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At 10:00 P. M. Voted to adjourn until March 13, 1939 at 7:30 P. M.
Article 53. Voted to appropriate the sum of five hun- dred dollars ($500.00) from the amount raised by bond issue under Article 13, of the Special Town meeting of August 8, 1938 for materials to build a sidewalk and curb on the west side of Myrtle Street from Bigelow Avenue to Summit Street, a distance of 1200 feet, the labor to be furnished by the W. P. A.
Article 54. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) to repair the bridge on Emerson Street, the labor to be furnished by the W. P. A.
Article 55. Voted to pass over the accepting of the provisions of Chapter 31, Section 48, of the General Laws relative to placing members of the Police Department un- der Civil Service Laws.
Article 56. Voted to pass over the accepting of the provisions of Chapter 31, Section 49, of the General Laws
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relative to placing the Chief of Police under Civil Service Laws.
Actile 57. Voted to authorize the Police Department to exchange the present police car and purchase a new cruising car and to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for the same.
Article 58. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money to build a sidewalk and curb on west side of Monroe street from West Water to Grove Street.
Article 59. Voted to pass over the taking of any ac- tion regarding the office hours of the Town Treasurer.
Article 60. Voted to pass over having printed in the next annual report the full assessment of all property within the town as assessed for the year 1939.
Article 61. Voted that the Moderator appoint a com- mittee of five to revise and redraft the by-laws of the town of Rockland, said redraft to be presented to the town at the next annual town meeting for its acceptance.
Committee: Francis J. Geogan, Chairman; Harry S. Torrey, Ralph L. Belcher, James P. Kane, Dennis L. O'Connor.
Article 62. Voted to appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) from the amount raised under Article 32, for General W. P. A. purposes, for materials, for a drain and two catch basins on the easterly side of Concord street starting at the end of the present drain near the residence of Dominic DelPrete and running a distance of 300 feet southerly, the labor to be furnished by the W. P. A.
Article 63. Voted to pass over the raising and appro-
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priating of a sum of money to build a sidewalk on the west side of Franklin Avenue, from the corner of Church street to the corner of School Street.
Article 64. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for Reed's Pond.
Article 65. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1500.00) to rebuild Carey Court and install a curb and sidewalk starting at Reed Street and continuing toward North Av- enue until money is exhausted, work to be done by WPA.
Article 66. Voted to pass over the taking of land and buildings on Taunton Avenue known as the Friary prop- erty and the adjacent land through to Reed street known as the Gleason property, with the buildings thereon, said land after removal of buildings to be used for parking pur- poses, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money to take that property.
Article 67. Voted to pass over the authorizing of the Real Estate Board to sell the buildings on the Friary and Gleason Lots, as described in the above article, same to be removed from the land.
Article 68. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money to grade and asphalt the Fri- ary-Gleason lots, as described in Article 66, and to mark the same for parking purposes.
Article 69. Voted to pass over asphalting and mark- ing the School Street lot for parking purposes, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for same.
Article 70. Voted t opass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money to police the School Street parking lot.
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Article 71. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money to purchase or erect signs to direct autoists to the School Street parking lot.
Article 72. Voted to pass over the establishing of a school of shoemaking, for this year only, to be operated under the direction of the Superintendent of Schools and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for same.
Article 73. Voted to pass over the authorizing of the Selectmen to appoint a committee to conduct a Fourth of July celebration, and to raise and appropriate for this pur- pose a sum of money not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
Article 74. Voted to accept the legacy of one thousand dollars ($1000.00) which was bequeathed to the Town of Rockland under the will of William J. Grace, late of San Francisco, California.
Unanimous vote.
Article 75. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350 .- 00) to gravel the extension of Rice Avenue, from Doug- las Street west a distance of approximately 400 feet the labor to be furnished by the W. P. A.
Article 76. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to gravel Dexter Road Ex- tension a distance of about 75 feet.
Sense of Meeting Votes:
Voted that each Department head furnish the Finance Committee with an itemized monthly statement of their expenditures.
Unanimous vote.
Upon motion of George J. Popp, Chief of Police, the meeting stood for a period of thirty seconds in tribute to the memory of Cornelius J. McHugh, former Police Offic- er.
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A Subsequent Meeting for the election of Town Offic- ers was held in the Rockland Opera House, Savings Bank Building, Monday, March 13th, 1939. The Moderator, Magorisk L. Walls, formally opened the polls at 5:45 o'clock in the forenoon and they were closed at 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon as provided in the warrant for the meeting.
