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The problem of children attending school with pedi- culosis has arisen. Several children with conscientious parents had developed the condition as a result of asso- ciation with the children from homes where the parents were less cooperative. In one school there were as many as 40 cases at one time, and nine in a single classroom. We have kept a record of such children and they are checked as often as time will allow. In one case a par- ent refused to do anything about the situation. We must insist that in the case of pediculosis infection, the parents have a very definite responsibility. These children must be excluded until such time as either the nurse or doctor is satisfied that the condition is under control.
Again let it be stated that everything is being done to keep our standards at a high level, and that the coopera- tion of the school committee, the superintendent, the school nurse, and the teachers has been greatly appre- ciated.
STATISTICS
Physical examinations 2200
Inspections by school physicians 508
Pupils re-admitted by school physicians 455
Pupils re-admitted by family physicians 142
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Pupils re-admitted to school after having a contagious disease 165
Inspections by school nurse in schools 1031
Home visits by nurse 277
Pupils excluded from school by nurse 156
Pupils taken to hospitals and clinics out of town 100
Pupils weighed and measured 1882
Pupils given first-aid treatment in schools 156
Pupils excluded from school by school physicians 22
FRANK J. ABATE, JR., M. D., MEDORA V. EASTWOOD, M. D., School Physicians.
HILDA SWETT,
School Nurse.
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REPORT OF ORAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENT AND DENTAL CLINIC
A dental health program is effective only when it is a cooperative project involving the joint efforts of teachers, dentists, parents, and children.
DENTAL DEFECTS CORRECTED HONOR CLASSES
During the period of national emergency, dentists in the community were very busy, and some children were unable to get their work finished. Classes in the ele- mentary grades in which 50% or more of the pupils had all dental defects corrected as of June, 1945:
Hedge School
Cornish School
Mt. Pleasant
Grade 1 67%
Grade 1 61%
School
Grade 1 57%
Grade 3 70%
Grade 1
51%
Grade 2 50%
Grade 4 51%
Grade 3
68%
Grade 3 66%
Grade 4
77%
Oak Street
Cold Spring School
Grade 4 57%
School
Grade 5 68%
Grades 1,2 67%
Grades 1,2 60%
Grade 5
66%
Grades 3,4 59%
Grades 3,4 79%
Grade 6
67%
Grade 6
60%
PARENT EDUCATION
We feel that parents in larger numbers are respond- ing to their children's dental needs and are particularly interested in the teeth of the younger children.
Well-child conferences attended by dental hygienist 7
Mothers interviewed 67
Pre-school examinations, May, 1945:
Number of inspections by the dental hygienist 95
Children found to be free from defects 27
Children receiving attention of family dentist 10
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PERIODIC EXAMINATIONS BY SCHOOL DENTISTS
Following the examinations in the elementary schools, the dental hygienist works with the teachers, so that they are aware of the dental defects found among their pupils. Very often it is through the teacher's efforts that corrections are brought about.
Pupils examined in Elementary schools and Junior High 1672
Pupils found to have all needed corrections made 651
Pupils holding certificate from family dentist 60
Pupils examined in Senior High School 394
Pupils found to have all needed corrections made 161
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
Probably the most constructive work of the oral hygienist is done when the children are being taught the requirements of sound dental health including: (1) proper food; (2) thorough chewing; (3) daily brushing; (4) regular and frequent dental care.
FOLLOW-UP WORK
Oral hygiene talks given to pupils in the classroom 361
DENTAL WORK AT CLINICS
Pupils having teeth cleaned 998
Permanent teeth filled (six-year molars) 68
Permanent teeth extracted (six-year molars) 1
Baby teeth extracted 113
Treatments 94
Pupils having all corrections made
40
Pupils having had part of corrections made
13
Amount received for cleaning of teeth $96.40
Amount received for filling and extractions 11.80
Amount received from sale of tooth brushes 46.90
Total amount received at clinic $155.10
JANE B. BRADFORD, Dental Hygienist.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Absences Referred to Supervisor
Sickness Truancy
Others
Total
Elementary Schools 14
26
39
79
Junior High School
38
35
28
99
Senior High School
2
2
2 6
Employment certificates inspected for validity 225
Employment certificates found to be invalid
55
Minors found working without employment certifi- cates 61
Cases of habitual absence investigated for Superin- tendent's office 43
Newsboys' licenses investigated and reported upon 23
Truants found on streets and taken to school 21
Appearances at court cases
8
Total cases investigated 620
Total visits to homes
280
Total visits to schools
139
RALPH F. MATINZI,
Supervisor.
EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
1942 1943 1944 1945
Certificates to minors 14 to 16 years
55 126
216
76
Certificates to minors 16 to 21 years
564
531
414 289
Totals 619
657 630
365
SCHOOL CENSUS, 1945
Males Females Totals
Persons 5 to 7 years
199
158
357
Persons 7 to 16 years
880
756
1636
Totals
1079
914
1993
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT -DECEMBER, 1945
SCHOOL
ELEMENTARY GRADES
JUNIOR HIGH
SENIOR HIGH
1
2
3
4
5
6
| P.A. | J.P.A.| 7
8
9
10
11
12 |P.G. |
Total
Senior High
-
-
157
145
122
2
426
Junior High
28
169
191
176
564
Hedge
32
31
24
32
26
26
32
32
28
32
25
28
13
Cornish
32
40
44
40
32
44
41
273
411
Burton
(23
17) (28
41 10)
19
138
Mount Pleasant
39
28
31
37
31
31
197
Cold Spring
(24
12)
(15
18)
69
Oak Street
(20
10)
(18
17)
65
Manomet
(16
13)
(16
11)
(11
9)
76
Total
227
189
177
198
181
175
32
28
169
191
176
157
145
122
2
2169
Grade groups enclosed in parentheses are taught by one teacher.
361
CHANGES IN SCHOOL STAFF
Resigned or On Leave Name
School
Taught
Years Served in Plymouth
Cappannari, Dolores
Mt. Pleasant
Grade II
11
Evans, Eleanor
Hedge
Grade IV
10
*Guidoboni, Mary
Hedge
Grade V
4
Goodwin, Paul
Junior High
Practical Arts
3 yrs., 3 months
*Haggerty, Marion Hunt, Beatrice
All Schools
Supervisor of Music
11
#Kingman, David R.
Senior High
Biology
1 yr., 7 months
Knowles, Dorice
Hedge
Grade I
11
Lermond, Maude
Hedge
Grade VI
43
O'Neill, Clementine
Manomet
Grades III, IV
19
*Patenaude, Jean
Junior High
English, Social Studies
5
Amy Rafter
Senior High
U. S. History
17
Ruth F. Trask
School Dept. Office
17
*Amelia Vincent
All Schools
Sup. of Instrumental Music
2 yrs., 6 months
William J. Whitney
Hedge
Principal
34
New Appointees Name
School
Subjects
Training
Years of Experience
Antifantis, Eleanor
All Schools
Supervisor of Music
Lowell T. C.
3
Anderson, Emma R.
Manomet
Grades I, II
Framingham T. C.
7
*Girard, Helena C.
Junior High
Science
Bridgewater T. C.
6
*Haggerty, Marion
Hedge
Grade IV
Keene Normal
11 yrs., 6 mos.
*Mitchell, Mabel
Mt. Pleasant
Grade IV
Bridgewater T. C.
6
Morton, Dorothy
Hedge
Grade I
Bridgewater T. C.
0
§ Patenaude, Hector
Junior High
Practical Arts
Fitchburg T. C.
6
§Pyle, Arthur
Senior High
U. S. History
M. A. C., B. U.
12
Radcliffe, Marian
Hedge
Grade VI
Bridgewater T. C.
0
*Rae, Lucy
Manomet
Grades III, IV
Framingham Normal
7
Sanderson, Elinor
School Dept. Office
Plymouth High
7
White, Eleanor
Oak Street
Grades III, IV
Bridgewater T. C.
11
* Substitute
# On Leave
§ Returned From Service
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Hedge
Grade IV
4 months
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES December 31, 1945
OFFICE
Burr F. Jones
*Elinor B. Sanderson
Superintendent of Schools Clerk
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Edgar J. Mongan
Principal
Iris E. Albertini
English
Helen M. Bagnall, Mrs.
