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$40,175.00
Insurance on Buildings
52,100.00
Estimated loss on buildings
10,066.00
Insurance paid on buildings
10,517.00
Estimated value of contents
39,400.00
Insurance on contents
39,275.00
Estimated loss on contents
5,750.00
Insurance paid on contents
3,962.00
CALLS ANSWERED
Frame Buildings
25
Grassland (201/2 acres)
25
Brush and woodland (25 acres)
35
Automobiles and trucks
7
Dumps
4
Rubbish
12
Aid calls out of town
5
No fire
4
Drowning
1
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APPARATUS
One 50 gallon triple combination Buffalo Equipment on Di- amond T chassis purchased 1937.
One Chevrolet combination with 320 gallon water tank and portable pump purchased in 1945.
One triple combination Maxim purchased in 1924.
One 12-foot boat presented to the town by the American Legion for emergencies.
PERMITS
Oil Burners and Oil Storage 111
Gas Storage 1
Open Air Fires 497
The Department has traveled 888 miles, pumped 691/4 hours, laid 37,300 feet booster hose, 3,250 feet 11/2 inch hose, 9,300 feet 21/2 inch hose, raised 517 feet ladders.
FIRE ALARM AND EMERGENCY SIGNAL
Tested daily except Sundays
FIRE DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE
CHIEF-4137
STATION-4137
PERSONNEL
One Chief, one Deputy Chief, four Captains, Fifteen Privates
OIL BURNERS
Rules of Department of Public Safety
No oil-burner of any type shall be installed without first getting a permit from the Fire Department.
It is required that installation or alteration of fuel oil burn-
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ers of any type shall not be made by anyone unless in possession of certificate of competency.
After being installed it must be inspected and a permit issued for oil storage by the Fire Department.
To help keep your fire losses small, CALL YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT immediately on discovering a fire in a building, grassland or woodland.
I wish to thank the Selectmen and all others who have in any way helped the Department.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. BOURNE, Chief, Fire Department
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
As of December 31, 1947, the outstanding Taxes and Water Rates were as follows:
1946
Water Rates:
Personal Taxes 1947
$342.66
Water Rates $2,295.27
Water Liens 1,252.65
Poll Taxes
$106.00
Real Estate
14,984.97
$3,547.92
Personal
2,811.12
Motor Vehicles
2,289.99
$20,192.08
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER C. DUNBAR Collector
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report for the year 1947.
Court fines returned to the Town
$80.00
Stolen property recovered
800.00
Complaints and Investigations
229
Auto Violations
409
Auto Violations turned over to Registry
169
Auto Violations on file
240
The following cases were disposed of according to the nature of the case:
Operating under the influence of liquor
20
Operating so as to endanger
16
Failing to keep to the right
1
Failing to Slow
1
Failing to Stop on signal of officer
2
Speeding
15
Operating without license
3
Operating without registration
2
Operating after suspension of license
3
Allowing improper person to operate
1
Operating unregistered car
1
Operating uninsured car
1
Operating with improper equipment
2
Assault and Battery
2
Breaking and Entering in night time
1
Larceny
1
Illegitimacy
1
Drunkenness
36
105
Disturbance Stubborn child Violation of probation
3
1
1
Non-Support
4
Malicious breaking of glass
4
Delinquency by running away Admitted to State Hospital Truant
3
1
MISCELLANEOUS
Automobile accidents
30
Automobile accidents, persons injured taken to Doctor
8
Automobile accidents, persons injured taken to Hospital
20
Automobile and Horse accident
1
Automobile and bicycle accident
1
Motorcycle accident
1
Persons killed by fall
1
Persons drowned
1
Persons suffocated
1
Persons dropped dead
1
Persons taken own life
1
Persons ill or injured taken to hospital
7 3
Missing persons located
3
Fires reported by police
6
Fires covered by police
48
Registration plates returned to registry
3
Summons served for other departments
13
Investigations with other departments
15
Investigations out of Town
7
Arrest made out of Town
2
Arrest made out of State
1
Road hazards reported
7
Persons ill taken home
5
106
Defective auto light tickets passed out 53 Street lights out and reported 7 Auto transfer papers given out and received 318
Out of Town to aid on automobile accidents 3
RADIO
Due to the Brockton Police Department changing their pres- ent A.M. frequency, to which we are connected, to frequency modulation, the present radio transmitter and receiver in the police car has become inadequate. To continue to have two-way radio communication, which has been a great asset to the police and townspeople for the past number of years, it will be neces- sary to purchase a new frequency modulation radio set.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
At this time I would like to say a few words on juvenile delinquency in the Town, which has been at a minimum this past year. One reason for this, I believe, is due to a better under- standing between parents and police.
