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ANNUAL REPORT
Hereof fail not to make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, in con- formity with public statutes, at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of the Town of Plainville this eighteenth day of July, in the year nine- teen hundred and twenty-three.
EDWIN W. PINK HUGH D. KRIEGEL JAMES E. McNEILL Selectmen of Plainville.
Proceedings, Special Town Meeting
A special Town Meeting was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday, July 25, 1923.
Meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock P. M. by the Town Clerk, reading the warrant and return thereon.
Article 1. On motion of E. W. Pink, it was unanim- ously voted that J. J. Eiden cast one ballot bearing the name of H. F. Keeney for Moderator. Hugh D. Kriegel acting as teller, the ballot was cast and Mr. Keeney d-e clared elected.
Article 2. E. W. Pink, Chairman of the Selectmen, reading communication from Massachusetts State High- way Commission relative to the town indemnifying the State for any damages caused by abuttors by grading or drainage in reconstruction of proposed State road through the town.
On motion of W. M. Fuller it was voted to leave the matter in the hands of the Selectmen, they to interview the Highway Commission and investigate all phases, also interview abuttors and report at future meeting.
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Article 3. Finance Committee recommends $516. W. M. Fuller explained the situation in regards to hand rails, etc., as ordered by State inspectors.
On motion of W. M. Fuller it was unanimously voted to appropriate $516 to make the necessary changes.
Article 4. On motion of M. M. Rines it was unanim- ously voted Article 4 be laid on the table.
Article 5. Finance Committee recommends $850, E. W. Pink explainiing state of finances in current and in- cidental account and reasons for asking for additional money.
On motion of E. W. Pink it was unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $850 additional to the Current and Incidental account.
On motion of G. B. Greenlay it was voted a committee of three be appointed to look up and obtain information regarding power gravel screen, scarcitp of gravel, etc .. and to report at future meeting or to the Selectmen.
Committee on power gravel screen-George B. Green- lap, Millard M. Rines, Hugh D. Kriegel.
Voted to adjourn at 9:15 o'clock P. M.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1923
Date
Name
Names of Parents
Jan. 1-Lucy Marianna Simmons, Weslep S. and Alice E. Jan. 5-John Henry Gaskin John H. and Mabel M. Jan. 11-Stillborn.
Jan. 24-Robert Irvine Snell Ralph I. and Ruth E.
Jan. 25-Marie Doris Parenteau Achille and Lucia Jan. 28-Norma Louise Sweeting Fred and Mildred Feb. 3-Hazel Louise Feid John and Sarah
Feb. 14-Nelson Louis LeBlanc Arthur and Sara L.
Feb. 19-Joseph Frederick Eno Urbain and Valida
Feb. 21-George Edward Otis Dexter L. and Lillian A. April 28-Barbara Louise Peckham
Wallace H. and Gertrude M.
Map 11-Dorothy Jane Lamphier Harvey and Diana May 29-Marjorie Rose Anderson
Chester A. and Alice J.
June 15-Edward Richard Frobel Franz and Martha June 15-John Edward Pease Elmer C. and Alice M. June 17-Ruth Frances Tootill Ernest and Minnie F. June 30-Joseph Howard Zilch
Victor J. and Margaret P.
July 10-Frederick Charles Hemmingsen
Ralph and Clara July 24-Burton Leod Murchy Richard and Mabel Aug. 9 .- Herbert Amos Anderson, Harold K. and Dacia A Sept. 20-Louis David Campbell Wilfred and Alice Sept. 20-Kenneth Donald Snell Geo. H. and Gertrude Sept. 21-Robert Stanley Tamblyn Henry S. and Clara Oct. 17-Betty Jean Bell Samuel and Mabel Oct. 25-Charlotte Louise Patton Frank and CharlotteC Nov. 4-Wallace Alexander Prive
Wallace A. and Veda W. Dec. 26-Stillborn.
Nov. 4-Thelma Eva Wheeler Adrian G. and Grace M.
A true copy. Attest :
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THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1923
Date
Name
Residence
Married by
Jan. 1. Guy Maxwell Stevens.
. Plainville . .
Rev. Melville A. Shafer
May
19. Howard Ellis Peck ...
. Plainville.
