Official reports of the town of Wayland 1912-1914, Part 21

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 776


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Article 23. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding fifty dollars for improving the sidewalk on the north side of East Pond Street beginning at the end of concrete walk on land of Walter F. Evans.


Article 24. To see if the town will authorize the Town Auditor to supply the several town departments with printed schedules on which to enter the amounts of pay rolls and bills.


Article 25. To see what action the town will take in regard to changing the date of holding the Annual Town Meeting to the first Monday in February.


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Article 26. To see what disposition the town will make of site of the Lokerville schoolhouse.


Article 27. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for defraying the expense of planting shade trees.


Article 28. To see if the town will appropriate not ex- ceeding one hundred and fifty dollars toward a fund for the erection of a National Civic Hall at Washington, D. C., as a Peace Memorial to the Father of Our Country.


Article 29. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to install one additional light on Bow Road between Reeves Place and the light already installed.


Article 30. To see if the town will appropriate $200 for repairing sidewalks.


And you are required to serve this warrent by posting copies thereof attested by you at the Town House, at each Post Office in town, and on the engine house in Cochituate seven days at least before the time of holding said election.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the 21st day of this March.


Given under our hands this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.


PAUL T. DRAPER, GEORGE W. BISHOP, Selectmen of Wayland.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


Town Clerk's Office


Wayland, Mass., March 25, 1914.


Pursuant to Town Warrant, the inhabitants of Wayland, qualified to vote in town affairs, met this day and did the following business:


Article 1. No action.


Article 2. Isaac Damon, John Connelly, and Walter B. Henderson were elected Trustees of Allen Fund.


Voted: That Selectmen act as Fence viewers.


Voted: That Constables act as Field Drivers.


Frank Haynes was elected Surveyor of Lumber.


Frank Haynes and William S. Lovell were elected Meas- urers of Wood and Bark.


Irving Schleicher, Charles Butterfield, and Joseph M. Moore elected Memorial Day Committee.


Article 3. Voted to appropriate and assess the follow- ing sums of money for town purposes :


Abatement of taxes


$800.00


General Administration Salaries


Moderator


$8.33


Slectmen


145.83


Auditor


83.33


Treasurer


416.67


Collector


400.00


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TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE


General Administration Salaries ;- Cont.


Assessors


500.00


Town Clerk


41.67


Election Officers


200.00


Registrars


83.33


Incidental


900.00


$2,779.16


Protection of Life and Property


Police


$850.00


Fire Dept. (Cochituate)


666.67


Fire Dept. (Wayland)


200.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


30.00


Tree Warden Dept.


166.67


$1913.34


Health and Sanitation


Board of Health


$250.00


Inspector of Animals


125.00


$375.00


Highways and Bridges


$3,500.00


Concord Road ( see Art. 12)


3,000.00


Sidewalks-general (see Art. 30)


200.00


Sidewalks-Pond Street ( see Art. 23) Street Lighting


50.00


2,000.00


Moth Extermination


1,214.60


Charities


Overseers of Poor-salaries $125.00


Support of the Poor 1,200.00


$1,325.00


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Education $14,500.00


Covering School Committee-salaries


Teachers and Janitors


Supplies


Transportation


Superintendent


Manual Training


Incidentals


Libraries and Reading-room


$1,333.33


Memorial Day celebration


175.00


Soldiers' Benefits


333.33


Cemeteries


Lake View


$200.00


North and Center


200.00


$400.00


Sinking Fund


$1,408.80


Cochituate Schoolhouse bonds


$1,500.00


Interest on Town debt


3,500.00


$40,307.56


Voted to accept and adopt the following recommenda- tions of the Finance Committee:


The above appropriations are recommended in addition to such balances as appear on the Treasurer's books un- expended from last year's appropriations and covering period for ten months, March 1, to Dec. 31, 1914, inclusive, the expiration of the fiscal year established by the Acts of 1913.


The Finance Committee respectfully recommends that the sum of $55.00 be transferred from water-rates to pay interest on water note.


