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The carpentry department is considered one of the best in the country, and the boys who graduate from here are in demand at all times. The shop and related work that is provided for them helps them to advance more rapidly to become first-class workmen, foremen and in some instances contractors.
The sheet metal department, under the direction of Mr. Clarke, has installed the forced warm air heating systems in all of the houses that
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the boys have built. They are neat and compact units and work very efficiently. There are a great many smaller projects carried out in the shop for the school department and outsiders.
The cabinetmaking department, under the direction of Mr. Dwyer, is producing some very excellent students. There are new designs and new materials used every year to keep up with the modern trends of industry. The boys in this department are proud of their work and are going to be good workmen.
The auto repair department, under the direction of Mr. Bacon and Mr. Najarian, is doing good work. There has been more training in body repair and painting this year, and it is desirable, as there is more and more opportunity for boys in this field if they have the fundamentals.
The printing department, under the direction of Mr. Collins and Mr. Perry, has turned out a huge amount of work. This department is the only one in the school which does no outside work. We have a new proof press which was purchased from Federal funds and did not cost the town any money. There was a new closet built during the year to provide paper storage, which was greatly needed. The printing for the school depart- ment has increased to the point where we must have a new automatic press to turn out all that is required. The wash area, which is located near the front door, is unsightly, and something should be done to improve this condition.
The related and academic classes are important in the complete train- ing of boys in vocational education, and we are indeed fortunate in having such fine, conscientious teachers who work faithfully to give these boys a good education.
During the past year, there has been a committee working on a de- partmental study which will be ready for the approval of the Superin- tendent of Schools in the near future.
There is also a committee making a curriculum study of our school, and this will be ready about the last of February, 1954.
Of this year's sophomores, 110 had completed the 9th grade; 8 were members of or had completed the 10th grade, and 1 the 11th. Four were repeaters from last year.
There were 65 non-residents admitted. This is 10 less than last year. Income from tuition for the school year ending in June 1953 was $16,458.27. This money came from 18 towns around the South Shore.
I wish to express my appreciation to Mr. Mapes, Mr. Whipple, the members of the faculty, and to Miss Caulfield, Miss Scopa and Mr. Butler for their cooperation during the year.
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CHANGES IN PERSONNEL
Resignations:
High School South Junior High School
Bicknell School Athens School
Elden H. Johnson School Adams School
James Humphrey School
Washington School Hunt School Homestead School Pratt School
Pond School On Military leave
Alice K. Fay Marie Buckley George H. Burditt
Jean E. Jeffe (Mrs.), Secretary
Marie J. Murphy
Elaine M. Flaherty (Mrs.)
Marie McNeil Martha W. Sitz (Mrs.)
Elizabeth L. Metcalf (Mrs.)
Elizabeth A. Salami
Kathryn M. McKinnon Rosemary D. Nolan (Mrs.)
Shirley L. Phillips Mary J. Walsh Barbara A. Messier
Vilma C. O'Connor (Mrs.)
Patricia L. Sheehan (Mrs.)
Marilyn C. Donovan (Mrs.) Rita N. McKenna (Mrs.)
Margaret E. Roche (Mrs.) Therese M. Doherty (Mrs.)
Marie C. Ortiz (Mrs.) Dolores C. Gould (Mrs.) William K. Sprague, Jr.
Military Leave of Absence:
Pond School Edward B. Nevin School Junior Annex Elementary School Nurse
Robert E. Driscoll-U.S.A. 1952
Patricia A. Lyons-U.S.N. 1943 James A. Nolan-U.S.A.F. 1951 Mary R. Sheehy-U.S.A. 1951
Robert S. Carter, entered U.S.N. 1952, returned from military service, 1953; assigned to James Humphrey School
Leave of Absence:
Hunt School
Adrienne M. Hill (Mrs.)
Retirement: Hunt School
Susan M. Tracy
IN MEMORIAM MARY T. GARDNER Teacher 1944 - 1953
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Elections :
High School Junior Annex
South Junior High School
Bicknell School
Athens School
Elden H. Johnson School Adams School
James Humphrey School
Washington School Hunt School
Pratt School
Shaw School
Edward B. Nevin School Special Teacher, Music Assistant Secretary, Office of Superintendent of Schools
Ralph J. Lordi Elizabeth L. MacGregor Madeline L. Cote (Mrs.) John F. MacDonnell Richard H. Roche
Richard T. Spear Robert A. Anderson Sonia Antis Mildred J. Drew
Lois A. Terry, Secretary
Frederick L. Bradford
Francis J. Cassani
Natalie H. Crooker (Mrs.), Secretary
Anne V. Elbery
Aileen M. Karacius (Mrs.)
