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Sept. 9 Joshua S. Bliss of Bourne and Sarah E. Hatha- way of Dighton, by Rev. Lincoln B. Goodrich.
Oct. 14 J. Franklin Staples of Dighton and Gertrude Williams of Taunton, by Rev. W. S. Mac- Intire.
Nov. 6 Louis Constantine and Mary Monteiro, both of Dighton, by Rev. John P. Doyle.
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BIRTHS RECORDED DURING YEAR 1918
Date Name
Jan. 5 Thomas Saunders 7 Kenneth Benjamin Atwood 12 Lawrence Paine Tweedy 12 John Cambra
19 Louisa Pacheco
25 Joseph Smith
29 Lyman Eustis Briggs
30 Manuel Viera
31 Lena Roderick
Feb. 1 John Barrows
3 Mary Rita Lenney 5 John Wolszok 7 Edwards 7 Ronald Ernest Marsden
7 Donald Russell Marsden
8 William Conrad Goff
9 Mary Sylvia
13 Priscilla Maybury Harrison
15 Ettaline Pettrilla
15 Charles Russell Wyatt
25 Edward Loyal Reynolds
25 Lawrence John Reynolds
26 Laura Souza 21 Bosse
24 Harrison
Mar. 6 Robert Healy Ballou 7 Dorothy Louise Leonard 9ª Cushman
Wade
Name of Parents
Thomas A. and Mary Saunders Herbert and Sadie Atwood Howard P. & Bessie E.Tweedy John P. and Mary Cambra Manuel and Mary Pacheco James W. and Rose Smith Lyman E. & Alma F. Briggs Antone and Mary Viera
Joseph and Mary Roderick Louis and Augusta Barrows Romeo F. & Rosina M. Lenney Steve and Anastasia Wolszok John H. and Sophia Edwards - Thomas and Agnes Marsden Thomas and Agnes Marsden William E. and Lillian E. Goff Frank J. and Mary F. Sylvia John W & Ella F. B. Harrison Licordina & Assunta Petrilla Frederic F. and Catherine V. Wyatt
Ambrose H. and Beatrice L. Reynolds
Ambrose H. and Beatrice L. Reynolds
John and Mary Souza Pierre and Marie Louise Bosse Adelbert C. and Margaret S. Harrison
Ai W. and Annie Ballou Herbert H.& Helen C. Leonard Theodore E. and Christine Cushman Elmer J. and Olive Wade
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11 Jeanne Augusto Kingsford 29 Anne Goldrick 30 Joe de Costa
April 4 Merle Quinliven 14 Stephen Caleb Briggs
15 Leonel Furtado 16 Wilfred James Eckersley 29 Reynolds
May 5 Antone Cardoza 5 John Cambra
10 Dorothy Cambra
15 Still born 27 Marjorie Frates Manuel G. and Annie Frates 28 Hildreth Miriam Manchester Wm. J. & Alice L. Manchester
June. 1 Joao Fernandez
2 Henry Dexter Greenlaw 4 Josephine Rose 15 Elizabeth Varney
16 Still born 20 Olive Elizabeth Sylvia 29 Brassell
July 2 Monteiro
5 Malçolm Bruce Rose
5 Amelia Wood
7 Emma Florence Pierce
16 Laura Torres
19 Alice White
20 Delana Williams Hathaway
23 Eva Conto
31 Elizabeth Hope Cameron
Aug. 3 Joseph Cambra 7 Pauline Costa
10 Joseph Rogers Fisher
10 Alfred Rogers Fisher
18 Elaine Bullard
19 Margaret Mary Chisholm
2 20 Henry Mainiz
Sept. 1 John Joseph Bolger
1 Mary Alice Goulart
6 James Corey 6 Lester Morris Horton
8 Still born 14 George S. Silvia
Carleton L. & Mary C. Kingsford Frank L. and Annie Goldrick Joe and Mary P. de Costa Merle D.& Edith M. Quinliven Caleb S. C. and Maria Briggs August P.& Sophie M. Furtado Joseph & Mary E. F. Eckersley Edwin H and Elsie S. Reynolds Marano and Maria Cordoza Joseph P.& Constance Cambra Frank P. and Mary Cambra
