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Automobile violations
169
Automobiles turned over to registry
40
Automobile violations on file
129
Cause of Summons and Arrests:
Operating under the influence
5
Operating so as to endanger
8
Refusing to show license
1
Leaving scene of accident without making self known after causing property damage 1
Leaving scene of accident without making self known after causing personal injury
1
Speeding
12
No periodic inspection sticker
8
Failing to stop for an officer
2
Drunk
13
Attempt larceny
4
Larceny
5
Non-support
1
Maliciously breaking windows
1
Runaway
1
104
Illegitimacy Violation of the milk law
1
1
1
1
No License
2.
On suspicion, turned over to F.B . I. Disturbance
2
Arrests made out of this State
1
Delinquency
1
Miscellaneous:
Automobile accidents
18
Automobile accidents, persons killed
2
Automobile accidents, persons taken to doctor
2
Automobile accidents, persons taken to doctor then to hospital
5
Persons ill taken to doctor
2
Persons ill taken to hospital
2
Persons injured and taken to doctor
3
Persons injured by automobile and bicycle accidents
3
Persons committed suicide
2
Persons attempted suicide
2
Persons burned and taken to hospital
1
Number plates returned to Registry
2
Fire alarm answered by police '
9
Persons reported missing and located
4
Summons served for other Departments
9
Investigations with other departments
5
Wires down and reported
2
Persons committed to State Hospital
2
Persons escaped from State Hospital and located
1
Emergency communications delivered
7
Property recovered
$2,300.00
Defective light tickets given out 165
2
Violation of probation Assault and Battery Abandonment
1
105
Liquor places opened after hours and closed
on order of police 5
Water main broke and reported by police 1
Transfer papers given out and received
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The Auxiliary Police Department consists of forty-two ac- tive members. They meet the second and fourth Monday of every month. To them I express my hearty thanks and appre- ciation for their past cooperation.
I sincerely wish to express my hearty thanks and appreci- ation to the Selectmen and all others who have cooperated with me.
To my officers I also extend my hearty thanks for their gen- uine cooperation that they have shown the police department.
P. DOUGLAS EATON, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my annual report of the West Bridge- water Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1942.
VALUE LOSSES AND INSURANCE PAID
Assessor's value of buildings
$18,925.00
Insurance on buildings
17,200.00
Insurance paid on buildings
1,979.60
Estimated Value on Contents
8,250.00
Insurance on Contents 9,100.00
Estimated loss on contents
1,600.00
Insurance paid on contents
None
(It so happened that where there were losses on contents from fire there was no insurance.)
FIRES
Frame buildings
27
Glassland (101/2 acres)
25
Brush and Woodland (181/2 acres)
21
Automobile
1
Tractor
1
Dump
2
Drowning
False
1
Cat in Tree
1
Telephone Poles
1
107
Dog through Ice Call for inhalator Aid calls
1
1
3
Total calls answered
85
PERMITS
Oil Burner
9
Open air fires 118
REMEMBER
All fires in open air require a written permit from the Chief of the Fire Department. No permits issued during the months of April and May except on rainy days. This is a state law.
The Department has traveled 499 miles, laid 22,300 feet of booster hose, 6,350 feet of 21/2 inch hose, 2,300 feet of 11/2 inch hose, raised 315 feet ladders and used 96 gallons chem- icals, engines have pumped 41 hours and fifteen minutes.
INVESTIGATION
I have investigated two complaints and four calls from the Fire Tower located in Hanson.
APPARATUS
One 500 gallon triple combination Buffalo Equipment on Diamond T chassis, purchased in 1937.
One Maxim 500 gallon triple combination purchased in 1924.
One Chevrolet combination with 120 gallon booster tank and pump used to extinguish grass and woods fires. Built in 1938 by the Fire Department.
One twelve foot boat and trailer presented to Town by the American Legion for emergencies.
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CALL FORCE
The Call Force consists of one chief, one acting deputy chief, one captain, one acting captain, fifteen privates and five forest fire wardens.
FIRE ALARM AND SCHOOL SIGNAL Siren and tapper system tested daily except Sundays.
