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WILBRAHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY A15801 347185
Gift to Wilbraham Public Library by
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Josephine M. Pease in memory of E. Ray Pease
WILBRAHAM PUDLAC LIBRARY WIL. COLLI -CICDENCE 974.42
MAR 1969
ANNUAL REPORTS
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OF THE
SELECTMEN,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, ASSESSORS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY,
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 21, 1902.
PALMER, MASS .: PRESS OF C. B. FISKE & COMPANY. 1902.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, ASSESSORS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY,
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 21, 1902.
PALMER, MASS .: PRESS OF C. B. FISKE & COMPANY. 1902.
List of Jurors.
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN.
James K. Butler,
Frank R. Rindge,
Ethelbert Bliss,
Walter M. Bliss,
Charles S. Merrick.
Edgar H. Keith,
Albert A. Phelps,
William H. Kellogg,
L. J. Potter,
James S. Morgan, William T. Eaton,
Jesse L. Rice, Jerome Pease,
Herbert W. Burbank,
James Stephens,
Benjamin F. Greene,
Chas. W. Vinton, W. M. Green,
Allyn M. Seaver, Henry Clark,
Henry M. Green.
Report of the Selectmen and Over- seers of the Poor.
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
C. G. Robbins, posting warrants, $ 6.00
C. G. Robbins, services at polls, 2.00
C. A. Brown & Co., stove and fixings for office, 12.63
Town of Ludlow, snowing and lighting bridge, 20.87
A. H. Bartlett, 5 sealer's books, 1.85
C. B. Fiske & Co., 450 town reports, ยท 34.00
J. S. Morgan, services at polls, 3.00
C. W. Vinton, services at polls, 3.00
A. H. Bartlett, printing ballots, 6.45
Minnie M. Morgan, insurance on town property, 15.00
Grace Chapel Parish, chapel for town meeting, 20.00
A. F. Friend, services at polls, 2.00
C. G. Robbins, notifying town officers, 9.00
C. G. Robbins, repairing tramp house, .50
Cecil T. Bagnall, assessors' books, 2.75
Allen Bros., milk inspection stamp, 5.50
The Republican Co., printing notice F. A. Fuller, sealer, .75
D. A. Atkins, serving papers on Wm. Martin, 4.45
Henry R. Johnson, assessors' field books, 2.75
Henry R. Johnson, tax collector's book, 1.50
A. H. Bartlett, 25 clerk's remittance blanks, .25
A. H. Bartlett, 25 treasurer's remittance blanks, .25
Ralph W. Ellis, legal advice, 3.00
W. J. Eldred, binding books, 7.00
J. W. Baldwin, stamped envelopes and stamps, 11.85
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A. H. Bartlett, 1000 tax bills, $ 2.00
W. J. Eldred, record book, 4.50
A. H. Bartlett, printing by-laws, 3.85
J. L. Fairbanks, pauper register, 9.00
F. F. Marcy, shingles and lumber for tramp house, 11.86
C. G. Robbins, posting warrants, 6.00
C. G. Robbins, services at polls, 2.00
James C. Cooley, shingling tramp house, 4.10
F. A. Fuller, express and supplies, 5.40
C. B. Fiske & Co., assessors' valuations, 35.00
A. H. Bartlett, 50 voters' lists, 10.00
J. W. Baldwin, services at polls, 6.00
James Eagan, services at polls, 3.00
C. W. Vinton, services at polls, 3.00
Massachusetts Board of Cattle Commissioners,
1 branding stamp, 1.75
Grace Chapel Parish, chapel for election, 20.00
C. E. Peck, painting hearse, 30.00
W. L. Collins Est., rent of office, 50.00
H. F. Green, constable service,
6.80
A. F. Friend, constable service,
4.30
Walter M. Bliss, services at polls,
6.00
W. J. Eldred, binding town records, 30.50
J. M. Perry, interest on town loan, 78.50
D. A. Atkins, arresting and committing Jas. Barnes, 19.33
H. W. Bullock, committing Lewis children, 16.73
F. A. Fuller, meeting town clerks,
2.00
F. A. Fuller, election officer,
5.00
F. A. Fuller, care weights and measures,
5.00
F. A. Fuller, preparing tally sheets,
6.00
F. A. Fuller, sealing weights and measures,
18.82
F. A. Fuller, recording deaths,
4.20
F. A. Fuller, recording births, 16.50
F. A. Fuller, recording marriages,
1.80
F. A. Fuller, express and postage,
2.63
H. G. Webber, returning births,
1.25
F. W. Green, undertaker, 61.00
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F. W. Green, express and telephoning, $ 1.70
A. F. Friend, services at polls, 2.00
William Lincoln, insurance on Library, 15.00
$688.87
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
TRAMPS.