The following Ballot Clerks and Tellers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk.
BALLOT CLERKS
Lavinia Condon Evelyn Whiting Elizabeth Crane Joseph Feeney Robert Parker
Mary Lynch Olive Wheeler Ralph McVein William O'Neil Jeremiah Shea
TELLERS
Carl Fass Robert Estes Matthew O'Grady Kathryn Tobin
Timothy White
Louise Hussey Archie Minnis
Marion Tobin Anna Anderson John Dillon John White
John Winslow Angelina Ball Josephine Gammon John Paulin Ellis Blake Philip Murphy James McPartland Herbert Gardner Helen Morrissey George O'Donnell Lillian Rainsford
Before the opening of the polls, cards of instructions and cards containing abstracts of the laws imposing pen- alties upon voters and specimen ballots were posted as required by the laws of the Commonwealth relating to the
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"Conduct of Elections" and all other provisions of law complied with.
At the opening of the polls the ballot boxes were pub- licly opened and shown to be empty; and they registered 0000.
The ballot boxes were opened and ballots taken there- from for counting before the close of the polls upon the order of the Moderator and Town Clerk.
Upon the closing of the polls the ballot boxes registered
Ballot Box No. 1 1569
Ballot Box No. 2 1676
3245
Total Three thousand two hundred forty-five (3245)
The total number of names of voters checked of the Voting Lists :
At Box No. 1 Men 840 Women 729
1569
At Box No. 2 Men 897
Women 779 1676
Total names checked 1737 1508 3245
The total number of ballots cast were:
Three thousand two hundred and forty-five (3245)
At 8:10 o'clock P. M. the Town Clerk publicly an- nounced the result of the voting as follows:
Total number of Ballots Cast
3245
which included 24 Absentee Voting Ballots
MODERATOR-One Year
Magorisk L. Walls 2505
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Burton L. Cushing Blanks 739
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TOWN CLERK-One Year
Ralph L. Belcher 2691 Blanks 554
TOWN TREASURER-One Year
Nathaniel S. Groce
456
Charles J. Higgins
2553
Walter C. Fihelly 2 Blanks 234
TAX COLLECTOR-One Year
James A. Donovan
2686
Blanks 559
SELECTMEN, BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, AND FENCE VIEWERS-One Year
John J. Bowler
1781
George E. Mansfield
1510
Fred Stevenson 794
Harry S. Torrey
1581
Norman S. Whiting
1974
James Fitzgibbons
1
Blanks 2094
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR-One Year
William Bell
1365
Roderick Mackenzie
1800
Blanks 80
ASSESSOR-Three Years
Dennis L. O'Connor
2479
Blanks 766
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AUDITORS-One Year
Leo E. Downey
2136
George A. Gallagher
2331
2102
Harold C. Smith Blanks
3166
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Three Years
Emmie P. Black
553
Dorothy M. Kavka
879
John T. Troy, Jr. Blanks
248
WATER COMMISSIONER-Three Years
Ralph Fucillo
1062
James T. Shea
2033
Blanks
150
BOARD OF HEALTH-Three Years
Edward M. Cullinan
1696
Domenico DelPrete
424
Thomas Fox
818
Blanks
307
LIBRARY TRUSTEES,-Three Years
Burton L. Cushing
2115
John B. Fitzgerald
2224
Blanks
2151
PARK COMMISSIONER-Three Years
Elwin E. Gould
939
Patrick H. Mahoney
1921
Blanks
385
SEWER COMMISSIONER-Three Years
Frederic Hall 2133
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1565
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Blanks
1112
TREE WARDEN-One Year
Wililam C. Greene, Sr.
