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REFERENCE BOOK ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01720
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
Massachusetts
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 10
1906
Together with the School Report
AFE
PONI
-1735.
ACTON.
NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS HUDSON, MASS. 1906
1
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
Massachusetts
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 10
1906
Together with the School Report
2
- 1735.
ACTON.
Geneallo 974.44 A188 C. 2
NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS HUDSON, MASS. 1906
REFERENCE BOOK ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01720
Town Officers, 1905.
Town Clerk-Horace F. Tuttle.
Selectmen.
Frank W. Hoit, Arthur M. Whitcomb, Lyman C. Taylor. Assessors.
E. Faulkner Conant, William F. Kelley, Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Overseers of the Poor.
William F. Kelley, O. A. Knowlton, J. Sterling Moore.
Town Treasurer-Jona. K. W. Wetherbee.
Auditor-Waldo E. Whitcomb.
Collector of Taxes-Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Constables.
James Kinsley, Moses A. Reed,
Albert S. Bradley,
Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Cemetery Commissioners.
Herbert T. Clark, Horace F. Tuttle, Julian Tuttle,
Term expires 1908. Term expires 1907. Term expires 1906.
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Road Commissioners.
Albert H. Perkins, Anson C. Piper, William H. Kingsley,
Term expires 1906. Term expires 1907. Term expires 1908.
School Committee.
Charles J. Williams,
Frank R. Knowlton,
Horace F. Tuttle,
Term expires 1908. Term expires 1907. Term expires 1906.
Trustees of Memorial Library. (Chosen by the town. )
Charles J. Williams, Lucius Hessleton, Horace F. Tuttle,
Term expires 1908. Term expires 1906. Term expires 1907.
Board of Health.
Frank J. Barker, M. D.,
Frank E. Tasker, M. D.,
Charles J. Williams,
Term expires 1907. Term expires 1906. Term expires 1908.
Fence Viewers.
Frank W. Hoit, Edwin A. Phalen, * Arthur M. Whitcomb.
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves.
Herbert T. Clark, Jona. P. Fletcher, Edward F. Richardson,
Edgar H. Hall, * Charles E. Smith, Job W. Dupee. *
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Field Drivers.
Arthur F. Blanchard, Webster C. Robbins, Charles E. Wood,
I. Warren Flagg, Delette H. Hall, * David C. Harris. *
Tree Warden-Charles J. Williams.
*Failed to qualify.
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting Held March 27, 1905.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Luther Conant was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Library Trus- tees and other town officers.
Voted, to accept the reports of the several town officers as printed.
Art. 3. To choose all necessary town officers and committees and fix salaries.
Voted, to choose on one ballot, a Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Asses ors, three Overseers of the Poor, one member of the School Committee, a Collector of Taxes, four Con- stables, one Cemetery Commissioner, six Field Drivers, six Sur- veyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves, three Fence Viewers, one Trustee of Memorial Library, one Auditor, one Road Com- missioner, one member of the Board of Health and a Tree Warden.
Voted, that the salary of the Tax Collector be one per cent of the amount collected and that he perform the duties hitherto per- formed by said officer.
Voted, that the salary of the Road Commissioners be the same as last year, namely : Two and one-half dollars per day em- ployed, nine hours to constitute a day.
Voted, that the salary of the Auditor be fixed at six dollars.
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The following persons were elected to the respective offices.
Town Clerk-Horace F. Tuttle.
Town Treasurer-Jona. K. W. Wetherbee.
Selectmen-Frank W. Hoit, Arthur M. Whitcomb, Lyman C. Taylor.
Assessors-E. Faulkner Conant, Wm. F. Kelley, Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Overseers of the Poor-William F. Kelley, O. A. Knowlton, J. Sterling Moore.
School Committee-Charles J. Williams.
Collector of Taxes-Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Constables-James Kinshy, Albert S. Bradley, Moses A. Reed, Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Cemetery Commissioner-Herbert T. Clark.
Field Drivers-Arthur F. Blanchard, I. Warren Flagg, W. C. Robbins, Delette H. Hall; Charles E. Wood, David C. Harris.
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves-Herbert T. Clark, Edgar H. Hall, Jona. P. Fletcher, Charles E. Smith, Ed- ward F. Richardson, Job W. Dupee.
