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For a number of years a Teachers' Lodge has been maintained. Thus has the problem been solved to date satisfactorily. During the first years that it was main- tained the number of residents therein was such that the overhead charges made board and room excessively high. That the teachers might not be burdened thereby some of our public-spirited citizens cared for both rent and fuel that the children might have better educational advan- tages through a more constant and a more contented teaching force. The house has been largely furnished and the upkeep maintained through the years by dona- tions. A few have thus kept living costs for teachers reasonable and made possible the employment of a faculty of high character without asking the Town to support higher salaries.
I cannot speak too warmly in regard to the great service the Wayland Teachers' Lodge has rendered the Center Grammar and High School children.
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While the Bennett house is very acceptable as a home for teachers, yet the rent and the cost of heating so large a house make living costs heavy. I should wel- come freedom from the cares attendant upon this project if our teachers could find homes in families in town. This is well nigh impossible to do except for a part of them. No blame should be attached to the women of the com- munity for such a situation. A woman may be willing to take a teacher but unable so to do for perfectly just reasons. Thus we have found the situation yearly in making a canvass for homes in Wayland and the other communities of this District.
The people of both communities should know of this situation ; should consider with us the better method of caring for our Center teachers so that we shall not have to go to anyone for money to piece out rent ; so that cost of living shall not exceed that of other places of this vicinity if donations cease. The residents of Cochituate should realize that the Nurse and three of the High School teachers must have homes so that the community burden is not local but one that effects all from Natick line to Lincoln line.
The usual lunch room service is being offered the students of our High School and Center grades. The intention is not to make money but to pay for the sup- plies used by the cooking class and for the luncheons and to pay for the services of one woman in the lunch room during the days school is in session. Midforenoon lunch- eon is served to those who desire it. We especially urge those who are not in good condition for any cause or who are underweight to partake of the morning luncheon as well as to participate in the mid-day service. The cost of the noon luncheon is about 20 cents.
The Wayland building is in need of much interior work. Some of the rooms have been put into condition the past two years. The others and the corridors and offices need attention. The basement should have re- pairs. The constant vibration caused by passing heavy vehicles causes the plastering of the basement ceiling to fall. Patching does not last for long and is costly. Many of the high school desk tops and chairs should be re- placed. The building needs painting outside. A closet for science apparatus should be provided. Electric light- ing should be extended to all rooms, stairways and base-
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ment. The building is frequently open to the public even- ings. It will be a good business investment to weather strip the windows on the northwesterly side of the Co- chituate building.
Those who do the work of the lunch room appreciate the gift of closets and shelves so kindly donated by the Wayland Branch of the Parent-Teacher Association.
Your attention is directed to the statistics and the. usual accompanying reports. Special consideration should be given the facts presented by Physician and Nurse as: to dental care and tonsillar difficulties; also to Prin. Allen's outlines treating of high school registration and. registration prospects.
Wayland children are being treated for dental de- fects at the Forsyth Dental Infimary through the good offices of the Nursing Association. The employment of a dental hygienist for a few weeks yearly, that all children may have teeth cleaned, charts of defects made, and ad- vice given as to care of teeth, is a project worthy of study.
Respectfully submitted, FRANK H. BENEDICT
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REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Supt. Frank H. Benedict.
Cochituate, Mass.
Dear Mr. Benedict :
I herewith submit to you my eighth annual report as Principal of the Wayland High School.
Maximum enrollment of the school to date, boys 44, girls 54, total 98.
Present enrollment, boys 41, girls 51, total 92.
