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Home My WebLink About19301930 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER ~93o OFFICERS' REPORT OF THE Receipts and Expenditures AS PRESENTED BY THE AUDIT01~ FOR THE Financial Year Ending December 31, 1930 INCLUDING Report of School Committee and Board of Public Works TEE C. H. Dmv2a Co. 1931 TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1930 Moderator ARTHU,R P. ~CHICKERING Town Clerk JOSEPH A. DUNCAN Town Treasurer GORDON CURRIER Selectmen HARRY C. FOSTER JAMES P. HAINSWORTft JOSEPH P. McDONOUGH Board of Public Welfare HARRY C. FOSTER JOSEPH P. McDONOUGH JAMES P. HAINSW0RTH ARTHUR P. CtIICKERING Board of Assessors PATRICK P. DAW Term expires 1931 EDWARD E. CURLEY Term expires 1932 JAMES P. YiAINSWORTH Term expires 1933 Board of Health GEORGE t~. BRIGHTMAN Term expires 1931 FRANK W. FRISBEE Term expires 1932 E. W. A. HOLT Term expires 1933 School Committee CHARLES T. WILDE Term expires 1931 CHARLES A. APPLETON Term expires 1932 FRED S. SMITH Term expires 1933 Superintendent of Schools FRED E. PITKIN Board of Public Works WILLIAM H. SOMERVILLE ABB:OT ~EVENS BERNARD F. HUGHES Term expires 1931 Term expires 1932 Term expires 1933 Superintendent of Public Works RICHARD H. ELLIS WILUIAM B. DUFFY Board of Registrars PATRICK C. CRONIN Ter~ expires 1931 HARRY F. 'CUNNINGHAM Term expires ~9,q2 F. ORRIS REA Term expires 1933 JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Clerk Regular Police ALFRED H. McKE.E, Chief TIIOMAS J. MILNES, Capt. MYRON B. LEWIS RICHARD HIILTON A. HOUGIffT:ON FARNIIAM Superintendent of Streets JOI~IN ti. MILNES Tree Warden JOHN J. CONNORS Supt. Town Infirmary RICHARD HEIDER Pound Keeper RICHARD HEIDER Matron Town Infirmary MRS. HEIDER Engineers of the Fire Department CHARLEs W. IIINXMAN THOMAS H. BRODERICK HEP~BERT W. GRAY Sealer Wts. and Measures FREEMAN J. DAVIS Building Inspector MARTIN LAWLOR Collector of Taxes JOHN J. COSTELLO Town Auditor JAMES W. ELLIOTT Supervisor of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths JO~ttN J. CONNORS Agent of the Board of Health LUCIA G. KATIIAN Public Weigher ABBOTT GALAIIER Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber JAi~IES STEWART ARTHUR II. FARNHAM ERNEST J. BENCKER Forest Fire Warden CI~RLES W. I-IINXMAN Fish Warden FRED McCORMACK Insnector of Petroleum STEPHEN C. MASON Public. Auctioneer JAMES P. //AINSWORTH Police ~VIICItAEL GOLDEN ARTHUR W. BOHNWAGNE~ IRVEN ELSTON CLARENCE E~LLIS CHARLES W. HINXMAN FRED L. SAEGENq~ 43USTAVE NUSSBAUM JOHN A. SULDIVAN ALFRED McKEE ~GEORGE W. BUSBY GEORGE WATERHOUSE CHAP~LES W. PAUL iRICHARD HECDER JO~HN W. MAWSON JOHN ROCHE HARRY MePHERSON HAROLD W. TYNING LEWIS HUMPHRIES Officers SAMUEL A. JENKINS At~THUR It. FARNHAM GEORGE E. W. KERSHAW BERTRAM SMITH WIDLIAM H OWARTIt HUGH STEWAI~T FRED ATKINSON HAROLD WOOD FREDERICK RABS AUGUSTINE WALSH CORNELIUS DONOVAN WALTER CIIAMPION LAURIE E. KNOWLES JOSEPH BUMYEA MICtIAEL HURSON GEORGE W. KANE JOHN J. MURRAY MARCUS L. CARRY Memorial Day Committee MARTIN F. CASEY RALPH CAREY LOUIS P. SAUNDERS JOHN D. McROBIE CLARENCE E:LLIS ARTHUR ROBINSON FREDERICK J. HAWKE Police Station and Town Garage ISAAC OSGOOD WALTER T. PUTNAM PATRICK P. DAW JAMES R. BALDWIN ROLAND B. HAMMOND Standing Committee on Roads ROLAND W. HARRIS IVAR L. SJOSTROM FRANK H. STOREY JAMES R. BALDWIN RUDO,LPH A. MESSEI~LI Committees Swimming Pool A. W. BADGER. Chairman FRANK E. SMITH IRVIG C. HOWES HERBERT E. McQUESTEN JAMES M. BANNAN Bleachers JOHN H. TWOMBLY DONALD C. BU,CHAN HERBERT W. GRAY ERNE~ST ABBOTT JOHN H. TWOMBLY, Ch. Advisory Board ]'VAR L. SJOSTROM, Chairman HARRY F. CUNNINGHAM, Clerk GEORGE R. BARKER WINFIELD H. TWOMBLY STEPHEN N. MASON JO~N R. PERLEY ROLAND B. HAMMOND TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Town Clerk's Report of Town Meeting Article 1. To elect Moderator, Town Clerk, To~vn 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 the Board of Health, one member of the Board of Public Works, for three years; a Highway Surveyor, a Collector of Taxes, an Audi- tor, a Tree Warden and five Constables for one year, and any and all Town Officers required by la~ 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. VOTE BY PRECINCT ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION MARCH 3, 1930 Precincts T~als Moderator for one year 1 2 3 4 Arthur P. Chickering 430 ,555 493 490 1968 Blanks 273 266 208 188 935 Town Clerk for one year Joseph A. Duncan 481 635 549 554 2219 Blanks 222 186 152 124 684 Town Treasurer for one year Gordon Currier 488 648 528 546 2205 Blanks 215 178 173 132 698 Selectmen for one year Fred A. Carr 188 229 122 160 699 Joseph V. Flanagan 313 293 249 190 1045 Harry C. Foster 291 480 321 456 1548 James P. tIainsworth 326 400 464 409 1599 Joseph P. McDonough 422 404 247 386 1459 Harry Michelmore 115 254 212 146 727 Blanks 454 403 488 287 1632 Precincts ToiaI~ 1 2 3 4 Highway Surveyor for one year John H. Milnes 558 6'59r 546 534 229"/ Fred Townsend 35 22 47 9 113 John J. Wilcox 97' 132 94 128 45I ]~Ianks lg 8 14 7 42 School Committee three years Fred S. Smith 421 557 499 487' 1964 Blankg 282 264 202 I91 939 Assessor for three years James P. Hainsworth 465 558 547 521 209I Blanks 238 263 I54 157 812 Auditor for one year James W. EIiiott 490 603 495 482 2070 Blanks 213 218 206 196 833 Public Wks. for three years John ti. Cashman 210 399 265 338 1212 Bernard F. ttnghe~ 441 323 329 238 1331 Blank~ 52 99 1Oq 102 369 Tax Collector for one year John J. Cos~ello 484 545 445 513 1987 Merle P. M~icArthar 170 234 206 134 744 Blank~ 49 42 50 gl 172 Public Welfare for one year Fred A. Carr 203 247 119 167 736 Joseph V. Flanagan 315 283 249 187 1034 Harry C. Foster 294 482 318 441 1535 James P. l-Iainsworth 326 387 456 387 1556 J,oseph P. McDonough 407 386 242 376 1411 Harry Michelmore 122 252 213 149 736 Blanks 442 426 506 327 1701 Constables for one year John H. Fend;on 397 497 468 427 1789 Fred L. Sargent 403 510 422 521 1856 Wallace E. Towne 416 555 434 453 1858 I-Iarold W. Tyning 398 454 415 402 1669 Augustine J. Walsh 484 540 408 420 1852 Blanks 1417 1549 1358 1167 5491 Tree Warden for one year John J. Connors 526 605 544 525 2198 Blanks 177 216 157 155 705 Bd. Health for three years Edward W. A. Holt 478 613 502 524 2117 ~Blanks 225 208 199 154 786 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 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 15, 1930, at 1.30 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. Voted that all other officers not required to be elected by ballot be appointed by the 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 exception of balances of bonds or notes issued, and other balances stipulated by special acts, except the bal- ances of $1,808.35, from the Sinking Fund of 1899, as ported by the Board of Public Works, and that the above sum be applied to the redemption of two water bonds, item No. 52, of Finance Committee's Report. Article 5. To see what action the town will take as to the recommendations of the Finance Committee. Voted that all free cash in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated be applied to the reduction of the tax levy for the current year. DEPARTMENTS APPROPRIATIONS Selectmen, salaries $750.00, expenses $400.00 $ 115(~ 00 Auditor, salary $600.00, expenses $100.0~) 700 00 Treasurer, .salary $1,050.00, expenses including bond $900.0(~ 1,950 00 Tax Collector, salary $1,050.09, expenses including bond $800.00 1,850 00 Assessors, salaries $1,350.003 expenses including valuation hooks $1,500.00, Add'l salaries on account of ten year valuation books $450.00 3,300 00 Town Clerk, salary $350.00, expenses $100.00 450 00 Election Expenses $3,000.00, salaries Bd. Registrars $200.09 3,200 00 Police Dept. and Beacon Lights including auto 12,000 00 Fire Dept. and Engineers' .salaries 17,500 00 Dog Warrant, salad7 100 00 Building Inspector, salary 50 00 Sealers o£ Weights and Measures, salary $250.00, expenses $125.00 875 00 Insect Pest including small power spraying ou~fi~ 3,500 00 Tree Warden, salary $150.00, expenses $500.00 650 00 Brush Cutting 500 00 Fish Warden, salary 5 00 10 ANNUAL REPORT Board of Health, ~alaries $300.00, expenses $4,000.00 4,300 00 Garbage Disposal 2,200 00 'Vital ~tatistics 300 00 Refuse Disposal 3,509 00 lIighway Surveyor, salary 3,000 0fl Surveying 150 00 Sidewalks 2,500 00 Snow Removal 8,000 00 Surface Drains 5,0fi0 00 Oiling 13,000 00 Streets, Highways and Bridges 14,000 00 Macadam Repairs 15,000 00 Street Lighting 8,500 00 lioard of Public Welfare, salaries 300 00 Supt. and Matron, Outside Relief and Repairs 17,000 00 Public Parks and Triangles 3,000 00 Discount on Notes 7,000 00 School Department 112,000 00 State, Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief 1,000 00 State and County Taxes 33,500 00 Stevens Memorial Library 6,000 00 ~v~emorial Day Fund 400 00 Board of Public Works, sa]aries 300 00 Maint. and Const. of Water Dept. 25,000 00 Maint. and Const. of Sewer Dept. Bal. in sewer as of Dec. 31, 1929; $554.14 and 500 00 Contingent and Forest Fire 2,000 00 Annual Report 1,000 00 Insurance 7,740 00 Maint. County Hospital 2,332 48 Playgrounds 300 Of Janitor Town Hall, .salary 300 00 Maintenance Town Building, including clerk 5,000 00 Interest on High School Bonds 600 00 Redeeming 4 High School Bonds 4,000 00 Interest on Water Bond 200 00 Redeeming 2 Water Bonds Bal. in Sinking Fund $1,808.35 and 191 65 Interest on 2 Sewer Bonds Redeeming 2 Sewer Bonds Interest, Lincoln Street Sewer Redeeming I Lincoln Street Sewer Note Interest East Side _Sewer Notes Redeeming 2 East Side Sewer Notes Intorest New Schoolhouse Notes Redeeming 3 New Schoolhouse Notes lr~terest County I-Iosplta] Notes Redeeming 5 C~)unty H.ospital Notes Interest 1926 Sewer Redeeming 4 1926 Sewer Notes Board of Survey Interest on Town Building Bonds ]~edeeming 11 Town Building Notes Forest Fire Warden, salary Animal Inspector, salary Redeeming Tax Titles 860 00 2,000 00 148 75 1,000 00 1,997 50 2,000 00 1,721 25 3,000 O0 956 25 5,000 O0 80 00 4,000 O0 150 00 220 O0 11,000 00 100 09 200 00 1,000 00 $391,327 88 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 11 Amounts voted under other articles in the warrant: Article 10. Article 11. Article 13 (20,000 00). Article 15. Article 16. Article 19. Article 22. Article 23 Article 24. Article 25. Article 27. Article 28. Article 30. Article 38. Article 40. Article,45 Article 47. Article 48. $ 260 00 300 00 3000 00 1509 23 500 00 500 00 500 00 2500 00 5000 00 300 00 500 00 600 00 600 00 2800 O0 800 00 700 00 3100 00 300 O0 Total appropriations $ 23769 23 $415097 11 Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current finan- cial year. 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 financial year beginning January 1, 1930, and ~;o issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year from date; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. The vote was unanimous. Article 7. To consider the reports of all special com- mittees. Voted that reports of special committees be considered as called for by the meeting. Article 8, To see if the town will make provision for the employment of a whole or part time agent of the Board of Public Welfare. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. Favorable action was taken on this article. : 12 ANNUAL REPORT Article 9. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men, at the instance of the Board of Public Welfare, to in- stitute legal proceedings when necessary, in the name of the town, to recover money due the town from time to time, and until the action is rescinded by a town meeting, on account of aid and relief furnished through the Board. Petition of Board of 'Selectmen. Voted in favor. Article 10. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to secure a public dumping place, either by contract or lease, for a term of years or lesser period of time, and raise and appropriate money for rental or compensation; or other- wise provide for the disposal of waste material. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Voted as called fro' and th~ sum of two hundred sixty dollars raised and appropriated for the purpose mentio-~ed in this article. Article 11. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to pay an indemnity, under Section 100 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, on account of any existing liability of a police officer to civil damages incurred by him in the course of duty. Petition of Board of Selectmen. Voted in favor. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose mentioned in this article. Article 12. To see if the town will vote to include fore- men, sub-foremen and inspectors, not holding elective or appointive office, employed in any department of the town covered by workmen's compensation insurance, within the terms of such insurance, as permitted by Section 69 of Chapter 152 of the General Laws. Petition of Selectmen. Voted as requested in the article. Article 13. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Committee on Town Garage, Sheds and Police Station and raise by bond issue or otherwise, a sum sufficient to carry out the recommendations. Voted that the report of the Committee on Town Ga- rage, Sheds and Police Station be accepted, and that the sum of three thousand dollars be raised and appropriated, and the sum of twenty thousand dollars be raised either by bond or note issue for the purpose of this article. Voted: That for the purpose of constructing town rage, sheds and Police Station, there be appropriated the ~r~O-WN OF NOR~rH ~ZNDOVER,-MASS. ]3 .~um of twenty-three thousand dollars; and to meet said appropriation, that there be raised in the levy of the cur- ~rent year the sum of three thousand dollars; and that the 'Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and here- 'by is authorized to borrow the sum of twenty thousand .dollars, and to issue bonds ~or notes ~f the town therefor in :accordance with the provision of section 19, chapter 44, of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be payable in not more than twenty years from the ~late of issue of the 'first bond or note, or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. This motion carried by more than two-thirds, the vote ~being unanimous in the affirmative and so declared. Voted that the present committee be continued and that the Moderator be authorized to a~d two more io their 'number. Article 14. To see if t~he town will vote to appoint a committee to report not later than the next annual meeting ~)n the possibility and advisability of acquiring land or options on land for present or prospective municipa] uses. Petition of A. P. Chickering and others. Voted as called for in article. Article 15. To see i]~ the t~wn will raise and appro- priate the sum of $1509.23 in accordance with an order of "the county commissioners, said sum being the portion of the costs of an addition to the Essex County Tuberculosis Hos- pital, and apportioned by the county commissioners upon the inhabitants of the town of North Andover. Petition of Selectmen. The sum of one thousand five hundred nine dollars and twenty-three cents raised and appropriated. Article 16. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money sufficient to make necessary repairs on the Town Hall. Petition of the Selectmen. Five hundred dollars raised and appropriated. Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the pur- chase of a supply of portable bleachers to be used in con- junction with sports and events of the town. Petition of Alvah G. Hayes and others. This article referred to a committee to report ~t next annual meeting. ~NN~'AL REPORT Article 18. To see if the town will vote to appoing committee to consider the advisability of building a town' swimming pool, and aIso a skating rink. Petition of Patrick P. Daw, and others. This article referred to a committee to report at next annual meetings Article 19. To see ff the town will raise and appro- priate a sum not in excess of nine hundred doil'ars, to sup~ plement payments 5y ihe Red Cross and certain' insurance companies, for the purpose of continuing the services of the bedside nurse empIoyed by the nursing committee of the Reel Cross, the appropriation to be expended by the Board of' Health as recommended by said committee. Petition of' Frank H. Storey a~d others. Five hundred dollars raised and appropriated. Article 20. To obtain an expression of opinion by meeting as to the desirability of replacing the present elec- tric street railway service in North Andover with motor- bus transportation of passengers. Petition of the Stand- ing Committee on Roads. The sentiment of the meeiing was shown as against the replacing of the trolleys by motor busses. Article 2L To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 147 of the General Laws as amended in Section 13A of the Acts of 1930 insofar as sai~I section applies to a reserve police force. Petition of Joseph Crabtree ancl other's. Under this article a hand vote was taken. One hun- dred eighteen voted to accept the recommendation of the Advisory Board and sLxty-two opposed. Unfavorable ac- tion taken. Article 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to pay rent for quarters for the North Andover Post, American Legion, 219. Pet{tion of Clarence Ellis and others. Five hundred dollars raised and appropriated. Article 23. To see if the town wi]l raise and appro- priate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500) to continue the tar and gravel construction on Salem Street from near the Fuller residence easterly as far as the appro- priation will go. Petition of the Standing Committee on Roads. 'T0~WN OF N~0R~Ttt ~N~DOVER, ~IASS. '15 ¥oted to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-~five hundred dollars for the purpose mentioned .in this article. Article 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and :appropriate the sum of tive thousand do]tars ($5000) to macadamize ~Dale Street, beginning where the macadam · now ends, and continuing 'as far as said appropriation will ~permit~ Petition of Sidney C. Rea and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand ~dollars to macadamize as c~lled for in this article. A han~ vote was taken, 98 voted in favor and 82 opposed.. Article 25. To see if the town ~vil] vote to resurface Berry Street with cinders from the junction of Turnpike ~treet and Berry Street to the residence of Delphice Bou- rassa, and raise aud appropriate the sum of $300 to cover ~cost of same. Petition of A. H. Farnum, and others. Three hundred dollars raised and appropriated. Article 26. To see if the town will ~-aise and appro- ~priate sufficient money to bring Herrick Re'ad up to grade, reshaping and resurfacing the sidewalks and ~'oad its fu~l -width between the property lines for its entire length-- from Middlesex Street to Railroad and Massachusetts Avenues. Petition of Joseph Wesley Randall. Voted that the Highway Surveyor put this street in a passable condition and that the expense incurred }~e taken ~rem the appropriation made for Streets, Highways and Bridges. Artiete 27. TO see if the town will vote the sum of $500.00 to top-dress Salem Street from the junction of Boxford Street to the Middleton line with cinders wherever needed. Petition of William J. Bode and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dvllars under this article. Article 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum o~ six hundred dollars ($600) to gravel and oil Marble Ridge Road from Salem Szreez to Dale Street. Petition of William C. Harraden and others. Voted to raise and appropriate six h'undr~d dollars un- der this article. Article 29. To see if the ~own wirl raise and appro- priate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3000) to widen and make such repairs to Bradford Street as will render said street safer for traffic by eliminating many of the A~EAL R~PORT present bad and trouble breeding features of the roadways. Petition of William G. Davis. Unfavorable action taken under this article but with' the recommendation that the street be put in passable con- dition and that expense incurred be taken from the ap- proprlatlon made fbr Streets, Higllways and Bridges. Article 30. To see if the town wilI vote to raise anti appropriate the sum of $600.00 to construct a surface drair~' on Sargent Street beginning at Hodges Street and continuing westerly the entire length, a distance of approximately 450 feet. Petition of Leo Murphy and ~hers. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of six h~mdrec~ dollars ~o construck drain mentioned in this article. Artlde 31. To see ff the town will vote to discon- tinue as town ways or private tow~ ways, under chapter eighty-two of the General Laws, all or any of the follow- ing section of streets or ways in the town, namely: (1) Far- hum Street from the Saw Mill to Ash Street; (2) Fern Street from Farnham Street to Berry Street; (3) Berry Street from the residence of Mr. Towne to Ash Street; (4) Winter Street from Great Pond Road to South Bradford Street; (5) Short Street from Great Pond Road to the intersection of the road coming from the residence of Mr. Frost; (6) Towne Street from the Turnpike to Farnham Street; (7) Abbott Street from the house of Joseph Mullen to the house of Victor Verder; or as an alternative, to see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen as officers having charge of the laying out of highways, in conjunction with the Committee on Roads, to petition the county commis- sioners, under chapter 289 of the Acts of 1924, for relief from the obligation of keeping all or any part of said ways in repair. Petition of Committee on Roads. Voted the alternative; that the town instruct its Se- lectmen as officers having charge of the laying out of high- ways, in conjunction with the committee on roads to peti- tion the County Commissioners, under chapter 289, of the Acts of 1924, for relief from the obligation of keeping all or any part of said ways in repair. Article 32. To see if the town will vote to accept Norman Road from Railroad Avenue to Buckingham Road, a distance of about 400 feet as laid out on plan of Pacific Mills land. Petition of Eugene Boeglin and others. Voted that this article be referred back to the peti- TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 17 tioners until after public hearing and laying out by the Selectmen and Board of Survey. In the meantime the Highway Surveyor is authorized by the town meeting, upon proper release from the abut- tors to enter upon this way and make necessary repairs, until the abuttors have ample time to comply with the for- realities of the law governing the laying out of ways. Ex- pense to be taken from the Streets, Highways and Bridges appropriation. Article 33. To see if the town will vote to accept Cabot Road from a point already accepted to the intersec- tion of Norman Road, a distance of about 250 ft. and as laid out on plan of Pacific Mills land. Petition of Ray- mond H. Twombly and others. Same action as Article 32. Article 34. To see if the town will vote to accept Prospect Street from Chadwick Street, easterly for a dis- tance of 300 feet. Petition of Edward D. Dyer and others. Same action as Article 32. Article 35. To see if the town will vote to accept the extension of Pilgrim Street, from Milton Street, north- easterly to Richardson Avenue, a distance of about 250 feet. Petition of Joseph A. Duncan and others. Same action as Article 32. Article 36. To see if the town will vote to accept Buckingham Road from Middlesex Street to Norman Road, a distance of about 200 feet. Petition of John Crompton and others. Same action as Article 32. Article 37. To see if the town will vote to accept Bay State Road from a point two hundred feet from Osgood Street and extending 500 feet westerly. Petition of John Carney and others. Same action as Article 32. Article 38. To See if the town will vote to extend its water main on Massachusetts Avenue from Fernwoo~l Street to Railroad Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum sufficient therefor. Petition of Board of Public Works. Voted to rates and appropriate the sum of two thousand eight hundred dollars for the purpose of this article. Article 39. To see if the town will vote to extend the 18 ANNUAL REPORT water main on Park Street from its present terminus near the Franklin School to Main Street and raise and appropri- ate a sum sufficient therefor. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Unfavorable action. Article 40. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to install a water main on Buckingham Road beginning at Norman Road, a distance of three hundred and fifty feet.--Petition of Leon- ard Firth and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of eight hun- dred dollars for this water extension provided the town is guaranteed a return of 4% annually based on the cost of installation. Article 41. To see if the town will vote to continue its water main from the corner of Boxford and Foster Streets near the residence of John Brightney, along Boxford Street to the residence of Tony Sze]est, and raise and appropriate or make other provisions for the payment of the same. Petition of Archie O. Foster and others. Unfavorable action. ~ Approximate cost $5,100.00~. Article 42. To see if the town will vote to extend its water main from the corner of Foster and Boxford Streets, near the residence of John Brightney, along Box- ford Street to the residence of Luigi Furnari, and raise and appropriate money for the same. Petition of George Juenger and others. Unfavorable action. Article 43. To see if the town will vote to lay a sewer on Prospect Street, from Chadwick Street, easterly 300 feet on Prospect Street, and provide for the payment of the same. Petition of Edward Dyer and others. Unfavorable action. Article 44. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money to build a sewer in Russell Street, Main Street and Tavern Road, a distance of about fi£teen hundred feet. Petition of Nathaniel Stevens and others. Un~'avorable action. Article 45. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum sufficient t5 extend its sewer along Buckingham Road, beginning at Norman Road, a distance of TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 19 three hundred fifty feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seven hun- dred dollars for the purpose mentioned in this article. Article 46. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer on Railroad Avenue southerly from Massachusetts Avenue to Trinity Court, a distance of approximately five hundred ten feet, and raise and appropriate sufficient money therefor. Petition of Louis Kimber and others. Unfavorable action taken. Article 47. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer on Prescott Street, to a point seven hundred feet beyond ~vhere it now ends, and raise and appropriate money to pay for the same. Petition of Gordon Currier and others. The sum of three thousand one hundred dollars raised and appropriated. Article 48. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate $300 for further planting of Town Forest. Recom- mendation of Forest Committee. Three hundred dollars raised and aPPropriated for fur- ther planting of Town Forest. Article 49. To act upon any other business which may legally be considered at this meeting. Upon a motion made by Mr. Nathaniel Stevens a vote of thanks was extended by the voters to the Advisory Board for their excellent work in connection with the article in the Town Warrant. On a motion made by Mr. Nathaniel Stevens a vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Chickering, Moderator of the meeting, for his untiring services to the town in this ca- pacity. Arthur L. Emery, Henry D, Rockwell, Jr., Sam Sjostrom and Irving Howes served as tellers in votes taken at the meeting. The following motion was made and adopted by the meeting :- Membership of the Board of Public Welfare or of the School Committee shall not disqualify from employment by either Board, and said Boards are authorized to fix the com- ANNUAL REPORT pensation of member employees, subject to the approval of the Selectmen; this action being taken under authorization of Section 4-A of the General Laws. The voting lists were used at the door and three hun- dred voters were checked off as being present. The meeting adjourned at five o'clock P. M. A true copy,' ° JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. TOWN MEETING APRIL 22, 1930 Article 1. Relative to appropriation of forty thousand dollars for unemployment relief. A ballot vote was taken on this question. 512 voted in opposition. 61 voted in favor. JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. TOWN MEETING JULY 31, 19'30 Article 1. Relative to indemnifying the Common- wealth against any and all claims for land and drainage damages in connection with laying and construction of a proposed state highway from Stevens Corner to the junc- tion of Andover and Peters Streets. The manner of voting was by ballot. 167 voted in the affirmative. 113 voted in the negative. Article 2. Relative to discontinuing Appleton Street. Voted to take from the warrant. Article 3. Relative to appropriating the sum of seven hundred dollars to be used dollar for dollar with money which may be received from the B. & M. for dismantling bridge in Dale Street. Said money to be expended under the supervision of the Highway Surveyor. So voted. JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. TOWN OF NOETH ANDOVER, MASS. 21 TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 13, 1930 Article 1. To see if the town will amend its action taken at the .special town meeting held July 31, 1930, by which it authorized the Selectmen to indemnify the state against land damages arising from the construction of a highway from Peters Street to Stevens Corner, in an amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, so that said indemnity shall be made to apply to such damages, so limited in amount, in respect to a proposed highway from Peters Street to Osgoort Street near the residence of Robey E. Smith, in accordance with plans to be furnished by the State Division of Highways. The vote was unanimously in favor. Article 2. To see if the town will appropriate an addi- lional sum of six hundred and twenty-five dollars for the current Contingent and Forest Fire appropriation, by the transfer of any available funds from the balance of any ap- propriation made at the last Annual Meeting, or from any ether available source, to supply a present and prospective deficiency in the original appropriation. So voted. To be taken from surplus revenue. Article 3. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars for payment of insurance premiums, by the transfer of any available funds from the balance of any appropriation made at the last Annual Meeting, or from any other available source. So voted. To be taken from surplus revenue. JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. ~iNN'U~L REPORT REPORT OF TO~WN CLERK'S STATISTICS' Number of deaths ~ec'orded Male 54, female 48. Persons 70 years oId and year 1930: Peter Barri'ngton John B. Caza William J, Welch Margaret C. Barwetl Geo. H. Allison Edward Adams William Pitsfield James M¢Cloy Harri'et E. Sutdiffe Margaret Kennelly Ann Wilkinson Alexander Ar'~hur Emily F. Carleton Hannah B. Tucker George Sto~e Michael F. Campbell during the year 1930, over who died during the Years Years 70 Mary E. QueaIey 73 70 Edward F. Welch 7g gl William Roberts 80~ 74 Sarah C. Cooper 93 80 Joseph Marshman 82' 79 James Young 70 84 Annie Giard 7I 73 Margaret A. GiImore 78 72 Clara J. Reynol~ls 78 86 Catherine W. Cooney 81 76 Elizabeth Christensen 72 81 Daniel Turgeon 7g 76 Sarah P. Foster 77 94 Jane Kilcoyne 76 76 Lora M. Osgood 83 76 Alonzo Bixby 73 Catherine Mooney 75 Causes of Death Heart Diseases 34 Diabetes 3 Premature birth 3 Acc[den~al 3 Stillborn 6 Ulcer 2 0edema of lungs 1 Cerebral hemorrhage 1 Bronchitis 1 Cancer 5 Influenza 1 Automobile 3 Appendicitis Nephritis Measles Pneumonia Suicide Apoplexy Drowning Enteritis Tuberculosis Anaemia Other causes 2 2 6 8 1 4 1 1 2 1 11 ~rOWN OF NORTH ~NDDVER, I~ASS. Death by Ages 791) to 100 years '2 ,80 to 90 years '70 to 80 years 22 .60 to ,70 years !50 to 60 years 14 40 to 50 years ,30 to 40 years 2 .20 to 30 years 10 to 2.0 years 1 i to 10 .years Under 1year 12 Yital Statistics Number of Marriages recorded 82 Oldest groom 65 Oldest bride Youngest groom t8 k'oungest bride 9 £1 7 7 ,5 17 ~Births Whole number 94 2Viate ,'54 Female 40 Native paren%age 54 Foreign ~paxentage 13 Mixed parentage 27 Dogs Licensed Whole number licensed :380 males at $2.00 each 38 females at $5.00 each I breeder's license Total Less clerk's fees 419 at 20c each Paid to County Treasurer 419 $760 O0 190 O0 25 O0 $975 O0 83 80 $891 20 24 ANNUAL REPORT Sporting Licenses Resident Citizen Sl~orting, 211 at $2.25 each Resident Citizen Trapping, 2 at $2.25 each Minor's Trapping, 5 at 75c each Non-resident Sporting, I Less clerk's fees, 219 at 25e each Paid Division of Fisheries and Game $474 75 4 50 3 75 5 25 $488 25 54 75 $438 5O JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Town Clerk. 2fi BY~,LAW$ OF TIlE TOWN OF NOR[TH ANDOVEI ESSEX COUNTY, Article I. Section ~. The Annual Town Meeti~g shall be held on the first Monday in March. Section 2. The warrants for all Town Meetings shall be directed to either of the constables, who shall 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 fiiteen 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 notice 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 Officers whose names appear on the 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 1:30 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. Section 5. At said adjourned meeting the Moderator shall appoint an Advisory Committee of seven, who shall ,~erve from the dissolution of said meeting until the dissolu- tion of the Annual Meeting next fo]lowing. They shall consider the reports of the Town OlIicers, 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 w~thin ten days preceding the date of the Adjourned Annual Meeting, 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 ~vhlch 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 they deem expedient or as the Town votes to insert. Said report shall be bound in pamphlet form, and shall be ready for distribution among the taxpayers at least twenty-one days before the Annual Town Meeting. Article III. Section 2. The Selectmen shall annually, during the month of March, appoint at least five police officers, 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 thereih. 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 Ircense shall not be less than one dollar. Each license shall continue in force until the first day of Ma>' next ensuing unless sooner revoked by the Selee%men. Section 4. No person shall behave in a rude or disorderly manner, nor use loud, profane or indecent language, 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 without 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 g. 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 app]y 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. Sectk~n 8. The following Rules and Regulations shall govern the building and inspection of dwelling houses in North Andover. RULES AND REGULA~ONS Construction 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 shall 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. Foundations 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 fo]lowing proportions: One part of Portland cement, two parts lime with the proper propor- tion of clear sharp sand; and no cellar to be less than six feet, six inches in the clear, to have at least four windows for light and ventilation, said windows to be not less tha~ three light eight by ~en glass. Franl~ ~Frames for all houses used for dwellings to be according lm the following schedule: On single dwellings, sills to be not less than six by seven inches,; .floor joists two by :seven inches, placed not more 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 posts four by six inches, ;~afters 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, .n~ more 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 four 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. Article IV. Section ~. The financial, year of the Town shall' begirJ with, the first day of January and end with the 3~st day of De- cember and [or the payment of bills contracted by the severall departments for ordinary expenses, Guring the interval be- tween the close o{ 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 s.aic[ 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 Annu.al Towr~ Meeting in the preceding year. Section 2. No money shalt be paid from the Town Treas- ury, except the state and ~ounty taxes and bank discount, without a warrant therefor signed by the Se[ectmen. Section 3. All promissory notes of the Town shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen. Section 4. Ail Town officers, hoards 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 Water Commissioners with the duty of col- lecting and receiving money due the Town, shall give a bond k~n 'a penal sum and with sureties approved by the Board of Selectmen. Section .7. The Selectmen and the Auditor shall consti- cute a committee to be known as the Finance Committee, whose duty it shall be to prepare a table of estimates of 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 fiorst day of Febr4~ary in each year to the Select- ,men, who shall incorporate said report in the Annual Tow~ Report. Sect/on Ig. It shall be th,e duty of ,the A~d~tor to inspect · all 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 ~vhich they are chargeable; and, ff t,here are funds, to trans- mit said bills with his certificate to the Selectmen, who shall draw their warfare 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 ~unds 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 act,ually 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 all receipts and expenditures by the Town for the previous financial year. Section 9. 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 Joan, 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 of taxes shall be compl'eted' the tax list and warrant shall be delivered to the Collector oi~ Taxes on or before the fifteenth day of August, and the ta~ bills shall be distributed on or be~o~e the second day of Sep~ tember in each year. Secti'on x. The Col'lector of Taxes shall use ali means and processes provided by law for the collection of taxes re- maining ~npaid after the first day of January in each year. Section 3. The compensation of the Collector of Taxes ~hall be fixed annually by vote of the Town. Article VI. Section L The Board of Selectmen may declare any sewer laid in any land, street or way, public or private, openert 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 entering 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 r. 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, I855 ;" in the margin without the inner cir- cle the legend, "Town of North Andover, Massachusetts.' Article IX. Section I. The violation of these By-Laws, except such as 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, 1931 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the By-Laws of the Town of North Andover. -- Attest: JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Tow~ Clerk ANNUAL REPORT LIST OF JURORS 1 Bancroft, Phillip, 66 Milton St., Wholesaler 2 Barring'ton, Harold, 90 I~nion St., Electrician 3 Bumyea, Joseph, 122 Second St.. Watchman 4 Casey, Maurice, 470 Stevens St., Merchant 5 Carroll, John, 29 Sargent St., Moulder 6 Clemens, Wm., Jr., 26 Lincoln St., Painter 7 Cole, Benj. E., 2nd, 371 Johnson St., Shoe Manufacturer 8 Curley Edward E., 25 Dudley St., Salesman 9 Currier, II. Dana, 191 High St., Broker 10 Darcy, Patrick, Linden Avenue, Mill Operative 11 Dow, Harry R., Jr., 79 Johnson Street, Auto Salesman 12 Downing, Charles, 55 Bradstreet Road, Broker 13 Ellis, Luther S., 221 High Street, Machinist 14 Emery, Arthur, 152 I-Iigh .Street, Operative 15 Everett, John, 1807 Osgood St., Print Works 16 Farnham, Arthur H., Turnpike Street, Farmer 17 Farnum, Benj., 442 Farnum Street, Farmer 18 Flanagan, Christopher, 302 Middlesex Street, Clerk 19 Fieldhouse. Arthur, 62 Saunders Street, Watchman 20 Foster, Arthie 0., 165 Foster Street, Farmer 21 Foster, Har~y C., 185 Foster Street, Farme~ 22 Gerotte, Anthony, 81 High Street, Laborer 23 Gi]e, Daniel, 104 Main Street, Machinist 24 Gillespie, James, 192 Middlesex St., Second-hand 25 Glidden, Carroll, Saunders Street, Machinist 26 Hami]~ton, Phillip M., Church Street, Salesman 27 Harvey, Judson W., 91 Prescott Street, Machinist 28 Hathorne, Wm. G., 147 Middlesex Street, Clerk 29 Hennessey, James, Mass. Ave., Operative 30 Hinxman, Charles W., 41 Railroad Ave., Clerk 31. Jackson, David H., Jr., Sutton Street, Carpenter 32 Keough, Frederick, Railroad Avenue, Motorman 33 Krus.chwitz, Paul, 1132 Salem Street, L~undry Clerk 34 Lane, James, 120 Union Street, Butcher 35 Lewis, Charles Newton, 997 Dale Street, Farmer 36 Locke, Charles A., 27 Clarendon Street, Machinist 37 Mahoney, John J., 324 Middlesex St., Mill Operative 38 Macklin, Patrick J., 287 Middlesex St., Nfill Operative 39 McCarthy, Yfareld, 26 Clarendon St., Carpenter 40 McCarthy, Wm., May Street, Weaver 41 McCormack, Daniel, 75 Main Street, Operative 42 ig~cDuffie, Dennis J., 44 Union Street, Motorman McMu~ray, Wm., 84 Main Street, Weaver 44: McIn~:osh, Fred, 107 M~ain Street, Machinist TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 45 McQuestion, Herbert, 104 I-Iigh Street, Butcher 46 Morrissey, John, 182 Railroad Ave., Watchman 47 Murphy, John P., 39 Sargent .St., Retired 48 Murphy, Dennis J., Jr., 39 Sargent St., Machinist 49 Murphy, Walter, 6 MorLon Street, Moulder 50 McDonough, Joseph P., 11 Sargent St., Machinist 51 Murphy Leo, Sargent St. 52 Parker, Wm., 321 Middlesex .St., Clerk 53 Phillips, Irving, 24 Hodges Street, Paymas~ 54 PrescotL, Alexander, 34 Third Street, Dealer 55 Rea, F. Orris, 34 Rea Street, Farmer 56 Rennie, Wallace, Jr., 82 Main Street, Weaver 57 Ryder, Harold, 62 Pleasant St., Machinist 58 Saunders, Frank, 71 ~]m Street, Retired 59 Saunders, Lewis, 213 High Street, ~achinis~ 60 Sanderson, Lewis, 36 Salem Street, Carpenter 61 Schofield, Jam~ e_s H., Marblehead St., Percher 62 Shea, Edward', 76 Railroad Avenue, 'Machinist 63 Smith, Clarence I., 11 Marblehead St., .C]erk 64 Somerville, John, 85 Mass. Ave., Machinist 65 Stevens, Samuel D., 605 0isgood St., Mill Owner 66 Stewart, Alex, 13 Perry Street, Dresser 67 Stott, Hartley, 87 Mass. Ave., Overseer 68 Tacy, James E., 281 Sutton St~.eet, Moulder 69 Thompson, .Charles, Pleasant St. 70 Thompson, John C., 217 Appleton St., Station Agent 71 Towne, Wallace, 34 Elm :Street, Machinist 72 Turner, Harold, 26 Clarendon St., ~Carpenter 73 Wilcox, Fernley, 9 Great Pond Road. Wool Sorter 74 WilIiams, Albert, 22 Salem St., Motorman 75 White, James, 94 Union St., Tracer 76 Wilton, George, Pleasant St., Opea'ative 77 Wallwork, Frank, 44 Pleasank S.t., Card Setter 78 Phelan, Peter J., 21 First Street, Foreman ~I-IARRY C. FOSTER, JOSEPH P. McDONOUGH, JAMES P. HAINSWORTI-I, Selectmen of North Andover. 