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Vienna P. Cole, Chairman Sally Merritt, Secretary Elthea E. Atwood, Treasurer Laura H. Hudson, Marjorie Griffith, Henry M. Shaw
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Carver, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The following is my report as Public Health Nurse for 1960.
281 Home visits as follows:
Non-communicable 150
Cardiac 125
Diabetes
2
Cancer 4
The above visits were disposed of as follows:
Welfare 5
Old Age Assistance
34
Disability Assistance
2
Paid @ $1.50
237
No charge
1
Unpaid 2
Additional Fees Collected:
Unpaid visits in 1959 $25.00
Trip to Boston
5.00
Rental of Crutches
.50
There were 8 visits on off duty time, 17 admissions, 16 dis- charges, and 2 expirations. One trip was made to the Ply- mouth County Hospital, Hanson to transfer patient to Fair Haven's Rest Home, Middleboro. One trip was made to ac-
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company an infant to the Floating Hospital, Boston.
One polio clinic held in 1960 as follows:
June 9, 62 doses administered by Dr. Mayo.
The following is my report on school health for 1960:
33 pre-school visits and 159 home school visits were made. Of these 5 required stitches, 1 asthma attack, 8 excluded with im- petigo, 7 excluded with conjunctivitis, and 1 excluded with Ger- man Measles. All known cases of communicable diseases were reported to the Board of Health.
105 physical examinations were done by Dr. Mayo in Sept- ember and October, vision and hearing tests were completed in all grades, and heights and weights were recorded for all pupils. All children requiring medical or dental care were given notices to take home.
Three pair of eyeglasses for school children were donated by the Middleboro Community Fund. The Community Serv- ice Group, Carver, donated new clothing for school children, new scales for the Health Room, and the cost of a tooth ex- traction for a school child.
At school, $9.57 was collected to help support the Ply- mouth County T. B. program by selling pins in December.
I wish to thank the Public Health Nurse Committee, school principal, teachers, and parents for their help and co- operation.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY KORPINEN, R.N.
Public Health Nurse
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REPORT ON PUBLIC WELFARE
To the Honorable Board of Public Welfare
Carver, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report on Old Age Assistance, Med- ical Assistance for the Aged, Aid to Dependent Children, Dis- ability Assistance, and Public Welfare for the fiscal year end- ing December 31, 1960:
During the year thirty-one applications were processed and disposed of as follows:
Approved 25
Denied 4
Referred to other agencies 2
During the year twenty-two cases have been closed for the following reasons:
Transferred to other categories 7 Transferred to an institution 1
Employment found 3 Resources available 5
Non -Compliance with agency regulations 1
Medical only 2
Referred to other agency 1 Deaths 2
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In the Old Age Assistance category of Public Assistance, the year opened with forty-one cases receiving this type of as- sistance. On September 30, 1960, five cases were closed as they became eligible for the new Medical Assistance for the Aged program effective October 1, 1960. The year closed with thirty-seven cases being granted Old Age Assistance. Expend- itures decreased from $49,255.70 to $44,839.11, but five cases normally aided under this program were included in the new Medical Assistance for the Aged program.
Aid to Dependent Children cases totalled two on January 1, 1960, and one case remained at the close of the year. The average number of cases was three, and the number of children aided were eight. Expenditures increased from $2,900.38 to $3,872.57.
On January 1, 1960, there was one Disability case, and at the end of the year there were two cases. Expenditures de- creased from $3,242.80 to $1,462.95 primarily bcause the cases involved were not nursing home cases.
Eleven cases received short term assistance under the Pub- lic Welfare program during the year with reimbursement from either state or other cities or towns in seven cases. At the close of the year, three cases were being aided. Expenditures de- creased from $4,591.95 to $1,141.06 as all cases were of very short duration.
