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October,
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November,
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December,
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TABLE NO. 3.
Ages at death of persons dying from Jan. 1, 1916, to Dec. 31, 1916.
Totals
Males
Females
Less than 1 year,
31
21
10
1 to 2 years,
2
1
1
2 to 3 years,
3
2
1
4 to 5 years,
1
1
5 to 10 years,
3
1
2
10 to 15 years,
1
1
15 to 20 years,
4
2
2
20 to 30 years,
12
6
6
30 to 40 years,
15
8
7
40 to 50 years,
10
7
3
50 to 60 years,
8
5
3
60 to 70 years,
11
6
5
70 to 80 years,
10
2
8
80 ot 90 years,
10
6
4
Still births,
10
6
4
131
75
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W. C. HITCHCOCK, Clerk, Board of Health.
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BACTERIOLOGIST'S REPORT
January 5, 1917.
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. Com- paratively few cases have been submitted for examination during the year, and the following table shows the detail of the cases submitted :
DIAGNOSIS RELEASE
Months
Positive
0 7 O + Negative
@ Positive
0 0 0 0 9 - Negative
Cases
Total
Total
Cultures
January, .
1
5
9
February,
1
0
1
5
March,
1
1
0
April,
0
1
0
0
1
1
July,
0
1
0
0
1
1
September,
1
1
0
0
2
4
October,
4
3
0
0
7
17
December,
1
1
0
0
2
2
Totals,
9
12
0
0
21
46
Total cases examined,
21.
Total cultures examined,
46.
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT EMERSON, M. D.
Bacteriologist.
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2
7
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REPORT OF MEAT INSPECTOR.
1916
Beef
Cond.
Hogs
Cond. Veal Cond.
January,
24
2
34
0
7
0
February,
15
0
20
0
20
0
March,
24
0
25
0
10
1
April,
17
0
9
0
17
1
May,
10
0
9
0
21
0
June,
16
2
8
0
12
0
July,
14
0
4
0
21
1
August,
18
0
5
0
18
0
September,
16
0
22
0
21
1
October,
30
0
50
1
17
0
November,
35
1
61
0
16
0
December,
22
2
40
0
8
0
241
7
287
1
188
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CHAS. H. KEITH,
Inspector.
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR. For the Year Ending December 30, 1916.
To Board of Health, Palmer :
I have inspectod milk wagons and places where milk is produced, kept or sold twice, 93.
All cows have been inspected once.
I find that 20 licenses were issued by my predecessor :
Number of Producers permits issued (no fee)
60
Number of milk licenses, 46 at 50 cents,
$23.00
Number of Oleomargarine 3 at 50 cents,
1.50
$24.50
Paid Town Treasurer,
$24.50
Respectfully submitted, CHAS. H. KEITH, Milk Inspector.
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The Board recommends an appropriation fo Eighteen hundred dollars $1,800.00 for its use in addition to salaries. One hundred and Seventy-five dollars, $175.00.
DR. J. P. SCHNEIDER, DR. S. O. MILLER, W. C. HITCHCOCK,
Board of Health.
Highway Surveyor's Report
January 1, 1917.
To the Voters of the Town of Palmer :
In going over the Highways of the Town of Palmer, I found them in a bad state of repair. I found the guard rails down in many places. I was unable to replace on ac- count of not finding any one who could furnish rails.
The covered bridge at Forest Lake has been shingled and the planking on both ends repaired at a cost of $247.51.
The sidewalk on one side of the Main street bridge, Three Rivers, has been replanked with new sills.
The canal bridge at Bondsville has been replanked.
The culvert bridge on the Williams road has been replaced with a corragated metal culvert pipe 20 feet by 2 feet.
The following bridges have been painted: Two at Bondsville, three at Thorndike, two at West Brimfield.
The tar surface road on North Main street between Point of Rock to Shearers Corner has been rebuilt at a cost of $500 inside the regular $2,500 appropriation, and all the other tarred surface has been treated.
The Gravel Roads have been resurfaced from the Wire Mill school to the tar surface on Palmer road to Three Rivers, and from Saint Ann's Church to tar surface at Thorndike. The dirt roads have been scraped with ditch scraper and drag.
Graveling has been done on Water street, Bridge street, Central street and Maple street in Palmer Village.
At Palmer Center, above the almshouse, 1,175 feet was graveled, the haul being about one-half mile. There were
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four two-horse teams and four men on this work, the cost of labor and teams being $172.40, and 316 loads gravel, $31.60.