Fence Viewers-Frank W. Hoit, Edwin A. Phalen, Arthur M. Whitcomb.
Trustee Memorial Library-Charles J. Williams.
Auditor -Waldo E. Whitcomb.
Road Commissioner-William H. Kingsley ..
Tree Warden-Charles J. Williams.
Board of Health-Charles J. Williams.
Art. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of any committee chosen to report at this meeting.
Voted, to accept the report of the Selectmen in reference to enlarging the town hall.
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Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to enlarge the town hall in accordance with the plan reported to the town at this meeting.
Voted to raise the sum of twenty-two hundred dollars for en- larging the town hall.
Heard and accepted the report of the School Committee relative to sending pupils to the Concord High school.
Art. 5. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for due observance of Memorial day.
Voted, to raise the sum of fifty dollars.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will accept the jury list as revised by the Selectmen.
Voted, after taking from the list the names of George W. Worster, S. Hammond Taylor, and Nelson J. Cole, to accept the list as revised by the Selectmen.
Art. 7. To see what amount of money the Town will appro- priate for repairing roads and bridges.
Voted, to raise the sum of five thousand dollars.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of its Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of taxes the current year.
Voted, to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectnien, to borrow money for the Town if necessary, in antici- pation of taxes the current year.
Art. 9. To vote Yes or No in answer to the question : Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in Acton the present year ?
· Whole number of ballots cast,
192
Yes, 68
No, 124
Art. 10. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of Memorial Library the present year.
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Voted, to raise four hundred dollars for current expenses and two hundred dollars for books.
Art. 11. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of schools the present year.
Voted, To raise for :
Common schools, $3,800 00
High school, 1,800 00
School supplies, 525 00
Transportation of pupils, 1,860 00
Salary of superintendent, 480 00
Art. 12. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for school supplies.
Action taken under Art. 11.
Art. 13. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for town charges.
Voted, to raise five thousand dollars.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor laws.
Voted, to appropriate five hundred dollars.
Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to enforce the liquor laws.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will maintain street lamps the present year, or act anything thereon.
Voted, to raise one thousand dollars for lighting streets.
Voted, to authorize the Selectmen to purchase such additional incandescent lamps as they may see fit.
Voted, that the lighting ot the lamps be under the direction of the Selectmen.
Art. 16. To see what amount of money the Town will ap- propriate for the care of o meteries the current year, or act any- thing thereon.
Voted, to appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars.
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Art. 17. To see if the Town will take any action in regard to Old Home Week.
Voted, to observe the week marking the anniversary of the in- corporation of the town as Old Home Week.
Voted, to appropriate three hundred dollars.
Chose Luther Conant, D. James Wetherbee, Rev. F. P. Wood, J. Sidney White, George C. Wright, Edgar H. Hall, Frank R. Knowlton, Arthur F. Blanchard, Frank Lothrop, E. F. Richard- son, Rev. F. S. Rice, Anson C. Piper, Samuel A. Guilford, E. F. Conant, Augustine Hosmer a committee of arrangements.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to straighten the road at the old school house lot in So. Acton and raise a special amount for the same, or act anything thereon.
Voted, to refer to the Road Commissioners with power to act.
Art. 19. To see what amount of money the Town will raise to maintain the Fire Department.
Voted, to appropriate three hundred and fifty dollars.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars for six band concerts, two in each village, Acton, South Acton and West Acton, or act anything thereon.
A motion to appropriate one hundred and twenty-five dollars did not prevail.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will accept as a private way, the laying out by the Road Commissioners of a private way, for the benefit of Mary T. Coughlin, from the town road near her dwell- ing house, over the land of Mary O'Neil to land of said Coughlin northerly of said town road.
Voted, to accept and allow the laying out by the Road Com- missioners of a private way from the town road, near the house of Mary T. Coughlin, northerly to land of said Coughlin, over the land of Mary O'Neil, in accordance with the return of said Com- missioners dated March 18, 1905.
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Art. 22. To see if the Town will take any action in relation to the speed of automobiles.
Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to enforce the State law rela- tive to the speed of automobiles.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will take any action in regard to the extermination of the brown tail moth.
Voted, to appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars to be used at the discretion of the Tree Warden for the extermination of the brown tail moth.
Art. 24. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the erection of a flag pole at Acton Center.
Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to replace the flag staff on the Davis monument.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will take any action in regard to supplying a public watering trough for the West village.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to provide a public watering trough in the village of West Acton.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to buy a lockup, or take any action thereon.
Voted, to dismiss the article.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will build a road across the land of O. W. Mead in West Acton, beginning at the turnpike at the south east corner of the land of Fitchburg R. R. Co. thence northerly on the east side of Fitchburg R. R. Co. land to the road that passes the house of Mrs. G. B. Parker, the road to be built thirty feet wide, or act anything thereon.
Voted, to instruct the Road Commissioners to lay out a street as described in the article.
Art 28. To see if the Town will buy a piano for the town hall.
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to place a piano in the town hall at an expense not exceeding fifty dollars.
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Art. 29. To see what action the Town will take in regard to a heater for the town hall.
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to repair the present heater.
Art. 30. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the collection of taxes the present year.
Voted, that the Collector charge interest at the rate of five per cent per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November next.
Voted, to adjourn without day.
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State Election.
Party designations : R., Republican; D., Democratic; P., Pro- hibition; S., Socialist; S. L., Socialist Labor.
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Prec. 3
Total
Whole number of ballots cast,
119
100
128
347
Governor.
Charles W. Bartlett, D.,
41
21
30
92
James F. Carey, S.,
0
0
0
0
William H. Carroll, S. L.,
0
0
0
0
Curtis Guild, Jr., R.,
77
76
93
246
Willard O. Wylie, P.,
0
2
2
4
Blanks,
1
1
3
5
Lieut. Governor.
Thomas F. Brennan, S. L.,
0
0
0
0
Eben S. Draper, R.,
75
72
85
232
Patrick Mahoney, S.,
0
1
1
2
John H. Smith, P.,
0
3
3
6
Henry M. Whitney, D.,
42
23
34
99
Blanks, .
2
1
5
8
Secretary.
Charles C. Hitchcock, S.,
1
1
0
2
Jonathan S. Lewis, P.,
0
1
1
2
Henry B. Little, D.,
32
12
21
65
William M. Olin, R.,
80
82
91
253
Moritz E. Ruther, S. L., Blanks,
0
0
0
0
6
4
15
25
14
Treasurer.
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Prec. 3
Total
Christopher D. Albro, P.,
0
1
1
2
David S. Brodeur, S.,
0
0
0
0
Arthur B. Chapin, R.,
79
79
93
251
Joad Claudino, S. L.,
1
0
0
1
Daniel F. Doherty, D., Blanks,
29
15
21
65
10
5
13
28
Auditor.
Patrick J. Ashe, D.,
32
14
19
65
Herbert B. Griffin, P.,
1
2
2
5
E. O. Fredrik Hansson, S. L.,
1
0
1
2
Ambrose Miles, S ,
0
0
0
0
Henry E. Turner, R.,
75
76
89
240
Blanks,
10
8
17
35
Attorney General.
Allen Coffin, P.,
0
0
2
2
Henry C. Hess, S. L.,
1
1
0
2
John P. Leahy, D.,
32
18
21
71
Dana Malone, R.,
76
73
90
239
John Weaver Sherman, S.,
1
0
1
2
Blanks,
9
8
14
31
Councillor.
Alfred E. Cox, R.,
77
79
92
248
George W. Enwright, D.,
34
13
20
67
Wilbur R. Hatch, S.,
1
1
0
2
Blanks,
7
7
16
30
Senator.
Chester W. Clark, R.,
86
83
90
259
Patrick J. O'Brien, D.,
29
13
20
62
Blanks,
4
4
18
26
I5
Representative in General Court.
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Prec. 3
Total
Delette H. Hall, R.,
89
82
119
290
Gardner W. Prouty, D.,
27
15
6
48
Blanks,
3
3
3
9
County Commissioner.
Frederick Bancroft, D.,
36
17
21
74
Levi S. Gould, R.,
79
80
90
249
Blanks,
4
3
17
24
Register of Probate and Insolvency.
Alfred Belanger, D.,
31
16
17
64
William E. Rogers, R.,
80
80
91
251
Blanks,
8
4
20
32
Vote for Representative, 23d Middlesex District.
