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105
Persons Committed to the Insane Hospital
4
Persons Missing and Recovered
5
Licenses Suspended
37
Registrations Suspended
5
Miles Travelled for Selectmen's Office
1,066
Number of Fires attended
6
Respectfully,
MYRON H. HAYDEN.
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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939
The following work was done under the Highway De- partment during 1939.
CHAPTER 81
Appropriation Town $6,500.00
State 9,750.00
Six miles of Surfaced Roads were treated with tar and Asphalt.
A Non-skid surface was applied to 3,500 ft. of Main St.
The portion of Meadow St. from Rochester Rd. to Pine St. was completed with gravel and 2,000 ft. was surfaced with tar.
1,700 ft. of South Meadow St. and 1,000 ft. of Ware- ham St. was surfaced with Cut Back Asphalt.
1,000 ft. of wooden railing was replaced with cable guard rail.
The remainder of the appropriation was spent on gen- eral maintenance.
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Appropriation-Town
$1,000.00
State 1,000.00
County 1,000.00
A Non-Skid surface was applied to 2,500 ft. of Plymp- ton St.
2,100 ft. of Plymouth St. was widened to 21 ft. and sur- faced with crushed stone, mixed in place.
W. P. A.
The W. P. A. completed excavating and gravelling High St. from Brook St. to the Bridge at the Maurice Robbins place : and are now excavating and gravelling the portion of Meadow St. from Pine St. to Popes Point St.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK F. WESTON,
Highway Surveyor.
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FOREST WARDENS
FOREST WARDEN
John F. Tubman
Tel. Carver 37
DEPUTY FOREST WARDENS
1. Charles Cherry
2. Russell Appling
Tel. Wareham 9323-12 Tel. Carver 47-2 Tel. Carver 50
3. Earl Ware
4. Norman Holmes Tel. Carver 10-4
5. Homer Weston
Tel. Carver 8-12
6. Arne Johnson
Tel. Carver 23-2
7. Everett Cassidy
Tel. Carver 1-2 Tel. Carver 65-11
8. Simon Majahad
9. Russell Holmes
Tel. Wareham 46W4
10. Thomas Kenney
Tel. Carver 7-4
11. Ellis Bumpus
Tel. Carver 28-2 Tel Carver 38
12. H. W. Jordan
13. John Morse
Tel. Carver 65-5
14. Frank Weston
Tel. Carver 26-14
15. Stephen Gammons
16. Edward Adams
Tel. Wareham 9323-12 Tel. Carver 74-3
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
The number of venereal disease cases for the past year has been fewer and less expensive than in 1938, due I think to a better understanding between the Town and State and I must say the State authorities have been very co-operative.
The Town Dumps are a problem and your Board is not at all satisfied with the conduct of some of our citizens who persist in leaving refuse in a place most convenient to them whether it be in the road, at the entrance, or in the grove. More drastic regulations are being considered by the board and it may be necessary again to have certain days in the week for disposal purposes, but a better road and a firmer dump off place would be of considerable bene- fit. The present location of the North Carver dump it seems to your Board is too close to the school and the houses in that vicinity, and for this reason and the fact (according to the Department of Public Health Engi- neers) that the Dump is a fire hazard, steps should be taken in the near future to remedy this evil. The Board has permission from the State to re-locate on the edge of Muddy Pond where water can be had in case a fire starts in the dump.
The Town has been quite fortunate in not having any serious epidemics of so-called children's diseases. Diph- theria has been controlled one hundred percent by inoc- ulation methods.
The Department of Public Health Engineers have been on many occasions called on to test water in wells and have always been prompt and thorough.
It has been necessary for the Town to assume the re- sponsibility of two more adult cases of Tuberculosis dur- ing 1939 and 1940, making a total of four under treatment
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in the Plymouth County Hospital. One case is self sup- porting having paid eleven hundred dollars to the Town Treasurer during a period of a little more than two years. How much longer this will continue is a question.