Present enrollment by classes :
Boys
Girls
Total
Freshman
21
14
35
Sophomore
9
15
24
Junior
3
13
16
Senior
8
9
17
Present enrollment by courses :
College Course
Boys
Girls
Total
Freshman
6
7
13
Sophomore
5
5
10
Junior
2
7
9
Senior
6
4
10
General Course
Freshman
10
10
Sophomore
1
3
Junior
0
0
Senior
1
0202 2 2
3
Commercial Course
Freshman
5
12
Sophomore
3
11
.Junior
2
7
Senior
1
1853
4
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Distribution of students to subjects
Freshmen
English I
35
Drawing I 21
Latin I
13
Arithmetic I
20
Algebra I
22
Bookkeeping I
11
History I
12 Penmanship I 18
Science I
19
Domestic Science I
8
Sophomores
English I
2
Arithmetic I
2
English II
21
History I
2
English III
2
Bookkeeping II
11
Latin I
5
Bookkeeping III
1
Latin II
5 Domestic Science II
9
French II
20 Drawing II
3
French III
1 Typewriting III
1
Algebra 1
1
Stenography III
1
Geometry II
12
Juniors
English II
2
Solid Geometry III
2
English III
16
Physics III-IV
8
Latin II
3 History IV
1
Latin III-IV
5 Typewriting III
6
French II
1
Typewriting IV
1
French III
9 Stenography III
6
Geometry II
3 Bookkeeping III
6
Seniors
English IV
17 Latin III-IV 5
French III
1 Stenography III
1
French IV
9 Stenography IV 4
Geometry II
1 Typewriting IV
5
Physics III-IV
7 Bookkeeping IV (special) 3
History IV
17
Drawing
1
Classes assigned to teachers
Miss Henderson
English I
21 History I
14
English III
18
History IV 18
English IV 17
Miss Simpson
Latin I 18 French II 21
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Latin II Latin III-IV
8 French III 11
10 French IV 9
Miss Merrithew
Bookkeeping I
11 Typewriting IV 5
Bookkeeping II
11 Stenography III 7
Bookkeeping III
7 Stenography IV 4
Penmanship I
18 Bookkeeping IV (Special) 3
Typewriting III Mr. McBay
7
English I
16 Science I 19
English II 23
Mr. Allen
Algebra I
23 Solid Geometry III 2
Arithmetic I
22 Physics III-IV 15
Geometry II
15
Miss Skinner
Domestic Science I
8 Domestic Science II 9
Mrs. Carver
Drawing (two classes)
25
Miss Boland
Music to nearly all of the students.
Many people think that Wayland High School does not prepare a student for college and that students must be sent to larger schools if they are to go to college. If a student has the ability and the desire to go to college, he can go from Wayland High School just as well as from a larger school. If a student is to enter college from any school he must apply himself diligently to his work for the four years while in high school.
I have gone back over the seven years for which I have previously made reports and prepared the following table showing to what extent students do continue school work after graduation.
Year
Number Graduates
No. to College
Normal
No. to To Other Schools
1919
11
3
1
0
1920
6
2
0
1
1921
7
1
1
1
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1922
6
1
1
2
1923
5
3
0
0
1924
9
6
0
0
1925
12
3
3
3
At present Wayland High School is represented by students at higher schools as follows :
Harvard University 1
Radcliffe College 2
Boston University 5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2 Clark University 1
Framingham Normal School 3
Business Schools 3
The enrollment was about fifty students my first year at the school. The enrollment has increased year by year. Last year it was eighty-four, and this year the maximum enrollment to date is ninety-eight. The stu- dent capacity of the building has very nearly been reached. This year I have been forced to use the labora- tory for general class and study use, whereas in the past it was used by chemistry and physics classes only on laboratory days. I estimate that the present rooms will accommodate about 120 students. (This number will cause a very crowded condition.) If the school should grow to be larger than this, extra room must be provided for work. There is already too little space in the base- ment for the grade children to play. There is great need for a building to be used for play and games during the . Winter.
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Sincerely yours, DAVID J. ALLEN
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REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Mr. Frank H. Benedict, Superintendent of Schools, Wayland, Mass .:
I herewith have the honor of submitting to you my first report as physician of the Wayland Schools.
Whole number of children examined, 430. Of this number 106 have defective tonsils; 29 have cervical glands and defective nasal breathing; 2 have positive and 2 have doubtful enlarged thyroid glands. I have found 3 functional heart cases and 1 organic heart case ; 3 post infantile paralysis cases; 1 asthmatic case; 1 case granulated eyelids; and several poor posture cases, and 116 cases carious or dirty teeth.
