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2,700.00
2,218.48
481.52
Street Lights
4,450.00
4,435.31
14.69
Water Department
3,800.00
3,281.58
518.42
Board of Health
600.00
676.18
* 76.18
Police Department
2,300.00
1.80
2,313.54
* 11.74
Tree Warden
50.00
50.00
Shade Trees
50.00
50.00
Removal of Snow
1,300.00
135.50
1,435.50
Town Hall
350.00
245.07
104.93 6.46
School Department
30,880.00
72.88
493.54 30,727.80
225.08
Town Forest
75.00
75.00
Fire and Office Building
700.00
617.12
82.88
Official Bonds
163.00
158.00
5.00
Moth
800.00
778.90
21.10
County Hospital
624.17
624.17
Pleasant Street
1,312.87
1,234.67
78.20
500.00
1,000.00
1,495.68
4.32
Welfare Agent
750.00
655.00
95.00
Civilian Defense
200.00
83.36
116.64
Old Age Assistance
8,500.00
10.00
7,749.32
760.68
Maturing Debt
2,000.00
2,000.00
Road Machinery
1,000.00
849.25
150.75
East Bacon Street
2,500.00
2,468.29
31.71
Forest Fires
115.75
114.75
1.00
Town Plat
250.00
150.00
100.00
Garbage Disposal
350.00
270.00
80.00
Ration Board
100.00
23.50
76.50
State and County Taxes
3,050.89
3,252.18
* 201.29
$80,253.48
$9,957.69
$86,736.22
$3,474.95
*Overdrafts:
Highway, Center of Town
$504.17
Board of Health
76.18
Police Department
11.74
State and County Taxes
201.29
$793.38
Park and Playground
500.00
Highway, Chapter 90
TOWN OF PLAINVILLE - TREASURER'S REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 1943 BALANCE SHEET AND RESERVES
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$30,816.79
Withholding Tax Reserve
Collector of Internal Reserve
$1,036.42
Accounts Receivable :
Dog Taxes due County
10.20
Taxes 1943 Levy
6,445.94
Alice I. Cobb-Bequest
2,000.00
Motor Vehicle Excise:
45.67
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
51.99
Tax Titiles
697.37
Administration
13.24
Tax Possessions
799.41
Aid Dependent Children:
Water Rates and Supplies
2,500.02
Assistance
143.93
State Aid to Highways:
Administration 17.21
226.37 4,073.75
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1943
938.72
Reserves Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise
45.67
Tax Title
697.37
Tax Possession
799.41
Water
2,500.02
Surplus Revenue
4,042.47 28,537.89
$41,887.82
$41,887.82
Chapter 81
582.62
Road Machinery Fund
1,022.00
Levy of 1943
TOWN OF PLAINVILLE - TREASURER'S REPORT - RECEMBER 31, 1943 INVESTMENT AND TRUST FUND
Trust Fund, Cash
$ 727.30 10,000.00
Trust Fund, School
$ 727.30
Government Bonds
Post War Fund
10,000.00
$10,727.30
$10,727.30
DEBT
ACCOUNT
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$16,000.00 Municipal Building Loan
$16,000.00 Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD OSTERHOLM, Treasurer Town of Plainville, Mass.
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit to you my report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1943.
Scales
Adjusted Sealed
Sealing Fee
Total
Platform over 10,000 lbs.
1
1
$2.00
$2.00
Platform 100 - 5,000 lbs.
1
7
.50
3.50
Counter under 100 lbs.
6
.10
.60
Spring over 100 lbs.
1
.50
.50
Spring under 100 1bs.
8
.10
.80
Computing under 100 1bs.
2
6
.10
.60
Personal Weighing
2
.50
1.00
Weights
Avoirdupois
39
.03
1.17
Capacity Measures
Liquid under 1 gal.
7
.03
.21
Automatic Measuring
Devices
Gasoline Meters
21
.50
10.50
Tank Truck Meters
3
1.00
3.00
Oil Measuring Pumps
1
.10
.10
Grease Measuring Devices
8
.10
.80
Totals
4 110
$24.78
Reweighing of Commodities Put Up For Sale Beans 9; Bread 22; Lard 9; Flour 5; Potatoes 10; Coal (in transit) 2.
