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Personal
Real
Total
Fernandes, Manuel and Mary
85.75
85.75
Fernandes, Virginia
224.00
224.00
Flint, Ellis K.
26.25
26.25
Flint, Fred E.
14.00
59.50
73.50
Flint, Herbert J.
17.50
17.50
Flint, Herbert and Mary
49.00
49.00
Flint, John B.
3.50
3.50
Flint, John
3.50
3.50
Flint, Ernest
56.00
56.00
Flint, Mary C.
59.50
59.50
Flint, Robert C.
129.50
129.50
Finglass, Mary
38.50
38.50
Fournier, Francis
102.90
102.90
Fournier, Francis and Marietta
260.05
433.30
693.35
Freeman, Joseph and Lillian
52.50
112.00
164.50
Frizado, John and Olive
129.50
129.50
Frizado, John
10.50
10.50
Furtado, Frank and Madeline
84.70
84.70
Furtado, Joseph and Esther
129.50
129.50
Fruzzetti, Joseph and Virginia
68.25
68.25
Gabrey, Arthur and Cecilia
63.00
63.00
Gaffney, Harry
28.00
28.00
Gaffney, Harry
217.00
217.00
George, Thomas
18.20
18.20
Goddu, Arthur and Josephine
7.00
7.00
Goddu, Albert and Olivia
210.00
210.00
Goodwin, Effie S.
122.50
122.50
Goff, Henry and Eugenia
168.00
168.00
Gouveia, Alfred and Lena
152.60
152.60
Gouveia, Christina
138.25
138.25
Gouveia, Joseph and Nancy
5.25
5.25
Gracia, Anthony
196 00
196.00
Grace, Joseph and George Crimlisk
143.50
143.50
Gregg, Charles and Lillian
87 50
87.50
Guertin, Gerald and Lylah
73.50
73.50
Greene, Ernest
2.10
2.10
Hadro, John and Mary
7.00
113.75
120.75
Hadro, Stanley
14.00
14.00
Hadro, Stanley and Benjamin Rose
357.00
357.00
Haggerty, John and Elizabeth
10.50
157.50
168.00
Haines, Fannie
208.25
208.25
Hakajavi, Maria
268.10
268.10
Goode, George and Julia
63.00
63.00
89
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Total
Hall, Lydia
24.85
24.85
Hall, William F.
63.00
63.00
Hamilton, Walter, Jr.
29.75
29.75
Hampston, Hannah E.
119.00
119.00
Hanson, Oscar
7.00
7.00
Harnois, Edward and Eveline
7.00
7.00
Harrington, Milton and A. Rita
7.00
7.00
Harrison, Harold and Catherine
45.50
45.50
Harrison, Maurice and Rita
21.00
21.00
Harriman, and William King
3.50
3.50
Hart, Leonore
7.00
7.00
Harmon, Robert B.
56.00
56.00
Haskell, Russell and Norine
73.50
73.50
Haskins, Henry H. and Helen
73.50
73.50
Haskins, James and Julius and William
17.85
17.85
Hatch, Allen
218.75
218.75
Hathaway, Edward and Madeline
301.00
301.00
Hathaway, Harry
14.00
14.00
Hathaway, Harry and Winifred
32.20
32.20
Hathaway, Winifred
6.30
6.30
Hebert, Roland and Suzanne
42.00
42.00
Hathaway, Wilfred
72.10
72.10
Hemmingway, C. W.
7.00
7.00
Hernsworth, George
10.50
10.50
Hewitt, George and Lillian
157.50
157.50
Haywood, Fred and Evelyn
112.00
112.00
Higley, H. V.
182.00
182.00
Hill, Frederick and W. F. Harrington
3.50
3.50
Hoard, Rhoda
1.05
1.05
Hoard, Rhoda
42.00
42.00
Hoard, Rhoda
3.50
3.50
Hogan, William and Bernice
217.00
217.00
Holmes, Clifton and Viola
143.50
143.50
Holmes, Clifton
2.80
2.80
Holmes, Warren
24.15
283.50
307.65
Holmes, Nathan
14.00
14.00
Horbach, Antone
5.25
5.25
Houtzager, Marcus and Olga
206.50
206.50
Houtzager, Marcus
15.75
15.75
Howland, Ruth and Jessie
157.50
157.50
Howland, Alfred and Ruth
70.00
70.00
Howland, Robert
262.50
262.50
Hoxie, David
124.95
124.95
.
90
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Total
Hoxie, Albert and Hilda
140.00
140.00
Hunter, Robert and Harriett
143.50
143.50
Hyde, Ralph and Ruth
291.90
469.00
760.90
Ide, Warren and Ruth
12.60
400.75
413.35
Jackson, Emma and Ruth Avery
230.30
230.30
Jack, Beatrice
140.00
140.00
Jenkins, Burton P.
4.20
4.20
Jones, Benjamin O.
