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We have been able to do more with the emotionally up- set and poorly adjusted child this past year. I have found parents willing and anxious to cooperate in such problems and have had many satisfactory parent and teacher con- ferences to help specific children.
The Harwich Elementary School has shown a very high gain in reading this past year due to the following factors: the small classes which warrant more individual attention; the continuing of ungraded classes that give special help to slow learners; and to conscientious work by the teachers in teaching reading skills and giving sound foundations in phonics. Arithmetic, too, has shown a decided gain in the school.
A committee of teachers headed by William Fish has completed a course of study in arithmetic which covers more ground on the primary level and stresses arithmetic concepts. About half of the teachers of the school are taking an extension course in arithmetic to further this work.
Our English curriculum committee headed by Mrs. An- ders Nelson has established a graded curriculum in English, spelling, and literature and is now studying available texts in these subjects aiming to get the most effective materials to use in the schools.
Another committee on social studies with Mrs. Arthur Gott as chairman has worked out an outline on the mate- rial to be taught at each grade level. Eleven teachers in the Harwich Elementary School took a course in teaching skills in social studies, which I presented last spring under State University Extension. From this they are continuing work- ing on curriculum guides that will localize much of the his- tory and geography taught in the lower grades. We are especially collecting materials on Cape Cod and Massachu-
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setts. Much available material is on adult level and neces- sitates our rewriting it at classroom level.
I was fortunate this year to be able to speak on our social studies program at the yearly convention of the Na- tional Council of the Social Studies at Cleveland, Ohio, in November. I also represented our school union as a speaker at the regional conference of the National Education Asso- ciation in Boston and at the annual meeting of Massachu- setts Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association in Amherst.
I wish to thank the Harwich school committee for their interest in these contacts with outside educational facilities and state that I am proud to work for a system that is in- terested in such broad contacts. I should like to express ap- preciation for the cooperation, friendliness, and courtesy of the superintendent, school principal, teachers, and parents of Harwich.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRIETT CHACE Elementary Supervisor
REPORT OF THE ART SUPERVISOR
EDWARD E. BOLTON
I hereby submit my first annual report as Supervisor of Art in the Schools of Union No. 16.
Since September 1956 the art department has been un- dergoing the process of curriculum revision and reorganiza- tion. The objective of this activity is to make the art pro- gram one of the most outstanding programs in this section of the country. The emphasis of this program is pointed to the development of an appreciation of all arts and crafts for all of the children in the Schools of Union No. 16. For example, the grades from the first through the sixth will be introduced to a program in which directed and non-directed activities are present. The art teacher will teach a lesson once every week with varied subject matter and will intro- duce new materials in order to give the pupil a wide field of experience. The mediums for expression should include clay modeling, soap carving, the use of crayon, chalk, con- struction paper, watercolor, finger paint, and poster paint. This instruction will be directed toward a correlation of the
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classroom work or to point up specific holidays. There will also be an attempt to train the pupil's eye to see the rela- tionships of the objects in the world around him. Then, be- tween the scheduled weekly art period, the class room teacher carries on art activities in which the child is urged to ex- press his ideas of stories, songs, dances or his every day activity. By this programming, the art department hopes to foster the inventiveness and imagination required for cre- ativity at this level and in the student's every activity for years to come.
The foundation of this program will be in the hands of Mr. Vernon Smith. It is both as an artist and an educator that Mr. Smith guided the children of the elementary schools in their creative activity. We are very fortunate to have Mr. Smith lend us his talents and many years of experience as a professional artist.
Then, on an upper level, the program will be carried on in a more intensified manner. At this level, individual attention for each class member will be the method used to help the student grow at his own rate of speed. Group as- signments or projects in which all students will share or participate will be the center of activity with each and every student reaching out from this point toward a specific goal to satisfy his particular need. The students, in most in- stances, will select their own medium and subject matter relative to a general heading under a controlled experience. The materials for experimentation in this situation should be inks, various lead and charcoal pencils, poster and oil paint, watercolor, chalk, clay for ceramic work, wood and linoleum, soap, leather, wire and various construction papers.
Before the above program is fully in force at this level, a grounding in the various basic techniques are now being put forth. It is of great importance that such a program will be a continual building process. Consequently, it will give the student freedom to advance as far as his interest and ability will allow.
In addition, the foregoing program will be augmented by pamphlets and bulletins. This material will be passed on to the teachers as an aid to teaching by suggesting correlations of activities, projects, and craft work to help stimulate the pupils.
