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Transportation High School $5,652.58
$17,648.39
OUTLAYS
Equipment
$444.32
$444.32
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Tuition
$362.20 30.00
Vocational Educ.
Transportation
Tuition $163.50
$392.20
Evening
Classes
$192.50
$482.51
$36,736.16
$10,457.20
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AMERICANIZATION CLASSES
Teaching, Books, Supplies, Janitor $482.51
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE
SCHOOL LUNCH ACCOUNT
1942
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Expenditures
811.73
Balance Unexpended $488.27
Services
$487.75
Equipment
131.95
Provisions
192.03
$811.73
Money deposited with Town Treasurer, collected by Principals of Schools in payment for lunches, Dec. 1-23, 1942, $165.02
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the Members of the Carver School Committee :
I hereby submit my second annual report as Superin- tendent of Schools for the Town of Carver, a part of the Superintendency Union, No. 45, which includes the Towns of Carver, Lakeville and Rochester.
The work of the schools this year, here, as elsewhere, represents an effort to retain standards and rate of progress while confronted with numerous problems up- setting to school life. Generally speaking, Carver has been more fortunate in this respect than others, due prin- cipally to the fact that it has a small population, both in school and otherwise. School materials and services are increasing in cost, a fact which we perhaps dislike to recognize; in this respect it will become increasingly more difficult to maintain the liberal and just policies which you as a committee have established and, moreover, ought to provide for a community such as Carver. We are told that the chief function in the primary and elemen- tary schools today is to make the daily instruction as meaningful and useful as possible, and while we recognize the effect and significance of war on our children, every effort should be made to keep school life as normal as lies within our means to do. To this end we have devoted our efforts in the school department. For the most part the daily school program has not changed beyond what might be termed 'normal school progress', yet there have been a few features added which are directly traceable to the war year. These additions are as follows :
(a) The children have been trained, to the extent of our limited means, to know how to take care of them-
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selves in case of air raids. Most of this training is done through air raid drills.
(b) Our pupils, assisted by teachers and others inter- ested, worked hard during the nation-wide scrap drive held last fall. They were so successful that they were awarded $75.00 as a prize by the New Bedford Standard Times.
(c) The students in our schools purchase War Savings Stamps through the courtesy of the three postmasters in Carver, each of whom comes once weekly to the school nearest him so that the pupils may make their purchases. During the four-month period beginning September, 1942, stamps to the value of more than $530.00 have been sold through the schools.
National rationing of various commodities has given the teachers considerable work during the past year and promises to offer more in the months to come. This work has not interrupted the daily routine of the schools locally, so much as elsewhere, but is likely to in the future, inasmuch as each new rationing program becomes in- creasingly complicated for those meeting the public and making the necessary computations. Carver teachers have cheerfully undertaken this civic duty maintaining their daily school work in addition to it; this represents an attitude on their part which is entirely commendable.
The staff of teachers underwent some changes this year. Miss Dorothy Labouteley withdrew from her position as teacher of Domestic Arts and other academic subjects at the Center school in June, 1942. This position was taken by Miss M. Sybil Hartley of Rochester, a graduate of Simmons College, 1942. Miss Edna F. Denault, who was teaching at the Benjamin Ellis School, grades one and two, resigned to accept a position in the Plymouth system ; her work was taken over by Miss Marion Hokan-
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son, who resigned December 23, 1942. Miss Eva J. Leonard, then teaching in Bernardston, Mass., agreed to come to continue this position as soon as release was possible to arrange from the position then held. Miss Leonard is a graduate of the Teachers' College at Fitch- burg, Mass. It is regrettable that Carver should have to experience so much change as it does; it is inevitable, however, until the policy is reached to pay salaries in competition with other communities. It is due only to the fact that we have a high percentage of teachers who are married and have homes either in or near to Carver that we have no more change than we do. The citizens of Carver should believe themselves fortunate that they have had as little change as this during the current times. The securing and holding of teachers qualified and experi- enced is a problem of major significance in most com- munities today. Schools cannot make progress with a continually changing staff; the fact that we yet have a majority of teachers with long experience and skill in instruction should yield considerable satisfaction. In our staff of part-time teachers there has been one change. Frederick G. Winters, Supervisor of Music, asked leave of absence to enter military service. Miss Mary Doherty undertook his work, resigning in October, 1942. Miss Olive Spaniol entered our service following Miss Doherty's resignation. She is a graduate of the New England Con- servatory of Music, and has work to her credit at the Boston University College of Music. Mrs. Stella F. Morri- son continues her fine work with us; I recommend the serious consideration of the committee toward having more of her time than is now the practice.
