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As always, volunteers aided the Museum, and without their considerable assistance the enlarged bulletin, which you receive four times a year, could not be undertaken.
Associates
We welcome the 34 new associates who joined during the past year, which brings the total to 276. This is your Museum and needs your active support.
I wish to thank the Board of Directors for their sup- port and cooperation, for without their active participa- tion this program would not be possible.
Each year we extend or withdraw our limits, keeping our program flexible and dynamic, to serve the arts and the community as fully as our staff and facilities permit.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK P. WALKEY, Executive Director.
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deCordova and Dana Museum and Park
Report of the Directors for the year 1953
The deCordova Museum was opened to the public in the autumn of 1950. There was on exhibition at that time, oil paintings and prints by American artists, for it has been the policy of the Museum to concentrate on the American scene, with emphasis on regional arts and crafts. Attendance during that autumn averaged two hundred on a Sunday, the Museum's big day. At the same time, a school in arts and crafts was opened at the Museum with classes for children and adults. Total en- rollment was about two hundred.
The interval of time since then has been one of growth, and during the autumn just past the average attendance on good Sundays was between four and five hundred, and sometimes better. The total enrollment in the school at the same time was close to seven hundred persons.
At present the Museum is extended to its absolute physical limits to house the school, with no room for expansion within its existing shell. There is a good deal of outside pressure for the Museum to expand its teach- ing program further into the craft field, and embrace such subjects as ceramics, weaving, and wood carving. The Directors believe that this is an important part of the services which the Museum should be able to render to the community, but to do this requires a building program for added classroom space.
The Museum must rely, for its operation upon the deCordova trust funds, and such income as is derived from tuition and associate fees. The budget is very tight, and the end of each year finds us with almost nothing left over. Therefore, we must look elsewhere for funds to complete much needed classroom space. How these are
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to be achieved is not yet apparent, but with ingenuity the Directors believe that ways can and will be found.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN Q. ADAMS, President CHARLES H. BLAKE, Vice-President ARTHUR E. THIESSEN, Treasurer ELIZABETH SNELLING, Clerk RICHARD S. MERIAM HELEN WILEY JANE K. VANCE
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School Committee
Report
to the
Town of Lincoln
For the School Year 1952-1953
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School Calendar 1954-1955
September 6-Monday .. .Labor Day 8-10-Wednesday-Friday .... Staff Organization and Workshop
...... .School Opens 13-Monday
October 12-Tuesday. ..... Columbus Day Recess
November 9-Tuesday .. ...... Annual Open House 11-Thursday. Armistice Day Recess 25-26-Thursday-Friday. Thanksgiving Recess
December 22-Wednesday. Christmas Vacation, Closing
January 3-Monday ...... School Resumes
February 18-Friday. ............. Winter Vacation, Closing
28-Monday. ....... School Resumes
March 25-Friday Teachers' Visiting Day
April 15-Friday Spring Vacation, Closing
25-Monday. School Resumes
May 30-Monday Memorial Day
June 17-Friday ...... Summer Vacation, Closing
20-Monday. Commencement
20-24-Monday-Friday Staff Organization and Workshop
ADDITIONAL CALENDAR DATA
It is planned to continue the policy of no school on Wednesdays for the first grade until the Christmas vacation.
Kindergarten morning and afternoon sessions will re- verse on January 31, 1955.
Staff Meeting Half-Days will be the second Wednesday of each month except September, December, and June.
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Organization
Term Expires
JOHN W. CARMAN, Chairman 1956
(MRS.) LUCY E. BYGRAVE
1954
ERNEST P. NEUMANN
1955
MEETINGS: Regular First Tuesday of each month: 7:30 p.m. at the Superintendent's office. LI 6-0333.
Called : Third Tuesday of each month usually and other meetings as stated; time and place designated.
