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Frank Albert
Manuel Pachesco
Manuel Correia
F. W. LaMear
Joe Cambra
Antone DeCosta Perry
Fred Wall
Frank Rose, Jr.
John Barbosa 2
Manuel C. De Mello
Manuel P. Freese
Anthony Sylvia
Joe R. Rodericks Charles Soriel
Manuel Amaral
John Sousa
Antone Rogers
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Joe Frances H. H. Leonard
Marcelle Poirier Antone D. Sylvia
Manuel C. Torres, Jr.
Melancy C. White Frank Simmons
Manuel George
B. C. Monroe 1 f .- 1 m.
Antone Mattos
M. P. Cambra
James Kenworthy
Frank Botelho
Manuel Rose
Raymond C. Marble
Elmer Chadwick 1 m .- 1 f.
G. E. Horton
2 m.
Antone Goulart
Manuel R. Borges 1 m .- 1 f
Geo. F. Hathaway 1 m .- 1 f
John F. Terra
2 m.
James E. Williams 1 f.
Manuel P. White
Ella Anthony
Manuel Cotildes
2 m.
John F. Sylvia 2 m.
Arthur Meacock
Jos. P. Santos
Frank Alves
Antone Costa 1 f.
Isabel Carvalho
Raymond Horton 1 f.
J. H. Murphy
Charles A. Diamond
William Holmes
2 m.
F. Arnold Shaw
A. W. Ballou
2 m.
John Hennesy
Herbert Ballou
Roy W. Horton
Manuel Andrews
2 m.
Joe Cordeiro Ben Peters
Manuel Vaz
Joseph G. Rose
John Rogers
Lester M. Briggs
Manuel Martin
Florence Sprague
Peter Koissoi
Alice Glynn
Antone Morris
Manuel P. Sylvia
D. A. Millard
Joe P. Amaral
Patsy J. Davis
1 f. Manuel Rodericks
R. de Costa
1 f :- 1 m.
Manuel Costa
Phillip Andrews
1 f .- 1 m.
Antone Domingo 1 f.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED DURING 1924
Jan. 21 Frances Swakon of Dighton and Apolonia Kozial of Taunton by Rev. Michael Ceisteh.
Jan. 26 David Robeiro and Maria DeJesus Rodericks both of Dighton by Rev. Thomas Trainor.
Jan. 30 Harold Leroy Richmond and Adeline Frances Crosby both of Dighton by Rev. Walter Roy Tourtellot.
Feb. 4 Charles Broadbent of Dighton and Hellena Mary Whittemore of Taunton by Rev. John J. Shay.
Mar. 1 Antone Morris and Andelina Cabral Cotildes both of Dighton by Rev. Thomas Trainor.
Mar. 25 Charles Henry Shropshire and Clara More both of Dighton by Walter Roy Tourtellot.
April 8 William Thomas Glynn of Dighton and Harriet Jean Fales of Taunton by Rev. Thomas Trainor Manuel Miguel and Rosie Caton both of Dighton by Rev. Thomas Trainor.
April 25
May 3 Alden Lee Coffill and Amy Mildred Crowell both of Dighton by Rev. Frederick J. Dark.
May 7 Antonio Santos of Taunton and Gladys Pearl Sousa of Dighton by Rev. Thomas Trainor.
May 14 Manuel Gracia Moetozo of Taunton and Mary Goulart of Dighton by Rev. Roland W. Dicse.
May 14 John William Grant of Dighton and Elizabeth Ellen Brownisch of Dighton by Rev. William M. Kearons.
May 19 Manuel Botelho and Victoria Costa both of Dighton by Rev. Thomas Trainor.
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July 30 Kenneth Eugene Westcott of Dighton and Made- line Goff Pierce of Rehoboth by Rev. Arthur H. Wilde.
Aug. 16 Robert C. Coffill and Emma E. Foster both of Dighton by Rev. Frederick J. Dark.
Aug. 26 Charles Russell Wyatt of Dighton and Clara Mildred Pollard of Taunton by Rev. M. J. Reilly.