191
Charles L. Hunt Alfred T. Metivier Blanks
1010
1740
304
CONSTABLES-One Year
Carl D. Benham
367
Samuel J. Cannaway
1422
Clarence S. Damon
337
Robert J. Drake
1942
William A. Gardner
103
Russell S. Hawes
1508
Adolph L. W. Johnson
2194
Matthew J. Lioy
272
Edward H. Lynch
283
John H. Murphy
1879
Bernard F. O'Hayre
668
George J. Popp
1635
Charles M. Scott
360
Blanks
3255
The Moderator declared the following persons duly elec- ted to the offices named and the terms specified: Mod- erator, one year, Magorisk L. Walls; Town Clerk one year, Ralph L. Belcher; Town Treasurer, one year, Charles J. Higgins; Tax Collector, one year, James A. Donovan; Se- lectmen, Board of Public Welfare and Fence Viewers, one year, John J. Bowler, Harry S. Torrey, Norman S. Whiting; Highway Surveyor, one year, Roderick Mac- Kenzie; Assessor, three years, Dennis L. O'Connor; Audi- tors, one year, Leo E. Downey, George A. Gallagher, Har- old C. Smith; School Committee, three years, John T. Troy, Jr .; Water Commissioner, three years, James T. Shea; Board of Health, three years, Edward M. Cullinan;
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Library Trustees, three years, Burton L. Cushing, John B. Fitzgerald; Park Commissioner, three years, Patrick H. Mahoney; Sewer Commissioner, three years, Frederic Hall; Tree Warden, one year, Alfred T. Metivier; Con- stables, one year, Robert J. Drake, Russell S. Hawes, Ad- olph L. W. Johnson, John H. Murphy, George J. Popp.
At 8:15 o'clock P. M. Voted to adjourn.
A true copy, Attest :
RALPH L. BELCHER
Town Clerk
AMOUNTS RAISED AND APPROPRIATED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 6, 1939
School Department
$105 200 00
State Aid
600 00
Soldiers' Relief
9 000 00
Care of Soldiers Graves
150 00
Memorial Library and Dog Fund
4 400 00
Street Lighting
8 898 00
Highway Surveyor
1 350 00
Tarvia and Road Binder
3 000 00
Highway Repairs
1 800 00
Sidewalks
500 00
Cleaning Union Street
1 200 00
Clean-up Week
75 00
Guide Boards and Signs
100 00
Fire Department
11 080 00
Police Department
8 955 00
Forest Fires
750 00
Board of Health
6 000 00
Inspection of Animals
150 00
Park Department
2 800 00
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Old Age Assistance
55 000 00
Moth Department
300 00
Tree Warden
900 00
Town Officers
7 700 00
Office Rent
1 800 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
400 00
Elections
1 000 00
Compensation Insurance
1 928 71
Mass Industrial School
1 800 00
Town Report and Poll Book
1 585 00
Support of Poor and Infirmary
51 000 00
Mothers Aid
9 500 00
Town Notes and Interest
36 000 00
Assessors
2 500 00
Snow Removal
9 500 00
Reserve Fund
4 000 00
Miscellaneous Assessors
1 550 00
Miscellaneous Treasurer
800 00
Miscellaneous Clerk
350 00
Miscellaneous Selectmen
120 00
Miscellaneous Registrars of Voters
650 00
Miscellaneous Sealer Weights and Measures
190 00
Miscellaneous Tax Collector
1 450 00
Miscellaneous Unclassified
1 100 00
Part Payment Visiting Nurse
1 500 00
Quarters Veterans Spanish-American War 288 00
Observance of Memorial Day
400 00
Care of Town Cemetery 60 00
Quarters Rockland Post No. 147 American Legion 900 00 Expense of heat, light, casualty Insurance
Jr .- Sr. High and Mckinley School, prov. Chap.
71 Sec. 71 Gen. Laws. 150 00
Criminal Cases in Court
100 00
Compensation Insurance for Firemen
292 50
Rebuild West Water Street (Chapter 90)
6 000 00
Employ "Visitor" Public Welfare Dept. 1 500 00
Maintenance Plymouth County Hospital
4 427 35
Maintenance Traffic Beacons and Signals 900 00
Cleaning catchbasins and drains 500 00
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Material expense W. P. A. Vital Statistics Project 875 00
Install Street Light, Forest St. (near res.
Chas. Rose) 15 00
Foreclosing Tax Titles in Land Court 500 00
Cost of Materials and General Expense W.P.A. 1 200 00
Materials Sewing Unit (W. P. A. project) 2 400 00
Administrative expense Federal Commodity Distribution 515 87
Tri-Town observance of Armistice Day 400 00
Heat, light, gas and garbage removal Mckinley School when used by W.P.A. projects
400 00
Install lights Taunton Ave. entrance to High School 37 00
Tires for Combination Truck, Fire Department 275 00
Materials for curb recessed opening type drain Webster Street at Wright's Brook
labor W. P. A. 25 00
Materials to Repair Bridge Emerson St., labor W. P. A. 50 00
Exchange Police Car
400 00
Reeds Pond 350 00
Gravel Dexter Road Extension
100 00
Total amount raised and appropriated $381 692 43
APPROPRIATION, from Water Revenue
For use of Water Department 29 500 00
$411 192 43
A true copy, Attest :
RALPH L. BELCHER,
Town Clerk
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APPROPRIATIONS FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1939
From Bond Issue provided by Article No. 13, Special Town Meeting, August 8, 1938.
