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In addition to the above concerts given by the individual high schools, these same students participated in the Union Festival at Chatham and the Cape Cod Festivals at Bourne and Provincetown. A large group of our young musicians also spent three days in Rutland, Vermont at the New Eng- land Concert Festival. I would like to publicly thank the
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members of the school boards of Union #16 for their interest and support that enables us to send students to the Cape and New England festivals.
Plans are already made for many festivals and concerts in the coming year. Our Union #16 festival is planned for the 11th of February at the new Elementary School Audi- torium in Harwich. This is a departure from the usual as it will be held on a Saturday instead of Friday evening. This allows more time during the day for final rehearsal. The new Union Band will make its first appearance at this time. Chatham High School will be host to the Cape Cod Festi- val on March 10. On March 22, 23, 24, the New England Fes- tival will be held in Claremont, New Hampshire. Many of our students have already applied for acceptance in these fine musical groups.
This makes for another active musical year and this we like. Much activity and participation by as many students as possible are the basic objectives of our music program. In comparison to other New England high schools, the num- ber of students sent to festivals by our Union is very high. Each year our program is enlarging, and in a few years I should have a bumper crop of young string players that have already been started in the grades by my colleague, Mr. Griffiths.
I wish to express my appreciation to all who have made my work in Union #16 a pleasure. School boards, adminis- trators, parents, and fellow teachers have shown a genuine interest in the music department. Concerning the problems of scheduling and lack of space, the principals have been most cooperative. Without their understanding help my work would be most ineffective. To all of you, my sincere thanks.
Respectfully submitted, SALVATORE PICCOLO, Supervisor of Instrumental Music
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At the beginning of the 1955-56 school year, enrollment in classes for instrumental music instruction tripled in the elementary grades. In addition to the customary work in rhythm, interpretive music, and pre-instrumental training, the following enrollment totals are shown by group and town :
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Total
Strings
Woodwind
Brass
Percussion
Harwich
36
23
7
6
Chatham
42
20
11
11
Eastham
23
12
3
8
Orleans
32
22
7
2
1
133
77
28
27
1
Plus programs of pre-instrumental work in 23 class- rooms.
For the last ten or fifteen years an increasing imbalance has been evident in the instrumental music education courses in most public schools of our nation-a shortage of string players resulting in the gradual disappearance of the school orchestra, without which no school music program is com- plete. During this time, Union #16 was most fortunate in having the services of one of the finest music educators in the entire East, who, upon his retirement a few years ago, left our schools in a most favorable position in instrumental music activities. Due in large part to this fact, our present instrumental faculty was attracted to this community, and will build, in time, on this foundation one of the best instru- mental music education programs in New England, thus bringing to our students advantages to be had in few other schools today.
In closing, the writer wishes to thank all members of our administrative and teaching staffs, and many parents and friends for their outstanding interest and cooperation in this work.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL GRIFFITHS, Supervisor of Instrumental Music
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF VOCAL MUSIC
To the Town of Harwich:
As I approach the completion of a decade of Vocal Music Supervision, here in Union #16, I cannot but feel a mild sense of inner joy and satisfaction to see the heights to which vocal music has risen.
We have exceptionally fine grade teachers, who defi- nitely appreciate the worth of music and carry out my musi- cal aspirations to the letter-promoting a love for the sub-
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ject from the first grade through, so that by the time the little ones have grown and reached High School, my chor- uses are filled to the maximum, most particularly with stu- dents who realize that their lives are being greatly enriched by participation in music. This, plus the fact that the Administrators, the School Boards who vote financial sup- port of the Music Department, and the Parent-Teacher groups who back up the many musical programs and assem- blies, are so co-operative and understanding make teaching and living here on Cape Cod a distinct source of happiness.
I proceed on the belief that YOUR child is MUSICAL- because ALL children are naturally musical; a baby will rock to the rhythm of music-and can be taught to sing on pitch in most cases, by the time he is a year old. However, some- where between babyhood and pre-adolesence, many child- ren become inhibited musically; their musical ability re- mains undeveloped, their natural love for music is pushed into the back ground.
In most of these cases, the child did not receive the right kind of musical experience in his early years. Either music was kept out of his life at home almost entirely, or else it was presented in such a formal, rigid way that it caused him to freeze up and reject it.
