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DEBIT
CREDIT
Outstanding 12-31-46 $6.00
Returns to Treasurer
$6.00
1946 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Outstanding 12-31-46
$513.04
Returns to Treasurer
$411.50
Committed 1-17-47
60.32
Abated
177.41
Refunds
23.53
Outstanding 12-31-47
12.41
Overpaid
2.00
Auditor's Adjustment
2.43
$601.32 1947 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
$601.32
Committed
$8,765.07
Returns to Treasurer
$7,477.20
Refunds
171.00
Abated
288.90
Outstanding 12-31-47
1,169.97
$8,936.07
$8,936.07
1943 PERSONAL PROPERTY
Oustanding 12-31-46
$1.59
Returns to Treasurer
$1.59
1944 PERSONAL PROPERTY
Outstanding 12-31-46
$21.00
Returns to Treasurer
$21.00
1945 PERSONAL PROPERTY
Outstanding 12-31-46
$84.70
Returns to Treasurer
$24.70
Adjustment
.04
Outstanding 12-31-47
60.04
$84.74
$84.74
1946 PERSONAL PROPERTY
Outstanding 12-31-46
$289.30
Returns to Treasurer
$198.90
Abated
31.20
Adjusted
4.00
Outstanding 12-31-47
55.20
$289.30 1947 PERSONAL PROPERTY
$289.30
Committed
$11,172.50
Returns to Treasurer
$10,946.25
Refund
2.00
Abated
26.25
Adjustment
1.50
Outstanding 12-31-47
200.50
$11,174.50
$11,174.50
1945 POLLS
Outstanding 12-31-46
$4.00
Returns to Treasurer $4.00
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1946 POLLS
Outstanding 12-31-46
$36.00
Returns to Treasurer
$12.00
Abated
16.00
Outstanding 12-31-47 Adjusted
2.00
6.00
$36.00
$36.00
1947 POLLS
Committed
$1,544.00
Returns to Treasurer
$1,058.00
Refunds
24.00
Abated
490.00
Outstanding 12-31-47
20.00
$1,568.00
$1,568.00
1945 MOTH
Outstanding 12-31-46
$14.00
Returns to Treasurer
$10.00
Auditor's Adjustment
4.00
$14.00
$14.00
1946 MOTH
Outstanding 12-31-46
$34.75
Returns to Treasurer
$34.00
Outstanding 12-31-47
.75
$34.75
$34.75
1947 MOTH
Committed
$367.50
Returns to Treasurer
$315.50
Outstanding 12-31-47
52.00
$367.50
$367.50
1942 REAL ESTATE
Tax Title Disclaimed
$1.90
Outstanding 12-31-47
$1.90
1944 REAL ESTATE
Tax Title Disclaimed
$1.75
Outstanding 12-31-47
$1.75
1945 REAL ESTATE
Outstanding 12-31-46
$4,014.76
Returns to Treasurer
$3,774.60
Adjustment
.04
Abatements
197.22
Auditor Adjustment
4.00
Tax Title
9.79
Overpaid
15.20
Outstanding 12-31-47
53.29
Tax Title Disclaimed
1.90
$4,034.90
$4,034.90
1946 REAL ESTATE
Outstanding 12-31-46
$13,419.69
Returns to Treasurer
$9,188.00
Refund
3.79
Abatements
36.60
Adjustment
4.00
Tax Title
12.00
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Overpaid Tax Title Disclaimed
.20
Outstanding 12-31-47 4,199.08
$13,429.68
$13,429.68
1947 REAL ESTATE
Committed
$110,963.00
Returns to Treasurer $92,345.62
Refunds
543.83
Abatements
1,002.60
Adjustment
9.00
Tax Titles
155.25
Overpaid
.01
Outstanding 12-31-47
18,012.37
$111,515.84
$111,515.84
$530.77
Interest Collected Costs Collected
$167.01
Less Collector's Fees
125.37
41.64
DONALD C. WILDER, Tax Collector
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS 1947 RECAPITULATION
TOWN
Raised at Annual Town Meeting
$158,057.20
From Surplus
19,075.00
$177,132.20
STATE
State Tax
$1,900.00
State Parks and Reservations
136.87
State Audit and Municipal Accounts
707.11
Under Estimates of 1946
51.33
$2,795.31
COUNTY
County Tax
$6,510.02
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
2,486.16
Under Estimates of 1946
58.25
$9.054.43
OVERLAY of current year
$3,311.13
Gross Amount To Be Raised
$192,293.07
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$12,249.00
Corporation Taxes
4,590.28
2.00
