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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRING
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Carver, Mass.
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Gentlemen:
The Inspector of Wires submits this report for the year 1958.
No. of Inspections - 51 $127.50
No. of Miles Traveled - 272 $21.76
Telephone and postage 4.70
Total
$153.96
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER E. MILLER,
Inspector of Wires.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Carver, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The following is my report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year 1958.
Number of Hogs Inspected 4
Number of Hours as Inspector 17
Number of Miles Traveled 36
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID B. NYE,
Inspector of Slaughtering.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Carver, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The following is my report as Inspector of Animals for the year 1958.
Number of Cows, 2 years or over 69
Number of Heifers, 1 to 2 years
12
Number of Heifer Calves, under one year 14
Number of Steers
3
Number of Horses
20
Number of Goats
20
Number of Sheep
13
Number of Swine
25
Number of Mules
1
Number of Deer
2
Investigated and quarantined 7 dogs
Number of Hours as Inspector 34
Number of Miles Traveled 287
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID B. NYE,
Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF TOWN AUDITORS
We, the Auditors of the Town of Carver, have com- pleted an audit of the records and books of the Town of Carver, as of December 31, 1958. We find the records and books to be correct and in excellent order.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS A. MERRITT
PHYLLIS J. HARRIMAN DANA F. PROVONCHE
Board of Auditors
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE CARVER OLD HOME DAY ASSOCIATION
RECEIPTS
1958
Tan. 1 Balance on hand
$666.19
July 26 256 Adult Tickets @ 2.85
729.60
July 26
32 Childrens Tickets @ 1.65
52.80
July 26
Homer Weston, Bake Remnants
74.28
July 26 Refreshment Booth
133.90
July 26
Balloon Concession
4.50
Mar. 8
Town of Carver Appropriation
200.00
Total Receipts
$1,861.27
EXPENDITURES
July 1
Florence Sand (Post cards ) $6.80
July 26
Holmes & Young, Inc. (Bake Supplies )
268.70
July 26 Farrar's (Ice Cream) 23.60
July 26
Pete Reed (Horse Pull)
100.00
July 29
Chilton Press (Printing)
47.50
July 29
Wood's Fish Market (Fish for bake)
66.00
July 29
Samuel Arons & Son (Bake Supplies ) 36.75
July 29
F. Cavicchi & Co. (Bake Supplies )
60.65
July 29 Commonwealth of Mass. (Meal Tax)
39.12
· July 29 Henry S. Pink (Supplies )
72.45
Aug. 5 A. R. Glidden & Son (Bake material)
2.94
Aug. 5 Walter Carmichael (Supplies )
13.07
Aug. 6 Ward & Brady (Oil cloth posters ) 22.00
Aug. 6 Murray's (Supplies )
14.66
Aug. 6 Coca Cola Bottling Co. (Tonic)
43.25
Aug. 19 James Thomas (Wood)
17.00
Aug. 19 Francis Merritt (labor, postage, truck) 18.00
Aug. 26 Yvonne Hacking (labor)
11.20
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Aug. 26
Robert Hacking (labor)
11.20
Aug. 26
Weston Bros., Inc. 22.60
Aug. 26 Homer Weston (labor) 22.40
Aug. 26 Frederick Weston (labor)
18.20
Aug. 26 Harold Beal (labor)
18.20
Aug. 26
George Young (labor)
17.96
Aug. 26
Theodore Young (labor)
18.20
Aug. 26
Lawrence Carter (labor)
9.80
Aug. 26
George Harriman (labor)
8.40
Aug. 26
Waitresses (labor)
54.60
Sept. 3
Virgil Fiori (band)
9.00
Sept. 3
Virgil Fiori (band, Town Appro.)