Also that the money for removing snow be drawn from


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revenue account. Also that all Town insurance and surety bonds be drawn from revenue accounts.


Also that the overdrafts for last year amounting to $3,369.44 be charged to revenue account.


Voted, that the taxing of hydrants to the town be dis- continued.


Article 4. Voted to authorize the selectmen to consult counsel on important town cases and to defend the town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it.


Article 5. Voted to appropriate the money received from dog licenses, one-half to the schools, and one-half to the library.


Article 6. Voted to charge interest at the rate of 5% on taxes unpaid on and after Oct. 1, 1914.


Article 7. Passed over.


Article 8. Passed over.


Article 9. Passed over.


Article 10. Voted to increase the salary of Town Clerk beginning with municipal year of 1915 to $100.00 per annum.


Article 11. Voted that the town shall publish in the annual town reports a list of the valuation of all taxable personal and real estate property, and the amount assessed therein, and that 100 extra copies of the valuation list be printed and placed in the hands of the assessors for distribu- tion.


Article 12. Voted that the sum of $3,000.00 be appro- priated and assessed for the purpose of continuing the work on the Concord Road ( see Art. 3) .


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Article 13. Voted to postpone action indefinitely.


Article 14. Passed over.


Article 15. Passed over.


Article 16. Voted, that Selectmen be instructed to appoint a committee of three to investigate question of pro- curing auto service for use of fire department, and to report at special town meeting not later than June next.


Article 17. Voted, that the Town discontinue road known as Hammond Avenue from foot of hill at what is known as Jefferson Loker's place to Pond Street.


Article 18. Matter referred to Selectmen.


Article 19. Voted, to re-build the culvert on Pelham Island Road south of the blacksmith shop of L. H. McManus, land that the matter be referred to the surveyor of Highways.


Voted to re-consider the above vote.


Voted to refer the matter to Surveyor of Highways.


Article 20. Voted to accept the following bequests: $150.00 to be known as "Charles Holbrook Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of lot in Lake View Cemetery belonging to the late Charles Holbrook. $100.00 to be known as the "Jude Damon Fund" income from which to be used for perpetual care of the Jude Damon lot in the North Cemetery.


Article 21. Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning March 1, 1914, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this note to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.


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Article 22. Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time on and after January 1, 1915, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1915, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred un- der this note to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1915.


Article 23. Voted, that the sum of $50.00 be appro- priated and assessed for the purpose of improving the side- walk on the North side of East Pond Street, beginning at the end of concrete walk on land of Walter F. Evans (see Art. 3) .


Article 24. Voted to authorize the Town Auditor to supply the several town departments with printed schedules on which to enter the amounts of pay-rolls and bills.


Article 25. Voted, that the date of the annual Town Meeting be changed to the first Monday in February.


Article 26. Passed over.


Article 27. No action.


Article 28. Voted, that the matter be referred to a committee consisting of Paul T. Draper, Edmund H. Sears and James H. Carroll to look into the matter and report at next meeting.


Article 29. Referred to Selectmen.


Article 30. Voted to appropriate and assess the sum of $200.00 for purpose of repairing concrete sidewalks regard- less of location and to leave the expenditure of same to the discretion of Selectmen (see Art. 3) .


Voted, to adjourn at 10.10 P. M.


A true copy.


Attest:


WARREN L. BISHOP,


Town Clerk.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


Special Town Meeting


JUNE 18, 1914


TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County.


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall on Thursday, the 18th day of June current, at 7.45 o'clock in the afternoon, there and then to act on the following articles, viz:


Article 1. To see if the Town of Wayland, Massachu- setts will appropriate a sum, not to exceed $3,000.00, for the purchase, for fire protection, of a "Squad Wagon" made by the Peerless Motor Car Co. of New England, and order the same assessed.


Article 2. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the purchase of a Stone Crusher.


Article 3. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the sum of $150.00 for fire protection at Wayland Centre.


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Article 4. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to install five street electric lights on East Pond Street.


Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate not ex- ceeding $150.00 toward a fund for the erection of a National Civic Hall at Washington, D. C. as a Peace Memorial to the Father of our Country.


