Town annual reports of officers and committees of the town of Sunderland, Massachusetts 1942, Part 3

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Publication date: 1942
Publisher: Sunderland, Mass. : The Town
Number of Pages: 126


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Sunderland School Report


JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1942


SCHOOL BOARD


Theoren L. Warner, Chairman


Term expires 1944


Joseph R. Sadowski, Secretary Gale M. Merchant


Term expires 1945


Term expires 1943


John P. Colleran, M. D.


Clifton F. Hubbard


Elsie F. Smith, R. N.


School Physician Attendance Officer and Janitor School Nurse


UNION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS CONWAY-DEERFIELD-SUNDERLAND-WHATELY


Sidney Osborne South Deerfield


Office, High School Building, Telephone 190 Residence Telephone 220


Office open from 8.30 A. M .- 4.30 P. M. on school days Superintendent's Office hours, 3.30-4.30 on school days and by appointment


Sidney Osborne George F. Howland Charles A. Pielock Minnie E. Clapp


Superintendent Union Chairman Union Secretary Union Clerk


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TEACHERS IN SERVICE SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 31, 1942


Sunderland Grammar School


r Lillian M. Dill, Principal Mary B. Pomeroy


r Helen Wisnieski


r Bessie A. Perhonis


Grades 7 and 8 Grades 5 and 6


Grades 3 and 4


Grades 1 and 2


r Member of Retirement Association


Teachers of Special Subjects


Isabel B. Montague Stephen G. Maniatty


W. L. Rinehart


Music Drawing Handwriting


Teachers Who Have Left During the Year


Alice L. Warner


SCHOOL CALENDAR 1942-1943


September 9, 1942, Wednesday, Schools re-open


October 12, Monday, Observation of Columbus Day


November 11, Wednesday, Armistice Day


November 25, Wednesday, Schools close at noon for Thanks- giving Recess


December 23, Wednesday, Schools close for Christmas Vacation


January 4, 1943, Monday, Schools re-open


February 19, Friday, Schools close for Winter Recess March 1, Monday, Schools re-open


April 16, Friday, Schools close for Spring Recess


April 26, Monday, Schools re-open


May 31, Monday, Observation of Memorial Day


June 4, Friday, Schools close for Summer Vacation


Septemer 8, Wednesday, Schools re-open


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Expenditures For the year ending December 31, 1942


I. General Expense


School Committee:


Salaries


T. L. Warner


$40 00


Joseph R. Sadowski


30 00


Gale M. Merchant


30 00


$100 00


Superintendent and Enforcement of Laws:


Sidney Osborne, salary and travel


$699 96


Sidney Osborne, expense of office 8 00


Minnie E. Clapp, clerk 150 00


Clifton F. Hubbard, attendance


50 00


Joseph R. Sadowski, census


15 00


Minott Printing and Binding Co., forms


2 71


Sterling Press, stationery


3 55


Wright and Potter Co., ledger sheets


9 25


$938 47


II. Expenses of Instruction


Special Teachers:


Stephen G. Maniatty, art


$175 00


Isabel B. Montague, music


225 00


W. L. Rinehart, handwriting


150 00


$550 00


Teachers:


Lillian M. Dill


$1430 00


Mary B. Pomeroy


1080 00


Alice L. Warner


648 00


Helen Wisnieski


392 00


Bessie Perhonis


1130 00


$4680 00


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Books:


Ginn and Company


$36 77


Scott, Foresman and Co.


43 96


John C. Winston


11 97


$92 70


Supplies:


E. E. Babb and Co.


$ 44 17


Beaudette and Co.


5 91


Gledhill Brothers


17 89


J. L. Hammett Co.


269 38


F. J. Maloney


7 65


Minott Printing and Binding Co.


3 70


Nixon Specialty Co.


3 65


Springfield Office Supply Co.


18 00


Sterling Press


6 25


$376 60


III. Expenses of Operation


Janitor:


Clifton Hubbard


$996 00 $996 00


Fuel:


John A. Benjamin


$ 28 67


Wirthmore Grain and Coal Co.


642 11


$670 78


Miscellaneous:


Clark Hardware


$ 3 95


Commissioner of Public Safety


5 00


Ralph E. Estes


3 00


Clifton Hubbard


1 88


New England Telephone and Tele- graph Co.


