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The report from the South End Reading Room states that 12,658 books and magazines have been lent by that library during the past year, and it is kept open but a few hours each week. On the whole, then it will be seen, that the circulation of books and literature through free sources is increasing. not falling off in the city, and is more than keeping pace with the somewhat slow increase in population.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
The number of books now owned by this library is 53,597. There were added by purchase during the year 1128 volumes, 116 were donated, and 32 with- drawn as beyond repair. These figures do not include 250 or so, mainly serial publications bound in permanent form for the library, which have been received from the bindery, but which we have not found time as yet to enter and shelve.
Since the present registration of borrowers began in 1911, 7470 names have been signed and of that number 465 have been cancelled. During the past year there were 686 new registrants. The number now entitled to cards is 7005; of whom 945 have the second or green card, entitling them to take out at the same time another book, provided it is not fiction. Up to about 10 years ago out of every 100 books borrowed from this library 80 or more were works of fiction. This proportion has gradually been reduced until now it stands at about 70. Spe- cial cards are issued for the school teachers of this city and Newbury, by. which they may withdraw 10 books at one time for use in connection with their school work, and most of them avail themselves of this privilege, as the books are needed.
During the past year 396 books have been sent to the bindery for repairs which could not well be done here, or volumes of periodicals to bind in perma- nent form for the library shelves, after having previously seen service in the Reading Room.
This useful and important adjunct to the library has been open to the pub- lic, as usual, on every day during the year (Sunday opening of the library proper is forbidden by the acceptance of the terms of the deed of gift). On Sunday it is open from 1 until 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and, since my last report, the ag- gregate attendance of readers on Sundays has been 3048. The Reading Room is kept open week days, for 12 consecutive hours each, from 9 o'clock in the morn- ing until 9 at night, (closed at 12 M. on holidays), and the main library is pre- pared to issue books for home reading on week days between the hours of 9 a. m., and 8 p. m.
No bequests or donations of special note have been received during the past year. In December the local branch of the Red Cross was given the use of the Directors' room and the one opposite, for carrying on its activities in con- nection with sending certain supplies for the benefit of the soldiers and sailors engaged in the war.
Various reports, more in detail as well as tabulations, follow this and are a part of thes Librarian's report.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN D. PARSONS, Librarian.
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REPORT OF TREASURER "PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDS" FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 15, 1917.
Name.
Bal. Dec. 16, '16
Receipts Payments Bal. Dec. 16, '17
Currier
$ 27.76
$
40.00
$ 67.76
Dodge
231.82
95.80
$ 130.74
196.88
Frothingham
25.78
45.00
46.53
24.25
Green
.99
80.00
29.75
51.24
Haskell
10.49
37.88
30.44
17.93
Sawyer
7.29
200.00
207.29
Spring
207.79
824.99
670.50
362.28
Sweetser
100.00
200.00
300.00
Todd
173.79
630.96
643.77
160.98
Williams
24.63
40.00
63.12
1.51
$ 810.34
$ 2,194.63
$ 2,122.14
$ 882.83
810.34
2,122.14
$ 3,004.97
$ 3,004.97
H. F. WHITON, Treasurer.
Newburyport, Dec. 22, 1917.
THE PEABODY FUND
The trustees of the Peabody Fund, in presenting their annual report, would announce that the principal of the fund, $15,000, remains on deposit in the Insti- tution for Savings. The income of this during the past year, has been $600, and added to an unexpended balance of $672.33, with which we began the year makes a total available of $1278.38. The expenditures for new books amounts to $391.67, leaving a net balance on hand of $866.66. There have been purchased and added to the Library during this time 177 new books, which will be further increased when volumes which have been ordered arrive.
CHARLES W. MOSELEY, Treasurer, Peabody Fund, LAWRENCE B. CUSHING, LAURENCE HAYWARD, THOS. C. SIMPSON.
Newburyport, December 3, 1917.
I have examined the above accounts and find them correct and properly vouched.
JOHN D. PARSONS.
