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CHANGE IN STATE PLAN OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR SCHOOLS
Chapter 643 of the Acts of 1948 repeals on December 31, 1948, Chapter 70,-also Sections 5, 8, and 9 of Chapter 71, of the General Laws; it sets up a new method beginning in 1949 for state reim- bursement on account of schools. Under the new method the state reimburses half of the cost of public education up to one hundred and thirty dollars per child per school year, after the town has con- tributed the proceeds of a six-dollar tax rate, with an alternate method of figuring which in case of Merrimac in 1949 yields $561.25 more reimbursement, but the state denies the town the entire reim- bursement under Chapter 643 unless the expenditure for the school year ending in June (1949 and thereafter) has been at least one hundred ten dollars per child, exclusive of the cost of transportation and of school lunch (if any). It still remains necessary for the towns, under all these revised laws, to raise the total amount needed for schools. All reimbursements, as before, go to the general treasury of the town. But, under Section 10, Chapter 643 of the Acts of 1948 "In making recommendations for appropriations for the support of schools, the finance committee of towns and similar committees in cities shall specify the estimated amount to be received as such school aid or reimbursement from the commonwealth and the amount to be raised by local taxation."
The requested 1949 school budget of $56,075.00 is an increase of $6,573.70 over the expenditures of 1948, but if appropriated it is expected to mean $2,098.64 less out of local taxation because of the expected reimbursement increase of $8,672.34 over the 1948 figure. The 1949 budget increase is consequent to the deflated value of the dollar in purchasing power. It contains a raise to each regular teacher of two hundred dollars, retroactive to January 1, 1949, resulting from a conference with a committee of teachers.
OPENING OF PORT SCHOOL
The upward trend of primary enrollments reached a point in 1948 that made it necessary to engage an extra teacher for Septem- ber, to open the ground floor room of the Port School, and to buy thirty new pupil seating units. The work tables and the manual training materials of the special industrial arts class (which had not been mandated or held for the two preceding school years) were removed and the ground floor room was converted by a partition
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into two classrooms,-one for half of the town's first grade and the other for the overflow of second and third grades. Ceilings, walls, and woodwork were washed, painted, varnished, and heating fa- cilities readjusted.
On the 1949 budget certain allowances have been made for the possibility next September of the need of added seats, another class- room, and an added teacher. The Massachusetts legislature, in its Acts of 1948, Chapter 645, recognized the school housing problem when it passed this "act to encourage the establishment of regional and consolidated public schools and to provide financial assistance to cities and towns in the construction of school buildings." If, in these times of classroom shortages, a town wants to consolidate its schools, or wants to use its high school building for elementary classes, or if a small town finds its own high school education too costly or too restricted because of the small size of classes and the increased cost of teachers, the state, under Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, will give the town added financial aid for building if it de- cides to join with other nearby towns to establish a consolidated school or a regional high school which is jointly administered by the group of towns. The recent national trend towards regional high schools has very definitely entered Massachusetts with the passing of this 1948 legislation.
ENROLLMENTS
On the first of October the enrollment of Merrimac public schools was 434, distributed as follows: At Port 57, at Centre 222, at Pros- pect 61, at High 94. Further distribution was-At Port: Grade I, 31, Mrs. Whiting; Grades II, 10 and III, 16, Mrs. Davis, Acting Princi- pal. At Centre: Grade I, 35, Mrs. Manning; Grade II, 34, Mrs. Verrette; Grade III, 33, Mrs. O'Connor ; Grade IV, 40, Mrs. Felch, Acting Principal; Grade V, 35, Mrs. Journeay; Grade VI, 45, Mrs. Hume. At Prospect; Grade VII, 34, Mrs. Wolfe; Grade VIII, 27, Mrs. Donaghue, Principal. At High School: Grades IX, 40, X, 22, XI 13, XII 19, Principal Chase, Miss Phelan, Mr. Patchett, Mr. Morrow, Miss Trigilio.
TEACHING STAFF
At the end of February Mrs. Elaine W. Snow resigned, after more than eleven and one half years of excellent service as a teacher in Merrimac. The third grade was taught for the rest of the school year by Mrs. Sarah A. Proudfoot of Haverhill. Mrs. Proudfoot is a graduate of Ohio Weslyan, with a bachelor's degree, 1935. She has taught at Eaton, Ohio, at Peterboro, N. H., and Greenfield.
