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162.98
Ernest L. Sampson
223.39
Truman Sampson
100.62
Levi R. Sampson
160.58
Arthur S. Byrnes
108.64
Otis W. Lapham
104.19
Francis M. Robbins
107.10
Lemuel L. Swift
238.34
George W. Bradford
232.01
Grace D. Mooney
51.67
Amasa C. Sears
104.29
Mary Pratt
296.81
Henry W. Torrey
175.70
Lyndon P. Hubbard
109.66
Stephen Doten
130.61
Ellen D. Howard
189.87
Bramhall Fund
163.54
Thomas Jackson
107.75
Emma S. Hall
115.28
Douglas-Hodges
110.01
Churchill-Harlow
159.47
Benjamin & Bessie Weston
51.17
George Finney
102.97
Horace C. Whitten
103.14
Edward L. Robbins
227.81
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Henry Buhman
111.12
John Krins
112.65
Addie E. Douglas
105.74
Frederick M. Atwood
158.42
Ellis Whiting
126.70
Charles Rogers
87.82
Helen F. Hedge
258.56
Robert H. & Rebecca Barnes
143.34
Charles S. Purinton
349.35
Isaac H. Valler
100.47
Esther Hollis
464.76
Edward W. Baker
198.14
Elizabeth A. Howland
217.23
Harriet E. McFall
159.39
George E. Randall
160.55
James H. & James E. Clark lots
265.00
Eliza G. Hall
242.59
Emma W. Hedge
217.95
John Fratus
159.11
Mary E. Fuller
105.97
Thomas Pierce
161.04
Alfred L. Bartlett
210.21
Martha S. Brewster
117.96
Henry E. Maynard
106.72
Edward H. Thompson
109.01
Benjamin Drew
168.25
Mary McLeod
247.97
Catherine B. Morrison
108.00
Lucy C. Nelson
227.75
Philip Rudolph
109.73
Eugenia Lothrop
114.24
Lucia S. Griffin
109.00
Anna B. Humphrey
110.61
Mercie F. Morse
111.93
Anna M. Shepard
312.77
Martha A. Morton
107.17
Nellie E. McCloskey .
210.96
Johnson, Davee, May & Simmons
209.19
J. Sumner Wood
107.02
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Frank Quartz
233.07
Clarence W. Burgess
185.30
Emma F. Caldwell
305.14
Aaron Sampson
124.39
Robert Thom
104.95
Ella Bugbee Lee
107.74
Sophia P. Mawbey
104.62
Nathan S. Torrance
109.24
Anthony Atwood
239.73
Thelma Weston
260.03
Robert & Mary McKinnon
101.48
Charles G. Burgess
448.55
Sarah A. Bartlett
103.99
Elizabeth S. McHenry
104.79
Anna V. Robbins
105.02
Job Churchill
219.46
Job Churchill (Burial Hill)
264.21
Abner H. Harlow
269.01
Rufus Sampson
117.15
Phineas Wells
104.02
William B. Taylor
216.45
John F. Raymond
107.35
Oliver S. Holmes
160.17
William Sykes
105.62
Henry Armstrong
107.18
T. Allen Bagnell
226.20
Frank Rogers
115.17
William Hodgkins
161.17
Mary B. Shephard
159.21
Alexander A. Robbins
109.38
Chandler Holmes
101.29
Albert Lundgren
109.83
Ignatius F. Pierce
159.18
Lucy L. Hoxie
69.39
Harriet A. Shaw
111.38
Frank Ellis
158.20
Harriet A. Corey
133.00
John M. Kingsley
107.73
Helen H. Swanstrom
138.74
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Edward Millburn 106.79
Robert C. Swift
228.18
Edward G. Ellis
140.90
Emily E. Campbell
165.28
Charlotte A. & Winslow Bradford
219.91
John A. Spooner
107.85
Warren L. Rich
113.53
Harrison C. Beckman
1,188.33
Gladys J. Campbell
162.40
Alexander Wasson
105.26
William Sargent Holmes
223.66
Annie C. Stoddard
322.30
Gannett Fund
215.84
Caroline B. Warren
305.91
Alice B. Ball
54.50
Fannie T. Rowell
104.15
George Asa Whiting
104.60
George I. Hodgson
157.19
Rebecca B. Robbins
260.83
Lucia C. Freeman
218.99
William S. Robbins
596.51
Solomon E. Faunce
218.68
Hannah M. Jackson
102.76
Lydia G. Bradford
215.57
William Langford
249.47
William W. Brewster
328.83
Henry L. Sampson and Christiana R. Leland
326.64
Edwin L. Edes
547.52
Oliver Edes
540.96
Henry L. Stegmaier
207.83
George W. Bosworth
104.37
