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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN George V. Higgins, M.D.
The year 1944 has not been a good one in regard to illness among our school children. There are several reasons for this. During war time there is always a let- down in home conditions. In many cases both parents are working in war plants, the children are not being cared for, and are not having proper meals at home as they should. In others there is no excuse for absence from school. Many children have lost the desire to go to school because of seeing a child only a year or two older working and making large sums of money.
Due to carelessness of many parents we have had a large number of cases of whooping cough, chicken pox, scarlet fever, ring worm and mumps. All five are highly contagious, and while no serious condition has followed, the number of cases was more than usual because parents and physicians attending these children were very lax in reporting to the Board of Health. There are cases where a diagnosis of contagion can not be made at once and it is no disgrace for a doctor not being able to make one, but when a diagnosis is worked out, a report should be made to proper authorities.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued in late 1944 changes in quarantine laws. Changes have been made in quarantine periods in measles, mumps, and chicken pox. In these three there are no restrictions. If a child at home has one of these, other children in the family can go to school. In cases of scarlet fever it will be better to call the local board of health or call my office if it is a school child case.
It is rather too bad that war has made so many changes in children's lives. Poor shoes are being made, some not lasting two weeks. These children have to be absent from
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school until new ones are obtained. This condition causes a child to be negligent about going to school after being out several times a year.
I feel that teachers and the school committee are doing good work under adverse conditions and our superintendent must have many headaches in trying to carry on. Our school nurse has done wonderful work in trying to get absent children back into school in conjunction with our efficient truant officer. I wish to thank them all for their loyal support.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE Helen F. Conlon
Mr. A. O. Christiansen,
Superintendent of Schools, Randolph.
I submit herewith a report for the year 1944:
Schools visited
549
Classrooms visited
1335
Weighed and measured by grades
191
Individuals weighed and measured
470
Inspection by grades
227
Individual inspections
982
Excluded
240
Pediculosis 106
Skin infections 58
Symptoms of Communicable disease 76
Referred to School Physician 59
Referred to School Dentists
156
Office nursing calls 333
Home calls 207
Number of children given Psychiatric ex-
aminations by the Taunton Traveling Clinic 9
Number of children immunized at the .
Diptheria Prevention Clinic 143
Number of children X-rayed at the Nor- folk County Chest Clinic 23
Clinics attended 12
Meetings attended 6
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
SCHOOL STATISTICS
State Report, June 30, 1944
Population, Randolph, 1940 Census
7,606
Valuation
$7,561,018
School enrollment
1,653
Average membership
1,600
Average daily attendance
1,423
Average number of days in session, all schools 169
Cost per pupil, grades 1 to 8, average membership
$69.21
Cost per pupil, high school, average membership $152.06
Non-resident pupils, one-half yea ror more in attendance 84
Number of teachers and principals
60
Number of supervisors (full time 2, part time 2)
4
Number of school doctors and assistants 2
Number of school nurses 1
ENTERING AGE TO GRADE ONE
Entering age to grade one, five years and five months on or before Sept. 1, 1945. Vaccination and birth certificates required.
HEALTH CERTIFICATE
Children absent from school three or more days, must obtain a health certificate from the School Physician before they are allowed to return to school.
RECEIPTS FROM STATE AND OTHER SOURCES
General School Fund, Part 1
$19,052.37
Tuition, State Wards
2,636.83
Tuition, City Wards
3,303.15
Coddington Fund, Interest
38.19
Dog Tax 1,078.14
Deen Fund and State, Households Arts,
Salaries and Supplies 1,480.44
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Trade School, reimbursement
1,644.25
Cash paid Town Treasurer, Tel. tolls, etc. 17.05
Belcher School Fire Insurance
19,583.74
Tool House (H. S.) Fire Insurance
125.00
Total
$48,959.16
ENROLMENT BY SCHOOLS, OCT. 1., 1944
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
Stetson High Sc.
