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November 4
April 1
December 2 1941
May 6
66
June 3
Winter
July 1
Tuesday, January 6
February 3
Additional dates will appear on notices on the office door.
CONCLUSION
Improvement in the School Department over an ex- tended period comes through the united efforts of all. Dur- ing the year, parents, teachers, agents, and pupils have been generally helpful, recognizing, it is hoped, that co- operation, cheerfulness, courtesy, and commonsense are integral parts of our program.
As School Committee members, you have given gener- ously of your time, interest, energy, and support. It is a pleasure to have had such fine working conditions for the consideration and fulfillment of aspects of our school plans. Thank you sincerely for your encouragement, cordiality, and patience.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD P. MATTOON,
Superintendent.
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HEALTH SUPERVISION
SCHOOL NURSE : Mrs. Mary E. Fuller, East Taunton
Number of school visits : 112
Number of home visits : 150
Number of pre-school visits in August : 34
Number of trips with children to school physician : 3
Number of trips with children to dentist : 7
Number of trips with children to their homes: 9
ANNUAL EXAMINATION BY SCHOOL
PHYSICIAN : Dr. L. M. Chase, North Carver
Number of children examined in Grades I-VIII: 204
Number of pupils with physical defects : 69
Number of physical defects : 118
Number of notices sent home for vision defects : 10
Number of notices sent home for tonsils and adenoids : 37
Number of pupils with physical defects corrected : 5
Number of physical defects corrected : 5
DENTAL CLINIC: Dr. E. F. Tobin, Brookline
Number of pupils examined in Grades I-VIII : 201
Number of pupils with dental defects: 164
Number of dental defects : 774
DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION CLINIC:
(Board of Health) Dr. L. M. Chase
Number of pre-school children immunized : 7
Number of pupils immunized in Grades I-II :
13
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AGE -- GRADE DISTRIBUTION-OCTOBER 1, 1939
Ages
5-7
7-14
14-16
16-21
yrs.
yrs.
yrs.
yrs.
Totals
Elementary
Boys-Girls
Grade
I
12-9
1-3
25
II
3-2
15-8
28
III
15-12
27
IV
14-13
27
V
17-13
30
VI
15-6
21
VII
12-9
0-2
23
VIII
5-8
10-2
25
High Schools
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IX
6-4
1-0
11
X
9-8
1-2
20
XI
1-3
6-7
17
XII
4-3
7
55
Total Elementary and High
261
In Other Schools
0-1
3-2
6
Pre-School
18-11
29
Out of School
6-5
57-58
126
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GRADUATION EXERCISES CARVER GRAMMAR SCHOOL June 15, 1939 THE MARCH ACROSS THE CONTINENT
The Voice of America
Herald
Betty Shurtleff Muriel Braddock
Prologue
Virginia
Plymouth
New Amsterdam
Gordon Dempsey Ralph Linton Mary Corshia John Agnone Dorothy Thomas Mary Salmi David Lindros
The Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Mrs. Greene
Mr. Francis
Mr. Miller
Harriet
Miss Rose
Overseer
Rose Majahad Lawyer Smith
Singers
Ernest Gomes Anibel Timas John Silva
Joseph Silva Francis Silva
Becky's Christmas Turkey
Becky
Dora
Simon Kenton
George Rogers Clark
Jeff Smoke
Plainsmen
Bertha Chandler Florence Smith Robert Barnes Oscar Niemi Everett Smith John Silva Norman Manseau
The Covered Wagon Train
Captain Johnathan Starbuck
Jack Shau
Francis Agnone
Robert Agnone Bessie Braddock Francis Agnone Jack Shaw Frances Fernandes
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Tim Cooper
Slim
Texas
Wally
Joe
Lacy
Willie
Captain's Wife
Women
Ralph Chandler Francis Silva Robert Agnone Kenneth Telfer Bertha Chandler Frances Fernandes Enid Wainio
The Formation of the Vigilantes
Jake
Mackenzie
Louis Bryant Hugo Salminen
Mrs. Crowell
Elsie Pratt
Mrs. Howell
Mr. Howell
Helen
Ada
Pete
Milt
Leslie Ronni
Mrs. Henry
Shirley Thomas
Spanish Settlers
Eva Fernandes Rose Thatcher
Anibel Timas
Ernest Gomes Joseph Silva
Francis Silva
(This presentation was coached by Mrs. Enid Crosier.)
