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ANNUAL REPORT
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BARRE, MASS. : MRS. JENNIE C. SPOONER, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. GAZETTE OFFICE.
ANNUAL REPORT
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Financial Year Ending March 1, 1908.
BARRE, MASS. : MRS. JENNIE C. SPOONER, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. GAZETTE OFFICE.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1907.
TOWN CLERK :
JESSE ALLEN,
Term expires 1909
SELECTMEN :
HARRY B. PARKER, GARDNER M. DEAN,
Term expires 1908 Term expires 1909
JOHN P. DAY, Term expires 1910
ASSESSORS :
SANFORD H. BULLARD,
WALTER A. WOODIS,
SYLVESTER H. HASKELL,
Term expires 1908 Term expires 1909 Term expires 1910
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :
JESSE ALLEN, WM. H. PARKMAN,
EDMUND CODY,
Term expires 1908 Term expires 1909 Term expires 1910
SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
MRS. M. L. WOODIS, JESSE ALLEN, *HORACE W. LINCOLN,
Term expires 1908 Term expires 1909 Term expires 1910
LIBRARY TRUSTEES ;
FRANK E. DAVIS, MRS. M. L. WOODIS, JESSE ALLEN,
Term expires 1908 Term expires 1909 Term expires 1910
*Deceased.
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE :
JAMES P. FAIRBANK, MASON S. DEAN, JESSE ALLEN,
Term expires 1908 Term expires 1909 Term expires 1910
COLLECTOR : EDMUND CODY.
TREASURER :
GEORGE S. BUTLER. AUDITOR :
WALTER M. ROBINSON.
TREE WARDEN :
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS : WILLIAM A. NYE. FENCE VIEWERS :
JESSE ALLEN, S. H. HASKELL,
C. H. TROWBRIDGE.
CONSTABLES :
G. T. BUTTERFIELD, BERT S. REED,
M. C. WHEELER, W. R. DEAN, F. WINSLOW.
WM. H. PARKMAN,
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK :
W. R. DEAN, G. S. BUTLER, C. F. CALDWELL.
MEASURERS OF LUMBER :
W. R. DEAN, B. S. REED,
J. LEYDEN, W. S. CRAWFORD.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES : CHARLES M. PACKARD. FIELD DRIVERS.
M. C. WHEELER, EDWIN GREEN,
FRED PARMENTER,
F. CALDWELL.
CATTLE INSPECTOR : SANFORD H. BULLARD.
SEXTON : JAMES P. FAIRBANK.
FOREST FIREWARD :
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE.
AGENT TO PROSECUTE AND DEFEND ALL SUITS FOR OR AGAINST THE TOWN. FRANK S. CONANT. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT : HERBERT J. JONES.
REPORT OF
THE SELECTMEN.
THE Selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending March 1, 1908 :
PAID TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN CLERK.
Paid town clerk, services,
$20 10
Express and postage, 5 37
$25 47
TREASURER.
Paid treasurer, for services,
$25 00
Postage and stationery. 3 81
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$28 81
COLLECTOR.
Paid collector, for services,
$75 00
Postage,
6 14
Discount on taxes,
193 52
Collector's book,
1 31
- $275 97
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SELECTMEN.
Paid Harry B. Parker,
$25 00
John P. Day, 25 00
Gardner M. Dean,
25 00
Postage and telephone,
7 33
Traveling expenses,
8 35
$90 68
ASSESSORS.
Paid S. H. Bullard,
$28 75
S. H. Haskell,
16 25
W. A. Woodis,
38 75
Books and postage,
2 58
Printing assessors reports,
21 20
$107-53
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Paid for support of paupers, $585 34
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid for support of schools,
$2462 53
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Paid for repairing highways,
$1191 87
Opening roads, 40 20
---- $1232 07
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Paid William C. Bliss,
$2 00
H. T. Needham,
4 00
J. N. Ball,
2 00
Edmund Cody,
2 00
Alfred Morse,
4 00
C. M. Packard,
2 00
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- $16 00
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LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
Paid for support of town library,
$128 42
AUDITOR.
Paid Walter M. Robinson,
$25 00
REGISTRARS . OF VOTERS.
Paid Harry B. Parker,
$8 00
Gardner M. Dean,
8 00
John P. Day, Jesse Allen,
8 00
12 00
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$36 00
STREET LAMPS.