This report would not be complete without a detailed summary of the Hot Lunch Program. I believe there could have been no finer development in the non-academic life of the daily school program than the lunch work we do now. It was quite apparent that soon after the pro-
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gram was under way by means of Federal Surplus Com- modities and labor furnished through the National Youth Administration that the popularity of the daily meal would require greater and more extensive efforts than planned for; this led to the conclusion that National Youth Ad- ministration could not be counted upon to do as the au- thorities had agreed,-namely, to furnish sufficient help. for experience showed that they ignored our requests for more assistance. Following this, the possibilities for W. P. A. project control of the work were investigated. Due to the scarcity of eligible persons, pius the fact that the regulations of the W. P. A. were too cumbersome, it was decided that the best way would be to assume locally the responsibility for labor and materials, accept Commodi- ties offered and available, and to finance the balance from the daily fees paid by pupils who could afford the lunch. Space does not permit a continued outline of the problems, but sufficient to say that the procedure has once more had to be overhauled due to the ruling of the state audi- tors making a routine audit in town affairs, which makes it necessary to deposit all monies collected from pupils with the town treasurer and to have nothing available from this source for purchase of foods to supplement the commodities. This last fact made it necessary during the month of December to rely on the special appropria- tion made in October for purposes of school lunch, mean- while depositing daily cash collections received from pupils once weekly with the treasurer. This feature will make it necessary for the school committee to ask the town for a sufficient sum of money to finance the whole program. The cash collected each day will offset to a considerable extent the cost of the work, but will make it necessary to raise more than would otherwise be necessary. Had anyone realized in advance the vast amount of planning and execution which the committee, the principals, and the superintendent have been called upon to do, probably it would have been unbelievable. The fact that so many
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parents and others have commented upon the program as being a fine thing for the children has encouraged us to continue. It is no exaggeration to say that less than ten children bring their own lunches throughout the whole town.
Increased emphasis has been put upon the health pro- gram of the schools in the past four months. Mrs. Doris E. Brown, R. N., was appointed school nurse and began her duties September, 1942. Since her appointment she has been working to become acquainted with the problems peculiar to our situation and will spend the balance of the current school year in the usual duties of the school nurse. In addition to this, Mrs. Brown will be planning the introduction of a program next September, 1943, which will place new emphasis on health and physical well-being.
The numbers enrolled in the schools, both local and otherwise, can be determined by referring to a table in- cluded elsewhere in the school department report. The figures indicate a total in the local schools quite similar to that of last year with a slight decrease in high school enrolment.
The annual graduation exercises for the year were centered around the development of the theme, "The Re- lationship of South America to the United States". The topics, as developed by the students, represented their own efforts, and the policy of the whole program was that of having it consist of material worked out by the students rather than having them memorize and deliver material written by others having no significance to them as individuals. The following list contains the names of those graduated :
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Edgar J. April
Kenneth S. Telfer
Robert A. Bolduc
Theodore T. Vaughan
Samuel S. Chandler
Erwin K. Washburn
Peter R. Correio
Herman C. Young
Robert T. Griffith
Laura L. Braddock
Robert A. Hall
Lois H. Eames
Raymond Kolstrom
Eileen LeCain
Ian McLure
Gertrude E. Merritt
Mathew Mendes
Martha L. Thomas
Valentine P. Pina
Ruth E. Tillson
Elizabeth H. Peterson
Probably the most important single achievement dur- ing the past year has been the beginning of the formation of a course of study for the three towns of the union as mentioned in the annual report for 1941. The teachers of the union were divided into three groups, with, in a few instances, a teacher serving on more than one com- mittee. These committees represented the primary, ele- mentary, and junior high grades respectively. By June 1942, sufficient material had been discussed to permit the issue of a temporary outline covering some phases of the curriculum. Probably the best work done to date has been in the primary group ; not that the efforts of the other two groups were not as effective, but because the nature of the questions at hand permitted more definite decisions at the outset than did the other two grade groups. At present the outline is in the possession of every teacher, and their instructions are to try the work out and to enter their criticisms and comments on it so that it may be revised under actual teaching situations. The intention was to continue the meetings during this school year, but because the meetings were held with the frequency of once in two weeks for each group, it did not seem feasible in view of the situation relative to tires and gasoline to meet so often. Therefore, no meetings have been held since June, 1942; but since there have been four months of opportunity to experiment with the out-
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line, meetings spaced more widely will take place during 1943, for if the work of the schools in general is to be considered important, then curriculum study and redi- rection is equally important, for this is one of the bases of progress in any school system.
