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Belmont and Matfield Streets
$812.18
From County : Belmont and Matfield Streets
$923.73
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
From State:
Reimbursement, Temporary Aid $94.75
Reimbursement, Mothers' Aid
109.52
From Cities and Towns
123.00
From Individuals
327.00
$654.27
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
From State-State Aid $336.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water Department:
Sale of Water, rates
Construction
$16,943.28 367.56
$17,310.84
LIBRARY
Fines, etc. $56.43
120
SCHOOLS
Reimbursement from individuals $50.00
From State-Tuition of children 409.68
$459.68
RECREATION
Playground, Sale of grass $5.00
INTEREST
On Taxes
$1,582.52
On Deposits
345.93
$1,928.45
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Revenue Loans $98,500.00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Agency :
State Tax
$3,995.00
County Tax
6,616.76
$10,611.76
Trust :
Income, Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$154.90
Income, Library Funds
$1,414.51
REFUNDS
Hall
$ .10
Fire
12.70
Schools
184.87
121
Moth .50 5.75
Water
$203.95
Cash Balances, Jan. 1, 1928:
General
$5,652.25
Water
4,977.32
$10,629.57
$250,681.68
PAYMENTS
DEPARTMENTAL-GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen:
Salaries
$472.00
Auto hire
32.00
Stationery and postage
15.25
Printing and advertising
80.64
Posting warrants
16.50
Surveys
5.00
$621.39
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT
Town Accountant :
Salary
$650.00
Telephone
29.59
Printing
9.51
Stationery and postage
5.40
$694.50
Auditing Municipal Accounts Collector and Treasurer :
$231.83
Salary
$1,000.00
Official Bond and Insurance
257.10
Stationery and postage
115.54
122
Printing and advertising
44.00
Telephone
43.65
Traveling expenses
68.42
Rent of safe deposit box
3.00
$1,531.71
Assessors :
Salaries
$991.13
Auto hire
52.50
Clerks
202.50
Stationery and postage
2.42
Printing and advertising
55.36
Transfers
42.00
Auto tax list
5.00
$1,350.91
Town Clerk:
Salary
$516.66
Traveling expenses
21.30
Stationery and postage
6.00
Printing and advertising
21.75
Administering oath to Town Officers
9.50
Posting notices
1.00
Repairing typewriter
3.25
Telephone
23.85
Official bond
5.00
$608.31
Other finance officers and accounts: Certification of notes
$22.00
Law:
Recording releases
$7.90
List of Jurors
9.00
$16.90
Election and Registration :
Registrars
$117.30
Election officers
423.06
Printing and advertising
156.90
123
Stationery and postage
7.34
Meals
60.53
Posting notices
2.25
Traveling expenses
1.40
$768.78
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
Town Hall and Offices:
Janitors
$995.00
Telephone
125.19
Fuel
657.75
Light
212.80
Janitors' supplies
14.48
Repairs
185.32
Water
21.00
Vacuum cleaner
70.00
Cleaning cess pool
18.00
Ink
2.88
Express
1.03
Repairing typewriter
1.75
$2,305.20
Renovating interior of Hall :
Repairing floor, upper hall
$150.00
Advertising for bids for new floor, lower hall
11.70
Repairing plastering
3.75
New floor, lower hall
523.90
Canvas, lower hall
220.00
$909.35
$3,214.55
124
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police, bills of 1927: Gas tank for beacon
$20.00
Ambulance
9.00
$29.00
1928 :
Wages, police work
$932.27
Auto and truck hire
74.50
Court officer
3.16
Motorcycle, supplies and repairs
74.64
Analysis
29.00
Equipment
26.82
Iron work
3.50
Uniforms
67.46
Traffic Beacons
100.00
Counsel
60.00
Road signs
68.74
Printing
1.10
Brockton Police Ass'n.
