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Annual
Official Reports
OAKHAM, MASS. 1915
For Financial Year Ending December 31st.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICIALS
OF
O AKHAM
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FOR THE
Financial Year Ending Dec. 31, 1915.
INDEX AT END OF BOOK.
THE GAZETTE PRESS, BARRE, MASS.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1915.
Town Clerk :
JESSE ALLEN.
Term expires 1918
Selectmen :
JOHN P. DAY. Term expires 1916 GILBERT T. BUTTERFIELD, Term expires 1917
SYLVESTER R. DEAN, Term expires 1918
Assessors :
SYLVESTER H. HASKELL, Term expires 1916
WALTER A. WOODIS. Term expires 1918 WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, Term expires 1917
Overseers of the Poor :
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE, JESSE ALLEN, WILLIAM H. PARKMAN,
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917 Term expires 1918
School Committee :
J. NELSON BALL, . *MRS. M. L. WOODIS. JESSE ALLEN. * Deceased.
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917 Term expires 1918
W. R. DEAN.
Measurers of Lumber : W. A. WOODIS, O. D. WEBBER Measurers of Wood :
A. C. MORSE. F. H. PARMENTER, S. R. DEAN Library Trustees :
JESSE ALLEN, SARA E. BUTLER. *MIRS. M. L. WOODIS, *Deceased.
Term expires 1916
Term expires 1917 Term expires 1918
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Cemetery Committee :
JESSE ALLEN, Term expires 1916
JAMES P. FAIRBANK, Term expires 1917 ALFRED C. MORSE, Term expires 1918
Collector : EDMUND CODY.
Treasurer : JOHN W. DWELLEY.
Auditor : WALTER M. ROBINSON.
Tree Warden : HENRY W. GRIMES.
Highway Surveyor : GILBERT T. BUTTERFIELD. Sealer of Weights and Measures : *WAYLAND ANGIER.
Fence Viewers : JESSE ALLEN. C. H. TROWBRIDGE. S. H. HASKELL
Constables : W. C. AYRES. W. R. DEAN, FRANK L. CHEEVER FRED H. PARMENTER, FREDERICK EXLEY, HENRY W. BARTLETT. - Field Drivers : *WAYLAND ANGIER, JOHN W. DWELLY, ROGENE F. PARKER.
Town Agent : FRANK S. CONANT.
Undertaker : JAMES P. FAIRBANK. *Deceased.
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Cattle Inspector : HENRY W. STONE.
Forest Fireward : C. H. TROWBRIDGE. School Superintendent : ROBERT I. BRAMHALL.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1915 :
PAID TOWN OFFICERS. TOWN CLERK.
Paid Town clerk for services, $43.05
Postage and express, 3.93
$46.98
TREASURER.
Paid Treasurer for services, 50.00
Postage and express, 8.76
58.76
COLLECTOR.
Paid Collector for services,
85.00
Postage, 8.75
93.75
SELECTMEN.
Paid John P. Day, 50.00
G. T. Butterfield, 40.00
Sylvester R. Dean,
40.00
Postage and telephoning
1 71
131.71
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ASSESSORS.
Paid S. H. Haskell. 30.50
WV. A. Woodis,
49.25
WV. H. Parkman,
45.00
Abstracts, 7.94
AUDITOR. 132.69
Paid W. M. Robinson, 50.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Paid Richard Malcolm,
15.00
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Services and support of poor. 110.95
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid for support of schools, 4,850.65
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Paid for highways and bridges, 1,396.98
LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
Paid for support of library,
414.00
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Paid F. E. Davis, 6.00
E. J. Crawford, 2.00
John Dwelley, 4.00
WV. M. Robinson,
4.00
A. C. Morse, 4.00
J. P. Fairbanks, 2.00
H. W. Stone.
2.00
24.00
UNDERTAKER.
Paid for services and death returns, 24.50
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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid John P. Day.
6.00
G. T. Butterfield. 6.00
Sylvester R. Dean.
4.00
Jesse Allen, 4.00
G. M. Dean,
2.00
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Earl Lawless.
45.00
Wayland Angier,
22.00
Mrs. Angier.
11.00
Roy Howe.
32.50
Ralph Cody,
15.00
C. H. Parker.
12.95
Geo. S. Butler.
15.37
Mrs. Angier.
8.65
162.47
BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Mass. Bonding Co ..
for Treasurer.
12.00
for Collector.
12.00
24.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid C. H. Trowbridge. 14.92
H. K. Barnes, supplies.
17.46
Geo. Morse. 1 extinguisher. 8.00
Commonwealth of Mass .. supplies. 7.13
22.00
47.51
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Paid Eva Green,
153.60
J. P. Fairbanks,
10.61
Raymond Thresher,
22 80
W. A. Nvc.
34.47
W. H. Parkman,
6.70
Ira W. Stone.