The two cases mentioned will of course necessitate an increase in the 1940 appropriation for hospitalization of Tuberculosis patients.
Having inspected the Hospital I am pleased to report and feel that our towns people should look with pride upon this institution. Supplies are purchased at the proper time of the year and in such quantities that assure a very low price, thus lowering operative and maintenance costs. I feel sure in saying that the cost per patient compares favorable with any Tuberculosis institution and in most cases the cost is tremendously lower.
A Tuberculin test will be given our school children this year and the expense is figured in the County assessment which will be about $3,000.00 higher than in 1939. The Town's part will be negligible. It is generally believed that an increase in this assessment is due to higher operative and maintenance costs which is untrue. In this particu- lar case it is the lack of a proper balance of patients dur- ing the year. For example, it takes the same number in personnel to take care of 15 patients in a ward as it would to care for 20. In other words if all the beds were occupied continuously the effect would be to lower the County assessment.
BERNARD W. ROBY,
Chairman Board of Health.
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF OLD HOME DAY ASSOCIATION
RECEIPTS
Balance in Checking Account,
January 1, 1939
$56.23
Balance in Savings Bank,
January 1, 1939
29.62
Interest through 1939
1.20
Town Appropriation
200.00
Dinner Tickets
722.30
Ice Cream
103.40
Tonic, Cigars etc.
71.19
Ball Game
28.55
Remnants
9.80
Fakirs
10.32
$1,232.61
EXPENDITURES
Atwood A. A., Baseballs
$3.75
Pine Grove Ice Co., Ice
3.10
Plymouth Bottling, Tonic
18.24
Henry S. Pink, Supplies
14.09
Walter Carmichael, Supplies
68.35
Harry Jordan, Supplies
79.88
Danforth's Home Bakery, Rolls
1.44
Joseph Dufresne, Fish and Clams
93.93
W. F. Fickert & Son, Orange Juice and Chocolate
4.98
Farrar's Cigars, Candy etc.
16.78
R. Camarra & Son, Corn
24.50
Farrar's Ice Cream
80.45
Clif Edson, Band
135.00
P. L. Shurtleff, Supplies
44.00
J. A. Holmes, Truck and supplies
29.48
Norman Holmes, truck
5.00
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Alonzo F. Ryder, Inc., Supplies 1.13
The Rogers Print, Posters 6.00
Helen B. Griffith, Postcards and mailing 5.50
Shaw's Radio Service, Amplifier
12.00
E. Cavicchi, Produce 52.25
Winston B. Leach, Printing pro- grams and tickets 14.25
F. B. & F. P. Goss, Printing
4.20
The Sachem Press, Dinner
tickets (1938) 3.95
Myrtle W. P. Carleton, Auto
and postage 4.25
$726.50
SERVICES
Heads of Tables and Waiters
$47.00
Norman V. Holmes
30.00
Perez Shurtleff
30.00
Alice Shurtleff
6.00
Gordon Dempsey
1.00
George Raymond
1.00
Phyllis Bryant
5.60
Nellie Bryant
14.00
Barbara Dempsey
14.00
Marion Bisbee
14.00
Orrie Dempsey
14.75
Michael Clair
1.00
Earle Ware
20.00
Albert Raymond
23.50
John Tubman
21.50
Everett Thomas
3.00
Everett Cassidy
4.00
Ammy Bolduc
4.00
William R. Holmes
1.00
William Bisbee
11.00
Stuart Fowler
4.00
Nelson Thomas
4.00
Joseph Robidoux
12.00
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Catherine Majahad
5.60
Warren Dionne
1.00
Napoleon Dionne
4.00
Eldred Mosher, Jr.
4.00
Marjorie Telfer
3.00
James Peeckham, Jr.
