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Rev. Ray E. Biggers
Lincoln, R. I.
Franklin
Rev. Joseph A. Lacey
Milford
July
22
Taunton
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
4026
July
22 Edouard C. Pare Dorothy M. Kiernan Henry Charles Garceau Virginia Ann Forgit 22 Deming Waite Smith Carol Elizabeth Peeling
Franklin
Franklin
Rev. Harold G. Leland
Waltham
Rev. Torkom Postajian
July
23 Krikor R. Kamishlian Billerica Victoria Yergatian 26 Warren E. Barrett Franklin Mary H. McCarthy Millis Venanzio DeSanctis Franklin Franklin Elizabeth T. Brunelli Matthew Joseph Borruso Franklin Theresa Chloe Richards Franklin
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
July
30
July
30
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Aug.
3 Frank H. Fisher, Jr. Helen E. Metcalf
Norton
Rev. Arthur B. Clarke
Wrentham
Rev. James J. McManus
N. Attleboro
Franklin
July
July
Franklin
Rev. Thomas F. Ferris
July
Aug. 12 John Francis Brogan Inez Frances Costello
Franklin
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Franklin
Aug.
12 Mathew Stanley Wronski Windsor Marjorie Harriet Arnold Franklin
Rev. Arthur B. Clarke
Aug.
12 Charles F. Fiske Florence A. Ware
Franklin
Rev. H. N. Schluntz
Aug.
12 Pantaleone DiBartolomeo Helen Berghelli 1 Ray Edwin Biggers Jeanne Louise Devolder
Roxbury Franklin Franklin
Rev. Warren G. Hunt
Sept.
2 Carl Frederick Engler Martha Lena Kay
Franklin
Frank A. Mabbett, J. of P.
Sept.
2 James Henry Cronin Hazel Mae Keyes
Franklin
Franklin
Rev. Horace G. Robson
Whitinsville
Franklin
Rev. Cornelius P. Mason
N. Bellingham
Franklin
Rev. James J. McManus
Sept.
3 Nathan L. Wales Shirley Viola Pleau 3 Henry Charles Cataldo Virginia Margaret Catalano
Franklin
Rev. James J. McManus
Franklin
Franklin
Rev. J. A. Cronin
Wollaston
Sept.
Sept. 3 Alceste N. Casali Bernadina Casali 4 Carlo Chiodetti Elisa Maria Freda Milford
Franklin
Rev. Victor DeMichei
Sept.
9
Bruce Stanford Wyllie
Phyllis Althea Austin
Franklin Franklin
Rev. Arthur B. Clarke
4027
Sept. 2 Carl A. Carlson Jane L. Fullerton Sept 2 Joseph Ustinowich Gladys T. Lewinski
Lonsdale, R. I.
Norfolk
Rev. George D. Cleland, Jr.
Jamaica Plain
Rev. Daniel T. McColgan
Franklin
Sept.
Sept.
Franklin
Sept. 9 Joseph Francis Tero Kathleen Patricia Coady
Franklin Millville Franklin
Rev. John J. Finneran
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Sept. 16 George Allen Brennan Alberta Shirley Stewart
Roxbury
Sept.
17 Charles Warren Balser Barbara Ann Martello Franklin
S. Attleboro
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Sept.
24 Harold P. Roderick Rita C. Finn William Theodore Bormet Shirley Mae Hovey
Franklin Franklin Norfolk
Ernest C. Pillsbury, J. of P.
Sept.
24
Sept. 25 Melvin Edgar Young Jean Helen Fraser
Franklin
Bellingham
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
4028
Sept. 30 Gerard L. Daigle Phyllis Irene Bertone Oct. 1 Nelson J. Tomasetti Margaret M. Haughey
Franklin
Framingham
Franklin
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli Rev. Arthur B. Clarke
Oct.
Oct. 12 Fred Paul D'Errico Audrey Jane Brunelli Franklin
Franklin
Rev. George M. Dowd
Oct.
14 Robert David Dunnebier Franklin Sybil Ann Chambers Holliston
Rev. Henry H. Clark
Oct.
