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1893.
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to John
Cliffor 1, $ 39.46
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to John M.
Knox, . 74.29
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to John .J. Sugrue. 102.61
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to Mrs. Mary Larned, 169.92
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to Abbie A. Lynes, 169.92
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to James Sullivan, 169.92
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to Harriet Gerald, . 169.92
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to Mary Lehan, . · ·
4.18
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to John D. Sullivan, 57.10
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, aid to Michael J. Sullivan, 57.10
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, aid to George Gerald, . 169.92
Westboro Lunatic Hospital, aid to Maggie McCarty, ·
38.07
Massachusetts School for Feeble Minded, aid to Timothy Keefe, 169.92 $1,392.33
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J. F. Holbrook, aid to Mrs. William Brown, $ 6.92
F. F. Marcy,
96.00
O. W. Studley, 66 66 5.00 .
A. E. Park, 66 60
66 5.00
$112.92
J. B. Carmody, aid to Mrs. Mary A. Thomas, 36.00 Joseph Belanger, coffin for Mrs. Mary A. Thomas, 15.00
51.00
John M. Converse, house rent to Cheney
Allen, 125.00
Shaw Brothers, aid to Mrs. Joseph Mayatt, .
48.00
James B. Shaw, aid to James Sheehan, 47.39
9.88
Alfred Trumble, aid to James Sheehan, in '91, Packard S. Trumble, aid to James Sheehan, in '92, 9.13
H. T. Bishop, aid to Mrs. David Fleming, 48.68
H. T. Bishop, aid to Mrs. Carmoline, 12.00
Joseph Belanger, coffin, Mrs. Carmoline, 12.00
H. T. Bishop, aid to Mary and Margaret Ryan, 68.26
J. W. Miller, aid to Mary and Margaret Ryan, . 8.50
Joseph Labonty, aid to Mary and Margaret Ryan.
2.50
T. D. Potter, aid to Mary and Margaret Ryan, 2.00
81.26
H. T. Bishop, aid to Ozar Blanchard, 48.87
H. T. Bishop, aid to Mary Sheehan, 36.40
H. T. Bishop, aid to Goodreau children, 39.79
Mrs. Mary Austin, aid to Harry Thayer, 4.00
Bridget Kinnévan, aid to Mrs. George Evans, 168.00
H. T. Bishop, aid to Mrs. Peter Austin, 59.66
O. A. Parent, aid to Mrs. Ellen Hurlihy, 42.33
O. A. Parent, aid to Mrs. Michael Shea, 67.65
G. A. Bills. aid to Joseph Taft, 32.00
Town of Granby, aid to Elenor Thompson, 98.55
Morris Moriarty, aid to Mary O'Brien, 24.00
Morris Moriarty, aid to Kate Fenton, 36.00
H. T. Bishop, aid to Mrs. Bridget Bresnahan, 5.18
D. J. Lawlor, coffin, Mrs. Jerry Shea, 15.00
24.00
. ·
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E. Goodes, aid to Mrs. Henry Tracy, $ 2.50
O. W. Studley, aid to Mrs. Henry Tracy, 21.00
A. E. Park, aid to Mrs. Henry Tracy, 21.00
$44.50
City of Chicopee, aid to Mrs. William McCarty, 20.00
City of Fitchburg, aid to Henry Lonzo, 10.00
Town of Templeton, aid to Mrs. Mary Duboise, 25.25
City of Springfield, aid to Daniel Shea, 24.22
City of Holyoke, aid to Edward Roberts, 19.95
Town of Gardner, aid to Mrs. Arthur
Marshault, 2.41
Eaton & Barnes, aid to Hattie Young, 21.00
J. B. Brown & Co., aid to Hattie Young, 15.00 J. B. Brown & Co., aid to Lewis Hubert. 47.00 Charles L. Holden, aid to Michael Lyons, 10.00
W. E. Stone, aid to Luther W. Tanner, 55.00
H. T. Bishop, aid to John Foster, Jr., 5.20
C. B. Fiske & Co., paper and printing, 6.75
City of Worcester, aid to Thomas M. Beverage, 14.28
Dr. John Morgan, aid to William Taft, 30.00
Town of Warren, aid to Daniel McKelligot, 28.50
Cash paid for stamps and stationery, 7.95
City of Worcester. aid to Mrs. Abbie Mc- Cormick, ·
50.00
Cash aid paid out,
·
17.27
Cash paid out for looking up paupers, 16.32
Town of Ware, aid to Truffield Goaky, 77.60
Town of Ware, aid to Louis Moran, 49.70
Town of Ware, aid to Louis Taylor,
35.25
Town of Ware, aid to William Lonzo, 30.21
Dr. William Holbrook, for medical services, . 100.00
J. O. Hamilton, for services as overseer, 135.00
H. T. Bishop, ،، .. 145.00
William Merriam, "
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.6 160.00
$3,830.13
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SUPPORT OF POOR ON TOWN FARM, MARCH 1st, 1893.