Joseph and Virginia Fernandez Edward D. & Lucy E. Greenlaw Joseph R. and Mollie Rose Wm. H. and Alice Varney
John and Olive Sylvia
Thomas E.& Catherine Brassell Joseph S.and Annie L'Monteiro Jose. F. D. and Laura J. Rose Antone S. and Amelia Wood Harold L.and Maude E. Peirce Manuel P. and Mary L. Torres Manuel C. and Mary White Howard P.&Alice M.Hathaway Manuel and Mary Conto William and Isabelle Cameron Julius P. and Edordina Cambra Manuel and Mary Costa
- Charles and Mary Fisher Charles and Mary Fisher Leland F. & Hazel I. Bullard Alex and, Mary Chisholm Antone and Mary Mainz John and Rose Bolger Manuel and Mary Goulart Joseph S. and Mary S. Corey Chas. L and Clara M. Horton
Joseph S. and Mary J. Silvia
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18 John Gomes 24 Ceasar Ventura
Oct. 3 Sylvia 12 Manuel Mello
13 Arita M. Webster
13 Still born 17 William F. Gegeheimer
22 Margaret Frances Dutra 27 Bradford Dary Place
Nov. 4 Harry Edward Brown 10 Theresa Silvia 14 Victoria Albert. 23 Beatrice Gasper
Dec. 2 George Alvin Staples 5 Mary A. Vincent 14 Carmine Orlando Colombo Di Petrillo
14 Villoro Diaz Liberty Trent Di Petrillo 29 Trenor Franklin Goodell
April 16 Maria F. Botelho
Joseph and Amelia Gomes Victor N.& Couceicao Ventura Manuel F. and Mary Sylvia Manuel F. and Mary S. Mello
Chas. A.and Marion G.Webster
William F. and Catherine E. Gegenheimer
Frank S. and Mary Dutra
Frank B. and Olive P. Place
Harry E. and Doretta Brown Antone and Teresa Silvia Manuel and Olivia Albert Manuel S. and Mary J. Gasper William G.and Helena A.Staples Armindo and Mary Vincent Guerino M. and Filomena
Petrillo
Guerino M.& Filomena Petrillo
Trenor F.and Marion J. Goodell Francisco and Maria Botelho
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DEATHS RECORDED DURING YEAR 1918
Date Name
Age Cause of Death
Y. M. D.
91 3 19 Excessive cold
86 4 8 Dilatation of heart
76 2 23 Bronchitis
28 Rebecca A. Horton Feb. 3 Hannah Andrews Talbot 77 5 Cerebral Hemorrhage
12 Antonio de S. Domingus
13 Vangelina K. Rodrigues
21 Charles M. Pierce
83 11 3 Carcinoma of stomach
28 Joas S. Domingus
28 Lawrence J Reynolds
Mar. 5 Dexter T. Pierce 11 Baby Wade
16 Albert L. Searle
27 Martha Louisa Smith
14 Louis Souza
April 1 James Robertson
13 Rose Vieira
14 John Wolszok
21 Betsey M. Palmer
30 John Thomas W. Lee
79
7 3 Arterio Sclerosis
May 9 Daniel D. Andrews 15 Still-born
18 Rufus P. Horton
79
10 Mitral Regurgitation
24 Manuel Reis
24 Julla C. Rodrigues
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16 11 18 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Hemorrhage from stomach
29 Johanna Howard
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16 Dilatation of heart Pulmonary Tuberculosis
June 5 Maria J. C. Torres 13 Jessie Fratis 16 Still-born
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4 3 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
34 3 29 Augina Pectoris
74 7 11 Arterio Sclerosis 3 Premature birth
22 Adolph Bukacek 25 Alfred W. Perry
