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Grounds, Maintenance
2.52
Grounds, Development
1.97
Repairs to Recreation Building
.43
Memorial Day & Veterans' Day
212.80
Beach Erosion
2,340.00
Planting Shellfish
402.00
Propagation of Fish & Game
36.50
Herring Supervision
150.00
Advertising
185.32
Miscellaneous
240.21
Repairs to Docks & Floats
1,077.74
Reserve Fund
3,797.97
Office Equipment
105.96
Repairs to Public Buildings
3,881.04
Travel Expense, Out of State
200.00
Harbor Master's Expense
20.00
Town Government Study Committee, Expense
65.00
Insurance
2,535.09
Cemetery Commission, Labor & Expense
1.37
Water Department-
Administration Expense
282.67
General Expense
4,279.47
Pumping Station
4,035.35
Service Installation
500.28
Total Returned to Revenue
$37,781.24
BALANCE OF ARTICLES CARRIED TO 1960
Art. 9-1959 Purchase Police Cruiser & Equipment
$6.18
Art. 28-1958 Purchase Fire Hose
3.90
Art. 8-1959 Construct Addition to Fire Station 1,10
Art. 68-1959 Planting Shade Trees .10
172
Art. 75-1959 Highway Dept., Pickup Truck
235.50
Art. 76-1959 Purchase Sand Spreader
360.05
Art. 77-1959 Purchase Cab & Chassis 2.17
Chapter 90-Highway Construction
29,652.50
Art. 80-1959 Resurfacing South Street
1,491.00
Art. 56-1956 Widening & Resurfacing Main St.,
Old Chatham Road
2,863.16
Art. 76-1958 Rebuild Pleasant Road, W. Harwich
461.36
Art. 78-1958
Hardening & Surfacing Queen Anne Road
1,292.65
Art. 75-1958
Construction of Pleasant Bay Road, E. Harwich
2,562.00
Art. 81-1959
Accepting Layout of Roads
152.00
Art. 82-1959
Oiling & Improving Certain Roads
2,440.00
Art. 85-1959
Improve Depot Road, W. Harwich
2,000.00
Art. 86-1959
Layout Damon Road in West Harwich
150.00
Art. 87-1959.
Layout Moody Road in Harwich Port
250.00
Art. 88-1959
Layout Victoria Road in East Harwich
200.00
Art. 89-1959 Layout John Joseph Road
750.00
Regrading & Hardening Town Landing, Allen's Harbor Extension of Bulkhead, Allen's Harbor
64.35
Art. 18-1955
Complete Construction of Bulkhead, Allen's Harbor
1,050.00
Art. 16-1954
Dredging Allen's Harbor
1,580.00
Art. 10-1957
Purchase or Acquire Allen Harbor Creek 10.00
1954 Art. Clear & Improve New Beach, Long Pond
57.00
Art. 18-1954 Clear and Improve Beach at Seymour Pond
85.50
Art. 27-1957 Harbor Improvement,
Little Round Cove, E. Harwich
1,174.00
Art. 39-1957
Drainage System at Cross & Pleasant Sts.
