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John M. Bowmar, Clergyman
14-Vernard W. Gilmore, Jr., Wrentham Leona E. Malo, Plainville E. L. Dickinson, Priest
21-George Ronhock, Plainville Mary T. Diette, North Attleboro Francis J. Maloney, Priest
June
25-Louis D. DeBlois, North Attleboro
Marietta A. Deragon, Plainville Andrew F. O'Brien, Priest 25-Walter Albert LaMothe, Jr., Plainville Irene Theresa Achin, North Attleboro
Edward L. Dickinson, Priest
July
2-Walter Vincent Vine, Plainville Joan Elizabeth Burke, Franklin George B. Gray, Priest
17-John Henry Gaskin, Jr., Plainville Jane Crocker Strout (Crocker), Wrentham
E. Roger Sherman, Justice of the Peace
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23-Edward Walter Kettell, Plainville Dorothea Jane Perreault, Plainville
Charles X. Leahy, Priest
August
27-Raymond E. Crowell, Plainville Eleanor Doreen Fickett, Plainville
John M. Bowmar, Clergyman
September
3-George H. Barrett, North Attleboro Dorothy Alice Reynolds, Plainville
Eber Eldon Craig, Minister of the Gospel
10-Richard Thomas Sousa, Plainville Beatrice T. Wambolt, North Attleboro
Francis J. Maloney, Priest
24-Leo Kenneth Barney, Plainville
Martha Maureen McGann, North Attleboro Arthur G. Considine, Priest
October
1-Harold Raymond Boyle, Plainville Marjorie O'Neill, North Attleboro Robert L. Stanton, Priest Edna May Prien, North Attleboro
15-William Joseph Ronhock, Plainville
Francis J. Maloney, Priest
November
4-John Paul Cooper, Plainville Arlene Phyllis Avery, Plainville
John M. Bowmar, Clergyman
10-Earl Maynard Skinner, Plainville Claudia Wilton (Gagnon), Plainville John M. Bowmar, Clergyman
12-Richard W. Durant, North Attleboro
Joan E. Meunier, Plainville
E. Roger Sherman, Justice of the Peace
A true copy. Attest:
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN,
Town Clerk
DEATHS RECORDED IN PLAINVILLE DURING 1949
Date
Name
Yrs.
Mo. Day
Cause of Death
Jan. 10, 1949-Louis Daigle
54
9
8
Bronchopneumonia
Jan. 12, 1949-Moses Rose
78
8
7
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
Jan. 19, 1949-Russell E. Skinner, Jr.
1
10
26
Chronic Pyelonephrosis
Feb. 6, 1949-Esther S. Osterholm (Friberg) 53
9
22
Carcinoma of Liver
Feb. 19, 1949-Martha O'Leary (Lawrence)
62
5
28
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Feb. 26, 1949-Addie Blanche Patton (Griswold)
87
4
25
Chronic Myocarditis
Mar. 24, 1949-Levi A. Ford
89
5
15
Pulmonary Oedma
Mar. 31, 1949-Marion J. Woodward (King)
64
6
25
Chronic Myocarditis
Apr. 17, 1949-Cora A. Burdge (McGee)
62
9
Heart Disease
Apr. 27, 1949-Dona J. Roy
56
2
Coronary Heart Disease
Apr. 25, 1949-Wilson Goyette
78
11
7
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
May 27, 1949-Maude Miller (Cooper)
69
2
Acute Coronary Thrombosis
May 29, 1949-William H. Page
75
4
10
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
June 17, 1949-Dennis C. Pease
62
9
27
Cerebral Hemorrhage
July 2, 1949-Gertrude M. Fanning (Phillips)
60
4
23
Carcinoma Liver
July 6, 1949-Michael A. Pierson
79
9
20
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease.
