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Popular Science Monthly. Wide Awake.
Forum.
Lippincott's Magazine.
Atlantic Monthly.
Arena.
Harpers' Magazine.
New England Magazine.
Scribner's
Literary Digest.
Century.
Current Literature.
Magazine of American History.
LOCAL AND CURRENT LITERATURE.
Your trustces desire to obtain for the library every book, pamphlet, and manuscript known to contain noteworthy men- tion of the birth and growth of our town. They desire also to collect all written and printed matter concerning local af- fairs, such as obituaries of residents, circulars of societies, and programmes of entertainments ; also other items of local and general interest that may be cut from current publications. These will be arranged, classified and bound in scrap-books properly indexed for ready reference.
The library has been the recipient this year of a valuable treatise on the schools of Germany, contributed by Judge Lane, for which the trustees desire to express their apprecia- tion.
Report of Cemetery Com- missioners.
The Commissioners of Highland Cemetery present here- with their annual report :
A few lots have been graded, posts set and ready for sale.
It was the intention of the Commissioners to have laid out and graded a new avenue in the Catholic portion of the same last year, but as there has been a demand for more lots to be dug over and graded, the Commissioners deemed it more economical to do the work at the same time, so the coming season both will be done.
The number of interments from January 1st., 1891, to January 1st., 1892, 45. Total to January 1st., 1892, 420. Number of removals, 1.
The cemetery is still in charge of W. A. Talbot, who, from year to year improves its appearance, and the time is not far distant when it will compare favorably with any cemetery in the vicinity.
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HIGHLAND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS in
DR.
1891. To CASH FROM
Apr. Edward P. Talbot, lot No. 158, $25 00
Four bound posts and setting, and grading, 20 00
June 21. Thomas Ford, lot No. 542,
25 00
Four bound posts and setting, and grading, 20 00
June 15. Lewis D. Ellis, lot No. 246, 15 00
Four bound posts, 6 00
July 7. Charles M. Farnsworth, lot No. 268, 10 00
Three bound posts and setting, and grading, 10 00
July 25. Florence Hurd, lot No. 156 A, 15 00
Two bound posts and setting, and grading, 15 00
Sept. 19. G. L. Ingraham, lot No. 150,
40 00
Four bound posts and setting, and grading, 30 00
Sept. 21. P. V. Evans, lot No. 228,
25 00
Four bound posts and setting, and grading, 35 00
1
Sept. 22. James A. Brennan, lot No. 515, 25 00
Four bound posts and setting, and grading, 20 00
Nov. 13. E. E. Pond, and L. E. Hartshorn, lot No. 151, 40 00
Four bound posts and setting, and grading, 30 00
Nov. 14. Manuel De Almeida, lot No. 436, 15 00
Four bound posts and setting, and grading, 16 00
Amount carried forward, $437 00
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account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.
1892.
CR.
72
HIGHLAND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS in 1
DR.
1892.
Amount brought forward, $437 00
Dec. 9. To Albert E. Ware, lot No. 235,
15 00
Four bound posts and setting, and grading,
35 00
Elizabeth C. Rhoads, lot No. 7,
40 00
Four bound posts and setting,
6 00
Feb.
Colman Folan,
single grave No. 514, 66
515,
5 00
Apr. 10.
Bartholomew Grffiin,
66
516,
5 00
May 2.
John. M. Hennesey, 66
66
6 519,
5 00
June 18.
Frank Cheney, 66
66
520,
5 00
Aug. 18. John Rourk,
66
66
66
521, 5 00
Sept. 29. Matthew Folan,
66
66
66
522, 5 00
Dec. 11.
Dennis Haggerty, "
66
6.
523,
5 00
$571 00
5 00
10
Maggie McDonough,
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account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.
CR.
1892. CASH PAID Jan. 30. Charles E. Pond, Treasurer,
$571 00
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HIGHLAND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS in account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.
ORDERS DRAWN ON TOWN TREASURER IN FAVOR OF
1892.
