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Art. 11. Will the Town authorize the Selectmen to pur- chase twelve Babcock Fire Extinguishers, and locate them in various parts of the Town, according to their discretion.
Art. 12. Will the Town authorize the School Committee to procure a building and establish a Grammar school.
Art. 13. Will the Town appropriate $2500 for a building for a Grammar school.
Art. 14. Will the Town appropriate $500 for transporta- tion of pupils.
Art. 15. Will the Town appropriate $350 for the Public Library.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
TOWN MEETINGS.
At the annual Town Meeting held March 5th, 1894 : Chose, James Downey, Moderator.
Henry H. Lewis, Elisha Peterson, Thomas Alden, Jr., Wm. S. DeWolf, Daniel E. Poor, Daniel D. Devereux and Joseph A. Soule were appointed Tellers and sworn by Town Clerk.
Voted, To reconsider the vote of the town whereby they voted to accept the provisions of Chap. 158 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1871 in regard to Highway Commissioners.
Voted, To ballot for twelve Surveyors of Highways in con- nection with the other town officers.
Chose, George H. Stearns, Town Clerk.
Chose, Joshua W. Swift, Treasurer and Collector.
Chose, Samuel P. Soule, Henry H. Lewis and. Edmund H. Sears, Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
Chose, Alfred E. Green and James H. Killian, Auditors.
Chose, Nathaniel K. Noyes, Samuel P. Soule and Henry H. Lewis, Board of Health.
Chose, Nathan T. Soule, School Committee for three years.
Chose, William J. Alden, Willard Cook, Thaddeus W. Chandler, Charles W. Crafts and Luther W. Sherman, Con- stables.
Chose, Charles W. Holmes, Levi H. Cushing, Alonzo
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Chandler, Josiah D. Randall, Robert T. Randall, Thomas Alden, Eden W. Soule, Eugene S. Freeman, Spencer Bur- gess, William A. Hunt, John K. Parker and Reuben D. Wood, Surveyors of High ways.
Chose, Harrison G. Weston, Surveyor of Lumber.
Chose, Horatio Chandler, Sealer of Wood.
Chose, The Selectmen, Fence Viewers.
Chose, The Constables, Field Drivers.
Voted, That the Selectmen appoint Pound Keeper, Fire Ward and Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Voted, That the report of the Cemetery Committee be accepted and the recommendation of this Committee be adopted with the amendment that wherever the word "Com- mittee" appears the word "Trustees" be substituted.
Chose, for Cemetery Committee, Thomas Alden for one year, Wm. J. Alden, Jr., for two years, Laurence Bradford for three years, Elisha Peterson for four years, Samuel P. Soule for five years.
Voted, That the report of the Committee on Consolidation of Schools be accepted and the Committee thanked therefor.
Voted, That the report of the Committee on Improved Roads be accepted and adopted with the addition of the name of William J. Wright to the Committee.
Voted, That the Committee on Town Landings have further time and report at some future town meeting.
Voted, To accept the reports of the several town officers.
Voted, That not over fifteen hundred ($1500) dollars be raised for preparing the Selectmen's room at the Public Library, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Voted, Not to grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town for the ensuing year. No, 146. Yes, 119. Voted, To appropriate : $3,100 00
Support of schools,
3,000 00
Support of poor,
Repairs of highways,
3,500 00
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Railroad loan,
$2,000 00
Railroad interest,
1,600 00
Aid to indigent sailors and soldiers,
350 00
School incidentals,
500 00
Repairs of school houses,
250 00
Repairs of public buildings,
100 00
Removing snow, 750 00
Memorial Day, 50 00
Superintendent of Schools,
250 00
Incidental expenses, bank and corporation tax.
Voted, To accept the list of Jurors as presented by the Selectmen, except that the name of George F. Fowle be sub- stituted for that of William E. Weston, who asked to be excused.
Voted, That the Town authorize their Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes.
Voted, To pass over Article 9 of the warrant, relating to the bounty on crows and hawks.
Voted, To accept Chapter 476, Acts of 1893, in regard to State Highway.
