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Eye and Ear examinations were conducted in accordance with our usual practice. Evidences of defects are called to the attention of the parents. It should be emphasized that the school service in this area is confined to the reporting of the evidence resulting from our tests. Each parent is asked to see that his child gets appropriate medical attention as quickly as possible.
Number of pupils found with defective vision 28
Number corrected with glasses 8
Number of pupils found with defective hearing 14
Hearing corrected by removal of cerumen 8
Hearing corrected by hearing aid 1
During the year there seemed to be considerable evidence of contagious and communicable diseases among the school children. Parents were ad- vised by the school physician to take advantage of the added protection of suitable booster shots. Our reports indicate that 188 booster doses have been administered.
Because of the larger enrollment of children in the public school sys- tem the services of the dental clinic were confined to grades one, two and three starting in September, 1954. Dr. John King's report will give the complete details of the dental clinic for the year. 175 children not in- cluded under clinic services had some dental work done during the year.
In closing I wish to thank the School Committee, the Superintendent, parents, teacher personnel, school physicians and all other health agencies that have contributed to the health program in our schools.
Respectfully submitted,
FLORENCE L. STOBBART, R.N. School Nurse
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APPENDICES
HAMILTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BUDGET 1954
EXPENDED 1954
BUDGET 1955
General Expense
$11,475.00
$11,468.41
$12,525.00
Expense of Instruction
111,562.99
110,414.17
132,060.02
Textbooks and Supplies
8,125.00
7,313.70
8,615.00
Operation of Plant
21.075.00
20.710.74
23,550.00
Maintenance of Plant
3.000.00
2,300.48
3,740.00
Auxiliary Agencies
15.098.75
14,957.47
16,752.00
Outlay
262.00
261.85
1,255.00
$170,598.74
$167,426.82
$198,497.02
Special Appropriations :
Vocational
1.250.00
803.75
1,250.00
Driver Training
200.00
.
...
. .
Maintenance of Lamson School
. ...
. . . . . .
350.00
Grand Total
$172.048.74
$168,230.57
$200,097.02
LOCAL AND STATE REIMBURSEMENTS 1954
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 1954
$168,230.57
CASH RECEIPTS DURING 1954
(Turned over to Town Treasurer)
From Commonwealth of Massachusetts : General School Fund
$26,274.85
Transportation
5,972.40
Vocational
579.97
State Wards (Tuition)
225.00
From Local Reimbursements : Miscellaneous
$9.82
Tuition :
Town of Essex
607.50
Town of Wenham
540.00
Mrs. C. W. Taintor, Topsfield
225.00
Harold Cunningham, Beverly
90.00
TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS 1954
34,594.54
NET COST TO TOWN IN 1954
$133,636.03
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REVOLVING FUND
Athletics
Balance, January 1, 1954
Receipts during 1954
$297.58 290.80
Total
$588.38
Expenditures during 1954
399.73
Balance, December 31, 1954
$188.65
Cafeteria
Balance January 1, 1954
$2,303.98
Receipts during 1954:
Sales of meals
$16,233.46
Federal Subsidy
5,633.59
21,867.05
Total
$24,171.03
Expenditures during 1954:
Labor
4,900.55 14,457.37
Miscellaneous
1,563.96
20,921.88
Cash Balance, December 31, 1954
3,249.15
Accounts Receivable for 1954:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Nov. Claim
$677.76
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Dec. Claim 582.73
1,260.49
Accounts Payable for 1954:
Food for December
$1,480.23
Miscellaneous
17.57
$1,497.80
Food
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SCHOOL CENSUS AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1954
Boys
Girls
Number between five and seven years of age
112
99
Number between seven and sixteen years of age
299
283
Totals
411
382
Total Census
793
Distribution of the above minors, October 1, 1954:
In the Public Day School
/12
In vocational school
2
In private school
75
In state and county institutions and special schools for defective delinquents
4
Not enrolled in any school
0
Totals (should equal corresponding totals in the above registration)
793
MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1954
AGE
Grade 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Totals
Kdg.
35
57
92
1
28
73 6
107
2
27 58 8
93
3
25 54 4 1 10 34
52
5
20 31
7 1 6 1
58
6
12 37 4
53
7
16 33
2 1 6
5
1
34
10
5 23
5
1 5
28
11
5
12 2
19
12
Totals 35 85 100 89 72 58 51 60 57
39 31 39
27 18 2 763
1 3 9 19
53
8
20 27
56
9
34
7 16
84
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HAMILTON TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1, 1955
Name
School Subject or Grades
Appoint- ment
Yrs. Ex- perience
Education
Degree
Douglas A. Chandler
High
Superintendent
1952
22 Northeastern University Boston University
Ed.M.
