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GEORGE P. WILLARD, GEORGE S. SHELDON, DANIEL S. FARRINGTON, Selectmen of Wrentham, Mass.
EARL B. THOMPSON, MILLARD M. RINES, OSWIN C. WOODWARD, Selectme nof Plainville, Mass.
Filed December 11, 1919.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER.
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ANNUAL REPORT JURY LIST, TOWN OF PLAINVILLE 1919
1
Bagley, Charles F., Cross street, jeweler.
Bliss, Henry W., George street, farmer.
Breen, Joseph F., Bacon street, retired.
Burton, Albert E., School street, designer.
Curtis, George E., Washington street, jeweler.
Eiden, John J., Spring street, jeweler.
Gardner, Frank W., Bacon street, jeweler.
Hancock, Lyman B., Bugbee street, jeweler.
Kreigel, Hugh D., Grove street, jeweler.
Nerney, Raymond F., Lincoln avenue, toolmaker.
Parmenter, Lyman H., Lincoln avenue, painter.
Russell, Edward F., South street, retired.
Smith, Sylvester, Walnut street, farmer.
Thompson, J. Fred, South street, carpenter.
Woodward, Oswin C., South street, designer.
Young, Leslie G., South street, jeweler.
EARL B. THOMPSON, MILLARD M. RINES, OSWIN C. WOODWARD, Selectmen of Plainville.
LIST OF OWNERS OF LICENSED DOGS, PLAINVILE
Male. Female. 1
Anderson, A. S.
1
Atwood, W. B.
1
Averill, F. W.
Bagley, C. F. 2
1 S
Bartlett, E. H.
1 S
Barrows, T. V.
Battersby, C. F. 1
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Male. Female. 1 S
Bates, W.
Baxter, E. A. 1
Beaupre, A. 1
Bell, C. R. 1
Benker, W.
1
Bens, J. H.
1
Bird, E. H.
1
Blake, I.
2
Bliss, H. W.
1
Boerger, H.
1
Bolton, J. E.
1
1
Bolton, Mrs. J. E.
1
Boyle, T. J.
2
Brundige, R.
1
Brunner, C. A.
1
Brunner, C. H.
1
Campbell, L.
1 S
Chagnon, P. L.
2
1
Cheever, J. H.
1
1
Clark, G.
2
Cobbfi C. S.
1
1
Clifford, O. W.
2
Crockett, C. F.
1
Crotty, J. F.
1
Cudworth, G. 1
Dyer, C. S.
1 S
Etter, A. S.
1
Etter, F. W.
1
Farm, Seven Elms 1
1
Fisher, F. H.
1
Fisher, J. H.
1 S
Franklin, J. W.
1
1
French, R. E. 1
1
Glennon, T. 1
1
Fisher, C. E.
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Male. Female.
Goyett, N.
1 S
Graham, G. D.
1
Grant, N. C.
1
Greenlay, G. B.
1 S
Hall, Mrs. M.
1
Hartman, E.
1 S
Hatch, C. M.
1
Heckman, M.
1
2
Heilborn, F. J.
1
Herring, F. E.
1
Hewes, W. K.
1
Hindle, F. E.
1
Henrich, C. F.
1
Hurley, J.
1
1
Jette, J.
1
James, F. A.
1 S
Kennrrson, J. A.
1
Kennerson, R. M.
2
King, F.
King, J. W.
1
King, O.
1
King, R.
1
Laier, F.
1
Loiselle, A.
1
Marble, C. F.
1
Marble, W. P.
1
Martin, F.
1 S
Martin, J. E.
1
Maxcy, V.
1
McAfee, E.
1
Meyer, L.
1
Mitchell, H. S.
1 S
Moore, C. N.
1
Morrison, F.
Munroe, G. 1
1
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Male. Female.
Nash, J. A.
1
Onis, W.
1
Parmenter, L. H.
1
Paul, F.
1
Poirier, L.
1
Quinn, F.
2
Red, E.
1
Reynoldson, F.
2
Rhodes, A. D.
1
Rhodes, R. P.
1
Robbins, A. G.
1
Roberts, F. C.
1
Rudolph, E.
1
Russell, E. F.
1
Sanford, E. A.
1
Sargent, E. W.
1
Sharpe, J.
2
Shattuck, F. H.
1
Skinner, M.
1
Smith, J. W.
