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The principles taught in art have been put to practical use by making posters for entertainments, stage settings for the Senior Play, stage decorations for school socials, Junior Prom, Senior Ban- quet, Class Day, Senior Reception, decorations for assembly pro- grams illustrations, department headings and cartoons for the school papers, costumes and stage decorations for Bates School operetta and decorations of all kinds for the many school and com- munity activities throughout the entire year. This has given the students an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the value of their art education.
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The art students in High School this past year have had the advantage of a new drawing room well lighted and well equipped to bring forth their best work.
Last April the Memorial High School girls, several parents and friends and members of the eighth grade at Bates School enjoyed viewing a fashion show sponsored by members of the Costume De- sign class. The class of thirty girl had as one of its problems the designing and making of a dress. The girls gave an extremely smooth performance as models and explained the work on the dresses they wore and the cost of same. A little talk afterwards on the do's and don'ts of good grooming was most interesting. The ex- hibit of mannequins dressed by the class and their notebook work reflected remarkable interest and good clothes sense. Clever detail- ing such as the use of fabric paint, hamburg lace and individual design made the relatively inexpensive dresses quite original.
The classes in High School have increased considerably from those of previous years .The enrollment is 194. This is a large en- rollment for a town of this size, which shows the growth of art interest.
HEALTH IN OUR SCHOOLS
(from the report of Helen B. Pasztor, R. N., School Nurse)
The regular annual physical examination of all school pupils has been conducted by the School Physician assisted by the School Nurse. One hundred thirteen cases of defective Tonsils and Adenoids were found; seventy-six cases of defective feet; sixty-two eye de- fects; and seven hearing defects. In all cases parents were notified and parents are sincerely urged to take the child to the family physician for his diagnosis and correction.
Since 1933 we have had a most valuable Lip Reading Class in our school program. Many children with defective hearing have been helped during these years and many have been saved from school failure. This calss is financed by the Chandler Ford Fund, taught by an expertly trained teacher, and open to all whose hear- ing is defective.
The Milk Fund Tag Day, sponsored by the Middleboro Lodge of Elks, was held in October and the results assured the distribution , of free milk to the needy, undernourished children for another year.
The mid-winter vacation period was advanced two weeks as a precautionary measure due to the presence of many cases of Scar- let Fever locally and in the country.
Several classes on personal hygiene for Bates School girls; the annual Retarded Class Clinic; the Tuberculosis Follow-up Clinic; Summer Camp preparation; school and home visits; con- ferences with parents; and office treatments, have all contributed to a very busy year.
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OUR TEACHING STAFF
The teacher situation in the state is becoming very serious. The number of vacancies now filled by temporary substitute teach- ers far exceeds the probable number of graduates from our teacher- training institutions.
Locally we have been fortunate in securing capable teachers to fill our vacancies. The return of three teachers from the Armed Forces has greatly strengthened our high school program allowing smaller and more éfficient class groups.
Our town is also fortunate to have secured Mr. Churchill on a full-time basis. As soon as a capable man can be found to take over the program of shop work in the Bates School, Mr. Churchill's full time will be spent in expanding our Music offering to the chil- dren.
During the year there have been the following changes in our teaching staff:
Withdrawals: Philip G. Johnson, Dorothy H. Bradford, Dorothy Harlow, Louise M. Nutter.
Appointments: M. Agnes Scott, Margaret A. Dodge, Elliot R. Allen, Marjorie Huntley, Louise C. Matheson, Florence L. Rogers.
Returned from Armed Services: Virginia Lewis, Alfred E. Far- ley, Joseph R. Hyman.
WHO WILL LEAD? (by James Hilton)
"The men in uniform are coming home, having finished the gigantic job they set for themselves; but it is only part of the job that has to be done. They have left an even bigger job to the soldiers of the future."
"Before you read a sinister note into that statement, let me explain. Those soldiers of the future are not in uniform. They carry no arms. Yet today they face a task as difficult as the Normandy - landing and one in which the penalties of failure are just as grave."
"They are the teachers . . . in a world that has so much to learn, and so little time left for learning."
"Teachers can explore and chart the new territory that has no geographical frontiers - territory of the mind and spirit in which every clear thinker is a Columbus."
"If I had a child who wanted to be a teacher I would bid him Godspeed as if he were going to a war. For indeed the war against prejudice, greed and ignorance is eternal, and those who dedicate themeslves to it give their lives no less because they may live to see some fraction of the battle won. They are the commandoes of the peace, if peace is to be more than a short armistice. As in a relay race, our armed men have handed victory to those who dare not stand still to admire it, but must run with it for the very life to a further and larger goal."
