Town annual report of the officers of the town of Rockland Massachusetts for the year ending 1936, Part 19

Author: Rockland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: [Rockland, Mass.] : [Town of Rockland]
Number of Pages: 1154


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LOCAL ACCOUNT 1937


Merchants National Bank, Interest and Bonds on standpipe $ 2 800 00


James Studley, Salary


2 080 00


Johns Mansville Pipe Co., Transite Pipe


1 978 95


Harry Holmes, Salary


1 628 00


Louis Litchfield, Salary


1 628 00


Lawrence Sheehan, Labor


1 042 28


Edwin Richardson, Labor


955 14


Henry Harris, Labor and Remittances


949 40


Tony Sasso, Labor


960 57


Alice Gammon, Office


900 00


178


SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


Bradford Weston, Renewals and Services


Union Street Construction 819 85


Edward Winslow, Labor 603 86


William Bell, Use of Truck W. P. A. 473 42


Phoenix Meter Corporation, meter parts


354 55


Red Hed Mfg. Co., Fittings and Supplies 305 55


S. W. Baker, Services as Commissioner 300 00


E. S. Damon, Services as Commissioner 300 00


Ralph Fuccillo, Services as Commissioner 300 00


Corcoran Supply Co., Pipe and Fittings 296 23


John B. Washburn, Recording Water Liens 294 75


Mary Twoomy, Titles on Liens 288 50


John R. Parker, P. M., Stamps and Envelopes


214 52


Socony Vacuum Oil Co., Gasoline


210 19


Homelite Corporation, Pump and Parts


206 10


Renssalaer Valve Co., Hydrants 205 64


N. E. T. & T. Co., Service 199 11


Dolby's Filling Station, Gasoline and repairs 182 65


National Meter Co., Meters and parts 148 85


McAuliffe & Burke Co., Brass Pipe 140 56


A. Culver Co., Kerosene and Coal


129 89


Oberg Engineer Corporation, Gates and Fittings 124 88 Amos Phelps, Insurance 109 00


W. J. Dunn Co., Drills and Bits 98 88


N. H., N. H. & H. R. R. Freight 93 60


Warren Woodward, Insurance


89 12


National Foundry Inc., Boxes


80 31


Hydraulic Developement Corp., Hydrotite


80 00


LeBaron Foundry Inc., Cast Iron Tees


77 13


Thompson Durkee Co., Brass Pipe


74 77


Boston Pipe & Fitting Co., Brass Pipe


69 53


E. S. Damon, Insurance 68 70


Merrimac Chemical Co., Merclor and sulpher 66 85


Alphonse Grant, Labor 62 19


Bramon Dow Co., Brass Pipe 61 35


Neponset Valve Co., Valves


55 50


Theodore Collins, Labor 55 14


Sears Roebuk Co., Supplies


49 52


179


TOWN OF ROCKLAND


Cambridge Machine & Valve Co., Hydrant 47 43 Globe Newspaper Co., Advertising Standpipe bids 46 40