Voted, That it is a vote of the Town that Duxbury Beach should be repaired by the United States Government, and that a Committee of two, in addition to the Selectmen of the town, be chosen to press the matter before Congress through our Representative, the Senators of the State and the Harbor and Land Commissioners ; that this Committee of five ask the towns of Kingston, Plymouth and Marshfield to co-oper- ate with Duxbury to petition Congress for an appropriation for the repair of the Beach, and chose Laurence Bradford and Alfred E. Green on this Committee.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint a special officer to prosecute the illegal sale or use of inebriants.
Voted, To accept the recommendation of the Selectmen, that the payment for Gurnet Bridge of one thousand dollars, due June 1, 1894, and also the interest on the whole debt be paid from the Bank and Corporation taxes.
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Voted, That the Town deem it inexpedient to make at this time an appropriation for building a road on the back side of the Beach from the Bridge to the High Pines.
Voted, That the price for the books in which a portion of the Town Records are printed be made one dollar.
Voted, That the thanks of the meeting be given Mr. Downey for his services as Moderator.
Gave, A rising vote of thanks to Mr. Swift for his long and faithful services as Selectman.
At the above town meeting the total number of persons who voted was 297.
21 voted on license question only.
28 voted on town officers only.
Number of registered voters, 453.
At the meeting held April 14, 1894, chose, Frank H. Palmer, Moderator.
Voted, That the Selectmen and School Committee are authorized to arrange with Marshfield and Scituate or other 1owns to have a District School Superintendent.
Voted, That the Town authorize the laying out and con- struction of the road from the east end of Gurnet Bridge to the ridge of the Beach, the expense not to exceed four hun- dred dollars ($400).
Voted, That it is the opinion of the Town of Duxbury that the common necessity and convenience require that the Commonwealth should acquire as a State Highway a road leading from Kingston through the towns of Duxbury and Marshfield to Gannett Corner in the town of Scituate, in the county of Plymouth.
Voted, To rescind the vote whereby the Town voted that the several town officers, except the Moderator, be voted for all upon one ballot.
Voted, To retain the old Mill lot.
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Voted, That the Town request the Selectmen to expend fifty dollars in the repair of this lot.
At the meeting held September 15th, chose, Frank H Palmer, Moderator.
Voted, That the Town appoint a Committee with authority to make a contract with the State Highway Commission to carry out the work of building the road under said contract.
Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to pay from money in the Treasury such sums as may be necessary in commencing work on the State Highway, such sums to be re. imbursed by the State,
Voted, That the old Committee be appointed to carry out the provisions of Articles two and three of the warrant.
Amended, By making the Committee consist of five mem- bers, instead of four, and chose Laurence Bradford to com- plete the number.
Voted, That it is the sense of this meeting that we are allowed an indebtedness of three per cent. of our valuation in excess of the Bridge Loan.
Voted, That the matter of hiring or buying machine for constructing the State Road be left to the Committee of the Town on the State Highway.
Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed fifty-five hundred dollars for the purchase of a road-building plant if the Committee conclude best to pur- chase.
Voted, That the Assessors publish in their Annual Report every year a list of tax-payers, and next year a copy from their list enumerating every class of property.
Voted, That the Selectmen consult with Mr. Stephen M. Allen's heirs and agree on the Landing back of Captain's Hill.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1894.
Jan. 1. In Kingston, Harry B. Loring and Clara A. Wads- worth, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. C. Y. De Normandie.
Jan. 16. In Duxbury, Frank J. Clark and Mary Mahoney, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Benjamin R. Har- ris.
Mch. 2. In Duxbury, William Harrington and Emma F. Randall, both of Pembroke; by Rev. R. B. Swan.
Mch. 7. In Kingston, John J. Rountry and Edith A. Reed, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. C. Y. De Normandie.
June 2. In Hanson, George W. Mann of Duxbury and Ella F. Everson of Hanson ; by Rev. R. B. Swan.
June 27. In Duxbury, George R. Thompson of Wollaston, Mass., and Etta M. Weston of Duxbury ; by Rev. Wm. H. Branigan.
