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Voted, that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow, during the financial year beginning January 1, 1914, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, the sum of $15,000, in addition to the sum of $20,000 authorized by vote at the annual Town Meeting held on March 8, 1913, for the current expenses of the Town, giving the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of said financial year.
Voted, To adjourn.
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Uncollected Balance Dec. 31, 1913
Abatements
Collections
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1914
Tax of 1911.
$140.82
$12.01
$128.81
Tax of 1912,
3.153.96
158.43
$2.623.32
372.21
Tax of 1913,
7,827.84
267.52
4,003.78
3,556.54
Tax of 1914
56.656.36
164.35
44,215.28
12,276.73
$67.778.98
$602.31
$50,842.38
$16,334.29
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Tax Collector.
THE WILLIAM PENN HARDING LIBRARY FUND. .
January. 1914, Balance on deposit,
$1.020 00
January 19, 1915, dividends to date,
40 00
$1,060 00
January 19, 1915, paid Treasurer, Duxbury Free Library 60 00
$1,000 00
GEORGE H. STEARNS,
Treasurer of Town of Duxbury.
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DUXBURY FIRE AND WATER DISTRICT TAX
Tax Levy
Abatement
Collected
$2,582.43
$10.00
$2,174.05
Interest,
.15
$2,174.20 Paid to treasurer of Duxbury Fire and Water District, 2,000.00
Dec. 31, 1914, balance on hand,
$174.20
STATEMENT OF DOG LICENSES ISSUED.
Whole number of dogs licensed, 197
Males, 158
Females,
39
Kennel,
1
Returned to County Treasurer, $496.40
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Duxbury, Mass, Feb. 11, 1915.
We have according to law audited the accounts of the various town officers and find them correct according to our best judg- ment.
HENRY P. MOULTON, JR. WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Auditors.
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
George H. Stearns, Treasurer, in Account with the Town of Duxbury.
1914.
Dr.
Cr.
Jan. 1. To cash on hand, $553.98
Received,
County Treasurer, refund, acct. Dog Fund,
365.38
State Treasurer, State Tax, 6,562.50
State Treasurer, repairs State Highway, 198.27
State Treasurer, account liquor license, 25
Moth Account, from State Treasurer, 321.72
38.61
County Treasurer, repairs Powder Point bridge, 833.15
Moth Account, from J. B. Weston,
33.00
Old Colony National Bank, temporary loan, 30,000.00
State Treasurer, Tuition, 104.00
1,572.34
State Treasurer, National Bank Tax,
358.04
State Treasurer, State Aid,
1,514.00
Appropriation Loan, interest, 150.00
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank,
General Municipal Purpose Loan, principal, 1,500.00
General Municipal Purpose Loan, interest, 390.00
Bureau of Statistics, certification of Town notes, 52.00
Sale of "Snow" property,
197.25
Sale of "Chandler" property,
346.39
P. A. Basket Ball Team, use of Town Hall,
5.00
School Committee, sale of books, .24
Reimbursement, account Salary of School Superintendent,
416.66
School Committee, account Board of Health, 5.60
GEORGE H. STEARNS,
Treasurer.
