Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1936, Part 9

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 396


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William A. Murray, re-imburse- ment for amount paid out by him for recording fee 2.03 Harold Trudell, Purchase St., Nov. 25, 1936-P. D. 9.00


Dominic Carchio, Pond St., Dec. 26, 1936-P. D. 8.00


Francis H. Lally, M.D., Exam-


ination and Report 5.00


172


oseph Ashkins, M.D., Exam- ination and Report


5.00


997.47


Balance


$2.53 WILLIAM A. MURRAY, Town Solicitor


January 1, 1937.


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MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION.


Resolutions on the Death of JUDGE JOHN C. LYNCH.


RESOLVED :- That in the passing of Judge John C. Lynch, for 33 years a member, and for seven years Chairman, of the School Commit- tee of Milford, the home where he was king, the church of his faith and allegiance, the native town he loved, the schools that he worked for, the Bench that he adorned, and the great company of friends who walked Life's highway more joyously because they walked with him, are sorely stricken.


John Charles Lynch bore a name adorned with degrees of worthy winning and classical conferring, but they were not a subject of con- versation with him! On the bench he was the merciful justice, at the bar the honorable at- torney, the elder brother who remembered the steep paths of his own climbing, on his way to the heights, and had ever the ready hand and the encouraging word for his younger brothers still on the upward path. In the Constitutional Convention he made a record of fairness, fight- ing for the largest opportunity and protection for all the citizens. As a schoolman he was fair. co-operative,-a good soldier and a strong leader in the long fight for a better opportunity for Milford's youth. Finally, he was a man, fearless and devoid of guile, who loved his kind and was neighborly; with somewhat the art- ist's eye and the poet's soul, loving the birds and the flowers, and the beauty of growing things.


We extend our deep and tender sympathy to the familv.


RESOLVED :- That this tribute be spread upon the records and that a copy be sent to the family.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


William J. Moore, Chairman Charles F. Curtin Henry D. Barbadoro George F. Grayson


Frederick T. Cahill, Jr. Nathan Rosenfeld


Almorin O. Caswell Superintendent of Schools


School Calendar.


Term.


School.


Began.


Length of Term.


Closed.


Length of Vacation.


Fall, 1936.


High. Grades.


Sept. 14, 1936. Sept. 14, 1936. Begins. Dec. 28, 1936.


14 weeks. 14 weeks.


Dec. 18, 1936. Dec. 18, 1936. Closes.


I week. 2 weeks.


Winter, 1937.


High. Grades.


Jan. 4, 1937.


7 weeks.


Feb. 19, 1937.


1 week.


Spring, 19.37.


All.


Mar. 1, 1937.


8 weeks.


April 23, 1937.


I week. 2


Summer, 1937.


High.


May 3, 1937.


9 weeks.


Grades.


May 3, 1937.


8 weeks.


July 1, 1937. June 25, 1937.


Holidays occuring in term time :-


1936 .- Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, exercises in the schools, Friday, October 9; Armistice Day, Wednesday, Novem- ber II, exercises in the schools, Tuesday, November 10; Thanksgiving Day recess, November 26 and 26, exercises in the schools, Wednesday, November 25.


1937 .- Lincoln's Birthday, Friday, February 12, exercises in the schools; Washington's Birthday, Monday, February 22*, ex_ ercises in the schools, Friday, February 19; Patriots' Day, Monday, April 18, exercises in the schools, Friday, April 16, Me- morial Day, Monday, May 31, exercises in the schools. Friday May 28.


*Falis in the vacation week.


8 weeks.


Feb. 19, 1937.


I week.


ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT


MILFORD MASSACHUSETTS


SCHOOL YEAR 1935-1936 FISCAL YEAR 1936


Approved at a meeting of the School Committee held January 16, 1937, as the report of the School Committee.


High Lights of 1936.


