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Voted : to amend the Building Code, so-called, by adopt- ing Paragraph G, Article 15 as follows :
The walls and ceilings of all basement garages shall be of fire resistant materials and attached garages must be separated by fire resistant walls and/or ceilings.
The words "fire resistant" shall imply wall and/or ceiling construction having a mimimum resistance to fire of one hour, as determined by the National Board of Fire Underwriters or other recognized authority. Unanimous Vote.
Article 32. Voted : to authorize the selectmen to com- bine the sub-division regulations, the Zoning By-laws, the Building Code and the Board of Health rules and regula- tions in one booklet. Unanimous Vote.
Voted : to discharge the Protective By-Law Review Committee and a new Committee of not more than 12 mem- bers be appointed by the Selectmen. Unanimous Vote.
Voted: that the Windmill Park Committee be estab- lished, and a Committee of seven, including the three Select- men, be appointed by the Moderator.
The Moderator announced the following appointees : A. Henry Nickerson of the Planning Board, Louis Benner of the Conservation Commission, Otto E. Nickerson and Eben Wood.
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Voted : to have a committee appointed by the chair to investigate the advisability of installing red stop signs and help moderate traffic in the Town. Unanimous Vote.
The Moderator announced the following as appointed to the Sign Committee: Edwin Johnson, John Blatchfor, and Louis Bearse.
In view of the fact that our oldest citizen, and holder of the Post Cane, Mr. Charles Smith was present, he was recognized and asked to rise for appropriate applause.
Mr. Bernard C. Collins, retiring Selectman, was shown appreciation for his services while acting as a member of the Boards of Selectmen, Assessors, Welfare and Health for the preceding six years, when the Town Meeting ac- corded him a rising vote of thanks.
There being no more business to come before the meet- ing, adjournment came at 11:55 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT
Town Clerk
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ANNUAL ELECTION FEBRUARY 17, 1959
The Annual Election of Town Officers was this day in the Eastham Town Hall, the meeting being called to order at 10 A.M. by the presiding officer, Maurice W. Wiley. The following officers having been appointed to serve as elec- tion officers were duly sworn to their duties by the Town Clerk :
Bertha Perreault, Eleanor Ullman and Harold Arnold
The ballot box was examined and found to register zero. At 6:15 the Polls were closed. There were 52 absentee votes cast making a total of 599 cast for the day.
The ballot box stood at 599, and the voting list showed a like number as having voted.
Following is a result of the voting.
Moderator (1 Year)
*Fred G. Lapiana, Jr.
29 Votes
Prince H. Hurd, Jr.
27 Votes
Ralph A. Chase
12
Robert L. Deschamps
2
Lloyd A. Mayo
2
Maurice A. Moore
3
Edmund Milliken
12
Clarence E. Doughty
4
Alfred Mills
6
Theodore L. Hicks
4
John Blatchford
7
Nathan A. Nickerson
1
Edward J. Brown
2
John S. Poole
2
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Harry S. Young Maurice W. Wiley Genevieve C. Schroeder
2
2
1
Blanks
481
Board of Selectmen, Board of Assessors, Board of Public Welfare, Board of Health (3 Years)
*Prince H. Hurd, Jr.
225 Votes
James Clancy
42
James H. Leach
70
Maurice A. Moore
134
John S. Poole, Jr.
42
Blanks 1
Constable (1 Year)
*Harvey T. Moore Blanks
562 Votes 37
Highway Surveyor (1 Year)
*Nathan A. Nickerson
Blanks
571 Votes 28
Regional School District Committee (2 Years)
*Richard Vander May
Blanks
515 Votes 84
School Committee (3 Years)
*Elizabeth F. Collins 549 Votes 84
Blanks
Library Trustee (1 Year)
Sadie F. Flint 533 Votes
Blanks 66
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Tree Warden (3 Years)
*Charles Escobar William Hoffman Ernest Moore Blanks 19
302 Votes 154 124
Planning Board (5 Years)
*Prescott B. Cummings
Charles N. Deane
413 Votes 155
Blanks 31
Recreation Commission
*Velma D. MacPherson
Blanks
509 Votes 90
As the Town Clerk read the results of the election, those having the greatest number of votes were declared lected by the presiding officials.
