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Carmella Pepe Marie Buzzi
Douglas F. MacDonald; Mary Twomey, Doro- thy Wells James A. Nolan
David P. Matthews; Elizabeth L. Palmer; Ar- thur B. Scott; Dorothy Corey, Assistant Secre- tary; Herbert A. Hayden, Janitor Marion R. Fortier, Secretary
George J. Butler
Inez A. Kohler Dr. Frank Durant; Dr. Edward J. Howley
Reinstatements
William M. Hughes Daniel A. Johnson, Jr.
George H. Klay Edward F. Tracy Charles E. Wintermeyer
Maintenance Department from Military Service Edward B. Nevin School, Principal, from Mili- tary Service Vocational School from Military Service Hunt School from Military Service Edward B. Nevin School from Military Service
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Transfers
Margherita Auriemma Norma R. Brown Elena Caracciolo Margaret Dingwall
Hunt to Athens Washington to Athens
Hunt to James Humphrey
Edward B. Nevin, Acting Principal, to Abigail Adams School Athens to Hunt
Hunt to James Humphrey
James Humphrey to Washington
Edward B. Nevin to Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams to Hunt
Pratt to Bicknell
Hunt to Shaw
Substitutes - December 31, 1945
School Nurses
Mrs. Gertrude A. Cassese; Mrs. Helen D. Kelly; Mrs. Lucy P. Mahoney; Mrs. Agnes E. Williams
High School
Athens School
Bicknell School
Mrs. Charlotte M. Oppler; Mrs. Marion L. Ray Mrs. Elaine T. Kelly ; Mrs. Louise K. Frederick Mrs. Alma R. Driscoll; Mrs. Marjorie C. Jack- son ; Mrs. Aileen M. Karacius
James Humphrey School
Mrs. Mary B. Muldoon
Jefferson School
Mrs. Mary A. Nolan; Mrs. Helen B. Mark
Hunt School
Mrs. Meredith B. Raymond; Mrs. Alice B. Wallace
Pratt School
Mrs. Alberta R. Kelly
Edward B. Nevin School
Mrs. Ann O. Palmer
Pond School
Mrs. Hazel E. Johnson
Assistant-Domestic Arts
Mrs. Elizabeth Ahern
INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL
Elementary
II3
High School
64
Supervisors
17
Total
194
SCHOOL POPULATION
Enrollment as of close of school in June:
Year
High School
Elementary
Total
1935
1,401
3,419
4,820
1936
1,397
3,353
4,750
1937
1,533
3,300
4,833
1938
1,576
3,235
4,811
1939
1,621
3,252
4,873
1940
1,715
3,214
4,929
1941
1,691
3,266
4,957
1942
1,609
3,237
4,846
1943
1,510
3,216
4,726
1944
1,364
3,182
4,546
1945
1,404
3,207
4,611
Enrollment as of close of school on December 21, 1945:
High School
Elementary
Total
1,345
3,386
4,731
121
Alice B. Keohan W. Margaret Lincoln Mary Reidy Edith E. Rowell
C. Ruth Santry Delia Will
HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (as of October 1, 1945)
By Classes
Boys
Girls
Total
Freshmen
227
224
451
Sophomores
204
171
375
Juniors
I26
157
283
Seniors
I19
128
247
Postgraduates
2
2
678
680
1358
By Courses
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors 108
86
I 494
Business
170
I34
I30
95
529
General
27
28
32
29
I
II7
Agriculture
9
9
1
5
34
Home Economics
16
I3
2
3I
Vocational
70
51
32
153
451
375
283
247
2
1358
Sources of Freshmen
Bicknell
67
Hunt
51
Junior Annex
IOI
Pratt
24
Shaw
I3
Edward B. Nevin
40
Pond
24
Other Schools
72
Repeaters
59
45I
ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT October 1, 1945
Grade
School
VIII VII
VI
V
IV
III
II
I
Sp. Total
Adams
27
33
52
30
3I
33
42
248
Athens
17
16
26
32
46
41
178
Bicknell
80
85
72
57
55
62
65
78
554
James Humphrey
3I
39
3I
21
I3
17
20
172
Jefferson
19
24
21
19
83
Junior Annex
IIO
IIO
Washington
22
22
28
3 I
25 -
33
30
191
Hunt
84
65
78
68
82
66
62
97
602
Center
I3
21
27
61
Pratt
29
21
27
34
29
27
29
39
235
Shaw
20
I5
18
16
IS
IO
17
15
126
E. B. Nevin
57
54
59
50
41
50
58
57
426
Pond
26
23
20
28
21
26
24
34
202
Jr. Manual Arts
71 71
Total
406
343
385
380
370
379
426
499
71
3259
Seniors
P.G. Total
College
159
140
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122
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MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE (as of October 1, 1945)
AGES
5
6
7
8
9
10
II
12
I3
14
15
16
I7
18
19
21 and 20 over
Total
Grade I
B
I18
138
22
G
89
118
II
220
Grade II
B
64
125
3
201
Grade III
B
58
87
28
I3
I
186
G
77
85
20
4
188
Grade IV
В
47
86
38
15
2
178
Grade V
B
46
92
25
II
5
G
73
95
27
2
I
183
Grade VI
B
50
100
24
7
.