14 Lester Dean Valente Pauline Antoinette Candela Norfolk
Franklin
Rev. Edward C. Bailey
Sept. 23 Harry Herbert Thibodeau Carmella Marie Muccillo
Franklin
Franklin
Taunton
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Wrentham
Lena F. Warren, J. of P.
Oct. 7 Christopher W. Carmo Allston Franklin Thurley Wilson 7 Salvatore Patrick Melo Franklin Margaret Agnes McGrath Norwood
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Oct. 19 Charles Rubino Mary Laura Dahlstrom
Franklin Bellingham Franklin
Rev. Cornelius P. Mason
Cct.
21 Robert Joseph Mucciarone Pauline Marie Pasquantonio
Franklin
Oct.
21 Frederick Charles Hyldburg Lois Ann Bourbeau Richard Carl Dupre Jean Marie Brunelli
Franklin Bellingham Franklin
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Oct.
28 John Rudolph Healey Edna Lucy Cataldo
Franklin
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli Rev. Joseph J. Ruocco
Oct. 28 Michael Joseph Dangelo Dominica Damelio
Readville
Oct.
29 Roger Frederick Simmons Pauline Josephine Mancini 29 Edwin Julin Wyllie Anna Jean Feeley 4 Gino Domenic Carlucci Antoinette Italia Carlucci
Franklin
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Nov.
11 Paul Leonel Lucier Virginia Gloria Santoro 12 Arthur Leslie Petitt Frances Anne Bertone
Franklin
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Franklin
Franklin
Rev. George M. Dowd
Nov.
12 Francis Haughey Franklin Marion Lucille Brown 18 Franklin Anthony William Ficco Pauline Marie Cataldo Franklin
Rev. George M. Dowd
Nov.
23
Alberto Carmine Taddeo
Laura Elizabeth D'Errico
W. Somerville
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
4029
Oct.
Wrentham
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Franklin
Franklin
Milford
Pev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Franklin
Nov.
Nov.
Franklin
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli Rev. Arthur B. Clarke
Franklin
Oct. 22
Franklin
Franklin
Franklin
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Franklin
Nov.
Nov. 25 James Vernon Connors, Jr. Florence Frances Collins
Whitinsville Franklin
Nov.
25 Edward Michael McLean Mary Roberta Doherty
Franklin
Nov.
25 Peter Anthony Berteletti Canton
Franklin
Dec.
2 Robert Francis Graffam Ermenegilda Antoinetta Mucciarone
Franklin
Dec. 17 Warren Bertram Petitt Shirley Estella Kaufman
Franklin Franklin
Dec.
20 Edwin Cerel Goldie Joseph
W. Medway
Franklin
Dec.
31 William F. Bennett Mary I. Denis
Franklin
Franklin
Rev. George M. Dowd
Rev. Daniel T. McColgan
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Rose Mary Nasuti
Malden
Rev. Rudolph Masciarelli
Rev. Trueman J. Menadue .
Joseph Klein, Rabbi George S. Perry, J. P. 4030
Ledham
4031
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN FOR THE YEAR 1950
Date
Name
Yrs.
AGE Mos.
Days
Jan. 8
Talamini (stillborn)
0
0
0
Jan.
9
Mary S. Whalley
86
6
6
Jan.
10
Flora E. Simmonds
83
10
26
Jan.
25 Christina M. Daddario
73
2
10
Jan.
30
Excelia M. Carpentier
58
0
6
Jan.
31
Angelo G. Pisini
59
7
7
Feb.
3
Woloski (stillborn)
0
0
0
Feb.
6
Joseph Saturnia
69
8
0
Feb. 7
John A. Anderson
89
3
15
Feb. 7
Angelo Pasquantonio
67
7
17
Feb.
9
Priscilla Brehaut
85
7
21
Feb.
12
Ernest D. DeBaggis
24
0
20
Feb.
13
Charles M. Wilbee
79
8
21
Feb.
16
Louise Q. Zunino
82
1
0
Feb.
20
William Liggin
82
4
5
Feb.
22
Hugo Santoro
53
10
14
Feb.
23
Grace W. Johnson
69
10
5
Mar.
