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Crowl Lot
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2333 34
Vineca, Lillian A.
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Ward, Margaret E.
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Waterman, Lillian
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380 00
Webster, Charles H. (Wm. A.
13.1 a
100 00
Davenport Trustee) Home Farm
50.0 a
700 00
Whitaker, Albert W. Est.
2.02 a
10 10
Whitaker, Earl R.
78 a
5 85
Whitaker, Earl R.
1.6 a
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Whitaker, Earl R.
2.0 a
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Whitaker, Wm. J. Heirs
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Whitcomb, Burton E.
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Willey, Nelson R.
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Williams, Minnie E.
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Withee, George C.
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Wood, Edgar A.
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Wood, Edgar A.
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Wyman, Edgar J.
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Wyman, Frank S.
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Young, Herbert F.
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Table of Aggregates
OF POLLS, PROPERTY AND TAXES, AS ASSESSED JANUARY 1, 1944
Number of persons assessed: Individuals All others Total
On personal estate only
26 4
30
On real estate only
144
8
152
On both personal and real estate 81 1
82
Total number of persons assessed 264
Number of polls assessed 118
Value of Assessed Personal Estate
Stock in trade
$
195 00
Machinery
65225 00
Live Stock 12185 00
All other tangible personal property
5310 00
Total value of assessed personal estate
$82915 00
Value of Assessed Real Estate
Land exclusive of buildings
$ 74338 00
Buildings exclusive of land
169840 00
Total value of Assessed Real Estate
$244178 00
Total valuation of Assessed Estate
$327093 00
Tax Rate per $1000
$32 80
Taxes for State, County and City or Town Purposes, Including Overlay On Personal Estate $2719 65
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On Real Estate On Polls
$8009 05 236 00
Total Taxes Assessed
$10964 70
Number of Live Stock Assessed
Horses
15
Neat Cattle (1 year or over)
Cows (milch)
57
Bulls
1
Heifers
20
Swine
12
Fowl
6101
All other
30
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
6762
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed 174
We, the Assessors of New Salem, do severally state, that the foregoing list is a full and true list of the names of all persons known to us, who are liable to taxation in New Salem, as of January 1, 1944, and that the real and personal estate contained in said list, and assessed upon each person in said list, is a full and accurate assessment upon all the property of each person, liable to taxation, at its full and fair cash value, according to our best knowledge and belief. This statement is made under the penalties of perjury.
DAYLE G. HAMILTON HARRIE E. SAWTELL WALLACE E. GODFREY
93
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise for 1944
Owner
Year of Mfr.
Make
Mo. Value Excise Ass'd
A
Allen, Raymond
1940
Chevrolet Sedan
12
$ 70 $ 2 51
B
Barnard, Frederick M. 1940
Ford Coupe
12
80
2 87
Berry, J. Etta
1937
Dodge Sedan
12
90
3 23
Bixby, Joseph A.
1936
Chevrolet Coach
12
90
3 23
Bradway, Lawrence E.
1937
Oldsmobile Sedan
12
110
3 94
Bullard, Robert
1938
Ford Pickup
12
60
2 15
Bullard, William
1935
Ford Sedan
12
80
2 87
Burrage, James
1935
Home Made Tractor
12
50
2 00
Burrage, James
1937
Dodge Pickup
12
70
2 51
Burrage, James
1935
Home Made Trailer
12
50
2 00
C
Cox, Florence C.
1936
Oldsmobile Sedan
12
110
3 94
Cogswell, Harry C. S.
1939
Ford Sedan
12
80
2 87
Cogswell Mfg. Co.
1935
Ford Pickup
12
80
2 87
Connor, Catherine M.
1932
Ford
12
50
2 00
Connor, Catherine M.
1939
Ford Sedan
12
80
2 87
Cornwell, Arthur L.
1939
Ford Sedan
12
80
2 87
Coughlin, William A.
1930
Franklin Sedan
3
50
2 00
Coughlin, William A.
