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Thorndike Gram-
mar,
230.72
224.17
97.82
3
250
Bondsville Gram-
mar,
253.61
247.15
97.97
2
263
Three Rivers Gram-
mar.
346.67
333.59
96.26
16
366
Wire Mill.
40.7
40.3
98.13
6
44
Palmer Center,
26.8
25.5
95.
1
41
Shorley.
17.92
17.85
99.60
0
18
Total,
1,539.66 1,493.57
97.01 57
103
V. Per Cent. of Attendance by Buildings. 1912-1913.
School.
Per Cent.
Center.
98.7
Shorley,
97.48
Wire Mill.
96.97
Thorndike,
96.74
Palmer,
96.62
High,
96.15
Bondsville,
95.25
Three Rivers,
94.78
VI. Comparison of Enrollment by Rooms, December 1, 1912 and 1913.
1912
1913
High School.
153
166
Palmer.
27
24
Grade 9,
27
29
Grade 8.
36
43
Grade 7,
39
42
Grades 6 and 7,
40
45
Grades 5 and 6,
41
45
Grade 5,
44
45
Grade 4,
Grade
3,
53
41
79
Grades 2 and 3,
*
36
Grade 2,
53
39
Grade 1,
51
46
Grade 1,
55
46
466
481
Three Rivers.
Grades 8 and 9,
22
28
Grades 6 and 7,
41
44
Grades 5 and 6,
47
47
Grade 4,
49
47
Grade 3,
45
44
Grade 2,
36
45
Grades 1 and 2,
38
44
Grade 1,
46
50
324
349
Bondsville.
Grades 8 and 9,
24
19
Grades 6 and 7,
34
30
Grades 5 and 6,
*
30
Grade 4,
49
35
Ģrade 3,
48
41.
Grade 2,
46
38
Grade
1,
51
32
Grade
1,
33
252
258
Thorndike.
Grades 8 and 9,
30
25
Grades 6 and 7,
40
43
Grades 4 and 5,
47
50
Grade 3,
33
37
Grade 2,
39
32
Grade 1,
33
44
222
231
80
Districts.
38
40
Wire Mill,
31
28
Center, Shorley,
18
15
87
83
Total, all schools,
1,504
1,568
*New rooms opened in September.
VII. Distribution of Pupils by Classes in Schools,
October 1, 1913.
Palmer
Three Rivers
Bondsville
Thorndike
Wire Mill
Center
2 3 Shorley
296
Grade 2,
59
60
39
33
9
9
212
Grade 3,
51
47
41
38
11
5
0
193
Grade 4,
45
46
34
31
9
5
7
177
Grade 5,
58
32
19
21
0
130
Grade 6,
66
44
25
28
3
166
Grade 7,
49
17
16
18
100
Grade 8,
31
20
9
14
74
Grade 9,
23
10
9
11
53
Freshman,
53
53
Sophomore,
18
18
Junior,
47
47
Senior,
48
48
Post Graduate,
1
1
467 352 256 241 44 26
15 167 1,568
Total
Grade 1,
85
76
64
47
15
7
High School
81
VIII. Age and Grade Distribution Table in Elementary Schools, October 1, 1913. Grade.
Age
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 8 9
Total 5
4
5
5
145
2
147
6
103
68
5
176
7
27
81
58
10
176
8
10
41
46
49
146
9
1
9
54 53 12
3
132
10
0
5
19
37
40
34
2
137
11
2
3
6
17
36
47
24
1
136
12
1
4
3
6
23
37
38
17
2
131
13
2
2
1
4
9
24
31
34
19
126
14
0
2
1
2
7
7
13
16
14
62
15
2
1
1
2
1
7
10
24
16
0
1
1
2
6
10
Total
298 217 193 179 129 155 111
75
51
1,408
Above
Normal Age,
18
25
30
30
41
34
16
7
6
207
Per Cent
Above Normal
Age, 6.04 11.52 15.54 16.76 31.78 21.94 14.41 9.33 11·76 14.70 The figures written above the black figures indicate the number of pupils within and below the normal grade age·
IX. REPEATERS IN THE GRADES. DECEMBER 1, 1913.
Grade
Number Belonging
Number Repeating
Percentage Repeating
I.