Also a great deal of credit must be given to the schools and to Coach Vincent Gori's sport and athletic programs, in which every boy and girl should participate, either in team form or in classes held in the gymnasium. These different activities help to keep the mind, as well as the body, clean and healthy, and there- fore make better living boys and girls.
I also feel that credit must be given to the Junior Police at the Sunset Avenue School, who have done such a fine job and will continue to do so under the direction of their principal, Mrs. Miller.
The police car has traveled 2,103 miles in performance of duty.
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I sincerely wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the Selectmen, to the officers of the department, and to all others who have cooperated with the department.
DOUGLAS EATON,
Chief of Police
REPORT OF THE INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
The Annual barn inspection for the past year is as follows:
Number of Barns 57
There were:
Heifers
231
Cows
838
Goats 15
There have been 14 Dogs restrained for routine check up on rabies after dog bite.
Eighteen trips have been made for Interstate Cattle Inspec- tion.
Number of head slaughtered in 1947 were:
Hogs
14
Cows
36
Calves
3
Steer
1
Sheep
4
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID DAILEY
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
In compliance with the State Law, I herewith submit my Annual Report of the work done as Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures for the year 1947.
I have visited all the various places in Town known to have weighing or measuring devices, and have sealed or condemned the same.
The following is a list of work done.
Adjusted
Sealed
Condemned
Platform Scales
3
8
Counter Scales
1
All other Scales
8
35
1
Avoirdupois Weights
28
Gasoline Meters
21
Oil Measure Meters
4
Fees received and paid to the Treasurer
$23.64
DOUGLAS EATON,
Sealer of Weights and Measures
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REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report of the work done by me as dog officer for the year 1947.
Number of calls answered
56
Number of persons bitten by dogs
14
Stray dogs picked up
19
Returned to owners
4
Destroyed
11
Dogs causing disturbance
9
Dogs chasing horse
1
Dogs killed by cars
6
Dogs killing chickens
7
One hundred and ninety six demands on delinquent licenses were sent out and all but three are accounted for.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN L. DOWNS, JR.
Dog Officer
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
Elected
Term Expires
Dorothy. Freeman
1945
1948
Allan C. Foye
1946
1948
Martha B. Mason
1946
1949
Robert G. Dean
1946
1949
Winfield C. Leavitt
1947
1950
Jane Bartlett
1947
1950
BOOK COMMITTEE
Martha Mason
Dorothy Freeman
Jane Bartlett
Winfield C. Leavitt
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Robert G. Dean
Treasurer-Martha B. Mason
Secretary-Jane Bartlett Submitted by,
JANE BARTLETT
Secretary
Librarian's Report
To the Trustees of the Public Library:
This year we have had more calls for technical and reference books from patrons taking special courses and thru Inter-Library
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Loan system, we have borrowed rare books from the State Lib- rary, the libraries at Boston, Brockton, Newton, Brookline and Lynn.
We have book deposits in twelve class rooms, books usually being changed once a month by the teachers.
We have added 55 new subscribers during the year and it is interesting to note that we are numbering new books in the 19,000's showing that many have been added since the beginning of the Library. Actually, because of discards and losses, we have about 18,000.
We have had gifts of very fine books from interested friends. Also a splendid ship model, a gift to the Town, but to be on dis- play at the Library, from Mr. Charles Millet, a former resident and now a member of the American Consular Service.
We are sorry to lose the services of Mrs. Prescott Snell, who, for over twenty-five years opened her home for a Library Station to serve her neighbors. Mrs. Snell gave up this voluntary ser- vice because of ill health.
Our staff remains the same, and we thank our Trustees and Library patrons for their continued interest.
