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Mrs. Lena A. Macomber
Grade One
Grade One Bridgewater Normal School; Bridgewater State Teachers College 10
Mrs. Caroline L. Fife
Grade One
B.S. in Ed., Ohio State University
7
Mrs. Virginia G. Craig
Grade One
B.A., Mt. Holyoke College; Wheelock College 3
Mrs. M. Abbie Peckham
Grade Two
Partridge Academy; Hyannis Normal
50
Mrs. Clare D. Wadsworth
Grade Two
B.S., Lesley College
6
Mrs. Genevieve A. Keenan
Grade Two
B.S. Education, Bridgewater State Teachers College 3
Miss Mary J. Smith
Grade Two
B.Mus., Boston University College of Music; Hyannis Teachers College
2
Mrs. Emily P. Loring
Grade Three Bridgewater State Teachers College 8
Mrs. Helen L. DeWolf
Grade Three B.S. Ed., Bridgewater State Teachers College 6
Mrs. M. Patricia Binyon
Grade Three B.S. Ed., Westfield State Teachers College 1
Miss Maureen M. Ingoldsby
Grade Three
B.S. Ed., Lesley College 1
Years of Service in Duxbury
Position Training
Mrs. Mildred E. Glass
230
Mrs. Mary L. Shirley
Mrs. Priscilla D. Morton
Miss Joan C. Petraglia
Mrs. Priscilla S. Miles
Mrs. Barbara P. Cooper
Mr. Kenneth W. Lovejoy
Grade Four
B.S., Nasson College
Grade Four B.S., Bridgewater State Teachers College 5
Grade Four B.S. Ed., Lesley College 1
Grade Four Perry Kindergarten School; Boston University 1
Grade Five B.S., Salem State Teachers College
6
Grade Five B.A., University of Massachusetts; M. Ed., Fitchburg State Teachers College 6
Mrs. Beatrice A. Chase
Grade Five B.S., Lesley College; Boston University 9
Mrs. Alice L. O'Neil
Grade Six
North Adams Normal School; Bridgewater State Teachers College 20
Mr. Richard E. Woodsum
Grade Six
B.A., Brown University
4
Mr. James F. Queeny
Grade Six B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Trinity College, Dublin 7
Mrs. Peggy Ann Dunn
Art Philadelphia Museum School of Art
0
Mrs. Marjorie H. Jarvis
-
Mrs. Liliane B. Peters
Mr. Harry B. McCormick Mr. Ralph N. Blakeman
Mr. Robert B. Mendenhall Mr. Robert A. Anderson
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS Telephone: Wellington 4-2951
Principal Assistant Principal, Mathematics and Driver Training Director of Guidance English
B.S., M.Ed., Springfield College 1
B.S. in Ed., M. Ed., Boston University; Bloomsburg State Teachers College 21
B.S. in Ed., M. in Ed., Boston University 8 B.A., Upsala College; M.A., Colorado State College 1
231
Music B.M. in Ed., Westminster College 3
French B.F.A., Beaver College 1
0
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS - Continued
Name
Position
Training
Years of Service in Duxbury
B.A., Tufts College 1
B. Ed., Keene Teachers College
0
B.S., Northeastern University 0
B.A., M.Ed., University of Maine
5
Mathematics Department
-
Mr. Edwin T. Greene, Jr. Industrial Art
Mr. Raymond N. Jenness, Jr. English
Mr. James P. Kelley
Social Studies
Mr. Walter T. Kennedy Mr. David R. Murphy
Miss Mary E. Murrill
- Miss Janice G. Pearson Mrs. James C. Pye
-
Mr. Abbott E. Rice
Social Studies General Science French and Head of the Department of Foreign Language Household Arts Languages
Commercial Subjects Commercial Subjects
B. Ed., Keene Teachers College 2
B.A., Brown University 2
B.A., University of New Hampshire; M.Ed., Central State College; Boston University, Boston State Teachers College 0
B.S., Providence College 8
B.S. Ed., Boston University
2
B.A., Radcliffe College; M.A., Yale University 1
B.S. in Ed., Framingham State Teachers College 1 B.S. in Ed., Bridgewater State Teachers College; Mt. Holyoke 3
B.S., Boston University 5
B.A., Colby College; M. of Ed., Boston University 1
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Mr. Robert H. Backus