Acton Ayer Littl'n Shirley Wes'd Total
Delette H. Hall of Acton, R., 111 :290 207 106
.87 199
889
Gardner W. Prouty of Littleton, D., 48 150
78 49
87 412
Savillian W. Longley of Shirley,
0
0
0
3
3
9
27
7 21
28 92
Blanks,
847 384 191 160
314 1396
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Town Clerk's Report.
BIRTHS.
Whole number recorded,
28
Mixed parentage, 6
Males,
15 Foreign parentage, 5
Females,
13 Born in Acton, 28
Native parentage,
17 Both parents born in Acton,
1
One parent born in Acton, 6
MARRIAGES.
Whole number recorded,
10
Residents of Acton,
8
Residents of other places,
12
DEATHS.
Whole number recorded,
36
Residents of Acton,
31
Residents of other places,
5
Occurring in Acton,
29
Occurring in other places,
7
Average age,
52.2
Note-The Town Clerk requests information of any omission or error in the lists of births, marriages and deaths.
The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births and deaths.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1905.
No. Date
Name of Child
Names of Parents
Edward and Thilda (Pedersen)
2 Jan. 16
3 May 11 Beach, Stuart Archibald
Albert R. and Flora A. (Frazier)
4 Sept. 7
Beach, John Ernest
Archie J. and Lizzie A. (Savage)
Charles E. and Annie J. (Holland)
5 June 12
Boyce, Warren Henry
6 Sept. 6 Clements, Gertrude Frances
Raymond and Mary (Babine) Anthony E. and Mary L. (Laflamme)
Jan. 31 Courtemanche, Mary Cealey
John F. and Mary T. (Waldron)
8 Cct. 31 Coughlin, Paul
9 Apr. 14 Donnelly, Arthur
10 Dec. 10
Granberg, Hazel Wilhelmena
11 Nov. 9
Gray, Alice Fay
12 July 11 Hanning, Verna Maud
13 Oct. 8 Hopps, Willis Evans
14 Mar. 22 Kinsley, Katherine Mary
15 April 29
Lanone, Ralph Oakes
16 Sept. 25
Littlefield, Donald Preston
17 Sept. 27 Littlefield, Frederick Morton
18 Dec. 13 Lovett, Elsie Miriam
19 Apr. 5 Miner, Sumuer Harland
20 Nov. 10 Nims, Lyla Gertrude
21 May 28 Noyes, Thelma Luella
22 May 2 Parker, Jr., Allen Brooks
23 July 17
Priest, Dorothy Elizabeth Rayner, Margaret Louisa
24 S. pt 19
25 July
9 Richardson, Clement Linwood
26 June
10 Stearns, Marjory Etta
27 Apr. 1 Swift, Elinor
Edwin T. and Miriam Bird (Ward)
28
May 7 Teele, William Henry
Ernest R. and Martha R. (Shattuck)
17
David T. and Katherine F. (Burns)
Arthur S. and Grace C. (Grambusch)
Guy P. and Melzina M. (Downie) Sheldon E. and Marion (Wood) David W. and Alvanora R. (Brown) Ernest B. and Martha F. (Davis) Harry P. and Hattie (Buchanan) George L. and Jennie E. (Miles) Allen Brooks and Nora E. (Spayd) Walter and Elizabeth Blanche (Downie) William Arthur and Lenora A. (Gowing) James L. and Minnie G. (Dubuque) Clifton S. and Effie (Benjamin)
1 July 21
Anderson, Anfin Peder Barker, George Brabrook
George A. and Leah (Allen)
Frank H. and Alice A. (Fitzgerald) Ole and Matilda (Anderson) Frederick W. and Florence A. (Richardson)
Elisha H. and Bertha J. (Good) John E. and Elizabeth O. (Clair)
18
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1905.
No. Date Place
Names
Residences
1 June 28 Allen, Joseph A.
Maynard
Maynard Frazier, Mary J. Acton
2 Sept. 6 Blois, Edwin G. Arlington
Acton Wood, Etta F. Woburn
3 Aug. 2 Boot, William Lynn
W. Acton
Hansen, Rosetta
Lynn
4 May
10 Brigham, Edward Albion Acton
Hudson Goding, Cora Elizabeth Stow
5 Oct.
21 Brown, Joseph R.
Acton
Concord
Ring, Lena Ashton
Concord
6 Dec. 1 Fowler, Loring N.
Concord
Acton Cutier, Mary Spaulding Acton
7 Mar. 22
Guilford, George Morton
Acton
Concord
Robinson, Ida
Concord
8 June 1 Jones, Shirley E.
Actou
Maynard
Murphy, Catherine
Maynard
9 June 10
Kennedy, Duncan Stewart
Littleton
Acton Green, Isabelle Louise
Acton
10 Oct. 10 Wotton, Henry Domingus Acton
Medford
Brabazon, Lina May
Medford
19
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1905.