M. F. Ellis Co., Supplies


44 21


Serafino Gentle, Dynamiting


43 53


Dennis O'Connor, Insurance


41 15


Douglas Print, Printing


41 05


A. J. Vargus, Batteries and Supplies


37 05


Dominic Delprete, Damage to tire, adjustment


36 50


Charles McGonnigle, Labor


36 28


Hall and Torrey Co., Supplies


36 18


Edison Electric Ill. Co., Service 34 80


Chase Parker & Co., Supplies


34 64


A. Wainshalbaum, Parts and labor on trucks


33 95


Banker & Tradesman, Advertising bids on Tank PWA 32 50


Parker Danner & Co., Couplings and Hose 31 86


Rockland Standard, Printing 30 40


The Edson Pump Co., Supplies


30 24


W. F. Beach, Welding


27 62


Christopher Tompkins, Gravel WPA


24 70


Gulf Oil Corp., Oil


23 95


Irving Torrey, Labor


23 34


Harold Rainsford, Labor


23 06


Ingersoll Rand Co., Bits for Compressor


22 65


Hallamore Express Co., Repairing hydrants


21 00


P. I. Perkins Co., Supplies


20 71


Dodge-Haley Co., Steel


20 48


Diamond Union Stamp Works, Time Clock


20 00


Aldo Botto, Labor


19 68


Percy Simmons, Labor


18 84


Oakite Products Co., Dipping compound for meters 18 48


Bernard Fitzgerald, Labor


18 28


American Bitumals Co., Supplies


18 00


Jenkins & Simmons, Express


17 31


Industrial Lock Nut Co., Supplies


17 15


Joseph Sullivan, Labor


16 31


180


SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


C. A. Baker, Acetylene gas


16 22


Hidalgo Steel Co., Supplies 15 42


Edward Whitmarsh, Labor Becker & Co., Supplies


13 39


Old Colony Gas Co., Gas 12 26


The Austin Print, Printing


12 00


Ira Richards, Labor


11 82


West Side Grocery, Wood


10 90


A. I. Randall, Printing


10 40


Neptune Meter Co., Meter


10 25


William Flynn, Labor


10 13


Waldo Brothers, Tile


10 11


Darling Valve Mfg. Co., Valve


10 04


Edward Meara, Lettering door


10 00


The Hallmite Mfg. Co., Pipe Cement


9 98


Cutter Renewal Co., Sharpening bits


9 80


John C. Moore Corp., Supplies


9 75


Manifold Supply Co., Supplies


8 75


Rockland Transportation, Express


8 61


Underwood Elliot Fisher Co., Repairs and Supplies 8 45


7 86


Charles McCarthy Co., Supplies


7 11


Andrew Thibeault, Labor


6 75


Gorham Equipment Co., Lights


6 45


Bettridge Sales & Service, Supplies


6 29


Chase Brass & Copper Co., Copper


6 11


Earl Wallace, Labor 5 63


Burrell & Delorey, Rubber Boots


5 50


H. & B. American Machine Co., Castings


5 50


A. E. Halperin Co., First aid kit 5 08


Minneapolis Honneywell Co., Supplies 4 96


4 90


Ward's Stationers, Supplies 4 15


The Equipment Co., Parts for Pump 4 10


Walworth Co., Supplies 3 84


Brown Instrument Co., Charts


3 53


A. B. Dick Co., Stencils 3 50


Worthington Gamon Meter Co., Meter Parts


3 50


Rockland Coal & Grain Co., Soft Coal


Chandler & Farquhar Co., Wrenches


13 78


181


TOWN OF ROCKLAND


Kenneth Everett, Labor


3 00


Bernard Carey, Labor 3 00


Indian Head Washer Co., Meter washers


2 92


George Inglis, Labor


2 81


Blake & Rebhan Co., Supplies


2 48


C. W. Briggs, Blacksmith work


2 25


New England Transportation Co., Express


2 23


Raymond Martel, Labor


2 00


Brockton Transportation Co., Express


1 61


Hill & Magound, Gears


1 50


S. H. Stoddard, Carpenter work


1 50


Ralph Belcher, Certifying Standpipe deed


1 50


Crawford's Service Station, Supplies


1 49


A. S. Peterson, Supplies


1 30


John Lamb, Lye


1 10


John Geary & Co., Stamp


1 00


Brockton Gas Light Co., Hose


80


Bridgewater Brick Co., Bricks 75


George N. Beal, Supplies


70


Mathewson Machine Works, Blueprints


63


Bemis Drug Co., Leads


55


Rome Brothers, Supplies


55


Brown Automobile Co., Cover


45


Addressograph Co., Plates


44


Rockland Hardware Co., Supplies


30


Total Expenditures


$23 522 44


SAMUEL W. BAKER,


EVERETT S. DAMON, RALPH FUCILLO,


Water Commissioners of Rockland


Report of Town Treasurer


TREASURER'S REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937


January 1, 1937, Cash on hand $ 92 076 07


RECEIPTS


Anticipation Tax Notes


$275 000 00


Taxes-Real Estate, Personal and Poll


294 646 42


Taxes, Excise


15 257 01


Interest on Taxes


8 637 37


Tax Titles Redeemed


12 279 74


Tax, Costs


259 54


Liquor Licenses


4 810 00


Licenses, Miscellaneous


767 00


Trust Funds, (Cemetery)