Frank M. Mather, Justice of the Peace
June 23. Webster Hall
Beatrice Virginia Burton
. Plainville . .
June 25.
Arthur Desilets Henriette Desautels
. North Attleboro . .
Rev. L. A. Dequoy
July 28. Willard G. Ayer
. Plainville .
Rev. Victor V. Sawyer
Sadie E. Grindell
. Plainville .
Rev. Guy Herbert Wayne
July 28. Alfred Wm. Gordon Hale.
. North Attleboro.
. Plainville.
Rev. Wesley Huber
Aug.
24. Albert Beyersdorfer Bertha Schmidt
Attleboro
Rev. P. L. Larvaree.
Sept. 16. Sumner Truell Proal Mary Veronica Randall
. North Attleboro.
Worcester.
Rev. Wesley Huber
Oct.
6. Frederick Harris Crocker Hazel Beatricie Esau
. Plainville .
Rev. Guy Herbert Wayne
Nov. 7. George Almon Clarke Florence May Austin
. North Attleboro.
. . Plainville .
Rev. Guy Herbert Wayne
Nov.
21. Almon Fayette Baxter Catherine Cappuci
. Manville, R. I.
Nov.
29. Howard Raymond Walsh Mildred Marble
. Plainville.
.North Attleboro.
Rev. Guy Herbert Wayne 1
Dec. 27. Chester E. Holbrook
Seekonk.
Rev. Guy Herbert Wayne
Mary Louise Hoyt . Plainville .
A true copy.
Attest :
THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk.
Ruth Marion Peckham.
. Holbrook.
Sadie Victoria Greenwood.
. Meriden, Conn ..
. .. Plainville .
Rev. Guy Herbert Wayne
. . Plainville .
Elsie Elizabeth Proal
.Plainville .
. Plainville .
. Plainville .
. North Attleboro .
Rev. Guy Herbert Wayne
Dec. 22. Walter Ernest Bliek Ruby Ellis Burton . Plainville .
DEATHS RECORDED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1923
Date
Name
Y
A ge M D
Cause of Death
Jan. 7.
Elmira Annie Peck.
61
8
8 Broncho-pneumonia and bronchial asthma.
Jan. 11.
Stillborn
Jan. 13.
Edna Arleta Franklin
33
10
21 Puerperal exclampsia and acute nephritis.
Jan. 16.
Matilda White
52
2
19 Cerebral hemorrhage, arterio-sclerosis.
Jan 16. Emma Louisa Fuller
70
6
30
Chronic nephritis, chr. valvular disease, stinosis.
Jan. 21
Ellen Elizabeth Peck
86
4
13 Apoplexy.
Jan. 27. Mary Parenteau
1 Malformation of the heart.
Jan. 30. Laura Ella Corey
71
5
Valvular heart disease.
Feb. 6. Cornelia Elizabeth Cobb
84
11
29 Cerebral hemorrhage, arterio-sclerosis.
Feb. 8.
Eugene Sanford Whiting
77
14 Broncho-pneumonia, meningitis.
Mar.
9. Henry E. Booth
80
8 Aortic and mitral insufficiency.
Mar. 29.
Emily Ann Crotty
77
3
17 Lobar pneumonia.
April 18.
John McQuade
51
10
16 Pulmonary tuberculosis
April 26. William Henry Corbin
73
7
16 Arterio-sclerosis, angina pectoris.
May 16.
Jeannette Isabel Loud
39
4
26
Acute nephritis.
May 20.
Mary Ann Donnelly
64
15 Cerebral hemorrhage.
July 3.
Jennie Marie Heckman
79
1
5 Cerebral apoplexy.
July 26.
Rachel Mabel Murchy
27
2
19 Broncho-pneumonia.
Aug. 18.
Clara Jane George
60
6
Chr. endocarditiss arterio-sclerosis.
Aug. 26.
Charles Thompson Alden.
79
19 Acute cardiac delation.
Sept. 1.
Foster P. Smith
79
6
4 Cerebral hemorrhage.
Sept. 3 ..
Nettie Matilda Hewes
61
5
27 Cancer of riterus, chr. valv. heart disease. Carcinoma of throat.
Nov. 23.
Arthur William Roberts
6
2 Bronchitis.
Nov. 26.
