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Libraries
204.22
Health
988.52
Transportation
7,200.00
New Equipment
725.97
Miscellaneous
2,199.53
Total
$58,881.61
Appropriation
$57,000.00
Dog Tax
688.51
Special Appropriation 1,200.00
Total Appropriation $58,888.51
Balance $ 6.90
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HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$200.00
Expended
82.36
Balance
$117.64
COTTAGE LABORATORY ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Expended
1,446.16
Balance
$1,553.84
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended
129.24
Balance $370.76
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Duxbury High School Cafeteria
January 1, 1944 - December 31, 1944
Receipts
Expenses
January
$1,360.56
$919.67
February
877.67
883.20
March
1,068.92
938.62
April
847.85
786.63
May
1,287.31
761.29
June
864.90
765.07
July
448.92
321.57
August
September
942.07
1,047.52
October
962.02
1,225.99
November
1,278.06
1,230.90
December
645.79
1,194.04
$10,584.07
$10,074.50
Balance on Hand, December 31, 1943
$17.02
Total Receipts
$10,601.09
Total Expenses
$10,074.50
Balance on Hand December 31, 1944 $526.59
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Report of Educational Adviser
Mr. George E. Green Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
The guidance program as outlined in previous town reports has been continued through 1944. Interviewing and advising the individual students, keeping records of interviews, tests, and grades, administering and inter- . preting tests, and acting as one of three faculty advisers for the Student Council has consumed the time for which I am employed by the Duxbury School Department.
Last Spring arrangements were made by me for two trips to hospitals for girls interested in nursing. Miss Carter took the first group of seven to the Quincy Hos- pital. Miss Carter and I took eighteen girls to the Brock- ton Hospital where a very comprehensive program for recruiting nurses had been arranged for high school girls. Miss Vera Peterson is now a Nurse Corps Cadet and Cecelia Bulu hopes soon to be admitted.
In March the Kuder Preference Test was administered and interpreted by me for the class of 1945. In May the eighth grade were given the Orleans Algebra Prognosis Test. Those with low scores were advised not to elect Algebra, but not forbidden.
The School Department arranged with Boston Uni- versity to give the juniors and seniors a battery of tests
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on November 6, 1944. This battery consisted of Cali- fornia Mental Maturity Tests, Cooperative Reading Com- prehension Tests, Minnesota Vocational Test for Clerical Workers, California Occupational Interest Inventory, and the Minnesota Paper Form Board Test of Mechan- ical Ability. Professor Thacker brought the results of these tests to Duxbury and spent two hours with Mr. Scott and me explaining the results. In turn I shall pass these results and possible interpretations to the teachers and students.
Professionally I have tried to keep alert and up-to-date on the rapid advancements in this field of education. Last Spring I attended with Mr. Warfield and Miss Downey the course given at Hingham on The Changing High School Curriculum. As a member of the National Voca- tional Guidance Association I attend the dinner meetings in Boston four times a year. The Plymouth Business and Professional Women's Club asked me to speak of Voca- tional Guidance at a recent meeting.
The Massachusetts Conference of Social Work asked me to serve on the South Shore Regional Committee as one of three who were asked to represent the schools of the South Shore. The other two school members are Dr. Wiles of the Brockton Schools and Mr. Porter-Shirley of the Hingham Schools. At the Spring Conference in Quincy I served as chairman of the meeting on Youth Guidance.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET K. ELLIOTT,
Educational Adviser.
204 Report of Music Supervisor
Mr. George E. Green
Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
The school music program is much more practical and progressive this year, due to the fact that there are single grades in a room.
All grades now have their own music reading books and their own individual programs.
A weekly outline is provided for each teacher in a very complete manual.
The first grade has a very attractive music book called "Music Horizons", containing much beautiful material.
The Second Grade book and reader is called "My First Book". It provides for the transition of rote singing to note singing and provides also a section of observation songs.
The reading songs are of high musical quality.
"Unison Songs", and Third Grade singing book, con- tains repertoire songs, observation songs, also reading, rote, community and home songs.
