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215.98
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Annice M. Stegmaier
$314.20
Ira C. Ward
$209.60
Thomas Karle
242.57
Walter H. Brown
319.27
Louise R. Warner
213.25
Joseph A. Maybury 505.44
James E. Bartlett
415.39
Bartlett-Collingwood 309.30
Ruth A. Manter & Marion
John L. Morton 209.87
L. Currier
442.75
Jennetta Urquhart
215.47
Nellie F. Clark
151.95
Mabelle J. Cowan
215.45
Mary Bragdon
155.91
Otis N. Robbins
154.02
Evelina P. Gould
216.53
Virginia D. Kelling
206.72
Henry B. Howland
101.19
Norman G. Cate & heirs
218.40
Alice Spooner
584.00
Guy C. Courtney
205.24
Arthur E. & Elizabeth
May Stoddard Yeomans
213.91
Austin
560.21
Ella J. Caswell
102.09
Peter Wood
323.65
Matthias Grozinger
203.96
Walter B. Cobb
101.21
Charles E. Ainley
322.27
Bessie Duthie
154.86
Cora L. Stevens
223.97
Judith C. Skinner
258.37
Henry A. Jordan
151.80
Karle 122.93
Annie G. Anderson
76.55
Herbert W. Holmes
676.08
Reuben H. Leach
276.09
Clark W. Holmes
150.99
Robert C. Swift
278.19
Grace E. Jordan
152.99
Willard C. Butler
154.08
Agnes R. Wood
210.47
Louis Profetty
102.12
Nicholas Gaspard, Sr. 216.95
George M. Swan
580.11
Ida M. Douglas
208.80
Manuel Fratus
214.20
Elizabeth Shea
211.38
Truman C. Holmes
532.79
Etta F. White
100.94
Edgar F. Bliss
136.39
Warren S. Gale
207.73
Nelson Robbins
158.28
Carrold D. Howland
399.18
Charles J. Stegmaier
206.85
Carrie A. Ripley
591.56
Charles H. Sherman
265.44
Percy H. Marsh
218.36
Skillman & Tuttle
215.48
Mary Allen
115.75
Carrie Lamond Brown
151.79
William E. Wareham & Albert E. Caswell 154.15
Agnes Ray
155.37
Frederic L. Holmes heirs 208.30
Ethel Drew Borden
327.70
Edith M. Adams
101.78
Gertrude E. Willard
221.03
Ruth M. Adams
113.92
Ella C. Tribble
209.43
Lee Roane
210.71
Lizzie French Morton 264.97
James Bain
101.59
Bertha M. Derby
211.48
John S. Gascoyne
159.42
Joseph J. Stone
331.04
Ebenezer Davie
206.77
Anthony M. & Emeline Monish
159.59
Isabelle F. Nickerson
200.47
Frederick W. Peck
213.53
Mary Lehman
102.50
Plymouth Savings Bank - Page 6
Charles E. Stevens & George F. Wood 207.67
Etta Billingsley
101.59
Ellen H. Kelley
206.42
John L. & Mollie A.
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Anthony LoVerde
$204.73
George L. & Susan B. Paty $214.65
Charles E. Ames
363.85
Mary A. Dries
211.87
Stevens-Morton 101.01
James W. Blackmer
209.76
George H. Hodges 431.28
Emma B. Church
154.73
Morey-Peterson 207.26
Mrs. Harold E. Shurtleff
154.96
Guy H. Nason
128.42
Edith M. Weston
121.20
Alice L. Wright
208.79
Alfonsina Brini
155.78
Howard W. Edwards, Jr. 154.60
Benjamin W. Leland
214.60
Gustav W. Benson
201.60
Edmund T. Morton
209.19
Katherine J. Barnes
154.61
Perry-McGill
206.41
Ezra Pierce
222.36
Cornelius Bartlett
213.67
Henry O. Whiting
267.48
Charles A. Dixon
154.37
John Durnion
159.27
Virginia Wright
210.21
Bradford & Burrowes
101.59
James W. Tinkham
153.30
Alfred P. Richards
334.27
Ethel Dorr Mellor
529.74
Lottie E. Drew
155.72
Martha F. Paulding
155.99
Mary J. Purrington
101.89
Edwin F. Erland
100.88
Harry L. Johnson
1,627.20
Jabez B. Cole
316.80
F. Roscoe Fletcher
154.99
Josiah Churchill
101.77
Lyman A. Holmes
210.24
Elizabeth A. Dunlap
102.11
Albert G. Goodwin
440.00
Celia G. Luther
211.40
Chase & Veasey
208.81
Margaret Rossler
207.64
George E. Leach
157.12
Holmes & Sears
212.58
George Atwell
206.35
Mary Elizabeth Holbrook
282.71
Hedley C. Nickerson
329.22
Ellen H. Getman
100.73
Gertrude W. Babbitt 210.29
Addie R. & Ethel L.