At 7 o'clock the meeting adjourned, the total number of ballots cast being 599.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT.
Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of East- ham, in the County of Barnstable.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to warn and notify the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Thursday, the Twenty-Second (22) day of October at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles in this Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapters 516 and 524, Acts of 1950, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massa- chusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach outside of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Connecticut River, in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Select- men to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
Article 2. To hear the reports of Committees and to do or act on anything which may legally come before the meeting.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting
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attested copies thereof at the Post Office in North Eastham and at the Post Office in Eastham seven days at least before date of holding said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun- dred and Fifty-Nine.
MAURICE W. WILEY
LUTHER P. SMITH PRINCE H. HURD, JR. Board of Selectmen
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
October 22, 1959
The Special Town Meeting was called to order at 7:45 P.M. by the Moderator Fred G. Lapiana. There being a quorum present, the call of the meeting was read by the Town Clerk, and there being no objections the reading of the Articles in the Warrant were dispensed with.
Louis Gregory and John Poole were appointed as tell- ers and duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Voted : that the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as amended, by Chapters 516 and 524, Acts of 1950, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massa- chusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance, and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach outside of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Select- inen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth. Unanimous Vote.
The meeting adjourned at 7:55 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT, Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of East- ham, in the County of Barnstable.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Thursday, the nineteenth (19) day of November next, at 8:00 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles in this Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the Treasury a sum of money for the purpose of hiring Planning Consultants and Develop- ment advisors, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the Treasury the sum of $2,000.00 to be spent in connection with hearings on the National Park, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 3. To act on anything which may legally come before the meeting.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to apppropriate from available funds in the Treasury a sum of money to be spent in conjunction with State funds for work now being done at Rock Harbor Creek, or take any action relative thereto.
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You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Office in North Eastham and at the Post Office in Eastham seven days at least before date of holding said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Give under our hands and seals this 9th day of Novem- ber, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-Nine.
MAURICE W. WILEY, Chrm. LUTHER P. SMITH PRINCE H. HURD, JR. Board of Selectmen
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
November 19, 1959
The Special Town Meeting was called to order at 8:05 P.M. by the Moderator Fred Lapiana, Jr. There being a quorum present the call of the meeting was read by the Town Clerk, and no objections being raised the reading of the Articles was omitted. Yngve E. Rongner and Charles Deane were appointed to act as tellers and duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Voted: to appropriate from available funds in the treasury, the sum of $1,800.00 for the purpose of hiring consultants and development advisors. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 2. Voted : to appropriate from available funds in the treasury, the sum of $2,000.00 to be spent in connection with hearings on the National Park, part of same to be spent for out of state travel. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 3. It was voted that money appropriate under Article 1 would be spent under the supervision of the Plan- ning Board. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Under this Article the National Park situation was dis- cussed, and Mr. Hurd, Selectman, read a letter stating the hearing in Eastham on the Park would be held on Decem- ber 10, 1959 at 10:00 A.M., with representatives from the offices of Senator Kennedy and Senator Saltonstall to be in charge. The procedure of the coming hearing was dis- cussed, and all persons interested in making oral statements were instructed to notify the Senator's office, on or before
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December 1, 1959. Representatives of Blair Associates stated their report would be completed and copies available on December 8; a meeting to be held at that time.
Article 4. Voted: to transfer from available funds in the treasury the sum of $500.00 to be used in conjunction with State funds for work now being done at Rock Har- bor. Unanimous Voice Vote.
The meeting adjourned at 9:40 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT, Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore. Constable of the Town of East- ham, in the County of Barnstable.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. you are hereby directed to warn and notify the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Tuesday, the Eighth day of December, at 8:00 o'clock in the evening. then and there to act on the following article in the warrant.
Article 1. To hear the report of the survey made by Blair Associates, concerning the National Park. (so-called). and take any action relative thereto.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Post Office in North Eastham and at the Post Office in Eastham seven days at least before date of holding said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this Thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun- dred and Fifty-Nine.
