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Literary Institutions,
$75,600 00
Church Property,
53,900 00
Petticoat Hill Park,
1,600 00
$131,100 00
Estimated value of Public Buildings,
Water Works, Fire Apparatus, and Sinking Fund, $144,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
SILAS SNOW,
JAMES R. MANSFIELD,
LEON B. SANDERSON, Assessors of Williamsburg.
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Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners
DR.
Feb. 1, 1924, Cash in bank, $4,522 23
Interest on deposit, 96 10
Interest on deposit,
103 91
Interest on U. S. Bonds,
Interest on Williamsburg bonds, 1,010 00
From Town Treasurer, 1,000 00
$6,732 24
ASSETS
Jan. 27, 1925.
Williamsburg Bonds, $21,000 00
U. S. Bonds 3d Loan, 1,842 40
U. S. Bonds 4th Loan, 1,952 33
Cash Haydenville Bank,
6,732 24
$31,526 97
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY W. GRAVES,
HUBERT A. SMITH, LEON B. SANDERSON,
Commissioners.
Report of Extension Service
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citi- zens of the Town of Williamsburg :
I respectfully offer the report of the work done by Extension Service Agents in Williamsburg during 1924.
Agricultural Work:
Poultry : At the Poultry Extension School poultry disease control was explained and twelve poultrymen agreed to carry out the disease control program. This method is growing chicks on clean land and putting the pullets in disinfected laying houses. By following the program, contagious disease may be avoided. 7500 chicks were raised under this system. With one exception, those following it this year will repeat in 1925. Visits to poul- try plants have been made about once in three weeks dur- ing the summer. In August, a poultry tour was held to visit these plants in town. This brought in forty-five poultrymen from other towns most of whom are prospect- ive customers for stock and day-old chicks.
Information has been furnished regarding labor sav- ing methods in handling chickens. This has resulted in a material saving in time on plants. In addition, monthly reports of egg production have been received and timely information of value sent to poultrymen co-operating.
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Crops : Through our efforts, the Farmers' Exchange handled a carload of the best certified seed potatoes to be obtained at any price. The Williamsburg farmers thus had a chance to get the best of certified seed.
Two dairy farmers' schools were held at which eco- nomical feeding of dairy cows was emphasized. The im- portance of home grown feeds of good quality was brought out. Three men are carrying on alfalfa demonstrations as a basis for a better hay campaign for next year. Several dairymen have been sending in milk and feed rec- ords of their dairy cows. These have been gone over and suggested changes made.
1925: We are planning a campaign to increase growth of alfalfa and clover so as to reduce cost of milk production. Sources of lime and method of distribution will be studied.
In fruit growing, more attention will be given fertili- zation and spraying.
Poultry work along disease control and management lines will be carried on.
HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK :
Furniture Renovation: Sixteen women attended a series of three meetings on furniture renovation. Fifteen chairs were reseated, some with cane, others with rush. Several pieces of furniture had the old finish removed and a new finish applied as a result of these meetings.
Dress Forms : The work started in this project has resulted in fourteen dress forms. The dress form is a convenience every homemaker should have if she does her own sewing. The home-made form is not only superior
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to the commercial form because it is an exact reproduction of a person's figure but because of the small amount of money which is required. Each woman making a dress form instead of buying one saves approximately $8.25. Therefore the saving in this community in this one pro- ject amounted to $116.50.
CLUB WORK :
Considerable work has been done in Williamsburg during. the past year. Poultry, Dairy, Clothing and Handicraft work have been done. Mrs. Murray Graves had a group of girls in a clothing club and also a group doing reed work and making articles to improve the looks of their own rooms. Mr. Vernon Stiles had a handicraft club and the boys made many useful articles. There have been a number of boys and girls raising poultry. Some of them exhibited at the Eastern States Exposition and most of them sent birds to the Northampton Fair.
From last year's work in handicraft work, we picked a State champion from your town, Wallace Taylor, who attended the County and State Champions Camp at M. A. C. last summer. There have been some boys also in garden and dairy work.
For 1925 the work is well started. Mrs. Graves has a clothing club with younger girls and a clothing and food club with older girls.
CHARLES A. POWERS,
Town Director.