Newburyport, December 3, 1917.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE BUILDING FUND
Starting with a balance of $101.48 at the beginning of the year the income of the fund which now amounts, with accumulations to $5,732.88 has been $229.28, an available total of $330.76. From this sum there has been expended in the care of the building the sum of $134.90, leaving a balance of $195.86.
CHARLES W. MOSELEY, Treasurer, Building Fund LAWRENCE B. CUSHING.
Newburyport, Dec. 3, 1917. 1
The above accounts have been by me examined, found to be correct, and properly vouched.
JOHN D. PARSONS. Newburyport, Dec. 3, 1917.
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CIRCULATION OF BOOKS
Fiction
32,590
70.48
34,826
69.12
39,521
72.76
40,751
74.44
Literature
2,257
4.89
2,881
5.75
2,520
4.66
2,873
5.26
Biography
1,738
3.77
1,958
3.89
1,458
2.71
1,718
3.15
Travels
936
2.04
1,000
2.
1,017
1.88
1,299
2.39
Magazines
1,916
4.03
2,776
5.54
2,828
5.18
1,507
2.77
History
2,227
4.83
1,749
3.47
1,646
3.03
1,474
2.71
Economics
1,102
2.40
1,259
2.51
1,307
2.43
1,123
2.06
*Fine arts
856
1.87
1,185
2.36
1,221
2.09
1,255
2.31
Natural science
739
1.65
857
1.68
809
1.49
695
1.10
Useful arts
981
2.13
1,178
2.39
1,312
2.44
1,286
2.36
Religion
298
.64
307
.63
288
.55
359
.67
Philosophy
267
.59
321
.66
336
.64
352
.66
Language
309
.68
49
57
.11
57
.12
46,246 100.00
50,345 100.00
54,320 100.00
54,749 100.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
* Including Musical scores.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Books Added During the Year
Number of volumes reported Dec. 27, 1916
52,385
Added from:
Spring fund
318
Sweetser fund
236
Peabody fund
198
Sawyer fund
187
Dodge fund
143
Williams fund
27
Green fund
10
Todd fund
5
Haskell fund
3
1,128
Donated
116
1244
Cancelled and withdrawn
116
Net gain
1,213
Total number Dec. 15, 1917
53,597
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CLASSIFICATION OF NEW BOOKS
1917
1916
1915
1914
§Fiction
455
36.58
453
31.32
353
27.54
399
29.68
Economics
91
7.31
187
12.94
82
6.38
152
11.20
Biography
110
8.84
119
8.23
98
7.62
112
8.41
Literature
66
5.30
79
5.46
89
6.96
151
11.31
.
*Fine arts
162
13.03
105
7.26
107
8.32
53
3.20
Useful arts
59
4.74
104
7.12
95
7.39
80
6.
General works
30
2.41
106
7.33
233
18.38
67
5.
Travels
44
3.54
35
2.49
43
3.34
89
6.70
History
153
12.30
176
12.18
99
7.70
115
8.62
Natural science
12
.96
44
3.05
48
3.73
38
2.90
Religion
27
2.17
24
1.66
9
.70
25
1.96
Language
14
1.12
1
.06
5
38
30
2.32
Philosophy
21
1.70
13
.90
24
1.86
35
2.70
1,244 100.
1,447 100.
1,285 100.
1,348 100.
ANNUAL REPORT
* Including music scores.
$ Including 116 juvenile books.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE SOUTH END READING ROOM
To the Directors of the Public Library, Gentlemen :-
My annual report of the South End Reading Room Association, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 1, shows that 12,658 books and magazines have been in circulation. The Library is opened only on Saturday evenings, from 6.30 to 8.30. Families are restricted to four cards, and only as many as four cards when there are four members in the family. This is rather a hardship when there are many children, but finances have to be considered first. We could do very much more work in the Library if we had a larger income. In the two reading rooms (32 Chairs) there have been present 2,514 children and young people. The rooms are usually open every evening from October to June, but this Fall have been open only on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, because of the great difficulty of obtaining the necessary amount of coal. Several times we have had more children come than could be accommodated. One evening there were 51. As a rule the chil- dren stay the entire evening.
With grateful appreciation of your kindness to us.
Very truly yours, EMMA L. ANDREWS, Sec.
