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Received from:
C. G. Clark, sealer of weights and measures $ 51 78
Central Vermont R. R., fighting fire 126 25
Sunday Sales License 3 00
Refund on toll calls 2 70
R. B. Brown, collector, 1926 taxes 303 04
R. B. Brown, collector, 1926 interest 6 33
R. B. Brown, collector 1926 tax 122 55
R. B. Brown, collector 1926 interest 65
R. B. Brown, collector 1927 poll taxes 138 00
R. B. Brown, collector 1927 taxes 42314 41
R. B. Brown, collector 1927 interest 103 47
$93277 57
PAYMENTS
Paid Selectmen's orders
$15397 53
School Committee's orders
28013 63
Produce National Bank, temporary loans
25000 00
Produce National Bank, discount
617 36
School House Notes
3250 00
Interest on School House Notes
2193 75
County Tax
3045 11
State Tax
2520 00
Repair of State Highways
397 10
Veterans Exemption
6 08
Director of Accounts, certifying notes
6 00
C. E. Parsons, court fees and expens- es 95 05
M. W. Carroll, court fees and expens- es 1 60
Produce National Bank, rent of de- posit box 6 00
Library appropriation
300 00
Helen Hoxie, envelopes
21 92
Dan McCleary, fighting fire
16 50
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Paid Norton McCleary, fighting fire $ 10 50
Neil McCleary, fighting fire 2 50
Joe Dickerson, fighting fire
13 00
Myron Dodge, fighting fire
22 00
Philip Councilman, fighting fire
13 00
Owen Johnson, fighting fire
9 00
J. Dodge, fighting fire
2 00
Glenn Rose, fighting fire
2 00
Alex Cybuliski, fighting fire
2 00
C. M. Gunn, fighting fire
9 50
F. D. Hubbard, fighting fire
8 50
James Warner, fighting fire
15 75
Library, dog money
310 42
Balance in Treasury
$81307 80 11969 77
A. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer.
Having made a careful examination of the Treasurer's record of the cash received and disbursed during the past year, I believe the foregoing balance sheet to correctly set forth the financial condition of the Town of Sunderland as at December 31, 1927.
DAISY B. MONTAGUE, Auditor January 20, 1928.
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Collector's Report
Town tax
$36096 43
County tax
3045 11
State tax
2520 00
State Highway
397 10
Overlayings
219 29
Poll (only)
140 00
Interest
103 47
Omitted assessment
63 68
$42585 08
Paid Town Treasurer
Tax
$42452 41
Interest
103 47
Abated taxes
29 20
$42585 08
Respectfully submitted,
R. B. BROWN, Collector.
I have examined the warrants issued to the Tax Collector by the Assessors, have verified his account by a comparison with the Treasurer's cash book, and I believe the above statement to be correct.
DAISY B. MONTAGUE, Auditor. January 19, 1928.
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Town Clerk's Report
BIRTHS IN 1927
Number of births reported, 40.
Number of males, 22.
Number of females, 18.
Feb. 19. Frederick to John and Mary Wisnekevitz. 26. George Walter to George and Edith Bristol.
Mar. 21. Charles to Alexander and Julia Demianczek. 22. Mary Louise to Clarence and Frances Clark. 23. Blanche to Joseph and Anna Kolikoski.
April 27. Angelo to Angelo and Jennie Correale.
30. Charles Clark to Philip and Florence Hepburn ..
May 22. Blanche Angie to Antoni and Stella Walerico.
27.
Julia to Frank and Julia Bysinski.
29 Roger to Mike and Annie Urkevitz.
29. Lucy Boleslava to William and Mary Penza.
June 14.
Walter to Wilfred and Alice Kololinski.
Aug. 15. Margaret Theresa to Patrick and Margaret Hogan.
25. Felma to Frank and Sophie Petrula.
Sept. 1. Alexander to Alexander and Helen Kozikowski.
