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In the special fields a course of study was developed in physical education for girls. A similar project has been started for boys.
Art became a full-time teacher assignment in September, 1954. This has made possible the organizing of longer class periods, the availability of the art supervisor to the classroom teacher, the con- tinuation of elective art classes at the high school, and the attempt- ing of experimental problems using new and unusual materials. Plans for further development of the art program include: the study of ceramics at the high school level; fashion drawing for girls in the household arts program; sculpturing in wood, stone, and plaster; more handicrafts for high school pupils; the organ- izing of an art club; and the possibility of making art a major field of concentration.
Several advances have been made in the teaching of music. The teaching of music was put on a full-time basis in 1954. Per- haps the greatest advancement of the year has been in the develop- ment at the high school of a fifty voice choir. At the elementary level outstanding progress has been made in instrumental music. In 1953 there were three pupils in the elementary school enrolled for instrumental music. In 1954 this number increased to forty- five. Still others have expressed interest. Within a short time a band of twenty-five elementary school pupils will be organized. In all the elementary grades the repertoire of rote songs has been increased to an average of fifty per class. Note reading procedures have been inaugurated in the intermediate grades and the funda- mentals of music reading have been established. Action songs, songs with gestures, and original verses for familiar songs have been composed by all grade levels.
Adult Education Classes were conducted again this year. Rug Hooking, Rug Braiding and Decorated Ware classes were held
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on Monday evenings in the High School building. Sixty-eight adults registered for these classes. This is eleven more than were enrolled the previous year. The cost of these classes is recorded in the section under Special Appropriations of this report.
SPECIAL SERVICES
Health: The new schedule providing nurse service four hours per day instead of one hour per day is working out well. Advan- tages of this plan include:
1. More complete coverage of the schools in case of emer- gency.
2. More complete record keeping.
3. More time to carry out duties, therefore more thorough performance.
4. Closer cooperation in general teachers' meetings.
5. Time for planning.
Extending the school nurse's time to half a day was part of a plan of gradual extension of this service until it becomes full-time in September, 1955. The Committee recommends that the school nurse be on duty six hours per day beginning in September, 1955. Further extension of time will make possible:
1. More and better teacher-nurse conferences.
2. Development of parent-nurse conferences.
3. Time for yearly vision and hearing tests instead of tests every other year.
4. Time to develop a program of health instruction in the classrooms.
5. More complete follow-up on defects found.
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6. Reporting on positive signs of health as well as defects found.
7. Full-time coverage in case of emergencies.
Nurse service is now purchased on an hourly basis from the Duxbury Nurse Association. Instead of paying a yearly salary to the nurse, the Nurse Association bills the School Department for the number of hours of service provided.
During the year just closed the school nurse carried out the following routine activities :
Home visits 126
Vision testing - total tests
283
New referrals - 9 or 3% of those tested
Hearing tests
Group tests 288
Individual 101
Retests 65
Known defect
1
New defect 1
Preschool examinations - 81 out of 85 registered, at that time 44 of these had dental examinations also.
In September new report forms were filled out for activities each month. For the period September to December these are summarized as follows:
Assisted with physical examinations 449
Health Inspections 334
Assisted with dental examinations 583
Office visits for first aid, etc. 207
Pupils recommended for exclusion 31
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Pupils recommended for readmission 10
Teacher conferences : Individual 24
Group 4
The following is a report of the school dental clinic for 1953-54. Dr. Francis C. Ortolani and Dr. Lloyd B. Chaisson and assistants have served as school dentists. Dr. Gillis K. Turner of the school dental staff is in military service. The dental program is adminis- tered in the school but is under the control of the Board of Health. The report of the school nurse covering this program follows:
Total permissions 186
Withdrawn (moved away or going privately because
of necessarily slow pace of clinic)
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Completed 19
Total visits 351
76 children made 1 visit
59 children made 2 visits
23 children made 3 visits
13 children made 4 visits
7 children made 5 visits
1 child made 6 visits
Comparison with other years is not significant due to turn-over of dental personnel in the last two years.
Beginning in September, 1954, the dental health program op- erated as follows :
The Board of Health continues to employ dentists to examine the teeth of school children in grades one through twelve. Parents are encouraged to have dental examinations and treatment of their children done by the family dentist whenever this is possible.
