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Each teacher had a complete course of study based on the above outline. The same principles have been carried along in more advanced stages in the Junior and Senior High School classes.
A new course, "People and Art," was introduced in the sev- enth grade this year. All boys and girls have a desire for beauty that makes them delight in ornamenting and decorating them- selves. This is at its height at Junior High School age, and if not guided, may produce unhappy results. At this period young people often prefer gaudy decorations, cheap ornaments, and loud
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ties, and show other signs of poor judgment in dress. This desire to dress attractively is natural. Boys and girls want to be noticed, and want to be attractive, but most junior high school pupils have not had adequate training to enable them to secure pleasing results. Therefore, this new course, "People and Art," has been offered at a most helpful age for the boys and girls.
The operetta given by Bates School boys and girls, last February, gave the art department an excellent opportunity to demonstrate in. a practical way the principles taught in art in designing costumes for the boys and girls.
At the May Festival, held at Union Street School, the art department helped in designing and making colorful costumes for the boys and girls.
The art department has helped in making posters for enter- tainments, stage decorations for school socials, place cards for the senior banquet, illustrations and department headings for the Sachem, and decorations of all kinds for the many school and community activities throughout the year.
During May and June art exhibitions were held at all the schools throughout the town. Each grade had a particular motif carried out in a variety of methods. The Bates School art exhibition consisted of over 350 pieces of work, all excellently done and beautiful in color.
The High School art exhibition attracted a large number of visitors. The exhibit, one of the most colorful and varied seen at the school, introduced several new phases of drawing, including frescol painting and finger painting. A special feature was the display of some 150 silhouettes, each representing a member of the classes. Six large panels painted by art students lined the stage of the auditorium. Many students were engaged during the exhibit in demonstrating the work. A novel feature was a set of 24 cartoons illustrating "Macbeth." Also on display was an interior decoration problem worked out with furniture and wall- paper. Other work included designs, lettering, chalk drawings, water color work, mechanical drawings, and costume designs. The entire auditorium was transformed into a veritable art gallery, showing over 1000 pieces in both the fine and industrial arts.
The displays brought widespread publicity and recognition to the progressive methods of art as taught in our schools. In fact, so much interest was aroused in other public school systems that requests for outlines and drawings from our art department have been received.
I wish to express that I am deeply grateful for the encour- agement and assistance rendered by the School Committee, Super- intendent, Principals and teachers, who always have been ready and willing to help. The continued success we enjoy in the art department is due in a large measure to their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
SYLVIA G. MATHESON,
Art Supervisor.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Middleboro, Mass., December 31, 1939.
Mr. J. Stearns Cushing,
Superintendent of Schools,
Dear Sir:
I herewith present my report as Supervisor of Attendance for the year ending December 31, 1939.
REASONS FOR ABSENCE
Schools
Sickness
Truancy
Other Reasons
Memorial High
135
34
65
Bates
41
15
37
Union Street
4
0
3
School Street
16
5
6
Flora M. Clark
6
0
4
Pleasant Street
6
0
4
Plymouth Street
8
0
6
Soule
6
0
3
Thomastown
10
6
15
Waterville
10
4
6
South Middleboro
4
0
4
West Side
16
12
12
Green
8
12
6
270
89
171
Visits to homes
251
Visits to schools
71
Miles traveled
1152
I wish to thank Superintendent Cushing, Miss Pasztor, Dr. Smith, Chief Sisson, the teachers and parents for their help in my work with the children and youth of Middleboro.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS EDWARD HIRST,
Supervisor.
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STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1938-1939
SCHOOL
Number of
Teachers
Number of
Enrolled
Non-resident
Pupils
Enrolled
Average
Attendance
Average
Membership
Yearly
Percent of
Attendance
Memorial High
22
578
139
526.1
549.2
95.7
Grade XII
108
Grade XI
122
Grade X
154
Grade IX
189
Bates
12
337
5
309.9
314.9
98.4
Grade VIII
146
Grade VII
143
Grade VI
35
Opp. Class
13
School Street
8
288
2
267.1
281.3
94.9
Grade VI
42
Grade VI
39
Grade VI.
