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CHANGES.
Several changes in the teaching force occurred at the end of the scholastic year, in June, and are as follows : Miss Mary
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Wyman, Grade VI, resigned and Miss Grace Damon, Grade V, was transferred to Grade VI. Miss Mary Harbort, South Douglas, has filled the position left vacant by Miss Damon. Miss Mary Dunleavy, East Douglas, was engaged for the school at South Douglas. These transfers were made in the interest of good work.
Most teachers are specially adapted to particular grades of work and these changes have strengthened the working power of the corps. The resignation of Miss Wyman was a special loss to the force.
THE NEW EDUCATION.
I desire to say a few words to you in this report in answer to the criticism that is still heard, not only in this section but throughout all New England on the New Education. There is no New Educa- tion. It is the old education made more thorough, more effective, more far reaching. It is the old education which in former years touched one boy out of a hundred and which now reaches seventy- five or eighty out of the hundred and will reach more as we come to understand and develop it.
Education in its practical sense has always had for its single aim to fit a child for its environments ; or, in other words, to develop and train a child to live the best life, get the best results and win the most success in its particular age. The demands that will be made upon a young man of today and the elements that will enter into the success of our children ten or fifteen years hence are vastly different from what they were twenty-five years ago. Hence the results aimed at, the subject emphasized and methods used must necessarily differ from those of former times. It is so in all other things of life and it is so in the education of our children.
"New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient good uncouth."
Take the one question of drawing. This branch of the educa- tion enters into almost every branch of industrial life today. The sketching of an idea with pencil or pen is one of the common me- diums of expression between men of business today. On the farm, in the shop, in the store, everywhere, the man who can sketch his
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ideas clearly and definitely and without waste of time and space, Is far more valuable than the man who can not. Years ago the iumbering composition was the daily means of teaching and de- veloping English in the boy and girl.
The average composition in a high school twenty years ago was crude and labored. Today the child is taught to express his ideas on paper from the very first day of his entrance. He is taught to have something to say, how to say it and to put it into the best form without waste of time or space. And why is this ? Because in our complex civilization today there is a demand for expression through simple and direct means. The man or woman who has something to say and can say it tersely, directly and simply, that comes right to the point, is vastly more valuable than the one that can not all other things being equal.
EVENING SCHOOL.
During the winter term just passed an evening school was in- augurated under the auspices of the Young Men's club and con- ducted by Mr. Stoddard of the high school, assisted by Miss Mer- rill of the grammar school. This school had an enrolment of nearly forty pupils ranging in ages from fourteen to thirty-five and in grades from primary to high. A great deal of interest was mani- fested in the work and a spirit of study that calls for a continua- tion of the plan. I therefore recommend to you that an evening school be established next year beginning November first and ex- tending to April first, three nights each week. That the school be made a part of the public school system and subject to the laws provided for such schools, and that the teachers be paid out of the regular school funds. Considering the large number of young people with meagre education who are at work in our mills and shops, I believe an evening school is not only to be desired but a necessity. It is incumbent upon every town to educate its children for life in the best possible way, and those who are so unfortunate as to be taken out of school early through the stress of necessity ought to have their chance in some other way. No town will do its full duty until an evening school forms a part of the system. I some-
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times feel that if those attending an evening school were obliged to pay a nominal fee for the opportunity of such a school it would be doubly appreciated, and the efforts would be increased. We generally prize more highly that which we pay for.
DRAWING AND MUSIC.
In another part of this report I submit to you the report of the music teacher, Miss Merrill. It is not generally known just the re- lation that Miss Merrill holds as a music teacher to the schools, and a little information to the public along this line may not be out of place at this time. Miss Merrill is our regular grammar school teacher, having control of the Grades VII, VIII, IX. She also has charge of the music in the building, teaching and supervising one-half hour each week in each room. For this service she re- ceives one dollar a week above her regular salary as grammar school teacher. Reviewing the work of the past year and the suc- cess of the music at the present time the town is very fortunate in its combination in this respect.