A new program entitled "Medical Assistance for the Aged" was enacted and became effective as of October 1, 1960. The Act prohibits the granting of Old Age Assistance in nursing homes, chronic hospitals, and public medical institutions, where the patient needs no other residence. The basic formula for this particular type of aid apportions the cost as follows: Fed- eral 50%, state 33 1/3%, local 162/3%. We can use the federal funds, but the state funds must be held as an estimated receipt for the following year.
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As the program has been in effect only since October 1, 1960, it is difficult to estimate how many elderly folks would be apt to seek help from the new program set in motion by the Congress last year and adopted in Massachusett which has been one of the first states taking advantage of its provisions. Un- der the new program, any person 65 or over with $2,000 or less in collateral assets can qualify. Persons may own their own homes and still qualify if they are not deriving rental income from the property. There are no lien provisions in the law. It is entirely a MEDICAL program. From October 1 to Decem- ber 31, 1960, expenditures were $3,045.21. Six cases are cur- rently being aided under this program.
Effective July 1, 1960, payments under Old Age Assist- ance, Aid to Dependent Children and Disability Assistance were increased by 5.2%. This requirement was brought about by an increase in the cost of living index as reported by the Division on the Necessaries of Life in accordance with Chap- ter 118A.
Town money is being saved at the rate of approximately $80 a month through the efforts of this agency in keeping close check on the earnings of children of Old Age recipients who must contribute toward the support of these recipients if the amount of their earning is suffcient.
I wish to express my appreciation to the Board members for their cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
VIOLA S. GRIFFITH
Director of Public Welfare
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
ADMINISTRATION
Board Members' salaries
$480.00
Director, salary
5,160.00
Director, mileage
223.76
Jr. Clerk and Typist
564.20
Dues and administrative expense
49.60
Postage, box rent
147.96
Office supplies and repairs
171.39
Telephone
198.15
American Public Welfare Assoc.
Agency Membership
30.00
Petitions to court
6.00
Painting office and window shades
79.25
$7,110.31
From appropriation
$3,413.00
From U.S. Grants
3,697.31
$7,110.31
ASSISTANCE-Old Age Assistance
Grants
$32,545.11
Medical
9,799.13
Burial
200.00
Cities and Towns with Carver Settlement
2,294.87
$44,839.11
From appropriation $30,293.90
From U.S. Grant 14,54521
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ASSISTANCE-Aid to Dependent Children Grants Medical
$3,801.02
71.55
$3,872.57
From appropriation
$2,226.33
From U.S. Grants 1,646.24
$3,872.57
ASSISTANCE-Disability Assistance
Grants
$995.45
Medical
467.50
$1,462.95
From appropriation
$914.60
From U.S. Grants 548.35
$1,462.95
ASSISTANCE-Medical Assistance for the Aged
Grants
$134.10
Medical
2,911.11
$3,045.21
From appropriation $3,045.21
ASSISTANCE-Public Welfare
Grants
$260.55
Maintenance
359.58
Medical
355.34
Cities and towns with Carver settlement
165.59
$1,141.06
From appropriation
$1,141.06
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TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES 1960
$54,360.90
TOTAL REIMBURSEMENTS FROM ALL SOURCES
Federal
OAA U.S. Grants
$20,120.00
OAA refunds 30.55
OAA adjust state audit
recoveries 1,955.60
ADC U.S. Grants
1,726,00
DA U.S. Grants
669.45
$24,501.60
State
OAA
18,110.61
ADC
1,144.82
DA
177.33
Temporary Aid
469.07