1934
Austin Coupe
12
50
2 00
Cox, Edwin A.
1942
Dodge Sedan
12
440
15 77
Cox, Russell D.
1930
Ford Coupe
12
50
2 00
Cox, Wesley C.
Home Made Trailer
12
50
2 00
Cox, Wesley C.
1935
Buick Sedan
12
120
4 30
Crowl, Flora H
1935
Hudson Sedan
12
120
4 30
D
Davenport, Fred V.
1936
Ford Coupe
12
70
2 51
94
E
Eaton, Edward L.
1941 Ford Station Wagon 12 $280 $10 04
F
Fairman, John C.
1935
Ford Sedan
12
70
2 51
Fairman, John C.
1938
Chevrolet Pickup
9
70
2 00
Fay, Harry W.
1932
Buick Sedan
12
100
3 59
Fay, Harry W.
1940
International Station Wagon
12
120
4 30
Fisher, Roy M.
1931
Ford Sedan
12
50
2 00
Fittz, Paul H.
1938
Ford Sedan
12
80
2 87
Flye, Norman W.
1936
Dodge Sedan
12
90
3 23
Frye, Roland A.
1939
Ford Station Wagon
12
90
3 23
G
Godfrey, Wallace E.
1935
Dodge Sedan
12
50
. 00
Godfrey, Wallace E.
1940
International School Bus
12
170
6 09
Godfrey, Wallace E.
1935
Oldsmobile Sedan
7
110
2 30
Goodwin, Harold J.
1936
Plymouth Sedan
12
90
3 23
Goodwin, Harold J.
1933
Chevrolet Sedan
7
50
2 00
Gridley, Eben E.
1937
G. M. C. Pickup
9
50
2 00
H
Hager, George A.
1936
Chevrolet Pickup
12
70
2 51
Hamilton, Dayle G.
1937
Terraplane Sedan
12
50
2 00
Hanson, Roger L.
1935
Terraplane Coupe
12
50
: 00
Haskins, Arthur M.
1940
Oldsmobile Sedan
12
130
: 67
Hilton, Angeline M.
1938
Chevrolet Coupe
12
70
2 51
Hilton, Archie E.
1935
Chevrolet Roadster
12
50
2 00
Hilton, Burppee W.
1936
Chevrolet Pickup
12
50
2 00
Hilton, Fannie M.
1934
Chevrolet Coach
12
60
V
: 15
Horr, Jennie M.
1930
Ford Sedan
8
50
2 00
Horr, Mary E.
1934
Chevrolet Sedan
12
70
2 51
Hunting, Charles W.
1930
Ford Coach
12
50
2 00
J
Joy, Elizabeth B.
1931
Chevrolet Sedan
9
50
2 00
95
K
King, Harvey B.
1936 Ford Sedan
12 $ 80 $ 2 87
L
Lanagan, Merle
1937
Lafayette Coupe
12
50
2 00
Longueil, Mary E.
1941
Ford Sedan
12
220
7 89
Longueil, Ralph E.
1939
Ford Coupe
12
70
2 51
M
Mackie, Eunice M.
1941
Ford Station Wagon
12
280
10 04
Mackie, Thomas B.
1941
Dodge Brougham
12
250
8 96
Marshall, Alison G.
1940
Chevrolet Sedan
12
90
3 23
Marshall, William B.
1937
Graham Sedan
12
100
3 59
McGinnis, Hattie R.
1935
Hudson Sedan
12
130
4 66
McGinnis, Hattie R.
1934
Chevrolet Sedan
11
70
2 30 .
McGinnis, Wayne R.
1932
Ford Truck
11
50
2 00
Mealand, Frederick A., Jr.
1930
Ford Sedan
12
50
2 00
Miller, Henry V.
1934
Oldsmobile Coupe
6
100
2 00
Miller, Henry V.
1936
Chevrolet Pickup
12
50
2 00
Munsell, Elisha A.
