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Fees received by the town from sealing
$12.31
Regular inspection has been made of scales, measures
and gasoline pumps.
Number of articles sealed
89
Number of articles adjusted
2
Number of articles condemned 0
Number of articles not sealed
0
Number of Gasoline, Kerosene and Grease Pumps
17
Number of Poultry, Prescription and Office Scales
7
Number of Avoirdupois, Apothecary troy and metric weights, etc. Trial weighings
24
Number correct 35
Number underweight
0
Number overweight
2
Respectfully submitted,
LEO R. LA COURSE,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF TREASURER Simon Fairfield Public Library
1943
January 1st-Balance on Deposit, Whitinsville Nat. Bank $ 40.12
Town Appropriation
1,100.00
Dog Fund
588.45
Reserve Fund Transfer
126.25
Jan. 5-Uxbridge Savings Bank Interest 10.00
May 1-Whitinsville Savings Bank Interest 116.17
June 15-Treasurer of the U. S. Interest on Bonds 50.27
Nov. 1-Whitinsville Savings Bank Interest 6.17
Dec. 15-Treasurer of the U. S. Interest on Bonds
150.00
332.61
$2,187.43
Expenditures
Rosalie E. Williams, Librarian
1,040.00
Alice Cave, Assistant Librarian
20.00
Books
296.01
Miscellaneous Expense
60.34
Treasurer Salary
25.00
Joseph Quintal, Magazines and Papers
122.53
Frank E. Jones, Fuel
229.16
Worcester Suburban Electric Co.
60.34
Herbert E. Hughes, Janitor
130.00
Balance on Deposit Whitinsville Nat. Bank
204.05
$ 2,187.43
Endowment Funds
Mrs. Royal Keith Fund
$ 200.00
James M. Fairfield Fund
5,000.00
James Smith Fund
6,000.00
Arthur F. Taft Fund
500.00
Winfield S. Schuster Fund
1,000.00
James W. Wixtead Fund
200.00
$ 12,900.00
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. JONES, Treasurer.
$ 1,983.38
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To Selectmen of Douglas:
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering for year ending December 31, 1943. I have inspected twenty-six hogs, three beeves, one calf.
Respectfully submitted, ROY E. KENYON, Inspector of Slaughtering.
REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR
To Selectmen of Douglas:
For the year ending December 31, 1943, as Inspector of Animals, I made eighty-two calls during the year inspecting three hundred and forty-eight cattle, of this number two hundred and forty-eight were dairy cows, one hundred young cattle.
There were only two reactor cows, found which were taken care of by the state. Also the Live-stock Disease Control called for a check-up on just dairy cattle the first of July which I made.
Inspection was made on nineteen hogs and four goats.
Respectfully submitted,
ROY E. KENYON, Animal Inspector.
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Town Appropriation
$ 1,250.00
Reserve Fund 305.00
$1,555.00
Expenditures
Fire Chief's Salary
$ 150.00
Fire Company's Salaries
729.58
Janitor's Salary
78.00
Equipment & Supplies
107.04
Telephone
102.31
Pump Cans
91.00
Fuel
82.42
Lights
55.55
Repairs at Fire Station
54.46
Fire Truck Maintenance
51.88
Office Supplies
35.50
All other
8.90
$ 1,546.64
Alarms
Total number of alarms answered
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13 Chimney, 13 Grass, 12 House, 9 Forest, 1 False Alarm, 1 Automobile.
Fire Alarm Signals
To summon firemen to the Station-2 blows repeated three times.
No School Signal
Three blasts of the mill whistle at 7.30 A. M. closes all schools for the morning session. The same signal at 11.30 A. M. closes all schools for the afternoon session.
The same signal at 11.15 A. M. denotes that there will be one session. In case of one session all grades will close at 12.30 P. M .; except first grade which will close at noon. If the whistle does not blow at 11.30 A. M. there will be school in the afternoon.
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Fire Department Personnel:
Joseph Vecchione, Asst. Chief
Felix Vecchione, Chief
Charles Anderson, 1st Engineer
William Van Ness, 2nd Engineer
Edward Therrien, 3rd Engineer
Edmund Bruno, Treasurer
Joseph Bruno Louis Bloniasz
Harold Anderson
Albert Frost
Henry La Bonne
Ernest Brule
Fred Cabana
Harold Buxton
Lawrence Kolumber *
Stephen Kosiar *
* Inducted into U. S. Army.
