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20
3 00
3 20
John H. Thresher,
4
1 75
6 40
12 15
N. G. Townsend,
2
1 50
11 65
15 15
Edward E. Terry,
2
25
2 25
Eliphalet Terry,
2
2 00
Frank B. Terry,
2
2 00
Zeedee Terry,
$2
2 00
Joseph W. Terry,
2
2 00
Gustavus Tripp,
2
65
16 75
19 40
Amanda Wilbur,
50
50
George W. Westgate,
2
1 45
8 00
11 45
George H. Westgate,
2
30
4 00
6 30
James B. Westgate's heirs,
1 25
10 05
11 30
28
ANNUAL REPORT.
Dean P. Westgate,
2
4 50
13 10
19 60
George E. Westgate,
2
25
2 25
Frederic L. Williams,
2
2 00
George V. Williams,
2
75
2 75
George F. Wilbur's Estate
24 75
24 75
Charles H. Williams,
14 25
14 25
Seth E. Williams,
2
1 85
22 50
26 35
Charles M. Wade,
2
1 70
14 95
18 65
Charles S. White,
2
60
10 75
13 35
Damon D. White,
2
2 00)
Theodore Wilbur's Estate,
10 00
10 00
Frederic Whitaker,
2
50
2 50
Edward E. Whitaker,
2
4 75
4 00
10 75
John E. M. Wright,
2
50
2 50
Hannah S. Williams,
5 50
5 50
Marcena B. Wilcox,
2
2 00
Frederic B. Wilcox,
2
15
2 15
Andrew Waters,
2
2 00
Herbert Wheeler,
2 00
NON-RESIDENTS.
TAUNTON.
Edward W. Macomber,
3 00
34 60
37 60
Nathan Clark,
5 25
5 25
George Seekell,
2 75
2 75
Israel Frank Dean,
18 75
18 75
James H. Wade,
1 60
1 60
Charles F. Johnson,
6 00
6 00
Edward P. Macomber,
1 00
1 00
David C. Dean,
5 25
5 25
James I. Dean,
4 50
4 50
Charles W. Padelford,
50
50
Benjamin Burt's heirs
3 00
3 00
Samuel B. Chase,
6 00
6 00
David W. Dean,
15 00
15 00
Jacob Eldridge,
1 25
1 25
Lewis Bragg,
8 00
8 00
Charles Baylies,
9 25
9 25
Philip E. Williams,
30
30
Enoch Goff,
75
75
George Hart,
50
50
John W. Hart,
6 25
6 25
Edward O. Hart,
5 25
5 25
James E. Hart,
1 50
1 50
Lysander Hart,
1 50
1 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Henry B. Macomber,
3 50
3 50
Samuel W. Macomber,
4 50
4 50
William F. Macomber's heirs,
50
50
Stephen Pierce's Estate,
20
50
Oliver A. Pierce's heirs
20
20
William Price,
7 50
7 50
Elizabeth Padelford,
1 00
1 00
James C. Dean,
1 50
1 50
James C. French,
5 50
5 50
Alpheus Sanford's heirs,
2 50
2 50
Sinai William's and others,
1 25
1 25
John E. Sanford,
3 00
3 00
Abraham Shores,
1 50
1 50
Lloyd Williams,
3 00
3 00
George William's Estate,
8 00
8 00
James Wetherell,
4 25
4 25
Jacob B. Phillips,
3 50
3 50
Wid Job Hamer,
2 00
2 00
Lysander Soper,
50
50
Elkanah Hathaway,
10 50
10 50
David F. Strange,
1 00
1 00
Alexander H. Williams,
50
50
Albial B. Staples,
5 00
5 00
Israel French's heirs,
1 00
1 00
Emily C. Williams,
7 00
7 00
Albert Pitts,
9 75
9 75
Alexander E. Burt,
60
60
Eliza Washburn,
9 00
9 00
Elizabeth Duffie,
5 00
5 00
William A. Haskins,
50
50
Thomas Doyle,
3 0C
3 00
Sarah J. Carey,
9 25
9 25
Phebe Staples,
50
50
Arthur Jones,
6 50
6 50
Philo Pickens,
1 75
1 75
Otis Thayer,
6 00
6 00
Thomas Thompson,
2 50
2 50
FREETOWN.