7
Marcel G. Barrier
70
11
28
Mar.
8
Frederick D. MacDonald
74
0
0
Mar.
15
Luigi Geromini
72
0
7
Mar.
19
Pisani (stillborn)
0
0
0
Apr.
1
Ovide D. Moreau
83
3
22
Apr.
3
Eunice M. Stevens
49
1
23
Apr.
5 Jane Cartier
96
4
17
Apr.
11
Paul Vincent Keras
5
24
Apr.
11
Walter Maroney
55
0
0
Apr. 25
John F. O'Brien
66
11
24
Apr.
30
Herbert E. Darling
77
10
10
May
1
John S. Mackintosh
84
11
19
May
10
Frank Vigneron Weaver
69
0
19
May
15
Maria Mucciarone
68
0
5
May
16
Fontanella (stillborn)
0
0
0
May
16
Harold A. Wise
79
4
1
May
17
Lyon (stillborn)
0
0
0
May
17
Pearl Poirier
46
10
11
May
20
William A. Goodwin
79
7
19
May
24
Mary D. Ristaino
38
9
10
May
28
Louise Mucciarone
54
8
5
May
29
Ernest Molla
73
7
25
May
30
Wallace Robert Emmons
52
4
3
June
3 Tito Assetta
69
1
23
June
11 Agnes Fragale
70
1
10
June
13 Rose Crevo
64
1
24
4032
Date
Name
Yrs.
AGE Mos.
Days
June 15
Guerrini (stillborn)
0
0
0
June
26
Maria Domenica Pasquarosa
60
9
0
June 29 Donald G. Sewell
18
5
19
July
10 Isaac Lafleur
76
9
0
July
11
Pasqualina C. Depoto
79
8
22
July
17
Nellie A. Cody
80
6
20
July
17 William J. Pye
70
7
29
July
25
Mary E. Wright Gauthier
90
0
9
Aug.
10
30 M
Aug.
17
Harold F. Thayer
47
4
17
Aug. 21 Mary Pisani
28
7
16
Aug. 22 John V. Whelan
73
10
0
Aug.
27 Concetta D. Mucciarone
73
8
14
Aug.
31
Laurence U. Dorr
45
1
8
Sept.
6.
Blanche W. Cook
74
10
4
Sept. 6 Edward S. Cook
82
2
27
Sept.
19
Susie J. Darling
80
4
2
Sept.
22
John Brunelli
72
5
23
Sept.
23
Domenic Lenzi
77
7
15
Sept. 27
Catherine A. Murphy
75
6
26
Sept.
30 Cristina DiLucia
84
11
8
Oct. 8 Margaret Kenney
76
4
20
Oct.
10 Elsie Morrison
86
1
25
Oct. 22
John LaRose
50
9
21
Oct.
30 Marcia C. Carmo
0
0
7
Oct.
30
Anthony J. Martello
33
10
14
Nov.
2 Louisa B. Mucciarone
75
6
2
Nov.
3
Fied (stillborn)
0
0
0
Nov.
3
0
0
0
Nov.
16
Joseph Hipple
56
1
7
Nov.
20
Eliza D. Verna
76
11
28
Nov.
21
Mary M. Ford
81
2
26
Nov.
23
Sarah Popken
68
0
0
Nov.
24 Joseph Murray
82
7
19
Dec.
7 Myron L. Rood
80
9
17
Dec.
13
John F. Morrissey
17
11
14
Dec. 13 Emma R. LeClair
63
7
17
Dec.
24 Helen Clair Doherty
54
6
18
Dec.
25 Emma Trulson
78
6
15
Dec.
29
Ida Richmond
82
0
0
Dec.
29 George E. Cody
46
11
0
Fied (stillborn)
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
of the Town of
FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS
WASS
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INCORPORATED
SACHU
MARCH 2. 1770 USTRY NEED
For the Fiscal Year Ending
December 31, 1950
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term expires
James E. Mather, Lee Street 1951
Howard C. Henderson, 14 Pleasant Street
1952
Leonard L. F. Remington, 65 Crescent Street 1953
ORGANIZATION
James E. Mather, Chairman Howard C. Henderson, Secretary
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Arthur W. Hale, 254 Main Street Office: High School Bldg. Office Hours: Monday 8:00 to 9:00 A. M., 4:00 to 5:00 P. M. during school days. Office open on school days: 8:00 to 12:00 noon, 1:00 to 5:00 P. M.