2. Lucy Frances to Paul and Julia Yakubitis.
8. Elenor Louise to Lawrence and Evelyn Lapine.
13. James Hubert to Hubert and Helen Merrim.
15. Myron George to Charles and Mary Lapine.
Oct. 18. to Charles and Antonia Kokoski.
22. Donald Ralph to Robert and Elsie Goodyear.
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Nov. 3. John to Joseph and Eva Lackaitis.
27. Richard Edward to Joseph and Mildred Rayner.
MARRIAGES IN 1927
April 12. John Francis Kay and Elizabeth Laura Hathaway.
May 9. Charles Kokosky and Antonia Sobelowski.
June 27. Elwood Ball Clark and Georgie I. Miller.
29. Joseph Meleski and Agnes Turbak.
Aug. 20. James V. David and Clara L. Hubbard.
24. James Lowell Williams and Dorothy Pearl Wallace.
Oct. 10. John J. Polick and Mary Shogan.
12. Gaspard T. Lafond and Mildred Teresa Walsh.
24. Stanley Ciesirski and Annie Discawicz.
Nov. 17. Kirby Seldon Carpenter and Grace Elizabeth Hall.
Dec. 15. Ralph N. Marvell and Amy H. Hubbard.
DEATHS IN 1927
Yrs. 55
Mos. Days
Mar. 10. John Tomaszkawicz
14. Margaret E. Hobart
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June 5. Frederic Lee Whitmore
75
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30. Ira Anthony Hoxie
60
4
6
Sept. 1. Alexander Kozikowski
2 hrs.
Oct. 15. Warren R. Allen
77
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BAXTER N. FISH, Town Clerk.
BAXTER N. FISH, Town Clerk, in account with Dog Taxes:
To cash received for 97 dogs
$254 00
Cr. by Clerk's fees
$ 19 40
Paid County Treasurer
234 60
$254 00
Sunderland, January 14, 1928.
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Riverside Cemetery Report
RECEIPTS
Balance in Treasury Jan. 1, 1927
$167 54
Interest on Trust Funds 399 42
$566 96
PAYMENTS
G. A. Childs, caretaker
$461 05
W. H. Dill, painting fence
51 53
Goodyear Bros., flowers
18 50
Greenfield Granite & Marble Co., repairs
5 00
Sunderland Water Co.
3 00
$539 08
Balance in Treasury
27 88
$566 96
Additions to Trust Funds during 1927: From the estate of Caroline B. Harper for perpetual care of the Harper Lots
$100 00
TRUST FUNDS
Westfield Savings Bank
$1350 00
Amherst Savings Bank 1557 66
Franklin Savings Institution
2783 23
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Oklahoma Mortgage 1928 Arkansas Mortgage 1930 Produce National Bank
$1000 00
1200 00
100 00
$7990 89
A. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer.
I believe the foregoing statement sets forth correctly the financial condition of the Riverside Cemetery Association as at December 31, 1927.
DAISY B. MONTAGUE, Auditor. January 17, 1928.
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Report of Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
One general inspection of barns and animals was made dur- ing January at which time:
70 Stables were visited
361 Dairy Cattle inspected
153 Swine 1 Sheep.
Seven cows were condemned as tuberculous and killed.
We have inspected at time of slaughtering 2084 pork, 15 beef and 21 veal.
Two carcasses of pork were condemned as unfit for food, as well as a number of parts of animals.
Respectfully submitted,
M. H. WILLIAMS, Inspector. K. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Inspector.
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Forest Warden's Report
During the year 1927 there were four fires, that cost $136.75 to extinguish. One of these was set by an engine of the C. V. Ry. and the town received $126.50 from the railroad, the cost of extinguishing the fire.
25 fire permits were issued during the year.
We have purchased 14 new fire extinguishers during the year, and received a refund from the state of $80.50, 1-2 the cost of this equipment.
The state has $50 available for use in Sunderland for fire fighting equipment. I recommend we purchase more hose, as we have room for more on our reels. Whatever amount up to $100 we spend, one-half will be refunded by the state.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. WARNER, Forest Warden.
