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Edwin F. Knight, court fees, 1890 and 1891
80 00
C. G. Hathaway, insurance
8 00
John T. Manning, bedding destroyed by order of the board of health 12 00
George C. Spear, inspector of elections 15 00
Edwin M. Mann, fuel for office 25 25
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Paid J. White Belcher, insurance $220 75
Royal T. Mann, teller at elections
15 00
Little, Brown & Co., books 4 25
F. A. Spear, printing 10 87
Post 110. G. A. R., order of John T.
Flood, services as moderator 20 00
F. A. Belcher, supplies 1 50
Seth Mann. 2d. insurance
34 50
Herbert F. French. teller at election
5 00
John E. Clark, police duty
10 50
Richard Meaney, police duty 10 50
Thorp & Adams Mnfg. Co .. stationery 3 39
Henry E. Cottle, care of street lamp 15 00
Burke & Hurley, painting fountains and street signs . · 43 50
E. W. Campagna, labor on polling booths 3 80
Thomas Groom & Co .. Tax Collector's books 3 75
Peter B. Hand, copying valuation list 25 00
Mary A. Dargan, land damage . 15 00
Rachel Sweeney, land damage . 5 00
Charles D. Coleman. dinners at election 35 00
D. B. White. teller at election . 5 00
Joseph J. MeMahon, inspector of election . 5 00
John B. Brennan. inspector of election 5 00
A. L. Chase, deputy inspector of election . 5 00
Nelson Mann, teller at election . 5 00
Joseph T. Leahy, teller at election 5 00
John H. Field. teller at election 5 00
C. A. Wales, labor on office stove 5 45
T. T. Cushman. inspector of provisions. &e. 25 00
M. Wales Baker, postage . 7 35
Wales Brothers, repairing pump 5 00
R. B. Wendell, tables at election 1.25
20
Paid Francis A. Stanley, labor and materials $2 32
A. J. Gove, express and carriage hire 36 05
Franklin Porter, stationery 3 70
Charles Prescott & Co., supplies for street lamp . 5 69
Peter B. Hand, services, board of health 15 00
Peter B. Hand, expenses and cash paid 28 94 P. H. Mclaughlin, services, board of health 15 00
P. H. Mclaughlin, expenses, and cash paid John K. Willard, services, board of health 15 00
10 50
John K. Willard, expenses, and cash paid . 4 35
N. H. Tirrell, painting " Clark " building . 68 00
William F. Taylor and James McCuin, re- lease of claim for damage 175 00
Total
$1,920 88 ..
Appropriation, $2,000 00
Unexpended, 79 12
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Peter B. Hand $400 00
Patrick H. Mclaughlin
·
350 00
John K. Willard
· 350 00
$1,100 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
T. T. Cushman $125 00
Thomas Dolan
100 00
Asa P. French
.
100 00
$325 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
James Fardy :. $50 00
David P. McGaughey
.
·
50 00
.
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Paid Herbert W. Pratt .
$50 00
Hiram C. Alden, clerk 75 00
$225 00
TOWN AUDITORS.
C. G. Hathaway, Thomas A. Kennedy, and M. F. Cunningham 15 00
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
C. A. Wales, chief $37 00
W. A. Croak, clerk
30 00
John Haney . 27 00
Daniel J. Brennan . 24 00
C. Desmond .
22 50
140 50
COLLECTING TAXES.
Fred M. French, balance, col-
lecting taxes, 1891 $119 02
Fred M. French, on account,
collecting taxes, 1892 .
200 00
319 02
Total
$2,124 52
Appropriation, $2,100 00
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Capt. Horace Niles Post 110, G. A. R., appropriation $100 00
Total
.
$100 00
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ATTENDING FUNERALS.
Paid Ralph Houghton, attending 87 funerals $241 58
Total
$241 58
No appropriation.
CARE OF CLOCKS.
Paid Fred M. French $20 00
Henry H. Snow 30 00
Total
$50 00
Appropriation, $50 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid Fred M. French, tax list for 1891 $235 70
Total
$235 70
No appropriation.
SPECIAL POLICE.
