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THE BARRE GAZETTE MOTOR PRINT .. BARRE, MASS.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1913.
TOWN- CLERK :
JESSE ALLEN,
Term expires 1915
SELECTMEN :
JOHN P. DAY,
Term expires 1916
GARDNER M. DEAN,
Term expires 1915
GILBERT T. BUTTERFIELD, Term expires 1914
ASSESSORS :
SYLVESTER H. HASKELL, Term' expires 1916
WALTER A. WOODIS, WILLIAM H. PARKMAN,
Term expires 1915 Term expires 1914
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE,
WM. H. PARKMAN,
JESSE ALLEN,
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1914
SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
J. NELSON BALL, JESSE ALLEN, MRS. M. L. WOODIS,
Term expires 1916
Term expires 1915 Term expires 1914
LIBRARY TRUSTEES :
JESSE ALLEN, MRS. M. L. WOODIS, SARA E. BUTLER,
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1915 Term expire's 1914
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE :
JESSE ALLEN, MASON S. DEAN, JAMES P. FAIRBANK.
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1914
COLLECTOR : EDMUND CODY.
TREASURER :
JOHN W. DWELLY. 1 AUDITOR : WALTER M. ROBINSON. TREE WARDEN : CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE. HIGHWAY SURVEYOR : GILBERT T. BUTTERFIELD. FENCE VIEWERS :
JESSE ALLEN, S. H. HASKELL, C. H. TROWBRIDGE.
CONSTABLES :
WILLIAM C. AYRES, WALTER R. DEAN, FRANK L. CHEEVER, HENRY W. BARTLETT, FREDERICK EXLEY, FRED H. PARMENTER. MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK :
F. C. CALDWELL, A. C. MORSE, S. R. DEAN. MEASURERS OF LUMBER : W. A. WOODIS, J. LEYDEN, O. D. WEBBER. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES : WAYLAND ANGIER.
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FIELD DRIVERS : WAYLAND ANGIER, J. W. DWELLY, A. K. REED. CATTLE INSPECTOR : HENRY W. STONE. UNDERTAKER : JAMES P. FAIRBANK.
AGENT TO PROSECUTE AND DEFEND ALL SUITS FOR OR AGAINST
THE TOWN : FRANK S. CONANT. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT : ROBERT J. BRAMHALL. FOREST FIREWARD : CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
THE selectmen submit the following report for the financial year ending March 1, 1914 :
Paid Town Officers.
TOWN CLERK.
Paid town clerk for services, $38 20
TREASURER.
Paid treasurer for services,
$35 00
Postage and express, 7 57
$42 57
COLLECTOR.
Paid collector for services and stamps,
$83 00
For two books, 3 64
Discount on taxes,
278 79
-- $365 43
SELECTMEN.
Paid Gardner M. Dean,
$25 00
John P. Day,
18 75
Gilbert T. Butterfield.
25 00
Postage and telephoning,
5 04
- $73 79
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ASSESSORS.
Paid Sylvester H. Haskell,
$34 10
Walter A. Woodis, 49 35
William H. Parkman,
43 75
Deeds and probates,
4 65
- $131 85
AUDITOR.
Paid Walter M. Robinson, $25 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Paid Wayland Angier, $15 00
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid for support of paupers,
$110 96
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid for support of schools,
$4136 97
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Paid for highways and bridges, $1321 24
LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
Paid for support of library,
$342 38
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Paid Sylvester R Dean,
$8 00
Appleton L. Newton, 2 00
Alfred C. Morse,
8 00
Walter McClanathan,
2 00
Edward J. Crawford,
6 00
Frank E. Davis,
2 00
C. Frank Caldwell,
2 00
$30 00
UNDERTAKER.