Sept. 6 Tony Costa of Dighton and Ruth White of Taunton by Rev. John McVay.
Oct. 13 Manuel J. Gallego of Taunton and Elley C. Cambra of Dighton by Rev. Thomas Trainor.
Oct. 18 Manuel Perry Dupont and Phoebe Rose both of Dighton by Rev. Thomas Trainor.
Oct. 20 Antone J. Perry and Mary A. Pachic both of Dighton by Rev. Thomas Trainor.
Oct. 25 Louis Carpenter of Dighton and Laura Gonsalves of Swansea by Rev. Henry Arnold.
Nov. 22 Antone P. Cambra of Dighton and Mary Gallego of Taunton by Rev. D. A. Raposa.
Nov. 24 Walter Crawford Peck of Fall River Marion Alberta Simmons of Dighton by Rev. John McVay.
Nov. 26 Paul Vincent Leonard of Dighton and Julia Helena Driscoll of Taunton by Rev. Thomas Trainor.
Nov. 27 Manuel Dutra of Dighton and Alice Mary Henry of Taunton by Rev. John W. Quirk.
Nov. 29 Ernest Marsden of Taunton and Gladys M. Hor- ton of Dighton by Rev. Arthur H. Wilde.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN 1924
Date Name
Jan. 5 Eleanor Alida Sires
Jan. 10 Priscila Maud Horton
Jan. 23 Richard Edward Whitmore Jan. 24 Walter Rodney Haskell
Jan. 24 Beryl, Borden
Jan. 25 Eve Agnes Costa
Feb. 4 Ztonkemiez
Feb. 5 Barbara O'Connell
Feb. 15 Dorothy C. Datolie
Feb. 15 Emma Theresa Auclair
Feb. 27 Rosalind Joan Burke
Feb. 29 Still Born
Mar. 5 Francis Joseph Donlon Mar. 7 Alfred Correia
Mar. 12 Suthern
Mar. 15 Cranmer
Mar. 19 Hilda Freitas
Mar. 23 Helen Louise Perry
Mar. 24 Robert J. Mendoza Mar. 24 Alice Cecilia Dutra
April 10 Ballou April 19 Ewing
April 19 George Wallace Rose April 22 Andrews
April 24 Ruth Anna Lavoie
April 29 Phillius Pemberton April 30 Francis McCarthy
May 1 Alfred James Vaz
May 7 Madeline Anna Costa
May 8 Maud Hathaway Atwood
Name of Parents
Homer A. & Ethel E. Sires Roy W. & Elsie May Horton Richard & Sarah Whitmore Percy W. & Henrietta E. Has- kell Everett W. & Emma M. Borden
Manuel & Eva Costa
Dimytri & Parxnur Ztonkemiez
Frank & Alice O'Connell
Michael J. & Annie E. Datolie
Henri & Eva Auclair Henry M. & Elizabeth M. Burke
Jos. J. & Mildred A. Donlon Manuel & Mary Correia
Alden A. & Lennie S. Suthern George & Leona Cranmer Manuel & Mary Freitas Harold Augustine & Helen Perry Manuel J. & Edna Mendoza
Frank J. & Mary Dutra
Louis L. & Florence I. Ballou
Charles R. & Alice W. Ewing George & Mary Rose John P. & Emma Andrews Jos. S. & Julia I. Lavoie James & Louisa Pemberton Thomas H. & Mary Mccarthy Manuel & Frances Vaz
Frank E. & Lucy Costa Herbert F. & Sadie C. Atwood
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May 8 Arthur Medeiros
May 14 Plamondon
May 15 Thelma Violet May Bursey
May 22 Lillian P. Torres
May 26 Stillborn
May 26 John Quincy Dillingham
May 29 Wesley Merle Hathaway
May 21 Grace Marie Williams
June 10 Compos
June 14 Delmar Edith Jones
June 18 Robert Sutton Turner
June 22 Elizabeth Agnes Toner June 22 Joseph Mitchel Sylvia June 23 Emile Joseph Gagnon June 24 Hilda Cambra