Respectfully submitted,
FELIX VECCHIONE, Chief.
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REPORT OF THE FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT
Town Appropriation
$ 750.00
Fighting Forest Fires:
Labor and Transportation
$ 305.45
Ernest P. Lunn
15.60
Charles P. Krull
4.85
Douglas Motor Sales
3.00
Chesley Johnson & Son
2.00
Fitzgerald Guptill Co.
1.95
$
332.85
Unexpended Balance
$
417.15
$ 750.00
Recapitulation :
Number of Fires
6
Acres of Wood Land Burned
113/4
Estimated Damage
$205.00
Grass Fires
7
False Alarms
3
Number of Miles Patrolled
257
Number of Permits Issued
69
Wardens
Paul D. Manning, Jr. *
Charles Church
Roy Kenyon
W. Lincoln Carpenter
William J. Wallis
William Caswell
Ernest Lunn
Elwin Chase
Earl McCann
Frank Yacino
John Hanley
* In the U. S. Navy
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY A. PETERS,
Forest Warden
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN AND MOTH SUPERVISOR
Town Appropriation $
.... 600.00
EXPENDITURES
James Fulone, Superintendent $ 62.50
Nothern Tree Co., Tree Pruning and Removing . 250.00
Walter Cambo, Spraying and Removal of Moth Clusters
200.00
Paul D. Manning, Sr., Insurance
24.98
Total Expenditures
$ 537.48
Unexpended Balance
62.52
$ 600.00
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES FULONE,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT ON TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Moses Wallis Devise
1,293.51
Transfer from Reserve Fund
225.00
Refund
4.45
$
3,022.96
Expenditures:
Janitor's Salary $ 1,404.00
Fuel
733.11
Light
322.59
Janitor's Supplies
30.12
Repairs
251.21
Insurance
59.22
All Other
113.39
$
2,913.64
to Revenue
109.32
3,022.96 $
Report on New Town Hall Special Repairs
Appropriation
$
2,000.00
Overlay Reserve
1,025.00
Reserve Fund
33.04
$
3,058.04
Expenditures
Repairs
$ 3,058.04
Town Hall Rentals $ 403.30
Outstanding January 1, 1943
Charges, 1943:
New Town Hall
.$
977.20
Old Town Hall
75.00
$
1,052.20
$ 1,455.50
.
Unexpended Balance Transferred
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Payments to Treasurer, 1943
$
1,272.40
Outstanding December 31, 1943:
New Town Hall $ 133.10
Old Town Hall
50.00
$ 183.10
$ 1,455.50
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
To the Selectmen of the Town of Douglas:
The Water Commissioners report is as follows for the fiscal year 1943:
We have been delayed a great deal throughout the year because of lack of help and getting material of one sort or another. However, the wells are now being used and water seems to be plentiful.
These wells should now be cleaned because of disturbance while the works was in progress. Plans for the cleaning are laid for the spring when conditions will be better. We have spent $2,695.28 on the work this year.
You will note by the figures which follow that our expenses in running the plant have been much reduced the last year because of the installation of the new pumps and the opening of the new wells. Our appropriation for this purpose was $5,500.00 and we have spent $3,964.75 only. A great part of this saving was because of a smaller power bill.
The report of income and expenditures under appropriations made at the annual meeting in February, 1943 is as follows:
Appropriation of Town Meeting, 1943 .$
5,500.00
Expenditures
Administration:
Superintendent's Salary $ 1,690.00
Printing and Postage
33.08
Telephone
42.43
1,765.51 $
General:
Labor
50.75
Pipe and Fittings
69.56
Repairing Meters
87.96
Insurance, etc
80.67
$ 288.94
Pumping Station:
Lights and Power 1,349.21
Fuel
77.51
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Repairs
276.69
$
1,703.41
Service Pipe:
Labor
156.53
Pipe and Fittings
50.36
$ 206.89
Total Expenditures
$ 3,964.75
Unexpended
1,535.25
$ 5,500.00
Installing New Wells at Pumping Station
Balance in Account January 1, 1944
$ 750.81
Town Appropriation
1,000.00
Transfer by Special Town Meeting:
Water Surplus
787.79
Revenue, 1943
200.00
$
2,738.60
Expenditures
Howard W. Maxim Co. $ 2,042.00
A. D. Cook, Inc.
275.60
Hayden, Harding & Buchanan Engineers
200.00
Builders Providence, Inc.