17.75
A. C. Morse,
4.00
H. A. Crawford,
1.95
F. E. Loring.
5.00
Geo. S. Butler,
2.40
M. S. Dean,
3.00
262.27
BROWN-TAIL MOTHS.
Paid Richard Malcolm.
25.25
Albert M. Briggs,
12.56
Geo. A. Briggs.
25.00
C. H. Trowbridge.
41.50
104.31
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
Paid State tax. 975.00
County.
442.00
1.417.00
STATE AID.
Paid John E. Stone. 72 00
S. Amanda Reed.
72.00
Horace M. Green.
36.00
Emma A. Blodgett,
20.00
200.00
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INSPECTOR OF MEATS.
Paid H. W. Stone, 91.10
· WORCESTER TRUST CO.
Paid for money borrowed. 1,975.00
Interest, 84.63
2,059.63
POLICE.
Paid F. L. Cheever. 3.00
W. R. Dean. 6.00
9.00
TREE WARDEN.
Paid G. T. Butterfield, 9.25
Henry Grimes. 4.78
14.03
STATE ROAD.
Paid for building state road,
1,250.00
OPENING ROADS.
Paid for opening roads.
163.19
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid F. E. Davis, care of clock, 25.00
W. W. Russell, care of hall. 76.45
G. S. Butler, supplies. 16.79
C. G. Rogers, printing, 114.40
G. M. Dean, postage and tel .. .80
R. F. Parker, labor, lumber. 132.50
John P. Day, labor, lumber, 16.25
Chas. Cleveland, plastering, 6.80
David Lebonte, bolts and iron, 9.75
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G. T. Butterfield. labor, drawing
lumber, 9.90
Leroy Weaver, labor, 4.00
George Turner, wood, 11.81
Dan Rice, Needliam case,
6.65
Wakefield Daily, stationery. 3.40
WV. C. Ayres, painting, 7.98
Hobbs & Warren, stationery, 1.71
Fred Parmenter, Maynard-Kenney case, 19.62
E. Howard Clock Co., cleaning clock, 11.50 C. F. Gettemy, certifying note, 4.00
W. & L. E. Gurley Die, paper seals, 2.40
State Treasurer, 14 liquor license, 250.00
Soldiers' Memorial Association, 17.01
C. H. Trowbridge, spraying, repairs, 25.70 Sanford, Putnam Co., book, 1.30
W. W. Russell, repairing fence, .80
F. H. Parmenter, dog officer,
10.50
F. E. Howe, labor. 10.75
E. W. Coffin, safe for collector, 25.00
G. T. Butterfield, perambulating. 3.00
John P. Day, perambulating, 2.00
E. S. Douglas, reporting births. 1.50
F. S. Conant, supplies. 1.71
D. F. Howard & Sons, cement, 3.85
R. M. Briggs, express, 1.71
IV. C. Ayres, 1.37
837.91
Total.
$14.014.39
List of Jurors.
F. E. Davis. Librarian Thomas Gaffney, Farmer William C. Ayres, Painter Fred Parmenter, Officer Appleton Newton, Farmer Walter Woodis, Farmer Roy Weaver, Laborer
Respectfully submitted JOHN P. DAY G. T. BUTTERFIELD SYLVESTER R. DEAN Selectmen of Oakham.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Dr.
Jan. 1, to cash on hand. $786.59
Received of E. Cody, taxes 1913, $7.65
E. Cody. taxes 1914, 1.066.13
E. Cody, taxes 1915. 5,395.95
State of Massachusetts. corporation tax. .79
State of Massachusetts. National bank tax. 47.52
State of Massachusetts, state aid. 172.00
State of Massachusetts, s: pport of sick paupers. 6.00
State of Massachusetts, tuition of children. 17.00
State of Massachusetts, high school tuition. 766.25
State of Massachusetts, transporta-
tion of high school pupils.
912.70
State of Massachusetts, temporary aid. 3.00
State of Massachusetts. Highway
Commission.
250.00
State of Massachusetts, state school
fund.
1,271.62
Worcester County Highway Com- mission. 500.00
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Borrowed of Worcester Trust Com-
pany.
2000.00
Guy C. Allen, Jr., & Co., liquor license, 1,000.00
W. C. Temple, account school su- perintendent, 187.50
Boston appropriation for school
committee,
103.00
Dog fund returned, 86.4872%, 122.47
Rent of Memorial hall, 59.50
Town of Barre, tuition, 95.00
Estate of Geo. Parkman, tuition, 15.00
Cemetery Committee, 42.38
Perpetual Care Funds. 38.50
Lot No. - in Pine Grove Ceme- tery, 20.00
Lot No. 82 in Pine Grove Ceme- tery, 5.00
One innholder's license, 1.00
One butcher's license. 1.00
O. J. Either, peddler's license. 3.00
Grass on Library lot. 1.00
Matthew Walker, balance of fines. 19.13
F. E. Davis, cards and fines, 8.34
Charlton Poor Farm Association, 14.60
Mrs. Celia Fobes, 1.000.00
William A. Fobes Estate. 100.00
Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg. 100.00
Henry A. Morse Estate. 100.00
$16.239.62
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Cr.