Charles H. Brigg's heirs,
1 50
1 50
Daniel H. Cudworth,
50
50
E. P. Hathaway, George H. Evans,
3 00
3 00
Charles O. Eddy,
1 25
1 25
Jonathan Gurney,
60
60
Charles E. Hathaway,
2 50
2 50
Joseph D. Hathaway,
8 50
8 50
30
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nichol's and Sampson's heirs,
2 00
2 00
Gilbert M. Nichols,
4 00
4 00
James Winslow,
1 25
1 25
John D. Wilson,
4 30
4 30
Apollos Websters's heirs,
18 85
18 85
George Williams
20
20
Henry D. Clark,
5 75
5 75
Henry and George Pierce,
1 25
1 25
Alexander T. Grey,
15
15
Benjamin E. Townsend,
5 50
5 50
Eli Wardell,
4 00
4 00
LAKEVILLE.
Clothier Allen's heirs,
4 00
4 00
John F. Allen,
14 00
14 00
John Allen's heirs,
50
50
Susan Strowbridge's heirs,
3 75
3 75
William Canedy's heirs,
7 00
7 00
William Chester Pierce,
9 00
9 00
Jeremiah Murphy,
9 00
9 00
Job Pierce,
20
20
Ethan E. Pierce,
3 25
3 25
James P. Pierce,
. 2 75
2 75
W. C. and E. A. Pierce,
50
50
Peddy S. Pierce,
9 50
9 50
Enos Pierce's heirs,
20
20
NEW BEDFORD.
Charles D. Burt,
50)
50
Ella R. Thomas,
1 50
1 50
Samuel B. Hamblen's heirs,
3 00
3 00
Caroline Morse,
2 25
2 25
DIGHTON.
William W. French,
2 00
2 00
Shove and Perry,
7 00
7 00
Charles H. Simmons,
10 90
10 90
Noble S. Simmons' heirs,
3 90
3 90
Darius White,
1 50
1 50
Noah Chase,
5 50
5 50
Isaac H. Babbitt,
5 75
5 75
Lewis M. White
2 75
2 75
Lewis M. White, Guardian for J. H. Covill,
7 20
7 20
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Charles E. Carr,
12 50
12 50
PROVIDENCE.
William Seekell,
1 25
1 25
Frank D. Chester,
10 00
10 00
Jane Rench's heirs,
2 50
2 50
Cassius E. Viall,
1 00
1 00
George R. Babbitt,
75
75
MISCELLANEOUS.
Milton M. Andros, San Francisco, Cal.,
14 75
14 75
Abbie Chase, Portsmouth, R. I.
4 00
4 00
John Crane's heirs, Cambridge, Mass.,
9 00
9 00
Mary E. Ellsbree, Westport, Mass.,
18 25
18 25
Benjamin F. Chase, Brockton, Mass.,
14 60
14 60
Ambrose Hathaway's heirs, Brighton, Mass-,
1 25
1 25
Enoch Sanford's heirs, Raynham, Mass.,
1 75
1 75
Simmons Winslow, Foxboro, Mass.
30
30
Old Colony Rail Road Co., Boston, Mass.,
40 00
40 00
Oliver French, Newport, R. I.,
16 35
16 35
Amelia Paull, Hollis, N. H.,
1 25
1 25
William Morse, Taunton, Mass.,
7 75
7 75
Isaac Fish, Onset Bay, Mass.,
4 00
4 00
L. D. Millard, East Douglass, Mass.,
2 75
2 75
Nancy Hamlin, East Bridgewater,
15
15
Frank Wilbur, Dartmouth, Mass,
1 00
1 00
John C. Robertson, Boston, Mass.,
5 00
5 00
Anna M. Strange, Raynham, Mass.,
75
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REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, of Berkley, herewith present the Annual Report of the expenditures and receipts, at the Town Farm, for the financial year ending Feb. 15th, 1893.
Total expenditures for the year $864.50. $904.82, divided monthly as follows :-
Receipts
From Feb. 13, 1892, to
DEBITS.
CREDITS.
March 1, 1892.
