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Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. GRAVES, Chairman, DR. JOSEPH R. HOBBS, GEORGE CHILDS.
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Report of the Police Department
Streets patrolled week-ends and holidays.
31 Accidents were reported and inspected by police.
9 Persons received injuries-none fatal.
4 Licenses were suspended by Registrar on request of the Chief-of-Police.
Several cars stopped and drivers warned.
20 Summons were served for outside Police Depart- ments.
49 Complaints were taken to District Court in 1951 as follows :
Delinquents
3
Drunkenness
7
Operating under the influence
2
Operating without license
3
Failing to show inspection sticker
4
Failing to keep to the right
5
Allowing improper person to operate
1
Accosting and annoying
1
Disturbing the peace
1
Carrying dangerous weapon
1
Driving so as to endanger
1
Speeding
4
Assault
1
Assault and Battery
10
Desertion
1
Neglect of Children
1
Lewd and lascivious cohabitation
2
Stop sign violations
1
Total of 41 Males and 8 Females.
Respectfuly submitted,
CHARLES H. CROSS,
Chief-of-Police.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1951
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School Organizatoin
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
*Warren E. McAvoy, Chairman, Tel. 4663 1954
Lauri S. Ronka, Tel. 281 1952
Mrs. Eleanor Ballway, Tel. 260
1953
SUPERINTENDENT
Lucius A. Merritt Tel. 229
Office, High School Tel. 4421
SUPERVISOR OF ART
Mrs. Olive Thayer, Cummington Tel. 2133
SUPERVISOR OF PENMANSHIP
Rinehart System directed by Mr. Childs
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
Olive A. Healy, West Chesterfield Tel. 2351
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Dr. Joseph Hobbs, Williamsburg Tel. 266
Dr. Charles Wheeler, Haydenville Tel. 260
SCHOOL NURSE
Margaret L. Madison, Williamsburg Tel. 3834
SUPERVISORS OF ATTENDANCE
Charles Cross, Williamsburg Tel. 259
Vardic Golash, Haydenville Tel. 3185
MEETINGS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Last Friday of each month
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TEACHERS' MEETINGS
At call of Superintendent
HELEN E. JAMES SCHOOL Tel. 4421
TEACHERS
Tel.
Principal, Anne T. Dunphy, Latin, Haydenville
4781
Robert M. Branch, Math., History,
61 Meadow Street, Florence 105-J
Gerald Ritter, Science, 53 Sanders Ave., Lowell 2-7413
Barbara J. Troisi, English, 70 Summer St.,
Somerville PRB-4438
Mrs. Frances M. Grinnell, Commercial, 32 Conz Street, Northampton 1348
Earl F. Tonet, Eng., History, French,
Athletic Coach, 29 Maple Street, Florence 3359-R
Martha L. Dickerman, 7 and 8, 106 Main Street, Spencer 8391
Nelle A. Dolan, 5 and 6, Haydenville 3693
Dorothy R. Colburn, 4 and 5, Williamsburg 4436
Margaret Breckenridge, 3, Williamsburg
3846
Priscilla Kostek, 2, Haydenville
Sophia D. Eaton, 1, Williamsburg 537
HAYDENVILLE SCHOOL Tel. 4912
TEACHERS
Principal, Margaret Trainor, 7 and 8, Haydenville Mrs. Marion Hickey, 5 and 6, Haydenville Mrs. Ruth Nash, 3 and 4, Williamsburg 3755
Mary Crampton, 1 and 2, Haydenville Mrs. Doris Tilley 3195
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1952-1953
1952
Wednesday, September 3 Schools open
Monday, October 13 Columbus Day. Schools closed
Friday, October 17 Schools closed
Franklin County Teachers' Conference
Tuesday, November 11 Armistice Day. Schools closed
Wednesday, November 26
All schools close at noon for Thanksgiving Recess. Monday, December 1 Schools open
Friday, December 19 All schools close at noon for Christmas Vacation
1953
Monday, January 5 Schools open
Friday, February 20 All schools close at the end of the end of regular session for Winter Vacation Monday, March 2 Schools open
Friday, April 3 Good Friday. Schools closed
Friday, April 17 All schools close at the end of regular session for Spring Vacation
Monday, April 27 Schools open
Friday, June 12
Elementary schools close for the summer
Thursday, June 18 High School Graduation
Friday, June 19 Schools close
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SCHOOL CENSUS-OCTOBER 1951
16 yrs. or
Williamsburg
5-7 yrs.
7-16 yrs.