When music is brought to a child properly in our school system, it becomes one of the best and most joyous experi- ences in his life. It is his basis for creative play and a tool for learning. It becomes an avenue to closer contact with his parents. A healthy and happy early experience with music can enrich your child's entire life, and above all, music is meant to be FUN.
I have had, and do have, a number of general objectives in mind for each class, from first grade through High School, modulated and progressing accordingly, and in the role of supervisor and guide, I try to direct the activities of the class so that both the general objectives, important in the development of continuity of musical growth, and the more specific class-planned objectives and activities, important in self-evaluation and immediate motivation, are compatible.
First the grades, I list the following as my objectives: 1. Helping each child find some musical activity in which he can participate with satisfaction and some degree of mastery.
2. Building a listening repertoire that is both immediately satisfactory and of lasting musical significance.
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3. Building a repertoire of songs the class can sing with musical enjoyment.
4. Developing musical learnings, including reading skills and familiarity with the materials of music-making such as instruments of the orchestra or band, voice types, technical information and through singing, rhythmic and listening activities.
5. Correlating music with other areas of school activity, and with the child's out-of-school world.
I realize more and more that pupils bring to the class- room the whole gamut of human emotions, including joy, hate, anger, enthusiasm, resentment, love, shame and humil- iation. The fact that music is an art which is chiefly emo- tional in appeal, puts into my hands and hands of other music teachers, a great power for influencing the behavior of the pupils.
It is a fact that more High School students will be con- sumers rather than performers of music. A very small per cent of the total student body will earn its living as pro- fessional musicians; a larger per cent will engage in ama- teur music-making. The greatest per cent will derive most of its musical pleasure from listening to and participating in music. There is a trend in present-day music education toward recognizing this fact and gearing it to the teaching of school music.
I therefore am looking forward to the day when each town of our Union will afford a full-time Music Supervisor, who in that role can better do justice to the wealth of talent that lies dormant. Due to so little time being available to the supervisor, in the present set-up, in which as you know, I try to see every grade, of every town, every week, it is im- possible to accomplish all that could be done with more time.
One of my biggest obligations and pleasures this past year, more than ever before, has been to assist the various grade teachers (in each town) who are responsible for special programs embodying music for assemblies or for the special days and holidays; or in the High Schools, to take complete charge of the music portion of the special programs, and in every case, the results have been most gratifying and re- warding.
These affairs and more specifically our Union Festival and Cape and Islands Massed Festival, (enriched now by our many new school pianos throughout the Union!), have helped to Sell the music program to the community and to
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become a significant part of the Public Relations Program of the school. (Incidentally, this coming February, Harwich will be the center for the Union Festival, and the month of March will have a memorable date for the Massed Cape and Island Festival, of Band, Orchestra and Chorus, with Chatham as the Host Town.)
And now, in conclusion, may I state that I believe where- as music may be and should be used in conjunction with every subject in the curriculum, it is potentially a unifying subject. In this role, therefore, rather than losing its identity and significance, music is assuming a new authority and is making more sense to the pupil as it becomes part of the fabric of everyday life.
Respectfully submitted,
WEBSTER WHITNEY TILESTON, Supervisor of Vocal Music
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
During the fall of 1955 all children in Grades 7 through 12 were examined and generally found to be in good physi- cal condition.
Minor postural difficulties which can be corrected with exercise were detected.
Both of the squads of basketball players were given care- ful examinations.
Due to the fine dental program in the Harwich schools the majority of students showed no serious dental defects.
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR J. D'ELIA, M.D., School Physician
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
In addition to the routine duties of the Elementary School Medical Department, two important steps were taken in an effort to further protect the health of the children. One consisted of a urinalysis to detect the presence of dia- betes or a tendency to that disease. Two hundred eighty-two specimens were tested by the School Nurse. No evidence of diabetes was found in any child.
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The second procedure was administering the first dose of Salk vaccine to one hundred nine children in the first and second grades in May with the expectation of giving a second dose before the end of the school year. As is well known, the second dose was not given. No unfavorable reactions were reported.
This seems to be an appropriate time to call another matter to the attention of the community. Very few of our citizens have any idea of the number and nature or requests school children bring to the office of the School Nurse. In- fections of the eye lids; wounds, some of them infected, from accidents sustained at home; joint injuries for falls at home.