2 S
Snell, C. E.
1
Snell, G. H.
1
Soneg, K.
2
Stewart, C. P.
1
Swaine, J. H. .
1
Thomasen, N.
1
Thompson, B. S.
1 S
Thompson, H. E.
1
Thompson, J. F. 1
Walden, O. L.
1
Whiting, F. E. Whittaker, J. W.
1
Wilhelm, C.
1
Wood, E. O.
1
1
Wood, G. W.
1 S
Woolen, C. 1
1
-
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Male. Female.
Woodward, E. N. 1 Zilch, B. H. 1
Mahar, Miss W. 1
Persons desiring license by mail will kindly enclose stamp. Telephone North Attleboro 309x.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER,
Town Clerk.
LICENSES ISSUED THROUGH THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE
$4.00
Two auctioneers at $2.00.
90.00
Six jitneys at $15.00.
5.00
One pool and billiard
40.00
One junk
Paid Town Treasurer
$149.00
OFFICE HOURS, TOWN CLERK
Second and fourth Thursdays each month at Town Office, from 8 to 9:30 P. M.
Daily, except Saturday and Sunday, at 70 Grove street, 12:15 to 12:50 P. M. and 6:15 to 7:45 P. M.
Tlephone, North Attleboro 390-X.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk.
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VITAL STATISTICS
Births Registered in Plainville During 1919
1905
Date. Name of Child.
Name of Parents.
May 6-Henry Sterlie. Alfred and Lena 1919
Jan. 2-Lorne Ernest Ayer Lorne E. and Beatrice
Jan. 23-Arleta Franklin. . Jesse W. and Bertha Feb. 5-Margaret Regina Adams. . Chester and Margaret Feb. 27-Howard Francis Glenmore .. William and Delia Feb. 28-Stillborn.
March 13-Miriam Eunice McNeil, Robert J., Florence E. April 28-Sona. - Sara . Kelley and Lena May 12-Phyllis Mae Loud .... Herman S. J., Jennette I. May 15-Isabella Fowler . Carlisle F. and Mabel
June 9-Louis Jakubaytis. Fabian and Stephanie June 13-Joseph Leo Parenteau. Achille and Lucia July 11-Loretta Isabelle McGregor .. John and Alice V. July 14-Edna Frances Boyd .... Frank W. and Mary E. July 26-Norma Marcelle Munster, Wm. G. and Sadie M. Sept. 27-Faucett -Evelyn Elizabeth · James C. and Sadie M. Oct. 22-Anna Rose Pasquantomo. . Nicholas and Annie Oct. 24-Jacob Ganzer. . Jacob and Catherine Nov. 3-Mary Lois Kenerson. .John and Alice Nov. 28-Albert Henry Boerger . . Henry A. and Lottie B.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER,
Town Clerk.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1919
May 17-Newell Cutler Bullard, Plainville ; Susan Alice Higginbotham, Pawtucket, R. I .; married by Rev. Gorge G. Squires.
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May 25-Ernest Joseph Fournier, Plainville ; Eveline Malo, Plainville ; married by Rev. J. N. Hamel. June 28-Charles Ewen McGregor, Plainville ; Eleanore
Chapman, Plainville ; married by Rev. R. Walker. June 30-Francis Philip Bigelow, Plainville ; Mabel Eliza-
beth Duppe, North Attleboro; married by Rev. Geo. G. Squires.
August 2-Raymond Carl Thomasen, Plainville; Vera Rose Blanchard, Wareham, Mass .; married by Rev. Herbert L. Wilbur.
August 4-Narcisse Joseph Goyette, Plainville ; Bertha Gertrude Morrison, Plainville; married by Rev| J. N. Hamel.
Sept. 29-George E. Auty, North Attleboro; Gertrude E. Sanford, Plainville ; married by Rev. H. E. Latham Oct. 7-Thomas Anthony Monaghan, North Attleboro; Gertrude Virginia Rose, Plainville ; married by Rev. John F. O'Connor.
Oct. 25-Harold Clifford Sargent, Plainville ; Florence Mary MacDonald, North Attleboro; married by Rev. C. H. Van Natter.
Nov. 10-Arthur LeBlanc, North Attleboro; Sarah Poi- rier, Plainville ; married by Rev. D. D. Villandre.