7
185
Grade VII
B
2
57
74
36
12
4
I
52
80
14
II
158
Grade VIII
B
44
IIO
36
15
2
I
72
93
26
5
I
I
3
5
7
II
7
7
13
I
16
Grade IX
B
3
60
9I
40
19
7
G
89
100
. 24
12
225
Grade X
B
56
88
43
I 5
I
203
3
84
17
6
171
Grade XI
B
50
83
1 8
6
157
Grade XII
B
4
43
65
4
2
55
59
2
129
Postgraduates
B
G
Total
208
382
415
333
351
384
390
351
437
406
371
344
188
22
2
4584
Boys
118
202
205
163
166
200
205
169
225
205
206
176
105
5
2350
Girls
90
180
210
170
185
184
185
182
212
201
165
168
83
I7
2
2234
G
I
62
122
16
187
G
69
92
13
2
2
179
2
199
G
71
99
22
G
207
G
55
Special
B
G
4
4
5
3
G
42
68
16
126
G
I
117
G
2
2
198
220
6I
.
198
28
278
218
123
SCHOOL CENSUS (as of October 1, 1945)
5-6 years
7-13 years
14-16 years
Total
BOYS
Ward I
142
464
119
725
II
64
324
IOI
489
III
69
251
53
373
IV
IO3
234
57
394
V
71
220
55
346
Total
449
1493
385
2327
GIRLS
Ward I
121
497
123
741
II
49
326
86
461
III
90
244
53
387
IV
63
214
42
319
V
63
237
42
342
Total
386
1518
346
2250
GRAND TOTAL
835
3011
731
4577
DISTRIBUTION OF ABOVE MINORS
Public Schools
634
2662
678
3974
Private Schools
45
337
53
435
Not enrolled in any school
156
. 12
168
At work
-
-
Total
835
3011
731
4577
EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES
Total number of minors between the ages of 14 and 16 certified during 1945 for :
Boys
Girls
Total
Full-time employment
26
2
28
Part-time employment
90
44
I34
Total
116
46
162
EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES
Total number of minors between the ages of 16 and 21 certified for employment during 1945:
Boys
Girls
Total
447
494
941
REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC (Paid for by Board of Health) MARY A. URACIUS, Dental Hygienist
Total number of pupils examined
2,314
Total number of pupils needing dental treatment 1,078
542
Total number of permanent fillings
621
Total number of deciduous fillings
127
Total number of permanent extractions
71
Total number of deciduous extractions
84
Total number of prophylaxis treatments
157
One two-tooth bridge completed
124
Total number of patients
COST OF EDUCATION (per pupil in average membership) WEYMOUTH
STATE
1938
$ 88.45
1938
$100.41
1939
86.44
1939 *
102.07
1940
87.37
1940
103.85
1941
88.06
1941
107.08
1942
91.97
1942
112.48
1943
104.26
1943
120.22
1944
116.94
1944
129.63
1945
123.67
1945
134.99
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION FOR 1945 EXPENDITURES*
Item
Amount
Percentage*
Administration
$ 16,648.39
2.7
Teachers' Salaries
400,796.58
65.9
Textbooks and Supplies
18,159.39
3.0
Transportation
22,090.20
3.6
Janitors
41,280.05
6.8
Fuel
11,016.93
1.8
Light, Power, Water
6,071.24
I.O
Maintenance
38,243.20
6.3
Other Expense
1,589.03
·3
Day Household Arts
3,972.19
.7
Day Industrial
47,678.66
7.8
Americanization
)
Support of Truants
1.71)
Tuition
795.08)
Traveling Expense
165.04)
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Total Expenditures
$608,507.69
100.0
Total Instructional Salaries
$439,477.39
72.2
Total Noninstructional Salaries
76,328.51
12.5
Total Department Salaries
$515,805.90
84.7
* Figured to the nearest tenth of one per cent
FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENTS
Smith-Hughes Fund :
Day Household Arts
$ 412.29
Day Industrial
1,377.37
$1,789.66
CREDITS
The sums listed below are due the Town and are not credited to the School Department appropriation. Therefore, for the purpose of determining net cost of schools to the Town, the total of items listed below should be deducted from the total expenditures.
