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BARRE, MASS. : MRS. JENNIE C. SPOONER, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. GAZETTE OFFICE.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1911.
TOWN CLERK :
JESSE ALLEN,
Term expires 1912
SELECTMEN :
GARDNER M. DEAN, JOHN P. DAY, GILBERT T. BUTTERFIELD,
Term expires 1912
Term expires 1913
Term expires 1914
ASSESSORS :
WALTER A. WOODIS,
Term expires 1912
SYLVESTER H. HASKELL,
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN,
Term expires 1913 Term expires 1914
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, EDMUND CODY, JESSE ALLEN,
Term expires 1912
Term expires 1913 Term expires 1914
SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
JESSE ALLEN, J. NELSON BALL, Term expires 1913 Term expires 1914
Term expires 1912
MRS. M. L. WOODIS,
LIBRARY TRUSTEES :
MRS. M. L. WOODIS, HENRY C. FOBES, SARA E. BUTLER,
Term expires 1912 Term expires 1913 Term expires 1914
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE :
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MASON S. DEAN, JESSE ALLEN, JAMES P. FAIRBANK,
Term expires 1912 Term expires 1913 Term expires 1914
COLLECTOR : EDMUND CODY.
TREASURER : GEORGE S. BUTLER.
AUDITOR :
WALTER M. ROBINSON.
TREE WARDEN :
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE.
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR : WILLIAM A. NYE.
FENCE VIEWERS :
JESSE ALLEN, C. H. TROWBRIDGE, S. H. HASKELL.
CONSTABLES : WILLIAM C. AYRES, WALTER R. DEAN, MORTON F. LINCOLN, HENRY W. BARTLETT, FRED 1
H. PARMENTER, FRANK WINSLOW. MEASURER OF WOOD : ALFRED C. MORSE. MEASURER OF LUMBER : W. WARREN RUSSELL. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES : OMER D. TOTTINGHAM.
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FIELD DRIVERS :
WAYLAND ANGIER, JOHN W. DWELLY, FRANK CALDWELL.
CATTLE INSPECTOR :
GEORGE W. STONE.
UNDERTAKER :
JAMES P. FAIRBANK.
TOWN AGENT :
FRANK S. CONANT.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT :
CHARLES L. RANDALL,
FOREST FIREWARD : C. H. TROWBRIDGE.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
THE selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending March 1, 1912 :
Paid Town Officers.
TOWN CLERK.
Paid town clerk for services, $35 89
TREASURER.
Paid treasurer for services,
$35 00
Postage and telephone,
4 88
Treasurer's book,
4 15
$44 03
COLLECTOR.
Paid collector for services,
$75 00
Stamps and book,
8 75
Discount on taxes,
183 82
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$267 57
SELECTMEN.
Paid G. M. Dean,
$25 00
J. P. Day,
25 00
G. T. Butterfield,
25 00
Postage and telephone,
7 49
$82 49
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ASSESSORS.
Paid W. A. Woodis, S. H. Haskell,
$49 80
41 25
W. H. Parkman,
31 25
Deeds and probates,
6 44
$128 74
AUDITOR.
Paid W. M. Robinson, $25 00
SEALER WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Paid O. D. Tottingham, $10 00
One steel die, 62
$10 62
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid for support of paupers, $578 11 1
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid for support of schools,
$3204 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Paid for highways and bridges,
$1383 64
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS
Paid H. W. Stone,
$2 00
J. W. Dwelly,
4 00
A. C. Morse,
4 00
Bert Needham,
2 00
Edmund Cody,
2 00
J. P. Fairbank,
2 00
$16 00
LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
Paid for support of library, $394 41
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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid J. P. Day, $12 00
G. M. Dean,
12 00
G. T. Butterfield,
8 0.0
Jesse Allen,
12 00
$44 00
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS AT PRIMARY
CAUCUS.
Paid Edmund Cody,
$2 00
Sylvester Dean,
2 00
Walter Vance,
2 00
A. C. Morse,
2 00
$8 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation, $175.
Paid Earl Lawless,
$60 00
W. W. Russell,
60 65
G. S. Butler,
18 35
C. H. Parker & Son,
13 56
G. T. Butterfield,
75
Walter Howe.