George H. Doten
134.12
Benjamin F. Raymond
107.88
Martha J. Clarke
104.34
Jessie F. B. Warren
209.64
Priscilla A. & Wm. H. Barrows
162.06
Eva Bartlett Watson
243.89
Martin F. Benson
81.95
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James Warren
169.82
George Edgar Smith
224.87
Charles B. Harlow
156.15
Adelbert L. Christie
218.68
Frances W. Harris
163.77
Charles T. Holmes
106.46
Myra W. Clark
219.00
Lillie M. Sherburne
104.77
Sarah H. Burr
109.28
Mary Cromwell
53.42
Abraham O. Brown
310.76
George Churchill
317.44
Judah Bartlett
105.41
Ellen E. Sanderson
219.31
Jacob Reidenbach
213.19
Laura E. Jones
106.21
Lewis Sampson
106.31
Clara F. Robinson
56.19
Faustina M. Holmes
72.25
Mary B. Lanman
162.46
Warren R. Surpluss
101.86
Sarah E. Manter
207.35
Lumb and Garside
176.85
William H. Osmond
107.96
Lloyd C. and May E. Gould
144.48
Annie Holmes
222.63
Mary Deane Keith
106.59
Edward W. Belcher
103.96
Leander M. Vaughn
103.35
James H. Chapman
159.13
Emma A. Osborne
155.96
Eri C. Oakes
217.21
Calvin T. Howland
103.72
Harry A. Holmes
213.13
George F. Howard
218.88
Lucy E. Frasier
110.01
Peter Schneider
105.42
Mary E. Estes
155.30
Emma L. Churchill
161.28
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Jennie F. Langford 202.83
George H. and Florence Blanchard
101.83
Wm. F. and Martha A. Doten
154.82
Charles Hellstrom
100.15
Elizabeth C. Coupe
211.18
Warren S. Bumpus and Nathaniel T. Clark
155.06
Robert A. Brown
520.95
David Brown
315.37
Fred A. Jenks
209.47
Robert R. Bartlett
159.13
Annie L. Jarvis
100.24
Tom Haigh
186.87
Julia M. Sampson
104.54
Stephen C. Nickerson
103.22
Carrie L. Frink
159.81
Mary E. Pierce
106.17
Julia A. Remington
104.03
Harriet J. Swan
108.60
Frederick Dittmar
178.78
Margaret M. Hill
159.02
Philip Dries
104.41
Isaac T. Holmes
549.06
Clara H. Hemmerly
102.56
James M. Cameron
157.70
James S. Clark
212.50
Robert B. Phillips
103.99
George H. Jackson
212.85
Catano Fratus
157.81
J. Hovey Harlow
150.40
Mary A. Sampson
100.41
Harriet E. Merriam
214.11
William S. Pratt
157.53
Henry P. Steidle
57.75
John Jordan
100.10
Mary E. Holmes
3.14
Alice L. Lanman
211.67
Deborah Whitaker
116.12
Helen P. Whiting
155.66
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Isabel H. Warren
316.46
Elijah H. Atwood
212.21
Wesley A. Kinzie
130.97
Helen M. Holmes
152.04
Jos. and Eliz. C. Holmes
313.94
Frank H. Lanman
103.11
Rogers-Hall
343.73
Sylvanus W. Rogers
139.35
Frederick H. Wilson
100.08
M. F. & J. B. McHenry
102.18
Alice D. Fuller
157.36
Nathaniel G. Lanman
101.26
Isabella T. Whitman
210.67
Thomas Shaw
156.74
Daniel W. Andrews
168.29
Lucy M. Sherman
154.22
Dexter H. Craig
208.32
Charles A. Bumpus
207.90
Minnie C. Caldwell
102.71
Nathaniel B. & Charles Ellis
210.43
Harriet Bisbee Beytes
156.78
Isaac T. Hall
111.22
Henry W. Barnes
207.44
William S. Kyle
210.54
Albert N. Fletcher
102.09
Charles A. Wheeler
101.15
Leidloff and Kunz
100.73
Flora L. Doten
311.88
Charles G. Welch
103.24
Jessie F. B. Warren
209.94
Charlotte E. Lovering
155.21
Samuel W. Holmes
126.76
Goodwin and Nelson
206.35
Henry F. Swift
105.41
John A. White
202.02
Dora J. Ford
205.53
Jessie M. Pepper
127.36
Alden S. Bartlett
150.48
William A. Pratt
208.73
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Jacob Ries 152.77 Lottie F. Dunton and Alice
L. Craig
206.43
Archie P. Eadie
206.72
Est. Frederick I. Rich
205.68
Charles H. Morey
204.66
Ephraim D. Bartlett
153.06
Arthur and Finette S. Robbins
101.76
