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Music in the High School
Our high school glee clubs continue to draw large num- bers of students. We are now preparing a program for an
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exchange assembly with Dartmouth High School in March. These assemblies afford an excellent opportunity for our music groups to perform before an "out of town" audience.
The high school band appeared at all the football games this year and presented a marching show between the halves. The band continues to improve musically as may be attested to by our excellent ratings at the Norwood Music Festival last May.
The appearance of twelve violins at our first orchestra rehearsal was an encouraging sight. As I stated in last year's report, my intention is to make our high school orchestra as outstanding as our band. The strength of our violin section will make this intention a real probability for this year. We are now preparing for our annual performance at the play contest later in the year.
Our smaller musical groups enjoyed a successful year. Perhaps outstanding among these was our boys quartet, which, in addition to making many appearances in neighboring com- munities, won first place in the First Annual Southeastern Massachusetts Schoolboys Barbershop Quartet Contest, held in New Bedford last May. The clarinet quartet has made many public appearances in the past year and it has done much to strengthen the woodwind sections in both the band and the orchestra. The girls' trio made a favorable rating at the Nor- wood Music Festival.
In conclusion, it only remains to be said that any success enjoyed by our music program is a reflection of the interest shown by all concerned: the School Committee, the Superin- tendent of Schools, the school Principals, teachers and custo- dians. Thank you for your cooperation and enthusiasm. May we continue to give the students of Dighton an interesting, challenging music program.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. USHER, JR.,
Music Supervisor.
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION Dighton High School High School Auditorium, June 18, 1953
PROGRAM
Overture-"Progress of Youth"; Herfurth Orchestra
*Processional March
Bellini From the Opera "Norma" Orchestra
Invocation- Rev. Carl Helgerson West Dighton Congregational Church
Welcome-
Carlton Rezendes President of Class
Student Address-The Nature of Liberty
Ann Andrews
Student Address-Our American Heritage Mary Madeline Pontes
Selection-"I Believe" Drake
Senior Class
Address-
Dr. Martin F. O'Connor President of the State Teachers College at Framingham
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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 John Charves Award
Commercial Award
Bion L. Pierce Awards
Scholarship Awards Cpl. John Dutra Memorial Award
Piano Solo-"The Dream of Olweyn" Williams Robert Mansfield
¡Presentation of Diplomas- Peter R. Tuttle Financial Secretary of Dighton School Committee
Selection-"Halls of Ivy" Russell
Senior Class
Benediction-
Rev. William Dolan St. Joseph's Church, North Dighton
Recessional March-"Red and Blue" Woodrow Orchestra John F. Usher, Jr. Supervisor of Music.
*The audience is requested to remain seated during the Processional March.
¡The audience is requested to refrain from applause until all diplomas have been distributed.
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Joan Audrey Abrams William R. Adams * Ann Kathryn Andrews
¡David Macomber Ashley Margaret Ann Bartmess
Neil F. Begley Carl S. J. Berghman
*Joyce Marion Bettencourt Robert David Bleau Andrew C. Carr Alice Hazel Chace
Leonard Hayes Chace, Jr. Russell Mort Chace
*Ruthanna Coburn Arnold Constantine
* Audrey May Corser George Gilbert Costa Mary Ryan Crafford
* Bruce Willard Ellis Lenore Young Evans Daniel Robert Fernandes James Gracia Thurston D. Grant
Charles S. Grassie Ann Greenhalgh
David Gurney Eleanor Ruth Gurney Robert Arnold Hay
*Sally Tiffany Hurrell Phillip W. Jones *Sona N. Kherlopian
* Mary E. Lee
Robert R. Mansfield, Jr.
*Eleanor Isabel Marsden Shirley Ruth McCracken David A. Miller
*Betty K. Morth Richard Warren Oldmixon Dorothy J. Otto
*Lorraine R. Paige Barbara Louise Parish Eleanor M. Perry Robert Anthony Perry
¡Mary Madeline Pontes Lorraine Helen Rego
*Carlton Francis Rezendes Ann Frances Rogers Eileen Rose Thelma Delphine Santos Richard Darke Sherman Virginia Jeanettee Shove Nancy Georganna Silvia
*Gladys Mary Smith
*Shirley Ann Smith Robert H. Spencer David Mitchell Stevens June Henderson Stott Warren E. Sylvester Frederick Ellis Taylor
*Charles Pierce Terry Everett Andrew Torres William Alden Turner
* Ainsley Elizabeth White Raymond Henry Wordell *Shirley Ann Wordell
+First Honors-An average of A for four years.