FIRE DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE
CHIEF 4137-W STATION 4137-R
Remember the easiest way to extinguish a fire is to prevent it from starting. This can be done by being careful in the home, and in the open. Keep your chimneys clean, be careful of exten- sion cords, when worn replace with new, do not put hot ashes in wood or paper containers, do not smoke in bed, be sure your cigarette, cigar or pipe ashes are out before discarding them, never replace a blown fuse with a penny, always break a match before throwing it away. Do not place papers, rubbish or kindling near heater, keep your matches in a metal container, do not fill your attic full of useless articles and papers, if they are worth- less get rid of them, keep your polishing cloths, and oily rags and mops in a metal container. If you wipe a hot stove with a cloth or papers be sure it is not afire before putting it away.
Fire in a building where there is good house keeping is the exception not the rule.
To help keep your fire losses small call your fire depart- ment immediately on discovering a fire either in a building, grassland or woodland.
I wish to thank the Selectmen and all others who have in any way helped the Fire Department.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. BOURNE, Chief Fire Department.
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REPORT OF COMMISSARY
During the year 1942 the Commissary distributed the fol- lowing amounts of food and clothing:
FOOD
Fresh:
Apples
25,574
Lbs.
Beets
3,0241/2
Cabbage
4,240
Carrots
1,035
66
Lard
3,434
Onions
3,099
66
Squash
2,679
66
Sweet Potatoes
6,425
Canned :
Apples
236
Cans
Milk
3,468
Grapefruit Juice
257
Cereal:
Corn Meal
4,746
Lbs.
Graham Flour
10,2741/2
Rolled Oats
2,362
Wheat Cereal
3,936
6
Wheat Flour
24,500
66
Eggs
3,839
Doz.
Dried:
Beans
4,261
Lbs.
Prunes
2,916
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CLOTHING
3,180 pieces including 4 layettes, and 5 sheets for bed pa- tients.
As both the food and clothing are greatly appreciated by recipients we trust this department will continue to be of service.
In conclusion we wish to thank all those who have so gen- erously cooperated to make the past year successful.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE L. WILLIAMS,
Supervisor.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
Elected
Term Expires
Louis P. Hayden
1940
1943
Martha B. Mason
1940
1943
* Jean Rollins Puffer
1942
1944
Daniel J. Lothrop
1941
1944
Ada M. Wood
1942
1945
Basil M. Soule
1942
1945
*Jane Bartlett appointed to fill the unexpired term of Jean Rollins Puffer.
Chairman
Daniel J. Lothrop
Secretary
Ada M. Wood
Treasurer
Martha B. Mason
BOOK COMMITTEE
Martha B. Mason
Ada M. Wood
Daniel J. Lothrop
Jean R. Puffer
EXECUTIVE OFFICER Daniel J. Lothrop
Report of the Librarian
To the Trustees of the Public Library:
I respectfully submit the report of the Public Library for the year 1942.
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We are pleased to note that the circulation for the year, 29,133 books, shows but a slight decrease below 1941, consider- ing the curtailment in the use of cars, necessitating fewer visits to the library of patrons who reside in the distant parts of the town. We appreciate the continued kindness of Mrs. Prescott Snell and Miss Mary Nelson who handle deposits of books in the North End and Jerusalem sections of the town.
We have had an unusually large number of calls for books of a technical nature from the young men in defense work, or because of interest in the branches of the armed service to which they may be assigned. Books on aviation and radio head this list; to augment our own books on these subjects we have bor- rowed freely from the State Library.
The Library has been the recipient of many gifts of books, including several sets by standard authors.
The call for books for the men in service met a hearty re- sponse and we have sent away 718 books. The drive continues and books may be left at the library any time. We thank Mrs. Eldridge, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Frellick and Mr. and Mrs. John Fraser for their kindness in sorting and delivering the books for us.
Under improvements we filled a long-felt need of a vertical file for the filing of pamphlets, mounted pictures, maps and so forth. The file was the work of the manual training class under Mr. Morton at the Center School. During the vacation period new steps were added to the outside of the building.
One change was made in the staff personnel, the resigna- tion of Miss Ruth Bemis as part-time assistant and the appoint- ment in her place of Mrs. Lucille Lyseth.
We feel deeply the passing of one of our trustees, Mrs. Clar-
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ence Puffer, who has shown by her many gracious deeds her sincere interest in the welfare of the library.
We thank our trustees and our patrons for their continued thoughtfulness and hope to serve even better in the coming year.
JEAN M. MURDOCK,
Librarian.