818 95


Dog Licenses


588 80


Water Department Receipts


26 640 48


Joint Water Department


8 099 70


Memorial Library


311 00


Sealer of Weights


118 74


School Department


219 57


Court Fines


198 95


City of Boston, Tuition


557 60


Unearned Comp. Ins. Premium


689 08


Board of Health


1 743 39


$651 643 34


$743 719 41


183


TOWN OF ROCKLAND


Miscellaneous Receipts


Sale Materials


15 90


Barrett Co .- Refund


33 93


Cancelled Checks


130 57


180 40


County Treasurer


Dog Dividend


447 34


E. Water St. Construction


3 373 39


3 820 73


Water Tank Construction Federal Grant 24 500 00


24 500 00


Union St. Construction


Federal Grant 12 140 76


12 140 76


Welfare and Old Age Assistance Refunds Other Towns and Cities 9 615 14


9 615 14


State Treasurer


Income Tax


21 987 98


Corporation Tax


14 278 33


Gas and Electric


2 702 20


Income Tax Educational


11 330 88


State Aid


650 00


Veterans Exemption


215 75


E. Water St. Construction


6 281 44


Aid to School


618 21


Aid to Dependent Children


2 718 37


184


SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


Tuition Children 1 351 41


Old Age Assistance 16 802 68


Temporary Aid 18 232 86


U. S. Grant, O. A. Assistance 38 955 69


U. S. Aid to Children 3 152 65


139 278 45


Total


$933 254 89


PAYMENTS


Selectmen's Warrants


$183 269 47


Public Welfare Warrants


75 016 46


School Warrants


104 420 93


Old Age Assistance


45 505 61


Old Age Assistance, U. S. Grant


36 127 14


Old Age Administration, U. S. Grant


1 002 41


Water Warrants


23 522 44


Joint Water Warrants


9 544 24


Town of Abington, Joint Rates


1 435 59


U. S. Grant, Aid to Dependent Mothers


2 993 97


Tax Refunds 24 29


McKinley School Appropriation


409 12


Anticipation Tax Notes


300 000 00


Water Tank-Project 1343R


59 445 82


National Shawmut Bank


1 00


Trust Funds, Cemetery


818 95


County Treasurer


County Tax


14 757 40


Dog Licenses 599 00


15 356 40


Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Tax 16 047 50


185


TOWN OF ROCKLAND


State Parks and Reservations 245 17 Hospital care Civil War Veterans 45 00


16 337 67


Cash on Hand December 31, 1937


58 023 38


Total


$933 254 89


OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS


Anticipation of Revenue Notes $100 000 00


PERMANENT LOANS


Junior-Senior School Bonds


3 34% Maturing $100,000 annually


10 000 00 1938-1943 60 000 00


33/4 % Maturing $6000 annually 1938-1948 66 000 00


126 000 00


Plymouth County Hospital Notes


5% Maturing $1000 annually 1938-1940 3 000 00


Union St. Construction


2% Coupon Notes 1938-1946 31 000 00


Water Tank Construction


2% Coupon Note 1938-1956 38 000 00


198 000 00


$298 000 00


JOINT WATER DEPARTMENT


Receipts : From Joint Rates


$ 3 327 57


186


SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


From Rockland 1-2 Maintenance From Abington 1-2 Maintenance


4 772 11


4 772 13


$ 12 871 81


Payments :


Warrants


$ 9 544 24


Joint Rates to Abington


1 435 59


Joint Rates to Rockland Due Abington


1 663 78


228 20


$12 871 81


WATER DEPARTMENT


Receipts :


Water Rates, Construction, etc.


$26 660 48


1-2 Joint Rates


1 663 78


1


$28 324 26


Payments :


Warrants


$23 522 44


1-2 Cost Joint Maintenance


4 772 11


Receipts Over Payments


29 71


$28 324 26


WATER TANK CONSTRUCTION PROJECT 1343R


Merchants Nat'l Bank Notes (1936)