1935
Chevrolet Coach
12
50
2 00
N
Nelson, Sigurd
1937
Chevrolet Truck
12
70
2 51
O
O'Brien, Charles
1935
Ford Sedan
12
50
2 00
Ohlson, Alfred O.
1936
Chevrolet Sedan
12
90
3 23
Oliver, Albert P.
1932
Nash Sedan
10
50
2 00
Oliver, Daniel O.
1937
Plymouth Sedan
12
90
3 23
Oliver, Leroy D.
1940
International Station Wagon
12
120
4 30
O'Loughlin, Richard H. 1932
Oldsmobile Sedan
12
50
2 00
O'Loughlin, Richard H. 1930
Chevrolet Sedan
12
50
2 00
P
Paige, Luetta N.
1937
Pontiac Sedan
12
100
3 59
Paige, Luetta N.
1940
Chevrolet Sedan
11
90
3 23
Paige, Stanley E.
1937
Ford Truck
12
100
59
Poole, Grais F.
1940
Plymouth Sedan
12
90
23
96
R
Robbins, Stuart B.
1939 Ford Tudor
12 $ 70 $ 2 51
S
Sawtell, Harrie E.
1940
Dodge Sedan
12
100
3 59
Starks, Florence G.
1932
Dodge Coupe
4
50
2 00
Stines, Daniel B.
1934
Packard Sedan
12
110
3 94
Stines, Daniel B.
1929
Graham Truck
12
50
. 00
Stowell, Carl E.
1934
Oldsmobile Sedan
12
110
3 94
Stowell, Ralph E.
1941
Dodge Sedan
12
250
8 96
ยท Streeter, Frank M.
1932
Chevrolet Coupe
12
50
: 00
Sweezey, Newton S.
1929
Ford Tudor
12
50
2 00
T
Thompson, James F.
1936
Chevrolet Sedan
12
50
2 00
Truman, Dorothy M.
1938
Chevrolet Coupe
7
70
2 00
Truman, Joseph W.
1940
Chevrolet Coupe
12
80
2 87
W
Welch, Albert W.
1936
Ford Sedan
7
80
. 00
Welch, Albert W.
1933
Ford Coupe
12
50
2 00
Welcome, Gertrude S.
1937
Willys Sedan
12
80
2 87
Wetherby, Louie M.
1936
Ford Tudor
12
80
2 87
Wetherby, Louie M.
1937
Ford Sedan
12
80
2 87
Wheelock, Florence A.
1941
Cadillac Sedan
12
380
13 63
Whittier, Paul M.
1935
Chevrolet Sedan
12
90
3 23
Whittier, Paul M.
1929
Ford Farm Tractor
10
50
2 00
Whittier, Paul M.
Home Made Trailer
10
50
2 00
Wilbur, Daniel R.
1934
Ford Coupe
12
70
2 51
Wildes, Horace B.
1935
Dodge Sedan
12
50
2 00
Williams, Lillian D.
1937
Plymouth Sedan
5
90
2 00
Wold, Arthur M.
1940
Pontiac Sedan
12
100
3 59
97
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Annual Report of the School Department
ITS * &
NEW SALEM ACADEMY
ORPO
-for the
Town of New Salem for 1944
Organization
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WILLIAM BULLARD, Chairman Term expires 1946 FLORA H. CROWL, Secretary Term expires 1945
J. ALLAN BIXBY Term expires 1947
The regular monthly meeting of the School Committee is held in the office of the Superintendent of Schools on the last Saturday of each month at 2 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
(Erving, Leverett, New Salem, Shutesbury, Wendell)
EDWIN A. COX
B. S. in Ed., Boston University, 1932
M. S. in Ed., University of Maine, 1939
Office: Town Hall, Main Street, New Salem Telephone: Orange 724-M2
Residence: Main Street, New Salem Telephone: Orange 724-M3
Mail Address: P. O. Box 13, New Salem, Massachusetts
The Superintendent may be seen by appointment at your convenience.