35 10


Orient Spray Co.


15 41


Sunderland Water Co.


50 00


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Thacker Craig Paper Co. $22 80 Western Massachusetts Electric Co. 35 18


$172 32


IV. Expense of Maintenance


Repairs and Replacements:


Beaudette and Co.


$ 4 85


Ben's Service Station


2 00


John E. Fisher


300 00


Franklin County Lumber Co.


16 97


E. A. and E. N. Frary


11 25


G. W. Pomeroy


2 80


Sears Plumbing and Heating Co.


9 62


J. Andrew Stange


4 25


$351 74


V. Auxiliary Agencies


Health:


Fiske and Strecker


$ 2 85


Dr. John P. Colleran


50 00


Elsie F. Smith


195 00


$247 85


Transportation Elementary :


Elwood B. Clark


$456 00


Glenn Rose


493 00


$949 00


Transportation High School:


Elwood B. Clark


$1979 00


Glenn Rose


568 00


$2547 00


Transportation Vocational:


Harry E. Russ


$670 90


$670 90


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Tuitions High School: Town of Amherst


$8535 55 $8535 55


Tuitions Vocational: Smith's Agricultural School


$498 64


$498 64


Miscellaneous Auxiliary Expenses: Lillian M. Dill


$2 30


$2 30


VI. Outlay


Equipment:


Carl Larson


$8 22


$8 22


Summary of Expenditures


I. General Expense


$ 1038 47


II. Expenses of Instruction 5699 30


III. Expenses of Operation 1839 10


IV. Expenses of Maintenance 351 74


V. Auxiliary Agencies


13451 24


VI. Outlay


8 22


$22388 07


Sunderland School Committee


I believe the foregoing report to be an accurate record of disbursement of the school funds of 1942.


RICHARD L. DICKINSON, Auditor


January 11, 1943


REIMBURSEMENT FROM STATE FUNDS AND OTHER SOURCES ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS


Massachusetts School Fund, Part I, Income Tax $ 815 00


Transportation High School Pupils 2521 57


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Tuition High School Pupils Superintendent's Salary Vocational Tuition


$3602 91


373 33


681 38


Vocational Transportation


1127 68


Trustees, Massa chusetts Training School Tuition and Transportation 145 93


$9267 80


Total Expense for Schools


$22388 07


Less Receipts


9267 80


$13120 27


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Report of the Superintendent of Schools


T. L. Warner, Chairman The School Committee Sunderland, Mass.


Dear Mr. Warner:


I submit to your Board, herewith, my second annual report on the Schools of Sunderland; and it is written in the firm belief that things have gone along very well despite the exigencies of wartime.


The Sunderland Grammar School building has really been visited this past year by the townspeople, though the primary reason has been Rationing; and people must have a first-hand knowledge that our pupils are accommodated there under excellent conditions of heat, light, and ventilation.


SCHOOL PERSONNEL


The Age-Grade tabulation shown in my last year's report may be compared, to show enrollment trends, with the following data:


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Grade Ages in Years-As of October 1, 1942


Grade Totals


5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16


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4 8 2 1


15


2


1 4 1 1 1 4 9 2 1 3 3 1 4


3 1 4 1 1 8 5


1 2 1


1


14


Ages


Totals 4 9 10 14 7 13


16 15 9


4


1 102


The numerals in heavy type show the numbers of pupils of generally-accepted "normal" ages in the several grades and indicate a very fair balance therein. The decreased total enroll- ment validates my last year's forecast.


In secondary school levels, your Board has under its juris- diction the educational welfare of 58 pupils in current attend- ance at Amherst High School, including thirteen freshmen, sixteen sophomores, fourteen juniors and fifteen seniors; also of two boys who attend Smith's Agricultural School in Northamp- ton.


In the grammar school's teaching staff one change was made in 1942. Miss Alice Warner resigned as of June closing to accept a teaching position in Farmington, Connecticut. In her place was appointed Miss Helen Wisnieski of South Deerfield, who grad- uated from Worcester State Teachers College last June with a "B. S." degree in Education and an excellent record in Academics, and in many extra-curricular activities. The other members of the staff remain as heretofore.


EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS


Rationing of one thing or another necessitated our elimin- ating, last May, an excellent yearly practice-the Battery Achievement Test in our elementary grades. This has always been done with perfectly valid, standardized tests of nationally-


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recognized types, and covers a whole school year of work, there- by, furnishing schools with excellent promotion bases. But the various teachers conducted quite satisfactory testing programs and results have been good. The preparation continues to be adequate for entrance into secondary school, and the contin- uance of the Rinehart Functional Handwriting System is highly gratifying to me and to the teachers.


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES


Your progressive policy allows our maintenance of subject matter on a very up-to-date level, with the periodic replacement, by modern textbooks, of obsolete material; and the yearly appro- priations for this purpose are sufficient. Supplies have undergone noteworthy increases in cost, as I foretold; but the decreasing enrollment in school has generally offset price increases, and so far we have been able to obtain all types of needed materials with not too great difficulty.


REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT


All those that I recommended last year have been done; and there remains, apart from normally-expected small items, only a general overhaul of the lavatory equipment,-which cannot be done "for the duration" anyway, I expect. Indeed, our greatest problem, should emergency repairs be needed, will undoubtedly be that of labor, with materials ranking a close second in difficulty of obtaining.


BEHAVIOR


There are times when I believe a triple heading should be in place here, such as "Behavior, Attendance, Scholarship." Cer- tainly they are correlated. High School principals have to devote time, more now than ever before, to making out school record transcripts of ex-pupils, both for enlistments in the armed services and for potential employments; and I can state from my own experience in such recording, that the pupil who has over-


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casual ideas as to school attendance is very prone to have a poor scholastic and conduct record. They are all mental habits, to be overcome in the formative years lest they militate against later success in life.


The machinery of attendance-checking is cumbersome, necessarily; and especially so in the secondary levels. Persistent absence or tardiness of any of our pupils registered in Amherst High School is occasionally reported to me by note or telephone; then Mr. Hubbard must be contacted and his investigation follows. It is even slower in the case of Smith's School pupils- indeed, lost days there merely add to the duration of the course of instruction, and at added cost to the town.


I can only surmise, at this time, the seriousness of the competition for employment after this war is over. The jobs will go to those best fitted for them. I deplore this WAR TIME, which necessitates busses starting for school in the dark during these winter months; but the rulings are made, and must be abided by. I urge parents most earnestly to co-operate more fully with the school authorities by stressing to their children the absolute essentiality of Attendance, Punctuality, and Decency of Behavior. Those attended to, improvement in Scholarship will ensue.


RECOMMENDATIONS


I find that your wise policy of maintenance has left me entirely without repair projects which can possibly be done this year, so I can confine this section of the report to matters which include a subject touched upon in my second paragraph -:


1. I urge parents most cordially to visit their grammar school. People who are not parents, too; and those whose sons and daughters are beyond those grades. For many, the school is within walking distance; for some, it can be done incidentally with business trips.


2. I further urge parents to more thoroughly check their children's report cards, with a view to correction of indicated lapses of performance; and to consult with.


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teachers in their capacity as professional educators, just as they would a physician.


3. I recommend that the Graduation exercises continue to be simple in form. This with a view to elimination, of rehearsal time formerly devoted to more complicated ceremonies, in favor of all time possible in class-room study; and to tend to make less pronounced the distance between the elementary and seconday levels in education.


CONCLUSION


1942 brought about a new relationship between the school teachers and the general public. Teachers have been discovered to be members of a profession so uniquely organized that it was recognized in Washington as the most suitable National Regis- tration medium. They have given of their time and energy unsparingly in the rationing processes to date, and will do more of the same work in 1943.


Education has been recognized as an essential war activity; and that our own teachers have stayed at their educational posts in the face of far more remunerative opportunities elsewhere is evidence of their fine professional spirit. I am grateful for the constant loyalty and complete co-operation given me in these trying times by Mrs. Dill and her entire staff, and of all others who have contributed to the mental, physical, and spiritual welfare of our pupils. At this time I recommend readers to the various specialized reports and other data following my own.


This has been a very happy year for me; and I wish to express my sincere thanks to your Board members for the policies which made its so, and for your co-operation with me in every way.


