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Poll .20
Motor Vehicle
Excise
22.28
185.43
Total Collector's Receipts
$136,592.74
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts:
Income Tax $39,635.97
Corporation
Tax-(Bus.) 28,206.96
Meals Tax
801.89
Corp. Tax
Franchise 92.61
Veterans' Service 813.75
Vocational
Education
5,964.04
School
Superintendency 2,393.43
High School
Transportation 5,000.00
82,908.65
Departmental Receipts:
Town Nurse $ 47.00 Town Librarian 37.32
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Sealer of Weights
& Measures 61.20
School Dept .-
Miscellaneous 159.70
School Dental Fund 449.50
Telephone Calls
8.05
762.77
Departmental Revenue:
Aid to Dependent Children:
From State $ 2,464.70
Board of Health:
From State
494.29
Old Age Assistance:
From State 17,106.65
From Cities 625.64
From Towns
298.63
18,030.92
Welfare:
From Cities
814.46
From Towns 873.63
1,688.09
School Department:
Tuition (towns) 22,570.75
Tuition (other) 489.00
Telephone 72.48
23,132.23
Dighton-Berkley Bridge
3.60
General Government 4.73
1
: 45,818.56
F
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Aid to Highway Revenue:
Chapter 81
From State 12,466.70
Chapter 90:
State
5,760.33
County
2,880.17
8,640.50
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
State 500.00 County 500.00
1,000.00
22,107.20
U. S. Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children Administration 206.46
Old Age Assistance Administration 876.90
Aid to Dependent Children 2,937.50
Old Age
Assistance 16,380.39
Smith-Hughes Fund 220.71
20,621.96
Town Clerk:
Dog Licenses
801.80
Court Fines
30.00
Federal Tax-
Witholding 14,676.05
County Retirement 976.15
Road Machinery
Fund 1,872.00
18,356.00
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Grants and Gifts:
Police Department-
(Special)
14,797.83
Fire Department- (Special) 600.00
Taunton Greyhound
Association
500.00
15,897.83
Licenses:
Common Victualler
$45.00
Lord's Day
51.00
Sausage
5.00
Milk
9.50
Ice Cream
Manufacturing
5.00
Beer Permit 1.00
Alcoholic Bev.
1,250.00
Package Store 400.00
Oyster Privilege
50.00
Auto Dealer 10.00
Gas Renewal
4.50
Denatured Alcohol
7.00
Dancing Permit
9.00
Garbage Permit
.50
Peddler
8.00
Firearms
6.00
Auctioneer
2.00
Golf Driving Range
10.00
Junk
10.00
Cabin
1.50
Advertising Costs
17.06
1,902.06
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Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles
142.85
Tax Possessions
150.00
292.85
Miscellaneous:
Cemetery Bequest
50.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
180.50
Charles S. Chase Trust Fund 20.10
Fire Insurance Adjustment
114.96
County of Bristol Dog Fund
603.07
High School Cafeteria Fund
6,492.05
High School Athletic Fund 610.67
School Milk Account
408.43
Recoveries:
Old Age Assistance 44.00
Public Welfare 19.55
School Department 1.20
High School Cafeteria 18.00
82.75
Total Receipts $353,823.15
$518,303.31
Expenditures for 1950
Departmental:
General Government:
Selectmen's Department:
Salaries $840.00
Clerks Salaries 761.72
Travel Expense
64.72
Association Dues 25.00
Miscellaneous
30.01
$1,721.45
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Auditing Department:
Salary
571.50
Office Supplies 46.09