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The Board of Health's new policy for treatment (corrective work) in the school dental clinic is:
Includes pupils in grade 1 through 8 only.
Only those receiving some form of assistance from the Board of Welfare, and a few cases where it is impossible for the fam- ily to get the work done privately.
Everyone pays something for corrective work, except those authorized by the Board of Welfare for free care.
Total permissions for corrective work in 1954-55 - 30.
The total number of pupils examined by Drs. Ortolani and Chaisson - 703.
Total found to need no corrective work - 203.
Work will be done more promptly with a shorter list, and a greater percentage should be completed.
The Duxbury Nurse Association has no responsibility for the clinic except that it receives and holds the fees as paid by the children. From the money thus accumulated the Association con- tinues to pay dental bills as requested by the Board of Health to supplement their appropriation for this purpose.
Grateful acknowledgement is hereby made to the several persons who have faithfully assisted with the physical examinations, dental clinic, preschool roundup, transportation, etc. Also, to the Kiwanis Club and to Dr. Francis C. Ortolani for their generous coopera- tion in an extensive dental project on one school child, and to the Duxbury Rotary Club for purchasing a new Castle dental unit lamp for the clinic.
Transportation: A new transportation contract was awarded in 1954 to Mr. Waldo Herrick for the period September 1, 1954 through June 30, 1957. An additional bus was provided for the
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elementary school pupils this year. An additional bus was also put into operation in the fall for kindergarten pupils. More than ninety percent of all pupils in Duxbury are transported. A late bus (4:00 P.M.) is provided each day except Friday so that pupils may stay for make-up work, extra help or special activities. Busses are also available so that pupils may be taken on trips of educa- tional value.
School Lunch Program: This year the school lunch program has been extended to provide additional milk for all who want it at three cents per half pint bottle. A pupil may buy as many bottles as he likes. Many pupils at the elementary level have been having extra milk at recess time. The usual order for extra milk under this program is now about 1,000 bottles per week.
During 1954 the total income from the sale of school lunches was $20,845.66. Federal subsidy amounted to $7,462.61. The following tabulation shows the number of school lunches served in 1954.
Type A lunches (includes milk ) 77,759
Type A lunches ( without milk ) 414
Type C lunches (milk only ) 29,725
SCHOOL PLANT
As indicated at the beginning of this report Duxbury is in a good position in the matter of school housing. All pupils are housed in modernized or new school buildings. The second floor of the old part of the high school building will be refinished, and new lighting, new chalkboards and tackboards will be installed this year. Classes are not large because of lack of classrooms. The average size of a class at the elementary school is twenty-six. At the high school the average class size is twenty.
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It is difficult to make predictions as to when a building will be filled to capacity because of the rapidly changing population. Birth rate is not the only factor which determines population change. A tendency of people to move from cities to outlying communities and the influence of good commuting arrangements are important factors. People have been moving to Duxbury for both of these reasons. How to predict how fast and in what num- bers they will move here is difficult to determine. However, based on existing data our high school building should be adequate until 1958 or 1959. Unless there is a sudden influx of pupils into the elementary grades this school building should be adequate through the school year 1956-57. At that time, the two additional class- rooms planned for by the building committee, should be added so that they will be ready for the school year 1957-1958.
Duxbury now has a modern centralized school plant. Its class- rooms and specialized areas are well equipped and are pleasant places for work and play. Recent units designed by Mr. William B. Coffin of Duxbury are outstanding in their arrangement and adaptability for present day educational programs. As mentioned in another connection, our problem is to keep ahead of our school building needs to avoid the waste and dissatisfaction that come from overcrowded and poorly equipped schools. Long range planning by all concerned is important for success.
This year the school committee has approved a long range maintenance plan for school buildings. This plan calls for regular painting of all buildings both inside and outside to keep them in good repair. Outside painted surfaces will be refinished every five years. Classrooms will be painted every eight years. Corri- dors and other miscellaneous rooms will be handled on a different schedule. It is hoped in this way to spread out maintenance costs rather than to have them high one year and low the next.
In December the Duxbury Post of the American Legion offered to give the School Department a public address system for the high school auditorium. The system includes two loud speakers,
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three microphones, and an amplifier. The School Committee ac- cepted this gift with many thanks. It will be of great value to the school for its activities, and will be available to the community when activities are held in the school auditorium.