At the end of the school year in June, there were two staff resig- nations and a request for a year's leave of absence. Mrs. Norma R. Halpern of the commercial department at the high school resigned after three years in Merrimac and Miss Mary C. Burns, acting
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principal of the Prospect Street School, resigned after five years in Merrimac. A year's leave of absence was granted to Mrs. Angeline C. Shaheen, Principal of Centre School.
In September the new commercial teacher at the high school was Miss F. Antoinette Trigilio of Lawrence. Miss Trigilio is a graduate of Lawrence High School and of the commercial teacher training department of Salem Teachers' College, 1948, with the bachelor's degree. Her practice teaching was in the commercial department of Lawrence High School.
In September the eighth grade was removed from the high school building, and restored with the seventh at the Prospect Street School building. At the same time the principalship of Prospect Street School was resumed by Mrs. Helen R. Donaghue, who had resigned this same position at the end of the winter term in 1946, after teaching in Merrimac nearly four years.
At the Centre School in September Mrs. Miriam M. Felch, fourth grade teacher, acted as principal. There were three new members of the staff: In the sixth grade, Mrs. Margaret W. Hume of Amesbury; in the third grade, Mrs. Frances Hall O'Connor of Bradford; in the second grade, Mrs. Caroline M. Verrette of Amesbury. Mrs. Hume (sixth grade) is a teacher of seven years experience in Amesbury and Seabrook, with many added years as a substitute teacher. Mrs. O'Connor (third grade), a graduate of Lowell Normal School, is a teacher of eleven years experience in West Springfield (Mass.), Franklin (N. H.), and Lowell, with three years as a substitute in Haverhill. Mrs. Verrette (second grade), a graduate of Salem Normal School, is a teacher of eight years experience in Methuen, with two years as a substitute in Amesbury. The first grade Centre School section was taken over in September by Mrs. Helen Man- ning, a teacher of over twenty years experience in Merrimac. The fifth grade was continued by Mrs. Journeay.
In the newly opened Merrimacport School, the two teachers in September were both assigned from the Centre School staff of the preceding school year: Mrs. M. Ethel Davis to grades two and three (Acting Principal); Mrs. Ethel Whiting to grade one.
Mrs. Doris C. Currier, music supervisor, had her time allotment for music teaching in Merrimac increased from one day to one and one-half days a week. The change was made after the receipt of a petition with over a hundred names. The importance attached to Mrs. Currier's work by pupils and parents at the high school alone may be judged by the fact that over eighty-eight percent chose music when it was put on an elective basis.
In December eight pupils, in the grades, were also taking violin lessons at school with Mrs. Printon of Salisbury. This is by written request and at parental expense. There are prospects for future school orchestras.
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Twice during 1948 members of the teaching staff received special help from educational consultants in the teaching of English: On April 1 from Miss Eileen Reilly on the teaching of English grammar, and on December 9 in the lower grades from Miss Mary Miller, with special reference to the latest Alice and Jerry materials.
GRADUATIONS
The dates of graduation were changed somewhat in order to enable one boy (Framingham) and four girls (Bridgewater) to par- ticipate as State Delegates under the auspices of the American Legion and the Auxiliary.
On Monday evening, June 21, at Sargent Hall, a class of 38 pupils, consisting of 25 boys and 13 girls, graduated from the eighth grade. Standardized tests in the spring had shown the total class achieve- ment median to be a year and two months in advance of the stand- ard median for eighth grades, with none of the ten subjects below the median. Four of the class were on the high honor roll for the year: Natalie Johnson, Patricia Joralman, Charlotte Powers, and Margaret Weigel; ten were on honor roll for the year: Ann Fergu- son, Richard Grant, George Larkin, Thomas Lund, Robert McGirr, George Nichol, John O'Brien, Jr., Mary Otis, Noreen Quimby, and Patricia Tilton. The diplomas were presented by Mrs. Agnes H. Powers. The class gift, an atlas, was presented by Richard Deminie and accepted by Elizabeth Weigel. In addition to a class song and music by the seventh and eighth grades, there was a violin ensemble with two girls and two boys.
On Tuesday evening, June 22, at Sargent Hall, a class of 17 pu- pils, consisting of 4 boys and 13 girls, graduated from the Merrimac High School. The valedictory was by William Whiting, Jr., and the salutatory by Sally Wilde. Diplomas were presented by Mr. Edwin E. Leidich. Reporting of other data will be left for the principal.