Respectfully submitted,
JEAN M. MURDOCK Librarian
STATISTICS FOR 1947
Circulation
Adult Fiction 9,055
Adult Non-fiction 1,654
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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Non-fiction Magazines
5,168
1,027
2,608
Total
19,588
SCHOOL CIRCULATION
Elementary Fiction
1,561
Elementary Non-fiction
571
Magazines
114
Total
2,246
Secondary Fiction
347
Secondary Non-fiction
428
Magazines
95
Total
870
Elementary Total
1,246
Secondary Total
870
School Total
2,116
Books added by purchases
Adult
215
Juvenile
96
Gifts
63
374
2 Sets
1 of 12 Vols; 1 of 20 Vols.
NEW BOOKS ADDED 1947
Fiction
Whispering Hill Water Over the Dam
Albrand Allis
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Life Sentence Give Love the Air
Sleeping Beauty
H. C. Bailey Baldwin Baldwin Banning
Within the Hollow Crown
Barnes
Head Winds
Bassett
Whistle, Daughter, Whistle
Best Brace Breslin
Tamarack Tree
Colorado
Bromfield Bromfield
Close Pursuit
Burt
Case of the Missing Men
Bush
Last Straw for Harriet
Cadell
There Was a Time
Caldwell Carleton
Sleeping Sphinx
Carr Carroll
While the Angels Sing
Carruthers
Dark Interlude
Cheney Christie
West of the Law
Cody
With Intent to Deceive
Coles
Gun Slinger
Colin
Dulcimer Street
Collins
Coyote Song
Colt
Summer Stranger
Cooper
Alone Among Men
Coryn
Moneyman
Costain
Murder on the Purple Water
Crane
Red Badge of Courage
Crane
Death of a Bullinaire
Cunningham
East Side, West Side
Seed of the Serpent
Davenport Davis
Clever Sister
Garretson Chronicle
Kenny
Swan Sang Once
We'll Sing Once More
Labors of Hercules
114
High Country Umbrella Thorn My Late Wives
Dawson De Polnay Dickinson
Cavalry Mount Another Woman's House
In the Hands of the Senecas
Wedding Journey
Drifting Kid
Mary Hallam
Border Bandit
One Basket
Proud Destiny
Trail from Needle Creek
Toil of the Brave
Best American Short Stories - 1946
Woman in Black
Ford
Cactus Cavalier
Fox
Rider from Yonder
Fox
Mrs. Mike
Freedman Gardner
Case of the Borrowed Brunette
Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse
Gardner
Case of the Lazy Lover
Gardner
Two Clues
Gardner
Gray Canaan
Garth
Send No Flowers
Gavin
Way of Life
A. H. Gibbs Goertz Green
Candidate for Love
Greig
Table for Two
Greig
Valley of Wild Horses
Grey
Counterfeit Wife
Halliday
Saga of Halfaday Creek
Hendryx Meyer
Reluctant Widow
Downey Eberhart Edmonds Edmonds Ermine Ertz Evans Ferber
Feuctwanger Field Fletcher Foley (Ed.)