"Rhythm Songs", the Fourth Grade reader, also con- tains the observation and reading songs with simple
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rhythmic problems, rote songs, home and community songs.
"Introduction to Part Singing", the reader used in the Fifth Grade, proceeds much as the Fourth Grade but in- cludes 6/8 measure, chromatics and two part singing.
"Art Songs and Part Songs", used in the Sixth Grade, includes repertoire, observation and reading songs in- cluding minor mode, sixteenth notes, two and three part songs, study of the bass staff, also rote, home and com- munity songs.
In all these grades a program for music appreciation through victrola records is carefully planned and carried out. Attention is given the study of orchestral instru- ments and recognition of the same.
The Junior High School, Seventh and Eighth Grades are united in choral music once a week. The material for their work is taken from "Music Highways and By- ways" and is well adapted to our needs. Fine material is found for three part singing with special attention given to boys' changing voices.
This year music has become an elective subject in the High School and we now have about twenty-five voices. The group meets once a week.
Respectfully submitted,
MAY BLAIR McCLOSKY,
Supervisor of Music.
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Report of Drawing Supervisor
Mr. George E. Green Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
The Art work in the Public Schools of Duxbury has had to be somewhat reorganized to meet the requirements of the Massachusetts State Board.
Miss Nye, the State Supervisor, has had several con- ferences with this department and I think a definite but flexible program has been arranged. A still more definite one is being decided upon for the future.
In all this, the capable Duxbury teachers have coop- erated to the limit and a spirit of enjoyment and helpful- ness from both pupils and teachers has made the work interesting.
A steady development in Creative Art is very notice- able-especially in the elementary grades.
An effort has been made to correlate Art with the Social Studies, English, Science and the Unit System. Murals have been made on the Farm in Grade I, The Christmas Play in Grade II, Homes in Grade III, The Pilgrims in Grade IV, Trees in Grade V, and Prehistoric Man in Grade VI. The work has had a great cultural effect on the children, causing them to notice much outside school, giving them an incentive for research and enjoyment of Art in the outside world.
An extra class of twenty pupils (8th grade) has been taken on this year. Last year only one 8th grade pupil
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took Art. The High School class has also increased in number. The time for Art periods in Junior High and High School has been lengthened. This means that the time an Art teacher usually has for collecting material and going from room to room has been reduced to zero.
If an Art room could be provided, where Art materials could be kept and commendable work displayed-it would give an Art Atmosphere very valuable to the pupils. There is no such Atmosphere at present.
The program is arranged in such a manner that after a visit from 8:40 A. M. to 9:30 A. M. at the High School for the 7th grade, the Supervisor must go to Tarkiln or Village-have the 1st and 2nd grades or the 3rd and 4th grades, and be back at the High School for a 10:45 class. At 11:30 she has the High School until 12:30-has about twenty minutes for lunch and must take the 8th grade at 1:00 P. M. to 2:00 P. M. Next is the 6th grade from 2 P. M. to 3 P. M. This is rather strenuous business.
If Duxbury wants to make the most of its Art course, I feel the Supervisor should have more time to accomplish this.
At present we are working on a program with other supervisors in the state, that can be used in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. The program for the first three grades is ready for the printer.
Thee is an increased interest in Art, everywhere, and I feel this very strongly in Duxbury. It has been an en- couraging year.
Respectfully submitted,
ELLA BAGOT HEBBERD,
Art Supervisor.
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Report of School Nurse
Mr. George E. Green Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir :
I submit herewith the report of the School Nurse for the year 1944.
The nurse assisted with health examinations on all children, including physical, dental, vision and hearing tests. Arragements were worked out at both the Village and Tarkiln schools to do the physical examinations out- side the classrooms. This was done in the basement at the Village and in the corridor at Tarkiln, and made it possible to undress the children to the waist for a more complete examination. First grade and all new children were examined as usual for flat feet in accordance with the state law.
Notices were sent home to parents when defects were found by any examination and home visits were made as necessary. During the year a total of 156 visits were made in the homes of school children.
