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Appropriation
$10,000.00
Sale of Lots
40.00
Dividends, Perpetual
Care Funds 1,728.20
$11,768.20
Superintendent's Salary
$2,704.00
Labor
6,449.70
Secretary's Salary
240.00
Office Supplies
220.05
Loam
272.50
Trees, Shrubs, Flowers
72.05
Equipment and materials
1,249.47
Trucks and power mowers
440.87
All other, including insurance
112.15
$11,760.79
157
Boomer Square
Appropriation $50.00
Labor
$50.00 $50.00
Cemetery Department, Hathaway Fund
Appropriation Balance $96.24
Labor and grass seed $96.24 $96.24
Resurface Cemetery Roads
Appropriation Balance $106.92
Labor and Materials
$106.92 $106.92
Myles Standish Cellar Lot
Withdrawn from fund
$30.00
Signs
$30.00
$30.00
George H. Wood Fund
Withdrawn from fund $17.80
Flowers $17.80 $17.80
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest
Appropriation
$6,165.00
Interest on School Bonds $5,827.50
Interest, Anticipation of Revenue notes 82.84
$5,910.34
158
Maturing Debt
Appropriation
$15,000.00
School Bonds
$15,000.00 $15,000.00
Anticipation of Revenue
Rockland Trust Company $50,000.00 $50,000.00
Unpaid Bills of 1949
Appropriation $773.45
Guy Chandler, Public Welfare $3.30
Bill Walsh & Son, Public Welfare 71.63
J. Fonseca & Son, Public Welfare 15.40
Eric Mitchell, Public Welfare 11.40
F. E. Sealander, Public Welfare
5.00
First National Stores, Public
Welfare 270.00
Great A & P Tea Co., Public
Welfare 116.75
Dr. Richard Shiff, Public Welfare 10.00
Dr. Victor V. Ragonetti, Public Welfare 40.00
Harry G. Briggs, Public Welfare
12.00
Maxwell E. MacDonald, Public Welfare 15.00
William C. Gould, Public Welfare
6.00
Dr. Walter E. Deacon, Public
Welfare 28.00
James A. Mclaughlin, Public Welfare 8.00
J. Stewart Rooney, Public Welfare 4.00
Balboni's Drug Store, Public Welfare 6.85
Walter E. Deacon, Public Welfare 3.00
Eben N. Briggs, Public Welfare 5.28
159
George Ross Starr, Public Welfare 10.00
Walter E. Deacon, Veterans Benefits
14.00
George Ross Starr, Public Welfare
3.00
First National Stores, Public Welfare 38.85
George Ross Starr, Public Welfare 27.00
Elden F. Wadsworth, Town Office 7.79
Cooper Drug Stores, Veterans Benefits
4.00
Eben N. Briggs, Recreation Center 37.20
$773.45
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
County of Plymouth, County
Tax $24,495.63
Rockland Trust Co., With-
holding Tax
12,709.36
Plymouth County Treasurer, Retirement Funds 3,096.49
Plymouth Savings Bank, Per-
petual Care Funds 4,935.00
Division of Fisheries and Game, Licenses 412.75
Plymouth Savings Bank, Trust Fund Income 625.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings
Bank, Trust Fund Income 1,626.85
Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, State Parks and Res- ervations 615.13
State Audit of Municipal Accounts 613.55
Treasurer of Plymouth County,
Dog Licenses 995.60
160
Plymouth County Hospital
7,773.18
Blue Cross Hospital Service
9.75
$57,908.29
REVOLVING FUNDS
School Lunch Program
Amounts received from Cafeteria and Federal Subsidy $7,922.56
Food and Materials $4,561.84
Salaries 1,841.00
$6,402.84
Athletic Association
Received from Athletic
Association $701.56
No payment in 1950
Planning Board Deposits
Deposits received $30.00
Postage
$8.58
Publishing
11.63
Balance of Deposit returned to
applicants 4.11
$24.32
REFUNDS
Refund, Real Estate
$552.99
Refund, Poll Tax
6.00
Refund, Personal Tax
9.50
Refund, Estimated Revenue
2.49
Refund, Excise Taxes
937.45
$1,508.43
Total Expenditures
$606,255.53
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TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE
Oct. 19, To Planning Board $77.00
26, To Old Age Assist- ance 1,244.21
Nov. 17, To Old Age Assist- ance 351.75
17, To Election and Reg- istration 27.45
17, To Police Depart- ment 230.00
Dec. 22, To Gurnet Road Hydrants
107.94
22, To Law Department 250.00
28, To Memorial Day Committee 5.00
31, To Overlay Reserve, to close 1,706.65
$4,000.00