Association Dues 4.00
621.59
Treasury Department:
Salary
850.00
Surety Bond
95.00
Travel Expense
39.59
Printing and
Postage
62.75
1,047.34
Tax Collector's Department:
Salary
1,050.00
Surety Bond
146.00
Rent
75.00
Printing, Station-
ery, Postage 378.91
Warrant
Investigation 24.00
Miscellaneous
51.68
1,725.59
Assessor's Department:
Salaries 1,800.00
Clerks Salaries 87.50
Travel Expense 84.05
Printing, Station-
ery, Postage 137.69
Miscellaneous
12.30
2,121.54
:
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Town Clerk's Department:
Salary
450.00
Clerk Salary
24.00
Surety Bond
7.50
Association Dues
5.00
Printing, Station-
ery, Postage 468.95
Recording Fees 4.50
959.95
Election and Registration:
Registrars
300.00
Election Officers
542.00
Census
280.00
Printing, Station-
ery, Postage 37.50
Miscellaneous
15.00
1,174.50
Town Office Department:
Insurance on Public
Property 3,377.19
Telephone 73.43
Printing, Station- ery, Postage 133.67
3,584.29
Other Expenses:
Printing Town Reports $662.40
Advertising Costs 36.12 Moderator-Salary 20.00 ;
Hydrant Rental
150.00
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Care of Play-
ground
18.00
Legal Fees 234.46
$1,120.98
Total General
Government $14,077.23
Protection of Persons and Property:
Police Department:
Salary-Chief $500.00
Wages of Officers 513.00
Mileage 455.00
Telephone
96.95
Postage
13.70
Supplies 8.90
New Equipment 68.46
Miscellaneous
50.50
$ 1,706.51
Police Department-Special:
Mount Hope Fin-
ishing Co. $6,446.83
Taunton Greyhound
Assn.
8,196.00
Agricultural
School
155.00
$14,797.83
Fire Department:
Wages
$1,481.61
Janitor
120.00
New Apparatus
119.16
Truck Repairs
505.87
Gasoline and Oil
173.76
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Fuel
188.75
Light
43.90
Telephone
210.25
Burner Repairs
25.00
Miscellaneous
39.75
$ 2,908.05
Fire Department-Special:
Taunton Greyhound Assn. $600.00
Police & Firemen Accident Insurance: Group Disability $330.00
Fire Truck
Equipment $1,834.00
Total Protection of Persons
and Property
$22,176.39
Health and Sanitation:
Board of Health:
Administration
Salaries $ 400.00
Nurse's Salary 1,284.24
Medical Treatment 40.00
Tuberculosis:
Board and
Treatment 69.00
Water Delivery 543.47
Milk Inspector 250.00
Animal Inspector 175.00
Playground Rental 35.00
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Ambulance:
Repairs, gas and
oil
80.39
Oxygen
38.00
Laundry
3.00
Sealer, Weights & Measures:
New Dies
8.12
Salary
100.00
Telephone
72.85
Miscellaneous
47.95
Vital Statistics:
Births
121.50
Deaths
46.50
Marriages
50.00
Affidavits
14.00
Doctor's Fees
11.75
Undertakers' Fees 6.25
$ 3,397.02
Mosquito Control:
State Reclamation Board $225.00
Gypsy Moth:
Wages $187.65
Spraying 402.50
$590.15
Total Health and Sanitation 1 $4,212.17
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Highways and Bridges:
Street Department:
Salary-Supt. $240.00
Salary-Tree Warden 35.00
Wages 1,467.55
Gasoline and oil 9.29
Gravel, stone,
etc.
11.19
Equipment and re-
pairs
388.16
Bridge Repairs
276.25
Snow & Ice
Removal
288.00
Beacon Mainte-
nance 36.00
Miscellaneous
10.00
$ 2,761.44
Dighton-Berkley Bridge:
Wages
$840.00
Electric Power . 12.00
Repairs
5.61
$
857.61
Chapter 90:
Pleasant St.