Gypsy Moth
484 egg clusters were found and destroyed, which is about half the number that was found last year.
R. W. GRAVES, Superintendent.
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Library Report
RECEIPTS
Balance in Treasury, January 1, 1927 $ 8 44
Town appropriation
300 00
Estate of Caroline B. Harper
500 00
Received from Woman's Club
15 00
Interest on Trust Funds
370 11
Dog money
310 42
$1503 97
PAYMENTS
Springfield News Co., books
$221 54
Library Book House, books
57 64
Amherst Gas Co. 51 03
Mrs. Mary B. Pomeroy, librarian
136 40
Mrs. Rose Sharkey, assistant librarian
77 22
W. A. Clark, janitor
100 00
Thomas Sharkey, wood
10 00
Gaylord Bros., supplies
23 10
J. B. Bridges, coal
82 75
Sunderland Water Co.
5 00
Nelson, Doubleday, Inc., books
10 50
H. W. Wilson Co.
7 70
National Library Binding Co.
19 80
B. N. Fish, magazines
50 90
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W. F. Sharkey, wood
$ 6 00
Franklin Savings Institution
500 00
$1359 58
Balance in Treasury
144 39
$1503 97
TRUST FUNDS
Addition to Trust Funds during 1927 From the Estate of Caroline B. Harper, the income to be used for the purchase of books, five hundred dollars.
Rufus Rowe Graves Fund
American Tel. and Tel. 5's 1946
$1600 00
Franklin Savings Institution 500 00
Juliette Montague Cook Fund
Penn R. R. 7's 1930
1000 00
Henry W. Taft Fund
Real Estate Mortgage
500 00
Sarah Loraine Graves Fund
Franklin Savings Institution
400 00
Caroline B. Harper Fund
Franklin Savings Institution
500 00
General Funds
Real Estate Mortgage
2500 00
$7000 00
A. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer.
In my opinion the foregoing statement sets forth correctly the financial condition of the Sunderland Library as at Decem- ber 31, 1927.
DAISY B. MONTAGUE, Auditor.
January 17, 1928.
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Report of the Librarian
The circulation of books for 1927 was 13,629.
Two hundred and ten books have been added during the year, including gifts of seventy-two volumes. Number of bound volumes on hand 7279.
MARY B. POMEROY, Librarian,
ADULT FICTION
Aldrich
Beach
Bindloss
Bindloss
Boyd
Bromfield
Bromfield
Brynor
Burt
Chambers
Coolidge
Coyle
Curwood
Dawson
Dell
Dickens
Dickens
Cutters
Mating call Ghost of Hemlock Canyon Pine Creek ranch Marching on Early autumn A good woman Andy Brandts' ark Delectable mountains Man they hanged Under the sun Shule agra Black hunter When is always Black knight Pickwick papers Old curiosity shop
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Eaton Ferber Fletcher Fletcher Gregory Grierson Heyward Knibbs
Lincoln
Lovelace
Lutz
Lutz Marshall Marshall Martin McClure McIntyre Mervin Miller Morrow Norris Ogden Oppenheim Ostenso
Parish Porter Richmond
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Rinehard Robertson Robertson Sabin Sanders Sawyer Sedgwick Tarkington Treynor Walpole
Idyl twin fires Show-boat Mary was love Nazaroff mystery Desert thoroughbred Lost Pearl Angel Sunny Mateel Kinks Aristocratic Miss Brewster Black angels Coming thru the rye Job's niece Allbrights Deadfall Sylvia of the minute Price of wisdom Shot towers Entertaining angel Colfax book-plate For ever free Sea-gull Short grass Mystery-road Dark dawn To-morrow morning Magic Garden Cherry square Lost ecstasy Boss of tumbling H Foreman of forty bar Rio Bravo Crimson trail Seven miles to Arden Old Countess Plutocrat Runaway trail Harmer John
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Warner Webster Wells
Wharton
Williams
Wright
Young
Young
Being a boy Philopena Red-haired girl Twilight sleep Immortal longings God and the groceryman William Heaven trees
JUVENILE FICTION
Abbott
Adams
Almond
Arnold
Bartlett
Blake
Campbell
Chrisman
Calum Cooper
Davies
Grishna
Hawks
Hill
Holmes James
Kepplier
Lagerlof
Lamprey
Lofting Lustig Mabie Mabie Macdonald Macdonald McNeil