G. W. Lent, services as warden, $312.00
Mrs. C. P. Carpenter, making ten dresses, in 1891, 7.90
B. L. Bragg & Co., washing machine,
8.50
Downing, Sturtevant & Co., goods, .
14.52
F. D. Barton, clock, in 1891,
1.25
E. A. Buck & Co., hardware,
14.85
C. A. Brown & Co, hardware, 9.40
20.19
W. S. Gamwell, fine feed,
235.78
Henry McGilp, fish and oysters,
22.16
Josiah Gates, fertilizer,
19.00
C. K. Gamwell, clothing.
12.50
O. W. Studley, meat, 81.95
Clark & Hastings, meat. 28.31
5.50
J. B. Shaw, goods, . 175.03
J. S. Carr & Co., crackers, .
4.25
E. Goodes, boots and shoes, .
23.60
LeGro & Lynde, medicine,
26.55
O. P. Allen, medicine.
1.75
H. T. Bishop, goods,
15.00
$1.039.99
Whole number at town farm during the year, 15. Average number at town farm during the year. 12. Cost per week per head, $1.67.
CASH PAID OUT OF SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR REPAIRS.
E. C. Sexton, labor, . $92.48
E. A. Buck & Co .. paints and oils, 52.55
LeGro & Lynde, wall paper, 5.98
W. H. Hitchcock, labor and stock, 9.28
$160.29
C. D. Holbrook, flour and feed,
Walter Winter, blacksmithing.
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INVENTORY AT TOWN FARM.
March 1st, 1893,
March 1st, 1892,
.
. $2,005.88
.
1,661.97
$343.01 increase.
SUPPORT OF POOR BELONGING TO THE STATE, MARCH 1st, 1893.
H. G. Loomis, coffin to John Dubec, $ 12.00
Morris Moriarty, aid to Michael Wood, 3.00
Joseph Belanger, coffin for Beauchamp child, 7.00
J. W. Weeks, aid to James Read, 90.00
Dwyer & Sullivan, aid to Frank Hanks, Jr., 9.00
J. B. Shaw, aid to Frank Hanks, Jr., 3.00
Dr. Wm. Holbrook, medical attendance, Frank Hanks, Jr., .
30.50
O. P. Allen, medicine, Frank Hanks, Jr., 2.25
Oliver LaSalle, coffin, Frank Hanks, Jr., 10.00
$54.75
Cash paid to send Morris Austin to Tewks- bury, 2.40
Cash paid to send D. J. Fowler to Tewks- bury, 2.40
J. B. Shaw, aid to Louis Smart,
3.00
H. T. Bishop, aid to Arthur Lord, 15.10
H. G. Loomis, coffin for unknown man, .
15.00
H. T. Bishop, aid to Mrs. Gingras, . 36.90
J. W. Miller, aid to Mrs. Gingras, . 2.38
39.28
O. C. Marcy, aid to Mrs. Edward Cardinal, . 1.25
Kate Brothers, aid to John Jacobs, . 5.02
Dr. Wm. Holbrook, medical attendance to Patrick Feeley, . 2.50
Springfield City Hospital, aid to Patrick Feeley, 126.00
128.50
Shaw Brothers. aid to Mrs. Joseph Vergeny. 5.00
William Merriam. aid to James Swift and family, 6.10
Joseph Belanger, coffin for Lucien Austin, 5.00
$394.80
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SUPPORT OF POOR BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS. LEOMINSTER.
E. J. Wood, house rent to Mrs. F. Blair, . $ 60.00
SPENCER.
Charles Barton, aid to Edward M. Dempsy, . 26.00
BRIMFIELD.
Geo. W. Collis, aid to Everett T. Dodge, 6.00
MONSON.
F. J. Merriam, aid to Mrs. Ann Poro,
7.00
WARE.
H. T. Bishop, aid to Mrs. Joseph Rogers,
60.00
Mayatt & Rogers, aid to Mrs. Joseph Rogers,
12.00
72.00
ENFIELD.
Dr. Wm. Holbrook, medical attendance Samuel W. Crocker, 22.50
$193.50
TRAMP ROOM.
A. O. Allen, care of tramp room, 60.00
A. (). Allen, working tramps, 42.15
A. O. Allen, crackers for tramp room, 15.06
Palmer National Bank, rent of tramp room, . 90.00
$207.21
Number of tramps lodged during the year, 312.
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CASH .PAID OUT.
Support of poor not on town farm,
$3,830.13
Support of poor on town farm,
·
1,039.99
Repairs, .
160.29
Poor belonging to the State, .
394.80
Poor belonging to other Towns,
.
193.50
Tramp room,
·
207.21
$5,825.92
CASH RECEIVED.
Appropriation for support of poor, . $5,000.00
Appropriation for repairs,
200.00
From Boston,
.