July 10, 1949-Joseph E. Jette
68
4
27
Acute Dilatation of Heart
Aug. 27, 1949-Frank Elton Whiting
72
8
4
Coronary Thrombosis
-
3
Prematurity
June 25, 1949-Joseph S. Craik
Sept. 11, 1949-Alton D. Rae
53
8
Tuberculosis
Sept. 17, 1949-Jennie C. Bird (McDoughall) 77
13
Cancer of Thyroid
Sept. 21, 1949-Joseph Shepherd
58
18
Arteriosclerosis
Oct. 1, 1949-Ellwood F. Stockwell
82
4
7
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov. 9, 1949-Winifred L. Proal (Hadley)
59
6
21
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov. 17, 1949-Julia Melissa Brown (Bennett)
73
5
17
Diabetes Mellitus
Dec. 12, 1949-Frank L. Sibley
88
-
27
Cerebral Hemorrhage
A true copy. Attest:
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN, Town Clerk
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ANNUAL REPORT
LICENSE FEES RECEIVED BY TOWN CLERK
FOR YEAR, 1949
Number of Dogs Licensed,263
$640.00
1 Kennel License
@
$50.00
50.00
1 Kennel License
@
25.00
25.00
9 Kennel Licenses @
10.00
90.00
Less Fees
54.80
8 Common Victualler
@
$ 3.00
24.00
5 Lord's Day
@
3.00
15.00
3 Amusement
@
1.00
3.00
1 Motor Vehicle Junk
@
15.00
15.00
1 Used Car Dealer
a
15.00
15.00
1 Auctioneer
a
2.00
2.00
1 Junk
25.00
25.00
1 Ashes and Rubbish
a
1.00
1.00
21 Sunday Amusement
@
3.00
63.00
1 Manicuring
@
1.00
1.00
1 Storage of Dynamite
@
2.00
2.00
10 Wood Alcohol
@
1.00
10.00
4 Overnight Cabins
@
.50
2.00
4 Overnight Cabin Applications
@
3.00
12.00
1 Manufacture of Frozen
Desserts
@
5.00
5.00
2 Rooming House
@
1.00
2.00
1 Slaughtering
@
1.00
1.00
1 Manufacture of Sausage Meat
@
3.00
3.00
2 One-Day Beer Licenses
@
1.00
2.00
1 Fire Arms
@
5.00
5.00
14 Sale of Gasoline
@
1.00
14.00
1 Storage of Gasoline
@
1.00
1.00
1 All Alcoholic Beverage, Restaurant
@
500.00
500.00
1 Package Store, All Alcoholic
@
250.00
250.00
$1,006.00
1 Pasteurization
@
10.00
10.00
$750.20
$805.00
ANNUAL REPORT
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1950 Licenses Paid in 1949:
3 Common Victualler Licenses
@
$ 3.00
$9.00
4 Amusement Licenses
@
1.00
4.00
1 Inn Holders'
@
5.00
5.00
3 All Alcoholic Beverages, Restaurant @
500.00
1,500.00
1 All Alcoholic Club License @
500.00
500.00
1 Beer & Wine, Restaurant @
200.00
200.00
2 Package Store, Bcer & Wine@ 100.00
200.00
$2,418.00
Paid to Town Treasurer:
$4,174.20
Fishing Licenses
357
Hunting Licenses
202
Sporting Licenses
178
Fishing: Female and Minor
109
Minor Trapping
2
Trapping
10
Fishing License, Special
1
Non-Resident Fishing
22
Non-Resident Hunting
2
Non-Resident Sporting
1
Duplicate Licenses
6
Resident Citizens' Sporting, Free
16
Resident Citizens' Military or Naval Sporting, Free
7
914
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN,
Town Clerk
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ANNUAL REPORT
APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK
Plainville. Mass. March 8, 1949
To Charles S. Cobb. of said Plainville:
Sir:
By virtue of the authority in me vested, with full power of revocation. I do hereby appoint you Assistant Town Clerk of said Plainville, with all powers. duties and authority apper- taining to said office.
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN,
Town Clerk
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK'S EXPENSES
For Year Ending December 31, 1949
Arthur W. Washburn, Vital Statistics
$87.00
North Attleboro Chronicle. Binding Records
43.34
Mass. Town Clerk's Ass'n, Dues
3.00
Mass. Town Clerk's Ass'n, Books
1.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., Oath Forms
1.41
Arthur W. Washburn, Salary
300.00
Expenses:
Supplies
1.25
Postage
10.00
447.00
Appropriation
$450.00
Expended
447.00
Balance
$3.00
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN,
Town Clerk
ANNUAL REPORT
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REPORT OF BOARD OF REGISTRARS
For Year Ending December 31, 1949
Frank King, Salary
$75.00
Harold Anderson, Salary
75.00
Dacia Anderson, Salary
75.00
Arthur W. Washburn, Salary
75.00
Expenses:
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies
25.39
Typing of Street Lists
14.00
$339.39
Appropriation
$350.00
Expended:
339.39
Balance
$10.61
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN,
Clerk of Board
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 31, 1949.