Neither the School Nurse nor the School Physician has the right to diagnose or treat children suffering from home accidents.
We are not happy when we turn a child away without taking care of him. The child is not happy either since he does not understand why he is not being looked after. Parents must realize that the School Medical Department is not per- mitted to take over medical or surgical care which rightly belongs in the hands of the family doctor.
Respectfully submitted,
NORRIS G. ORCHARD, M.D., School Physician
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
Complete health service for all children of school age is one of the major objectives of a maternal and child health program.
Trends in planning for complete services including the correction as well as the discovery of physical and emotional conditions, indicate that more health and medical services will be made available to school children. That more medi- cal consultation will be provided to school authorities; and that the health education curriculum will be enriched in content and experience for the child.
The contribution of the Public Health Nurse in the pro- motion of health program for school children is recognized throughout the nation. Increasing consideration would be given to the most economical and effective utilization of public health nurses in the program of service to school children and also to the utilization of other professional
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groups in the health department or in the community who may be particularly prepared to handle certain phases of the program. The nurse should be free to use her particular skills in working with families of school children and with teachers in relation to problem of community and individual health. Opportunities are being given to nurses to learn more about the physical and emotional development of this particular age group as well as the most recent methods of treating sick children.
As centers of community interest and activity both health centers and schools will serve in the future as focal points for complete programs for health-care for the school age child and working together, they will broaden their use- fulness in equipping children and youth for healthy and re- sponsible citizenship.
An adequate school health program includes health ser- vices, health instruction and a safe and healthful schoo' environment. The nurse plays an important part.
No other person concerned with the school health pro- gram knows the home and the neighborhood of each child so intimately as the public health nurse. Because one of her major activities is home visiting, she learns and understands what this environment is and its relation to the child's physi- cal, emotional and mental health. She interprets the con- ditions in the home to the school personnel, and helps parents understand the health services and the policies of the school. If there are difficult home problems, she refers parents to the right community agency for help.
When there is a physician in the school, the public health nurse assists him in preparing and conducting health exam- inations. The nurse and the teacher together select the children that are in need of examination, and provide the physician with appropriate data. The nurse encourages the parents to be present at the examination, helps them and the school personnel to plan ways of securing the care recom- mended by the physician and work out a suitable regimen that will lead to good health habits for the child in and out of school.
The public health nurse helps parents and teachers to recognize signs and symptoms that depart from the normal and takes immediate steps to secure medical attention.
Because teachers have day-to-day contacts with school children, the public health nurse instructs them in the im- portance of maintaining continuous observation of each
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child's health and behavior. Through in-service education programs and individual conferences, she demonstrates to them the technics for conducting periodic screening tests, vision, hearing, weighing and measuring.
Emergencies in a school are generally referred to the nurse, if the physician is not present. But her responsibility is limited to emergency first aid. Further treatment is given by the child's private physician or at a clinic as arranged by the family. Sometimes an accident may occur when neither physician nor a nurse is present. For this reason a teacher or other person trained in first aid should always be present in the school.
To the public health nurse belongs the additional re- sponsibility for co-ordinating all available information con- cerning the health status of every boy and girl. She does this by making sure there is a complete up-to-date health record upon which is entered data given her by the teacher and medical, dental and other health personnel; also by providing the teacher, parents and other agencies with written reports as needed.
It is the teachers' role to give classroom instruction in health and the nurses' role to act as consultant in health and the nurses' role to act as consultant with advice to the teacher.
As a member of the team concerned with school health. the nurse has a part in seeing that standards for school safety and sanitation are maintained. In this connection she gives attention to teacher-pupil relationships as they influence mental, emotional and physical health to the school lunch and to the health of school personnel.
These are excerpts from a pamphlet called "The Pub- lic Health Nurse and School Health" distributed by the National Organization for Public Health Nursing as written by Martha M. Eliot, M.D., formerly associate chief of Child- ren's Bureau-Federal Security Agency.
Respectfully submitted,
ADELYN J. PEABODY, R.N., School Nurse
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DENTIST
The dental program for the fiscal year December 5, 1954 to December 5, 1955 was accomplished in the following manner.