75.00
From Chicopee,
4.00
From Leominster,
76.75
From Monson,
7.00
From Enfield,
22.50
From Brimfield,
6.00
From Ware,
72.00
From the state,
318.60
$5,781.85
Overdrawn,
$44.07
DUE.
From the state,
$200.16
From Spencer,
26.00
$226.16
The Overseers would recommend an appropriation of five thousand dollars for the support of the poor for the ensuing year ; also three hundred dollars as a contingent fund.
J. O. HAMILTON, Overseers WILLIAM MERRIAM, of
H. T. BISHOP. Poor.
Young Men's Library Association.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1893.
Number of volumes in Library, March 1, 1892, . 4,234
Number of volumes Donated to the Library during the year, 31
Total,
4.265
Number of volumes loaned to readers in fiction, . 5,306
Number of volumes loaned to readers in history, travels, etc., 2,037
Total, 7.343
In this age of advancement, the Free Library has become a prime necessity. Questions arise every day in the school room, the office or the home which claim an answer, many of which can only be solved by the accumulated stores of wisdom found in the well-selected volumes of a library free to all. But knowledge is progressive. science is achieving new triumphs every year, so by consequence the leaders of thought of a few decades ago are pushed into the back- ground, to give place to the searchers of to-day, and they who would keep abreast of the times must needs take up the new facts as pre- sented or be left in the rear. A free library affords to all an equal opportunity of gaining the benefits of researches, which are the re- sults of the most careful study by the foremost thinkers of the age ; a benefit which we owe to ourselves and to the rising generation. especially when it can be gained by an outlay so very small to each taxpayer of the town. Many of the patrons of the library are young people, or those who do not feel able to purchase the many new and desirable books which are constantly appearing, and they ought to find a portion of the best new literature on our library shelves that their desire for knowledge may be met and that their interest in the library
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may be kept up. All the towns about us are most liberal in the sup- port which they extend to their libraries ; let it not be said that Pal- mer is backward in this respect.
For lack of funds the trustees have not been able to buy books, save in the matter of magazines, during the past year. The ac- cessions have been in the shape of donations from various sources.
There is a great necessity for a reasonably increased annual appro- priation for the purchase of new books, or to replace standard vol- umes which continually wear out.
As it now is, the expense of lighting, heating, care of building and grounds, the library attendant, and the rebinding of books all come out of the annual appropriation of $500, which leaves little or noth- ing for buying needed books. Let it be remembered that the officers charge nothing for their services, and that the books, etc., are fur- nished at wholesale prices.
Let the thoughtful consider the needs of the library and act accord- ingly.
W. H. Stowe, President,
O. P. ALLEN, Librarian.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Cash on hand March 1, 1892, . . $153.96
Received from Town of Palmer, · · 500.00
Fines and sales of Catalogues, . ·
41.00
$694.96
Paid for Papers and Magazines,
$ 69.36
Rebinding Books,
47.15
May E. Robinson, assistant at Library,
156.50
Fuel, .
179.27
Lights,
46.51
Janitor,
65.25
Repairs, .
8.60
Express, etc.,
2.20
$574.84
Balance on hand March 1, 1893, ·
$120.12 LOUIS E. CHANDLER, Treasurer.
Report of School Committee.
The School Committee would present the following report of the schools of the town during the past year :-
It is believed that there has been a gradual improvement in several directions.
The school registers, in many of the schools, show a better attend- ance and fewer cases of tardiness. Some teachers have a tact of making the schoolroom a happy place for their pupils. In these schools the attendance is more regular and the pupils are ashamed to enter the schoolroom tardy.
There have been fewer changes among the teachers than in some previous years.
It will be wise policy for the town to pay their teachers such salaries as to be able to retain the best ones.
It is truly said in the Springfield school report that the efficiency of the schools depends more upon the teachers than upon resolutions of school committees or edicts of superintendents.
The general deportment of the pupils in our schools has improved, better care is being taken of the school furniture, and most of the schoolrooms are kept in a more cleanly condition than formerly.
Habits of neatness and propriety of conduct are quite as valuable as a knowledge of arithmetic and geography.
The Course of Study adopted by the Committee is having good results toward uniformity of school work. Some of the schools may not, at once, be able to do the work of the grade, but in time we trust they will accomplish it.
Quite an amount of new reading matter has been furnished to the schools, and a change of writing books has been adopted by the Committee.
A professional teacher in writing has visited a number of the schools, and has given some valuable hints in penmanship to the teachers and pupils.
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Some of the primary schools are pressed for room to accommodate the pupils. In the Bondsville Primary school the half-day system has been tried with good results.
No grade of our schools should have more consideration than the Primary grade, for it is here that the pupils will learn either to love or dislike school life.
The Intermediate schools are well filled. These schools are also important, as many of the pupils leave this grade and go to work in mills and other places.