31
Grade V
42
Grade
36
....
Grade V
35
Grade IV
35
....
Grade IV
28
Union Street
9
251
3
228.8
244.4
93.6
Grade IV
35
Grade III
35
Grade III
34
Grade III
16
Grade II
30
....
Grade II
30
Grade II
14
...
Grade I
30
Grade I
27
West Side
4
91
83.9
87.7
95.8
Grade IV
19
Grade III
19
....
Grade II
22
Grade I
31
Flora M. Clark
2
51
46.7
50.7
92.1
Grade II
24
Grade I
27
Pleasant Street
1
23
20.2
21.3
94.7
Plymouth Street
1
26
21.0
22.8
92.1
Pratt Free
1
18
16.3
16.7
97.5
Purchade
1
20
17.5
18.3
95.9
Green
1
28
1
23.3
25.7
90.9
Soule
1
20
17.3
18.6
93.0
Waterville
1
16
2
12.9
14.2
91.3
Thomastown
1
19
17.8
19.4
91.5
Rock
1
19
1
15.9
17.1
93.2
South Middleboro
1
33
3
30.6
32.6
93.7
Totals
66
1,818
156
1,655.3
1,734.9
94.0
..
..
Daily
Daily
....
..
. .
..
Pupils
148
FINANCIAL REPORT-DECEMBER, 31, 1939
Receipts
Tuition, State and City Wards
$1,612.97
Other Tuition General School Fund
15,895.00
All Other
106.32
$27,487.37
Disbursements
Salaries
Superintendent
$4,000.00
Teachers
93,856.46
Janitors
7,861.92
All Others
2,088.64
Textbooks and Supplies
4,949.20
Transportation
13,247.21
Fuel, Light, and Water
5,455.68
Maintenance Buildings and Grounds
2,869.82
Insurance
1,433.36
Other Expenses
264.59
Tuition
1,080.49
Printing, Stationery, Postage
280.48
Telephone
210.72
Physical Education Equipment
150.00
$137,748.57
Net Cost of Schools (Disbursements less receipts)
$110,261.20
Special Appropriation Accounts
New Union Street School
$5,490.75
Bates School Repairs 4,145.50
SCHOOL CENSUS
October 1, 1939
Years
Males
Females
Total
5- 6
92
112
204
7-13
509
449
958
14-15
163
159
322
Total
764
720
1484
9,873.08
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LIST OF TEACHERS, DECEMBER 31, 1939
High School
*Lindsay J. March, 17 Barrows Street, Principal
*Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North Street, Sub-Master, Science
*Walter G. Hicks, 44 School Street, Head of Commerical Depart- ment
*Ernest E. Thomas, 38 Pierce Street, Head of History Department
*Herbert L. Wilber, Rock, Latin
*Joseph R. Hyman, 111 Everett Street, Mathematics
*Roland C. MacGown, 295 Center Street, Abington, Science
*Henry E. Battis, 31 School Street, Health Studies, Physical Training
Alfred E. Farley, Washington Street, Abington, Social Studies Thomas L. Maynard, 24 Rock Street, English
*Mary Brier, 81 Pearl Street, French
*Chrystal M. Chase, 181 North Main Street, English
*Alice D. Brawn, 5 Barrows Street, Social Studies
*Mary F. Clutton, 287 North Main Street, English
* Anna C. Erickson, 61 Wood Street, Mathematics *Helen M. Merselis, 49 School Street, Social Studies
*Esther L. Moore, 12 Coombs Street, Commercial
*Lillian M. O'Neil, 21 Pearl Street, Commercial Margaret H. Ryder, RFD No. 1, English
*Evelyn F. Whitty, 11 Everett Street, Mathematics, Physical Training
Bessie M. Veazie, Smith Street, Clerk
Bates School
*Henry B. Burkland, 50 School Street, Principal, Social Studies, Music
*Norman W. Lindsay, 327 Wareham Street, Asst. Prin., Science
*Martinia K. Donahue, 6 Reland Street, English, Music Max A. Eaton, 25 North Street, Mathematics, Physical Training
*Lucy E. Merrihew, 22 East Grove Street, Mathematics
*Abby Rugg Field, 182 North Main Street, English, Home Economics, Crafts
*Elizabeth H. Benson, 12 Benton Street, English
*Harriet M. Jones, 56 Everett Street, Social Studies
