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During the summer Miss Kemp from the Federation spent some time with us going over our books, discarding a great many of the older books which accounts for the 217 discards.
Mrs. Charles Kellogg resigned as librarian in June and Mrs. Maude Sanderson took over through the sum- mer months to do a thorough job of recataloguing before Mrs. Francis Demerski became librarian in October.
This year we have had a much needed job of redeco- rating done on the interior of the building as well as nec- essary repairs to the furnace. We are now hoping to have work done on the floor and to paint the trim on the outside.
Number of books 3189
Number of books added 82
Number of books discarded 217
Circulation 3169
Money appropriated by town $400.
Money collected from fines $22.01
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Library
Expenditures
Librarian
$82.00
Janitor
19.85
Books
143.42
Lights
15.00
Fuel
12 00
Building repairs
100.00
Furnace repairs
12.55
$284.82
Respectfully submitted,
LORA PHINNEY,
MAUDE E. SANDERSON,
LULA B. SMITH,
Trustees.
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Tree Warden
Report of Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent
ELM TREE DISEASE
Spraying
$321.10
MOTH EXTERMINATION
Spraying
146.25
Labor
TREE WARDEN 401.00
Five large trees and limbs have been removed.
FRANK VAYDA,
Tree Warden and Moth Supt.
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Board of Health
Report of Board of Health
The Board of Health submits the following report for the period from January 1, 1952, to December 31, 1952. A Well Child Clinic in Williamsburg and Hay- denville was held in each village school.
The board gave out a rubbish collection contract as far as our budget would allow. This was collected reg- ularly each month and met with favorable comment.
The Board has maintained careful inspections of our animals and slaughters, with the able work of our in- spectors.
The Board has had many calls in the past year con- cerning nuisances and unsanitary properties. We have to the best of our ability tried to improve them. Eating and drinking places have been visited, approved or cen- sored. Communicable diseases have been recorded as re- quired by law.
We are very disappointed, as we feel that many of you are, on the garbage collections this past year. We have submitted an article in the town warrant, asking the town to approve garbage and rubbish collections on a fee basis.
It is the belief of this department that it will be possible under a service charge basis, to provide you with more effective and satisfactory services.
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Board of Health
The Board wishes to ask all who dump in our public dumps to please dump on the embankment and not in the road. The abuse of our dumping area costs us money. We ask all to share responsibility to correct abuses in our town dumps.
The Board of Health like other branches of commu- nity government depends for its success upon the co-opera- tion of the citizens.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE M. CHILDS, Chairman, MARY ELIZABETH GRAVES, DR. JOSEPH R. HOBBS,
Board of Health.
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Police Department
Report of the Police Department
Streets patrolled week-ends and holidays
Twenty accidents were reported and inspected by the police.
Nine persons received injuries-none fatal.
Six licenses suspended by the Registrar on request of the Chief.
Several cars stopped and drivers warned.
Twenty-four summons were served for outside de- partments.
One warrant served for outside department.
