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Measles,
17741
20
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Tuberculosis,
1 1
5
1
1
1
2
12
Chicken Pox,
5
5
Typhoid Fever,
1
1
2
4
Whooping Cough,
2
4
6
Scarlet Fever,
1
1
4
2
1
6
15
Ophthalmia Neorealorum,
1
1
1
· 3
2
6
1
4 13 12
8
9 4 8 13
87
TABLE NO. 2.
Number of deaths reported from Jan. 1, 1915 to Jan. 1, 1916.
Jan.
Feb.
15
9
11
11
10
10
13
7
12
13
132
Total
10
11
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
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TABLE NO. 3.
Ages at death of persons dying from Jan. 1, 1915 to Jan. 1, 1916.
Ages Less than 1 year,
Totals
Males
Females
41
27
14
1 to 2 years,
6
3
3
2 to 3 years,
1
1
3 to 4 years,
2
2
4 to 5 years,
1
1
5 to 10 years,
3
1
2
10 to 15 years,
1
1
15 to 20 years,
10
6
4
30 to 40 years,
5
3
2
40 to 50 years,
11
7
4
50 to 60 years,
14
7
7
60 to 70 years,
12
4
8
70 to 80 years,
11
3
8
80 to 90 years,
7
3
4
Still births,
6
4
2
Totals,
132
70
62
20 to 30 years,
1
1
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The Board recommend an appropriation of one thou- sand dollars for its use in addition to salaries.
J. P. SCHNEIDER, SAMUEL O. MILLER, WILLARD C. HITCHCOCK.
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BACTERIOLOGIST'S REPORT.
January 13, 1916.
Board of Health, Palmer, Mass.
Dear Sirs:
I hand you herewith the report of the bacteriological work done during the past year to determine the presence of diphtheria germs in cases of suspected diphtheria.
The work has been carried on the same as the past few years, and while there have not been as large a number of cases examined, it is interesting to note that practically one-half of the cases showed no diphtheria. The value of this test for diagnosis is so thoroughly established that it needs no comment here and your physicians seem to take all the advantages possible of the service which you provide.
DIAGNOSIS
RELEASE
Totals,
13
14
0
3
30
100
Months
Positive
Negative
- Positive
0 0 · · Negative
1
7
March,
0
2
0
0
2
9
April,
0
3.
0
0
3
4
June,
0
1
0
0
1
1
September,
1
2
0
0
3
10
October,
1
1
0
1
3
8
November,
2
1
0
0
3
14
December,
2
3
0
2
7
18
Total cases examined,
30
Total cultures examined,
100
Total
v Cases
Total
Cultures
January,
6
1
29
February,
1
0
0
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT EMERSON, M. D.
Bacteriologist.
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REPORT OF MEAT INSPECTOR.
1915
Beef
Cond.
Veal
Cond. Hogs Cond.
January,
16
1
4
0
31
0
February,
4
0
5
0
2
0
March,
7
1
25
0
14
0
April,
5
1
16
0
4
0
May
1
0
12
1
14
0
June,
7
0
14
0
3
0
July,
+
0
15
0
5
0
August,
3
0
3
0
0
0
September,
12
0
9
0
1
0
October,
15
1
3
0
13
0
November,
21
0
9
1
34
0
December,
18
0
8
0
50
0
134
4
123
2
171
0
CHARLES H. KEITH, Inspector.
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR. For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1915.
To the Board of Health, Palmer :
Number of Milk Licenses issued, 66 at 50 cents,
$33.00
Number of Oleomargarine licenses issued, 3 at 50 cents,
1.50
$34.50
Number of Producers' permits issued (no fee),
70
Cash to Town Treasurer,
$34.50
Respectfully submitted, M. H. DAVITT, Milk Inspector.
Highway Surveyor's Report
Palmer, Mass., January 1, 1916.
To the Voters of the Town of Palmer.