No
Date
Names
Ages
1
May 14
Beach, Mabel Ella (Burroughs)
2 July 5 Billings, Susan Elizabeth
39 10 1
3 Feb. 28 Brooks, George
80
4
25
4 Jan. 12 Brown, Lottie, Irene (Lehy)
25
2
11
5 May 2 Clark, Harriet (Emery)
87
4 5
6
Nov. 14 Clements, Gertrude F.
26
8 Aug.
6 Connor, Walter C.
37
9 Nov. 29 Cutler, Elisha H.
81
1
17
10
Dec.
13
Davis, William Bradford
69
6 24
11
Deo. 31 Davis, Martha Parsons (Griffin)
77
4 14
12
Feb. 25 Fletcher, John
88 10 4
13 Feb.
22 Gallagher, Bridget (Keenan)
80
14 Nov. 11
Gray, Alice Fay
2
15
Dec.
27 Harrington, Mary Jane (Faulkner)
74
7
9
16 Feb. 6 Hoit, George Nelson
40
6
3
17 July 10 Hunt, Paul Edwin
55
3
7
18 Jan. 8 Leighton, Lillian Frances (Crawford)
40
8
19
19 Feb.
16
McFarland, Annette (Zeiner)
27 10
20
Nov.
5 McCormick, Daniel
23
10
21 Apr.
6 Mead, Adelbert
83
2 26
22 May
15 Merriam, Harry Irving
9
10 15
23
Aug. 6 Monckton, George
34
24
Sept. 17 Morrison, Julia Ann (Lewis)
79
25 Feb. 22 Moulton, Huldah
73
7 0
26 Aug.
17 Miner, Sumner Harland
4 12
27
Jan. 6 Reynolds, Joseph
64
2 19
28
May
7 Richardson, Harriet Frances (Parker)
72 10 71 6
7
30
Oct. 15 Shattuck, Clarence Chapman
34
9 15
31 May 28 Swallow, Hedley Vickers
43
4 12
32 Aug. 15 Tenney, Emma A. (Field)
10 28 46
33 June
8 Tuttle, Clara Sophia (Fletcher)
48
8 11
34 Mar.
1 Waldron, Catherine (O'Neil)
80
2
35 Nov. 26 Wetherbee, Daniel James
60
10 3
36
Jan. 5 Wheeler, Berintha W. (Hood)
69
5 20
3
29
Dec. 13
Simonds, Calvin S.
2
14
7 Nov. 26 Campbell, Lemabel C.
Yrs Mos Dys 30 9
20
Non Resident Burials
1870
1
Sept. 21 1905
Burbeck, Thomas
Racine, Wisconsin 59
2
Mar. 29 Cutter, William Albert
Wakefield '56
3 21
3
Apr. 8 Cunnnigham, A. Iiola
Phoenix, Arizona 28
4 June 24 Jones, Harrie P.
Somerville
22 8 14
5 Mar. 5 Pratt, Leonard V.
Boston
7
6 Jan. 19 Sawyer, George W.
Taurton
83
4 11
7 Feb. 28 Sawyer, Grace A.
Clinton
24
6 25
8 May 23 Spinney, Ellen Myria
Boston
49
21
Persons Having Dogs Licensed in 1905.
Chas. E. Boyce, $2 00
Frank J. Barker, $5 00'
J. Sterling Moore
2 00
Moses Taylor, 2 00.
Frank Williams, 5 00 Henry M. Smith, 2 00
Roy L. Duren, (2)
10 00
Abel Farrar,
2.00:
George A. Hall,
2 00
Eva C. Shapley,
2 00'
W. J. Webster,
2 00
Joseph Gallant,
2 00;
Wm. F. Merrill,
2 00
A. L. Lawrence, 2 00:
Edmund Dow, 2 00
H. Lewis Jones, 2 00:
William Rawitzer, 2 00
Thomas J. Mannion,
2 00'
John H. Watkins, (2)
4 00
Nathaniel G. Brown,
2 00
William F. Watkins, 2 00
Charles M. Kimball,
2 00-
George T. Weaver,
2 00
Fred. A Hollowell,
2 00 +
Albert H. Perkins, 2 00
L. C. Carberg, (2)
4 00.
