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Rate of Taxation, $27
Number of Polls assessed, 550
Number of Resident individuals assessed on property, 538
All others (including firms, corporations, trustees), 27
Number of Non-resident individuals as- sessed on property,
68
All others,
17
Total number assessed on property, 650
Number of persons asessed for poll tax only, 178
Number of hoses assessed,
173
Number of cows assessed,
430
Number of neat cattle assessed,
170
Number of sheep assessed,
54
Number of swine assessed, 40
Number of fowl assessed, 3,330
Number of dwelling houses assessed, 425
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Church, personal and real, $53,900 00
Library, personal and real,
19,100 00
School, personal and real, 53,700 00
Town hall, engine houses, etc., with equipment,
10,625 00
Petticoat Hill Park,
1,800 00
Water works,
100,000 00
$239,125 00
Respectfully submitted, ROSWELL JORGENSON, RAYMOND A. WARNER, WALTER E. KELLOGG,
Board of Assessors.
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Report of Sinking Fund Commissioners
Jan. 4, 1926, Cash in Bank,
$12,960 09
Interest on deposit,
787 83
Interest on Williams- burg bonds, 840 00
Received from Town
Treasurer,
1,000 00
$15,587 92
ASSETS
Jan. 15, 1927, Cash in Hayden-
ville Sav. Bk., $1,587 92 Williamsburg bonds, 21,000 00
$36,587 00
Respectfully submitted, HENRY W. GRAVES, HUBERT A. SMITH, LEON B. SANDERSON,
Commissioners.
Auditors' Statement
Williamsburg, Mass., Feb. 14, 1927.
We, the undersigned, certify that we have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Water Commissioners, Tax Collector, Sinking Fund Commission- ers and School Committee for the year 1926. We have also verified the town school funds, perpetual care funds and funds for public welfare.
With the exception of a few minor errors in account- ing, the various records of the town officers are properly entered and are in agreement according to the best of our knowledge and belief.
One undesirable feature which has come to our atten- tion is the custom of drawing orders o nthe town treasury bearing the signature of only one town official. In some instances these orders have been made payable to the offi- cial himself. We recommend that every order bears sig- natures of at least two officials. In reference to this we would also recommend that amounts called for on each or- der be entered twice; once in writing and again in figures, eliminating the possibility of misinterpretation. It would be a great help to the treasurer if the original bill accom- panied every order.
WILLIAM G. LOOMIS,
RAYMOND P. BUCK,
Auditors.
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ALMONERS OF WHITING STREET FUND
Jan 1, 1926 : Unexpended Balance,
$133 03
Interest on Fund,
350 00
$483 03
Paid 43 Beneficiaries,
$445 00
Bank Service Charge,
3 50
$448 50
Balance,
$34 53
MARTHA S. BISBEE,
JOSEPHINE SHEEHAN, ARTHUR J. POLMATIER.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Diseases dangerous to the Public Health. Number of cases reported, 61. Chicken Pox, 17. Measles, 34. Ger- man Measles, 1. Typhoid, 2. Tuberculosis, 3. Scarlet Fever, 2. Erysipelas, 2. Homes quarantined, 38.
Denatured alcohol licenses issued under Chapter 138 of the General Laws 8. Paid to Town Treasurer, $8.00.
During the spring and summer complaints are re- ceived daily of outside toilets not properly cared for. Drains. The dumping of waste and garbage along the roadways and on the banks of water ways by unthinking or unscrupulous persons is a violation of the law, a source of danger to health and a source of expense.
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REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health :
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit the following re- port :
Number of permits to producers, 53. Number of permits to dealers, 8.
Most of the milk produced in Town is handled in a sanitary manner and is above the standard required by law.
Respectfully submitted,
NEWTON K. LINCOLN,
Milk Inspector.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Board of Health :
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit the following re- port :
Number of dairies inspected, 90. Number of dairy cows inspected, 408. Number of young cattle inspected, 236. Number of bulls inspected, 24. Number of oxen inspected, 64. Number of sheep inspected, 64. Number of swine inspected, 84.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. BRECKENRIDGE.
Inspector of Animals.
