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1904 Genevra F. Clark, Latin,
700.00
1906 Pauline C. Melius, Mathematics, 700.00
1910 Jennie M. Linton, English,
700.00
1910 Eleanor F. Toolin, French and German,
650.00
19II Mary E. Dolbear, Science,
650.00
19II Rufus W. Clement, Commercial,
1,250.00
19II Grace A. McGrath, Commercial, 700.00
PALMER GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
1900
Elizabeth I. Heenehan, Prin., Grade IX, 608.00
1909
Florence M. Heenehan, Grade VIII, 456.00
1909 Agnes I. Mahoney, Grade VII, 456.00
I9II
Margaret Bradley, Grade VI, 380.00
19II
Beatrice Dillon, Grade V,
380.00
19II
Susan M. Ballou, Grade IV,
494.00
19II Hazel B. Caryl, Grade III, 418.00
1906
Jennie C. Roche, Grade II,
494.00
I9II Marie Knobel, Grades I and II,
418.00
19II Rose A. Duffy, Grade I,
380.00
THORNDIKE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
1891
Katharine M. Twiss, Prin., Grades VIII and IX, $608.00
I9II Florence I. Sampson, Grades VI and VII, 380.00
1910 Bridget Griffin, Grades IV and V, 418.00
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Julia G. Daley, Grades III and IV, 494.00
1909
Natalie Jackson, Grade II, 456.00
1874 Mary E. Murdock, Grade I, 494.00
THREE RIVERS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
1890 Annie E. O'Connor, Prin., Grades VIII and IX, 608.00
1910 Luna Whitlock, Grades VI and VII, 494.00
19II Clara B. Holmes, Grades V and VI, 418.00
1910 Nellie L. Twiss, Grade IV, 418.00
1896 Lucy B. Twiss, Grade III,
494.00
19II Mae C. Fitzgerald,
380.00
1909 Flora Morey, Grades I and II, 418.00
1909 Bertha L. Pulsifer, Grade I,
456.00
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BONDSVILLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
1894 Jennie C. Twiss, Prin., Grades VIII and IX,
$608.00
1908 Lucy Fitzgerald, Grades VI and VII, 494.00
19II Marie West, Grades IV and V, 418.00
1890 Cora B. Clark, Grades III and IV, 494.00
1910 Rena Hemenway, Grade II, 456.00
1908 Helen Henderson, Grade I, 456.00
PALMER CENTER SCHOOL.
190I May E. Mahoney, Grades I-VI, $494.00
SHORLEY DISTRICT SCHOOL.
I909 Maude V. Foley, Grades I-IV, $418.00
FOREST LAKE SCHOOL.
I9II Genevieve Reilley, Grades I-V, $418.00
WIRE MILL SCHOOL.
1909 Margaret Scannell, Grades III and IV, $494.00
19II Mary Quirk, Grades I and II, 418.00
DRAWING AND MANUAL TRAINING.
1910
Anna D. McAuliffe, $750.00
MUSIC.
1897 Joanna V. Cantwell,
$500.00
G. COURSE OF STUDY FOR PALMER HIGH SCHOOL.
FIRST YEAR.
Required :
English I.
Mathematics I. Algebra.
§ Mechanical.
Drawing. Freehand.
Elect two of the following :
1. Science I. Physiology, Elementary Physics and Chemistry.
2. History I. § Greek.
Roman. 3. Latin I.
NOTE .- Declamations will be required of those studying English.
SECOND YEAR.
Required :
English II.
Mathematics II. Plane Geometry.
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Elect two of the following :
1. Science II. Biology. § Zoology.
Botany.
2. History II. Mediaeval and Modern.
3. French I.
or
4. German I.
5. Latin II.
NOTE .- Declamations will be required of those studying English.
THIRD YEAR.
Required :
English III.
History III. English.
Elect two of the following :
1. Science III. Physics.
2. French II.
3. German II.
4. Latin III.
5. Mathematics III. Review.
NOTE .- Declamations will be required of those studying English.
