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59 75
Trucking,
123 25
$3,001 01
Public Welfare:
Administration,
$100 00
Groceries,
$2,365 47
Fuel,
219 65
Rent,
162 00
Transients,
15 00
Medical,
456 56
Cash,
992 00
Taxes,
25 60
Paid to other cities and towns,
646 34
$4,982 62
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Mothers' Aid :
Federal Aid,
452 00
Local,
854 00
Paid to other cities and towns,
68 90
$1,374 90
O. A. A .:
Federal Administration,
$242 69
Federal Aid,
7,427 33
Local,
7,052 66
Medical,
185 08
$14,907 76
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash,
$434 00
Groceries,
138 00
Medical,
163 09
Fuel,
2 30
$737 39
Schools :
Teachers' Salaries,
$17,114 28
Janitors' Salaries,
2,287 92
Janitors' Supplies,
218 04
Music Teacher,
515 00
Music Supplies,
9 00
Superintendent,
1,500 00
Union Expense,
192 24
Nurse,
500 00
Nurse Supplies,
3 69
Physicians,
205 00
Transportation,
4,284 00
Fuel,
1,161 42
Repairs,
128 29
Sundries,
442 08
Books,
474 53
School Room Supplies,
295 94
Smith's School,
2,043 02
Freight,
11 67
Lights,
233 65
New Equipment,
972 90
Insurance,
626 17
Committee Salaries,
250 00
Total,
$33,468 94
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Spelman Annex:
Certification of Note, Contractor Lafrance, Architect,
$32 00
21,737 99
734 46
$22,504 45
Haydenville Library:
Librarian,
$49 50
Janitor,
29 50
Books,
204 34
Janitor's Supplies,
2 06
Insurance,
9 50
Card Index,
5 10
$300 00
Memorial Day,
$60 00
Town Clocks,
85 00
County Dog Tax,
317 40
Workmen's Compensation,
668 52
Mt. St. Cemetery,
58 50
Town Reports, 1936,
84 00
Second Hand Truck,
225 00
Interest,
685 00
Insurance,
79 92
County Tax,
4,133 21
State O. A. A. Tax,
21 00
State Tax,
2,572 50
State Park Tax,
47 88
Veterans' Exemption,
7 95
Audit,
5 27
Penalty,
25 00
Refund Motor Excise,
84 40
Haydenville School Note,
2,500 00
Taylor and Mellen Bridge Note,
500 00
Trust Funds,
3,137 76
Water Dept .:
Salary,
$200 00
Maintenance,
1,711 33
(See Water Commissioners' Report),
$1,911 33
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Water Main Replacement (Bullard Road) :
Pipe and Fittings,
$215 86
Labor,
20 35
Transportation,
15 00
Freight and Miscellaneous,
26 65
$276 86
Total Payments,
$130,468 18
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1937,
$11,814 92
Total,
$142,283 10
INCOME OF TRUST FUNDS
Bal. '36
Rec. '37
Ex. '37
Bal. '37
Collins,
$282 38
$282 38
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B. Loomis,
$296 24
184 52
405 68
$75 08
Spelman,
98 31
5,292 31
5,130 96
259 66
$4,679.81 of this amount expended on the Spelman Annex.
Helen E. James,
24 13
475 00
499 14
1 04
Whiting Street,
97 55
139 34
150 00
86 89
Henry M. Hills,
16 81
451 38
455 00
13 19
A. S. Hills,
8 44
125 00
105 00
28 44
C. J. Hills,
27 84
150 00
172 30
5 54
Electa Waite,
1 56
53 20
50 00
4 76
Lyman Waite,
9 00
17 50
17 50
9 00
Cemetery,
10
31 90
32 00
BALANCE SHEET
January 31, 1937
ASSETS
Cash, Taxes, 1936, Taxes, 1937,
$11,814 92
$6,909 03 14,039 57
- $20,948 60
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Hyde and Saunders,
1 04
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Motor Excise, 1936,
36 65
Motor Excise, 1937,
353 16
$388 81
Water Rents,
$387 06
Accounts Receivable :
Public Health,
$391 42
Public Welfare,
1,244 90
Highways,
50 00
O. A. A.,
184 31
$1,870 63
Spelman Withdrawal,
$120 19
Abatement of O. A. A. Taxes,
$7 00
State Tax,
$157 50
Mass. State Park Tax,
14 93
Veterans' Exemption,
15 44
County Tax,
55 30
State Penalty,
25 00
$268 17
Water Liens,
$69 85
Tax Titles,
966 13
$1,035 98
Chapter 90,
$2,543 02
$38,384 38
LIABILITIES
Water Miscellaneous,
$42 34
Water Revenue,
$414 57
Water Surplus,
$552 65
Accounts Receivable :
Schools,
$331 54
Mothers' Aid,
8 32 34
$1,163 88
Trust Funds,
$483 60
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Overlay, 1936, Overlay, 1937,
$868 58
1,208 23
Overlay Reserve,
5,422 78
$7,499 59
Estimated Receipts,
$2,177 83
Tax Title Revenue,
$966 13
Departmental Revenue,
1,913 98
Motor Revenue,
331 33
$3,211 44
Revenue, 1937,
$5,088 18
Surplus and Deficiency,
$14,284 75
Spelman Annex,
$4,495 55
$39,384 38
HOWARD F. BAKER, Accountant.