One might at first glance think the number of tonsil cases exceptionally numerous, but, as I reported all de- fective cases whether they needed operative interference or not, and since the number does not quite equal one case in every four examined, I do not think it an excep- tionally high percentage.
The number of poor nasal breathers reported is prob- ably too few. Most tonsil cases have adenoids as a com- plication, and all adenoids probably interfere more or less with nasal breathing, although the adenoid facies are not perhaps noticeable. Cervical glands were rather few in number, and many of these were associated with de- fective tonsils and would therefore disappear if the ton- sils were attended to.
The most discouraging feature to me is the carious and dirty teeth. One can excuse some carious, but there is absolutely no excuse for dirty teeth. The other de- fective troubles do not need further comment.
I paid especial attention to the football squad, and gave them quite a rigid examination.
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By request of the Board of Health, cultures were taken of all the Cochituate Grammar School children to try to determine the source of a few cases of diphtheria in this part of the town. One child showed a positive culture. As only one case has developed since this was found, it is fair to assume that the origin of some of the previous cases was located.
As you know, the State Department of Public Health gave the Schick test to all the children whose parents or guardians so requested, also to a few of pre-school age and to some adults. You know also that some of these that gave a positive reaction did not embrace the oppor- tunity to have toxin-antitoxin administrated afterward. The reasons for not having this done are hard for me to understand. Any good business man who found that a certain department in his business, according to figures, was falling behind would immediately take steps to rec- tify the same and try to bring it up to a paying basis. This of course relates to dollars and cents. Now take that same man and show him that figures again show that preventative health measures cut down the death rate and increase the chances of his children living to maturity. If, unlike his business methods, he continues to let his family stay in the deficiency department, I ask this question: Can it be possible that his business is of more importance than his boy or girl? I have faith to believe it is not so, and therefore ask him to give this matter his most serious study and consideration.
I have enjoyed this work very much, and wish to express to you and to the teachers my thanks for your co-operation in this work and especially to Mrs. McNeil for her very able assistance during these examinations.
Respectfully submitted, ERNEST E. SPARKS
December 10, 1925.
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REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Mr. Frank H. Benedict,
Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir:
During the past year I have had nine (9) cases of absence reported to me. I have investigated all cases with results as follows:
Number having legal excuses 4
Number having no excuse 5
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER Attendance Officer
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CHART I Current Registration
School Cochituate
Room
Grade No. in Grade Total
1
1
34
34
2
II
32
32
3
III
33
33
4
V
19
42
5
VI
36
36
6
VI
10
VII
26
36
7
VIII
23
*23
Total Registration
236
* Prin. Kerr assists Room 4-Geography and Reading.
School
Room
Grade No. in Grade Total
Wayland
1
I
14
II
21
35
2
III
9
IV
17
26
3
V
15
29
4
VII
14
VIII
10
24
Total Registration
114
Grand Total Grammar Grades
350
High School
Class
Number
Freshman
39
Sophomore
25
Juniors
17
Seniors
17
Total Registration
98
Registration-All Schools
448
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VI
14
23
CHART II
Roll of Graduates
Center School
Herbert Allen Brannen
Cynthia Hill
Ann Bullard
Doris Etta Litchfield
Helen Jane Cummings
Thomas Desmond Lyons
William Daly
Irene Rosanna Parmenter