There were as follows:
Examinations
480
Extractions
106
Fillings:
Amalgam
387
Porcelain
62
Zinc Oxide 47
Gum Treatments
7
Root Canal Treatments
3
Cleanings
25
Notices are sent home with pupils needing dental treat- ment and upon receipt of written permission from the parents we proceed with treatment. I find that the dental health of the pupils has improved moderately over the past few years. Respectfully submitted,
MALCOLM L. DANA, D.D.S.,
School Dentist
SCHOOL CENSUS October 1, 1955
Boys
Girls
Five years or over and under seven
61
72
Seven years or over and under sixteen
243
254
Totals
304
326
Distribution of the Above Minors
In public day school membership:
Five years or over and under seven
117
Seven years or over and under sixteen
482
In Private School Membership:
Five years or over and under seven
3
Seven years or over and under sixteen In Parochial School:
3
Seven years or over and under sixteen
3
In State and County Institutions and Special
Schools for Defectives and Delinquents: Five years or over and under seven Seven years or over and under sixteen Not enrolled in any day school:
1
4
Five years or over and under seven
12
5
Seven years or over and under sixteen Total
630
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SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES
Grades
Boys
Girls
Total
Special Class (Trainable)
3
3
6
Kindergarten
17
25
42
1
35
37
72
2
46
32
78
3
31
37
68
4
31
31
62
5
20
29
4.9
6
.
21
36
57
7
26
31
57
8
26
23
49
9
18
17
35
10
18
18
36
11
16
20
36
12
12
15
27
320
354
674
Elementary High School
491 pupils
183 pupils
Total
674 pupils
TABULAR STATUS OF MEMBERSHIP
By Grades as of October 1945 - 1955
Grade
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1
48
47
50
61
59
51
64
74
89
82
72
2
38
38
43
35
58
58
51
54
63
77
78
3
36
43
41
38
40
57
57
52
58
61
68
4
34
36
42
42
41
43
54
53
52
54
62
5
26
38
32
43
45
48
37
51
53
52
49
6
38
30
39
39
41
47
50
39
57
57
57
Kindergarten
42
Ungraded
16
6
7
34
39
38
48
47
43
48
45
39
53
57
8
40
32
40
27
29
43
44
47
42
43
49
9
29
38
31
33
32
30
39
35
43
41
35
10
13
21
20
29
33
30
30
39
31
37
36
11
19
12
22
27
25
33
26
28
35
26
36
12
12
11
11
24
29
24
30
26
29
31
27
P.G.
1
367
385
409
462
480
507
530
543
591
614
674
7-12
147
153
162
188
196
203
217
220
219
231
240
1-6
220
232
247
274
284
304
313
323
372
383
434
183
184
BROOKS MEDAL RECIPIENTS 1955
High School: Nathalie Goss, Grade 12
Junior High School:
Maria D'Elia, Grade 8
Elementary School: Donna Stanford, Grade 6
CLASS DAY EXERCISES 1955 Wednesday Afternoon, June Eighth High School Auditorium
GRADUATION EXERCISES Class of 1955
Thursday Evening, June Ninth Exchange Hall
GRADUATION CLASS Class of 1955
William E. Adams
Harold Richard Gonsalves
Helen Elizabeth Athoe
Almena Annette Gomes
Eleanor Burton Barker
Nathalie Goss
Loretta Ann Bassett
Loretta Frances Greenwood
Pauline Bates Robert Shaw Belmont
Albertine Hardacker
Jackson R. Hibbert
Bruce Samuel Cahoon
Wayne Bradford Hodgkins
Charles Elbert Corkum
Carroll Bruce Holmes
Anna Mae Bernedette Correia Sue Carol Daggett Virginia Joan DeCoster
Theron Clinton Holmes, Jr. Dale Ellen Owens Carole Jane Price
Helen Elizabeth Rose
Edwin Scott Smith
Edwin C. Souza
Melvin Thomas Spencer
N. Curtis DeDominicis Ellen Avena D'Elia
Michael Tirrell D'Elia Ann Dunbar
James Edward Thistle, Jr.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR School Year 1955 - 1956 UNION #16
September 7, 1955 to December 23, 1955 January 3, 1956 to February 17, 1956 34 days
73 days
February 27, 1956 to April 13, 1956 April 23, 1956 to June 22, 1956
34 days
44 days
185 days
Days when Schools are not in Session
October 7, 1955-(Friday)-Barnstable County Teachers' Meeting
October 12, 1955-(Wednesday)-Columbus Day
November 11, 1955-(Friday)-Veterans' Day
November 24, & 25, 1955-(Thursday & Friday)- Thanksgiving Recess
December 23, 1955-(Noon)-Friday to January 3, 1956- Tuesday-Christmas and New Year holidays
February 17, 1956 to February 27, 1956-Mid-winter Vacation
March 1956-Good Friday
April 13 to April 23, 1956-Spring Vacation
May 30, 1956-(Wednesday)-Memorial Day
Graduation Harwich-June 7, 1956 (Thursday Evening)
A meeting of all teachers and supervisors will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 4, 1956 at the Eastham School.
