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We would recommend an appropriation for that purpose : Net expense, $1724 66. Average expense per inmate, $2 36. The following are the expenses in detail :.
ALMSHOUSE.
Paid T. M. O'Leary, salary
$166 65
T. M. O'Leary, supplies 2 20
T. M. O'Leary, carriage and harness
50 00
M. M. Sullivan, salary
333 32
M. M. Sullivan, supplies
18 25
Howard Randall oil
19 10
William P. Sullivan, groceries
151 68
George H. Eddy, provisions
132 46
R. J. McAuliffe, provisions 115 96
B. F. Hayden, grain
151 77
N. E. Buck, grain
119 85
F. W. Hayden & Co., groceries
84 09
C. D. Hill, groceries
108 52
C. Fred Lyons, groceries
93 69
H. F. Reynolds, groceries
56 57
Eugene Thayer, groceries
43 47
J. W. Palmer estate, groceries
115 47
Randolph Clothing Co., clothing
85 50
R. E. O'Brien, labor and materials 30 66
McAuliffe & Co., medicine
13 60
M. Stanton, repairing shoes
8 25
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James Fardy, labor and materials
50 75
Brockton Harness Co., harness 30 00
M. E. Leahy, coal 227 50
M. E. Leahy, labor, $2 40; seeds, $64 33 66 73
William Mahady, labor 2 00
J. M. Dyer, pigs
14 00
P. H. Mclaughlin, dry goods
27 76
Wilson Larrabee & Co., dry goods
9 20
C. Good, hay
28 35
William Crosby, papers
6 00
Walter M. Howard, fish
15 75
Porter's Pharmacy, medicine
19 95
J. B. McNeil, labor
8 95
Flagg & Willis, mattress
5 00
J. W. Bustard
60
H. L. Paul, ice
23 17
Estate C. H. Nichols, expressing
3 95
C. A. Weeks, clipping horse
2 00
$2,442 72
DR.
Stock on hand December 31, 1905
$2,488 49
Salaries and supplies, 1906
2,442 72
$4,931 21
CR.
Stock on hand December 31, 1906
$2,545 56
Labor of town teams
410 86
Sale of produce
176 33
Board refunded
73 80
Net expense
1,724 66
$4,931 21
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Appropriation. $1,800 00
Unexpended, 75 34
Persons supported in the almshouse for the year ending December 31. 1906:
Weeks
William Doyle
52 I-7
Bartholomew Gill
52 1-7
Timothy Sullivan
52 I-7
Emory Holbrook
52 I-7
Thomas Curran
52 1-7
John C. Moore
52 I-7
Stillman Orcutt
52 I-7
John Hayes
52 I-7
Allen A. Belcher
52 I-7
*George Averell
18 2-7
Thomas Ward
26 1-7
*John Desmond
34 1-7
*William Pierce
6 2-7
*Charles Weeks
II 2-7
Christopher Purcell
39
*Thomas Burbank
31 3-7
Mary Sloan
29 6-7
Margaret Pierce
28 6-7
William P. Fox
18 2-7
Michael Halpin
13 3-7
Richard D. Fox
6 2-7
Total number of weeks
732 4-7
*Dicharged.
Present number of inmates, 15.
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ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
Appraisal of stock, furniture, etc., December 31, 1906:
2 horses
$300 00
2 COWS 80 00
2 hogs 20 00
I calf 10 00
25 fowl
2 50
I road scraper
75 00
I two horse farm wagon
175 00
I farm wagon 30 00
2 tip carts
60 00
I harness
5 00
2 sets harness
50 00
I swing drag 30 00
I mowing machine
35 00
I hay rake
23 00
5 tons hay
100 00
2 gravel screens
10 00
I two horse cart
75 00
I set double harness
30 00
I two horse sled
40 00
I tool chest
5 00
I hay cutter
5 00
6 draught chains
12 00
I carriage and harness
50 00
I grindstone
4 00
3 baskets
I 50
I peck measure
50
I cultivator
8 00
2 plows
10 00
I harrow
5 00
forks, shovels and hoes
12 00
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iron bars and picks
5 00
I stone roller
5 00
I wheelbarrow 3 00
2 axes
I 00
I tobacco cutter
1 00
I scythe and snath 2 00
bit stock and bits
3 50
2 hand saws and planes
3 00
8 drills
10 00
I stone hammer
I 50
18 empty barrels
I 80
2 cords of wood
12 00
17 tons white ash coal
119 00
7 tons Franklin coal
56 00
35 bushels potatoes
21 00
150 head cabbage
I bushel beats
10 00
carrots and onions
I barrel flour
6 00
4 pounds lard
48
10 pounds butter
3 30
248 pounds sugar
14 88
18 pounds tea
9 00
5 pounds coffee
I 25
I20 quarts preserves
10 00
5 lbs. tobacco
2 25
4 bags oats
4 00
I bag cracked corn
4 00
2 bags fine feed
2 60
2 bags meal
2 60
Io gallons kerosene oil
I 40
I kerosene tank
10 00
100 preserve jars
5 00
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SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.