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State Treasurer, Burial of Ind. Soldiers and Sailors, 50.00
Town of Marshfield, Indigent Soldiers and Sailors,
153.75
Bounties on crows and hawks, 33.05
Cash on hand and in bank, 11,986.99
$114,187.81
Selectmen's orders, $43,062.49
School Committee's orders, 12,196.95
State Treasurer, acct. new highway, North Duxbury, 500.00
County Treasurer, County Tax, 4,248.60
Moth Account, from Lot Phillips,
Old Colony National Bank, interest, 1,473.56
State Treasurer, Corporation Tax,
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, Appropriation Loan, principal, 1,500.00
Duxbury Four -
Elisha Peterson, refund, acct. Cemetery Ap- propriation,
140.80
Cemeteries,
81.00
Board of Health, garbage collections,
124.00
Bureau of Statistics, refund,
3.00
H. A. Fish, Tree Warden, receipts for use of sprayer, 23.00
Forest Warden, acct. N Y., N. H. & H. Rail- road,
3.00
Telephone Tolls,
2.40
Rebate of interest,
722.37
Old Colony National Bank, Temporary Loan,
35,000.00
Light, Heat and Power Corporation, use of steam roller,
7.00
Tax Collections,
50,842.38
Interest,
364.81
Licenses,
23.00
Farm Sales,
16.75
Fines,
126.46
C. D. Parker & Co., Marshall Street Bridge Loan,
5,000.00
C. D. Parker & Co., Border Street Loan,
5,000.00
C. D. Parker & Co., Macadam Road, Pembroke and Kingston Line Loan,
10,000.00
C. D. Parker & Co., Premium on Notes, 140.00
C. D. Parker & Co., Accrued Interest on Notes, 31.88
$114,187.81
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DUXBURY CEMETERY TRUST FUND ACCOUNT
Balance Jan. 1, 1914
Dividend
Total
Paid Balance for Care Jan. 1, 1915
Mary Simmons,
.$50.22
$2.02
$52.24
$1.50
$50.74
Henry W. Hathaway,
1167.86
47.16
1215.02
6.00
1209.02
John Porter,
120.76
4.86
125.62
3.00
122.62
Hambleton E. Smith,
127.22
5.12
132.34
3.00
129.34
John Bradford,
103.62
4.16
107.78
3.00
104.75
Lydia W. Chandler,
122.07
4.92
126.99
4.00
122.99
Susan B. Nickerson,
174.01
7.02
191.03
3.00
178.03
Ferdinand Emerson,
130.44
5.26
135.70
3.00
132.70
Thomas C. Powers,
109.52
4.40
113.92
3.00
110.92
John Thomas,
115.44
4.64
120.08
3.00
117.08
Zilpha S. Soule,
101.05
4.08
105.13
3.00
102.13
Latham Fund,
529.66
26.77
556.43
34.00
522.43
Joshua Weston,
119.40
4.80
124.20
124.20
Zeruah Soule,
115.37
4.64
120.01
3.00
117.01
Josiah S. Battis,
115.49
4.64
120.13
3.00
117.13
Lydia A. Bates,
135.64
5.46
141.10
25.00
116.10
Judah Harlow,
116.56
4.70
121.56
5.00
116.56
Lot Soule,
111.63
4.48
116.16
3.00
113.16
Henrietta Chandler,
145.90
5.98
154.55
1.00
153.55
Jairus Magoun,
190.94
7.65
198.62
15.00
180.62
Deborah C. Hunt,
59.52
2.35
61.90
1.00
60.90
Josephus Dawes,
103.64
4.16
107.50
5.00
102.80
Rebecca T. Holmes,
116.32
4.65
121.00
3.00
115.00
Louis M. Bailey,
110.85
4.46
115.34
3.00
112.34
Harrison G. Weston,
109.50
4.40
113.90
3.00
110.90
Henry C. Tanner,
105.39
4.24
109.63
3.00
106.63
Briggs Gullifer,
108.12
4.36
112.49
3.00
109.45
Luther S. Chandler,
102.54
4.12
106.66
3.00
103.66
Morton Bradford,
105.50
4.24
110.04
3.00
107.04
Robert A. Southworth,
103.05
4.16
107.24
3.00
104.24
Dr. E. Jeanette Gooding,
110.62
4.44
115.06
3.00
112.06
Alexander Wadsworth,
216.12
8.72
224.84
5.00
219.84
Mrs. Nathan Delano,
53.05
2.14
55.22
1.00
54.22
Joseph and Ann Wadsworth,
127.25
5.12
132.37
1.00
131.37
Augustus Sampson,
102.26
4.12
106.38
3.00
103.35
William Prior,
215.25
8.65
223.96
6.00
217.96
Eden S. Sampson,
100.24
4.04
104.28
3.00
101.28
George H. Bailey,
123.04
4.96
128.00
3.00
108.00
Zenas Winsor,
105.56
4.24
109.60
3.00
106.80
James Cooper,
52.62
2.10
54.72
4.00
50.72
George T. Sampson,
100.02
4.04
104.06
3.00
101.06
William H. Winsor,
$1.30
3.26
$4.56
1.00
83.56
Henry Delano,
102.28
4.12
106.40
3.00
103.40
Cushman and Bryant,
206.40
S.32
214.72
5.00
209.72
George Soule,
203.08
8.20
211.25
5.00
206.25
Bailey Loring,
128.77
5.15
133.95
3.00
130.95
Chandler-Ryder,
103.02
4.16
107.15
2.00
105.19
Samuel Atwell.