Paid Harland Angier,
$54 40
G. T. Butterfield,
24 00
Edmund Cody,
24 00
E. A. Buck & Co., lamps,
21 00
C. H. Parker & Son, supplies,
1 41
George Butler, supplies,
1 70
Wm. S. Crawford, labor,
50'
- $127 01
SEXTON.
Paid James Fairbanks,
$25 50
TREE WARDEN.
Paid C. H. Trowbridge,
$15 00
BOND FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid O'Brien & Russell,
$25 00
FOREST FIREWARD.
Paid C. H. Trowbridge, $5 00
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Paid care of cemeteries,
$59 85
STATE AID.
Paid S. Amanda Reed,
$48 00
Horace M. Green,
36 00
John E. Stone,
48 00
Russell Arnold,
36 00
Julia Guilford,
48 00
$216 00
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
Paid state tax,
$440 00
County tax,
394 00
$834 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid for supplies,
$3 70
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS. .
Paid S. H. Bullard,
$43 00
STATE ROAD.
Paid selectmen,
$533 16
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE.
Paid S. H. Bullard,
$31 75
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Gardner M. Dean,
$5 28
SOLDIER'S RELIEF.
For Julia Guilford, $1 00
$6939 07
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid as follows :
Dr. E. P. Bixby, reporting birth, $0 25
H. J. Lawrence, printing ballots, 10 00
William I. Thompson, surveying library lot and setting batter boards, 29 85
Mawbey & Johnson, Perry Wood case, 55 98
Jennie C. Spooner, printing town reports, 29 48
Arthur B. Chapin, one-fourth of license money,
137 50
Henry Bartlett, special police, 4 00
Morton Lincoln, special police,
4 00
Fred Parmenter, special police,
4 00
Worcester Record, advertising bids for library building, 1 35
Mawbey & Johnson, council fee,
2 00
Dennis Leyden, labor on town hall,
3 20
C. M. Wheeler, constable, 2 00
Frank Winslow, constable, 2 00
G. T. Butterfield, constable, 2 00
Napoleon Hoagland, fire extinguishers, 14 00
John P. Ranger, Walter Tucker case, 8 87
John P. Day, labor on pump,
80
F. E. Davis, one duster,
1 25
Ross Brothers, pump and freight,
6 91
M. M. Butterfield, drawing coal,
4 67
John Keep, drawing coal,
5 14
W. C. Bliss, coal for library,
40 86
B. S. Reed, constable,
4 00
W. C. Ayres, one-half repairs on church spire, 12 50
W. R. Dean, wood, 23 25
F. E. Davis, repairs on piano, 4 00
O. D. Tottingham, supplies for library, 1 35
George S. Butler, supplies, 2 74
F. E. Davis, care of hall and clock, 35 00
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Paid C. H. Trowbridge, labor and lumber on Allen fence, $2 50
C. H. Trowbridge, labor on pump, 1 20
Wm. S. Crawford, repairs on town hall, 1 00
H. K. Barnes, supplies for fire extinguishers, 6 25
C. H. Parker & Son, two pails, fire department, 50.
$7403 47
List of Jurors as Revised by the Selectmen.
C. H. Parker, Alfred C. Morse, Henry Bartlett, Frank S. Conant, James Leyden,
Charles H. Trowbridge, John P. Day, Frank E. Davis,
All of which is respectfully submitted,
HARRY B. PARKER,
JOHN P. DAY,
GARDNER M. DEAN,
Selectmen of Oakham.
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Treasurer's Report.