The Grammar schools are not so crowded as some of the lower grades. As this grade furnishes the material for the High school, quite an amount of work is necessary to be done to prepare the pupils for promotion.
In the examination, in June, of pupils to enter the High school, there was a marked improvement in the language work over the previous year.
As the High school increases in numbers it may be best to raise the standard for admission to that school. By most of the pupils another year in the Grammar schools could be profitably spent. Some additional studies, as bookkeeping and algebra, might be added to the course.
The High school has fully maintained its high standard. More attention has been given to English literature. This, we think, is a step in advance.
We judge a tree by its fruits. We may judge the work of a teacher by the inspiration given to the pupils after leaving school to seek higher attainments in culture. When we see so large a number of the graduates planning for an advanced course of study, we are confident that something besides "cramming," which produces mental indi- gestion, is done in the school. It is doubtful whether there are many towns of the size of Palmer that have more students in the higher institutions of learning.
In June a large attendance of parents and friends of the graduating class met in Holden's Opera House to listen to the exercises prepared by the graduates for the occasion.
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At the close the following members of the class received from the School Committee certificates of graduation :-
Beatrice R. Andrews,
Blanche Hastings,
Annie B. Fish,
Lelah Sharp.
Ruth Willis,
Annie Bishop,
Bridget M. Dowd,
Philip C. Story,
Maude Murdock.
William M. Roach.
Maggie Hartnett,
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
During the summer vacation the schoolrooms in the several build- ings were thoroughly cleaned, the ceilings and walls renovated, and the blackboards put in good repair.
The outside of the school buildings in Three Rivers, Wire Mill, Forest Lake and Mason districts are greatly in need of being painted.
The heating arrangement in Thorndike will need attention before another winter, and the heating apparatus in Three Rivers has not given the best of satisfaction during the past season.
The cold winter has drawn heavily upon the appropriation for fuel.
As there were but four pupils who would probably attend school in the Shaw district, arrangements were made in September to send three of them, belonging to one family, to a school in Ware, and the other to a school in West Warren.
A Teachers' Institute, under the direction of Hon. J. W. Dickinson, Secretary of the State Board of Education, was held in the High school building Sept. 28, 1892. Interesting and instructive exercises were given by State Agents Edson, Bailey and others. There was a good attendance of the teachers and a general expression of satis- faction that the Institute had been a profitable one.
The schools of the town observed Columbus Day, Oct. 21, with exercises appropriate for the occasion.
The Committee has furnished a room in the High school building in which to hold its meetings. A fire-proof safe has been purchased to preserve school records and valuable papers. A large book case has also been made for holding school books and other materials used in the schools.
The cost of school books is quite an item in the town expenses.
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While the Committee desires to be liberal in ordering suitable books for the schools, still they would impress upon the teachers the im- portance of keeping a careful inventory of the books in their several classrooms, and of guarding against the misuse of them by the pupils.
The Committee does not intend to ask for a larger appropriation than is necessary to carry on the schools with success.
At the beginning of the year, the appropriation asked for being cut down, and some bills presented that were incurred during the previous year, the Committee has been obliged to leave undone some things which ought to have been done.
We hear it said that the town of Palmer pays more for schools in proportion to the school population than any other town in the state. If any one will take pains to examine the school reports of the towns around us, and compare the grade of schools and the number of children in the towns, the difference in the amount raised for school purposes will not be so great as has been supposed.
The schools of the town deserve our best thought and should re- ceive a most liberal appropriation.
Some one has said. " What we would have the future of our nation to be, we must put into the schools of to-day."
While there is much to be done to raise all our schools to the highest standard, still we believe that any disinterested person will find some good work done in the schools of Palmer.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
HIGH SCHOOL.
H. B. Knox,
. $1,500.00
Helen L. Cobb,
.
·
500.00
Carrie A. Marsh, .
470.00-$ 2,470.00
DEPOT.
Addie L. Rogers,
$495.00
Eva E. Cady,
315.00
Abbie J. Wallis,
315.00
Ellen S. Leach,
315.00
Lizzie F. Brown,
315.00-$ 1,755.00
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THREE RIVERS.
H. N. Cross,
$540.00
Addie L. Walker,
210.00
Marion R. Paine,
105.00
Helen L. Robinson,
315.00
Cora B. Clark, .
315.00
Katherine Twiss,
300.00
Frances E. Beauregard,
240.00
Francis E. Cross,
·
30.00
Annie B. Crane,
78.75-$ 2,133.75
THORNDIKE.
Howard M. Deane,
$300.00
Valentine Almy,
.
150.00
Effie E. Smith,
315.00
Lulu Talmadge,
315.00
Mary E. Murdock,
315.00
Emma F. Deming,
·
.
315.00
S. Beulah Thayer,
.
315.00-$ 2,025.00
BONDS VILLAGE.
H. E. Fuller,
$300.00
W. H. Crocker,
.
150.00
Catherine M. Burns,
.