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Gasoline Tax under Acts of 1946
3,830.04
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
4,500.00
Licenses
550.00
Moth Assessments
367.50
Town Hall Rental
500.00
Charities
1,500.00
Old Age Assistance
13,000.00
Old Age Tax (Meals)
787.50
Veterans' Benefits
200.00
Schools
7,000.00
Interest
400.00
Aid to Dependent Children
600.00
$50,074.32
Total Available Funds
$19,075.00
Estimated Receipts
$69,149.32
Net Amount to Be Raised by Taxation
$123,143.75
Tax Rate per $1,000-$50.00
TAXES FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN PURPOSES,
INCLUDING OVERLAY
Committed to Tax Collector:
Personal
$11,082.50
Real Estate
110,539.25
Poll Tax
1,522.00
Total
$123,143.75
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land, exclusive of buildings
$422,065.00
Buildings exclusive of land
1,788.720.00
Total
$2,210,785.00
Value of Assessed Personal Property:
Stock in Trade
$28,925.00
Machinery
154,800.00
Live Stock
30,100.00
All Other Tangible Property
7,825.00
Total
$221,650.00
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate
$2,432,435.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Number of Cars Assessed
1,224
Value of Vehicles Assessed
$322,440.00
Excise Committed to Collector
8,765.07
TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of Persons Assessed:
Indiv.
Corp.
Total
Personal Estate Only
46
4
50
Real Estate Only
920
39
959
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Both Personal and Real Estate 113 5 118
Total Number of Persons Assessed 1,127
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
849
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
12.400
RALPH H. COLEMAN, Chairman JAMES A. LIDDELL A. LESTER SCOTT
Board of Assessors
GENERAL RELIEF
Ten cases received aid under General Relief during the year. Seven were for temporary aid only and have been closed, leaving three active cases as of January 1, 1948.
Appropriation-Town
$4,500.00
Expenditures-Aid
$3,651.17
Expenditures-Expenses
181.16
To Surplus Revenue
667.67
$4,500.00
Case Load
Norwell cases in Norwell
4
$403.57
Norwell Cases in other towns
4
1,907.58
State cases in Norwell
1
1,184.67
Other towns' cases in Norwell
1
155.35
10
$3,651.17
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
During the year 69 cases received Old Age Assistance, two of which were aided out of town. Eight new cases were opened and seven closed, leaving 62 active cases as of January 1, 1948.
Appropriation-Town
$27,000.00
Balance, January 1, 1947
17.98
Receipts-U. S. Grant
16,146.38
Refund-Cancelled checks
223.85
$43,388.21
Case Load
Norwell cases in Norwell
53
$28.639.55
Norwell cases in other towns
2
86.31
State cases in Norwell
6
4,510.37
Other towns' cases in Norwell
3,451.64
Cancelled checks
223.85
69
$36,911.72
To Surplus Revenue
$560.83
Balance, U. S. Grant, January 1, 1948
5,915.66
$43,388.21
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE -- ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation-Town
$1,500.00
Balance-U. S. Grant, January 1, 1947
631.24
Receipts-U. S. Grant
866.43
$2,997.67
Expenditures-Administration
2,752.10
Balance, U. S. Grant, January 1, 1948
242.56
To Surplus Revenue
3.01
$2,997.67
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Four families with a total of eleven children received Aid to Depend- ent Children during the year. One temporary case was closed after several months of aid, leaving three active cases as of January 1, 1948.
