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the amount and grade of work done by each pupil compared with his ability as shown by the test. Those not working to somewhat near their capacity were marked harder because more could be expected of them. In some classes maximum and minimum assignments have been given, those of greater ability doing the maximum and those of lesser ability doing the minimum amount. The so-called laboratory method is being used in economics, history, and English, allowing the brighter pupils to go faster and further than the others and often to act as coaches to those who can not travel quite so fast. In seventh and eighth grade United States History two divisions have been formed, each covering the same minimum essentials, but the A division does additional work and receives extra credit for it. Pupils are dropped from A into B or raised from B to A each Monday on the basis of their achievement during the preceding week. In several subjects standardized tests for achievement have been given and the results com- pared with averages made by pupils of the same grade else- where. All this has for its object the reducing of failures to the lowest possible number by studying the individual pupil's needs and abilities and fitting the instruction to them.
The following clubs have been formed: A debating club, a dramatic club, a French club, a classical club, a history club, a "Good Book" club, two shorthand clubs, two science clubs, a poultry club, and a sewing club. These clubs all have pupil officers but are supervised and directed by a teacher. All are educational rather than social in nature, taking up work con- nected with, but supplementary to, the regular class work.
The weekly class schedule has been arranged with a seven period day as it was last year. All regular recitation work, however, is given in six periods, leaving the seventh free. This is used for club work, music, drawing, assemblies, etc., so that this extra curricular work can come in the regular school day without interfering at all with the pupil's regular class work.
During the fall a study survey was held for the purpose of determining how much home study was being done by the pupils. This survey showed that in general the pupils who are doing the best work are studying outside of school on an
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average of from one hour in the seventh grade to two hours in the eleventh and twelfth grades. Parents whose children are not receiving good marks should check up on their studying to see if lack of home study is the cause of their low marks. Respectfully submitted,
ALTON H. HARTFORD, Principal.
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Report of Supervisor of Music
Mr. A. H. Williamson, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir:
I present a report on music in the schools of Medfield.
More room gives more opportunity in music, as in every- thing else.
New music books, needed in a few classes, give more help, inspiration for work and enjoyment.
Two aims in school music are given by an authority in public school work:
1. Train every child's ear so that he will sing in tune and with good tone quality.
2. Teach every child to read music as he reads words.
The room teachers know how much these few words say.
The first grade children like their little songs and love to sing them. They are delighted when they are able to read songs from the board; and again in the second grade, when they sing from books.
From year to year, their pleasure increases with their ability. In a room where two part music is sung, the child always chooses a two part song in preference to a one part song.
In the Junior High School the three or four part song proves most interesting. It requires more concentration, more train- ing, more effort. A pupil who is able to sing his part easily enjoys not the song alone but his own ability in singing the part. There is pleasure in realizing that he is a unit with others, each doing his bit and each bit of equal importance to the whole.
This is also true in the orchestra. The necessity of good team work is apparent.
This year about three-fourths of the high school pupils sing in the chorus once a week.
The orchestra rehearses once a week.
Respectfully submitted,
NETTIE F. HAMANT, Supervisor of Music.
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Report of Supervisor of Drawing
Mr. A. Howard Williamson, Superintendent of Schools, Medfield, Massachusetts :
Dear Sir:
I submit the following customary report of my work as Supervisor of Drawing in Medfield.
In the grades, I am pleased to note better workmanship throughout. As the children's ability in handwork improves, they are able to handle more interesting problems. This, of course, makes happier classes and hastens general improvement.
We have been trying to gradually systematize the drawing outlines, so that each teacher will have a definite knowledge of the requirements for each grade.
Problems should be varied each year enough to seem entirely new and still conform to a plan of this sort.
Each year the child should acquire a little more skill in handling the various mediums. His knowledge of design, color, etc. should increase regularly. His ability to use this additional power intelligently should increase too, thus im- proving his general good taste and adding to his chances for happier living later.
The grades in Medfield, thanks to the enthusiasm and help of the teachers, have made a big step towards this goal during the past year.