Over
Boys
14
90
15
Girls
7
93
16
Total
21
183
31=235
Haydenville
Boys
14
81
13
Girls
11
65
6
Total
25
146
19=190
Combined Totals
46
329
50=425
SCHOOL STATISTICS June 30, 1951
Boys Enrolled
Girls Enrolled
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
Aggregate
Attendance
WILLIAMSBURG
High Grades 9-12
36
56
83.587
79.341
379.287
8522.
Grades 7 & 8
21
18
35.26
33.79
95.35
5964.5
Grades 5 & 6
19
19
37.97
36.20
95.33
6387.
Grades 4 & 5
20
12
32.90
31.42
95.52
5554.5
Grades 2 & 3
17
23
39.43
95.27
6650.
Grades 1
24
9
30.93
37.57 29.08
94.12
5138.5
HAYDENVILLE
Grades 7 & 8
14
10
23.10
21.88
94.68
3873.
Grades 5 & 6
17
18
35.00
33.31
95.33
5897.
Grades 3 & 4
17
13
28.27
27.09
95.80
4795.
Grades 1 & 2
15
19
33.20
31.63
95.22
5588.5
Totals
200
197
379.747
361.311 1235.907
58,370.00
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NET EXPENDITURES FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
YEAR 1951
Total Expenditures for Support from All Sources $68,786.06
Income on Account of Schools:
1. State Wards' Tuition and Transportation $608.65 Due
2. Boston Wards' Tuition and Transportation 560.64 Due
3. High School Tuition 3,834.96
4. Transportation and Reimburse- ment Chap. 679
3,566.25
5. Superintendent's Salary Reimbursement 1,775.83
6. School Aid, Chap. 643
17,678.90
7. £ Smith School Tuition
Reimbursement
1,073.20
8. Smith School Transportation Reimbursement
9. Collins Fund
923.92
10. Ethel Curry Fund
20.00
11. Spellman Fund
904.11
12. Sanders Fund
130.16
13. Hyde Fund
60.08
14. Byron Loomis Fund
177.44
15. Cash Sent to Treasurer
26.72
16. Athletic Fund
28.05
Total Income 31,368.91
Net Expenditures from Local Taxation $37,417.15
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Report of the School Committee
Greetings :
We are again privileged to report on the progress of your school system and to convey our sincere thanks for the cooperation we have received during the past year.
Your system has received its first shock wave in enrollment of pupils necessitating the employment of a part time teacher in September at the Haydenville School. The Williamsburg School also was affected and during the fall the conditions were corrected by the re- arranging of rooms and employment of a full time teach- er. We are grateful to the faculty members for their cooperation in this matter as we realize that the routine to which they were accustomed had to be rearranged with time and patience. We had not looked for this condition to exist to this proportion until 1952.
Books and classroom supplies have been mounting in cost since the war and the continuance of rise in cost is anticipated during 1952 in an amount estimated at about 7%.
The town experienced the largest enrollment in the Smith's Agricultural School during 1951 that has been known for several years. This is of importance to us as it demonstrates the realization of the young people to protect themselves with a knowledge of a trade. State statistics show an increase in school attendance by the
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5-7 year age group at a rate of 9.7% and a decrease in the attendance of the 16 year and over group of 9.6%. Therefor, we can see that that part of the decrease of the older group attending high schools are availing them- selves, through vocational school education, of an oppor- tunity to qualify themselves in the role of self supporting citizens.
Serious problems face us in the maintenance of our present system with the growing population. Much time, thought and consideration is due this problem for the future economy and educational service of the town.
In view of the need of room for athletic purposes thru the loss of the use of the American Legion Hall, the restricted area at the Town Hall for the modern basket- ball game, and the full practice schedule of the school system including the Haydenville Grammar School and the high school boys and girls teams, a colprovia court was constructed on the old tennis court area. This court has been used as long as weather permitted. In addition to school activities it has received considerable use by the young people of the town as an addition to the play- ground.
Well directed participation in sports by both boys and girls is beneficial as disciplinary education in promo- ting alertness, coordination and more particularly the general acceptance of the responsibility of cooperation with one another, a prime requisite in maintaining a har- monious civic life which is a demand of responsible so- ciety. All endeavors that contribute toward such a goal should be whole-heartedly supported by the members of the school system and the townspeople.
