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Only ordinary attainment and in most cases actual sub- ject failure can be expected by those who are unwilling to in- clude in the day's time schedule a period devoted exclusively to home study. Certainly it must be emphasized that no pupil who is not studious and accustomed to daily home study hours can hope to be successful in college or even meet the admission requirements. The indifferent student must necessarily lose
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out in competition with those who have built up during the high school years a sound scholastic record and its concomi- tant mental discipline.
While it is not possible to outline a time schedule of home study correct for all pupils, the following may be a reason- ably satisfactory guide. A seventh grade pupil may profit- ably spend in home study from thirty to forty-five minutes each day; an eighth grade pupil from forty-five minutes to an hour; ninth to twelfth grade pupils from one hour to an hour and a half. Any pupil planning to attend college should de- vote two hours per day in home study.
Parents are urged to note carefully the report card marks which are issued at the end of every two months during the school year. If there are failures or low marks, they are the joint concern of pupils, parents and teachers. The teachers will be available and interested in discussing pertinent mat- ters with parents when requested.
Graduation exercises of Mendon High School were held June 14, 1945. Eleven pupils received dplomas: Ralph H. Brown, Lorraine I. Carmody, Shirley M. Coleman, Roy A. Johnson, Berneta M. Lowell, Donald H. Phipps, David F. Thomas, Kenneth E. Twitchell, Victor C. Wandres, Charles H. Wood, Glenroy A. Wright. First honors in scholarship were won by Shirley M. Coleman, and second honors by Victor C. Wandres. The Alumni Medal was awarded to Ralph H. Brown.
Prize Speaking was held April 27, 1945 at the Mendon Town Hall. Eight pupils presented selections. First prize was won by Victor C. Wandres; second prize by Berneta M. Lowell; and third prize by Wesley T. Rogers.
A minstrel show was presented at the Town Hall on March 23rd, and on December 7th the Senior Play, Spring Fever, was presented.
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On November 16, 1945 an evening session of all grades was held in connection with the observance of American Edu- cation Week.
Registration figures on December 21, 1945 are as fol- lows: Grade One-19; Grade Two-25; Grade Three-17; Grade Four-29; Grade Five-17; Grade Six-27; Grade Seven-33; Grade Eight-22; Grade Nine-18; Grade Ten- 16; Grade Eleven-9; Grade Twelve-9.
Both returning veterans and men still in the armed ser- vices who left high school before securing a diploma may ap- ply credits earned through service training programs as school credits. All service courses, specialized study, and initial training periods will be evaluated at the request of the service man, and, when the high school graduation credit requirements have been completed, a high school diploma will be granted. For further information, the high school prin- cipal should be consulted.
In conclusion, I wish to express my appreciation and that of the teaching staff for the cooperation and assistance of the Superintendent of Schools, School Committee, and towns- people of Mendon.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY P. CLOUGH,
Principal.
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SCHOOL NURSE'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1945.
To MR. PERCY L. ROWE,
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :-
The following is submitted as the school nurse's report for the year ending December 31, 1945.
Throughout the year, when school was in session, the nurse visited Center school one day a week, usually on a Tuesday.
The pupils from the first grade throughout the high school were weighed and measured three times and weight slips were sent home to the parents or guardians.
In January, February and March there were a few cases of Scarlet-Fever, Mumps, Whooping-cough and Chicken-pox among the school children, but at no time were these condi- tions alarming.
At this time home visits were made to check on the sick and to all absentees looking for suspicious cases.
In April the Annual Toxoid Clinic was in progress with thirty children starting the treatment. Eight school children and five pre-school received the three protective doses. The remainder made up of infants and babies received from one to three doses.
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In May the State Department of Health loaned an audio- meter to the school. The school nurse, assisted by Miss Glidden, a nurse from the State Department of Health, tested the hearing of 231 children. Fifty-eight of these were retested and twenty were found to have a hearing loss.