REPORT OF THE BELLEVILLE LIBRARY
The Belleville Library is open Wednesdays, from 6:45 to 8.45 p. m., and on Saturdays from 4 to 4.30 and 7.30 to 9 p. m. The circulation is constantly in- creasing, and from 125 to 150 books are taken out weekly. Over 500 cards have been issued since the Library was opened in March, 1914.
Although located in a church parish house it seems now to be fully under- stood that the Library is for every one, and we have card holders from Kent street to the extreme north end. The age limit for children to become card holders has been placed at 10 years. Within the last two weeks three children have appeared at the Library asking for cards because they had just had their 10th birthday.
But it is not the little ones alone who appreciate the Library. A large pro- portion of the books in circulation are those called for by the Grammar and High School pupils, which they are required to read for school work. In making out lists for new books we have endeavored to meet this need. There is always the demand for "a good story" by the older people, and all books bearing on the war are in constant circulation.
During the year we have had no money of our own to spend for the purchase of books, therefore with the exception of a few which have been given us we have depended entirely on the appropriation allowed us by the Public Library Directors. In selecting the books we have considered the needs of all ages and types of readers. Where it was possible to use the cheaper editions to make the money go further, it has been done, but cheap editions frequently mean poor
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print and unattractive illustrations. It is gratifying to find that the best books are appreciated, and while in many cases these may seem somewhat expensive for a small library, we feel that it is the right policy to have fewer books, if necessary, and have them well selected and up-to-date. Especially is it true of books for young girls that generally the cheaper ones are less desirable for them to read than the more expensive ones like the Century publications.
We have received from the Directors of the Public Library 68 books in June, 33 in November and 15 in December. We are very grateful for this recog- nition of our library. We feel very sure that not only is it making it easier for people at the North end to secure good reading, but that it is reaching people who would not find their way to the Public Library. We are very grateful.
EDITH M. HOWE,
Chairman Belleville Library Committee.
RETURNS OF THE ELECTIONS
RETURNS OF THE ELECTIONS-1917
State Eection
GOVERNOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
James Hayes
4
2
2
2
4
2
16
Chester R. Lawrence
1
5
1
2
0
6
15
Frederick W. Mansfield
77
152
81
102
144
61
617
Samuel W. McCall
220
180
166
159
161
250
1136
John McCarty
2
12
5
4
12
19
54
Blanks
6
7
7
2
7
8
37
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Calvin Coolidge
213
183
164
157
159
240
1116
Matthew Hale
67
123
69
92
114
59
524
Sylvester J. McBride
5
18
8
11
20
30
92
Fred E. Oelcher
6
4
2
2
5
2
21
Blanks
19
30
19
9
30
15
122
SECRETARY
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Herbert S. Brown
8
8
5
9
10
10
50
Albert P. Langtry
213
181
158
142
150
236
1080
Ingvar Paulsen
3
2
2
16
4
1
28
Arthur B. Reed
47
119
72
76
124
47
485
Marion E. Sproule
11
15
6
10
18
37
97
Blanks
28
33
19
18
22
15
135
TREASURER
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Charles L. Burrill
218
178
166
156
156
243
1116
Solon Lovett
2
5
0
2
7
8
24
Joseph A. Murphy
7
12
5
13
16
33
86
Humphrey O'Sullivan
51
133
65
87
125
40
501
Mary E. Peterson
4
1
1
5
2
5
18
Blanks
28
29
25
8
22
18
130
182
ANNUAL REPORT
AUDITOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Elzear H. Choquette
48
133
69
82
117
38
487
Alonzo B. Cook
210
168
152
143
153
235
1061
David Craig
1
1
2
10
3
4
21
Walter S. Peck
11
12
5
7
13
34
82
Henry G. Smith, Jr.