Forty-one complaints taken before the District Court Delinquents 1
Drunkenness
6
Operating under the influence
2
Operating without license
6
Failing to have windshield sticker
7
Failing to keep to the right
4
Speeding
7
Failing to use hand signal
1
Failing to pass at a safe distance to the left 1
Driving after revocation of license
1
Assault and battery
1
Adultery
2
Stop sign violations
2
Thirty-two males Nine females
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. CROSS,
Chief of Police.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG
FOR THE
6 )
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1952
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School Organization
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Warren E. McAvoy, Chairman, Tel. 4663 1954
Norman F. Graves, Tel. 248 1955
Mrs. Eleanor Ballway, Tel. 260 1953
SUPERINTENDENT
Lucius A. Merritt
Tel. 229
Office, High School Tei. 4421
SUPERVISOR OF ART
Mr. Raymond T. Drew
SUPERVISOR OF PENMANSHIP
Rinehart System directed by Mr. Childs
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
Olive M. Healy, West Chesterfield Tel. 2351
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Dr. Joseph Hobbs, Williamsburg Tel. 266
Dr. Charles Wheeler, Haydenville Tel. 260
SCHOOL NURSE
Mrs. Barbara Swanda, Williamsburg Tel. 572
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, Civics, Haydenville 4781
Robert M. Branch, Math., History, 61 Meadow Street, Florence 105 .- J
Kenneth A. Wheeler, Science, 66 Main St., Shirley 1348
Nancy J. Carson, English, 49 Ocean Ave., Salem 055027
Mrs. Frances M. Grinnell, Commercial,
32 Conz Street, Northampton 1348
Earl F. Tonet, History, French, Athletic Coach, 29 Maple Street, Florence 3359-R
Principal, Edith Foster, Grade 7, Williamsburg
Martha L. Dickerman, Grade 8, 106 Main St., Spencer 8391
Nelle A. Dolan, Grades 5 and 6, Haydenville 3693
Dorothy R. Colburn, Grades 4 and 5, Williamsburg 4436
Margaret Breckenridge, Grade 3, Williamsburg 3846
Priscilla Kostek, Grade 2, Haydenville 4725
Sophia D. Eaton, grade 1, Williamsburg 537
HAYDENVILLE SCHOOL
Tel. 4912
TEACHERS
Principal, Margaret Trainor, Grades 7 and 8, Haydenville
Mrs. Marion Hickey, Grades 5 and 6, Haydenville
Mrs. Ruth Nash, Grades 3 and 4, Williamsburg 3755
Mary Crampton, Grade 1, Haydenville
Mrs. Doris Tilley, Grade 2, Williamsburg 3195
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1953-1954
Wednesday, September 9, 1953
Schools open
Monday, October 11, 1953 All schools closed
Columbus Day
Friday, October 16, 1953 Franklin County
Teachers' Conference. All schools closed
Wednesday, November 11, 1953 All schools closed
Armistice Day
Wednesday, November 25, 1953 Thanksgiving Recess
All schools close at noon
Monday, November 30, 1953 Schools open
Friday, November 18, 1953 All schools close at noon for the Christmas vaca- tion
Monday, January 4, 1954 Schools open
Friday, February 19, 1954 Winter Vacation
All schools close at the end of the regular session Monday, March 2, 1954 Schools open
Friday, April 3, 1953
Good Friday
All schools closed
Friday, April 16, 1954 Spring Vacation All schools close at the end of the regular session
Monday, April 16, 1954 Schools open
Monday, May 31, 1954 Memorial Day
All schools closed
Friday, June 12, 1954
Elementary schools close for summer
Thursday, June 17, 1954 High School Graduation
Friday, June 18, 1954 High School Closes
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SCHOOL CENSUS - OCTOBER, 1952
16 yrs. or
Williamsburg
5-7
7-16
Over
Boys
16
63
8
Girls
18
70
1
Total
34
133
9 == 176
Haydenville
Boys
19
91
11
Girls
17
81
13
Total
36
172
24-232
Combined Totals
70
305
33-408
SCHOOL STATISTICS June 30, 1952
Boys Enrolled
Girls Enrolled
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Percent of
Attendance
Aggregate
Attendance
WILLIAMSBURG
High Grades 9-12
35
48
78.81
75.56
94.72
13601.5
Grades 7 & 8
21
21
42.33
39.05
92.74
6806.5
Grades 5 & 6
17
19
35.64
33.32
93.27
5790.5
Grades 4 & 5
17
18
34.09
31.67
92.97
5494.5
Grade 3
14
12
23.13
19.96
94.57
3812.0
Grade 2
16
7
22.22
19.97
87.63
3474.0
Grade 1
15
7
22.89
21.10
92.22
3651.5
HAYDENVILLE
Grades 7 & 8
15
19
33.37
33.13
93.21
5404.0
Grades 5 & 6
18
10
