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TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MILFORD,
GENTLEMEN : In comparing the progress made by the pupils of the Milford schools during the past year, with that made the previous year, I am pleased to find it has been so marked; and it ought to continue to improve until the time shall arrive when the pupils in the High School shall have studied music from their entrance in the Primary, through all the grades.
The teachers also have gained experience and are better able to carry out my plans and wishes.
Last September each teacher in the Primary and Grammar grades, was provided with the "Quincy Course of Study in Mu- sic," prepared by Mr. L. T. Wade, when he was director of music in the public schools of that city. This is used in con- nection with Readers and Charts of the Normal Music Course, already in use.
In some of the schools where there is more than one grade, we have two classes in music. In other schools where there are two and three grades, we have only one class, the size of the school and time required for other studies preventing a division.
I wish each parent would visit the schools and hear the children sing, as that is the best way of judging of the work, and of the results obtained in this study.
Yours respectfully, SUSAN E. WHITNEY.
REPORT OF DRAWING TEACHER.
The drawing in the schools the past year has been pursued with the same harmony as in the preceding years. The teachers have worked earnestly, achieving results which are most satis- factory, and they are entitled to the praise which has been given them in other years.
The majority of the children manifest great interest in the work, many hundred above the third grade having sketch books, of which they make use out of school hours. The work in these
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books is so regulated that the principles which they learn during a lesson are applied to the drawing of outside objects.
This year we have used no drawing books, the work being outlined and explained at grade meetings. The drawing is done upon blank paper of uniform size. In many of the schools each child has a folio in which he keeps his drawings, each signed and numbered in the order that they were finished. Nothing seems to make the children happier than to add one more sheet to their folios.
The number of pupils who take drawing at the High School is larger this year than it has ever been, but owing to the lack of room, poor light and shortness of hours, we do not accomplish as much as we could with more room and better conveniences.
I thank the teachers for their hearty co-operation the past year, and hope with their aid to achieve still better results the ensuing year.
ELLEN I. CURTIS.
THE OUTLYING SCHOOLS.
At the close of the winter term in March, there were but four pupils in the City school on the Upton road, and the com- mittee decided to close it and have the children conveyed to the schools in the town. At the same time, the number of pupils in the Silver Hill district had been increased to twelve, and that school was reopened. The entire expense of conveying pupils to the town schools, from the Silver Hill district for one term, and from the City district for two terms, has been $123.60, and there has been no complaint from the parents of the pupils in either district.
The attendance at Silver Hill has fallen to eight, and that at the Deer Brook school to six, and I recommend that these schools be closed. The pupils from Deer Brook can easily be conveyed to the Plains school, and those from Silver Hill to the two schools at North Purchase.
I am certain that such a course would be an advantage to the pupils.
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EVENING SCHOOL.
Last year I gave a report of this school up to January 26.
The school was continued under the same teachers till March 16. The average attendance for the month ending Feb- ruary 23, was 33, and for the three weeks ending March 16, 24.
The school was reopened Dec. 3, with J. T. McLoughlin as principal, Miss M. J. Kelly first assistant, and Miss M. H. Gal- lagher second assistant. The total enrolment for this term was 63. The school was continued for 9 weeks, closing February I.
The average attendance for the first month was 43, and for the last five weeks, 20. The average attendance for the four months was 30.
THE NEW BUILDING ON SPRUCE STREET.
After the special town meeting in July, at which the town voted not to erect a new High School building, the school com- mittee took into consideration the erection of a new primary school.
In order to obtain the most modern ideas in schoolhouse construction, the special committee on repairs, composed of chairman Geo. L. Cooke, Mr. Geo. E. Stacy and the superin- tendent, visited Brockton, Lynn, Everett, Leominster and Fram- ingham, where schoolhouses have recently been built.
At Leominster we found a four-room schoolhouse, erected last year, with which we were so well pleased that we reported in favor of erecting a similar building in Milford.
Robert A. Cook was engaged as architect, plans and speci- fications were submitted to builders, bids for the erection of the building were received, and the committee were able to form a very correct estimate of the amount of money needed, in season to bring the matter to the attention of the citizens at the Novem- ber meeting.
At that meeting the town voted to build a four-room school- house, on land owned by the town, in the rear of Memorial Building, on Spruce street, and appropriated the sum of $16,000, the amount asked for by the committee.