FINANCE
Financial aid from the state, while not as large as it would be in many other states, is still a very significant factor in the support of our schools. The total reimbursement to Duxbury from the state has been increasing each year. In 1954 it totaled $50,740.10. Payments are made each year to the town treasurer who deposits them in the Excess and Deficiency account. Payment for 1954 includes the following :
Vocational Education
$427.42
From the State School Fund
29,333.60
Transportation
18,595.50
Tuition and transportation of state wards
1,146.08
Part of the salary of the teacher of household arts
1,237.50
Total
50,740.10
Per pupil cost is one way of measuring the cost of instruction in a school system. The following tabulation compares the cost per pupil in Duxbury with other Massachusetts towns and cities.
Cost per Pupil ** for the Years Ending December 31, 1949 through December 31, 1953
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
Duxbury
$254.69 $234.56 $228.05 $219.03 $244.81
Group III towns*
176.89
187.39
207.08
207.01
215.07
State
202.44 213.02
234.80
237.88 241.91
*Towns with populations of less than 5,000 and maintaining high schools.
** Data compiled by the State Department of Education.
School Appropriations Compared for the
Years 1951 - 1955
1951
%
1952
1953
%
1954
%
1955
%
GENERAL CONTROL
$ 9,260.34
06
$ 10,725.00
06
10,794.00
06
$ 11,924.00
05
$ 12,024.00
05
INSTRUCTION
105,059.83
65
111,296.03
67
127,101.00
67
146,300.00
66
173,211.00
67
OPERATION
16,779.99
11
18,283.34
11
18,980.00
10
22,774.00
10
27,053.00
10
MAINTENANCE
3,231.40
03
3,269.15
02
6,656.14
03
12,232.00
05
11,608.00
04
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
20,475.33
13
21,093.34
13
24,705.00
13
26,380.00
12
30,082.00
12
OUTLAY
2,206.00
02
2,034.00
01
1,045.00
01
3,169.00
02
4,383.00
02
TOTALS
157,012.89 100
166,700.86
100
189,281.14 100
222,779.00
100
258,361.00
100
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Financial Statement
December 31, 1954
Appropriation
Expended
Requested 1955
GENERAL CONTROL
$11,924.00
$11,865.44
$12,024.00
INSTRUCTION
143,955.00
142,215.42
173,211.00
Salaries, Elementary
69,761.00
69,719.52
81,394.00
Textbooks and Supplies Elementary
5,462.00
5,228.11
7,020.00
Salaries, High
62,942.00
61,719.29
77,028.00
Textbooks and Supplies High
5,705.00
5,470.61
7,569.00
Other Expenses
of Instruction
85.00
77.89
200.00
OPERATION
22,734.00
22,531.26
27,053.00
Salaries, Janitors
12,584.00
12,487.46
15,453.00
Other Expenses
of Operation
10,150.00
10,043.80
11,600.00
MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIRS
13,732.00
13,730.09
11,608.00
Elementary
4,085.00
4,084.16
2,188.00
High
9,647.00
9,645.93
9,420.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
26,755.00
26,438.01
30.082.00
Libraries
700.00
637.53
800.00
Health
2,538.00
2,439.30
3,123.00
Transportation
22,971.00
22,818.92
25,834.00
Graduation
173.00
169.74
175.00
Insurance
373.00
372.52
150.00
OUTLAY
3,679.00
3,672.42
3,633.00
Elementary
1,415.00
1,414.49
1,229.00
High
2,264.00
2,257.93
2,404.00
TOTALS
222,779.00
220,428.22
257,611.00
Dog Tax Funds
776.78
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Special Appropriations for 1955
Public Use of Buildings
Americanization classes
$ 1,000.00 400.00
Vocational Education :
Allowance for three students tuition at $250.00
$ 750.00
Transportation
1,166.80
Adult Evening Classes:
Janitor Service
80.00
Part of Instructors' Salaries
350.00
Evening Trade School Classes for Adults
30.00
2,376.80
Out of State Travel
200.00
Total
$3,976.80
State Aid and Miscellaneous Refunds
During 1954
State School Fund
$29,333.60
Transportation
18,595.50
Tuition and Transportation of State Wards
1,146.08
Local Refunds:
Books
20.85
Telephone
1.18
22.03
Vocational Education :
Evening Practical Arts
427.42
Day Vocational Household Arts
1,237.50
1,664.92
Total
$50,762.13
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SCHOOL REGULATIONS
Admissions
Children who are five years of age on or before January 1st following the opening of school in September will meet the kinder- garten age requirement.