315.00
Josie E. Shea,
7.50
Grace Savage,
4.50
Georgietta E. Campbell, .
105.00
Mattie B. Smith,
105.00
M. A. O'Brien,
43.75
Maggie T. Shea,
315.00
Caroline M. Howe,
56.00
May A. Martin,
210.00
Harriett G. Martin,
105.00-$ 1,716.75
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.
PALMER CENTER.
Annie O'Connor,
$263.50
WHITING.
Amy Graves,
$252.00
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WIRE MILL.
Minnie S. Lawson,
.
. $315.00
BLANCHARDVILLE.
Christia Park,
Marion R. Paine,
. $ 90.00 . 180.00-$270.00
MASON.
Mary McFarlane.
.
$252.00
SHORLEY.
Annie O'Connor,
$ 35.00 . 217.00-$ 252.00
SHAW.
Jessie M. Shaw,
.
$ 84.00- $ 1,688.50
Total paid teachers,
·
$11,789.00
CARE OF HOUSES.
DEPOT.
H. L. Gray.
$ 226.20
H. Allen, cleaning vault, . .
5.00- $ 231.20
THORNDIKE.
C. F. Gerald,
$ 130.00
J. King,
·
·
6.00- $ 136.00
THREE RIVERS.
C. S. Smith,
$ 62.80
Geo. E. Trickett.
.
50.00
F. A. Ruggles. ·
·
.
19.95- $ 132.75
BONDS VILLAGE.
C. E. Fuller.
$ 223.11
Effie Moffatt,
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UNGRADED.
Blanchardville, janitor and cleaning,
$ 4.00
Wire Mill,
20.35
Shaw,
..
.
3.00
Whiting, . 6
5.00
Mason,
10.50
Center,
11.30
Shorley,
٤٠
1.00
$778.71
TEACHERS SALARIES, 1891. SPECIAL APPROPRI- ATION.
DEPOT.
H. B. Knox,
$105.00
Helen L. Cobb,
50.00
Carrie A. Marsh,
22.50
Addie L. Rogers,
62.50
Eva E. Cady,
43.75
Abbie J. Wallis, .
43.75
Ellen S. Leach,.
43.75
Lizzie F. Brown, .
43.75-$
460.00
THREE RIVERS.
H. N. Cross,
$42.50
Helen L. Robinson,
26.25
Cora B. Clark,
26.25
Marion R. Paine,
8.75
Katherine Twiss,
22.50
Frances E. Beauregard,
30.00-$ $156.25
THORNDIKE.
Aalentine Almy,
$12.50
Effie E. Smith,
8.75
Lulu Talmadge, .
8.75
Mary E. Murdock,
8.75
Emma F. Deming,
.
8.75
S. Beulah Thayer,
$ 8.75-$ 56.25
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BONDSVILLE.
W. H. Crocker,
$12.00
Catherine M. Burns,
.
4.38
Mattie B. Smith,
·
.
8.75
Maggie T. Shea,
·
·
4.38
May A. Martin,
4.38-$
34.39
CENTER.
Josie E. Shea,
$45.00
WHITING.
Amy Graves,
.
$7.00
WIRE MILL.
Minnie S. Lawson,
$8.75
SHORLEY.
Effie Moffatt,
$7.00
Jessie M. Shaw,
$7.00-$
74.75
$781.64
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Omer Gosselin,
.
$378.70
Jerry Shea.
·
.
.
237.00
J. F. Twiss,
334 00
C. F. Smith,
55.70
G. D. Mooers,
272.00
D. Mahoney,
45.00-$ 1,322.40
.
FUEL.
J. F. Holbrook, .
. $1,012.23
L. C. Snow, 10.12
C. P. Haynes, 35.50
J. A. Palmer,
23.00
T. D. Potter & Co.,
13.00
.
·
SHAW.
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Jerry Shea.
.
$ 6.50
M. A. Sherman,
.
16.50
D. Mahoney,
14.87
N. W. Bond,
8.00
Samuel Brown,
19.00
W. F. Fillmore, .
103.71-$ 1,262.43
REPAIRS.
F. D. Barton,
$ 4.35
M. A. Sherman,
2.00
F. A. Ruggles,
2.75
J. A. Day.
16.13
F. W. Merriam, .
4.00
F. H. Dean,
22.23
A. S. B. Lothrop,
3.00
E. A. Buck & Co.,
4.10
L. A. Conant,
28.85
Jerry Shea,
20.15
John F. Twiss,
25.50
James Lacroix,
50.00
D. Mahoney,
.50
N. K. Rogers,
2.80
John Wilson,
4.15
F. F. Marcy,
14.04
Samuel Brown,
.80
J. A. Breckenridge,
338.44
Phillips Mfg. Co.,
10.06
C. S. Ruggles, .
51.85
M. J. Dillon,
2.30
T. D. Potter & Co., 1
46.89
A. M. Bond,
47.80
G. D. Whiting, .
7.75
G. W. Lyman,
121.86-$ 832.30
.