MAURICE W. WILEY
LUTHER P. SMITH
PRINCE H. HURD, JR. Board of Selectmen
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
December 8, 1959
The special town meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M., by the Town Clerk. In the absence of the Moderator Fred Lapiana, Jr., Winfred J. Knowles was elected to act as Moderator, for the Town Meeting. There being a quorum present the call of the meeting was read by the Town Clerk. Charles F. Atwood, Jr., and Nathan A. Nickerson, Jr., were appointed to act as tellers and were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
The Blair Associates, who had conducted the economic survey in the town, presented their report.
Article 1. Voted : to accept the Blair report. Unanimous Voice Vote.
The minutes of the meeting were read.
The meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT, Town Clerk
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SALARIES AND WAGES PAID BY THE TOWN OF EASTHAM IN 1959
Adie, Ruth
$ 111.75
Atwood, Charles F. Jr.
45.13
Anderson, Howard L.
1,570.76
Baker, Lawrence
666.00
Bearse, Lewis
257.75
Bolton, Edward
923.83
Brackett, L. Isabelle
3,900.00
Brackett, Robert
162.00
Bridgewood, George
1,078.50
Burbank, Harold
680.00
Calesa, Edward
$60.00
Chase. Fred
123.75
Clark, Nathan E.
2,607.00
Cole, Burnett
420.00
Cole, Harold
640.00
Cole, Nathena
390.00
Collins, Bernard C.
288.96
Collins, Kenelm
444.00
Corbett, Allan
181.00
Delaney, Dorothy
81.23
Deschamps, Robert L.
684.75
De Ville, Catherine
113.90
Doughty, Clarence E.
533.50
Dunphy, Alice May
3,416.54
Emond, Jerry
687.00
Escobar, Charles P.
540.01
Gavin, Walter E.
370.50
Gill, Alonzo L.
4,400.00
Gould, Vesta L.
4,399.92
Grozier, John
162.48
Guarino, Alice
4,066.72
Hamilton, Dunning
435.00
Handel, Esther K.
5,199.92
Hilferty, John
1.300.00
Hoffman, William
56.00
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Horton, Earl K.
1,175.04
Hurd, Prince H. Jr.
1,836.04
James, Frank
727.67
Joseph, Alice
5,227.56
Knowles, Winfred J.
4,050.00
Macomber, Della
4,466.56
Mayo, Dorrice M.
1,872.00
Mayo, Lloyd A.
577.74
Mickle, Theodore
25.50
Moore, Horace
3,556.42
Moore, Catherine
521.00
Nickerson, Arthur L.
5,000.00
Nickerson, Gordon M.
234.76
Nickerson, Nathan A. Jr.
449.14
Nickerson, Nathan A. Sr.
810.38
Nickerson, Nathan A. Sr. (Machinery)
9,588.50
Nickerson, Otto E.
6,066.64
Nickerson, Richard
293.13
Ohmann, Fred
278.63
Perreault, Ralph
460.26
Pierce, Sidney G.
1,150.08
Powers, Lena
270.00
Rinehart, William
270.00
Reed, Ethel
727.00
Rogers, Ralph L.
1,450.00
Ryder, Dulce
726.67
Savin, Audrey
1,620.00
Schroeder, Genevieve C.
3,224.00
Shutter, Muriel C.
22.50
Smith ,Luther P.
2,125.00
Steele, William B.
14.25
Weber, Nathan
4,149.92
Wiley, Maurice W.
2,125.00
Wright, Barbara
1,633.20
Young, Christine
390.00
Miscellaneous List
Anderson, Leonard 8.25
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Anderson, Wayne
70.00
Arnold, Harold
21.00
Anderson, Richard
8.25
Brooks, Johanna
100.00
Carey, Richard
23.00
Clark, Richard
22.50
Deane, Charles
3.00
Duffy, George Jr.
28.50
Duffy, George Sr.
16.67
Emrich, Dana
10.50
Gregory, Louis
1.00
Higgins, Douglas
125.00
Hollis, Charles
26.50
Hollis, Ernest
28.50
Kew, James
125.00
Kimball, Walter
21.75
Lapiana, Fred
25.00
Leach, James H.
80.00
Elgie, Milliken
85.42
McCone, Henry
83.33
Mead, David L.
100.00
Moore, Harvey T.
