Randolph town reports 1907-1912, Part 38

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Fannie M. Devine

Ethel L. Buck, Drawing Supervisor

Appointments

Mildred Allen

M. Alice Reinhalter

Mae L. Lundergan

Louisa Beale, Drawing Supervisor

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STETSON HIGH SCHOOL Graduates, Class of 1912. Latin Course

Thomas Whitty Desmond Svea Marie Johnson

Madeleine Catherine Dillon Anna Vivian Morgan

Rosamond Eleanor Hagney Anna Louise Walsh

Florence Rathburn Webster

English Course

Fred'ck Wm. Bancroft, Jr. Gertrude Marie Meaney

Wm. Francis Cunningham

Gladys Mae Porter

Terence Dargan Emilie Porter Reynolds

Lucien Marion Hogan Mary Elizabeth Schultz

Charles Ray Kiley

Alice Mae Shepard

Abbie Mercedes Lyons

Mary Frances Spence

Wilma Jennie Mann

Ellen Christine Stanton

BELCHER GRAMMAR SCHOOL Graduates 1912

Winifred M. Brennan

Harold P. Myres

Edith A. Bryant

Helen J. Wiseman

M. Louise Crocker

Elberta B. White

Gladys DeForest

Viola F. Wood

Mary Devine

Dale N. Allen

C. Madeline Evans

Edgar F. Beers

Hazel Jones

Arthur Brennan

M. Irene Kennedy

John F. Bustard

Bertha M. Lovering

John Curry

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Gertrude Mahan

James Doyle

Marion S. Mann

Mary L. Patten

A. Stanley Hill

Ruth A. E. Peterson

Thomas Kenney Carlton B. Lyons

Jennie Schultz

Rosella R. Stetson

Horace A. Mann

Hazel G. Stetson

Herbert F. Peterson

Leonard E. Plunkett

Walter Sherwood

Rudolph Sitcowitch

PRESCOTT GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Graduates 1912

Walter Carney

William T. Conlon

Charles Cunningham Margaret Desmond James Donovan Joseph J. Gill

Harold E. Mellon Henry Morgan John O'Brien

David J. Good

Mabel M. Good

Walter O'Leary

Heiman Greenberg

Verna Pettee

Ida Greenberg Winnifred Hess

Edward Roddan

Letitia F. Scannell

Leona M. Hogan

Anna M. Sullivan

Adele H. Jones Walter F. Kelliher

Margaret T. Sullivan Alice Tierney

Everett E. Madam

Mildred McAuliffe D. Joseph McNeill Emily McNulty

Beatrice L. Stevens

Anna C. A. Truelson

William W. Thomas

William T. Lonergan

Ernest K. Hill

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Forrest S. Kemp

James Tierney

Hobart H. Kemp

Chester C. Wallace

Marion L. Leavitt

Robert F. Wallace

Thomas Lyons

List of subjects taught in the Stetson High School and

number of pupils in each class. Fall term, 1912.

Algebra 4

65 Pupils

Book-keeping 1

Commercial Arithmetic

Chemistry 1

English 1

English 2

English 3 '

English 4 C

English 4 F

French 1

French 2

French 3

Geometry 1

Geometry 2

Geometry 3

German 1

History 1

History 2

History 3

History 4

Latin 1 5

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Latin 2

Latin 3

Latin 4

Physical Geography

Physics

Stenography 1

Stenography 2

Stenography 3

Typewriting

The work of the past school year has progressed along lines of steady improvement and effectiveness upon the part of the teacher and the pupils. The general policy of instruction has been to make the course of study practical, serviceable, and profitable for all concerned. The increased number of pupils in the high school neces- sitated the addition of more desks and seats at the open- ing of the Fall term. The increase in the grades made it necessary to have the first, second, third, and fourth grade pupils of the Belcher School attend half time in order to accommodate all. This has been obviated by open- ing another room in the Number Eight Building for the accommodation of all pupils who were riding on the cars. The town furnished car tickets for these pupils when they were attending the Belcher School and consequently it costs no more for transportation. This relieves the crowded condition at this school which has been a serious problem for some time.