Bridge
$89.20
Dighton-Berkley
Bridge
299.25
$
388.45
Chapter 90:
Construction-Wil-
liams Street
$11,124.26
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Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Wages
$17.00
Materials 1,483.00
-
$ 1,500.00
Chapter 81:
Labor $6,953.70
Hired Ma-
chinery 7,416.50
Materials
5,179.73
$19,549.93
Road Machinery Account:
Gasoline and Oil $421.49
Truck Repairs 65.69
Equipment Re-
pairs 21.70
$ 508.88
Care of Town Elms:
Pruning $400.00
Sidewalk Maintenance:
Labor $148.80
Total Highways and Bridges
$37,239.37
Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Aid to Dependent Children:
Direct Aid:
Cash $7,165.55
Kind 910.30
$ 8,075.85
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Old Age Assistance: Direct Aid:
Cash
$35,811.90
Kind 3,598.28
Outside Relief
47.77
$39,457.95
Old Age Assistance: Administration Wages $1,262.38
Public Welfare:
Groceries
$503.28
Fuel
150.33
Board and Care
922.36
Rent 192.00
Medical Care
448.70
Cash Grants
1,961.00
Clothing
465.36
Funeral Costs
140.00
Outside Relief:
Various Cities 1,646.89 Various Towns 501.37
$ 6,931.29
General Relief Administration:
Administration sal-
aries $400.00
Clerks-Sal-
aries 1,380.90
Social Worker 38.10
Telephone
162.91
Mileage
23.22
Office Supplies 114.96
Miscellaneous
13.00
$ 2,133.09
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Veterans' Benefits:
Salary-Agent $100.00
Direct Aid
1,399.80
Medical Care
358.80
Funeral Expenses 102.00
Miscellaneous
5.00
$ 1,965.60
Christmas Donations: Taunton Greyhound Assn. $500.00
Total Charities and Veterans' Benefits $60,326.16
Schools and Library: School Department: (for classification, see School Report) $139,211.33
U. S. Grants:
Wages:
George B. Dean
Fund
$2.04
Smith-Hughes
Fund
204.93
$
206.97
School Water Supply:
Labor
$240.00
Electric Power
136.29
$
376.29
Elementary School Planning Committee Expense: Legal Services, Ap- praisals, Surveys, Etc. $577.13
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New Elementary School Site: Purchase of Land $7,900.00
High School Cafeteria:
New Equipment $552.44
Labor
1,342.00
Food 3,329.33
Miscellaneous 141.40
$ 5,365.17
High School Athletic Fund:
New Equipment $119.37
Officers and mis- cellaneous 139.13
Transportation
95.00
353.50 $
School Milk Account
$193.03
Public Library:
Salary-Librarian $500.00
Janitor 230.00
Books & Pe-
riodicals 472.11
Book Repairs
46.70
Fuel
181.55
Light
36.75
Miscellaneous
16.40
$ 1,483.51
Total School and Library
$155,666.93
Unclassified and Miscellaneous:
Estimated Receipts:
Poll Tax Fees $30.45 School Fire Ac-
count 114.96
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Preparing Deeds 5.00 Dighton Elec. Light District (a/c Tax Title) 7.31
$
157.72
Town Cemetery Account:
Labor
$187.20
Memorial Day:
Flags
$37.50
Flowers 70.40
$
107.90
Total Unclassified and Miscellaneous $452.82
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest:
High School
Bonds $300.00
High School Notes 46.88
$346.88
Bond and Note Payments:
High School Bonds $4,000.00 High School
Notes 2,500.00
$ 6,500.00
Total Interest and Maturing Debt $6,846.88
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Agency and Trust Funds:
Trust Funds:
Cemetery P. C.
Funds
$180.50
Charles S. Chase Fund 20.10
Cemetery Bequest
50.00
$ 250.60
State:
State Parks $416.17
State Audit 491.44
$
907.61
County Tax:
County Tax
$10,104.99
T. B. Hospital Assessment 3,815.03
Retirement Assess-
ment 593.15
Dog Licenses
801.80
$15,314.97
Federal Withholding Taxes:
Withheld from wages
$13,252.35
County Retirement Fund:
Withheld from wages
$892.18
Total Agency and Trust Funds
$30,617.71
Refunds:
Taxes:
1950 Real Estate
$6.80
.