June 24 Vieira
June 30 Caroline Marie Souza
July 4 Edward Botelho
July 4 Adriana Dean Harrison
July 9 Marie Louise Irma Chausse
July 14 Raymond Wolszok
July 17 Arnold George Pachesco
July 19 Dennis Manuel Torres July 26 Stillborn
July 26 Ann Mary Morin
July 27 Mary Elizabeth Gracia
July 27 Costa July 30 Lois Elizabeth Horton Aug. 6 Sslvia
Aug. 10 Enos
Aug. 16 Stillborn
Aug. 18 Louisa Perry
Aug. 27 Marguerite White
Aug. 28 Mildred Camara
Aug. 29 Edward Dwyer Simmons
Sept. 4 Jeanne Irene Sullivan
Sept. 5 Leona Sherry O'Connell
Sept. 6 Rose Barros Gonsalves
Sept. 6 Seekell
Sept. 7 Miller
Louis Jesse & May Medeiros Alfred & Bertha Plamondon Archie & Mary Elizabeth Bursey Joaquim P. & Mary P. Torres
John Q. & Ella G. Dillingham Lester T. & Bertha I. Hatha- way John F. & Ella Williams Louis Compos & Mary Compos Everett B. & Marion D. Jones Robert & Caroline S. Turner John L. & Helen R. Toner Jos. M. & Gertrude L. Sylvia Emile J. & Mary H. Gagnon John P. & Mary D. Cambra Manuel & Mary I. Vieira Frank S. & Mary S. Souza Frank & Mary Jesus Botelho John W. & Ella F. Harrison Louis & Annie Chausse Stephen & Nancy Wolzok George & Rose Pachesco Manuel & Louise Torres
Joseph T. & Florida Morin Manuel & Mary Gracia Frank R. & Rose S. Costa G. Russell & Bernice M. Horton Manuel A. & Maria Sylvia John A. & Isabel Caroline Enos
Joseph G. & Louisa E. Perry John & Mary White
Frank & Isabella Camara
Percy B. & Annie C. Simmons
James C. & Irene L. Sullivan William H. & Leona G. O'Con- nell Louis B. & Susie B. Gonsalves Roy B. & Elsie E. Seekell Edward W. C. & Helena M. Miller
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Sept. 12 Helen Pearl Leonard
Sept. 13 Evelyn Jane Horton
Sept. 13 Dorothy May Greenhalge
Sept. 14 Maria Conceicso De Aguiar
Sept. 19 Royce Benjamin Wiles
Sept. 22 Ida Correia
Sept. 27 Mary Morris
Oct. 4 Still Born
Oct. 23 Hadro
Oct. 29 Edmund Simmons Rego
Oct. 30 Ruth Gagner
Oct. 31 Louis N. Goulart
Nov. 3 Clare O'Connell
Nov. 8 Samuel Lippincott Knight Jarvis Nov. 9 Maria Duceu Rebeira
Nov. 17 Ethel Green
Nov. 17 Douglas James Rose
Nov. 24 Frances Marie Thomas
Nov. 25 Shirley Loretta Buckley
Nov. 30 Robert Ashton Oatley
Dec. 6 Marilyn Yvonne Dufour Dec. 17 Antone Morris
Dec. 18 Earl Gordon Simmons
Dec. . 5 Priscilla Scott Brown
Herbert H. & Helen E. Leonard Elwood L. & Lillian I. Horton Abraham & Rose Greenhalge John M. & Angeline C. De Augiar Joseph & Alice Wiles
Antonia & Marie Correia
Manuel & Trinity Morris
John & Marcin Hadro
John & Mary Rego
Andrew L. & Annie M. Gagner
Louis M. & Mary Goulart
Jos. D. & Mary O'Connell
Chas. A. & Mary Jarvis
David & Mary Rebeira
Harry Baxter & Maud Green
William J. & Emeline P. Rose
Joseph & Rose Thomas Francis W. & Rhea Buckley John M. & Clara K. Oatley
Eugene & Alice Dufour
Antone & Angeline Morris
Leon F. & Grace H. Simmons
