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Number to receive first dose 1474 " " " second " 689
" third
305 (Polio Pioneers of 1954)
Total
2468
Add to this the group of babies and pre-school children and you reach an approximate figure of 3000 cared for in the clinics.
An analysis of school physical record cards to determine the chil- dren to be included, the preparing of parental consent slips to be sent out through the schools, and tabulated when returned, the keeping of careful records - all so essential to the program - are little under- stood. Now we are engaged in preparation for clinics to be held in January, when a third (booster) dose of Salk Vaccine will be given to
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those children whose parents wish it. To date, about 2600 consent slips have gone out. No report on the Polio clinics could be written without expressing gratitude to and giving credit for the loyal cooperation of Mrs. Lazenby in my office, who has given hours of service, for these things cannot be completed in school hours. The assistance of the visiting nurses and the very capable work of Mrs. Etta Stewart assure a smooth performance at the clinic itself.
The appointment of Mrs. Aldona Bell to the health staff in February of this year was a most fortunate one. She brings to us, in addition to her professional ability, personal integrity and dependability. She is liked by pupils and staff. It is to be hoped that she will remain with us.
The school months from September 1956 through December have been very busy. The vision testing is completed with the exception of the Lowell Street School and several absentees. Results of the vision testing have been tabulated and reports submitted to the Principal in each school. Parents have been notified in all cases of failure, on the prescribed forms, and 90% of those failing have already been ex- amined by an eye specialist.
The audiometer testing of hearing is well underway and will be continued to completion.
Dr. Wakeling continues to make a good physical appraisal, and examinations go on each week. The number of remedial defects found is few and they continue to fall into two classifications, dental and an accumulation of wax sufficient to occlude seeing the ear drum - a condition easily remedied but which may impair hearing. There have been a number of children this year who, though displaying no obvious defects, have given the impression of fatigue and much less than opti- mum health. I have worked with several of these mothers trying to establish good health habits in place of poor.
Each year some time is spent in preparing the report of the physi- cally handicapped children, as required by law, and sending this to the Supervisor of Special Classes. Thirty-seven children were reported this year, five of whom were new cases.
There has been an upsurge in the number of parents seeking aid for pre-school children with physical and emotional handicaps. I have counseled with several of them in regard to obtaining help for their child. Four children have required home teaching since September and I have obtained a teacher for them.
Care of injuries and illness in school is, of course, an essential function of the school nurse. There has been, and is, considerable illness at this time. There has been more time available for classroom conferences this year, and there should be steady improvement in this area. The Public Health Nurse is the teaching member of her profes- sion. In the schools it is our hope that we bring something of value to those with whom we come in contact.
MARGARET B. CLEWLEY,
Supervisor of Health
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REPORTS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Staff
In September of 1956, the elementary schools opened with several changes in personnel. Four teachers had resigned to accept teaching positions in other towns, one was granted a military leave of absence, and two resigned for reasons of health. One first grade teacher was transferred from the Highland School to the Joshua Eaton School to teach an overflow first grade from that school district. One teacher was transferred from the Joshua Eaton School to the High School to teach the extra sixth grade assigned there from the Highland School district.
Nine new elementary school teachers were hired to fill the above mentioned vacancies and staff three additional classrooms that were set up at the Eaton and Highland Schools. Six of these new teachers are without previous teaching experience.
The problem of obtaining the services of experienced elementary school teachers is recognized by all and is becoming increasingly more difficult, yet we feel that we have been most fortunate in obtaining fine replacements for those teachers who have left our system.
Enrollment
The enrollment of the elementary schools continues to increase. The following figures show how our school population has grown:
(Estimated)
1955
1956
1957
Grade
1
296
325
367
Grade
II
310
306
325
Grade
III
354
338
306
Grade
IV
324
366
338
Grade
V
246
334
366
Grade VI
243
247
334
Total Elementary
School Enrollment
1773
1916
2036
Due to this increasing enrollment it has been necessary this year to house five of our sixth grades in the Parker Junior High School and three of our sixth grades in the Reading Senior High School.