Art. No. 22. Materials to resurface sidewalk west side of Union St. from Vespers Gar- age to property of Maria Jenkins, Labor W. P. A. $450 00
Art. No. 30. Materials for sidewalk and curb south side of Reed Street from residence of Patrick Mahoney to Plain street, labor W. P. A. 600 00
Art. No. 39. Materials for curb and hard sur- face circular walk in front of High School labor W. P. A. 885 00
Act. No. 44. Materials rebuild sidewalk of west and south side Prospect Street from West Water to Highland St., labor W. P. A. 700 00
Art. No. 53. Materials for sidewalk and curb on west side of Myrtle Street from Bige- low Ave. to Summit St., labor W. P. A. 500 00
$3 135 00
From amount raised for General Expense W. P. A. Art. No. 32 Annual Town Meting, March 6, 1939
Art. No. 62. Materials for 2 catch basins east side of Concord Street near residence of Dominico DelPrete running 300 feet south-
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erly, labor W. P. A.
300 00
$3 435 00
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING SEPTEMBER 18, 1939
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a meeting was held in the Rockland Opera House, beginning at 7:30 o'clock P. M. and the following votes were passed and action tak- en.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by the Moderator, Magorisk L. Walls.
The warrant with Constable's return of service there- of was read by the Town Clerk.
The chairman of the Finance Committee, Harold B. Monahan, reported that the committee had approved the article.
Article 1. VOTED that the terms "laborers, work- men and mechanics" as used in Section 69 to 75 inclusive, under Chapter 152, General Laws, Ter. Ed. as amended, shall include such employees, except members of the police and fire department regardless of the nature of their work, as may be employed on work to be done under contracts with the Commonwealth.
Voted to adjourn at 7:38 P. M.
A true record of the doings of the meeting.
RALPH L. BELCHER
Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING DECEMBER 29, 1939
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a meeting was held in the Rockland Opera House, beginning at 7:30 o'clock P. M. and the following votes were passed and action taken.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by the Moderator Magorisk L. Walls.
The warrant with Constable's return of service thereof was read by the Town Clerk.
Mr. Holloway, of the Finance Committee, reported that the Finance Committee approved of the articles in the warrant.
Article 1. VOTED: that the sum of Three Thousand dollars ($3000.00) be transferred, from the unexpended balance raised at a Special Town Meeting, August 8, 1938 under Article 13 for the building of Sidewalks and Curbs under the W. P. A., to a general fund for the administra- tion and local contribution of W. P. A. Projects, or take any other action thereon.
Article 2. VOTED: to permit Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Association to use for burial purposes a lot of land con- taining one and three tenths acres which it has recently purchased from Josephine P. Guyette lying southeaster- ly of other land of said Association, the location of which has been approved in writing by the Board of Health of the Town of Rockland under the provisions of Chapter 114, Section 34 of the General Laws, Ter. Ed.
Voted to adjourn at 7:34 P. M.
A true record of the doings of the meeting.
RALPH L. BELCHER, Town Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Office of the Commission To Establish Representative Districts In the County of Plymouth
Authorized by Chapter 467 of the Acts of 1939 Commissioners: FREDERIC T. BAILEY, Chairman 719 Country Way, North Scituate Tel. Scituate 60 MAGORISK L. WALLS, Secretary 82 Webster St., Rockland Tel. Rockland 300 MARY B. BESSE 120 Main St., Wareham LOUISE B. CLARK 5 Library Place, Bridgewater ANTHONY KUPKA 232 Main St., Brockton
Town Clerk and Board of Board of Registrars: Town of Rockland
Dear Sir:
December 2, 1939
The special commission appointed under authority of Chapter 467 of the Acts of 1939, by his excellency, the governor, have held public hearings and executive ses- sions, and have unanimously apportioned the representa- tive districts of Plymouth County, and have assigned re- presentatives thereto, as follows:
District 1 - Plymouth, Kingston, Halifax, Plympton, Carver, with 7686 voters, and with meeting place in Plymouth, and having one representative.
District 2 - Scituate, Marshfield, Duxbury, Pembroke, and Hanover, with 7217 voters, and with meeting place at Marshfield, and having one representative.
District 3- Hull, Hingham, Cohasset, Norwell, with 7815 voters and with meeting place at Hingham, and hav- ing one representative.