GENERAL SCHOOL NOTES
Under Chapter 423 of the Acts of 1941 pertaining to religious in- struction, eighty-nine pupils were excused from school for an hour on Mondays during the school year beginning in the fall, at the written request of their parents. The numbers, by grades, were: Grade IV-25, V-20, VI-23, VII-18, VIII-3. For pupils in the eighth grade, instruction was furnished by the Church of the Nativity only.
Throughout 1948 Type "C" milk program of the Community School Lunch was continued, that is, papers were filed again for October 1, and the program renewed for each of the schools. The state pays one and one-half cents a half-pint bottle, after detailed claims have been filed. This program for the present school year ends on May 31.
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At the Centre School in the fall there was a shift of grade room- assignments to render the acting principal more accessible and to adjust the size of grades to the size of rooms. From front to rear the room grade assignments are: Centre School, Downstairs, Grades 4, 2, 1; Centre School, Upstairs, Grades 6, 5, 3.
Special features and activities at the High School during the year included "Career Day" for juniors and seniors on March 25 (at A. H. S.), the senior trip to New York by bus during the April va- cation (Mr. Chase and Miss Phelan), the play "Little Women" at Grange Hall on May 13, and others. The Prospect Street School had a program of amateur talent (mostly musical) on the afternoon of June 8. On April 23 the P. T. A. sponsored Alice in Wonderland at Bradford Junior College for a Merrimac group from grades six to eight. During 1948 there were many classroom and art projects at Centre School and a continuation of the Nature Conservation group in grade five under Miss Dorothy Snyder from the Audubon Society.
On April 6 Mr. Morrow and the superintendent obtained for the Merrimac schools from Warehouse 27 at Camp Devens, under sur- plus property available for schools, an International Hektowriter (electric typewriter), a Comptometer (Felt & Tarrant-manual- for bookkeeping classes), and a number of radio supplies for the science laboratory.
The designated 1948 day for the pre-school clinic and first-grade registration was Friday, April 9. The substitute nurse at the time was Mrs. Anne Gleed; Mrs. Ramona Hewson was out from Febru- ary 1 through the rest of the school year.
The standardized achievement tests which were given in all sub- jects below high school on May 12 showed that the grades that had the greatest acceleration over the standard medians were the eighth, seventh, and fourth, in that order. The eighth grade subjects that were highest were arithmetic reasoning and computation, and geography. The high point in seventh grade acceleration was English grammar. In the fourth grade it was elementary science and arith- metic reasoning.
Textbook additions or replacements during 1948 have included the revised Alice and Jerry pre-primer and primer material, with revised first reader and revised materials therefor to come. The McKee language books in grades 3, 4, and 5. The Rand McNally new histories for grades 4 and 5, with correlated geographies, maps, and globes to come. The Ginn series of Living Arithmetic in grades 3 to 6.
1948 maintenance work on buildings centered in the Port build- ing for opening in the fall, but Centre, Prospect, and High all needed a measure of attention. At Centre the ceiling and sidewalls of the fourth grade and of the back hall needed whitening; likewise at high school the ceiling of the room which had been used for eighth grade. Shelves were needed in fourth and fifth grade rooms, lights were
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needed here and there, as well as plaster repairs,-and chairs and desks needed attention throughout.
TRANSPORTATION
On the first of October, 157 of the 434 Merrimac public school pupils (36.2%) were transported regularly by the Massachusetts Northeastern Transportation Company. 114 rode an average of at least one and one-half miles each way each school day. The 157 transported included 26 of the 94 high school pupils, 29 of the 61 Prospect Street School pupils, 62 of the 222 Centre School pupils, and 40 of the 57 Port School pupils. From Birchmeadow there were 49, from Bear Hill and Lake Attitash 62, and from the Port 46.
Because of increased enrollment and the crowding of buses, it was found desirable in the fall to make certain changes in the bus sche- dule. There are now two buses to the Port,-one from Birchmeadow and one from Lake Attitash, including the West Shore. The added cost of $50 a month is entirely reimbursable under Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1947.
VOCATIONAL
In the fall of 1948 eight boys were enrolled for vocational training at the Charles W. Arnold Trade School in Haverhill. Two were registered in Machine Shop, two in Electrical, two in Upholstering, one in Sheet Metal, and one in Printing. In March one had regis- tered in Carpentry.
