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Parents and Guardians may rest assured that nothing of a Secta- rian nature will be allowed in the School, and the morals of all pupils
Terms: English Branch, inelud- ing Surveying, Navigation, Book- keeping, the Natural Sciences, per term, $6.00; Iligher Mathematics, per term. $6.00; Ancient and Mod- eru Languages, $7.00; Oriental Branches, $8.00.
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accommodations became necessary. Outside halls and rooms were rented for a while. The Centre School House, which was burned in 1874, was rebuilt at a cost of $10,000, by a committee consisting of George A. Mansfield, W. Irving Ellis and John O. Norris.
At this time, 1883, when it was found necessary to build other houses, there were twenty-four teachers, besides one elocution- ist and one music teacher.
The Franklin School House, now known as the Whittier School, a four room building, was erected in 1884, on Frank- lin Street, near Sargent Street, at a cost of $8,200. The com- mittee was Joel Snow, Rufus A. White, Thomas W. Ripley, Moses S. Page and John W. Farwell.
In 1883, a new school-house, now known as the Horace Mann School, was built on the corner of Grove and Myrtle Streets, at a cost of $10,770. Daniel Norton, John O. Norris, Julius S. Clark, W. Irving Ellis and Dexter Pratt served on that com- mittęc.
During the year 1885, the Converse School building was built on Washington Street, at the Fells, with an appropriation of $5,000, on land given to the town by Hon. Elisha S. Con- verse, for whom the school is named, very appropriately. For some time before, this school had been kept in the Fells Chapel, rent free, through the kindness of Mr. Converse. The com- mittee to erect this school-house, consisted of John W. Far- well, John Robson, Royal P. Barry, Daniel Norton and George H. Dearborn.
As the children in the Swain's Pond District had become quite numerous, it was found necessary, in 1886, to build a small school-house on Swain's Pond Avenue, between the pond and Lebanon Street, thus accommodating our scholars, who had been attending the Malden schools, at quite an expense to Melrose. The committee to build was John B. Souther, Jesse W. Page, Thomas Polson, Thomas W. Ripley and Jesse A. Dill The house cost $2, 500 and was named the Ripley School.
In 1890, the town voted to employ a Superintendent of Schools, and Guy C. Channell was elected by the School Com- mittee to fill that position. He was re-elected for three suc- cessive years, and in 1893, was succeeded by the late Benja- min F. Robinson, who died June 16, 1898, and he was succeeded by Fred H. Nickerson, the present superintendent.
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In 1891, the town appropriated the sum of $46,000 for the purpose of building two new school-houses ; the Mary A. Livermore School, on a lot of land between Main and Lebanon Streets, with an entrance from both streets, and the four-room house corner of First and Eleventh Streets, now known as the Winthrop School; also for altering and improving the High School building on Emerson Street. The following commit- tee was appointed to carry out these instructions: Francis S. Hesseltine, Charles W. Higgins, Frank E. Orcutt, George L. Morse, John W. Farwell, Rufus A. White, Albert B. Franklin, Curtis C. Goss and George H. Dearborn.
The same year, 1891, the School Committee, with Frank L. Washburn, Joel Snow and Sidney H. Buttrick added, was authorized to make a four-room extension to the Grove Street School House, now the Horace Mann School, with an appro- priation of $11,000.
In 1892, another new school-house was built, on Warren Street, now known as the Warren School, costing $16,000. The committee consisted of three members of the School Commit- tee, John O. Norris, John C. Maker and William D. Stewart, and Charles W. Cook, Thomas W. Ripley, Frank W. Hunt and Joel Snow. At this time, 1892, Melrose had twelve school- houses, and was employing forty-three teachers, besides one for music and one for drawing.