Article 6. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to install a requisite number of Electric Lights sufficient to properly light the section of Old Connecticut Path from Simpson's Corner to Five Paths.


Article 7. To see if the Town will install water in the kitchen of the Town Hall.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money to purchase new Town Scales.


And you are required to serve this warrant by posting copies thereof attested by you at the Town Hall, at the Engine House in Cochituate Village and at each post office in town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant to the Town Clerk on or before the 16th day of June current.


Given under our hands this third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.


CHARLES A. BENSON, FRANK HAYNES, NAPOLEON PERODEAU,


Selectmen of Wayland.


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TOWN WARRANT


Town Clerk's Office


Pursuant to Town Warrant, the inhabitants of Wayland qualified to vote in town affairs met this day and did the following business:


Article 1. No action.


Article 2. Voted, that moderator appoint a committee of five to investigate the matter of purchasing a stone crusher and report at next annual town meeting.


The committee appointed were Paul T. Draper, chairman, George W. Bishop, Isaac Damon, Charles W. Fairbank, Frank White.


Article 3. Voted, that the town appropriate and assess the sum of $150.00 for fire protection at Wayland Centre.


Article 4. No action.


Article 5. No action.


Article 6. Voted, that the matter of electric street lights on Old Connecticut Road be left to Selectmen with power.


Article 7. Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to install water in the kitchen of the Town Hall and the money to be taken from the incidental account.


Article 8. No action.


Meeting dissolved at 10.35 P. M.


A true copy.


Attest :


WARREN L. BISHOP,


Town Clerk.


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Special Town Meeting


AUGUST 11, 1914


TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County.


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall on Tuesday, the 11th day of August, next, at 7.45 o'clock in the afternoon, there and then to act on the following articles, viz:


Article 1. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to carry out the decree of the County Commissioners relative to the construction of School Street or do or act.


Article 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer to borrow a sum of money to construct School Street as laid out by the County Commissioners.


Article 3. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess $100.00 for the purpose of pruning street shade trees.


Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the sum of $300.00 for incidentals.


And you are required to serve this warrant by posting copies thereof attested by you at the Town Hall, at the


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Engine House in Cochituate Village and at each Post Office in town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant to the Town Clerk on or before the 8th day of August next.


Given under our hands this 22nd day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.


CHARLES A. BENSON, FRANK HAYNES, NAPOLEON PERODEAU,


Selectmen of Wayland.


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TOWN OF WAYLAND


Town Clerk's Office


Pursuant to Town Warrant those qualified to vote in Town affairs met this day and did the following business:


Article 1. Voted, that the Selectmen be a committee to carry out the instructions of the County Commissioners relative to the construction of School Street.


Article 2. Voted, that the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be authorized to borrow the sum of $1,500.00 for the construction of School Street, as laid out by the County Commissioners, and that he be authorized to give the Town's note for that sum payable $500.00 in one year, $500.00 in two years, and $500.00 in three years.


Article 3. Voted, that the sum of $100.00 be appro- priated and assessed for the purpose of pruning street shade trees and that the money be expended under the direction of the tree warden.


Article 4. Voted, that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $300.00 for incidentals.


A true copy.


Attest:


WARREN L. BISHOP,


Town Clerk.


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TOWN WARRANT


Special Town Meeting


OCTOBER 2, 1914


TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County.


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland. qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall on Friday, the 2nd day of October, next, at 7.45 o'clock in the afternoon, there and then to act on the following articles. viz:


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum of money for the purpose of continuing the work on the Concord Road or otherwise act.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum of money for the purpose of continuing the work on School Street or otherwise act.


Article 3. To see if the Town will appropriate from the Revenue Account the sum of $25.00 for use of Sealer of Weights and Measures or otherwise act.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum of money to continue the work of the Gypsy Moth Department or otherwise act.


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Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Sinking Fund Commissioners to return to the Town Treasurer the following funds, viz: Ella E. Draper $500.00 Grace Campbell Draper $1000.00, James Draper $500.00.