29 Brassell
5 17 Lobar Pneumonia
82 8 29 Acute Nephritis
6 7 4 Broncho Pneumonia
2 9 Broncho Pneumonia
75 6 24 Acute Insanity 54 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
3 ·27 Broncho Pneumonia 3 Convulsions
84 7 5 Aortic Obstruction 18 hrs. Non-closure of foraver ovale 81 7 8 Carcinoma of throat 74 6 10 Chronic Institial nephri- tis
7 25 Bronchitis 9 4 Bronchitis
Jan. 8 George E. Gooding 14 David Phillips
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July 6 Henrietta Swasey 41
7 Clarence C. Andrews 52
8 Rita McCarthy
12 Jesuina Borges
8 Lobar Pneumonia 7 20 Tubercular Meningitis
18 Abbie H. Briggs 68
21 Mary Leonard 6
27 George Edward Brown
12 10 15 Accidental Drowning
31 Maria F. Botelho
3 15 Gastro Enteritis
Aug. 2 Josephine G. Thaxter 77 11 25 Apoplexy
16 Maria Franco 45 Chronic Diffuse
Nephritis
Sept 18 Joao Camara
30 Jose Silveira Souza 31
21 Catherine J. Chisholm 13 Peritonitis Influenza & Pneumonia
4 Reginald McNeil
12
0 23 Influenza
5 Jacob. E. Flye
69
2 8 Carcinoma of the back
7 Sylvia
2 Obstructed bile duct Influenza & Pneumonia
8 Ezabello Rodrigues Cabral 35
· Sept. 8 Still-born
Oct. 8 Arthur C. Boyce
35 11
3 Broncho Pneumonia
8 Jose Dutra 17 11
9 Arthur Lawrence Sousa 31
Sept 10 Elizabeth Carroll 74
.2 19 Arterio Sclerosis Broncho Pneumonia
Oct. 12 Jose Moura 34
13 Still-born
14 Antonio Nunes 25
Influenza
15 Alice Fancerca
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4 18 Influenza Broncho Pneumonia Influenza
15 Mary Fernandez Souza 22
15 Dora T. Ballou 19
2 19 Typhoid Fever and Influenza
16 Louis Barros Goncalves
8 16 Broncho Pneumonia
16 Emma Jane Bosworth
17 Anna Freitas 32
68 7 7 Chronic Institial Nephritis Broncho Pneumonia- Influenza
17 Margarite Freitas
3 Influenza
17 Joseph Cambra
2 6 Broncho Pneumonia- Influenza
1 Acute Gastro Enteritis
19 Joas S. Philipe
4 27 Mitral and Aortic Insufficiency
4 22 Cerebral Hemorrhage 6 29 Gastro Enteritis
18 Doris Lamoureux
6 Arterio Sclerosis
4 9 Congenital Cretinism
Oct. 4 Raso Megull 36
11 13 Gastro Enteritis Lobar Pneumonia
2 Influenza Influenza & Pneumonia
15 Lucianno Moreira 37
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20 Manuel C. Carvalla 26
26 John Francisco Silva
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26 Julius Pacheco Camera 41
26 Anna B. Souza 35
27 Mamie Medeiros 6
28 Sarah McCabe 64
31 Amanda Waters 78
6 Merle Quinliven
Nov. 7 Doris D. Sherman 23
10 Manuel Vieira
18 Lydia M. Horton
- 19 Audelia Jane Hutchinson
Dec, 3 Annie Amelia Oldmixon 70 2 8 Carcinoma of duodenum
19 Urial M Haskins
Broncho Pneumonia- Influenza
Bronch Pneumonia- Influenza Broncho Pneumonia- Influenza Pneumonia Influenza Broncho Pneumonia- Influenza
4 23 Cerebral Hemorrhage.
9 16 Arterio Sclerosis 6 Marasmus
9 15 Influenza-Broncho Pneumonia
9 Bronch Pneumonia
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89
1 Uremia Old age
75 8 · Diabetis Nephritis
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Town Clerk.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
Dighton, Jan. 1, 1919.