245.00
245.00
Jones, Edwin, Jr. and Doris
5.25
5.25
Jones, Grace H.
129.15
129.15
Jones, Grace H.
49.00
49.00
Jones, Sybil P.
26.25
28.00
54.25
Joslin, Harley and Louise
3.50
3.50
Kendzierski, Alexander
354.20
354.20
Kendzierski, Stanley
210.00
210.00
Kelsey, Andrew H.
7.00
7.00
Kelsey, James
7.00
7.00
Kelly, Cornelius T.
5.25
5.25
King, Clara
118.65
118.65
King, Eva
154.00
154.00
King, Preston and Grace
210.00
210.00
King, Theodore and Eva
21.00
21.00
Kostka, Frank and Sophie
259.00
259.00
LaChance, Ferdinand G. and Beatrice
84.00
84.00
LaFrance, Hilda
133.00
133.00
LaBonte, Pierre, Jr, and Claudette
17.50
17.50
LaPointe, Romeo and Emma
112.00
112.00
LaPointe, Albert and Evelyn
7.00
7.00
LaPointe, Ernest and Daphine
7.00
7.00
LaPorte, Catherine and Albert
28.00
28 00
Laffan, John and Alice
33.25
33 25
Lane, Edward, Jr. and Patricia
185.50
185.50
Langill, David
280.00
1,050.00
1,330.00
Lawlor, Edmond and Wilma
7.00
7.00
Leal, Manuel and Alice
70.00
70.00
Lee, Stanley and Elsie
168.00
168.00
Lees, Aline I.
5.25
5.25
Leonard, Freemont and Olive
161.00
161.00
LePage, Joseph and Maria
182.00
182.00
Lippold, Theodore and Dorothy
117.25
117 25
Longton, Mary
72.10
72.10
Longton, Walter
7.00
7.00
Lorenz, Werner and Bithaico
112.00
112.00
91
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Total
Luiz, Eugene and Beatrice
112.00
112.00
Lukes, Stephan
147.00
147.00
Lynch, Robert J., Jr.
115.50
115.50
Mackintosh, Bentley and Florence
147.00
147.00
Macomber, Arthur L.
10.50
10.50
Macomber, Charles H.
311.50
311.50
Macomber, Charles H.
70.00
70.00
Macomber, Charles H.
427.00
427.00
Macomber, Charles H.
35.00
35.00
Macomber, Clinton
14.00
14.00
Macomber, Clinton
42.00
42.00
Macomber, Hazel D.
3.50
3.50
Macomber, Mary E.
7.00
7.00
Macker, Roger and Corinne
9.10
161.00
170.10
MacQueen, Clifford and Jennie
108.50
108.50
Makepeace, Josephine
241.50
241.50
Marrion, George
42.00
42.00
Marquis, Flora R.
73.50
73.50
Marshall, Antone
77.00
77.00
Marshall, David E.
33.25
47.25
80.50
Marshall, David E. and Mabel L.
184.45
184.45
Marshall, Mary
82.25
82.25
Maranville, Harold C.
1.75
1.75
Maranville, Harold and Lila
54.25
54.25
Martin, Anthony and Hazel
172.20
172.20
Martin, Joseph
134.75
134.75
Martin, Manuel
150.50
150.50
Martin, William
227.15
227.15
Martisus, Frank and Mary
126.00
126.00
Marselli, Albert and Lucy
7.00
7.00
Mason, Irving and Angelina
73.50
73.50
Mazzola, Amelia
185.50
185.50
McCrady, Susie
56.00
56.00
McCrohan, John and Viola
70.00
70.00
McCrohan, John, Jr.
57.75
57.75
McCabe, Allen
77.00
77.00
McCabe, Allen and Emily
94.50
94.50
McCarthy, Marion A.
280.00
280.00
McCarthy, Callaghan
1.40
1.40
McCormick, Bertha
105.00
105.00
McEnaney, Philip and Margarette
196.00
196.00
McHugh, Thomas F.
70.00
70.00
McKenna, Agnes and Gertrude
7.00
7.00
92
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Total
McMann, Bernard and Mary
154.00
154.00
Melesky, Roman and Amelia
147.00
147.00
Melesky, Roman and Amelia
14.00
68.25
82.25
Melesky, Stephan
108.50
108.50
Medeiros, Manuel, Jr. and Hilda
63.00
63.00
Medeiros, Louis
45.50
45.50
Mendes, Manuel and Louise
49.00
49.00
Meinhold, Russell and Jane
21.00
21.00
Messier, John B.
98.00
98.00
Milko, Samuel
5.25
210.00
215.25
Milko, Henry S.
49.00
49.00
Miranda, Manuel and Belmira
56.00
56.00
Mitchell, William B.
115.50
115.50
Migual Corte Real Memorial Society Inc.
10.50
10.50
Moore, Clara E.