C. G. Robbins, lodging 8 tramps, $ 4.00
LOUISA WEBSTER.
John F. Chamberlain, care, $268.00
JERRY CONNORS.
H. G. Loomis, coffin, box and robe, $18.00
GEORGE PHANEUF.
A. J. Brunell, supplies, $6.90
CATHERINE BEARDSLEY.
Aid,
$96.00
M. A. Maynard, wood and coal, . 22.75
Henry Clark, wood,
7.00
$125.75
J. ROBERT COOTE.
The Northampton Insane Hospital, care.
$169.46
ALFRED L. BLISS.
Town of Brookfield, aid,
$173.29
F. W. Green, time and expense,
3.50
$176.79
NATHAN C. RICE.
Rodstrand & Lewis, casket and box,
$23.00
Refunded by Mrs. N. C. Rice.
FALIDA DEROSHIA.
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John H. Clune, coffin and box, $18.00
W. L. Collins Estate, carriage, 3.00
$21.00
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JAMES KEELEY.
Mary Jane Leahy, care,
$8.00
S. F. Smith, medical attendance, 8.00
$16.00
HENRY A. BRIGHAM.
Jason Butler, committing at Tewksbury,
$11.46
JOHN R. DEVINE.
City of Springfield, aid, $8.01
VERA MILLARD.
City of Springfield, aid,
$47.72
FRANK AMO.
City of Springfield, aid,
$7.00
MICHAEL LINNEHAN.
City of Worcester, aid,
$11.00
Refunded by Linnehan, $5.50.
EDWARD CONLEY.
F. A. Fuller, supplies, $2.70
FRANK A. LINCOLN.
Town of Palmer, aid,
$39.52
TOWN OFFICERS.
TREE WARDEN.
Earl M. Scott,
$8.12
C. G. Robbins,
82.13
$90.25
Geo. A. Russell,
$5.00
MODERATOR.
F. E. Clark,
$5.00
SELECTMEN.
Jason Butler,
$71.88
Henry Clark,
47.50
F. W. Green,
63.75
$183.13
AUDITOR.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
H. G. Webber, Ethelbert Bliss,
$46.00 30.00
$76.00
CATTLE INSPECTOR.
J. L. Rice,
$39.50
TRUANT OFFICERS.
C. F. Fuller,
$2.00
C. G. Robbins,
3.00
$5.00
ASSESSORS.
L. W. Rice,
$108.80
G. L. Rindge,
38.00
A. A. Phelps,
17.50
$164.30
TAX COLLECTOR.
W. M. Green,
$100.00
REGISTRARS.
J. S. Morgan,
$12.00
James Egan,
12.00
F. A. Fuller,
12.00
W. H. Day;
12.00
$48.00
TREASURER.
F. A. Fuller,
$60.00
SCHOOLS.
Supplies,
$ 873.65
Superintendent of Schools,
391.55
Repairs,
249.51
Care school houses,
161.20
Teachers' wages,
3,693.68
Tuition at Wesleyan Academy,
764.90
$6,134.49
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation,
$2,000.00
M. A. Lane, labor,
$164.15
J. H. Farr, labor,
4.48
Henry C. Butler, labor,
1.00
E. M. Butterfield, labor,
50.76
W. F. Morgan. labor,
91.87
James F. Phelps, labor,
19.65
Henry M. Green, labor,
130.04
A. A. Phelps, labor,
363.21
W. H. McGuire, labor,
67.41
L. L. Farr, labor,
1.25
Alden Brothers, plank,
124.90
A. M. Seaver, labor,
307.20
Henry Clark, labor,
71.41
Jason Butler, posts and railing,
5.50
William Kallman, labor,
33.01
T. A. Marshall, labor,
13.05
C. C. Fillmore, repairing scraper,
1.00
Town of Ludlow, painting Red Bridge,
17.81
C. E. Peck, screen for brook,
4.00
repairing road scraper,
3.00
66 3 warning boards,
2.00
Collins & Norton, steel girder bridge,
150.00
W. H. Day, railing and posts, 7.00
E. S. Decker, lumber for railing,
8.21
Alvin Chilson, labor,
68.49
F. A. Fuller, spikes,
.28
F. A. Gurney, spikes,
.45
$1,711.13
RELOCATING HIGHWAY BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. LAND DAMAGES.
