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Henry L. Stegmaier
209.21
George W. Bosworth
104.63
George H. Doten
132.64
Benjamin F. Raymond
109.40
Martha J. Clarke
104.03
Jessie F. B. Warren
213.08
Priscilla A. & William H. Barrows
162.20
Eva Bartlett Watson
238.18
Martin F. Benson
82.12
James Warren
170.29
George Edgar Smith
216.20
Charles B. Harlow
155.86
Adelbert L. Christie
219.37
Frances W. Harris
164.41
Charles T. Holmes
106.17
Myra W. Clark
219.87
Lillie M. Sherbourne
105.19
Sarah H. Burr
108.40
Mary Cromwell
53.73
Abraham O. Brown
313.24
George Churchill
311.57
Judah Bartlett
105.70
Ellen E. Sanderson
216.12
Jacob Reidenbach
213.16
Laura E. Jones
107.68
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Lewis Sampson
107.36
Clara F. Robinson
56.12
Faustina M. Holmes
70.98
Mary B. Lanman
163.18
Warren R. Surpluss
101.91
Sarah E. Manter
210.01
Lumb & Garside
177.14
William H. Osmond
109.34
Lloyd C. & May E. Gould
142.35
Annie Holmes
225.61
Mary Deane Keith
107.50
Edward W. Belcher
104.21
Leander M. Vaughn
103.96
James H. Chapman
161.06
Emma A. Osborne
157.50
Eri C. Oakes
215.98
Calvin T. Howland
104.35
Harry A. Holmes
216.27
George F. Howard
218.20
Lucy E. Frasier
109.45
Peter Schneider
106.46
Mary E. Estes
156.39
Emma L. Churchill
162.99
Jennie F. Langford
201.94
George H. & Florence Blanchard
102.40
William F. & Martha A. Doten
155.49
Charles Hellstrom
100.17
Elizabeth C. Coupe
212.96
Warren S. Bumpus & Nathaniel T. Clark
155.58
Robert A. Brown
524.32
David Brown
317.28
Fred A. Jenks
211.76
Robert R. Bartlett
159.49
Annie L. Jarvis
100.26
Tom Haigh
183.91
Julia M. Sampson
105.39
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Stephen C. Nickerson
103.83
Carrie L. Frink
160.60
Mary E. Pierce
. 107.50
Julia A. Remington
104.44
Harriet J. Swan
109.42
Frederick Dittmar
184.17
Margaret M. Hill
159.66
Philip Dries .
105.68
Isaac T. Holmes
548.95
Clara H. Hemmerly
103.20
James M. Cameron
159.88
James S. Clark
213.88
Robert B. Phillips
104.39
George H. Jackson
214.97
Catano Fratus
157.08
J. Hovey Harlow
150.43
Mary A. Sampson
100.55
Harriet E. Merriam
214.11
William S. Pratt
158.68
Henry P. Steidle
58.18
John Jordan
100.12
Mary E. Holmes
.79
Alice L. Lanman
212.73
Deborah Whitaker
119.62
Helen P. Whiting
156.90
Isabel H. Warren
315.41
Elijah H. Atwood
212.47
Wesley A. Kinzie
132.45
Helen M. Holmes
151.63
Joseph & Elizabeth C. Holmes
316.54
Frank H. Lanman
103.77
Rogers-Hall
347.26
Sylvanus W. Rogers
138.24
Frederick H. Wilson
100.10
M. F. & J. B. McHenry
103.11
Alice D. Fuller
158.81
Nathaniel G. Lanman
101.43
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Isabella T. Whitman
208.28
Thomas Shaw
159.17
Daniel W. Andrews
173.36
Lucy M. Sherman
156.72
Dexter H. Craig
209.86
Charles A. Bumpus
211.02
Minnie C. Caldwell
104.37
Nathaniel B. & Charles Ellis
209.36
Harriet Bisbee Beytes
159.51
Isaac T. Hall
114.57
Henry W. Barnes
208.82
William S. Kyle
213.87
Albert N. Fletcher
102.29
Charles A. Wheeler
102.08
Leidloff & Kunz
100.46
Flora L. Doten
313.81
Charles G. Welch
103.85
Jessie F. B. Warren
212.83
Charlotte E. Lovering
158.32
Samuel W. Holmes
127.84
Goodwin & Nelson
209.42
Henry F. Swift
108.58
John A. White
203.53
Dora J. Ford
208.85
Jessie M. Pepper
127.76
Alden S. Bartlett
150.51
William A. Pratt
213.02
Jacob Ries
154.65
Lottie F. Dunton & Alice L. Craig
209.78
Archie P. Eadie
210.37
Est. Frederick I. Rich
207.85
Charles H. Morey
207.67
Ephraim D. Bartlett
154.96
Arthur & Finette S. Robbins
103.10
John A. & Francis Harris
209.06
William A. Morton
101.05
Julia E. Bramhall
154.33
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William Wallace Brewster
103.46
Willam C. Axford
156.31
Arrah B. Eddy
207.27