421
384
445
384
506
523
533
490
Prescott School
460
427
440
446
433
477
422
482
Devine School
363
366
345
363
381
374
395
378
Belcher School
208
239
257
274
264
257
254
262
Pauline St. School
112
86
72
64
76
68
76
96
Tower Hill School
63
59
52
56
55
66
70
66
McNeill School
62
63
58
61
56
62
60
64
Totals
1689
1624
1669
1748
1771
1817
1830
1838
ENROLMENT BY GRADES
Grade P. G.
1
2
4
3
4
High School
12
73
55
84
119
108
86
105
97
High School
11
110
98
83
86
128
167
107
105
High School
10
99
116
128
116
127
125
150
127
High School
9
139
115
150
162
141
141
168
157
Junior High School
8
138
153
132
168
168
153
160
179
Junior High School
7
164
155
167
139
160
169
156
161
Grammar School
6
137
136
159
166
141
163
162
158
Grammar School
5
15
147
146
161
162
152
172
164
Grammar School
4
144
163
128
161
158
174
153
179
Grammar School
3
155
143
164
142
154
156
169
152
Grammar School
2
175
157
159
163
142
157
160
177
Grammar School
1
188
178
157
153
166
157
158
167
Special Class
9
8
12
11
14
13
7
11
Totals
1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937
High School
1689 1624 1669 1748 1771 1817 1830 1838
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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, Octoboer 1, 1944 AGE
Grade
5 |6
7 | 8 |9 |10 |11
12 13 14 |15
| 16 | 17 |18 | 19 |Totals
Kdg.
-
1
76 |94
15
3
188
2
76
83
12
4
-
175
3
49
89
11
6
155
4
45
70
22
6
1
144
5
61
64
24
7 |
1 |
1
158
6
37
70
20
8
1 |
1
137
7
1 48 67
26
12
10
164
8
1 |45
65
21
5
1
138
9
1
44
71
19
3
1
139
10
24
58
17
99
11
46
47
15
- 2
110
12
-
-
1
32
32
8
73
13
=
Ungraded |
1| 1
2 |
1
2 |
1
1
=
9
Totals
| 76 |170 147 |149 |146 |131 |150 |143 |145 |132 | 141
100 | 49 | 10 |
|| 1689
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STETSON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES June 7, 1944
Ruth Elizabeth Anderson
Ralph Joseph Bens, Jr.
Helen May Billingham
Carolyn Elizabeth Bowley
Donald Martin Christensen
Grace Edith Cochrane
Barbara Anne Conley
Carolyn Edna Corey
Marjorie Ann Cox
Robert Lester Dockendorff
Jean Marie Donovan Nancy Ruth Dow Anne Ruth Drysdale
*Donald Warren Feener Alice Madeleine Fernandes Teresa Margaret Gallagher Arlyne Patricia Gaynor Mary Elizabeth Gillis John Leo Good Robert Howard Gove Vincent Arthur Hand
Marie Marguerite Hanley Mary Teresa Harrington
Audrey Lorraine Hawkins Helen Anna Heim Rosemary Louise Heney Lucille Mae Herman
Myrtis Alice Hoxie Edward Joseph Hurley Mary Catherine Hurley
* William Ervin Hurry Richard Donald Isaac Therese Kiley Adele Alice Kmito
Edith Alberta Komich
Dorothy Margaret Lewis Marie Therese McLucas Roberta Janice Nicholls Louise Margaret O'Neil Esther Louise Peterson Ruth Natalie Pfister Dorothy Hazel Poole Richard Thomas Powers Robert Lester Quimby Jacqueline Elaine Ricker Marjorie Agnes Saunders Doris Marie Sullivan *Joseph Michael Tierney Dorothy Florence Trulson Ellis Weston Wilbur Norinne Gertrude White Mildred Ruth Woodward Frances Lois Wren
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
Awarded to ALICE P. HASTINGS, deceased March 26, 1944
Boys who are now members of the United States Armed Forces.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL-"Pomp and Circumstance" ASSEMBLY BAND
.