27.91
26.34
94.41
4573.0
Grades 3 & 4
17
15
32.70
30.28
92.57
5250.0
Grades 1 & 2
20
23
41.69
38.41
92.10
6670.5
Totals
295 199 394.25 368.79
92.73
64528.0
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NET EXPENDITURES FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
YEAR 1952
Total Expenditures for Support from All Sources $77,479.37
Income on Account of Schools :
1. State Wards' Tuition and Transportation 568.46
2. Boston Wards' Tuition and Transportation 512.20
3. High School Tuition 4,307.90
4. Transportation and Reimburse- ment Chap. 679 3,138.25
5. Cash sent to Treasurer
70.95
6. Superintendent's Salary Reimbursement 1,800.07
7. State Aid, Chap. 643
19,907.03
8. Smith School Reimbursement
1,400.71
9. Collins School Fund 995.51
10. Ethel Curry Fund
42.50
11. Spelman School Fund 956.08
12. Sanders School Fund 149.82
13. Hyde School Fund
68.75
14. Helen E. James School Fund
15. Byron Loomis School Fund 363.34
Total income 34,281.57
Net Expenditures from Local Taxation $43,197.80
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Report of the School Committee
Greetings :
Your school committee wishes to thank the towns- people for their support during the past year. We have endeavored to maintain a constructive educational pro- gram and an economical maintenance system. Due to a larger enrollment in the grammar school in the Helen E. James Building a new classroom was furnished and a new teacher engaged; a like situation will arise in the Hay- denville building in 1953. The manner in which we ex- pended the $75,000.00 appropriated for the Williamsburg Schools is as follows :
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Teachers' Salaries
Net Paid
Retirement
Tax
Blue Cross Expend‹ d
Anne T. Dunphy
$2,646.98
$170.00
$547.20
$35.82
$3,400.00
Robert M. Branch
2,478.14
134.96
17.60
69.30
2,700.00
Barbara J. Troisi
1,217.12
76.64
214.40
25.20
1,533.36
Nancy J. Carson
643.20
40.00
116.80
800.00
Frances D. Grinnell
2,199.44
134.96
365.60
2,700.00
Earl F. Tonet
2,357.48
148.36
460.80
2,966.64
Martha L. Dickerman
2,125.62
134.96
409.60
29.82
2,700.00
Nelle A. Dolan
2,125.62
134.96
409.60
29.82
2,700.00
Dorothy R. Colburn
2,051.34
130.04
388.80
29.82
2,600.00
Priscilla Kostek
1,814.40
111.68
307.20
2,233.28
Margaret Breckinridge
1,936.04
119.96
344.00
2,400.00
Sophia D. Eaton
2,051.34
130.04
388.80
29.82
2,600.00
Margaret E. Trainor
2,321.88
140.00
302.30
35.82
2,800.00
Ruth Nash
1,736.96
115.04
448.00
2,300.00
Mary E. Crampton
2,178.04
130.04
262.10
29.82
2,600.00
Doris Tilley
1,096.25
61.48
263.40
18.15
1,439.28
Marion C. Hickey
1,946.76
130.04
523.20
2,600.00
Gerald Ritter
1,311.76
83.36
246.40
25.20
1,666.72
School Committee
Withholding
Kenneth A. Wheeler Edith D. Foster
693.72
43.32
129.60
866.64
882.00
50.00
68.00
1,000.00
Substitutes :
Hazel M. Warner
195.00
195.00
Lula B. Smith
85.50
85.50
L. R. McKusick
9.00
9.00
Evelyn Kmit
9.00
9.00
$36,112.59
$2,219.84
$6,213.40
$358.59
$44,904.42
Superintendent: L. A. Merritt
2,169.66
405.80
99.54
2,675.00
Janitors :
H. M. Bisbee
2,171.46
78.54
2,250.00
Charles Sabo
1,634.43
115.50
1,749.93
G. Vernon Warner
434.00
3.50
437.50
Ruth Bisbee
15.00
15.00
Edward Crotty
7.50
7.50
Donald Otis
36.50
36.50
Drawing Teacher:
Raymond T. Drew
152.60
9.00
18.40
180.00
Olive M. Thayer
221.26
14.47
53.79
289.52
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Music Teacher: Olive A. Healy
814.63
46.75
48.80
29.82
940.00
Penmanship:
Rinehardt Handwriting System
480.00
480.00
Clerk :
Helen Baldwin
363.20
36.80
400.00
Ruth M. Dresser
622.23
79.20
18.57
720.00
Frances D. Grinnell
19.00
19.00
Nurse :
Barbara Swanda
486.40
113.60
600.00
Committee's Salary :
Norman F. Graves
50.00
50.00
Eleanor W. Ballway
50.00
50.00
Warren E. McAvoy
109.60
40.40
150.00
$45,950.06
$2,290.06
$7,075.40
$638.85
$55,954.37
School Committee
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Janitor's Supplies :
Foster Farrar Company (2)
$79.45
Thacker Craig Paper Company
67.65
Bisbee Brothers
1.80
Baltzer Tree Service
21.00
R. F. Burke (2)
41.47
A. M. Condon (4)
77.91
University of Nebraska
1.83
Acme Chemical Company (2)
105.71
Reardon Brothers (2)
40.60
F. N. Graves & Son Inc
7.00
$444.42
Union Expenes :