I herewith make my eighth report as Librarian:
Number of Volumes in Library, Dec. 31, 1917,
4,258
Purchased during year,
166
Number of Volumes presented Library,
37
Number of Volumes in Library, Dec. 31, 1918,
4,461
Money received from fines and turned over to
Town Treasurer, $20 36
Borrower's cards,
890
Circulation during year,
8,471
Adult fiction,
4,793
Youth's fiction,
2,188
Non-fiction,
1,490
Magazines,
1,079
Number of persons using reading room,
3,117
During the year, 1918, there have been presented to the Library books from the following sources: Mrs. Emily E. Frazer, six books of non-fiction, seven books of fiction; Mrs. M. M. Smith, seven books of non-fiction and Miss Josephine Thaxter, seventeen books of non-fiction: Mrs. L. E. Butler has contributed The Red Cross Magazine. The Campfire Girls, The Wohelo, The Baptist Church, The
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Watchman, The Unitarian Church, The Christian Register and The Beacon, The W. C. T. U., The Union Signal. The Board of Health ordered the Library closed ten successive days during the recent epidemic.
Respectfully submitted, LYDIA J. COLE,
Librarian.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$750 00
Receipts from dues,
20 36
Gift from a friend,
10 00
$780 36
EXPENDITURES.
Overdrawn Jan. 1, 1918,
$25 43
Paid Janitor service,
92 34
Gas light,
34 89
Fuel,
96 00
Supplies, and repairs,
30 66
Books,
176 11
Magazines,
40 75
Librarian's salary,
199 92
Asst. Librarian, labor,
25 23
Unexpended Jan. 1, 1919,
59 03
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$780 36
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Chairman of Trustees.
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List of Books Added to the Dighton Public Library, Year 1918.
FICTION.
Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell, Ne'er Do Much.
Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell, Stingy Receiver. Aldrich, Darragh, Enchanted Hearts. Allen, James Lane; Kentucky Warbler. Atherton, Gertrude, White Morning. Bacheller, Irving, Light in the Clearing.
Baldwin, Harold, Holding the Line. Barbusse, Henri, Under Fire.
Bindloss, Harold, Girl from Kellars.
Bindloss, Harold, Lure of the North. Bosher, Kate L., Kitty Canary. Bower, B. M., Lookout Man. Brainerd, Eleanor H., How Could You, Jean?
Browne, Belmore, White Blanket.
Comstock, Harriet T., Mam'selle Jo. Connolly, James B., The U Boat Hunter. Connor, Ralph, Major. Curwood, James Oliver, Courage of Marge O'Doone. Dawson, Conningsby, Out to Win.
Dell, Ethel M., Greatheart.
Dell, Ethel M., Hundredth Chance.
Dell, Ethel M., Knave of Diamonds. Dell, Ethel M., Rocks of Valpre.
Dillon, Mary, Comrades. Diver, Maude, Unconquered.
Doyle, A. Conan, His Last Bow. Empey, Arthur Gut, First Call. Fenollosa, Mary M., Sunshine Beggars. Foote, John T., Lucky Seven. Freeman, Mary E. W., Edgewater People. Gates, Eleanor, Apronstrings.
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Grayson, David, Great Possessions.
Grey, Zane, U. P. Trail. Dighton Public Library Page 2 Hall, Bert, In the Air.
Hanshew, Thomas W., Cleek, Master Detective. Harben, Will N., Hills of Refuge.
Holmes, R. Derby, Yankee in the Trenches.
Hughes, Rupert, Long Ever Ago.
Jackson, Charles T., Call to Colors.
Kerr, Sophie, Golden Block. King, Basil, High Heart. Lee, Jeanette, Green Jacket.
Lincoln, Joseph C., Extricating Obadiah (2 copies).
Lincoln, Joseph C., Shavings.
Lincoln, Natalie S., The Moving Finger.
London, Jack, Little Lady of the Big House.
Luther, Mark L., Hope Chest.
Lutz, Grace L. H., Enchanted Barn.
MacGrath, Harold, Girl in His House.
Mccutcheon, George B., City of Masks. McFee, William, Aliens. Meade, Mrs. L. T., Polly, A New Fashion Girl. Mitchell, J. A., Drowsy.
Newton, W. Douglass, War Cache.
O'Brien, Edward J., Short Stories, 1917. Oppenheim, E. Phillips, Pawns Count. Peat, Harold R., Private Peat. Pertwee Roland, Transactions of Lord Louis Lewis.
Porter, Eleanor H., O, Money, Money.