Considering the success of music under the grade teacher plan, I would suggest that the same plan be tried with the drawing next year. We have thus far taught drawing in our schools without a special instructor and with very good results; but the additional cost under the music plan is so slight that it would pay to try the drawing in the same way. We need an intelligent guide in draw- ing as in music. Someone to unify the present efforts. Some- one who knows how to advise and direct the application of our present plan and to make of special effort to plan for the drawing.
NEW COURSE OF STUDY.
The new course of study will be ready for the printer by June first. It will therefore, be put into the hands of the teacher at the beginning of the fall term. The issue of such a course ought not to be delayed longer than is necessary. The absence of a well defined course of study well arranged, compact and definite, will retard the progress of a system of schools more than any other factor, ex- cepting poor teachers. This course should contain not only a well
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defined plan of what to teach and when to teach it, but it should contain as well rules and regulations for all of us, pupils, teachers, janitors, superintendent. These rules should be such as to define the position and duties of each and all. Nothing engenders frict- ion like a lack of definite purpose as to right duties and privileges.
VERTICAL WRITING.
Two years ago at my suggestion your committee changed from the vertical writing to slant writing as an experiment. I regret to say that it has not been a success. The writing, during the past year, has fallen off perceptibly. I would recommend a return to the vertical.
IN GENERAL.
One of the results of good schools ought to be good children, that is, good as indicated by their kindliness, loyalty to institutions of the town, courteous in behavior on the streets to their own peo- ple and to strangers. When strangers are hooted at on the streets, when public buildings are marked and mutilated, when general town property is held in disrespect, when the streets are overrun with young people who know little and care less about the rights and privileges something is wrong with the educational system of the town. It gives me pleasure to attest to our good condition in this particular. The books and supplies are well cared for. Hardly a mutilation has appeared during the year. I believe there is a growing dignity and self-respect among the children which comes from living in wholesome surroundings. I believe their attitude on the street is a credit to the town and to its educational training. This credit lies, to a very great degree, with the teacher. It is a pleasure to record the stimulus and help the teachers are giving to the lives of the children in and out of school, to the general wel- fare of the town in endeavoring to become a growing part of it, in adding strength and dignity to education outside of specific school work. There is a side of education other than the bread and but- ter which is of slow growth and whose permanent results do not appear until after years; of this good citizenship is one element.
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It is especially for the efforts in this direction that I commend your teachers to you.
No particular improvement is noticeable during the past year in the regular attendance of pupils and lessening of truancy. Children are kept out for trivial reasons and for days at a time. It seems difficult for parents to understand that every day means progress in a modern school and a boy or girl who loses a week loses five whole days of work and is far behind. The situation is far from pleasing.
Closely allied to this question of truancy is the keeping of child- ren up nights and consequently away from school the next day. Scores of examples have been brought to my notice where children have been allowed to sit up till the "wee sma' hours" attending midnight parties and festivities, and yet expected the next day to develop mentally and as brilliantly as those children who are sent to bed at the proper time. It cannot be done. Pupils cannot sit up late at night and expect to develop normally either physically or mentally and until we can arrest this habit we must continue to have tardy marks without number and a multitude of absences which, if not actually truants, are so near like them that the courts ought to decide. One of the things that would help the situation however, I think, is a large bell on the top of the school building.
A bell of two hundred pounds could be bought for twelve dol- lars and could be set in the open without a cupola. Such a bell could be heard all over the village and would have a tendency to set the time of the pupils.
DOUGLAS TOWN SCHOOL.
Douglas town school has had for the past year thirty pupils. It has been eminently successful, and I know of no respect in which it was weak. When Miss Turner came to us a year ago it was with full knowledge of the weakness of the school and our desire for its uplifting and its strength, and she has done her work well.