History, English
Louise H. Bearse, Mrs.
English
Viola M. Figueiredo, Mrs.
Household Arts
F. Olive Hey
History, U. S.
Jeannette C. Jacques
Helen C. Johnson
Typewriting, Bookkeeping
Sten., Cler., Prac., Type
Elizabeth C. Kelly
Bookkeeping, Bus. Problems
David R. Kingman
Biology (On leave)
Katherine J. Lang
Type., Ec. Geog., Prob. of Dem.
Nellie R. Locklin
Mathematics
Theodore Packard
Radio, Mach., Auto Mech.
Arthur Pyle
History
Miriam A. Raymond, Mrs. English, Psychology, Guidance
Mario J. Romano
Basic Mathematics
Richard Smiley
Biology
Alice F. Urann, Mrs.
English
Margie E. Wilber
Latin
Claiborne H. Young
Physics, Chem., Aeronautics
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Mary M. Dolan
Principal
Beatrice M. Arthur
Bus. Training, Math.
Clothing
Social Studies, Guidance
Math., Algebra
English, Latin, French
Social Studies
Woodworking, Drafting
Science Foods
Woodworking, Drafting
English, Social Studies
English, Mathematics Math., Soc. St., Jr. Prac. Arts Science English, Civics
Eng., Soc. St., Library
English, Guidance
Eng., Soc. St., Rdg., J. P. A.
English, Latin
Mathematics
*New Employees, 1945
Grace Blackmer
Lawrence M. Bongiovanni Esther M. Chandler
Mary Cingolani
Ellen M. Downey
Deane E. Eldridge
*Helena C. Girard, Mrs. Irene M. Golden Hector Patenaude Alice Lema Bertha E. McNaught Loring R. C. Mugford Jeffrey T. Nunez Virginia Pekarski Barbara E. Pioppi, Mrs. Sara B. Sharkey, Mrs. Doris G. Smith, Mrs. Marjorie D. Viets, Mrs. Catherine D. Welsh
French
Lydia E. Judd
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MANOMET SCHOOL
Elouise E. Cashin, Mrs. Principal, Grades V, VI
*Emma H. Anderson, Mrs. Grades I, II *Lucy C. Rae, Mrs. Grades III, IV
SPECIAL TEACHERS
*Eleanor Anifantis Hazel Bates Art-Elem., Jr. High
Margaret E. Brown, Mrs.
Art-Jr .- Sr. High
Instrumental Music
*Bernice E. Kelly, Mrs. Beatrice E. Garvin, Mrs.
Phys. Educ .- Jr .- Sr. High Girls
Carolyn E. Parren
Phys. Educ .- Elementary
Phys. Educ .- Jr .- Sr. High Boys
STATE-AIDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Katharine L. Alden Pottery School
Louise A. Chrimes, Mrs. Handicraft
ON LEAVE IN MILITARY SERVICE (As of December 31, 1945)
Charles I. Bagnall
John Pacheco John W. Packard
Louis L. Cappannari
Carlo T. Guidoboni John H. Walker
Phyllis Johnson Alba Martinelli (resigned)
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Frank J. Abate, Jr., M.D.
School Physician-Boys
Medora V. Eastwood, M.D. School Physician-Girls
Jane B. Bradford
Dental Hygiene Teacher
Priscilla M. Crawley
Assistant to Nurse
Hilda Swett
School Nurse
CLERKS
Ruth F. Bailey, Mrs.
Senior High School
* Gloria A. Botieri
Hedge School
Frances C. Carletti, Mrs.
Junior High School
*Marie E. Southwell
Cornish School
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE Ralph F. Matinzi
HEDGE SCHOOL
Franklyn O. White
Principal
Kathryn H. McCarthy
Grade I
*Dorothy E. Morton
Grade I
Olga D. Anderson, Mrs.