$24 27
$51 41
For the month of March,
47 88
42 29
April,
74 49
51 92
May,
79 13
57 02
June,
63 23
98 55
July,
107 99
55 93
August,
118 46
81 83
September,
68 60
103 04
October,
49 30
63 94
November,
67 80
122 76
December,
66 52
77 74
1893, January,
60 15
62 63
To February 15,
36 68
35 76
Balance in favor of Town,
40 32
$904 82
$904 82
ANNUAL REPORT.
There are no outstanding bills on account of Almshouse, or Farm.
There is still due the town, about $21 for hay sold in 1891.
There is only one inmate in the Almshouse at present. Francis B. Briggs. Aged 75 years.
Twenty-nine tramps have been furnished food and lodging during the year.
OUTSIDE POOR DEPARTMENT.
Persons receiving aid at the present date, are Sally Cum- mnings, $1.25 per week; Sarah Macomber, $1.50 per week; Mary L. Wilbur, $1.50 per week; Simmons family, $10 per month; Fred H. French, $3.25 per week at Taunton Luna- tic Hospital. Bills were paid on account Francis B. Briggs, before removal to Almshouse to the amount of $44.83. Said Briggs was moved as soon as his health would permit,by Doctors consent; Paid the City of Brockton, on account E. W. Macomber, $24.75; aid, and medical attendance were rendered Samuel H. Clark to the amount of $38.75. Aid was also rendered Emma P. Hackett, and Angeline Eddy, which will be reimbursed by the several towns, and city to which they belong ; Henry Staples who was accidentally injured and died in consequence, was buried partly at the expense of the town; C. N. Norcutt and family were assisted at an expense of $38.75. Many were assisted under the head of Soldier's Relief, as required by law.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, HAY, FARMING UTEN- SILS, AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AT TOWN FARM, FEB. 15, 1893.
1 horse,
$125 00
3 cows,
135 00
2 cows,
80 00
6 cows,
180 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
1 hog,
25 00
3 shoates,
20 00
13 tons English hay,
221 00
Lot salt hay,
8 00
Hay cutter,
3 00
Harrow.
3 00
Horse rake.
18 00
6 forks and rake,
2 00
4 shovels and pick,
2 00
3 hoes and 2 potato diggers,
1 75
4 manure forks,
1 50
Iron bars, lot chains and sledges,
4 50
Hames and blocks,
50
4 whiffletrees and wrench,
2 00
Harnesses,
20 00
Ladders and tug hook,
2 50
Express wagon,
70 00
Farm wagon,
50 00
Grindstone and wheelbarrow.
1 00
Small wagon,
2 00
2 plows and cultivator,
6 00
Mowing machine,
20 00
Lumber, shingles and lot sacks.
5 50
Robe, blanket and halters,
1 50
C. combs and brushes,
75
Brace and bits,
2 00
Lot bedding, hay, and refuse stalks and stack of corn fodder,
13 00
Pails, broom etc., at barn,
1 00
Contents in tramp house,
2 50
Sled and step ladder,
3 00
Lot scythes, snaiths, etc.,
2 00
Grain cradle, and measures,
3 00
60 Fowls,
40 00
Lot corn in corn house,
2 50
Lot grain in barn,
6 50
35
ANNUAL REPORT.
8 cords wood,
16 00
Axes, saws and hatchet.
5 00
Manure in barn cellar,
80 00
Small potatoes,
1 50
Good potatoes,
3 00
Ashes in house cellar,
1 25
Lot pickles and barrels,
1 50
Lot pork and hams,
15 00
2 churns and wringer,
3 00
Lot apples and ¿ bushel onions,
6 00
20 1bs. lard,
3 00
Oil can and oil,
1 25
Butter boxes and moulds.
1 00
Milk pans and pails,
3 00
Iron kettle, jugs and lantern.