Nov. 17-Walter Henry Main, North Attleboro; Isabella W. McGregor, Plainville ; married by Rev. Geo. G. Squires.
Dec. 21-Julius Ernest John Klein, North Attleboro; Bertha Barbara Bamberger, Plainville ; married by Rev. Geo. E. Osgood.
Dec. 27-Raymond Newton Smith, Plainville; Helen Aramintha Sibley, Wollaston, Mass .; married by Rev. W. B. Ayers.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1919
Date.
Name.
1
Age Y. M. D
Cause of Death.
Jan. 4-Joseph Governor.
36 - -
Influenza, broncho-pneumonia.
Jan. 7-Ernest LeBlanc
10 23
Influenza, meningitis.
Jan. 11-Harland Alfred Barrows ... .
34 6 17
Influenza, lobar-pneumonia.
Jan. 11-Edward Collin George.
54 5 14
Mitial regurgitatore, meningitis.
Jan. 21-Edmund Goff Grant. . 70 5 15
Jan. 26-Amelia Buell Pherson. .
65 2 1
Anthritis deformene.
Jan. 29-Bertha Abigail Franklin. ...
38 11 10
Influenza, pneumonia.
Jan. 30-Amy Eunice Carlon.
26 3 9
Feb. 28 -. Stillborn
Influenza, broncho-pneumonia.
March 6-Arthur Eaton Fuller. 68 11 5
Hypertrophy-heart, pleuro-kneumonia.
March 10-Mary Jane Allen. .
82 2 9 Cerebral hemorrhage.
March 11-Howard Francis Glennon. . -- 13 Statro lymphaticus.
April 16-Wilbur Fisk French .. ....
79 9 9 Mitral regurgitation, mitial stenosis.
-
Chronic nephritis ,artero-sclerosis.
-
May 18-Isabella Fowler - -
May 21-Henry N. Kent.
May 22-Martin Guiecko May 31-Mary Cyr Mielon 74 5 25
66 - -
June 4-Catherine Livingstone June 8-Jacob Gancyar 38 10 13 . June 9-Charles F. Heckman. . 74 5 27
July 30-John Henry Greven. . . . Aug. 3-Charles Cote . . 86 11 26
Sept. 25-Ida Heaton Metcalf. 67 6 10
Sept. 29-Susan Amelia King .. 84 5 1 Arterio-sclerosis, valvular disease of heart.
Oct. 8-Stephen William Olney .. . . Nov. 2-Annie Rouhoch · Dec. 31-Harriet Shepard Kingsbury.
3 Congestion of brain.
84 4 6 Chronic intestitial nephritis, arterio-silerosis. Valvular disease of heart.
Valvular disease of heart, arterio-silerosis.
75 9 3
Arterio?sclerosis, mitial regurgitation.
Acute dilatation of heart, pulmonary oedema. Primary-terminal lobar pneumonia.
77 2 5
Arterio-sclerosis, acute nephritis. Intestinal obstruction, hernia. Cerebral hemorrhage, arterio-sclerosis.
84 9 29 Bronchorrhea, ulceration of esophagus. 52 - - Struck by automobile, fracture of skull.
101 1 5 Arterio-sclerosis.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Town of Plainville
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOHN J. EIDEN, Chairman Term expires 1910
WILLIS M. FULLER Term expires 1921
FRANK O. CORBIN, Secretary Term expires 1922
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 Tel., North Attleboro 323-J School Physician :
FREDERICK J. CARLEY, M. D. Tel., North Attleboro 134-W Attendance Officer :
HERMAN S. J. LOUD * Tel., North Attlebor 308-W
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1920
Winter term of all schools begins January 5, 1920. Winter term of all schools closes March 16, 1920. Spring term of all schools begins April 5, 1920. Spring term of all schools closes June 11, 1920.
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High School graduation, June 23, 1920.
Fall term of all schools begins September 7, 1920. Fall term of all schools closes December 24, 1920. Winter term of all schools begins January 3, 1921.
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 the Town of Plainville :
The annual report of your School Committee for the year ending Dcember 31, 1919, is herewith respectfully submitted. The high standard of our schools reflects honorable credit on the pupils and instructors in all grades and departments; also on the support given by the parents and on home influence.