New books were made available to pupils and teachers in the subjects of geography and history, except in the few isolated instances where the books in use were in a condition good enough to warrant postponing the change for a year. The books were installed in line with a policy already established in this union of adopting the same series for use in similar grades and groups in all three towns. These new books will become increasingly valuable as this World War II requires a new approach to the teaching of Social Studies. Formerly an emphasis on facts and their significance formed a sufficient fund of information for the pupils' needs; this is still important, but the pupil now has to apply the facts to interpret the day-by-day developments, and to learn to evaluate in- formation and uses the facts to answer the question at hand. Our new books, particularly those for the older pupils, are written from exactly this point of view. At the last meeting of the Union Committee it was agreed that it would be wise to continue the policy of uniform textbook adoption and to investigate the needs and ma- terials in the field of English and Literature.
As this report is written there is some doubt regarding what plans should be made in view of the increasing scarcity of fuel oil. The E. Tillson Pratt School cannot be converted without great cost, and in the case of both this school and the Benjamin Ellis, it will require greater expenditure of janitor time to attend coal-fired equipment. Probably the best recommendation to be made is that of watching the fuel supply carefully and, if necessary, closing these schools for a brief space of time until warmer weather prevails. By the opening of schools in September
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there should be more definite information available in re- spect to fuel for the 1943-44 heating season.
Classes for Adult Alien residents of Carver who de- sired to prepare for citizenship were opened March 1, 1942, and continued for the required minimum of forty sessions. The fact that there were seventy-three different persons enrolled in the school is in itself a testimonial for the need of such a type of educational offering. Look- ing forward to 1943, as the committee has already plan- ned, we look to reopening evening school and continuing the work, although under a slightly different organization than before. These classes consist of instruction in read- ing, writing, and speaking English, as well as citizenship, History and understanding the greatness of this country in which they have made their homes. If we believe in the principles of democracy as we hope to see them shown in American culture, then we believe in offering oppor- tunities of this sort to alien residents, for opportunity for the individual is one of the corner stones of the Ameri- can Way of Life.
In conclusion, the past year has seen some change in the pattern of school for Carver as it affects the interests of all concerned. The policies we have followed are in keeping with good school practice. I am pleased to have worked with a committee which has constantly main- tained an open-minded attitude toward problems of edu- cation as they relate to the whole community. The fair and honest approach you have made toward forming policies for school matters cannot help but be a lasting benefit to the town.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE R. AUSTIN,
Superintendent of Schools.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools :
I hereby submit my first report of work done as school nurse for the period beginning August 1942 to the close of the year.
In August twenty-four pre-school visits were made to the homes and parents of children scheduled to enter school September, 1942. With the exception of four chil- dren, all had been vaccinated; fourteen had visited their own physician for a physical examination and eleven had been to their family dentist. This shows that most parents are anxious to have their children physically equipped to enter school.
Dr. L. M. Chase of Carver made the annual physical examinations-197 pupils were examined and notices of defects discovered during the examinations were sent home to the parents. Posture appears to be poor through- out grades three to eight. A small percentage of the cases is probably due to lack of proper diet and rest, but the greater portion results from lack of attention to proper posture.
