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7 14
Public School Pub. Co., tests,
3 59
H. W. Jordan, alcohol,
60
Palmer Co., books,
1 25
Lena Peck, books,
2 00
J. L. Hammett, books,
2 87
E. S., Mosher, freight and carting, 73 19
William I. Ward, supplies, 9 70
Memorial Press, graduation sup- plies, 29 72
F. N. Whitman, ribbon for diplomas, 1 19
H. S. Pink, supplies, 1 02
Ryan & Buker, maps and pencils, 9 93
Herman Richter, supplies, 65 00
Laidlaw Bros., tests, 8 11
University of Cincinnati, tests, 9 43
Laura Hudson, Seat work material, 7 25
Memorial Press, engraving di- plomas, 7 00
Jordan Hardware Co., miscel. supplies, 3 35
American Book Co., book, 68
B. A. Wood, parts for typewriters,
4 25
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A. B. Webber, encyclopedia, 62 50
Remington Typewriter Co., 4
typewriters, 240 00
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., supplies, 9 18
Milton Bradley, supplies, 59 74
D. A. Frazer, supplies, 2 00
$2,116 34
OPERATING EXPENSES. Wages of Janitors, Cleaning, Etc.
H. S. Pink, janitors' supplies, 15 38
George E. Blair, services,
259 75
Abbie Wrightington, services,
262 06
Ellis Bumpus, services,
84 00
Roy Kershaw, services,
24 00
Richmond Kershaw, services,
130 00
Arvo Paananen, services,
29 00
Alice G. Shaw, oiling floors,
6 00
Helen Petty, cleaning,
2 50
William Hatch, labor and team, , 3 75
$816 44
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER Southeastern Mass. Power & Electric Co., lights, $51 33
$51 33
FUEL.
Jesse A. Holmes, kindling, $38 50
Nancy Shaw, wood, 9 00
Wilbur Bearse, sawing wood,
15 00
Richmond Kershaw, housing wood,
2 25
Edward C. Shaw, cash paid for
housing wood, 4 93
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Alden Baker, cutting slabs, 1 75
Alex Johnson, wood, 50 00
George Petty, housing wood,
3 50
George Blair, housing wood,
4 00
Abbie Wrightington, cutting and hous- ing wood, 20 58
Frank Weston, wood, 47 50
Howard Bryant, sawing wood, 9 00
Embert Eames, sawing wood,
7 50
James Hurley, coal,
137 39
F. M. Thomas, wood,
108 00
Scudder Bros., coal, 43 00
Frank Cole, slabs, 3 50
$505 40
MAINTENANCE. Repairs, Etc.
Frank Cole, boards,
$3 50
George Blair, labor, 57 50
Edward C. Shaw, labor and bulb, 1 50
H. G. Mills, wiring school and repair- ing pumps, 55 30
Caroline Stoddard, repairs, 1 75
J. C. Trefethen, glass and locks, 1 40
Cephas T. Morse, labor and material, 50 85
N. F. Manter, hanging door,
4 00
C. E. Gray, repairing clock,
1 75
E. K. Greer, door, 11 75
John Dunham, painting door,
1 50
Jay A Ward, labor on pumps and
bubblers,
89 50
William I. Ward, pane of glass,
75
Calvin Hosford, contract and extras, 1,718 75
Earl B. Ware, contract and extras, 291 10 William Hatch, labor, 5 00
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Frank D. Costello, bag cement, screws and carting seats, 9 52
J. E. Jordan Co., locks and latches, 2 15
H. W. Jordan, paint, 2 10
Geo. A. Shurtleff, lumber, 12 00
Wm. Egger, window shades, 3 25
T. W. Pierce, furnace repairs, 85 00
Ellis Bumpus, labor and material, 37 15
$2,447 07
AUXILIARY AGENCIES. Health. .
Mary Fuller, School Nurse,
$126 50
$126 50
PRACTICAL ARTS. Lura L. Haskell, teaching and transportation, $128 79
Roger Williams, transportation, 12 00
Roy B. Caswell, rental of sewing machine, 7 00
Edith S. Tirrell, teaching,
66 25
Edith S. Tirrell, transportation, 16 20
A. D. Griffith, transportation, 3 00
E. S. Mosher, transportation, 8 75
$241 99
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION. Town of Wareham, tuition, $613 20
$613 20
GRADUATION EXPENSE. William I. Ward, paid to speaker, $15 00 $15 00
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TRANSPORTATION.