Paid for services and death returns, $16 00
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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid Gardner M. Dean, John P. Day. Gilbert T. Butterfield, Jesse Allen,
$6 00
6 00
6 00
2 00
$20 00
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Earl Lawless, $60 00
Wayland Angier,
88 40
C. H. Parker & Son,
20 32
George S. Butler,
6 10
--
$174 82
BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS. Paid Massachusetts Bonding Co., $24 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid C. H. Trowbridge,
$38 15
Edmund Cody,
3 00
Coldbrook Fire Department,
23 30
H. K. Barnes & Co.,
79 08
Gardner M. Dean,
2 24
John P. Day,
2 25
George N. Briggs,
1 12
James P. Fairbank,
1 12
John W. Dwelly,
1 12
Mason S. Dean,
1
12
Henry W. Stone,
1
12
George A. Briggs,
1
Dennis Leyden,
1
12
Edgar Swindell,
1 12
Appleton L. Newton,
1 12
David Jameson,
1 12
Charles S. Clifford,
3 75
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Paid Henry D. Bullard,
$1 57
George S. Butler,
4 25
Arthur B. Spooner,
50
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$169 29
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Paid Edwin Green, $137 74
Mason S. Dean,
6 38
George S. Butler,
3 30
William Gaffney,
10 00
William S. Crawford,
3 75
Ira Stone.
9 40
John Dwelly,
8 00
William H. Parkman,
10 75
Walter A. Woodis,
1 20
C. H. Parker & Son,
50
- $192 02
BROWN TAIL MOTHS.
Paid C. H. Trowbridge,
$5× 12
George A. Briggs,
27 50
W. Edgar Swindell,
26 87
$112 49
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
Paid State tax,
$800 00
County tax,
364 00
-- $1164 00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
Paid Henry W. Stone, 1913 and 1914,
$69 00
George W. Stone, 1912, 10 00
$79 00
INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS.
Paid Henry W. Stone, $34 00
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STATE AID.
Paid Horace M. Green,
$36 00
John E. Stone,
72 00
S. Amanda Reed,
48 00
Sarah D. Vaughn,
8 00
$164 00
WORCESTER TRUST CO.
Paid for money borrowed,
$3000 00
Interest, 87 47
$3087 47
POLICE.
Paid William C. Ayres,
$12 00
John Ranger, 4 10
Fred H. Parmenter,
13 90
$30 00
TREE WARDEN.
Paid C. II. Trowbridge, $6 47
GRAVEL ROAD.
Paid Gilbert T. Butterfield,
$61 75
Appleton Newton,
48 75
Edwin Green,
21 67
Winthrop Boyd,
15 67
James Woodis,
21 67
Charles Wheeler,
21 67
Newton Green,
4 00
Evender Green,
9 67
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$204 85
OPENING ROADS.
Paid for opening roads, $386 61
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WORK ON NEW ROAD.
Paid Gilbert T. Butterfield, $18 00
Charles H. Wheeler, .6 00
James C. Woodis, 6 00
· Winthrop H. Boyd.
6 00
Appleton L. Newton, 4 50
-. $40 50
FENCE ON NEW ROAD.
