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110 16
Albert Bramhall,
111 16
Nancy B. Stevens,
102 27
Johnson-Hart,
108 57
Adeline D. Bartlett,
54 55
Coomer-Weston,
242 78
Edward N. H. Vaughn,
286 82
Thomas W. Finney,
106 86
Charles H. Howland 2nd.,
108 32
Davidson lots,
228 18
James Ellis,
131 26
Allen and Franklin M. Holmes,
111 09
Marietta Bumpus,
137 68
Frederick O. Bradford,
154 42
Mercy C. Robbins,
353 58
D. Edson Raymond,
100 00
Martin J. Hunting,
236 03
Watson and Rufus Ellis,
122 85
Herbert Robbins,
116 43
William J. Waterson,
50 00
Belinda B. Clements,
102 74
George D. Bartlett,
544 36
Orrin W. and Lydia A. Bennett,
104 61
John F. Hall,
113 72
Charles P. Morse,
104 86
Stephen and Almira B. Pember,
100 00
Barnabas Churchill,
212 18
Erastus B. Torrance,
108 14
Winslow W. Avery,
230 39
Daniel O. Churchill,
117 22
Bradford Barnes,
167 56
Zacheus Bartlett,
107 51
Burgess and Churchill,
52 40
Alexander M. Harrison,
115 69
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Hilda Svensson,
121 89
Hiram B. Sears,
225 33
Joseph Taylor, 80 03
Franklin B. Cobb,
100 00
Andrew J. and Sarah E. Bradford,
102 02
John S. Butler,
118 62
Chas. H. & Eunice B. Howland,
75 85
Sylvanus W. King,
104 14
Levi P. Morton,
106 26
Whitmore-Churchill-Whitmore,
130 75
John Bachelder,
163 85
Richard McLean lots,
215 64
Ziba R. Ellis,
112 23
Charles L. Jones,
207 12
Clark Ellis,
240 95
Chas E. and Clarence E. Taylor,
103 67
Joshua L. Edes,
108 12
Raymond-Doten,
213 70
John Peck,
113 72
Hayden-Bradford,
117 14
Abbie B. Ward,
154 46
Adam & Frances Nicol,
100 01
Charles C. Drew,
286 61
Thomas Hedge,
272 19
Elmer H. Bartlett,
106 32
Scovel-Doten,
271 88
Walter S. Irwin,
125 00
Peter Holmes lot,
297 41
Frank Sheppard,
110 28
Maria A. Rickard,
115 37
Emily H. Cook,
170 27
William & Violet Crozier,
112 30
Frederick Mahler,
104 22
Isaac B. King,
234 59
Catherina Wilhelmy,
103 57
Emily F. Bartlett,
124 34
William Bradford,
281 70
Chas. & Deborah Hathaway,
221 87
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Kate Zahn,
102 36
Lothrop C. King,
165 84
Alpheus O. Grant,
101 45
Jennette B. Smyth,
105 25
Clark Finney,
104 51
Ichabod Morton,
107 72
Cobb and Burgess,
114 67
William H. Miller,
104 49
Laura A. & Edna M. Larkin,
108 34
George H. Malloy,
112 89
Robert Siebenschu,
102 99
Perkins-Sibley lot,
104 57
Priscilla Perkins,
137 50
Betsey F. Dunham,
109 05
George H. Dunham,
108 12
Burgess-Bennett,
155 75
Geo. & Elizabeth Nichols,
218 97
Harry Kramer,
107 90
Nellie H. Weeks,
100 53
Thomas C. Atwood & Laura Mc- Henry,
106 09
Chas. C. Barnes & Samuel G. Broadbent,
105 49
Mary J. Ware,
105 61
William L. Finney,
277 66
Jacob Jr. & Elizabeth Malher,
208 27
Nathaniel Bartlett,
110 09
Charles E. Ryder,
110 09
Mary A. Austin, et al.,
82 24
Elizabeth A. Kimball, et al.,
41 87
David O. Harvey,
211 90
John D. & Thomas Churchill,
506 75
Antone Rose,
101 88
John Bodell,
200 00
Lauchlin D. McLean,
100 00
Adelbert C. Finney,
100 00
Total Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $40,711 90
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Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank :
Morton D. Andrews,
$782 82
William H. Nelson, 643 24
Thomas B. Bartlett,
323 67
Rebecca F. Sampson,
333 95
Katherine E. Sever,
472 61
Mary F. Wood,
143 84
Cordelia Savery,
106 70
Phoebe P. Ellis,
25 00
William Ross,
380 58
Putman Kimball,
426 12
John Gooding,
635 20
Schuyler Sampson,
287 79
R. B. Hall,
114 34
Fanny Sylvester,
125 53
Geo. E. & Carrie M. Benson,
114 18
E. A. Spooner,
120 35
George Hayward,
402 84 .