In the fall there were also three Merrimac girls and one boy, plus one G. I. graduate, at the Essex County School at Hathorne,- in homemaking and agriculture.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
Dr. John C. Page, Superintendent of Schools, and Members of the School Committee:
My report is herewith submitted dating from January 1, 1948 to December 31, 1948.
Number of School visits. 130
Number of home visits .. 46
Number of pupils examined by Dr. Davis (School physician) (annual physical examination) nurse assisting 440
As a result of the Tuberculin Testing Clinic held in December 1947, those having a positive reaction to the test were given a Chest X-ray at the High School on January 8th by Mr. Wilson from the Essex Sanatorium. The X-ray clinic was also available to teachers, arrested cases of tuberculosis and contact cases.
Number X-rayed.
33
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The Toxoid Clinics were held March 8th, 29th, April 20th and May 10th at the Centre School under the direction of Dr. Davis to immunize children against diphtheria.
Number receiving toxoid (3 doses) . 29
Number receiving booster doses (1 dose) 3
The pre-school clinic was held April 9th at the Centre School by Dr. Davis. This clinic was for all children who would be entering the first grade in September, and was held for the purpose of giving a physical examination to each child, so that any physical defect. which was found could be corrected before the child entered school.
These children were also registered for the first grade by the teachers, instead of having registration day in September.
Number attending 25
At this time I wish to express my gratitude to Mrs. Annie Gleed for so efficiently carrying on the school nursing program for me while I was on a 5 months leave of absence.
Respectfully submitted,
RAMONA H. HEWSON, R. N.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC
Examinations. . 419
Dental certificates-79 given to those pupils needing no dental work done at the time of examination.
Notices were sent home to parents of all children examined stat- ing the condition of each child's teeth accompanied by the following letter :-
Dear Parent :-
For the past few years there has been in the Merrimac School System, a School Dental Clinic. This clinic originated by the Parent Teachers' Association, was cared for by a visiting dentist, one morning a week, during school hours. He, in turn was assisted by one assistant and the clinic operated in the Center School, using equipment procured by the P. T. A. from the estate of a deceased Merrimac dentist.
At the time the clinic was originated and for the next few years, the demand for dental services by the pupils was adequately cared for, because it was small.
When I came to town, two years ago, I volunteered to assume the operation of the school clinic, as it was set up. During the next two years the demand for services increased greatly and has far exceeded the time given for these services.
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The clinic is a non-profit organization from which I receive no salary, nor does my assistant, Mrs. Anderson. Also, because of the poor facilities in the school clinic, I have given the use of my office and equipment to this clinic.
At the present time, because we cannot give any more time than the one morning a week, we cannot take care of all of the children desirous of treatment. If there is a school clinic it has to be available to all pupils and as we cannot take care of all pupils, some method must be found to select the ones needing care.
The needy children, those under Red Cross care and welfare organizations should receive first consideration, then, if any time remains, the others can be taken.
Last year there was a great deal of discontent as to who was taken, so we feel that we cannot run the clinic if we are the ones to make the choice of patients. This must be done by some organization or group who can classify the children as to their needs and unless we can find this organization, the clinic cannot function.
In other cities the clinics are run by the Board of Health. If, we in Merrimac, can find sponsorship and organization of such a clinic, I will be only too glad to co-operate in its operation.
Thank you, JOHN A. HAWES, D.M.D.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ART
The Art Program in Merrimac has been planned with special emphasis on the creative aspect of Art.
The students have been encouraged to express their ideas freely after being instructed in the day's lesson, whether it was object drawing, design, color, or the use of materials.
The value of such free expression, along with instruction, is in the practice of thinking for oneself in an orderly, colorful and original manner.
The eighth grade made large P. T. A. Posters, designs, silhouettes, and painted "Stained Glass Windows" for the school at Christmas- time. The seventh grade designed large art portfolios, party favors and window decorations. Art folders, hallowe'en cut-outs and paint- ed ash trays were made by the sixth grade students. Booklets, book jackets, window decorations and paper weights were produced by the fifth grade.
All of the upper four grades participated in the M. S. P. C. A. Contest. This is an animal poster contest sponsored annually by the Massachusetts Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals. Prizes are awarded to winners.