In closing, I should like to express my appreciation to those responsible for giving me the opportunity to work and live with the people on Cape Cod.
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SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
To the School Committee and Citizens of Harwich:
Herewith I present by report as instrumental music supervisor in the high schools of Union No. 16.
The past year has been a very gratifying one educa- tionally. Instrumentalists from Harwich were well repre- sented at our various festivals. Last year we instituted a new schedule for the festivals starting with the Union Festi- val at Harwich in February, continuing with the Cape Festi- val which was held in Chatham early in March, and culmin- ating in the New England Festival at Clairmont, New Hamp- shire which was held late in March. This gave our instru- mentalists more mid winter musical activity and also allowed more time to get ready for the spring school programs.
The orchestra in Harwich is still not very large but the group is a very cooperative and hard working one. With new instrumentalists coming up from the grades, the future looks bright. This year I am taking over instrumental duties at Brooks Academy. I wish to thank Dr. Chace for the use of her office in giving the instrumental lessons.
At the High School, the major problem is one of space or rather the lack of space. Group rehearsals are held in the auditorium, but through no administrative fault, instru- mental lessons have to be taught in any space that may be available when needed. Usually we use the fire exit from the auditorium. This is not conducive to good teaching but we do the best we can under the circumstances.
For the coming year, festival plans have already been made with the Union Festival scheduled at Orleans and the Cape Festival scheduled at Barnstable High School. As yet we do not know where the New England Festival will be but are planning to attend it also. The orchestra will be heard in a concert with the Girl's Glee Club probably in April and will also play at graduation.
I wish to express my appreciation to Mr. Mackay, Mr. Fish and the faculty for their cooperation in helping me carry on the instrumental program. I wish also to thank Mr. Pierce and the members of his office staff for coopera- tion received during this past year.
Respectfully submitted, SALVATORE PICCOLO
Supervisor of Instrumental Music
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SAMUEL GRIFFITHS
It is a great pleasure to report favorable progress in our Elementary Instrumental Music program during the past year. We are well on the way-but only on the way-toward outstanding achievement in this field in New England.
Over two hundred students are now taking active part in this program from grades three through six in our School Union. Many other pupils are benefiting from the regular classroom work in rhythm training and music appreciation.
Obvious progress was demonstrated last Spring, when these children presented a public program in Memorial Audi- torium in Chatham, upon which occasion an orchestral group of 85 beginners played with reasonable balance and accur- acy. Since then each school has formed its own orchestral class, and all of these groups have performed several times for assembly and other school occasions. We shall soon be providing a steady flow of talent to our junior high and high school music groups.
When schools opened last Fall, all children in grades three through six were tested for talent. These tests re- vealed a large potential, and gifted students are being en- couraged to commence studies as fast as they can be as- similated into the program.
In addition to the splendid co-operation received from our administration and staff, teachers, and colleagues, I want to express sincere gratitude to the parents and friends of these young students, for interest shown in our work, and to the children themselves, who are as fine a group as I have ever had the pleasure of teaching.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF VOCAL MUSIC WEBSTER WHITNEY TILESTON
A decade of Vocal Music Supervision in our union of Towns! Ten years in which to see the fruits of the music seeds planted then, nurtured and developed to the point of personal, pleasurable participation through the years to the culmination of school music activities in their respective high schools.
In many, many cases our young people have continued in music fields and I watch with inner pride as I follow re- sults. I am glad too, that Harwich has seen the wisdom of
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adding an Assistant in the Vocal Music Department to assure the ever increasing enrollment of continued active partici- pation and music learning.
To me, music is the highest of the arts; and art, along with religion, is the way in which people express the best that is in them. Expressing the best that is in us brings a spiritual reward more potent and more permanent than any worldly goods.
In public school music, necessarily and rightly, I have placed the principal stress on singing. The voice is the natural instrument of everyone, and almost everyone sings from time to time all through life, from the comfortable cooing of the baby to the cracked quaver of the octogenarian. Human beings naturally love to sing.
Like art, music has been an emotional outlet, a whole- some leisure-time activity, and an aspect of cultural growth from the most primitive of societies to the most civilized.
One of my most legitimate basic aims in the Teaching of Music in your Town is to give your children a real love of singing (and, for some, playing) and enjoying fine music. The appreciation of music, cultural familiarity with it, the social satisfaction of feeling oneself a participant in group singing or playing, and the use of music as a leisure-time pursuit, all necessarily follow from a genuine love of good music. This can be achieved by giving children musical ex- perience from kindergarten 'on, that is basically satisfying to them and that familiarizes them as participants with the best music available.