This increasing enrollment has disrupted the most desirable organ- ization for our elementary schools; that of grades one to six in each of our large elementary school units. With the opening of the new Forest Street Elementary School it is hoped that we can return once again to a grade one to six organizational plan. This will bring about a major redistribution of pupils for the 1957-1958 school year. The staff has already begun work on this problem.
Instructional Program
Constant evaluation is an integral part of the elementary school program. Each year time is given over to a critical analysis of the work and activities which constitute an essential part of the daily
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curriculum of our schools. With our society constantly undergoing revolutionary changes, there is the everpresent necessity for our ele- mentary personnel to re-evaluate our basic program and the values which our children derive from it.
The major focus of the curriculum re-evaluation this year has been in the field of arithmetic. From January to June of 1956 the elementary school personnel met several times on early closing days in grade level meetings to review and evaluate the elementary school arithmetic pro- gram. A new teachers' guide was prepared for use at each grade level and is now being bound in preparation for townwide distribution in the near future.
Reading schools have long felt the need for the services of an art supervisor. This year for the first time the Reading School Department has added a full time Elementary School Art Supervisor to the staff. Mrs. Patricia Lyster has made a fine start and many signs of her work are already in evidence throughout the elementary grades.
In May of 1956 the Stanford Achievement Tests were again given in grades one through six of the elementary schools. At the first grade level it seemed best this year to administer the Gates Primary Reading Test. The elementary school children tested well in all of their basic tool subjects.
Miss Barbara Hill has continued her work with the Remedial Reading program again this year. She has provided special reading instruction for many of the most serious reading problems in all of our schools.
The Reading School Committee voted to continue the policy of closing the elementary schools on alternate Thursdays throughout the school year. This time has been used for the in-service training of teachers, parent-teacher conferences and remedial help. Much of the work on curriculum in relation to our language arts and arithmetic programs has been accomplished by the wise use of this released time.
Parent-Teacher Associations
The Parent-Teacher Associations of the elementary schools have been extremely enthusiastic and cooperative in their support of the total school program. Many of the activities which we carry on would not be possible without the effort and cooperation of these organizations. The more closely the school and home work together, the more profitable will be the educational experiences of each in- dividual child.
ELEANOR M. SKAHILL R. HILDA GAFFNEY WILLIAM E. SIM
Supervising Principals
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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS AGE-GRADE TABLE - October 1, 1956
Age
5 6 7 8 9
10
11
12 13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Total
Grade
1
68 246
11
325
2
66 229
11
306
3
74 240
24
338
4
92 257
16
1
366
5
128 183
21
1
1
334
6
45 163
36
3
247
7
73
149
21
3
246
8
1 84 174
24
1
284
9
108
160
17
6 0
0
1
292
10
80 149
19
4
2
254
11
84 143
28
5
0
1
2
263
12
86
117
17
0
1
1
222
PG
1
1
Spec. Ed.
1
3
4
2
0
1
11
Total
68 312 314 343 409 244 260 273 311
269
251 255 150
24
1 2
3
3489
Parochial School
423
3912
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1957 - 1958
Schools Open
September 4, 1957
No Sessions: Teachers' Convention Veterans' Day Good Friday Memorial Day
October 25, 1957
November 11, 1957
April 4, 1958
May 30, 1958
Thanksgiving Recess
Schools close at noontime Reopen
November 27, 1957
December 2, 1957
Christmas Vacation
Schools close at end of regular session Reopen
December 20, 1957 January 6, 1958
Winter Vacation Close February 14 and reopen February 24, 1958
Spring Vacation
Close April 11 and reopen April 21, 1958
High School Graduation
June 11, 1958
Schools close
June 20, 1958
SCHOOL CLINICS
Dental Clinic - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Eaton School - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Immunization Clinic - Annually by appointment
SCHOOL ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for admission to Grade 1 a child must have reached the age of five years and eight months on or before August 31st of the entering year. No provision is made for examination.