LeRoy E. & Doris M. Brown
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DEATHS RECORDED IN 1924
Date
Name
Age Cause of Death
Jan. 6 Laura Abbie Barney
Jan. 26 Leonard Ivy Young
80 11 24 Chronic Eudocarditis
Jan. 25 Joao Costa Pereira 32 Broncho Pneumonia Cardio Renal Disease
Jan. 18 Edmund Hathaway 83
Feb. 10 Edward P. Lincoln
78 3
3 Heart Disease
Feb. 11 Robert M. Phillips
63
3 14
Feb. 21 Walter H. Blake
71 22 Acute Bronchitis
Feb. 25 Louisa E. Lincoln
77 4 15 Heart Disease
Feb. 29 Still Born
Mar. 19 David Fairbanks Smith
66. 5 9 Carcinoma of Stomach
Mar. 31 Michael Taylor
59
8, 24 Chronic Mitral Disease
50 15 Chronic Nephritis
May 28 Sarah E. Hathaway 85
2 3 Lobar Pneumonia
July 1 Hannah Grosser
58. Osteoema
July 2 Francis Magie Carpenter 80
4 12 Gangreene in feet
July 26 Still Born
Aug. 14 Lena Carmel
44
2 9 Tuberculosis
Aug. 16 Still Born
Sept. 10 Josephine Rose
Sept. 16 Arnold George Pachesco
1 17 Gastro Enteritis
Sept. 30 John E. Chandler 82 11 7 Chronic Myocarditis
Oct. 4 Still Born
Oct. 31 Mildred E. Francis 3
3 Gastro Enteritis 8
Nov. 4 Joseph J. Amaral
Nov. 15 Maria E. Pereira
Nov. 17 Joseph W. Francis
Nov. 20 Fannie T. Manchester
Dec. 9 Ferdinand Waldron
69
16 Dilitation of Heart Lobar Pneumonia
Dec. 24 Julia Perry
74
1 7 Convulsions
65
3 5 Ataxic Paraplegia
Aug. 11 Bridget Mary Lincoln
Dec. 8 George Talbot Horton
6 3 6 Gastro Enteritis
70 Valvular Disease of Heart 72 Dilitation of Heart
1 10 Acute Bronchitis 1
91
8 24 Bronchitis
Dec. 24 Douglas James Rose
Dec. 31 Willard J. Reed
63
9 3 Acute Dilitation of Heart
54 6 22 Carcinoma of Rectum
April 4 Abbie Jane Walker
44 9 28 Broncho Pneumonia
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
Dighton, Jan. 8, 1925.
I herewith submit my fourteenth report as Librarian:
Number of Volumes in Library, Dec. 31st, 1923 5,962
Purchased during year 209
Number of Volumes presented 36
Number of Volumes in Library Dec. 31st, 1924
6,207
New borrowers
72
Total number of borrowers
964
Circulation during year
10,086
Adult fiction
4,993
Youths fiction
2,740
Non-fiction
2,353
Magazines
527
Number of persons using reading room
1,084
Money received from fines and turned over to Town Treasurer $31 50
Books mended 1,048
Respectfully submitted,
LYDIA J. COLE,
Librarian.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Unexpended Jan. 1st, 1924
$22 70
Appropriation
1,000 00
Receipts
31 50
Total
$1,054 20
EXPENDITURES.
Librarian Salary
$300.00
Magazines
48.50
Books
287.56
Fuel Lighting
141.52
Lighting
36.19
Labor
74 26
Janitor
131 80
Supplies
33 39
Repairs
4 50
Express car fare and expense Total
20 20
$1,077 92
Overdrawn Jan. 1st, 1925
$23 58
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Chairman.
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List of Books Added to Dighton Public Library 1924
Curly Graham, cow puncher
Ames, Joseph A.
