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The School (with solo by Elizabeth Marie McNamara).
Presentation of Diplomas
Singing of Ode
The Class.
Orchestra
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GRADUATES, 1902. CLASSICAL COURSE.
Robert Merrill Bisbee, William Safford Clarke, James Edward Dempsey. NORMAL SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
*Mary Alice Adams,
Winnifred Margaret Broughey,
Attilio Horace Cenedella,
James Anthony Clancy,
*Benjamin Joseph Clancy,
Mary Elizabeth DeLaskey,
*Nora Grace Dolan,
Frances Vivian Gorman,
Florence Viola Gorman,
Marietta Louise Kirby,
Elizabeth Marie McNamara, Susan Eileen Ranahan,
Bertha Isabelle Snare,
*KatherineAnnastatiaSweeney, *Harry Deming Whitney.
COMMERCIAL COURSE.
Grace Frances Brown, Eva Maud Cadman,
Daniel Henry Clancey,
*Olive Christine Crickett,
*George Daniel Curtin,
Alice Nina Moulton,
Anna Harriet Pond,
Beatrice Anna Reynolds,
Louise Russell Swasey,
Elizabeth Izanna Watkins,
Ana Rawson White.
STATISTICS.
As it has been the custom for many years, we give below the statistics of the class of 1902 as compared with those of the preceding class :-
1902.
1901.
Oldest . 20 yrs. 3 mos. 16 days. 21 yrs. 5 mos.
Youngest
. 16 yrs. 4 mos. 16 yrs. 10 mos.
Average
18 yrs. 1 mo. .
17 yrs. 3 mos.
Tallest
5 ft. 11} in. .
5 ft. 11} in.
Shortest
5 ft. 1 in. ·
4 ft. 11 in.
Average
5 ft. 6 in. 5 ft. 4 in.
Heaviest
165 lbs.
160 lbs.
Lightest
95 lbs.
84 lbs.
Average
127 lbs.
137 lbs.
*Denotes incomplete course.
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LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1903.
SCHOOL.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
SALARY.
DATE OF
APP'T.
High,
J. C. Hull,
10 Gibbon Ave.,
$1,600 1902
T. J. Murphy,
17Middleton St., 159 Congress St.,
650 1897
Miss H. E. Morton,
Franklin St.,
600 1900
Miss Carolyn Field,
96 Congress St.,
600 1900
Miss Grace Harwood,
158 Congress St.,
600 1902
Mrs. K. E. Edwards,
41 Sumner St., 600
1873
Miss H. M. Broderick,
37 Pine St.,
432 1879
Miss M. T. McGrail,
Hopkinton,
342 1902
Miss S. L. Sullivan,
73 So. Main St.,
432 1900
South Grammar,
Miss M. J. Kelly,
87 High St.,
600 1877
Miss S. R. Broderick,
37 Pine St.,
432 1878
Miss A. M. Ames,
14 Fruit St.,
414 1889
Miss K. G. McDermott,
33 Depot St.,
432 1893
Miss M. F. Devine,
55 Beach St.,
600 1875
Miss M. E. Mullane,
132 Spruce St.,
396 1898
Miss S. A. Dyer,
Court St.,
396 1899
Miss K. Conely,
25 Taylor St.,
360 1900
Miss M. F. Gallagher,
100 Spruce St.,
396 1895
Miss J. F. McGann,
145 Congress St.,
432 1887
Miss M. McCool,
Spruce St.,
324|1901
Miss E. O. Taylor,
9 Otis St.,
396 1883
Miss K. McNamara,
250 Central St.,
500 1880
Miss K. Chapin,
250 Main St.,
432 1869
Miss A. S. McDermott,
33 Depot St.,
432|1897
Miss K. F. Tully,
432 1889
Miss S. A. Ryan,
360 1899
Miss K. G. Gilmore,
141 West St.,
432 1896
Miss S. E. Sheldon,
31 Franklin St.,
500 1871
Miss M. E. Toohey,
29 Pleasant St.,
432 |1891
Miss L. E. Gilfoyle,
46 High St.,
450 1889
Miss E. M. Waters,
8 Carroll St.,
450 1887
Miss N. M. Conely,
25 Taylor St.,
432 1888
Miss Alice Luby,
Water St.,
360.1902
Miss J. L. Devine,
55 Beach St.,
414 1884
Miss M. H. McDermott, 4 Pearl St.,
414 1899
Miss L. McNamara,
414 1892
Hoboken Primary, Miss Helena Swift,
324 1900
FountainSt.Prim.,
Miss S. E. Inman,
7 Taylor St.,
896 1868
Purchase Primary, Silver Hill,
Miss Mary Gilmore,
141 West St.,
324 1900
Bear Hill,
Miss Rose Keany,
Hopkinton,
288
1902
Braggville,
Miss S. M. Gorman,
10 Huntoon St.,
414 1895
Miss Esther O'Connor,
Marlboro, Mass.,
350 1901
Music Teacher, Supervisor of Drawing,
Miss Clara W. Pond,
Mendon,
450
1902
$21,094
Spruce Street Grammar and Primary,
Chapın Street Primary,
West Street Primary,
Un-
graded.