This is the first time in my experience as Highway Surveyor that I have exceeded the appropriation for care of the highways. It was caused by the very heavy rain late in the Fall, necessitating going over nearly all the hill roads of the Town a second time. At the present time much more money has to be spent on our hill roads, on account of the Rural Mail routes and the transportation of the scholars to the schools. The largest amount of graveling the past year was in the vicinity of Forest Lake. Main Street, Bondsville, near the Boston Duck Company's mill has been rebuilt, a part of it with a heavy stone foundation. Main Street, Palmer, from the brick paving to the Point of Rocks has been rebuilt. The sewers of the Town have had several manholes and catch basins installed to better care for surface water. The sewers in Three Rivers have had to be flushed twice, also at the Depot Village. Three of the bridges of the Town, Burleigh, Mansfield and Bonds- ville, have had new floors installed; two of the bridges in Thorndike have had the sidewalks replanked.
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INVENTORY OF TOOLS.
One four-horse road scraper.
One two-horse road scraper.
Six road drags.
Two ploughs.
Twenty-four shovels.
Six picks.
Eight lanterns.
Six rakes.
Four hundred feet wire cable.
Three hundred feet rope.
Four hundred feet couplings and rods.
Two sewer hoes.
One tar kettle.
Two sand heater pipes.
I would recommend the following appropriations :
Care of Highways,
$6,000.00
Care of Improved Highways,
2,500.00
Care of Bridges,
1075 / 1,000.00
Care of Sewers and Culverts,
1,200.00
Repair of Tar Walks,
1,000.00
Repair of Ash Walks,
500.00
Railings,
300.00
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES T. BRAINERD, Highway Surveyor.
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Report of Cemetery Commissioners
The Board of Cemetery Commissioners hereby submit their annual report. The large amount of work which came late in the season, in the opening of graves and the building of foundations, exhausted the balance left for emergencies and created a small deficit. The amount of the receipts is far in excess of the preceeding year and had all bills been paid the department would have shown a sub- stantial dividend.
A commendable addition has been made to the per- petual care fund, which shows an increasing interest in the future of our cemeteries.
Our people have not yet become accustomed to the early closing of the books, so there are many bills in the unpaid list.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, 1915,
$1,600.00
Amount taken from Cemetery Commis-
sioners Int. Fund,
40.82
Sale of lots Oak Knoll,
$255.00
Sale of lots Four Corners,
49.00
Care of lots,
644.00
Grading lots,
62.30
Opening of Graves,
267.00
Foundations,
334.35
All others,
3.30
1,614.95
Overdraft,
52.10
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BILLS RECEIVABLE.
William Mason, 1912, single
grave, $1.00
Mrs. G. A. Smith, 1914, balance lot 15.00
Clarence A. Rogers, 1914, lot, 8.00
Mrs. A. A. Kenyon, lot,
20.00
J. L. Monette, lot, 8.00
52.00
WV. E. Lawler, 1914, foundation, 6.00
Phillips Bros., foundation, 4.37
Mrs. L. F. Page, 1914, grading,
1.00
11.37
William Mason, 1912, opening grave, 3.00
Est. Mrs. C. V. Weeks, 1914,
3.00
*W. E. Sedgewick, 1914,
3.00
C. M. Wing,
8.00
Est. Mrs. E. J. Fuller,
4.00
Est. S. G. Kenyon,
3.00
24.00
F. G. Webber, care,
2.00
*Miss Anna Murdoch
2.00
G. E. Buck, 2.00
C. A. Smith, 1913,
1.00
J. J. Helliwell, 1.50
Mrs. M. A. Holden, 3.00
*Henry S. Howe,
2.00
*Abbie J. Lawton, 2.00
Hattie M. Blanchard,
2.00
Grace C. Strong, 4.00
*Dr. A. F. Warren, 2.00
E. C. Buffington, 1913,
3.00
Henry Graves,
2.00
*Henry D. Converse,
2.50
Philip C. Story,
3.00
*Mrs. Ida L. Whitcomb,
1.00
Mrs. Jenet L. Collis,
2.00
*Mrs. Julia McKendrick,
3.00
Jason Keith, 2.00
Mrs. F. D. Holdsworth, 2.00
*Mrs. F. Lizzie Eaton,
2.00
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A. B. Marsh, 1.00
Mrs. W. E. Sedgewick,
2.00
A. H. LaValle,
3.00
H. F. Robinson, 2.00
*Thomas Waterhouse, Jr.,
2.00
55.00
142.37
$3,450.24
* Paid since the closing of the books.
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries,
$150.00
Printing and postage,
18.66
Supplies,
60.81
Labor,
1,139.74
Teams,
94.14
Equipment and repairs,
49.45
Fertilizer,
18.00
All others,
162.12
1,692.92
Paid George E. Clough,
1,614.95
3,307.87
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY.