102.00
4.12
106.12
3.00
103.12
Georgiana L. Thomas,
103.02
4.16
107.15
3.00
104.15
Cordiana Bailey,
51.00
2.06
53.06
1.00
52.06
Ellison and Howes,
204.16
5.24
212.40
5.00
207.40
Henry O. and Joseph Brewster, 1-12-14.
100.00
4.04
104.04
104.04
Joseph Brewster, 3-25-14.
100.00
3.02
103.02
103.02
Joseph W. Simmons, 5-23-14,
50.00
1.00
51.00
51.00
Willard Clark, 6-22-14,
100.00
2.00
102.00
102.00
George Sampson, 10-5-14,
100.00
1.00
101.00
101.00
$8,928.98
8355.05
$9,287.03
$239.50
$9,047.53
Nutter and Brown,
106.00
4.28
110.28
2.00
108.28
Joseph B. Emerson,
575.70
23.36
602.06
10.00
592.06
55.08
2.22
57.30
1.00
56.30
Joseph A. Sampson,
110.42
4.44
114.86
3.00
111.56
Bradford Weston,
106.72
4.25
111.00
128.00
Parker Jones,
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Treasurer.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF DUXBURY
DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1914.
January 10. At Plymouth, John Ray of Quincy, and Elsie M. Paulding of Duxbury, by Rev. Charles P. Marshall.
February 14. At Boston, Fred H. Cushing of Marshfield, and Ethel F. Bates of Duxbury, by Rev. A. Z. Conrad.
April 12. At Kingston, Albert J. Carroll and Mary E. Mckay, both of Duxbury, by Rev. Andrew F. Haberstroh.
May 17. At Suffield, Connecticut, Allen I. Plummer of Springfield, and Viola A. Wadsworth of Duxbury, by Rev. Wil- liam A. Smith.
May 17. At Duxbury, Otis S. Perkins of Kingston, and Hope F. Briggs, of Duxbury, by Rev. Andrew Hahn.
June 13. At Duxbury, Henry H. Goodale of Boston, and Natalie Shirley of Duxbury, by Rev. Adelbert L. Hudson.
June 20. At Duxbury, Charles Lopes and Viola Manning, both of Duxbury, by Rev. Andrew Hahn.
July 15. At South Boston, Earl S. Cushing and Hazel E. Robertson, both of Duxbury, by Rev. J. W. Stephan.
September 13. At Boston, Forrest L. Partch and Helen Irwin, both of Duxbury, by Rev. Ralph M. Harper.
September 20. At Duxbury, T. Waldo Herrick and Eloise B. Glover, both of Duxbury, by Rev. Andrew Hahn.
September 29. At Kingston, Edmond Fillion and Rosalba Lavallie, both of Duxbury, by Rev. Andrew F. Haberstroh.
October 7. At Duxbury, Russell P. Freeman and Edith B. Fowle, both of Duxbury, by Rev. B. Z. Stambaugh.
October 11. At Kingston, Walter J. Hanson of Braintree, and Mary H. Redmond of Duxbury, by Rev. Andrew F. Haber- stroh.
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October 15. At Plymouth, Harold W. Peterson of Duxbury, and Helen S. Voght of Plymouth, by Rev. Charles P. Marshall.
November 3. At Kingston, Richard W. Hanigan and Delia F. Ahearn, both of Duxbury, by Rev. Andrew F. Haberstroh.
November 28. At Taunton, Andrew E. Raymond of Dux- bury, and Florence J. Davis of Taunton, by Rev. E. Franklin Pettey.
December 18. At Manomet, William H. Hemmerly of Plym- outh, and Olive E. Babcock of Duxbury, by Rev. Truman D. Childs.
December 30. At Marshfield, Guy O. Chandler of Duxbury, and Isabel C. Peterson of Marshfield, by Rev. Charles H. Peck.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR 1914.
Date
Name
Parents' Names
Maiden Name of Mother
Merrv Phillips
Mar.