Mary C. Minerva
Frances Z. Rafkin (Mrs.)
Shirley C. Savola
Evelyn M. Fitzgerald Richard M. Menice
Dorothy J. Messier
Margaret T. Mulkerrin
Frances M. Mullin
Regina M. Zunino (Mrs.)
Nancy M. Early Anne M. Donohoe
Vivian E. Gasper
Patricia P. Monahan (Mrs.)
Marion R. Rubolino (Mrs.)-Substitute
Jo-an E. Scully
Charles G. Antonakos
Patricia A. Colman
Mary L. Desmond
Carolyn A. Gale (Mrs.)
Lois C. Haslam (Mrs.)
Marion H. Lenehan (Mrs.)
Joan Malinowski
Patricia L. Sheehan (Mrs.)
Myrtle E. Turner (Mrs.)
Barbara H. Callahan (Mrs.)
Helen G. Dunn (Mrs.)-Substitute
Madga B. Fiorini (Mrs.)
Claire M. Golden
Ann M. Hickey
Janet M. Kearns
Elsie M. McCloskey
Ethel C. Moore (Mrs.)-Substitute
Harry M. Thompson
Constance H. Fitzpatrick
Barbara A. Moriarty
Dorothy B. Tilden (Mrs.)
Helen E. Knight
Amy B. Castle (Mrs.)
Geraldine C. Crowell
Raymond W. Stewart
Josephine V. Keblis
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Elections (Continued) :
Evening School, Principal Evening School, Commercial School Physicians
Transfers:
Gertrude A. Alley (Mrs.) Priscilla C. Cedrone (Mrs.)
Gilda B. Chestney (Mrs.) Mary A. Cronin
Margaret Q. Donahue Louise K. Frederick (Mrs.)
Louise E. Freeland
John F. Martin
Mary B. Muldoon (Mrs.) Harold G. Olson
Kathryn S. Rothwell (Mrs.) Margaret R. Whittle (Mrs.)
To Director of Construction and Maintenance Francis E. Whipple
To Director of Vocational School Ray G. Parker
To Supervising Principal Joseph E. Killory To Remedial Reading Miriam A. Crowley To Assistant Principal William G. MacDonald
Stanley Hart
Paul Antoniuc George A. Walker
Russell E. DeCoste
Frank W. Farren
Walter F. Hackett, Jr.
Albert E. Robinson
Transfers:
Nicodemo Belcastro Frank W. Farren Peter P. Power
Retirement:
High School Washington School
Bicknell to Pond Hunt to Nevin Johnson to Athens
Athens to Johnson
Hunt to Homestead
Adams to Athens
Athens to Adams
High to South Junior High, Principal Humphrey to Nevin
South Junior High Principal to Asst. to Supt. Athens to Johnson Bicknell to Hunt From Director of Construction, Main- tenance and Vocational Education
From Principal, Vocational School
To Director of Audio-Visual Aids From Supervisor of Audio-Visual Aids Paul C. Cleaves
From James Humphrey, teaching prin- cipal From Shaw, Grade IV
From Bicknell (Grade VIII teacher)
Janitors
Resignation: John Adams School
Elections :
High School Bicknell School
Rotating janitors
Francis X. Kelly
Elizabeth L. MacGregor
Clifford F. Danforth, M.D. John T. O'Neil, M.D.
Rotating janitor to Washington Rotating janitor to Hunt Rotating janitor to Adams & Humphrey
Myron N. Lee Joseph J. Lesenechal
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REVISED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF Effective September 1, 1953
Schedule
4 years
5 years Preparation
6 years
Periods
Steps
Preparation
Preparation
1
$2,800
$3,100
$3,400
2
2,900
3,200
3,500
A
3
3,000
3,300
3,600
4
3,150
3,450
3,750
5
3,300
3,600
3,900
B
6
3,450
3,750
4,050
7
3,600
3,900
4,200
8
3,750
4,050
4,350
C
9
3,900
4,200
4,500
10
4,050
4,350
4,650
11
4,200
4,500
4,800
D
12
4,350
4,650
4,950
13
4,500
4,800
5,100
E
During each period, A, B, C, D, one course of two credits must be taken.
INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL
Elementary Teachers
166
Junior High Teachers
53
High School Teachers
66
Supervisors and Special Teachers
16
School Nurses
4
Secretaries
5
310
IN MEMORIAM
EDWARD R. CORRIDAN
Janitor 1938 - 1953
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SUMMARY OF SCHOOL ENROLMENT (October 1 each year)
Year
High School
Vocational . School
Junior High
Elementary
Total
1943
1,193
146
3,113
4,452
1944
1,234
160
3,136
4,530
1945
1,205
153
3,259
4,617
1046
1,281
181
3,247
4,709
1947
1,242
211
3,381
4,834
1948
1,286
205
3,615
5,106
1949
1,261
212
3,851
5,324
1950
1,230
216
4,317
5,763
1951
1,109
239
1,060
3,897
6,305
1952
1,098
249
1,143
4,438
6,928
1953
1,206
222
1,305
4,844
7,577
HIGH SCHOOL ENROLMENT (As of October 1, 1953)
By Classes:
Boys
Girls
Total
Freshmen
144
124
268
Sophomores
167
212
379
Juniors
114
172
286
Seniors
102
168
270
Postgraduates and Unclassified
3
0
3
Total
530
676
1206
By Courses:
Freshmen
Sopho- mores
Juniors
Seniors
P. G. & Uncl.
Total
College
89
163
106
113
0
471
Business
0
174
141
120
0
435
General
165
29
30
32
3
259
Agriculture
14
13
9
5
0
41
Total
268
379
286
270
3
1206
Sources of Freshmen:
School
Number
Bicknell
99
Junior Annex
106
South Junior High
5
Others
43
Repeaters
15
268
308
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ENROLMENT (As of October 1, 1953)
X
XI
XII
G. I. and Special
Total
Auto Repair
31
12
10
0
53
Cabinetmaking
13
15
7
0
35
Carpentry
27
19
11
0
57
Printing
30
6
6
2
44
Sheet Metal
18
9
6
0
33
Total
119
61
40
2
222
JUNIOR HIGH ENROLMENT (As of October 1, 1953)
1
IX
VIII
VII
Total
Bicknell Junior High
106
128
234
Junior Annex
181
153
334
Hunt
108
108
South Junior High
244
189
196
629
Total
244
476
585
1,305
ELEMENTARY ENROLMENT (As of October 1, 1953)
V1
V
IV
III
II
I
Sp. Total
Bicknell
37
37
34
55
91
68
322
Athens
30
37
68
33
87
99
354
Elden H. Johnson
63
73
72
66
71
63
408
Abigail and John Adams
67
67
88
106
103
431
Jefferson
25
34
28
22
36
145
James Humphrey
129
136
35
31
48
62
441
Washington
32
36
44
42
60
214
Hunt
121
130
87
65
104
103
610
Homestead
34
35
27
52
74
63
285
Center
15
23
32
37
107
Pratt
61
46
74
62
81
82
406
Shaw
33
32
24
34
37
160
Edward B. Nevin
88
82
93
88
119
117
587
Pond
41
43
46
40
73
73
316
Junior Manual Arts
49
49
Exceptional Class
9
9
Total
671
709
720
699
984
1003
58
4844
309
SCHOOL CENSUS (As of October 1, 1953)
BOYS:
5-6 Years
7-13 Years
14-15 Years
Total
Ward I
89
728
225
1042
II
138
463
94
695
III
108
412
85
605
IV
107
440
90
637
V
100
437
89
626
Total
542
. 2480
583
3605
GIRLS:
Ward I
82
712
201
995
II
132
479
80
691
III
86
423
89
598
IV
91
344
67
502
V
115
384
91
590
Total
506
2342
528
3376
Grand Total
1048
4822
1111
6981
DISTRIBUTION OF ABOVE MINORS
Public Schools
851
4391
1019
6261
Private Schools
65
425
92
582
County and State Schools
0
0
0
0
Not Enrolled in
any School
132
6
0
138
Total
1048
4822
1111
6981
EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES
Total number of minors between the ages of 14 and 16 certified during 1953 for:
Boys
Girls
Total
Full-time Employment
2
0
2
Part-time Employment
41
18
59
Totals
43
18
61
EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES
Total number of minors between the ages of 16 and 21 certified for employment during 1953:
Boys
487
Girls 499
Total 986
-
310
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Absences investigated
