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Margaret Emma Ebert
. No. Attleboro, Mass.
Sept. 19. William Stevens Edwards
.No. Attleboro, Mass. ... Rev. John McKenna Mary E. Murphy . Plainville
Oct. 13. Howard Winsor Rice Clara Harriette Smith
. Plainville No. Attleboro, Mass.
·· Rev. Geo. E. Osgood
Oct. 17. Joseph Werner Minchew Mildred Warren Martin
. Plainville
Nov. 8. Fletcher Hawes Warren Irene Bernice McNeill Plainville
Plainville
··· Rev. Wilbur T. Hale
No. Attleboro Rev. Herbert C. Dana
Dec. 3. Russell Dyer Lillian Virginia Bigelow
. Plainville
Dec. 27. Christian Florence Rouhock . Wrentham, Mass. ..... Rev. W. J. McCarthy Clara Matilda Rudolph . . Pl. inville 1
THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk.
Plainville ··· Rev| Wilbur T. Hale
DEATHIS RECORDED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1917.
Date.
Name.
Age. Y. M. D.
Cause of Death.
Jan. 18. August Philip Staick.
66
5 Cerebral hemorrhage.
Jan. 25. August Allen Dunbar.
64
12
Pneumonia. Arterio-sclerosis.
Jan. 28. Samuel Bell
47 9 11 Fracture of skull, accidental fall down stairs 67 2 26 Natural causes.
Feb. 10. James H. Shannon.
Mar. 13. William Howe Stanley .
64
4 26
Valvular heart disease.
Mar. 23. Frances Matilda Keith.
72
5 15
Ingravescert apoplexy, chronic bronchitis.
April 6. Johanna G. Miller
79
10 13 Cholelitbiasis, arterio-sclerosis.
May 6.
James Munroe Franklin
54
1 18
May 16.
Samuel J. Smith
53
Anemia progressive, pernicious. Aortic reguigitation and mycocarditis, articular rheumatism.
June 15.
Lena Bent
38
7
-
Mitral regurgitation, neurasthenia.
Aug. 4.
Charles Augustus Miller ...
37
8
12
Aug. 13. Jessie Miriam Proal ...
6
2
7
Aug. 13. George Ulmer Proal ...
57
9
Nov. 7. Theodore Vernon Demarest
2
4
. Congenital scrotal hernia marasmus. General paresis.
Nov. 9. Mary Alice Oullette
52
-
Nov. 26.
Charles W. Bragg
76
7
5
Natural causes, probably heart disease.
Dec. 2.
Duncan McGregor
63
5 12
Organic heart disease, mitral regugitation.
-
Chronic suppurative encephalitis, convulsions.
-
THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk.
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Assessors' Report
State Tax
$2,530 00
County Tax
992 16
State Highway
230 00
Town Grant
20,045 54
$23,797 70
Tax on Personal Estate
$5,706 60
Tax on Real Estate
17,303 10
Tax on Polls
788 00
$23,797 70
Excise Tax, A. M. & W.
$72.61
Interstate 119.79
$192.40
December Assessment, Real Tax .. $12.60
Poll Tax
12.00
Moth Tax
127.31
Sidewalk Tax
199.37
$351 28
Total Warrant $24,341 38
Abatements, Tax of 1917. 25 70
Elizabeth King, real estate exemption $21 00
F. E. Herring, real, error in valuation 3 15
August Schubert, Moth Tax. 1 55
Total $25 70
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ABATEMENTS, TAX OF 1915
Bachman, James D., left town Poll
$2 00
Card, Wm. C., left town Poll 2 00
Clark, George, left town Poll
2 00
Dinsmore, Samuel, left town Poll
2 00
Ebert, George, left town Poll
2 00
Eusaw, John, left town Poll
2 00
Green, Joseph, left town Poll
2 00
Hicks, Fenner, left town Poll
2 00
Henrich, Frtiz, died Poll
2 00
Houle, Archie, left town. Personal and Poll 3 12
Gaskin, John H., over value Personal 3 34
Jager, Harry, left town
Poll
2 00
King, Edward, left town
Poll
2 00
Lawson, Wm. S., left town Poll
2 00
Miclon, Joseph, left town Poll
2 00
Miner, Frank G., left town Poll
2 00
Miner, Joseph W., left town .. Personal and Poll 3 12
Wilson, John, left town. Poll
2 00
Olney, H. P., left town Personal 2 23
Rudolph, Wm. R., left town Poll
2 00
Smith, Foster P. Poll
2 00
Thompson, Arthur F., left town Poll
2 00
Tibbetts, Wm., left town Poll
2 00
Varrior, Oza, left town. Poll
2 00
Waldon, Elmer O., left town Poll
2 00
Litchfield, A. D., real. Error 3 35
Smith, Ellen, moth Exempt 1 00
1916
Litchfield, A. D., real Error 3 15
.