It is unfair to criticize the art work in the high school, as both the time and working conditions have been inadequate to meet the needs of the classes.
I thank the townspeople for the interest shown at our annual exhibition last June.
The new building and the improvements in the other school will soon make better results possible in drawing as well as in the other branches of school work.
Your support as superintendent has been an inspiration to us all.
Very sincerely,
EVELYN H. JUDD,
Supervisor of Drawing.
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Report of the School Physician
Mr. A. Howard Williamson, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir:
During the first half of the year 1927 there were several cases of scarlet fever. Otherwise the school was quite free from sickness.
The last half of 1927 there has been no epidemic of con- tagious disease. There have been, however, some cases of scabies and pediculosis of the head.
There are several of the pupils who need to have their teeth attended to, old roots removed, so that the new teeth can grow in place.
It would be a wise thing for the parents to see that when the children come to school in September, 1928, their children are free from all vermin.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK H. CLOUGH, M. D.
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Report of School Nurse
Mr. A. H. Williamson, Superintendent of Schools, Medfield, Massachusetts:
Dear Mr. Williamson:
The following is a report of my work as School Nurse in Medfield during the past year. One and one-half days each week were devoted to the Medfield schools.
It is not possible in a brief report to enumerate all different phases of the work. Each day all class rooms were inspected and talks on personal hygiene were given. All children were weighed and measured twice during the school year, and their vision and hearing were tested. Assistance was given to the School Physician in making physical examinations, and notices were sent to the parents informing them of physical defects. Minor injuries have been dressed, and when children have been absent from school or ill, calls have been made in the homes.
The general health conditions in the schools are good.
Respectfully submitted,
EMMA C. NEWCOMB,
School Nurse.
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STATISTICS
School Census Report
5 Years or 7 Years or 14 Years or Over and Over and Over and Under 16
Under 7
Under 14
Boys
22
122
27
171
Girls
33
111
31
175
Total
55
233
58
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Eye and Ear Test
Pupils tested
Hannah Adams Pfaff High School
153
Ralph Wheelock School.
205
Defective in sight
Hannah Adams Pfaff High School
6
Ralph Wheelock School
4
Defective in hearing
Hannah Adams Pfaff High School
0
Ralph Wheelock School. 0
Parents or guardians notified
Hannah Adams Pfaff High School
6
Ralph Wheelock School.
4
Attendance September, 1926 to June, 1927
Grades
Teachers
Total Memb. 80
Av. Memb. 73.82
Av. Att 70.25
Per Cent Att. 94.92
High
Alton H. Hartford
"
Theresa E. McMurray
Ida M. Johnson
"
Alice V. Donahue
"
Marion A. Bagley
"
Mary E. Rush
VIII
Umberto Palumbo
35
32.11
30.48
94.92
VII
Umberto Palumbo
34
32.43
30.21
93.12
VI
Helen Mclaughlin
37
36.4
33.63
92.39
V
Helen MacDonald
28
25.73
23.75
92.31
IV
Elizabeth S. Buck
35
31.08
29.54
95.01
III
E. A. Maude Craig
43
38.05
35.31
93.68
II
Dorothy Jones
32
29.27
26.78
91.25
I
Grace E. Whelan
46
41.48
38.27
88.39
Total
142
Pupils Not Absent or Tardy-September, 1926 to June, 1927
Grade I For Entire Year Francis Bridge Arthur Smith
II
Robert Brock Joseph English Josephine Ferrone Daniel Weiker
III
Pauline Atherton Mary Hibbert
IV
Franklin Griggs Marion Kimball Clara Vasaturo
V Orlando Rossi
VI
Helen Lee Aurora Palumbo Merton Plimpton Jeanette Poor Freddie Vasaturo
Fred Dickens VII
For One-half Year Laverne Dewar
Robert Faris
Mary Johnson
Mary Miller
Helen Morgan
Christine Morse
Rebecca Peirce
Burton Rauding
Mary Surkont
Vinzenzino Bravo
James Carr
Michael Hennahane
Lorraine Hobbs
Richard Holmquist
Ralph Kingsbury
Lawrence Rossi
Lynette Spender Merlon Spender Charles Currier
Eleanor Dickens
Reuben Kingsbury
Barbara Leighton
Roy Lee Mary Lucy
Vincent Palumbo
Ruth Smith
Herbert Wight
Cecelia Blood .