HEALTH


1. Anti-Diphtheria immunization continued.


2. Tuberculosis Prevention program continued.


3. The appointment of a second nurse.


EDUCATIONAL


4. Platoons abolished in the High School.


5. The school children saved in 1936, $10,586.36, a substantial increase over 1935.


6. The older section of the High School re-decorated (W.P.A.).


7. Courses in Biology and Economics in the High School.


PHYSICAL EDUCATION


8. The baseball team won the Midland League pen- nant again and tied with Norwood for first place in the newly formed Bay State League.


9. With the opening of the High School gymnasium, it has been possible to start a program of intra- mural basketball.


School Committee.


PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION.


Name. William J. Moore, Esq., Ch. George F. Grayson.


Member of Committee on Books and Supplies.


Business Address. Tel. I267.


Residence. 25₺ Grove St.


731-J.


1937.


Care of Buildings.


Teachers and Salaries.


Westcott Co. Spindleville.


884-W. 16 Elm St.


489-M.


1939.


Henry D. Barbadoro, Esq.


Rules and Regulations. 197 Main St. Finance.


1776.


IO North St.


691-W.


1937.


Charles F. Curtin.


Teachers and Salaries. Books and Supplies.


16 Parker Hill Av.


122.


1938.


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Nathan Rosenfeld, Esq.


Rules and Regulations. 189 Main St. Finance.


1625.


40 Cedar St.


1299


1938.


Frederick T. Cahill, Jr.


Teachers and Salaries. Care of Buildings.


206 Main St.


1180.


2 Gibbon Ave. 430.


1939-


SUB-COMMITTEES.


Rules and Regulations,


.


Mr. Rosenfeld, Mr. Barbadoro.


Finance,


Mr. Barbadoro, Mr. Rosenfeld.


Care of Buildings, Books and Supplies,


.


.


.


.


·


Mr. Curtin, Mr. Moore.


Teachers and Salaries,


.


Mr. Cahill, Mr. Curtin, Mr. Grayson,


Tel.


Term Expires


234 Main St.


Mr. Grayson, Mr. Cahill.


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SUPERINTENDENT, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR OF CONTINUATION SCHOOL. ALMORIN O. CASWELL.


The superintendent is a member of each sub-commit- tee, ex-officio.


Superintendent's office and Committee Room, High School. Rooms A to and Art. Telephone 505. Office hours, 8 to 9 a. m. and 4 to 5.30 p. m., Mondays, Wednes- days and Thursdays. Thursday evening, 7.30 to 8.30.


Residence, 89 Congress St. Telephone 646.


CLERK.


Miss Margaret C. Dillon. Residence, Highland St. Telephone 537-W.


CLERK OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.


Miss Evelyn Moore, 161 Congress street.


Telephones: High School, 18, Residence, 534-R. COMMITTEE MEETINGS.


The regular meetings of the committee are held on the first Friday of each month in the committee room.


SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.


John V. Gallagher, M. D.


Office, 224 Main street. Telephone 127-W.


Residence, 9 State street. Telephone 127-Y.


Francis H. Lally, M. D. Office, Residence, Park Terrace. Telephone 309. SCHOOL NURSES.


Mrs. Mary E. Naughton, R. N.


Office, Room A 13, High School.


Residence, 31 Forest street, Miltord, Mass. Telephone 763-W.


Miss Milina R. Trudell.


Office, Room A 13, High School.


Residence, 65 South Main street. Milford, Mass.


Telephone, 1022.


DENTAL CLINIC. (Operated by the Board of Health.) Office, 129 Main street.


CLINICIAN.


William J. Clancy, D. M. D.


Residenc. . 40 High street. Telephone 566-R. ATTENDANCE OFFICERS.


Raphael Marino.


Office, 144 Main street. Residence, 17 Court street. Telephone 804-M.


Almorin O. Caswell. Office, High School, Rooms A 10 and A II. Telephone, 505. Residence, 8y Congress street. Telephone 646.


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TUITION RATES. High School, $2.50 per week, Grades, $1.55 per week, payable four weeks in advance.


SCHOOL SESSIONS.


High School- Morning session, 8.00 a. m. to 12.50 p. m.


George E. Stacy School-


9.00 a. m. to 11.45 m., and 1.20 p. m. to 3.30 p. m.