.
.
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CONTINGENCIES.
Palmer Water Co., water,
$ 22.00
M. J. Dawson, truant officer, 7.00
C. S. Smith, enumerator, 50.00
S. S. Taft, insurance, 56.59
A. E. Fitch, insurance, .
174.75
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing, 64.20
Geo. E. Trickett, truant officer, 1891,
42.45
Shaw Bros. & Co., sundries,
5.72
C. A. Brown & Co., sundries,
6.25
F. D. Barton, repairing clock,
.50
H. P. Holden, use of hall,
20.00
L. E. Moore, sundry expenses on freight, etc., ·
18.97
J. A. Day, cash expenses,
31.56
O. P. Allen, freight charges etc., on books etc., 11.66
W. A. Breckenridge, freight etc.,
1.20
Thomson & Co., safe,
80.00
M. McCormick, truant officer, 5.75
Joseph Belnager, sundries, 1.00
H. G. Loomis, furniture, 25.75
Town of Brimfield, tuition, 1891, 5.00
C. A. Brown & Co., sundries, 3.90
Robinson & Taylor, sundries, 2.25
S. H. Brown, teaming, 1.60
J. H. Haynes, stove, ·
12.50
S. H. Hellyar, curtains, .
5.60
E. A. Buck & Co., sundries, 7.60
Palmer and Monson Electric Co., lighting, 5.40-$ 669.20
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Ginn & Co., ·
·
$163.49
American Book Co.,
75.68
G. C. Merriam & Co.,
·
25.50
John F. Lyman, . 2.80
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J. & I. E. Moore, .
$ 7.00
O. P. Allen,
·
5.22
D. C. Heath & Co.,
47.42
Milton Bradley, .
9.00
E. H. Butler & Co.,
20.83
Fairfield Paper Co.,
107.63
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
43.28
Allyn & Bacon, .
12.00
Boston School Supply Co.,
58.74
E. Maynard & Co.,
10.80
Harper & Bros., .
29.92
J. A. Day, ·
11.10
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn,
19.50
Silver, Burdette & Co.,
382.44
Springfield News Co.,
90.16-$ 1,122.51
SALARIES OF COMMITEE.
W. A. Breckenridge,
· $100.00
A. B. C. Deming,
·
100.00
Rev. J. A. Day, .
100.00
F. A. Ruggles, .
100.00
Rev. W. H. Hart,
100.00
L. E. Moore,
100.00-$ 600.00
RECAPITULATION.
Teachers' salaries,
. $11,789.00
Care of houses, 778.71
Transportation of scholars to high school, 1,322.40
Fuel,
1,262.43
Repairs, .
832.30
Contingencies,
669.20 .
Text books and supplies, .
1,122.51
Salaries of Committee, . 600.00
Salaries of teachers for 1891, Special appro- priation, ·
781.64- $19.158.19
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AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AND AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Salaries of teachers,
. $11,500.00
Text books and supplies,
. 1,000.00
Transportation, .
. 1,200.00
Care of houses,
· 800.00
Repairs, .
·
1,000.00
Fuel, . ·
1,000.00 ·
Contingencies,
500.00
Salaries of Committee,
600.00
Salaries of teachers for 1891,
781.64
Dog fund,
473.01
Merrick fund,
34.34
Massachusetts School Fund,
218.31
Stoves, Bondsville,
16.00
Mileage tickets not used, .
9.32
Tuition, Bondsville,
7.50
Tuition, Three Rivers,
20.00
Tuition, Depot,
10.00- $19,170.12
Amount expended,
19,158.19
Amount unexpended,
$11.93
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
1st Month.
2d Month.
3d Month.
4th Month.
5th Month.
6th Month.
7th Month.
8th Month.
9th Month.
10th Month.
ship for Year.
Average Attend-
ance for Year.
Enroiled No.
H. B. Knox
76
76
76
80
80 78
77 76
75 5
75
78 71
78 77
77 5
75 5
76
Grammar.
40 75 41 5
40 5
42
43
45
44 5
42
42 5
42 4
40 29
63
Palmer.
Addie L. Rogers .
36 9
39 3
38 5
40 2
42
40
42 75
41 5
41 5
19 5
19 22
15 77
17
16 15
15 5
17 35
17
17
29 3
26 09
22
Thorndike ..
Harold M. Dean.
17 6
16 77 36
34
32
32
30
30
29
33
30 7
36
Bondsville ..
H. E. Fuller
32 08 34 08
31 83
19 80
19 75
20
19 25
18 50
18
17 25
18 8
17 1
21
Three Rivers ..
H. N. Cross. .
16 43
16 45
18 36
18 35
16 9
18 38
17 05
16 6
15 18
First Intermediate.
Palmer ..
Eva E. Cady ..