Our school buildings are in a fairly good condition with the exception of two ceilings. Early in the year we were obliged to repair the heating apparatus to comply with the requirements of the State Inspector. Considera- tion should be given to the Town Hall building, which should be painted on the outside. During the year we have replaced the line fnce between the Thompson property and the school property and have extended the same complete to Spring street. Mr. H. E. Thompson, according to agreement, paid one-half of the amount for the extension of the fence.
During the year we recived resignations from two of the High School teachers; also from teachers of Grade I, Grade V and Grade VI. These positions were satis- factorily filled in due time. Owing to the increased at- tendance at the opening of school in September we found we were crowded for room in Grades V and VI. We were obliged to take the Superintendent's office for the use of the swing classes and place Grade VI in the room fer- merly used for sewing work. This necessitated the serv- ice of an extra teacher. Miss Peterson is now filling that position.
More room must be had for the seating capacity of our pupils. It seems necessary to call for the room now used
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by the library, but your committee, in all sincerity, asks the citizens of the town to continue the library. In no sense do we consider that we could afford to lose so valu- able an asset to our town.
Early in the year manual training was abandoned for a period, until a teacher could be secured. Both parents and pupils showing a keen interest in this work, you- committee has secured the services of Mr. H. S. J. Loud as instructor of the class.
Owing to the increased prices on all necessities, your committee finds the funds insufficient to meet the de- inands in all departments of the school work. The fol- lowing appropriations are accordingly recommended :
Teachers' wages, care and fuel. $14,082.00
Books and supplies. 800.00
Incidental and industrial. 800.00
Superintendent's salary, receipts and. 250.00
School Physician 50.00
$15,982.00
JOHN J. EIDEN, FRANK O. CORBIN, WILLIS M. FULLER, School Committee.
MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES
Teachers' wages, care and fuel. $9,300.00
Books and supplies 700.00
Incidental and industrial 800.00
Incidental, special 200.00
500.00
Superintendent
1,037.07
State School Fund
Distribution of Income Tax (Support
of Schools) 1,241.68
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State support for High School.
825.00
Dog license
283.4.5
Interest on school fund note
36.81
Tuition 30.00
School Physician
50.00
Use of school room
37.50
Heating Town Hall
75.00
$15,116.51
Teachers Wages, Care and Fuel
Teachers' wages, care and fuel ..... $9,300.00
State, for support of schools (State Income Tax)
1,241.68
State, for High School support. 825.00
Dog license 283.45
Tuition 30.00
Transferred from State fund
554.48
Income from school note
36.81
Use of school room 37.50
Heating Town Hall.
75.00
$12,383.92
Expended
'Teachers' wages
$8,090.62
Transportation
2,177.55
Janitor
1,118.00
Fuel
997.75
$12,383.92
Books and Supplies
Appropriated
$700.00
Expended
678.38
Balance
$21.62
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Incidental and Industrial
$800.00
Appropriated
200.00
Appropriated, special
Received from sale of pump and old
11.00
fence .
2.65
Received from use of telephone. . .
Received one-half cash for extension
126.88
of new fence
$1,140.53
Total receipts
1,161.19
Expendd
$20.66
Overdrawn
Superintendent
$250.00
Appropriated
2250.00
Received
$500.00
Expended
$53.35
Balance
School Physician
$50.00
Appropriated
$50.00
Expended
State Fund
Received, March 11th.
$1,037.07
Transferred to School Fund 554.48
$482.59
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1920. ....
Incidental and Industrial Account
Providence Telephone Co
$28.63
W. M. Hall Co.,
130.96
446.65
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N. J. Magnan
6.75
J. T. Ballou
.50
Ira A. Jenkins.
18.77
Russel & Irwin
8.31
Jas. W. Evans
2.00
Chas. J. Joy .
3.00
Stone & Underhill
106.83
Merrill M. Falk.
1.15
Washburn Purizon Co
28.20
Herman S. J. Loud.
11.55
Edward E. Babb Co
13.05
F. O. Corbin
3.00
H. B. Cornell
6.90
J. Murphy
20.00
Plainville Pharmacy
3.74
A. L. Balch
6.00
C. B. Dolge
3.15
F. W. Winthrop
1.90
Harry Thompson
4.00
John J. Eiden
5.10
F. G. Gould Co.
1.70
Wm. McGovern
5.55
H. I. Dallman
43.67
Wm. H. Nash
11.60
Dr. J. B. Gerauld
2.00
North Attlboro Gas Co
7.02
Cyclone Fence Co
577.10
Chas. S. Cobb.
