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Yellow flowers-daisies.
Foreshortened circles in cylinders, cones, tumblers, cake dishes.
Foreshortened rectangles in blocks - strawberry boxes-both paralleled and turned.
Christmas cards and printing.
Christmas nut boxes for Red Cross.
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Sixth Grade
Same as 5th grade and also still life of fruit and cartoon faces.
Place mats with colored designs to take home for Christmas. Some made as many at ten apiece.
Seventh Grade
Same as 6th grade.
The designs they made for their luncheon sets de- serve special mention. They were original. Some pupils made three boxes apiece for the Red Cross.
HIGH SCHOOL
This class is very small and not as satisfactory as the other classes. The last few weeks the girls have seemed more interested and perhaps we will settle down to some good work after all. They have no initiative or originality and hard work is ahead of us here.
We began with trees, went on to foreshortening then started water color. Progress is being made in the water color. We made a few menu cards for the Red Cross. We also did Christmas cards in water color and screening.
Beginning the new term, every other lesson we shall spend on water color and every other lesson on charcoal drawing. Later in the Spring, when we can get out doors we shall try pencil sketching as there are so many fine subjects near the school to work on.
I recommend a double period for the high school class. If not every week, every other week. As it is now, we just get started when it is time to take the bus home. Whether this can be arranged or not, I don't know, but
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I think they would do much better with a double period lesson.
From the foregoing it can be seen that we shall try to develop not only skill but understanding and appreciation of Art.
Respectfully submitted,
ELLA BAGOT HEBBERD,
Supervisor of Drawing.
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Report of Music Supervisor
To Mr. George E. Green Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir :
The following remarks taken from an editorial, found in one of our school music readers, show exactly what we are endeavoring to do in our music program. It states "The editors of these books realize that very few children become professional musicians. For the great majority, music study is to be justified primarily as an important factor in making human life more satisfying, taught for the joy which it brings into the lives of many, not merely as a means of enabling a few to receive professional training.
A series of books to be used by all the children of all the people must therefore stress that side of music which brings results immediately in aesthetic pleasure rather than with elaborate technical training in preparation fo future achievements, and enjoyments. In short, we must give the children, while they are still in school, the joyful experience of hearing and sharing in the rendition of beautiful music."
We have accordingly carefully emphasized song sing- ing with as lovely tone as can be developed, and listening lessons, through selected records, with music apprecia- tion as the general objective.
Many gratifying results are realized, for there is proof that the children are listening to better programs on the
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radio, and are continually coming back to school to tell of some composition of music they have heard and recog- nized as one studied in school.
This year new readers have been provided for the third and fourth grades at the Tarkiln school, and also a splen- did set of song books has been given to the seventh and eighth grades. Both sets of books are from the New Universal School of Music Series, by Damrosch, Cartlan and Gehrkens. The teachers seem particularly interested in the type of material given them, and are obtaining excellent results.
Respectfully submitted,
MAY B. McCLOSKY,
Supervisor of Music.
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Educational Adviser
Mr. George E. Green Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
During the past four years I have organized and ad- ministered a guidance program in the Duxbury schools. This program began in a very modest way and each year has seen an expansion. A small private office, one of the stage dressing rooms, was transformed into an attractive, quiet consultation room. It is furnished with a desk, two chairs, and a steel file. On page 33 of the Harvard Survey is a paragraph approving and recommending an expan- sion of this program.
The purpose of this guidance program is that each child from grade 8 to 12 shall feel that he has a wise, under- standing, inspiring, adult friend. The adviser must know each child's name, his family background, his ability or I. Q., his school history of achievement or record, his ambitions, his interests, his general health, his friends, his phychological adjustment to his environment. After recording and storing up all this information the adviser must blend it with her own knowledge and experience and give help, understanding and inspiration for the present, the immediate future and the distant future. About half of my time is spent talking individually with the pupils. Every child from grade 8 to 12 has at least one scheduled interview with me per year. Additional interviews may be arranged at any time at the pupil's,
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Mr. Green's, any teacher's or parent's request. These interviews take about 20 minutes each. With a new pupil I like to spend one or two periods. Failures are investi- gated two or three times a year.