The present day cost of operations are reflected in the supervision and maintenance of your school plant as it has affected everyone in his business or home. We
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submit, following this report, a recapitulation of school expenditures for 1951 as well as a gross cost and net cost perpupil; also a comparison of costs of the year of 1940- 41 with 1950-51
Respectfully submitted, WARREN E. MCAVOY LAURI S. RONKA ELEANOR W. BALLWAY School Committee.
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PETITION RECEIVED BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Members of the School Board:
It is the feeling of the Teachers' Association of the towns of Worthington, Chesterfield and Williamsburg that an increased salary and a salary schedule should be made for the following reasons :
1. Teachers' salaries here, as in most towns, are too low.
2. A good salary schedule improves the stability, efficiency, professional standards and morale of the teach- ing staff.
3. The present salaries are not sufficient to enable teachers to afford a reasonable standard of living, to keep up professionally to accumulate reasonable savings.
.4. It is difficult for the superintendent to hire com- petent, efficient, qualified teachers for our school system. The effect is a high rate of change and turnover, a reduc- tion in the number of experienced teachers. These fac- tors in turn tend to diminish the general level of class- room efficiency.
5. Good salary schedules are the best guarantee of a suitable program of education for our youth and of a staff of teachers whose permanent professional interests tend to be in the children of the towns.
In order to avoid a complicated salary schedule with definite steps which would be very difficult to inaugurate with teachers who have been in the system for several years, we would further suggest a minimum yearly salary of $2,200, a maximum of $3,200, and yearly increments of $100 until the maximum is reached. In order not to penalize the teachers or the town we feel that a blanket raise of $300 will be the most equitable adjustment that can be made. We suggest that the $300 raise be put in
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force January 1, 1952 and yearly increments start Sep- tember 1, 1953. All teachers in the present system will start their increases as of September 1, 1953.
In towns where a definite step-rate schedule was set up, the town found it necessary to jump many teachers as much as $1,000 in order to conform to the schedule. We seek to avoid this burden to the town with a smaller blan- ket raise for all. In view of the fact that the Massachu- setts Teachers Federation has petitioned the General Court to aid in securing a $700 salary increase for each teacher, we believe this blanket raise of $300 to be a rea- sonable one.
The annual step-rate increase of each teacher is de- pendent on continued satisfactory service and earning by him at least two semester hours of credit every three years.
Naturally it is expected that the School Committee together with the Superintendent depart from this sched- ule in instances of salaries of principals, coaches and any other positions beyond classroom teaching which the committee may deem it necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
THE SALARY COMMITTEE, MR. ROBERT BRANCH, Chairman, MRS. FRANCES GRINNELL, Secretary.
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Withholding
Teachers' Salaries
Net
Retirement $165.00
Tax
Blue Cross $35.29
Gross $3,300.00
Anne T. Dunphy
$2,613.31
$486.40
Robert M. Branch
2,397.74
129.96
6.30
66.00
2,600.00
Maria A. Lovechio
1,344.40
83.36
221.60
17.20
1,666.56
Barbara J. Troisi
626.10
38.32
99.20
3.10
766.72
Frances Grinnell
2,114.04
129.96
356.00
2,600.00
Gerald Ritter
1,901.24
116.70
312.40
3.10
2,333.44
Earl F. Tonet
2,266.76
140.04
393.20
2,800.00
Martha L. Dickerman
2,085.00
129.96
356.00
29.04
2,600.00
Nelle A. Dolan
2,115.00
129.96
326.00
29.04
2,600.00
Dorothy R. Colburn
2,007.12
125.04
338.80
29.04
2,500.00
Priscilla Kostek
279.91
16.92
41.50
338.33
Margaret Breckinridge
1,889.04
114.96
296.00
2,300.00
Sophia D. Eaton
2,107.12
125.04
238.80
29.04
2,500.00
Margaret E. Trainor
2,154.06
135.00
374.40
36.54
2,700.00
Marion C. Hickey
1,913.76
125.04
461.20
2,500.00
Persis Ritchie
1,210.40
73.36
182.80
1,466.56
Ruth Nash
702.76
36.68
96.00
835.44
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Mary E. Crampton
2,129.52
125.04
216.40
29.04
2,500.00
Evelyn Kmit
98.20
9.80
108.00
Hazel M. Warner
186.00
186.00
L. R. McKusick
42.00
42.00
Doris Tilley
378.20
9.60
44.20
432.00
$32,561.68
$1,949.94
$4,857.00
$306.43
$39,675.05
Nurse :
Margaret Madison
$590.20
$9.80
$600.00
Janitor's Salaries :