Porter, Gene Stratton, Daughter of the Land. Reynolds, Mrs. Baille, Lonely Stronghold. Rickard, Mrs. Victor, Light Above the Cross Roads. Rhinehart, Mary R., Amazing Interlude. Rhinehart, Mary R., Street of Seven Stars. Ruck, Berta, Three of Hearts. Scott, LeRoy, Mary Regan.
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Sharp, Dallas L., Hills of Hingham.
Sharp, Dallas L., Where Rolls the Oregon.
Sidgwick, Devils Cradle.
Strayer, E. Ward, Making Good With Margaret.
Sullivan, Edward, Tales From Scott.
Streeter, Edward, Dere Mable.
Thompson, Ernest Seton, Preacher of Cedar Mountain.
Tinyan, Marcelle, To Arms.
Tolman, Albert W., Jim Spurling, Fisherman.
Twain, Mark, Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Von Hulton, Beltina, Bag of Saffron.
Vorse, Mary H., The Prestons.
Wallace, Dillon, Grit, A Plenty.
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey, Elizabeth's Campaign.
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey, Missing.
Wells, Carolyn, Vicky Van.
Williamson, Everyman's Land.
ADULT NON-FICTION.
279 Churches.
Butler, Mrs. John Wesley, Historic Churches in Mexico. Wilson, Epiphanius, Cathedrals of France.
327 Foreign Relations.
Morgenthau, Henry, Ambassador Morgenthau's Story. Palmer, Frederick, America in France.
Palmer, Frederick, America Save the Near East.
594.
Whyte's Adam's, World's Wonder Stories.
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Donahue, Margaret F., A Manual of Nursing.
635 Flowers.
Curtis, Charles H., Sweet Peas and Their Cultivation.
641 Cooking.
Evans, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Elizabeth's Wartime Re- ceipts.
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728 Architecture.
Dorr, Joy Wheeler, A Book of One Hundred Houses.
740 Decoration. 1
Gibb, William, Book of Porcelain. Hope, W. H. St. John, Heraldry for Craftsman and De- signers.
821 Poetry.
Foxcroft, Frank, War Verse. Morgan, Angela, Utterances and Other Poems.
909 General Hostory.
Singleton, Esther, World's Greatest Events, Vol. 1. Singleton, Esther, World's Greatest Events, Vol. 2. Singleton, Esther, World's Greatest Events, Vol. 3. Singleton, Esther, World's Greatest Events, Vol. 4. Singleton, Esther, World's Greatest Events, Vol. 5.
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921 Biography.
Clark, Charles E., My Fifty Years in the Navy.
Lauder, Harry, Minstrel in France.
Pine, Frank W., Franklin's Autobiography. Richard, Laura E., Abigal Adams.
Wheeler, Francis R., Thomas A. Edison.
ADULT NON- FICTION.
942 England. Howe, Gordon, What to See in England.
943 Germany.
Gerard, James A., Face to Face Kaiserism.
Cheradame, Andre, Pan-German Plot Unmasked.
McCarthy, Daniel J., Prisoners of War in Germany.
949 Holland.
Boulger, Demetruis C., Holland of the Dutch
949-3
Anon, War Nurse's Diary.
950 Koreans.
Taylor, Constance, Koreans at Home.
951 China.
Alsop, Gulielma F., My Chinese Days.
962 Egypt.
Samon, Percy R., The Wonderland of Egypt.
973 United States.
Eggleston, George Cary, Life in the Eighteenth Century. Earle , Alice Morse, Home Life in Colonial Days.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
Year Ending Dec. 31, 1918
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
¡George H. Walker, North Dighton, George A. Clark, Dighton, R. F. D., Samuel N. Codding, North Dighton, Robert W. Whitmarsh, Dighton,
Term expires 1919 Term expires 1919 Term expires 1920 Term expires 1920
*Clarence C. Andrews, North Dighton, Term expires 1921
Ralph Earle, Dighton, R. F. D., Term expires 1921 *(Died July, 1918. A. S. Muirhead appointed to March, 1919).
¡(Resigned Dec., 1918. Position vacant).
ORGANIZATION.