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Designs were created, and applied to art folders by the pupils in grade four, as well as illustrations, hallowe'en masks and writing pads. Grade three studied color harmony and applied it to party costumes. They have also drawn people, trees, houses and designs. Grade two did scenes with people, birds, trees and houses in them. The first grade have drawn border designs, illustrations and have made simple gifts.
The majority of the High School students chose to take crafts and have made rings, bracelets, pins, change purses, and hot mats. Crepe paper, papier maché, metal, wood and felt are the materials that have been used.
Some students made prints by using linoleum blocks or silk screen.
The freehand drawing students have worked with poster paints, pastels, oil crayons and pencil crayons. They have designed posters and drawn portraits.
All of the grades painted, designed, constructed and created.
EFFIE KNAPP.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Dr. John C. Page, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir:
The Elementary Physical Education Program of the Merrimac Schools is conducted as near as possible to that program outlined in the State Curriculum. The program is seasonable, changing with the seasons of the year.
The children of the primary grades enjoy outdoor group games in addition to a full rhythmic program usually conducted in the winter months. Most of the activity in these grades is of an imitative or imaginative nature.
In the intermediate grades the children have more responsibility as leaders of games and teams.
In the Junior High Grades the Activity is all competitive sports with teams.
In the winter the children of both the intermediate and Junior High Grades enjoy square and folk dancing.
Last June the children of the Center School took part in a field day at the ball field. Each grade had a competitive activity or stunt. The winners in each grade were awarded emblems. This was the first time the entire school went to the ball field for an event of this type. It proved to be very satisfactory. Parents and friends were guests of the children.
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Several girls and boys of the upper grades assisted in conducting the activities.
The Junior High School students were guests of the West New- bury children at their field day in West Newbury in June. Softball and baseball were the two sports played.
MARY E. WALKER.
REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Dr. John C. Page, Superintendent of Schools, and Members of the School Committee:
On October 1, 1948, there were 94 pupils enrolled in the high school, 52 boys and 42 girls. This enrollment showed an increase of 22% over that of two years earlier when the eighth grade was moved into the high school building. The reopening of the building at Merrimacport allowed the high school to resume complete use of its building and removed the undesirable necessity of conducting two classes in the same room.
In the small high school, enrollment in some specialized advanced courses fluctuates, sometimes becoming extremely small. It has al- ways been the policy of this school to continue to offer such special- ized courses as far as it was able and as long as there was any student need. This year a course in advanced mathematics usually offered was eliminated because the prospective enrollment was only two students, neither of whom would suffer educationally by the elimination. To the courses regularly offered were added two: one in advanced bookkeeping and a special course in English grammar and composition.
The regular extra-curricular activities continue with participation by an increased percentage of the students. The annual Yearbook and the Jamaco Journal with Miss Phelan as adviser, the Tri-Hi-Y club with Miss Trigilio, the Varsity Club with Mr. Morrow, and the boys' and girls' athletic teams with their coaches, Mr. Morrow and Miss Phelan deserve mention. They all have enjoyed commend- able support from students and patrons alike. Special acknowledg- ment has been given to Mr. Wallace Leighton and a large group of merchants and friends whose generosity has made it possible to outfit the baseball team with a complete new set of uniforms.
Dramatic activities during the year included the production of "Little Women" on May 13, 1948 at the Grange Hall, and "Junior Miss" on December 9th. Both productions, coached by Mr. Chase, displayed superior talent on the part of the student actors.
The Varsity Club established a new award presented for the first time at the 1948 graduation exercises. It consists of a bronze plaque displayed in the trophy case at the school and an accompanying
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pin given to the student whose name is inscribed for the year for outstanding sportsmanship and athletic ability. William Whiting became the first recipient of this award.
The graduating class spent four days of the April recess on its New York trip, accompanied by their chaperones, Miss Phelan and Mr. Chase. They visited the United Nations Assembly and several educational and entertainment features in the city. The trip was financed by funds raised by the class and their parents and friends.
On June 22, 1948, 17 members of the class of 1948 were graduated at traditional exercises at Sargent Hall. Five of these graduates are continuing their formal education at advanced institutions. The honor parts at the graduation exercises were awarded as follows:
Valedictory . William H. Whiting, Jr.