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
JOHN T. BONE Orange
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SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
KIRKE L. ALEXANDER, M. D.
Orange
SCHOOL NURSE
JOYCE P. MATHIEU, R. N., American Red Cross Public Health Nurse Orange
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
ALBERT W. COX New Salem
WORK PERMITS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS New Salem
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Open September 6, 1944-16 weeks Close December 22, 1944 (Christmas vacation)
Open January 2, 1945-7 weeks Close February 16, 1945 (Vacation one week)
Open February 26, 1945-7 weeks Close April 13, 1945
(Vacation one week)
Open April 23, 1945-(Elementary 7 weeks) Close June 8, 1945 (Academy 9 weeks) Close June 22, 1945 (Summer Vacation)
Open September 5, 1945-16 weeks Close December 21, 1945 (Christmas Vacation)
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Report of the School Committee
Fellow Citizens:
Another year of war has passed with its shortages of many things that used to be taken for granted.
Maintenance and personnel costs are steadily rising and, although the school committee and superintendent have econo- mized wherever possible the school budget will be higher for 1945.
There have been three changes in our teaching staff since our last report, due to the resignations in the high school of Mrs. Avis B. Bixby (languages) and Miss Elizabeth Barrett (house- hold arts) and in the grammar school of Mrs. Hazel W. Hamil- ton. They were replaced by Miss Irene Cavanaugh, Mrs. Ches- ter L. Eaton and Miss Charlotte Swan, in the order of the resig- nations.
Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Edwin A. Cox, has done a remarkable job in finding replacements where there weren't any. When we stop to think that he has the same problem in four other towns we certainly appreciate what he has, and is doing for us.
We feel that we should also commend our high school prin- cipal, Mr. Joseph Ciechon, for the versatile work he is doing, ranging all the way from athletics to the class room.
We take this opportunity to extend our appreciation to all our teachers, and to let them know that the school committee will be glad to have them come to us at any time with problems that come within our jurisdiction.
We would also like to inform the parents and townspeople that if questionable matters come up pertaining to our schools we would certainly appreciate their coming directly to school authorities and we promise to give them our open-minded, cour- teous attention. Constructive criticism is always invited.
Respectfully submitted, J. ALLAN BIXBY WILLIAM BULLARD FLORA H. CROWL
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Financial Statement
Public School Appropriation
$16350 00
16345 66
$4 34
-
Classified Expenditures General Elementary
High
School Committee
Salaries
$ 150 00
Travel
6 00
Superintendent
1065 00
Travel
120 00
Office Expenses
83 82
Secretary
132 48
Music Supervisor
$ 167 50
$ 167 50
Teachers' Salaries
2164 36
4622 00
Textbooks
196 97
242 67
Supplies for instruction
113 67
102 42
Janitor's Salary
175 00
350 00
Fuel
316 80
667 55
Expenses of Operation
127 77
192 30
Maintenance and Repairs
54 59
82 65
Transportation
2002 75
2123 24
Health
189 19
189 19
Sundries
29 81
77 13
Insurance
83 30
Rent of Academy
350 00
$1557 30 $5621 71 $9166 65
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High School Tuition Town of Athol $100 62
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Town of Erving
$283 00
Town of Leverett
377 88
Town of Orange 156 76
Town of Shutesbury
134 00
Town of Warwick
683 19
Town of Wendell
762 75
$2498 20
Elementary Tuition
Town of Wendell
$ 70 00
State Reimbursements
Superintendent's Salary (1943-44)
580 00
School Fund Part I (Account Teachers' Salaries)
1300 00
School Fund Part II (Based on Town Valuation)
3363 80
High School Grant
764 25
$6008 05
Miscellaneous Receipts
5 35
Grand Total
$8581 60
VOCATIONAL HOUSEHOLD ARTS DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2000 00
Federal Funds Available (expended in :
143 11
full)
$2143 11
Expended for Household Arts Department
2138 09
$5 02
Expenses
Salaries of Instructors
$1233 32
New Equipment
10 90
Janitor Service
87 50
Fuel
374 60
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Maintenance and Repairs Supplies, Food, Cloth, etc.