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To cash balance, $1077 78
Received, balance of fines in criminal cases, 6 80
Auctioneer's license, 2 00
Butcher's license, 3 00
State returns, for inspection of animals,
15 88
State Board of Education,
34 00
Boston. appropriation for schools,
185 00
Trustees of Lyman and Industrial schools,
22 50
Jesse Allen, account of superintendent of schools, 187 50
Income Massachusetts school fund,
964 99
High school tuition in special cases,
136 00
Rutland, school supplies,
2 95
F. S. Conant, school supplies,
2 02
M. C. Needham & Co., liquor license,
550 00
Spencer, relief of Joseph Greenwood, 6 89
State aid, 216 00
Burial of indigent soldiers,
35 00
Corporation tax,
14 07
National Bank tax,
38 84
Dog fund,
129 23
State highway, loan fund,
530 00
Rent of piano,
7 75
Rent of hall,
28 00
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Received, H. P. Wright, erecting watering
trough at Mullett spring, $16 00
O. D. Tottingham, apples, 1 00
C. M. Wheeler, grass on common, 2 00
Fannie W. Kimball, trust fund,
50 00
Mary E. Brown, trust fund,
50 00
Edmund Cody, taxes, 1905,
116 81
Same, taxes, 1906,
877 40
Same, taxes, 1907,
4081 88
Same, discount on taxes,
193 52
Interest on deposits,
24 52
---- $9609 33
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CR.
By paying selectmen's orders, $7403 47
Depositing Fannie W. Kimball trust
fund, 50 00
Depositing Mary E. Brown trust fund,
50 00
Depositing Charles A. Fobes legacy, 100 00
Depositing interest on Charles A. Fobes legacy, 5 07
2000 79
$9609 33
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
Charles A. Fobes,
100 00
Mrs. Samuel B. Ripley,
25 00
Fannie W. Kimball,
50 00
Mary E. Brown,
50 00
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Cash in treasury,
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LEGACIES.
Benjamin P. Clark, Charles A. Fobes,
$408 06 100 00
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE S. BUTLER,
Treasurer.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DR.
To uncollected taxes of 1905, $101 99
Interest on taxes, 14 82
$116 81
CR.
By treasurer's receipts, $116 81
DR.
To uncollected taxes of 1906,
$1032 30
Interest on taxes,
32 94
-$1065 24
CR.
By treasurer's receipts,
$877 40
Abatements,
8 00
-- $885 40
$179 84
DR.
Taxes committed for collection in 1907 :
State tax,
$440 00
County tax,
394 00
Town tax,
3960 00
Overlaying,
222 94
Interest, 3 45
-$5020 39
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CR.
By treasurer's receipts, Uncollected taxes, Abatements,
$4275 40
732 91
12 08
-$5020 39
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND CODY,
Collector.
REPORT OF THE
Superintendent of Streets.
THE superintendent of streets makes the following report for the year ending March 31, 1908 :
Paid W. A. Nye,
$467 33
F. E. Winslow,
81 01
E. H. Dwelly,
81 40
J. C. Woodis,
131 00
F. H. Boyd,
63 61
S. F. Woodis,
94 34
E. Green,
65 62
N. J. Green,
52 94
W. H. Boyd,
54 43
B. S. Reed,
13 56
W. R. Dean,
6 00
C. H. Parker,
8 61
R. F. Parker,
29 00
W. M. Robinson,
4 93
F. Parkman,
2 59
A. C. Morse,
3 20
H. D. Bullard,
8 00
C. H. Trowbridge,
5 80
L. J. Bushnell,
7 35
F. E. Loring,
11 15
$1191 87
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OPENING ROADS, 1907.
Paid W. A. Nye, $8 46
John Gilboy,
1 42
J. H. Gilboy, 1 92
John Gaffney,
1 76
T. C. Gaffney,
2 27
H. W. Lincoln,
3 20
Frank Dexter,
2 79
Justin Rawson,
1 93
J. J. Donovan,
96
Peter White,
3 50
Mason S. Dean,
2 79
Wm. Gaffney,
1 58
G. W. Stone,
7 62
$40 20
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. NYE,
Superintendent of Streets.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS of the POOR.
Paid for aid furnished Almira Woodis, $146 00
For aid furnished Charles Winslow, 112 29
For aid furnished Job Simmons, 189 00
For aid furnished Samuel Hapgood,
78 80
For aid furnished Charles Marden,
15 00
Jesse Allen, overseer, 24 00
Edmund Cody, overseer,
10 00
Wm. H. Parkman, overseer,
8 00
Postage and telephoning,
2 25
$585 34
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, WM. H. PARKMAN, EDMUND CODY,
Overseers of the Poor.
Free Public Library.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DR.
Balance on hand,
$9 57
Fines and cards,
3 35
Received from town,
128 42
$141,34
CR.