Such an important school as this has grown to be ought to be sheltered differently. During the past winter it has been cold beyond endurance, owing to the weakness of the structure. If the building is still to be used as a schoolhouse effort should be made
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to renovate it inside and out. A new underpinning is needed. It would be better if a cellar could be dug and walled and a heater put in to heat the room from below. New windows throughout are needed as well as outside windows for cold weather. The room was papered two years ago but for some reason the paper did not stick and is now falling off. It would add very much 20 the beauty of the interior if the entry now used as a coal house were removed and a porch placed instead. Of course what is needed more than anything else is a new building. I trust that you will take this matter into consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS S. BRICK, Superintendent.
REPORT OF MUSIC.
Mr. F. S. Brick, Supt. of Schools :
DEAR SIR :- During the year and a half in which the music of the East Douglas schools has been under my care I have outlined the work to be done in each of the rooms below the grammar school, and have given a lesson in each room once a fortnight.
My aim has been to have the children of the primary grades learn to read simple music in any key, the position of the first note being indicated by a check mark, and to become familiar with the simple time problems; to have the intermediate grades learn the different keys, the more difficult time problems, the chromatics and the minors, and take up two-part songs; and to have the grammar school continue the work of the intermediate grades, and take up three part songs.
That this plan has been, for the most part, accomplished, is owing to the efforts of the teachers in their respective schools.
In October, 1903, I began work in the high school, giving one lesson a week. This proved impracticable in some respects, so in
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January, 1904, I united the grammar and high schools being thus enabled to give three lessons a week. This proved satisfactory and the class is doing four-part work.
In September 1902 the town generously furnished what supplies I asked for, music readers were provided, Holt's Normal Music reader, books I and II, and these have been used in all the rooms from grade I V to grade I X inclusive. These books contain exer- cises and songs in one, two and three parts only.
The work done in the high school has been given wholly from the blackboard. But we shall soon need suitable music readers for this department.
Respectfully submitted, SUSAN MERRILL.
To Supt. Francis S. Brick :
DEAR SIR :- I herewith submit my annual report of the Douglas high school, for the year ending March 1, 1904.
During the year there has been a very gratifying increase in the amount of study at home or outside of school hours. Some of the work has been on the course of reading which you have posted each term, more has been on the regular school studies. With the recent great improvement in library facilities, the reading course will become a much more important factor in the work of the school. One reason for the additional home study lies in the fact that most of the entering class are making an attempt to complete the four year's course in three years. A half year's trial seems to indicate that a part will do so in an entirely satisfactory manner, a part may or may not succeed, and a part will certainly need four years to complete either of the courses offered.
It has been hoped that the provisional course of study which two years' trial has shown to be satisfactory would be embodied in this report, but the success that some are meeting in their attempt to accomplish four years' work in three leads me to suggest, first, that there be a re-arrangment of the subjects taught so that each pupil will have an opportunity to elect during any three years any one
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of the studies of either course, second, that a system of credits be inaugurated. If one credit is given for a subject completed in one- . half a year and two credits for a subject completed in one year, a pupil who has thirty-two credits should receive a diploma whether he has obtained them in three or four years.
Public graduation exercises are a benefit not only to the mem- bers of the class but also to the school as a whole. On June 30, 1903, the class of '03, D. H. S. assisted by the other members of the school rendered in a creditable manner the following program :
GRADUATING CLASS.
Motto :- "Labor Omnia Vincit."
Harold A. Brown, Mary Penneli,
Charles Anthony Couillard, Leonard W. Rowley,
Grace Belle Young.
PROGRAMME.
1. Piano Duet, "Faust". Sydney Smith Maud A. Bowen, Edith A. Sweet.
2. Invocation . Rev. Chas. P. Pierce
3. Solo, "Down in the Depths". W. C. Kreusch
J. Irving Stockwell.
4. Essay 'History of Music"
Grace B. Young.
5. Chorus, "The Good Soldier" . Translated
6. Oration "Wireless Telegraphy" Charles A. Couillard.
7. Solo, "Happy Days" A. Strelezki
Ella T. Hanson.
8. Essay, "Success Under Difficulties" Mary Pennell.
9. Piano Solo, Selected . . Grace B. Young.
F. Liszt
10. Debate-Resolved :- "That the United States government has adopted the right policy in the Philippines." Affirmative, Harold A. Brown. Negative, Leonard W. Rowley.