75.74
Cambridge Machine & Valve
73.64
Labor
23.50
Freight
4.80
$ 2,695.28
Unexpended
43.32
$ 2,738.60
Water Rates
Outstanding January 1, 1943 $ 966.31
Charges
7,805.16
Advance Payments December 31, 1943
15.51
$ 8,786.98
Payments to Treasurer $ 7,140.96
Abatements
583.62
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Charges Reported in Error
2.50
Outstanding December 31, 1943, per list
1,059.90
$ 8,786.98
Water Miscellaneous
Outstanding January 1, 1943 $ 46.04
5.00
Charges
$ 51.04
Payments to Treasurer
$ 34.03
Outstanding December 31, 1943, per list
17.01
$ 51.04
Respectfully submitted, GILBERT W. ROWLEY FELIX S. VECCHIONE WILLIAM J. WALLIS
Water Commissioners.
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REPORT OF AGENT MOSES WALLIS DEVISE
To the Town of Douglas For the year Ending December 31, 1943
The Agent charges himself with amounts due the Devise January 1, 1943 as follows:
$ 1,500.00 U. S. Bond 21/2 1952/54 $ 1,500.00
29,500.00 U. S. Bonds 21/2 1962/67
29,500.00
31,000.00
Whitinsville National Bank
1,016.07
$ 32,016.07
Capital Increase:
2,267.00
Amortization of Securities
previously held
953.13
3,220.13
$ 28,795.94
Value to keep permanent
27,502.43
Income to turn over to Town Treasurer
$ 1,293.51
The Agent has received as follows:
Balance January 1, 1943
$ 1,016.07
March 15 - U. S. Treasurer
18.75
June 15 - U. S. Treasurer
368.75
September 15 - U. S. Treasurer
18.75
December 13 - U. S. Treasurer
368.75
775.00
$ 1,791.07
The Agent has paid out as follows:
June 15 - Town of Douglas $ 1,293.51
December 29 - Salary of Agent
75.00
December 29 - Service Charge Bank
.29
Balance December 31, 1943
422.27
$ 1,791.07
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PRESENT VALUE OF DEVISE December 31, 1943
$ 1,500.00 U. S. Bonds 21/2 1952/54 $ 1,500.00
29.500.00 U. S. Bonds 21/2 1962/67 29,500.00
$ 31,000.00
Whitinsville National Bank 422.27
$ 31,422.27
Capital Increase 1942
2,267.00
Amortization of Securities
previously held
953.13
3,220.13
$ 28,202.14
Value to be kept permanent
27,502.43
Amount to be turned over to Town Treasurer $ 699.71
Respectfully submitted,
GILBERT W. ROWLEY, Agent.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE
Mr. Winfield A. Schuster, Chairman
Board of Selectmen
Douglas, Mass.
My dear Mr. Schuster:
It is a pleasure to report on the activities of my office as Board of Health Nurse.
There were 146 cases of communicable disease reported during the year, being classified as follows:
1. Measles 114 4. Scarlet fever .... 6
2. German Measles 14 5. Whooping cough . 3
3. Mumps 7 6. Tuberculous Spine 1
7. Dog bite
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The usual procedure regarding isolation, quarantine, etc. was carried out with the nurse acting as investigator.
We have one active case of tuberculosis which is hospitalized in the county sanatorium. Every member of this family has been X-rayed at the sana- torium, and the recommendations followed up by the nurse.
There were 45 patients taken to the Worcester County Sanatorium for chest X-ray and examination; of this number 32 were adults and 13 children.
One hundred tuberculous home visits were made during the year.
Two girls were taken to the Sterling Health Camp for a period of eight weeks. The selection must be made from childhood type cases of tubercu- losis.
The diphtheria immunization clinic was held for four weeks in the spring. Dr. R. H. Spooner did the injecting. 31 children were immunized.
The summer round-up was held in June; at which time Dr. Spooner vac- cinated 27 and examined 38 children who were to enter school in September. The follow-up was done by the nurse.
The nurse volunteered her services to the American Red Cross, and held an evening class once a week for twelve weeks, instructing 18 women in home nursing. At the completion of the course, Red Cross Home Nursing certificates were awarded.
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The Well-child Conference usually held in the fall, was postponed until the spring of 1944.