The audiometer was used to test the pupils' hearing. All pupils were found to have satisfactory hearing ability.
The annual Dental Clinic was carried out in November and December. Dr. E. F. Tobin of Brookline made 124 examinations. Forty-seven different pupils had 169 cor- rections made. The response at the North Carver school was especially fine.
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In the course of my work I have made thirty-nine school visits and thirty-two home visits. Five pupils have been taken home on account of illness.
I am appreciative of the efforts of parents and teachers in cooperating in the work.
Respectfully submitted,
DORIS E. BROWN, R. N.
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AGE-GRADE-DISTRIBUTION-OCTOBER 1, 1942
Ages
5-7 7-14
14-16
16-21
yrs. yrs.
yrs.
yrs.
Totals
Elementary
Boys-Girls
E. Tillson Pratt School
Grade I 8-4
0-1
II
2-1
8-3
III
12-5
IV
10-4
Benjamin Ellis School
Elementary
Grade
I
8-10
31
II
1-4
6-2
27
III
7-8
32
IV
6-6
26
Center School
Grade
V
17-7
24
VI
13-13
26
VII
14-11
0-3
28
VIII
13-5
3-1
22
216
Middleboro High
Grade
X
1-0
XI
1-0
XII
1-0
Plymouth High
Grade
IX
2-0
11-11
24
x
1-0
3-3
1-1
10
XI
1-3
8-4
17
XII
3-2
6
57
Pre-School Pupils 7-9
In other Schools
1-3
Out of School
0-1
1-0
4-1
47-38
Military Service
9-0
-
High School
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SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCY UNION, No. 45
Report of the Secretary for 1942
On Aril 9, 1942, the School Superintendency Union, No. 45, Committee held its annual meeting at Lakeville. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year :
Chairman Samuel H. Corse, Rochester
Secretary Marian N. Pierce, Rochester
As Mrs. Pierce was unable to be present at the meeting, Mrs. Ina Washburn was elected Secretary Pro Tem.
It was voted that the Superintendent's salary be divided among the three towns, beginning August 1, 1942, as follows: Carver 40% Lakeville 30%, and Rochester 30%. It was further voted that the Superintendent's travel allowance be divided equally among the three towns, each paying one third of the total amount.
It was also voted that Mrs. Doris E. Brown, R. N., be appointed School Nurse for the Union.
The semi-annual meeting of the Union committee was held at Carver on November 16, 1942.
During the past year new text-books in History and Geography have been put in use in all union schools, with the exception of those few classes and grades where the books already in use were too good to discard. The new text-books are:
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McConnell Series in Geography Grades 3 - 8
Kelty History Series
Grades 4 - 6
Rugg Social Studies Series
Grades 7 - 8
As we try to have the schools and teachers in the Union operate under the same procedure whenever possible, it seemed wise to decide on a definite policy for closing schools when teachers are required to help with rationing. It was agreed that several hours of such service, after a full day of teaching, was more than should be required of teachers and it was therefore decided that in the future it would be the policy of the Union to close the schools during rationing periods.
Penny Milk Program: The Agricultural Marketing Ad- ministration is advocating putting milk into the schools on the following basis : some agency in town must sponsor the difference in cost between the 1c which the child pays, and the bottling, handling, delivery charge which the dis- tributor sets through competitive bidding. The Federal government pays the cost of the milk. After discussing the program, Mr. Austin was authorized to contact milk dealers in the three towns for bids for supplying milk. As Mr. Austin has since reported that none of the dealers contacted were able to supply milk for this purpose, we were unable to put this program into effect.
Union Reference Library: A start has been made to- wards establishing a lending library of reference books for the use of the teachers in this Union. There are already available three books regarding the teaching of reading, three books for the teaching of arithmetic, and one each in psychology, health education and social studies.
Permanent Record Envelopes : By the use of the Per- manent Record Envelopes, put into use in the Union in
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September 1942, the teachers will now be able to keep a comprehensive record of each student throughout the eight elementary grades. As the students advance from grade to grade, with complete records of their past work and health, each new teacher will be in a better position to understand and help them.