Eldred Mosher, transportation, $3,733 25
Merton Griffith, transportation, 1,261 00
B. C. Shaw, transportation, 1,320 00
Michael Anthony, transportation, 254 00
Roger Williams, transportation, 487 00
Frank D. Costello, transportation, 9 00
Arthur W. Peterson, taking sick
pupil home,
1 50
E. S. Mosher, insurance, 137 52
Chester W. Humphrey, insurance
on Shaw busses, 275 04
$7,478 31
NEW EQUIPMENT.
Albino Faietti, furnace and fit- tings, $174 32
Kenny Bros. & Wolkins, tables,
chairs and desks,
643 10
A. D. Griffith, pump,
3 50
Calvin Hosford, excavating and
concrete work,
1,500 00
T. W. Pierce Hardware Co., fur- naces, ventilating systems, etc., 1,388 19
C. T. Morse, grading,
12 50
George E. Blair, labor, 3 35
William I. Ward, eaves troughs,
12 99
George A. Shurtleff, lumber, 5 63
$3,743 58
NON-EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
School Bank.
Paid to Hazel Mary Sullivan, $ .52
Paid to Lucy D. Barnette, .11
Smith Hughes Fund.
Received from Smith-Hughes Fund,
$53.75
Paid on account, salary of Mrs. Tirrell, 53.75
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SCHOOL CALENDAR-1926-1927
Winter Term- School opens January 4. Closes February 26.
Spring Term- Opens March 8. Closes April 30.
Summer Term- Opens May 10. Closes June 18.
Fall Term- Opens September 7. Closes December 22.
1927
Winter Term- Opens January 3. Closes February 25.
Spring Term- Opens March 7. Closes April 29
Summer Term- Opens May 9. Closes June 17.
Holidays - February 22, April 19, May 30, October 12, November 25-26.
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THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Carver :
I have the honor to submit my third annual report. The past year has been one involving greater advances in the school policy of the town than have occurred in the history of the department. These have been brought about through the hearty cooperation of your honorable board and the citizens' committee working so earnestly for the best interest of the children of Carver.
By the decision of the town to send the High School pupils to Plymouth and Wareham, these pupils are af- forded the opportunity to secure a broader and better education than could possibly be given in town even though the teaching force had been increased. Further- more the vacating of the former High School building has enabled us to grade the elementary pupils to better ad- vantage and give a single grade to a teacher. This means more than doubling the time which each pupil receives and permits of much better individual attention.
The results of the administration of the Dearborn In- telligence Tests, the Lippincott and the Stanford Achievement Tests show that there will be next year fif- teen or more children, three or more years behind their normal grade. This will, under Section 41, Chapter 71, of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, require that these children be placed in a special class and in this way re- lieve the regular class. These pupils can be cared for in one of the unused buildings or in the Center, inasmuch as the pupils in grades five, six and seven will next year be in each case over thirty, making it necessary to pro- vide two extra rooms. This can probably best be done by
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making an addition to the present Center building and using the rear room for the special class work.
IMPROVEMENTS
The changes in the heating and ventilating at the North and South Schools have been a great benefit. Sinks are very much needed at both the Center and the North to prevent overflow from the bubblers damaging the floors, as well as to make it possible to wash properly.
CHANGES IN THE TEACHING FORCE
Miss Margaret Robinson resigned to accept a position in Westboro. The pupils of Bates Pond were transferred to the Center, and grade five was assigned to Mrs. Mar- ion Shaw. Mr. Cornish, who had finished the year at the North, taking the place of Mrs. Richter, who re- signed because of serious illness, was elected principal of the Barnstable Grammar School. Miss Marjorie Grif- fith was chosen for the sixth grade.
REVISION OF CURRICULA AND IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING
Teachers have attended the Institute at Middleboro and the Association meeting at Brockton, and local meetings have been held for the discussion of work and the gen- eral management of the schools. This fall the Frank- lin Course in Drawing was introduced. Mr. Adams, the author, has held meetings of the teachers giving sugges- tions for the advancement of the work. The course is thoroughly sound and is producing greater results than we anticipated, due to the enthusiasm and conscientious work which the teachers are manifesting. All speak highly of the course, and the children show a vital inter- est in the work. The training in this subject now shows a carry-over in other lines and in the home.