781
Investigations for School Health Department 55
School discipline 18
Damage to school property investigations
9
Larceny cases investigated
6
Total
869
Court cases
6
Informal hearings
7
Cases turned over to School Health Department 42
Cases turned over to Probation Officer 20
Breaking and Entering and Larceny in the Nevin School and Weymouth High
4
Missing persons investigated
3
Check on transfer pupils
85
Committed to Metropolitan State Hospital
1
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
1
Committed to Middlesex Training School
1
Total 170
REPORT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Students examined by the school physicians, assisted by school nurses 2251
Exclusions recommended by the school nurses (because of indications of communicable disease) 192
Diphtheria immunization program (reinforcing or booster doses) :
Grades I and VI
693
High School
422
Hearing Acuity Tests :
Given in High School
658
Given in South Junior High School
382
Given in Junior Annex
124
Given in Elementary Schools
1409
Massachusetts' Vision Tests:
Given in High School
658
Given in South Junior High School
382
Given in Elementary Schools 1994
Tuberculosis Prevention Program:
High School Seniors X-rayed
300
Home Visits Made by School Nurses:
High School
189
Elementary Schools
278
Children Taken Home Because of Illness:
High School
240
Elementary Schools 278
Civilian Defense Blood Typing Program: Junior High Schools, High Schools
1651
311
REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC (Paid for by Board of Health) Mary A. Uracius, Dental Hygienist
Total patients
769
New patients
200
Fillings:
Amalgam:
One surface
743
Two surfaces
214
Three surfaces
28
Porcelain:
31
Cement:
One surface
70
Two surfaces
85
Three surfaces
2
Treatments:
Prophylaxis
144
Silver Nitrate
123
Zinc Oxide
34
Bases:
Zinc Oxide
24
Cement
169
Thymozin
10
Extractions:
Primary
95
Permanent
39
X-rays
102
Anesthesia:
Local
377
Patients completed
215
Patients examined
3286
Defect notices sent home
1333
Total clinic hours
393
COST OF EDUCATION For Current Day School Expenditures Per Pupil in Average Membership
School Year
Cost per Pupil
Weymouth Cost per Pupil
Amount Weymouth Cost Less Than State Average
1949-1950
$202.44
$184.88
$17.56
1950-1951
213.02
190.21
22.81
1951-1952
234.80
210.64
24.16
1952-1953
245.94
224.11
21.83
312
State Average
RECORD OF BIRTHS IN WEYMOUTH BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR A FOURTEEN-YEAR PERIOD, WITH A COMPARI. SON OF ACTUAL FIRST GRADE ENROLMENT ON OCTOBER 1, 1945 THROUGH 1953
Birth Years*
Entrance to
School
Athens, Bicknell
and Johnson Dist.
51
71
63
97
135
113
118
182
140
146
134
155
154
230
1st Grade Enrol.
119
135
119
168
174
160
152
251
230
Adams District
42
37
43
65
52
75
71
61
61
57
82
127
127
125
1st Grade Enrol.
42
43
43
69
53
73
105
104
103
Humphrey, Wash. and
Jefferson District
80
97
89
110
111
113
104
127
123
125
108
137
171
197
1st Grade Enrol.
69
80
88
110
90
118
103
126
158
Hunt and Cent. Dist. 1st Grade Enrol.
124
97
114
134
161
120
141
209
203
39
44
32
40
45
38
42
56
61
70
58
68
75
75
39
48
47
53
56
62
61
81
82
Shaw District 1st Grade Enrol.
16
28
20
19
28
22
16
34
31
39
44
26
26
34
15
28
30
27
26
27
19
27
37
Nevin District 1st Grade Enrol.
42
57
65
55
75
78
56
89
58
72
77
104
91
146
57
59
71
60
75
97
98
128
117
Pond District 1st Grade Enrol.