TOTAL EXPENDITURES-1945
$608,507.69
Credits
State Reimbursement:
Teachers' Salaries
$33,195.56
Day Industrial School*
22,430.88
Day Household Arts Department*
2,198.76
Tuition paid to other localities
198.02
$58,023.22
* 1/2 cost of instruction
125
Tuition :
Day Industrial
5,061.70
State Wards
1,958.06
City Wards
113.12
High School
133.72
Agricultural Dept. of High School
426.70
Elementary
61.41
7,754.71
Miscellaneous Cash Receipts :
Day Industrial School sales :
Auto Repairs
$252.30
Cabinetmaking
205.90
Printing
247.77
Sheet Metal
653.30
Supplies
34.18
1,393.45
Fines; sale of supplies, stamps,
old books, etc .; telephones
381.14
1,774.59
TOTAL CREDITS
67,552.52
TOTAL NET COST TO TOWN
$540,955.17
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S REPORT OF ATHLETICS ACCOUNTS Financial Statement - September 1, 1945
RESERVE ACCOUNT
Cash on hand, September 1, 1944
Interest
Balance on hand, September 1, 1945 OPERATING ACCOUNT
Sport
Receipts
Expense
Surplus $1,556.36
Deficit
Football
$8,062.12
$6,505.76
Basketball
637.60
750.19
$ 112.59
Basketball-Vocational
16.00
16.00
Baseball
477.87
477.87
Wrestling
65.00
215.85
150.85
Track & Cross Country
63.06
456.49
393.43
Miscellaneous Receipts
Lost Equipment
$20.25
A. A. Student Tickets 828.35
Sale of Paper to
Agricultural Dept. .60
849.20
849.20
Miscellaneous Expenses Theft Insurance ( Office Safe and Legion Field) 25:78
Tax on A. A. Tickets 144.20 A. A. Postage, Telephone 9.58 Printing
(posters, paper, etc.) 28.28 Miscellaneous Cleaning and Repairing 26.94
Miscellaneous Equip. 372.86
Legion Field Expense 250.65
Faculty Manager's Dues 3.00
A. A. Dues-1944-45
2.50
A. A. Dues-1945-46 First Aid
9.55
Band Awards
(letters, etc.) 29.39
Totals-1944-45
$9,676.98
905.23 $9,327.39
$2,405.56
905.23 $2,055.97
126
2.50
$8,100.00 584.34
$8,684.34
Net Surplus
Balance on hand, September 1, 1944
$ 349.59 653.70
Balance on hand, September 1, 1945
$1,003.29
Football Basketball Baseball Wrestling Track
Total
Officials
$ 306.00
$114.00
$ 25.00
$ 3.00
$ 448.00
Police
198.00
33.00
231.00
Transportation and Meals 365.76
86.35
67.30
92.10 $131.95
743.46.
Taxes, admission
1,212.25
112.39
1, 324.6.4
Assistant Coaching
100.00
100.00
Moving Picture Expense
606.21
606.21
Guarantees
806.88
806.88
Services on Gates
373.60
70.00
443.60
Cleaning and Repairing
653.85
41.56
24.95
21.00
77.47
818.83
Cleaning, repairing-Vocational
16.00
16.00
Tickets, admission
42.62
42.62
Printing, posters, paper, etc. Sweaters
120.25
83.25
31.00
31.00
26.25
291.75
First Aid
76.55
10.56
6.95
14.20
108.26
Equipment
1,454.31
1 82.90
314.87
61.80
42.19
2,056.07
Football Bulletin Expense
117.12
VI17.12
Awards (letters, etc.)
