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The instrumental program has increased gratifying- ly during recent years and in the fall of 1950 eight pupils began the study of violin, making a total of twenty violin pupils in the elementary grades. Eight pupils began the study of clarinet raising the total number of students studying this instrument to twenty-three. The total num- ber of pupils studying saxophone is nine, four of whom started this year. Twelve students began the study of trumpet, making a total of thirty-one pupils in the elementary grades. Three students began the study of trombone and the total number of students studying this instrument at present is five.
A satisfying increase in the study of the less com- mon instruments has been noted and pupils are active on the baritone horn, the E-flat alto horn, the bass horn and drums.
The aim throughout the entire program is apprecia- tion through active participation. The accent is placed on active membership in musical groups rather than on
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extensive listening programs of music appreciation, al- though the latter is not entirely neglected.
The philosophy of "Music for Everyone" has re- sulted in very large musical organizations in the high school in the form of glee clubs and a very large com- bined orchestra and band (including the elementary school instrumental group).
The Music Department presents yearly a Spring Concert that is the culmination of the year's work, but in addition to this it is active throughout the school year.
The band played at all football games, at all high school organizations, and were in concerts at neighbor- ing schools and in a radio broadcast as well. High school organizations also took part in the South Eastern Massa- chusetts Music Festival held in Attleboro.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK A. HARRIS, JR.
Music Supervisor
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION Dighton High School High School Auditorium, June 15, 1950
Program
Overture-"Gypsy Trail" Orchestra
Fischel
¡Processional March-"Entrance and March of the Peers" Sullivan
Orchestra
Invocation- Rev John Francis Laughlin St. Peter's Church, Dighton
Welcome-
Karl Spratt President of the Class
Violin Solo-"The Old Refrain"
Kreisler
Marie Allen
Student Address-We Choose Our Heritage Claire Lavallee
Student Address-The United States and the World of Today Robert Hunter
Selection-"Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" Berlin Senior Class
Address- Dana M. Cotton, Director of Placement Harvard University Graduate School of Education
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Presentation of Awards- Edward H. Gillespie, Principal
Rensselaer Polytechnic Medal
D. A. R. History Medal
D. A. R. Good Citizen Award
D. A. R. Homemaking Award Vocational Awards Bion L. Pierce Awards John W. Synan Awards
Clarinet Solo-Andante from Clarinet Concerto Mozart Irvin Carr
* Presentation of Diplomas Eugene M. White Chairman of Dighton School Committee
Selection-"Land of Our Hearts" Chadwick Senior Class
Benediction- Rev. Joseph Pritchard Methodist Church, Myricks and Dighton
Recessional March-"Scarlet and Gray" Herfurth Orchestra Thomas H. Hill, Supervisor of Music
*The Audience is requested to refrain from applause until all diplomas have been distributed.
¿The audience is requested to remain seated during the Processional March.
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CLASS OF 1950
Marie Allen George J. Amaral
Wallace Leonard Babbitt
John W. Barrow, Jr. +Charles Edward Bassett
William Baxter-Green
Frank L. Daylor
Lucille Anne DeMello Jack H. DeMoranville ¡Margaret L. DeMoura Lawrence Donald Dutra
Donald S. Erickson John Harvey Frykman * Elsie Marie Furtado
* Mary Jane Bennett Charles Gil Bettencourt * Marilyn Louise Bettencourt Lowell Harold Grant Joan Lenore Borden ¡Eva Romaine Briggs Ruth Bertha Burt
Norman Francis Gorden Harold Joseph Gracia Carol Hartley Gurney William Halliwell
Barbara Lois Carr
+James Irvin Carr, Jr.
¡Maralyn Jane Hixon
Robert Arthur Carvalho
Adrianne Blake Hoffshire
Donald A. Cash *Robert Henry Hunter, Jr. ¡Edward Joseph Catabia * Isobell Julia King
Kenneth Patrick Conroy, Jr. Theodore Bailey Ladd, Jr.
Roger A. Costa
¡Claire June Lavallee
+Jacqueline Ann Cummings Richard L. Longton
Norma Anne Davis +Barbara Ann MacDonald
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Merilyn Mackintosh John Rose Muriel Rae Mansfield
Geneva Irene Salley +William Herbert Marsden Ralph E. Sherman ¡Marilyn Jean Mccarthy Thomas C. Sherman
Claire Arleen McNeil
Teresa Josephine Silva
¡Genevieve Joan Mello
Sally Anne Milko
Elisha Edward Smith Raymond Joseph Sousa Karl Spratt, Jr.
Marilyn Ann Morrill
Dale N. Moody
Edgar E. Standring
Robert Edward Morris
Patricia Ann Strange
William 1. Morse
Edmond E. Tessier
Frederick M. North
Lloyd Warren Tingley
Albert John Perry
Ann Cecelia Phillips
Lois A. Townley Carolyn Marguerite Turner
Patricia Catherine Phillips Joseph Vincent Marillyn Elaine Pittsley
Mildred Wanda Westgate
Florence Manetta Potts Frances Cynthia Wheaton
Marjorie Elizabeth Rego *Jewel Dean White
Marianno Rezendes, Jr. James Paul Withers
+Edward Franklin Rose Elizabeth Ann Wotton
*First Honors-An average of 90 or more for four years.