Mrs. Hazel Ramer
Principal
1921
44
Salem Normal
-
Edith M. Anderson
Grade 7
1929
40 Salem Normal
Wilbur Armstrong
Science
1944
33 Atlantic Union
M.A.
Ruth E. Austen
Grade 7
1945
10
Radcliffe
A.B.
Mary Bergman
"
Business
1954
19 Salem State Teachers Col.
B.S.E.
Millicent J. Boswell
Home Economics and Cafeteria Manager
1943
12
Framingham Teachers Col.
B.S.E.
Marshall Gero
Manual Training
1947
18 Fitchburg Teachers Col.
B.S.E.
Donald J. Mack
Science and Math.
1953
4 Springfield College
B.S.
Carl J. Martini
Math. and Physical Education for boys
1950
11 Holy Cross
B.S.
Mrs. Eleanor McKey
"
Languages
1952
19
Boston University
A.B., M.A.
Priscilla Mckay
"
English
1950
8 American Inter. College
B.S.E.
Wilton J. Moyer
Social Studies
1949
14 Mansfield Penn. T. C.
B.S.E.
John Valois
Grade 8
1954
0 Boston University
B.S.E.
Joan M. Webster
Business and Physical Education for Girls
1953
2
Salem Teachers College
B.S.E.
Marian C. Joseph
Manasseh Cutler
Principal
1921
34
Salem Normal
Ellen Duffy
High
Grade 6
1927
28
Salem Teachers College
B.S.E.
Mrs. Mildred E. Scanlon
High
Grade 6
1953
19
Salem Normal
Mrs. Esther Goddard Manasseh Cutler
Grade 5
1952
20
Salem Normal
Forrest L. Troop
"
Grade 5
1953
5
Salem Teachers College
B.S.E.
Margaret Batchelder
"
Grade 4
1920
35
Salem Normal
Mrs. Dorothy B. Jones
"
Grade 4
1953
15 University of Vermont
B.E.
Mrs. Carolyn Lander
=
=
Grade 3
1950
17 Gorham Normal
Mrs. Glory Hussey
Grade 3
1954
5 State Teachers College
Mrs. Louise Leach
"
Grade 3
1954
8 Eastern State Normal
Mrs. Doris Foster
=
Grade 2
1948
10 Keene Normal
Mrs. Ruth Harris
Grade 2
1949
5 Salem Teachers College
B.S.E.
Mrs. Janet Klem
"
Grade 2
1948
3 Wheaton College
A.B.
21
Tufts College
M.A.
Simmons College
M.S.
Syracuse University
M.S.
=
B.R.E., B.A.
Boston University
B.B.A.
-
"
Name
School
Subject or Grades
Appoint- ment
Yrs. Ex- perience
Education
Degree
Doris M. Blood
"
"
Grade 1
1953
1 Lesley College
B.S.E.
Mrs. Nena Hayes
"
"
Grade 1
1952
5 Oswego State Teachers Col.
B.S.E.
Mary E. Lucey
"
Grade 1
1948
6
Salem Teachers College
B.S.E.
Mrs. Glendora Ward
Grade 1
1954
7 Castine Normal
-
Harriet Erskine
High
Kindergarten
1946
10 Lesley Kindergarten
Edith M. Ross
High
Kindergarten
1953
1 Lesley College
B.S.E.
Mrs. Ruth McCann
Manasseh Cutler
Remedial
1953
11
Lesley College
Rupert Lillie
All
Art
1953
7 University of Maryland
S.B
Maude L. Thomas
Manassch Cutler
Music
1923
32
Boston University
Florence L. Stobbart
All
Nurse
1925
29
Beverly Hospital
R.N.
Harvard School of Design
M.L.A.
22
"
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FORTY-FOURTH COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Hamilton High School MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM Thursday Evening, June 10, 1954 At Eight O'clock
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL "Pomp and Circumstance" Edward Elgar Hamilton High School Chorus
INVOCATION
Reverend Edward J. Mclaughlin
COMMENCEMENT THEME : Speaking for My Generation
Juvenile Delinquency Phyllis Mae Smerage
Musical Selection
Song of Man Richard Kountz Soloists-Charles A. Fowlie. Clifton L. Jermyn
Youth at the Wheel As a Citizen
Gail Lynda Foster Philip Bond Trussell
REMARKS
Douglas A. Chandler Superintendent of Schools
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Hamilton Teachers' Club
Hamilton Scholarship
American Legion
Mrs. Gordon McKey President, Hamilton Teachers' Club Harold Child Chairman, Awarding Committee Bernard Cullen Commander, A. P. Gardner Post 194, A. L.