Half of the remaining time is spent keeping complete records of each individual including the gist of each in- terview, changes in plans, and notes on development from year to year. Notes of jobs, schools and colleges of grad- uates and any information about drop-outs is recorded. There are many conferences with teachers and Mr. Green. Programs are planned and checked with the individual pupil. Interest Tests are administered, corrected, inter- preted and recorded for juniors and aptitude tests, for 8th graders.
Two responsibilities of the former assistant principal are now carried on by the educational adviser. One is the keeping of the Permanent Record Books in Mr. Green's office. The current book has a page for each pupil from the seventh grade up and all marks in all subjects are recorded in this book at the same time that the report cards are made out. When a pupil leaves Duxbury High School his page is transferred to the non-current book. The other responsibility is to act as Mr. Green's repre- sentative and one of three faculty advisers to the Student Council. While the Student Council has little to do with guidance, it does give me an opportunity to know the members better.
The Student Council has the following functions, under the able leadership of Ann Harvey, president this year :
1. School Morale.
2. Sale of Defense Stamps.
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3. Athletic Association.
(a) Sale of Ice Cream in the Lunch Room.
(b) Sale of Basketball tickets.
(c) Purchase of boys and girls basketball suits.
(d) Purchase of athletic equipment.
(e) Payment of referee.
(f) Transportation to and from the games.
.4. Order in the Lunch Room.
5. Prevention and care of litter on the school grounds.
6. Care of tennis courts and shrub markers.
7. Supervision of athletic equipment.
8. Service Flag and Honor Roll.
Each function has its chairman, committee and faculty adviser. The Student Council meets during the last period, every Monday. The Student Council handles about $5,000 a year. I feel this responsibility very keenly and I spend considerable time and thought on this organization.
All school children desperately need help and guidance today. I do not minimize the important part the other teachers play in this work of inspiring and guiding the pupils in their class rooms and home rooms, but to give it continuity over the five years from grades 8 to 12, to keep adequate records, give and interpret special tests, to orient the new pupils and to act as "go-between" when there are misunderstandings, the services of a specially trained expert in this field are essential to every school.
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Many parents have come to me with their children's edu- cational and personal problems. A few members of the school committee have consulted me and M. Green and I have spent hours together not only discussing individual problems but school problems. Obviously this guidance program has become a vital part of our school system.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET K. ELLIOTT,
Educational Adviser.
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Report of School Nurse
Mr. George E. Green Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
I hereby submit the report of the Duxbury Nurse for the year 1943.
The health program in the schools was assisted and enlarged by the acquisition of two new mechanical de- vices : the Keystone telebinocular for testing eyes, and the audiometer for testing ears. Since the Keystone tests are more thorough than the Snellen tests formerly used, they are more time consuming. In order not to take up too much of the time of the teachers, whose duty it is supposed to be to test eyes and ears, the nurse is doing the Keystone tests, and the teachers have started doing the audiometer tests. Thus each child will have a thorough vision and hearing test each year, with the exception of some in the first grade who may not know their numbers and thus be unable to take the tests.
Another new procedure was that of the competition for the dental banner in the elementary grades. The banner, as mentioned in last year's report, is awarded each month to the room with the greatest number of chil- dren who brought in 100% certificates from their dentist. Honor rolls are kept, and the banner joyfully received each month by the winners. This has proved so valuable in stimulating proper care of the teeth, and so popular,
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that in the fall it was extended to include the fifth and sixth grades, to their evident satisfaction.
In addition to the dental clinic, there was another ser- vice growing out of the requests of several parents. These were willing to pay for dental work for their children, but had no means of transportation. The Red Cross Motor Corps rose to the occasion and by June a total of 21 chil- dren had had dental work completed with this help, in addition to 14 completed up to that time by the clinic. In the fall it was possible to extend the opportunity of the clinic to eligible children in a few of the grades, as the number of those eligible in the first four grades was smaller than usual.