385.82
Art. 40-1958
Red River Beach Improvements
1,200.00
Art. 64-1958
Layout Eleanor Lane, West Harwich
240.50
Art. 65-1958
Layout Ostable Road, West Harwich
14.90
Art. 66-1958
Layout Bayport Road, West Harwich
3.10
Art. 36-1959 Improving Parking Area, Red River Beach
1,504.75
Art. 37-1959 Boat Ramp & Town Landing at Rte. 28 and Herring River 1,307.50
Art. 38-1959 Boat Ramp & Town Landing at Allen's
Harbor, south of Lower County Road
1,307.50
Art. 39-1959
Build Retaining Wall North side of Town
316.50
Art. 45-1959
Improvement to Herring Brook
484.73
Art. 60-1959
Plans for Community Building
2,000.00
Art. 65-1959
Purchase Safety Equipment for
626.96
Use of Committee for Space Needs for Schools
822.20
Addition to Elementary School
751.92
Special Regional School Planning Committee
300.00
Art. 18-1957 Use of Committee for space need of schools Art. 12-1957 Painting, Carpentry & Furnishings
4,000.00
Brook's Library, South Room
05
Art. 55-1957 Build Additional Tennis Court at Brook's Park
1.64
Art. 62-1959 New Heating System for Recreation Building on Sisson Road 25.00
Art. 63-1959 Complete field north of Brook's Park
78.00
Article to Improve Land north of Brook's Park for Recreation
49.85
Art. 14-1956 Cape Cod Regional Planning Committee costs
900.00
Art. 24-1957 Purchase or take Land at
Herring River, West Harwich
3,500.00
Art. 95-1959
Beach Improvements at Red River
10,000.00
Dock at Round Cove, East Harwich
Town Beach at Sand Pond
85.00
from Route 30, East Harwich
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Art. 25-1957 Purchase or take Land, Allen's Harbor Creek 485.84
Art. 34-1957 Skating Facilities 69.29
Art. 75-1957
Aerial Pest Control 1,246.80
Art. 20-1958
Christmas Lights in Business District 203.70
Art. 33-1958
Taking of Land, Earle Rd., W. Harwich 815.00
Art. 34-1958
Taking of Land, Allen's Harbor 801.00
Art. 11-1959 Reprinting Town By-Laws & Codes
51.70
Art. 12-1959
Surveying & Bounding of Town Property
330.50
Art. 28-1959 Christmas Lights on Streets
500.00
Art. 71-1959
Celebration of July 4, 1959
8.15
Art. 91-1959
Painting Standpipe at Brook's Park
666.11
Art. 92-1959
Painting & Repairing Elevated Water Tank
620.00
Art. 96-1959
Water Dept., Construction Account
4,730.48
Art. 42-1955
Purchase Land for Water Dept.
50.00
Art. 44-1955
Electrify Pumping Apparatus
3,528.56
Art. 61-1957
Extending Water Mains to and along First Ave.,
2,508.91
Art. 87-1958
Extending Water Mains, over private way to
318.02
Art. 93-1959
Purchase new truck for Water Dept.
396.03
Art. 96-1959
Extending Water Mains
84.81
Art. 98-1959
Extend Water Mains on Moody Road
211.90
Art. 99-1959
Extend Water Mains from Pine Grove Road
103.24
Art. 100-1959 Extend Water Mains to residence of
Richard Long 153.12
Art. 102-1959
Extend Water Mains on Pine Wood Lane, West Harwich 81.81
155.74
Art. 104-1959 Relocate Hydrant on Main St., Harwich Port
165.21
Total Balance of Article carried to 1960
$97,086.36
TRANSFERS
From the Reserve Fund:
Brook's Free Library
$206.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control
200.00
Recreation Commission, Liability Insurance
223.03
Police Dept., Equipment Expense
450.00
Plumbing Inspections, Fees & Expenses
298.50
Veterans' Services
1,750.00
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Article 10-1958
1,011.00
Fire Dept., Callmen's Salaries
63.50
Total
$4,202.03
Transfer to the Highway Dept. for gasoline used by the following Depts. in 1959:
Police Dept., Equipment Expense, Cruisers
$1,496.41
Fire Dept., Equipment Expense
834.04
Water Dept., General Expense
726.92
Total
3,057.37
753.65
Receipts of Dog Fund to Brook's Free Library At the Annual Meeting March 2 thru 5, 1959: Amount voted to reduce the Tax Rate
151,250.00
Art. 106-Transfer of unexpended balances of Special Articles to Surplus Revenue
3,317.54
at Kildee Hill, Harwich Port
Sequatton Road from Pleasant Lake Ave.