Rena Hayman
Robert Hinshon
Phyllis Laverty Edith McCrillis
William Peirce
Rose Randolph
Pearl Rossi
Helen Surkont
Clifton Wall
Edgar Clark
Vera Fredsti
Marion Kingsbury
Priscilla Kingsbury
Dorothy Browning
Eleanor Cheney
Patsy DiFlumero
Theresa Mills Anna Morgan Fales Peirce
Marjorie Roberts Arthur Rogers Lawton Kingsbury J. Francis Lucy Dorothy Miller Gerald Morgan Barbara Peirce John Sauer Antoinette Vasaturo
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Pupils Not Absent or Tardy-September, 1926 to June, 1927
Grade VIII
For Entire Year Daniel DeVasto Marguerite Poor Charles White
For One-half Year Francis Brock Annie Geller John Hibbert Nancy Peirce Marion Riley Joseph Roberts
Gordon Skinner John Tucker Helen Babcock
Yvonne Bouin
Carroll Moore
Kathleen Morgan
Laurel Pickett
Hugo Ehnes Harold Hanson
Richard Hartford -
Esther Hinkley Mary Hinshon Suzanne Mitchell
Edward Wilkinson Helen Dickens
Mario Pederzini
Pupils Not Absent or Tardy-September-December, 1927 Grade I
Mildred Chick Margaret Finase Jocelyn Mair
Edith Rauding Frederick Rogers Hazel Smith
Anna Bravo Francis Bridge
Mary Finase
Edith Hayman Mary Johnson Henry Kingsbury
Mary Miller Thomas Mulcahy Burton Rauding Graham Rogers Margaret Shiels Arthur Smith
Grade III
Robert Brock Lorraine Hobbs
Lynnette Spender Daniel Weiker
Richard Holmquist
Grade IV
Pauline Atherton Frank Hanson Marion Hayman Robert Hummer
Ila Myers Pauline Scribner Mary Shiels Ruth Smith
Earle Kerr Grade V
Emily Ballou Edward Bent Lorena, Bultman Franklin Griggs Rena Hayman
Robert Hinshon Herbert Johnson Francis McCarthy Frank Travers Louisa Vasaturo
John Hinkley
IX
X
XII Mildred Weiker
Grade II
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Grade VI
Louise Kingsbury Ocran Knehr Phyllis Laverty Francis McDermott Richard Wills
Grade VII
Lloyd Myers Merton Plympton Jeanette Poor Freddie Vasaturo
Anna Morgan Grade VIII Dorothy Miller Grade I X
Luther Cheney Daniel DeVasto Joel Heard John Hibbert
Forrest Parker Marguerite Poor William Rogers John Tucker
Dorothy Johnson
Grade X Yvonne Bouin
Grade XI
Gertrude Browning Hugo Ehnes Harold Hanson Hazel Keirstead
Theodore Pederson Arlene Potter Sadie Thompson Marion Wills
Suzanne Mitchell Grade XII Harlow Nowell
Albert Catenacci Paul Cheney Pauline Cheney Hollis Hobbs Winthrop Johnson
Shirley Atherton Dorothy Browning Thomas Hinshon John Lantz
TABLE A
Pupil Enrollment by Ages and Grades, December, 1927
Grade
5-6
6-7
7-8
8-9
9-10
10-11
11-12
| 12-13
13-14
14-15
15-16
16-17
17-18 | 18-19 | 19-20
Total
Elementary
14
I
Boys
7
5
23
Girls
10
12
21
II
Boys
4
15
19
III
Boys
2
1
12
Girls
1
2
21
IV
Boys
7
8
19
V
Boys
2
6
Girls
6
4
3
1
1
VI
Boys
4
4
5
1
Girls
207
Total
17
26
37
32
30
31
18
12
2
1
1
High
11
VII
Boys
6
15
VIII
Boys
5
4
2
4
1
22
IX
Bovs
4
5
1
1
8
X
Boys
3
5
7
1
5
1
13
XI
Boys
3
6
1
8
XII
Boys
1
3
5
1
10
Girls
6
25
30
30
20
21
14
2
1
149
Total
Grand Total
17
26
37
32
30
1
24
37
32
31
21
21
14
2
1
356
* Heavy black figures within heavy black lines indicate proper ages for each grade.