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1950 Mot. Veh. Excise 401.21
$ 408.01
Amount Paid Out and Returned:
Old Age Assistance $44.00
Public Welfare 19.55
School Department 1.20
High School Cafeteria 22.00
$86.75
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $332,110.42
Cash Balance as of December 31, 1950 $186,192.89
DEPARTMENTAL STATEMENT
General Government:
Appropriation
$14,084.93
Expenditures
14,077.23
Balance
$7.70
Police Department:
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Expenditures
1,706.51
Balance
$293.49
Fire Department:
Appropriation
$2,725.00
Reserve Account
183.05
2,908.05
Expenditures
2,908.05
Balance
None
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Fire Truck Equipment:
From Excess & Deficiency
$1,834.00
Expenditures
1,834.00
Balance
None
Police & Firemen Accident Insurance:
Appropriation
$330.00
Expenditures
330.00
Balance
None
Gypsy Moth:
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expenditures
590.15
Balance
$409.85
Care of Town Elms:
Appropriation
$400.00
Expenditures
400.00
Balance
None
Board of Health:
Appropriation
$3,893.60
Expenditures
3,397.02
Balance $496.58
Mosquito Control:
Appropriation
$225.00
Expenditures
225.00
Balance
None
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Dighton-Berkley Bridge:
Appropriation
$900.00
Expenditures
857.61
Balance
$42.39
Street Department:
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Expenditures
2,761.44
Balance
$738.56
Chapter 81:
Appropriation
$6,900.00
From Excess & Defiency
12,650.00
(State's share)
19,550.00
Expenditures
19,549.93
Balance $.07
Chapter 90:
Jan. 1, 1950 Balance
$3,287.85
Expenditures 388.45
Returned to Excess
and Deficiency 2,899.40
$3,287.85
Balance None
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Appropriation
$500.00
State and County Share
1,000.00
1,500.00
Expenditures
1,500.00
Balance
None
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Chapter 90 Construction:
Jan. 1, 1950 Balance
$610.92
Expenditures
None
Balance
$610.92
Chapter 90-Williams Street:
From Excess & Deficiency $3,500.00
State and County Share 10,500.00
14,000.00
Expenditures
11,124.26
Balance
$2,875.74
Road Machinery Account:
From Road Machinery Fund
$400.00
Reserve Account
174.00
574.00
Expenditures
508.88
Balance $65.12
Truck and Equipment for Highway Department:
Jan. 1, 1950 Balance $137.54
Transfer to New School Site
137.54
Balance
None
Sidewalk Maintenance:
Appropriation
$400.00
Expenditures
148.80
Balance $251.20
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Land Taking Costs:
Appropriation Expenditures
$200.00
None
Balance
$200.00
Aid to Dependent Children:
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Jan. 1, 1950, Balance
266.61
U. S. Grant
2,937.50
9,204.11
Expenditures
8,075.85
Balance-U. S. Grant
$1,128.26
Old Age Assistance:
Appropriation
$23,000.00
Reserve Account
1,300.00
U. S. Grant
16,380.39
40,680.39
Expenditures
39,457.95
Balance -- U. S. Grant
$1,222.44
General Relief Administration:
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Reserve Account
138.66
2,138.66
Expenditures
2,133.09
Balance $5.57
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Veterans' Benefits:
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Expenditures
1,965.60
Balance
$1,534.40
Public Welfare:
Appropriation
$8,000.00
Expenditures
6,931.29
Balance
$1,068.71
School Department:
Appropriation
$138,940.00
Dog Fund
603.07
139,543.07
Transfer to Athletic Fund
55.04
139,488.03
Expenditures
139,211.33
Balance $276.70
George B. Dean Fund:
Jan. 1, 1950 Balance
$2.04
Expenditures
2.04
Balance None
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Smith-Hughes Fund:
Jan. 1, 1950, Balance
$324.27
U. S. Grant
$220.71
544.98
Expenditures
204.93
Balance-U. S. Grant $340.05
School Water Supply:
Appropriation
$700.00
Expenditures
376.29
Balance $323.71
Expenses of School Planning Committee:
Jan. 1, 1950, Balance
$200.00
Appropriation
200.00
Reserve Account
260.00
660.00
Expenditures
577.13
Balance $82.87
Public Library:
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Expenditures
1,483.51
Balance $16.49
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Memorial Day:
Appropriation
$100.00
Reserve Account
7.90
107.90
Expenditures
107.90
Balance
None
County Retirement Contribution:
Appropriation
$593.15
Expenditures
593.15
Balance
None
Tax Title Redemption:
Appropriation
$200.00
Expenditures
None
Balance
$200.00
Town Cemetery Account:
Jan. 1, 1950, Balance
$17.00
Appropriation
300.00
317.00
Expenditures
187.20
Balance $129.80
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Tuberculosis Hospital Tax:
Appropriation
$3,815.03
Expenditures
3,815.03
Balance
None
Civil Defense Account:
Reserve Account
$100.00
Expenditures
None
Balance $100.00
Charles S. Chase Trust Fund:
Received from Interest
$20.10
Expenditures
20.10
Balance None
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds:
Received from Interest
$180.50
Expenditures
$180.50
Balance
None
Christmas Fund:
Taunton Greyhound Assn. $500.00
Expenditures 500.00
Balance
None
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Police Department-Special:
Mount Hope Finishing Co.