*Second Honors-An average of B to A for four years.
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Class Officers
Carlton Rezendes
President
David Stevens
Vice-President
Lorraine Paige
Treasurer
Joyce Bettencourt
Secretary
Class Motto "Onward and upward 'til the goal we win." Class Advisor : Alice C. Fallon
Dighton School Committee
Wyman E. Hawkes, Chairman Mrs. James Carr, Secretary Peter R. Tuttle, Financial Secretary Herbert Holt Lawrence Mendoza John Gray John J. Rolfe, Superintendent of Schools
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DIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL June 10, 1953
Overture
Ribble
Band
Processional
Invocation-
Rev. Francis A. McCarthy Pastor, St. Peter's Church
Selection-"Challenge to Youth"
Beethoven
Greetings
Beverly Broadbent
HISTORICAL DIGHTON (Pupils-In order of first speaking)
Barbara Pilling
Norman Mendoza
Madeline Ferreira
Wayne Gray
Helen Medeiros
Daniel Jankouski
Elizabeth Andrews
Manuel Phillips
Teresa Davis
Josephine Ferreira
Madeline Simmons
Margaret Barry Natalie Costa
Thomas Webster
Caroline Rose
Jane Berger
Arthur Martin
Mary Carvalho
Paul Bilodeau
Adeline Torres
Selections- "Dear Land of Home"
Sibelius
"Night and Day"
Haydn
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OFFERINGS OF A MODERN SCHOOL
Beverly Broadbent Judith Barry
Thomas Webster David Gillespie
Violin Solo
Carolyn Rose
Presentation of Diplomas-
Herbert Holt Member, Dighton School Committee
Selection-Class Song Paul Bliss
Benediction --
Rev. J. Linton Dwyer St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Recessional
John F. Usher, Jr., Music Supervisor John J. Rolfe, Superintendent of Schools
GRADUATES
Elizabeth Louise Andrews Judith Crandell Barry Margaret Ann Barry Raul C. Benevides
Jane Carolyn Berger Paul Joseph Bilodeau Madeline Marie Braga Beverly Jayne Broadbent Mary Louise Carvalho Cynthia Ann Costa
Natalie Dolores Costa Raymond Joseph Costa Theresa Davis John Allan Donlon
Josephine Moniz Ferreira Madeline Ann Ferreira Robert F. Ferreira
David Hutton Gillespie
Wayne Sharrocks Gray
Daniel Raymond Jankouski Joseph Anthony Marques Arthur Joseph Martin Helen Louise Medeiros Norman Joseph Mendoza Paul Costa Pacheco
Manuel Phillips, Jr. Barbara Ann Pilling Gilbert Pontes Caroline Rose George Morgan Silver, Jr.
Alfred Joseph Silvia
Richard Perry Silvia Madelyn Ann Simmons Robert Bruce Tedford Adeline Torres
Raymond David Torres Joseph Anthony Vargas Robert J. Viveiros
Thomas Kilgour Webster, Jr.
ENROLLMENT OCTOBER 1, 1953 Dighton Schools
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Dighton Elementary School
Grade
1
2
3
4
5 6
7
8
9
10
11
12 Total Bldg.
Oliver J. Collard, Principal
Teachers:
Dorothy B. Bagley
34
34
Doris M. Ferreira
35
35
Olive W. Crawford
27
27
Margaret F. Harrington
28
28
Frances S. Nesmith
27
27
Rose E. Borges
1
31
1
1
34
Helen M. Simmons
30
30
Lena W. Cowell
34
34
Anne M. Phillips
32
32
Marjorie P. Holmes
24
24
Martha G. Mannion
26
26
Helen L. Turner
24
24
Arthur M. Chace
27
27
Helen L. Turner
28
28
Albert N. Genovese
26
26
Hope W. Hamilton
27
27
Roy L. Farnsworth
24
24
George R. Pauley, Jr.