Inspections were done monthly in the elementary grades by the nurse. The teachers are cooperating more and more in the matter of daily inspections and reporting to the nurse anything needing further attention. Children are thus taken care of immediately in case of illness or accident during school hours.
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Teachers are also working together with the nurse for a consistent enforcement of the ruling that all chil- dren absent five days or more must bring a doctor's cer- tificate with them to permit them to return. This is for the protection of all the children, and every effort is made to carry out the ruling at all times. If there have been any errors or omissions, it has not been due to favoritism or neglect of duty; and in every case where an apparent oversight has been reported, we have checked on it promptly.
The children of Massachusetts have a very poor record as a whole with regard to their teeth, and unfortunately Duxbury is no exception. Notices have been sent home about defective teeth more than about any other defect in the last few years, especially for High School students. For the coming year it is to be hoped that some way can be found to interest this group in the proper care of their teeth.
Because of the need, a great deal of emphasis is put on the dental health program. The free dental clinic for the elementary grades and the dental appointments for a group of children needing transportation were com- pleted as last year, with the help of the Red Cross Motor Corps, a total of 14 in each group receiving their 100% certificates.
The competition for the dental banner continues with zest and interest and seems to be responsible for many more children's mouths being in 100% condition than previously. A film was obtained from the State Depart- ment of Health on "The Care of Our Teeth" and shown in assembly.
A class in Red Cross Home Nursing continues to be giver: as part of the Ninth Grade Home Economics
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course. Five Junior certificates were awarded at the end of a thirty-hour course in the spring at an assembly which was a Red Cross educational program.
Two trips were made with groups of High School girls to Quincy City and Brockton Hospitals respectively in connection with recruitment of student nurses.
The nurse plans to attend several teachers meetings through the year in the interest of the best possible co- operation. At the first meeting of the year the health program is outlined, first aid rules explained, and ar- rangements made for contacting the nurse when needed. Last year the meetings to plan a course of study for the Elementary Schools were attended as well as the after- noon of demonstration at Bridgewater.
In June, 30 preschool children were given psychometric and physical examinations and were vaccinated as needed. Appointments were arranged and histories obtained by the nurse.
Three children were taken to Bailey Health Camp under the auspices of the Tuberculosis Seal Sale Fund. The two who were allowed by their family to remain all summer came home improved in health and very happy.
Three children, contacts to tuberculosis, were taken to Plymouth County Hospital for their annual check-up, and three children had their tonsils removed through the facilities of the Duxbury Nurse Association.
The nurse spoke at the meeting of the Parent-Teachers Association of which the teachers were in charge, telling about the school health program which the Harvard Sur- vey omitted from their report. One of the items men-
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tioned was the lack of sufficient office space, as the nurse's office is also used for athletic equipment, men teachers rest room, school lunch accounts, and vocational guid- ance.
This fall the situation became even more acute as it has been necessary also to share the office with the secre- tary and for it to be used as a thoroughfare for all wish- ing to see the principal. Inconveniences are to be ex- pected in war time, but no very great expansion of the school health program is possible under such crowded conditions.
Parents could help a great deal if they would remem- ber the rule already mentioned about five-day absence, and if they would refrain from sending a child to school so "the nurse can see what's the matter with him". The doctor is the only one who is allowed to make a diagnosis so the nurse can only use extra tires and gas to take the child home. An undue proportion of the nurse's time is spent on trips to straighten out one or the other of these two matters.
The Well-Child Conference sponsored by the Parent- Teachers Association met every other month during the year. Dr. King examined a total of 50 babies and chil- dren, with the nurse assisting, volunteers helping with notices and desk work, and the Red Cross Motor Corps doing the transportation.
Respectfully submitted,
SUSAN E. CARTER, R. N.,
Duxbury School Nurse.
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Report of School Physician
Mr.George E. Green Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
The annual Pre-school Clinic was held as usual in June. At this Clinic, physical and psychiatric examinations, and Small Pox vaccinations, were carried out on the children who were to enter the first grade the following Fall.
