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Gc 974.402 0244 1906-09 Oakham ( Mass. ) Annual report of the town officials of Oakham,
ANNUAL REPORT
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BARRE, MASS .: MRS. JENNIE C. SPOONER, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. GAZETTE OFFICE.
Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
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Financial Year Ending March 1, 1906.
BARRE, MASS. :
MRS. JENNIE C. SPOONER, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. GAZETTE OFFICE.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1905.
TOWN CLERK : JESSE ALLEN.
SELECTMEN :
HARRY B. PARKER, JOHN P. DAY, GARDNER M. DEAN.
ASSESSORS : SANFORD H. BULLARD, SYLVESTER H. HASKELL, FRANK NYE.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :
JESSE ALLEN, EDMUND CODY,
WM. II. PARKMAN.
COLLECTOR, pro tem. : EDMUND CODY.
TREASURER : GEORGE S. BUTLER.
CONSTABLES :
WM. S. CRAWFORD, FRANK P. DEXTER, HENRY W. STONE, WALTER A. WOODIS, GILBERT T. BUTTERFIELD, special.
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AUDITOR : WALTER M. ROBINSON.
FENCE VIEWERS :
JESSE ALLEN, LEWIS N. HASKELL, C. H. TROWBRIDGE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE : JESSE ALLEN, MRS. M. L. WOODIS. HORACE W. LINCOLN.
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LIBRARY TRUSTEES ;
MRS. M. L. WOODIS, FRANK E. DAVIS, JESSE ALLEN.
CEMETERY COMMITTEE :
JAMES P. FAIRBANK. MASON S. DEAN. JESSE ALLEN.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS : WILLIAM A. NYE.
TREE WARDEN : CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE.
MEASURERS OF WOOD :
GEORGE S. BUTLER, WALTER A. WOODIS,
FRANK CALDWELL, BERT BUTTERFIELD.
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CATTLE INSPECTOR : SANFORD H. BULLARD.
SEXTON : JAMES P. FAIRBANK.
FOREST FIREWARD : WALTER M. ROBINSON.
SEALER OF WEIGHITS AND MEASURES : CHARLES M. PACKARD.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT : HERBERT J. JONES.
REPORT OF
THE SELECTMEN.
THE Selectmen submit the following financial report for the year ending March 1, 1906 :
PAID TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN CLERK.
Paid town clerk. services.
$24 60
Express and postage. 9 60
834 20
TREASURER.
Paid treasurer, services,
$25 00
Postage,
2 89
27 89
COLLECTOR.
Paid collector, services,
$75 00
Two collector's books,
3 00
Discount on taxes,
182 64
Postage,
6 35
Printing tax bills and express,
2 25
269 24
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SELECTMEN.
Paid Harry B. Parker,
$25 00
John P. Day,
25 00
Gardner M. Dean,
25 00
Traveling expenses,
15 99
Postage and telephone,
3 34
$94 33
ASSESSORS.
Paid S. H. Bullard,
$35 88
Frank Nye,
37 05
S. H. Haskell,
25 00
Worcester Abstract Co.,
7 00
104 93
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Paid for support of paupers,
410 81
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid for support of schools,
2466 28
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Paid for repairing highways and bridges, $1372 46
Opening roads, 1905, 66 52
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1438 98
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE.
Paid S. H. Bullard,
29 00
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LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
Paid for support of town library, 118 50
AUDITOR.
Paid Walter M. Robinson. $18 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid Harry B. Parker.
$8 00
John P. Day,
4 00
Gardner M. Dean.
4 00
Jesse Allen,
8 00
Frank S. Conant.
4 00
28 00
STREET LAMPS.
Paid James Bemis, care,
$27 00
Harlan Angier, care,
54 00
81 00
SEXTON.
Paid J. P. Fairbank,
18 25
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS.
Paid S. H. Bullard.
34 50 Y
SHADE TREES.
Paid C. H. Trowbridge, tree warden,
10 00
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STATE AID.
Paid S. Amanda Reed,
848 00
Horace M. Green,
36 00
John E. Stone. 48 00
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Russell Arnold.
36 00
Henry Guilford.
