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Rules and Regulations pertaining to the subdivision of land were adopted by the Planning Board and duly filed with the Register of the Land Court in Boston and the Register of Deeds for Plymouth County with an effective date of Feb. 6, 1962.
Eight plans were submitted to, and endorsed by, the Planning Board as not coming under the Subdivision Control Law, therefore not requiring further action by the Board.
A public hearing was held and a definitive plan ap- proved for a proposed subdivision to be known as “Cran- berry Heights" consisting of six lots and located on the southeasterly side of Wenham Road.
The first draft of proposed Protective By-laws was pre- sented at a public hearing held in two sessions on Dec. 11 and Dec. 17, 1962 respectively.
It is planned for another public hearing to be held at a date to be announced in 1963 to discuss revisions of the first draft of the Protective By-laws before presenting to the Townspeople for a vote.
Respectfully submitted,
CARVER PLANNING BOARD
John A. Shaw, Chairman
Alan I. Dunham, Clerk
Philip H. Gibbs
Russell A. Trufant Simon Majahad
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
ADMINISTRATION
Board Members' salaries
$480.00
Director, salary
5,580.00
Director, use of car
264.76
Jr. Clerk and Typist
639.45
Dues and administrative expense
111.10
Postage and box rent
207.15
Office supplies
212.37
Telephone
182.25
American Public Welfare Association,
Agency Membership
35.00
Court and registry fees, appraisals, DA exams
46.80
Stenorette
291.06
$8,049.94
From appropriation
$3,900.00
From U. S. Grants 4,149.94
$8,049.94
Reimbursement from Federal
1962 $4,088.25
Reimbursement from State
1962 2,004.13
$6,092.38
Net cost to town $1,957.56
ASSISTANCE - Old Age Assistance. Grants $23,752.59
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Medical
4,541.52
Cities and Towns with Carver Settlement
622.30
$28,916.41
From appropriation $10,825.32
From U. S. Grants 18,091.09
$28,916.41
ASSISTANCE - Medical Assistance for the Aged
Grants
$465.00
Medical
16,171.18
$16,636.18
From Appropriation
$9,298.60
From U.S. Grants 7,337.58
$16,636.18
ASSISTANCE - Disability Assistance
Grants
$1,806.90
Medical
3,788.06
$5,594.96
From appropriation
$4,452.75
From U. S. Grants 1,142.21
$5,594.96
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ASSISTANCE - Aid to Dependent Children
Grants Medical
$3,709.71 131.70
$3,841.41
From appropriation
$1,773.52
From U. S. Grants
2,067.89
$3,841.41
ASSISTANCE - Public Welfare
Cash grants
$115.50
Maintenance, vendor payments
129.34
Medical
501.06
Cities and Towns with Carver Settlement
1,340.38
$2,086.28
From appropriation $2,086.28
TOTAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
EXPENDITURES 1962
$57,075.24
TOTAL REIMBURSEMENTS FROM ALL SOURCES
Federal
OAA U.S. Grants
$17,830.20
MAA U. S. Grants
8,704.71
ADC U. S. Grants
1,879.50
DA U. S. Grants
1,249.90
$29,664.31
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State
$16,490.51
Cities and towns OAA
508.36
Adjust by audit
190.84
Cancellations
82.80
46,936.82
Net cost to Town
$10,138.42
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REPORT ON PUBLIC WELFARE
To the Honorable Board of Public Welfare:
I hereby submit my report on Old Age Assistance, Medical Assistance for the Aged, Aid to Dependent Children, Disability Assistance, and Public Welfare for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1962.
During the year fifty-nine applications were processed and disposed of as follows:
Approved 35
Referred to other agencies 3
Withdrawals 6
Denied 15
Eleven notices were received from other cities or towns; three were denied and eight were acknowledged to be Carver settled cases.