Cash Paid to Town Treasurer . . . .$24.78
Appropriation $75.00
Salary $50.00
Transportation and
Supplies
25.00 75.00
Respectfully submitted,
ADRIAN G. WHEELER,
Sealer
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Annual Report
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
of
Plainville, Massachusetts
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School Officials
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
HARVEY C. MORSE, Chairman Term expires 1944 Telephone North Attleboro 309-J
SIDNEY A. MADDOCKS, Secretary Term expires 1945 Telephone North Attleboro 372
HENRY S. TAMBLYN Term expires 1946 Telephone North Attleboro 1112-W
Meeting of the School Committee is held in the office, Town Hall Building, on the third Wednesday of each month.
Union Superintendent of Schools, Norton and Plainville
LAURENCE G. NOURSE Residence Telephone, Norton 66 School Telephone, North Attleboro 385-R
Superintendent may be reached at the office in the Town Hall Building every Tuesday, and other days by appointment.
Authorized to Issue Work Certificates F. SUMNER TURNER Telephone North Attleboro 1546
School Physician DR. JOHN T. COTTER Telephone North Attleboro 204
School Nurse MRS. ISABEL M. MADDOCKS School Nurse Substitute Telephone North Attleboro 372
Attendance Officer
ELMER C. PEASE
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1943-1944
Elementary and High Schools:
First term opens September 8, 1943. First term clcses December 23, 1943. Second term opens January 3, 1944. Second term closes February 18, 1944. Third term opens February 28, 1944.
Third term closes April 21, 1944. Fourth term opens May 1, 1944. Fourth term closes: Elementary Schools-June 16, 1944. High School-June 23, 1944.
Holidays for all Schools:
October 11 and 12, 1943. October 29, 1943.
November 11, 1943. November 25 and 26, 1943. December 23 (1/2 day), 1943. April 19, 1944. May 30, 1944.
School Sessions:
Junior-Senior High School: Regular session 8:30 to 2:00.
Primary School: 9:00 to 11:45 and 1:00 to 3:00.
No School Signals:
7:30 A.M .- Three double blasts on fire alarm system signifies no school for all pupils for the day. 7:45 A.M .- Same signal signifies no school for pri- mary school pupils.
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11:45 A.M .- Same signal signifies no school in the afternoon and Primary pupils will stay in school one hour longer than the usual morning session and then be dismissed for the day.
Plainville NO SCHOOL signals are broadcast over radio station WEAN-7:00 A.M. to 7:30 A.M. and 7:45, and 8:15 A.M.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Plainville:
During the past year there have been four changes in the school staff. This is the smallest number in several years. In the High School Mr. William Sawyer left the staff. Mrs. Eleanor Hutchinson entered the WAVES and received a commission as Ensign. She and Mr. Donald W. Read are the two members of the Plainville staff who have entered military service. We regret very much the loss of Miss Beatrice V. Trulson, who had served faithfully for several years in the Junior High School. She left for an excellent position in the Lexington school system. In the Primary School Miss Madeline E. Bartell left February first to accept a position in the Belmont schools where she has special responsibilities in the teaching of reading in addition to teaching first grade. Her work in organizing the activities of the Primary School and in building up the reading program in our schools had been outstanding. These positions have been very satisfactorily filled by the appointment of Mr. Ralph S. Smith as Assistant Principal in the High School and Mrs. Esther C. Smith as teacher of French and Latin. Miss Estelle Cotton was secured as teacher of the social studies
in the Junior High School. Miss Cotton is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, where she made an excellent record in prepa- ration for teaching. In the Primary School the position of Principal was filled by the appointment of Miss Beatrice H. Wood, who for several years has done excellent work as a teacher of the fourth and fifth grades. Miss Marion R. Welch was secured for the second grade position and there is every promise of success in her first year of teaching.
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In regard to the physical condition of the two school buildings we wish to make the following report. During the past year the first step was made in carrying out the ten-year school painting plan which was recommended in last year's report. The ceilings and walls in the High School main room and in grade one were redecorated. This made much cleaner and more attractive classroom conditions. It also greatly im- proved the classroom lighting in these rooms. A continuation of this plan will gradually put all classrooms in good condition and maintain their status. Due to the general conditions in securing materials and workmen, it has been impossible to carry out any major building repairs. Only those most needed have been done. Attention is being given to the postwar building needs. The results of the installation of the lighting plan in two classrooms are most satisfactory.
We wish to record our appreciation of the work of the school staff during the past year. The Superintendent's duties in securing teachers and in the supervision of the educational needs of the schools in these times has been most successful in spite of the unusual prevailing conditions. The Principals and teachers have shown a most commendable spirit in accepting many extra duties and responsibilities in addition to the prob- lems of carrying on the basic work of the schools in these abnormal times. Careful study of the reports of the Superin- tendent, Principals, and Supervisors and of the health depart- ment is recommended. Special consideration of the problems of postwar responsibilities for the schools deserves special atten- tion.