APPROPRIATION BALANCES RETURNED TO TREASURY
General Government
Selectmen's Salary
$33.40
Selectmen's Department
259.26
Treasurer's Department
55.20
Accounting Department
12.21
Assessors' Department
113.39
Tax Collector's Department
10.32
Town Clerk's Department
.42
Finance Committee
40.00
Appeal Board
34.20
Planning Board
110.00
Election and Registration
2.50
Town Historian
32.50
162
Town Hall and Offices
49.09
Town Hall and Offices
190.84
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Protection
4.24
Fire Protection
39.34
Insect Pest Control
564.17
Tree Department
33.40
Forest Fire Department
75.28
Sealer of Weights and Measures
38.58
Health
Health Department
176.63
Bounties
29.10
Town Dump
152.75
Vital Statistics
11.25
Highway
Highway Department
10.15
Snow and Ice Department
28.01
Bridge Department
8.96
Town Landings
38.49
Street Lights
132.95
Charities
Public Welfare
2,891.06
Aid to Dependent Children
2,954.72
Old Age Assistance
2,896.65
Veterans Benefits
1,170.98
Schools
School Department 182.48
Americanization and Vocational
2.80
Public Use of School Facilities
60.00
163
Recreation and Unclassified
Civil Defense
86.04
Unclassified
79.99
Harbor Master
.73
Shellfish Constable
84.47
Workmen's Compensation
Insurance
750.43
Parks and Playgrounds
32.81
Recreation Center
76.54
Recreation Center, 1949
561.44
Printing and Delivering Town
Reports
8.00
Fire Insurance Schedule
145.35
Cemetery
Cemetery Department
7.41
Interest
Interest Account
254.66
$14,533.19
APPROPRIATION BALANCES RETAINED
Accounting Dept., Adding
Machine
$27.50
Assessors Map
185.00
1950 Police Automobile
4.47
Fire Department, Pumper
59.55
Tree Department-Hathaway
Fund 12.19
Town Forest Improvement
3.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control
27.10
Highway Department,
Hathaway Fund .29
Highway Department,
Pickup Truck 400.00
164
Bridge Department,
Hathaway Fund
.14
Town Landing at Cove Street
25.00
Ch. 90, Highway Construction 1950
5.19
Ch. 90, Highway Maintenance 1950
6.66
Bayridge Lane
863.51
Autumn Avenue Repairs
25.72
Crescent Street Improvement
44.76
Pilgrim By-Way Improvement
230.08
Longfellow-Terrace Improve-
ment
907.07
Church and Tremont Street- Awards
52.00
1949 Tremont Street Lights
31.20
1950 Tremont Street Lights
61.90
Alden Street Tennis Courts
1.27
Traffic Signs and Markers
13.41
A.D.C., Federal Grant
2,067.41
A.D.C., Federal Grant Admin- istration
178.52
O.A.A., Federal Grant
915.99
O.A.A., Federal Grant Admin- istration
828.36
Elementary School Building Committee
779.91
Remodel Duxbury High School
5,000.00
Elementary School Classrooms 3,990.63
Elementary School Playground Equipment 12.05
Special Shellfish Account
340.19
Propagation of Shellfish
486.69
Poison Ivy Extermination
20.65
Fourth of July
40.00
Mosquito Control
1,300.00
Water District Committee
200.00
165
Eradication of Rag Weed
100.00
Duxbury Harbor Dredging
12,000.00
Fish Ladders, Island Creek
179.70
Valley Street Awards
4.85
Congress Street Awards
8.00
Tax Title-Foreclosures
595.50
Mosquito Control
600.00
Town Retirement System
487.80
Tax Title-Accounts
149.28
Blue Fish Tide Gates
60.63
$33,333.17
CEMETERY TRUST FUND ACCOUNT
Total Amount of Cemetery Perpetual Care
Funds, December 31, 1949
$90,046.93
Dividends added to the Trust Funds in 1950
1,845.62
New Funds Added in 1950 :
Rebecca Bryant Graves
200.00
Edith W. Gibney
200.00
Joseph Leo Landry
200.00
George and Anna Weston
400.00
Laurel B. Freeman
100.00
Marcus S. Palmer
200.00
Herbert I. Knowles
200.00
John W. Parks
200.00
Marion E. Alderman
200.00
William and Sarah Snow
100.00
Russell O. Chandler
175.00
Estate of Wilfred C. Dawes
200.00
Capt. Charles Weston
200.00
Edwin F. Hathaway
200.00
Thorley Collester
200.00
Guy L. Southard
200.00
Samuel M. Drake
300.00
Joyce W. Zipf
200.00
166
Henry L. Weston
400.00
Leonide Frances Bailey
200.00
Funds increased by the following deposits :
Mayflower Cemetery Fund
245.00
John S. Loring
100.00
Estate of Wilfred C. Dawes