Miss M. Davoren,
Purchase St.,
360 1896
Purchase Gram., Claflin Grammar and Primary,
700 1902
Miss A. C. Teele,
Park Grammar,
Plains Grammar and Primary,
23 Sumner St., So. Bow St.,
42 Sumner St., High St.,
STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING SEPT. 3, 1901, AND ENDING JUNE, 1902.
SCHOOL.
NAME OF TEACHER.
Total
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent of
Attendance.
Total Half Days'
Number Cases of
Number Cases of
Number Cases of
Number Cases of
Corporal Punishment.
Half Days Teacher
was Absent.
HIGH,
Mr. I. F. Frisbee,
116
111.5
109
97.9
500
366
121
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PARK,
Mrs. K. E. Edwards,
40
36.4
35.3
96.9
377
700
27
Miss E. J. Stanley,
55
49.3
46.6
94.6
846
110
90
1
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Miss Susie L. Sullivan,
38
34.5
33.1
96.3
412
12
26
5
9.8
Miss M. J. Kelly,
48
45.3
43.9
96.9
487
13
65
1
1
8-7
Miss S. R. Broderick,
46
39.8
38.4
96.5
507
16
41
1
2
2
7-6
Miss A. M. Ames,
36
32
31.7
96
419
10
22
1
2
6-5
Miss K. G. McDermott,
47
45.1
44
97.7
413
23
25
1
3
9 8-7
Miss M. F. Devine,
37
30.6
29.1
95.2
446
54
39
20
2
6
6-5
Miss M. E. Mullane,
43
36
33
91.8
1053
141
58
20
2
Miss S. A. Dyer,
42
36.5
34
92.8
935
183
37
5
2
Miss K. B. Conely,
38
37.6
34.2
90.9
1140
100
22
2
3
40
Miss M. F. Gallagher,
47
38.8
35.4
91.2
1217
185
16
83
75.8
65.1
85.8
3908
144
21
2
i
40
9786
Miss H. M. Broderick,
44
36.7
35.5
96.8
445
Absence.
Tardiness.
Dismissal.
Truancy.
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PLAINS,
HICOAO
Miss J. F. McGann,
SOUTH,
GRADE OF SCHOOL.
Membership.