A. F. Friend. $ 50.00
Charles Fuller, 20.00
W. L. Collins estate, 135.00
Emma S. Mowry,
30.00
F. A. Fuller, treas., trustee for A. E. Bell and Town of Wilbraham, 40.00
$275.00
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MEMORIAL DAY.
James S. Morgan,
$25.00
C. E. Peck, 50.00
$75.00
STREET LIGHTS.
C. F. Fuller, care, $ 67.00
James Stephens, care, supplies and repairs,
112.16
F. A. Fuller, supplies, 27.13
T. W. Hamilton, repairs, 1.35
$207.64
LIBRARY ACCOUNT.
Minnie M. Morgan, librarian, $ 23.00
A. H. Bartlett, 500 cards, 2.00
Henry R. Johnson, books,
201.33
F. W. Green, exchanging books, 10.00
H. W. Cutler, books,
4.00
$240.33
CARE OF CEMETERIES.
L. L. Farr, care, Glendale, $ 7.00
C. C. Fillmore, irons for fence, 1.00
G. M. Edson, painting and repairing fence, 22.00
F. A. Fuller, paint, 27.46
C. W. Vinton, care E. Wilbraham, 10.00
E. S. Keyes, care Old Yard,
10 00
Henry Clark, work on lots,
4.82
$82.28
SEWER EXTENSION.
Appropriation, $150.00
The Republican Co., advertising for bids, $ 4.75
W. H. Brainerd, plans and specifications, 8.00
Seymour & Newell, constructing, 347.50
$360.25
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CANAL BRIDGE.
Appropriation, Collins & Norton.
$1,200.00
$1,100.00
GRAVEL FOR HIGHWAY.
Appropriation,
$500.00
W. H. McGuire, labor,
$123.47
J. L. Rice, labor,
39.60
A. A. Phelps, labor.
244.63
L. J. Potter, gravel,
29.00
$436.70
STATE AID, CHAPTER 374, ACTS OF 1899.
William Butler,
$48.00
Francis M. Davis,
48.00
James C. Moody,
60.00
Cordelia Sheldon,
48.00
William S. Tiffany,
48.00
Almira M. Crockett,
48.00
Gilbert P. Warfield,
24.00
James M. King,
24.00
$348.00
MILITARY AID.
James M. King,
$45.00
SUMMARY.
Contingent,
$ 688.87
Paupers,
956.31
Town officers,
776.20
Schools,
6,134.49
Highways and bridges,
1,711.13
Relocating highway by County Commissioners, 275.00
Memorial Day, 75.00
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Street lights,
$ 207.64
Library account,
240.33
Care cemeteries,
82.28
Sewer extension,
360.25
Canal bridge,
1,100.00
Gravel for highway, State aid, Military aid,
436.70
348.00
45.00
$13,437.20
RESOURCES.
Due from State of Mass., state aid,
$ 324.00
66
military aid, 45.00
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" town of Warren, pauper,
16.00
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' county treasurer, land damage.
175.00
Uncollected taxes,
1,249.61
Cash in treasury,
972.93
$2,782.54
LIABILITIES.
Outstanding bills, estimated, $100.00
The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations :
Highways and bridges,
$2,000.00
Schools,
3,400.00
Repairs,
200.00
Paupers,
800.00
Contingent expenses and town officers,
1,500.00
Street lights,
200.00
Care and repairs cemeteries,
100.00
Library,
25.00
Tuition,
600.00
JASON BUTLER, Selectmen HENRY CLARK, of
F. W. GREEN, Wilbraham.
Chloe Bliss Stebbins Fund.
ESTABLISHED 1897.
This is a contribution of three hundred dollars, made by Solomon Bliss Stebbins, of Boston, from money given to him by Chloe Bliss Stebbins of Wilbraham, said sum to be held by the town as a memorial of her regard for its association with her long life dwelt therein, and in which she died Feb. 20, 1897. The income of the fund is to be paid annually, one-third to the overseers of the poor for the relief of the poor of the town ; one-third to the managers of the town library to aid in its support, and one-third to secure perpetual good care of the graves in the town burial ground of Eber and Elizabeth Bliss Stebbins, and their children, buried in the same range.