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November 16, the contract for the construction of the build- ing was awarded to Dillon Brothers for the sum of $13,772, and on Dec. 10 the contract for heating and ventilation was awarded to the Fuller & Warren Warming and Ventilating Company for $1450. These two contracts call for $15,222, leaving $778 of the appropriation. The architect's fees will be over $400, and $600 will be needed to furnish the schoolrooms. It will be necessary for the town to appropriate $300 more to meet the total expense.
The building, when completed, will be a two-story, four- room, brick schoolhouse, well lighted, heated and ventilated. Each room will be 35 feet in length and 24 feet wide, lighted by six large windows on the northern side of the room. In each room the pupils will sit facing the east, that they may receive the light from the left. The building will accommodate 200 pupils, 50 in each room.
REPAIRS.
It is the custom in this report to call the attention of the committee to the more extensive repairs demanded at the sev- eral buildings.
Last year I noticed the following items : repairing fence at West St. school, kalsomining the school-room walls at the Claf- lin building, improvement of the outbuildings at the Plains, Claf- lin, Chapin St. and South Grammar schools, improvement of the heating apparatus at the High school, and the improvement of the Claflin school grounds by regrading. The committee on re- pairs have realized the importance of each and all of these im- provements, but were unable to attend to them all, as they had not sufficient money to meet the expense.
The minor repairs, which must be made as they are needed, require about $500 per year.
The fence at West St. school was put in good condition, the house at Bear Hill was shingled, and needed repairs made at Silver Hill.
These improvements, with the minor repairs which are con- tinually required to keep so many buildings in good condition,
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consumed $751.22, and it was impossible to attend to the other improvements asked for last year.
The committee received bids for grading the Claflin school grounds, but the expense promised to be so great that the idea was abandoned.
Several buildings are again in need of paint, particularly those to which only one coat of paint was applied two and three years ago. These improvements will require an outlay of at least $1500, and I am sure that an expenditure of $2000 in this department would be on the principle of true economy.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.
For the sake of comparison, I have shown in the following table the amount expended last year in each department, and the amount which will be needed next year.
Teaching
Amount. Expended. $16,775 81
Amount. Needed.
$17,250 00
Care of buildings.
1,138 56
1,140 00
Transportation of pupils
123 60
144 00
Superintendent.
1,600 00
1,600 00
Supplies
1,791 08
1,800 00
Fuel
1,318 91
1,300 00
Repairs
751 22
1,000 00
Incidentals
1,406 80
1,400 00
Evening school
423 00
300 00
Total
$25,328 92
Teachers' salaries, unpaid
464 36
Bills unpaid.
31 67
Actual cost of schools.
$25,824 95
$25,934 00
It is here shown that a sum of twenty-six thousand dollars will be needed to meet the expenses of the coming year. To this must be added $496.03, the amount still unpaid of the ex-
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pense increased last year, and $500 more if it is decided to em- ploy another assistant at the High school.
This will raise the amount to $27,000, as the amount to be appropriated.
RESIGNATIONS, TRANSFERS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Resignations :
September, 1894, Miss M. J. Kelly granted leave of ab- sence.
December, 1894, Miss M. T. Kirby resigned as teacher of grades 3 and 4, Claflin school.
Transfers :
April, 1894, Miss K. G. M. McDermott, from the City to Silver Hill.
September, 1894, Miss B. F. Bowers, from the Purchase Grammar to the Plains, grades 5 and 6.
Appointments :
September, 1894, Miss A. G. Richardson, Purchase Gram- mar.
September, 1894, Mr. T. J. Murphy, Principal at South Grammar.
January, 1895, Miss M. J. Kelly, grades 3 and 4, Claflin.
November, 1894, Mr. J. T. McLoughlin, Miss M. J. Kelly and Miss M. H. Gallagher, evening school.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES.
The graduation exercises of the Class of 1894, Milford High School, were held at Music Hall, June 21. H. W. Lull delivered the address, and diplomas were presented to the class.
PROGRAMME.
Overture Milford Orchestra
The School Singing
Salutatory
Miss Mabel Whitney
Address H. W. Lull
The School
Song-"Forth to the Battle"
Valedictory Miss Helen S. Harris
Singing of Class Ode The School
Presentation of Diplomas H. W. Lull
Orchestra Music
LIST OF GRADUATES.
English, French and Latin.