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The West Corner school has more pupils than can be taught successfully by one teacher and it will be neces- sary to furnish more room for the pupils in this district. It is planned to have the entire third grade attend the new room opened at the Prescott Primary building.

It was voted at a regular meeting of the committee to change the name of the North Grammar School to Belcher Grammar School. This was considered fitting and proper as the building is located on Belcher Street and the school has had Mr. Joseph Belcher as Principal of the building for over thirty years.

Our Principals and Teachers have continued to make the schools better and more efficient. Their ability and untiring devotion to their work has had a marked effect upon the young people of the town.

Randolph children have been helped in many ways by the Ladies' Library Association for a number of years. Last year the work carried on by the school garden com- mittee was very successful and instructive for the pupils. The girls and boys were taught that a garden at home can be made a source of pleasure and profit to themselves and parents. An exhibition of vegetables and flowers was held at the Jonathan Belcher Hall during the Fall term. Three Judges awarded prizes. It would be a great benefit to the schools if the town could co-operate with the Library Association in this splendid work by appropriating a sum of money each year in order to fur- nish seeds and whatever material is required for a more

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extensive application of the few principles in agricul- ture which will help to reduce the high cost of living. It has been proven in a great many cases that the boys and girls who are properly trained can raise more corn and produce to the acre than their fathers are producing at present.

There is a free industrial school for boys of Quincy and surrounding towns at Quincy which is supported and supervised in part by the State. All boys who are strong enough to do the shop work and intelligent enough to do the school work are admitted. Boys can earn enough to cover their expenses while securing their education. Machinist and Joiner trades are now taught; others are to be added next year. The authorities find positions for boys who wish to enter the school. The course covers three years and the pay increases each year. This gives Randolph boys the opportunity which we would like to present at home. This is a fine chance for boys who possess mechanical ability.

Sewing should be taught in the schools by a regular teacher. One room of each grammar building should be furnished with an arrangement for supplying electric current to be used for teaching geographical, historical, and industrial subjects by means of stereopticon. This could be done at small expense and the results would certainly be worth while.

An effort is to be made in the near future to improve the appearance of our school rooms by means of fresh

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paint and varnish. A neat attractive environment is essential if we would teach care and neatness. Money appropriated for this purpose is well invested.

I wish to thank the Committee, Principals, and Teach- ers for their help in the school work.

Respectfully submitted, F. T. REYNOLDS.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF

Superintendent of Schools

TABULAR STATEMENT, 1911-1912

Schools

Grades

Teachers

Boys

Girls

Total

Average

Membership

Average

Attendance

Per Cent

Stetson High

F. E. Chapin, Principal. .

. .

Nellie M. Stearns

141

127.65

122.00

95.00

Mary H. Warren .

Margaret Noland

Prescott

VIII

Nelson Freeman, Principal.

40.46

39.02

96.41

VII

Katherine Kiley ..

37.71

35.46

94.38

Hannah F. Hove

41.2

39.92

96.79

Katharine Sheridan

46 63

44.84

Mary E. Wren

44.95

42.66

94,71

Ellen Mc Laughlin

39.28

37.54

95.03

Fannie Campbell .

43.23

39.66

91.44

Kittie Molloy . .

50.2

46.

92.00

Belcher

VII-VIII

Joseph Belcher, Principal .

71.2

68.

95.7

Ellen P. Henry . .

34.57

32.70

94.59

Sarah C. Belcher .

29.91

28 18

94.21

III-IV I-II

Clara A. Tolman.

44.

40.

91.

Tower Hill West Corner

I-II-III-IV I-II-III

Mary Forrest ..

29.11

27.71

95.23

Katharine Riley .

40.24

38.2

84.85

Totals

428

402

830

774.63

732.57

94.

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Fannie M. Devine.