3 00
4 wash tubs,
1 75
20 lbs. dried apples and ¿ bushel rye,
1 90
3 boilers and wash boards,
2 00
8 feather beds, 3 straw beds, and 2 mattresses,
30 00
13 comfortables, 1 spread and 1 quilt,
13 00
3 blankets and 4 towels,
6 00
28 pillow slips and 14 sheets,
12 50
Door and window screen and oil cloth,
8 50
Oil stove and clothes horse,
1 50
Carpet, old clothing, etc., etc.,
5 00
7 pillows and 4 bedsteads,
5 50
5 bureaus, 2 chests,
5 00
5 tables, 18 chairs,
6 00
2 clothes baskets and pins,
1 00
2 table cloths,
1 00
Brass kettle and stove ware,
3 50
3 stoves,
15 00
4 lamps and steelyards,
1 50
Flour and groceries on hand,
5 00
Crockery, tin ware, 3 pails, etc.,
10 00
3 looking glasses,
2 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Clothes line, dust pan and brush, hammers, flat irons, etc., 2 00
Valuation, Feb. 15, 1893, 66 Feb. 13, 1892, 1153 40
$1370 65
Greater valuation than 1892, $217 25
The foregoing Report and appraisal, may furnish a great deal of "curiosity food" to many, and so will need some ex- planation : The increased valuation of stock etc., at the Town Farm, can be accounted for very easily, if anyone will take the pains to visit there, and note the quality of the milch cows, eleven in number, at the same time bearing in mind the high price of shotes at the present time. Also, that two new wagons have taken the place of worthless ones, and that they are under cover. A mowing machine that was thrown aside as worthless, has been brought to light, repaired, and found to be good enough for the present. The visiting board, at the end of the town's financial year, found everything pro- gressing satisfactory : They are satisfied that in securing the services of the present Superintendent and wife, they have advanced a step in the right direction. Both the Superintend- ent and his wife, seem to be anxious to work for the interests of the town, and it is to be hoped that the next board, will see fit to retain them, and give them the encouragement, that they both need, and deserve. Nothing works to the detri- ment of the Almshouse, and Farm so much, as continual changes, unless obliged to do so, for the better. The past dry season was a disappointment to all farmers, and it is to be hoped, will not be repeated. The buildings at the farm will need only a light outlay the present year, although they will need some. The barn will need to be strengthened underneath, to make it safe. The house cellar must be made tight on the back side, as it is sadly out of repair, and vegetables freeze in consequence. Some provisions will have to be made in re-
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ANNUAL REPORT.
gard to a second horse, as it was not deemed wise to winter the old one. Two horses are needed nine months in the year, and it is expensive to hire work done, even if it were possible. In regard to the outside poor, we can only say, that it is to be hoped that the expenses will be less the com- ing year.
A number that we have helped the past year, have been found to belong to other towns, or cities, and having been ac- cepted by such, we have been reimbursed, or partly so. Of course we may have others that we know not of at present. Hoping that such may not be the case the above is
Respectfully submitted,
CALVIN T. CRANE, HERBERT A. DEAN,
Selectmen of
CHARLES W. COOK, Berkley.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEB, 23rd, 1893.
Peter L. Chase George M. Hatch,
Edwin H. Allen, Amos H. Allen,
Caleb S. C. Briggs,
James Maguire,
Rollin H. Babbitt, Noah H. Strange,
William W. Haskins,
Leander Terry,
Thomas G. Chase, Stephen A. Burt, Amasa W. Bowen,
Charles W. Farmer,
Gideon H. Myrick,
John F. Staples.
REPORT
OF THE
Town Clerk for 1892.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN BERKLEY, 1892.
Child's Name.
George T. Burt,
Born, Jan. 19.
Ernest C. Grinnell, Born, Jan. 23.
Marion O. Grinnell, Antonio Mideitor,
No. Name, Born, April 17,
John C. Hammond, Minnie A. Hammond,
Henry Hathaway,
Rebecca Hathaway, Born, July 17. Fleeva Pratt, Born, July 22.
Parent's Name. Thomas T. Burt,
Laurilla A. Burt,
John W. Grinnell,
Jose Mideitor, Born, Feb. 7.
Mariana Mideitor,
Willard H. Hathaway,
Bessie E. S. Hathaway,
Peter Pratt, Lena C. Pratt.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN BERKLEY, 1892.
Feb. 12. Leon H. Cudworth of Freetown, to Clara Gertrude Anthony of Freetown. Married by Rev. J. E. M. Wright, Berkley.
Feb. 21. George G. Davis of Lakeville, to Julia A. Allen of Freetown. Married by Rev. J. E. M. Wright, Berkley.
April 28. George W. Caswell of Fall River, to Carrie T. Leach of Berkley. Married by Rev. Wm. W. Adams, Fall River.