Paid F. E. Davis, librarian,
$25 00
G. N. Briggs, exchange of books for Coldbrook,
25 00
For new books,
78 42
Express and postage,
2 41
Balance on hand,
10 51
$141 34
Number of volumes in library,
1446
Added during the year,
56
Circulation,
2075
Largest number charged in one day,
51
Smallest number charged in one day,
27
Number of persons taking books,
127
For more than one hundred years the town has had a public library, but never a library building. Within the past
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year the Fobes Memorial Library Building, built of field stone, the gift to the town from the late C. A. Fobes of Petersham, Mrs. C. E. Fobes of Worcester, and her daughter, Mrs. H. F. Gifford of Tarrytown, N. Y., has been erected. It is beautiful in design and finish.
Great credit is due the building committee, also the archi- tects and contractor, for their faithful and valuable services. The building, completely furnished, will soon be dedicated, and will be an ornament and a blessing to the town.
M. L WOODIS, JESSE ALLEN, F. E. DAVIS,
Library Trustees.
REPORT OF The Cemetery Committee.
Paid general care of West cemetery, $22 43
Same, Old cemetery, 19 10
Same, South cemetery, 3 82
Same, South west cemetery,
2 00
Repairs on lawn mower,
50
For care of individual lots,
12 00
$59 85
The grave stones in the Old cemetery by the church have all been carefully re-set and other improvements made.
Fifteen lots have received especial care, the' expense being borne by the individual owners.
LOTS NOW PROVIDED WITH PERPETUAL CARE. Gould lot in West cemetery.
Fobes lot in West cemetery.
S. Lincoln lot in West cemetery.
Ripley lot in West cemetery.
Kimball lot in West cemetery.
Edmund Dean lot in South cemetery.
Cheney Reed lot in South cemetery.
Sumner Reed lot in South cemetery,
Andrew Spooner lot in South West cemetery.
Respectfully submitted, JESSE ALLEN, J. P. FAIRBANK, MASON S. DEAN, Cemetery Committee.
REPORT OF
The School Committee.
STATISTICS.
Number of pupils enrolled, 105
Average membership, 88.9
Average attendance,
83.8
Percentage of attendance,
93.2
APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES.
School fund of 1907,
$964 99
Support of school,
1200 00
School superintendent,
60 60
State return for school superintendent,
187 50
Education of state children, . 34 00
Education of Boston children,
185 00
Education of Lyman school children,
22 50
High school tuition refunded,
136 00
Sale of school supplies, 2 02
- $2792 01
School Expenses. SALARIES.
Paid Superintendent H. J. Jones, $240 00
Miss Florence E. Bothwell, 320 00
Miss Ethel Braman, 300 00
Miss Julia E. Connelly,
330 00
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Paid Miss Ruth E. Butterfield, $320 00
Mrs. Effie T. Swindell,
320 00
Mrs. George Edson, 20 00
Miss Dorothy D. Keyes, musical in- structor,
25 00
Mr. S. E. Rich,
20 00
--- $1895 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Paid Mrs. George Edson,
$42 40
SUPPLIES.
Paid for supplies,
$100-80
FUEL.
Paid William Gaffney,
$19 50
W. R. Dean,
27 00
M. S. Dean,
15 00
O. D. Tottingham,
21 00
Walter Bullard,
23 00
S. F. Fairbank,
18 00
J. P. Fairbank,
24 00
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$147 50
TUITION.
Paid town of Barre,
$136 00 -
Town of Rutland,
8 00
$144 00
CARE OF HOUSES.
Paid Morton Butterfield,
$9 75
Francis Gaffney,
6 00
Harlan Angier,
39 52
May Robinson,
10 15
$65 42
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REPAIRS.
Paid for repairs,
$10 16
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid Jesse Allen, services,
$38 00
M. L. Woodis, services,
17 00
Postage and telephoning, 2 25
$57 25
$2462 53
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It is with feelings of the deepest sadness that we are obliged to record the death of our associate on the school board for so many years, Dea. Horace W. Lincoln. Our schools will greatly miss his genial presence and wise counsel.
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, MINNIE L. WOODIS, School Committee.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
The pupils named below were neither absent nor tardy for the number of terms specified :
CENTER SCHOOLS. One term : Mildred Burt, Annie Chris- tiansen, James Garland, Evelyn Clifford, John O'Donnell, Walter Hennick, Joseph Massison, George Grimes, Orton Butler, Charles Christian, Joseph Cowan, Mary Elliot, Charles Keep. Agnes Woodis, William Morse, Alice Bullard.