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The course of study in Geography is in process of re- vision and the outlines with suggestions as to method are issued in type-written form for the sixth grade; other grades will be given out in the near future. In all such revision the effort is being made to stimulate thought, train the pupils to reason rather than merely cram the memory as so much of the work in previous years has tended to do.
HEALTH
The School Nurse has assisted the School Physician at the annual examination and reports the following :
School visits, 19.
Home visits, 50.
Children with enlarged tonsils, 20.
Children with decayed teeth, 100.
Children 10% under-weight, 50.
The condition of the teeth would seem clearly to call for a dental clinic. Some arrangement might be made with the dentists of Plymouth whereby our children could be treated, going with the nurse, or a dentist might give a day a month at the Town Hall. The benefits of care of the teeth are so well determined that it would seem as though the town ought not to allow nearly fifty per cent. of the school children to suffer from neglect.
HOUSEHOLD ARTS
The State Department has notified us that the work as carried out in Carver has not been developing as it should to warrant its continuance. New members have been too few, and the attendance of old members has been less regular than is expected. In consequence the work has been discontinued. Those who have been accustomed to attend could well get together under the direction of the County Agents of the Farm Bureau for further work.
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STANDARD AND ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
In order to determine the ability of the pupils and bring about a better grading, the Dearborn Intelligence Tests were given in the Spring, and the grading in Sep- tember was based as far as possible upon the results, in conjunction with the regular marks for the year.
In October the Stanford Achievement Test was given to all pupils above Grade three. This test seemed the best available among many for our purposes. The results of all the tests will be used not merely to gratify curiosity as to how our pupils stand with reference to other schools, but to give a better basis for classifying pupils according to their attainments in the different subjects. When- ever such tests are given, it is always found that there is a wide range of attainment of the pupils of a given class, and by re-classifying them so as to reduce this range, it. is possible to increase the efficiency of instruction by fit- ting it more nearly to the needs of the individual pupil.
In analyzing the results of the tests, the educational age based on the complete scores as well as the subject. scores, was worked out and these results are taken into account in the grading for the coming year rather than the grade norms, since the efficiency of a school should be judged by what it accomplishes by any given age rather than what each grade does. A pupil who shows at the end of the year an educational age as much as twelve months or more higher than the average for the grade should ordinarily be given an extra promotion. To hold. back a pupil whose educational age, i. e, his ability to do work of older pupils, is shown to be two or three years in advance, because he has not been through the tradi- tional steps, is doing him a grave injustice. To hold such pupils back often leads to habits of indolence, as the work makes no real demands upon their abilities.
The results for the schools and grades in the October test are shown in the following table :
Reading Tests Arithmetic Tests Science Hist. Lang.
Para-
Sen- Word
Funda-
GRADE VIII
graph
84
52
63
133
105
64
54
40
173
Rochester Center
80
42
47
138
110
52
44
35
143
Pierceville
67,
49
57
120
84
57
37
32
146
Waterman
75
45
47
118
69
44
37
35
157
Stuart
81
57
59
125
90
61
56
38
146
North
82
53
54
121
86
60
47
39
150
Normal Average
GRADE VII
78
45
48
112
79
45
41
40
125
Carver
Rochester Center
74
42
47
116
86
52
41
28
141
Pierceville
67
40
47
122
80
49
25
22
109
Waterman
68
44
41
130
88
45
29
26
121
Stuart
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Normal Average
68
49
50
114
79
50
35
27
128
GRADE VI
68
36
43
104
65
39
23
22
121
Carver
Rochester Center
61
49
50
107
80
52
49
29
112
Pierceville
59
40
40
96
51
36
20
17
85
Waterman
61
29
40
86
65
35
24
21
115
Stuart
58
44
42
77
48
32
15
23
109
North
59
58
39
100
64
49
26
25
111
Normal Average
62
37
41
99
58
41
25
21
107
GRADE V
52
26
30
82
48
29
16
12
98
Carver
56
38
35
87
54
29
18
16
79
Rochester Center
46
38
32
79
34
29
26
17
122
Pierceville
50
33
37
78
44
25
15
14
84
Stuart
50
28
33
88
44
23
9
10
93
North
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Normal Average
56
31
31
81
45
26
14
15
78
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North
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Spell.