All the cattle brought in from out of State were identified by ear tag and released.
The fall inspection asked for by the State has been com- pleted.
Respectfully submitted,
EARL B. THOMPSON,
Inspector of Animals
STATE AUDIT TOWN OF PLAINVILLE BALANCE SHEET -MARCH 31. 1949 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Cash
$7,894.81
Road Machinery Fund Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
$530.75
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Federal Grants:
Levy of 1947:
Personal
$22.28
Property
$72.53
Real Estate
92.91
Old Age Assistance:
Assistance 110.45
Levy of 1948:
Administration 3.45
Personal
Property
$663.06
Real Estate
3,859.23
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
111,707.24
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Poll
858.00
Levy of 1947
$165.44 1,440.72
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1948
$51.35
Levy of 1949
1,146.13
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
1,197.48
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles Tax Possessions
33.84
Tax Title
33.84
Tax Possession
609.28
Departmental
2,102.79
Departmental:
Health
Aid to Dependent Children
$523.44 104.58
Old Age Assistance
1,474.77
2,102.79
Surplus Revenue
$136.23
4,522.29
Levy of 1949:
$5,545.73
Levy of 1948
$1,606.16
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $1,197.48
609.28
Water 1,235.51
Ald to Highways 8,200.00
$13,378.90 11,987.72
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
10,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children: Aid Administration 05
$165.44
Water Rates and Supplies Aid to Highways: Chapter 81: State Chapter 90: State
1,235.51
$7,200.00
500.00
County
500.00
8,200.00
Revenue 1949:
Appropriations to be Provided for $155,718.02 Underestimates
1948 316.78
-$156,034.80
Deduct:
Appropriations from Available Funds $20,615.03
Poll Taxes
1949 Committed 1,236.00
Estimated Receipts
Collected to Date 11,656.21
33,507.24
122,527.56
$149,347.00
$149,347.00
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
DEBT ACCOUNTS $4,000.00 Municipal Building Loan
$4,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds Cash and Securities
School Fund Stabilization Fund
$727.30
$45,834.69
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
* 41,014.16
4,093.23
$45,834.69
*Includes $10,000.00 in General Treasury. $45,834.69
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JURY LIST
Town of Plainville, Massachusetts
July 1949 - July 1950
Name
Address
Occupation
Anderson, Harold L., Bugbee Street Bacheller, Milton H., Warren Street Barton, William H., W. Bacon Street Berkley, Richard G., Maple Street Bliven, Harold, Hancock Street Cate, Clayton E., Pleasant Street Cole, Stanley G., South Street Darling, Herbert C., East Bacon Gardner, George F., South Street Hemmingsen, Ralph H., South Street Henry, Edward A., Potter Avenue Lomasney, David B., Potter Avenue Moody, Arthur F., School Street Myers, Stanley, E. Bacon Street Nowick, Valentine L., Spring Street Patton, Dwight M., South Street Pierce, George E., Jr., High Street Roessler, Albert C., Elm Avenue
Polisher Toolmaker
Shipper
Machinist Architect Sign Painter Service Man Toolmaker Purchasing Agent Jeweler
Service Manager Dry Cleaner Ass't Supt.
Timekeeper Engraver Clerk
Insurance Agent
Store Clerk
ANNUAL REPORT
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School Committee
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SCHOOL OFFICIALS
School Committee
CLINTON E. BARTON, Chairman Term expires 1952 Telephone North Attleboro 0214-W
REV. JOHN W. BOWMAR, Secretary Term expires 1951 Telephone North Attleboro 1112-W
HARVEY C. MORSE Term expires 1950 Telephone North Attleboro 0294-W
Meeting of the School Committee is held in the office, Town Hall Building, on the first Tuesday of each month.
Union Superintendent of Schools, Norton and Plainville
LAURENCE G. NOURSE Residence Telephone, Norton 66 School Telephone, North Attleboro 146
Superitnendent may be reached at the office in the Town Hall Building every Tuesday, and other days by appointment.
AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE WORK CERTIFICATES
ROLAND L. WOLCOTT Telephone, North Attleboro 146
School Physician DR. JOHN T. COTTER Telephone, North Attleboro 0204
School Nurse MRS. JANET W. CLAUDY
Telephone, North Attleboro 0678-M
Attendance Officer
Elmer C. Pease
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ANNUAL REPORT SCHOOL CALENDAR 1949-1950
Elementary and High Schools:
First term opens September 7, 1949 First term closes December 22, 1949 Second term opens January 3, 1950 Second term closes February 17, 1950 Third term opens February 27, 1950 Third term closes April 14, 1950 Fourth term opens April 24, 1950 Fourth term closes Elementary Schools June 16, 1950 High School June 23, 1950
Holidays for all schools:
October 12 October 28
November 11
November 23 (1/2 day)
November 24, 25
December 22 (1/2 day)
April 7, Good Friday May 29, 30
School Sessions:
Junior-Senior High School: Regular session 8:30 to 2:00 Primary School' 9:00 to 11:45 and 1:00 to 300.
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 primary pupils.
11:30 A. M .- Same signal signifies no school in the aft- ernoon and Primary pupils will stay in school until 2:00 P. M.
Plainville NO SCHOOL signals are broadcast over radio stations
WEAN 7:00 A. M. to 7:30 A. M. and 7:45; and 8:15 A. M. WBZ 7:00 A. M. to 8:00 A. M.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Plainville:
During the past year the following teachers left our staff: Miss Rose Marie Downie, Foreign Languages and English; Mr. C. Bateman Ewart, Jr., English; Mr. William J. Galarneaux, Commercial in the High School; Miss Elizabeth J. Snow, the first grade teacher, and Miss Barbara Allen, the third grade teacher. We have been most fortunate in securing capable teachers to fill these vacancies. The school committee feels that we are again obtaining teachers of high quality and are gaining our pre-war reputation of a good teaching staff.
During the summer the Town Hall building was repainted. We feel this is an important step in the upkeep and appear- ance of this building.
Last year, at the request of the finance committee, we postponed the resurfacing of the Town Hall school yard. There is a definite need for carrying this project through this year. This will improve the condition of the yard and appearance of the building.
In anticipation of our new school building we do not ad- vocate any major repairs to our present buildings. Our school planning committee is well aware of our situation. and we trust their recommendations to the Town will be given careful consideration.
We feel our schools have had a very successful year and we want to express to the Superintendent and the teaching staff our appreciation of their co-operation.
The following financial statement and the Superintendent's report are worthy of your careful consideration.
Respectfully submitted.
CLINTON E. BARTON, Chairman JOHN M. BOWMAR, Secretary HARVEY C. MORSE
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MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS IN 1949
Appropriation
$50,585.00
Interest on Town School Fund
14.54
$50,599.54
Expenses
General Expenses
School Committee
120.00
Superintendent's Salary
1,999.92
School Union
203.37
Clerk and Miscellaneous
470.09
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries, High and Elementary
32,228.39
Books and Supplies
2,969.66
Operation of School Plant
Janitor
2,563.80
Fuel
2,452.79
Miscellaneous
1,306.25
Maintenance
967.53
Health
601.02
Transportation
3,043.11
Tuition
501.09
New Equipment
645.50
Town Hall
522.10
Total
50,594.62
Balance
4.92
The Town Received on account of Schools:
1948
1949
General School Funds, Part I
2,232.50
. . .. .
General School Funds, Part II
4,005.53
For Superintendent
766.20
743.37
For High School
1,250.00
For School Bus Transportation
1,741.11
1,396.17
State Aid, Chapter 643
13,374.31
From Tuition: State Wards
234.00
156.00
From Tuition: Youth Service Board
156.38
From Tuition: Trade School
76.00
25.00
From Tuition: Private
. .
$10,305.34
$15,821.23
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1948 $46,996.53
1949
Total Expenditure
Receipts from outside sources
10,305.34
$50,594.62 15,821.23
Net Expenditure by Town of Plainville $36,691.19 $34,773.39
Collections on Town Hall Account turned over to the Town
Treasurer:
October 18, 1949
$42.00
December 31, 1949
77.50
$119.50
This amount goes into the Town Treasury and is not available for use on Town Hall or School Accounts.