Two terms: Orvis Banks, Allie Swindell, John O'Donnell, Raymond Thresher, Lavander Clifford, Hazel Grimes, Rose Rymill. .
Three terms: George Dean, John Marshall, Arthur Rymill, Orvis Banks, Harold Dunham, Nellie Hale, James MacDonald, Blanche Yeo, Ida Yeo.
COLDBROOK SCHOOL. One term : Henry Blake, Earle Par- ker, Lester Howe, Earle Lawless.
Two terms: Doris Bruce, Ralph Cody, Marion Winslow, LeRoy Monroe.
Three terms: Evelyn Cody, Beatrice Monroe, Susie Wins- low.
SOUTH SCHOOL. One term: Donald Rutherford, Minnie Rutherford, Marion Rutherford, Louis Glover, Hazel Robinson, Ruby Bullard, Fred Kenney, Lottie Thresher, Robert Luce, James Kenney.
Three terms: Bernard Dean, May Robinson, Jolin Robin- son.
WEST SCHOOL. One term: May Scott, Willie Moran, Thomas Moran.
Two terms: Edward Gaffney.
Three terms: Francis Gaffney, Annie Gaffney, Willie Gaffney.
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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 trustees, cemetery committee, tree and fire warden, and find them to be correct. I have also examined the accounts of the treasurer and collector, and find them to be correct.
W. M. ROBINSON, Auditor ..
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT OF
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
For the Year 1907.
BIRTHS.
DATE. CHILD'S NAME. PARENTS.
January 16, daughter, Marie Clarinda, to Joseph and Clarinda Greenwood.
March 20, son, James Kiernan, to James and Mary V. Leyden. May 16, daughter, Mary Gertrude, to John C. and Lillian Ruth- erford.
October 4, daughter, Dorila Rosalma, to Albert and Telerise Chagnon.
November 8, daughter, Grace Adelia, to Patrick and Kate O'Donnell.
MARRIAGES.
July 20, Charles L. Hall to Gertrude V. McDonald. October 29, Henry U. Crawford to Edith L. Bartlett.
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DEATHS.
DATE.
Y.
M.
D.
May 25, Lewis N. Haskell,
79
11
0
June 5, Eliza J. Kimball,
63
8
5
July 7, John P. Gaffney,
38
11
19
July 25, Joseph B. Dwelly,
78
7
0
October 26, Ruth B. Clark,
96
9
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Average age, seventy and one-half years.
BURIED IN TOWN.
March 29, Lucy B. Henry,
91
April 22, Benjamin Nourse,
79
May 9, Bertha M. Fobes,
47
5
June 30, Frank E. Burt,
41
August 18, Thomas A. Loring,
79
8
6
Nov. 6, George Duffy,
81
4
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Population, 519.
Number of voters, male, 131; female, 10.
Number of dogs licensed, 69; male, 62; female, 7.
JESSE ALLEN, Town Clerk.
Warrant for Town Meeting.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. WORCESTER, SS.
To Walter R. Dean, or either of the constables of the toiun 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 sixth 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, one School Committee for two years, Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Auditor, Tree Warden, Highway Surveyor, three Fence Viewers and six Constables, 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 8th. 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.
Article 12th. To determine the manner of collecting taxes the ensuing year.
Article 13th. To see if the town will employ some person to care for the Town Hall, Town Clock and Library Building 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 raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day.
Article 18th. To see if the town will appoint some person or persons as agents to prosecute and defend all suits that may be brought for or against the town for the ensuing year.
Article 19th. To see if the town will take any action towards purchasing any chemical fire extinguishers, or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 20th. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any money to complete the grading around the Fobes Memorial library building, or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 21st. To see if the town will vote to accept a deed of the Green Hollow Cemetery and take perpetual care of same, or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 22d. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any money to purchase a new road scraper, or pass any vote relative thereto.
Article 23d. To see if the town will accept the provision of Chapter 346 of the Acts and Resolves of 1902, to elect a Moderator to preside in all town meetings, except those for election of State officers during the year, or pass any vote rela- tive thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up 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 due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of March, in · this year one thousand nine hundred and eight.