$6,446.83
Taunton Greyhound Assn.
8,196.00
Agricultural School
155.00
14,797.83
Expenditures
14,797.83
Balance
None
Fire Department-Special:
Taunton Greyhound Assn.
$600.00
Expenditures
600.00
Balance
None
Interest on Bonds and Notes:
Appropriation
$346.88
Expenditures
346.88
Balance
None
High School Bond Retirement:
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Expenditures
4,000.00
Balance None
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High School Addition Note Payments:
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Expenditures 2,500.00
Balance
None
New Elementary School Site:
Sale of Real Estate Fund $3,733.05
Witherell Bequest Fund 2,440.86
High School Construction 1,754.75
Truck Equipment-Hwy. Dept.
137.54
8,066.20
Expenditures
7,900.00
Balance
$166.20
Reserve Account:
From Overlay Surplus
$5,000.00
Fire Dept. 183.05
Road Mach. Acct.
174.00
Old Age Assistance 1,300.00
Gen. Rel. Adm. 138.66
Expenses of School Plan-
ning Committee 260.00
Memorial Day 7.90
Civil Defense Acct.
100.00
$ 2,163.61
Balance $2,836.39
Total Appropriation Balances $11,442.67
Revenue Receipts over Assessor's Estimate 20,511.09
Surplus Revenue to Excess and Deficiency Account for the year 1950 $31,953.76
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I certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the reports contained herein are correct. The cash balances of all officers intrusted with the receipt, cus- tody or expenditure of money have been verified and all such books and accounts are in order. The Tax Collector's report as published is correct. All payments to the Treasurer have been properly warranted, and all receipts have been recorded. Cash and Securities of the Trust Funds have been verified, all income accounted for, and all payments warranted.
Respectfully submitted,
RUTH D. LEEMING, Town Auditor.