18.00
Matrons
10.60
$1,469.79
Dog Officer
$22.50
Fire Department :
Wages, fires
$494.07
Alarm system and station duty
266.28
Equipment
352.00
Repairs
187.36
Supplies
61.62
Light
12.04
Telephone
265.74
Bonus
240.00
Insurance
29.75
Auto hire
14.25
Rent
144.00
125
Inspection and permits
54.82
Coal
83.75
Water for Hydrants
$2,205.68 $2,500.00
FORESTRY EXTERMINATION
Superintendent
$926.12
Labor
1,272.60
Insurance
10.70
Printing
1.10
Telephone
26.30
Teams
263.50
Gas and oil
97.32
Registration
2.00
Equipment
22.35
Tools
13.15
Repairs
28.26
Repairs to Sprayer
20.25
Storing Sprayer
15.00
Supplies
2.54
Freight
.64
$2,701.83
Tree Warden :
Wages, Supt.
$236.75
Wages, labor
237.40
Tools
7.92
Supplies
14.66
Freight
.70
Telephone
2.33
$499.76
126
INSPECTION-SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Wages
$70.00
Equipment
10.28
Insurance, U. S. Scales
16.32
Printing and advertising
5.20
$101.80
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, quarantine, vital
statistics and other expenses :
Salaries
$107.50
Laboratory work
6.00
Printing and advertising
7.25
Quarantine
7.00
Auto hire
4.00
Town Physician
79.75
Burial of dead animals
1.20
Loss of wages
84.00
Fumigation
122.88
Vital statistics
107.75
Plymouth Co. Hospital
313.30
Barnstable Co. Hospital
32.50
$873.13
Plymouth Co. Hospital, Maintenance Visiting Nurse Ass'n.
$300.00
INSPECTION-ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING
Animals :
Salary
$100.00
Slaughtering :
Salary
$382.20
Telephone
33.54
$959.77
$415.74
127
HIGHWAYS
Jan. 1 to March 31, 1928
Maintenance :
Superintendent
$296.88
Labor
873.60
Trucks
935.00
Stone, gravel, etc.
131.25
Rent
30.00
Repairs, Town truck
136.68
Gas and oil
66.07
Telephone
9.22
Tools
6.82
Repairs, Mixer
9.75
Repairs, Snow plows
3.25
$2,498.52
Maintenance, Chapter 81, from April 1, 1928;
Superintendent, salary
$877.50
Labor
3,801.60
1174.38
Trucks and teams
3,133.40
Gravel, stone, etc.
727.11
Cinders
8.00
Culverts
145.40
Lumber
1.50
Tarvia
81.00
Rent
150.00
Repairs, scraper
138.26
Gas and oil
296.17
Tools
79.19
Repairs, truck
161.17
Equipment, truck
76.30
Insurance
43.55
Express
3.49
Explosives
2.28
Telephone
9.56
128
Repairs, Mixer
11.35
Registration
2.00
9,748.83
State Highway Tax:
632.20
Baker Snow Plow
450.00
Snow, Jan. 1 to April 1, 1928:
Superintendent
$85.63
Labor
219.50
Trucks
715.00
Gas and oil
20.98
Sidewalk plows
117.50
Sidewalk plows, repairs
48.60
Truck, repairs
33.50
Chains
75.50
Trucking plow from Bos-
ton
15.00
Freight
1.12
Parts for Baker Snow
plow
8.80
$1,341.13
Snow, Dec. 1 to 31, 1928:
Superintendent
$5.00
Labor
34.80
Truck
67.50
Sidewalk plows
14.50
$121.80
Sidewalks :
Superintendent
$26.25
Labor
99.30
Trucks ,
36.00
West Centre St., curbing
29.65
Gravel
3.75
Pipe
.75
124.88
2,50
$1388.76
$195.70
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Sidewalk, No. Elm St .: Survey and levels
$16.00
Street Signs and Bridges :
Superintendent
$92.50
Labor
359.96
Trucks
51.30
Painting
79.12
Lumber and cement
154.95
Gas and oil
8.33
Tools
4.85
Explosives
1.50
$752.51
So. Elm St., Tarvia:
Superintendent
$70.00
Labor
375.60
Trucks
340.00
Tarvia
145.60
Gas and oil
9.58
Sand
15.00
Coal
5.25
$961.03
Maolis Ave., Cinders:
Superintendent
$30.00
Labor
127.50
Trucks
91.00
Cinders
232.50
Tools
5.00
Gas and oil
7.49
$493.49
BELMONT AND MATFIELD STREETS
Construction
$2,267.92
Replacing trees
98.95
$2,366.87
17200
130
