1 7 22 35 1 4 187 8 Tot~s Respectfully submitted, FREEMAN J. DAVIS, . Sealer of Weights and Measures. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH 107 Dr. E. W. A. Holt, 52 Church St. Chairman Mr. Herbert McQuesten, 104 High St. Mr. George Jewett, 20 Marblehead St. L. P. Kathan, R.N., Agent 40 Pleasant St. Milk Inspector Mr. Fred Leach Plumbing Inspector Mr. Fred Carr Asst. Plumbing Inspector Mr. Orris Rea Slaughtering Inspector Regular meeting the last Thursday of every month. Reported during 1936 Mumps ~4 Tuberculosis 4 Chicken Pox 34 Lobar Pneumonia 2 Scarlet Fever 18 Anterior poliomyelitis 2 Measles 8 Dog Bites 23 This is the fifth consecutive year that we have not had a case of Diphtheria reported, which certainly shows the bene- fit of the Diphtheria preventive treatment given every year. It is very gratifying to have the splendid cooperation of the parents and teachers with us in this important work. Rabies caused considerable concern in November, as six North Andover dogs died at the Veterinarian Hospital in Lawrence, of this disease. The Board of Health ordered all dogs restrained for ninety days and organized a clinic with Dr. Youmans, to immunize dogs against rabies. A single injection each year will protect them. We hope to have this clinic every year. Rabies is a disease that all animals as well as man can get, is spread nearly always by the bite of a rabid dog or other infected animal. There is no cure for it and it is always fatal, BUT, IT CAN BE PREVENTED. If a person has been bitten, the animal should not be killed, but should be confined for 14 days, and if it remains well, there is no danger to animals or people bitten. If he has rabies, definite symptoms and death will occur within the two weeks' period of restraint required by law. Animals bitten, should be confined and closely watched until the biting dog is freed from suspicion (14 days) or 108 ANNUAL REPORT pronounced rabid. If pronounced rabid the bitten animal should be destroyed or given the vaccine treatment. The human should consult his Physician regarding vac- cine treatment. Seven people have taken the vaccine treat- ment in the past year. Pre-school health examination, or Summer Round-up was held in June. This is for the purpose of bringing all children to a physical examination either by their own Physi- cian or at the clinic which is held in the Town Building, giving parents the Summer to get any defects remedied and the children in the best physical condition before entering school for the first time. Well-baby conferences are held every Wednesday 2 to 4 P. M. in Board of Health rooms, Town Building. During the time of flood, Typhoid inoculation clinics were held, and were well attended. The Board of Health at this time had many calls. All houses were inspected after the cleaning and renovating was done admitting people to their homes if these were found in a sanitary condition. No sickness attributed to flood conditions, reported. Reimbursements Essex County $106 50 State 599 28 Lic. fees, Pasteurizing 20 00 Milk 32 00 Ice Cream I 00 Oleo I 50 Hairdressing i 00 Rebate on Typewriter 10 00 $771 28 LUCIA P. KATHAN, Clerk. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. TREASURER'S REPORT of the Year Ended December 31, 1936 109 $823,207 778,837 Total Receipts 76 Total Disbursements 35 Balance $44,370 41 Bay State Merchants Nat. Bank 20,523 21 Second National Bank 10,000 00 First National Bank 600 21 Merchants National Bank 100 00 Andover National Bank 1,500 00 Merchants Trust Bank (Closed) 1,494 99 Lawrence Trust Company (Closed) 5,258 97 Broadway Savings Bank 1,430 08 Merchants Trust Bank (Closed) 78 00 Andover National Bank 630 29 Andover Nat. Bank (Old Age Acct.) 1,091 94 Checks and Cash on Hand 1,662 72 $44,370 41 C. B. MEAGAN, Town Treasurer. 110 ANNUAL REPORT HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORT I hereby submit my annual report of the Highway De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1936. Summary of the work of the Highway Department The money appropriated for snow removal was used for ploughing snow, sanding streets, and sidewalks, and clear- ing snow from in front of public buildings, stores, and churches, also screening and hauling sand to Town sheds. Having mild weather during November and December it was possible to return to Town Treasurer an unexpended balance of $1,101.59. The following streets were treated with Tarvia and sanded: Bradstreet Rd., Boston St., Buckingham Rd., Chapin Rd., Chestnut St., Cross St., Court St., Church St., Columbia Rd., Edmund Rd., Foster St., Green St., Great Pond Rd., Gray St., Essex St., Herrick Rd., Hewitt Ave., Highland Ter- race, Hillside Rd., Harold St., Irving Rd., Linden Ave., Lin- coin St., Marbleridge Rd., Milton St., Middlesex St., Ivlain St., Marblehead St., Norman Rd., Pilgrim Rd., Pleasant St., Pres- cott St., Prospect St., Richardson Ave., Railroad Ave., Russell St., Rea St., Saltonstall Rd., Sutton St., Second St., Stevens St., Salem St., Thorndike Rd., Troy Rd., Tolland Rd., Upland St., Union St., Water St., Wilson Rd. and Wood Laxm. These streets were repaired with gravel or cinders; Dale St., one hundred cu. yds. gravel; Boston St., one hun- dred twenty-five cu. yds. of gravel; Beacon Hill Blvd., ninety- six cu. yds. of gravel; Hillside Rd., one hundred cu. yds. of gravel; Herrick Rd., fifty cu. yds. of gravel; South Bradford St., two hundred cu. yds. gravel; Parker St., fifty cu. yds. of gravel; Bradford St., two hundred cu. yds. of cinders; Clark St., fifty cu. yds. of cinders; Chapin Rd., fifty cu. yds. of gravel; Summer St., one hundred fifty cu. yds. of gravel; Nor- man Rd., one hundred cu. yds. of gravel; Barker St., two hun- dred cu. yds. of cinders; Pleasant St., one hundred cu. yds. of gravel; Clarendon St., one hundred cu. yds. of gravel. During the year these streets were scarified, rolled and oiled; Great Pond Road, three thousand feet; Essex Street, one thousand feet: Main Street three thousand feet; Green Street, seven hundred fifty feet; Stevens Street, one thou- sand eight hundred forty feet; Chestnut Street, eight hun- dred feet. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 111 On Johnson Street, one hundred feet of twelve-inch pipe were laid, four catch-basins built and twenty-one hun- dred fifty-two feet were scarified, shaped, rolled and treated with Tarvia. This was covered with one and one-half inch Pea Stone. On Railroad Avenue, three catch-basins were built, four hundred forty-four cu. yds. of gravel used and covered with one and one-half inch Pea Stone. On Union Street, three hundred fifty feet of twelve-inch pipe were used on new surface drain, four catch-basins built and two hundred twenty-two yds. of excavation replaced with gravel. Three hundred eleven yds. of excavation and re- placed with gravel on Pleasant Street. One catch-basin built on Furber Ave., and one on Water Street. At the end of car line at North Andover Centre, two hundred seventy-eight yds. of excavation and replaced with gravel. All country roads were scraped and shaped in the Spring and Fall of the year. Thirty-five hundred feet of ditching was done. The abutments of the Riverview Street bridge were raised one foot and replaced with steel girders. Three-inch plank was used and a top plank of two inches. Many stone drains were rebuilt. On Chestnut Street, thirty-six feet of Akron pipe were used to repair a drain which was in very bad condition. Sidewalks These sidewalks were top-dressed with cinders: Andover St., Buckingham Rd., Beacon Hill Blvd., Brightwood Ave., Bixby Ave., Columbia Ave., Chapin Rd., Chestnut St., Edmund Rd., Herrick R.d., Harold St., Irving Rd., Furber Ave., Linden Ave., Middlesex St., Marblehead St., Norman Rd., Railroad Ave., Russell St., Second St., and Sutton St. The following were rebuilt or repaired during the year: Six- teen hundred three sq. yds. of dressing and one hundred sixty-eight sq. yds. of new work on Middlesex St.; six hun- dred twelve sq. yds. of dressing on Annis St.; eighty sq. yds. new work and fifty-four sq. yds. dressing on Union St.; one hundred fifty-nine sq. yds. of dressing on Marblehead St., and ten sq. yds. of dressing on Elm St. Chapter 90, Boxford Street In July of this year the work of continuing another stretch of Boxford Street commenced. This work was car- ried on with State, County and Town funds. It was neces- sary when the work was started this year to put two hun- dred eighty feet of gravel on the swampy section of the road 112 ANNUAL REPORT to bring it up to grade, this part having settled during the Winter and Spring. Two hundred forty yards of ledge was taken out, one ditch dug, four feet wide. Two twenty-four- inch corrugated culverts (asphalt treated) forty feet long were built with headwalls, one stone box culvert was extend- ed five feet on either side with headwalls. Thirty-nine hun- dred fifty feet were excavated, graveled and treated with Tarvia with three-foot graveled shoulders, twenty-three hun- dred feet of which was top-dressed with two-inch stone. Respectfully submitted, IRA D. CARTY, Highway Surveyor. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. FINANCE COMMITTEE 113 Article 5 Departments Appropriation 1. Selectmen (salaries $750.00, expenses $270.00) $1,020 00 2. Auditor (salary $609.00, expenses $1,600.00) 2,200 00 3. Treasurer (salary $1,0.50.00, expenses including bond $1,050.00) 2,1'00 O0 4. Collector (salary $1,050.00, expenses including bond $2,127.50) 3,177 59 5. Assessors (salaries $1,350.00, expenses $700.00) 2,050 00 6. Town Clerk (sa/aw $350.00, expenses $100.00) 450 O0 7. Election Expenses (salaries of Registrar $209.00, expenses $1,000.00) 1,200 00 8. Police DePartment Equipment and expenses 12,000 00 9. Fire Dept. engineer, ambulance and expenses 17,000 00 frO. Dog Warrant 100 00 11. Building Inspector (salary) 50 00 12. 'Sealer of Weights and Measures (salary $250.90 expenses $90.00) 340 00 13. Insect Pest 3,700 O0 14. Tree Warden (salary $159.00, expenses $1,000.00) 1,150 00 15. Brush Cutting 500 00 16. Fish Warden (salary) 5 69 17. Board of Health (salaries $300.00, Physician $100.00, expenses $4,200.00) 4,690 00 18. Garbage Disposal 1,800 00 19. Vital Statistics 200 O0 20. Refuse Disposal 3,000 00 21. Highway Surveyor (salary $3,900.00) 3,000 00 22. General Maintenance Street Dept. 49,000 00 23. Snow Removal 10,000 00 24. Street Lighting 8,590 00 25. Board of Public Welfare (salaries) 300 0O 26. Supt. and Matron (salaries $1,200.00, Agent $400.00) outside relief and repairs $23,400.00) 25,000 00 27. Public Parks and Triangles 2,259 00 28. Discount on Notes 1,000 00 29. School Dept. 114,500 0O 30~ State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief 3,500 00 31. Stevens Memorial Library 6,000 00 32. Memorial Day 350 00 33. Board of Public Works (salaries) 300 0O 34. Maint: and Construction Water Dept. 25,000 00 35. Maint. and Construction Sewer Dept. 4,000 00 36. Contingent 1,000 00 37. Forest Fires 1,500 00 38. Annual Report 1,000 00 39. Insurance 4,900 00 40. Maint. County Hospital 3,507 79 41. Playgrounds 1,000 00 42. Maint. Town Building (including clerks) 5,600 00 43. Town Hall Janitor 300 00 44. American Legion (rent) 450 09 114 ANNUAL REPORT 45. Interest on East Side Sewer Notes 46. Redeeming East Side Sewer Notes 47. Interest on New Schoolhouse Notes 48. Redeeming 3 New Schoolhouse Notes 49. Board of Survey 50. Forest Fire Warden (salary) 51. Animal Inspector (salary) 52. Expenses on Dump 53. Town Forest 54. Bathing Beach 55. Old Age Assistance 56. N.R.A. (Interest) 57. Redeeming N.R.A. Notes 58. Game Warden 59. Tax Titles 60. License Commissioner (expenses) 61. Reserve Fund 62. Armistice Day Total 1,402 50 2,000 09 828 75 3,000 00 100 00 100 09 209 00 260 00 100 00 1,000 90 17,000 O0 337 50 2,000 O0 100 O0 590 O0 100 00 5,000 00 75 09 $359,804 04 HARRY C. FOSTER, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, ARTHUR A. THOMSON, JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Finance Committee. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 115 ANIMAL INSPECTOR'S REPORT Jan. 1,1937. Board of Selectmen. Town o£ North Andover: As Inspector of Animals for the year ending Dec. 3L 1936, I submit the following report: The yearly inspection of barns and cattle has been done in accordance with the orders of the Department of Live Stock Disease Control. Seventeen dog cases. 87 barns containing cattle were inspected. 877 cattle, 80 hogs, 9 goats were inspected and listed. Respectfully yours, JOHN J. BURKE, Inspector of Animals. 116 ANNUAL REPORT PUBLIC WELFARE REPORT 1936 Dr. Appropriations (Salaries) Superintendent and Matron, Agent salary ($400.00), Outside Relief and Repairs Article No. 32 (Unpaid 1935 bills) Transfer Total Appropriated ar. Expended (Article No. 32) Expended Relief Total Expended Balance $300 00 24,000 00 579 66 600 00 $25,179 66 $579 66 24,495 04 $25,074 70 $104 96 Dr, Federal Grant received Dec. 23, 1936 (Dependent Children Mothers' Aid) $278 00 Inside Relief Salaries: Superintendent and Matron Labor Groceries Electricity, Water, Tel., Fuel Repairs Clothing Auto Medical Attention and Supplies Live Stock, Grain, etc. Miscellaneous $1,200 00 693 55 816 32 368 59 525 62 22 83 129 40 34 99 554 62 144 05 Total Expended $4,489 97 Article No. 13 $1,217 94 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 117 Superintendent's Report Eggs Pork Live Stock Poultry Grain Bags Use of Telephone Hay Total Number of Inmates January 1. 1936 Admitted during year Deaths Discharges Present number December 31, 1936 Males Females Between 6-70 years Between 70-80 years $72 ]5 68 50 24 00 12 80 3 79 2 95 40 00 $224 19 Outside Relief Ct. Cash $7,265 00 Medical Attendance -1,956 92 Groceries and Household Supplies 5,788 27 Clothing 223 03 Fuel and Light 1,693 92 Rent and Moving 282 75 Telephone I 93 Expense 449 06 Paid Commonwealth 1,109 29 Paid Cities and Towns 1,234 90 Total Expended $20,005 07 Explanatory Notes Included in Cash, Medical. Groceries and Fuel is $935.05 which will be reimbursed us by the Commonwealth for aid granted persons having no settlement. (Not including Mothers' Aid.) Also included in Cash, Fuel, Groceries and Medical is $1,338.52 which will be reimbursed us by various cities and towns. (Not including Mothers' Aid.) 115 ANNUAL REPORT Also included in Cash, Fuel and Medical is $5,309.15 expended for Mothers' Aid. $1,855.18 of which will be reim- bursed from the Commonwealth and $645.60 of which will be reimbursed from various cities and towns. Old Age Assistance Dr. Appropriation Reimbursement, Federal Grant $15,000 00 5,976 51 $20,976 51 ar. Amount Expended for Old Age Assistance Balance Regular Appropriation Balance Federal Grant Total Balance $19,872 57 12 00 1,091 94 $1,103 94 Dr. Appropriated $221.00 Article No. 33 1935 unpaid bills er. Expended $221.00 for Article No. 33 1935 unpaid bills Number of cases receiving Old Age Assistance Number of cases having no settlement, Commonwealth Number of cases having Lawrence settlement Number of cases having Haverhill settlement Number of eases having NotCh Andover settlement 93 8 5 2 78 93 During 1936 there were 145 Welfare cases treated and 9 Mothers' Aid cases. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. LIST OF JURORS 1 Aplin, George, 180 Water Street, Watchman 2 Barrington, Harold P., 90 Union Street, Electrician 3 Bastian, Frederick W., 22 Harold Street, Clerk 4 Bevin, Samuel, 6 East Water Street, Steam-fi.tter 5 Briggs, Raymond J., 118 Union Street, Clerk 6 Buchan, Donald, Jr'., 59 Lincoln Street, Clerk 7 Bumyea, Joseph, 62 Pleasant Street, Watchman 8 Cain, Michae], 285 Middlesex Street, Retired 9 Calder, William H., 32 Annis Street, Chauffeur 10 Cart, Fred, 157 Railroad Avenue, Tinsmith 11 Coffin, Andrew, 301 Sutton Street, Reporter 12 Coste]lo, John J., 17 Merrimack Street, Moulder 13 Cross, Angus, 468 Stevens Street, Laboror 14 Cunio, Frank, 3 Railroad Avenue. Clerk 15 Davis, Freemar~ J., 124 Milk Street, Salesman 16 Dick, William, 99 Beverly Street, Operative 17 Dixon, Joseph F., 847 Turnpike Street, Salesman 18 Dow, Harry, Jr., 114 Academy Road, Auto Salesman 19 Downing, Charles, 55 Bradstreet Road, Broker 20 Drummond, Arthur, 38 Salem Street, Salesman 21 Eldridge, Walter, 142 Water Street, Carpenter 22 Emery, Arthur, 152 High Street, Operative 23 Everett, John, 1807 Osgood Street, Retired 24 Elliott, James, 122 Middlesex Street, Barber 25 Ellis, Clarence, 202 Middlesex Street, Operative 26 Farnham, Arthur H., 2089 Turnpike Street, Farmer 27 Farnum, Benjamin, 442 Farnum Street, Farmer 23 Foster, Loring B., 475 Stevens Street, Mechanic 29 Frie}, John C., 39 Main Street, Operative 30 Hargreaves, Harold, 107 Pleasant Street, Blacksmith 31 Hargreaves, James, 340 Osgood Street, Machinist 32 Hamilton, Phillip M., 27 Church Street, SaIesman 33 Hilton, Frank, 19 Second Street, Painter 34 Hinton, Irving E., Milton Street, Bank Teller 35 Holt, Harold, 19 Annis Street, Operative 36 Jenkins, Arthur, 150 Railroad Avenue, Retired 37 Jackson, David I~I., Jr., 20 Norman Road, Carpenter 38 Lane, James, 120 Union Street, Butcher 39 Lewis, Charles N., 997 Dale Street, Farmer 40 Lurid, Henry E, 75 Prescott Street, Overseer 41 Mahoney, John J., 324 Middlesex Street, Operative 42 McCarthy, William, 23 Cleveland Street, Weaver 43 McCormack, Fred, 36 Saunders Street, Mechanic 44 McCormack, Daniel, 5 Marblehead Street, Operative 45 McDonald~ John, 144 Railroad Avenue, I~borer 46 McKinnon, Charles, 30 Harkaway Road, Operative 47 McLay, John, 124 Mass. Ave:, Milkman 48 McMurray, William, 244 Sutton Street, Weaver 49 McQuesten, Herbert, 104 High Street, Butcher 50 Milnes, John, 330 Osgood Street, Road Builder 51 Morse, George W., 87 Water Street, Moulder 52 Murphy, Francis, 25 Union Street, Plumber 53 Murphy, John P., 29 Sargent Street, Retired 54 Murphy, Walter, 6 Morton Street, Moulder 55 Nicols, Alexander B., 28 Phillips Court, Operative 119 120 ANNUAL REPORT 56 Phelan, James P., 21 First Street, Dresser 57 Pickles, John C., 151 Sutton Street, Operative 58 Pitman, Charles E., 19 Marblehead Street, Laborer 59 Rea, F. Orris, 34 Rea Street, Farmer 60 Rea, George, 635 Chestnut Street, Farmer 61 Robinson, Arthur, 54 Main Street, Clerk 62 Roche, James, 94 Second Street, Reporter 63 Roesch, Paul, 248 Middlesex Street, Machinist 64 Saunders, Lewis, 213 High Street, Machinist 65 Sanderson, Lewis, 36 Salem Street, Carpenter 66 Senior, Herbert, 200 Osgood Street, Operative 67 Schofield, James H, 111 Second Street, Percher 68 Smith, Ernest, 28 Annis Street, Machinist 69 Somerville, John, 85 Mass. Avenue, Machinist 70 Stewart, Alexander, 120 Beverly Street, Dresser 71 Sydell, Harold, 43 Union Street, Operative 72 Thompson, John C., 217 Appleton Street, Station Agent Towler, George, 197 Main Street, Laborer 74 Townsend, William, 33 Harold Street, Moulder 75 Turner, Harold, 105 Pleasant Street, Carpenter 76 Walker, John F., 47 Brightwood Ave., Piper 77 Wallwork, Frank E, 44 Pleasant Street, Card Setter 78 Wa]sh, Patrick, 109 Second Street, Operative 79 Wentworth, Charles, 18 Stonington Street, Superintendent 80 Whittier, Fred D., 891 Great Pond Road, Farmer 81 Wilcox, John J., 84 Andover Street, Garage Owner 82 Williams, Albert, 22 Salem Street, Motorman The foregoing is a list of persons, legal voters in the Town of North Andover, presented by the Selectmen of the Town of North Andover, as persons liable for Jury Duty, in accordance with Chapter 234 of the General Laws. · HARRY C. FOSTER, Chairman JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, ARTHUR A. THOMSON, Selectmen of North Andover. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY 121 To the Citizens of North Andover: We cannot better present to you the work of our library for the year than to give you the report which our Librarian has submitted to us. To the Trustees of Stevens Memorial Library :-- I herewith present the report of the Library for the year ending December 31, 1936. Circulation and Use of Books 56,726 books were circulated during 1936. Of these, 29% were non-fiction and 71% fiction. This is 596 less than the total circulation in 1935. The per capita circulation was 7.9 (1935 census figures were 7164). The circulation per registered borrower was 16. 14,842 books were circulated £rom the Children's Room to boys and girls. This is a gain of 870 over last year. 6312 books were issued from the schools to which 1072 of our books were sent. This is 244 less than the number issued in 1935. The most popular adult books, other than fiction, in their order of popularity were biography, travel, and useful arts. The books best liked among the children's books were fairy tales, travel, and useful arts. The library was open 304 days with an average daily circulation of 186. The largest issue in a single day was 360 on October 13, and the smallest, 28 on December 24, when the Library closed at 5 P. M. Registration of Borrowers 262 new names were added as borrowers. This is 43 more than Were registered in 1935. Of these, 169 were in the adult department and 93 in the Children's Room. 136 names were withdrawn, making the net gain 126. The total number of registered borrowers is 3484, or 48% of the popu- lation. Book Colleetion 727 books were added to our collection. This is six more than were added in 1935. O~ the 727, 248 were gifts. Many of these were made possible because of two anonymous gifts 122 ANNUAL REPORT of $50. each. 240 of the books added were children's books, filling an urgent need as our .books for children were in a deplorable state at the beginning of the year. 696 books were discarded during 1936. This makes our net gain in books only 31. It is estimated that the Library now contains 19,969 volumes. 2243 books were repaired in the Library. 255 books were rebound at the bindery. There are many others now here which should be rebound. The Library is very grateful to alt who have given books or ~qagazines during the year. These include the following people and organizations: Betsy Ross Chapter, D. A. R.; Brooks School; Chrysler Corporation; Mrs. Wm. Cotter; Cornhill Publishing Company; Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Disobey; Clemens B. Emmert; Foss Family; Mrs. Oscar M. Godfrey; Warren F. Goff; Mrs. Clarence Hutton; Mrs. Albert King; Mrs. Joseph Kittredge; New York Stock Exchange; Miss Mabel F. and Miss Minna B. Noyes; G. N. Peck; George L. Record Memorial Association; Ellen Riley; Robert S. Rock- well; Rosicrucian Order; Howard Sanborn; Alexander Tullis; and Woman's Auxiliary of American Legion. Book Week The Book Week celebration in November was planned by Ellen Riley, who has directed most of the children's activi- ties during the year. It consisted of a Book Poster Contest. The Library offered prizes to the .best poster done by a pupil of the sixth through the eighth grades, and for the best one made by a pupil from grades 3-5 inclusive. There were about eighty entries, some of which were very fine. The prize in Group A,--a book HOW TO DRAW ANIMALS by E. G. Lutz --went to Mary Werenchuk, Grade 4, Center School. Mary Giarrusso, Grade 8, Center School, won the prize for Group B. This was a book--SIMPLE SKETCHING by Doust. The judges of the contest were Miss Katharine Knowles, Philip A. Costello, and Rev. C. W. Carvell. The prizes were pre- sented at a special meeting held in Library Hall on the Satur- day morning of Book Week. All the posters were hung in Library Hall for the next week, and the two winning posters were displayed on the bulletin board in the Children's Room for several weeks. As a part of the Book Week observance, the Library exhibited in the Reading Room a collection of recent attrac- tive books for children, together with the book jackets and reviews of some of the books, written by the children them- selves. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 123 Vacation Activities for Children The Puzzle Club, a vacation contest £or children, was also planned and executed by Miss Riley. It began July 6 and continued £or six weeks. Sixty-six boys and girls, repre- senting all the public schools in town, completed all the re- quirements and were awarded a printed certificate at a joint meeting of all the Puzzle Club members in September. This contest was most popular and served to arouse an interest in the Library among the younger readers. The Library in the Community The Library has again taken a large place in the life of the town. Library Hall has ninny times served as a meet- ing-place for committees of the North Andover Woman's Club and for the North Andover Improvement Society. Phil- lips Academy is again giving the Adult Evening Study Groups from January--March, 1937. This Library served as a place of registration for the convenience of North Andover people wishing to take the courses. The Librarian has spoken and given book reviews among several different organizations in the community. The following talks were given: "A Day in a Modern Library" before the North Andover Grange; "Current Books" before the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Paul's Episco- pal Church; also before the Tuesday Sorosis of Lawrence; a review of NORTH TO THE ORIENT by Mrs. Anne M. Lindbergh before the Alpha Phi Chi of the Trinitarian Church and before the Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society of the same church; and a review of FOURSQUARE by Dr. John Rathbone Oliver to the Woman's Union of the Trinitarian Congregational Church. When the newspaper THE SPECTATOR was started last summer, the editor asked if the Library would be will- ing to write a local column. We agreed and this has been done each week. Most of the articles have been written by Miss Riley, but the Librarian has written a few. The public has commented favorably on many of the articles. In Sep- tember, fifty-five books belonging to the Library were placed on exhibit in the window of the Spectator. The weekly column featured these books in "Books for the Whole Fam- ily,'' and the books displayed contained reading for "Father, jack of all trades," for "Mother, the Homem/iker," "For Brother," "For Sister," and "For the Movie Fan." We had many calls for some of these books and several new borrowers registered who had been attracted by them. 124 ANNUAL REPORT Again, a number of shelves in the Reference Room have been filled with books on the Church Reading List of the Trinitarian Congregational Church. The North Andover Garden Club has asked for a shelf in the Reference Room and has Placed several volumes on it for the use of its members. A list of "Outstanding Books of 1935," compiled by lead- ing libraries of the country, has been checked to show what books are available to our readers and has been distributed. Free Services As an experiment, we have kept a record of the number of books reserved for our readers during the year. 1533 were reserved and the reader notified by means of a postal card. No charge is made for this service, although nearly every other library charges at least one cent for the postage. We have borrowed many books of non-fiction from other libraries to meet the requests of our readers. No charge is made for this although the Library has to pay postage both ways from all libraries except the Division of Public Libra- ries, in Boston, which pays it one way. We have borrowed collections in Lithuanian and in Rus- sian from the Division of Public Libraries, and would borrow books in other foreign languages in case there was a demand for them. The Flood of 1936 The Library did not suffer appreciably from the flood. We were compelled to close three evenings because of lack of electricity. Many borrowers who lived in the flooded area had books from the library, but took them with them when they were obliged to leave their home~. About 30 books were destroyed. No charge was made for books lost at that time. Library Meetings The Librarian, Miss Riley, and Miss Buchan attended the mid-winter meeting of the Massachusetts Library Asso- ciation in February. Miss Batchelder and Miss Riley also attended the Friday session of the fall meeting held at Amherst and the Round Table of Children's Librarians in Boston at which Miss Jordan of the Boston Public Library reviewed the new children's books. Library Staff There have been several changes in the Library Staff during the year. Miss Ruth Buchan, who had been a sub- TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 125 stitute here after finishing her course of training at the Springfield Library, left us in July to take a position in the Newton Free Library. She is now first assistant at the Auburndale Branch of the Newton Library. We were very sorry indeed to lose Miss Buchan but rejoice with her that she is succeeding in her chosen work. Miss Keating under- went a serious operation in June. She is not yet able to return to the Library. We have taken on as part-time workers Edna Cass/dy and Ruth Drummond, both seniors at Johnson High School. Miss Cassidy is considering taking up the study of Library Science at Simmons College in the fall of 1937. We also had as substitutes during the summer Mrs. LaFountain, formerly on our staff, and William B. Graham, a student assistant at State College Library at Amherst. Cooperation of Other Libraries It is only through the cooperation of other Libraries that we have been able to fill many calls for books of non-fiction which we do not own and wlSich we do not feel that we can afford to buy. We are very grateful to the following libra- ries that have sent us books as inter-library loans: Memorial Hall Library, Andover; Boston Public Library; Haverhill Public Library; Lawrence Public Library; Massachusetts Division of Public Libraries; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Library; Massachusetts State Library; Newton Free Library; Somerville Public Library; Springfield City Library; and Watertown Public Library. Statistics Arranged according to form recommended by the American Library Association Annual Report for the Year ending December 31, 1936 Population served: 7164 (1935 Mass. census) Terms o£ use: Free for lending and free for reference Days open: 304 Hours open weekly: 33 Agencies: 9 school classrooms 126 ANNUAL REPORT Use Volumes Number of Volumes of adult non- fiction lent for home use 11,577 20.4 Number of volumes of adult fiction lent for home use 23,995 42.3 Number of volumes for children lent for home use 21,154 37.3 Per cent of total circulation 56,726 100.00 Circulation per capita 7.9 Circulation per registered borrower 16 Number of borrowers registered during year 262 Percentage of population registered as borrowers 48 Book Stock Number of volumes at beginning of year (estimated) 19,938 Number of volumes added during year 727 Number of volumes discarded 1936 20,665 696 January 28, 1937. Number of volumes, December 31, 1936 (estimated) 19,969 Respectfully submitted, MARION F. BATCHELDER, Librarian. In closing this report the Trustees are glad thus publicly to acknowledge their appreciation of the splendid use made of our library and its various facilities by both children and adults, the very efficient hearty service of our Librarian and her entire Staff, the excellent care of the building and grounds taken by our Janitor, and to express their gratitude for all gifts made to us this year. Respectfully submitted, NATHAN1EL STEVENS, MARY O. TYLER, ANNIE L. SARGENT, CHARLES A. APPLETON, MOSES T. STEVENS, HARRY R. DOW, GEORGE R. BARKER, Trustees. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT 127 To the Board of Selectmen and Citizens of North Andover: Your collector qualified for office on March 7, 1936, and commenced collections for the town upon the completion of the state audit on May 15, 1936. The situation was a difficult one with twelve thousand bills on old taxes to be prepared and mailed. The collector had to keep abreast of current 1936 bills and demands, keep up to date on all posting, and prepare for tax sales. The results attained would never have been possible without the whole-hearted efforts of the townspeople to settle all their accounts. Good progress has been made with the old commitments for back years, and 1937 should find these accounts prac- tically all settled. The collector's obligation on his bond is gxeater on the current taxes, but he must also be diligent in the collection of all taxes recommitted to him, or he may be held personally liable. A determined effort has been made to issue all bills, de- mands, and warrants promptly and thus put the operation of the office on a business basis. There has been a marked improvement in the percentage of collections of all classes of taxes as the report will show and this should attract the favorable attention of lenders of money to the town and of bonding companies, resulting a saving to the town. Collections of interest on overdue taxes have been sub- stantial and have more than paid for the operation and modernizing of your collector's office. Daily office hours have been maintained, and the townspeople can learn at any time the conditions of tax collections. Careful statements are made on all tax bills concerning collection procedure, and to these your attention is respect- fully directed. Your collector is grateful for the support and co-opera- tion given him by other town officials, by the State Depart- ment of Taxation, and by the townspeople, and wishes to extend his thanks. Signed: IRVING E. HINTON, Collector of Taxes for the Town of North Andover. 