4 screen doors
4 00
21 window screens
13 00
2 storm windows 5 00
2 wash boilers
2 70
I wash tub
75
I oil stove
1 00
2 wood saws and horse
3 00
2 clocks
5 00
2 mirrors
2 00
Crockery ware
40 00
I street lamp
5 00
5 cuspidors
2 50
19 iron bedsteads
70 00
4 feather beds 22 feather pillows
31 00
17 mattresses
48 00
Lamps and lanterns
4 00
25 lamp chimneys
I 70
I ice chest
35 00
Wooden and tin ware
15 00
64 sheets
25 00
38 blankets
38 00
28 bed spreads
22 00
8 comforters
8 00
55 towels
8 50
5 table cloths
5 00
4 tables
4 00
I walnut table
3 00
I extension table
8 00
9 rocking chairs
9 00
44 chairs
12 00
I wool carpet
25 00
5 brooms and
2 brushes
2 00
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2 feather dusters 3 00
I carpet sweeper 2 50
2 clothes wringers
10 00
2 coal hods and shovels
2 00
I fire extinguisher
18 00
12 dry fire extinguishers
20 00
175 feet of hose
19 00
I hospital bed
30 00
8 snow plows
150 00
I derrick and chains
100 00
I sleigh
5 00
Robe and blankets
7 00
I lawn mower
7 00
I washing machine
10 00
I scrubbing brush
35
Range and boiler
50 00
Ladders
6 00
Fence wire
I 00
7 cords manure
35 00
I cross cut saw
I 50
Supplies, including shirts, stockings and underwear
15 00
$2,545 56
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Jennie Bacigalupo and family $39 00
John Desmond 2 00
Mrs. John Clifford
103 04
John T. Manning and family
87 43
Mrs. John C. Welch 126 69
Thomas Donahoe and wife
166 03
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Mrs. John Leahy 96 50
Mary J. Pickering
32 00
Phillip Hand at Foxboro Hospital, bill of 1904 43 II
Julia Ainslie 56 78
Sumner Thayer 25 00
Mrs. John L. Burke
20 00
Lucy Barrows at Brockton
89 09
Robert Best at Boston city Hospital bill of 1905
22 00
Charles M. Nicholson at Boston City Hospital 10 00
Mrs. John Treanor
72 50
Mrs. Michael Lee 106 48
Frank S. Wood at New Bedford
71 96
David G. Foley at Boston City Hospital
30 29
Margaret Kiley at Boston City Hospital 35 71
Mrs. Eva White and family 196 04
Charles Hollis at Weymouth
71 19
Leroy S. Hollis at Weymouth
98 00
Mary J. Donahoe at Newton City Hospital
52 39
Michael F. Madigan, at State Hospital, Tewksbury bills of 1904 and 1905 117 14
Martin S. Poppy at Hanover. Bills of 1904, 1905 and 1906 426 40
Mrs. Bridget Kennedy at Holyoke
168 80
Isabelle Gaynor
3 00
John J. Carr
30 00
Charles E. Linfield 13 75
Catharine O'Connor at Boston City Hospital 7 14
Annie Anderson at Mass. Hospital for Epileptics 169 46
James F. Sutton at Lynn 2 75
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Thomas Moore at Boston City Hospital 18 57
Mrs. Henry Burrill and family 36 28
Lewis Jones 126 29
Mrs. P. H. Meaney and family
335 80
John P. Alexander at Brockton
45 56
Florence De Forrest at Brockton
18 00
Mrs. William Shields and family at Brockton I33 23
Hubert Mann and wife at Stoughton
IOI 46
Charles Eddy at Stoughton IO 5I
Aid to sundry persons refunded
76 86
Aid to sundry persons
16 25
$3,510 48
Appropriation
$2,600 00
Aid refunded
72 57
$2,672 57
Overdrawn
$837 91
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for Clarence Chandler of Holbrook $38 27
Susan Braham of Boston 29 24
Samuel G. Beal of Quincy 40 80
Mrs. John E. Glover of Quincy 18 00
David Crowley of Boston
2 00
Mrs. F. L. Shurtleff of Brockton 78 00
Mrs. B. Purcell of Avon
142 00
Mrs. C. L. Hall of Concord
271 62
W. S. Pierce of Stoughton
82 50
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SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.