Paid Thomas Farrell $90 00
Edwin F. Knight
410 00
Total
· $500 00
Appropriation, $500 00
BOILER AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Edward Kendall & Sons $275 00
Total
.
.
$275 00
Appropriation, $400 00
Unexpended,
125 00
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CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNI- VERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH. ·
Paid P. H. Mclaughlin, Treasurer of the Com- mittee on Celebration
.
$2,000 00
Total
$2,000 00
Appropriation, $2,000 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid sundry bills (for items see report of En- gineers) .
$1,946 25
Total .
$1,946 25
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Trustees, appropriation
$1,840 00
Trustees, bank tax .
184 90
Total
.
$2,024 90
SCHOOLS.
Paid sundry bills (see report of School Com-
mittee)
$8,906 49 .
Total
$8,906 49
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE.
Paid sundry bills (see report of School Com- mittee) .
.
$1,546 46
Total
. $1,546 46 ·
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WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Paid Water Commissioners, contribution to the sinking fund
$3,575 00
Total
$3,575 00 ·
Appropriation, $3,575 00
Paid Water Commissioners, for interest on "Randolph Water Loan" $4,800 00 ·
Total $4,800 00 ·
Appropriation, $4,800 00
Paid Water Commissioners, for water for hy- drants and public use ·
. $2,000 00
Total
$2,000 00
.
Appropriation, $2,000 00
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
Paid Dr. D. F. Kinnear, services 1891 $50 00
Total
$50 00
Appropriation, $50 00
STATE PAUPERS.
Paid Colin Boyd, salary as Keeper of Lockup and care of officers' room
$105 00
Colin Boyd, supplies
21 77
C. H. Belcher, supplies
12 55
D. B. White, coal
19 25
C. A. Wales, materials and labor
8 05
Total
$166 62
No appropriation.
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STATE AID (CHAPTER 301, ACTS OF 1889) .
Paid sundry persons (as per account of State) . $2,137 00
Total .
.
$2,137 00
Refunded by State.
MILITARY AID (CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1889).
Paid sundry persons (as per account of State) . $752 00
one half paid by the State $376 00
by town of Holbrook 54 67
by town of Randolph 321 33
Total
$752 00
Appropriation, $500 00 Unexpended, 128 67
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1892 :
The almshouse has remained under the charge of Mr. George R. Weaver and wife, as superintendent and matron.
Everything necessary has been provided to make the in- mates comfortable, and the superintendent and matron have performed their duties satisfactorily to the Overseers.
A new boiler for heating purposes has replaced the old one, and all the buildings are in good condition.
The net expenses has been increased by reduction made in appraisal of stock, tools, and furniture, as appears in the schedule.
The amount of aid rendered to the poor out of almshouse has decreased materially, especially the amount rendered on account of military services, the liberal provision made by the Federal Government in granting pensions having re- lieved the necessities of many who heretofore were obliged to apply for aid.
ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
Paid George H. Eddy, supplies
$84 30
H. M. Briggs, supplies
67 53
Sidney French, supplies . C. D. Hill & Co., supplies
7 55
244 19
W. A. Smith, supplies
13 38
F. A. Belcher, supplies .
87 89
J. W. Palmer, supplies
·
2 50
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Paid Oriental Tea Co., supplies $21 05
H. M. White & Co., supplies 135-81
R. A. Thayer, supplies 31 80
R. B. Wendell, supplies 10 95
F. H. Langley, labor 29 46
H. B. Libby, labor . 27 62
P. H. MeLaughlin, supplies 1 78
Morrison M. Alden, labor
3 61
Franklin Porter, supplies
35 57
Paine's Furniture Co.
35 00
George R. Weaver, supplies
102 21
James Burke, supplies
1 87
Margaret Morrissey, labor
22 00
Andrew Nightingale, labor
49 00
George R. Weaver, salary as superintendent
500 00
George R. Weaver, salary as Superintend- ent of Streets 83 32
James Riley, dressing hogs
3 00
('. H. Belcher, supplies
175 45
James Googan, pigs
13 00
Dorchester Express Co., manure
24 00
H. H. Guinan, supplies .
$49 90
N. A. Tolman, supplies .
11 62
Robert McLennan, supplies 21 35
James Fardy, labor 101 33
Beal, Higgins & Henderson, supplies
10 22
W. G. Brown, supplies
1 95
Charles Prescott & Co., supplies
208 70
H. Gray
13 00
S. Austin Thayer, supplies
130 09
Lucy P. Soule, supplies .
