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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF CARVER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1891.
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE
TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Annual Town Meeting, March 30, 1891.
MIDDLEBORO' : H. L. THATCHER & CO., STEAM PRINTERS, 1891.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF CARVER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1891.
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE
TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Annual Town Meeting, March 30, 1891.
MIDDLEBORO' : H. L. THATCHER & Co., STEAM PRINTERS,
1891.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
Citizens of Carver : -
The Selectmen submit their Annual Report of the receipts and expenditures of the town for the past year, with such other facts as may be of interest.
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
ANDREW GRIFFITH, Treasurer.
DR.
To cash on hand March, 1890 .
. $2,070 48
Rec'd from State Treasurer balance corporation tax 9 4I
S. B. Briggs, sale of herring privilege I 34
Wm. L. Randall, license to peddle 6 00
Geo. B. Fuller, same
6 00
Addie Shurtleff, rent of almshouse
4 16
Town of Middleboro, tuition of scholars 23 98
William Savery, agent -borrowed money . 1,400 00
Frank Shurtleff, tuition of scholar, 16 65
E. M. White, rent Wrightington house I OO
E. A. Richard, grass on town farm,
I 00
E. A. Richards, old lumber school- house I 50
Sale of school books 2 18
State Treasurer, corporation tax 1890 646 52
4
State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 878 71 State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 30I 298 80 State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 279 72 00
State Treasurer, income Mass. School Fund . 207 57
B. A. Hathaway, clerk third Dist., court fine 2 50
Mr. Bruce, rent of almshouse 5 00
County Treasurer, dividend from dog licenses . 104 07
P. McFarlin, trustee Ellis School Fund 160 00
G. Atwood, trustee Pratt School Fund 100 00
Town of Wareham, doctoring An- derson girl 6 00
Collection of taxes ·
5,999 18
Interest on delinquent taxes 26 60
Griffith Cemetery Fund
215 66
Total receipts
. $12,266 31
1891
CR.
March. Paid support of poor . $1,207 71
Support of schools 1,361 53
Repairs of highways 1,079 97
Repairs of schoolhouses
121 09
Repairs of bridges 224 64
School books and incidentals, 119 08
Support of school, East Head, 95 00
Removal of snow, highways 35 15
Fire proof safe 220 00
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State Aid, Chap. 30I
357 00
State Aid, Chap. 279 144 00
Town Aid, Soldiers' families, 304 33 Wm. Savery, agent for loan, 1,400 00
State tax
560 00
County tax .
784 97
Incidental town expenses ·
704 00
Griffith Cemetery Fund, de-
posited Wareham, Sav- ings Bank 215 66
Cash on hand March 7, 1891
3,332 18
$12,266 31
SCHOOLS.
Receipts and expenditures connected with the support of schools the past year :
DR.
To balance from 1889 . 61 71
Appropriation of 1890 . 1,500 00
Rec'd, Town of Middleboro 23 98
Frank Shurtleff
16 65
Dog licenses 104 07
Mass. School Fund
207 57
Ellis School Fund
160 00
Pratt School Fund
100 00 $2,173 98
CR.
Paid approved bills of School Committee as follows : Helen T. Cutter, teacher, No. I Gram. $57 60 Fannie G. Conroy, teacher, No. I Prim. 224 00 Margaret A. Orr, teacher, No. I Gram. 32 00 Myra B. Shaw, teacher, No. 2 157 50 .
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Vesta B. Shaw, teacher, No. 3 . 168 00 Lizzie M. Schouler, teacher, No. 4 Primary 154 00