17.00
10.20
12.75
17.00
56.95
Scouting (transportation)
6.87
106.58
106.58
Entry Fees
24.00
24.00
So. Shore Track Meet Expense
12.85
12.85
$6,505.76
$766.19 $477.87 $215.85 $456.49 $8,422.16 ($16.00) ( Voc. )
WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA Financial Statement for School Year 1944-1945
RESERVE ACCOUNT
Cash on hand, October 1, 1944
$ 5,362.67
Receipts :
Cafeteria
$381.44
*Manual Arts
235.61
*Sewing
25.69
Junior Manual Arts
520.36
*Miscellaneous
20.00
1,183.10
$ 6,545.77
Expenditures :
Cafeteria
462.88
*Manual Arts
239.66
*Sewing
33.50
*Junior Manual Arts
441.26
Miscellaneous
Musical Instruments-High School
722.50
*Miscellaneous
20.00
742.50
1,919.80
$ 4,625.97
Cash on hand, September 30, 1945
* These are cash-for-cash transactions. The money either has been or will be returned to this account.
This is to certify that we have examined the books, accounts, and vouchers of the Weymouth High School Cafeteria and Miscellaneous Fund, and find same to be correct as of October 1, 1945. (limited to the Reserve Account)
C. N. Curtis, Auditor Joseph W. Mahoney
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60.47
48.49
5.98
2.00
4.00
6.87
Shoes and Spikes
Summary of Expenditures in Different Sports
OPERATING ACCOUNT Cash on hand, September 1, 1944 Check book Cash
$ 2,804.55 60.00
$ 2,864.55
Total Sales
35,470.54
Reimbursement from the Food Distribution
Administration (School Lunch Program)
7,836.20
Transfer from Reserve Account
300.00
43,606.74
$46,471.29
Expenditures :
Paid by check :
Service
8,969.43
Income tax withholding deductions
872.58
9,842.01
Supplies
29,684.05
Miscellaneous
Equipment, repairs, replacement, and miscellaneous expense
1,342.47
Liability Insurance
328.13
Armored car service
95.00
Check book and banking equipment
11.70
Checking account service
30.43
Replacing cafeteria ceiling
1,890.00
Paint for cafeteria
162.90
3,860.63
Paid by cash :
Pupils' service
2,445.15
Postage
10.00
2,455.15
45,841.84
Cash on hand, September 1, 1945
$ 629.45
WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES JUNE 21, 1945
Lois Helen Aberdeen
Marilyn Elizabeth Britton
Eleanor Lorraine Anderson
Sara Ann Brooks
John Robert Anderson
Miriam Frances Brown
Shirley Elaine Babcock
Eunice Mary Buckley
Jane Elizabeth Bacon
Francis Joseph Buckley
Wendell Lyle Baglow
James Alexander Burke, Jr.
Richard Edwin Bakish
Marie Elizabeth Burkett
Jean Sherman Balmayne
Ethel Burrow
Philip Harold Bandini
John Edward Butler
Marjorie Elizabeth Barker
Frederick Arthur Byers
Pauline Louise Barnes
Phyllis Marilyn Cain
Warren Edward Barrett
Phyllis Marion Calen
Alan Ellsworth Bates Carlton Eldrew Bates
Marie Ann Cantalupo Grace Louise Carmichael
Bettylee Benjamin
Thérèse Jeanne Carrière Ruth Marjorie Carter
Lillian Claire Blackburn
Muriel Edith Blanchard
Robert James Casey, Jr.