4 00
John K. Willard, supplies
1 50
Thomas Whalin, labor
7 00
Charles A. Allen, labor
.
8 00
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Paid George French, labor $7 00
Joseph Donovan, labor 7 00
Thomas Buckley, labor 12 00
Walter M. Howard, supplies 33 92
D. B. White, coal .
240 75
Charles A. Wales, labor and materials 75 85
John Wallace, supplies
89 25
A. J. Towns, supplies
46 00
N. E. Buck, supplies
23 71
Seth Mann, 2d, pasturage
5 00
Twomey & Brennan, supplies
38 25
Samuel Howard, supplies
10 35
James C. White, manure
3 00
A. J. Gove, expressing 25 15
P. F. Burke, derrick
125 00
Total
$3,124 73
ALMSHOUSE.
Dr.
To Stock on hand Dec. 31, 1891 . $2,866 95
Cash paid for supplies to Dec. 31, 1892 3,124 73
$5,991 68
Cr.
By Stock on hand Dec. 31, 1892 $2,687 90
Labor of town teams
608 22
Labor of superintendent
396 00
Board of sundry persons .
153 00
Town of Holbrook, board of sun- dry persons 160 37
Sale of old boiler
10 00
Sale of manure
31 50
Sale of produce
39 60
Net expense
. 1,905 09
- -- $5,991 68
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LIST OF PERSONS SUPPORTED IN THE ALMS- HOUSE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1892.
Lewis Linfield
Weeks. 52
Henry D. Holbrook * t .
36
Edmund Eddy
52
Joseph A. Fritts
52
Bartholomew Gill
52
William A. Doyle
52
William Morrissey #
48
Margaret T. Morrissey #
48
Teresa Long #
46
Lydia Dyer t
43
Catherine Heney
52
Annie L. Holbrook
52
Anganette Cross
1
Lydia Cross .
1
Louis Cross .
1
Joseph E. Beyette #
1 4-7
Annie L. Beyette #
1 4-7
Bertha M. Beyette #
1 4-7
William A. Beyette #
1 4-7
Walter E. Mann #
1
Mrs. Maurice Colbert t .
8
John White
1
ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, FURNITURE, &c., DEC. 31, 1892.
2 horses
$450 00
1 cow
40 00
1 hog
20 00
24 fowls .
.
24 00
* Refunded $23.
t Dead.
#.Discharged.
.
30
7 tons English hay
$140 00
1 road scraper
75 00
3 horse carts
175 00
1 farm wagon
60 00
1 carriage
20 00
1 two-horse wagon
60 00
1 swing drag
35 00
1 mowing machine
25 00
1 hay cutter and feed trough
8 00
2 gravel screens
10 00
2 cart harnesses
30 00
1 carriage harness
10 00
1 pair double harnesses
40 00
1 two-horse sled, shafts and pole
50 00
4 draft chains
10 00
2 grindstones
8 00
2 carriage jacks
4 00
4 baskets
1 50
1 cultivator
9 00
1 harrow
5 00
8 hay and manure forks
5 00
6 shovels
6 00
2 iron bars and 3 picks
5 00
3 wood-saws and saw-horses
4 00
Crockery ware
40 00
Wooden ware
15 00
Sewing machine
16 00
1 ice chest
45 00
clothes wringer and tinware
15 00
10 hand lamps, 3 hanging lamps and 3 lanterns 10 00
1 clock 4 00
12 cuspadores
6 00
26 iron bedsteads
100 00
·
15 00
2 ploughs
31
10 feather beds
$60 00
25 under beds
36 00
42 sheets 21 00
15 white blankets 15 00
34 colored blankets
34 00
46 pillow cases
15 00
6 bedspreads
6 00
50 feather pillows
30 00
20 comforters
20 00
24 towels
4 00
3 table cloths
3 00
7 small tables and 4 dining tables
5 00
1 walnut extension table
10 00
2 all-wool carpets
35 00
58 chairs 25 00
4 brooms 1 00
1 churn, $3.00 ; coal shovels and hods, $5.00 . 8 00
1 hospital bedstead 40 00
1 wheelbarrow, $3.00 : 2 axes, $2.00
5 00
1 tobacco cutter
1 50
4 scythes and snaths
4 00
2 hand-saws, plane and square
4 00
1 bitstock, bit. iron vise, &c.