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Balance-U. S. Grant, January 1, 1947
1,021.26
Receipts-U. S. Grant-Aid
774.21
$3,795.47
Total yearly expenditure for Aid
$3,583.70
Balance as of January 1, 1948
211.77
$3,795.47
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN-ADMINISTRATION
Balance-U. S. Grant, January 1, 1947
$206.23
Receipts-U. S. Grant-Administration
43.75
$249.98
Balance-U. S. Grant, January 1, 1948
$249.98
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE James A. Liddell, Chairman Ralph H. Coleman A. Lester Scott
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Aid to veterans is now combined under one heading known as Vet- erans' Benefits.
1947 Appropriation
$2,000.00
Expenditure for Aid
1,037.43
Balance as of January 1, 1948
962.57
A. LESTER SCOTT, Agent
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
The following cases of communicable diseases were reported to the Board of Health during the year 1947:
Chicken Pox 4
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German Measles 2
Measles_ 36
Mumps 5
Scarlet Fever
3
Whooping Cough
1
One case of cat bite and 9 cases of dog bite were also reported. The animal in each case responsible for the bite was kept in quarantine the required length of time and then released.
Parents are again asked to make sure that all communicable diseases have been reported covering his child's life to date. If in doubt, write the Board of Health or telephone Norwell 76-W and make sure.
The Board has inspected the premises and conditions of the following:
1 Pasteurization Plant
3 Private Schools
2 Overnight Cabins
3 Infant Boarding Homes
2 Tourist Cabins and all restaurants and roadside stands serving food.
Licenses were issued during the year for the following:
1 Pasteurization of Milk
Funeral Director
2 Infant Boarding Homes 1 Sale of milk from vehicles
2 Tourist Cabins 1 Sale of milk from store
2 Overnight Cabins 2 Sale of milk from premises
Through this office, the water of 36 wells has been tested during the year with 12 declared unfit for drinking or culinary purposes at time of testing.
The usual clinics have been held and inoculation against whooping cough. tetanus and scarlet fever have been given by the Board of Health. free of charge to the patient.
This Board has been called upon twice to abate nuisances endanger- ing the health of the public. All such complaints must be made in writing over the signature of the person making the complaint and must be addressed to the Board of Health.
The Town Dump has been inspected each week. Conditions are still very unsanitary and most unsatisfactory. This Board has twice recom- mended to the Selectmen that a fence with gates be erected around the dump, an adequate and permanent sign be erected at the entrance and a man be placed in charge one or two days a week when the public could use the dump.
Until this is done, people will continue to dump swill and offal, rats will breed and those persons who dump beside the road and in the drive- way will make it possible for the well-intentioned to use the premises.
The list of diseases reportable to the Board is repeated again this year, also the definitions of terms used in the Health rules.
DEFINITIONS:
Householders Must Report Diseases
A householder who knows that a person in his family or house is sick with a disease dangerous to the public health shall forthwith give notice
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thereof to the Board of Health.
Physicians Must Report Diseases
When a physician knows that a person whom he is called to visit is infected with a disease dangerous to the public health, he shall immediate- ly give notice thereof in writing over his own signature to the Board of Health.
Householder
The term householder as used in these rules shall be understood as meaning the head of the household, or the one in charge of the household, or the one in charge of a hospital, asylum, prison, jail, school or institu- tion, public or private.
Quarantine
The term quarantine as used in these rules shall be understood to mean that persons in the dwelling, tenement, apartment or other quarters under restriction shall not leave said premises, and that all other persons save the physician, nurse, clergyman and authorized health officers shall not enter such premises, except upon permission of the local health authorities.
Isolation
The term isolation as used in these rules shall be understood to mean the restraint of the patient and nurse or other attendants to a certain room or rooms apart from other members of the household in a manner satisfactory to the local health authorities.
Diseases Which Must Be Reported
The following diseases have been declared by the State Department of Health to be dangerous to the public health and therefore must be reported to the Board of Health.