Belmont and Matfield Sts. (Seal Coat) :
Superintendent
$43.75
Labor
212.40
Trucks
39.75
Sand
30.00
Gas and oil
7.54
Tools
5.95
Oil, 3,620 gallons
388.11
$727.50
Calcium Chloride:
Superintendent
$11.25
Labor
67.00 5 81
Trucks
48.75
Gas and oil
3.66
Calcium chloride
679.66
Freight
137.84
$948.16
Total for Highways
$21,253.74
STREET LIGHTS
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
$2,555.81
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries
$64.75
Clothes
93.32
Furniture
1.40
Groceries
1,380.18
Fuel
137.54
Other Cities and Towns
1,234.10
Medical attendance
127.50
State Institutions
366.50
Cash
1,185.00
131
Moving
40.50
Repairs Rent Taxes
13.34
118.00
24.56
$4,786.69
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$300.00
Soldiers' Relief
56.13
$356.13
EDUCATION
General :
School Committee, salaries $385.00
School Superintendent
2,400.07
Attendance Officer
75.00
Printing, stationery and postage
83.69
School Physicians
200.00
Telephone
219.86
Traveling expenses, Supt.
323.83
Traveling expenses, Teachers
40.25
Teachers' salaries, elementary
8,737.31
Teachers' salaries, high
11,417.24
School Nurse, salary
686.65
School Nurse, traveling expenses
200.40
School Nurse, equipment
2.82
Bonus
262.50
Text and reference books, element- ary 1,162.71
Text and reference books, high
290.74
Equipment and supplies, ele- mentary 608.45
Equipment and supplies, high 1,512.15
132
Other tuition
568.54
Transportation, elementary
3,306.50
Transportation insurance
269.00
Janitor service, elementary
2,408.00
Janitor supplies
28.52
Fuel, elementary
1,991.64
Electric current, elementary
89.48
Gas, high
29.39
Freight, express and trucking
22.80
Furniture and furnishings, ele- mentary
407.90
Diplomas and graduating exercises
85.43
Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds:
Water, elementary
147.00
Water, high
21.00
Repairs, elementary
1,035.46
Cleaning, elementary
57.68
$49,077.01
LIBRARY
Librarian, salary
$352.00
Assistants' salaries
308.52
Janitor
124.93
Books
876.49
Fuel
28.00
Light
11.18
Repairs
208.42
Furniture and furnishings
16.50
Supplies
28.60
Flag
10.50
Flagpole
25.00
Labor on flagpole
7.00
$1,997.14
133
RECREATION
Memorial Day
$92.90
PARKS
Stock-labor on Flagpole
$26.70
Putting out Flag
8.50
$35.20
Elm Square:
Labor
$73.30
Cement and Cement Work
185.00
Survey
25.50
Material
58.00
Truck
24.75
Seed
3.00
$369.55
Care of Monument Grounds
52.50
$457.25
UNCLASSIFIED
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
$510.10
Insurance, liability
$413.69
Insurance, fire
$535.21
Plymouth Co. Aid to Agriculture
$100.00
WATER DEPARTMENT
Maintenance :
Commissioners' salaries $150.00
Clerks 245.85
Office equipment 12.23
City of Brockton, water 4,951.10
Stationery and postage 76.00
134
Printing and advertising
39.90
Liability insurance
108.12
Truck insurance
17.53
Labor
1,902.60
Pipe and fittings
721.93
Truck equipment
100.60
Truck repairs
244.01
Tools
128.98
Gas and oil
68.86
Freight
7.14
Paint
27.08
Registration
2.00
$8,803.93
Bonds and Interest:
Bonds
$5,535.00
Interest
2,410.30
$7,945.30
Construction, New Mains,
less than 6 inch :
Labor
$97.42
Pipes and fittings
280.01
$377.43
Meters:
Meters
$6,285.89
Freight
46.50
Labor
760.00
Tools
70.58
Fittings
139.74
$7,302.71
Total for Water $24,429.37
CEMETERIES
Care of Cemeteries $174.90
135
INTEREST
On temporary loans
On school loan
$1,886.23 320.00
$2,206.23
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary loans