Alice Josephine Harrington Evelyn Mary Frances Peters
Cochituate School
Edward Bosenberg
Walter H. Smith
Kenneth E. Clarke
Madalyn V. Allen
Richard Dawe
Ruth E. Carter
Mervyn Hewitt
Ethel B. Lewis
Clifford H. Shay
Rose A. Lizotte
Harold E. Wilbur
Dorothy E. Porter
Chester H. Hobbs
Mabelle J. Sleeper
R. Seymour Keith
Alma V. Spear
Harvey C. Newton
Lydia S. Tupper
Raymond J. Raciott William F. Roust Franklin Sleeper
Helen E. Treadwell
Linda Irene Ward
High School
Edna May Bond
Emily Delight Ranney
Philip Arthur Connelly
George Prentiss Richardson
John Lawrence Daly
Thelma Sanderson
Evelyn Amy Ensor
Ida Emily Scott
Fred William Keith
Esther Alma Shay
Alice Mary Porter
Donald Herman Valentine
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CHART III
Roll of Students Not Tardy or Absent, 1924-1925
James Nichols
Burtiss Hawes Wilma Thompson
Margaret Bond
Marjorie Lareau
Agnes Fairclough
Dorothy Porter
Donald Scotland
Herbert Brannen
Edward McGee
Edward C. Wheeler Edwina Lareau Doris McGee
Mary Imogene Steele Lillian Roust
Frederic Arthur Gibbs
Eileen Roust
James Royal Martin
Dorothy Sleeper
Milton Emerson Porter
Evelene Perodeau
Alfred Smith
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CHART IV Organization of Teaching Staff, January 4, 1926
Name
School
Department Elected Salary
David J. Allen
High
Math., Science
1918
2,500
Maude E. Merrithew
High
Commercial
1921
1,650
A. Marion Simpson Mildred A. Henderson
High
English, History 1925 1,600
Louis R. McBay
High
English, Science
Athletics
1925
1,500
Mary Kerr
Cochituate
Grade VIII
1920
1,650
Framingham Normal
Eleanor C. Partridge Cochituate
Grades VII-VI
1923
1,400
Robinson Seminary
Margaret B. Fiske
Cochituate
Grade VI
1925
1,200
Framingham Normal
Sylvia E. Prescott
Cochituate
Grade V-IV
1911
1,450
Quincy Training North Adams Normal
Jane Noel Campbell
Cochituate
Grade II
1916
1,450
Framington Normal
Ethelyn Morrill
Cochituate
Grade I
1920
1,450
Athena J. Lee
Center
Grades VII-VIII
1922
1,450
Framingham Normal Wellesley College Framingham Normal
Mabel S. Draper
Center
Grades VI-V
1921
1,450
Elizabeth Smith
Center
Grades IV-III
1925
1,200
Lowell Normal
Mabel C. Whitten
Center
Grades II-I
1910
1,450
Johnson Normal
Marjorie E. Skinner
High
Household Arts Luncheon
1925
1,600
Framingham Normal
Center
Teachers' Lodge
Supervisor
Drawing
Supervisor
Music
1904
350
N. E. Conservatory of Music
Education Brown University Salem Normal
Boston University
High
Latin, French
1924 1,650
Worcester Normal Boston University Colby College
Janet M. MacNamara Cochituate
Grade III
1913
1,450
Vacancy Agnes E. Boland
ADDITION TO REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE COCHITUATE SCHOOL
1925
Committee:
Mr. Gerald, Mr. Scotland, Mr. Perodeau-Selectmen.
Mr. Davis, Mrs. Bond, Mr. Mills-School Committee.
Organized on March 25th; chairman elected, Mr. Gerald; secretary elected, Mr. Mills. Voted to employ Adden & Parker as architects. On May 8th opened bids for construction of new building. Bids received from the following :
Holt & Fairchild Co. J. J. Prindeville Co. Mitchell, Sutherland, Inc. Richard Gibson & Son.
J. J. Prindeville bid was found to be the lowest, and contract was awarded to them on May 11th. Work was started at once, and building was in shape so that we could open school on time, using one of the new rooms. The addition has been a great help in arranging classes, and allows for the natural growth in the Cochituate School.
We are pleased to say that the appropriation of $24,000.00, as made by the town at the last meeting, was sufficient to cover costs, and money expended as follows : J. J. Prindeville Co., general contract $21,368.00
Additions 327.00
Total
$21,695.00
Less credit
8.00
$21,687.00
Architects' fee for plans and supervision of
the work, 10% 2,168.70
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Weather strips not included in original con- tracts, and window shades 100.18
Total cost
$23,955.88
We believe that the citizens will find that the build- ing has been well constructed, and a good investment for the town, in housing its school children in a clean and healthy building, looking ahead to future needs.