FOURTH YEAR.
Required :
English IV.
Elect three of the following :
1. Mathematics IV. § Solid Geometry.
Trigonometry.
2. Science IV. Chemistry.
3. *History IV.
4. French III.
5. German III.
6. Latin IV.
*Intensive study of the History, Government and Economics of the United States.
NOTE-Declamations will be required of those studying English.
GENERAL NOTES.
Throughout the four years one lesson per week in Music is required of all pupils.
Throughout the last three years one lesson per week in Drawing is offered to those who desire it.
At least four courses are required each year unless by request of parent, accompanied by a doctor's certificate, a pupil is excused.
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A diploma is given at the completion of sixteen courses.
A pupil may elect a course of the previous years if the election makes no conflict in the daily program.
COMMERCIAL COURSE.
FIRST YEAR. Required.
English I.
Algebra I.
Business I.
(a) Commercial Arithmetic.
Business I. (b) Bookkeeping.
Penmanship.
Spelling.
SECOND YEAR. Required :
English II.
Business II. (a) Stenography.
Business II. (b) Bookkeeping.
Typewriting.
Penmanship. Commercial Geography. Spelling.
THIRD YEAR. Required :
English III.
English History.
Typewriting.
Business III. (a) Stenography.
Business III. (b) Commercial Law, Correspondence, and Office Practice.
Spelling.
GENERAL NOTES.
Throughout the three years one lesson per week in Music is required of all pupils.
Throughout the last two years one lesson per week in Drawing is offered to those who desire it. E
A certificate is given at the completion of the Commercial course.
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H. GRADUATES, 1911. PALMER HIGH SCHOOL.
Class of 1911. Four Years' Course.
Edna Atkins,
Ruth Backus,
Anna Cecelia Bothwell,
John Timothy Brown,
George Everett Buck,
Mabel Edna Camp,
Agnes Claire Carmody,
Benjamin Franklin Emery,
May Louise Fillmore,
Harry A. Hart,
Mary Gertrude Hartnett,
Daniel Emmett Horgan,
Lillian Rose Jones,
Elizabeth Florence Moulton,
Kathleen Marguerite Quirk, Agnes Eileen Sullivan.
Three Years' Course. Susan Emmeline Barlow, Alta May Burgess, Marie Viola Dullahan, Frances Bessie Freeman,
Cornelius Daniel Harrington,
Harold Hitchcock, Lillian Frances Mahoney.
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES.
PALMER.
*Mollie Allen Barton,
*Oliver Prince Bearse,
*Dorothy Buch,
*Walter F. Calkins,
*Harriett Dearborn Clark,
*John Francis Edmonds,
*Willard Scott French,
*Bessie Gold,
*Merrick Woolrich Hellyar,
*Roger Cramer Holden,
*Harold F. Jameson, *Edith E. Lindquist,
*Wilfred Otis Lyon,
*George McDonald, *Castles Mitton,
*Edward O'Connor, Imogene Bartlett Osborne,
Arthur Gilbert Phaneuf,
*Florence Hildegrade Ross,
*James Royce,
*Lucy Marion Royce, *Pearl Vera Shaw, Emma O. St. John,
*Frederick D. Thompson.
THORNDIKE.
*Martin Michael Brosnan, *Katherine Irene Cahill,
*Eleanor Theresa Casey,
*Margaret Inez Cavanaugh,
*Marion Edna Davis,
*Ruth Catherine Veronica Dryden,
*Clifford Foster,
*Parker Freeman,
*Herbert Leon Gates,
*Gertrude Alice Hamilton,
*Catherine Mary Murphy,
*Giles Raymond Roche,
*Elizabeth Cecelia Sullivan,
*John William Sullivan,
Katherine Agnes Sullivan, *Theresa Mae Sullivan.
BONDSVILLE.