300
71
23.67
II.
211
32
15.16
III.
195
20
10.26
IV.
172
9
5.23
V.
125
5
4
82
VI.
150
11
7.33
VII.
113
4
3.54
VIII.
70
1
1.43
IX
53
1
1.89
1,389
154
11.09
X. Record of Permanent Withdrawals and Reasons of Pupils from September, 1912 to July, 1913.
Causes
High
Palmer
'Three
Rivers
Thorndike
Bondsville
Districts
Total
Removal from Town,
5
32
23
14
10
9
93
Going to Work,
11*
8
9
6
11
1
46
Ill Health,
4
5
1
4
14
Suspension,
1
1
Failure to do Work,
5
5
Death,
1
1
To Parochial Schools,
2
3
5
Immaturity,
1
1
2
Unkown,
4
4
26
50
35
24
25
11
171
*Six were Commercial Pupils placed in positions be- fore the school year ended.
XI. Average Number of Pupils per Teacher in the Palmer
Public Schools. December 1, 1912 and 1913.
School
Enrollment
Number of Teachers
Average Number Pupils per Teacher
1912
1913
1912
1913
1912
1913
High,
153
166
8
8
19.13
20.75
Palmer Grammar,
466
481
11
12
42.36
40.08
Thorndike Grammar,
222
231
6
6
37
38.5
Three Rivers Grammar, 324
349
8
8
40.5
43.63
Bondsville Grammar,
252
258
6
8
42
32.25
Chorley,
18
15
1
1
18
15.
Palmer Center,
31
28
1
1
31
28
Wire Mill,
38
40
2
2
19
20
All Schools,
1,504
1,568
43
46
34.98
34.01
83
High,
153
166
8
8
19.13
20,75
Grades,
1,264
1,319
31
34 40.77
38.8
Districts,
87
83
4
4
21.75
20.75
D. TABLES OF COMPARISON.
I. Comparison of Attendance for Ten Years.
Year
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
1903-4
1,031.64
964.83
93.58
1904-5
1,107.91
1,045.92
94.4
1905-6
1,084.67
1,040.47
95.4
1906-7
1,039.24
982
94.49
1907-8
1,151.19
1,094.03
95
1908-9
1,193.56
1,130.3
94.7
1909-10
1,243.38
1,157.35
95
1910-11'
1,298.9
1,244.56
95.23
1911-12
1,411.33
1,333.62
94.49
1912-13
1,433.71
1,372.99
95.76
E. INSURANCE.
I. Total Estimated Value of Buildings and Contents.
School
Building
Contents
Total
Palmer High,
$37,250.00
$5,150.00
$42,400.00
Palmer Grammar,
41,050.00
4,500.00
45,550.00
Three Rivers Grammar,
30,162.00
3,000.00
33,162.00
Thorndike Grammar,
32,175.00
2,700.00
34,875.00
Bondsville,
25,718.00
2,500.00
28,218.00
Wire Mill,
3,732.00
350.00
4,082.00
Palmer Center,
1,872.00
330.00
2,202.00
Shorley,
888.00
190.00
1,078.00.
Forest Lake,
1,791.00
180.00
1,971.00
Total,
$174,638.00 $18,900.00 $193,538.00
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II. Insurance Upon School Buildings.
Amount of Insurance
Palmer High,
$30,000.00
Palmer Grammar,
32,500.00
Three Rivers Grammar,
24,000.00
Thorndike Grammar,
25,500.00
Bondsville Grammar,
20,500.00
Wire Mill,
2,900.00
Palmer, Center,
1,500.00
Shorley,
700.00
Forest Lake,
1,400.00
Totals on Buildings,
$139,000.00
Insurance on Contents,
17,000.00
Total Insurance,
$156,000.00
Amount of Insurance,
$156,000.00
Rate-Five Years,
11/2%
Premium,
$2,340.00
Average Yearly Premium,
$468.00
F. SCHOOL ORGANIZATION.
March 1, 1914. Superintendent.
Year Salary.
Appointed
1911 Clifton H. Hobson, Superintendent, $1,900.00
High School.