Home visits were made in the summer months to those whom Dr. Campbell had found with physical defects.
The school nurse also visited at this time the parents of children who were six years of age and preparing to enter school in the fall, advising early vaccination and a general physical examination.
In the fall the nurse assisted Dr. Campbell with the physical examinations of all school children.
The following is a summary of the defects found by Dr. Campbell :
Enlarged tonsils 31
Adenoids 2
Heart murmurs 13
Wax in ears 17
Cavities of teeth 68
Skin conditions 8
Notices of these defects were sent to parents or guardi- ans.
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The following is a summary of the work done by the nurse within the school building :
Cleanliness inspections of pupils 395
Classroom inspections of pupils 38
Advice given to pupils 184
First aid given to pupils
47
Pupils excluded from school
25
Pupils inspected for disease
225
Health talks to classes 20
Talks with teachers regarding pupils
116
Home visits investigation absentees or checking illness 158
In closing may I thank Mr. Rowe, Mr. Clough and the teaching staff for their cooperation, and the school commit- tee and parents for their understanding and confidence.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN C. GRADY, R. N.,
School Nurse.
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REPORT OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR.
December 31, 1945.
MR. PERCY L. ROWE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, MENDON, MASS. Dear Sir,
I hereby submit my report of work done in music in the schools of Mendon for the year ending December 31, 1945.
Throughout the grades and high school, the proper use of the singing voice has been taught. The pupils in the grades have been encouraged to use head tones. This practice helps to cultivate a true sense of pitch, and avoids any danger of voice strain.
The importance of good posture while singing has been stressed, and the work in musical theory has progressed very satisfactorily.
Many of the well known folk songs and all of the stand- ard patriotic songs have been sung in the grades and in high school. The high school chorus continues to do very fine work. Their singing at the Prize Speaking Contest and at the Graduation Exercises was quite inspiring.
I wish to express my thanks to you, Mr. Rowe, the School Committee, Mr. Clough, and all of the teachers for the co- operation given to me in my work.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID N. GELLATLY,
Supervisor of Music.
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MENDON HIGH SCHOOL PRIZE SPEAKING CONTEST MENDON TOWN HALL, APRIL 27, 1945.
America-Let's Get Fighting Mad
Rickenbacker
Wesley T. Rogers
Shall We Have Two More World Wars Fleming Kenneth L. Phipps
At the Skating Rink Seeman
Berneta M. Lowell
The Pit and The Pendulum Poe
Jacob Oppewal
Selections by the Rhythm Band
The Eavesdrippers Turner
Shirley M. Coleman
The Battle of Tenaru River Thomas
Victor C. Wandres
The Laughter of Leen Richter
Patricia Gaskell
The Soul of France Vandercook
Earl W. Rogers
Roses from the South Strauss
High School Chorus
Decision of the Judges
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF MENDON HIGH SCHOOL
UNITARIAN CHURCH THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945
PROGRAM
Proessional-Pomp and Cirumstance Elgar Mr. David M. Gellatly
Invocation
Rev. Roy B. Wintersteen
Salutatory and Essay-Wartime Inventions in
the World of Peace Victor C. Wandres
Song-United Nations on the March Shastakovich High School Chorus
Essay-Labor Problems in the Postwar World Berneta M. Lowell
Essay-Aviation in the Postwar World
Ralph H. Brown
Song-Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin', Caroline Roma High School Chorus
Essay
The Wounded Veteran
David F. Thomas
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Essay and Valedictory-Education in the Postwar World Shirley M. Coleman
Song-Czecho-Slovakian Dance Song Traditional High School Chorus
Award and Diploma Presentation Attorney George F. Lee Member of School Committee
Star Spangled Banner
Benediction
Rev. Roy B. Wintersteen
Recessional-God Bless America Berlin Mr. David N. Gellatly
GRADUATES OF MENDON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1945.