19
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Total Elementary School Dighton High School
506
86
78
63
46
273
Total Enrollment in Dighton Schools Number attending Private Schools
18
AGE-GRADE ENROLLMENT-OCTOBER 1, 1953
Totals
Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Age 12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
69
1
11 58
82
2
13
60
7
2
62
3
1
12
43
6
66
4
11
39
16
12
47
12
3
15
33
7
1
11
32
10
1
7
30
6
43
8
17
53
13
3
*86
9
1
15
54
7
1
10
12
45
6
*63
11
10
32
2
2
*46
12
1
-
1
-
-
11
72
72
61
59
78
56
49
59
75
79
65
39
2
2
779
*Includes Tuition Students.
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74
5
56
6
54
7
*78
-
779
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ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOLS (October 1, 1953)
Dighton High School
273
Dighton Elementary School
506
779
Tuition Pupils-Dighton High School :
Regular
Berkley
51
Freetown
56
Lakeville
1
Somerset
1
Vocational
Berkley
10
Freetown
8
Rehoboth
1
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Net Total Enrollment-Dighton Pupils 651
DIGHTON SCHOOL FACULTY-DECEMBER 31, 1953 Dighton High School
Name
Home Address
Education
App'd.
Principal
Edward H. Gillespie, M.Ed.
97 Spring St., No. Dighton
Tufts College, Boston Univ. 1947
Vice-Principal
Leo P. DeMarco, M.Ed.
721 Bay St., Taunton
Fordham Univ., Boston Univ. 1946
Faculty
Mary P. Bliss, A.B.
22 South St., Taunton Box 42, Assonet
University of Vermont
1952
Paul W. Couture, M.S. in Ed.
Prov. College, Bridgewater State Teachers' College 1953
Charles F. Day
Walker St., No. Dighton
Fitchburg Teachers' College 1943
Richard L. Dias, B.S. in Ed.
210 Carroll St., New Bedford
Arnold College of Science 1952
Edith C. Jones, B.S.
32 Salisbury St., Rehoboth
University of Mass.
1952
Helena M. Kennedy, M.A.
12 Bay St., Taunton
Simmons College, Boston Univ.
1953
Olivio A. Lopes, M.A.
1679 Somerset Ave., Taunton
Bridgewater Teachers' College Middlebury College 1947
Bridgewater Teachers' College Taunton High School
1953
Carleton F. McCauley, B.S. in Ed. Charles C. O'Connell
Mill Street, Myricks 1679 Somerset Ave., Taunton
Fitchburg Teachers' College
1944
Walter R. Scanlon, M.Ed.
10 Greylock Ave., Taunton
Providence College Bridgewater Teachers' College
1950
Eleanor S. Smith, B.S. in Ed.
Williams St., No. Dighton Mill St., Assonet
Suffolk University
1924
J. Carol Terry, B.S. in Ed.
Francis R. Vitale, M.Ed.
R. 365 Somerset Ave., Taunton 79 Van Buren St., Taunton
Bridgewater Teachers' College
1953
High School Office Secretary Ella B. Gillespie
97 Spring St., No. Dighton
Cafeteria Personnel Aldea G. Gagner, Head Cook Annie G. Davis, Assistant
50 South St., Taunton Water St., Dighton
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Bridgewater Teachers' College 1953 -
Boston University 1951
George A. Weygand, B.S. in Ed.
Dighton Elementary School
Name
Home Address
Education
App'd.
Principal
Oliver J. Collard, M.Ed.
45 Andrews St., No. Dighton
Fitchburg Teachers' College 1952
Faculty
Dorothy B. Bagley
54 Coral St., Fall River
Perry Kindergarten Normal
1948
Rose E. Borges, M.Ed.
6 Pleasant St., Dighton
Bridgewater Teachers' College 1927
Arthur M. Chace, B.S. in Ed.
County St., Dighton
Bridgewater Teachers' College 1953
Lena W. Cowell
139 Jackson St., Fall River
Bridgewater Normal School
1921
Olive W. Crawford
411 Prospect St., Fall River Somerset Ave., Dighton
Bridgewater Normal School
1947
Roy L. Farnsworth, A.B.