W. A. Talbot,
Jan. 30. Labor on avenues, walks, plots, and trees,
$150 75
Labor grading lots and lawns,
51 94
Labor setting 51 bound posts,
12 75
Plants and shrubs,
62 60
Grass seed,
2 00
Bulbs,
2 00
Manure and fertilizer,
3 25
$285 29
W. A. TALBOT, A. G. WEBB, EDWARD PENDERGAST,
Commissioners.
West School House.
REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE.
At the annual March meeting a committee was chosen to investigate the matter of school accommodations, in answer to the recommendations of the School Committee, and report the result at a subsequent meeting. This committee consisted of George Hill, Tyler Thayer, J. C. Lane, M. M. Alden and Geo. B. Talbot. Your committee visited different parts of the town, consulted the school authorities, aud citizens, and came to the conclusion that a two grade school building was needed in the westerly part of the town, and that a suitable lot could be purchased of the Norwood Associates, on the corner of Walpole and Elliot streets, for the sum of $500.00 and that this location would accommodate the school popula- tion better than any other. They decided further that a school house could be erected there similar to the North and East buildings for the sum of $4,900.00 including the cost of the lot.
At the. April meeting they reported accordingly, and Geo. Hill, Tyler Thayer and Geo. B. Talbot were appointed by the town as a building committee. with full power to go on and build the same.
This committee organized by the choice of Tyler Thayer for chairman and George Hill as clerk. The land was secured, the cellar staked out, plans of architecture suggested by the committee, and Mr. Thayer drew the outlines and specifica- tions, and submitted them to the carpenters of the town for estimates. M. H. Howard received the contract, and erected the building to the acceptance of the committee. The cellar was built by Matthew Drummy, the grading was done under the supervision of Mr. Thayer, the cost of which was more than the first estimate, but is more complete and better done
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than is usual about new school houses. Your committee might have kept strictly within the appropriation by leaving the grounds imperfectly graded, but concluded that the work could be more economically done then than at any subsequent time. The additional cost was $368.99, and this is the only item that exceeded the estimates, although the style and finish of the building are superior to the East and North school houses.
The drainage and sanitary conditions are good. The cellar is eight feet stud, well drained, the water closets are far enough from the building to save from all danger of infection, the heating and ventilation are such as to meet the approval of statute law upon the subject ; each department is provided with town water, both rooms have plenty of light and black board surface, the seats and desks are of the latest and most ap- proved pattern. Your committee have endeavored to meet the wants of the school population of the neighborhood by building an attractive, commodious, substantial school house, without indulging in any nseless or fanciful extravagance.
The following schedule of costs shows to whom the money has been paid, and is submitted as it may be useful in the future.
All bills are paid and the amount due the building com- mittee is $368.99. .
Paid Norwood Associates, for land, $500 00
Milton H. Howard for building, as
per contract, 2,900 00
Milton H. Howard, for extra work, . 121 96
Matthew Drummy, for cellar, 265 00
Matthew Drummy, for extra work, 35 00
F. A. Fales, for cement, 4 00
E. W. Talbot, for drain pipe, 22 90
G. L. Maker, for water pipes, 6 25
Kohler Heating Co., for furnace 312 00
Amount carried forward. $4,167 11
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Amount brought forward, $4,167 11
Paid A. G. Whitcomb, for furniture, 125 80
Freight and carting furniture, 2 25
John D.Smith, extra on chimney, etc., 20 00
$4,315 16
FILLING AND GRADING LOT.
Paid George Barber, 12 days at $1 75, $21 00
James Flaherty, 12
12
66 21 00
21 00
James Curran, 6 66 66 10 50
Pat Collins, 17
.. 29 75
Festy Lyden, 11
66 19 25
Daniel Feeney, 111 « .6
20 12
Frank Parker, 4 4 66
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Peter Lyden,
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John Fiske,
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Daniel Horrigan, 5 "
8 75
Robert Oldham, 100
1 60
George E. Metcalf, man and team,
98 80
Thomas Kerrisey,
56 70
John Nugent,
116 00
Fred L. Fisher,
37 80
Lawrence Tisdale,
66
66
67 30
Albert Clay,
66
66
70 30
Dennis McCarty,
41 40
Nathan A. Johnson, "
66
66
51 40
John Fitzgerald,
66
19 00
P. McDonough, Goss, 12 66 66
66 21 00
66
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Amount carried forward, $806 43
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Amount brought forward, $806 43 Paid John Ellis, for 1,805 loads of
sand at 8 cents, 144 40
Robert Rogers, for levels, 3 00
One hundred forty loads loam, 00 00
$953 83
Appropriation,
$4,900 00
$368 99 TYLER THAYER, G. B. TALBOT, GEORGE HILL, Building Committee.