Annie Inez Fletcher, John Albert Gorman, Helen Sophia Harris,
Frederick Thomas Smith, Francis Augustus Shea.
English and French.
Edward James Burke, May Gertrude Broderick,
Blanche May Burbank, Rosanna Gertrude Casey,
Margaret Davoren, Edith May Fletcher, Sadie Gertrude Kelley,
Annie May Quinn, Albert Chester Rhodes.
Classical.
Jennie Maybelle Daniels, John Andrew McNamara,
John Cornelius Sweeney, Mabel Whitney,
Chester Frederick Williams.
English and Latin.
Mary Ellen Middleton.
Those who attained a rank of 85 or over for the full course :
Helen S. Harris, Mabel Whitney, John C. Sweeney,
Jolın A. McNamara, Margaret Davoren, Chester F. Williams.
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LIST OF TEACHERS, SCHOOL IN WHICH EACH IS TEACH- ING, RESIDENCE, DATE OF APPOINTMENT, AND SALARY.
SCHOOL.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
SALARY
DATE
APP'T.
High,
Eben Williams,
38 Pearl Street.
$1500
1892
High,
A. R. Hayward,
South Milford.
600
1890
High,
E. M. Richardson,
48 Congress St.
500
1893
High,
M. Burgess,
48 Congress St.
500
1893
Park,
K. E. Edwards,
41 Sumner St.
600
1873
Park,
H. M. Broderick,
37 Pine St.
396
1879
Park,
S. R. Broderick,
37 Pine St.
396
1878
Park,
L. Madden,
101 West St.
396
1884
South Grammar,
T. J. Murphy,
17 Middleton St.
600
1894
South Grammar,
E. O. Taylor,
9 Otis St.
396
1883
South Grammar,
A. M. Ames,
14 Fruit St.
396
1889
South Grammar,
L. Gilfoyle,
46 High St.
396
1889
North Grammar,
M. F. Devine,
55 Beach St.
600
1875
North Grammar,
B. F. Powers,
Hayward Court.
378
1890
North Grammar,
J. L. Devine,
55 Beach St.
396
1884
North Grammar,
J. F. McGann,
71 Hayward St.
396
1887
Purchase Gram.,
A. G. Richardson,
Silver Hill St.
342
1894
Old Town House,
B. J. McLoughlin,
1 Sumner St.
396
1889
Claflin,
A. B. Chapin,
250 Main St.
500
1863
Claflin,
L. Smith,
4 Pearl St.
396
1882
Claflin,
K. McNamara,
250 Central St.
396
1879
Claflin,
K. Chapin,
250 Main St.
396
1869
Claflin,
M. J. Kelly,
87 High St.
396
1877
Claflin,
M. E. Whitney,
16 Grant St.
396
1889
Chapin Street,
S. E. Sheldon,
31 Franklin St.
396
1871
Chapin Street,
E. A. Devine,
55 Beach St.
396
1881
Chapin Street,
E. M. Waters,
8 Carroll St.
396
1887
West Street,
N. M. Coneley,
25 Taylor St.
396
1888
West Street,
N. F. Gorman,
10 Huntoon St.
396
1885
Hoboken,
A. A. Conroy,
40 East St.
396
1884
Fountain Street,
S. E. Inman,
7 Taylor St.
396
1868
Purchase Prim.,
L. McNamara,
40 Sumner St.
342
1892
City, 1 term,
K. G. McDermott, 66 66
33 Depot St. 66
324
1893
Bear Hill,
M. H. McDermott,
66 Main St.
288
1893
Braggville,
K. F. Tully,
23 Summer St.
378
1889
Deer Brook,
M. E. Toohey,
29 Pleasant St.
342
1891
Drawing,
E. I. Curtis,
76 Congress St.
500
1890
Music,
S. E. Whitney,
16 Church St.
300
1891
Evening School,
J. T. McLoughlin,
1 Sumner St.
$3.00 %
1894
Evening School,
M. J. Kelly,
87 High St.
$1.50 z|1894
Evening School,
M. H. Gallagher,
100 Spruce St.
$1.50 $ 1894
Silver Hill, 2 tm's,
Respectfully submitted, S. F. BLODGETT,
Superintendent.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR.
WINTER TERM .- High School :- Begins Dec. 31, 1894.
Closes March 22.
Vacation, one week. Other Schools :- Begin Jan. 7. Close March 15. Vacation, two weeks.