A class in Red Cross Home Nursing was conducted in the spring by the nurse cooperating with the Home Eco- nomics teacher. Eleven certificates were awarded at the end of the course. This is now to be offered as a regular part of the Curriculum to the ninth grade Home Eco- nomics girls, and a second class was started in December.
As the Well-Baby Clinic is sponsored by the Duxbury Parent-Teacher Association, it seems proper to men- tion it here as one of the nurse's activities. After having been laid down for the duration, the clinic was success- fully revived in July in answer to a definite need, and is now being held regularly every two months.
The more or less routine duties of the nurse have been carried out as usual. These include monthly inspection of the children in the elementary grades, and assisting with their monthly weighing; assisting with physical and dental examinations in the fall; selecting and obtain- ing admission of three children to the Bailey Health Camp for the summer; assisting with the tuberculin testing and
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follow-ups; and assisting with the preschool clinics in the spring. These include physical and psychometric ex- aminations on each child who is to enter school, and a large proportion of the nurse's time during this period is spent taking histories and making appointments.
In October your nurse attended in Boston on Institute on "The Health of the School Child in War Time". In the course of the program, your nurse presented a fifteen- minute discussion on "The Problems of a School Nurse doing a Generalized Program in a Rural Community". Many helpful and useful suggestions came out of this series of meetings; and it has been gratifying to note the enthusiastic response from the teachers to a few of these suggestions which the nurse has tried out, thus making toward a cooperative health program.
There are a number of acknowledgements to be made this year, so that it seems best to do them all together. We wish to thank the following :
Duxbury Salvage Committee and Duxbury Nurse Asso- ciation for funds for the Keystone telebinocular.
Red Cross Motor Corps for assistance with dental ap- pointments.
Duxbury Nurse Association for funds for dental work and tonsillectomy also for Chase doll loaned to Home Nursing Class.
Duxbury Salvation Army Committee for funds for dental work.
Tuberculosis Seal Sale Fund for equipment and board of three children at Bailey Health Camp.
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Mr. George E. Green for his perseverance in procuring the audiometer, and his cooperation in demonstating it to the teachers.
Dr. W. O. Dyer for donating the dental honor rolls and banner.
As we look ahead to next year, we hope to have again the services of the Red Cross Motor Corps as described above, as well as continuing our improved program for testing the eyes and ears. A health exhibit is planned for Commencement time to show more graphically the school health program. Finally the nurse would welcome having conferences with the parents at any time either at their homes or at school, for the best kind of school health program is of necessity oné of cooperation between the parents, the teachers, and the nurse.
Respectfully submitted,
SUSAN E. CARTER, R. N.,
Duxbury School Nurse.
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Report of School Physician
To Mr. George E. Green Superintendent of Schools
Dear Mr. Green:
The usual Pre-school Clinic was held in June. At this clinic physical examinations, pychiatric examinations, and small pox vaccination was carried out on the children who were to enter the first grade this fall.
All the pupils received a physical examination in the fall. Where defects were found, the parents were notified. Dental examinations were carried out at the same time.
We are proud of the two pieces of equipment acquired during this year-a method of properly examining the pupils' eyes for visual defects, and an audiometer for accurate testing of hearing.
I now feel that the Health Program is fully developed for the present needs of the schools.
Respectfully submitted,
C. H. KING, M. D.
201 Report of School Dentist
Board of Health Duxbury, Massachusetts
The regular school dental health program, consisting of Examinations, Dental Clinic Services and Dental Edu- cation, was carried on with considerable progress through- out the school year.
The fundamental objectives of the School Clinic are to stimulate proper dental health habits and encourage regular visits to a dentist for treatment and advice.
The project of competing for the banner awarded monthly to the school room having the largest number of children who have received 100% cards from their dentists, has worked successfully to create a desire for dental care and to encourage better health habits.
Because the children had the services of the school den- tist throughout the school year, the dental work was not only completed in the lower grades, but extended into the upper grades as well.