Very soon after this date, our population increased so rapidly that some of the abandoned school-houses had to be utilized, together with other outside accommodations; and so great became the pressure for more school room, that the town took heroic action in the spring of 1896. The School Com- mittee and the Superintendent of Schools had made frequent and urgent appeals for several years; therefore, at the Town Meeting held February 24, 1896, the following vote was passed:
That the town treasurer be and is hereby authorized. in the name of the town. to borrow two hundred thousand dollars ($200.000) for the construction of a high school-house. a school-house in the southeastern part of the town, a school-house in the southwestern part of the town, and the construction of a school-house at the Highlands, so called. in said town; and for procuring or purchasing land for said school- houses. That the town issue for said loan two hundred (200) bonds of one thousand dollars ($1,00c) each. Learing date February 24. A. D. 1896, payable in twenty (20) years from said date, with interest pay- able semi-annually at the rate of four per cent. per annum : said bonds
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to bear on their face the words " Melrose School House Loan, 1896," and to be signed by the treasurer of the town, and countersigned by a majority of the board of selectmen thereof.
It was also at the same meeting,
Voted, unanimously, That the committee to be elected to erect the school buildings be instructed to locate the high school building on the lot known as the "Old Burial Ground," on Main Street ; and that the said committee (or the school committee, if necessary to take other- wise than by purchase) be authorized to purchase the land adjoining said burial ground, as recommended in the report of the special com- mittee appointed [at a Town Meeting held November 18, 1895, con- sisting of John O. Norris, John Dike and William D. Stewart of the School Committee, and Rufus S. Carpenter, B. Marvin Fernald,
FRANKLIN SCHOOL, COR. MAIN AND FRANKLIN STREETS.
Oliver A. Roberts, Charles H. Adams, Charles H. Lang, Jr., Louis E. Lovejoy, Rev. Francis J. Glynn, Curtis C. Goss, and"George R. Jones.] to consider the matter of taking such land : and that the town treasurer be authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the purpose of paying for the same.
At a meeting held March 26, 1896, it was voted:
Whereas, at the town meeting held February 24. 1896. it was voted to issue two hundred (200) bonds of one thousand dollars ($1000) each, said bonds bearing on their face. " Melrose School House Loan, 1896." dated February 24, 1896, and payable in twenty (20) years from said date, a sinking fund shall be, and it is hereby established; and there shall be contributed thereto, from year to year, such an amount, raised
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annually by taxation as shall, with the other sums payable into the sinking fund, be sufficient with its accumulations to pay said bonds at maturity.
This fund was immediately established by voting at this same meeting, that $5,000 of the sums received as premiums on the sale of these bonds as issued, should be applied to this "School House Loan Sinking Fund." Various amounts have since been added, and it now, January 31, 1902, amounts to $18,545.03, leaving the net school-house debt $181,454,97. The $200,000 bonds mature February 24, 1916.
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It was voted, also, that $100,000 should be applied to build- ing the three Grammar Schools specified, and $100,000 for the High School building.
The committee elected at the Town Meeting held March 9, 1896, to carry out these various votes for building these new school-houses was as follows: Royal P. Barry, John Larrabee, Decius Beebe, John C. Maker, Levi S. Gould, Moses S. Page, Francis W. Hunt, Frank L. Washburn and Clinton White; the chairman of the School Committee, Oliver A. Roberts, and Superintendent of Schools, Benjamin F. Robinson, being mem-
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bers ex officio. This committee was authorized to purchase the land, select plans and specifications, and superintend these buildings in the process of construction.
The result has been that four very handsome school build- ings have been added to our public property; and these addi- tional facilities will furnish school accommodations for many years to come; thus relieving the over-crowded condition of the schools as they existed before these new buildings were built.
At a Town Meeting held November 6, 1896, an additional sum of $6,000 was voted for furnishing halls and grading the
LINCOLN SCHOOL, WYOMING AVENUE.
grounds around these new school-houses; which made a total appropriation during the year of $216,000 for school building purposes. August 1, 1898, an additional appropriation of $3,000 was made for the purpose of grading and improving the grounds around the High School building.
The three Grammar School buildings are of brick, each hay- ing eight rooms, and are furnished with all the modern im- provements in school furniture and appliances.