Telephones: Office 590; House 506 Clerks: Mary M. Diorio, Nora R. Boghosian
REGULAR MEETING OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Second Monday of each month, High School Building at 4:00 P. M.
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Walter F. Crowley, M.D., 36 West Central St. Telephone: 625-W Ernest J. Pastorello, M.D., 41 East Central St. Telephone: 733
SCHOOL NURSE
Nellie Mitchell Saunders, R.N., Box 106, Franklin Telephone: 520
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SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
John F. Dailey, 100 Union Street Telephone: 164-J
SCHOOL CALENDAR-1951-52
January 2, 1951. Opening of winter term.
February 17, 1951 to February 26, 1951. Winter vacation.
March 23, 1951. Good Friday, holiday.
April 14, 1951 to April 23, 1951. Spring vacation.
May 30, 1951. Memorial Day, holiday.
June 16, 1951. Closing of Schools, Grades I to VIII inc.
June 23, 1951. Closing of High School.
September 5, 1951. Opening of schools.
October 12, 1951. Columbus Day, holiday.
October 26, 1951. Norfolk County Teachers' Convention.
November 21 noon to November 26, 1951. Thanksgiving Recess.
December 22, 1951 to January 2, 1952. Christmas Vacation.
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
2 Blasts-4 Times
In addition, when the No School Signals are blown at 7:15 and 7:30 A. M., it will be broadcast over Stations W.B.Z. and W.E.E.I.
7:15 Omit sessions in all schools for the day.
7:30 Omit sessions in Grades I to VI inc. for the day.
11:30 Omit afternoon sessions in all schools.
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FRANKLIN SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
EXPENDITURES AND RECEIPTS 1950 AND ESTIMATE FOR 1951
Expenditures
1950
1951
Expenditures
Estimate
1. General Control
$ 8,782.04
$ 9,500.00
2. Teachers' Salaries
157,667.81
172,000.00
3. Books and Supplies
8,238.87
9,000.00
4. Wages of Janitors
16,313.16
17,704.00
5. Fuel
8,963.44
9,000.00
6. Miscellaneous Operating
4,199.76
4,300.00
7. Repairs
8,015.10
7,250.00
8. Health
1,993.05
2,230.00
9. Transportation
16,980.08
20,030.00
10. Miscellaneous Sundries
3,719.10
5,000.00
11. Outlay
522.22
1,000.00
Total Expenditures
$235,394.63
$257,014.00
Receipts
1950
1951
Receipts
Estimate
1. Massachusetts School Aid
$ 39,573.10
$ 40,000.00
2. Rebate on Transportation, Chap. 71
6,218.64
12,985.00
3. Division of Child Guardianship (Tuition and Transportation)
3,592.95
3,600.00
4. Youth Service Board (Tuition and Transportation)
303.91
300.00
5. City of Boston-Tuition
82.62
75.00
6. Town of Norfolk-Tuition
123.86
250.00
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7. Manual Training
135.92
135.00
8. Hall Rentals
65.00
50.00
9. Miscellaneous
174.67
150.00
10. Refund from State for Voc. Ed.
335.45
325.00
11. Refund from State for Adult Ed. Cl.
300.00
12. Registration fees-Adult Ed. Cl.
87.00
85.00
Total Receipts
$ 50,693.12 $ 58,255.00
Net amount to be raised from local
taxation. Expenditures less Receipts
$184,701.51 $198,759.00
Appropriation 1950 ·
$233,896.00
Special Transportation Appropriation Refund
1,500.00
1.00
Total Appropriation
$235,397.00
Total Expenditures
235,394.63
Unexpended Balance
$2.37
Appropriation Recommended 1951
$257,014.00
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES FOR YEARS 1950-1951
Estimated
1950
1951
General Control
School Committee -- Secretary's Salary
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
Superintendent's Salary
4,305.00
4,550.00
Attendance Officer
300.00
300.00
Clerk's Salary
2,032.00
2,232.00
Assistant Clerk's Salary
1,560.00
1,760.00
Superintendent's Travel
351.08
420.00
Office Supplies, Postage, etc.