108.50
108.50
Moore, Nelson and Iside
143.50
143.50
Monterio, Louis and Vineto
66.50
66.50
Montplaisir, Raymond
175.00
175.00
Montaup Electric Co.
2,919.00
2,919.00
Moral, Alphonse
91.00
91.00
Moskal, John and Agnes
147.35
273.00
420.35
Mozzone, Augustino and Blanche
175.00
175.00
Moquin, Edward F.
7.00
7.00
Mullins, Arthur S. and Martine
19.25
19.25
Murphy, Cornelius
241.50
241.50
Murphy, George B.
28.00
28.00
Myricks, Community Club
7.00
7.00
Neeson, James
35.00
35.00
N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
168.00
168.00
Nichols, John A.
14.00
14.00
Nunes, Edward and Adelaide E.
5.25
5.25
Nunes, Edward and Mary
105.00
105.00
N.Y. N.H. & Hartford R.R. Co.
161.00
161.00
Obrien, Fennella
2.80
2.80
Oakes, Bella C. and Arnold E. and Anthony J.
32.20
413.00
445.20
Oakes, Gladys
106.05
106.05
Oakes, Richard and Vera
210.00
210.00
Olsson, Eric G.
84.70
84.70
Ouellette, Joseph and Margaret
224 00
224.00
Overlock, Jessie
45.50
45.50
Pabst, George H. and Gloria
196.00
196.00
Mozzone, Ermenegildo
4.20
4.20
93
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Total
Paige, Jessie M.
108.50
108.50
Patenaude, Hugh A.
12.25
12.25
Parrott, Robert and Sarah
7.00
7.00
Paull, Frederick M.
271.25
271.25
Paull, Stewart
157.50
157.50
Paull, Willard
28.00
28.00
Peirce, Arthur and Hattie Peirce
66.50
66.50
Peirce, Arthur
23.10
23.10
Peirce, Hattie
154.00
154.00
Peloquin, Raymond, Jr. and Edna
182.00
182.00
Perry, Elmer and Helen
77.00
77.00
Perry, Arnold and Esther
5.25
115.50
120.75
Perry, Elwell and Jean
154.00
154.00
Perry, Frances R.
603.05
603.05
Perry, Jessie and Rose
7.00
7.00
Perry, Mabel
312.90
312.90
Perry, Richard
13.65
13.65
Peters, John C.
42.00
42.00
Philbrook, Wayne and Flora
68.60
68.60
Pierce, Ethan A.
15.05
15.05
Pierce, Phoebe
402.50
402.50
Pierce, William C.
14.00
14.00
Pierce, William C.
36.75
36.75
Pierce, William C.
5.25
5.25
Pilling, Richard and Dorothy
152.25
152.25
Pilling, Warren and Ruth
147.00
147.00
Pittsley, Lydia
80.50
80.50
Pine Grove, Fur Farm
35.00
21.00
56.00
Pittsley, Clarence
2.45
2.45
Poole, Kenneth
196.00
196.00
Poole, Stanley and Lorraine
182.00
182.00
Powers, John and Doris
44.80
44.80
Preston, Wallace
62.65
62.65
Provost, Alfred and Corona
154.00
154.00
Pysz, Wojciech and Sophie
199.50
199.50
Ragonesi, Anthony and Mary
7.00
7.00
Ratcliff, Albert and William
105.00
105.00
Raymond, Allen and Jacqueline
7.35
28.00
35.35
Raymond, Emma
112.00
112.00
Rapoza, Gilbert and Roselina
15.75
247.45
263.20
Rapoza, Joseph
21.00
21.00
Reagan, Raymond and Elinor
80.50
80.50
Plogger, William
220.50
220.50
94
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Total
Reed, Frederick and Helen
106.75
106.75
Reed, William V.
120.75
120.75
Reed, William V., Jr. and Marjorie
147.00
147.00
Remy, Louis P.
101.50
1.01.50
Reynolds, Wallace L.
193.20
193.20
Richmond, Preston H.
3.50
3.50
Rioux, Lucien and Jeannette
154.00
154.00
Rines, George and Gladys
147.00
147.00
Robbins, Arthur E.
99.75
99.75
Robertson, C. Stewart and Elizabeth
1.75
1.75
Roberts, Roger and Jeanne
49.00
49.00
Roberts, Jean and Henrietta
63.00
63.00
Rodueques, Maria
143.50
143.50
Rogers, David
17.50
17.50
Rogers, Nathan and Isabel
164.50
164.50
Rogers, William
8.40
14.00
22.40
Roman, Barney
640.50
640.50
Rose, Alfred and Mabel
70.00
70.00
Rose, Amelia
70.00
70.00
Rose, Antone and Angelina
9.45
9.45
Rose, Benjamin F.
28.00
175.00
203.00
Rose, Clara
165.20
165.20
Rose, Frank
5.25
259.00
264.25
Rose, Harold E.
211.75
211.75
Rose, Joseph S.
59.50
59.50
Rose, Richard and Amelia
105.00
105.00
Rose, Ruth B.