Paid R. F. Parker for building fence,
$204 71
C. H. Parker & Son for wire, 63 50
W. R. Dean for posts and braces, 79 95
F. S. Conant for staples. 2 08
D. Labonte for post irons, 1 00
7 82
J. McTeague for work,
1 80
$360 86
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid W. W. Russell, care of hall, $61 82
G. M. Dean, for recording deeds, 1 80
W. E. Swindell, use of stone boat, 3 50
G. M. Dean, express,
40
J. P. Day, quarantine of W. Gilboy, 8 00
E. W. Prouty, tuning piano,
2 50
Hobbs & Warren, license blanks, 32
E. A. Stevens, one-fourth liquor license,
250 00
C. H. Trowbridge, chain for pump,
75
F. S. Conant, batteries for vault,
2 67
Jennie C. Spooner, printing,
60 00
C. F. Gettemy, certifying notes,
6 00
W. & L. K. Gueley, die for steel press,
62
G. F. Pratt, spraying trees,
21 00
C. H. Trowbridge, spraying trees,
2 30
J. C. Spooner, repairing towu seal, 6 00
G. M. Dean for work,
12
Paid C. H. Trowbridge, work at library, $10 05
Walter A. Woodis, lime, 1 20
C. H. Trowbridge, oil closet,
19 27
F. H. Parmenter, dog officer,
7 00
C. H. Trowbridge, labor on tool house,
1 25
W. W. Russell, for brick,
2 46
W. R. Dean, wood, 7 00
G. M. Dean, preambulating town line, 2 00
J. P. Day, preambulating town line, 2 00
G. M. Dean, use of team, 2 00
W. Angier, cleaning furnace pipe, 1 25
C. H. Parker & Son,
3 90
W. S. Crawford. repairing old library,
3 99
Jesse Allen, wood,
13 50
W. R. Dean, wood,
15 00
C. F. Caldwell, axe, 1 60
P. Power, Jr., work at library,
21 10
F. E. Davis, care of town clock, 25 00
$567 25
$13467 02
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Revised List of Jurors.
Henry W. Bartlett, farmer, Frank E. Davis, librarian. Wayland Angier, farmer, Sylvester H. Haskell, farmer, Thomas C. Gaffney, farmer, William C. Ayres, mechanic, Fred H. Parmenter, mechanic.
Respectfully submitted,
GARDNER M. DEAN, Selectmen JOHN P. DAY, of
G. T. BUTTERFIELD, 1 Oakham.
Treasurer's Report.
DR.
March 1, to cash on hand,
$260 54
Received of E. Cody, taxes, 1909, $33 78
E. Cody, taxes, 1910, 41 14
E. Cody, taxes, 1911,
154 88
E. Cody, taxes, 1912,
976 72
E. Cody, taxes, 1913,
5957 88
Discount on taxes,
278 79
Cemetery Committee,
60 50
For rent of Memorial hall,
60 50
W. H. Parkman, blackboard,
1 00
H. T. Needham & Co., liquor license,
1000 00
Two innholders' certificates,
2 00
Two butchers' licenses,
2 00
State of Massachusetts, compensated inspection of animals, 21 50
State of Massachusetts, tuition of children, 29 00
State of Massachusetts, high school in special cases, 694 00
State of Massachusetts, income of Mas- sachusetts school fund, 1087 68
W. C. Temple, account school superin- tendent, 187 50
Boston appropriation for school com- mittee, 91 50
Tuition for Barre school children, 57 50
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Received Matthew Walker, balance of fines, $21 00
B. & M. R. R, chemicals. 1 56
State of Massachusetts, corporation tax, 3 99
State of Massachusetts, National Bank tax. 45 04
State of Massachusetts, state aid. 212 00
Dog fund returned (89.441 per cent.)
113 22
County highway commission, 150 00
Ione Earl B. Holden, 50 00
Lyman S. Walker,
100 00
State of Massachusetts, temporary aid,
21 00
Auctioneer's license,
2 00
For cement,
4 00
Interest on National Bank deposits.
20 41
Borrowed of Worcester Trust Co.,
2000 00
Interest on cemetery fund, 38 25
F. E. Davis, fines and cards,
5 75 ·
- -13526 09
13786 63
CR.
By paying selectmen's orders,
$13467 02
Trust funds deposited, 150 00
$13617 02
Balance in treasury,
169 61
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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 Allen,
100 00
Ruth H. Robinson,
50 00
A. J. Holden,
50 00
Lyman S. Walker,
100 00
Library fund,
702 14
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN W. DWELLY,
Treasurer.
Collector's Report.
DR.
Uncollected taxes for 1909,
$27 92
Interest,
5 86
- $33 78
CR.
By treasurer's receipts,
$33 78
DR.
Uncollected taxes for 1910,
$35 77
Interest,
5 37
CR.
By treasurer's receipts,
$41 14
DR.