Article 6. To see if the Town will accept the following bequests :


$100-to be known as the "Marshall Russell Fund," income of which to be used in perpetual care of Lots Nos. 143 and 144, in the North Cemetery.


$100-to be known as the "Frank C. Heard Fund," income of which to be used in perpetual care of Lot No. 180, in the North Cemetery.


$100-to be known as the "George Harrington Fund," income of which to be used in perpetual care of Lots Nos. 89 and 90, in the North Cemetery.


And you are required to serve this warrant by posting copies thereof attested by you at the Town Hall, at the Engine House in Cochituate Village and at each Post Office in town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant to the Town Clerk on or before the 30th day of September next.


Given under our hands this 24th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.


CHARLES A. BENSON, FRANK HAYNES, NAPOLEON PERODEAU,


Selectmen of Wayland.


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TOWN WARRANT


Town Clerk's Office


Pursuant to Town Warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland qualified to vote in Town affairs met this day and transacted the following business:


Article 1. Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $2,500 for continuing the work on the Concord Road, and that he be authorized to give the Town's notes for that sum payable annually in amounts not exceeding $1000 in any one year.


Article 2. Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $2.000 for continuing the work on School Street, and that he be authorized to give the Town's notes for that sum payable annually in amounts not exceeding $1,000 in any one year.


Article 3. Voted, that the Town appropriate from the Revenue Account the sum of $25.00 for the use of Sealer of Weights and Measures.


Article 4. Passed over.


Article 5. Voted, that the Town authorize the Sinking Fund Commissioners to return to the Town Treasurer the following funds, viz., Ella E. Draper, $500, Grace Campbell Draper, $1,000, James Draper, $500.


Article 6. Voted, that the Town accept the following bequests, viz., $100 to be known as the "Marshall Russell Fund," income of which to be used in perpetual care of Lots Nos. 143 and 144, in the North Cemetery.


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$100 to be known as the "George Harrington Fund," income of which to be used in perpetual care of Lots Nos. 89 and 90, in the North Cemetery.


$100 to be known as the "Frank C. Heard Fund," income of which to be used in perpetual care of Lot No. 180, in the North Cemetery.


Voted to adjourn at 9.05 P. M.


A true copy. Attest:


WARREN L. BISHOP,


Town Clerk.


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Town Clerk's Report


Births Registered in Wayland for the Year 1914


Date Name of Child


Names of Parents


January


8 Phyllis Ames


Richard, Dorothy


February


15 Walter Lee Benedict March


Frank, Alice W.


4 Henry Bigelow Poole


Henry B., Mildred


April


13 Helen Louise McEnroy


Charles, Mary


30 Bertha Freda Hersey


Ralph, Reba


May


2 Gertrude Isabel Cameron


21 Bismond Mantini


Alexander, Grace Venanzio, Elisabetta


June


7 Gilmore


George W., Rena


11 Lorraine Young


Vernon, Bernice


July Doris Magee


Edward F., Annie


19 Constance Regina Cole


Charles R. S., Isabel M.


24 Margery Viola Houghton August


Everett L., Emma L.


25 Harold Porter


25 Elsie May Barry


November


25 Malcolm Alvin Clark


Ernest I., Grace


December


15 Madeline Bullard


15 Morrill


Arthur B., Agnes B. Luther A., Bertha


Arthur, Maud Harry E., Edith


Total number registered (including still births, etc.) 23 against 36 in 1913, a decided decrease.


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Marriages Registered in Wayland for the Year 1914


January


3 Charles H. Forbes, 47, Ellen C. Snow, 50, at Wayland, by Rev. William R. Arnold.


5 William W. Dudley, 26, Hazel R. Wimple, 27, at Watertown, by Rev. Seth C. Beach.


April


19 Leonard Jackson Best, 22, Julia Louise Grace, 21, at Wayland, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


29 Michael Francis Murphy, 22, Prudence Sibley Lyon, 23, at Natick, by Rev. M. F. Delaney.


William Henry Sullivan, 29, Margaret Gertrude Foley, 26, at Boston, by Rev. John H. Powers.