10 50
Wm. S. Crawford,
12 81
C. H. Trowbridge,
1 50
$178 12
UNDERTAKER'S
Services and death returns,
$30 75
BOND FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Massachusetts Bonding Co., $24 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid C. H. Trowbridge, $52 87
H. C. Fobes,
12 96
Coldbrook Basket Co.,
2 40
Guy H. Cheever,
40
Edmund Cody,
3 50
H. K. Barnes,
94 95
Wayland Angier,
1 70
A. Hapgood,
44
Bert Banks,
3 56
Orvis Banks,
2 11
Harlan Angier,
2 44
H. A. Crawford,
2 22
G. A. Briggs,
4 00
J. W. Dwelly,
4 00
C. L. Clifford,
10 00
A. L. Newton,
2 66
B. S. Trumble,
3 00
A. B. Spooner,
3 30
G. S. Butler,
12 00
Sexton Can Co.,
16 20
G. M. Dean,
52
T. S. Conant,
1 00
$236 23
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Paid J. P. Fairbank,
$1 24
M. D. Jones,
3 60
E. Green,
174 35
W. W. Russell,
1 27
G. S. Butler,
5 40
T. C. Gaffney,
6 00
H. C. Fobes,
35
$192 21
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OPENING ROADS.
Paid opening roads 1911, 1912, N. A. Fisk, $2 78 Justin Rawson, 3 68
T. C. Gaffney, 80
$7 26
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS.
Paid H. C. Fobes,
$19 60
C. H. Trowbridge,
34 49
Ross Brothers, 1 30
$55 39
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid G. M. Dean, $0 85
W. C. Ayres, 3 00
G. S. Butler,
1 77
$5 62
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
Paid State tax,
$550 00
County tax, 355 00
$905 00
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS.
Paid H. D. Bullard,
$4 50
G. W. Stone, 40 25
$44-75
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE.
Paid G. W. Stone,
$41 00
H. D. Bullard,
24 10
- $65 10
STATE ROAD.
Paid for building state road, $537 09
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STATE AID.
Paid Newton Munroe,
$48 00
Sara Vaughn,
24 00
S. Amanda Reed,
48 00
Julia Guilford,
28 00
John E. Stone,
72 00
H. M. Green,
36 00
$256 00
WORCESTER TRUST CO.
For money borrowed,
$700 00
Interest,
3 50
$703 50
POLICE.
Paid C. H. Parker & Son, handcuffs, $4 75
F. H. Parmenter, 1911, 2 00
W. R. Dean, 1910, 1911,
7 00
$13 75
BUILDING VAULT. Appropriation, $700.
Paid Van Dorn Iron Co ,
$675 00
C. H. Trowbridge, 4 30
John P. Day,
6 77
F. S. Conant, electric lights for vault,
10 00
W. Harris,
5 52
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$701 59
MISCELLANEOUS. Appropriation, $500.
Paid W. W. Russell, care of town hall, $55 53
G. M. Dean, express, 35
C. H. Trowbridge, tree trimmer, 1 25
Hobbs & Warren, law blanks, 8 79
H. J. Lawrence, printing ballots,
10 00
Jesse Allen, registering voters, 1910,
4 00
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Paid C. H. Parker & Son, tablets, $6 00
H. C. Fobes, cutting tree, 40
C. H. Trowbridge, cutting tree, 1 25
Jennie C. Spooner, printing, 45 00
W. W. Russell, labor,
2 30
G. S. Butler, oil and chimneys, 5 70
G. M. Dean, expenses to Boston and Webster, 3 62
John P. Day, expenses to Webster, 1 53
G. T. Butterfield, expenses to Boston, 2 34
E. Howard Clock Co .. cleaning clock, 17 89
C. H. Trowbridge, repairing roof, 1 55
Elmer A. Stevens, 375 00
R. F. Parker, labor on church steeple, 3 25
W. R. Dean, wood and lumber, 28 10
J. E. Pickering, fumigating, 4 00
F. E. Loring, pump for library,
19 10
F. E. Loring, hose for pump,
6 65
G. S. Butler, certifying note, 3 00
E. Cody, tax notices, 7 25
W. R. Dean, repairs on furnace, 50 00
W. C. Ayres, painting, 5 50
G. S. Butler, supplies for hall, 2 60
G. M. Dean, team for state agent, 2 00
F. H. Parmenter, dog officer,
5 00
Jennie C. Spooner, printing,
25 00
Wm. S. Crawford, one-fourth repairs on hall, 17 46
G. S. Butler, supplies,
1 56
F. E. Davis, care of clock,
25 00
Wm. S. Crawford, nails, 39
$743 36
$10.922 22
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Revised List of Jurors.