PURCHASE GRAMMAR,
Miss E. O. Taylor,
21
18.7
18.2
97.4
183
8
17
1(
41
37.2
36.1
96.9
559
12
41
2
51
47.5
46.2
97.1
588
4
20
2
52
46.9
44.1
94
1035
11
35
1
6
1
Miss M. E. Toohey,
49
41.7
38.3
91.9
1239
15
28
1
CLAFLIN,
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Miss K. G. Gilmore,
47
43
40.7
94.7
850
41
40
2
2
5
Miss S. A. Ryan,
39
35.5
33.5
94.5
647
15
32
4
Miss A. S. McDermott,
45
38.4
37.2
96.6
458
28
20
3
Miss K. F. Tully,
53
50.2
47.8
94.3
872
10
32
1
2
Miss K. McNamara,
56
40.5
38.8
96.3
627
29
18
2
51
43.3
89.9
92.1
1287
66
8
1
1
CHAPIN STREET,
4-3
Miss N. M. Conely,
58
53.1
50.3
94.9
910
77
44
1
2-1
44
40.2
37.7
93.8
858
69
33
1
6
1
Miss M. T. McGrail,
50
40.1
34.7
86.6
1692
98
21
1
1
+
WEST STREET,
4-3
Miss M. H. McDermott,
40
40
38.1
96.1
574
8
4
9
3.1
Miss L. McNamara,
69
64.6
61.5
92
1127
23
21
1
HOBOKEN,
2-1
Miss A. L. Sheehan,
30
26.7
24.2
90.6
874
90
2
2
FOUNTAIN STREET,
4-1
Miss S. E. Inman,
25
22.8
21.4
93.9
447
24
7
2
PURCHASE PRIMARY,
4-1
Miss M. Davoren,
27
21.3
20.4
95
327
13
2
1
SILVER HILL,
Miss Helena Swift,
15
11.7
10.9
93.5
264
18
7
3
BEAR HILL,
Miss N. M. Sullivan,
22
19.5
17.2
88.2
623
45
39
4
BRAGGVILLE,
Miss S. M. Gorman,
30
33.4
28.4
84.8
853
88
47
4
16
Total,
1675 1502.2 1413.9
94.1
29999
2161
1152
27
52
105
SPRUCE STREET,
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Miss L. E. Gilfoyle,
4-3 3 2
Miss E. M. Waters,
Miss S. E. Sheldon,
1
Miss K. Chapin,
3
Miss J. L. Devine,
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SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
The Social Service department of the Quinshipaug Wo- man's club has conducted the stamp savings in several schools in much the same manner as last year, and with substantially the same degree of success. The department has also held a series of meetings, which were largely educational, and to which the teachers were invited. The program follows :-
PROGRAM.
Thursday, November 13. Open Lecture.
"Seven Lamps of Education." Frank A. Hill, Litt. D.
Thursday, December 11. Papers. "Village Improvement in Milford." Rev. E. W. Whitney. "Influence of Beautiful Surroundings." Miss Evelyn M. Wires.
"Physical Culture." Mrs. C. E. Guild.
Thursday, January 8. Open Lecture.
'Good Sense and Good Health."
Miss E. A. Kimball, Worcester. Thursday, January 22. Mothers' Meeting.
"Patriotism." Mrs. Lelia F. Rockwood.
"Government of Children." Mrs. Ida D. Smith. "The Street and the Boy." Mrs. A. B. Babbitt. Thursday, February 5. Papers.
"College Remembrances." Miss Ethel Williams.
"Glimpses of Switzerland." Miss Mabel Whitney.
"A Plea for Genuineness." Mrs. Mary G. Hobart.
Wednesday and Thursday, February 18 and 19. Cooking Demonstrations.
Thursday, March 5. Open Lecture.
"The House of Life."
Rev. Dwight M. Hodge, D. D., Franklin.
HIGH SCHOOL DECORATION.
The efforts of the ladies who undertook an art exhibit last spring were crowned with a fair degree of success. About $172 was received from the sale of tickets, and $139 by sub- scriptions from the following persons: Clarence Jones, C. F. Claflin,¿ George H. Ball, B. E. Harris, Dr. John P. Holmes, A. A. Jenkins, A. A. Coburn, James N. Supple, N. W. Heath, H. D. Bowker, C. W. Wilcox, J. E. Walker, A. Wheeler, E. M. Wall, O. Avery, A. H. Mayhew, Shea & O'Neil, I. N. Davis, George F. Birch, Frank Battles, Dr. J. M. Eaton, Dr. M. W. Knight, L. Hayden, M. F. Green, Ethan C. Claflin, G. P. Cooke, F. W. Mann, C. J. Smith, Rev. J. T. Canavan, F. H. Marshall, D. Shea, Lucius E. Heath, Dr. W. J. Welch, W. R. Ferry, Fred Goucher, Prentice & Son, W. A. Flannery, James Lally, H. E. Whitney, Rev. E. W. Whitney, G. B. Williams, Charles F. Wilkinson, Miss M. Gillon, Louis J. Gillon, P. H. Gillon, C. H. Collins, B. Manion, J. E. Macuen, King Brothers, W. D. Leahy, Henry Willard, Charles Hixon.