During the year thirty-four cases were closed for the following reasons:
Transferred to other categories 3
Transferred to other towns 3
Transferred to an institution 3
Moved from the Commonwealth
1
Employment found
1
Resources available
4
No further need - medical
5
No further need - temporary aid
6
Ineligible 2
Deaths 6
A gradual decrease is noted in Old Age Assistance cases. At the beginning of the year there were thirty-two cases and on 12/31/62, twenty-eight cases. Seven new cases were added and eleven cases closed, two being transferred
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to the Medical Assistance for the Aged program. Expendi- tures decreased from $36,681.39 to $28,916.41. This was due to a decrease in caseload and the fact that cases with high medical costs are being aided under the Medical Program·
Disability Assistance expenditures increased from $1,201.50 to $5,594.96, the result of five new cases added during the year. On 1/1/62, only one case was being aided and on 12/31/62, the caseload totaled five. Five cases were added during the year and one case closed.
On 1/1/62, eight cases were being aided under the Medical Assistance for the Aged program and on 12/31/62, six cases remained. Seven new cases were added and nine cases closed. $16,636.18 was expended during the year as against the previous year of $16,032.29. A fifty percent reimbursement on medical assistance is received from the Federal Government.
Aid to Dependent Children cases totalled two on 1/1/62, and four on 12/31/62. Four new cases were opened and two cases closed. Twelve children and six parents were aided. Expenditures decreased from $5,291.15 to $3,841.41. A plan for intensified services to Aid to Dependent Children families has been put into effect in all of the public welfare agencies in the Commonweath. The major objective which public welfare agencies expect to achieve in working with families is the improvement of social services to strengthen family life, the safeguarding of children in hazardous home conditions, and the reduction of dependency through an effective program of rehabilitation services.
Social services in public assistance families center around the basic social areas of Home Setting, Homemaking, Phy- sical and Mental Health, School Achievement, Social Func- tioning, Parental Role, and Employment and Rehabilitation Potential, as well as Support Status.
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Public Law 87-543 requires that extended social services shall also be provided for aged and disabled individuals. The general purposes of providing such services are to help families and individuals to maintain or restore them- selves as useful, productive individuals by assisting them to become self-supporting, able to care for themselves and to afford them the opportunity to participate in community life.
I wish to express my appreciation to the Board members for their full cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
VIOLA S. GRIFFITH
Director of Public Welfare
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CARVER OLD HOME DAY ASSOCIATION
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Carver, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
RECEIPTS
Jan. 1 Balance on Hand 587.62
July 28, 325 Adult Dinner Tickets @ 2.95
958.75
39 Children's Dinner Tickets @ 1.75 68.25
Overpayment on Dinner Ticket
.05
Remnants from Bake
8.60
Refreshment Booth
162.15
Aug. 3 1% Compensation on Dinners Commonwealth of Massachusetts .51
Aug. 7 Town of Carver Appropriation 200.00
Aug. 16 Refreshment Booth 10.64
Aug. 16 Mrs. John A. Shaw (Record Hop)
19.00
Total Receipts $2,015.57
EXPENDITURES
July 11 Florence Sand. (Cards ) $5.25
Aug. 2 Farrar's Inc. (Ice Cream) 43.65
Aug. 3 The Chilton Press (Printing) 46.00
Aug. 3 Commonwealth of Mass. (Meal Tax) 51.35
Aug. 6 Holmes and Young Inc. (Bake Supplies ) 502.20
Aug. 6 Walter Carmichael (Supplies )
17.85
Aug. 10 Carver Supply Co. (Supplies )
1.89
Aug. 10 Virgil Fiori (Band)
230.50
Aug. 16 Bake Expenses (Labor - Trucking - Supplies - Waitresses ) 315.12
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Aug. 16 Coca Cola Co. (Tonic)
33.00
Sept. 26 South Shore Antique Auto Club 75.00
Sept. 26 Ward and Brady (Signs ) 5.25
Sept. 26 Mrs. John A. Shaw (Record Hop Expense) 6.00
Oct. 15 Creedon Florist (Flowers for Mrs. Atwood) 5.00
Total Expenditures $1,338.06
TOTAL RECEIPTS $2,015.57
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 1,338.06
Balance on Hand December 31, 1962
$677.51
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS A. MERRITT
Treasurer
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PLYMOUTH COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL PROJECT
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In reporting the project's activities and accomplishments in 1962, there have been successful advances made toward the program's main objectives.
We are always happy to report that no single case of equine encephalitis was recorded in the county. There was considerable concern in mid-July by the project and the U.S. Public Health Service as surveys indicated a heavy popu- lation of vector species mosquitoes and virus in bird life.