11. Presentation of Diplomas, . . Supt. F. S. Brick
Benediction.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1904.
HENRY H. WHEELOCK, Supt. of Almshouse.
Personal property at almshouse as per inventory March
1, 1903 .. $1650 15
March 1, 1904. 2031 69
Increase . $381 54
We have made the superintendent debtor to what he has re- ceived for labor, produce, etc., and credited him with what he has paid out, as follows :
1903
DR.
Mar. 1 Cash in hand of
Supt . . . . $25 91 15 1-2 lbs. butter 3 88
Apr. 1 52 lbs. butter 13 00 Cow 17 50
Calf 9 00
15 doz. eggs 3 00
21 doz. eggs 4 62
10 doz. eggs 1 80 6 doz. eggs 96
19 1-2 qts. milk Vegetables
97 10
Labor with team 2 10
25 lbs. flour 75
28 qts. milk 1 40
Cream 15
May 1 91 1-2 lbs. butter 22 88 Labor with team 7 00
18 1-2 doz. eggs 4 64 37 qts. milk 1 85
Cream 15
June 1 2 hogs 30 00
118 lbs butter 29 50
13 doz. eggs 2 60
Labor with team 6 40
10 doz. eggs 2 50
1 1-2 doz. eggs 32
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July 1 66 lbs. butter 16 50 1 217 1-2 qts. milk 10 88 40 1-2 doz. eggs 10 13 Potatoes
Team
50 . Dec. 50
Aug. 1 52 1-2 1bs butter 13 13 338 1-2 qts milk 16 93 Frank Manahan, board by select- men 8 00
34 1-3 doz. eggs 8 57
Butter milk 70
Potatoes
30
Cucumbers 40
1904
Sweet corn
65
Jan. 1 60 1-2 lbs. butter 15 12 9 doz. eggs 3 15 Pork barrel 50
Mary E. Fair-
Team 1 00
String beans
10
Feb.
1 15 lbs. butter
4 20
53 lbs. butter
13 25
8 1-2 doz. eggs
3 40
Labor with team
1 70
Labor of horse 3 50
47 1-2 qts milk 2 38
32 doz. eggs 6 40
Mary E. Fair-
2 qts. milk 10
field, board 6 00
Labor with team 4 00
Transient board 2 50
Mary E. Fair-
field 14 50
Beans 20
Poultry 1 50
Cucumbers 10
1903
CR.
Oct.
1 62 lbs butter 15 94
Mar. 1 Fish 50
Chair 35
Fish 35
Apr.
1 E. N. Jenckes 3 25
Cabbage 12
Mary E. Fair- field 15 50
Nov.
1 55 lbs butter
15 40
9 1-3 doz. eggs 3 72 Labor with horse 1 00 Poultry 7 16
Rag's 31
5 qts. milk
25
Mary E. Fair- field 15 00
1 Rec'd of town treas., aid for James McMahon 8 70 94 lbs. fresh pork 7 05 1 hog's head 1 00
44 lbs. butter 25 76
3 doz. eggs 1 20
Poultry 9 50
Mary E. Fair-
field, board
15 50
Old rake wheel 1 00 Veal 1 00
Pastry 30
field, board . 15 50
1 agate kettle returned 1 25
.
Sept.