Charles L. Bates, teacher, No. 4 Gram. 198 00
Rebecca W. Benson, teacher, No. 5 . 140 00 Sadie F. Atwood, teacher, No. 8 90 00
E. H. Cornish, wood bill, No I 1 00
C. Robbins, wood bill, No. I 17 55
S. D. Atwood, wood bill, No. 2 6 50
E. H. Cornish, wood bill, No. 3 . 9 00 Thomas Vaughan, wood bill, No. 3 6 50
T. T. Vaughan, wood bill, No. 3 . 4 50
G. Atwood, wood bill and sawing, No. 5, 18 52
E. H. Cornish, wood bill, No. 5 . 1 00
Geo. P. Lincoln, wood and saw'g, No. 5, 8 50
G. Atwood, wood and sawing, No. 8 . 12 22
C. T. Cornell, sawing wood, No. I 6 24
A. F. Cornish, saw'g wood, No. 2 and 3, 3 50
C. Shurtleff, janitor, No. I Primary 5 75
E. Eames, janitor, No. I Grammar I 75
H. Cassidy, janitor, No. 2 .
W. D. Shurtleff, janitor, No. 3 .
4 50
L. M. Schouler, janitor, No. 4 Primary, 4 25
4 80
C. L. Bates, janitor, No. 4 Grammar . 2 75
A. L. Hammond, janitor, No. 5 . 1 00
M. E. Braddock, cleaning, No. I 6 00
M. E. Richards, cleaning, No. 2 . 3 00
B. Gould, cleaning, No. 3 5 50
E. H. Lucas, cleaning, No. 5 3 10
C. E. Vaughan, sawing wood, No. 3 3 00
Total expenses . $1,361 53
Balance undrawn .
812 45
$2,173 98
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HIGHWAYS.
Receipts and expenditures connected with the repairs of highways the past year: -
DR.
To balance from 1889 $72 71
Appropriation of 1890 . .
. 1,200 00
$1,272 71
CR.
Paid I. S. Shurtleff, Commissioner $324 65
O. L. Shurtleff, same .
373 87
H. T. Hammond, same
381 45
Total expenses
. $1,079 97
Balance unexpended
192 74 .
$1,272 71
REMOVAL OF SNOW-HIGHWAYS.
Receipts and expenses connected with the removal of snow from highways the past year : -
DR.
To balance from 1889 $60 37
CR .-
Paid H. T. Hammond, Commissioner . $II 44
O. L. Shurtleff ·
16 21
I. S. Shurtleff
7 50
$35 15
Balance unexpended . .
25 22
$60 37
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REPAIRS OF BRIDGES.
DR.
To appropriation of 1890 $125 00
Deficiency of 1889 and 1890
161 99
CR.
$286 99
Paid O. L. Shurtleff, comm'r, repairs Bents Mill bridge $139 13 Paid O. L. Shurtleff, comm'r, repairs other small bridges 3 30
Paid O. L. Shurtleff, comm'r, repairs Holmes Mill bridge 22 90
Paid I. S. Shurtleff, comm'r, repairs Federal furnace bridge 59 3I
Total expenses
$224 64
Overdrawn in 1889
62 35
$286 99
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Receipts and expenditures connected with the repairs of school houses the past year : -
DR.
To balance from 1889 . $44 24
" appropriation of 1890 150 00
" received sale of old lumber I 50
CR.
$195 74
Paid painting and repairs No. 3 $60 0I
painting and repairs No. 5 28 73
repairs No. I 30 85
9
repairs No. 2
I 00
repairs No. 8
50
Total expenditures
$121 09
Balance unexpended
74 65
$195 74
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Receipts and expenses connected with school books and school incidentals : -
DR.
To appropriation of 1890 .
$150 00
" received from sale of books 2 18
Deficiency .
14 73
$166 91
CR.
Paid Edw. E. Babb & Co. for books $31 31
Geo. F. King & Merrill for books, 17 21
D. C. Heath & Co. for books 26 53 American Book Co. for books 23 68
A. C. Stockin, agent for books 7 45
J. L. Hammett for crayons . I 13
J. C. Whitehead utensils for school, 2 95
Ellis Foundry Co., utensils for school 6 97
M. B. Shaw for duster
I 75
G. Atwood for dipper
IO
Total expenses
$119 08
Overdrawn in 1889
47 83
$166 91
IO
STATE AID.
Receipts and disbursements connected with State aid to soldiers and families under chapter 301, the past year :-
DR.
Due from the State .
$409 00
CR.
Paid H. K. Swift .
$45 00
Charles Atwood
48 00
L. N. Shaw
40 00
Abby H. Eddy
48 00
Caroline W. Pratt
32 00
Lucy W. Fuller
48 00
P. Jane Barrows
48 00
Eliza B. Shurtleff
48 00
Total disbursments
$357 00
Paid previous to March 5, 1890
52 00
.