Charles Stearns of Boston 2 00
A. M. Nightingale of Duxbury 89 00
Patrick Ryan of Holliston 26 75
Aid to sundry persons refunded 3 28
Mrs. Hattie A. Shaw of Abington
78 40
901 86
No appropriation.
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
Paid W. M. Babbit, M. D.
$50 00
C. C. Farnham, M. D.
46 00
W. F. Holmes, M. D.
50 00
J. S. Sullivan, M. D.
50 00
A. L. Chase, M. D.
50 00
$246 00
Appropriation,
$300 00
Unexpended 54 00
CASH RECORD BY THE SELECTMEN.
$410 86
Labor of town teams
176 33
Board of inmates at almshouse
73 80
Aid refunded
72 57
Soldiers' relief refunded
9 28
Road scraping
I 60
Sale of produce
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Crushed stone 5 32
$749 76
Amount paid measurer, $749 76
Randolph, Feb. 8, 1907. .
We, the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Randolph, respectfully report that they have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, and find the same correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn on the Treasurer.
M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN B. WREN, WM. H. LEAVITT,
Auditors.
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Estimate of Expenses For 1906.
Schools, including Stetson High School (See
report of School Committee)
$13,500 00
Town officers
2,200 00
Miscellaneous
1,800 00
Tree warden
200 00
Repairs of highways
3,500 00
Highway plant (Note)
500 00
Street loan (Note)
500 00
Street loan (Note)
630 00
Street loan (Note)
850 00
Repairs Prescott School (Note)
1,000 00
Poor in almshouse
1,800 00
Poor out of almshouse
2.800 00
Soldiers' relief
400 00
Soldiers' relief, Randolph and Holbrook
400 00
Military aid 300 00
Electric lighting (street)
3,300 00
Interest on Town debt
2,200 00
Treasurer's bond
120 00
Medical attendance on poor
300 00
Board of Health
200 00
Lockup
200 00
Fire Department (see report of Engineers)
2,160 00
Water Works, sinking fund (see report of Water Commissioners )
2,500 00
Special police
1,200 00
$42,560 00 .
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
List of Jurors 1907.
Abenzellar, Alfred D. Anderson, Charles E.
Barrett, Wm. F. Belcher Edward K.
Buck, N. Everett
Burrill, Minot A.
Bradley, Henry J.
Beal, Ira E.
Cole, Charles H.
Casey, Peter
Clark, S. Melvin
Clark, Dexter T.
Clark. Walter S.
Dyer, James M.
Dowd, James Desmond, John
Daly, Michael J.
Eddy, Cyrus M.
Eddy, George H.
French, Fred M. French, Walter
Faunce, Hiram S.
Foster, Samuel A.
Friar, Adolphus S. Grover, Frank R.
Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoemaker Milk dealer Grain dealer Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoemaker Farmer Shoemaker Laborer Surveyor Shoemaker Farmer Shoemaker Shoemaker Agent Shoemaker Provision dealer Insurance Agent Janitor Clerk
Retired Carpenter
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SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.
Good, William Holbrook, Arthur H.
Hoye, John A.
Hayden I. Willis
Hagar, Clarence L.
Jones, Herbert A.
Jones, James M.
Knight, Ernest
Long, James F.
Leavitt, Wm. H.
Lewis, Wellington
Linfield, Walter
Mann, Edwin M.
Mahady, William
McAuliffe, Eugene L.
Mann, Rufus E.
Murphy, Edward F.