Ralph Howard Brown
Lorraine Irene Carmody
Shirley Mae Coleman Roy Arnold Johnson
Berneta Martha Lowell David Fernald Thomas
Kenneth Elwin Twitchell Victor Charles Wandres Charles Herbert Wood
Glenroy Austin Wright Donald Henry Phipps
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
To the Constable of the Town of Mendon in the County of Worcester, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Mendon qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Mendon on Monday, the fourth day of March A. D., 1946, punctually at 9 o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, 1 and 2. Article 3 and all following Articles on this Warrant will be acted upon Friday, the eighth day of March at 7 P. M.
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside over said meeting.
Article 2. To bring in their ballots for the following Town Officers: One Town Clerk for one year, One Selectman for three years, One Assessor for three years, One Town Treasurer for one year, a Collector of Taxes for three years, One Auditor for one year, One Constable for one year, One Tree Warden for one year, One Trustee of the Taft Public Library for two years, One Member of the School Committee for three years, One Park Commissioner for three years, One Highway Surveyor for one year, all on one ballot designating the office intended for each person voted for.
Article 3. To hear the reports of the several Town Officers and Committees, and act thereon.
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Article 4. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town expenses for the financial year beginning January 1, 1946.
Article 6. To determine the compensation of the Tax Collector for the ensuing year.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the. town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, of the General Laws.
Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for Memorial Day services and appoint a committee to expend the same.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the improvement and repairs of high- ways, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works as provided under Chapter 81 of the General Laws as amended, or take any action in rela- tion to the same.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the operation and repairs of Town machinery a part or whole to be taken from the Road Machinery Fund, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any sum of money for the maintenance of Chapter 90 roads, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which
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may be allotted by the State and County for the purpose, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any sum of money for Chapter 90 New Construction provided the State and County will contribute for such work, under the provision of Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise any sum of money for the care of Soldiers 'and Sailors' graves or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 14. To see what action the Town will take regard- ing any legal proceedings that may be brought against or by the Town.
Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for Street lights for the ensuing year.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors with the approval of the Commissioner of Corpora- tion and Taxation to use such an amount of the free cash in the Treasury as in their judgment should be used to reduce the Tax levy of 1946.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to pay for insurance on Town Buildings or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to sell any or all real estate owned by the Town by rea- son of the foreclosure of Tax Title thereon, and to execute, acknowledge, and deliver a proper deed or deeds therefor, authority therefor to terminate March 3, 1947 or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the tuition of legal residents of the Town to State-aided vocational schools, such sums to be expended
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under the supervision of the School Committee, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken at the annual meeting in 1944 whereby it voted to establish a Town Forest on the so-called Robinson prop- erty or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to reconsider the action taken at the 1944 annual Town meeting whereby the Town voted to convert the tax title property known as the Robinson property to a Town Forest or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to sell the property known as the Robinson property to Charles L. Robinson for an amount equal to taxes outstand- ing on such property, including taxes to be assessed for the year 1946, together with statutory penalties and interest added thereto.
(This is not a complete Warrant.)
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up an attested copy thereof at the Post Office in said Mendon and causing a copy to be published once in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published in Milford, Mass., both said posting and publication to be at least seven days before the time of the meeting hereby ordered to be held.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town be- fore the time of meeting aforesaid.
ROY A. BARROWS, D. VICTOR SMITH, SILAS H. DUDLEY.
Selectmen of Mendon.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
INCLUDING THE REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
Municipal Year Ending December 31, 1946 280TH ANNUAL REPORT
MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS. 1947.
TOWN OF MENDON.
Town of Mendon Incorporated May 15, 1667.
Population 1504, 1945 Census.
Registered Voters in 1946: Men, 416. Women, 370. Total, 786.
Annual Election : First Monday in March. Annual Meeting: First Friday Evening in March.