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TABLE OF AGGREGATE
Number residents assessed on property. 365
Number non-residents assessed on property . 149
Total number assessed on property 514
Polls only .r. . 169
Total number assessed
683
Number Polls
400
Value Personal Estate
$271,744.00
Value Real, Buildings
597,130.00
Value Real, Land 226,792.00
Total value assessed estate .$1,095,666.00
Tax Rate $21.00 per $1,000.00
Number. Horses 107
197
Number Sheep
19
Other Neat Cattle
42
Swine 17
Number Dwellings 355
Number Acres Land
6,270
Number Fowl 4,912
JOHN F. THOMPSON, WM. E. BLANCHARD, FRANK E. BARNEY,
Assessors.
Number Cows
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Report of Collector of Taxes
1914 ACCOUNT
Uncollected, Jan. 1, 1917. $374 83
Collected and paid Treasurer .. . .. 374 83
1915 ACCOUNT
Uncollected, Jan. 1, 1917
$1,789 63
On hand, Jan. 1, 1917. 21 27
$1,810 90
Collected and paid Treasurer
$968 00
Abatement 58 16
Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1917 784 74
$1,810 90
1916 ACCOUNT
Uncollected, Jan. 1, 1917
$4,595 47
On hand, Jan. 1, 1917. 6 39
$4,601 86
Collected and paid Treasurer
$2,878 79
Abatements
3 15
Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1917 1,719 92
$4,601 86
1917 ACCOUNT
Assessors' Warrant, Sept., 1917 ... $23,924 41
Assessors' Warrant, Dec., 1917 .... 24 60
Commutation Tax 192 40
Betterment Tax (Sidewalks) 199 37.
$24,340 78
Collected and paid Treasurer ..
$19,112 28
Abatements
25 70
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Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1917,
(Regular Tax)
5,003 43
Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1917,
(Betterment)
199 37
$24,340 78
Interest paid Treasurer, 1914 Tax $12 37
Interest paid Treasurer, 1915 Tax
100 57
Interest paid Treasurer, 1916 Tax
84 44
Interest paid Treasurer, 1917 Tax
5 97
$203 35
O. P. BROWN, Collector of Taxes.
Report of Fire Engineers
The Board of Engineers met and organized in May as follows: Chief, E. W. Pink; First Assistant, J. E. McNeill; Second Assistant, F. V. Enrich.
We have been very fortunate during the past year, having but two calls for house fires, neither of which amounted to anything. We have installed a new motor truck, which has already proven its worth, especially in forest fires, for which the department has answered ten alarms, only one of which proved serious.
E. W. PINK.
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Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Selectmen of Plainville :
Gentlemen : I submit the following report.
I have visited fifty-three barns and inspected one hun- dred and eighty (180) dairy cows, ninety-three (93) young stock, seven (7) bulls, sixty-four (64) swine, and thirty (30) sheep.
I find each year an improvement in the cleanliness of barns and stock with the exception of two or three.
Respectfully yours, CHARLES N. MOORE, Inspector of Animals.
Report of Milk Inspector
Plainville, Feb. 1st, 1918.
To the Board of Health :
Gentlemen-I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Milk.
During the year samples were taken at various times from dealers of milk, and tests made by the Babcock test, and found the different tests up to the standard required by law. No complaints have been received as to adul- terated milk, but have found some unclean milk, which has been remedied to some extent.
Milk licenses issued during the year, 8. Amount paid Treasurer, $4.00.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. EIDEN, Milk Inspector.
1
JAMES H. SHANNON 1905 - 1917
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Report of Trustees PLAINVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Plainville Public Library, during the year 1917, was open for 86 sessions, i. e., Monday evenings from 7 :30 until 9 o'clock, and Friday afternoons from 3 until 5 o'clock, except on holidays and during the months of July and August, when, by request of some of the patrons, the Library was open, for the first time, on Monday evenings, with a circulation of 310 volumes.
The total circulation for the year was: Fiction, 3308; non-fiction, 160; total of 3468; an average circulation per session of 41, this being a gain in total circulation over 1916 of 124 volumes.
The accessions to the Library were 187 volumes, by purchase, and the various State reports, etc., there being now about 5000 volumes on our shelves.