1906 Lee T. Gray, Principal, History,
$1,700.00
1904 Genevra F. Clark, Latin, 750.00
1906 Pauline C. Melius, Mathematics, 750.00
1910 Eleanor F. Toolin. French and German,
750.00
1913 George U. Eastman, Commercial,
1,250.00
1912 Carrie J. Fish, Commercial, 750.00
1913
John E. Hurley, Science, 700.00
1912 Alice E. Wyman, English, 750.00
Palmer Grammar School.
1900 Elizabeth I. Heenehan, Principal, Grade IX, $650.00
1909 Agnes I. Mahoney, Grade VIII, 494.00
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1912 Ruth Elvin, Grade VII, 418.00
1912 S. Leola Franklin, Grades VI and VII, 418.00
1912 Elizabeth M. Dempsey, Grades V and VI, 418.00
1911 Beatrice L. Dillon, Grade V, 456.00
1911 Susan M. Ballou, Grade IV, 494.00
1913 Kathleen M. Quirk, Grade III, 380.00
1913 Agnes C. Carmody, Grades II and III, 280.00
1906 Jane C. Roche, Grade II, 494.00
1911 Marie J. Knobel, Grade I, 494.00
1911 Rose A. Duffy, Grade I, 456.00
Thorndike Grammar School.
1891 Katharine M. Twiss, Prin., Grades VIII-IX 650.00
1911 Florence I. Sampson, Grades VI-VII, 456.00
1910 Bridget Griffin, Grades IV and V, 494.00
1912 Mary I. Hartnett, Grade III, 418.00
1912 Deborah L. Healey, Grade II, 418.00
1874 Mary E. Murdock, Grade I, 494.00
Three Rivers Grammar School.
1890 Annie E. O'Connor, Prin., Grades VIII-IX, $650.00
19.10 Luna A. Whitlock, Grades VI and VII, 494.00
1912 Grace A. Walsh, Grades V and VI. 418.00
1910 Nellie L. Twiss, Grade IV. 494.00
1896 Lucy B. Twiss, Grade III, 494.00
1911 Mae Fitzgerald, Grade II, 456.00
1909 Flora Morey, Grades I and II, 494.00
1912 Clara L. O'Connor, Grade I, 418.00
Bondsville Grammar School.
1894 Jennie C. Twiss, Prin., Grades VIII-IX, $650.00
1908 Lucy C. Fitzgerald, Grades VI and VII, 494.00
1913 Helen M. Grace, Grades V and VI, 380.00
1913
Mary G. Hartnett, Grade IV, . 380.00
1912 Zilpha L. Sturtevant, Grade III, 418.00
1911 Mary E. Quirk, Grade II, 456.00
1911 Bessie M. Donnelly, Grade I, 456.00
1913 Anna C. Bothwell, Grade I, 380.00
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Palmer Center School.
1901 May E. Mahoney. Grades I to V, $494.00
Shorley District School.
1909 Maude V. Foley. Grades I to VII. $494.00 Wire Mill School.
1913 Agnes E. Sullivan, Grades III and IV, $380.00
1912 Elizabeth A. Shea, Grades I and II, 418.00
Drawing and Manual Training.
1913 Helen H. Leland. $700.00
Music. 1897 Joanna V. Cantwell. $500.00
G. GRADUATES. 1913. I. PALMER HIGH SCHOOL. Class of 1913. Four Years' Course-
A. Leslie Bannister, Mildred Wynona Bates,
Allen Foster Davis.
Anna Agnes Doherty,
Katherine Duffy.
Francis Edward Frappier. James Elbridge Hamilton.
Alice Geer, Gertrude Annette Horan,
Ann Mansfield, Nellie Moriarty. Esther Irene Royce. Florence Holden Shaw. Wells Graham Ruggles. Margaret Irwin Stevenson.
Gertrude Sullivan. s
Chester Henry Tannebring, Raymond Louis Wilder. Commercial Course.
Mildred Coralie Bradley. Lizzie Jane Calkins,
Francis Charles Horgan. Lillian Mary McKelligett. Margaret C'ecelia O'Connor. II. GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES. Palmer.