JASON BUTLER, Selectmen HENRY CLARK, of
F. W. GREEN, Wilbraham.
Abner E. Bell Fund.
NORTH WILBRAHAM, MASS., DEC. 3, 1901.
Received from the town of Wilbraham the sum of forty dollars, the same being in full for land damage awarded by the County Commissioners, June 25, 1901, by reason of relocation of high- way in North Wilbraham in their decree dated April 3, 1901. The amount to be deposited in some savings bank in trust for the town of Wilbraham and Abner E. Bell, the interest to be paid annually to said Abner E. Bell during his life by reason of his life tenancy in that portion of the late Henry Cutler's estate. At his decease the principal to revert to the town of Wilbraham for the use of the Public Library according to the terms of the will of the late Henry Cutler.
F. A. FULLER, 3 Trustee of the town of Wilbraham and Abner E. Bell.
NORTH WILBRAHAM, MASS., DEC. 23, 1901.
I have this day deposited the sum of forty dollars in the Spring- field Institution of Savings in the city of Springfield, Book No. 158877, as trustee for the town of Wilbraham and Abner E. Bell.
F. A. FULLER.
Treasurer's Report of the Town of Wilbraham.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 21, 1902. RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury Feb. 25. 1901, $ 410.78
from W. M. Green, collector, 1900, 1,033.43
State Treasurer, account state pau-
pers, 54.55
State Treasurer, inspection animals and provisions, 25.50
State Treasurer, superintendent of schools, 292.55
State Treasurer, education of chil- dren, lunacy and charity, 315.00
State Treasurer, corporation and bank tax and state aid, less state tax $490, repair state highway, $56.72, 911.34
State Treasurer, income Masssachu- setts school fund, 917.44
Town of Monson, tuition refunded, 73.32
Town of Amherst, account Thomas White. 9.49
Town of New Marlboro, Edw. Conley bill, 2.70
C. B. Estey, tuition, 54.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust
Co., 6 months note, 1,500.00
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Cash from Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust
Co., 3 months note, $1,000.00
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 3 months note, 1,000.00
M. Ecker, peddler's licenses, 12.00
James F. Phelps, overpay refunded, 10.00
W. L. Collins Est., sealing scales, 1.00
J. W. Baldwin, sealing scales, 1.00
Collins Mfg. Co., sealing scales, 2.00
The Cutler Co., sealing scales,
5.50
B. and A. R. R., N. Y. C. and
H. R. lessee, sealing scales, 1.50
Wesleyan Academy, sealing scales, 1.00
American Express Co., sealing scales, .50
Eliza B. Rice, casket for N. C. Rice,
23.00
H. G. Webber, books sold, 4.10
House of Correction, fines,
6.00
Jason Butler, account Betsey Web- ster Estate, 85.86
Michael Linnehan, part of hospital bill, 5.10
M. Wells Bridge, dog fund, 191.85
H. W. Cutler, interest Henry Cutler legacy, 78.27
J. M. Perry, interest town loan, 78.50
Frederick Merrick, burial lot, 20.00
A. A. Phelps, grass on town farm, 18.00
E. S. Keyes, grass in old cemetery, 10.00
Jason Butler, refunded trom Henry Brigham est., 7.94
Free Public Library, fines, etc., 4.33
Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund, interest, 10.59
Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., interest, 11.75
W. M. Green, collector, 1901, 11,191.96
$19,381.85
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EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid, Selectmen's orders, $13,044.20
State and military aid, 393.00
County tax, M. Wells Bridge, treas- urer, 817.91
Assessors' abatements, 1900,
78.20
Note, Safe Deposit and Trust Co.,
500.00
66 1,500.00
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6 . 1,000.00
66
66 1,000.00
Discount, Safe Deposit and Trust Co. note, 33.75
Discount, Safe Deposit and Trust
Co. note, 11.37
Discount, Safe Deposit and Trust Co. 11.37
Renewal Safe Deposit and Trust
Co. note, 11.37
Renewal Safe Deposit and Trust Co. note, 7.75
Cash in treasury, 972.93
$19,381.85 The amount of the Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund is $300, deposited in Springfield Institution for Savings, book No. 136,333. F. A. FULLER, Treasurer. Wilbraham, Mass., Feb. 21, 1902.
Of the cash in the treasury $66.70 is due the town library.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Treasurer and find them correct as reported.