Anne Coombs
213.14
Haskins
212.15
Mary Alice Burns
Howland Davis
749.24
(William Burns lot)
206.89
Bertha C. Paulding
260.35
Gertrude A. O'Brien
253.99
(Robert Brown lot)
208.69
Rosalie Sauer
218.60
John J. Briggs
214.27
LeBaron R. Barker
2,857.76
Gustave Johnson
323.19
James E. Clark
194.59
Burton W. Smith
155.97
Edgar W. Howland
154.46
George H. Cochran
213.08
Lewis H. Gould
101.80
Leonard Bartlett
208.57
Josiah A. Robbins
212.78
James Philip Bird
313.99
Frank W. Roberts
297.66
Kate & Bess Turner
210.77
Gertrude L. Calloway
210.04
Eugene B. Holmes
126.30
Benjamin D. Loring
209.02
James B. Collingwood
330.68
Clark Finney, Jr.
593.02
Richard W. Arthur 206.24
Hedda S. Anderson
275.90
Albert C. Chandler 315.49
Grace H. Manter
655.20
Mary R. Hodge
530.25
Plymouth Savings Bank - Page 7
Mary Alice Burns
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Elmer L. Briggs
$312.98
George C. Peterson $411.74
Theodore P. Adams
541.46
Philip Jackson 371.18
Alfred C. Finney
112.60
Mary E. Rodgers 207.95
George Gooding
610.40
Herbert H. Lanman
201.21
Charles C. Chandler
445.83
New funds established in 1958:
Mary Drew Gooding
304.66
Edith P. Hubbard
10.77
Percy L. Whiting flower fund 1,008.08
Herman & Alyson Dewhurst 209.25
Lemuel C. Howland
359.38
Total Plymouth
Morton L. Robbins
531.48
Savings Bank $138,177.38
Clarence E. Delano
271.56
Plymouth Savings Bank - Page 8
Deposited in Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association:
Mary B. Dean
$104.34
Florence L. Brewster
$216.50
Mary Davis 215.87
Frederick N. Knapp 545.92
Albert E. Collier
212.47
Alice D. Hitchcock 526.09
Emma Louisa Bradford
622.43
Henry W. Swift 222.23
Frances R. Davis
442.76
Louise B. Washburn 211.23
Frederick A. Cook
736.21
Elizabeth Kneeland
442.56
John D. Brewer
339.12
Octavius Reamy
330.12
Mary L. Eaton
214.18
Robert Astley
204.64
Ralph Mellen
186.23
Harry L. Sampson
Shaw and Fratus
276.03
(Chiltonville) 100.78
Mary F. Briggs
340.36
Harry L. Sampson
326.30
Daniel J. Robbins
333.11
Elroy T. Clark 327.16
John A. Beever
393.09
Elmer C. LeBaron 220.83
W. G. Howland & Elias T. Averill
218.63
Fred S. Gray
234.92
Eunice C. Marrah
122.60
May H. Sears
325.42
John C. Schubert
267.27
Elmer E. Sherman
325.13
Edward A. Burnett
269.82
George Fox
210.62
William R. & Frances Sampson
481.18
Thaddeus F. Wasgatt (Mary A. Wasgatt lot) 101.65
Henry J. Schira
244.80
William C. Chandler
323.16
George F. Bumpus
328.74
Isaac N. Stoddard
449.88
Barzilla Holmes
208.34
Helena & Joseph J.