41 25
34 95
36 77 35 52
34
32
32
31 5
32
32
Thorndike.
Effie E. Smith
21 7
20 65
20 38
30 48
29 68
27 8
28 26
27 8
28 08
1
19
19
19
30
30
18
29
27 25
26 25
Bondsville ..
Caroline M Howe ....
1
18
18
17
29
28
26 5
27 2
26 2
25 75
26
23 58
21 14
31
Three Rivers.
Addie L. Walker.
21
20 12 15 67
19 3
19 4
21
26 45 24 8
25 25
23 7
Second Intermediate.
Palmer.
Abbie J Wallis ..
129 4
27
26 2
130 4
31 5
29 9
28 1
27 5
Thorndike.
Emma F. Deming.
15 07
11 45 12 2
20 6
21 77
20 5
21 05
20 2
Bondsville ..
Katherine A. Burns.
36
35 45 32 62 31 15
.32 6
31 35 34 05
26 97
26 7
Three Rivers.
Helen L. Robinson. . .
125 52 24 17 23 56 30
28 97 28
23 05 23 67 22 12
28 9
25 96
33
48
43
39 35
39
38 25
42 5 39 4
43 35 39 20
41 8
46 42 95
46 40 65
42 8
38 98
46
25
23
123
29
32
32
32
31 29 5
31
29
30 8
28 8
32
17 50 14 5
14 5
23 25
26
25 25
25
23 5
21 55
18 10
24
37 5
36 75
33 75
32 25
.33 2
35
24 5 20.07 35 25
35 32 6
32 6.
34 6
32 75
39
27 72
27 35 27 04 31 57 31 75 31
20 95
21 5
22 5
27 5
23 2
23
21 12
15 55 31
15 62
13 15
16 27
115 52
10 07
W. N. Crocker.
35
1
31 10
130 62
30 92
28 05
26 9
29 4
26 09
27
Georgetta Campbell.
25 28
23 9
19
Katherine A. Burns ..
74 5
75
74
78 85
77
High ...
Helen L. Cobb.
Miss C. A. Marsh ..
18 25
19
14 37
30 51
45 5
32
30
Average Member-
29
25 65
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS-(Continued) .
First Primary.
38 33
36 75 34 77
29 9
.25 47
31 37 31 4
31 9
33 1 28 9
36 5 32 87 50 25
36 67 36 75 30 27 47 75 40 75
35 37 38 5 30 1
34 23 29 69
44
Thorndike ...
1
S Beulah Thayer .
38 70
39
36 97
41 37
41 10
38 95 43 95
31 04 32 5
29 64
27 9
27
Bondsville ...
Maggie T. Shea .
24
38 67
40 07
48
44 6
42 35
38 22
28 5 25 2
32 23
29 34
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Second Primary.
l'almer .
Lizzie F. Brown .
40 25
42 05
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57
Thorndike.
Mary E. Murdock
47 35
54 55
57
61 25 55 45 152 8 45
54 3 49 2 42 45
52 7
43 2
39 43 35 7
40
Bondsville.
Harriet G. Martin.
30 84
136 50
37 9 68 56
43 65 39 65 39 65 62 45 64 2 64 31 50 26 25 21 90 17 50
64 75 59 05 54
52 75 53 30
62 45 55 30
140
Ungraded Schools.
26 65
22 13 17 8
39
Wire Mill.
Minnie B Lawson.
23 20
32
30
28
30
32
28
26
25
29 3
23 6
38
l'almer Center.
Annie O'Conner.
25 17
24 35
25 42 26 25 24 95
S
13
14
17 23 47 21 40 15 2
22 25 19 1 15
15 75
13 11
8 8
17
Blanchardville
Marion R. Paine
9 97
8 25
3 95
37
11 45 6 75
11 73 7 70
12 7
6 5
6 35 6
7 10
5 87
8
Whiting
S. Amy Graves.
4 95
6 97
6 20
6 50
6 07 9
10 10
$ 76
6 7
10
Mason.
Mary McFarland.
8 80
9 13
6 80 , 6 10 9 33 10 8 4
6 11
7 40 12
7 70 8 65 11 75
11
11
10 8
9 68
12
Shorley.
Effie W. Moffat ..
8 9
4
4
Shaw .
Jessie M. Shaw ..
3
2 25
9 10 4 3 8
Dis band ed.
4
3
4
36 25 36 39
39 50 38
39
39
37 94 34 86
41
Palmer ..
Ellen S. Leach .
Lucy A. Talmadge. .
25 48
1 42 25 43 25
44 75
40 53
75
24 66
25 25 23 7
25 6
30 66
31 96
31 11
30 21
31 47 44
42 41
38 1
56
Three Rivers ...