Toolhouse, Oak Knoll,
$75.00
Toolhouse, Four Corners,
50.00
Tools,
50.00
175.00
Unsold Lots at market price :
Four Corners-
160 at $8.00,
1,280.00
Oak Knoll-
5 at 50.00,
250.00
13 at 35.00
455.00
1 at 25.00
25.00
53 at 24.00,
1,272.00
50 at 20.00,
1,000.00
4 at 12.00,
48.00
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4 at 8.00, . 32.00 90 single, 1.00, 90.00
1 tract not laid out, estimated to contain 75 lots at 24.00, 1,800.00
$6,252.00 $6,427.00
PERPETUAL CARE FUND.
Louise Waid,
Amount $200.00
Present Condition $233.83
John A. Squier,
100.00
105.32
Waterman Fuller,
200.00
228.28
John and Lucy Smith,
200.00
208.25
John H. Haynes,
200.00
218.83
W. A. Breckenridge,
200.00
204.83
Laura E. Child,
500.00
517.17
Henry Scism,
100.00
104.32
Jane A. Gibson,
100.00
106.61
Calesta E. Hendricks,
100.00
105.69
Keyes Foster,
100.00
103.39
James W. Snow,
100.00
104.11
A. W. Green,
200.00
206.25
Pliney Cooley,
50.00
51.29
H. G. Loomis,
200.00
221.86
Maria Lawrence,
500.00
526.75
William Holbrook,
200.00
201.78
Torrey Fund,
100.00
104.90
E. B. Gates,
50.00
51.99
Franklin Blanchard,
100.00
103.32
Minnie K. Bennett,
200.00
206.78
Mary A. Shaw,
100.00
102.32
Amos A. Allen,
100.00
103.97
Harriet Cooledge,
200.00
219.96
Mrs. L. W. Brown,
200.00
227.02
Eliza J. Kenerson,
200.00
208.05
William Merriam,
200.00
217.63
Mary Redding,
50.00
51.00
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D. S. Davis,
200.00
204.89
A. M. Andrews,
200.00
209.00
Marshall .Andrews,
200.00
215.00
Enos Calkins,
100.00
104.00
S. C. Rogers,
200.00
210.00
Willard G. Kenerson,
100.00
103.00
Maria B. Chapman,
200.00
210.00
M. B. Chapman (Barker),
100.00
102.00
Julia H. Henry,
100.00
103.00
Isaaca King,
150.00
155.00
Abel H. Calkins,
100.00
103.00
E. C. Sexton,
100.00
103.00
H. A. Moore,
100.00
103.00
J. S. Koster,
100.00
103.00
Melissa Hall,
150.00
156.00
Jeremiah Long,
1,000.00
1,020.00
M. J. Plympton,
100.00
102.00
Clymena P. Fuller,
150.00
154.00
Abigail T. Nichols,
50.00
51.00
Mary Hastings,
100.00
103.00
O. B. Smith,
200.00
203.00
O. B. Smith (T. B. Smith),
100.00
103.00
Laura P. Green,
100.00
103.00
J. H. Kenerson,
100.00
102.00
William Harvey,
150.00
154.00
Alden L. Fletcher,
60.00
62.40
Carrie A. Kurtz,
100.00
104.00
Ralph Green,
200.00
216.00
Minerva R. Olds,
100.00
102.00
Meriva L. Capen,
100.00
103.00
Otis C. Lyon,
100.00
102.00
Hitchcock-Graves,
100.00
102.00
Minerva M. Gates,
200.00
205.00
Rogers-Paine,
100.00
102.00
Elizabeth D. Moore,
100.00
103.00
Mary E. Bailey,
100.00
106.00
M. M. Rogers,
100.00
102.00
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Nellie S. Hooker,
75.00
78.75
Ethan Warriner,
100.00
100.00
Lizzie E. Fletcher,
100.00
102.00
Andrew Pinney,
100.00
125.19
Frank F. Marcy,
500.00
510.00
Thomas McDougall,
100.00
102.00
Sarah J. Winter,
200.00
208.00
Charles B. Fiske,
200.00
204.00
Minnie B. Converse,
500.00
510.00
Amelia M. Culver,
100.00
102.00
Omer W. Marcy,
100.00
101.00
Frank M. Eager,
250.00
255.00
Maria Ritchie,
100.00
101.00
Charles H. Burleigh,
100.00
100.00
Julia A. Burleigh,
100.00
100.00
C. H. and J. A. Burleigh,
25.00
25.50
Emily M. Holdsworth,
100.00
101.00
Sarah D. Smith,
100.00
100.00
$13,110.00
$13,659.23
Gain in P. C. Fund,
$525.00
Cemetery Commissioners Interest Fund,
total Jan. 1. 1915,
742.59
Added :
Interest P. C. Fund,
511.90
Interest C. C. I. Fund,
24.52
1,279.01
Withdrawn :
P. C. Fund,
485.00
525.82
C. C. I. Fund,
40.82
Present condition, 753.19
DAVID L. BODFISH, LEWIS R. HOLDEN, SAMUEL M. PHILLIPS. Cemetery Commissioners.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor
In addition to the receipts for board and the sale of produce at the Town Farm, as paid to the Town Treasurer and in Town Bookkeeper's Report, the sum of $89.49 has been received and paid out by the Warden for incidental expenses.