4.00
$1,066.13
Industrial Account
Milton Bradley Co
$22.02
H. E. Thompson.
34.12
Bethel L. Banks .
5.67
J. L. Hammett Co. 10.35
Wallace Peckham
4.30
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Falk & Henrich. 15.18
The Prang Co. 3.42
$95.06
$1,161.19
Books and Supplies Account
Ch'les E. Merrill & Co $49.54
Edward E. Babb & Co. 228.21
The Macmillan Co. 41.00
C. C. Richards Co.
3.82
McIntosh Publishing Co
4.20
A. R. Block 4.76
J. L. Hammett Co 17.43
Allyn & Bacon
44.41
Keney Bros. & Wolkins
64.35
N. Witmark & Sons
5.78
D. C. Heath & Co
11.34
L. E. Knott & Co.
1.51
Manifold Mfg. Co.
2.50
John Franklin Music Co.
1.76
Underwood Typewriter Co
14.20
American Book Co 51.06
Ginn & Co. 59.15
Eimer & Amend
19.01
Wright & Potter
2.85
Rporter Press
5.50
Slver Burdett Co.
16.38
A. N. Palmer Co.
9.36
E. A. Merriam Co
1.50
Harter School Supply Co 1.11
The Cable Co. 4.17
Remington Typewriter Co
3.93
Lyons & Carnahan 8.15
Milton Bradly Co.
2.00
$678.38
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Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Plainville :
Gentlemen :
It again becomes my duty to present a report of the schools of Plainville. This is my eigth annual report and the fifteenth in the series of Superintendents' reports.
School Budget
You have raised the salaries twice during the past year. In June the increases were fifty to one hundred dollars. The increases to become effective January 1, 1920, range from one hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars, ac- cording to the education and experience of the various teachers. The percentage of increase during the last five years in salaries has been on the average of 73 per cent. During the last five years living expenses have increased 82 per cent. Therefore, to give the teachers of Plainville sufficient salary to pay their living expenses and have something left for recreation, improvement and old age, these increases have been necessary. Ten thousand dol- lars will be required for 1920 for teachers salaries alone. The entire school budget will be not less than $16,000.
Plainville received in 1919 from the State, under Gen- eral Acts of 1919, Chapter 363, $1,240. Under the new schedule of salaries for 1920 the amount coming from the State under this act will be $1,700.
General Acts of 1919, Chapter 363
An Act to provide for the distribution of a portion of the Income Tax, and of the Income of the Massachusetts School Fund, for the Purpose of Improving the Public Schools.
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Part I.
Section 1. The Treasurer and Receiver General shall, on or before the fifteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and annually thereafter, set aside from the proceeds of the income tax a sum om money sufficient to provide for the purposes of Part I of this act, and which shall be available therefor without further appropriation by the General Court.
Section 2. The Treasurer and Receiver General shall, as herein provided, distribute said sum on or before the fifteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and annually thereafter, to the several cities and towns of the Common- wealth as reimbursement, in part, for expenditures for salaries of teachers, supervisors, principals, assistant superintendents, and superintendents of schools, for services rendered in the public day schools during the year ending on the thirtieth day of June next preceding.
Section 3. For each person employed for full-time service for the entire school year as teacher, supervisor, principal, as- sistant superintendent, or superintendent of schools, the city or town shall be reimbursed as follows:
(1) Two hundred dollars for every such per- son who has received as salary not less than eight hundred and fifty dollars and who is a graduate of an approved normal school or college and has had at least two years teaching experience or who possesses preparation and teaching experience accepted in lieu thereof.
(2) One hundred and fifty dollars for every such person, not included in the foregoing classi- fication, who has received as salary not less than seven hundred and fifty dollars and (a) who has satisfactorily completed one year of professional training in an approved normal school or teach- ers' training school, and has had at least three years of teaching experience; or (b) is a grad- uate of an approved normal school or college, and has had at least one year of teaching ex- perience; or (c) ( who possesses preparation and teaching experience accepted in lieu of either of the foregong requirements in this paragraph.
(3) One hundred dollars for every such per- son, not included in either paragraphs (1) or (1), who has received as salary not less than six hundred and fifty dollars.
The second part of this act provides for the distribu- tion of the Massachusetts school fund. Plainville will receive about the same amount from this fund as in
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former years, which is approximately $1,300. Also, un- der this act, for the support of the High School, $825 will be received.