May 4. Alfred Peirce of Berkley, to Mary H. Eastwood of Berkley. Married by Rev. J. E. M. Wright, Berkley.
May 28. Frank R. Wing of Dighton, to Lina A. Wheeler of Dighton. Married by J. E. M. Wright, Berkley. June 30. 'Bartlett M. Shaw of Waltham, to Edith B. Ash- ley of Berkley. Married by Rev. J. E. M. Wright Berkley.
Oct. 19. John DeRose of Taunton, to Mary H. Corniel of Berkley. Married by Rev. Edgar F. Clark, Taun- ton.
Nov. 24. Edgar S. Angell of Berkley, to Emma C. Kelley of Centreville. Married by Charles F. Parker, Justice of Peace, Centreville.
Dec. 29. Stephen A. Hathaway of Freetown, to Josephine A. Terry of Freetown. Married by Rev. George Sterling, Berkley.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF BERKLEY, 1892.
Date.
Names.
Y.
M.
D
Disease.
Jan. 6
Hiram Atwood,
77
6
Pneumonia
Jan. 8
Ethel R. Townsend,
Marasmus
19
Matilda F. Northrup,
62
4
0
Cancer & LaGrippe
Jan. 21
George F. Wilbur,
75
8
5 LaGrippe
Jan. 22
Hannah Strange,
61
2
21
Purpura & LaGrippe
Feb. 12
George T. Murray,
22
Feb. 24
Silas H. Norcutt,
60
0
26
Mar. 12
Permilla H. Briggs,
71
5
27
Heart Failure
Mar. 15
Elmer L. Wheeler,
1
0
6
Pneumonia
Apr. 16
Charles E. Terry,
41
6
6
Alcohol
May 31
Harriet Crane,
82
4
16
General Debility
June 7
Sally B. Bumpus,
80
6
20
Senile Asthenia
Aug. 20
Irene M. Edwards,
27
3
8
Phthisis
Aug. 23
Margaret Pierce,
74
5
8
Cancer
Sept. 15
Ellen Pierce,
51
8
14
Heart Disease
Oct. 5
Frances Rose,
23
Pneumonites
Nov. 14
Francis M. Tinkham,
73
11
Heart Disease
Dec. 3
Stephen Hathaway,
75
10
10
Typhoid Dysentery
1
7
Typhoid Fever General Debility
GILES L. LEACH, Town Clerk.
No. of Dogs licensed in Berkley, 1892 .- 73.
REPORT
OF THE
School Committee of Berkley.
FOR THE
Year 1891-92.
COMMITTEE AS ORGANIZED.
TERM EXPIRES.
CALVIN T. CRANE, Chairman, 1893.
HELEN R. STRANGE, Secretary. 1895.
MARY L. CORY, 1894.
TRUANT OFFICERS APPOINTED BY COMMITTEE.
CHARLES COREY, CHAS. F. PAULL, WM. H. S. CRANE.
TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN THE YEAR.
Julia R. Burt, Mary A. Doyle,
Emma Smith,
Rose A. Manning,
Jennie S. Betts,
Jessie M. Livingston.
Adele Floyd,
Mary L. Cory,
Eudora M. Allen, Nellie M. Fewkes, Mabel E. Pond.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Fellow Citizens :-
As duty prompts your Committee to make a report we submit the following :-
Our aim has been to employ good teachers at a fair compensation. to keep up with the advancement in text- books in a conservative rather than in an experimental manner and in every way to assist and encourage our pupils to fit themselves for a higher mental and moral education.
Our teachers were never better than at this time ; more than half of them have fitted themselves at State Normal Schools, and others at advanced educational institutions and they have acquited themselves in all cases, in a credible and satisfactory manner and their gen- eral success, is an illustration of the growing opinion that teaching will yet arrive to the dignity of a profession. The attendance, general attention to studies and the progress of most of our pupils, were a source of great gratification to the teachers and must have been satisfac- tory to at least some of the parents. to judge from the ef. forts made by them, to keep their children at school re- gardless of weather or distance. We are pleased to re- port that there has been no case of insubordination on the part of pupils, brought to our attention. A few cases of truancy have occurred, from a misconception of the laws relating thereto, but upon attention being called to the facts parents and pupils cheerflly complied with the requirements.
