Randolph town reports 1891-1900, Part 25

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Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Town of Randolph
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4 00


Iron vise, bit-stock, etc.


5 00


Drills and stone hammers


30 00


40 flour barrels


4 00


5 cords wood


40 00


5 tons coal .


25 00


Garden vegetables


45 00


3 barrels flour


13 50


40 pounds crackers


3 60


12 pounds butter


3 00


15 pounds lard


1 50


1 gallon molasses


60


1 gallon vinegar .


25


Pickles and preserves


8 00


125 pounds sugar


6 25


18 pounds tea


7 20


Spices .


·


1 75


5 pounds tobacco


2 00


Grain and meal


7 00


5 gallons kerosene


50


1 kerosene barrel


1 50


1 stove


4 75


Wood saws and saw horses


4 00


Crockery ware


40 00


Sewing machine


10 00


Ice chest


45 00


Clothes wringer and tin ware


15 00


Lamps and lanterns


10 00


1 clock


4 00


12 cuspidors .


6 00


10 bushels of corn .


5 00


3 bushel beans


1 00


26 iron bedsteads


100 00


27


7 feather beds


$42 00


13 under beds


25 00


35 sheets


17 50


12 white blankets


12 00


20 colored blankets


20 00


40 pillow-cases


10 00


6 bedspreads 6 00


40 feather pillows


20 00


20 comforters


20 00


Towels .


4 00


Table cloths


3 00


7 tables


5 00


1 walnut extension table


10 00


2 wool carpets


50 00


58 chairs


25 00


Brooms


2 00


1 churn


3 00


Coal-hods and shovels


5 00


150 feet hose .


18 00


Fire extinguisher


30 00


Flat-irons


4 00


Soap powder


1 00


30 pounds soap


1 50


8 snow plows


100 00


1 derrick and anchor chains


125 00


1 sleigh 15 00


Carriage robe, blankets, etc.


15 00


70 00


Cooking range, hot water tank. etc. 1 lawn mower


6 00


50 gallons cider


5 00


$2.470 40


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POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.


Paid for Mrs. Hattie Wood and family


$148 05


Alexander Holbrook and wife 34 91


Abraham G. Swain 2 00


Mrs. Catherine McKay


44 90


Mrs. Patrick O'Connor


8 83


Susanna Buckley


60 00


James B. Riley


104 00


William H. Spear and family


35 01


Eliza D. Parker


171 00


Gerald Farrell . 4 00


William J. Carroll and family


72 00


Mrs. William Barrows and daughters,


173 92


Mrs. Jonathan Hunt .


83 05


Mrs. John De Neil


66 00


Mrs. Isaac Holbrook


113 32


Mrs. William Campbell


38 30


Mrs. Luke O'Riley


99 23


John Leahy and wife


124 90


Mrs. Mary Welch, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital 92 05


William F. Wills, at State Farm


146 00


Bridget Kennedy


1 86


Richard Heney


12 80


Ellen French


8 00


Mrs. James Butler


45 00


Mrs. Mary Morgan


11 90


Horace Holbrook, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital 169 46


Margaret Ward, at Tewksbury


112 08


Emma C. Lincoln, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital 169 46


·


29


Timothy Donahoe, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital


$169 46


Mark E. Purcell, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital 169 46


Hugh Currie


6 40


Charles H. Wood


3 33


Susan Acherson 61 98


Thos. F. Riley, House of Angel Guardian, 112 00


Wm. R. Farquhar, at Westboro Asylum, 169 48


Thomas Donahoe 21 45


Edward T. Hand, at Foxboro' Dipso- mania Hospital 86 35


Family of E. T. Hand


30 75


Timothy C. Shea, at Boston City Hosp'l. 30 00


Mrs. William A. Kimball


23 69


Mrs. Hannah P. Clark


56 00


James A. Neary


35 00


Thomas F. Kiley, at Taunton Lunatic


Hospital 123 96


Family of William Shields


34 50


Walter S. Roel. at Foxboro' Dipsoma- nia Hospital 140 21


David J. Foley family


15 85


Mrs. C. A. Allen and family


205 29


John Trainor 20 00


Mrs. Julia Ainslie and family


162 90


Mrs. Rob't McAuliffe and family (Milford)


221 28


Cornelius O'Keefe and family


11 60


Sundry persons*


96 05


Mrs. Eunice Holbrook


22 00


$4,179 02


*Credit by aid refunded .