tence Meanings mentals Reasoning
Carver
Waterman
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Taking a comprehensive view of our results we can see that in reading our pupils need more skill in interpreting the printed page. So far we have but made a beginning in remedying this by bringing our texts in the upper grades more nearly up to date. Methods in this subject have changed more in recent years than in any other sub- ject. Another year we should have in use more modern texts along the line of silent reading, and since the re- sults in mathematics show that this phase of the work has been over-emphasized, we may cut down our efforts there and bend our energies to the more needed lines. Spelling has been found very satisfactory, as the text was one of unusual difficulty, and language usage is well in hand. The history and science tests were of interest in showing the lack of outside information along these lines, and opening up suggestive avenues of instruction to our teachers.
Meetings of the teachers for analysis and discussion of the result are being held, and the results of our June tests should show a better result.
In December the State-Wide Arithmetic Test was given, and we find the following results:
STATE-WIDE TEST DECEMBER, 1925
Arithmetic Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Fractions
Business Situations
VI
VII
V
VI
VII
V
VI VII
V
VI VII
V
VI
VII
VI VII
Carver
46
48
48
46
43
48
37
37
42
39
36
42
23
28
42
9
25
33
Rochester Center
45
48
50
46
46
48
37
42
48
41
44
46
14
43
40
20
34
33
Pierceville
45
50
46
46
49
49
34
36
40
29
45
45
20
34
40
21
24
34
Waterman
46
46
48
43
45
49
38
41
47
34
40
48
20
30
42
22
30
32
Stuart
50
46
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Lakeville:
Assawomp
48
46
49.5
45
47
48
40
46
43
48
46
48
20
48
46
23
26
33
North
44
48
50
39
49.6 48.6
38
42
46
35
45
49.8
18
40
41
32
27
34
Canedy
39
49
46
43
46
47
27
40
42
23
40
44
15
44
45
24
34
36
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12
49
45
30
34
32
46
46
North
. .
50
48
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No standards have as yet been determined for this test. The standing can be judged by the fact that 50 repre- sents 100 percent. In grade V the work in fractions has been given only since the beginning of the year and a rating of twenty would seem to be a satisfactory re- turn.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR B. WEBBER. January 12, 1926.
AGE-GRADE DISTRIBUTION FOR 1925
GRADE
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
x
XI
XII
Total
6
14
1
15
7
25
8
2
35
8
3
12
4
3
22
9
7
12
5
4
28
10
8
11
10
1
30
11
1
1
6
10
4
2
24
12
1
5
6
10
8
30
13
1
3
5
5
7
4
25
14
1
2
1
2
4
2
16
15
1
1
1
3
6
16
3
4
3
10
17
1
2
2
5
18
1
3
4
19
1
1
20
1
1
42
29
29
34
38
22
20
8
10
6
7
252
Enrollment, Fall Term, 1925
GRADE
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
x
XI
XII
Total
North
.. 22
26
22
15
85
South
19
14
18
12
63
Center
..
43
27
22
19
111
1
4
4
4
13
6
5
3
1
15
41
40
40
27
43
27
22
19
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287
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Plymouth
Wareham
4
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Pursuant to action taken at the last Annual Town Meeting considerable attention has been given to the school property. At Center Carver the school building has been reinforced by undergirding with iron rods, new hard wood floors have been laid, new entrances have been built on the front and south side, both furnaces have been reset and the larger one fitted with a fresh air duct of the required size. At North Carver and South Carver cellars have been excavated and finished with cement, hot air heaters have been installed and pumps and water tanks have been removed from the school rooms to the cellars. The walls and ceilings of the three school houses have been treated with paint and kalsomine and more or less extensive minor improvements and repairs, some made necessary by the more important changes, have been made at each place. At North Carver tables and chairs have taken the place of desks in a portion of one room thus making it possible to accommodate a larger number of pupils and, also, facilitating the work of the teacher. Although some unforeseen expenditures were necessary it was found possible to pay all bills without an overdraft.