George S. Tolman,
125 88
Elizabeth S. Tinkham,
171 57
Danforth and Thurber,
225 50
William Bartlett,
455 60
Daniel H. Paulding,
330 59
John Morissey,
254 24
Oliver T. Wood,
112 96
Sarah A. Waldron,
188 94
Sarah V. Kendrick,
61 90
Emma F. Avery,
548 70
Isaac M. Jackson,
1,055 15
Abby B. Avery & Samuel Bartlett, 305 81
Dora Perrit, 165 38
Mary E. Moning, 120 16
Nathaniel Spooner, 155 74
Abbie B. Danforth, 106 33
Georgianna Hedge,
107 04
Elizabeth F. Stoddard,
271 05
Benjamin Hathaway,
250 93
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Cornelius Bradford,
122 13
George W. Haskins,
80 33
Annie Martin,
296 08
TTonry Farris Stoddard,
117 96
Obadiah Lyon,
188 27
Madeline Harris,
178 49
Lydia G. Lothrop,
332 32
Sarah W. Sparrow,
100 01
Chas. W. Eaton,
308 68
Charles C. Doten,
281 46
Sarah J. Ryder,
232 96
Mary B. Bassett,
108 97
Colburn C. & Chas R. Wood,
300 03
Henry W. Tillson,
121 58
Caroline Grozinger,
50 04
Joseph P. Thurston,
220 29
Gustavus G. Sampson,
141 69
Amelia Knoch,
112 24
Briggs-Goodwin,
112 58
James H. Sutcliffe,
116 15
Evelyn Louise Perry,
105 62
John Smith,
108 50
Amasa Bartlett & Bourne Spooner, 305 69
Capt. Frederick Bartlett,
116 31
Caroline C. Finney,
112 00
Thomas Cooper,
119 94
Lorenzo M. Bennett,
177 29
James R. Shaw,
128 47
Ernest L. Sampson,
203 51
Truman Sampson,
128 47
Levi R. Sampson,
128 47
Arthur S. Byrnes,
109 63
Otis W. Lapham,
111 28
Francis M. Robbins,
100 00
Lemuel L. Swift,
174 29
George W. Bradford,
221 54
Grace D. Mooney,
52 98
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Amasa C. Sears,
100 08
Mary Pratt,
271 85
Henry W. Torrey,
167 17
Lyndon P. Hubbard,
109 37
Stephen Doten,
110 48
Ellen D. Howard,
79 17
Bramhall Fund,
170 91
Thomas Jackson,
110 81
Emma S. Hall,
113 08
Douglas-Hodges,
122 10
Churchill-Harlow,
165 66
Benjamin & Bessie Weston,
56 18
George Finney,
108 79
Horace C. Whitten,
100 04
Edward L. Robbins,
216 71
Henry Buhman,
110 61
John Krins,
112 13
Addie E. Douglas,
110 40
Frederick M. Atwood,
169 86
Ellis Whiting,
106 31
Charles Rogers,
77 90
Helen F. Hedge,
214 17
Robert H. & Rebecca Barnes,
143 56
Charles S. Purinton,
330 56
Isaac H. Valler,
116 01
Esther Hollis,
451 19
Edward W. Baker,
194 38
Elizabeth A. Howland,
221 40
Harriet E. McFall,
161 38
George E. Randall,
155 21
James H. & James E. Clark lots,
213 90
Eliza G. Hall,
213 44
Emma W. Hedge,
210 58
John Fratus,
156 43
Mary E. Fuller,
104 95
Thomas Pierce,
150 05
Alfred L. Bartlett,
205 21
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Martha S. Brewster,
105 84
Henry E. Maynard,
104 41
Edward H. Thompson,
102 41
Benjamin Drew,
158 93
Mary McLeod,
212 50
Catherine B. Morrison,
105 13
Lucy C. Nelson,
211 51
Philip Rudolph,
101 97
"Eugenia Lothrop,
103 75
Lucia S. Griffin,
100 00
Anna B. Humphrey,
102 53
Mercie F. Morse,
103 12
Anna M. Shepard,
306 91
Martha A. Morton,
100 59
Nellie E. McCloskey,
207 83
Johnson Davee, May & Simmons,
207 97
J. Sumner Wood,
103 26
Frank Quartz,
206 17
Clarence W. Burgess,
158 35
Emma F. Caldwell,
254 63
Aaron Sampson,
104 14
Robert Thom,
100 00
Ella Bugbee Lee,
102 94
Sophia P. Mawbey,
101 58
Nathan S. Torrance,
102 75
Anthony Atwood,
203 54
Thelma Weston,
200 00
Robert & Mary McKinnon,
100 00
Chas. G. Burgess,
200 00
Sarah A. Bartlett,
100 00
Elizabeth S. McHenry,
100 00
Anna V. Robbins,
100 00
Job Churchill,
200 00
Job Churchill, (Burial Hill),
200 00
Total Plymouth Savings Bank, $27,283 27