By paying selectmen's orders, $14.014.59
Trust funds deposited. 1,300.00
Overlaying taxes, 132.84
$15,447.43
Balance in treasury,
792.19
Due Worcester Trust Co.,
$2,000.00
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
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 Alen,
100.00
Ruth H. Robinson.
50.00
A. J. Holden,
50.00
Lyman S. Walker.
100.00
William A. Fobes,
100.00
Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg,
100.00
Henry A. Morse,
100.00
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LIBRARY FUND.
B. P. Clark. $702.00
Mr .. Celia Fobes. 1,000.00
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN W. DWELLY,
Treasurer.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Dr.
Uncollected taxes 1913, $33.97
Interest, 1.38
$35.35
Cr.
By Treasurer's receipts.
7.65
$27.70
Dr.
Uncollected taxes. 1914.
$1,037.06
Interest. 44.04
$1,081.10
Cr.
By Treasurer's receipts,
1,066.13
$14.97
Dr.
Taxes committed to me for collection Aug. 23, 1915. State tax, $975.00
County tax.
442.00
Town tax.
5.705.00
Overlayings, 132.84
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Dec. 18,
83.06
Interest,
3.05
$7,340.95
Cr.
By Treasurer's receipts,
5,395.95
$1,945.00
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND CODY,
Collector.
REPORT OF
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Paid G. T. Butterfield,
$383.80
A. L. Newton,
176.00
A. Car Co., oiling road,
175.00
Ev. Green,
144.84
James Woodis,
132.58
C. A. Wheeler,
89.03
Ed. Green,
55.69
F: Howe.
50.00
P. Woodis,
20.00
J. Leyden,
17.76
W. R. Dean,
17.60
D. Hallowell,
16.23
E. Sanders,
15.00
W. Boyd,
18.67
G. Keep,
11.00
W. H. Parkman,
10.50
F. Loring,
9.10
W. A. Woodis,
7.50
J. P. Fairbank,
7.00
J. A. Allen,
6.75
F. H. Boyd,
6.69
E. J. Crawford,
6.00
Geo. Morse,
5.00
Al. Hapgood,
4.69
G. S. Butler,
4.00
Geo. Turner
3.45
M. M. Butterfield,
3.00
$1,396.98
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OPENING HIGHWAYS.
Paid G. T. Butterfield, $20.25
James Scott, 15.28
H. A. Crawford, 13.28
Tom Gaffney,
17.11
Jim Gaffney,
9.50
Will Gaffney,
8.75
Ira W. Stone,
7.05
O. D. Webber,
7.00
Ev. Green,
7.50
A. L: NNewton,
7.00
S. R. Dean,
5.78
J. C. Rawson,
5.50
H. W. Stone,
4.55
John Thresher,
4.00
Fay Russell.
3.55
D. A. Rutherford,
3.13
Ed. Bullard,
3.11
F. Stone,
2.89
W. E. Swindell,
2.89
Leroy Weaver,
2.44
John P. Day,
2.00
W. A. Woodis,
2.25
Paul Needham,
1.78
John Maran,
1.33
Joe Marshall,
1.33
Geo. Arnold,
.89
F. Howe,
1.11
W. Howe,
1.11
Richard Malcolm,
.56
Fred Allen,
.44
$163.19
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REPORT ON GRAVEL ROAD
Paid G. T. Butterfield,
$156.03
Ev. Green.
110.06
A. L. Newton,
117.38
S. R. Dean,
78.19
John Robinson,
74.19
Frank Boyd.
49.89
C. A. Wheeler.
48.42
Clifford Knight,
46.64
Jim Woodis.
45.53
W. Beacham,
41.89
Peter Cossick.
41.89
W. A. Parkman,
40.50
D. A. Rutherford,
39.89
Frank Stone,
37.89
Paul Needham,
37.89
Joe Beacham.
34.78
Lewis Green. . .
34.00
W. A. Boyd.
32.00
P. B. Woodis.
29.00
WV. E. Buckwith,
24.00
W. A. Andrews.
24.50
Ed. Bullard.
28.00
H. D. Bullard,
22.50
David Hallowell.
18.00
John Rautty.
18.00
Ed. Green, 12.75
Martin Lincoln,
6.19
$1.250.00
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Cr.