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Report of Water Commissioners
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To the Citizens of Williamsburg,
Your Water Board Reports :
Through the cooperation of your Board of Selectmen a WPA project was received from the Federal Government for the replace- ment of an unsatisfactory two-inch galvanized steel pipe by a four- inch cast iron pipe in Village Hill Ave., this included the installa- tion of a Fire Hydrant.
This project was completed in the early summer and by using a larger pipe and putting it deeper in the earth a freezing problem was overcome and the installation of a Fire Hydrant gave the homes on the Avenue better fire protection which reduced fire insurance rates about 50 per cent.
A WPA group also furnished the labor to set out ten thousand four year old Red Pine trees near the brooks on the Water Shed.
The Water Board wants to take this opportunity to thank the personal of these WPA groups for their splendid cooperation on these two work projects.
The Dam at the intake reservoir was repaired during the sum- mer by removing large sections of rotted concrete and replacing with stronger new cement work.
At the spillway eanr the upper reservoir an erosion problem was developeing on the west bank. To over come this a heavy wall of stone and boulders were laid up and the channel of the water way straightened.
A new cement rubble foundation was put under the Gate House at the upper reservoir and the roof was reshingled.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Your water board recommends the installation of an automatic chlorinator this year.
It also recommends the laying of six hundred feet of four-inch pipe in the Old Hatfield Road, from Main Street, Haydenville to the
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home of George Dansereau and the installation of a Hydrant at the end of the line. This improvement rplaces an old, one and a quarter inch pipe which is in poor condition.
Respectfully submitted, GEO. A. THRESHER, Chairman, RAYMOND GRAY, CHAS. A. POWERS,
Water Commissioners.
RECEIPTS
Jan. 1, 1937, Outstanding,
$398 02
Jan. 1, 1937, Commitment,
2,080 24
July 1, 1937, Commitment,
1,960 33
Additional Charges,
92 31
Service Connection,
36 05
Rent of Pump,
1 00
Broken Hydrant,
31 50
Interest,
92 91
Miscellaneous,
19 86
$4,662 22
Paid Treasurer,
$4,110 99
Placed Liens,
231 46
Abatements,
205 86
$4,548 31
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1938,
$113 91
EXPENDITURES, VILLAGE HILL AVE.
Pipe and Fittings,
$147 11
Lead,
71 92
Cordage,
8 40
Melting Joints,
12 50
Transportation,
18 00
Truck and care use of,
2 42
Miscellaneous,
16 51
$276 86
Unexpended Balance,
14
$277 00
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REGULAR EXPENDITURE
Collector of Water Rents,
$150 00
Custodian,
50 00
Bond,
5 00
Liens,
60 00
$265 00
Office Supplies,
$38 41
Law,
50 60
$89 01
Maintenance,
$326 70
Material,
151 85
Surveying,
20 00
Labor,
562 80
$1,060 35
10,000 Pine Trees,
$120 00
$120 00
Tools,
$44 28
Trucking,
22 00
Care of Car,
19 65
Team,
18 77
Transportation,
30 65
WPA,
63 80
Plumbing,
22 05
Blacksmith,
24 00
Refund after Payment,
9 08
Repairs, Lower Dam,
95 12
Miscellaneous,
27 57
$376 97
$1,911 33
Unexpended Balance,
38 67
$1,950 00
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Collector's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I submit herewith my annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1937.