A certificate of successful vaccination is required for admission. A birth certificate is required to establish a child's age. .
Health
In cases of absence of more than five days a child should pre- sent a note from his or her parent stating the cause of absence and may be re-admitted to school after checking with the school nurse. However, in case of absence due to a specific contagious disease, a doctor's certificate is required.
Parents are not expected to send their children to school on days when, in their opinion, the weather is such as to endanger the health of the child even though the busses are in operation. Such absences are excused on receipt of a written request.
No School Signal
School is usually called off only when bus transportation is unsafe. On such days an announcement is made over Stations WBZ, WEEI, WHDH, AND WBET in Brockton, between 6:45 and 7:45.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES - JUNE 9, 1954
PROGRAM
Processional-March of the Priests
Medelssohn
Invocation
Rev. William Anthony Peter G. Brown
Address of Welcome
President of Class of 1954
Careers : A Synopsis Class of 1954
Peter Brown - Marion Pratt - Lois Jenner - Mary Skinner
Choir and Seniors
Address
Director of Admissions and Placement, Harvard University I Believe
Choir and Seniors
Presentation of Awards and Scholarships Principal
Hugh O. MacFarlane
Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Morrison M. Bump
Dr. Everett L. Handy
Chairman-Duxbury School Com.
Superintendent of Schools
Recessional
Benediction
Rev. W. Wallace Bush
GRADUATES
Helen Marie April
Jean Louise Hutchinson
Charles F. Benevento
Mary G. Ivanoff
Janice Marie Borghesani
Lois Priscilla Jenner
Peter Gilbert Brown
Janet Elizabeth Kilgour
Lucie Low Butler
Anne Elizabeth Marr
Ann Carver
Thomas Howard Mullaney Marion Jean Pratt
David King Chandler
Richard Ronald Ragazzini
David Gerald Cheney
Barbara Annette Saley George Edward Searle-Spratt Barbara Jane Seaver
Russell Allyne Doyle
Mary Stewart Skinner
Evelyn Joyce Fernandes
Anne Lee Hardy
Sara Southwick Carolyn Nichols Swift
Herbert C. Wirt, Jr.
Arthur Burton Chandler
Jean Barbara Cope Eva Louise' Dimond
The Lord's Prayer Solo - Janet Kilgour Roger Jarvis, Director Dr. Dana M. Cotton
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CLASS OFFICERS
President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer
Peter G. Brown Thomas H. Mullaney Jean B. Cope Mary G. Ivanoff
MARSHAL Joseph DeLorenzo HONOR USHERS
*Carol April "Nancy Crocker
*Olga Johnson
Mary Sanford Gerald Nightingale Bruce Evans
Class Flower: Red Rose Class Colors: Blue and White Keep Your Feet on the Ground and Your Eyes on the Stars
*Member of the National Honor Society.
DUXBURY AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE CLASS OF 1954
Awards
Faculty Distinguished Service and Citizenship Award American Legion Distinguished Achievement Award (Girl) Bausch and Lomb Science Award Kiwanis Excellence in United States History Award Utopia Fish Company Excellence in Commercial Subject Award Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank Award Plymouth Savings Bank Award Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award
Scholarships
The Partridge Scholarships The Kiwanis Club Scholarships The 1952 Class Scholarship The Rotary Club Scholarship The Duxbury Yacht Club Scholarship The American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship The P. T. A. Community Scholarship Fund *. *The Duxbury Parent-Teachers Association Individual Citizens
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1954-1955
September 8-School opens
September 26-Open House, New Wing Elementary School
October 12-Columbus Day October 22-Teachers' Convention
November 11-Veteran's Day
November 25 and 26- Thanksgiving Recess
December 24 to January 1-Christmas Vacation
January 3-Classes begin
February 18 to 23-Winter Vacation
April 18 to 23-Spring Vacation
May 31-Memorial Day
June 10-Graduation
June 15-Elementary School closes
June 17-High School closes
INDEX
Accountant
122
Assessors 55
Audit for 1954
15
Balance Sheet
19
Births
86
Board of Appeals
36
Cemetery Superintendent
30
Cemetery Trustees
29
Cemetery Trust Fund
165
Deaths
90
Dutch Elm Disease
47
Duxbury Days Committee
79
Elections and Registrations
109
Elementary School Building Committee
40
Ellison Fund Trustees Report 39
Finance Committee 115
Fire Department 23
Floor Plan for New Town Hall 120
Forest Warden 26
Harbor Master
37
Health Board 59
Highway Department .