111.51
132.00
Printing School Reports
28.00
32.00
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School Board Journal
9.00
9.00
School Committee Association dues
15.00
15.00
Miscellaneous
20.45
Totals
$ 8,782.04 $
9,500.00
Teachers' Salaries
Supervisors' Salaries
$ 4,078.12
$ 4,400.00
Supervisors' Travel
124.50
100.00
Principal-High
4,450.00
4,650.00
Principal-Junior High
3,408.42
3,625.00
Teachers-High
49,262.71
51,050.00
Teachers-Junior High
21,371.70
23,320.00
Teachers-Elementary
72,446.86
82,405.00
Teachers-Crippled Children
580.00
350.00
Teachers-Substitutes
1,255.50
1,100.00
Teachers-Vocational Adult Education
690.00
1,000.00
Totals
$157,667.81
$172,000.00
Books and Supplies
Texts-High
$ 1,051.59
$ 1,100.00
Textbooks-Junior High
508.84
900.00
Textbooks-Elementary
1,389.84
1,500.00
Supplies-High
1,819.20
2,000.00
Supplies-Junior High
1,250.40
1,500.00
Supplies-Elementary
2,219.00
2,000.00
Totals
$ 8,238.87 $ 9,000.00
.
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Wages of Janitors
High
$ 6,037.44
$ 6,400.00
Junior High
2,319.02
2,500.00
Elementary
7,956.70
8,804.00
Totals
$ 16,313.16
$ 17,704.00
Fuel
High
$ 3,377.62
$ 3,400.00
Junior High
1,858.35
1,800.00
Elementary
3,727.47
3,800.00
Totals
$ 8,963.44
$ 9,000.00
Miscellaneous Operating
Lights and Power
$ 1,740.69
$ 1,800.00
Telephones
671.21
650.00
Cleaning supplies, brooms, etc.
515.37
600.00
Towels, soap, tissues, etc.
282.02
275.00
Ash removal
467.50
450.00
Water
295.38
300.00
Miscellaneous
227.59
225.00
Totals
$ 4,199.76
$ 4,300.00
Repairs
Repairs to buildings,'
electrical and plumbing
$ 5,060.50
$ 5,000.00
Repairs to equipment and replacements
1,864.84
1,050.00
Repairs to school yards
357.63
500.00
Repairs-Manual Training equipment
600.56
700.00
Repairs, lawn mowers, pianos, etc.
131.67
Totals
$ 8,015.10
$ 7,250.00
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Health
Nurse's Salary
$ 1,810.00
$ 1,930.00
Nurse's car, service, gas
85.43
200.00
Supplies
97.62
100.00
Totals
$ 1,993.05
$ 2,230.00
Transportation
Supple Motors, Inc.
$ 7,882.75
$ 8,925.00
Johnson Bus Lines, Inc.
9,086.95
10,605.00
Special advertisement
10.38
Day Vocational School
500.00
Totals
$ 16,980.08
$ 20,030.00
Miscellaneous Sundries
Vocation School Tuition
$ 346.12
$ 900.00
Bellingham Tuition
269.75
250.00.
Libraries
257.36
400.00
Insurance
894.00
1,500.00
Graduation expenses
292.67
300.00
Miscellaneous transportation, carting, etc.