DEBITS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1937:
1934 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes, $617 60
1935 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes, 6,739 91
1936 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes, 14,873 85
1935 Poll Taxes,
2 00
1936 Poll Taxes,
78 00
1935 Excise Taxes,
20 23
1936 Excise Taxes,
585 05
Water Liens,
402 09
$23,318 73
Commitments :
1936 Excise, Feb. 15,
$43 01
1937 Poll, April 12,
1,056 00
1937 Real Est. and P. P., May 19,
41,215 78
1937 Excise, May 28,
1,224 78
Water Liens, June 19,
170 34
1937 Excise, June 21,
386 51
1937 Excise, July 12,
662 45
Water Liens, Sept. 22,
92 33
1937 Excise, Nov. 4,
318 60
1937 Poll, Dec. 23,
2 00
$45,171 80
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Refunds (abatement after payment) :
1936 Excise, 1937 Excise,
$20 46 63 94
$84 40
Total Debits,
$68,574 93
CREDITS
Collected and paid Town Treasurer:
1934 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes, $457 60
1935 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes, 6,078 48
1936 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes, 7,655 15
1937 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes, 26,832 50
1936 Poll Taxes,
40 00
1937 Poll Taxes,
928 00
1935 Excise Taxes,
20 23
1936 Excise Taxes,
578 40
1937 Excise Taxes,
2,178 07
Water Liens,
424 57
$45,193 00
Abatements :
1934 Personal Property Taxes,
$160 00
1935 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes,
536 51
1936 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes,
106 22
1937 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes,
221 60
1936 Excise Taxes,
34 47
1937 Excise Taxes,
125 05
1935 Poll Taxes,
2 00
1936 Poll Taxes,
8 00
1937 Poll Taxes,
32 00
$1,225 85
Other Credits:
1935 R. E. Transf. to Tax Title by Sale, $124 92
1936 R. E. Certified to Tax Titles, 233 45
1937 R. E. Certified to Tax Title, 220 11
Water Liens Certified for recommitment,
170 34
$748 82
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Outstanding Dec. 31, 1937:
1936 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes, $6,879 03 1937 Real Est. and Personal Property Taxes, 13,941 57
1936 Poll Taxes, 30 00
1937 Poll Taxes,
98 00
1936 Excise Taxes,
35 65
1937 Excise Taxes,
353 16
Water Liens,
69 85
$21,407 26
Total Credits,
$68,574 93
Respectfully submitted, LESLIE H. PACKARD, Collector of Taxes.
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Assessors' Report
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Appropriations to be raised, To be transferred,
$74,875 00
7,403 61
- $82,278 61
Bridge Loan,
$500 00
Haydenville School Loan,
2,500 00
State Tax,
2,415 00
State Audit,
5 27
State Parks and Reservations,
32 95
County Tax,
4,077 91
Overlay (of current year),
1,515 55
- $11,046 68
. $93,325 29
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax,
$8,591 34
Corporation Tax,
1,213 00
Motor Vehicle Excise,
1,600 00
Licenses,
1,000 00
General Government,
50 00
Fines,
50 00
Health and Sanitation,
600 00
Charities,
3,300 00
Old Age Assistance,
2,800 00
Schools,
9,500 00
Water Department,
4,200 00
Interest on Taxes and Assessments,
600 00
Reimbursement on State owned Lands,
38 43
$33,542 77 -
State Tax raised in 1936 in excess of amounts paid, $7 82
County Tax raised in 1936 in excess of amounts paid, 99 31
$107 13
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Transfers approved by Commissioner 4-3-36, 4-15-36 and 9-8-36, 7,403 61
Available Funds voted by the Town and ap- proved by the Commissioner, 10,000 00
$17,403 61
Total Deductions, $51,053 51
Net amount raised by taxation on polls and property at $33.00 per M, $42,271 78
$93,325 29
Value of Assessed Real Estate, $1,094,980 00
Value of Assessed Personal Property
(ex. Autos),
153,983 00
Total value of Assessed Estate, 1-1-37,
$1,248,963 00
No. of polls assessed,
528
persons assessed on property,
623
horses assessed,
73
cows assessed,
415
sheep assessed,
111
neat cattle assessed,
214
swine assessed,
43
fowls assessed,
9,708
dwelling houses assessed,
449
acres of land assessed,
15,043
RECAPITULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
Number of Vehicles assessed, 547
$91,090 00
Value of Vehicles assessed, Total Excise Tax,
$2,635 35
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN E. MCAVOY,
J. O. JONES,
FREDERICK A. NOBLE,
Board of Assessors.
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Report of Library Trustees
The Trustees of the Haydenville Library submit the following report for the year 1937.
Number of books, 3,110.
Number of books added, 161.
Circulation of books for year, 4,334.
Money collected for fines, $11.31.