1 54 lbs. butter 13 50
2 hogs 28 00
Stovepipe 75
Chopping block 25
2 lbs. Baum's food 17
Sweet corn 3 36
20 doz. eggs 7 02
Labor with team 1 50 Corn and beans 4 25
S. F. Root &
Co. grain and groceries 11 30
S. F. Root & Co. grain and groceries 13 63
Larkin Soap Co. 9 50
E. T. Rawson
6 00
May
1 E. N. Jenckes,
grain and gro- ceries 12 44
S. F. Root &
Co. grain and groceries 15 85
E. T. Rawson,
phosphate
2 00
W. R. Wallis,
farming tools 13 20
T. J. Murphy,
meat
8 97
A. L. Leach, re-
pairing harness 2 60
Fred Parks, labor 1 50
H. W. Logee,
horse shoeing
1
15
Medicine
1
12
1 obacco for Frank
Chase
1 00
meat 4 66
E. G. Babson,
meat
3 94
E. T. Rawson, seed corn 25
John Condon,
Bill blanks 18
meat
3 27
Hen feed
1 00
S. P. Holbrook,
medicine, Ellen Leach 2 25
June
1 S. F. Root &
Co. grain and
groceries
44 50
G. A. Palmer, labor 1 13
N. D. Phelps, 5 pigs 15 00
Eggs for setting 1 70
Horse shoeing 1 00
Wm. Humphry,
A. L. Leach, re-
labor
65
pairing harness 5 05
1 1b coffee 35
1 peck spinach 25
Dynamite and
Stella J. Hall,
sharpening drills 56
labor
4 50
Repairing boots
E. G. Babson,
meat 4 57
Freight on stove grate 35
Tobacco for Frank
Tomatoes and
celery plants 85
Extracts 60
Seed corn 20
Use of bull 50
Geo. A. Palmer, labor 2 55
July 1 S. F. Root & Co. grain and groceries 11 88
Stella J. Hall, labor 12 00
T. J. Murphy,
meat
10 14
Ross Bros., cul-
tivator
6 50
Butter paper and
express
1 60
Freight on mow -
ing machine 95
Extracts
85
Bolts and rivets
60
T. J. Murphy, meat 9 22
W. R. Wallis,
whitewash brush 3 20
Jos. Jenney 35
Horse shoeing and
repairing wagon 1 85
Chase 10
2 files 18
15
T. J. Murphy,
1 1b tea 50
16
1 1b tea 50 50
meat
1 98
Use of bull
Pitchforks and
scythe stone Freight on rake
65
Oct.
35
Aug. 1 S. F. Root & Co. grain and groceries 2 25
Stella J. Hall, labor 12 00
Boots and cloth-
T. J. Murphy,
ing, E. Leach 3 55
meat
10 47
Tea and coffee 1 75
E. G. Babson,
Cheese 1 10
meat
4 59
Dinner for horse 35
S. P. Holbrook, medicine 5 50
Telephoning Dr. Holbrook 20
Whips and har-
Use of bull 50
ness repairs 1 85
Nov.
1 S. F. Root & Co. on account 18 64 2 wash tubs 2 00
Leach 75
1 peck clams 50 2 lbs. tea 1 00
E. N. Jenckes, lard 1 90
Sept. 1 S. F. Root &
Co. grain and
groceries
5 46
T. J. Murphy, meat
11 77
Stella J. Hall, labor 8 00
Dec.
1 S. F. Root & Co. on account 25 20 Stella Hall labor 9 00
attend. E. Leach 1 50
Geo. C. Clarke,
T. J. Murphy, butchering 2 25
med. E. Leach 1 00
Geo. C. Clarke,
Fred A. Parks,
labor 1 00
Jenney 50
Extracts 80
W. E. Jones,
1904
hardware 2 20
75
Stella Hall labor 10 00
quilts 3 45
E. G. Babson, fish 88
meat 10
12
Medicine, Jos.
Use of bull 50
Jenney 1 85
Dan Dudley,
Cookies 15
horse shoeing 1 80
Telephoning Dr.
E. G. Babson,
Holbrook 10
Telephoning Dr. Holbrook 20
1 S. F. Root & Co. on account 19 05 Stella J. Hall, labor 8 00
T. J. Murphy, meat 12 19
Medicine for E.
1 1b. tea 50
Stella Hall labor 9 00
Paul F. Ela, med.
medicine JOS.
Print for bed
T. J. Murphy,
Jan.