Ellis Wetherbee, 2 00
Tuttle & Newton,
2 00 +
Carl E. Moore, 2 00
Frank W. Hoit,
2 00
Lizzie J. Brown,
2 00
L. H. Pinkham,
2 00
Henry Mekkelsen,
2 00
Timothy A. Thompson,
2 00
Henry J. Stooss, 2 00
Luke Tuttle,
2 00
John F. Coughlin,
2 00
Fred S. Whitcomb,
2 00
Charles A. Taylor,
2 00
James A. Grimes,
2 00 .
Charles H. Morris, 2 00
J. Linwood Richardson, 5 00.
John Downey, 2 00
Solon A. Robbins,
2 00
Cyrus G. Dole,
2 00
Luther Conant, 2 00
Levi W. Perkins,
2 00
Catherine Green, 2 00
Allen Hawes,
2 00
George A. Libby
5 00
Jolın M. Stevenson,
5 00
John Palmer,
2 00
George E. Murphy,
2 00
Thomas Devane, 2 00
Eugene L. White,
2 00
Frank H. Willard, 5 00
J. E. Durkee,
2 00
Roy J. Grady, 5 00
W. B. Holt,
2 00
William Foster, (2), 4 00
Warren Jones,
5 00
John M. Kelley,
2 00
Est. of E. Jones,
2 00
John Kennedy,
2 00
Herman A. Gould,
2 00
Charles H. Clark, 2 00
Clarence B. Owen,
5 00
Edward Willis, (2), 4 00
Carlton C. Taylor,
5 00
W. W. Hern, 2 00
22
Almon L. Gilmore, 5 00
Wm. S. Warren, 2 00
Edwin T. Swift, 5 00
Wendell F. Davis, 2 00
Wendell Z Sanborn. 2 00
Daniel H. Farrar, 2 00
C. R. Smith, 2 00
Abel Cole, 2 00
Frank Pratt, 2 00
W. O. Robbins, (2) 4 00
Arthur S. Lanoue,
2 00
Edward Anderson, 2 00
Mrs. John Davis, 2 00
Benjamin Pope, (6)
21 00
Lester N. Fletcher, (2) 4 00
Frank A. Pratt,
2 00
I. S. Ford,
5 00
Alfred J. Morse, 2 00
N. J. Cole, (2)
7 00
T. C. Lothrop, (2) 7 00
George W. Worster,
2 00
Michael G. Hayes, 2 00
Margaret Coughlin, 2 00
Madeline M. Ineson, 2 00
Mary Reynolds, 2 00
Michael O'Connell, 2 00
George Laflamme, 2 00
Wm. H. Swett. 2 00
Francis S. Davis,
5 00
James Bent, 2 00
Fred'k. D. Morrison, (2) 4 00
2 00
Allen T. Gross, 5 00
Edson Baird, 2 00
F. C. Coussens, 2 00
George F. Laurey,
5 00
Michael Enneguess, 2 00
William F. Kelley,
2 00
Albion Johnson, 2 00
Rob't. G. Reed, 2 00
Elizabeth Taylor,
2 00
W. C. Coughlin, 2 00
Fred W. Gray,
2 00
C. H. Schnair, 2 00
Moses A. Thompson, 2 00
Geo. F. Simonds,
2 00
D. C. Harris, 2 00
F. G. Smith,
2 00
F R. Knowlton, 2 00
O. W. Penniman, 2 00
Joseph W. Evans, 2 00
Harding Bent, (2),
7 00
Arthur C. Hardy, 2.00
William J. Moore, 2 00
Whole number licensed,
141
117 at $2 each,
$234 00
24 at $5 each,
120 00
$354 00
Deduct fees, 141 licenses at 20 cents each,
28 20
Amount paid to County Treasurer,
$325 80
HORACE F. TUTTLE,
Town Clerk.