Elgar
Mr. Myron B. Thomas, Bandmaster Marshals-Helen M. Billingham and Louise M. O'Neil
INVOCATION
NANCY R. DOW
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
Led by Ruth E. Anderson and Marjorie A. Cox
SONGS-"By the Bend of the River" Edwards-Hemstreet "Fealty Song" Spooner
Miss Bernice Burdick, Director Miss Mary Joan Rose, Accompanist
"YOUTH ON TRIAL" SPEAKERS
Jean M. Donovan
Marjorie A. Saunders
Carolyn E. Corey
Therese Kiley
Frances L. Wren
Dorothy M. Lewis
Dorothy H. Poole
Mildred R. Woodward
Barbara A. Conley
Edith A. Komich
..
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
MR. A. O. CHRISTIANSEN Superintendent of Schools
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS MR. WILLIAM BILLINGHAM School Committee Assisted by RALPH J. BENS, President of Class of 1944
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER AUDIENCE
RECESSIONAL
ASSEMBLY BAND
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AWARDS
SCHOLARSHIPS
Awarded by the Stetson High School Scholarship
Committee
College Course
Commercial Course
JEAN M. DONOVAN
FRANCES L. WREN
Awarded by the Junior Ladies' Library Association CAROLYN E. COREY
Washington-Franklin Award CAROLYN E. COREY
American Legion Award JEAN M. DONOVAN
Presented by Lieut. Thomas W. Desmond Post, American Legion
Good Citizenship Award JEAN M. DONOVAN
Presented by the Daughters of the American Revolution
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PRESCOTT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES June 9, 1944
Donald B. Adams
Edward L. Mahoney
Josephine A. Alminus
Joseph F. Mandeville
Rita T. Arey
Lorna J. MacRae
Barbara A. Arsenault
Raymond N. Marandola
Elizabeth A. Bateman
Patrick T. McDonnell
Russell W. Bennett
Frances J. McGrory
James H. Bunting
Shirley L. Mclaughlin
Raymond S. Butman
Thomas Mclaughlin
Theresa J. Cabana
Jeanne L. McLucas
Ronald A. Chatfield
Carl A. Moeller, Jr.
Lillian L. Clarke
Donald G. Mofford
John H. Cochran
Thomas F. Mofford
Dorothy M. Conlon
Mary E. Moore
James J. Cotter
Charles W. Mullen, Jr.
David Crimmins
Lorraine J. Niles
Jeanne Darling
Lucille A. O'Reilly
Frederick A. DiPasqua
Jean P. Orsborne
Russell E. Dolan
Donald L. Paine
Barbara J. Fletcher
Richard Pemberton
Clare W. Frawley
Anthony J. Peroni
Ruth A. Gardner
Irene G. Porter
Gerald J. Gaynor
Alfred G. Quimby Clara P. Reilly
David J. Good
Ann M. Schneider
Evelyn Green
Kenneth R. Simmons
Clarence S. Gustafson
Ruth B. Skalecki
Eleanor E. Hand
Dorothy I. Smith
Evelyn B. Haskell
Mary A. Stanley
Philip S. Hawkins
Joan S. Swallow
Gloria A. Tammaro
Herman H. Heim Virginia L. Isaac Walter F. Jobe
Audrey J. Teece
Helen E. Johnson
Florence D. Terzano
Jane M. Kiley
James F. Tierney
Robert A. Knights
Marie A. Trudeau
Ruth L. Lakey
Alvan L. VanCott
Enid Leavitt Paul F. Leavitt
Kenneth J. Warner
Kenneth A. Longueil
Elizabeth A. Welch
Donald J. Lutz
Norrance L. Woods
John MacDonald
Patricia S. Wooldridge
Ann M. MacLellan
Garrett Walsh
Mary D. MacLellan
Richard A. Warren
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Joseph J. Gill
Sally T. Tardanico
Alice C. Walsh
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C. G. DEVINE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES June 9, 1944
Jean E. Backius
Stanley J. Kaiser
Jean M. Bailey
Charles F. Macy
Frederick N. Barker
Virginia A. Makara
Lillian R. Bruso
Mary T. McCabe
James O. Carpenter
Marjorie E. McCormick
Marion E. Cole
Marceline J. Meurin
Mary H. Connolly
Margaret A. Milioti Arlene E. Nason