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Palmer E. Presbrey
257.75
Hannah E. Phillips
156.84
Henry F. Holmes
207.61
Edmund Robbins
102.45
Jacob Atwood
103.75
Roswell Douglass
316.62
George F. & Jessie B. Haigh
227.37
Anna J. Butler
101.37
Bartlett & Kingman
310.45
Stillman R. Sampson
209.31
William E. Rogers
206.71
Chester E. Rogers
207.44
William W. Fraser
106.13
Fowler-Rice
150.56
Ezra F. Benson
205.72
Elizabeth Bradford
100.25
Alice H. Harlow
158.03
Jennie R. Simmons
158.03
Ethel H. Churchill
204.56
Alfred T. Swift
204.60
Arthur H. Luce
309.63
Abby Manter
203.58
William G. & Thomas Russell
1,522.89
Louise McMurray & John Wood
100.02
G. Vernon Bennett
100.87
Isabella G. Harris
152.23
Margaret B. Cole
127.04
Helen L. Willard
153.53
Franklin Sherman
203.47
Dora Walton Russell
76.69
William H. Morse
150.52
Anna Spooner
203.52
Charles A. Carlson
175.18
Russell lot
251.30
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Beulah D. Harris
100.00
New Funds Established in 1940:
Lewis Weston
150.00
Elizabeth J. Hildreth
200.00
James H. D. Sanderson
200.00
Will C. Snell
250.00
Lewis and Annie A. Morton
105.00
John F. Lovell
150.00
Abbie P. Shaw
100.00
Arthur L. Morse
200.00
George R. Pierce
150.00
Howard M. Douglas
150.00
Rev. Ivory Hovey
100.00
Frances E. Hovey
100.00
Francis Burgess
200.00
Elide F. & Gladys L. Antoniotti
100.00
John Russell
300.00
Total Plymouth Savings Bank
$71,131.17
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DEPOSITED IN BROCKTON SAVINGS BANK Charles E. Hinckley lot in Chiltonville Cemetery $1,000.00
DEPOSITED IN PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK, WORCESTER, MASS.
Abner & Charles H. Leonard 156.40
ST. JOSEPH'S CEMETERY FUND
Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank 101.50
DEPOSITED WITH STATE TREASURER Phoebe R. Clifford Fund 200.00
Total, Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $127.515.41 NATHANIEL MORTON PARK FUND Plymouth Savings Bank 2,000.00
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MURDOCK POOR AND SCHOOL FUND Plymouth Savings Bank 730.00
FRANCIS LeBARON POOR FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank 675.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 675.00
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 1,124.53
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
169.42
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 $5,283.97
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 3,436.62
Plymouth National Bank 1,374.76
U. S. Govt. Bonds owned
1,084.30
Other Bonds owned 8,237.17
Bank Stock owned 5,000.00
$24,416.82
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SCHEDULE J
BORROWING CAPACITY, JAN. 1, 1941
Valuation for 1938, less abatements on $229,950 $21,253,225.00
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1938, less abatements 777,850.00
Valuation for 1939, less abatements on $267,175 21,279,175.00
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1939, less abatements 800,770.00
Valuation for 1940, less abatements on $308,275 21,411,625.00
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1940 less abatements 899,890.00
$66,422,535.00
Average 3%
22,140,845.00 664,225.00
Total Debt Incurred and
Outstanding $214,000.00
Less:
New High School
Loan
$137,000.00
Water Loan
10,000.00
147,000.00
Total Debt Within Debt Limit, 67,000.00
Borrowing Capacity, January 1, 1941
$597,225.00
Percentage of Bonded Debt to Valuation, 0.9%.
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APPROPRIATION ON WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 22, 1941
Salaries or Personal Services
Other Expenses
Selectmen's Dept.
$3,907.00
$950.00
Accounting Dept.
3,280.00
300.00
Treasury Dept
2,471.00
879.00
Tax Collector's Dept.