28
Historian 32
Insect Pest Control 44
Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund 38
Jury List 8
Library 61
Licenses, Permits 90
Marriages 82
Nurse
31
Officers of Town 3
Planning Board
66
Parks and Playgrounds
46
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
33
Police
42
Report of Committee on Alterations of Old Town Hall
119
- Schools
172
Selectmen
9
Shellfish Constable
50
South Shore Mosquito Control Project 71
Town Clerk
82
Town Meeting
96
Treasurer
70
Treasurer Report, Free Library
64
Tree Warden 45
Veterans' Agent
. ...
54
Welfare
117
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE
TOWN OF DUXBURY MASSACHUSETTS
MAS
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CES STAND
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 1955
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE
TOWN OF DUXBURY MASSACHUSETTS
MASS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 1955
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1955
SELECTMEN
Charles R. Crocker
1956
Philip W. Delano
1957
Newton E. Hyslop
1958
ASSESSORS
Charles R. Crocker
1956
Philip W. Delano
1957
Newton E. Hyslop
1958
BOARD OF HEALTH
Charles R. Crocker
1956
Philip W. Delano
1957
Newton E. Hyslop
1958
MODERATOR
Bartlett B. Bradley
1956
CEMETERY TRUSTEES
Stanley Johnson
1956
Harry A. Tammett
1957
H. Russell Chandler
1958
J. Newton Shirley
1959
Edward P. Hobart
1960
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
Pierce W. Murphy
1956
Leroy M. Peterson
1956
Thomas H. Williams
1956
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER
Joseph T. C. Jones 1956
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Edwin M. Noyes
1956
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Morrison M. Bump
1956
Elizabeth U. Nickerson
1956
Albert P. Richards
1957
Dominic LaGreca
1957
Earle C. Grenquist
1958
PLANNING BOARD
Lucius A. Howard
1956
Atherton Loring, Jr.
1957
Kenneth G. Garside
1958
Oliver L. Barker .
1959
David Marshall
1960
WELFARE BOARD
Paul Barber
1956
Alice H. Garside
1956
Adrian H. Cordeau
1957
Paul N. Swanson
.
1958
Howard M. Clark
1958
ยท
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TREE WARDEN
Roy E. Parks
1958
CONSTABLES
Earl W. Chandler Lawrence C. Doyle
James T. O'Neil
TRUSTEES OF DUXBURY FREE LIBRARY, INC.
Bartlett B. Bradley
Philip W. Delano
Francis W. Perry
William B. Coffin C. Russell Eddy *Walter Reid Hunt
William H. Young
* Deceased
Appointed by the Moderator
FINANCE COMMITTEE
James H. Jenner
1956
William A. Scherff
1956
Louis B. Tura
1956
Charles A. Waghorne
1957
Jack Barry
1957
H. Gilbert Francke
1957
Ralph H. Osborn
1958
Harry H. Whiton
1958
Winthrop A. Clarke
1958
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OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
BOARD OF APPEALS
Edward P. Hobart
1956
HI. Russell Chandler
1957
William B. Coffin .
1958
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Frances R. Wolfe
1956
Willard R. Randall
1957
Clara M. Redmond
1958
FIRE ENGINEERS
Eben N. Briggs
Alden M. Bartlett
Kenneth O. Macomber
George S. Butler Carl J. Santheson, Jr. John DeLorenzo
Benjamin F. Goodrich, Jr.