6.00
Leo Carron
4.00
Helen B. Griffith
2.00
Sadie Wade
12.00
Myrtle W. P. Carleton
7.00
James Thomas
4.00
B. Harrison Cole, Umpire 1939
2.50
A. Vincent Boucher, Umpire 1938
2.00
Myrtle W. P. Carleton, Treasurer
14.00
$357.45
Total Expenses
$1,083.95
Receipts for year
$1,232.61
Expenditures for year
1,083.95
Balance on hand January 1, 1940
$148.66
MYRTLE W. P. CARLETON,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
The Plymouth County Extension Service
Twenty-five years of Agricultural leadership has been provided the towns of Plymouth County through the Ex- tension Service, officially recognized as County Aid to Ag- riculture. During this period of time, great agricultural achievements have been made through the initiative and leadership of agricultural associations, farmers' co-oper- atives, homemakers' groups, 4-H clubs and their many allied contributing sources.
This service available to all coordinates the efforts of the U. S. D. A., the Massachusetts State College, and local groups in the interest of rural people.
Educational programs are largely determined by county committees, assuring the practicability of meetings, speakers, and subjects of interest to commodity, home- makers' and 4-H club groups.
During 1939 the Extension Service agents directed per- sonally in Plymouth County 813 meetings with an at- tendance of 21,485 people; made personal contact with 12,237 people on individual problems ; and reached 87,000 people through circular letters.
Information and assistance has been available to every- one in the subjects pertaining to Agriculture, Home Eco- nomics and the 4-H Club. These include for farmers the subjects of : dairy, poultry, fruits, vegetables, cranberries, forestry, general livestock, farm accounts, and many others. For Homemakers in 1939 emphasis has been placed on Money Management, Nutrition, Child Develop- ment, Home Furnishing and Recreation. Additional work has been done in Clothing, Food Preservation, Home
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Grounds Improvement. For 4-H activities, clubs in Poul- try, Dairy, Garden, Conservation, Handicraft, Food, Can- ning, Clothing, Home Furnishing and others have been used by 1959 enrolled members in the county.
The people of Carver have been afforded this service in the best manner possible to meet the demands and in- terest of groups and individuals. The support of each town financially and morally is greatly appreciated by the Extension Service, and by the people who know its value as an influence in adult education.
ALMIRA C. HOLMES,
Town Director.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
CARVER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Russell E. Shaw, Chairman, North Carver
Term expires 1940
Clyde D. Griffith, Secretary, Carver Term expires 1941
Winston B. Leach, Carver Term expires 1942
Donald P. Mattoon, Superintendent of Schools
10 Elm Street, Middleboro, Tel. Midd. 405-W
STAFF
Center School-Helen H. Griffith, Principal
Anne R. McFarlin
Marion L. Griffith
Henry M. Shaw
Dorothy W. Wilbur
North School-Gladys E. Burgess, Principal Gertrude R. Currier
Benjamin Ellis School-Florence L. Gordon, Principal Nellie Squire
Music Supervisor-Marguary MacCleave, Hanson Manual Training-Arnold T. Telfer, North Carver School Physician-Dr. L. M. Chase, North Carver School Nurse-Mary E. Fuller, East Taunton, R. F. D.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1939
Fall Term : Begins Wed. Sept. 6. Closes Thurs. Dec. 21. Holidays : Oct. 12, Oct. 13, Oct. 27, Nov. 30, Dec. 1.
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1940
Winter Term: Begins Wed. Jan. 3. Closes Fri., April 12.
Holidays: Winter Vacation, Feb. 22-26; Spring Vaca- tion, April 15-19.
Spring Term: Begins Monday, April 22, Closes Friday, June 14.
Graduation : Thursday, June 13.
Schools close : Friday, June 14.
Fall Term : Begins Wed., Sept. 4. Closes Fri., Dec. 20.
Holidays : Oct. 25, Nov. 11, Nov. 28, Nov. 29.
1941
Winter Term: Begins Monday, Jan. 6.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
To the Citizens of the Town of Carver:
We have welcomed a new member on the School Com- mittee this year in the person of Winston B. Leach. This is the first change in the membership of the committee in five years.