L. A. Merritt
206.85
206.85
Nurse's Travel Expense Barbara Swanda
5.40
Physician's Salaries
J. R. Hobbs M. D.
$250.00
C. H. Wheeler M. D.
150.00
400.00
Transportation
F. N. Graves & Son Inc. (10)
$3,50.00
Barbara Smart (6)
945.00
Henry H. Snyder Inc. (6)
710.00
E.D.Beals (7)
28.75
Frank Vayda (6)
165.00
Harold Mollison (3)
13.75
Richard Wales
3.75
Olive Gagnon (2)
23.00
5,409.25
Fuel
Williamsburg Fuel & Ice Co. (2) 1,475.61
1,475.61
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Repairs
Northampton Commercial College
33.05
Cinema Centre (2) 2.85
Movie Center
49.80
Everon Pollen (3)
95.54
T. H. Todd Company
1.25
Foster Farrar Company (3)
59.67
Smith Glass Company
5.33
O. I. Hayes (2)
12.00
Carpenter Mfg. Company
7.05
F. N. Graves & Son Inc. (3)
6.40
A. M. Condon (4)
156.25
Allen Houghton
390.88
LaFleur Brothers (2)
16.88
Plumb Auto Supply
2.23
Wendell Pittsinger
66.00
Alfred Luce
7.55
H. L. Childs & Son
80.35
Larry O'Brien
84.80
Bisbee Brothers
19.52
L. C. Damon
.75
1.098.15
Sundries
Ruth Brown Treas.
31.00
Williamsburg Water Department
80.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 252.85
Warren E. McAvoy
3.00
Bisbee Brothers (2)
11.00
Hampshire HomGas
7.28
Packard's Soda Shoppe (3)
24.27
H. S. Gere & Son Inc. (2)
31.11
Anne T. Dunphy (2) 11.95 Mass. Secondary School Prin. Assn. 10.00
Eleanor W. Ballway 3.00
Donald Otis 2.25
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Henry H. Snyder Inc. (2)
1.94
Margaret E. Trainor 10.00
$479.65
Books
C. E. Merrill Company (3)
18.72
Ginn & Company (3) 48.14
J. B. Lippincott Company (4) 30.57
Iroquois Publishing Company (2) 54.39
South-Western Publishing Co. 11.67
Scott Foresman & Co. Inc. (13)
284.96
Houghton Mifflin Company
2.74
D. C. Heath Company
2.72
Follett Publishing Company (2)
76.38
American Book Company (3) 62.72
Row, Peterson Inc. (2) 10.68
Webster Publishing Company (3)
49.34
Lyons & Carnahan
7.05
Allyn & Bacon (3) 48.79
McCormick-Mathers Company
.47
L. W. Singer Company (2) 20.37
Houghton Mifflin Company
3.19
Oxford Book Company
30.44
D. Van Norstrand
33.96
Ginn & Company (4)
131.02
Emil Ascher Inc. (3)
4.22
American Book Company
149.65
Follett Publishing Company
24.60
McGraw Hill Company (2)
6.88
Division of University Extension
20.00
Benton Towles
7.12
Prentice Hall
1.65
D. C. Heath Publishing Co.
21.03
South-Western Publishing Co.
