1972 About the Cover
1972 ABOUT THE COVER Cardinal Cushing Academy fell victim to the high cost of educa tion and closed its doors at the end of the 1972 school session. The Town of West Newbury was given the opportunity to pur· chase the property for $750,000.00. The property consists of a land area over one mile long and one-half mile wide, stretching from Archelaus Hill to the Merrimack River and bisected by Main Street with substantial frontage on Main Street and Coffin Street. The section on the south side of Main Street contains 213 acres of land and Mill Pond, and the section on the north side consists of 130 acres of land, the school building, a 12 room house, barn, ski shop building, ski tow and a four car garage with a gymnasium on the second floor. At a Special Town Meeting held at the Town Hall, Saturday, March 18, 1972, at 1 :00 p. m., it was unanimously voted to petition the General Court of Massachusetts for the enabling Legislation to permit the Town of West Newbury to acquire a $1,000,000.00 bond and purchase and renovate the property. The General Court of Massachusetts subsequently passed the enabling Legislation as Chapter 181 of the Acts of 1972, and on June 8, 1972 the purchase was made and the property deeded over to the Town. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1972 Together with the Reports of the School Committee, Board of Engineers, Trustees of the Public Library, Assessors, Auditor, Treasurer and Collector and the Statistics of the Town Clerk.
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