53 00


$4,126 02


30


Appropriation, 3,800 00


Overdrawn, 326 02


SOLDIERS' RELIEF.


Paid for Mrs. Elizabeth Green $65 50


Michael Lagan .


13 85


Mrs. Ellen Fox


9 40


Charles H. Abbott, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital


169 46


$258 21


Appropriation, $300 00


Unexpended, 41 79


POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.


Paid for George E. Pratt, Braintree $2 00


Olive M. Jones, Braintree 96 50


Refunded, Canton


15 66


Mrs. John E. Glover, Quincy


14 15


Wilfred N. Pendergrass, Holbrook


112 00


Albert and John Lang, Taunton


73 00


Almira Fowle, Milton 66 00


George F. Parish, Gardner


28 20


Francis E. Wilder, Boston


16 50


To be refunded, Weymouth


8 00


W. R. Lynch, Brockton


9 00


$441 01


STATE PAUPERS.


Paid for Patrick Madigan and family $153 45 To be refunded by the State.


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LOCK-UP.


Paid Colin Boyd, salary as keeper $100 00


Colin Boyd, supplies 68 35


D. B. White, coal .


12 25


W. B. Spear, painting


14 64


Frank L. Smith, coal


5 10


C. H. Belcher, supplies


11 06


$211 40


Appropriation, $200 00


Overdrawn, 11 40


RELIEF OF POOR WHOSE MILITARY SETTLE- MENT IS IN RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK.


Paid for Kate and Agnes Meaney $346 23


Michael Dumphy family 119 96


John E. Mann and family


61. 00


Lawrence Leavitt and family


19 80


Elvira Holbrook 67 50


C. V. Sloan and family


62 98


Margaret Morrissey


72 00


Christiana Sloan


31 05


Mary Mullins


72 00


Albert Howard and wife


48 00


Lysander P. Morse


8 00


Mrs. B. F. Jones


24 06


Lewis N. Weathee, at Taunton Lunatic


Hospital 169-46


Estella V. Faunce, at Taunton Lunatic Hospital 169 46


George F. French 12 00


George Kiley, at House of the Angel Guardian 90 00


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Paid for Thomas F. Hand $3 33


John Crosby ·


54 82


Richard Adams*


21 55


$1,453 20


Appropriation, $1,000 00


Amount paid by Holbrook,'492 40


Unexpended, 39 20


MEDICAL ATTENDANCE, 1895.


Paid Emery A. Allen, M.D. $26 00


Visits to W. D. Barrows' family.


Paid Warren M. Babbitt, M.D. 41 67


Visits made Mary O'Connor . 4


Abby Holbrook . 27


Thomas Donahoe 1


Thomas Curran . 2


Paid Augustus L. Chase, M.D. 50 00


Visits made Mrs. Chandler 27


Mrs. Geo. F. Parish 13


Mrs. Hannah Clark 44


D. J. Foley family 6


Paid Charles C. Farnham, M.D. 50 00


Visits made Christiana Sloan 313


Thomas Donahoe 181


William Doyle . 1


Bartholomew Gill


13


Tramp 5


Paid Frank C. Granger, M.D. 50 00


Visits made Joseph Fritz 59


Bartholomew Gill 6


*Refunded $7.50.


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Paid Dennis F. Kinnier, M.D. $50 00


Visits made JJohn Leary 37


Mrs. Michael Lagan 23


$267 67


Appropriation, $400 00


Unexpended, 132 33


STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIVED BY THE SELECTMEN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.


From labor of town teams $380 01


board of Augusta Thayer 130 00


Martin Packard, boiler and engine 50 00


license, merry-go-round 5 00


George R. Weaver, produce sold


30 37


Ann Brophy, sale of real estate


50 00


Michael Mackedon, road picking


25


aid refunded, various parties .


92 76


fire department, refunded


12 25


$750 64


ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1896.