5
Earle Lewis White
Frank N. and Flora
Cosmo
Burroughs
14
Andrews
Peter and Fay E.
Boyd and Harriet M.
Higgins
Apr.
4
Mary Anthony
Walter T. and Gertrude A.
Glover
Charles W. and Mildred A.
Eisenhamer
May
16
Lantz
Ivan W. and Ruth E.
Loring
June
10
Eleanor Loring Cole
William H. and Fannie O.
McNaught
July
3
Frank and Minnie
Lopes
9
Elizabeth Harlow Bradlee
Arthur W. and Abby S.
Herrick
22
Doris Evelyn Foster Beaman €
Albert E. and Bessie L.
Ferguson
$6
31
Russell Swift Peterson
Frank M. and Arvertina
Pieres
Aug.
20
Fernandes Cushing
Fred H. and Ethel F.
Bates
George W. and Alice E.
Doughty
Jules and Eva
Burke
25
Peacock
Harold and Goldie G.
Allard
Sept.
3
Reuben Briggs Washburn Chase
Harrison A. and Eliza B.
Brownell
Oct.
7
Marion Louise Pierce
Prince W. and Viola B.
Nightingale
29
Angeline D. Vaeg
Raymond D. and Angeline D.
Baboes
Nov.
26
- Nightingale
Herbert F. and Ada M.
Deamone
Dec.
16
Edith Elizabeth Welner
George S. and Alma E.
Spinney
Jan.
10
Marion Baker
Frank C. and Clara S.
Asa W. and Addie M.
30
Asa Weston Glass, Jr.
Benjamin L. and Lena F.
Foster
11
12
Thelma Pierce
12
Robert Reynolds
1
1
Charles Francis Morris
James H. and Florence H.
Randall
Walter T. and Lucille M.
Randall
29
Ruth Stanley Butler
John and Edith
Appolonio
Manuel Perry'
Carroll C. and Alice
Loud
24
William D. and Annie B.
Swift
21
Wilma Brett Simmons
23
Bennett
John R. and Ruth G.
Briggs
5
Barbara Walter
Harvey J. and Cora E.
Delano
10
Evelyn Frances Churchill
Lesser
Mildred Anthony Twins
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY IN 1914
Date
Name
Age YMD
Cause of Death
Parents' Names
1913
Dec.
27
Laurelia R. W. Peterson
88
6 20
Oartic regurgitation
- and
1914
7
George R. Freeman
72
8 -
Emma A. Hinds
59
5
4
Ulcer of stomach
11
John H. Hunt
70
11
11 Natural causes probably heart
21
Franklin Bryant
78
9
12
Broncho-pneumonia
(disease
26
Myra F. Nickerson (Studley)
51
3
2
Diabetes
Fred O. and Elizabeth L. Haskins
Feb.
1
Sarah J. Wadsworth (Mcars)
75
3
11
6
Sarah T. Simmons
69
4
21
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Joseph M. and Lydia S. Dolan
28
Josephine Torrey (Chandler)
72
2 12
Broncho-pneumonia
28
Rachel B. Gerrish (Baker)
79
11 9
Cerebral hemorrhage
Mar.
2
Julia W. Randall (Chandler)
75
8
22
Cerebral hemorrhage
Nathaniel L. and Sally W.
22
Margaret Andrews
1
5
23
Convulsions
Peter and Faye Barrows
25
Jonathan F. Turner
73
11
6
5
Julia S. Chandler (Peterson)
70
5
24
13
Rebecca T. Holmes (Cushman)
84
5
13
Cerebral hemorrhage
10
Ethel B. Elliot
22
5
Intestinal obstruction
66
11
Winthrop P. Soule
54
11
16
Septic meningitis
Lawrence P. and Mercy Eldridge
21
Charles E. Jackson
68
4
12
Eudocarditis
- and
¥
22
Mary E. Sampson
53
9
25
Cancer
29
Samuel W. Walker
78
8
27
Cerebral embolism
8
Tamar J. Sampson
87
6
8
Arterio-sclerosis
- and
Julia D. Winsor (Hunt)
84
11
16
9
Isaac D. Symmes
70
59
0
9
Cerebral hemorrhage
Charles and Prudence Delano
26
David J. Ayers
61
2
8
Myocarditis
Oliver and Mary L. Hooper
27
Agnes A. Weston
56
Cassius Hunt
70
6
Generalized carcinoma of abdomen Sclerosis of spinal cord
- and
Wadsworth and Lydia Sampson
Jan.