The sewers were flushed the second time in the Depot Village and Three Rivers. One catchbasin built in North Main street, Depot Village, and one in Main street, Thorn- dike, with 96 feet of six-inch pipe; several others have been repaired.
TOOLS AND MACHINERY.
Nine lanterns.
Four galvanized pails.
One tar wheelbarrow.
One concrete wheelbarrow.
One ten-gallon wood pack oil can.
Four five-gallon wood jack oil cans.
Two one-gallon tin oil cans.
Two iron tamps.
One wood-paving tamp.
Six twelve-foot wood guard rails.
Six six-foot wood guard rails. Two iron frame guard rails.
One large tool box. One small tool box.
Ten iron rakes. Six rattan street brooms.
Two steel street brooms. Twelve picks. Two bush hooks.
One bush scythe. Three grub. Three sledge hammers.
One paving plow. One sidehill plow. Fifty feet one-inch rubber hose. Two branding irons. Two crowbars.
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Twelve round point shovels.
Five square point shovels.
Six square point long handle shovels.
One long handle spade. One short handle spade.
One turf cutter. Four snow shovels.
Four coal scoops.
Five manhole spoons.
Five hundred feet of rope.
Four heavy chains.
Three stake chains.
One pair rubber boots.
One axe.
One hand saw.
Two claw hammers.
One fork.
One brick hammer.
Four trench braces.
Three sand screens.
One sand heater.
The regular equipment for sewer cleaning, rods and hoes and cable complete.
One tar kettle.
One street cleaner's cart.
One street cleaner's shovel.
TOOLS ON STEAM ROLLER.
Two oilers. One machine steam hammer. One monkey wrench. . Ten flat wrenches.
One blow-off wrench.
One sixteen-inch Stillson. One cold chisel. One pair plyers.
Shovel and poker.
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Flue cleaner and rod.
Suction hose and strainer.
One four horse road scraper.
Two four horse road scraper.
Six road drags.
One two horse street sweeper.
One ten ton Buffalo Pitts steam roller.
Two watering carts.
One tree spraying machine.
STOCK ON HAND.
Three thousand eight hundred and fifty paving brick.
Four hundred red bricks.
One and one-half barrels cold patching tar.
Forty-four barrels sidewalk tar.
Fifty pounds 50d spikes.
I would recommend the following appropriations :
Care of highways,
$6,500
Care of improved highways,
3,000
Care of bridges,
1,000
Care of sewers and culverts,
1,000
Repairs of tar walks,
1,000
Repairs of ash walks,
400
Railings,
300
Respectfully submitted, DANIEL W. DILLON, Surveyor of Highways.
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
The Board of Cemetery Commissioners hereby submit the following report :
The large tract of land north of the terraces in Oak Knoll Cemetery has been laid out into lots with a market value of over $2,500. On the original plan, a driveway was located in this section, which was not only unnecessary, but impracticable to build. In the new layout this has been eliminated and several hundreds of dollars' worth of lots have been made available. There has been a commendable addition to the Perpetual Care Fund, showing an increasing interest in our cemeteries. New front fences are badly needed at both Oak Knoll and Four Corners. A donation of entrances for these cemeteries by some person interested would help in securing this much-needed improvement.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, 1916,
$1,700.00
Sale of lots, Oak Knoll,
$200.00
Sale of lots, Four Corners,
33.00
Care of lots,
761.00
Grading lots,
52.00
Opening of graves,
228.00
Foundations,
115.85
1,389.85
BILLS RECEIVABLE.
Mrs. G. A. Smith, 1914, balance lot,
$15.00
Mrs. A. A. Kenyon, 1915, lot,
20.00
35.00
W. E. Lawler, 1914, foundations,
6.00
Mrs. L. F. Page, 1914, grading,
1.00
7.00
Est. Mrs. C. V. Weeks, 1914, grave,
3.00
C. M. Wing, 1915, grave,
8.00
Est. S. G. Kenyon, 1915, grave,
3.00
14.00
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C. A. Smith, 1913, care,
1.00
1.00
Young's Sons & Co. Corp., labor,
3.00
Pine Point Granite Works, foundation,
14.46
J. W. Lambert, foundation,
11.56
29.02
E. J. De Courcey, care,
1.00
Ida L. Mulligan,
2.00
W. A. Clark,
1.00
Jewet L. Callis,
2.00
C. C. Barrett,
2.00
8.00
Mrs. J. Sonia, grave,
3.00
W. P. Webster, grave,
5.00
W. H. Graham Corp., grave,
3.00
Anton Anderson, grave,
3.00
14.00
Ida M. Sonia, balance lot,
5.00
George J. Chase, lot,
20.00
25.00
133.02
$3,222.87
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries,
$150.00
Printing and postage,
8.36
Supplies,
212.04
Labor,
1,106.62
Teams,
38.69
Equipment and repairs,
14.91
Fertilizer,
18.00
All others,
133.03
1,681.65
Balances,
18.35
18.35
Paid Geo. E. Clough,
1,389.85
1,389.85
3,089.85
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY.