*Faye H. Deane, 63 Oak Street, English, Social Studies
*Effie D. Tucker, 28 Oak Street, Social Studies, Art Lois R. Wright, 30 Pearl Street, Opportunity Class Mason Leggee, 68 Glendale Street, Brockton, Handicraft
School Street School
*Donald T. Welch, 25 North Street, Grade VI, Principal
* M. Alice Jones, 66 School Street, Grade VI
*Edith Frost, Wood Street, Grade VI
* Alice R. Begley, 7 Benton Street, Grade V *Esther M. Spooner, 66 School Street, Grade V
*Marion L. Nutter, Barden Hill Road, Grade V
*Leah M. Boutin, Wareham Street, Grades IV-V
*Rose Maley, State Street, Sandwich, Grade IV
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Union Street School
*Lottie N. Lang, 8 Pearl Street, Grade IV, Principal *Bessie B. Bailey, 15 Forest Street, Grade III
* Eleanor H. Thomas, Wareham Street, Grade III
*Elsie A. Cahoon, 57 Everett Street, Grade III * Marjorie McClusky, 106 Pearl Street, Grade II *Evelyn L. Bailey, 19 Webster Street, Grade II * Amelia L. Boutin, Wareham Street, Grade I
*Sara E. Matheson, 49 Everett Street, Grade I
* Marianne Medeiros, 30 West Grove Street, Remedial Teaching
West Side School
* Mary R. Hammond, 70 Barden Hill Road, Grade IV, Principal * Margaret E. Peck, South Main Street, Grade III
*Etta W. Toothaker, 29 Oak Street, Grade II
* Anne L. Washburn, County Street, East Taunton, Grade I
Flora M. Clark School
*Raye F. Guidoboni, 14 Southwick Street, Grade II, Principal *Hilda G. MacKeen, Miller Street, Grade I
Suburban Schools
* Maude DeMaranville, Lakeville, Pleasant Street School
* Dorothy B. Robinson, 9 Warren Avenue, Plymouth Street School Jeanne H. Lockhart, 12 Court End Avenue, Green School
*Elsie LeBlanc, North Street, Soule School
*Bernice C. Shaw, Plympton, Waterville School Nathalie T. Crowell, 14 Court End Avenue, Thomastown School *Mildred K. Bowman, 55 South Main Street, South Middleboro, School *Florence C. Giberti, 19 Hillside Avenue, Rock School Myra A. Shaw, 81 South Main Street, Pratt Free School *On Tenure List.
Supervisors
Music-Luther Churchill, East Bridgewater *Art-Sylvia G. Matheson, Oak Street
*On Tenure List
JANITORS Central Schools
Charles H. Goodwin, Memorial High School John L. Luippold, Assistant, Memorial High School Warren Jefferson, Bates School
Ernest S. Maxwell, School Street School John J. Sullivan, Union Street School Daniel F. McCarthy, West Side School Frank M. Gibbs, Flora M. Clark School
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Suburban Schools
James Brooks, Pleasant Street School
Henry Zion, Plymouth Street School
Edward W. Fessenden, Green School Henry Gates, Soule School
Mary T. Picone, Waterville School
John Cardini, Thomastown School
Chester Vickery, Rock School
Melville Matthews, South Middleboro School
CHANGES OF TEACHERS
Withdrawals
Margaret Sullivan, Purchade
Dora L. Cobb, Flora M. Clark
Olive M. Kidd, School Street (Retired)
Appointments
Nathalie T. Crowell, Thomastown Jeanne H. Lockhart, Green
Transferals
Marion L. Nutter, from Thomastown to School Street School Hilda G. MacKeen, from Green to Flora M. Clark School
GRADUATION EXERCISES Memorial High School
TOWN HALL
Wednesday Evening, June 14, 1939
Class Flower: White Rose
Class Motto: "To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and not to Yield" ยท 1
Class Colors: Blue and Silver.