Miss Josephine Bray
Mr. Ronald B. Child
Mr. Lawrence R. Dunn Science, Mathematics and Head of
Mathematics English and Social Studies Biology and Chemistry
Mrs. Agnes Reed
Mrs. Irene W. Sherwood
Mr. Karl L. Stahl
Mr. Robert J. Sullivan Mr. George E. Teravainen
Miss Ann M. Vaitiekaitis
English
B.A., University of New Hampshire; M.A., Columbia University 6
B.S., Boston University 0
B.S., Boston College; M.S., Fordham University 1
B.S. in Ed., Boston University; M.Ed., Springfield College 5
0
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS
- Mrs. Elesebeth B. Bencordo
Miss Beverly J. Briggs Mrs. Josephine L. Bush
Mrs. Lauretta M. Cushing
- Miss Anna Bigelow Davis Mrs. Ella S. Donovan
Mr. Roger E. Jarvis Mrs. Emily P. McWade
Librarian
Physical Education
Remedial Reading
Special Class
Art
Americanization Class Music
Tutor of Physically Handicapped Children
Partridge Academy 15
B.S., Russell Sage College
0
B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University 10
B.A., Fitchburg Teachers College; M.Ed., Boston University 3
B.S. Art Ed., Rhode Island School of Design 6
Lesley College; Hyannis State Teachers College; Boston Teachers College; Boston University 14
B.M. Ed., Westminster College 7
Boston University; Hyannis Teachers College 8
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English and Head of English Department
Social Studies and English Chemistry, Physics Physical Education
B.A., Clark University
234
JANITORS
Name
Mr. Charles W. Schwab
Mr. Frederick L. Rauh
Mr. James E. Walke
Mr. Michael J. Sheehan
Mr. Russell W. Edwards
Head Janitor, Elementary Elementary School Janitor Elementary School Janitor Head Janitor, High School
High School Janitor
6
HEALTH AND SPECIAL SERVICES
Mrs. Anne P. Welcker, R.N.
School Nurse 0
Dr. Walter E. Deacon
School Physician 13
Dr. Francis C. Ortolani
School Dentist
7
Dr. Gillis K. Turner
School Dentist
11
Mr. Earl W. Chandler
Attendance Officer 25
Mr. T. Waldo Herrick
Transportation
35
LUNCHROOM STAFF
Mrs. Thelma P. Redlon
Manager 12
Mrs. Marie Caron
Cook 14
Mrs. Verna Schwab
Assistant 6
Miss Doris Viall
Assistant
6
Mrs. Ruth LaFleur
Assistant
5
Mrs. Frances Sollis
Assistant
5
Mrs. Mary Merry
Assistant
0
EVENING PRACTICAL ARTS
Mrs. Phyllis Gray
Tailoring 4
Mrs. Margaret Brunette
Rug Braiding 2
Mr. Daniel H. May, Sr.
Furniture Refinishing
3
Mrs. Louise Snell
Cake Decorating and Party Refreshments
1
CLERKS
Mrs. Muriel O. Ferrell
High School Secretary - Partridge Academy,
Bryant and Stratton
15
Miss Helen F. Hanigan
Superintendent's Office
- Norwich Academy, Packard Commercial School
6
Mrs. Dolly H. Paulding
Superintendent's Office
- Milton High School
0
Mrs. Margery S. Trout
Elementary School
Secretary - Quincy High School; Boston Commercial
4
Years of Service in Duxbury
Position
15
6
4
9
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FRANCES REDLON WOLFE
Frances Redlon Wolfe, who began her teaching in the Duxbury schools in 1957 as a teacher of art in the high school, passed away after a long illness, on July 7, 1960. Fran attended the Quincy High School and was graduated from Boston University.
She began her teaching career in Plymouth, Massa- chusetts but discontinued her work there after a short period of time. For a number of years she did other work and did not return to teaching until she became a regular member of the Duxbury faculty.
Fran will be remembered as a talented teacher whose interest in her pupils always extended far beyond the confines of the classroom. Her interest in teaching was exceeded only by her love of young people.
We are most grateful that she could be a member of our faculty these past three years.