For schools (see report of School Committee ) ·


$9,185 00


Stetson High School ( see report of Trustees ), 2,200 00


town officeks 2,400 00


miscellaneous expenses 2,400 00


repair of highways


3,500 00


500 00


removing snow


500 00


poor in almshouse


1,500 00


poor out of almshouse


3,600 00


soldiers' relief


300 00


mar 16


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For poor of Randolph and Holbrook $1,000 00


military aid 250 00


electric lighting 3,200 00


water works (see report of Commissioners), 7,000 00


interest of town debt 2,200 00


Fire department (see report of Engineers ) , 2,220 00


Board of Health


200 00


State paupers, lockup and tramp


200 00


$42,355 00


Respectfully submitted,


PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN K. WILLARD, FRED M. FRENCH, Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.


REPORT OF AUDITORS.


The undersigned, Auditors of the town of Randolph, re- spectfully report that they have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn on the Treasurer.


C. G. HATHAWAY, M. F. CUNNINGHAM.


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LIST OF JURORS.


The following is a list of jurors for the consideration of the town at the annual meeting, March 2, 1896 :


Name. Alden, Albert M.


Occupation.


Retired.


Alden, Weston P.


Operator.


Arth, Ernst


Cigar manufacturer.


Brady, John F.


Laster,


Batchelder, H. P.


Retired.


Bigelow, John


Laborer.


Binney. George L.


Farmer.


Blanche, Richard


Stableman.


Burke, James


Cobbler.


Cain, Patrick


Laster.


Casey, Peter


Laster.


Chessman, S. L.


Hotel keeper.


Cole, Charles H.


Farmer.


Croak, William A.


Carpenter.


Curran, John Laborer.


Dennehy, Daniel D.


Cutter.


Dolan, Charles S.


Shoe maker.


Donovan, Michael A.


School committee.


Eddy, George H.


Provision dealer.


Laster.


Elliot, George A. Field, John H. Fox, Thomas


Express messenger. Laster.


French, Fred A.


Fancy goods dealer.


French, George M. Patent medicine manufacturer. Retired.


Frizzell, William


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Gibbons, Daniel


Boot manufacturer.


Good, William


Laborer.


Hand, Peter B.


Water commissioner.


Hagney, Arthur


Boot and shoe manufacturer. Blacksmith.


Henderson, Duncan


Holbrook, Columbus


Shoe maker.


Howard, Charles H.


Retired.


Jones, Rufus


Farmer.


King, Evander F.


Retired.


Kinnier, Patrick


Laster.


Long, Edward


Operator.


Lyons, Walter H.


Sewing machine dealer.


Mann, Edwin M.


Farmer.


Mann, Horace P.


Coal carter.


McAuliffe, Robert Laborer.


Montsie, Frederick W. Cigar manufacturer.


Niles, Amasa S.


Retired.


O'Brien, James


Laborer.


Paine, Lewis B.


Shoe maker.


Poole, George A.


Operator.


Porter, Franklin


Druggist.


Porter, William Farmer.


Roberts, William R.


Poultry dealer.


Scanlon, Maurice E. Farmer.


Spear, William B.


Painter.


Taber, Edwin A.


Farmer.


Thayer, Rufus A. Farmer.


Wilbur, Selwyn


Shoe operative.


PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN K. WILLARD, FRED M. FRENCH,


Selectmen of Randolph.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


To the Citizens of Randolph :


The School Committee believe that they are justified in reporting that your schools during the past year have main- tained a standard of excellence which is creditable to the town. We do not mean to imply that there are no lines along which improvement may not be sought. Educational methods and appliances are developing with the other great factors of progressing civilization, and while it cannot be said, in. our opinion, that every innovation is for the better, the result is a gradual advance. The endeavor on the part of the School Committee and the teacher should be to care- fully select and adopt the best. We are satisfied that the corps of teachers, which has been now substantially un- changed for a good many years, is thoroughly competent, and, if encouraged by the co-operation of parents and pupils, will continue to do excellent work.