$88,500.00
School loan
3,000.00
$91,500.00
Taxes :
State Tax
$3,995.00
County Tax
6,616.76
$10,611.76
REFUNDS
Taxes
$10.28
Interest
.89
Water
21.05
$32.22
$232,330.03
Cash balances Dec. 31, 1928:
General
$13,625.35
Water
4,726.30
$18,351.65
$250,681.68
UNPAID BILLS OF 1928
Schools
$248.63
Assessors
36.00
Public Welfare
536.00
Town By-Laws
17.60
$838.23
BALANCE SHEET DEC. 31, 1928 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash :
In banks and offices :
General
$13,625.35
Premium on Loan
Water
4,726.30
Library
25.00
Appropriation balances : Water Construction, No. 1 $1,518.00
Water Construction,
No. 2
1,865.66
$3,383.66
Levy of 1926
$991.41
Surplus War Bonus Fund
1,540.32
Levy of 1927
10,180.33
Levy of 1928
32,754.25
$43,925.99
Levy of 1927 820.19
Levy of 1928
1,358.70
1926
$50.85
$2,937.79
Reserve Fund (surplus overlay)
5,275.83
Westdale Improvement Society
174.76
No. Elm St. Sidewalk
984.00
No. Main St. Sidewalk
300.00
Water Revenue
7,372.07
Departmental Revenue
515.00
Surplus Revenue 25,929.71
$68,427.14
$68,427.14
Com. of Mass., Highway Main- tenance, Chap. 81
215.00
Temporary Loans : In anticipation of Revenue
$20,000.00 14.00
$18,376.65
Accounts Receivable : Catherine M. Howard, Collector of Taxes :
Overlays (reserved for abatements) :
Levy of 1926 $758.90
1927
695.97
1928
4,862.68
$5,609.50
Com. of Mass., State Aid
300.00
Water Rates:
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Debt
$61,135.00 Water Loans School Loan
$56,135.00 5,000.00
$61,135.00
$61,135.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds : Cash and Securities
$24,031.20
Cemetery Funds :
Alfred E. Alger fund $200.83
William Burke fund 161.27
Davis Copeland fund 204.97 Mrs. Henry Copeland fund 104.64 Lyman and Nathan Copeland fund 651.95
Samuel G. Copeland fund
208.47
Martha K. Crosby fund 103.00
Mary A. Dewyer fund
135.86
Hartwell fund
300.00
Julia M. Hooper fund 116.34
Samuel H. Howard fund
100.00
Isabelle Howard Fund
103.80
S. Nelson Howard fund
100.00
Hattie M. Jennings fund
103.23
Henry J. LeLacheur fund
102.86
Fred A. Perkins fund
100.78
Rosa R. Shaw fund 294.78
Oren Smith fund
154.43
So. St. Cemetery fund 309.98
Charles C. Thayer fund
181.86
Library Funds : Cornelius Alger fund $747.28 Nathan Copeland fund 613.61
$3,739.05
Mary N. K. Edgerly fund 526.22
Francis E. Howard fund 508.90
Mary L. Perkins fund 1,040.55
Mary P. Whitman fund 16,855.59
$20,292.15
$24,031.20
$24,031.20
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STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Bank Deposits
On hand at beginning of year
$3,147.22
Totals $3,147.22
On hand at end of year
3,739.05
3,739.05
Receipts
Deposited
Income
$133.90 600.83
Deposited in Savings Bank
$734.73
$734.73
Expenditures
152.90
Savings Bank
152.90
$887.63
$887.63
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1928
Receipts 200.83
Withdrawn
Jan. 1, 1929
Alfred E. Alger
$200.83
William Burke
$163.14
8.13
$10.00
161.27
Davis Copeland
210.54
10.43
16.00
204.97
Mrs. Henry Copeland
104.89
4.75
5.00
104.64
Lyman and Pardon
Copeland
666.25
33.70
48.00
651.95
Samuel G. Copeland
207.06
9.41
8.00
208.47
Martha K. Crosby
103.32
4.68
5.00
103.00
Mary A. Dewyer
129.99
5.87
135.86
The Hartwell Fund
300.00
300.00
Julia M. Hooper
110.76
5.58
116.34
Isabelle Howard
104.07
4.73
5.00
103.80
Samuel H. Howard
100.00
100.00
S. Nelson Howard
109.14
5.26
14.40
100.00
Hattie M. Jennings