200.00
Sept. 22
Gould's Super Market (supplies )
9.69
Dec. 31
Edwin L. Morse (Band stand lumber ) 20.25
Total Expenses
$1,304.19
Toal Receipts
$1,861.27
Total Expenditures
1,304.19
Balance in Bank Dec. 31, 1958
$557.08
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS A. MERRITT,
Treasurer.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Erwin K. Washburn, Chairman
Term Expires 1961
Elizabeth F. Ryder, Secretary
Term Expires 1960
Frank H. Cole
Term Expires 1959
George R. Austin, Superintendent of Schools
Office: Room 4, Peirce Bldg., Middleboro
Office Tel., Middleboro 1295-W
THE GOVERNOR JOHN CARVER SCHOOL-STAFF
Mr. Henry M. Shaw, Principal Grade 8, Science
Mr. Richard J. Eldridge, Assistant Principal-Grade 7, Eng- lish, Grs. 7 and 8; Science, Gr. 7; Boys' Physical Edu- cation, Grades 7 and 8.
Mrs. Suzanne F. Burbank Grade 1
Mrs. Mabel J. Eayrs
Grade 1
Miss Susan Bailey
Grade 2
Mrs. Alice R. Shurtleff
Grade 2
Mrs. Gladys E. Burgess
Grade 3
Mrs. Margaret Atwood
Grade 4
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Mrs. Hazel Carmichael
Grade 5
Mrs. Anna E. Wright
Grades 5 and 6
Miss Kathleen Cosgrove
Grade 6
Special Education
Mrs. H. Winifred Nickerson Mrs. Vienna P. Cole, Grade 7- Arithmetic and Geography, Grades 7 and 8
Mrs. Harriet Campbell, Grade 8 - Literature, History and Drawing, Grades 7 and 8
Mrs. Constance Shaw, Physical Education, Grades 1-4 and Girls' Physical Education, Grades 7 and 8
Director of Music Education: Miss Barbara E. Trombley, 108 Maple Avenue, Bridgewater
School Physician: W. Vernon Mayo, M. D., 119 Summer Street, Kingston
School Nurse: Mrs. Mary Korpinen, R. N., Plympton Street, Middleboro
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PRACTICAL ARTS
Mrs. Henry M. Shaw, Chairman, North Carver, Mass.
Mrs. Toivo Erickson, South Carver, Mass.
Mrs. Donald Penti, Main St., Carver, Mass.
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR CARVER
Mr. Erwin K. Washburn, South Carver, Mass. Mrs. George Young, Carver, Mass. Mr. Franklin Wilbur, North Carver, Mass.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
1959 Winter Term: Begins Monday, January 5; closes Fri- day, April 17. Vacations. February 23-27; April 20-24; Good Friday, March 27.
1959 Spring Term: Begins Monday, April 27; closes Fri- day, June 12 .* Graduation exercises Thursday, June 11.
1959 Fall Term: Begins Wednesday, September 9; closes Wednesday, December 23. Holidays: October 12; Teachers' Convention, October 23; November 11; No- vember 26-27.
1960 Winter Term: Begins Monday, January 4.
*Subject to change by action of the School Committee if too many days lost during winter.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO FIRST GRADE
1. A child who will reach his sixth birthday on or before De- cember 31 may be admitted to the first grade in September, 1959, without examination.
2. A child whose birthday occurs in the two months after December 31st may be admitted the preceding Septem- ber if readiness for school can be demonstrated by means of appropriate tests. Parents having a child whom they wish to be examined under this rule are required to make application to the Superintendent of Schools on or before August 15 preceding the opening of school in September. A special form will be furnished for this purpose upon written request from the parent.
CLOSING OF SCHOOLS
It is the policy of the School Committee to close school only under the severest weather conditions or on such occas-
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ions when it is dangerous to operate school buses. At other times, parents are expected to use their own judgment in sending children to school. When a decision to close schools has been made, this information will be broadcast through the courtesy of radio stations WBZ and WNBH. The no-school signal will also be given on the local fire warning apparatus. This signal is two short blasts sounded three times.