16
29
33
30
36
46
30
44
45
49
55
56
66
62
34
37
37
37
37
44
45
66
73
Total Births Total Enrolment
369
447
442
536
646
616
565
769
679
723
710
834
872
1065
499
527
549
658
672
701
724
992
1003
1939-40
Sept. 1945
Sept. 1946
Sept. 1947 1941-42
Sept. 1948 1942-43
Sept. 1949 1943-44
1944-45
1945-46
Sept. 1951
Sept. 1952
Sept. 1953
Sept. 1954
1949-50
Sept. 1955
1950-51
1951-52
Sept. 1957
1952-53
Sept. 1958
313
83
84
97
120
164
131
128
176
160
165
152
161
162
196
Pratt District 1st Grade Enrol.
*From April of one year through March of the next year; for example, the births in the first column cover the following period, April to December, 1939 and January to March, 1940. These children were eligible for entrance to school in September, 1945.
Sept. 1950
1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
Sept. 1956
1940-41
MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE (As of October 1, 1953)
Ages
21 &
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
over
Totals
Grade I
390
580
30
3
1003
Grade II
445
482
49
6
2
984
Grade III
239
391
50
16
3
699
Grade IV
256
398
46
18
1
1
720
Grade V
237
388
71
11
2
709
Grade VI
249
354
60
7
1
671
Grade VII
191
301
75
16
2
585
Grade VIII
168
239
52
15
2
476
Special (JMA)
1
3
11
8
7
8
5
4
2
49
Exceptional Class
1
2
2
1
1
2
9
Grade IX
1
164
242
90
14
1
512
Grade X
1
1
145
253
63
29
5
1
498
Grade XI
1
127
147
57
16
348
Grade XII
96
155
50
8
1
310
Postgraduates
2
1
3
Special
1
1
Total
390 1026
751
701
692
706
649
551
498
465
493
326
246
72
9
2
7577
1
314
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION FOR 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950 and 1949 EXPENDITURES
1953
Percentage
Classification
Expenditures
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
Administration
$ 38,724.20
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.4
2.1
Teachers' Salaries
1,111,554.38
62.8
64.5
64.7
61.8
61.4
Textbooks and Supplies
67,430.10
3.8
4.2
4.6
3.8
3.8
Instructional Expense
13,910.97
.8
.9
.7
.6
.7
Janitors' Salaries
105,855.30
6.0
6.3
6.0
5.8
5.9
Fuel
22,144.89
1.3
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.6
Light, Power, Water,
and Telephones
22,562.33
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.0
Janitors' Supplies
11,040.41
.6
.6
.5
.4
.5
Maintenance and Outlay
158,240.59
8.9
5.8
6.2
8.3
9.5
Health
15,746.14
.9
.8
.8
.9
1.0
Transportation of Pupils
69,709.84
3.9
3.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
Other Auxiliary Agencies
10,036.41
.6
.6
.5
.4
.3
Day Household Arts
.4
1.7
.7
Day Vocational
105,191.67
6.0
6.7
6.9
7.6
7.8
Class for Exceptional Children
5,198.77
.3
.3
.3
.
Evening Schools
8,076.62
.4
.4
.5
.5
.5
War Veterans' Retirement and Traveling Expense
3,693.04
.2
.2
.2
3
3
Total Expenditures
$1,769,115.66
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Total Instructional Salaries
$1,204,641.60
68.0
69.2
70.6
68.0
68.1
Total Non-Instructional Salaries
192,512.43
11.0
11.6
11.0
11.9
11.9
Total Department Salaries
$1,397,154.03
79.0
80.8
81.6
79.9
80.0
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S REPORT OF ATHLETIC ACCOUNTS January 1, 1953 - January 1, 1954
Operating Account
Balance on hand, January 1, 1953
$6.458.73
Receipts:
Admissions:
Football
$12,113.51
Basketball
1,356.00
Track and Cross Country
162.50
13,632.01
Miscellaneous :
South Junior High Athletics
58.02
Lost Equipment
6.00
64.02
$20,154.76
315
Expenditures :
Sport:
Football
$9,185.01
Basketball
1,559.47
Baseball
831.05
Track and Cross Country
999.45
12,574.98
Miscellaneous:
South Junior High Athletics
208.00
Awards
42.08
Dues and Meetings
79.75
Equipment
151.55
Medical Services
250.00
Printing
.97
732.35
13,307.33
On hand, January 1, 1954
*Invested by Town Treasurer
8,937.39
$15,784.82
*Money which was formerly in the Reserve Account and is now in control of the Town Treasurer
SUMMARY OF EXPENSE IN DIFFERENT SPORTS January 1, 1953 - January 1, 1954
Football Basketball Baseball
Track
Total
Equipment
$2,193.63
$223.20
$307.83
$316.29
$3,040.95
Guarantees
2,351.78
10.00
2,361.78
Cleaning and Repairing
1,463.25
7.20
93.83
88.77
1,653.05
Police
394.25
72.00
20.25
486.50
Service on Gates
288.00
224.00
512.00
Field Expense
282.55
8.25
290.80
Transportation & Meals
234.00
648.00
193.00
475.67
1,550.67
Officials
215.00
200.00
121.00
20.00
556.00
Ticket Refunds
25.70
25.70
Moving Pictures
224.64
7.00
231.64
Coaching and Scouting
340.70
340.70
Medical Services
976.99
76.50
5.50
6.00
1,064.99
Printing, Postage, etc.