Our teachers of Middleboro have carried on during the stress of war, they will continue to carry on and lead in a world of peace."
Respectfully submitted,
J. STEARNS CUSHING, Superintendent of Schools
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STATISTICS AND INFORMATIONAL TABLES SCHOOL CALENDAR 1946
First Term-January 2-February 15.
Second Term-February 25-April 12.
Third Term-April 22-June 7, Elementary Schools. June 14, High School.
No-School Days
Memorial Day Armistice Day Thanksgiving Day and the following day.
Chapter 72, Section 2, General Laws, requires that the school committee of each town shall ascertain and record the names, ages and such further information as may be required by the De- partment of Education of all minors residing within the town.
SCHOOL CENSUS 1945
Males
Females
5 and 6 years 115 .
5 and 6 years 138
to 15 years 627
7 to 15 years 571
742
709
Total 1451
Albert C. Libby, Census Enumerator
FINANCIAL REPORT-DECEMBER 31, 1945
RECEIPTS
Tuition, State and City Wards
$1,021.81
Tuition, Outside Towns
6,080.95
Smith Hughes Fund
287.24
General School Fund
13,370.00
$20,760.00
DISBURSEMENTS
Salaries
Superintendent
$4,300.00
Teachers
117,023.17
Janitors
9,779.80
All Others
8,167.30
Textbooks and Supplies
7,403.43
Transportation
15,773.73
Fuel, Light, and Water
8,136.22
Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds
2,034.83
Telephone
439.03
Tuition
117.66
Printing, Stationery and Postage
275.67
Physical Education Program
1,000.00
Other Expenses
593.89
George Deen Fund
568.50
Smith Hughes Fund
273.35
Repair of Buildings
3,999.24
Net Cost of Schools, (disbursements less receipts)
$179,885.82 $159,125.82
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COST OF OUR SCHOOLS
The following comparative figures for the last school year, showing our relative standing in cost with our neighboring towns, should be of interest as information. These are actual cost figures taken from the official reports to the State Department of Educa- tion in June 1945.
Towns of 5,000 Population or Over and Neighbors of Middleboro.
Town
Cost per pupil in average membership
Cost per pupil in elementary schools
Cost per pupil in high schools
Barntable
$159.74
$125.31
$209.93
Falmouth
130.25
108.33
174.30
Plymouth
128.34
105.08
175.00
Dartmouth
128.23
114.36
159.41
Rockland
123.05
101.63
170.55
Abington
116.45
87.56
152.14
Stoughton
114.42
101.61
125.78
Wareham
114.41
97.02
145.70
Bridgewater
114.14
94.13
157.42
Easton
112.16
89.85
145.07
Fairhaven
110.50
93.02
139.53
Whitman
108.79
84.41
150.75
MIDDLEBORO
108.61
90.27
142.67
Average for the
85 towns over
5,000 population
$119.32
$99.33
$153.15
Cost per pupil Teachers' Salaries Elementary Schools
High Schools
Barnstable
$80.10
$133.31
Dartmouth
74.46
90.33
Plymouth
71.64
133.65
Falmouth
71.32
118.81
Rockland
68.99
120.24
Fairhaven
67.82
93.29
Stoughton
67.51
93.03
Abington
64.60
112.71
Wareham
64.55
97.68
Bridgewater
63.96
110.05
MIDDLEBORO
60.41
102.51
Whitman
58.61
115.01
Easton
57.02
97.73
Average for the
85 towns over
5,000 population
$69.48
$110.05
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LIST OF TEACHERS, DECEMBER 31, 1945
High School
* Lindsay J. March, 17 Barrows Street, Principal
*Ernest E. Thomas, 38 Pierce Street, Assistant Principal
* Walter G. Hicks, Oak Street, Head of Commercial Department
* Henry E. Battis, 66 School Street, Head of Physical Ed. Dept. * Edward W. Whitmore, Barden Hill Road, Head of Science Dept. *Joseph R. Hyman, 654 Prairie Avenue, Prov., R. I. Head of Math.