ALFRED G. CONE, HARRY WARNER, THOMAS LENIHAN,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE AND RECOMMEND A NEW SYSTEM OF TOWN ACCOUNTING
Your committee reports that they have investigated the systems used in the keeping of financial records in sev- eral neighboring towns. They have also consulted the State Director of Accounts and received his recommenda- tions. We find that the State System of uniform town ac- counting is now being used in about sixty percent of the towns in the Commonwealth, with the probability that the State will eventually require this system in the remaining towns.
Our investigation of the State System reveals the fact that is is unanimously approved in the towns where it has been adopted. In this system there is a double entry for every transaction thereby greatly reducing the possi- bility of errors and if made would be readily detected. The financial condition of the various departments of the town is available at all times. It centralizes the book-keep- ing, making one official (the Town Accountant) responsi- ble for the major part of the town records.
In the opinion of the town officials whom we have con- sulted the advantages of the system have much more than compensated the cost of installing. We therefore feel justified in recommending that the town adopt the State Systems of Public Accounts.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM C. LOOMIS,
RAYMOND P. BUCK,
Committee.
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Report of Extension Service -
Agricutural Work:
Alfalfa demonstrations are being carried on by C. E. Clark, S. S. Clark, N. K. Lincoln, Walter Kellogg and George Dansereau. Fifteen men attended the crop meet- ing held February 1, at which lantern slides, showing how to grow better roughage for dairy cows, were shown.
All poultrymn received the latest information on di- sease control and on improved methods of caring for chicks. A poultry school was held March 8th, at which Professor Monahan of the Massachusetts Agricultural College discussed brooding problems.
In co-operation with the Hampshire County Fruit Growers' Association growers received telephone infor- mation on the time to spray.
C. E. Clark, C. B. Tower, Ed. O'Neil, Allen Adams were in the cow test association during 1926.
Homemaking Work:
Vegetable Gardening :
Eight homes in the town received a correspondence course on vegetable gardening. This contained informa- tion o nliming, pest control, fertilizing, hints on general care of the garden, the need and value of vegetables in the diet, new and attractive ways of preparing and serv- ing vegetables, as well as easier methods of canning and preserving
Most of the people receiving this information report- ed using it and finding it very beneficial.
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Kitchen Improvement:
The Home Demonstration Agent has worked individ- ually with nine women, making home visits and helping the women to rearrange their kitchens so that they will be more convenient workshops and less time and and physical effort will be needed to do the daily work.
These women became interested in the improvement of their kitchen through the annual extension school held in your town. At that time the Home Demonstration Agent showed pictures of some of the Hampshire County kitchens that have been improved through the co-opera- tion of the Extension Service.
Some of the women rearranged their large and small equipment and a large percentage purchased new labor saving equipment.
Dyeing :
The women in the town had the opportunity of at- tending a very fine lecture given in Westhampton on Home Dyeing. This type of lecture work is of great bene- fit to the women, as they are able to get subject matter direct from a specialist.
Women who have acted as leaders in this work are: Mrs. Frank Taylor.
Club Work:
At the Haydenville school a clothing club of twelve girls was led through the winter by Miss Marion Chand- ler.
At Williamsburg no clubs could be organized as no leaders could be found. Some very good work could be accomplished by the boys and girls who would like to be club members if some one could find them a leader.
There are two very good dairy members, Lawson Clark and George Rustemeyer. Lawson owns a milking cow and two calves, while George has one of the best Jer- sey calves in the country. At the Three County Fair,
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George won first prize with his Jersey in both the open class and the junior class.
Four excellent poultry projects are being carried on in Haydenville. Charles and Allen Damon and Sterling Hayden have two very good flocks of hens. The former won several prizes in the egg laying contest last winter. Sterling Hayden exhibited a pen of five Leghorns at the Eastern States Exposition, where he won first prize in the stiffest competition to be found in the state.
R. A. WARNER,
Town Director.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926
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Report of School Committee
To the Citizens of Williamsburg :
Your School Committee offer the following yearly re- port :
At the beginning of the school year it was found necesary to increase the salary of several of our teachers, and, no doubt, it will be necessary to make a number of salary increases during the current year. It is our opin- ion that the present teaching staff is well worth a special effort to retain.