1 S. F. Root &
Tea and coffee
Co. on account 17 65
17
Feb. 1 S. F. Root &
bor 1 00
Co. grain and
H. N. Logee, re-
groceries®
20 85
pairs & shoeing 15 15
Arthur Jones, 4
W. R. Wallis,
pigs 14 00
supplies 4 44
Stella Hall labor 8 00
E. T. Rawson,
Geo. Palmer, la-
labor 2 25
bor 3 41
1 barrel
75
Fred A. Parks, labor 3 00
Poultry
1 50
Dr. Paul F. Ela,
$582 71
to E. Leach 2 50
Bill receivable
1 70
Medicine for Jos.
Cash on hand
32
Jenney
3 35
Chas. Hilton, la-
$584 73
The overseers have paid the following bills on almshouse ac- count :
1903
Apr.
1 Charles A. Herman, salary in full to April 1, 1903 . . $62 50
8 Augustin Proquette, 1 cow . 50 00
1 bag feed . . 1 25
May 9 Francis Guertin, 1 cow 46 fowls. .
42 00
July
6 Henry F. Wheelock, salary from April 1 to July 1. 62 50
Aug.
1
E. T. Rawson, phosphate.
30 00
3 Frank H. Bird, mower 36 00
31 W. E. Jones .
49 13
Sept. 3 W. R. Wallis .
58 12
Oct.
6 Henry F. Wheelock, salary
62 50
Nov.
7 W. E. Jones, 1 cow
50 00
Jan.
9 Henry F. Wheelock, salary
62 50
Feb.
4 Range and pipe 34 80
29
E. N. Jenckes . .
58 13
S. F. Root & Co
289 91
W. E. Jones .. 15 92
T. J. Murphy, meat 15 17
$996 53
1904
16 10
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SUMMARY.
Superintendent has paid for supplies as per this report $582 71 Overseers have paid out as per report .. . 996 53
$1579 24
Supt. for labor and produce.
584 73
$994 51
Increase as per inventory .
381 54
Cost for support of poor at almshouse for this year . . .
$612 97
Number of weeks board of poor 111
Cost per week about . $5 52
Inmates at almshouse March 1, 1904 :- Ellen Leach, age 54, Joseph Jenney, age 81, Frank Chase, at almshouse 7 weeks, age 45.
OUTSIDE POOR.
Sylvia Wakefield
$60 00
Mrs. George Casey .
60 50
Mrs. Margaret Duprey
48 00
Mrs. Francis Barcome.
31 50
Joseph Labelle.
15 00
Edmond Burke.
3 00
Isadore Jarvis.
9 25
Emma Purse. 2 50
Joseph Savery . 29 00
Ovila Sweeney, Fall River 35 50
Francis Reno, Ware 38 00
Mary A. Baker, Westboro insane hospital. . . 173 17
Charles J. Landry, Worcester insane hospital
50 60
$556 02
ASSISTED POOR OF OXFORD.
Percival G. Humphrey .
$33 50
William L. Humphrey . 4 25
$37 75
POOR OF CAMBRIDGE.
Mary E. Cushing
$13 00
$13 00
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POOR OF SUTTON.
Lucinda Howard $6 00
$6 00
$56 75
STATE POOR.
Mary Kuchanskon
$9 00
Patrick Connors .
5 00
Gabriel Hanson .
14 50
Kennedy Burnnock
20 88
$49 38
DUE FROM STATE.
Mrs. Gabriel Hanson
$84 00
Joseph Benoit . .
8 57
Mrs. Adolph Gardner
10 00
Mary Kuchanskon.
11 55
Les Andro Nelson .
9 00
Mrs. Jennie S. Vallery .
6 00
$129 12
LOCKUP ACCOUNT.
Aug. 17 Timothy Wixtead, cleaning . . ..
$3 25
Oct.
6
1 disinfecting tube.
50
12 Timothy Wixtead, care of lockup
22 50
Feb.
23 S. F. Root & Co., bill
9 87
Wood .
8 25
29 Timothy Wixtead, 3 meals . .
75
66 care of lockup 22 50
$67 62
Number of tramps for year, 411.
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.