From records of the School Committee: Jan. 5, 1959 Voted: That the report of the Superintendent of Schools and other officers of the school system be hereby adopted as the report of the School Committee for 1958.
ERWIN K. WASHBURN, Chairman ELIZABETH F. RYDER, Secretary FRANK H. COLE
School Committee
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL
COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1958
Balance
Balance
Expended Appropriation Fund
Appropriation $139,785.00
$139,711.94
$73.06
E. Tillson Pratt Fund 542.53
$542.53
$140,327.53
$139,711.94
$73.06
$542.53
Expenditures
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee, Salaries
$359.86
School Committee, Expenses
50.55
Superintendent, Salary
2,060.08
Superintendent, Travel
216.68
Union Office, incl. Clerical Assistance
and Administrative Expenses
1,637.38
School Census
30.00
Attendance Officer
25.00
$4,379.55
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors
$1,010.00
Teachers and Principal
52,261.96
Substitute Teaching
289.00
Expenses, Supervisors and Principal
1,563.18
Textbooks
989.74
Supplies
1,370.30
$57,484.18
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OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries
$5,036.50
Janitors' Fees: Non-school Activities
119.61
Janitors' Supplies
700.37
Fuel
2,033.07
Lights, Telephone, Misc.
1,484.05
$9,373.60
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
Repairs and Miscellaneous
$2,871.37
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Transportation - High School
10,176.56
Transportation - Elementary School
13,879.41
Insurance
77.50
Library
28.07
Health
13.96
Tuition: High School
27,842.88
Tuition: Elementary School
Misc. Auxiliary Agencies
331.17
$52,349.55
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Tuition, Day School
$6,275.07
Tuition, Evening School
42.00
Transportation
5,452.00
Practical Arts
318.75
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OUTLAYS
New Construction
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New Equipment
$1,165.87
$1,165.87
Total Expenditures
$139,711.94
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Table of Reimbursements
and other income earned on account of Schools during the fiscal year 1958, as certified to the Superintendent of Schools by the Department of Education, or billed by the local De- partment to other agencies:
School Aid (Chap. 70, G.L., as amended) $10,725.79
Transportation (Chap. 71, G.L., as amended)
21,080.36
Superintendent of Schools, Small Towns 1,130.16
Vocational Education:
Evening Practical Arts
$175.28
Tuition
2,811.21
Transportation
2,843.00
5,829.49
Special Education (Chap. 71, Section 46, as amended by Chap. 514,
Acts of 1954) 2,782.11 2,782.11
Other Income:
Wards, Division of Child Guardianship
Tuition
1,500.60
Transportation
276.10
1,776.70
Tuition of Non-resident in local EPA class -Town of Middleboro 4.50
Town of Middleboro - Tuition
209.10
$43,538.21
Additional Aid:
Reimbursement, Schoolhouse Construction (Chap. 645, Acts of 1948) Payment No. 8 $5,127.32 George-Barden Funds (for support of EPA Classes ) 200.00
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NET COST OF SCHOOLS, YEAR 1958
Total expense, all types of schools $139,711.94
Total reimbursements and earnings, NOT including items under Additional Aid 43,538.21
$96,173.73
ESTIMATES of School Aid and other reimbursements to be received in 1959, these estimates being furnished as required under Section 10, Chap. 643, Acts of 1948.
School Aid (Chap. 70, G.L., as amended) * $11,440.79
Transportation (Chap. 71, G.L., as amended) 22,000.00
Superintendent of Schools, Small Towns 950.00
Vocational Education EPA Classes $289.63
Tuition
3,469.74
Transportation
2,774.00
6,533.37
Special Education, Chap. 71, Section 46, as amended by Chap. 514, Acts of 1954
2,800.00
Other Anticipated Income:
Division of Child Guardianship: Tuition 1,500.00
Transportation
275.00
1,775.00
Town of Middleboro -Tuition
420.00
$45,919.16
Reimbursement on Account of Schoolhouse Construction (Chap. 645, Acts of 1948), 9th payment $5,127.32
* This figure subject to change if the Legislature revises the table of equalized valuations for the towns. Present table set by Acts of 1945.