8 00
Julia Guilford.
40 00
Myron J. Kenner,
5 00
Zenas Tolman,
12 00
233 00
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SOLDIER'S RELIEF.
Paid Edward P. Crowd. $30 00
Mary A Crowd. 10 00
$40 00
BOND FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid O'Brien & Russell, for treasurer and collector, 25 00
FOREST FIRE WARDEN.
Paid Albert Hapgood.
80 52
Ira Stone.
52
Walter Woodis,
70
Godfrey Lorendo.
87
H. R. Loring.
52
Bert Reed.
1 05
G. H. Morse.
35
A. C. Morse.
53
Robert Dwelly.
70
W. H. Bullard.
6 64
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
Paid state tax.
$440 00
County tax. 385 00
-- $25 00
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Paid H. S Harwood. $4 00
J. P. Fairbanks. 2 00
O. D. Tottingham. 4 00
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A. C. Morse.
4 00
W. A. Bushnell. 2 00
16 00
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Paid care of cemeteries,
$75 50
HEARSE.
Paid H. J. Russell,
$525 00
Traveling expenses,
30 90
555 90 '
BOARD OF HEALTHI.
Paid for supplies,
10 35 1
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid A. L. Purinton, four keys and lock, 80 93
C. H. Parker & Son. rubber stamp and pad, 1 00
H. K. Barnes, supplies for fire extin- guisher. 6 00
G. T. Butterfield, Frank Lareau case, 9 60
Mrs. Jennie C. Spooner, printing. 30 00
J. P. Fairbank. burial of Henry Guil- ford, 35 00
F. E. Davis, step ladder. cuspidors,
5 83
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., handcuffs, 7 12
E. Rosenberger, officer's fees, 5 39
Perry Wood, supplies for hearse honse,
68
John P. Day, labor on hearse house, 1 00
F. E. Davis, piano tuning. 2 50
F. E. Davis, care of hall and ringing bell from March 1 to Angust 20, 1905, 15 50
Sanford Putnam Co., supplies, 1 25
Fred Crawford, search warrant, 9 66
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Paid George H. Ramer, search warrant, 83 20
Mawbey & Johnson, counsel fee, 2 00
1 .. Geoffrey, repairing hearse, 50
Arthur B. Spooner, moving building, 3 00
Walter R. Dean. wood,
21 00
Mrs. Jennie Hale, cleaning selectmen's room, 50
Dr. E. P. Bixby, reporting birth, 25
John Day, labor on safe and pump, 1 85
Baltimore Novelty Co., signs, 5 07
G. M. Dean, assisting surveyor, 3 00
Jesse Allen. assisting surveyor, 3 00
Frank Smith & Son, insurance on school- houses, 21 00
Mrs. Jennie C. Spooner, printing voting lists, 6 50
C. H. Trowbridge, labor on pump, 88
John Day. perambulating town lines, 2 00
G. M. Dean, same, 4 00
Harry B. Parker, same, 2 00
M. P. Harwood, insurance on hall and contents. 151 50
Gregg & Sons, shutters for Memorial hall, 60 00
Freight on same, 1 61
John P. Day, hanging shutters, 5 00
G. M. Dean, drawing shutters from B. & M. station, 1 00
Win. I. Thompson, surveying cominon, 15 25
Bigelow, Dowse & Co., supplies for shut- ters, 13 54
F. E. Davis, care of town hall and town clock from August 20, 1905. to March 1. 1906, 22 50
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Paid F. S. Conant, supplies. 81 17 F. S. Conant, supplies and repairs on street lamps. 1 99
American Express Co., 1 96
Harlan Angier, care of lamps. 12 00
C. H. Parker & Son, supplies for street lamps, 23 25
(. W. Walls, fire escape.
145 00
$669 98
Total,
$7641 28
All of which is respectfully submitted.
HARRY B. PARKER. ) Selectmen JOHN P. DAY. of 1 GARDNER M. DEAN, ) Oakham.
List of Jurors as Revised by the Selectmen.
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Edmund Cody:/ Attract C. Morse Henry Bartlett,
C.H. Parker William H. Parkman. Frank Nye,y
Frank-S. Grant - "Tantes teyiten.