We climax this with three grand Festivals each year: our Union Festival, (with thanks to the Harwich P.T.A. this year as hosts); our Cape and Islands Massed Music Festival (with thanks to the Chatham P.T.A. this year as hosts); and the All New England Music Festival of Chorus, Band and Or- chestra, held this year at Claremont, N. H., to which we sent students from all Towns of our Union.
Rhythm is the essence of Music. I stress it. Therefore our children are given a great deal of experience with rhyth- mic expression. They express the rhythm and meter of music with bodily movements, they create rhythmic games; they relax to music, run to music, dance to music. We try to help them get the feel of the rhythm of music until it becomes a part of them. Then we're ready for singing and develop it through the years as previously discussed.
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Music exists for its joy-giving quality and it matters little that many of us never reach proficiency. A momentary push over a rough spot to a goal just ahead may sometimes be not only harmless but helpful. We can tell whether or not this is the case only if we know the child and closely watch his reaction. With many children, if they are to continue voluntarily the musical journey through life, it must be a journey that is in itself satisfying to them. The obstacles must not be so great as to cause discouragement, must not call for effort greater than the satisfaction that results from overcoming them.
In conclusion, may I repeat again, music is the highest of the arts, and moreover, is a social art. Writers and paint- ers create in solitude; they communicate by remote control, as it were. The Musician sings, plays or conducts for an im- mediate audience, and this immediacy is a public act of love, which can transport both the performer and his audience into a wondrous unity of soul.
I realize that musical talent is largely an accident of heredity and temperament and that no young person can be pushed, cajoled, threatened or bribed into a genuine affection for any art.
In the case of my three sons, as with your boys and girls, I do not insist on the various fields of music but suggest and hope (as we all must with all our hearts) that his or her gifts include a good ear, a supple finger and a singing spirit. I will continue to do my utmost within our schools and our communities to see that all this is developed, cultivated and fostered to the fullest degree.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Minor defects are to be expected in the examination of children entering the Elementary School but happily, most of them may be corrected comparatively easily.
Of the defects most commonly found two stand out. One of them is tooth decay. The old adage concerning a clean tooth is reasonably true but that is not all. Particles of sweet food especially and films from soft drinks remaining in the spaces between teeth will almost surely result in decay. Fluoridation of water helps materially to prevent decay and it is to be hoped that the recommendation of the Town Com- mittee appointed to study fluoridation, that town water will be so treated will be acted upon favorably when the matter is presented to the townspeople for their vote.
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The second commonly observed defect and one that gives us concern is brought about by the lack of cod liver oil. This year there is an increase over the past two or three years in the number of children showing unsatisfactory bone growth. For this there is no defense. Adequate daily doses of cod liver oil or a Vitiman D concentrate for scarcely less than ten months of the year (the dark months) will prevent rickets; the term given to this type of faulty bone growth.
Respectfully submitted,
NORRIS G. ORCHARD, M.D., School Physician
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
During the fall of 1956 all children in grades 7 through 12 were examined and generally were found to be in good physical condition. There were some children with postural difficulties which can be corrected by exercise. There were also a few children with dental problems which can be cor- rected easily.
All children in the greatly expanded athletic program were examined separately and carefully. The teams included boys basketball, girls basketball, boys soccer and girls field hockey.
I was proud to participate in the school polio vaccine innoculations together with the other school physicians, town nurses and volunteer nurses. This represents a great milestone in preventive medicine.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR J. D'ELIA, M.D., School Physician
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
The school clinics-physical examination-head exami- nations-eye and ear tests-free lunches and Cod Liver Oil, given by the Harwich Visiting Nurse Association have been given as usual. This year 582 pre-school and school children were given the Salk vaccine for Polio.
The physical examinations have shown some improve- ments, but teeth, are still, the most needed correction. The School Dentist does an average of 10-12 children-one day a week.
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The School Nurse will be in the building mornings and will do the follow-up work, by making home visits and get- ting acquainted with the families.
Scattered absentees from chicken pox, measles, colds and virus infections among the teachers as well as the children have had an effect on attendance.
A campaign will be started this winter to encourage children to have better and more breakfast.
The purpose of the health program is to prevent ill- nesses and to detect physical disability and disease and to do all we can to correct the conditions. Prevention is better than cure-good educational results can be obtained if the individual is in good physical condition. We must try to make the condition of good health a possession for each child.