ORDER OF EXERCISES
March of the Graduates: "Victory-Grand March" Zamecnik
School Orchestra
Prayer
Rev. A. Vaughan Abercrombie
Salutatory and Essay: A Fight for Liberty Dorothy M. Hiltz
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Essay: The Public Address William V. Luti
Clarinet Quartet: "Golden Sunset" (Reverie) Alford Phyllis-Claire Stegmaier Shirley E. Leland
Martha E. Perkins Winthrop H. Norton
Accompanist, Barbara W. Soule
Essay: The Conquest of Disease
Katherine I. Majahad
Reading: "Elizabeth the Queen" June M. McIntire
Anderson
Essay: Propaganda
Nancy Leonard
Music : "The Builder" "The Challenge of Youth"
Cadman
Gibb
Class Glee Club
Soprano: Katherine M. Berry Marion H. Liber June M. McIntire
Clare L. Moulton
Barbara A. Tripp Mildred F. Washburn
Alto : Frances L. DaCosta
Theresa A. Galanto Ellen A. Gates
Shirley R. Pearson Hazel E. Tripp Felicia W. Wolska
Bass :
Lawrence E. Carver
James H. Peckham, Jr.
Donald B. Lindsay
Vincent J. Robidoux
Joseph M. Scanlon Accompanist: James E. Houlihan, Jr.
Essay: The Power of Music Wellington D. MacMillan
Essay .: Thus Sang the Bards Sybil Pilshaw
Valedictory and Essay: Lest We Forget . Donald B. Lindsay
Class Song: To America Presentation of Awards:
J. Stearns Cushing, Superintendent of Schools American Legion Medal-Excellence in French Washington and Franklin Medal-Excellence in History Middleboro Lodge of Elks Scholarship Alumni Scholarship
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Anne White Washburn Scholarship Cabot Club Scholarship Adelia C. Richards Scholarship
Presentation of Diplomas : Fred B. Alger, Chairman of School Committee Benediction
CLASS SONG To America Pledge of the Class of 1939
America! We dedicate
The knowledge we have gained,
Our carefree spirits, unknown fate,
With willingness unfeigned To solve your problems, keep ideals Now etched upon the mind, And wage that hardest battle, Peace, The cry of all mankind.
America! Though skies have clouds Of threats of hate and arms,
And steel-gray helmets are but shrouds
That cover vague alarms, Yet may our thinking ever be
Deep, free, and bravely straight, To lead the world to amity And drop the bars of hate.
Music Composed by James E. Houlihan, Jr. Words Written by Wellington D. MacMillan
:
CLASS OF 1939 Classical Course
Charlotte Pauline Alberts
Christine Mary Alley
Marion Crowell Deane
Edward James Dunn, Jr. Ruth Eleanor Freeman Roger Harris Glidden Lester Hammond Hart James Edward Houlihan, Jr. Shirley Eliabeth Leland * Nancy Leonard ** Donald Bruce Lindsay *William Vincent Luti
*Wellington David MacMillan
*Katherine Ida Majahad June Marie McIntire Shirley Rosebelle Pearson
*Sybil" Pilshaw Janet Frances Savage Caroline Morse Smith Barbara Wolleston Soule Laurence Edward Souza Phyllis-Claire Stegmaier Paul David Sullivan Warren Willette
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Scientific Course
Arthur Bates Alden
David Warren Baker
Raymond Arthur Barker
Shailer Francis Breck Emerson Jothan Carpenter, Jr. Lawrence Eugene Carver
Alfred Viggo Dahl, Jr.
Stuart Francis Hall William Jones Hewitt *Ruth Jeannette McDowell *Winthrop Howard Norton Richard Winslow Pratt *John Sumner Tharion Frank Everett Thompson
Commercial Course
Alexander Alfred Anacki
Florence Gertrude Chartier
Verna Marguerite Cuzner
Peter Thomas Farley, Jr.