Niles, Isaac
Pope, David
Quinn, Peter
Reynolds, George A.
Riley, Francis
Roel, George A.
Stetson, Francis E.
Stetson, Thomas L.
Willard, John K.
Wilbur, Selwyn
Shoe dealer Farmer Shoe operator Carpenter Laborer Shoemaker Laborer Clerk Shoemaker Clerk Retired Farmer
Farmer Laborer Storekeeper Laborer Shoemaker Real estate agent Retired Shoemaker Farmer Shoemaker Mechanic Farmer Manufacturer Tallow dealer Shoemaker
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN E. McDONALD. CHARLES H. THAYER,
Selectmen.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Turner Free Library.
Trustees, 1906.
ASA P. FRENCH, President. HENRY A. BELCHER, Vice-President. N. IRVING TOLMAN, Treasurer. WILLIAM H. LEAVITT, Secretary. PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, CHARLES H. THAYER, JOHN E. McDONALD.
Selectmen of Randolph, ex-officiis.
JOHN V. BEAL, HENRY A. BELCHER, FRANK C. GRANGER,
JOHN E. BRADLEY,
WINTHROP B. ATHERTON,
MRS. ALICE M. T. BEACH, MRS. CLARA A. WALES, MRS. ELLEN J. T. ROUNTREE.
Librarian, CHARLES C. FARNHAM.
Assistant Librarian,
MISS ALICE M. BELCHER.
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Public Library.
To the Citizens of Randolph :
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the by-laws of the Turner Free Library, the President of the Board of Trustees herewith submits to the town the thirtieth annual report of the condition of the trust, consisting of the building, library and fund, together with the report of the Librarian and so much of the reports submitted to the Trustees by the various com- mittees as seem to him of general interest.
There has been no change in the trust property or invest- ments during the past year.
The committee on building, through Henry A. Belcher, its chairman, reports that, with the exception of the iron work on the roof, the exterior of the building is in good repair. The interior, however, is in very bad condition, and is a discredit to the donors and the town. There is urgent need of an appro- priation by the town to repair the roof and to paint and decorate the library rooms. Randolph has a public library of which it has reason to be proud. It may be confidently asserted that it is one of the largest and best equipped in the State. outside of Boston and a few larger cities, and it is to be re- gretted that the building and rooms are not now in a corre- spondingly excellent condition.
The heating facilities, which have not been renewed since the building was erected, are inadequate for the comfort of the Librarian and his Assistant and of those citizens of the town who use the library during the winter months.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
The annual examination of the library was made by the Library Committee (consisting of Asa P. French, Henry A. Belcher, Mrs. Clara A. Wales, Mrs. Ellen J. T. Rountree and William H. Leavitt), and the books, charts and furnishings were found in good condition. All books belonging to the library were accounted for by the Librarian, whose report follows :
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
To the Trustees of the Turner Library :
Herewith is submitted my thirtieth (30th) annual report, covering the doings of the year 1906. The library has been open.275 days, and during that time 19,458 volumes have been loaned for home use, being a daily average of about 70. (For detail regarding library work see Circulating Department.)
The routine at the library has been quietly, effectively and, I trust, satisfactorily done; and if the element that not only disturbs but distracts were properly restrained the service re- quired could be easily and pleasantly rendered.
Circulating Department.
The record of circulation for the past year shows a gratify- ing increase in the use of the library. As reported above, the number of volumes issued for the home use has been 19,458, as compared with 17,443 for 1905.
The library has been open to the public 275 days and the daily average is about 70. The largest number taken during any one day was on Oct. 13th, when 328 volumes were charged. The smallest was on March 4th, with a record of only 4; 1,119 books have been loaned on teachers' cards for continuous use in connection with their school work.
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The number of cards issued is now 1,521, though 140 of this number are detained at the library because of unpaid fines. If all these idle cards could be released the persons whose names they bear might be deriving intellectual benefit and the use of the library considerably increased.
The number of books and pamphlets added during the year has been 571, making our present total 20,606. Received by purchase, 271; by binding of magazines, 38; by gift (chiefly State and national publications), 255; we are also indebted to "The American Swedenborg Society" for 6 volumes of "Apocalypse Explained" and for "Worcester's Life of Sweden- borg."