County Commissioners :
Elbert M. Crockett, Chairman Milford
George W. Jones Worcester
Francis E. Cassidy Webster
Fourth Congressional District
Congressman, Joseph William Martin, Jr. .... North Attleboro
Fourth Senatorial District
Senator, Joseph S. Virostek Webster
Ninth Worcester Representative District
Representative General Court, Peter F. Fitzgerald, Blackstone
Sheriff for Worcester County
William A. Bennett Worcester
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN. (Selectmen serve as Board of Public Welfare Board of Health and Fence Viewers). Roy A. Barrows Harold Metcalf Silas H. Dudley
TOWN CLERK. Albert S. Coleman
TOWN TREASURER. Moses U. Gaskill
TAX COLLECTOR. Arthur P. Dalton
ASSESSORS.
Carl M. Taft D. Kinsley Barnes Charles F. Leonard, Clerk.
AUDITOR. William A. Barry
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Leonard M. Rogers George K. Taft John L. Lundvall
TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Silas H. Dudley Leonard Rogers Percy Rowe Lena W. George Verena Daley, Secretary
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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
D. Kinsley Barnes Fred L. Kempton
Joseph W. McEwen Albert S. Coleman, Clerk
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Herbert S. Wood Franklin E. Goodnow
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Norry J. Daige Charles F. Neal, Jr. Fred Phipps
Constable and Chief of Police Harold C. Barrows
Tree Warden William E. Nuttall
Town Solicitor Shelley D. Vincent
Dog Officer Harold C. Barrows
Public Weigher Martha Dudley
Sealer of Weights and Measures Walter Taylor
Superintendent of Schools Percy Rowe
Fire Chief and Forest Warden Harold F. Lowell
Superintendent of Streets William R. Bowen
Burial Agent Norry J. Daige
Inspectors of Slaughtering Frank Phillips Willard Seibert
Inspector of Animals Moses U. Gaskill
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT. 1946.
DOG LICENSED IN 1946.
123 Males at $2.00 each $246 00
27 Females at $5.00 each 135 00
46 Spayed Females at $2.00 each 92 00
2 Kennel Licenses at $10.00 each 20 00
2 Kennel Licenses at $25.00 each 50 00
$543 00
Less Clerk's Fees: 200 Licenses at 20c
40 00
Cash paid Town Treasurer as per
monthly statements
$503 00
1 Free Military License issued to men in armed forces during 1946
Attention is called to the fact that all dogs three months old or more must be licensed at the Town Clerk's office on or before April 1, 1947. No bills are sent for this tax, so please assist the Town Clerk by paying your Dog License promptly. No spayed female license will be issued unless the spayed cer- tificate is presented.
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SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED FROM JANUARY 1, 1946 TO DECEMBER 31, 1946.
Series 1 Resident Citizen Fishing 88
$2.00
$176.00
2 Resident Citizen Hunting 74
2.00
148.00
3 Resident Citizen Sporting 94 3.25 305.50
4 Resident Minor Fishing 48
1.25
60.00
6 Resident Citizen Trapping
1 5.25
5.25
7 Special non-resident Fishing .. 4 1.50
6.00
9 Non-resident Fishing
2
5.25
10.50
10 Non-resident Hunting
1 10.25
10.25
12 Duplicates
2
.50
1.00
15 Resident Citizen Sporting ... (70 years and over) free
12
............
16 Resident Military, free
6
......
............
17 Resident Fishing (Old Age Asst.) free 1
.. ....
$722.50
Fees retained by Clerk 312
.25
78.00
Amount paid Division of Fisheries and Game as per monthly reports
$644.50
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1946.
Date of Birth 1946
Name of Child
Parents with Maiden Name of Mother
Jan. 7
Richard Ernest White
21
Faith Adele Kinnecome
Feb.
5
Baby Fino
Mar.
7
Ellen Beverly VanderSluis Robert and Elizabeth Heerdt
16
Brian Richard Hutchinson Arthur L. and Marion A. Robbins
April
6
Baby Wilkinson
June
3
Patricia O'Grady
3
Baby Roy
17
Charles Herbert Roy
July
5
David Michael Taggart
6 Stephen Howard Welch
14
Charles Wm. Calcagni, 2d |Charles W. and Bernice H. Beiersdorf
14
Patricia Ann Oliver
30
Robert Joseph Mason
Aug.
