Town annual reports of the selectmen and overseers of the poor of the town of Harwich 1956, Part 13

Author: Harwich (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 204


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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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