Boston University
1953
Doris M. Ferreira
490 Woodman St., Fall River 243 High St., Taunton
University of Bridgeport
1953
Hope W. Hamilton, M.Ed.
Pleasant St., Dighton
Bridgewater Teachers' College
1928
Margaret F. Harrington
233 Whipple St., Fall River 62 Birch St., Somerset
Bridgewater Teachers' College 1952
Martha G. Mannion, B.S. in Ed.
Fitchburg State Teachers' College 1953
Frances S. Nesmith, M.Ed.
Bridgewater Teachers' College 1949
George R. Pauley, Jr., M.Ed.
Bridgewater Teachers' College
1948
Anne M. Phillips
59 Freedom St., Fall River
Bridgewater Teachers' College
1948
Helen M. Simmons
4 Avon St., Somerset
Thibodeau Business College 1922
Helen C. Turner
150 Summerfield St., Fall River
Framingham Normal School 1946
Helen L. Turner, B.S. in Ed.
150 Summerfield St., Fall River
Fitchburg State Teachers' College
1953
Music Supervisor (High and Elementary)
John F. Usher, Jr., B.Music
Elm St., Dighton
Boston University
1952
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Framingham Normal School
1946
Marjorie P. Holmes, B.S. in Ed.
188 Hudson St., Fall River Somerset Ave., Segreganset 41 Willey St., Brockton
Perry Normal 1949
Albert N. Genovese, M.S. in Ed.
Custodians
Name
Home Address
School
App'd.
Howell S. Carr
Elm St., Dighton
Dighton High School
1942
Charles R. Leonard
Center St., No. Dighton
Dighton High School
1952
John P. Pilling
Center St., No. Dighton
Dighton Elementary School
1952
Manuel A. Mello
Center St., No. Dighton
Dighton Elementary School
1952
Elementary School Office Secretary
Hannah E. Lassen
17 Pleasant St., Dighton
Cafeteria Personnel
Alfrena Bettencourt, Head Cook
211 School St., No. Dighton
Grace B. French, Assistant
Lincoln Ave., No. Dighton
Louise G. Gomes, Assistant
Hart St., Dighton
Bertha R. Stafford, Assistant
Somerset Ave., Segreganset
Personnel Changes
Teacher
Position
Date of Resignation
Reason
William D. Campbell
Science, High School
June 19, 1953
Teaching elsewhere
Alice C. Fallon
Commercial, High School
June 19, 1953
Teaching in Swansea
Jean P. Simms
English, High School
April 19, 1953
At home
Barbara M. Swenson
Phys. Ed., High School
June 19, 1953
At home
Margaret E. Clark
Grade 5, Elementary
Dec. 31, 1952
At home
Mary M. DeMello
Grade 4, Elementary
June 12, 1953
At home
Donald C. Nesmith
Eng. & Soc. Stud., Grades 7 & 8 Elem.
June 12, 1953 Principal, Freetown Elementary
William D. Soforenko
Grade 6, Elementary
June 12, 1953
Teaching in Cuttyhunk
ANNUAL REPORT
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INDEX
Ambulance Report
54
Assessors' Report
39
Auditor's Report
59
Balance Sheet
86
Board of Health Report
12
Cemetery Fund Report
15
Civil Defense Director's Report
58
Community Nurse Report
13
Dogs Licensed
57
Finance Committee Report
8
Fire Department
52
Gypsy Moth Superintendent
58
Jurors Drawn
38 37
Library Report
55
Police Department
56
School Committee Report
89
Director Vocational School
107
Elementary School Graduation Program
120
Enrollment
122
Faculty
125
Financial Statement
93
High School Graduation Program
116
Music Supervisor
113
Principal Elementary School
109
Principal High School
102
School Calendar
92
School Nurse
100
Superintendent
95
Selectmen's Report
9
Sealer of Weights and Measures
55
State Audit
5
Superintendent of Streets
50
Tax Collector's Report
43
Town Clerk's Report
17
Births
30
Deaths
35
Marriages
32
Treasurer's Report
14
Tree Warden's Report
49
Town Officers
2
Welfare Board Report
10
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Jury List
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