$40 048 89


Federal Grants to Dec. 31, 1937 24 500 00


64 548 89


Payments to Dec. 31, 1937


62 210 82


Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1937


$ 2 338 07


187


TOWN OF ROCKLAND


ASSETS


Cash


Accounts receivable


$58 023 38


Taxes


Levy 1935


Levy 1936


$ 2 126 98 66 767 21


Levy 1937


113 628 10


$182 522 29


Motor Excise


1935


485 52


1936


1 562 84


1937


3 500 84


5 549 20


Tax Titles


18 869 72


$264 964 59


LIABILITIES


Anticipation Tax Notes


$100 000 00


Special Accounts


8 411 70


Unexpended Balances


11 850 54


Water Rates


228 20


Water Tank Project


2 338 07


Surplus Revenue


142 136 08


$264 964 59


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS


Bequest


Cemetery


Balance Jan. 1. 1937


Deposited During 1937


Income


Expended


Balance Dec. 31, 1937


Jeremiah Leahy


St. Patricks


$101 54


$1 51


$103 05


Mary Spence


St. Patricks


406 18


6 09


412 27


Margaret Smith


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Patrick McCaffrey


St. Patricks


108 75


1 62


110 37


James H. O'Connell


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Gallagher-Driscoll


St. Patricks


239 83


3 58


243 41


Chester Ford


St. Patricks


475 51


7 12


482 63


Mary Gallagher


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Catherine McIntyre


St. Patricks


203 09


3 04


206 13


Daniel Sullivan


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Patrick Cullinane


St. Patricks


76 15


1 14


77 29


George Hatch


St. Patricks


101.54


1 51


103 05


James Crowley


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Margaret D. Quinlan


St. Patricks


203 09


3 04


206 13


Daniel Crowley


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Bridget Conway


St. Patricks


114 42


1 71


116 13


Patrick O'Hearn


St. Patricks


50 76


75


51 51


Daniel H. Lynch


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Nicholas O'Donnell


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


James Maguire


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


188


SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-Continued


Bequest


Cemetery


Balance Jan. 1. 1937


Deposited During 1937


Income


Expended


Balance Dec. 31, 1937


Ellen Sullivan


St. Patricks


50 76


75


51 51


Mary J. Coughlin


St. Patricks


100 00


1 50


101 50


Katherine E. Crowley


St. Patricks


203 09


3 04


206 13


Michael Sullivan


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


William McGrath


St. Patricks


102 59


2 56


105 15


James Tangney


St. Patricks


203 04


3 04


206 08


Catherine E. O'Brien


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Thomas Russell


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Timothy Kelliher


St. Patricks


152 31


2 28


154 59


Mary J. Samuels


St. Patricks


203 09


3 04


206 13


William B. Burke


St. Patricks


50 76


75


51 51


Henry Lyons


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Sarah J. Spence


St. Patricks


406 18


6 09


412 27


William Fitzgerald


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


Thomas J. Flynn


St. Patricks


101 54


1 51


103 05


John Leahy


St. Patricks


203 09


3 04


206 13


John Parker


St. Patricks


86 30


1 29


87 59


Thomas J. Lynch


Holy Family


126 92


1 89


128 81


Jeremiah Santry


Holy Family


203 09


3 04


206 13


Antonia B. Rogers


Holy Family


101 54


1 51


103 05


TOWN OF ROCKLAND


189


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-Continued


Bequest


Cemetery


Balance Jan. 1. 1937


Deposited During 1937


Income


Expended


Balance Dec. 31, 1937


Mary Clancey


Holy Family


$125 00


125 00


John W. Cullinan


Holy Family


126 92


1 89


128 81


Mary E. Kelley


Holy Family


101 54


1 51


103 05


Frederic Dill


Mt. Pleasant


107 57


3 23


$4 00


106 80


Ernest M. Paine


Mt. Pleasant


100 00


2 00


102 00


Guy L. Keene


Mt. Pleasant


100 00


2 00


102 00


Wallace Damon


Mt. Pleasant


100 00


1 25


101 25


Collins-Branson


Mt. Pleasant


224 23


3 36


227 59


Elvira S. Holmes


Mt. Pleasant


143 89


4 33


10 00


138 22


C. A. Johnston


Mt. Pleasant


82 94


2 49


2 00


83 43


Henry Chase


Mt. Pleasant


236 14


7 12


4 00


239 26


Emma Hutchinson


Mt. Pleasant


61 18


1 84


2 00


61 02