The major repairs to be made during this year, so far as can be determined at the present time, include cleaning and re-varnishing of the woodwork in the Helen E. James Building, painting and re-shingling of the second grade building at Haydenville. The Committee is also consider- ing the advisability of re-roofing the Helen E. James Building.
For the support of schools during the year 1927, we ask this Meeting for an appropriation of $32,000 in addi- tion to the income of the Onslow G. Spelman Fund.
To the teaching staff of our School Department, we give all credit for the splendid showing on State Tests and for the general increased interest being shown by the pu- pils in their work.
Respectfully submitted, J. CLARK FOSTER, SUSAN H. WHEELER,
WALTER H. THAYER,
School Committee.
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SCHOOL FUNDS FOR YEAR 1926
Town Appropriation,
$32,000 00
Spelman Fund Income,
1,163 96
Total Income,
$33,163 96
EXPENSES FOR YEAR 1926
Teachers,
$17,228 74
Janitors,
1,946 20
Janitors' Supplies,
358 44
Music Dept.,
1,263 60
Superintendent & Union Expenses,
1,450 00
School Nurse and Supplies,
513 58
School Physicians,
228 00
Transportation,
2,666 50
Fuel,
1,564 50
Smiths' Agricultural School,
538 75
Sundries Account,
772 58
Schoolroom Supplies,
503 17
Repairs,
1,480 44
Text Books,
583 81
Freight and Cartage,
33 89
Insurance,
224 05
Truant Officers,
20 00
Lighting,
152 18
School Committee,
250 00
Total Expenses,
$31,815 43
Total Income,
$33,163 96
Total Expenses,
31,815 43
Unexpended Income,
$1,348 53
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PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS
Leslie C. Anderson,
$690 00
John Bauer,
720 00
Mary A. Burke,
62 50
Marion C. Chandler,
980 00
Josephine G. Cahill,
1,100 00
Grace Connors,
480 00
Bernard M. Cooney,
600 00
Ethel Curry,
1,000 00
Nellie A. Dolan,
1,099 92
Millie R. Dansereau,
320 00
Anne T. Dunphy,
1,633 28
Alice Graves,
480 00
Linda Howlett,
1,010 00
Jennie C. Kiely,
1,100 16
Doris E. Leland,
1,007 04
Flora L. Merrifield,
780 00
Helen Nash,
67 50
Margaret M. O'Leary,
1,000 00
Elizabeth J. Purrington,
1,000 00
Mrs. Silas Snow,
25 00
Margaret E. Trainor,
460 00
Charles E. Turner,
520 00
Mrs. R. E. Warner,
1,093 34
$17,228 74
JANITORS
G. Vernon Warner,
$1,040 00
Henry Dansereau,
850 20
Frederick Kohl,
25 50
Grace Connors,
30 50
$1,946 00
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JANITORS' SUPPLIES
W. J. Sheehan & Co.,
$92 48
Burke & Burdeau,
39 26
Sanitary Products Co.,
6 75
Forter Farrar Co.,
8 88
J. L. Hammett Co.,
31 96
Standard Oil Co.,
10 09
Ross Bros. Co.,
15 50
J. A. Sullivan & Co.,
25 30
P. H. McAvoy,
4 00
Lynch & Levick,
56 78
H. S. Packard,
39 20
C. B. Dolge Co.,
11 00
Graves Garage,
1 70
Edward H. Blake,
1 50
Cheshire Chemical Co.,
8 75
$358 44
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
C. Ruth Warner,
$660 00
Mrs. Lester LeDuc,
320 00
The Muisc House,
245 00
Ginn & Co.,
49 50
Willis Music Co.,
5 25
Edward C. Foster,
15 00
White's Music Shop,
1 85
$1,263 60
SUPERINTENDENT AND UNION EXPENSES
L. A. Merritt,
$1,250 00
Union Expenses,
200 00
$1,450 00
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SCHOOL NURSE AND SUPPLIES
Fabiola Plourde,
$500 00
Coburne & Graves,
1 25
Frank A. Brandle,
1 40
Mass. Tuberculosis League,
8 00
W. J. Sheehan & Co.,
2 93
$513 58
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Charles H. Wheeler, M. D.,
$112 00
Justin G. Hayes, M. D., 116 00
$228 00
TRANSPORTATION
Northampton Street R. R. Co.,
$700 00
