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The South Intermediate room was overcrowded also and the matter of relief awaited settlement as no suitable accommo- dations presented themselves. After much deliberation it was decided to transfer Popes Point School to the North; reopen Bates Pond for grades five and six, and this was accomplished upon the reopening of the schools after Christmas.
This arrangement gives us a well graded system of two grades to a teacher in all our schools, and with slight changes in the transportation system should give satisfaction until such time as the town will build a new building at the South
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to which the pupils now at Bates Pond may be taken. This building should be modern as regards heating and ventilating and afford proper facilities for indoor play in bad weather.
The lighting of the North, Center and South buildings and the furnishing of running water have been highly commendable. The old system of water in jars brought from the neighbors and the use of glasses with no proper facilities for their care was hygienically unsafe, and the town is to be commended for the advance step.
This year the State has issued a Health Record Card, the use of which is compulsory. This necessitates a more thorough medical examination and follow up work upon the part of the school nurse. This work has been demonstrated to be of the greatest value in city and suburban schools though new in the rural districts. Our children surely deserve at least as much health and happiness as city children. Statistics presented by the National Education Association and the Council on Health and Public Instruction of the American Medical Association shows their greater need of attention.
If rural America is to continue to be a satisfactory nursery of human life for the nation it must be made healthful and attractive ; it must provide conditions favorable for the cultiva- tion of the best. The improvement of human health and wel- fare in rural America is a problem of the greatest significance in relation to our National Welfare. It is a problem affecting our national safety, material prosperity, national perpetuity. It deals with the most essential and most endangered of all our national resources. No factor is of greater fundamental im- portance for securing national preparedness either for peace or for possible war.
In the control of communicable disease we must have the thoughtful care and sympathetic cooperation of home and school. No child should ever knowingly be exposed to contagi- ous disease. The older the child is before exposure the less apt he is to take the disease and the less severe, on the average, is it likely to be. We need then th thoughtful and consciencious help of the parents. They should be on the alert for the fol-
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lowing indications of health disorders for which the child should be kept at home and the physician or school notified.
Nausea or vomiting
Running of the nose
Chill, convulsions
Red or running eyes
Dizziness, faintness
Sore throat
Eruption (rash) of any kind
Swollen glands Cough
Fever
In case these signs appear, the only safe way is to keep the child at home until the proper health officer has authorized the pupil's return to school.
The prompt response by parents to the notices of de- fective conditions particularly of defective teeth is imperative if our children are to derive the fullest benefit from the schools. Parents should see to it that the child's teeth are cleaned at least every three months by the dentist or by a trained dental hygienist. It has been repeatedly shown that such treatment will prevent most of the decay of teeth which takes place. All decayed teeth whether temporary or perma- nent should be filled or otherwise treated.
To make sure that no discrimination occurs the follow- ing Health Regulations have been established by the Com- mittee.
No child who is ill with a contagious or infectious disease shall attend school until he has been admitted by the school physician, or upon the statement of the attending physician that all danger of contagion has passed. This may be given by telephone, but shall be immediately confirmed in writing.
In case a child has been ill and no doctor has been con- sulted, the parents must notify the school authorities and the school physician or the school nurse shall determine whether the child may be admitted.
The interest in the courses in milinery and dressmaking continues strong and classes in both have opened at the North and the Center, and a class in millinery at the South. The advisory board this year consists of Mrs. Eleanor Shaw, Mrs. Arthur Wade, and Mrs. Alice Shaw. I wish to express my
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appreciation of their helpfulness, and also of the kindness of Mrs. Stoddard in opening her new home for the millinery class at the North. These classes are well worth the support of the citizens and in no way should they be regarded as charitable.
Arrangements are underway to open classes in dress- making in the Bates Pond and Pope's Point sections. This work should have the hearty support of the town and is well worth the expenditure which the town is called upon to make.
In closing I wish to express my appreciation of the cordial reception and hearty cooperation given me by the teachers and the committee.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR B. WEBBER.
Enrollment by Grades-January, 1924
School
Grades
Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
North :
Mrs. Holmes 21 15
36
Miss Savary
18 18
36
Miss Eldredge
17 12 29
South :
Miss Tillson 17 18
35
Mrs. Hudson
13 17
30
Bates Pond :
Miss Cornish
13 12
25
Center :
Mrs. Griffith
9 12
21
High :
High
7 7 7 4 25
Totals
38 33 31 35 30 24 9 12 7 7 7
4 237
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ROLL OF HONOR
Neither absent nor tardy for the year.