5 00
4 stone hammers, 32 drills
30 00
50 flour barrels
5 00
8 cords wood
64 00
21 tons coal
136 00
3 bushels potatoes
2 50
Garden vegetables
5 00
1 barrel of flour
6 50
30 pounds crackers
3 00
25 pounds butter 7 50
25 pounds lard
3 00
1 barrel of pork
24 00
32
2 gallons molasses
$1 20
2 gallons vinegar
50
1 bushel beans
2 25
Pickles and preserves
8 00
100 pounds sugar
5 00
5 pounds tea
2 50
Spices
1 50
2 pounds tobacco
70
Grain and meal
9 00
50 pounds ham
5 00
30 pounds bacon 3 00
20 gallons kerosene
2 00
1 kerosene barrel .
1 50
1 stove
5 00
1 fire extinguisher
30 00
9 flatirons
4 00
1 box soap powder
2 00
45 pounds soap
2 25
8 snow plows
100 00
1 derrick and anchor pins
125 00
1 sleigh
15 00
carriage robes, blankets, &c.
15 00
1 cooking range, hot water tank, &c.
70 00
4 barrels of apples
8 00
Total ·
$2,687 90 .
RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Anna A. Thayer $120 25
Alexander Holbrook and wife 117 95
Mrs. Maurice Colbert 85 98
Julia Ainsley and family 167 37
Mrs. Luke O'Reilly and family 165 20
Isaac Holbrook and wife
123 60
.
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Paid for John Leahy and wife . $176 42
John Acherson .
51 00
David J. Foley and family . 253 91
Mrs. Jonathan Hunt
64 42
Mrs. John De Neill and family
152 00
Susan Acherson
65 35
Thomas Murray and wife
115 88
James Neary
2 60
Thomas English and family
2 25
Patrick Barry
10 50
Bridget Gill
69 50
Frederick Heney
4 00
Lucinda Holbrook
38 00
Elizabeth Green
17 75
William R. Farquhar, at Westborough Insane Hospital 174 12
Ephraim L. Thayer, at State Almshouse and transportation to Colorado 217 00
Mary Forrest, at State Almshouse
118 40
William F. Wills, at State Almshouse
146 40
Horace E. Holbrook, at Taunton Luna- tic Hospital 169 92
Margaret Ward. at Taunton Lunatic Hospital 169 92
Timothy Donahoe, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital
169 92
Thomas F. Kiley, at Westborough In- sane Hospital
130 46
Eliza Myers
25 00
Israel Bevette and family
38 63
Ruel F. Cross and family
4 35
Mrs. James Butler
45 00
Mrs. Amasa Clark
104 00
Fannie Niles
85 50
34
Piad for Patrick W. Cleary $19 34
Annie Drury and child
78 00
Thomas Donahoe and family
24 00
Annie Bunberry and family
49 50
Hubert W. Mann and family
21 75
Gerald Farrell and family
33 50
Ann Brophy
20 17
Ellen Wilkinson
16 50
John T. Lee
4 00
Susanna Buckley
15 00
Margaret DeNeill
6 30
Aid to sundry persons
29 20
Aid to sundry persons refunded .
34 00
Total .
$3,753 81
RELIEF OF POOR WHOSE MILITARY SETTLE- MENT IS IN RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK .*
Paid for Ebenezer Holbrook and family Charles V. Sloan and family
98 65
Christianna Sloan
9 40
James Meany family
281 45
Thomas F. Hand and family
28 25
Lawrence Leavitt and family
53 00
Michael P. Dumphy family
244 50
Thomas Noonan
16 00
John E. Mann and family
64 00
Mary Mullins .