106.75
106.75
Rose, Zena P.
99.75
99.75
Roupa, John F.
33.25
33.25
Roupa, Manuel F.
37.10
37.10
Roy, Joseph and Marie
91.00
91.00
Ryland, William and Dorothy
141.75
141.75
Sarkes, Abraham and Amelia M.
14.00
239.75
253.75
Sanborn, Watson
7.00
7.00
Sande, Martin and Magda
3.50
3.50
Sandlin, Lester and Isabella
108.50
108.50
Schmidt, Beatrice M.
1.75
1.75
Sears, Harry and Edith
35.00
35.00
Sears, Mary E.
49.00
49.00
Seeley, George
2.10
2.10
Sellars, Freeman S.
7.00
352.80
359.80
Senechall, Julia
73.50
73.50
Seward, Leland and Annie
68.25
68.25
95
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Total
Shea, Catherine G.
404.25
404.25
Sherman, Hannah
196.00
196.00
Shell Oil Co.
707.00
707.00
Shippie, Harold and Nancy
17.50
17.50
Short, Ira W.
105.00
105.00
Simpson, Paull and Yvetta
63.00
63.00
Silvan, Arnold W.
14.00
14.00
Silvan, Eino and Margarette
162.75
162.75
Silveria, Manuel and Mary
147.00
147.00
Silvia, Mary N.
10.50
10.50
Silvia, Manuel and Mary
105.00
105.0
Slivinski, Rose and Mary
145.25
145.25
Slivinski, Chester P.
3.50
3.50
Slocum, Mathew
5.25
5.25
Smith, Blanche
70.00
70.00
Smith, David and Marjorie
84.00
84.00
Smith, Mary
50.75
50.75
Smith, Samuel and Nellie
14.00
14.00
Society of the Congregational Church
78.75
78.75
Soper, George O.
7.00
7.00
Sorochinski, Eleanor
7.00
7.00
Souza, Antone and Alice
24.50
24.50
Souza, Ermelinda and Arnold Silvan
93.80
93.80
Souza, Lionel
150.50
150.50
Souza, Maria
101.50
101.50
Souza, Marion
3.50
3.50
Sowa, Philip
7.00
24.85
31.85
Sprague, Arthur F.
8.40
8.40
Stanley, Jennie and Nettie Quick
17.50
17.50
Staples, Calvin P.
323.75
323.75
Staples, Percival
.70
.70
Starvish, Walter and Dorothy
5.25
5.25
Stetson, George W.
105.00
105.00
Stetson, George and Estella
63.00
63.00
Stetson, Merle and Althea
47.25
280.00
327.25
Stevenson, William H.
5.25
5.25
Stiles, and Hart Brick Co.
150.50
150.50
Stone, Ernest and Frances
157.50
157.50
Sullivan, Francis and Ruth
42.00
42.00
St. Yves, Edmond and Hilda
147.00
147.00
St. Yves, Rene and Edmond
91.00
189.00
280.00
-
189.00
189.00
Swift, Lawrence and Laura Swift, Lawrence
1.05
1.05
96
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Total
Sylvester, Thomas and Helen
152.25
152.25
Sylvester, Jacoppina F.
42.00
42.00
Sylvester, Maynard
77.00
77.00
Sylvain, Joseph and Mary
126.00
126.00
Sylvia, Anthony
140.00
140.00
Sylvia, Edward and Emily and Elias and Phyllis Mattos
7.00
7.00
Sylvia, Charles and Elviria
337.75
337.75
Sylvia, Francis J., Jr.
98.00
98.00
Szynal, Edward
63.00
63.00
Silvia, Antone, Jr. and Anna
3.50
3.50
Taber, George and Helen
91.00
91.00
Tatro, Charles and Theresa
140.00
140.00
Talbot, Allen
98.00
98 00
Taunton Mass. Council of Girl Scouts Inc.
53.90
53.90
Tavares, Joseph C.
10.50
298.20
308.70
Tavares, Joseph and Antonia
84.00
84.00
Texeria, Isaura and Lucinda
77,00
77.00
Templeton, Garland and Olive
10.50
91.00
101.50
Tew, Frank
1.40
1.40
Thornton, James F.
129.50
129.50
Thurston, Clarence and Ida
94.50
94.50
Tichon, Hervey
52.50
52.50
Tirrell, Annie S. D.