College Taxi Co.,
10 00
Mrs. Clarence A. Nichols,
640 00
Carl E. Leavitt,
235 00
Samuel A. Clark,
458 00
Mrs. James Stone,
322 00
Harold K. Burt,
162 00
Charles W. Codding,
139 50
$2,666 50
FUEL
David Lacourse,
$84 00
F. A. Shumway,
18 00
Lenihan Bros.,
822 00
W. E. Kellogg,
48 00
J. H .Graham,
592 50
$1,564 50
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REPAIRS
W. H. Riley & Co.,
$62 74
Forter Farrar Co.,
31 67
Merrick Lumber Co.,
158 67
A. H. Marsh,
269 55
P. J. Murphy,
428 90
Samuel Cowing,
10 00
Wells G. Bisbee,
14 10
D. L. Beals,
27 00
George Scott,
19 00
J. L. Hammett Co.,
59 36
Franklin Lumber Co.,
239 58
The Haydenville Co.,
1 62
Taylor & Mellen,
94 11
Suriner & McBreen,
27 00
Lynch & Levick,
22 10
H. H .Baldwin,
4 00
Bisbee Bros.,
10 24
Richard H. Merritt,
80
$1,480 44
TEXT BOOKS
Ginn & Co.,
$75 90
C. E. Merrell Co.,
55 09
Lyons & Carnahan,
86 21
Houghton-Mifflin Co.,
16 03
J. B. Lippincott Co.,
25 60
John C. Winston Co.,
15 34
Scott-Foresman Co.,
49 60
Allyn & Bacon,
9 79
J. L. Hammett Co.,
54 49
A. L. Burt Co.,
22 88
Doubleday, Page & Co.,
3 60
Arthur J. Clough,
30 00
Charles Scribners' Sons,
10 93
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
9 37
67
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
19 40
Central Scientific Co.,
31 27
Bridgman & Lyman,
19 25
Clarence Hawkes,
45 76
F. A. Owen Publishing Co.,
6 00
$583 81
FREIGHT AND CARTAGE
A. H. Rhodes,
$12 02
R. J. Damon,
19 37
Cecil C. Loomis,
2 50
$33 89
SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
For Tuition,
$538 75
SUNDRIES ACCOUNT
Town of Williamsburg,
$76 00
Mrs. M. G. Fuller,
30 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.,
18 18
M. J. Gleason,
10 00
Northampton Commercial College,
101 50
Susan H. Wheeler,
1 00
Carrie B. Otis,
2 50
F. J. Lane Co.,
175 00
J. C. Foster,
10 00
Re-Hyde-Sanders Village Hall matter,
64 75
Butler & Ullman,
3 75
Oliver W. Cobb, M. D.,
10 00
Metcalf Printing Co.,
19 00
Commissioner Public Safety,
10 75
H. S. Gere & Sons,
3 60
Clara L. Rustemeyer,
12 00
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White Eentertainment Bureau,
150 00
L. A. Merritt, 5 08
Helen Nash Hinds,
30 00
Richard H. Merritt,
19 50
C. Hadley Wheeler,
18 00
$772 58
SCHOOL ROOM SUPPLIES
J. L. Hammett Co.,
$178 13
C. F. Williams & Son,
8 43
Gazette Printing Co.,
27 46
Central Scientific Co.,
25 57
Coburn & Graves,
2 25
A. McCallum & Co.,
55 21
Dowling School Supply Co.,
9 03
Mass .Child Labor Commission,
2 00
C. A. Gregory,
6 85
Springfield Office Supply Co.,
45 78
Oval & Koster,
17 30
Webster Publishing Co.,
1 44
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
1 02
James H. Quinn,
33 00
Milton Bradley Co.,
7 85
Wright & Potter,
5 85
$503 17
INSURANCE
W. M. Purrington,
$224 05
TRUANT OFFICERS
Henry Dansereau, $10 00
G. Vernon Warner,
$10 00
$20 00 1
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LIGHTING
Mill River Electric Light Co.,
$152 18
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Susan H. Wheeler,
$50 00
Walter H. Thayer,
50 00
J. Clark Foster,
150 00
$250 00
Superintendent's Report
To the Members of the School Committee :
The annual report of the superintendent of schools is herewith submitted :
Thirteen schools were in operation during the first half of 1926. In June the North School was closed again due to the falling off in enrolment there. This was caused by the fact that some of the families had moved away from that district. Six children are now being transport- ed from that section to the consolidated school at Wil- liamsburg.