Actinomycosis
Anthrax
Anterior Poliomyelitis ( Infantile Paralysis)
Asiatic Cholera
Chicken Pox
Diphtheria
Dog-Bite (Requiring anti-rabic treatment)
Dysentary :
(a) Amebic
(b) Bacillary
Epidermic Cerebro-Spinal Menin- gitis
German Measles Glanders
Hookworm Disease
Infectious Diseases of the Eye:
(a) Opthalmia Neonatorum (Inflammation of the eyes of the newborn)
( b) Suppurative Conjunctivitis
(c) Trachoma
Leprosy
Malaria
Measles
Mumps
Pellagra
Plaque
Rabies ( Hydrophobia )
Scarlet Fever
Septi~ Sore Throat
Smallpox
Tetanus ( Lock Jaw)
Trichinosis
Tuberculosis ( All forms)
Typhoid Fever
Typhus Fever
Whooping-Cough
Yellow Fever
The attending physician is required by law under penalty of a fine
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of from $50. to $100., to report all diseases dangerous to the public health and the householder, if a physician is not in attendance, is pun- ishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for failure to make report.
MINOT F. WILLIAMSON, Chairman WILLIAM O. HENDERSON JOHN D. R. WOODWORTH NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Clerk for the Board of Health
REPORT OF THE WILLIAM J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
To the Selectmen of the Town of Norwell
Gentlemen:
The library has completed its first full year in its new quarters with a good deal of satisfaction. With adequate shelving, it has been possible to display our books to much greater advantage, a considerable number of new readers are coming to the library and our reference books are beginning to be used more now that they can be consulted in comfort.
We have added this year, late books on gardening, home carpentry and decorating, sewing and birds and hope in time to cover sufficiently well most subjects of general interest.
A total of 2112 books were circulated this past year and 149 added, 131 by purchase and 18 as gifts.
The library hours are Tuesdays, 2:30 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. and Fridays 7:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED H. PROUTY WILLIAM O. PROUTY PAULINE W. LEONARD
Trustees
REPORT OF THE JAMES LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 1947
To the Selectmen of the Town of Norwell
Gentlemen:
The James Library continues, under handicaps, to try to perform the functions for which it was instituted. In general, the purpose of providing reading matter to the townspeople is being fulfilled, but there is a definite lack of good reference books, and the limited funds avail-
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able make it very difficult to select current books in such a way as to satisfy the widely divergent tastes of the people.
Circulation for the year under consideration was about the same as it was the previous year, but we are glad to say that during the past three months, it has shown a gratifying increase. We are planning to get out some publicity in order to call the people's attention to the excel- lent, though limited, facilities available, in the hope that the Library will be much more widely used.
We are very glad to acknowledge gratefully the H. Rodman Booth Memorial Fund and a bookcase and books as a memorial to Mrs. Caroline Judd. In connection with this memorial, which is set up in one of the small rooms of the Library, an anonymous donor has enabled us to re- decorate the room. This is a striking improvement, and we plan to con- tinue it so that we may have, eventually, a comfortable memorial reading room. There have also been frequent gifts of books from various users of the Library and members of the community, which we acknowledge gratefully; one family plans to contribute one good current book each month, an idea which we recommend to the citizens of the Town as a very thoughtful and helpful public service.
Because of the age of the building and the limited facilities at our disposal, it has not been possible to keep it in perfect repair, so that at the present time considerable work should be done if we wish to prevent rapid and perhaps serious deterioration. For this reason and also be- cause of the greatly increased costs of books and all kinds of services and materials, we believe that the Town should consider a reasonable increase in our budget.
During the past year, there have been some changes in the personnel of the Library Committee. After serving us very efficiently and faith- fully for a considerable time, our Librarian, Mr. Wilson resigned. We are fortunate in having secured the services of Mrs. Nellie L. Sparrell, who is carrying on the work of Librarian very acceptably.
The Library hours are as follows:
Monday, 6-8 o'clock; Wednesday, 6-8 o'clock; Saturday, 2-4 and 6-8 o'clock.
Respectfully submitted,
MISS HELEN FOGG MRS. WILDER GAUDETTS, Secretary MISS MILDRED HASTINGS, Treasurer MRS. NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Librarian A. R. GORDON, Chairman
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Norwell:
1947 was the highest birth year on record in the United States. 1947 has also been the highest school enrollment year in the record of Norwell schools with our present four hundred and eleven students in grades one through twelve.
