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HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS Telephone 346
Mr. Rodney R. Wood Mr. Robert B. Mendenhall
Principal
A. B., M. Ed., M. A. Tufts B.S., in Ed., Boston University;
6
Assistant Principal,
Guidance, Social Studies
M. in Ed., Boston University
3
Mr. Richard W. Beveridge
Social Studies
B. A., Westminster College 3
Mr. Ralph N. Blakeman
Science, Physical Education, B.S., in Ed., M. Ed., Boston University ; Driver Training
Bloomsberg State Teachers' College 16
Mr. Robert L. Bowe
Science
B. S., Boston College
0
Mr. Hugh M. Cronister
English
B.A., Earlham College; M. A., Columbia University 0
Mr. Francis S. Churchill
Industrial Arts
B. S., in Ed., Boston Teachers' College
2
Mr. Lawrence R. Dunn
Science and Mathematics
B. A., University of Maine, M. of Ed., University of Maine
0
Mr. Donald G. Fowke
Commercial
B. S., M. of Ed., Boston University
0
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS - Cont'd.
Name
Position
Training
Years of Service in Duxbury
Mrs. Florence J. Harrison
Languages
A. B., Maturite Real, College DeGeneve; A. M., Middlebury College
4
Mrs. Ruth W. Hendrick
Vocational, Household Arts
B. S., Russell Sage College
0
Mr. Walter T. Kennedy
Social Studies
B. S., Providence College 3
1
Mrs. Agnes Reed
Commercial
B. S., Boston University
0
Mrs. Irene W. Sherwood
English
B. A., University of New Hampshire; M. A., Columbia University
1
Mr. George E. Teravainen Mathematics
B. S., in Ed., Boston University; M. of Ed. Springfield College 0
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SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS
Mrs. Josephine L. Bush
Remedial Reading
A. B., University of Washington; A. M., Teachers' College, Columbia University
5
Mrs. Barbara P. Cooper
Special Class
B. S., Salem State Teachers' College
1
Miss Anna Bigelow Davis
Art
B. S., Art Ed., Rhode Island School of Design 1
Mr. Roger E. Jarvis
Music
B. M., Ed., Westminster College
2
Mrs. Mary E. Stott
Physical Education
Posse, Bouve, Tufts 0
CLERKS
Mrs. Muriel O. Ferrell
Partridge Academy; Bryant and Stratton 10
Miss Helen F. Hanigan
Mrs. Margery S. Trout
High School Superintendent's Office Elementary School
Norwich Academy; Packard Commercial School 1
Quincy High School; Boston Secretarial School 0
Mr. R. Donald Prigge
English
A. B., Trinity College
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JANITORS
Name
Charles W. Schwab
Ellis F. Harrison
Charles E. Delano
Elementary School Janitor 3
Frederick Rauh
Elementary School Janitor
1
Michael J. Sheehan
Russell Edwards
High School Janitor
1
HEALTH SERVICE
Miss Susan E. Carter, R.N., B.A.
School Nurse, Tel. 175 or 465 13
Dr. Walter E. Deacon
School Physician, Tel. 84-W 6
Dr. Francis C. Ortolani
School Dentist 2
Dr. Lloyd B. Chaisson
School Dentist 1
School Dentist
6
SPECIAL SERVICE
Mrs. Elesebeth Bencordo
Librarian 10
Harry Iovinelli
Band Instructor 4
Mrs. Emily McWade
Tutor of Physically Handi- capped Children 3
Mass. Audubon Society
Miss Lois Kinnicutt
Science Courses-Elementary 0
Handwriting Instructor 5
Earl W. Chandler
Attendance Officer
20
T. Waldo Herrick
Transportation 30
Mrs. Ella S. Donovan
Americanization Classes
9
LUNCHROOM STAFF
Mrs. Thelma P. Redlon
Manager 7
Mrs. Gladys R. MacKeown
Cook
13
Mrs. Marie Caron
Assistant
9
Mrs. Laila Wadsworth
Assistant 4
Mrs. Verna Schwab
Assistant
1
Miss Doris M. Viall
Assistant
1
EVENING PRACTICAL ARTS
Mrs. Ethel Doyle
Rug Braiding
Position
Years of Service in Duxbury
Head Janitor, Elementary 9
Elementary School Janitor 10
Head Janitor, High School 4
Dr. Gillis K. Turner
Miss Ardelle Wilbur
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FINANCE
Each year Duxbury receives reimbursements from the State on account of schools. The total reimbursement to the town from the state in 1955 equaled $59,071.81.