The fines collected and paid to the Treasurer have amounted to $40.00. Besides this amount, $4.28 has been collected and expended, as follows :
For a ladder
$1 98
For a step ladder
2 00
For towels
30
$4 28
Reference Department.
The demands in this department are many and constantly increasing ; happily we are well supplied with needful litera- ture, and no expensive additions will be required at present. This department is of comparatively recent development, con- sequently considerable time is required in advising and direct- ing investigation. When patrons become better acquainted with books and systematic methods of study they will possibly re- quire less assistance.
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School Department.
The work in this department has continued along the same general lines as heretofore. Boys and girls (each at their respective tables) have seemed to really enjoy the pleasure and profit of unrestricted investigation ; in short, no department of our work has met with a readier response in librarian and student, and none gives greater promise of permanent useful- ness than the work of the library in its relation to the public school.
Art Department.
At regular intervals during the year the library has been receiving from the Mass. Art Club its exhibits of mounted photographs. Owing to the constant use of the Reference Room by students, suitable preparation has been made to ex- hibit the greater part of these pictures in the Reading Room. In all we have been favored with 14 exhibits, and as a rule they have been well appreciated.
Famous pictures : No. I, Scotland : No. 2, Alaska (German sculpture) ; Part I, Yellow Stone ; No. 3, India ; Switzerland ; No. 2, British School; No. I, National Gallery, Ireland ; No. I, Paris ; No. I. Oxford ; New Zealand ; California.
Reading Room.
The Reading Room is too small to properly accommodate the persons who visit it. Possibly it would be sufficient for actual readers, but this department of our library is very largely a rendezvous for boys and girls, most of whom are in attend- ance for the purpose of pleasantly and comfortably whiling away the afternoon or evening. Such visitors usually find it
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difficult to properly observe library rules ; hence they require almost constant supervision. For the past month good order has been maintained, but it has been at the expense of special service employed by the Librarian. Is it not full time that a custodian be provided, or an appropriation be made, sufficient to enable the Librarian to employ the needed help? I am fully aware that the Randolph Reading Room is not the only suf- ferer, for the Board of Trustees of a neighboring library say in their annual report: "The use of the Reading Room by quiet, thoughtful readers has increased during the past year, and if there is any general demand from readers of this class we should only be too glad to afford them every facility for im- provement. But there is a class who haunt the library, who are too old to be considered juveniles, and are yet too immature either to make good use of the Reading Room themselves or allow others to do so. These are the ones who have to be re- quested to leave the rooms, and even to be suspended for a time, in order that the well disposed, who are seeking informa- tion may be able to do so in peace and quietness."
Heating.
Perhaps the least said on this subject the better. Let this suffice, during the past cold season the temperature in the Library Hall ranged from 52 to 56 degrees. The Janitor assumes that he properly understands the care of the furnace, and ascribes the failure to secure adequate steam supply to the poor coal.
Library Employees.
The Librarian has already spoken for himself. The Assist- ant Librarian, Miss Belcher, is proving a faithful, painstaking
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aid in the General Delivery Department, and with longer ex- perience in other work will no doubt be able to meet all need- ful requirements.
I should like to add just a word (not for the Trustees, but for the eyes of a somewhat limited number of people who fail to properly appreciate the benefits to be derived from the Library).
A good public library is a beneficent institution. Its constant and proper use is a perpetual safeguard against ignorance, poverty and crime.
Money expended for good books for our children, our laborers, our mechanics and our people at large is a profitable investment. Good reading supplements the education of the school, and is for the father and mother what the school was to the child.
Education to be most useful must be continuous, and the public library aims to furnish freely to all citizens who pur- pose to fit themselves for the best conduct of life ample assist- ance in every department of intellectual enterprise or honor- able ambition.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES C. FARNHAM, Librarian.
During the year which has passed we have been called upon to mourn the death of the Hon. J. White Belcher, for many years President of the Board of Trustees of the library. His ability, long experience and watchful interest over the affairs of this institution were universally appreciated and his loss keenly felt by all. To him more than to anyone else, except
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the public spirited donors for whom the library is named, is the town indebted for the excellent collection of literature which, freely accessible to all, affords abundant material for instruc- tion and recreation to the citizens of the town. Respectfully submitted,
ASA P. FRENCH, President of the Board of Trustees.