SPRING TERM .- High School :- Begins April 1.
Closes June 21.
Vacation, ten weeks.
Other Schools :- Begin April 1. Close June 7. Vacation, twelve weeks.
FALL TERM .- All Schools :- Begin Sept. 2.
Close Dec. 20. Vacation-High School, one week. Other Schools, two weeks.
WINTER TERM, 1896 .- High School :-- Begins Dec. 30, 1895. Other Schools :- Begin Jan. 6, 1896.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
HIGH SCHOOL .- 8 A. M. to 1 P. M.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. - 9 A. M. to 12 M .; 1.30 to 4 P. M.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS .- 9 A. M. to 12 M. ; 1.30 to 3.30 P. M.
COUNTRY SCHOOLS .- 9 A. M. to 12 M. ; 1 to 3.30 P. M. 1
HOLIDAYS .- Feb. 22, Fast Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving Day and the day following.
STORM SIGNALS .- The steam whistle at the electric light station, (11-11) 22, repeated four times. When this signal is sounded at 8 A. M., there will be no morning session. When it is sounded at 12.30 P. M., there will be no afternoon session. When it is sounded at 8 A. M. and not repeated at 12.30 P. M., there will be an afternoon session.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
Names of pupils neither absent nor tardy during the spring and fall terms.
PARK SCHOOL.
TWO TERMS.
Nettie Dearing,
Lillian Squire,
George Parkinson,
Florence Clark,
Grace Perkins,
Harry Moulton,
Florence Pratt,
Maude Perkins,
Lester Smith,
Cora Johnson,
Ada Symonds,
Clifton Clarke,
Lena Howard,
Mary McNamara,
Fred Moriarty,
Bertha Leland,
Clara Brayne,
Viola Leland,
Thomas Moore,
James Nugent.
ONE TERM.
Florence Fletcher,
Daisy Prentice,
Ethel Mann, Ethelyn Harding,
Edith Woods,
Lloyd Roberts,
Bessie McCaslin,
Etta Quinn,
Mary Moran,
Mary Schibal,
Ada Harmon,
Carrie Walker,
Inez Clark,
Walter Grant,
Sara Bell,
Clyde Cheney,
James Slattery,
Willie Cottam,
Edmund McCobb,
Elmo Wood,
Roy Sadler,
Adolphus Tyler,
Harry Gibson,
Arthur Maynard,
George Bent,
Daniel Broderick,
Charles Whitney,
Arthur Trowbridge,
William Droney,
Lelia Walker, Nellie Birch,
Mathew Toohey,
George McMellan, Edward Murphy, Frank Platts,
Georgianna Spaulding, Nina Johnson,
Myrtice Butler,
Blanche Gardner,
Jeanie Welch,
Lillian Swasey,
Margaret Larkin,
Frank Tracey,
Edith Robinson,
Beth Swasey.
SOUTH GRAMMAR.
TWO TERMS.
Edith Ames, Herbert Knapp, Alfred Martin,
Gertrude Hinds, Daisy Rockwood, Harry Gilfoyle,
Teresa Kehoe, Bernard Sweeney, John Hayes,
Beatrice Bourne, Mary Eastman, Olive Johnson, Grace Keane, . Lizzie McDermott, Maude Snare, Mabel Symonds,
Carrie Daffon,
Frank Mather, Charles Burns,
- Joshua Roberts, Fred Snell, Claude Slocum,
Frank McNary,
Everett Saunders,
Vivian Harding, Grace Whiting,
Melvin Connors,
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Gardie Hubbard, George Hunter, William Roche, Sumner Reynolds, Ida Gould,
George Moore, Edward Quirk, Lottie Albee, Maria Martin,
Oscar Withington, Anna Martin, Jennie Hartwell, John Luby.
ONE TERM.
William Glennon, John Wallace, Edward Murray, Elwin Coombs,
Fred Fiske, William Thurston,
Louise Barry,
Mary Hayes, Olive Jellison,
Grace Mathews,
Maud Reed, Mary Shortall, Winnie Cloonan, Jennie Hutchins, Clara Libby, Nettie Phipps,
Beatrice Thompson, Leon Whitney,
Forest Hancock,
Octavia Chapdelaine,
Bertha Hart,
Lillian Logee, Florence Phipps, Eva Rowe, Mary Dennison, Eva Gaskill, Marion Lent, Alice Reed, Lillian Shedd,
Michael Callery, Martin Sheerin, Lena Daige, Marion Tompkins,
Marcia Dennison, Maud Taft, George Cadman,
George Donohue,
Chester Knapp,
Richard O'Connell,
Eugene Sweeney.