Reimbursements on Account of Schools - 1955
Americanization Classes
200.00
Vocational Education
2,326.52
State School Fund
35,083.60
Transportation
21,159.05
Tuition and Transportation of State Wards 302.64
Total
59,071.81
The following tabulation compares the per pupils cost in Dux- bury with the average for the state and with the average for towns in the same population group.
1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Duxbury
254.69 234.56 228.05 219.03 244.81 264.98
Group III Towns
176.89 187.39 207.08 207.01 215.07 225.57
State 202.44 213.02 234.80 237.88 241.91 251.84
PER PUPIL COSTS
300
275
Duxbury
250
State
225
Group III Towns
!
200
175
150
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
School Appropriations Compared for the Years 1952 - 1956
1952
%
1953
%
1954
1955
%
1956
%
General Control
10,725.00
06
10,794.00
06
11,924.00
05
12,094.00
05
12,468.00
04
Instruction
111,296.03
67
127,101.00
67
146,300.00
66
172,074.00
64
207,775.00
69
Operation
18,283.34
11
18,980.00
10
22,774.00
10
27,431.00
10
28,056.00
09
Maintenance
3,269.15
02
6,656.14
03
12,232.00
05
24,483.00
09
9,785.00
04
Auxiliary Agencies
21,093.34
13
24,705.00
13
26,380.00
12
29,827.00
11
38,351.00
13
Outlay
2,034.00
01
1,045.00
01
3,169.00
02
2,702.00
01
3,477.00
01
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Totals
166,700.86
100
189,281.14
100
222,779.00
100
268,611.00
100
299,912.00
100
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT December 31, 1955
Appropriation Expended
Requested 1956
GENERAL CONTROL
$12,094.00
$12,083.09
$12,468.00
School Committee Expense
195.00
194.71
250.00
Superintendent's Salary
7,500.00
7,500.00
7,500.00
Expense of Office
4,399.00
4,388.38
4,718.00
INSTRUCTION
172,074.00
171,975.01
207,775.00
Salaries, Elementary
83,280.00
83,213.57
92,460.00
Salaries, High School
55,289.00
55,283.26
68,069.00
Supervisors and Special Instructors
19,032.00
19,027.14
32,253.00
Classroom Supplies, Elementary
4,795.00
4,792.39
4,922.00
Textbooks, Elementary
2,059.00
2,050.28
2,128.00
Classroom Supplies, High School
5,753.00
5,742.79
5,603.00
Textbooks, High School
1,866.00
1,865.58
2,340.00
OPERATION
24,431.00
27.401.47
28,056.00
Salaries, Janitors
15,610.00
15,599.88
16,236.00
Other Expenses of
Operation
11,821.00
11,801.59
11,820.00
MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIRS
24,483.00
24,201.58
9,785.00
Elementary
14,446.00
14,165.86
4,000.00
High
10,037.00
10,035.72
5,785.00
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AUXILIARY AGENCIES
29,827.00
29,801.24
38,351.00
Libraries
585.00
582.96
800.00
Health
3,113.00
3,095.21
4,039.00
Transportation
25,843.00
25,838.60
31,988.00
Graduation
141.00
140.09
175.00
Insurance
145.00
144.38
1,349.00
OUTLAY
2,702.00
2,487.22
3,477.00
Elementary
1,029.00
1,026.09
1,040.75
High
1,673.00
1,461.13
2,436.25
TOTALS
268,611.00
267,949.61 299,912.00
Special Appropriations for 1956
Public Use of Buildings
$ 1,200.00
Americanization clases
400.00
Vocational Education :
Allowance for three students
tuition at $250.00
$750.00
Transportation
881.68
Adult Evening Classes :
Janitor Service
80.00
Part of Instructors' Salaries
300.00
Evening Trade School Classes for Adults
30.00
2,041.68
Out of State Travel
200.00
Total
$3,841.68
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State Aid and Miscellaneous Refunds During 1955
State School Fund
$35,083.60
Transportation
21,159.05
Tuition and Transportation of State Wards
302.64
Local Refunds :
Books
17.91
Telephone
4.20
Industrial Arts
75.95
Evening Practical Arts
51.60
149.66
Vocational Education
2,326.52
Total
59,021.47
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 present 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.
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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, WBET in Brockton and WPLM in Ply- mouth, between 6:45 and 7:45 A. M.
GRADUATION EXERCISES - JUNE 8, 1955
PROGRAM
Processional-March of the Priests Mendelssohn
Invocation
Address of Welcome
Rev. J. W. Estes, Jr. Gordon Cushing President - Class of 1955
Student Addresses Carol April - Nancy Crocker
Tomorrow's World Choir and Seniors
Roger Jarvis, Director
Address
William H. Eastman
Director of Personnel
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Halls of Ivy
Choir and Seniors
Presentation of Awards and Scholarships
Rodney R. Wood, Principal
Presentation of Diplomas
Mr. Morrison M. Bump, Chairman, Duxbury School Committee Dr. Everett L. Handy, Superintendent of Schools Recessional
Benediction
Rev. W. P. Conley
Reception to the Seniors in the Elementary School Auditorium at 9:30 P. M.