The committee has effected two changes during the year which should be noted here:
1. The decision to send secondary school pupils to Plymouth High School rather than to Middleboro High School. This change has been made as gradual as possible by requiring freshmen to enter at Plymouth and offering parents a choice between the two schools for all pupils previously enrolled. The choice by parents was intended to minimize the number of program changes, and the breaking of social contacts, both of which might adversely effect the children if they were not in favor of a change. Plymouth offered a much lower rate of tuition than Mid- dleboro had been charging. The decision to change re- sulted in a reduction of the rate on pupils remaining in Middleboro.
2. The awarding of contracts for transportation on a mileage basis, with a fixed rate per mile for equipment of a given size, traveling with-in a given mileage range per day.
Both of these changes were prompted by a desire to obtain the best possible service at the lowest possible cost to the town. We hope that the future will prove our judg- ment to have been sound.
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A new water pump has been installed in the Center School together with a new system for pumping drinking water. This gives the children a supply of fresh drinking water at all times.
Repairs were made on the furnace at the North School which have resulted in more satisfactory heating in that building.
Plans are now being considered for further improve- ment at the North School. These plans will not provide for a new building with modern facilities such as may be de- sired by some people. They will provide for much needed improvements for the present, at a cost low enough so that a new building may still be a possibility with-in a few years.
December 30, 1939.
RUSSELL E. SHAW, Ch. CLYDE D. GRIFFITH, WINSTON B. LEACH.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939
Appropriation Pratt Fund
$32,970.00 111.00
$33,081.00
Expenditures
31,928.02
Balance Unexpended
$1,152.98
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee :
Salary
$428.00
Expenses
127.85
Superintendent :
Salary
861.08
Travel
167.73
Expenses
22.47
School Census
40.00
Attendance Officer
0.00
Clerical Assistant
0.00
$1,647.13
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Music Supervisor
$350.00
Teachers and Substitutes
9,444.04
Textbooks
573.25
Supplies
597.03
$10,964.32
OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries
1,260.00
Fuel
1,083.25
Cleaning, Lights, Tel. Supp.
509.31
$2,852.56
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MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
Repairs
Boiler Inspection
$433.75 10.00
$443.75
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Transportation, High
$4,705.08
Transportation, Local
4,571.25
Tuition, High School
5,813.42
Insurance on Buildings
0.00
Health
275.50
Miscellaneous Aux. Agencies
108.25
$15,473.50
OUTLAYS
New Equipment $546.76
$546.76
Total Expenditures
$31,928.02
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Appropriation 1939
$40.00
Expended 1939 28.20
Balance Unexpended $11.80
Due Town of Carver by Middleborough $747.60
Due Town of Middleboro by Carver 747.60
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the School Committee of Carver, Massachusetts :
This, my second annual report, contains a brief account of our work during the last twelve months and indicates some results of a study of local school problems.
TEACHERS
The School Department takes pride in the efficiency of its several experienced teachers. The pupils of Carver reflect the fine instruction and training in habits and studies given them by the teachers who have guided the classroom and playground activities for several years.
The changes in personnel have been limited, fortunately, to our younger and less experienced teachers. Miss Jeanne H. Lockhart secured a position in Middleboro and Miss Marjorie H. Burr accepted a contract in Arlington. Another teacher was offered a contract for a position in a larger center at a much larger salary a few weeks after school opened in September, but she honored her contract with the School Department and did not seek a release. Miss Gertrude R. Currier of North Andover, graduate of the four-year course, with degree, at the Bridgewater State Teachers College, was hired for Miss Lockhart's place at North Carver. Miss Currier did her practice teaching in Middleboro and has had some experience teaching Grades I-IV at the North Reading State San- atorium. For Miss Burr's position, Miss Dorothy W. Wil- bur was selected. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island State College, degree in home economics, and lives in Cranston. The beginning teachers accepted salaries of $850 each.