$ 98 04
61 48
Rent Miscellaneous
250 00
22 25
$2138 09
Receipts of the Department Tuition
Town of Erving
$138 25
Town of Leverett
204 75
Town of Warwick
252 00
Town of Wendell
295 00
Smith-Hughes Federal Funds
80 61
George Deen Federal Funds
62 50
State Reimbursement
461 86
$1494 97
VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$3650 00
Federal Funds Available (expended in full)
547 55
$4197 55
Expenses of Department
4192 28
$5 27
Expenses
Salary of Instructor
$2850 04
Salaries of Assistant Instructors
430 91
New Equipment
50 00
Textbooks and Magazines
68 01
Fuel
239 90
Supplies for Instruction
101 23
Miscellaneous Operating
99 94
Repairs
14 75
Rent
250 00
Janitor
87 50
$4192 28
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Receipts of the Department Tuition
Town of Athol
$240 00
Town of Erving
219 00
Town of Leverett
241 50
Town of Orange
388 50
Town of Shutesbury
103 50
Town of Warwick
334 50
Town of Wendell
528 00
John S. Songer, Tuition
9 00
Smith-Hughes Federal Funds
422 55
George-Deen Federal Funds
125 00
N. S. A. Reimbursement (1943)
347 68
State Reimbursement (1943)
2 58
Miscellaneous
2 97
$2964 78
Expended by School Department, 1944
General
$1557 30
Elementary
5621 71
High
9166 65
Agricultural
4192 28
Household Arts
2138 09
$22676 03
Received from the State of Massachusetts: (Reimbursements which are not pay- able to the town until the Superin- tendent of Schools has filed evidence with the Department of Education that the money has been expended)
$6472 49
Federal Funds (expended)
1398 46
Tuition from Towns and Individuals
5522 20
N. S. A. Reimbursement
347 68
Miscellaneous
8 32
$13749 15
Net cost to the Town of New Salem for its Schools, 1944. (The net cost is ap- proximately 39 per cent of the total cost) $8926 88
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Special Account-Separate George-Deen Federal Funds $ 766 68 carried over from 1943
(Salary for Assistant in the Agricultural Department)
1083 34 rec'd 1944
$1850 02
Expended for Salary, 1944
707 80
Balance (For part salary through Aug, 1945)
$1142 78
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee and Citizens of New Salem:
Your superintendent of schools is pleased to submit his fourth annual report.
STAFF CHANGES
Once more we must report the resignations of some of our faculty members. Mr. Horace B. Wildes resigned as assistant in the Vocational Agriculture Department in February to accept a position as Farm Manager of Portsmouth Priory, Portsmouth, R. I. Mr. J. Carroll Hawkes of South Windham, Maine was elected his successor and assumed his duties September 1, 1944. Mr. Hawkes is a well qualified agricultural instructor, having held similar positions in Harwich and Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Miss Elizabeth Barrett, Home Economics instructor, resign- ed during the summer vacation to accept a position in Mans- field. Mrs. Eleanor R. Eaton was elected teacher of Household Arts for the year 1944-45.
Mrs. Avis B. Bixby resigned in August due to poor health, and Miss Irene A. Cavanaugh, a graduate of Elms College, was elected to teach English, Latin and French for the school year.
The resignation of Mrs. Hazel V. Hamilton, teacher of Grades 1-4, became effective during the Christmas vacation, and Miss Charlotte E. Swan of Princeton, Maine, a graduate of Farmington, Maine, State Normal School, has contracted to complete the school year, beginning January 1, 1945.
