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At the Plymouth County Stenography and Typewriting Contest, which was held in Brockton during the spring, pupils of our commercial department took first prize in the com- petition of First Year Typing and third place in Second Year Stenography. Sixty-three per cent of the commercial seniors secured office positions, mostly in Boston, by com- petitive examination.
Two pupils of the art department received gold medals for posters in the Massachusetts "Be Kind to Animals" Poster Contest and honorable mention in the National Contest.
The work of the pupils in the music department has shown steady improvement. No phase of school life gives a greater opportunity to learn the fundamental lesson of cooperation. One or two individual stars cannot make a
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Report of High School Principal
glee club or an orchestra and one or two who insist on per- sonal liberties of pitch of tone or interpretation of tempo, etc., can mar the beauty of the product of the whole group of workers. The foundations of good musical clubs must of necessity be laid slowly. Five years ago in the schools of this Town there were not more than five or six pupils who played orchestral or band instruments. Today there are more than fifty, besides at least ten who have graduated in the last three years. These results are due in a large measure to the personal initiative and unstinted service of the music supervisor. We hope to be in a position to take some part in the next New England Conclave of School Bands and Orchestras which is held in Boston during May. We are pleased here to express our deep appreciation for the gift of a French horn from the Scituate Football Association.
Various social affairs and exhibits have given an oppor- tunity for the people of the Town to observe the type of work which is being done in the household arts department. We feel that pupils and instructors deserve much credit.
Manual training in the line of woodwork which was begun for the boys last year has developed very keen interest. The George F. Welch Company very generously offered space in the show windows of their store at Scituate Harbor where an exhibit of the work of this department was made late in January 1927. Considering the fact that the pupils in this line of work have had only eighty minutes of actual shop practice daily for one whole school year and four months of the present school year we feel that the results are very commendable. Computing the actual time of shop practice reveals the fact that these boys at the maximum have had not more than forty days of eight hours each. Much of that time last year was spent in fitting up the work shop in the basement, practically every stroke of the work being done by the students themselves.
The Class of 1926 was the largest ever graduated from the Scituate High School and had lost the smallest per- centage of members during the four years. Seventy-three per cent of the class has gone directly into office employment or is pursuing educational work in higher institutions. Two
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members passed college entrance examinations and entered college in September.
The following pupils were neither absent nor tardy during the year which ended June 1926: Alice Bragdon, Mary Neal, Gladys Wheeler, Thomas Davy, Roger Kenney, Lester Smith, Gertrude Wherity, Olga Bongarzone, Gertrude Jones, Ellen Mitchell. Fourteen other pupils were absent only one day. The percentage of attendance for the whole school during the year was ninety-five per cent. It is a suggestive fact that of the five hundred twenty-six total days of absence, two hundred fifty-six days are due to the careless attendance of only nine pupils, each one of whom has been retarded at least one year in promotions of the school work and all of whom would be classed as pupils who are making very little if any effort to do their work. It is significant that the average days absent for these nine pupils is practically twenty-nine days - nearly six school weeks - and for all the other pupils of the school less than three days absence per pupil for the whole year. In other words more than half of the absences from school were by these nine pupils.
As a group of teachers and pupils we are especially appreciative of your assurance that some immediate steps are to be taken to improve the high school heating plant. On especially cold mornings and after cold rains the temper- ature in most of the rooms is often as low as fifty degrees. This in spite of ten to fifteen pounds of steam pressure in the boilers. It seems reasonable to think that some thorough investigation would really be a good investment both in economy of health and fuel. For the present this is the one important physical improvement needed.
For the generous support of the school authorities, citizens in general, parents in particular and various organi- zations of the Town, pupils and teachers alike are very grateful.
Respectfully submitted,
L. A. MARTIN, Principal.
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Report of Supervisor of Music
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
Mr. H. C. Wingate,
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir: Public school instruction in music is growing by leaps and bounds because the general educator is becom- ing convinced of the ethical, cultural, social and recrea- tional value which music may contribute to the process of making youth into desirable citizens.
Where formerly it consisted mainly of singing, the field of public school music has branched with such rapidity into so many new phases that today while vocal music still properly holds first place, instrumental instruction, ensemble practice, orchestras, appreciation, etc., are regarded as essentials.
Scituate has kept pace with these new developments, adapting the work of larger schools to meet local conditions; and any child may now receive a general education in music in the schools of Scituate if he desires it.
We are now asking for a general higher level in all music classes, vocal and instrumental; in appreciation; expression through impression; in choruses, glee clubs and orchestras.