HARRY B. PARKER, Selectmen JOHN P. DAY, of GARDNER M. DEAN, Oakham.
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Superintendent of Schools
FOR THE
CENTRAL WORCESTER UNION
TOWNS : HOLDEN, OAKHAM, PAXTON, RUTLAND WORCESTER COUNTY, MASS.
MARCH, 1908
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; Oakham, three-twentieths; Paxton, one-tenth. 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.
Mrs. Addie M. Holden, secretary,
1908
William J. Powers,
1908
James A. Holden, chairman,
1909
Mrs. Martha E. Graham,
1909
Mrs. Anna P. Fay,
1910
T. Walter Howe,
1910
RUTLAND.
Term Expires.
Dennis E. Smith, chairman,
1908
William C. Temple,
1909.
Louis M. Hanff, secretary,
1910
OAKHAM.
Term Expires.
Mrs. Minnie L. Woodis, secretary,
1908
Jesse Allen, chairman,
1909
H. W. Lincoln,
1910
PAXTON.
Term Expires.
Walter E. Clark,
1909
Mrs. Susie E. Flint,
1910
Lewis S. Clapp,
1911
ANNUAL REPORT.
To the School Committees of Holden, Oakham, Paxton, and Rutland:
In the terms of the statute, your towns constitute "a union for the purpose of employing a superintendent of schools." The superintendent has found it practicable to treat his entire field as a unit in all essential matters, and therefore reports to you as the "joint committee" who employ him.
The more important phases of the school enterprise are of common interest to the citizens of all the towns. A few things of local interest are treated under the title "Town Notes." Your agreement regarding the distribution of the superintend- ent's time and effort among the towns corresponds approxi- mately to the relative amount of work to be done, and no serious difficulty has been found in carrying out the agreement.
This eighth report, like its predecessors, is furnished to the several town printers to form a part of the annual pamphlet issued before the town meeting. The early meeting in Paxton makes an exception necessary there, and the superintendent's report goes to the citizens of that town in separate form.
ATTENDANCE.
Attention is called to the "Summary" below and to the tables which follow. The latter give the facts of attendance
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCE.
HOLDEN.
OAKHAM.
PAXTON.
RUTLAND.
TOTAL.
No. enrolled since September 1, 1907,
478.
105.
97.
246.
926.
Average membership for year,
435.5
88.9
79.7
211.7
815.8
Average attendance for year,
391.8
83.8
66.3
189.4
731.3
Per cent. of attendance for year,
89.7
93.2
84.5
89.2
88.8
Per cent. of attendance for last year,
89.8
94.9
89.0
88.0
90.3
4
STATISTICAL TABLES.
HOLDEN.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
TERMS, 1907-08
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. Anjenette Newton,
Spring_ Fall
12 12
60.9. 61.6 59.0
54.8 57.6
89.9 93.4 87.2
90.2
79
Assistants
Spring.
12
43.3
38.5
88.5
39
Center Primary.
Margery A. Rice.
Fall
12
35.4
30.4
85.9
38
Margery A. Rice.
Winter
12
37.4
30.9
82.7
85.7
44
Elizabeth A. Brown
Spring.
12
35.5
31.8
89.5
62
Center Grammar ..
Elizabeth A. Brown.
Fall
12
38.8
35.7
92.0
68
Elizabeth A. Brown.
Winter
12
39.3
33.7
86.9
89.5
97
Jefferson,
Laura L. Chenery
Fall
12
21.5
19.7
91.7
33
First Primary
Laura L. Chenery
Winter
9
21.1
14.6
68.7
83.7
15
Jefferson,
Rena E. Perkins.
Fall
12
36.3
34.1
94,1
61
Rena E. Perkins.
Winter
12
32.8
27.3
83.5
89.9
75
Jefferson
Esther C. Hendricks
Fall
12
27.1
26.3
93.6
25
Esther C. Hendricks
Winter
9
28.9
25.5
88.5
91.6
29
Jefferson
Clara K. Bascom
Fall
12
33.6
.30.7
91.3
41
Grammar
Clara K. Bascom
Winter
12
32.0
27.9
87.2
89.9
20
Elsie H. Crawshaw
Spring
12
29.3
25.4
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