Juliet is twenty Toto and the gift Peter Rabbit series 22 vs. Stepping-stones Spunk, leader of dog team Bow-view Patsey's brothers Shen of the sea Children of Odin Spy Our friends at the farm Peter Pea Red coat Charlie and surprise house Travel stories Smoky Famous verse Further adventures of Nils In the days of the guild Dr. Dolittle's caravan Roses of winds Legends Myths Honor girl Cobble Corners Daniel Duluth
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Paine
Patch Putnam
Putnam
Searing
Seton Stoddard
Sugimoto
Terhune
Thomsen Thomsen
Buried treasure Bird stories David goes voyaging David goes to Greenland When Granny was a little girl Pioneering and woodcraft, 6 vs. Our friends at the Zoo With Taro and Hana in Japan Grey Dawn Birch and star East o' the sun, west o' the moon
NON-FICTION
Akeley
Barton
Beebe
Blanchan
Boynton
Burt
Durant
Fosdick Gilbreth
Greene
Griffis
Hoyt Hudson
King
Lawrence
Lindsay
Mathews
McNamee Meeker
Oliphant Packard
In brightest Africa Great, good man Jungle peace Wild flowers Mile-stones in American literature Planning your party Community drama Story of Philosophy Adventurous religion Home-maker, her job Lone-winter Flag, stripes and stars Homes of famous Americans Encyclopedia of quotations Idle days in Patagonia Beginners garden Revolt in desert Candle in cabin American wild flowers You're on the air Kate Mulhall Modern Priscilla furnishing book Jeanne D'Arc Nations as neighbors
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Paine
Mark Twain
Parker
More ports, more happy places
Rockwell
Schauffler
Around the year in the garden Memorial day Men who made the nation
Spark
Teasdale
Thomson
Vande-Water
Dark of the moon Eugene Field Twelve one act plays Family fliers to Frisco
PERIODICALS
American
American Boy Asia
National Geographic New Near East Pictorial Review
Atlantic Monthly
Poland
Dumb Animals
Popular Mechanics
Garden Magazine
Popular Science
Good Housekeeping
Saint Nicholas
Science and Invention
Harper's Ladies' Home Journal Little Folks McCall's
Scribners
Sunset
World's Work
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Report of Committee of Care of Town Park
The committee for the Town Park is very gratified to report that during 1927 public interest was so aroused in the park that as soon as weather permitted members of the Sunday School un- der the leadership of their Superintendent congregated in the park and constructed tables, cleaned up and burned debris, installed a water system, built a road and formed parking space.
Later the Grange built a number of swings. On the Fourth of July a public picnic was held at which Prof. Fred Cooley spoke.
The Garden section of the Woman's Club late in August, planted beds of Iris, Peony, and Phlox, forming a nucleus to a collection of flower beds should the experiment prove a success.
The Park Committee was advised that the planting of trees in previous years by the children of the 8th grade was so effi- ciently done that further planting of trees for the present is unnecessary.
The committee finds that the Sunday School, the Grange and the Woman's Club, the Dorcas society and Men's club have all contributed immeasurably towards making "Our Park" a place of beauty and joy to our community and may we ask of our fellow townspeople to sustain their interest in Sunderland's park this coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
LILLIAN DILL, AUGUSTUS F. GRAVES, GEORGE P. SMITH.
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School Report
JANUARY 1, 1927 TO DECEMBER 31, 1927
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Mrs. Abby H. Smith, Chairman
Term expires 1928
George P. Smith
Term expires 1929
Robert N. Goodyear
Term expires 1930
SUPERINTENDENT
Marvin E. Janes Telephone Office 190
South Deerfield Residence 168
ATTENDANCE OFFICER AND JANITOR
Fred E. Welsh
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Chas. Moline, M. D.