EXCHANGE OF TEXT-BOOKS.
Your Committtee, has made exchanges in the series of Arithmetics and United States Histories. The changes made, were to secure books more in conformity with the modern ideas of education and in our opinion, they are a step forward towards more practical methods of teaching. Total cost of exchange from very old books, to the books of the new series was some $45.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
PATRIOTISM OF OUR PUPILS.
All of our school-houses have been provided with our national emblem, by the exertions of the pupils and then friends, directed by the teachers, and, if the Spirit of Pa. triotism, that prompts this action should pervade the youth thoughout our country, they will never be called to pass though the afflictive scenes, enacted in their parents early days, to maintain One Country and One Flag.
"Long May it Wave."
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
At our last Annual Meeting the sum of $100 was ap- propriated for the transportation of pupils from one sec- tion to another, but after a trial of one term from want of cooperation it was abandoned but at the same time the trial gave the impression to the minds of many, that it is a practical idea and should be carried out and the number of our schools reduced to three or four, as recommended in previous reports.
With the decreasing number of pupils in town, our expenditures rapidly increasing, by State legislation, and decreasing values of real estate, it will soon become a financial necessity aside from the educational point of view.
In this connection we would suggest, that the school money be so appropriated that the Committee could, at their discretion, use a part of the same for transportation, if the best interests of the pupils so require.
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL HOUSES.
The school-house at the Common needs shingling and new front steps. The ventilation, in the school-room for the large number of pupils attending, is deficient and while the roof is being repaired could be remedied at less
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ANNUAL REPORT.
expense than at any other time. The cost would be tri- fling compared with the results obtained.
The school-room at Myricks needs new desks, as the present ones have been in use some forty years and should be excused from further service after resisting the assaults of the inevitable jack-knife, for that period of time, and should be replaced by modern ones more in conformity with the laws of Hygiene. Other repairs are required in the school room, if the building is to be continued for school purposes, but your Committee unanimously are of the opinion that the building should be disposed of and a more suitable one provided, as the extra expense of main- taining such a large building would soon build a more convenient school-house, without water in the cellar a part of the year, to the detriment of the health of teacher and pupils.
Shade trees around our school-houses would soon add to the beauty of the surroundings.
The School buildings at No. 5 and 6 should be painted.
In making the appropriation for school purpose for the coming year, your Committee would respectfully call attention to several considerations to be taken into ac- count, to attain our present educational position, viz :
That as the profession of a teacher increases in impor- tance, the market price of teachers advances from year to year ; the increasing cost of supplies, owing to the great- er number of studies pursued ; and the additional num- ber of pupils that will probably attend High Schools, (under the provisions of the law of 1891) whice must be provided for. The pupils attending our public schools in town should not be defrauded, or in other words, the many should not suffer for the few. There are at present six pupils attending the High School at Taunton and one at Fall River. at an annual cost of $340. Some five or six others are expecting to enter a High School the com-
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ANNUAL REPORT.
ing year. The following are the names of pupils attend- ing High Schools, from this town.
Fanny A. Hatch, Lillie Blinn, Carrie F. Macomber. Miriam Babbitt, Fred A. Boardman, and Percy L. Ashley at Taunton and Lucy Ashley at Fall River.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Lillian Gedmark not tardy or absent during the year.
The following pupils were not tardy during the past year.
Addie C. Bowen,
A. Louise Allen,
Clarence E. Burt.
Clarence D. Lincoln,
Harry B, Lincoln,
Charley F. Lincoln,
John Powers,
Thomas Powers,
Harry E. Whittaker,
Lucy F. Smith,
May Whittaker,
Carrie Babbitt,
Eva Strange,
George Terry,
Ada Strange,
Mabel Phillips,
Frank Ried,
Lawrence A. Ried,
Maud Turcot.
Whole number of pupils enrolled in all our schools with- in the year, 150
The town is just beginning to feel the burden of the High School Law of 1891, as will be seen by the follow- ing:
Tuition of pupils at High School to Feb. 5, 1892, $22 00
from Feb. 5 to Sept. 1892, 95 00
66 from Sept. 1892 to Feb. 4, 1893, 170 00
paid in advance, 25 00
'Total.
$312 00
Susie M. Allen.