Randolph, January 1, 1907.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Randolph, January 1, 1907.
To the Trustees of Turner Free Library :
In compliance with the requirements of the by-laws. I here- by submit my annual report as Treasurer of Turner Free Library.
RECEIPTS.
Income Turner Fund
$502 00
Income R. W. Turner Legacy
800 00
Rent Randolph Savings Bank
300 00
Rent C. Fred Lyons
250 00
Rent Ladies' Library Association
15 00
Interest on Town of Randolph Note
200 00
Fines and collections
42 00
Randolph Savings Bank, fuel
65 83
Balance Jan. 1, 1906
598 46
$2,773 29
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid for books and periodicals
$563 36
Paid for book binding
126 80
Salary of Librarian 500 00
Salary of Assistant
250 00
Salary of Janitor
125 00
Electric light and fan
103 00
Supplies
27 18
Express
15 70
Repairs
73 70
Radiators
100 00
Fuel
241 25
Printing
19 00
Rent of safety deposit box
10 00
Rent of post office box
2 40
Balance Dec. 31, 1906
615 90
$2,773 29
The Turner Fund is invested in :
Each.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. bond of $1,000 00
2 Chicago & West Michigan bonds 1,000 00
I Old Colony R. R. bond
1,000 00
I Western Telephone & Telegraph bond of 1,000 00
I New York Central & Hudson River R. R. bond of 1,000 00
2 Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western R. R. bonds of 500 00
3 Union Pacific bonds of 500 00
33 Shares of the preferred stock of the Union Pacific R. R.
The Royal W. Turner legacy is invested in :
Each.
IO Old Colony R. R. bonds of $1,000 00
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10 Wayne County, Michigan, bonds of 1,000 00
The remaining funds of the library are represented by a note of the Town of Randolph for $5,000, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum.
Respectfully submitted,
N. IRVING TOLMAN, Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
FOR 1906
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ROYAL T. MANN, CHAIRMAN. REDMOND P. BARRETT, SECRETARY.
ROYAL T. MANN REDMOND P. BARRETT
EDWARD LONG .
.
Term expires 1909
. Term cxpires 1907
Term expires 1908
Trustees of the Stetson School Fund.
ROYAL T. MANN, Chairman. FRED M. FRENCH, Secretary.
ROYAL T. MANN REDMOND P. BARRETT . .
EDWARD LONG
Term expires 1909 Term expires 1907 . Term expires 1908 .
Superintendent of Schools.
Dr. JOHN E. BRADLEY.
Office, School Committee Rooms. Tuesday and Thursday, 3 to 4 o'clock P. M.
Regular meeting of the school Committee last Friday of the month, 7.30 P. M.
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Report of the School Committee.
To the Citizens of Randolph :
The School Committee hereby make and submit for your consideration their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1906. At the annual meeting the town appropriated $3,000 for the erection of a steam heating plant and sanitary closets in the Prescott School building, also for painting the building externally, as recommended by your committee in our last annual report. Last summer these much needed improve- ments were made at a cost of $2,977-73, and have added much to the comfort and convenience of the scholars, and are satis- factory in every respect. We hope that the good work will go on and that the town will appropriate money for the erection of sanitaries in the North Grammer School building. There are five schools in this building and there is imminent need of new sanitary arrangements, therefore your committee recom- mend that this improvement be made this year. Owing to the crowded condition of the fourth and fifth grades in the North Grammar School in September, your committee felt obliged to furnish another room for the fifth grade, which they did, and transferred the fourth and fifth grades with their teacher, Miss Devine, from the Tower Hill School to the North Grammar building, thereby relieving the crowded condition then existing with a better grading of the schools and without the added expense of another teacher.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
Our corps of teachers, with our Superintendent, are laboring faithfully for the best interests of our young people, and our schools are in excellent condition.
It is gratifying to the committee to report as a result of judicious economy and careful planning it closes the year with a balance of $163.33. Three of the school buildings need paint- ing this year, and we have asked for an increase in the appro- priation for general repairs for this purpose. No. I School building will soon need repairs, and we ask the town to take into consideration what is best to do with this unoccupied building.
School census taken September, 1906. shows the number of children between the ages of five and fifteen to be 696, an in- crease of 67 over 1905.
A detailed statement of the expenditures and receipts in this department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1906, is annexed to this report.
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