Robert W. Whitmarsh, Chairman. Ralph Earle, Secretary.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Mortimer H. Bowman, Dighton, Mass. (Phone 22-4 Dighton).
ATTENDANCE OFFICER.
Howard C. Briggs, Segregansett, Mass.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Dr. L. E. Butler, Dighton, Mass.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter term, 12 weeks, Monday, Dec. 30, 1918 to Friday, March 21, 1919.
Spring term, 10 weeks, Monday, March 31, 1919 to Friday, June 6, 1919.
Fall term, 16 weeks, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1919 to Friday, Dec. 19, 1919.
Winter term, 11 weeks, Monday, Jan. 5, 1920 to Friday, March 19, 1920.
Spring term, 9 weeks, Monday, March 29, 1920 to Friday, May 23, 1920.
HOLIDAYS.
New Years Day, Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day. Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanks- giving Day and the day following.
DATE OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The regular monthly meeting of the school committee is held at 7.45 p. m. on the Friday preceding the first Satur- day of each month.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Dighton :
Loss of Time.
No statement of the school year's work would be com- plete without a mention of the loss caused by a closing of the schools for four or more weeks. To some this does not appeal because they are not in close touch with the schools or think that in some mysterious manner the pupil will absorb enough education to get through the grade or complete the year's work. But to the teacher and school officials well as a few homes, loss of time is a source of anxiety. Time can never be made up neither can it be substituted. We either move along with the current of the stream or are left behind with all the connecting re- sults. Although some localities are conditioned more than we are yet our position is serious because so many of the homes depend upon market gardening for an income. After a careful survey of the whole subject it was decided to shorten the winter vacation and lengthen the school year one week in June. Even under these conditions two weeks of time will be lost. Although teachers and pupils will intensify their work, yet it will be impossible in some cases for pupils to complete the grades. Some work must be left over to the following year and the loss charged to the debit side of life's account.
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School Attendance.
This is a perennial subject. It must remain such until a reasonable degree of perfection has been attained. That degree is the inalienable right of a child to an education that comprises the first fourteen years of his life. Since that child is to become an American citizen it is not within the province of the parent to say when or how much his child shall attend school. That prerogative belongs only to the state and the nation. During the past two years, while home labor has been in great demand, the child has been sacrificed to the greed of the home. The large wage attainable in the mill has so preyed upon the cupidity of many a parent that he has forced the older child into the factory and kept the younger one to work at home during school hours. When appealed to by the attendance officer, such a parent will present a variety of excuses, frequently based upon an overdrawn imagination, and continue to cheat his child and the nation. This procedure is radi- cally wrong no matter by whom practiced. Until every man, voluntarily or by compulsion, obeys the laws of the state, a stable democracy is theoretically only. To give a child only an half opportunity for an education is failing to give him an opportunity to become an American citizen. Far more frequently than is thought, pupils leave school when in the 5th, or 6th grade. Such a child, because there are neither books nor papers in the home to maintain school standards, relapse into a degree of ignorance that prevents him from becoming a man among men in any business way. When the national census shows that in Bristol County, of this Commonwealth, there is an illiter- acy of 10.8 per cent., it is time that the children were given a chance to attend school instead of being cheated year after year of their rights by their ignorant parents. Any sane citizen need only look at present European conditions to fully realize which is the safer element in any country, educated or uneducated.
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Work or Play.
It is not a very uncommon practice to have a pupil in the high school so neglect his work that he fails to receive a passing mark. Perhaps a slight margin should be allowed for extenuating circumstances for which the home is re- sponsible, but in the main it is a personal affair with the boy or girl. He does not appear to sense the fact that the high school is far different from the country school that he last attended and which sent him out to try his fortunes with scores of others. In the high school marking time is not enough. Being in faithful daily attendance is not sufficient. Faithful thorough preparation of all lessons and good recitations must be added to such attendance. Furthermore there must be an ambition to reach higher rank by hard work no matter how many hours the prepara- tion of a lesson requires. It is not just to the town that pays the tuition and transportation nor to the state that may or may not in part reimburse the town for such ex- pense, to allow undue shirking. Such a practice encour- ages an obtuse view of rights and privileges by pupils and leads them to think that they have an inalienable right to disregard all responsibility at their own pleasure. Occa- sionally the home will encourage such a child to change from one school to another, which for the major part is of doubtful benefit, in order to prolong the day of final failure. Such procedure is wrong for the pupil, who if he will not do his full duty at school, should be placed at some useful occupation. If a parent is determined to indulge his child in this manner, after a fair trial of one year in the high school and the failure of such a pupil to maintain a passing rank, he should pay all bills and take the consequence with good grace.