March
Invocation
Mrs. Marjorie Telfer Rev. Orville Ullom Chorus
Songs
Lament for Ali Bey
Schubert
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Foster
Presentation of Diplomas to Graduates Russell E. Shaw, Chairman, Carver School Board Songs Vale of Tuoni Water Lilies
Chorus
Sibelius Linders
Rev. Orville Ullom
Benediction
Joseph Pimental Everett Smith Lawyer Smith
Bertha Chandler Robert Barnes Ruth Maki Natalie Bumpus Harry Morris
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GRADUATES
Francis Thomas Agnone
Oscar William Niemi
Robert Earle Barnes
Everett James Smith
Muriel Phyllis Braddock
Florence Isabel Smith
Natalie Isabel Bumpus Joseph Anthony Pimental
Bertha Blanche Chandler
Hugo William Salminen
Ralph Homer Chandler
John Arthur Shaw
Ruth Corine Maki
Betty Brooks Shurtleff
Norman Lorenzo Manseau
John James Silva
Shirley Jeanne Thomas
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCY UNION NO. 47
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
At the Annual Meeting of the School Superintendency Union No. 47, including the towns of Carver, Lakeville, and Rochester, it was voted that a report by the Secretary of the Union be published annually in each Town Report, to enable the voters to have a better understanding of the Union, its aims and problems. This Union has been in existence since 1902, but this is one of the first published reports of its work. The members of the school commit- tees of the three towns comprise the Union Committee of nine members, of which Mr. Samuel H. Corse of Rochester
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is the present Chairman. The Union Committee meets at least once a year, considers business which may come be- fore it, elects officers, hears reports, selects Union agents, and elects a Superintendent of Schools for a term of three years. The services and salary of the Superintendent are shared on equitable basis.
At the April 1939 meeting, a written report was sub- mitted by the Superintendent, Mr. Mattoon. This report incorporated a review of the policies of the three com- mittees, their methods of administering school affairs, suggestions for closer cooperation on educational pro- jects, and the purchase of school materials to the mutual benefit of each town. This comparison of the various problems confronting the school committees and their methods of solving them has already proved helpful and has enabled each committee to benefit through this closer cooperation.
Under Mr. Mattoon's superintendence, the teaching methods of the three towns have been more closely re- lated, and materials standardized. To promote this, the teachers in the Union have met at regular intervals through the year for lectures and general discussions of their mutual professional problems. The results of these changes are beneficial.
At the November 1939 meeting in Lakeville, a written report of the Superintendent's activities was presented, and three Lakeville teachers gave demonstrations of the new reading series.
In the School Report for each Town, the matters of State Reimbursement for the Superintendent and financial matters of his salary, travel, and clerical assistance are entered.
Respectfully submitted,
MARIAN N. PEIRCE,
Secretary,
School Superintendency Union No. 47.
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TOWN WARRANT AND REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
Plymouth, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Carver, Plymouth County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Carver qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Carver on Monday, the fourth day of March 1940, at two o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following article, namely :
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers, the following officers to be voted for all on one ballot, viz ;- Moderator, Treasurer, Town Clerk, Collector of Taxes, Three Auditors, Three Constables, Three Herring Com- mitteemen, one Tree Warden, and one Highway Surveyor, each for one year. One Assessor, One Selectman, One School Committeeman, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Park Commissioner, One Member of Public Welfare and Two Library Trustees, each for Three years, and to vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" in answer to the following ques- tions: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of all al- coholic beverage?" and "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of wines and malt beverages ?"
The polls will be open for at least four hours.
And you are directed to further notify said Inhabitants of said town that as soon as the ballots have been counted the meeting will adjourn to Tuesday, March 5th, 1940, at nine o'clock A. M. and at that time will reconvene at said Town Hall in said Carver, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
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Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to 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, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 2. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 3. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
Article 3. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed eight hundred dollars. ($800.00) from the free cash in the town treasury for the sole purpose of meeting charges against the cemetery funds in the town treasury, all monies expended under this vote to be refunded before the end of the current year.
Article 4. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept the cemetery fund or funds paid into the town treasury under the perpetual care statutes, or act anything thereon.
Article 5. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend suits for or against the Town.
Article 6. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 7. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
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Article 7. Recommended by Finance Committee to be added to Library Account.
Article 8. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture (Plymouth County Extension Service) and to choose a town director as provided in Sections 41 and 42 Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon.
Article 8. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 9. To see what pay the Town will vote the Treasurer, Town Clerk, Collector of Taxes and other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 9. Recommended by Finance Committee that the pay be the same as last year.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000.00) provided allotments are received from the State and County, under Chapter 90 Maintenance, General Laws, for Plymouth Street. Said appropriation to be expended in the proportion of one-third by the Town, one-third by the State, and one-third by the County, based on the sums allotted by State and County, and act thereon or thereto.
Article 10. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the overlay reserve account to 1940 Reserve Ac- count, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or such other sum of money as may be voted the 1940 Reserve Account by the Town.