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Auditors' Statement
Williamsburg, Mass., Feb. 7th, 1925
We, the undersigned, certify that we have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Water Commissioners, Sinking Fund Commissioners, Tax Col- lector, and School Committee for the year 1924 and find them correct and properly vouched for, to the best of our knowledge and belief.
WILLIAM G. LOOMIS, RAYMOND P. BUCK.
ALMONERS OF THE WHITING STREET FUND
Jan. 1, 1924, Unexpended balance, $379 53
Dec. 9, Received from Treasurer, 200 00
Total, $579 53
Paid 38 Beneficiaries, 380 00
Unexpended Balance, $199 53 MRS. MARTHA BISBEE, MRS. CORNELIUS SHEEHAN, A. J. POLMATIER.
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Report of Special Committee
To the Selectmen of Williamsburg, Massachusetts.
In the early fall of 1923, a large number of Williams- burg citizens, being aggrieved by the prices charged by Mill River Electric Lighting Company for electricity, voluntarily assembled and viewed the water fall and land in the vicinity of the Devil's Den with the idea of deter- mining whether or not it was feasible to attempt to in- vestigate the development of the water power by the town for the purpose of manufacturing its own electricity. At that informal meeting a committee, consisting of the selectmen and two others to be named by the selectmen, was appointed to investigate the matter. That committee has investigated and makes the following report to the selectmen with the request that a special town meeting be called to see what action the town will take on this report and to see if the town will vote to engage in municipal lighting.
The committee was completed by the appointment by the selectmen of Louis H. Cranson and Walter L. Stevens.
The committee met and organized on September 14, 1923, by the election of Alfred G. Cone, as chairman and Walter L. Stevens as clerk.
The committee has held eight formal meetings, one being a public mass meeting at the town hall, and several informal meetings. At a number of the meetings inter- ested citizens have been present and out of their wisdom and experience have assisted the committee.
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Oral arrangements have been made with Mr. Cran- son and Messrs. Nash, owners of the land on the East side of the brook, for the purchase and use of their res- pective lands. Negotiations have been had with Mr. Russ, the supposed owner of the land on the Westerly side of the brook, and with Packard Brothers, owners of land on both sides of the brook above the den, relative to the purchase or use of their lands but no definite arrange- ments have been made with either.
Funds for the employment of engineers were raised by solicitation. Engineers were employed : the fall at the Devil's Den and at the Cascade, on the Goshen branch, was determined; the water flow measured; the drainage area estimated; the annual water flow estimated; the horse power and quantity of electrical current that could be developed estimated; the cost of constructing dams, power houses, and other works, and of equipping them, has all been estimated; also the cost per kilowatt hour of manufacturing the current, has been estimated.
Correspondence has been had with the Mill River Electric Lighting Company relative to a sale by it of its property. The result being a refusal on the part of the company to set a price on its property.
The committee has corresponded with, and inter- viewed representatives of manufacturers of water wheels and electrical machinery.
The committee has caused a visit to be made to the hydro electric plant at Morrisville, Vermont, where in- formation was gathered and suggestions obtained.
Accompanying this report, the committee will file the report made with it by H. A. Mayo, sales engineer of S. Morgan Smith Company; two plans made by Engineer A. H. Beers; sundry correspondence ; and the records of its meetings. In the report and letters from Mr. Mayo will be found various figures, which need not be repeated here, of the estimate of costs of different items ; particu-
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lar reference being made to pages 8 to 13 inclusive of Mr. Mayo's reports, which may well be considered as incor- porated in and made a part of this report.
In addition the committee reports that it has had a contractor estimate the cost of constructing a dam at the head of the den, as described by Mr. Mayo, and that this estimate is $55,000.
The committee submits its report with no recommen- dation. Our idea being to place the facts before the voters of the town that they may take appropriate action.
Respectfully submitted, for the committee, WALTER L. STEVENS,
October 30, 1924.
Clerk.
Report of Game Warden
To Board of Selectmen of Williamsburg :
I hereby submit my report for your approval for the past ten months ending Jan. 31, 1925.
During the past ten months, I found three hundred eighty-six Sportsmen properly licensed to fish and hunt.