Give Us This Dream
Old Lady
115
Where Two Ways Meet Nothing So Strange
Gentleman's Agreement
Mr. Blanding Builds a Dream House Heaven and Vice Versa
Long Anchorage
Girl Meets Body
Night of Errors
What Happened at Hazelwood
Innes
Vermilion
Lardners and the Laurelwoods
Double Treasure
Wife's Eye View
Came a Cavalier
Secret the Song
Affair of the Golden Buzzard
Affair of the Sixth Button
Blue Horse of Taxco
Footbridge to. Death
Feast of the Jesters
Scarlet Patch
Web of Days
Silver Nutmeg
Neighbors Beckoning Trails
Friends and Lovers
Tangled Trail
Vespers in Vienna
Saigon Singer Red Plush
Bad Man's Return
Master of the Mesa
Candle in the Morning
Merry Innocents
Hill Hilton Hobson Hodgins Houston Hough Iams Innes
Jones Kay Kelland Kerr
Keyes Kjellberg C. Knight C. Knight K. M. Knight K. M. Knight Komroff Lancaster Lee Lofts Lorenson Loring MacInnes Manning Marshall Mason McCrone McDonald McDonald
Miller Miller
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Sound of Chariots
Miller
Mr. Whittle
Nason
Secrets of Hillyard House
Norris
Ebbing Tide
Ogilvie
Animal Farm
Orwell
Miss Withers Regrets
One Fine Day
Palmer Panter-Downes Parmenter
Fair Were the Days
Pedler
And Hope to Die
Powell
Jenny Villiers
Priestly
Home Port
Prouty
This Nettle Danger
Raine
Who Wants to Live Forever
Raine
Always Young and Fair
Richter
Lydia Bailey
Roberts
Boomerang Jail
Robertson
Tomboy in Lace
Ruck Schellabarger Schmitt
Woman of Property
Seeley
Holdfast Gaines
Shepard Sherman
Checquer Board
Shute
So Young, So Fair
Seifert
Take Three Doctors
Seifert
Sassafras Hill
Smart
Mountain Lion
Stafford Steen Stevenson
Kate Hardy
Show Piece
Tarkington Thane
Light Heart
Murder Stalks the Circle
Peace Breaks Out
Thayer Thirkell
Prince of Foxes
David the King
Bright Promise
Bell Timson
Unless Two Be Agreed
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Three White Horses The Quarry Walls of Jericho
Six Gun Showdown
House Divided
Vixons
Chatterton Square
Red Clark in Paradise
Young
Non-Fiction
Rugmaking Craft
Proper Bostonians
Allen Amory Andrews
An Explorer Comes Home
Botkin
Times of Melville and Whitman
Brooks
Plotters
Carlson
People Behave Like Ballads
Coffin
Yankee Coast
Coffin
The Tennessee, Vol. 1.
The Everglades
Creating Jewelry for Fun and Profit
Human Destiny
Fever Bark Tree
Under the Red Sea Sun
Steeple Bush
Davidson Douglas Dragunas Du Nouy Duran-Reynolds Ellsberg Frost Gassner Gibbings
Best Plays of Modern American Theatre
Blue Angels and Whales
House That Jacob Built
Gould
Yankee Drummer
Gould
Inside U. S. A.
Gunther
The Connecticut
Hard
We Live in the Arctic
Helmericks
Treasury of Stephen Foster
Howard Howland
Sou' West by West of Cape Cod
Von Ludox Walker Wellman West Williams Yerby Young
Treasury of New England Folklore
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Boston-Cradle of Liberty Three Came Home Lost Treasures of Europe Boston Red Sox
Adventures of a Ballad Hunter
Invitation to Boston
Best Plays 1945-1946
Churches of Old New England
Together The Dance
Romance of Leonardo da Vinci
Stories of Great Operas
America's Stamps
Lazy Garnder Home Country
Science Year Book-1947
Treasury of Grand Opera
A Pilgrim Return to Cape Cod
Showman of Vanity Fair
Complete Book of Sewing
Amateur Painter's Handbook
Study in History
Kingdom of Adventure; Everest
Lake Champlain & Lake George Thunder Out of China
Wild Flag Abigail Adams
Inner World of Childhood Oscar Wilde
Old American Homes & How to Restore Them Weybosset Bridge
Pictorial History of World War II, Vol V.
Hammond's World Atlas
New Century Dictionary 2 Vols.
Jennings Keith La Farge Lieb Lomax Lyon Mantle Marlowe Marshall
Martin Merejkowski Newman Petersham Pryor Pyle Ratcliff Simonds Snow Stevenson Talbot Taubes Toynbee Ullman Van de Water White White Whitney Wickes Wilde Williams Wilson
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
The financial transactions of the Town for the year 1947 may be briefly summarized as follows:
Cash on hand, January 1, 1947
$ 73,813.94
Cash on hand, December 31, 1947
82,338.70
Received from Collector
178,831.27
Received from other sources
115,118.56
Total Receipts
293,949.83
Payments
285,425.07
Tax Title Accounts December 31, 1947
2,146.70
Tax Title Redemptions in 1947
58.28
Tax Title Added Interest
10.26
Tax Title Recording Redemptions
4.50
Tax Title Releases
9.00
Tax Title Possessions Sales
1,467.00
Tax Title Recording Deeds
8.00
The report of the expenses of the Treasurer's office, and a detailed account of the Library Trust Funds, the Cemetery Trust Funds, the Scholarship Trust Funds, the Rehabilitation Funds and the Retirement Fund may be found in the Town Account- ant's Report.