The High School building, situated in the centre of what was formerly the "Old Burial Ground," on Main Street, is one of the finest school buildings to be found in New England. It
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is three stories high above the basement, and is built of Ger- mantown brick and Braintree granite. It has fifteen school rooms, a handsome main hall in the upper story, with a lecture room adjoining, so arranged as to be connected and thrown into one room. There are recitation rooms, a reading room, a library, a physical work and store room, a chemical labora- tory, business room, cloak rooms, play rooms, toilet rooms, etc .; in short, it possesses every conceivable appliance and device known to modern scholarship, for the successful teach- ing of our young men and maidens. It was dedicated Septem- ber 17, 1898, with appropriate exercises. Addresses were made by Royal P. Barry, chairman of the building committee, Oliver A. Roberts, chairman of the School Committee and Sidney H. Buttrick, chairman of the Selectmen; dedicatory prayer by the Rev. Edwin C. Bolles, D. D., and the following hymn, written by Frank D. Thatcher, was sung by the High School Chorus.
DEDICATION HYMN.
Este Perpetua.
Finished is the workman's labor, Strong and firm the walls now rise, May our children's children greet them, And this prayer ascend the skies : Este perpetua. Amen.
Earnest now and earnest ever, Let this prayer ascend the skies : Este perpetua. Amen.
May these doors stand open ever. May our youth with courage strong Enter here, resolved to conquer, And this prayer become their song : Este perpetua. Amen.
Ent'ring with their faith unbounded, Hope shall light their steps along. Este perpetua. Amen.
Under the auspices of the High School Alumni Association, of which Charles C. Barry is chairman, John Larrabee, treas- urer, Albert E. Small, secretary, and Miss Hattie A. Manley, assistant secretary, great progress has been made in the decoration of the High School building. So many have been the gifts by classes and friends, over sixty in number, of which
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a handsome catalogue has been printed. that they cannot be enumerated here. They consist of busts, paintings, portraits, pictures, engravings, statues, bas-reliefs, alto-relievos and books.
In the arrangement of these donations already received, and which may be received in the future, it is intended to carry out a plan of decoration which shall be not only ornamental, but useful and educational. The assembly hall is to be devoted to music and oratory; the library to English and American men of letters; the first corridor, natural scenery; north end of second corridor, American history; the south end English
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history; one room to Christian art, one to modern art, one to Massachusetts history and literature, and one to local history; of the remaining rooms, one Egyptian, one Greek, one Roman, one French, one German, and one Japanese embellishments.
In this connection must be mentioned an interesting event which took place at the annual meeting of the High School Alumni, June 25, 1902. This was the presentation of a very handsome portrait of Mr. Whitman, painted by a former grad- uate, Wallace Bryant, long resident in Melrose, and an artist of great merit. This has been appropriately hung in the main hall. On this occasion numerous other gifts were added to those previously noted for the adomment of the High School building.
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On the 18th of June, 1901, an interesting event took place in this building, when a handsome bronze mural tablet, in memory of John Crosby Maker, several years a member of the School Committee, was presented by his brother officers of the Twenty-Fourth Regiment Association, through the medium of the Loyal Legion of Massachusetts, with appropriate exercises: Singing by the High School Glee Club; addresses by William D. Stewart, chairman of the School Committee, His Honor, Mayor John Larrabee, His Honor, Mayor Thomas N. Hart of Boston, General Francis A. Osborn, who was Colonel of the regiment in which Captain Maker served, and the presentation address by Colonel Francis S. Hesseltine. These services took place in the assembly hall, after which the audience gathered in the main corridor, and after prayer by Rev. Augustus E. Scoville, of the First Baptist Church, the tablet was unveiled by Miss Helen Goodnow, the young grand-daughter of Captain Maker. The inscription is as follows:
To the Memory of John C. Maker, Captain of Company K, 24th Regt. Mass. Infantry. December 20, 1837-June 19, 1900. A faith- ful officer in the war which preserved the Union and destroyed slavery. His companions in arms of the Commandery of the State of Massa- chusetts, of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States have here placed this tablet. Lex Regit Arma Tuentur.