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The problem of properly housing our school children this past year has been severe. Many rooms are badly overcrowded and by next fall we may be forced to hold double sessions. Certainly, double sessions will be inevitable in 1949 unless our new Elementary Building is gotten under way this spring.
We have only just started to feel the snowballing of school enroll- ment caused by the steadily increasing birth rate from 20.9 per 1000 population in 1942 to 26.2 per 1000 in 1947. We are now feeling this increase in our first, second and third grades. The wave will roll on in future years into the higher grades and finally into the high school.
Our high school is ample to accommodate this increase if we remove the elementary grades and leave the high school for the upper grades as it was originally intended. We earnestly entreat our fellow townspeople to give careful thought to this problem and to the report and recommen- dations of your Elementary School Building Committee. The overcrowd- ing of our present building is nothing compared with the future unless our school facilities are materially expanded.
This increase in school population was one big factor in the in- creased budget and overexpenditure of about $400.00. Another factor was the overcrowding of our busses. Busses designed for a maximum of fifty-five children started last fall with loads as high as sixty-eight. Your Committee was forced to split routes in the Church Hill and Winter Street sections to permit safe bus loads. This added extra bus mileage with consequent added cost for transportaton.
In addition we had to refinish the high school auditorium floor. Although it appeared at the start to be not too expensive a project, after the carpenters got under way they found extensive repairs to be neces- sary. Hence, our bill for this work ran several hundred dollars in excess of the original estimates.
There have been several changes in our teaching staff:
(1) Our principal, Edward Rogean, accepted a superintendency in Groton, Massachusetts. In his place we were most fortunate in obtaining the services of Frederick Small who promises to be one of the best principals Norwell has ever had.
(2) We suffered a heavy loss in the death of Rodman Booth, who not only was an excellent drawing teacher but also took a very active and vital interest in every school function. Our new drawing supervisor, Mrs. Gulliver, is proving highly satisfactory.
(3) Two of our primary teachers, Mrs. York and Mrs. Richardson, left for better paying positions. Mrs. Kiernan and Mrs. Johnson are ably filling their places.
(4) Our English teacher. Miss Whitehouse, also left for a more lucra- tive position elsewhere. In her place we have Miss James who is doing most capable work in her first year.
To hold our present well trained force of teachers and avoid further losses to towns which are offering higher salary scales, we are asking for an overall 10% raise in teachers' salaries to be effective as of Janu- ary 1, 1948. We hope the town will vote this increase as our teachers' salary scale still needs adjustment upward in view of present day costs of living and the opportunities always open to teachers in other higher paid occupations.
School athletics have been greatly improved under the guidance of Felix Dixon. He has arranged not only for participation by the older high school boys and girls, but also those down to the sixth grade. With his Junior High Boys and Girls team schedules as well as his Varsity and Second team schedules-he literally has a program of athletics for all.
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Norwell should feel well pleased to have the services of a man as keenly intrested in his work as Coach Dixon.
Your school budget for 1948 shows an increase, but only enough to provide for:
(1) Higher teacher salaries mentioned earlier in this report;
(2) The extra transportation charges which will arise from the necessary further splitting of bus routes to provide for next year's in- crea ed school population ;
(3) Extra supplies and textbooks for the increased school population;
(4) Extra cost of paper, fuel oil and other school supplies.
School Committee,
JAMES P. HALL, Chairman
THOMAS S. CANN
NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Secretary
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FINANCES-1947
Town Appropriation
$64,500.00
Refund
.75
Dog Tax
377.98
Transfer
394.22
$65,272.95
REIMBURSEMENTS
Superintendent
$649.26
Mass. Part I
3,312.00
Mass. Part II
6,313.71
New Transportation Aid
5,287.90
Massachusetts Wards
229.48
City of Boston Wards
617.73
Tutition-Miller
17.00
Tuition-Sprague
39.00
Total Reimbursements
$16,466.08
Net Cost to Town
$48,806.87
Vocational Education
$93.80
NORWELL SCHOOL DIRECTORY School Committee
JAMES P. HALL, Chairman
MRS. NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Secretary
THOMAS CANN
Tel. Hanover 136 Tel. Norwell 76-W Tel. Rockland 521-R
Superintendent of Schools CLIFTON E. BRADLEY
Office, Salmond School, Hanover, Mass., Tel. 172 Residence, Center Street, Center Hanover, Tel. 345-4
Supervisors GERTRUDE REYNOLDS, Music
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MADELEINE S. GULLIVER, Art RINEHART SYSTEM OF WRITING
School Physician
RAYMOND G. VINAL, M. D.