Tool house, Oak Knoll,
$75.00
Tool house, Four Corners,
50.00
Tools,
50.00
175.00
Unsold lots at market price :
Four Corners-
156 at $8.00 $1,248.00
Oak Knoll-
5 at 50.00
250.00
15 at 35.00
525.00
7 at 25.00
175.00
139 at 24.00
3,336.00
56 at 20.00
1,120.00
4 at 12.00 48.00
3 at
8.00
24.00
76 at
1.00
76.00
$6,802.00 $6,977.00
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PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS.
Amount.
Present Condition.
Henry Scism,
$100.00
$102.32
John A. Squier,
100.00
105.32
Calista E. Hendricks,
100.00
105.69
Laura E. Child,
500.00
507.67
Minnie K. Bennett,
200.00
202.78
Avery W. Green,
200.00
202.25
Waterman Fuller,
200.00
224.28
John and Lucy Smith,
200.00
204.25
William Breckenridge,
200.00
200.83
James W. Snow,
100.00
102.11
Franklin Blanchard,
100.00
101.32
John H. Haynes,
200.00
212.83
Mary A. Shaw,
100.00
100.32
Jane A. Gibson,
100.00
104.61
E. B. Gates,
50.00
50.99
Louisa M. Waid,
200.00
229.83
Amos A. Allen,
100.00
101.97
Torrey Fund,
100.00
102.90
Pliny Cooley,
50.00
50.29
Henry G. Loomis,
200.00
215.86
William Holbrook,
200.00
200.78
Maria Lawrence,
500.00
521,75
Keyes Foster,
100.00
101.39
Harriet Coolidge,
200.00
218.96
Mrs. L. W. Brown,
200.00
226.02
Eliza J. Kenerson,
200.00
202.05
William Merriam,
200.00
216.63
Mary Redding,
50.00
50.00
D. S. Davis,
200.00
200.89
Marshall Andrews.
200.00
207.00
Ambrose M. Andrews,
200.00
205.00
Enos Calkins,
100.00
102.00
Samuel C. Rogers,
200.00
206.00
Willard G. Kenerson,
100.00
100.00
M. B. Chapman, care of Gilbert Barker lot,
100.00
100.00
M. B. Chapman, care of S. Chapman lot,
200.00
206.00
Julia H. Henry,
100.00
101.00
Isaac King,
150.00
152.00
Abel H. Calkins,
100.00
101.00
Edward C. Sexton,
100.00
101.00
Henry A. Moore,
100.00
101.00
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J. S. Koster,
100.00
101.00
Melissa Hall,
150.00
154.00
Jeremiah Long,
1,000.00
1,000.00
Mary J. Plympton,
100.00
100.00
Clymena P. Fuller,
150.00
151.00
Abigail T. Nichols,
50.00
50.00
Mary Hastings,
100.00
101.00
Orrin B. Smith,
200.00
201.00
O. B. Smith, care of Thomas Smith lot,
100.00
101.00
Laura P. Green,
100.00
101.00
J. H. Kenerson,
100.00
100.00
William Harvey,
150.00
151.00
Alden L. Fletcher,
60.00
61.60
Carrie A. Kurtz,
100.00
102.00
Ralph Green,
200.00
214.00
Meriva L. Capen,
100.00
101.00
Minerva R. Olds,
100.00
100.00
Otis C. Lyon,
100.00
100.00
Hitchcock Graves,
100.00
100.00
Minerva M. Gates,
200.00
203.00
Rogers Paine,
100.00
100.00
Elizabeth D. Moore,
100.00
101.00
Mary E. Bailey,
100.00
104.00
M. M. Rogers,
100.00
100.00
Nellie S. Hooker,
75.00
78.25
Ethan Warriner,
100.00
100.00
Lizzie E. Fletcher,
100.00
101.00
Andrew Pinney,
100.00
123.19
Frank F. Marcy,
500.00
505.00
Thomas McDougall,
100.00
100.00
Sarah J. Winter,
200.00
204.00
Charles B. Fiske,
200.00
202.00
Minnie B. Converse,
500.00
505.00
Amelia M. Culver,
100.00
101.00
Omer W. Marcy,
100.00
100.00
Frank M. Eager,
250.00
250.00
Maria Ritchie,
100.00
101.00