100.00
Mary E. Hoffman
15.00
Charles F. Shirley
100.00
Dr. J. Newton Shirley
100.00
Total Trust Funds and Dividends
$96,827.55
Amount withdrawn from income for care
of lots in 1950 1,728.20
Balance of Cemetery Funds, December
31, 1950 $95,099.35
TOWN OF DUXBURY Balance Sheet - December 31, 1950 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ยท ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
:
In Banks and Office
$224,600.11
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves 240.00
Collector (Petty Cash)
150.00
Tailings
612.46
Town Clerk (Petty Cash)
25.00
Real Estate Fund
5,600.00
$224,775.11
$8,952.46
Accounts Receivable :
Federal Grants:
167
Levy of 1948
$17.20
Levy of 1949
6,228.53
O.A.A. Grant 915.99
O.A.A. Administration
828.36
37,020.97
3,990.28
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Eben Ellison Beach
365.85
Levy of 1946 $5.31
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
29,342.89
Levy of 1947
58.58
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
6,370.50
Levy of 1948
64.27
Overlay reserved for abatements :
Levy of 1949 267.56
1948 Overlay $17.20
1949 Overlay
5,625.91
3,503.84
1950 Overlay
7,908.43
Manufacturing, etc. Excise
600.00
13,551.54
Taxes :
A.D.C. Grant
$2,067.41
A.D.C. Administration 178.52
Levy of 1950
30,775.24
Levy of 1950
3,108.12
Fire Insurance Reserve
$2,500.00
Balance Sheet - Continued
Tax Titles Tax Possessions Departmental :
2,267.45 93.85
Revenue Reserved until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise $3,503.84
Manufacturing, etc. Excise 600.00
Public Welfare
$193.65
Tax Title Revenue
2,361.30
Aid to Dependent Children
1,094.54
Old Age Assistance
980.22
Veterans Benefits
456.03
Selectmen
30.00
Cemeteries
478.00
Athletic Association
$701.56
Aid to Highways
9,500.00
Planning Board Deposits
5.68
Plymouth County Hospital
1,074.89
State Audit Municipal Accounts
.01
Agency :
Dog Licenses
$3.60
Retirement Funds
322.31
Withholding Taxes
1,348.87
1,674.78
County Tax
78.54
Surplus Revenue
196,467.37
$282,218.75
$282,218.75
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$244,000.00 Elementary School Loan $244,000.00
19,197.58
Revolving Funds :
3,232.44
School Lunch Program
1,519.72
2,226.96
168
State Parks and Reservations
150.19
Aid to Highways Revenue
9,500.00
Departmental Revenue
3,232.44
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds : Cash and Securities
$189,093.11
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Lucy A. Ewell Cemetery Fund George H. Wood Cemetery Fund
$95,099.35
521.99
1,043.97
2,648.74
Thomas D. Hathaway Fund Myles Standish Cellar Fund
1,561.78
Lucy Hathaway Trust Fund
26,285.75
Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund
27,465.44
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
3,346.05
William Penn Harding Library Fund
1,063.44
Stabilization Fund
30,056.60
$189,093.11
$189,093.11 169
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REPORT OF RECREATION COMMITTEE
December 31, 1950
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
This past year has seen an increased use in the num- ber of groups as well as the number of people using the old Town Hall. This is gratifying to the Duxbury Recreation Committee which has restored and equipped the Town Hall not only for the use of the youth groups it sponsors, but for the use of all groups needing a place for their activities.
The kitchen is now completed and equipped with sink, stove and refrigerator. It is adequate for serving light refreshments. Benches have been made and placed around the hall to provide seating without inter- fering with the activities on the floor. Due to the ever increasing numbers in the building, added provision for hanging coats was necessary and suitable hooks were put in. A small building was erected in the rear of the Town Hall for the storage of chairs and equipment belonging to the many groups regularly meeting in the building.