Received from the State Treasurer,
Weekly payrolls, Sept. 2, $349.78
Sept. 9, 250.12
Sept. 16, 348.00
Sept. 23, 145.75
Oct. 7, 114.25
Paid C. E. Horne, for piping,
42.10
$2.500.00
Respectfully submitted, G. T. BUTTERFIELD. Superintendent of Streets.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Dr. W. S. Bates. $9.00
Dr. E. S. Douglas, 12.00
G. S. Butler, 15.25
C. S. Lane,
20.00
W. H. Parkman, Overseer,
21.00
Jesse Allen, Overseer,
23.00
C. H. Trowbridge, Overseer,
8.00
Postage and blanks, 2.70
$110.95
Respectfully submitted, JESSE ALLEN, CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE, W. H. PARKMAN,
Overseers of the Poor.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Charlton Poor Farm Association. From January 1, 1915 to January 1, 1916.
EXPENDITURES.
Orrin L. Potter and wife,
$650.00
Outside labor,
309.05
Inside labor,
417.06
Groceries,
1,649.79
Meat,
414.70
Hardware,
68.25
Dry goods and clothing.
364.86
Boots and shoes,
86.63
Grain,
1,362.63
Blacksmithing,
46.40
Tobacco,
73.30
Stock,
184.50
Sleigh,
25.00
Selling ice-house,
38.50
Filling silo,
77.60
Phosphate,
128.25
Miscellaneous,
483.89
Furniture,
72.93
Tools and seeds,
118.61
Medicine and medical attendance,
13.43
Fish and oysters,
42.97
Printing,
15.00
Coal.
317.32
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Oil.
12.40
Painting wagons.
9.00
Rent and interest.
585.96
$7.568.03
RECEIPTS.
Milk.
$2,087.75
Stock.
661.83
Eggs.
73.18
Potatoes.
19.58
Hav.
40.00
Miscellaneous.
31.50
Outside labor.
197.86
$3.111.70
ASSESSMENTS.
Charlton.
$44.70
Holden.
57.59
Princeton.
46.03
Oakham.
11.40
Hardwick,
90.09
Millbury,
99.61
Sterling.
39.40
Holland.
3.60
Paxton.
12.64
Auburn,
53.63
Rutland,
28.43
Hubbardston.
23.47
Westminster,
30.29
Leicester.
79.15
$620.03
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CASH RECEIVED.
Millbury,
$1.141.95
Charlton,
463.55
Holden, 463.55
Princeton, 418.35
Hardwick,
211.44
Westminster.
206.34
Paxton.
206.34
Sterling.
206.34
Rutland.
206.34
Holland,
206.34
Hubbardston,
63.34
Auburn,
42.42
$3.836.30
$7.568.03
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, President.
Oakham. L. M. HANFF, Secretary, Rutland. A. FREDERICK PUTNAM, Treasurer, Charlton.
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The number of inmates who have been supported by the Charlton Poor Farm Association from January 1, 1915 to January 1, 1916, constitutes the following apportionment :
Town. No. Inmates.
Weeks.
Price.
Amount. $1,141.95
Millbury,
8
288 4-7
$3.957
Charlton,
3
117 1-7
3.957
463.55
Holden,
6
117 1-7
3.957
463.55
Princeton,
3
105 5-7
3.957
418.45
Hardwick,
2
53 3-7
3.957
211.44
Westminster,
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Paxton,
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Sterling,
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Rutland,
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Holland,
/
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Hubbardston.
1
1.
3.957
63.34
Auburn,
1
10 5-7
3.957
42.42
Following is the list of Towns comprising the Charlton Poor Farm Association and the amount of Assessment based upon each Town's valuation :-
Assess-
Town.
Valuation.
ment.
Auburn,
$1.730,000
$53.63
Charlton.
+1,442,080
44.70
Hardwick,
2.906,135
90.09
Holden,
1.857,782
57.59
Holland.
116.133
3.60
Hubbardston,
757.225
23.47
Leicester.
2.553.278
79.15
Millbury,
3.213.293
99.61
Oakham,
367.774
11.40
Paxton,
407.948
12.64
Princeton,
1.485.128
46.03
Rutland,
917,325
28.43
Sterling,
1.270.940
39.40
Westminster,
977.225
30.29
$20.002.266
$620.03
FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
We are pleased to record a prosperous year for our Library. Its use, by the schools of the Town and by the general community, is increasing year by year.
Mrs. Celia E. Fobes of Worcester, who has done so much in establishing and maintaining the Library, has re- cently given $1000 towards the Library Fund.
Mrs. M. L. Woodis, who has for more than twenty years so efficiently served the Town. as Library Trustee, has recently been removed by death, mourned by all who knew her.
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE LIBRARY DURING THE PAST YEAR.