Glenn Raymond Gallagher Josephine Olive Grant
** Dorothy May Hiltz Evelyn Faith Holmes *Edith Frances Hulley Barbara Winifred Keough Rose Julia Kulian Olga Lewoczko
Marion Helen Liber Blanche Elsie Mackiewicz
* Anna Mekelones Louise Florence Morse Elliott Pawlak George Mason Ryder Caroline Sabalewski Joseph Maurice Scanlon
Hazel Evelyn Tripp Priscilla Kathryn Varney
Mildred Frances Washburn Felicia Wanda Wolska
Alice Bernice Young
General Course
Katherine Marguerite Berry
William Eugene Bisbee
Howard Griffith Burbank
Roger Leonard Card Pauline Rita Chartier
John Vincent Churchill
Virginia Curtis
Frances Louise daCosta
Lawrence McCann Dahl
Albert Duseault
Arleen Cora Fuller Theresa Antoinette Galanto
Karl Allen Prescott Vincent Joseph Robidoux
Ruth Eleanor Garnett
Eleanor Virginia Rose Robert Stohn
Ellen Augusta Gates Francis Ernest Gomes
Robert Stanley Telfer
Hazel May Guilford
Helen Allison Thomas
Arnold Davis Tripp
Arthur Elmer Heleen Moushey Charles Krikorian
Barbara Adeline Tripp Ruth Caroline Yanak
Frances Ella LaMothe
Virginia Estelle Matheson *Naomi Mendall Irving Francis Mitchell Marshall Moranville Clare Louise Moulton Everett Francis O'Hara James Harris Peckham, Jr. Martha Elizabeth Perkins Lawrence Stuart Pink William Edward Pratt
*Valedictorian
Salutatorian *Pro Merito
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PROMOTION DAY EXERCISES
Bates School
TOWN HALL
Wednesday, June 7, 1939
1. March-"Let's Go!" Zamecnik
Bates School Orchestra
Under the direction of Luther Churchill, Supervisor of Music
2. Invocation : Rev. John J. Donlan
3. Response : "Bates School Hymn" Charles H. Bates
4. America and the New Frontiers
A pageant based upon the study of the advance of our country in the arts and sciences, arranged by Effie D. Tucker and Henry B. Burkland, teachers of eighth grade Social Studies, and produced through the coopera- tion of all departments of the school and members of the Faculty.
Prologue: "The Old Frontier"
The Frontier, Walter Alger; Daniel Boone, Carl Vickery; William Ashley, Leonard Iampietro; Marcus Whitman, Dana Provonche; Soldiers, George Farley, Herbert Pratt; Cowboys, William Tierney, Arthur Ouellette; Pioneer Woman, May Ryder; Columbia, Marie Lindsay; Kit Carson, Robert Lacombe; James Bridges, Charles Smith; Father De Smet, Alfred Morris; Miner, Albert Yablon- sky; Farmer, Leonard MacDonald; Indian Maiden, Helen Travers
"Home on the Range"-Cowboy Song Boys' GleeClub
Episode One-The Advance in Industry
Industry, Mary Rossini; Coal Miner, Walter Michael; Weaver, Allen Smith; Railway Engineer, William Barney; Telephone, Leon Gross; Blast Furnace Worker, Walter Preti; Steamboat, Gabriela Garafalo; Locomotive, Virginia Pittsley; Work, Raymond Gamache; Steel Worker, Leonard Ditano; Auto Mechanic, George Marra; Aviator, Raymond Brothers; Factory Machinist, Warren Preti; Stagecoach, Annie Matrisciano; Canal Boat, Alberta Braley; Nationalism, Mary Letourneau
"Work for the Night Is Coming"-Lowell Mason Girls' Glee Club Episode Two-The Advance in Literature American Literature, Alice Reynolds, Barbara Michaud, Barbara Grossman
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Scene from "Snowbound" by John Greenleaf Whittier, adapted by Elizabeth H. Benson, from Whittier's auto- biographical poem.