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ST. JOSEPH'S CEMETERY FUND Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank, 111 08
DEPOSITED WITH STATE TREASURER Phœbe R. Clifford Fund, 200 00
Total Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
$68,306 25
NATHANIEL MORTON PARK FUND Plymouth Savings Bank, $2,000 00
MURDOCK POOR AND SCHOOL FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank,
$730 00
FRANCIS LEBARON POOR FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
$675 00
Plymouth Savings Bank, 675 00
CHARLES HOLMES POOR FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
$500 00
JULIA P. ROBINSON POOR FUND Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $300 00
WARREN BURIAL HILL CEMETERY FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank,
$1,414 97
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
165 66
MARCIA E. JACKSON GATES PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank,
$1,000 00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
1,000 00
OLD COLONY NATIONAL BANK STOCK INVESTMENT FUND
Old Colony National Bank Stock,
$5,000 00
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APPROPRIATIONS ON WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH 24, 1928
Selectmen's Department,
$3,250 00
Accounting Department,
2,500 00
Treasury Department,
2,000 00
Tax Collector's Department,
2,900 00
Assessors' Department,
6,300 00
Assessors' Plans,
1,000 00
Law Department,
1,200 00
Town Clerk's Department,
1,650 00
Engineering Department,
1,000 00
Planning Board,
1,000 00
Election and Registration,
1,300 00
Maintenance of Town House,
3,000 00
Maintenance of Town Hall,
7,000 00
Police Department,
27,600 00
Fire Department,
35,279 00
Sealing Weights and Measures,
3,150 00
Moth Suppression,
5,000 00
Tree Warden's Department,
2,500 00
Forest Warden's Department,
4,000 00
Inland Fisheries,
200 00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance,
10,159 63
Health Department,
18,000 00
Health Department, for 1927 bills,
594 34
Public Sanitaries,
3,000 00
Sewers,
6,000 00
Street Cleaning,
5,000 00
Roads and Bridges,
40,000 00
Hard-Surfacing Streets,
7,500 00
Gurnet Bridge Tax,
1,005 29
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Sidewalks,
7,000 00
Sidewalks; Granolithic,
6,000 00
Snow and Ice Removal,
5,000 00
Street Sprinkling,
6,000 00
Street Lighting,
18,000 00
Harbor Master,
450 00
Pensions for Town Laborers,
800 00
Public Welfare, including Mothers' Aid,
27,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits, 6,500 00
School Department,
249,000 00
Sexton,
200 00
Miscellaneous Account,
3,200 00
Water Department, Maintenance,
28,000 00
Water Department, Construction,
5,000 00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries,
11,500 00
Burial Hill Cemetery,
2,000 00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and South Pond Cemeteries,
300 00
Town Debt and Interest,
82,000 00
Total for Article 5, $661,038 26
Art. 6. Plymouth Public Library, (Including Dog Tax $1,815.51),
8,500 00
Art. 7. Manomet Public Library,
750 00
Art. 8. Park Department, for Parks,
Training Green and Public
Camping Places,
11,750 00
Art. 9. Park Department, for Public Playgrounds, 7,000 00
Art. 10. Memorial Day, 550 00
Art. 11. July Fourth and Forefathers' Day, 2.000 00
Art. 12. Band Concerts,
500 00
Art. 13. Plymouth County Aid to Agri- culture, 250 00
Art. 14. Rifle Range,
125 00
Art. 15. Town Forest, Reforesting and Improvement, 2,000 00