*Harold Elmer Albro, *Catherine Collins,
*Wesley Wilbur Magee, *Walter Carmody Mansfield, *Mootla Vertene Marsan,
*Walter Earl Doyle, *Clifford Timothy Fitzgerald, Lillian Marvice McCall, George Jeremiah Girouard,
*Raymond Cushman Holden,
*Mary Louise Kennedy, *Abbie Irene Lusty, Mary Lusty,
*Gladys Marjorie Morse, *Daniel Timothy Quirk, *Bernadette Maria Shea, *Esther Evangeline Shea, *Harold Eugene Simpson,
*Marion Sullivan.
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THREE RIVERS.
*Irene Esther Daly,
*Bertha May Farrell,
Robert Swain,
*Inez Ruth Tannebring,
*Merrill Herbert Fenton,
*Edythe Lenore Twiss,
*Sara Jane Ritchie, *Ralph Terrett Warriner.
*Those whose names are starred entered the High School.
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"NO SCHOOL" SIGNAL.
The signal is given by direction of the Superintendent of Schools.
The School Committee has adopted the following regula- tions respecting the "no-school" signals :
The "no-school" signal, when given at 8 o'clock a. m. indicates that there will be no morning session in grades I, 2 and 3.
When given at 8.30 a. m. indicates that there will be no school in all grades.
When given at 11.15 indicates that there will be no after- noon session for grades 1, 2 and 3.
When given at 11.45 indicates that there will be no after- noon session for all grades.
The "no-school" signal in precinct A will be given on the fire alarm by three strokes of the bell twice repeated, making nine strokes in all, thus : *
In precinct D or Bondsville the "no-school" signal will be sounded upon the steam chime whistle at the mill of T. D. Potter.
In other precincts the "no-school" signal will be given by three blasts on the steam chime whistles, each blast from 3 to 5 seconds' duration, a pause between each blast of from 3 to 5 seconds, thus : It will also be sounded by the chime whistle of the Wright Wire Co.
The "no-school" signal does not affect the High School; sessions are held there every day.
Table Showing Proportion of Taxable Property to Amount Appropriated for Support of Schools. (Same 18 Towns.) Table II.
Rank in State. Population.
Valuation.
Amount appropriated to support of schools Rank per $1000 of valuation.
in Com-
parison.
Average Membership.
Montague
6
6,866
$4,222,955
$7.90
1
1,059
Palmer . .
7
8,610
4,364,687
7.83
2
1,243
Orange
16
5,282
3,704,710
7.45
3
970
Northbridge.
18
8,807
4,594,600
7.39
4
1,451
Monson .
21
4,758
1,888,815
7.26
5
661
Saugus
23
8,047
5,510,516
7.26
6
1,565
Ware.
33
8,774
4,814,775
6.99
7
1,121
Braintree
36
8,066
6,625,880
6.92
8
1,480
Whitman
53
7,292
4,994,721
6.68
9
1,240
Danvers
61
9,407
6,470,425
6.55
10
1,480
Athol .
66
8,536
4,643,701
6.50
11
1,242
North Attleboro
142
9,562
7,732,240
5.41
12
1,406
Methuen
143
11,448
7,198,034
5.40
13
1,801
West Springfield .
165
16,044
7,319,159
5.16
14
1,782
Amherst.
168
5,112
3,877,639
5.13
15
909
Great Barrington .
178
5,926
6,030,715
5.03
16
1,020
Greenfield
189
10,427
10,130,132
4.87
17
1,638
Easthampton .
273
8,524
5,961,261
4.00
18
1,089
State .
354
4.09
.
.
This table should appear on page 30. The table appearing there is incomplete, and will be found in its complete form on page 80.
Town Warrant.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden, ss. : Town of Palmer.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Palmer, in said County. Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn all the inhabitants of the Town of Palmer, qualified to vote in elections of town officers, to meet at the several polling places in said Palmer, designated by the Select- men, to wit: In Precinct A, at the Engine House on Park street in the Depot village; in Precinct B, at Temperance Hall on Com- mercial street in Thorndike; in Precinct C, at Ruggles' Hall on East Main street in Three Rivers; and in Precinct D, at Holden's old store in Bondsville, on Monday, the 18th day of March, A. D. 1912, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot to the precinct officers of the several voting precincts of said town, for the following town officers, to wit: Three Selectmen, a Town Treasurer, a Tax Collector, two Auditors, five Constables, three Fence Viewers, three License Com- missioners and a Highway Surveyor, all for the term of one year ; one Assessor, one Overseer of the Poor, two members of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Health, one Cemetery Commissioner, and a Town Clerk, all for the term of three years; also 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 ?"