School Nurse CATHERINE A. ROE
School Dentists WILLIS B. PARSONS, D. M. D. DONALD W. PARSONS, D. M. D.
Janitors
ALFRED PROUTY BERTHA BALDWIN
FRANK LIND
Ridge Hill School
Center Primary School High School
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REGULATIONS
Children who become five years of age on March first may enter school the following September.
No child under seven years of age will be admitted to school for the first time after October first of any year.
A child entering school for the first time is required to present to the teacher a birth certificate and vaccination or exemption from vaccina- tion certificate. Exemption must be renewed every six months.
SIGNALS FOR NO SESSIONS OF SCHOOLS
Signal 7:30 A. M. on the Fire whistle (one long whistle)
"No School" signals will be broadcast from WBZ between 7:00 and 7:45 A. M., and from WEEI and WBET.
Schools will close in extremely bad weather. but each parent must decide, depending on the conditions of distance. amount of waiting for the bus, protective clothing, etc., whether or not to send children to school in stormy weather when schools are in session.
WORK CERTIFICATES
Work certificates for those between the ages of 16-21 are issued at the offices of the Superintendent of Schools, the High School and from the homes of the School Committee members and the Superintendent of Schools. When possible the school office should be used. A birth certificate or other legal proof of birth is required to be shown.
Employment certificates of those between 14-16 for employment during out of school hours are secured at the schools only, or during the summer, from the Superintendent of Schools.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
January 5, 1948
Schools open
February 21-February 29, 1948
Vacation
April 17-April 25, 1948 Vacation
May 31, 1948
Memorial Day Observance
June 16, 1948 (approximately) Elem. Schools close
June 23, 1948 (approximately) High School closes
SUMMER VACATION
September 8, 1948 October 12, 1948 October
Schools open
Columbus Day
Teachers' Convention
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November 11, 1948
Armistice Day
November 25 and 26, 1948
Thanksgiving Holidays
December 22, noon-January 2, 1949
Vacation
January 3, 1949
Schools open
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee
Town of Norwell
I have the pleasure to submit my fifth annual report on the schools of Norwell.
Educators the country over are concerned with many factors of life that are directly related to what we are doing in our local schools. When Edgar Hoover reports that fifteen billion dollars is being spent each year as a result of crime, and the National Education Association tells us that two and a half billions is spent on education, it becomes obvious that there must be a continued reemphasis on education for living in our schools, and that education must be extended beyond its present scope, if it is to be effective.
When consideration is given to the economic fact that for every dollar earned by a person with no education, a pupil finishing elemen- tary school earns, two; a high school graduate almost three, and a col- lege graduate almost four dollars, it again seems important that we must continue to emphasize higher education in all its forms. Norwell High has continued to have a very high holding power on its pupils, with an unusually large percentage completing their course, and continuing into other educational institutions.
Teachers
There have been four changes in our staff this past year. Mr. Rogean resigned in February, to accept the post of Superintendent of Schools of Groton, Massachusetts, and Mr. Frederick Small came in March. Mr. Small, a graduate of Boston University in 1934, is currently completing his work for a Master's Degree in the same institution. He was a lieutenant, senior grade in the Navy, and he came to Norwell after several years' experience as a principal. Miss James replaces Miss White- house, who left to get married. At the Center Primary both Mrs. York and Mrs. Richardson resigned to accept positions elsewhere. Mrs. Lin- coln was transferred to grade two and principal, and Mrs. Kiernan was chosen for grade one. Mrs. Johnson came from several years' experience in Weymouth to take over a large grade three. Mrs. Cole continued in her leave of absence, but she plans to return in September, 1948.
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