Only five changes occurred in the teaching force of the town, which was a small number compared with what it had been in former years. Miss Grace Connors re- signed at Mountain Street, and Miss Millie Dansereau, a graduate of North Adams Normal School, was elected to that position. The principal, Mr. Leslie Anderson, at Haydenville, resigned, and Miss Margaret Trainor, who had had one year's experience at Orange and is a graduate of North Adams Normal, was selected for that place. Our music and penmanship supervisor, Miss C. Ruth Warner, left us to go to Vermont to teach. Mrs. Lester LeDuc, who has had nine year's experience in teaching public school music, began work with us in September. Miss Flora Merrifield and Mr. John Bauer, of the English and science departments of the high school, resigned in June. Mr. Chas. Turner, a graduate of M. A. C., was elected to teach the mathematics and science. Mr. Bernard Cooney, who specialized in English at Columbia, where he gradu- ated last June, was appointed to the position of instructor in English.
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All of our teachers are trained teachers, either by graduation from normal school or college, or by long ex- perience. Every teacher is giving his or her best to the service of education in this town. Never has the town re- ceived so much real teaching for the money expended as it gets at the present time.
Our health program went forward under the direc- tion of Miss Fabiola Plourde, who made a special study of the causes of absence from school. A record of the kind of illness was carefully kept for one school year and then tabulated. This showed that while the per cent of attendance for all school was 93, 6.8 per cent were out on account of sickness and .2 of one per cent were absent for other causes. Forty per cent of those who were out be- cause of illness had common colds. Chicken pox,measles and mumps, headaches and slight indispositions made up the remainder in the above order. The cause of the most damage to our attendance was then shown to be colds. In- struction and information were given so that the children might learn to prevent colds from spreading and to keep themselves free from colds. This is training in healthy living and is one of the valuable services rendered by our school nurse.
A survey of the work being done in speling was re- cently made. A standardized test was given. It had been given to thousands of children and standard norms estab- lished so that we were able to compare our work with that of other schools. The table below shows the results :
Grade III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII.
Norms 71% 77% 81% 82% 79% 78%
Williamsburg, 73% 85% 77% 86% 81% 84%
This was a very pleasing result since included all children, those who are slow to learn and those who are very bright.
The results of the arithmetic tests have not yet been received from Boston University, where they are being tabulated.
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The high school has been making excellent prgress this year. It has an excellent faculty, which has done and is doing fine work in this division. It is a member of the College Entrance Certificate Board and will continue as a member. At an interview with Prof. Nicholson, Dean of Wesleyan University, he stated that our school had a very good record with that board, had been a mmber for elev- en years without a break, and would, no doubt, continue that membership. Prof. F. Nicholson is secretary of the College Entrance Certificate Board.
The standing of the school is affected only by the suc- cess or failure of pupils certified by it. Pupils who have done work below certificate grade are not considered as fully prepared and are not certfied. If these pupils then enter an institution whose entrance requirements are low and then fail, the high school cannot justly be held respon- sible, for it has already said by refusing a certificate that these pupils were not prepared. Not every pupil who has attended high school 4 years has put in enough personal effort to prepare himself for college work.
The class in chemistry is the largest we have had in many years, and it was found that the laboratory equip- ment was entirely inadequate for the needs of this class. Much new equipment had to be added and a new labora- tory table built. We now have as fine a laboratory as any of the smaller schools and one that compares favorably with many in larger schools.
Recommendations :
1. Remodel the Haydenville Grammar School building.
This building is very poorly lighted because of the ar- rangement of the windows. If some of these were closed and a group of them placed on one side of each class-room, the lighting would be greatly improved and modernized.