Upon entering school each child is required to present a birth certificate and a certificate of vaccination, or in the case of unsuc- cessful vaccination a statement from a doctor certifying that three attempts to vacinate have been made, all of which have proved to be unsuccessful.
Registration of children entering school in September is held in the different schools during the month of May, announcement of exact time appearing in THE READING CHRONICLE a week or two before registration.
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APPOINTMENTS
High School
Austin, Dorothy M. Bond, Harold E.
Durant, Frank A.
Florence, Evelyn K. Garland, David L.
Hall, George W., Jr. Kelly, Doris L. Logan, Francis J. Morris, Gilberta
Webber, Gale M.
English English Music Physical Education Biology Industrial Arts Mathematics Mathematics, Science
English Science, Mathematics
W. S. Parker Junior High School
Bacon, Barbara
Broadcorens, Joan N.
English and Reading Household Arts Physical Education
DeSantis, Anna Garland, Donald
Business Training, Science, Mathematics Industrial Arts
Morelli, Savino
Sembroski, Florentine C.
Mathematics Mathematics, Science, Reading
Highland School
Castine, Daisy M. Fillmore, Susan Perkins, Carl G.
Grade 2
Scott, Lydia
Grade 3
Joshua Eaton School
Sanborn, Kaye
Grade 3
Wood, Florence
Grade 1
Lowell Street School
Cronkhite, Sharon Lee
Grade 4
Pearl Street School
Sim, William E.
Supervising Principal
Bean, Annalie D.
Grade 3 Grade 2
Hull, Isabelle H.
School Secretary
Health Department
Aldona Bell, R.N.
All Schools
Cafeteria Staff
Beaman, Helen P. Brown, Jean Ellis, Beulah MacMillan, Alice
High School
Pearl St. School
High School
Joshua Eaton School
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Boghossian, Mary
Grade 2
Grade 5
Troop, Forrest L.
RESIGNATIONS
High School
Clark, Stanley R. Hilton, Jennie Johnson, Carol Peterson, Nancy
Quagenti, Samuel
Stephens, Raymond D., Jr.
vonKlock, Karl B. Wogan, Philip A. Zahner, Barbara
Biology English
Junior High School
Ganley, Thomas J. Higgins, Richard E.
Mathematics Industrial Arts Physical Education Household Arts
Highland School
Joffee, Leonore Priestley, Janet
Grade 3
Lowell Street School
Whittum, Edith
Grade 4
Pearl Street School
Cronin, Mary Hewitt, Rita Lucey, Philip F.
Grade 2 Grade 2
Supervising Principal
Administration
Graustein, Audrey
Secretary - Pearl St. School
Cafeteria Staff
Sias, Dorothy
High School
Custodial Staff
Erminie Dinan, Matron
Joshua Eaton School .
Health Department Stock, Helen M.
School Nurse
ON MILITARY LEAVE
Adreani, Louis A. (1st year)
Farnham, Donald (1st year)
Leonard, James M. (2nd year)
Junior High - English Highland - Grade 5 Highland - Grade 5
ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Hein, Glennalee (for 1 year)
Joshua Eaton - Grade 1
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Science English English
Physical Education Music Mathematics and Civics Mathematics
Thomas, Marilyn Weber, Edna F.