Charles It. Trowbridge
Frank.
Treasurer's Report.
DR.
To cash balance, 81775 76
Received, balance of fines in criminal case, 4 06
Two butcher's licenses, 2 00
Auctioneer's license, 2 00
Sale of storehouse, 15 00
Sale of ashes, 2 00
Sale of hay on common.
1 00
Sale of wood. 1 00
State returns, for inspection of animals. 81 00
State Board of Charity. school tuition, 9 00
City of Boston, school tuition, 175 00
Lyman School. school tuition. 16 00
Income Massachusetts school fund. 374 44
Income Massachusetts school fund. 1906.
F. S. Conant, ex-treasurer, 125 56
Interest on Massachusetts school fund, 1906. 4 76
State, for school superintendent. 187 50
Sale of school supplies. 95
Damaged book, 25
Rental of Memorial hall. 37 50
Rental of piano, 7 25
Jerry Dunn, lot No. 13 in west cemetery, 10 00
E. C. Nichols, lot No. 25 in west ceme- tery. 10 00
Mrs. Julia Guilford, lot No. 89 in south cemetery, 5 00
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Received, corporation tax, $9 90
Geo. Edson, lot No. 86 in west cemetery. 5 00
National Bank tax, 41 19
State aid refunded,
284 00
Dog fund,
161 82
Interest on bank deposits.
21 00
Caroline M. Maynard, cemetery trust fund, 6 60
Wm. S. Crawford, taxes for 1903-4, 1190 24
Interest on taxes for 1903-4, 61 69
Edmund Cody, collector of taxes, 4227 06
-$8855 53
CR.
By paying selectmen's orders,
87641 28
Balance in treasury,
1214 25
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-88855 53
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
George H. Gould,
$100 00
Daniel A. Dean,
100 00
Caroline M. Maynard,
150 00
Stephen Lincoln.
50 00
Martha M. Macullar,
100 00
LEGACIES.
Benjamin P. Clark,
$393 33
Caroline M. Maynard,
23 08
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE S. BUTLER,
Treasurer.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
For the Years 1903 and 1904.
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To uncollected taxes of 1903,
$300 00
Uncollected taxes of 1904. 900 00
Interest on taxes. 61 69
-$1261 69
CR.
By treasurer's receipts.
$1251 93
Abatement of taxes,
9 76
--- $1261 69
Respectfully submitted,
WM. S. CRAWFORD,
Collector.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DR.
Taxes committed for collection in 1905 :
State tax,
$440 00
County tax,
3×5 00
Town tax,
4178 04
Interest on taxes. 5 04
--- 85008 08
CR.
By treasurer's receipts,
$4227 06
Uncollected taxes of 1905, 781 02
-_ $5008 08
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND CODY, Collector, pro-tem.
REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Streets.
The superintendent of streets makes the following report for the year ending March 1, 1906 :
Paid W. A. Nve, $494 87
M. M. Butterfield. 129 21
HI. D. Bullard, 122 10
Edwin Green, 81 91
B. P. Woodis,
136 41
J. C. Woodis,
147 63
B. S. Reed,
21 35
Burpee Banks,
68 95
W. H. Bullard.
4 02
W. C. Ayres.
9 21
Albert Hapgood,
1 75
F. E. Loring,
7 75
Alfred Morse,
3 30
A. B. Spooner,
8 00
Wm. Burt,
1 30
Chas. M. Reed.
23 45
W. H. Boyd,
15 58
Milton Bullard,
14 00
Walter Woodis.
6 29
J. H. Keep.
8 00
W. R. Dean,
38 67
Climax Road Machine Co ..
8 50
J. P. Fairbank,
3 30
C. H. Parker & Son.
5 66
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Paid Louis Jeffrey. S. H. Bullard.
$4 10
1 40
E. C. Hunt.
5 75
$1372 46
OPENING ROADS.
Paid W. A. Nye. $3 44
J. K. Parmenter.
87
Martin White,
3 15
James Scott,
5 07
J. P. Gaffney,
2 63
M. S. Dean.
10 27
C. S. Clifford.
5 96
F. A. Dexter,
1 40
J. C. Rawson,
2 45
James Sheern,
1 63
E. C. Hunt,
3 85
John Sanders.