Enchanted April
Armin, Grafin Von
Peacock Feathers
Bailey, Temple
Joyous Adventurer
Barnett, Ada
Green Timber
Bindloss, Harold
Queen of Farrandale
Burnham, Clara L.
Interpreters house
Burt, Struthers
After Dark
Collins, Wilkie
Antonina
Collins, Wilkie
Armadale Vol. I and II
Collins, Wilkie
Basil ยท
Collins, Wilkie
The Black Robe
Collins, Wilkie
Blind Love
Collins, Wilkie
The Dead Secret
Collins, Wilkie
The Evil Genius
Collins, Wilkie
The Fallen Leaves Collins, Wilkie
The Haunted Hotel Collins, Wilkie
Hearts and Science
Collins, Wilkie
Hide and Seek
Collins, Wilkie
I Say No
Collins, Wilkie
Jezebel's Daughter
Collins, Wilkie
The Law and the Lady
Collins, Wilkie Collins, Wilkie
The Legacy of Cain
Man and Wife Vol. I and II
Collins, Wilkie
The Moonstone Vols I and II
Collins, Wilkie Collins, Wilkie Collins, Wilkie
No Name, Vols I and II
Collins, Wilkie
Poor Miss Finch Queen of Hearts
Collins, Wilkie
Rogues Life
Collins, Wilkie
Two Destinies
Collins, Wilkie
My Miscellaines
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Woman in White Vols I and II Gaspard of Pine Croft Rover
King Who Went on a Strike
Dear Pretender
Luck of the Kid
Alaskan
Flaming Forest
Curwood, James O.
Gentleman of Courage
Curwood, James O. Dejeaur, Elizabeth
Tetherstones
Dell, Ethel M.
Unknown Quantity
Dell, Ethel M.
Lonely Furrow
Diver, Maud
So Big Heaven Kissed Hill
Fletcher, J. S.
Safety Pin
Fletcher, J. S.
Time Worn Town
Fletcher, J. S.
Heirs Apparenet
Gibbs, Philip Grey, Zane
To the Last Man
Grey, Zane
House of Helen
Harris, Corra
At the Foot of the Rainbow
Hendryx, James B.
O'Henry's Prize Stories The Happy Isles Enchanted Hill
Kyne, Peter B.
Cape Cod Stories
Lincoln, Joseph C.
Rugged Waters
Lincoln, Joseph C.
Here Comes the Sun
Loring Emilie
Re-Creations
Lutz, Grace L. Lutz, Grace L.
Story of a Whim
Education of Anthony Dare Pippin Seward Folly
Marshall, Archibald
Marshall, Archibald
Marshall, Edison
McCarter, Margaret
McClure,
Mccutcheon, George B Miln, Louise J.
Widening Waters High Fires East of the Setting Sun Mr. Wu
Collins, Wilkie Connor, Ralph Conrad, Joseph Choate, Pearson Colver, Alice Ross Cullum, Ridgewell Curwood, James O.
Double House
Ferber, Edna
Call of the Canyon
Society of Arts & Science
King, Basil
113
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Narrow Street Hoo-a-Long Cassidy Rose of the World Best Short Stories of 1923 Wrath to Come Locked Door Four Bells
Barbarian Lover
House of Dreams Comes True
Moon out of Reach Waves of Destiny Peters Best Seller
Freckles
Harvester Easy
It Pays to Smile
Dark Chapter Nervous Wreck
His Second Venture
Squire
Red of Redfields
Man from Smiling Pass Dancing Star Sea Hawk Gladiola Murphy Little French Girl Inverted Pyramid Pollyana of the Orange Blossoms Dancers in the Dark
Empty Hands A Line a Day
Adv. of Tom Sawyer Deep in the Hearts of Men The Furtherest Fury More Lives Than One A Son at the Front A Twisted Foot
Morris, Edward B. Mulford, Clarence Norris, Kathleen O'Brien, Edward J. Oppenheim, E. Phillips Packard, Frank L. Paine, Ralph D. Pedler, Margaret Pedler, Margaret Pedler, Margaret Pedler, Margaret
Piper, Margaret Porter, Gene Stratton
Porter, Gene Stratton
Putnam, Nina W. Putnam, Nina W.