Vital Statistics.
1871
BIRTHS .- Sons
DATE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan. 11 ....
Francis Coughlin ..
John and Annie
19 ....
Albert William Peterson
Peter and Edna L.
Feb. 4 ....
13 ....
John Foley ..
James and Delia
. .
24 .... Cornelius Callahan.
Patrick and Maggie S.
26 ....
Herman Henry Bellert.
Henry and Hannah.
March 4 ....
Martin James Lydon ..
John and Bridget.
21 ....
John Conrad Johnson
Charles and Amanda.
24 ....
Royal Elton Robbins ..
Ernest F. and Mary E.
25 .... Joseph Vincent Crowley
Michael W. and Annie M.
25 ....
Francis Bernard Gillin.
James J. and Mary T.
66 26 ....
John Flaherty
James and Mary.
27 .... Daniel Joseph Mullane
Daniel J. and Margaret O.
66 28 ....
Roland Ellis Boyden.
Frank E. and Mary L.
66
29 .... James Ernest Mahoney
Florence J. and Julia A.
April 6 .... 7 .... 66 14 .... Dana Hartshorn Bigelow
Alfred Weston Metcalf.
Albert W. and Mary N.
May 66
5 ... .
Ralph King Hubbard.
Ezra L. and Eva.
John Charles Lane.
Enos and Mary A. William H. and Sarah.
16 20 ....
25 ....
Francis Welch.
John J. and Mary E.
29 ....
Thomas Gillooly.
Bernard and Ellen.
.€ 29 ....
Thomas Gillooly.
John and Ellen.
66
Lee Marshall Brooks
Marshall E. and Isabel.
William Scannell.
William and Norah.
Neil Anderson
Neil and Serena.
John and Sarah.
Lawrence Farrington Hoar.
Waldo C. and Genevieve F.
25 .... Clyde Fulmer Vance James R. and Emily A.
30 ....
Charles Gustavus George Johnson August and Caroline.
Leonard Curtis Fisher.
Frederick L. and Harriet D.
Sept. Oct.
21 .... 4 .... 6 ....
Alfred Belkasc Readel.
Conrad 2d and Mary E.
Charles and Julia E.
66
16 ....
21 ....
Frank Eugene Chanvey. Amie J. and Clesta.
26 ....
Herman Frederick Webber Frederick and Mary.
28 ....
Raymond Wheelock White Lucius B. and Ruth B.
30 ....
John Michael Donahoe.
Joseph and Mary.
Nov. 8. .. .
Harold Winslow.
Eugene E. and Mary B.
13 .... Francis Sullivan.
William J, and Mary T.
Dec. 9 .... 24 ....
Edmund Ellis Elston ..
Edmund E., Jr, and Bridget.
Stephen Martin Hefron
Thomas and Catherine.
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28 .... Harold Barnes.
Harry B. and Jennie M.
27 .... 1 ....
Maynard Francis Firthi.
John W. and Annie V.
16 ....
Frederick Halliley.
Thomas H. and Harriet.
66
17 ....
Thomas Andrew Gillings William Henry Stone ...
Charles H. and Lilian E.
Herbert Lyman Cheney.
Clarence H. and Addie F.
July Ang. 1 .... 21 ....
Thomas Joseph Mullane
Timothy and Catherine.
Edward Francis Richardson
Felix W. and Mary A.
Lyman F. and Elizabeth.
14 ....
17 ....
31 .... 5 .... 23 ....
Bartholomew Curran.
Sidney Bishop. Dennis Hayes.
William and Nellie.
Earl Irving Benkert.
John J. and Louisa C.
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BIRTHS .- Daughters.
DATE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan.
11.
Catherine Flaherty
John and Delia.