Town Grade Schools- 8.45 a. m. to 11.45 a. m. and 1.30 p, m. to 3.30 p. m.


Spruce St. School, Grade III. (Double Platoon) -


Morning session, 8.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m.


Afternoon session, 12.30 p. m. to 4.30 p. m.


Claflin School, Grade V .-


Morning session, 8.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m Afternoon session, 12.30 p. m. to 4.30 p. m.


Fountain Street School-


Grades I. and II .. 8.30 a. m. to 11.45 a. m. Grades III. and IV., 12.15 p. m. to 4.30 p. m.


Special Class (in High School, Room A 6)- I to 5 p. m.


Country Schools-


9.00 a. m. to 12.00 m., 1.00 p. m. to 3.00 p. m.


Continuation School-


Girls-1.15 p. m. to 5.15 p. m., Thursday and Friday.


NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL. 3 repeated four times on the fire alarm.


At 7. 15 a. m. - No morning session for all schools, including the High School.


At 7.45 a. m .- No morning session below the High School.


At 12 m .- No afternoon session for grades below the High School.


When the no-school signal is sounded in the morn- ing and not repeated for the afternoon, there will be an afternoon session.


Report of the School Committee.


In your consideration of the following budget, sub- mitted by your School Committee, I would say that it has been customary to consider the budget item by item. That has been done by your committee this year, and the increase over the amount asked for & year ago is due, in great part, to the increases of the budgets for salaries and books and supplies.


In your consideration of the school costs I would! further submit that the net cost of the schools each year is about equal to the item for salaries alone in the gross budget. The annual cost of maintaining the public schools, to the town, is reduced by receipts of the Town Treasurer, not for schools but for general town expenses, and these receipts are considered each year by the Assessors in determining the tax rate; these receipts amount each year to over $30,000, as, for example, take the figures for the year 1936 :-


Expended Received by Town Treasurer


$216,209.73 35,316.18


Net cost of schools $180,893.55


Salaries for 1936 $178,940.57


BUDGET FOR 1937.


Teachers' Salaries $157,131.00


Vocational School Salaries 6,000.00*


Care (Janitors' wages) 11,650.00


Health ($4000 salaries of doctors and nurses) 4,300.00 Supervision (Salaries of Superintend-


ent, clerk and attendance officer) 6,500.00 Repairs


6,64 0.00


Transportation


6,000.00


Tuition-Worcester Trade School 2,500.00


Fuel 10,000.00


Books and Supplies 8,000.00


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Incidentals Vocational Shop Supplies


5,000.00


1,000.00


$224,721.00


*$1900.00 paid from the George-Ellzey Fund


1,900.00


$222,821.00


WILLIAM J. MOORE, Chairman, For the Committee


Summary of Statistics.


1935-'36 Jan. 1, 1937


Public Schools


66


70


School Buildings


20


20


Teachers Employed


108*


109*


High School


30a


31b


Grades


69c


69 c


Supervisors


5d


5d


Continuation and Vocational School


1e


1e


Vocational School


3f


3f


៛ One part-time man and one part-time woman.


a Nine men and 21 women, including one part-time man counted twice.


b Eight men and 23 women.


c One man, remainder women, including three atypi- cal teachers.


d Four teaching supervisors (one man and three women) and one part-time teacher of instrument- al music-band and orchestra (man) .


e One Woman.


f Two men, one woman.


SCHOOL ATTENDANCE 1935-1936


Total Enrollment:


High School Grades


Total


Boys


380


1000


1380


Girls


402


932


1334


Totals


782


1932


2714


Average Membership


734


1881


2615


Average Attendance


686


1794


2480


Percentage of Attendance


93.6


95.3


94.8


NET COSTS FOR 1936


Gross Expenditures (Regular)


$216,209.73


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Receipts (Other than School Appropri-


ation) :-


Public School Fund $24,972.60


Other Funds:


George-Ellzey Fund 1,800.00


Smith-Hughes Fund


247.05


2,047.05


Tuition :-


Individuals $93.75


State of Massa-


chusetts


2,043.75


City of Boston 791.70


*A Town of Bel- lingham 1,787.00


4,716.10


Miscellaneous


13.56


Reimbursements :


Worcester Trade School $1,214.37


Continuation School


Vocational


School 2,352.50 3,566.87


35,316.18


$180,893.55


Secretary's Report.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES :-


Acorn Publishing Co.