19,901.83
Cities and towns
OAA
1,289.56
Public Welfare
120.64
1,410.20
45,813.63
NET COST TO THE TOWN $8,547.27
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CARVER OLD HOME DAY ASSOCIATION
TREASURER'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Carver, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
RECEIPTS
Jan. 1, Balance on Hand $589.95
Mar. 5, Town of Carver Appropriation
200.00
July 31, 267 Adult Dinner Tickets @ 2.95 20 Childrens Tickets @ 1.75
787.65
Bake Remnants 40.45
35.00
Refreshment Booth 141.95
Aug. 18, Arlene Johnson (Record Hop)
27.65
Total Receipts $1,821.65
EXPENDITURES
Mar. 18, Bourget's Store (Supplies)
1.96
July 11, Florence K. Sand (Cards) 4.50
28, Francis A. Merritt, (Wood) 15.00
Aug. 1, Pete Reed (Horse Pull)
100.00
Farrah's Inc. (Ice Cream)
28.50
Holmes & Young, Inc. (Supplies)
457.46
Francis A. Merritt, (8 Bu. Corn postage, and use of truck)
24.60
Russell Holmes, (Cleaning Grove)
10.00
8, Walter Carmichael, (Supplies) 9.16
Carver Supply Co., (Supplies) 6.89
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16, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., (Tonic) 42.00
The Chilton Press, Printing 52.00
18, Arlene Johnson, (Record Hop) 9.25
31, Florence K. Sand, (Telephone) 1.60
Sept. 1, Commonwealth of Mass., (Meal Tax)
41.13
3, Winston Weston, (Labor) Harold Beal, (labor)
21.00
Eldred Mosher, (labor)
15.40
Frank Mazilli, (labor)
9.10
Gary Weston, (labor)
15.40
Homer Weston, (labor)
21.00
George Young, (labor)
15.40
Paul Williams, (labor)
21.00
Frederick Weston, (labor) ,
1.40
Barry Parent, (labor)
1.40
Yvonne Hacking, (labor)
9.10
Vieno Penti, (labor)
9.10
Lawrence Carter, (labor)
2.80
Waitresses
54.80
Gould's Market, (Supplies)
4.50
Oct. 6, Virgil Fiori, (Band)
33.00
Virgil Fiori, Band, Town Appro- priation
200.00
Total Expenditures
$1,259.45
Total Receipts
$1,821.65
Total Expenditures
1,259.45
Balance on Hand, December 31, 1960 $562.20
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS A. MERRITT,
Treasurer
21.00
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ERWIN K. WASHBURN, Chairman, Term Expires 1961
ALAN I. DUNHAM, Secretary
Term Expires 1962
VIRGINIA SHAW
Term Expires 1963
George R. Austin, Superintendent of Schools
Office: Apponequet Regional High School, Howland Rd. Lakeville, Mass. Office Telephone Middleboro 2663
THE GOVERNOR JOHN CARVER SCHOOL STAFF
MR. RICHARD J. ELDRIDGE, Principal
Mrs. H. Winifred Nickerson
Mrs. Suzanne F. Burbank
Special Education Grade 1
Mrs. Mabel J. Eayrs
Grades 1 and 2
Mrs. Alice R. Shurtleff
Grade 2
Mrs. Gladys E. Burgess
Grade 3
Mrs. Florence K. Sand
Grades 3 and 4 Grade 4
Mrs. Harriet G. Campbell
Mrs. Hazel F. Carmichael
Grades 5 and 6
Mrs. Anna E. Wright
Grades 5 and 6
Mrs. Vienna P Cole
Grades 7 and 8
Mr. Edward P. Morgan
Mr. William A. Levesque
Grades 7 and 8 Grade 8
Mrs. Constance Shaw Physical Education,Grades 1 to 6 and Girl's Physical Education, Grades 7 and 8
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Mrs. Lydia LeBaron Mrs. Faith Young
Mrs. Mary Korpinen, R.N. W. Vernon Mayo, M.D.
Director of Music Education School Secretary School Nurse School Physician
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PRACTICAL ARTS
Mrs. Henry M. Shaw, Chairman
Mrs. Toivo Erickson
Mrs. Donald Penti
North Carver, Mass South Carver, Mass. Main Street, Carver, Mass.
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR CARVER
Mr. Erwin K. Washburn
Mrs. George Young
Mr. Franklin Wilbur
South Carver, Mass. Carver, Mass. North Carver, Mass.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1961 Winter Term Begins Tuesday, January 3; closes Friday, April 14 Vacations: February 20 to 24; April 17 to 21; Closed March 31, Good Friday.