Aside from examinations of all school pupils, the follow- ing dental work was completed :
36 Prophylaxis
82 Amalgam fillings
18 Cement bases
32 Cement fillings
68 Extractions
52 Injections of novacain
11 Treatments.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM O. DYER, School Dentist.
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Report of Parent-Teacher Association
In the development of a strong, democratic school sys- tem there is much need for close cooperation between the schools and the community. The purpose of the Dux- bury Parent-Teacher Association is to further such co- operation. This past year the program has been to furnish to the community an explanation and discussion of the survey of the Duxbury schools made by the Harvard group last year, and adopted by the School Committee as a plan for the development of the school system.
To give the background of the survey, to summarize its findings and to answer questions about it, Professor William H. Burton of Harvard spoke at the October meet- ing which followed the reception to the teachers and the membership supper. At the November meeting Mr. George E. Green, Superintendent, discussed the survey and outlined the progress being made in carrying out its recommendations. The members of the School Com- mittee spoke in December describing and explaining the educational policy of the Committee and their plans for the further improvement of the schools. At the January meeting eight members of the school staff discussed the aims and needs of the Duxbury schools. This completed the series of programs directly related to the survey, a series which has furnished to the townspeople a well- rounded picture of education in Duxbury.
Before each of these meetings, the P. T. A. sent to all Duxbury residents circulars describing the programs in order to give more publicity to the work being done by
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the school department. A paid membership of one hun- dred and twenty-five and an average attendance of one hundred and fifty indicate that there is general interest in the schools, what they are doing now and what they can do in the future.
Through the P. T. A. visits have been arranged to schools in Hingham and Norwood and parents have had an opportunity of observing for themselves methods and practices of other school systems.
A committee of room-mothers has organized informal meetings of parents and teachers in the different sections of the town. The friendly spirit and discussion at these meetings brings about a better understanding of children and their problems.
Well child conferences sponsored by the association have been held under the direction of Dr. King and Miss Carter.
At Christmas time an entertainment was provided for all the Duxbury school children at the High School.
Respectfully submitted,
ALICE H. GARSIDE,
President.
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Graduating Exercises
THE DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL June 4, 1943
PROGRAM
1. Precessional Senior Class
2. Invocation Rev. Edwin Woodman
3. Music-"Prayer of Thanksgiving" Senior Class
4. Honor Essay-"The Wheels of Transportation" Dana Davis
5. Presentation of Awards George E. Green
6. Honor Essay-"The Shape of Things to Come" Robert Peterson
7. Solo-"Nightfall" Miriam Arnold
8. Honor Essay-"Tomorrow's Problem" Richard LaFleur
9. Address
Rev. Samuel W. Lindsey
10. Awarding Diplomas Kenneth G. Garside
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11. Class Song · Words by-Betty-Lee Peterson
12. Benediction Rev. John Philbrick
13. Recessional Senior Class
DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1943
Miriam L. Arnold
Philip H. Mobbs
George Burrows
Betty-Lee Peterson
Arthur W. Cornwell
Robert W. Peterson
Dana W. Davis
Willard S. Putnam
Arthur W. Edwards
Edna M. Reed
Virginia T. Hurd
Lucille H. Short
Richard H. LaFleur
Frank M. Sinnott
Constance L. Lovell
John A. Williams
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Class Day Exercises
DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL June 4, 1943
PROGRAM
1. March-"Manhattan March"
2. Star Spangled Banner
3. The Caissons Go Rolling Along
4. Class Motto
5. Army Air Corps
6. Class History
7. Anchors A-weigh
8. Class Will
9. Semper Paratus
10. Prophecy
11. Marine Hymn
12. Class Gifts
13. Class Song
School Orchestra Audience
Audience
Lucille Short Marie Reed
Audience
Miriam Arnold
Audience
Betty-Lee Peterson Audience Virginia Hurd Constance Lovell Audience { Arthur Cornwell Philip Mobbs