Patrick O. Neil, 2 00
Joseph R. Brown,
23
Selectmen's Report.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid A. L. Faxon, principal, $357 50
Ruby M. Atwood, assistant,
162 50
Walter B. Pierce, principal,
675 00
Mary E. Bartlett, assistant,
337 50
So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co., tools,
13 72
A. W. Hall Scientific Co.,
37 03
So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co., coal,
91 96
G. C. Turner, janitor,
100 00
Geo. C. Turner, wood,
8 15
Geo. C. Turner, cleaning,
12 80
$1,796 16
Musical intruction,
56 25
W. B. Pierce, incidentals,
3 09
J. L. Hammett & Co., incidentals,
5 62
$1,861 12
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid Martha Fagerstrom,
$120 00
Charlotte Canfield,
260 00
Inez G. Kilton,
444 00
Katherine B. Feeley,
406 00
Geo. C. Turner, janitor,
100 00
24
Paid So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co., coal, $91 97
Geo. C. Turner, cleaning,
12 80
Geo. C. Turner, wood, 8 15
Geo. C. Turner, janitor grammar school, 47 50
Geo. C. Turner, wood, grammar school, 1 50
Geo. C. Turner, cleaning grammar school, 8 65
$1,500 57
Musical instruction,
56 25
Tuttle & Newton, incidentale,
2 86
J. L. Hammett & Co., incidentals, 5 62
$1,565 30
WEST SCHOOL.
Paid Harriett H. Gardner, 1
$456 00
Emma Foster,
362 00
Elizabeth Sheehan,
220 00
Mabel J. Spalter,
40 00
Edith L. Dexter,
50 00
Karin Ekman,
121 00
E. C. Parker & Co., coal,
95 40
Thos. Scanlon, janitor,
124 98
Thos. Scanlon, cleaning,
26 00
Thos. Scanlon, carrying water,
8 00
C. D. Wetherbee, wood,
16 50
Hall Bros., wood,
1 25
Wood Piano Co. , piano,
80 00
$1,601 13
Musical instruction,
56
25
C. H. Mead & Co., incidentals, J. L. Hammett & Co., incidentals,
1 31
5 62
$1,664 31
25
CENTER SCHOOL.
Paid Angie F. Main,
$110 00
Minnie Gamble,
260 00
Ella L. Miller,
418 00
Martha F. Smith,
456 00
D. J. Wetherbee, coal,
93 44
Asaph Parlin, janitor,
133 00
Asaph Parlin, cleaning,
18 40
Luther Davis, wood,
16 50
$1,505 34
Musical instruction,
56 25
M. E. Taylor & Co., incidentals,
2 94
J. L. Hammett & Co., incidentals,
5 62
$1,570 15
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Paid J. L. Hammett & Co.,
$178 66
Rand, McNally & Co.,
3 48
E. E Babb & Co ,
58 33
Esterbrook Pen Co.,
6 40
B. F. Wood Music Co.,
1 35
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover,
2 75
Educational Publishing Co.,
2 50
Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
24 62
D. C. Heath & Co.,
30 05
A. W. Hall Scientific Co.,
21 60
C. Scribner & Sons,
7 76
Langman, Green & Co.,
7 90
Ginn & Co.,
87 85
American Book Co.,
23 08
Lothrop Lee Sheppard Co.,
2 55
Allyn & Bacon, 1 67
Silver, Burdett Co.,
6 54
26
Paid G. P. Patnam, $5 65
University Pub. Co.,
66
D. Appleton & Co.,
6 25
Mrs. S. A. Weaver,
1 50
$481 15
A. W. Raynor, express,
$13 18
A. L. Noyes, express,
11 60
W. B. Pierce, express, 55
$25 33 ·
$506 48
PRINTING.
Paid News Publishing Co., reports, $121 80
News Pub. Co., warrants, 2 75
News Pub. Co., tree warden notices, 1 60
News Pub. Co., notices, 2 10
E. F. Worcester Press, poll tax lists, 14 00
E. F. Worcester Press, warrants, 2 75
E. F. Worcester Press, voters' lists, 13 00
Brookside Printing Co., brown tail moth notices, 1 10
Brookside Printing Co., caucus notices, 1 10
Brookside Printing Co., town meetings, 2 50
Brookside Printing Co., tree warden notices, 2 75
Brookside Printing Co., graduation printing, 3 50
Brookside Printing Co., stationery, 1 00
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