Uncollected taxes for 1911,
$154 85
Interest.
12 09
Error in warrant,
6 72
$173 66
CR.
$154 88
Abatements,
18 78
DR.
$954 49
Interest,
37 26.
$991 75
CR
By treasurer's receipts, Abatements,
$977 12
14 63
$991 75
2
-
$41 14
By treasurer's receipts,
$173 66
Uncollected taxes for 1912,
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Taxes committed to me for collection, September 1, 1913:
Town tax,
$5610 94
State tax,
800 00
County tax,
364 00
Overlayings,
227 28
Interest,
7 60
7009 82
CR.
By treasurer's receipts,
6236 67
$773 15
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND CODY,
Collector.
REPORT OF Superintendent of Streets.
Paid G. T. Butterfield, $461 25
Frank Winslow,
165 75
James Woodis,
140 11
Charles Wheeler,
110 34
D. Hallowell.
74 90
. W. Boyd,
58 89
Ed. Green,
31 00
H. D. Bullard,
24 00
Newton Green,
23 00
Evander Green,
19 56
Thomas Gaffney,
16 90
F. Parkman,
13 50
Sylvester Dean,
13 50
George Briggs,
12 44
Alfred Morse,
9 56
Patrick O'Donnell,
7 78
M. M. Butterfield,
7 00
A. L. Newton, 6
4 50
F. Stone,
4 00
D. O'Donnell,
1 78
G. T. Butterfield,
47 61
J. M. Moore,
20 00
W. R. Dean,
14 60 '
Will Nye.
12 00
G. W. Cook,
10 88
N. E. Machine Co.,
9 10
20
Paid C. H. Parker & Son,
$3 75
W. C. Ayers,
3 54
1321 24
Work on new road,
$40 50
Work on gravel road,
204 85
245 35
Total,
1566 59
Received from State,
CR. 150 00
Total cost to town,
1416 59
Respectfully submitted,
G. T. BUTTERFIELD,
Superintendent of Streets.
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OPENING HIGHWAY. 1912-1913.
Paid William Gaffney,
$3 39
Thomas Gaffney,
5 23
Patrick Scott,
5 22
Henry Crawford,
5 11
F. Beckwith,
2 00
John Gilboy,
1 78
Justin Rawson,
1 31
$24 04
1914.
Paid F. W. Beckwith,
$38 42
Thomas Gaffney,
32 55
G. T. Butterfield,
31 50
I. W. Stone,
25 27
H. W. Stone,
17 50
Justin Rawson,
14 73
James Scott,
14 22
Mason Dean,
12 71
Exley & Riley,
12 22
Will Gaffney,
11 58
Clayton Adams,
10 11
James Gaffney,
10 00
S. H. Haskell.
9 55
Walter Woodis,
8 00
Leo Scott,
7 77
Frank Lupier,
7 50
Sylvester Dean,
6 50
Frank Winslow,
6 50
A. L. Newton,
6 00
Edgar Swindell,
6 00
Henry Crawford,
5 00
Evander Green,
4 67
H. B. Bullard,
4 50
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Paid Fred Parkman,
$4 50
Ed. Bullard,
4 00
Mitze George, 4 00
David Hallowell,
4 00
Will Parkman,
3 56
James Garland,
3 55
Charles Trowbridge,
3 33
Will Bullard,
3 11
John Dwelly,
2 44
Bert Reed,
2 44
Peter Clough.
2 44
John Robinson,
2 00
Henry Grimes,
2 00
John O'Donnell,
1 95
John Moran,
2 89
Will Moran,
1 89
Robert Briggs,
1 89
W. R. Dean,
1 89
Patrick O'Donnell,
1 55
H. S. Newton,
1 35
Arthur Spooner,
1 33
Thomas Moran,
98
Warren Newton,
90
George Briggs,
89
D. A. Rutherford,
89
$362 57
Total,
$386 61
REPORT OF THE
OVERSEERS of the POOR.