Amount appropriated by town, $300.00.
EXPENDITURES
Librarian's Salary,
$49 50
Janitor,
29 50
Books,
204 34
Insurance,
9 50
Cards for filing cabinet,
5 10
Janitor's Supplies,
2 06
$300 00
LULA B. SMITH,
HATTIE A. METCALF,
MAUDE E. SANDERSON,
Trustees.
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REPORT OF MOUNTAIN STREET CEMETERY
Appropriation,
$50 00
Received from Finance Committee,
8 50
Care of Cemetery,
$58 50
Respectfully submitted,
ALLEN B. ADAMS,
Caretaker.
REPORT OF MOTH WORK
Appropriation, Expended, Number of clusters destroyed,
$300 00
300 00
66,320.
Respectfully submitted,
B. L. DOBBS,
Moth Supt.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
Appropriation, Expense of Labor and Trucking,
$50 00
47 20
Unexpended,
$2 80
Respectfully submitted,
SPENCER BICKFORD,
Tree Warden.
$58 50
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Report of Trust Fund Commissioners
ONSLOW G. SPELMAN SCHOOL FUND
Deposit in the
Haydenville Savings Bank,
$18,507 21
Conway Savings Bank,
5,000 00
Easthampton Savings Bank,
3,500 00
Nonotuck Savings Bank,
2,500 00
Florence Savings Bank,
1,500 00
Bond Accounts :
Florida Power & Light Co., 5% of 1954, 1,000 00
Interstate Power Co., 5% of 1957, 1,000 00
Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois, 5% of 1936, 2,000 00
Indiana General Service Co., 5% of 1948, 1,000 00
Indiana Gas Utilities, 5% of 1946,
1,000 00
$37,007 21
WHITING STREET FUND
Deposit in the Nonotuck Savings Bank,
$5,574 25
LYMAN D. WAITE FUND
Deposit in the Nonotuck Savings Bank,
$700 00
ELECTA WAITE FUND
Deposit in the Haydenville Savings Bank, 1,773 51
A. S. HILLS FUND
Deposit in the Easthampton Savings Bank, 5,000 00
C. J. HILLS FUND
Deposit in the Haydenville Savings Bank, 5,000 00
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DR. HENRY M. HILLS FUND
Deposit in the Haydenville Savings Bank, $15,046 40
BYRON LOOMIS SCHOOL FUND
Deposit in the
Holyoke Savings Bank,
$3,381 51
Haydenville Savings Bank,
2,030 00
Bond account:
Railway Express Agency, 5% of 1941, 2,000 00
$7,411 51
COLLINS SCHOOL FUND
Deposit in the Haydenville Savings Bank, $3,766 70
Bank Stocks:
20 shares Northampton National Bank & Trust Co., $2,000 00
20 shares National Shawmut Bank of Boston, 500 00
63 shares First National Bank of Northampton,
1,260 00
210 shares First National Bank of Greenfield,
2,100 00
10 shares Chase National Bank of New York,
200 00
12 shares Mechanics National Bank of Worcester,
1,200 00
1 share Amerex Holding Corporation,
$11,026 70
WARREN-WARNER FUND
Deposit in the Haydenville Savings Bank, $304 08
BAKER-GRAVES FUND
Deposit in the Haydenville Savings Bank,
$862 50
FREDERIC W. MAIN FUND
Deposit in the Haydenville Savings Bank,
$103 53
WILLIAM G. LOOMIS, ROSWELL S. JORGENSEN, ARTHUR J. POLMATIER, Commissioners.
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Report of School Committee
The School Committee reports a very busy year for 1937. We are proud to be able to report the completion of the Elizabeth Spel- man Annex to the Helen E. James School in Williamsburg. We are told that this school is now the equal of any school to be found in towns of our size throughout the state. It is now well lighted, well heated and well ventilated as new lighting, heating and ven- tilating units were put in throughout the building. New window shades were also put up throughout the building and new furniture purchased for one of the new class rooms. The desks and seats in the primary room were painted which greatly improved their ap- pearance.
Trouble was encountered with the sewer, so the old pipe was replaced with new iron pipe. This will eliminate similar trouble in the future. New fixtures were placed in the boys' toilet room.
At the Haydenville School, the play ground was graded and the openings of the tunnel that carries the brook through the school grounds were cemented over. Previously the openings were covered with planks and were a source of danger. All this we were able to do out of our school budget.
For the coming year we look forward to grading the lot so generously donated by Mrs. Wilbur M. Purrington in memory of her late husband, Wilbur M. Purrington, as an addition to the play ground of the Haydenville School.