Superintendent of Schools DOUGLAS B. ROBERTS, Concord Road, LI 6-0360-J Office at New Elementary School, LI 6-0333
Secretary to Superintendent SOLVAY G. VALENTINE
Building Principals ROBERT B. PATCH New Elementary School, LI 6-0333 LOUIS J. SAPIENZA Center School, LI 6-0462
Clerk - Center School (MRS.) EDITH W. HARVEY
Custodians HAROLD V. SHERIDAN, New Elementary ROBERT J. HARTEL, Center
Office Hours School Days-8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. School Vacation-9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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No-School Signals
Local signals will be given on our fire alarm system:
7:10 a.m. 3-3-3 repeated at
7:15 a.m.
3-3-3
Radio station announcements will be read between the period of 6:30 and 7:30 A.M. On stormy mornings, if convenient, tune in on two or more stations since it is not always possible to get messages through to several stations in the brief time allotted us. Please refrain, too, from tying up local phone lines to school officials and bus operators during the morning hour, 6:30 - 7:30. We try to contact all of the following when it is necessary to announce "No School":
WBZ
1030K WHDH
850K
WEEI
590K WNAC 680K
If an announcement is read, "No School - All Schools" it will mean that no buses will operate and high school pupils will govern themselves accordingly. Announce- ments referring to Lincoln and merely stating "No School" will apply to elementary pupils only.
During extremely stormy or cold weather, parents are urged to exercise their own judgment in sending the younger children.
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Report of the School Committee
To the Town of Lincoln:
The annual report of the School Committee for 1953 covers four (4) categories - enrollment, personnel, building facilities and budget planning.
The anticipated rate of increase in school enrollment has continued with a current school population, Kinder- garten through grade VIII, of 492, an increase in one year of 36 pupils. Arrangements have been completed to provide for our high school pupils for the next two years pending town action in March on the proposed Regional High School District, or the development of some other provision for our high school students.
In June, the School Committee accepted the resigna- tion of Mr. Andrew J. Manges, Superintendent of Schools for five years, and after extensive investigation appointed Mr. Douglass B. Roberts to that position. More than the usual turnover among the teaching staff took place during 1953, but due to careful selection, it is our opinion that substantial improvement was the end result. Con- tinuing salary study aimed at maintaining Lincoln's posi- tion in this area resulted in an upward revision which provides a minimum salary for a teacher with a degree of $3000 per year.
In February, the newly completed classroom-gymnas- ium addition was occupied, making possible a broadening of the school program. However, as has been the case in the past, new facilities barely keep pace with enroll- ment increases. These increases have made desirable a further division of classes and the use of both class- rooms in South School starting in September 1954. Fur- ther, in order to keep up with projected increases, it is the Committee's recommendation that a Building Com- mittee be appointed to develop plans and costs for a class- room consisting of an estimated six rooms.
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In 1953 the School Department operated at a cost of $21,000 less than the budget voted last March. This budget contemplated the employment of an additional teacher in January 1953. Competent personnel was not available. In addition, a third janitor included for the full year was not employed, and it was decided on a trial basis to give up a staff member devoted to remedial and testing work for a year. The balance of the unexpended funds can be attributed to changes in administration and staff and to lower than estimated operating expenses for the additional building. It is our opinion that the educa- tional standards did not suffer and under these conditions the School Committee is pleased to return substantial budget funds.
The 1954 budget recommendation represents an in- crease of 16% over the expenditures for 1953, and pro- vides for three additional classroom teachers and the reinstatement on the staff of a teacher devoting full time to remedial and testing work. In addition, funds sufficient to conduct the desired educational activities, transportation, tuition, plant operation and maintenance are included.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. CARMAN, Chairman MRS. LUCY E. BYGRAVE ERNEST P. NEUMANN Lincoln School Committee
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
The year 1953 has seen change and growth in the Lincoln School system dictated by ever increasing de- mands upon education. It is important to understand that such change and growth has occurred without sacri- fice of basic principles and objectives. The Linoln School
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system seeks to produce an alert, gathered, and well disciplined child capable of achieving significant progress at the secondary level.