$409 00
POOR AND INDIGENT SOLDIERS AID.
Receipts and disbursements under chapter 279 the past year : -
DR.
Due from the State
$84 00
One-half paid by Carver .
84 00
CR.
Paid S. J. Ham
$48 00
Manoah Hurd
96 00
Paid previous to March 5, 1890
. 24 00
$168 00
$168 00
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TOWN AID TO SOLDIERS FAMILIES, CHAPTER 447.
Receipts and expenditures connected with town aid to Soldiers' families the past year : -
DR.
To appropriation of 1890 .
$350 00
CR.
Paid Mrs. Isaiah F. Atwood, Plymouth, $184 33
Sylvia C. Dunham
120 00
$304 33
Balance unexpended
45 67
$350 00
POOR.
Receipts and expenses connected with the support of the poor the past year : -
DR.
To appropriation of 1890 . $1,450 00
" received for rent 10 16
" received sale of grass I 00
" received from Wareham . 6 00
$1,467 16
CR.
Paid aid to-
M. and C. Wrightington, aid, medical attendance, and burials . . $115 40
John Thomas 28 25
Willard Sears
160 15 William Pratt
37 50
12
W. McFarlin, Taunton Lunatic Hosp., 169 46 Town of Wareham, medical attendance, and burial of Stringer children 59 00
Barney Lucas, Wareham ·
86 00
Town of Plymouth, medical attendance,
and burial of A. Casey . 73 75
Charles Roberry, Wareham 234 00
Anna B. Tornrose 74 50
Town of Plymouth, medical attendance, C. W. Atwood's family . 39 50
City of Chelsea, aid to S. J. Ham 15 75
Sarah Bumpus 12 00
Andrew Stringer's family (diphtheria) . 33 35
City of Boston, aid to Emma F. Smith, 6 00
Town of Wareham, aid to Erfort Strin-
ger 9 00
E. H. Cornish, medical attendance, Anderson girl 6 00
J. B. Williams, care and lunch for 166 tramps . 41 50
J. Dunham, for fertilizer, town farm 1889 I 90
T. T. Peirce, stove pipe for tramp house, 2 60
A. Griffith, car fare to Boston, Smith case
2 10
Total expense of poor
. $1,207 71
Overdrawn in 1889 15 95
$1,223 66
Balance unexpended .
243 50
$1,467 16
SCHOOL-EAST HEAD.
Receipts and expenses of school at East Head the past year : -
.
13
DR.
To appropriation, 1890 . $150 00
CR.
Paid Orrie E. Clark, teacher
$95 00
Balance undrawn
55 00
$150 00
FIRE-PROOF VAULT.
DR.
To appropriation of 1890 .
$300 00
CR.
Paid E. C. Morris & Co. for iron safe . $200 00
Freight and cartage
20 00
$220 00
Balance unexpended
80 00
$300 00
INCIDENTAL TOWN EXPENSES.
Receipts and expenses connected with incidental town expenses the past year : -
DR.
To balance from 1889 . $124 62 .
Appropriation of 1890
500 00
Rec'd corporation tax
655 93
National Bank tax
878 71
Herring privilege
I 34
Fine in criminal case
2 50
Pedlers' licences
12 00
Interest on taxes
26 60
Loan
1,400 CO
Total incidental receipts .
$3,601 70
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CR.