Henry W. Bartlett, farmer, Frank E. Davis, librarian, Wayland Angier, farmer, C. Frank Caldwell, mechanic, William Gaffney, farmer. Sylvester R. Dean, miller, Wallace W. Grimes, farmer.
Respectfully submitted,
GARDNER M. DEAN, JOHN P. DAY, G. T. BUTTERFIELD, Selectmen of Oakham.
Treasurer's Report.
DR.
To cash on hand, $1752 76
Received of E. Cody, taxes, 1909, $142 08
E. Cody, taxes, 1910, 461 45
E. Cody, taxes, 1911, 3766 81
Discount on taxes,
183 82
Library trustees,
3 52
Librarian, for fines, etc.,
7 31
Two butcher's licenses,
2 00
Sturtevant & Bagley, liquor license,
1500 00
Same, Innholder's certificate,
2 00
Lot No. 26, West cemetery,
10 00
Fines in criminal cases,
13 92
Auctioneer's license,
2 00
Massachusetts State Highway loan fund, 550 00
City of Worcester, care of poor, 25 00
O. D. Tottingham, grass of library lot, 1 00
State returns for inspection of animals, Worcester Trust Co., borrowed,
12 75
700 00
Cemetery committee, care of lots,
31 00
B. & M. R. R., fighting fire,
6 00
State of Massachusetts, school sup- plies, etc., 142 00
State of Massachusetts, high school tuition, 142 00
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Received, rent of Memorial hall, $36 00
State of Massachusetts, income Massa-
chusetts school fund, 500 00
Jesse Allen, account school superin- tendent, 187 50
State of Massachusetts, corporation tax, public service, 7 86
State of Massachusetts, corporation tax, business, 34 22
State of Massachusetts, National Bank tax, 31 42
State of Massachusetts, state aid, 236 00
Burial of indigent soldiers and sailors,
74 00
Dog fund returned,
132 07
State of Massachusetts, support of sick paupers, . 24 00
Interest on National Bank deposits,
32 47
$9685 20
$11,437 96
CR.
By paying selectmen's orders,
$10,922 22
Library fund deposited, 3 52
$10,925 74
Balance in treasury.
$512 22
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
George H. Gould,
$100 00
Daniel H. Dean,
100 00
Caroline M. Maynard,
150 00
Stephen Lincoln,
50 00
Charles H. Fobes,
100 00
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Martha M. Macullar,
$100 00
Mrs. Samuel B. Ripley,
25 00
Fannie W. Kimball,
50 00
Mary E. Brown,
50 00
Weeks & Elliott,
100 00
Sumner Reed,
100 00
Lewis N. Haskell,
100 00
Lewis Allen,
100 00
Jesse Allen,
100 00
Library fund,
$674.90
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE S. BUTLER,
Treasurer.
Collector's Report.
DR.
Uncollected taxes for 1909,
$83 90
12 90
Interest, Error in warrant,
84 81
$181 61 -
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By treasurer's receipts,
142 08
Abatement,
3 57
145 65
35 96
DR.
Uncollected taxes for 1910,
690 80
Interest,
21 37
712 17
CR.
By treasurer's receipts,
461 45
Abatements,
32 38
493 83
218 34
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Taxes committed to me for collection September 1, 1911.
State tax,
$550 00
County tax.
355 00
Town tax,
3956 38
Overlayings,
50 00
Interest,
2 96
-$4914 34
CR.
By treasurer's receipts,
3950 63
Abatement,
4 34
3954 97
$959 37
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND CODY, Collector.
REPORT OF Superintendent of Streets.
ยท REPAIRING HIGHWAY.
Paid W. A. Nye,
$515 02
G. F. Butterfield,
134 75
F. E. Parkman,
114 75
N. J. Green,
144 00
L. P. Green,
63 00
S. F. Woodis,
136 23
J. C. Woodis,
142 78
E. Green,
12 00
E. Hapgood,
4 00
W. F. Fullam,
20 77
G. Morse,
10 59
C. H. Parker & Son,
2 95
W. S. Crawford,
1 80
F. E. Loring,
5 90
A. B. Spooner,
2 00
H. W. Bartlett,
4 94
W. C. Ayres,
24 66
Baker Lumber Co.,
43 50
$1383 64
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. NYE, Superintendent of Streets.