Grade 2
MEMBERS OF READING SCHOOL FACULTIES
(Dates indicate year of appointment in Reading)
School Committee Office
Robert F. Perry, B.S. (1935)
Robert W. Wakeling, D.O. (1955)
Aldona F. G. Bell, R.N. (1956)
Superintendent of Schools
School Physician
School Nurse
Directors
Philip W. Althoff, B.P.E., M.Ed. (1927) Director of Physical Education Margaret B. Clewley, R.N., C.P.H. (Simmons) (1939) Dir. of Health
Ara A. Karakashian, B.S., M.Ed. (1954) Director of Guidance
Roderick E. Macdonald, B.S.Ed. (1937) Director of Industrial Arts
J. Douglas Oliver, B.S.Ed., M.M.Ed. (1948) Director of Music
Senior High School
Rudolf Sussman, B.S.Ed. (1917)
Supervising Principal
Administrative Assistant Dean of Girls
English English
U.S. History
Civics English
Mathematics and Guidance
English and Typewriting History English Civics, Driver Ed., Vis. Ed. French
French, Driver Education
Latin, English
English
Bookkeeping Music
Mary H. Eaton, A.A., B.Ed. (1954)
Mathematics
Physical Education
Evelyn K. Florence, B.S.Ed. (1956) Alice H. Franzen, B.S.E. (1947) David L. Garland, B.S., Ed.M. (1956) George W. Hall, Jr., B.S. (1956)
Shorthand, Typewriting Biology
Industrial Arts
William E. Hanlon, A.B., Ed.M. (1945) U.S. History, Head of Dept. Mathematics Elizabeth G. Hardy, B.A. (1954) John A. Hollingsworth, Jr. B.S. (1955) Mathematics, Head F.B. Coach Doris L. Kelly, B.S. (1956) Mathematics
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Joseph F. Fitzgerald, A.B., A.M. (1929) Florence G. Nichols, B.S.Ed. (1929) Clarissa B. Abbott, B.S.Ed. (1953) Rachel Alden, B.A. (1954) James M. Aldrich, A.B., A.M. (1954) Willis E. Anderson, A.B. (1955) Dorothy M. Austin, A.B. (1956) Clifford W. Baker, B.S., A.M. (1944) Elizabeth A. Batchelder, B.S.Ed. (1916) Alton C. Bennett, A.B., M.A. (1947) Harold E. Bond, B.A., M.A. (1956) Robert Bronner, B.A., M.Ed. (1940) Rose E. Chiesa, A.B., Cert. Superieure (1953) TenBroeck Cornell, B.A., M.A. (1954) Virginia Cox, A.B., A.M. (1945) Jane R. Cutcliffe, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1952) Alberta F. Drury, Salem Normal (1917) Frank A. Durant, B.S.Ed. (1956)
Svea W. Kling, B.B.A., Ed.M. (1940) Anne T. Landini, B.A. (1955) Francis J. Logan, A.B. (1956) Ernestine H. Macdonald, A.B. (1953) William T. McGrail, Jr., A.B., Ed.M. (1953) Gilberta Morris, A.B. (1956) James T. Murphy, B.S.Ed. (1953) John B. Pacino, B.S., M.Ed. (1945) Hazel M. Percy, A.B. (1955)
Head of Commercial Dept. Home Economics Mathematics and Science Librarian History English Science Commercial, Counselling Mathematics
Frederick J. Pope, B.S., Ed.M. (1922) Neil C. Robinson, B.S., Ed.M. (1936)
Edward W. Roewer, A.B., M.Ed. (1955)
Geraldine F. Roy, B.S., Ed.M. (1950) Mary E. Shay, A.B., M.A. (1943) H. Neil Soule, B.S.Ed. (1953) Arthur L. Spencer, A.B., A.M. (1938) Head of Foreign Language Dept. Dramatics
Sally Stembridge, A.B. (1955) Frances L. Updike, A.B., A.M. (1955)
Frederick C. Wales, B.S.E. (1942) Eleanor B. Watson, B.A., B.S. (1954) Gale M. Webber, B.S. (1956)
English English Industrial Arts Home Economics Science, Mathematics Mathematics
Mary E. White, A.B., M.Ed. (1954)
Derick V. Willson, B.A., M.Ed. (1955)
