Norwood annual report 1908-1911, Part 55

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1402


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TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1911.


School


Grade


Name


Date of Appointment


Educated


High


Prin. Asst.


Nathaniel A. Cutler


Sept. 1899


Amherst College


Linda M. Lowell


1905


Brown University


Ruth A. Smith


1906


Mt. Holyoke College


Adelaide M. Lakin


66


1907


Colby College


Gertrude F. Merrill


" 1908


Boston University


Martha T. Steele


Feb. 1909


Tufts College


Lydia M. Chapman


Sept. 1910


Chandler Normal Shorthand School


Robie P. Littlefield


1910


University of Maine


Everett


Prin.


Isaiah A. Whorf


May 1910


Harvard College


9


Maud B. Kennerson


Dec. 1907


Salem Normal School


9


Flora B. Reed


Sept. 1909


Mt. Holyoke College


8


Lurenna M. Ranney


1910


Plymouth N. H. Normal School


24


8


Mary G. Feely


Apr. 1910


Fitchburg Normal School


8


M. Josephine McGrane


Feb. 1910


Rhode Island State Normal School


7


M. Agnes McCarthy


Sept. 1910


Quincy Training School


Guild


7


Julia E. Danahy


1901


Bridgewater Normal School


7


Mary L. Reid


1908


Westfield Normal School


6


Martha R. Taylor


1909


Lowell Normal School


5-6


Mary C. Fleming


1910


Lowell Normal School


5


Margarita E. Burns


Oct. 1904


Bridgewater Normal School


4


Mary W. O'Brien


Sept. 1907 Framingham Normal School


4


Julia I. Drummey


1909


Framingham Normal School


3


Estelle M. Mahoney


Jan. 1903 Framingham Normal School


2


Alice S. Houston


1910


Plymouth N. H. School


1-2


Helen F. McCarthy


Apr. 1908 Symond's Kindergarten Training School


1


Lillian G. Duncan


Sept. 1901 Monson Academy


Shattuck


Prin. 6


George W. Allen


Oct. 1909 Cortland N. Y. Normal School


Ada B. Campbell


Mar. 1907


Bridgewater Normal School


Winslow


1 Prin. 5-6


Katherine L. Carbee


Sept. 1901


1909


Framingham Normal School


5


Maude L. Fuller


1910


4


Lizzie E. Hadley


1901


4


Marguerite E. Mahoney


1907


Bridgewater Normal School


3


Bertha L. Brown


Feb. 1907


Farmington, Me., Normal School


3


M. Louise Mahoney


Sept. 1908


Bridgewater Normal School


2


Annie G. Scherer


1907


Framingham Normal School


1


E. Louise Ward


May 1902


Boston Normal School


East


3


Ethel G. Hubbard


Sept. 1909


Bridgewater Normal School


Balch


2


Maude E. Dalton


Jan. 1907


R. I. State Normal School


1


A. Agnes Curtin


Sept. 1903


Bridgewater Normal School


Music


B. Harold Hamlin


1908


Normal Music School


Drawing


Bessie M. Parker


Feb. 1905 Art Museum, Boston


Ivurse


Mary A. Morse


1905


Emerson College


"D Towle


Sept. 1910


New England Hospital for Women and Children


5 4


Martha E. Mahony Florence Hill Ruth M. Moodie Alma L. Arnold Maude A. Woods


Sept. 1909


Jan. 1881 Sept. 1910 1903


Bridgewater Normal School Norwood High School Salem Normal School


3-4 3 2


Emma F. Niles


1899 Apr. 1903


Westfield Normal School Wheelock Kindergarten Training School Wellesley College Plymouth N. H. Normal School


Alma F. Seavey


Framingham Normal School Templeton High School


Boston Normal School Art


1-2


Martha B. Parker


1884


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SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.


Dr. A. S. Halwell, 90 Winter street.


TRUANT OFFICER.


James W. Lavs, 88 Cottage street.