District 4 - Rockland, Hanson, Abington, having 8393
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voters, with Rockland as the meeting place, and having one representative.
District 5 - Whitman, East Bridgewater, West Bridge. water, and Bridgewater, having 9952 voters, with Bridge- water the meeting place and having one representative.
District 6 - Wareham, Middleboro, Marion, Lakeville, Rochester and Mattapoisett, having 9939 voters, with Middleboro the meeting place, and having one representa- tive.
District 7 - Wards three and four of the City of Brock- ton, having 8432 voters with Brockton as the meeting place, and having one representative.
District 8 - Wards one, two and five of the City of Brockton, having 12,511 voters with Brockton as the meeting place, and having two representatives.
District 9 - Wards six and seven of the City of Brockton, having 8904 voters, with Brockton as the meet- ing place and having one representative.
FREDERIC T. BAILEY, Chairman MAGORISK L. WALLS, Secretary ANTHONY KUPKA, LOUISE B. CLARK, MARY B. BESSE,
Annual Report
of the
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
of the
Town of Rockland
For the Year Ending December 31, 1939
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR YEAR 1939-1940
FALL TERM
Begins Wednesday, September 6, 1939, sixteen weeks; ends Friday, December 22, 1939.
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WINTER TERM
Begins Tuesday, January 2, 1940, seven weeks; ends Friday, February 16, 1940.
SPRING TERM
Begins, Monday, February 26, 1940, seven weeks; ends Friday, April 12, 1940.
SUMMER TERM
Begins Monday, April 22, 1940, nine weeks; ends Wed- nesday, June 19, 1940. Teachers return Thursday and Friday, June 20 and 21, for year-end duties and organiza- tion work.
HOLIDAYS
October 12, 1939, Columbus Day. Closing of schools on Wednesday night and reopen Monday, October 16, 1939.
October 27, 1939, Teachers' Convention.
November 29, 1939, Schools close at noon for remainder of week, Thanksgiving Recess.
March 22, 1940, Good Friday.
May 30, 1940, Memorial Day. Closing of Schools on Wed- nesday night and reopen Monday, June, 3, 1940.
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SIGNALS FOR NO SESSION OF SCHOOL Fire Station Siren
A. M.
7:30 - 22 repeated: No session of Junior-Senior High School.
8:15 - 22 repeated : No forenoon session for first six grades.
P. M. 1
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 sending their children to school. No penalty is inflicted upon any child for non-attendance on account of severe weath- er.
Since our teachers are in school and many of the pu- pils do not hear the signal, it seems wise to use the time to good advantage in warm buildings, whereas during days when the signal may be used many children are out of doors, becoming wet and contracting colds.
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Is it not wiser to have them in warm school rooms un- der supervision, receiving beneficial instruction ?
R. STEWART ESTEN, Superintendent of Schools
January 1, 1940
SCHOOL DIRECTORY 1939 - 1940
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
DR. BENJAMIN LELYVELD, Chairman Reed Street Tel. 16-W. Term expires March, 1940
DR. WILLIAM A. LOUD 327 Salem Street Tel. 430. Term expires March, 1940
MISS M. AGNES KELLEHER 297 Howard Street Tel. 1484-W. Term expires March, 1941
DANA S. COLLINS 425 Liberty Street Tel. 55. Term expires March, 1941
JOHN T. TROY, Jr. 563 Liberty Street Term Expires March, 1942
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. and on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 o'clock.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SECRETARY
HARRIET E. GELINAS Office Tel. 1540
241 Myrtle Street Residence Tel. 1244
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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., Mon- days and Thursday from 3 to 4 p. m. and Wednesday evenings from 7 to 8 o'clock.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER AND SCHOOL NURSE
LOUISE A. CONSIDINE, R. N. 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. 114 Webster Street Office Tel. 38-W
Office Hours : 12:30 to 2 and 6:30 to 8 P. M.
DENTAL HYGIENIST
ETTA MURGIDA 131 Reed Street Office Tel. 1357 Residence Tel. 1313-W 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 month of age by the opening of school in September 1940 shall be admitt-
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ed to the first grade. Those who become five years of age after March 1, 1940, may be admitted after passing a satisfactory 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 vaccination 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. 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 satisfac- tory evidence regarding vaccination.
Pupils desiring to enter the first grade must enroll on or before October 1. Otherwise, they will not be ad- mitted.
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. The school hours for the junior-senior high school pupils shall be from 8:30 A. M. until 2:00 P. M.
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