In reference to the future at the Williamsburg School, we would like to call the attention of the citizens of the town to the lack of a library and a gymnasium. These are the only things lacking to make this school the ideal school. We hope some way can be found to provide them in the future.
As we conclude our report, we wish to thank all who have worked with us in the maintenance of our schools.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD F. BURKE, Chairman,
EDWARD H. SCHULER, MRS. FRANCES C. SNOW,
School Committee.
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WILLIAMSBURG
Calendar for 1938-1939
Schools open
September 6, 1938
Schools close
December 22, 1938
Christmas Holidays
Schools open
January 2, 1939
Schools close for one week
February 17, 1939
Winter Vacation
Schools open
February 27, 1939
Schools close for one week
April 14, 1939
Spring Vacation
Schools open
April 24, 1939
Grade schools close
June 16, 1939
High school closes
June 23, 1939
The usual holidays will be observed
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SCHOOL STATISTICS
for the year ending June, 1937
School
Boys enrolled
Girls enrolled
Ave. membership
Ave. Attendance
Per cent of
attendance
Aggregate
attendance
Williamsburg High
50
84 125.8
114.2
90.8
20,761.5
Grammar,
24
21
40.8
37.3
91.3
6,596.5
Intermediate,
14
31
43.5
39.1
89.8
6,878.5
Second Primary,
21
16
32.8
29.4
89.5
5,185
First Primary,
18
23
34.8
30.1
86
5,309.5
Haydenville Grammar 8,
14
11
23.9
22.4
93.7
3,957.5
Grade 7,
15
11
25.8
24.3
94.2
4,249
Grades 5 and 6,
20
17
31.8
29.7
93.3
5,253
Grades 4 and 5,
21
13
33.7
31.4
91.7
5,531
Grades 1, 2, 3,
11
18
27.8
25.7
92.9
4,558
Totals,
208 245 420.7
383.6 91.4
89,085.5
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Superintendent's Report
To the Members of the School Committee :
The annual report of the Superintendent of Schools is herewith submitted. It is the seventeenth of the present series and the thirty-sixth since the establishment of this school union.
The building of the new addition to the Helen E. James School was the outstanding event in the history of our schools during 1937. Four modern well eventilated, heated, and lighted classrooms were added to the present building. These rooms were greatly needed in order to get three classes out of the basement and to make room for our ever-growing high school. We now have all of the high school work in classrooms on the second floor, and all of the grade work on the first floor. This is a most efficient organization and is a distinct aid to all of the educational processes in this school.
The building committee was chosen at the annual town meeting and was composed of the following members: Selectmen, Leon B. Sanderson, Oakley Ames, Fred A. Noble; School Committee, Richard F. Burke, Mrs. Silas Snow, Edward H. Schuler; Superintendent of Schools, Lucius A. Merritt; Lay members, Ralph N. Graves, Thomas F. Dunphy. This committee was organized with Mr. R. F. Burke as chairman and Supt. L. A. Merritt as secretary. The com- mittee chose Mr. Frank Mahoney as architect, and, after plans and specifications were made and bids submitted, the LaFrance Company of Holyoke as the lowest bidder was selected to do the building. Both Mr. Mahoney and Mr. LaFrance received a vote of praise and appreciation for their fine work, at the final meeting of the build- ing committee.
Along with the building of this addition a new heating and ventilating system was installed in the Helen E. James' part of the building. This improvement had been needed for a number of years.
Practically all of the time the building was under construction school was in session. There was at times much noise and con- fusion, but our teachers and pupils went on with their regular work. They deserve much praise and commendation for their splendid at- titude during a rather trying period.
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We are pleased and satisfied with the new building, and know that it marks another milestone in the progress of education in Williamsburg as well as to the towns whose high school students it serves.
Spelman-Annex is the official name given to this new eddition by vote of the School Committee. This name was given in honor of Elizabeth Spelman who established the Spelman Fund for the "benefit of the schools in the village of Williamsburg." It is from the income of this fund that the bonds will be paid off as they come due. The first suggestion that the income of this fund be used to build this addition was made by the late Wilbur N. Purrington, who in his characteristic foresightedness, realized in 1924 that an addi- tion would have to be built sometime and that this fund offered the financial solution to that problem.
There was only one change in the teaching force during the year. Miss Phyllis Baker left us to teach in Old Lyme High School in Connecticut. She had taught English and Spoken English very successfully for us, and we were sorry to lose her. However, we were pleased to know of her advancement, both in salary and op- portunity.