Bates Pond
Mabel Collins, Dorothy Johnson.
South Intermediate
Ingry Carlson, Louis Peres.
Pope's Point
Beatrice Dione, Donald Holmes, John Mosher, Eugene Tetu, Laura Tetu.
Center Grammar
Francis Dunham
For one half year
Bates Pond Aron Arponen.
South Primary
Annie Kallio, Matilda Peres, James Rose.
South Intermediate
Faith Atwood, Anne Halunen, Mary Halunen, Katherine Murray.
Pope's Point
Clarence Jefferson, John Maki, Judith Maki, Ruth Mosher, Beatrice Thibault, Edgar Thibault, Loretta Tetu, Ovid Manseau, George Manseau, Winston Weston.
High
Anna Cornish, C. Gordon Wells.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR CARVER
Winter term-Opens January 6th, 1924-Closes April 11th, 1924.
Spring term-Opens April 21, 1924-Closes June 27, 1924. Fall term-Opens September 8, 1924-Closes December 19, 1924.
Winter term-Opens. December 29, 1924-Opens Febru-
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ary 20, 1925.
Spring term-Opens March 2, 1925-Closes April 17, 1925.
Summer term-Opens April 27, 1925-Close in grades June 5, 1925. Closes in High School June 26, 1925.
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LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Cr.
Paid :---
Charlotte Atwood, Librarian
$75.00
Charlotte M. Ware, Librarian 16.67
Viola B. Hidden, Librarian 45.83
Old Colony Book Store, Inc., Books, etc.
83.23
A. S. Burbank, Books
8.33
Library Book House
51.04
$280.10
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
Supplement to Catalogue, 1923
Donations, 4 books.
By Purchase, 104 books.
Middleboro Gazette for 1923.
Our Dumb Animals, 1923.
Popular Mechanics Magazine, 1923.
Woman's Home Companion, 1923.
National Geographic Magazine, 1923.
American Forestry Magazine, 1923.
The Dearborn Independent, 1923.
Nature Magazine from July, 1923.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Balance on hand Jan. 1st, 1923
$9.20
Received for fines during 1923
12.30
Paid for Nature Magazine
1.80
Paid for expenses
4.67
Paid for one book
1.16
Balance on hand January 1st, 1924
13.87
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR 1923
Jan. 13. Ruel Savery Gibbs and Hazel May Kimball of Everett.
Jan. 27. Russell Whidden Holmes and Sarah Ellen Laird.
Jan. 29. Ralph Barros and Mrs. Mary A. Ryan of Malden.
Feb. 1. Frank Teixeira and Calmentina Roderiques.
Feb. 3. Martin Lawrence Holmes and Viola Robinson Hollo- way of Lakeville.
Apr. 30. Lorenzo Ritchotte of R. I. and Lydia Ducas.
May 13. Ernest Gates Dunham and Mercy Besse Griffith.
July 8. Earl Byron Ware and Charlotte Maria Atwood.
July 21. Alphonse Joseph Fournier and Annie Anderson.
July 21. Frank Wilfred Thomas of Middleboro and Georgette Carl Harris.
Aug. 1. Lawrence Ellsworth Atwood and Gertrude Irish Wright of Halifax.
Oct. 30. Arthur Silva Santos and Depordina Furtache.
Nov. 2. Daniel Martin Sullivan of Middleboro and Hazel May Griffith.
Dec. 16. Allen Austin MacDonald of Plymouth and Bertha Louise Peckham.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1923
Nativity of Parents
Date
Name
Jan.
6
(Stillborn)
Jan.
23 Evelyn May Wrightington
Joseph Ellsworth Wrightington and Ethel M. DeMerritt
Carver and Maine
Jan
30 Harold Arthur Shurtleff
Russell F. Shurtleff and Bertha J. Parker James E. Thomas and Lena Kennedy
Carver and Carver
Feb.
11 Dana Edward Thomas
Feb.
18 Olive May Wrightington
Carver and Carver
Feb.