29 June


10 Arthur Pitton Marston, 26, Edna Mae Bullard, 23, at Natick, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


14 William Raymond Gallagher, 26, Florence May Burke, 25, at Wayland, by Rev. Onesime P. La Croix.


16 Joseph George Hallenbrook, 29, Cora Jennie Bigwood, 29, at Wayland, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


22 Thomas Francis Haverty, 25, Jane Agnes Phillips, 21, at Wayland, by Rev. Onesime P. La Croix.


24 Hector John Baptist Davieau, 28, Rosa Mabel Rivers, 25, at Framingham, by Rev. Hugh J. Cleary.


25 James Henry O'Neill, 65, Seretha Gray, 46, at Natick, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


29 Albert Bond, 55, Grace Celestia Loker, 53, at Wayland, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


July 19 George Alex Celorier, 21, Anna Stasia Marie Walsh, 20, by Rev. John F. Kelly.


25 William Dennis Murphy, 25, Margaret Jane Heff- eron, 36, at Wayland, by Rev. Onesime P. La Croix. August


Frederick Poole, 24, Ruth Etta Smith, 19, at Boston, by Augustine H. Read.


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2 Francis Maynard Dowey, 24, Winifred Evelyn Smith, 23, at Hubbardtson, by A. D. Willett.


September


16 Walter Sylvester Bigwood, 26, Elsie Mae Reid, 27, at Wayland, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


19 Robert L. Acker, 26, Catherine E. Prescott, 25, at Wayland, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


21 Ernest Wilson Schleicher, 21, Jennie Ella Wright, 26, at Wayland, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


21 Alexander Smith, 29, Nellie Zelia Claflin, 27, at Way- land, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


October


10 William Jewett Scotland, 25, Hazel Howe, 24, at Natick, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


11 Jeremiah O'Brien, Jr., 26, Mary Winifred Fallon, 24, at Medford, by Rev. Jeremiah James Lyons.


14 Maurice A. Hoxie, 17, Margery T. Holey, 18, at Wayland, by Warren L. Bishop.


22 Chester Herbert Dusseault, 25, Rose Agnes M'Cann, 20, at Manchester, N. H., by Rev. John J. Lyons. December


5 William Francis Garfield, 64, Mary Ellen Murphy, 25, at Natick, by Rev. Albert A. Felch.


Total registered 25, against 24 for the preceding year.