Rath, E. J. Rath, E. J.
Reynolds, Mrs. Baille
Richards, Laura E. Richmond, Grace S. Robinson, Eliot D.
Ruck, Berta Sabatini, Raphael
Sawyer, Edith
Sedgewick, Anne D. Sinclair, Bertrand
Smith, Harriet L.
Speare, Dorothy Stringer, Arthur Tompkins, Juliet W.
Twain, Mark Waller, Mary E. Wells, Carolyn Wells Carolyn Wharton, Edith
White, William P.
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Audacity Lady of the Air
Devonshers Able McLaughlin
Mine with the Iron Door
Williams, Ben Ames
Williamson, A. M. C. N
Willsie, Honore
Wilson, Margaret
Wright, Harold Bell
YOUTH'S FICTION
Tidelis Laughling Last
Abbott, Jane D. Abbott, Jane D. Minglestreams Abbott, Jane D. Chicken Little Altemus, H., Comp. by Cock, Mouse and a little Red Hen Altemus, H,, Comp. by How Peter Rabbit Went to Sea
Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by
I Don't Want to go to Bed I Don't Want to wear Coats and things
Altemus, H., comp. by
Jack the Jumper and White Rab- bit
Little Black Sambo
Little Bunnie Bunniken
Little Mousie Mousiekin
Little Small Red Hen
Night Before Christmas Old Red Reynard the Fox Peter Rabbit and Jack the Jumper Altemus, H., comp. by
Peter Rabbit at the Farm
Peter Rabbit's Birthday
Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by
Peter Rabbit's Easter
Peter Rabbit Goes a Visiting
Altemus, H., comp. by
Peter Rabbit, Jack the Jumper, and Little Boy
Puss in Boots
Red Riding Hood
Tale of Peter Rabbit
Three Little Pigs
Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by
Peter Rabbit's Christmas
Altemus, H., comp. by
Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by
Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by
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When Peter Went a Fishing When Peter Went to School Judy
Little Black Mingo
For the Good of the Team
Nid and Nod
Barbour, Ralph H.
Right Guard Grant
Barbour, Ralph H.
Right Tackle Todd
Barbour, Ralph H.
Spaniards Cave
Barbour, Ralph H.
Awakening of Martha
Blanchard, Amy E.
Four Corners Abroad
Blanchard, Amy E.
Four Corners at College
Blanchard, Amy E.
Four Corners at School
Blanchard, Amy E.
Chico
A Little Singing Bird
Dorothy Dainty's Castle
Rosalie Dare
Brooks, Amy
Robin Hollow
Brown, Edna
Another Brownie Book
Cox, Palmer
Brownies Abroad
Brownies around the World
Boys book of Forest Rangers
Crump, Irving
Boy Scouts Fire Fighters
Crump, Irving
Curtis, Alice T.
A Little Maid of Mohawk Valley Kings Powder
Cinderella Three Bears
Fairyland Favorites
Boy Scouts of Katahdin
Little Bears Adventure Rick and Ready Out West
Elsie Marley January Girl Rusty Miller Cap'n Jim Mason Jim Mason Backwoodsman
Altemus, H., comp. by Altemus, H., comp. by Bailey, Tem. Comp. by Bamerman, Helen
Barbour, Ralph H.
Blanchard, Lucy Blanchard, Lucy Brooks, Amy
Cox, Palmer Cox, Palmer
A Little Maid of Maryland
Curtis, Alice T. Dudley, A. T. Duffield, Kenneth D. Duffield, Kenneth D.
Eaton Fox, Francis M. Garis, Howard C. Gray, Joslyn Gray, Joslyn Gray, Joslyn Gregor, Elmer E. Gregor, Elmer E.