72 00
George Kiley
120.00
Richard Adams ·
12 20
Lewis N. Weathee, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital
169 92
.
Appropriation $4,000 00
Unexpended, 246 19
$133 75
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Paid for George F. French
$5 63
Albert Howard and wife
49 00
Aid refunded
40 00
Total .
$1,397 75 .
Appropriation, $1,000 00
Unexpended, 54 83
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid for Charles Abbott $52 00
Michael Lagan
40 40
Hiram Holbrook
32 25
Leroy S. Hollis
7 50
Martin S. Poppy
12 00
Total
$144 15
Appropriation, $200 00
Unexpended, 55 85
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for Wilfred N. Pendergrass family, of Hol-
brook $156 00
Louisa Pool, Holbrook 102 50
Mrs. John C. Welch, Weymouth 135 20
Albert and John Lang, Taunton 108 00
Mrs. Robert E. Weaver. Millis 2 00
Andrew Nightingale, Braintree . 2 50
Mrs. Thomas Sanderson, Braintree 6 10
Frank E. Wilder, Boston . 2 68
*One third paid by Holbrook, $452 58 Paid by Randolph, 945 17 $1,397 75
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Paid for Mrs. John E. Glover, Quincy $14 60
Alvah M. Nightingale, Duxbury 13 00
Total
$542 58
No appropriation.
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE, 1892.
Paid O. M. Sheridan, M.D. .
$38 88 Visits made David J. Foley family 12
Thomas Murray . ·
23
Mrs. Colbert 42
Ann Brophy
1
Bridget Gill
9
Thomas F. Hand family 14
A. L. Chase, M.D. 38 88
Visits made Henry D. Holbrook 17
Annie L. Holbrook 16
Maggie Morrissey ·
2
Edmund Eddy ·
1
Catherine Heney .
1
Lydia Dyer 2 .
Hiram Holbrook .
8
Nellie Hunt
.
8
Joseph Fritts
15
Mrs. Israel Beyette
5
Thaddeus T. Cushman, M.D. 38 88
Visits made Anna A. Thayer 95
Isaac Holbrook and wife 17
E. A. Allen, M.D. .
Visits made Henry Holbrook .
21
F. C. Granger, M.D.
$38 88
·
Visits made William Doyle
.
2
Joseph Fritts
13
37
Visits made Catherine Meaney
Mrs. Luke O'Reilly 18
C. C. Farnham, M.D. $38 88 ·
Visits made Thomas Donahoe family 17
Christianna Sloan 8
Bartholomew Gill 10
Walter E. Mann 3 James White 11
D. F. Kinnier, M.D.
38 88
Visits made M. Lagan 3
Bridget Gill . 17
Margaret DeNeill 9
John Leahy
73
Total
$254 28
Appropriation. $350 00
Unexpended,
95 72
STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIVED BY THE SE- LECTMEN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
From labor of town teams $601 22
labor of George R. Weaver
396 00
Thomas Noonan, aid refunded 20 00
fencing on North Street 15 00
Stone Brothers, rent of Matthew Clark building 62 50 F. A. Stanley, rent of Matthew Clark building 37 50
Henry D. Holbrook, board refunded 64 00
M. P. Pike 1 60
Sale of produce
39 60
sale of manure
31 50
board refunded
130 00
use of scraper
3 00
aid refunded
27 00
38
For use of derrick ·
$15 00
sale of old boiler
10 00
sale of Braintree Records .
10 50
James Dowd
2 00
rebate on insurance .
45 00
sundry items
7 50
.
$1,518 92
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1893.
For schools (see report of School Committee) . $10,700 00 Stetson High School (see report of Trustees) 2,570 00 miscellaneous town expenses 2,000 00 .
repairs of highways
3,500 00
paving · removing snow
500 00
poor in almshouse
1,800 00
· poor out of almshouse
3,800 00
soldiers' relief 200 00
soldiers' relief, Randolph and Holbrook
1,000 00
military aid 300 00
town officers 2,100 00
water works (see report of Commissioners) 10,375 00
interest on town debt 2,000 00
fire department (see report of Engineers) . 2,400 00
Respectfully submitted, PETER B. HAND. PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN. JOHN K. WILLARD.