4
7
2
3
9
7
32
Blanks
36
37
32
26
33
28
192
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Henry C. Attwill
212
178
161
144
159
228
1082
Frank Auchter
2
5
3
3
1
4
18
William R. Henry
11
13
6
12
16
39
97
Thomas J. Maher
0
2
1
27
2
1
33
Josiah Quincy
53
135
68
70
131
54
517
Blanks
32
25
23
15
19
20
134
COUNCILLOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Albert E. Clausen
21
47
15
30
45
55
213
Frederick H. Tarr
231
223
181
182
206
251
1274
Blanks
58
88
66
59
77
40
388
SENATOR-THIRD ESSEX
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Charles D. Brown
235
239
175
190
209
258
1306
Blanks
75
119
87
81
119
88
569
REPRESENTATIVE-24TH DISTRICT
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Carl C. Emery
229
269
183
212
232
1125
Blanks
81
89
79
59
96
0
404
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Moody Kimball
216
236
177
183
205
230
1247
Leonard W. Spalding
45
57
37
47
64
87
337
Blanks
49
65
48
41
59
29
291
CONGRESSMAN
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Chester W. Bixby
6
9
9
12
11
39
86
W. W. Lufkin
222
190
155
152
166
228
1113
George A. Schofield
64
142
76
91
138
70
581
Blanks
18
17
32
16
13
9
95
183
ELECTION RETURNS
CLERK OF
COURTS
Wards
1
2
3
4 106
5 137
6
Total
James F. Carens, Jr.
73
158
85
58
617
Archie N. Frost
207
170
144
137
153
237
1048
George W. Wetherbee
7
12
8
13
18
35
93
Blanks
23
18
25
15
20
16
117
ABSENT
VOTING
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Yes
154
191
169
151
173
198
1036
No
70
80
38
51
83
65
387
Blanks
86
87
55
69
72
83
452
APPROPRIATION FOR
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Yes
179
189
159
143
164
233
1067
No
83
122
65
87
122
43
522
Blanks
48
47
38
41
42
70
286
DISTRIBUTE
NECESSARIES
OF LIFE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Yes
180
222
159
171
207
240
1179
No
49
52
38
34
55
65
293
Blanks
81
84
65
66
66
41
403
VACATION
OF
LABORERS
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Yes
88
126
103
97
121
100
635
No
158
166
110
112
142
183
871
Blanks
64
66
49
62
65
63
369
REPRESENTATIVE-23RD DISTRICT
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Oscar H. Nelson
259
Blanks
87
1
Total
310
358
262
271
328
346
1875
Approved, Nov. 12, 1917.
WALTER B. HOPKINSON, WILLARD S. McKAY, NORMAN RUSSELL, HERBERT PATTEN, H. A. BESSE, SAMUEL E. ESTES,
Mayor and Board of Aldermen. HENRY W. LITTLE, City Clerk.
Attest,
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ANNUAL REPORT
Municipal Election
MAYOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Walter B. Hopkinson
337
350
266
272
289
299
1813
Blanks
97
112
84
70
130
109
602
ALDERMAN AT LARGE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
George Clough
57
102
59
89
132
92
531
Edw. G. Perkins
335
287
247
219
226
265
1579
Blanks
42
73
44
34
61
51
305
ALDERMAN-WARD ONE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Albert T. Atkinson
311
314
240
254
280
292
1691
Blanks
123
148
110
88
139
116
724
ALDERMAN-WARD TWO
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Samuel E. Estes
144
224
142
142
173
125
950
Fred C. Lovejoy
242
205
161
167
183
209
1167
Blanks
48
33
47
33
63
74
298
ALDERMAN-WARD THREE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Frank S. Heath
175
175
169
159
175
184
1037
Chas. S. Kenyon
166
191
129
115
126
126
853
Blanks
93
96
52
68
118
98
525
ALDERMAN-WARD FOUR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
John W. Dixon
81
175
105
114
142
55
672
Carl E. Hardy
113
91
92
90
106
104
596
Percy B. Jackson
170
127
102
111
111
178
799
Blanks
70
69
51
27
60
71
348
ALDERMAN-WARD FIVE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Wm. H. Donahue
91
197
114
121
17.6
46
745
Herbert Patten
125
99
87
99
134
197
741
Sam Sargent
134
95
97
90
70
123
609
Blanks
84
71
52
32
39
42
320
185
ELECTION RETURNS
ALDERMAN-WARD SIX
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Norman Russell
296
316
231
270
281
319
1707
Blanks
144
146
119
72
138
89
708
OVERSEER OF
THE POOR
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Hiram H. Landford
103
148
112
125
121
119
728
Moses A. Stevens
303
256
189
176
237
231
1392
Blanks
28
58
49
41
61
58
295
COUNCILMEN-WARD ONE
James W. Bamford, Jr.