State Library Commission, Y. P. S. C. E., Woman's Suffrage Association. J. H. O. Lovell. G. M. Dean, Mrs. Henry Green, Miss Kate Morgan, Mrs. Lizzie Loring, Mrs. Celia E. Fobes. James P. Fairbank, Miss Eunice Ayres, Walter A. Woodis, F. E. Davis, David LaBonte, Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg. Horace M. Green, I. N. Monroe.
Respectfully submitted. JESSE ALLEN. SARA E. BUTLER. 1 Library Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
During the year the Library has been open 106 days
Circulation for home use, 2680
Largest number charged in one day. 54
Smallest number, 4
Loaned for use in the public schools, 173
These publications are furnished for the reading room, and are afterward loaned for home use :- Youth's Compan- ion. Illustrated World, Harper's Weekly, Ladies' World, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping. McClure's, Everybody's. Christian Endeavor World. Christian Herald, Today's, Housewife, Saturday Evening Post, New England Homestead, Dumb Animals, Successful Farming, Woman's Journal, Temperance Cause.
The Library has 2573 volumes catalogued.
Additions during the year :---
Title. Author.
Chicago as It Was and Is Li zerne
Life and Orations of Daniel Webster
Clark
Henry Ward Beecher Abbott
Secret Service Richardson
Uncivilized Races of Men Wood
Life of Gen. Winfield Scott
Mansfield
Two Years Among the Shakers
Lamson
Life of Grover Cleveland
Goodrich
Life of Frederick Greenhalge
Wonders of the World
Scripture Club of Valley Rest
The Republican Party Long
Centennial History of U. S.
McCabe
People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge DePuy
Geological Story Dana
History of Pedagogy
Hailman
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Trees and Shrubs of N. E.
School and Field Botany Trees of Northeastern America
The Woman's Kingdom Cranford Loveliness
People of Popham
The Vicar of Wakefield
The Heavenly Twins
The Vision of Dante
History of English Literature
Great Events in Modern History
Cyclopedia of Modern Travel .
My Story of the War
Frost Taylor Livermore Dryden
Poems
Zell's Encyclopedia
Our Famous Women
Phelps
With the Allies
Davis
Fighting in Flanders
Powell
Germany and the Next War
Bernhardi
Europe at War
Practical Course in Graded Sewing. 7 vols. Barrack-Room Ballads
Shaw Blair Kipling Porter
When I was a Little Girl
Gale
The Little Chum Club
Robin Hood's Barn
Cease Firing
The Commodore
Pretty Goldilocks
The Real Fairy Folk
Japanese Fairy Tales
Stories of American Progress
History of Music
Princess Mary's Gift-Book
London
A Sailor's Garland
In Memoriam
Mascfield Tennyson Fowler
Starting in Life
Knoble Gray Newhall Mulock Gaskell Phelps Wemyss Goldsmith Grand Cary Taine
'Pollyanna Grows Up
Hoyt Brown Johnston Peterson Lang Jamison Williston Wright
Hullah Barrie Bensusan
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Everyman's Religion The Expert Cleaner
Voices of Nature
Indian Fights and Fighters
Hodges Scaman Baker Brady
Deafness and Cheerfulness
Jackson
As It Is in England Osborne
How to Make Home and City Beautiful
Hemenway Shelley Franklin
Introduction to Browning
Hallock
Poems of American Patriotism
Old Homes of New Americans
Clark
Evolution and Animal Life
Jordan Crawford
Cuba
Fairfield
Lownev's Cook Book
Howard
Louise Chandler Moulton
A Course in Citizenship
Neighborhood
Down Among Men
Tales of Romance
Romance of the Rhine
Under the Deodars
Mine Own People
The Light That Failed
New Arabian Nights
Stevenson Stevenson
Black Arrow
Stevenson
In the South Seas
Stevenson
Poems, Ballads, Plays
Stevenson
Across the Plains
Stevenson
Familiar Studies
Stevenson
Contrary Mary K.
Stevenson Rinehart
The Primrose Ring
Sawver Lee Grant
The High Priesters
Ward
Delia Blanchflower
The Coryston Family
Ward
Shakespeare and Stratford
Benjamin Franklin
St. Botolph's Town
Whiting Cabot Edwardes Comfort Lang Marriott Kipling® Kipling Kipling
Treasure Island
Aunt Jane
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Michael O'Halloran Within Prison Walls Mrs. Red Pepper Hepsey Burke Daddy Long-Legs
The Right Track
Felix ()'Day
Anne of the Island
Mr. Pratt's Patients
Montgomery Lincoln Lincoln
Thankful's Inheritance
A Far Country
Track's End
A Lincoln Conscript
The Turmoil
The Ruin of the Desert
A Girl of the Blue Ridge
Big Tremaine
The Heart of Uncle Terry
The Man Who Forgot
Hav
Dave Porter on Cave Island Stratemever
Respectfully submitted.