The undersigned, Auditors of the town of Randolph, re- pectfully report that they have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn on the Treasurer.
CHARLES G. HATHAWAY. THOMAS A. KENNEDY. MICHAEL F. CUNNINGHAM.
300 00
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1892.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Inhabitants of Randolph :
The following annual report of the School Committee is submitted for your consideration.
Education has become a matter of vital importance at the present time, as compared with the ideas that former gener- ations have cherished in regard to the mental and moral culture and training of the young people of our repulic.
With us, the problem of better fitting our children for the struggles in life. to overcome the great obstacles which they will meet, has never been satisfactorily solved. New methods of training are constantly supplanting the old ; and teaching has become an art for which there is need of special training and preparation.
Universal activity is manifest throughout this country in the search for improvement in this art. which has so re- cently attracted the attention of every individual who has become in the least interested in the education of the young and rising generation, and the future welfare of our re- public.
Heretofore, in our public schools, the duty of a teacher was supposed to consist in giving such instruction to the pupils as should enable them to accomplish the amount of work belonging to their grades, as specified by the com- mittee.
But of late many demands are made upon the teachers in the way of special preparation for the celebration of occa- sions of public rejoicing. All this tends not only to culti-
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vate the pupil's mental faculties, but also to assist him in being more obedient at home, a better child in school, a more useful man, and a patriotic citizen.
But while the mental faculties of the pupil are advancing, while patriotism claims its due share of his attention, his moral culture should not be neglected; he should be taught to love and fear his Creator, to whom he is indebted for life and all its enjoyments.
The co-operation of parents and teachers is much to be desired, and is considered a matter of necessity for the inter- est of the pupil in his advancement from one grade to a higher.
Parents should know their children are in school every day, that they lose not one session of the year. If so, there will be no difficulty in promotion at the commencement of the school year.
SCHOOLS.
No change has been made in the corps of teachers the present year, except in the Prescott Grammar.
Miss Sara J. McGaughey resigned her position as teacher in August last. Miss Kate Kiley was chosen to the vacancy caused by such resignation.
The pupils have made good progress thus far, and if noth- ing occurs to disturb the schools the remainder of the year, the pupils will be well fitted for promotion.
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
No teacher in these branches has been enployed ; but sing- ing has been conducted in all schools in Randolph, and drawing is taught with other branches in the several rooms.
SCHOOLHOUSES.
The Prescott Primary, not being needed as a school build- ing, has been placed in the hands of the Selectmen.
The old West Corner schoolhouse was sold to Charles A.
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Wales for the sum of sixty dollars. The construction of the new house was undertaken by Mr. H. B. Libby, of Randolph. The work being satisfactory to the building committee, Mr. Libby received the full amount of his bid, which was the sum of one thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars and forty- six cents, which sum exceeds the appropriation by forty-six dollars and forty-six cents.
MEMORIAL DAY.
In order to cultivate a spirit of loyalty and patriotism among the pupils of our state, and to keep in grateful re- membrance the living and dead heroes who endured hard- ship, privation, and in many thousands of cases death itself, that the nation might live, the Legislature of the state has ordered that the last session of every public school prior to Memorial Day shall be devoted to exercises of a patriotic nature. In accordance with the above provision, suitable exercises were given in the several schools of Randolph, and we think in most cases were of a very entertaining and instructive character and well calculated to bring about the end desired, namely, a strong love for country, home, and native land, implanted so deeply in the heart of each pupil that nothing shall ever be able to eradicate it. We heartily wish that more of the parents and friends would avail them- selves of these special occasions, if on no other, to visit the schools and encourage teachers and pupils by such an ex- pression of their interest.
COLUMBUS DAY.
Right in line with the thoughts above expressed, a national holiday was set apart for this year to commemorate the four hundreth anniversary of the discovery of our country by Chris- topher Columbus.
A programme was prepared by a National Executive Com- mittee and so planned and arranged that at a given hour the
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same songs, the same poems, the same stirring speeches were being given over all our broad land. The schools of our town carried out the programme at the High, Prescott, and North Grammar buildings, in the presence of the com- mittee and many friends of the schools. The pupils per- formed their parts and conducted themselves in a manner to call forth very hearty praise. The pupils and teachers were assisted by delegations from Capt. Horace Niles Post 110, G. A. R. The impression made upon the minds of the chil- dren must have been wholesome and lasting.