Your superintendent assumed his duties in August. The staff has used the first part of this school year to re-examine some of the policies under which the schools have been operating. Emphasis is being placed on reason- able standards of behavior and achievement and modifica- tions have been made in the method of reporting progress to parents. In this respect a plan has been instituted whereby kindergarten progress is reported in semi- annual conferences as well as in home visits which have been continued from previous years; in grade 1 to 5 reports are being made by conference in November and April, supplemented by written reports in January and June; for the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, in which the pupil's work is completely departmentalized, a written report is issued four times during the school year with conferences scheduled as needed or desired by either teachers or parents. An attempt has been made by the staff to include in the written reports more of the in- formation which parents seem to desire.
The curriculum of the elementary school is almost wholly concerned with those aspects of learning which should be common to all people. Your schools are under- going a constant re-evaluation in regard to curriculum which has as its ultimate purpose the production of youth who are competent in the tools and skills of com- munication, number sense, computations, and human inter-relationships; who possess the basic knowledge of the physical sciences, political sciences, social sciences, geographical sciences, economic, and home and family arts that characterize the educated person: who will have developed cultural knowledge, appreciation, enjoy- ment and some skill in the use of line, form, color, litera- ture, music, history, and manipulative crafts ; who under- stand the principles of health and have made normal physical development; and who will be equipped to meet life in a complex society with developing maturity.
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In order to achieve the ends stated above a general tightening up of our requirements of the pupils has been instituted. We are insisting that pupils meet reasonable standards of achievement and at the same time temper- ing our judgment of what is reasonable with our knowl- edge of each individual's abilities and needs. This is particularly true of the "basic" subjects. In the "cultural" areas of music, art, literature, and manipulative crafts the emphasis is placed not so much on performance as on the development of broad knowledge, appreciation, and enjoyment. Beginning at what ever level of development we found ourselves in each area, progress has been made in every area toward our stated goals. In the fields of art and literature under the leadership of capable teachers who have been in the Lincoln Schools for several years thus giving continuity to the program, we are probably nearest to the realization of our aims. The music and manipulative crafts programs are staffed with newcomers to Lincoln which has given them new direction. Both show good promise of developing in a few years into fine programs. The physical education program has a "new look" with a program of gym classes, intramural games, and team sports designed to produce healthy bodies and good health habits. Throughout the whole continuing effort is being made to coordinate the many parts of the curriculum and to supplement one with another. We may point to the Annual Operetta, Spring Program and Fall Open House as examples of the correla- tion of areas such as Music, Literature, English, History, Art, Physical Education and Shop.
The testing program for placement and evaluation is continuing with some modifications from past procedures. In the Fall, twenty-nine pupils new to Lincoln were tested for achievement and general academic ability and placed accordingly. The entire school was tested for achieve- ment in April with the following results:
a) Compared with national standards our pupils showed a range in achievement from minus two months to plus seven months, with the whole
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school at three months above average. The one grade below average is receiving special attention this year.
b) Seventy pupils were found to be accelerated one year or more in general achievement while only twenty-seven were retarded one or more years.
c) In reading which is basic to most learning one hundred forty-four or 40% of the whole student body were accelerated while thirty-five or 9% were retarded.
Fifteen pupils from grades 3, 5, and 6 received extra help in reading during the spring and showed an average gain of 1 year and 3 months over their achievement of the previous year. Seven pupils of grade 4 were given extra help for a short time after their transfer from South School. Their gain was outstanding due to a var- iety of reasons and they would have received continued specific help of this nature had not the developmental reading program been eliminated experimentally for this school year. On the basis of experience we propose to reinstitute the remedial work as soon as practicable. It is also planned to continue the achievement testing this April including a series of tests in the social sciences and to retest next October for diagnostic purposes.