$1.88


Allyn & Bacon


103.20


American Book Co.


60.12


Babb, Edward E., & Co.


1,087.43


Baker, Walter H., & Co.


5.65


Billings, G. M.


54.50


Bradley, Milton Co.


173.03


Cahill's News Agency


1,076.93


Dura Binding Co.


344.05


Ginn & Co.


367.10


Gould, Frederick A.


1.50


Hammett, J. L., Co.


165.50


Houghton, Miffiin Co.


29.25


Johnson Office Appliance Co.


.43


Jones, McDuffee & Stratton


1.80


Makepeace, B. L., Inc.


3.30


Mittag & Volger, Inc.


75.00


Occupations Magazine


3.50


Papercrafters, Inc.


30.02


Phillips Paper Co.


40.90


Phillips Ribbon & Carbon Co.


22.50


Remington-Rand Co.


180.00


Royal Typewriter Co.


226.50


Sanborn, Benj. H., Co.


44.50


Shea Bros.


151.44


Smith, L. C., and Corona Type., Inc.


180.00


Stimpson, G. E., Co.


75.25


Thorp & Martin


10.60


Underwood-Elliott-Fisher Co.


360.00


Winston, John C., Co.


41.32


Woodstock Typewriter Co.


195.00


$5,112.20


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MISCELLANEOUS (INCIDENTALS) :-


Anastasia, Samuel


$2.26


Babb, Edward E., & Co.


1.00


Baker, Walter H., Co.


.95


Beacon Wiper and Supply Co.


17.45


Billings, G. M.


150.50


Boccacino, Nicholas


.50


Casey, P. Eugene


4.49


Casey, Wm. H.


11.53


Chadbourne, H. S., Co.


62.13


Charlescraft Press


31.00


Cooney, Charles E.


24.25


Curran's Express, Inc.


1.50


Dallman's, H. I., Co.


41.50


Eastman, S. A., Co.


7.75


Eldredge & Son


2.70


Esty, C. E., aper Co.


38.12


Framingham Supply Co.


62.20


Frost Office Appliance Co.


7.50


Fuller & Wilson Express Co.


2.85


Gould, Frederick A.


4.60


Gould, Webster S., Agent


600.00


Hall, E. B.


1.50


Hartshorne, W. O.


36.75


Holcomb. J. I., Mfg. Co.


115.90


Holmerden Co.


19.25


Huntington Laboratories, Inc.


65.43


Johnson, George T., Co.


19.75


Kendall Paper Co.


34.30


Kendall, R. R., County Treas.


510.66


Kimball. Charles H.


5.00


Lincoln Square Market


5.20


Manning. H. A., Co.


7.50


Martin Diploma Co.


73.50


Mass. Commissioner of Public Safety


60.00


Mass. Reformatory for Women


44.73


Masury-Young Co.


67.03


Milford Daily News


12.80


Milford Electric Light & Power Co.


1.256.06


Milford Realty Co.


125.00


Milford Water Co.


1,773.11


Morgan, Charles


19.00


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Munroe, D. F., Co.


35.25


Naughton, Joseph J.


5.62


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


388.25.


Newton, Raymond


8.00


Office Sundries Account


83.21


Porter, Edward F.


1.60


Power, W. L., & J. F., Co.


2.50


Rose, E. O., & Son


12.25


Ruggiero, P. A.


117.00


Seaver's Express


4.00


Sherburne, Mrs. Mary H.


5.00


Smith, Ellis


3.65


State Prison Colony, Norfolk


44.15


Thorp & Martin


5.20


Ward, Frank I.


234.07


Ward, Samuel, & Co.


2.44


Werber & Rose, Inc.


30.00


Wright & Potter Printing Co.


6.00


FUEL :-


Barney Coal Co.