256.43
250.00
Athletics
1,402.77
1,400.00
Totals
$ 3,719.10, $
5,000.00
Outlay
Electric typewriter
$ 235.00
Cafeteria Equipment
131.72
$ 1,000.00
Lawn mower gig
52.50
Chairs
103.00
Totals
$ 522.22
$ 1,000.00
GRAND TOTALS
$235,394.63
$257,014.00
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SUMMARY OF SCHOOL EXPENDITURES
FOR YEARS 1950-1951
Estimated
1950
1951
Salaries (Total)
$184,037.97
$200,526.00
Percent of Total Appropriation
78.2
78.0
Transportation
16,980.08
20,030.00
Percent of Total Appropriation
7.2
7.8
Books and Supplies
8,238.87
9,000.00
Percent of Total Appropriation
3.5
3.5
Fuel
8,963.44
9,000.00
Percent of Total Appropriation
3.8
3.5
Repairs
8,015.10
7,250.00
Percent of Total Appropriation
3.4
2.8
Combined other items
9,159.17
11,208.00
Percent of Total Appropriation
3.9
4.4
Total
$235,394.63
$257,014.00
Percent of Total Appropriation
100.
100.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Personnel of Building Committee
James E. Mather, Chairman
Howard C. Henderson, Secretary Leonard L. F. Remington
Jack Nasuti
· Mrs. Barnard Bachner Mrs. Theodore Yankee Walter B. Chilson
Ernest B. Parmenter
To the Citizens of the Town of Franklin:
The special committee appointed to investigate school housing requirements, gave many hours of their valuable time in making a complete study of the school situation.
Following a thorough investigation of our school needs, and noting the overcrowded conditions of the elementary schools, the increased number of births recorded, and the recommended elimination of the Nason Street School from further use, your committee unanimously decided upon a new elementary school of ten classrooms, a cafeteria, and multipurpose room.
This recommendation was presented to the voters at several town meetings last spring by the Building Committee. Each time it failed by a very small margin to receive the necessary two-thirds vote re- quired for enactment.
When things looked the darkest, and it seemed that our children would be denied their rightful educational opportunities, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Parmenter came to our assistance and donated to the town the land at the corner of King and Wachusett Streets containing more than twenty acres, in memory of their son, Gerald M. Parmenter, who gave his life in defense of our nation. The school to be built on this lot is to be named in remembrance of him.
This magnificent contribution of the Parmenters was greatly appre- ciated by the townspeople, and when a fourth town meeting was held late in June, an appropriation of $304,000.00 for a new elementary school to be known as the Gerald M. Parmenter Elementary School was carried.
The Superintendent of Schools and Building Committee inter- viewed several architects and made many trips to neighboring towns inspecting the schools designed by the different architects, and finally selected S. W. Haynes Associates of Fitchburg, Massachusetts as architects for the building.
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Many meetings have been held by your Building Committee, Superintendent, and Architect in going over and considering pre- liminary plans.
On December 21st, the Building Committee, Architect, and Super- intendent met at the office of John E. Marshall, Director of the Mass. School Building Assistance Commission, 88 Broad Street, Boston, to discuss the plans and receive Mr. Marshall's suggestions in regard to them.
The Committee has approved the specifications and the Architect's office is busy getting out the drawings for the building. As soon as they are completed and passed to the satisfaction of the Committee, they will be advertised for bids. It is hoped that the bids will be re- ceived and the contracts awarded so that construction can begin early in March, and have the school completed by the end of 1951.
We sincerely thank the voters of Franklin for accepting our project. The key to all our efforts is the children in our schools, their best interests, and greatest possible development.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES E. MATHER, Chairman
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Franklin:
Your School Committee hereby respectfully submits its annual report, as well as the reports of the Superintendent of Schools, Princi- pals of our High and Junior High Schools, Director of Athletics, and the Supervisors of our special departments.
In times of national emergency, the burden of responsibility upon universal education as a constructive force vastly increases. Education then has not only to continue the steady building of a worthy citizenry, but it has in addition to counteract the demoralizing effects incident to the sudden and feverish interruption of the normal pattern of life.
Wars and preparations for war, no matter how altruistic their motives or how necessary their undertaking, inevitably result in tre- mendous losses for all who are involved. Instruments of destruction, they consume the lives, the wealth, the material resources, and the moral stability of their participants.
With such a situation again confronting America in the interest of ultimate security and peace in the world, school boards and superin- tendents face an unparalleled challenge to provide and maintain effec-
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· tive means for regaining any lost ground in the intellectual, moral, and spiritual development of our people, young and old.
The situation in American public education, and school housing already serious, is entering a new and more critical phase. Our country is returning to a war economy before we have corrected the deficiencies occasioned by the last war.