Valvular disease of heart
David H. and Mary Winslow
and
John T. and Meribah Curtis
George and Mary Soule
George and Polly Howland
26
Frederick M. Wadsworth
5
Icteras
John and Sarah J. White
Thomas and Maria L. T. Clark Hewitt and Martha
4
Marion Baker
1
22
Bronchial pneumonia
Frank C. and Clara S. Merry
Apr.
Alfred and Adriana Sampson
George and Judith Weston
George and Hattie M. Bent
22
Mary E. Burdett (Wilson)
48
7
26
Lobar pneumonia
Henry W. and Agnes Ward
- and
May
9
Cerebral embolism Parosis
Barker and Lucy Louden - and
14
Emma W. Burgess (Frost)
81
-
Organic heart disease Bronchitis
Edward and Sally King
Cerebral cmbolism
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Isaiah and Emily Wadsworth
9
June
Amherst D. Frazar Sarah T. Fisher Isaiah Walker
40
10
4 General paralysis Angina pectoris
- and
Isaiah and Emily Wadsworth
July
12
William S. Moore
68
4
9
19 Cardiac embolism 9 4 Chole cystitis Cancer of intestines
Josiah and Mary Doane Melzar and Angeline Oregon Jabez P. and Lucia S. Alden William K. and Annie Webber Daniel and Mary S. Hall
Joseph D. and Princess - and
Sept.
9
Helen A. Urann (Woods)
46
3
65
1
23
16
William H. Thomas
82
3
27
20
John R. Bradley
69
3
13 Arterio-sclerosis
24
Mary Anthony
4 2
Probably tubercular laryngitis
29
John Andrew
24 78
11 9
Arterio-sclerosis
Oct.
2
James W. Mckeown
94
9
9
Arterio-sclerosis
11
Jacob W. Seaver
85
11
14
Arthritis deformans
-
5
26
Myocardital insufficiency
61
5
11 Chronic nephritis
30
William E. Brown
79
2
28
Mitral regurgitation
Nov.
5
Harrie E. Foster
90
5
Lobar pnuemonia
13
Sarah Brown (Burgess)
64
-
15
Joseph Goodspeed Daniel F. Glass
81
5
16
16
Samuel N. Weston
93
4
4 Dilatation of heart
80
Georgiana Freeman
(Farrington)
71
1
12 Chronic nephritis
Dec.
21
George F. Peterson
62
1
8
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20 Fracture of skull
Aug.
18
28 5
Jabez E. Peterson
1
10
26 3 Fracture of skull Chronic nephritis
Edward and Mary Prescott - and -
Josiah and Mary
John R. and Jane Miller Boyd and Harriet M. E. Higgins Manuel and Angeline Loftus John J. and Althea Owen James E. and Lena Arsenault Ebenezer and Clara Weld
- and
11
Harriet L. Bradshaw
Premature birth
John R. and Ruth G. Briggs and
21 Elbridge Bradshaw
Charles H. and Eunice Weston
31
Stephen H. Jackson
3
Convulsions
Amasa and Lucy McLane - and -
Benjamin and Deborah Joseph and Sarah C. Childs Daniel and Maria K. Weston Nathaniel and Martha Delano David and Abigail Freeman George W. and Hannah Baker
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and
7
81
7
12 3 Myocarditis
1
16 Angeline T. Brewster 29 17 Fred Weston Lillian Frances Bartlett George F. Wadsworth Ruth D. Sproul (Geary)
66
70
4 10 18 9
Cerebral embolism
Chronic paliomyetitis
Injury by a fall
9
Lydia G. Harrington
Arterio-sclerosis
21
Cholera Infantum
-
Enteritis
5
Mary L. Phillips (Sanborn)
9
5
18 Reuben B. Washburn
1
83
6 Valvular disease of heart Chronic interstitial nephritis
21
- 7 Fracture of skull
1
58
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Duxbury
For the Year Ending Dec. 3 I
1914
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Albert M. Goulding, Chairman,
Andrew Hahn, Joshua B. Weston, Secretary,
term expires 1915
term expires 1917
term expires 1916
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
William E. Chaffin, Egypt. Superintendent's office hours by appointment.