Mother, Ruth Kline; Aunt Mary, Patricia Hathaway; Harriet Livermore, Roberta Gross; Brother, Norman Andrews; Schoolmaster, Robert Smith; Narrator, Eliza- beth McDowell; Father, Stuart MacMillan; Solo, "Long, Long Ago (Bayly) ; Elder Sister, Roseanna Hart; Green- leaf, Robert Gross; Little Sister, Anna Pawlak; Uncle, Donald Foye
Episode Three-The Advance in Government
This year marks the 150th anniversary of our government under the United States Constitution. This scene is taken from a play by Alice A. Lide.
Government, Richard MacNeill; President, Peter Drevin- sky; Supreme Court, Robert Cushman; Habeas Corpus, Joseph MacAllister; The American Boy, Milton Caplan; Congress, William Sullivan; Vice-President, Patsy Iam- petro; Trial by Jury, Theodore Hubschwerlin
"God of Our Fathers"-Warren The Chorus
Episode Four-The Advance in Reform
Immigration, Barbara Tinkham and Elinor Burnett; Labor Laws, Robert Taylor and Robert Johnson; Mary Lyon, Constance Draghetti; Frances Willard, Barbara Fish; Dorothea Dix, Vivien Doucette; Clara Barton, Luanna Crowell; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lillian
Belmont
Folk Songs: "Tiritomba"-Italian Girls' Glee Club "The Galway Piper"-Irish Boys' Glee Club
Episode Five-The Advance in Fine Arts
Creative Arts, Walter Zidiales; Art, Elizabeth Pittsley and Marjorie Gray; Architecture, Arthur Burgess and Frank Fasulo; Lowell Mason, Harold Brown; Music, Germaine Bazinet
The Singing School: Lillian Salley, Madeline Baker, Pauline Clark, Marjorie Conant, Howard Schofield, Dewey Gates, Camile Chausse, Elwood Andrews
"Wildwood Flowers"-Lowell Mason The Chorus
Opera, Lillian DeArruda; Comedy, Josephine Wolska; Tragedy, Mary Wolska; Violin Trio, Elaine Tessier, Katherine Soule, Doris Ouellette
Finale : From the Operetta "Tulip Time"-Johnson . The Chorus (The entire Operetta was produced by the class in February)
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Episode Six-The Advance of Science
"The Discovery of Vitamin G" from the pageant "Soldiers of Science," by Ruth Hoesly, arranged by Max A. Eaton.
Scientific Research, Lawrence Shaw; Dr. Goldberger, Carl Trulson; Dr. Harrington, Donald Quagan; Johnny, Richard Tierney; Narrator, John Hayward; Dr. Warring, William Maltais; Nurse Smith, Arleen Sullivan; Silas, Lloyd Wilbur; The Vitamins, Henry DeJesus, John Washburn, Edward Cleverly, David Young and Edwin Sabalewski
Interlude: "Fortuna"-Fox Bates School Orchestra
Episode Seven-The Advance in Education
Adapted from the play, "The Character Builder, by Emma C. Richey.
The School, Irene Gaudette; Courage, Francis Chausse ; Honesty, Mabel Vickery; Loyalty, Charles Gomes; In- dustry, Carl Matheson; Self-Control, Shirley McDonald; Inspiration, Renee Ray; Patriotism, Eugene Savard; Education, Gifford Phillips; Ideals, Andrew Keefe; Thrift, Norma Bernier; Ambition, Lloyd Bazinet; Health Alice Griswold; Home Membership, Beulah Powell; Opportunity, Annie Quindley; Respect for Law, John Houlihan; Character, Elisabeth Anderson; The Future, Jacob Kulian
Episode Eight-The Advance in Recreation Outdoor Life-William McMahon and Elizabeth Keough; Recreation, Kenneth Dudley; Baseball, Ernest Sylvia; Nature Study, Dura Higgins; Crafts, John Sylvia; The Dance, Alice Gardiner and Jeanette Letendre; Scouts, Evelyn Andrews and Francis Bissonnette; 4-H Work, Veronica Small and John Septejean; Junior Red Cross, Margaret Gomes; Football, James McDonald; Basketball, Therese Fortin; Reading, Edith Dudley
"God Bless America"-Irving Berlin The Chorus
Epilogue-The Social Frontier
Jeanette Atkins, Alberta Snow, Elizabeth Sellew, Mar- jorie Holt, Helen Smarsh and Lois Wood
5. Awarding of Honors
J. Stearns Cushing, Superintendent of Schools, Middleboro
(a) American Legion Medal for Excellence in English
(b) The Davis Medal for Excellence in Current Events
6. Presentation of Certificates of Promotion
Fred B. Alger, Chairman, Middleboro School Committee
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7. Class Song-by Jeanette Atkins Tune: "My Old Kentucky Home"
You have tried to teach us all that we need to know In order to gain greater height,
But your greatest work was to make our hearts more true To walk in pathways of the right. The days have flown like a shadow on the moor Some cheerful, and some with a sigh-
What would we give to live them once again! But dear old Bates School we say, "Good-bye." So we'll cheer again for Bates, we'll cheer her with a will As we "onward" go, our lives we trust will show That to Bates we are loyal still.