We are convinced, however, as we have repeatedly here- tofore suggested in these reports, that the employment of a superintendent, in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes, would considerably enhance the efficiency of the schools. The town of Randolph now occupies the somewhat unenviable position of being one of the comparatively few towns in the Commonwealth not employing such an official. It is needless to say that, should the town vote in accordance with this suggestion, we hope it will make an effort to secure . the services of a thoroughly experienced and competent man. An inefficient superintendent would be infinitely worse than none.


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The Statute (1893, Chap. 200) provides that the State shall contribute $750 towards the superintendent's salary, and in addition thereto shall pay the sum of $500, to be apportioned among the towns uniting, to be used for the payment of teachers' salaries. It ought to be possible to obtain the services of a desirable man for about $1500 a year, and if so, the expense to each town forming the union would not be large.


BUILDINGS.


Although the school administration is, as we have said, excellent, the time is soon coming, if indeed it has not already come, when we ought to make some very material changes in, or additions to, our building capacity and accom- modations. With the exception of the Prescott School (graded) and the West Corner School (ungraded), we have no school buildings which we can contemplate with any com- placency, and of these, the former is by no means modern, and we have been, as the town will remember, several times directed by the State Board of Police to make changes in it which will necessitate the expenditure of a large sum of money. Judging from estimates received last year in this connection, this expense will probably be between $2000 and $3000, and we are likely to be imperatively called upon to incur it at any time.


The High School rooms are unquestionably inadequate for modern requirements as to space and conveniences ; the North Grammar School needs to be somewhat enlarged be- fore the beginning of another school year. Almost all the buildings occupied by ungraded schools require considerable refitting and repairing to make them comfortable and con- venient. In our request for appropriations, we have asked . for $300 for painting some of these buildings.


In view of the necessity of these repairs, which in the aggregate will cost a good deal of money, is it not better


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for the town to contemplate, as a change to be made within the immediate future, the construction of a commodious and modern union-building, in some central locality, to be occu- pied by the High School and by the Prescott and North Grammar Schools? As we are now situated, we have as- sumed that the town would be unwilling to vote to raise money for this purpose during the current year, but we desire to remind you that such a change is not only desir- able, but that it will soon be a necessity, and that, in view of the condition of our buildings to which we have already re- ferred, it will be a saving of some expense to proceed as soon as possible to the construction of such an edifice. Some of the neighboring towns have recently erected a school building of this sort, and we should not be behind them in this, as we have not been in other large public im- provements.


CHANGES IN THE SCHOOLS.


There have been two problems to which our attention has been directed during the past year. One has been disposed of, but the other still remains unsolved. We found early in the year that, owing to circumstances which it is perhaps not necessary to explain, there had been an accumulation of pupils in the grammar grade taught by Miss Kiley in the Prescott building, to such an extent indeed that no one room in the building would hold the children, and it was impossi- ble for the teacher to properly care for them. We there- fore established another grade, or sub-grade, comprising the younger of these children, and placed it under the charge of Miss Mary A. Molloy. Miss Wren was promoted to fill the position left by Miss Molloy, and Miss Fannie A. Camp- bell was elected to take Miss Wren's place. The number in the various grades is now smaller and more uniform, which will result in better work.


The problem still unsolved is as to the Tower Hill School.


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The attendance there has been for the last two or three years somewhat too large for an ungraded school with but one teacher. We feel that one of two things must be done during the coming year: either to establish, an additional school in the vacant room on the first floor of the building - which can be done with very little expense aside from the salary to be paid to the teacher-or to make arrangements for the conveying of some of the children to the Prescott School district. We are inclined to recommend the adop- tion of the latter plan for the present, but hope to discuss the matter in its various bearings, and to present figures at the coming annual town meeting.


TEACHERS' MEETINGS.


The monthly teachers' meetings, though somewhat inter- fered with, have been continued during the year, and have been found to be of great benefit to the teachers and the School Committee. They afford an opportunity for the dis- cussion of matters of general interest, both as to methods of instruction and discipline and as to all questions affecting the administration of the schools. The attendance at these meetings has been good, and there have been many sugges- tions made which have proved of value.


EXPENSES.


There have been no extraordinary disbursements for the schools during the past year, and we have endeavored to expend our appropriations as economically as we could con- sistently with that liberal and progressive policy which this town has always maintained towards its schools.