June 27. In Duxbury, Alonzo M. Onderdonk of Hemp- stead, N. Y., and Elizabeth M. D. Irwin of Duxbury ; by Rev. E. J. V. Huiginn.
July 1.
In Duxbury, Eugene B. Freeman and Mary L. Davis, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Austin S. Chase.
July 21. In Duxbury, Alonzo W. Mann of Pembroke and Addie B. Chandler of Duxbury ; by Rev. R. B. Swan.
July 24. In Plymouth, Adolph Roy and Delvina Barriault, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. P. Ferd. Cantin.
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Aug. 8. In Duxbury, Charles W. Studley of Duxbury and Anna B. Church of Pembroke ; by Rev. Aus- tin S. Chase.
Sept. 19. In Duxbury, Thomas Russell of Boston and Laura L. Parks of Duxbury ; by Rev. George W. Briggs.
Sept. 21. In Rockland, Fred B. Studley of Rockland, Mass., and Susan A. Magoun of Duxbury ; by Rev. Frederic A. Balcom.
Sept. 25. In Kingston, Edwin I. Sherman of Kingston and Minerva L. Chandler of Duxbury ; by Rev. C. Y. De Normandie.
Oct. 3. In Kingston, Elmer F. Leach and Hattie S. Wes- ton, both of Duxbury; by Rev, C. Y. De Normandie.
Oct. 3. In Plymouth, Edward J. Mullaney of Duxbury and Emma A. Westgate of Plymouth ; by Rev. John J. Buckley.
Oct. 4. In Duxbury, James C. Kelley of Brockton and Mary T. Glass of Duxbury ; by Rev. Benjamin R. Harris.
Oct. 17. In Boston, George H. Haverstock and Elizabeth E. Booth, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. James Boyd Brady.
Oct. 27. In Duxbury, Augustus Turner Jr., of Pembroke and Lucy Hunt of Duxbury ; by Rev. J. C. Osgood.
Dec. 17. In Duxbury, John L. Beal and Grace I. Bennett, both of Rockland, Mass .; by George N. Stearns, Justice of the Peace.
Dec. 25. In Weymouth, James Richard Thomas of Dux- bury and Helena M. Graves of Weymouth ; by Rev. L. Weston Atwood.
Dec. 30. In Duxbury, Warren E. Peterson and Grace P. Hunt, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Austin S. Chase.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1894.
DATE.
NAME.
PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER.
Jan. 11,
Theodore Whitford Glover,
Theodore W. and Emma F.
Whitford.
Feb. 2,
Frederic Bernard Merry,
Frank C. and Mabel F.
Fisher.
April 4,
Howard Bertram Chandler,
Nickerson.
14,
Mabel Kingsbury Noyes,
Nathaniel K. and Ella K. Willard and Emilie.
Faunce.
16,
Willard Russell Cook,
Hugh R. and Maggie L.
Keefe.
May 4,
Carrie Frances Edgar,
Louis H. and Fannie E.
Walley.
17,
Ida V. Russell,
Jolın H. and Nancy C.
Peterson.
23, Mildred Winsor Peterson,
Alpheus and Myra.
Studley .
31,
Ina Bernice Nickerson, Rachel Helen Josselyn,
William and Ohve L.
Baxter.
June 8,
14, Elizabeth Parkman Knapp,
Spear.
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27,
Norman Porter Withiereil,
Alexander S. and Lizzie F.
Ballard.
28,
Lucia Wadsworth,
Arthur J, and Lucy.
Carmell.
July 13,
Adors J. Gagne,
Walter W. and Jennie S.
Shadd.
18,
Laura Estella Campbell,
Robert T. and Emily E.
Estes.
20,
Ethel Florence Bates, ;
Harry B. and Clara A.
Wadsworth.
Aug. 15,
Bessie Brooks Loring,
Edward D. and Mary A.
Burns.
15,
Joseph Michael Cameron,
Charles S. and Fannie B.
Burns.