ROLL OF HONOR.
NAMES OF PUPILS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABSENT DURING
THE YEAR.
Mabel DeForest.
Annie E. Chessman.
Frank W. Browne.
Grace M. Hill.
Wesley C. Poole.
Bertha A. Mann.
Frank A. Thayer.
G. Loring Binney.
Albert C. Wilde. Herbert Langley.
Joseph Campagna. Bertha Devine. Alice E. Stone.
Francis M. Devine.
Frank N. French.
Kitty Sullivan.
Willie M. Bustard.
Jennie Good.
Augusta Mahady.
Kittie Sutton.
Maurice Kiley.
NOT ABSENT FOR TWO TERMS.
Winnie Tucker.
Carrie Devine.
J. N. Kinsley.
Emelie Schmidt.
Minnie Smith. Nicholas Moore.
Willie Barry.
Chester Howard.
Edmund Brady. Edward Forest.
Della Cunningham. Marie McCue.
Isabel Pope. Hubert Guinan.
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Anna O'Brien.
Bertha Wentworth.
Robert Willard.
Herbert C. Jones.
John Dunn.
Lena F. Wismet.
Edmund F. Thayer.
Esther M. Holbrook.
Lena Fischer. Kate A. Clark.
Herman French.
NOT ABSENT FOR ONE TERM.
C'lara T. Mann.
Walter E. Scanlon.
Chester S. Wentworth.
Esther A. E. Wentworth.
Carleton A. Chessman.
Minnie Fischer.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Number enrolled.
Average number enrolled.
Average attendance.
Per cent of attendance.
No. over 15 years of age.
No. between 8 and 14 years.
No. under 5 years of age.
Not absent during the year.
HIGH,
Hugh J. Molloy,
70
67
63
85
34
TO
0
PRESCOTT GRAMMAR,
Thomas H. West, Kate Kiley,
52
48
46
94
O
52
0
9
Kate E. Sheridan.
40
39
37
94
O
39
O
5
Mary A. Molloy,
43
39
37
94
Mary E. Wren,
4I
4I
37
90
6
O
2
NORTH
Joseph Belcher,
56
54.
5 I
94+
GRAMMAR,
Ellen P. Henry.
40
37
35
94
O
45 40
2
NORTH
Emma D. Stetson,
34
33
30
90
O
28
0
3
PRIMARY,
Clara A. Tolman.
33
30
28
85
3
O
0
Sara C. Belcher,
36
29
27
93++
28
I
0
R. M. Brady,
26
22
19
86
IO
I
I
Lucie W. Lewis,
40
33
29
87
23
0 O
Hannah F. Hoye.
47
42
39
93
O
I9
O
IO
59
55
51
92
T
48
0
8
PRESCOTT PRIMARY,
Catharine R. Molloy.
40
35
32
O 4
0
36
C
7
8
8
UNGRADED SCHOOLS,
Isabel M. Breed,
Edith Bancroft.
J. Edward Devine. Herbert French.
Joseph Devine.
Annie Rooney. Joseph Campagna. Mary Campagna. Mabel Tabor. Alice E. Hill.
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APPROPRIATIONS.
The Committee respectfully ask the town to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to enable them to meet the expenses of the ensuing year to March 1, 1894 :
For teaching
$7,756 00
fuel
650 00
care of rooms
525 00
general and incidental
400 00
permanent repairs
500 00
books and supplies .
900 00
$10,701 00
Coddington fund
$80 00
Dog tax
508 00
$772 00
EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS TO DEC. 31, 1892. . FOR TEACHING.
Paid Thomas H. West $1,026 31
Joseph Belcher
1,026 29
Ellen P. Henry
436 14
Katherine A. Kiley .
178 88 .
Emma D. Stetson
390 00
Katherine E. Sheridan
409 50
Mary A. Molloy
390 00
Mary E. Wren
390 00
Katherine R. Malloy
370 50
Clara A. Tolman
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