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1,312
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1,286
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1,153
2.04
912
1.71
Religion
307
.63
288
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359
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284
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247
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Philosophy
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Language
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54,320 100.00
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53,377 100.00
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172
ANNUAL REPORT
Books Added During the Year
Number of volumes reported Dec. 27, 1915
51,047
Added from:
Spring fund
342
Peabody fund
235
Sweetser fund
196
Sawyer fund
186
Frothingham fund
3
Dodge fund
59
Haskell fund
5
Green fund
17
William fund
5
Currier fund
3
1,033
By binding (Todd fund)
249
Donated
165
1,447
Cancelled and withdrawn
109
Net gain
1,338
1,338
Total number Dec. 27, 1916
52,385
CLASSIFICATION OF NEW BOOKS
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Fiction
453
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353
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399
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342
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Economics
187
12.94
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6.38
152
11.20
97
7.3
187
15.9
Biography
119
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98
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112
8.41
101
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102
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Literature
79
5.46
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6.96
151
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105
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3.20
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104
7.12
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7.39
80
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General Works
106
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233
18.13
67
5.
164
3
63
5.3
Travels
35
2.49
43
3.34
89
6.70
61
4.6
History
176
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99
7.70
115
8.62
87
3.25
93
3.95
Natural Science
44
3.05
48
3.73
38
2.90
52
3.9
43
3.7
Religion
24
1.66
9
.70
25
196
16
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17
1.4
Language
1
.06
5
.38
30
2.32
1
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15
1.2
Philosophy
13
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24
1.86
35
2.70
23
1.7
14
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1,447 100.00
1,285 100.00
1,348 100.00
1,334 100.00
1,178 100.00
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Returns of the Elections
Returns of the Elections, 1916
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
November, 1916 To the Clerks in Representative District Number 23 in the County of Essex:
This Certificate Witnesseth, that at Legal Meeting of the inhabitants of Ward Six in Representative District Number 23 in the County of Essex, qualified to vot efor State Officers, holden on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, being the seventh day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, for the purpose of giving in their votes for one Representative to the General Court, for said District, all the ballots given in therefor were sorted, counted, recorded and declaration thereof made, as by law is directed, and were for the following persons, namely:
Richard Newell of West Newbury had Fifty-five (55)
William F. Runnells of Newburyport had Three hundred twenty-two (322) William Clark Wallace of Ipswich had Fifty-six (56).
Blanks, sixty-eight (68).
Whole number of Ballots, Five hundred one (501).
CLARENCE J. FOGG, Mayor, H. A. BESSE, EDWARD S. PERKINS, WILLARD S. MCKAY, SAMUEL F. HARRIS, W. LUNT BARTLETT.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
November 7, 1916.
To the City and Town Clerks in Representative District Number twenty-three in the County of Essex :
This Certificate Witnesseth, that at a Legal Meeting of the inhabitants of Newbury in Representative District Number twenty-tree, in the County of Essex, qualified to vote for State Officers, holden on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, being the seventh day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, for the purpose of giving in their votes for one Representative in the General Court, for said District, all the
178
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ballots given in therefor were sorted, counted, recorded and declaration there- of made, as by law is directed, and were for the following persons, namely:
Richard Newell of West Newbury (I) Fifty-five (55).
William F. Runnells of Newburyport (R) One hundred ninety-eight (198). William Clarke Wallace of Ipswich (D) Twenty-four (24).
Blanks, Thirty-six. (36).
Whole number of Ballots, Three hundred thirteen (313).
RICHARD T. NOYES, JOHN T. LITCH, Selectmen of Newbury. JOHN C. ROLFE, Town Clerk.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
November, 1916.
To the City and Town Clerks, Twenty Third Essex, in Representative District, Number Twenty-third, in the County of Essex:
This Certificate Witnesseth, that at Legal Meeting of the inhabitants of Rowley, in Representative District Number Twenty third, in the County of Essex, qualified to vote for State Officers, holden on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, being the seventh day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Representative in the General Court, for said District, all the ballots given in therefor were sortd, counted, recorded and declaration thereof made, as by law is directed, and were for the following persons, namely :
Richard Newell of West Newbury,
William F. Runnells of Newburyport,
William Clark Wallace of Ipswich.