Respectfully submitted, BUILDING COMMITTEE, Llewellyn Mills, Secretary
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REPORT OF AUDITOR
I have carefully examined all town books, also securities and trust funds, and have found them to be correct.
ARTHUR HEARD DUDLEY Auditor
221
INDEX
Annual Town Warrant 8
Assessors' Report 163
Auditor's Report 221
Board of Health 108
Balance Sheet 182
Cemetery Commissioners 128
County Extension Service
113
Commissioners of Trust Funds 161
Finance Committee 94
Fire Engineers 100
Highway Surveyor 133
Inspector of Animals
112
Jury List 188
Library
Trustees 149
Treasurer
153
Free Library 109
Librarian 150
Moth Superintendent 117
139
Nursing Association
141
Officers
3
Overseers of Poor
111
Park Commissioners 115
Police
99
Report of State Director of Accounts
35
Result of Town Election
33
Selectmen's Report
91
Special Appropriation for Fire Truck 107
Schools
School Calendar 192
School Officers 192
Committee's Report 194
Financial Statement
196
Memorial Day Committee
School Nurse 144
Superintendent's Report 202
High School Principal 208
Addition to Cochituate School 219
School Physician 212
Attendance Officer 214
Chart I 215
Chart II 216
Chart III
217
Chart IV
218
Town Clerk's Report
Births
27
Marriages
29
Deaths
31
Dog Licenses
32
Town Treasurer 167
Tax Collector, 1923-1924
165
Tax Collector, 1925 166
Tree Warden 138
Votes Passed Annual Meeting 1925
14
Weights and Measures
116
Water Department
Commissioners 118
Clerk's Report 120
Superintendent
122
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Municipal Year
FROM JANUARY 1, 1926 TO JANUARY 1, 1927
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NATICK, MASS, PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1927
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Municipal Year
FROM JANUARY 1, 1926 TO JANUARY 1, 1927
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NATICK, MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1927
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND 1926-1927
Moderator
John Connelly
Term Expires 1927
Town Clerk
M. Alice Neale
1927
Selectmen
Richard Ames
1927
George G. Bogren
1927
William S. Lovell
1927
Treasurer
Frank G. McKenna 1927
Collector of Taxes
Wilbur C. Gorman
1927
Town Accountant
1927
Overseers of the Poor
Andrew Paul 1927
Harold J. Glover
1928
Thomas W. Frost
1929
School Committee
Grace C. Bond (Deceased) 1927
Ernest W. Schleicher (Appointed to fill vacancy)
Paul B. Davis
1928
Llewellyn Mills
1929
Assessors
William R. Mathers 1927
Daniel Brackett 1928
Clarence S. Williams
1929
3
Marie R. Hynes
Water Commissioners
Alfred C. Damon
1927
Frank I. Cooper
1928
Walter S. Bigwood
1929
Trustees of the Public Library
John Connelly
1927
Amos I. Hadley
1927
Richard Ames
1928
George G. Bogren
1928
Alfred W. Cutting
1929
J. Sidney Stone
1929
Cemetery Commissioners
Frank F. Ames
1927
William Read
1928
Emma D. Wellington
1929
Tree Warden
Frank F. Ames
1927
Highway Surveyor
James Ferguson
1927
Board of Health
Thomes J. Dowey
1927
Martin A. Holmes
1928
Waldo L. Lawrence
1929
Board of Park Commissioners
John B. Wight
1927
Willard C. Hunting (Resigned)
1928
Harrington Barlow (Appointed to fill vacancy)
William M. Pettigrew
1929
Planning Board
Warren L. Bishop
1927
Gilbert Small
1927
Ronald S. Campbell
1928
Howard S. Russell
1928
Frank I. Cooper
1929
Alvin B Neale
1929
Constables
Charles W Bemis
1927
Wilfred L. Celorier 1927
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Harry W. Craig
1927
Edward F. Dorsheimer
1927
Charles F Dusseault John E. Linnehan
1927
1927
Frank C. Moore
1927
Commissioners of Trust Funds
Albert H Beck
1927
John Connelly
1928
Albert F. Flint
1929
Trustees of the Allen Fund
John Connelly
1927
Isaac Damon
1927
Howard W. Parmenter
1927
Fence Viewers
Selectmen
1927
Field Drivers
Constables
1927
Surveyors of Lumber
William Fullick
1927
Frank Haynes
1927
Melville Loker
1927
William S. Lovell
1927
Arthur F. Marston
1927
Measurers of Wood and Bark
Arthur W. Atwood