TEACHERS FOR 1914-1915.
Name, Post Office Address.
Alton H. Hartford, Partridge Academy and Duxbury High School, Duxbury.
Emily M. Cate, Partridge Academy and High School, Duxbury.
Helen L. Clark, Partridge Academy and High School, Duxbury. Eileen Marshall, Tarkiln Grammar, Bryantville, R. F. D. Ellen W. Downey, Village Grammar, Kingston.
Elizabeth A. Hastings, Village Grammar, Duxbury.
Marion McGregor, Tarkiln Grammar, Bryantville, R. F. D.
Mrs. Mary L. Devereux, Point School, Duxbury.
Blanche W. Simmons, South Duxbury, Millbrook.
Sarah E. Paulding, Millbrook, Duxbury. Abbie Baker, Ashdod, West Duxbury. Bernice C. Belknap, North Duxbury, North Duxbury.
Clara H. Glover, Island Creek, South Duxbury.
Samuel Warner, Teacher of Drawing, North Pembroke. Pansy E. Bartlett, Teacher of Music, Marshfield.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The report of the School Committee of the Town of Duxbury is herewith submitted, also the report of the Superintendent of Schools, Principal of Partridge Academy and Duxbury High, School, Teachers of Drawing and Music.
After accepting their position in June, Miss Smith and Miss Talbot resigned in July and their places were filled by Miss Eileen Marshall and Miss Marion MacGregor, who are proving very satisfactory as to teaching and discipline.
At the Academy Miss Tarbox resigned in June and Miss Helen L. Clark has taken up her work. Marion Wheelock resigned at North Duxbury, her place being taken by Miss Bernice C. Bel- knap, who has been doing better work than her predecessor.
Teachers from out of Town prefer to accept positions near home and the Committee find it is almost impossible to retain them.
Drawing under Mr. Warner seems to have improved very much and he is certainly to be congratulated on his success. Music under Miss Bartlett has also shown marked improvement.
The Partridge Academy, Village Grammar, Point, Millbrook and Hall's Corner schools have been connected with the town water and we hope things will be more satisfactory in that line.
Our greatest trouble seems to be in the heating of the Village Grammar School, where the health of the pupils and teachers are endangered, and some new plant will have to be installed before another winter.
Anonymous complaints have been entered about the teachers. Where some people complain others praise them. If the people who have these complaints to make would appear before the Board
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instead of talking outside. the Committee would greatly appreci- ate the fact.
The village Grammar School has been painted.
Millbrook school has been repaired and the doors made to swing out, besides minor repairs on all the buildings. All out buildings are now locked and the sanitary condition improved.
Miscellaneous expenses as shown in the Financial column in- clude Tuition ; Tuition paid to other schools; Engraving and printing diplomas ; Graduation Exercises ; Insurance on build- ings : Express and cartage on supplies or furniture ; Printing and advertising.
The Town will lose the reimbursement from the State on ac- count of the Superintendent the coming year.
ALBERT M. GOULDING, ANDREW HAHN, JOSHUA B. WESTON. School Committee.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, JAN. 1. 1915
Jan. 1, 1914. Unexpended balance, 1913, $748 37 March Appropriation, 12,000 00
Aug. 14 Tuition and Transportation State children, 104 00
Dividend Dog Fund, 365 38
Dec. 8 Reimbursement State on ac- count Superintendent, 416 66
Dec. 31 Sale of Book, 24
$13,634 65
Expenditures, High School instruction. $2,334 00
Grammar and Primary,
4,977 00
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Transportation,
1,338 80
Fuel,
642 74
Janitors,
825 20
Supervision,
27 50
Book Agent,
75 00
Census,
35 00
Superintendent,
593 16
Superintendent's expenses,
9 01
Books, Stationery and supplies,
429 68
Maintainance,
671 27
Health,
55 60
School committee,
37 50
Other expenses,
4 75
Sundries,
54 95
Miscellaneous,
85 79
$12,196 95
Balance,
$1,437 70
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term
Partridge Academy closes March 26.
East Side schools close March 26.
West Side schools close March 26.