John A. and Francis Harris
205.44
William A. Morton
100.52
Julia E. Bramhall
152.62
William Wallace Brewster
101.54
William C. Axford
154.39
Arrah B. Eddy
203.58
Palmer E. Presbrey
253.82
Hannah E. Phillips
154.53
Henry F. Holmes
204.17
Edmund Robbins
101.69
Jacob Atwood
103.02
Roswell Douglass
307.34
George F. and Jessie B. Haigh
225.45
Anna J. Butler
101.05
Bartlett and Kingman
304.55
Stillman R. Sampson
203.17
William E. Rogers
202.75
Chester E. Rogers
203.75
William W. Fraser
103.02
Fowler-Rice
150.53
Ezra F. Benson
203.03
Elizabeth Bradford
100.25
Alice H. Harlow
153.40
Jennie R. Simmons
153.40
Ethel H. Churchill
201.50
Alfred T. Swift
201.52
Arthur H. Luce
303.05
Abby Manter
200.55
Wm. G. and Thomas Russell
1,500.00
Louise McMurray and John Wood 100.00
G. Vernon Bennett 100.00
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Isabella G. Harris
150.00
Margaret B. Cole
125.00
Helen L. Willard
150.00
Franklin Sherman
200.00
Dora Walton Russell
75.00
William H. Morse
150.00
Anna Spooner
200.00
Charles A. Carlson
175.00
Russell lot
250.00
Beulah D. Harris
100.00
Total Plymouth Savings Bank $68,873.64
DEPOSITED IN BROCKTON SAVINGS BANK Charles E. Hinckley lot in Chiltonville Cemetery $1,000.00
DEPOSITED IN PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK, WORCESTER, MASS.
Abner and Charles H. Leonard 157.03
ST. JOSEPH'S CEMETERY FUND
Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank 100.00
DEPOSITED WITH STATE TREASURER Phoebe R. Clifford Fund 200.00
Total, Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$124,793.46
NATHANIEL MORTON PARK FUND Plymouth Savings Bank 2,000.00
MURDOCK POOR AND SCHOOL FUND Plymouth Savings Bank 730.00
FRANCIS LEBARON POOR FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank 675.00
Plymouth Five Cents Saving Bank
675.00
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CHARLES HOLMES POOR FUND Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 500.00
JULIA P. ROBINSON POOR FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 300.00
WARREN BURIAL HILL CEMETERY FUND Plymouth Savings Bank 1,115.67
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 165.27
MARCIA E. JACKSON GATES PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank
1,000.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
1,000.00
PLYMOUTH NATIONAL BANK STOCK INVESTMENT FUND
Plymouth National Bank Stock
2,000.00
RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS
Plymouth Savings Bank
$6,107.18
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bk. 4,917.58
Plymouth National Bank 866.03
Bonds owned
6,180.00
Cash in Treasurer's hands 242.82
18,313.61
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SCHEDULE J
BORROWING CAPACITY JAN. 1, 1940
Valuation for 1937, less abatements on $202,450.00 $21,164,525.00
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1937, less abatements 872,700.00
Valuation for 1938, less abatements on $205,650.00 21,277,525.00
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1938, less abatements 781,950.00
Valuation for 1939, less abatements on $177,975.00 21,368,375.00
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1939 less abatements 802,580.00
Average 3%
$66,267,655.00
22,089,200.00
662,675.00
Total Debt Incurred and
Outstanding $247,250.00
Less :
New High School
Loan $150,000.00
Water Loan
20,000.00
170,000.00
Total Outstanding Within Debt Limit 77,250.00
Borrowing Capacity, January 1, 1940
$585,425.00