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THOMAS WALDO HERRICK
Waldo Herrick, although not a faculty member of the Duxbury schools, had an extraordinary interest in the young people who attended them. For some thirty- five years Waldo transported our children safely to and from school, on educational trips, and to all sports events. He was constantly concerned with their welfare and safety. He loved to see them happy. But his interest went beyond this. Each year he could be seen taking pictures of the pupils participating in school events. He photographed the pupils from the elementary grades to graduation.
Waldo was proud of the transportation service he could provide, and was happiest when he was with the young people of Duxbury. His passing was a great loss and he will be missed by generations of Duxbury youth.
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MARY ABBIE (Baker) PECKHAM
After a long illness, M. Abbie Peckham passed away on December 27, 1960, at the age of sixty-eight, having successfully completed more than a half century of teach- ing in the elementary schools of Duxbury. Abbie, as she was known among her friends, attended the Duxbury elementary schools and was graduated from Partridge Academy in June, 1910. She was one of the graduates to give an essay at the commencement exercises, and, typical of her life interest and work, it had to do with education.
Abbie began her teaching career at the Tarkiln school in West Duxbury in September 1910. In 1949 she moved to the new central elementary school and re- mained there until her retirement on December 12, 1960.
She was a skillful and effective teacher with a keen insight into the problems and needs of young children. Her knowledge of young people and her ability to help them to achieve success were an inspiration to all of her associates.
Her gifts of friendship, of understanding, skill in teaching, and love and devotion to the children of Dux- bury will be long remembered with grateful thanks.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL CENSUS
The following report of the children in town and enrollment is based upon the school census taken October 1, 1960.
5 years and under 7
7 years and under 16
Illiterate Minors 16 & under 21
Number of boys living in Duxbury
107
458
0
Number of girls living in Duxbury
108
449
0
Total in residence
215
907
0
Distribution of above :
*Public School Membership
199
824
0
In Continuation School Membership
0
0
0
In Vocational School
0
1
0
** In Private and Parochial Schools
15
82
0
In State and County Institutions
0
0
0
Not in any school
1
0
0
*Does not include pupils over sixteen years of age.
** Does not include private kindergartens.
... . .
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GRADUATION EXERCISES - June 10, 1960
PROGRAM
Processional-March of the Priests Mendelssohn
Invocation Rev. Timothy Howard
Student Addresses-"The World We Face"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" - C. David Benson
"Tomorrow's Schools" - Yvette M. Dion
"Some Unsolved Problems" - Alice M. Amado "Cycle of Labor" - Richard F. Steele
Climb Every Mountain-Rogers Choir
The Lord's Prayer Choir
Presentation of Class Gift W. Neal Merry, President
Presentation of Awards and Scholarships Harry B. McCormick, Principal
Presentation of Diplomas
Mr. Edward L. Butler Chairman, School Committee Dr. Everett L. Handy Superintendent of Schools
Recessional - March of the Priests Mendelssohn Benediction Rev. Earl Goldsmith
Reception to the Seniors in the
Elementary School Auditorium at 9:30 p.m.
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1960 GRADUATES
* Alice Mae Amado *June Elayne Anderson Sheila Frances Andrews Suzanne Arnold
*Frederick John Banzi, Jr. *C. David Benson Merrill Walcott Brown
*Elizabeth Ann Boland Lee Arthur Cannon Wayland Holmes Clarke Michael Joseph Corcoran *Yvette Marie Dion Leah Field Judith Ann Freeman
Cynthia Kay Garfield
Velma Irene Glass
Katherine Margaret Guilderson
Charlotte Ann Hampton
Mary Margaret Hansen
Mary Elizabeth Howland
Robert Michael Walker
*Member of the National Honor Society
CLASS OFFICERS
President Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
W. Neal Merry Klaus J. Raidl Alice M. Amado
Richard W. Jones, Jr.
MARSHAL
Richard K. Seaver
Ruth Audrey Hutchinson Ellen Lorraine Johnson Richard W. Jones, Jr. Deborah Kent
Frederick LaCoss Roberta Grace Leary Frederick D. Legate Patricia Alice Mark Michael R. Mclaughlin William Neal Merry Frank R. Metcalf Barbara Joanne Moore Joaquina Mujica
*Klaus J. Raidl Elaine Frances Short George Ross Starr, III
Richard Fox Steele Paul Newell Swanson, Jr.