Words by-Betty-Lee Peterson
14. Recessional School Orchestra
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Index
Gen- Finan- eral cial
Accountant
15
21
Assessors
122
22
Audit for 1942
82
92
Balance Sheet
62
Births
97
Cemetery
147
58
Cemetery Trust Fund
64
Clerk of Town
23
Deaths
100
Dump, Town
35
Elections and Registrations
115
23
Extension Service, Agriculture
154
53
Fire Department
128
27
Forest Warden
131
32
Hall and Offices
24
Health Board
137
34
Highways and Sidewalks
136
35
Historian
152
23
Honor Roll
167
57
Jury List
11
-
Landings, Public
38
Law
23
Library
141
52
Licenses, Permits
106
15
Marriages
94
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-
-
208
INDEX - Continued
Gen- Finan- eral cial
Memorial Day
139
53
Moth Department
133
30
Nurse
138
34
Oaths of Office
117
Officers of Town
7
-
Planning Board
166
52
Playgrounds
149
53
Police
126
25
Public Safety
157
55
Rationing
150
56
Schools
169
46
Selectmen
12
20
Shellfish Warden
145
55
Snow and Ice
39
Tax Collector
21
Town Meeting
108
-
Treasurer
120
21
Tree Warden
134
31
Trusts and Investments
87
60
Valuations and Statistics
122 Append.
Welfare
123
42
VALUATION
OF POLLS and ESTATE
OF THE
TOWN of DUXBURY
ASS
429
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 1943
Linotyped, Printed and Bound by THE ROGERS PRINT Plymouth, Mass.
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NAMES Abbot, Helen Maxwell
DESCRIPTION OF REAL ESTATE
House 12,000, stable and garage 600, Blk R No. 174, 11.28a, Blk R
No. 175A, .05a, 12,000, Irwin House 8,000, Blk R No. 178A, .64a, 1,000, Winsor House 3,500, stable 400, Blk R No. 176, .66a, 1,000. Blk P No. 65B5, .23a 200
$38,500
$827.75
Abrahamson, Virginia M.
200
4.30
Adams, George W
Blk N No. 56, 4.29a 85
85
1.83
Adams, Helen F.
Blk P No. 3, 9.56a 90. Blk K No. 67, 14,85a 375
465
10.00
Adams, John D.
House 8,000, Stable 1,000, Desmond House 1,500, 4 Bath Houses 200, O. B. 150, BIK R No. 66, 6.66a 8,000
18,850
405.28
Adams, Suzanne R.
House 8000, O. B. 50, Blk Q No. 57 C 4, 1.04a, 800
8,850
190.28
Ahlquist, Christine
House 1,500, Blk D No. 49B, 1.34a, 300
1,800
38.70
Ahlquist, Roy W.
Cottage 700, BIk D No. 19A, 1.73a 150
850
18.28
Alcock, Samuel
Alden Heights 84, .18a 125
125
2.69
Alden, Benjamin
Blk Q No. 69 Salt Marsh 1.69a 20
20
.. 43
Alden, Charles L
Blk R No. 7, 9.69a 500, Blk R No. 6, .37a 50, BIK R No. 4A, .26a 100 House 2,800, Log Cabin 2,000, O. B. 500, Auditorium 800, Blk R No. 1, 2.10a 400
6,500
139.75
Alden, Myra L.
House 2,500, Cottage 250, O. B. 160, Blk P No. 62, 15a 5,000
7,910
170.07
Allen, Anne K.
House 7,000, Garage 400, BIK R No. 128, .78a 2,000
9,400
202.10
Allen, Eleanor W.
Cottage 500, Blk T No. 52F, 6.68a 10.200
10,700
230.05
Allen, Rosamond
House 6,500, Cottage 350, Blk T No. 52D, 12.23a 8,700
15,550
334.33
Amado, Theodore S. & Amado, Mariea V.
House 900, Stable 100, BIK E No. 15. 3.21a 150
1,150
24.73
Amesbury, Walter R.
House 10,000, Cottage 2,500, Bath house 500, Garage 1,000, Blk T
22,000
473.00
House 400, Blk J No. 18, .25a 25
425
9.14
House 3,500, Blk T No. 23K1, .50a 200
3,700
79.55
Anderson, Roy H. and Ander- son, Marion E.