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 ac- cordance with Chapter 234 of the General Laws. 36 ANNUAL REPORT SELECTMEN'S REPORT We herewith submit the Annual Report of the Select- men for the year ending December ~1, 1930. GENERAL GOVERNMENTS STATE AND MILITARY AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF Appropriation $1000 00 Military Aid $45 00 State Aid 356 00 Soldiers' Relief 1247 03 1648 03 Overdrawn $648 03 Discount on Notes Appropriation First National Bank $3018 02 First National Bank 425 00 · First National (Old Colony Corp.) 2045 96 $7OO0 00 5488 98 $1511 02 ~TOWN OF N~0R~H ~NDOVER, MASS. Redeeming .Notes and Bonds 2~-ppropriation High School Water Sewers New SchooIhouse County Hospital New Town Buflding :$4000 O0 2000 O0 9OO0 O0 3000 O0 5000 O0 11000 O0 Interest on .Notes and Bonds Appropriation High School Bonds :$600 00 Water 200 00 Sewer 360 00 Lincoln Street Sewer 148 75 ;East Side Sewer 1957 50 New Schoolhouse ~[721 25 'County Hospital 956 25 1926 Sewer 100 0~) New Town Building 220 00 $34000 00 $34OO0 00 $6283 75 6263 75 $20 O0 Maintenance of County Hospital and Assessment Appropriation Maintenance $2332 48 Assessment 1509 23 $3841 71 3841 71 American Legion Appropriation $500 00 Expended $500 00 500 00 Town Hall Janitor Appropriation $300 00 Expended $300 00 300 00 ~$ ANN~AL REPORT Sta~e and County Taxes Appropriation National Bank Tax County Tax State Tax State Highway Repair~ Removal oi' Snow $ 1.77 17172 28 9730 00 4972 51 629 02 $33500 32505 $994 4g Dog Warrants App~oprlation $100 00 Expended $100 00 $100 00 Elect~on Expenses Appropriation (Registrars $200, Expenses $3000) $g200 00 Registrars Salaries $200 00 Counters 1568 45 Ballots 161 86 Sheets 56 10 Revising 270 75 Pamphlets 54 75 Booths 128 00 Repairs 102 98 Incidentalz 70 49 2613 28 $586 72 Auditor's Department Appropriation (Salary $600, Expenses $100) Salary $600 00 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. 36 56 Auditor's Report 34 03 Record Sheets 17 56 Supplies 6 85 Incidentals 5 00 $700 00 700 00 ~OWN OF NORTH ANDOYER, MASS. Selectmen's Dept. 2~ppropriation (Salaries $750, Expenses $400) Salaries $625 00 New Eng. Tel.& Tel. 52 15 Stamps 10 00 Expenses ~]6 37 Warrant 32 10 Advertising 11 75 Legal Advice 135 39 Sheriff 38 38 Supplies Z4 27 Printing 15 89 Incidentals 3 45 $1150 O0 1024 75 $125 25 Treasurer's Dept. Appropriation (Sa]aw $1050, Expenses $900) Salary $1050 00 Dept. Corp. & Taxation 44 00 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. 18 00 Expenses 257 66 ]~ond 200 00 Insurance 68 00 Check Books 35 00 Stamps 93 60 Supplies 11 40 Incidentals 23 38 $1950 00 1801 04 $148 96 Appropriation Expended Insurance $8490 O0 $8475 52 8475 52 $14 48 Collector's Dept. Appropriation (Salary $1050, Expenses $800) Salary $1(150 00 New Eng. TeL & Tel,. 21 96 Stamps 150 00 Cash Book 13 20' Bond 400 insurance' 40 0D Tax Bills'. 78' 3~ Supplies~ 22 15 $1850 I775 $74 35; Assessors' Dept~ Appropriation (Salaries $1800, Expenses $1500) Salaries $1800 00 New Eng. Tel., & Tel., 102 16 Deeds' 47 87 Plans 100 00 Expenses 54 50 Street Lists 322 8~ Valuation Book~ 705 44 Card Printing 46 90 Typewriter 37 50 Envelopes 13 92 Supplies 29 19 incidentals ~9 69 $3300 00 Contingent and Forest Fires Approptlation Damages Repairs on Town I{all Legal Advice Flag Pole Decorations Incidentals $200 95 231 45 75 00 32 00 12 50 84 20 $2625 00 636 10 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Appropriation Expended Stevens Memorial Library $5983 06 41 $6000 00 5983 06 $16 94 Town Clerk's Dept. Appropriation (Salaray $350, Expenses $100) Salary $350 00 Bond 5 00 Notice 3 '00 Dog License Blanks 4 65 Stamps and Envelopes 18 86 Cards 18 16 Printing 11 15 Oaths 20 00 Incidentals 9 63 $450 O0 440 45 $9 55 Forest Fires Pump Labor To~al Expended Balance $ 550 00 1437 67 1987 67 $2623 77 $1 23 Appropriation Expended Playground $300 O0 $269'17 269 17 $30 83 ANNUAL REPORT Maintenance of Town Building Appropriation Clerks $1540 00 Janitor 763 00 Water 28 24 Gas & Electricity 335 96 Repairs on Boiler 28 63 Telephone 89 59 Oil 997 54 Supplies 167 21 Clock 28 00 Incidentals 139 49 $5000 00 4117 66 $882 34 Appropriation Expended Street Lighting $8085 73 $8500 00 8085 73 $414 26 Building Inspector Appropriation E×p~nded (Salary) $50 00 $50 00 $5O 00 Tree Warden's Dept. Appropriation (Salary $150, Expenses $500) Salary $150 00 Expended 499 87 $650 03 649 87 $ t3 Brush Cutting Appropriation $500 00 Expended $499 80 499 80 $ 2O TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 43 Insect Pests Appropriation $3500 09 Expended $3499 46 3499 46 Water C~mmissioners Appropriation Expended (Salaries) $300 $ 54 $300 00 $3O0 O0 Fish Warden Apppropriation Expended (Salary) $5 00 $5 O0 $5 O0 Board of Health Appropriation (Salaries $300, Expenses $4000) Salaries Expended $4300 00 $ 300 00 3826 23 4126 23 Garbage Appropriation Expended $2099 '76 $173 77 $2200 00 2099 76 $100 24 Sealer of Weights and Measures Appropriation (Salary $250, Expenses $125) Salary $250 00 Expended 124 25 $375 00 374 25 $ 75 Vital Statistics Appropriation $300 00 Expended $232 75 232 75 $67 25 44 ANNUAL REPORT Public Welfare Appropriation $300 00 Salaries $283 34 283 34 $16 66 Public Parks Appropriation $3000 00 Expended $2714 42 2714 42 $285 58 Appropriation Expended Memorial Day Fund $388 78 $400 00 388 78 $11 22 Animal Inspector Appropriation Expended (Salary) $200 00 $200 00 $200 00 Forest Fire Warden Appropriation Expended (Salary) $100 00 $100 00 $100 00 Appropriation Expended Redeeming Tax Title $337 60 $1000 00 337 60 $662 40 Town Forest Appropriation 300 00 Expende.d $269 53 269 53 $30 47 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Red Cross Appropriation $500 00 Expended $500 00 $500 00 Town Report Appropriation $1000 00 Expended $1000 00 $1000 00 Tax Refund from 1929 Refund $100 00 $100 00 Dump Article 10 Appropriation $260 00 Expended $210 00 210 00 $50 00 Town Sheds, Garage and Police Station (Financial Statement) Appropriation on bond $20000 00 Town Appropriation 3000 00 Louis H. McAloon, Contractor $21345 00 James E. AIlen, Architect 1277 40 · Furniture for Police Station 262 60 Certifying the bond 115 00 $23000 00 $23,0O0 O0 46 Appropriation Expended Total ANNUAL REPORT Repairs on Town Hall $500 00 Respectfully submitted, $500 00 500 00 $167299 92 HARRY C. FOSTER JAMES P. HAINSWORTI4 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 47 MOTH DEPARTMENT North Andover, Mass. To James W. Elliott, Auditor :-- I herewith submit my annual report of the Moth De- partment, for year ending Dec. 31, 1930. Appropriation $3,500 00 Expenditures: Labor $2,222 45 Supplies 1,277 01 $3,499 46 Balance $0 54 Private Work $380 12 Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. CONNORS. ANNUAL REPORT TREE WARDEN North Andover, Mass. TB James W. Elliot,, Auditor :-- I herewith submit my annual report as Tree Warden, for year ending Dec. 31, 1930. Appropriation $500 00 Expenditures: L~bor $434 77 Supplies 65 10 $499 87 Balance $0 15 Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. CONNORS. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 49 BRUSH CUTTING North Andover, Mass. To James W. Elliott, Auditor :-- I herewith submit my annual report of Brush Cutting, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1930. Appropriation $500 00 Expenditures: Labor $482 99 Supplies 16 81 $499 80 Balance $0 20 Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. CONNORS. ,50 ANNUAL REPORT PUBLIC WELFARE REPORT Appropriation (Sa{aries) $ 300 00 Superintendent and Matron and Outside Relief, and Repairs 17000 00 Support in the House Superintendent Farm $1200 00 Labor 767 45 Repairs 866 37 Groceries and Provisions, eic 1118 10 Medical Attendance and Supplies 210 55 Clothing 74 04 Miscellaneous Supplies 382 54 Live Stock 92 10 Hay, Grain and Feed 570 36 Auto 2[44 39 Machinery and Repairs 98 09 Gas and Elec%ricity 44 28 Telephone 58 21 Ice 119 90 Water 19 60 Fuel 257 48 Furniture 90 60 Spraying Trees 24 19 $17300 00 $6138 25 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Outside Relief Cash $1225 00 Mother's Aid 3396 85 Medical Attendance and Supplies 248 73 Groceries and Provisions 2043 90 Rent 235 50 Clothing 14 00 Fuel 381 90 Telephone 28 36 Expenses 545 98 Burial Expenses 110 00 Miscellaneous 5 37 51 $8235 59 Paid on account, Commor. weaJth Paid Commonwealth Paid on account cities and towns City of Lawrence Paid cities and towns :- City of Pittsfield City o£ Boston Town of Me~huen City of Lawrence City of Fall River ,City of Salem Town of Amesbury Town of Medway Total Overdrawn 1257 0'0 1257 00 1882 71' 1882 71 208 25 208 25 327 14 10 O0 46g O0 129 O0 48 O0 49 O0 654 36 626 51 2306 01 $13889 56 $20027 81 $2827 81 52 ANNUAL REPORT Joseph Stone Fund Cash on Hand, December 31, 1929 Annum Interest Expended by Pu'blic Welfare Cash on Hand, December 31, 1930 Taylor Fund Cash on Hand, December 31, 1929 Annual Interest Expended by Public Welfare Cash on Hand, December 31, 1930 $259 68 517 25 777 93 $606 80 170 13 $1112 92 54 65 1167 57 66 00 101 57 Received from State for Mother's Aid Received from Town Infirmary Received from City of Lawrence Received from Town of Methuen Sale of Property $1719 65 458 ~0 383 17 10 00 300 00 $2871 12 Respectfully submitted, HARRY C. FOSTER, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, ARTHUR P. CHICKERING, Board Public Welfare. ~20~NN OF NORTH ANDOVER, ~IASS. ~3 Town Infirmary :Eggs Poultry Pork Fruit Vegetables Hay Calf (small) Boarding and Keeping Stray Cow Empty Grain Bags Use of Telephone Total Amount Due Number of Inmates, Jan. 1, 1930 .Admitted During Year Deaths Discharges Present Number, Dec. 31, 1930 Males Females Between 50-60 Years Between 60-70 Years Between 70-80 Years Between 80-90 Years $189 81 61 ~29 27 6O 60 40 25 60 00 00 4 00 1 00 3 90 55 $43 25 $458 30 5 2 None 1 6 4 2 1 3 1 1 Respectfully submitted, RICHARD ttEIDER, Superintendent. ANN'UAL REPORT ASSESSORS' REPORT To the Auditor, Town of North Andover, Mass.: The Assessors of the Town of North Andover herewith their report for the year ending December 31, 1930, A~,gregate value of real estate Aggregate value of persona[ property $6,973,579 00 1,334,523 00 Aggregate value $8,818,102 O0 8ta~e Tax $9,730 00 Highway Tax 4,972 51 Snow Removal 629 02 County Tax 17,172 28 Town Grant 267,601 65 Overlay 4,810 76 Tax Assessed Real Estate 255,233 20 Personal Estat~ 48 843 53 Poll Tax 4,162 00 Dwellings Assessed 1,292 00 Acres of Land 13,636,~/~ Horses 200 Cows 520 Other Neat Cattle 140 Swine 50 Value of Fowl 3,025 00 Persons IAable to Military Duty' 1084 Dogs--Male 380 Dogs--Female 38 The tax rate is $36 60. EDWARD E. CURLEY, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, PATRICK P. DAW, Assessors of North Andovcr. TOWN OF NOttTH AND'OVER, MASS. 55 BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT Organization Mr. Frank l~isibee, 46 Stonington St. Chairman Dr. E. W. A. Holt, 52 Church St. Mr. Geo. Brightman, 41 Troy Rd, Lucia, P. Kathan, R. N., agent, 40 Pleasant St. ~Mr. Jas. Leitch Mr. Geo. Jewett Mr. F. M. Hill Mr. Wm. Smith Office, Town Bldg. Tel. Lawrence 26400. Miss Kathan. Office Hours--9-10 A. M, 1-2 P. M. Regular meetings the last Friday of each month in Board of Health Office. The members of the ]~oard of Health have spent much %ime investigating and adjusting matters that come under this department, giving all such matters as prompt attention as possible. Milk Inspector Plumbing Inspector Asst. Plumbing Inspector Slaughtering Inspector Garbage Collector The following diseases have been reported the past year :-- Varicella ............... 40 Dogbite ................ 1 Lobar pneumonia ....... 2 Measles ................ 44 Mumps ................ 11 Scarlet fever ........... 4 Septic Sore Throat ...... 1 Tuberculosis ............ 6 Pertussis .............. 30 Diphtheria ............. I ANNUAL REPORT All communicable and infectious' diseases are required by law to be reported as early as possible. Such reports are always investigated by the nurse and visited by Board of Health Physician, when she reports it necessary. Parents are instructed as to care and quarantine, thus helping to prevent the sp::ead of these diseases. The "Summer Round Up" or Pre-school clinic, was held in May in the Town building. Dr. Holt and Dr. Smith assisted by nurses and volunteer workers, gave the children a physical examination, defects were noted and parents urged to have these defects, as well as vaccination attended to early so that children entering school for the first time in the fall, are as a rule in good physical condition. These children were visited 'by Board of Health nurse pre- vious to the clinic as well as afterwards. In October Diphtheria Immunizing and Schick test clinics were held in the schools in connection with the School Department. We had splendid co-operation from parents and teachers and are very grateful to them as well as volunteer workers. While these clinics mcan a great deal of work and time spent, it is a great satist~a.ction to have so few cases of diphtheria reported. Tuberculosis is a very important part of our work. All f.orms'of this disease are reportable and come under our supervision. At present time we have one patient at Essex Sana- torium. The first of the year we had four two have died--- the third upon investigation was found to still have a resi- dence in Lawrence, consequently the charge was trans- ferred. In December the State Dept. of Health at the request of the Board of Health officials, gave the Von Pirquet test for tuberculosis to 972 pupils in our Public Schools (those whose parents requested it given). The children who reacted, were X-rayed and later given a physical examination. The report from the last examination has not been received. The cases where X-ray showed the least sign of TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 57 trouble will be followed up and examined from time to time. We are fortunate in having a good milk supply. All dealers either pasteurized their milk or have tested herds; about 98 per cent of the dealers furnish us with milk which is always up to the standard. Appropriation $4,000 00 Essex Sanatorium $1,222 00 H. C. Driver 13 60 Perkins 25 66 Jas. Leitch 56 00 Harig Motor 525 00 ($60.00 allowed on old car) Hobbs & Warren 7 66 Nurse 1,500 00 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. 80 10 Dr. Holt 40 50 Davis & Furber 38 52 T. M. Hill 220 O0 Upkeep of ear, gas, oil, etc. 70 59 Morris Sign 7 80 Miscellaneous ~18 80 $3,826 23 Town reimbursed Farm City of Lawrence License fees $173 77 570 70 51 O0 Due from State (SUbsidy) Due from City of Lawrence $795 47 515 72 79 30 595 02 $1,390 49 Board of Health, North Andover, Mass. LUCIA P. KATHAN, R. N., Clerk. ANNUAL REPQRT FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT We submit to you our ninth annual report of the Fire Department from January t, 1930 to December 31, 1930. Total Number Alarms Value of Property Endangered Damage to Property Insurance on Property Insurance Paid on Property 242 $897,975 00 13,852 25 853,050 00 13,027 25 Telephone Num~ber Central Fire Station 7107 Appropriation Expenditures: Chauffeur's and Company Pay Roll $12,634 71 Engineers 750 00 Autos, Supplies and Incidentals 1,991 87 Fuel 464 45 Repairs 594 70 Lighting, Telephone and Water 448 59 Fire Alarm 567 48 $17,500 00 Total Expenditures Balance December 31, 1930 $17,451 80 $48 20 We wish to thank the Town officials of the several departments, the Lawrence Gas & Electric Company, report- ers of the Lawrence Papers, and the citizens of the Town who have assisted us in any way. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES W. HINXMAN, Chief, ' HERBERT W. GRAY, Deputy Chief, THOMAS H. BRODERICK, Clerk, Board of Engineers. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 59 POLICE DEPARTMENT January 1, 1931. To James W. Elliott, Auditor :-- I hereby submit the report of the North Andover Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1930. Appropriation Officers' Pay Roll $9,627 00 Motor Vehicle and Expense 545 64 Repairs 25 70 Supplies 314 97 Beacon Light 76 95 Telephone 196 09 New Equipment 1,093 20 Incidental 57 04 Traffic Signs, Road Marking 39 22 Balance December 31, 1930 $12,000 00 $11,975 81 24 19 $12,000 00 The following arrests were made: Automobile Violations 86 Drunkenness 14 Operation of Motor Vehicles under influence of liquor 9 Breaking, Entering and Larceny 5 Assault and Battery 4 Burning to Defraud I Illegal Keeping, Intoxicating Liquor 2 60 ANNUAL REPORT Causing a False Alarm of Fire Gaming No Junk License Committed to Danvers State Hospital Disturbance Illegal Fishing Lewdness and Disorderly House Arrested for Out of Town Police Total Total Number of Court C~nvictions Male Offenders Females Juvenile Dogs Disposed of Dogs Sent to Nevens Farm 139 111 133 3 3 37 24 This year is the fi. rst that the Police Department has had charge of enforcing the Dog License Law. A total of 413 dogs have been licensed, which is practically 100 more than have ever before been licensed. The Department appreciates the facilities which the' town has placed at its disposal. The new station is service- able, comfortable and looks well. It compares favorably with any which we have seen in our official visits to other towns and cities in the Commonwealth. Respectfully submitted, ALFRED H. McKEE, Chief of Police. TOWN OF NORTH AND0¥EB, MASS. R'EPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TOSVN SHEDS, GARAGE AND POLICE STATION January 6, 1981. ~1'o the Citizens of the Town of North Andover: At the Annual Town Meeting held March 15, 1930, the 'sum of $23,000.00 was voted for the purpose of erecting new 'Town Sheds, Garage and Police Station. The Committee appointed to direct the work selected James E. Alien of Lawrence as architect. 1-leads of Town Departments eon- cerned in the new buildings were consulted as to their needs and the plans were drawn with full provision for each re- quirement. Plans and specifications were prepared and bids were called on May 19, 1930. The contract was awarded to Louis H. McAloon of North Audover with the understanding' that so far as practicable, local sub-contractors and labor were to be employed. The work was started at once and carried on without delay so that in the latter part of September the various Town Departments were able to ogcupy the build- ings~. Upon completion o£ the contract work it was found that sufi%ient funds remained to provide new furniture for the Police Station and this was done to the material improvc- merit of the accommodations of the Police Department. Financial Statement Receipts Appropriation To Contractor To Architect Furnishings for Police Station Expenditures $21,345 00 1,277 40 262 60 Unexpended Balance $23,000 00 $22,885 00 115 00 $23,000 O0 ANArU.~L I{EPORT The unexpended balance shown above was used by l~he Town Treasurer to defray the expense of the bond issue. The work is now complete and the Town has a modern set of buildings of which it may properly be proud. Your Committee feels that the needs of the several Departments are adequately met and that with the possible exception of paving or macadamizing the yard, there should be no neces- sity for further expenditures for garage, yard and storage facilities for some time to come. The Committee wishes to express its thanks to Mr. James E. Allen, ~h'. Lou~s H. McAloon and Heads of Town Departments for their c.o-operation and help in the prosecu- tion of' the work. Respectfully submitted, ISAAC OSG00D ROLAND B. HAMMOND W. T. PUTNAM P. P. DAW JAMES R. BALDWIN Building Committee. TOWN OF NORTH ANDDVER, MASS. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORT To Mr. James W. Elliott, Tow~ Auditor :-- I submit to you the report of the IIighway Department ~or the year 1930. Telephone No. J. ti. Milnes, Highway SurVeyor 31784 Telephone No. H'way Surveyor's Office, Town Bldg. 32234 Appropriations, Expenditures and Balances are as follows: Approi'ted Expended Unexpended Snow $ 8,000 00 $ 7,987 87 $ 12 13 Sts., H'ways & Bridges 14,000 00 13,989 93 10 07 Macadam l~epairs 15,000 00 14,998 15 1 85 Sidewalks 2,500 00 2,499 88 12 Surface Drains 5,000 00 4,992 32 7 68 Oiling 13,000 00 12,994 70 5 30 Ash ,Collections 3,500' 00 3,477 09 22 91 Macadam, Dale St. 5,000 00 4,959 42 40 58 Salem St.,Tarvia & Gravel 2,500 00 2,498 82 I 18 Marble Ridge Rd., Tarvia & Gravel 600 00, 598 26 1 74 Salem St., Top Dress 500 00 493 47 6 53 Berry St., Cinders 30:0 00 299 28 72 Sargent St., Surface Drain 600 00 588 85 11 15 Surveying 150 00 148 91 1 09 Marble Ridge Bridge 700 00 633 91 66 09 Salary 3,000 00 3,000 00 Total $74,350 00 $74,160 86 $189 14 ~NNUAL ~EFO'RT Summary of the Work of the Highway Depar~men~ for 1930 Streets, .'Highways and Bridges The streets in the Outland Districts of the Town where needed were sczrified and graded, Most all the fertces have been repaired and painted. Three new fences have been built on Commonwealth Av- enue, Beenchwood and Bruce Streets, Cinders and gravel have been put on the following streefis: Salem St., Green St., RusselI St., Herrick Road~ Forrest St., Johnson St, Boston St., Robinson Court, Win- ter St., Mill St., Parker St., Clark St., Summer St., Dale St., Bradford St,, ttarold St., and Linden Avenue Appropriated $14,000 00 Expended 13,989 93 Unexpended 10 07 Macadam Repairs Extensive macadam repairs have been made all over the streets of the Town and Park St. was rebuilt. Apl~ropriated $15,000 00 Expended 14,998 15 Unexp~nded 1 $5 Sidewalks New tal' sidewalks have been built on Main St. from Railroad Square to Second St., and also part of the sidewalks on Middlesex St. and Massachusetts Avenue. The granolite sidewalks in Tavern Acres and the Ma- chine Shop Hill on Elm St. were rebuilt and repaired where needed, The following sidewalks were repaired and rebuilt with cinders and stone dust: Middlesex St. to Saltonstall Road, Beverly St., Marblehead St., Railroad Avenue near Ceme- tery, Railroad Avenue from Second St. towards Railroad Square, Middlesex St., both sides of Harold St., and inter- sections Highland Ter~ce, I-Ierrick :Road, l~'esCott St., TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. and gailroal Avenue from Middlesex towards Second St. Appropriated $2,500 00 Expended 2,499 88 Unexpended 12 Oiling There were 64 streets oiled and sanded as follows: Ash- land St., Academy Rd., Beverly St., Brightwood Avenue, Belmont St., Beechwood St., Bixby Avenue, Chadwick St., Chestnut St., Columbia Rd., Church St., Clarendon St., C~urt St., Commonwealth Avenue, Dale St., Essex St., Elm St., First St., Furber Avenue, Great Pond ~d., Green St., Hill- side Rd., Harold St., Hodges St., High St., Highland Terrace, Irving St., Johnson St., Lincoln St., Russell St., Oxford St., Marblehead St., Middlesex St., May St., Morton St., Maple Ave., Milk St., Milton St., Merrimack St., Main St., Norman Rd., Perry St., Pleasant St., Pilga'im Rd., Perley St., Railroad Avenue, Richardson Avenue, Salem St., Sutton St., Sargent Si.., Steve~k~ St., Second St., Saunders St., Saltonstall Rd., Third St., Thorndike Rd., Troy Rd., Tavern Rd., T~land Rd., Union St., Upland St., Water St., Davis St., and Bruce St. Appropriated $13,000 00 Expended 12,994 70 Unexpended 5 30 Surface Drains Several surface drains and catch basins were repaired and rebuilt and new surface drain and catch basins were built in Linden Avenue, and as part of General Maintenance. Appropriated $5,000 00 Expended 4,992 32 Unexpended 7 68 Railroad Crossings Marble Ridge, Essex and Pleasant Sts. were repaired at a cost of $120.00. One half the amount, $60.00, was re- ceived from the Boston and Maine R. R. and paid to the Town Treasurer. 66 ANNUAL REPORT Berry Street This street was rebufltwith cinders. Appropriated Expended 299 28 Unexpended 72 $300 O0 Salem Street Part of Salem Street was top dressed with cinders as per vote of the Town. Appropriated $500 00 Expended 493 47 Unexpended 6 53 Marble Ridge Road This road was const~cted of gravel and ~arvia. Appropriated $600 00 Expended 598 26 Unexpended i 74 Salem Street The continuation of Salem S~reet was constructed of gravel and tarvia. Appropriated $2,500 00 Expended 2,498 82 Unexpended 1 18 Sargent Street A surface drain was built on this street as per vote of the Town. Appropriated $600 00 Expended 588 65 Unexpended 11 15 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 67 Dale Street The continuation of Dale Streei was macadamized 3,480 and 735 feet in length of gravel and tarvia, which brings this to the end of the North Andover line. Appropriated $5,000 00 Expended 4,959 42 Unexpended 40 58 Dale Street Bridge As per vote of the Town $700.00 was appropriated with $700.06 from the Boston & Maine Railroad to be spent in equal amounts for this work. Appropriated by Town Appropriated by B. & M. Total Expended Unexpended Unexpended for the Town Unexpended for the B. & M, $700 00 700 00 $1,400 00 $1,267 82 132 18 66 09 66 09 Appleton Street Bridge This work was done under the direction of the Highway Surveyor and paid for by the Boston & Maine Railroad Company at a cost of $490.15. Respectfully submitted, JOITN H. MILNES, Highway Surveyor. 68 ANNUAL REPORT STEVENS MEMORIAL LIBRARY To the Auditor: We herewith present to you our report of the expendi~ ture of money appropriated by the Town for our use gether with the Libarian's rel~ort to us of the work of the library for the year 1930. Town Appropriation Financial Report Salaries Heat, Light, Water Books, Magazines, Papers Miscellaneous Expenditures $4,151 42 582 48 828 66 420 50 $6,000 00 Total Expenditures Unexpended Balance $5,983 06 16 94 $6,000 00 We have received ~rom Fines $273.17 which we have turned over to the Towx~ Treasurer. Charles Whitney Davis Fund On hand January 1, 1930 $282 43 Received, Interest 499 53 Total Receipts Paid for Books Unexpended Balance $615 88 166 08 $781 96 $781 96 TOWN OF N'ORTH NNDOVER, MASS, Phillips Educational Fund ~:0n hand January 1, 1930 $242 60 Interest 180 20 Total Receipts :Paid for Books ~Unexpend~d Balance $28635 136 45 $422 80 Phillips Re]i~ous Fund 'On hand Januaw 1, 1930 lnteres~ 91,062 17 136 44 Total Receipts $1,198 61 Paid for Books $ 65 96 'Unexpen6ed Balance 1,132 65 $1,198 61 No change has been made in the investment of these Funds during this year, 1930. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT To the Trustees of Stevens Memorial Library: I herewith present the repor~ of the Library for the year ending December 31, 1930. Circulation and Use of Books 43,766 volumes were circulated during the year. This is 5,417 more than were issued in 1929, making it the larges~ circulation in the history of the Library. it is a circulation 0£ 6.3 per capita. No record is kept of the number of reference books used, but we feel that their use is greater than in 1929. An attempt has been made to supply ail demands for books for serious reading. When the Library does not own ANNUAL BEPORT a book for which a request is made, we endeavor to borrow it from some other Library as an inter-library loan. Registration of Borrowers 425 names were registered as borrowers during 1930. 129 of these ar: children under 12 years of age, who have formerly borrowed books in their parent's name. The total number of registered borrowers is 2,430. Book Collection 752 books were added to the Library during the year. 525 have been lost and discarded, making the net increase 227, with a total collection of 18,310. Many of ~hose dis- carded were scientific and technical books published in the 80's and 90's, Gifts of 104 volumes were received. Among those who have given books are--Marietta Battles, Dorothy Bolton, Burdett College, J. F. Burnham, Wellington Cassidy, Douglas Crocker, Miss Alice Farnum, Mrs. Dana Glidden, Knox Hat Co., C. D. McDuffie, New York Stock Exchange, Miss Elizabeth M. Pond, J. Cooper Reeve, Mrs. Nathaniel Stevens, Mrs. Samuel D. Stevens, and Mrs. John F. Tyler. In addition to these, we have received gifts of some state and federal publications. Use of Books by Children 226 books were added to the collection in the Children's Room. The juvenile circulation was 13,638. 576 books were sent to schools to be circulated from there to the chil- dren. 30 were sent to summer camps. Library Reading Club The Library Reading Club, organized in 1929, has con- tinued to meet regularly. Through the Club, the Library observed Book Week. Club members presented two Book Week plays in the Library Hall. Mothers and friends came to this program. Every seat was filled and in many eases two and sometimes three children were sitting in one seat. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 71 New Privileges for Children Children under twelve years of age, who formerly used to borrow books in their parents' names, are now being reg- istered in their own names. All books borrowed by the boys and girls under twelve are now charged in the Children's Room. Change in Assistants Two of our former assistants left us in the fall. Miss Evelyn G. Haven, a former Johnson High School teacher, le£t to be married and Miss Winifred Fitzgerald entered Framingham Normal School. Eleanor Fitzgerald, a Sopho- more at Johnson High School, came to us in the summer to take her sister's place. Miss Haven's place has not been filled,---everyone having added several hours to her weekly schedule in order to keep the requisite number of assistants in attendance when the Library is open. Meetings Attended The Librarian attended the mid-winter meeting of the Massachusetts Library Club in Boston last February, and the Swampscott meetings of the Northeastern Library Asso- ciation. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) MARION F. BATCHELDER, Librarian.. ~NNU~L REPOBT Statistical Report Accessions Books boughg from Town Appropriation 221/ Books bought from Charles Whitney Fund 293' Books bough~ from' Phillips Edue'l Fund 106 Books boug5~ from Phillips Religious Fund Gifts I04 Periodicals Bound 12 Total Accessions 752 Worn out, discarded, and lost 525 Net irrcrease for 1930 227 Total volumes in Li~brary Dec; 3L i938~ 18,310 Juvenile Accessions 226 Circulatio~ Accessions ClassifiecI iCict[orf 112,5"{9 859 General Works and Perlodicak~ 664 29 Philosophy. Religion 638 26 Sociology, F~lklore 1,508 51 Language 4~ 1 Science 417 22 UsefuI Arts. 1,273 45 ]Pina Arts 428 17 Literature 1,461 46 T~'avet 1,628 39 BiogYaphy 1,833 67 History : 1,301 50 Total 43,766 752 Circulation of books from Children's Room 13,638 Books sent to Schools 576 Books sent 4o Camps 30 Pictures loaned 56 *New Borrowers *425 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 73 Total Registered Borrowers 2,430 Books Repaired in Library 2,151 Books Rebound 277 '129 are' children under 12 who formerly took books in mother's name. We Trustees feel that this year's work has been the most successful in the history of our library. The building and grounds have been kept in excellent condition. We are grateful to our Librarian and to all who work with her for their faithful and efficient service. Respectfully submitted, NATHANIEI STEVENS, MARY O. TYLER, ANNIE L. SARGENT, CHAR]~ES A. APPLETON, ARTH'UR P. CHICKERING, MOSES T. STEVENS, HARRY R. DOW, Trustees. North Andover, January 12, 1931 ANNUAL REPORT INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING No. Andover, Mass., Dec. 31, 1930 To the Board of Health: Gentlemen--My annual report as Inspector of Slaugh- tering for the year 1930 is as follows: I have made 70 visits, inspecting 284 Swine, 10 Veal, Total 294 Carcasses; Con- demned one (1) Hog for pneumonia. Respectfully submitted, FRED M. HILL, Inspector for the Town. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 75 COLLECTOR OF TAXES Mr. James W. Elliott, Auditor :-- I herewith submit my annual report' as collector of taxes for year ending December 81, 1930. 1925 Uncollected $454 85 Interest 8 66 Collected $150 76 Interest 8 66 Abated 250' 00 Uncollected 54 09 1926 Uncollected $82 98 Interest 4 00 4 00 Collected 26 13 Interest 4 00 Uncollected 56 85 1927 Uncollected Taxes $1,588 52 Uncollected Moth 7 50 Interest 1 98 Collected $104 35 Interest I 98 Abated 497 87 Uncollected Moth 7 50 Uncollected Taxes 986 30 $463 51 $463 51 $86 98 $86 98 $1,598 00 $1,598 00 76 ANNUAL REPORT Uncollected Taxes Uncollected Moth Interest Collected Interest Abated Uncollected Taxes Uncollected Moth Uncollected Taxes Uncollected Excise Interest Collected Excise Collected Taxes Interest Abated Excise Abated Taxes Uncollected Excise Uncollected Taxes 1928 1929 $10,613 10 15 50 450 40 $5,453 97 450 40 26 44 5,132 69 15 50 $50,239 44 3,785 O0 902 31 $ 1,081 61 28,347 73 902 31 121 19 1,589 86 2,582 20 20,301 85 $11,079 00 $11,079 00 $54,926 75 $54,926 75 Excise Warrants Assessors' Warrants Interest Collected Excise Collected Taxes Interest Abated Excise Abated Taxes Uncollected Excise Uncollected Taxes 1930 $ 14,323 308,116 39 $ 10,397 249,232 39 794 4,923 3,130 53,960 50 35 O2 $322,478 87 73 55 O2 80 64 97 16 $322,478 87 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Moth Accounts Receivable $729 75 Collected 29 50 Cash Account $700 77 25 1925 Taxes $ 150 76 1925 Interest 8 66 1926 Taxes 26 13 1926 Interest 4 00 1927 Taxes 104 35 1927 Interest 1 98 1928 Taxes 5,453 97 1928 Interest 450 40 1929 Excise 1,081 61 1929 Taxes 28.347 73 1929 Interest 902 31 1930 E~cise 10.397 73 1930 Taxes 249,232 55 1930 Interest 39 02 Moth Account 29 50 $296,230 70 Turned over to Gordon Currier, Town Treas. $295,992 04 Balance on hand 238 66 $296,230 Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. COSTELLO. 70 TOWN TREASUREI Cash on Hand, Dec. 31, 1929 Merchants' Trust Co., Lawrence $8377 77 First National Bank, l~oston 4344 28 $12722 05 Town of Boxford School Dept, 485 96 County of Essex Dog Tax 425 76 The Bar,eft Co., Street Dept. 50 00 City of Lawrence, Mothers' Aid 383 17 City of Newton Soldier's Relief 70 00 County of Essex, Ruffund of Final Bal. Tremont Trust Co. 182 90 Bay State Mutual Ins. Co. 64 03 City of Lawrence care T. B. Patients 451 10 Max Cohen, Junk License 14 00 insurance Aec~c. of Transfer 198 B4 *' °' '° " 260 15 " " Kimball School Fire 435 97 Jos. A. Duncan, Two Third-Class Druggist Licenses . 2 00 City of Lawrence Mother's Aid Holyoke Mutual Ins. Co. Mrs. Annie Moran, Sale of Land Jas. B. Ewart, Acct. Insurance M. Casey " °* Jas. P. Hainsworth Auct. License Town of Boxford Bay State Mutual Ins. Co. A. J. Barnes Sch. Dept. reim. 10 00 2 70 275 00 25 00 2 70 2 70 2 00 663 65 61 71 1 75 T0'WN OF NOtrrH ANDOVER, ~ASS. 79 Boston & Maine R. R., Board Public WJorks 30 River School Rent 6 00 R. Heider Supt. Town Farm 458 30 A. L. Sargent, Lib. Fines 273 17 Merchants Trust Co., Int. 441 24 Street Dept. 272 25 B;~ard of Health 170 60 C. J. Mahoney, Trial Justice 457 00 Board of Public Works 23690 18 John J: Costello, Collector of Taxes 295992 04 First National Bank "Notes Anticipation Rev." 295000 00 Sewer Assessments 1971 45 First National Bank, Int. 232 67 }I. Watnick, Junk License 5 00 Sale Bonds Town Sheds & Garage & Police Station 20000 00 Profit Sale of Town Sheds and Gar. & Pol. Bonds & Int. 221 89 Waylor Fund Int. 66 00 ~oses Towne Fund 2583 60 J. M. & S. F. S{:one Fund (;51 93 F. Davis, Sea]er 36 48 Check No. 2349 2 35 Reim. Ins., on account of transfer I 92 Grace Hadley, School Rent 3 00 Year Ending Dec. 31, 1930 Com. of Massachusetts-- Corp. Tax Business $2584 55 Trust Co. Tax 1928 2 77 National Bank 1927 04 .... 1928 01 Div. of Standards 12 00 Aiding Dependent Mothers 654 92 Div. of Standards 12 00 Div. tuber, sub. cities & towns 545 00 Vocational Education aid to Ind. Sch. 300 80 Aiding Dependent Mothers 354 91 Income Tax 1929 1807 00 Aiding Dependent Mothers 709 82 ANNUAL REPORT Div. o£ Standards .... Moth Income Tax 1930 Corp. Tax Business .... 1929 " P. S, 1929 Int. Nat. Bank Tax 1926 " " " 1927 ...... 1929 Trust Co. Tax 1929 Div. of Standards Reim. Loss Taxes Corp. Tax Public Service " ]~usiness Income Tax 1930 State Valuation .... Educational Nat. Bank Tax Sec. 5 Chap. 222 Trust Co. Tax Sec. 5 Chap. 222 Military Aid State Aid Veteran's Exemption Tuition of Children Corp. Tax P.S. 1929 .... 1930 .... Business 1930 60 00 101 88 807 00 1395 68 149 51 97 3 52 15 2 53 73 12 00 170 21 1026 33 19472 60 33360 00 9320 00 1356 02 1528 29 7 50 252 00 28 00 231 38 11 165 73 3039 76 Expended by order Selectmen $738808 74 733349 05 $5459 69 Cash on hand 'Deposited Mer. Trust Co. Law. " First Nat. Boston $4882 74 576 95 5459 69 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 81 List of Notes Given in Anticipation ,of Revenue During 1930: 82 ANNUAL REPORT Herman Kobler Fund Deposited Andover Say. Bank Taylor Fund Amount Reported Dee. 31, 1929 Expended by order Selectmen Annual Interest Deposited Essex Savings Bank $100 00 $1112 92 66 00 $1046 92 54 65 $1101 57 1101 57 Surplus War Bonus Fund of 1924 Amount reported Dec. 31, 1929 Annual Interest Deposited Broadway Savings Bank $3931 53 198 99 $4130 52 4130 52 J. M. & Susan F. Stone Fund Location Essex Savings Bank Lawrence Savings Bank Andover Savings Bank Broadway Savings Bank Principal An. Int. On Hand $2500 00 $128 15 $62 50 2500 00 132 95 2500 00 128 00 2500 00 128 15 62 50 Expended .by order Selectmen Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1929 Int. Rec. 1930 $517 25 $125 O0 606 80 $259 68 517 25 In General Fund $776 93 45 13 $776 93 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 83 Moses Towne School Fund Location Lawrence Savings Bank Andover Savings Bank Broadway Savings Bank Essex Savings Bank Total Int. Principal An. Int. On Hand SRO00 O0 $66 03 1000 00 69 40 $3 5.0 1000 00 76 15 25 00 1000 00 56 02 25 00 Expended by order School Com. On hand Dec. 31, 1929 Plus int. Rec. 1930. $267 60 $53 5O 2583 60 $2369 50 267 60 Balance on Hand $53 50 $2637 10 $2637 10 Garage, Sheds and Police Station Under Article 13, in the annual warrant of 1930 the Treasurer had the following advertised for proposals for the purchase of the bonds printed. TOWN OF NORTH ANI)OVER MASSACHUSETTS The TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHU- SETTS, will receive proposals until 11 A. M. (Daylight Sav- ing Time), Thursday, May 29, 1930, for the purchase of the following described coupon bonds dated June 1, 1930: $20,000 4~/~% GARAGE, SHEDS AND POLICE STA- TION BONDS, payable $4,000 June 1, 1931 to 1935, inclusive. The above descri.bed bonds are in den.ominatio~( of $1,000, interest payable semi-annually June 1st and Decem- ber 1st. Principal and Interest payable at THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, in Boston, Massachusetts. 84 ANNUAL REPORT These Bonds are Exempt From Taxation in Massachusetts and are engraved under the supervision of and certified as to genuineness by THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON; their legality will be approved by Messrs. Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, whose opinion will be furnished the purchaser. All legal papers incident to this issue will be filed with said bank where they may be inspected at any time. Proposals should be under seal and addressed to Gordon Currier, Town Treasurer, Town Building, North Andover, Massachusetts, and marked "Proposal for Bonds." Bonds will be delivered to the purchaser on or about Wednesday, June 4, 1930, at THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, 67 Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The right is reserved to reject any and all proposals. May 23, 1930. GORDON CURRIER, Town Treasurer. Financial Statement, May 21, 1930 Net Valuation for year 1929 Debt Limit 3% of Average Valuation Total Gross Debt, including this issue EXEMPTED DEBT Water Bonds $15000 00 Other Bonds 35000 00 $8821339 O0 256553 89 185000 00 50000 O0 Net Debt 135000 00 Borrowing capacity $121553 89 TO'TN OF NORTH ANDOVER, I~IASS. Whe ~ollowing bids were received: T. S. Moseley 101.015 Esterbrook & Co. 100.81 Harris Forbes Co. 100.771 R. L. Day 100.569 First National Old Colony 100.50 Wise, Hobbs & Arnold 100.367 The bonds were sold to T. S. Moseley & Co- Received T. S. Moseley & Co. $20000 00 (20-1000) Approtx under article 3000 00 Expended by order Selectmen, Accounted for in Gen. Fund 85 $23000 00 Sidewalk Assessments Amount re/*orted uncollected I)ec. 31, 1929 $1114 26 Amount reported uncollected Dec. 31, 1930 1114 26 Report Sewer Assessments Ending De~. 31, 1930' Repor~ uncollected Dec. 31, 1929 $1722 67 Added assessments in 1930: Order-No. 49 1038 60 Order No. 50 279 06 $3040 33 Collected in 1930 UncoHected Dec. 31, 1930 $1971 46 1068 87 $3040 33 ANN'UAL REPORT Sewer Assessments Collected Ending Dec. Adeland & Anna Pevine $34 54 A. J. Grenon 99 14 Est. J. F. Mahoney 55 74 Anthony & Tekla Kuryclu 70 00 J. Healey Est. 15 00 Ellen Hart 35 80 J. F. Brennan 17 70 Mrs. J. C. Poor 530 55 Guseppi Messuia 36 00 L. McArthur 5 00 .... 5 O0 .... 5 00 A. P. Currier Heirs 107 SZ wm. BoIton 192 26 C. H. Lee 60 00 McArthur 7 00 L. Firth 291 93 F, Rockwell 3 95 M. B, Hill 70 84 Nath. Stevens 108 00 Boeglin 14 10 D. J. & M. Delaney (order No, 47) 96 35 Louisa Demars 54 00 L. McArthur 5 00 M. T. & N. Stevens 51 24 31, 193~ $1971 46 Respectfully submitted, GORDON CURRIER, Treasurer. TOWN OF NOI{TYI ANDOVER, MASS. AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that I have verified the Treasurer's Cash as of December 31, 1930, and have verified by recon- ciliation of the bank account on Deposit in the bank as of the same date. The total cash balance Dec. 31, 1930, was $5459 69 I hereby certify that I have verified the Board of Public Works, and the total Balance on Hand December 31, 1930, was 195 31 I further certify that I examined the Trust Funds in the hands of the Treasurer and find them to be Correct. (Signed) JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Auditor. North Andover, Massachusetts, January 27, 1931~ Then, personally appeared the above-named "James W. Elliott' and made Oath that the foregoing statement is correct and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. (Signed) JOSEPH A. DUNCAN, Notary Public. J~IglqrUA L REPOR? AUDITOR'S REPORT I herewith submit my Report of the Receipts and Ex- penditures for the twelve months ending December 3I,. 