20 Pauline Mildred Eames
Carver and Lakeville
March 8 Thelma Lawrence Holmes
March 16 Winona Nellie Chandler
April
25 Norman Lorenzo Manseau
Carver and Middleboro
April
26 John Elmer Johnson
LeRoy E. Shaw and Ruth E. Sargent
Antone Jesus and Lucy J. Hilman
Lawrence S. Baker and Dorothy L. Linton
Taunton and Carver
May May
10
Gordon Curtis Baker ( Stillborn)
July
9 William Clifford Gardner
July
25 Earl McHenry Garnett
July
29 (Stillborn )
Aug. 6 (Stillborn )
Aug.
3 Arthur Thatcher
Sept.
1 Eino Alfred Gummerus
Oct.
16 ( Illegitimate)
Boston and Brockton
Oct.
23 June Ellen Lewis
Canada and Fall River
Nov.
5 Norman Frances Parent
Middleboro and Plympton
Dec.
7 Curtis Franklin Shaw
Cape Verde Ts. and Cape Verde Is.
Dec.
18 Manuel Barros
Dec. 26 Irene Elizabeth Atwood
Ernest C. Gardner and Clara E. Holden Clarence N. Garnett and Agnes E. Enquist
Whitman and North Carolina Carver and Brockton
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Frank Thatcher and Kermantina Roderick John Gummerus and Ida G. Piispanen
Cape Verde Is. and Cape Verde Is. Finland and Finland
Norman R. Lewis and Vivian M. Burgess Joseph A. Parent and Juliette Dube Ebenezer A. Shaw and Winifred F. Shaw Joseph Barros and Catherina Perry Elverson E. Atwood and Lillian J. Weightman
Carver and New York
June
30
William Wrightington and Amelia F. Hann Embert H. Eames and Eliza G. Shurtleff Martin L. Holmes and Viola R. Holloway Birt C. Chandler and Jessie J. Garnett Adelard Manseau and Anna Ducas John E. Johnson and Alice Adams
Carver and New Brunswick
Canada and Fall River
May 4 LeRoy Elmer Shaw
Carver and Weymouth
Cape Verde Is. and Cape Verde Is.
7 Beatrice Jesus
Parents
Carver and Plympton
Carver and Newfoundland
DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1923
Cause of Death
Parents
David L. Taylor and Eliza Lombard
Melrose
Carver
Wyoming, Melrose
Jan. Jan.
14 George W. Atwood
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7
6 Acute bronchitis
William Atwood and Charlotte Tillson John McFarlin and Rebecca Blackman
Halifax
Carver
· Union
19 Mary H. Griffith
22 Hilda Gomes 1
7
0 Pneumonia, lobular
Manuel Gomes and Elsie Peena
Carver
Carver
- Lakenham
Carver
Carver
v Union
Carver
Carver
· Union
California
Carver
¥ Union
15 Otto Halunen
41
10 2
Gangrene of foot
Stillman Shaw and Eliza Cole Ezra Leach and Nancy Sampson
William Little and Mercie Hathaway
Wareham
Carver
¥Union
Providence, R. I. Carver
Middleboro
Brockton
Central
Wareham
Carver
Union
Carver
Carver
Middleboro
Carver
Carver
Union
Fall River
Carver
Wenham
New Bedford
New Bedford
Wareham
Montreal
Middleboro
Union
Plymouth
Carver Carver
South Dennis
Providence, R. I.
Carver
Pittsfield, Me.
Carver
Orange
Carver
Webster
Nov. 13 Bessie B. Boardway
Nov. 17 Charles E. Burdick
Dec. 12 Edwin C. Churchill
Dec. 17 Lothrop A. Hayden
Dec. 29 Lucius Atwood
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1
5 Mitral insufficiency
William Fenner and Alzada Kenyon Aeuben R. Bruce and Lucy B. Weeks Alanson H. Bates and Emma L. Davis Cornelius Burdick and Caroline White James Churchill and Rebecca Crocker Joseph Hayden and Caroline Besse William Atwood and Charlott Tillson
Place of Birth Place of Death Burial
Name
1
William H. Taylor
6 (Stillborn)
Carver
· Middleboro
Carver
¥ Lakenham
Jan.