Jeanne L. Cripps
Dorothy A. Ogden
Marjorie W. DeBoer
Henrietta M. Pentleton
John F. Deitrick
Margaret M. Prehl
Daniel A. Donovan
Ira W. Proctor
Evelyn E. Eagles
Theresa C. Quinn
Ruth M. Fernandes
Arthur E. Ramsdell
John E. Ford
Corinne A. Richardson
Mary T. Ford
Barbara J. Sampson
Robert J. Gray
George H. Soule
Walter C. Greus
Mary B. Sprague
Mary T. Hashem
James P. Sullivan
Harriet J. Hearn
Joan C. Tangen
Dorothy R. Herman
Shirley R. Teed
Dorothy M. Hoxie
Barbara J. Thompson
John A. Hurry
Marion J. Trulson
Roy Ingemanson
Mary M. White
Ellen A. Jenkins
Jean Wrisley
CERTIFICATES FOR EXCELLENCY IN SCHOLAR- SHIP AND CITIZENSHIP Presented by American Legion Awarded to
PRESCOTT James Francis Tierney Alice Catherine Walsh
DEVINE Frederic Norman Barker Shirley Rose Teed
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Joseph W. Curran
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
TEACHING STAFF
Name A. O. Christiansen
Position Educated at
Year Appointed
Supt. of Schools Brown A. B. Harvard A. M. ยท 1921
HIGH SCHOOL
Hubert F. Gilgan
Principal
Boston College A. B. Harvard A. M. Ed. 1932
Paul J. Lehtinen
Mathematics Clark Univ. A. B., A. M.1943
Cyril T. Powderly
Asst. Prin., H'st'y Boston Univ. A. B. 1929
Donald H. Randall Science
Bowdoin A. B. Boston Univ. A. M. 1943 St. Anselm's A. B. 1937
Joseph W. Daly History
fMrs. Emily T. Ricker Algebra, History Boston Univ. A. B. 1944
Joseph J. Zapustas Phys. Ed. Coach'g.Fordham Univ. 1943
Patricia Galvin English
Trinity College A. B. 1942
L. Eleanor Brewster English
Bates College A. B.
1932
fMrs. Gen. R. Donaldson French
Mrs. Anna H. McCann Latin
Jane C. Good
Commercial
Burdett College 1925
Winifred M. Brennan Commercial
Burdett College and B. C. 1925
Helen L. Lordan
Commercial
Regis College B. S.
1941
Burdett College and Bost. Univ. B. S. Ed. 1918
Martha M. Foley History, Algebra Science
Regis College B. S. 1941
Theo. F. McElroy (sub) Physical Ed.
Bridgewater B. S. Er. 1938
Anna E. Sullivan Household Arts Framingham B. S. Ed. 1938
fMrs. Viola J. Holbrook Household Arts
Framingham B. S. Ed. 1943
Ruth A. Neuhart Band Master and Boston University
Myron B. Thomas Choral Director Music 1941
PRESCOTT SCHOOL
Frank K. Dillon Grade 8, Prin. Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1934
Martha A. Harhan Grade 8
Lowell Tea. College 1931
fMrs. M'rgar't S. Leary Grade 8
Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1932
fMrs. Mar. M. Boyle Grade 7 Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1937
Ellen Dowling Grade 7 Emerson College B. L. I. 1942 1934 Anna E. Ginnetty Grade 6 Bridgewater B. S. Ed. Mrs. E'zabeth G. Lyons Grade 5 Quincy Training Bryant & Stratton 1920
fMrs. Grace M. Lynch Grades 5-6 Rachael C. McMahon Grade 4
Mary E. Dunphy Grade 3
Mary E. Mclaughlin Grade 2
fMrs. Lilly F. Mohr Grades 1-2
Mary R. O'Brien Grade 1
fMrs. Helen T. O'Reilly Special
Bridgewater 1943
Bridgewater 1916
Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1940
Boston Univ. A. M. Ed. 1936 Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1944
Bridgewater 1921.
Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1942
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Eleanor M. Kelley English
Bridgewater B. S. Ed. Boston Univ. A. M. Ed.1932 Emmanuel College A. B. Boston Col. A. M. Ed. 1931 Boston Univ. A. B., A. M. Ed 1931
Mary E. Connors C. Math., Civics
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DEVINE SCHOOL
Anna K. Good Grade 8
Bridgewater B. S. Ed.