The program for the past year has been very success- ful. The Recreation Committee has continued sponsor- ing the Cub and Boy Scouts of America, the Myles Standish Club, and the Bon Homme Club. These last two are under the leadership of paid professional direc- tors who guide the business meetings and social pro- grams of the two groups of young people. Increased membership in these clubs attests the success of their organizations.
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In addition to the groups meeting regularly in the Town Hall, a large number of other organized groups and clubs have met there from time to time and the secretary of the Recreation Committee has received letters from many of them expressing their appreci- ation of the restored Town Hall and its facilities. The following organizations have used the Town Hall in the past year : Unitarian Bay Conference, Catholic Wo- men's Sodality, Duxbury Art Club Exhibit, Catholic Church, Unitarian Alliance, Flower Show, Wedding Receptions, Garden Club Meetings, and a Dancing Group. This last group meets twice a month all winter and includes 100 children from the fourth to the seventh grades. The Old Town Hall seems to fill a recognized need in the town for a place where Duxbury people can meet for recreation, business and pleasure.
The Duxbury Recreation Committee used the Town appropriation of $1500 for director's fees, heating, lighting, telephone, and upkeep of the building. This appropriation is adequate to carry on the work of main- taining the Old Town Hall as a meeting place for all Duxbury, and no increase will be asked for.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN HUTCHEON, Chairman DOROTHY WENTWORTH,
Secretary-Treasurer
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN of DUXBURY
MAS
LES STANDISH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 1950
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Year Ending December 31, 1950
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Term Expires
J. Newton Shirley, M.D., Chairman
1951
Mrs. Virginia G. Craig, Secretary 1952
Morrison M. Bump 1953
George C. Scott 1951
Herbert C. Wirt 1953
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Charles P. Lawrence, A.M.
December 1, 1949 to June 16, 1950 Everett L. Handy, Ph.D., from September 1, 1950
SECRETARY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT
Mrs. Elisabeth W. McLeod Framingham Teachers' College Office Telephone 465
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THE REPORT OF THE DUXBURY SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Duxbury :
Your School Committee submits the following report for the year 1950 together with the report of the Superintendent of schools.
Many long hours have been spent during the year trying to solve many major school problems.
In May 1950, Mr. Lawrence resigned as Superin- tendent of Schools. We then went to the several sources of information on possible applicants for the position, and the credentials of numerous men were sent to us. We carefully screened these and interviewed those who appeared to be best qualified. Information then was ob- tained from the communities where they had been lo- cated to assist us in making our selection. Dr. Everett L. Handy was selected as the best prepared to carry on the work of the Duxbury Schools. He was elected Superintendent and reported to take over the position on September first. It was necessary to make an upward adjustment in our superintendent's salary to do this. We are well satisfied with our selection.
As usual, several teachers resigned and we believe we have been able to fill those positions with good teachers. We have found the teacher shortage to be present in the elementary school level.
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The teachers' salary schedule has again been said to be out of date. Recent increases reported as being made in towns of our size have called for a careful study of our schedule in view of these changes. Last March, our "cost of living adjustment" was discon- tinued and $400. was added to every step in our salary schedule. Further revision may be necessary if we are to continue to be able to call good teachers to Duxbury. Several bills on teachers' salaries entered in the 1951 State Legislature may call for further changes.
The Housing Problem will again become acute in the Elementary School in September 1953. There may be a problem in the High School in September 1952. We hope a solution may result from the studies made by Elementary 2-room conversion Committee and the High School Remodeling Committee.
The Finance Committee has asked us why our per pupil cost is up near the top of the list in towns of our group. Following the Harvard Survey made in 1943, an effort was made to improve certain faults which they found in our system. In making these adjustments, it may be possible we have gone too far. We believe Duxbury wants "A Good School System" as outlined in the "Three Year Plan" and further amplified in the re- port of Superintendent Whitehead in the 1947 Town Report. We have started a study of this problem in co- operation with a subdivision of the Finance Committee.
We wish to thank the Principals, Teachers and Su- pervisors for their cooperation during the year while the changes in Superintendents were made.
Our thanks are also extended to citizens, groups and organizations whose assistance has made it possible for us to do some things for our students which otherwise
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would have been impossible. The report of the Superin- tendent mentions these in greater detail.
We have carefully prepared our budget and ask for an appropriation of $153,845.05 for the support of the Duxbury Schools during the year 1951. If our studies indicate that our salary schedule needs revision, we will need an additional amount to cover any increases.