14.53
Scott Foresman & Company Inc.
23.00
1,201.00
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Classroom Supplies
Encyclopedia Brittanica
100.00
R. P. Alexander Company (5) 66.75
J. L. Hammett Company (13)
844.81
Anne T. Dunphy (6)
80.00
R. K. Rust 4.00
Today's Business Educational World 2.25
Boston Music Company 3.20
Combosco Scientific Company (3)
42.60
Underwood Corporation (2)
9.28
Smith's Agricultural School
8.19
Gerald Ritter (3)
10.55
World Book Company (2)
12.80
General Biological Supply Co. (2)
25.41
South Western Publishing Co.
.95
Northampton Commercial College
15.55
Olive A. Healy
6.30
Hall McCreary Company
27.92
Reformatory for Women
6.77
C. C. Birchard Company
10.62
Lorenz Publishing Company
1.57
1,279.52
Office Expense
American School Board Journal 3.00
L. J. Hammett Company 1.39
W. S. Smith P. M. (3)
52.52
Margaret E. Trainor
4.15
Harlow & Fennessey
4.50
Sincage Printing Company
26.50
Haskell & Gilbert
3.50
C. F. Williams & Son
1.40
138.46
Athletics and Transportation
R. Lucey (2)
40.00
The Fair Store 15.84
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Sincage Printing Company
5.00
C. MacDonald (3) 60.00
Smith's Agricultural School (4) 36.13
R. M. Cate 16.00
Northampton Sporting Goods Store 13.75
Earl F. Tonet (3)
10.53
Mrs. Donald Bryant
5.00
Evelyn Kmit 42.00
T. A. Purseglove Company (3)
222.65
F. N. Graves & Son Inc. 107.40
D. Bemis 20.00
F. N. Graves & Son
1.34
Earl F. Tonet (2)
59.82
M. Riggs
40.00
J. Conner
20.00
N. F. Graves
5.00
R. F. Burke
4.00
Edward Ames
30.00
Esquire Cleaners (2)
31.95
J. Squires (2)
26.50
Thomas J. Crowe M. D.
5.00
817.91
Tuition
Smith's Agricultural School (5) 3,983.39 3.983.39
Lights
Northampton Elec. Light Co. (13) 815.74 815.74
New Equipment
Packard's Soda Shoppe
4.68
Cascade Paper Company
60.80
Ceso Equipment Company
8.11
W. F. Tetro (3)
52.50
Federal Supply Company
1.35
L. C. Smith Company
470.00
Ash Furniture Company
65.00
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School Committee
Bisbee Brothers
14.72
J. L. Hammett Company (3)
1,182.72
T. H. Todd Company
36.00
1,895.88
Insurance
Damon Insurance Agency
1,040.60
1,040.60
Smith's School Transportation
980.25
980.25
$77,479.37
1952 Appropriation
$75,000.00
Transfers
Collins Fund to adjusted budget
355.40
Sanders Fund
62.08
Hyde Fund
40.60
Loomis Fund
337.23
Finance Committee
1,263.23
Curry Fund
30.00
Collins Fund
390.83
$77,479.37 $77.479.37
Warren E. McAvoy,Chairman,
Eleanor W. Ballway, Secretary, Norman F. Graves.
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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 thirty-second of the present series and the fifty-first since the establishment of the present school union.
The school department faces numerous problems for the coming year. Probably one of the most pressing is to find classroom space for the steadily increasing enroll- ment. Last September another room was opened in the basement of the Helen E. James School, and we now have two classes operating there. The eighth grade class is using one of the high school rooms which will have to be returned to the high school when the new freshman class enters for this group is expected to bring forty-four new students into that school. In Haydenville the fifth and sixth grade room is overcrowded and an additional teach- er is needed next year to correct that condition. The room now used by the kindergarten will have to be equip- ped for grade work if that is to be used next fall. In con- nection with maintenance problems many man-hours of labor could be saved if our present coal burning equipment were converted to oil. At present it is necessary to shovel about one hundred and forty tons of coal each year. La- bor thus released could be used for other work. New classroom equipment is also needed since some of the desks and seats have been in service for thirty-nine years or more. The school committee has adopted a policy of re-equipping one classroom per year, and this is good pro-
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gress. Space for the physical education work is still one of our difficult problems. The Town Hall is not adequate for this work. It is hoped that the building of a new school will solve this question.