The situation calls for heroic action, for the subordination of per- sonal preferences to the common good, for the self-dedication of every citizen to work untiringly with your school officials to maintain public education as the constructive instrument of our democracy. We must always remember that the church, the home and the school must work together to train our youth for effective citizenship in a free democracy.
REPAIRS
During the year 1950 there were many greatly needed repairs made to our school property.
The High School Building exterior was painted and minor improve- ments made where necessary. More classrooms have been beautifully painted in modern pastel shades, and new slim-line fluorescent lighting fixtures installed in three classrooms and office, giving preference to the rooms where we felt improved lighting facilities were urgently needed.
It was necessary to replace some of the typewriters, and we also purchased a modern electric typewriter.
The coal heating hot water heater, which was installed when the High School was built, became useless this past year, and has been replaced with a new gas heating unit.
Mr. Masi and some of his students have painted the Manual Train- ing room, made new benches and storage facilities, made the necessary repairs and now have a room of which we are proud.
The Junior High and Horace Mann Schools have been newly painted on the outside, some of the classrooms, corridors, and basements have been painted and we are planning to do more work on these schools in 1951.
The Four Corners school yard has been newly resurfaced, and each of the other schools receiving minor improvements as far as our budget would permit.
The setbacks we are suffering in the Korean War and the threat of all out hostilities with Russia provide new causes of worry for all in charge of Public Education.
During the year inflationary price increases have risen to such an extent that we have been forced to present to you the largest budget in our school's history. Last summer we signed a transportation contract
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that is costing the town double the previous one, and there has been a constant increase in the cost of repairs, fuel, books, supplies, and the numerous articles necessary in the operation of the School Department. Higher salaries have been voted for the teachers and all employees of the school system.
We are years behind necessary enlargement and modernization of the school plant due to stoppage of construction from 1940 to 1946, and it now appears certain, school construction will be hampered by restric- tions on the use of steel and other materials.
We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the Superintendent of Schools, Principals, Teachers, Clergy and all others connected with our School Department for their untiring efforts in giving us another very successful school year, and to ask our townspeople for their con- tinued support and cooperation in the operation of our School Depart- ment.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES E. MATHER LEONARD L. F. REMINGTON HOWARD C. HENDERSON School Committee of Franklin
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee and Citizens of Franklin:
It is my pleasure and privilege to present for your consideration the annual report of our schools. This is my thirty-third annual report and the sixtieth in the series of reports from this office. Continuing the policy of recent years, it includes the reports of the Principals of the Senior and Junior High Schools, the School Physicians and Nurse, the High School Athletic Director, the Director of Adult Practical Art Classes, quotations from the reports of the Supervisors of Music and Art, and the usual tables and statistical data.
This report is written with our troops fighting desperately in Korea, with General Eisenhower leaving for Europe to be supreme commander of the allied forces and when the minds of all thoughtful people of the democratic countries are greatly disturbed and concerned with national defense and the survival of our democratic way of life. Our American civilization is based on a system of universal free edu- cation that stresses the responsibility of our schools to contribute to a happy and useful life for each individual child.
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The program of our schools should contribute to an improved daily life for every boy and girl. Children, in order to profit effectively from their education and realize their own abilities, must master the funda- mental tools of learning, have intellectual and aesthetic interests, acquire good health habits and develop loyalties that will enable them to discharge their civic duties and responsibilities in a democratic civilization. It is the responsibility of the public schools to develop intelligent and informed individuals, who are thoroughly aware of the advantages of our American way of life, and are ready to make what- ever sacrifices are necessary for its preservation.
ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE
The enrollment in our schools the past fall was 1457 pupils. Of this number, 1095 were in the first eight grades and 362 in the high school. This is an increase of 26 pupils over the fall of 1949. Of this increase, 23 were in the elementary grades and 3 in the high school. The first grade had an enrollment of 146, or 20 less than a year ago. This was fortunate because of our limited number of classrooms. The percentage of attendance was 93.4 percent, the same as for the year 1948, but three- tenths of a percent less than in 1949.
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