3,300.00
1,500.00
Assessors' Dept.
6,356.60
343.40
Law Department
1,300.00
200.00
Town Clerk's Dept.
2,471.00
127.00
Engineering Dept.
850.00
50.00
Planning Board
150.00
50.00
Election and Registration
1,150.00
650.00
Maint. of Town House
800.00
1,505.00
Maint. of Town Hall
3,120.00
3,885.00
Police Dept.
31,957.67
5,005.00
Police Dept., Replace 2 Cars
1,000.00
Fire Dept.
38,747.00
7,620.00
Inspection of Buildings
156.00
29.00
Sealing Weights and Measures
1,400.00
200.00
Moth Suppression
1,400.00
4,200.00
Tree Warden's Dept.
680.00
2,320.00
Forest Warden's Dept.
800.00
1,201.00
Forest Warden's Dept., Forest Fire Payrolls
1,800.00
Inland Fisheries
300.00
Plymouth County Hospital Maint.
12,745.60
Health Dept.
6,216.00
12,446.20
Piggery Maint. and Garbage Collection
442.00
7,542.60
New Chassis for Garbage Truck
1,570.00
Inspector of Animals
350.00
Public Sanitaries
2,135.00
300.00
Sewers
3,150.00
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Salaries or Personal Services
Other Expenses 4,800.00
Street Cleaning
Roads and Bridges
5,360.00
38,140.00
Repairs to Highway Garage and Office
850.00
Repairs to Town Barn (In rear
of Infirmary)
600.00
Highway Construction and Re- construction
19,500.00
Hard Surfacing Streets
4,725.00
Gurnet Bridge Tax
909.94
Sidewalks
5,150.00
Granolithic Sidewalks and Curbing
1,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
10,600.00
Street Sprinkling
2,200.00
Street Lighting
20,500.00
Traffic Lights
300.00
Harbor Master
400.00
Public Welfare Dept.
9,048.00
76,642.00
Repairs to Infirmary
1,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
350.00
22,600.00
Old Age Assistance
2,120.00
82,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
360.00
14,640.00
School Dept.
180,475.00
46,750.00
Maint. of Old High School (Por-
tion used by Town Depts.)
1,350.00
955.00
Park Dept.
4,673.00
6,487.00
Recreation Room, Nelson St. Camp
500.00
Snow Plow for Park Dept. Truck
300.00
Maint. and Planting of Shade Trees by Park Dept.
500.00
Pensions for Town Laborers
1,676.00
Insurance of Town Property (Fire)
3,841.46
Insurance of Town Property (Boiler)
275.00
Contributory Retirement System:
Pension Fund
15,602.32
Expense Fund
350.00
Sexton
200.00
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Salaries or Personal Services 450.00
Other
Expenses
Miscellaneous Account
2,625.00
Water Dept. Maint.
12,900.00
12,100.00
Water Dept. Replace Car
550.00
Water Dept. Construction
5,700.00
Town Wharf Maint.
858.00
100.00
Town Forest Maint.
150.00
850.00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cem- etery
2,164.00
7,836.00
Burial Hill Cemetery
1,500.00
Protecting Old Headstones
300.00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and South Pond Cemeteries
800.00
Town Debt and Interest
46,500.00
$335,973.27
$532,947.52
Total Art. 6, $868,920.79
SPECIAL ARTICLES
7. Plymouth Public Library *$8,850.00
8. Loring Library 3,000.00
9. Manomet Library
1,000.00
10. Memorial Day
400.00
11. Armistice Day
250.00
12. July Fourth
500.00
13. Old Home Day, November 27th
200.00
14. Mosquito Control Works
500.00
15. Shellfish Cultivation, Propagation and Protection: Salary $1,300. Expenses $150.
1,450.00
16. District Nurses
2,000.00
17. County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
18. Samoset Street, Chapter 90
3,750.00
19. South Meadow Road, Chapter 90
3,000.00
20. Town House Repairs
3,600.00
21. Unemployment Relief, WPA
60,000.00
22. Municipal Advertising
1,100.00
23. Christmas Lighting 500.00
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24. Special Police Officers 5,000.00
25. New Car for Police Dept. 950.00
26. Traffic Light Motor Replacements 1,500.00
27. New Traffic Lights
2,850.00
28. Changes at Police Station
3,000.00
29. Dredging Channel at Town Wharf
5,000.00
30. Dog Officer
600.00
31. Addressograph for Treasurer and Wel- fare Dept. 800.00
32. Recreational Building, at Fresh Pond Camp 1,000.00
33. Concrete Bridge at Great Herring Pond *2,594.38
34. Vocational School
*48,000.00
(Including bond issue $42,500.)