100 PER CENT N. E. A.
This year marks the ninth consecutive year that the Erving School Union has 100% membership in the National Education
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Association. The Union maintains its top position in the state in School Union membership in the Association. The teachers are carrying on their work in rationing, first aid, salvage, Red Cross, canteen, and production services, victory garden services, and other fields of national defense. The schools of Union No. 38 collected eighty-four sacks of milkweed pods this fall and they were turned over to industry for the manufacture of life-belts and other materials.
Every classroom is once more enrolled in the American Junior Red Cross. We hope, with the aid of interested parents and friends, that we can be of greater service to the war effort through the Junior Red Cross than we have been in the past.
Every school in Union No. 38 possesses a Minuteman Flag. This flag denotes 90% or better participation in the purchasing of war stamps and bonds. All schools have done a splendid job in this field. A letter received from state headquarters last Spring stated that the Erving Union was the only school Union in the state to receive the honor of flying the flag from all of its school buildings.
With these outstanding achievements, I feel that we can safely say that to the three R's we have added a fourth-R for readiness.
VISUAL EDUCATION
Motion pictures were shown several times this year. A new projector has been ordered for use in Union 38 and it is ex- pected that a regular schedule can be arranged in the near future.
EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES
Every person from 14-16 years of age must have an em- ployment certificate or permit, and those between 16-21 years of age must have an educational certificate. These are issued by your Superintendent of Schools. When making application for a certificate, please apply in person and bring your birth cer- tificate and report of last school grade you attended.
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NEW BUILDING
The Trustees of New Salem Academy have voted an appro- priation to provide an additional classroom and machine shop to the Stowell Agricultural Building. This is needed to expand the shop facilities and to consolidate the classroom accommodations for two teachers. The carpentry shop was moved out of the old Center School when construction began on the new Center School. Since 1941 the work has been carried on under adverse conditions in the rear of the Old Dormitory. With additional machinery allotted us by the State Department, it is necessaryto provide ample, fire-proof shop space for the shop.
When the unit is complete, the carpentry shop will be locat- ed in the basement of the present building, and the machine and automotive mechanics shop will occupy the new shop space.
SUPERVISORS
The appended reports of the supervisors invite your atten- tion. It is a pleasure to work with such an interested and cap- able group as Dr. Alexander, School Physician; Mrs. Mathieu, R. N., School Nurse; and Mr. Bone, Music Instructor. The teachers are also to be complimented for the excellent manner in which they carry out the instructions and recommendations of the supervisors.
We will welcome a new supervisor to our schools in January, 1945. A representative of the Rinehart Functional Handwrit- ing System will visit our elementary grades each month. This system is in practice in many of the surrounding towns and cities and has been favorably accepted wherever used.
NEW SALEM ACADEMY
H. A. Course
Agricultural Course
College Course
Commercial Course
1940
20
25
10
5
1941
14
33
11
5
1942
12
41
8
6
1943
16
35
6
6
1944
13
33
13
3
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This table shows that there is a growing interest in college preparatory courses. This may be partially explained by stat- ing that some girls have changed to the college course because of academic requirements necessary to be accepted in the Cadet Nurse's Course. Boys who face induction are stressing courses in Mathematics, Sciences, and Pre-Induction study. They are able to get more of this preparation in the College Preparatory program.
New Salem Academy is entering its 150th year. It was in- corporated February 25, 1795. Now, as a public high school, it is proud of its long and worthwhile existence, but is not satisfied to rest on its past laurels and achievements. It proudly looks ahead to an even brighter and more worthwhile future in the education of tomorrow.
IN CONCLUSION
I quote from "Education For All American Youth" by the Educational Policies Commission of the N. E. A.
"In the building of our country's future, the education of our youth comes first. The war has reminded us of our many virtues and ideals that we had forgotten. One of them is the duty we owe to our children in the provision of their education, not education merely in terms of books, credits, diplomas and degrees, but education also in terms of living and of preparation for future living.
Look about you. See what we now, in wartime, find it necessary and proper to do for our young men and women in the armed forces. This all costs time, effort, sacrifice, thought and a great deal of money. But, we would be properly ashamed to consider convenience when their welfare is at stake.