PLAINVILLE SCHOOL COMMITTEE BUDGET 1949
1950 Budget
Expended 1949
Expended 1948
Expended 1947
School Committee Superintendent
$ 120.00
$ 120.00
$ 120.00
$ 120.00
Salary
2,000.00
1,999.92
1,934.05
1,899.96
School Union
240.00
203.37
200.04
200.04
Clerk and Miscellaneous
450.00
470.09
467.97
436.56
Teachers' Salaries
34,808.00
32,228.39
28,045.66
27,135.14
Books and Supplies
2,700.00
2,969.66
2,378.38
1,976.03
Operation of School Plant:
Janitor
2,592.00
2,563.80
2,090.75
2,150.20
Fuel
2,715.00
2,452.79
2,708.72
1,981.49
Miscellaneous
1,306.00
1,306.25
1,318.67
1,183.47
Maintenance
1,045.00
967.53
1,378.42
928.73
Health
670.00
601.02
546.11
520.63
Transportation
3,400.00
3,043.11
3,186.67
2,947.48
Tuition
650.00
501.09
184.62
104.15
New Equipment
480.00
645.50
814.03
264.50
Town Hall
520.00
522.10
822.44
Town Hall, Spec. Appropriation
1,186.00
800.00
Driver Education
250.00
$53,946.00
$51,780.62
$46,996.53
$41,848.38
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Plainville School Committee:
I have the honor of submitting to you my twenty-sixth annual report and the forty-third in the series of reports.
New Elementary School
The proposal for a new Elementary School was the most important and far reaching event during the year 1949. For the Plainville School Building and Planning Committee, I pre- pared the presentation of the statistical data to show the need and the educational objectives of such a school. In some detail, the means by which these objectives could be carried out in the new building were presented. Therefore, this annual re- port will not repeat this data as the report of the special com- mittee has been made available to all.
School Staff
Recently a study was made by the University of Illinois called "An Investigation of Morale". Schools were selected be- cause of their standing for this purpose by the Dean of the College of Education at that University. Their report on the Plainville teachers stated "Our findings indicate that the teach- ers in your school system have a high On-the-Job Morale". It was a pleasing compliment to be one of the schools selected for this study and also to find that our teachers rated "high" out of a study of 1129 teachers. The Massachusetts Teachers Federation has made a study of the professional preparation of the teachers of our state. The percent of the Elementary School staff with professional degrees is 17 per cent in Plain- ville while the state average is 36 per cent. The percent of the High School staff with high professional degrees in Plainville is 25 per cent with the state average 22 per cent. For the entire school staff with a professional degree, the state aver- age is 60 per cent and Plainville is 62 per cent. Thus in pro- fessional training, Plainville schools rate above the average for the entire staff. When we consider both the teaching load and the physical facilities under which our teachers have worked in recent years, it is doubly remarkable that our staff rated high in the "On-the-Job Morale".
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Social Studies
The revision of the School Curriculum is a continual process. During the past year, the Social Studies Field has been very thoroughly studied and examined by a committee of teachers from all schools, both elementary and High School, in both Norton and Plainville. An extensive report giving recommendations for textbooks and teaching plans for Geog- raphy, History and Civics in Grades 4-8 was prepared. The correlation of this report with the work in the Senior High School is to be studied further by this committee under the leadership of Mr. Roland Wolcott. The importance of the So- cial Studies Program is evident. Most of the demands on the school in training young people to fit better into our society are met in the activities of this program. The work of the following committee is gratefully acknowledged with appre- ciation:
Robert Nye, Chairman
Margret Mahoney Jean Burch Beatrice Wood
Esther Grant
Virginia Brinton Grenith Rood
Roland Wolcott, co-chairman
Walter Power
Junior Red Cross Program
The Plainville Schools have annually participated in the drive for Junior Red Cross funds. There has been usually 100 per cent participation by the pupils in both the Elementary and High School. This year in co-operation with the staff of the North Attleboro headquarters, a plan has been inaugu- rated to carry out more active participation in the service side of the Red Cross program. Miss Beatrice Wood has taken the leadership of this program in the Elementary School and Miss Grenith Rood in the Junior-Senior High School. Mrs. Claudy, the school nurse, and Miss Spier, the Art Supervisor, are co- operating in many of these projects. The goal is in the motto of the American Junior Red Cross "Service for Others, In- cluding Service to One's Own School, to the Local Community, to the Nation and to Children Abroad." I believe that this pro- gram has both educational and civic objectives deserving the support of the school staff and parents
Introduction to Special Reports
The reports of the Principals, Supervisors and Health offi-
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cials follow. I wish to commend very highly the earnest efforts of the High School Principal who is starting his second year of service in that position. His report is extensive and quoted in full because of the importance of the topics reported. I wish to add this statement in regard to Driver Education- that this plan is about to start in full operation, both class instruction and behind-the-wheel driving. A personal letter was received from our Registrar of Motor Vehicles commend- ing the Plainville Schools for starting such a comprehensive program in a school of this size. The credit for this plan, while all have given it encouragement, certainly belongs to the interest and initiative of Mr. Wolcott.