Richard Newell had Twenty-nine (29).
William F. Runnells had One Hundred fifty-five (155),
William Clark Wallace had Fifty-seven (57).
Blanks, Thirty-six (36).
Whole number of Ballots, Two Hundred Seventy-seven (277).
CHARLES H. PERLEY, JOSEPH N. DUMMER, Selectmen of Rowley.
CHARLES E. MARSHALL, Town Clerk.
179
ELECTION RETURNS
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
November 8th, 1916.
To the City and Town Clerks in Representative District Number twenty-three in the County of Essex:
This Certificate Witnesseth, that at a Legal Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Ipswich in Representative District Number twenty-three, in the County of Essex, qualified to vote for State Officers, holden on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, being the seventh day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, for the purpose of giving in their votes for one Representative in the General Court, for said District, all the ballots given in therfor were sorted, counted, recorded and declaration thereof made, as by law is directed, and were for the following persons, namely:
Richard Newell of West Newbury, has Forty (40).
William F. Runnells of Newburyport, Four hundred and forty nine (449). William Clark Wallace of Ipswich, One hundred and ninety six (196).
Blanks, One hundred and fifteen.
Whole number of Ballots, Eight hundred.
FRANK W. KYRS, JOHN A. BROWN, GEORGE E. HODGKINS, Selectmen of Ipswich.
CHARLES W. BAMFORD,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT
STATE ELECTION, 1916.
GOVERNOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
James Hayes
5
5
7
5
11
41
C. R. Lawrence
3
4
2
7
1
4
21
Sam. W. McCall
279
212
241
173
196
270
1371
F. W. Mansfield
122
228
151
167
214
135
1017
Dan A. White
10
12
7
7
26
48
110
Blanks
38
36
30
25
27
33
189
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Calvin Coolidge
276
233
243
186
214
274
1426
Alfred H. Evans
5
4
3
9
0
13
34
S. J. McBride
12
16
8
12
27
56
131
T. J. Maher
0
4
1
3
3
5
16
Thomas P. Riley
94
194
122
142
169
87
808
Blanks
70
46
61
35
56
66
334
SECRETARY
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
T. F. Brennan
5
12
6
7
10
9
49
Leon R. Eyges
83
183
123
121
159
82
751
L. A. Grout
12
12
77
14
26
53
124
Albert P. Langtry
273
231
230
189
204
282
1409
Blanks
84
59
72
56
70
75
416
TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL
Wards
1
2
3
4
5 206
6
Total
Charles L. Burrill
272
232
244
180
281
1415
F E. Oelcher
3
6
2
5
1
8
25
Filam K. Sheldon
11
14
6
12
29
51
123
Henry N. Teague
82
181
120
129
165
89
766
Blanks
89
64
66
61
68
72
420
AUDITOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Joseph Bearak
13
14
10
14
30
56
137
F. Bohmbach
3
6
1
4
1
6
21
Alonzo B. Cook
258
224
234
182
194
273
1365
J. B. N. Soulliere
86
185
120
122
164
83
760
Blanks
97
68
73
65
80
83
466
181
ELECTION RETURNS
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Wards
1
2
3
4
5 192
6
Total
Henry C. Attwill
265
223
241
180
260
1361
J. J. Donahue
90
189
116
128
177
93
793
Joseph Jiskra
2
5
12
4
1
3
17
J. W. Sherman
13
23
13
15
34
58
156
Blanks
87
57
66
60
65
87
422
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
John F. Fitzgerald
125
244
154
162
219
127
1031
Henry C. Lodge
266
202
236
177
195
276
1352
Wm. N. McDonald
18
19
7
13
28
55
140
Blanks
48
32
41
35
27
43
226
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
C. W. Fitzgerald
18
24
23
20
41
53
179
A. P. Gardner
298
245
257
200
229
294
1523
Arthur Howard
90
173
108
114
150
95
730
Blanks
51
55
50
53
49
59
317
COUNCILLOR-5th DISTRICT
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
P B. Flanders
49
73
42
57
69
86
376
Frederick H. Tarr
265
247
256
199
231
274
1472
Blanks
143
177
140
131
169
141
901
SENATOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Charles D. Brown
282
278
278
220
255
293
1606
Blanks
175
219
160
167
214
208
1143
REPRESENTATIVE-24th ESSEX DISTRICT
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Carl C. Emery
293
341
301
251
287
1473
Blanks
164
156
137
126
182
775
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
J. M. Grosvenor, Jr.,
272
256
254
207
222
276
1487
George H. Leonard
33
69
30
57
71
89
349
Blanks
152
172
154
123
176