103.55
4.68
5.00
103.23
Henry J. LeLacheur
103.18
4.68
5.00
102.86
Fred A. Perkins
100.00
3.78
3.00
100.78
Rossa R. Shaw
302.05
13.73
21.00
294.78
Bequests
Withdrawn from
141
Oren Smith
154.90
7.03
7.50
154.43
So. Street Cemetery
296.50
13.48
309.98
Charles C. Thayer
177.88
3.98
181.86
$3,147.22 $744.73 $152.90
$3,739.05
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Savings Bank Deposits
Totals
On hand at beginning of year
On hand at end of year
$20,689.31 $20,689.31 20,292.15 20,292.15
Receipts
Income
$1,017.35
Deposited Deposited in Bank $1,017.35 Expenditures 1,414.51
Withdrawn from
Savings Bank 1,414.51
$2,431.86
$2,431.86
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1928
Receipts
Withdrawn $114.38
$747.28
Nathan Copeland
555.95
57.66
613.61
Mary N. K. Edgerly 576.42
22.65
72.85
526.22
Francis E. Howard
513.43
22.59
27.12
508.90
Mary L. Perkins
1,180.93
56.65
197.03
1,040.55
Mary P. Whit-
man
17,040.78
817.94
1,003.13
16,855.59
$20,689.31 $1,017.35 $1,414.51 $20,292.15
ARTHUR C. PECKHAM, Town Accountant.
Jan. 1, 1929
Cornelius Alger
$821.80
$39.86
Report of Town Treasurer.
Cash Balance Jan. 1, 1928
Total Receipts for the year 1928
$10,629.57 240,052.11
250,681.68
Total Payments for 1928
$232,330.03
Cash balance Dec. 31, 1928
18,351.65
$250,681.68
CATHERINE M. HOWARD, Treasurer.
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Report of Tax Collector.
TAXES OF 1923
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928 $9.57
Payments to Treasurer $9.57
$9.57
TAXES OF 1924
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928 $6.55
Payments to Treasurer $6.55
$6.55
TAXES OF 1925
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928 $159.04
Payments of Treasurer
$90.74
Abatements
68.30
$159.04
TAXES OF 1926
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928
$8,338.19
Payments to Treasurer
$7,169.22
Cash on hand
1.76
Abatements
177.56
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1928
989.65
$8,338.19
144
TAXES OF 1927
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928 Refund Overpayment
$32,360.47
8.28
2.00
$32,370.75
Payments to Treasurer
$22,161.82
Cash on hand
1.00
Abatements
27.60
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1928
10,180.33
$32,370.75
TAXES OF 1928
Commitments
$88,381.41
Payments to Treasurer
$55,482.65
Abatements
144.51
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1928
32,754.25
$88,381.41
CATHERINE M. HOWARD, Collector of Taxes.
Report of the Collector of Water Rates
WATER RATES 1925
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928
$5.25
Abatements $5.25
$5.25
WATER RATES 1926
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928
$124.35
Payments to Treasurer
$68.25
Abatements
5.25
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1928
50.85
$124.35
WATER RATES 1927
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928
$3,528.80
Payments to Treasurer
$2,732.55
Abatements
21.50
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1928
695.95
Adjustment
78.85
$3,528.80
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WATER RATES 1928
Commitments
$19,464.57
Collected in excess of commitment
5.25
Overpayment to Treasurer
50.25
$19,520.07
Payments to Treasurer
$14,397.96
Abatements
209.18
Adjustments
2.25
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1928
4,910.68
$19,520.07
CATHERINE M. HOWARD, Collector of Water Rates.