Paid A. Griffith, Treas. and Collector's commission, 1889 . . $159 53
A. Griffith, printing, postage, and stationery 13 II
A. Griffith, selectman, overseer of poor, and registrar of voters, 1889 74 86
A. T. Shurtleff, same 31 00
Fred. A. Ward, same 32 00
A. T. Shurtleff, town clerk ser- vices, 1889 35 00
Postage and express 4 42
N. Lincoln, member school com- mittee, 1889 29 00
N. Sherman, auditor, 1889 2 00
J. A. Vaughan, auditor, 1889 I 00
H. H. Gammons, constable, 1889 . 14 00
Ellis H. Cornish, member school committee, 1888 2 50
E. H. Cornish, member school com- mittee, 1889 . 7 50
G. Atwood, member school com- mittee, 1889 47 70
W. D. Shurtleff, ag't sch'l supplies,
3 00
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing town reports 44 00
A. Griffith, books for record and paper I 30
F. E. Barrows, cleaning town house, 75
A. Griffith, assessor 21 00
Fred A. Ward, assessor 21 00
T. T. Vaughan, 21 00
Wm. Savery, interest on loans 35 00
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J. W. Atwood, returning deaths, 1 890 5 00
J. W. Atwood, looking up monu- ment town line I OO
C. A. Reed, solicitor, cost Carver vs. Taunton 67 28
J. W. Hunting, officer, cost in crim- inal case . IO 80
Nelson Sherman, returning deaths 2 25
Town of Plymouth, one-half expense surveying town line and setting monument 15 00
T. T. Vaughan, carrying valuation book to Plymouth 75
H. C. Washburn, house and carriage to Plymouth court . I 25
Total incidental town expenses $704 00
State tax
560 00
County tax
784 97
Loan .
.
1,400 00 ·
$3,448 97
Balance unexpended
.
152 73
$3,601 70
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
A. GRIFFITH, Collector. DR.
1 890.
March 5. To uncollected taxes on bills of 1879, $82 29
CR.
1891.
March 7. By taxes uncollected .
$82 29
·
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DR.
1 890.
March 5. To uncollected taxes on bills of 1889, $13 74
CR.
1891.
March 7. By taxes collected in 1890, $3 03 Nathan Ryder, tax abated, IO 71
$13 74
DR.
1 890.
March 5. To uncollected taxes of 1888 $50 23
CR.
1891.
March 7. By taxes collected in 1890
$50 23
DR.
1 890.
March 5. To uncollected taxes of 1889 . $697 78
CR.
1891.
March 7. By taxes collected in 1890, $616 92 C. A. Comstock's tax abated 2 82
Balance uncollected 78 04
$697 78
DR.
1 890.
Aug. I. To amount of taxes, bills 1891 . $6,015 05
17
CR.
1891. March 7. By taxes collected in 1890, $5,329 00 E. G. Diman, Jr., personal, abated . I 29
Amount uncollected 684 76
$6,015 05
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing ac- counts, and find them correct.
CARVER, March 7, 1891.
NELSON SHERMAM, Auditors
of
JAMES A. VAUGHAN, Carver.
TOWN ASSETS.
1891.
March 7. Cash in the treasury . · $3,332 18 Due from the State, aid to Soldiers, chapter 301 409 00
Due from the State, aid to Soldiers, chapter 279 84 00
Uncollected taxes of 1879.
82 29
1889. 78 04
1890. 684 76
Total assets
. $4,670 27
LIABILITIES.
A. Griffith, Treas. and Coll'r Commissioner 1890, unpaid . $164 09
Printing, postage, and stationery II 24
A. Griffith, Selectman and Overseer of Poor 100 00
Fred. A. Ward, same . 36 50
T. T. Vaughan, same .
26 00
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A. T. Shurtleff, Town Clerk Services and Ex- pressage 41 97
Highway appropriation undrawn 192 74
School appropriation undrawn 867 45
Poor bills unsettled, estimated 225 00
All other demands against the town, estimated,
200 00
Estimated liabilities $1,485 19
Assets over liabilities
. $3,185 08
ASSESSORS' STATISTICS, 1890.
Value of personal estate
$161,470
Value of real estate
480,230
Total valuation
$641,700
Value of buildings
$154,340
Value of land
325,890
$480,230
Raised by taxation
Support of poor .
. $1,450 00
Support of schools
1,500 00
Repair of highways
1,200 00
Repair of bridges
125 00
Repair of school houses
150 00
Town aid to soldiers' families
350 00
School books and incidentals
150 00
East Head school
150 00
Town vault
220 00
Town incidentals
500 00
County tax .
784 97
State tax
560 00
$7,139 97
Deduct Est. Bank and Corporation tax, 1,200 00
$5,939 97
Overlay
75 08
Total amount assessed
$6,015 05
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Rate of taxation per $1,000 .
$8 60
Poll tax
2 00
Number polls taxed
217
Number persons taxed .
529
On poll only .
59
On property .