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3
1
7
5
1
1
Girls
3
2
3
7
5
1
15
Girls
1
7
7
3
6
Girls
3
1
Girls
1
2
1
Girls
2
5
2
1
2
12
2
2
12
15
3
2
2
4.
8
4
5
5
13
1
16
Girls
2
5
5
11
21
2
Girls
2
1
.
14
22
9
12
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TABLE B PUPIL ENROLLMENT BY GRADES (December) 1918-1927
Year
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Total
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
Total
Grand Total
Per Cent Increase
1918
*24
*17
*25
*16
*26
23
131
20
28
20
18
16
15
117
248
13%
1919
*32
*26
*33
*24
*24
26
185
27
22
18
21
15
12
115
280
4%
1920
40
25
26
30
23
23
167
25
22
22
23
16
15
123
290
2%
1921
38
35
23
27
27
26
176
23
25
20
20
18
15
121
297
322
8%
1922
37
42
40
24
23
29
195
31
23
25
17
16
15
127
122
323
2%
1924
40
38
26
30
25
38
197
20
24
29
16
20
10
119
316
1925
36
38
33
25
33
31
196
36
18
28
23
18
18
141
337
%
1926
45
27
37
31
26
35
201
32
32
17
21
19
17
138
339
6%
1927
37
42
31
37
31
29
207
33
30
34
14
20
18
149
356
5%
* Includes Lowell Mason School.
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1923
43
37
36
42
23
20
201
29
29
19
18
12
15
TABLE C Ten Year Attendance Record
Year
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
Town Average
** 85.9
1918
85.8
85.8
89.9
89.9
88
88
90.6
90.6
90.6
90.1
90.1
90.1
88.36
1919
89.6
89.6
90
90
92.94
92.94
90.3
90.3
86.7
86.7
86.7
86.7
89.65
1920
85.5
85.5
94.5
94.5
92.5
92.5
92.8
92.8
91.87
91.87
91.87
91.87
91.43
1921
91
86.6*
87.9
87.9
88.7
88.7
88.8
88.8
91.13
91.13
91.13
91.13
89.02
1922
95.02
90.9
90.9
90.8
91
91
94.6
94.6
94.58
94.58
94.58
94.58
92.82
1923
89.59
90.98
90.98
93*
94
94
93.2
93.2
96.76
91.75
93
90.57
92.54
1924
90.8
93.33
93.33
95.70
92.09
92.09
95
95
95.52
97.35
93.75
92.91
94.05
1925
95
92.08
93.23
94.47
96.18
.95.15
95.55
95.55
95.78
95.78
95.78
95.78
94.69
1926
84.31
90.98
93.72
91.43
93.58
95.73
94.93
97.12
96.61
95.53
95.53
95.53
93.40
1927
88.39
91.25
93.68
95.01
92.31
93.59
93.12
94.92
94.92
94.92
94.93
94.93
93.21
*Includes two grades.
** Lowell Mason School.
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** 88.37
TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, DECEMBER 31, 1927
Position Superintendent High School
High School High School High School High School High School
Name A. H. Williamson Alton H. Hartford
Education Brown University (4) Boston University (4)
Brown University (4) St. Lawrence University (4) Salem Normal School (4) Salem Normal School (4) Boston University (4)
High School Ralph Wheelock School Grade 6 Grade 5 Grade 4
Elizabeth B. Ludlow
Boston University (4)
Western Reserve College (4) Bucksport Women's College (1) Collegiate Institute (4)
Grade 3
E. A. Maude Craig
Milton High School (4)
Grade 2 Grade 1
Music Supervisor
Dorothy J. Brown Grace E. Whelan Nettie F. Hamant
Bridgewater Normal (2) Perry Normal School (2) Boston Conservatory of Music (4)
Drawing Supervisor Evelyn H. Judd
Massachusetts Normal Art (4)
School Nurse Emma C. Newcomb
St. Luke's Hospital Figures in parentheses () show number of years completed. W =winter courses. S=summer courses. C=correspondence courses or special study.