OLD TOWN HOUSE.
TWO TERMS.
Percy Walker, Irwin Ward, ONE TERM.
Stuart Godfrey,
Thomas Donovan, Joseph Gallagher, Harry Schlief, Lucy Butler, George Blodgett,
Joseph Pettengill, John Shanahan, Harry Sprague, Frank Whitney, John Duggan,
Charles Broderick George Drew, Daniel Minton, Edward O'Connor, Charles Scott,
James Donahue, Mary Broughey, Mary Libby, Alice Sheehan,
Annie King, Deborah Clancy, William Coakley, Alfred Coyne, Ethel Reed,
William Barry, William Waidner, Harriet Brown, Lily Worth, James Clancy, Winborn Hart,
Herbert McKenna,
Gertrude White, Charles Beattey, Florence Killion, Roy Mead, Thomas Powers, Marion Adams,
Lillian Fales,
Elmo Simpson, William Sheehan, John Murray, Minnie Hooker, Aloysia Martin, Minnie Coombs, Hattie Roche,
Elvira White, Winnie Broughey,
Sadie White,
Ethel White,
Michael Broughey,
William Gaskill,
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Henry Droney, Arthur Laviolette, Ray O'Donnell,
Charles Moriarty, Alice Moulton, Helen Gilmore.
Harry Schlief, Harry Whitney,
PLAINS. ONE TERM.
Frank Murphy, James Kynock,
Annie Glennie,
Hubert Mahoney, Walter Clancy.
Edward Cuddihy, James McQuaid,
PURCHASE GRAMMAR.
TWO TERMS.
Nellie Cahill,
Grace Hilton, Maud Comee,
Nelson Morey.
ONE TERM.
James Casey, Blanche Goldsmith, Mary Harris, Grace Knight,
Perry Cheever,
Charles Parkhurst,
Charles Hilton,
Fanny Clark,
Herbert Parkhurst,
Lena O'Brien.
CLAFLIN. TWO TERMS.
Eugene Laviolette, Clyde Johnson,
Willie Brady, Harry King.
ONE TERM.
Hattie Monroe,
Grace Bushee,
Emily Keene,
Walter Bobbins,
George Gay,
Frank Jappel,
Augusta Hill, Edward Butler,
William Gallagher,
Nellie Brosnahan,
John Gordon,
Alice Morgan,
John O'Connor, William Freeman, Bessie Kirby, Daniel O'Connell,
Stanley Wires, Lizzie Haskell, Martha Moore,
John Chapin, William Kennedy, Mary Bates, Bertha Snare, Daniel Clancy, Earl Mathewson,
Alice Moulton,
Laura Sturtevant, Anna Moore, William Casey,
Edwin Gaskill,
Eunice Hussey, May King,
Philip Laviolette, Bertha Furbush, Emma Peters, Mildred Farrington,
Fred Daniels, William Brady, Edward Young, Allan Cooke, John Maloney, John Powers, Marion Vaughn, Irene Squire, Edward Kaveney, Walter Ettinger, Florence Ettinger, George Daffon, Vera O'Connor, Mina Peters, Charles Laviolette, Harry Johnson.
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CHAPIN STREET.
TWO TERMS. Etta McKenna, Sadie Kehoe, Isabel McKenna, ONE TERM.
Bertha Tompkins, Charles Martin.
Eugene Ferguson,
Thomas Glennen,
Herbert Thompson,
Archie Barry,
Ray Dwyer,
Ray Whitney,
Roy Whitney,
Bennie Clancy,
John Donahue,
Arthur Chapin,
Henry Dwyer,
Blanche Dolliff,
Joseph Lebbossire,
Ernest Keene,
Maria Lynch,
George Mason,
Willie Quirk,
Herbert Murray,
Joseph Murray,
Lyman Brown,
Lilla Callahan,
Annie Carey,
Thomas Burns,
Eva Daige,
Ida Martin,
Noel Jarvis,
Eva Lanigan,
Essie Nolan,
Willard Swan,
Nellie McKenna,
George Daige,
George White,
Fred White,
Lillian Keene,
John Moore,
Chester Tompkins.