The Shepardville branch reports a circulation of about the same as last year.
We would again call the attention of our readers to the number of volumes of high quality standard litera- ture, history, biography, science, art, etc., on the shelves.
With the sanction of the War Department, the American Library Association plan for raising $1,000,000 for libraries for our soldiers and sailors, Plainville's al- lotment being $70. With the ready and willing response of the citizens of Plainville we were enabled to turn over to the Treasurer of the Association $80.64.
On Feb. 10, 1917, Mr. James H. Shannon died. Mr. Shannon had been a member of the Trustees since the Library was established. During the earlier years of the Library he was a most zealous, sincere and earnest
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worker. Through his efforts largely is due the high quality of the books on our shelves.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Balance, 1916
$2.55
Appropriation, 1917 400.00
$402.55
Expended, Books $227.45
Librarian and Janitor
94.00
Supplies, etc. 40.00
$361.45
Balance, January 1, 1918. $41.10
FRED W. NORTHUP, THEODORE E. A. FULLER, MILLARD M. RINES, Trustees Plainville Public Library.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Town of Plainville
MASSACHUSETTS
MASS.
COLOM
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WREN
THAM.
1673.
.1905.
PLAIN
VILLE
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OS.
For Year Ending December 31, 1917
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School Officials
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WILLIS M. FULLER, Chairman® Term expires 1-118
JOHN J. EIDEN, Secretary Term expires 1930
OSWIN C. WOODARD Term Expires 1918
Meetings : Second and Fourth Wednesdays
Union Superintendent for Foxboro, Norton, Plainville IRA A. JENKINS, A. M. Tel., Foxboro 47-2.
Authorized to Issue Work Certificates WILLIS M. FULLER
School Physician, FREDERICK J. CARLEY, M. D.
Attendance Officer, HERMAN S. J. LOUD.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1918 Winter term of all schools began January 7, 1918. Winter term of all schools closes March 22, 1918. Spring term of all schools begins April 1, 1918. Spring term of common schools closes June 14, 1918, Spring term of High School closes June 28, 1918. High School graduation, June 28, 1918.
Fall term of all schools begins September 3, 1918. Fall term of all schools closes December 20, 1918. Winter term of all schools begins January 6, 1919.
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HOLIDAYS
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, October 12, Thanksgiving Day and day following.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School: 8 to 1. Grammar School: 9 to 12 and 1:15 to 3:15.
Primary School: 9 to 11:45 and 1:15 to 3:15.
STORM SIGNALS
Three double blasts, 2-2-2, of the fire alarm at 7:15 A. M., signify no session for the day.
Two double blasts, 2-2, of the fire alarm at 7:15 A. M., signify no session, with the exception of the High School.
Two double blasts, 2-2, of the fire alarm at 11:30 A. M., signify no afternoon session.
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Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of Plainville, Massachusetts :
The past year has been one of growth and advance- ment in our schools and they are to-day in a condition that the Town may well be proud of, owing to the fact that our corps of very faithful and efficient teachers has remained with us for another year. It is due to their earnest and tireless efforts, guided by the discretion of the conscientious Superintendent that the high grade of efficiency has been reached.
In September Mr. Charles Root, owing to a change in business that called him to another town, tendered his resignation as a member of the School Board. This was received with regret, as Mr. Root was greatly interested in the schools and was always ready to do his part as a parent and member of the School Board toward helping in any way that was for the upbuilding and advancement of the same, and in him the Town has lost a good man and conscientious worker. Mr. O. C. Woodward was ap- pointed to fill the vacancy for the balance of the year.
The conditions of repairs have been very serious this past year, as many matters which the Committee would have desired to put off have been ordered by the State, thus entailing a large expense which was not anticipated or desired.
The flag pole, which blew down last season, was obliged to be replaced under State laws at a heavy ex- pense, but we think that the new pole is so erected that it will remain in position for many years, doing its duty nobly by floating our flag, "The Star Spangled Banner," at all times and for ever.
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The State Inspector, unable to find anything else to complain of, condemned the ceiling in the basement of the Town Hall building as unsafe, and very soon the Committee received an official notice from the State po- lice that a new plastered ceiling must be put on at once and that they would not allow the schools to occupy the building if the work was not attended to by the first of September. They also kindly informed the Committee that a five hundred dollar fine accompanied their order if the work was not attended to at once, so it had to be done. This was regretted, as a flag pole of two hundred dollars and a ceiling of four hundred dollars made a very heavy expense for the Town to meet in one year, yet it could not be avoided. Many other much needed repairs had to be sidetracked for the time being to make way for the foregoing work.