136
913
182
ANNUAL REPORT
ASSOCIATE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Wards
1
2
3
4
5 166
6 187
1089
Horace M. Sargent
161
174
172
145
145
204
1001
L. W. Spalding
57
79
67
6%
90
117
477
H. H. Thompson
32
39
30
30
41
48
220
Blanks
449
515
421
384
496
446
2711
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Wards
1
2
3
4
5 207
6 Total
Louis S. Cox
262
216
231
180
246
1342
M. F. Cunningham
66
159
106
111
137
78
657
Philip K. White
17
34
27
28
45
90
241
Blanks
112
88
74
68
80
87
509
CLERK OF COURTS
E. B. George
280
293
271
237
277
279
1637
Charles F. Norwood
37
51
41
40
47
87
303
Blanks
140
153
126
110
145
135
809
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
William Chisnall
42
63
39
53
91
92
380
Willard J. Hale
290
277
283
229
247
289
1615
Blanks
125
157
116
105
131
120
754
CONVENTION
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Yes
113
166
131
122
172
146
850
No
153
129
117
108
129
165
801
Blanks
191
202
190
157
168
190
1098
JANUARY 1
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Yes
181
233
199
171
225
192
1201
No
150
140
119
114
139
185
847
Blanks
126
124
120
102
105
124
701
PRIMARIES
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Yes
139
149
153
135
162
162
900
No
136
159
101
102
149
154
801
Blanks
182
189
184
150
158
185
1048
Charles R. Leighton
215
187
186
148
Total
183
ELECTION RETURNS
AGRICULTURE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Yes
122
161
140
113
169
162
867
No
146
132
119
111
120
155
783
Blanks
189
204
179
163
180
184
1099
REPRESENTATIVE-23rd DISTRICT
Ward 6
Richard Newell
55
Wm. F. Runnells
322
W. C. Wallace
56
Blanks
68
Totals
457
497
438
387
469
501 2749
CLARENCE J. FOGG, Mayor. WILLARD S. McKAY, W. LUNT BARTLETT,
HAROLD A. BESSE,
SAMUEL F. HARRIS,
Board of Aldermen.
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ANNUAL REPORT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 1916
ELECTORS AT LARGE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Louis F. Weiss
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Howard A. Gibbs
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Wm. Shaw
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
John B. Lewis
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
Geo. v. L. Meyer
251
200
238
163
189
251
1292
Edw. A. Thurston
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
Oscar Kinsalas
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Ingvar Paulsen
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
David I. Walsh
167
258
181
185
235
181
1207
S. L. Whipple
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
52
60
26
60
52
58
308
DISTRICT ONE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Reuben V. Clark
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Oliver L. Bartlett
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
Kelton B. Miller
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
Henry Noffke
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Harry A. Garfield
167
258
179
185
235
181
1205
Blanks
26
30
15
30
26
29
156
DISTRICT TWO
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Samuel M. Jones
11
8
7
S
18
37
89
William G. Rogers
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
G. W. Gordon
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
Daniel S. Law
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
T. F. Harrington
167
258
179
185
235
181
1205
Blanks
26
30
15
30
26
29
156
DISTRICT THREE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Victor Annala
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Albert C. Brown
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
George R. Wallace
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
J. A. Anderson
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
M. C. Coolidge
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
185
ELECTION RETURNS
DISTRICT FOUR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
James Cronin
11
8
7
8
18
37
83
William W. Nash
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
Webster Thayer
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
William Taylor
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
H. O. Rocheleau
167
258.