2. Raise the entering age limit for pupils entering the first grade from five to five and one-half years on Oct. 1 of the year in which they enter.
It oftimes happens that children are sent to school
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before they are old enough to profit by the work given. It then becomes necessary to keep them in grade one for two years. The better way is for them to enter and pro- gress with the group they begin in.
3. Employ a supervisor of drawing.
This work as it is done now is carried on by the room teachers. None of these teachers are specialists in draw- ing, and cannot give the time to it that should be given. A drawing teaching would be a great aid in this work.
4. Employ a supervisor of penmanship.
The good work so well begun by Miss Warner in pen- manship should not be allowed to fall behind. Here, too, special instruction is necessary and should be given.
5. Establish a course in typewriting and stenography in the high school.
The use of the typewriter is very common, and is of practical value to a great many people. On a part time basis this course could be added to our present high school program at very little expense. It would be a very useful and practical addition.
6. Increase the length of the grade school year to thirty-eight weeks.
As at present constituted the elementary school year is thirty-six weeks fr this town. The required work has increased until thirty-six weeks is not long enough in which to do it satisfactorily. Our pupils have to com- pete with those in towns where thirty-eight and forty weeks are allowed to complete work which we must do in thirty-six. An adjustment can be made by an increase to thirty-eight weeks as a school year now, and later to forty if necessary.
In closing permit me to extend sincere thanks to all who have assisted in the works of the schools of Williams- burg during the year just closed.
Respectfully submitted, L. A. MERRITT,
Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS for the year ending June 30, 1926.
School
Boys enrolled
Girl enrolled
Av. membership
Av. attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
Aggregate
Attendance
Williamsburg High
32
41
61.73
58.08
94
10,513
Grammar
13
11
24.09
22.64
95
3,751
Intermediate
16
18
34.08
32.93
93
5,464
Second Primary
20
19
35.74
33.05
92
5,489
First Primary
26
25
41.55
38.82
93
6,410
North Street
5
6
8.32
7.78
93
1,296
Haydenville Grammar
12
15
20.97
19.27
92
3,191
Intermediate
24
21
44.07
41.01
92
6,807
Grades IV. and V.
29
19
46.20
44.59
96
7,404
Grade III.
17
16
33.43
31.51
94
5,220
Grade II.
19
11
27.76
25.91
92
4,236
Grade I.
18
25
40.01
36.54
91
6,062
Mt. St.
5
6
10.10
9.48
92
1,562
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1927
Sept. 6-Schools open.
Dec. 23-Schools close.
1928
Jan. 2-Schools open.
Feb. 24-Schools close for one week.
Mar. 5-Schools open.
April 27-Schools close for one week.
May 7-Schools open.
June 1-Grade schools close.
June 29-High school closes.
The usual holidays will be observed.
Report of School Nurse
Mr. L. A. Merritt.
Following is my third annual report :
Five days a month is devoted to school nursing. As- sisted Dr. Hayes and Dr. Wheeler with the phyiscal exam- inations in September. A note of each examination is kept on the physical record. Notices are sent to parents explaining the defects found, with suggestions for the pro- per treatment. Eye and ear test given in October. A good vision and good hearing is very important to the pu- pil. When defects are found, parents are urged to attend to this matter. Weighed and measured all pupils twice. Weighed underweights four times. Literature and posters are used to prompt the interest of the child in the Health Work.
Dentist Sherwood, under the supervision of the Red Cross, held a clinic in both towns. Each pupil's teeth are examined and a card requesting the parent's consent and explaining the needs of each child is sent home. Dentist Sherwood's aim is to preserve the teeth. I assisted Den- tist Sherwood in Haydenville.
A Schick Test Clinic was held in December. 119 pu- pils had the test. 29 pupils had a positive reaction to Diphtheria.
A Diphtheria Prevention Clinic was held in January. 122 pupils have taken the treatment to prevent diphtheria. Dr. Hayes and Dr. Wheeler gave the injections.
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A list with the percentage on the different causes of absence for one school year was given Mr. Merritt.
First aid dressings and home visits as necessary. A few cases of impetigo were treated and kept away from school. Schools visited every day during the epidemic of measles and chicken pox.
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