STATISTICS
Circulation
Adult fiction
13,036
Adult non-fiction
3,280
Juvenile books
9,068
Magazines
3,749
Total circulation
29,133
Books added by purchase-Adult
234
Books added by purchase-Juvenile
93
327
Books added by gift
199
SCHOOL CIRCULATION
Elementary
Fiction
2,178
Non-fiction
2,605
Magazines
44
Total
4,827
·
114
Secondary
Fiction
588
Non-fiction
570
Magazines
11
Total
1,169
Total Elementary
4,827
Total Secondary
1,169
Total School
5,996
NEW BOOKS ADDED IN 1942
Fiction
Lieutenant's Lady
Aldrich
Horn of Life
Atherton
Advance Agent
August
Red Is for Killing
Bagby
Apprehensive Dog
H. C. Bailey
Nobody's Vineyard
H. C. Bailey
Pink Camellia
T. Bailey
Blue Horizons
Baldwin
Breath of Life
Baldwin
Fiddle Longspay
Bledsoe
Man from Mustang
Brand
Silvertip
Brand
Frontier Passage
Bridge
Until, the Day Break
Bromfield
Boy from Maine
Brush Buck
Dragon Seed
Ladies in Boxes
Burgess Butler
Way of All Flesh
1
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Look to the Mountain
Autumn Glory
Head of the Line
Cannon Carfrae Carroll
Saint Goes West
Charteris Chevalier
Drivin' Woman
Body in the Library
Christie
Moving Finger
Christie Christie
Murder in Retrospect
Riders of Rimrock Trail
Cole
No Past is Dead
Connington Cook
Kimball Collection
Corbett Crosby
Valley of Decision
Davenport Dawson
Gun-Quick
Denver
Days of Ofelia
Diamant
The Robe
Douglas DuMaurier
Young Ames
Edmonds
Valley of Night
Farnol
The Children
Fedorova
Blood on Her Shoes
Field
Law Man of Powder Valley
Field
Bride of Glory
B. Field
Fiesta in November
Flores
Best American Short Stories 1941 - 1942
Foley
The Renegade
Forman
Unconscious Witness
Freeman
This Side of Land
Frost
Case of the Drowning Duck
Gardner
Thunderbird
Garth
North to Danger
Gill
-Blue Hills
Goudge
Violet
Midsummer Nights Murder
Gunsmoke Graze
Frenchman's Creek
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Castle on the Hill Under My Elm
Border Line
Man from Texas
Diplomatic Honeymoon
Girl Without Credit
Killers of Green's Cove
Majesty's Rancho
Lover of Life
See Here, Private Hargrove
Alder Gulch
Haycox Hichens
-Girl in the Woods
Hill Hill
~Street of the City
Cup and the Sword
Hobart Holton
All Sails Set
-This One Kindness
Fallen Sparrow
Gentleman Banker
Widening Stain
Mrs. Appleyard's Kitchen
Michael's Girl
Crescent Carnival
Flood Tide and Stars
Affair of the Limping Sailor
Affair of the Splintered Heart
_
Bells for the Dead
Terror by Twilight
K. Knight Kim Knight
Bright to the Wanderer
Cornish Tales
Death on the Aisle
Pardners of the Badlands
Rainbow at Dusk
Goudge Grayson Gregory Gregory
Greig Greig Grinstead
Grey Harsanyl Hargrove
New Way of Life
Hueston Hughes Jennings Johnson
Kent Kerr
Keyes King C. Knight C. Knight K. Knight
Vengeance Trail
Lancaster Lee Lockridge
Lomax Loring
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Cousin William The Uninvited Boomtown Buccaneers
Riddle of Ramrock Ridge Shadow River
Dancing Star
Gunsmoke Trail
Laugh Last, Mr. Moto
Arms and the Man
Rivers of Glory
Time for Silence
Walls of Jericho
Daffodil Affair
McIness
Ivory Mischief
Meeker
Desperate Angel
Miller
Sheridan Road
Miller
Thorofare
Morley
Sea-Gulls Cry
Nathan
Men Without a County
Nordhoff
Apple for Eve
Norris
Dina Cashman
Norris
West of the Rainbow
Ogden
Man Who Changed His Plea
Oppenheim Parmenter
Then Came the Test
Pedler
Hold Autumn in Your Hand
Perry
Mr. Limpett
Pratt
Calamity Town
Queen
The Damyank
Raine
Justice Deferred
Raine
Haunted Lady
Rinehart
If This Be Destiny
Robins
Frayne of the Flying Y
Rodney
Seco Bonanza
Rodney
D. Lutes MacArdle MacDonald MacDonald MacDonald Malvern Mann Marquand M. Marshall Mason Maurois McCord