G. V. Warner
$2,083.20
$16.80
$2,100.00
H. M. Bisbee
2,025.72
$74.28
2,100.00
R. M. Mathers, Jr.
24.00
$24.00
W. E. Lynch, Sr. 3.00
$3.00
$4,315.92
$16.80
$74.28
$4,227.00
Penmanship:
Rinehart Handwriting
System
$480.00
$480.00
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Drawing Teacher: Olive M. Thayer $383.11
$26.31
$1.30
$89.28
$500.00
Music Teacher: Olive A. Healy 856.28
$41.30
$2.42
$900.00
Clerical Assistant: Ruth M. Dresser
$1,044.79
$122.40
$32.81
$1,200.00
Superintendent's Salary : L. A. Merritt $2,164.23
$350.80
$89.28
$2,604.31
School Committee:
Eleanor W. Ballway
$50.00
$50.00
Lauri S. Ronka
50.00
$50.00
Warren E. McAvoy
100.00
$50.00
$150.00
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Numbers after names represents number of trans- actions in payments.
Janitor's Supplies :
A. M. Condon 6 $170.63
H. W. Fitzpatrick Master 1 1.95
Foster Farrar Company 6
30.32
F. N. Graves & Son 1
.65
Acme Chemical Company 2
116.32
Alpha Chemical Company 1
24.81
C. K. Hathaway 1
.55
R. F. Burke 3
32.69
Reardon Brothers 4
23.05
Thacker Craig Company 1
64.20
J. F. Kerns 1
6.66
Federal Supply Company 1
1.95
J. & I. Holcombe Co. 1
11.80
$485.58
Union Expenses :
L. A. Merritt 8
$186.90
$186.90
Physicians :
J. R. Hobbs, M.D. 1
$150.00
C. H. Wheeler 1
100.00
$250.00
Transportation :
F. N. Graves & Son 10
$3,200.00
Barbara Smart 10
1,575.00
Frank Vayda 4
182.00
E. D. Beals 7
35.50
H. H. Snyder 7
444.50
Leon Burt 2
45.00
Alfred S. Nichols 1
18.00
W. . Kellogg, Jr. 1
29.50
M. S. Rolland 1
86.00
Elson Hathaway 1
2.00
$5,617.50
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Fuel :
Williamsburg Fuel & Ice Co. 4 $2,236.73
Fred. S. Dewey 1 15.00
$2,251.73
Repairs :
Chuck's Radio Shop 1 $2.66
W. L. Miller 1 22.00
Northampton Commercial College 2
30.55
O. I. Hayes
25.00
E. P. Pollen
46.66
G. R. Mougin
23.22
Auto. Combustion Eq. Co.
69.50
F. N. Graves & Son 2
2.25
J. L. Hammett Co. 1
21.11
Foster Farrar Co. 2
26.83
W. F. Tetro
2.00
A. M. Condon
67.20
Gilbert & LaCourse
19.65
Smith Glass Company
5.00
Smith's Agric. School
12.84
Movie Center 2
18.42
Auburn Foundry
2.76
$397.65
Sundries :
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 10
$200.09
Water Department 2
80.00
Jones, The Florist
15.00
Hampshire Home Gas
3
44.50
Anne T. Dunphy 5
49.58
P. & F. Corbin
4.12
Packard's Soda Shoppe
4
9.47
Gilbert Sears
12.82
Gazette Printing Company
5.75
H. S. Gere & Son 2
12.87
Ruth Anne McAvoy
3.84
Gerald Ritter
6.52
Margaret Trainor
10.00
$454.56
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Books :
C. E. Merrill Co. 3 24.98
MacMillan Co. 2 25.12
American Book Co. 2
23.44
Ginn & Company 4
122.78
Olive A. Healy
3.00
Gregg Pub. Co. 2
3.60
South West Pub. Co. 2
15.99
Follett Pub. Co. 2
232.55
Lyons & Carnahan
13.84
Houghton Mifflin Co. 2
52.94
Emil Ascher Inc. 2
7.04
Allyn & Bacon 2
40.27
L. W. Singer
8.35
Oxford Book Company
14.79
J. C. Winston Co. 3
76.15
Benton Review
6.98
Harcourt & Brace 2
28.13
C. C. Birchard 2
26.29
American School & Univ.
4.00
J. B. Lippincott 8
60.59
Row, Peterson & Co. 5
55.13
D. C. Heath
3.46
McCormick-Mathers Co. 3
9.40
Boston Music Co.