Porter Osborne Richmond Westcott Webster Burnham Smith
Churchill Carruth Greene Tarkington Anderson Erskine Vorst
F. E. DAVIS. Librarian.
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Receipts.
From Sale of lots.
$25.00
The Town appropriation.
100.00
Perpetual care of lots.
38.50
Individual care of lots.
42.38
$205.88
Expenses.
Paid Edwin Green. Supt ..
$153.60
M. S. Dean.
3.00
W. H. Parkman,
6.70
Raymond Thresher.
22.80
Ira W. Stone.
17.75
William A. Nye,
34.47
Alfred Morse.
4.00
H. A. Crawford,
1.95
James P. Fairbank,
10.60
Frank E. Loring.
5.00
George S. Butler,
2.40
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$262.27
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, ALFRED C. MORSE, J. P. FAIRBANK. Cemetery Committee.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
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 Wardens, Moth Exterminator, and Library Trustees, and found them to be correct. I have also examined the accounts +of the Treasurer and Collector and found them to be correct.
W. M. ROBINSON, Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
RECEIPTS.
Town-Support of Schools.
$1,600.00
Town-School Superintendent.
60.00
Town-Medical Inspection. . 25.00
State return-School Fund,
1,271.62
State return-High school tuition,
776.25
State return-High school transportation,
912.70
State return-School Superintendent,
187.50
State return-Education State children, 17.00
State return-Education Boston children.
103.00
State return -- Education Barre children,
95.00.
State return-Education No. Brookfield children,
15.00 -
$5.063.07
EXPENSES. SALARIES.
Paid Superintendent R. I. Bramhall.
$246.25
Miss F. E. Bothwell,
396.00
Miss E. M. Braman,
352.00
Mrs. E. T. Swindell.
320.00
Miss Madeline Earle.
99.00
Miss Katherine Butler,
190.00
Miss May O'Donnell,
22.00
Miss Godabout.
28.60
Miss MeDermott.
33.00
Miss R. E. Butterfield.
175.00
Miss H. Rutherford,
150.00
Miss E. Shaw,
75.00
Mrs. R. B. Dwelley,
128.00
$2,214.85
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Paid for supplies.
$226.74
FUEL.
Paid for fuel.
$163.63
TUITION.
Paid Town of Barre.
$446.25
Town of Hardwick. 150.00
Town of North Brookfield, 120.00
Town of Holden.
50.00
$7t 6.25
REPAIRS.
Paid for repairs, $164.28
CARE OF HOUSES.
Paid for care of houses,
$97.00
TRANSPORTATION.
High school transportation. 889.90
East Hill transportation, 223.00
$1.122.90
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Paid Dr. Stickney. $20.00
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Paid Jesse Allen,
$5.00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid J. N. Ball, $6.00
Jesse Allen, 54.00
Estate of M. L. Woodis. 10.00
$70.00
Total.
$4.850.65
With feelings of deep sadness we record the death of our associate on the School Board for so many years, Mrs. Minnie L. Woodis.
Our Schools, Library. Church and entire Community will greatly miss her genial presence, excellent judgment, and wise counsel.
Respectfully submitted, JESSE ALLEN. J. NELSON BALL. School Committee.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
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Holden, Massachusetts. January 1, 1916.
To the School Committee of the Town of Oakham :
I take pleasure in submitting my third annual report as superintendent of your schools.
During the past year the work in the several schools has been carried on with few important changes. Conta- gious diseases lowered the attendance records in some of the rooms and thus broke up the work somewhat. The several changes in teachers at the Coldbrook School broke up the work there badly during the spring term. But as we were fortunate enough to secure Miss Butterfield to teach there this year we hope to make up much of the work thus lost. At the present time the work in all the schools is going on satisfactorily. The introduction of drawing again this year has met with much favor both among the children and the parents.
Through the courtesy of the Librarian and the coopera- tion of the State Library Commission books have been placed in the schools for supplementary reading. This is an im- portant phase of the work for it tends to create in the chil- dren a taste for better books and to cultivate the habit of using the library.
Quite a number of the children entered the club con- tests in Home Economics and Agriculture conducted under the auspices of the Massachusetts Agricultural College last summer. In the Home Economics contest, Edith Plumb won a third prize-a week's vacation at the girls' camp at Am- herst. Those who went to the camp last summer reported
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a most enjoyable week. Next year these contests will be under the immediate charge of the Worcester County Farm Bureau. We hope Oakham will be well represented in this attempt to develop Worcester County and rural life.