TEACHERS' MEETINGS
Several teachers' meetings have been held during the year. Some of the topics discussed were :
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Report Cards Reading System Health Matters Building Management Rural School Conference Reports
The School Department sent one teacher as its repre- sentative to the Rural School Conference at Amherst last spring. As a part of the plan to benefit all teachers in the Superintendency Union, the representatives from Carver, Lakeville, and Rochester gave reports before groups of teachers in the three towns. In this way, the influence of. the Conference was extended to all tachers in Union No. 47.
REPORT CARDS
The teachers of the Superintendency Union have studied different types of Report Cards and have devised one which satisfies our needs. It provides for ratings in "habits" as well as "achievement" in school studies. Rat- ings are given three times a year in the first three grades, and five times a year in grades four, five, and six. Habits which are considered worthy of development are:
Speech-Speaks distinctly Posture-Has good posture Cleanliness-Has habits of cleanliness Obedience-Responds promptly Follows simple directions
Perseverance-Is persistent in overcoming difficulties Satisfactorily completes work begun
Neatness-Has habits of neatness
Cooperation-Works and plays fairly with others Takes active part in plays and games Thrift-Takes care of school property and materials Industry-Keeps well occupied at all times Dependability-Depends upon himself whenever possible
.
The ratings on the achievement in school studies differ with the grade. For example, the record of achievement for the primary grades shows :
Grade I
Grades II, III
Reading
Reading
Reading to
Others
Understanding What
He Reads
Developing New
Words by Him-
self Expression
Expression Oral
Oral
Written
Number Work
...
Arithmetic
Computation
Problem-Solv-
ing Handwriting
Spelling
READING SYSTEM
The teachers in the Carver-Lakeville-Rochester Union made a careful study of the problem of reading during the last school year. The procedure followed, which resulted in the selection of a Reading Series, may be briefly stated as follows :
1. Informal discussions during the fall of 1938 of the reading problem.
2. Tentative selection of good reading series from a study of reports in professional literature.
3. Expositions by Reading Demonstrators at several teachers' meetings, and purchase of sets for the teachers of each grade.
4. Study of basic vocabulary facts and phonograms for primers and first readers.
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5. Comparison of basal reading books-45 questions answered by each teacher on each of five sets of books. These questions covered binding, paper, printing, content, pictures, vocabulary, method, supplementary materials and aids (workbook, man- ual, charts, cards, readers, supervisors), author- ship, cost.
6. Meetings of Primary and Intermediate Grade teachers to discuss the various readers and to make a tentative selection.
7. A two-day demonstration in August at the Ben- jamin Ellis School in South Carver, of the series selected. At these sessions, the teachers were the pupils and the Reading Demonstrator was teacher. All but two of the teachers in the Union attended these meetings, and most of the substitute teachers took the time for these, too.
It was the opinion of the majority of the teachers par- ticipating in the selection of basal readers for the schools of Carver-Lakeville-Rochester that the CHILD-DE- VELOPMENT READERS represented the best series to purchase, considering all factors. Aside from the great educational values in the books, there is the additional factor of the services of an excellent Reading Demonstra- tor to help the teachers. Altogether, in use, this series is proving to be a very efficient and economical one to pur- chase.
HEALTH:
Pre-School Visits by the School Nurse
The work of the School Nurse during the school year was extended to include the visits to homes from which pupils may enter the first grade the following September. In December, after the Census Taker has completed the enumeration, the School Nurse locates the homes of pre- school children. Then, as she has calls to make in a par- ticular locality, she visits these prospective first-grade
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pupils during the Winter and Spring, all before school closes in June. She encourages each parent to have :
1. A Birth Certificate ready for presentation to the first-grade teacher at the opening of school.
2. A Vaccination Certificate to be presented with the Birth Certificate.
3. A Health Record-report on the dates of conta- gious diseases.
4. A Health Certificate from the School Doctor, if the child's condition seems to warrant this.
5. A Permit for Under-Age Entrance from the Super- intendent of Schools, if this is necessary for en- trance on trial for a six-week's period.