Resignations at the end of the school year caused several changes in our staff. Miss Barbara Troisi, teacher of English, resigned to study and teach in Colorado. Mr. Gerald Ritter, science teacher, decided to continue his studies in pharmacy. Mrs. Olive Thayer, supervisor of Art, felt that she was needed at home and gave up that work. These teachers had served faithfully and well, and their resignations were accepted with regret.
The above vacancies were filled by the following ap- pointments. Miss Nancy J. Carson of Salem, Mass. was elected to teach English in the high school. Miss Carson is a graduate of Wellesley College, where she majored in English and received her A.B. degree. She received her teacher training at Wellesley High School. Mr. Kenneth Wheeler of Shirley, Mass. received his A.B. Degree, at St. Anselem's College. His field is science, and he was appoint- ed to teach that work in the high school. Mr. Raymond Drew of Greenfield, Mass. was assigned to teach art in the elementary schools. Mr. Drew attended Mass. School of Art, received his A.B. degree at Amherst and his M.A. degree at the University of New Mexico. He has had one year of experience in teaching at Greenfield High School. Mrs. Doris Tilley who had been teaching part time at Haydenville was elected to teach full time in grade two at that school.
A new position was created when Mrs. Edith Foster was made principal of the elementary grades at Williams- burg. Mrs. Foster was a former teacher in these schools and has had ten years of experience. She is a graduate of North Adams Teachers College. She is also the teach- er of grade seven at Williamsburg.
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The high school was organized in September as fol- lows: Principal, Anne T. Dunphy, two classes in Latin, one in civics and local history, and all guidance work; Mr. Robert Branch, four classes in mathematics, two in U. S. History, audio-visual education; Mr. Kenneth Wheeler, five classes in science, mechanical drawing; Miss Nancy Carson, five classes in English, one in speech, debates, and assembly programs. Mrs. Grinnell, three classes in typ- ing, one in office practice, one in stenography, one in book- keeping, and director of school publications ; Mr. Earl Ton- et, two classes in French, one in world history, and one world geography, one in driver training, coach of boys' athletics; Miss Olive Healy, one in glee club and one in orchestra.
The high school program offers three plans of study. Students may select the college course, the general course, or the commercial course. One new subject in citizenship training and local history was added this year. This is required of all freshmen. Driver training is offered also to those pupils who are near the age when they may ob- tain drivers' licenses. Audio-visual service is used when- 'ever possible. Extra-curricular activities available to stu- dents are boys' and girls' athletics, glee club, orchestra, debating, school plays, and school publications. The school operates on a one session plan from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. each school day. The tuition rate is $185 per year.
The high school boys' basketball team deserves a lot of praise for its perseverance under the handicap of not having a place to practice except the outdoor court Practice was conducted here until extreme cold made it necessary to find other places out of town to train the team. All "home" games are held at Smith's School Are- na and everyone who wants to see them must go to Nor- thampton. Smith School's cooperation and help is much
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appreciated by this department. Mr. Tonet and the boys are on the way to another successful season.
The opening of a new classroom at the Helen E. James School improved the organization at that school. Grades seven and eight were separated and the overcrowding re- lieved. We now have five single grades and two rooms with double grades.
The organization is as follows: Principal, Mrs. Edith Foster, grade seven; Miss Martha Dickerman, grade eight ; Miss Nelle Dolan, grades five and six; Mrs. Dorothy Col- burn, grades four and five; Mrs. Margaret Breckenridge, grade three; Mrs. Priscilla Kostek, grade two; and Mrs. Sophia Eaton, grade one.
At Haydenville, Miss Margaret Trainor was appointed to the principalship and to teach grades seven and eight; Mrs. Marion Hickey to grades five and six .; Mrs. Ruth Nash to grades three and four; Mrs. Doris Tilley grade two, and Miss Mary Crampton, grade one.