Article 11. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of remodel-
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ing and reconstructing the North schoolhouse and author- ize the borrowing of any or all of the sum appropriated under authority of Chapter 233 of the Acts of 1938, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 12. Recommended by Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee further recommends that, in the event of favorable action on Article 12, a Building Committee be appointed consisting of three persons, one to be chosen by the School Committee from the membership of that body, one to be designated by the Moderator and one by the Chairman of the Finance Committee; and that said Building Committee be di- rected to seek plans and estimates of cost beside those already in the possession of the School Committee, to have proper specifications prepared, to invite bids for the work to be done and material furnished and to proceed at their discretion to carry the proposed im- provements into effect.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Welfare to use the Federal Gov- ernment Reimbursement for administration, and to act anything thereon or thereto.
Article 13. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 14. To choose all necessary Town officers not elected by ballot.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand one hundred eighty two dollars and seventy cents ($2,182.70) to pay out- standing Public Welfare bills of 1939, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Article 15. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Clerk to sell the remaining Town Histories for
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one dollar per copy, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Article 16. Recommended by the Finance Committee that the Histories be sold at $2.00 per copy, and that the Town Clerk be requested to arrange that these books be offered for sale on Old Home Day.
Article 17. To see what action the Town will take in regard to putting in proper condition the Tillson Pratt lot and gravestones, and at anything thereon.
Article 17. Recommended by the Finance Committee that the Cemetery Commissioners be authorized to make plans for putting the Tillson Pratt lot in the Center Cemetery in proper condition, providing suitable grave- stone or gravestones, to ascertain the cost thereof, to solicit, by private contributions, the money needed to meet the expense incurred, and, when sufficient funds have been secured, to carry the project to completion.
Article 18. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the revision of the Town By-Laws, and act any- thing thereon.
Article 18. Recommended by Finance Committee that the report of the By-Laws Committee be adopted.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eighty two dollars and sixty cents ($82.60) to pay outstanding Health bills of 1939, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Article 19. Recommended by Finance Committee.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, at the several places designated by vote of the town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
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Given under our hands this 2nd day of February in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty.
EARL B. WARE, ARTHUR W. PETERSON, BERNARD W. ROBY,
Selectmen of Carver.
Finance Committee,
WILLIAM I. WARD, Chairman HARRISON W. JORDAN, Secretary.
SUMMARY OF SELECTMEN OF APPROPRIATIONS, BALANCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS Tabulated for the Use of the Voters in the Town Meeting, March 5, 1940.
Recommended
Other Sources
12/30/39 Balance
Ret'd to Recommended By Finance Treasury By Selectmen Committee
General Government
$0.69
$6,875.00
$6,875.00
Unclassified and Memorial Day
500.00
431.04
68.96
500.00
500.00
Health
2,200.00
Approp. 12/8/39 from sur- plus revenue
575.00
Total
$2,775.00
2,775.00
3,647.00
3,647.00
1939 Unpaid bills
82.60
82.60
Public Welfare
9,000.00
Approp. 12/8/39 from sur- plus revenue
1,800.00
Total
$10,800.00
10,799.88
.12
11,500.00
11,500.00
Administration
500.00
500.00
1939 Unpaid Bills
2,182.70
2,182.70
Work Relief
100.00
Balance 1/1/39
$150.81
Total $250.81
157.25
$93.56
100.00
100.00
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Appropriation $6,360.00
Spent $6,359.31
Appropriation 7,000.00
Other Sources
Spent
12/30/39 Balance
Recommended Committee Ret'd to Recommended By Finance Treasury By Selectmen
Old Age Assistance Approp. 12/8/39 from sur- plus revenue Refund U. S. Grant Total $13,449.88
600.00
5.00
5,844.88
13,383.47
66.41
7,500.00
7,500.00
Administration
400.00
400.00
Aid to Dependent Children U. S. Grant Total $1,320.99
1,000.00
320.99
1,045.58
275.41
960.00
960.00
Administration
Soldiers' Relief
600.00
554.00
46.00
700.00
700.00
Police
2,750.00
2,694.38
55.62
2,210.00
2,210.00
Public Safety
150.00
128.98
21.02
150.00
150.00
ROADS
Chapter 81
6,500.00
State
9,749.17
Total $16,249.17
16,249.17
6,500.00
6,500.00
Chap. 90 Purchase St.
Town approp. 1938
750.00
State 1938
823.55
County 1938
350.00
State 1939
624.88
40.00
40.00
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County 1939
Appropriation
Other Sources 374.21
Spent
12/30/39 Balance
Recommended Ret'd to Recommended By Finance Treasury By Selectmen Committee
Total receipts
$2,922.64
Spent 1938-$2,535.25 Spent 1939
361.61
$25.78
Chap. 90 East Head Road
Town approp. 1938
1,250.00
State 1938
1,984.52
County 1938
950.00
State 1939
450.79
County 1939
267.65
Total receipts
$4,902.96
Spent 1938-$4,356.41
Spent 1939
512.44
34.11
Chap. 90 Maintenance Approp. 5/15/39 from sur- plus Revenue $1,000.00
State
999.63 999.62
County
Total $2,999.25
2,998.88
.37
1,000.00
1,000.00
Meadow St.