Golden Age
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Columbus Good Comrades Army Doctor Surgeon in Charge Silent Don Sunset Graze
Tamara
Brand Stealer
Snow Snow
Outlaws of Sugar Loaf
No Brighter Glory
Sperry Taylor Taylor
Three Plots for Asey Mayo
Murder Is Out
Thayer
War and Peace
Tolstoy
Man Miss Susie Loved
Tucker
-Mystery of the Red Triangle Valley of Vanishing Birds
Tuttle
Thunder in Heaven
Von Tempski Wells Welty Werfel
Song of Bernadette
Angela Come Home
Widdemer Wilkins Williams
Time of Peace
Wright
-Man Who Went Away Victory for Love
Wynne
Non-Fiction
- Two Way Passage
Adamic
- What's Your Name
Adamic
Innocent Merriment Adams Native American Baker
New Ency. of Machine Shop Practice Book of Bays
Barnwell Beebe
Sabatini Salten Seifert Seifert Sholokhov Short Skaratina
Talent for Murder
Robber Bridegroom
Seven Tempest
Tuttle
Six Iron Spiders
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->Yankee Star Gazer St. Lawrence (The)
Beston
Riding
Boniface
Accustomed As I Am
Brown Chamberlain
Fair Is Our Land
The Kentucky
Clark
No Life for a Lady
Cleaveland
First Person Singular (Monologues )
Clements
Am. Machinists' Handbook
Colver
Home Vegetable Garden
Coulter
What Every Citizen Should Know About the Marines
Craige
Mission to Moscow
Davies
The Wisconsin
Derleth
Yankee Fighter (Hasey)
Dineen
Cokesbury Shower Book
Fite
Paul Revere and the World He Lived In
Forbes
Shop Theory
Ford Trade School
1941 Information, Please
Golenpaul
Unfinished Symphony
Goss
Blueprint Reading
Graham
Introducing Australia
Grattan
Long Ships Passing
Havighurst Haynes Helm
Angel Mo and Her Son, Roland Hayes
Henney
Unknown Country
Hutchinson
Tennis
Jacobs
Queen of the Flat Tops
Johnston
American Pewter
Kerfoot
What the Citizen Should Know About the Merchant Marines
Lane
By Pan-American Highway Through S. America
Lanks
English American Furniture
Lesansky
This Chemical Age
Principles of Radio
Berry
120
American Pilgrimage Best Plays 1941 - 1942 West With the Night MpThe Sangamon America for Me
Cruising Manual
General Douglas MacArthur
Admiral of the Ocean Sea (Columbus) Good Intentions
Manual of Harmony
Pool of Memory
Be Your Own Gardner
Vitamins & Minerals for Everyone Forward the Nation
Forty Power Tools You Can Make
Save $100 a Year on Your Car
Cross Creek
We Took to the Woods
Will Rogers
Victory Through Air Power
My India-My America
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Byways to Adventure
Return to the Future
Members of the Family
Lives Return to the Future
-Time and the Town
Vorse ~ Way
-The Allegheny Cabin in the Pines
Sweets Without Sugar
Wheeler White White
They Were Expendable
Ambassadors in White
Anyone Can Paint
Malone Mantle Markham Marsters McBride Mefferd Miller Morison Nash Otterstrom Oppenheim Patterson
Pattee Peattie Pop. Mechanics Press Pop. Mechanics Press Rawlings Rich Rogers Seversky Shridharami Skinner Teale Undset Van de Water Van Loon Van Plassen
Wilson Zaidenbery
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REPORT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Work of the Department was very much curtailed during the past year due to conditions brought on by the war. There was a small amount of new construction and services were in- stalled to these buildings. Other older installations were renewed or cleaned and repaired.
At the present time government regulations make it im- possible for the Department to do any work other than of an emergency nature.
Supplies and equipment on hand at the close of the year are sufficient to take care of any anticipated needs.