7.00
7.00
Tokarz, Ignacy and Mary
35.00
35.00
Tolly, E. and Lloyd Thompkins
35.00
35.00
Townley, Alfred and Sadie
9.80
371.00
380.80
Townley, Alfred, 3rd
40.25
40.25
Travers, George and Ruth
143.50
143.50
Trenouth, Clarence
49.00
49.00
Trenouth, Frances
292.25
292.25
Trefy, George and Ruth
14.00
14.00
Trefethan, James and John and Frederick Cobb
91.00
91.00
Triguaire, Francisco
9.45
9.45
Tripp, Frederick and Edna
42.00
42.00
Trites, Robert and Cynthia
136.50
136.50
Trzcinski, Alexander
14.00
14.00
Trond, Charles
26.25
26.25
Trond, Stanley and Doris
5.25
269.50
274.75
Tucker, Frank and Joyce
309.75
309.75
Turner, Henry
80.50
80.50
Velon, Bruce and Ruth
182.00
182.00
Vera, Joseph
77.00
77.00
97
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real 3.50
Total
Vera, Joseph and Marion
Victurine, Frank
152.25
152.25
Victurine, Joseph
231.00
231.00
Victurine, Joseph and Clara
175.00
264.25
439.25
Vital, Everett and Margaret
280.00
280.00
Wallace, Irving and Dolores
190.75
190.75
Walker, Alton P.
14.00
14.00
Ward, Harold W.
70.00
157.50
227.50
Ward, Walter and Mildred
392.00
392.00
Washburn, Vivian
117.25
117.25
Weatherbee, Helen A.
31.50
31.50
West, Robert and Ethel
40.25
40.25
Westgate, Daniel L.
54.60
54.60
Westgate, Florence
147.00
147.00
Westgate, Daniel and Zelma
5.25
5.25
Westgate, John E.
147.00
147.00
Westgate, Harold and Merle
119.00
119.00
Western Union Tel. Co.
140.00
140.00
White, Carrie L. B.
143.50
143.50
White, Luke and Angie
14.00
14.00
White, Manuel and Josephine
127.75
127.75
White, Carrie G.
35.00
157.50
192.50
Whitehouse, Fred and Ada
17.50
17.50
Whittaker, Edward E.
1.40
1.40
Whittaker, Linneus C.
8.75
8.75
Whitaker, Lucy M.
94.50
94.50
Whittaker, Norman E.
149.10
149.10
Widener, H. Fred
5.25
5.25
Williams, Fredericks and Catherine
10.50
10.50
Williams, Florence M.
59.50
59.50
Williams, Hattie P.
12.60
12.60
Wilson, George and Agnes
84.00
84.00
Winchoba, Frank and Mary
185.50
185.50
Winchob2, Walter
163.40
160.40
Winslow, Lena B.
290.50
290.50
Wood, Bertha
126.00
126.00
Wood, Jeanne
167.30
167.30
Zrebicc, Martin and Frances
213.50
213.50
Zeitler, Virginia
1.75
1.75
Zeuli, Lucy
42.00
42.00
3.50
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE For the Year Ending December 31, 1956
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Richard W. Pilling, Chairman
Term Expires 1959
Berkley Street, Berkley
Wilmon Makepeace, Secretary 1958
Berkley Street, Berkley
Maria E. D. Aguas 1957
Grinnel Street, Berkley
Superintendent Robert T. Roy, B.S., Ed.M.
Residence Somerset Avenue, Segreganset
Office Dighton High School, Segreganset
Telephone (Home) Dighton NO 9-3912
Telephone ( Office ) Dighton NO 9-4751
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. and by appointment
Secretary Gladys P. Babbitt
School Physician
Dr. Allan M. Poole Fall River
School Nurse
Ella F. Dillingham, R.N. Berkley
Attendance Officer Ella F. Dillingham Berkley
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Birth Certificates
Presentation of a birth certificate is required for entrance to the first grade.
Vaccination
Every child who enters school for the first time must present a certificate of vaccination or a statement from his physician that vaccination is inadvisable.
No School Information
When weather conditions are such that our buses are unable to run, a no school notice will be broadcast over Radio Station WSAR, Fall River, and over Radio Station WPEP, Taunton. Parents are urged to use their own good judgment about sending their children to school on stormy days. The fact that school is in session does not mean that attendance by all pupils is advisable.
Transportation
The law requires that transportation be provided for pupils residing more than two miles from the school attended or more than one mile from the nearest bus stop. Many pupils living at lesser distances along the established routes are trans- ported if the seating capacity of the bus will permit. From time to time it is necessary to refuse transportation to some of those living under the required distance when our buses are filled to capacity with children living at a greater distance.
Entrance Age
First grade registration in September of any year will be limited to those children who are at least six years of age or who will become six years of age on or before the following January first. There will be no exception to this ruling. Regis- tration must be during the first three weeks of school in September.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Citizens of the Town of Berkley:
I herewith submit my second annual report. Incorporated herein is the report of the Berkley School Committee, the School Nurse, the Music Supervisors and a Report by the School Physician.
Personnel
The City of Taunton moved in and hired away three of our teachers during the summer. Mrs. Irene Braunstein, Mrs. Edna Lincoln and Mrs. Anne Rusconi were those who left us for Taunton. Mrs. Florence Harris chose not to return to regular teaching and Mr. Charles Higgins went into military service.