50.00
Nickerson, A. Henry
100.00
Perreault, Bertha
13.50
Pettengill, Herbert
13.50
Plante, Elaine
100.00
Poole, John
1.00
Peterson, Evangeline
19.50
Penney, Richard
17.00
Rongner, Yngve E.
3.00
Schofield, James
13.00
Ullman, Eleanor
13.50
Walker, Clarence E.
2.50
Walker, Stanley
100.00
Williams, Warrenton A.
50.00
Wiley, Charles
51.50
Woodworth, Wallace
31.00
Weber, Barbara
11.00
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REPORT OF THE EASTHAM VACATIONISTS' HANDBOOK COMMITTEE
Our Handbook continues to be popular with the vaca- tionist, which is evidenced by the great demand for it. Many of our regular Eastham vacationists write early in the sea- son for their copy. The Handbook's worth in promoting our fine town has been in evidence to the Committee in many ways. Your committee strives each year to improve the Handbook, and to keep it interesting.
Again we would like to express our appreciation for the help received from the citizens of Eastham, by the offer- ing of pictures, and their valued suggestions. The commit- tee will always welcome your help, and constructive criti- cism,as this will assure our Handbook of continued success.
The printing for 1959 was again 20,000 copies. The dis- tribution was the same as in other years, to the many ad- vertisers, the Town Hall, the Windmill, and all the inform- ation centers of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard J. Vander May, Chrm.
Charles Borgarello
Edward J. Brown
Verena R. Daley
Gertrude A. Clancy
Maurice Turano
Marston E. Daley
Harold D. White
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REPORT OF EASTHAM IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
To the Board of Selectmen
Town of Eastham
Gentlemen :
I am happy to submit this report of the activities of the Eastham Improvement Association for the year 1959.
Meetings were held on June 27 and August 29.
Much of our June meeting was spent discussing the National Park situation.
Our August meeting included the election of officers and a general question and answer period with the Select- men explaining various town problems and actions.
CONTRIBUTIONS-1959
$200 Rail fence around front of Old Mill Park along Route 6.
$ 25 Cape Cod Hospital Fund
As an organization of non-resident taxpayers, we have no official status in the town government. However, we do have a real interest in Eastham as our second home. We in- vite all town officials to attend our meetings and welcome suggestions for future activities.
Thank you for your fine cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN M. POLLEY, President Eastham Improvement Association
HMP : jad
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REPORT OF VETERANS AGENT
I would like to report a few facts not known to the average Veteran.
The Office of Local Veterans Agent and Director of Veterans Services is divided into two categories as the titles imply.
The Director of Veterans Services has to do with Vet- erans Administration functions in an advisory capacity. The Veterans Administration aids Veterans on the Federal level, involving pensions, compensation, hospital care, edu- cation, burials, etc., as administered by the Federal gov- ernment.
The local Veterans Agent operates on the State and local level. He receives applications for direct aid financially after extensive investigation does or does not show a hard- ship and need.
Aid may be given to Veterans Honorably discharged from the Military service of the United States, his depend- ent wife and children, mother or father, or in some cases a guardian. The Veterans Agent's duties are at times very complex and difficult as to the rights of the Veteran he must investigate.
Direct financial aid is given by the Town in which the Veteran is settled with participation by the State. The set- tlement of the Veteran must be determined by Agent.
In 1959 the Board of Selectmen of Eastham have fully cooperated with me for which I wish to extend my sincere
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thanks, also to the other Town Officials connected with handling disbursements of money to the Veterans, I wish to extend my thanks.
As time goes on and Veterans from World War I and II grow older I believe more and more aid will be needed from the various towns. However, I have helped several Veterans to secure pensions and more are becoming deserving of this help each year. Any resource a Veteran may get helps relieve the expenditure of the Towns Tax money and makes the Veteran more self reliant.
LAWRENCE A. BAKER, Veterans Agent Director of Veterans Services Veterans Burial Agent
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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EASTHAM - ORLEANS - WELLFLEET REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1959
Last year's report estimated that the total project for a new regional high school was about one-third completed and noted that a change from a hipped plank to a flat, fire resistant roof had delayed the completion of final working plans about six weeks. This planning delay was never over- taken in the construction schedule.