Again, this condition centered in and adjacent to the "Hockomock Swamp" and with adequate project funds always established for that area, we tripled our aerial spray efforts in the swamp over the previous seasons. This was a pre-hatch treatment the first week in August and all later surveys showed good control.
The co-ordinated efforts of the programs in Bristol, Norfolk and Plymouth Counties have certainly reduced our hazard of an outbreak of this disease.
In all other areas our residual spray control and pre- hatch treatment of breeding wetlands was most successful this year, several factors contributed to this effectiveness. 1: We did not have the frequent showers this summer to void the results of spray efforts. 2: In each town we have continued on our drainage program to eliminate stagnant breeding wetlands, while this is a slow and expensive method, it is positive mosquito control and the most economical in the long run. 3: The experience of our personnel and their added knowledge each season of mosquito problems in their district is very apparent.
With the increasing concern on the possible hazards of carelessness in the use of insecticides, your superintendent has just completed forty years of experience in the using of all pesticides and you may be assured that all of the project
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personnel have been thoroughly schooled in the proper and safe use of each insecticide involved in our program.
We appreciate and want to thank all town officials and personnel who have continued to cooperate with us in our program.
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN G. HARDING
Superintendent
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PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE By ROBERT B. EWING, County Agent Manager
A review of last year's report would show that an at- tempt was made to answer the question -"What is the Extension Service?" The report stated that in 1914 Congress passed the Smith-Lever Law which clearly stated, that the Extension Service shall "aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on sub- jects relating to Agriculture and Home Economics, and to encourage the application of the same."
The Extension Service has always been known as "the educational arm" of the United States Department of Agri- culture and the title "Cooperative Extension Service" is used because Federal, State and County Governments cooperate in furnishing this service to the citizens of Plymouth County. Each year agreements are written between the United States Department of Agriculture, the University of Massachusetts, and Plymouth County.
Since 1915, when the Plymouth County Extension Service was organized and established, educational infor- mation pertaining to Agriculture, Home Economics and 4-H Work has been given free to citizens of Plymouth County.
Although methods may change with the times, the basic job of the Extension Service remains the same, and that is, as the 1914 Law states, "to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on the subjects relating to Agriculture and Home Economics and to encourage the application of the same."
The Extension Service office is located in the Court House, Brockton, Mass. and is staffed by agents who con- duct programs in Agriculture, Home Economics and 4-H Club Work by furnishing educational information through farm and home visits, letters, newspaper articles, radio talks, meetings, office visits and telephone calls.
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Federal, State and County funds are used for conducting the Extension Service programs. Along with these funds, most towns in Plymouth County make an annual appropri- ation which is used for the general expenditures of the Plym- outh County Extension Service. Town Directors are ap- pointed in those towns where an appropriation is made. These Town Directors are unpaid volunteer leaders who serve as the Extension Service representative in their respec- tive town.
All citizens should make full use of their Extension Ser- vice as it is supported by Federal, State and County Govern- ments. It should be remembered that while the Extension Service furnishes the information it is up to the individual citizen who receives this information to decide how it can be used to best advantage.
Requests for information can be directed to the Plym- outh County Extension Service, Court House, Brockton, Massachusetts.
The Board of Trustees, appointed by the Plymouth County Commissioners, administer the Plymouth County Extension Service program and is composed of the following members:
MR. JOHN PRENTICE, Plymouth, Chairman MRS. ELVA BENT SWARTZ, Brockton
MR. LEWIS BILLINGS, Plympton
MRS. MABEL CHANDLER, Duxbury MR. JOHN DUFFY, Halifax MRS. GLADYS GIBBS, Hanover MR. ROBERT HAMMOND, Wareham MR. JOHN HOWE, West Bridgewater MR. JOHN W. LITTLE, Marshfield
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STATE AUDIT
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Frank R. Mazzilli, Chairman Carver, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Carver for the period from August 14, 1960 to January 27, 1962, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, ARTHUR H. MacKINNON, Director of Accounts
AHM:GBS Mr. Arthur H. Mackinnon
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Carver for the period from August 14, 1960, the date of the previous examination, to January 27, 1962, the following report being submitted thereon:
An examination and verification was made of the fin- ancial transactions as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection.