Percentage of Bonded Debt to Valuation, 1.1%
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APPROPRIATIONS ON WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 23, 1940
Selectmen's Department $4,920.00
Accounting Department 3,450.00
Treasury Department
3,125.00
Tax Collector's Department
4,000.00
Assessors' Department
6,700.00
Law Department
1,500.00
Town Clerk's Department
1,600.00
Engineering Department
900.00
Planning Board
200.00
Election and Registration
3,200.00
Maintenance of Town House
2,010.00
Maintenance of Town Hall
6,000.00
Police Department
34,662.50
Fire Department
46,645.00
Inspection of Buildings
160.00
Sealing Weights and Measures
1,650.00
Moth Suppression
5,250.00
Tree Warden's Department
2,750.00
Forest Warden's Department
3,246.00
Inland Fisheries
300.00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance
11,251.29
Health Department
18,300.00
Piggery Maint. and Garbage Collection
8,274.00
Inspector of Animals
250.00
Public Sanitaries
2,263.50
Sewers
2,500.00
Street Cleaning
4,000.00
Roads and Bridges
40,000.00
Highway Construction and Reconstruction
18,250.00
Hard-Surfacing Street's
4,500.00
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Gurnet Bridge Tax
1,934.22
Sidewalks
5,000.00
Granolithic Sidewalks and Curbing
2,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
20,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal (1939 Overdraft)
87.65
Street Sprinkling
2,000.00
Street Lighting
20,000.00
Traffic Lights
300.00
Harbor Master .
150.00
Public Welfare Department
87,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
16,000.00
Old Age Assistance
76,500.00
Soldiers' Benefits
14,000.00
School Department
223,000.00
Park Department
12,132.62
Pensions for Town Laborers
2,102.00
Contributory Retirement System- Pension Fund
13,643.70
Expense Fund
200.00
Insurance of Town Property
3,550.00
Sexton
200.00
Miscellaneous Account
2,775.00
Water Department Maintenance
25,000.00
Water Department Construction
6,000.00
Water Department, Truck Replacement
700.00
Town Wharf Maintenance
936.00
Town Forest Maintenance
1,000.00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemetery
10,000.00
Burial Hill Cemetery
1,500.00
Burial Hill, for Preservation of Old Headstones
200.00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and South Pond Cemeteries
800.00
Town Debt and Interest
49,500.00
Total of Article 6
$840,568.48
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Art.
7. Plymouth Public Library (In- cluding Dog Tax $1,809.97)
*$8,850.00
Art. 8. Plymouth Public Library, Loring Library 3,500.00
Art. 9. Manomet Public Library
1,000.00
Art. 10. Memorial Day
400.00
Art.
11.
Armistice Day
250.00
Art. 12. July Fourth
500.00
Art. 13. Old Home Day, November 28 200.00
Art. 14. Pilgrims Progress
100.00
Art. 15. Rifle Range Expenses
400.00
Art. 16. Diesel Engine and Pump for Water Dept. 7,250.00
Art. 17. Vehicle Test Tank for Sealer of Weights and Measures 350.00
Art. 18. New Car for Sealer of W and M. 600.00
Art. 19. New Truck for Highway Department 1,050.00
Art. 20. New Grader for Highway Department 4,500.00
Art. 21. Road Scraper for Park Depart- ment (Including $200 from Insurance) *350.00
Art. 22. Aerial Ladder Truck for Fire Dept. (Including $9,000 from Loan) *14,500.00
Art. 23. New Toilet System at Cornish School 4,500.00
Art. 24. Mosquito Control Works 500.00
Art. 25. Shellfish Cultivation, Propagation and Protection 1,450.00
Art. 26.