residence of Dr. Robert Moore
over private way to residence of R. C. Hamilton
Art. 103 Extend Water Mains to Lincoln Village
TOWN OF HARWICH Balance Sheet-December 31, 1959 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$389,806.49
Federal Withholding Tax
$14,128.76
State Withholding Tax
1,120.49
Real Estate Tax 1958
6.22
State Grant, Marine Fisheries
1,022.36
Levy of 1958 Poll
$18.00
. Personal Property
286.05
$329.29
304.05
106.10
Levy of 1959
435.39
Poll
$56.00
Recoveries: Old Age Assistance
10,221.60
Real Estate
35,741.77
Federal Grants:
174
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1958
$1,542.38
2,779.32
Levy of 1959
13,859.35
Aid to Dependent Children:
1,689.89
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Aid
8,626.55
Tax Titles
$5,051.97
Old Age Assistance:
Tax Possessions
959.81
Administration Assistance
5,746.45
Departmental:
General Relief
$4,333.68
Aid to Dependent Children
3,867.36
$1,189.44
Old Age Assistance
106.91
92.65
School
1,057.60
Public Law 864, National Defense Education
428.81
Water Rates & Services
4,941.54
1,710.90
Personal Property
2,841.51
38,639.28
Disability Assistance Administration Assistance
$1,409.29
15,401.73
Administration
1,395.69
6,011.78
21,647.19
Revolving Funds: School Lunches High School Athletics
9,365.55
Accounts Receivable: Taxes:
Trust Funds, Income: Caleb Chase Charity Johnson-Ulm Scholarship
Aid to Highways: State County
$7,826.20 2,575.40
10,401.60
Overlay Deficits: Levy of 1958 Final Judgements
326.40 23,186.04
Appropriation Balances Overestimates 1959: State Parks & Reservations County Tax
$275.20 5,459.30
5,734.50
Sale of Real Estate Funds
3,422.75
Barnstable County Retirement System
890.44
Excess Receipts in Land of Low Value Sale
41.88
Overlay Surplus
2,667.66
Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1957 $20.40
Levy of 1959 85.12
105.52
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Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise
$15,401.73
Tax Title & Possessions 6,011.78
Departmental
9,365.55
Water
4,941.54
Aid to Highways
10,401.60
46,122.20
Surplus Revenue
292,020.24
$498,384.46
$498,384.46
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Limit: General Outside Limit: Public Service Enterprises
$433,000.00
486,000.00
Serial Loans: Inside Limit: General-School Outside Limit: Public Service Enterprises: Water
$433,000.00
486,000.00
$919,000.00
$919,000.00
97,086.36
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Trust and Investment Funds: In Custody of Town Treasurer
$72,279.86
In Custody of Trustees
16,892.84
In Custody of Town Treasurer: School Funds:
Henry C. Brook's Medal
$1,347.18
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship
33,126.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
35,712.92
Investment Funds:
Post War Rehabilitation
1,020.46
Stabilization Fund
1,073.30
In Custody of Trustees:
Caleb Chase Charity Fund
10,453.98
Library Funds:
George W. Nickerson
5,104.74
John J. Small
134.12
Howard Mitchell
1,200.00
$89,172.70
$89,172.70
Respectfully submitted, DOUGLAS B. SAWYER, Town Accountant
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE CALEB CHASE FUND, TOWN OF HARWICH, MASS .. FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1959
Interest and dividends received January 1, 1959 to December 31, 1959 $742.26
Paid Overseers Public Welfare January 1, 1959 to December 31, 1959 $742.26
Statement of Investments
30 Shares General Electric Company $2,707.50
50 Shares National Shawmut Bank of Boston 2,562.50
53 Shares First National Bank of Boston 4,929.00
99 Shares American Telephone and Telegraph Co. 8,019.00
22 Shares Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Deposit in The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank account #16601 405.56
1,034.00
$19,657.56
Respectfully submitted IDA M. TAYLOR, Treasurer Trustees of Caleb Chase Fund, Town of Harwich
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Report of the Regional School Committee
In February 1959 the Regional Committees of Chatham and Harwich voted to organize as a Joint Committee, and elected Mr. Gray A. Page, Chatham, as Chairman, and Mrs. Margaret Leonard of Harwich, Secretary. Meetings have been held with the faculties and administrators of both towns, and also with the school committees.
A curriculum for a regional school has been prepared and submitted by Mr. James Alcock, Guidance Director, which has met with approval of the School Committees of both towns. In the preparation of this program Mr. Jesse J. Morgan, Superintendent of Schools, arranged for many con- ferences with the principals, teachers and department heads to insure educational specifications that would make a re- gional school a success, by enlarging and enriching and pro- gramming.
At a meeting attended by all members of the school com- mittees, the regional committees and Superintendent of Schools, it was the unanimous vote that a six year High School would best serve the needs of the towns, and would provide students a broader education.
School population surveys were made by Mr. Jesse J. Morgan, Superintendent, and on the basis of the survey, it was decided to plan for a 1,000 pupil regional high school. Meet- ings have been held with Mr. Hogden, and Mr. Black, of the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Commission, and at the present time the formal agreement of regionalization is in their office for approval of the Emergency Finance Com- mittee, and will be presented for a vote at a special town meeting.