Charles E. Douglas 323.57
Raymond
243.28
William L. French
212.06
Charles S. Robbins
201.51
Charles Mahler
213.63
Charles H. Robbins 608.44
Alice B. Barnes
103.26
Lemuel Leach
210.72
Gustave A. & Sarah Hager 213.87
Henry E. Morrison
270.31
Daniel W. Howard 209.99
Lawrence W. Churchill, Jr. 271.09
Laurence B. Reed 428.93
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association - Page 1
William K. Dunham 211.52
Thaddeus F. Wasgatt
116.55
Edith L. & Harvey Hatch 400.00
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Samuel E. Franc
$230.29
Benjamin Whiting
$310.81
Arthur Lord
534.92
Dwight R. Harlow
203.14
Daniel Tong
103.45
Hanson-Eastwood 612.30
Lucy L. Nickerson
204.86
Irving L. Pratt 107.17
Anna M. Klingenhagen
159.06
G. E. Tucker Barnes
312.35
Carmen L. Carr
210.63
Neil McIntosh 410.07
Polydor H. Carlier
457.29
Sidney B. Holmes
213.32
Anton & Frieda Schatz
853.95
George F. Bagnell
212.76
Florence M. Whitmore
208.32
Frank May Souther
314.62
Susan G. Howland
319.20
Henry A. Sampson
214.35
Benjamin L. Schubert
206.17
Thomas Dickson
215.09
Susan E. Chandler
513.35
George Simmons, Jr.
265.69
Robert Searson
101.54
Martin B. Person
267.83
H. G. Briard
204.88
Martin B. Person, Jr.
211.26
Perkins and Drew
103.35
Jacob Sauer
203.35
Job Standish
515.07
Eugenia Gulhang
158.88
Philip Snow
203.60
Mary A. & Edgar H. Welch
482.10
Thomas S. Fogarty
204.58
Samuel H. Christie
212.59
Guy W. Cooper
421.39
Rebecca A. Hadaway
650.14
Nils A. Everett
202.03
Edith DiStefano
265.91
Charles E. Davis
203.60
Warren E. Lewis
318.94
Caroline A. Barke
306.31
Abbie A. Potter
206.81
Frank Manter
151.17
Helen B. VanBuskirk
432.57
Mary A. Small
255.70
Samuel S. Benson
209.65
Edward F. Holman
304.60
Sophia Hall
266.11
Bertha Roth
155.29
Elton P. Ellis
211.78
Anton Seigel
206.54
Lucas Cemetery
314.30
Herbert E. Gunther
206.54
Leach and Dunlap
207.45
Herman C. Harlow
206.04
Harry T. Bennett
234.76
Herbert W. Bartlett flower fund 256.91
Francis Moon
100.84
Florence Brown
102.76
Harry R. Talbot
262.93
Herbert W. Bartlett
205.53
Mary N. Adams
206.99
Thomas Hadaway
251.66
Paul K. F. Ziegengeist
209.00
Henry I. Seymour
251.66
John E. Jordan
209.45
Frank M. Martin
202.00
Herbert W. & Howard A. Haire
204.20
Harold C. Bailey
250.12
George G. Courtney
208.97
New Funds established in 1958:
Irene Marmein
203.66
Bosworth-Sawyer
202.00
Curtis Holmes
429.86
Adele C. Gregg
101.00
Philip J. Mahler
313.92
Annie C. Robbins 202.00
Walter S. & Deborah
James A. Briggs 201.00
S. Dixon
313.21
Catherine Peck 201.00
210.76
Stella J. Brown
528.36
Antonietta Colantonio &
Domenic Bucci
Myles S. Weston
204.35
Thomas W. Lee
101.84
Nettie C. Blockhaus
302.25
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association - Page 2
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Rudolph Kalvin
$200.00
Arthur E. Blackmer
$200 00
Griswold-Smithcoe
200.00
Benjamin F. Dunham, Jr. 200.00
William N. Magee
200.00
Mary B. Dunham 100.00
Roswell B. & Annie P.