Grade II
Margaret L. Christie
Grade II
Leella F. Leonard, Mrs. Mary A. Ryan
Grade III
Grade III
*Marion Haggerty, Mrs. Evelyn L. Peck
Grade IV
*Marian Radcliffe Grade V Madeline A. Johnson Grade V Susan M. Beauregard, Mrs. Grade VI Florence C. Giberti Grade VI
Frances Donahoe
Practical Arts
*New Employees, 1945
Grade IV
Louis C. Rudolph
Supervisor of Music
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CORNISH-BURTON SCHOOL
Franklyn O. White
Principal
Louise E. Tosi
Grade I
Gertrude W. Zahn
Grade I
Flora A. Keene
Grade II
Dorothy A. Judkins
Grades II, III
Helen R. Perrier
Grade IV
Esther A. Maloni, Mrs.
Grades III, IV
Helen F. Holmes
Grade
Bertha H. Perkins, Mrs.
Grade
Charlotte E. Lovering
Grade VI
Ruth H. Tolman
Grade VI
Carolyn L. Avanzini, Mrs.
Practical Arts
Mary G. Perkins, Mrs.
Building Assistant
COLD SPRING SCHOOL
Sara S. Bent
Grades III, IV
Mora E. Norton
Grades I, II
OAK STREET SCHOOL
Janet Broadbent
Grades I, II
*Eleanor L. White, Mrs. Grades III, IV
MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL
Helen S. Manchester, Mrs. Principal, Grade VI
Gladys L. Simmons, Mrs. Grade I
Marjorie J. Cassidy
Grade II
M. Louise Peterson
Grade III
*Mabel R. Mitchell, Mrs.
Grade IV
Esther M. Ward
Grade V
Helen H. Linnell
Grade VI (Part-time)
SUPERVISOR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS Thomas A. Bodell JANITORS
David Briggs
Manomet School
Leo Callahan
Hedge School
Peter A. Dries
Cornish and Burton Schools
Wilson Farnell
Junior-Senior High
James Martin
Mount Pleasant School
Arthur Poirier
Senior High School
Adelard Savard
Cold Spring, Oak Street, Cornish
Fred J. Smith
Junior High School
Charles Temple
Junior-Senior High
CORNISH SCHOOL LUNCH
*Sylvia Smiley, Mrs. *Marie Rose, Mrs.
*Doris Hogan, Mrs. *Louise Warner, Mrs.
*New Employees, 1945
INDEX TO TOWN REPORT Part I
Advisory and Finance Committee, Report of 19
Aid to Dependent Children 126
Annual Town Meeting, March 24, 1945
6
Assessors, Board of
101
Buildings, Inspector of
84
Cemetery Commissioners
128
Engineer, Town
108
Fire Commissioner
109
Fisheries, Inland 107
111
Forest, Town Committee
112
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
107
Harbor Master
105
Health, Board of
76
Jurors, List of
135
Library
104
Officers, Town, 1945
3
Old Age Assistance
124
Park Commissioners 85
Planning Board 131
Police Department
112
Public Welfare 112
Retirement, Board of
114
Sealer of Weights and Measures 134
Selectmen, Board of 35
Streets and Sewers, Superintendent of
72
Veteran's Advisory Committee 79
83
Town Clerk's Report
Births 51
Deaths
61
Marriages
38
Summary 71
Tree Warden 106
Water Commissioners 90
Water Superintendent
98
Forest Fire Warden
Registrars of Voters
INDEX-Continued
Part II
INDEX TO ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Report of Town Accountant
3
Schedule A (Cash Receipts and Payments)
5
Schedule B (Appropriations, Additions to and Pay- ments from) 33
Schedule C (Estimated Receipts)
79
Schedule D (Revenue Account)
81
Schedule E (Excess and Deficiency)
82
Schedule F (Balance Sheet)
84
Schedules G and H (Funded Indebtedness)
88
Schedule I (Trust Funds)
89
Schedule J (Calculation of Credit) 115
State Audit 117
Part III INDEX TO SCHOOL REPORT
Administration 3
Attendance, Supervisor of
51
Calendar
4
Census
51
Changes in School Staff
53
Committee
3
Elementary Schools, Principal's Report
34
Employees
54
Employment of Minors
51
Enrollment
52
Financial
5
Health Department
46
Hygiene and Dental Clinic
49
Junior High School, Principal's Report
32
School Committee Report
10
Senior High School, Principal's Report 28
Special Departments 35
Superintendent's Report 13
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