A plan is being prepared by the Art and Music Depart- ments to encourage creative work, thus providing the children with an additional association for the expression of musical ideas.
In response to a need voiced by normal schools all over the country we shall offer a special course to high school students preparing for normal, which will include voice training, rote-song teaching, sight reading, ear training, theory and elementary keyboard harmony. Many high schools are about to undertake this work, and Scituate is proud to be among the first.
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Report of Supervisor of Music
In building our departmental program we keep always in mind the test being applied now to all school subjects: "Does it function in the life of the child now, and is it of value to his future?"
Notwithstanding the amazing growth of the various phases of music in our Scituate schools, in my opinion its highest value as a school subject lies in this fact: that our children are unquestionably learning to appreciate their social and community responsibilities and obligations, and so, a true sense of the place of music as a community, social and home activity.
Respectfully submitted,
JEANNE BRADFORD, Supervisor of Music.
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Report of Supervisor of Art
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ART
Mr. H. C. Wingate,
Superintendent of Schools.
My dear Sir: In submitting my report for the year 1926 may I refer to my report of last year? In that diagram the subject matter and the various outlets for art work were set forth and the program outlined is again being carried out.
This year we are working for a greater understanding of the value of art work in general education, for an increased appreciation of nature, for an understanding of the place of art in history and in modern life.
The ability to choose, a power which can perhaps be more generally developed than the ability to create, is being brought out in all classes through a study of nature and of the work of professional artists, designers and skilled craftsmen.
In the grades two lessons a week are given, one being taught by the room teacher.
In high school two periods a week are given. Fifty-two are now registered in the different art classes. Outside and notebook work is required. Any student who intends to go to normal school is strongly urged to make drawing an elective, as drawing is required each year at normal school.
A course of the history of art, its place in industry, business and civics is advised for high school.
The following methods, as outlined in the State Syllabus on Art Education, are used in all classes.
1. Imitation. A method whereby the teacher demon- strates a method of expression and the class imitates.
2. Directed Observation. A method whereby the teacher directs the attention of the children to specific phases of the problem at hand, and by question, statement or illustration stimulates them to find out how to get the answers by themselves. The answers in turn followed by further questions help the children to criticize their own work intelligently.
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Report of Supervisor of Art
3. Directed Imagination. The teacher offers sugges- tions to help the children make use of their individual experiences to visualize the subject.
4. Creative Expression. A method offering oppor- tunity for and encouragement of spontaneous representation of symbolic and abstract or emotional ideas.
Until this year creative or individual expression has not been used to any great extent in our schools. At the Plymouth County Teachers' Convention this method was the topic given by Miss Amy Rachel Whittier, Head of the Teacher Training Department of the Massachusetts School of Art.
The Scituate Art Department was fortunate in having Miss Whittier visit the high school studio after the conven- tion. It may please you to learn of her interest in and her approval of our work here.
It was at Miss Whittier's suggestion that I experimented with the new method. Interesting visits were made to her classes at the School of Art.
Creative expression was the topic of the day at the recent State Art Supervisors' Conference held at the Massa- chusetts School of Art. The art instructor at Friend's Seminary, New York, gave a most interesting address illustrated by the work of her pupils in England and in New York.
It was my privilege at that conference to have a small part on the program and to show some of the work done in our schools. I have on record a letter from Mr. Royal B. Farnum, State Director of Art Education, congratulating the Art Department on its purpose and its remarkable results. The pupils are justly proud of their efforts.
Much credit is due the teachers for their splendid support of a new method.
This new method is of course added to the others and does not entirely replace them. The Art Department wel- comes interest in its work and is always glad to interpret its methods.
DORIS D. WARD,
Supervisor of Art.
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Report of Household Arts Department
REPORT OF HOUSEHOLD ARTS DEPARTMENT
OLIVE M. BARROWS, Principal ELLEN M. HOWE, Assistant
Mr. H. C. Wingate,
Superintendent of Schools.
My dear Sir:
This year there are three groups in the Household Arts Department, senior, sophomore and freshmen. This is the first time that there has been a senior group. Courses in dietetics and marketing as well as other advanced courses have been added for this group.
Each year the girls in the department have done some- thing towards changing the Household Arts building from a regulation schoolhouse into a place which has more nearly the atmosphere of a home. The girls themselves plan the improvements and do all the work and so receive the greatest benefit possible. According to this plan the dining room and bedroom have been decorated and furnished in previous years. This year the equipment is being collected for the infant care course. A life-size two months old doll has been purchased and a layette is in process of construction by the sophomore girls. The manual training department is con- structing a crib for which the girls will make blankets and sheets.