1961 Spring Term Begins Monday, April 24; Closes Friday, June 16 Holiday: May 30
1961 Fall Term Begins Wednesday, Sept. 6; closes Thursday, December 21 Holidays: October 12; October 27, Teacher's Convention; November 11; November 23 and 24
1962 Winter Term Begins Tuesday, January 2.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO FIRST GRADE
1. A child who will reach his sixth birthday on or before Dec. 31st may be admitted to the first grade in September, 1961, without examination.
2. A child whose sixth birthday occurs in the two months after December 31st may be admitted the preceding September if readiness for school can be demonstrated by means of appro- priate 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 pre- ceding the opening of school in September. A special form will be furnished for this purpose upon written repuest 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 occasions 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.
It should also be remembered there are occasions when under the stress of storm conditions the telephone service cannot keep up with the demands and it is impossible to reach radio stations in order to have an announcement made.
EXTRACT FROM RECORDS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE December 6,1960
VOTED: That the report of he Superintendent of Schools and other officers of the school system be hereby adopted as
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the report of the School Committee for 1960. ERWIN K. WASHBURN, Chairman ALAN I. DUNHAM, Secretary VIRGINIA SHAW
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1960
Balance
Balance
Expended
Appropriation
Fund
Appropriation $153,180.00
$153,106.55 $73.45
E. T. Pratt: Fund 210.35
$210.35
$153,390.35
$153,106.55
$73.45 $210.35
EXPENDITURES
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee, Salaries
$396.00
School Committee, Expenses
83.41
Superintendent, Salary
2,575.00
Superintendent, Travel
200.00
Union Office, incl. Clerical AS-
sistance and Admin. Expense
1,037.29
School Census
30.00
Attendance Officer
25.00
$4,346.70
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Teachers and Principal
63,800.67
Substitute Teaching
429.00
Expenses-Supervisors and Principal
1,597.25
Text Books
646.29
Supplies
1,331.84
67,805.05
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OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries
5,203.89
Janitors' Fees, Non-school
activities
125.30
Janitors' Supplies
672.76
Fuel
1,618.24
Lights, Telephone, Misc.
1,406.67
9,026.86
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
Repairs and Miscellaneous
6,663.12 6,663.12
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Transportation-High School
7,524.96
Transportation-Elementary School
16,110.57
Insurance
790.49
Library
Health
31.80
Tuition-High School
27,412.25
Misc. Auxiliary Agencies
107.42
51,977.49
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Tuition, Day School
5,736.97
Tuition, Evening School
33.00
Transportation
6,265.50
Practical Arts
32.00
12,067.47
OUTLAYS
New Construction
250.00
New Equipment
969.86
1,219.86
Total Expenditures $153,106.55
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TABLE OF REIMBURSEMENTS
This includes other income earned on account of Schools during the fiscal year 1960, as certified to the Ssperintendent of School by the Department of Education, or billed by the local Department to other agencies:
School Aid (Chap. 70,G.L.,as amended $11,484.54
Superintendent of Schools,
small towns 876.51
Transportation (Chap. 71, G.L., as amended) 21,732.92
Vocational Education:
Tuition
$2,875.96
Transportation
2,690.00
5,565.96
Special Education (Chap. 71,
Section 46, as amended by Chap.
514, Acts of 1954
2,738.67
Other Income:
Wards, Div. Child Guardianship Tuition
2,957.53
Transportation
710.83
3,668.36
Wards, (Supplementary)
Tuition
235.95
Transportation
55.18
291.13
Vocational Education (Supplementary)
Tuition
150.00
Transportation
135.00
EPA Class
15.00
300.00
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Town of Middleboro, Tuition
587.84
Voc'l. Transportation
Town of Plymouth
144.00
Town of Wareham
242.00
386.00
$47,631.93
Additional Aid:
Reimbursement, Schoolhouse Construction
(Chap. 645, Acts of 1948)
Payment No. 10 5,127.32
NET COST OF SCHOOLS, YEAR 1960
Total expense, all types of schools $153,106.55
Total reimbursements and earnings,not
including items under Additional Aid 47,631.93
$105,474.62
ESTIMATES of School Aid and other reimbursements to be received in 1961, these estimates being furnished as required under Section 10, Chap. 643, Acts of 1948.
