Town annual reports of officers and committees of the town of Sunderland, Massachusetts 1927, Part 2

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Publication date: 1927
Publisher: Sunderland, Mass. : The Town
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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


3


June 5. Frederic Lee Whitmore


75


8


13


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


40


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


55


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.


52


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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