1930, ScheduIe 1. Receipts and Payments, Schedule 2. Balance A¢courit. Schedule 3. Statement of Town Debt, showing in- debtedness incurred and paid during the year, and the outz standing indebtedness, Schedule 1 Sources of Receipts: Revenue of Expenses for Outlays. Taxes Property and Poll From State National Bank Corporation Tax Business Trust Co, Tax Division of Standard Mothers' Aid Division of Tuberculosis Tuition of Children Vocational Education Income of 1929 Inconle of 1930 Gypsy Moth Corp. Tax Public Service Loses Taxes Education ~Military Aid State Aid Soldiers' Exemption $295,992 $1,362 27 26,642 10 1,531 79 96 00 1,719 65 545 00 231 38 300 80 1,807 O0 ? 34,167 O0 ~' 101 88 1,193 14 170 21 9,320 00' 7 50 252 O0 28 O0 79,475 72 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVEi~, MASS. 89 Licenses and Permits All Others Fines and Forfeits Court Health and Sanitation Health Sewer Assessment T. B. Patients Selectmen Essex County Rebate and Tremont Trust Co. Insurance All Others Highways General Sealer of Weights and Measures Fee Charity Infirmary Mothers' Aid from City Sale of Property Soldiers' Relief Relief School Tuition All Others Library Fines Dog Tax Public Service Enterprises Sale of Water All Others $170 60 1,971 46 451 10 $182 90 1,028 30 192 $458 30 393 17 300 O0 $1,152 61 13 10 $23,69~ 18 30 23 O0 512 74 2,593 16 1,213 12 322 25 36 48 1,151 47 70 O0 1,165 71 273 17 425 76 23,69048 90 ANNUAL REPORT Interest Merchants Trust Co. First National Bank Trust Funds Income from Charit~ Fund Income from Charity Fund Income from Charity (School) $66 00 651 93 2,583 60 Municipal Indebtedness Temporary Loan $295,000 00 Town Shed Garage and Police Station 20,000 00 Profits from Sale of Bonds 221 89 Total Cash in Bank Jan. 1, 1930, First National Cash in Bank Jan. 1, 1930, Merchants Trust Total Cash 441 24 232 67 3,301 53 315,221 89 $726,086 69 4,344 28 8,377 77 $738,808 74 PAYMENTS Schedule 1 Object of Payments, Expenses and Outlays GENERAL GOVERNMENTS Selectmen Salaries $625 00 Expenses 399 75 Contingent 636 10 $1,660 85 Auditor Salary Expenses FINANCIAL $600 O0 100 O0 700 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 91 Treasurer Salary Expenses $1,050 00 751 04 Collector Salary Expenses $1,050 00 725 65 Assessors Salaries Expenses $1,800 00 1,500 00 Clerk Salary Expenses $350 00 90 45 Public Works Water Commissioner's Salary Election and Registrars Salaries Expenses $200 00 2,413 28 Municipal Building Town Hall Janitor (Salary) $300 00 Maintenance of Town Building 4,117 66 Repairs on Town Hall 500 00 Town Sheds, Garage and Police Station Expenses Protection of Persons and Property Salaries of Police Other Expenses $9,627 00 2,348 81 1,801 04 1,775 65 3,300 O0 440 45 300 00 2,613 28 4,917 66 23,000 O0 11,975 81 92 ANNUAL REPORT OTHER EXPENSES Fire Department Salaries $13,384 71 Other Expenses 4,067 09 Inspection of Buildings Salary of Inspector Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary Expenses $250 00 124 25 Planting and Trimming Salary Insect Pest Extermination Tree Brush $150 00 3,499 46 499 87 499 80 Forest Fire Salary Wages New Pump $100 00 1,437 67 550 00 Health and Sanitation Salaries General Administration County Hospital Maintenance County Hospital Assessment Garbage Red Cross Vital Statistics $300 00 3,826 23 2,332 48 1,509 23 2,099 76 500 00 232 75 Inspector of Animals Salary Fish Warden Salary Sanitation Sewer Maint. and Operation $17,451 80 50 00 374 25 4,649 13 2,087 67 10,800 45 200 00 5 00 5,140 14 TO~WN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. I~ighways General Administration General Highways Construction Sidewalks and Curbings Removal of Snow Marbleridge Bridge Surveying $3,000 00 50,452 19 9,438 10 2,499 88 7,987 87 633 91 148 91 Street Lighting ~Charitie's Salaries Infirmary Outside Relief Mothers' Aid Paid Cities and Towns Paid on Acct. Cities and Towns Paid Commonwealth Paid on Acct. Commonwealth Joseph Stone Fund Expended Taylor Fund Expended Soldiers' Benefits State Aid Military Aid Soldiers' Relief $6,138 25 4,839 34 3,396 25 2,306 01 208 25 1,882 71 1,257 00 $356 00 45 00 1,247 03 School Expenses of School Committee $1,324 05 Salaries 79,895 33 Attendance Officer 280 28 Expenses of Officials 546 53 Book Supplies 5,869 38 Janitors 7,948 38 Fuel 3,801 30 74,160 86 8,085 73 283 34 20,027 81 606 80 66 O0 1,648 03 ANNUAL REPORT Operating Repairs and Replacements Health Transportation Tuition New Equil~ment Miscellaneous Moses Towne Fund Expended Library Recreation Parks Playground Unclassified Memorial Day Town Report Insurance Dog Warrant American Legion Town Forest Tax Titles Dump Tax Refund Public Service Enterprises Water Maintenance Interest Temporary Loans Genera~ Purposes Public Service 1,951 75 3,712 29 2,345 03 3,135 00 909 48 199 50 27 15 $2,714 42 269 17 $388 78 1,000 00 8,475 52 100 00 500 00 269 53 337 60 210 00 100 00 $5,063 98 6,488 75 200 00 111,995 07 2,583 60 5,983 06 2,983 59 11,381 43 27,042 24 11,752 73 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, ~IASS, Agency Trust and Investment Transactions *l~axes National Bank Tax $1 77 County Tax 17,172 28 State Tax 9,730 00 Highway Repairs 4,972 51 Removal of Snow 629 02 Municipal Temporary Loans Public Service $34.000 00 295,000 00 Total Payments Cash on Hand: First National Bank, Dec. 31, 1930 Merchants Trust Co., Dec. 31, 1930 Grand Total 95 32,505 58 329,000 O0 $733,349 05 576 95 4,882 74 $738,808 74 Schedule 3 STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT Borrowed during 1930: Notes Paid during 1930: Notes $295,000 00 Note No. 382 due 1931 20,000 00 $295,000 00 ~NrqUAL REPORT Schedule 2 BALANCE ACCOUNT Debit Public Welfare Soldiers' Relief Excess Transferred to BaIance Account $2,527 8I 646 0g 3,225 36 Credit Total 6,399 20. 6,399 21) FINANCIAL STATEMENT Liabilities Wa~er Bol~d o[ 1905: Due 1938 ($1,000 ea. yr) Sewer Bond o£ 1909: Due 1938 ($2,000 ea. yr.) High School gond of 1916: Due 1937 ($4,000 ea. yr.) Lincoln Street Sewer Notes of 1923: Due 1933 ($1,000 ea. yr.) East Side Sewer Note of 1923: Due 1933 ($2,000 ea. yr.) New Schoolhouse Note of 1923: Due 1943 ($3,000 ea. yr.) County Hospital Notes of 1924: Due 1934 ($5,000 ea. yr.) Town Shed Garage and Police Station Note of 1930: Due 1935 ($4,000 ea. yr.) $4,000 00 $,000 00 11,000 00 3,000 00 46,000 00 39,000 00 20,000 00 20,000 00 Total $151,000 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 97 Assets Cash in Treasury (General) Cash in First National Bank Uncollected Sidewalk Assessment Uncollected Sewer Assessment Uncollected Taxes, 1925 Uncollected Taxes, 1926 Uncollected Taxes, 1927 Uncollected Taxes, 1928 Uncollected Taxes, 1929 Uncollected Taxes, 1930 Net Indebtedness $4,882 74 576 95 1,114 27 1,068 87 54 09 56 88 986 30 5,132 69 22,884 05 57,091 13 57,152 07 $151,000 O0 Respectfully submitted, JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Auditor. 98 ANNUAL REPORT SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT Jan. 21, 1931. To the Selectmen of North Andover: Please accept the following as the report on our first year of work under appointment from you. Committee Meets the Third Tuesday of Each Month The Committee has held regular monthly meetings throughout the year. They are held in the Committee Room o£ the Town Building at 7:00 P. M. the third Tuesday of each month. What Does the Committee Do at These Meetings? At these meetings it has endeavored to analyze local highway dangers and recommend solutions that would help decrease these dangers. In doing these things the time at the meetings has been spent in making traffic and accident charts, studying recommendations of state and federal safety cm~qmittees, actually visiting all highway intersec- tions and danger spots in town, and discussing solutions~ What Has the Committee Done to Reduce Dangers at Local Highway Intersections? After visiting the street and road intersections, rec- ommendations were made to the Parks Department with the result that the height of town shrubbery at intersec- tions xvas reduced so as not to obscure the vision of ap- proaching automobile drivers. On recommendation to the Highway Department the highway surveyor cut the wild bushes at a large number of intersections where these bushes had made the intersection dangerous. TOWN OF NORTIt ANDOVER, MASS. 99 What Did the Committee Do to Make the Turnpike Safer? On the recommendation of the committee the Turnpike was made a "through way" from Hillside Road to Railroad Street, and the necessary warning signs installed. The result has been that in 1930 there were but two-thirds as many accidents there as in 1929. How Else Has the Committee Made Its Influence Felt? Through its recommendations local parking regulations have been improved, the attention to safety instruction has been increased, speed regulations have been adjusted, traffic signs have been installed at various critical points, and posters have been kept before the pupils and public that tend to make people "safety conscious." Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. MILNES CHARLES W. HINXMAN ARTITUR P. CYIICKERING FRED E. PITKIN ALFRED II. McKEE HENRY D. ROCK,NELL, Chairman. 100 ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES North Andover, Jan. 1, 1931. To James W. Elliott, Auditor: I herewith submit my annual report as Sealer of Weights and Measures. Appropriated Sealer's Salary Expense Appropriation $250 00 125 00 Total Appropriation Scaling Fees Collected Adjusting Charges Collected $375 00 32 28 4 20 Total $411 48 Expended Salary $250 00 Supplies and Truck/tire, GenerM Expense 124 25 Unexpended Balance $374 25 37 23 $411 48 Total Inspections Made During Year Bread Marking Gasoline Pumps Transient Vendors Peddlers' License Ice Scales Coal Certificates Total 6 9 12 18 5 11 61 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Trial Weighings of Commodities Put Up For Sale Tested ,Correct Over Coal in Transit Ice Wood in Baskets Potatoes Sugar To~.ls 5 3 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 0 1 1 0 14 9 4 101 Under 0 0 0 1 0 Work Performed from Jam 1, 1930 to Dec. 31, 1930. Non- Type Adjusted S:ealed Sealed Cond. Platform over 5000 lbs. 3 Platform under 5000 lbs. 3 11 Counter Scales 8 Beam Sc'ales 1 1 Spring Scales 7 22 1 Computing Scales 1 16 Slot Weighing Scales 1 Weights Adv. 6 75 Liquid Meaures 81 Oil Measuring Pumps 5 34 Kerosene Measuring Iklmps 1 Quantity Steps on Pumps 5 135 To~als 28 388 2 Arrests During Year Reason Number Finding Fined Appeal Peddling Withou~ License I Guilty $20.00 No. Respectfully submitted, Ft~EE~IAN J. DAVIS. Sealer. ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE Board of Selectmen, North Andover, Mass. Gentlemen: The 1930 appropriation for ~he Town Forest was used for the planting of 5,000 White Pines, 5,000 Red Pines and the balance for the release cutting of the trees set at pre- vious plantings. More or less of ihis cutting should be done each season until the various plantings are of sufficient size to take care of themselves. The first planting made several years ago is showing up well and the more recent plantings are coming along splendidly. The Committee recommends, for the current year, the same appropriation as last season, in order that further plantings may be made and that plantings already made should not suffer for want of care. Respectfuly submitted, Yours very truly, ROLAND W. ItARRIS, Chairman, R. A. MESSERLI, A. L. EMERY. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 103 FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1 Selectmen, salaries $750, expenses $400 $.1,150 00 2 Auditor, salary $600, expenses $;110 710 00 3 Treasurer, salary $1,050~ expenses $900, including bond 1,950 00 4 Tax Collector, salary $1,050, expenses $800 including bond 1,850 00 5 Assessors, salaries $1,350, expenses $1,000 2,350 00 6 Town Clerk, salary $350, e~penses $100 450 00 7 Electi~on Expenses $1,300, Bd. ef Registrars, salaries $200 1,500 00 8 Pelice Dept. and Beacon Light 12,000 00 9 Fire Dept. and Engineer, salaries 17,500 00 l0 Dog Wasa'ant 100 00 11 Building Insgector, salary 50 00 12 Sealer of Weights .and Measures, salary $250, expenses $125 375 00 13 Insect Pest 3,500 00 14 Tree Warden, salary $150, expenses $500 650 00 15 Brush .Cutting 2,000 00 16 Fish Warden, sa}ary 5 00 17 Board of Heal.th, salaries $:300, expenses $4,000 4 300 00 18 Garbage Disposal 2,200 00 19 Vital Statistics 300 O0 20 Refuse Disposal 3,750 00 21 H~ighway Surveyor, salary 3,000 00 22 Surveying 150 00 23 Sidewalks 2,500 00 24 Snow Removal 8,000 00 25 Surface Drains 5,000 00 26 Oiling 13,000 00 27 Street Highways and Bridges 14,000 00 28 Macadam Repairs 15,000 00 29 Street Lighting 8,500 00 30 Beard of Public Welfare, sa]aries 300 00 31 Supt. and Matron and Outside Relief and Repairs 20,000 00 32 Public Parks and Triangles 3,000 00 33 Discount on Notes 7,000 00 34 School Dept., including Cafeteria 119,400 00 35 State, M~litary Aid an(t Soldiers' Relief 2,000 00 :16 State and County Taxes 33,000 00 27 Stevens Memorial Library 6,000 00 28 Memorial Day 400 00 39 Board of Public Work. salaries 300 00 40 Maintenance and Construction of Water Dept. 25,000 00 41 Maintenance and Construction of Sewer Dc~t. Balance as of Dec. 31, 1930 1:494 68 104 ANNUAL REPORT 42 Contingent and Forest Fire 2,500 00 43 Annual Rep.crt 1,100 00 44 Insurance 4,500 00 45 Maintenance County Hospital 2,633 35 46 Assessment County Hospital 1,577 76 47 Playgrounds 300 0O 48 Town Hall Janitor 300 00 49 Maintenance T,own Building, including Clerks 5,000 00 50 American Legion 500 00 51 Interest on High School Bond . 440 00 52 Redeeming 4 ~I-Hgh Sch,ool Bonds 4,000 00 53 InLe~st on Water Bond 140 00 54 Redeeming i Wa~er Bond 1,000 00 55 Interest on Sewer Bonds 280 00 56 Redeeming 2 Sewer Bonds 2,000 00 57 Interest on Lincoln Street Sewer l~otes 106 25 58 Redeenfing 1 Lincoln Etreet Sewer Note 1,000 00 59 Interest on East Side Sewer Notes 1,912 50 60 Redeeming 2 East Side Sewer Notes 2,000 00 61 Interest on New Schoalhous.e Notes 1,593 75 62 Redeemin.~' 3 New Schoolhous.e Notes 3,000 00 63 'Interest en County Hospital Notes 743 75 64 Redeeming 5 County Hospital Notes 5,000 00 65 Interest on Town Shed, Garage and Police Station 765 00 66 Redeeming 4 Town Shed, Garage and Police Station Notes 4,000 00 67 Board of Survey 150 00 68 Forest 17qre Warden, salary 100 00 69 Animal Inspector, salary 200 00 70 Redeemin,g of Tax Titles 200 00 71 Expense of Dump 260 00 To~-n l~orest 300 00 Total $3~98'42 36 ~ARRY C. FOSTE~R. JAMES P. HAINSWORTI4, JAMES W. ELLIOTT, Finance ,Com~itSee. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 105 PUBLIC WORKS The Board of Public Works herewith submits its twenty-fourth annual report containing the thirty-third annual report of the Water Department and the twenty- fourth annual report of the Sewer Department for the year ending December 31, 1930. WILLIAM II. SOMERVILLE, AB]gOT STEVENS,' BERNARD F. IIUGHES. 106 ANNUAL REPORT WATER DEPARTMENT The total amount collected for water rates, including interest, costs, etc., during the year 1930 amounted to $19,971.22. Main Pipe During the year 1930 the department laid 922.0 feet of 6 inch, and 1132.0 feet of 8 inch main pipe as outlined in the Superintendent's Report. Service Pipe Service pipe laid (1930) on private property Service pipe laid (1930) on town property 542.0 feet 355.3 feet Total 897.3 feet Service Pipe Renewals Service pipe laid (1930) on private property Service pipe laid (1930) on town property 326.7 feet 286.3 feet Total 613.0 feet Bonds and Notes Outstanding The bonds and notes outstanding against the town for the water system amount to $4,000.00 as follows: $4,000.00 due 1931 to 1934 $1,000.00 due each year. Statement of Amount to Be Raised in 1931 on Account of Water Debt Already Incurred: For interest $140 00 For retiring bonds and notes 1,000 00 $1,140 00 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Statement of Receipts for 1930 Cash balance January 1, 1930 $188 97 Collected water rates 19,818 31 Collected as interest and Costs 152 91 Collected for repair work 1,008 68 Collected construction work and sale of water meters 1,593 01 Collected sewer work 948 11 Collected miscellaneous account 175 50 Paid Town Treasurer Cash balance January 1, 1931 107 $23,885 49 23,690 18 $195 31 Financial Statement Water Department Dr. Balance on hand January 1, 1930 Appropriation for Main/. and Const. of Water Works Appropriation for Massachusetts Ave. water extension 2,800 00 Appropriation for Buckingham Rd. water extension 800 00 Collected wa~er rates, Int., etc. 19,971 22 Collected, credit to Water Dept. account 175 50 Collected water Const. and repairs 2,601 69 $188 97 25,000 00 Total $51,537 38 108 ANNIIAL REPORT Cro Expended from Maint. & Const. account :- Construction service piping in- cluding meters sold $1,544 60 Construction distribution piping 1,274 90 Maintenance pumping plant 6,995 26 Maintenance General 13,628 52 Expended Massachusetts Ave. water extension Expended Buckingham Rd. water extension Paid Treas. Water and Construction receipts Balance Buckingham Road extension Cash balance January 1, 1931 Balance in water department appropriations Total $23,443 28 2,800 00 798 96 22,566 57 I O4 195 31 $49,805 16 1,732 22 $51,537 38 Cost of Construction Distribution Piping Suction Main Reservoir Pumping Station Pumping Plant Service Piping and Meters Incidental Construction Expenses Land and Right of Way Tool Account Fountains $273,806 55 1,943 61 6,389 65 16,910 38 28,309 51' 63,644 32 5,471 38 600 70 2,036 60 590 49 Total $399,703 19 * Includes original cost of Blake unit now discarded. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS., 109 EXPENDITURE.5-=WATER 1930 Coal Oil Packing Meters Pipe Supplies Miscellaneous Wages Totals Construction Maintenznce Service Dist. Pump, General Pipe Pipe Plant q04 83 83 O0 211 19 105 12 126 00 418 42 697 97 296 98 i544 60 558 7 724 3 563 5 [~27 1 373 8 594 ~8 032 49 947 05 995 25 587 59 2611 40 1618 43 8773 68 8628 52 Sub Total 2137 83 ~11 19 I09 59 713 59 1977 20 4628 31 3219 71 14044 82 ~7042 24 110 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 previotls 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. 111 Regulations The following regulations, until further notice, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who uses water. L All 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 tn 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 all serv- ices and charge a rental of two dollars per year for ¥8-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. All meters will be kept in repair by the Water Department at the expense of the owner. 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. 8. 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 112 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 ~hree 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. Ail 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 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 wa~ex TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 113 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 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 acting in his stead, in case of fire. Water Waste at 100 Lbs. Pressure. in Inches 1-64 1-32 1-16 1-8 Diagram [ Gallons [ Cost Cost · g07 .0~[ 1.66 Quarter 8.57 19.71 I14 ANNUAL REPORT SEWER DEPARTMENT Connections made between buildings and main sewers during the year 1930, 10. Main pipe laid, 1,619.7 feet, as outlined in the Superin- tendent's Report. Financial Statement o£ the Sewer Department Dr. Maintenance and Construction 1929 Bal. $554.14 and $500.00 Buckingham Road sewer Prescott Street sewer Sewer assessments collected 1930 CoLlected as credits on sewer Const. $1,054 14 700 00 3,100 00 1,971 46 948 11 Total Cr. Expended from Maint. and Const. Account :-- Const. Part. Sewer $977 08 Const. Main Sewer 790 16 Maint. Part. Sewer 107 42 Maint. Main Sewer 604 37 Expended Prescott Street Sewer Expended Buckingham Road Sewer Balance Prescott Street Sewer Balance Buckingham Road Sewer Balance regular appropriation $7,773 71 $2,479 03 2,025 07 636 04 1,074 93 63 96 1,494 68 Total $7,773 71 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 11.5 The total amount of bonds and notes outstanding against the town for the sewer system amounts to $57,000, as follows: $8,000.00 due 1931 to 1934 $2,000.00 due each year. 3,0t)0.00 due 1931 td 1933 $1,000,00 due each year. 46,000.00 due 1931 co 1958 $2,000.00 due each year. $57.000.00 Statement of amount to be raisdd in 1930 on account of sewer debt already incurred: For interest $2,298 75 For retiring bonds and notes 5,000 00 Total $7,298 75 Appropriation Expended for supplies Expended for labor Financial Statement of the Park Department Dr. $3,000 O0 $522 97 2,191 45 2,71442 Balance $285 58 116 AN1N-UAL REPORT SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT There have been laid during the year 1930, nine hun- dred and twenty-two feet of six-inch, and eleven hundred and thirty-two feet o£ eight-inch cast iron pipe. Eight six- inch, and two eight-inch gate valves, and three hydrants have been installed. The water system now comprises fifty and seven-tenths miles of main pipe, two twelve-inch check valves, one fourteen-inch gate, nineteen twelve-inch gates, twelve ten-inch gates, fifty-nine eight-inch gates, three hundred and sixty-four six-inch gates, and three hundred and two hydrants. The new water main installations are as follows :- Massachusetts Avenue from Fernwood Street south- easterly to Railroad Avenue, eleven hundred and th!rty-two feet of eight-inch, and thirty-nine feet of six-inch pipe, two eight-inch gates, one six-inch gate, and one hydrant. Buckingham Road southerly from Norman Road, two hundred and seventy-seven feet of six-inch pipe, four six- inch gates and one hydrant. Linden Avenue southeasterly from the previous termi- nus of water main, ninety-five feet of six-inch pipe. Chapin Road easterly from Buckingham Road, one hun- dred and fifty-seven feet of six-inch pipe. Turnpike Street southeasterly from the previous termi- nus of the water main, two hundred and forty feet of six- inch pipe. Hodges Street from Railroad Avenue westerly to Sar4 gent Street, one hundred and fourteen feet of six-inch pipe and one six-inch gate. One new hydrant and gate was installed on Great Pond Road near the residence of L. S. Bigelow and the hydrants at the corner of Stevens Street and Great Pond Road and at the corner of Middlesex Street and Massachusetts Avenue were raised. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 117 The water main on Willow Street, which has been dis- continued as a Town Way, has been shut off and the by- drant and gate removed and used to replace a defective hydrant in the Triangle on Great Pond Road near the resi- dence of Char]es Belknap. There have been installed during the year 1930 eighteen new services and twelve services were renewed. A full set of new grates for the older of the two boilers at the Pumping Station were installed and the fire brick lining completely renewed in both boilers. A new Air- chamber has been installed on the larger pump and the steam supply to the smaller pump has been replaced by larger piping and several fittings eliminated. The drive from Great Pond Road to the Pumping Station was thor- oughly rolled and given a coating of oil. The chimney at the Pumping Station was pointed a distance of twelve feet down from the top on all sides. The Dodge Coupe was replaced by a Ford Coupe which should be more economical to maintain and operate. A new wall map showing the complete water system as well as a bound set of one hundred blueprints locating every main pipe, gate and hydrant has been completed. There were thirty-three services cleared and seventy leaks repaired during the year. The leaks may be classi- fied as follows: Sixty-four leaks in service pipes, Six leaks in lead connections, Two joint leaks, Six broken hydrants (all by automobiles). After the Boston & Maine Bridge on Appleton Street was abolished and the road lowered by the Highway Sur- veyor the two hundred and fo. rty feet of six-inch water main which previously ran over the bridge was lowered and placed underground. In April we were troubled by vigorous growths in Lake Cochichewick of the microscopic organisms Uroglena and Dinobryon and again in July by the presence of Asterionella. On both occasions a section of Great Pond near the suction ANNUAL REPORT crib was given a copper sulphate treatment, following which the tastes caused by these organisms disappeared. A new row-boat wlth an outboard motor has been pur- chased for use in treating the waters of Lake Cochichewick when necessary and to enable the Police Department to patrol Great Pond so as to secure the sanitary protection of our water supply. In following out a definite construction program in or- der that the system may be strengthened and improved so as to meet any anticipated requirements in the future it should be recommended: 1. A new 12-inch main feeder line be laid from the reservoir to the downtown section via Chestnut Street, Hill- side Road, Turnpike Street and Railroad Ave. 2. The capacity of the reservoir be increased 500,000 gallons. 3. The original wooden coal bin at the Pumping Sta- tion be replaced with a larger bin of more permanent con- struction. For 1931 it should be recommended that the follow- ing minor extensions and improvements be made to the system. 1. Connect the 6-inch main on Park Street with Main Street main. 2. Connect the 6-inch main on Marbleridge Road at Salem Street with the main at the residence of Alber~ Fish. 3. Connect the 8-inch mains leading from Middlesex Street and from Railroad Avenue on I-Ierrick Road.. 4. Raise, relocate and place gates on several hydrants throughout the town. Sewer Department The Sewer Department during the year 1930 laid sixteen hundred and nineteen and seven-tenths feet of six- inch sewer as 'follows: Buckingham Road southerlY from Norman Road, three hundred and fifty-three and nine-tenths feet of six-inch sewer. TOWN 0F NOBTH ANDOVER, MASS. 119 Prescott Street easterly from Summit Street seven hundred and fifty-eight and two-tenths feet of six-inch sewer. Chapin Road easterly from Buckingham Road one hun- dred and fi£ty-seven and six-tenths feet of six-inch sewer. Greene Street southerly from Bradstreet Road two hundred and eighty-seven and two-tenths feet of six-inch sewer. Bradstreet Road westerly from previous terminus to Greene Street sixty-two and eight-tenths feet of six-inch sewer. A total of ten connections were made between buildings and the main sewers. ~ Park Department The work of the two employees of the Park Depart- ment resulted in the maintenance of the Center Common, Training Grounds, Memorial Park and the twenty triangles in their usual first-class condition. The beds of shrubs at the corners of Main and Davis Streets~ and Main Street and Parkway in the Memorial Park which had failed to ga'ow properly were removed and replaced by shrubs more suited to the locationl Considerable merited attention was given the Trian- gles. On ten of the triangles shrubs either replaced, dead ones or were added to the existing beds. On five of the tri- angles loam was placed to protect the roots of the shrubs. The work contemplated by the Village Improvement Society at the Center Common leading to the Philips Brooks Monument made it unnecessary to replace any shrubs there. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM B. DUllY, Superintendent. 120 ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. ANNUAL REPORT uogdtunsuo0 p~sfl [~oo sq'I oogoo~oo~OO~oo oo o o o o 00000000000 00000000000~ TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Elevations of Water in Great Pond 1927 January I 96.2 January 15 96.2 February I 96.4 February 14 96.9 March I 97.4 March 15 98.0 April I 97.8 April 15 97.8 May 1 98.2 May 15 97.0 June I 97.0 June 15 97.2 July I 97.2 July 15 97.0 August I 96.8 August 15 96.75 September I 97.0 September 15 97.0 October I 97.3 Octo~ber 15 97.5 November I 98.5 November 15 98.5 December i 100.0 December 15 100.0 123 1928 1929 1930 100.0 96.5 95.2 100.0 96.8 95.45 100.2 97.0 95.7 100.2 97.2 95.7 100.0 97.2 96.5 100.2 98.0 96.8 99.8 99.3 97.0 100.0 99.8 97.2 100.4 100.4 97.5 100.0 100.4 97.2 100.0 99.0 97.1 100.4 98.5 97.0 100.4 98.5 96.8 99.0 98.0 96.5 99...0 97.5 96.7 98.6 97.2 96.4 98.0 96.4 96.5 97.8 96.0 96.2 97.4 95.9 95.5 97.2 95.4 95.45 97.0 95.2 95.4 97.6 95.0 95.6 96.8 94.0 95.3 96.2 94.0 95.7 ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For the Year Ending December 31, 1930 In form recommended by the New England ~Water Works Association Board of l~ublic Works, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Population, 1930 Census, 6961. System built in 1898 by Water Commissioners. Source of supply Lake Cochichewick. Mode of supply, pumping direct into system with overflow reservoir. Pumping Statistics 1. P, uilders o£ pumping machinery: Laidlaw-Dunn-Gor- don Company, 2 units ~2,500,000 gallons a day. I 1,500,000 gallons a day. 2. Description of fuel used: (a) Bituminous. (b) Average price per gross ton: $6.895. (c) Percentage of ash. (d) Wood, 0 pounds. 3 Coal consumed for the year: 604,400 pounds. 4 Pounds of wood-~3--equivalent amount of coal--0 lbs. 4a. Amount of other fuel used: None. 5. Total equivalent c.oal consumed for the year (374) 604,400. C,. Total pumlxage for the year, Venturi meter: 165 892,- 755 gallons. 7. Average static head against which pumps work: 277.0 feet. 8. Average dynamic head against which pumps work: 318.06 feet. 9. Number of gallons pumped per lb. of equivalent coal (5) --274.5. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, ~ASS. 12~ 10. Duty~gallons pumped (6))<8.34 (lbs.) X100Xdy- namic head (8)+total fuel consumed (5)~ 72,960,833. Cost of pumping figured on Pumping Station expenses~-$6,468.90. 11. Cost per million gallons pumped--$~8.99. 12. Cost per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic)= 0.01225, Statistics of Consumption of Water 1. Population 1930 census 2. Estimated population on lines of supply 3. Estimated population supplied 4. Total consumption of the year (gallons) 5. Passed through meters 80,696,250 Known losses, metered and estimated 3,340,292 6,961 6,711 6,711 165,892,755 84,036,542 (~. Percentage of consumption metered 50.65 7. Average daily consumption 454,500 $. Gallons per day to each inhabitant 65,29 9. Gallons per day to each customer 67.72 10. Gallons per day to each tap 304.01 11. Cost of supplying water per million gallons figured on the total maintenance, plus interest on bonds $121.14 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Statistics Relating to Distribution System Kind of pipe Cast Iron Sizes 6 in. to 12 in. Extended feet during year 2,054 Discontinued none Total now in use 50.69 miles Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter none Number of hydrants added during year 3 Number of hydrants now in use 302 Number of stop gates added during the year 9 Number of stop gates now in use 454 Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inch none Number of blow-offs 5 13. 14. 15, 16. 17. 19. 20. 21. 22. 24. 2~ ANNUAL REPORT Range of pressure on mains 26 lbs. to 148 Kind of pipe C~ment lined, lead lined, and cast iron Sizes ~/4 in. to 10 Extended 897.o~ Discontinued none Total now in use 19.17 miles Number of service taps added during the year 18 Number of service taps now in use 1,482 Average Iength of services 68.29 Number of meters added 18 Number of meters now in use 1,458 Percentage of services metered 98.18 Percentage of receil~ts from metered water 100% ANNUAL REPORT of the School Committee and Superintendent of Schools of the Town of North Andover For the Year Ending December 31, 1930. COMMITTEE ~ir. Charles T. Wilde 105 l~Iiddlesex Bt. ~Ir. Fred S. Smith 5 Third St. Mr. Charles A. Appleton, Chairman 146 Dale St. Regular meeting the second Tuesday of each month at 8upt.'s Office. SUPERINTENDENT Fred E. Pitkin Residence, 15 Pleasant St. TeL 24804 Office in Town Building Tel. 5986 Office open: 8:15 a. m. to 12:00 m., 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m., on week days; 8:15 a. m. to 12:00 m. Saturdays. SECRETARY Dorothy E. Currier Residence 191 High St. Tel. 29546 Office Hours of Superintendent 8:30 to 9:00 a. m. and 4:00 to 5:00 p. m., on school days. May generally be seen at residence between 6:00 and 7:00 p. m. on school days. On Saturdays and during vacation periods people are advised to make appointments before- hand. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH ANBOVEI~ SCHOOL COMMITTEE Ts the Citizens of the Town of North Andover: At a meeting of the School Committee held ~anuary 19, 1931, it was voted to accept the report of the Superin- tendent of School~ and to adopt it as the report of the Com- mittee. CI{ARLES A. APPLETON, Chairman, DR. FRED S. SMITH, CHARLES T. WILDE, School Committee. TOWN OF NORTI~I ANDOVER, MASS. 129 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS REPORT January 19, 1931. To the School Committee of North Andover: The following is respectfully submitted by me as my fourth annual report to you. A--How Do Schools Help During Periods of Depressions? 1--They keep in attendance ~arge numbers of boys and girls who would otherwise be obtaining jobs needed by older persons. 2--Over 80% of the cost of schools consists of salaries and wages paid to teachers and other employees. It is es- timated that more than 75% of these incomes received is promptly paid back into the local community. This imme- diate $65,000 annual return to this section in purchases is a steady and valuable factor. 3--The schools steadily continue to use large amounts of paper, books, lkboratory supplies, etc. The manufacture of these and the erection of school buildings has continued without interruption and furnishes employment to great numbers of persons. How Do Schools Help Prevent Hard Times? 1--Educating people increases their desire for manu- factured goods. Educated people want books, bathroom fix- tures, musical instruments, more furniture, more clothes, etc., etc. The more highly educated the people are, the greater their demand for manufactured goods, thereby fur- nishing markets, employments, and incomes for their neigh- bors. 130 ANNUAL REPORT 2--The so-called "fads and frills," such as the study of foods, clothing, interior decorating, music, health, etc., does much to build up these desires for manufactured gOods. If ~ve were a people of savages with primitive standards of liv- ing, most of our factories would have little, if any, market for their goods. To be interested only in a simple life of reading, writing, and arithmetic would be but little better, and would also fail to furnish the desired variety of demands for manufactured goods. C--Why Do Schools Tend to Cost More in Periods of Depression ? Fewer boys and girls of the upper grades and high school are able to find employment, and make the wise choice of meanwhile attending school. This directly increases the current costs of the schools. An additional teacher and the increased equipment necessary in our growing high school increases our budget by about $2600. D--Why Not Retrench in Schools During Depressions and Make It Up During Booms? There can be retrenchment in our clothes, our cars, or in some fields of public expenditure without its resulting in any permanent handicaps. But with the education and nut- ture of a child it is not so. You cannot feed a child on a deficient diet during a depression and then make it up to him by over-feeding him during the next boom. It is equally unjust to a pupil to reduce the fullness of his edu- cational opportunities during a depression and fool yourself into thinking that you can make it up to the pupil by enrich- lng those opportunities when the next prosperity period arrives. The steady maintenance of our schools is the greatest single safeguard to our future prosperity that exists. Why Not Reduce the Salaries of the Teachers? Teachers' salaries still average to be 27% below the salaries of the other occupations requiring the same amount TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 13t of education and preparation. They are still so low that tke most desirable personalities among the high school gradu- ates are not being attracted to the teaching pro~ession as the occupation for which they prepare. The effectiveness of a completed highway may not be affected by the mentali!~v and personalities of the men who shoveled the gravel, but the development of a child is greatly affected by the per- sonality and mentality of his teacher. Education is the basis of our nation's welfare. Hence the salary schedule for the teachers should be such that every one of our youth will be taught by a teacher with a rich, stimulating per- sonality and high professional scholarship. What Strong and Weak Points Did Standard Tests Show Up In Our Schools? Last Spring every pupil in Grades II to VIII was thor- oughly tested by being given the New starfford Achieve- merit Tests, a group of tests covering nearly all subjects and totaling 725 questions. 67 % of the pupils scored above the standard average for their ages and 33% below. Their greatest strength was in arithmetic, language, and gram- mar. They were weakest in hygiene and literature. About 44% were above the standard average of their grade and 56?¥ below. According to the Otis S. A. Mental Test given grades IV-VII, January 1930, 45% of the pupils had intelli- gent quotients above 100 (Normal average) and 55% below. Will the New Elementary Curriculum Improve Those Weak Points? The new elementary curriculum that was adopted by the School Committee last May increases the emphasis on the two weak points, hygiene and literature, by providing in the eight grades a total of 1365 pages and 3024 pages o£ textbook instruction respectively in those subjects. 132 ANNUAL REPORT Does the New Elementary Curriculum Prepare Pupils for Real Life or to Enter High School? Preparation for an enriched practical life as well as for entrance into higher educational institutions was the basis for selecting the studies contained in this curriculum. More than half of our boys and girls leave school and enter upon real life without a complete elementary or high school education. This means that the school courses should be so organized that uncompleted courses will be of value to the pupils as well as completed courses. The new elementary curriculum is planned to enrich the lives of these early leaving pupils as well as to prepare them and others for continuing with higher education. What Do North Andover Adults Do After Leaving School? The 1930 directories of North Andover list the occu- pations of a large proportion of the residents. A study of these indicated that the percent of persons engaged in the various ocupations are as respectively given below: 15% 13~/2 % 8% 8% 7% ~ 5% 3% 3% ,1%% Men mill operators, all kinds machine shops (machinists, moulders, and others) clerks and salesmen farmers, all kinds skilled textile workers (weavers, spinners, perch- ers, loomfixers, sorters, etc.) industrial supervisors (mill agents, superintend- ents, foremen, overseers, 2nd hands, section hands). laborers merchants chauffeurs carpenters auto mechanics, garages electricians 1% each of printers, teamsters, sra. engineers, mngrs. small business, painters TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, i~LhSS. 133 '~% each of watchmen, plumbers, muffs., firemen, de- signers 1/2 % engineers (civil, elc., textile, consult., mech., eonst.) ~4% miscellaneous Women '76 % at home; family duties 6% mill operators 4% clerks · 5% teachers 2% domestic hdp 2~,/2 % stenographers 11~% nurses 1% bookkeepers 3% miscellaneous Education is preparation for life. I-Ienee, the first step in curriculum planning is to discover so far as possible for 'what types of life and occupation the curriculum is to sup- ply the background. It is also of value when giving cur- riculum and vocational counsel to the individual pupils. Should a Junior High School Be Provided in North Andover fe,r Grades VI, VIH, and IX? YES. In this state 60% of the pupils of grades VII, VIII, and IX are now in schools where those grades are organized as junior high schools. During last year 9 new junior high schools were organized in Massachusetts. Johnson High School is becoming crowded. Improved industrial conditions in Lawrence will undoubtedly tend to increase the population of North Andover. Some will come here because of lower rents, some because of available build- ing sites, and some because they prefer one and two family houses here with play space for their children to large tene- ment blocks in Lawrence. This will crowd our high school still more. The erection of a junior high school would relieve eon- ditions at Johnson High School by removing from it the Freshman class which now numbers 113 pupils. Fortu- nately a centrally located site of several acres and as yet unbroken, is still available. AI~N~JRL What Economies Wmrld There Be In Erecting' a Junior School Before tim l~ext Prosperity Period? Wiih school bond interes~ rates down 3~c, about $8625 would be gav~d in interest on a 20 year bond issue of $300',- 000, if t~e b~mds v~ere ~old a% par. With building material costs down 13 points (index $7) ~ the saving in cost of building materials is estimated at $19~000, thus making a total, saving of $27,625, when com- paring 1926 and 1931 costs. Possibly there is opportunity for a ~urther saving bY the early purchase of several acres as the site for such a school. ]gut very little saving in labor is anticipated. These estimates are correct to the extent that future prices tend to equal those of 1926. There would be real economy in earIy providing such a junior high school for which there is already a need, rather than to wait for higher prices when to provide such a build- ing will be absolutely imperative. The Cost of Schools Is About Average for Towns of This Size The cost figures for the year 1929 (the latest available) as published by the State Department of Education are given below. Th6 towns ~ncluded are the ~en Massachu- setts towns nearest in population to North Andover and also the nearby town of Andover. 1929 Tax Rate Co~cord $4g 00 Gratto~ 42 25 No. Andover 37 00 Lexington 35 50 ~9e~cer 83 00 Mansfield 32 80 Whitman 32 60 Chelmsford 28 00 Franklin 27 50 Wall~ole 26 20 Andover 25 50 So. Hadley 22 00 Valuation per pupil Andover $~2,258 Lexington 9,464 Walpole 8,663 Concord 7,301 So. Hadley 7,194 No. And~ver 6,835 Franklin 5,972 Spencer 5,661 Mansfield 5,626 Whitman 5,599 Chelmsford 5,493 Graf ton 3,942 'I'~0WN OF NORTH _aN-DOVER, i~ASS. 135 Percent School Support Tax Is of the Total Town Tax So. Hadley 45% Whitman 38% Chelmsfor¢l 43% Concord Franklin 42% Wa~ole 35% Grafton 40% No. A~dover 33% Spencer 40% Andlover 30% !M.