School Aid (Chap. 70, G.L. as amended) *$11,628.29
Superintendent of Schools, Small Towns 870.00
Transportation (Chap. 71, GL. as amended 21,500.00
Vocational Education
Tuition $2,802.86
Transportation 3,175.00
5,977.86
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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 2,800.00
Transportation 700.00
3,500.00
Town of Middleboro-Tuition 900.00
Transportation, Voc'l., Wareham
and Plymouth 200.00
$47,376.15
Reimbursement on Account of Schoolhouse Construction (Chap. 645, Acts of 1948)
11th 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.
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1961
Supervision and Law Enforcement
School Committee, Salaries $450.00
School Committee, Expenses 100.00
Superintendent, Salary
2,750.00
Superintendent, Travel
200.00
Union Office, inc. Clerical
Assistance and Admin. Expense
1,250.00
School Census 30.00
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Attendance Officer
25.00
4,805.00
Expenses of Instruction
Teachers and Principal
66,705.00
Substitute Teaching
500.00
Expenses-Supervisors and Principal Textbooks
1,775.00
1,350.00
Supplies
2,000.00
72,330.00
Operating Expenses
Janitors' Salaries
5,500.00
Janitors' Fees, Non-Sch. Activities
150.00
Janitors' Supplies
900.00
Fuel
2,200.00
Lights, Telephone, Misc.
1,500.00
10,250.00
Maintenance of Property
Repairs and Miscellaneous
1,200.00
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation-High School
7,752.00
Transportation-Elementary School
16,160.00
Insurance
800.00
Library
500.00
Health
35.00
Tuition-High School
40,159.00
Misc. Auxiliary Agencies
200.00
65,606.00
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Vocational Education
Tuition-Day School Tuition-Evening School Transportation Practical Arts
6,120.00 50.00 6,360.00 204.00
12,734.00
Outlays
New Construction
500.00
New Equipment
1,611.00
2,111.00
Total
169,036.00
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Members of the
Carver School Committee:
Herewith is submitted the report of the Superintendent of Schools for the year 1960 and with it the customary reports and statistical tables. Your attention is called to the report of the principal in which he touches upon enrollment and some of the aspects of the school work for the year.
Generally speaking, we see a trend toward increased en- rollment. There has been a slow but steady gain since the o- pening of the session in September and signs point to a con- tinuation of the trend. Moreover, the latest information con- cerning the incoming first grade for the next year shows the
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need for two straight sections of this grade for the first time since the new school building has been occupied. While the grand total of children reported in the census is not too much greater than that of last year, it is significant that there are more children of ages 7 to 16 in the town. This will reflect an increase in the Chap. 70 aid greater than shown in the table of estimated receipts for 1961.
The prospect of Carver being able to occupy a high school in 1962 in which it shall be a part owner in the regional plan with Plymouth is a significant step toward settling, for all time the secondary problem for Carver. To review the past a little, it is within the memory of this superintendent when Carver pupils attended Middleboro High School. In fact, at the time of his arrival on the scene in 1941, Carver was in the process of withdrawing from Middleboro and entering Plymouth There were those who said there would never need to be any further change but it had to come, nevertheless, and Carver entered the Silver Lake Regional High School. After a few years more, the word came through that this school would have to be occupied to the limit by the residents of that area and once more Carver was on the march looking for new ac- commodations. And so Carver finally completed the circle and re-entered Middleboro High School. Word in our files from the Middleboro department gives the warning that we cannot expect a home there, except for the seniors, after June, 1962, as their space requirements will be more than existing accommodations can offer for their own pupils. It is a fort- unate thing that the Regional plan has been accepted and carried forward with Plymouth.