The committee is now preparing an informative booklet which will contain all pertinent facts relative to the plan- ning, proposed location, educational advantages, etc., which will be placed in the hands of the voters well in advance of the special town meeting.
If it is voted to build a regional school, Harwich would then have sufficient space for the elementary school popu- lation by using the present elementary and high school build-
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ings. Of prime importance in reaching the decision that a regional school is the best solution for our space needs prob- lem is the educational advantages of a larger school, and also the cost would be less than if each town tried to solve its own housing problem.
We, therefore, urge all townspeople to study the facts and information that will be presented to them, and sup- port the committee in their recommendation that a 1,000 pupil regional high school be built.
MRS. DAVID M. DAVIS MRS. E. JAMES LEONARD JULIUS E. WARREN, Chairman
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Annual Report
of the
School Committee
and the
Superintendent of Schools
TOWN OF HARWICH, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1959 ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1959
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
H. William Morey, Chairman
Mrs. Margaret Leonard
Donald T. Bates
Rev. Charles H. Monbleau
Milton L. Cahoon
Term expires 1960
Term expires 1961
Term expires 1962
Term expires 1960
Term expires 1961
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Jesse J. Morgan
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE Arthur A. Holmes
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Peter C. Albright, M.D. Arthur J. D'Elia, M.D. Norris G. Orchard, M.D.
SCHOOL NURSE Adelyn J. Peabody, R.N.
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Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of Harwich:
During the years 1959 the Harwich Cchool Committee has held 22 meetings in the business of the schools. Area and State School Committee Meetings have been attended.
The buildings have been thoroughly inspected.
The High School plant has been partly modernized by replacement of lighting fixtures, reconditioning of the boiler, removal of coal shed and other necessary exterior and interior repairs.
The Committee have complied with all safety require- ments set forth by the Harwich Fire Department and the Mass. Department of Public Safety. These include the in- stallation of a required sprinkler system at the Brooks Acad- emy Building.
At the Elementary School painting, pointing and water- proofing have been done.
The Committee has taken advantage of all offers of Fed- eral Aid under Public Law 864, the Vocational Education Laws and State Aid for transportation and special class edu- cation operation.
Teacher's salaries have been increased as legally re- quired by state law and the Harwich salary schedule.
The Committee has met jointly with the Regional School District Planning Committees of Chatham and Harwich and the Chatham School Committee, on several occasions and en- dorsed the plan proposed for a six-year Regional High School to be built in conjunction with Chatham.
Two meetings of Joint Supervisory Union No. 16 have been held, at which the work of jointly employed personnel has been evaluated and salary policies discussed.
The Committee have purchased a great deal of modern science equipment for use in the Harwich High School Labo- ratories. Federal matching funds are being used for one- half the cost.
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A language laboratory for use in French and English classes has been set up and the necessary equipment pur- chased. This should be a great aid to better teaching of languages.
The Committee wish to take this opportunity to pub- licly acknowledge the debt of the town of Harwich to Hillary LeClaire who retired last June. He came to Harwich in 1919 and for forty years faithfully served the successive gener- ations of Harwich School children. We wish him many happy years in retirement.
The Committee wish to reaffirm its confidence in the Harwich School Staff and to commend the members for their excellent work in behalf of the Harwich children.
The Harwich School Committee
H. WILLIAM MOREY, Chairman MRS. MARGARET LEONARD DONALD T. BATES CHARLES H. MONBLEAU MILTON L. CAHOON
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Expended 1959
Needed 1960
General Control:
Superintendent of Schools Enforcement of Law: Salaries
$8,937.38
Other expenses of General Control
1,914.91
$10,852.29
$11,747.00
Instruction:
Salaries of Supervisors, Principals and Teachers
$239,700.18
Textbooks
2,336.26
Supplies
7,648.54
$249,684.98
279,682.00
Operation:
Custodians
$17,529.41
Fuel
7,934.55
Miscellaneous (Electricity
Gas, Janitor Supplies, etc.)