11 ....
Lena Davis Fifield.
Henry L. and Mary A.
19 ....
Ethel Pearl Foster
John M, and Allie.
22 ....
Abbie Curran
Bartley and Sarah.
66
27 ....
Agnes Rork.
John and Mary A.
Feb.
28 ....
Marian Dunn
Charles P. and Annic.
March 6
1 ....
Annie Angelus Rafferty
John W. and Theresa F.
2 ....
Helen Knowlton Whedon.
William T. and Mildred S.
=
19 ....
Elsie May Balduf.
Julius F. and Louisa A.
66
27 ....
Mary Hanley
Patrick and Bridget.
29 ....
Catherine Louisa Welch.
Patrick and Catherine,
April
10 ....
Margaret Martha Murray
Daniel and Margaret.
Mary Agnes Conley.
Mark and Sarah T.
28 ....
Hilda Moreland ...
Edward P. and Fanny H.
May 3 .. . .
24 ...
Doris Trafford Fairbanks
Willard M. and Abbic F.
28 ..
Marietta Cuff.
William J. and Bridget.
=
28.
Hannah Morgan
Colman and Bridget.
30.
Sarah Foley
Patrick and Ann.
June 2 ....
Delia Conley
John and Mary.
3. . . .
Bessie Ethel Hayes.
Frederick and Carric B.
3 ... .
Alice Florence Fitzgerald.
Thomas F. and Mary E.
14 ....
Eva Gladys Bateman
Arthur L. and Ellen V.
26 ....
Josephine Anderson
Albert and Hilda.
July
Sarah Sabina Conroy.
John and Mary.
66
7 ... .
Ruth McLeod Bateman.
George H. and Martha L.
66
8. .. .
Helen Elizabeth Readel.
Conrad and Eva.
10 ....
Clarissa Guild Babcock.
Heman C. and Nellic M.
66 12 ....
Sarah Beatrice Williams
John H. and Sarah.
Aug.
Elizabeth C. Stephens
Charles W. and Mary L.
Catherine Curtin ..
Timothy and Mary.
66
Pauline Christine Flackbert
Ludwig and Christine.
=
Gertrude Irene Fagan.
Michael and Cora C.
Sept.
8 .... 11 ....
Inez Bianca Beatrice De Almeida
Manuel and Anna.
Violet Gladys Wood.
Owen G. and Elizabeth A.
Oct.
3 ... .
Ethel Violet Fisher.
Peter and Sarah R.
66
16 ....
Irene Alatia Weatherbee.
Charles and Sarah.
17 ....
Addie Caroline Swift.
Dean S. and Blanche.
19 ....
Annie Brennan
Edward J. and Mary A.
Nov.
Margaret Curran.
Peter and Mary.
"
7. . . .
Catherine Hayes
7 .. ..
Lenora Christine Hunt.
Fred A. and Delia.
17 ....
Mabel Elizabeth Stock.
Eustace and Laura E.
..
28
Maria Florence Smith.
Dec.
15
Mary Lydon
Judson L. and Florence. Thomas and Annie.
9. ...
Ellen Greenwood
Joseph H. and Martha.
27 ....
Mary Greenwood.
Levi, Jr., and Elizabeth.
12 ....
Sarah Agnes Mighan
Patrick and Sarah.
24 ....
Annie Marguerite Coughlin
Jeremiah and Hannah.
Viola Bartlett Leach.
Orrin T. and Sarah.
Alice Frances Ross ..
Bernard A. and Annie M.
30 ... . 4 ....
Sabina Costello ...
Thomas and Julia.
22 .... 13 .... 19. ... 24 .... 25 ....
Mary Curran .
Patrick and Nellie.
18. . .
14 ....
Lilly Florence Remahl.
August and Sophia.
21 .... 1 .... 2 ....
Mary Catherine Donovan.
Danicl and Johanna.
Abbie Tobin
John and Catherine. John and Mary E.
17 ... .
Blanche Ethel Harris ..
Jeremiah L. and Sadie W.
The number of births since the organization of the town in 1872 is 1443.
12 ....
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MARRIAGES.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan.