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Art. 16. Inspection of Buildings, 1,000 00
Art. 17. Fire Alarm Signal System, 20,000 00
Art. 18. Water Street Extension, Con- struction, 10,000 00
Art. 20. Lothrop Street, Easterly from Railroad, 1,000 00
Art. 22. Alvin Road, Construction and Sidewalk, 3,000 00
Art. 23. Sidewalks on Cliff St., Sandwich Road and River St., 1,000 00
Art. 24. Beaver Dam Road, Hard-Surfacing, 2,500 00
Art. 25. Shore Road, Hard-Surfacing, 2,500 00
Art. 26. Head of the Bay Road,
1,500 00
Art. 27. Surfacing Right-of-Way at Town Hall, 2,000 00
Art. 28. Surfacing Parking Place at Town Hall, 2,000 00
Art. 29. New Westerly Highway, Dam- ages and Grading, 35,000 00
Art. 30. New High School Building. If a bond issue is authorized there must be an appropriation in the current year, 7,000 00
Art. 31. High School Improvements and Alterations, (Estimated), 15,000 00
Art. 32. Acquiring Land on Union Street for School House Purposes, 7.500 00
$805,463 26
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LIST OF JURORS Prepared by the Selectmen of Plymouth, Mass., for 1928
Adams, Richard W., River St., Mason. Adamson, William, Billington St., Standish Mill Emp. Alexander, Earl, 65 Alden St., weaver. Alsheimer, Albert P., 58 Summer St., rivet maker. Anderson, Robert, 12 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Armstrong, Robert, 5 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
Armstrong, William, 370 Court St., machinist. Armstrong, William H., 1 Massasoit St., plumber. Austin, Arthur E., 2611/2 Court St., designer. Bagnell, George F., 33 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Bain, James, 11/4 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Baker, Harold W., 8 Chilton St., store manager. Barnes, George C., 9 Washington St., clerk. Bartlett, Cornelius, River St., Caretaker. Bennett, G. Vernon, 208 Court St., clerk. Bennett, Harry T., 125 Sandwich St., laundryman. Besse, Loring P., 66 Sandwich St., carpenter. Beytes, Leon H., 430 Court St., civil engineer. Bittinger, Fritz John, 140 Court St., Mgr. Editor. Bosworth, Leslie F., 427a Court St., engineer. Brenner, Henry, 191 Standish Ave., laborer.
Brewster, Wm. W. 2nd, 8 So. Spooner St., foreman. Briggs, James A., 10 Lothrop St., percher. Briggs, Lyman W., 28 Oak St., clerk. Brink, Otto, 17 Standish Ave., dresser. Butland, Elmer E., 4 Massasoit St., clerk. Cameron, William, 51 So. Spooner St., foreman. Carr, Charles F., 26 Middle St., laborer. Cash, Henry T., 49 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Cash, Willis F., 411 Court St., Cordage Emp. Cassidy, Bernard W., 18 Oak St., clerk.
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Coakley, Dennis P., 75 Samoset St., weaver. Cole, Charles F. Jr., 128 Sandwich St., machinist. Costello, Thomas J., Cedarville, laborer. Dale, Lawrence L., 96 Court St., clerk. Damon, Harold S., 258 Court St., Second mate. Dennehy, Jeremiah F., 47 Samoset St., finisher. Dickerson, Charles W., 8 Mayflower St., salesman. Donovan, Richard J., 33 Allerton St., weaver. Douglas, Harold E., 127 Sandwich St., clerk. Ellis, Elton P., 27 Mayflower St., carpenter. Erickson, Charles H., 85 Samoset St., weaver. Fox, George H., 7 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Freyermuth, John J., 18 No. Spooner St., Mill Emp. Gardner, John H., 51 Allerton St., chauffeur. Gardner, William H., 13 Brewster St., engineer. Gellar, Peter Jr., 59 So. Street, dresser.