The directors of special subjects were Miss Olive Healy in music, Mr. Raymond T. Drew in art, and Mr. Ralph Childs in penmanship.
By training and experience our teachers are well pre- pared for the serious work which they are assigned to do. They understand the need of close co-operation between school and home if child development is to be at its best. Parents are always welcome in their classrooms.
Opportunity for vocational and trade training is pro- vided by the school committee at Smith's School in North- ampton. In September twenty-eight enrolled there and chose courses suited to their needs. Bus tickets are furn- ished for transportation on the Western Mass. buses. The school department also pays tuition for adult indus- trial arts students who attend evening classes at Smith's
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School. The co-operation of this school in helping us pro- vide this important part of secondary education is sincere- ly appreciated.
Dr. Joseph Hobbs and Dr. Charles H. Wheeler have directed our health program during the year. Dr. Glade P. Hall has served as our school dentist, and Mrs. Barbara Swanda as our school nurse. The usual clinics have been held, physical examinations made, and eye and ear tests completed. The reports are that the general health of the children is good. This department deserves our con- tinued support and appreciation.
Last spring bids for transportation of the pupils on the different routes were sent out. The successful bid- ders who received contracts for three year terms were: F. N. Graves & Son, Inc. of Williamsburg, the North Dis- trict route, the Chesterfield Road route and the Hayden- ville and Mountain Street routes ; Henry Snyder, Inc., of Worthington, the South Street route and the Nash Hill route. Tickets are furnished Smith's School pupils who ride on the street railway buses. The local buses cover 75.6 miles per day and 159 pupils are transported. Twen- ty-eight more have been going to Smith's School. Good. safe service has been furnished by these bus owners and operators.
Excellent progress has been made by our present School Building Committee toward solving the problem of providing more space for our children. First, let me say that I am strongly in favor of the plan and the pro- posed site as submitted by that committee. It meets our needs as shown by the studies made by the Building Needs Committee, and is the building chosen by the towns people on the preferential ballot. Secondly, it provides six mod- ern classrooms, an administrative unit, a cafeteria, and an excellently planned physical education area. The location is far enough away from the highway for safety but is
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still in the center of the village. I wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the members of the Building Committee for the fine work they have done during the short time they have been in office.
It is the opinion of this department that new facilities must be provided in the near future to relieve the pressure on some of our over-crowded classrooms, and that the time has come when those children who are going to school in basement rooms should be assigned to a new modern building. Let us unite now to make this possible.
There is no doubt that our system of free education for all of our people has been the key to the development and growth of our great country. It has provided oppor- tunities for all kinds of men and women to become loyal American citizens, and to understand' our democratic ideals and our way of life. Our great heritage will be passed on to new generations through the great system of education which America is still building.
To the teachers and all others connected with the work of the schools, I extend my sincere thanks and appre- ciation for the excellent work they have done for the chil- dren of our town.
My association with the members of the School Com- mittee has been a happy one. I wish to thank them for their help and co-operation during 1952.
Respectfully submitted,
Lucius A. Merritt,
Superintendent of Schools.
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School Nurse
Mr. Lucius A. Merritt, Superintendent of Schools. Williamsburg, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
The annual report of the school nurse is herewith submitted for January 1, 1952 through December 31, 1952.
Dr. Glade Hall held a dental examination on all chil- dren in both Haydenville and Williamsburg in May and December.
178 treatments were done in Williamsburg in June and 76 treatments in December.
In Haydenville 122 treatments were done in June and 25 treatments in December. Dr. Hall noted a definite in- crease in the home care of the childrens' teeth in both schools.
Most of the children of both towns have been ill with chicken pox. A few cases of scarlet fever were reported in Haydenville. One case of mumps was reported.
Sanitary inspection was done each month. It was found that the wash rooms needed painting-this was done during Christmas Vacation and shows much improve- ment.
All children were weighed and measured during the year.
Classroom inspection was done in both schools.
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Dr. Wheeler was assisted in physical examinations of all pupils in Haydenville.
Dr. Hobbs was assisted in physical examinations of all pupils in Williamsburg.