54.28

50.68

93.38

Margaret Cassidy

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Report of the Principal of Stetson High School

Stetson High School, Randolph, Mass., Jan. 14, 1912. Superintendent of Schools, F. T. Reynolds,

Dear Sir: The base-ball field in the rear of Stetson High School was inspected in November by Mr. Abel F. Stevens of Wellesley, Mass. Mr. Stevens represents the Du Pont Powder Co., of Boston, and makes a specialty of field-drainage by dynamiting the underlying hard- pan. Mr. Stevens reports as follow :

"I find that the base-ball field on Stetson Park has an underlying stratum of hardpan which holds water and keeps the ground in a very wet condition. The hardpan is found at a depth of eighteen to thirty inches in the lowest part of the field, and is approximately two feet in thickness; under the pan is a stratum of fine gravel. which probably is water bearing. It may be that a second stratum of hardpan will be found beneath the gravel. The outlet for water leaving the field is the only problem which may cause trouble. I am inclined to think that the natural slope towards Warren St., is sufficient to carry off the water into the brook which flows under the Ran- dolph R. R. station.

In draining a field by the use of explosives I plant cartridges of dynamite at intervals of fifteen feet, more or less, and explode the cartridges simultaneously. This blows the pan to pieces and has the effect of ditching the field to the extent desired. For a number of years I have been occupied almost wholly in such drainage and

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have the greatest confidence in the good results of blow- ing hardpan to pieces. My examination of Stetson Park leads me to think that I can make the field dry enough for ball playing in the spring. The time when I would like to try the effect of dynamite on the hardpan would be immediately after the snow leaves, when of course the field is very wet. The expense of blowing to pieces the hardpan would not exceed fifty dollars."

This report of Mr. Stevens appears to offer a means of reclaiming the field and making it suitable for base- ball. Our penny collection fund now amounts to forty dollars, and we have a promise of ten dollors from Mr. Henry A. Belcher. In April we will, in all probability, have nearly seventy dollars which could be expended on the field. Would it be possible to secure a moderate appropriation from the town? This appropriation would be used for grading and putting the ground into shape. The field is centrally located, nearly level, and already suit- able for games. There will be no other ball field in Ran- dolph when the West street grounds are converted into house lots. We hope that the trustees of Stetson High School and the committee on appropriations will give this matter careful consideration, and that a small amount may be granted to supplement the money in our present fund.

FREDERIC E. CHAPIN,

Principal of Stetson High School.

TOWN OF RANDOLPH

Randolph, Jan. 27, 1913.

Mr. F. T. Reynolds

Dear Sir:

I would respectfully submit my report as Truant Officer for the year ending 1912

During the past year I have been called upon to investi- gate 23 cases of truancy and absentees from school. In most cases the parents kept their children at home. I have committed one boy to the truant school for boys at Walpole.

FRANK J. DONAHOE, Truant Officer

Randolph, Mass., Feb. 1, 1913. Mr. F. T. Reynolds

Dear Sir:

I respectfully submit the following as my report for the year nineteen hundred and twelve.

During the year, I have been called upon to investigate sixty-seven cases ; some were truants, and some were kept away from school on account of sickness, and other causes. ` I had to lay down the law to their parents and tell them they were doing a great wrong to their children in keeping them from school.

At present every thing is moving along in a satisfactory manner.