179
185
235
181
1205
Blanks
26
30
15
50
26
29
156
DISTRICT FIVE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
William A. Chase
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Charles W. Leach
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
H. E. Fletcher
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
John McKinnon
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
H. O'Sullivan
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
DISTRICT SIX
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Ralph E. Gardner
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
John E. Peterson
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
Isaac Patch
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
J. P. McNally
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Charles F. Ropes
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
DISTRICT SEVEN
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
A. H. Adamson
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Wilbur D. Moon
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
Chas. C. Johnson
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
E. Hamburger
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Simeon Viger
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
DISTRICT EIGHT
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
John S. Young
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Stuart B. Remick
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
Arthur Black
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
Fred Roberts
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
E. Wambaugh
167
258
179
185
235
181
1205
Blanks
26
30
15
30
26
29
156
186
ANNUAL REPORT
DISTRICT NINE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
William Sanborn
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
W. G. Merrill
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
Charles Bruce
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
A. Mortenson
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Marcus Beebe
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
DISTRICT TEN
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
J. J. McEttrick
11
8
7
8
18
1 37
89
F. S. Sprague
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
J. B. Maccabe
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
P. E. Anderson
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
William Taylor
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
DISTRICT ELEVEN
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Moses J. Konikow
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Obed Baker
2
1
1
1
0
3
7
Crafton D. Cushing
251
200
238
162
189
251
1291
Henry C. Hess
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Josiah Quincy
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
13
30
26
29
155
DISTRICT TWELVE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Louis Marcus
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
S. W. Bingham
2
1
0
T
0
3
7
George F. Lawley
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
Harry Keller
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
John MacDonnell
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
DISTRICT THIRTEEN
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Eugene Hough
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Moses D. Monroe
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
George S. Smith
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
Dyer Enger
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
E. E. Ginsburg
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
187
ELECTION RETURNS DISTRICT FOURTEEN
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Zoel Thibadeau
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
Albert J. Orem
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
Horace A. Keith
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
J. A. Frederickson
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
C. M. Hickey
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
DISTRICT FIFTEEN
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Louis Schriever
11
8
7
S
18
37
89
John M. Fisher
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
Frederick E. Goff
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
Albert Barnes
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
John F. Doherty
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
DISTRICT SIXTEEN
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Robert Metcalf
11
8
7
8
18
37
89
J. I. Bartholomew
2
1
0
1
0
3
7
P. C. Headley, Jr.,
251
200
237
163
189
251
1291
J. O'Fihelly