A. Hilton Studley


Mt. Pleasant


249 13


7 45


8 00


248 58


William G. Perry


Mt. Pleasant


116 85


3 51


4 00


116 36


Gardner-Damon


Mt. Pleasant


100 01


3 01


3 00


100 02


Charles H. Poole


Mt. Pleasant


100 01


3 01


3 00


100 02


Howard Wheeler


Mt. Pleasant


137 21


4 13


2 00


139 34


Charles G. Turner


Mt. Pleasant


119 34


3 59


2 00


120 93


Frederic Shaw


Mt. Pleasant


103 90


3 11


2 00


105 01


190


SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-Continued


Bequest


Cemetery


Balance Jan. 1. 1937


Deposited During 1937


Income


Expended


Balance Dec. 31, 1937


Lottie Mann


Mt. Pleasant


101 19


3 04


3 00


101 23


McManus-Horne


Mt Pleasant


52 01


1 56


2 00


51 57


A. A. Crooker


Mt. Pleasant


132 41


3 99


2 00


134 40


Frank P. Lewis


Mt. Pleasant


54 18


1 62


2 00


53 80


James J. Donaldson


Mt. Pleasant


318 32


9 61


4 00


323 93


Henry G. Moulton


Mt. Pleasant


533 17


16 10


4 00


545 27


Marsena Lovell, Heirs


Mt. Pleasant


128 66


3 87


3 00


129 53


E. W. Whiting


Mt. Pleasant


156 06


4 71


4 00


156 77


Fidelia Estes


Mt. Pleasant


310 10


9 30


8 00


311 40


Emma L. Williams


Mt. Pleasant


100 00


75


100 75


Abbie F. Merrill


Mt. Pleasant


200 00


50


200 50


Eben P. Everett


Mt. Pleasant


87 22


2 62


2 00


. 87 84


Frank, Geor. Lawrence


Mt. Pleasant


177 33


2 65


6 00


173 98


Thomas-Litchfield


Mt. Pleasant


236 64


7 08


8 00


235 72


Andrew McIlvene


Mt. Pleasant


114 01


1 71


115 72


Edward Crane


Mt. Pleasant


178 70


5 38


4.00


180 08


L. Evelyn Dill


Mt. Pleasant


127 78


1 90


129 68


Reuben Ellis


Mt. Pleasant


107 97


3 23


2 00


109 20


H. J. Cushing


Mt. Pleasant


105 69


3 17


2 00


106 86


Harold B. Vesper


Mt. Pleasant


100 27


3 01


2 00


101 28


TOWN OF ROCKLAND


191


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-Continued


Bequest


Cemetery


Balance Jan. 1. 1937


Deposited During 1937


Income


Expended


Balance Dec. 31, 1937


Fannie H. Turner


Mt. Pleasant


314 36


8 21


6 00


316 57


Easton Lot No. 249


Mt. Pleasant


105 74


3 17


2 00


106 91


Henry D. Smith


Mt. Pleasant


100 00


100 00


Francis Soule


Mt. Pleasant


100 00


100 00


George T. Poole


Mt. Pleasant


314 49


9 49


6 00


317 98


Dill-Lothrop


Mt. Pleasant


210 04


3 15


213 19


Elias A. Burrell


Mt. Pleasant


101 36


3 04


2 00


102 40


John Stoddard


Mt. Pleasant


76 68


2 29


2 00


76 97


Emma M. Coy


Mt. Pleasant


102 55


3 09


2 00


103 64


L. Wilfred Poole


Mt. Pleasant


104 08


3 13


3 00


104 21


Mary H. Breck


Mt. Pleasant


104 34


3 13


2 00


105 47


Lucie Linton


Mt. Pleasant


104 53


3 15


2 00


105 68


Thompson-Whiting


Maplewood


120 43


1 80


2 25


119 98


J. W. Poole-C. Hobart


Maplewood


336 06


5 04


4 50


336 60


Phillips-Goodspeed


Maplewood


100 00


25


100 25


Adna Burrell


Maplewood


127 16


1 90


2 25


126 81


Flora Thurlough


Maplewood


50 00


75


75


50 00


John W. Harris


Maplewood


129 92


1 93


2 25


129 60


Leander Torrey


Maplewood


123 02


1 84


2 25


122 61


N. A. Beal


Maplewood


101 27


1 51


2 78


100 00


192


SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-Continued


Bequest


Cemetery


Balance Jan. 1. 1937


Deposited During 1937


Income


Expended


Balance Dec. 31, 1937


Hopkins-Damon


Maplewood


103 72


1 54


4 25


101 01


David J. Lantz


Maplewood


50 23


75


98


50 00


Henrietta Stetson


Maplewood


555 48


8 32


14 50


549 30


William T. Walker


Maplewood


107 29


1 60


4 25


104 64


Nahum Leavitt


Maplewood


100 00


100 00


Stoddard-Loud


Maplewood


166 48


166 48


Albert Phillips


Maplewood


52 04


78


2 25


50 57


Adah Davis


Maplewood


332 63


4 98


3 00


334 61


Mrs. Elbridge Whiting


Maplewood


118 20


1 77


2 25


117 72


D. W. Jacobs


Maplewood


161 78


2 41


2 25


161 94


Nancy Whiting


Maplewood


70 99


1 05


2 25


69 79


Nathaniel Phillips


Maplewood


160 45


2 40


3 00


159 85


Isaac Everson


Maplewood


100 46


1 50


1 96


100 00


Henry A. Baker


Spring Lake


100 10


3 01


3 00


100 11


Amos A. Reed


Spring Lake


152 24


4 57


5 50


151 31


Jessie Doane


Spring Lake


104 48


3 15


4 00


103 63