Respectfully submitted,
ORVIS F. KINNEY
Town Treasurer
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REPORT OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
1947
County Aid to Agriculture is an official department under the supervision of the County Commissioners. It is commonly known as the Plymouth County Extension Service, and is made up of three departments-Agriculture, Homemaking, and 4-H Club Work. Its function is adult education and service to county people, particularly in reference to the problems of rural people.
The contribution of each town is a token of appreciation which relieves the county budget of additional appropriation to support this organization. The Extension Service Office is located at the Court House, Brockton. The United States Department of Agriculture, the University of Massachusetts, the County of Plymouth and individual towns cooperate in maintaining this service for farmers, homemakers, and rural youth. In 1947 all Plymouth County towns have been given equal opportunity for service and each town has received benefits in proportion to the need and requests.
The Agricultural Department has been handicapped by lack of a full staff of workers for part of the year. Despite this loss, a comprehensive educational program for dairymen, poultrymen, market gardeners, fruit growers and cranberry growers, has been promoted. Other programs and service for home gardeners, gen- eral livestock producers, woodlot owners, and for others of a wide variety of interests have also been carried on. This Department is guided by an Agricultural Council and individual commodity committees which meet frequently to consider the important phases requiring educational attention.
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The Homemaking Department, represented by Home Dem- onstration Agents, has also had a limited staff. The teaching of women's groups in clothing, home furnishings, food production and preservation, home management, nutrition, and child de- velopment, have been featured. This Department is guided by the Women's Advisory Council and by Town Committees who render valuable assistance in this teaching program.
The 4-H Club Department is recovering from the war period during which numbers of young people of 4-H club age were en- gaged in war work which was not conducive to interest in club work. All towns have the opportunity of having 4-H clubs for boys and girls. The boys' work includes organized clubs for dairy, poultry, sheep and gardening. The girls' department offers organ- ized clubs teaching canning, clothing, food preparation, home fur- nishing and child care. The individual club members may take up other interests and be given assistance by the club agents. The most important thing in club work is the responsibility for leadership. Without town leadership, 4-H club agents are unable to carry on a constructive club program.
The entire Extension Service program is under the direction of a Board of Trustees, whose chairman is Russell Makepeace, Marion.
Direct responsibility for the Extension Service is the assign- ment of J. T. Brown, Director.
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ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF SELECTMEN West Bridgewater, Mass. January 1948
The Board of Selectmen respectfully present to you the re- ports of the various town departments and recommend that each be given your careful consideration.
The contractor for 1946 construction on North Elm Street was given an extension of time so that two sections of this street were done this year bringing the new road to a point south of Buttonwood Avenue. The 1948 Chapter 90 new construction money is to be used for permanent approaches at the new Scot- land Street bridge and North Elm Street. This should bring the North Elm Street road to about Prospect Avenue. We hope that in 1949 this street may be completed to Elm Square.
The town appropriated money to replank Scotland Bridge and advice was asked of the State Department of Public Works. Their engineers found that the abutments were in poor condition and recommended a new bridge. The Board asked for and re- ceived state and county aid to build this new bridge. The contract has been awarded and construction will be started as soon as possible. We are closing Scotland Street to traffic during con- struction to save the cost of building a temporary bridge.
The Dodge truck of the highway department has come to where excessive repairs are necessary to keep it in condition for the work of the department and we are recommending the pur- chase of a new truck. We are asking for the purchase of a 21/2
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ton Ford truck with three yard body and a V snow plow with wings.
The highway department is planning to do considerable gravel work this coming year and we intend to open the other end of our gravel pit. We are asking the town for an appropria- tion to purchase a gravel loader to facilitate this work. This loader can also be used at our sand stock pile at the town garage. It may also be possible to use it in snow removal.
A number of building permits were issued during the year and it is expected that new construction will increase in 1948 if prices level off in building materials.
We sincerely appreciate the friendly cooperation of the town officers, department heads, committees and others during the year.
WILLIAM W. NOYES, Chairman
FRED G. CHISHOLM
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
We commenced the year 1947 with our roads in better con- dition than in the previous year. The weather during 1946 did not damage them as had previously occurred.