Mr. Philip Melody of Lexington, Massachusetts, was elected to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Miss Baker. Mr. Melody is a graduate of the University of Illinois and has had six months teacher training experience in Champagne High School in Illinois. He was a varsity track man and has had experience in other fields of athletics. He has been appointed to coach athletics in our high school in addition to his regular teaching work.
The enrollment in the schools showed some unexpected changes. Instead of showing a gain of twelve as expected from registrations in June the high school showed a gain of only four. Some of these eight left school, others moved away or transferred to Smith's School. The high scholl enrolled 136. The grades showed a de- crease in both villages. Again Haydenville had a decrease from 146 in 1936 to 135 in 1937. This was due to a large graduating class and a small entering class. Williamsburg decreased from 165 to 149 between the two Septembers, a loss of 16. Although the entering grade was slightly larger, it did not offset the losses through removal and a large graduating class. There are some indications that first grades may be larger next September.
Transportation has been by the same buses as were used the previous year. One hundred and seventy-four children are being carried to school. The routes with the numbers being carried on each are as follows: Mountain Street, 36; South Street, 21; Hay-
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denville to Williamsburg, 66; Nash Street, 26; Searsville, 20; and Chesterfield Road, 8. The loads from Nash Street and from Hay- denville seem to be too large. Although both buses are allowed a twenty-five per cent overload by law, the children are croweded on these buses.
There were several important events in the life of the high school during the year. The debate teams and orators took part in the State tournament. The orators went to the New England tournament at Laconia, N. H., and the debaters went by invitation to the National Tournament at Jacksonville, Illinois. £ At the national meeting the debating coach, Mrs. R. A. Warner, was pre- sented with a medal of honor in recognition of the fine services she had rendered to debating in the high school of Massachusetts, and for the promotion of forensic activities in this state.
The boys' basket ball team was again invited to play at the Massachusetts State College Basket Ball Tournament. The team won its contest from a fine team from Bernardston, which was satis- factory ending of a good season.
The school was again honored by being named as one of the "high honor" schools at the Framingham meeting of high school principals. It had completed enough projects on peace to qualify for this award. Our Spoken English department will prepare and present programs over WSPR, beginning in January. Many of the members of these classes are excellent speakers and the broadcasts will give them an opportunity to increase the skill they have already acquired. The majority of our pupils are doing excellent class work and are thus helping to keep the high school as a grade "A" school.
A few changes in teaching assignments were made. The as- signments follow : Principal Anne T. Dunphy, three classes in Latin, one in French; Mrs. R. A. Warner, five classes in mathematics, one in U. S. History; Mr. Edward Foster, five classes science, one in world geography; Miss Mary T. Walsh, four classes in English, two in French; Mr. Philip Melody, two in English, two in Spoken English, one in World History, coaching, and assembly programs; Miss Elizabeth Moody, two in music; Miss Lilian Curran, four in typing. There are two sessions and seven periods in the high school day. The assignments in the grades are as follows: Miss Edith Derosia, grades seven and eight; Miss Nellie Dolan, grades five and six; Mrs. William Scully, grades three and four; Mrs. Sophie Eaton, grades one and two.
At Haydenville the organization was: Margaret Trainor, prin- cipal and grade eight; Mrs. James Hickey, grades six and seven; Miss Alice Dansereau, grades five and six; Mrs. John Breguet,
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grades three and four; Miss Mary Crampton, grades one and two. Miss Elizabeth Moody is supervisor of music for all the schools. She teaches drawing which she does voluntarily without compensa- tion. All of our teachers are graduates of approved teacher train- ing institutions or liberal arts colleges. They have done a good year's work and are commended for their efficient and faithful service.
The health work has been well taken care of by our school physicians, Dr. Charles Wheeler and Dr. Joseph Hobbs, and our nurses, Mrs. John Campbell and Mrs. John Jones. All health ex- aminations were made and clinics held. The recurrence of scarlet fever cases last winter and spring made it necessary for them to spend much more time on the school work than would have been necessary under ordinary circumstances. Dr. Joseph Kisiel has served as our school dentist. The problem of securing a more gen- eral use of this service is one that is still with us. It is hoped that many more will take advantage of this offering and have dental work done during 1938.
It was found after some consideration that the costs of opera- tion of the Williamsburg building would be somewhat higher after the addition was completed. Therefore the School Committee voted to increase the tuition rate from $75 per year to $85. This will mena about $400 a year more income and will about offset the in- crease in cost of operation.
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