Zenas Jenkins


Spring Lake


112 75


3 39


4 00


112 14


Irving Arnold


Spring Lake


152 15


4 59


4 00


152 74


Joseph J. Burgess


Spring Lake


125 00


3 76


3 00


125 76


TOWN OF ROCKLAND


193


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-Continued


Bequest


Cemetery


Balance Jan. 1. 1937


Deposited During 1937


Income


Expended


Balance Dec. 31, 1937


Edbridge Payne


Mill Hill


326 20


9 85


5 00


331 05


Betsey Battles


Beal


254 97


3 81


10 00


248 78


William J. Hayden


Assinippi


101 95


3 05


105 00


CHARLES J. HIGGINS,


Town Treasurer


194


SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


Auditor's Report


We have examined the books of the various depart- ments of the Town of Rockland, including the town clerk, treasurer, tax collector, school and water depart- ments, and sealer of weights and measures, and have found them to be correct. The treasurer's balance has been reconciled with the bank statements.


Respectfully submitted,


H. C. SMITH, Chairman LEO E. DOWNEY, C. ELMER ASKLUND


Annual Report of the SCHOOL DEPARTMENT of the


Town of Rockland


For the Year Ending December 31, 1937


198


SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


SCHOOL CALENDAR 1938


WINTER TERM


Begins Monday, January 3, 1938, seven weeks; ends Friday, February 18, 1938.


SPRING TERM


Begins Monday, February 28, 1938, seven weeks; ends Thursday, April 14, 1938.


SUMMER TERM


Begins Monday, April 25, 1938, nine weeks; ends Wed- nesday, June 22, 1938. Teachers return Thursday and Friday, June 23 and 24 for year-end duties and organiza- tion work.


FALL TERM


Begins Wednesday, September 7, 1938, sixteen weeks; ends Friday, December 23, 1938.


HOLIDAYS


April 15, 1938, Good Friday.


May 30, 1938, Memorial Day.


October 12, 1938, Columbus Day.


October 28, 1938, Teachers' Convention.


November 11, 1938, Armistice Day.


November 23, 1938, Schools close at noon for remainder of week, Thanksgiving Recess.


SIGNALS FOR NO SESSIONS OF SCHOOL Fire Station Siren


A. M.


7:30-22 repeated : No session of High School.


8:15-22 repeated: No forenoon session for first six grades.


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12:45-22 repeated : No afternoon session for first six grades.


The "No School Signal" is used only in extremely stormy weather. The school bus starts on its first trip in the morning ten minutes after seven o'clock in order to collect the children in time for the opening of high school at 8:30 A. M. and the elementary schools at 9:00 A. M. Unless the signal is used before 7:00 o'clock many of the children are already on their way by bus. It is very difficult to determine weather conditions for the day as early as seven o'clock except in cases of severe storms.


People in the outskirts of our town often cannot hear the signal, in which case children appearing in school are disappointed to learn that they must cover the long distance back to their homes, while they may be chilled or wet.


We wish each parent to use his or her best judgment as to whether or not the weather is auspicious for send- ing their children to school. No penalty is inflicted upon any child for non-attendance on account of severe weather.


Since our teachers are in school and many of the pupils do not hear the signal, it seems wise to use the time to good advantage in warm buildings, whereas dur- ing days when the signal may be used many children are out of doors, becoming wet and contracting colds.


Is it not wiser to have them in warm school rooms under supervision, receiving beneficial instruction ?


R. STEWART ESTEN,


Superintendent of Schools


January 1, 1938


School Directory 1937-1938


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


E. STUART WOODWARD, Chairman 385 Market Street Tel. 115-W. Term expires March, 1938


MISS M. AGNES KELLEHER 297 Howard Street Tel. 1484-W Term expires March, 1938


MRS. HELEN M. HAYDEN


429 Liberty Street


Tel. 454-R. Term expires March, 1939


DR. WILLIAM A. LOUD 327 Salem Street Tel. 430. Term expires March, 1940


DR. BENJAMIN LELYVELD


320A Union Street


Tel. 16-W. Term expires March, 1940


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


R. STEWART ESTEN 111 Payson Avenue Office Tel. 1540 Residence Tel. 1250 Office hours every school day from 8:30 to 9:00 A. M. on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 o'clock.