Salutatory Sally Ann Wilde
Class History . Vivian T. Mader
Class Will . Thelma D. Gilmore
Class Prophecy
Jo Ann P. O'Brien
Class Gifts Yarmilla P. Yurkovich
Class Poem Robert James Swenson
The school was proud to learn that William H. Whiting was the recipient of a valuable four-year scholarship at Bowdoin College.
Respectfully submitted,
ISAIAH CHASE.
HONOR ROLL MERRIMAC HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 1947-48
HIGH HONOR: (Average 90 or above in all subjects)
Virginia Gleed, Nancy Hanson, Richard Taylor, Phyllis Weche- zak.
HONOR: (Average 85 to 90 in all subjects)
William Andrews, Earle Brooks, Donald Cell, Claire Denault, Priscilla Emery, Thelma Gilmore, Shirley Kneeland, Rita MacDonald, JoAnn O'Brien, Helen Rines, James Swenson, William Whiting, Sally Wilde, Yarmilla Yurkovich.
GRADUATES, 1948
High School: Beverly Ann Chase, Phyllis Jean Clark, Arthur Collins, Jr., Floyd Whittier Corson, Eleanor Louise Craig, Claire Flora Denault, Edna D. Dwinnells, Thelma Dorothy Gilmore, Rita Irene MacDonald, Vivian Thelma Mader, Jo Ann Phyllis O'Brien, Julia Ann Romeo, Ann Elizabeth Ross, Robert James Swenson, William Harold Whiting, Jr., Sally Ann Wilde, Yarmilla Pauline Yurkovich.
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Grade Eight :- John Edward Beauvais, E. Francis Boetti, Gerald Elwin Buzzell, David Chapman Chase, Richard Wallace Deminie, Joseph Edward Donohue, Richard Warren Emery, Robert Nelson Emery, *Ann Jane Ferguson, Harold Ramsdell Ford, Jr., Frederick Warren Grant, *Richard Bruce Grant, C. Robert Hart, Donald Earl Hall, Jane Elinor Hewson, ** Natalie Louise Johnson, ** Patricia H. Joralmon, *George Duncan Larkin, *Thomas Put- ney Lund, Joseph Stanley Marchisio, George Marvin McCarron, Richard Andrew McCarron, *Robert Leonard McGirr, Janet A. Mooers, *George Edward Nicol, Richard Greeley Noone, *John J. O'Brien, Jr., *Mary Lou Otis, ** Charlotte Ellen Powers, *Noreen Isabel Quimby, Margaret Anne Rines, Robert Michael Senter, Wallace P. Spencer, Shirley Lorna Stewart, Annette Marie St. Hilaire, Joseph George St. Jean, *Patricia Joan Tilton, ** Marg- garet Ann Weigel.
*honor pupil
** high honor pupil
ATTENDANCE HONOR ROLL
High School
Grade 12: ** Phyllis Clark, ** Edna Dwinnells.
11: Virginia Chase.
10: ** William Andrews, Edwin Noone.
9: **** *Charles Bisson, Judythe Buzzell, Nancy Gil- more, Shirley Kneeland, William Franklin.
8: 'Richard Emery, Donald Hall, Jane Hewson, Richard Noone, Mary Lou Otis, George Larkin, Robert Senter.
Prospect Street School:
Grade 7: Gerald Boyer, Natalie Haskell, Marie Jacques, Pearl Knight, Ruth Lord, Donald Spofford, ** Elizabeth Weigel.
6: Christine Chase, Jeanette MacRae.
Centre School:
Grade 5: ** Ethel Chase, Harry Leidich.
4: Carol Nicol, Charlotte Zinck.
3: none.
2: none.
1: none.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Appropriations Made 1948
12
Fire Alarm
19
Jury List. .
6
Town Officers.
3
Town Warrant.
65
Reports of-
Assessors
10
Board of Public Welfare.
17
Bureau of Old Age Assistance.
Cemetery Commissioners
Dog Officer
Finance Committee
Fire Engineers .
Inspector of Wires.
Inspector of Milk, Animals and Slaughtering
Municipal Light Board. .
Playground Commissioners
Police Department.
Public Health Nurse.
Public Library
School Building Committee.
School Committee
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Selectmen .
Town Accountant.
Town Clerk.
Town Forest Committee.
Town Treasurer.
Trustees of Kimball Park.
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Water Commissioners
25
Vote for Town Officers
69
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22 73 27 7 63 31 9 23 16
Tax Collector
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