Industrial Arts
Helen R. Zimmerman, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (1936)
Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy
W. S. Parker Junior High School
Albert H. Woodward, A.B., Ed.M. (1940) John R. Copithorne, B.A., M.Ed. (1946) Barbara W. Bacon, B.S.E. (1955) Harriet S. Beattie, B.S.Ed. (1937) Joan N. Broadcorens, B.S. (1956) Stanley E. Butcher, A.B. (1949) Arthur T. Cram, Jr., B.Ed. (1954) Elisabeth A. Dagdigian, A.B. (1953) Anna M. DeSantis, B.S.Ed. (1956) Louise J. Eldridge, B.A., M.A. (1950) Ethel Garfield, B.A. (1955) Donald B. Garland, B.S.Ed. (1956) Nellie P. Greene, B.S. (1954) Walter E. Hawkes, B.S., Ed.M. (1933) Hazel W. Hunt, B.A. (1949) Jane D. Jones, B.A., M.A. (1955) Helen R. Knight, B.S.E., Ed.M. (1946) Savino Morelli, B.S.Ed. (1956) Wilma Recklitis, B.M. (1955) Dorothy B. Rice, A.B. (1949) Ann K. Roewer, B.S.Ed. (1952) Norman R. Seifel, B.S. (1955) Florentine C. Sembroski, B.A. (1956)
Supervising Principal Asst. Principal, Science English and Reading Art
Household Arts, Science Social Studies, Head of Dept. Industrial Arts Latin, English, Social Studies Physical Education Latin, French, English Special Education Bus. Training, Science, Math. Mathematics, English Physical Education Social Studies Social Studies English Industrial Arts Music Mathematics, Head of Dept. Mathematics Science, Social Studies Mathematics
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Science, Head of Dept. Civics Spanish Art Head of English Department Science
Ernest G. Spence, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1951) Science English, Head of Dept. Mathematics, Science, Reading English Clementina F. Sudak, B.S.Ed. (1947) Forrest L. Troop, B.S.Ed. (1956) Margaret E. Tyacke, Boston Univ. (1926) Alice A. Welch, B.S. (1950) Household Arts, Head of Dept.
Highland School
R. Hilda Gaffney, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1941) Supervising Principal Grade 5
Jean W. Bennett, Salem T.C. (1955)
Dorothy L. Bergess, Lesley School (1926) Grade 3
Daisy W. Castine, Gorham State Teachers College (1956) Grade 2
Catherine M. Chipman, Lowell T.C. (1944)
Grade 2
Velma C. Eastman, B.S.Ed. (1955) Susan G. Fillmore, B.S.Ed. (1956)
Grade 2
Dorothy Leslie, B.A. (1948)
Grade 1
Irene Montigny, B.A. (1955)
Grade 5
Marlylyn Mulcahy, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Carl G. Perkins, B.Ed. (1956)
Grade 5
Lydia Scott, B.A. (1956)
Grade 3
Helen M. Thebideau, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Marion Weagle, B.S.E. (1946)
Grade 1
Robert W. Brown, B.S. (1954)
Ruth B. Carroll, B.S.Ed. (1955)
William E. O'Keefe, B.S.Ed. (1954)
Grade 6 at High School Grade 6 at High School Grade 6 at High School
Joshua Eaton and Prospect Street Schools
Eleanor M. Skahill, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1943) Doris S. Forbes, Plymouth T.C. (1947)
Supervising Principal Asst. Prin., and Grade 5 Grade 3
Clara A. Anderson, B.S.Ed. (1944)
Grade 2
Anne Baker, Conn. S.T.C. (1954)
Grade 3
Shirley J. Crompton, B.S.Ed. (1955) Lorraine Domingue, B.S.E. (1952) Theresa Gaffny, A.B. (1955)
Grade 4
Grace L. Gifford, Wheelock (1943)
Grade 1