6. Dental work done.
7. Clothes, shoes, and lunch box for the opening day.
In August, the School Nurse makes a follow-up visit to those homes where the need is evident.
COLDS
When a child is developing a cold, the School Depart- ment encourages a parent to keep the pupil at home for a day or two until the child's strength is restored and the danger of further infection is reduced. In the months of February, March, April, May and June 1939, the state- ments which parents wrote to the teachers for the three towns in the Union as excuses for absence were listed. Of a total of 498, the following were the larger items :
Colds
268
All others :
Grippe
52
Chicken pox, opera-
Mumps
30
tion, sorenesses,
Sore Throat
20
poisoning, etc. 90
Measles
15
Others starting from or
with a cold
23
408
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408 of a total of 498 illnesses reported during five months were, or started with a cold. Beware of colds !!
DENTAL CLINIC
The School Department feels that there are distinct ad- vantages in having the dental work performed in each school building. Children need not be transported in cars uninsured for the purpose to some central office at a dis- tance, thereby avoiding highway accidents. There is less time lost from school lessons. Furthermore, it wished to extend the dental program, making it available to all pupils, and to finance the cost by having a reasonable charge for each dental operation. To this end, the Board of Health and the School Committee agreed to cooperate in promoting the Dental Clinic.
1. The Dental Service shall be made available to all pupils in Grades 1-8.
2. Part of the cost for each pupil's dental work shall be paid from the funds raised at the Town Meeting, thus giving a chance for more to be treated with limited funds, and keeping the appropriation small.
3. The larger portion of the cost of each dental oper- ation shall be paid by those parents who desire the work done.
4. A School Dentist, graduate of the Tufts Dental College, with a Certificate from the Forsyth Dental In- firmary for Children, shall be hired and paid 60c per dental operation.
5. The work shall be done in each school building.
6. The Board of Health shall approve the payment of 10c from the appropriation for dental service for each op- eration performed by the School Dentist and the full cost for certain certified cases.
7. The School Committee shall furnish the services of the School Nurse on those days when she is regularly employed for the school health program, provide a satis-
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factory place for the dental work to be done, allow pupils to be dismissed from class and study periods to receive dental treatment, and give such minor materials, supplies, and services as may be necessary.
8. The School Dentist shall furnish equipment which is to include three sets of dental instruments, and electric sterilizer, a dental chair, professional services, prelimin- ary examinations, dental materials and supplies, and shall accept 60c per operation.
9. The parents are to decide whether the Family Den- tist or the School Dentist is to perform needed dental treatment, give the School Department a written state- ment of treatments which will be paid for at 50c an op- eration, and send the money needed to the teacher at the time the School Dentist does the work.
There has been excellent cooperation in the dental pro- gram and the results confirm the wisdom of the change.
VISUAL EDUCATION
The instruction at the Center School has been enriched by the addition of two pieces of apparatus for visual edu- cation. One device is an opaque projector, showing on a screen pictures, postcards, charts, drawing, and any ob- jects through which light cannot be transmitted success- fully. The other machine is a slide film projector, using 33 mm. films and displaying one frame on a reel at a time. These are proving to be very serviceable.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
"The Spirit of Christmas" and "Why The Chimes Rang" were two of the programs given by pupils near the close of the year. Many parents attended these and wit- nessed their children taking part.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE HOURS
Parents have availed themselves of the opportunity to discuss school matters with the Superintendent of Schools
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by visiting him during his office hours. The new list follows :
3:00-5:15 p. m. School Committee Room- Mondays, unless indicated
1940 1940 Winter and Spring Fall Tuesday, January 2 Tuesday, September 16
February 5
October 14
March 18
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