Yours respectfully,

A. S. FRIER, Truant Officer.

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Stetson High School

Terence Dargan, 3

Robert Gove, 1

Svea Johnson, 3

Laura Holbrook, 1

Wm. Leahy, 3

Clifford Henderson, 1

Jennie Preble, 3

Alice Keith, 1

Agnes Conlon, 2

Marie Larsen, 1

Arthur Curtis, 2

Raymond Mason, 1

Henry Dillon, 2

Rachael McMahon, 1

Harold Eddy, 2

Ruth Mayo, 1

Fabian Hogan, 2

Mary Meaney, 1

Gertrude Kelley, 2

Alice O'Connell, 1

Agnes O'Neil, 1

John Kiley, 2 Marshall Leavitt, 2

Frank Mahoney, 2 Jennie Mann, 2

Elva Plunkett, 1 Arthur Roel, 1

Esther Blomquist, 1

Dwight Boyd, 1

Wm. Cunningham, 1

John Walsh, 1 Harold Ward, 1

Madeline Dillon, 1

Rena Wrisley, 1

George Dolan, 1

Florence Webster, 1

Martin Young, 1

Prescott VIII

Walter Carney, 3 James Donovan, 3

Joseph J. Gill, 3 Lena M. Hogan, 3

Chester C. Wallace, 2

David J. Good, 1

Anna E. Jezyk, 1

Walter F. Kelleher, 1

Kathleen Donovan, 1 Elmer French, 1

Franklin Porter, 1

Alta Payne, 2

Vivian Shurtleff,

Marian Truelson, 1

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Henry V. Morgan, 3 Walter O'Leary, 3

Charles Cunningham, 2

Heiman Greenberg, 2

Marion L. Leavitt, 2

Edward O'Brien, 1

Anna M. Sullivan, 1 Alice Tierney, 1

Robert F. Wallace, 1

Prescott VII

Mary Clark, 2

Alice Desmond, 2

Kathryn Lynch, 2 Hattie Neary, 2

Albert Bodin, 1

Margaret Rohlfs, 1

Isabel Dolan, 1

Ralph Walsh, 1

Emery Delano, 1

Mary O'Leary, 1

Prescott VI

Grace Donovan, 3 Elizabeth Good, 3

Marie Good, 3 Eldon Johnson, 3

Charles Mullens, 3

Mary O'Brien, 3

Bert Hansalpaker, 2 Walter Good, 2

Richard Schaeffer, 2

Thomas Bates, 1 Agnes Britton, 1 Morgan Baxter, 1

Vincent Dolan, 1 Margaret Foley, 1 Hubert Gilgan, 1 Katherine Madigan, 1

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Timothy Lyons, 2 John O'Brien, 2

Edward Roddan, 2

Letitia F. Scannell, 2

Harold Kane, 1

Harold Keith, 1

John Lee, 1

John Moran, 1

Mabel Foster, 1 Theresa Gorman, 1

Arthur McCue, 1

Mildred McAuliffe, 1 Emily McNulty, 1

Harold E. Mellon, 1

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Mary Griffin, 2 Stephen Molloy, 2 Charles Pettengill, 2