Professional Study Brown University (8), W. Vocational Education (2), W. Boston University (2), W.
Boston University (6 wks-), S.
Boston College (1), W. Boston College (1), W. Boston Teachers' College (1), W. University Extension (1), W. Harvard University (6 wks.), S.
French School (}), W. North Adams Normal (6 wks.), S. North Adams Normal (12 wks), C. Fitchburg Normal (12 wks.) S. Hyannis Normal (44 wks.), S. North Adams Normal (6 wks.), S. North Adams Normal (5 wks.), C.
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Northampton Institute® Boston University Ginn and Company. Massachusetts Normal Art (1), C. Holyoke (2), C. Quincy (12), C.
Theresa E. McMurray Marion A. Bagley Alice V. Donahue Mary E. Rush Umberto Palumbo
Helen M. Bower Helen A. MacDonald Elizabeth S. Buck
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GRADUATING EXERCISES
of the MEDFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Thursday Evening, June Thirty Nineteen Hundred Twenty-seven Chenery Hall, Medfield, Massachusetts Eight o'clock
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL, "Praise Ye the Father" Gounod
SELECTIONS-by the School Orchestra "NC-4 March" Bigelow
"Spring, Beautiful Spring" Lincek
INVOCATION
Rev. Harold L. Pickett
MUSIC, "At the Spinning Wheel" Fischer
"Bells of Saint Mary's" Adams
Glee Club
SALUTATORY and ESSAY, "What is Living?"
Clara F. Place
VOCAL SOLO, "The Summer Wind"
Bischoff
Eleanor Marcionette
ESSAY, "My Impressions of Scouting" Mildred S. Weiker
MUSIC, "The Fishermaiden" Tracy
"O Western Wind" Clokey
Glee Club
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT Dorothy A. Smith
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ACCEPTANCE FOR THE SCHOOL Thelma Lincoln, 1928
MUSIC, "When the Grand Old Flag Goes By" Wilmarth Glee Club
ESSAY, "2000 B. C. to 2000 A. D." Andrew Ehnes
VIOLIN SOLO, "The Son of the Puzta" Joseph S. Kennedy
Keler Beta
ESSAY, "Drama" Eleanor E. Hamant
MUSIC, "Carem Carmela"
"Youth at the Brook" Girls' Glee Club
Spaulding Schubert
ESSAY with Gown Address and Valedictory "The Importance of the Automobile" Mario P. Pederzini
ACCEPTANCE of the Gown Leslie Howlett, 1928
MUSIC, "The Crimson Rose" Glee Club
Clokey
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Mr. Francis Kingsbury, Chairman of School Committee BENEDICTION
Rev. Anita T. Pickett
Class of 1927
Class Motto "Veritate Vincimus" We Conquer by Truth
Class Colors Green and Gold
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Class Roll Honor Pupils
Andrew Ehnes Mario P. Pederzini
Eleanor E. Hamant Clara F. Place
George Ellis Cheney
Eleanor E. Marcionette
Helen Alice Dickens
Roy Owen
May E. Germaine
Bellalma Palumbo
Helen Minota Haigh
Dorothy A. Smith
Herbert Gordon Hummer
William E. Trefry
Joseph Stephen Kennedy
Mildred Weiker
Margaret Alice Lane
CONTENTS
Town Officers 3
List of Jurors
7
Inspector of Animals' Report
Inspector of Provisions' Report .
Superintendent of Streets' Report .
Park Commissioners' Report.
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
Assessors' Report .
Police Department Report.
Board of Health Report.
Sealer's Report.
Contingent Fund.
Moth and Tree Warden Report
Fire Engineer's Report.