JANITORS.


John P. Oldhar260 Pleasant street; High, Everett. Fred E. Beal, 6 Washington street; Guild. Michael H. Dy 68 Chapel street; Balch. Daniel F. Slatte 16 Everett avenue; Winslow. Darby Foley, 19yrtle street; Shattuck, East.


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ROLL OF HONOR.


The Following Pupils Have Been Neither Absent Nor Tardy For the Length of Time Specified.


Five years:


Claire V. Mahony, High.


Four years:


Herbert E. Tucker, High.


Three Years:


Margaret M. Allen, High.


Alvia A. Colton, High.


Charles H. Flood, High. Esther H. Walker, High. Roy Meears, Everett, Grade 8. Anna Klingbeil, Winslow, Grad 6.


Two Years:


Julia A. Barrett, High. Hilda P. Gould, High. Edward J. Hayden, High. Anna C. Lydon, High. Frank Anderson, Everett, Graf 9. Coleman Connolly, Everett, ( de 8. Robert Drummey, Everett, Cade 8. Catherine Henry, Everett, Gide 8. Margaret Murphy, Everett, rade 8. Daisy Bashford, Guild, Grac 5.


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Dorothy Bashford, Guild, Grade 3. Martin Connolly, Shattuck, Grade 6. AlbertSmith, Shattuck, Grade 5.


Evelyn Butler, Shattuck, Grade 2. Frank Flower, Shattuck, Grade 2.


Ellen Telliher, Winslow, Grade 3. Alvar Svenson, Balch, Grade 2.


One Year.


High School:


Mary Bager.


Alice Biglow.


May Bren.


Tracy WCottrell.


Mary Crian.


Roger Fur.


Frank Hoden.


Endicott lw.


George H.mith, 'Jr.


Elizabeth Stapleton.


Albert W. ompson. John F. Welock.


Marion S. Jods.


Everett School. Grade 9.


James Curra


Emily Fieldi


Louise Grant


Esther Roby


Grade 8.


Ruth Colton. Agnes Heffera Ethel Plumer. Olive Salmon.


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Grade 7. Glen McLeod.


Guild School.


Grade 7.


James A. Anderson. John R. Russell. Lena Sansone. Oscar F. Thompson.


Grade 6.


Elsie Barr. John McCartin.


Grade 5.


Margaret Murphy.


Grade 4.


James Drummy. Mary Murphy.


Grade 3.


William Bothwell. Helen Callaghan. William McDowell. Marion Smith.


Grade 2. Annie Murphy.


Grade 1.


William Drevas.


Edmund J. Shattuck School


Grade 5. Veronica Rooney. Bertha Smith.


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Grade 3. Francis Conley. Christopher Doyle. John Martin. Richard Owens.


Grade 2. Margaret Feeney.


Winslow School.


Grade 6.


August Mattson.


Grade 5.


James Kelliher.


Grade 4.


Ralph McCarty. Celia Peterson. Earl Saumsiegle.


Grade 2. Onni Lamminen.


East School.


Grade 3.


Marie Richards.


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GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATION.


Everett Hall, Norwood, Wednesday, June 15, 1910. " Success Can Only be Achieved by Industry."


Programme.


Message of the River,"


Beethoven


" The American Flag," Hurbert Parker.


Class Chorus. Drake


Class Roll Call.


" Stories," White


Solo by Louise Grant. (Accompanied by Girl's Chorus). Original Composition, " Our Flag at Home and Abroad," Amelia Murphy.


" Betsey's Battle Flag," Irving


Emily Fielding.


Piano Solo, " The Nightingale and Zephyr," Smith


Raymond Rafuse.


Holmes


" Flag of Our Nation," Francis Reardon. Claretie " The Flag of One's Country," Helen Verrill.


" The Dance of the Fairies," (Hungarian Folk Song), Class Chorus. Original Composition, " The History of Our Flag," Russell Clark.