2,250.00
2,230.46
19.54
Road Machinery
500.00
171.26
328.74
600.00
600.00
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General Highway Bridges Removal of Snow Approp. 12/8/39 from sur- plus Revenue Total $1,400.00
900.00 500.00
891.60
8.40 66.72
800.00 700.00
700.00
900.00
500.00
1,390.22
9.78
900.00
900.00
W. P. A. Balance 1/1/39
88.45
Approp. 9/15/39 from sur- plus Revenue
1,000.00
12/16/39 transferred from Reserve Fund Total-$5,238.43
150.00
5,175.34
63.09
5,000.00
5,000.00
Fires
500.00
258.48
241.52
450.00
450.00
Fire Equipment
665.00
664.62
.38
600.00
600.00
Central Cemetery Land Pur- chase
5.00
Cemetery Account
750.00
Transf. from Central Cem. Fence Account
90.00
Total $840.00
839.55
.45
910.00
910.00
Parks
300.00
297.42
2.58
300.00
300.00
Spec. Approp. for Flag
50.00
26.99
23.01
Appropriation
Other Sources
Spent
12/30/39 Balance
Recommended Ret'd to Recommended By Finance Treasury By Selectmen
Committee
800.00
433.28
4,000.00
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Library Library Dog Fund Total $726.57
Appropriation 450.00
Other Sources
Spent
12/30/39 Balance
Recommended Ret'd to Recommended By Finance Treasury By Selectmen Committee
Plus Dog Fund
1.17
240.00
240.00
Weights and Measures
150.00
132.40
17.60
150.00
150.00
Tree Warden
800.00
799.12
.88
750.00
750.00
Gypsy Moth
1,219.62
1,169.07
50.55
1,219.62
1,219.62
Schools
32,970.00
Schools Pratt Fund
111.00
Total $33,081.00
31,928.02
1,152.98
33,252.40
33,252.40
School Dental Clinic
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Vocational Training
40.00
28.20
11.80
Interest
150.00
80.00
70.00
135.00
135.00
Aid to Agriculture
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
American Legion Rent
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Old Home Day
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
By Laws Committee
25.00
Land Damage High and Brook Streets
Balance 1/1/39
500.00
491.82
8.18
Land Damage Meadow St.
100.00
100.00
Workmen's Comp. Ins.
500.00
443.14
56.86
444.00
444.00
Reserve Fund
*500.00
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276.57
725.40
Transf. to W. P. A. account $150.00 Bal. of $350.00 returned to Overlay reserve acct.
Appropriation Other Sources Spent
12/30/39 Balance
Recommended Ret'd to Recommended By Finance Treasury By Selectmen Committee
*From Overlay reserve account
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Index
Appropriations, Summary of
Assessors' Report
42
Auditor's Report
27
Births Recorded, 1939
19
Board of Health
109
Cemetery Funds, Condition of
13
Condition of Treasury
6
County Aid to Agriculture
114
Deaths Recorded, 1939
22
Forest Wardens
108
General Government Account
47
Aid to Dependent Children
52
Bridge Account
56
Cemetery Account
57
County Aid to Agriculture
52
Chapter 90, Purchase Street and East Head Road
65 69
W. P. A.
Fires Account
Fire Equipment
General Highways
Gypsy Moth Account
Health Acccount
Highway Dept., Chapter 81
Interest
Land Damages
Library
Machinery Account
Old Age Assistance
Park Account
Police
Public Safety
Public Welfare Account
Sealer of Weights and Measures
55
Snow Account
61
Soldiers' Relief
55 60 53
Highway Surveyor
107
Inspection of Animals, Report of
103
Inspector of Slaughtering, Report of
103 24
Jury List
104
Librarian, Report of
99
Licenses Issued
26
Marriages Recorded, 1939
20 3
Officers and Committees, 1939
111
Police Department, Report of
105
Report of State Auditor
72
School Department Report
116
School Committee Report
118
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
102
School, Report of Superintendent
122
School, Age-Grade Table
131
Tax Collector's Report
16
Town Clerk's Report
7
Town Warrant and Report of Finance Committee
136
Treasurer's Account
7
Welfare Report
40
58 59 68 53 54 62 71 71 59
57 52 55 60 68 50
Tree Warden Account
Unclassified Account
Harborers of Dogs
Old Home Day, Report of Treasurer
142
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