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OPENING ROADS, 1911 AND 1912.
Paid Nathan Fisk, Justin Rawson, 3 68
$2 78
T. C. Gaffney, 80
$7 26
REPORT OF THE
OVERSEERS of the POOR.
Paid Charlton Poor Farm Association,
$11 06
Fred T. Parkman,
366 00
F. B. Holland,
7 10
Grace Keep,
19 00
Dr. Bixby,
27 45
Thomas Winter,
3 00
Mrs. Horace Green,
24 00
Dr. J. E. Pickering,
49 00
G. S. Butler,
7:50
Dr. E. F. Phelan,
3 50
Wm. H. Parkman, overseer,
16 00
Jesse Allen, overseer,
28 50
Edmund Cody, overseer,
16 00
$578 11
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, EDMUND CODY,
Overseers of the Poor.
YEARLY REPORT OF THE
TOWN FARM ASSOCIATION
February 1, 1911, to February 1, 1912.
RECEIPTS.
Milk,
$2114 40
Eggs,
49 67
Stock,
130 00
Outside labor,
126 42
Miscellaneous,
30 29
Board received from sundry persons,
247 50
CASH RECEIVED.
Charlton,
323 71
Leicester,
487 45
Paxton,
171 75
Auburn.
262 53
Westminster,
686 95
Princeton,
171 75
Holden,
272 43
Hubbardston,
325 60
Rutland,
208 44
Oakham,
23 06
$5631 95
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EXPENDITURES.
Salary, warden and matron,
$650 00
Outside help,
247 08
Inside help,
355 50
Groceries,
1150 84
Meat,
314 80
Grain,
882 73
Boots, shoes, Eclothing,
125 84
Drugs and medical attendance,
63 43
Miscellaneous,
287 64
Fish and oysters,
64 30
Tobacco,
48 48
Rent and interest,
585 96
Wood and coal,
250 74
Stock,
96 00
Tools and seed,
124 47
Hardware,
30 35
Replenishing,
4 00
Insurance,
36 83
Phosphate,
54 45
Carriage painting,
9 00
Blacksmithing,
46 80
Filling silo,
31 30
Harvesting ice,
22 30
Dry goods,
149 11
$5631 95
The number of inmates who have been supported by the Charlton Poor Farm Association fiom February 1, 1911, to February 1, 1912, constitutes the following apportionments :
Town. Number of inmates.
Weeks.
Price.
Amount.
Charlton,
3
982
$3.2936
$323 71
Leicester,
5
148
3.2936
487 45
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Paxton,
1
524
3.2936
$171 75
Auburn,
2
79.5
3.2936
262 53
Westminster,
4
2084
3.2936
686 95
Princeton,
1
524
3.2936
171 75
Holden,
3
825
3.2936
272 43
Hubbardston,
3
986
3.2936
325 60
Rutland,
2
635
3.2936
208 44
Oakham,
1
7
3.2936
23 06
$2933 67
HOBART RAYMOND, Chairman.
E. W. MERRICK, Secretary. A. F. PUTNAM, Treasurer.
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Fobes Memorial Library.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT,
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Balance on hand,
$2 19
Fines and cards,
7 31
Town (dog fund),
130 60
$140 10
CR.
Paid F. E. Davis, librarian,
$50 00
G. N. Briggs, exchange of books,
25 00
For books,
40 80
For magazines,
11 05
Town,
5 00
For express and postage,
4 10
Mrs. J. C. Spooner,
3 25
Balance on hand,
90
$140 10
Received from W. C. Ayres, toward library fund, $3 52
Contributors to the library during the year: J. W. Bald- win, W. H. Chamberlain, Rev. W. E. Streeter, G. Phillips, Massachusetts State Library Commission, Miss Maria Tomlin- son, by request, G. M. Dean, Henry Morse, F. E. Davis, H. C. Fobes, Anna J. Hill, Miss Lovell. Mrs. Sarah M. Foster,
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Justin Rawson, Raymond Thresher, Miss Emily Mellen, Mrs. Henry Green, Daniel Dean, Mrs. Ann D. Adams, Mrs. Geo. Edson, Mrs. Harriet Banks, Mrs. William Nye, Miss Stella Wyman, Mrs. Ida Loring, Mrs. Joseph Lightizer, Addison C. Angus, F. S. Conant, Nelson Adams, Y. P. S. C. E., Miss Laura G. Burt, Mrs. M. L. Woodis, Francis Blake, Mrs. Mary Fobes Weixler, by request.