~n~v~ 4~}% Lexington 25% 1929 Cost per Pupil for School Support Concord $129 I)2 Andover 104 34 Lexlng%on I01 ~O No. Andover 92 41 Walpole 90 28 Graft~n 90 22 Total 1929 Cost for Lexing%on ~05,540 Walpole 151,843 Andover 147,008 Concord 146,313 Franklin 128,267 Whitman 122,965 Percent Town Debt Is Franklin 4.7% Lexington 4.0% Spencer 3.9% Concord 3.8% Whitma~ 3.3% IValp,ole 3.1% Spencer 8~ 81 Whitman 85 57 Franklin 83 24 Mansfield 81 26 So. Hadley B0 67 Cheimsford 73 35 School Support 1~o. Anrlover 111,996 So. H adl e4' 111,013 Mansfield 199,455 Graf ton 107,633 Chelmsford 101,364 Spencer $6,072 of 1928 Valuation Andover 2.8% M;ansfield 2.5% No. Andover 2.4% Chelmsford 2~0 % Grafton 1.~% So. Hadley 1.5% The above tables represent several phases of the cost of school support and the wealth or ability of the towns to su,pport education. When all of these phases are combined, North Andover ranks average for the group, The average cost per pupil for the State was $100.50. Much Classroom Help From the Library The work of Miss Marion Batchelder, librarian at Stevens Memorial Library, is much felt and appreciated in our schools. Modern methods of teaching, particularly in the upper grades, require a rich variety of reference mate~ rial. Miss Batchelder has taken great pains to anticipal~e these needs and havereadily availablesuch references as she was able to obtain, iffer work veith the younger pupils has also been valuable in stimulating their interest in reading good books. Lowering the age and grade at which pupil~ may use the Ii.braw is also appreciated. There certainly has been a substantial increase in the service which the library is rendering the schools and pupils. What Free Opportunities for Local Adults to Continue Their Education? The following ts a list of opportunities for adults in North Andover to continue their education at Iittle or no ¢o~t to them. 1--The administration offices of the LAWRENCE IN- DUSTRIAL SCHOOL are located at 556 Common St. By applying there to Prin. Francis X. Hogan, men can enroll for courses in welding, loom-fixing, machine drawing, c]otl~ designing, steam engineering, textiles, firing, electricity, auto mechanics, etc., etc. These courses continue from October to April each year, but application can be made at any time. About 14 men enrolled in these courses last year from North Andover. There is no tuition charge to the persons taking these courses. The classes meet two evenings each week. 2--The same school also offers COURSES TO WOMEN in dressmaking, home decorations, food~, etc. These classes are held from 7:00 to 9:00 in the evening, one section Mon- day and Wednesday evenings, and one section Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and usually in the high school. About 16 women from North Andover attended last year. There is no tuition charge to the pupils. Apply to Principal Francis X. t~ogan, 3---CORRESPONDENCE COURSES are conducted by the State Department of Education in a very Large variety of courses for both men and women. The cost to the pupil for these courses varies from $1 to $3, usually. For infor- mation write to University Extension, 212 State House, Boston. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 137 4--COURSES BY RADIO are also offered by the State Department of Education this year in French at 2:00 p. m. Tuesdays and in Mental Hygiene at 2:30 p. m. Thursdays from Station WBZ. About 350 persons in the state took these courses last year. The charge of $1 per pupil fur- nishes him. with lesson outlines and examination papers. Apply to University Extension, 212 State House. 5 Boys and girls over 14 years of age who are VIII grade graduates can enter LAWRENCE EVENING HIGH SCHOOL. The classes meet from 6:45 to 9:15 Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from October to ApriL. The courses offered are considerably abbreviated and equal in college credits to about two years of day high school, but in range and variety of fields studied they equal some four year courses of the day schools. It requires four years for an VIII grade graduate to complete the evening high school. 6--The Essex County Extension Bureau and local Red Cross conduct courses in various phases of home manage- ment for ladies at the Health Center, 14 Pleasant Street. Music Instruction, Grades I to XII The following is a summary of the report of Miss Flora L. Richmond, Music Supervisor, to the superintendent for the past year. l~n a MUSICAL APPRECIATION contest conducted by Miss Richmond a Caproni bust of Paderewski was awarded to Grade VI of the Merrimack School for having the highest room average. The following pupils scored 100%: Grade VI, Doris Albrecht, Barbara Eagle, Rita Rand, Stella Ringalo, William Currier; Grade VII, Raymond Gosda. In a music appreciation contest given under the aus- Dices of the Mass. 4-H Club by the County Club Agent, Mr. Horace Shute, to rural schools of the county, Edward Wer. enchuk, Grade VI of the Farnham School, won the county first prize. 2--An ORCHESTRA composed of pupils from the ele- mentary grades has been organized for which the supervisor 138 ANNUAL REPORT conducts rehearsals each Tuesday during the noon recess. 3--CHORUS WORK is being continued at the high school which includes the entire student body. Rehearsals are held each Wednesday. Choral music is provided for occasional special events. i--The HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA now consists of 16 pieces and is the best the school has ever had. It re- hearses each Wednesday, and provides music for a consid- erable number of school events du~ing the year. 5--Using money from the Music Fund three high class instruments have been purchased to loan. to pupils of good scholarship and musical ability, and with the understanding that the pupils will study with a private teacher and later qualify as orchestra members. The instruments were placed as follows: William Currier, C Melody saxophone; Robert L. Riley, B fiat trumpet; LeRoy W. Duncan, slide trombone. 6--On May 14, 150 pupils from Grades I to XII took part in a musical entertainment held in Stevens' Hall, at which was presented a varied vocal and instrumental pro- gram. Receipts and Expenses at High School Cafeteria to be Con- sidered As Regular School Money At the suggestion of the State Auditor the receipts and expenses of the high school cafeteria will be included in the annual reports with the usual financial reports of the School Department. To do this will be rather of an innovation in this state, but the same suggestion is being made to all towns. The annual receipts of the cafeteria total about $4000, and the expenses total about $4800, it being about as nearly self-supporting as cafeterias are in many other places. Following this suggestion will not place any additional cost upon the town, though it makes an apparent increase of $4000 in the money appropriated to the School Department, but which is offset by the new receipts of $4000 from sale of food. It is merely the accounting for a revolving fund of $4000 as it is both received and paid out in the cafeteria. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 139 The e~ciency of the entire staff is helped by the good morale that exists, and the pleasant co-operation of all has made my work very enjoyable. Respectfully submitted, FRE~D E. PITKIN, Superintendent of Schools. REPORT OF JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL To the Superintendent of Schools: A report for 1930 of course calls as far as is possible for a review of what ~ve have attempted and accomplished. Stoneham has a slogan--"Stoneham Schools Are Good Schools ;" and I cannot better tell what we have attempted than to say that our constant aim is to make Johnson High a good school. By that we mean a school whose purpose is to develop our pupils in all ways by the courses we offer, by our classroom instruction, by our life together as teach- ers and pupils, by our athletics, and by our social life, that they may be ready for the life thai is to be theirs in the future. We want always to have it possible that those who after graduation wish to enter college, scientific schools, or normal schools may be adequately prepared in their home high school. Also, we want it to be possible that the grad- uates from our commercial department may be ready for office positions, and that those whose school education cl0ses with high school may be ready to take positions where they can earn their living. Given a good equipment, well4 educated, faithful teachers, and a student body that is in earnest, and this can be accomplished. But this is perfec- 140 ANNUAL REPORT ti0n. Johnson High is not perfect, yet it seems to me that it ranks well in all these requirements; very high in some of them. We have added this year to the equipment in our chem- ical laboratory and in our typewriting department, and we have enlarged our curriculum somewhat by putting in a course in domestic ar~s and including general science in our first year course. This has required one additional teacher who is Miss Lucy Grunwaldt, a graduate of Massachusetts Agricultural College. We never feel hur~ when teachers leave us to be mar- ried, yet we do not often lose two in one year, Miss Evelyn G. Haven, teacher of history and civics, and Miss Dorothy N. Amazeen, teacher of English, business arithmetic, and algebra, and also coach of girls' basket ball, were both mar- ried in the summer. Miss Katherine Lang of our commer- cial department left us to teach in her home high school at Plymouth, Massachusetts. We lost good teachers and we are fortunate to have secured in their places respec- tively, Miss Glenna Kelly from Jackson College, Miss Edith Pierce from Wellesley, and Miss Dorothy Colburn from Sim- mons. Miss Colburn and Miss Kelly are caring for our girls' basket ball and by having two coaches we are finding it possible to give athletic training to more than the girls of the "Varsity team." It has been a successful year in boys' athletics under the excellent training of our sub-master and coach, Mr. Alvah G. Hayes. Mr. Hayes is not only a good coach but an excellent teacher of mathematics. ! cannot close this review without giving great praise for our success this last year to the very efficient and tiring efforts of the five teachers who, having been wit.h us for several years, have done much to make our high school so good. Excellent courses of a very practical nature have been given ~o us by the teachers of special subjects and these classes are large, particularly the cooking and sewing. We closed December 1929 with an enrollment of 294 and we close 1930 with 335, an increase of 41. We have 'TD~ DF ~0RTI~ ANDD~R, MASS. ~lviks for 275. This means that 60 of our pupils have no home desks. Whvn the addition was made to our building ]t was designed to accommodate 300. We are very much crowded. We are obliged to carry on many of our ~lasses · under unfavorable conditions. We shall soon be over- crowded and it is certain that if North Andover wishes to continue to have for her girls and boys a satisfactory high ~choot, %o say nothing of one of which she may bo"proud, she must take immediate steps to prevent ~hls overcrowck ~ng. With about 55 to graduate this coming June and a graduating class from the ~ades ~o namber approximately ~5 the prospects are that even if vie allow for some to drop out of school we shall have 350 or more next September. 2%t later than September 1932 we should have a Junior High School housed in some other building or additions to our present building if we remain a four-year high school. ~This is not visionary. This is absolute necessity. It is the friendly spirit existing at Johnson Itigh be- ~w.een :Superintendent, school committee, principal, teachers, and student body which makes life and work so pleasant for ns all and Js such a great incentive to us to give our best. Respectfully submit%ed, Janua~ 21, 1931 ANNIE L. SARGENT, Principal. REPORT OF ART SUPERVISOR January 18, 1981 Mr. Fred E. PiPkin, Supt. of Schools. Dear Sir: I am submitting my rep~)rt as Supervisor of Art in the North Andover schoo]s. .~NTQ'U.4 L REPORT Our ovrn Phillips Brooks most truly said, 'fi?he future of the race marches forward on fhe feet of little children"; equally true is this of the future of Art. We must guard against the old error of tbinldng of Art as a thing made up of pictures in golden frames and pedestaIs. Art belongs to life and may influence thoughts and actions. Was it ~ot Confucius who said, "Make your mind pure arid free through art"? The understanding of beauty era ~eeded thousands of year's ago by the Greeks and is needed by the people of today as much as clean, fresh, life giving air and health giving food. Where can we better begin to send out this joy and happiness than with children? The aim of teaching the appreciation of Art is not technique, but in implanting a lasting emotion for the Iove of beautiful things, Art is a Story Teller of the Ages and the Story TelIer is the interpreter of beauty through the Ages. Art binds together the people of all countries and of all times. It is a common language just as music is. The power of expres- sion is a great importance tx) the general mental training. ht the first grade of school the child draws an imaginative picture; and as he advances through criticism and obser- vation his power of expression is increased although he still uses that imaginative power. People make a mistake in thinking of this child art as a step to adult art. It is a thing in itself. Once its blossom- ing time is over it will never come again. Former President Coolidge has at last told exactly what he ~hinks of art. Mr. Coolidge said, "I think I understand more clearly than you imagine. Not long ago I visited an exhibition of modern pictures at Pittsburgh. Almost every European nation was represented. As I looked at those pictures I felt I could see through them into the minds of the nations which had created them. I could see the tor- ment out of which they had been born. If the nation's psychology was still diseased so was its art. The traces of neurosis were, if, on the other hand, the nation was on the road to recovery, if its people were rediscovering the hap- T0~N OF NORTH ANDD%FER, i~ASS. t/iness which they had lost, the story was told in the picture ~00~'~ This summer a farmer's wife visited the first large ex- hibit held by ax~sts ~f Southern Vermont and at once burst ~nto tears. Someone s~qupathetically went up and asked why she wep~ Was she in trouble? }{ad she suffered a ~berea~ement? 'q~lo," the Vermont farmer's wife replied. "Would they 'please not mind ?" All her life, it developed, this waman had vainly longed to attend an art exhibition and now that her dream was realized, happy emotion proved ~oo much. I feel sure that what we are trying to do in our local .Art Department is to a greater or less aegree, a simple :means of hetpirg these little feet in their forward march to healthy, creative thinking. I am grateful of ~his oppo~unity o£ thanking the teach- ers,, and you, Mr. Pitkin, for a happy year of service. :Most respectfully submitted, OLIVE BUTLER, Supervisor of Art. REPORT OF THE SCHHOL PHYSICIAN AND SCHOOL NURSE Summaries of the 1930 Reports of Dr. Fred S. Smith, School Physician, and Grace N. Robinson, R.N. School Nurse The statistics following this verbal summary indicate the general nature of the work that regularly constitutes the major part of the work of the school nurse. The fol- lowing is a calendar of the special work done during the year. January and February: Collected stati~ticaI data for' annual report. Assisted at the State Underweight Clinic, March and ApriI: Attended the 3-day New England Heaith Instidute corfference in tloston. Weighed and meas- ured all pupifg. May and June: Assisted in the Iocal Pre-School Clinic, Conducted outdoor health demonstrations at four schools, arid there gave out Health Improvement Tags to qualified September and October: Weighed and measured all pupiis. Assisted in X-ray~ng at State Underweight CIinic. Assisted the SchooI Physician, Dr. Fred S. Smith, in Ids physical examination of 799 elemer~ary pupils~ Assisted in the anr~ual Schick Clinic. November and December: Assisted a~ der~aI cIinics. Aszisted in preparing and giving a public I{ealth Exhibition in Stevens H'all. Assisted in the Chadwick Clinic for the control off tuberculosis. By attendance at various professional conferences and meetings the school nurse lms kept herself well informed concerning recent developments in her profession~ Comparative Health Data 1930 1929 1928 1925 NumbeI' of pupils given phys. exam. 923 1272 943 1013 Thyroid trou,ble 0 lgervouz trouble 4 2 Low in nutrition 3 23 Heart trouble 24 5 14 Bites Fingernails 19 9 75 Lun~ trouble : 0 0 Crossed eyes 9 7 Sore eyes' ~ 7 2 Foot trouble 0 0 Spinal trouble 1 Swollen neck glands 428 347 379 630 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Mucous Mem. trouble 0 8 Malnutrition 79 49 23 Faulty posture 130 86 55 Scalp trouble 4 18 Skin trouble 20 47 Bad teeth 338 491 373 Eye diseases 0 7 Ear trouble I 2 Throat trouble 238 278 Nose defects 101 143 No. of pupils having no physical defects in Otto,ber 138 Total No. 3 defects corrected by June 131 Percent No. 3 defects corrected by June 19% Results of teachers' tests: Uncorrected sight defects 73 61 Pupils defective in hearing 39 27 15 Work of the School Nurse: 146 380 1930 1929 1928 School visits 541 442 Days of work 173 181 No. of pupil inspections 2742 3069 3743 Pupil weighings and measurings 1380 2943 Classroom inspections 787 572 602 Teacher consultations 950 865 806 Classroom talks 538 386 473 Pupils excluded for sickness, etc. 39 20 17 Pupils referred to school doctor 19 11 2 Pupils referred to family doctor 52 18 2 Pupil sittings in dental clinic 503 Pupil visits to habit clinic 30 72 26 Pupils taken to oculist 0 6 11 Pupils taken to dentist 0 1 8 Visits to pupils' homes 364 353 401 Cases of communicable diseases 257 22 Minor treatments 367 414 713 Interviews to social agencies 9 28 4 146 ANNUAL REPORT Pupils in school ~hat are immunized against diphtheria 841 710 710 Pupils in process of immunization 167 128 252 Pupils 7% underweight in Sept. 151 133 Pupils 10% underweight 212 133 24 Pupils 20% underweight 21 5 Pupils 20% to 40% overweight 63 5 45 Pupils 50 % overweight 5 Summary of Dental Work: 1939 1929 1928 Percent of elem. pupils having necessary dental work done 55% 46% 24% Average percent of 171 and 95 Mass. towns respectively 31% 30 % Pupils receiving all necessary dental treatment 566 307 Number pupils treated in local dental clinics 153 376 248 Number pupils treated in spring dental clinics 104 242 197 Number pupils ~reated in fall dental clinics 49 134 51 No. elem. pupils going to private dentists, spring 210 106 No. elem. pupils going to private dentists, £all 168 84 Proportion treated by private dentists in No. Andover 71% Proportion treated by private dentists in Mass. (171 towns) 50% JANITORS William P. Callahan, 11 Third Street George Lewis, 19 First Street Jeremiah Murphy, 26 Second Street Johnson Merrimack Bradstreet TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. John Morrissey, 186 Railroad Avenue Irven Elston, 58 Marblehead Street James Taylor, 53 Davis Street Mrs. Herbert Smith, 1484 Turnpike Street Phyllis Kruschwitz, Salem Street 147 Union Thomson Franklin Farnham Kimball SCHOOL CALENDAR 1930-1931 Sept. 3rd. Wednesday. Schools reopen. Nov. 26th. Wednesday. Schools close at noon for remainder of week. Thanksgiving Recess. Dec. 23rd. Tuesday. Schools close at night for Christ- mas Vacation. Jan. 5th. Monday. Schools reopen. Feb. 20th. Friday. Schools close at night for mid- winter vacation. March 2nd. Monday. Schools reopen. April 24th. Friday. Schools close for Spring vacation: May 4th. Monday. Schools reopen. June 19th. Friday. Schools close at noon for Sum- mer vacation. Grammar School Graduation. June 23rd. Tuesday. High School closes for Summer vacation. High School Graduation. The following dates which occur in term-time ~ill be holidays. Monday, October 13th; Tuesday, November 11th and Good Friday, April 3rd, Monday, April 20. 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. 7:30 No morning session. 12:15 No afternoon session. 148 ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 No. of absentees investigated 35 43 41 3 98 No. of truancies reported 15 12 6 3 25 No. of parents notified 13 8 30 3 44 No. of pupils taken to schools 7 6 9 i 8 No. of transfer cards investigated 38 40 18 51 Tardinesses investigated 0 2 4 55 Home permits investigated I 3 3 Respectfully submitted, IRVEN ELSTON, Attendance Officer. SCHOOL CENSUS, OCTOBER, 1930 Number of Boys 4~ to 51~ pre-school 45 Number of Girls 4~/.