All pupils of the Duxbury Schools received a physical examination in the Fall. Where defects were found, par- ents were notified. At the same time, dental examinations were carried out on the children.
There were very few cases of contagious diseases in the schools during the year, except that we had a large number of cases of "pink eye" in the late Fall.
Many schools throughout the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts are now requiring that all new teachers, and teachers not on tenure, be examined for Tuberculosis. I recommend that this procedure be adopted in the Dux- bury Schools.
Respectfully submitted,
C. H. KING, M. D.
213 Report of School Dentist
Mr. George E. Green Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
The usual school dental health program, consisting of examinations, dental clinic services, and dental educa- tion, was carried on successfully throughout the school year.
After the dental examination in each class room, brief talks were given by the dentist to the children about the care of their teeth. Toothbrushes were secured by the Duxbury Nurse Association and distributed by Miss Car- ter to some of the children. This is all a part of the edu- cational program to stimulate the children to visit their dentists at regular intervals. I want to thank Miss Carter and the teachers for their cooperation in this dental health project.
Aside from the examinations of all the school children, the following work was completed in the school clinic:
28 Prophylaxis
76 Amalgam fillings
14 Cement bases
21 Cement fillings
37 Extractions
49 Injections of Novacain
9 Treatments
1 Porcelain filling
4 Nitrous oxide anesthesia. Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM O. DYER,
School Dentist.
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Report of Parent-Teacher Associaton
It has been the aim of the Duxbury Parent-Teacher Association to present a varied program of general in- terest. At the first meeting in October, Miss Ruth Davis of Bridgewater State Teachers' College explained the purpose of the newly established Pre-primary grade, and answered questions that had arisen.
In November Mr. Walter Scott talked about the Visual Aid Program, illustrating his lecture with interesting slides and motion pictures, demonstrating what machines are already in use and what could be acquired in time.
In the January meeting Miss Minna F. Holl of the Boston Conservatory of Music talked on "Your Child Needs Music-What Shall We Give Him?"
There is a paid membership of 126, with an average attendance of nearly 100.
The Well Child Conferences have been carried on by Dr. King and Miss Carter.
Respectfully submitted,
JULIA T. BROCK,
President.
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Graduating Exercises
THE DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL
June 16, 1944
PROGRAM
1. MARCH-"Marche Pontificale" Gounod
2. INVOCATION Rev. Lawrence Morrisroe
3. SONG-"Fair Land of Freedom" Senior Chorus
4. ESSAY-"Economic Cooperation for Lasting Peace" Ann Elizabeth Harvey
5. CLASS HISTORY Mae E. Barclay Marjorie Holloway
5. CLASS MOTTO Virginia Merry
7. ESSAY-"Which Way, America ?" Nancy Brock
8. CLASS PROPHECY
Vera Gertrude Peterson Alice Caron
9. VIOLIN SOLO-"Danny Boy" Virginia Merry
10. CLASS GIFTS
Phyllis Lovell Phyllis Mosher -
11. GIFT TO SCHOOL Cecilia Bulu
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12. GIFTS TO THE TEACHERS
Vera Randall Grace Eva Taylor
13. CLASS WILL
[ Frank Elmer Phillips, Jr. LJ. Larkin Harvey
14. SONGS-a. "Song at Nightfall" Lehar Senior Chorus b. "Serenade" Beam
15. ESSAY-"Post War Aviation" Justine Delano
16. PRESENTATION OF AWARDS George E. Green
17. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Kenneth G. Garside
18. CLASS SONG Senior Chorus
19. BENEDICTION Rev. Walter R. Hunt
DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1944
Mae Elaine Barclay Marjorie Lois Holloway Nancy Elizabeth Brock Phyllis Lorraine Lovell Cecilia Pina Bulu Alice Caron Virginia Mae Merry Phyllis Mosher
Justine Alice Delano Vera Gertrude Peterson