128 ANNUAL REPORT REAL ESTATE: Committed--July 18, 1936 $269,709.88 Committed--December 12, 1936 7.00 Interest 63.13 Refunds 34.00 Total $269,814.01 PERSONAL: Committed--July 18, 1936 $42,278.48 Committed--December 21, 1936 358.60 Interest 1.58 Total $42,638.6~ POLL: Committed~une 1, 1936 $ 4,902.00 Committed--December 12, 1936 118.00 Interest and Demands 90.46 Total $5,110.4g EXCISE: Committed--February 5, 1936 $1,866.22 ~ Committed--July 2~, 1936 7,550.93 Committed--December 12, 1936 4,356.55 Interest 1.09 Refunds 143.53 Total $13,918.32' MOTH: Committed Septembe~ 2, 1936 $146.50 Total $146.50 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $217,150.87 Transferred to Tax-Title 4,736.40 Interest 63.13 Abatements 6,277.04 Outstanding 41,586.57 Total $269,814.0~ Collected and Paid to Treasurer $19,354.60 Interest 1.58 Abatements 5.60 Abatements (Machinery) 21,576.48 Outstanding 1,700.40 Total $42,638.66 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $4,025.00 Interest and Demands 90.46 Abatements 234.09 Outstanding 761.00 Total $5,110.46 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $7,440.85 Interest 1.09 Abatements 518.66 Outstanding 5,958.22 Total $13.918.32 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $10925 Abated 1.00 Uncollected 36.25 Total $146.50 TOWN 129 130 ANNUAL REPORT AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE To the Selectmen of the Town of North Andover: I beg to hand you the Auditor's report for the year ending, December 31, 1936. This report is in line with the set-up of the State System installed during the year. The receipts are classified as to their source and the pay- merits as to their several purposes. Also appended is a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the Town on December 31, 1936, and a summary sheet of the appropriation accounts. Respectfully submitted, JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Auditor. RECEIPTS Taxes Current Year: Property Polls Previous Years: *Property Polls *Old Age Assistance Tax Title Redemptions From State: Corporation Income Machinery ch. 362 Acts 1936 Soldiers' Exemption In lieu of taxes License and Permits Alcohol Common Victualler Hair Dressing Ice Cream Junk Liquor Milk and Oleo Oil Burners Pasteurization Peddlers--State Sunday Used Car $209,105 33 4,025 00 107,191 93 3,608 00 612 00 5230 80 33,325 64 17,650 28 4,861 11 20 61 520 53 $386,151 23 $5 00 35 00 1 00 I 00 1 00 2,700 00 33 50 23 75 20 00 65 00 100 00 2 00 2,987 25 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Fines and Forfeits Court Fines Grants and Gifts From State: Aid to Industrial Schools $298 17 Tuition 131 05 Old Age Assistance Ch. 438 Acts 1936 4,253 93 Race Track Distribution 671 08 Highways--Ch. 90 4,285 00 Aid to Dependent Children 278 00 From County: Highways Ch. 90 2,725 00 Dog Licenses 298 38 Frmn Federal Government: U. S. Grant--Old Age Assistance 5,976 51 Special AssessmeNts *Moth $262 75 Sewers 518 19 Privileges *Motor Vehicle Excise Departmental General Government:- Tax Collector--Costs $129 65 Treasurer: Costs 15 10 Releases 34 00 Sale of Envelopes I 00 Protection of Persons and Property: Sealer of Weights and Measures Fees 27 39 Moth Commission 23 09 Health and Sanitation: State--Subsidy 599 28 Allowance on Typewriter 10 00 County--Vaccine 106 50 Sewer Construction 1,096 69 Highways: Use of Roller 35 00 Sale of Lumber 8 00 Oil--Driveways 26 O0 Charities: Infirmary: Sale of Produce, etc. 229 54 Other 8 65 Reimbursements for Relief: From Individuals 292 00 From Other Cities and Towns 1,747 ~/7 From State 69 59 Reimbursements for Mothers' A/d: From Other Cities and Towns 7q3 20 From State 1~86 85 Reimbursement for Old Age Assistance: From State 5,655 31 131 135 09 18,917 12 780 94 19,187 67 132 ANNUAL REPORT Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid 81 50 Soldiers' Relief 144 00 Schools: Lunch Rotan (balance) 21 60 Library: Fines, etc. 282 80 Unclassified: Sale of Real Estate 1,820 50 John J. Coste]lo % Shortage 256 z17 Insurance--Dividends 3 02 Unclaimed Wages--Snow Removal 70 61 Refund--Interest Tax Title Loan 1935 127 45 Unidentified Receipt 100 00 *John J. Costello Collector, on % of Shortage $37,360 24 Ccedi~ed as follows: Taxes--prior years $37,050 40 M. V. Excise 181 98 Moth Assess. 15 00 Old Age Tax 3 00 Int. on Taxes 109 86 Public Service Enterprises Water: ' Sale of Water $26,926 Construction and Miscellaneous 3,109 $37,360 24 58 85 Interest On Deposits $38 45 *On Taxes and Assessmcnts 4,680 67 On Tax Titles 97 59 On Trust Funds: Charity 357 25 Schools 195 55 Indebtedness In Anticipation of Revenue Other Temporary Loan $275,0'00 6,250 Agency State: Taxes $13,900 00 County: Taxes 13,466 14 Dog Licenses 403 20 15,068 47 30,027 43 5,369 51 00 00 281,250 00 27,769 34 TO~VN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Refunds Taxes: Current Year $34 00 Prior Years 100 17 Old Age Assistance Tax 1 00 Motor Vehicle Excise 272 20 Moth Assessments 2 00 Interest on Taxes 17 33 Treasurer--Expense 49 70 Collector--Expenses 125 00 Town Hall--Maintenance, etc. 27 0'0 Public Welfare Outside Relief 15 00 Old Age Assistance 42 00 Total Receipts Cash balance January 1, 1936 133 685 40 $788,329 36 27,628 13 $815,957 49 EXPENDITURES Selectmen Salaries Expenses Telephone Association Dues Printing Repairs to Clock All Other Salary Telephone State Forms Typewriter Office Supplies Clerk All Other Audit and Installation of System Salary Clerk Dept. Corp. and Taxation Telephone Stamps and Envelopes Bond Forms Ail Other Auditor $750 00 83 83 46 96 10 50 29 22 40 50 47 10 $1,008 11 $600 00 45 00 59 61 170 00 51 02 40 00 22 48 988'61 2,115 84 $1,050 00 156 00 32 00 27 51 187 79 201 0¢ 71 91 57 1,726 78 134 ANNUAL REPORT Salary Bonds Telephone Stamps and Envelopes Forms Supplies (Office) Accounting Machine Forms Clerk Bond Printing Collector (temporary) Bond (Clerk) Stamps All Other Collector $1,050 00 444 50 69 69 262 89 44 00 50 55 267 98 483 96 601 00 25 O0 26 29 230 00 18 77 49 88 32 31 3,676 81 Advertising Registering of Deeds Preparing of Deeds Tax Title Foreclosure Salaries Telephone Office Supplies Expenses Transfer of Deeds Forms Surveying and Plans Street Lists Printing Supplies Ali Others Assessors $327 50 204 90 194 00 726 40 Telephone Forms Printing Stamps Stationery Supplies License Commissioners $1,350 00 112 65 50 09 47 95 63 59 21 32 84 fl0 236 90 43 82 20 79 ]8 75 Salary Bond Stamps and Supplies Printing All Other Clerk $26 02 29 22 4 75 2 00 37 76 $350 00 5 00 19 00 20 50 10 34 2,049 86 99 75 404 84 Water Commissioners Salaries 300 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 135 Salaries of Registrars Election Officers Radio Appliance Printing Seals Plans Trucking Posting Warrants Electrical Repairs All Other Surveying All Other Salary Clerks Janitoress Gas and ]~]ectricity Telephone Fuel Water Supplies Office Accounting Machine Electrical Repairs Building Repairs Labor Supplies Typewriter Repairs Labor AH Other Chief, Salary Captain, Salary Regular Patrolmen Special Police Repairs Supplies Gas, Oil and Repairs Telephone All Other Salary Engineers Pay Roi1 Gas, Oil and Repairs Gas and Electricity Fuel Hose Fire Alarm All Other Election and Registrars Board of~ Survey Tawn Hall Janitor Municipal Buildings Police Department Dog Officer Fire Department $200 00 1,460 80 70 00 504 76 34 83 30 42 24 00 15 60 24 75 14 15 2,379.31 $88 O0 8 O0 91 O0 300 O0 $2,338 00 765 00 630 05 58 87 1,099 46 34 16 32 04 525 00 46 46 46 40 101 08 22 70 8 O0 12 09 27 49 5,746 71 $2,080 O0 1,976 90 5,460 00 811 35 49 25 248 60 972 99 254 29 144 50 11,996 98 100 O0 $950 00 12,715 25 1201 89 427 07 482 15 553 70 350 79 401 77 16,982 62 136 ANNUAL REPORT Inspector of Buildings Salary 50 00 Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary $250 00 Auto Hire 89 90 889 90 Moth Department Wages $2,520 50 Supplies 89 45 Trucking 191 50 Arsenate of Lead 186 88 Telephone 10 35 2,998 68 Tree Warden Salary $150 00 Wages 881 78 Supplies 107 87 Telephone 10 10 1,149 75 Brush Cutting Wages $474 86 Supplies 22 24 Telephone I 93 Salary Forest Tree Warden Contingent and Forest Fires Payroll (Flood) $1,120 77 Gas and 0il 430 54 Gloves 16 62 Foods 14 71 Dishes 9 00 Boats and Oars 39 50 Blankets . 42 75 Inspection of Wires 105 40 Universal Motor 53 40 Ail Others 10 70 Clerk (Auditor's Dept.) Clerk (Collector's Dept.) $540 00 60 00 Sign Painting 35 00 State Forms (Auditor's Dept.) 188 25 Adding Machine Repairs (Auditor) 7 00 Filing Cabinet (Auditor) 73 0'1 Legal Advice 937 53 City of Newburyport (Shell Fish Area) 166 90 Proof Reading 20 00 Repairs 20 43 Flag Pole Painting 15 00 Damages 217 00 Deputy Sheriff 141 48 Repairs on Clock 28 00 Labor 20 00 .Medical Service 60 90 Ali Others 58 93 499 03' 100 00 1,843 39 2,589 43 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Pay Roll $403 50 Oil and Gas 93 73 Supplies 90 48 /lose 171 50 Game Warden Salary Fish Warden Salary Board of Health Board of Health Members $300 00 Physician 100 00 Nurse 1,50(~ 00 Tuberculosis 1,234 50 Anti-Rabic Vaccine and Inoculations 240 45 Plumbing and Inspections 127 08 Slaughtering Inspection 24 00 Upkcep o£ Car 104 83 Schick Clinic Materials, Surgical Supplies and Care of Vaccine 54 95 Disinfectants and Apparatus 78 91 Office Supplies 73 43 Telephone 84 80 Burying Dead Cats and Dogs 13 00 Postage and Stomps 11 06 County Hospital Maintenance Vita] Statlsties Deaths. Births and Marriages $171 0'0 Birth Returns 9 00 Salary Labor Supplies and Materials Expenses Expenses Wages Teams Inspector of Animals Sanitation $3,906 65 451 11 Dump 260 00 Garbage Disposal 845 30 Refuse Disposal 1,619 42 1,38~ 58 Highway Department Expenditures Salary, Highway Surveyor 759 21 $5,192 03 $100 00 5 00 3,947 01 3,030 93 180 O0 200 O0 4,357 76 3,000 O0 3.000 O0 138 ANNUAL REPORT General Maintenance Wages $17,041 25 Trucks 3,365 71 Broken Stone, Gravel, Cinders 1,613 83 Asphalt, Tarvia and Road Oil 9,399 51 Equipment and Repairs 3,513 15 Gasoline, Oil, Truck Maintenance 3,709 27 Pipe 739 34 Office Expenses 187 14 Express 8 85 Hardware and Tools 199 27 All Others 222 64 Article 29--Tractor and Plow H. F. Davis Tractor Co. $2,430 00 Dyer Sales Co. 967 50 Chapter 90--Boxford Street Wages $4,252 40 Trucks 1,528 90 Culverts and Pipe 332 99 Stone and Gravel 1,573 05 Asphalt 1,275 66 Oil and Coal 202 75 Use o£ Shovel 704 50 Blasting 36 25 Fence 129 40 All Other 25 95 Snow Removing and Sanding Wages $8,641 56 Teams, Trucks and Plows 4,990 63 Tools and Equipment Gasoline, Oil and Truck Maintenance Sand and Chloride Flakes All Others Contract Street Lighting Public Welfare 641 67 801 38 234 35 88 82 Salaries $300 00 Agent's Salary 400 0O Supt. and Matron's Salary 1,200 00 Outside Relief and Repairs 23,474 70 Fire Loss 1,217 94 Income, Trust Funds: Stone Fund $340 04 Taylor Fund 82 25 Old Age Assistance Old Age Assistance Old Age Assistance Admin. (U. S. Grant) Old Age Assistance Expense (U. S. Grant) $15,209 00 113 97 4,770 60 39,999 96 3,397 50 10,061 85 15,398 41 8,391 59 26,592 64 422 29 20,093 57 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Soldiers' Relief and State Aid Cash (Solders' Relief) $1,937 50 Medical 363 98 Fuel 310 75 Groceries 606 29 Lighting 20 0'7 Rent 162 00 Clothing 65 24 Total expended on Soldiers' Relief $3,465 83 Cash (State Aid) 31 50 Education Expenses of School Committee: Secretary's Salary $1,040 00 Telephones 281 75 $1,321 75 Salaries of Teachers and Super- visory Staff 77,136 46 Attendance Officer Salary and Census 430 28 Expenses o£ Officials 372 37 Books and Supp/ies 4,247 85 Salaries of Janitors 7,964 84 Fuel 2,374 45 Expenses of Operation (Water, Gas, Elec., Bldg. Supplies, etc. 2,788 96 Maintenance and Repairs 3,859 66 Health Work: Salaries, Nurse and Physician $2,050 Supplies 13 04 2,063 04 Transportation: Bus Drivers $5,690 00 Car Tickets 28 00 5,718 00 New Equipment 745 16 Tuition: Industrial and Practical Arts $278 60 Evening High School 487 31 Training School 29 72 795 63 All Others 181 19 Income--Trust Fund: Towne Fund Article 18--Union School Heating System Plumbing $302 10 Heater 50 00 Draft Vacu Unit 230 O0 139 3,497 33 109,999 64 195 55 582 10 Article 19--Replacing Floor Johnson High School Carpenter Work 749 61 140 ANNUAL REPORT Article 20--High School Refrigerator Stevens Memorial Library Salaries $4,132 13 Fuel, Light and Water 520 05 Books 895 85 All Other 249 94 Parks Wages Supplies State--Parks and Reservations Town Forest Labor Playground $1,765 10 234 57 Wages $208 39 Lumber and Repairs 58 54 Supplies 11 5g Water 6 50 Bathing Beach Labor $888 71 Telephone 10 37 Laundry 2 08 Sand 70 50 All Other 6 26 Article 14--Beach Labor $179 76 Plumbing 263 77 Painting 45 82 Repairs 92 00 Supplies 12 33 Memorial Day Luncl~cs $147 53 Music 10~ 00 Flowers 30 52 Trio 12 00 Flags 10 42 Programs 10 90 All Other 35 18 Article 12--Armistice Day Fife and Drum Corps 30 00 Lunches 27 50 Oration 10 00 Bugler 3 00 Flowers i 50 All Other 2 88 250 00 5,797 97 1,999 67 107 73 89 96 284 96 977 92 593 68 345 65 74 88 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Town Reports Printing and Binding InsUrance Premiums Printing $8,479 63 34 75 Rent American Legion Quarters W. P. A. Expenditures Wages $1,249 54 Office Supplies 37 10 Trucks 984 50 Travelling Expenses 97 15 Medical Attendance and First Aid Supplies 62 06 Telephone 184 07 Kindergarten Supplies 96 20 Materials 564 73 Commodity Rental and Supplies 533 48 Miscellaneous 461 65 Reservoir 1,731 29 Suttons Street Sewer 17ff 94 Highway Dept. 577 25 Maintenance and Construction Water Department Coal $1,998 41 Oil 106 36 Packing 158 53 Meters 917 65 Pipes 1,409 14 Supplies 3,413 51 Wages 15,019 07 All Others 1,967 92 Article 23--Truck Truck Dufton Court Wages $165 57 Materials 218 25 Materials, etc. Reservoir Completion W. P. A. Interest Temporary Loans 584 64 General Loans: Sewer $1,487 50 Schoolhouse 956 25 N. R. A. Water 412 50 2,856 25 141 950 00 8,514 38 450 00 6,749 96 24,990 79 761 65 383 82 6,958 27 3,440 89 142 ANNUAL REPORT Indebtedness General: Tax Title Loan $4,082 98 Sewer 2,000 00 Schoolhouse 3,000 00 N. R.A. 2,000 00 $11,082 98 TempQrary Loans: Revenue 1935 $75,000 00 Revenue 1936 275,000 00 350,000 00 Anticipation of Reimburse- ment--State and County 6,250 00 Agency Trust and Investment State Tax 13,900 00 County--Tax 13,466 14 County--Dog License 399 60 Refunds Taxes: Current Year $34 00 Prier Years 100 17 Old Age Assistance Tax I 00 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 272 20 Moth Assessments 2 00 Interest on Taxes 17 33 Treasurer, Expenses 49 70 Collector, Expenses 125 00 Town Hall, Maintenance 27 00 Public Wel£are Outside Relief 15 00 Old Age Assistance 42 00 Total Expenditures Cash Balance December 31, 1936 367,332 98 27,765 74 685 40 $778~37 35 37,120 14 $815,957 49 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER Balance Sheet~December 31, 1936 143 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets Cash: In Office and Banks In Closed Banks John J. Costello, Collector: Cash Shortage Petty Cash Advance: School Department Accounts Receivable: Taxes: Levy of 1927 Property and Polls $66 52 Levy of 1928 Polls 34 00 Levy of 1928 Property 129 30 Levy of 1929 Polls 232 00 Levy of 1929 Property 57 64 Levy of 1930 Polls 433 00 Levy of 1930 Property 266 09 Levy of 1931 Polls 632 91 Levy of 1931 Property 558 38 Levy of 1932 Polls 844 00 Levy of 1932 Property 1,347 81 Levy of 1933 Polls 919 00 Levy of 1933 Property 2,305 61 Levy of 1934 Polls 913 00 Levy of 1934 Property 1,923 45 Levy of 1935 Polls 1,054 00 Levy of 1935 Property 10,058 84 Levy of 1936 Polls 761 O0 Levy of 1936 Property 43~86 97 Old Age Assistance: Levy o fl931 $317 00 Levy of 1932 422 00 Levy of 1933 463 00 $37,120 14 7,250 27 4,611 79 18 00 65,823 52 1,202 00 144 ANNUAL REPORT Motor Vehicle Excise: Levy of 1929 $774 22 Levy of 1930 1,873 24 Levy of 1931 1,876 13 Levy of 1932 2,095 11 Levy of 1933 2,234 35 Levy of 1934 1,724 24 Levy of 1935 2,030 11 Levy of 1936 5,958 22 Special Assessments: Moth 1927 $7 50 Moth 1928 8 50 Moth 1931 16 95 Moth 1932 32 00 Moth 1933 75 Moth 1934 3 90 Moth 1935 18 00 Moth 1936 26 25 Sewer 3,196 16 Sidewalk 1,114 26 Tax Titles Departmental: Moth $385 70 Health 555 67 Sewer Construction 353 41 Highway 33 00 Public Welfare 3,336 60 Old Age Assistance 332 72 State and Military Aid 31 50 School 1,036 49 Water Rates, etc.: Rates of 1933 and Prior $749 93 Rates of 1934 96 51 Rates of 1935 82 73 Rates of 1936 1,962 04 Construction and Miscellaneous 1,276 73 18,565 62 4,424 27 32,296 34 6,065 09 4,167 94 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 145 Overlay Deficits: Levy of 1923 $614 68 Levy of 1924 1,400 35 Levy of 1925 1,718 06 Levy of 1928 194 91 Levy of 1929 1,357 68 Levy of 1930 851 54 Levy of 1931 3,011 27 Levy of 1932 2,499 25 Levy of 1933 2,968 28 Levy of 1934 3,757 31 - Levy of 1935 3.423 58 Levy of 1936 2,043 25 Old Age Assistance Tax Overlay: Levy of 1931 95 00 Levy of 1932 87 00 Levy of 1933 98 00 Liabilities and Reeserves Tailings Overpayments to Collector County Dog Licenses State Taxes and Assessments Sale of Real Estate Trust Fund Income Unexpended Balances: U. S. Grant, Old Age Assistance U. S. Grant, Old Age Assistance Aid to Dependent Mothers W. P. A. Water Main Extension, Longwood Ave. Soldiers' War Bonus Fund Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus Reserve--Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Special Assessment Tax Title Departmental Water $78 78 1,013 16 278 00 1,840 61 600 00 $18,565 62 4,424 27 32,296 34 6,065 09 4,167 94 24,120 16 $205.665 14 $69 51 713 62 3 60 36 27 2,130 29 102 36 3,810 55 1,430 08 495 96 65,519 26 146 ANNUAL REPORT Reserved for deposits in Closed Banks Reserved for Petty Cash Advance SUrplus Reserve 7,250 27 18 00 124,085 37 $205,665 14 DEBT ACCOUNTS Dr. Net Funded or Fixed Debit $64,000 00 C~. Sewer Loans $34,000 00 School Loans 21,000 00 Water Loans 9,000 00 $64,000 00 $64,O0O 00 TRUST ACCOUNTS Dr. Trust Funds--Cash and Securities $30,191 05 Ct. Joseph M. and Susan F. Stone Charity Fund $10,000 00 TaYlor Charity Fund 123 20 Moses Towne School Fund 4,161 41 Sarah Barker School Fund 1,554 19 Phillips Educational Fund 1,207 83 Charles Whitney Davis Fund (Library) 10,755 99 Phillips Religious Fund 2,288 43 Herman Kobia, Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 100 00 $30,191 05 $30,191 05 150 ANNUAL REPORT INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING Jan. 22, 1937. To the Board of Health: Gentlemen--My report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year 1936 is as follows: 12 Inspections, 12 Swine, all healthy and fit for market. Respectfully submitted. F. ORRIS REA, Inspector for the Town. TOWN OF N'ORTH ANDOVER, MASS.- TOWN WARRANT 151 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of North Andover: Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of North Andover, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Engine House in voting precinct one; the Merrimack Schoolhouse in voting precinct two; the Union Schoolhouse in voting precinct three and the Town Hail in voting precinct four, in .said North Andover, on Mon- day the First day of March, 1937, at nine o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there to act upon the following articIes: Article 1. To 'elect a Moderator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public We]fare for one year; one Assessor of Taxes, one member o£ School Committee, one member of Board of Health, one member Board of Public Works for three years; a Highway Surveyor, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Tree Warden and five Constables for one year, and any and all Town Officers required by law to be elected by ballot. Also to vote upon the following question: "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled 'An Act placing under the civil service laws the office of Chief of Police of the town of North Andover,' be accepted?" YES: ............. NO: .............. All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls shall be opened at nine o'clock A. M. and shall be closed at eight o'clock P. M. After final action on the preceding article one the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 4, Article 1, of the Town By-Laws, to Saturday, March 13, 1937, at one thirty o'clock P. M. in the Town I~Ial], then and there to act upon the fo]lowing articles. Article 2. To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot. Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the 152 ANNUAL REPORT report of the receipts and expenditures as presented ~by the Selectmen and Auditor. Article 4. To see what action the town will take as to its unexpended appropriations. Article 5. To see what action the town will take as to the recommendations of the finance committee. Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the To~vn Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1937, 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 consider the reports of all special com- mittees. Article 8. To see what action the town will take in regard to appointing a committee to care for public parks and triangles of the town. Petition of.the Board of Select- Article 9. To see if the Town will take over that part of the area of land, at the Centre, lying between Milk Street and the converging lines of 'Johnson and Salem Streets, now owned by J. H. and A. W. Morse and agree to hold permanently and maintain and care for the said area in common with the other road-intersection park areas Of the Town, a covenant of the deed of gift being that the Town shall permanently hold the given area and maintain the same as a part o£ the Town Park System for ornamenial purposes, no buildings or other monuments to be erected thereon and no individual name to be attached thereto. Such part as may be needed for the broadening and/or relocation of either of the boundary roads may be so used a condition of such using being for such a public purpose as would make its taking under other conditions possible by right of eminent domain. I am adding that any planting, if any, will be of such a low growing character as will keep at all times the view open and unobstructed in all directions, all of which is im- portant in these days of fast moving traffic. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 10. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to appoint a town accountant in accordance with Section 55, Chapter 41, General Laws, to abolish the office of town auditor, or take any action relative thereto. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 153 Article 11. To see if the Ttwn will appropriate and raise a certain sum of money to erect suitable markers and such other necessities as may be necessary to properly com- memorate Captain Thomas J. Milnes and Joseph P. Mc- Donough. It is also petitioned that the Selectmen be em- powered to allot squares, triangles or parks for the erection of the above. Petition of Commander H. Barrington and others. Article 12. To see what action the Town will take upon an offer made by the Rev. Clinton W. Carve]l, as Trus- tee for a donor-benefactor who desires his name withheld, to provide a building on the lot now used for a playground known as Grogan's Field; said building to contain shower baths and dressing rooms for the use of the Town, upon the condition that a suitable sum be provided by the Town for its ma.intenance. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 13. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate, or appropriate from any source available for the purpose of the foregoing Article. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of one hundred dollars (100) for the observ- ance of Armistice Day. Same to be spent by a committee appointed by the moderator and selected from the member- ship of the Local Post of the American Legion. Petition of Harold P. Barrington, Commander and others. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provision of Chapter 147, Section 13A of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, relative to the establishment of a reserve police force in town, to consist of not more than eight (8). men. Petition of John Roche and others. Article 16. To see ff the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpanded appropriation of six hundred dollars ($600) under Article 28 of the 1936 appropriation for a water main on Longwood Avenue and such additional sum from the appropriations for mainte- nance and construction of water and sewer departments as will purchase a coupe automobile. Petition of Board of Public Works. Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money not in excess of eight hundred dol- lars, ($800.00) to purchase an automobile for the use of the Board of Health. Petitio~ of Board of Health. Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of eight hundred and ninety dollars ($890) 154 ANNUAL REPORT to purchase an automobile for the use of the Police Depart- ment. Petition of the Chief of Police. Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of thirty-five hundred ($3500) to purchase two 21/2-ton trucks, for the use of the Highway Department. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Article 20. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Nine Thousand Dollars to purchase a new Seven Hundred and Fifty gallon pump and combination truck to replace the old pump and combination truck now in use and the proceeds received from the old truck be paid over to the Town Treasurer. Petition of the Board of Engi- neers of the Fire Department by Charles W. Hinxman and others. Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3500) to continue the rebuilding of Boxford Street under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in conjunc- tion with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred dollars ($1700) to purchase lighting equipment and truck to transport same. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. A.rticle 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Street light at the dead end of Edmands Road and provide payment for same. Petition of Peter White and others. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to install and maintain a street light on poleNo. 2775 on Prospect Street. Petition of John C. Bushnell and others. Article 25. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) £or mate- rials and services to be used in constructing six-inch water mains on Little, Young, Buckingham and Lyman Roads with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration or other such Federal Agency. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Article 26. To see if the Town will appropriate from receipts of 1936 the sum of four thousand, five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and ninety-four cents received from the city of Lawrence for water rates for the purpose, of making necessary repairs to the reservoir constructed in 1898 and making necessary repairs and improvements to the Pumping Station. Petition of the Board of Public Works. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 155 Article 27. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of three thousand dollars for materials and services to be used in constructing sewers, and manholes on Commonwealth Avenue, Hodges, Belmont, Sargent, Milton, and Third Streets, Richardson Avenue, Lyman, Perley, Buckingham, Chapin, Young and Little Roads with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration or other such Federal agency. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to place a six inch water main on Young Road from Herrick to Lyman Road. Petition of Sam. DiMauro and others. Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to extend the water service on Lyman Road 75 feet starting at a point where it now enters the residence of Mr. James McCormish. Peti- tion of Leonard Firth and others. Article 30. We, the undersigned, owners of property on Innis, Wesley, and Adrian Streets, in the town of North Andover are making this application to the voters of the Town of North Andover that they may accept the above- mentioned streets as a part of the Town property, and that they may vote to extend the town water line to reach Wes- ley Street as far as Adrian Street in the aforementioned Town of North Andover. Petition of Guiseppe Balsamo and others. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to exie!~d the water service from Herrick Road to Lyman Road by way known as Little Road a distance of 259 feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a 6 inch water main on Dewey Street for a distance of 350' feet start- ing at Railroad Ave. running westerly to Marblehead Street. Petition of E. Dewey Dyer and others. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to place a sewer on Young Road from Herrick to Lyman Road. Petition of Sam DiMauro and others. Article 34. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a sewer for a distance of 350 feet on Dewey Street starting at Railroad Ave. running westerly to Marblehead Street. Petition of E. Dewey Dyer and others. 156 ANNUAL REPORT Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum o£ money sufficient to install its sewer system in Buckingham Road from Herrick Road, running southerly for a distance of two hundred feet. Petition of Mrs. F. E. Mitchell and others. Article 36. To see i£ the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum o£ money sufficient to install a sewer t'rom Herrick Road to Lyman Road by way known as Little Road a distance of 259 feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to install a sewer on Lyman Road for a distance of 75 feet starting at a point where it now enters the residence o£ Mr. James McCormish. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Article 38. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of thirty-five hundred ($3500.00) to macadam Hillside Road between Turnpike Street and Andover By- pass. Petition of Peter Turgeon and others. Article 39. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2000.00) to resur- face Barker Street from its junction with Osgood Street and continuing as far as the appropriation will allow. Petition of George R. Barker and others. Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to make suit- able repairs on Edmands Road and provide money for the payment thereof. Petition of Philip Sutcliffe and others. Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the money to make Young Road passa,ble for vehicles form Herrick to Lyman Road. Petition of Sam DiMauro and others. Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to accept a way known as Herrick Road from the intersection of Massa- chusetts Avenue to the intersection of Middlesex Street. Petition of Francis Clarkson and others. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept a part of Chapin Road from the residence of William Taylor to Middlesex Street. Petition of William A. Taylor and others. Article 44. To see if the Town will install, a surface drain or catch basin on the east side of Edmands Road at lot line of 14 and 16 and provide payment for same. Peti- tion of William N. Wilkinson and others. Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept the remainder of Edmands Road in accordance with the layout TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 157 accepted by the Board of Survey. Petition of Peter F. White and others. Article 46. To see if the Town w/ll vote to accept Dewey Street for a distance of 350 feet. All expense of lay- ing out and building robe borne by E. Dewey Dyer. Petition of E. Dewey Dyer and others. Article 47. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money to install s surface drain on Irving Road Petition of Patrick Driscoll and others. Article 48. To see if the Town will raise and appro- prtaie the sum of seven thousand dollars ($7000) to carry on the activities of the W. P: A. Work. Petition of the Board of Selectmen, Article 49. To act upon any other business which may be legally considered at this meeting. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof at the Town Hall and at five or more public places in each voting precinct. Said copies to be posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days 'before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk. at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands a~ North Andover the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven. HARRY C. FOSTER. JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, ARTHUR A. THOMSON. Select:men of North Andover. CONTENTS Appropriations Recommended ..................... 113 Assessor's Report ................................ 103 Auditor's Repor~ Animal Inspector's Report ......................... 115 Board of Public Works Report ..................... 45 Board of Health Report ........................... 107 Board of Public Welfare Report ........ ~ ........... 116 Fire Department Repor~ .......................... 105 Highway Surveyor's Report ....................... 110 List of Jurors .................................... 119 O1~ Age Assistance ............................... 118 Police Department ................................ 104 School Committee's Report ........................ 65 Stevens Memorial Library ......................... 121 Sealer of Weights and Measures ................... 106 Treasurer's Report ............................... 109 Tax Collector's Report ............................ 127 Town Clerk's Report .............................. 6 Town By-Laws .................................. 36 Town Warrant ................................... 151 State Auditor's Report ............................ 25 Inspector of Slaughtering ......................... 