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Jim Mason, Scout
Sunbonnet Babies in Italy
Grimms Fairy Tales
Spirit of the Leader
Heyliger, William
Three Little Kittens
Kauffman, Ruth
A Continental Dollar
Knipe, E. and A. A.
Powder, Patches and Patty
Knipe, E. and A. A.
Iroquois Scout
Lange, D.
The Sioux Runner
Tom Thumb
Macleod, Charles
Maltby, Ethel H.
Maltby, Ethel H.
Maltby, Ethel H.
Maltby, Ethel H.
Boy Scout of Light Horse Troop
Dutch, Twins
Eskimo Twins
Filipino Twins
Irish Twins
Pollyanna
Porter, Eleanor
Rhoades, Nina
Richards, Lela H.
Richards, Lela H.
Richards, Lela H.
Schultz, James W.
Seaman, Augusta
Seaman, Augusta
Seaman, Augusta
Stevenson
Tappan, Eva M.
Tomlinson, Everett
Hut
Walker, Abbie P.
Sandmans Stories of Twinkler eyes Walker, Abbie P.
Wheeler, Francis Rolt
Wheeler, Francis Rolt
Winston, John, com. by
Lange, D.
Little Red Hen
Mother Goose Stories
My Animal Story Book
Mother Goose Favorites
McLane, F. Moulton Perkins, Lucy
Perkins, Lucy
Perkins, Lucy
Perkins, Lucy
Puzzling Pepita
Carolines Career
Henrietta's Inheritance
Only Henrietta
Danger Trail
Edge of Raven Pool
Tranquility House
Sally Sims Adventures It
Childs Garden of Verse Ella
Scouting on the Old Frontier Sandmans Stories of Snowed-in-
Boy with the U. S. Diplomat Boy with the U. S. Radio Gingerbread Boy Story Book
Gregor, Elmer E. Grover, Eulalie E.
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Golden Black bird story book Winston, John com. by Peter Rabbit, story book Winston, John, com. by
NON-FICTION
131
Mental Hygiene of Childhood White, William A. 150
Talks to Teachers on Psychology James, William
218
Immortality Marchant, Sir James edited by 336.2
Taxation, the people's business Mellon, Andrew W.
370
Play in Education Child Training School Master of the Great City
Living with our Children
Lee, Joseph Patri, Angelo Patri, Angelo Pierson, Clara D.
395
Everyday Manners
Compiled by Faculty of Phila. High School
398
Stories of Months and Days Couzens, Reginald C. Hero Tales & Legends of the Rhine Spence, Lewis
118
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Myths and legends of N. A. Indians Spence, Lewis Epics & romances of the Middle
Ages
Wagner W.
540
Boy Chemist
Collins, A. Frederick
613
Physical Exercises for Daily Use Crampton. Ward C.
799
Book of Sports and Games Camp, Walter
821
Rudyard Kipling's Verse Cape Cod Ballads
Kipling, Rudyard Lincoln, Joseph C.
921
A Man From Maine Life and Letters of Archie Butt
The Iron Puddler From Pinafore to Politic
My Book and Heart My Garden of Memories
Bok, Edward W. Abbott, Lawrence F. Davis, James J. Harriman, Mrs. J. B.
Harris, Corra Wiggin, Kate D.
933
Jews and their Civilization Sterling, Ada
973
Winning the West
Roosevelt, Theodore
119
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973.22
Young People's History of the Pilgrims Story of the Pilgrims
Griffin Usher
974
Loiterer in New England
Henderson, Helen W.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
TOWN OF DIGHTON
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1924
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Roy F. Walker, No. Dighton, R. F. D. Mrs. Clara L. W. Wyeth, Segregansett
Leland Bullard, Segregansett
Mrs. Sarah C. Hamilton, No. Dighton, R. F. D.
Henry W. Horton, Dighton, R. F. D.