SCHOOL NURSE
Elsie F. Smith, R. N.
SUPERVISORS
Music, Isabel W. Bullis. Art, Shiela K. McCarthy Home Economics, Elsie J. Pfersick Physical Education, Marjorie E. Bent
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1928
January 3, Schools open for Winter Term.
March 23, Schools close for Spring Vacation. April 2, Schools open for Spring Term. June 15, Grade Schools close for Summer Vacation. September 4, Schools open for Fall Term. December 21, Schools close for Holiday Recess. January 2, 1929, Schools open for Winter Term.
HOLIDAYS
New Year's Day, Monday, January 2, 1928.
Washington's Birthday, Wednesday, February 22.
Patriots' Day, Thursday, April 19.
Memorial Day, Wednesday, May 30.
Columbus Day, Friday, October 12.
Thanksgiving Recess, November 29, 30.
TEACHERS
Lillian M. Dill
Grade 8
Carolyne C. Allen
Grade 7
Jeannette H. Rosengren
Grade 6
Anna M. Jegelwicz
Grades 5, 6 Grade 5
Fanny P. Williams
Grade 4
Olive C. Hubbard Clarabelle Wheeler
Grade 3
Lucy L. Andrews
Grade 2
Eleanor M. Swann
Marian T. Jewett
Grades 1, 2 Grade 1
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT EXPENDITURES
1. General Expense
School Committee:
Abby H. Smith
$50 00
Robert N. Goodyear 30 00
George P. Smith
20 00
Grace L. Stone, clerk
50 00
Mariam S. Kilburn, clerk
50 00
Lillian M. Dill, census
30 00
$230 00
Superintendent and Law Enforcement:
Andrew S. Thomson, salary
$373 38
Andrew S. Thomson, expenses
13 68
Fred E. Welsh, attendance officer
50 00
Marvin E. Janes, salary and expense
300 00
$737 06
II. Expenses of Instruction
Special Teachers:
Marjorie Bent, physical education
$228 00
Marjorie Bent, expenses
10 80
Isabel Bullis, music
200 00
Shiela McCarthy, drawing
100 00
Shiela McCarthy, expenses
5 70
Elsie Pfersick, domestic science
218 00
Elsie Pfersick, expenses
16 40
$778 90
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Teachers:
Lillian Dill
$1370 00
Katherine Dunn
600 00
Carolyne Allen
430 00
Viola Lesure
540 00
Jeannette Rosengren
370 00
Olive Hubbard
1100 00
Fanny Williams
1050 00
Clarabelle Wheeler
1020 00
Lucy Andrews
940 00
Frances Drury
540 00
Anna Jegelwicz
370 00
Marian Jewett
1050 00
Eleanor Swann
940 00
Mary Pomeroy
64 00
Daisy Montague
8 00
$10392 00
Books:
Ginn & Co.
$111 58
Public School Publishing Co.
4 53
Silver Burdett Co.
24 07
E. E. Babb & Co.
7 58
Lyons & Carnahan
31 07
Longman Green Co.
27 08
Houghton Mifflin Co.
27 15
World Book Co.
19 11
American Book Co.
6 90
Hall & McCreary Co.
3 60
John C. Winston Co.
21 57
Charles E. Merrill Co.
1 13
Macmillan Co.
12 94
$298 31
Supplies:
C. H. Demond & Co.
$ 3 25
Hall & MoCreary Co.
2 14
Clark & Goodyear
155 96
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World Book Co.
$ 2 84
Kardex Rand Sales Corp.
2 10
A. C. Warner
4 75
J. L. Hammett Co.
86 90
J. T. Manix
4 00
Macmillan Co.
83
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
466 77
R. N. Goodyear
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Horace Partridge Co.
16 11
Carter Paper Co.