8. Benediction
Rev. Arthur G. Cummings
9. March: "Happy Days"-Zamecnik The Orchestra School Colors-Blue and Gold School Motto-"Onward !"
PROMOTION LIST, BATES, 1939
Alger, Walter E.
Doucette, Vivian A.
Anderson, Elisabeth
Draghetti, Constance T.
Andrews, Elwood A.
Drevinsky, Peter J.
Andrews, Evelyn E.
Dudley, Edith M.
Andrews, Norman S.
Dudley, Kenneth A.
Atkins, M. Jeannette
Farley, George J.
Baker, Madeline L.
Fasulo, Frank J.
Barney, William A.
Fish, Barbara C.
Bazinet, E. Lloyd
Fortin, Therese C.
Bazinet, M. Germaine
Belmont, Lillian R.
Bernier, Norma F.
Garafalo, Gebriela L.
Bissonnette, J. Francis
Braley, Alberta R.
Gates, H. Dewey
Brothers, Raymond L., Jr.
Brown, R. Harold
Burgess, Arthur E.
Lindsay, Marie D. MacAllister, Joseph W.
Chausse, Camile J.
Chausse, Francis A.
Clark, Pauline E. Conant, Marjorie V. Crowell, Luanna R.
Cushman, Robert E.
Matheson, Carl T.
Matrisciano, Annie
McDonald, James G.
McDonald, Shirley A.
DeArruda, Lillian C. DeJesus, Henry
Ditano, Leonard, Jr.
MacDonald, Leonard W.
McDowell, Elizabeth B. MacMillan, Stuart H. MacNeill, Richard E. Maltais, William T. Marra, George J. O.
Burnett, Elinor Caplan, Milton
Foye, Donald L.
Gamache, Raymond H.
Gardiner, E. Alice
Gaudette, Irene B.
Letourneau, Mary B.
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McMahon, William J., Jr. Michael, Walter P.
Michaud, Barbara A. Morris, Alfred J. Ouellette, Arthur R.
Houlihan, John R.
Hubschwelin, Theodore P.
Ouellette, Doris F.
Iampietro, Leonard
Pawlak, Anna Phillips, L. Gifford
Johnson, Robert F.
Pittsley, Virginia M.
Keefe, Andrew F.
Powell, Beulah P.
Keough, Elizabeth
Pratt, Herbert C.
Kline, Ruth
Preti, Philip W. J.
Kulian, Jacob G.
Preti, Warren J.
Lacombe, Robert L.
Provonche, Dana F.
Letendre, Jeanette L.
Quagan, Donald A.
Smith, Charles L.
Quindley, Annie M.
Smith, Robert E.
Ray, Renee E.
Snow, Alberta C.
Soule, Katherine F.
Sullivan, Arleen M.
Sullivan, William H.
Sylvia, Ernest J.
Salley, Lillian J.
Sylvia, John F.
Savard, Eugene H.
Taylor, Robert M.
Schofield, Howard F.
Tessier, Elaine R.
Sellew, Elizabeth B.
Tierney, Richard J.
Sepetjean, John T. Shaw, Lawrence W. Small, Veronica M. Smarsh, Helen
Travers, L. Helen
Smith, Allen H.