10
David Arthur Kearsley
21 24
Dennis Blanchet
Sept.
14
Sandra Marie Allen
18
Susan Mary Barrows
28
Robin Hersey Longton
Oct.
3
Stuart Eben Denton
14 19
Marilee Forbes Woleck Baby Faneuf
21
Charles Raymond Kelley John Patrick Grant
25
David Laurence Robinson
26
Roxie Ann Barrows
Nov.
7
Joan Biedrzycki
27 Patricia Marie Smith
Dec.
13
David Alan Racicot
15
16
David Crawford Glenn, Jr. Richard Ernest Taft
Ernest A. and Theda P. Knights Willard Edwin and Ruth A. Lyon Francis and Thelma Randor
Samuel R. and Josephine Creasia Edwin G. and Mary R. West Arthur and Virginia Longton Wilfred J. and Beatrice Garceau Gordon V. and Melina Accorsi Stanley and Marion Bray
William E. and Gertrude M. McCauley Norman S. and Clara Boover Donald W. and Ruth Dalton Leo H. and Florence Carlson Peter A. and Gladys VanderSluis Donald J. and Alice Allaire Vernon A. and Emma Taft Clayton A. and Eleanor F. Hersey Ian O. and Priscilla Wood George and Marion G. Spillman Allen and Irene Levesque Charles and June Wright William and Mary M. Foley Laurence R. and Marjorie J. Kell Merton F. and Janet L. Smith Raymond F. and Katherine R. King Eugene F. and Mary H. Dmytryck Louis S. and Dorothy R. Halsing David C. and Elizabeth Miner George K. and Lois J. Lawrence
25
Elaine Joan Youngsma
Name of
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1946.
Date of Marriage 1946
Place of Marriage
Names
Residence
Jan. 5
Mendon
Clayton A. Longton
Mendon
Feb.
15
Hopedale
William Henry Eaton
Mendon
Joanne Hilda Beal
West Medway, Mass.
Mar. 13
Blackstone, Mass |Benjamin J. A. Levesque
Blackstone, Mass. .
May
11
Mendon
Suzanne Lasher George A. Johnson
Mendon
Doris Goodwin Devoll
Mendon
14
Northbridge
Donald E. Fisher
Mendon
Barbara E. Twaddell
Franklin, Mass.
18
Milford
John A. Whalen
Mendon
June 15
Hopedale
Louis R. Hickmott, Jr.
Mendon
Evelyn M. Randor
Mendon
22
Milford
Camilla Brenna
Milford, Mass.
Aug.
29
Whitinsville
Peter Oppewal
Mendon
Mary E. Ferwerda
Northbridge, Mass.
30
Slatersville, R. I.
Carlton L. Goss
Blackstone, Mass.
Mildred A. Taft
Mendon
31
Douglas, Mass.
Joseph Taylor
Mendon
Sept.
2
Hopedale
Theresa M. Tetreault
Mendon
21
Bellingham
Rosamond F. Coe
Mendon
28
Milford
Eric K. Swanson
Mendon
Oct.
5
Hopkinton, Mass.
Dorothy B. Rice
Woodville, Mass.
12
Hopedale
William E. Hackenson
Mendon
26
Hopedale
Olga A. Guglielmi
Hopedale, Mass.
26
Milford
Emma R. Diomedes
Milford, Mass.
26
Milford
Carol J. Hook
Mendon
Nov.
10
Mendon
Harry F. Kushnir
Mendon
Helen Radzuik
Mendon
15
Milford
Harding E. Boover
Mendon
Hallie Reed Lenderman
Mendon
20
Norfolk, Mass.
Wesley C. Shattuck
Mendon
Marjorie H. Barrows
Mendon
Helen B. DeVries Thomas Tycks
East Douglas, Mass.