162.04
18.77
5.44
11.80
198.05
Awards
82.80
94.45
52.42
229.67
Football Commissioner (Officials)
15.00
15.00
Insurance
17.48
17.48
$9,185.01
$1,559.47
$831.05
$999.45 $12,574.98
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6,847.43
CAFETERIAS WEYMOUTH HIGH AND SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Financial Statement for School Year 1952-1953
Balance on hand, September 1, 1952
$7,180.88
INCOME:
Total Sales
$67,891.61
Reimbursements (National School Lunch Program)
13,344.34
81,235.95
$88,416.83
EXPENDITURES:
Labor
$27,354.03
Food
48,571.36
Supplies
221.66
Repairs
321.76
Equipment
696.97
Miscellaneous
1,333.86
(Includes gas, telephone, express, carrying charges, on government commodities, cold storage, register
maintenance, paper supplies, postage, travel ex- pense, advertising)
78,499.64
Balance on hand, September 1, 1953
$9,917.19
SUMMARY
Balance on hand, September 1, 1953
$9,917.19
Balance on hand, September 1, 1952
7,180.88
Increase in Revolving Fund
$2,736.31
Inventory, September 1, 1953
$2,433.76
Inventory, September 1, 1952
3,361.58
Decrease in Inventory
927.82
Net Increase 1952-1953
$1,808.49
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REPORT OF THE GENERAL SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
TASKS
This Committee, authorized by the Special Town Meeting of Novem- ber 20, 1950, and further instructed by the Annual Town Meetings of March 5, 1952 and March 2, 1953, and the Special Town Meetings of October 1, 1951, June 23, 1952, October 27, 1952, and May 25, 1953, is presently charged with the accomplishment of five distinct tasks:
1. Expending the obligated balance of the $468,000.00 appropriated for the construction and equipping of the new nine-classroom "Homestead" elementary school.
2. Expending the obligated balance of the $415,000.00 appropriated for the construction and equipping of the six-classroom addition to the James Humphrey School.
3. Expending the obligated balance of the $239,800.00 appropriated for the construction and equipping of the six-classroom addition to the Edward B. Nevin School.
4. Expending the obligated balance of the $498,000.00 appropriated for the construction of an addition to and making the alterations necessary to convert the Bicknell elementary school to a complete junior high school, for the north area of the Town.
5. Expending the balance of the $188,170.00 appropriated for the con- struction and equipping of the five-classroom addition to the Pond School.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. The Homestead School was substantially completed in December, 1952.
2. The James Humphrey School addition was substantially com- pleted in the Spring of 1953.
3. The Edward B. Nevin School addition was substantially com- pleted in the Spring of 1953.
4. The conversion of the Bicknell School to a Junior High School was substantially completed in the Fall of 1953.
5. The Pond School addition is well under way, and it is anticipated that it will be completed during the late Spring of 1954.
CURRENT CONSIDERATIONS
The Committee's work is now mainly concerned with administra- tive details associated with the impending completion of the five contracts listed above.