Enlargement or School Buildings.
During the summer vacation Flat Rock School build- ing was enlarged by the addition of some 12 feet. This
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adds much to the comfort of the children and provides suf- ficient room for some future years. This enlargement was imperative as can be proved from census statistics. Fur- thermore there is an equally urgent demand for similar enlargement of the Fish and Williams school buildings. There is no other remedy except the transportation of pupils to the central schools. The demand for these en- larged surroundings is not caused by some sudden influx of people, but is rather the result of slow and steady in- crease of population. This tends to substantiate the theory that whatever enlargements are made will be in demand for some years to come. In making these improve- ments due regard should be given to light, ventilation and sanitary needs.
With pleasure we express our thanks to all who have aided in amking the school work of the year successful.
Respectfully submitted,
MORTIMER H. BOWMAN,
Superintendent of Schools.
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FINANCIAL REPORT
OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FROM JAN. 1, 1918 TO JAN. 1, 1919.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury Jan. 1, 1918, $419 94
Appropriation for general purpose, 15,500 00
State allowance for Superintendent, 500 00
Bristol County dog fund, 407 50
Sale of R. R. tickets, 6 00
Massachusetts School fund,
790 98
Tuition of State Wards,
103 50
Special appropriation for repairs,
1,500 00
Total receipts,
$19,227 92
EXPENSES.
Teachers' salaries for 1918,
$8,048 36
Janitors' salaries for 1918,
1,292 00
Supt. salary and expenses,
729 17
Books,
258 98
Supplies,
544 52
Fuel,
1,444 95
Transportation,
616 38
Tuition, High School,
1,650 00
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Elementary, tuition,
63 00
School Physician,
60 00
Incidentals,
331 01
Repairs,
1,181 95
Total general expense,
$16,220 .32
Total special repairs, $1,493 67
Balance general expense Jan. 1, 1919, 1,507 60
Balance special repairs Jan. 1, 1919, 6 33
$19,227 92
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH EARLE,
Secretary.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the Town of Dighton :
I respectfully submit the following report as School Physician for the ensuing year:
Enlarged Tonsils,
16
Head Lice,
63
Respectfully submitted,
L. E. BUTLER, M. D.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
To Mt. M. H. Bowman, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir :- For the work in music, in the schools of Dighton, practically the same plan is followed.
Each year the effort is made to thoroughly accomplish the work specified for each grade.
The study of music principles, ability in sight-reading, good pitch, the interpretation of songs of various char- acter, and interest in music, are some of the points empha- sized. Patriotic songs are sung. More Christmas carols were learned this year.
The power of music is unlimited. It makes us, it soothes us to sleep.
It is necessary for glad occasions, and also for sad ones. The war has helped to show the tremendous force of music.
Let us have music, and still more music.
Respectfully submitted,
NELLIE F. HAMMANT,
Supervisor of Music.
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REPORT OF ATTENDANT OFFICER
To the School Committee, Dighton, Mass .:
Gentlemen :-- ·
I herewith submit my report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1918. I have made 206 visits in investigating the causes of non-attendance. In most cases the fault lies with the parents.
The influenza epidemic of last October interfered to some extent with school attendance. I think all connected with the schools for their cheerful co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD C. BRIGGS,
Attendance Officer.
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HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
Taunton.
Class 1919. Thatcher Pardey. Ruth Reynolds. Class 1920. Edna Bowen. Emery Lincoln. Elizabeth Walker.
Class 1921. Charles Glynn. Lester Lassen.
William Marsden.
Joseph Roderick. Class 1922.
Norman Cameron.
Randolph Gordon. Leslie Meacock. Elton Staples. Anna Viera.
Fall River.