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES and RESERVES
Cash
$186,192.89
LIABILITIES:
Accounts Receivable:
1949 Real Estate Taxes
$1,789.00
1949 Personal Property Taxes 172.73
1950 Poll Taxes 10.00
Aid to Dependent Children 1,128.26
1950 Real Estate Taxes
5,585.45
Old Age Assistance 1,222.44
1950 Personal Property Taxes
607.58
Smith-Hughes Fund 340.05
8,164.76
1950 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
1,420.43
Loan Authorized and Unissued
470,000.00 Elementary School Building Construction 80,000.00
Tailings 53.41
New Elementary School Site
166.20
Chapter 90 Construction
610.92
Road Machinery Fund
4,217.63
Land Taking Costs
200.00
Board of Health
32.86
Dighton-Berkley Bridge
3.60
School Department
10,400.70
Civil Defense Account 100.00
11,359.38
Town Cemetery Account
129.80
Tax Possessions
1,000.23
Tax Titles
2,285.32
Departmental:
Aid to Dependent Children
$922.22
Expenses of Elementary School Planning Committee 82.87
$3,625.65
U. S. Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children Adm. $472.08 Old Age Assistance Adm. 462.82
Aid to Highways: State-Chapter 81
$4,123.06
State-Chapter 90
1,437.87
County-Chapter 90
718.93
6,279.86
Loan Authorized for Elementary School
470,000.00
1951 Revenue:
State Taxes and Assessments
$101.63
1949 Overlay
57.00
158.63
:
Federal Withholding Tax-December 1950 1,419.70 County Retirement Fund-December 1950 83.97 High School Cafeteria Fund 1,126.88 High School Athletic Fund 312.21
School Milk Account 215.40
1951 Revenue: County Assessments
County Taxes
2,222.84
534.98
RESERVES:
Overlay, Reserved for Abatement of 1950 Taxes 1,604.22
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
10,013.67
Revenue Reserved until collected: State and County Aid to Highways Revenue 6,279.86
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue 1,420.43
Tax Title Revenue 2,285.32
Tax Possession Revenue 1,000.23
Departmental Revenue
11,359.38
EXCESS and DEFICIENCY-Surplus
Revenue 87,795.93
$686,861.50
$686,861.50
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded Debt
$10,500.00 High School Construction Bonds High School Addition Notes
$8,000.00
2,500.00
$10,500.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds: Cash and Securities
$14,292.32
Cemetery P. C. Funds Joshua Bliss Cemetery Fund 5,133.59 Charles S. Chase Fund 1,010.00
$8,148.73
$14,292.32
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
Year Ending December 31, 1950
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Eugene M. White, Chairman
Term Expires 1952
North Dighton
Edward C. French, Secretary North Dighton
1951
Lawrence Mendoza Dighton
1951
Richard DeMello
1952
Dighton Charles Swartz
North Dighton
1953
Anthony Andrews North Dighton
1953
Superintendent John J. Rolfe, B. Ed., M. Ed.
Residence: 117 School Street, North Dighton Office: Dighton High School, Segreganset
Telephone: Dighton 3361 (Office) Taunton 2-0698 (Home)
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 A. M .- 9:30 A. M. and by appointment.
Secretary Gladys P. Babbitt School Physician Charles M. Souza, M.D.
School Nurse Esther Bowden, R.N.
Attendance Supervisor Howell S. Carr
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Entrance Age
First grade registration in September of any year will be limited to those children who are at least six years of age or who will become six years of age on or before the following January 1. There will be no exceptions made to this ruling.
Birth Certificates
Presentation of a birth certificate is required for entrance to the first grade.
Vaccination
Every child who enters school for the first time must present a certificate of vaccination or a statement from his physician that vaccination is inadvisable.
NO SCHOOL INFORMATION
Elementary Schools
Whenever it seems advisable to close the elemen- tary schools the notice will be broadcast over Radio Sta- tion WPEP, Taunton, and over Radio Station WSAR, Fall River. In addition, in North Dighton the street lights will be turned on from 7:45 to 8 A. M. In South Dighton three blasts on the Anchor Color and Gum Works whistle will be sounded at 7:45 A. M.
High School
Whenever the school buses can be safely operated there will be school at Dighton High School unless un-
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foreseen emergencies make it necessary to close. In the event of closing, the information will be specifically an- nounced over the radio as indicated above for the elemen- tary schools.