The report of the Superintendent of Schools shows that the staff of grade teachers will, doubtless, need to be in- creased at the opening of the next school year. This fact, together with a prospective increase in the number of High School pupils, makes a larger budget unavoid- able. But the excess of the present askings for the sup- port of schools over those of last year is nearly equalled
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by the increased reimbursement due our town by the State under the present reimbursement law.
Our town received the sum of $1,510.00 last year as reimbursement on account of tuition. There is reason to expect that this item will be larger this year. There will also be reimbursement, in a substantial sum, on account. of transportation of high school pupils.
With the report the itemized school account is sub- mitted.
WILLIAM I. WARD, MAYNARD W. PETERSON,
FRANK D. COSTELLO,
School Committee.
Carver Seven
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1925.
Feb. 1-John Alloria and Mrs. Emma J. Thomas.
Feb. 23-Theodore Broullard and Miss Noella Adams of New Bedford.
June 6-Leslie M. Woodward of Framingham and Miss Katherina L. Goetz of Boston.
June 14-Robert William Melville and Miss Viola Hammond Shaw.
June 24-Augustus George Lattenville and Miss Irene Bertha Weightman of Middleboro.
June 27-Leon Bertrand Shorey of Haverhill, and Miss Priscilla Thaine Shaw.
Sept. 19-Nathaniel Francis Shurtleff of Middleboro, and Miss Ruby Elvira Hayden.
Oct. 3-Andrew Freeman Griffith and Miss Elise My- riva Sawyer of Middleboro.
Nov. 2-Joseph Philip Joncas of Middleboro and Miss Minnie Elisabeth Blair.
Dec. 27-Antone Santos Resende and Miss Georgianna Pimental.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR, 1925
Date
Name
Parents
Parents Nativity
Mar. 30. Doris Virginia Gammons
Stephen S. Ganimons
Carver
Alice M. (Bassett)
Carver
Apr. 4. Geraldine Anne Sullivan
Gerald J. Sullivan
Quincy
Amelia E. (Erickson)
Quincy
Apr. 29.
Leonard Warren MacDonald
Allen A. MacDonald
Gloucester
May 7. Karl Robert Lindquist
Walter W. Lindquist Elisabeth G. (Coombs)
Merrimac
May 12. George Albert Raymond
Henry A. Raymond
Taunton
Minnie B. (Ford)
Hanover
May
17. Audrey Winona LeBarnes
Frank A. LeBarnes
N. H.
Cora S. (Rickard)
Carver
June 5. (Stillborn)
June 8. (Stillborn)
June 13. Jennie Frances Howland
Warren E. Howland, Jr. Jennie F. (DeMoranville)
Lakeville
Otto Salmi Anna (Palın)
Finland Finland
Arthur Silva
Cape Verde I's
Dipordena (Furtache)
Cape Verde I's
Aug. 9. Bettie Brooks Shurtleff
Perez L. Shurtleff
Carver
Alice M. (Russell)
England
Aug. 12. Elisabeth Jesus
Lucy M. (Hillman)
Cape Verde I's
Aug. 20. Lawyer Vaughn Smith
James A. Smith
N. S.
Sept. 23. Shirlie Jean Thomas
James E. Thomas
Carver
Lena F. (Kennedy)
Carver
Oct. 2. Sarah Catherine Holmes
Russell W. Holines
Carver
Sarah E. (Laird)
Carver
Oct. 11. John Arthur Shaw
Ernest W. Shaw Kathleen M. (Arthur)
Montana
Oct. 12. Bertha Blanche Chandler
Birt C. Chandler Jessie J. (Garnett)
N. B.
Oct. 26. Edana Silva
Justin Silva Mary (Soares)
Semigal
Nov. 16. Clifton Bartlett Bumpus
Andrew F. Bumpus
Carver
Dorothy E. (Leonard)
Plymouth
Dec. 1. (Stillborn)
Dec .. 25. Ronald Clyde Garnett
Clarence N. Garnett
Carver
Agnes E. (Enquist)
Brockton
June 10. Bolduc
Ammy Bolduc Louise Valencourt
Carver
Kingston
Bertha M. (Peckham)
Carver
Providence
July 19. Elsie Wilhelmina Salmi
July 31. Joseph Silva
Antone J. Jesus
Cape Verde I's
Clara M. (Munson)
N. B.
Cambridge
Carver
Cape Verde I's
Carver
DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1925
Date
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Parents
Birthplace
Place of Death
Burial
Jan. 1.