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GRADUATES
Carol Ann April*
Donald Cameron Brock
William Henry Chase
Madeline Mary Coffin
Ann Decatur Couillard
Olga Evelyn Johnson* James Bradford Loring Patricia Ann Lucey
Harriet Florence Marr Richard Maurice McGrath Sandra Nickerson*
Nancy Crocker*
Fred Robert Cushing
Gerald Francis Nightingale
Gordon Lee Cushing
Irene Virginia Pratt
Joseph Robert DeLorenzo
Lillian Frances Randall
Susan Macalyn Denyer
Arlene Marie Sollis
David M. Freeman
Patricia Louise Sutton
Betty Loring Glass
Mary Louise Sanford
Nancy Ann Johnson
Joel Dennison White
*Member of the National Honor Society
CLASS OFFICERS
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Gordon L. Cushing Joseph R. DeLorenzo Patricia L. Sutton Joel D. White
MARSHAL Richard Lantz Class Flower: White Rose Class Color: Green and White "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow"
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DUXBURY AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE CLASS OF 1955 Awards
The American Legion Distinguished Achievement Award Madeline Mary Coffin
The American Legion Distinguished Achievement Award Joseph Robert DeLorenzo
Bausch and Lomb Science Award Richard Maurice McGrath
Daughters of American Revolution Good Citizenship Award Madeline Mary Coffin
The Duxbury High School Distinguished Service Awards David M. Freeman Joseph Robert DeLorenzo Olga Evelyn Johnson
The Duxbury High School Distinguished Achievement Awards Richard Maurice McGrath Madeline Mary Coffin Olga Evelyn Johnson
The Duxbury Kiwanis Award for Excellence in U. S. History Carol Ann April
The Plymouth Savings Bank Award Nancy Crocker
The Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank Award Olga Evelyn Johnson
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Scholarships
The Duxbury Art Association Scholarship Olga Johnson
The Duxbury Grange Scholarship Donald Brock
The Duxbury High School Scholarship Richard Maurice McGrath
The Duxbury Kiwanis Club Scholarships Carol Ann April Nancy Crocker Sandra Nickerson
The Duxbury Legion Auxiliary Scholarship Madeline Mary Coffin
The Partridge Scholarships Olga Evelyn Johnson
The Duxbury Yacht Club Scholarship Mary Sanford
* The Duxbury Parent-Teachers Community Scholarships Nancy Crocker, Susan Denyer, Mary Sanford, Madeline Coffin, Irene Pratt, Sandra Nickerson, Gerald Nightingale
Duxbury Scholarship Aid Available for Higher Education this year - $3500.
*The Duxbury Parent-Teachers Association Individual Citizens.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1955-1956
September 19 - School opens
October 12 --- Columbus
October 21 -- Teachers' Convention
November 11 - Veteran's Day
November 24 and 25 - Thanksgiving Recess
December 23 to January 2 - Christmas Vacation January 3 - Classes begin
February 20 to 24 - Winter Vacation
March 30 - Good Friday, close at noon
April 16 to 20 - Spring Vacation
May 30 - Memorial Day
June 15 - Probable closing date
INDEX
Accountant
145
Assessors
132
Audit for 1955 11
Balance Sheet
19
Audit-Fire and Water District
23
Births
119
Board of Appeals 40
Building Inspector 67
Cemetery Superintendent 34
Cemetery Trustees
33
Cemetery Trust Fund
192
Deaths
122
Dutch Elm Disease 48
Duxbury Recreation Committee 66
Elections and Registrations
108
Elementary School Building Committee
143
Finance Committee
134
Fire Department 28
Forest Warden 30
Harbor Master 41
Health Board
53
Highway Department 32
Historian 36
Insect Pest Control 45
Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund 49
Jury List
8
Library 55
Licenses, Permits 129
Marriages
117
Nurse
35
Officers of Town 3
Planning Board
71
Parks and Playgrounds 47
Personnel Board 69
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture 37
Plymouth County Extension Service 40
Police
43
Schools 204
Selectmen
9
Shellfish Constable
50
Sons of Union Veterans 63
South Shore Mosquito Control Project 136
Town Clerk 117
Town Meeting
74
Treasurer 131
Treasurer Report, Free Library 58
Tree Warden 46
Veterans' Agent
52
Water Commissioners 60
Water Superintendent 62
Waterfront Committee 68
Welfare 64
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