1927
Joseph Decatur
1927
William S. Lovell
1927
Israel A. Lupien
1927
Arthur F. Marston
1927
Memorial Day Committee Civil War Veterans
James I. Bryden
1927
Marcus M. Fiske
1927
Llewellyn Flanders
1927
Thomas F. Frost
1927
George B. Howe
1927
Spanish War Veterans
Arthur P. Brouillette
1927
5
William Hardy Frank C. Moore
1927 1927
World War Veterans
A. B. Alward
1927
James J. Bolton
1927
Ernest H. Damon
1927
Arthur H. Dudley
1927
Edward Georgette
1927
P. H. Steele
1927
Sons of Veterans
Erwin W. Schleicher 1927
Pound Keeper
Alexander Sauer
1927
Dog Officers
Edward F. Dorsheimer
1927
James E. Linnehan
1927
Inspector of Animals
Frank J. Bigwood
1927
Burial Agent
District Nurse
Mary E. McNeil
1927
Forest Fire Warden
Edward F. Dorsheimer
1927
Superintendent of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Daniel Graham 1927
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Albert Marchant
1927
Chief of Police
Edward F. Dorsheimer
1927
Public Weighers
Arthur W. Atwood
1927
James McKay
1927
Howard Parmenter
1927
W. F. Smith
1927
Florence Steade
1927
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Finance Committee
Frank E. Davis
1927
John H. Knapp
1927
Ernest F. Lawrence
1927
Harold Loker
1927
Edmund H. Sears
1927
Inspector of Slaughtering
William C. Neal 1927
Registrars of Voters
Meddie H. Rasicot
Democratic 1927
M. Alice Neale
Republican 1927
Joseph Zimmerman
Democratic
1928
Edward F. Lee
Republican
1929
Engineers of Fire Department
Alfred A. Lamarine, Chief
1927
Edward F. Dorsheimer, Clerk
1927
Frank J. Bigwood, District Chief
1927
Director of Extension Service
John J. Ervin
1927
Election Officers
Precinct 1
James I. Bryden, Warden
1927
Edith H. Davis, Clerk
1927
James Bolton
1927
Louis Bouncore
1927
"John E. Dolan
1927
Philip S. Ide
1927
James E. Linnehan
1927
Myrta L. Wight
1927
Precinct 2
Albert Marchant, Warden
1927
Benjamin Damon
1927
May Derrick
1927
John F. Foley
1927
Carrie F. Harrington
1927
William Morrissey
1927
Joseph Perodeau
1927
George Richardson
1927
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
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 said Town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their respective poll- ing places on
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1927
at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden, and seven Constables, all for one year.
One Member of the School Committee, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, two Trustees of Public Library, one Overseer of the Poor. one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Health, two Water Commissioners, one Park Commissioner, and Two Members of the Planning Board, all for three years.
Also one Park Commissioner for one year to fill vacancy.
Also one Water Commissioner for two years.
All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.15 in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until four o'clock in the after- noon, when they shall be closed.
And you are required to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on
8
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1927
at 7.45 P. M., then and there to act on the following Articles, viz:
Article 1. To hear the reports of town officers, agents and committees, and act thereon.
Article 2. To choose all necessary officers, agents and committees, not elected by official ballot.
Article 3. To grant money for necessary town purposes.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in an- ticipation of re-imbursement from the State and County on account of oiling and repairing State-controlled roads.
Article 6. To see if the town will accept the follow- ing bequest: $400.00 to be held as a fund and to be known as the "Wallace S. Draper Fund," the income from same to be expended annually, one-half in the care of the Wallace S. Draper lot and one-half in the care of the James S. Draper lot, both lots in the North Cemetery.
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