1 09
W. B. Green,
61
W. H. Boyd,
61
T. C. Gaffney.
1 75
Joseph Gilboy,
2 45
J. P. Day,
60
P. O'Donnell,
1 57
W. H. Builard,
7 00
David Hallowell.
2 80
G. W. Stone,
2 45
S. Haskell,
2 45
H. B. Loring.
52
Henry Bartlett.
1 20
Wm. Snay,
70
$66 52
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM A. NYE, Street Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS of the POOR.
Paid for aid furnished Almira Woodis, $156 11
For aid furnished Charles Winslow, 116 49
For aid furnished Job Simmons, 77 46
For aid furnished family of David Hallowell, 9 00
Jesse Allen, overseer, 23 50
Edmund Cody, overseer, 10 00
Wm. H. Parkman. overseer, 16 00
Postage and telephoning,
2 25
$410 81
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, Overseers EDMUND CODY, of the W. H. PARKMAN. 1 - Poor.
Free Public Library.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DR.
Balance on hand, $12 56
Fines and sale of cards and catalogues, 5 42
Received from town, 118 50
$136 48
CR.
Paid F. E. Davis, librarian, $25 00
G. N. Briggs, exchange of books for Coldbrook, 25 00
New catalogues,
68 50
New books,
2 50
Express and postage, 1 58
Balance on hand, 13 90
$136 48
Number of volumes in library,
1359
Added during the year, 77
Circulation. 2080
Largest number charged in one day,
54
Smallest number charged in one day,
22
Number of persons taking books, 147
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The circulation has been the largest of any year in the history of the library.
Gifts of books have been received from Miss Maria L. Daniels and Mr. Allen S. Malcolm.
The town are looking forward to a new library building, Mr. Charles A. Fobes, late of Petersham, having left to the town a legacy of $4000 for the erection of such a building in memory of his father, Ames Fobes, who was a native of Oak- ham and died here in 1866. A very favorable site has been offered to the town for the building.
MINNIE L. WOODIS, FRANK E. DAVIS, Library JESSE ALLEN, Trustees.
REPORT OF The Cemetery Committee.
Paid for general care of West cemetery, $4 40
Same, South cemetery, 2 00
Same, Sonth west cemetery. 1 20
New gates for South cemetery. 54 30
Lawn mower, 7 00
Improvements on Maynard lot, West cemetery, 6 60
$75 50
LOTS NOW PROVIDED WITH PERPETUAL CARE.
Gould lot in West cemetery.
Fobes lot in West cemetery. S. Lincoln lot in West cemetery.
D. R. Dean lot in South cemetery. Edmund Dean lot in South cemetery.
C. Reed lot in South cemetery.
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, MASON S. DEAN, J. P. FAIRBANK,
Cemetery Committee.
REPORT OF The School Committee.
STATISTICS.
Number of pupils enrolled, 97
Average membership. 83.9
Average attendance,
79.7
Percentage of attendance,
95.1
APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES.
Balance of state school fund, $632 17
School fund of 1905,
374 44
Support of schools, 1000 00
School superintendent, 60 00
Dog fund, 50 00
State return for school superintendent, 187 50
Education of state children. 9 00
Education of Boston children.
175 00
Education of Lyman School children, 16 00
Sale of school . upplies, 95
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School Expenses.
SALARIES.
Paid, Superintendent H. I. Jones, $273 34
Florence E. Bothwell. 320 00
Mrs. Minnie M. Day, 320 00
Mrs. Minnie G. Woodis.
200 00
Ruth E. Butterfiekl. 320 00
Alma G. Russell.
100 00
Julia E. Connelly,
209 00
Alice L. Dwelly.
90 00
Mrs. George Edson.
11 00
Ethel I. Harwood, musical instructor, 59 50
~~ $1902 84
TRANSPORTATION.
Paid Mrs. George Edson,
$17 20
SUPPLIES.
Paid for supplies,
$127 43
FUEL.