$1,475.83


Clark & Shaughnessy


1,066.26


Curtiss, H. M., Coal Co.


1,435.83


D'Amelio, Guy


41.00


Milford Elec. Lt. & Power Co.


1.98


O'Brien's Oil Service


1,653.49


Vitalini, B.


3,997.46


REPAIRS :-


Adams & Young


$19.35


Aubuchon Co.


2.40


Barnard, Clinton L.


14.50


Boyer, Frank R.


72.41


Bradbury-Locke Co.


13.61


Central Scientific Co.


4.55


Chadbourne, H. S., Co.


267.44


Cheney, Clyde


7.98


Consigli, Peter


25.00


Costa, Robert, & Co.


97.98


Cueroni, Andrea


13.60


Dillon. Edward J.


140.70


Frost & Bilek, Inc.


17.53


Gould, Frederick A.


237.01


$6,315.44


$9,671.85


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Huff Machine Works


.40


Kurlan, Samuel


85.00


Lilley, E. F., Co.


2.50


Longi, Albert, & Carlo Santucci


48.00


Melvin, William


35.00


Milford Daily News


4.00


Milford Dye House


6.50


Milford Furniture Co.


4.30


Morse, T. E., Co.


69.67


Porter, Edward F.


43.78


Power, W. L., and J. F., Co.


256.46


Ripley. John C.


327.20


Roberti, Fred


208.44


Robinson, Emerson


46.79


Rose, E. O., and Son


6.21


Sabatinelli. G., Construction Co.


23.50


Smith, J. W.


65.85


Stimpson, G. E., Co.


22.00


Tosti, Umberto


19.91


Williams. W. J.


73.16


Wolkins, H. S., Co.


60.60


$2,343.33


TRANSPORTATION :


Begian, John


9.75


Billings, G. M.


3.00


Caswell, A. O., Sundries Acct.


12.05


French, Lucille G.


47.18


Heroux, C. Marshall


2,612.05


Johnson Bus Lines, Inc.


1,454.10


M. F. & U. Coach Co.


792.00


No. Milford Trans. Co.


858.65


$5,788.78


BALANCE SHEET-1936.


Regular Account


Budget


Appropriation


Drawn


Balance Deficit


Teachers' Salaries


$152,900.00 $152,890.14


$9.86


Care (Janitors' wages)


11,450.00


11,450.43


$000.43


Fuel


10,000.00


9,671.85


328.15


Books and Supplies


5,150.00


5,112.20


37.80


Repairs (and project materials)


3,275.00


3,204.84


70.16


Incidentals


6,325.00


6,315.44


9.56.


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Health (Salaries of Nurses,


School Physicians, etc. )


3,960.00


3,952.54


7.46


Transportation


5,800.00


5,788.78


11.22


Tuition (Worcester Trade Schools)


2,450.00


2,428.74


21.26


Supervision (Superintend-


ent, Clerk, Attendance Officer, etc.)


6,400.00


6,380.08


19.92


Vocational : George-Ellzey Fund $1,800.00 .


Smith-Hughes


Fund 247.05


Appropri- ation 5,050.0


7,097.05


7,093.27


3.78


High School Addition (Available)


990.00


1,489.42


499.42


Clerk of the Works


432.00


432.00


Total Available Funds


$216,229.05 $216,209.73 $519.17 $499.85 216,209.73 499.85


Balance, $19.32.


Balance, $19.32


Special Account


Budget


Appropriation


Drawn


Balance Deficit


Moving Portable School- houses


$800.00


$800.00


Unpaid Bills for 1935


974.76


960.26


$14.50


$1,874.76


$1,760.26


$14.50


Report of the Superintendent.


To the Honorable School Committee of the Town of Milford,


Gentlemen :-


I herewith present my 26th annual report, the 58th of such reports in Milford.


NEW HIGH SCHOOL OCCUPIED


Educationally the great event of 1936 was the com- pletion and occupation of the new (P.W.A.) High School addition, the unification of the High School Plant, and the removal and re-erection of the two port- ables on the Oliver Street grounds and consequent end of platoons in that section.