Other services which have been rendered by me as Board of Health Nurse include the following:
Prenatal visits 44
New-born visits 27
Infant welfare visits 147
Adult-bedside nursing visits 140
The Federal government now has a definite program for service mens' wives. The State Department of Public Health reports to the local nurse, prenatal, post-natal, and new-born cases. The nurse follows these cases in the home.
Two children are still pending admission to the Wrentham State School.
During the year, the nurse attended important state and county health meetings.
I am most grateful to the Selectmen, Dr. Spooner, Dr. Blanchard, Mr. Nel- son, Miss Sweinberger, and to the volunteer workers who assist at clinic and summer round-up, for their interest and cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
(Mrs.) MABEL A. BROWN, R.N. Board of Health Nurse.
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REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
To the Selectmen and Citizens of Douglas:
The Bureau of Old Age Assistance submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1943:
During the year 1943 a total of forty-seven persons were given Old Age Assistance in this town, and seven were aided in other cities and towns.
At the beginning of the year there were thirty-eight active cases - six new ones were added to the list and three old cases were re-opened, making the total of forty-seven.
Of this number, four cases were closed by death, four were transferred to other cities and towns, two were cared for by relatives, and four became self-supporting - leaving the present active list of thirty-three persons. Six of these are unsettled or state cases for which the town will receive full reimbursement from the state.
In June, 1943, the state legislature made several changes in the laws gov- erning Old Age Assistance, a far-reaching change being the one which re- quires children whose incomes exceed certain legal exemptions to contribute to the support of their parents who are recipients of Old Age Assistance.
The use of the State Standard Budget, or one approved by the state, was made mandatory for all Old Age Assistance cases, and grants were obliged to meet budget figures when they exceeded the minimum set up by law.
Another ruling made compulsory welfare grants to the wives and husbands of Old Age Assistance recipients if they were between the ages of 60-65 and eligible for general welfare. The welfare grant was required to meet the difference between the Old Age Assistance grant and the minimum which would apply if both were eligible for Old Age Assistance.
These laws became effective on September 8, 1943, and necessitated a thorough reinvestigation of every case by home and office visits, corre- spondence and interviews with children, wage checks and a rebudget of needs, to comply with the new state laws. This work was completed and all changes made on September 1, 1943.
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Paid for Old Age Assistance in 1943
Town Appropriation $ 8.622.92
Federal Grants 7.930.41
$ 16,553.33
Received-Federal Grants
7,532.73
Reimbursemen tby State
6,652.04
Reimbursement by Town
140.00
The net cost of Old Age Assistance for 1943 was
$ 14,324.77 $ 2,228.56
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Temporary Aid-Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1943 $ 25.87
Charges, 1943
286.94
$
312.81
Payments to Treasurer, 1943 $ 312.81
Miscellaneous Receipts
Receipts, 1943
$ 186.00
Payments to Treasurer, 1943
$ 186.00
Aid to Dependent Children ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Charges, 1943
Payments to Treasurer $ 700.18
Disallowances
33.44
$ 733.62
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable
Charges, 1943
$ 7,164.76
Payments to Treasurer, 1943 $ 6,792.04
372.72
Disallowances, 1943
$7
164.76
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK X. RINFRETTE, Chairman. W. LINCOLN CARPENTER FRED J. JETTE Board of Public Welfare. VERA H. WARNER, Welfare Agent.
$ 733.62
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CHARITIES IN DOUGLAS
To the Citizens of Douglas:
As our financial report will show, our welfare expenses of the past year have been lower than usual.
Due to plentiful employment, our welfare list has now been reduced to unemployables and elderly aliens who are not eligible for Old Age Assist- ance. Two persons on the list were transferred to Old Age Assistance this past year.
We have been fortunate in having to pay for few outside cases, as the families formerly aided have been able to secure work. Several persons who have been aided in other cities and towns for several years at great expense to this town, lost their Douglas settlement this year.
The classification of welfare expenditures will show that the amount spent for hospital and rest home expenses was $1,112.24, as against $2,705.21 of last year.
Twenty-one families were aided under general relief, and two families were given Aid to Dependent Children throughout the year.
The Commissary in the lower town hall, which had furnished additional food supplies and clothing for welfare recipients and families on the bor- derline of need, was closed in June, 1943, when all distribution centres of Surplus Commodities were closed by the Federal Government.