Plymouth County Aid to Agri-
culture
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Art. 27. Maintenance of Federal Furnace Road, in conjunction with State Dept. of Public Works and Plymouth County
1,500.00
Art. 28. Unemployment Relief, W. P. A.
Art. 31. District Nurses
60,000.00 2,000.00
Art. 32.
Advertising the Town's Resources, Advantages and Attractions (Conditional on Donation of Like Amount) 1,100.00
Art. 33. Purchase of Land at foot of Mar- ket Street for Park Purposes 300.00
Art. 35. New Fence for Veterans Field 1,000.00
Art. 36. Repairs at Town Wharf
1,200.00
Art. 37.
Purchase of Land for Addition to Cemetery (From Receipts from Sale of Cemetery Lots) *2,500.00
Art. 38. Improvement of Addition to Cem- etery (From Receipts from Sale of Cemetery Lots) *500.00
Art. 43. Nick's Rock Road, for Acquiring Titles 100.00
Art. 44. Beaver Dam Road, for Acquiring Titles 100.00
Art. 45. Hall Street, for Acquiring Titles 100.00
Art. 46. John Alden Road, for Acquiring Titles 100.00
Art. 47. Warrendale Road, for Acquiring Titles 100.00
Art. 48.
Art. 50.
Cotton Street, for Asquiring Titles 100.00 Riprap for Breakwater at War- ren's Cove (In conjunction with the State Dept. of Public Works and abutting land owners.) 3,000.00
Art. 55. Land for Public Dump
950.00
Art. 56. Economic Study of the Town 1,000.00
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Art. 59. Markers for Historical Points 200.00
Art. 66. Medical Clinic
5,000.00
Art. 69. Improvement of Plymouth Harbor, in addition to $5,000. appropri- ated in 1939 .. (All to be ex- pended only in conjunction with State and Federal funds, as pro- vided in the article.)
15,000.00
Total of Special Articles
$146,100.00
Total of Article 6, 840,568.48
Total of Warrant 986,668.48
(*) $14,009.97 of the total of special articles, (items or parts of same marked with * in above list) from other sources than the tax levy.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Dr. E. Harold Donovan, Chairman
Term Expires 1942
Fannie T. Rowell, Secretary
1942
J. Frankland Miller
1941
Harry W. Burns
1941
David A. Cappannari
1940
Dr. William E. Curtin
1940
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OFFICE HOURS
Office open from 8:00 a. m. to 12:00 m., and 1:00 to 4:30 p. m. every school day. Saturdays: 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. It would be advisable to make special appoint- ments with the superintendent.
Vacations and summer schedul : 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. and 1:00 to 4:00 p. m. Saturdays: 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1940
Winter Term-Tuesday, January 2-Friday, April 12. Recess : February 19-23.
Spring Term-Monday, April 22-Friday, June 21. Holiday: Thursday, May 30.
Fall Term-Wednesday, September 4-Friday, Dec. 20. Holidays :
Friday, October 25- Teachers' Convention.
Monday, November 11-Armistice Day.
Wednesday-Friday, November 27-29-Thanksgiving.
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS 2-2 on Fire Alarm Code
7.05-No school for Junior and Senior High Schools.
8.15-No morning session for Grades 1 to VI inclusive.
11.15-One session for Grades I to VI inclusive, schools closing at 12.30.
12.30-No afternoon session for Grades I to VI inclusive.
The radio station WEEI will broadcast the no school signal at or just after 7.00 a.m. and again at about 7.40 a.m.