Paid George W. Stone,
$12 50
W. W. Russell,
15 00
C. H. Trowbridge,
12 00
L. S. Green.
10 50
L. P. Buslmell.
22 00
James Sheern.
14 00
Mason Dean.
20 00
Thomas Winter,
8 00
S. IL. Bullard.
15 00
-- $129 00
F.
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CARE OF HOUSES.
Paid A. Warren Dean. 844 70
Willie Pollarri, 4 50
Morton Butterfield,
10 90
W. A. Woodis.
3 50
Francis Gaffney,
7 00
Alma G. Russell.
3 00
$73 60
TUITION.
Paid town of Rutland,
820 00
Town of Barre, 49 00
$69 00
REPAIRS.
Paid W. C. Ayres.
$61 65
Lonis Hanff.
7 50
(. Il. Trowbridge.
5 05
W. A. Woodis,
1 50
M. J. Hale, cleaning schoolrooms,
11 59
Lottie Thresher,
1 00
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid Minute L. Woodis. services,
816 00
Josse Allen, services. 35 92
II. W. Lincoln, services, 7 00
S58 92
Total. 82466 28
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN. MINNIE L. WOODIS, School
H. W. LINCOLN.
Committee.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
The following pupils were neither absent nor tardy for the number of terms specified :
CENTER SCHOOLS. One term : Hazel Grimes. John Mar- shall, William Bowers, Ernest Edson, Stephen Heneck. George Maloney, Freddie Nye, John O'Donnell. Allie Swindell, Harlan Angier, Irna Clifford, Warren Dean. Florence Draper, Alice Keep, Charlotte Keep, Florence Edson, Annie Christiansen. Catherine O'Donnell. Frankie Nye.
Tiro terms: Carl Christiansen, Charles Keep, Albert Dur- ham, Harold Durham, Raymond Thresher, Mildred Burt, Mary Conant, Alice Loring.
Three terms: Orvis Banks. George Dean. James Garland. Frank Stone, Blanche Yeo, Ida Yeo, Nellie Hale, Alice Yeo.
SOUTH SCHOOL. One term : Helena K. Rutherford. Donald A. Rutherford, Minnie M. Rutherford. Marion C. Rutherford, William J. Pallarri, Sadie E. Shea, Minnie E. Shea. Grace E. Shea.
Two terms: Ruth A. Hallowell, May Robinson. John Rob- inson. Martin Cavanagh.
Three terms: Lottie Thresher. Hazel Robinson.
WEST SCHOOL. One term : James Kenney, Annie Gaffney. Tommy Moran, Arthur Rymal. May Scott, Fred Kenney.
Two terms: Willie Gaffney, Francis Gaffney. John Moran. Willie Moran.
COLDBROOK School. One term : James Bemis, Willie Wilson, Beatrice Monroe, LeRoy Monroe, Earle Parker. Walter Ilowe, Ada Wood.
Tire forma: Ralph Cody. Evelyn Cody, Marion Winslow.
27 . REPORT OF AUDITOR.
This is to certify that I have examined and approved all original bills and vouchers of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Road Commissioner, Library Trus- tees, Cemetery Committee and Tree Warden and find them to be correct. I have also examined the Treasurer's account and find it to be correct, also the Collector's accounts, and find the uncollected taxes to be as reported.
Yours respectfully, W. M. ROBINSON, -Auditor.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT OF
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
For the Year 1905.
BIRTHS.
DATE.
CHILD'S NAME. PARENTS.
Jan. 1, daughter. Esther Mand, to George A. and Mand A. Briggs.
Mar. 16, daughter, Nellie Viola. to Albert F. and Rosa L. Hapgood.
May 23, daughter. Alice Hazel, to Patrick and Kate O'Don- nell.
24, daughter. Dorris Thelma, to Richard J. and Grace II. Prevost.
June 14, danghter, Laura Eva, to William and Della Snay.
Aug. 4, daughter, Mona E., to David and Martha E. McDongall.
12, son. Milton Adelbert, to Virgil R. and Catherine Parker.
26, danghter, Gladys. to Daniel and Rosa E. Shea. Nov. 14, son, Francis Martin, to Martin H. and Lizzie White.