Chas. H. Burleigh, C. B. lot,
100.00
100.00
Julia A. Burleigh, B. B. lot,
100.00
100.00
C. H. and J. A. Burleigh, care of J. W. Calkin's lot,
25.00
25.00
Emily M. Holdsworth,
100.00
100.00
Sarah D. Smith,
100.00
100.00
H. P. Marcy,
100.00
100.00
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Josie M. Nothrop,
300.00
300.00
E. and F. M. Dodge,
100.00
100.00
Calvin Childs,
100.00
100.00
Joseph A. Brown,
500.00
500.00
Sarah I. L. Snow,
50.00
50.00
Abby J. Pierce,
100.00
100.00
Daniel W. Taft,
75.00
75.00
$14,435.00
$14,766.93
Gain in P. C. Fund,
$1,325.00
Cemetery Commissioners' Interest Fund,
total, Jan. 1, 1916,
$753.19
Added :
Interest P. C. Fund,
267.20
Interest C. C. I. Fund,
15.06
1,035.45
Withdrawn :
P. C. Fund,
487.50
Present Condition,
$547.95
DAVID L. BODFISH, SAMUEL M. PHILLIPS, LEWIS R. HOLDEN. Cemetery Commissioners.
Overseers of the Poor Report
The following tables will give a detailed account of receipts and expenditures at the Town Farm from Jan. 1, 1916, to Dec. 31, 1916:
RECEIPTS.
Pigs,
$281.50
Pork,
195.50
Potatoes,
187.75
Veal,
71.60
Cows,
160.00
Berries,
60.04
Poultry,
104.62
Butter,
195.57
Eggs,
41.67
Stock,
20.00
Board,
180.00
Total,
$1,498.25
EXPENDITURES,
Geo. E. Clough, Treasurer,
$1,400.75
Labor,
31.00
Soap and disinfectants,
20.00
Printing,
.50
Perry Nursery Co.,
2.50
Food supplies,
26.15
Barber,
5.95
Carfares for inmates,
4.50
Brushes,
6.90
$1,498.25
We would recommend the following appropriations :
Support of poor,
$10,000.00
Contingent,
500.00
Salaries,
605.00
F. J. HAMILTON, PATRICK FITZGERALD, DR. C. H. GIROUX. Overseers of the Poor.
W. C. HITCHCOCK, Clerk.
Tax Collector's Report
Account of 1912.
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915,
$7.72
Paid Treasurer in 1916,
7.72
Account of 1913.
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915, $573.44
Account of 1914.
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915,
$6,304.05
Interest,
226.02
Total,
-
$6,530.07
Paid Treasurer in 1916,
4,490.92
$2,039.15
Account of 1915.
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1915,
$15,142.87
Interest,
86.02
Total,
$15,228.89
Paid Treasurer in 1916,
10,433.07
$4,795.82
Account of 1916.
Amount to be collected,
$139,649.80
Additions,
7,608.20
Interest, Total,
121.56
$147,379.56
Abatements,
171.34
Paid Treasurer,
$135,417.46
$135,588.80
$11,790.76
J. A. HAWKS, Tax Collector.
Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916,
$7,771.00
J. A. Hawkes, Tax Collector, tax, 1912,
$7.72
J. A. Hawkes, Tax Collector, tax, 1914, 4,490.92
J. A. Hawkes, Tax Collector, tax, 1915, 10,433.07
J. A. Hawkes, Tax Collector, tax, 1916,
135,417.46
Commonwealth, various sources,
15,172.62
Cities and towns various sources,
2,703.36
Liquor licenses,
10,805.00
Tax loans,
65,000.00
All' other sources,
6,270.32
$250,300.47
$258,071.47
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid out on Town Warrants,
$224,657.40
Balance,
$33,414.07
-
$258,071.47
GEORGE E. CLOUGH, Town Treasurer.