A detailed statement of the expenditures in this depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1895, is annexed to this report.


The amount which we have asked the town to appropriate


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for the current year (see page 43) is somewhat in excess of that asked for last year. This difference is readily explained by a comparison of the estimates for the two years, and is largely due to the contemplated expenses of painting, the transportation of pupils, and providing flags and flag-staff's for such of the school buildings as are now without them, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 181 of the Acts of 1895.


These estimates have been made up upon narrow margins and not upon the supposition that they would be cut down either by the Committee on Appropriations or by the town. We trust there will be no hesitation in voting them as asked for.


ROLL OF HONOR.


PUPILS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABSENT DURING THE YEAR.


Margaret E. Barrett.


Hortense G. Hayes. Maurice Kiley.


Willie Bustard.


Sophie R. Cole.


Eddie T. Loftus.


Bertha Devine.


Charles McCarthy.


Carrie Devine.


Ernest H. Payne.


Florence Devine.


Isabelle Pope. Sammie Swindells.


Frances Devine.


Katie Dolan.


Ernest Forrest.


Cornelius J. Good.


Maggie Hagar.


Am!


Judith Swindells. Mabel V. Taber. Roland Tileston. Roger Willard.


PUPILS NOT ABSENT FOR TWO TERMS.


Henry F. Ames. Augustus Bagley. Carl Bolin. John Bolin.


Florence S. Holbrook. Oscar W. Holbrook. Daniel E. Howard.


Charles H. Jones.


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Catherine Clark. Louis Courtney. Delia Cunningham. Edward J. Devine.


Charlie Dyer.


C. Gertrude Eddy.


Frank N. French.


Herman W. French.


Thomas E. Reilly.


Edland Savage. Cora E. Taber.


Edward S. Thayer.


Bertha E. Tucker.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Number enrolled.


Average


membership.


Average


attendance.


Per cent of


attendance.


No. over 15 years


No. between 8 and


14 years of age.


No. under 5 years


of age.


HIGH,


Isabel M. Breed Edna Hilton


90


78


73


932


40


18


0


PRESCOTT


Katie A. Kiley


58


43.7


41.I


94+


2


56


GRAMMAR,


Kittie E. Sheridan


52


48


46


95


0


52


O


PRESCOTT


PRIMARY,


Fannie A. Campbell Kittie R. Molloy


40


36


33


92


O


O


NORTH


Joseph Belcher .


56


533


503


94


4


41


GRAMMAR,


Ellen P. Henry .


39


38


35


92


O


38


NORTH


§ Emma D. Stetson


35


33


30


90


32


PRIMARY,


Clara A. Tolman


40


32 318


284


91


O


25


48


43


40


93


O


I8


I


UNGRADED,


Lucie W. Lewis .


.


29


24.9


20.1,80+


0


I9


O


Helen A. Belcher


26


20


18


90


01


15


I


.


5I


44号


42寸


943


4


30


.


37 34


32


94


O


I5


33


33


30


90


O


6


28


879


3


Sarah C. Belcher


45


Hannah F. Hoye


James E. Foley.


Mary Gill. Thomas H. Good.


Sarah G. Jones. Annie Kiley. Maggie Kinnier. Charles E. Mahoney. Royal L. Mann. Henry McCarthy. Clarence Moulton.


of age.


Hugh J. Molloy .


Thomas H. West


Mary E. Wren


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The Committee ask the town to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to meet the expenses of the schools for the year ending December 31, 1896 :


For teaching . $7,080 00


C'are of rooms


550 00


Fuel


425 00


Miscellaneous and incidental expenses and


general repairs 600 00


Painting school buildings 300 00


.Books and supplies . 600 00


Flags and flagstaff's .


100 00


Transportation of pupils


200 00


$9.855 00


Less estimated revenue from the dog-tax, and the State school-tax . 670 00


$9,185 00


ASA P. FRENCH, MICHAEL A. DONOVAN, THOMAS A. KENNEDY, School Committee.


EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1895.


TEACHING.