Changes in housing occurred also. South School was
temporarily closed in February when the new addition to the New School with the gymnasium-auditorium was opened. Presently eight rooms are being used at Center School for grades 1 to 3, while two kindergartens and ten sections of grades 4 to 8 are being housed at the New School. It appears that it will be necessary to reopen South School in September and to use at least one of the special rooms for our growing enrollment which is estimated at 535 for kindegarten and grades 1 -8 in October, 1954, as compared to 491 in October, 1953.
Many other aspects of the total school situation are also concerning parts or all of the staff. Mention may be
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made of the participation on the part of the teachers in the program of the Lincoln School Association, the de- velopment of a sound budget, the planning for meeting the needs of our high school youth, development of a club program in grades 6, 7, and 8, improvement in quantity and quality of assembly programs, planning for better meeting the needs of pupils of varying abilities in each classroom, publication of a seventh grade school newspaper, and such annual events as the Science Fair, Operetta, May Day Festival, Open House, and Christmas program.
I am happy to have the opportunity to express my sincere appreciation of the wholehearted cooperation given me by the staff, the school committee, and the townspeople both individually and through the Lincoln School Association in our common efforts to give the children of Lincoln the best possible education.
Respectfully submitted, DOUGLASS B. ROBERTS, Superintendent of Schools
January 11, 1954
School Nurse's Report
To the School Committee:
A report of school nursing for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1953, is hereby submitted.
Schools have been visited daily. There have been 315 office calls for treatment or advice, 32 pupils taken home, 6 pupils excluded from school, and 218 home calls to check on absentees.
All pupils have been weighed and measured twice, and" scalps examined frequently.
Children entering kindergarten and others new to
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first grade were requested to have a physical examina- tion.
There were 53 children who attended our Well Child Conference, who were given physical examinations by Dr. John A. V. Davies. There were 28 children who received Triple Antigen, 18 were vaccinated and 18 re- ceived a Booster shot. Four parents came for a physical record card and had their child visit the family physician.
I assisted Dr. Randolph Piper with physical examina- tions in grades I, III, IV and VII during May. Few very minor defects were discovered and have been corrected or are under observation.
I assisted Dr. David Farrell at dental clinic two half days each week, and the oral condition of our pupils is showing an improvement.
Dr. Farrell visited three classrooms showing pictures and giving a talk on oral care.
Five pupils were taken to Middlesex Sanatorium for Chest X-Ray and all new teachers visited the Sanatorium for X-Rays. Results in all cases were negative.
During April and May, the State Department of Child Welfare provided an Audiometer and Massachusetts Vision Chart and all pupils were examined. Four pupils were found with defective sight. Three are now wearing glasses and the other is taking exercises and is under observation. Six pupils were found with defective hear- ing. All have visited their family physician.
The Audiometer tests were repeated during November and December. Only three pupils showed signs of some hearing defects. Steps have been taken to correct these.
The general health of our pupils has been very good. Contagious diseases consisted of : Chicken Pox 27; Mumps 1; Ringworm 2; German Measles 5; Impetigo 3; Pertussis 1.
Numerous classroom talks with teachers and pupils were held during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
MARIAN N. OBER, R.N., School Nurse.
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SCHOOL CENSUS
A. Distribution of Minors
by Age and Sex
5 yrs. or over
October 1, 1952
and under 7
7 yrs. and under 16
1. Boys ......
74
226
2. Girls
78
221
Totals
152
447
B. Distribution : Location
1. In public Day School 135
391
2. In Private Schools 13
56
3. Not enrolled in schools 4
56
Totals
152
447
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ENROLLEES October 1, 1953
1. Newton Trade School
3
2. Newton Part Time Cooperative High School.
1
3. Newton Evening Trade School
1
4. Boston Evening Trade School 1
Total 6
TUITION PUPILS ATTENDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Outside of Lincoln October 1, 1953
School
9
10
11
12
Totals
Concord
16
12
20
17
65
Weston
9
11
5
4
29
Other
0
1
1
1
3
25
24
26
22
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AGE - GRADE TABLE October 1, 1953 Ages by Sex
Grade
BGBG
BGBG
B
G
BGB
G
B
G BG 12
13
14
B G totals 15
Kdg.