16 Lucretia Swift
86
4 1 Cerebral apoplexy
78 5 23 Cerebral hemorrhage Perez Packard and Mercy Sherman
Carver
Carver
¥Union
2 (Stillborn) 23 Winfield L. Pratt
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4
0 Carcinoma of colon Mitral regurgitation Cerebral apoplexy
Lewis Pratt and Amanda Shurtleff Dura Weston and Marcie Thomas Andrew Halunen and Pelo Halunen
Finland
Carver
- Union Carver Portland, Me.Y Union
Plymouth
Carver
· Central
9 Admiral T. Little 17 Edward A. Penno
27 Alice L. Johnson 24 Henry H. Gammons
17
7 19
Cerebral thrombosis
4 16 Mitral regurgitation
30 (Stillborn)
29 (Stillborn)
4 Celesta G. Westgate 42
6 3 Mitral regurgitation
Sept.
Oct. 11 Lucy T. Tillson
80 0 16
Oct. 21 Lydia E. Morris
78 9 10
Cerebral hemorrhage
Oct. 31 Sam A. Fenner
33 6 10 Cerebral thrombosis
72 3 19 Cerebral apoplexy
42 11 17 Mitral insufficiency
65 84 7 27 6 11 Probably heart disease Diabetes mellitis
Plympton
Carver
Takenham
Wareham
Middleboro
Union
Carver
Carver
I nion
Jan. Jan. + Feb. Feb. Mar. Apr. Feb. May May May Apr. June
31 Seneca T. Weston
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7 18
3 Samuel Shaw 77
5 Elizabeth S. Vaughan 68 0 13
73 0 16
Mitral regurgitation
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6 28
Cerebral apoplexy
John Penno and Sophia Penno Harold H. Adams and Alice N. Cornish Stephen Gammons and Lydia S. Dunham
Henry M. Peckham and Celesta Bruce
July Aug. Aug.
6 (Stillborn) 8 Charles Donelly
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Cerebral hemorrhage Myocarditis
Edward Donelly and Margaret Waters Ben am n Pierce and Lydia T. Chandler Philip Chase and Betsey Newcomb
North Harwich
Pocasset, Cranston, R. I. Lakenham
Fletcher, Vt.
Carver
Thompsonville, Conn.
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9 28 Myocarditis, acute
Nov. 11 Abbie J. Rickard
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Chronic nephritis
- Union
June
Date of Death Jan.
Age Y. M. D. 66 5 2 Chronic endocarditis
Carver Carver
Vine Hill, Plymouth
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Summary
Births
26
Marriages
14
Deaths
30
Dogs licensed :
Males 69
Females
12
Resident Fisherman's Certificates
4
Resident Combination Certificates
67
Resident Hunter's and Trapper's Certificates
50
Non-resident Hunter's and Trapper's Certificate
1
Minor Trapper's Certificates
6
Received for dog licenses since last return
$56.00
The Town Clerk is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births as required by law.
HENRY S. GRIFFITH,
Town Clerk.
SUMMARY OF THE SELECTMEN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE of Appropriations, Balances and Recommendations Tabulated for the use of the Voters in Town Meeting, March 3, 1924.