An analysis was made of the accounting officer's ledger for the period covered by the audit. The receipts were checked with the treasurer's books, and the payments were compared with the warrants authorizing them and with the treasurer's records of payments. The appropriation accounts were checked with the town clerk's records of town meeting
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proceedings, and the recorded transfers from the reserve fund were verified by comparison with the records of the finance committee. The necessary adjusting entries resulting from the audit of the several departments were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was pre- pared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1961.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The receipts were checked with the records of the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the payments were com- pared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds.
The cash book footings were verified, and the cash balance on January 27, 1962 was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the balance in the checking account with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit.
The records of tax titles held by the town were examined. The taxes, interest, and costs transferred to the tax title account were compared with the collector's records, the reported redemptions were checked with the treasurer's cash book, and the tax titles on hand were listed, reconciled with the accounting officer's ledger, and compared with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The transactions of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer and the trustees were verified, and the savings bank books and securities representing the investment of these funds were examined and listed.
The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest were verified by comparison with the amounts falling due and checked with the cancelled securities on file.
The records of payroll deductions on account of Federal and State taxes, retirement systems, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and group insurance were examined and checked. The payments to the proper agencies were verified, and the
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balances on hand to the credit of the employees were proved with the town treasurer's records.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked. The commitments of taxes and excise were proved with the assessors' warrants issued for their collection, the payments to the treasurer by the collector were checked with the treasurer's cash book, the abate- ments, as recorded, were compared with the records of the assessors, the transfers to the tax title account were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
The departmental accounts receivable were audited and proved. The payments to the treasurer were checked with the treasurer's recorded receipts and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
The outstanding accounts were verified by mailing no- tices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies thereto indicating that the accounts as listed, are correct.
The records of receipts from licenses and permits is- sued by the selectmen, the town clerk, the building inspec- tor, and the police department were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and to the town treasurer were verified.
The surety bonds of the town officials required to file them for the faithful performance of their duties were ex- amined and found to be in proper form.
The available records of receipts of all other depart- ments collecting money for the town were examined and checked, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, tax title, and de- partmental accounts, as well as schedules showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
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While engaged in making the audit, cooperation was received from the officials of the town, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express ap- preciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ,
Assistant Director of Accounts
WS:GBS
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
ERWIN K. WASHBURN, Chairman Term Expires 1964 VIRGINIA K. SHAW, Secretary Term Expires 1963 ALAN I. DUNHAM Term Expires 1965
George R. Austin Superintendent of Schools
Office: Apponequet Regional High School Howland Road, Lakeville Office Telephone: Middleboro 2663
Mr. Richard J. Eldridge Principal (2 schools)
BENJAMIN ELLIS SCHOOL STAFF
Mrs. Suzanne F. Burbank
Grade 1
Mrs. Mabel J. Eayrs
Grade 1
THE GOVERNOR JOHN CARVER SCHOOL STAFF
Mrs. H. Winifred Nickerson
Special Education
Miss Barbara E. Eayrs
Grade 2
Mrs. Florence K. Sand
Grade 2
Miss Janet L. Parker
Grade 3
Mrs. Gladys E. Burgess
Grades 3-4
Mrs. Eleanor C. DeCourcy
Grade 4
Mrs. Anna E. Wright
Grade 5
Mr. Alvin E. Boyer
Grade 5
Physical Education Grade 6 Grade 6
Mrs. Hazel F. Carmichael
Mrs. Vienna P. Cole
Grade 6
Mr. Henry M. Shaw
Grade 7
Mr. William A. Levesque
Grade 8
Physical Education Grades 7-8
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Mrs. Constance Shaw Physical Education Grades 1-6 Girls Physical Education Grades 7-8 (on leave of absence as of Novmber 15, 1962)
Mr. Donald F. Morrison
Mrs. Myrtle C. Gates
Mrs. Faith A. Young
Mrs. Rachel Penti, R.N.