8,622.31
$34,086.27
40,465.00
Maintenance:
Repairs, Replacement & Upkeep
$14,218.47
15,105.00
Auxiliary Agencies:
Libraries
$1,076.08
Health-Nurse, Physicians, Supplies
1,603.23
Transportation
19,269.80
Miscellaneous (Graduation, Telephone, Rubbish disposal, Teachers expenses)
2,557.89
$24,507.00
29,830.00
Outlay:
New Equipments
$4,591.60
6,136.00
Contingencies:
$2,510.27
3,000.00
$340,450.88
$385,965.00
Appropriation 1959
$342,628.00
Refunds
18.15
$342,646.15
1959 Expenditure
$340,450.88
To Revenue
$2,195.27
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NET COST OF SCHOOLS
Expenditures
$340,450.88
Accounts Receivable:
School Funds and State Aid, Chapter 70
$35,256.16
All School Transportation-Chapter 71
15,197.76
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education
Division of Special Education
9,186.22
Tuition: (Special Classes)
Town of Barnstable
464.76
Town of Chatham
788.26
Town of Dennis
279.86
Town of Eastham
197.68
Town of Sandwich
293.72
Town of Yarmouth
464.76
Telephone reimbursements:
Town of Chatham
78.87
Miscellaneous (Cash turned in for telephone calls,
101.60
Net cost of schools 1959
$278,141.23
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ACCOUNT-1959
Appropriation-1959
$1,500.00
Brought forward from 1958
50.53
Receipts-1959
730.63
Available funds-1959
$2,281.18
1959 Expenditure
2,188.51
Carried to 1960
$92.65
Requested for 1960 $1,500.00
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
$5,845.00
Appropriation-1959 1959 expenditure
5,342.97
To revenue Requested for 1960 $6,970.00
$502.03
Received on account of Vocational Education
for the year ending 1958
$745.93
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Appropriation-1959 1959 expenditure $1,500.00
$1,500.00
Requested for 1960 $1,500.00
lost books, vending machines)
$62,309.65
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SPECIAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACCOUNTS-1959 High School
Carried forward from 1958
$138.17 500.00
Appropriation-1959
Sales of lunches and Federal Sudsidies received in 1959
10,271.37
Available Funds 1959
$10,909.54
Expenditure-1959
10,688.09
Carried to 1960
$221.45
Requested for 1960 $500.00
Elementary School
Carried forward from 1958
$36.64
Appropriation-1959
500.00
Sales of lunches and Federal
Subsidies received in 1959
22,823.85
$23,360.49
Expenditure 1959
22,392.50
$967.99
Requested for 1960
$1,000.00
REPORT OF THE JOHNSON-ULM SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Total of Fund
$32,000.00 2,651.00
Working Fund
$34,651.00
Scholarships granted 1959
1,525.00
Statement of account as of December 31, 1959
$33,126.00
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Tuition scholarships have been granted to the following persons for the school year 1959-1960:
Barbara Bearse
New England Conservatory of Music
Rachael Cahoon
Bridgewater Teachers College
Maria D'Elia
Radcliffe College
Michael D'Elia
Dartmouth College
Judith Ernst
Framingham Teachers College
Curtis Higgins
Worcester Junior College
Eric Jorgensen
North Adams Teachers College
Leonard Gardner
Providence College
Robert Larkin
Mass. Maritime Academy
James Leonard
University of Massachusetts
Peter Nickerson John O' Donnell
University of Miami
Suzanne Sims
Wellesley College
Donna Strout
Framingham Teachers College
Sharon Walker
Framingham Teachers College
Drusilla Welt
Lowell Teachers College
CHAUNCEY D. MacKay, Chairman
DONALD T. BATES
MILTON L. CAHOON
MRS. MARGARET LEONARD
REV. CHARLES H. MONBLEAU
H. WILLIAM MOREY
JESSE J. MORGAN, Secretary
Johnson-Ulm Memorial Scholarship Committee
Brown Universityy
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the Harwich School Committee:
As the year 1959 draws to a close we attempt to evaluate the work of the staff with the children of the community, and to report significant items of progress to you. Reports of the Principal of the High School, the Principal of the Ele- mentary School, the Elementary Supervisor, the supervisors of special subjects, and the health department are appended. They are an important part of this report.
IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING
The Chatham and Harwich School Committees have sponsored a Harvard-Boston University Extension Course in "The Teaching of General Science in the Elementary Grades." The Course was arranged for and organized by the Ele- mentary Supervisor, Dr. Chace, and had a large enrollment of Chatham and Harwich Elementary teachers. Its value has already been proved by the improvement of Science teaching in the schools.