Spring Term
Partridge Academy opens April 5, closes June 25. East Side schools open April 5, close June 18. West Side schools open April 5, close June 25.
Fall Term
Partridge Academy opens September 7, closes December 23. East Side schools open September 13, close December 23. West Side schools open September 20, close December 23. All schools open for the winter term January 3, 1915.
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Holidays Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day, and the day following.
DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS, DECEMBER, 1914.
NUMBER IN GRADE.
SCHOOL
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Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Room totals
Academy
18 12
10
45
Village Grades. ? , S. .
22
16
3S
Village Grades. 5. 6.
21
.
. .
1
S
24
Tarkiln Primary
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9
10
5
31
Point
4
?
16
South Duxbury
3
6
23
Island Creek
3
3
5
1
1
16
Ashdod
2
0
8
1
15
North Duxbury
1
1
1
1
14
Enrollment by grades 33 |29 31 42 32/26 26 24 18 |12 10 5 288
EYE AND EAR TESTS.
Whole number of pupils examined, 279
Number found defective in sight, 18
Number found defective in hearing. 10
Number of parents notified, 24
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43
Tarkiln Grammar
9
3
4
23
Millbrook
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Board-
In accordance with your regulations, the following is here- with submitted as my sixth annual report of the schools of Duxbury :
Statistics
Number of schools, 11
Number of pupils enrolled in the schools, 276
Number enrolled over 15 years of age, 30
Number enrolled between 5 and 15 years of age, 246
Number enrolled between 7 and 14 years of age, 192
Average membership of all the schools,
266.76
Average attendance, 247.72
Percentage of attendance, 92.86
Number of women teachers,
12
Number of men teachers,
1
Number of teachers who are college graduates,
3
Number of teachers who are normal graduates,
3
Average number of months the schools have been
kept, 9 8-11
Number of regular teachers in the Academy,
3
·
Number of different pupils in the Academy during the year, 50
Last year new lines of work were reported and we are taking up about all that it seems wise to attempt under present condi- tions and appropriations.
Our aims at present are first to do well whatever we attempt to do. Second, to secure sympathetic relations between all pu- pils and teachers in order to attain a higher standard in deport-
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ment, conduct and future citizenship. Third, to encourage those things that lead to civic betterment, and fourth, to improve upon our past standards of attendance.
It is not necessary to dwell upon the first three at present, as results depend very largely upon the leading force. The fourth is deserving of consideration at this time.
Five years ago our percentage of attendance was much below the average for the state. Since then it has rapidly improved until last year it was materially above the State average and was the highest ever reported for the Town of Duxbury so far as record could be found.
This year our percentage has dropped materially from the average for last year. This is partially accounted for by the fact that the weather last winter was unusually severe and there was an unusual amount of sickness.
The teachers are deserving of credit for their efforts to secure better attendance. A few of the parents are largely responsible for our lowered standing by keeping their children out from time to time to work, to do errands or for other less creditable reasons. In the high school especially has this been true. Here some pupils have lost interest in school and and are doing un- satisfactory work largely because they have been kept out from time to time without sufficient reason. It is doubtful if it is best either for the pupil or for the school to allow a pupil over school age to retain membership after he has lost interest in school and is doing unsatisfactory work. He might "make good" at work instead of making a failure in school.
The people of Duxbury are law-abiding citizens and would not knowingly cause their children to break the laws of the Com- monwealth. It is with this thought in mind that the following quotation from the State law is given :
Every child between seven and fourteen years of age, . and every child under sixteen years of age who has not re- ceived an employment certificate as provided in this Act and is not engaged in some regular employment or busi-
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ness for at least six hours per day or has not the written permission of the Superintendent of Schools of the city or town in which he resides, to engage in profitable em- ployment at home, shall attend a public day school in said city or town or some other day school approved by the school committee, during the entire time the public schools are in session, The Superintendent of Schools, or teachers in so far as authorized by said Superintendent or by the School Committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence for other causes not exceeding five day sessions or ten half-day sessions in any period of six months.
Every person having under his control a child as de- scribed in Section 1 (above) shall cause him to attend school as therein required, and, if he fails for five day sessions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months while such control obtains, to cause such child to attend school, he shall, upon complaint by an attendance officer, and conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
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