Classification of Welfare Expenditures, 1943
Cash
$ 810.94
Commissary
50.25
Fuel
191.66
Groceries
742.80
Hospital Expenses
214.74
Medical Attendance
90.92
Outside Bills
603.95
Rent
182.00
Rest Home
897.50
Telephone, Postage, etc
89.72
Transportation
12.00
Total
$ 3,886.48
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PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Temporary Aid - Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1943
$ 25.87
Charges, 1943
286.94
$ 312.81
Payments to Treasurer, 1943
$
312.81
Receipts, 1943
$
186.00
Payments to Treasurer, 1943
$ 186.00
Aid to Dependent Children ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Charges, 1943
$ 733.62
Payments to Treasurer
.$ 700.18
Disallowances
33.14
$ 733.62
FRANK X. RINFRETTE, Chairman. W. LINCOLN CARPENTER FRED J. JETTE Board of Public Welfare. VERA H. WARNER
Welfare Agent.
Miscellaneous Receipts
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
School Committee and Superintendent of Schools OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
GLAS
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INCORPO
For the Year Ending
DECEMBER 31, 1943
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The School Committee submits the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1943.
The appropriations for the Schools amounted to $46,000.00. We received the following reimbursements:
Massachusetts School Fund $ 5,401.38
Part 1 of Chapter 70 G. L.
5,520.00
Individuals
67.50
School Superintendent
779.49
$ 11,768.37
This reduces the Net Cost of the Schools to $ 34,146.99
EXPENDITURES OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT for the period ending December 31, 1943
GENERAL EXPENSES: 1944
Budget
Expenditures
Budget
Clerk of School Committee
Misc. School Committee
Superintendent's Salary
$ 2,200.00 $ 2,202.36 $ 2,250.00
EXPENSES FOR INSTRUCTION:
Teachers, High School
13,600.00
13,137.85
Teachers, Elementary
13,800.00
13,746.71
Substitute Teacher's
300.00
287.50
Music Supervisor's Salary
Domestic Science
1,180.00
792.05
Text Books, High
Text Books, Elementary
1,100.00
1,363.59
High School Supplies
Elementary Supplies
1,220.00
1,527.13
Visual Education
100.00
100.00
$31,300.00 $30,954.83 $31,310.00
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EXPENSES FOR OPERATION:
Janitor, High
Janitor, Elementary
Janitor, D. C. Fuel, High
3,470.00
3,718.50
Fuel, Grammar
Fuel, Douglas Center
1,350.00
1,445.89
Lights and Power, High
Lights and Power, Elementary
425.00
351.95
Telephone, High
Telephone, Elementary
120.00
109.51
Janitor's Supplies, High
Janitor's Supplies, Elementary
225.00
183.56
Water Dept., High
Water Dept., Elementary
10.00
20.00
$ 5,600.00 $ 5,829.41 $ 5,940.00
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS: High School Grammar Schools
$ 1,200.00 $ 1,026.13 $ 1,200.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES:
Health, High
Health, Elementary
1,150.00
1,029.28
Transportation, High
Transportation, Elementary
3,700.00
3,812.25
Tuition
200.00
152.00
Athletics
200.00
79.82
$ 5,250.00 $ 5,073.35 $ 5,350.00
INSURANCE
150.00
113.28
150.00
NEW EQUIPMENT
300.00
716.00
300.00
TOTAL
$46,000.00 $45,915.36 $46,500.00
School Committee: BAYLIS G. ALDRICH, 1946 E. MIALMA JENCKES, 1946 MARGARET CARRICK, 1945 WARREN JOHNSON, 1945 LOUIS A. CALLAHAN, 1944 ANDREW CENCAK, 1944
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS A. B. GARCELON
PURCHASING AGENT ANDREW CENCAK
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS VINCENT CERULLE JAMES L. HICKEY EDMUND BRUNO
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1943-1944
Fall Term-August 30, 1943 to December 17, 1943. Winter Term-January 3, 1944 to February 25, 1944. Spring Term-March 13, 1944 to June 9, 1944. For High School-March 13, 1944 to June 16, 1944.
HOLIDAYS, 1944
New Year's Day, Saturday, January 1, 1944. Washington's Birthday, Tuesday, February 22, 1944. Good Friday, Friday, April 7, 1944. Patriot's Day, Wednesday, April 19, 1944. Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 30, 1944. Columbus Day, Thursday, October 12, 1944.