Water Commissioners' Report
Public Library Report.
Schedule of Town Property and Insurance
Town Trust Funds
Cemetery Trust Funds
Collector's Report
Treasurer's Report
Appropriations for 1925
Report of Town Accountant .
Town House Report.
Town Clerk's Report.
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Town Meetings. 98
Report of the School Committee
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TOWN OFFICERS 1928
Moderator FRANK D. MCCARTHY
Town Clerk WILLIAM H. EVERETT
Treasurer *LEWIS K. CONANT DANIELS HAMANT Appointed until March, 1929
Selectmen
GEORGE S. CHENEY .Term expires 1929
FRANK G. HALEY Term expires 1930
EDWARD H. SAWYER Term expires 1931
Assessors
HARRY E. CONWAY
Term expires 1929
HAROLD C. MITCHELL Term expires 1930
EDGAR W. ALLEN .Term expires 1931
School Committee
*FRANCIS H. KINGSBURY Term expires 1929
WILLIAM E. CROCKER Appointed until March 1928 *ORION WIGHT Term expires 1930
FRANK H. CLOUGH Term expires 1929
RICHARD E. JOHNSON Appointed until March 1929
SUSAN M. CLARK
Term expires 1931
Water and Sewerage Board
ALDEN H. WHEELER Term expires 1929 IRA F. PENNIMAN Term expires 1930
MICHAEL E. GRIFFIN Term expires 1931 * Resigned.
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Trustees of Public Library
FRANK H. CLOUGH, M. D.
Term expires 1929
LEWIS K. CONANT
Term expires 1929
ELLERY C. CROCKER
Term expires 1930
HAROLD .L. PICKETT
Term expires 1930
NELLIE T. KEYOU
Term expires 1931
JAMES L. ATHERTON
Term expires 1931
Board of Health
*H. L. PARK Term expires 1929
SIDNEY W. STEVENS
Term expires 1930
GEORGE W. HINKLEY
Term expires 1931
Cemetery Commissioners
¡ALBION C. GILBERT
Term expires 1929
JOSEPH A. ROBERTS
Term expires 1930
DANIELS HAMANT Term expires 1931
Park and Planning Board
EDWIN S. MITCHELL Term expires 1929
HARRISON H. CHILD Term expires 1930
FREDERICK LAVERTY Term expires 1931
GEORGE F. KELLEY Term expires 1932
HAROLD L. PICKETT
Term expires 1933
Tree Warden GEORGE L. L. ALLEN
Constables
FRED C. CHICK LAWRENCE M. DEWAR COLEMAN J. HOGAN
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN Engineers of the Fire Department ALLAN A. KINGSBURY EDGAR W. ALLEN
* Resigned. t Deceased.
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Registrars of Voters
ALEXANDER MACLEAN Term expires 1929
JOEL E. HEARD
Term expires 1930
LOUISE BRENNAN
Term expires 1931
Superintendent of Streets HOWARD A. WELCH
Inspector of Animals
GEORGE S. CHENEY
Inspector of Provisions BENJAMIN N. WARD
Burial Agent ELLERY C. CROCKER
Pound Keeper ALPHONSO ALLEN
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers
WILLIAM J. KELLY NELSON G. TIBBETTS
Police Officers COLEMAN J. HOGAN, Chief LAWRENCE M. DEWAR FRED C. CHICK WILLIAM J. KELLY
Keeper of Lockup WILLIAM J. KELLY
Dog Officer LAWRENCE M. DEWAR
Sealer of Weights and Measures ALDEN H. WHEELER
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Measurers of Wood and Bark ALDEN H. WHEELER GEORGE C. THRASHER
Public Weighers
WINFRED G. LEE BERNICE A. LEE CHESTER WARNER
Superintendent of Moth Work GEORGE L. L. ALLEN
Forest Warden ALLAN A. KINGSBURY
Special Police
CHARLES W. BROWNING
MICHAEL HORGAN
ARTHUR V. KENNEDY JAMES LUCEY JOHN CAMPBELL
DR. H. L. MORSE
CHARLES W. BROOKS
Town Accountant
WALTER E. GARDNER. Term expires 1930
Town Counsel FRANK D. MCCARTHY
Finance Committee
ALBERT L. CLARK .Term expires 1929
ARTHUR MITCHELL. Term expires 1929
J. STANLEY KELLEY Term expires 1929
FREDERICK LAVERTY Term expires 1930
PETER PEDERZINI Term expires 1930
HARRY E. CONWAY Term expires 1930
JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE Term expires 1931
LOUIS B. FAIRBANK Term expires 1931
CARLTON W. KINGSBURY
Term expires 1931