20 40
Isabel Bullis
1 50
E. E. Babb & Co.
9 75
Lillian Dill
5 40
Fred Welsh
1 00
Mass. Reformatory for Women
6 77
A. N. Palmer Co.
10 82
Marvin E. Janes, printing
9 56
Houghton Mifflin Co.
15 58
Educational Music Bureau
2 44
Allen & Woodworth
5 00
Herman Buchholz & Sons
3 10
Carpenter & Morehouse
7 50
$845 02
III. Expenses of Operation
Janitor :
Fred Welsh
$1411 84
Fuel:
Ben-Ford Co.
$1129 17
Whitmore & Bixby
81 00
H. C. Pomeroy
5 00
$1215 17
Miscellaneous:
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
$49 05
Amherst Gas Co.
27 00
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H. W. Woodbury
$ 4 25
Franklin County Lumber Co.
1 82
Fred E. Welsh
9 33
Sunderland Water Co.
70 00
L. M. Glover Co.
12 75
Mass. State Prison
33 16
Com. Public Safety
5 00
Thacker Craig Paper Co.
22 00
George Starbuck & Sons, Inc.
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Abby H. Smith
2 16
John C. Wilson Co.
8 55
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
1 58
H. C. Pomeroy
12 00
Charles H. Thomas & Co.
10 00
$269 17
IV. Expenses of Maintenance
Repairs:
Franklin County Jail
$ 2 50
Wm. H. Dill
15 85
$18 35
V. Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation :
K. S. Williams
$ 799 50
Clifton Hubbard
1560 00
G. R. Fisher
3250 45
Michael Kicza
15 90
George Bristol
11 10
Nellie Russ
12 20
Gordon Russ
28 80
$5677 95
Health :
Elsie F. Smith, nurse $180 00
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Dr. Charles Moline The Howe Scale Co.
$51 50
29 90
$261 40
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Tuition :
Town of Greenfield
$ 206 00
Town of Deerfield
452 50
Town of Amherst
5034 42
$5692 92
VI. Outlay
New Equipment: R. A. Slocombe
$185 54
SUMMARY
Expenditures
1. General Expense
$ 967 06
2. Expense of Instruction
12314 23
3. Expense of Operation 2896 18
4. Expense of Maintenance 18 35
5. Auxiliary Agencies
11632 27
6. Outlay
185 54
$28013 63
I believe the foregoing report to be an accurate record of the disbursements of our school funds for 1927.
DAISY B. MONTAGUE, Auditor. January 18, 1928.
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MONEY RECEIVED FROM STATE 1927
Mass. General Fund Part I
$4320 00
Mass. General Fund Part II
2038 63
Superintendent's Salary
386 67
High School Tuition
2818 46
Transportation
2237 75
$11801 51
ESTIMATE FOR 1928
Teachers
$11500 00
Books and Supplies
1100 00
School Committee
100 00
Clerk
100 00
Census
30 00
Attendance Officer
50 00
Superintendent and Expense
800 00
Janitor
1450 00
Fuel
1400 00
Repairs
300 00
Miscellaneous
200 00
Transportation
5500 00
Tuition
5200 00
Health
400 00
Equipment
200 00
$28330 00
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
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TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE:
It is with some misgivings that one attempts to review a year's work and progress after but four months' connection with the school system. Yet that there has been progress and real achievement throughout the year should not be ignored. I found in the Sunderland schools a corps of faithful and efficient teachers, working under pleasant and agreeable surroundings and conditions. I am deeply indebted to them for their cooper- ation and loyalty.
Several changes in the teaching force occurred with the opening of the schools in September. Miss Dunn, Miss Drury, and Miss Lesure resigned at the close of school in June. Miss Jegelwicz and Miss Rosengren were appointed to the 5th and 6th grades respectively, and Mrs. Carolyne Allen succeeded Miss Dunn in the 7th grade.