470
Number horses taxed
166
Number cows taxed
170
Number neat cattle other than cows
72
Number shotes taxed
62
Number mules taxed
7
Number sheep taxed
7
Number ponies taxed
4
Number donkies taxed .
I
Dwellings taxed
274
Acres of land taxed
19,749
Acres cranberry bog taxed
750
APPROPRIATIONS, 1891.
The following sums are recommended to meet current expenses the ensuing year : -
Support of poor .
· $1,200 00
Support of schools
1,500 00
Repair of highways
1,200 00
Repair of bridges
200 00
Repair of schools
100 00
School books and incidentals
150 00
Poor Soldiers' families
300 00
Town incidentals
550 00
School - East Head
150 00
SCHOOLS.
At the time of closing the accounts, March 7th, there was an undrawn balance of upwards of $800, owing to several schools not being out.
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POOR.
There has been a large reduction in the expense of the poor. The overseers are convinced that they can be sup- ported at less cost outside the almshouse than in, under the present condition of things. 166 tramps have been fed and lodged at an expense of $41.50.
FIRE-PROOF VAULT.
Instead of building a fire-proof vault as voted by the town, the Selectmen bought a large safe at quite a saving of expense, and is believed to answer all purposes for many years, thereby hoping to receive the approval of the town.
The past year may be considered rather a favorable one, notwithstanding our case with the city of Taunton was decided against us by the Supreme Court, upon questions of law.
It will be noticed that our assets over liabilities have increased $500.00, the first year, owing in the main to deceased cost of the poor.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW GRIFFITH, ) Selectmen FRED A. WARD, of
T. T. VAUGHAN, Carver.
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TOWN MEETING.
Contents of warrant for town meeting, to be held at the town house on Monday, the 30th day of March, next, at one o'clock, P. M.
ARTICLE I. - To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. - To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 3. - To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
ART. 4. - To determine the manner of repairing the high- ways, and decide the compensation for labor thereon.
ART. 5. - To decide when taxes shall become due, and whether any interest shall be charged after a certain date.
ART. 6. - To see what pay the town will vote the treas- urer and collector, or other town officers.
ART. 7. - To see if the town will instruct the treasurer to borrow money, under the direction of the selectmen, if found necessary, in anticipation of taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 8. - To see if the town will accept the report of the selectmen.
ART. 9. - To see if the town will vote to make the yards of field-drivers, town pounds, provided they be also chosen pound keepers.
ART. 10. - To bring in their ballots "yes " or " no," upon the question, Shall license be granted in this town for the sale of intoxicating liquors ?
ART. II .- To see if the town will vote to paint the Town House, and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 12. - To see if the town will accept the highway as laid out by the selectmen, under the petition of South Meadow Cranberry Company, and E. E. Shaw, choose a building committee, and appropriate money for the same.
ANDREW GRIFFITH, ) Selectmen FRED. A. WARD, of
T. T. VAUGHAN, S Carver.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK For the Year 1890.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1890.
1 890.
Feb. IO. Walter Joseph Morris of Carver, and Minnie Etta Hutchings of Brewster.
May 25. Christopher Bruce and Grace Ardell Washburn, both of Carver.
Aug. 10. Horace E. Thrasher of Carver, and Lydia S. Cobb of Plympton.
Sept. 21. Ezra Shaw of Carver, and Betsey Gonsalves of Middleborough.
Oct. 25. Warren Parker of Carver, and Lena Gross of Plympton.
Oct. 26. George Andrew Shurtleff and Syrvell Myrtle Westgate, both of Carver.
Nov. 17. Joseph B. Dunham of Acushnet, and Alice A. Smith of Carver.
Nov. 27. Ephraim Edmund Stringer and Hattie Ames Atwood, both of Carver.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1890.
1890.
NAME.
PARENTS.
Mch. 26,
Lafayette Harrison Bradford,
Albert C. and Laura A.
April 8,
Ebenezer Dunham Shaw,
Frederick W. and Annie E.
April 15,
Frances Idella Johnson,
William L. and Grace I.
April 18,
Mildred Andrews Thomas.
William H. and Mary F.
May 7,
Charles Melvin Thomas,
Frank and Mildred M.
Aug. 24,
Janie Cleland Burke,
John H. and Jane E.
Sept.