Paid Mrs. Elbridge Capen, board and care, $8 86
George S. Butler, clothing, 14 20
James P. Fairbank, burial, . 12 00
C. H. Parker & Son, groceries,
6 00
Mr. and Mrs. James Woodis, labor,
5 40
Poor Farm Association, working capital,
25 00
Jessie Allen, overseer,
21 50
William H. Parkman, overseer,
14 00
Charles H. Trowbridge, overseer,
4 00
$110 96
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN,
Overseers
W. H. PARKMAN, of the Poor.
C. H. TROWBRIDGE,
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YEARLY REPORT OF THE TOWN FARM ASSOCIATION From February 1, 1913, to February 1, 1914.
EXPENDITURE.
Salary of warden and matron,
$650 00
Outside help,
626 98
Inside help,
416 41
Dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes,
359 39
Groceries,
1318 56
Meat,
427 06
Grain,
1312 75
Medicine and medical attendance,
91 20
Miscellaneous,
482 57
Fish and oysters,
49 58
Tobacco,
25 02
Rent and interest,
585 96
Coal,
203 69
Stock,
205 00
Wagons, farm implements, tools, seeds,
401 48
Hardware,
71 75
Replenishing,
56 58
Phosphates,
109 40
Blacksmithing,
123 00
Filling silo,
81 20
Harvesting ice,
52 20
Veterinary,
44 25
$7694 03
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The number of inmates who have been supported by the Charlton Poor Farm Association from February 1, 1913, to . February 1, 1914, constitutes the following apportionment :
Town.
Inmates.
Weeks.
Price.
Amount.
Charlton,
3
766
$3.897
$299 44
Leicester,
4
1364
3.897
532 15
Paxton,
2
642
3.897
250 44
Westminster,
2
651
3.897
253 65
Princeton,
.1
524
3.897
203 13
Holden,
1
521
3.897
203 13
Hubbardston,
6
826
3.897
322 81
Auburn,
1
132
3.897
51 69
Rutland,
4
692
3.897
269 93
Millbury,
6
2315
3.897
902 92
Sterling,
1
342
3.897
132 93
Holland,
1
196
3.897
77 26
$3499 48
RECEIPTS.
Milk,
$2757 10
Eggs and poultry,
132 60
Vegetables,
22 07
Outside labor,
851 05
Stock,
115 50
Board received from sundry persons,
245 60
Miscellaneous,
10 81
Hay,
59 82
CASH RECEIVED
Charlton,
$299 44
Leicester,
532 15
Paxton,
250 44
Westminster,
253 65
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Princeton,
$203 13
Holden,
203 13
Hubbardston,
322 81
Auburn,
51 69
Rutland,
269 93
Millbury,
902 92
Sterling,
132 93
Holland,
77 26
$7694 03
Following is a list of towns comprising the Charlton Poor Farm Association : Charlton, Leicester, Paxton, Westminster. Princeton, Holden, Hubbardston, Auburn, Rutland, Millbury. Sterling, Holland, Hardwick, Phillipston and Oakham.
HOBART RAYMOND, President. E. W. MERRICK, Secretary. A. FREDERICK PUTNAM, Treasurer.
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Fire Warden's Report.
THERE has been only one very serious forest fire in town the past year. That was in Coldbrook. There have been several small fires during the year. One set of buildings has been burned at the North Four Corners and owned by a party in Worcester. No one there at the time. There have been several alarms caused by chimney fires, but not much damage done owing to having a good supply of extinguishers. The town has purchased more extinguishers the past year and they have been placed to good advantage. Still a few more could be placed to good advantage. A fire wagon at Coldbrook and two extension ladders are needed ; one at Oakham Center and one at Coldbrook. It has been said by parties in the employ of the state that the town is better protected against fire than any town of its size in the state, yet some of these things here suggested would be money well laid out. The town paid out on account of fires the past year $169.29, which would proba- bly have been very much more if we had not had a good supply of extinguishers.