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LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN
George M. O'Hare
Painter
North Street
Walter A. Gaines
Carpenter
North Street
Thomas J. Mulcahy
Mason
North Street
Edward H. Abell
Merchant
North Street
Harold S. Bartlett
Foreman
South Street
John E. Bartz
Retired
Pleasant Street
Joseph A. Roberts
Undertaker
Miller Street
Joseph F. Grogan
Laborer
Cottage Street
Joseph J. McDermott
Fireman
Pleasant Street Main Street
David E. Meany
Laborer
Herbert R. Spaulding
Straw Worker
North Street
George H. Sauer
Farmer
Bridge Street
Jay F. Hummer
Truckman
Main Street
Edward S. Pierce
Advertising
Main Street
Clarence Harris
Straw Worker
Janes Avenue
Alvin P. Clark
Straw Worker
Green Street
Paul Tibbetts
Dairyman
Philip Street
John D. Morgan
Straw Worker
Brook Street Main Street
William Callow
Fireman
Summer Street
Stephen B. Crooker
Straw Worker
Green Street
Carroll B. Moore
Clerk
Mitchell Street
John J. Connors
Farmer
Main Street
Robert Spear
Straw Worker
Miller Street
Fred M. Spear
Fishman
Miller Street High Street
Ernest K. Koch
Carpenter
Harold A. McKay
Carpenter
Curve Street
Leslie J. McKay
Carpenter
Curve Street
Reginald E. Lantz Lewis K. Conant
Retired
Main Street
Napoleon Duhamel
Iceman
North Street
Harry L. Dewar
Mechanic
Adams Street
William E. Mitchell
Clerk
Main Street
Frank D. Kennedy
Merchant
Main Street
Foreman
North Street
Herbert S. Pember
Carpenter
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Leon M. Kennett Joseph L. Marcionette
Electrical Operator Manufacturer
Robert E. McCullough Edward J. Sheahan
Dairyman Merchant
North Street North Street Harding Street Pleasant Street
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
January 1, 1929.
To the Selectmen of Medfield:
I hereby submit to you the report of my work for the past year.
In December, 1927, as usual I received orders from the Direc- tor of the Division of Animal Industry, State House, Boston, to make the annual and complete inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine and goats kept in this town, also the condition of the stables in which they are kept, this inspection to be completed not later than March 1, 1928.
During this inspection I visited 38 stables in which were kept 226 cattle, 348 swine, no sheep and 1 goat. Most of the stables were kept in very good condition, also most of the cattle were kept clean and appeared healthy.
On March 4, 1928, a person was bitten by a dog. The dog was quarantined and after a period of fourteen days, I examined the dog which was all right and released same.
On March 10, 1928, 6 cows arrived from Vermont and New Hampshire and after examining the cows and test papers they were released and owner notified.
April, 1928, 5 horses arrived from New York State and after examining them found them to be all right, released them and notified the owner.
April, 1928, 28 cattle arrived from Maine. Also in June, 1928, more cattle arrived from Maine. These cattle did not have the proper test papers so the Animal Industry was notified and they were all retested. They all passed the test but one, which was killed, examined and was not found tubercular.
June 15, 1928, a person was bitten by a dog, the dog was quarantined for fourteen days, examined and released.
August 8, 1928, one horse arrived from New York State, and on August 10, three more horses arrived from New York State. After examination they were released and owners notified.
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October 1, 1928, another person bitten by a dog. Dog was quarantined for rabies for fourteen days, examined and released.
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