Paid Thomas H. West,* 37 weeks $973 65


Joseph Belcher, 37 weeks 973 68


Ellen P. Henry, 37 weeks 423 56


Katherine A. Kiley, 37 weeks


438 18


*NOTE .- In the calendar year, 1895, there were only thirty-seven school weeks instead of thirty-eight, as usual. The amount paid to the teachers during the year has been, therefore, proportionately less.


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Paid Emma D. Stetson, 37 weeks . $370 00


Katherine E. Sheridan, 37 weeks 388 50


Mary A. Molloy, 37 weeks 374 00


Mary E. Wren, 37 weeks


370 00


Katherine R. Molloy, 37 weeks 370 00


Clara A. Tolman, 37 weeks 370 00


Helen A. Belcher, 37 weeks


370 00


Lucie W. Lewis, 37 weeks


370 00


Hannah F. Hoye, 37 weeks


370 00


Sara C. Belcher, 341 weeks


342 00


Elizabeth G. Lyons, 2} weeks 2.2 00


Fannie A. Campbell, 8g weeks


70 40


$6,595 97


FUEL.


Paid Lincoln Stetson, ¿ cord of wood $2 50


Lincoln Stetson, preparing and putting in, 1 50


J. T. Leahy, 2 cords cleft pine ·


10 00


Michael Sheridan, preparing wood .


5 00


Edwin M. Mann, 28 feet prepared wood . 28 00


Joseph Jones, ¿ cord pine wood 2 50


James Barry, preparing and putting in wood, 2 00


Edwin M. Mann, 4 feet pine No. 1, 8 feet of oak, No. 4 9 00


D. B. White, 50 tons Lackawanna egg coal, 257 50


George M. Johnson, preparing wood 2 50


$320 50


CARE OF ROOMS.


Paid Martin Howard


$60 00


Michael Sheridan ·


269 01


Eleanor Holbrook


44 05


Colin Boyd


6 00


Mrs. L. T. Stetson


.


25 35


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Paid George M. Johnson $40 00


Mrs. Annie O'Halloran, cleaning 4 00


Mrs. George M. Johnson, cleaning 15 00


F. B. Thayer . 25 00


James Barry


25 00


$513 41


MISCELLANEOUS AND INCIDENTAL.


Paid Charles H. Belcher, supplies 1892, '93 and '94, $49 50


Daniel H. Huxford, printing, etc. 22 75


Nelson Mann, truant officer 11 67


Frank J. Donahoe, truant officer 5 00


John L. Burke, census of school children . 20 00


Thomas Donahoe, labor on vault No. 1 2 00


Daniel H. Huxford, school reports and ad- vertising 15 00 ·


S. M. Jones, labor, No. 5 2 50


Charles A. Wales, stoves, labor and stock,


135 30


Daniel Kiley, labor, No. 4


3 00


Charles H. Cole, labor, No. 4 .


8 35


Nathaniel Noyes, labor and stock


1 83


James Fardy, iron work for No. 2


3 90


James Barry, labor, No. 6


7 44


M. A. Donovan, cash paid


19 45


Charles H. Belcher, supplies 1895


29 15


Francis B. Thayer, labor and stock 1 00


Charles A. Wales, labor and stock


26 31


Charles Prescott & Co., suppleis .


3 77


Insurance, J. W. Belcher and S. Mann, 2d,


90 25


F. A. Belcher estate, curtains, etc. 5 00


H. M. White, supplies . 3 19


J. T. Leahy, labor on vaults, Prescott and Primary 5 00


.


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Paid Frank H. Langley, iron rods, North Gram- mar School $2 10


$473 46


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


Paid JJ. L. Hammett $11 87


J. L. Hammett 6 25


J. L. Hammett 17 78 .


J. L. Hammett 2 61


Boston School Supply Co., 75 cents and $3.25, 4 00


Boston School Supply Co. 4 50


J. L. Hammett .


58 39


F. J. Barnard 8 58


32 72


American Book Co.


46 63


J. L. Hammett


13 42


J. L. Hammett


20 52


J. L. Hammett, 92 cents and $21.58 .


22 50


Prang Educational Co.


12 00


Leach, Shewell & Sanborn


9 00


Ginn & Co.


24 93


J. L. Hammett


13 13


J. L. Hammett


4 53


F. J. Barnard


15 00


William Fenton


3 65


University Publishing Co.