We wish especially to mention a book we have received entitled "From School Through College," by Henry P. Wright, author of the Fobes Memorial Library Book, which was so highly appreciated.
Thanks are extended to all contributors.
HENRY C. FOBES, SARA E. BUTLER, MINNIE L. WOODIS, Library Trustees.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
DURING the year the library has been open 102 days.
Circulation for home us, 2849
Largest number charged in one day, June 2, 49
Smallest number charged in one day, Aug. 15, 10
Loaned for use in the public schools, 94
"These periodicals are to be found on the table in the reading room : Review of Reviews, Literary Digest, Technical World, Ladies Home Journal, Country Life in America, Cosmopolitan, Christian Endeavor World, Youth's Companion, Hampton's, McClure's, Good Housekeeping, New England, Farm Journal, Christian Herald, Woman's National Weekly, Our Dumb Ani- mals, Worcester Telegram, Brookfield's Union.
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After removal from the table, the magazines are loaned for home use. The library has 2177 catalogued volumes. These books have been added during the year :
Peeps at Many Lands, Little Peter,
When I was a Girl in Italy,
Kathleen in Ireland,
Our Little' Grecian Cousin,
Our Little Australian Cousin,
Chola, Our Little Hindu Cousin,
Sigrid. Our Little Swedish Cousin,
Stories of the Old Bay State,
When Sarah Saved the Day, Southern Soldier Stories,
Strange Stories of 1812,
Strange Stories of the Civil War, Strange Stories of the Revolution, Strange Stories of Colonial Days, Margot. Cat Stories, The Children's Longfellow, Stories of Brave Dogs, Children of the Cold,
Doing his Best. Book of Fables and Folk Stories,
The Lance of Kanana, Mother Goose Melodies. First Across the Continent, Mary's Garden and How it Grew, Little Miss Phobe Gay, Harper's Machinery Book for Boys, The Wampum Belt. The Log Schoolhouse on the Columbia, When Molly was Six,
Hope, A. R. Malet. Lucas Ambrosi, M. McDonald, E. B. Nixon Roulet, M. F. Nixon Roulet, M. F. McManus, Blanche Coburn, C. M. Brooks, E. S. Singmaster. Elsie Eggleston, G. C. Henderson, W. J. Shackleton, R. Pyle, Howard Palmer, F. S. Mann, M. E. Carter, M. H. Longfellow, H. W. Carter, M. H. Schwatka, F. Trowbridge, J. T. Scudder, H. E. Ardavan, A.
Brooks, Noah Duncan, Frances Brown, H. D. Adams, Joseph H. Butterworth, H. Butterworth, H. White, E. O.
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A Little Captive Lad, Little Susy's Six Birthdays, North America, Boy Scouts of America,
Pictures Every Child Should Know,
Travels at Home,
The Search for Andrew Field,
Stories of Pioneer Life,
The Story of a Donkey,
A Happy Boy, Jack, the Young Ranchman,
Poems Children Love.
Through the Looking Glass,
The Mistress of Shenstone, Lewis, Rand,
Prince and Pauper,
A Girl of the Limberlost, Calling of Dan Matthew, Kezziah Coffin,
The Depot Master, The Woman Haters,
The Old Home House, Partners of the Tide,
Cy Whitaker's Place, Double Play, Captain Chub,
The Shepherd of the Hills,
A Spinner in the Sun, The Master's Violin, Polly of the Circus, Anne of Avonlea,
Personal Conduct of Belinda, A Modern Chronicle, A Certain Rich Man,
Dix, B. M. Prentiss, E. Carpenter, F. G. Seton, E. T. Bacon, Dolores Twain, Mark Tomlinson, E. T. Bass, Florence Dole, C. F. Anderson, R. B. Grinnell, Geo. B.
Carroll, Lewis Barclay, Florence L. Johnston, Mary Twain, Mark Porter, Gene S. Wright, H. B. Lincoln, J. C. Lincoln, J. C.
Lincoln, J. C.
Lincoln, J. C.