" Old Ironsides,"


John Farren. Holmes


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" The Spinning Maiden " Jungst


Solo by Louise Grant. (Accompanied by Girl's Chorus). " Old Flag," Parker


George Nead.


" The National Banner,"


Everett


William Mutch.


Piano Solo, " Fairy Fingers," Wachs


Edna Rowell.


" The Old Flag Forever," Stanton


Earl Briggs.


" No Slave Beneath the Flag,"


Taylor


Marjorie Spear.


Salute to the Flag. " To Thee, O Country," Class Chorus.


Eichberg


Presentation of Medals, Isaiah A. Whorf, Principal.


Presentation of Diplomas.


Edward W. Jewett, Chairman School Board.


List of Graduates.


Abbt, Josephine Melissa Anderson, Thomas Frank


Baker, Philip Edward Briggs, William Earl


- Metcalf, Maude Eloise


Bastian, Herman Guild


-Murphy, Amelia Mildred Murphy, Annie Theresa


· Murphy, John Francis - Murphy, Joseph Edward


- Murphy, Madeline Vincent -- Murray, Agnes Esther


-Murray, George Francis Mutch, William Alfred


· Coyne, Patrick James


- McDonough, Thomas Joseph


McKenna, Annie Louise


· McMillen, Elizabeth Marie


- Butler, James Henry, Jr. Church, Cyrus Clifton Clark, Russell Everett Conton, James Edward · Corcoran, William Francis Costello, Mary Ellen Frances


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Crimmins, Annie Josephine


~ Crowley, Michael James - Curran, Annie Marie -Curran, James Joseph


Nead, George Washington Nugent, Mary Agnes O'Brien, Florence Veronica -- O'Brien, James Joseph


- Curran, Mary Elizabeth Patricia O'Brien, Joseph John DeAlmeida, George Manuel Ellis, Cyril Francis


Olmstead, Frank Thompson Olsen, Alex Hildegard Theresa Parker, Hubert Frederic Parker, Evelyn Temple


Perkins, Earl Warren Perron, William Wallace


Rafuse, Raymond Berwick


Readel, Lester Emerson Reardon, Francis Vincent


Rice, Dorothy Roby, Esther Marion


Rowell, Edna May


Ryan, Winifred Agnes


Sawyer, Clara Louise Spear, Gretchen Marjorie Stone, Marion Alvina Sullivan, Emily Marie ."


Sullivan, Joseph William -


Sullivan, Martha Augusta -


Thompson, Edward Henry Tracy, Angus


Verrill, Helen Claree Walker, Andrew Edwin


Ward, Max


Wardner, Doris


Wittrup, Andrew Julius


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Farren, John Aloysius Fielding, Emily Carolyn Flaherty, Mary Elizabeth Flood, Alice Madeline Flynn, Agnes Cecelia


- Foley, Annie Ernestine Folkins, Grace Marguerite Gallagher, John Joseph Gilliland, Irene Mae Grant, Louise Getchell Grant, Theodore Francis Holman, Henry Arthur Hurley, William Patrick Johnson, Albert Karl Johnson, Edith Helen


Keating, Alice Amelia


Kellard, Mary Kathryn


Kelliher, George Daniel King, John Kenneth King, Marion Theresa Knoll, Bertha Louisa


Litchfield, George Henry MacDonald, Mary Agnes McCarthy, Mary Ellen


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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.


-


Programme.


March, Orchestra. Prayer, Rev. Gilbert S. Cox. Frederic Field Bullard


Music, " The Pigtail,"


Essay, " John Hancock Revisits Boston," Catherine Elizabeth Connolly.


Essay, " Our Celestial Visitors, the Comets," Esther Hill Walker. Carl Greger


Music, Cantata, " Spring and Love,"


Essay, " The Greatest American,"


Frank Kenneth Halstead.


Essay, " Rebecca the Jewess," Miriam Mitchell.