The following tables set forth the expenditures for 1943 and the needs of the schools for 1944. The increased budget is in our opinion essential to the maintenance of school standards under present general conditions.
Money Available for Schools in 1943
Appropriation $30,880.00
Interest on Town School Fund
14.61
Refund on Town Hall Lights
52.65
Refunds, Miscellaneous
5.62
$30,952.88
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Expenses
General Expenses:
School Committee
$ 120.00
Superintendent's Salary
1,600.00
Expenses
385.61
Expenses of Instruction :
Salaries, High and Elementary
17,866.52
Books and Supplies
2,212.59
Operation of School Plant:
Janitor
1,680.00
Fuel
1,816.27
Miscellaneous
869.85
Maintenance
881.96
Health
399.19
Transportation
2,630.00
Tuition
77.40
New Equipment
188.50
Total
$30,727.88
Balance
225.00
The Town received from the State on Account of Schools:
1942
1943
General School Fund, Part I
$1,940.00
$1,980.00
General School Fund, Part II
3,246.24
3,236.23
For Superintendent
773.33
773.33
For High School
1,042.75
1,142.75
$7,002.32
$7,132.31
From the Town of Wrentham, Tuition
$34.76
From Tuition of State Wards
209.76
106.70
From Tuition: Jewelry School Pupils
12.24
83.64
Total
$7,259.08
$7,322.65
Total Expenditures
$28,220.37
$30,727.88
Receipts from outside sources
7,259.08
7,322.65
Expenditure by Town of Plainville $20,961.29
$23,405.23
PLAINVILLE SCHOOL COMMITTEE BUDGET 1944
Budget 1944
Expended 1943
Expended 1941
Expended 1939
Expended 1934
School Committee
$ 120.00
$ 120.00
$ 120.00
$ 120.00
$ 120.00
Superintendent's Salary
1,700.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,599.96
Expenses
375.00
385.61
252.80
196.80
125.93
Teachers' Salaries
19,290.00
17,866 52
15,205.66
15,408.40
16,353.02
Books and Supplies
2,000.00
2,212.59
1,669.52
1,598.11
1,154.55
Operation of School Plant:
Janitor
1,664.00
1,680.00
1,711.60
1,664.00
1,497.60
Fuel
1,883.00
1,816.27
1,343.08
1,197.33
1,175.54
Miscellaneous
789.00
869.85
702.76
652.27
407.22
Maintenance
1,185.00
881.96
715.44
333.69
371.82
Health
445.00
399.19
436.68
456.28
390.45
Transportation
2,690.00
2,630.00
2,690.00
2,675.00
2,582.50
New Equipment
190.00
188.50
170.67
168.46
288.90
Tuition
150.00
77.40
93.84
150.96
Special Repairs to High School Building
200.50
$32,481.00
$30,727.88
$26,712.05
$26,421.80
$26,067.49
Respectfully submitted, HARVEY C. MORSE, Chairman
SIDNEY A. MADDOCKS, Secretary HENRY S. TAMBLYN
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Plainville School Committee:
I have the honor of submitting to you my twentieth annual report as Superintendent of Schools and the thirty-seventh in the series of reports.
Statement of Purposes
In these serious war days school teachers are faced with many new problems and difficulties in trying to meet the edu- cational needs of our youth. Strong faith and high ideals constantly support our efforts. The following statement of pur- poses is fundamental.
Our faith in American youth.
Our eagerness that the public schools be of utmost service in the war emergency.
Our belief and faith in the American way of living and our loyalty to our democratic institutions.
Our belief that our Nation, State and Town must be pre- pared to meet the needs of the young men returning from mili- tary service after the war and the new problems of youth under new conditions. Our schools and our teachers are determined to play their full part in this problem.
School Enrollments
The following table of school enrollments shows the Senior High School data, the Grade 1 data, and the total enrollment. This table should be carefully studied.
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School Enrollment (September Data)
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Sr. High
School
73
76
66
65
74
62
65
63
71
71
Grade 1
26
17
22
24
19
18
19
20
27
30
Grade 1 averages
24
19
28
Total for
town
300
291
268
254 254 242
243 245 246 246
The outstanding trend in High School enrollment for the last two years in nearly all towns has been a steady decline. In contrast to that, the Plainville High School enrollment has in- creased and is near the maximum enrollment. This shows that the pupils and their parents have placed a high value on the training offered. The loss in many communities has been due largely to young people entering the very profitable wartime employment. Education authorities are urging the continua- tion of young people in High School both as the best preparation for wartime military service and for participation in business and industrial activities. The reorganized High School program in the Plainville High School has done everything possible to prepare young people for both of these goals. The results are most encouraging.