I found one violation of the law, fishing without a license.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. TRAINOR,
Game Warden.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1924
Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of the Town of Williamsburg :
Your School Committee beg leave to submit their Annual Report as follows ;--
The major repairs made during 1924 include the painting of the Haydenville Grammar School, an addition to the Purrington School, remodelling the interior of Mountain Street School and considerable carpenter work in the several buildings. The cement culvert that was causing considerable trouble in the rear of the Hayden- ville Grammar School was opened in several places, cleaned out, and it does not seem possible to cause any further trouble.
During the 1925 school year it has been considered necessary to make the following repairs ;
One new 30 inch furnace in the Haydenville Gram- mar School, new furnace in both Purrington and Maple St. Schools, interior painting in James School and Hay- denville Grammar. Installation of electric lights has been made in the Haydenville school. The roof of the James School is also to be repaired.
It is too bad that so much money has to be spent on repairs to our old buildings, but owing to high labor and material costs for several years past, ordinary repairs were postponed and they now appear one by one as major repairs, absolutely impossible to be put off any longer.
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Your Committee sometimes hear of the "Excessive sums of money spent on our schools," and unless one reads the Treasurer's Report carefully, it does appear that such remarks are partially justified. A careful analysis of the Treasurer's Report however shows that altho in our last Town Report the Treasurer paid School Com- mittee Orders to the amount of $30,036.01 the repayment to the Town on the School Account amounted to $13,- 105.79. This repayment to the Town comes from State Aid, Tuition of pupils from surrounding towns, State and Boston Wards, and the income from invested School Funds.
In 1922 the expenditures of the School Dept. were $27,644.17 and repayments were $17,530.76.
We submit that considering the above statements which are confirmed in your Town Reports, your schools are being run exceptionally economically. This fact is bourn out by the State Report showing that the cost per High School Pupil in our High School is $92.12 and the cost per grade pupil in our schools is $51.50. Both of these costs are just about the lowest in the State.
The need for the addition to the James School for use of the High School Dept. is more apparent than ever, and it appears that the longer it is put off, the greater will be the cost.
The Appropriation we ask for the year 1925 is the same as was granted in 1924 and amounts to $33,500.00.
Your Committee in closing its Report extends its sincere thanks to all who have had a part in the adminis- tration of school affairs.
Respectfully submitted, J. CLARK FOSTER, SUSAN H. WHEELER, WALTER H. THAYER.
School Committee.
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1925 BUDGET
Teachers' Salaries,
$17,000 00
Janitors' Salaries,
1,920 00
Janitors' Supplies,
200 00
Music and Penmanship,
1,100 00
Music Supplies, 100 00
Supt. Salary and Union Expenses,
1,500 00
School Nurse,
510 00
School Physicians,
250 00
Transportation,
3,300 00
Fuel,
1,500 00
Repairs,
2,800 00
Sundries,
500 00
Books,
600 00
School Room Supplies,
550 00
Smith Agricultural School,
950 00
