Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1906-1910, Part 1

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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.


4


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. *


5


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.


6


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.


9


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.


10


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.


II


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.


12


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.


I3


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


16


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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