FRANK A. GURNEY, Auditor.
Wilbraham, Mass., March 4, 1902.
Report of the Board of Assessors. FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1902.
APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
For general repairs, highways and bridges,
$2,000.00
For new bridge,
1,200.00
Support of schools,
3,400.00
Repairs on schoolhouses,
200.00
Support of paupers,
800.00
Contingent expenses and town officers,
1,700.00
Support of street lights,
200.00
Care of cemeteries,
150.00
Care and support of public library,
25.00
Tuition high school pupils,
600.00
Use of tree warden,
50.00
Instruction in music,
150.00
Gravel on roads,
500.00
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$10,975.00
State tax for 1901,
$490.00
County tax for 1901,
817.91
Road tax for 1901,
56.72
Overlayings,
101.94
$1,466.57
Total tax, $12,441.57
Besides the above amount there was appropriated from the money in Treasury, at the beginning of the fiscal year:
For Memorial Day,
$ 75.00
Raised by taxation 1901,
$12,441.57
Appropriated from Treasury 1901,
75.00
Total raised and appropriated by town 1901, - $12,516.57
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Number of polls at $2 each, 375,
$ 750.00
Value assessed personal estate, $165,460.00
Tax on assessed personal estate,
2,432.26
Value assessed real estate,
629,885.00
Tax on assessed real estate,
9,259.31
Total tax, town, county and state,
$12,441.57
Total property assessed, $795,345.00
Rate per cent total tax, $14.70 per $1000,
Number of dwelling houses,
287
Horses,
282
Cows,
572
Acres of land,
12,96219
Sheep,
9
Neat cattle other than cows,
298
Swine,
34
L. W. RICE,
Assessors
G. L. RINDGE,
of
A. A. PHELPS,
Wilbraham.
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
The following measures were brought to the office and sealed :
For James Eagan, May 9th, 1 pr. counter scales, 1 pr. platform scales, 8 measures, 1 yard measure.
For F. J. McGuan, May 9th, 1 qt. measure, 1 pr. steelyards, 1 pr. spring-balance scales. May 20, 1 platform scales, 1 qt. measure.
For F. A. Fuller, May 9th, 1 pr. counter scales, 7 measures, 1 yard measure. June 10th, 1 counter scale, 1 pr. spring-balance scales, 1 platform scale.
For Henry LaBroad, May 18, 1 qt. measure.
For M. M. Parker, May 20, 3 counter scales, 1 platform scale, 7 measures, 1 yard measure. May 27, 1 gal. measure.
For C. N. Mowry, May 1st, 1 counter scales.
For F. A. Gurney, May 22d, 1 pr. counter scales, 13 measures. For Jason Butler, Dec. 3, 1 10-qt. milk can.
For W. H. Day, Dec. 12, 1 4-quart milk can.
The scales following were visited by the sealer and costs of sealing paid : -
For W. L. Collins Est., Jan. 27, 1 pr. hay scales.
For B. & A. R. R., N. Y. C. & H. R., lessee, June 10, 2 pr. platform scales.
For American Express Co., June 10, 1 pr. platform scales.
For J. W. Baldwin, June 10, 1 pr. hay scales.
For The Cutler Co., July 6, 8 pr. scales. July 8, 1 pr. car scales, 1 pr. platform scales.
For The Collins Mfg. Co., July 6, 4 pr. scales.
For Wesleyan Academy, Dec. 2, 1 pr. hay scales.
F. A. FULLER, Sealer.
Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library.
Number of volumes in library, last report, 1,581
Number of volumes added, 178
Number of volumes in library Feb 21, 1902,
1,759
Number of books loaned from library during
past year, 2,930
RESOURCES.
Appropriation by the town,
$ 25.00
Dog Fund, 1900,
170.04
Income Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund,
3.53
Income Henry Cutler legacy,
78.27
Fines and cards,
4.33
Balance on hand, Feb. 27, 1901,
25.86
$307.03
EXPENDITURES.
H. R. Johnson, books,
$201.33
F. W. Green, transportation of books,
10.00
Miss Morgan, librarian, 23.00
A. H. Bartlett, printing cards,
2.00
H. W. Cutler, book and magazine,
2.00
H. W. Cutler, supplies, 1.50
Freight on books, .50
Balance on Feb. 21, 1902, in hands of Town Treasurer, 66.70
$307.03
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The legacy from the estate of Henry Cutler has been increased $75 by the refunding of the United States legacy tax and is now de- posited as follows :
$500 in Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank, book No. 55,481. $500.00 in Springfield Institution for Savings, book No. 145,815.