150 ANNUAL 'RE [I 1936 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER ~936 OFFICERS' REPORT OF THE Receipts and Expenditures AS PRESENTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE Financial Year Ending December 31, 1936 INCLUDING Report o4 School Committee and Board of Public Works NORTH ANDOVEI~ MASS. ri'nE C. H. Da~vr~ Co. 1937 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1936 Moderator CORNELIUS J. MAHONEY Town Clerk Town Treasurer JOSEPH A. DUNCAN CORNELIUS B. MEAGAN Selectmen HARRY C. FOSTER JAMES P. IIAINSWORTH ARTI~UR A. THOMSON Board of Public Welfare JAMES P. HAINSWORTH HARRY C. FOSTER ARTHUR A. THOMSON Board of Assessors HERBERT T. WILD Term expires 1937 EDWARD E. CURLEY Term expires 1938 JAMES P. HAINSWORTI-I Term expires 1939 Board of Health GEORGE JEWETT Term expires 1937 HERt]ERT E. McQUESTEN Term expires 1938 EDWARD W. A. HOLT, M.D. Term expires 1939 School Committee LOUIs H. McALOON, JR. Term expires 1937 FREDERICK C. ATKINSON, M.D. Term expires 1938 REV. CLINTON W. CARVELL Term expires 1939 Superintendent of Schools FRED E. PITKIN Board of Public Works WILLIAM H. SOMERVILLE Term expires 1937 ABBOT STEVENS Term expires 1938 BERNARD F. HUGHES Term expires 1939 Superintendent of Public Works WILLIAM B. DUFFY Board of Registrars of Voters PATRICK C. CRONIN Te~ expires 1937 HARRY F. CUNNINGHAM Term expires 1938 F. ORRIS REA Term expires 1939 JOSEPK A. DUNCAN, Clerk Regular Police ALFRED II. McKEE, Chief THOMAS H. MILNES, Captain MYRON B. LEWIS A. IIOUGIITON FARNHAM Highway Surveyor IRA D. CARTY Tree Warden JOHN J. CONNORS RICHARD HILTON Supt. Town Infirmary RICHARD HEIDER Pound Keeper RICHARD HEIDER Engineers Fire Dept. CHARLES W. HINXMAN IIERBERT W. GRAY THOMAS H. BRODERICK Matron Town Infirmary MRS. RICHARD HE/DER Building Inspector MARTIN LAWLOR Town Auditor JAMES W. ELLIOTT Sealer Wts. and Measures FREEMAN J. DAVIS Collector of Taxes IRVING E. HINTON Supt. Moth Dept. JOHN J. CONNORS Agent Board of Health LUCIUS P. KATHAN Fish Warden Burial Agent FRED McCORMACi< MARTIN CASEY Public Weighers JAMES J. DOOLE¥ THOMAS GAGNON Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber ARTHUR H. FARNHAM IRA D. CARTY CLARENCE FARNUM CtIARLES W. PAUL Fence Viewers WILLIAM DUFTON Police MICHAEL GOLDEN GEORGE WATERHOUSE CORNELIUS DONOVAN HUGH STEWART JOHN M. COSTELLO ARTHUR LAMBERT HAROLD WOOD CHARLES W. PAUL MICHAEL HURSON GUSTAVE NUSSBAUM LAURIE E. KNOWLES HAROLD TYNING WALTER CHAMPION JOIIN J. MURRAY FREDERICK MOSLEY SAMUEL JENKINS FRED McCORMACK IRVEN ELSTON FREDERICK RABS BOSLOW BUSH EDWARD DONOVAN FRANK SPENCER CHARLES PITMAN PHILIP SUTCLIFFE RICHARD HEIDER RICHARD L. HEIDER CHARLES W. HINXMAN ARTHUR H. FARNHAM ALFRED H. McKEE MARCUS L. CAREY CLARENCE ELLIS AUGUSTUS WALSH Arthur H. FARNHAM Officers JOHN A. SULLIVAN GEORGE KANE GEORGE E. W. KERSHAW JOHN H. FENTON HORACE CULPON GEORGE STEWART RICHARD HARGREAVES, JR. GEORGE W. BUSBY JOHN W. MAWSON JOSEPH BUMYEA LEWIS HUMPHREYS PAUL WILLETT JOIIN HARRINGTON FRANCIS MURPHY CHARLES WOOD PHILIP MIDGLEY WILLIAM RITCHIE EDWARD SARCIONE WILLIAM DUFTON DONALD BUCHAN BERTRAM SMITH CYRIL KNOWLES MILFORD BOTTOMLEY JOHN HILL, JR. WILLIAM THOMPSON ALEXANDER WHITE JAMES J. DILLON JOHN FRIEL ALBERT DETORA ARTHUR R. DRUMMOND WILLIAM P. CALLAHAN Play Ground Animal Inspector WILLIAM J. COSTELLO JOHN J. BURKE Advisory Board ERNEST G. ABBOTT FRED D. WHITTIER JOHN W. PERLEY CHARLES T. McCARTHY CLARENCE HUTTON Memorial Day Committee i~IARTIN CASEY, Chairman LOUIS P. SAUNDERS WILLIAM J. McGEE JOHN D. McROBBIE RALPH G. CAREY CLARENCE ELLIS JOSEPH TRICKETT Planning Board ISAAC OSGOOD HERBERT E. McQUESTEN CORNELIUS E. SULLIVAN ANNUAL REPORT Synopsis of Town Meeting, March 2, 1936 and Adjourned to March 14, 1936 Article 1. To elect a Moderator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare for one year; one Assessor of Taxes, one member of School Committee, one member of Board of Health and one member of the Board of Public Works fro' three years; one member of the Board of Health for one year, to fill vacancy; a Highway Surveyor, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Tree Warden and five Constables for one year, and any and all Town Officers required by law to be elected by ballot. All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls shall be opened at nine o'clock A. M. and shall be closed at eight o'clock P. M. See list of candidates Candidates Moderator for one year Cornelius J. Mahoney William McKinnon Blanks Town Clerk for one year Joseph A. Duncan 625 Blanks 226 Town Treasurer for one year Cornelius B. Meagan 636 Blanks 215 Selectmen for one year John T. Campbell 267 Harry C. Foster 392 James P. tIainsworth 435 John J. Murray 471 Arthur A. Thomson 465 Blanks 523 Highway Surveyor for one year Ira D. Carry 542 John H. Milnes 293 Blanks 16 Precincts I 2 3 4 537 641 624 584 1 314 361 308 258 757 742 699 245 190 144 Totals 2386 1 1241 2823 8O5 630 705 590 2467 348 213 238 1092 24 14 15 69 297 292 187 1043 541 458 542 1933 530 519 555 20[~9 491 383 324 1669 554 581 406 2006 593 563 515 2194 750 722 669 2777 252 210 174 851 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Candidates Precincts 1 2 3 Collector of Taxes for one year Daniel A. Doyle 79 108 67 Joseph V. Flana~an 152 141 189 J. Newton Frye 127 141 96 Henry Hayman 86 93 148 Irving E. Hinton 177 235 344 James J. Lavin 138 86 46 Warren C. Towne 76 186 28 .... ~ Blanks 16 12 14 ']~ernard F. HUghes 619 583 531 Alexander M. White J53 .273 275 Blanks 79 146 126 Assessor for three years James P. Hainsworth 540 Blanks 311 158 101 117 203 90 83 17 576 145 122 Totals 328 640 465 444 959 360 373 59 2309 846 473 Constables for one year Frank P. Denue 255 170 228 131 784 John II. Fenton 375 503 505 413 1796 Richard IIargreaves, Jr. 407 585 505 376 1873 John F. Harring~on 460 609 471 490 2030 John J. Roche 392 495 409 490 1786 Harold W. Tyning 468 487 540 408 1903 Augustine J. Waish 552 559 499 487 2097 Donald Cox 3 10 7 20 McGoul I 1 William Crabtree 1 1 Blanks 1343 1590 t503 1413 5849 Board of Health for three years Edward W. A. Holt 553 681 606 604 2444 Blanks 298 321 326 239 1184 Town Auditor for one year James W. Elliott 628 730 Blanks 223 272 Member School Committee for one year Clinton W. Carvell 393 675 608 524 2200 John A. McDonald 385 243 231 222 1081 Blanks 73 84 93 97 847 Public Welfare for one year John T. Campbell 274 301 298 195 1068 Harry C. Foster 876 511 442 499 1828 James P. Hainsworth 417 520 513 539 1989 John J. Murray 470 498 399 345 1712 Arthur A. Thomson 456 536 569 406 1967 Blanks 560 640 575 545 2320 Tree Warden for one year John J. Connors 594 712 688 627 2621 Blanks 257 290 244 216 1007 684 645 2687 248 198 941 617 628 630 2415 385 304 213 1213 8 ANNUAL REPORT Candidates Precincts Totals 1 2 3 4 Board of Health for one year Edward Yieldhouse 1.g7 197 115 101 550 George E. Jewett 23.2 369 449 368 1419 William A. McAloon .204 274 231 209 1018 Joseph F. MichIun 102 53 53 58 266 Blanks 75 109 84 107 375 After final action on the preceding article one the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 4, Article 1, of the Town By-Laws, to Saturday, March 14, 1936, at one thirty o'clock P'. M., in the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following articles. Article 2. To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot. Referred to Board of Selectmen. Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen and Auditor. Voted to accept. Article 4. To see what action the town will take as to its unexpended appropriations. Voted that all balances be turned into the treasury with the following exceptions :- Balances on bonds or notes issued. Balances stipulated by special acts. Balance of the Reserve Fund, $2,000.00, appropriated under Article 8, of the 1935 warrant. Balance of the E. R. A. fund, $4,590.77 ($2,319.66) at the time of this meeting, appropriated under Article 14, of the 1935 walTant. Balance of Prospect Street water main, $353.07, appro- priated under Article 25, of the 1935 warrant. Balance of Dufton Court water main, $408.58, appropri- ated under Article 26, of the 1935 warrant. Balance of the East Side Sewer Extension, $389.88, ap- propriated under Article 23, of the 1935 warrant. Also voted to incorporate the sum of $1,217.94, as called for under Article 13 of this warrant. Article 5. To see what action the town will take as to the recommendations of the finance committee. Under item 3. Question of accepting Finance Commit- tee's recommendations. 237 voted in favor. 126 voted in oppo- sition. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. 9 Item 4. Tax Collector's Department. Emergency commitments $1,400 00 1936 commitments 1,250 00 On the question of voting on appropriation under item 8, by a ballot vote, 157 voted in favor and 270 voted in opposi- tion. 265 voted in favor of appropriation of $12,000.00 and 143 voted in opposition. After voting on item 8, of Article 5, it was voted to reconsider action whereby each item was to be considered separately. The Moderator then announced appropriation made under each item of this article; Item 23 was raised to $16,500.00; item 24 was reduced from $9,600.00 to $8,500.00; item 42 was raised from $5,000.00 to $5,500.00, then all items voted in a group. Under item 17, it was voted to authorize the Board of Health to appoint one of its members Board of Health Physi- cian and that his salary be fixed at $100.00, to be taken from thc apnropriation made for this department. Under item 26, it was voted that the Board of Public Welfare be authorized to appoint one of /ts members as Agent and that his salary be fixed at $400.00, to be taken from appropriation made for this department. Under item 29, it was voted that the School Committee be author/zed to appoint one of its members as School Physi- c!an a;~d that his salary be fixed at $250.00, to be taken from appropriation made for this department. DEPARTMENTS APPROPRIATIONS i Selectmen, salarle~ $750.00, expenses $270.00 $1,020 00 2 Auditor, salary ~600.00, expenses $100.00 700 00 3 Treasurer, salary $1,050.00, expenses including bond $720.00 1,770 00 4 Collector, salary $1,059.00, expenses including bonds $2,650.00 ,2,700 00 5 Assessors, salaries $1,350.00, expenses $700.00 2,050 00 6 Town Clerk, salary $350.0,0, expenses $100.00 450 00 7 Election E:.~penses Board of Registrars, salaries $200.00, expenses $2,400.00 2,600 00 8 Police Dept., equipment, salaries and expenses 12,000 00 9 Fire Dept., ambulance, engineers and expenses 17,000 00 10 Dog Warrant 100 00 11 Building Inspector, salary 50 00 12 Sealer of Weights and Measures, salary $250.00, expenses $90.00 840 00 13 lnsecg Pest 3,000 00 14 Tree Warden, salary $150.00, expenses $1,000.00 1,150 00 15 Brush Cutting 500 00 16 Fish Warden, salary 5 00 10 ANNUAL REPORT 17 Board of Health, salaries $300.00, physician $100.00, expenses $4,200.00 4,600 00 18 Garbage Disposal 900 00 19 Vital Statistics 200 00 20 Refuse Disposal 3,000 00 21 Highway Surveyor, salary 3,000 00 22 General Maintenance Street Department 40,000 00 23 Snow Removal 16,500 00 24 Street Lighting 8,500 00 25 Board of Public Welfare, salaries 300 00 26 Supt. and Matron, salaries $1,200.00, outside relief and repairs, $22,400.00, agent $400.00 24,000 00 27 Public Parks and Triangles 2,000 00 28 Discount on Notes 2,000 00 29 School Department 110,000 00 30 State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief 3,400 00 31 Stevens Memorial Library 5,800 00 32 Memorial Day 350 00 33 Board of Public Works, salaries 300 00 34 Maintenance and Const. Water Dept. 25,000 00 35 Maintenance and Const. Sewer Dept. 4,000 00 36 Contingent and Forest Fire 2,000 00 37 Annual Report 950 00 38 Insurance 8,700 00 39 Maintenance County Hospital 3,030 93 40 Playgrounds 300 00 41 Town Hall Janitor 800 00 42 Maintenance Town Building, including Clerks and Commitment Machine 5,500 00 43 American Legion (rent) 450 00 44 Interest on East Side SeWer Notes 1,487 50 45 Redeeming East Side Sewer Notes 2,000 00 46 Interest on New Schoolhouse Notes 956 25 47 Redeeming 3 New Schoolhouse Notes 3,000 00 48 Board of Survey 100 00 49 Forest Fire Warden, salary 100 00 50 Animal Inspector, salary 200 00 51 Expenses on Dump 260 00 52 Town Forest 90 00 53 Bathing Beach 1,000 00 54 Old Age Assistance 15,000 00 55 N.R.A. interest 412 50 56 Redeeming N. R. A. bond, $1,913.04 from Andover National Bank 50 58 57 Game Warden 100 00 58 Tax Titles 500 00 59 License Commissioner, expenses 100 00 60 Reserve Fund 3,000 00 $349,872 76 Voted to raise and appropriate under other articles in the warrant: Article 12 $75 00 Article 14 600 00 Article 18 600 00 Article 19 750 00 Article 20 300 O0 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 11 Article 24 7,000 00 Article 2(i (conditional) 500 00 . Article 28 (conditional) 600 00 Article 29 3,500 00 Art!cle 30 2,500 00 Article 31 4,000 O0 Article 32 579 66 Article 33 221 00 $21,225 66 A~'ticle 5 349,872 76 Grand Total $371,098 42 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 reve- nue of the financial year beginning January 1. 1936 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. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year beginning Januai-y 1, 1936, 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 La,vs. The vote was unanimous and so declared. Article 7. To consider reports of ali special commit- tees. The report of the Planning Board Committee was re- ceived as progressive and the committee continued. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to use the un- expended balance of two thousand dollars ($2,000) of the 1935 Reserve Fund to apply to the Reserve Fund of 1936. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Voted to use the unexpended balance of $2,000.00, Re- serve Fund for year 1935, together with the amount raised under item 60, of Article 5, to be the Reserve Fund for 1936. Article 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving not/ce of the time and place of the sale by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title 12 ANNUAL REPORT procedure provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may re.ject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action rela- tive thereto. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to sell after first giving notice of the time and place of the sale by posting such notices of sale in some convenient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title procedure, provided that the S~lectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid whicl~ they dee~ inade- quate, or take any action thereto. Article 10. To see what action the town will take in regards to appointing a committee to care for public parks and triangles of the town. Petition of the Board of Select- men. Voted that the Board of Public Works serve as a com- mittee to care for Public Parks and Triangles. Article 11. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee of five members to serve without pay, said com- mittee shalI consist of the Board of Selectmen, Chairman of the Board of Health, and the Chief of Police, for the purpose of looking into the advisability of adopting a Zon- ing By-Law, that will promote the health, safety, conven- ience and welfare of the inhabitants, will tend to improve and beautify the town, will harmonize with its natural devel- opments, and will assist the carrying out of any scheme for municipal improvement, in accordance with General Laws (Tercentenary Edition) Chapter 40, Section 25, and any and all acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto. The said committee is to report its recommendations and any proposed additions to the Towm By-Laws at the next Tow~ meeting. Petition of Irving E. Rogers and others. It was voted to postpone this article. Article 12. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) for the observance of Armistice Day. Petition of Joseph A. Trickett and other's. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars for observance of Armistice Day. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate, the amount equal to the insurance received, twelve hun- dred seventeen dollars and ninety-four cents ($1,217.94), TOWN O? NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. for fire which occurred October 28, 1935 at the Town In- firmary and which destroyed sheds and farm implements. This amount to be used to replace buildings, implements, and equimnent destroyed. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. It was voted that this amount $1,217.94, be incorporated with sums mentioned in Article 4, of the warrant, as being withheld from the Treasury. The amount mentioned to re- place buildings, implements and equipment destroyed by fire at the Town Infirmary. Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars for painting the interior and exterior of the American Legion Beach bath house; purchasing and erecting a steel flag pole; improving the sanitary conditions and upkeep of grounds. Petition o5 the Bathing Beach Committee. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred to paint the interior and exterior of the American Legion Beach House; purchasing and erecting a steel flag pole and improv- ing the sanitary conditions and upkeep of the grounds. Article 15. To see if the town will vote to petition the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxation for the installation of an accounting system in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. Petition of John M. Pillion an.d others. Voted to petition the Director of Accounts for the instal- lation of the State Accounting System. This to be done not later than April 15, 1936. Article 16. To see if the town will vote to transfer all unexl~ended balances of the 1935 E.R.A. appropriation to the 1936 appropriation for W.P.A. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Incorporated under Article 4 o£ this warrant. Article 17. To see if the town will accept Dufton Court from Andover Street to Chickering Road. Petition of George H. Schruender and others. Voted to accept Dufton Court from Andover Street to Chickering Road. Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ($1,000) one thousand dollars for repair of the heating and ventilating system of the Union School. Petition of the School Committee. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars to repair the heating and ventilating system of the Union School. 14 ANNUAL REPORT Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $750 for replacing the floor of the gymnasium in Johnson High School. Petition of the School Committee. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars to replace the floor of the gymnasium of the Johnson High School. Article 20. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $300 for the purchase of a mechanical refrigerator for the lunch room at Johnson High School. Petition of the School Committee. Voted to raise and appropriate the stun of three hundred dollars to purchase mechanical refrigeration for the lunch room at the Johnson High School. Article 21. To see if the town will vote to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the River School Property be disposed of by the town as there seems to be little probability that it will again be used for school pur- poses. Petition of the School Committee. Voted to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the town dispose of the River School property. Article 22. To see if the town wiI1 vote to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the Farnham School Property be disposed of by the town as there seems to be little probability that it will again be used for school purposes. Petition of the School Committee. Voted to accept the School Committee's recommendation that the town dispose of the Farnham School property. Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred and fifty-three dollars and seven cents ($353.07) of the 1935 appropriation for a water main on Prospect Street and the unexpended balance of four hun- dred and eight dollars and fifty-eight cents ($408.58) frorp the 1935 appropriation for a water main on Dufton Cour* and such additional sum from the appropriations for main~ tenance and construction of the wgter and sewer depart- ments as will purchase a one and one-half ton truck. Peti- tion of the Board of Public Works. Voted to authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred fifty-three dollars and seven cents, of the 1935 appropriation for a water main on Prospect Street, and the unexpended balance of four hundred eight dollars and fifty-eight cents from the 1935 appropria- TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. tion for a water main on Dufton Court and such additional sum from the appropriation for Maintenance and Construc- tion of the water and sewer departments as will purchase a one and one-half ton truck. Article 24. To see if the To~vn will raise and appropri- ate the sum of seven thousand dollars for materials and serv- ices to be used in completing the additional water supply reservoir now being constructed with Works Progress Ad- ministration funds from the Federal Government. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seven thou- sand dollars for materials and services to be used in com- pleting the additional water supply reservoir now being constructed with Works Progress Administration funds from the Federal Government. Article 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred and eighty-n/ne dollars and eighty-eight cents ($389.88) of the 1935 appropriation for the extension of the East Side Trunk Sewer on Phillips Court and Harkaway Road to complete the project. Petition of the Board of Pub- Iic Works. Voted to authorize the Board of P'ublic Works to use the unexpended balance of three hundred eighty-nine dol- lars and eighty-eight cents, of the 1935 appropriation for the extension of the East Side Sewer on Phillips Court and Hark- away Road to complete the project. Article 26. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to extend the water main on Dufton Court from the present terminus on Dufton Court, two hun- dred and twenty-five feet to Chickering Road. Petition of George H. Schruender and others. Voted to extend the water main on Dufton Court from the present terminus on Dufton Court, two hundred and twenty-five feet to Chickering Road, provided the owner of the building served, furnishes satisfactory guarantee to pay 4% of the cost per year for a period of ten years. Five hun- dred dollars raised and appropriated. Article 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money sufficient to lay water main in Innis Street. Petition of A. W. Bohmwagner and others. Voted not to make this appropriation due to excessive cost. 16 ANNUAl, REPORT Article 28. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to extend the water pipe on Longwood Avenue from a point where it now ends in a southerly direc- tion for a distance of 270 feet. Petition of 7v~rary E. Chase and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars, to extend the water main on Longwood Avenue from a point where it now ends in a southerly direction for a dis- tance of two hundred seventy feet, provided the Board of Survey first accept the street plan and provided the owner of the building served furnish a satisfactory guarantee to pay 4% of the cost of construction per year for a period of ten years. Article 29. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500) for the purchase of a Tractor complete with snow plow for the use of the Highway Department. Petition of Highway Sur- veyor. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars to purchase a tractor complete with snow plow for the use of the Highway Department. Article 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) to continue the rebuilding of Boxford Street under Chap- ter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in con- junction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Sur- veyor. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to continue the rebuilding of Boxford Street under Chapter 90, of the General Laws, said money to be used in conjunction with any money be alloted by the State or County or both. Article 31. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of four t~housand dollars ($4,000) to carry on the activities of the W.P.A. work. Petition of the Select- Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars to carry on the activities of the W. P. A. work. Article 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of five hundred seventy-nine dollars and sixty- six cents for the unpaid bills of 1935 of the Board of Public Welfare. Petition of the Board of Public Welfare. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 17 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred seventy-nine dollars and sixty-six cents to meet the unpaid bills of the year 1935, of the Board of Public Welfare. Article 33. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of two hundred and twenty-one dollars ($221) for the unpaid bills of 1935 of the Bureau of Old Age Assist- ance. Petition of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred twenty-one dollars to meet the unpaid bills of the year 1935, of the Bureau of 01d Age Assistance. Article 34. To see whether the Town will adopt the following by-law or some modification thereof for the pur- pose of regulating billboards or other outdoor advertising devices. By-Law, Regulation of Advertising Signs and Bill- boards. Section 1. AUTHORIZATION. In conformity with the General Laws and lawful state regulations for the proper control and restriction of outdoor advertising devices, and without relaxing any restrictions on said devices imposed by such regulations, said devices in the Town of North Andover are hereby further restricted as provided in the following sections. Section 2. EXEMPTIONS. This by-law shall apply exclusively to outdoor advertising within public view of any highway, public park or reservation. It shall not apply to signs or other devices controlled under the provisions of Sections 1, 2 or 8, of Chapter 85, General Laws, or to signs or other devices on or in the roiling stock, station, subways or structures of or used by common carriers, except adver- tising devices on bridges or viaducts or abutments thereof; and, except for lawful restrictions, as to size and Iocation, it shall not apply to signs or other devices which advertise or indicate either the person occupying the premises in ques- tion or the business transacted thereon or advertise the property itself or any part thereof as for sale or to let and which contain no other advertising matter. It also shall not apply to any advertising device legally permitted and main- tained on the date of the taking effect of this by-law, until one year after the first day of July next following said date. Section 3. DEFINITIONS: "ADVERTISING DE- VICES" shall mean billboards, painted bulletins, poster panels, signs, placards and other outdoor units designed to call public attention to the nmtter displayed thereon. "Advertising sign" or "sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device. ANNUAL REPORT "Sign-board" shall mean any structure designed for displaying an outdoor advertisement. "Highway" sha]I mean any public way. "Public Park" shall mean a piece of public land of at ]east five thousand square feet set apart for beauty and public enjoyment. "Public reservation" shall mean a piece of public ]and set apart for recreational use, as a state or municipal for- est, as a protection to a public water supply, as a memorial, or cemetery, or as a place of unusual scenic or historical in- terest. "Permitted" shall mean authorized by an official per- mit. "Display" shall mean to make or maintain visible from any highway, public park or reservation. "Area" of a sign or signboard shall mean the area of the face view of the entire device, including all attachments except supports and lattice at the base thereof. "Residential District" shall include any district or block in which the greater part of the street frontage is occupied by land of one or more of the following classes: land de- voted to residence or lodging purposes; undeveloped or open land; land devoted to farming, horticulture, floriculture or plantations, including the sale thereon of/ts own products, or to the raising of live-stock, pasturage, forests, wood- lots, parks, reservations or recreation areas. "Non-conforming business" shall mean a business located in a residential or rural district, other than such rural business as farming or the raising and sale on the same premises of farm, garden or orchard products. "Lawful sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising de- vice not prohibited by any provision of law or by any law- ful regulation. "Accessory sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device which carries only advertisements strictly incidental and subordinate to a lawful use of the premises on which it is located, including signs indicating business transacted or goods sold or produced on the premises or an occupant thereof, but not including any sign sold or rented to an out- side party. "Sign on a wall" shall mean a sign closely attached throughout to and facing with that wall, or on a window or door therein. "Lot" shall mean a plot of ground containing and de- voted to the purposes of a building, or laid out to contain a building, with all required open spaces; or a larger tract TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 19 of unbuilt, undivided land under one ownership. Section 4. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS. No person, firm, association or corporation shall be permitted or allowed to erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor advertising device, not exempted by Section 2 hereof, ex- cept those specified in paragraphs (a) (b) (c) (d) and (e) of this section. (a) In districts not of a residential or rural character, any lawfnl sign on or attached to a wall of a building or any lawful ground or roof sign or signboard no part of which extends over fifteen feet above the part of the ground or roof on which it stands. (b) In a residential or rural district, any lawful acces- sory sign or signs not exceeding five square feet in aggre- gate area on any one building or lot; or any lawful sign or signs advertising only the sale or rental of the premises not exceeding a total area of ten square feet; or, on the premises of any public building, or of any farm, garden, tree-nursery or forest, any lawful accessory signs not ex- ceeding all together fifteen square feet in area within the Iim~ts of said premises; or any lawful accessory signs on the front wall of any building occupied by a non-conform- ing business. (c) Any lawful sign not exceeding thirty-two square feet in area displayed by the town, or any sign displayed by the Un::ted States, the state or the county, relative to government business. (d) At any boundary line of the town a lawful sign not exceeding five square feet in area indicating the meet- ings of any civic organization located therein. (e) On property owned or principally occupied by a religious, civic or charitable organization, association of war veterans or the like, any lawful accessory sign displayed by written permission of the Selectmen and approval of the in- spector of buildings if any, for a limited period not exceed- ing sixty days. Section 5. SET-BACKS. No advertising sign or sign- board shall be permitted or allowed to be so located as to obstruct a view between any Foints on connecting streets within fifty feet of a corner of the rights of way; or to obstruct any door, window or fire-escape on a building; or, if on a roof, to be set nearer than one-half its height to the wall thereof on a street front; or, in a residential district, to extend more than six inches nearer to any boundary of the lot or premises on which it is located than it would be lawful to maintain a building, except as provided in para- 2O ANNUAL REPORT graph (d) of Section 4. Section 6. PROHIBITIONS. Except signs exempted under Section 2, no person, firm, association or corporation shall be permitted or allowed to erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor advertising device in any district. (a) Except the owner or a tenant occupant of the premises where it is located, or a party holding written per- mission from either to display the device for a limited period which party's name shall be conspicuously displayed thereon; (b) Upon any rock, tree, fence or pole; (e) Within one hundred feet of any church, public building, monument or memorial, or within three hundred feet of any public park, playground, or public reservation, if within view from any portion thereof; except that this paragraph shall not apply to accessory signs on the walls of buildings; (d) If it contains any obscene, indecent or immoral matter; (e) Unless all parts and attachments and the ground about the base thereof are kept in neat and safe condition. Section 7. ADMINISTRATION. No advertising de- vice for which a permit from any state authority is re- quired shall be erected, displayed or maintained in the town until five days after a permit therefor, or a true copy thereof, has been filed with the Town Clerk. Whenever notice of an application for such a permit is received by the Town Clerk, he shall immediately transmit it to the Inspector of Build- ings or other officer, if any, charged with the administra- tion of this by-law. Such officer, or in the lack of such officer, the Town Clerk, shall thereupon make an examina- tion of the case and, as promptly as possible, within thirty days of the receipt of the application by the Town Clerk, shall send written notice to the state authority to whom the application is addressed, stating whether or not the pro- posed advertising device would violate any provision of this by-law, and if so, what provision. Like notice shall be sent also to the applicant and to the owner or tenant of the pro- posed location of the device. At least twenty-five days before an outdoor advertis- ing .device not requiring a permit from any state authority and not exempted under Section 2 shall be erected or dis- played in the town, a description thereof and of its pro- posed location shall be filed with the town clerk, after which the procedure shall be the same as prescribed in the pre- ceding paragraph in the case of an application for a state permit, except that notice whether or not the device would TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. violate any provision of the law shall be sent, within twenty days after receipt of the description, only to the part>, filing the same and to the owner or tenant of the proposed loca- tion. Section 8. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT. Whoever violates any provisions of sections 4, 5 or 6 hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and whoever after final conviction for such violation unlawfully displays such outdoor advertising device for twenty days shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.. The Selectmen or any officer charged with the enforce- ment of this by-law shall cause any such violator to be prosecuted; and shall notify the state regulatory authority of Outdoor Advertising of any and all violations of lawful state regulations. Any town officer or any interested party may petition the Superior Court in equity to enjoin the erection or main- tenance of any outdoor advertising device erected or main- tained in violation of any provision of this by-law. Town officials shall have the same right and power to cause the removal of any outdoor advertising device as of any struc- ture or building maintained in violation of a by-law. Section 9. If any provision of this by-law is declared unconstitutional or illegal by any Court, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby. Section 10. All regulations for outdoor advertising de- vices heretofore adopted by the town and in force at the time of the adoption of the foregoing sections are hereby repealed. Voted not to adopt. Under Article 20 of the warrant, on the question of taking this amount from appropriation made for School De- partment, 97 voted in favor and 171 in opposition. The meeting called for 1.30 at the Town Hall was con- ducted by C. J. !