Charles Marcille, 1 Richard Walsh, 1

Prescott V

Vernon Bell, 3

Arthur Messier, 1

Walter Stevens, 3

Aurora Nelson, 1

Reginald Hogan, 3

Edward Brennan, 1

Ernest Hylen, 2

Dorothy Carney, 1

Blanch Leroy, 2 Timothy Lyons, -2

Gladys Champion, 1

Russell Leavitt, 2

Raymond McGerigle, 2

Eustace Scannell, 2

John Sullivan, 2

Frank Morgan, 2

Ray Kiley, 1

Kathryn Kelliher, 1 Milton Robbins, 1

Olive Nunes, 1

Prescott IV

Daniel Donovan, 3

Francis Belcher, 1

Catherine McGaughey, 3

James Clark, 1

James Bradley, 2

John Lynch, 1

Amy Campbell, 1

Russell Kiley, 1

Cecilia Stevens, 1

Edward Shepard, 1 John O'Brien, 1

Helen Dahlquist, 1 Mary Leroy, 1

Frank Devlin, 1

Gladys Kane, 1

Crofton Keith, 1

Minnie Cantwell, 1

Frank Sullivan, 1

Catherine Croud, 1

Lawrence Crovo, 1 John Dowd, 1 Eugene Dickey, 1

Elizabeth Hand, 1

Warren McCarthy, 1 Margaret Messier, 1

Helen Conlon, 1

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Prescott III

Margaret Clark, 3 Eva Dusablon, 3

Anton Bolin, 2

James Hogan, 1

Joseph Loughlin, 1 Raymond Deane, 1

Norma Cozzatti, 1

Beatrice Scannell, 1 Jennie May Lynch, 1 Margaret Walsh, 1

Mary Shepard, 1 Gertrude Tarrant, 1

Prescott II

Alice Carney, 2 Elizabeth Mulligan, 2

George Sullivan, 2

Louisa Campbell, 1 Blanche Deane, 1

Louise Jaquith, 1

Charles Miller, 1

Kenneth Croud, 1

Harry Brady, 1

Prescott I

Charles E. Boyle, 2

James O'Brien, 2

Warren Messier, 1

Harold Walsh, 1

Helen Linfield, 1 John Camilio, 1

Paul Sullivan, 1

Laura Miller, 1

William Benson, 1

Harold Foster, 1

Leonard Mahan, 1

Belcher VII-VIII

Dale N. Allen, 3 John Curry, 1

John F. Bustard, 3

Thomas Kennedy, 3 Patrick Harrington, 3

Leonard E. Plunkett, 3

Wm. Lonergan, 1

Fred Mahoney, 1

Harold P. Myers, 1

Francis O'Neil, 1

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Rudolph Sitcawich, 3 Mildred Mann, 3

Jennie Sultz, 3 George Beane, 2

Arthur Brennan, 2

Arthur Stanley Hill, 2

Edith Bryant, 1

Everett Hunt, 2

Gladys DeForest, 1

Harold Kaulbach, 2

Mary Devine, 1

Winifred Brennan, 2

Ruth Brennan, 2-

Hazel Jones, 2 Mabel Mann, 2 Hezel Stetson, 2

Martha Smith, 2

Elberta White, 2

Edgar Beers, 1

Walter Sherwood, 1 Herbert Peterson, 1 Walter Stampe, 1 Allen Thomas, 1 Joseph Vera, 1

C. Madeline Evans, 1 Marguerite Jorgenson, 1 Mary Patten, 1 Ruth A. Peterson, 1 Beatrice L. Stevens, 1 Marion Webster, 1 Viola Wood, 1

Belcher VI

Carl Bustard, 3 Seth Stacy Mann, 3 Carleton McGrath, 3 Russell Niles, 3 Frank T. Vara, 2 Ruth V. Evans, 1

Helen F. Foster, 1 Rodney V. Dee, 1 Lovell Pulson, 1 Charles Burrell, 1 Errold N. Grasse, 1 Francis Wiseman, 1

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Belcher V

John W. Kennedy, 3 Mary P. Brennan, 2 Ida Burrell, 2

Earle H. Hewins, 1

Frank Hogaty, 1

Karl Macauley, 1

Arthur D. Scott, 1

Frederick Wiseman, 1 Luke Carlton Wrisley, 1

Belcher III-IV

Reginald Pulson, 2

Emile Hamel, 2

Sylvester Dade, 2

Harold Saunders, 2

Marjorie Crimnins, 1

Josephine McDermott, 1

Arthur Cremnins, 1

Belcher I-II

Harold Clark, 2 George Taylor, 1 Charlotte Johnson, 1

Eldred Pulson, 1 Ethel Hogarty, 1 Jeanette Hamel, 1

Tower Hill I-II-III-IV

Helen Carroll, 3 Margaret Carroll, 2 Arthur Hylen, 1 Carl Hylen, 1

Martha Hylen, 1 Signe Hylen, 1 Alex Jorgenson, 1 Carl Jorgenson, 1

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Mabel Mann, 1 Roscoe Brennan, 1

Joseph Connell, 1

Carrie Patten, 1

Douglas Wilbert, 1

William Lewis, 1

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West Corner I-II-III

Jennie Anderson, 2 Edward Duffy, 2

James F. Kenney, 1

John Cedarholm, 1 Robert O. Franke, 1

T. Leo Patten, 2 Vincent L. Duffey, 2

Louise Truelson, 1

Walter A. Larsen, 2

James E. Gaffey, 1

Roland L. Hewins, 1 Mary C. Kenney, 1

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Report of Fire Department

Randolph, Mass., Jan. 1, 1913.