Respectfully submitted,
GRAYDON L. ABBOTT, Chairman ELMER S. MAPES, Secretary BENJAMIN M. COWAN LOUIS A. DILLON FREDERICK J. O'NEAL WILLIAM F. SHIELDS FRED VALICENTI
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GRADUATION EXERCISES WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1953
Class Motto THE END SHALL BE NO BOUNDARY
Class Colors MAROON AND GOLD
Lieutenant Ralph Talbot Theatre Weymouth High School WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE THIRD Ten o'clock
CLASS OFFICERS
President
Edward Stewart Ferguson
Vice-President Secretary
Treasurer
Frank Svante Burgess Janet Anne Coveney Carol Ann Rossetti
CLASS MARSHALS
Roberta Millicent Spain Frank Gardner Hale, III
DANCE COMMITTEE Norman Wright, Chairman
James Atwood
Eleanor Durante
William Brooks
Richard Healey
Warren Brown
Priscilla Hollander
Jon Cazeault
Anita Kelly
Richard Choate
Claire LaMontagne
Ann Cleveland
George Draper
Carolyn Major Loretta Mariano
Roberta Spain
MOTTO COMMITTEE David Settele, Chairman
Glenn Allen
Dianne Fisher
James Atwood
Robert Fulton
Janet Bergfors Nancy Burns
Priscilla Hollander
Barbara Durkee
Carolyn Major Jean Marchant
Audrey Thayer
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PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL INVOCATION STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Rev. Walter F. Ribbe
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
Edward S. Ferguson, Class President
SELECTION "Knightsbridge" Coats
Weymouth High School Band
CHORUS "The Lord Is My Shepherd" Cain
HIGH HONOR ESSAY "The Decision Is Ours"
Janet G. Bergfors
SOLO "Concertino" Weber Russell H. Jack, Jr.
HIGH HONOR ESSAY "Education -The Key to the Future"
Sylvia Grant
SOLO "Sonata in F"
Corelli
Edwin C. Thayer
HIGH HONOR ESSAY "Progress"
Beatrice A. Noyes
CHORUS "The Halls of Ivy"
Russell-Knight
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS
Edward S. Ferguson
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Mr. George E. Lane Member of the School Committee
SCHOOL SONG "The Cross of Gray"
John Ghiorse-Norman Loud
BENEDICTION
Rev. John J. Donegan
CLASS BANQUET Wednesday Afternoon at six o'clock
BANQUET COMMITTEE
Janice Whitehouse, Chairman
Pauline Barker
Marie Guidice
Joan Bissett
Frank Hale
Frank Burgess
Dexter Koopman
Jon Cazeault
Marlene Lucas
Anna Comeau
Jean Marchant
Janet Coveney
Ann McKenna Barbara Natale
Stewart Ferguson
Nancy Finch
Beatrice Noyes
Carole Fitzgerald Barbara Glidden
Carol Rossetti Roberta Spain
Doris Wirtz
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GRADUATES
Joyce Elaine Abbott Donald Albert Abt Jane Susan Adams Barbara Mae Adamson Mary Anne Alerding Faith Audrey Allen Harlan Glenn Allen, Jr. Alice Ames Eleanor Joan Anderson
Sally Johanne Armour James Gilbert Atwood
June Priscilla Badger John Burton Bakish Ronald Thurl Barcelo, Jr. Pauline Helen Barker Edwin Wadsworth Barnard
Robert Irving Barnes Marilyn Betsy Barnicoat
Earl Stanley Bates
John Rufus Bates
Frank Anthony Belcastro
Ann Belcher
Constance Marie Bennett
Janet Grace Bergfors Joan Muriel Bissett Jean Alice Bowen
Joyce Ann Boyle Carol Hanson Bridge * Arnold Briggs
Joseph John Brooks, Jr. William Charles Brooks Warren Eugene Brown, Jr. William Henry Browne, Jr.
* Arthur Clifton Burgess Frank Svante Burgess Nancy Lincoln Burns Helen Jane Burt Janet Callahan James Richard Campbell Janice Barbara Cavallo Loretta Frances Cavallo Jon Tracy Cazeault Dorothy Elizabeth Chase Marguerite Shirley Chase Gertrude Louise Chella Andrew Michael Cignarella Mary Carolyn Cipullo Wayne Carl Clark Ann Caroline Cleveland Paul Vincent Coffey, Jr. Natalie Dorothea Colarusso Eleanor Marie Cole Anna Ophelia Comeau Anne Lorraine Corbo James William Cosgrove David Henry Cote Janet Anne Coveney
Marjorie Ann Crimmins Douglas Gilfillan Currier Janice Marie Daly
Priscilla Alden Darling Marcia Dell Davidson Elizabeth Lorraine Daw Francis Christopher Dellamano Marie Joan DeLorenzo Claire Rita Dennehy Robert Gilman Dickie
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