Boston Univ. A. M. Ed. 1924
fMrs. Eliz. T. Tierney Grade 8
Bridgewater 1943
Emmaline McGerrigle Grade 7
Mary K. Ryan Grade 7
Anne F. Garvey Grade 6
Margaret L. Donovan
Grade 5
Bridgewater
1924
Elizabeth P. Doyle
Grade 4
Bridgewater B. S. Ed.
1931
Arrostook Normal Presque Isle, Me. 1944
Claire M. Lucey
Grade 3
No. Adams Tea. Col. 1931
Esther Doyle
Grade 2
University of N. H., B. A. 1944
BELCHER SCHOOL
Mrs. Ethel S. Chatfield Grade 6, Prin.
Farmington, Me. Normal Castine, Me
1927
Mary K. Diamond
Grade 5
Bernice M. Francis Grade 4
Nona R. O'Sullivan Grade 3
Bridgewater B. S. Ed.
1938
fMrs. K. Ver'a Diauto Grade 2
Phyllis L. Daly Grade 1
Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1940
McNEILL SCHOOL
Alice R. Haley Grades 1-2 Prin. Bridgewater, B. S. Ed. 1940 Mrs. Julia Martus Grades 3-4 Boston Univ. B. S. Sd. 1944
PAULINE STREET SCHOOL
fMrs. Ruth Davis
Grade 1, Act. Tufts Colege B. S. Ed 1942
Mrs. G. Lillian Kane
Prin.
Fredericton, N. B.
Grade 1 Normal 1943
fMrs. Evelyn A. Crosby Grades 2-3 Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1944
TOWER HILL SCHOOL
Mrs. Marie H. Cormey Grades 1-2-3,
Framingham Tea. Coll.
Princ.
Emerson Col.
1925
Bridgewater B. S. Ed.
1941
ASSISTANTS TO PRINCIPALS
fMrs. Emily R. Johnson Prescott
Bridgewater 1943
fMrs. Gabrielle Foley Devine-Belcher
Hyannis 1944
SUPERVISORS
Bernice D. Burdick
Music
Marguerite Williams
Drawing
Boston Univ. Music B 1941 Boston Univ. B. S. Vesper George 1943
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Bridgewater 1929
Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1942
Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1942
Mrs. Harriet I. D. Harrington Grades 3-4
Bridgewater B. S. Sd. 1944
Hyannis 1927
Bridgewater B. S. Ed. 1937
Marian E. P. Madan Grades 4-5-6
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
SCHOOL NURSE
Helen F. Conlon, R. N. St. Elizabeth's Hospital 1934 SCHOOL PHYSICIAN George V. Higgins, M. D. ATTENDANCE OFFICER Stephen J. Hart f War Emergency appointment.
RESIGNATIONS
Mrs. Margaret Brewster, Feb. 1944; Algebra, History, Stetson High School.
Mrs. Lois B. Hodgson, Apr. 1944; Science, Stetson High School.
Mrs. Margaret Littlefield, J'une 1944; Grades 3-4, Devine School.
Barbara A. Cormey, March 1944; Grade 2, Devine School.
Mrs. Alice M. Brown, June 1944; Grade 6, Belcher School. Mrs. Vera M. Powers, June 1944; Grade 5, Belcher School.
Mrs. Rita A. Baines, Jun 1944; Prin. Asst., Devine School.
APPOINTMENTS
fMrs. Emily T. Ricker, Feb. 1944; Algebra, History, Stetson High School.
Theodore F. McElroy, (sub) May 1944; Science, Stetson High School. Mrs. Harriet I. D. Harrington, Sept. 1944; Grades 4-5 Devine School. Esther Doyle, April 1944; Grade 2, Devine School.
Mary K. Diamond, Sept. 1944; Grade 5, Belcher School.
fMrs. Evelyn Allen Crosby, Oct. 1944; Grades 2-3, Pauline St. School. fMrs. Gabrielle Foley, Sept. 1944; Prin. Asst., Devine School.
fMrs. Rita A. Baines, Jan. 1944; Prin. Asst. Devine School.