Mar. 4 Expense of pauper and attendant to Tewksbury . . $4 54
6 Expense to Charlton . 1 50
Expense to Douglas and Whitins- ville.
1 50
7 Team to town farm
75
Apr.
1 1 account book .. 50
July 7 Postage stamps. . 1 00
14 To Mendon pauper case. 2 00
20
July 14 Wm. HĂ©rendeen, digging grave. .
$3 00
Oct. 24 Stationery . . . .
1 00
26 To Ware pauper case . 3 85
31 Expense to Tewksbury 5 08
1904
Jan. 9 To Boston pauper case 2 19
Feb. 13 Telephoning to Boston. 25
22 Postage stamps. 1 00
$28 16
AMOUNT RECEIVED FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
1903
Mar.
1 Cash on hand .
$28 99
Apr. 6 Received of town treasurer.
250 00
May
4
150 00
June 4
from state
22 00
15
Oxford.
24 50
July 6
66
town treasurer
155 00
Aug. 31
Oxford . .
3 00
Sept. 10
state . .
19 50
Oct. 5
town treasurer
250 00
Nov. 14
66
Oxford
4 25
Dec.
state
20 88
1904
Jan. 4
town treasurer
200 00
Feb.
1
66
100 00
15
Oxford 6 00
29
Joseph Jenney Est . 100 00
$1884 12
RECAPITULATION.
Paid on account of poor at almshouse
$996 53
Outside poor
556 02
State poor. .
178 50
Oxford poor
37 75
Cambridge poor
13 00
Sutton poor
6 00
Lockup
67 62
Miscellaneous
28 16
Mar, 1 Cash in hands of overseers
$1883 58 64
$1884 12
town treasurer . . .
400 00
town treasurer.
150 00
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The overseers have received for their services :
Henry D. Mowry
$100 00
Edwin T. Rawson .
25 00
William P. Wight
25 00
$150 00
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY D. MOWRY, ) Overseers E. T. RAWSON, of
W. P. WIGHT, S Poor.
GEO. H. STODDARD, Auditor.
ANNUAL REPORT OF
WILLIE R. WALLIS, AGENT ON THE
DEVISE OF MOSES WALLIS TO TOWN OF DOUGLAS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1904.
The agent charges himself with amounts due the town March 1, 1903, as follows :
Notes due the town .
$10,880 00
Accrued interest on notes .
1270 31
Deposited in R. I. Hospital Trust Co. 14,625 28
Cash in hands of agent. 000 00
$27,232 09
Deducted the worthless Caswell mortgage.
705 00
$26,527 09
1903
Mar. 1 Cash in hands of agent.
$000 00
7
Received of Harriet Caswell
12 00
10
Eva Maxim. 6 00
21
John Valier (Agnes Gauvin) . .
18 00
Apr. 4
John Gough
21 00
Mary Gough
6 00
Mary A. Reynolds.
15 00
May
9
Mary J. Willis, Int. $53.92, Prin. $417.50 471 42
13
R. I. Trust Co.
4528 58
-
23
June 29
Margaret Stearnes (Edith
Abbott) .
18 00
July 6
Alfred Lebeau .
30 00
Alfred Lebeau.
200 00
10
Eva Maxim.
103 53
Aug. 7
Peter Jarvis, Int. and Prin . . ..
160 02
10
E. M. Southwick (Bridge Int) .
30 50
21
Bertrand F. Aldrich, Int. $48.83 Prin. $500.00. 548 83
24
George Roberts .
9 00
Nov.
5
Mary A. Reynolds
6 00
27
Perserved Alger
3 42
Dec. 30
David Lunn
15 00
1904
James Wixtead . 18 00
Amos Lunn .
15 00
Town of Douglas .
5125 00
Joel Glover (Sarah Dufo)
12 00
Feb. 6
A. F. Brown.
30 00
Alvin H. Brown .
30 00
15
Potter M. Bates (John Balis) . .
9 00
23
Vesta H. Balcome (Wellington Balcome)
7 50
27
Joseph T. Arnold (Arthur
Putnam)
12 00
Rosemond Cragin (David Dar- ling .