The Committee made an offer for sixty tons of coal last summer, which was accepted and, with about thirty tons on hand, this made ninety tons in all, which is about the usual amount used during the year. Although it has been extremely cold, we hope to have fuel enough to carry the schools through the season successfully.
It was necessary to inform the Selectmen that owing to the shortage of coal, the Committee deemed it unwise to heat the Town Hall again after the Firemen's Dance until the stringency in the coal situation was relieved. While we did not wish to curtail the enjoyment of the people, we decided that "safety first" was best.
A matter which the Town's people should be interested in and which they should endeavor to have stopped, is that when the Town Hall is being used automobile driv- ers are not careful to keep in the drive, but run on the lawn and even drive directly across it, cutting in so deeply that it is almost impossible to get it into good
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condition again. The Town has a nice lawn in front of the Town Hall, which Mr. Loud keeps in fine condition, and it is an ornament to the Town. Although drivers have been repeatedly warned to keep off, it seems to have but very little effect. We believe that any party using the hall should make it his business to see that the lawn is not infringed upon.
A retrospect of the work the past year will be found in the following pages under the reports of the Super- intendent, school officers, and special teachers.
We recommend the following appropriations :
Teachers' Wages, Care and Fuel $7,500 00
Books and Supplies 700 00
Incidental and Industrial 800.00
School Superintendent 380 00
School Physician 50 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIS M. FULLER, JOHN J. EIDEN, OSWIN C. WOODWARD, School Committee.
January 1, 1918.
MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES
Teachers' Wages, Care and Fuel .. $7,000 00
Books and Supplies 700 00
Incidental and Industrial 800 00
Superintendent 400 00
State School Fund "Transferred" 1,314 53
Dog License 320 27
Interest on School Fund Note 36 86
Tuition from State 96 75
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State Support of High School ..... 500 00
From State for Increase of Teach- ers' Wages 100 00
School Physician 50 00
Heating Town Hall 50 00
$11,368 41
Teachers' Wages, Care and Fuel
Teachers' Wages. Care and Fuel .. $7,000 00
Teachers' Wages from State 100 00
High School Support from State .. 500 00
Tuition from. State 96 75
Transferred from State Fund. 1.314 53
Dog Licenses 320 27
Income from Town School Note. . 36 86
Heating Town Hall. 50 00
$9,418 41
Expended
Teachers' Wages $6,500 26
Transportation 1,479 65
Janitor 838 50
Fuel
600 00
$9,418 41
Books and Supplies
Appropriated
$700 00
Expended
697 20
Unexpended Balance 2 80
Incidental and Industrial
Appropriated
$800 00
Expended
1,104 74
Overdrawn $304 74
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School Physician
Appropriated
$50 00
Expended
50 00
Superintendent
Appropriated
$400 00
Expended 380 04
$19 96
State Fund
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1917
$299 14
Received Jan. 25, 1917 . 1,241 89
$1,541 03
Transferred to School Fund. 1,314 53
Unexpended Balance $226 50
Industrial
Henry F. Guild
$7 50
Price's Store
89
H. E. Thompson
7 16
H. E. Thompson
30 58
J. L. Hammett Co.
6 17
Carpenter & Howard Co.
3 35
N. J. Magnan Co.
3 53
Carpenter & Howard
60
J. L. Hammett & Co.
4 06
Educational Equipment Co.
3 49
Belcher & Loomis Co. 5 31
N. J. Magnan Co. 4 76
Mason Box Co.
6 50
W. M. Fuller
2 07
H. E. Thompson
23 94
N. J. Magnan
1 25
Belcher & Loomis 24 21
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V1. M. Hall Co. 14 61
W. M. Hall Co. 64
N. J. Magnan Co. 3 69
S. J. Magnan Co. 3 96
.1. Hammett Co. 4 66
I. F. Thompson
10 60
B & Store 5 29
J. T .. Hammett & Co. 1 91
it #. Cornell Co.
55
Total
$181 28
Book and Supply Account
E. E. Babb & Co. $47 26
Ginn & Co. 3 49
L. E. Knott Co. 3 32
F. . 1. Owen Co. 2 20
Houghton & Mifflin Co. 78
McMillian & Co.
1 17
H-F. Babb & Co. 81 81
D. C. Heath Co. 6 89
Merican Book Co. 1 03
Boston Music Co.