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MARRIAGES.
Jan. 7, Leverett F. Viner to Ethel J. Holden. 16, William J. Cota to Mary Talınan.
June 24, John W. Dwelly to Ruth D. Briggs.
Ang. 23, W. Clayton Allen to Eva Belle Grimes.
Oct. 17, Clifford R. Knight to Susan F. Gleason.
DEATHS.
DATE.
Y.
M. 1).
Jan. 11, Lewis A. Snow,
73
3. 20
29, Fabian Tomlinson,
80
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Feb. 27. D. Reuben Dean,
72
7 0
28, Mrs. Maria E. Nye,
77
3
17
May 6, Mrs. Sarah G. Roper,
63
7 29
7, Henry Guilford,
62
3
18
June 26, John Leyden.
74
4 1)
Ang. 25, Mona E. MeDongall.
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28, Dorothy MeDongall,
3
Nov. 14, Mrs. Lydia A. Bigelow,
≤ 1
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21, Avery C. Bullard,
80
6
Dec. 5, J. Whipple Ayres.
83
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BURIED IN TOWN.
Mar. 14, Emeline P. Mullett.
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8, James Tomlinson,
2
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11, Charles A. Fobes.
15
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April 13, Mrs. Mary E. Maynard,
75
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Sept. 9, Mrs. Stella M. Dum,
10 . 6
15
Nov. 26, Mrs. Adelaide M. Robinson.
49
3
10
Number of voters : Male, 139 : female, 10.
Number of dogs licensed, SO. Male, 70 ; female. 10.
JESSE ALLEN. Then Click.
4 11
Mar. 1, Mrs. Maria C. Fobes,
Warrant for Town Meeting.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, SS.
To William S. Crawford, or either of the constables of the town of Oakham, in the County of Worcester,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Oakham, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the town hall, known as "Memorial Hall," on Monday, the second day of April next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, to wit :
Article 1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2d. To hear the annual report of the several town officers and act thereon.
Article 3d. To bring in their votes for one Selectman, one Assessor, one Overseer of the Poor, one School Committee, one Library Trustee, one Cemetery Committee, for three years, Collector of Taxes. Treasurer, three Fence Viewers, six Con- stables. Auditor and Tree Warden, for one year. Also to vote "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" all on one ballot. Ballot to be folded as received, when presented for deposit in the ballot box. The polls to be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at two o'clock in the afternoon.
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Article 4th. To choose all necessary town officers and committees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by ballot.
Article 5th. To see what compensation the town will allow their Treasurer and Collector.
Article 6th. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any money for the relief of poor and needy soldiers. as required under Chapter 79, Revised Laws. Sections 18 and 19, 1902.
Article 7th. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for bonding their officials.
Article Sth. To see what compensation the town will allow for men and teams in repairing highways and opening roads for ensuing year.
Article 9th. To raise such sums of money as may be nec- essary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations for the same.
Article 10th. To see if the town will authorize the treas- urer, with approval of the selectmen, to borrow such sums of money in anticipation of taxes as may be necessary for the ensuing year.
Article 11th. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as prepared by the selectmen.
Artiele 12th. To determine the manner of colleeting taxes the ensuing year.
Artiele 13th. To see if the town will employ some person to care for the Town Hall and Town Clock for the ensuing year. or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 14th. To determine the manner of supporting paupers the year ensuing.
Article 15th. To see if the town will provide for lighting the street lamps the ensuing year, or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 16th. To see if the town will vote to have their valuation by the Assessors printed the ensuing year.
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Article 17th. To see if the town will accept the following bequest in the will of the late Charles A. Fobes : "I give and beneath to the Town of Oakham, Mass., four thousand dollars (84000), for a Public Library, this is in memory of my father, P. Ames Fobes," or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 18th. To see if the town will vote to reimburse Gardner M. Dean the money he paid ont for repairs at the time of installing the town clock.
Article 19th. To see if the town will accept the following begnest and trust fund : "I give and bequeath to the Town of Oakham. two hundred dollars ($200), on condition that one hundred dollars (8100.) be kept at interest, and the interest expended in care of the Fobes' burial lot in the cemetery near the old Fobes place in Oakham. The lot where my father and mother and other members of the Fobes family are buried," or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 20th. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day.