The preparation of the cafeteria lunch is not a part of the regular work of the course but is done (under the direc- tion of Miss Howe) by girls who are having or have had training in the department. The girls are paid for doing this work in their free periods. The cafeteria does not try to make money, - only to meet the expense of food and labor. Any reduction in the running expenses is passed on to the patrons through reduced prices or larger servings. The
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Report of Household Arts Department
twenty-cent lunch, for which the pupils may sign up in advance, has been found to work out very well. This includes one hearty hot dish, a sandwich, and one other dish such as dessert or salad. For those who do not wish this combination there are a variety of other dishes from which selections may be made.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVE M. BARROWS.
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Report of the Manual Training Department
REPORT OF THE MANUAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT
Mr. H. C. Wingate,
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir: The second year of Manual Training for boys at the Scituate High School finds an increase in the number of students attending and a much greater interest in the work being accomplished, due to a more intimate knowledge of the work and the benefits both practical and personal which result from it.
Two years ago the present Manual Training shop was a coal bin. The untiring efforts of Mr. Kruszyna and his classes transformed that coal bin into an attractive and usable shop. The latest equipment in tools, benches and other working materials are used.
Through the courtesy of the Welch Lumber Company we obtained the use of one of the large show windows for a special display of the work the students are doing in Manual Training. This review took place during the latter part of January. Projects of all sizes, art sketches, draw- ings and the like will demonstrate the need of Practical Arts in relation to academic education and the value to home and community.
What does Manual Training mean to a boy who intends to go to college and who is not going to make it a life work? That is one of the questions which we so often hear. In answering this let me quote twelve different reasons why Practical Arts aids and develops the physical and mental abilities of the boy both in and out of school. They are as follows:
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Report of the Manual Training Department
Fruits of Manual Training in Education
1. It keeps boys longer at school.
2. It awakens a lively interest in school, and invests dull subjects with new life.
3. It keeps boys out of mischief both in and out of school.
4. It gives boys with strong mechanical aptitudes, but who are slow of speech, an equal chance with boys with glib tongues and good memories.
5. Manual Training stimulates a love for truth, sim- plicity and intellectual honesty.
6. Correct notions of things, relations and forces, derived from actual personal experience, go far towards a comprehension of the language employed by others to express their thoughts and experiences.
7. Science and mathematics profit from a better understanding of forms, materials and processes, and from the readiness with which their principles may be illustrated.
8. It aids one who must choose his occupation.
9. It raises the standards of attainment in mechanical occupations and invests them with new dignity.
10. It increases the home making power of the average boy.
11. It adds to the efficiency of school work by making the school attractive.
12. It leads to intelligent citizenship.
Respectfully submitted,
R. F. RILEY, Instructor of Manual Training.
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Report of School Physician
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the School Committee, Scituate, Massachusetts:
The examination of the pupils of the Scituate schools has been along the lines previously adopted.
Special attention has been paid to the first eight grades. The examination of each pupil has included general appear- ance, height, weight, posture, and heart and lungs.
The results of the visits with the school nurse are as follows:
Number of pupils examined . 340
Defectives . 100
Underweight. 76
Contagious diseases :
Impetigo
10
Chicken pox . 16
Pediculosis 2
Scarlet fever 2
The number of defectives remain about the same from year to year; the reason for this is that the standard is higher and cases reported now would have been passed over a few years ago. Parents respond fairly well to suggestions, more so as they learn what we are trying to accomplish.
The general health has been good and with very little disease of a contagious nature.
The sanitary conditions of the various buildings maintain a very high average.
Respectfully submitted,
T. B. ALEXANDER, M.D., School Physician.
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Report of the School Dentist
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DENTIST
Superintendent of Schools, Scituate, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir: It gives me pleasure to submit to you the following report as a summary of work completed by me in the Hatherly and Jenkins Schools from January 1, 1926, to December 31, 1926.
Operations completed as follows:
208 silver nitrate treatments
12 root canal fillings
326 silver fillings
180 teeth extracted
108 enamel fillings
141 treatments
17 cement fillings
146 cleansings
JENKINS SCHOOL
Grade
Number of Pupils in Grade
Number Worked Number Worked for by School Dentist
for by Family Dentist
Completed at School Clinic
Incomplete
1
25
20
5
6
14
2
21
18
3
15
3
3
27
24
3
12
12
4
26
22
4
19
3
5
34
28
6
13
15
6
29
26
3
24
2
7
17
13
4
11
Q
8
23
21
2
17
4
-
202
179
30
117
55
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Report of the School Dentist
HATHERLY SCHOOL
Grade
Number of Pupils in Grade
Number Worked Number Worked for by Family Dentist for by School Dentist
Completed at School Clinic
Incomplete
1
25
22
3
21
1
2
29
26
3
22
4
3
12
9
3
9
0
4
21
18
3
17
1
5
24
20
4
11
9
6
16
14
2
11
3
7
26
23
3
20
3
8
18
14
4
10
4
171
146
25
121
25
Eighty-five per cent (85%) of the children have their work done at the School Dental Clinic.