FOUNTAIN STREET.
TWO TERMS.
Charles McDonald, Charles Pettengill.
ONE TERM.
Frank Droney,
Ida Scott,
Mark Smith,
Arthur Anderson,
Florence Howe,
George Edmands,
Ora McDonald,
Charles Saunders.
WEST STREET.
TWO TERMS.
Frank Sweeney.
ONE TERM.
Edward Fitzgerald,
Fred Luby,
Mary Logee,
John Fitzgerald,
William Milan,
Kate Curley, Kate Powers.
Charles Ryan,
Harold Albee,
Mary Knapp,
Halsie Gould,
Willie Carey,
Edith Allen,
Lois Ames,
Nora Callanan,
Henry Galvin,
Willie Hines,
Harry Degez,
Belle Edmands, Bertha Howe, Louise Parkhurst, Olga Hammarquist,
John Powers, James Luby, May Clancy, Mary Kelly, Sadie Ruhan, John Mathews, Agnes Clancy,
James Mee, Gertrude Clancy, Michael Curley, Frank Gilmore, James McCann, Hazel Leland,
Grace Gould, Lena Hayes, Eva Murray,
Ray Allen,
Mabel Quirk,
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PURCHASE PRIMARY. TWO TERMS.
Arthur Hilton,
Evelyn Hilton.
ONE TERM. Mary Moore, Carrie Daniels.
HOBOKEN.
TWO TERMS. Kitty Flynn.
Kathleen Clancy, Edna Shea, Jennie Ostrand, Charles Chaput |
ONE TERM. Charles O'Reilly, William Marchauet,
William Collins,
Ernest Dominicis, Dalmar Chaput.
BEAR HILL.
Claude Coleman,
ONE TERM. May Burlingame, Annie Burlingame.
Effie_Burlingame,
BRAGGVILLE.
TWO TERMS. Stowell Sherman.
Lillian Sherman,
ONE TERM. Ethel Bartlett,
Lizzie Clark.
SILVER HILL.
TWO TERMS. George Cook. ONE TERM. George Daniels, Lizzie_Lynch.
Carrie Daniels.
DEER BROOK. TWO TERMS. Lizzie Conlin.
Nellie Davoren,
ONE TERM. Austin Davoren, Leo Ross.
Warren Cheever,
Alice Ostrand,
Mary Concannon,
TOWN RECORDS,
1894=95.
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TOWN RECORDS, 1894-95.
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 5, 1894.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
To Either Constable of the Town of Milford, in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, quali- fied by law to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the fifth day of March, A. D. 1894, punctually at eight o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following articles, namely :-
(The Polls may be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon on said day of meeting.)
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. A Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Collector, Auditor, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, two members of the School Committee, two Trustees of Public Library, three members of the Board of Health, two Trus- tees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and fifteen Constables, to be voted for on ballots prepared and furnished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 386 of the Acts of 1890 ; also upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No" in an- swer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"
Article 3. To hear and act upon the report of the Selectmen, School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Engineers of Fire Department, Tax Collector, Trustees of Public Library,
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Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, and any other officers and committees of said Town.
Article 4. To raise and appropriate such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the year ensuing.
Article 5. To see what action the Town will take in regard to lighting its streets, and appropriate money for the same.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the current year.
Article 7. To determine when all taxes shall be collected and paid into the treasury the year ensuing, and to fix the com- pensation of the Collector of Taxes for collecting the same.
Article 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars towards defraying the expense of Me- morial Day.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Town Clerk to re-write, index and arrange old Town records, and appro- priate money for the same.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen to take charge and control of all legal proceedings in which the Town shall be interested.
Article 11. To see if the Town will grant the free use of the Town Hall one night in each week, in the interest of temperance and labor.
Article 12. To see if the Town will macadamize Freedom street from West street to the Hopedale line, appropriate money for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to establish and purchase a Town or Public Scales, and appropriate money for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to locate an electric light at the corner of Main and Elm streets, and appropriate money for the same.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to beautify the cor-
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ner of Main and Spruce streets, and appropriate money for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to erect a new school building, appropriate money for the same, or take any action in regard to providing additional school accommodations.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by post- ing up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and at the Post-Office in said Town ; also cause an attest- ed copy to be published in The Milford Daily News, Milford Daily Journal, Milford Gazette, and Milford Times, newspapers printed in said Town, two Sabbaths at least before the time set for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.
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