10
5
22
23
1
61
I
13
6
25
33
1
78
II
5
7 27
19
1
59
III
1
59
IV
7
7
23
21
1
3
62
V
5
7
19
21
2
1
55
VI
4
6
12
16
5
1
44
6
3
17
10
2
1
39
VIII
2
6
11
14
1
1
35
10
5 35 29 31 40 35 25 29 29 29
29
24 30
21
19
25
17
13
15
1
1
492
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1
7
6 21
22
1
1
1
VII
BGBG
109
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EDUCATION AND RECREATION
PER PUPIL COSTS - 1953
1. Population of Town
2,427.00
2. Average School Membership 565.00
3. Equalized Valuation, per Pupil. $9,585.00
4. Expenditures for Schools.
174,224.03
5. Receipts Accredited to School. 34,256.41*
6. Net Expenditures from Local Taxation
139,967.62*
7. Expenditures per Pupil
308.36
8. Per Pupil Net Expenditures from Local Taxation
247.73*
9. Receipts per Pupil
60.63*
10. Transportation:
Elementary High School
Total
Number of pupils. ....
28,824.8
Number of pupils.
473
92
46,776.7 565
Mileage
17,951.9
28,824.8
46,776.7
Expenditures
$8,745.62 $13,305.04 $22,050.66
Expenditure per
Pupil
$18.49
$144.62
$39.03
* Based on estimated receipts.
SCHOOL EXPENDITURES AND PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1954
I. General Control:
Salaries
$11,340.87
$12,113.53
$13,595.00
Expenses
313.61
1,120.63
1,375.00
II. Instruction :
Salaries
68,316.50
77,037.00
89,470.00
Textbooks
2,374.44
3,717.24
3,607.00
Supplies
3,448.85
5,088.42
4,596.00
Other Expenses
1,526.00
III. Operation :
Salaries ......
4,828.32
6,169.19
9,000.00
Fuel
4,427.50
6,253.38
5,900.00
Supplies and Misc.
939.47
1,474.88
1,259.00
Utilities
2,579.67
3,177.46
4,250.00
IV. Maintenance :
Repairs and Upkeep
1,411.87
3,965.87
3,940.00
V. Auxiliary Agencies :
Health
567.27
939.15
885.00
Transportation
18,383.72
22,050.66
24,900.00
Tuition
27,013.67
29,047.89
35,664.00
Miscellaneous
293.01
466.43
200.00
VI. Vocational
219.50
585.43
1,330.00
VII. New Equipment
2,013.50
1,016.77
1,986.00
$148,471.77 $174,224.03 $203,483.00
* Included in other categories.
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GRADUATED IN JUNE, 1953 Grade VIII
Roger Christopher Avery Joseph Leo Bertolami
Sally Frances Billings Marilyn Ruth Blom
Manley Bernard Boyce, II
Phyllis R. Campobasso
Evelyn Jean Chausse
Laurence Cousins, Jr.
Rollin Jonathan Fairbanks, Jr.
Barbara Farnsworth
Sylvia Walker Fitts
John W. A. Gilman
Robert D. Gray
Kerme Styron
Carol Wells
Marshall Whithed Mary Diane Williamson
Concord High School
Robert Ashworth
Beverly Bean Priscilla Giles Joan Huntley
Howard Maher
Judith Parks Adeline Rando
Donald Robinson
Mary Ann Snelling Allan Stockellburg
Marian Stuart
Weston High School
Theresa Argento Elizabeth A. Bigelow
Llewellyn Bigelow
David Hess Jean Loud Alan Phillips
Carla Wilson
Honors
David Hess 2nd Prize Essay Contest Am. Legion Aux.,
Weston .:
Jean Loud 2nd Honors Weston, 3rd Prize Sears Essay Contest
Alan Phillips 1st Honors Weston, Alumni Award
Carla Wilson 3rd Honors Weston, Scholarship Women's Community League
Marion Stuart Pierce Secretarial School Scholarship
deCordova Award.