Respectfully submitted,
MARIAN N. PIERCE,
Secretary.
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Carver Boys in the Service
Time Does Not Permit a Perfect List
Harju, Eino
Army
Andrade, Manuel
Army
Harju, Reino F.
Army
Arponen, George
Army
Harju, Wilho E.
Army
Ausman, George*
Marine
Holmes, William R.
Marine
Barnes, Robert
Navy
Hacking, John W., Jr.
Army
Barnett, Richard
Army
Bassett, Benjamin
Mer. Marine
Hall, John
Army
Bumpus Rupert
Army
Halunen, Eino Army
Bisbee, William Eugene
Army
Halunen, Verne
Army
Braddock, Raymond
Army
Bourget, George E.
Army
Johnson, Edward
Navy
Costa, George.
Army
Josselyn, Roland E.
Navy
Collins, Everett W.
Army
Kallio, Charles
Army
Collins, Victor C.
Army
Kumpunen, Henry
Army
Cole, Lawrence S.
Army
Kasner, Max
Army
Chandler, Warren L., Jr. Navy
Leach, Winsor B.
Army
Chandler, Edward E.
Army
Laird, Joseph
Army
Chandler, Harold M.
Army
Laine, John E.
Army
Chandler, Calvin A.
Army
Luttes, Ivan J.
Army
Carter, Lawrence
Navy
Liukko, Nilo
Army
Carter, John L.
Navy
Courtney, Bernard M.
Navy
Majahad, Anthony
Army
Davis, Andrew
Army
Murray, Gordon F.
Army
Dempsey, Roger B.
Army
Murray, Robert J. Army
Dionne, Warren E.
Army
Niemi, Oscar
Navy
Eames, Andrew R.
Army
Orjechowski, Kassie
Army
Erickson, William
Army
Orjechowski, John
Army
Fernandes, Edwin C.
Army
Penti, Uno P.
Army
Fowler, Albert F.
Army
Pink, Lawrence
Army
Parent, George
Navy
Gonsalves, Harry
Army
Parent, Raymond
Navy
Garnett, Earl M.
Army
Parent, Roger
Navy
Gholson, Amon*
Marine
Parent, Norman
Navy
Gomes, George
Army
Pratt, Richard
Army
Gray, John
Army
Pratt, David
Army
Bumpus, Waldo
Army
Halunen, Theodore
Navy
Braddock, Milton S.
Army
Hannula, Oiva
Army
Harriman, George T.
Army
Hall, Donald Army
Orjechowski, Walter
Navy
Fernandes, Harry
Army
Garnett, Nelson
Army
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Pina, Andrew
Army
Shurtleff, Wesley W.
Army
Pina, George
Army
Silva, Domingo R.
Army
Paananen, John
Navy
Silva, Morris
Army
Paananen, Arno
Army
Pimental, Antone
Army
Thomas, Dana E.
Army
Thomas, James E.
Army
Robbins, William S.
Army
Thatcher, Antone
Army
Roy, Thomas G.
Navy
Thatcher, Thomas
Army
Thatcher, Arthur
Army
Salminen, Wayne
Army
Thimas, Domingo
Army
Shaw, Bradford*
Army
Shaw, David
Mer. Marine
Wainio, Uno
Army
Shaw, Lawrence E.
Army
Weston, Myron T.
Army
* Were in the Service previous to Declaration of War.
TOWN WARRANT
AND REPORT OF
FINANCE COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN of CARVER
MASSACHUSETTS
Annual Town Meeting, March 1, 1943 at 12:00 Noon
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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, Greetings :
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 first day of March 1943 at twelve o'clock noon, 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 Sur- veyor, each for one year. One Assessor, One Selectmen, One School Committeeman, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Park Commissioner, One Member of Public Welfare and Two Library Trustees, each for Three Years, and One Member of Public Welfare for two years; and One Selectman, One Member of Public Welfare, and One Cem- etery Commissioner, each for one year; and One Park Commissioner for two years.
The polls will be open for at least seven 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 2, 1943, 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, 1943, 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 the Finance Committee.
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