The following tables will give a detailed account of the receipts and expenditures at the farm :
· RECEIPTS.
For sale of
Butter,
$262.70
Pork,
57.12
Pigs,
32.00
Haying,
15.00
Strawberries;
27.44
Two Cows,
150.00
Calves,
30.00
Potatoes,
49.70
Cabbage,
7.30
Eggs,
94.04
Board of Wilton Taft,
180.00
$905.30
EXPENDITURES.
Paid
Geo. E. Clough, Treasurer,
$815.81
Labor in house, 15.50
Soap and Disinfectants, 20.00
Barber and carfares, 6.35
Two brood hogs and express chrages, 33.75
Meats, fish and other provisions, 13.89
$905.30
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We would recommend the following appropriations : Support of Poor, $10,000.00 1,500.00 310.00 Contingent, Salaries,
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F. J. HAMILTON, PATRICK FITZGERALD, DR. C. H. GIROUX,
Overseers of Poor.
Report of the Tax Collector
Account of 1912.
Outsanding, $7.72
Account of 1913.
Outstanding,
$573.44
Account of 1914.
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1914,
$7,395.63
Paid Treasurer in 1915, 1,091.58
$6,304.05
Account of 1915.
Amount to be collected,
$105,086.67 4,059.83
Additions,
128.75
Interest, Total,
$109,275.25
Abatements,
$109.97
Paid Treasurer,
94,022.41
$94,132.38
Out standing Dec. 31, 1915, $15,142.87
Of the $15,142.87 outstanding Dec. 31, 1915, I have collected $8,500 to date.
J. A. HAWKES, Tax Collector.
Report of the Auditors
January 24, 1916.
To the Selectmen of Palmer :
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for 1915 and find the following :
Balance Jan. 1, 1915,
$29,634.72
Receipts during the year, 183,860.12
$213,494.84
Total Expenditures,
205,723.84
Balance Dec. 31, 1915, $7,771.00
The accounts of the Tax Collector from last annual report to Dec. 31, 1915, are as follows :
Account of 1912.
Outstanding, $7.72
Account of 1913.
Outstanding,
$573.44
Account of 1914.
Outstanding last report, $7,395.63
Paid Treasurer, 1,091.58
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915, $6,304.05
Account of 1915.
Assessors' Warrant, to be collected, $105,086.67
Assessors' Warrant, additional, 4,059.83
Interest Collected, 128.75
$109,275.25
Paid Treasurer,
$94,022.41
Abatements,
109.97
$94,132.38
Outstanding,
$15,142.87
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We find the standing of trust funds Dec. 31, 1915, to be as follows :
Perpetual care of Cemetery lots, $13,110.00
Income account on above,
484.31
Thompson Fund, 951.28
Merrick Fund, 850.00
CHARLES K. GAMWELL, EVERETT W. CARPENTER,
Auditors.
Report of the License Commissioners
Palmer, Jan. 17, 1916.
To the voters of the Town of Palmer :
The Board of License Commissioners organized Feb. 11, 1915, electing Patrick H. Garvey chairman and J. Clifford Shaw clerk. It was voted to have the price of licenses the same as the previous year.