~ahoney as Moderator. Microphones were used for the first time at our town meeting and proved very beneficial. The following persons assisted the Moderator in taking hand count of votes: John B. Osgood, Charles Friel, David M. Kimel, William J. McGee, Patrick C. Cronin, Charles H. Downing. 22 ANNUAL REPORT About five hundred persons were present. A true record, Attest: JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING APRIL 27, 1936 Article 1. To see if the town will vote to sell and con- vey the real estate formerly occupied by the River School, as recommended by the School Committee and voted at the AmmaI Town Meeting in 1936, and authorize the Selectmen to make such sale, for such price as they find it practicable to obtain; and authorize and empower the Town Treasurer, in the name and behalf of the town, to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver a deed or deeds giving effect to such sale as the Selectmen may make under the foregoing authorization. Voted: That the town sell and convey the real estate formerly occupied by the River School, as recommended by the School Committee and voted at the Annual Town Meet- ing in 1936, and authorize the Selectmen to make such sale, for such price as they find it practicable to obtain; and authorize and empower the Town Treasurer, in the name and behalf of the town, to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver a deed or deeds giving effect to such sale as the Selectmen may make under the foregoing authorization. Article 2. To see if the town will vote to sell and convey the real estate formerly occupied by the Farnham School, as recommended by the School Committee and voted at the Annual Town Meeting in 1936, and authorize the Selectmen to make such sale, for such price as they find it practicable to obtain; and authorize and empower the Town Treasurer, in the name and behalf of the town, to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver a deed or deeds giving effect to such sale as the Selectmen may make under the foregoing authorization. Voted: That the town sell and convey the real estate for- merly occupied by the Farnham School, as recommended by the School Committee and voted at the Annual Town 5~eet- lng in 1936, and authorize the Selectmen to make such sale, £or such price as they find it practicable to obtain; and authorize and empower the Town Treasurer, in the name and behalf o£ the town, to sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver a deed or deeds giving effect to such sale as the Selectmen may make under the foregoing authorization. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 23 TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS During the year 1936, 90 deaths were recorded, 50 male, 40 female. The following persons reached the age of 70 years or more: Hannah J. McDonald 85 Michael F. DriscolI 75 Lauretta Pollock 70 William W. Phelps 81 William F. Murch 76 Helena E. Jensen 82 Jeanie Pollock 74 Hartley Stott 74 Harriet G. Donovan 78 Lawrence G. Lacy 84 William H. Robinson 73 Hannah J. Quealy 87 Joseph L. Leighton 71 Eliza M. Watts 83 James Breen 72 Joseph Ravenscroft 87 Patrick H. Conway 82 Fannie Halliday 74 Elizabeth Allen 77 Elizabeth Morrow 74 Mary Mackie 73 William Howes 81 Sarah Whiteside 70 Alice J. Frisbee 83 Lucy A. Stevens 72 Mary E. Sullivan 72 Margaret R. Gi]christ 97 Elizabeth Wood 76 Maurice Hennessy 80 George Fie]ding 79 Augusta F. Juenger 79 Richard J. Turner 80 Ezra Oates 86 Deaths by Ages 90 to 100 years 1 60 to 70 years 21 70 to 80 years 21 40 to 50 years 6 50 to 60 years 19 20 to 30 years 2 30 to 40 years 0 I to 10 years 1 10 to 20 years 0 Under 1 year 6 80 to 90 years 13 Causes of Death Accidental 4 Heart Diseases 37 Uraemia 1 Suicide 2 Anemia 1 Nephritis 4 Pneumonia 6 Drowning 1 Cerebral ApopIexy 1 Hemorrhage 6 Diabetes 3 Carcinoma 9 Tuberculosis i 24 ANNUAL REPORT Other Causes 1l Stillborn 3 Births Whole number of births 91 Male 46 Female 45 Native parentage 63 l~ixed parentage 22 Foreign parentage 6 Marriages recorded 84 Youngest bride 16 Youngest groom 20 Oldest bride 53 Oldest groom 62 LICENSES Resident Fishing, 115, @ $2.00 each $230 00 Resident Hunting, 90, @ $2.00 each 180 00 Resident Sporting, 56, @ $3.25 each 182 00 Minor and Female Fishing, 18, @ $1.25 each 22 50 Special Non-Resident Fishing, I I 50 Resident Citizen Trapping, 1 5 25 $621 25 Less 281 licenses, @ 25c each 70 25 Amount sent to Div. of Fisheries and Game $551 00 Also 10 licenses issued to persons 70 years old or over for which there is no charge. Dogs 171 male @ $2.00 each 36 spayed @ $2.00 each 9 female @ $5.00 each 216 @ 20c each Amount paid To~vn Treasurer $342 00 72 00 45 00 $459 00 43 20 $415 80 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. 25 June 29, 1936 To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Harry C. Foster, Chairman North Andover, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the totem of North Andover for the period from November 13, 1935 to March 7, 1938, ard the installation of a system of accounts, made in accordance with the r~rovisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form (~f a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts. TNW:ER Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and T~xation State House, Boston Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of North Andover for the period from November 13, 1935, the date of the previous audit, to March 7, 1936, and in addition have installed a system of accounts for the town, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws, and a vote of the town, the fo!- lowing report being submitted thereon: The records of the financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked in detail. General ledger accounts were compiled and the charges against appropriations were analyzed for the period from November 13 to December 31, 1935. A new ledger for the town auditor was opened as of January 1, 1936, and all transactions were entered for the period from January I to March 7, 1936. The auditor's ledger was analyzed, a trial balance was taken off proving the accounts to be in balance, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on March 7, 1936. '26 ANNUAL REPORT The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The cash book additions were veri- fied, and the recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the collections as recorded in the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments by the treasurer were compared with the selectmen's war- rants authorizing the disbursement of town funds. The Treasurer's cash balance on March 7, 1936, was proved by a reconciliation of the bank balances with state- ments furnished by the banks of deposit, by an inspection of the savings bank books, and by actual count of the cash in the office. The savings bank books and securities representing the investments of the trust funds in the custody of the trus- tees and of the town treasurer were examined and listed, the income being proved and the withdrawals verified. The books and accounts of the former collector of taxes were examined, the taxes outstanding at the time of the previous examination being audited. The recorded collections were checked with the commitment books, the abatements were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, the payments to the treasurer were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed. In order to verify the outstanding tax accounts as listed, notices were sent to many persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town. A large number of replies were received from persons who claimed that their taxes had been paid but not credited on the books of the collector. All these claims were investigated, and many tax- payers substantiated their claims by presenting proper proof of payment of taxes, assessments, and interest and costs, which had not been entered on the cash books of the former collector or posted to his commitment books. These amounts, together with other items collected but not accounted for, were charged to the former tax col- lector, the final reconciliation of the several tax accounts indicating that there was the sum of $3,924.67 due from him as of March 7, 1936. Additional claims were made by taxpayers that their taxes have been paid but not credited on the books, but evi- dence of payment had not been produced at the completion of the audit. Any additional items which may subsequently be proved as having been paid and not entered on the former collector's books should be charged to him and the newly- eleeted collector to whom these items were reeommitted for TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. '27 collection should be credited with the amounts found to have beech previously paid. The tax and assessment accounts in the auditor's ledger haw been credited with the amounts due from the former collector, and these accounts were closed and new accounts were opened for the new collector representing the outstand- ing taxes and assessments as of March 7, 1936. The total amount outstanding on each of the tax and assessment levies was given to the board of assessors for their use in prepar- ing the recommitment warrant. Deficits in several overlay accounts aggregating $3,933.19, as shown on the balance sheet, and any additional abatements subsequently granted and chargeable to these accounts, should be raised by the assessors in accordance with the provisions of Section 23, Chapter 59, General Laws. The records of licenses and permits issued by the town clerk and other departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and the town were verified. The records of departmental accounts receivable were examined. The payments to the treasurer were verified, the abatements were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved. The records of water and sewer accounts receivable in the office of the board of public works were examined and checked. The commitments were analyzed, the collections and payments to the town treasurer were verified, the abate- ments were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved. Verification of the outstanding departmental and water accounts was made by mailing notices to many persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct. In addition to the departments mentioned, the available records of all other departments receiving money for the to~vn were checked and the payments to the town were veri- fied. The surety bonds of the town officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in. proper form. Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, tax titles, departmental, water, and sewer accounts, as weIl as tables showing the transactions and condition of the trust funds. The system of accounting which has been installed will, 28 ANNUAL REPORT hereafter, make it much easier for the several officials to perform their respective duties, as they will have informa- tion before them at all times relating to all financial trans- actions, and since the system provides for a reporting of all revenues to the accounting officer, complete information will be available at any time from the town auditor's books. The books and accounts under the new system were opened as of January 1, 1936, and the financial transactions to March 7, 1936, were entered therein. The system as installed provides automatic checks which will furnish the administrative officers with information that should prove helpful in carrying on the work of the respective departments. Citizens may also be furnished with facts relative to the cost of the several functions and activi- ties of town government. The several books and forms provided contemplate the systematic classification of accounts by means of grouping all items of receipts and all items of expenditures of a simi- lar nature under what is termed a functional classification; that is, grouping all items that are related, thus allowing' the public to see at a glance what each particular service is cost- ing. It is recommended that consideration be given to the appointment of a town accountant, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 55 to 61, Chapter 47, General Laws. A list of the books and forms provided for the town, together with a brief description of their use and certain general instructions relative to the keeping of the accounts, follows: 1. Journal for town auditor 2. Cash book for town auditor 3. Ledger for town auditor 4. Classification book for town auditor 5. Cash book for treasurer 6. Check register for treasurer 7. Trust fund ledger for treasurer 8. Schedule of departmental bills payable 9. Treasury Warrants 10. Schedule of departmental bills receivable 11. Commitment sheets of taxes and assessments 12. Schedule of collector's payments to treasurer 13. Schedule of departmental payments to treasurer 14. Schedule of treasurer's receipts 15. Cash book sheets for collector 16. Departmental bills 17. Schedule of tax abatemertts allowed TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 18. Schedule of motor vehicle excise tax abatements 19. Voucher folder 20. General department pay-rolls 21. School department pay-rolls 22. Monthly statement 23. Water cash sheets All of these books and forms are arranged so as to sim- plify the reporting and make possible a proper check on the accounting of public moneys; also to insure a classification of both receipts and payments. Ail moneys received from every source and paid to the treasurer are also reported to the town auditor, in whose book will be recorded all cash transactions in detail which will furnish an absolute check on the total. 1. Journal. This is a bound book of the ordinary two- column stock type. It forms, together with the cash book, the medium from whic~h all entries in the general ledger are posted, as it is of vital importance that no entry shall be originated in the general ledger. The journal is used for keeping a record of the debiting and crediting of items in the ledger, such as opening entries, budget appropriation entries, the entering of tax commit- ments, the abatement of taxes, accounts receivable, and all entries which are not strictly cash book transactions. It is important that all journal entries state clearly the ledger accounts which are to be debited and credited; also that a full explanation of the entry be made, in order that the transactions may be fully understood by any one exam~ thing the accounts. 2. Cash Book (for Town Auditor). This is of loose- leaf form, made up of the treasurer's schedule of receipts on the debit side and of the duplicate treasury warrants on the credit side. These sheets are placed in a binder provided for this purpose, forming a book containing all transactions involving the receipt or expenditure of cash in order that the total transactions for a given period may be shown at a glance. All entries made on the debit side of the cash book should clearly state the source from which the money was received and the department or account to which the same should be posted in the ledger; and all entries on the credit side should sho~v to whom the payment was made and the appropriation or account against which the amount should be posted in the ledger. All moneys received from every source will be reported to the auditor; therefore, in the latter's cash book will be recorded cash transactions which are similar to those of the ANNUAL REPORT treasurer and which will furnish an absolute check on the total. 3. Ledger. This is of the loose-leaf type; when the several sheets are properly arranged and placed in the binder provided for the purpose, they form the general ledger, in which are recorded, in controlling accounts, all of the finan- cial transactions of the town. The accounts in the general ledger are separated and grouped in sections, as follows: First, Assets and liabilities Second, Revenue accounts Third, Appropriation accounts Fourth, Funded or fixed debt Fifth, Trust funds From the ledger, information relative to the condition of the several appropriations may be obtained readily and the administrative officers may keep constantly informed of the amounts expended; also of the amounts available for the balance of the year. This information is ve~~ necessary in view of the statute which expressly forbids the incurring of liabilities in excess of the appropriations made for the use of the several departments; unless the work is well planned, it will be found that the appropriations will be exhausted before the end of the year, with much needed work still to be done. 4. Classification Book. This book consists of loose- leaf forms with printed headings covering the chief sources from which revenue is received and objects for which money is expended, with blank spaces which allow for additional headings to cover important items that may seem desirable. These sheets are arranged in functional order and placed in a binder provided for the purpose, thus forming the principal source of detailed information regarding the receipts and disbursements of the town. They are arranged in a classified form that is generally accepted and adopted by accountants and students of municipal affairs. Provision is made for the recording of the date of the receipt, from whom received and the source. On the payment side will be shown the date of the bill, to whom paid, and fhe purpose or object of payment. From this book definite information can readily be ob- tained of every cash transaction of the town, but its chief object is to furnish classification in a scientific manner, re- gardless of the method of making appropriations. This book is also designed to bring the costs of each particular function or service together, so that by knowing TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. ',~1 the costs and intelligently comparing them with the service given, the taxpayer may judge of the efficiency or inefficiency of the administrative officers. 5. Cash Book (for Treasurer). This is a bound book especially designed for the recording of all of the cash re- ceipts and disbursements of the treasury department in one book. 6. Check Register (for Treasurer). This book con- sists of loose-leaf forms which, placed in the binder provided for the purpose, form the book in which all trausactions with the banks are recorded. It will show at a glance the condition of the accounts in any of the depositories of the town. 7. Trust Fund Ledger (for Treasurer). This is of the loose-leaf type for the use of the treasurer, a separate ac- count being kept of each trust fund together with a con- trolling account of all trust funds. In it will be recorded all transactions pertaining to the several funds. 8. Schedule of Departmental Bills Payable. On these sheets each department should list all bills approved for pay- ment, and should forward them, accompanied by the original bills, to the town auditor. From these the treasury war- rants are prepared. 9. Treasury Warrants. These are for listing the bills of the several departments. Warrants are submitted to the selectmen, together with bills, for their approval, the bills first having been checked by the town auditor and compared with the several appropriation accounts to which they are chargeable. The selectmen having signed the warrant, it is passed to the treasurer as his authority for payment. Under the statute, the selectmen are required to approve bills before they are paid by the treasurer, by using the treasury warrant, they can give greater attention to the bills and appropriation accounts without consuming additional time. 10. Schedule of Departmental Bills Receivable. These are sheets for the use of departments in listing ali bills due the town for services rendered and materials furnished, and should be forwarded, accompanied by the individual bills, to the auditor, who, after making examination and proper entry on his books, should forward the treasurer's copy with the bills to the treasurer for collection. 11. Commitment Sheets---Poll, Personal, Real Estate and Assessment and Motor Vehicle Excise. These are of loose-leaf form for the use of the assessors in committing taxes and assessments to the collector. They are to be type- 82 ANNUAL REPORT written in duplicate, one copy to be retained by the assessors to serve as their valuation book. 12. Schedule of Collector's Payments to Treasurer. These are especially designed forms for the reportirg to the town auditor of payments made to the treasurer by the col- lector. From these reports the town auditor is enabled to classify properly the collector's receipts and verify the re- ceipts reported by the treasurer. 13. Schedule of Departmental Payments to Treasurer. This form is for the use of departments, except those for which special forms are prepared, for reporting payments to the treasurer. 14. Schedule of Treasurer's Receipts. The treasurer xvill use these forms in reporting the cash receipts to the town auditor. They form the basis of the debit entries in the town auditor's cash book, and together with the schedules of payments to the treasurer, serve as an automatic check on the cash account, furnishin, g the auditor with the neces- sary information for keeping his accounts up to date at ali times, and also enabling statements to be drawn off show- ing actual cash transactions. By the use of printed forms for the reporting of all items involving cash, but little time is required for reporting the same. 15. Cash Book Sheets (for Colleetor)--Poll, Personal, Real Estate and Assessment, and Motor Vehicle Excise. These are especially designed columnar sheets for the use of the tax collector for the detailed recording, in classified form, of receipts of taxes and assessments. 16. Departmental Bills. These are bound in book form and are made out in triplicate by all general departments against persons from whom money is due the town for the sale of materials or for services rendered. One copy is sent to the person to be charged, as a demand for the payment of the bill, another is given to the treasurer as his collection record, and the third, which is not detachable, remains in the book as the copy of the department. 17. Schedule of Tax Abatements Allowed. This form is for the use of the assessors in reporting abatements to the town auditor, so that he may credit the collector with these items in addition to his cash payments to the treasurer. On the town auditor's book, the collector is charged with the commitment and credited with collections paid the treasurer; if to the collections are added abaternents allowed, the town auditor's ledger will show in his collector's account, the exact amount of outstanding taxes. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER. MASS. 33 18. Schedule of Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Abatements. This form is for the use of the assessors in reporting to the town auditor the abatements granted on account of motor vehic}e excise taxes. 19. Voucher Folder. This form is for the use of thc town auditor and is designed for the purpose of securing uniformity in the filing of bills. 20. General Department Pay-Roils. These are to be used by all departments, except the school department, in mak~mg' up their weekly or monthly pay-rolls, and are de- siguc, d for the purpose of securing unif'ermi'cy in the pay- roils of all departments. £!. School Department Pay-Rolls. These are espe- c[a!ly desf~xned for the use of the school department, provi- sion~ being made for showing the gross amount of salary due each teacher or employee, the amount of deduction on ac::ount el' the retirement fund, the net amount received by each person, and the total amount to ~:e sent to the treasurer of the ret;tom,mt fund. 22. Monthly Statements. These forms are used by the town auditor in notifying each department of the warrants drawn against its appropriation and the balance subject to draft. 23. Water C>tsh Sheets. These are loose-leaf sheets designed for the nsc of the collector of water charges in re- cordi,3g in classified form, collections on account of water charges as well as the payments to the treasurer. Revenue. Upon receipt of notice from the town clerk o~.' appropriations voted by the town to be raised by taxation, a journal entry should be mad~ debitine revenue and credit-. i~g the proper appropriation accounts. When the warrant for poll a~_d property taxes is delivered to the collector, this account should be credited and taxes debited. Revenue should also be debited with the amount of the state taxes, county taxes, and overlay raised, and the respective accounts credited. At the clvse of the year, a journal or. try should be made deb~ti.~ all unexpended appropriation accounts (the object for which the appropriation wag made having beech com- pleted) and crediting revenue. The estimated receipts comet should also be closed out into the revenue account at the close of the year, and the revenue account closed into the excess and deficiency account. Estimated Receipts. The amount of estimated receipts deducted by the assessors in determining the amount to be raised hy taxation should be debited to the estimated re- ANNUAL REPORT ceipts account and the revenue account credited; as cash is received, estimated receipts should be credited and cash debited. Taxes. (Poll and Property. Upon the delivery of the assessors' warrant for the collection of taxes, a journal entry should be made debiting taxes with the total amount of the commitment and crediting revenue. As money is paid into the town treasury, cash should be debited and the tax account credited. When poll or prop- erty tax abatements arc granted by the assessors, a journal entry should be made crediting taxes and debiting overlay. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State Aid. This ac- count represents the amount due from the Commonwealth for State Aid disbursed during the previous year. Upon re- ceipt of money from the State, cash should be debited and State Aid credited. At the close of the year, a journal entry should be made debiting State Aid due from the Common- wealth and crediting the Departmental Revenue with the amount of State Aid disbursed during the year. Public Welfare Department Accounts Receivable. When bills are sent to the State, cities and towns, or individuals, for aid rendered persons not having settlement in the town, a journal entry should be made debiting the public welfare department accounts receivable and crediting departmental revenue with thc amount of the charge; as cash is received, the accounts receivable account should be credited and cash debited. The same procedure should be followed in the case of accounts receivable of all departments rendering bills for amounts due the town. Overlay. Whenever poll or property tax abatements are granted by the assessors, a journal entry should be made debiting overlay and crediting taxes for the amount of the abatements. Any balance in the overlay account in excess of the amount of the warrant remaining to be collected or abated should, by journal entry, be transferred to the over- lay reserve fund. Overlay Reserve Fund (Overlay Surplus). This ac- count represents the surplus or difference between the ever- lay and the abatements granted by the assessors, and should be reserved for extraordinary or unforeseen expenses, as required by Section 25, Chapter 59, of the General Laws. Revenue Loans. Whenever loans are issued in anticipa- tion of revenue, the cash account should be debited and the revenue loan account credited; when the loan is paid, a war- TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. PUBLIC WORKS 45 The Board of Public Works herewith submits its thir- tieth annual report containing the thirty-ninth annual report of the Water Department and the thirtieth annual report of the Sewer Department for the year ending December 31, 1936. WILIAM H. SOMERVILE, ABBOT STEVENS, BERNARD F. HUGHES. WATER DEPARTMENT The total amount collected for water rates during the year 1936 amounted to $27,504.17 including $4,579.94 from the City of Lawrence. Main Pipe During the year of 1936 the department laid 1014 feet of 6-inch main pipe, and 224 feet of 10-inch main pipe and 117 feet of 12-inch main pipe as outlined in the Superinten- dent's Report. Service Pipe Service pipe ]aid (1936) on private property 1,293.2 feet Service pipe ]aid (1936) on town property 823.7 feet Total 2,116.9 feet Service Pipe Renewals Service pipe laid (1936) on private property 1,170.6 feet Service pipe laid (1936) on town property 995.5 feet Total 2,166.1 feet Bonds and Notes Outstanding The bonds and notes outstanding against the town for the water system amount to $9,000.00 due 1937 to 1943. $2,000.00 due 1937 to 1938; $1,000.00 .due 1939 to 1943. Statement of Amount to be Expended in 1937 on Account of Water Debt Already Incurred: For 3.75 per cent interest $337 50 For retiring bonds and notes 2,000 00 $2,337 50 46 ANNUAL REPORT 1936 Financial Statement Water Department Debit Cash balance January 1, 1936 Appropriation for Maint. and Const. Appropriation £or truck (Article 23) Appropriation for Dufton Court Water Ext. Appropriation for Longwood Ave. Water Ext. Collected Water Rates Collected Water Const. and Misc. Restricted balance in bank Credit $354 86 25,000 00 761 65 500 00 600 00 27,149 31 3,371 58 481 25 $58,218 65 Expended for Maintenance and Construction Acct. Construction service piping and meters sold $3,773 37 Construction and distribution piping 4,650 43 Maintenance pumping plant 5,563 33 Maintenance general 12,149 13 Paid Town Treas. water and const, receipts 30,689 72 Balance from Dufton Court 116 18 Balance from Longwood Avenue 600 00 Cash balance January 1, 1937 186 03 Paid Town Treas. payments on restricted balance 96 24 Restricted balance 385 01 Balance in Water Dept. appropriation 9 21 $58,218 65 Water and Sewer Receipts for 1936 Cash balance January 1, 1936 $354 86 Restricted balance in bank 481 25 Water rates 1936 commitments 25,606 94 Water rates commitments previous to 1936 1,542 37 Water Const. and Misc. commitments 1936 3,039 61 Water Const. and Misc. commit, previous to 1936 331 97 Sewer charges for 1936 1,246 16 Sewer charges previous to 1936 25 86 Total receipts for 1936 Paid Town Treas. from receipts $31,961 74 Paid Town Treas. Divd. in Liq. 96 24 $32,629 02 $32,057 98 Balance January 1, 1937 $571 04 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Cash balance $186 03 Restricted balance 385 01 Cost of Construction Distribution Suction Main Reservoirs Pumping Station Pumping Plant Service Piping and Meters Incidental Construction Expenses Land and Right of Way Tool Account 47 $571 04 $299,672 36 1,94361 47,298 87 16,910 38 29,880 15 74,732 11 5,471 38 1,015 70 3,363 58 $480,288 14 E~XPENDITURE$*-WATER 1936 Construction Maintenance Sub Service Di~t, Pump. General Total Pipe Pipe Plant Coal 1989 81 8 80 $1998 6 Oil 106 36 106 3 Packing 138 42 20 11 158 5 Meters 676 66 241 O0 917 6 Pipe 862 87 546 27 14~09 1 Supplies 608 80 1528 79 399 22 1861 60 4898 4 Miscellaneous 26 17 57 16 458 82 1425 77 1957 9 Wages 1608 88 2518 21 2470 70 8591 85 15184 6 '83773 -- Totals 37 14650 43 5563 33 12149 13 i 26136 2 48 ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Office: Town Office Building. OFFICE HOURS Daily: 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Rules, Regulations and Water Rates All meter rates shall be computed quarterly; in case of a meter stopping or failing to register, the quantity of water used shall be estimated as the amount which ordi- narily passes through the meter when in operation. Bills for metered water shall be rendered quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October for the amount of water used during the previous quarter, based on the fol- lowing sliding scale: For 1st. 2,000 cu. ft., 20 cents per 100 cu. ft. All over 2,000 cu. ft., 12 cents per 100 cu. ft. All me, ers read in cubic feet. A cubic is computed as seven and one-half gallons. No service shall pay less than $1.50 per quarter. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 49 Regulations The following regulations, until further notice, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who uses water. 1. All applications for the use of water must be made at the oflqce of the Board of Public Works and must state fully the purpose for which it is intended to be used. The Water Department will in all cases' furnish and lay the service pipe from the street main to and through the cellar wall and provide on the end thereof a stop and waste valve. In any case where an owner shows sufficient reason he may be permitted to lay a pipe on his own property, but pro- vision must be made, at the owner's expense, so that a meter installation can be made where the Water Depart- ment work ceases. The owner of the premises shall in all cases pay for such service pipe as may be laid within his premises, together with the stop and waste valve, at such rates as may be fixed by the Board of Public Works. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to establish a minimum price for service installations. Payment in full must be made for any service installation before the water is turned on. 2. The Water Department will set meters on all serv- ices and charge a rental of two dollars per year for .,%-inch meters and a suitable increase for larger sizes. Consumers at their option may purchase said meters when they will be marked on the books as private and no rental will be charged. Ail meters will be kept in repair by the Water Department ur_less damaged by the frost, hot water, or through the fault or negligence of the owner or tenant of the property. No more than one meter may be installed on any service unless the owner agrees to have each additional meter (for the purpose of billing) consi.dered as a separate service. 3. All persons using water must furnish internal pipes, connections and fixtures and keep them and all pipe to the street line in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and the Town will not be liable for any damage resulting from failure to do so. Any expense 5O ANNUAL REPORT incurred in clearing services must be borne by the con- sumer. No person will be permitted to connect with any water pipes on the inlet side of the meter in any way or manner without a written permit from the Board of Public Works. 