H. W. CUTLER, Trustees
F. A. GURNEY, Free Public
MINNIE M. MORGAN, ) Library.
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Report of School Committee.
The School Committee respectfully submit their annual report.
The revenues of the current year have been as follows :
Appropriation for school purposes, $3,400.00
Appropriation for repairs, 200.00
Appropriation for tuition, high school, 600.00
Appropriation for music,
150.00
From State school fund,
917.44
From State, on account of Superintendent of schools,
292.55
From State, for State children,
315.00
Interest on town loan, 78.50
Due from State, account Superintendent of Schools, 200.00
Town of Monson, tuition refunded,
73.32
C. B. Estey, tuition refunded, 54.00
H. G. Webber, books sold,
4.10
Chloe Bliss Stebbins fund,
3.53
Due from Town of Monson, tuition,
64.00
Due from Town of Palmer, tuition,
36.00
$6,388.44
EXPENDITURES.
TEACHERS' WAGES.
M. E. Howard, teaching music, $ 150.00
Florence Underhill, 90.00
Helen Glidden,
22.40
Lauretta Shea,
79.50
Mary E. Mack,
34.50
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Ida Blair,
$ 306.00
Grace Nichols,
96.00
Effie Morgan,
192.00
Bertha Twitchell,
360.00
Dora Merrick,
180.80
Harriett T. Ross,
96.00
Elsie B. Martin,
288.00
Stella M. Greene,
217.00
Georgie E. Woodward,
180.00
Marion Lilly,
16.00
Edith B. Butler,
80.00
Martha Bowdish,
300.50
Mary F. Pomeroy,
133.36
Lena Cogswell,
266.64
Lula Tiffany,
90.00
Elsie Leavitt,
192.00
Maria E. Bliss,
102.00
Mabel Applin,
192.00
Abbie M. Smith,
28.98
$3,693.68
SCHOOLHOUSE REPAIRS.
L. L. Farr,
$ 10.69
George W. Edson,
1.00
H. G. Webber,
2.00
C. A. Brown & Co.,
3.50
C. W. Vinton,
47.90
James Eagan,
.50
C. E. Peck,
2.60
F. D. Benton,
1.98
William Thompson,
6.00
The Cutler Co.,
17.75
M. A. Lane,
1.00
Henry C. Butler,
2.00
F. F. Marcy,
10.04
M. P. Wright,
.50
James H. Farr,
2.51
Elias S. Keyes,
60.28
25
J. S. Morgan,
$27.31
Martha Bowdish,
.56
F. A. Fuller,
38.64
C. F. Fuller,
.50
Ethelbert Bliss,
12.25
$ 249.51
CARE OF SCHOOLS.
Willie Thompson,
$ 3.50
Sanford Fuller,
5.25
H. G. Webber,
.50
Hector Lussier,
11.35
Ida Blair,
16.25
C. W. Vinton,
9.00
George R. Stephens,
6.75
Joseph Cotter,
12.10
Grace Nichols,
5.75
Effie Morgan,
10.50
Bertha Twitchell,
8.00
C. G. Robbins,
2.00
Johannah Linnehan,
4.00
Stella M. Greene,
8.50
Bertha M. Farr,
17.15
C. F. Fuller,
40.60
$ 161.20
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
C. A. Brown & Co.,
$ .75
J. L. Hammett Co.,
109.82
W. A. Mowry,
30.00
Warren D. Fuller,
4.50
H. M. Bliss,
67.50
American Book Co.,
5.66
27.38
Springfield News Co., D. C. Heath & Co., Wesleyan Academy,
9.79
44.88
Lee & Shepard,
2.00
26
Houghton & Mifflin Co.,
$ 2.77
H. G. Webber, 85.79
Emerson Col. of Oratory,
1.00
Benj. H. Sanborn,
6.75
Levenworth & Meyer,
26.75
D. Appleton & Co.,
6.40
Knight & Millett,
1.00
H. H. Hale,
15.20
Edward E. Babb,
14.60
T. H. Caster & Co.,
2.51
Ginn & Co.,
28.25
Silver, Burdett & Co ..