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE,
Fire Warden.
Fobes Memorial Library.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DR.
Balance on hand,
$3 38
Fines and cards,
5 75
Town,
5'00
To cash from dog fund,
113 22
$127 35
CR.
.
Paid F. E. Davis, librarian,
$75 00
G. N. Briggs, exchange of books,
25 00
For books,
8 90
For magazines,
8 55
Express and postage,
3 76
Town, cards and fines,
5 75
$126 96
Overdrawn balance on hand,
$4 62
Amount of library fund Jan. 1, 1913,
$702 14
Contributors to the library during the year : Mis. Geo. Butler, Henry C. Fobes, Mrs. A. D. Adams, Prof. H. P. Wright, Mrs. Celia E. Fobes, Woman's Education Associa- tion, Y. P. S. C. E., F. E. Davis, J. H. Bullard, Miss J. Etta
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Bullard, Rev. A. H. Plumb, Mrs. Oscar Loring, Horace M. Green, Lynus Bacon, G. M. Dean, John Moore, An unknown friend, E. L. Parker, C. H. Parker, Hon. C. D. Paige, State Library Commission.
Thanks are extended to all contributors.
JESSE ALLEN, SARA E. BUTLER, MINNIE L. WOODIS. Library Trustees.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
DURING the year the library has been open 102 days
Circulation for home use, 2423
Largest number charged in one day, March 28, 42
Smallest number charged in one day, 10
Loaned for use in the public schools, 54
These periodicals are found on the reading room table : Technical World, McClure's, Harper's Weekly, New England. Youth's Companion, Christian Herald, Christian Endeavor World, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Farm Journal, Temperance Cause, Appeal to Reason, Woman's National Weekly, Sea Breezes, Our Dumb Animals, Every- body's and Worcester Telegram.
These are loaned for home use after removal from the table. The library has catalogued 2375 volumes.
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ADDITIONS DURING THE YEAR.
TITLE.
AUTHOR.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine,
Lincoln
Lords of High Decision, Nicholson Wee Macgregor, Bell
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The Gadfly,
The Prodigal Son.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall,
Indiana,
The Continental Dragon,
The Recording Angel,
The Under Dog,
Looking Backward,
The House of Mirth,
The Four Feathers
Checkers.
Give Me Thine Heart,
Castle Craneycrow,
The Man in Lower Ten,
Captain Macklin,
Rockhaven,
Doctor Claudius,
Piney Home,
Beatrice Sunapter,
The Tobacco Tiller,
The Yokefellow,
Hot Coals.
Uncle Sim,
Barselma's Kiss,
Chaney's Stratagem,
Signa! Lights,
Lake Lee Pinnix Hopkins Shepherd
A Maid of Moods,
The Belle of the Bluegrass Country,
Pittman
Son of the North,
Roberts
Beauacre,
Appleton
Jeremiah's Sammy,
Gabriel
Tompkinsville Folks,
Stevens
The Broken Wheel,
May Coom
The Baronet Rag-picker.
Voynich Caine Major Sand Stephens Harris Smith Bellamy Wharton Mason Blossom Roe
Mccutcheon Rinehart Davis Munn Crawford Kimball
Cheatham Hackley Davisson Vincent
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The Devil Worshipers, Old Ninety-nine's Cave,
Midsummer Madness.
Priest or Pretender,
A Rocky Mountain Feud,
Owl Tower,
The Vassalage,
Bell
On Satan's Mount,
Tilton
Climbing up to Nature,
Lewis
The Tragedy of the Deserted Isle,
Wood
The Divine Seal,
Orcutt
The Mystery of a Miniature,
Edwards
The Misadventures of Marjorie,
Naylor
An American Sovereign,
Merrill
The Haunted King,
Moore
Real Letters of a Real Girl,
Betty
Yarb and Cretine,
Swayze
Thro' the Buhrs,
Wilson
The Vintage of Spain,
Smart
The Heart of Silence,
Cramp
Under the Flag of the Cross,
Sedberry
Love Stories From Real Life,
Champagne
The Tyranny of Power,
Clark
The Untamed Philosopher,
Hastings
Tract Number 3377,
Higgins
The Royal Life-guards,
.