The work in the schools has been expedited because of the generosity of the Nursing Service in purchasing new equipment for the Hatherly School. At the present time there is a complete equipment in both the Hatherly and Jenkins Schools.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK A. DERBY, D.M.D.
ยท
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Report of School Nurse
REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
Number of visits to schools . 352
(Included visits made with school physician)
Number of children inspected . 340
Number of inspections (sanitary) 50 Number of inspections (skin, scalp, hair, teeth, throat) 299
Number of children excluded during year 30
Impetigo . 10
Chicken pox 16
Pediculosis. 2
Scarlet fever . 2
Number of visits made to dental clinic 56
Number of children carried to physician 2
Number of children carried home ill . 25
Number of visits made to homes . 168
Number of children ten per cent underweight. 76
Number of underweight children gaining 50
Number still ten per cent underweight. 26
Number of children having defects to be corrected. . 106
Number of corrections made. 10
Again we wish to thank everyone connected with the schools, the children and the parents for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
DOROTHY RAYMOND, R.N. . ALICE M. GAFFNEY, R.N.
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Appendix - School Statistics
ENROLLMENT, MEMBERSHIP, ATTENDANCE
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1926
Total Enrollment
Average Membership
Per Cent of Attendance
Hatherly
Grade I.
25
20
86
Grades II, III .
28
26
90
Grades IV, V
38
34
93
Grade VI.
37
36
94
Grades VII, VIII
43
40
95
Totals .
171
156
91*
Jenkins :
Grade I
33
27
87
Grade II .
24
20
95
Grade III .
28
28
93
Grade IV
25
24
95
Grade V
30
27
95
Grade VI.
39
35
93
Grades VII, VIII
44
42
93
Totals
223
203
93*
Elementary School Totals.
394
359
92*
High School
123
118
9,5*
Grand Totals
517
477
93*
* Average.
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Appendix - School Statistics
MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES DECEMBER 1, 1926
Grades
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII VIII
IX
XIXI XII Totals
Hatherly
27
17
9 18 20 18 30
20
159
Jenkins.
55 24 19 30 24 25 35
19
231
High School
34 33 26 26 119
Totals
82 41 28 48 44 43 65
39 34 33 26 26 509
Increase
31
7
3
4
21
1151
74
Decrease .
12
30
3
45
Net Increase
29
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Appendix - School Statistics
ROLL OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1926
Name
School
Grade
MARY CRONIN
Jenkins II
JOSEPH CURRAN
Jenkins
VI
JULIA FITTS .
Jenkins III
WALTER JONES
Hatherly
VI
MARJORIE LITCHFIELD
. Hatherly
VIII
ARTHUR LOPES
Hatherly I
HARRIET POLAND
Hatherly
IV
MORRIS POLAND
Hatherly
VI
ARTHUR SPEAR
Jenkins
VII
HELEN SPEAR .
Jenkins
V
DOROTHY STUDLEY
Jenkins
V
BURCHILL SWEENEY
Jenkins
VI
MARY SWEENEY
Jenkins
V
LLOYD TURNER
Hatherly
V
ANN VINAL.
Jenkins
I
FRANK VINAL
Jenkins
VII
GEORGE VINAL.
Jenkins
IV
CARROLL VOLLMER
Jenkins
IV
GEORGE WARD
Jenkins
IV
OLGA BONGARZONE
High School
ALICE BRAGDON
High School
THOMAS DAVY.
High School.
GERTRUDE JONES
High School
ROGER KENNEY .
High School
ELLEN MITCHELL High School
MARY NEAL. High School
LESTER SMITH . . High School
GLADYS WHEELER
High School
GERTRUDE WHERITY
High School
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Appendix - Financial Statement
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1926
RECEIPTS
Appropriation $65,500 00
Dog tax . . 686 93
From Smith-Hughes Fund . 202 72
From Selectmen (Emergency Fund)
505 00
Total Receipts
$66,894 65
EXPENDITURES
School Committee:
Salaries (11/2 years)
$450 00
Expenses .
220 03
Superintendent:
Salary .
$1,419 44
Expenses
435 94
1,855 38
Truant Officer :
Salary .
$100 00
Expenses (taking census) .