Henry A. Perry
61
10
Nov. 27.
James Moffitt :
26
Dec. 7 Mary Elizabeth Zilch
63
Dec. 22.
George Henry Clarke
54
3
15
Cerebral hemorrhage.
Dec. 28.
Stillborn
Dec. 28.
Abbie Philena Metcalf
82
1
28
Hypostatic pneumonia, arterio-sclerosis.
A true copy.
Attest:
THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk
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Nov. 2.
Frances Bishop
82
9 Hemorrhage spontaneous of brain. Bullet wound in brain. Carcinoma of stomach.
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ANNUAL REPORT
DOGS LICENSED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1923
Male
Female
Owner
Anderson, Amos S.
1
Averill, F. W.
1
Bagley, Chas. F.
1S
Barton, Richard F.
1
Barton, Wm. H.
1
Battersby, Chas.
1
Bartlett, Elmer H.
1
Benker, Wolfgang
2
Beyersdorfer, Albert
1
Bird, Elijah H.
1
Bolton, Joshua E.
1
Boyd, Thos. F. W.
1
Brunner, Chas. H.
2
Campbell, Wilfred
1
Card, Wm.
2
Chagnon, Phileas L.
1
Cheever, F. L.
1S
Cheever, J. H.
1
Christie, Henry J.
1
Clarke, Geo.
2
Clifford, Orrin
1
Cobb, Chas. S.
1
Corbin, Francis O.
1
Crotty, Jas. F.
1S
Cote, Flora
1
Cudworth, Geo.
1
Cook, Frank L.
1
Crowley, A. L.
1
Dargie, Armand
1
Day, Myron A.
1
Densmore, Orville
Eiden, John J. 1
1
Bacheller, Milton
1
1
1
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Emerson, Alex
1
Eno, Urbain
1
Falk, George P.
1
Fawcett, James F.
1
Feid, John
1
Fisler, Bert
1
Ford, Mrs. T.
1
Foster, Mrs. F.
1
French, Ralph
1
Gardner, Frank W.
1S
Gaskin, Thos.
1
Goldsmith, Earl
1
Goyette, Wilson
2
Grant, Austin F.
1
Greenhalgh, Mrs. F.
1
Greenlay, Geo. B.
2
Gryenda, Adolph
1
1
Harris, Frank
1
Hartman, Elizabeth
1
Herring, Frank
1
Herring, Oscar
1
Hatch, C. M.
1
Hindle, F. H.
1
Henrich, C. F.
1
Higgins, Lee R.
Hofman, Edw.
1
Jakuyayitis, F.
1
Jones, Fred
1
Kenerson, John A.
1S
King, Arthur H.
2
1
King, Frank
1
King, John
1S
King, Rufus
1
King, Ovide
1
Kloss, Andrew 1
Laier, Fred
2
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Lanory, Peter
1
Leiper, J. J.
1
Lindner, Chas. 2
1S
Marble, Chas. F.
1
Major, Chas.
1
Martin, A. L.
1S
Martin, John
1S 1
Meyer, George
1
McGovern, Wm.
1
McAfee, Edw.
1
Morgan, Wm.
1
Morse, Walter
1
Moore, Mrs. A. C.
1S
Mulligan, Wm. M.
1
Munroe, Robt. G.
1
Nash, John A.
1
Orris, Wm.
1
Patton, Frank O.
1
Payson, Sarah E.
1
Pease, Elmer
1
Peck, Ellis J.
1
Perron, Jos.
1
Proal, Harry O.
1
Quirk, Chas. J.
1
Quinn, F.
1
Randall, Chas.
1
Reynoldson, Frank
1
Rhodes, Arthur D.
1S
Rogers, N. P.
1
Robbins, Julia
1
Roberts, Frank
Root, Chas. C.
1
Rose, Moses A.
1
Russell, E.
1
Sargent, E. W.
1
Sargent, Harold
1
1
Maintien, Frank T.
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Seduski, Peter
2
Schubert, Oscar
1S
Shattuck, F. H.
1
Sharpe, Joseph A.
2
Simmons, Sanford
1
Smith, John W.
1
Smith, Cato
1
Smith, S.
3
Snell, Geo. H.