Article 21st. To see if the town will vote to accept as a gift from Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg. the building lot, corner Maple and Central streets, as a location for a Public Library.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting np three attested copies thereof, one at each of the Post Offices. and one at the Congregational meeting house, in said town. seven days. at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not. and make dne return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk. at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given nnder our hands this sixteenth day of March. in this year one thousand nine hundred and six.
HARRY B. PARKER, ) Selectmen JOHN P. DAY. of GARDNER M. DEAN, ) Oakham.
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Superintendent of Schools
FOR THE
CENTRAL WORCESTER UNION TOWNS : HOLDEN, OAKHAM, PAXTON, RUTLAND WORCESTER COUNTY, MASS.
MARCH, 1906
THE CENTRAL WORCESTER UNION.
The union was formed July 16, 1900. The services and salary of the superintendent are shared as follows: Holden, one-half; Rutland, one- fourth; Paxton, one-tenth ; Oakham, three-twentieths. The superintendent's year begins August 1. Thirty-three teachers are employed in thirty schools. The chairman of the joint committee is Jesse Allen of Oakham, and the secretary is Mrs. Addie M. Holden of Holden. The members of the various committees, with the expiration of their respective terms, are shown below:
HOLDEN.
Term Expires.
James A. Holden, chairman,
1906
Mrs. Martha E. Graham,
1906
Mrs. Anna P. Fay,
1907
T. Walter Howe,
. 1907
Mrs. Addie M. Holden, secretary,
1908
·
William J. Powers,
1908
RUTLAND.
Term Expires.
William C. Temple,
1906
Louis M. Hanff, secretary,
1907
Dennis E. Smith, chairman,
1908
OAKHAM.
Term Expires.
Jesse Allen, chairman,
1906
H. W. Lincoln,
. 1907
Mrs. Minnie L. Woodis, secretary,
1908
PAXTON.
Term Expires.
Mrs. Susie E. Flint,
1907
Lewis S. Clapp,
1908
Mrs. Carrie M. Fields,
1909
ANNUAL REPORT.
To the School Committees of Holden, Oakham, Paxton and Rut- land.
The superintendent of schools for your towns is chosen by you in session as the joint committee of the union. For supervisory purposes the schools of the four towns are combined, and to the superintendent form a unit. While giving to each town the pro- portion of time agreed upon, and while in the course of his work dealing in many matters with separate committees, in the more essential features of his work the superintendent may ignore the town lines. The conditions seem to render proper a joint report, and this sixth annual report, like its predecessors, is submitted in that form. References to a few matters pertaining to partie- ular towns are added under a proper title.
ATTENDANCE.
Your attention is ealled to the "Summary of Attendance"' inserted below, and to the tables which follow. In the tables
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCE.
HOLDEN.
OAKHAM.
PAXTON.
RUTLAND.
Total.
No. enrolled since September 1, 1905.
546
97
85
252
980
Average membership for year.
489.9
83.9
73.6
231.3 878.7
Average attendance for year
446.0
79.7
63.9
209.6 |799.2
Per cent. of attendance for year
91.2
95.0
86.8
90.6
90.9
Per cent. of attendance for last year
91.1 1 94.4
SS.9
89.71 91
STATISTICAL TABLES. HOLDEN.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
TERMS, 1905-'06
No. Weeks
in Term.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance
Per Cent.
for Year.
No. Cases of
Tardiness.
High School.
A. K. Learned. Prin .. Marion E. Bascom, Anjennette Newton, Assistants
Spring .. Fall .... Winter ..
11 12
54.4 59.9 56.2
49.2 55.3 51.1
90.9 92.0 91.0
91.3
69
Center Primary
Margery A. Rice. Margery A. Rice. Margery A. Rice ..
Spring . . Fall
12
42.8 39.9
39.3 36.8 37.8
91.9 92.2 87.3
90.5
18 57
Center Grammar.
Marion L. Mann Elizabeth A. Brown .. Elizabeth A. Brown ..
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