Musical Selection May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You arranged by William Stickles
PRESENTATION OF CLASS OF 1954 Mrs. Hazel Ramer Principal, Hamilton High School
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS
Morley Piper Chairman, School Committee
BENEDICTION
Reverend Edward J. Mclaughlin
RECESSIONAL
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GRADUATES
Mary Jane Byrnes
Thomas Faulkner Cullen
Robert Leroy Dodge
Albert Michael Edmondson, Jr.
*Gail Lynda Foster Charles Albert Fowlie Marjorie Louise Henley Clifton Lawrence Jermyn
Donald Spencer Lightbody Jean Ann Maidment
Robert Donald McRae
Richard Warner Morris
Murdoch Kenneth Morrison James Beals Parker, Jr. Margaret Louise Pierce *Lee Wright Saunders
Barbara Irene Sheppard
*Phyllis Mae Smerage
Laurence Clark Smith
Annette Mabel Thibodeault Margaret Dolores Trepanier *Philip Bond Trussell
* Honor Group
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
(Subject to Change) 1955
January 3
February 18 February 28 April 8
April 15 April 25 May 30 June 23
Schools open Schools close for February Recess Schools open Good Friday-no sessions
Schools close for April Recess Schools open Memorial Day-no sessions Schools close for summer
Summer Vacation
September 7
October 7
Schools open County Teachers Convention-no sessions
October 12
Columbus Day-no sessions November 11 Armistice Day-no sessions November 23 Schools close at noon for Thanksgiving Recess November 28 Schools open December 23 Schools close at noon for Christmas Recess 1956 All schools open January 3
AGE OF ADMITTANCE
Pupils entering the kindergarten in September must have been at least four years of age on March 1st preceding entrance in September.
Pupils entering the first grade in September must have been at least five years of age on March 1st preceding entrance in September.
VACCINATION
Children who have not been vaccinated will not be admitted to school in September unless they present a certificate from a regular practicing physician stating that they are not fit subjects for vaccination. Parents are requested to attend to this matter during the summer vacation, as cer- tificates of vaccination or exemption must be presented at the opening of school to entitle children to admission.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNALS
As a matter of policy school will be in session whenever possible. Whenever weather conditions are questionable parents are urged to exercise their own judgment as to whether their children are sent to school or not.
Whenever it seems unadvisable to have school sessions the following procedure for no-school signals will be observed. Radio stations WHDH, WBZ, and WESX will be notified not later than 7:00 a.m. so that notifica- tion may be broadcast by them between 7:15 and 8:00 a.m. At 7:30 a.m. the no-school signal 22-22 will be sounded on the local fire alarm.
INDEX
Accountant, Report of
113
Receipts
116
Expenditures
120
Recapitulation of Departmental Expenses
145
Balance Sheet
152
Appeals Board
83
Assessors, Report of
56
Audit of Accounts, Report of
157
Births Recorded
36
Bonded Indebtedness
155
Building and Electrical Code Study Committee
74
Building Inspector
52
Cemetery Commissioners, Report of
52
Collector, Report of
Deaths Recorded
Dental Clinic, Report of
Finance and Advisory Committee, Report of
99 60
Health, Report of
Highway Surveyor, Report of
Jury List for 1955
Librarian, Report of
Library Trustees, Report of
Marriages Recorded
Memorial
Officers, List of
Park Commissioners, Report of
Planning Board, Report of
Police Department, Report of
Public Works Committee
Sealer, Report of
45 77 53
School Building Needs Committee
School Committee, Report of
65 1 30
State Election, Report of
27
Tax Rate, Valuation, Levy
156
Town Clerk, Report of
9
Town Meeting, (1954 Annual), Report of
12
Town Meeting, (1954 Special), Report of
33
Transfers
58
Tree Warden, Report of
85
Trust Funds
151
Warrant for 1955
86
Water Board, Report of
43
Water Superintendent, Report of
44
Welfare Department, Report of
75
Civil Defense Agency, Report of
64 59 41 80
Fire Department, Report of
80 63 42 55 54
38 79 3 51 62 82 46
Selectmen, Report of
School Building Committee, Report of
State Primary, Report of
144
Treasurer, Report of
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