Report of Plymouth County Extension Service.
How many boys and girls know the advantages of be- ing a 4-H Club member? Aside from the thorough train- ing in the project taken, there are offered each year at the Brockton Fair substantial prizes for special achievements.
To the girl who excels in sewing an electric sewing machine is awarded, and either boy or girl can compete for one of the nine $100.00 scholarships which are given toward college expenses. To be chosen county champion is an honor to be proud of, and the reward is a week's training with other boys and girls from all over the state at Camp Gilbert, Amherst.
The following report of Extension Service covers the work done on farms, in homes, and in 4-H clubs in 1928. In submitting it I wish to emphasize the fact that extension service in any of its forms makes for better homes.
Appropriations for the Trustees County Aid to Agri- culture apply to the funds of the organization known more commonly as the Plymouth County Extension Service. The Plymouth County Extension Service, supported by federal, state, county, and local funds, co-operates with the Massa- chusetts Agricultural College in teaching agriculture and home-making through group instruction, correspondence, and individual service to any man, woman, boy, or girl in the county who desires such information.
Many West Bridgewater dairymen, poultrymen, fruit
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growers, and gardeners were assisted by the county agent. He visited the farms, studied certain conditions which needed correcting and made recommendations. Many in- terested people attended meetings and demonstrations ar- ranged by the extension service and received the literature containing new and timely information.
Food selection and preparation has been the major project in the women's program. Meetings have been well attended and the spread of influence wide. Home makers have also participated in the district program in furniture renovation. Groups of mothers are now holding meetings to discuss their problems in child feeding. This year's plans include activities in kitchen and living room improve- ment.
The 4-H clubs continued to appeal to the boys and girls. The food club work and garden club work was most popular. Twenty-five girls studied food preparation and selection, forty boys and girls in the Center, the North End, and at Matfield had gardens and used the information they received.
I wish to thank all those who have assisted, especially those who opened their homes for meetings, and those who have acted as leaders.
CORELLI C. ALGER, Town Director.
Report of Water Commissioners.
During the year 1928 there have been installed seven new services.
METERS
It was voted at the last town meeting to meter all water takers. The department is now about 95% metered, there being a few $3.50 takers where there are no cellars and where the department thinks it unadvisable to install meters. Meters are read quarterly. All hydrants have been repainted.
STOCK USED
15 Corporation cocks
12 New lead connections
21 Curb cocks
14 Curb boxes
4 Reset 4" gates
4 4" sheet boxes
1 Moved and reset 4" hydrant
92 Leaks in main services and meters
3 8" hydrants repacked
4 6" hydrants repacked
9 4" hydrants repacked Installed new valves in 8 hydrants
24 1x3/4 stop and waste
2,000 ft of 1" galv. pipe
1,250 ft. of 2" galv. pipe
8 old street services re- newed
We would recommend the taking up of the two inch pipe on East St. going south and connecting on to the four inch pipe.
We would recommend running a 6" pipe from the Brockton line, down Copeland St. and connecting on to the 2" main near Barker's barn.
Report of Board of Health.
There is no way of estimating the expense of the Board of Health for the coming year because there is no certainty in forecasting the number of infectious or contagious dis- eases which may occur in town.
The following cases have been reported during the year 1928:
Measles
34
Mumps 16
Scarlet Fever 48
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
1
Whooping Cough 10
Dog Bite 1
The responsibility for the spread of infectious and con- tagious diseases is more dependant upon the parents than upon any other source. Too little attention is paid to the rules of quarantine. The state requires certain rules and regulations concerning the health of the community to be enforced by the local Board of Health. The Board still de- sires the co-operation of the public but will insist that proper precautions be taken.