1 Timothy Kerting. Maggie Butler.
Norwood
Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.
30 George A. Smith. Jennie M. Morse.
Norwood. 66
Rev. Ellis Mendell, Boston.
Feb.
8 William Phillips Maria A. Smith
Norwood.
Rev. J. P. Bodfish, ('anton.
66
18 James G. Wishart Nettie H. Tarbox
Boston
Norwood.
Rev. L. B. Bates, Boston.
66
25 Kent S. Fulton. Addie K. Lincoln
Norwood.
Gloucester
Rev. Rufus P. Hubbard, Cloneester.
March 18 Ernest W. Ellis Essie T. Judd.
Norwood Chieago, Ill.
Rev. S. C. Edsall, Chieago, Ill.
April
2 Angust Peterson Christine Anderson
Norwood
Rev. C. F. Johansson, Boston.
4 JJoseph Lang Catie L. Knoll.
Norwood.
Rev. Adolf Biewend, Boston.
26 Eher E. Westgate. Eleanor II. Wolddstoek
Norwood Boston .
Rev. J. W. Crustrong, Boston.
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28 George Francis Sumner Mary Faustena Day.
Norwood
Rev. Charles S. Nickerson, Norword.
May 8 Hans Peter Poulson Eriks Roxstrom.
Norwood
Rev. C. F. Johansson, Boston.
23 Matthias Eppiek Maria Jonka.
Norwood Rev. A. L. Loder, Norwood.
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25|John W. Marshall. Aliee M. Sylvon.
Ilyde Park Dedham.
Rev. Daniel A. Wade, Norwood.
June 17 Charles F. Flood. Catherine A. FitzHenry
Norwood. Rev. J. H. Fleming, Dedham.
Dedham.
Norwood. Dedham, W. P ..
Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.
24 Azor Hamilton Thayer Ellen Josephine Duggan.
Norwood
Rev. Daniel A. Wade, Norwood.
„July
2 Anton Eppick. Louisa Pefferkorn
Norwood. Rev. A. L. Loder, Norwood.
Andrew Brustle. Catherine Leahee
Boston
Franeis Tinker, Justiee of the l'eaee.
Norwood.
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11 George Oelsehlagel Minnie Blasnaek 29 Dennis II. Smith. Mary B. Fay.
Norwood
Hyde Park
Rev. Charles S. Niekerson, Norwood. Rev. James J. Chelliek, Hyde Park.
Aug.
15 August Hildebrand. Augusta L. M. C. Pries.
Norwood
Rev. Adolf Biewend, Boston.
Hyde Park
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17 William H. Kelley Lena E. Thompson
Boston
Canton
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MARRIAGES .- Continued.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Aug.
16 Martin McDonough Ellen Dillon.
Norwood.
Rev. Jamos B. Troy, Norwood.
Sept.
17 E. P. Newcomb.
Medfield.
Rev. B. W. Barrows, Newton.
Oct.
3 John George Readel. Anna Hulda Wenzel
Norwood.
Rev. A. L. Loder, Norwood.
21,Henry T. Anderson. Josephine F. Wheeler
Norwood.
Rev. A. L. Loder, Norwood.
Nov.
3 Joseph H. Woods Mary E. Ellis.
Boston
Norwood.
Rev.Charles S. Nickerson, Norwood.
66
16 Osman B. Carter Carrie C. Davis.
Sutton.
Norwood
Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.
66
25 .James Donovan. Margaret Lydon.
Norwood. 16
Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.
6.
25 Willard H. Kempton Sarah Jane Crooker
Norwood
Norwood.
66
25 Albert Steiner. Louisa Petzold.
Norwood
Rev. Calvin S. Locke, Dedham, W. P.
26 Oscar F. Adams. Ida Rhoads
Norwood
Rev.Charles S. Nickerson, Norwood.
66
26 William H. Littlefield. Alice A. Upton
Norwood. 66
Rev. B. W. Barrows, Newton.
20 Lawrence F. Tisdale Annie Reimer
Boston
Rev. Calvin S. Locke, Dedham, W. P.
Dee.
21 Frank Williams. Christine M. Johnson.
Norwood.