1S
Stewart, Augusta
1
Thomasen, R. N.
1S
Thompson, Bertha S.
1S
Thompson, Harley E.
1
Wardyga, D.
1
Wilkins, Geo. C.
1
Wheeler, Adrian
1S
Wheeler, Eben
1
Whittaker, John W.
1
White, George M. 2
Wilhelm, Chas.
1
1
Wood, Edwin I.
2
Wood, George N. Wolfe, Nels E. 1
1S
Woolen, Chas.
1
Woodworth, Laura 1
Woodward, Oswin C.
1S
Young, Leslie G.
1
All dog owners wishing license by mail will enclose 2-cent stamp.
THEODORE E. A. FULLER,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT
JURY LIST, TOWN OF PLAINVILLE; 1923-1924
Barden, Walter E., South st., merchant. .
Bolton, Joshua E., Pleasant st., retired ..
Day, Myron A., Grove st., clerk.
Fisher, Chester E., South st., jejeler.
Gardiner, Frank W., E. Bacon st., jeweler.
Hartman, Christian A., E. Bacon st., jeweler.
Hofman, Edward F., Spring st., engraver.
Holt, Harry A., Spring st., retired.
McNeill, James E., Melcher st., laundryman.
Morse, Harry H., Lincoln ave., chauffeur.
Morse, Walter A., Broad st., auto mechanic.
Nash, Charles E., South st., tool maker.
Patton, Frank O., Taunton st., carpenter.
Thompson, Harry B., Grove st., clerk.
Zilch, Francis N., Bugbee st., tool maker.
EDWIN W. PINK, JAMES E. McNEILL, HUGH D. KRIEGEL, Selectmen of Plainville, Mass.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
Town of Plainville Massachusetts
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SCHOOL OFFICIALS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FRANK O. CORBIN, Chairman .... Term Expires 1925 Telephone North Attleboro 293-Y'
WILLIAM WHITE, Secretary ..... Term Expires 1926 Telephone North Attleboro 309-J
WILLIS M. FULLER Term Expires 1924
Meetings : Second and Fourth Wednesdays
Union Superintendent for Foxboro, Norton, Plainville
IRA A. JENKINS, A. M. Telephone: Foxboro, 47 Authorized to Issue Work Certilcates WILLIS M. FULLER Telephone : North Attleboro, 323-J
School Physician FREDERICK J. CARLEY, M. D. Telephone : North Attleboro, 481 -
School Nurse GINA F. WHITEHOUSE, R. N.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1924
Winter term of all schools begins January 2, 1924. Winter term of all schools closes March 28, 1924. Spring term of all schools begins April 7, 1924. Spring term of elementary schools closes June 13, 1924. Spring term of High School closes June 20, 1924. High School graduation, June 20, 1924. Fall term of all schools begins September 2, 1924. Fall term of elementary schools closes Dec. 12, 1924. Fall term of High School closes December 19, 1924. Winter term of all schools begins December 29, 1924.
HOLIDAYS
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, October 12, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
SCHOOL SESSIONS
High School: Regular session, 8-1; extra session, 2-4. Grammar School: 9 to 12 and 1:15 to 3:15.
Primary School: 9 to 11:45 and 1:15 to 3:15.
NO SCHOOL 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 11:30 a. m. signify no afternoon session.
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Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of the Town of Plainville :
The following report is respectfully submitted.
During the coming year, it is going to be necessary to make a number of repairs and renovations, among them being the repairing of the High School rool, paint- ing the fence which divides the school property from that of H. E. Thompson, and providing doors with locks for the closets in the Town Hall building, so that the children may be segregated from the general public, when the Town Hall is being used for entertainments and dances.
The present system of sanitation in both school build- ings is about worn out, and while it will probably last through the coming year, with special attention, we feel that the town should provide for a new system. It is the intention of your Committee to look into the matter thoroughly, and submit specifications and fig- ures at the next annual Town meeting.
We would also call to the attention of the citizens of the Town, the crowded condition existing in the High School building, and for particulars, refer you to the re- port of the High School Principal. The exclusive use of the room now occupied by the Selectmen would help matters some, but in order to have all room necessary. the building should be used for High and Grammar de- partments only, and the sixth grade moved to other quarters. Where to put this grade under present con- ditions is a perplexing question, as the only room avail- able in a school building is in the Town Hall.