Ann Elizabeth Harvey Frank Elmer Phillips, Jr. Vera Christine Randall
J. Larkin Harvey
Grace Eva Taylor
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Index
Gen- Finan- eral cial
Accountant
11
17
Assessors
130
18
Audit for 1943
79
88
Balance Sheet
58
Births
93
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Cemetery
155
54
Cemetery Trust Fund
60
Clerk of Town
18
Deaths
96
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Dump, Town
30
Elections and Registrations
121
19
Extension Service, Agriculture
164
50
Fire Department
135
22
Forest Warden
139
26
Hall and Offices
20
Health Board
145
29
Highways and Sidewalks
144
31
Historian
162
20
Honor Roll
173
53
Jury List
7
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Landings, Public
36
Law
20
Library
149
49
Licenses, Permits
101
11
Marriages
90
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218
INDEX - Continued
Memorial Day
147
50
Moth Department
142
25
Nurse
146
29
Oaths of Office
125
Officers of Town
3
-
Planning Board
171
49
Playgrounds
159
50
Police
133
21
Protective By-Law
111
Public Safety
167
52
Rationing
160
52
Schools
179
41
School Housing Committee
175
Selectmen
8
16
Shellfish Constable
153
52
Snow and Ice
35
Tax Collector
17
Town Meeting
103
-
Treasurer
128
17
Tree Warden
143
25
Trusts and Investments
83
56
Welfare
131
37
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Gen- Finan- eral cial
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE
TOWN of DUXBURY
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 1945
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE
TOWN of DUXBURY
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 1945
Linotyped, Printed and Bound by THE ROGERS PRINT Plymouth, Mass.
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In Memoriam
In profound appreciation of their loyalty and devotion we record the names of the men who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II.
JOHN RADFORD ABBOT, Jr. RAYMOND CHARLES CLARK BRONISLAW PETER DUBILESKI CHARLES KEENE ESTES
WILLIAM DONALD FLOYD MERRILL M. GREEN
ROBERT ALLEN HERDMAN
WILLLAM MANUEL MARTIN
LOUIS P. MENDES
NATHANIEL MORTON RAYMOND, Jr.
In Memoriam
LAWRENCE W. GLASS
Born 1901
Died 1945
Duxbury Fire Department 1919 - 1945
Board of Fire Engineers 1942 - 1945
JOHN SIMMONS
Born 1885
Died 1945
Cemetery Trustee
1919 - 1939
School Committee
1921 - 1926
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In Memoriam
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J. WOODWARD MANNING
Born 1866
Died 1945
Planning Board
1934 - 1939
ELIZABETH A. PHILLIPS
Born 1862
Died 1945
School Committee
1916 - 1928
NATHANIEL K. NOYES
Born 1865
Died 1945
School Committee
1902 - 1911
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Town Officers, 1945
SELECTMEN
Walter G. Prince
1946
Charles R. Crocker
.
1947
Philip W. Delano
.
1948
ASSESSORS
Charles R. Crocker
. 1946
Philip W. Delano
1947
Walter G. Prince
1948
BOARD OF HEALTH
Walter G. Prince
1946
Charles R. Crocker
1947
Philip W. Delano
1948
CEMETERY TRUSTEES
C. H. King, replacing William O. Dyer, resigned 1946
Harry A. Tammett
1947
Ernest H. Bailey
1948
J. Newton Shirley
1949
Theodore W. Glover
1950
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TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER
Joseph T. C. Jones 1947
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Edwin M. Noyes 1947
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Harriet B. Borgeson
1946
Kenneth G. Garside
1947
Herbert C. Wirt
1947
George Scott
1948
J. Newton Shirley
1948
PLANNING BOARD
Arthur Murphy
1946
Benjamin F. Goodrich
1947
Mary N. Gifford
1948
Oliver L. Barker
1949
Percy L. Walker
1950
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Madeleine H. Baker*
1948
George S. Butler
1947
Carl J. Santheson, Jr.
1946
* Resigned
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CONSTABLES
Earl W. Chandler
James T. O'Neil
Lawrence C. Doyle
TREE WARDEN
Roy E. Parks
OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters-Clara M. Redmond, 1946; Her- bert E. Walker, 2nd, 1947; Louis M. Bailey, 1948.