School Nurse
W. Vernon Mayo, M.D.
School Physician
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PRACTICAL ARTS
Mrs. Henry M. Shaw, chairman
Mrs. Toivo Erickson
North Carver South Carver
Mrs. Donald Penti
Main Street, Carver
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE
Mr. Erwin K. Washburn
Mr. Franklin Wilbur
South Carver North Carver
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1963 Winter Term
Begins Wednesday, January 2; closes Thursday, April 11 Vacation: February 18-22
Day Out: April 12, Good Friday Vacation: April 15-19
1963 Spring Term
Begins Monday, April 22; closes Friday, June 21 Holiday: May 30
1963 Fall Term
Begins Wednesday, September 4; closes Fri., December 20 Holidays: October 18-25, Teachers' Convention; November 11; November 28-29
Director of Music Education Home Economics
School Secretary
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REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO FIRST GRADE
1. A child who will reach his sixth birthday on or before December 31st may be admitted to the first grade in Sep- tember, 1963 without examination.
2. A child whose sixth birthday occurs in the two months after December 31st may be admitted the preceding Sep- tember 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 appli- cation 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.
The School Committee reserves the right to withhold the examination privilege whenever the number of children eligible to enter without examination is equal to the capacity of the available classrooms.
CLOSING OF SCHOOLS
It is the policy of the School Committee to close school only under the severest weather conditions or on such oc- casions when it is dangerous to operate school busses. 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 and WPLM. 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.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1962
Balance Balance Expended Appropriation Fund
Appropriation $203,023.00 $202,540.65
$482.35 $ ......
E. Tillson Pratt Fund 51.58
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........ 51.58
$203,074.58 $202,540.65
$482.35 $51.58
EXPENDITURES
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee, Salaries
$333.25
School Committee, Expenses
82.00
Superintendent, Salary
3,050.00
Superintendent, Travel
201.22
Superintendent, Out-of-State Travel
50.00
Union Office, incl. Clerical
Assistance and Admin. Expenses
1,264.94
School Census 30.00
Attendance Officer
25.00
$5,036.41
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION .
Teachers and Principal
81,126.46
Substitute Teaching
747.50
Expenses - Supervisors, Principal, Clerk 1,890.53
Textbooks 2,834.23
Supplies
2,644.76
89,243.48
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OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries
6,645.84
Janitors' Fees, Non-School Activities
81.20
Janitors' Supplies
1,289.92
Fuel
2,450.81
Lights, Telephone, Misc.
1,855.29
12,323.06
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
Repairs and Miscellaneous
3,015.27
3,015.27
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Transportation - High School
8,536.96
Transportation - Elementary School
22,309.20
Insurance
242.75
Library
530.56
Health
.....
Tuition - High School
41,317.27
Miscellaneous Aux. Agencies
162.06
73,098.80
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Tuition - Day School
7,074.56
Tuition - Evening School
45.20
Transportation
6,100.00
Practical Arts
64.00
13,283.76
OUTLAYS
New Construction
4,786.87
New Equipment
1,753.00
6,539.87
Total Expenditures
$202,540.65
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TABLE OF REIMBURSEMENTS
and other income earned on account of Schools during the fiscal year 1962, as certified to the Superintendent of Schools by the Department of Education, or billed by the local Department to other agencies:
School Aid (Chapter 70, G.L., as amended ) $13,130.79
Superintendent of Schools, Small Towns
866.61
Transportation (Chapter 71, G. L., as amended)
26,717.95
Vocational Education:
Tuition
$2,890.22
Transportation
3,059.25
5,949.47
Special Education (Chapter 71, Section
46, as amended by Chapter 514, Acts of 1954)
3,005.77
Other Income:
Wards, Division of Child Guardianship
Tuition
4,697.63
Transportation
1,069.02
5,766.65
Town of Middleboro, Tuition
560.00
Town of Middleboro, Transportation
146.00
Other Tuition
60.00
Vocational Transportation
Town of Plymouth
181.00
Town of Wareham
159.00
Middleboro resident
179.00
519.00
$56,722.24
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Additional Aid:
Reimbursement, Schoolhouse Construction (Chapter 645, Acts of 1948) Payment No. 12 5,127.32
NET COST OF SCHOOLS, YEAR 1962
Total expense, all types of schools $202,540.65 Total reimbursements and earnings, NOT including items under Additional Aid 56,722.24
$145,818.41
ESTIMATES of School Aid and other reimbursements to be received in 1963, these estimates being furnished as required under Section 10, Chapter 643, Acts of 1948.
School Aid (Chapter 70, G. L., as amended) $15,686.91
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