The number of applications received was as follows: sixteen 1st class, one 4th class, six 6th class, and five fourth class with the first class.
The Board met later and granted seven 1st class, one 4th class, six sixth class licenses, and five of the 4th class with the 1st class.
During the year the Board has granted eleven Common Victuallers' licenses and ten Sunday licenses : also seven Innholders' licenses.
PATRICK H. GARVEY, WILLIAM BURDICK, J. CLIFFORD SHAW, Board of License Commissioners.
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures
For the Year ending December 31, 1915.
This department has tested, sealed corrected or con- demned the following :
Adjusted Sealed Condemned
Platform scales weighing over
5,000 1bs., 2 15
Platform scales weighing under
5,000 1bs., 3
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Counter scales,
100
Beam scales
1
Spring balance scales,
68
Computing scales,
28
Slot weighing scales,
6
Prescription scales,
4
Weights,
663
3
Apothecary weights,
46
5
Metric weights,
31
Liquid measurers.
328
Oil measuring pumps,
25
Molasses measuring pumps,
16
Glass Graguates,
2
Ice Cream,
147
Yard measurers,
13
Special inspection of scales,
36
Reweighing of Coal,
12
Total,
5 1,607
8
Receipts of office,
$112.29
Expenses of office,
25.00
Balance paid Town Treasurer,
$87.29
J. A. HAWKES, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Young Men's Library Association
Report of the Librarian for the Year ending January 1, 1916. To the Members of the Young Men's Library Association :
INTRODUCTION.
I herewith submit my fifth annual report as Librarian of your association. This report will be brief ..
CIRCULATION.
The total circulation for the year has been 53,612. It was as follows: Main Library, 31,255; Three Rivers Branch, 13,677 ; Bondsville Branch, 5,177 ; Thorndike Branch, 2,524; School Libraries, 1,029. This circulation is an increase of 5,660 over the estimated circulation of last year, an increase in percentage of 12%. Our actual circula- tion for last year-which was a ten-months year, as you will recall-was 40,018. Had the year been one of twelve months, the circulation would have been 48,002. When you consider the remarkable increase in circulation that has taken place during the past four years, you will, without doubt, be surprised to know that the increase still continues. In spite of the fact that the existence of six separate exten- . sion centers must turn into a new course many of the former patrons of the main library, the circulation at the latter in- stitution still exceeds what it formerly was when this was the only source from which books could be taken. This fact show that new readers are being created yearly.
It is the firm opinion of the writer that, with ample means and the right kind of a publicity campaign, the pres- ent circulation could be nearly doubled. The first requisite, of course, would be plenty of money for financing such an at- tempt. The second necessity would be a sane, honest, and
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extensive plan of advertising. Generous use of the news- papers and printed pamphlets would be made. The printing of the names of new book additions in list form, the insertion of attractively printed information about the books on hand in every book leaving the institution, and many schemes of a like nature calling the attention of the public to your wares would cause a large increase in your circulation.
Such modes of procedure call for large expenditures of time and money. At the present time, we have neither. Some day I trust that your institution will have both, and if that day ever arrives, your library will serve the people of this town as they have never been served before.
CHILDREN'S ROOM. Many changes have been effected in your institution within the past few years, every one of which has been brought about in the attempt to make the library a greater instrument of service to the public.
The stack room has been thrown open; the quantity and quality of reading material in book, magazine, and newspaper form has been augmented; extension centers have been opened in all the villages; the general policy of the library has been broadened.
These changes have been declared wise one by the in- creased use of the library. No better or surer judgment can be passed upon such changes than the circulation that follows them. Important as all these changes have been, there is one now fast on the road to completion which will eclipse any of them. The room recently occupied, and more recently vacated, by the Selectmen is now being transformed into a Children's Room. New and suitable furnishings are being installed, such as reading tables and chairs of graduated sizes, settles, book stacks to hold juvenile books, and like necessities. When finished, this room should be attractive. It should invite the attendance of our younger readers-and we have many of them. Time will cause prop- er judgment to be passed upon this action. We believe it to be a wise move and are willing to await the decision.