Rev. H. Olson, Norwood.
Norwood
Rev. . J. C. Hall, Sutton.
21 Roderick McL.cod. Maggie D. Norton.
Merrimack, N.H. Rev. Charles S. Nickerson,
Dedham
Norwood.
The whole number of marriages during the past twenty years in Norwood has been 568.
Mary E. Webster.
Norwood.
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DEATHS.
DATE.
NAMES.
YRS.
Mos.
DAYS.
Jan.
20 ..
William Katzemier
22
66
28 ....
James R. Fisher.
Feb.
2 ....
Joseph Galbreith.
2
25
66
4 ....
Hannah Blaney.
66
10 ....
Matthew MeDonough.
34
24 ....
Hannah Boyle.
Margaret Hawkins
70
25 ....
Lucy Smith.
69
11
7
April 66
22 ....
Henry James Hannon
.
·
14
66
29 ....
Julia Agnes Gray.
9
25
May
8 ... .
Mary Lawton.
65
66
13 ....
Thomas Killikelly.
65
26
June
6 ....
William C. Donovan
36
5
Aug.
3 ....
Herbert Hayes.
31
1
10
66
11 ....
Vesta Gates ..
100
4
26
66
12 ....
Ellen F. Rooney
41
66
17 ....
Agnes Rorke ..
6
20
Sept.
5 ....
Mary Greenwood.
5
9
Lizzie Greenwood.
25
27
56
9
18
66
29 ....
6
29 ....
Thomas Gillooly
4
18
66
15 ....
Michael Connor.
31
14
Nov.
6 ....
Michael Costello.
1
7
10
21 ....
Elizabeth Glancy.
39
8
26
24 ....
A. Elizabeth Park.
38
1
26 ....
George L. Rhoads.
57
6
23
Dec.
9 ....
Mary Ellen Haggerty
5
10) ....
Harriet M. Ellis ..
55
2
18
17 ....
Margaret Pendergast.
36
10
28
18 ....
Charles F. Barnard.
80
10
9
66
20 ....
Margaret Flaherty.
44
66
25 ....
Bridget J. Morrissey
25
11
8
66
28 ....
Moses Richards.
89
4
66
29 ....
Mary H. Richards.
84
8
11
7 ....
Sarah Ann Carter
75
12
20
24 ....
Edward M. Niekerson ..
20
4
20
8 ....
Cora F. Coughlin.
James Courtney.
Thomas Havcy.
35
27 ....
E. Florice Evans
11
21
Josephine Anderson
3
3
Oet.
2 ....
Lilian A. Allen.
24
5
-
The whole number of deaths during the past twenty years is 779.
·
.
31 ....
Harvey L. Hayford.
6
14 ....
Margaret Murphy.
75
30 ....
Ellen Hennessy .
33
31 ....
Nancy A. Ingraham
65
11
Mareh
2 ....
S ....
10 ....
25 ....
16 ....
Mary Jane Grary.
George Beaulieu ...
60
27 ....
20 ....
James Carl Barrett ..
REPORT
OF
School · Board
OF THE TOWN OF
Norwood, Mass.
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31,
1892
Report of School Committee.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Stephen A. Libby, Joseph J. Feeley, Patrick J. Mahoney, Horace T. Atwood, Martha G. Winslow, Marcia M. Winslow,
ORGANIZATION.
Horace T. Atwood, Chairman ; Stephen A. Libby, Secre- tary ; Maurice J. O'Brien, Superintendent of Schools.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance, Accounts, and Claims .- Messrs. Libby, Feeley, and Atwood.
School Houses and Supplies .- Messrs. Mahoney, Libby, and Atwood.
Text-Books, and Course of Study .- Mr. Feeley, Mrs. Martha G. Winslow, and Mrs. Marcia Winslow.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Music and Drawing .- Mrs. Martha G. Winslow, and Mr. Atwood.
Truancy and Evening School .- Messrs. Mahoney, and . Feeley.
Physical and Manual Training .- Messrs. Libby, and Atwood.
Sewing .- Mrs. Martha G. Winslow.
LOCAL COMMITTEES.
High School .-- Messrs. Feeley, and Atwood, and Mrs. Martha G. Winslow.