Obed H. Shaw
71 10
4 Cerebral apoplexy
Ira B. Shaw
Middleboro
Carver
Lakenham Cemetery
Jan. 23.
Robert Humphrey
67
4 6
Carcinoma of stomach
Robert Humphrey
England
Carver
Hill Cemetery, Middleboro
Feb. 7. Forest E. Hutchins
80 11 23
Broncho pneumonia
Charles W. Hutchins
Maine
Carver
Pembroke, Maine
Mar. 4.
Theopholis Frank Ladd
77 1 6
Cerebral apoplexy
Joseph Ladd
Maine
Carver
Mt. Hope, Boston
Mar. 12.
Mary L. Tillson
71 6 0
Arterio sclerosis
Zenas Tillson
Carver
Carver
Union Cemetery
Apr. 12.
Joseph Gonzales
0 7 . 1
Convulsions
Joseph Gonzales
Carver
Carver
Union Cemetery
Apr. 30.
Florence Correia
27 ---
Thrown from motorcycle ; accident Manuel Correia
Isabel Mands
Vermont
Brockton Hosp.
Village, Weymouth
Apr. 7.
Ella V. Mills
63
Chronic myocarditis, etc.
(Unknown)
Alfred M. Shaw
Melora L. Hathaway
Wareham
Carver
Union Cemetery
June 5. (Stillborn)
0
0 0
June 10.
(Infant) Bolduc
0
0 1
Ammy Bolduc Louise Valencourt
St. Luke's Hosp. Middleboro
Connecticut
Carver
Union Cemetery
July 25. Willianı F. Stanly
6 6 9 9
Chronic myocarditis
William F. Stanly Lucinda Irish
Henry C. Washburn
Carver
Carver
Lakenham Cemetery
July 27.
Delia F. Morse
62 8 29
Cerebral hemorrhage
Louisa Atwood
Rhode Island
Carver
Bristol, R. I.
Aug. 15.
Nelson Metevier
14
Accidental drowning
Nelson Metevier
Annie Lucier
Oscar Laaksonen
Finland
Carver
Union Cemetery
Sept. 1. Oscar F. Laaksonen
34 5 12
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Nov. 14. Alfonsine Guertin
81 6 0 Cerebral apoplexy
Nov. 16.
Philander J. Holines
81 10 14
Cerebral hemorrhage
Matilda Henry Carmel Alfonsine Jacob Holmes Ann Macomber
Middleboro
Carver
Central Cemetery
Dec. 25.
Willliam H. Chandler
43 --
Fatty degeneration of heart
William C. Chandler Ella Collingwood
Plymouth
Carver
Vine Hills, Plymouth
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Charles Tupper
May 13.
Alfred M. Shaw, Jr.
46 6 4
Accidental drowning
Sarah E. Tucker
Louisa King
Lizzie Gomes
Cape Verde I's
Jordan Hosp.
St. Joseph's, Plymouthi
Catholic, Carver
June 11. (Stillborn) 0
0 0
Canada
Carver
Notre Dame, Carver
Martha Shurtleff
(Unknown)
Diantha Record
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SUMMARY
Marriages,
10
Deaths,
20
Births (incomplete)
23
Dogs licensed-
Males,
80
Females,
26
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Certificates
Resident Combination,
50
Hunters and Trappers,
67
Non-Res. Combination,
1
Minor Trappers,
13
Resident Fisherman,
7
Non-Res. Fisherman,
2
HENRY S. GRIFFITH,
Town Clerk.
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EXCERPTS FROM TOWN MEETING RECORDS
(March 2)
Voted that the building for town machinery be lo- cated on the town house lot, and that the selectmen be constituted a committee of construction of said building or buildings.
Voted: 29 yes; and 24 no.
That the selectmen of the town be authorized, at their discretion, to purchase for the town at a cost not to ex- ceed $1,800., a two-tank chemical engine, with motor and fire fighting equipment, and that the sum of $1,800. be raised and appropriated for that purpose.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500. for the purpose of housing and operating fire fighting equip- ment under the supervision of the selectmen.