George Frederick Darling. Katharine Francis Farrelly, Isabell Nevers Hall.
*Reginald Charles Kempton,
Bentley Forrest Adams, *Beatrice Flora Dennis. "Mary Farrelly, *Lillian Winifred Kempton. *Amy Justina Lindquist. *Lewis Eugene Marcy.
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*Charles Raymond McCarthy*Neil McDonald,
*Louise McDonnell, *Earl James Morgan,
* Anna Murphy, *Helena Mary Murphy,
*John Bradley Murphy,
*Odna Elvira Paine,
* Clarence Lyman Rice,
*Ralph Malcum Sizer, Charlotte Sophie Skora,
*Charlotte Elliot Talmadge.
Thorndike.
*James Thomas Brosnan. *John William Daley.
*Donald Kinsley Enman,
#Edith Lillian Hamilton.
*Mary Margaret Loftus,
Charles Raymond Cahill.
* Blanche Margaret Dullahan
Clarence John Gebo,
* Anna Constance Healey.
* Arthur Andrew McCusker,
*Edward Francis McKelliget*Isabel Jane Russell, Sophie Florence Rowlins,
*Raymond Henry Tucker.
*Luella Maude Thayer,
*Lucy Caecilia Austin,
Bondsville.
*Marion Leora Albro,
*Helena Agnes Brown.
*Harold Francis Griffin,
Harold Francis Lamb.
#Irene Hermosa Marsan, *Noe Henry Nonat.
*Lenore Gertrude Shea. *John Vincent Fitzgerald,
*Raymond John Sullivan.
Three Rivers.
"Helena Loretta Bothwell, *Gladys Mae Christenson. #Herbert Leroy Geer,
*Dennis Joseph Horgan,
* Annie Maria Ritchie,
*Rex Rufus Ruggles, *James Wesley Ritchie,
#Richard Francis Twiss.
*Those whose names are starred entered the High School.
*Raymond John Williams.
*Elmer Jason Thomas,
*Margaret Clare Sullivan,
*Lucy Caecilia Austin, James Michael Cavin,
*Perlin Elbert Nash.
*Ethel Henrietta Pease.
*Edna Belle Shaw,
*Merrill Elmer Stebbins,
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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 regulations 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 1, 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 afternoon session for grades 1, 2 and 3.
When given at 11.45 indicates that there will be no afternoon 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 re- peated, 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 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 Company.
The "no-school" signal does not affect the High School; sessions are held there every day.
TABLE OF COST-TEN YEARS COMPARED.
1904-5
1905-6
1906-7
1907-8
1908-9
1909-10
1910-11
1911-12
1912-13
1913-14
Teachers
$14,609 89 $15,320.38 $14,873.25 $14,667.10 $16,801.20 $17,542.30 $18,921.18 $20.707 29 $21,620 82 $22.698.76
Janitors -
1,696.00
1,650.50
1,744.21
1,722.54
1,832.78
2,091.38
2,317.12
2,335.62
2.362.62
2,386.12
Contingencies -
1,400.90
1,324.92
1,100.35
1,573.00
889 41
1,225.39
1.740.40
1,500.00
2,153.85
482.75
Supervision
1,908.85
1,911.15
1,800.00
2,365.00
1,933.36
2 000.04
2,000.04
1,799.97
1 833.36
1,900.00
Text Books, Supplies
1,396.57
1,401.03
1,598.70
1,479.59
1,385.48
1.504.09
1,496.39
1,699 21
1,800 00
2,821.84
Repairs - -
467.31
1,009.22
382.45
339.56
439.37
977.34
500.00
497.05
499.24
730.93
Fuel and Light
2,148.76
2,106.37
2,148.36
2,598.08
2,886.07
2,450.70
2,500,00
2,700.00
3,000.00
3,500.00
Transportation
662.50
1,247.50
1,719.03
1,808.70
1,641.70
1,576.00
1,558 28
1,799-68
1,897.30
2,374.00
Drawing
500.00
548.54
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
500 00
500.00
543.16
Music
494.75