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Everett School .- Messrs. Libby, and Atwood, and Mrs. Marcia M. Winslow.
North School .- Messrs. Feeley and Atwood.
East School .- Messrs. Mahoney and Libby.
Balch School .- Mr. Mahoney and Mrs. Martha G. Winslow.
New Primary School .- Mr. Libby and Mrs. Marcia M. Winslow.
.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Norwood.
The town at its annual March meeting appropriated for the current year :
For Salaries of teachers and Superintendent, $8,800 00
The teaching of music, 300 00
Ordinary incidentals, 2,400 00
School books, 1,000 00
Support of evening school, 500 00
$13,000 00
Your school committee have made the following ex- penditures :
For Salaries of teachers and superintendent, $8,441 94
Instruction in music, .. 150 00
Incidentals, 4,440 38
School books, 965 44
On account of evening school, 305 65
$14,303 65
For the itemized account of expenditures, you are re- ferred to the report of the Selectmen bound herewith.
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SALARIES.
The pay-roll has been considerably enlarged the past year by the addition of three new teachers to our force. Still we have been able to keep within the appropriations for salaries.
We estimate that it will cost the town the ensuing year ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for salaries of teachers and superintendent. This amount will enable your commit -. tec to retain the services of the present efficient corps of teachers, and also furnish the means with which to lengthen out the school year to forty weeks, should your committee deem it expedient to do so.
MUSIC.
We believe it to be requisite that the town should have in its employ a teacher of music competent to take full charge of vocal music in all our public schools. The appropriation for music heretofore made has not been sufficient to enable your committee to extend to the High School the benefit of professional instruction. We estimate that it will cost five hundred dollars ($500.00) to procure a competent instructor.
INCIDENTALS.
Our incidental account shows an expenditure consider- ably in excess of the appropriation. This is due to the fact that your committee deemed it necessary, without delay, to make several expensive, but much needed, improvements not contemplated by their immediate predecessors whose estimates furnished the basis upon which appropriations were made for the current year.
The repairs, renovations and sanitary improvements at the Everett School; the new furnace at the East School ; the board walks at the High, East, and New Primary Schools ; the fence at the Balch School; and the labor involved and the material required in laying out and constructing a suit- able driveway in front of the High School are among the items that have entailed heavy drafts upon the treasury.
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The expense of making the alterations and repairs at the Everett School was necessarily a large item, but when we comprehend the complete significance of the fact, that every boy and girl, in every part of the town who completes his or her elementary education in the public schools of Norwood, must spend a large proportion of his or her time at the Everett School, and when on the other hand we appreciate the fact that the interior decorations of the Everett building and its sanitary arrangements within and without have undergone but little alteration for more than a quarter of a century, we believe that the wisdom of the expenditure must be apparent.
The halls and rooms now present a bright and cheerful appearance, there is a general air of cleanliness everywhere prevalent, and the atmosphere within and around the school building is no longer permeated with offensive odors.
There can be no doubt that the beneficial effects upon both morals and health that must follow as a result of these improvements, will be more than commensurate with the large outlay.
This and other unusual expenditures have been made in response to the demands of urgent necessity, and with a due regard also to the behests of a wise economy. Our expendi- tures for ordinary incidentals have not exceeded the appro- priations. We place the cost of ordinary incidentals for the ensuing year, at two thousand eight hundred dollars ($2,800.00).
TEXT-BOOKS.
There are many books in our schools that have become much worn by long use. These will need to be replaced with new ones the coming year. We believe, however, that by the exercise of a wise discretion in making purchases, one thous- and dollars ($1,000.00), the amount appropriated last year will be sufficient to cover the cost of text books the ensuing year.
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EVENING SCHOOL.
Our evening school has been judiciously managed and well patronized. The conduct of those in attendance has been uniformly excellent, and their progress commendable. A course of studies for the evening school should be arranged to comprise, for the present at least, only the elementary branches of study. There are many deserving young men and women in our community who can neither read nor write the English language with facility. They should have the opportunity to acquire these necessary accomplishments. We ask for an appropriation of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for the support of the evening school for another season.
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