The following is a list of pictures and busts already in the High school :-
Pictures :-
The Windmill-Ruysdael. The Jungfrau. The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone.
El Capitan.
Acropolis. Parthenon.
Interior of Coliseum.
Arch of Titus and Exterior of Coliseum.
Dance of the nymphs-Corot. Taking a pilot-Seeley.
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Busts :-
Diana.
Apollo.
Hermes.
Longfellow, with pedestal.
Winged Victory, with pedestal.
Pictures given :-
Portrait of Rembrandt, by J. A. Rice.
Canal in Venice, by Tourist Club.
Campanile at Florence, by E. L. Wires.
Stratford-on-Avon, by Class of 1894.
Cast of Singing Boys, by Social Service Department of Quinshipaug Woman's Club.
Below is a partial list of others that would be desirable :-
Niagara Falls.
Size 30x40.
Mt. Shasta.
66 30x40.
Yosemite Falls.
30x40.
Cleopatra Terrace.
30x40.
Muir Glacier, Alaska.
" 40x60.
Capitol, Washington, D. C.
Sphinx and Pyramids.
Hardanger Fjord, Norway.
Size 30x40. Carbon. 66 30x40.
Luxor on the Nile.
Matterhorn.
Melrose Abbey.
Westminster Abbey.
Kenilworth Castle.
Notre Dame Cathedral.
Tower of London.
St. Mark's, Venice. Exterior and Interior.
Canterbury Cathedral. Castle and Bridge of St. Angelo.
Portraits of
William Shakespeare. Sir Walter Scott. Tennyson. Noted American Authors and Statesmen.
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Chariot Race.
Cæsar Augustus.
Size 40x60. " 25x30.
Roman Forum.
Arch of Constantine.
Alhambra. Court of Lions.
Spring (Roman Festival). Alma-Tadema.
Reading from Homer.
Size 25x34.
Homer and his Guide.
25x30.
Landing of Columbus.
30x40. Carbon.
Return of the Mayflower.
40×60.
66
Spirit of '76.
25x34. 66
Battle of Lexington.
66 26×35. 66
Signing of the Declaration of Inde- pendence.
20x32.
66
Abraham Lincoln.
25x34.
Extracts from Revised School Laws.
CHAPTER 44.
SECTION 1. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, subject to such exceptions as to children, places of attendance and schools as are provided for in section three of chapter forty-two and sections three, five and six of this chapter. The superintendent of schools or, if there be no superintendent of schools, the school committee or teachers acting under the authority of said superintendent or commit- tee, may excuse cases of necessary absence .* * *Every per- son having under his control a child as described in this sec- tion shall cause him to attend school as herein required .* Whoever induces or attempts to induce a child to absent him- self unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors a child who, while school is in session, is absent unlawfully from school, shall 'be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dol- lars.
SECTION 6. A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a member of a household in which a person is ill with smallpox, diphthe- ria, scarlet fever or measles, or of a household exposed to such contagion shall not attend any public school during such ill- ness, or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the city or town, or from the attending physician of such person, stating that, in a case of smallpox, diphtheria or scarlet fever at least two weeks, and in the case of measles, at least three days, have elasped since the recovery, removal or death of such person,
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and that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed.
CHAPTER 46.
SECTION 3. A child between seven and fourteen years of age whs wilfully and habitually absents himself from school contrary to the provisions of section one of chapter forty-four shall be deemed to be an habitual truant, and, upon complaint by a truant officer and conviction thereof, may, if a boy, be committed to a county truant school and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls. )
CHAPTER 106. Employment of Women and Children.
SECTION 28. No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed in any factory, workshop or mercantile es- tablishment. No such child shall be employed at work per- formed for wages or other compensation, to whomsoever pay- able, during the hours when the public schools of the city or town in which he resides are in session, nor be employed at work before six o'clock in the morning or after seven o'clock in the evening.