Respectfully submitted,
ADELYN PEABODY, R.N., School Nurse
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DENTIST
The dental program for the fiscal year December 5, 1955 to December 5, 1956 was accomplished in the following manner.
There were as follows:
Extractions 91
Fillings:
Amalgam 387
Porcelain 47
Zinc Oxide 31
Cleanings
8
Root Canal Treatments
3
Gum Treatments
4
Examinations 480
At the present time most of the pupils are in fair dental health. However there is still a considerable amount of dental care needed to put all mouths in good dental condition.
Respectfully submitted,
MALCOLM L. DANA, D.D.S., School Dentist
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SCHOOL CENSUS October 1, 1956
Girls
Five years or over and under seven
Boys 71
69
Seven years or over and under sixteen
257
272
Totals
328
341
Distribution of the Above Minors
In public day school membership:
Five years or over and under seven
125
Seven years or over and under sixteen In Private School Membership:
514
Five years or over and under seven Seven years or over and under sixteen
6
In Parochial School:
Seven years or over and under sixteen
1
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
7
Not enrolled in any day school:
Five years or over and under seven
11
Seven years or over and under sixteen Total
669
ENROLLMENT BY GRADES October 1, 1956
Grade
Boys
Girls
Total
Kindergarten
32
24
56
1
38
36
74
2
33
34
67
3
37
35
72
4
30
32
62
5
29
33
62
6
21
27
48
7
24
35
59
8
18
26
44
9
26
21
47
10
17
16
33
11
17
14
31
12
16
21
37
Ungraded
18
19
37
356
373
729
Elementary
462 pupils
Brooks Academy
75 pupils
High School
192 pupils
Total
729 pupils
3
1
1
TABULAR STATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP By Grades as of October 1946 - 56
Grade
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1
47
50
61
59
51
64
74
89
82
72
74
2
38
43
35
58
58
51
54
63
77
78
67
3
43
41
38
40
57
57
52
58
61
68
72
4
36
42
42
41
43
54
53
52
54
62
62
5
38
32
43
45
48
37
51
53
52
49
62
6
30
39
39
41
47
50
39
57
57
57
48
Kindergarten Ungraded
16
6
37
7
39
38
48
47
43
48
45
39
53
57
59
8
32
40
27
29
43
44
47
42
43
49
44
9
38
31
33
32
30
39
35
43
41
35
47
10
21
20
29
33
30
30
39
31
37
36
33
11
12
22
27
25
33
26
28
35
26
36
31
12
11
11
24
29
24
30
26
29
31
27
37
P.G.
1
385
409
462
480
507
530
543
591
614
674
729
7-12
153
162
188
196
203
217
220
219
231
240
251
1-6
232
247
274
284
304
313
323
372
383
434
478
42
56
196
197
CLASS DAY EXERCISES 1956
Wednesday Afternoon, June Sixth High School Auditorium
GRADUATION EXERCISES Class of 1956 Thursday Evening, June Seventh Exchange Hall
CLASS OF 1956
College Preparatory Curriculum
Nancy Jane Andersson
Tress Anne Atkins
George Charles Baldwin, Jr.
Ralph Francis Chase
Paul Kenneth Donnelly
Russell Leffingwell Givin
Lee Wilson Hancock
Richard Carleton Joy
Mary Patricia Kelly
James David Leonard
Judith Ellen Small
Harold R. Wheeler
Commercial Curriculum
Glenda Faye Ewel Janice Barbara Handler
Lois Nancy Holmes
Donna P. Lesser
Juell Elizabeth Moody Jane Louise Peters Evangeline Mae Robbins
Faye Elaine Smith
General Curriculum
Julio Barrows, Jr. Harold James Chase
Frances J. Fennell
Robert LeRoy Nickerson Clarence E. Oliver, Jr. Roger Edward Pyy
BROOKS MEDAL RECIPIENTS
1956
Junior High School: High School: Elementary School:
Karen Jorgensen-Grade 8 Judith Small-Grade 12 Alice Van Buren-Grade 6
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SCHOOL CALENDAR School Year 1956 - 57 UNION #16
September 5, 1956 to December 21, 1956 January 2, 1957 to February 15, 1957 February 25, 1957 to April 12, 1957 April 22, 1957 to June 21, 1957
Days when Schools are not in Session
October 12, 1956-Friday-Columbus Day
October 19, 1956-Barnstable County Teachers Meeting
November 12, 1956-Monday-Veterans Day
November 29 & 30, 1956-Thursday & Friday-Thanksgiving Recess
December 21, 1956-Friday-to January 2, 1957-Wednesday- Christmas and New Year's Recess
February 15-25, 1957-Mid-Winter Vacation
April 12-22, 1957-Spring Vacation (includes Good Friday)
May 30, 1957-Thursday-Memorial Day
Graduation Date Harwich-June 6, 1957 (Thursday Evening)
Closing Dates
Elementary Schools Friday, June 7, 1957
High School Friday, June 21, 1957
FALL 1957
September 6, 1957 - Friday - Teachers Meeting - Harwich Elementary School
September 9, 1957-Monday-All Schools Re-open
October (one Friday)-Barnstable County Teachers Meeting November 11, 1957-Monday-Veterans Day
November 28 & 29, 1957-Thursday & Friday-Thanksgiving Recess
December 20, 1957-Friday-All Schools Close-Christmas Vacation
CORPS OF TEACHERS-December, 1956
Name
Position
Preparation Degree
Service in Harwich Began
Experience Prior to Sept. 1956
Address
Chauncey D. MacKay
High Prin.