4. Water rates shall be payable at the office of the Board of Public Works quarterly. No abatement of water rates shall be made except when the entire premises are shut off for a period of at least three months. In all cases of non-payment of water rates within sixty days after the same are due as well as for any violation of these rules, the supply may be shut off and water will not again be let on except upon payment of the amount due and the sum of one dollar for shutting off and letting on the water. In case of shutting off or letting on the water for repairs, testing of pipes or any other purpose the sum of one dollar will be charged. 5. The water rates shall be paid by the owner or les- see of the whole premises and the owner shall in all cases be responsible for the water rates of his tenants. 6. No water taker shall supply water to parties not entitled to its use, except on written permit from the Board of Public Works. 7. All apparatus and places supplied with water must be accessible at all reasonable times to the inspection of the Board of Public Works or their agents to examine the pipes and fixtures and ascertain the quantity of water used and the manner of its use, and all pipes and fixtures shall be subject to rejection by said Board of Public Works if considered unsuitable for the purpose. 8, Upon application of an owner a meter wilI be re- moved and tested. For this service a charge of one dollar will be made. In case the meter in question is found to over-register more than three per cent this charge will be cancelled and a proper adjustment made. 9. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to restrict the use of hose or fountains or to shut off the water TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. when it becomes necessary to make extensions or reps/rs or for violation of any of the Regxflations. 10. Art. 7, Sec. 1, Town By-Laws: No person shall open any hydrant of the water works system of the Town, without written permission previously obtained from the Board of Public Works. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of hy- drants and water by the Chief of the Fire Department or the person ~cting in his stead, in case of fire. Water Waste at 100 Lbs. Pressure. 1-64 Diagram I C/a. llons Cost · 1244 Cost Cost per per 1.66 4.§8 19.71 7 o7 7 .8o 52 ANNUAL REPORT Sewer Department Twenty-five connections, totaling 1,374.0 feet were made between buildings and main sewers during 1936. Main pipe laid 454.0 feet, as outlined in the Superin- tendent's Report. Bonds and Notes Outstanding The total amount of bonds and notes outstanding against the town for the system amounts to $34,000.00 as follows: $34,000.00 due 1937 to 1953 $2,000.00 each year Statement of amount to be raised in 1937 on account of Sewer Debt already incurred: For 4.25 per cent interest $1,402.50 For retiring bonds and notes 2,000 00 $3,402 50 Sewer assessments numbered 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 for $327.68 were committed to the Town Treasurer for collection. Financial Statement--Sewer Department--1936 Debit Appropriation for Maint. and Const. of Sewers $4,000 00 Appropriation for Harkaway Road 389 88 Credit Expended for Const. 6f Sewers $3,906 65 Expended for Maint. of Sewers 451 11 Bal. Itarkaway Road Approp. 64 Bal. Sewer Appropriation 31 48 $4,389 88 $4,389 88 Financial Statement--Park Department--1936 Debit Appropriation for Park Department Credit Expended on Supplies Expended on Wages Balance $2,0O0 O0 $234 57 1,765 10 33 $2,000 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 53 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT There were laid during the year 1936 one thousand and fourteen feet of six-inch, two hundred and twenty-four feet of ten-inch, and one hundred and seventeen feet of twelve- inch cast iron pipe. Eleven six-inch gate valves and one ten- inch gate valve were placed. The water system no-w consists of fifty-two and seventy-nine hundredths miles of main pipe, two twelve-inch check valves, one fourteen-inch gate, ten twelve-inch gates, thirteen ten-inch gates, sixty-one eight- inch gates, and four hundred and twenty six-inch gate valves, and three hundred and eleven public fire hydrants. The new water main extensions were as follows: Long- wood Avenue from the previous terminus of the water main southerly one hundred and ninety-two feet of six-inch pipe; at the new duplicate distribution reservoir one hundred and seventeen feet of twelve-inch pipe and two hundred and twenty-four feet of ten-inch pipe and one ten-inch gate valve; Chapin Road from the previous ~erminus northerly ninety- six feet of six-inch pipe; Edmands Road from the previous terminus southeasterly two hundred feet of six-inch pipe; Duf~on Court from the previous terminus of the water main northwesterly two hundred and twenty-four feet of six-inch pipe; Middlesex Street from the previous terminus easterly eighty feet of six-inch pipe; Wood Avenue from Sutton Street two hundred and twenty feet of six-inch pipe and one six-inch gate valve. Six-inch gate valves were placed on the following hydrant branches for the following reasons: Harkaway Road at Stevens Mill--leak, Main Street at Greene Street~low hydrant, Longwood Avenue--broken hydrant, Osgood Street at Bradford Street--road raised, Beverly Street at Perry Street--leak, Railroad Avenue at Maple Avenue--low hydrant, 440 Osgood Street--low hydrant, Rea Street--re- pair hydrant, 316 Johnson Street--broken hydrant, 195 Andover Street--broken hydrant, 124 Massachusetts Ave- nue-broken hydrant. During the repair of the Riverview Stree~ bridge a single sixteen foot length of six-inch pipe was used to span the open- ing and was securely anchored to the abutments independent of the bridge floor or timber. An inoperative twelve-inch check valve installed in 1898 at the Pumping Station xvas replaced. ,54 ANNUAL REPORT The system of water main piping is listed according to size as follows: SIZE OF PIPE (INCHES) 14 12 10 8 6 LENGTH OF PIPE (FEET) 423 17558 8095 41247 211414 There were installed during the year 1936 twenty-seven new services, and seventy-seven old services were either wholly or partially renewed, In the past five years almost three hundred old services have been thus renewed. Since more than half the services now in use have been installed over twenty-five years an increasing number of service re- newals will be necessary. There were sixty-two service leaks and seven main pipe joint leaks. Three hydrants were broken off by automobiles and none of them had gate valves on the hydrant branch. Because of this it was necessary in one ease to shut off the entire Wilson's Corner area and secure a few hours water supply from Andover for the area while the hydrant with a proper gate valve was being placed. The inconvenience caused to this large area makes the lack of gate valves on the hydrant branches of almost two-thirds of the hydrants noteworthy. Including the nine services no longer in use which were dug up a~d shut off at the main this year a total of one hundred and £our such services have been thus definitely removed form any danger of wasting water, damaging streets or other property. The policy of meter inspection by which all meters in service more than five years are inspected was continued. Hydrant inspection as in former years was cam'ted out. Gate valve inspections carried on since 1932 now result in imme- diately locating and promptly operating valves as required. No important repairs or replacements were necessary at the Pumping Station. Ninety-seven boats were registered for use on Lake Cochiehewiek and one hundred and seventy residents were given permits to boat and fish there. The March flood proved the policy of maintaining equipment at the Pumping Station in first class condition and replacing it when necessary to be the proper one when it became neees- cessary for the town to pump over thirty-six million gallons of water in nineteen days fo the city of Lawrence without difficulty and without interfering with the town water sup- ply needs. The following letters from the Department of Health of the Commonwealth summarize the part the water department took in the flood emergency: "It is imperative that the town of North Andover give every available service practicable with the view to supplying water to the city of TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 55 Lawrence. The water works pumping station and the filters of the city of Lawrence were inundated during the high ~vater, and so far as we can see, it will be a number of days before this plant will be functioning normally. During this time, as much water as possible must be supplied to Law- rence from neighboring municipalities," After the emer- gency was over the following was received: "The Core'fission on Emergency Flood Relief wishes to express its apprecia- tion of the very excellent service rendered by the Town of North Andover to the city of Lawrence during the recent emergency. The amount of water supplied made it possible for the city of Lawrence to pass through the recent emer- gency without pumping any polluted water into its distribu- tion system." In July three and a half million gallons of water was supplied to Lawrence to assist in filling their depleted reser- voir. The additional water supply reservoir started in 1935 was completed and made part of the town water system. The value of this major improvement to the system has already demonstrated itself in the more efficient pumping made pos- sible. The construction is described elsewhere in this report. Under Article 26 of the warrant, two hundred and twenty-four feet of six-inch main pipe were placed on Dufton Court. Under Article 27 no work was done as no street plan of Longwood Avenue was accepted by the Board of Survey nor guarantee made. In following out a definite construction program in order that the water system may be strengthened and 4mnrov~d ss as to meet any anticipated requirements in the future it is recommended that: 1. A new twelve-inch main feeder line be laid from the reservoir to the downtown section via Chestnut Street, Hill- side Road, Turnpike Street, and Railroad Avenue. 2. The original wooden coal bin at the Pumping Station be replaced with a larger bin of permanent construction. 3. An eight or ten-inch main be placed on Johnson Street from Milk Street to the present eight-inch auxiliary line to the Reservoir in order that this line which is now supplied by six-inch mains may be better able to feed the system. For 1937 it is recommended that the following minor extensions and improvements be made to the system: 1. Replace the following temporary supply pipes with six-inch cast iron pipes in order to provide better domestic 56 ANNUAL REPORT supply and provide fire protection: a) Wood Lane from Andover Street b) Bacon Avenue from Massachusetts Avenue c) Highland View Avenue from Chadwick Street d) Stevens Street from Harkaway Road 2. Connect the six-inch mains: a) Middlesex Street from Milton Street to Lyman Street b) Brightwood Avenue to Furber Avenue c) Chapin Road to Middlesex Street d) Saltonstall Road to Herrick Road e) Wilson Road to Turnpike Street 3. Raise, relocate, and place gates on several hydrants throughout the town and especially on the heavily traveled ways :-- Sutton, Main, Middlesex Streets, and Massachusetts Avenue. 4. Place new hydrants where the nearest present hydrant entails the use of excessive lengths of fire hose: a) End of Tolland Road b) Near 225 Massachusetts Avenue c) Middlesex Street near Greene Street d) Near 665 Salem Street e) End of Beacon Hill Road f) Pleasant Street at Lexington Street g) Lincoln Street between Pleasant and Oxford Street h) Near 4711vIassachusetts Avenue i) Near 375 Massachusetts Avenue Near 62 Salem Street Sewer Department The North Andover Sewerage System is designed to flow in three divisions: The East Side Drainage Area with its trunk sewer following Cochichewick Brook from Lake Cochi- ~hewick to the Merrimack River; the West Side Drainage Area with its trunk sewer on Railroad Avenue, Greene Street, and along the Shawsheen River to the Merrimack River; the Central Drainage Area bounded by Railroad Avenue, Middlesex, and Water Street with the trunk sewers in Rail- road Avenue, Water Street and Main Street to the Merri- mack River. There are sixteen and ninety-six hundredths miles of sewers in the North Andover Sewerage System with ahnost four hundred manholes. There are one thousand and thirty- three particular sewers connected with the main sewers. The main sewers are listed according to size as follows: TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 57 Size of Sewers (Inches) 24 20 18 15 12 10 8 6 Length of Sewer (Feet) 5926 822 8450' 3211 3294 9596 15026 43105 Fifty-seven feet of six-inch pipe were placed on Chapin Road and two hundred and forty-two feet o£ six-inch pipe and two manholes were constructed on Edmands Road by the department without Federal assistance. One hundred and fifty-four feet of eight-inch pipe were placed on Sutton Street westerly from Main Street as part of a Works Progress Ad- ministration project to remedy the serious sanitary condi2 tion made evident by the March flood. Twenty-five connec- tions totaling thirteen hundred and seventy-four feet were made between buildings and the main sewers. Seven particu- lar sewers, completely blocked with roots, were relaid using a jointing compound which prevents the roots from entering the sewer. Forty-three particular sewers, blccked mostly by roots, were cleared. The entire sewerage system was flushed as usual. The following recommendations are made in order that the sewerage system may be improved in accordance with a definite program to promote the health and convenience of the people of the town: 1. The East Side Trunk Sewer to be extended from Stevens Street at Harkaway Road in order to take care of the Bathing Beach and the Center. 2. The sewers on Sargent Street and Belmont Street which are filling with the roots be relaid at lower elevations by starting a new sewer on Hodges Street at May Street. 3. The sewer on Commonwealth Avenue be relaid on account of roots. 4. Manholes be placed on the following dead ended sewers in order that they can be properly flushed: Richard- son Avenue, Milton, Lyman, Chad~dck, and Sutton Streets; Chapin, Perley, Buckingham and Columbia Roads. Further extensions of the sewerage system on the West Side Drainage area must await the extension of the West Side Trunk Sewer from Massachusetts Avenue southerly along' the Sbawsheen River. Fe~v extensions in the Central Drainage Area remain to be made. ANNUAL REPORT PARK DEPARTMENT The Center Common, Training Grounds, Memorial Park, Historical Society Plot, and Triangles have been maintained as usual. A program of improvement and shrub replacement was started at the Center Common by removing seveyal diseased and decayed trees and the shrub beds in back of the Phillips Brooks statue which had long since outlived their attractive- ness. Small shrubs, suited to their location, and several large hemlocks and flowering dogwoods were placed to form a background for the Phillips Brooks statue in keeping with the Common. The work of the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth and the North Andover Improvement Society in eliminating the open ditch on the Massachusetts Avenue side of the Common and grading and removing trees there has added much to bringing the eight and one-half acres in the plot into a typically beautiful New England Corn- IliOn. It is recommended that sufficient money be provided to do Some much needed work on feeding, trimming, and shap- ing the trees on the Common. The triangle at Great Pond Road and Marbleridge Road was partially rebuilt. All the triangles have now been rebuilt and changed to accommodate the increased automobile traffic. Much favorable comment was heard of the work on the parks and triangles this year. Works Progress Administration ~dditional Reservoir--Work continued uninterrupted on the reservoir project from 1935 until it was completed in 1936. One hundred and seventeen additional feet of twelve- inch supply pipe and two hundred and twenty-four feet of ten-inch drain and overflow pipe, and one ten-inch gate were placed. Both pipe lines were enclosed with concrete where they passed through the embankments and into the reservoir. A concrete core wall was placed across both pipe trenches from below the pipe to within two feet of the top of the em- bankment and extending several feet on each side of the trench. The excavation of the bowl of the reservoir was com- pleted by means of a derrick and buckets with a compressor used to loosen the clay. The embankment was raised to eleva- tion 343.0 and the berm to 338.0 with the material excavated. A contract was then given to E. H. Lewis of Andover on his low bid to haul in sufficient material to raise the embank- ment 'and berm to the required elevation. All the material TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 59 placed on the embankment and berms was carefully spread and rolled as placed. A reinforced concrete footing was placed around the inner edge of the embankment and a six-inch re- inforced concrete floor was poured with transit mix concrete from trucks on top of the embankment. Suitable construc- tion joints were placed and the concrete properly cured. Almost thirty thousand paving blocks were then placed on the inner slopes of the embankment to prevent them from being wash.ed out by the rains and the rise and fall of the .water. The top and sides of the embankments and berms were covered with loam and sown with grass seed. Sods were placed on the inner and outer edges to prevent the washing out of the loam. A five foot woven wire fence was erected The reservoir was filled and disinfected under the direction of the State Board of Health. After tests were made the State Board of Health gave permission for making the new reser- voir part of the town water system in October. The workmen on the project were commended by W. P. A. authorities for their work and the town has a substantial improvement to an important public service as a result of the Federal assist- artec. Daniel-Connors was the W. ?. A. foreman, Louis God,~n was the supervisor for the town, and William B. Duffy was in charge of the design and construction of the project. A quarter of a mile of cinder road was constructed from Chestnut Street to the Reservoir site and a wire fence erected to enclose the entire town plot. The Federal Governmer. t spent a total of $21,999.84 for labor and $1,000.00 for pipes and valves while the town under Article 24 of the warrant spent $6,960.80 and from the 1935 W. P. A. balance $1,728.76 for materials and equipment. Harkaway Road Sewer--Six hundred feet of Harkaway Road was resurfaced where the sewer was installed under the E. R.A. The W. P. A. spent $415.38 for labor, and $450.60 for asphalt and crushed stone. The town spent $389.24 for materials and equipment under Article 25 of the warrant. Sutton Street Sewer Work was started in December on installing a sewer on Sutton Street westerly from Main Street to take care of several buildings where a serious sanitary con- dition prevailed especially after the March flood. One hun- dred and fifty-three feet of eight-inch pipe were placed. The W. P. A. spent $888.03 for labor while the town spent $170.94 for materials and equipment. A project to classify and index plans hoe completed in 1935 was completed by the W. P. A. at a labor cost of $222.40. A projeet to search records relative to water and sewer mains was completed in 1936. The W. P. A. spent $479.00 and the 6O ANNUAL REPORT Town spent $11.75. A project to revise the system of meter reading was started in 1936. The W. P. A. spent $103.41. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM B. DUFFY, Superintendent. Elevations of water in Great Pond Elevations ~efer to mean sea level and are £rom bench marks established by the Massachusetts Geodetic Survey of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works in 1936. January 1 107.54 feet July 1 109.56 feet January 15 108.04 " July 15 108.79 " February 1 108.12 " August 1 108.50 " February 14 108.15 " August 15 108.00 " March i 110.00 " September I 106.90 " March 14 112.40 " September 15 106.73 " April i 113.70 " October i 107.92 " April 15 113.70 " October 14 107.80 " May 1 113.37 " November I 107.88 " May 15 113.04 " November 16 107.95 " June I 112.72 " December I 108.07 " June 15 112.20 " December 16 108.83 " ANNUAL REPORT uoT:lonS u!o:~a~t ~u]pnIaul *~?I ,go TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For the Year Ending December 31, 1936 In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association Board of Public Works, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, Population 1935 Census, 7164. System built in 1898 by Water Commissioner. Source of supply, Lake Cochichewick. Mode of supply, pumping direct into system 'with overflow reservoir. Pumping Statistics 1. Builders of pumping machinery: Laidlaw-Dunn-Gor- don Company, 2 units--l--2,500,000 gallons a day. 1--1,500,000 gallons a day. 2. Description of fuel used: (a) Bituminous Coal (b) Average price per gross ton: $6.49 (c) Percentage of ash (d) Wood, 0 pounds 3. Coal on hand January 1, 1936:165.00 tons estimated. Coal purchased 1936:k405.62 tons Coal consumed 1936: 350.58 tons Coal on hand January 1, 1937:'195.00 tons esti- mated 4. The amount of fuel used: none 5. The equivalent coal consumed for the year (3+4)= 350.58 tons 6. Total pumpage for the year, Venturi meter 211,039,400 gallons 7. Average static head against which pumps work: 277.0 feet 8. Average dynamic head against which pumps work: 318.5 feet 9. Number of gallons pumped per pound of equivalent coal (5) ~268.74 *Difference represent loss due to evaporation of mois- ture, errors in estimates and weighing, and inaccuracy of scales. tCity of Lawrence purchased 99.02 tons. 10. Duty----gallons pumped (6) x 8.34 (lbs.) x 100 x dynamic head (8) + total fuel consumed (5) ---- 71,384,400. Cost of pumping figured on Annual Pump- ing Station Expenses $5,256.04 Town, $1,587.16 Law~ rence 11. Cost per million gallons pumped $32.42 12. Cost per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic) $0.1018 64 ANNUAL REPORT Statistics of Consumption of Water 1. Population 1935 Census 2. Estimated population on lines of supply 3. Estimated population supplied 4. Total consumption of the year (gallons) 5. Passed through meters 140,721,750 Fires, flushings, known losses 4,392,000 Allowable loses 65,599,150 7,164 7,150 7,150 211,039,400 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22. 23. 24. 25. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 12. Statistics Relating to Distribution System Kind of pipe Cast iron Sizes 6 in. to 12 in. Extended feet during the year 1,355.0 Discontinued None Total now in use 52.79 miles Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter None Number of hydrants added during the year 0 Number of hydrants now in use 311 Number of stop gates added during the year 12 Number of stop gates now in use 514 Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inch None Number of blow-offs 5 Range of pressure on mains 26 lbs. to 148 lbs. Kind of service pipe Cement lined, lead lined, copper and cast iron Sizes of service pipes ~" to 10'~ Extended 2,116.9 Discontinued None Total now in use 20.86 miles Number of service taps added during the year 27 Number of service taps now in use 1,552 Average length of services 70.97 feet Number of meters added 27 Number of meters now in use 1,552 Percentage of receipts from metered water 100% Percentage of services metered 100% 210,712,900 6. Percentage of consumption accounted for 99.8% 7. Average daily consumption 467,760 8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant 65.29 9. Gallons per day to each customer 65.42 10. Gallons per day to each tap 301.39 11. Cost of supplying water per million gallons figured on the total maintenance plus interest on bonds $93.40 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 65 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH ANDOVER SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of North Andover: At a meeting held January 19, 1937, it was voted to accept the annual report of the superintendent and to adopt it as the report of the School Committee. LOUIS H. McALOON, JR., Chairman, DR. FRED C. ATKINSON, CLINTON W. CARVELL, School Committee. 66 ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS January 12,' 1937. To the School Committee of North Andover: I respectfully submit the following to you as my tenth annual report. New Gymnasium Floor A fine ne;v maple floor has been laid in the gymnasium of Johnson High School. The old maple floor, laid when the addition was built in 1916, had been ruined by warping due to extreme dampness. An attempt to prevent warping of the new floor was made by putting waterproof paper between the floor and the cement under it, by allowing for expansion by having the floor slightly smaller than the room, and by water drains just inside of the outside walls. The floor was covered with two coats of 100% bakelite varnish. Omission of the customary sub-coat of shellac gives a surface that is less slippery. The bakelite surface is extremely tough, and gives grip to the rubber shoes. Union School Heating Plant Over-hauled Two Fuller-Warren ventilating furnaces were pur- chased of the town of Norwell and were installed in the Union School in place of two worn out similar ones. To each of these was added an electric fan-type forced draft with semi-automatic control. The result has been highly satisfactory. Franklin School Closed As the enrollment in the Franklin School last year dropped to 13 pupils, and as there was need of, and demand for, another teacher in the Thomson School, it was decided to close /he Franklin School. The teacher, Mary C. Mc- Carthy, was transferred to the vacant room in the Thomson School to teach grade V. Previously the Thomson School had only three teachers for the four grades, V to VIII inclusive. This change has greatly improved the arrangement of grades there as each teacher now teaches a single grade. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 67 In July a petition opposing the closing of the Franklin School was presented. Following that the School Commit- tee held a hearing which was attended by about fifty parents from the Franklin and Thomson districts. The discussions there seemed to improve the understanding and feeling of those concerned. Transportation for Franklin School District The Franklin School was originMly built to decrease the walking distance to school of pupils in grades I, II and III. After that school was closed, Arthur J. Garneau was en- gaged to transport the pupils to school in the morning and home at night, by bus. The pupils who lived in Stevens' Village were assigned to the Center School and those living in Colonial Gardens were assigned to the Merrimack School. Those attending the Mer- rimack School are provided with noon transportation in the buses of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway. Telephones in All Schools Each of the six regularly used schools in town now has a telephone in the building. These are of great value in expediting regular administrative work as well as ih emer- gencies. River and Farnham Schools Sold On May 6 the River and Farnham Schools were sold at public auction to Stanley Stefanski and John Farnum, respectively. The River School was located on the river side of Osgood Street opposite the junction of Barker Street. It was last used as a school building in 1907. After that it was rented as a rather crude dwelling place. For the last six years it has been rented to )Irs. Grace Hadley of Andover. She spent several hundred dollars on repair of the building and oper- ated a successful tea-room there. The present building was erected about 1860. The School Committee report of 1861 said of it: "The excellent investment this District has made in their new School-house cannot be too highly commended. They now have the best School-room in Town." The Farnham School is located between Johnson Street and the Salem Turnpike at their intersection. Miss Roache Retires After Half-Century In June Miss Helen E. Roache, teacher of Grade I in the Merrimack School, retired after more than fifty years of service as teacher in this town. 68 ANNUAL REPORT In 1885 she became teacher in the Pond School, in 1890 she went to the Union School, and in 1911 to the Merrimack ~hool. She will be remembered with gratitude by her hundreds of former pupils. W.P.A. Nursery School About 40 pupils, ages from two through four years, is the average enrollment of the Nursery School of the Works Progress Administration that is this year being held in the Franklin School. This Nursery School is a federal unemployment project. The staff has been very interested and efficient, and the school has been well praised by visiting officials. The pupils are present from about 9.00 A. M. until 2.00 P.M. They are served a mid-morning lunch and a dinner. The latter is followed by nap-time. The menus are carefully planned to fit the needs of young children, and they are lib- erally supplemented with cod liver oil. This year g-coteries to the value of about $700 and sala- ries to the amount of about $4800 have been supplied with federal funds. This is the fourth consecutive year of opera- tion. ' The present staff consists of Adela Dainowski, Elinor Driscoll and Dorothy Stearns, teachers, Mrs. James Cornell, R.N., nurse, and Mrs. Clara Richardson, cook. Private trans- portation is furnished for the pupils. W.P.A. Book Repair Project Beginning April 9, and still continuing, three' ladies working on a book repairing project have cleaned and re- paired 5883 books in the schools and have rebound 118. The total wages paid from federal funds on this project is about $1200 anti the cost of supplies to the School Depart- ment has been about $100. This is an unemployment project. The present staff consists of Mrs. Lillian Dearden, time- keeper, Mrs. Alice May and Mrs. Lillian Russell. They have received instruction in book binding and do very good work. The instructor, who sees many such groups working, says this group is doing better than any other he has seen in the state. N.Y.A. Clerical Project During the school months an average of three high school pupils have done work of a clerical nature under the super- vision of the high school principal and superintendent. This is an unemployment project of the National Youth Adminis- tration in which each worker earns $6 a month. The total TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 69 wages paid from federal funds for the year is about $400. The cost to the School Department for supplies has been very small. Burden of School Support Average for Towns of This Size The relative financial burden of supporting the schools of North Andover is indicated below. The figures are chiefly for 1935 and are the latest published by the State Department o£ Education. Included are the 16 Mass. towns with a popu- ]ation of 6,500 to 7,500 and Andover. 1935 Cost per Pupil for 1935 Tax Rate School Support ' Barnstable $26.62 Randolph $63.78 Hingham 28.20 Dracut 64.63 South Hadley 29.00 Chelmsford 64.85 Andover 29.20 ~aynard 68.52 Walpole 31.40 Millbury 69.50 Franklin 32.80 Franklin 70.98 Shrewsbury 33.00 Graf ton 73.99 Agawam 34.60 Shrewsbury 74.54 Chelmsford 35.00 South Hadley 74.95 North Andover 38.40 Agawam 75.29 Millbury 38.70 North Andover 81.16 Concord 89.60 Ware 84.00 Ware 40.00 Walpole 97.73 Randolph 41.40 Andover 98.79 Maynard 43.60 Barnstable 114.30 Grafton 49.20 Hingham 117.50 Dracut 51.00 Concord 121.07 State Average 96.41 Total 1935 Cost for 1935 Valuation per Pupil Support of Schools Barnstable $14,116 Graf ton $86,570 ttingham 11,156 Millbury 86,996 Andover 10,566 Ware 90,976 Walpole 8,445 Maynard 94,630 Concord 7,869 ])racut 97,725 Randolph 6,573 Chelmford 99,157 North Andover 6,399 North Andover 100 79~ Ware 6,058 South Hadley 102 Franklin 5,600 Randolph 106 Shrewsbury 5,600 Frank]in 110 Agawam 5,488 Shrewsbury 110 Mi/lbury 4,647 Agawam 125 Maynard 4,457 Concord 149 Chelmsford 4,372 Andover 151 Randolph 3,606 I~Iingham 160 Graf ton 3,556 ~alpole 165 Dracut 2,659 ]]arnstable 191 684 074 586 994 290 678 647 733 860 332 70 ANNUAL REPORT Percent School Support is Percent 1935 Debt was of of Total Tax Rate 1935 Total Valuation Ware 23,9% Barnstable 0.4 % Barnstable 29.3% Millbury 0.45% Maynard 29.3% Gra£ton 0.78% Hingham 29.4% ttingham 0.98% North Andover 29.4% Ware 1.16% Randolph 80.8 % North Andover 1.27% Andover 32.0% Chehnsford 1.25% Franklin 32.3% AndoYer 1.51% Walpole 32.5% Dracut 1.63% Miltbury 32.5% gandoll~h 2.25% South Hadley 33.2% Shrewsbury 3.02% Chelmsford 33.6Fv Walpole 3.37% Agawam 84.4% South Hadley 8.05% Grafton 34.5% Franklin 3.16% Shrewsbury 35.0% Agawam 3.41% Dracut 35.6% Maynard. 4.18% Concord 39.6% Concord 6.21% Of these 17 to~vns North Andover averages to rank eighth, or one place above the middle in the six columns above. It is above middle in four columns below in 2. North Andover ranks better than average in these four: 1--The town is relatively well-to-do, having a valuation of $6,399 per pupil. 2--The total cost of school support, $100,799, was two positions smaller than the average. 3--A smaller proportion, 29.4%, of the total town tax was spent for school support. 4--The town debt is relatively very small, being only 1.27% of the total valuation. North Andover's position is poorer than the average in these two: l~The cost per pupil for school support is two positions more than the average. 2--The town tax rate was one position more than the average. Annual Book and Supply Purchases $2000 Below Normal In the five years preceding the depression $31,982 was spent for books and supplies. In the last five depression years only $21,242 was available for them. This $10,740 decrease, or about $2000 decrease for each of the five years, has become a distinct handicap to the classroom work. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 71 Elementary Pupils Score 2 % Above Grade Standards and 17% Above Age Standards Late in the spring the pupils of grades I to VII were given the Metropolitan Achievement Tests and grade VIII was given Unit Scales of Attainment. Normally 50% of the pupils are expected to score as high as the standard average (or median). In North Andover 67% scored as high or higher than the standard medians for their respective ages and 52% scored as high or higher than the standard medians for their grades. Hence the age scores were 17 % above nor- mai and the grade scores 2% above. 