Compare this beautiful new building, with its adornments, to the little old district school-house, unpainted and unadorned -- in use until 1828 which was situated on the old road, now Lebanon Street. What a contrast! Yet we have with us still those who have witnessed both, and who learned their A B C's in the structure heretofore described; among them George F. Boardman, Charles Boardman, Mrs. Mary Lynde, Mrs. Joanna Church and Mrs. Mary Vinton; and the late George Newhall, James G. Emerson, Freeman Upham, Asa Upham and Mrs. Sarah D. Howe were also among these scholars.
As a matter of contrast, also, as indicating the growth of a half century, it is pleasant to take note of the school expenses of the " North Precinct," at a time just before Melrose was incorporated, and those of the present time. The Annual Report of the Financial Concerns of the Town of Malden, March I, IS44, shows a total payment for the schooling of the " North District" to be the sum of $475.co. Total amount for all
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Malden schools, $2,346.54. " The total amount appropriated for the same district, now Melrose, for the year ending December 31, 1902, was $77,089.4
Public Kindergarten Schools were established in 1897 in the following manner: At a Town Meeting held March 5, it was voted:
That one thousand dollars ($1000) of the amount raised or appropri- ated for school purposes be expended under the direction of the School Committee to establish one public kindergarten school.
Upon the passage of this vote Hon. William E. Barrett announced his intention to present the town the sum of $1,000, to establish, during the year, another public kindergarten school, whereupon it was
Voted, That the thanks of the town be extended the Hon. William E. Barrett for his very generous offer to contribute into the town treasury the sum of $1,000 for the purpose of establishing a public kindergarten school.
This was passed unanimously by a rising vote.
4 The value of our fourteen school buildings with the amount of land connected with each as given in the "Schedule of City Property" for January 1, 1902, including personal property, was as follows :
Converse, 21,017 square feet land, $ 6,229.00
Franklin, 21,752 square feet land, 40,704.00
D. W. Gooch, 27,815 square feet land, 32 048.00 High, 116,385 square feet land, 178,415.00
Lincoln, 27,604 square feet land, 40,607.00
Mary A. Livermore, 26,555 square feet land, 19,958.00
Horace Mann, 26,361 square feet land,
26,003.00
Ripley, 14,748 square feet land,
2,834.00
Sewall, 14,567 square feet land,
15,939.00
Joseph Warren, 18,572 square feet land, .
17,141.00
Washington, 30,794 square feet land, 38,671.00
West Side Kindergarten, 11,880 square feet land, . 4,325.00
Whittier, 15,000 square feet land, 10.SS2.00
Winthrop, 26,544 square feet land, .
13,429.00
Total, $446,825.00
This leaves out the old
Green Street building, 24,500 square feet land, $ 4,600.00
Chestnut Street building, 12,000 square feet land, 2,900.00
Upham Street building, 11,400 square feet land, 1,275.00
Total, $8,775.00
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The twenty-four years' service by Robert Gerry, who was school-master in the early years, before Melrose was incorpo- rated, have been surpassed in length of service, in later years, by Alonzo G. Whitman, who came to Melrose as Principal of the High School, in November, 1874; and after twenty-three years of efficient work in that position, resigned, and was given the position of Principal Emeritus, where he has charge of the departments of mathematics and science. When Mr. Whitman began his work the school numbered sixty-nine scholars, two teachers besides himself, and one course of study. When he resigned there were two hundred and twenty-nine scholars, eight teachers, and five courses of study. Concerning his work during this long period, the report of the School Committee for 1897 says:
The love and respect of hundreds of young ladies and gentlemen in and around Melrose who received their instruction under Mr. Whit- man's guidance, and who are now occupying responsible and honorable positions, is the best evidence of his success as a teacher, and there is a universal feeling that the town is fortunate in being able to retain the services of Mr. Whitman as an instructor.
SCHOOL COMMITTEES.
TOWN.
1850.
Henry A. Norris. Caleb Howard. Elbridge Green. 1851.
Erastus O. Phinney, M. D.
Rev. Josiah W. Talbot.
Rev. Wilson R. Parsons. 1852. Rev. Wilson R. Parsons.