The Committee wishes to thank the Parent-Teachers' Association for the measuring and weighing apparatus
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presented to the School. It is a great help in determin- ing the physical condition of the school children.
We are pleased to record an unexpended balance of $403.09 from money available for 1923 expenses.
FRANCIS O. CORBIN, Chairman,
WILLIAM WHITE, Secretary, WILLIS M. FULLER, School Committee.
The following appropriations are recommended for the year 1924 :
$13,800.00
Teachers' wages
2,300.00
Transportation
1,400.00
Fuel
1,200.00
Janitor
1,050.00
Books and Suppliies
1,225.00
Incidental and Industrial
300.00
School Nurse 25.00
School Dentist
100.00
School Physiciian
620.00
Superintendent of Schools
$22,020.00
The Town will be reimbursed by the State as tol- lows :
General School Fund (Income Tax). $1,863.20
General School Fund (Mass. School Fund) .. 1,508.16
Superintendent of Schools 386.00
High School Grant 1,055.75
$4,813.11
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MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Teachers' Wages, Care and Fuel Account
Appropriated $18,500.00
Received for tuition
10.00
Transportation refund
200.00
Heating Town Hall
75.00
Expended
Teachers' salaries
$13,635.35
Transportation
2,270.00
Janitor service
1,170.00
Fuel
1,400.56
$18,475.91
Unexpended balance
309.59
$18,785.50
Books and Supplies Account
Expended
Appropriated
$950.00
Discount
.10
$950.10
Expended
$947.01
Unexpended balance
3.09
$950.10
Incidental and Industrial Account
Appropriated
$900.00
Special appropriation
516.00
Return on telephone
1.25
Return from Georgia M. Burditt ...
10.00
$18,785.50
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Return from Anna H. Jackson. .. 4.10
3.30
Cancelled check
$1,434.65
Expended
$1,354.77
Expended
79.88
Unexpended balance
$1,434.65
Superintendent's Account
$620.00
$620.00
Appropriated
Expended
$620.00
$620.00
Expended
School Physician
$100.00
$100.00
Appropriated
$100.00
$100.00
Expended .
School Nurse
$300.00
$300.00
Appropriated
Expended
$289.47
Expended
10.53
Unexpended balance
$300.00
School Dentist
$25.00
$25.00
Appropriated
$25.00
$25.00
Expended
$22,215.25 22,215.58
Total for schools
21,812.16
Total expended
$403.09
Total unexpended balance
$22,215.25 22,215.25
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BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ACCOUNT
Dowling School Supply Co. $13.02
Allyn & Bacon 21.04
American Book Co. 82.40
Charles E. Merrill Co. 28.60
Ginn & Co. 110.39
Edw. E. Babb & Co. 213.54
J. B. Lippincott Co. 7.73
Silver, Burdett & Co. 10.07
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. 169.39
Oliver Ditson Co.
5.62
Forster Music Publisher
2.40
Gregg Publishing Co.
1.76
Charles Scribner's Sons
25.03
J. L. Hammett Co.
58.44
The Arts Publishing Co.
20.15
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
33.22
D. C. Heath Co.
61.06
Willis Music Co.
6.93
Lyons & Carnahan
24.34
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 14.83
The MacMillan Co. 11.10
McIntosh Publishing Co.
6.44
Jos. Watrons 14.75
Boston Music Co. 3.66
$947.01
INDUSTRIAL AND INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT
A. R. Block 4.33
W. M. Hall Co. 13.57
Falk & Henrich 56.67
Georgia M. Burditt 18.11
H. E. Thompson 1.05
A. R. Block 1.00
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Ira A. Jenkins 23.95
Plainville Pharmacy 17.09
E. Howard Clock Co. 16.94
23.58
North Attleboro Gas Light Co.
57.84
New England Telegraph & Telephone Co
North Attleboro Chronicle Co 12.00
2.27
Joseph Watrons 11.50
F. W. Averill 22.59
Gina F. Whitehouse
7.00
H. S. J. Loud 23.50
Plainville Press 23.72
Edw. E. Babb & Co.