50% Improvement Since 1925 in Primary Reading On June 9, 1925, all pupils in grades I, II and III were given the Haggerty Reading Examination, Sigmas 1, pub- lished by the World Book Company. Those tests were not given again here until June 9. 1936. exactly 11 years later. The 1936 scores averaged 50% higher than those of 1926. The scores were the number of correc~ answers and the re- suits were as follows: 1925 1936 Percent Score Score Improvement Grade III 32 37 21 " II 20 30 " I 5 9 80% The 45 q. uestions ranged in difficulty from "Put a tail on the pig" to "Do convicts sometimes escape from prison?" Special Study of Intermediate Reading In November. ,December. February, and March Forms 1.2. 3 and 5 respectively of the Thorndike-McCall Reading Scales were given to grades III. IV, V and VI. In June Form i was repeated for comparison with November scores. These 2200 tests were given and scored by the superintendent. At the same time modern class reading methods were discussed at teachers' meetings. Youth Keep First Two Jobs Three Months Each boy or girl under 21 years of age must obtain from this office an employment certificate for each factory, store or clerical position he or she secures. After he, or she, leaves employment the employer returns, more or less promptly, the certificate to this office. Checking 258 cases of re-employment and 75 cases of dis- missal indicates that on the average our boys and girls keep ANNUAL REPORT each of their first two jobs about 3 months, and that about a year passes between their first and second jobs and their second and third jobs. Most of them attend school between jobs, but many do not. Increased State Aid for Education Would Relieve Real Estate In this state about 91% of the cost of schools is borne by the towns and cities, and these get most of their money from the rea] estate tax. It is recommended that support be given to suitable proposed legislation that would increase substantially the state aid that Massachusetts distributes to to~s and cities for education and that the State secures such state aid £rom other sources than a tax on real estate. At present this state bears only about 9% of the cost of public schools. The other 47 states average to bear 20% of the cost of education in their respective states. If Massa- chusetts raised its state to 20% of the cost of ~hools, that would relieve the local tax on rea] estate about $1.50 per $1000 on the average. Other Professional Services of the Superintendent During the year the superintendent has been a member of the Administrative Planning Board of the Mass. Teachers' Federation, and, in the Mass. School Superintendents' .Asso- ciation, he has been a member of the Executive Committee, chairman of the special committee on Taxation for Educa~ tion, and member of the special committee appointed to frame a bill for the certification of teachers. In Closing I'have enjoyed my work in North Andover very much. I am grateful to the teachers £or the good spirit in which they have borne during the depression their need for new textbooks and equipment and very much appreciate the pleasant manner and cooperation o£ the School Committee. Your attention is called to the report of the high school principal and statistics that follow. Respectfully submitted, FRED E. PITKIN, Superintendent of Schools. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL 73 January 7, 1937. To the Superintendent of Schools: I submit to you at this time, my fifth annual report. Attention is called to the tables which £ollow: Table I Enrollments by classes, as o£ Oct. i over a 5 year period. 1932 1933 1934. 1935 1936 Post Graduates ....... 13 9 19 8 12 Seniors ............. 72 79 55 79 77 Juniors ~. ........... 86 55 10t 88 86 Sophomores ......... 85 112 113 107 92 Freshmen ........... 108 118 120 105 112 Totals .......... 364 373 408 387 379 Table II Size of classes (December 31, 1936). 4 classes have 1-5 pupils 6 .... 6-10 " 13 .... 11-15 " 8 .... 16-20 " 17 .... 21-25 " 19 .... 26-30 " 11 .... 31-35 " 3 " " 36-40 " I class has over 40 pupils Total Classes 82 74 ANNUAL REPORT Table III Average class sizes by courses of instruction. (December 31, 1936) Pupils Average Course Instructed Class Size English IV ............ 78 26 English III ............ 82 28 English II ............. 98 33 English I ............. 108 27 Latin I ............... 20 20 Latin II ............... 11 11 Latin III .............. 7 7 German I ............. 40 40 German II ............. 9 9 German III ............ 12 12 French I .............. 32 32 French II ............. 20 20 French III ............ 12 12 Civics ................. 116 29 Junior Social Science .... 69 23 American History : ..... 89 30 Sociology .............. 61 31 Economics ............. 61 31 Modern History ........ 20 20 Junior Business Training 75 25 Typewriting I ......... 84 28 Typewriting II ........ 38 19 Typewriting III ........ 22 22 Stenography I ......... 31 31 ' Stenography II ........ 14 14 Bookkeeping .......... 28 28 Salesmanship .......... 27 27 Business Law .......... 27 27 Algebra I ............. 60 30 Algebra II ............ 26 26 Plane Geometry ........ 44 22 Solid Geometry ......... 14 14 Trigonometry .......... 15 15 General Science ....... 77 26 Biology ............... 81 27 Chemistry ............. 42 21 Physics ............... 20 20 Domestic Arts I ..... 23 23 Domestic Arts II ...... 20 20 Domestic Arts III ..... 8 8 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Domestic Arts IV'. ..... 14 Cooking and Sewing I .. 41 Cooking and Sewing II 12 Cooking and Sewing III 11 Cooking and Sewing IV 5 Manual Training I ..... 33 Manual Training II .... 15 Mechanical Drawing I ... 8 Mechanical Drawing II . 2 Free Hand Drawing I .. 13 Free Hand Drawing III 3 Music ................. 225 14 14 6 11 5 11 10 8 2 13 3 225 75 Table IV Cases of tardiness over 4 year period (For year ending in June) 1933 1934 1935 1936 Ca~es of tardiness ...... 843 766 860 814 Average number per pupil 2.38 2.16 2.28 2.18 Last June this in'stitution granted diplomas to 79 gradu- ates, this number constituting the largest class ever to grad- uate during the 69 year history of our school. Of these graduates, many are continuing their education at other school~. Among the colleges chosen are Emmanuel, Jack- son, Colby, Boston University and State Teachers, Colleges at Lowell, Salem and Framingham. Other graduates have entered Trade Schools, Commercial Schools and Schools of Nursing. The North Andover Women's Club Scholarship, presented for the first time last June, was awarded to Bar- bara S. Mason who is continuing her education in the chem- istry .department at Jackson College: It is unfortunate that the school does not have more scholarships of this nature, to assist worthy and deserving individuals in their quest for higher education. The Women's Club merits our most sin- cere thanks for taking the first step in this direction. Attention is called to Table IV. An effort has been made to diminish the number of cases of tardiness during the last few years. It would appear that some progress is being made. One fact which the table fails to show is that be- tween 30 % and 40 % of the tardinesses for any one year are charged to roughly 5% of the student body. Our attendance record is usually slightly over 95%. However, here again it might be pointed out that approximately 25% of the ab- sences are contributed by 5% of the pupils. At times these 76 ANNUAL REPORT absences and tardinesses are necessary a~ in cases o~' illness, but frequently investigation has shown them to be unwar- ranted, and needless. Poor school work and erratic attend- ance are usually found together. Our athletic program has prospered during the past year. Not only have the teams won their share of games, but our finances also are in a healthy state. There are, how- ever, certain conditions connected with athletics, which merit consideration. The football field should be supplied with greater seating accommodations to care for the spectators. At present, large numbers are forced to stand at all home games. Some provision should be made for a field house and shower baths at the field, in order that the health of com- petitors might be protected in a larger degree. · Music has always maintained an important place in our program. Last year, however, for the first time our school orchestra entered the State Music Festival. In this compe- tition we received the excellent rating of 92% which speaks highly for the work being accomplished by our music super- visor, Miss May Leach. Lack of bass instruments has proved a handicap in the past, but the school hopes to acquire one or two instruments of this nature shortly, loaning them to pupils who desire to take lessons on instruments of this type. During the past year, some badly needed repairs have been made in our building. The stairs throughout the school have been given new treads thereby greatly improving the appearance of the building and at the same time eliminating the noise attendant upon passing over the old and worn treads. A splendid new floor has been laid on the basketball court and the girls and boys o£ the basketball teams have washed and painted the walls of the gymnasium. These are items which are greatly appreciated by all who use the gym. Our program of studies remains unchanged this year. It appears to meet the needs of our pupils in a highly satis- factory manner. There are however, two suggestions which I wish to make in this report. The first concerns a more ex- pansive program in the field o£ industrial arts for boys. The second relates to a more comprehensive program of physical education for all. Our aim is for sound minds in sound bodies. At present, not more than 20% of our enrollment actively participate in the athletic program. Athletics are, at best, a poor substitute for physical education for all. They differ in their aims. The organized athletic program presupposes a sound body. A physical education program attempts to develop sound bodies where they failed to exist before. The realization of these suggestions would mean TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 77 additions to our faculty, which would in turn mean increased expense. However, I believe they are worthy of serious consideration. Last year the Johnson High Alumni Association was re- vived, after remaining in a dormant state for many years. At the annual banquet held in June. 274 members were pres- ent and the enthusiasm displayed at ~his occasion would indicate that the efforts 'of the officers and executive com- mittee would be rewarded by an active association in the future. I cannot close this report without expressing my appre- ciation for the splendid spirit of cooperation which continues to exist in our school. Also, I wish to offer my thanks to you and the school committee for the interest displayed in our varied activities. ALVAH G. HAYES, Principal. 78 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1936 Receipts Appropriation (including $250 for School Physician) Expenditures Expenses of School Committee: Secretary's Salary *$1,040 00 Telephones 281 75 $1,321 75 Salaries of teachers and super¥i- sory staff '77,136 46 Attendance 0ffieer: Salary and Census *430 28 Expenses of Officials 372 37 Books and Supplies 4,247 85 Salaries of Janitors *7,964 84 Fuel 2,374 45 Expenses of Operation (water, gas, elec., bldg. supplies, etc.) 2,788 96 Maintenance and Repairs 3,859 66 Health Work: Salaries, Nurse and Physician *$2,050 00 Supplies 13 04 Transportation: Bus Drivers *$5,690 00 Car Tickets 28 00 New EqUipment Tuition: Industrial and Practical Arts $278 60 Evening High School 487 31 Training School 29 72 2,063 04 5,718 00 745 16 795 63 Miscellaneous 181 19 Balance Starred salary items in above statement total Supply and other items total $110,000 O0 109,999 64 36 $110,000 O0 $94,311 58 15,688 06 $109,999 64 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 79 Special Appropriations: Art. 18, Union School heating system Appropriation $600 00 Expended $582 10 Unexpended balance $17 90 Art. 19, High School gymnasium floor Appropriation $750 00 Expended 749 61 Unexpended balance 39 AfL 20, refrigerator for High School Appropriation $300 00 Expended 250 00 Unexpended balance 50 00 Total approp. $111,650 00 Total expenditures Total unexpended balance $68 65 $111,581 35 Substitute Teachers 1935-19'36 Esther Belair $5.00; Mary Lane Boyle $47.75; Margaret Donlan $138.25; Helen Kelly $4.50; Frederick McCabe $10.00; Dorothy Michelmore $186.25; Julia Collins Moynihan $107.50; Katherine Currier 0sgood $5.00; Mary M. Poor $63.00; Helena Sullivan ReilIy $83.25; Alice Robe~son $5.00; Olga Williams $5.00. EXPENSES AND SUPPLY PAYMENTS 1936 Acme Textile Mill Ends Co. (Mill Ends) Acorn Publishing Co. (Supplies) Aetna Mercantile Co. (Chairs) Allied Paint Steres (Paint, etc.) Allyn & Bacon (Books) American Book Co. (Books) American Education Press (Books) American Mason Safety Tread Co. (Stair Treads) American Public Health Assn. (Books) Ames Safety Envelope Co. (Envelopes) D. Appleton Century Co. (Books) Arlo Publishing Co. (Books) Asia Magazine (Subscription) Edward E. Babb (Supplies and Equipment) Babson's Institute (Service) Bal)son's Reports, Inc. (Subscriptions) Badger Fire Extinguisher (Supplies) Baker Taylor Co. (Books) Barr Engraving Co. (Charts and Maps) Beekley Cardy Co. (Books) Bicknell & Fuller (Boxes) Bostitch, Boston (Staples) Boston Music Co. (Music) $79 75 96 70 00 164 02 8 02 71 38 1 97 247 52 1 35 10 60 10 13 14 25 2 00 58 04 7 95 2 35 40 2 94 5 19 21 32 25 00 2 2O 2 06 80 ANNUAL REPORT Bride, Grimes & Co. (Supplies) Brookings Institute (Pamphlets) Bruce Publishing Co. (Subscription) Donald Buchan (Police Duty) Building America (Subscription) Olive Buffer (D~lomas) Cambosco Scientific Co. (Supplies) Camire Welding Co. (Cutting) Carroll & Connelly (Fuel) Central Scientific Co. (Supplies) E. L. Chase Typewriter Co. (Stencils) Christian Science Publishing Society (Subscription) The Circle Book Co. (Book) City Treasurer, Lawrence, Mass. (Tuition) Civic Education Service (Subscriptiun) Clearing House (Subscription) A. L. Cole Co. (Supplies) Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Films) Consumers Research (Subscription) Coordinated Studies in Ed. (Supplies) D. J. Coste]lo (Repairs) William J. Cotter (Trucking) County Treasurer, Salem (Tuition) Hed{ey V. Curren (Repairs) A. P. Currier and Co. (Groceries) Dorothy Currier (Supplies, Stamps, Postage, Cutler-Hammer (Transformer Supplies) Dallman Co. (Dictionary) Davis & Furber (Material and Repairs) Oliver Ditson Co. (Musie) Dodd, Mead Book Co. (Books) Cornelius Donovan (Express) Daniel G. Donovan, (Repairs) John J. Dorgan (Cleaning Rug) Doubleday Doran (Book) D0wling School Supply (Supplies) Charles }{. Driver (Printing) Dura Binding Co. (Rebinding Books) Eagle Auto Shop (Repairs) Eastern Mass, (Car Tickets) Irven EIston (Census, Tel., etc.) Edward M. Espey (Sidewalk) Essex }Iardware (Supplies) Arthur Iff. Farnham (Fuel) Joseph M. Finneran (Health Supplies) Carl Fischer Inc. (Music) Forse Mfg. Co. (Curtains) Foreign Policy Assn. (Books) Sam Fox Pub. Co. (Music) Edward C. Fulton (Supplies) Albert Giard (Labor) Ginn & Co. (Books) B. Goldburg & Son (Supplies) Gregg Publishing Co. (Books) Gledhill Bros. (Supplies) Roland B. Glines (Repairs) Gutterson Gould (Iron Plate) 5 96 3 60 $ 00 4 00 19 80 27 65 74 29 2 50 775 96 8 69 11 50 2 40 I 43 765 91 52 80 § O0 ll0 81 7 5O 1 00 3 83 82 13 10 00 29 72 ~60 48 7 78 18 00 20 40 15 80 i 06 1 23 1 45 14 77 3 00 2 50 1 76 321 78 171 64 128 02 .100 28 00 159 36 130 00 11 25 126 ~0 13 04 3 27 12 O0 4 00 15 79 2 55 10 00 556 60 11 60 13 13 ~32 76 44 27 2 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 81 J. L. Hammett (Supplies) 35 03 Harrington Express (Express) Harcourt Brace & Co. (Book) 9 41 Alvah G. Hayes (Postage, Freight, etc.) 5 47 D. C. Heath & Co. (Books) 99 74 Lawrence Higginbottom (Repair Work) 86 56 Henry Holt & Co. (Books) 8 91 George W. Home Co. (Repairs) 148 00 John R. Hosking (Supplies) 51 15 Houghton Mifflin Co. (Books) 69 60 F. Milton Howard (Expenses) 14 80 J. B. Hunter (Supplies) 137 70 Hy Glen Laboratories (Janitor Supplies) 100 45 Internat'l Journal of Indiv. Psychology (Subscription) 7 50 Institute for Research (Books) q 50 Waiter Jacobs, Inc. (Music) 20 20 James It. Joyce (Repairs) 788 04 William Kent (Ice, Moving) 17 75 2 50 Kodascope Libraries (Films) Lawrence Bindery (Wiring Pads) '1 00 Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. (Service) 1,204 05 Lawrence Lumber Co. (Lumber) 148 05 Lawrence Plate & Window Glass Co. (Glass) 48 69 Lawrence Rubber Co. (Baseballs) 4 00 Fred Leach (Repairs) 259 32 May C. Leach (Expenses) 40 Thomas Ii. Lobe1 (Repairs) 13 12 J. B. Lippincott Co. (Books) 62 27 Little, Brown & Co. (Books) 12 29 Longbottom~s Market (Groceries) 30 05 Longman's Green Co. (Books) 5 23 Lyons & Carnahan (Books) 39 69 Lewis MacArthur (Labor) 5 00 Macmillan Co. (Rooks) 99 90 Magnus Brush & Crafts (Supplies) 12 13 Mai~l Order Supply Co. (Supplies) 19 85 Manual Arts Press (Book) 7 00 Edward B. Marks Music Co. (Music) 15 27 Marble Ridge Grain Co. (Supplies) 60 Masury,Young Co. (Janitor Supplies) 265 78 Meadowbrook Laundry (Laundry) 2 30 G. & C. Merriam (Books) 36 56 Milton Bradley Co. (Supplies) 476 08 Model Grocery (Groceries) 12 93 E. W. Moody (Repairs) 52 77 Louis H. McAloon (Repairs) 43 73 E. McCabe (Repairs) 33 00 McGraw Hill Book Co. (Books) 5 57 McKnight & McKnight (Books) 4 63 H. E. McQuesten (Groceries) 41 74 National Bureau of Casualty & Surety Underwriters (Books) 4 50 National Education Assn. (Subscription) 5 53 National Bureau of Economic Research (Bulletins) 1 00 Nation's Schools (Subscription) 2 00 Thomas Nelson & Sons (Renewal Pages) 6 00 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. (Service) 293 01 News Week (Subscription) 1 00 82 ANNUAL REPORT North Andover Bd. Public Works (Water Service) North Andover Coal Co. (Coal) Carl Olson & Sons (Lumber) Osborne Furniture Co. (Furniture) Papercrafters Inc. (paper) Parcnts' Magazine (Subscription) Fred E. Pitkin (Travel Expenses) Porter Cable Mchn. Co. (Sanding Machine) J. E. Porter Corp. (Supplies) Public Affairs Committee (Subscription) G. P. Putnam's Sons (Book) Railway Express Agency (Express) Rand McNally (Books) Red Star Ribbon Co. (Ribbon) Remington Rand (Supplies) Oscar Richard (Repair Work) Arthur Robinson (Labor) Robinson's Express (Express and Moving') P~owe, Peterson & Co. (Books) Royal Typewriter Co. (Typewriters and Repairs) School Form Publishing Co. (Blanks) School Executive (Subscription) Science Service (Subscriptions) F. Schneider (Repairing) Scholastic (Subscription) Scott, Foresman Co. (Books) Shattuck's Express (Express) Edward Shea (Repairs) Silver Burdett & Co. (Books) Singer Sewing Mch. Co. (Supplies) Eugene R. Smith (Subscription) Frank Smith (Painting) L. G. Smith & Corona Typ. Co. (Typewriters) Social Frontier (Subscription) Spaulding Moss (Printing) Oliver C. Steele Shades) Michael J. Sullivan (Chairs) A. B. Sutherland Co. (Supplies) Witliam A. Taylor (Painting) Teacher's College, Columbia Univ. (Tests) Telephone Equipment Shop (Repairs) Charles C. Thomas Co. (Books) Charles H. Thomas Co. (Paper) Earl B. Traey (Expenses) Typewriter Shop (Supplies) Treat Hardware Corp. (Supplies) Underwood Elliot Fisher Co. (Typewriters and Repairs) University Society Inc. (Books) University Publishing Co. (Books) United Laboratories Inc. (Supplies) United States News (Subscription) Univ. North Carolina Press (Book) Visual Education (Film) Charles I. Vincent (Repairs) Webster Publishing Co. (Book) Harry J. Welch (Repairs) White Sewing Mchn. Co. (Sewing Machines) 201 08 1927 24 221 66 39 60 15 35 1 00 250 00 168 99 8 3O I 00 2 14 19 46 8 51 1 68 31 46 111 25 1 25 6 00 2 00 155 20 24 19 3 O0 2 5O 3 O0 8 4O 78 72 35 i O0 143 72 2 O0 5O 270 12 240 00 2 00 6 12 29 00 17 20 25 95 65 82 12 55 12 53 6 00 21 00 10 85 8 00 159 68 64 10 14 50 32 53 38 20 10 O0 1 94 7 O0 60 00 65 69 568 77 45 35 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. White-Smith Music Co. (Music) H. W. Wilson Co. (Subscription) Henry S. Wolkins (Supplies) John Wood (Repairs) World Book Co. (Books) Wright & Potter Printing Co. (Printing) Yawman & Erbe (Supplies) 83 10 12 2 00 72 99 1 88 86 70 4 16 8 89 $15,712 06 ~ 66dd ddd d~d 866 f 6dddSd ' ' o~ ~ ~ TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 87 REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 No. of absentees investigated 120 75 50 27 28 No. of truancies reported 12 4 10 15 15 No. of parents notified 12 4 10 10 10 No. of pupils taken to schools 6 2 5 No. transfer cards investigated 28 35 30 46 41 Tardiness investigated 0 0 i ' 3 6 Home permits investigated 5 2 8 0 1 Committed to Training School I 0 0 0 0 Respectfully submitted, IRVEN ELSTON, Attendance Officer. JANITORS Name Salary William P. Callahan $1,755 00 George Lewis 1,395 00 Jeremiah Murphy 1,395 00 John Wood 966 00 William Werk 966 00 Irven Elston 1~033 25 James Taylor 140 40 School Johnson High School Merrimack School Bradstreet School Union School Center School Thomson School Franklin School NO SCHOOL SIGNALS Three blasts of the Fire Signal with an interval of five seconds between successive blasts. Street lights will be on for five minutes as a supplementary signal, 15 minutes after whistle blows. 7:30 NO morning session for any school. 12:15 No afternoon session for Elementary Schools. $$ ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 89 9O ANNUAL REPORT Report of School Physician and School Nurse The following are statistical summaries of the 1936 work of Dr. Frederick C. Atkinson, School Physician, and Miss Grace N. Robinson, School Nurse. Comparative Health Data 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 No. of pupils given physical examination 879 848 897 920 865 Heart trouble 14 16 10 12 5 Lung trouble 0 0 0 I 1 Sore eyes 0 0 0 0 14 Swollen glands in neck 53 114 159 349 Malnutrition 115 6 69 50 90 Faulty posture .4 6 18 57 256 Scalp trouble 2 5 9 6 11 Skin trouble 20 4 21 45 19 Bad Teeth 99 74 98 229 589 Throat trouble 131 208 211 120 453 Nose defects 9 4 0 0 93 Pupils having speech defects 1 0 0 11 25 No. of pupils having no phys- ical defects in October 627 501 520 462 271 No. of pupils receiving physi- cally fit tags in June 419 452 408 251 309 Results of teachers' tests: Uncollected sigh~ defects 53 59 86 63 53 Pupils defective in hearing 14 18 15 13 15 Work of the School Nurse: School visits 415 512 450 450 506 No. of pupil inspections 4011 3950 4651 4817 5535 Pupil wei.ghings and measurmgs 3204 3873 1953 2302 3683 Classroom inspections 1460 1984 1361 1352 977 Teacher consultations 1923 1535 1346 1405 1120 Classroom talks 349 197 495 475 556 Pupils excluded for sick- ness, etc. 9 46 50 29 Pupils referred to school doctor 8 0 6 2 36 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 91 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 Pupils re£erred to family doctor 39 4 6 19 31 Pupil visits to habit clinic 15 0 3 2 5 Pupils excluded for pediculosis 16 21 20 15 T. and A. cases 20 27 60 Pupils taken to oculist 33 '45 19 10 6 Visits to pupils' homes 236 328 291 166 244 Minor treatments 483 45 469 490 465 Pupils with weight within the Health Range (10% below & 20% above average) 984 1047 1015 962 973 Summary of Dental Work: Percent of pupils having neces- sary dental work done 50% 66% 46% 48% 34% Average percent Mass. towns 29% 33% 18% Pupils receiving all necessary dental treatment 450 613 426 455 419 Number of those treated in local dental clinics 265 247 137 247 250 Proportion in N. Andover treated by private dentists 42% 60% 65% 46% 40% Number receiving two dental certificates during year 126 119 87 90 No. reg. in grade I Summer Round-Up, by School nurse 70 By Board of Health 35 92 ANNUAL REPORT ATHLETIC COUNCIL OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 1936 - 1937 Purpose of the Council To stimulate the attendance at the athletic games o£ the school and to stimulate financial support of the athletic pro- gram. Members of the Council School Committee: Louis II. McAloon, Chairman Dr. Fred C. Atkinson Rev. C. W. Carvell High School Principal: Alvah G. IIayes Athletic Coaches: Dorothy F. Colburn James Cavalieri Chamber of Commerce Representative: Maurice C. Casey American Legion Representative: Joseph Crabtree Alumni Representatives: Anthony Kapeika Allison Kirk Representatives of Senior Class: Isabelle Phelan Joseph Maker Representatives of Junior Class: Veronica Fitzgerald Herbert Barwell Representatives of Sophomore Class: May Barnes Arthur Banker Representatives of Freshman Class: Marcia Barker Philip Miller TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 93 SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1936 - 1937 Sept. 9~ Wednesday. Schools reopen. Nov. 25. Wednesday. Schools close at noon for re- mainder of week. Thanksgiving Recess. Dec. 24. Friday. Schools*close at 2:00 P. M. for Christmas vacation. Jan. 4. Monday. Schools reopen. Feb. 19. Friday. Schools close at night for midwinter vacation. Mar. 1. Monday. Schools reopen. Apr. 16. Friday. Schools close at night for Spring vacation. Apr. 26. Monday. Schools reopen June 23. Wednesday. Schools close in morning for Summer vacation. June 25. Friday. High School closes for Summer va- cation. High School Graduation. The following dates which occur in term-time will be holidays. Monday, October 12, Columbus Day; Friday, November 6, Teachers' Convention; Wednesday, November 11, Armistice Day; Thursday and Friday, November 26, 27, Thanksgiving; Friday, March 26, Good Friday; Monday, May 31, Memorial Day. 94 ANNUAL REPORT SCHOOL CENSUS, OCTOBER 1936 Boys Girls Total Number o£ children 4~-5~/2, pre-school 32 36 68 Number of children 51/z-7 in North Andover Schools 71 61 132 Number of children 7-14 in North Andover Schools 386 369 755 Number of children 14-16 in North Andover Schools 106 92 198 Number of children 16-18 in North Andover Schools 67 66 134 Number of children 5~z-7 in other schools 1 0 1 Number of children 7-14 in other schools 15 12 27 Number of chi]dren 14-16 in other schools 7 9 16 Number of children 16-18 in other schools 13 14 27 Number of children 14-16 working locally 3 4 7 Number of children 16-18 working 45 23 68 Number of children 14-16 with home permits 3 3 ' Number of children 7-14 not enrolled in any school, physically or mentally handi- capped 0 2 2 Number of children 16-18 at home 12 19 31 759 710 1469 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 95 GRADUATION EXERCISES JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Stevens Hall, North Andover, Massachusetts June 19, 1936, Eight O'Clock PROGRAM March "De Molay" Commandery Prayer and Response Rev. Clinton Wentworth Carvell Class Salutatory with Essay Daily Contacts with Chemistry Barbara Shirley Mason Dance of the Winds Class Essay Glow Worm Class Oration R. B. Hall Leo Delibes Chorus How Can We Show Our Patriotism ? Doris Anne Lebel Paul Lincke Chorus When we Build Let us Build Forever LeRoy Walcott Duncan Gounod Violin Solo Faust Bronislaw B. Polichnowski Presentation of Prizes The Principal North Andover Women's Club Scholarship Award Mrs. Clinton W. Carvell Presentation of Diplomas Louis H. McAloon The Lost Chord Arthur Sullivan Chorus Essay with Valedictory Internationalism and Peace Mary Louis Greenler Class Song Graduates and Audience 96 ANNUAL REPORT GRADUATES 1932--1936 Motto :--When we Build Let us Build Forever Class Coiors:--Maroon and Silver Total 79 Doris Alice Albrecht William Edward Andrews George Joseph Banker Mildred Emelia Bars Stephen Barbett, Jr. Thomas Lindsay Barren, Jr. Henry Follansby Bean]and Everett Harold Benne~ SJohn Rohert Benson tSylvia Christine Broderick Evelyn Mabel Bunker Mary Frances Burns ?Claire Helen Carroll ?George Bartholomew Casserly Harry Cohen Daniel Joseph Connelly Horace Milton Culpon, Jr. ?Frank Louis Cunio, Jr. ICatherine Maybray Cunningham Carolyn Mae Currier *Marion Currier *William Gordon Currier John William Curtin Ruth Shirley Dawson Viola Teresa DeNault Rachel Alberta Du~tou LeRoy' Walcott Duncan ?Barbara Mary Eagle ~James Detach;ri Evangelos Vitold Daniel Gabys Roland Francis Gesing Hannah Hayes Goff *Mary Louise Greenler Lawrence Fredk. Higginbottom ?Marietta Patrlcia Hill Ralph Richard Joyce John Louis Kane, Jr. SAnthony Kapeika Bruno Frank Kashe%a Katherine Phyllis Keating Ruth Kershaw SAllison Helena Kirk *Mary Ann Theresa Koroskys Frank Louis Korycki Irene Elizabeth LaPrelle Doris Anne Lebel Corinne Dorothea Lewis Helen Marie Mackie Julia Alice Malek Philippa Marehese Peter Henry Martin *Barbara Shirley Mason Rita Claire McDonald Joseph Patrick McEvoy, Jr. Mary McCubbln McIntosh *Margaret Josephine MeLay Grayce Beatrice McNaIly SArma Elizabeth Moore George David Iqolan Carl Franklin Olson j'Grace Pearson Winifred Ann Perry Frederick William Phelan '~Bronislaw Bolislaw Polichnowski SRita Mabel Rand Dorothy Reeves fOscar Evanturel Richard Robert Lawrence Riley S~ella Louise Ringalo ?Eleanor Mary Bobertson Kathleen Mary Smith *Deborah Ellzaheth Stillings Dorothy Taylor Violet Hargreaves Turner Yvonne Vandenhecke Arlene Frances Walker ~Stanley Reginald Ward '~Fernley Edward Wilcox Jennie Agnes Zabronowicz *~Entered College Sept. 1936. Total 7, Fcank Stevenson and George Robertson, Class of 1933, also entered College this year. ?--Returned to Johnson as post graduates Sept. 1936. Total 13. ~---Entered other institutions of training. Tokai 6. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 97 CLASS SONG "Farewell to Johnson" The new paths of life are now calling As school days are left behind. The routine of our life is falling To lines of a far different kind. And growing old we'll remember And treasure the memories Of school days at dear Johnson High And friends that we left behind. Our hearts may be saddened at leaving The bright halls of Johnson High, To follow the pattern life's weaving But dear mem'ries can never die. We thank our dear Alma Mater For kind help and sympathy, We know that her love will guide us Through life's hard and stormy ways. The moment of parting has come now The months and the years gone by Leave imprints that will last forever And gladden our hearts with their joys. And now we must bid farewell, To journey in new' found lanes But still we will always remember Our friendships at Johnson High. Chorus At Johnson, at Johnson You find it is a steadfast rule That man and maid of highest grade Are loyal tO their school. At Johnson, at Johnson We raise our banner to the sky, And all our days unite in praise Of Johnson, Johnson High. Mildred Emelia Bara Senior Marshal Anthony Kapeika Junior Marshals Joseph Anthony Maker Ernest John Roberts 98 ANNUAL REPORT EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES, JUNE 1936, TOTAL 119 Harry Bunker Mary Carey John Casserly SDavid Clark Anna Connelly Frances Coppinger Edward Curran Arthur Currier *Dorothy Dryden Margaret Haight ~Allan Hinton Vera HuIub Lottie Huminick Joseph Jacobs Betty James Marguerite Kenyon Stanley Korycki John Lanni MERRIMACK SCHOOL Kathleen Long Elsie Lundquist Frances Martin Thomas McEvoy Agnes McNab Harriet McQuesten Sophie Mele Barbara Milnes Robert Naylor *Eleanor Noone Lillian Polichnowski ~Arthur Potvin Robert Richard William Robinson Joseph Saunders Clifton Stone Alexander Tullis Ruth Wheeler BRADSTREET SCHOOL Marcia Barker Evelyn Butler John Casale Dorothy Costello Robert Cunningham Louisa Detora Edward Doherty William Donahue tLaura Griva ~Rohert Haltmaler SRichard Haltmaier Philip Kelley Ruth Kennedy *Florence Mawson *Leo Macklin Thomas McCarthy Vito Melnika~ Henry Michalski Philip Miller Hazel Morse Glenwood Murphy *James Olisky John Ranfone ~Joseph Richard David Ri~chie Doris Robinson Marshall Rogers Richard Smith Arthur Stevenson Floreffce Van Buskirk ~David Willis Ralph Windle Mary Zabronowicz TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. ALBERT THOMSON SCHOOL ~Albert Boeglin Mary DeNault George Eaton James Flanagan Joseph Fianagan Antranig Giragosian Robina Haddow Robert Hail Dorothy Kreusel Fred Leatham Anna Mackle William Mackie Elizabeth May Arthur McAllister Alexander McComish Robert McComish John Munro . ~Edith Pickles Joseph Provencher Doris Rea John Roche Eugene Ruess Ruth Stevenson James Taylor -~Francis Travers Eleanor Valpey Katherine Wainwright Virginia Wentworth 99 Archie Beaudoin Alice Brightman Lillian Burns Helen Burns *Mary Bohnwagner Rita Camire Dorothy Dainowski Grace Driscoll +Dominic Giarusgo Doris Gustafson Eva Hoel CENTER SCHOOL John Jackson Janet Kershaw John Lamprey Marguerite McKinnon Robert Miller William Nelson Ilarold Olson +Stanislau Pas Isabel Rabs Leonora St. Jean James Winning Pupils who in Sept. entered some other school than Johnson High School. Total 5. T--Pupils that l)id not enter any high school; working. Total 7. ~ Moved our of town. Total 6. All others en;ered Johnson High School. Sept. 1936. Total . Nine others moved into town to enter the Freshman class at Johnson High School. 100 ANNUAL REPORT Center School This sct~ool, located in the south corner of ~v~iIk and Johnson Streets, was erected in 1872 at a cost of $17,548. A large cupola on the Lop became unsafe and was removed, perhaps about 1890. It con- tains four classrooms. The ceilings are 15 feet high. It is now in- sured for $17,600. The lot contains 58,000 sq. ft. and is valued at $726. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 101 MERRIMACK SCHOOL A brick building erected about 1830 was burned. It was re-built in 1914 for $21,000, all of the old outside walls being' retained. The building now has 8 classrooms, room for the school nurse, teachers' room, and in the basement a cooking' room and manual training shot). It is insured for $'32,000, and located at 170 >lain St. The lot con- rains 46,900 sq. ft. and is valued at $4,690. 