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1959 BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS
Supervision and Law Enforcement
School Committee, Salaries
$400.00
School Committee, Expenses
75.00
Superintendent, Salary
2,541.55
Superintendent, Travel
200.00
Union Office, incl. Clerical
Assistance and Admin. Expense
1,144.45
School Census
30.00
Attendance Officer
25.00
4,416.00
Expenses of Instruction
Supervisors
1,100.00
Teachers and Principal
60,219.00
Substitute Teaching
400.00
Expenses - Supervisors and Principal
1,708.00
Textbooks
900.00
Supplies
1,400.00
65,727.00
Operating Expenses
Janitors' Salaries
5,100.00
Janitors' Fees, Non-Sch. Activities
125.00
Janitors' Supplies
800.00
Fuel
2,200.00
Lights, Telephone, Misc.
1,300.00
9,525.00
Maintenance of Property
Repairs and Miscellaneous 1,000.00
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Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation - High School
8,696.00
Transportation - Elementary School
16,303.00
Insurance
50.00
Library
100.00
Health
25.00
Tuition: High School
26,710.00
Tuition: Elementary School
Misc. Auxiliary Agencies
300.00
52,184.00
Vocational Education
Tuition, Day School
5,753,00
Tuition, Evening School
50.00
Transportation
5,400.00
Practical Arts
100.00
11,303.00
Outlays
New Construction
250.00
New Equipment
250.00
500.00
Total
$144,655.00
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Members of the School Committee:
The following is the report of the Superintendent of Schools for the calendar year 1958 and submitted with it are the customary reports from other persons and agencies within the School Department.
The report of the principal contains a number of items of interest concerning the academic program of the local school. The enrollment this year has remained fairly constant. Certain class assignments had to be revised for this year as some of the grade groups were of such size that they had to be divided into two sections. This results in the formation of groups which are ideal in numbers to be taught by one teacher, especially in the primary grades. On a number of occasions through the year the committee and administration of the school gave some consideration to the wisdom of length- ening the school year and/or setting up some sort of a sum- mer program for those pupils who would derive benefit from such an undertaking. Continued study and discussion on these questions showed it probably would be well to pro- ceed slowly in order to be certain of the worth of the out- come. Renewed interest on the part of the general public in this country relating to standards in education are encour- aging and every opportunity should be afforded children to achieve to their utmost. There is room for the thought that those pupils who make slow progress with the school could profit by additional instructional time but the details of how the program should be worked out are much more compli- cated and require most careful planning.
Efforts have been made this year to impress upon high school pupils the necessity of their earning desirable grades in their work in the schools where they are located. As stated
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in the last annual report, Middleboro accepted grade 9 from Carver beginning with this school year, with the understand- ing that each new group as it is graduated from the local school will enter the Middleboro High School. In a matter of two years more all the Carver students will have finished at the Silver Lake Regional High School and once more Carver will be entirely enrolled in the Middleboro system. Middle- boro has increasingly been raising its standards and re- quirements for its students in high school and Carver pupils will have to accept the fact that they must meet high grade requirements. The Carver Committee met with the Middle- boro School Committee once this fall in order to try to obtain some ideas as to the chances for continued attendance over the years. It seemed generally agreed that Middleboro would be willing to accept the Carver students as long as it had room to justify their enrollment and of course no definite length of time can be stated under such an arrangement.