¿Second Honors-An average of 85 to 90 for four years.
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Class Officers
Karl Spratt, Jr. President
William Baxter-Green
Vice-President
Lawrence Donald Dutra
Treasurer
Marilyn Louise Bettencourt
Secretary
Class Motto "Not for Self, But for All"
Class Advisor
Miss Ann A. Lanoue
Dighton School Committee
Eugene M. White, Chairman
Edward C. French, Secretary
Anthony Andrews Lawrence Mendoza
Richard DeMello Charles Swartz
John J. Rolfe, Superintendent of Schools
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GRADUATION EXERCISES DIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS June 7, 1950
Processional
Invocation
Rev. J. Linton Dwyer St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Selection-"America the Beautiful" Samuel A. Ward
THE MIRACLE OF AMERICA (As seen by an Eighth Grade)
Pupils (In order of first speaking)
Norma Wordell
Patricia Borden
Gloria Torres
Donald Peck William Wakefield Ruth Hixon
Edward Neves
William Carey
Russell Simonds
Bettina Clark
John Goulart
Virginia Nunes
Richard Adams Francis Rose
Selection-"Steal Away" Negro Spiritual
THE MIRACLE OF AMERICA (Continued)
Barbara Sears
Francis Phillips Florinda Perry
Olivia Reposa Joseph Ferreira Joseph Pacheco
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Lucille Menard
Virgilio Pontes Edward Paiva
Mary Donlon
Robert McCracken
Walter Whitmore
Evelyn Hindle
Joan Reynolds
Janet Fisher Mason Gray Wilma Brooks
Alice Costa
Nancy Philbrook John Stanley
Mary Tripp
Emerson Strange
Edward Bacon Peter Stead
Anna Marie Perry
Selection-"God Bless America" Irving Berlin
Presentation of Diplomas
Mr. Anthony Andrews Member Dighton School Committee
Selection-Class Song Paul Bliss
Benediction
Rev. John Laughlin, Pastor St. Peter's Church
Recessional
Thomas H. Hill, Music Supervisor John J. Rolfe, Superintendent of Schools
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GRADUATES
Richard Charles Adams
Edward Bacon
Patricia Evelyn Borden Wilma Alice Brooks
William Bradford Carey
Bettina Catherine Clark
Nancy Bradford Philbrook Frances Phillips
Alice May Costa
Virgilio Pontes Olivia Reposa
Joseph Ferriera
Joan Reynolds
Janet Fisher
Francis Gracia Rose, Jr.
John Arthur Goulart
Barbara May Sears
Mason Gray
Evelyn Esther Hindle
Russell Eaton Simonds John R. Stanley, Jr. Peter Roy Stead
Ruth Gail Hixon Robert Charles McCracken Emerson Howard Strange Lucille Phyllis Menard
Mary Elizabeth Tripp
Edward Everett Neves
Gloria Lucy Torres
Virginia Marie Nunes
William Albert Wakefield
Joseph Philip Pacheco Walter Whitmore
Norman Wilbur Wordell
Mary Donlon
Edward Rezendes Paiva Donald Rodney Peck Anna Marie Perry Florinda Ann Perry
ENROLLMENT OCTOBER 1, 1950 DIGHTON SCHOOLS
North Primary School Teacher
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Total Bldg.
Doris M. Ferreira
28
24
Frances Nesmith
24
24
Margaret Gibbons
24
23
Rose E. Borges, Principal
23
27
Lena W. Cowell
27
-
126
North Elementary School
24
Helen M. Simmons
18
George R. Pauley, Jr.
30
30
Helen C. Turner
32
32
Hope W. Hamilton, Principal
104
South Elementary
28
Dorothy Bagley
28
35
Margaret Harrington
35
30
Olive Crawford
30
21
Anne M. Phillips
21
27
Marie E. Jones
27
Joseph A. Kudera
20
20
24
18
28
Donald Nesmith Joseph F. Comerford, Principal
Total Elementary Schools Dighton High School
28
26
28 26
215
445
76 90 88 61
315
Total Enrollment in Dighton Schools
760
Number attending Private Elementary Schools
8
Number attending Private Secondary Schools 17
AGE-GRADE ENROLLMENT-OCTOBER 1, 1950
Totals
Grade
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
1
8
43
5
83
2
14
57
10
2
53
3
48
4
51
5
3
24
8
3
6
1
5
42
8
2
7
11
37
8
2
8
15
41
18
2
9
18
52
19
1
*90
10
12
67
9
*88
11
11
40
6
3
1
*61
12
-
1
-
8
60
77
48
49
44
36
63
63
69
84
99
50
6
3
1
760
3
15
29
6
9
32
7
9
33
7
2
38
58
58
*76
-
-
-
-
*Includes Tuition Students
56
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ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOLS (October 1, 1950)
Dighton High School
315
South Elementary School
215
North Elementary School
104
North Primary School
126
760
Tuition Pupils-Dighton High School:
Regular
Berkley
38
Freetown
55
Rehoboth
52
Taunton
3
Vocational
Berkley
10
Freetown
8
Rehoboth
9
Gosnold
1
176
Net Total Enrollment-Dighton Pupils 584
DIGHTON SCHOOL FACULTY-DECEMBER 31, 1950 DIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL
Name
Home Address
Education
App'd
Principal
Edward H. Gillespie, M. Ed.