Erastus O. Phinney, M. D. George E. White. 1853. Daniel W. Gooch. George P. Burnham. John Shelton. 1854. Elbridge Green. Erastus O. Phinney, M. D. Charles H. Simonds.
1855. Erastus O. Phinney, M. D. Rev. Alexander J. Sessions. Rev. J. A. Coolidge.
1856. Rev. Alexander J. Sessions.
Walter Littlefield. Caleb Howard.
1857. Rev. Alexander J. Sessions. Rev. William II. Munroe. Rev. Joseph S. Dennis. 1858. Moses Parker, M. D. Rev. William H. Munroe. George N. Noyes. 1859. Erastus O. Phinney, M. D. Rev. William H. Munroe. Rev. James Cooper.
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1260.
Erastus O. Phinney, M. D. Aaron Green. Elbridge Gardner. 1861. Erastus O. Phinney, M. D. Luther Robinson.
Charles H. Isburgh. 1862.
Luther Robinson.
Charles H. Isburgh.
Henry E. Trowbridge. 1863. Charles H. Isburgh. George A. Mansfield. 1864,
Joseph B. Sanford.
Rev. John B. Richmond.
Thomas W. Chadbourne. 1865. Hon. Samuel E. Sewall. Thomas W. Chadbourne.
Rev. John B. Richmond. George N. Noyes.
George A. Mansfield.
George Emerson, 2d. 1866.
Charles H. Isburgh. Thomas W. Chadbourne.
George N. Noyes. George Emerson, 2d. George A. Mansfield. 1867.
Charles H. Isburgh. Thomas W. Chadbourne. Moses Parker, M. D. Rev. Nathan P. Selee. 1868. Rev. William S. Barnes. Nelson Cochran. Gilbert Nash. 1869. Charles H. Isburgh. William H. Allen. Nelson Cochran. 1870. Charles II. Isburgh. William H. Allen. Francis P. Woodbury.
1871.
Nathan P. Selee. Francis P. Woodbury. Nelson Cochran.
1872.
Francis P. Woodbury. Nelson Cochran. Nathan P. Selee. 1873.
Francis P. Woodbury. Nelson Cochran. Hon. Daniel W. Gooch.
1874.
John O. Norris. Hon. Daniel W. Gooch.
J. Heber Smith, M. D. Miss Phoebe A. Norris.
Mrs. Nathan P. Selee.
Mrs. Samuel E. Sewall.
1875.
Samuel Adams Drake.
John O. Norris.
Hon. Daniel W. Gooch.
Miss Phoebe A. Norris.
Mrs. James C. Currier. Mrs. Alonzo V. Lynde.
1876.
George F. Stone. Mrs. Alonzo V. Lynde. Maj. W. Irving Ellis. Mrs. James C. Currier. Alonzo S. Ranlett.
Miss Phoebe A. Norris.
1877. Thomas B. Peck. Lafayette Burr. Moses S. Page. Miss Phoebe A. Norris. Mrs. Maria W. Currier. Mrs. Ann M. Kunhardt.
1878.
Royal P. Barry. Lafayette Burr. Moses S. Page. Miss Phoebe A. Norris. Mrs. Ann M. Kunhardt. Everett W. Burdett.
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1879.
Royal P. Barry.
Rev. Clifton Fletcher.
Moses S. Page.
Miss Phoebe A. Norris.
Mrs. Ann M. Kunhardt.
Mrs. Marietta M. W. Seaver. 1880.
Rev. Clifton Fletcher.
Louis E. K. Robson.
Julius S. Clark, M. D.
Mrs. Marietta M. W. Seaver.
Mrs. Ann M. Kunhardt.
Mrs. Benjamin F. Bradbury. 1881.
Rev. Clifton Fletcher. Levi W. Gilman.
Julius S. Clark, M. D.
Mrs. Ann M. Kunhardt.
Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller.
1882.
Rev. Clifton Fletcher. Levi W. Gilman.
Julius S. Clark, M. D.
Mrs. Martha A. Adams.
Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller. 1883.
Rev. Clifton Fletcher.
Julius S. Clark, M. D.