Boston Univ., Ed.M.
11-23-53
32
yrs.
Worraine Albee
High Assist.
Washington State, B.S.
9-5-56
2
yrs.
Louise Aubrey
High Assist.
Framingham, B.S.
9-8-52
5
yrs.
James B. Bolton
High Assist.
R. I. School of Design, B.S.
9-5-56
1
yr.
S. Orleans
George H. Colbert
High Assist.
Boston College, Ed.M.
9-7-55
22
yrs.
S. Chatham
May N. Cooper
High Assist.
Adelphi, Ed.M.
9-5-56
15
yrs.
Orleans
Meredith F. Drew
High Assist.
Salem Teachers Col., B.S.
9-5-56
4
yrs.
Hyannis
Charles E. Dunbar
High Assist.
Boston Univ., B.S.
9-9-53
6
yrs.
Harwich
Scott A. Ellis
High Assist.
10-1-42
14
yrs.
Harwich
Barbara Ford
High Assist.
Simmons Col., B.S.
10-8-56
0
yrs.
Harwich
Estelle Kimball
High Assist.
Radcliffe Col., A.B.
9-8-48
34
yrs.
W. Chatham
Hilliary M. LeClaire
High Assist.
Monson Academy
1-2-19
41
yrs.
Harwich Port Harwich Port
Anders R. Nelson
High Assist.
Fitchburg Teachers, Ed.M.
9-8-35
21
yrs.
Centerville
William M. Fish, Jr.
Brooks Prin.
Hyannis Teachers Col. & Boston Univ., Ed.M.
9-8-47
9
yrs.
Sandwich
Elna Nelson
Brooks Assist.
Hyannis Teachers, B.S.
11-30-53
11
yrs.
Centerville Chatham
Donald C. Nesmith
Elem. Prin.
N. E. University &
Bridgewater Teachers, Ed.M.
9-8-54
7
yrs.
Hilda P. Adams
Elem. Assist.
Hyannis Normal
9-7-49
17
yrs.
W. Harwich Harwich Port
Katherine Armeson
Elem. Assist.
Grassland, Iowa; Boston Univ. & Hyannis Teachers
3-1-55
8 yrs .- 4 mos.
Dennisport
Norma Avellar
Elem. Assist.
Brandeis Univ. & Bridgewater Teachers, B.A.
9-7-55
1
yr.
Cora D. Chase
Elem. Assist.
Hyannis Normal
1923
33
yrs.
Harwich Port
Maule W. Chase
Elem. Assist.
Bridgewater Teachers, B.S.
9-9-53
5
yrs.
Eastham
Phyllis Collins
Elem. Assist.
Bridgewater Teachers, B.S.
11-21-55
4
yrs.
S. Eastham
Eleanor Connors
Elem. Assist.
Perry Normal School
9-7-55
1
yr.
Harwich Port
Helen R .ยท Drake
Elem. Assist.
Bridgewater & Columbia
9-10-46
27
yrs.
Harwich
199
Jane Alcock
Brooks Assist.
Wellesley Col., B.A.
9-7-55
2
yrs.
Arthur G. LaFrenier
High Assist.
Fitchburg Teachers, B.S.
9-7-55
1
yr.
Harwich Port Harwich Port Centerville
Chatham
Name
Position
Preparation Degree
Service in Harwich Began
Experience Prior to Sept. 1956
Address
Anna M. Gott
Elem. Assist.
Simmons Col., B.S.