Gifford, Alfred N., 17 Allerton St., salesman.
Girard, Raymond F., 76 Standish Ave., electrician. Gleason, Frank E., 197 Court St., clerk. Goddard, Harrison F., 14 Chilton St., clerk.
Goldthwaite, George A., 3 Whiting St., woodworker. Goodwin, Bernard J., 281/2 Middle St., electrician. Gordon, Samuel, Summer St., farmer. Graham, William J., 1 Murray St., weaver. Grandi, Charles J., 10 Brewster St., Cordage Emp. Gray, Norman W., 362 Court St., salesman. Griffin, Chester D., 92 Sandwich St., machinist. Griffin, Edward P., 102 Warren Ave., illustrator. Gunther, Herbert E., 23 Standish Ave., asst. foreman. Hadaway, Augustus S., Chiltonville, carpenter. Hagen, Frank A., 16 Atlantic St., foreman.
Hall, Fred Y., 39 So. Spooner St., plumber. Hanson, George, 4 Phoenix Ct., loom fixer. Harlow, Benamin G., Oak Ridge, laborer. Harriman, William H., 150 Court St., salesman. Haskell, Chester B., Cedarville, cranberry grower. Hay, Donald G., 68 Oak St., printer.
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Hemmerly, William H., 11 Bartlett St., chauffeur. Hertel, Fred U., 32 No. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Higgins, Lawrence E., 156a Sandwich St., gardener. Holmes, Charles B., Allen Court, painter. Holmes, Isaac T., 189 Court St., poultry raiser. Holmes, Lyman A., 149 Summer St., cranberry grower. Holmes, Roland T., 11 Whiting St., clerk.
Hultenius, Axel, 37 Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
Jewell, Albion G., 5 Chilton St., musician. Kierstead, Russell B., 1 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Leach, George A., Clifford Rd., farmer.
Lewis, Warren E., 28 Whiting St., foreman.
Loring, Bernard D., 18 Clyfton St., musician.
Luce, Arthur H., 17 Clyfton St., retired.
Lumb, Fred, 11 Fremont St., harness raiser. Lumb, Thomas, 66 Samoset St., weaver.
Luther, Nathaniel C. L., 30 Whiting St., machinist.
Maloney, Matthew E., 4 Court St., Ice Co. employee Matinzi, Ralph F., 285 Court St., Sup't. Boys' Club. McCosh, John A., Manomet, clerk.
McEwen, Thomas G., 18 Fremont St., cloth examiner. McNeil, H. Gordon, 21 So. Spooner St., clerk.
Morrison, Henry E., 53 Russell St., weaver.
Morse, Arthur L., 21 Mayflower St., clothier.
Morton, Louis, 4 South St., Cordage Emp. Muthig, Louis J., 193 Court St., clerk.
Norton, Thomas E., 16 Vernon St., weaver.
O'Connell, John J. Jr., 6 Phoenix Ct., laborer.
Paty, George L., 68 Samoset St., Cordage Emp. Perkins, Isaac H., 19 Mayflower St., mason.
Perkins, Thomas M., Newfields St., painter.
Peterson, Harold W., 234 Sandwich St., chauffeur. Phillips, George L., 38 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Pierce, Charles H., River St., fisherman.
Pierce, William S., 1 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
Pratt, Ernest B., 62 Court St., laborer.
Pratt, Henry L., 121 Court St., Cordage Emp.
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Priestley, Edmund J., 9 Russell Ave., weaver. Radcliffe, George, 101 Sandwich St., machinist. Raymond, Charles H., 41 South St., rivet maker. Richard, John B., 21 Brewster St., barber. Richardson, Robert, Ship Pond, fisherman. Rogan, Joseph S., Newfields St., clerk. Rosenthal, George J., 54 Samoset St., clothier. Sampson, Harry G., 4 Bradford St., weigher. Sampson, Ossian M., 47 Pleasant St., tack maker. Sears, Harold P., 9 Bay View Ave., clerk. Sears, Luther F., 240 Sandwich St., Cordage Emp.
Sgarzi, William, 354 Court St., garage man. Shaw, Elwood A., 70 Court St., retired.