Shall these young people and their successors in the on- ward moving generations be less precious to us when the firing ceases ?- Shall we then pinch the pennies for peace where we now deal out dollars for destruction?"
Once more I sincerely appreciate the confidence of the mem- bers of the School Committee and the splendid spirit of coopera-
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tion tendered me by the parents and citizens of the Town of New Salem these past four years.
Respectfully submitted,
December 31, 1944
EDWIN A. COX -
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Report of the Principal of New Salem Academy
New Salem, Mass., December 31, 1944
To Mr. Edwin A. Cox,
Superintendent of Schools
School opened September 6 with an enrollment of 59, which is four less than last year. However, this decrease is due to the small incoming class. The registration showed 11 Seniors, 16 Juniors, 17 Sophomores and 15 Freshmen.
The enrollment came from the following towns:
Girls
Boys
Total
New Salem
8
6
14
Warwick
5
3
8
Wendell
4
6
10
Orange
0
6
6
Athol
0
5
5
Erving
2
4
6
Leverett
3
4
7
Shutesbury
0
3
3
22
37
59
The following table shows the distribution among our courses of study :
Agriculture
Home Arts
College Commercial Total
Now
33
13
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Results of the past year leave me with only favorable com- ments. Discipline is excellent and the study habits of the students are far better than last year. Such an atmosphere is made possible through the diligent efforts of the teaching staff.
Since the opening of school we lost four students and gained seven new enrollees. This record is three better than last year when no gain whatsoever could be shown. Of the four who left, one Senior, William Burnett, enlisted in the Navy. There is still a possibility that one or two others may be called by the armed services. If this be the case, we feel the school has done its part in preparing them for any eventuality.
Our basketball schedule for both boys and girls includes a home and home series with Hardwick, Petersham, Barre, Bel- chertown, and Winchester, N. H. In the spring our baseball schedule will probably be the same as last year.
Several of our courses have been enhanced by new text- books, which have helped in making them up-to-date. Funda- mentals of Radio is the only Pre-Induction course offered this year, and eleven boys are enrolled in the course. For some of the boys this makes the third Pre-Induction course in two years. The course is a prerequisite to the Eddy test given by the armed services. Such a test is given to determine whether or not the candidate is qualified for specialization in some field of Radio or Radar. Although Radio is the only Pre-Induction course, we are injecting material that explores areas as requested by the armed services. Such material is used in the other courses whenever possible.
Our school is also flying the Minute Man flag, which is flown when 90% or more of the school buy War Stamps. On the whole, we are doing everything possible to aid the war effort.
Everything is being done to develop the non-academic student as a result of armed services demands. Thus, vocational subjects have been organized in many schools. However, New Salem Academy has been doing this for years-long before the war. Special mention of such work by New Salem Academy was made by the Commissioner of Education, Julius E. Warren. The citizens of New Salem have a perfect right to feel proud of such a commendation.
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Many people in New Salem will be interested to know that a former graduate of New Salem Academy, Ward N. Hunting, now a student at Houghton College, is listed in this year's "Who's Who in American Colleges."
The following is a record of our class accounts:
Balance Jan. 1, 1944 Jan. 1, 1945 $ 38 56
Balance
Lunch room
Class of '45
$47 98
393 08
Class of '46
19 97
54 22
Class of '47
10 30
35 17
Class of '48
Athletic Account
6 91
67 46
Salemica Account
78 84
55 28
Operetta Account
72 69
100 00
Miscellaneous Account
17 39
22 57
$254 08
$766 34
Respectfully submitted
JOSEPH CIECHON,
Principal
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PROGRAM 1944-1945
Period
Time
Mr. Ciechon
Miss Cavanaugh Mrs. Gardner Mr. Lundgren Mrs. Eaton Mr. Hawkes
1
8:30-9:10
Am. Hist.
College Eng. 1-2
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