248
Wm. H. Hamilton
238
Herbert W. Simmons
212
Blanks
607
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD ONE
William H. Colby
285
Blanks
149
SCHOOL COMMITTE-UNEXPIRED TERM
Frank M. Kelley
244
Blanks
190
LICENSE
Wards
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Yes
163
249
171
154
201
112
1050
No
267
211
169
185
213
291
1336
Blanks
4
2
10
3
5
5
29
COUNCILMEN-WARD TWO
Nelson J. Auger
125
Lewis E. Barton
197
Jas. F. Carens, Jr.
307
Francis M. McGlew, Jr.
268
Blanks
489 ·
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD TWO
Laurence P. Dodge
332
Blanks 137
186
ELECTION RETURNS
COUNCILMEN-WARD THREE
Harold J. Brown 199
Dwyer .J. Buckley 170
James F. Cashman 91
Andrew J. Gillis
77
Raymond S. Miller 154
39
Blanks
1
SCHOOL COMMITTEE -WARD THREE
Thos. R. Healey
219
Blanks
131
COUNCILMEN-WARD FOUR
Harry G. Cleveland 191
202
Bernard C. McQuade 167
466
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD FOUR
William Nice
229
Blanks
114
COUNCILMEN-WARD FIVE
Wilbur F. Demerritt 204
Donald M. Heywood
14.4
Edward F. Murphy
238
Mathew A. Twomey
185
Blanks
486
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD FIVE
297
Blanks
126
COUNCILMEN-WARD SIX
278
Walter N. B. Bryant
289
.John W. Chase
242
Elmer D. Coskery
95
Thos. M. Gallagher
320
Blanks
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-WARD SIX
276
Franklin N. Conant
133
Blanks
434
462
350
342
423
408
2415
Totals
Women
7
1
1
1
10
Abraham Wagman
320
John D. Hurley
Blanks
Arthur P. Brown
.
ELECTION RETURNS
187
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
November 6, 1917.
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-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 sixth day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, for the purpose of giving in their votes for one Representative in 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:
Oscar H. Nelson of Newburyport, one hundred nienty-five (195).
Blanks 25.
Whole number of baalots, 220.
RICHARD T. NOYES, BENJ. A. ROGERS, Selectmen of Newbury.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
November 12, 1917.
To the 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 Newburyport, 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 sixth day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, for the purpose of giving in their votes for One Representative in 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:
Oscar H. Nelson, two hundred fifty-nine (259). Blanks, eighty-seven, (87).
Whole number of ballots, three hundred forty-six, (346).
WALTER B. HOPKINSON, Mayor, WILLARD S. McKAY, NORMAN RUSSELL, HERBERT PATTEN, H. A. BESSE, SAMUEL E. ESTES.
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ANNUAL REPORT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
November 6, 1917.
To the 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 West Newbury, in Representative District Number Twenty-Three, in the County of Essex, qualified t ovote for State Officers, holden on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, being the sixth day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, for the purpose of giving in their votes for One Representative in the General Court, for said District, all the ballots given in therefore were sorted, countd, recorde dand declaration thereof made, as by law is directed, and were for the following persons, namely:
Oscar H. Nelson, of Newburyport, had one hundred and thirty votes (130).
Charles Coffin had one (1).
W. G. Davis had one (1).
Blanks, 60.
Whole number of ballots, 192.
ROBERT S. BROWN, PARKER H. NASON, ROBERT J. FORSYTH.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
November 6, 1917.
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 Rowley, 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 sixth day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, for the purpose of giving in their votes for One Representative in 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:
Oscar H. Nelson, of Newburyport, one hundred forty-six votes (146). Blanks, 51.
Whole number of ballots, one hundred ninety-seven (197).