Helena A. Markham, Framingham T.C. (1934)
Grade 3
Anna R. Martin, No. Adams T.C. (1954)
Grade 1
Alberta R. Mathieson, Salem T.C. (1924)
Grade 2
John F. Morabito, B.S. (1954)
Grade 4
Helen B. Morgan, Lowell Normal (1953)
Grade 1
Gloria S. Rosenthal, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Irene R. Royea, Aroostrook Co. Normal (1928)
Grade 2
Martha E. Ryder, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1949)
Grade 4
Kaye Sanborn, B.S. (1956) Phyllis Snyder, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 3
Florence A. Wood, Salem Normal (1956)
Grade 1
Marie M. Hagman, B. of M. (1954)
Patricia M. Lyster, A.B. (1955)
Constance B. Loud, B.S.Ed. (1948)
Elementary and Jr. High Music Art in Elementary Schools Bldg. Prin., at Prospect and Grade 6
Herbert Baron, B.S. (1955) E. Lorraine Pulson, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1947) Beatrice Stasinopulos, B.S.Ed. (1952)
Grade 6 at Prospect
Grade 5 at Prospect Grade 5 at Prospect
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Grade 2
Grade 1
Grade 4
Pearl Street School
William E. Sim, B.S., M.A., Cert. of Adv. Study (1956)
Supervising Principal
Mary M. Chapman, B.S.Ed. (1941)
Asst. Prin. and Grade 5 Grade 3
Annalie D. Bean, B.S. (1956)
A. Josephine Berry, B.S.Ed. (1944)
Grade 1
Mary E. Boghossian, B.S.Ed. (1956) Grade 2
Velma E. Curtin, Perry Kindergarten School (1927)
Grade 2
Frances Haskins, Aroostook State T.C. (1943)
Grade 4
Ann M. Howe, Framingham T.C. (1947)
Grade 4
Jean E. Jacob, B.Ed. (1955)
Grade 3
Elizabeth J. Kerrigan, A.B., Ed.M. (1950)
Grade 4
Dennis F. Murphy, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1953)
Grade 5
Dorothy R. Payzant, B.L.I. (1953)
Grade 1
JoAnne Powers, B.S. (1955)
Grade 2
Dorothy L. Soar, Salem Normal (1951)
Grade 1
Helen D. Stockwell, Salem Normal (1930)
Grade 5
Marialice Stratton, B.S. (1948)
Grade 3
Frances E. Young, B.S.Ed. (1954)
Grade 3
Barbara Hill, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1949) Remedial Reading - All Schools
Lowell Street School
Stella M. Salva, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1953)
Bldg. Prin. and Grade 1
Dorothy Conron, B.S.Ed. (1953)
Grade 2
Sharon Lee Cronkite, A.B. (1956)
Grade 4
Jessie L. Goddard, Bridgewater T.C. (1955)
Grade 3
SCHOOL SECRETARIES
Myrtle W. Tilton, Secretary to the Headmaster
High School
Elizabeth A. Brush
W. S. Parker Junior High School High School
Isabelle H. Hull
Pearl Street School
Clarice D. Hynes
Highland School Health Office
Evelyn Lazenby
Jean S. Underhill
High School
Dorothy L. Wardrope
Joshua Eaton School
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
Radio announcement, when possible, over WNAC, WEEI, WBZ, and WLAW between 7:00 and 7:45 a.m. Fire alarm 2-2 repeated three times at 7:15 a.m., for the High School; 7:30 a.m., for the Junior High, and 7:45 a.m., for elementary schools. Signals at 12:30 p.m. for elementary afternoon sessions.
Since the elementary schools have two sessions, the afternoon ses- sion may be discontinued due to inclement weather. When afternoon sessions are discontinued, announcement will be made over the radio as well as in the individual schools before 11:30 a.m.