Sink, Sidney L., 6 Lewis St., telephone inspector. Smith, Charles H., 119 Summer St., carpenter.
Snow, George F., 64 Court St., chauffeur.
Strong, Warren P., 27 Allerton St., insurance agt.
Swanton, James S., 54 Allerton St., carpenter. Swift, Russell, Cliff St., farmer.
Taylor, Herman, Brookside Ave., weaver.
Thom, George S., 1 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
Wall, Seth E., 158 Court St., Cordage Emp. Warnsman, Edward C., 28 Bay View Ave., insurance agt.
Webber, Charles Jr., 28 Centennial St., percher. Whiting, Roger W., 215 Sandwich St., machinist. Wirzburgher, Edward, Nicks Rock Rd., steam fitter. Zandi, Ettore, 20 No. Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, HENRY W. BARNES, JR., WALTER E. BENT, FRANK EASTWOOD, FRANK C. SMITH, Selectmen of Plymouth.
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INDEX
Abstracts of Records of 1927 6
Appropriations on Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 253
Assessors' Report
95
Balance Sheet
236
Births
57
Board of Health
148
Bonds
241
Building Inspector
114
Cemetery Department
141
Cemetery Funds
242
Deaths
64
Fire Commissioner
135
Forest Fire Warden
103
Forestry Committee
144
Inspector of Milk
157
Inspector of Plumbing
158
Inspector of Slaughtering
156
Jurors
256
Licenses Issued
71
Marriages
50
Measurer of Wood and Bark
113
Moth Suppression 146
Park Commissioners 115
Playgrounds
116
Police Department
89
Public Library
119
Public Welfare Report
98
Report of Advisory and Finance Committee
18
Report of Supt. of Streets and Town Engineer 41
Report of Town Clerk
49
School Report opp. 260
Sealer of Weights and Measures
107
Selectmen's Report
37
Tree Warden
147
Town Accountant
159
Town Officers, 1927
3
Town Planning Board
132
Water Commissioners
75
Special index for school reports at the end of the School Report.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1928
Winter Term,
Begins Tuesday, Jan. 3-ends Friday, April 27 Recess-Monday, Feb. 27 thru Friday March 2
Holidays : Wednesday, Feb. 22 Thursday, April 19
Spring Term,
Begins Monday, May 7-ends Wednesday, June 27
Holiday : Wednesday, May 30
Fall Term,
Begins Wednesday Sept. 5-ends Friday, Dec. 21
Holiday : Friday, October 12 Thanksgiving Recess-Nov. 28-30 inclusive Teachers' Convention Visiting Day
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL 2-2 On Fire Alarm Code
At 7.15-for Junior and Senior High Schools.
At 8.15-for Grades I-VI-no school for morning ses- sion.
At 11.15-One session, Grade Schools closing at 12.30.
At 12.15-for Grades I to VI-no school for afternoon session.
SCHOOL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS
School Calendar
2
School Directory
3
Memoriam
4
Report of School Committee
5
Financial Report
10
Budget for 1928
10
Report of Superintendent of Schools
13
Improvements Made
13
School Costs
15
Comparative Data
15
Budget Comparisons
16
Transportation Data 18
Professional Spirit of Teachers
19
Changes in Teachers 20
Supply of Teachers 21
Special Report of Superintendent on Conditions in the Junior and Senior High Schools 23
Report of Professor Jesse B. Davis. . A Survey of the Junior
and Senior High School Conditions
32
Report of Senior High School Principal
49
Report of the Junior High School Principal 56
Report of Principal of Hedge School 61
Report of Principal of Knapp School 64
Report of Principal of Cornish-Burton District 67
Report of Principal of Mt. Pleasant School 71
Report of Principal of Individual School 73
75
Report of Grade Supervisor of Physical Education
79
Report of Grade Supervisor of Drawing
84
Report of High School Supervisor of Drawing
82
Report of Supervisor of Music 86
Report of Director of Americanization
88
Report of Principal of Summer School
92
Report of School Physician, including that of School Nurse and Dental Hygienist 94
117
School Census 118
Employment of Minors
118
Report of Attendance Officer 118
School Department Employees 121
Index of Report of Town Officers will be found on page 260, op- posite School Report Title Page.