For the first time in a number of years we have several staff changes to record in the report. Mr. George McCarthy, Assistant Principal, Shop teacher and teacher of Science, etc., resigned his position to take up a shop position in the town of Canton; Mrs. Ruth Walker resigned her position with the fourth grade class to teach in her home town, Plymouth; Mrs. Marion Griffith, a teacher in Carver for thirty-five years, decided that the time had come when she wished to retire and accordingly took this step with the close of school last June. Her services to the children of Carver over the years will be remembered by many and her work has been charac- terized by a high degree of sincerity, a marked sense of re- sponsibility for her pupils and by her unfailing willingness to accept cheerfully whatever assignment came her way. Vacancies caused by resignations, a retirement and the com- mitee's approval of two additional teachers for grade sections resulted in the need for five' appointments to be made. Teachers were elected as follows: Mr. Richard Eldridge was
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promoted to the position of Assistant Principal and to the work of English in the upper grades; Mrs. Margaret Atwood of Bridgewater, a graduate of the Teachers' College of Connecticut at New Britain and with three years' teaching experience in Berlin, Connecticut, was employed to teach the fourth grade; Miss Susan Bailey of South Carver, graduate of the Boston University School of Education, was employed for the additional second grade; Mrs. Harriet G. Campbell of Lakeville, a graduate of the University of Michigan, was employed for work in the seventh-eighth grade area; Mrs. Hazel Carmichael of Carver, a graduate of the Teachers College at Bridgewater, was employed for one of the fifth grade sections; Miss Kathleen Cosgrove of Hingham, graduate of the Emmanuel College in Boston, was employed for a sixth grade section. As noted in Mr. Shaw's report, Mrs. Constance Shaw was employed on a part-time basis for work in Physical Education.
The problem of teachers' salaries is always with the School Committee. The new minimum salary law required salaries of four beginning teachers to be adjusted upward to conform with it and this raises the question of what is fair and adequate compensation for those teachers who have served the town long and faithfully. Statistics issued by the Massachusetts Teachers Association shows, as of October, 1958, the average teacher's salary in towns of the class of Carver was $4,264.00. The average salary in Carver was $4,025.00 in this same period. The average would have been slightly higher except for the fact that there are four first-year teachers on the staff. Under ordinary circumstances we would find the average teacher's salary in Carver compares favorably for the average of the towns of the group in which Carver is listed. It can be reasonably expected that salaries will have to advance more in the future for we find each year the average is moving upward as well as the minimum salary law being raised to provide a higher base every year. The only other staff change was the resignation of Mrs. McLure, a respected
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member of the school staff, who headed the lunchroom work. Her resignation is more fully covered in Mr. Shaw's report.
The maintenance work at the school has been kept at high level. The care with which the janitor, Mr. H. Albert Raymond and his wife, give the condition of the school is second to none and we are the envy of many persons who visit the school. Funds permitted the repainting of four of the classrooms toward the end of the year. There were three bids filed on this with Mr. John Wholan of Middleboro supplying the lowest bid. Asphalt tile was laid in the room formerly used as the shop, now converted to the purpose of Special Education. Four bids were submitted on this work, with the lowest being submitted by Henry's at Plymouth. Certain of the brick areas were given a coat of seal and at the end of the year funds also permitted the installation of acoustical tile in experimental areas so that it might be determined the extent to which this treatment would control the noise factor which is so evident in a 100% masonry and glass building. We have found the results very encouraging and have felt that in the next year more of this work ought to be done. Considerable work had to be done in repairing piping in the distribution plan of the heating system. Room 13 was subject to a continual chattering of the heating devices and warm spots on the floor indicated the probability of broken return pipes. During the vacation period the floor was opened up and it was discovered that the pipe material which had been used by the heating contractor was not up to the quality required in the specifi- cations. Corrections and repairs were made and steps taken to see what responsibility could be assigned to the contractor. The matter was placed in the hands of the Town Counsel who investigated and returned the report that the contractor could be held responsible but unfortunately other sources of infor- mation revealed the contractor had declared bankruptcy about two years ago and it would now be considerably doubtful whether there would be any point in attempting to proceed further. It was the opinion of the committee there was little
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to be gained by trying to go further with the matter. This is probably not the end of the problem. Heating units in rooms No. 11 and 12 continue to chatter to the extent of being a constant source of irritation. The repair man who takes care of such work for the school has in mind another trial process to try for improvement; if this fails, then there seems no alter- native but to look to the return lines here as the cause of the trouble.