Albert R. Robbins 250.00
Nelson 100.00
Maud A. Fiske
100.00
Total Plymouth
Sadie M. Sharp
100.00
Federal Savings and
Richard Holmes
200.00
Loan Association $40,754.50
Frank L. Bailey
225.00
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association - Page 3
CHARLES E. HINCKLEY LOT IN CHILTONVILLE CEMETERY Brockton Savings Bank $1,000.00
ABNER & CHARLES H. LEONARD FUND
People's Savings Bank 147.94
ST. JOSEPH'S CEMETERY FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank 152.75
PHOEBE R. CLIFFORD FUND
Deposited with State Treasurer
200.00
Total, Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$256,868.73
FRANCIS LeBARON POOR FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank $943.98
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 974.24
NATHANIEL MORTON PARK FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank $2,000.00
MURDOCK POOR AND SCHOOL FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank $730.00
CHARLES HOLMES POOR FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $721.62
JULIA P. ROBINSON POOR FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $300.00
WARREN BURIAL HILL CEMETERY FUND Plymouth Savings Bank $1,213 21
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MARCIA E. JACKSON GATES PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND Plymouth Savings Bank Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
PHILIP JACKSON FUND
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association $1,033.84
UNCLE THOMAS JACKSON PARK FUND
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association $800.00
ELLEN STODDARD DONNELLY FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $2,289.02
ALICE SPOONER FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $1,716.76
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association $1,328.95
PLYMOUTH NATIONAL BANK STOCK INVESTMENT FUND
Plymouth National Bank Stock $2,000.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $6,898.85
STABILIZATION FUND
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association $17,163.56
Dedham Institution for Savings
23,299.09
Danvers Savings Bank
17,560.78
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
21,740.81
Beverly Savings Bank
11,125.60
Plymouth Savings Bank
16,028.01
Concord Co-operative Bank
15,846.37
Peabody Co-operative Bank
15,746.25
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
25,338.57
$163,849.04
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS
Bonds
$311,978.87
Bank Stocks
35,974.00
Federal Savings and Loan Association
10,000.00
Savings Banks
15,000.00
Plymouth National Bank
5,044.09
$377,996.96
SCHEDULE J
BORROWING CAPACITY, January 1, 1959
Valuation for 1956, less abatements on $773,371
$33,697,379
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1956, less abatements 2,733,578
Valuation for 1957, less abatements on $823,160 34,791,565
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1957, less abatements 2,835,831
Valuation for 1958, less abatements on $771,155
36,215,895
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1958, less abatements
2,866,411
$113,140,659
Average
37,713,553
5%
1,885,678
Total Debt Incurred and Outstanding
$838,000
Less: Water Loans
292,000
Total Debt Within Debt Limit
546,000
Borrowing Capacity, January 1, 1959
$1,339,678
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
MA
1620.
S
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1958
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Memoriam
SARA F. DOTEN
Teacher
Hedge School
1946 - 1958
Died April 30, 1958
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires
Ralph C. Weaver, Chairman
1959
Mauro J. Canevazzi, Secretary
1959
Alton S. Cavicchi
1960
Joseph S. Contente
1960
Jane Gellar
1961
Harry F. Doyle
1961
ADMINISTRATION
Chester V. Sweatt, Superintendent of Schools
Elinor B. Sanderson, Executive Secretary
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Beane, Secretary
Mrs. Barbara S. Talbot, Secretary (Part-time)
Mrs. Theresa Leonardi, Secretary (Part-time)
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 m. and 1 to 5 p.m.
School Physicians: Dr. Frank J. Abate, Jr. Dr. Medora V. Eastwood
School Nurse: Hilda R. Swett, Telephone PI 6-2442
Interviews arranged at School Department Office or at school buildings by appointment.