0 4.30
Whiting's News Agency
11.77
Remington Typewriter Co. 11.04
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Frank O. Corbin
17.45
Reformatory for Women
24.19
Ideal Disinfectant Co.
.85
H. G. Ellis
15.00
Bernice E. Hatch
10.35
Frank B. Davis
55.50
Lyons, Delaney & Co.
559.91
A. R. Brais Co.
$3.20
Burgess Express
10.80
Chas. F. Wilson
162.00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
140.00
L. C. Smith & Bros.
2.40
J. R. MacNeil
1.50
Underwood Typewriter Co.
$1,354.77
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Plainville :
Gentlemen : I take pleasure in presenting my twelfth annual report of the schools of Plainville. This is the nineteenth report in the series of superintendents' re- ports.
Teachers
After a successful service of seven years, Mrs. Eleanor McGregor resigned last June. Her faithful work and devotion to the best interests of the schools deserve a word of commendation.
Much to the regret of parents, pupils, teachers and school officials, Miss Mabel Brigham, after a term of twenty-one years, resigned. Her work in drawing dur- ing this long period has been a marked success. Her work in jewelry making has been unique and peculiair to the schools of Plainville. Much of this work has been praised by the experts in the jewelry business.
We are fortunate to secure as her successor Miss Eleanor M. Kieley, a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, and a teacher of experience, who is able to con- tinue the work in jewelry making.
The changes in the corps of teachers since the last report follows :
Resigned
Appointed
Joyce R. Littlehale. . . High Maud N. Austin Mrs. E. McGregor . . Primary. . Mrs. Cora R. Leonard Carolyn J. Stannis. . . . Primary . ... .. Marion L. Adams
Domestic Science
Georgia M. Burditt Charlotie S. Snow Mabel Brigham Drawing. .. .... Eleanor M. Kieley
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LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1924
School
Name
Where Educated
Date of Appt.
High
Webster Hall, B. S., Principal
Tufts College
1921
Ruth K. Fisher, A. B.
Bates College
1921
Maud N. Austin, A. B.
Wheaton College
1923
Jessie I. Pithie, Commercial
Bryant & Stratton
1921
Grammar, 7 and 8
Signe M. Peterson
Plainville High
1885
Grammar, 6
Mrs. Cora R. Leonard
Salem Normal
1919
Primary, 4 and 5
Perry Kindergarten
1923
Marion L. Adams
Emerson College of Oratory
Primary, 3 and 4
Mrs. Anna H. Jackson
Framingham Normal
1923
Primary, 2
Lucile H. Robbins
Bridgewater Normal 1921
Primary, 1
A. Virginia Broadhurst
Framingham Normal 1922
Household Arts
Charlotte S. Snow
Framingham Normal 1923
Music
Mrs. Martha C. Tisdale
N. E. Conservatory of Music 1903
Drawing
Eleanor M. Kieley
Rhode Island School of Design
1923
ANNUAL
REPORT
ATTENDANCE TABLE FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1923
SCHOOL
Total
Membership
Males
Females
Average
Membership
Pupils Between
Pupils Between
7 and 14
Pupils Between
Pupils Over 16
Aggregate
Attendance
Average Daily
Attendance
Days Absent
Cases of
Tardiness
Cases of
Dismissal
Percentage of Attendance
High School
54
26
28
50.3
0
3
31
20
9,207
47.6
516
355
15
94.4
Grades 7 and 8 ...
56
29
27
48.7
0
41
14
1 8,035
44.9
586
34
0
92.1
Grade 6
28
15
13
25.4
0
25
3
0
4,136
23.5
334
00
5
92.5
Grades 4 and 5. . ·
43
19
24
42
0
42
1
0 6,883
40
270
1
0
95.9
Grades 3 and 4 ...
44
26
18
34.5
0
44
0
0 5,576
31.2
584
46
co
90.5
Grades 2 and 3 ...