Lethea Hizpah Thomas,
D. Gardner and Emeline B. Eli and Mercy J.
Sept. 30,
Ira Ellsworth Thomas, 1
Oct. 4.
Francis Alfred DeRose,
Alfred M. and Rebecca K.
Nov. 25,
Southworth,
Thomas M. and Lucy A.
Nov. 30,
Annie Maria Shaw,
Ezra and Betsey.
Dec. 28,
Lester Charles Bruce,
William E. and Alice.
No of dogs licensed, 72 Received for same Clerk's fees .
$147 00
14 40
Amounts paid Co. Treas.
$132 60
DEATHS REGISTERED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1890.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
DATE.
NAME.
Y.
M.
D.
.
Jany. 5.
John S. Fuller.
61
-
Jany. 14.
Eliza J. Bumpus.
61
6
Paralysis.
Nathaniel and Lucy Swift. Isaac and Amelia.
Jany. 20.
Timothy M. Benson.
50
IO
9
Dropsy.
Andrew and Hezediah.
Jany. 24.
Florence E. Stringer.
12
IO
Diptheria.
Jany. 29.
Harry O. Stringer.
6
7
Diptheria.
Andrew and Hezediah.
Feb. 2.
Obed O. Stringer.
IO
2
Pneumonia.
John and Ruth.
Feb.
5.
Ira Dimond.
69
4
Feb. 6.
Horace E. Stringer.
4
Diptheria.
Andrew and Hezediah.
Feb.
IO.
Delbert Stringer.
17
6
Diptheria.
Andrew and Hezediah.
Feb. II.
James B. Tillson.
77
5
3
Softening of Brain.
Thomas and Betsey.
Mar.
3.
Lydia C. Shurtleff.
59
II
IO
Abscess.
Benjamin and Mary Finney.
25
Mar.
4.
Hannah P. Dunham.
85
4
22
Mar. 23.
Louisa G. Lowe.
28
-
Consumption.
Apr. 6.
Amnon L. Lowe.
33
2
9
Consumption.
Chas. J. and Eliza A. Samuel and Susanna Bradford.
Apr. 16.
Susannah Morse.
64
4
I 5
Bright's Disease.
John and Alvira Gammons.
June II.
Hannah A. Brett.
47
7
19
June
14.
Caroline Wrightington.
79
3
27
Old Age.
Benjamin and Mary.
July
17.
Philip Chase.
84
[ I
20
Dropsy.
Seth and Susan. Adoniram and Clarissa.
July 22.
Clarissa Woodward.
81
3
Exhaustion.
Benjamin and Mary.
Aug. 15.
Mary Wrightington.
90
II
Cholera Infantum.
Hiram F. and Maria.
Oct.
I.
Sumner Atwood.
84
2
28
Heart Failure.
David and Sarah Pratt.
Oct.
29.
Caroline Pratt.
81
I
3
Heart Failure. Old Age.
Eliab and Elizabeth.
Nov. 18.
Stillman Ward.
77
Nov. 19.
Marcus M. Tillson.
56
8
Abscess on Lung.
Dec. 9.
William Lawrence Sherrett.
31
3
Consumption.
Lewis and Mary T.
Dec. 22.
Andrew M. Bumpus.
80
9
13
Congestion of Lungs.
James E. and Waitstill A.
Sept. II.
Waldo O. Case.
8
Typhoid Fever.
Sept. 17.
Joseph B. Chase.
19
Nathaniel and Lydia.
Sarah B. Sherman.
54
4
14
Hemorrhage.
Ezra and Polly Faunce.
Nov. 4.
22
John and Susannah.
John and Mary.
ALBERT T. SHURTLEFF, Toren Clerk.
Gamaliel and Drusilla.
Accidental Poisoning.
Diptheria.
Andrew and Hezediah.
6
Exhaustion.
Jacob and Patience Cobb.
Lafayette and Mary E. Braddock.
Cancer.
8
Heart Failure.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Carver : -
The following report of your School Committee, for the year ending March Ist, 1891, is respectfully submitted. Your committee are not unmindful of the sacredness of the trust you committed to their care, and of the responsibility you laid upon them ; and if they have failed to accomplish all that could be desired, they are conscious of a desire and purpose to be faithful to the interests committed to them.