DEDICATION OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION


FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1936


Milford's new (P.W.A.) High School addition was: formally dedicated in the Auditorium. The audience was somewhat disappointing in numbers, but more than made up this lack by their enthusiasm.


"A well balanced program, featuring the remarks. of most of the men who have fought a long and weary battle for adequate school facilities for Milford, served to turn the striking new granite edifice over to the community. Chairman William J. Moore of the school board presided at the ceremonies and introduced a list of speakers representing the fields of education, judiciary, clergy and engineering. All joined in stress- ing the idealistic aspect of education, symbolized by the handsome, new building, and lauded the work of present and past school committees in making the ideal a reality.


"Music was furnished by the Stacy Junior High School Band under the direction of Ben C. Lancisi."


The stage was well filled with invited guests. After the invocation by Rev. Father J. A. Riordan of St. Mary's Church, the chairman welcomed the guests and


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MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL-CLASS OF 1936


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thanked all who had made the building a reality. There were appropriate addresses by Mr. William J .. Hayes, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen; Andrew H. Peterson, State Director, P. W. A .; Principal Frank C. Berry; Judge William A. Murray, Town Counsel; Judge John E. Swift; Rev. Dr. G. Edgar Wolfe; Hon. P. J. Sullivan, Deputy Commissioner of Education, representing Commissioner James G. Reardon. Rob- crt Allen Cook, Architect, and John Campobasso, Res- ident Engineer, P. W. A., were recognized and Judge John C. Lynch made a brief address and thanked the committee for giving his name to the auditorium. There were brief addresses by Hon. A. B. Cenedella, Assistant District Attorney and formerly Chairman of the School Committee, and Rev. Father Julius Valen- tinelli of the Sacred Heart Church. A pleasant rea- ture of the occasion was a recognition of Charles W. Haley, formerly Superintendent of the Milford schools, and Hon. John T. McLoughlin, an ex-committee man.


The program closed with the singing of "America".


The building was open for inspection during the afternoon and evening.


PASSING OF JUDGE LYNCH


An event that brought sadness to a wide circle of his friends and acquaintances was the sudden death, last summer, of Hon. John C. Lynch, for 33 years a member, and, succeeding Mr. Stacy, chairman, of the School Committee. This department passed resolu- tions, signed by the School Committee and the Super- intendent of Schools, and sent to the family. (See Page 1).


HERBERT W. LULL


A word of recognition of the late Herbert W. Lull, who passed away at his home in Newport, R. I., Jan . uary 8, 1937, is fitting. His old pupils in the Milford High School, from 1880 to 1890, will remember him as a strong leader, a great teacher, and a true friend. Mr. Lull had a long and honorable career in Educa- tion, going from Milford to Quincy, where he was Principal of the Quincy High School and then Super- intendent of Schools from 1890 to 1900. He was Su- perintendent of the Newport, R. I., schools from 1900 to 1930, and Superintendent Emeritus until the time of his passing.


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Mr. Lull was a great leader in his town, his church and his lodge, and a great friend. Soon after coming to Milford, he began writing a weekly comment col- umn entitled "At Random", using the pen-name "Sci- clus". That was a feature of the weekly Gazette. This he did for an old friend,-as long as the Gazette was published-and because he liked to do it.


CHANGES IN TEACHERS HIGH SCHOOL-LEFT THE SERVICE


Miss Florence Mainini, an assistant teacher in the High School since 1931, resigned at Thanksgiving to become Mrs. George F. Pyne of Milford.


Miss Florence Snow, an assistant teacher in the High School since 1934, resigned at the close of the school year 1935-1936, to become Mrs. Otis Rose of Milford.


ENTERED THE SERVICE


Miss Louise Casey, St. Mary's High School, 1930, A. B., Regis College, 1934.


Miss Margaret Rooney, Milford High School, 1930, B. S. in Accounting, Regis College, 1934.


Miss Agnes Crane, St. Mary's High School, 1930, A. B., Emmanuel College, 1934.