School Dentists: Dr. William O. Dyer Dr. Francis C. Ortolani
Dental Hygienist: Jane B. Bradford
Dental Clinic Office, Governor Bradford Building Telephone PI 6-1255
Supervisor of School Buildings: John J. McCarthy Telephone PI 6-0600
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SCHOOLS
Senior High School - Telephone PI 6-0026 Lawrence M. Bongiovanni, Principal
Junior High School - Telephone PI 6-0460 Mary M. Dolan, Principal
Cold Spring School - Telephone PI 6-0708 Emmett B. Finck, Principal
Cornish-Burton and Oak Street Schools Mrs. Eleanor L. White, Principal
Cornish-Burton School - Telephone PI 6-0933 Oak Street School - Telephone PI 6-1661
Hedge School - Telephone PI 6-1140 Mrs. Eleanor White, Acting Principal
Manomet Elementary School - Telephone CA 4-3940 Mrs. Elouise E. Cashin, Principal
Mount Pleasant School - Telephone PI 6-1097 Mrs. Helen S. Manchester, Principal
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1959 - 1960
Open:
September 9, 1959
Close: December 23, 1959
January 4, 1960
February 19, 1960
February 29, 1960 April 14, 1960
April 25, 1960
June 24, 1960
School Holidays: Columbus Day, October 12; Teachers' Convention, October 23; Veterans' Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Recess, November 25, 26, 27; Good Friday, April 15; Memorial Day, May 30.
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NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL
2-2 Repeated on Fire Alarm
7:05 a.m. No School for Junior and Senior High Schools 8:15 a.m. No morning session for Grades 1 to 6, inclusive 12:15 p.m. No afternoon session for Grades 1 to 6 inclusive Radio Station WEEI broadcasts no-school signals shortly after 7:00 a.m.
Radio Station WPLM broadcasts no-school signals at 10- minute intervals beginning at 6:30 a.m.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
REIMBURSEMENTS AND RECEIPTS
From the Commonwealth:
1. General aid for public schools $67,512.39
2. Aid for specific purposes
(1) Transportation
36,594.60
(2) Vocational Tuition 1,294.77
(3) Vocational Transportation 525.33
(4) Special Classes
15,438.96
(5) Americanization Salaries
337.50
(6) Adult Education 767.60
3. Tuition, State Wards
1,546.42
From Other Sources:
1. Tuition, Pottery School
157.05
2. Miscellaneous Receipts
1,899.79
$126,074.41
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EXPENDITURES
General Control
Salaries:
Superintendent
$9,916.69
Administrative Assistant 4,533.33
Superintendent's Office Clerks
8,851.79
Supervisor of Attendance
1,200.00
Supervisor of School Buildings
5,250.00
School Census
35.78
Office Supplies
711.93
Professional Books
166.80
Telephone
384.81
Travel Expense in State
342.66
Automobile Expense
383.33
School Committee Expense
288.51
$32,065.63
Out-of-State Travel
$320.07
320.07
Expenses of Instruction
Salaries:
Principals
$38,478.55
Supervisors
18,766.72
Regular Teachers
528,725.87
Substitute Teachers
6,024.00
Home Teachers
458.00
Summer School Teachers
850.00
Audubon Teacher
1,446.25
School Clerks
9,160.00
Text and Reference Books
11,084.81
Maps and Globes
562.96
General Supplies
12,160.77
Manual Training Supplies
3,130.31
Domestic Science Supplies
1,167.70
Typewriters and Supplies
1,836.15
Audio-Visual Supplies
1,123.18
Driver Training Expenses
892.03
Travelling Expenses of Prin., Teachers, Supvs. 245.83
- 636,113.13
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Operation of School Plant
Salaries of Custodians
$41,002.00
Janitors' Supplies
2,913.33
Telephones
1,450.66
Coal and Oil
17,738.56
Gas
1,278.42
Lights
8,574.11
72,957.08
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs to Buildings
$18,659.74
Repairs to Equipment
1,565.57
Truck Expense
611.45
Replacement of Equipment
9,589.88
30,426.64
Auxiliary Agencies
Promotion of Health:
Salaries
$12,471.07
Medical Supplies
159.69
Nurse's Car Expense
440.34
Libraries
1,202.67
Public School Transportation
50,755.90
Private School Transportation
1,840.00
Tuition
1,131.65
Athletic and Band Expenses
3,924.03
School Lunch Expenses
500.00
High School Graduation Expenses
511.33
Salaries of Noon Supervisors
4,297.80
77,234.48
Outlay
New Equipment
$2,838.98
Purchase of land
986.50
3,825.48
Vocational Education
Tuition
$2,812.53
Transportation
938.91
3,751.44
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Adult Education
Salaries:
Americanization Teachers $675.00
Evening School Teachers,
Custodians, Clerk
1,868.09
Pottery Teacher
750.00
3,293.09
Total
$859,987.04
Reimbursements and Receipts,