Fannie M. Wellman,
George Hatch,
Ralph W. Thrasher,
Linneas C. Whittaker,
Chester A. Ried,
Florence W. Hathaway,
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ANNUAL REPORT.
RECEIPTS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Town Appropriation, 1892,
$1,800 00 443 31
School Fund from State, Dog Fund,
121 99
2,365 30
For expenditures of the same, see Treasurer's report.
CALVIN T. CRANE, HELEN R. STRANGE, MARY L. COREY.
Berkley, February 23, 1893.
TEACHERS' NAMES.
Number of Terms.
Enrollment.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
No. of Pupils Not Absent.
No. of Pupils Not Tardy.
Times of Tardiness.
No. of Visits by Citizens.
No. of Visits of Committee.
Pupils Over 15 Years.
Pupils Under 5 Years.
Pupils Between 8 and 15 Yrs.
Length of Terms in Weeks.
,Teachers' Wages per Month.
Julia R. Burt, 1.
1
31
30.2
28.4
8
22
29
20
3
1
0
17
10
$34
2
30
29.1
27.3
2
20
23
9
2
2
0
20
11
34
3
32
31.7
29.1
2
16
115
38
3
5
0
19
12
34
Emma Smith,
2
28
22
19.9
0
12
69
17
2
1
1
12
11
32
2.º
R. A. Manning, Mabel E. Pond,
3
27
25.5
23.3
1
00
236
36
3
3
0
11
12
32
Mary A. Doyle,
-
13
10.7
10.5
2
8
16
81 00
2
0
0
9
11
32
3.
Jennie G. Betts,
00
12
11.4
10.4
2
4
23
16
3
0
0
CO
12
30
J. M. Livingston, Adele Floyd,
1
14
12.5
11.8
3
2
57
4
2
0
0
10
10
28
2
14
13.2
12.7
2
1
64
4
3
0
0
10
11
00
4.
3
17
16.7
15.7
0
1
92
1
3
6
0
00
12
28
1
3
1
0
1
6
11
27
1
S
-100
6.6
2
3
4
11
2
0
1
or
12
28
5.
2
7
1
23
20
17
0
23
0
11
3
0
0
16
10
34
2
19
17
14.8
0
18
5
19
2
0
0
12
11
28
co
18
16
15.5
0
29
19
2
1
0
11
12
30
1
24
22.8
20.7
3
51
11
3
4
0
12
10
34
Nellie M. Fewkes,
2
23
22.3
19.6
00
41
13
2
2
0
11
11
34
2
3
2
n
11
12
34
47
3
22
22
15.9
0
17
12
=
1
1
10
10
32
1
25
21.3
20.4
10.6
2
7
27
3
0
0
8
10
32
2
13
11.7
.6
~
1
Eudora M. Allen,
Eudora M. Allen, Mary L. Corey, ; 66
1-70101
104
No. of School.
ANNUAL REPORT.
48
ANNUAL REPORT.
TOWN WARRANT.
ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 13th, 1893, AT 12 O'CLOCK, M.
1. To choose a Moderator.
2. To vote the compensation of Treasurer and Collector.
3. To determine the number of members that shall constitute the Board of Selectmen, Assessors and Auditors. The number of Consta- bles, Field Drivers and other Town Officers.
4. To choose all necessary Town Officers for ensuing year.
5. To hear the reports of Town Officers and Committees.
6. To raise and appropriate money for Support of Schools.
7. To raise and appropriate money for Highways and Bridges and to determine the expenditure of the same.
8. To act on the prepared jurors list.
9. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the ob- servance of Memorial Day and choose a committee to expend the same.
10. To raise and appropriate sums of money for Support of Poor, Dis- count of Taxes, State Aid, Repairs on Public Buildings, [Town Officer's Salaries, Incidental Expenses and Printing.
11. To see if the Town will furnish a room in the Town Hall for the use of Town Officers, and provide the expense of the same.
12. To vote Yes or No on the question. Shall a License be granted in this Town for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors? By Ballot.
13. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to hire money.
14. To see what action the Town will take towards providing a Public Library under the provisions of Chap. 347, Acts of 1890, and provide for the same.
15. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the shade trees around School houses.
16. To see if the Town "will offer a small bounty for the extermination of hawks" as petitioned for by S. N. Staples and fourteen others.
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