CORPS OF TEACHERS-December, 1955
Name
Position
Preparation Degree
Service in Harwich Began
Experience prior to Sept. 1955
Address
Chauncey D. MacKay
Principal-High
Boston Univ., Ed.M.
11-23-53
31 yrs.
Louise Aubrey
High Assistant
Framingham, B.S.
9-8-52
4 yrs.
George H. Colbert
High Assistant
Boston College, Ed.M.
9-7-55
21 yrs.
Charles E. Dunbar
High Assistant
9-9-53
5 yrs.
Harwich
Scott A. Ellis
High Assistant
10-1-42
13 yrs.
Harwich
William W. Fish, Jr. Jun. High Assist.
Hyannis Tchrs' College & Boston Univ., Ed.M.
9-8-47
8 yrs.
Sandwich
Estelle Kimball
High Assistant
Radcliffe Col., A.B.
9-8-48
33 yrs.
Hillary M. LeClaire
High Assistant
Monson Academy
1-2-19
40 yrs.
Arthur G. LaFrenier
High-Assistant
Fitchburg Tchrs. Col., B.S.
9-7-55
0
Anders R. Nelson
ยท High Assistant
Fitchburg Tchrs' Col., M.Ed.
9-8-35
*20 yrs.
Elna Nelson
Jun. High Assist.
Hyannis Tchrs' Col., B.S.
11-30-53
10 yrs.
Centerville
Winifred Reynolds
High Assistant
Tufts, A.B.
9-7-55
6 yrs.
Orleans
Ruth Roberts
High Assistant
Boston Univ., M.Ed.
9-7-55
0
Harwich
Thora A. Walker
High Assistant
Bridgewater Tchrs' Col., B.S.
9-7-55
0
Chatham
Donald C. Nesmith
Principal-Elem.
N. E. University &
Bridgewater Tchrs' Col., M.Ed. 9-8-54
6 yrs.
Hilda P. Adams
Elem. Assistant
Hyannis Normal
9-7-49
16 yrs.
W. Harwich Harwich Port Chatham
Katherine Armeson
Elem. Assistant
Grassland, Iowa
Boston Univ. & Hyannis Teachers' College
3-1-55
7 yrs. 4 mos. Dennisport
Norma Bassett
Elem. Assistant
Brandeis Univ. & Bridge- water Teachers', B.A.
9-7-55
0
Chatham
Cora D. Chase
Elem. Assistant
Hyannis Normal
1923
32 yrs.
Harwich Port
Maude W. Chase
Elem. Assistant
Bridgewater Col., B.S.
9-9-53
4 yrs.
Eastham
Eleanor Connors
Elem. Assistant
Perry Normal School
9-7-55
0
Harwich Port
Helen R. Drake
Jun. High Assist.
Bridgewater & Columbia
9-10-46
26 yrs.
Harwich
Anna M. Gott
Jun. High Assist.
Simmons College, B.S.
9-8-54
11 yrs.
Harwich
Gloria Hallett
Elem. Assistant
Perry Kindergarten
9-8-54
1 yr.
Eastham
Lucy Higgins
Elem. Assistant
Eastern State Normal
9-8-54
3 yrs.
W. Harwich
186
Jane Alcock
Elem. Assistant
Wellesley College, B.A.
9-7-55
1 yr.
W. Chatham Harwich Port Harwich Port Centerville
Harwich Port Centerville S. Chatham
Boston Univ., B.S.
Muriel MacKay
Elem. Assistant
Boston University, B.S.
9-8-54
8 yrs.