2 22
J. Fisher & Bros.
4 22
1 .. E. Babb & Co.
15 86
Gun & Co.
25 19
J. L. Hammett & Co. 78 11
Lyons, Carnahan Co. 7 50
Lymington Typewriter Co. 3 46
D. C. Heath .Co. 12 15
Mabel Brigham 75
Riverdale Press 6 46
1. R. Babb & Co. 25 08
D. C. Heath & Co. 17 44
Mlyn & Bacon Co. 6 68
White-Smith Music Co. 3 14
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E. E. Babb & Co. 16 49
A. R. Block Co.
60
Reporter Press
7 00
Boston Paper Board Co.
12 00
Plainville Press
2 00
Allyn & Bacon 4 91
Ginn & Co. 107 02
McMillian Co. 3 96
Houghton, Mifflin Co. 10 55
E. E. Babb & Co. 46 44
D. C. Heath & Co.
20 36
American Book Co.
13 68
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
40
E. E. Babb & Co.
27 90
Ginn & Co.
2 65
Binney & Smith Co.
8 85
Ginn & Co.
5 90
E. E. Babb & Co.
8 91
Remington Typewriter Co.
4 40
Wright & Potter Co.
1 71
John G. Green
2 40
American Book Co.
1 60
Cambridge Botonical Supply Co.
10 90
Ginn & Co. 7 77
E. E. Babb & Co. 12 59
Total
$697 20
Incidental
H. E. Thompson $35 87
E. H. Stolworthy
15 00
Wm. McGovern 1 95
Chas. S. Cobb 1 05
Plainville Pharmacy 1 35
Commercial Press
2 00
Providence Telephone Co. . . 4 05
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A. R. Block 2 60
W. M. Hall Co.
2 39
Carpenter, Howard Co. 6 05
N. J. Magnan
15 17
H. B. Cornell 2 30
Wm. McGovern 11 00
G. W. Godchaux 6 00
Providence Telephone Co. 2 79
T. B. Balleu 11 25
Plainville Press 2 75
Providence Telephone Co. 1 62
W. M. Hall Co.
1 40
Washburne Purizene Co.
39 60
Providence Telephone Co.
1 47
Wm. M. Fuller
2. 18
Walworth Mfg. Co.
133 20
Wm. M. Hall Co.
6 41
Providence Telephone Co.
2 59
J. E. Rushlow 25 00
F. W. Zirngiebel
50
Alonzo Palmer
3 00
E. C. Barney
2 00
Blanchard, Young & Co. 13 34
J. S. Dickson
3 00
W. M. Fuller
3 00
Geo. E. Seegar
4 05
A. S. Phillips 7 00
WV. M. Hall Co.
16 58
Providence Telephone Co. 3 34
Plainville Press 13 25
Wm. M. Hall
5 66
Mrs. Bernice Hatch
5 00
R. G. Munroe
70 00
H. B. Cornell
4 00
H. L. Dallman Co. 6 26
Providence Telephone Co. 3 77
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Wm. M. Hall Co.
20 20
Sol. Allen
335 57
Providence Telephone Co.
1 38
Electric Shop
2 10
Ira A. Jenkins
3 19
Henry F. Guild
44 87
H. B. Cornell
4 85
E. E. Babb & Co.
10 51
Incidental Account
$923 46
Industrial Account, brought for-
ward
181 28
Total Incidental and Industrial. . $1,104 74
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Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Plainville, Mass. :
Gentlemen :- I take pleasure in presenting to you and to the citizens of Plainville a report of the Plainville schools for 1917.
This is my sixth report and the thirteenth in the series of annual reports.
SCHOOL CENSUS-APRIL, 1917
Pupils between 5 and 7 :
Boys 22
Girls 26
-
Total 48
Pupils between 7 and 14:
Boys 91
Girls 85
Total 176
Pupils between 14 and 16:
Boys 14
Girls 21
Total 35
Pupils between 51/2 and 16. 259
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1917
Average number of days all the schools were ac- tually in session 180
The number of days the High School was actually in session 189
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Average number of days all the schools of the State were actually in session in 1915-16. 182
Average number of days the High Schools of the State were actually in session in 1915-16. ... . 185 Number of pupils graduated from the High School, June, 1917 :
Boys 0
Girls
5
Total 5
Number of pupils graduated from the Grammar School in June, 1917 :
Boys 7
Girls 10
Total 17
Number of pupils graduating from the Grammar School in June, 1917, who entered the High School in September :
Boys 6
Girls 9
Total 15
REPORT OF THE SIGHT AND HEARING TEST
Number of pupils examined 214
Number found defective in eyesight. 9
Number found defective in hearing 4 Number of notices sent. 13
ATTENDANCE OFFICER'S REPORT
Cases reported to officer 2
Truancy 2
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Again I have the honor of reporting the same corps of teachers as last year. This would not have been pos- sible had the salaries of the teachers not been substan- tially increased. The increase was inevitable, because prices of all commodities have increased to such an ex- tent that the cost of living is nearly fifty per cent. more than it was two years ago.