JAMES A. HEMENWAY, WALTER C. WHITING, JOHN S. BARKER,
Board of Health.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1928
AH-WILLIS
PRINTER HETDOLETỞ ED Mass
MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Mr. Edwin H. Thayer, Chairman
Term expires 1930
Mrs. Corelli C. Alger, Secretary
Term expires 1928
Harold S. Lyon Term expires 1929
Mrs. Edith M. Alger
Term expires 1929
Dr. W. C. Whiting Term expires 1928 Frank G. Chadwick Term expires 1930
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in Room 4, Town Offices, on the second Monday of each month, July and August excepted, at 7:45 P. M.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Richard D. Tucker
Office, Howard High School Telephone, Brockton 5094 Residence, 45 Howard Street, West Bridgewater, Tel. Brockton 4708-R Office Hours: 3.30-5.00 every school day, unless absent on special business.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Dr. Ellis S. LeLacheur
Dr. Walter C. Whiting
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICER I. W. Lothrop
Report of School Committee.
It seems fitting at this time to make some general com- ments on the school situation with regard to buildings and their equipment.
The building's at the Center and at Sunset Avenue have every modern equipment and are generally well lighted, ventilated, and satisfactory for school purposes.
The outlying buildings in the Cochesett, Matfield, and Jerusalem sections are obselete, poorly equipped as to sani- tary arrangements of heating, lighting and ventilation. These buildings, however, have been kept in a good state of repair. To remodel them so as to bring them up to the state requirements, would involve a great deal of expense.
The alternative is to build new in these sections or con- solidate all schools at one or two centers.
The conditions at the Cochesett School are so bad that the Committee feels that some remedial measures must be taken at once.
REPAIRS
At the Sunset Avenue School the exterior was painted during the summer and a cement walk to the street built. We found it necessary to change the type of boys' sanitary, which involved considerable expense.
At the Matfield School the larger building was shingled and some foundation work done on the primary building.
At the Center two-room building, the walls and ceilings of the corridors were repainted, and the woodwork through- out was varnished.
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EQUIPMENT
At the Matfield School new portable combination seats and desks were installed to replace the old type.
At the High School, the Trustees of the Howard Fund have supplied new and expensive physical and chemistry equipment, consisting of a large Chemistry and Physics stu- dent work desk, a demonstration table for the lecture room, and an electric blower for the hood. This added equipment provides the High School with an adequate and modern laboratory.
In addition the Trustees have provided 40 steel lockers for the Gymnasium and have repaired the driveways and parking spaces about the building.
In conclusion the Committee expresses its gratitude to the Trustees of the Howard Fund for the new installations and repairs at the High School.
The following appropriations are recommended.
General Control
$3,800.00
Teachers' Salaries
31,000.00
Textbooks and Supplies
2,200.00
Janitors' Services
2,450.00
Janitors' Supplies
100.00
Maintenance and Repairs
1,200.00
Fuel and Light
2,400.00
Transportation
3,800.00
Nurse
900.00
Medical Inspection
200.00
Tuition
250.00
Miscellaneous
400.00
$48,700.00
EDWIN H. THAYER, Chairman.
Report of Superintendent of Schools.
To the School Committee :
The aims and objectives of education remain the same, the training of America's youth for citizenship.
The demands of modern life civic, social, and economic, have increased during the years until at the present time they are unbelievably numerous and complex. To meet the situations growing out of our advancing civilization many reforms in our educational system have been impera- tive.
These reforms affect curricula, organization, texts, buildings and grounds. No phase of education has re- mained unchanged where it is fulfilling its mission. In 1775 the elementary school curriculum consisted of four subjects, the three R's and spelling, in 1875 the number had been increased to twelve subjects and by 1925 to nineteen. In an up-to-date system everything that contributes to the building of a well developed body, a strong character, and an informed mind, excepting only religion, is taught in the elementary grades. The sixth grade pupil today may learn more and in language that he understands, of ancient his- tory than was known to scholars fifty years ago. The eighth grade pupil is taught more about world industries and relationships than could be learned in the colleges of a few decades ago.
The complexity of the curriculum has necessitated great changes in school organization. It is no longer pos-
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