25,
Josepli Farwell Clark,
William J. Jr. and Maria.
Jones.
Sept. 17,
Frederic Jones Alden,
Case.
19,
Lowell Bond,
Harold L. and Harriet E. Thomas W. and Mary A. Michael and Kate.
Mckay.
Oct.
Ralph John Ryan,
Richard and Kate A.
Nov. 1,
Kate Agnes Higgins,
Edward J. and Kate H.
12,
John Barton Guare, Tyler,
Edgar and Saralı.
14,
William S. and Mary L.
Dec.
2, 7,
Harold D. Shurtleff,
Luther and Annie E. George M. and Janette.
Diamond. Crossman.
.
17,
Eva Alice Peterson,
Frederick B. and Fannie M.
Hall.
14, Mabel Charlton Freeman,
Zoeth P. and Sarah H.
15, Alicia Wright Maglatlılin,
Bartlett W. and Mary A.
Cummings,
John P. and Mercie B.
Peterson.
18, Eloise Bradford Glover,
Lucius A. and Elizabeth P.
Soule.
Joseph V. B. and Mary E.
Chandler.
29, 23,
Ellen May Redmond,
McClennan,
Kelley. Noves. Hamilton.
Mary De Wolf,
DEATHS REGISTERED OF THOSE WHO DIED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1894.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
DISEASE.
NAME OF PARENTS.
J
Jan.
5,
Sarah I. Mills,
-
2 27
Spina Bifida,
Albert W. and Jennie C.
. 53
7,
Josephine L. Josselyn (Freeman),
42
4 27
Chronic Gastritis,
Josephi and Mehitabel.
7,
David L. Peterson,
74
3 €
Chronic Bright's Disease,
Charles and Thankful.
13,
Dorcas Myrick,
59
7
La Grippe and Paralysis,
William and Mary.
14,
Susan A. Chandler (Bradford),
63
7
23
Tubercular Consumption,
Prince and Harriet.
27,
Ruth Strang (Sturtevant),
88
8 -
Pneumonia,
Ichabod and Ruthi.
Feb.
7,
Isaac W. Chandler,
86
7 -
General Asthenia,
Isaac and Abigail.
21,
Benjamin D. Loring,
76
9
Organic Heart Disease,
Samuel and Lucy.
March 8,
John Delano,
76
5 22
Pneumonia,
Jolin and Sally.
14,
Almira Delano,
91
11 3
Pneumonia,
Samuel and Lucy.
Y. M. D.
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-
DEATHS -CONTINUED.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
DISEASE.
-
NAME OF PARENTS.
April 1, : Lucia W. Hunt (Brewster) 4, Gershom Bradford,
77
4
-
General Asthenia,
Prince and Harriet.
5, Lloyd G. Sampson, 7, Bertha M. Leach,
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9 15
Cerebral Hemorrhage & Bright's Disease, Cerebro Spinal Meningitis,
Charles H. and Nellie M.
19, 'Jennie B. Randall,
3 27
Acute Bronchitis,
J. Dexter and Ada J.
27, Edmund C. Woodward,
34
8 2
Blood Poison,
Ozro W. and Deborahı.
May
8,
Sarah T. Weston (Chandler),
61
8 -
Cancerous Disease,
20,
John H. Osgood,
79
5
8
Cerebral Apoplexy,
Daniel and Betsey.
20,
Gershom Holmes,
82
8
Cystitis and Kidney Disease,
Levi and Annie.
June
7, : Louisa D. Weston (Beck),
78
3 9
Heart Disease,
Jacob and
20,
Mary A. Peterson (Gray),
68
6 -
Fatty Degeneration of Heart,
July
1,
Lucy Maglathlin (White),
61
6 -
Scrofula Sore and Blood Poison, Briggs and Judith.
Ang. 13,
Annie Conophy,
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- -
-
1 4
Cholera Infantuni,
18,
Lillian C. Peck,
2
5 - Convulsions,
Walter H. and Olive C.
18,
Nellie M. Peck,
74 11 15
Heart Disease,
Melzar and Elizabethı.
