Town annual report of Plymouth, MA 1958, Part 20

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Publication date: 1958
Publisher: Town of Plymouth
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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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