Dumas
Guilty or not Guilty,
Douglas
A New Graft on the Family Tree,
Pansy .
Bobbie, General Manager,
Prouty
In the Days of Queen Victoria,
Tappan
In the Days of Alfred the Great,
Tappan
In the Days of Wm. the Conqueror,
Tappan
In the Days of Queen Elizabeth,
Tappan
Our Country's Story,
Tappan
Ray Gray Loring Cunningham Loutham Coom
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Robin Hood, His Book, Knight Errant, The Visits of Elizabeth, Toto, Tigers and Traitors,
Wild Life Near Home,
Fore-t Neighbors,
Five Cousins in California,
Following the Deer,
The Riddle of the Universe,
Tom Brown's School Days,
Old Lamps for New,
England's Story,
Tappan Tappan
The Christ Story,
Story of the Greek People,
Tappan
Letters from Colonial Children,
The Coming Race,
Tappan Bulwer Hanaford
Life of Geo. Peabody,
39th Mass. Reg. Vol.,
Roe Tirrell Plumb
Gen, Sherman,
Soldiers' Story of Andersonville,
Northrop Goss Jackson
Andrew Jackson,
Adventures in Contentment,
Grayson Grayson
Pollyanna,
Porter Harrison
The Following of the Star,
Barclay
Moni the Goat-boy,
Kunz
Ipswich Vital Records.
New bury Vital Records.
Andover Vital Records.
Tappan Lvall Glyn Richards
Verne Sharp Hulbert Forest Long Haeckle Hughes Dickens
Memorial Addresses,
When May Flowers Blossom,
Adventures in Friendship,
· V. V's Eyes,
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Haverhill Vital Records. Tantalus, A Boy's Vacation Abroad, New America and the Far East, nine volumes.
Kimmell King
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. DAVIS. Librarian.
REPORT OF THE Cemetery Committee.
RECEIPTS.
From town appropriation,
$100 00
Perpetual care of lots,
38 25
Individual care of lots,
60 50
$198 75
EXPENSES.
Paid Edwin Green, superintendent, services,
$137 74
M. S. Dean, paint and postage,
6 38
G. S. Butler, lawn grass seed,
3 30
Ira Stone, dirt,
9 40
William Gaffney, fertilizer,
10 00
William H. Parkman, fertilizer,
10 75
W. A. Woodis, fertilizer,
1 20
W. S. Crawford, wheelbarrow,
3 75
John Dwelley, labor,
8 00
C. H. Parker & Son, cement,
1 50
$192 02
LOTS PROVIDED WITH PERPETUAL CARE.
George H. Gould, Stephen Lincoln, Mrs. S. B. Ripley, Weeks & Elliott, Lewis Allen, Ione E. Holden, Daniel H. Dean, Charles H. Fobes, Fannie W. Kimball, Sumner Reed, Jesse Allen, Lyman S. Walker, Caroline M. Maynard, Martha
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M. Macullar, Mary E. Brown, Lewis N. Haskell, Ruth H. Robinson.
The number of those providing for the perpetual care of lots is increasing every year. The income of one hundred dollars, given to the town "in trust," amply provides for needful care and improvements.
Oakham is very fortunate in having a superintendent of cemeteries who is a man of excellent judgment in grading and beautifying the grounds, and very reasonable in his charges.
Respectfully submitted,
MASON S. DEAN, JESSE ALLEN, Cemetery Committee.
J. P. FAIRBANK,
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 treas- urer and collector and found them to be correct.
W. M. ROBINSON,
Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES.