TRANSFERS WITHIN SCHOOL SYSTEM
Mary E. McLaughlin, Feb. 10, 1944; from Prescott School Grade 7 to Grade 2.
Ellen Dowling, Feb 10, 1944; from Prescott School Grade 2 to Grade 7. Mrs. Ethel S. Chatfield, Sept. 1944; from Belcher School Grade 7 to Grade 6. (Grade 7 absorbed at Prescott and Devine Schools.)
Mrs. G. Lillian Kane, Oct. 1944; from Pauline St. School, Grades 1-2 to Grade 1.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
Clifford H. Shea, leave of absence for duration of war; Devine School. Left August 1942.
Anna L. McGrory, leave of absence for duration of war; Devine School. Left April 30, 1943.
George E. Crimmins, leave of absence for duration of war; Stetson High School. Left Sept. 8, 1943.
f War emergency appointment.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1945-1946
Open Jan. 2, 1945
Close Feb. 16, 1945.
Open Feb. 26, 1945
Close April 13, 1945
Open Apr. 23, 1945
Close June 8, 1945 for Grades 1 to 8
Close June 21, 1945 for High School.
SUMMER VACATION
Open Sept. 5, 1945
Close Dec. 19, 1945 (At noon)
Open Jan. 2, 1946
Close Feb. 15, 1946
Open Feb. 25, 1946
Close April 12, 1946
Open Apr. 22, 1946
Close June 7, 1946 for Grades 1 to 8
Close June 21, 1946 for High School.
Schools will also close on the following days: Good Friday, March 30th; Memorial Day, May 30th; Columbus Day, Oct. 12th; Armistice Day, Nov. 12th, and Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 29th and the day following, Nov. 30th.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. NO-SCHOOL SIGNALS
*Three blows repeated at
7.15 A.M. No session for Senior and Junior High Schools.
8.15 A.M. No morning session for the first six grades.
12.30 P.M. No afternoon session for the first six grades.
By courtesy of the WEEI and WNAC Broadcasting Sta- tions, no-school announcement will be given by radio as near to the local hours as is convenient and possible for the sta- tion announcer.
There will be days when schools are in session because weather conditions are not severe enough to cause complete shut-down of all activities. On such day, parents, as in former years, determine whether their children shall attend. No excuse will be required of pupils for absence on such days unless the parents so wishes. Consideration will be given pupils striving for perfect attendance.
It is essential that we keep in mind that State Law requires that the High school shall be in session at least 180 days of each school year, and for the grade schools, 160 days.
By courtesy of the local Fire Dept.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF STETSON SCHOOL FUND
The Trustees in Account with Stetson School Fund
INCOME 1944
Balance brought forward $191.07
Receipts :
Randolph Co-operative Bank, Int. 70.00
Hall Rent
36.00
Boston and Albany R. R. Bond, Int. 42.50
$339.57
PAID OUT
Rental Lock Box Randolph Trust Co. $3.60
Brockton Gas Light Co. 15.42
William Mahoney (Janitor)
11.00
Ralph Hutchinson (Trustee)
5.00
Frank Linfield (Trustee)
5.00
Philip Boyle (Trustee)
5.00
George V. Higgins, M.D. (Sec. and Treas.) 5.00
50.02
Balance January 3, 1945 $289.55
The Stetson School Is Invested As Follows :
10 Shares Randolph Co-operative $2,000.00
1 Boston and Albany R. R. Bond 1,000.00 Deposit in Randolph Trust Co. Savings Dept. 6,966.46
Deposit in Randolph Savings Bank 959.10
$10,925.56
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Also a deposit of $1,020.10 in Randolph Savings Bank to credit of Turner Medal Fund. Also a deposit of $44.75 in checking account at Randolph Trust Company to credit of Turner Medal Fund.
GEORGE V. HIGGINS, M.D.
(Sec. and Treas.)