Appropriations March 5, 1923
Received from
Other Sources
Paid Out
During 1923
Returned to
Treasurer
Overdraft
Dec. 31, 1923
Recommended for Expenses 1924
Appropriations Made March 3, 1924
American Legion
$200.00
$84.00
$116.00
$100.00
Charities
2,500.00
3,040.72
540.72
3,000.00
State Aid
150.00
168.00
18.00
250.00
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
207.00
7.00
200.00
Public Library
250.00
$30.10
280.10
150.00
Support of Schools
18,800.00
521.14
19,167.18
153.96
21,500.00
Repair of Bridges
1,500.00
540.18
959.82
500.00
Repair of Highways
6,700.00
5,025.00
11,724.47
.53
6,700.00
Removal of Snow
450.00
608.67
158.67
500.00
County Road
2,000.00
2,054.00
4,054.00
2,000.00
Bituminous Road
4,500.00
7,012.34
11,512.34
4,500.00
Oiling Road
500.00
Machinery
1,000.00
152.31
1,152.31
1,000.00
General Government
4,250.00
3,650.83
599.17
4,500.00
72
Great Hill
100.00
100.00
Unclassified
350.00
125.00
357.56
117.44
450.00
Reserve Fund
600.00
574.02
25.98
600.00
Health and Sanitation
1,200.0
1,079.27
120.73
1,200.00
Tree Warden
325.00
135.00
190.00
300.00
Gypsy Moth ·
2,000.00
1,955.82
44.18
935.98
Auto Truck
150.00
71.50
78.50
150.00
Fighting Fire
350.00
813.63
463.63
500.00
Parks
100.00
20.90
79.10
100.00
Police ·
375.00
677.35
302.35
375.00
Weights and Measures
100.00
72.59
172.59
100.00
Cemeteries
175.00
158.75
16.25
175.00
Notes
2,350.00
2,350.00
1,000.00
Interest
2,200.00
1,187.53
1,012.47
1.200.00
Military Aid
80.00
50.00
30.00
400.00
Farm Bureau
100.00
100.00
$52,975.00
$15,072.48
$65,893.72
$3,644.13
$1,490.37
1922
Soldiers' Relief
$133.97
$133.97
General Government
70.07
70.07
Health and Sanitation
122.89
122.89
Fighting Fire
137.64
137.64
$464.57
$53,350.55
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
Art. 2. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1st, 1924.
Art. 3. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to prosecute, compromise or defend any suits for or against the town.
Art. 4. To decide when taxes shall become due.
Art. 5. To see if the town will make an appropriation for a police force, or act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 6. To choose all necessary town officers not elected by ballot.
Art. 7. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
Art. 8. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
Art. 9. To choose all necessary town officers. The fol- lowing officers to be voted for all on one ballot viz: Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, three Overseers of the Poor, three Auditors, three Constables, one Tree Warden, three Herring Committeemen, each for one year. Three Selectmen, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. One Cemetery Commissioner, two Library Trustees, one Assessor, one School Committee, one Road Commissioner, and one Park Commissioner each for three years, and to vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" in answer to the following question : "Shall licenses be granted for the
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sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?
Art. 10. To see what pay the town will vote the Treas- urer and Collector of taxes and other town officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 11. To see what compensation the town will vote for labor, trucks and teams on the highways and act there- on.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and act thereon.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, and other town officers.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $4,500.00 for the purpose of resurfacing with a Bituminous top or otherwise improving Main street provided an allotment is received from the State, and act thereon.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding $100.00 and choose a town director as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon.
Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to adopt a by-law providing for the appointment of a Finance Committee under the requirement of Chapter 388 of the Acts of the year 1923 and act thereon.
Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws and raise and appropriate the sum of $6,700.00 for the repair of highways provided an allotment is received from the State and act thereon.
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Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed $800.00 for the pur- pose of purchasing three Traffic Signals, one to be located on the curve at Post Office Square, South Carver, one on the curve on Main Street opposite Center Carver Post Office, and one opposite the green near Pink's Store at North Carver and act thereon.
JESSE A. HOLMES ELLIS G. CORNISH HAROLD E. CARLETON
Selectmen of Carver.
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INDEX
American Legion Account
49
Appropriations
72
Assessors' Report
23
Auditor's Report
13
Births Recorded 1923
69
Bridges
41
Cemetery Account
49
Condition of Town Treasury
5
Constables' Report for 1923
51
County Road Account
26
Deaths Recorded 1923
70
Financial Statement
67
Fire Account
35
General Government Account
42
Gypsy Moth Account
39
Health and Sanitation Account
47
Highway Dept., Chapter 81
28
Jury List
50
Library Account
67
List of Fire Wardens, 1924
50
Machinery Account
40
Marriages Recorded 1923
68
Military Aid Account
49
Officers and Committees, 1923
3
Park Account
46
Perpetual Care Funds
10
Protection of Persons and Property
45
Report of Librarian
67
Report of the Treasurer of Old Home Day Association Roll of Honor
65
School Calendar
65
School Department Report
55
Sealer of Weights and Measures Account
45
Soldiers' Relief Account
Snow Account
39
State Aid Account
48
State Highway, Chapter 90
32
Superintendent's Report
61
Tax Collector's Report
12
Town Clerk's Summary
71
Town Warrant
74
Treasurer's Account
7
Tree Warden Account
35
Truck Account
46
Unclassified Account
48
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Overseers of the Poor Account
46
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