Seal coating was the major project so that nearly all streets had been treated by the end of the year. The gravel on Manley Street was allowed to settle during the year and it is our inten- tion to black top this street this coming year.
We plan to seal coat those streets that were not done in 1946 or 1947. Our dirt roads are in poor shape so we plan to con- centrate on graveling and shaping them in preparation for black tops in the near future. The streets considered under this plan are Progressive Avenue, Beacon Street, High Street, Ash Street, and Bedford Street. These plans, of necessity, will depend on the condition of our black roads following the unusual snow and ice of this winter.
The Dodge truck does not stand up under the work of this department and a replacement is recommended.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL PENPRAESE
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
Superintendent of Schools
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1947
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
A. Philip Erbeck
Brockton 198-W-2
Adrian A. Beaulieu
Brockton 1765-J
Term Expires 1950 381 East Street
Ruth Caswell
Brockton 8-1092-J
Term Expires 1950
James A. Kehoe
173 West Center Street
Brockton 1459-W
Paul H. Lundgren
Brockton 3449-J
Joseph Young
Brockton 554-M-1
Term Expires 1948 8 Arch Street Term Expires 1948
135 Prospect Street Term Expires 1949
SUPERINTENDENT Arthur B. Lord, Jr.
Office: Howard High School Telephone Brockton 5094
Residence: 36 Walnut Street Telephone Brockton 459-M-5 Conference by appointment at any time.
CLERK
Frances Packard 381 Spring Street Brockton 8-1516-W
Office hours: Monday through Thursday 8-5, Friday 8-4 Telephone Brockton 5094 SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. Joseph Calitri, M. D. Central Square Brockton 678
SCHOOL NURSE Lillian M. Hewitt, R. N. No. Main Street, Raynham Telephone Taunton 3028-M
75 Bryant Street
Term Expires 1949
535 North Elm Street
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ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Douglas Eaton Central Square Brockton 3410
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1948
Winter Term
January 5 to February 20, inclusive
Spring Term
March 1 to April 16, inclusive
Summer Term
Fall Term
April 26 to June 18, inclusive September 8 to December 22, inclusive
SCHOOLS CLOSED ON
March 26
Good Friday
May 31
Memorial Day
September 14
Brockton Fair (elementary only)
October 12
Columbus Day
October 15 Plymouth County Convention
November 11
Armistice Day
November 24 (at noon) 25, 26 Thanksgiving Holidays
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS
High School Building, second Monday evening of each month, at 7:30 o'clock.
SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP, OCTOBER 1, 1947
School
I
II
III
IV
VI
VII
Total
Center
31
24
30
39
39
26
38
227
Sunset Avenue
15
16
27
19
17
15
14
123
Cochesett
8
6
16
9
8
47
Matfield
8
7
4
19
Jerusalem
5
3
5
13
Total
67
56
82
67
64
41
52
429
X
XI
XII
Total
High School
51
51
38
27
37
204
-
-
-
Total-High and Elementary
633
VIII
IX
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1. Administration
1947 Budget 5267.00
1948 Budget 6155.00
2. Instruction
Salaries
60497.00
68095.00
Books & Supplies
3400.00
4500.00
3. Operation
Janitors
3661.00
4246.00
Fuel
1700.00
2000.00
Miscellaneous
1500.00
1500.00
4. High School Operation
1850.00
1850.00
5. Maintenance
1500.00
1250.00
6. Auxiliary Agencies
Library
300.00
300.00
Health
1725.00
1858.00
Tuition
1200.00
1200.00
Transportation
4000.00
4050.00
Misc. Expense
150.00
150.00
Teachers Retirement
94.04
7. Vocational Education
2407.00
2683.00
Grand Total
89251.04
99852.00
Appropriation 89,251.00
Transfer -1,500.00
87,751.00
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Reimbursements: from State Income Tax
Chapter 70, Part I
5687.50
Superintendent's Salary and Transportation
1288.89
State and City Ward Tuition
569.27
Transportation Chapter 71, s.7H
308.00
Vocational Education
1045.45
Total Reimbursements 8899.11
Total Expenditures
87,196.04
Net Operation Cost to Town for 1947
78,296.93
Household Arts:
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