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FINANCIAL REPORT
RECEIPTS
Appropriation March 1939
$225,000.00
Trust Fund 11.03
$225,011.03
PAYMENTS
General Expenses
$7,535.64
Teachers' Salaries
151,476.37
Americanization Salaries
1,996.00
Text Books and Supplies
9,336.57
Transportation
17,526.30
Tuition
1,286.20
State Vocational Education
173.74
Janitors' Services
11,364.26
Fuel, Light and Gas
7,832.05
Repairs and Maintenance
8,802.34
Furniture and Furnishings
269.15
Diplomas and Graduation
202.97
Rent of Memorial Hall
270.00
Medical Inspection
6,937.81
$225,009.40
Unexpended balance . 1.63
REIMBURSEMENTS
From the State for :
Teachers' Salaries
$18,608.30
Americanization
1,080.00
Vocational Household Arts
1,015.20
State and City Wards
1,196.48
Town of Plympton-tuition
1,901.55
Town of Carver-tuition
1,217.64
Miscellaneous Receipts
510.76
$25,529.93
State Aid for Household Arts due : $930.56.
Note: The actual cost to the town for current expenses of the schools was $199,479.47.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR 1940
General Expenses-
Superintendent's Salary
$4.500.00
Clerk and substitute
1,475.00
Supervisor of attendance
600.00
Stationery, Postage, Printing
325.00
Telephone
110.00
Travel expense in state
75.00
Automobile expense
250.00
School census
125.00
Care of furnace and cleaning
160.00
Office supplies
25.00
$7,645.00
Teachers' Salaries-
*Day
$148,600.00
Americanization
2,000.00
Summer School
350.00
$150,950.00
Text Books and Supplies-
*Text and Reference Books
$3,500.00
* Paper, Blank Books Manual training supplies
4,000.00
900.00
*Domestic science supplies
700.00
Athletic supplies
200.00
Typewriters and supplies
500.00
$9,800.00
Transportation-
Pupils
$17,500.00
Teachers
150.00
$17,650.00
Tuition-
Out of Town
$1,500.00
State Vocational Education
300.00
$1,800.00
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Janitors' Services
*Day Americanization
$11,100.00
100.00
Watchman, July 4th.
50.00
$11,250.00
Fuel and Light-
*Coal and Wood
$5,600.00
*Gas and Electricity
2,200.00
$7,800.00
Maintenance-
Building Supervisor's Salary
$2,200.00
General Repairs
4,000.00
Flags and flagstaffs
50.00
Janitors' supplies
1,000.00
Telephones
375.00
Ashes etc. removed
100.00
$7,725.00
Furniture and Furnishings-
Desks and chairs
$100.00
Window shades
100.00
Other equipment
500.00
$700.00
Rent of Memorial Hall
280.00
Diplomas and Graduation
200.00
Medical Inspection-
Physician
$1,800.00
Nurse and Assistant
2,600.00
Dental Hygienist
1,600.00
Dental Clinic
750.00
Medical supplies
150.00
Nurse's car expense
300.00
$7,200.00
** $223,000.00
Total
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*Includes provision for state-aided vocational house- hold arts.
** Includes the return of the voluntary contribution of the school employees from Jan. 1, to April 1, 1940.
STATE-AIDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (George-Deen Funds for Pottery Instruction)
Receipts-
Cash from State
$824.00
Balance from 1938
76.00
$900.00
Payments-
Salary of Pottery Instructor
864.00
Balance
$36.00
STATE-AIDED HOUSEHOLD ARTS
Receipts-
Cash from State
$195.28
Payments :- Travel
23.50
Balance $171.78
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
At the adjourned town meeting on April 13 an unex- pected reduction of $22,950 was voted, which necessitated radical reductions in salaries and in the rorganization of the system as explained in the report of the superinten- dent of schools. The reductions in salaries and elimina- tion of nine teachers were in no sense a reflection upon the efficiency of those involved but due to the necessity of keeping within the budget. The consolidation of schools was deemed undesirable from many points of view. The effects, however, will be carefully studied during the en- suing year.
The major expenses for maintenance during the year were as follows: heating repairs $967.15 (including two new sections in the boiler at the Hedge School), plumbing $410.76 (including replacement of water pipe filled with scale at Cornish School), painting and calsomining $1,328, building repairs $1,165.21 (including $865 for repointing of east wall of the high school building) .