Barbara B. Swift
Lorraine Ann Torrey
Shirley M. Huff
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DUXBURY AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE CLASS OF 1960
Awards The American Legion Distinguished Achievement Award June Elayne Anderson
The American Legion Distinguished Achievement Award Richard Fox Steele
Bausch and Lomb Science Award Richard Fox Steele
Daughters of American Revolution Good Citizenship Award
Sheila Frances Andrews
The Duxbury Kiwanis Award for Excellence in U. S. History June Elayne Anderson
The Duxbury High School Distinguished Service Awards
Elizabeth Ann Boland
Wayland Holmes Clarke Shirley M. Huff William Neal Merry
Barbara J. Moore
Richard Fox Steele
Robert Michael Walker
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The Duxbury High School Distinguished Achievement Awards Alice Mae Amado June Elayne Anderson Sheila Frances Andrews Suzanne Arnold C. David Benson Elizabeth Ann Boland Wayland Holmes Clarke Katherine Margaret Guilderson William Neal Merry Richard Fox Steele
Scholarships
The Duxbury Art Association Charlotte Ann Hampton
The Community Garden Club of Duxbury Alice Mae Amado Elizabeth Ann Boland Yvette Marie Dion
The Duxbury Grange George Ross Starr, III
The Duxbury Kiwanis Club Frederick John Banzi, Jr. Yvette Marie Dion Patricia Alice Mark
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The American Legion Auxiliary of Duxbury Katherine Margaret Guilderson
The American Legion of Duxbury Richard Fox Steele
The American Legion Independence Day Essay C. David Benson
The Duxbury Parent-Teachers Association Alice Mae Amado June Elayne Anderson Elizabeth Ann Boland
The Duxbury Rotary Club Richard Fox Steele
The Partridge Fund Alice Mae Amado C. David Benson Yvette Marie Dion
The Duxbury Yacht Club Alice Mae Amado
The Duxbury Teachers' Club Sheila Frances Andrews Elizabeth Ann Boland
The Duxbury High School Dramatic Club Richard Fox Steele
The Duxbury High School Student Council Alice Mae Amado
Total Duxbury Scholarship Aid $4,200.00
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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 kindergarten 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 readmitted 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 when bus transporta- tion is unsafe. On such days an announcement is made over Stations WBZ, WEEI and WPLM in Plymouth, between 6:45 and 7:45 A.M. Also on such days the Duxbury Fire Department will blow five blasts, twice, that is, ten blasts all together at 7 A.M.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1960-1961
September 7 - School Opens October 12 - Columbus Day
October 21 - Teacher's Convention November 11 - Veteran's Day November 24 and 25 - Thanksgiving Recess December 23 - January 3 - Christmas Vacation February 20 - 24 - Winter Vacation April 17 - 21 - Spring Vacation
May 30 - Memorial Day June 21 - School Closes
INDEX
Accountant 125
Assessors 112
Balance Sheet 174
Births
95
Board of Appeals
28
Building Inspector
52
Cemetery Superintendent
21
Cemetery Trustees 20
Cemetery Trust Funds
109
Deaths
99
Dutch Elm Disease
35
Feinberg Fund
108
Finance Committee
114
Fire Department
16
Forest Warden 18
Harbor Master
29
Health Department
40
Highway Department
19
Historian
23
Insect Pest Control 34
John Alden Home Site Survey 118
Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund 106
Jury List 8
Library 41
Licenses 104
Lucy Hathaway Fund 107
Marriages 91
Memorial Day Committee 47
Myrick Flower Fund 107
Officers of the Town 3
Parks and Playgrounds 37
Personnel Board
53
Planning Board
54
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
25
Police
31
Recreational Activities Committee 49
Schools
191
Selectmen
9
Shellfish Constable 38
South Shore Mosquito Control 65
State Audit
120
Tarkiln Recreation and Youth Center 50
Town Clerk 67
Town Election 86
Town Meeting
67
Treasurer
106
Treasurer Report, Free Library
46
Tree Warden 36
Veterans' Agent 39
Water Commissioners
56
Water Superintendent 62
Welfare
63
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