Elizabeth S. Miller
Elem. Assistant
Buffalo Tchrs' College
4-1-48
131/2 yrs.
Ruth M. Nickerson
Elem. Assistant
Hyannis Normal
9-10-45
16 yrs.
Helen Perisho
Elem. Assistant
Penna. College, B.S.
9-6-50
141/2 yrs.
Harwich Port Harwich Port S. Harwich W. Harwich
Jane Reynolds
Elem. Assistant
Perry Kindergarten
Normal
9-7-55
0
Harwich Port
Elizabeth Terrio
Elem. Assistant
Emmanuel College, A.B.
9-9-53
2 yrs.
Bass River
Helen Vial
Elem. Assistant
Sargent-Harvard
9-8-52
61/2 yrs.
W. Dennis
Phyllis Collins
Elem. Assistant
Bridgewater Tchrs' Col., B.S.
11-21-55
31/2 yrs.
Orleans
Harriett Chace
Elem. Supervisor
Columbia Univ. & Hyannis Tchrs' College, D.Ed.
9-8-54
24 yrs.
Osterville
C. Leo Ferris Vernon Smith
Art Art
Vesper George
9-9-53
7 yrs.
Harwich
New York School of Applied and Fine Arts
1-3-55
1/2 yr.
Orleans
James W. Alcock
Guidance
Univ. of Miami, A.B.
9-8-54
1 yr.
Chatham
Samuel Griffiths
Inst. Music
N. E. Cons. of Music,
Florida-Southern Col.,
Chicago Cons. of Music, Ed.M.
9-7-55
21 yrs.
Hyannis
Salvatore Piccolo
Inst. Music
Malkin Cons. of Music, B.M.
9-9-53
8 yrs.
S. Harwich
Webster W. Tileston
Vocal Music
N. E. Conservatory, B.M.
1-2-46
23 yrs.
S. Chatham
* Includes three years and three months in Military Service.
TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT HARWICH SCHOOL SERVICE DURING 1955
Length of Service in Harwich
Name
Dates of Service
Gordon H. Argo
3-29-54 - 6-30-55
1 yr., 3 mos.
Ronald J. Dunn
9- 9-53 - 3-31-55
1 yr., 7 mos.
Linette Triangolo
9- 9-53 - 6-30-55
2 yrs.
Oliver C. Turcotte
12-10-51 - 6-30-55
3 yrs., 7 mos.
Alberta T .Wicks
10- 1-47 - 6-30-55
Marjorie A. Harris
9- 8-54 - 2-15-55
8 yrs. 51/2 mos. 4 yrs.
Frederick A. Gricius
9- 8-51 - 6-30-55
Joanne F. Brooks
9- 9-53 - 12 -5-55
2 yrs., 3 mos.
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Index to Reports
Page
Accountant's Report
Assessors' Report
85-109 10-11
Auditor's Report (State)
39-41
Barnstable County Health Dept.
81
Board of Appeals
46
Board of Health
82
Brooks Free Library Trustees' and Librarian's
70-71
Building Inspector
64
Caleb Chase Fund
83
Cemetery Trust Funds
111-114
Civil Defense
49-50
Elementary School Building Committee
76
Engineers and Surveyors
57
Finance Committee
84
Fire Department and Forest Warden
77-81
Fourth of July Celebration
74
Herring Committee
65
Highway Surveyor
58-61
Inspector of Plumbing
61
Inspector of Wires
38
List of Jurors
75-76
Moth Department
63-64
Park Commissioners
55-56
Planning Board
51-52
Playground and Recreation Commission
53-54
Police Department
42-43
Registrars of Voters
52
Report of Committee on Town Manager Form of Government
67
Report on Fluoridation of the Harwich Water Supply
72-73
School Report
153-187
Sealer of Weights and Measures
47-48
Selectmen's Report
8-9
Shellfish Constable
66-67
Tax Collector
25-26
Town Clerk's Report
115
Annual Town Meeting 1955
115-136
Special Town Meeting June 3, 1955
136
Births
139-144
Deaths
149-152
Marriages
145-148
Town Dump Study Committee
68-69
Town Meeting Warrant for 1956
12-24
Town Nurse
83
Town Officers
3-7
Treasurer's Report
110
Tree Warden
62
Veterans' Agent
44-46
Water Commissioner's Report
30-38
Welfare Department
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