CHIEF OF POLICE
James T. O'Neil
HEALTH AGENT
George R. Starr, Jr., M.D.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Lewis B. Randall
SUPT. INSECT PEST CONTROL
Roy E. Parks
SHELLFISH CONSTABLE
Henry P. McNeil
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Ernest W. Chandler
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS
WATERFRONT COMMITTEE
Ernest W. Chandler Frank A. Davis Henry P. McNeil Norman White Sargent C. Black Myron Linde
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES SURVEYORS OF WOOD & LUMBER
WEIGHERS OF COAL, COKE, AND HAY
FIELD DRIVERS
FENCE VIEWERS
DOG OFFICER
HARBOR MASTER
ASSISTANT HARBOR MASTER
VETERANS AGENT
BURIAL AGENT
SUPERVISOR OF PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TOWN COUNSEL
BUILDING INSPECTOR
COMMISSIONER, SOUTH SHORE MOSQUITO CONTROL
Charles C. McNaught
Edwin McAuliffe Ray M. Parks Bradley V. Osgood
Paul McAullife H. Thomas Williams
B. F. Goodrich B. F. Goodrich, Jr. Russell W. Soule
Ernest W. Chandler
Lewis B. Randall William P. Clark
William Couch
Ray M. Parks Herbert R. Nelson
Lawrence C. Doyle Sargent C. Black
Henry P. McNeil
Henry P. McNeil
Henry P. McNeil
Roy E. Parks
Isabelle V. Freeman
John J. Geogan, Esq. Robert B. Delano, C.E.
George R. Starr, Jr., M.D.
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JURY LIST JULY 1, 1955
List of persons qualified to serve as Jurors in the Town of Duxbury from July 1, 1955 to July 1, 1956
Arnold, Edward L., Jr.
Depot Street
Mason Contractor
Atwater, Cecil B.
Surplus Street
Real Estate Manager
Bartlett, Alden M.
Temple Street
Insurance Adjuster
Bates, Lester R.
Bay Road
Gardener
Beane, Richards
Off Alden Street
Poultryman
Benevides, Clara
Winter Street
Housewife
Blakeman, Thelma
Bay Road
Housewife
Blanchard, Florence H.
Surplus Street
Clerk
Burdick, Elwin
Lincoln Street
Carpenter
Chapin, George
Tremont Street
Salesman
Cheney, Helen W.
Bay Road
Housewife
Cheney, Lewis
Enterprise Street
Insurance Agent
Colley, Orrin G.
Partridge Road
Cranberry grower
Conaty, Helen T.
Bay Ridge Lane
Housewife
Couch, Gordon
Partridge Road
Insurance Agent
Couillard, George E.
Partridge Road
Retired
Crowe, Myron
Pine Hill Avenue
Salesman
Dohoney, Eunice
Tremont Street
Housewife
Elliot, Margaret K.
Josselyn Avenue
Retired
Fecke, Dorothy
Washington Street
Housewife
Foote, Ward
Shipyard Lane
Real Estate Agent
Hobart, Edward P.
Bay Road
Garage Manager
Holmes, A. Elliot
Washington Street
Caretaker
Jenner, Florence F.
Standish Street
Housewife
Lovell, Lawrence F.
Bay Road
Club Steward
Randall, Willard R. Sencabaugh, Paul R.
Harden Hill Road
Mason and Caretaker
Snider, Blanche L.
Tremont Street
Carpenter
Washburn, George A. Woodward, Barbara
Surplus Street
Housewife
Kent, Beulah M.
Washington Street
Housewife
PHILIP W. DELANO CHARLES R. CROCKER NEWTON E. HYSLOP Selectmen of Duxbury
Bank Supervisor
Bay Ridge Lane Chestnut Street
Housewife
-
Bottenus, Edward George
Longview Avenue
Insurance Agent
"HISTORICAL ROOMS" Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, Inc.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
Citizens of Duxbury :
We submit herewith the One Hundred and Third Annual Re- port of the officers and committees of our Town concerning their activities during 1955.
For the first time in many years the Bay became a solid mass of ice, retarding the activities of the Scallop Fleet and causing damage to the Pier at Mattakeeset Court. The new ramp has stood up well and has assisted the small boat owners in launching their boats.
This year the Selectmen carried out the provision of Article 28 and appointed a Waterfront Committee to confer with the Select- men on Basin and Waterfront problems. This Committee has been helpful to the Selectmen and numerous problems have been brought to a harmonious solution through group conferences.
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