Freight and Cartage,
95 00
Light,
100 00
Insurance,
250 00
Truant Officers,
25 00
School Committee,
250 00
$33,500 00
TEACHERS
Amount
Retirement
Mildred G. Atherton,
$427 50
$22 50
Grace Bunnell,
513 00
27 00
Mildred E. Brown,
437 00
23 00
Arthur J. Clough,
720 00
Josephine G. Cahill,
952 50
Ethel Curry,
1,000 00
Marion Chandler,
304 00
16 00
Nellie A. Dolan,
1,000 00
Mildred C. Daley,
380 00
20 00
Anne T. Dunphy,
1,452 00
Cleon B. Johnson,
456 00
24 00
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Dorothy Jenkins,
$270 00
Jennie V. Kiely,
950 00
50 00
Doris E. Leland,
342 00
18 00
Mrs. Hattie A. Metcalf,
120 50
Flora L. Merrifield,
1,235 00
65 00
Edwin C. Miller,
655 50
34 50
Helen O'Brien,
220 00
Margaret C. O'Leary,
380 00
20 00
Fay R. Page,
560 00
30 00
Elizabeth J. Purrington,
950 00
50 00
Helen S. Pratt,
456 00
24 00
Katherine V. Riley,
565 00
Vernon D. Stiles,
655 50
34 50
Mae E. Toole,
684 00
36 00
Mrs. R. A. Warner,
449 00
20 00
C. Ruth Warner,
55 00
$16,134 50
$569 50
JANITORS
Mildred G. Atherton,
$24 60
Henry Dansereau,
795 00
G. Vernon Warner,
1,060 00
$1,879 60
JANITORS' SUPPLIES
George F. Cramer,
$54 82
R. F. Burke,
25 90
Foster-Farrar Co.,
8 00
National Brush Co.,
3 17
J. L. Hammett Co.,
27 50
W. J. Sheehan & Co.,
96 13
H. S. Packard,
15 20
P. H. McAvoy,
1 40
Graves Garage,
2 80
$234 92
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C. Ruth Warner, $1,045 00
MUSIC SUPPLIES
Ginn & Co.,
$83 87
C. C. Birchard & Co.,
3 56
Oliver Ditson Co.,
16 47
White's Music Shop,
9 30
J. S. Fearis & Bros.,
14 06
C. Ruth Warner,
3 33
$130 59
SCHOOL ROOM SUPPLIES
J. L. Hammett Co.,
$308 68
Herald Job Print,
14 00
Wright & Potter,
5 06
Central Scientific Co.,
90 36
Milton Bradley Co.,
20 50
Edward E. Babb Co.,
18 14
Columbia School Supply Co.,
74 25
Gazette Printing Co.,
17 00
American Seating Co.,
48 75
Oval & Koster,
21 15
$617 89
SMITH AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
Tuition,
$891 88
FREIGHT AND CARTAGE
R. A. Warner,
$19 33
R. J. Damon,
17 32
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R.,
5 95
$42 60
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ELECTRIC LIGHTING
Mill River Electric Light Co., $63 60
INSURANCE
W. M. Purrington, $230 40
TRUANT OFFICERS
B. L. Dobbs, $15 00
BOOKS
Lyons & Carnahan,
$33 95
American Book Co.,
99 06
Ginn & Co.,
240 80
Allyn & Bacon,
20 05
Chas. Scribner's Sons,
47 70
J. C. Winston Co.,
36 95
C. E. Merrill Co.,
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J. L. Hammett Co.,
37 50
Standard Book Co.,
17 75
Public School Publishing Co.,
9 86
D. C. Heath & Co.,
37 41
$581 66
SUNDRIES
Town of Williamsburg,
$76 00
Clarence A. Nichols,
10 50
J. C. Foster,
3 25
Bruce Publishing Co.,
3 00
Mass. Child Labor Commission,
2 00
Mrs. Fannie Loomis,
35
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
23 64
Metcalf Printing Co.,
62 75
Bridgman & Lyman,
2 00
Susan H. Wheeler,
1 00
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Edwin C. Miller,
$1 05
Paper City Co.,
9 27
Milton O. Wickes,
83 90
Foster-Farrar Co.,
2 85
Walter G. Clark Co.,
4 85
Roy L. Smith,
25 00
W. Bruce Nash,
20 00
Edward C. Foster,
20 00
City of Northampton,
76 96
Commissioner of Public Safety,
4 00
L. A. Merritt,
2 40
$434 77
SUPERINTENDENT AND UNION EXPENSES
L. A. Merritt, $1,494 70
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Susan H. Wheeler,
$100 00
Walter H. Thayer,
100 00
J. Clark Foster,
300 00
$500 00
N. B. Owing to shortage of funds in 1923, the sal- ary of the School Committee was carried over until 1924, thus making 2 years salary to be paid.