9-8-54
12
yrs.
Harwich
Gloria Hallett
Elem. Assist.
Perry Kindergarten
9-8-54
2
yrs.
W. Harwich W. Harwich
Lucy Higgins
Elem. Assist.
Eastern State Normal
9-8-54
4
yrs.
Muriel Mackay
Elem. Assist.
Boston Univ., B.S.
9-8-54
9
yrs.
Harwich Port
Elizabeth S. Miller
Elem. Assist.
Buffalo Teachers, B.S.
4-1-48
141/2
yrs.
Harwich Port
Ruth M. Nickerson
Elem. Assist.
Hyannis Normal
9-10-45
17
yrs.
S. Harwich
Ruth C. Norris
Elem. Assist.
Bridgewater Teachers, B.S.
9-5-56
9
yrs.
Hyannis
Helen Perisho
Elem. Assist.
Penna. College, B.S.
9-6-50
151/2
yrs.
W. Harwich
Jane Reynolds
Elem. Assist.
Perry Normal
9-7-55
1
yr.
Harwich Port
Elizabeth Terrio
Elem. Assist.
Emmanuel Col., A.B.
9-9-53
3
yrs.
Bass River
Helen Vial
Elem. Assist.
Sargent-Harvard
9-8-52
71/2
yrs.
W. Dennis
James W. Alcock
Guidance
Univ. of Miami, A.B.
9-8-54
2
yrs.
Chatham
Edward Bolton
Art Supervisor
Tufts, B.S.
9-5-56
5
yrs.
Eastham
Harriett Chace
Elem. Supervisor
Columbia Univ. &
Hyannis Teachers, Ph.D.
9-8-54
25
yrs.
Osterville
Samuel Griffiths
Inst. Music
N. E. Cons. of Music, Florida-Southern Col.
Chicago Cons. of Music, Ed.M.
9-7-55
22
yrs.
Hyannis
Iris McKenney
Vocal Music
Tufts, A.B.
9-5-56
4
yrs.
Harwich
Salvatore Piccolo
Inst. Music
Malkin Cons. of Music, B.M.
9-9-53
9
yrs.
S. Harwich
Vernon Smith
Art Assist.
N. Y. School of Applied
& Fine Arts
1-3-55
11/2
yrs.
Orleans
Webster W. Tileston
Vocal Music
N. E. Conservatory, B.M.
1-2-46
24
yrs.
S. Chatham
TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT HARWICH SCHOOL SERVICE DURING 1956
Length of Service in Harwich
Name
Dates of Service
C. Leo Ferris
9-5-53
6-15-56
3 yrs.
Winifred B. Reynolds
12-5-55
6-15-56
6 mos.
Ruth Roberts
9-7-55
6-15-56
1 yr.
Thora A. Walker
9-7-55
6-15-56
1 yr.
200
Index to Reports
Page
Accountant's Report
152-168
Assessors' Report
10-12
Auditor's Report (State)
42-44
Barnstable County Health Dept.
87-88
Board of Appeals
47
Board of Health
89
Brooks Free Library Trustees' and Librarian's
90-92
Building Inspector
68
Caleb Chase Fund
95
Cemetery Commissioners
94
Cemetery Trust Funds
103-106
Civil Defense
52-53
Elementary School Building Committee
92-93
Engineers and Surveyors
72-73
Finance Committee
93
Fire Department and Forest Warden
79-83
Fourth of July Celebration
86-87
Herring Committee
77-78 74-77
Inspector of Plumbing
41
Inspector of Wires
78 96-97
Moth Department
97-98
Municipal Airport Study Commission
95
Planning Board
54-55
Playground and Recreation Commission
56-57
Police Department
45-47
Registrars of Voters
71
Report on Article 75-Building Study
58-67
Report of Committee on Dept. of Public Works
69-71
Report of Committee on Town Manager Form of Government
84-85
School Report
169-200
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50-51
Selectmen's Report
9
Shellfish Constable
100-101
Tax Collector
28-29
Town Clerk's Report
117
Annual Town Meeting 1956
117-136
Special Town Meeting November 2, 1956
137-138
Births
139-143
Deaths
148-151
Marriages
144-147
Town Gas Code
107-116
Town Meeting Warrant for 1957
13-27
Town Nurse
44
Town Officers
3-8
Treasurer's Report
102
Tree Warden
99
Veterans' Agent
48-49
Water Commissioner's Report
33-41
Welfare Department
30-32
Highway Surveyor
List of Jurors
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