SECTION 29. No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed in a factory, workshop or mercantile establishment unless his employer procures and keeps on file, accessible to the truant officers of the city or town, and to the district police and inspectors of factories and public buildings, an age and schooling certificate .*
SECTION 31. An age and schooling certificate shall not be approved unless satisfactory evidence is furnished by the last school census, the certificate of birth or baptism of such minor, the register of birth of such minor with a city or town clerk, or in some other manner, that such minor is of the age stated in the certificate.
SECTION 32. The age and schooling certificate of a minor under sixteen years of age shall not be approved and signed until he presents to the person who is authorized to approve and sign it an employment ticket duly filled out and signed .* *
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SECTION 33. Whoever employs a minor under sixteen years of age, and whoever having under his control a minor under such age permits such minor to be employed, in viola- lation of the provisions of sections twenty-eight and twenty- nine, shall for such offence be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars .*
SECTION 34. Truant officers may visit the factories, work- shops and mercantile establishments in their several cities and towns and ascertain whether any minors are employed therein contrary to the provisions of this chapter, and shall report any cases of such illegal employment to the school committee and to the chief of the district police or to the inspector of factories and public buildings .*
SECTION 35 AS AMENDED BY ACTS OF 1902.
While a public evening school is maintained in the city or town in which any minor who is over fourteen years of age and who does not have a certificate signed by the superintend- ent of schools, or by the school committee, or by some person acting under authority thereof, certifying to the minor's ability to read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the En- glish language resides, no person shall employ him and no parent, guardian or custodian shall permit him to be employed unless he is a regular attendant at such evening school or at a day school .* * *Any minor not holding the certificate de- scribed above shall furnish to his employer a record of his school attendance each week while the evening school is in session, and when this record shows unexcused absences from the sessions his attendence shall be deemed irregular accord- ing to this act. Whoever employs a minor in violation of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than one hun- dred dollars for each offence to the use of the evening schools of such city or town. A parent, guardian or custodian who permits a minor under his control to be employed in violation of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars to the use of the evening schools of such city or town. [Approved March 13, 1902.
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TOWN RECORDS. 1902-1903.
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TOWN RECORDS, 1902-1903.
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH
3, 1902.
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, qualified by law to vote in elections and, in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the third day of March, A. D., 1902, punctually at six 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, au- ditor, three selectmen, three assessors, three overseers of the poor, two members of the school committee, two trustees of the public library, one member of the board of health, (three years,) two trustees of Vernon Grove cemetery, and fifteen constables ; to be voted for on ballots prepared and furnished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 11 of the Revised Laws; also upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" Also upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall eight hours consti- tute a day's work for all laborers, mechanics and workmen
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now, or hereafter employed by or on behalf of the town of Milford."
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the se- lectmen, school committee, overseers of the poor, treasurer, engineers of fire department, tax collector, trustees of public library, trustees of Vernon Grove cemetery, and any other offi- cers 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 treas- urer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the cur- rent year.
ARTICLE 7. To determine when all taxes shall be collect- ed and paid into the treasury the year ensuing, and to fix the compensation of the collector of taxes for collecting the same.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate one hundred and fifty dollars towards defraying the ex- penses of Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will authorize the select- men to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the town.
ARTICLE 10." To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of three hundred dollars for the transplanting and care of shade trees, to be expended under the direction of the tree warden.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will vote to locate an electric light at the junction of South Main and Depot streets, and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for the celebration of an "Old Home Week," appoint a committee for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any money towards the "Devens Memorial Monu- ment," or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will vote to sell the land on Pearl street which the town purchased of the First Uni- versalist Society, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the' town will accept and allow the report of the selectmen on the re-location of a part of Ce- dar street from the corner of Dilla street to the southerly side of land of the Milford & Woonsocket Railroad company, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will vote to discontinue a part of Cedar street from the corner of Dilla street to the in- tersection of the re-location of said Cedar street as reported by the selectmen, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will authorize the se- lectmen to make a contract with the Milford Water Company for its water supply, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will vote to purchase the corporate property and all the rights and privileges of the Milford Water Company, in accordance with its legal rights so to do, appoint any agents to effect such purchase, and in - struct the same, provide means by borrowing or otherwise for such purchase, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will accept and allow the report of the selectmen on the laying out of Dominick street extension, raise and appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation to the same.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, at each of the public meet- ing-houses and at the post-office in said town; also cause an attested copy to be published in the Milford Gazette, a news- paper 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
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with your doings thereon to the clerk of said town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Milford, this twentieth day of February, A. D., 1902.