Class 1920. Louise Brightman.
· Henry L. Rock. Esther Brightman. Elizabeth Earle. Elmer E. Haskins. Nellie Washburn.
Class 1922. Herbert Carr. Homer Carr. John M. Earle.
CHANGE OF TEACHERS.
School. South Primary A., Flat Rock, Brick,
Appointment. Marjorie F. Kingsley. Helen G. Edgar. Florence M. Young.
TABLE A ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE' YEAR 1918.
1
Schools
Teachers
Number of. Boys
Number of Girls
Total
Enrollment Under
Enrollment Between
Enrollment Bewteen
Enrollment Between
14 and 16 Years
Total Membership
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent. of
Attendance
Number of Visits
North Grammar
Eva A. Fuller
21
17
38
0
0
30
8
38
33
31.5 37.7
130 100
North Intermediate
Carolyn C. Grace
20
23
43
0
0
43
0
43
Rebecca Ellis
25
20
45
0
0
42
3
45
35.8
31.9
89.1
85
North Primary A
Florence M. Churchill
25
21
46
0
23
23
0
46
38
34
89.5
44
North Primary B
Belle D. Rogers
23
20
43
0
0
34
9
43
39
35.3
90.5
62
South Grammar
Helen H. Lane
16
19
35
0
0
34
1
35
34.5
33.1
90.1
43
So. Intermediate A
Ruth H. Roberts
22
22
44
0
0
44
0
44
40.5
36.9
91.2
76
So. Intermediate B
Doris E. Moulton
9
17
26
0
0
25
1
26
24.7
21.8
88.2
103
South Primary A
Marjorie F. Kingsley
14
13
27
0
22
4
1
27
24.8
22
88.7
102
South Primary B
Mabel W. Emery
20
13
33
0
3
30
0
33
30.7
26.2
85.3
49
Broad Cove
May F. McIsaac
19
12
31
0
2
29
0
31
29
22
75.9
56
Flat Rock
Helen G. Edgar
20
16
36
0
4
30
2
36
31.1
26.3
84.6
37
Fish
Emma F. Chase
17
10
27.
0
4
21
2
27
26.5
23.6
89.1
61
Williams
Marjorie F. Kingsley
15
19
34
0
7
25
2
34
26.8
24
89.6
74
Brick
Florence M. Young
Segreganset
Dorothy K. Robinson
12
13
25
0
5
18
2
25
21
19
90.5
79
15
ANNUAL REPORT
95.5
41
91.9
5 Years
5 and 7 Years
7 and 14 Years
Edith V. Goff
Mildred Elliott
16
ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE B
SHOWING AGE AND ASSIGNMENT OF PUPILS BY GRADES
Schools
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
North Grammar
12.6
12.7
14
13.8
No. Intermediate
11.7
10.5
North Primary A
8.3
9.6
North Primary B
6.6
South Grammar
13.3
13.8
14.7
So. Intermediate A
11.6
11.6
So.Intermediate B
9.5
10.5
South Primary A
9
South Primary B
6.8
Broad Cove
7.5
8.9
10.1
11.2
12.2
Flat Rock
7
8
10
12
12
12
13
14
Fish
6.5
8.5
8.8
9.5
11.8
12.5.
12.8
13.8
14.8
Williams
7.7
7.5
8.3
11
11.7
11.9
14.2
Brick
7.2
3.8
9
11
11.8
12.8
14.3
Segreganset
7
8
8
10
12
11
13
14
17
ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE C
SHOWING NUMBER AND ASSIGNMENT OF PUPILS BY GRADES.
Schools
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
North Grammar
21
13
3
3
No Intermediate
21
33
North Primary A
19
20
North Primary B.
47
South Grammar
24
11
4
So.Intermediate A
17
25
So.Intermediate B
22
26
South Primary A
22
South Primary B
29
r
Broad Cove
10
7
7
7
4
Flat Rock
7
3
4
4
6
4
3
1
Fish
10
2
6
7
4
6
1
2
1
Williams .
3
3
4
6
5
3
1
Brick
-
9
7
2
6
·2
8
1
Segreganset
5
4
4
4
2
·2
1
1
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