Auditors' Report
To the Selectmen of Palmer :
Jan. 17, 1917.
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for 1916 and find the following :
Balance Jan. 1, 1916,
$7,771.00
Receipts during the year,
250,300.47
$258,071.47
Total expenditures,
224,657.40
Balance Dec. 31, 1916,
$33,414.07
The accounts of the Tax Collector show the following :
Account of 1912.
$7.72
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1916, Paid Treasurer, 7.72
Account of 1913.
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1916, $573.44
Account of 1914.
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1916,
$6,304.05
Interest collected,
226.02
$6,530.07
Paid Treasurer,
4,490.92
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1916,
$2,039.15
Account of 1915.
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1916,
86.02
Interest collected,
$15,228.89
Paid Treasurer,
10,433.07
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1916,
$4,795.82
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$15,142.87
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Account of 1916.
Assessors' Warrant, to be collected,
Assessors' Warrant, additional,
Interest collected,
$139,649.80 7,603.20 121.56
$147,379.56
Paid Treasurer,
$135,417.46
Abatements,
171.34
$135,588.80
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1916,
$11,790.76
We find the standing of Trust Funds Dec. 31, 1916, was as follows :
Perpetual care of cemetery lots,
$14,435.00
Income account on above,
547.95
Thompson Fund,
951.28
Merrick Fund,
850.00
EVERETT N. CARPENTER, CHARLES K. GAMWELL. Auditors of Palmer.
License Commissioners' Report
Palmer, Jan. 4, 1917.
To the Voters of the Town of Palmer :
The Board of License Commissioners organized Feb. 16, 1916, electing William Burdick chairman and Patrick H. Carney clerk. It was voted to have the price of all licenses the same as previous years. The number of ap- plications received was as follows :
Fifteen first-class, two fourth-class, five sixth-class and six fourth-class with the first-class.
The Board met April 20 and granted seven first-class, one fourth-class, five sixth-class and four of the fourth-class with the first-class.
The Board later granted thirteen common victualler's licenses, thirteen Sunday licenses and seven inn-holders' licenses.
WILLIAM BURDICK, PATRICK H. GARVEY, JOHN S. WELCH. Board of License Commissioners.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
For the Year ending December 31, 1916.
This department has tested, sealed, corrected or con- demned the following :
Adjusted. Sealed. Condemned.
Platform scales weighing over 5,000 pounds, 2 14
Platform scales weighing under 5,000 pounds,
.
91
Counter scales,
5 77
Spring balance scales,
51
3
Computing scales,
39
Slot weighing scales,
Weights,
625
3
Liquid measures,
109
.
Oil measuring pumps,
23
.
Molasses measuring pumps,
8
.
Yard measures,
9
.
Special inspection of scales,
40
.
Reweighing of coal,
15
.
Reweighing of ice,
.
.
Total,
7
1,127
6
Receipt of office,
$102.86
Expense of office,
22,70
Balance paid Town Treasurer,
$80.16
J. A. HAWKES, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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Chief of Police Report
Palmer, Mass., January 1, 1917. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The police report for the year 1916 shows a total of 422 arrests. Of those arrested 175 were residents and 247 non- residents ; 408 were males and 14 were females.
Causes of complaint were as follows :
Assault,
41
Assault on officer,
1
Breaking and entering,
5
Carrying a revolver;
4
Carrying a dirk-knife,
1
Disturbing the peace,
4 194
Drunkenness,
Delinquent and neglected children,
25
Fugitive from justice,
3
Forgery,
1
Liquor nuisance,
4
Lewdness,
6
Larceny,
24
Malicious mischief,
1
Non-support,
5
Railroad trespass,
ל
Search warrants for liquors,
7
Vagrancy,
33
Violation of school laws,
15
Violation of slaughtering laws,
1
Violation of pedlars laws,
5
Violation of motor vehicle laws,
17
Violation of laws regarding fireworks,
1
Unnaturalized citizen having a rifle,
1
Nineteen persons were summoned to court for keeping unlicensed dogs. Six stray dogs were killed.
Many cases were investigated in which formal com-
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plaints were not made involving alleged violation of automo- bile laws, laws relative to the carrying of weapons and fire- arms and the laws regarding abandonment and non-support of families by husbands and fathers.
I believe that the officers of the force have endeavored faithfully to do their duty as they have seen it upon all occa- sions, and that they have earned and deserve the confidence and support of the people in their work.