Vickery, Carl A.
Gomes, Charles
Vickery, Mabel
Gomes, Margaret M.
Washburn, John A.
Gray, Marjorie I.
Wilbur, Lloyd F.
Griswold, Alice E.
Wolska, Josephine
Gross, Leon H.
Wolska, Mary
Gross, Roberta A.
Wood, Lois
Gross, Robert W.
Yablonsky, Albert R.
Grossman, Barbara M.
Young, David P.
Hart, J. Roseanna
Zidiales, Walter H.
Hathaway, Patricia
Hayward, H. John Higgins, Dura W. Holt, Marjorie G.
Iampietro, Patsy
Reynolds, Alice M. Rossini, Mary G. Ryder, May L. Sabalewski, Edwin E.
Tierney, William E.
Tinkham, Barbara M.
Trulson, Carl W.
160
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Pratt Free School Thursday, June 8, 1939 PROGRAM
March
Accompanied by Mr. Churchill
Invocation
Rev. Harold H. Rogers
"Salutatory"
Marion Beatrice Hiltz
Oration-"Television"
Arthur William Belrose
Trombone Solo-"The Pals"
Thomas Taylor Jackson
Essay-"Home Making and Careers" Norma Elizabeth Fickert
Recitation-"I Bought a Bed" Lillian Jones
Songs-(a) "Cadets on Parade" (b) "Mighty Lak' a Rose"
The North Middleboro Gazette John Russell Carver
Essay-"Patriotism and Treason" Valedictory Malcolm Earle Ferson
Selection-"The Double Eagle" .
Robert Henry Cowan
Play-"The Haunted Tea Room"
Characters
Lenda Berry Lillian Jones
Lottie Berry Marion Hiltz
Dan Smith Malcolm Ferson
Horace Witherspoon Thomas Jackson
Claire Landon Norma Fickert
Josephine Boggs Barbara Jones
Snoopy Crane John Carver
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Gerald Fenwick Jesse Jones
George Lee Jeanne Carver
Scene-The Willowmere Tea Room
Time-Act I, 7 P. M. Act II, 9 P. M. Act III, Midnight
Class Song
Presentation of Diplomas
Judge B. J. Allan
Benediction
CLASS SONG Tune: "When my Dream Boat Comes Home"
Two years have passed Since we entered this class; But now, here we stand Graduates, hand in hand.
Farewell, classmates and friends,
Pratt Free School days now must end.
We have worked hard together,
Very loyal we've been. Though we roam far away,
We can ne'er forget this day.
Pleasant memories will linger,
As we go on our way.
Graduates
Arthur William Belrose John Russell Carver Malcolm Earle Ferson Norma Elizabeth Fickert
Marion Beatrice Hiltz Thomas Taylor Jackson Lillian Jones George Herbert Lee
Class Motto: Loyalty
Class Colors: Red and Silver
Class Flower: Rose
Principal, Mrs. Myra A. Shaw
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INDEX
Appointments by the Selectmen
8
Assessors
86
Dog Officer
55
Election Officers
43
Financial Report-Town Accountant
93
Balance Sheet
110
Fire Department, Chief of
58
Forest Warden
60
Gas and Electric Department Balance Sheet
119
Statement of Accounts
121
Health Officer
63 56
Highway Department
Inspector of Animals
69 70
Inspector of Milk
Inspector of Plumbing
Inspector of Slaughtering
Inspector of Wires
Jury List
Librarian, Public Library
Moth Department
Old Age Assistance
Comparative Statement
Park Board
Planning Board
Plymouth County Extension Service
Police, Chief of
Public Welfare Agent
Registrars' Report
School Committee
125
Sealer of Weights and Measures
79
Tax Collector's Report
92
Town Clerk
9-40
Births
27
Marriages
32
Deaths
37 49
Town Manager
5
Town Treasurer's Report
88
Treasurer, Public Library
48
Tree Warden
62
Trustees under the Will of Thomas S. Peirce
84
Water Department
50
71 72 75 41 44 61 72 78 81 83 80 72 76 82
Town Officers
113
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