Shirley Jeannette Blanchard
Robert Francis Caulfield
Robert Willard Bond
Eleanor Jane Chalke
Alfio Francis Bongarzone
Lorraine Marie Charron
Jeannette Marie Bourque Paul Edwin Bowker Audrey Anne Boyle Kathleen Gloria Boyle
Norma Clifford Cheney . Olga Chroniak Salvatore Leonard Cianciulli
Ralph Primy Braccia
Florence Thelma Bradeen
Marie Thomasina Cipullo Martha Caroline Cipullo Joseph Everett Clohossey Donald Francis Coffey
Barbara Frances Bragole Richard Irving Brigham
Earl Gerard Comeau
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Grace Eleanor Connor Eva Frances Conrad Dorick Emmanuele Corbo Marguerite Anne Corbo Donald Francis Coté Richard Edwin Coté Joseph Everett Coveney Dorothy Grace Cowe Helen Wilhelmina Cowett Virginia Ann Crossman David William Cuff Robert Eugene Cullivan Lester Samuel Currier Carol Amy Curtis Betty Marie Dahlstrom Edward Paul Dalto Mary Frances Daly Jeanne Alice Davis
Arthur Warren Delorey
Barbara Pierce Densmore June Louise de Willoughby * Albert Everett Diersch John Thomas Donovan Neil McLean Duncan Eugene Rule Dunn William Glenden Dunn, Jr.
James Edward Durant
Virginia Hammond Durant John "William Dwyer
William Francis Dwyer, Jr. Avis Barbara Ellstrom
Martin Engberg, Jr. Dorothy Eleanor Ericson
Charles Edward Evirs
Ingrid Margreta Fallgren
Natalie Lorraine Faul Francis Joseph Ferguson
Margaret Mary Ferullo John McLean Fillmore Constance Flathers Sherrard Fleming Charles George Fletcher James Arthur Flynn
Florence Margaret Fortier
Barbara Jane Freeman
Kathryn Elizabeth Gannon
Dolores Virginia Garofalo
Priscilla Jeanne Gauley
Richard Edwin Gifford
Frank Demond Gilcreast Sumner Hall Given
Robert Walter Goodrow
Dorothy Elizabeth Goodwin
Harold Standish Goodwin
William Gorman George Edward Gould
Dorothy Marie Grastorf Esther Lena Grillo
Anna Elizabeth Halnan Donald Leo Hanifan
Jean Barbara Hartford
Marie Lillian Hawes
Albert Joseph Healey Barbara Ann Hearn
Claire Margaret Heaver Kenneth William Heger Edwin Joseph Heisig Richard Joseph Herlihy Priscilla Ann Hilliard Robert Brigham Hoar Pauline Clark Holbrook John Ellsworth Hopey Ruth Emily Horsley Kenneth Spencer Howe Richard Seth Howes
** Jean Carolyn Huntress Michael Joseph Hynes Margaret Mary Ingham Doris Lorraine Janelle Jacqueline Jordan Helen Mildred Jose Jean Farren Jose Virginia Mary Kalaghan Barbara Anne Kelley Noreen Theresa Kelley
Virginia Lowell Kelley Joseph Leonard Kezer Dallas Reed Knight Jeannette Ruth Knight Christine Rose Knoll
Everett Adam Kosarick Dorothy Emily Kunz George Joseph Labadie
Theodora Frances Labriola
Catherine Theresa Leahy Barbara Elizabeth Leary Thomas Lee Leary
William Eugene Leinonen
Edna Dorothy Leonard
Richard Noel Livingstone
Donald Edward Lynch
Elinore Rose MacDonald
Willena Isabel Mackay Catherine Gloria Mackenzie
Paul James Mackenzie
William Daniel Mackenzie
Rita Patricia Maconochie
Doris Robena Martin
Lawrence Wendall Martin
Dorothy Masison
Virgina Marie Mathewson
Bernice Louise Mattson
Arthur Joseph McCafferty
William Hamilton McCurdy Daniel David McFarland Anne Marie McGovern
Elizabeth Frances McIntosh
Florence Magdelan McLellan
Mary Lois McMenimon
Ruth Elizabeth McPhee Robert Joseph Mehrman Marjorie Irene Michaud Dorothy Lorraine Mielbye
William Edward Morgan Robert Griffiths Mugford
Russell Monroe Mugford June Elizabeth Murley Mary Joanne Napolitano
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Ethel Nicholas Marion Gertrude Nickerson Nicholas Adamo Nocera, Jr. Lorraine Claire Nolet Mary Rita O'Neil Ruth Palmer O'Neill Natalie Dorothea Otis Marilyn Catherine Pallis William Panora Nicholas Theodore Pappas
Yvonne Marie Petipas Ruth Charlotte Pitts
Anna Irene Plourde
Jane Carter Polson Beverly Marie Pratt
*Joseph Asa Pratt Dana Elmer Quinnam, Jr. Joanne Winifred Ralph Oswald Vaughan Ralph Gertrude Alma Rennie Doris Fagundes Resendes Shirley Virginia Rice William Robert Rober Stanley Dee Robertson
Catherine Patricia Sheehan Alfred Michael Sheehy Margaret Nordmark Sherwood Eleanor Ann Simonds Carrie Siroonian Leon Siroonian Francis Edward Slattery
Dorothy Elaine Sloane
Carrie Louise Smith
John Wesley Smith, Jr.