The winter of 1959 was a hard one from the standpoint of a construction schedule involving a substantial propor- tion of concrete work. Most of the working days in January and February were too cold or too wet and it was almost AApril before a roof could be laid that permitted interior work to proceed at a good rate.
By May it was clear that the major efforts would have to be concentrated on the classroom wings at the expense of the gym and locker rooms, and before August had hardly begun it was agreed that the school would open in Septem- be without waiting for complete installation of equipment in the laboratories, shops and kitchen. The school was open- ed September 17 with these handicaps. Most of these special areas were useable for class recitations and the cafeteria was available for a study hall and a place for the students to eat lunches they brought with them.
Hot lunches were not served until the end of September and minor changes and adjustments in kitchen appliances and equipment were made up to the Christmas recess. How- ever. the laboratories and shops were in active operation before the end of October.
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The entire project is now substantially completed but it will take a few more weeks in 1960 to clean up a number of minor details and bring operations up to the level of a smoothly going concern.
As the man said about the railroad, there may have been better and quicker ways to complete a big building project, but the Committee just did not happen to know about them. Unquestionably, the premature occupation of the premises expedited the completion of the job but it did something bigger than that. It produced a measure of good will, pat- ience and cooperation on the part of students, teachers, and parents that amounted to an eloquent testimonial to the character and caliber of the human resources by and for whom this school district was formed and is now operating.
OPEN HOUSE
About five hundred parents and friends had a pre- liminary look at Nauset Regional High School November 10th during National Education Week. This occasion, spon- sored by the teachers, was intended to facilitate parent- teacher conferences on the children's school work. It was a continuation of a program which had been carried on by the Orleans High School for several years. The crowd was too big and too interested in seeing everything to give the real purpose of the event much of a chance, and, in effect, the evening provided a preview to an Open House.
On Sunday afternoon, December 13th, from 2 to 5 more than a thousand people responded to an invitation from the Student Council to visit the school. From arrival in the parking lots to departure from the cafeteria all guests, including several from other Lower Cape towns, were welcomed, guided and informed by undergraduates of the school, with the teachers standing by in their respective classrooms. Upon arrival at the Administrative offices each guest was given an eight page booklet with floor plans and many pictures, mostly classroom interiors, and the aerial
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view of the total plant. All of these pictures, except the frontispiece, had been taken and prepared for reproduction by members of the Photography Club of the school. Students were at work on experiments or projects in all the labora- tories, in the shops and the sewing and cooking rooms, and there was a special exhibit in the Fine Arts rooms. The cordiality and efficiency of the undergraduate participation in this reception added considerably to the impressions that the building and its equipment made on these friends of this school.
PRELIMINARIES TO OPERATIONS
From early in 1958 when the union was reorganized to correspond to the district, the Committee has had the continuous assistance of its present Superintendent in hand- ling a constantly increasing volume of details, particularly in three major fields. The first, with the assistance of all the teachers in the two high schools, was making an educa- tional survey the basis for the outline of a regional curri- culum and the preparation of the specifications of an edu- cational inventory which the architect had to have to make the physical plan for the building. The second, again in consultation with the teachers who would have to use them, was the compilation of many lists of moveable furnishings and equipment for which many specifications had to be pre- pared, bids taken, orders placed and deliveries completed. The third was concerned with the organizations of a faculty for the new regional high school. All the teachers in the two high schools were interviewed and offered contracts, ex- cept two who resigned. Subsequently, one Wellfleet teacher decided to stay as Principal of the Elementary school and another went to Provincetown. Seven new teachers were obtained to fill these vacancies and to operate the enlarged curriculum.
On July 1, 1959, Mr. Sydney G. Pierce was offered and accepted a contract to be Regional Superintendent for three years and half of his total salary was assumed on a regional
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district operating payroll and the other half was split three ways by the three towns for whom he continued as Superin- tendent of their elementary school systems. Mr. Armand Guarino was appointed Principal of the Nauset Regional High School on August 1, 1959. A faculty of 25 full time and 3 part time teachers were given contracts on Septem- ber 1. A roster of the faculty will be found at the end of this report.
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