*Blythe Susan Page Charles T. Phillips Jean Robbins Dorothy Hildred Snelling
Phyllis Harvey
Barclay Stephens Henderson
Walery Chodskyj (Valery Hodsky)
Jacqueline May Holmes James Mitchell Howard Constance Mae Huntley Francis William Lavery Alan McClennen, Jr. Mary Jane Mayo Sally C. Meade *Stephen Evans Murphy
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STAFF ROSTER - JANUARY 1, 1954
Name
Position
Training
Appointed
Douglas B. Roberts
Superintendent of Schools
Tufts College B.S., M.A.
1953
Robert B. Patch
Principal- New School
State Teachers' College Fitchburg B.S. Ed.
1952
Louis J. Sapienza
Principal- Boston University, B.S. Ed. 1950
Center School
Phyllis Johnson
Grade One Lesley College, B.S. Ed. 1946
Augusta F. Sisk
Grade Four
Boston University, B.S.Ed., Ed. M.
1946
Ann G. Paranya
Language Arts S.T.C. Montelair, N.J.,A.B. 1949
Irma Antonangeli
Grade Four
Fitchburg State Teachers' College
1950
B.S.,Ed.
Hazel Flagg
Grade Five
Sargent 1951
Miriam Zartarian Art
Tufts College, B.S. Ed. 1951
Joan B. Warren
Kindergarten Boston University, B.S. Ed. Ed.M. 1951
Prudence Morey
Grade Five Duke University, A.B. 1952
Jane Owen Kindergarten Wheaton College, A.B. 1952
Jane L. Brown
Grade Two
Boston University, 'B.S. in Elm. Ed.
1953
Harry T. Burke
Social Studies
University of So. California, B.S.E.
1953
Priscilla Cook
Grade Three
Mt. Holyoke, B.A. 1953
Francine D. Fish
Grade Two
Hood College, B.A. 1953
Henry F. Guarino Music
New England Conservatory of Music, B.M. 1953
Marion T. Howard
Mathematics Gorman State Teachers' College 1953
Janet J. Kassler
Grade One
Tufts College, B.A. 1953
Priscilla M. Lahar
Grade Two Boston University, B.S. Ed. 1953
Flores H. LeBoeuf
Science,
Tulane University, B.A.
1953
Home Arts
Robert J. Lemieux
Manual Arts
Gorham State Teachers'
College, B.S. 1953
Albert S. Reed
Physical Education Springfield College, B.S., M.Ed. 1953
Mary G. Swalen Grade One
Univ. of California, Berkeley, B.A.
1953
Statistical Information
VITAL STATISTICS
67 Births, 19 Marriages and 25 Deaths were recorded during the year 1953.
Births
Date of Birth Name of Child
1937
Dec 27 Katherien Henriette Van Leer
1952
Dec 19 Judith Ann Murphy
Dec 5 Susan Hunter Henderson
Dec 13 Dake Granville Henderson
1953
Jan 3 Elaine Mary Parker
Jan 10 Mary Wharton Sturgis
Jan 10 Edward Falter
Jan 12 Deirdre Whittier Davis
Jan 16 Anne Elizabeth Culkins Jan 22 Peter Douglas Lawton
Jan 24 Janette Louise York
Feb 2 Stephen Dennis Geary
Feb. 11 Ruth Frances Corrigan
Feb 13 Jeffrey Frank Seeckts Feb 16 Ramelle Frost Adams
Feb 22 Dennis Robert Stockwell
Mar 6 Sandra Bisbee Warner
Mar 7 John Ray Hester
Mar 12 Roger Conant Hale
Mar17 Caren Ann Wilfert
Mar 21 Sally Ann Shurling
Names of Parents
Hans L. and Mary C. Van Leer
Edward W. and Marjorie A. M. Murphy Robert S. and Caroline G. Henderson Gerard C. and Edith M. Henderson
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