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Thomas C. Thacher
167
258
180
185
235
181
1206
Blanks
26
30
14
30
26
29
155
CLARENCE J. FOGG, WILLARD S. MCKAY, W. LUNT BARTLETT, HAROLD A. BESSE, SAMUEL F. HARRIS,
Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
188
ANNUAL REPORT
Municipal Election
MAYOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
John Balch Blood
74
83
49
65
76
70
417
Walter B. Hopkinson
419
441
379
338
398
404
2379
Blanks
17
23
11
22
26
20
1192
ALDERMAN AT LARGE
Wards
1
2
3
1
5
6
Total
Edw. G. Perkins
370
370
298
276
297
352
1963
Blanks
140
177
141
149
203
142
952
ALDERMAN-WARD ONE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Albert T. Atkinson
240
294
243
245
287
289
1598
James W. Bamford, Jr.,
228
158
119
124
107
92
828
Blanks
42
95
77
56
106
113
489
ALDERMAN-WARD TWO
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
W. Lunt Bartlett
221
208
156
138
180
198
1101
Samuel E. Estes
216
276
224
216
217
182
1331
Blanks
73
63
59
71
103
114
483
ALDERMAN-WARD THREE
Wards
1
2
3
1
5
6 Total
Harold A. Besse
247
296
244
215
255
236
1493
Chas. S. Kenyon
193
176
159
146
159
168
1001
Blanks
70
75
36
64
86
90
421
ALDERMAN-WARD FOUR
Wards
1
2
3
.1
6 Total
George T. Castle
165
240
147
198
5 222
129
1101
Willard S. Mckay
275
241
222
198
210
263
1409
Blanks
70
66
70
29
68
102
405
189
ELECTION RETURNS
ALDERMAN-WARD FIVE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Joseph P. Blood
116
210
137
145
215
71
894
Chas. H. Lord
123
123
102
80
77
88
593
Herbert Patten
175
127
120
135
170
260
987
Blanks
96
87
80
65
38
75
441
ALDERMAN-WARD SIX
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Walter N. B. Bryant
103
81
56
49
78
109
476
Wm. H. O'Brien
60
160
83
97
146
57
603
Norman Russell
285
241
247
234
228
299
1534
Blanks
62
65
53
45
48
29
302
OVERSEER OF POOR-3 YEARS
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Edmund M. Dow
335
267
243
203
232
327
1613
Edward C. Fitzgerald
95
213
130
152
203
90
883
Blanks
80
67
66
64
65
77
419
COMMON COUNCIL-WARD ONE
Ralph C. Brown
320
Wm. H. Hamilton
247
Frank E. Ryan
185
Herbert W. Simmons
229
Blanks
549
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD ONE
Samuel F. Harris
367
Blanks
145
COMMON COUNCIL-WARD TWO
James F. Carens, Jr.,
379
Harold A. Eldredge
205
Fred C. Lovejoy
243
Edward W. Mannix
207
James W. Quill
187
Blanks
420
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD TWO
Prentiss H. Reed
225
Edward P. Woods
300
Blanks
44
190
ANNUAL REPORT
Result of recount of ballots cast in Ward Two for Councilmen made by the Board of Registrars, Dec. 18, 1916.
James F. Carens, Jr., 380
Harold A. Eldredge 204
Fred C. Lovejoy 242
Edward W. Mannix
206
James W. Quill
187
Blanks
422
BOARD OF REGISTRARS,
December 18, 1916.
Voted that James F. Carens, Jr., Fred C. Lovejoy and Edward W. Mannix be declared elected in accordance with the result of the recount.
BENJAMIN G. DAVIS,
ALBERT W. HOPKINSON,
JOHN J. O'BRIEN,
Board of Registrars.
COMMON COUNCIL-WARD THREE
John Dwyer Buckley 230
Sam M. Chase 260
Frank S. Heath 228
David F. Souther
156
Blanks
443
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD THREE
Edward M. Coffin
309
Blanks
132
COMMON COUNCIL-WARD FOUR
John W. Dixon 160
Carl E. Hardy 190
John D. Hurley 144
192
Alfred L. Jaques
145
Aleck E. Wayman
94
Blanks
350
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD FOUR
Wm. J. Cusack 191
Paul T. Winkley 227
Blanks 37
Percy B. Jackson
191
ELECTION RETURNS
COMMON COUNCIL-WARD FIVE
Raymond T. Balch
224
Henry T. Cutter
295
Wm. C. Derry
201
Edward F. Murphy
214
Edward M. Riley
105
Blanks
461
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD FIVE
Bernard F. Carey
181
Edward H. Clarkson
220
Eleanor J. Little
95
Blanks
27
COMMON COUNCIL-WARD SIX
John W. Chase
294
Thomas Gallagher
73
Henry M. Hopkinson
221
William Peebles
123
Sam Sargent
306
Herbert E. Teague
192
Blanks
273
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD SIX
Walter N. Brown
362
Blanks
134
LICENCE
Wards
1
2
3
1
5
6
Total
Yes
197
289
216
203
249
127
1281
No
305
251
214
219
237
360
1586
Blanks
8
7
9
14
7
48
Total
512
569
439
425
523
494
2915
Women
22
2
30
26
8
81
In Board of Aldermen
Voted, That these election returns be approved as amended by a re-count by the Board of Registrars, and the City Clerk is nereby authorized and directed to notify the officers elect.
SAMUEL F. HARRIS, H. A. BESSE, W. LUNT BARTLETT, WILLARD S. MCKAY, Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY of NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS
1916
CITY OF NEWBURYPORT
MDCCCLI
NEWBURYPORT, MASS.
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1917
ORGANIZATION OF THE, SCHOOL, COMMITTEE, 1916.