* Herbert L. Wilber, Wareham Street, Latin, History
*Jack Sturtevant, 161 Union St., S. Weymouth, Voc. Agriculture Joseph D. Teeling, Plymouth Street, Social Studies Elliot R. Allen, 59 South Main Street, Science, History
* Alfred E. Farley, Washington Street, Abington, Physical Education
* Anna C. Erickson, Wood Street, Mathematics * Lillian M. O'Neil, 21 Pearl Street, Commercial
*Mary Brier, 63 Pearl Street, French, Latin
* Margaret H. Ryder, Main Street, Lakeville, English
*Evelyn F. Whitty, 11 Everett Street, Math, Science, Athletc Coach
* Arline Merrill, 79 Pearl Street, Dean of Girls, English
* Madelyn W. Sturtevant, 161 Union Street, South Weymouth, Math M. Agnes Scott, 107 Pond Street, South Weymouth, Commercial Teresa M. Kelly, 20 Rice Street, Social Studies
Dorothy L. Wetherell, 82 Pearl Street, English Virginia Lwis, 9 Benton Street, English
Barbara Stanhope, 82 Pearl Street, English
Catherine L. Thompson, 28 School Street, Physical Education Margaret A. Dodge, 28 School Street, Librarian
Bates School
* Henry B. Burkland, 50 School Street, Principal, Social Studies
*Norman W. Lindsay, Wareham Street, Assistant Principal, Science
*Martinia K. Donahue, 6 Reland Street, English, Music
*Lucy E. Merrihew, 22 East Grove Street, Mathematics
* Abby Rugg Field, 182 North Main St., English, Home Ec., Crafts *Harriet M. Jones, 56 Everett Street, Social Studies, Music *Faye H. Deane, 63 Oak Street, Social Studies, English
*Lois R. Wright, 63 Oak Street, Special Class Loretta G. Ring, State Farm, Bridgewater, Math., Music, Health E. Olivia Pearson, 39 Oak Street, English
* Frieda H, Churchill, 9 North Street, Mathematics, English Edward W. Sawicki, 551 Center Street, Social Studies
School Street School
Samuel L. Abbott, Jr., Plymouth Street, Principal, Grade V
*Edith Frost, Wood Street, Grade V
*M. Alice Jones, 12 Court End Avenue, Grade V
*Esther M. Spooner, 12 Court End Avenue, Grade IV
*Rose Maley, 9 Reland Street, Grade IV
*Leah M. Boutin, 60 Everett Street, Grade IV
*Elsie A. Cahoon, 10 Courtland Street, Grade III Florence L. Rogers, Pearl Street, Grade III
*Mildred K. Bowman, School Street Extension, Grade V (Part time)
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Union Street School
* Alice R. Begley, 7 Benton Street, Principal, Grade II *Bessie B. Bailey, 15 Fores: Street, Grade III
* Eleanor H. Thomas, Wareham Street, Grade II
* Marjorie M. Hanson, 110 South Main Street, Grade II. *R. Naomi Simon, 39 Oak Street, Grade I
* Amelia L. Boutin, 60 Everett Street, Grade I
* Marianne Madeiros, 30 West Grove Street, Grade I Louise C. Matheson, Benson Street, Grade I
* Mildred K. Bowman, School Street Extension (Part time)
West Side School
* Mary R. Hammond, 70 Barden Hill Road, Principal, Grade IV * Etta W. Toothaker, 29 Oak Street, Grade II
*Margaret E. Peck, Main Street, Lakeville, Grade III
*Sara E. Matheson, 66A Everett Street, Grade I
Flora M. Clark School
* Raye F. Guidoboni, 14 Southwick Street, Principal, Grade II * Hilda G. Dowd, Miller Street, Grade I
Suburban Schools
* Maude DeMaranville, Lakeville, Pleasant Street School
*Elsie LeBlanc, 107 North Street, South Middleboro School Phyllis E. Johnson, 39 Oak Street, Rock School Marjorie Huntley, Plymouth Street, Plymouth Street School
Supervisors
*Luther Churchill, 59 Cottage Street, East Bridgewater, Music *Sylvia G. Matheson, 91 Oak Street, Art *On Tenure
LIST OF JANITORS, DECEMBER 31, 1945 Central Schools
Charles H. Goodwin, Memorial High School Norman L. Flood, Assistant, Memorial High School Warren Jefferson, Bates School
Ernest S. Maxwell, School Street School Louis J. Tessier, Union Street School Preston Southworth, West Side School Frank M. Gibbs, Flora M. Clark School
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STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1944-1945
School
Number of
Teachers
Number of
Pupils
Enrolled
Non-Resident
Enrolled
Average
Daily
Attendance
Average
Daily
Membership
Percent of
Attendance
Memorial High
23
488
57
421.6
449.5
93.8
Grade XII
91
Grade XI
116
Grade IX
148
Post Grad.