400
8.60
Andrade, Julio
390
8.39
Andrade, Nora and Andrade, Manuel
Bungalow 1,600, Garage 200, Blk B Nc. 56, 1.19a 50, Blk B No. 55, .97a 65
1,915
41.17
Andrews, Elizabeth J.
Cottage 3,500, Garage 200. O. B. 85, Porter Shore 13, .25a 600, Bun- galow 2,500, Garage 150, Porter Shore 7, .28a 500
7,535
162.00
Arango, Antonia, et al
Bik N No. 53, 4.09a 100
100
2.15
Archer, Gleason L.
House 2,500, Garage 500, Summer House 100, Blk C No. 7, 2.34a 250
3,350
72.03
Arnold, Edward L. and Arn-
old, Edna M. .
House 2,500, Garage 250, Blk S No. 13D, .77a, Blk S No. 13E, .56a 300
3,050
65.58
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REAL ESTATE VALUATION LIST, TOWN OF DUXBURY, 1943
Total Estate
Total Tay
Alden Kindred of America ..
650
13.98
Anderson, Henry A. et al
No. 48, 5.02a 8,000
Anderson, Oscar and Ander- son, Christina
Cottage 200, Blk U Part 39 Lot 111, .08a 200
Bog House 50, Blk B No. 96, Upland and Cranberry Meadow 11.17a 340
L
Arnold, Edward L., Jr. ...
House 2,500, Blk S No. 13E1, .23a 200
2,700
58.05
Arnold, Jessie A. ..
House 6,500, Blk S No. 90, .38à 600
7,100
152.65
Arnold, Margaret G. Blk A No. 36, 2.19a 45, Blk A No. 46, 1.31a 40, Blk A No. 43A 9.36a 135 Atwood, Anne K. House and Garage 12,000, Blk P No. 32A, 3.19a 1,500
220
4.73
13,500
290.25
Atwood, Carlton E. and At- wood, Ina B.
House 1,800, Garage 200, Blk F1A, .35a 75, Blk F1B, 6a 200
2,275
48.91
Atwood Bros., Inc.
Blk N No. 50, 14.52a 150
150
3.23
Atwood, E. Florence
Blk C No. 48, 4.80a 110, Blk C No. 50, 9.50a 425
535
11.50
Atwood, Mabel C.
House 1,800, Stable 150, Blk B No. 76A, 8.60a 400
2,350
50.53
Atwood, Richard Allen
Ocean View 2-3, Blk 7, .18a 400 ..
400
8.60
Auditore, Frank J.
Cottage 200, Blk M No. 34, 8.36a 140
340
7.31
B
Cottage 300, O. B. 25, Alden Heights 19, 35, 36, .21a 500. House 800, Blk H No. 46, 3.63a 400
825
17.74
Badger, Alice M.
1,200
25.80
Bagley, Herbert P. and Bagley, Jeanette G.
House 8,000, Garage 500, Webster Beach Lot 69, .21a 550, Lot 55A .09a 320
9,370
201.46
Bailey, Ernest H.
House 6,000, Stable 500, Blk P No. 43, 15.01a 1,000, Boat House 500, Blk P No. 46A, .23a 25, Blk O No. 27, 15.33a 190, Grand View Park 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 1.12a 600, Grand View Park 5, .28a 200, Blk P No. 34, 3.89a 200
9,215
198.12
3
Bailey, Fred L.
Blk D No. 7, 6.28a 40, Blk D Part No. 16A, 2.50a 30
70
1.51
Store House 200, Stable 100, Blk D No. 10 Upland 50.82a 500, Cran- berry Meadow 5.50a 2,500, Blk D No. 23, 1.65a 250, Blk D No. 29, 8.58a 220
3,770
81.06
Bailey, Hazel M. and Bailey, Louis M.
House 1,500, Stable 200, O. B. 25, Blk S No. 30, 4.37a, Blk S No. 31, 1.85a 600
2,325
49.99
Bailey, Ida F. and Cushing, Helen B. et al
House 2,000, Stable 400, O. B. 160, Blk O No. 29, 1.54a 400
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