500.00
485.57
448 87
436.67
427.82
477.49
500.00
599 93
641.59
Insurance
60.00
551.25
243.00
98 63
400.50
67.87
500.00
196.22
443.10
860.00
Manual Training -
991.55
796.95
650.00
543.17
Commercial
1,947.75
2,000.00
1,999 99
2,605.39
Special -
150.00
200.00
2,910.69
181.57
300 00
945.36
500.00
948.04
Medical Inspection
200.00
200.00
200 00
200.00
200.00
200 00
Total
$25,345.53 $27,570 86 $26,744.92 $27 801.07 $32,257.23 $30,744.50
$35,950.30 $38,177.54 $40,060.21 $ 43,236.15
Average Membership
1,031.64
1,107.91
1,084,67
1,039.24
1,151.19
1,193.56
1,243.38
1,298.9
1.411.33
1,433.71
Average Attendance
964.93
1,045.92
1,040.47
982
1,094.03
1.130.3
1,157.35
· 1,244.56
1,333.62
1,372.99
Cost per pupil based on average membership -
$24.57
$24.89
$24.66
$26.75
$28.02
$25.76
$28 91
$29.39
$28 38
*$30.15
Cost per pupil based on
average attendance -
26.26
26 36
25.70
23 31
29.48
27.20
31 06
30.68
:0 03
*31.49
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-
-
-
1
-
* The attendance and membership in the previous reports have always been figured from September of one year to June of the next. This same policy was followed this year in order that a fair comparison might be made.
The same has been figured from March 1, 1913 to March 1, 1914, the same period of time as the fiscal year. The average member- ship for this time was ; the average attendance was The cost per pupil based on the average membership was $29.30, on average attendance $30.59. These figures are the real cost for the year.
Cost per Sehool
ACCOUNTS
High
Palmier
Thorndike Three Rivers
Bondsville
Districts
Office
TOTAL
Salaries
$5,173 32.
$5,355.52
· 2,863 32
$3.842 52
-3 216.70
$1,757.80
$2.389.58
$24,598.76
Janitors
500.0 ;
500.06
411 00
46,50
408.00
101 50
2.386.12
Music
61 47
147.70
110 25
122 83
127.59
71.75
641.59
Manual Training and Drawing -
62.13
251.51
193.12
210.76
218 93
119.88
1.086.33
Transportation -
812 50
1 270.50
94.50
5.00
750
184 40
2,374.40
Fuel, Light, and Water
786 6:
1.01 03
552.13
175.50
559 51
124 86
. 500 00
Contingencies
98 29
117 62
86 17
80 92
85 00
14.00
.75
182.75
Medical Inspection
25 00
25 00
50.00
50.00
25 00
25 00
200.00
Repairs
137.52
548 36
13 19
11.22
6 57
14.07
730.93
Equipment -
270.68
459.84
147 00
66 21
1.31
948 04
Commercial
-
2,605 39
592.65
245 43
292 13
356.61
60 87
283.65
2,821.84
Insurance -
168 43
194 5.
153 21
148 62
142.56
53.24
860.00
Total -.
11,691.96
10.464 30
1.772.35
5.704 70
5.330.97
2 503 58
2,678:29
43,236.15
Average Membership C'ost per pupil (based on av. membership)
148.65
451.50
221.42
331.38
241.77
81.17
1,475.84
1,475.84
$78.65
$23.18
#21. 5
$17.22
$22.05
#31.82
$1.81
#29 30
1
1
1
-
2.605.39
Text Books, Supplies
990 50
H. TABLE OF TARDINESS FOR TEN YEARS. Ten Years Compared.
03:4
'04-5
'05-6
'06-7
'07=8
'08-9
'09-10
110-11
11-12
'12-13
High School
80
68
63
51
222
161
230
322
85
22
Palmer Grammar
239
176
166
1.49
327
344
158
178
83
86
Three Rivers Grammar
70
36
71
32
106
108
126
165
63
47
Thorndike Grammar
3
42
38
26
27
45
:56
104
31
14
Bondsville Grammer
29
28
22
19
28
21
25
29
16
13
Wire Mill
7
11
24
14
52
46
61
51
11
Center
30
39
29
17
37
19
28
12
9
2
Mason
3
7
11
·8
32
8
Shorley
24
27
16
·Forest Lake
50
60
79
50
10
61
Blanchardville
Total
535
494
519
308
747
750
727
907
431
203
.