6.79
Thomas R. Shewell & Co.,
24.26
Henry Holt & Co.,
7.68
G. & C. Merriam,
95.00
Mary F. Pomeroy,
.50
A. H. Bartlett,
3.65
New Century Press,
1.36
Frank R. Rindge,
50.00
F. A. Fuller,
1.06
F. A. Gurney,
3.80
J. A. Bennett,
25.75
Sibley & Ducker,
1.67
James Eagan,
.50
Maynard & Merrill,
.90
Milton Bradley Co.,
1.44
Jason Butler,
40.00
Edith B. Butler,
.25
Macmillan Co.,
3.10
Ethelbert Bliss,
66.00
Luther L. Farr,
30.00
$ 873.65
Salary Superintendent of schools,
391.55
Tuition, Wesleyan Academy,
764.90
Total expenditures,
$ 6,134.49
27
Value of books and supplies on hand March 1, 1902, $ 400.00
Value of books and supplies in schools, esti- mated, 700.00
$1,100.00
We recommend the coming year an appropriation of $3,400 for school purposes, $200 for repairs, $600 for tuition high school.
Respectfully submitted.
H. G. WEBBER, ETHELBERT BLISS, School
JASON BUTLER, Committee.
HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.
The town having voted to pay the tuition at the Wesleyan Acad- emy for high school instruction of such children as are duly qualified, the following regulations have been adopted :
1. Examinations shall be given by the Wesleyan Academy to those candidates only who are recommended by the Superintendent of Schools.
2. No candidate shall be recommended by the superintendent for examination unless he has satisfactorily completed in course or by examination the studies of the "Course of Study " for the public schools of Wilbraham.
3. Examinations shall be given by the Wesleyan Academy in Arithmetic, English, Grammar, Geography, United States History, and Spelling.
4. All who shall pass these examinations shall receive from the Superintendent of Schools a certificate which shall entitle the person named therein to tuition at the expense of the Town of Wilbraham, in the Wesleyan Academy in the Academic, Classical, Industrial Science, or Latin Scientific Courses.
5. All students educated at the expense of the Town of Wilbra- ham in the Wesleyan Academy shall be under the rules and regula- tions of that institution.
H. G. WEBBER.
ETHELBERT BLISS, School Committee.
JASON BUTLER,
TABLE OF MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE.
No. of School.
WHOLE NUMBER OF PUPILS.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.
Spring
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
1
15
24
23
28
13.05
20.88
18.02
17.31
12.40
19.19
16 03
15.87
2A
15
15
15
20
13.38
13.86
14.15
13.79
11.81
12.89
12.42
12.37
2P
23
25
31
31
20.36
23.27
28.70
24.77
19.38
20.82
24.29
21.49
3
27
28
26
28
24.49
24.80
24.87
24.72
22.62
23.04
21.87
22.51
4A
15
20
14
20
14.83
16.31
14.
15.05
13.65
16.20
13.51
14.12
4P
20
22
14
22
18.92
13.83
12.63
15.13
17.21
13.38
12.
14.20
5
18
18
11
18
17.60
14.97
10.35
14.31
16.60
14.20
9.35
13.72
6
19
20
2.2
22
16.27
18.47
19.72
18.15
14.53
17.20
17.80
16.31
7
17
14
14
17
12.32
13.87
13.15
13.11
11.71
13.55
12.03
12.43
8A
12
14
14
14
11.05
12.70
13.83
12.53
9.79
12.37
12.90
11.69
8I
22
20
19
22
21.73
17.93
18.24
19.30
20.07
17.12
16.69
17.96
8P
24
30
32
32
21.47
27.49
29.30
26.09
20.23
24.74
24.79
23.25
Report of Superintendent of Schools.
To the School Board of Wilbraham :
GENTLEMEN : The plan of work and the methods employed have not materially varied from those of last year. The teachers for the most part have labored faithfully but the conditions in several of our schools are such that the best results are impossible.
In most of the rooms the ages of the pupils vary from five to fourteen years making discipline difficult, while the number of reci- tation periods is so large that it is impossible to give sufficient time to any one. In the attempt to give each pupil his proportionate share of the time all are defrauded.
The program in use in one of the schools shows the number of exercises and the amount of time devoted to each with no allowance for unavoidable interruptions incident to the care of children. If a teacher made suitable preparations for such a program there would be no time in the twenty-four hours for sleep or recreation.
ORDER OF EXERCISES, MILE-TREE SCHOOL, WINTER 1901-2. TEACHER, MISS BERTHA M. TWITCHELL.
Opening Exercises ...
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