It is beneficial to both parties to the agreement; academ- ically, financially, and, in fact any way one chooses to look at it. It ends the uncertainty for Carver and permits the town to take its rightful place in the responsibility for ownership of the plant as well as instruction for its secondary age youth.
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In anticipation of the close relationship of the Plymouth and Carver school systems in the years to come, the Committee, Principal and Superintendent have been reviewing the course offerings for the grades seven and eight far the purpose of planning extensions and improvements therein. We expect to make the initial start next year when school sessions are re- sumed in September. Plans have been made for joint em- ployment of teachers in the special areas, as Music, Art, Home Economics and Industrial Arts and the two sections of grade eight wherein the program followed by each of the two groups will be planned in relation to ability and future plans.
In order to do this, added building space will be required. For this reason, it was decided to renovate the Benjamin Ellis building in South Carver, so that primary groups could be placed there, thereby relieving classroom space at the Gov- ernor John Carver School. Plans for the program include the extended use of the library and added efforts to build up the reference book equipment there. Time of a staff member will include some provision for librarian's work with the older grades.
A number of staff changes must be incorporated into the record for the year, as follows:
Miss Susan Bailey, resigned to travel
Mrs. Margaret Atwood, resigned, to be at home
Mr. Edward Morgan, a graduate of Stonehill College, 1959, to teach grades 7 and 8
Mr. William Levesque, a graduate of Bridgewater Teachers College, 1960, to teach grade 8
Mrs. Harriet Campbell, Transferred from the Jr. High to the fourth grade.
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One other change in the faculty deserves more than pas- sing mention. Mr. Henry M. Shaw, a teacher in Carver since 1937 and principal since 1943, decided to heed the call to re- turn full-time to the classroom and resigned his position as principal in June, 1960, to accept an appointment as teacher of advanced Junior High pupils at the Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville. Carver has many reasons to reflect gratefully upon Mr. Shaw's many years of service to the parents and children of the town.
It is a rare situation when a town has a school man who will devote so many years to a single administative unit. Mr. Shaw is now a tradition in Carver but his influence shall be felt for many years to come, in his help with the Building Com- mittee, his care and concern in planning the work of the school, his genuine interest in the children and their progress through school, and with it all, his rare sense of humor and friendship to all. Children will forget some of the things they have learned in school but they will not forget the principal who was in charge of the school while they were there.
Mr. Richard J. Eldridge was appointed to succeed Mr. Shaw. Mr. Eldridge has taught in Carver since 1955 in various grades, 5 to 8. In his association with us he has demonstrated the qualities of leadership we want and we are happy to have had Mr. Eldridge available for appointment.
High school graduates living in Carver now have a chance at scholarship aid. During the course of the year we have in- vestigated the provisions of the will of the late Philip Jackson of Plymouth who provided for scholarship aid to "a young man" who has expressed the intention to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology or the University of Massachusetts". The scholarship is to rotate in the order of: Plymouth, Kings- ton and Carver. The first opportunity for a Carver resident will come in 1961. Awards appear to be amounting to between $100.00 and $150.00.
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Among the miscellaneous items, bids were sought for the feeder route transportation at South Carver, and also bids for fuel oil and gas services, as is customary each year. Insurance coverage on the property was extended further this year to in- clude protection against vandalism and malicious mischief. A small insurance claim was filed as a result of the September hur- ricane, although the damage was extremely light. Repairs have been continued as needed to the property. A complete examination was conducted of the heating system at the Gov- ernor John Carver School and new controls were installed at the boiler for better service. The wells required further at- tention this year and, although no action was taken, consid- eration was given to other methods of obtaining water for the school. A good start has been made in developing the grounds in the immediate area around the building. This was accom- plished through the joint use of funds from the school budget, gifts from the Carver Kiwanis Club, The Community Service Group of South Carver and a portion of the profits from the annual school magazine fund-raising drive. This evidence of public spirit and interest has been much appreciated and the courtesy is acknowledged through this report.
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