JOSEPH N. DUMMER, CHARLES E. MARSHALL, CHARLES H. PERLEY, Selectmen of Rowley. JOHN A. MARSHALL, Town Clerk. November 6, 1917.
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ELECTION RETURNS
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
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 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 sixth day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, for the purpose of giving in their votes for One Representative in 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:
Oscar H. Nelson, of Newburyport, has four hundred and thirty nine (439). Blanks, one hundred and eighty-seven (187).
Whole number of ballots, six hundred and twenty-six (626).
FRANK W. KYES, JOHN A. BROWN, GEORGE E. HODGKINS, Selectmen of Ipswich.
ANNNUAL REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS
OF NEWBURYPORT
CITY
TERRA MARIQUE MDCCCLI
1917
Organization of the School Committee, 1917
WARD I.
William H. Colby, 21 Chestnut 1917
Samuel F. Harris. 80 Bromfield 1918
WARD II.
George P. Peckham, 4 Horton 1917
Edward P. Woods, 32 Prospect 1918
WARD
III
Dr. T. Raymond Healy, 12 Charter 1917
Edward M. Coffin, 108 High . .
. . 1918
WARD IV
William Nice, 28 Titcomb 1917
Paul T. Winkley, 79 Parker 1918
WARD V
Arthur P. Brown, 40 Broad
1917
Edward H. Clarkson, 41 Tyng
1918
WARD VI
Franklin N. Conant, 275 High
1917
Dr. Walter N. Brown, 12 Lafayette . .
1918
Mayor Walter B. Hopkinson, Chairman, ex-officio. Dr. T. Raymond Healy, Vice-Chairman. William C. Moore, Secretary.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SUB-COMMITTEES
Executive Committee
Vice-Chairman Healy, Chairman; Edward H. Clarkson, Arthur P. Brown, William H. Colby.
Committee on Schools
Franklin N. Conant, Chairman; Dr. Walter N. Brown, Edward P. Woods, Paul T. Winkley.
Committee on Janitors and Buildings
George P. Peckham, Chairman; William Nice, Edward M. Coffin, Samuel F. Harris.
Athletic Council
Dr. Walter N. Brown, Chairman; Dr. T. R. Healy, Edward P. Woods (from the School Board); Oscar H. Nelson, Nicholas Johnson (from the citizens) ; Dana C. Wells, Principal of the High School; Charles D. Montgomery, teacher-manager for the boys, and 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 .; Saturdays 8:30 A. M. to 12 M.
Attendance Officer
Edward H. Porter, Office Hours, 9 to 10 A. M., school days, School Committee 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
$ 52,783.00
Miscellaneous
4,000.00
Fuel
3,750.00
-
$ 60,533.00
Sundry Credits:
Sale of books and material 66.29
From Putnam Trustees for services of substitute teachers.
83.00
Overdrawn balance
2,541.98
$ 63,224.27
EXPENDITURES
Salaries:
Teachers, High School
$ 13,853.59
Teachers, Grammar Schools
14,592.04
Teachers, Primary Schools
13,327.37
Teachers, Evening Schools
364.50
Special Teachers
3,148.67
Administration
3,467.92
Janitors
4,753.25
Total Salaries
$ 53,507.34
Supplies and Miscellaneous
5,737.10
Total expended by School Board $ 59,244.44
Fuel
3,979.83
-$ 63,224.27
Paid from Special Appropriations:
Light
$ 377.77
Repairs
2,712.76
3,090.53
Total cost of maintenance $ 66,314.80
Note :- From the total cost of maintenance given above there should be deducted certain items of income from the following named sources:
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Tuition of pupils
$ 3,599.25
Putnam Trustees
For rent of school building
1,200.00
Brown Fund
606.00
$ 5,405.25
Net cost of schools to city
$ 60,909.55
SCHEDULE OF SALARIES Administration
Paid in 1917
Present Salary
William C. Moore, Superintendent
$ 2,200.00 $ 2,200.00
Edward H. Porter, Attendance Officer
750.00
800.00
Ethel S. Hart, Clerk
517.92
$ 3,467.92
High School
Dana C. Wells, Principal
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