The above table shows the first grade enrollmentt for the past two years as distinctly higher than for some time previ- ously. A continuation of this trend for a short time will have a decided effect in increasing the school population and justify planning to meet this situation.
Classroom Lighting
Recently on a winter day with average light conditions, I used a standard Light Meter to test the amount of light avail- able to pupils. During this test all electric lights were in use. Many of these fixtures are so inefficient that only small amount of change was registered on the meter with the electric lights on or off. Nine readings were made in each classroom in all
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schools between 9 A. M. and noon. These readings were made, three on the desks of pupils in the row nearest the windows, three in the middle of the room, and three on the inside row. The numbers are light units on the meter. On the scale 0-5 units are considered critical or dangerous for reading, 10-20 units are normal for reading ordinary print, 20-30 units are for fine type, drawing, sewing, etc., above 30 units exceptional high amount of light. Most classrooms have one-third of the room with improper light conditions for doing school work and in many rooms two-thirds of the test show poor lighting. Two rooms, Room 11 in the Junior High School and the Art Room, had new fluorescent lighting installed recently. In the following table, these rooms stand out in sharp contrast to the rest of the school. Fluorescent lighting is rapidly being used commercially. Some schools have already adopted it with excellent results both for efficient lighting conditions and economy of operation. Further extension of these lights is justified by the results of this experiment in our schools.
LIGHTING TESTS RESULTS
Between 9 A. M. and 10 A. M. with all electric lights on
High School
Inside
Middle
Outside
Room 20
7
3
3
6
3
5
Type
3
4
5
8
Room 21
12
10
13
10
8
9
13
12
15
Room 22
7
8
6
7
4
5
Room 24
8
6
7
5
8
13
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Junior High School
Inside
Middle
Outside
Room 10
7
4
6
4
4
4
11
4
7
Room 11
10
18
16
14
22
24
13
16
17
(new fluorescent lighting)
Room 12
7
5
10
4
3
4
8
6
9
Office
6
8
8
Art Room
Large Table
16
15
17
Long Table
14
38
16
(new fluorescent lighting)
Primary School
Inside
Middle
Outside
Grade 1
25
6
15
8
8
10
12
12
18
Grade 2
20
12
15
6
5
12
6
4
10
Grades 3 and 4
8
8
18
5
8
15
8
10
16
Grades 4 and 5
5
6
9
5
5
8
11
5
12
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Library Reading Program
The outstanding professional meeting during the past year was a conference at the High School on November 15th. Miss Catherine M. Yerxa, Secretary of the division of Public Libraries, Department of Education, was the speaker. A most interesting outline of the work of the division in cooperation with the public schools of the State was explained. The use of the lists of books on the State Certificate Reading Plan was presented. Any pupil reading five books may receive a Certificate, and for twenty books an Honor Certificate, signed by the Librarian of the Public Library. Reports on the books read by the pupils are made to the school teacher. This plan makes available and encourages the reading of good books. This conference was attended by the teachers and principals of Norton and Plainville; superintendents of schools and representative teachers from Easton and West Bridgewater; the Norton librarians, Miss Gertrude Mott and Miss Doris Durgin, and Miss Caro Lynn, President of the Board of Directors of the Norton Library, and Mrs. John C. Pratt, Miss Helen J. Caffrey and Mrs. Ada H. Pillsbury, Directors of the Norton Library; and Mr. Arthur W. Washburn, Trustee Plainville Public Library. The helpful cooperation cf the library officials in arranging library hours for school children and in purchasing books on the State Cer- tificate Reading List is gratefully acknowledged.
School Bus Transportation
The Office of Defense Transportation put into effect in March, 1943, twelve Wartime School Transportation Adjust- ments. These had to be met in order to operate school buses. These necessary changes make certain hardships for some pupils in comparison with the transportation which they en- joyed in normal times. Wartime needs require patriotic com- pliance with these conditions. The main changes are: no side trips from the main roads for pupils within one and one-half miles, elimination of all special routes unless pupils live over two miles from school, and reduction of the number of bus stops. In carrying out these standards the bus mileage has been cut thirty per cent. from that of September, 1942. A route map for all school bus trips was prepared and submitted to the Office of Defense Transportation. This met with the approval
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of that Board. When school transportation is released from the control of that board, the normal bus schedules will be restored as soon as possible.