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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 Massachu- setts, 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 Selectmen, to wit: In Precinct A, at the Engine House on Park street in the Depot Village; in Precinct B, at Temperance Hall on Commercial 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 sixteenth day of March, A. D. 1914, at six 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 Commissioners, and a Highwaay Surveyor, all for the term of one year; one member of the Board of Health for the term of one year (to fill vacancy) ; one Assessor, one Overseer of the Poor, two members of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Health, and one Cemetery Commissioner, 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?"
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The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon, and may be closed at three o'clock in the afternoon.
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 twenty-third day of March, A. D. 1914, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2 To choose two or more Field Drivers, Meas- urers of Wood and Bark, and all 'other usual town officers.
Art. 3. To act on the reports of the town officers.
Art. 4. To raise money and make appropriations to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the ensuing financial year, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding in the aggregate the amount permitted by law, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof; all debts incurred under authority of this vote to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year.
Art. 6. To see if the town will authorize its Treas- urer to borrow money not to be paid from the taxes of the ensuing year.
Art. 7. To hear and act on the reports of commit- tees.
Art. 8. To choose committees and give them instruc- tions.
Art. 9. To determine the date from which taxes shall bear interest.
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Art. 10. To determine the manner and state the terms and conditions of collecting the taxes for the ensu- ing year, and fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes.
Art. 11. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate money to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and ap- propriate money for the Young Men's Library Associa- tion.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise money to con- vey pupils to and from the public schools, and instruct the School Committee as to the manner of letting the con- tract for such conveyance.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to raise money for the celebration of Memorial Day.
Art. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
Art. 16. To see what action the town will take in regard to lighting the streets, and whether it will author- ize the Selectmen to make contract therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 17. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to make a contract for all night street lighting ser- vice, and raise and appropriate money for the 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 appropri- ate money for the care and improvement of cemeteries.
Art. 20. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks and curbing.
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.
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Art. 23. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of three 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 Grant Army of the Republic, under the provisions of law.
Art. 24. To see if the town will make provision for reimbursing 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 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. 27. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $300.00 for insurance and maintenance of the auto fire truck, for the ensuing year, or see what action it will take relative thereto.
Art. 28. To see if the town will appropriate money for defraying the town's share of the support of the Dis- trict Court.
Art. 29 To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate money to build a section of gravel road in that portion of the road leading from Bondsville to Palmer which lies between Four Corners and its intersection with the road leading from Three Rivers to Palmer near the dwelling house occupied by one Burgess.
Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to resurface the Main street road in Bondsville from a point opposite the French Catholic Church and extending through Main Street to Maple Street and thence through Maple Street to the end of the present macadam road at the point of intersection of Maple and High Streets.
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Art. 31 To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Thorndike street in the Depot Village from its northerly terminus to a point opposite the residence of Joseph Slowick, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Tax Collector to visit the villages of Thorndike, Three Rivers and Bondsville on or before the last day required by law for the collection of poll taxes for the convenience of poll tax payers residing in said villages, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build a section of tar sidewalk on the westerly side of Holbrook street in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to choose a special committee to investigate the need of additional school accommodations in the village of Three Rivers and in the Depot Village, and make report, with recom- mendations, at the annual meeting to be held in 1915, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of said committee in its Work, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to construct a sidewalk, with curbing, on the northerly side of School street, between Pleasant and Park streets, in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to repair the ash sidewalk on the high- way leading from the village of Thorndike to the village of Three Rivers from a point opposite St. Mary's Church in Thorndike to a point opposite St. Anne's Church in Three Rivers, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to locate and maintain an electric light on the highway leading from
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the village of Thorndike to the village of Three Rivers at a point between the residence of Catherine Lawlor and the Ware. River Railroad crossing, and raise and ap- propriate money for the same.
Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in High street in the village of Thorndike from a point opposite the Polish Hall to the intersection of said High street with School street, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to locate and maintain an electric light on the highway leading from the village of Bondsville to the village of Thorndike at a point near the residence of Simon J. Jorczak, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to construct an ash sidewalk on High street in the village of Bondsville beginning at a point opposite the residence of John J. Sullivan and running southerly to State street, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 41. To see if the town will vote to locate and maintain an electric light on the highway leading from the village of Bondsville to Four Corners at a point op- posite the residence of George Roberts, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 42. To see if the town will vote to buy an add- ing machine for the use of the Board of Assessors and raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 43. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to locate and maintain one electric light on Spring street in the Depot Village.
Art. 44. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote passed March 12, 1855, and any other vote hereto- fore passed, fixing the third Monday in March as the day for holding the annual meeting.
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Art. 45. To see if the town will vote to hold its annual meeting on the first Monday of February in each vear. or take any action relative to fixing the date for holding its annual meeting.
Art. 46. To see if the town will vote to rescind all votes heretofore passed prescribing the manner in which warrants calling town meetings shall be served and notice of such meetings given, and prescribe the manner in which warrants calling elections and town meetings shall be hereafter served and notice of such elections and town meetings hereafter given.
Art. 47. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $3000.00 to be known as the Reserve Fund and to be used under the provisions of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1913, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 48. To see if the town will instruct its Select- men to make an investigation of the alleged claim that certain land in Bondsville deeded to the Inhabitants of School District No. 10 for use as a right of way is being unlawfully used and occupied, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Art. 49. To vote upon the acceptance of Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913, entitled: "An Act to Provide for Compensating Certain Public Employees for Injuries Sustained in the Course of their Employment" by ballot, which shall be "yes" or "no", in answer to the follow- ing question : "Shall chapter 807 of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, being an act to provide for com- pensating laborers, workmen and mechanics for injurieu sustained in public employment, and to exempt from legal liability counties and municipal corporations which pay such compensation, be accepted by the inhabitants of this town?"; also to vote by ballot, which shall be "yes" or "no", in answer to the following question : "Shall this town accept the provisions of section 42 of
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chapter 514 of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine, as affected by chapter 494 of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven, which provides that eight hours shall constitute a day's work for city or town employees ?"
Art. 50. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer or drain for the conveyance of surface water in Spring street in the village of Bondsville from High to Main street, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 51. To see if the town will vote to construct a tar sidewalk on the westerly side of Maple Street in the Depot Village from the end of the present tar walk to the southerly side of Grove Street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 52. To see if the town will vote to construct a tar sidewalk on the southerly side of Grove street in the Depot Village from Maple to Central street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 53. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 22 of Chapter 25 of the Revised Laws, as amended by Chapter 452 of the Acts of the year 1908, relative to the appropriation of money for the pur- pose of watering public streets.
Art. 54. To see if the town will appropriate money for watering its public streets and provide that its asses- sors shall assess upon the estates abutting on the streets so watered the whole or any portion of the cost thereof; determine the portion of said cost to be assessed, or take any other action relative thereto.
Art. 55. To see if the town will vote to pay to John Swiatlowski the sum of one hundred one and 06-100 dol- lars, being the amount expended by him in the construc- tion of a sewer in North street in the Village of Three Rivers upon the order and under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, or take any action relative thereto.
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Art. 56. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to pay damages which may be awarded by the County Commissioners to persons for land taken in, by and under any decree which may be made by said County Commissioners upon the petition now pending be- fore said Board, praying for the relocation of Church street and that portion of Main street lying between its intersection with Central street and Bridge No. 95 cross- ing the location of the Boston & Albany Railroad, in the Depot Village, and for alterations in the course, width and grade of said Church and Main streets.
Art. 57. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to defray the cost and expense of the work of relocating Church street and that portion of Main street lying between its intersection with Central street and Bridge No 95 crossing the location of the Bos- ton & Albany Railroad, in the Depot Village, and making alterations in the course, width and grade of said streets. which may be ordered and decreed by the County Com- missioners upon the petition now pending before said Board praying for the relocation of and alterations in the course, width and grade of said Church and Main streets.
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 be- fore the holding of said meeting.
Given under our hands this second day of March, A. D. 1914.
HAROLD W. BRAINERD, CHARLES D. HOLDEN, WILLIAM E. MCDONALD. Selectmen of Palmer.
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