Respectfully submitted,
ANTONE SOUSA, Superintendent.
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REPORT OF THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE 1942
During 1942 the Extension Service program has been great- ly changed as a result of war-time conditions. At the beginning of this war, food production was immediately recognized as one of the great, essentials in combat. Our slogan "Food Will Win the War and Write the Peace" is being brought to a more def- inite realization as our allied forces assume greater offensives. On the home front, the production of food is becoming a crit- ical item. Therefore, Extension Service programs have been geared to do their important part in the organization and edu- cation of the production and preservation of food.
Because of the nature of Extension Service work, as it is conducted for many projects on a county-wide basis, it is diffi- cult to outline specifically all of the benefits that a particular town has derived. More than ever, in 1942 the Extension Ser- vice has been called upon to execute a large share of the assign- ments found necessary to promote the war effort. Through the Plymouth County U. S. D. A. War Board, of which the Exten- sion Service is a principal factor, leaders have been chosen to act in the interest of fellow farmers and for rural people. While many of the committees such as Farm Machinery Rationing, Farm Transportation, and Rural Policy Committees, have not func- tioned on a town basis, they have indirectly and directly con- tributed to the welfare of the townspeople. Town War Action Committees were set up early in 1942 in practically every town in Plymouth County to asssume responsibility and to organize.
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and promote the assignments felt necessary within the town. In the year to come these committees will assume a greater role in furthering the Food Production Program.
Commodity project work for dairy, poultry, fruits, veg- etables, forestry, and cranberries are conducted largely on a county-wide or regional basis. The Extension agents plan to dis- tribute these meetings in as many towns as possible so that the work may be brought to the attention of as many people as pos- sible on a practical basis. Farm and home visits are made only to fulfill requests, or where visits promote project work. Travel limitations greatly reduced the number of farm visits, but greater demands were made by telephone and through individual letters. Rural families having use for information released by the Ply- mouth County Extension Service and the Massachusetts State College Extension Service will find this available upon request tc the county office. Three departments in Agriculture, Home- making, and 4-H Club Work, are represented by two agents for each department. Joint responsibility is often shared for certain projects.
The County Home Demonstration Agents conducted meet- ings on clothing instruction, food buying, Christmas Greens, Garden Planning, Food Preservation, and Food Storage during the past year. However, the majority of the work was placed on the essential item-food production, preservation, and storage.
Four-H Club projects were carried on in every town offer- ing the possibilities of organized clubs for poultry, dairy, gar- den, and handicraft for boys. Girls' 4-H Club work was available in clothing, food, home furnishing, and food preservation. Out- standing work has been accomplished by these departments on a town basis. Much credit is due local leadership in the success of these projects.
The Extension Service work is of such wide scope that the
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efforts of Extension agents cannot be confined to strictly Exten- sion Service activities. Close cooperation is given any worth- while organization which contributes to better family living.
In 1943, the Food Production Program must of necessity require the major part of the Extension Service work. Food is considered a most critical item in the war strategy. Extension agents and leaders will devote long and arduous hours in making sure that this item does not fall short of the essential demands. Each town which contributes to the support of this organiza- ion is doing its part to make sure that Democracy shall live and that this educational process of proven value shall endure.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE.
A great deal of credit is due our Extension Service in Ply- mouth County for their leadership and cooperation in carrying out the many war time programs. We on the home front can assist them by aiding in those projects which so directly affect us even in rural communities.
If there are problems that come within the broad scope of Extension Service it will be found that our agents are as ever willing and eager to assist.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD H. CARLSON, Town Director.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1942
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATION of SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Lloyd P. Tyrer, Chairman
Term expires 1944
Clare E. Parker
Term expires 1943
Henry F. Woodward
Term expires 1943
Sherman H. Perkins
Term expires 1944
James A. Kehoe
Term expires 1945
Roger F. Tracy
Term expires 1945
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Charles G. Taylor
Office: Howard High School Telephone Brockton 5094
Residence: 135 North Elm Street Telephone Brockton 2221-W
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Adolor O. Belmore, M. D.