School fund,
$1087 68
Support of schools,
1200 00
School superintendent,
60 00
Medical inspection,
25 00
State return for school superintendent,
187 50
Education of State children,
25 50
Education of Boston children,
91 50
High school tuition refunded,
694 00
Education of Barre children,
57 50
$3428 68
School Expenses.
SALARIES.
Paid Superintendent C. L. Randall,
$128 75
Superintendent R. I. Bramhall,
112 50
Miss F. E. Bothwell,
363 00
Miss Ethel M. Braman,
352 00
Miss R. E. Butterfield,
121 00
Mrs. Effie T. Swindell,
330 00
Miss C. D. Putnam,
220 00
Miss M. E. O'Donnell,
330 00
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Paid Mrs. R. B. Dwelley, Miss Harriot Andrews,
$136 00
95 00
$2188 25
SUPPLIES.
Paid for supplies,
$144 75
FUEL.
Paid William Gaffney,
$16 50
S. F. Fairbank,
6 75
J. P. Day,
15 75
H. W. Stone,
22 50
T. Winter,
54 00
Miss Bothwell,
15 00
Mrs. Tottingham,
13 50
G. T. Butterfield,
13 00
M. S. Dean,
22 50
J. N. Ball,
2 25
$181 75
TUITION.
Paid town of North Brookfield,
$194 00
Town of Barre,
450 00
Town of Hardwick,
50 00
$694 00
REPAIRS.
Paid for repairs, $297 47
CARE OF HOUSES.
Paid W. W. Russell,
$53 90
Willie Gaffney,
18 35
Walter Tucker,
4 00
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Paid Miss Putnam, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Carpenter,
$7 00
5 00
6 00
$94 25
TRANSPORTATION.
Transportation,
$60 90
High school transportation,
$395 70
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid J. N. Ball,
$4 00
Jesse Allen,
65 00
Mrs. M. L. Woodis,
10 90
$79 90
Total,
$4136 97
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, J. NELSON BALL, MINNIE L. WOODIS, School Committee.
REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Schools.
HOLDEN, MASS., MARCH 7, 1914.
To the School Committee of the Town of Oakham :
I TAKE pleasure in submitting to you my first annual re -- port as superintendent of your schools. With so brief an acquaintance with your schools my report will necessarily be partial. I cannot attempt to treat matters that came up before I took up the work.
TEACHERS.
Oakham has been fortunate to retain the services of its teachers from year to year. In this way one of the great wastes of rural schools is avoided. There has been but one change in the force this year. Miss Butterfield resigned in June to accept a position in Holden. Her place has been taken by Miss Putnam, a graduate of the Rutland High School and Fitchburg Normal School. The discipline of the schools has been good. Only two cases have been called to my attention this year. I believe Oakham should seriously con- sider whether it can afford to reward its faithful teachers either by lengthening the school year or by increasing the salary per week.
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TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Under an act of 1913 there will be started on July 1, 1914, a Teachers' Retirement Association. All teachers in service in the state on that date may elect to join or not, but all entering service after that date must become members. The annual dues will be five per cent of the yearly salary, with a minimum assessment of $35, and a maximum of $100. Teachers will continue to pay until they have made thirty payments, or reach the age of sixty. Any teacher who is a member may retire at the age of sixty and must retire at the age of seventy. The retirement allowance will be made up of two parts. The first will be an annuity, the amount of which will depend on the amount paid in. An annual pay- ment of $35 will produce an annuity of about $150. This has accordingly been set as a minimum payment by law. The rest of the retirement allowance will be a pension, paid by the Commonwealth, and equal in amount to the annuity. In this way, the minimum retirement allowance has been fixed at $300 a year. Arrangement has been made for re- funding all money paid in, with three per cent compound interest, to all teachers leaving the service of the state before they become eligible to a pension. As many of our teachers teach only five to seven years, this will enable them to withdraw the money with a reasonable allowance for interest.
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