0
17
23
35
0
40
0
0
5,484
32.1
489
114
00
91.8
Grade 1
40
18
22
33.1
23
17
0
0
5,132
29.6
599
91
-
90.7
Totals
305
150
155
269
23
212
49
21
44,273
248.9
3,379
649
41
92.6
ANNUAL
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·
REPORT
6 and 7
14 and 16
PUPILS ENROLLED APRIL, 1923, BY GRADES AND AGES
Total
Ages
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
17
Grade 1, Boys
9
8
18
Grade 1, Girls
15
8
8
Grade 2, Boys
5
3
17
Grade 2, Girls
13
4
15
5
8
7
Grade 3, Boys
6
1
13
3
6
4
19
Grade 4, Boys
1
12
5
1
18
12
2
2
1
1
14
Grade 5, Boys
7
5
1
1
14
3
5
3
2
1
11
Grade 6, Boys
5
5
1
Grade 6, Girls
10
4
3
1
2
16
Grade 7, Boys
10
3
2
1
Grade 7, Girls
1 10
2
4
Grade 8, Boys
6
1
1
1
Grade 8, Girls
High School
8
1
1
2
1st Year, Boys
1
1st Year, Girls
4
1
1
9
znd Year, Boys
2
5
2
2nd Year, Girls
1
8
3rd Year, Boys
2
5
1
3rd Year, Girls
3
2
1
6
2
1
1
1
5
4th Year, Girls
Totals
24
29
19
24 33
24
26
28
18
24
13
6
3
1 262
2
Grade 3, Girls
Grade 4,
Girls
Grade 5, Girls
17
9
10
1
6
3
2
4th Year, Boys
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ANNUAL REPORT PROMOTIONS, JUNE, 1923
Unconditional Conditional Not Promotions Promotions Promoted
Grade I.
29
0
5
Grade II.
18
3
4
Grade III.
21
0
1
Grade IV.
31
1
0
Grade V.
31
1
0
Grade VI.
22
0
4
Grade VII
21
2
0
Grade VIII.
24
1
0
H. S. Freshmen
10
2
0
H. S. Sophomores
9
4
1
H. S. Juniors
10
1
0
H. S. Seniors
11
0
0
Totals
237
15
15
Teachers and parents should carefully study the above tables. They are jointly responsible for improve- ments in each table. Note the parts of the first table marked Days Absent and Percentage of Attendance. 3,348 days absent mean nearly twenty pupils absent every school day of the year. 92.5 per cent. of attend- ance means only a little bttter than nine-tenths of the possible e. . ciency of the schools. What would be the result if the fathers, mothers and teachers were absent from their work one-tenth of the year?
Parents should see that their children are as nearly 100 per cent. efficient as possible in attendance. Teach- ers are not 100 per cent. e .. cient until they have put forth every means to make the attendance in their schools as nearly perfect as possible.
No reasonable excuses can be offered b yparents in defense of 649 tardy marks during the year. The habit of being on time is a necessary factor in the education of the youth.
The successful teacher will have a small percentage of conditioned and not promoted pupils.
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
To the Superintendent of Schools, Plainville, Mass.
My dear Mr. Jenkins :
I am pleased to submit to you this, my third annual report, as Principal of the Plainville High School.
In retrospection, I wish first to call your attention to the record of the last graduating class. It is one in which we, as well as the people of Plainville, may take just pride. Of the eleven who graduated there are seven in higher institutions of learning. They are located as follows: One at Rhode Island State College, two at Tufts College, two at Bryant & Stratton's (of which two, one, on account of sickness in the family, had to give up), one at Norfolk County Agricultural School, and one at the Young Women's Christian Association School of Domestic Art. This, I am sure, is an enviable record for any school. We have 64 per cent. of ouh graduating class at higher institutions of learning. This is a record which cannot be approached by the vast majority of schools in the United States. As a matter of fact, our school did aabout 200 per cent. better than the average of the country at large. (I quote from A. J. Inglis' "Principles of Secondary Education," page 150.)
Registration day, September 4, found the faculty of the school facing the same problem of over-crowding which faced us in September, 1922. This time, however, found conditions more acute and brought home to us, with redoubled force, the positive necessity of making additions to the present high school building, imme- diately. Suffice it to say, that we found it necessary to put six new desks and chairs in the main room of the high school, for we had a registration of sixty pupils.
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The result of this was to crowd the teachers' desk so close to the front wall of the room that it is almost im- possible for classes to pass quickly and expeditiously from one room to another. Such confusion arises from this crowding that it manifests itself adversely in the class room psychology of the pupils.
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