Lloyd G. and Mary.
7
4
-
James and Catherine.
Mitral Disease of Heart,
15, Adors J. Gagne,
Arthur J. and Lucy.
Walter H. and Olive C.
4 4 26 Convulsions,
Nathaniel L. and Sally W.
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.Aug. 20, 27, Proctor Chandler, William G. Snow, Annie W. Weston, Sarah C. Higgins (Hamilton), Betsey T. Caswell (Hunt), William C. Gardner,
24
- 6
Killed by Lightning, Consumption,
- 9
65
7 2 Bright's Disease of Kidneys,
36 3 1 Phthisis, 68 9 21
General Asthenia, General Asthenia,
83 - 7 Influenza,
20 - 14
Accidentally Self-inflicted Gun- shot Wound, Paralysis and Old Age,
Pemphigus,
Sylvina Baker (Thomas),
Angelina P. Holmes (Peterson),
Russell A. Baker,
- 5 27
Convulsions,
3, 5,
Robert Huggins,
72 11 5
Paralysis,
6, 11,
Sallie Ripley (Cushman),
89 1
7
General Asthenia,
22,
Diana Hunt (Chandler),
88 6 15
| Paralysis,
John W. and Sylvia J. Isaac and Lucia. Joseph and Sarah. Joshua and Cordelia W. John K. and Lydia.
Thomas and Mary.
Merlin and Peggy. John and Mary. Nathan and Huldah.
Peleg and Sylvina. · 55
Whittemore and Jerusha. Chester A. and Mattie B. John and Deborah.
Nathan and Betsey F.
David and Betsey. Asa and Diana.
Sept. 1, 3, 13, 24, 27, ()ct. 19, 21, 24, 29, Nov. 26, Dec.
Thomas H. Mullaney, Eliza Delano (Delano),
86 6 22
83 2 17
71 11 12
Disease of Heart,
John Pierce,
88 4 27
Old Age,
Sarah M. Keene (Francis),
53 6 -
Cerebral Hemorrhage,
John B. Alden,
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72 8 16
DEATHS REGISTERED OF THOSE WHO DIED OUT OF TOWN AND WERE BROUGHT TO DUXBURY FOR INTERMENT DURING THE YEAR 1894.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
DISEASE.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Jan.
12
George D. Gardner,
58
19
Feb.
19
Kate Belknap,
-
84
5
Boston, Mass.
Fatty Degeneration of Heart.
Amos and Jane. Chas. A. & Henrietta C.
March 5
M. Fannie Peterson,
[son),
19
10
18
Hanover, Mass.
Bronchial Trouble.
31
Adrianna S. Peterson
79
2
16
Hyde Park, Mass.
Pneumonia.
April
5
Abbie W. Weston (Torrey), Charles E. Sloper,
35
7
12
Bridgewater, Mass.
Old Age. Old Age.
Ezra and Jane. Ahira and Deborah. John and Melinda.
13
Marinda Drew (Wadsworth),
89
2
23
Quincy, Mass.
June
7
Miranda Harris (Gullifer),
66
5
12
Boston, Mass.
Death from natural causes.
Charles and Bethia.
July
3
Sarah A. McFarlin (Delano), Charles S. Morton,
72
7
14
Boston, Mass.
Valvular Disease of Heart. Consumption.
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12
Maria R. Ford (Richmond),
81
2
12
Halifax, Mass.
Paralysis & Conges'n Brain. Asthenia.
19
Charles H. Thomas,
87
4
1
Boston, Mass.
29 Howard L. Raymond,
4 3
29
Marshfield, Mass.
Hemorrhage of Bowels.
Aug. 12 Eliza W. Belknap (Brett),
61
6
2
Marshfield, Mass.
Heart Disease.
69
24
Cambridge, Mass.
Chronic Cystitis.
Sept. 2 Evelyn F. Garnsey (Smith),
33
9
11 Boston, Mass.
Acute Nepliritis. [sis.
Melrose, Mass.
Senility with General Paraly- Cholera Infantum.