SALARY SCHEDULE
Provision has been made in the 1960 School Budget to place all teachers at their proper steps on the schedule as of September 1, 1960. The School Committee adjusted the schedule to comply with the new State Law requiring the payment of a minimum salary of $4,000 per year. As of June 30, 1959 Harwich ranked forty-sixth of 351 towns and cities in regard to the bachelor's degree schedule. Three years ago it was much higher, today probably considerably lower.
PUBLIC LAW 864
Public Law 864 provides for matching funds on a fifty- fifty basis by the Federal Government and the local com- munity for the improvement of Guidance, Natural Science, Mathematics and Foreign Languages. The Harwich School Committee have taken full advantage of funds allotted to this community. Mr. Mackay and the High School staff have cooperated fully in securing Harwich's "grant."
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IMPROVEMENT OF PLANT
The original section of the elementary school was painted, and pointing and waterproofing done.
At the Harwich High School the number two boiler had a major repair job done. This boiler has been useless for some time. Fluorescent lighting fixtures were installed in the offices, cafeteria, household arts room, typewriting room, library and art rooms.
At the Brooks Academy Building a sprinkling system was installed as required by fire authorities.
ADULT EVENING CLASSES
Four classes, under the direction of Arthur LaFrenier, subsidized by the State in the amount of fifty percent are in progress. They are: furniture refinishing, beginning sewing, advanced sewing and rug braiding.
Non-vocational classes are: beginning typewriting, short- hand II, Conversational French and art.
The Advisory Committee composed of Mrs. Ruth Titus, Chairman, Mrs. Eileen Cahoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Cahoon, Mrs. Evelyn Strout and Mrs. Beatrice Taylor have been most help- ful in planning and organizing the work.
HARWICH'S MAJOR SCHOOL PROBLEM
During the past ten years the enrollment in Harwich has sharply increased. This reflects a nationwide trend. Ten years ago there was a total of 480 pupils in the twelve grades. Five years later this number had increased to 614, or 28%.
The following chart shows a steady growth during the last five-year period-another 23%.
Year
Grs. 1-6 Grs. 7-12
Total
1955-1956
392
240
632
1956-1957
422
251
673
1957-1958
460
252
712
1958-1959
483
263
746
1959-1960
478
280
758
The growth for the last ten-year period, 251 pupils, is a solid 58%-and this, is only the beginning.
A study of the next ten years shown that the trend will continue. People are having more children, times are good, highways from metropolitan areas to the Cape are improved. There will be more business on the Cape, more permanent residents to service the business, and more children to educate.
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The following projection for four years, prepared by ex- perts in the office of the Massachusetts School Building As- sistance Commission, indicates what will happen:
Year
Grs. 1-6
Grs. 7-12
Total
1960-1961
476
325
801
1961-1962
504
358
862
1962-1963
523
365
888
1963-1694
550
385
935
By 1970 there will be over 1,200 school children in Harwich as compared to the present 758-another 60% increase! The total jump from 1950 to 1970 (from 480 to 1200) represents a staggering 150%. These pupils are on their way and space must me provided for them. In 1970 there will be enough elementary school children, kindergarten through grade 6, to fill the present elementary school and to use all now exist- ing classrooms in the High School. At the present time the Brooks Academy Building houses three classes. This build- ing should be abandoned as soon as possible. Most of the elementary classes are of reasonable size at present. It will not be long before three divisions will be required in grades 6, 7 and 8 instead of the present two. By 1970 some of the elementary grades will require four divisions. The High School will become more and more crowded as the large classes that began to come along about 1953 work up through the system. There is no additional space available in that building.
What is the best solution to these problems? They are discussed in the report of the Harwich Space Needs Com- mittee. The best plan from the standpoint of the educational welfare of children and financial economy, recommended strongly by the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Commission and unanimously endorsed by the Harwich School Committee, Harwich Regional School District Planning Com- mittee and the Harwich Space Needs Committee is the con- struction of a six-year regional high school in conjunction with the town of Chatham. School Building Assistance Offi- cials have called this one of the most ideal regional districts in the state. They described it as "a natural" because of size of communities, number of pupils, location of towns and present school relationship in a Supervisory Union already having six joint employees. The financial facts in regard to the economy of plan are given in a brochure printed by the Joint Regional District Planning Committee of Chatham and Harwich, Gray A. Page of Chatham, Chairman; Dr. Julius E. Warren, former High School Principal, Superintendent of
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