Respectfully submitted,
The Duxbury School Committee
J. NEWTON SHIRLEY, Chairman VIRGINIA G. CRAIG, Secretary GEORGE C. SCOTT HERBERT C. WIRT MORRISON M. BUMP
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REPORT OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
Duxbury School Committee Duxbury, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I wish to submit herewith a report of the Duxbury Schools for the year 1950. The report is planned to answer the following questions :
1. Who teaches in the Duxbury schools?
2. How many pupils receive instruction ?
3. What are the pupils taught?
4. How are the pupils housed ?
5. What health and transportation services are provided ?
6. How much does the educational program cost?
The report also includes an appendix which lists school regulations, the school calendar, graduation rec- ords and the school census. Because my work in Dux- bury began in September 1950, the report must be limited in many respects.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
(Who Teaches in the Duxbury Schools?)
The total number of persons participating in the work of the schools, excluding those employed in trans- porting pupils is 46. They are distributed as follows:
8
Elementary School Teachers
14
High School Teachers
13
Supervisors
3
Superintendents
1
Principals
1
Special Instructors (part-time)
4
Janitors
3
Clerks
2
Dentists
2
Physician
1
Nurse
1
Attendance Officer
1
School Census
1
One high school teacher received the master's degree in 1950. One additional high school teacher expects to receive the master's degree in 1951. Twenty-two mem- bers of the faculty (grades 1-12) hold degrees. Seven have no degrees. Of the twenty-two who hold degrees, six hold the master's degree. About eighty per cent of the high school teachers attended colleges or univer- sities for part-time advanced training in 1950.
A list of the teaching and other personnel, giving assignment, training and years of service in Duxbury follows.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
Telephone 465
Name
Position
Training
Years of Service in Duxbury
Miss Genevieve E. Mott Miss Dorothea A. Carr
Kindergarten
A.B., Bates College; Boston University 0
Mrs. Lena A. Macomber
Grade One
Salem Normal School 5
Mrs. Mildred E. Glass Mrs. M. Abbie Peckham
Grade Two
Partridge Academy, Hyannis Normal 40
Mrs. Flora Ann Wood
Grade Two
A.B., Tufts 2
9
Mrs. Josephine C. Bush
Grade Two
A.B., University of Washington; A.M., Teachers' College, Columbia; Boston University
0
Miss Betty Jane Harrigan
Grade Three
Miss Doris M. Toohey
Grade Three
A.B., Regis College
0
Miss Sara E. Paulding
Grade Four
Hyannis Normal, Partridge Academy, Columbia, Harvard 46
Miss Dorothy H. Gerstle
Grade Four
A.B., Pembroke College
0
Mrs. Jean C. Richter
Grade Five
B.S. in Ed., Bridgewater State Teachers' College 0
Mrs. Alice L. O'Neil
Grade Six
North Adams Normal School
10
Royal S. Graves
Grade Six
B.A. in Ed., Univ. of Maine; A.M.T., Harvard; Univ. of Michigan 0
Kindergarten
Wheelock College
1
Grade One
Bridgewater Normal School 0
A.B., Bates College; Boston University 0
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
Telephone 346
Rodney R. Wood Earl P. Bassett
Principal Shop
A.B., Ed.M., M.A., Tufts 4
B.S.E., Mass. Normal Art School; Boston Uni- versity, Mass. Institute of Technology, Harvard School of Engineering, Rhode Island State Uni- versity 5 A.B., Boston University; Rhode Island College of 5 Education, Harvard Graduate School
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bassett English
Mrs. Elesebeth B. Bencordo Librarian
Partridge Academy 10
Ralph N. Blakeman
Guidance,
B.S. in Ed., Ed.M., Boston University; Blooms- burg State Teachers' College
11
Miss Genevieve M. Collins Miss Mary C. Dandeneau
Commercial
B.S., Boston University
7
Grade Seven
B.S.E., Salem Teachers' College; Columbia Teach- ers' College, Univ. of Connecticut 1
Miss Frances C. Gray Richard C. Hands
Languages
B.A., Colby; A.M., Columbia University 3
English
B.S. in Ed., Boston University School of Education 1
Social Studies
Edmund J. King
Science B.S., Boston University; Bates College 3
Mrs. Harriet P. Marston
Home
B.S., Simmons College
0
Economics
William H. Sands
Math
B.S.Ed., Ed.M., Boston University 3
5
Phys. Ed.