Essay, " October," Helen Augusta Gilliland.


Music, " Oh, My Love's a Red, Red Rose," G. M. Garrett


Awarding of English Prize and J. C. Lane Medals. Mr. Nathaniel A. Cutler.


Conferring of Diplomas,


Mr. Edward W. Jewett.


Song, " America " Audience and School.


Soloists: Rachel Winslow,


Erna H. Kiley.


Pianist: Miriam Mitchell.


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GRADUATES.


Catherine Elizabeth Connolly


Anna Marguerite Coughlin


Sadie Burnadette Farren


Ethel Violet Fisher


Helen Augusta Gilliland


Frank Kenneth Halstead


Agnes Isabelle McNaught


Ethel May Marden


Miriam Mitchell


Caroline Ada Ryan


Thomas James Smith


Esther Hill Walker


Mabel Florence Wheeler


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Town Meeting Warrant.


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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.


NOR


MASS


. 1872


C. FEB . 23 ·GUILD AM J


1775


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


Norfolk ss.


To either of the Constables in the Town of Norwood, in said County :


Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, the sixth day of March, A.D. 1911, at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the follow- ing articles namely:


Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, namely: three Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways; One Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, One Collector of Taxes, three Park Commissioners, five Constables, one Tree Warden, one Moderator, one member of the Board of Health, all for one year; one Assessor for three years; one Sewer Commissioner for three years; one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; two members of the


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School Committee for three years, and two trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; and also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town? "


Art. 2. To hear and act on reports of the Auditors on Selectmen's, Treasurer's, Tax Collector's, Water Commissioners', Sewer Commissioner's, Municipal Light Board's, Library Trustees' and Cemetery Commissioners' accounts.


Art. 3. To hear and act on reports of Town Officers and Committees.


Art. 4. To see what action the town will take in regard to unexpended appropriations of the past year.


Art. 5. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning February 1, A.D. 1911, in antic- ipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.


Art. 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as collector.


Art. 7. To see what sum or sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the current fiscal year for the follow- ing purposes or take any other action in the matter:


First. The support of the Morrill Memorial Library.


Second. The use of George K. Bird Post, No. 169, Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of decorating soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.


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Third. The support of the Fire Department.


Fourth. The support of the Fire Alarm System.


Fifth. The support of the Schools.


Sixth. Conveying children living in the outlying districts to the Norwood schools, and placing its expenditure in the hands of the School Committee.


Seventh. The expense of children at the Truant School. Eighth. The expenses of the Board of Health.


Ninth. Expense of trimming and care of shade trees, and uppression of insects.


Tenth. The prosecution of illegal sales of liquor.


1 Eleventh. The repairs of highways, culverts and bridges.


Y Twelfth. Building sidewalks and setting edgestones.


Thirteenth. Paving gutters.


Fourteenth. Sanding sidewalks during winter months.


Fifteenth. Street signs.


Sixteenth. Operating stone crusher.


Seventeenth. Watering streets.


Eighteenth. Free band concerts.


Nineteenth. Maintenance of Sewer Department.


Twentieth. Operation, maintenance, salaries, repairs, interest on notes, depreciation account and new construction work of the Municipal Light Department.


Twenty-first. The expense of suretyship on bonds re- quired for the Town Treasurer and Tax Collector.


Twenty-second. The purchase of fire hose.


Twenty-third. Collection and disposal of rubbish in streets. and other public places.


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Twenty-fourth. To defray the incidental and other neces- sary expenses, not otherwise provided for.


Art. 8. To see what disposition the town will make of money received as excise tax from street railway companies.


Art. 9. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.


Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to fix the time within which taxes assessed therein for the year 1911 shall be paid and that on all taxes remaining unpaid after such time or a certain time, interest shall be paid at a specified rate not exceed- ing six per cent. a year and such interest be added to and be a part of such taxes.


Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate or borrow money to be expended in making an addition to the lock-up to be used for police headquarters and for making such alterations and repairs in the lock-up as is required by law or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 12. To see what action the town will take for the disposition of the surface water coming from Winter and ad- joining streets and collecting in the vicinity of Lincoln street and raise and appropriate or borrow money for said purpose or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to purchase a strip of land wide enough for a leading way from Summit avenue to Shattuck School grounds and raise and appropriate money to pay for the same.


Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to construct a grano- lithic or other suitable sidewalk on the westerly side of Lenox street in front of the building of the Plimpton Press or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer


system 500 feet on Nahatan street from Prospect street and to raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer system 450 feet on New Washington street from Dean street; and to raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 17. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to investigate the advisability of purchasing a piece of Auto Fire apparatus, and report at some future Town Meeting.


Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water mains on Morse avenue from Baker street to house of George Capen, and appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guarantee. 37 .-


Art. 19. To see if the Town will accept and adopt as By-Laws the report of the Committee appointed under Article four, April 4th, 1910; to prepare By-Laws to regulate the in- spection, materials, construction, alterations and use of build- ings and other structures within the Town, in accordance with Chapter 104 of the Revised Laws, or take any other action.


Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of one or more per- sons to have general oversight of the new accounting and book keeping system recently adopted. Such committee to serve for one year and without compensation.


Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to construct a granolithic walk, four feet wide, on the westerly side of Walpole street, beginning at the corner of Bond and terminating at the end of land owned by H. H. Miller, or take any other action.


Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to build a concrete or cement sidewalk on the northerly side of Chapel street from Washington street to Winslow avenue, or take any other action.


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Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the old Town Hearse.


And the polls shall be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open until thirty minutes past four o'clock in the afternoon, when they may be closed.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in ten public places in this town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before the time and day of said meeting.


Given under our hands at Norwood this 24th day of Feb- ruary, A.D. 1911.


RICHARD E. OLDHAM, JAMES A. HARTSHORN, SAMUEL M. WINSLOW,


Selectmen of Norwood.


A true copy. Attest:


LEWIS M. PIERCE,


Constable of Norwood.


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INDEX.


Page


Town Officers


3 Appropriations


Appropriations-Special Town Meetings.


14


Report of Selectmen


Schools 15


Truant School


24


Assessors' Plans


25


Abatement of Taxes


25


Bonds for Treasurer and Tax Collector


25


Steam Roller


25


George K. Bird Post, 169


25


Street Signs 26


26


Town Incidentals .


26


Printing and Stationery


28 29


Building Sidewalks and Edge Stones


29


Street Bounds and Laying out New Streets


29


Paving Gutters


30


Removing Snow


30


Sanding Sidewalks


31


Street Watering


31


Lockup


31


Police Account


34


State Aid


34


Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief


34


Support of Poor


37


Notes and Interest.


38


Electric Light Appropriation


38


Fire Department Incidentals


41


Fire Alarm System


Morrill Memorial Library


41


Board of Health


41


Bookkeeper and System of Accounts


Highways and Operating Stone Crusher and Sidewalks


29


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II


Page


Town Officers


42


Tree Warden


44


Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Account (Elm Tree Beetle) 44


Assessors' Appropriation


44


Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth Account


44


Report of Superintendent of Streets


45


Recapitulation . 55


Estimates for 1911 56


Liabilities of the Town of Norwood


58


List of Jurors


61


Remarks


64


Assessors' Report


Report of Town Counsel


69


Report of Chief of Police


75


Report of Inspector of Animals


78


Report of Tree Warden


79


Report of Town Physician


80


Report of Treasurer.


82


Report of Collector of Taxes 104


Investments of the Sinking Fund


110


Report of Auditors


111


Miscellaneous Reports.


Town Clerk .


Sewer Commissioners


Municipal Light Department


Cemetery Commissioners


Trustees Morrill Memorial Library


Water Commissioners


Board of Health


Fire Department


Schools


Town Meeting Warrant


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