14.63
Margaret E. Trainor
2.50
Iroquois Pub. Co. 5
141.44
Scott, Foresman Inc. 12
329.60
World Book Company 3
15.30
Stanford Univ. Press
.85
Time
5.00
Life
7.95
Myers & Carrington
7.74
Eldridge Book Co.
7.92
$1,391.75
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Class Room Supplies :
The Gregg Writer 1 $19.17
J. L. Hammett Company 19 985.32
Holden Pat. Book Cover Co. 2.68
R. P. Alexander Co. 2
36.38
Northampton Commercial College
34.85
Scott, Foresman Inc. 2
11.05
Deynoyer-Geppert & Co.
1.00
Cambosco Scientific Co.
3
11.74
Sincage Printing Co. 2
20.00
Underwood Corp. 3 14.20
General Biological Supply
14.57
United Scientific Company
1.73
$1,152.69
Office Supplies :
W. S. Smith, P. M. 3
$54.34
Gazette Printing Co. 5
53.25
American Schood Bd. Jour.
3.00
Harlow & Fennessey
3.10
C. F. Williams
1.32
Underwood Corp.
3.50
R. P. Alexander Co. 2
17.11
Sincage Printing Co.
15.00
$150.62
Athletics & Transportation:
M. S. Rolland 2
$59.00
T. A. Purseglove Co. 6
230.40
Maida Riggs
10.00
Esquire Cleaners
14.50
Edward Ames
10.00
H. H. Snyder
18.00
Margaret Trainor
4.00
Elson Hathaway
4.80
Ruth Mongeau 2
34.00
Rex M. Cate 2
44.00
Mary Bell
5.00
Hannah Todd
5.00
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Ruth Spear
5.00
Marjory Harris
5.00
Raymond Lucey
10.00
Charles MacDonald
10.00
Earl F. Tonet 2
23.66
Charles Sabo 2
108.00
Gerald Larkin Post 2
80.00
Harry J. Epstein
4.42
$684.78
Tuition :
Smith's Agric. School 9
$3,047.63
Holyoke Trade School
7.65
$3,055.28
Lights:
Northampton Elec. Light. Co. 10
$629.35
$629.35
New Equipment :
Winthrop Foster
$88.64
J. L. Hammett Co. 2
75.02
Beckley Cardy Co.
8.25
E. E. Babb Co. 2
393.50
Grife's Dept. Store
11.92
Deynoyer-Geppert Co.
93.78
Valley Cinema Co.
16.95
Worthington School Dept
51.00
Less: E. E. Babb Co.
191.25
Payment Stopped
$547.81
Basket Ball Court:
Raymond A. Black
$20.00
S. J. Wanczyk
$748.50
E. C. Addis Co.
4.40
S. Carlson & Co.
2.50
Frank Smith
11.20
Bernard Bachand
9.60
Robert Bisbee
1.20
Bisbee Brothers 2
8.40
$805.80
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Insurance :
Damon Insurance Agency
$277.20
$277.20
$68,786.06
E. E. Babb Co. check payment stopped
191.25
$68,977.31
Appropriation
$65,331.00
Transfers :
Sanders Fund
208.48
Collins Fund
1,606.28
Overdrawn
1,831.55
$68,977.31
Item
1940-41
1951
358 pupils
400 pupils
Increase 12
School expenditures
$34,257.22 $68,786.06
100.7 %
Reimbursed (orcertified in 1951)
16,926.18
30,803.27
82
%
Net cost
$17,331.04 $37,982.78
119
%
Per pupil cost gross
95.66
171.96
80
%
Per pupil cost net
48.41
94.97
96
%
State average gross
107.64
222.86
107
%
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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. This report is number thirty-one in the present series and number fifty since the establish- ment of the present school union.
The proper education and training of our young peo- ple is essential to the preservation and maintenance of our democratic way of life. In order to conduct a school pro- gram that will provide opportunities for such develop- ment, there must be adequate classroom space and equip- ment. At present Haydenville has sufficient room for class work but no room for physical education and recrea- tion. Williamsburg is already beginning to be over- crowded and only a part of the higher birth rate has en- tered first grade. This high birth rate began in 1946 with 45 births and has continued since then to average 45 each year. The year 1950 saw the high of 56 reached. When compared with an average of 30 per year before that time, it is a conservative estimate to say that be- tween 90 and 100 more children will be in our schools with- in the next six years than would have been the case had the old birth rate continued. We are now using one room in the high school section and one in the basement which shows the need of more space for classroom work.