Blackstone, Mass.
Donald A. Thomas
Bellingham, Mass.
Milford, Mass.
Grace E. Mitchell Herbert H. Pickard
Mendon
Frances E. Cichanowicz
Hopedale, Mass.
Anthony F. Pettinelli
Mendon
William J. Quirk
Mendon
Kenneth L. Phipps
Mendon
Peter Noesky
Mendon
Milford, Mass.
Alice Dias
Mendon
Eleanor F. Hersey
Mendon
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1946.
Date of Death 1946
Name
Y M
D
Jan.
3
Annie McBride
80
0
0
Coronary occlusion
5
Josephine A. (Wade) Zimmer
94
9
1
Myocarditis
23
Walter Scott Alger
79
0
0
Feb.
4
Edward Gilbert Harvey
9
5
0
7
Baby Fino
0
0
1
Miningocele
Mar.
3
Florence R. (Braman) Hall
72
5
10
William George Larking
76
7
19
Anuria-uremic
May
26
Susan F. O'Sullivan
72
0
0
Carcinoma of stomach
June
3
Baby Roy
68
1
16
Chronic myocarditis
July
11
Joaquin Leite
63
0
0
Probably coronary occlusion
in Lake Nipmuc
Aug.
2
Grace W. (Brown) Steere
71
5
10
Cardio-renal disease
26
Ernest L. Barrows
82
7
17
Carcinoma of right maxilla
Sept.
29
Charles Henry Tisdale
74
3
5
Generalized arterio-sclerosis
Nov.
13
Freeman C. Lowell
72
11
27
Coronary embolus-bulbar paralysis
Dec.
25
Doris Germaine Lamothe
33
8
12
Coronary thrombosis
30
Walter Albert Gaskill
85
7
0
Massive cerebral hemorrhage
7
hours
Prematurity
14
James Arthur Eugene Brown
Age
Cause of Death
9
Terminal broncho-pneumonia
14
Hypertensive cardiovascular
Bullet wounds of intestine
10
Parents and others are requested to carefully examine the above lists and if any errors or omissions are discovered report them at once to the town clerk, that the record may be corrected, as it is of importance that the records of Vital Statistics should be complete. Herewith are extracts from the General Laws, Chapter 46.
GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 46, SECTION 3.
(As Amended by Chapter 281, Section 1, Acts of 1925).
Every physician, or hospital medical officer registered under section nine of chapter one hundred and twelve, in this chapter called officer, shall keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of which he was in charge, showing date and place of birth, the name, if any, of the child, its sex and color, the name, age, birthplace, occupation and residence (including the street number, if any, and the ward number, if in a city) of each parent, the maiden name of the mother and the name of the physician or officer, if any, personally attending the birth. If the child is illegitimate, the name of, and other facts relating to the father shall not be set forth except upon written request of both the father and mother; provided, that if an illegitimate child shall have be- come legitimate by the intermarriage of his parents and the acknowledgment of his father, as provided in section seven of chapter one hundred and ninety, prior to the mailing or delivery of any report herein required, such report shall read, in all respects, as if such child had been born to such parents in lawful wedlock. Said physician or officer shall, within fifteen days after such birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the town where such birth occurred, a report stating the facts hereinabove required to be shown on said record and also the said written request, if any; provided, that if said report is not so made within forty-eight hours after such birth, said physician or officer shall, within said forty-eight hours, mail or deliver to said clerk or registrar
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a notice stating the date and place of the birth, the street number, if any, the ward number, if in a city, and the family name. Upon presentation to him of a certificate of the town clerk stating that any such birth has been duly reported, the town treasurer shall pay to such physician or officer a fee of twenty-five cents for each birth so reported. Any physician or any such officer violating any provision of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars. The said town clerk or registrar shall file daily with the local board of health a list of all births reported to him, showing, as to each, the date of birth, sex, color, family name, residence, ward and physician or officer in charge.
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