35. Vocational School Operation: Salaries $5,900. Expenses $1,600. 7,500.00
36. Hard-Surfacing Roads in Cemetery *750.00
38. New Combination Fire Truck
6,500.00
40. Water Dept. for Purchase of Land and Right of Way for Pipes. near Fresh Pond 500.00
41. Construction of Auxiliary Water Supply
7,000.00
42. Town Infirmary Repairs and Alterations
** 15,000.00
43. Committee on New Building for Town Offices 800.00
44. Harbor Improvement:
(Including bond issue of $25,000.) *32,500.00
46. Knapp Terrace, as a Town Way 100.00
47. Savery Ave. Terrace as a Town Way 100.00
48. Margerie Street as a Town Way
100.00
49. Ocean View Avenue as a Town Way
100.00
50. Cordage Terrace as a Town Way
100.00
52. Purchase of Game to be liberated
200.00
53. Public Airport WPA
24,500.00
54. Survey on Municipal Lighting Plant
4,500.00
56. Reimburse for Loss of Truck of former Forest Fire Warden 225.00
57. Fishway to Poor House Pond
1,600.00
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60. Free Bed in Jordan Hospital
500.00
61. Care of Neglected Veterans' Graves 1,500.00
62. Eye Glasses for School Children 500.00
64. Conventions 300.00
Total of Special Articles
$266,369.38
Less:
From Bonds or Notes $67,500.00
From Excess and Def. 20,500.00
From Other Sources i
5,086.48
93,086.48
Amount of Special Articles from Tax Levy
$173,282.90
Add: Article 6 from Tax Levy
868,920.79
Total Appropriations from Tax Levy
$1,042,203.69
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PART III
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
1820.
SS
HUSE
For the Year Ending December 31,
1940
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Dr. E. Harold Donovan, Chairman 1942
Fannie T. Rowell, Secretary 1942
J. Frankland Miller 1941
Harry W. Burns 1941
David A. Cappannari
1943
Dr. William E. Curtin
1943
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 appointments with the superintendent.
Vacations and summer schedule: 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 1941
Winter Term-Monday, January 6-Friday, April 25. Recess: February 24-28. April 28-May 2.
Spring Term-Monday, May 5; Friday, June 20. Holiday: Friday, May 30.
Fall Term-Monday, September 8; Tuesday, December 23. Holidays:
Monday, October 13-Columbus Day.
Friday, October 31-Teachers' Convention.
Tuesday, November 11- Armistice Day.
Wed .- Fri., Nov. 26-28-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 1 to VI inclusive.
The radio station WEEI will broadcast the no school sig- nal 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 1940
Trust Fund
$221,000.00 11.02
$221,011.02
PAYMENTS
General Expenses
$7,692.74
Teachers' Salaries
146,135.91
Americanization Salaries
1,987.00
Text Books and Supplies
11,231.58
Transportation
17,298.60
Tuition
685.08
State Vocational Tuition
241.60
Janitors' Services
10,977.32
Fuel, Light and Gas
7,161.13
Repairs and Maintenance
8,487.92
Furniture and Furnishings
879.88
Diplomas and Graduation
244.85
Rent of Memorial Hall
105.00
Medical Inspection
7,273.42
Pension of School Physician, retired
600.00
$221,002.03 $8.99
Unexpended balance
REIMBURSEMENTS
From the State for:
Teachers' Salaries
$16,676.40
Americanization
1,080.00
Vocational Household Arts
930.56
Vocational Tuition
63.65
State and City Wards
857.81
Town of Plympton-tuition
1,162.64
Town of Plympton-tuition
1,052.80 rec. 1/2/41
Town of Carver-tuition
1,646.64
Town of Carver-tuition
1,792.29 rec. 1/4/41
Miscellaneous Receipts
378.86
$25,641.65
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State Aid for Household Arts ending 8/31/40 approxi- mately $1,200 due.
Note: The actual cost to the town for current expenses of the schools was $195,360.38.