Robert M. Vaughan Biology, Shop
Barclay J. Woodward, III Math, Jr. High
B.S.Ed., Boston University; Gorham State Teachers' College 2 B.S., U. S. Naval Academy; Naval Finance and Supply School 0
SUPERVISORS
Mrs. Ellamarie N. Axinger Physical Education
Miss Margaret R. Hadley Music, Social Studies
Mrs. Ella B. Hebberd Art
Mrs. Muriel O. Ferrell High School Mrs. Elisabeth W. McLeod Elementary
B.A., Colby; Univ. of New Hampshire 2
B.S. in Ed., Boston University School of Educa- tion; Boston University Graduate School, Lowell State Teachers' College 1
Bridgewater State Teachers' College 7 .
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CLERKS
Partridge Academy; Bryant & Stratton 5 Salem Commercial School 5
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JANITORS
Name
Position
Charles W. Schwab
Ellis F. Harrison
Richard E. Putnam
Head Janitor 4
Elementary School Janitor 6
High School Janitor 3
HEALTH SERVICE
Miss Susan E. Carter, R.N. School Nurse
9
Telephone 175 or 465
Dr. Walter E. Deacon
School Physician 2
Telephone 84W
Dr. Gillis F. Turner
School Dentist
2
Telephone 445
Dr. Henry E. Messier
School Dentist
2
Telephone 441
2
SPECIAL SERVICES
Donald F. Leach
Mrs. Emily J. Loring
Mass. Audubon Society
Science Course 0
Mrs. Mary S. Denyer
School Census 5
Miss Ardelle Wilbur Handwriting Instruction 0
Earl W. Chandler
Attendance Officer 15
T. Waldo Herrick
Transportation 25
Mrs. Ella S. Donovan
Americanization Classes 4
LUNCHROOM STAFF
Mrs. Thelma F. Redlon
Manager 2
Mrs. Gladys R. MacKeown
Cook
8
Mrs. Marie Caron
Assistant
4 4
Mrs. Frances Sollis
Assistant
4
Mrs. Verna Schwab
Assistant 4
Years of Service in Duxbury
Band Instructor 2
Tutor 3
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PUPIL PERSONNEL
(How Many Pupils Receive Instruction ? )
That the number of pupils served by the Duxbury schools is quite certain to increase to nearly twice the present number in the next ten years is shown in the tabulation below. This tabulation shows only those in- creases resulting from large beginning classes. There is no way of knowing how many new families will move into the community and at what grade levels their chil- dren will be enrolled. Therefore the numbers shown could easily be larger. The following tabulation indi- cates the probable size of the elementary and high school for a five year period, and the probable size of the high school at the end of ten years. Increase in pupil enrollment should be given careful consideration in relation to building needs.
Membership by Grades, December 10, 1950 and for Successive Years
Grade Dec.
1950
Sept. 1951
Sept. 1952
Sept. Sept. 1953 1954
Sept. 1960
K
65
70
75-90
75-80
80
1
64
65
70
75-80
75-80
2
68
64
65
70
75-80
3
53
68
64
65
70
4
55
53
68
64
65
5
38
55
53
68
64
6
54
38
55
53
68
Total 397
413
450-455 470-475 497-507 600
14
(estimate)
7
38
54
38
55
53
77
8
44
38
54
38
55
77
9
37
44
38
54
38
70
10
37
37
44
38
54
65
11
26
37
37
44
38
64
12
26
26
37
37
44
68
Total
208
236
248
266
282
421
Grand
Total
605
649
698-703 736-751 779-784
1021
CURRICULUM
(What Are the Pupils Taught )
ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM
Grade and subject offerings were discussed in the 1949 school report. Therefore, this report will be lim- ited to new departures from the existing program of study and to areas calling for special comment.
Special emphasis is being given to improvement in the fundamentals. A first step in this direction was the re-establishment of a handwriting course beginning in November. This course is taught by a specialist in the field who visits all classes once each month to demon- strate and supervise this area of instruction. The ap- pointment of ten teachers who were new to the school system was one of the reasons for the re-establishment of this instruction. Good progress is already being noted.
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More time is being allocated to reading at the ele- mentary level in order to bring up pupil achievement in this skill. The practice of providing special instruc- tion for slow readers is being continued.
Definite goals in arithmetic at each grade level are being formulated. In all of this work the pupil's "ability to do" is being kept in mind, but not to the extent of losing sight of good standards of performance.
The music program in the elementary grades has been proceeding much the same as last year. Each grade is visited each week by the music supervisor, and the instruction given emphasizes reading and singing, rhythmic activity, and music appreciation.
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