account of schools 126,074.41
Net Expenditures for Schools, Exclusive
of Building Program
$733,912.63
Public Law 874 (Federal aid to schools where children's parent's work on Federal Projects)
Amount of Grant - 1958 $10,519.08
Payments - 1958:
Clerical Salaries $136.35
School Library Books 1,463.85
Total 1,600.20
Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1958 $8,918.88
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Annual Report of School Committee and Superintendent of Schools
A topic of great concern to American people is the improvement of the public school system. While this concern has always been felt, it is keener today because of the pressures of present day living.
Many people are calling for a higher quality of work in our schools, and some individuals seem willing to sac- rifice the American concept of "education for all Amer- ican youth" in their desire that there should be an edu- cational elite. Others believe we should have quality work and that we should constantly seek ways and means to challenge pupils from grades one to twelve to achieve it, but they are unwilling to forsake the concept of edu- cation for all youth which has made American education distinctive. Those who belong to the latter group justify their stand on the belief that all individuals have worth and that our society cannot waste even the humblest or the greatest potential bit of productive energy. How can we in Plymouth attack this problem?
We can give serious consideration to finding ways on all levels to provide pupils who are willing to work hard with the opportunity to progress faster in the quality and quantity of work done. If all concerned strove to develop ways of achieving this it could well be possible for some pupils to reach the secondary school with a level of achievement that would enable them to take courses far in advance of those ordinarily given. A very few high school pupils might well graduate under such a program with sufficient academic standing to be accepted on the sophomore college level. Some school systems are al- ready operating on this basis.
When a school system attempts to work out a plan
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for meeting individual differences, it is imperative to have trained guidance personnel who can work effectively with pupils all the way through a child's school career. Your superintendent believes we should give serious thought to developing a more comprehensive guidance depart- ment.
Staff Turnover
Some years school departments in all towns have to face heavier than usual staff turnovers. No town escapes this situation indefinitely and Plymouth's turn came in 1958. Your superintendent would like to call the atten- tion of the committee to a condition that may well in- fluence teacher turnover in the years ahead.
Our present staff includes forty-nine teachers whose ages are fifty-five or over and we can expect most of them to retire in the next ten years. These older teach- ers have given stability to Plymouth schools over the years and we can expect to feel their loss keenly when they retire. Securing replacements of comparable quality will be difficult because of the intense competition for capable teachers. At present we have little salary ad- vantage over other towns to use in attracting experienced teachers.
Last June Miss Ellen Downey retired after complet- ing thirty-six years as a teacher in the Junior and Senior High Schools. Miss Downey was a dedicated teacher who contributed much to Plymouth High School. Her retire- ment is a real loss.
Changes in Administrative Staff
Mr. Edgar J. Mongan, Principal of the High School, retired in June, having served Plymouth High School for thirty-six years. During those years many young people came to respect what he stood for. He was a cul- tured gentleman, living according to a code of high prin- ciples and standing in so many ways for what he believed. He wanted all boys and girls to catch a vision of good
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living and strove to help them do so. He was deeply and sincerely sensitive to the feelings of young people. He was patient and forgiving to a fault. He disliked giving up on any pupil but he could be severe when other ways failed. He was extremely fond of his own family and re- garded his school as an extension of his own home. The pupils were his own and he complimented them or "dressed them down" in the same manner he did his own children.