Daniel and Addie A. U. Martin W. and Ruth B.
25
Bessie H. Josselyn (Stetson),
Ira and Catherine.
28 Charles M. Thorp,
85
7
91
6
-
Boston, Mass.
Marasmus.
Ebenezer and - Alexander and Mary L.
5 George W. Lane),
27
-
27
Everett, Mass.
Typhoid Fever.
Eliza W. Sampson,
11
2
Whitman, Mass.
Diabetes.
Peleg C. and Lillie H. John and Peggy.
Dec.
3 William Holmes,
76 7
1
Braintree, Mass.
Cerebro Apoplexy.
1885.
George D. and Lizzie.
May
2
Luella M. Fisher (Gardner),
24 2 8
Boston, Mass.
Typhoid Fever.
Winfield and Sarah. John and Lucy.
Oct.
2 Blanche L. Ripley,
9 21
Bridgewater, Mass.
Carcinoma of Breast.
53
Boston, Mass. Somerville, Mass.
Injuries from a fall.
Nov.
2 Christania D. Delano (Covell),
Beverly, Mass.
Cholera Infantum.
Horace L. and Kate T.
29 Mand Henderson,
21
George and Ellen. R. T. and Susan.
4 Freeman McNayr,
42
9
14
Whitman, Mass.
Cancer. Railroad Accident.
Perez H. and Sally. George O. and Eliza. Henry and Mary B.
6
-
Boston, Mass.
11
Jane Ramsdell (Prior),
Somerville, Mass.
Carcinoma.
75
Josiah and Abigail.
Hollis, N. H.
Isaac and Elizabeth. Abel and Ruth. John and Lucy.
27
Jane Hunt (Ames),
M .
D.
Dorchester, Mass.
Pneumonia,
Joseph and Ruth.
8
-
24 John D. Ingalls,
4 Catharine Southwortlı,
13
86
(Samp-
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SUMMARY.
Number of births,
32
Males,
14
Females, 18
Number of marriages,
22
Number of deaths,
43
Males, 18
Females, 25
Number of deaths of persons over 80 years of age,
10
Number of deaths of persons between 25 and 60 years of age, 8
Number of deaths of children under 5 years of age,
5
Average age, 57 years, 1 month, 28 days.
Number of dogs licensed in 1894,
158
Males, 150
Females, 8
Paid to County Treasurer, $308.40.
Attest :
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk. Duxbury, Feb. 1, 1895.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee of Duxbury herewith submit their annual report.
Miss Emma S. Stetson, who had served as a member of the Committee for five years, resigned in April, and William S. De Wolf was appointed for the balance of the year.
The town of Scituate, having voted not to continue in union with the towns of Marshfield and Duxbury, and the town of Marshfield voting, in special meeting, not to unite with Duxbury and Kingston, in the employment of a Super- intendent of Schools, the services of Mr. E. H. Watson, as Superintendent of Duxbury schools, were dispensed with at the expiration of his year, May fifteenth.
The Committee have made some changes in the appoint- ment of teachers, introduced a revised course of study, and introduced a new set of reading books.
The necessity for extensive repairs on school-houses was very apparent. Number one has been painted inside, papered and stove repaired ; new shades provided for numbers one and two ; number three papered ; new stove purchased for number four. The north half of the roofs of numbers six and seven have been shingled ; several woodshed roofs have also been shingled, and numerous minor repairs made on fences and buildings in all districts. All this has caused the appro- priation to be overrun, but if matters had been neglected, greater expense would have ensued later on.
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Five Truant Officers have been appointed, and they and the Committee have been quite active in looking up truants and insisting upon their attending school regularly.
During the year all teachers have been allowed two days to attend conventions under the direction of the State Board of Education ; also a day each term to visit schools in other places, to observe different methods and results of teaching.
There were a number of cases of scarlet fever in district six, and one in district four, in October. The schools in those districts were closed for four weeks, the books of all infected pupils were burned, and the school-house thoroughly fumigated. By so doing, the spreading of the disease was undoubtedly checked.