To the Board of Selectmen:

Gentlemen,-The following is submitted as the report of the Board of Fire Engineers of the town for the year 1912.

Board of Engineers

The Department organized May 1, 1912, as follows:

Richard F. Forrest, Chief.

Michael F. Sullivan, Assistant.

George A. Roel, Assistant and Clerk.

Apparatus and Companies

Hose Wagon 1, Ladder Truck 1, and Steamer 1-Haul- ing furnished by Frank W. Harris.

Chemical 1-Driver, Chas. Blanche.

Hose Reel 2-Driver, Herbert Paul.

Hose Co. 1-10 men, J. P. Rooney, Captain.

Hose Co. 2-12 men, Geo. L. Stetson, Captain.

Ladder 1-9 men, Chas. Dolan, Captain.

Chemical 1-10 men, Edward F. Meaney, Captain.

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The Record of Fires for 1912

Jan. 10-Emergency call was made by Chief Forrest at 5.25 A. M. Assistance from Braintree was asked and a few volunteers responded. The steamer was de- sired, and a start was made, but the streets were in a very icy condition for such heavy apparatus, and it was deemed advisable to return after an exciting ex- perience.

Jan. 13-Chief Forrest and men called to chimney fire in parsonage of Congregational Church, also to resi- dence of Supt. of Schools Fordyce Reynolds. No particular damage reported.

Jan. 17-Second call to Mr. Reynolds. Trouble adjusted. Jan. 19-Box 51, 9.05 A. M., for fire in small frame dwelling on Cross Street, owned by Mrs. T. F. Lyons, and occupied by Robert McEntee and family. Blaze

confined to kitchen. Cause, leaky kerosene can and careless use of matches. All out signal, 9.45. Com- bined damage, $230.00.

Jan. 28-Engineer Roel called to residence of Harry Kent, North Main Street, where a bad condition be- tween wall and chimney was found in time and ex- tinguished with small damage, caused by tearing away of sheathing and plaster. Loss, possibly $10.00.

Mar. 5-Box 47, 1.15 P. M., for automobile afire near residence of late Joshua Hunt. Pony chemical ex- tinguished fire which was not alarming, having been banked with sand.

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Mar. 19-Box 24, 1.05 P. M. Grass fire on Woodlawn Ave., threatening residences. No great damage. All out, 1.45.

April 7-Box 29, 6.42 P. M. Fire in three story build- ing on North Main Street owned by Miss Hattie A. Hawes and occupied by D. M. Cullity in basement as a market, 1st floor R. E. O'Brien, Plumber, 2d floor Mrs. Julia Rand, boarders, and 3d floor William Ryan, tene- ment. Discovered first under roof of bay window on front of building. High wind prevailing drove fire un- der floors and attic, causing loss to building and tenants of $1,000.00 by fire and water. All out, 8.10. No definite cause could be determined.

April 15-Chief Forrest and men called on still alarm to building on Moulton Street, owned by Mrs Emma Far- rell and occupied by Wm. O. Halloran as a grocery. A mysterious fire had been discovered and extinguished by passers by. On investigation it was deemed incen- diary and means were taken to discover the person, but to no avail as yet. Damage about $50.00.

April 21-Chief and men called to chimney fire in dwell- ing on Cross Street, occupied by Frank Mahoney. No material damage.

April 26-Box 41, 2.45 P. M. Fire in woodland on High Street, north of Canton Street. Damage to scrub and small timber resulted. All out at 3.30 P. M.

May 1-Box 26, 10.45 A. M. Main spring in box broke, disabling fire alarm, but telephone calls helped matters

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and Avon Dept responded to John W. Statton's resi- dence, a short distance from Avon line to a fire of mys- terious origin, which did damage to inside roof around chimney, but chimney did not seem to be defective in any way. Total loss about $50.00.