No one can give so many years of his life to teaching without having a great impact on the lives of his pupils. Pupils recognized Mr. Mongan's influence was all for good and showed their appreciation by truly loving him.
In accordance with a policy of promotion within the system when possible, Mr. Lawrence Bongiovanni was appointed to succeed Mr. Mongan.
Mr. Donald Welch, who had served Plymouth as ele- mentary principal and superintendent for ten years, re- signed September 1. During Mr. Welch's administration many improvements in the school plant were effected. Two new buildings were constructed, improvements were made in curriculum, and many excellent administrative procedures inaugurated.
The choice of a new superintendent of schools was shared by the school committee with a six-member citi- zens committee. After many interviews with candidates and much deliberation, the two committees agreed unani- mously to elect Mr. Chester V. Sweatt of Martha's Vine- yard to serve as superintendent of schools. Mr. Sweatt began his duties on September 15, 1958.
Resignations were received from Dr. Walter Snyder, Administrative Assistant, Miss Janet Broadbent, Ele- mentary Reading Consultant, and Miss Etta-Hix Allen, Principal of Hedge School. None of these positions were filled as of December 31, 1958.
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New High School
For several years the school reports have stressed the need for a new high school. At the 1958 town meeting a building committee was appointed to plan for a new three year high school.
I understand that it is believed the construction of a new high school will make possible the abandonment of the Cornish-Burton Schools. If the present enrollment continues it will be practically impossible to make this move without a four year high school. The total enroll- ment of grades 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 for the next several years will be well over 1100 pupils. The present Junior-Senior High School is certified for 1064 pupils. It is doubtful if the Department of Public Safety will allow us to crowd the building again once the high school is moved. It would seem that the only way left is to consider a four year intermediate school, housing grades 5, 6, 7 and 8, and a four year high school.
Should we follow this plan, the first four grades could be housed in the present elementary buildings and there would be a minimum of space left for future growth in enrollment.
School Plant Improvements
During 1958 the following improvements were made in the school buildings.
Junior-Senior High School:
Fluorescent lighting was installed in several Junior- Senior High classrooms.
Thermostatic elements in the steam traps were re- placed in both buildings.
The front of the High School, the cupola, and the west doorway were painted.
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A new electric service cable from the High School to the Junior High was installed.
The fresh air vent covers on the roof were replaced.
The auditorium curtain was flame proofed.
Mount Pleasant:
The chimneys were reflashed.
An incinerator was installed.
Manomet:
The glass blocks in the auditorium walls were re- caulked and one wall painted.
A sump pump was installed in the boiler room.
Light proof drapes were installed in the auditorium.
Cornish-Burton:
The east exit door was replaced.
The front entrance platform to Burton School was replaced.
Oak Street:
The front entrance platform was replaced.
Cold Spring:
The exterior trim was painted.
The southeast brick wall was waterproofed.
Hedge:
Floor tile was installed in two rooms.
Toilet rooms were renovated and painted.
Heating controls were installed in two corridors.
In-Service Training and Curriculum
Several teachers are continuing their efforts to earn higher degrees by taking courses at universities and teachers' colleges.
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Two Harvard-Boston University Extension courses were held in Plymouth. These were "Language Arts in the Elementary School" under Dr. Alice Crossley, and "The Gifted Child" under Dr. Gene Philips.
Miss Lucas of the Plymouth Public Library assisted the staff in a series of meetings devoted to finding ways and methods for developing wider interest in outside of school reading.
A science workshop was held through the courtesy of a consultant from D. C. Heath Company.
A book fair was held at Hedge School through the as- sistance of the Parent-Teacher Association. Book exhi- bits by the Owens Company and Fearon Books were held at Cold Spring and Cornish Schools.
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