Although there has been a great deal said by the residents in district nine, in favor of re-opening the school in that dis- trict, the Committee do not see the practicability of so doing, under present conditions. There are less than a dozen pupils. They are now taught in the Pembroke school by an experienced teacher, at about half the expense to our town that opening our own school would entail. Being in a larger school, the classes are larger, which gives our own pupils more of an incentive to study than they would have in a small school. They are not obliged to travel any farther going to and from school than many pupils in other Duxbury districts.
Admission to the High School will, in future, be deter- mined by an average of four marks ; one to be given by the School Committee at the end of each term, and the fourth by the regular "Academy examination" at the end of the school year. This plan, it is thought, will be better than the former, by which admittance depended upon one exami- nation only.
The Committee think it advisable to ra-grade the District schools. If the town will vote an appropriation to cover the expense, and authorize the Committee to establish a Grammar
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school, a suitable room or building might be procured and a teacher hired. By so doing, the teachers in the District schools would have more time to devote to the lower grade pupils, the standard of the High school could be raised, and the pupils of different ages could be better taught and disci- plined in the separate schools.
The loss of a Superintendent's services, and the inability to arrange with other towns for the immediate employment of another for the balance of the year, will deprive the town next year of about five hundred dollars' benefit from the State. The Committee hope soon to arrange with other towns in employing a Superintendent, and earnestly recommend the continuance of the appropriation for Superintendent.
The Committee would also recommend an increase in the appropriation for Incidentals and for Repairs. In order to keep the schools in good running order, further expenditure will be necessary shortly for new books, maps, and globes.
New fences are needed in some districts ; wells and drains ought to be put where there are none, and some of the houses need painting badly outside as well as inside.
The following appropriations are recommended for the coming year :
Support of schools,
$3,200 00
School Incidentals, 800 00
Repairs on houses, 500 00
Salary of Superintendent, 250 00
Establishing a Grammar School, support of same,
and transportation of some of the pupils, 5,000 00
A summary of receipts and expenditures on account of schools, also an abstract from the school registers, will be found on the following pages, all of which is respectfully submitted.
HENRY BARSTOW, NATHAN T. SOULE, WILLIAM S. DeWOLF, School Committee of Duxbury.
62
SUMMARY OF SCHOOL RECEIPTS AND EXPEN- DITURES, YEAR 1894-5.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation for
Support of schools,
$3,100 00
School Incidentals,
500 00
Repairs on houses,
250 00
Salary of Superintendent,
250 00
Received from
State, account of Superintendent,
416 66
School Fund,
196 73
66 66 Dog Fund,
282 14
G. F. King & Merrill (rebate),
4 00
W. S. DeWolf (commission),
1 53
Total, Overdrawn,
$5,001 06
51 47
$5,052 53
EXPENSES.
Support of schools,
$3,595 49
School Incidentals,
893 39
Repairs on houses,
388 65
Paid E. H. Watson,
175 00
Total,
$5,052 53
SCHOOL STATISTICS - 1894-5.
DISTRICTS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
P. O. ADDRESS.
Number enrolled.
Number under five
Number between 8
and 14 years of age.
Number over 15 yrs.
membership.
attendance.
attendance.
Per cent. of attend- ance 1893-4.
Partridge High ? Academy
Thos. H. H. Knight Hannah D. Symmes Emily W. Sears,
35
0
21
1
31
30.2
97.4 96.1
2
So. Duxbury,
3 Island Creek,
37|
0
24
0
23.5
21.6
91.9 94.7
4
Tarkiln,
Kingston,
26
1
20
1
20.5
18.8
91.7 95.9
5
Ashdod,
Duxbury,
29
0
18
2
21
19.6
93.3|91
6
No. Duxbury,
No. Duxbury,
27
0
14|
1
19.6
17.8
90.8 85.6
7
Millbrook,
Duxbury,
39
1
27
1|
34
29.2
85.8 86.4
8
Point,
So. Duxbury,
32
0
15
2
25.6
22.4
83.5|91.4
319 4
183 44 263.0 236.71 90.1 91.4
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