May 16-Chief and Chemical No. 1 extinguished chimney fire at residence of John Dupree, Cross Street. Little damage.

May 28-Box 25, at 3.20 P. M, for fire in barn on South Main Street, owned by Mrs Lucinda Knight and occu- pied by E. Forrest Knight and George Young as stor- age for farming tools, lumber, hay, etc. Cause thought to be the work of children playing with matches. Barn destroyed, part of contents saved. Monetary loss about $700.00. Partial insurance. All out signal 4.10 P. M. June 11-Box 47,at 1.40 P. M. Fire in woodland off Pond road. Little damage to timber only. Recall 2.40 P. M. June 12-Box 51, at 7.20 A. M. Fire in cottage corner Cross and West Street, owned and occupied by William Daley. Fire in bedding, which being thrown from window ignited house, causing slight damage to clap- boards. Children playing with snap matches cause. Small loss. All out 7.45.

June 22-Box 61,at 11.27 A.M. Overheated stove funnel in residence of C. Jorgansen, Lafayette Street. No material damage. Owing to some trouble of alarm, sys- tem Box 61 did not sound properly on whistle and

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caused a little confusion. A few members caught it right.

June 26-Box 27, at 12.07 noon. Fire in woodland on Pond road. Alarm needless. Recall 12.50.

June 30-Box 61, at 7.35 A. M. Fire in woodland in rear of residence of Julias Fisher, where cord wood owned by Chester Payne, H. L. Paul and Edwin Mann was in danger, there being some 125 cord cut, 20 being de- stroyed. Later in day, Hose 1 wagon was sent and about 1500 feet of hose laid and the ground thoroughly wet down to prevent loss of remaining wood. When members of department arrived at box in response to alarm they were informed it was in Canton and also out of reach of our hose, and some confusion resulted be- fore fire was checked in time to save great loss of wood. July 1-The Chemical was sent to woodland near resi- dence of late Joshua Hunt, where a brisk brush fire was in progress. Also on the following day.

July 2-The Chemical was sent again, where an all day job failed to put out the fire, which burned in the dry ground like peat.

July 3-Box 47, at 1.42 P. M. Above fire broke out and with fresh west wind crossed road into new residential section called Spotlesstown, or North Randolph ; result- ed in loss of considerable lumber, out-buildings, etc., but did not damage dwellings to great extent, although very near them at times. A large amount of hose was

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laid and a long fight resulted before it was thought safe to send apparatus home at 7.40 P. M.

July 4-Box 54, at 1.05 A. M., for incendiary fire in di- lapidated one and one-half story frame building on Sil- ver Street, owned by John Everett, Canton. Totally destroyed. All out signal 2.05 A. M. Value property $300.00.

July 4-Box 47, at 1.40 P. M. Fire in woodland off North Main Street, near Francis Street, where the smoulder- ing peat fire of July 2 and 3 broke out afresh. Owing to the long distance from water and also the dry nature of the land, it was impossible to entirely extinguish this fire. After a few hours' labor it was thought under con- trol and a detail left under the forest warden and at 3.40 part of the men were sent with the Chemical to another woodland fire on High Street, north of Canton Street, which was partially subdued, and a detail left to guard further breaking out of same.

July 5-Box 47, at 5.57 A. M. Yesterday's fire broke into flame owing to carelessness of watchers, who were entirely played out with last few days' work, and a small cottage partially completed was destroyed, valued at $600.00, owned by one Brown of Boston. Members of Hose Co. No. 2 were kept all day hauling water in barrels and buckets, and with use of chemical engine and pony chemicals tried to keep down the flames which would spring up from the tinder dry ground. Men were kept on duty both day and night and the box was pulled

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twice more by excited residents before relief came in the shape of rain.

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Randolph town reports 1907-1912, Part 38

Author: Publication date: 1907 Publisher: Town of Randolph Number of Pages: 1280

Author:
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Town of Randolph
Number of Pages: 1280