The east wall of the new High School building had de- veloped some bad leaks due apparently to failure to follow specifications in full. According to the terms of the orig- inal contract with the D'Amore Construction Company who constructed the building, the town has a legal claim against the company for the money expended for repairs due to defective workmanship. There is also a bond against water coming into the building from any exterior surface. One-half the cost of repointing the east wall was paid in December. Funds for the other half were retained until the work has proven satisfactory.
The committee feel it for the best interests of the town to encourage adult education, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the Philharmonic Orchestra or other musical organizations which contribute to the general betterment of the town and the W. P. A. recreational groups in their use of the
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gymnasium. While these activities add to the cost of heat and light, the increase is small in comparison with the benefits derived.
E. HAROLD DONOVAN, Chairman FANNIE T. ROWELL, Secretary WILLIAM E .CURTIN J. FRANKLAND MILLER DAVID A. CAPPANNARI HARRY W. BURNS
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ANNUAL REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee :
I herewith submit my fourteenth annual report as Superintendent of Plymouth Schools.
The past year has been the most difficult to administer for many years, due to the radical reduction in the budget voted at the annual town meeting. Drastic reductions made in March are exceedingly serious because plans for the school year are determined in the previous September and carry through June. The teachers have been elected at stated salaries and the general organization of classes and grades fixed. No radical change can be effected until the September following the town meeting and thus for only a third of the calendar year. Faced with the necessity of making a reduction of $22,950 in the budget, the following steps were taken to meet the situation. The amount stated in each case is approximate.
1. Voluntary Contributions of Salaries Made a Reduc- tion of $8900.
All teachers, janitors and other departmental employees receiving over $1000 offered a voluntary contribution of 71% per cent effective May 1. Teachers with legal con- tracts through the school year as well as those on tenure made this voluntary contribution which was accepted by the school Committee. The salaries of the superintendent, principal of the Senior High School, assistant principal, and building supervisor were reduced from $200 to $400 in addition, effective September 1. Auto allowances for the special supervisors and superintendent were drastically cut or eliminated entirely, although similar allowances were continued in full in other town departments.
2. Consolidation of Schools in September Reduced Costs $3965.
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a. The consolidation of the Hedge and Knapp schools eliminated the cost of two teachers, a janitor, heat and light, amounting to $2,075. The sub-primary training and special class were discontinued.
b. The closing of the Oak Street School and the trans- fer of its pupils to the Cornish and Burton schools elimin- ated two teachers, a part-time janitor, heat and light, amounting to $740.
3. Changes in Special Fields and at the Junior High School Reduced Costs $2,200.
Four teachers were dropped owing to
1-Smaller pupil enrollment in grade seven.
2-Return from the six-hour school day with super- vised study to the five-hour day with less super- vised study and more home work.
3-Sewing in the sixth grade was dropped as well as the program of supervision of physical education in all the elementary grades; hence, no program for correction of physical defects through care- fully planned exercises.
4-The instruction in instrumental and vocal music was radically reduced and the special teacher dropped.
4. Cost of Supplies was Reduced $2,675 as follows:
1-Laundering of gym towels $475.
2-Athletic supplies $500.
3-Text books and supplies $1,700.
5. Summer School was not opened, saving $400
6. Changes in personnel reduced costs $1,800.
The several teachers and principals who resigned were replaced at lower salaries. In promoting the vice principal to the principalship of the high school, the former position was discontinued.
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7. Salary increments.
A decrease in automatic salary increments and in the use of substitute teachers made a reduction of about $700.
8. Transportation.
Transportation of special teachers and pupils was de- creased $575, while less pupils at Bourne and Duxbury made a reduction in tuition of $450.
9. W. P. A.
Upon the death of Miss Helen R. Burgess, who had sup- ervised the W. P. A. Nutrition Project, the entire cost of the management and operation was taken over by the W. P. A. authorities, saving $360.
10. Decreases in Rent.
Decrease in the rent of Memorial Hall and American- ization and other minor items amounted to $800.
Effects of the Above Changes
1. The closing of the Knapp School necessitated the discontinuance of the sub-primary and special class which were doing very effective work, the one in preparing pupils for grade one and the other in providing more in- dividual help for seriously retarded pupils. The lack of the sub-primary training will be a serious loss, the effects of which will not be felt until next year and will require detailed study.
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