102 ANNUAL REPORT ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORTE~) Below is a list of pupils or former pupils of North Andover schools and things they have accomplished or hon- ors they have received. Most of these items were newspaper clippings. Probably there are others of which the School Department is unaware. Honor students at Mass. Institute of Technology Wellington E. Cassidy James Ell/son Hawkes Arthur R. Olson Highest Freshman honors, Boston College Law School William Greenler One of 14 Seniors given highest scholastic award at Yale Robert M. Gagne Cum Laude honor at TUfts Dental School Edward R. Squier Honor freshman at Central Catholic High School Thomas B. Hayes Selected D. A. R. good citizenship representative Rita M. Rand Won college scholarship from local Woman's Club Barbara S. Mason Awards in typing contests of Essex County High Schools Third year typists Allison Kirk, first Second year Evelyn Sauvageot, first Phyllis Pearl, second First year Doris Albrecht, first Eighty word shorthand Hannah Goff, second Sixty word Evelyn Clark, first Essay contest of North Andover Garden Club Mary Carey, first Eva Hoel, second TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. ASSESSORS' REPORT 103 To the Auditor, Town of North Andover, Mass.: The Assessors of the Town of North Andover present. herewith, their report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1936. Aggregate value of Real Property $6,742,747 00 Aggregate value of Personal Property 1,056,962 00 Total aggregate $7,799,709 00 State Tax $13.900 00 State Auditing 2,115 84 State Parks 144 00 Overlay Deficit 4.207 57 County Tax 13,466 14 County Assessments 3,030 93 Overlayings 4,473 39 Tax Assessed Real Estate 269,709 88 Personal Estate 42,278 48 Polls 4,902 00 Dwellings Assessed 1,678 Acres of Land Assessed 13,298 Horses Assessed 135 Cows 687 Other Neat Cattle 46 Swine 6 Value of Fowl 625 Mate Dogs 264 Female Dogs 44 Tax Rate $40.00 per M EDWARD E. CURLEY, HERBERT T. WILD, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, Assessors of North Andover. 104 ANNUAL REPORT POLICE REPORT Total number of miles patrolled with Police Vehicles 37,356 The following arrests were made: Auto violations 12 Assault and Battery 2 Assault with a Dangerous Weapon 1 Breaking and Entering 1 Drunkenness 23 Insane 5 Larceny 2 Larceny of Bicycles 2 Nights Lodging 7 Rape 1 Arrested for out-of-town Police 4 Miscellaneous Work of the Department Accidents reported 113 Buildings found open 34 Cases investigated 166 Defective wires · 7 Lost children found 3 Street obstructions reported or removed 6 Lanterns hung in dangerous places 33 Reported stolen cars 147 Reported stolen bicycles 6 Dogs disposed of 26 Dogs sent to Nevins Farm 40 Officers sent with ambulance Bicycles registered by Police 217 Respectfully submitted, ALFRED H. McKEE, Chief of Police. Since the close of the year, and therefore not a part of this report for 1936, the Police Department has suffered a heavy loss in the death of Captain Thomas J. Milnes, which occurred on January 4. Admired and beloved by his fellow officers and by the town as a whole, Captain Milnes has left a place which is difficult to fill. His memory and his example will continue to be an inspiration to our Department. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 105 REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT Total Number of Alarms 141 Value of Property Endangered Damage to Property Insurance on Property Insurance Paid on Property Telephone Number Central Fire Station Total Number Ambulance Calls Total Number Miles Travelled For Ambulance Service Please Call Central Fire Station, Telephone Number $456,025 00 40,901 18 433,900 00 40,756 18 7107 184 3209 7107 Respectfully submitted, CHARLES W. HINXMAN, Chief. 106 ANNUAL REPORT SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES I herewith submit my Fifteenth Annual Report as Sealer o£ Weights and Measures for the year ending Dec. 31, 1937. Sealing Fees Collected $27.14 Adjusting Charges Collected .25 $27:39 Work Performed from January 1, 1936 to December 31, 1936 Adjusted Platform under 5000 lbs. Platform over 5000 lbs. Counter over 100 lbs. Counter under 100 lbs. Beam over 10 lbs. Spring under 100 lbs. Computing under 100 lbs. Personal Weighing Prescription Avoirdupois Weights Liquid Measures Gasoline Pumps Gasoline Meters Quantity Measures on Pumps Yard Sticks Totals Sealed Condemned 9 2 1 12 1 24 2 12 1 1 1 56 4 3 1 7 22 35 1 187 8 Respectfully submitted, FREEMAN J. DAVIS, Sealer of Weights and Measures. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH 107 Dr. E. W. A. Holt, 52 Church St. Chairman Mr. Herbert McQuesten, 104 High St. Mr. George Jewett, 20 Marblehead St. L.'P. Kathan, R.N., Agent 40 Pleasant St. Milk Inspector Mr. Fred Leach Plumbing Inspector Mr. Fred Cart Asst. Plumbing Inspector Mr. Orris Rea Slaughtering Inspector Regular meeting the last Thursday of every month. Reported during 1936 Mumps 34 Tuberculosis 4 Chicken Pox 34 Lobar Pneumonia 2 Scarlet Fevm' 18 Anl;erior polion~yelitis 2 Measles 8 Dog Bites 2;~ This is the fifth consecutive year that we have not had a case of Diphtheria reported, which certainly shows the bene- fit of the Diphtheria preventive treatment given every year. It is very gratifying to have the splendid cooperation of the parents and teachers with us in this important work. Rabies caused considerable concern in November, as six North Andover dogs died at the Veterinarian Hospital in Lawrence, of this disease. The Board of Health ordered all dogs restrained for ninety days and organized a clinic with Dr. Youmans, to immunize dogs against rabies. A single injection each year will protect them. We hope to have this clinic every year. Rabies is a disease that all animals as well as man can get, is spread nearly always by the bite of a rabid dog or other infected animal. There is no cure for it and it is always fatal, BUT, IT CAN BE PREVENTED. If a person has been bitten, the animal should not be killed, but should be confined for 14 days, and if it remains well, there is no danger to animals or people bitten. If he has rabies, definite symptoms and .death will occur within the two weeks' period of restraint required by law. Animals bitten, should be confined and closely watched until the biting dog is freed from suspicion (14 days) or 108 ANNUAL REPORT pronounced rabid. If pronounced rabid the bitten animal should be destroyed or given the vaccine treatment. The human should consult his Physician regarding vac- cine treatment. Seven people have taken the vaccine treat- ment in the past year. Pre-school health examination, or Summer Round-up was held in June. This is for the purpose of bringing all children to a physical examination either by their own Physi- cian or at the clinic which is held in the Town Building, giving parents the Summer to get any defects remedied and the children in the best physical condition before entering school for the first time. Well-baby conferences are held every Wednesday 2 to 4 P. M. in Board of Health rooms, Town Building. During the time of flood, Typhoid inoculation clinics were held, and were well attended. The Board of Health at this time had many calls. All houses were inspected after the cleaning and renovating was done admitting people to their homes if these were found in a sanitary condition. No sickness attributed to flood conditions, reported. Reimbursements Essex County $106 50 State 599 28 Lic. fees, Pasteurizing 20 00 Milk 32 00 , Ice Cream 1 00 Oleo 1 50 Hairdressing I 00 Rebate on Typewriter 10 00 $771 28 LUCIA P. KATHAN, Clerk. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. TREASURER'S REPORT of the Year Ended December 31, 1936 109 Total Receipts 76 Total Disbursements 35 Balance $44,370 41 Bay State Merchants Nat. Bank 20,523 21 Second National Bank 10,000 00 First National Bank 600 21 Merchants National Bank 100 00 Andover National Bank 1,500 00 Merchants Trust Bank (Closed) 1,494 99 Lawrence Trust Company (Closed) 5,258 97 Broadway Savings Bank 1,430 08 Merchants Trust Bank (Closed) 78 00 Andover National Bank 630 29 Andover Nat. Bank (Old Age Acct.) 1,091 94 Checks and Cash on Hand 1,662 72 $44,370 41 $823,207 778,837 C. B. MEAGAN, Town Treasurer, 110 ANNUAL REPORT HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORT I hereby submit my annual report of the Highway De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1936. Summary of the work of the Highway Department The money appropriated £or snow removal was used for ploughing snow, sanding streets, and sidewalks, and clear- ing snow from in front of public buildings, stores, and churches, also screening and hauling 'sand to Town sheds. Having mild weather during November and December it was possible to return to Town Treasurer an unexpended balance of $1,101.59. The following street~ were treated with Tarvia and sanded: Bradstreet Rd., Boston St., Buckingham Rd., Chapin Rd., Chestnut St., Cross St., Court St., Church St., Columbia Rd., Edmund Rd., Foster St., Green St., Great Pond Rd., Gray St., Essex St., Herrick Rd., Hewitt Ave., Highland Ter- race, Hillside Rd., Harold St., Irving Rd., Linden Ave., Lin- coln St., Marbleridge R.d., Milton St., Middlesex St., Main St., Marblehead St., Norman Rd., Pilgrim Rd., Pleasant St., Pres- cott St., Prospect St., Richardson Ave., Railroad Ave., Russell St., Rea St., Saltonstall Rd., Sutton St., Second St., Stevens St., Salem St., Thorndike Rd., Troy Rd., Tolland Rd., Upland St., Union St., Water St., Wilson Rd. and Wood Lane. These streets were repaired with gravel or cinders; Dale St., one hundred cu. yds. gravel; Boston St., one hun- dred twenty-five cu. yds. of gravel; Beacon Hill Blvd., ninety- six cu. yds. of gravel; Hillside Rd., one hundred cu. yds. of gravel; Herrick Rd., fifty cu. yds. of gravel; South Bradford St., two hundred cu. yds. gravel; Parker St., fifty cu. yds. of gravel; Bradford St,, two hundred cu. yds. of cinders; Clark St., fifty cu. yds. of cinders; Chapin Rd., fifty cu. yds. of gravel; Summer St., one hundred fifty cu. yds. of gravel; Norb man Rd., one hundred cu. yds. of gravel; Barker St., two hun- dred cu. yds. of cinders; Pleasant St., one hundred cu. yds. of gravel; Clarendon St., one hundred cu. yds. of gravel. During the year these streets were scarified, rolled and oiled; Great Pond Road, three thousand feet; Essex Street, one thousand feet: Main Street three thousand feet; Green Street, seven hundred fifty feet; Stevens Street, one thou- sand eight hundred forty feet; Chestnut Street, eight hun- dred feet. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 111 On Johnson Street, one hundred feet of twelve-inch pipe were laid, four catch-basins built and t~venty-one hun- dred fifty-two feet were scarified, shaped, rolled and treated with Tarvia. This was covered with one and one-half inch Pea Stone. On Railroad Avenue, three catch-basins were built, four hundred forty-four cu. yds. of gravel used and covered with one and one-half inch Pea Stone. On Union Street, three hundred fifty feet of twelve-inch pipe were used on new surface drain, four catch-basins built and two hundred twenty-two yds. of excavation replaced with gravel. Three hundred eleven yds. of excavation and re- placed with gravel on Pleasant Street. One catch-basin built on Furber Ave., and one on Water Street. At the end of car line at North Andover Centre, two hundred seventy-eight yds. of excavation and replaced with gravel. All country roads were scraped and shaped in the Spring and Fall of the year. Thirty-five hundred feet of ditching was done. The abutments of the Riverview Street bridge were raised one foot and replaced with steel girders. Three-inch plank was used and a top plank of two inches. Many stone drains were rebuilt. On Chestnut Street, thin, y-six feet of Akron pipe were used to repair a drain which was in very bad condition. Sidewalks These sidewalks were top-dressed with cinders: Andover St., Buckingham Rd., Beacon Hill Blvd., Brightwood Ave., Bixby Ave., Columbia Ave., Chapin Rd., Chestnut St., Edmund Rd., Herrick Rd., Harold St., Irving Rd., Furber Ave., Linden Ave., Middlesex St., Marblehead St., Norman Rd., Railroad Ave., Russell St., Second St., and Sutton St. The following were rebuilt or repaired during the year: Six- teen hundred three sq. yds. of dressing and one hundred sixty-eight sq. yds. of new work on ~/iddlesex St.; six hun- dred twelve sq. yds. of dressing on Annis St.; eighty sq. yds. new work and fifty-four sq. yds. dressing on Union St.; one hundred fifty-nine sq. yds. of dressing on Marblehead St., and ten sq. yds. of dressing on Elm St. Chapter 90, Boxford Street In July of this year the work of continuing another stretch of Boxford Street commenced. This work was car- ried on with State, County and Town funds. It was neces- sary when the work was started this year to put two hun- dred eighty feet of gravel on the swampy section of the road 112 ANNUAL REPORT to bring it up to grade, this part having settled during the Winter and Spring. Two hundred forty yards of ledge was taken out, one ditch dug, four feet wide. Two twenty-four- inch corrugated culverts (asphalt treated) forty feet long were built with headwalls, one stone box culvert was extend- ed five feet on either side with headwalls. Thirty-nine hun- dred fifty feet were excavated, graveled and treated with Tarvia with three-foot graveled shoulders, twenty-three hun- dred feet of which was top-dressed with two-inch stone. Respectfully submitted, IRA D. CARTY, Highway Surveyor. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. FINANCE COMMITTEE 115 Article 5 Departments Appropriation 1. Selectmen (salaries $750.00, expenses $27(}.00) $1,020 00 2. Auditor (salary $6(}0.(}0, expenses $1,600.00) 2,200 00 3. Treasurer (salary $1,050.00, expenses including bond $1,050.00) 2,190 00 4. Collector (saleW $1,050.00, expenses including bond $2,127,50') 3,177 59 5. Assessors (salaries $1,359.00, expenses $700.00) 2,050 00 6. Town Clerk (salary $350.00, expenses $100.09) 45(} 00 7. Election Expenses (salaries of Registrar $209.00, expenses $1,000.00) 1,200 00 8. Police Department Equipment and expenses 12,000 00 9. Fire Dept. engineer, ambulance and expenses 17,000 00 10. Dog Warrant 100 00 11. Building Inspector (salary) 50 00 12. Sealer of Weights and Measures (salary $250.90 expenses $90.00) 340 00 13. Insect Pest 3,700 00 14. Tree Warden (salary $159.00, expenses $i,000.00) 1,150 00 15. Brush Cutting 500 00 16. Fish Warden (salary) 5 0O 17. Board of Health (salaries $300.00, Physician $100.00, expenses $4,200.00) 4,690 00 18. Garbage Disposal 1,800 00 19. Vital Statistics 200 ~0 20. Refuse Disposal 3,000. 00 21. Highway Surveyor (salary $3,900.00) 3,000 00 22. General Maintenance Street Dept. 49,000 00 23. Snow Removal 10,000 00 24. Street Lighting 8,500 00 25. Board of Public Welfare (salaries) 300 90 26. Supt. and Matron (salaries $1,200.00, Agent $400.00) outside relie£ and repairs $23,400.00) 25,000 00 27. Public Parks and Triangles 2,259 00 28. Discount on Notes 1,000 00 29. School Dept. ' 114,500 00 3{). State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief 3,500 00 31. Stevens Memorial Library 6,000 00 32. Memorial Day 350 00 33. Board o£ Public Works (salaries) 300 34. Maint. and Construction Water Dept. 25,000 00 35. Maint. and Construction Sewer Dept. 4,000 00 36. Contingent 1,000 00 37. Forest Fires 1,500 00 38. Annual Report 1,000 00 39. Insurance 4,900 00 40. Maint. County Hospital 3,~07 79 41. Playgrounds 1,00(} 00 42. Maint. Town Building (including clerks) 5,600 00 43. Town Hall Janitor 300 00 44. American Legion (rent) 450 00 114 ANNUAL REPORT 45. Interest on East Sids Sewer Notes 46. Redeeming East Side Sewer Notes 47. Interest on New Schoolhouse Notes 48. Redeeming 3 New Schoolhouse Notes 49. Board of Survey 50. Forest Fire Warden (salary) 51. Animal Inspector (salary) 52. Expenses on Dump 53. Town Forest 54. Bathing Beach 55. Old Age Assistance 56. N.R.A. (Interest) 57. Redeeming N.R.A. Notes 58. Game Warden 59. Tax Titles 60. License Commissioner (expenses) 61. l%eserve Fund 62. Armistice Day Total 1,492 50 2,000 O0 828 75 3,000 O0 100 00 100 09 20~ O0 260 O0 100 00 1,000 90 17,000 00 337 50 2,000 O0 100 00 5~0 00 100 00 5,000 O0 75 0~ $359,804 04 HARRY C. FOSTER, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, ARTHUR A. THOMSO,N, JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Finance Committee. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 115 ANIMAL INSPECTOR'S REPORT Jan. 1, 1937. Board of Selectmen, Town of North Andover: As Inspector of Animals for the year ending Dec. 31. 1936, I submit the following report: The yearly inspection of barns and cattle has been done in accordance with the orders of the Department of Live Stock Disease Control. Seventeen dog cases. 87 barns containing cattle were inspected. 877 cattle, 80 hogs, 9 goats were inspected and listed. Respectfully yours, JOHN J. BURKE, Inspector of Animals. 116 ANNUAL ;REPORT PUBLIC WELFARE REPORT 1936 Dr. Appropriations (Salaries) $300 00 Superintendent and Matron, Agent salary ($400.00), Outside Relief and Repairs 24,000 00 Article No. 32 (Unpaid 1935 bills) 579 66 Transfer 600 00 Total Appropriated Expended (Article No. 32) Expended Relief $25,179 66 $579 66 24,495 04 Total Expended $25,074 70 Balance $104 96 Dr. Federal Grant received Dec. 23, 1936 (Dependent Children Mothers' Aid) $278 00 Inside Relief Salaries: Superintendent and Matron $1,200 00 Labor 693 55 Groceries 816 32 Electricity, Water, Tel., Fuel 368 59 Repairs 525 62 Clothing 22 83 Auto 129 40 Medical Attention and Supplies 34 99 Live Stock, Grain, etc. 554 62 Miscellaneous 144 05 Total Expended $4,489 97 Article No. 13 $1,217 94 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 117 Superintendent's Report Eggs Pork Live S~ock Poultry Grain Bags Use of Telephone Hay Total $72 15 68 50 24 00 12 80 3 79 2 95 40 00 $224 19 Number of Inmates January 1, 1936 Admitted during year Deaths Discharges Present number December 31, 1936 Males Females Between 6-70 years Between 70-80 years Outside Relief Cr. Cash $7,265 00 Medical Attendance 1,956 92 Groceries and Household Supplies 5,788 27 Clothing 223 03 Fuel and Light 1,693 92 Rent and Moving 282 75 Telephone i 93 Expense 449 06 Paid Commonwealth 1,109 29 Paid Cities and Towns 1,234 90 Total Expended $20,005 07 Explanatory Notes Included in Cash, Medical, Groceries and Fuel is $935.05 which will be reimbursed us by the Commonwealth for aid granted persons having no settlement. (Not including Mothers' Aid.) Also included in Cash, Fuel, Groceries and Medical is $1,338.52 which will be reimbursed us by various cities and towns. (Not including Mothers' Aid.) 118 ANNUAL REPORT Also included in Cash, Fuel and Medical is $5,~09.15 expended for Mothers' Aid. $1,855.18 of which will be reim- bursed from the Commonwealth and $645.60 of which will be reimbursed from various cities and towns. Old Age Assistance Dr. Appropriation Reimbursement, Federal Grant $15,000 00 5,976 51 $20,976 51 ar. Amount Expended for Old Age Assistance Balance Regular Appropriation Balance Federal Grant Total Balance $19,872 57 12 00 1,091 94 $1,103 94 Dr. Appropriated $221.00 Article No. 33 1935 unpaid bills ar. Expended $221.00 for Article No. 33 1935 unpaid bills Number of cases receiving Old Age Assistance Number of cases having no settlement, Commonwealth Number of cases having Lawrence settlement Number of cases having Haverhill settlement Number of cases having North Andover settlement 93 8 5 2 78 93 During 1936 there were 145 Welfare cases treated and 9 Mothers' Aid cases. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. LIST OF JURORS 1 Aplin, George, 180 Water Street, Watchman 2 Barrington, Harold P., 90 Union Street, Electrician 3 Bastian, Frederick W., 22 Harold Street, Clerk 4 Bevin, Samuel, 6 East Water Street, Steam-fitter 5 Briggs, Raymond J, 118 Union Street, Clerk 6 Buchan, Donald, Jr., 59 Lincoln Street, Clerk 7 Bumyea, Joseph, 62 Pleasant Street, Watchman 8 Cain, Michael, 285 Middlesex Street, Retired 9 Calder', William H., 32 Annis Street, Chauffeur 10 Cart, Fred, 157 Railroad Avenue, Tinsmith 11 Coffin, Andrew, 301 Sutton Street, Reporter 12 Costello, John J., 17 Merrimack Street, Moulder 13 Cross, Angusf 468 Stevens Street, Laboror 14 Cnnio, Frank, 3 Railroad Avenue. Clerk 15 Davis, Freeman J., 124 Milk Street, Salesman 16 Dick, William, 99 Beverly Street, Operative 17 Dixon, Joseph F., 847 Turnpike Street, Salesman 18 Dow, Harry, Jr., 114 Academy Road, Auto Salesman 19 Downing, Charles, 55 Bradstreet Road, Broker 20 Drummond, Arthur, 38 Salem Street, Salesman 21 Eldridge, Walter, 142 Water Street, Carpenter 22 Emery, Arthur, 152 I-Iigh Street, Operative 23 Everett, John, 1807 Osgood Street, Retired 24 Elliott, James, 122 Middlesex Street, Barber 25 Ellis, Clarence, 202 Middlesex Street, Operative 26 Farnham, Arthur' H., 2089 Turnpike Street, Farmer 27 Farnum, Benjamin, 442 Farnum Street, Farmer 28 Foster, Loring B., 475 Stevens Street, Mechanic 29 Friel, John C, 39 Main Street, Operative 30 Hargreaves, Harold, 107 Pleasant Street, Blacksmith 31 Hargreaves, James, 340 Osgood Street, Machinist 32 Hamilton, Fhillip M., 27 Church Street, Salesman 33 Hilton, Frank, 19 Second Street, Painter 34 Hinten, Irving E, Milton Street, Bank Teller 35 Holt, Harold, 19 Annis Street, Operative 36 Jenkins, Arthur, 150 Railroad Avenue, Retired 37 Jackson, David H., Jr., 20 Norman Road, Carpenter 38 Lane, James, 120 Union Street, Butcher 39 Lewis, Charles N., 997 Dale Street, Farmer 40 Lund, Henry E., 75 Prescott St~eet, Overseer 41 Mahoney, John J., 324 Middlesex Street, Operative 42 McCarthy, William, 28 Cleveland Street, Weaver 43 McCormack, Fred, 36 Saundcrs Street, Mechanic 44 McCormack, Daniel, 5 Marblehead Street, Operative 45 McDonald, John, 144 Railroad Avenue, Laborer 46 McKinnon, Charles, 30 Harkaway Road, Operative 47 McLay, John, 124 Mass. Ave., Milkman 48 McMurray, William, 244 Sutton Street, Weaver 49 McQucsten, Herbert, 104 High Street, Butcher 50 MiInes, John, 330 0sgood Street, Road Builder 51 Morse, George W., 87 Water Street, Moulder 52 Murphy, Francis, 25 Union Street, Plumber 53 Murphy, John P., 29 Sargent Street, Retired 54 Murphy, Walter, 6 Morton Street, Moulder 55 Nicols, Alexander B., 28 Phillips Court, Operative 119 120 ANNUAL REPORT 56 Phelan, James P., 21 First Street, Dresser 57 Pickles, John C., 151 Sutton Street, Operative 58 Pitman, Charles E., 19 Marblehead Street, Laborer 59 Rea, F. Orris, 34 Rea Street, Farmer 60 Rea, George, 635 Chestnut Street, Farmer 61 Robinson, Arthur, 54 Main Street, Clerk 62 Roche, James, 94 Second Street, Reporter 63 Roesch, Paul, 248 Middlesex Street, Machinist 64 Saunders, Lewis, 213 High Street, Machinist 65 Sanderson, Lewis, 36 Salem Street, Carpenter 66 Senior, Herbert, 200 Osgood Street, Operative 67 Schofield, James H., 111 Second Street, Percher 68 Smith, Ernest, 28 Annis Street, Machinist 69 Somerville, John, 85 Mass. Avenue, Machinist 70 Stewart, Alexander, 120 Beverly Street, Dresser 71 Sydell, Harold, 43 Union Street, Operative 72 Thompson, John C., 217 Appleton Street, Station Agent 73 Towler, George~ 197 Main Street, Laborer 74 Townsend, William, 33 Harold Street, Moulder 75 Turner, Harold, 105 Pleasant Street, Carpenter 76 Walker, John F., 47 Bright-wood Ave., Piper 77 Wallwork, Frank E., 44 Pleasant Street, Card Setter 78 Walsh, Patrick, 109 Second Street, Operative 79 Wentworth, Charles, 18 Stonington Street, Superintendent 80 Whittier, Fred D., 891 Great Pond Road, Farmer 81 Wilcox, John J., 84 Andover Street, Garage Owner 82 Williams, Albert, 22 Salem Street, Motorman The foregoing is a list of persons, legal voters in the Town of North Andover, presented by the Selectmen of the Town of North Andover, as persons liable for Jury Duty, in accordance with Chapter 234 of the General Laws. HARRY C. FOSTER, Chairman JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, ARTHUR A. THOMSON, Selectmen of North Andover. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY 121 To the Citizens of North Andover: We cannot better present to you the work of our library for the year than to give you the'report which our Librarian has submitted to us. To the Trustees of Stevens Memorial Library :-- I herewith present the report of the Library for the year ending December 31, 1936. Circulation and Use of Books 56.726 books were circulated during 1936. O£ these, 29 % were non-fiction and 71% fiction. This is 596 less than the total circulation in 1935. The per capita circulation was 7.9 (1935 census figures were 7164). The circulation per registered borrower was 16. 14,842 books were circulated £rom the Children's Room to boys and girls. This is a gain of 870 over last year. 6312 books were issued from the schools to which 1072 of our books were sent. This is 244 less than the number issued in 1935. The most popular adult books, other than fiction, in their order o£ popularity were biography, travel, and useful arts. The books best liked among the children's books were fairy tales, travel, and useful arts. The library was open 304 days with an average daily circulation of 186. The largest issue in a single day was 360 on October 13, and the smallest, 28 on December 24, when the Library closed at 5 P. M. Registration of Borrowers 262 new names were added as borrowers. This is 43 more than were registered in 1935. Of these, 169 were in the adult department and 93 in the Children's Room. 136 names were withdrawn, making the net gain 126. The total number of registered borrowers is 3484, or 48% of the popuq lation. Book Collection 727 books were added to our collection. This is six more than were added in 1935. Of the 727, 248 were gifts. Many of thes~ were made possible because of two anonymous gifts 122 ANNUAL REPORT of $50. each. 240 of the books added were children's books, filling an urgent need as our ~books for children were in a deplorable state at the beginning of the year. 696 books were discarded during 1936. This makes our net gain in books only 31. It is estimated that the Library now contains 19,969 volumes. 2243 books were repaired in the Library. 255 books were rebound at the bindery. There are many others now here which should be rebound. The Library is very grateful to all who have given books or magazines during the year. These include the following people and organizations: Betsy Ross Chapter, D. A. R.; Brooks School; Chrysler Corporation; Mrs. Wm. Cotter; Cornhill Publishing Company; Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Disney; Clemens B. Emmert; Foss Family; Mrs. Oscar M. Godfrey; Warren F. Goff; Mrs. Clarence Hutton; Mrs. Albert King; Mrs. Joseph Kitt.redge; New York Stock Exchange; Miss Mabel F. and Miss Minna B. Noyes; G. N. Peck; George L. Record Memorial Association; Ellen Riley; Robert S. Rock- well; Rosicrucian Order; Howard Sanborn; Alexander Tullis; and Woman's Auxiliary of American Legion. Book Week The Book Week celebration in November was planned by Ellen Riley, who has directed most of the children's activi- ties during the year. It consisted of a Book Poster Contest. The Library offered prizes to the best poster done by a pupil of the sixth through the eighth grades, and £or the best one made by a pupil from grades 3-5 inclusive. There were about eighty entries, some of which were very fine, The prize in Group A,--a book HOW TO DRAW ANIMALS by E. G. Lutz --went to Mary Werenchuk, Grade 4, Center School. Mary Giarrusso, Grade 8, Center School, won the prize for Group B. This was a book--SIMPLE SKETCHING by Doust. The judges of the contest were Miss Katharine Knowles, Philip A. Costello, and Rev. C. W. Carvell. The prizes were pre- sented at a special meeting held in Library Hall on the Satur- day morning of Book Week. All the posters were hung in Library Hall for the next week, and the two winning posters were displayed on the bulletin board in the Children's Room for several weeks. As a part of the Book Week observance, the Library exhibited in the Reading Room a collection of recent attrac- tive books for children, together with the book jackets and reviews of some of the books, written by the children them- selves. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 123 Vacation Activities for Children The Puzzle Club, a vacation contest for children, was also planned and executed by Miss Riley. It began July 6 and continued for six weeks. Sixty-six boys and girls, repre- senting all the public schools in town, completed all the re- quirements and were awarded a printed certificate at a joint meeting of all the Puzzle Club members in September. This contest was most popular and served to arouse an interest in the Library among the younger readers. The Library in the Community The Library has again taken a large place in the life of the town. Library Hall has many times served as a meet- ing-place for committees of the North Andover Woman's Club and for the North Andover Improvement Society. Phil- lips Academy is again giving the Adult Evening Study Groups from january--March, 1937. This Library served as a place of registration for the convenience of North Andover people wishing to take the courses. The Librarian has spoken and given book reviews among several different organizations in the community. The following talks were given: "A Day in a Modern Library" before the North Andover Grange; "Current Books" before the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Paul's Episco- pal Church; also before the Tuesday Sorosis of Lawrence; a review of NORTH TO THE ORIENT by Mrs. Anne M. Lindbergh before the Alpha Phi Chi of the Trinitarian Church and before the Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society of the same church; and a review of FOURSQUARE by Dr. John Rathbone Oliver to the Woman's Union of the Trinitarian Congregational Church. When the newspaper THE SPECTATOR was started last summer, the editor asked if the Library would be will- ing to write a local column. We agreed and this has been done each week. Most of the articles have been written by Miss Riley, but the Librarian has written a few. The public has cormuented favorably on many of the articles. In Sep- tember, fifty-five books belonging to the Library were placed on exhibit in the window of the Spectator. The weekly column featured these books in "Rooks for the Whole Fam- ily,'' and the books displayed contained reading for "Father, jack of all trades," for "Mother, the Homemaker," "For Brother," "For Sister," and "For the Movie Fan." We had many calls for some of these books and several new borrowers registered who had been attracted by them. 124 ANNUAL REPORT Again, a number of shelves in the Reference Room have been filled with books on the Church Reading List of the Trinitarian Congregational Church. The North Andover Garden Club has asked for a shelf in the Reference Room and has placed several volumes on it for the use of its members. A list of "Outstanding Books of 1935," compiled by lead- ing libraries of the country, has been checked to show what books are available to our readers and has been distributed. Free Services As an experiment, we have kept a record of the number of books reserved for our readers during the year. 1533 were reserved and the reader notified by means of a postal card. No charge is made for this service, although nearly every other library charges at least one cent for the postage. We have borrowed many books of non-fiction from other libraries to meet the requests of our readers. No charge is made for this although the Library has to pay postage both ways from all libraries except the Division of Public Libra- ries, in Boston, which pays it one way. We have borrowed collections in Lithuanian and in Rus- sian from the Division of Public Libraries, and would borrow books in other foreign languages in case there was a demand for them. The Flood of 1936 The Library did not suffer appreciably from the flood. We were compelled to close three evenings because of ]ack of electricity. Many borrowers who lived in the flooded area had books from the library, but took them with them when they were obliged to leave their homes. About 30 books were destroyed. No charge was made for books lost at that time. Library Meetings The Librarian, Miss Riley, and Miss Buchan attended the mid-winter meeting of the Massachusetts Library Asso- ciation in February. Miss Batchelder and Miss Riley also attended the Friday session of the fall meeting held at Amherst and the Round Table of Children's Librarians in Boston at which Miss Jordan of the Boston Public Library reviewed the new children's books. Library Staff There have been several changes in the Library Staff during the year. Miss Ruth Buchan, who had been a sub- TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 125 stitute here after finishing her course of training at the Springfield Library, left us in July to take a position in the Newton Free Library. She is now first assistant at the Auburndale Branch of the Newton Library. We were very sorry indeed to lose Miss Buchan but rejoice with her that she is succeeding in her chosen work. Miss Keating under- went a serious operation in June. She is not yet able to return to the Library. We have taken on as part-time workers Edna Cassidy and Ruth Drummond, both seniors at Johnson High School. Miss Cassidy is considering taking up the study of Library Science at Simmons College in the ~all of 1937. We also had as substitutes during the summer Mrs. LaFountain, £ormerly on our staff, and William B. Graham, a student assistant at State College Library at Amherst. Cooperation of Other Libraries It is only through the cooperation o~ other Libraries that we have been able to fill many calls £or books o~ non-fiction which we do not own and which we do not [eel that we can afford to buy. We are very grateful to the following libra- ties that have sent us books as inter-library loans: Memorial Hall Library, Andover; Boston Public Library; Haverhill Public Library; Lawrence Public Library; Massachusetts Division of Public Libraries; Massachusetts Institute o~ Technology Library; Massachusetts State Library; Newton Free Library; Somerville Public Library; Springfield City Library; ,and Watertown Public Library. Statistics Arranged according to form recommended by the American Library Association Annual Report for the Year ending December 31, 1936 Population served: 7164 (1935 Mass. census) Terms of use: Free £or lending and free for reference Days open: 304 Hours open weekly: 33 Agencies: 9 school classro~oms 126 ANNUAL REPORT Use Volumes Number of Volumes of adult non- fiction lent for home use 11,577 20.4 Number of volumes of adult fiction lent for home use 23,995 42.3 Number of volumes for children lent for home use 21,154 37.3 Per cent of total circulation 56,726 100.00 Circulation per capita 7.9 Circulation per registered borrower 16 Number of borrowers registered during year 262 Percentage of population registered as borrowers 48 Book Stock Number of volumes at beginning of year (estimated) 19,938 Number of volumes added during year 727 Number of volumes discarded 1936 20,665 696 January 28, 1937. Number of volumes, December 31, 1936 (estimated) 19,969 Respectfully submitted, MARION F. BATCHELDER, Librarian. In closing this report the Trustees are glad thus publicly to acknowledge their appreciation of the splendid use made o£ our library and its various facilities by both children and adults, the very efficient hearty service of our Librarian and her entire Staff, the excellent care of the building and grounds taken by our Janitor, and to express their gratitude for all gifts made to us this year. Respectfully submitted, NATHANIEL STEVENS, MARY 0. TYLER, ANNIE L. SARGENT, CHARLES A. APPLETON, MOSES T. STEVENS, HARRY R. DOW, GEORGE R. BARKER, Trustees. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. TAX COLLECYOR'S REPORT 127 To the Board of Selectmen and Citizens of North Andover: Your collector qualified for office or~ March 7, 1936, and commenced Collections for the town upon the completion of the state audit on May 15, 1936. The situation was a difficult one with twelve thousand bills on old taxes to be prepared and mailed. The collector had to keep abreast of current 1936 bills and demands, keep up to date on all posting, and prepare for tax sales. The results attained would never have been possible ~vithout the whole-hearted efforts of the townspeople to settle all their accounts. Good progress has been made with the old commitments for back years, and 1937 should find these accounts prac- tically all settled. The collector's obligation on his bond is greater on the current taxes, but he must also be diligent in the collection of all taxes recommitted to him, or he may be held personally liable. A determined effort has been made to issue ail bills, de- mands, and warrants promptly and thus put the operation of the office on a business b~sis. There has been a marked improvement in the percentage of collections of all classes of taxes as the report will show and this should attract the favorable attention of lenders of money to the town and of bonding companies, resulting a saving to the town. Collections of interest on overdue taxes have been sub- stantial and have more than paid for the operation and modernizing of your collector's office. Daily office hours have been maintained, and the townspeople can learn at any time the conditions of tax collections. Careful statements are made on all tax bills concerning collection procedure, and to these your attention is respect- fully directed. Your collector is grateful for the support and co-opera- tion given him by other town officials, by the State Depart- ment of Taxation,. and by the townspeople, and wishes to extend his thanks. Signed: IRVING E. HINTON, Collector of Taxes for the Town of North Andover. 128 ANNUAL REPORT REAL ESTATE: Committed~uly 18, 1936 $269,709.88 Committed-December 12, 1936 7.00 Interest 63.13 Refunds 34.00 Total $269,814.01 PERSONAL: Committed--July 18, 1936 $42,278.48 Committed--December 21, 1936 358.60 Interest 1.58 Total $42,638.6~ POLL: Committed---June 1, 1936 $ 4,902.00 Committed--December 12, 1936 118.00 Interest and Demands 90.46 Total $5,110.46 EXCISE: Committed--February 5, 1936 $1,866.22 Committed~July 20', 1936 7,550.93 Committed--December 12, 1936 4,356.55 Interest 1.09 Refunds 143.53 Total $13,918.3~ MOTH: Committed--September 2, 1936 $146.50 Total $146.5(J Collected and Paid to Treasurer $217,150.87 Transferred to Tax-Title 4,736.40 Interest 63.13 Abatements 6,277.04 Outstanding 41,586.57 Total $269,814.01 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $19,354.60 Interest 1.58 Abatements 5.60 Abatements (Machinery) 21,576.48 Outstanding 1,700.40 Total $42,638.66 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $4,025.00 Interest and Demands 90.46 Abatements 234.0'0 Outstanding 761.00 Total $5,110.46 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $7,440.35 Interest 1.09 Abatements 518.66 Outstanding 5,958.22 Total $18,918.32 Collected and Paid to Treasurer $109.25 Abated 1'.00 Uncollected 86.25 Total $146.50 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 129 130 ANNUAL t~EPORT AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE To the Selectmen of the Town of North Andover: I beg to hand yOu the Auditor's report for the year ending, December 31, 1936. This report is in line with the set-up of the Slate System installed during the year. The receipts are classified as to their source and the pay- ments as to their several purposes. Also appended is a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the Town on December 31, 1936, and a summary sheet of the appropriation accounts. Respectfully submitted, JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Auditor. RECEIPTS Taxes Current Year: Property Polls Previous Years: *Property Polls *Old Age Assistance Tax Title Redemptions From State: Corporation Income Machinery ch. 362 Acts 1936 Soldiers' Exemption In lieu of {axes Alcohol Common Victualler Hair Dressing Ice Cream Junk Liquor Milk and Oleo Oil Burners Pasteurization Peddlers--State Sunday Used Car License and Permits $209,105 32 4,025 00 107,191 93 3,608 00 612 00 5,230 80 33,325 64 17,650 28 4,861 11 20~ 61 520 53 $386,151 23 $5 00 35 00 I 00 1 00 1 00 2,700' 00 33 50 23 75 20 00 65 00 100 O0 2 O0 2,987 25 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 131 Fines and Forfeits Court Fines 135 09 Grants and Gifts Frmn State: Aid to Industrial Schools $298 17 Tuition 131 05 Old Age Ass~stauce Ch. 438 Acts 1936 4,253 93 Race Track Distribution 671 08 Highways--Ch. 90 4285 00 Aid to Dependent Children 278 00 From County: Highways Ch. 90 2,725 00 Dog Licenses 298 38 From Federal Government: ~ ~ U. S. Grant--Old Age Assistance 5,976 51 18,917 12 Special Assessments *~oth $262 75 Sewers 518 19 780 94 *Motor Vehicle Excise Privileges Departmental General Government: Tax Collector--Costs $129 65 Treasurer: Costs 15 10 Releases 34 00 Sale of Envelopes 1 O0 Protection of Persons and Property: Sealer of Weights and Measures Fees 27 39 Moth Commission 23 0'0 Health and Sanitation: State--Subsidy 599 28 Allowance on T~q~ewriter 10 00 County~Vaccine 106 50 Sewer Construction 1,096 69 Highways: Use of Roller 35 00 Sale of Lumber 8 00 Oil--Driveways 26 00 Charities: Infirmary: Sale of Produce, etc. 220 54 Other 3 65 Reimbursements ~or Relief: From Individuals 292 00 From Other Cities and Towns 1,747 77 From State 69 59 Reimbursements for Mothers' Aid: From Other Cities and Towns 773 20 From State 1,286 85 Reimbursement for Old Age Assistance: From State 5,655 31 19,187 67 132 ANNUAL REPORT Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid 81 50 Soldiers' Relief 144 00 Schools: Lunch Room (balance) 21 60 Library: Fines, etc. 282 80 Unclassified: Sale of Real Estate 1,820 50 John J. Costeilo % Shortage 256 47 Insurance--Dividends 3 02 Unclaimed Wages--Snow Removal 70 61 Refund--Interest Tax Title Loan 1935 127 45 Unidentified Receipt 100 00 *John J. Costello Collector, on % of Shortage $37,360 24 Credited as follows: Taxcs--prior years $37,050 40 M. V. Excise 18! 98 Moth Assess. 15 00 Old Age Tax 3 00 Int. on Taxes 109 86 Public Service Enterprises Water: Sale o5 Water $26,926 Constvuctlon and Miscellaneous ----$37,360 24 58 85 Interest On Deposits $38 45 *On Taxes and Assessments 4,680 67 On Tax Titles 97 59 On Trust Funds: Charity 357 25 Schools 195 55 Indebtedness In Anticipation Of Revenue Other Temporary Loan $275,000 6,250 Agency State: Taxes $13,900 00 County: Taxes 13,466 14 Dog' Licenses 403 20 15,068 47 30,027 43 5,369 51 O0 O0 281,250 O0 27,769 34 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Refunds Current Year $34 00 Prior Years 100 17 Old Age Assistance Tax 1 00 Motor Vehicle Excise 272 20 Moth Assessments 2 00 Interest on Taxes 17 33 Treasurer--Expense 49 70~ Collector--Expenses 125 00 Town Hall--Maintenance, etc. 27 Public Welfare Outside Relief 15 00 Old Age Assistance 42 00 Total Receipts Cash balance January 1, 1936 133 685 40 $788,329 36 27,628 13 $815,957 49 EXPENDITURES Selectmen Salaries Expenses Telephone Association Dues Printifig Repairs to Clock AIl Other Auditor Salary Telephone State Forms Typewriter Office Supplies Clerk All Other Audit and Installation of System Salary Clerk Dept. Corp. and Taxation Telephone Stamps and Envelopes Bond Forms All Other $750 00 83 83 46 96 10 50 29 22 40 50 47 10 $1,008 11 $600 00 45 00 59 61 170 00 51 02 40 00 22 48 $1,059 O0 156 O0 32 O0 27 51 187 79 201 O0 71 91 57 988 61 2,115 84 1,726 q8 134 ANNUAL REPORT Salary Bonds Telephone Stamps and Envelopes Forms Supplies (Office) Accounting Machine Forms Clerk Bond Printing Collector (temporary) Bond (Clerk) Stamps All Other Collector $1,050 444 69 262 44 50 267 483 601 25 26 230 18 49 32 00 50 69 89 00 55 98 95 00 00 29 00 77 88 31 Advertising Registering of Deeds Preparing of Deeds Tax Title Foreclosure $327 5O 204 90 194 00 Salaries Telephone Office Supplies Expenses Transfer of Deeds Forms Surveying and Plans Street Lists Printing Supplies Ail Others Assessors $1,350 112 50 47 63 21 84 236 43 20 18 00 65 09 95 59 32 90 82 79 75 Telephone Forms Printing Stamps Stationery Suppties License Commissioners $26 02 29 22 4 75 2 00 ~7 76 Salary Bond Stamps and Supplies Printing All Other Clerk $350 O0 5 O0 19 o~ 20 50 10 34 3,676 81 726 40 2,049 86 99 75 404 84 Water Commissioners Salaries 300 O0 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Sa/aries of Registrars Election OffiCers Radio Appliance Printing Seals Plans Trucking Posting Warrants Electrical Repairs All Other Election and Registrars $200 O0 1,460 80 70 00 504 75 34 83 30 42 24 00 ]5 60 24 75 14 [5 Surveying All Othe~ Board of Survey $88 3 00 00 Salary Clerks Janitoress Gas and Electricity Telephone Fuel Water Supplies Office Accounting Machine Electrical Repairs Building Repairs Labor Supplies Typewriter Re]~a~rs Labor All Other Town Hall Janitor Municipal Buildings $2,338 00 765 00 630 05 58 87 1,099 46 84 16 82 04 525 00~ 46 46 46 40 101 08 22 70 8 00 12 09 27 49 Chief, Salary Captain, Sal.ary Regular Patrolmen Special Police Repairs Supplies Gas, Oil and Repairs Telephone Ail Other Police Department $2,080 00 1,976 0~ 5,460 00 811 35 49 25 248 60 972 99 254 29 144 50 Salary Engineers Pay Roll Gas, Oil and Repairs Gas and Electricity Fuel Hose Fire Alarm All Other Dog Officer Fire Department $950 00 12,715 25 1,20189 427 07 482 15 553 70 359 79 401 77 135 2,379.31 91 O0 300 O0 5,746 71 11,996 98 100 00 16,982 62 136 ANNUAL REPORT Salary Salary Auto Hire Wages Supplies Trucking Arsenate of Lead Telephone Salary Wages Supplies Telephone Wages Supplies Telephone Salary Payroll (Flood) Gas and Oil Gloves Foods Dishes Boats and Oars Blankets Inspection of Wires Universal Motor All Others Inspectur of Buildings Sealer of Weights and Measures $250 89 Moth Department $2,520 89 191 186 10 Tre~ Warden $150 881 107 10 Brash Cutting $474 22 Forest Tree Warden Contingent and Forest Fires $1,120 430 Clerk (Auditor's Dept.) Clerk (Collector's Dept.) Sign Painting State Forms (Auditor's Dept.) Adding'~ Machine Repairs (Auditor) Filing Cabinet (Auditor) Legal Advice City of Newburyport (Shell Fish Area) Proof Reading Repairs Flag Pole Painting Damages Deputy Sheriff Repairs on Clock Labor Medical Service All Others 50 00 00 9O 339 90 50 45 50 88 35 2,998 68 09 78 87 10 1,149 75 86 24 93 499 03 100 00 77 54 16 62 14 71 9 00 39 50 42 75 105 40 53 40 10 70 1,843 39 $540 00 60 00 35 O0 188 25 7 00 7B ~1 937 53 166 90 20 O0 20 43 15 00 21q 00 141 48 28 00 20 O0 60 90 5~ 93 2,589 43 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Pay Roll $403 50 Oiland Gas 93 73 Supplies 90 48 Hose 171 50 Game Warden Salary Fish Warden Salary Board of Health Board o£ Health Members $300 00 Physician 100 0O Nurse 1,500~ 00 Tuberculosis 1,234 50 Anti-Rabic Vaccine and Inoculations 240 45 Plumbing and Inspections 127 08 Slaughtering Inspection 24 00 Upkeep o£ Car 104 83 Schick Clinic Mater/als, Surgical Supplies and Care of Vaccine 54 95 Disinfectants and Apparatus 78 91 Office Supplies 73 43 Telephone 84 80 Burying Dead Cats and Dogs 13 00 Postage and Stamps 11 06 County Hospital Maintenance Vital Statistics Deaths. Births and Marriages $17] fi'0 Birth Returns 9 0O Inspector of Animals Salary Sanitation Labor $3,906 65 Supplies and Materials 451 11 Dump Expenses 260 00 Garbage Disposal ]~xpenscs 845 80 Refuse Disposal Wages 1,619 42 Teams 1,380 58 Highway Department Expenditures Salary, Highway Surveyor 137 759 21 $5,192 03 $100 00 5 O0 3,947 O1 3.030 93 180 00 200 00 4,357 76 3,000 00 3,000 00 138 ANNUAL REPORT General Maintenance Wages $17,041 25 Trucks 3,365 71 Broken Stone, Gravel, Cinders 1,613 83 Asphalt, Tarvia and Road Oil 9,399 51 Equipment and Repairs 3,513 15 Gasoline, Oil, Truck Maintenance 3,709 27 Pipe 739 34 Office Expenses 187 14 Express 8 85 Hardware and Tools 199 27 All Others 222 64 Article 29--Tractor and Plow H. tv. Davis Tractor Co. $2,430 00 Dyer Sales Co. 967 50 Chapter 90--Boxford Street Wages $4,252 40 Trucks 1,528 90 Culverts and Pipe 332 99 Stone and Gravel 1,573 05 Asphalt 1,275 66 Oil and Coal 202 75 Use of Shovel 704 50 Blasting 36 25 Fence 129 40 All Other 25 95 Snow Removing and Sanding Wages $8,641 56 Teams, Trucks and Plows 4,990 63 Tools and Equipment 641 67 Gasoline, Oil and Truck Maintenance 801 38 Sand and Chloride FLakes 234 35 All Others 88 82 Contract Street Lighting Public Welfare Salaries $300 00 Agent's Salary 400 00 Supt. and Matron's Salary 1,200 00 Outside Relief and Repairs 23,474 70 Fire Loss 1,217 94 Income, Trust Funds: Stone Fund $340 04 Taylor Ivund 82 25 Old Age Assistance Old Age Assistance $15,209 00 Old Age Assistance Admire (U. S. Grant) 113 97 Old Age Assistance Expense (U. S. Grant) 4,770 60 39,999 96 3,397 50 10,061 85 15,398 41 3,391 59 26,592 64 422 29 20,093 57 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Soldiers' Relief and State Aid Cash (Solders' Relief) $1,937 50 Medical 363 98 Fuel 310 75 Groceries 606 29 Lighting 20 0'7 Rent 162 00 Clothing 65 24 Total expended on Soldiers' Relief $8,465 83 Cash (State Aid) 31 50 Education Expenses o~ School Committee: Secretary's Salary $1,040 00 Telephones 281 75 $1,321 75 Sa]arles of Teachers and Super- visory- Staff 77,136 46 Attendance Officer Salary and Census 430 28 Expenses of Officials 372 37 Books and Supplies 4,247 85 Salaries of Janitors 7,964 84 Fnel 2,374 45 Expenses of Operation (Water, Gas. Elec. Bldg. Supplies, etc. 2,788 96 Maintenance and Repairs 3.859 66 Health Work: Salaries, Nurse and Physician $2,050 00 Supplies 18 04 2,063 04 Transportation: Bus Drivers $5,690 00 Car Tickets 28 00 5,718 00 New Equlpmen[ 745 16 Tuition: ]Industrial and Practical A els $278 60 Evening High School 487 31 Training School 29 q2 795 63 All Others 181 19 Incorne--Trus~ Fund: Towne Fund Article 18--Union School Heating System Plmnbing $302 10 Heater 50 00 Draft Vacu Unit 230 00 139 3,497 33 109,999 64 195 55 582 10 Article 19--Replacing Floor Johnson High School Carpenter Work 749 61 140 ANNUAL REPORT Article 20--High School Refrigerator Stevens Memorial Library Salaries $4,132 13 Fuel, Light and Water 520 05 Books 895 85 All Other 249 94 Parks Wages Supplies State--Parks and Reservations Town Forest Labor Playground $1,765 10 234 57 Wages $208 39 Lumber and Repairs 58 54 'Supplies 11 53 Water 6 50 Labor Bathing Beach $888 71 Telephone 10 37 Laundry 2 08 Sand 70 50 All Other 6 26 Article 14--Beach Labor $179 76 Plumbing 263 77 Painting 45 82 Repairs 92 00 Supplies 12 33 Memorial Day Lunches $147 53 Music 10t) 00 Flowers 30 52 Trio 12 00 Flags 10 42 Programs 10 O0 All Other 35 18 Article 12--Armistice Day Fife and Drum Corps 30 00 Lunches 27 50 Oration 10 00 Bugler 3 00 Flowers 1 50 All Other 2 88 250 00 5,797 97 1,999 67 107 73 89 96 284 96 977 92 593 68 345 65 74 88 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Town Reports Printing, and Binding Premiums Printing $8,479 63 34 75 Rent American Legion Quarters W. P. A. Expenditures Wages $1,249 54 Office Supplies 87 10 Trucks 984 50 Travelling Expenses 97 15 ~Iedical Attendance and First Aid Supplies 62 06 Telephone 184 07 Kindergar~;en Supplies 96 20 Materials 564 73 Commodity Rental and Supplies 533 48 Miscellaneous 461 65 Reservoir 1.731 29 Suttons Street Sewer 170 94 Highway Dept. 577 25 Maintenance and Construction~VFater Department Coal $1,998 41 Oil 106 36 Packing 158 53 ~Vfeters 917 65 Pipes lA09 14 Supplies 3.413 51 Wages 15.019 07 All Others t,967 92 Truck Wages Materials Materials, etc. Temporary Loans General Loans: Sewer Schoolhouse N. R.A. Water Article 23--Truck Dufton Cour~ $165 57 218 25 Reservoir Completion W. P. A. Interest 584 64 $1,487 50 956 25 412 50 2,856 25 141 950 00 8,514 38 450 00 6.749 96 24,990 79 761 65 383 82 6,958 27 3,440 89 142 ANNUAL REPORT Indebtedness General: Tax Title Loan Sewer Schoolhouse N. R. A. Temporary Loans: Revenue 1935 Revenue 1936 Anticipation of Reimburse- ment~ State and County $4,082 98 2,000 00 3,000 00 2,000 00 $75,000 00 275,0~)0 00 $11,082 98 350,000 00 6,250 00 367,332 98 Agency Trust and Investment State Tax 13,900 00 County--Tax 13,466 14 County--Dog License 399 60 27,765 74 Refunds Current Year. $34 00 Prior Years 100,17 Old Age Assistance Tax 1 00 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 272 20 Moth Assessments 2 00 Interest on Taxes 17 33 Treasurer, Expenses 49 70~ Collector, Expenses 125 00 Town Hall, Maintenance 27 00 Public Welfare Outside Relief 15 00 Old Age Assistance 42 09 685 40 $778,837 35 37,120 14 $s15,9~7 4~ Total Expenditures Cash Balance December 31, 1936 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER Balance Sheet--December 31, 1936 143 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets Cash: In Office and Banks In Closed Banks John J. CostelIo, Collector: Cash Shortage Petty Cash Advance: School Department Accounts Receivable: Taxes: Levy of 1927 Property and Polls $66 52 Levy o£ 1928 Polls 34 00 Levy of 1928 Property 129 30 Levy of 1929 Polls 232 00 Levy o£ 1929 Property 57 64 Levy of 1930 Polls 433 00 Levy of 1930 Property 266 09 Levy of 1931 Polls 632 91 Levy of 1931 Property 558 38 Levy of 1932 Polls 844 O0 Levy of 1932 Property 1,347 81 Levy of 1933 Polls 919 O0 Levy of 1933 Property 2,305 61 Levy of 1934 Polls 913 O0 Levy of 1934 Property 1,923 45 Levy of 1935 Polls 1,054 O0 Levy of 1935 Property 10,058 84 Levy of 1936 Polls 761 O0 Levy of 1936 Property 43,286 97 Old Age Assistance: Levy of 1931 $317 00 Levy of 1932 422 00 Levy of 1933 463 00 $37,120 14 7,250 27 4,611 79 18 O0 65,823 52 1,202 O0 144 ANNUAL REPORT Motor Vehicle Excise: Levy of 1929 $774 22 Levy of 1930 1,873 24 Levy of 1931 1,876 13 Levy of 1932 2,095 11 Levy of 1933 2,234 35 Levy of 1934 1,724 24 Levy of 1935 2,030 11 Levy of 1936 5,958 22 Special Assessments: Moth 1927 $7 50 Moth 1928 8 50 Moth 1931 16 95 Moth 1932 32 00 Moth 1933 75 Moth 1934 3 90 Moth 1935 18 00 Moth 1936 26 25 Sewer ~,196 16 Sidewalk 1,114 26 Tax Titles Departmental: Moth $385 70 Health 555 67 Sewer Construction 353 41 Highway 33 00 Public Welfare 3,336 60 Old Age Assistance 332 72 State and Military Aid 31 50 School 1,036 49 Water Rates, etc.: Rates of 1933 and Prior $749 93 Rates of 1934 96 51 Rates of 1935 82 73 Rates of 1936 1,962 04 Construction and Miscellaneous 1,276 73 18,565 62 4,424 27 32,296 34 6,065 09 4,167 94 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Overlay Deficits: Levy of 1923 $614 68 Levy of 1924 1,400 35 Levy of 1925 1,718 06 Levy of 1928 194 91 Levy of 1929 1,357 68 Levy of 1930 851 54 Levy of 1931 3,011 27 Levy of 1932 2,499 25 Levy of 1933 2,968 28 Levy of 1934 3,757 31 Levy of 1935 3,423 58 Levy of 1936 2,043 25 Old Age Assistance Tax Overlay: Levy of 1931 95 00 Levy of 1932 87 00 Levy of 1933 98 00 Liabilities and Reeserves Tailings Overpayments to Collector County--Dog Licenses State Taxes and Assessments Sale of Real Estate Trust Fund Income Unexpended Balances: U. S. Grant, Old Age Assistance U. S. Grant, 01d Age Assistance Aid to Dependent Mothers W. P. A. Water Main Extension, Longwood Ave. Soldiers' War Bonus Fund Reserve Fund--Overlay Surplus Reserve--Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Special Assessment Tax Title Departmental Water $78 78 1,013 16 278 00 1,840 61 600 00 $18,565 62 4,424 27 32,296 34 6,065 09 4,167 94 145 24,120 16 $205,665 14 $69 51 713 62 3 60 36 27 2,130 29 102 36 3,810 55 1,430 08 495 96 65,519 26 146 ANNUAL REPORT Reserved for deposits in Closed Banks Reserved for Petty Cash Advance Surplus Reserve 7,250 27 18 00 124,085 37 $205,665 14 DEBT ACCOUNTS Dr. Net Funded or Fixed Debit $64,000 00 Ct. Sewer Loans $34,000 O0 School Loans 21,000 O0 Water Loans 9,000 O0 $64,000 00 $64,000 O0 TRUST ACCOUNTS Dr. Trust Funds--Cash and Securities $30,191 05 Ct. Joseph M. and SuSan F. Stone Charity Fund $10,000 00 Taylor Charity Fund 123 20 Moses Towne School Fund 4,161 41 Sarah Barker School Fund 1,554 19 Phillips Educational Fund 1,207 83 Charles Whitney Davis Fund (Library) 10,755 99 Phillips Religious Fund 2,288 43 Herman Kobia, Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 100 00 $30,191 05 $30,191 O5 Z < Z 150 ANNUAL REPORT INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING Jan. 22, 1937. To the Board of Health: Gentlemen--My report as Inspector of SlaUghtering for the year 1936 is as follows: 12 Inspections, 12 Swine, all healthy and fit for market. Respectfully submitted. F. ORRIS REA, Inspector for the Town. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. TOWN WARRANT 151 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of North Andover: Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of North Andover, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Engine House in voting precinct one; the Merrimack Schoolhouse in voting precinct two; the IJnion SChoolhouse in voting precinct three and the Town Hall in voting precinct four, in said North Andover, on Mon- day the First day of March, 1937, at nine o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there to act upon the following articles: Article 1. To elect a Moderator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Pubtie Welfare for one year; one Assessor of Taxes, one member of School Committee, one member of Board of Health, one member Board of Public Works for three years; a Highway Surveyor, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Tree Warden and five Constables for one year, and any and all Town Officers required by law to be elected by ballot. Also to vote upon the following question: "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled 'An Act placing under the civil service laws the office of Chief of Police of the town of North Andover,' be accepted ?" YES: ............. NO: .............. All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls shall be opened at nine o'clock A. M. and shall be closed at eight o'clock P. M. After final action on the preceding article one the said meeting shall stand adjourned 'by virtue of Section 4, Article 1, of the Town By-Laws, to Saturday, March 13, 1937, at one thirty o'clock P. M. in the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following articles. Article 2. To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot. Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the 152 ANNUAL REPORT report of the receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen and Auditor. Article 4. To see what action the town will take as to its unexpended appropriations. Article 5. To see what action the town will take as to the recommendations of the finance committee. Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1937, 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 consider the reports of all special cor~- mittees. Article 8. To see what action the town will take in regard to appointing a committee to care for public parks and triangles of the town. Petition of the Board of Select- men. Article 9. To see if the Town will take over that part of the area of land, at the Centre, lying between Milk Street and the converging lines of Johnson and Salem Streets, now owned by J. H. and A. W. Morse and agree to hold permanently and maintain and care for the said area in common with the other road-intersection park areas of the Town, a covenant of the deed of gift being that the Town shall permanently hold the given area and maintain the same as a part of the Town Park System for ornamental purposes, no buildings or other monuments to be erected thereon and no individual name to be attached thereto. Such part as may be needed for the broadening and/or relocation of either of the boundary roads may be so used a condition of such using being for such a public purpose as would make /ts taking under other conditions possible by right of eminent domain. I am adding that any planting, if any, will be of such a low growing character as will keep at all times the view open and unobstructed in all directions, all of which is im- portant in these days of fast moving traffic. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Arkicle 10. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to appoint a town accountant in accordance ~vith Section 55, Chapter 41, General Laws, to abolish the office of town auditor, or take any action relative thereto. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 153 Article 11. To see if the Ttwn will appropriate and raise a certain sum of money to erect suitable markers and such other necessities as may be necessary to properly com- memorate Captain Thomas J. Milnes and Joseph P. Mc- Donough. It is also petitioned that the Selectmen be em- powered to allot squares, triangles or parks for the erection of the above~ Petition o£ Commander H. Barring~on and others. Article 12. To see what action the Town will take upon an offer made by the Rev. Clinton W. Carvell, as Trus- tee for a donor-benefactor who desires his name withheld, to provide a building on the lot now used for a playground known as Grogan's Field; said building to contain shower baths and dressing rooms for the use o£ the Town, upon the condition that a suitable sum be provided by the Town for its maintenance. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 13. To see what sum the To~vn w/ll raise and appropriate, or appropriate from any source available for the purpose of the foregoing' Article. Petition of the Board of Selectmen~ Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of one hundred dollars (100) for the observ- ance of Armistice Day. Same to be spent by a committee appointed by the moderator and selected from the member- ship of the Local Post of the American Legion. Petition of Harold P. Barrington, Commander and others. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provision of Chapter 147, Section 13A of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, relative to the establishment of a reserve police force in town, to consist of not more than eight (8) men. Petition of John Roche and others. Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to use the unexpanded appropriation of six hundred dollars ($600) under Article 28 of the 1936 appropriation for a water main on Longwood Avenue and such additional sum from the appropriations for mainte- nance and construction of water and sewer departments as will purchase a coupe automobile. Petition of Board of Public Works. Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money not in excess of eight hundred dol- lars, ($800.00) to purchase an automobile for the use of the Board of Health. Petition of Board of Health. Article' 18. To See if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of eight hundred and ninety dollars ($890) 154 ANNUAL REPORT to purchase an automobile for the use of the Police Depart- ment. Petition of the Chief of Police, Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of thirty-five hundred ($3500) to purchase two 2~2-ton trucks, for the use of the Highway Department. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Article 20. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Nine Thousand Dollars to purchase a new Seven Hundred and Fifty gallon pump and combination truck to replace the old pump and combination truck now in use and the proceeds received from the old truck be paid over to the Town Treasurer. Petition of the Board of Engi- neers of the Fire Department by Charles W. Hinxman and others. Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3500) to continue the rebuilding of Boxford Street under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, said money to be used in conjunc- tion with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto. Petition of the Highway Surveyor. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred dollars ($1700) to purchase lighting equipment and truck to transport same. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 23, To see if the Town will vote to accept '~he Street light at the dead end of Edmands Road and provide payment for same. Petition of Peter White and others. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to install and maintain a street light on pole No. 2775 on Prospect Street. Petition of John C. Bushnell and others. Article 25. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for mate- rials and services to be used in constructing six-inch water mains on Little, Young, Buckingham and Lyman Roads with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration or other such Federal Agency. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Article 26. To see if the Town will appropriate from receipts of 1936 the sum of four thousand, five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and ninety-four cents received from the city of Lawrence for water rates for the purpose of making necessary repairs to the reservoir constructed in 1898 and making necessary repairs and improvements to the Pumping Station. Petition of the Board of Public Works. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 155 Article 27. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of three thousand dollars for materials and services to be used in constructing sewers and manholes on Commonwealth Avenue, Hodges, Belmont, Sargent, Milton, and Third Streets, Richardson Avenue, Lyman, Perley; Buckingham, Chapin, Young and Little Roads with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration or other such Federal agency. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to place a six inch water main on Young Road from Herrick to Lyman Road. Petition o£ Sam. DiMauro and others. Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to extend the water service on Lyman Road 75 feet starting at a point where it now enters the residence of Mr. James McCormish. Peti- tion of Leonard Firth and others. Article 30. We, the undersigned, owners of property on Inn/s, Wesley, and Adrian Streets, in the town of North Andover are making this application to the voters of the Town of North Andover that they may accept the above- mentioned streets as a part of the Town property, and that they may vote to extend the town water line to reach Wes- ley Street as far as Adrian Street in the aforementioned Town of North Andover. Petition of Guiseppe Balsamo and others. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to extend the water service from Herrick Road to Lyman Road by way known as Little Road a distance of 259 feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and · appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a 6 inch water main on Dewey Street for a distance of 350 feet start- ing at Railroad Ave. running westerly to Marblehead Street. Petition of E. Dewey Dyer and others. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to place a sewer on Young Road from YIerrick to Lyman Road. Petition of Sam DiMauro and others. Article 34. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a sewer for a distance of 350 feet on Dewey Street starting at Railroad Ave. running westerly to Marblehead Street. Petition of E. Dewey Dyer and others. 156 ANNUAL REPORT Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to install its. sewer system in Buckingham Road from Herrick Road, running southerly for a distance of two hundred feet. Petition of Mrs. F. E. Mitchell and others. Article 36. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to install a sewer from Herrick Road to Lyman Road by way known as Little Road a distance of 259 feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to install a sewer on Lyman Road for a distance of 75 feet starting at a point where it now enters the residence of Mr. James McCormish. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Article 38. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of thirty-five hundred ($3500.00) to macadam Hillside Road between Turnpike Street and Andover By- pass. Petition of Peter Turgeon and others. Article 39. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2000.00) to resur- face Barker Street from its junction with Osgood Street and continuing as far as the appropriation will allow. Petition of George R. Barker and others. Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to make suit- able repairs on Edmands Road and provide money for the payment thereof. Petition of Philip Sutcliffe and others. Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the money to make Young Road passable for vehicles form Herrick to Lyman Road. Petition of Sam DiMauro and others. Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to accept a way known as Herrick Road from the intersection of Massa- chusetts Avenue to the intersection of Middlesex Street. Petition of Francis Clarkson and others. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept a part of Chapin Road from the residence of William Taylor to Middlesex Street. Petition of William A. Taylor and others. Article 44. To see if the Town will install a surface drain or catch basin on the east side of Edmands Road at lot line of 14 and 16 and provide payment for same. Peti- tion of William N. Wilkinson and others. Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept the remainder of Edmands Road in accordance with the layout