Mazie Anne Spinella
June Steele
Richard Baldwin Stein
Verne Eugenia Stenberg
Rose-Marie Stokes
Edith Mildred Stone
Edna May Sullivan
Edward William Sullivan, Jr.
John Joseph Sullivan
Donald Harrison Sylvia
Constance Elizabeth Tedesco
Janet Elizabeth Tooze
Barbara Lou Towle Jessie Permilla Trumbull Shirley Anne Ventre
Leonard Ernest Russo
Barbara Louise Sampson
Frederic Milton Sargent
Dorothy Jean Schromm Carl Francis Schuler
Anna Spillane Scott
William Edward Scribner
Carl Wilson Seppala
Lois Marilyn Shaw
** Mabel Alice Whaley Anna May White Norman Herbert Whittle Earle Wade Williamson, Jr.
Dolores Josephine Wolfert
CERTIFICATE
*Robert Curley Donald Paul Leahy
John Allen Lennox Thomas Albert Thurston
FOUR YEAR HIGH HONORS
Edward Paul Dalto ** Lorraine Jeannette Voigt ** Mabel Alice Whaley
FOUR YEAR HONORS
Lois Helen Aberdeen
Wendell Lyle Baglow
Alfio Francis Bongarzone
Barbara Jane Freeman
Paul Edwin Bowker
Anna Elizabeth Halnan
Barbara Frances Bragole
Claire Margaret Heaver
Marie Elizabeth Burkett
Kenneth William Heger Priscilla Ann Hilliard
Ethel Burrow Olga Chroniak Earl Gerard Comeau
Marguerite Anne Corbo
David William Cuff Carol Amy Curtis
Jeanne Alice Davis
June Louise de Willoughby John Thomas Donovan
· Jacqueline Jordan William Eugene Leinonen Anne Marie McGovern Elinore Rose MacDonald Mary Joanne Napolitano Alfred Michael Sheehy Donald Harrison Sylvia Irene Mary Weisslinger
Norman Herbert Whittle
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** Lorraine Jeannette Voigt Marjorie Ann Ward Milton Wright Watts Irene Mary Weisslinger
** Jean Carolyn Huntress
Eugene Rule Dunn Ingrid Margreta Fallgren
Members of the Class of 1945 who left during the Senior Year and are now in the Armed Services of the United States
Richard Sargent Bates
Paul James Mackenzie
Robert Willard Bond
Roy Victor Nelson
Richard Irving Brigham
William Panora
Robert James Casey, Jr.
Robert Sanger Petze
Joseph Everett Clohossey,
Frederic Milton Sargent
Joseph Everett Coveney
Edward William Sullivan, Jr.
John Arthur Culver Earle Wade Williamson, Jr.
John Joseph Sullivan
* These students also receive a diploma from the Norfolk County Agricultural School.
** High honor essayist.
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ANNUAL REPORT
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WATER DEPARTMENT
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WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS 1945
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
January 1, 1946
Subsequently to the passing of Chapter 587 Acts 1945 having to do with towns within 15 miles of Boston joining the Metropolitan Water System, your Water Board has contacted the Metropolitan District Office to see what would be involved if and when Weymouth became interested in joining their System. We were informed that all available mains favorably located for connection to Weymouth are now loaded to capacity. Consequently, any connection to the Metropolitan System will have to wait until the Metro- politan constructs storage and other facilities for supplying their present members. It is etsimated that this will require several years.
The cost of buying water from the Metropolitan System about equals the cost of pumping in Weymouth. It is very probable that bonds would have to be issued for several hundred thousand dollars to lay a large main from Forbes Hill Reservoir or elsewhere to a central point within the Town as well as probable alterations in the pipe lines within the Town. Allof these costs would undoubtedly be reflected in increased cost of water to our citizens.