Three children were accepted at Camp Hodgkins. Two were unable to stay the full four weeks because of scarlet fever.
104 home visits were made-the cooperation of the parents was very good.
Several children were treated at school for minor cuts and bruises-most of these were caused by falling while playing on the basketball court.
One child was referred to the Speech Clinic and one child to the orthopedic clinic in Springfield.
Three children from Haydenville were taken to Leeds for X-ray examinations and three from Williamsburg. All were negative.
The children in both grade schools and high school received the audiometer test. Seven children in Hayden- ville and six in Williamsburg received single tests because of failure in the group test. Eleven passed the test- two failed in Haydenville. These children are already having medical treatment.
I wish to thank Mr. Merritt and the teachers for their cooperation during the year.
Ninety-two High School pupils were X-rayed by the Mobile Unit in May.
Respectfully submitted,
BARBARA W. SWANDA. R. N.
School Nurse.
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School Physician
School Physicians
Mr. Lucius A. Merritt, Superintendent of Schools, Williamsburg, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I submit herewith my report as physician for the schools of Haydenville for the year ending December 31, 1952.
The physical examinations were done early in the school year with the assistance of Mrs. Barbara Swanda. The pupils were found to be in good physical condition. We were particularly impressed with the first grade which was outstanding in appearance and physique.
A small epidemic of Varicella, or Chicken-pox, made its appearance in the fall together with sporadic cases of Scarlet fever, none of which proved serious.
Icicles dropping from the eaves are something of a hazard at the outside doors and some remedy may well be considered.
I wish to thank Mrs. Swanda and the teachers of the Haydenville schools for their assistance in the examina- tions.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. WHEELER, M. D.
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Mr. L. A. Merritt
Superintendent of Schools
Williamsburg, Mass.
Dear Sir:
The annual physical examinations were completed this year with the assistance of Mrs. Barbara Swanda, school nurse. Very few serious defects were observed.
A number of cases of chickenpox occurred during the spring term and there was a second outbreak during the the fall. A few cases of measles and rubella were report- ed. Three cases of scarlet fever were reported in Hayden- ville; but, fortunately, no more appeared, no doubt due to the prompt use of present day antibotics.
The schools become more and more crowded each year with no satisfactory area for indoor recreation or lunch room. It would be enlightening to the parents and other interested townspeople to go through the school dur- ing active session and observe how crowded the building really is.
This year, again, the opportunity will be offered to improve this situation. Plans now proposed will afford ample playground facilities where the students might be well supervised. A convenient cafeteria with the possi- bility of hot lunches would be available. There would be, in addition, an adequate gymnasium, which to my mind would be used not alone for the benefits of the athletic teams but also for the development of a physical educa- tion program for all of the student body, and a place for recreation at recess time when the weather is inclement. I assume that with less crowding in the old building, some of the space there can be used for recreation by the younger groups on stormy days, and that some day there will appear those extra rest rooms that have been so de- sired for many, many years.
Respecfully submitted,
JOSEPH R. HOBBS, M. D.
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Visiting Nurse
To the Selectmen, Town of Williamsburg
Mrs. Mabel Shumway was appointed Visiting Nurse and began her duties on March 17, 1952. She made 175 calls during this report period.
The By-laws and the Rules and Regulations governing the visiting nurse's duties were revised and Drs. Hobbs, Hemenway and Wheeler were appointed to the Advisory Board.
The Well Child Clinic was held in April with Dr. Claire Manwell as pediatrician, and a nutritionist. One hundred ten children attended.
During the year, a wheel chair and hospital bed with mattress were donated to the V. N. A. These will be available to anyone who needs them. The wheel chair will be stored in Dr. Hobbs' barn and the bed in the Legion Hall, Haydenville. There is also a hospital bed stored in the Grange Hall.
An auction was held on September 30 at the Grange Hall and it proved to be a great success with more than $200.00 realized. Twelve card tables with local advertis- ing on the tops have been ordered and these will be avail- able to the public at a nominal fee in the near future. It is expected that the rental of these tables will be a perpet- all source of income.
CAROL P. DEWEY,
(Mrs. David L.)
Secretary.
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