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The children are not only present users of the library, but will continue to be users of it for years to come. The future of the institution is almost solely dependent upon them. If trained to use it properly and advantageously in youth, they will never desert it in their adult life. Wise and trained readers are fortunate individuals, for, if the material is accessible, they are never lonesome or restless. A good book is their best friend and companion, and they know and appreciate this fact. No better living company can be se- cured than that of a well-read individual, one whose store- house of knowledge and information is full to overflowing. The time to begin the making of such a man is in his youth. The opening of a room for children is the beginning of our effort to further such an attempt.
In a month or two, a systematic TRAINING IN USE OF LIBRARY. scheme for instructing the older pupils in our schools in the right use of the library is to be put into operation. Miss Pratt, a skilled instructor furnished us by the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts, will spend a week in our institution. She will teach all of the pupils in our high school and in grades eight and nine how to make the best use of a library. These pupils will be sent to her in groups of twelve to fifteen for such instruction. In all, she will handle some three hundred fifty pupils. Such instruction should be productive of much good.
An experiment in allowing cer- CIRCULATION OF MAGAZINES. tain magazines to be taken from the library while they are new is being tried. Strong covers, known as binders, have been secured so that the magazine is almost as rugged as a bound book. If this innovation meets with public sanction-wide use- more magazines will be avail- able for such circulation. We believe it will be so sanc- tioned.
Our magazine tables are occupied by some fifty of the best daily, weekly, and monthly publications turned off from
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the American press. A better or more liberal assortment is a rarity in libraries of our size, or even larger.
The day has gone by when the
CONCLUSION. Librarian needs to argue for the usual appropriation of $3,000 for the library. Its service to the public is known and properly valuated ; it is such as to be self-commendatory. The public willingly and even joyfully pays when it gets good value for its money.
The expenditure of time and effort upon the part of vour Directors calls for some appreciation. They give freely and gladly of their time. To their happy mixture of con- servatism and progressivism, which is responsible for their wise policy in conducting your institution so as to increase its efficiency so remarkably within recent years, you are in- debted.
The possibilities of greater usefulness are yearly be- coming more and more apparent. Each year the library serves a wider and wider reading public. New avenues of approach to the public open up annually. The very exist- ence of the library creates a bigger and bigger need of it. This is true of everything of value in this life. This feeling is the sign of a true want supplied.
May our association be ever alive to the fullest possibil- ities of service
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STATISTICS.
Circulation.
Main Library, Fiction, 27,673
Non-fiction, 3,582
31,255
Branch Libraries, Three Rivers, 13,677
Thorndike, 2,524
Bondsville, 5,177
21,378
School Libraries, 1,029
Total, 53,662
Last year,
*48,002
Increase,
5,660
Books on hand January 1, 1915,
10,392
Purchased, 790
Donated, 12
Books on hand January 1, 1916, 11,194 Number of papers and magazines supplied, 51 *Actual circulation for 10 months, 40,018; esti- mated for 12 months, 48,002.
Respectfully submitted, CLIFTON H. HOBSON, Librarian.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand December 31, 1914,
$ 768.76
Check returned, 1.32
Town of Palmer,
2,500.00
$3,270.08
DISBURSEMENTS.
Miss Robinson, attendant,
$600.00
Miss Andrews, assistant,
150.00
Miss Chandler, assistant,
50.00
Miss Swann, assistant,
100.00
Oliver Bearse, substitute,
9.50
Janitor,
156.00
Branch Library expenses,
288.00
Fuel and Lights,
469.49
Books and Magazines,
930.28
Miscellaneous expenses,
28.17
Fitting up Boys' room,
457.47
$3,238.91
Balance on hand December 31, 1915, $31.17 LOUIS E. CHANDLER, Treasurer.
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 inhab- itants 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 Holbrook's Hall in the Holbrook building on Main street in the Depot Village; in Precinct B, at Temperance Hall on Commercial street in Thorndike; in Precinct C, at Rugles' Hall on East Main Street in Three Rivers, and in Precinct. D, at Boston Duck Company's Hall on Main Street in Bondsville, on Monday, the seventh day of February, A. D. 1916, 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 Highway Surveyor, all for the term of one year; one Assessor, one Overseer of the Poor, two members of the School Com- mittee, one member of the Board of Health, and one Cem- etery 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?"
The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon, and will be closed at three-thirty 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 fourteenth day of Febraury, A. D. 1916, 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, Measur- ers 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 current expenses of the town, but not exceed- ing 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.
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