NEW TOILET SYSTEM FOR CORNISH SCHOOL
Appropriation
$4,500.00
Payments:
Plans, Specifications, Notice for Bids $30.25
Contract
3,950.00
Panel type toilet partitions
396.00
Extra work and repairs
79.25
4,455.50
Balance to Excess and Deficiency $44.50
STATE-AIDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (George-Deen Funds for Pottery Instruction)
Receipts:
Cash from State
$882.00
Balance from 1939
36.00
$918.00
Payments:
Salary of Pottery Instructor
900.00
Balance Remaining
$18.00
STATE-AIDED HOUSEHOLD ARTS
Receipts:
Cash from State
$144.78
Balance from 1939
171.78
$316.56
Payments:
Salary of teacher
$165.28
Travel
6.65
171.93
Balance Remaining
$144.63
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR 1941
SALARY APPROPRIATION
*1. Supt., Principals, Supervisors, Teachers, Clerks $157,100.00
2. Americanization 2,000.00
3. Summer School 350.00
*4. Janitors, Building Supervisor 14,000.00
5. School Physicians, School Nurse, Asst. to Nurse, Dental Hygienist 6,000.00
6. Pension for School Physician, retired 900.00
7. School Census 125.00
Total $180,475.00
* Includes provision for state-aided Vocational House- hold Arts.
GENERAL APPROPRIATION
General Expenses-
Stationery, Postage, Printing
$300.00
Telephone 125.00
Travel expense in state
75.00
Automobile expense
400.00
Office supplies
25.00
Text Books and Supplies-
*Text and Reference Books
$4,500.00
*Paper, Blank Books
4,000.00
Manual training supplies
900.00
700.00
*Domestic science supplies Athletic supplies
300.00
Typewriters and supplies
600.00
$925.00
11,000.00
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Transportation- Pupils Teachers
$17,200.00 150.00
17,350.00
Tuition-
Out of Town
$900.00
State Vocational Educ.
300.00
1,200.00
Fuel and Light-
*Coal and wood
$5,500.00
*Gas and electricity
2,200.00
7,700.00
Maintenance-
General Repairs
$4,350.00
Flags and flagstaffs
50.00
Janitors' supplies
1,000.00
Telephones
400.00
Ashes, etc., removed
100.00
Furniture and Furnishings-
Desks and chairs
$100.00
Filing equipment
200.00
Window shades
100.00
Other equipment
300.00
Asbestos curtain
185.00
885.00
Medical Inspection-
Dental Clinic
$750.00
Medical supplies
150.00
Nurse's car expense
325.00
$1,225.00
Rent of Memorial Hall
315.00
Diplomas and Graduation
250.00
Total
$46,750.00
*Includes provision for State-aided Vocational House- hold Arts.
5,900.00
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
A special appropriation of $4,500 was granted at the an- nual town meeting for the installation of the new toilets at the Cornish School. These toilets are new in every par- ticular, well lighted and ventilated, and meet all the standard requirements of the state. A serious health men- ance has been removed. A balance of $44.50 was returned to the town.
With a somewhat larger maintenance fund, it was pos- sible to paint the exterior of the Junior-Senior High School, the Cornish, the Mount Pleasant and the trim of the Oak Street School. The Hedge School, the Knapp School, and many interiors, which have not been painted for over ten years, will need attention.
The depressing effect of the reduction in salaries upon the morale of the department was very evident. However, with their restoration on April first a serious condition was averted. A fair salary schedule should be maintained. The schedule in Plymouth is slightly less than in towns of the same size. The cost per pupil for teachers' salaries in the state for the year ending June 30, 1940 was $75.11, in Plymouth with salaries fully restored only $65.51, a dif- ference of $9.60. To have maintained the state average approximately $22,000 additional would be necessary. Plymouth can well afford to maintain its present salary schedule.
The budget for the year 1941 will of necessity be higher, due primarily to the following factors: (1) return of sal- aries for the full year, (2) an additional teacher for the Oak Street School, (3) the retirement of the school phy- sician on a pension of $900, one-half of his salary as re- quired by law, (4) a general increase in cost of supplies, (5) with a budget segregated into salaries and all other expenses it will be necessary for both parts to provide for
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emergencies. An additional teacher in September would affect the former and an unexpected increase in cost of supplies the latter.
The number of tuition pupils has increased and will increase again next year. The total tuition received from Plympton and Carver pupils increased from $3,119.19 in 1939 to $5,654.37 in 1940. An increase to $7,000 or $7,500 is anticipated for 1941.
This tuition reduces the actual cost of the schools to the town, but cannot be used to reduce the budget.