Voted that the selectmen be instructed to secure quar- ters for the fire fighting apparatus in a heated garage.
Voted to adopt Art. 19 amended as follows: That the moderator appoint a committee of 13 consisting of the School Committee, 2 members of the finance committee, 2 members of the Parent-Teachers Association, and 6 other voters, who shall hold 3 public meetings and report to the adjourned town meeting what in their judgment
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is for the best interests of the town in regard to school houses and schools, and their report shall be printed and sent to every voter before said meeting.
Under the above order the moderator appointed the fol- lowing committee: William I. Ward, Maynard W. Pet- erson, Frank D. Costello of the school committee; Ellis D. Atwood and Annie G. Boardway of the finance com- mittee; Reba A. Murray and Helen M. Carleton of the Parent-Teachers' Association; and Cordelia F. Pink, Mary R. L. Goetz, Bernard E. Shaw, Frank F. Weston, T. T. Vaughan and William H. Stoddard at large.
Voted to authorize the selectmen to sell to the Julian M. Southworth Post, A. L., the old town building and lot for the consideration of one dollar with the stipulation that building and lot in question shall revert to the town when building ceases to be used as a hall for said Post.
Voted to adopt the following town by-law:
"All articles to be acted upon at the regular town meet- ing in March shall be in the hands of the Board of Se- lectmen on or before Feb. 1st, preceding said meeting."
(Adjournment May 9)
Voted to accept the report of the school-housing com- mittee under Article 19, as follows :
(1) That necessary repairs be made upon and in the high school house. Probable cost $1,400.
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(2) That cellars be excavated under the school house at South Carver and North Carver and hot air furnaces installed therein. Probable cost not more than $2,500.
(3) That a porch for coat room and entrance to the east room of the North Carver school be built. Probable cost $100. more or less.
(4) That steps be taken by the school committee to ascertain whether the high school pupils of this town can be advantageously placed in the reasonably near future in the high school of some neighboring town.
(5) That action upon further questions of arranging for the general school plan of the town, and of housing its schools, be deferred pending the inquiry concerning the placing of the high school pupils of this town as pro- posed in paragraph 4 of these recommendations.
Voted that articles 1, 2, and 3 of said report be adopted. Voted to adopt articles 4 and 5 of said report.
Voted that the thanks of the town be given the said school housing committee.
Voted that further arrangements concerning the high school and any needed adjustment of the grade schools be left to the discretion of the school committee.
(June 15)
Motion that an addition to the high school building be built according to the plan drawn by Frank E. Barrows
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for the purpose of holding the High School in town.
Voted to take the vote by written ballot, yes or no.
The check list was used and the result of the ballot as declared by the moderator was :
Yes, One Hundred Forty-Three (143). No, One Hundred Ninety-Two (192).
SUMMARY BY THE SELECTMEN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Of Appropriations, Balances and Recommendations Tabulated for the Use of Voters in Town Meeting, March 1, 1926
Appropriation
March, 1925
Paid Out
During 1925
Returned to
Treasurer
Transferred from
Reserve Account
Overdraft
Dec. 31, 1925
Expenses of 1926
Appropriations Made March 1, 1926
American Legion,
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
Charities,
2,500.00
$2,992.12
$492.12
3,000.00
State Aid,
200.00
96.00
104.00
150.00
Soldiers' Relief,
50.00
50.00
50.00
Public Library,
200.00
198.24
1.76
200.00
Support of Schools,
29,744.28
29,744.15
13
29,000.00
Repair of Bridges,
1,000.00
315.78
684.22
1,000.00
Repair of Highways, Chapter 81,
6,700.00
6,699.11
.89
6,700.00
Removal of Snow,
400.00
331.90
68.10
350.00
Machinery,
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,000.00
General Government,
4,500.00
3,860.24
639.76
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4,200.00
Unclassified,
550.00
511.20
163.80
500.00
Reserve Fund,"
500.00
12.47
487.53
Health and Sanitation,
1,600.00
1,443.39
156.61
1,700.00
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Recommendations for
Tree Warden,
350.00
343.80
6.20
350.00
Gypsy Moth,
2,000.00
1,860.58
139.42
1,000.00
Auto Truck,
150.00
59.00
91.00
75.00
Forest Fires,
500.00
151.85
348.15
350.00
Parks,
200.00
195.70
4.30
250.00
Police,
700.00
518.75
181.25
700.00
Weights & Measures,
75.00
75.00
100.00
Cemeteries,
175.00
147.85
27.15
200.00
Notes,
1,000.00
1,000.00
Interest,
1,200.00
1,383.79
183.79
1,200.00
Military Aid,
400.00
360.00
40.00
400.00
Memorial Day,
125.00
125.00
125.00
Aid to Agriculture,
100.00
100.00
100.00
Housing Machinery Account,
2,000.00
2,012.47
12.47
Main Street,
4,000.00
4,000.00
5,000.00
Plympton Street,
2,500.00
2,500.00
Purchase of Great Hill,
200.00
200.00
Fire Equipment,
1,800.00
1,800.00
Housing Fire Equipment, 500.00
500.00
Cleaning Park Acct.,
51.37
Publishing Valuation List,
227.13
122.87
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Art. 1. 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 1, 1926.