Respectfully submitted,


SIDNEY OSBORNE,


Superintendent of Schools


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Report of Music Supervisor


Mr. Sidney Osborne Superintendent of Schools


My dear Mr. Osborne:


I submit herewith my annual report as Supervisor of Music in the Town of Sunderland.


Each year at this time, when reviewing the work of the past year, I find the aims to have been much the same as those of previous years; the outline of work to have followed that of other years.


However, this past year, with its uncertainties and anxieties, there has been a strong tendency by music educators to empha- size the need for more and more singing, either by actual reading of printed notes or by rote.


Here I have tried to strike a medium, a proper balance, between two methods. Fundamental technical material has been presented as before. However, the school has participated in more singing of folk songs presented by rote and by means of monthly pamphlets sent by the Franklin County Extension Service which contain folk songs of all types. I take this oppor- tunity to tell any one interested, that these pamphlets may be acquired free of charge from the Extension Service.


I regret that we were not able to buy more of the little "recorders" used last year; this was due to the fact that they were made of plastics and were no longer on the market. The class of boys last year having lessons on them seemed most enthusiastic and wished to continue their lessons. I also regret


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that we were not provided with the N. B. C. Music Appreciation Hour presented for so many past years; particularly since the graduating class of 1941 presented a radio to the school.


Graduation this last year was more informal than those of other years; the class sang several numbers which had been prepared for class room work, so needing no extra time for preparation. This gave an opportunity to show the type of work really done in the class room without taking hours of time from the regular curriculum.


In conclusion I would urge "Let's Keep Them Singing", says Marshall Bartholomew, a professor of Yale and director of its famed Glee Club and who is the father of community singing. "Let's have less talking and more singing. Talking is often preju- diced, opinionated, argumentative; singing, never. There's nothing better for war nerves and morale."


Respectfully submitted,


ISABEL B. MONTAGUE,


Music Supervisor


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Report of the Art Supervisor


Mr. Sidney Osborne Superintendent of Schools


Dear Sir:


I submit herewith my annual report as Supervisor of Art in the Sunderland Schools.


The classes in Art this year have taken as their theme pre- paredness. Our national situation makes it essential that we develop craftsmen and skilled workers. It has become necessary, therefore, to organize the work so that these skills may be acquired by the future protectors of our country.


The work in the primary groups is unchanged and is pro- gressing as in the past. In the elementary groups, the drawing classes are working on various Junior Civilian Defense notebooks. This Civilian Defense notebook consists of drawing and learning to identify the insignias of the Civilian Defense emblems, the Army and Navy rank insignias, silhouettes of aeroplanes, their designs and shapes, and their nationality.


Drawing helps one to remember; so by drawings and careful study our pupils of the elementary grades should be well equip- ped if an emergency should arise requiring discernment and depiction.


Another key point that is stressed in our art work is the development of imagination. Creative drawings and illustra- tions are carried out to further this development.


In closing may I suggest that freedom lives where freedom is born and taught; so in free expression one learns the meaning of standing on one's own feet and expressing one's own thoughts, therefore loving all that stands for freedom and equality.


Respectfully submitted,


STEPHEN G. MANIATTY,


Supervisor of Art


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Report of School Physician


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Mr. Sidney Osborne Superintendent of Schools Sunderland, Mass.


Dear Mr. Osborne:


I herewith submit my annual report on the physical condi- tion of the school children of Sunderland.


The usual physical examination of the school children has been carried out. In comparison with previous years, I feel that the children as a whole are in better physical condition.


Parents have taken advantage of the means of immuniza- tion against many of the contagious diseases and for which they are to be congratulated.


In conclusion I wish to take this opportunity of thanking our School Nurse, Miss Elsie Smith, for her cooperation in my work as School Physician.


Very truly yours,


JOHN P. COLLERAN, M. D.,


School Physician


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Report of School Nurse


Mr. Sidney Osborne Superintendent of Schools Sunderland, Mass.


My dear Mr. Osborne:


Miss Mary Lewis, State Consultant in Nursing, assisted with the audiometer tests for hearing of seventy-four pupils. Fifteen of these are to be retested.


At the three toxoid clinics, seventeen school and pre-school children were given this treatment for the prevention of diph- theria. Treatments for the prevention of whooping cough and scarlet fever are available through the family physician.