SCHOOL NURSE Mrs. Lillian M. Hewitt
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICER Douglas Eaton
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1943
Winter Term January 4 to February 19, inclusive
Spring Term March 1 to April 16, inclusive
Summer Term April 26 to June 18, inclusive
Fall Term
September 8 to December 23, inclusive
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SCHOOLS CLOSED ON
May 31-for Memorial Day
October 12-for Columbus Day
November 11-for Armistice Day
November 24 (at noon) 25, 26-Thanksgiving Holidays
SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP, OCTOBER 1, 1942
School
I
II
III
VI
V
VI
VII VIII Total
Center
10
23
17
30
22
40
42
41
225
Sunset Avenue
14
10
14
22
11
16
16
17
120
Cochesett
10
13
10
14
12
59
Matfield
5
8
5
18
Jerusalem
2
3
3
4
12
-
-
-
Totals
41
57
49
70
45
56
58
58
434
IX X
XI XII
High School
53
44
55
39
191
Total-High and Elementary
625
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Expenditures 1942
Estimates 1943
1. Administration
$ 3,634.16
$ 3,800.00
2. Expense of Instruction
Salaries
32,183.21
34,500.00
Books & Supplies
2,703.73
2,700.00
Household Arts
300.00
$34,886.94
$37,500.00
3. Expenses of Operation Janitors" Wages
$ 2,618.52
$ 2,930.00
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Fuel
2,268.82
2,300.00
Supplies
87.23
Light and Power
364.34
700.00
Gas
120.17
Water
120.77
$ 5,579.85
$ 5,930.00
4. Maintenance
$ 1,305.82
$ 1,200.00
5. Auxiliary Agencies
Library
$ 20.98
$ 100.00
Health
1,200.30
1,400.00
Tuition
114.15
300.00
Transportation
3,084.50
3,090.00
Miscellaneous
134.78
150.00
$ 4,554.71
$ 5,040.00
6. Outlay
$ 131.75
Grand Total
$50,093.23
$53,470.00
Appropriation
$50,000.00
Refund from J. L. Hammett
95.57
Total Available
$50,095.57
Expenditures
50,093.23
Balance
$ 2.34
Reimbursement
On account of Superintendent's Salary and Transportation $ 1,235.78
Part I, Chapter 70
5,378.00
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State Ward Tuition
466.27
Adult Education
135.08
Total
$ 7,215.13
Net Operation Cost to Town for 1942
$42,878.10
Household Arts
Balance from 1942
$ 130.00
Federal Grant
( George-Deen Funds)
1,326.00
Total
$ 1,456.00
Expended
1,380.73
Balance
$ 75.27
Sunset Avenue Heating
Balance from 1941
$ 74.00
Expended®
27.81
Balance
(Revert to General Treasury ) $ 46.19
Sunset Avenue Sanitation
Balance from 1940
$ 24.14
· Expended
21.96
Balance
(Revert to General Treasury ) $ 2.18
Summary of Expenditures
Operating
$50,093.23
Household Arts
1,380.73
Sunset Avenue Heating
27.81
Sunset Avenue Sanitation
21.96
$51,523.73
1.30
To the Citizens of West Bridgewater:
The school system of West Bridgewater is faced with defin- ite war time problems which test the ingenuity and adaptibility of committee, superintendent and teachers. The situation is ade- quately covered by an editorial in a recent issue of the Saturday Evening Post which says in part "With boys of eighteen in Army service, and college training consequently curtailed, new burdens are thrust upon the elementary and preparatory schools. They must not only 'indoctrinate'-and we hope this word can be liquidated at the end of the war-students with understand- ing of the issues of the war and of their part in it, but they must introduce into their curriculums some of the subjects which are not ordinarily encountered until later. All this the lower schools must do while their faculties are depleted by the draft and the defense industries ;- while their budgets are threatened by enor- mous war taxation and reduced local revenues. That the prob- lem can be solved without thorough consideration of all its phases, only the most goggle-eyed optimist will believe."
In determining how well your committee and superintend- ent began this program and are still broadening the scope of this war period educational system, we refer you to the reports of the superintendent of schools, the high school principal, and the heads of the various departments.
TEACHERS' SALARIES
The question of teachers' salaries has been given a great deal of thought and study. It has long been recognized by the committee that there has been no properly balanced salary scale in West Bridgewater. A thorough study has shown that the salary scale is low when compared with school systems of sim- ilar size. This is borne out by the fact that in one year alone we have lost approximately 33% of our teachers, most of whom have accepted positions, with greater remuneration, elsewhere.
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