Many needed repairs have been made this year. The 'schoolhouse at Coldbrook has been painted. New black- boards have been installed in the schoolhouse in the South District. The new outbuilding at the Center has greatly improved sanitary conditions at that school. Arrangements have been made for installing jackets around the stoves in the three district schools, thus providing a more uniform distribution of the heat and better ventilation. Next year a new outbuilding similar to the one at the West School should be built at the South School. New floors should be laid in both rooms at the Center School. The present floors are badly worn, full of large cracks to collect the dust, and extremely noisy.
The lengthening of the school year from thirty-three to thirty-four weeks will increase the expenses about seventy- five dollars next year. The usual high percentage of at- tendance has been somewhat lowered this year by the epi- demics but some rooms have had almost perfect attendance some months.
I recommend a change in the textbooks used in arith- metic and in language for the lower grades. I also recom- mend the introduction of a text in physiology.
It is with great regret that we record the loss of Mrs. Woodis who had served the schools of the town for so many years as teacher and member of the school committee. She took a keen interest in the work and was always a welcome visitor." She will be missed by both teachers and pupils.
In conclusion. I wish to thank the teachers for their hearty cooperation, and the school committee for their many helpful suggestions and deep interest in the success of our schools.
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT I. BRAMHALL, Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR.
January 3, 1916-February 18, 1916 7 weeks
March 27, 1916-June 16, 1916 12 weeks
September 4. 1916-December 15. 1916 15 weeks
January 1, 1917-February 16. 1917 7 weeks
March 26, 1917- June 15, 1917
12 weeks
SCHOOL CENSUS, SEPT. 1. 1915.
Boys, 5-7 years old.
7
Girls, 5-7 years old.
8
Boys, 7-14 years old,
38
Girls, 7-14 years old.
40
Boys, 14-16 years old,
13
Girls, 14-16 years old.
7
Total. 113
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF NINTH GRADES, Friday, June 11, 1915.
Program.
March. Schools Rev. A. H. Plumb
Praver. Song, "O Blest Creator." Schools
Welcome. Edward ()'Donnell
Essay. "Irrigation in the West,"
Lavander Sargeant Clifford
Song. "Over the Fields of Clover." Schools Essay, "The Work of the Fish Commission." William MacFarland Morse Recitation. "The Legend of St. Christopher." Ella Sherman Ferrin Essay, "Civil War Days in Oakham," F. Arthur Louis Thomas
Song. "Sailing" Schools Essay. "The Old Turnpikes." Henry Sommerman Newton Essay, "Boy Musicians." Marion Corinne Fairbank Class Future. Charles William Keep
Song. "Forget-Me-Not." Schools Edith Alberta Plumb
Essay. "Peace, Farewell."
Presentation of Certificates. Jesse Allen, Chairman of School Committee Class Song.
REPORT OF THE Supervisor of Drawing.
Holden. Massachusetts. December 31, 1915.
Mr. Robert 1. Bramhall. Superintendent of schools.
Dear Sir:
As my work in the schools began in September. 1915. my report must necessarily be brief.
The aim of the drawing courses is not to make an artist of every child, but to develop the power of drawing as a simple, efficient means of expression. Every child with or without talent should be taught to appreciate refinement in ordinary surroundings, to use judgment in selecting and de- signing objects in common use, and to love the beautiful in art and nature.
I thank the teachers for their co-operation and interest, which have done much to make my work in Oakham a pleasure.
Respectfully submitted. G. ELEANOR SHAW. Supervisor of Drawing.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Mr. Robert I. Bramhall, Superintendent of Schools, Holden, Mass.
Dear Sir :---
I have inspected the school pupils of Oakham twice dur- ing the current year. The general condition of the pupils has been found good, with no unusual number of minor afflictions common among school children.
Over one-fourth of the pupils are unvaccinated-a record probably unequalled in any town in the state. The town authorities should act without further delay to remedy this condition by enforcing the statutes requiring vaccina- tion.
Respectfully submitted. C. W. STICKNEY. School Physician.
Holden. December 31. 1915.
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FIRE WARDEN'S REPORT.
January 11, 1916.
During the past year we have had very few forest fires. The season was wet, thus making it much easier to control them. Then the town has extinguishers all through the town, so if a fire starts in any part of the town everyone gets busy and by the time the warden or the deputies get there, the fire is well under control. Then the lookout sta- tion on the mountain has an eye out for fires and when the lookout sees smoke he locates it as near as he can and noti- fies the warden in that location and tells him to get busy, and they do. So you see the wardens are being watched by the man higher up, so there is no chance for a warden to shirk in that office which he holds. The town of Oakham has the reputation of having the best fire fighters of any town that has a paid fire company. W'e have saved thou- sands of dollars' worth of property by having these extin- guishers in nearly every horse in town, whereas, if we had had a more elaborate equipment stationed in the village and had to wait for that to get there, the place would have been burned down. The first five minutes with a small extin- guisher when the fire starts is worth more than a whole fire company an hour later. The money that the town invests in extinguishers is of as much importance as good work.