GEORGE P. COOKE, ABBOTT A. JENKINS, JOSEPH F. HICKEY, Selectmen of Milford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 3, 1902.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the in- habitants of the town of Milford herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned by posting up attested copies of this warrant at each of the pub- lic meeting-houses, and at the post-office in said town; and I have likewise caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Milford Gazette, a newspaper printed in said town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meeting.
Attest:
OLIVER D. HOLMES,
Constable of Milford.
A true copy of the warrant and the return thereon. Attest:
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 3, 1902.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 3, 1902.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Mil- ford, qualified by law to vote in elections and in town affairs, holden this third day of March, A. D., 1902, at six o'clock in the forenoon, the said inhabitants proceeded as follows :-
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The meeting was called to order by the town clerk, who read the warrant and the officer's return thereon.
Article 1. Balloting, the meeting made choice of Lowell E. Fales as moderator, the voting list being used.
[5 ballots cast, all of which were for Lowell E. Fales.] The polls were opened at 6.17 A. M.
Voted: To close the polls at 4.30 P. M.
Due notice having been given, the polls at 4.30 P. M. were declared closed.
Charles W. Carroll, who had been appointed to check the list, was duly sworn in by the town clerk.
S. A. Eastman and D. J. Sullivan, ballot clerks, and W. G. Pond and M. G. Lynch, deputy ballot clerks, were duly sworn in by the town clerk.
Voted: That the moderator appoint a committee of 25 to act as a finance committee to make a report on appropriations for the year ensuing, and to report at adjourned meeting Wednesday, March 5, 1902, at 7.30 P. M.
The moderator appointed the following committee: George P. Cooke, C. L. Clark, C. A. Cook, George E. Stacy, G. M. Bil- lings, C. A. Dewey, M. W. Edwards, P. Lynch, M. E. Nelli- gan, J. H. Scott, J. F. Stratton, C. F. Claflin, J. Allen Rice, C. W. Wilcox, E. L. Wires, Joseph F. Hickey, George B. Blake, D. J. Cronan, F. P. Dillon, Charles F. Wilkinson, W. D. Leahy, Abbott A. Jenkins, P. H. Gillon, Walter S. V. Cooke and Lucius E. Heath.
The following tellers were duly sworn in by the town clerk: Arthur A. Jenkins, Archibald Boyd, A. W. Shedd, C. W. Harris, D. H. Bates, C. A. Carpenter, Fred E. Cook, A. W. Roberts, W. H. Quinn, M. H. Avery, T. P. Wilkinson, James J. Connors, Thomas J. Nugent, John E. Swift, F. W. Draper, P. Rabbitt, John A. Higgins, Fred Fitzsimmons, H. I. Carpen- ter, E. J. Nutter, George E. Buckley, James T. McGuire, Den- nis P. Cronin, John F. Burke, Martin J. Cooney, C. H. Wil- cox, E. J. Nelligan, Frank C. Morgan, T. H. Coyne, Fred M.
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Condry, W. F. Mann, Clarence A. Lilley, P. H. Gaffney, Wil- liam E. Southland, W. E. Parkhurst, Thomas F. Maher.
Voted: That action on all articles in the warrant after Article 2 be postponed until next Wednesday evening, at which time the remaining articles are to be taken up, and that after the vote is declared the meeting stand adjourned until next Wednesday at 7.30 P. M.
During the voting the ballot-box was opened by the unan- imous consent of the moderator and town clerk for the pur- pose of taking out, sorting and counting the ballots. First at 9 A. M., when it registered 437; then at 10.50 A. M., when it registered 825; then at 12.10 p. M., when it registered 1035; then at 1.05 p. M., when it registered 1222; then at 2.45 P. M., when it registered 1558; then at 3.40 P. M., when it registered 1710; and at the close of polls, when the box registered 1788.
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