We have been fortunate indeed to obtain the services of the following: Mrs. Helyn Delano, Grade 1; Mrs. Grace Brady, Grade 4; Mr. Richardson Reid, Grade 5; Miss Elizabeth Ruble, Grade 6, and Mr. Harold Hall, Grade 7. These people offer us a combination of experienced and beginning teachers that we hope will give us a better program. Mr. Reid has left us to go to the Bristol County Agricultural School, and Mr. Edward Canuel has replaced him. We are still in the midst of a teacher shortage and until such a shortage is overcome we will have to compete to get the teachers we want.
Finances
Increases in the 1957 budget are due to increased salaries and increased tuition. In order to meet the competition from other communities we have raised the salaries of our teachers. We have also added one full time teacher and one part time teacher to our faculty. The Dighton Scho ! Committee in- formed us that on January 1, 1957 our tuition will be $275 per pupil instead of $225. We can expect a further increase in the future as operating costs of Dighton High School go up. The remainder of the budget shows little increase although the price of supplies and books is expected to increase soon.
School Program
We are now operating an eight grade program with eight teachers. We have eliminated the double grades. In addition
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Mrs. Carolyn Chester helps out two days a week to allow time for needy pupils to get extra help. Some of our older pupils seem to have missed some of the fundamentals and it is our aim to provide a system of testing and extra help to prevent a recurrence of this trouble.
We have replaced Mrs. Elizabeth Evans with two music supervisors, one vocal and one instrumental each spending one half a day at the school which is equal to Mrs. Evan's total time. These supervisors have been hired on a union basis in an attempt to coordinate the music program of the three towns. It will also give the few people playing instruments in Berkley a chance to work with larger groups from Freetown and Dighton.
Building
As I stated last year the building is very much in need of repair. Some repairs have been carried out. The windows have been puttied and painted as well as painting of the trim. Some rooms have been painted. The electric service has been replaced with a more satisfactory one.
We are asking this year in a special article for a sum of money to repoint and waterproof the building. The repointing is badly needed as the mortar has fallen out or powdered to a depth of one inch in some places. At the same time it may be necessary to replace some of the wooden door frames and window frames as they are badly rotted out.
I believe that if we can keep working at these repairs we will have the building in fairly good condition in a few years. Mr. Francis Fournier and Mr. Louis Wade are doing much to improve the appearance of the building as they take pride in their work.
Conclusion
I want to thank the School Committee, the teachers, the parents and Mr. Oscar Lamoureux for their fine cooperation this year. It is only by cooperation and understanding that we can operate a successful program. Please feel free to call upon me and the school faculty for any help we can give you with any school problem.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT T. ROY,
Superintendent of Schools
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE BERKLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Mr. Robert T. Roy Superintendent of Schools Berkley
Dear Mr. Roy:
The program of studies at the Berkley Grammar School is being carried on successfully by eight regular classroom teach- ers and one assistant. Mrs. Carolyn Chester has been employed on a part-time basis to assist in both primary and Junior High school grades. This was necessary due to large classes, especi- ally on the primary level.
Since our double grade situation was eliminate a year ago, much more concentrated study can be executed in all grades. On the primary and intermediate levels, in particular, teachers are able to spend more time with the basic subjects related to one grade. Each Junior High teacher, moreover, is responsible for specific subjects and courses. In addition to basic studies in the Junior High school, the following curriculum additions have been made: Group Guidance; Music Appreciation; Study Skills; an Activity Program; an organized athletic program.
All facilities at the school are being used to the fullest possible extent.
With the continued fine work of our faculty and the splen- did co-operation of parents, the children in our school will continue to receive a sound, helpful elementary education.
Respectfully submitted,
O. J. LAMOUREUX,
Principal
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
Mr. Robert T. Roy
Superintendent of Schools
Berkley, Mass.
Dear Mr. Roy:
I take pleasure in submitting my annual report as school nurse in the Berkley Grammar School. With the increased enrollment of pupils at the school and the Salk vaccine pro- gram taking place, it has been a very busy and rewarding year.
In March the pupils who were in the National Foundation polio program were given their second polio shot. There were forty-four pupils in this group.
Also in March the Salk polio vaccine was made available to children one year of age through fourteen. The responses were good. First shots were given in March and second shots in June.
In January third polio shots will be given to all children who have had first and second shots.
Several children have had the polio shots by their own family physician, so that a large percentage of the Berkley children are protected.
Another forty-eight children are due for their third shot in the spring before the polio season.
The success of the Salk polio vaccine program in Berkley is due to the cooperation of the entire school personnel and to Mrs. Esther Bowden, Dighton school nurse. Mrs. Bowden gave her services at all the clinics. I am very grateful to all who helped with the Salk polio vaccine program to safeguard the people of Berkley from this dread disease.
The Dental clinic faces many problems. Children are taken to Dr. Helfand's office for one hour each week. It is plain to see that only urgent work can be done.