GRADE SCHOOLS-LEFT THE SERVICE


Miss Rose M. Gagliardi, a teacher in the public schools since 1922, resigned from the Stacy School at the close of the school year 1935-1936 to become Mrs. William Murphy of Washington, D. C.


Miss Mary K. Downey, a teacher of Grade V, South School since 1934, resigned at the end of the school year 1935-1936, to become Mrs. Paul G. Toohey of Kansas City, Mo.


Miss Marion B. Greeley, Principal of the Claflin School, a teacher in the Milford grades since 1923, re- signed at Thanksgiving, 1936, to become Mrs. Robert McCabe, of Wellesley, Mass.


Miss Kathryn R. Cooney, teacher of Grade I, West Street School, since 1930, resigned during the summer vacation, 1936, to become Mrs. John B. Dailey, of Woonsocket, R. I.


ENTERED THE SERVICE


Mr. Paul Raftery, St. Mary's High School, 1931, A. B., Boston College, 1935, assigned to the Boys' Vo- cational Class, Stacy School.


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Miss Eleanor Arnold, Hopedale High School, 1927, Framingham Normal School, 1929, assigned to the Spruce Street School, Grade III.


Miss Dorothy M. Burns, Milford High School, 1928, Framingham Normal School, 1930, assigned to the atypical class located in the High School.


GIFTS DURING THE YEAR


In addition to the High School list of gifts acknowl- edged in Mr. Berry's report and the gift of new machinery acknowledged in Principal Davoren's report (for the Voca- tional School) the following are hereby gratefully acknowled- ged :-


George E. Stacy School :-


A framed copy of "A pledge of Allegiance to the Flag" by the Woman's Auxiliary of the Sons of Union Veterans.


Plains Primary School-Grade III, Miss Carron :- A copy of the DeNevers portrait of President Roose- velt presented by a relative of the artist.


Oliver Street School-Grade IV, Miss Curran :-


A victrola with record cabinet and records, present- ed by Robert Doheny.


The report of Principal Frank C. Berry follows :


The total membership of Milford High School reached the highest number in September, 1937. Eight hundred eleven students registered during this month. The number of seniors was one hundred sixty in September.


New classes were started in Economics and Biology. One hundred thirty-nine students enrolled in Econom- ics, and eighty-six in Biology. Miss Agnes Crane teaches five classes in Economics, and Mr. Fred A. Metcalf teaches three classes in Biology. To date the equipment in Biology is far below what is needed for high grade work .*


The new addition was opened in September and classes are now back on their normal schedule. There are seats for all, and each teacher has a room at all times. There are six forty-five minute periods a day, with regular session days by each teacher for students in need of help.


For the first time in many years the entire student


*A considerable amount of new scientific equipment is being added as this report goes to press .- Supt. of Schools.


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body can be seated at an assembly. The new John C. Lynch auditorium has been a source of much help and pleasure to both students and faculty. It is now possible to allow all to participate in any activity which would be of benefit to them. Using the audi- torium as a gymnasium takes away from its possibil- ities as an assembly hall, but allows a large number of students to participate in basketball which has been installed as an intramural sport. There are more than one hundred fifty boys playing on the sixteen teams which have been organized by Mr. Steeves. The girls, however, are still deprived of an opportunity to par- ticipate in a sport of any kind. They should have the privilege of playing basketball, and it is my hope that some plan can be arranged soon to take care of this need.


I would like to emphasize again my recommendation concerning the selection of courses by the students. Any child who shows scholastic ability should prepare himself for future schooling. It is a sad thing to find a boy or girl in the last year suddenly waking up to the fact that the course chosen does not fit him or her for the work planned. Parents should seek advice and help from the school authorities, who are not only will- ing but anxious to help at all times.


THE AMERICAN HISTORY CLUB


The American History Club-an informal group of Seniors studying the subject-at its meetings, the first and third Wednesday of every month, plans to study and discuss more effectively than is possible in class, the vital topics of the day as featured in the Social Studies issue of Scholastic, supplemented by other mate- rial of cultural interest. Miss Hannah E. Callanan of the faculty is sponsor of this Club.




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