TIMOTHY J. CRIMMINS, Chief of Police.
Young Men's Library Association
Report of the Librarian for the Year ending December 31, 1916.
To the Members of the Young Men's Library Association :
I herewith submit my sixth annual report as Librarian of your association.
CIRCULATION.
The total circulation for the year has been 49,408. It was as follows : Main Library, 31,342 ; Three Rivers Branch, 11,183 ; Bondsville Branch, 4,984; Thorndike Branch, 1,899. This circulation shows a decrease of 4,204 from that of last year. This fact of a decrease is not indicative of having reached our maximum circulation, in my opinion.
If there is a maximum circulation, beyond which our library can not go because of the size of our town, it is safe to assume that it is not less than 75,000. The present cir- culation shows, then, if such an assumption is correct, that we are not meeting the needs in the best way possible.
Our circulation of 49,408 is good. (Do not misunder- stand my frankness.) It is not, nevertheless, what it should be. I believe the village possibilities have not been utilized as they should. I believe that, if we give them books as fully as possible, the village residents will gladly read many more of them. This is a situation that we ought to meet.
One condition has had something to do with the de- crease in circulation-good business conditions. When people are as busy as they have been the past year they take less time for reading.
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GIFT.
During the past year, the association received from Mrs. Annie Davis Brocklebank of Lawrence, Mass., a check for $500, tendered by her in memory of her father and mother at her mother's request. The gift was accepted by a vote of the Trustees on Wednesday, June 7, 1916, which specified that the money be deposited in the Palmer Savings Bank under the name of the Trustees of the Young Men's Library Association as "The Edwin L. and Deliah S. Davis Memo- rial Fund," the income only to be drawn by the treasurer of the association upon the approval of the Board of Direc- tors. Such action insures the keeping of the fund intact and thus creating a perpetual memorial to Mr. and Mrs. Davis.
CHILDREN'S ROOM.
This room is very popular with the children. It is used extensively by them. No change in our equipment or facili- ties has been made which will ultimately mean more for the welfare of our community than this.
Surely a room so attractively and suitably furnished ought to attract our boys and girls.
POLICY.
The purpose of a public library is to serve the public. The greater the service it can thus render, the more is it fulfilling its function.
That our library shall do this is our most ardent desire. That nothing shall prevent it from doing this is our inten- tion.
Any criticisms or suggestions from the public will be gladly and courteously received.
71 STATISTICS.
Circulation.
Main Library, fiction,
26,816
Main Library, non-fiction,
4,526
31,342
Branch Libraries, Three Rivers,
11,183
Branch Libraries, Bondsville,
4,984
Branch Libraries, Thorndike,
1,899
18,006
Total,
49,408
Last year,
53,662
Decrease,
4,204
Books on hand January 1, 1916,
11,657
Purchased,
453
Donated,
52
Books on hand aJnuary 1, 1917,
12,162
Number of papers and magazines supplies, Respectfully submitted,
51
CLIFTON H. HOBSON,
Librarian.
Palmer, Mass., January 11, 1917.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand December 31, 1915,
$31.17
R. A. R., coal,
42,78
Fines, check returned, etc.,
154.61
Town of Palmer,
3,000.00
$3,228.56
DISBURSEMENTS.
Miss Robinson, attendant,
$600.00
Miss Swan, assistant,
300.00
Janitor,
156.00
Branch Library expenses,
360.00
Oliver Bearse, assistant,
4.48
Books and magazines,
796.03
Fuel and lights,
341.25
Miscellaneous expenses,
168,71
$2,726.47
Balance on hand December 30, 1917,
$502.09
LOUIS E. CHANDLER, Treasurer.
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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 Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn all the inhabi- tants 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 High Street in Thorndike; in Precinct C, at Polish Lyceum Hall on East Main Street in Three Rivers, and in Precinct D, at Boston Duck Company's Hall on Main Street in Bonds- ville, on Monday, the fifth day of February, A. D., 1917, 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 vot- ing 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 Committee, one member of the Board of Health, and one Cemetery Commissioner, all for the term of three years; also one member of the School Committee for the term of one year (to fill a vacancy) ; also to vote by ballot, which shall be "Yes" or "No," in answer to the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this town?"
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The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon, and will be closed at three-thirty 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 twelfth day of February, A. D., 1917, 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 Wool 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 neces- sary for 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.
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