The polls will be open at 6 o'clock in the forenoon, and may be closed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
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And you are further hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Palmer, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town House at Four Corners, in said Palmer, on Monday, the 25th day of March, A. D. 1912, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
Article I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose two or more Field Drivers, Measurers of Wood and Bark, and all other usual town officers.
Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to hire or build a tramp room and lockup.
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 the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the ensuing municipal year, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof; all debts incurred under authority of this vote to be paid from the taxes of the said municipal year.
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 the reports of committees.
Art. 9. To choose committees and give them instructions.
Art. 10. To see if the town will allow a discount, and de- termine what interest shall be paid on the taxes to be assessed for the ensuing year.
Art. II. 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.
Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the Young Men's Library Association.
Art. 14. To see if the town will raise money to convey pupils to and from the public schools, and instruct the School Committee
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as to the manner of letting the contract for such conveyance.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise money for the celebration of Memorial Day.
Art. 16. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewvers.
Art. 17. To see what action the town will take in regard to lighting the streets, and whether it will authorize the Selectmen to make contract therefor, and raise and appropriate money for same.
Art. 18. To see what action the town will take in reference to the planting and preservation of shade trees.
Art. 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the care and improvement of cemeteries.
Art. 20. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to maintain night police in the several villages, and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 22. To see what action the town will take relative to suits and claims now pending against the town.
Art. 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two 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 provision of law.
Art. 24. To see if the town will make provision for reim- bursing the police officers for expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 25. To see if the town will appropriate money for the suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moths and elm tree beetles.
Art. 26. To see if the town will construct a sewer in Bel- chertown road, in the village of Three Rivers, from the crossing of the Boston and Albany Railroad, and extending thence northerly 350 feet, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 27. To see if the town will construct a continuation of the sewer in Bourne street, in the village of Three Rivers, from its present terminus easterly to Pleasant street and raise and appropri- ate money to defray the cost of constructing the same,
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Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to construct a strip of macadam road in Park street, in the Depot Village, beginning at Thorndike street, and running easterly to the westerly terminus of the State road, near Pearl street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in North Main street, in the Depot Village, from a point near the residence of Abraham Johnson, westerly to the present sewer at Shearer's Corner, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate $569.48 to complete payment, due Caesar A. Rossi for work, account contract for Three Rivers sewer.
Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Select- men to have 100 copies of the School Committee's report printed annually under separate cover.
Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to construct a cinder sidewalk in the village of Three Rivers along the Belchertown road from a point near the Athol station to the Belchertown line, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in the village of Bondsville from a point in the Swift river below the tailrace of the lower privilege of the Boston Duck Company across land of said company and land of T. D. Potter to Main street ; along Main street to State street ; along Crawford street from Main to Pleasant street; along High street from Crawford to State street ; along State street from High street easterly about 500 feet and along Pleasant street from State street to Crawford street, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the repair and maintenance of the clock located in the Universalist Church tower, in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to construct a section of oiled macadam road in Church street, Thorndike, beginning at a point opposite the residence of Michael Roche, where the macadam
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road now ends, and extending to the canal bridge opposite No. 2 mill of the Thorndike Company, a distance of approximately 900 feet, and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 therefor.
Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to locate and maintain one incandescent street light in Anderson avenue, Three Rivers, and to raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 37. To see what action the voters will take with regard to the closing of the street near the house of Joseph Dyer in the village of Thorndike.
Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to macadamize Com- mercial street, in the village of Thorndike, and raise and appropriate money for same.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Vaill street, in the Depot Village, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to locate and maintain a street light in Vaill street, in the Depot Village, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 41. To see what action the town will take in better lighting of Main street, in Depot Village, at corner of Bridge and Main street.
Art. 42. To see what action the town will take in changing electric light located in private way east of High School leading from Park street to Converse street, in Depot Village, and placing same on corner of said private way and Converse street.
Art. 43. To see what action the town will take to buy a steam roller for use on highway.
Art. 44. To see what action the town will take to offer for sale the stone crushing plant at Palmer Center.
Art. 45. To see if the town will vote to construct a strip of oil macadam or oil gravel road on Main street in the village of Bondsville. Beginning at a point nearly opposite Holden's store and continue southerly on the road towards Palmer, and raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the same or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 46. To see if the town will vote to accept a concrete watering tub to be placed in the village of Bondsville at a point of
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intersection of four roads nearly opposite Hastings and Fitzgerald's market, said tub to be donated and erected by the Boston Duck Company.
Art. 47. To see if the town will vote to construct an ash sidewalk on the north side of Griffin street in the village of Bonds- ville, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 48. To see if the town will vote to take any action on properly naming the different streets of the villages of Bonds- ville, Thorndike and Three Rivers.
Art. 49. To see if the town will vote to locate and maintain three incandescent street lights in Griffin street, in the village of Bondsville, and raise and appropriate money for the maintenance of the same.
Art. 50. To see if the town will vote to locate and maintain two incandescent street lights in Crawford street, in the village of Bondsville, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 51. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 367, Sections I and 2, Acts of 1911, relative to the tem- porary use of halls in school buildings.
Art. 52. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the purchase of an addition machine for use of the various town officials.
Art. 53. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the purpose of installing and lighting an electric light on Oak street, in the Depot Village, near the residence of F. C. Sherman.
Art. 54. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the purpose of locating and maintaining street electric lights on Main street in the Depot Village, between Central street and the Railroad bridge.
Art. 55. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for building a macadam road in Central street, in the Depot Vil- lage from Main street, to the easterly line of Park street.
Art. 56. To see what action the town will take relative to caring for the surface water from the Northrope ice pond brook at South Main street in the Depot Village, and raise and appropriate money for same.
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Art. 57. To see if the town will vote to construct a strip of macadam road in the Depot Village, beginning at the easterly end of the brick paving on Main street and running thence southeasterly along Main, Church, Pleasant and School streets to the intersec- tion of School and Park streets, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 58. To see if the town will vote to construct a piece of macadam road in the Depot Village, beginning at the easterly side of School street and running thence southeasterly along Pleasant street to land of the Boston and Albany Railroad, and raise and appropriate money for same.
Art. 59. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to extend the tar sidewalk on the westerly side from the place known as Yellow Block, past the residence of Jeremiah Lynch in the village of Thorndike.
Art. 60. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men to have the arc light on Central street, near the residence of M. J. Dillon, changed to five incandescent lights, to be placed on Central and Maple streets.
Art. 61. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $300 for insurance and maintenance of the auto fire truck, for the ensuing year, or see what action they will take relative thereto.
Art. 62. To see if the town will vote to purchase land for a public dumping ground in the town of Palmer, raise and appropri- ate money for the same or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 63. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for building a sidewalk on the southerly side of Maple street, in the Depot Village, from Park street to Grove street, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 64. To see if the town will appropriate money for de- fraying the town's share of the support of the District Court.
Art. 65. To see if the town will vote to construct a strip of macadam road on Main street, in the village of Three Rivers, beginning at the northerly terminus of the present macadam, ex- tending northerly to Charles street, and to raise and appropriate money for the same.
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Art. 66. To see if the town will vote to release to John C. Austin all its right, title and interest, if any, in land on the east- erly side of High street in the village of Bondsville, which was formerly occupied for district school purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.
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 fifth day of March, A. D. 1912. GEORGE L. WARRINER, HAROLD W. BRAINERD, CHARLES L. HOLDEN, Selectmen of Palmer.
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