If the dental clinic continues after March, children will be taken alphabetically starting with the first grade and con- tinuing through the eight grades.
Berkley, Freetown, and Dighton have a new Mass Vision Test which is owned jointly. With this equipment, vision test- ing can be done at any time.
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Vision testing has been completed in the first, third, fifth and seventh grades.
The diphtheria and tetanus and the pre-school clinic was held in the spring.
Dr. Alan Poole examined pupils in the first, third, fifth and the seventh grades.
A great many cuts and bruises are treated in the health room during the year. This gives an opportunity for teaching the importance of taking care of small cuts at once to prevent infection.
The school health program could not function efficiently without the continued interest of the principal, teachers and the custodians and to them I extend my thanks for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
ELLA DILLINGHAM, R. N.
REPORT OF THE DENTAL CLINIC
Mr. Robert T. Roy
Superintendent of Schools
Berkley, Mass.
Dear Mr. Roy:
This is the annual report of the dental clinic serving the Berkley Grammar School. The term started on January 5, 1956, and ended on December 13, 1956. This is equal to 15 visits to the dental clinic. The total number of operations was 77. Breaking this down into the various services rendered we accomplished this:
51 extractions of teeth including odontectomies ( surgical removal with sutures ) 10 prophylaxes ( cleanings ) 10 amalgam ( silver ) fillings 6 silicate (porcelain ) fillings
77
The clinic has had a very successful year in which a great amount of work was accomplished, and dental care was ren- dered to those who may never have had an opportunity of visiting a dentist.
Sincerely yours, ISRAEL HELFAND, D.D.S.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
January 5, 1957 North Dighton, Massachusetts
Robert T. Roy, Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
The following is my report as school physician for the Town of Berkley:
Routine physical examinations showed the students of Berkley are maintaining a commendable health level.
Records of the School Health Service may be found in the report of the School Nurse, whose services are outstanding in school health.
Again I wish to thank the personnel of the Berkley schools for the fine co-operation of the past year.
Yours very truly, DR. ALAN M. POOLE
REPORT OF VOCAL MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Mr. Robert T. Roy, Superintendent of Schools Dighton High School
Dighton, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Roy:
I submit the following report for 1956:
For half a day I weekly visit each elementary classroom, leaving with the room teacher a daily assignment. Treatment of "uncertain singers" is given in grades one through three where it is needed. Song experiences in the first three grades consist of rote singing sometimes expressed with various actions. The first steps in music reading have been taught already and shortly first steps in rhythm will be presented in grade one. To build a good foundation, note reading rather than rote teaching is emphasized in the earlier grades. Staff dictation and rhythm drills from the blackboard is presented before attempting to sing from the book; therefore, by grades four and five, where note reading continues, music reading becomes independently automatic even with part singing.
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Because of time limitation, I do not visit the two junior high classes. Instead, the instrumental music supervisor takes them.
The series of books available to the class does not cor- respond to my method of teaching. There is not sufficient material for note reading in the lower grades, although the songs are excellent for rote teaching. The melodic line and the rhythms are much too advanced for the students. Because of this, much note-reading practices are demonstrated with the blackboard.
In concluding, I would like to thank the teaching staff for their co-operation.
Yours truly, NELLIE MAY PEIRCE, Vocal Music Supervisor
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC REPORT
To the Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Mr. Roy:
I herewith submit my first annual report as instrumental music supervisor in the Berkley Grammar School.
Our instrumental program in the elementary school is now scheduled and functioning very adequately within the frame- work of the academic curriculum. Students enrolled in this particular program are placed in one of the following three groups for instruction on their respective instruments.
1. Beginning 2. Intermediate 3. Advanced
Each individual receives class instruction or lessons on a semi-private basis once a week regardless of the group level that either he or she attains. These instrumental lessons are twenty minutes in length during which time individual prob- lems and difficulties are pointed out and corrected.
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The instrumental program in the elementary school does not include a school band or orchestra; this does not indicate a lack of student interest, but merely reflects the small enroll- ment of a school this size. We are attempting to develop a woodwind ensemble which is rehearsing now and will probably perform with students from the Dighton and Freetown schools. This particular effort will give our students the opportunity to participate in a larger musical organization and at the same time act as a factor in stimulating the music program for everyone in this area.