3
Bates
12
397
3
352.9
367.8
85.8
Grade VIII
130
Grade VII
127
Grade VI
125
Special Class
15
School Street
9
289
2
256.7
276.7
92.2
Grade V
35
Grade V
36
Grade V
38
Grade IV
38
Grade IV
39
Grade IV
39
Grade III
32
Grade III
32
Union Street
8
242
2
204.6
225.3
90.7
Grade III
32
Grade III
30
Grade II
31
Grade II
32
Grade II
31
Grade I
29
Grade I
28
Grade I
29
West Side
4
95
1
79.5
86.3
92.1
Grade V-IV
27
Grade III
22
Grade II
27
Grade I
19
Flora M. Clark
2
50
0
44.2
47.6
92.9
Grade II
21
Grade I
29
Pleasant Street
1
33
0
28.1
28.6
98.1
Plymouth Street
1
28
0
25.9
27.1
95.6
Pratt Free
1
20
0
19.4
19.9
97.5
Rock
1
37
3
32.2
35.5
90.6
South Middleboro
1
32
1
4
24.1
25.8
93.3
7th Day Adventist
1
18
0
14.1
14.2
86.9
Yearly
Pupils
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LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES CLASS OF 1945
* Murray Harold Alberts
** Georgina Alger Marion Faith Angers Gloria Mildred Anternoits
Helen Irene Martin Peter Joseph Massa Kathleen McCarthy
(IS) Nelson Junior McIntire Albert Vincent McManus, Jr.
*Watson Wallace Baker, Jr. (IS) William Noyes Beal, Jr. Jane Elizabeth Becker Anne Begley
(IS) James Bradford McQuade * Ronald Francis Mills Arthur Francis Mitchell ·
Eleanor Frances Bell Jean Carolyn Bissonnette
*June Mary Moffett Marjorie Helen Moody George Manual Morris
* Helen Lucille Braley Doris Virginia Breivogel
§John Edward Morrison Donald Arthur Pearson Virginia Soule Perkins
(IS) Ernest Philip Butler *Corinne Milred Cahoon Caroline Cannon Myra Elizabeth Casey Leon Henry Corsini, Jr.
* Frederic James Perry John Robert Pignataro Jack Pimentel Edward Eustis Potter Rita Mae Quegan
* Marilyn Mildred Currier
*Dorothy Marie Davis Gordon Shurtleff Dempsey Mary Dores
*** Richard Henry Drake Normand Edgar Benoit Duphilly Clarra Fernandes Lois Wade Ferry
(IS) Richard Baxter Rebell Eleanor Catherine Rogers §Agnes Smith Rose William Vincent Rose, Weston Page Sanford Josephine Louise Savard Alice Louise Shaw Barbara Jeanne Shaw Manuel Silvia
Jr.
*Janette Bradford Fickert June Marie Fickert Jennette Estelle Freeman
*Charotte Alice Snow
*Mary Elizabeth Sousa Gregory Sowyrda Ralph Goodsell Spurrier
* Virginia Edith Grant Phyllis Sally Green Evelyr: Delano Griffith
§Shirley Vaughn Kenneth Lawrence Wilbur Alfred Walter Francis Wilmot, Jr. Winthrop Keith Winberg
Victor Lindberg Zakarian
(IS) Albert Leonard Iampietro Edward Stanley Jacobs Jane Alden Keith
Former pupils graduating as of their respective classes
(IS) 1941-Eileen Marie Manning
(IS) 1942-Arthur Gerard Gamache
(IS) 1943-Paul Hodsdon
(IS) 1943-William Thomas Maltais
(IS) William Alfred Marra
*Valedictorian ** Salutatorian *Pro Merito §Work Incomplete
(IS) In Service of United States
(IS) Lawrence Carlyle Freeman Loretta Mae Frizzell George Albert Gamache Leo Armand Gamache Nicholas Garafalo Francis John Gill Arthur Gomes ·
*Ethel Sullivan Helen Marie Tarr Miriam Erwin Thompson Marian Elizabeth Travis
*Donald Weston Guidoboni Marjorie May Holmes Fay Arlene Holmgren Stewart Clark Howard Bertha Louise Huntley
*** Nancy McNeely Kendall Isabelle Victoria Kennedy June Marie Kitchell *Elizabeth Mary Lang
INDEX
Appointments by the Selectmen 5
Assessors
45
Election. Officers 77
Report of Fire Department 62
Report of Forest Warden
61
Gas and Electric Department
53
· Balance Sheet
57
Statement of Accounts 59
Board of Health
72
Jury List
70-72
Librarian, Public Library
47
Moth Superintendent
67
Police
63
Registrars' Report - 77
Sealer of Weights and Measures 66
Town Clerk
9
Town Officers
5
Treasurer, Public Library
51
Tree Warden
68
Trustees under the Will of Thomas S. Peirce
80
Vital Statistics
Births 26-31
Marriages 31-35
Deaths 35-38
Report of Welfare 39
Wire Inspector 68
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