The close of the term in June witnessed the graduation of a large class from the 8th grade. The number of pupils in the first grades is 10 less than last year. The census of October reported an increase of 6 in the number of children of school age in the town. Yet there is no appreciable difference in the total registration of the schools, nor is there any indication of any radi- cal change in school population or in housing demands. I am quite convinced that, in view of the number of children who have had to repeat the 1st grade on account of language difficulties,
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one of the first grades might well be organized as a preliminary, or even a kindergarten class. This would involve no additional teacher or classroom and, I believe, is a plan worthy of consider- ation.
Few innovations or changes in courses or textbooks have occurred. The policy of replenishing and taking care of such equipment as we have has been followed with the earnest cooper- ation of the teachers.
Health education has taken a special form in the 7th and 8th grades in the organization of these classes into Health Crusaders. The 7th grade acquired one National Banner, and the 8th grade won its second National Banner last year. The Crusade is again in force this year with increased interest. A modified plan of primary reading methods, begun last year, has been put in full operation with gratifying results. Reading is the major subject in primary instruction and the one found most difficult of mast- ery by a large part of our pupils. The revised method seeks to bring this subject into closer relation with the other activities of the primary classroom and to take advantage of these act- ivities in motivating the child's interest. We should develop some form of practical arts work for the boys of the 7th and 8th grades. The girls are well-provided for in the Home Economics courses, but the teachers and superintendent are often sorely perplexed as to what can be profitably offered the boys of these classes. Some modification in the mathematics course of the 8th grade to meet the changing conditions in high school courses is desirable in the near future. The number of Sunderland pupils attending various high schools is creditable to the local school and to community standards. There are at the close of the year, 35 pupils in Amherst high school, 1 in Greenfield high school, and 5 in Deerfield high school.
I desire to emphasize the suggestion made in the report of the Supervisor of Physical Education in regard to extending the usefulness of our playgrounds. One of my predecessors informs me that Sunderland was the first town in this section to provide apparatus for its school playgrounds. The swings, to which he referred, are still on the Town Hall grounds, and little has been added since. These swings are ill-adapted to the use of the smal-
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ler children now using them and should be replaced with lighter apparatus. The ample space around the new building offers a splendid opportunity for the development of a school and village playground. The equipment of these grounds and some steps toward the addition of trees and shrubbery to the site is an enter- prise which should appeal to our civic pride.
Sunderland presents an excellent illustration of the advan- tage of a consolidated school system. The gathering together of the children of all the town into one social family is a policy typically American in spirit and full of promise for future gener- ations. The merits of this system require no argument from me but I cannot withold comment upon the wisdom of its applica- tion in our community. The schools should be prepared to take full advantage of its possibilities. No one familiar with school conditions in the Valley can fail to be impressed with the excellent record of attendance made in the Sunderland schools. This task has not been accomplished without constant effort upon the part of the teachers and efficient work upon the part of the attendance officer. Regular attendance has become a habit with the most of the pupils of the school but there are still some parents who do not cooperate very willingly.
Respectfully submitted,
MARVIN E. JANES, Superintendent.
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Statisical Table September to December 1927
Grade
Total
Average Membership Attendance Attendance
Percent
Teachers
8
22
21
*99.5
Lillian Dill
7
30
29
97.5
Carolyne Allen
6
35
33
97.5
Jeanette Rosengren
5,6
29
27
97.0
Anna Jegelwicz
5
33
29
96.8
Fanny Williams
4
43
39
97.6
Olive Hubbard
3
41
37
96.1
Clarabelle Wheeler
2
43
39
98.2
Lucy Andrews
1
35
32
96.4
Marian Jewett
1
24
22
98.3
Eleanor Swann
335
308
96.1
* Highest Percentage of Attendance
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Report of Supervisor of Music
Mr. Marvin E. Janes
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit to you my annual report of the Sunder- land Public Schools.
In music there are found three distinct elements; namely, rhythm, melody, and harmony. I will give a brief outline of the treatment of these elements in public school music.
The most universal element is rhythm; it is found to some extent in all human beings and it is the work of the music super- visor to stimulate and draw it out. The victrola is one of our most helpful means, for in the lower grades we have the toy orchestras accompanied by the victrola; in the upper grades we have the study of the orchestra and its music.
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