In accordance with the previous vote of the town the Benjamin Ellis School is now in the custody of the School Committee, pending the passage of time to determine what the school housing needs may be in the next few years. Minor repairs of a strictly maintenance nature have been carried out from time to time. The building has a minimum of insurance on it and on contents stored there. Provisions were made in the heating system so that it could be kept at a minimum temper- ature to guard against freezing.
Bids for transportation were received this year in accord- ance with the law requiring new bids every three years. Six bids were filed but the committee, after conference with the Selectmen and the Finance Committee members, felt it unwise to award to the out-of-town bidder who filed low bid. There seemed no question but that the best interests of the town and the pupils were better served by keeping the business within the town and awards were made on that basis to Mrs. Sarah Holmes and to Mr. Aime Desroches. All school bus drivers are required to file certificates indicating freedom from tuber- culosis in accordance with the requirements of the law and the commitee also requires a physical examination to be taken by each bus driver and the results of this reported by the physician in writing to the school committee. Bids were also requested to supply fuel to the school. Three bids were placed, the low bid being filed by the Volta Company of Plymouth. Three bids for bottled gas were received, with the bid being awarded to Roby's Inc. In December, bids were solicited for
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furnishing milk for the school lunchroom. There were two bids filed and the award was made to Wiksten Brothers, this being the lower bid and on a fixed basis for the entire school year.
The question of school bus transportation for pupils liv- ing in the Bartlett Pond area came under consideration during the year. It was decided that there being a private way iu- volved, the committee was obliged to refuse to send the bus in over the road until such a time as the matter of the ownership and control of the road were to be changed.
Toward the end of the year the committee was required to take a firm stand regarding conduct of certain pupils attend- ing high school outside of the town and to make it plain that pupils attending school elsewhere, at the expense of the town, were expected to conduct themselves in an acceptable manner not only in and on the way to school but as well in their ac- tivities relating to others outside of the school. A number of investigations were made to obtain legal opinion on the local decisions and the committee finds itself backed by one of the highest authorities regarding school law to be found anywhere in the Commonwealth. It is the policy of the School Depart- ment to expect young people to meet their responsibilities in the best sense of the word, both in school and out, in such a manner that they shall by their own actions give full evidence of their sincerity of purpose and their full appreciation of the opportunities afforded them.
To complete the public record, the list of names which follows here are those who graduated last June from the sec- ondary schools outside of the town.
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Silver Lake Regional High School
Michael F. Andrews
Janet L. Parker
Donald L. Chandler
Jay A. Perkins
Wallace F. Furtado
Mati T. Ritval
Geraldine A. Gomes
Susan R. Shaw
Elmi E. Heikkila
Helen A. Shurtleff
Bruce S. Jenny
Manuel L. Silva, Jr.
Judith M. Keating
Rosemary L. Wilbur
Paul V. Lehto
Paul W. Williams, Jr.
Elizabeth A. Murphy
New Bedford Vocational High School
Richard T. Battles
The readjustment of the school union has been under discussion through the year and the committee has had to weigh the question as to whether to seek permission of the Department of Education to stand independent of any school union or whether it would remain as a part of an organization similar to that under which it operates at present. It was the opinion of the Department of Education that Carver should remain associated with the union and, accordingly, the decision of the committee was to remain with the union as it will be organized after next July 1, at which time Rochester, now a member, will join with its other two member towns on both a regional and union basis so that the present Union #34 will be made up of the towns of Carver, Freetown and Lakeville, with Freetown taking Rochester's place. This change was necessary inasmuch as Lakeville is a part of a regional school program with Freetown and Rochester is likewise a part of a similar program with Marion and Mattapoisett. It is good judgment to have member towns of a regional district be also member towns of a school union district.
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