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE. Fire Warden.
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ROLL OF HONOR, 1914-1915.
One Year.
Alexina Labonte, Helen Gaffney.
Tivo Terms of Eleven Weeks. Emroy Howe. Ruth Morse, Arthur Thomas, Esther Briggs. Herbert Howe. Charles Ferrin, Doris Bruce, Bernice Carpenter, Holbrook Prescott. Doris Carpenter.
One Term of Eleven Weeks.
Ola Bechan, Lavander Clifford, Ella Ferrin, Beatrice Howe. William Morse, Edward O'Donnell. Edith Plumb, Franklin Briggs, Hazel Briggs, Alexander Crawford. Edwin Lupa. Arline Prevost, Sophie Bechan, Kenneth Pierce, Walter Pierce, Alla Carpenter, Harlan Bord, Harry Boyd, Joseph Bruce. Russell Chase, Ralph Pres- cott. Lena Knight. Arthur Messier, Gertrude Edson, Laura Snay, Frank Parkman, Ethel Rutherford.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1914-1915
School
Teacher
Preparation
Salary
Total Enrollment
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Percent of Attendance
Grammar
Florence E. Bothwell
N. Brookfield High
$12.00
27
25
23
93
Primary
Ftbel M. Braman
Northfield Sem.
$11.00
24
20
19
92
Coldbrook
Madeline Earle*
Lowell Normal
$11.00
34
29
28
97
South
Effie T. Swindell
Barre High
$10.00
13
11
10
95
West
Kathryn Butler
Worcester Normal
$10.00
23
13
10
78
Music
Ruth B. Dwelley
Northampton
$4.00
Totals
$58.00
121
98
90
91
1915-1916
Grammar
Florence E. Bothwell
N. Brookfield High
$12.00
20
Primary
Fthel MI. Braman
Northfield Sem.
$11.00
26
Coldbrook
Ruth E. Butterfield
Worcester Normal
$12.50
27
South
Effie T. Swindell
Barre High
$10.00
15
West
Helena K. Rutherford
N. Brookfield
$10.00
15
Music
Ruth B. Dwelley
Northampton
$4.00
Drawing
G. Eleanor Shaw
Mass. Normal Art
$5.00
$64.50
Totals *Substitutes :- May E. O'Donnell. Antonia E. Godabout. Teresa McDermott.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT OF
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS For the Year 1915.
BIRTHS.
March 6, son ( Charles Reuben ) to Sylvester R. and Ethel B. Dean.
March 7, son (Laureston S.) to Edward J. and Laura N. Crawford.
March 27 daughter ( Isabel) to Ralph I. and Leone Daniels April 1, son ( Albert Francis) to Francis A. and Bernice B. Sullivan. ANTONIA - LUPA
May 25. son (Anthony) to Frank and Josephine Luper. Aug. 2. daughter ( Helen) to Martin and Damy Winsky.
Sept. 21, daughter ( Martha E.) to George H. and Marjorie E. Lackey.
Oct. 8, daughter ( Julia M.) to William H. and Louise H. Harris.
Dec. 4. daughter ( Elizabeth P.) to Franklin E. and Mabel P. Howe.
Dec. 27. son ( Albert N.) to Albert N. and Irna C. Dufault.
MARRIAGES.
July 20. Herbert L. Burdett to Nellie P. Halc. July 28. Harry W. Green to Della L. Dodge.
Sept. 11. A. Leroy Burt to May E. O'Donnell. Oct. 27. Irving R. Flemming to Hazel E. Grimes.
Oct. 16. Jay E. Eaton to Ina G. Paige.
Nov. 24. James F. Gaffney to Winifred A. Mulligan.
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DEATHS.
Year
Mo. Days
Jan. 15, Jeremiah R. Fairbank
88
3
11
Feb. 19, Henry E. Morse
67
1
11
April 14, William H. Chamberlain
73
3
6
May 2. Susan F. Fairbank
82
4
May 6. Wayland Angier
64
10)
7
May 14, Sarah A. White
12
May 27. P. James Cummings
37
7 20
July 14. Warren C. Keves
80
B
10
Aug. 13. M. Ruberta Dean
2
9
25
Oct. 9. Minnie L. Woodis
58
9
25
Nov. 7. Edward F. Parmenter
65
S
20
Dec. 1. Sabra W. Woodis
88
11
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BURIALS IN TOWN.
Jan. 25. Mary P. Dunn
94
6 13
Feb. 2. Lucy W. Allen
80
2
25
March 10, Lorenzo Hill
82
0)
26
Dec. 14. Martha R. Sargeant
76
Number of dogs licensed, 67. Male. 60 ; female. 7.
Number of hunter's licenses issued. 88.
JESSE ALLEN. Town Clerk.
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