It should be kept in mind that there are several sources of income which go into the town treasury. As itemized in the financial report the total income for 1940 was $25,- 641.65. Thus the net cost of the schools was only $195,360.38. With increased tuition the total income will be larger in 1941.
A state-aided vocational school is vitally necessary to meet the needs of many youth in our high schools for more practical training in the skilled occupations. The condition has not only been explained in previous annual reports of the school department, but the Special Com- mittee appointed at the annual meeting in March has made a full study of the needs in Plymouth, the cost of establishing and the cost of operation and will report its findings in the near future. The School Committee appre- ciates the fine work of this committee and strongly en- dorses its recommendations.
E. HAROLD DONOVAN,
Chairman
FANNIE T. ROWELL Secretary WILLIAM E. CURTIN, J. FRANKLAND MILLER, DAVID A. CAPPANNARI, HARRY W. BURNS.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee:
I herewith submit my fifteenth annual report together with reports from the several principals and heads of departments.
Changes in Health Department
The most important change in the school department was the reorganization of the Health Department in Sep- tember. Dr. Louis B. Hayden, who had served as School Physician for eleven years was retired on a pension in April in accordance with the requirements of the Vet- erans' Act. His work was carried on for the balance of the school year by Dr. Frank J. Abate. At the opening of the fall term, Dr. Medora V. Eastwood and Dr. Frank J. Abate were chosen as School Physicians, each with special duties. Dr. Eastwood will have charge of the examination of all the girls from grade one through grade twelve, and be responsible for the organization and direction of the school health activities. Dr. Abate will have the charge of the examination of all the boys from grade one through grade twelve, attend the boys' home football games and examine at the Superintendent's Of- fice children who have been absent for illness. This change brings about a thorough examination of the girls in the upper grades at a time when critical physical con- ditions may be discovered. A more constructive program of health activities will result in the near future.
Many of the radical changes made in September, 1939, were continued. The Knapp and Wellingsley Schools were not reopened; the kindergarten at the Hedge School, sewing in grade six and the work of an elementary su- pervisor for physical education were not re-established. One room at the Oak Street School was reopened due to
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an increased enrollment in the Cornish District. Some- what more emphasis has been given to instrumental music in all the schools.
Should the first grade increase again as it did last Sep- tember it may be necessary to reopen the second room at the Oak Street School. The high school enrollment has increased, due in part to the additional tuition pupils from Carver. Another teacher may be needed if this condition continues as the teacher load is very heavy at present. There should be a restoration of a physical education su- pervisor for the elementary grades. Renewed emphasis must be placed upon the corrective phases of physical education in the elementary grades. Many serious conse- quences of physical defects may be avoided under the wise and sympathetic guidance of a properly trained physical supervisor who will follow up suggestions given by the school physicians who are vitally interested in this phase of the work.
With an increase in the amount alloted to supplies, new arithmetics in the elementary grades, and reading ma- terial for the first grade, were purchased, replacing books in use for twelve to fourteen years. It is hoped that fu- ture changes can be made in other books which have long needed renewal. The libraries have received additional books, but are still below minimum standards.
Changes in Teachers
In February Mrs. Helen G. McCarthy, who taught the first grade at the Mount Pleasant School, resigned because of her marriage. She was succeeded by Miss Dorice Knowles who had previously taught the kindergarten at the Hedge School and the primary grade at the Oak Street School, but who resigned in June, 1939, when her position was abolished as an economy measure. Misses Shirley Dutton and Anna Monagle, who had given excel- lent satisfaction at the Junior High School, resigned in
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June to be married. Miss Elizabeth Barlow, who had made an unusually fine record in teaching English in the Junior High, was appointed in August to the Training School at the Salem State Teachers' College. Mr. Gilbert Garland resigned as a teacher in the Senior High School to accept a position in Springfield College. Mr. Arthur Pyle was transferred from the Junior High to the Senior High School to succeed Mr. Garland.
Misses Jean Whiting and Alba Martinelli, who grad- uated from Bridgewater State Teachers College with fine records and who had done excellent practice teaching were appointed to the Junior High school, as was also Louis Cappannari, who graduated from Northeastern University with a B. S. degree and from Michigan Uni- versity with the degree, Master of Education.
Due to the increased enrollment in the Cornish School, one room at the Oak Street School was reopened. Miss Marjorie Cassidy, a cadet teacher for three years, was assigned to this room, and Miss Alice Cole, a graduate from Bridgewater State Teachers College with special preparation in remedial reading was appointed a cadet teacher.
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