Respectfully submitted, ROLAND S. HORNE, JR., Instrumental Music Instructor
SCHOOL CALENDAR
As Approved by School Committee 1956 - 1957 BERKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
School opens Sept. 5, 1956
Closes Dec. 21, 1956 73 days
School opens Jan. 2, 1957
School opens Feb. 25, 1957
Closes April 12, 1957 35 days
School opens April 22, 1957
Closes June 7, 1957 34 days
175 days
School Will Close on the Following Days
October 12
Columbus Day
October 26
November 12
November 22 and 23
Teachers' Convention Veterans Day Thanksgiving Recess Memorial Day
May 30
Closes Feb. 15, 1957 33 days
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BERKLEY STUDENTS ATTENDING DIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL Freshmen
Charles W. Chester
Dianne M. Frizado
Orin F. Holmes
Gerald S. Hewitt
Arleta J. Lee
Shirley A. Nunes Eleanor M. Pabst
David H. Perry
Sarah E. Pilling Janet E. Pysz
Virginia M. Rose
Edward G. Sylvester
William E. Westgate
Sophomores
Grace E. Haskell Helen N. Haskell Irene A. Perry Kenneth E. Perry Carolyn A. Pina
Marilyn A. Rose Diane G. Wilson
Juniors
William F. Haskins Gloria J. Rose Carl C. Sylvester Jeannine M. Sylvester Nancy Tibbetts
Seniors
Theodore F. Lippold Hattie E. Marshall Lawrence Perry Barbara L. Sellars Merle A. Smith, Jr.
DIGHTON VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Freshmen
Ralph Barboza Alan Clegg Dwight E. Fournier John F. Goodwin
James Silveira Edward F. Stone George E. Taber
Ethel G. Bindon Helena A. Cambra Helen Craven
Shirley Cummings Danielle Desautels Joseph Fernandes Evelyn T. Furtado
Margaret L. Aspinall Rebecca Babbitt Roberta Babbitt Priscilla Carpenter
Olivia S. Frizado Carol A. Goodwin
James E. Andrews Janice M. Baptiste Shirley Billings Nancy L. Cambra Warner B. Goff Joan P. Goodwin
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Sophomores
Lawrence Bristol Albert P. Pysz
Stewart E. White
Juniors
Robert M. Rose
Seniors
Raymond McCrohan Richmond G. Rines
TAUNTON HIGH SCHOOL
Harold G. Ashley, Jr.
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ENROLLMENT - OCTOBER 1, 1956
Grades
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Total
Helyn T. Delano
26
26
Martha E. Campbell
30
30
Florence H. Farrar
38
38
Grace Brady
32
32
Richardson Reid
32
32
Elizabeth L. Ruble
23
23
Harld L. Hall
30
30
Oscar J. Lamoureux, Jr.
21
21
Totals
26 30 38
32
32
23
30
21
232
AGE-GRADE ENROLLMENT - OCTOBER 1, 1956
Grade
Age
Total
5
6
8
9 10
11
12
13 14
1
4
21
1 24
5
30
3
4 23
10
1
38
4
5 23
3
1 9
32
6
2 14
2 3 20 3
3 2 15
1
30
7
7
8
Totals
4 22 29
33
39
21
31
28
20
5 232
7 1
26
2
32
5
6 15
1 23
3
21
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT - 1956
Appropriation
$65,837.35
Expenditures
General Control
$1,265.34
Teachers' Salaries
26,450.75
Books and Supplies
1,586.01
Janitors' Salaries
2,400.00
Fuel
1,087.71
Repairs
1,107.43
New Equipment
835.89
Health
951.66
Transportation
13,375.58
Tuition
15,047.42
Electricity
463.23
Miscellaneous
123.78
Janitors' Supplies
396.79
Insurance
201.35
65,292.94
Returned to Town
544.41
Receipts
Reimbursement, Chapter 70
General School Aid
$14,881.01
Reimbursement Superintendent's Travel and Salary
373.33
Transportation
11,456.36
Reimbursement Vocational Education
971.96
Total Receipts $27,682.66
NET COST TO TOWN $37,065.87
BERKLEY SCHOOL FACULTY
Teacher
Degree
Address
Education App'd.
Oscar J. Lamoureux, Jr. B.S. in Ed.
20 South St., Taunton 7 Baylies St., No. Dighton
Salem Normal 1956
Gorham Normal 1956
Helyn T. Delano
10 Fairview Ave., Taunton
Eastern State Normal School
1956
Florence H. Farrar B.S. in Ed.
9 Pleasant St., Dighton
Bridgewater Teachers' College 1952 Bradford Text., Bridgewater Teachers' College 1956
Richardson Reid
A.B.
200 Elm St., Dighton
Colgate University 1956
Elizabeth L. Ruble
B.S.
2 So. Main St., Raynham Centre Tusculum College 1956
Music Supervisors
Vocal Nellie May Pierce
B.M.
96 Middleboro Ave., E. Taunton
Boston University 1956
Instrumental
Roland S. Horne, Jr.
B.M.
11 Maple St., Taunton
Boston University 1956
Custodians
Louis A. Wade Francis Fournier, Sr.
South Main St., Berkley Porter St., Berkley
No. Adams Teachers' College 1953
Grace Brady
Martha E. Campbell
60 Pine St., No. Dighton
Harold L. Hall B.S.
679 Charles St., Fall River
Town Meeting, March 11, 1957 at 7:30 P.M. Berkley Town Hall
Election, March 18, 1957 Berkley Town Hall Polls Open 12:00 Noon to 8:00 P.M.
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