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SECRETARY


HARRIET E. GELINAS 241 Myrtle Street Office Tel. 1540. Residence Tel. 1244


PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL


GEORGE A. J. FROBERGER 28 Exchange Street Office Tel. 1540 Residence Tel. 1302-W Office hours every school day from 8 to 9 A. M., Mondays and Thursdays from 3 to 4 P. M., and Wednesday eve- nings from 7 to 8 o'clock.


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ATTENDANCE OFFICER AND SCHOOL NURSE


LOUISE A. CONSIDINE 69 Webster Street Office Tel. 1540


Office hours at the high school every school day from 8:30 to 9:30 A. M.


SCHOOL PHYSICIANS


JOSEPH H. DUNN, M. D. 319 Union Street


Office Tel. 836-W Residence Tel. 836-R


Office Hours : 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 P. M.


JOSEPH FRAME, M. D. 144 Webster Street Office Tel. 38-W


Office Hours : 12:30 to 2 and 6:30 to 8 P. M.


DENTAL HYGIENIST


EVELYN DELORY 323 Market Street


Office hours at the Mckinley School daily when schools are in session from 9:00 A. M. to 12 M., and from 1:30 to 3:30 P. M.


Digest of Laws and Regulations Relating to School Attendance


Children who are five years and six months of age by the opening of school in September 1938 shall be admitted to the first grade. Those who become five years of age after March 1, 1938, may be admitted after passing a sat- isfactory mental examination.


Children, otherwise eligible to enter school in Septem- ber for the first time, are required by law to present at time of entrance either a certificate of vaccinaton or a certificate of unfitness for vaccination. The school com- mittee and board of health have ruled that certificates of unfitness for vaccination must be renewed each year.


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Children coming into the school system from other places, whether at the opening of the year in September or dur- ing the school year, will be required to produce satis- factory evidence regarding vaccination.


Pupils desiring to enter the first grade must enroll on or before October 1. Otherwise they will not be admitt- ed.


The school hours for the first grade children, shall be from 9 until 11:30 A. M. The afternoon session shall correspond with other grades, 1:30 P. M. until 3:30 P. M. The ruling, took effect March 6, 1933. An exception is made during the winter months when the afternoon ses- sion of the elementary schools concludes at 3:15 P. M.


Pupils who have been absent from school on account of contagious disease must secure a permit from a school physician before re-entering. In cases of doubt, or in cases where there exists a suspicion of contagion, the parents should advise, and the teachers should require that the pupils consult the school nurse, who may refer the case to a school physician for further examination.


Any pupil having a contagious disease or showing symptoms of such a disease may be temporarily exclud- ed from school by the teacher on her own initiative or at the direction of the school nurse or school physician.


Sickness is the only legal excuse for absence from school.


All children between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years must be in school unless they are actually employed under the authority of an employment certificate, a home permit or a special certificate permitting farm or domestic employment.


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or otherwise seriously interferes with the proper and or- derly operation of the school which he attends, may be temporarily excluded by the teacher or the superintend- ent of schools or may be permanently expelled by the school committee.


Pupils under seven years of age or over sixteen who elect to attend school must conform to the same rules and regulations as those pupils who are within the compul- sory age-from seven to fourteen.


Teachers may require a written excuse signed by a parent or guardian covering any case of absence, tardi- ness or dismissal.


Whenever a pupil is suspended by a teacher or princi- pal, for any cause for any length of time, an immediate report must be made to the superintendent's office.


Those pupils attending the first eight grades will be transported to and from school if they live in the town of Rockland and reside more than one mile and a quarter from the school where they are authorized to attend.


Those pupils attending the high school, grades nine to twelve, inclusive, will be transported to and from school if they live in the town of Rockland and reside more than two miles from the high school.


Recent Rulings Pertaining to Our Schools


There shall be a Supervisor of Buildings who shall re- present the School Committee in charge of all school buildings when they are used by outside organizations (other than school organizations.)


The Supervisor's duties shall be to prevent any dam- age to school property and to be responsible for proper conduct in and on school property. (Prevent smoking, drinking and unbecoming conduct in the buildings).




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