Lincoln, J. C. Lincoln, J. C. Barbour, Ralph Barbour, Ralph Wright, H. B. Reed, Myrtle Reed, Myrtle Mayo, Margaret Montgomery, L. M. Brainerd, E. H. Churchill, W. White, Wm. A.
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Peter, The $30,000 Bequest, The Foreigner, Dave Porter in the Far North, His Courtship, Smith, F. H. Twain, Mark Connor, Ralph Stratemeyer, E. Martin, Helen The Tyrant, Adventures of Billy Topsail, The Rosary, De La Pasture, Mrs. H. Duncan Norman Barkley, Florence L. Country Neighbors, Brown Alice A Lawyer's Recollections in and out of Court, Torrey, Geo. A. The Worker and the State, Dean, A. K. Mother Carey's Chickens, Wiggin, Kate D. From School Through College, Wright, H. P.
The Boyhood of Great Men. Nat the Navigator.
Bible Readings for the Home Circle.
Fifth Reg. Mass. Vol. Infantry,
Roe, Alfred S.
World's Fair Photographed.
Elijah Adams' Family, The Heart of us,
Adams, Nelson Sullivan, T. R.
Respectfully submitted,
F. E. DAVIS, Librarian.
REPORT OF THE Cemetery Committee.
Paid Edwin Green, superintendent, for care of lots and for general care of all the cemeteries, $174 35
M. D. Jones Co.,
3 60
W. W. Russell, 1 27
Geo. S. Butler, 5 40
T. C. Gaffney, 6 00
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H. C. Fobes,
Express, 1 24
$192 21
The town has received from individuals, $31 for the care of lots.
The superintendent has cared for many lots the past season, drawing his pay for the same from the town, individuals paying for the same to the cemetery committee. This care will be continued on application to the superintendent or cemetery - committee.
LOTS PROVIDED WITH PERPETUAL CARE.
West cemetery .- Fobes, Gould, S. Lincoln, Ripley, Kimball,
Maynard. Allen, Weeks and Elliot, Haskell and Lewis Allen lots.
South cemetery .- Dea. C. Reed, Edmund Dean and Sumner Reed lots.
South West cemetery .- Andrew Spooner lot.
JESSE ALLEN, MASON S. DEAN, J. P. FAIRBANK.
Fire Warden's Report.
AT the town meeting a year ago the town voted to have the selectmen buy and equip a fire wagon and made appropriation for the same; one was bought and has been equipped with extinguishers and water cans and fire tools, such as rakes, hoes, shovels, grub hoes or mattocks, and a good supply of chemicals and soda. The town has now over one hundred extingushers distributed through the town so every locality is fairly well equipped in case of fire, although it would be well to buy a few more. It has been thought by many that the town should buy and equip another fire wagon to be kept at Coldbrook, which would be a good plan as the state pays one- half of the cost of these outfits up to two hundred and fifty dollars Another thing that is needed is some extension lad- ders to be kept at the Center village and Coldbrook. For extinguishers, cans and fighting fire the town has paid during the past year $236.23. As the bills of the cost of the wagon and equipment have not all been received yet, we cannot render an account in full at the present time.
Respectfully submitted,
C. H. TROWBRIDGE,
Fire Warden.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT For the Year Ending March 1st, 1912.
THIS is to certify that I have examined and approved all bills of the selectmen, overseers of poor, school committee, road commissioner, cemetery committee, tree and fire warden, and moth exterminator and found them correct. Also the accounts of the treasurer and collector and found them correct.
Respectfully submitted, W. M. ROBINSON, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES.
School fund,
$500 00
Support of schools,
1200 00
School superintendent,
60 00
Medical inspection,
25 00
State return for school superintendent,
187 50
Education of State children,
142 00
Education of Boston children,
142 00
High school tuition refunded,
685 00
$2941 50
School Expenses. SALARIES.
Paid Superintendent C. L. Randall,
$248 75
Miss F. E. Bothwell,
246 40
Miss Ethel L. Braman,
330 00
Miss Ruth E. Butterfield,
330 00
Mrs. Effie T. Swindell,
330 00
Miss Lottie Thresher,
198 00
Miss Dodd,
110 00
Miss Alma Russell,
110 00
Mr. Rochette,
7 20
Mrs. Ruth B. Dwelley,
117 00
$2027 35
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SUPPLIES.
Paid for supplies.
$139 09
FUEL.