The State Department of Public Health which has a jurisdiction over Public Water Supplies, last July returned to the Water Commissioners in their respective towns the pre-war authority to grant or withhold permits for fishing in Public Water Supplies. In view of the fact that the Town voted in 1941 to authorize the Water Commissioners to grant permits for fishing and boating when the above action should take place, the Board prepared rules and permits to open a portion of the Pond to fishing and boating. Due to the recent cases of infantile paralysis, about December first the Board of Health issued orders that prevented the Commissioners from carrying out the vote of the Town.
The Department of Public Health, the Weymouth Board of Health, and the Weymouth Board of Water Commissioners are opposed to opening the Pond, a public water supply, to boating and fishing. The Commissioners therefore recommend that the vote of 1941 to open the Pond should be rescinded and will accordingly submit an article to the 1946 Town Meeting to accomplish this result.
Several important links in the system of reinforced mains as advised by the New England Fire Insurance Rating Association have been completed during 1944 and 1945. These include new 12 inch High Service mains as follows :
1. Commercial St. from Jackson Sq. to Middle St. where it ties in with the 6 inch.
2. Pleasant St. from Lambert Ave. to Jackson Sq.
3. Washington St. from Pleasant St. to Westminster Rd.
4. Pleasant St. from Columbian Sq. to Ralph Talbot St.
5. East St. 823 feet of 12 inch main to connect the two dead ends on the Low Service.
The Board is continuing its policy to provide reinforcement to the present mains and have proposed a new standpipe as recommended by the New Eng- land Fire Insurance Rating Association and by Weston & Sampson, our Engineers.
Board of Water Commissioners,
Stanley T. Torrey, Chairman Harry I. Granger, Clerk George W. Perry John E. Horace Harry Christensen
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IN MEMORIAM
Arthur W. Newcomb
Compressor Operator
Died December 30, 1945
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the Weymouth Board of Water Commissioners:
The release of material restrictions following the war has renewed the activities of the Department, particularly on maintenance items.
At the Filtration Plant and Pumping Station, pumps have been over- hauled, filter sand has been washed, the power circuits separated from lighting circuits, and a survey has been made for enlarging the wash water basin.
Weston and Sampson, Hydraulic Engineers of Boston, have continued the chemical and bacteriological tests of water both at the Filtration Plant and from samples taken from the services. Independent tests by the State Department of Public Health were also taken. Both of these tests. show excellent results in the operation of the Filtration Plant. A third set of tests were taken at the Filtration Plant and on Columbian Street by the engineer retained by the local Board of Health during the time that some polio cases appeared in South Weymouth. Results of these tests show the water per- fectly sterile both at the Plant and on Columbian Street.
Several mains were replaced due to the Town accepting certain streets as public ways.
Following the completion of our 1944 contracts on reinforcing of mains at Pleasant Street from Columbian Square to Ralph Talbot Street, studies were continued on this program for construction of a new standpipe, and the connecting of East Weymouth with Weymouth Landing high service. En- gineering for pipe layouts and for standpipe design has been in progress during 1945. The major portion, therefore, of the construction of this project will extend into 1946.
At the Circuit Avenue Well, equipment was completed for automatic feeding of chemicals. Final test runs of the new pump were accepted by our Engineers, and test of the water showed a supply of excellent quality both chemically and bacteriologically.
The Department has replaced old equipment with a 2" trench pump, an Addressograph machine for the office, a new blacksmith forge, and a new half-ton Dodge truck.
The personnel of the Department has undergone many changes during the past year. Mr. Murphy, our general foreman reached retirement age, but was retained under the retirement act. Mr. Stothart was similarly retained for work at the pumping station. Mr. Macri, a compressor operator, resigned. Trainees for these positions were filled from the ranks or by the addition of returning veterans. Mr. Granger, who became our Town Treasurer, was succeeded by Mr. Cleaves as engineering assistant to the Superintendent. Miss Doherty was added to the clerical force. Miss Howard resigned from the clerical force after over eight years of service.
It is recommended that the Department consider: (a) painting the standpipe, (b) a new standpipe at South Weymouth, (c) rebuilding the blacksmith shop, (d) waterproofing the brickwork at the Filter Plant, (e) in-
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stalling a ventilator for the chlorine equipment, (f) enlarging the wash water basin, (g) setting up a rain guage, and (h) inspecting fixture accounts.
The following summaries and tables will outline the activities of the Department for the year.
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