~ to 5~ pre-school 49 Number o£ Boys 51~ to 7 in North Andover Schools 89 Number of Girls 51~ to 7 in North Andover Schools 72 Number of Boys 7 to 14 in North Andover Schools 413 Num,ber of Girls 7 to 14 in North Andover Schools 388 Numi}er of Boys 14 to 16 in North Andover Schools 120 Number of Girls 14 to 16 in North Andover Schools 89 Number o£ Boys 16 to 18 in North Andover Schools 52 Number of Girls 16 to 18 in North Andover Schools 47 Number of Boys 14 to 16 working 5 Number of Girls 14 to 16 working 10 Num~ber of Boys 16 to 18 working 57 Number of Girls 16 to 18 working 37 Num,ber of Boys 5 to 7 in other kchools 4 Number of Girls 5 to 7 in other schools 5 Number of Boys 7 to 14 in other schools 10 Number of Girls 7 to 14 in other schools 19 Number of Boys 14 to 16 in other schools 8 Number of Girls 14 tb 16 in other schools 7 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 149 Number of Boys 16 to 18 in other schools 15 Number of Girls 16 to 18 in other schools 13 Number of Boys 51~ to 7 not enrolled in any school 1 Num,ber of Girls 5~2 to 7 not enrolled in any school 1 Number of Boys 14 to 16 neither working nor in school Number of G/.rls 14 to 16 neither working nor in school 2 Number of Boys 16 to 18 neither working nor in school 3 Number of Girls 16 to 18 neither working nor in school 12 Total 823 boys 751 girls 1574 ,~NNTJ.~ L REPORT' T0~FN '0~ NORTH AN]3DArER, /~IASE. ~8 TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 153 FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1930 Receipts Appropriation $112,000 00 Expenditures Expenses of School Committee $ 1,324 05 Salaries: teachers and supt. 79,895 33 Attendance Officer 280 28 Expenses of Officials 546 53 Books and Supplies 5,869 30 Salaries of Janitors 7,948 08 Fuel 3,801 30 Expenses of Operating 1,951 75 Repairs and Replacements 3,712 29 Health Work 2,345 03 Transportation 3,185 00 Tuition 909 48 New Equipment 199 50 Miscellaneous 27 15 $111,995 07 Unexpended Balance 4 93 $112,000 O0 ANNUAL REPOI~T MOSES TOWN FUND lfnexpended Int. on hand De~. 31, 1930 In~. 1930 Lawrence Savings Bank $1000 $66 03 Andover Savings Bank 1000 69 40 $3 50 Broadway Savings Bank 1000 76 15 25 00 Essex Savings Bank 1000 56 02 25 00 $4OOO $267 6O Interest on hand Dec. 31, 1929 2,369 50 $53 50 $2,637 10 Expended by order of School Com. 2,583 60 Unexpended interest Dec. 31, 1930 $53 50 Statement of Net Local Cost of the Schools for 1930 Expenditures $111,995 07 Town received as State aid on teachers $9,320 00 Town received high school tui- tion from Box£ord 663 65 Town ~received as State aid vocational education 300 80 Town received as rent of River School 9 00 10,293 45 $101,701 62 156 ANNUAL REPORT 157 ANNUAL REPORT GRADUATION EXERCISES JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Stevenz Hall, North Andever, Massachusetts, June 24, 1930, Eight o'clock PROGRAM March--Cavalry Wellesley Prayer and Response Reverend Samuel Collins Beane Class Salutatory with Essay Chemistry in the Kitchen: 1630-1930 Martha Margaret Thompson The Shepherd's Dance German Chorus Class Oration--Still Achieving, Still Pursuing Malcolm Charles Choate Song of the Plains Wilson Boys~ Chorus Address--A Rendezvous with Life Reverend Garfield Morgan ]dassachusetts Amy S. Bridgman [Words and Music] Chorus P~esentatlon of fi. A. R. Washington and Franklin Medal Presentation of Diplomas Charles Adams Appleton Chairman of School Committee Essay with Valedictory The Importance of Our Tereentenaxy William Jeremiah Greenler, Jr. Class Song Graduates and Audience TOWN OF N01%TtI ANDOVER, ~ASS. GRADUATES 1926--1930 MOTTO: Still Achieving, Still Pursuing Ruth Elizabeth Abbott :Richard William Baganski James Kendall Baldwin Mabel Barwell **Margaret Emmeleen Bower *William Austin l~wer Francis Joseph Boyle Charlotte Marion Broderlck tVerna Ethel Cass tEliza'beth Gertrude Cassidy *Malcolm Charles Choate **Velma Fulton Coates Ann Claire Cos~ello Arthur Herbert Coveil Ruth Ardell Cramton Charlotte Inez Cyr IG]adys Muriel Dill Isabella Blanche Dimery Louise Marie Espey *William Jeremi, ah Greenler, Jr. Elsie Hargreaves lLaura Grace Holt Dorothy Rose Jackson James Zygmond Koper Anders Gusta Helmar Larson Helen May Lawler Catherine Durling Lyon ITeresa Helen Mich]un *Albert Edward Moran Grace Catherine Morris Sarah Movsesian Dorothy Elizabeth O'Brien Samuel Osgood David Bar]ow Parker *Howard Ellis Paulson *Althea Mae Perley **James Peter Phelan, Jr. Hazel Estelle Phillips Phyllis Edith Pitman ~'Frances Chickering Rea Viola Alice Roberts Charles David Sellers, Jr. Sarah Gertrude Silverstein Elsie Eunke Smith Kent Blackwoed Stevenson Charles Allen Stillwell SJames Alexander Taylor *Martha iViargare% Thompson tHazel Gertrude Waterhouse IFrances Watnick Thomas H~insworth Wilkinson Albert I-Ienry Williams, Jr. * Entered College or Normal School in September. **--Entered a Preparatory Seh~ol in September. '?--Entered other institution~ for iraining. ANN-UAL Class Ode, 1930 "ADIEU" Tune: Auld Lang Sync Our happy High School days are o'er, The days we've loved so well; And now to tea6hers, friends, and sehooI 'We bid a sad farewell. You've put before us high ideals And goals we'll seek to gain; And "Still achieving, still pursuing;' We leave your walls of fame, (class motto) At last the Crossroad has been reached; We'll find our destined way, And as we part we'll say '(God Speed" And this is what we pray. "Oh ,Cod who watcheth over all, Watch o'er and guide us, too; 'Oh give us faith to go our way, And make us good and true." Oh Johnson High, dear Johnson High, Our school so staunch and true! With loving thoughts and memories, We sing adieu to you. --Words by Ruth A. Cramton, '30. TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 161 GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS OF NORTH ANDOVER at Stevens Hall, Friday Evening, June Twentieth, 1930 A TERCENTENARY PROGRAM PROGRAM March--" Allegiance" Zamecnik J. H. S. Orchestra Salute to the Flag Prayer Rev. Clinton W. Carvell Response--"Psalm of Peace" Grieg Episode--"The Puritan Church" Center School Music--"The Pilgrim Fathers" Wade Chorus Episode--"North Andover Pioneers" Edwin Gibadlo, Kimball School Music--"New England, New England" Stoddard Chorus Episodes--"The Early Schools" Ellen Riley "A Colonial School" Boys of Thomson School Episode--"A Servant of the People" Scene I--John Quincy Adams' House in MassachusettS' Scenes II and III--Former House of Representatives Cast, Fourteen Boys ~rom Merrimack School ' Music--"l~Iy Native Land" Von Suppe Chorus Episode--"1850--Phoebe--Nancy--Jason" Angelina Vernile Helen Davis John Kennedy /~radstreet School ANNUAL REPORT Episode--"Modern Accomplishments" 1. Science---Ri~a Bourassa 2. Industry--,Edward Goodhue 3. Education--Ethel Greenwood Farnham School Music--"Hurrah for Old New England" Chorus Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Charles A. Appleton Chairman School Committee Music--"America" (Stanzas i and 4) Chorus and Audience Chamberlain Samuel Smith GRADUATES BRADSTREET SCHOOL Leopold Micha]ski *Samuel A. McIntosh *John E. Kennedy *Ernest Ferguson *Henry M. Kennedy *Francis E. Howard *Marion L Wood *Angelina Vernile *Florence L. Rogers *Arlene M. McCormack *Lena H. Kmiec *Margaret Haphey *Kathryn C. Glidden *John J. Roy *Helen L. Davis *Frances C. Cronin *Mabel Black *Blanche H. Barwell *Ada A. Allpor~ *Stanley J. Zabronowicz *Eugene E. Walsh *William C. Stanley *Priscilla Holt *Edward W. Phelan *Henry Narushof CENTER SCHOOL *Kennegh W. Brousseau *Arthur P. Phillips *Marjorie E. Andrews Paul T: Choate *Helen A. Koroskys *Beatrice L. Wood *F. Lauretta Gallant *Marion E. Jackson *Lewis J. Sanderson *Helen Clarenbach *Bernice E. Dufton *Beatrice E. Nelson *Francis M. Donovan *Claire M. Lebe] *William M. Hodge, Jr. *Margaret C. Smith *Adam B. Tatarunis TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. THOMSON *Arthur H. Aaroni,an *Thorwald C. Allen *William A. BuCterfield *Raymond A. Camire *Arthur J. Flanagan *William B. Graham *Frederick R. Holt *Arthur T. Payne *John W. Pillion *Arthur S. Taylor ~Philip D. Evangelos Linwod Mort, Jr. ~Genevieve Bingham *Frank McEvoy *Rita Noone *Beatrice R. Pendlebury *Daniel G. Hurd *William J. Morton *Martha I. Curley *J. Clifford Johnson *James T. Casserly *Margaret Sullivan *Ri~a L. Enalre *Douglas R. Crocker *Frances L. Bamford *M.ary B. O'Brien *A. Dorothy Donnelly *M. Joseph Fitzgerald *George F. Cunningham *Elizabeth A. Handy *Eleanor M. Roche *Edward B. Murphy ~Ethel E. Greenwood Edwin J. Gibadlo SCHOOL *Fluoresce H. Callard *Mary R. Dalton *Isabelle E. Fenton *Emellne S. King *Catherins M. May *Margaret A. McEvoy *Teresa F. McLay *Mary Perry *Ellen Riley *Evelya M. Somerville *Florence A. Syddall -~Lily Broadhead *Helen A. Walker MERRIMACK SCHOOL *Edward J. Welsh *John X. Healey, Jr, *Edward A. Lamprey *M. Margaret Martin *Dorothy M. Dill Ernest W. Colby *Stephen J. Tomaski *J. Stephen Martin *Virginia Bixby *Blanche L. Downing. *Roland B. Hammond, Jr. *Frank Barb~tt *Thomas Wood *Rita F. Coppinger *Marguerite Phelan *Daniel J. Cotter *Raymond J. Cashman *Mary Hulub *iierman J. Cass, Jr. *Virginia E. Drew FARNHAM SCHOOL '~Edward L. Goodhue *Rita Bourassa KIMBALL SCHOOL *Patience It. Kruschwitz *Entered Johnson High School in September, 1980 '~'Entered Essex Agricultural College in September, 1930 163 164 ANNUAL REPORT TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. To either of the Constables o£ the Town of North ~/ndover: Greeting :- 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, Merrimack Portable Schoolhouse in voting precinct two, the Union Schoolhouse in voting precinct three and the Town Hall in voting precinct four, in said North Andover on Monday, the Second day of March, 1931, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the following articles. Article 1. To elect 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 the Board of Health, one member of the 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. 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 14, 1931, at 1.30 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 report of the receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen and Auditor. Ar'ticqe 4. To see What action the 'town w~q] take as to fits 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 Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor~ row money in anticipation of the revenue of the current :financial year. Article 7. To consider the reports of all special com- mittees. Article 8. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.) dollars for the purpose of arranging a Christmas lighting program along ~he lines inaugurated by The Chamber of Commerce dur- ing the Christmas holidays of 1930 and place a committee in charge of same. Petition of Maurice C: Casey and others. Article 9. To see i£ the town will vote to raise and .appropriate $9,500.00 for a new ladder truck: Petition ef Board of Fire Engineers. Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and ~ppropriate a sum of money not to exceed $3,100.00 (three thousand one hundred dollars) for the purchase of an am- ~ulance with full equipment. Petition of Alexander M. 'White and others. Article 11. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum not in excess of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200), for the purchase of a service truck for the High- way Department, by the Surveyor, with the advice and ap- proval of the CommiFeee on Roads. Petition of Committee ~n Roads. Article 12. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Chief of Police to give preference to the duly elected Constables in making assignments for extra or special police duty. Petition of Timothy L. McAvoy and others. Article 13. To see what action the town will-take in regard to appointing a committee to care for the public parks and triangles of the town. Petition of the Select- men. Article 14. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum to meet obligations, estimated at not in excess of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500), which may arise under Chapter 118A General Laws, entitled "Adequate As- sistance to Certain Aged Citizens." Petition of Selectmen. Article 15. To see if the town will raise and appro- 'Priate a sum sufficient for the purpose of' providing addi- tional accommodations for spectators at Grogsn Field, upon estimates to be furnished by the committee appointed at the 'last annual meeting to report on the project. Petition of the Committee. ArticIe 16. To see if the to~n will raise and appro- priate a sum sufficient to equip a swimming place for young people, on land of Dr. Kittredge lying between Pleasant ~treet and Stevens Pond, near the old Causeway leading from the street to the Gate House, estimated to cost not more than three thousand dollars, ($3,000), and provide a sum not in excess of eleven hundred dollars, ($1,100), for supervision of the place during the ensuing year; upon es- timates to be furnished by the Committee appointed at the last annual meeting to report on the project. Petition of the Committee. Article 17. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate a sum not in excess of nine hundred dollars., ($900), to supplement payments by the Red Cross and certain in- surance companies, for the purpose of continuing the set- v~ces of the bedside nurse employed by the nursing commit- tee of the Red Cross, the appropriation to be expended by the BOard of Health as recommended by said committee. Petition of Chas. A. Appleton and others. Article 18. To see if the town will vote to apply the $435,97 received by Treasurer on account of the Kimball School fire towards payment of-the bills outstanding against this account and raise and appropriate the sum of $100.79 to pay the remaining balance, Petition of Town Treasurer. Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise by taxation, or by bond issue or notes, or in part by one and in part by another method, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), and to appropriate so much of the same as may be required to meet the Obligations of the town, incurred and anticipated by vote of the special meeting held July ~I, 1930, by which the town assumed land damages, not in ex- cess of said amount, arising out of the laying out and con- struction of the proposed State Highway from the junction of Andover and Peters Street northerly to Osgood Street near its junction with Sutton Street. Article 20. To see if the town will vote to discontinue as a town way (if it is a town way), the unused portion of Wood Lane from Andover Street, to a point to the north along the Lane beyond the place where the new State High- way will cross it, as recommended by the State Board of Public Works. Petition of Committee on Roads. Article 21. To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen, in conjunction with the Committee on Roads, to petition the County Commissioners, under Chapter 289 of the Acts of 1924, for relief from the obligation of keeping Middleton Street in repair. Petition of Committee on Roads. Article 22. To see if the town will accept the laying out of Pilgrim Street, Buckingham Road, Cabot Road and Norman Road, or any of said ways, as town ways, upon re- port of the Selectmen to be filed with the meeting. Article 23. To see if the town will vo~ to accept the report of the Selectmen, laying out Cabot Road as a town way, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws. Petition of Raymond H. Twombly and others. Article 24. To see if the town will vote to accept the report o£ the Selectmen, laying out Norman Road as a town way, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws. Petition of Eugene Boeglin and others. Article 25. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, laying out Buckingham Road as a town way, in accordance ~vith the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Article 26. To see if the town Will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to extend the sewer from its present terminus on Massachusetts Avenue, along Linden Avenue to the corner of Sylvan Terrace. Petition of Leonard Oates and others. Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the sewer from Massachusetts Avenue to Trinity Court, a distance of 510 feet. Petition of Louis Himber and others. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate sufficient money to extend its sewer .southerly along Saltenstall Road about two hundred feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Article 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate sufficient money to extend its water main southerly along Saltonstall Road about two hundred feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others. Article 30. To see if the town will vote to lay its water main from Hillside Road along Wesley Road, so- called, on plan of Wilbur Land Company, to the residence of Nunzio Marchese, and raise and appropriate money to pay for the same. Petition of Mrs. John Elliott and others. Article 31. To see if the town will vote to extend the water main on Park Street from its present terminus near the Franklin Schopl to Main Street and to raise and appro- priate a sum of money sufficient therefor. Petition of the Board of Public Works Article 32. To see if the town will vote to extend the six-inch water main on Marbleridge Road from its present terminus near the residence of Al~bert Fish to Salem Street, a distance of fourteen hundred feet, and will raise and ap- propriate a sum of money sufficient therefor. Petition of the Board of PUblic Works. Article 3g. To see if' t~e Town wil[ vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to keep the lights of the town lit all night. Petition of Alexander M. White and others. Article 34. To see if the town will authorize the Police Department to replace the cement traffic marker at the in- tersection of R. R. Ave. & Mdsx. St. with an overhead light. Petition of the Police Department. Article 35. To see if the town will vote to remove the beacon light at the junction of RaiIroad Ave. and Middlesex Street. And replace with an overhead warning light. As~ it now stands it creates a hazard to motorists. Petition of Edwin G. Frost and others. AI~ticle 36. To see if the town will vote to install street lights on SaIem Street from the residence of William Phelps to the residence of Joseph Smith. Petition of Charles Peterson and others. Article 37. To see if the town will vote to install a street light on Hewitt Avenue, on Post I266. Petition of George Deloge and others. Article 38. To see if the town will vote to install a street light on Bay State Road in front of the residence of Maurice A. Sullivan. Petition of James F. Daw and others. Article 39. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate sufficient money for a surface drain on Elm Street from Water Street to Main Street. · Petition of Michael J. Connelly and others. Article 40. To see if the town wiIl appropriate and raise the sum of $300.00 to straighten and widen the very bad bend in the road on Forest Street, located about 1,000 feet west from the residence of C. W. Paul. Petition of C. W. Paul and others. Article 41. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $500.00 to concrete Beverly Street on the western side from Union Street to Perry Street. Petition of Alexander M. White and others. Article 42. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $500.00 to top dress Forest Street with cinders where needed to make it safe in mud time. Petition of Frederick Rabs and others. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to macadamize the following streets: Sar,gent Street, Belmont Street, May Street, Mor- ton Street, and Hodges Street. Petition of James J. Smith and others. Article 44. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or raise by bond issue or otherwise, a sufficient sum of money to macadamize Pleasant Street between Davis Street and Stevens Corner. Petition of Thomas F. Farragher and others. Article 45. To act upon any other businees which may legally be 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 such meeting. Hereof fail not ~nd 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 at North Andover this 26th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun- dred and thirty-one ............. HARRY (~; .FOSTER, JAMES P. HAINSWORTH, Selectmen of North Andover. CONTENTS. Appropriations Reeommeaded ............................ 103 Assessor's Repo~ ........................................ Auditor's Certificat~ ..................................... 87 Auditor's Report ............. ........................... 88 Board of Public Works Report ............................ 105 Board of Health Report.. ................................ 55 Fire Department Report ................................. 58 Financial Statement .................................... 96 Highway Surveyor's Report .............................. 63 Moth Dept ............................................. 47 Boant of Public Welfare Report ......................... 50 Superintendent's Report .............................. 53 Police Department Report ................................ 59 Safety Committee Report .............................. 98 S~hool Committee's Report .................. 127 Selectmen's Repo~ ...................................... 36 Stevens Memorial Library ................................ Sealer of Weights and Measures ........................... 100 Tree, ~Varden's Report ................................... 48 Treasurer's Report ....................................... 78 Tax Collector's Reporta ................................... 75 Town Clerk's Report ..................................... 12 Town By-Laws .......................................... Town Warrant .......................................... 164 Town Forest Committee .................................. 102 Town Shed and Police Station ........................... 61