Superintendent Isaac O. Winslow of Providence re- cently said :
"Unless the attraction of higher salaries can be pro- vided the standard of excellence in the teaching force must rapidly decline. The tendency has already be- come very perceptible. As a rule, the most capable and desirable of the members of the classes of high school graduates find immediate opportunities in other callings more attractive than the prospect of several years of further training and waiting for the compensation that the schools are offering."
LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1917
.
School Grade
Name
Where Educated.
Date of Appt.
High School ....... Frank W. Zirngiebel, A. B., Prin .... Harvard . 1916 Edith B. Armstrong, A. B. . . Boston University . 1916
Commercial Teacher- Ruth F. Hiatt.
.. Salem Normal . 1916
Grammar 7-8 .... Anna H. Ware
. Plainville High 1886
Grammar 5-6 . Eva A. F. Hobart.
.. Bridgewater Normal .1914
Primary 4-5
. Eleanor Chapman
. Framingham Normal
1916
Primary 2-3 . Dora E. Weatherbee
. Goddard Seminary
. . 1912
Primary 1-2 ...... L. Estelle Ashley
. Hyannis Normal
1914
Industrial Work .... Jennie S. Dickson
. Salem Normal, Cambridge Training, Hyannis Normal . . . 1910
Music . Mrs. Martha C. Tisdale.
. New England Conservatory
. 1903
Drawing . . Mabel Brigham
. Normal Art, Boston . . 1902
Attendance Table for the Year Ending June, 1917.
SCHOOL
Total Membership
Males
Females
Average Membership
Pupils betweeu 5 1-2
Pupils between 7
Pupils between 14
and 16
Pupils over 16
Aggregate Attend-
ance
Average Attendance
Days Absent
Cases of Tardiness
Cases of Dismissal
High . .
36
12
24
34
0
6
18
12
5913
31
484
227
38
Grades 8-7.
44
21
23
43
-
41
co
0
7058
39
544
31
168
Grades 6-5 .
53
26
27
48
0
51
2
0
7857
44
649
100
22
Grudes 4-3.
52
32
20
45
0
52
0
0
7552
41
815
52
7
Grade 2
49
26
20
37
12
34
-
-
5373
34
489
35
9
Grade 1
39
18
21
30
27
12
0
0
4844
27
549
40
5
Totals
270
135
135
236
39
196
23
12
38297
216
3630
485
249
. .
and 7
and 14
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It is not possible to do the best work when so many absences and tardy marks occur as in the above table. There were enough absences last year to make a school of 21 pupils for the entire school year. That was exces- sive when the entire number of pupils in town was only 250. Every parent and guardian in Plainville should read carefully the following law regarding attendance :
CHAPTER 81 OF THE ACTS OF 1915.
Section 1. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age, every child under sixteen years of age who does not possess such ability to read, write and spell in the English language as is required for the completion of the fourth grade of the public schools of the city or town in which he resides, and every child under sixteen years of age who has not received an employment cer- tificate as provided in this act and is not engaged in some regular employment or business for at least six hours per days or has not the written permission of the super- intendent of schools of the city or town in which he re- sides to engage in profitable employment at home, shall attend a public day school in said city or town or some other day school approved by the school committee, dur- ing the entire time the public schools are in session.
Section 2. Every person having under his control a child as described in Section 1 shall cause him to attend school as therein required, and, if he fails for seven day sessions or fourteen half-day sessions within any period of six months while such control obtains, to cause such child so to attend school, he shall, upon complaint by an attendance officer and conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
Whoever induces or attempts to induce a child to ab- sent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or har- bors a child while school is in session, shall be punished
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by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
PROMOTIONS, JUNE, 1917.
Unconditioned Conditioned Not Promotions Promotions Promoted
Grade I
22
4
8
Grade II
30
6
0
Grade 111
16
1
2
Grade IV
22
6
0
Grade V
21
5
2
Grade VI
14
4
2
Grade VII
23
0
0
Grade VIII
17
0
0
H. S. Freshmen
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