Mrs. Martha A. Adams.
Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller. Thomas W. Ripley.
1884.
Julius S. Clark, M. D.
Rev. Clifton Fletcher.
Mrs. Martha A. Adams.
Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller. Thomas W. Ripley.
1885.
Rev. Clifton Fletcher.
Mrs. Martha A. Adams. Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury. Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller. Thomas W. Ripley. S. Robertson Winchell.
1886.
Thomas W. Ripley.
Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller.
S. Robertson Winchell.
Hon. Charles F. Loring.
Mrs. Addie B. P. Waterhouse.
1887.
John O. Norris.
Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury. Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller. S. Robertson Winchell. Hon. Charles F. Loring.
Mrs. Addie B. P. Waterhouse.
1888.
John O. Norris.
Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury.
John C. Maker.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller.
Hon. Charles F. Loring.
Mrs. Addie B. P. Waterhouse.
1889.
John O. Norris.
Mrs. Saralı W. Bradbury.
John C. Maker.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller.
Hon. Charles F. Loring.
Mrs. Addie B. P. Waterhouse.
1890. John O. Norris.
Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury.
John C. Maker.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller.
Hon. Charles F. Loring. Mrs. Addie B. P. Waterhouse.
1891.
John O. Norris.
Mrs. Sarah W. Bradbury.
John C. Maker.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller.
Hon. Charles F. Loring.
Mrs. Addie B. P. Waterhouse.
1892.
John O. Norris. John C. Maker.
Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller.
William D. Stewart. Mrs. George F. McDonald. Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn.
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1893.
John O. Norris.
Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn.
John C. Maker. Mrs. Arethusa K. Miller. William D. Stewart.
Mrs. Ella F. McDonald.
1894.
John O. Norris. Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn.
William D. Stewart. Mrs. Ella F. McDonald.
John Dike, M. D. Mrs. Susan F. Flanders.
1895.
John O. Norris. Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn.
William D. Stewart. Mrs. Mabel F. Valentine. John Dike, M. D. Mrs. Susan F. Flanders.
1896.
Oliver A. Roberts. Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn.
William D. Stewart. Mrs. Mabel F. Valentine. John Dike, M. D. Mrs. Susan F. Flanders.
1897.
Oliver A. Roberts. Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn. William D. Stewart. Mrs. Mabel F. Valentine. Mrs. Susan F. Flanders. John C. Maker.
1898.
Oliver A. Roberts.
Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn.
Mrs. Sarah A. Day.
Mrs. Susan F. Flanders.
John C. Maker.
Rev. George N. Howard. 1899. Arthur F. Amadon, M. D.
Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn.
Mrs. Sarah A. Day.
Mrs. Susan F. Flanders.
Jolını C. Maker. Rev. George N. Howard.
CITY. 1900. Three Years. Arthur F. Amadon, M. D. Mrs. Sarah F. Flanders. John C. Maker.
Two Years. D. Eugene Curtis. Mrs. Sarah A. Day. William D. Stewart. One Year. Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn. Edward B. Marsh. Fred L. Wood.
1901. Three Years. Mrs. Bessie B. Dearborn. Edward B. Marsh. Fred L. Wood.
1902. Three Years. Don E. Curtis. Mrs. Sarah A. Day. William D. Stewart.
CHAPTER VII.
MILITARY HISTORY.
1 IN THE various French and Indian wars that took place previous to the American Revolution, there were many Malden men. It is next to impossible to decide just who belonged to North Malden, and who to Malden, as they were all credited to the quotas of Malden proper. But as there were many soldiers who bore the names of the original families living in North Malden, Green, Lynde, Sprague, Upham, Howard, Barrett, Vinton, and others of later generations, there is no doubt, indeed it is very probable, that North Malden was represented in nearly all, if not all of them; not only as privates but officers. Several of the Lyndes and Barretts bore commissions as captains, majors, lieutenants, etc., and such was the case with some other names. Artemas Barrett evidently had made quite a study of the part taken in the military by our citizens, and he left a memorandum which is given here, in which there are a few details concerning these wars and the part taken in them by Malden men:
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