These sums deducted from the total budget for 1920 will leave about $12,000 to be raised by taxation. This seems like a large increase for the support of schools, but when the purchasing power of a dollar is only fifty cents as compared with the dollar of 1914, the apparent increase becomes a decrease.
Teachers
The following shows the changes in the teaching force since the last report :
Resigned
Frank Winthrop, High School.
Edith B. Armstrong, High School.
Eva A. F. Hobart, Grammar School.
Dora E. Weatherbee, Primary School. L. Estelle Ashley, Primary School.
Appointed Amasa F. Williston Viola M. Jackson Agnes H. Hedberg Natalie C. Chapman Laurel M. Tout
On account of the size of the school composed of Grades V and VI, it has been found necessary to employ another teacher. Miss Signe M. Peterson, a Salem Nor- mal School graduate, has been secured for the sixth grade.
Mr. Herman S. J. Loud has been employed since No- vember to teach carpentry to the boys. A creditable be- ginning in practical carpentry has been made and the boys are much interested.
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Compulsory School Attendance
The General Court in 1919 amended the act relative to the giving of work certificates by striking out the word "fourth' and inserting the word "sixth," so that the law now now requires that a child between fourteen and sixteen cannot be given a work certificate until he or she has completed the work of the sixth grdae.
Section 60 of Chapter 514 of the Acts of 1909 has been amended to read "a limited certificate authorizing em- ployment only upon days when school is not in session, but subject to all the other restrictions imposed by this act, may be ssued to a minor over fourteen who lacks the educational qualifications for a full employment cer- tificate, provided that he or she is otherwise qualified."
Section 49, Chapter 42, of the Revised Laws was amended in 1919 so that all children living two miles or more from the school shall be transported. This applies to children in the high school as well as those in the grades.
Also, a new section was added to Chapter 42 as follows : "Pupils in the public schools may, if the committee so votes, purchase from the city or town, under such regula- tions as the committee may prescribe, any text-books which are to be, or have been used by them in the public schools."
General Acts of 1919, Chapter 277: An Act to deter- mine the number of children retarded in mental develop- ment and to provide for their instruction.
Section 1. The school committee of each city and town shall, within one year after the passage of this act, and an- nually thereafter ascertain, under regulations prescribed by the board of education and the director of the commission on mental diseases, the number of children three years or more retarded in mental development who are in attendance upon the public schools of its city or town, or who are of school age and reside therein.
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Section 2. At the beginning of the school year of nineteen hundred and twenty, the school committee of each city and town in which there are ten or more children three years or more so retarded shall establish special classes to give such children instruction adapted to their mental attainments, un- der regulations prescribed by the board of education.
Music and Drawing
Mrs. Tisdale and Miss Brigham are doing their usual excellent work in music and drawing. Mrs. Tisdale says :
"Much attention is being paid to the development of rhythm, beginning in the first grade with the rote songs and continuing through the grades.
"The high school orchestra, which has been organized in the school, is moving along nicely. I am trying to arouse an interest among the members of the school to secure more of a variety of instruments. When under- taking a new movement like this, the main thing to pos- sess is patience. Those who have started are doing very well, and I am pleased to say all are ready to do their best. I am sure that in time we will have a very good orchestra. I hope we may later purchase a Victrola so as to start lessons in appreciation of music.
"Through music we hope to arouse in the child those qualities which will produce high intrinsic, cultural values, so that he may be happier in his own life and of more use to his family, his neighborhood and his coun- try."
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Miss Brigham reports to me :
"The course of drawing laid down for all the grades follows the same general plan, the problems varying in difficulty and in the medium used according to the age and interest of the child.
"In the fall the subjects are color and nature drawing ; the mediums used, colored crayon and colored paper in
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the first three or four grades, water color in the higher grades.
"This drawing and color is applied to designs for Thanksgiving and Christmas cards and gifts of paper, etc., and various school projects. In the winter term representation is the theme,, taught in various ways by paper cutting, ink silhouettes, crayon, pencil and char- coal drawing ; in the spring term, mechanical drawing, followed by construction and design with special appli- cation to its use in the home."
Conclusion
I would earnestly recommend a dental examination of all pupils. Many children have defective teeth, which not only impair their physical health, but also retard them in their studies.
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