Ward I
Rev. Benjamin W. Rust, 55 Purchase 1916
William H. Colby, 1912 Chestnut 1917
Ward II
Prentiss H. Reed, 55 Lime
1916
George P. Peckham, 4 Horton 1917
Ward III
Laurence P. Dodge, 71 High
1916
Dr. T. Raymond Healy, 12 Charter 1917
Ward IV
Dr. Charles F. Johnson, 45 Washington 1916
William Nice, 2 Bradstreet Place 1917
Ward V
Rev. Arthur H. Wright, 220 High
1916
Arthur P. Brown, 34 Broad
1917
Ward VI
Edward H. Clarkson, 31 Tyng
1916
Franklin N. Conant, 2651/2 High 1917
Mayor Clarence J. Fogg, Chairman, ex officio. Arthur P. Brown, Vice-Chairman. William C. Moore, Secretary.
3
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SUB-COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Vice-Chairman Brown, Chairman; Edward H. Clarkson, Dr. T. Raymond Healy, William H. Colby.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS
Rev. Arthur H. Wright, Chairman; Prentiss H. Reed, Laurence P. Dodge, Franklin N. Conant.
COMMITTEE ON JANITORS AND BUILDINGS
Dr. Charles F. Johnson, Chairman; George P. Peckham, William Nice, Rev. Benjamin W. Rust.
ATHLETIC COUNCIL
Dr. T. Raymond Healy, Chairman; Edward H. Clarkson, Arthur P. Brown, (from the School Board); Oscar H. Nelson, Walter N. Brown, (citizens) ; Dana C. Wells, Principal of the High School, Charles D. Montgomery, Teacher Manager for the boys, and Miss Margaret B. Flewelling, Teacher Manager for the girls.
ADMINISTRATION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
William C. Moore, School Committee Room, City Hall, Telephone 350. Office Hours, Wednesday, 9 to 10 a. m., other school days, 4 to 5 p. m.
SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERK Ethel S. Hart, Office Hours, 8:30 a. m. to 12 m .; 1:30 to 5 p. m. ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Edward H. Porter, Office Hours, 9 to 10 a. m., school days, School Com- mittee Room, City Hall. Residence, 14 Broad Street; Telephone 806-M. SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. John W. Shaw, 7 Orange Street; Telephone 145.
SCHOOL NURSE Victoria M. James, 226 High Street. Telephone 1031-W.
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ANNUAL REPORT
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Receipts
Appropriations-viz :-
Salaries
$51,400 00
Miscellaneous
3,500 00
Fuel
3,250 00
$58,150 00
Sundry Credits, for sale of books and material
68 90
Overdrawn balance
1,148 51
. .
$59,367 41
Expenditures
Salaries:
Teachers, High School
$13,320 17
Grammar Schools
14,291 00
Primary Schools
12,409 27
Evening Schools
496 00
Special Teachers
2,557 75
Superintendent of Schools
1,900 00
Clerk
479 52
Attendance Officer
750 00
Janitors
4,573 10
Total Salaries
$50,776 81
Supplies and Miscellaneous
5,481 79
Total expended by School Board
$56,258 60
Fuel
3,108 81
$59,367 41
Paid from Special Appropriations:
Light
299 21
Repairs
1,864 23
2,163 44
Total cost of maintenance
$61,530 85
Outlay for fire escapes
1,320 00
Total cost of schools
$62,850 85
Note :- From the total cost of maintenance given above there should be deducted certain items of income from the following named sources: Tuition of pupils $4,099 40
Putnam Trustees:
For rent of school building
1,200 00
Atkinson Fund: Evening school purposes
150 00
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Brown Fund
606 00 $ 6,055 40
Net cost of schools to city
$56,795 45 SCHEDULE OF SALARIES Administration
Present Salary
Paid in 1916
William C. Moore, Superintendent
$1,900 00
$2,200 00
Edward H. Porter, Attendance Officer
750 00
750 00
Ethel S. Hart, Clerk
479 52
$3,129 52
High School
Dana C. Wells, Principal
$1,400 00
*1,800 00
John Whitmore
165 00
1,200 00
Arthur H. Berry
1,147 50
Elizabeth A. Towle
** 950 00
Marjorie S. Noyes
897 00
900 00
Charles D. Montgomery
1,100 00
1,100 00
Helen D. Robinson
749 34
800 00
Lucy B. Morse
789 33
800 00
Mildred E. Collyer
757 50
800 00
Ella L. Townsend
552 00
Margaret B. Flewelling
** 900 00
Marion H. Bayley
487 67
Ethel M. Stevens
715 00
750 00
William W. Lee, Jr.