125 00
225 00
Supervisors:
Salaries .
$2,962 50
2,962 50
High School:
Principal.
$2,600 00
Teachers
12,120 00
14,720 00
Elementary Schools:
Principals .
2)$3,590 00 (1785.
Teachers
15,149 43
18,739 43
$670 03
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Appendix - Financial Statement
Textbooks:
High .
$464 31
Elementary .
481 39
$945 70
Supplies :
High .
$967 81
Elementary
580 81
1,548 62
Janitors :
High .
$1,503 84
Elementary
2,000 96
3,504 80
Fuel:
High .
$1,126 29
Elementary
1,623 38
2,749 67
Miscellaneous Operating Expenses :
High .
$293 21
Elementary
556 42
849 63
Repairs :
High .
$1,240 03
Elementary .
1,765 89
3,005 92
Health .
1,627 19
Vocational
224 73
New Equipment .
771 83
Insurance.
1,380 48
Transportation .
11,108 00
Total Expenditures
$66,888 91
Unexpended Balance 5 74
$66,894 65
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Appendix - Graduation Exercises
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE CLASS OF 1926 SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL SATUIT THEATER MONDAY EVENING, JUNE TWENTY-FIRST Eight O'Clock
PROGRAM
TRIUMPH MARCH FROM "AIDA" Verdi
High School Orchestra
INVOCATION Rev. R. C. Raines
ESSAY "The Voice of the Liberty Bell" Anna Conant
MUSIC (a) "Song of the Timber Trail" Avery (b) "Pals of Mine" Greaton-Cole
Boys' Glee Club
ESSAY "Woodrow Wilson's Place in History"
Edward Driscoll
MUSIC (a) "Narcissus" Nevin
(b) "Mon-dah-min" Paul Bliss
Girls' Glee Club
ESSAY "Primaries or Conventions" Richard Wherity
ESSAY "Farewell Address" Hazel Eaton
MUSIC "Forest Dance" Targett
Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs
PRESENTATION OF SCITUATE WOMAN'S CLUB SCHOLARSHIP Mrs. Peter S. Somers, President
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Supt. H. C. Wingate
Note - Graduation parts assigned by vote of the class.
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Appendix - Graduating Class
GRADUATES
COLLEGE COURSE
Harriet M. Alexander
Edgar L. Hyland
Anna A. Conant
Sallie E. Murphy
James E. Driscoll
Helen M. Healy
John O. Prouty Helen L. Wilson
Richard J. Wherity
GENERAL COURSE
Claire C. McDermott Marguerite I. O'Hern
Louis Panetta
Lydia M. Stearns
Margaret Torrey
Wallace B. Torrey
COMMERCIAL COURSE
Hazel G. Eaton
Dorothy E. Hammond
Rose M. Hernan
Mary B. Mitchell
Bessie M. Monahan Catherine E. Murphy Mary L. Neal
Vivian S. Newcomb
Gladys L. Wheeler
Alice E. Bragdon Eleanor M. Cole Harold L. Dwyer Jean Lawson Ray F. Litchfield
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ANNUAL REPORT of the OFFICERS of the Town of Scituate MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31 1927
SATUIT
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Officers of the Town of Scituate
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1927
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PRINTED BY THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS, NORTH SCITUATE, MASS.
INDEX
PAGE
TOWN OFFICERS
5
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
9
ASSESSOR'S REPORT
11
PUBLIC WELFARE REPORT
15
AUDITOR'S REPORT
16
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
35
TREASURER'S REPORT
106
TRUST FUNDS REPORT
108
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
109
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
111
JUROR LIST
141
POLICE DEPARTMENT
143
FIRE DEPARTMENT
146
FOREST WARDEN .
149
BOARD OF HEALTH
150
Plumbing
151
Milk .
152
Slaughtering
153
NURSING SERVICE
154
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
157
PARK COMMISSION
159
TREE WARDEN
160
MOTH DEPARTMENT
161
TOWN FORESTRY COMMITTEE
162
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR . 163
SPECIAL ROAD COMMITTEE
164
LIBRARY
165
LIGHT COMMITTEE 166
PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
168
CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE
171
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Appendix
TOWN OF SCITUATE Incorporated 1636
Population 1925, 2,713 Sixteenth Congressional District First Councilor District
Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District Second Plymouth Representative District Income Tax Division, Norfolk-Plymouth District
Annual Town Meeting First Monday in March
Election of Officers Second Monday in March
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ERNEST REVERE SEAVERNS
Born in Scituate.
Died in Scituate October 1, 1927.
Age at death fifty-six years, twenty-two days.
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