Arrangements were made for four children to have tonsil- ectomies at the hospital. Three came and were met there. The fourth had an appendectomy the month before and was unable to come. One went to a private physician.


Assistance was given with the physician's yearly examin- ation and the dental examination of the pupils as well as at the dental clinic. Twenty-three out of one hundred and six pupils examined needed no clinic care. Twenty-four children were treated at the clinic. Twenty-one had all needed dental work completed. Others had their work done by private dentists.


Inspection of children for signs of communicable disease and cleanliness were made several times during the year. Seven-


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ty-seven were tested for eyesight. A definite need for a more accurate measuring of eyesight exists at the present time.


Children were taken to their home, to the school doctor, to clinics or hospitals as the need arose for this service.


Eleven silent and two sound films on health subjects were shown to the pupils. Pictures were chosen suitable to the age of the children. New dark curtains are needed in the vacant room in order to show these films effectively on sunny days. Health educational material has been given to the teachers. Sixteen Health talks were given.


Twenty-two school visits and fifty home visits were made.


My appreciation of the hearty cooperation of each and every one connected with the schools is hereby given.


Respectfully submitted,


ELSIE F. SMITH, R. N.,


School Nurse


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REGISTRATION AND ATTENDANCE SUNDERLAND SCHOOLS


SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1942


Grades


Registration


Per cent


Teacher


Grades 7, 8


33


96.93


Lillian Dill


Grades 5, 6


22


95.55


Mary Pomeroy


Grades 3, 4


27


95.02


Helen Wisnieski


Grades 1, 2


26


94.93


Bessie Perhonis


108


95.60


DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1942


Local Schools


101


High Schools:


Amherst


64


Smith's School


4


68


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169


EXTRACTS FROM STATE REPORTS OF JUNE 1942


These reports do not include figures on Vocational Educa- tion.


Elementary Schools:


113


Number of pupils enrolled Average Membership


110


Per cent of attendance


98.23


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Approximate expenditure per pupil in average membership $80.44


High Schools: Number of pupils for whom Town paid tuition for not less than one- half year


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SUNDERLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL


CLASS ROLL


1942


Elliot Clark *Donald Goodyear Lorane Graves *Stuart Gunn Charles Hepburn Doris Kulikosky


Sophie Mogelinski


Barbara Navasinski George Olanyk Anna Palembas *John Petraitis Evelyn Tenney


Alice Turk Edna Warner


Mildred Warner


Perfect attendance for the year


SUNDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES


Amherst High School


Edmund Adamski Albert Bartos Rosalind Boron Blanche Cybulski Walter Dzenis Nellie Grigonis


Charles Gunn Edith Korpeta Walter Kosloski Walter Kozlosky June Perry Ann Zakaitis


84 Smith's Agricultural School Chester Storozuk


CENSUS, OCTOBER 1, 1942


Boys and Girls, age 5-7


20


Boys and Girls, age 7-16


125


145


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Report of State Audit


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Department of Corporations and Taxation


Division of Accounts


STATE HOUSE, BOSTON


November 10, 1942


To The Board of Selectmen Mr. Walter F. Hubbard, Chairman Sunderland, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Sunderland for the period from October 25, 1940 to October 14, 1942, made in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.


Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts


TNW:MMH


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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell


Director of Accounts


Department of Corporations and Taxation


State House, Boston


Sir:


As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Sunderland for the period from October 25, 1940, the date of the previous audit, to October 14, 1942, and submit the following report thereon :


The records of financial transactions of the several de- partments receiving or disbursing town funds or sending out bills for collection, were examined and checked in detail.


The surety bonds of the town officials required to furnish them for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.


The receipts for licenses issued by the selectmen were check- ed with the record of licenses granted, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


The records of receipts from town hall rents were checked with the record of rentals and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were compared with the de- partmental records of payments to the treasurer and with the other sources from which money was paid into the treasury. The payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants, the cash book was footed, and the cash balance on October 14, 1942, was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconcil- iation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the de- pository.


The payments of debt and interest were proved by com- parison with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled se- curities on file.


The tax title record in the custody of the treasurer was ex- amined and checked with the deeds and with the accounts of the treasurer and collector.




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