400 00
Lefee Ayer
800 00
800 00
Katherine E. Barrett
760 00
800 00
Ethel M. Jameson
700 00
700 00
Lisbeth Larned
420 00
Alban Fowler
300 00
1,000 00
Margaret S. Osgood
210 00
700 00
Eva H. Williams
225 00
750 00
Caroline E. MacGill
140 00
800 00
Josephine L. Bayley
270 33
350 00
Herbert W. Benedict, Substitute
222 50
Grace Bartlett, Substitute
56 00
Marguerite Russell, Substitute
8 00
Walter Furlong, Laboratory Assistant
24 00
David A. Bushee, Laboratory Assistant
15 00
James H. Ronan, Laboratory Assistant
9 00
$13,320 17
* - $400 paid by the Putnam Trustees. **- Paid by the Putnam Trustees.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Albert Currier School
Leon E. Davis, Principal, Grade IX
$ 300 00
1,000 00
Sarah B. Chute, Principal, Grade IX 700 00
Gertrude L. Barrett, Assistant, Grade VIII
600 00
600 00
Retta V. Marr,
VII
598 00
600 00
Goldia S. McArthur,
VI
600 00
600 00
Elizabeth M. Roaf,
405 00
Helen S. Merrill, Assistant, Grades V and VI
600 00
600 00
Helen W. Marr, Assistant, Grade V
120 00
400 00
$3,923 00
Jackman School
George W. Brown, Principal, Grade IX
$ 1,500 00 $ 1,500 00
Mary E. Chesterman, Assistant Grade IX
180 00
600 00
Priscilla G. Craig, Assistant Grade VIII
600 00
600 00
Abbie L. Frost, Assistant Grades VII, VIII
600 00
600 00
Josie W. Kimball, Assistant Grades VII, VIII
600 00
600 00
Ellen deS. Barrett, Assistant Grade VII
273 00
Isabel H. Wiggin, Assistant Grade VII
342 00
600 00
Florence Carleton, Assistant Grade VI
420 00
Lillian W. Greenleaf, Assistant Grade VI
600 00
600 00
Ella M. Furlong, Assistant Grade VI
365 00
400 00
Lelia E. Kimball, Assistant Grade V
600 00
600 00
Helen E. Somerby, Assistant Grade V
600 00
600 00
$6,680 00
Kelley School
Irving H. Johnson, Principal, Grade IX
$ 1,300 00 $ 1,300 00
Nellie G. Stone, Assistant Grade VIII
600 00
600 00
Anne J. Dixon, Assistant Grade VII
600 00
600 00
Anna L. Whitmore, Assistant Grade VI
598 00
600 00
Emily F. Upton, Assistant Grade V
590 00
600 00
$3,688 00
Bromfield Street School
Tula M. Reed, Principal, Grade IV
$ 646 76 $ 650 00
Feroline L. Woods, Assistant Grade III
600 00
600 00
Ella F. Robinson, Assistant Grade II
419 00
Ruth M. Carens, Assistant Grade II
165 00
550 00
Elizabeth Boardman, Assistant Grade I
600 00
600 00
$2,430 76
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Curtis School
Fannie S. Goodwin, Principal, Grade IV
$ 195 00 $ 650 00
Julia M. Hopkinson, Assistant Grade III
600 00
600 00
Effie G. Armstrong, Assistant Grade II
465 00
500 00
Edith E. Davis
449 59
Mary F. Whitmore, Assistant Grade I
600 00
600 00
$2,309 59
Davenport School
Mary E. O'Connell, Principal, Grade IV
$ 648 92 $
650 00
Marguerite L. Pritchard, Assistant Grade III
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