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Anna G. Freeman
CUSTODIANS AND MATRONS
Roy Brogan
William J. Broussard
Daniel J. Buckley, Head Custodian
Margaret Campbell
Fred B. Gibson
Henry Gromyko
Edward F. Harrison, Head Custodian
Andrew J. Lomax
William A. Lloyd
Theresa Meuse
Catherine Miller
John Miller
Stuart R. Nichols
Fred Riessle, Head Custodian
Vincent Serrentino
Reginald J. Southard (Night Watchman and Custodian) High School Highland School
Margaret A. Thornton
Robert A. Vars, Head Custodian
Joshua Eaton School
Daniel J. White (Night Watchman and Custodian)
High School High School
Elmer E. Young, Head Custodian
CAFETERIAS
Lois Connor, Supervisor
Obeline Arsenault
High School
Mary Bacigalupo
Pearl Street School
Helen P. Beaman
High School Pearl Street School
Jean Brown
Elsiemae Collins, Manager
W. S. Parker Jr. High School Highland School
Genevieve Demenkow
W. S. Parker Jr. High School High School Joshua Eaton School
Edith French, Manager
Florence Harvey
Ida H. Johnson
Mae C. Kimball
Nellie Laetsch, Manager
Alice MacMillan
Flora MacPhail
Elizabeth Miller
Evelyn Mullen, Manager
Eva Noble Anna Roscoe
Highland School High School High School Pearl St. School Joshua Eaton School W. S. Parker Jr. High School Joshua Eaton School High School W. S. Parker Jr. High School Joshua Eaton School
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Pearl Street School High School
Highland School W. S. Parker Junior High School W. S. Parker Junior High School Joshua Eaton School Pearl St. School W. S. Parker Junior High School Lowell Street School
High School High School Highland School High School W. S. Parker Junior High School Prospect Street School -- Part Time
Evelyn Davis, Manager
Beulah E. Ellis
READING HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Class of 1956 June 7, 1956
PROCESSIONAL MARCH
High School Band
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Class President, Kenneth Chester Latham, Jr.
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Key-Smith
Audience, Senior Class, and Band
PRAYER
Rev. Brandoch L. Lovely
SALUTATORY "Opportunities for Today's Youth" David William Marshall
TORCH ORATION Kenneth Chester Latham, Jr.
ESSAY-"The Value of Olympic Games Toward International Good Will" Richard James Ogden, Class Honors
ESSAY-"The Cycle of Leadership" Janet Gail Baker, Faculty Honors
ESSAY-"Togetherness" John H. Turner, Class Honors
ESSAY-"Escape from War's Pestilence"
Helen Nancy Fitzpatrick, Faculty Honors
ESSAY-"If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer: 'The same as everywhere!'" -Goethe Lieselotte Ute Horlitz, Exchange Student from Germany
VALEDICTORY "Our Greatest Blessing" Janet Florence Carlson
CONFERRING SCHOLASTIC HONORS Rudolf Sussmann, Headmaster CONFERRING DIPLOMAS Philip R. White, Chairman of School Board BENEDICTION Rev. Brandoch L. Lovely RECESSIONAL MARCH
High School Band
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CANDIDATES FOR DIPLOMAS
Sylvia Vivian Amero Linda Southwick Anderson Guy James Avery Janet Gail Baker Patrick J. Banfield Clifford E. Banning Philip D. Barrett Paul H. Barton
Robert John Doucette Chandler Shumway Eaton, Jr.
Donald Francis Ellingwood, Jr. John Erikson John David Face
Sylvia Anne Ferguson Conrad Peter Ferrara
Helen Nancy Fitzpatrick
Edwina Marie Belzer
Joyce Gertrude Berry
John Norman Bickell
Judith Ellison Blue
Gerald Albert Boudreau
Carol Marie Gerrior
Marjorie Brown Sally Monroe Brown
Nancy Currier Goodwin Albert Norton Griggs
Willard Merwin Buddenhagen
Susanne M. Grunzweig
Darlena Kathleen Bugbee
Douglas W. Burhoe, Jr.
John T. Burhoe Janis Ann Butler
Sandra Patricia Call
Nancy Ann Harris
Marjorie Alice Callahan
Richard Robert Hatfield
Janet Florence Carlson
John R. Carter
Patricia Elizabeth Cavanaugh
Stephen George Claughton
William Charles Climo
Henry Stone Heath, Jr. E. Nancy Heselton Frank L. Hicks, Jr. John Frederick Hicks Donald Herridge Hill Jane Carole Hilts
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