We are glad to report that our schools, as a whole, have made creditable improvement during the year. The teachers have labored earnestly, and the scholars that have attended constantly, have made good progress.
In most of the schools there has been no change of teachers during the year ; as it is not only desirable to secure, but also to retain good teachers.
There has been a change in some of the text books. The farmer and the mechanic can accomplish more with good than with poor tools. The farmer can do more and better work with the modern than with the plow our fathers used years ago. There has been as great improvement in the "tools " used in the school-room as on the farm or in the workshop ; and we know of no good reason why the children in our schools should not have as good text-books as children in other places. The change has been made without great expense to the town, and its good results are being seen in the increased interest and better work done in the schools.
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Some of the schoolhouses have been improved by paint and necessary needed repairs ; and more in this line is sadly needed. It will not require a large outlay annually to put and keep our schoolhouses in good condition, so that they will be not only comfortable and convenient, but also attractive and a credit to the town.
We are glad to report an increase in the length of our schools. Last year they had thirty, this year thirty-two weeks.
We rejoice in the " Increased appropriation " for schools ; it is a step in the right direction ; and we would recommend that the appropriation be increased annually till our schools shall be able to have at least three terms of twelve weeks each, or thirty six weeks in the year.
Your committee would suggest for your consideration, and perhaps future action, whether it would not be .better for the schools, and more economical, to discontinue some of them and transport the scholars to other schools.
There is one thing that is a great hindrance to the improvement and efficiency of our schools, and that is the " disinterestedness " or indifference of many parents in regard to the education of their children. They manifest little or no interest in their school, never visiting it, and for trivial excuses allow their children to be absent from school, thus causing an injury and loss both to their children and the school that cannot be easily estimated. From eight to fourteen is the lawful and golden age to gain the elements of a common school education, which those who make our laws seem so anxious every child in the Commonwealth should have. Parents who keep their children from school during these years - if they are physically able to attend - are inflicting an injury upon them that can never be repaired ; it is a loss to the child that never can be made good. It is also a great wrong done to the community, to permit a child to grow up in ignorance when school privi- leges are so freely provided for all.
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In this connection your committee would call special attention to an act of the legislature passed last winter, which is as follows : "Every person having under his con- trol a child between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall annually cause such child to attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides, and such attendance shall continue for at least thirty weeks of the school year, if the schools are kept open that length of time, with an allowance of two weeks' time for absence not excused by the superintendent of schools, or the school committee, and for every neglect of such duty the person offending shall, upon the complaint of the school committee or any truant officer, forfeit to the use of the public schools of such city or town, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars ; but if such child has attended for a like period of time a private day school, approved by the school committee of such city or town. or if such child has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learn- ing required by law to be taught in the public schools, or has already acquired the branches of learning required to be taught in the public schools, or his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impossible, such penalties shall not be incurred." -
At the annual town meeting $150 was appropriated for a school at East Head, or for the transportation of the scholars to other schools, as might be deemed best. Mr. Job A. Tur- ner generously provided a suitable building, and a teacher was employed. The whole number of scholars that have attended is six. The school has been in session thirty weeks, and as much was accomplished as could be expected under the circumstances.
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ROLL OF HONOR. Scholars neither absent nor tardy : - School No. I, Grammar, Helen G. Cutter, Teacher.
FIRST TERM.
Embert H. Eames, Mabel H. Eames,
Loyd C. Robbins,
Flora I. Eames, Helen P. King, Nannie S. King.
Nellie W. Sherman.
SECOND TERM.
Flora I. Eames, Nellie W. Sherman.
School No. 2, Myra A. Shaw, Teacher.
FIRST TERM. Frankie F. Weston.
SECOND TERM.
Stephen S. Richards, Harry F. Shurtleff.
School No. 3, Vesta B. Shaw, Teacher.
FIRST TERM.
Sadie Cooke, Bertha Johnson,
Gertrude Cornish. Willie Cornish.
School No. 4, Grammar, Charles L. Bates, Teacher.
FIRST TERM.
Earnest G. Dunham, Donald McFarlin.
Alice C. Tillson. SECOND TERM.
Flora W. Atwood, Ernest G. Dunham,
E. Bernice Briggs,
Arthur H. Nickerson.