County Convention, Friday, November 3, 1944. Armistice Day, Saturday, November 11, 1944. Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 30, 1944. Christmas Day, Monday, December 25, 1944.
VACATIONS-1944
Mid-Winter Vacation, February 17, 1944 to February 25, 1944. Thanksgiving Recess-November 30, 1944 to December 4, 1944. Christmas Recess-December 23, 1944 to January 2, 1945. Spring Vacation-April 13, 1944 to April 22, 1944. 1944-1945
Fall Term-September 5, 1944 to December 22, 1944. Winter Term-January 2, 1945 to April 12, 1945. Spring Term-April 23, 1945 to June 15, 1945. For High School-April 23, 1945 to June 22, 1945.
HOLIDAYS-1945
New Year's Day, Monday, January 1, 1945. Washington's Birthday, Thursday, February 22, 1945. Good Friday, Friday, March 30, 1945. Patriot's Day, Thursday, April 19, 1945. Memorial Day, Wednesday, May 30, 1945. Columbus Day, Friday, October 12, 1945. County Convention, Friday, November 2, 1945.
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Armistice Day, Sunday, November 11, 1945. Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 29, 1945. Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 1945.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
Three blasts of the mill whistle at 7:30 A. M. closes all schools for the morning session. The same signal at 11:30 A. M. closes all schools for the afternoon session.
The same signal at 11:15 A. M., denotes that there will be one session. In case of one session all grades will close at 12:30 P. M., except first grade which will close at noon.
If the whistle does not blow at 11:30 A. M. there will be school in the afternoon.
A. B. GARCELON, Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
January, 1944
To the School Committee and Citizens of Douglas:
I herewith submit my sixteenth report of the Douglas Schools, the same being the forty-third superintendent's report of the school union.
Two years ago, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked! Little did we realize then the grave dangers that confronted us. Since that date, the lives of all of us, in school and out, have changed materially to meet the needs of the all-out war effort, at home as well as at the front. Many of the young men of the community went into the armed forces; some were students, two were teachers. Of our teaching force, Mr. Ralph Dudley and Mr. Lloyd Batchelder are now serving Uncle Sam.
As the young men of the community went into the army or navy, the man power of industry was curtailed, with the result that many of our older pupils are doing part time work in the mills.
While the enrollment in our schools has dropped off somewhat, the work of the School Department has in no way lessened, due to extra war time duties, such as rationing, air raid drills, the selling of war stamps and bonds, the collecting of scrap iron and paper, the introduction of Pre- induction courses in the high school and the manning of the Observation Post, the A.R.P. Center, and the Junior Red Cross.
Practically all the issuing of the war ration books has been done by the teachers of the public schools. In every case of rationing, the work was very successfully done, for which the teachers deserve definite praise and approbation.
Last year the selling of War bonds and stamps was organized and the total amount of sales was extremely satisfactory.
This year, from September to the present time, the amount of stamps and bonds sold in the high school alone is over twenty-nine hundred dol- lars, an exceedingly fine record. As an acknowledgment of work well done, the high school received from the Federal Government the "Minute Mar Flag".
The stress put upon us by the necessities of war, has caused us to put into our high school two Pre-Induction Courses, i.e. Fundamentals of Ma-
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chines and Pre-Induction Mathematics. These courses have been carefully worked out by the Federal Government and are important to our students who are to go into military service. Another course, added this year, is the re-establishment of Home Economics, under the direction of Mrs. Walker. Sixteen girls attend the classes on Tuesday and fourteen on Thurs- day. The fact that thirty girls wanted this type of work is positive evi- dence of the interest in this work. Correlating the Home Economic course for girls, we need a Manual Arts course for our boys.
Our present high school program covers eighteen different subjects, as follows: English, Pre-Induction courses, Algebra, Geometry, Latin, French, Ancient History, Junior Business Training, Bookkeeping, Stenography, Sec- retarial Practices, Typewriting, Problems in Democracy, Biology and, Gen- eral Science. With our limited teaching staff, it is impossible for us to cover more subjects. One more teacher, to take care of Manual Arts and Athletics, would be most desirable.
Mr. Holmes, in his report, mentions the need of vocational guidance. Such guidance should be furnished, but nothing can be done along this line unless we engage one more teacher. Should we do this, Mr. Duprey is qualified to take up this work.
Some day, in the not too distant future, we of the School Department hope for additional quarters at the High School to provide gymnasium space and a shop for Manual Arts.
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