RALPH HUTCHINSON, Chairman PHILIP BOYLE FRANK LINFIELD
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REPORT OF THE BELCHER SCHOOLHOUSE RE-BUILDING COMMITTEE
At a special town meeting held May 22, 1944, this Com- mittee composed of the following members was appointed.
Florence Russell
John E. Kelley
Olga C. Howard
Murray Lewis
Martin E. Young
Albert H. Crompton
H. Franklin Porter
Eugene L. McAuliffe
George Taylor
George N. Welch
Carl S. Gove
Frank M. Downes
Joseph Piotti
Adolpho Christiansen
James Pemberton
Elmer J. Delorey
Charles F. Blakely
Joseph Shay
The Committee organized on May 29, 1944 with Mr. H. Franklin Porter as Chairman and Mrs. Olga C. Howard as Secretary.
The Committe unanimously appointed Mr. John E. Kelley as Architect and Mr. George N. Welch as attorney for the Committee.
Sketches, plans and specifications were prepared and bids were advertised on June 23, 1944. Thirteen bidders submitted estimates, and on July 6, 1944 in the G. A. R. room at the Town Hall the bids were opened and read in the presence of the bidders and the Committee.
The bids for work to be done exceeded by a considerable sum the amount of money available to the Committee. After considerable effort on the part of the Committee to reduce the cost of the work without injury to the completed pro- ject, a joint meeting of the Building Committee, the Board of Selectmen, and the School Committee was called. It was
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decided at that meeting to proceed with the work at once, so that the building would be ready for occupancy im-me- diately after the Christmas vacation.
Contracts were closed on July 27, 1944 with the follow- ing contractors.
General work S. J. Sullivan
Heating and ventilating McLean-Cousens & Barton Plumbing Thomas F. Duke
Electric wiring and Fixtures Ernest C. Martin
The beginning time of all contracts was dated from the receipt of approval by the WPB to proceed with the work. On August 7, 1944 the Committee received an AA-3 prior- ity from the WPB with permission to proceed at once with the work.
The work progressed rapidly without any difficulties, and the building was ready for occupancy by the children of the Belcher School District after the Christmas vacation, as planned.
On Sunday, January 21, 1945, the Committee met at the school for a final inspection and acceptance of the build- ing for the Town. All contracts were declared satisfactorily completed.
Following is the financial statement of the project.
Money paid by insurance companies $19,583.77
Money transferred by the Town at a special meeting held October 30, 1944 to this Committe 11,030.00
$30,613.77
S. J. Sullivan, No. 83 Newberg St., Roslindale contract for general work July 27, 1944 $17,598.00
Change order No. 1
1,445.00
Change order No. 2
487.29
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McLean-Cousens & Barton, heating
and ventilating contract dated July 27, 1944 5,270.00
Thomas F. Duke, plumbing contract dated July 27, 1944 1,283.00
Ernest C. Martin, electric wiring and
fixtures contract dated July 27, 1944 2,438.00
Bond and insurance
389.47
Secretary's expenses
19.97
Architect's commission
1,683.04
$30,613.77
It was decided by the Committee at the outset to mod- ernize the building during the re-construction, not merely to replace the building as it was before the fire. While the Committee concluded that this procedure was proper, it was somewhat forced to that conclusion by the requirements and ruling of the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety as to ventilation, safety, etc.
Your Committee felt that the classrooms should be com- fortable, and should be provided with proper bookcases, closets and wardrobes, and that the whole building when completed should be modern in every respect.
Some of the items which were incorporated into the completed building which were not in the building before the fire, and which contributed greatly to the difference between the money paid by the insurance companies and the total cost of the completed building were-
new direct radiation throughout new ventilating system with univents and exhausts vents in each classroom
new slate blackboards and new cork tackboards through- out
new wardrobes with vanishing doors insulation over the entire ceiling of the second floor
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magnasite cement base under asphalt tile floor in cor- ridors and hallways
new system of wiring and additional lighting fixtures throughout new fire-alarm system additional windows and skylights
Your Committee feels that it has done a satisfactory job, and that the money appropriated by the Town has been well spent.
The Committee accepted the building on January 21, 1945, in the name of the Town, and hereby ask that the Town accept the building and relieve the Committee of any further duties.
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