Fire Engineers-Eben N. Briggs, Henry M. Griswold, Lawrence W. Glasst, Kenneth O. Macomber, Carl J. San- theson, Jr., George S. Butler, Leroy M. Peterson.
Superintendent of Streets-Edward S. O'Neil.
Chief of Police-James T. O'Neil.
Forest Warden-Eben N. Briggs.
Moth Superintendent-Roy E. Parks.
Shellfish Constable-Arthur E. Holmes.
Historian-Rev. Walter R. Hunt.
Town Counsel-A. Perry Richards.
Inspector of Animals-Ernest W. Chandler.
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Inspector of Slaughtered Animals-Ernest W. Chand- ler.
Sealer of Weights and Measures - Charles C. Mc- Naught.
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber-Ray M. Parks, Brad- ley Osgood.
Weighers of Coal, Coke and Hay-Benjamin F. Good- rich, Isa M. Goodrich, Elizabeth W. Goodrich, Paul S. McAuliffe, Russell Soule.
Field Drivers-Ernest W. Chandler, Waldo Reed, Ed- win S. Hill.
Fence Viewers-Henry M. Griswold, Ray M. Parks, Eben N. Briggs.
Dog Officer-Lawrence C. Doyle.
Harbor Master - Arthur Elliot Holmes; Assistant, Floyd E. Kenney.
Burial Agent-Theodore W. Glover.
Parks and Playgrounds-Eben N. Briggs, Supervisor.
Town Accountant-Isabelle V. Freeman.
¡ Deceased
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Jury List
List of persons qualified to serve as Jurors in the Town of Duxbury from July 1, 1945 to July 1, 1946.
Baker, Edwin I.
Mechanic
Bay Road
Bartlett, Alden M.
Insurance Temple St.
Bates, Chester W.
Carpenter Enterprise St.
Bump, Morrison M. Engineer Surplus St.
Cooper, Dudley M.
Retired Washington St.
Delano, Walter S. Carpenter
Eaton, Arthur D. Painter
Figmic, John A.
Maintenance
Josselyn Ave.
Flannery, John W.
Superintendent King Caesar Rd.
Gosnell, William C.
Realtor Elm St.
Greene, Arthur C.
Carpenter Harrison St.
Harrison, Ellis F.
Janitor
Chestnut St.
Hobart, Edward P. Timekeeper Bay Road
Howland, William A.
Retired Chestnut St.
Hubbard, Ray B.
Mechanic Puritan Road
Loring, Edwin E. Mechanic Duck Hill Rd.
Lucey, John E. Greenkeeper
St. George St.
Merry, Stanley H. Draftsman
West St.
Ryder, Oscar B. Laborer Depot St.
Schaffer, Carlton H. Oil Dealer
Tremont St.
Soule, Russell W. Boat Broker Powder Pt. Ave.
Tammett, Harry A. Salesman Chestnut St.
Tinker, Harry L. Retired®
St. George St.
St. George St.
Luttropp, Knute E.
Salesman
Tremont St.
Tremont St.
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Report of Selectmen
To the Citizens of Duxbury :
We submit herewith the Ninety-Third Annual Report of the various officers and committees.
Early in the year it was decided to have the Depart- ment of Public Utilities investigate the Plymouth County Electric Company's system throughout the town. The survey has been completed, but we have not had a final report on their findings as yet.
The enforcement of the Protective By-Law is becom- ing more complicated, due to the increased demand for larger business areas. The good judgment of the Appeal Board has made the by-law work for the benefit of all concerned.
This year the voting booths were installed in the High School Auditorium, instead of in the Town Hall on Tre- mont Street. The change was apparently well received by the voters.
The construction of the bulkhead at Blue Fish River has not been undertaken as we have been advised that public funds can be appropriated only for public use and never for private purposes and we do not believe that the construction of the bulkhead serves any public purpose. The bulkhead would afford no protection to the bridge or highway, and no protection to the bridge or highway is
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