SCHOOL NURSE AND SUPPLIES
Jennie E. Walsh,
$50 00
Fabiola Plourde,
500 00
W. J. Sheehan & Co.,
2 82
Florence Mfg. Co.,
10 58
$563 40
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SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
J. G. Hayes, M. D.
$112 00
C. H. Wheeler, M. D.,
132 50
$244 50
TRANSPORTATION
Northampton Street R. R. Co.,
$770 00
Clarence A. Nichols,
752 00
Mrs. James Stone,
356 00
S. A. Clark,
422 50
John E. Wade,
495 00
John Vayda,
504 00
Lyle C. Wales,
53 40
$3,352 90
FUEL
Lenihan Bros.,
$710 47
J. H. Graham,
657 83
D. Lacourse,
33 00
Edw. J. Miller,
18 92
$1,420 22
REPAIRS
The Haydenville Co.,
$4 87
P. J. Murphy,
676 93
J. Hugh Pierce,
2 87
W. J. Sheehan & Co.,
230 88
Chas. O'Brien,
13 50
Edw. LeMagdalene,
6 00
Bradford Lumber Co.,
76 34
Vernon D. Stiles,
11 50
Wells G. Bisbee,
231 74
Raymond F. Larkin,
7 25
M. C. O'Brien,
57 00
L. C. Mitchell,
35 80
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H. L. Richardson,
$383 00
W. G. Hobson,
851 74
W. H. Riley & Co.,
2 30
G. P. Trowbridge,
26 50
J. J. Trainor,
1 00
T. F. Lenihan,
1 00
James Welsh,
1 00
Town of Williamsburg,
2 00
Parsons Electric Shop,
4 95
Henry Dansereau,
15 00
Howard C. Pomeroy,
62 34
$2,705 51
SUMMARY
Teachers,
$16,134 50
Teachers' Retirement,
569 50
Janitors,
1,879 60
Janitors' Supplies,
234 92
Music and Penmanship,
1,045 00
Music Supplies,
130 59
Supt. and Union Expenses,
1,494 70
School Nurse and supplies,
563 40
School Physicians,
244 50
Transportation,
3,352 90
Fuel,
1,420 22
Repairs,
2,705 51
Sundries,
434 77
Books,
581 66
School Room Supplies,
617 89
Smith's Agricultural School,
891 88
Freight and Cartage,
42 60
Electric Lighting,
63 60
Insurance,
230 40
Truant Officers,
15 00
School Committee,
500 00
$33,153 14
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1924 Appropriation, 1924 Expenditures,
$33,500 00 33,153 14
Unexpended,
$346 86
SCHOOL STATISTICS
for the Year Ending June 30, 1924.
School
Boys enrolled
Girls enrolled
Av. membership
Av. attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
Aggregate
Attendance
Williamsburg High
32
41
68.6
64.3
92
11,925
Grammar
12
14
25.6
23.4
88
3,908
Intermediate
18
16
32.5
29.6
91
4,920
Second Primary
18
18
38.9
35.2
89
5,828
First Primary
29
21
48.1
42.1
87
6,987
Haydenville Grammar
17
20
34.6
32.3
94
5,223
Intermediate
32
20
45.3
43.5
96
7,077
Grade IV
22
14
33.1
31.6
96
5,152
Grade III
23
12
37.4
36.1
96
5,874
Grade II
24
13
36.4
34.9
95
5,772
Grade I
31
32
53.7
49.6
93
8,268
Mt. Street
10
10
18.7
17.8
95
2,956
School Calendar
1925 Sept. 8-Schools open. Dec. 23-Schools close
1926
Jan. 4-Schools open
Feb. 26-Schools close for one week.
Mar. 8-Schools open
Apr. 30-Schools close for one week.
May 10-Schools open
June 4 -- Grade schools close.
June 25 -- High school closes.
The usual holidays will be observed.
Superintendent's Report
To the Members of the School Committee :
The annual report of the Superintendent of Schools is herewith submitted.
The same twelve schools were in operation as they were last year. One additional recitation room was ad- ded at the Purrington school. Miss Helen O'Brien, who is the assistant teacher there, holds her classes in this new room. This separating of the class here makes it possible to do the work better and more quickly. The new rooms have been a great help since school began in September.