DEATHS Registered in Wayland for the year 1914


Date


Name


Age


Disease or cause of death


January


y


m


d


9 James H. Morrissey


63


0


0


Accidental Drowning


10 Louis Champigni


64


3


1


Apoplexy


19 Ellen M. Braman


77


9


1 Cerebral Hemorrhage


19 Caroline Johnson


77


2


7


Cerebral Hemorrhage


February


1 Elizabeth Cowan


59


6 0 Cerebral Hemorrhage


9 Caroline W. Field


80


8 15 Uraemice


21 Stanley Taskula


10


0 0 Broncho Pneumonia


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DEATHS-Continued


Date


Neme


Age


Disease or cause of death


March


y


m


d


1 Charles A. Cutting


91


3


3


Senile Dementia


1


Robert N. Jennison


62


5


11


Pneumonia


7 Charles E. Skinner


75


5


14


Cerebral Hemorrhage


24


Adoniram J. Puffer


77


9


15


Chronic Myocarditis


April


14 Mary Ann Sherman


65


11


3


Cerebral Hemorrhage


16


George Crossley


69


1


5


Chronic Valvular Disease


Heart


20


Helen L. McEnroy


0


0


7


Inanition


24


Joseph Gladu


54


6


9


Angina Pectoris


May


2 Nellie C. Hall


55


8


0


Diabetes


22


Samuel D. Bryden


74


9


12


Cerebral Hemorrhage Arterio Scleroris


30


Alice M. Harriman


52


2


13


Acute Cardiac Dilatation


June


14


Harry V. Niles


21


5


20


Drowning Accident


July


3 Gertrude F. Merrill


62


0


0 Chronic Enteritis


17 Ira Sanborn Dickey


86


9


6 Cerebral Hemorrhage


20 Harold F. Bodenshatz


26


0


0 Drowning Accident


August


10 Alice E. Simpson


56


0


0 Nephritis


23 Frank Peabody Sawyer


72


6


8 Intestinal Obstruction


September


7 Francis Elias Lee


9


22


Meningitis


22 Herbert Daniel Simpson


5


8 25


Enterio Colitis


November


9 Alfred Coolidge Loker


70


0


10


Chronic Valvular Heart Disease


18 Cyrus A. Roak


70


5


2 Burns


22 Cora Alice Draper


54


5 0


Cerebral Hemorrhage


December


3 Cora Emma Brown


50


4 19


Locomota Ataxia Typhoid Fever


10 William Wheeler


64


6 22


Acute Indigestion, Chronic Heart Disease


11 Henry C. Dean


73


5 25


Chronic Interstitial Nephri- tis, Hemorrhage of Bladder


Total numbered registered (including still births) 34 against 27 for year 1913. Regrettable to say that this is one of the largest death records in the history of the town.


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DOGS LICENSED from DEC. 1, 1913 to DEC. 1, 1914


Males, 152 @ $2.00


$304.00


Females, 27 @ $5.00


135.00


$439.00


A gain of about $100 from last year.


BALLOTS CAST MARCH 23, 1914 SELECTMEN


Prec. 1.


Prec. 2.


Total


*Charles A. Benson


94


190


284


George W. Bishop


82


124


206


Paul T. Draper


102


94


196


*Frank Haynes


75


151


226


Thomas F. Mahoney


114


75


189


*Napoleon Perodeau


41


166


207


Walter E. Wilson


13


64


77


*Elected.


BALLOTS CAST NOV. 3, 1914 GOVERNOR


Alfred H. Evans, Proh.


5


Samuel W. McCall, Rep.


214


Arthur E. Reiner, Soc. Lab.


5


Samuel C. Roberts, Soc.


15


Joseph Walker, Prog.


26


David I. Walch, Dem.


163


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT


Bedford Concord


Lincoln Sudbury Weston Wayland


Total


Fairbank


56


281


41


85


56


151


670


Hart


64


201


104


16


50


43


478


Pfeiffer


138


417


52


86


262


215


1170


-


Mr. Immanuel Pfeiffer of Bedford, Republican, was de- clared elected.


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TOWN OF WAYLAND


To the people of the Town of Wayland:


The foregoing, I beg to submit to you as my report as Clerk of the Town of Wayland for 1914-15. May I be permit- ted to add thereto a few words in general as to the administra- tion of the office during that time and also to express most warmly my deep appreciation for the splendid spirit of co- operation and cordiality which has been manifested toward me not only by the officials of the Town, but also by the entire citizenship. This having been my first year in the office, which, to say the least, is a most exacting and arduous one requiring close attention in its smallest details, my appre- ciation is all the more deep and genuine for the splendid way in which all the people in the Town have assisted me. I beg to inform you also that, as it has been necessary for me to be in Boston a great deal in the daytime, I appointed, at the beginning of my term, Mrs. Bishop as my assistant clothed under the law with all the powers of Clerk. I did this in order that the business of the office could be transacted at all times at the convenience of the people, even when I should happen to be out of town. I also, at the beginning of my term, informed the people of Wayland Center, through pub- lished notices, that I would be at the Town Hall in Wayland each Saturday and oftener if possible. I have endeavored, so far as possible, to do this, for, as the town is so peculiarly situated, with the centers of population so far apart, one section of the town is liable to suffer neglect if this phase of the matter should be overlooked. I have made many innovations in the system of bookkeeping, so that the people of the town and all others interested may very readily and very easily ex- amine all records and data connected with the office. Because of the new law relative to marriage intentions, I have pur- chased a new up-to-date record book like those used in other towns. I have also purchased a sufficient supply of all neces- sary blanks, licenses, etc., so that no delay may be experienced at any time. The State authorities ordered that a safe be bought by the Town for the use of the Clerk, in order that




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