18 00
C. F. Rawson
12 00
Emma Brown. .
9 00
Harriet C. Caswell.
12 00
Albert Whipple (W. H. Met- calf & Son)
12 00
Phebe Young
30 00
R. I. Trust Co
79 38
$11,633 18
NOTES DUE THE TOWN MARCH 1, 1904.
Maker of Note
Paid by
Accrued Int.
Prin.
Joseph T. Arnold
A. L. Putnam
$200 00
Preserved Alger
R. H. Baton
$2 00
100 00
Emma Brown
4 13
150 00
Vesta H. Balcome
Wellington Balcome
3 64
125 00
Potter M. Bates
J. C. F. Bates
3 35
150 00
A. F. Brown
98 08
500 00
Jan. 8
27
Mar. 1
24
Alvin Brown
$65 00
$500 00
Salina Casey
93 00
500 00
Harriet C. Caswell
10 00
200 00
Frank Duval
8 02
125 00
Frank Duval
27 15
300 00
John D. Darling
Rosemond Cragin
15 00
300 00
James McCormick
John Gough
64 44
350 00
Mary M. Gough
10 35
100 00
Joel Glover
Sarah Dufo
2 93
200 00
Louisa Jarvis
Peter Jarvis
12 62
100 00
Alfred Labeau
10 90
300 00
David & Amos Lunn David Lunn
10 33
500 00
Mary J. Murphy
33 22
330 00
George Roberts
8 02
150 00
Charles F. Rawson
9 30
200 00
Mary A. Reynolds
2 30
100 00
Mary A. Reynolds
13 83
250 00
Margaret Stearnes
Edith Abbott
16 50
300 00
E. M. Southwick
W. H. Evans
17 00
500 00
O. N. Thurber
180 30
300 00
Susan V. Thayer
85 42
500 00
John Valier
Agnes Gauvin
18 45
300 00
Maria C. Wood
10 75
100 00
James Wixtead
Prince
1 75
100 00
Albert Whipple
W. H. Metcalf & Son
3 10
200 00
Mary J. Willis
4 02
82 50
Amos G. Yates
222 13
400 00
Phebe Young
W. F. Young
35 67
500 00
$1102 70
$9012 50
The agent has paid out as follows :
May 1 Deposited in R. I. Trust Co
$78 00
15 Loaned treasurer ..
5000 00
June 29
Deposited in R. I. Trust Co
18 00
July
6
66
230 00
8 Discharge of mortgage
25
23
Deposited in R. I. Trust Co.
103 28
Aug.
7 Discharge of mortgage.
25
Deposited in R. I. Trust Co
159 77
10
30 50
21
Discharge of mortgage.
25
Deposited in R. I. Trust Co
548 58
Sept. 4
66
9 00
Nov. 18
66
6 00
66
25
Dec. 8 Deposited in R. I. Trust Co $3 42
30
15 00
Jan. 11 18 00
27
5152 00
Feb. 6 Insurance on Thurber property . 2 00
17 Deposited in R. I. Trust Co. 67 00
Mar. 1 Thayer & Cobb on Caswell case 75 00
F. J. Libby .
31 88
Agent, care of devise
85 00
$11,633 18
RECAPITULATION.
1903
Mar. 1 Cash in hands of agent . . $000 00
Cash received during the year 11,633 18
$11,633 18
Cash paid out during the year . . $5194 63
Cash deposited in R. I. Trust Co 6438 55
Cash in hands of agent. 000 00
$11,633 18
Mar. 1 Notes due the town. $9012 50 Accrued interest on notes 1102 70
Deposited in R. I. Hospital Trust Co. and Int. to date. 1 7,446 76
Cash in hands of agent. 000 00
$27,561 96
Value of devise March 1
26,527 09
$1034 87
Cash in hands of agent on the O. N. Thurber foreclos-
ure
$9 23
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIE R. WALLIS, Agent.
GEO. H. STODDARD, Auditor.
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