97 Spring St., North Dighton
Tufts College, Boston Univ. 1947
Vice Principal
Leo P. DeMarco, B.S. M. Ed.
721 Bay Street, Taunton
Fordham Univ., Boston Univ. 1946
Faculty
Arthur B. Chabaton, A.M. M. Ed.
Apt. 2, Bldg. 108 Shawomet Gardens, Somerset Center
Univ. of Ala., Boston Univ. 1950
Charles F. Day
Elm Street, Dighton
Fitchburg Teachers' Coll. 1943
Alice C. Fallon
935 Robeson St., Fall River
Bay Path Institute 1949
Anne A. Lanoue, B.A.
221 Oliver St., Fall River
Providence College 1946
Janet E. McNally, B.S. in Ed.
48 Prospect St., Fall River 1679 Somerset Ave., Taunton
Framingham State Teachers' Coll.
1950
Charles C. O'Connell
Taunton High School
1944
Norma J. Rizy, B.S. in Phys. Ed. Walter R. Scanlon, Ph.B.
Providence Coll., Boston Univ.
1950
Jean P. Simms, A.B.
Regis College 1946
Eleanor S. Smith, B.S. in Ed.
Suffolk University 1924
Charles E. Walkden, B.S.
Mass. State College
1948
NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Principal Hope W. Hamilton, B.S. in Ed.
Pleasant St., Dighton
Bridgewater Teacher's Coll. 1928
Faculty
George R. Pauley, Jr., M. Ed.
41 Willey St., Brockton
4 Avon Street, Somerset 150 Summerfield St., Fall River
Bridgewater Teacher's Coll. 1948
Helen M. Simmons
Thibodeau Business Coll. 1946
Framingham Normal School
1946
Helen C. Turner
Ogden's Cor., Rockville, Conn. 10 Greylock Ave., Taunton 71 Arlington St., Taunton 289 Lincoln Ave., No. Dighton Chase Avenue, Swansea
Boston Univ. Sargent
1948
NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL
Name
Home Address
Education
App'd
Principal Rose E. Borges
6 Pleasant St., Dighton
Bridgewater Normal School 1927
Faculty
Lena W. Cowell
Doris M. Ferreira
Margaret M. Gibbons, B.S. in Ed.
Fitchburg Teachers' College
1949
Frances Nesmith, B.S. in Ed.
Bridgewater Teachers' College
1949
SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Principal Joseph F. Comerford, B.S. in Ed. M. Ed.
Faculty
Dorothy B. Bagley
Perry Kindergarten Normal 1948
Olive W. Crawford
Bridgewater Normal School
1947
Margaret Harrington
Framingham Normal School 1946
Marie E. Jones, B.S. Ed.
Lowell Teachers' College
1950
Donald C. Nesmith, B.S. in Ed.
44 Myrtle St., Brockton
Bridgewater Teachers' Coll.
1949
Ann M. Phillips
59 Freedom St., Fall River
Bridgewater Normal School 1948
Joseph A. Kudera, B.S. in Ed.
19 Springdale Ave., Saugus
Bridgewater Teachers' Coll.
1949
MUSIC SUPERVISOR (Elementary and High)
Frederick A. Harris, Jr., M. Music Chase St., North Dighton Boston University 1946
10 Reed Street, Taunton
Bridgewater Teachers' Col., Boston Univ. 1946
54 Coral Street, Fall River 411 Prospect St., Fall River 233 Whipple St., Fall River 404 Cohannet St., Taunton
139 Jackson St., Fall River 490 Woodman St., Fall River Preston St., Millville, Mass. 44 Myrtle Street, Brockton
Bridgewater Normal School 1947 Perry Normal 1949
CUSTODIANS
Name
Home Address
School
App'd
Howell S. Carr Louis H. Carr John Gray John Ingham
Elm St., Dighton
Dighton High School
1942
Elm St., Dighton
Dighton High School
1947
40 Tremont St., North Dighton
South Elementary School
1947
110 School St., North Dighton
North Schools
1946
PERSONNEL CHANGES
Teacher
Position
Date of Resignation
Reason
Elizabeth Wade
H. H. Arts, High School
June, 1950
At Home
Sarah Marder
Grade 5, South School
June, 1950
Teaching in Quincy
Helen Lane
Principal, South School
June, 1950
Retired
Thomas H. Hill
Music Supervisor
June, 1950
Teaching in Bangor
Lawrence F. Folloni
Phys. Ed., High School
June, 1950
Teaching in Bridgewater
Samuel L. Eisenstadt
Science, High School
October, 1950
Teaching in Providence
Dorothy Jackson
Math. 6, 7, 8, South School
October, 1950
Teaching in Michigan
3 3575 00038 5460
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