As is usual at the end of each school year in June, some of our teachers resign and new teachers must be se- cured to take their places Last June the following changes occurred. Miss Grace Bunnell who taught in grade one at Williamsburg went to El Paso, Texas to teach. Miss Doris Leland a graduate of North Adams Normal School was appointed to carry on this work. In the high school upon the resignation of Mr. A. J. Clough, Mr. Cleon B. Johnson, a graduate of M. A. C. was secured to teach mathematics and science. Miss Helen S. Pratt, a graduate of Wheaton College, was appointed to fill the vacancy in the history and civics department, caused by the resignation of Miss Mae E. Toole. Miss Mildred E. Brown, North Adams Normal School 1924, was appointed to the principalship of the Haydenville School, in place of Mr. Edwin Miller, resigned. Miss Mildred Daley also of
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North Adams Normal School was secured to teach grades five and six. Miss Margaret O'Leary, Westfield Normal took the place left vacant by the resignation of Miss Katherine Riley. Miss Marion Chandler a graduate of Westfield Normal School was appointed to the Mt. St. school when Miss Atherton resigned. Mrs. R. A. Warner, a Smith College graduate was elected to the place in grades seven and eight left vacant by the resignation of Mr. Vernon Stiles. These teachers have done good work, and have taught the usual work as called for in the course of study.
The enrolment was slightly larger than last year the increase being mainly at Haydenville. Here a new build- ing is needed to replace the old one which is not suitable for school purposes because of poorly arranged windows and lack of light. The light has had to be supplemented by electric light. No child should have to spend any part of his time in school studying under artificial light. Plen- ty of daylight is available in properly lighted buildings. The old building requires a large amount for repairs each year and when the money is spent we still have an old building. A new building that would accommodate all Haydenville children would not only provide proper teach- ing and studying conditions, but would cost less to operate and much less for repairs. It is hoped that the Town Meeting will appoint a committee to consider a new build- ing for Haydenville.
While on the subject of new things for our schools, it is fitting that some consideration be given the high school. Under the present plan we are limited to two programs of study, namely the college preparatory and the general course. This puts our high school into the class of high schools known as limited high schools. Op- posed to this is the group called comprehensive high schools. These are as near ideal as they can be made in that they offer many and various courses of study so that a boy or girl may select the work to which he or she is
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best adapted. With our facilities and the size of the schools we cannot, of course, offer as much in variety as the larger schools can. Nevertheless we can, by the ad- dition of another teacher, put in some new courses, pos- sibly a commercial course or a course in agriculture or in practical arts. It is recommended that the commercial course be added this year and the work begun in Septem- ber.
In closing permit me to thank the School Committee and all others for their co-operation and help during the year 1924.
Respectfully submitted, L. A. MERRITT,
Superintendent of Schools.
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Report of School Nurse
Feb. 6, 1925.
Mr. L. A. Merritt,
The progress of the health in the schools continues to be satisfactory. The following is a summary of the work.
An average of five days a month in the schools.
9 hours assisting Dr. Wheeler with physical examina- tions.
2 hours assisting Dr. Hayes with physical examina- tions.
Assisted Dentist with dental examination and work in the Haydenville schools.
14 home visits were made.
All pupils have been weighed twice in the year. All the underweights were weighed four times. The under- weights have been urged to drink milk.
33 pupils were 10 percent or more under-weight in Dec. 1924.
Notices sent to parents of the height, weight and normal weight of each pupil. Also of defects in the eye, ear, or other troubles.
Miss Stewart assisted me at the Mountain St. School. And we used her portable scales.
Several minor dressings. Four having a tempera- ture were sent home,
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I wish to thank the school committee for the new scales in the Haydenville Schools.
In closing I wish to express appreciation to parents and teachers also to the Superintendent, for their interest and co-operation in the work.
Respectfully submitted, FABIOLA PLOURDE.
P. S. $2.64 Sent to Mr. Foster. This is money from the sale of tooth-brushes in the schools.
Music and Penmanship Report
To the Superintendent and Members of the School Board.
Following is a brief report of the music and pen- manship in the schools of the town. It is not necessary it seems, to go into detail of our work, especially in music as somewhat the same work with changes and variations is covered every year. However this has been a very successful year and by the efforts of our competent grade teachers, we have been able to bring the music of our grades up to standard.
Very efficient work is being done in the intermediate grades, especially reading and two-part singing. This I feel should be credited to the pleasing manner in which the subject is presented to the class by the class-room teacher.
Mountain Street is the only out-lying school, now in our district and is very interesting school to visit, the children all love music and to hear them sing and read their sight work is a credit to any supervisor. And altho' they read and sing well they have not devoted all their time to that alone, theory is never forgotten.
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