Transportation
The law requires that transportation be provided for pupils residing more than two miles from the school attended or more than one mile from the nearest bus stop. Many pupils living at lesser distances along estab- lished routes are transported if the seating capacity of the bus will permit. From time to time it is necessary to refuse transportation to some of those living under the required distance when our buses are filled to capacity with children living at a greater distance.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Calendar Year 1951
Dighton High School
School opens closes
January 2, 1951
February 16, 1951
School opens closes
February 26, 1951 April 13, 1951
School opens
April 23, 1951
closes
June 15, 1951
School opens closes
September 5, 1951 December 21, 1951
Elementary Schools
School opens closes
January 2, 1951
February 16, 1951
School opens
closes
February 26, 1951 April 13, 1951
School opens
closes
April 23, 1951 June 8, 1951
School opens closes
September 5, 1951 December 14, 1951
School will close on the following days:
March 23-Good Friday May 30-Memorial Day
October 12-Columbus Day
October 26-Teachers' Convention
November 22 and 23-Thanksgiving Recess
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Receipts
Appropriation Dog Tax
$138,940.00 603.07
$139,543.07
Expenditures
General Control
$6,860.15
Transportation
9,526.97
Teachers' Salaries
91,786.44
Books
1,790.89
Supplies
2,946.54
Janitors' Salaries
10,190.00
Fuel
3,165.85
Electricity
1,728.66
Gas
178.85
High School Athletics
500.00
Miscellaneous
1,017.75
Boiler Repairs
125.40
Janitors' Supplies
1,146.21
Repairs
1,550.56
Health
2,333.72
New Equipment
1,312.68
Library
372.35
Staff Expenses
16.84
Tuition
34.80
Vocational Education:
General Shop-Day
1,551.13
Practical Arts-Evening
120.00
Household Arts-Day
85.58
Dental Fund
925.00
Balance
276.70
$139,543.07
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NET COST TO TOWN
Expenditures, 1950
$139,266.37
Receipts, 1950:
Chapter 70, General
School Aid $31,110.97
Reimbursement, Superin- tendent's Salary and Travel 2,393.43
Reimbursement, Vocational
Education 5,964.04
Tuition:
Berkley
6,834.65
Freetown
7,741.90
Rehoboth
8,952.80
Gosnold
150.00
Miscellaneous Tuition
527.50
Miscellaneous Receipts
271.07
Transportation
5,000.00
Dental Clinic Income
426.50
Total Receipts, 1950
69,372.86
Net Cost to Town
69,893.51
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the Citizens of the Town of Dighton:
It is my pleasurable duty to submit herewith my eighth annual report as Superintendent of Schools for the Town of Dighton. This report together with those of the High School Principal, the School Nurse, and the Supervisor of Music aims to set forth only information that will be of interest to the general public. No at- tempt will be made to discuss educational philosophies or procedures. Incorporated herein is the report of the Dighton School Committee.
Personnel
Special attention of all parents is called to the fact that during the past two years the Dighton School Sys- tem has had a total of only four resignations that were submitted by teachers leaving to accept better positions. The adoption of a salary schedule in December of 1948 and the voiding of the married teacher regulations have done much toward stabilizing our faculty. However, a normal turnover of teachers is desirable. New teachers do much toward helping to keep a school system alive, dynamic, flexible, and forward looking.
As the elementary teacher shortage becomes more critical many school systems are finding it necessary to employ in the elementary grades men and women who were trained for secondary school teaching. The Dighton School Committee hopes to be able to continue to fill va- cancies with those whose education and training specific- ally fits them for the job. The Committee had this prob-
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lem in mind in setting a minimum salary that is high enough to compete with most communities for the serv- ices of new teachers.
The resignation of Miss Helen Lane who retired after forty years of faithful and efficient service was regretted throughout the Town. Hundreds of children as well as parents came to love her for her teaching ability, her fairness, her sincere interest in boys and girls, and her indefatigable efforts toward helping young people ac- quire those character traits that are needed for good citi- zenship.
Mr. Joseph Comerford who was acting as assistant to Miss Lane was elected by the School Committee to the principalship of the South School.
The shortage of adequate housing at reasonable rentals continues to be a serious problem for our mar- ried teachers. Teachers are reluctant to stay long in postions where housing is expensive or sub-standard. Mr. Eisenstadt resigned in October after trying for a year to find suitable accommodations.
Audio-Visual Education
Our audio-visual education program continues to function as efficiently as one could expect, taking into consideration the fact that our facilities in the elemen- tary schools are extremely poor and considering that we do not have the services of a director who has the time to give the necessary supervision. Our high school science instructor acts as co-ordinator for the program, but his full time teaching duties limit the assistance that is avail- able. The following equipment is available in our schools:
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