THIRD TERM.
Ernest G. Dunham, Fannie S. Dunham.
Donald McFarlin.
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No. 4, Primary, Lizzie M. Schouler, Teacher. FIRST TERM. Susie Crocker.
SECOND TERM.
Susie Crocker, Blanche Tillson.
THIRD TERM.
Harvey Swift, Blanche Tillson.
School No. 5, Rebecca W. Benson, Teacher.
FIRST TERM. Edna M. Lucas.
SECOND TERM.
Lillias Lewis, James H. Peckham,
Clarence Hines, Elmar Lewis.
School No. 8, Sadie F. Atwood, Teacher.
FIRST TERM.
Mercy B. Griffith, Almon W. Harlow, N. Frankie Atwood,
Marion Pratt, Freddie Harlow, Ellsworth Shaw.
SECOND TERM. G. Gilbert Atwood, Teacher. N. Frankie Atwood.
THIRD TERM. Joseph Ingalls.
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East Head School, Orrie E. Clarke, Teacher. FIRST TERM.
Elmie C. Bump,
Lizzie J. Chase.
SECOND TERM.
Elmie C. Bump.
MONEY APPROPRIATED.
For use of schools the past year : -
Raised by taxation
. $1,500 00
Raised from State School Fund .
207 57
Raised from Ellis Fund
160 00
Raised from Pratt Fund
100 00
Raised from dog tax .
104 07
Raised from Town of Middleboro
23 98
Raised from N. F. Shurtleff
16 65
$2,112 27
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' wages .
. $2,004 00
Wood cutting, etc.
98 53
Cleaning
17 60
Janitors' services
45 00
$2,165 13
N. LINCOLN,
E. H. CORNISH,
School Committee.
GUSTAVUS ATWOOD,
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
SCHOOLS.
TERMS.
TEACHERS.
No. Weeks.
Wages per Week.
Visitors.
No. Pupils per Term.
Av'ge Membership
per Term.
per Term.
No. between 8 and
14 Years.
No. under 3 Years.
No. over 15 Years.
Ave. Membership for
Ave. Membership for
Year in Town.
Cost per Scholar.
I
Helen G. Cutter.
7
$8.00
17
17
17.
16.4
13
No. 1, Gram.
3
Lillian W. Dove.
13
8.00
10
20
28
16
16.
14.
No. 1. Prim.
2
Fannie G. Conroy.
10
7.00
3
26
23.
15.8
13
3
13
$15.95
No. 2.
2
Myra A. Shaw.
0
7.50
4
17
15.
11.5
7
8.
7
3
-
7.50
4
15
18
17.8
16.2
-
1
17.7
135.7
No. 3.
2
9
-
8.00
9.00
28
26
22.3
19.4
19
5 /
20.7
No. 4, Gram.
2
Charles L. Bates.
0
10.00
13
21
19. 1
17.4
14
5
3
12
7.00
17
27
19.1
17.
13
1
No. 4, Prim.
2
Lizzie M. Schouler.
10
7.00
1
19
18
16.5
13.8
10
3
10
7.00
1
8.00
6
19
16.
6
51 6
17.1
No. 5.
2
Rebecca W. Benson.
IO
8.00
6
8.00
4
19
18.5
14.5
9
3
Sadie F. Atwood. G. Gilbert Atwood.
12
7.50
13
15
14.8
13.
9
1
No. 8.
2
9
7.50
7
11
10.
9.2
0
S
2
3
-
7.50
I
15
13.4
10.5
15.8
14.6
14
M. A. Orr, L. W. Dove.
12
8.00
(,
20
18.
15.6
14
I
-
7.00
7.00
1
26
23.
18.8
13
21.0
12
7.50
7
12
9.9
8.6
5
I
12.1
I
I
12
8.00
19
I
18
17.5
15.3
10
2
1
3
I
12
10.00
3
23
20.8
19.7
1 5
5
1
I
8
S
I
17.6
14.3 16.
5
6
0
2
12.7
18
18.
16.4
7
16.1
1.4.4
17.2
-
20
8.00
Vesta B. Shaw.
I
16.9
Year, Each Dist.
Av'ge Attendance
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