Planning For The Future
There is today a realization that now is the time to plan to meet postwar problems. As a town and as a school depart- ment, this need should be given careful thought. Many prob- lems of adjustment, re-training or re-education, for many of the youth who went directly into the services at 17 or 18 years of age will be necessary. Also, the young people of the postwar era will have much wider needs and demands in the field of education than in the past. No greater or more appropriate memorial to the lives and services of the men in the war can be erected than furnishing an educational and civic center with opportunities for youth. In order to carry this plan out an enlarged and well equipped school plant with facilities for social and athletic activities should be carefully planned.
The excellent results being secured in the new Junior- Senior High School, now in its second year, is a strong reason for considering the general plan also for the basic educational needs. Vocational training for both boys and girls is valuable and practical. For boys, the Norfolk County school and the Attleboro Trade School offers good training respectively in agriculture and jewelry. Locally, general basic manual train- ing for Junior High School is needed. For girls, there should be in the Junior High School an elementary course in House- hold Arts and in the Senior High School a full vocational course in Household Arts. Such a course today includes in addition to sewing and cooking a broad training for homemaking, health, home nursing, design, home decoration, chemistry of foods, marketing, budgets, etc. For this latter program the State De- partment of Education pays the full salary of the teacher and one-half of the teaching supplies in order to encourage the initiation of this type of education. The enrollment data given earlier in this report, suggest the probability that the school plant may have even greater needs for its regular program. Serious consideration by school and civic leaders is seriously urged as a part of postwar plans.
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PLAINVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. F. Sumner Turner, Principal
It is a pleasure to commend the excellent work of the High School. The second year of the new Junior-Senior High School plan has started with every promise of a most successful year. I believe the reorganization of the two former schools into this one unit under the splendid leadership of Mr. Turner is responsi- ble for the excellent enrollment in our High School in comparison with many High Schools this year. As manager of the lunch room for both buildings he has maintained an excellent lunch program. The leadership of the principal, teachers and pupils in this school in the Third War Loan was very outstanding.
The following report by Mr. Turner contains a plea for an opportunity for enlarged service to our young people. This de- serves careful attention.
"It is with pleasure that I submit to you my third annual report as Principal of the Plainville Junior-Senior High School.
"Once again the armed services and greater inducements else- where have forced changes in our teaching staff. In spite of teacher shortage we have been most fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Ralph S. Smith as Assistant Principal and teacher of Social Sciences and English, Mrs. Esther C. Smith as teacher of Foreign Languages and English, and Miss Estelle W. Cotton as teacher of Social Sciences. In order that we may offer to the students more of the advantages of modern education, it is often necessary to add many varied duties to the basic load of each teacher. At the present time each teacher is assigned more duties than it is possible to perform effectively. The addition of another teacher to the faculty would make it possible to place the majority of the teaching of English under one teacher, better supervision of classes and recess periods, and greater division of the other activities of the school. This addition of another teacher to the present faculty would far outshadow any other improvement possible.
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"The sale of magazine subscriptions, our one money making activity of the school year, set a new record of sales of $821.75. The profit from this drive forms the backbone for the financial support of the extra curricular activities of the school. It is the lack of sufficient teaching supervision that prevents the further expansion of this part of our program.
"The modernizing of the lighting in the Art Room and Room 11 has without question increased the efficiency of the work done in these rooms. The redecorating of the main room, which is the general assembly and study room of the building, has like- wise been of great value. .
"Despite the difficulties imposed by war conditions, Plain- ville High School maintained basketball teams for both boys and girls and a baseball team for boys. The boys' basketball team played thirteen games and the girls played four games. The baseball team took part in eight games. Looking forward to better basketball teams in the future, a second team was organ- ized and played eight games. Due to lack of any outside com- petition it was unable to offer the Junior High Basketball team anything but interclass games.
"In June, 1943 the Surplus Commodities Administration dis- continued the issuance of surplus commodities which was the basis on which our lunch room was conducted. In October, the Department of Public Welfare in cooperation with the Food Distribution Administration through the State Department of Education extended several plans of subsidies of direct money payments. After careful consideration the plan calling for a complete type of meal granting a seven cent subsidy was accepted. By very close planning and efficient work, the children of our schools have been enjoying a complete type of lunch consisting of a main dish, bread with some form of spread, cocoa and dessert at the same price as last year. Another arrange- ment has been made to supply each child with milk at two cents per half pint. Our school lunch has been highly commended by the various state authorities under whose direction the subsidies have been granted. The major part of this credit belongs to Mrs. Maude Cheever who is doing a most outstanding service to the boys and girls of our schools.
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