Miss Wood gives a very careful report of the regular activ- ities of her school which she carries on most faithfully and capably. She has given frequently, by special arrangements which I have made, a full day to the supervision of the Reading Program in the Primary grades. With the graduate study which she has made in the field of Reading and her own experience, she is well qualified to see that the Reading pro- gram is successfully carried out. This is the first report of Mr. Gillespie who has charge of the Junior High School music. A good start has been made, upon which we hope to enlarge this year. All pupils and teachers are very happy to have Mrs. Washburn guiding the Primary Music program. The exhibits which Miss Spier has had at various times during the past year have shown commendable work in the field of Art. I regret that the illnes of Mrs. Claudy, the school nurse, at the time of the compilation of this report prevents a formal re- port. Her sincere devotion to the Health Program and untiring efforts are known by all in close contact wtih the school.
PLAINVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Roland L. Wolcott, Principal
In submitting this annual report, I will discuss some of the changes which have taken place during the past year. I do feel, however, that we must look toward the years ahead. We have many unsolved problems and, with the continued public interest in Plainville's schools, the year 1950-1951 should show still further progress.
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During the past year, four new teachers joined the faculty, Mrs. Angela M. Romay, Foreign Languages and English; Miss Thelma E. Edmunds, Commercial; Mrs. June Millett, Science and Mathematics, and Mr. Charles MacDonald, English, Boys' Physical Education and Athletic Coach. It is felt that the fac- ulty is well equipped to provide a high level of instruction for the students. In many instances, the teacher load is too great and thus the individual teachers are not always avail- able to provide for the individual needs of each student.
The graduating class of 1949 achieved many scholastic awards. Four members of the class received scholarships on the basis of their scholastic ability. From a total of nineteen graduates, six are currently enrolled in institutions of higher learning in Massachusetts. The remaining members of the Class of 1949 are employed in nearby communities.
The schedule of classes was changed in the fall to enable each class to have the desired number of meetings and to eliminate conflicts at the junior and senior years. The general student-faculty reaction to this change has been most favor- able. Several changes were made in the curriculum in an attempt to provide better for the needs of our young people. Review Mathematics was added replacing Aeronautics because it was felt that this material would be of practical use to sen- iors who do not plan to continue their formal educational training after high school. Civics was increased from three meetings a week to five, and General Science from three meet- ings to four per week. Art instruction in the Junior High School was increased to two meetings each week. The impor- tance of art in our curriculum is appreciated by those people who witnessed the art exhibit and heard the explanation given by the supervisor, Miss Louise Spier, at the Open House Night. Due to the small number enrolled in the High School Crafts class, several members from grade eight were allowed to enroll. The interest and application in this work is easily measured by the craft work they have completed. It seems very desirable to offer this work to a far greater number of students but under the present conditions this has not been possible to schedule.
In an effort to improve the over-all work of Junior-High students, a program of studies showing the daily schedule of classes and study halls was prepared for students and parents.
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The subject to be studied and the time for its preparation were listed. It is believed that this has helped to overcome much of the problem of home work preparation faced by most par- ents and has facilitated the supervision of the work by teach- ers in the study halls. To date, the number of failures has been very small and it appears reasonable to expect some of this has been due to the adherence to this schedule.
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