The school should have an all-purpose room that can be used for a physical education program for all of the pupils who attend here. This room should be built to
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serve as an auditorium and as a recreation center as well. It could also be used as a cafeteria if the town decided to provide this service.
A noteworthy improvement in our playground was made during the summer when a hard-surfaced basket- ball court was constructed. This has been used as a coaching center as well as for recreation and is of a de- cided help in the development of our basketball team.It has been much appreciated by both coach and players.
There was one change in the teaching staff of the high school in June. Miss Maria Lovechio who had been the teacher of English resigned in order to study for her master's degree. Miss Lovechio had been an excellent teacher of English and it was with regret that her resig -. nation was accepted.
Miss Barbara J. Troisi of Somerville was elected to fill this vacancy. Miss Troisi graduated from Boston Unversity in 1951 where she majored in English. She had her practce teaching in Newton High School.
The changes in the grades were caused by the resig- nation of Miss Persis Ritchie, and the addition of two other teachers to the staff. The vacancy caused by Miss Ritchie's resignation was filled by the appointment of Mrs. Ruth Nash of Williamsburg to teach grades 3 and 4 in Haydenville. Mrs. Nash is a graduate of North Adams Teachers College and has had 18 years of experi- ence. Because of the large enrolment in the primary room at Haydenville, it was decided to provide a part- time teacher there. Mrs. Doris Tilley of Williamsburg was appointed for that work. Mrs. Tilley is a graduate of Westfield Teachers College and has had several years successful experience in the Northampton schools. Mrs Evelyn Kmit was appointed part-time assistant to grades 2 and 3 in September. Mrs. Kmit is a graduate of North
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Adams Teachers College. Because of the difficulty of finding space to hold classes, the 7th and 8th grades were moved to a high school room, and a second grade room was organized. Since Mrs. Kmit could not give full time to this class Mrs. Prisclla Kostek was elected to teach this grade. Mrs. Kostek is a graduate of North Adams Teach- er's College and has had one year of experience teaching in Dalton.
The organization of the high school for September was as follows: Principal, Anne T. Dunphy, two classes in Latin, all guidance work; Mr. Robert Branch, four classes in math, and two in U. S. History, director of audio-visual education; Mr. Gerald Ritter, five classes in science, one in junior business, one in driver education and training and local history; Miss Barbara J. Troisi, five classes in English, one in speech training, assembly programs, school publications, and debating; Mrs. Frances Grinnell, three classes in typing, one in stenography, one in office practice, and one in bookkeeping, school pub- lications ; Mr. Earl Tonet two classes in English three in French, one in world history, coach of boys athletics ; Miss Olive Healy, one in glee club and one in orchestra.
There are three plans of study offered in the high school program. A choice can be made by students of the college preparatory course, the general course, or the cmmercial course. As extra-curricular activities stu -- dents may participate in boys' and girls' athletic teams, glee club, the orchestra, debating, the school play, and school publications. Driver training is offered to those who are near the age when they are ready to obtain their drivers' licenses. The school is on a one session plan which begins at 9:00 A.M. and ends at 3:00 P.M. Audio- visual service is furnished, also.
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The school has a staff of highly trained teachers fifty percent of whom hold master's degrees in the field of study in which they are teaching. This training com- pares well with most high schools in the State and places our high school in the upper sixth among the 96 high schools in towns under 5000 population.
The high school has a right to be proud of the excel- lent record of its recent graduates. Those who have en- tered colleges have continued to maintain the same high records of accomplishment that they had here.
The development of a basketball team has been very difficult because of the lack of a gymnasium in which to practice and play. Nevertheless Mr. Tonet has worked hard with our boys outdoors and sometimes inside at Smith's school gym teaching those skills which have pro- duced an excellent team.
The changes made at the Helen E. James grade school have greatly improved the teaching situation there. Now the first three grades are single grades in each classroom. The organization follows : Miss Martha Dickerman, grades 7 and 8; Miss Nelle Dolan, grades 5 and 6; Mrs. Dorothy Colburn, grades 4 and 5; Mrs. Margaret Breckenridge, grade 3; Mrs. Priscilla Kostek, grade 2, and Mrs. Sophia Eaton, grade 1.
At Haydenville, Miss Margaret Trainor was assigned to the principalship and to teach grades 7 and 8; Mrs. Mar- ion Hickey to grades 5 and 6; Mrs. Ruth Nash to grades 3 and 4; Miss Mary Crampton to grades 1 and 2; Mrs. Doris Tilley was appointed as the primary assistant.
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