Cora B. Clark
30 65
33 25
44 62 29 57 28 42 50
41 1 33 30 58 36 34
43 38 35 31 75 43 41 3
39 15 34 75 31 80 43 39 3 59 5
43 38 3
44 4 39 8
52
51 6
58 35
57 78 52 64
97
19
31 1 123 87
26 32
23 62
16 40
13 6
:18 5 14 15
69 63 5 14 25 11 50 24 10 72 | 8 50
6
7 75
9 70
7 90
6 75
8 5 37
11 55 8 7 02
6 75 57 9 25 4 75
4
7 4
12
9 75 11 20 10 45
10 7 10 35
8 30
F. E. Beauregard
52 45
Three Rivers.
Annie B. Crane .
48 43
61 4> 57
.35 75
34 90 35 75
42 5
32 83 30
Katherine M. Twiss.
35 72
32 45
36 87 35 95
35 34 29 08 50
43
48 5 44
35 28
39 75 40
.61 05 55 75 53 15 38 25 36 37
32 65 25 05
64 5
32 23 26 65 42 .34 3 26 9 23 35 43 32 25 61 55 51 15 34
29 4S
33 20 34 35
33 75 34 65 35 5
41 25 44 25 43 75
147 50 43 97
29 66
24 44 39
93
10 75
9 25
50
Number of children in town May 1st, 1892, between five and fifteen years of age, according to school census, 1,208
Number between eight and fourteen, 833
Number enrolled in all the schools,
1,220
Number enrolled under five,
2
Number enrolled over fifteen,
72
Number enrolled between eight and fourteen,
701
Average membership for the year, 955.56
Average attendance for the year,
866.5
WM. A. BRECKENRIDGE,
FRANK A. RUGGLES, J. A. DAY,
School Committee.
A. B. C. DEMING,
WILLIAM H. HART,
L. E. MOORE,
Auditor's Report.
PALMER, MASS., March 15, 1893.
I hereby certify that I have examined the books and vouchers of the Treasurer, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and School Com- mittee, and find them correct and to correspond in each and every particular.
S. H. HELLYAR, Auditor.
Town Warrant.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, HAMPDEN ss.
To Michael J. Dawson, Constabie of the Town of Palmer. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn all the inhabitants of the town of Palmer qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet at the Town House, in said Palmer, on Monday, the twentieth day of March current, at 9 o'clock a. m., to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To elect all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot, which shall be Yes or No, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 4. To act on the reports of the town officers.
ART. 5. To raise money and make appropriations to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes for the ensuing year, the same to be paid from said taxes.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to borrow money not to be paid from the taxes of the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To hear and act on reports of committees.
ART. 9. To choose committees and give them instructions.
ART. 10. To see if the town will allow a discount and determine what interest shall be paid on the taxes to be assessed for the ensuing year.
ART. 11. To determine the manner and state the terms and conditions of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year, and fix the compensation of the collector of taxes.
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ART. 12. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
ART. 14. To act on the list of jurors as prepared by the selectmen.
ART. 15. To see if the town will raise money for the Young Men's Library Association and appropriate therefor all or any part of the dog fund.
ART. 16. To see if the town will raise money to convey pupils to and from the public schools.
ART. 17. To see if the town will raise money for the celebration of Memorial Day.
ART. 18. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
ART. 19. To see what action the town will take with regard to the appointment of a superintendent of schools.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to issue notes, bonds or scrip, according to the provisions of Chap. 129 of the Acts of the year 1884, and use the same in payment of the debt which the town has already incurred.
ART. 21. To see what action the town will take in regard to lighting its streets, and whether it will authorize the selectmen to make contract therefor with the Palmer and Monson Electric Company.
ART. 22. To see what action the town will take in regard to schooling the children of residents of adjoining towns.
ART. 23. To see what action the town will take regarding claims of Mary Moran, B. F. Coffin and C. H. Lee for injuries sustained while traveling on the highways.
ART. 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to rebuild a portion of the fence around the cemetery at Palmer Depot.
ART. 25. To see what action the town will take in reference to purchas- ing land for a new cemetery at Palmer Depot.
ART. 26. To see what action the town will take in reference to the preservation of shade trees.
ART 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars for necessary aid to soldiers and sailors and their families, and the families of the slain, and entrust the same to L. L. Merrick Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, under the provisions of Chap. 189, Acts of the year 1885.
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ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to raise $100, to be used in repairing and painting the Four Corners cemetery fence.
ART. 29. To see if the town will make provision for a fire-proof vault in which to store the town records, as required by the statutes, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
The polls will be open at nine o'clock a. m., and may be closed at one o'clock p. m.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the different public places designated by the vote of the town, seven days at least before the holding of said meeting, and cause this warrant to be printed in the Palmer Journal at least two issues before the holding of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the town clerk, on or before the holding of said meeting.
Given under our hands this ninth day of March, A. D. 1893.
W. H. BRAINERD, CHAS. E. GETCHELL, Selectmen of Palmer. JOHN F. TWISS,
A copy. Attest:
M. J. DAWSON, Constable.
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