Trenor F. Goodell, Dighton
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1926 Term expires 1927
Term expires 1925 Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926
ORGANIZATION
Roy F. Walker, Chairman Mrs. S. C. Hamilton, Secretary Trenor F. Goodell, Fin. Sec.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Edward L. Hill, No. Dighton, Mass. Telephone, Taunton 3128-W
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
H. C. Briggs, Dighton, Mass. Telephone, 41-12 Dighton.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
H. S. Miller, M. D., 2 Pearl St., No. Dighton. Telephone, Taunton 645-W
SCHOOL NURSE
Alice B. MacIntosh, 390 Cohannet St., Taunton, Mass Telephone, Taunton 697-R
MUSIC SUPERVISOR Marion H. Martin, Taunton, Mass.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term, 7 weeks, Monday, Dec. 29, 1924 to Friday, Feb. 13, 1925.
Late Winter Term, 6 weeks, Tuesday, Feb. 24, to Friday, April 3, 1925.
Spring Term, 7 weeks, Monday, April 13, to Friday, May 29, 1925.
Fall Term, 15 weeks, Tuesday, Sept. 8, to Friday, Dec. 18, 1925.
Winter Term, 8 weeks, Monday, Dec. 28, 1925 to Friday, Feb. 19, 1926.
Late Winter Term, 7 weeks, Monday, March 1, to Friday, April 16, 1926.
Spring Term, 6 weeks, Monday, April 26, to Friday, June 4, 1926.
HOLIDAYS.
New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
DATE OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The regular monthly meetings of the School Committee are held on the last Thursday of each month.
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of the Town of Dighton:
I have the honor of presenting my first report as your Superintendent of Schools.
Although I have been with you but a short time there are a few matters upon which I can speak with a certainty and to these I shall confine this report. There are in general, two outstanding phases to the school situation in Dighton. The first one is the growth of school enrollment beyond the limits of present accommodations and the damage to the proper classification of the pupils that has arisen therefrom. The second phase centers around a lack of ability to read in the intermediate grades. I will speak of the second of these two phases first, because it is the one that first came to my attention upon becoming your Superintendent of Schools.
Upon assuming my duties I used one of the latest types of classification tests. These tests which are thoroughly standardized, will reveal to school officials more regarding the actual condition of the pupils than could be learned from even a long period of observation. The results of this particular test were quite astonishing. In grades seven and eight and to some extent in grade six, the results were about the ones to be expected. The test showed very clear- ly the varying amounts of individual ability and achieve- ment to be credited to each pupil. The striking feature here was the wide range presented by the pupils of any given grade. One seventh grade for instance showed grades of
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ability ranging from very poor third up to high school standards. The reason for this I will take up later. In grades below six a different situation was disclosed. These tests measure both ability, or intelligence, and school achievement. The results of the test were obviously im- possible. On the intelligence side of the test the scores showed an intelligence running many years below the actual ages of the pupils, in fact, if the scores were to be accepted, there was hardly a child of anywhere approaching normal intelligence in these grades. On the achievement side the results ran below the standard of age and grade, but greatly above the intelligence side of the test. As a specific instance of what I mean, a child ten years old in the fifth grade, appeared to possess the intelligence of a normal four year old child and to do the school work of a normal eight year old child. Clearly the results of this sort, when they are gen- eral for a large number of pupils, do not mean exactly what they appear to on the surface.
The most probable explanation of this situation was that the pupils were making low scores because they could not read the tests. The school work questions having the more familiar vocabulary were easier to read, hence a relatively higher score here; the intelligence questions having a less familiar vocabulary, were harder to read, hence a relatively lower score in this respect. To check the correctness of this assumption some further tests were given. One of these was a straight silent reading test. It was found that the reading ability of the pupils in terms of age corresponded very exactly with the mental ages disclosed by the original test. In some instances a different type of intelligence test was given, consisting entirely of pictures, therefore requiring no ability to read. In these cases children that in the first test gave evidence of only inferior mental capa- city, showed themselves to be well up to the average in actual brightness. The combined results of all this shows clearly the actual condition. The situation in a word was that the pupils of the fourth and fifth and to some extent
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