4 20


Thompson, Brown & Co.


25 53


Bigelow & Taylor


5 30


William Ware


2 10


Ginn & Co.


2 90


F. J. Barnard


3 30


Oliver Ditson


.


6 41


.


4 70


Edward E. Babb


.


1 55


Thompson, Brown & Co.


25 00


Bigelow & Taylor


.


University Publishing Co.


.


47


Paid Thomas Hall & Son $7 59


D. C. Heath . 3 49


Ginn & Co. .


18 47


J. A. & W. Bird


2 50


Silver, Burdett & Co.


5 34


J. L. Hammett 2 70


Boston School Supply Co.


3 25


AAmerican Book Co.


3 84


Silver. Burdett & Co.


15 24


Ginn & Co. .


5 35


J. L. Hammett


5 91


Silver, Burdett & Co.


6 00


Ginn & Co.


7 50


J. L. Hammett 14 56


American Book Co.


9 41


Ginn & Co.


12 60


Ginn & Co. 6 25


J. L. Hammett


10 60


J. L. Hammett 19 48


American Book Co.


8 64


Ginn & Co.


4 43


Boston School Supply Co.


7 70


Silver, Burdett & Co.


6 00


Bigelow & Taylor


6 19


J. L. Hammett


12 82


American Book Co.


3 84


Carl Schoenhof, 76 cents and $1.21 .


1 97


Bigelow & Taylor


3 98


J. L. Hammett


15 43


J. L. Hammett


3 42


Thomas Hall & Son


3 65


Maynard & Merrill .


4 10


Bigelow & Taylor


1 90


$657 15


48


PERMANENT REPAIRS.


Paid Lincoln Stetson, setting five squares glass $0 75


James Riley, grading and repairing fence No. 4, 5 05


E. A. Perry, repairs on buildings 4 75


Randolph Water Works, 87 ft. service pipe and shut off 25 86 ·


G. Jones, painting, etc.


3 00


Charles E. Lyons, labor and stock, Nos.


1, 2 and 4 . 10 42 ·


E. A. Perry, labor . .


9 25


E. A. Perry, labor . .


8 25


John L. Burke, labor and stock, Nos. 1, 6 and 4 8 00 ·


James Riley, labor, No. 4 .


18 92


James H. DeForrest, repairs, new screens, etc. 6 20


John L. Burke, labor at Prescott School, 7 days 17 50 ·


M. M. Alden, labor and stock, Nos. 2, 4 and 6, 41 50


C. E. Lyons, labor and stock, whitewash- ing, etc. 9 29


John L. Burke, labor, Nos. 1 and 2 8 50


E. A. Perry, labor on locks, desks, etc. 8 18


Franklin Taylor, labor and stock


28 67


$214 09


SUMMARY.


Paid teaching


$6,595 97


Fuel


.


320 50


Care of rooms


513 41


Miscellaneous and incidental


473 46


Books and supplies


657 15


Permanent repairs . .


·


214 09


$8,774 58


49


STETSON SCHOOL FUND.


To the Citizens of Randolph :


No change has been made during the past year in the securities representing this Fund. It was the policy of the early trustees to invest it largely in national bank stock, and it has so remained for a great many years. Last year, how- ever, as stated in our report for 1895, we had occasion, for the first time, to reinvest about $3000, and, after consider- able deliberation, bought with it three Chicago, Burlington Quincy 5's. We have seen no reason to regret this in- vestment. The Fund now stands as follows :


10 shares Eliot National Bank $1,000


10 shares Hyde & Leather National Bank 1,000


10 shares Shoe & Leather National Bank 1,000


10 shares Exchange National Bank


1,000


10 shares Boylston National Bank


1,000


10 shares Tremont National Bank


1,000


10 shares Old Boston National Bank


1,000


10 shares Shawmut National Bank .


1,300


6 shares Webster National Bank 600


3 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 5 per cent bonds, 3,000


$11,900


The investment of the Turner Fund also is unchanged.


The exercises of the fifty-first annual commencement oc- curred on the twenty-first day of June last, at which time diplomas were presented to five pupils, as follows :




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