Art. 2. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to prosecute, compromise or defend any suits for or against the town.
Art. 3. To decide when taxes shall become due.
Art. 4. To see if the town will make an appropriation for a police force, or act thereon or thereto.
Art. 5. To choose all necessary town officers not elect- ed by ballot.
Art. 6. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
Art. 7. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
Art. 8. To choose all necessary town officers. The following officers to be voted for all on one ballot, viz:
Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Three Aud- itors, Three Constables, Three Herring Committee, One Tree Warden, Moderator, each for One Year.
One Selectman, One Overseer of the Poor, One School Committee-man, One Assessor, One Road Commissioner, One Park Commissioner, One Cemetery Commissioner, Two Library Trustees, each for three years; and to vote by ballot "yes" or "no" in answer to the following ques- tion: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?"
Art. 9. To see what pay the town will vote the Treas-
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urer, Collector of Taxes, and other town officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 10. To see what compensation the town will vote for labor and teams on the highways, and act thereon.
Art. 11. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day, and act thereon.
Art. 12. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen, and other town officers.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to build an addi- tion to the Schoolhouse at Center Carver, providing for two school-rooms and a basement, with a central heating plant for the completed structor, and all necessary furn- ishings and equipment; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $14,000 or any other sum, to meet the cost of the same, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed $2,000 for the purpose of resurfacing with a Bituminous Top or other- wise improving Tremont Street from end of present Bi- tuminous road towards the Plymouth Line, provided an allotment is received from the State and act thereon or thereto.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not exceeding $5,000. for the purpose of resurfacing with a Bituminous top or other- wise improving Main Street from the southerly end of said street to the Wareham line, provided an allotment is received from the State and act thereon or thereto.
Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $50.00 for the American Legion for rent for 1925 and act thereon or thereto.
(By request of the American Legion, No. 164)
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INDEX
Appropriations
86
Assessors' Report
24
Auditor's Report 14
Births Recorded, 1925
79
Cemetery Account
44
Condition of Town Treasury
5
Constables' Report for 1925
55
Deaths Recorded, 1925
80
Excerpts from Town Meeting Records 82
Fire Account
47
Forest Wardens
51
General Government Account
37
Gypsy Moth Account
52 43
Health and Sanitation Account
27
Jury List
54
Library Account
42
List of Fire Wardens, 1925
60
Machinery Account
34
Marriages Recorded, 1925
78
Military Account
44
Officers and Committees, 1925
3
Overseers of the Poor Account
40
Park Account
44
Perpetuual Care Funds
10
Report of Committee on Fire Protection
51
Protection of Persons and Property
46
Report of the Treasurer of Old Home Day Association
56
School Calendar
66
School Department Report
59
School Committee Report
76
Sealer of Weights and Measures Account
45-54
Snow Account 37
State Aid Account
44
School Superintendent's Report 67
Tax Collector's Report 13
Town Clerk's Report 78
Town Warrant 88
Treasurer's Account
6
Tree Warden Account
46
Truck Account 42
Unclassified Account 43
Highway Dept., Chapter 81
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