Paid William Gaffney,
$15 00
Frank Winslow,
10 00
W. R. Dean,
32 25
O. D. Tottingham,
4 00
.J. E. Stone,
10 00
G. T. Butterfield,
26.33
James Leyden,
32 00
J. N. Ball,
5 85
T. Winter,
24 00
TUITION.
Paid town of North Brookfield,
$233 00
Paid town of Barre,
350 00
Paid town of Holden,
90 00
REPAIRS.
Paid for repairs,
$25 01
INSURANCE.
Paid for insurance,
$19 60
CARE OF HOUSES.
Paid Minnie Rutherford,
$4 50
Carl Christiansen,
13 20
Willie Gaffney,
15 00
Marion Rutherford,
6 00
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W. W. Russell,
26 30
Eric Harvey,
16 00
Herman Dean,
3 50
$84 50
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$159 43
$673 00
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MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Paid Dr. Stickney,
$10 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
$43 50
Paid Jesse Allen, services, Mrs. M. L. Woodis, 18 52 J. N. Ball, 4 00
$66 02
Total,
$3204 00
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, J. NELSON BALL, MINNIE L. WOODIS,
School Committee.
REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Schools.
HOLDEN, MASS., MARCH 12, 1912. To the Honorable School Board of the Town of Oakham:
YOUR schools have maintained the good work which they have done in the past; never since I have been acquainted with them have they surpassed the present work. I believe this is due mainly to the fact that capable, efficient teachers have remained in their schools for several years.
TEACHERS.
I am pleased to note that but one change in teachers has- occurred this year. Miss Annie Dodd who did creditably at the West resigned to accept a promotion in another town; her place has been satisfactorily filled by an Oakham girl, Miss Lottie C. Thresher, who is beginning her work as a teacher. I felt the absence of Miss Florence Bothwell, who was obliged to be away from her accustomed duties during the fall term. All her friends rejoice that she was able to return to her school for the winter term. We were fortunate in securing as a substitute such an experienced teacher as Miss Alma Russell.
GRADUATION.
The third annual graduation exercises were successfully carried out on the evening of June 16, 1911, with the follow- ing program : March, Schools Prayer, Dea. Jesse Allen Schools. Music, "Come to the Sunset Tree,"
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Welcome,
Essay, "Success,"
Blanche Yeo Fred Allen May Scott
Recitation, "Wreck of Hesperus,"
Dialogue, "Eyes and no Eyes," Orvis Banks, Carl Christianson,
Music, "To Thee, O Country,"
Recitation, "Curfew,"
Essay, "The Colonial Girl,"
Essay, "The Panama Canal,"
Music, "Woodland Voices,"
Address, Farewell,
Presentation of Certificates,
Frank Stone Schools William Moran Minnie Rutherford Annie Gaffney Grammar Supt. C. L. Randall Nellie Hale Dea. Jesse Allen
Six of these pupils have continued their studies in out-of- town schools. Oakham has yearly enough pupils attending high schools in other towns to maintain a small school of its own, had it the available room.
INCREASE IN SCHOOL YEAR.
The only change that has been made the past year is in the increase in the length of the school year, making now thirty-three weeks, instead of the minimum of thirty-two. But three towns in the state limit themselves to the legal thirty-two weeks. I am glad to see Oakham move from this number. I hope that the future will allow the addition of one more week, making a school year of thirty-four weeks.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN AND VACCINATION.
Dr. Clifford Stickney of Holden has been appointed school physician; he will visit the schools twice a year, inspecting each pupil at each visit. I call your attention to his report, which follows.
I also wish to remind the parents of children approaching school age that no child can be allowed in school unless he has been vaccinated, or presents a certificate that vaccination is unwise.
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TUITION.
For several years there have been some children in the schools at Coldbrook and the South who have not lived in the town of Oakham. I am pleased that a decision was reached at the beginning of the school year to ask tuition in the case of these children. I see no reason, unless the parents are substantial taxpayers of the town, why Oakham should educate children whose residence is in another town.
POTATO CLUB.
Last May, under the direction of Prof. Hart of the State College, I formed what is known as the boy's and girl's Potato Club.
Seed potatoes were furnished free by the college, together with printed instruction about planting and cultivating. Over thirty pupils entered this contest and showed much interest. There were some excellent exhibits in the fall. I wish to thank the local Grange for the encouragement given the chil- dren by the prizes offered. I trust that home gardening may be encouraged by all lovers and patrons of husbandry.
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