School Enrollment
Report of Director of Physical Education
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Frederick D. Bartlett, Chairman,
Term Expires 1928
Fannie T. Rowell, Secretary,
1930
MEMBERS
Edward R. Belcher,
1929
*Burt H. Corey,
1930
Albert L. Mellor, 1929
A. Perry Richards,
1928
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
Supt. of Schools, Anson B. Handy.
Office open from 8.30 to 12 a. m. and 1.15 to 5.00 p. m., every school day. Saturdays, 10-12 a. m. Every Monday, 7.00 to 7.30 p. m.
Office hours of the Superintendent of Schools, 8.00 to 9.00 a. m., and 4.00 to 5.00 p. m. every school day, except as special duties may prevent. Special appointments may be made at other times.
Attendance Officer, John Armstrong.
*Died February 3, 1928.
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IN MEMORIAM
Burt Howard Corry
MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FROM
MARCH 1924 TO FEBRUARY, 1928
A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THE 1
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The matter of utmost importance in the School De- partment at this time is the need of increased accommo- dations for the Senior and Junior High Schools. The condition has been developing for some time. The Com- mittee report for 1925 said,-
"It seems proper at this time to call the attention of the Town to the probable necessity in the near future of additional accommodations at both the Senior and Junior High Schools. The attend- ance here is increasing at a much faster rate than the general school population, and is now more than four hundred in each school. It was neces- sary this last year to install one hundred portable desks in the main room at the Senior High School to relieve the situation there."
The report of the Senior High School Principal for that year also called attention to the condition.
In the 1926 report the Committee again referred to the matter as follows:
. but relief from the congested condi- tion of both High Schools, to which reference was made last year, would seem the more urgent need of the Town. This condition is referred to more specifically in the Superintendent's report this year.
Besides shortage of room both of these structures lack much that is considered essential in present day school buildings, and the situation seems to call for a comprehensive survey to determine the best thing to do."
Conditions in 1927 have been worse and for the future no relief seems possible without additional classrooms, together with an assembly hall and a gymnasium.
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Believing, therefore, that the matter should be sub- mitted to the Town in concrete form at the earliest prac- ticable time the Committee in the early part of 1927 en- gaged Professor Jesse B. Davis of Harvard and Boston Universities to make a survey of the educational and building needs of the two High Schools.
Professor Davis has had wide experience in school problems, as teacher, administrator and supervisor, is a frequent consultant of towns on their school needs and of architects specializing in school house construction.
Professor Davis' report in its essential parts has been published in the local paper.
On the strength of this report the Committee em- ployed the Frank Irving Cooper Corporation, Architects of Boston, at an expense of $500.00 to make preliminary sketches based on Professor Davis' recommendations and to meet with his approval. The general plan outlined in these sketches is approved by the Committee and the architects have now been engaged at a cost of $2,000.00 additional, to furnish plans and specifications in such detail as to allow close estimates on the cost of building. · The latter action is in accordance with the vote of the Town at a special meeting December 17th, 1927, appro- priating $2,000.00 for the purpose.
The aggregate of $2,500.00 is a part of the architect's fee if the Town accepts the plans and constructs the building.
It is expected that plans and close estimates of cost will be available for consideration and action at the 1928 Annual Town Meeting, and it is the hope of the Com- mittee that the Town will authorize the carrying out of the project.
The cost of the new building and necessary changes in the present ones is not known at this time, but is not expected to be more than $325,000.00.
The Superintendent's report discusses the problem and proposed plan in more detail, and the Committee en-
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dorses his report and commends it to your careful con- sideration.
Attention is also directed to what the principals of the two High Schools say in their reports, relative to the matter.
Standard Electric Time Company clocks and secondary clocks have been installed at three schools at a cost of $2,500.00.
At the Hedge School and Junior High School it is now possible to have uniform time through the building and to have the bells ring automatically instead of being rung according to a boy's watch. The principal no long- er needs to keep her mind on ringing bells nor the teach- er on the question as to whether her time is the same as that in the office. Confusion in passing has been elimi- nated. At the Junior and Senior High Schools second- ary clocks were connected with the master clock. A tel- ephone system was connected with the clock system in the Senior High School, thus permitting the principal to talk with any of his teachers in any of the rooms.
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