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Cash on hand,
H. A. PERRY, Collector.
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Annual Report
List of Taxes
FOR THE YEAR
Poll Personal Real
Allen Edwin H.
$2
$72 62
$89 97
Moth .41
Total $165 00
Allen Albert W.
2
12 79
43 29
.21
58.81
Ashley Jethro
43
22 80
23 23
Ashley Leroy
2
3S
2 38
Ashley Walter C.
2
2 00
Ashley Herbert W.
2
8 65
61 18
71 83
Anthony Amy and others
23 75
.60
24 35
Adams George E.
2
2 00
Alexander J. M.
2
8 74
57 10
67 84
Ames Frank E.
2
2 00
Ames John
2
2 00
Ames John H.
2
2 00
Ames Herbert
2
2 00
Adelleson Joseph
2
23
2 23
Andrews Orton G.
2
2 57
21 66
.20
26 43
Allen Amey H.
20 14
20 14
Bassett Grace
30 88
1.59
31 47
Burt Julia and others
11
25 56
1.12
26 79
Babbitt Joseph H.
2
8 18
30 40
40 58
Babbitt Rollin H.
2
8 27
41 23
.40
52 26
Babbitt C. Dexter
2
7 23
52 82
62 05
Bassett Arthur
2
5 70
1 14
8 84
Bassett Albert F.
2
12 37
29 07
43 44
Babbitt Gideon H.
2
5 57
3 04
10 61
Babbitt Lois
1 90
60 90
62 80
Boyce Enoch V.
2
76
8 65
11 41
Babbitt Laurence A.
2
23 75
25 75
Bennett Arthur J.
2
11 88
43 51
57 39
Boynton Marcellus
2
10 45
27 08
1.06
40 59
Briggs Adelbert
2
2 85
4 85
Briggs Caleb S.
2
14 63
40 85
57 48
Briggs Anna C.
28 12
28 12
Briggs Chester J.
2
95
20 33
23 28
Briggs C. Frank
2
2 00
Briggs Clarence E.
2
2 00
Briggs Herbert C.
2
2 00
Brailey Silas E.
2
17
11 88
14 05
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Bouryke Jose
2
9 65
33 73
45 38
Bouryke Michael
2
4 75
6 75
Brown Frank O.
2
.
2 00
Babbitt David L.
2
2 00
Babbitt Herbert A.
13 02
13 02
Boardman Alfred
2
11 46
93 10
.40
104 96
Briggs Lucinda
41 42
41 42
Buhl A. A. Margeretta
1 12
27 55
28 67
Buhl Augustus
2
2 00
Blinn Elizabeth
27 93
27 93
Brown Frank A.
2
2 00
Campbell Charles H.
2
2 00
Case Sarah N.
1 37
21 38
22 75
Case Sarah N. and others
27
27
Caswell Carrie T.
98 52
.20
98 72
Caswell Carrie T. & O. Durfee heirs
5 23
5 23
Caswell George W.
2
22 42
24 42
Chapman George F.
2
33 16
1.21
36 37
Chace Ervine A.
2
13 49
15 49
Cummings G. W.
2
2 00
Chace Lydia H.
56 53
3.36
59 89
Clark Chas. E.
2 1 43
26 03
29 61
Clark Lucy MI.
1 90
21 95
1 62
25 47
Clark Edmund P.
2
2 00
Clark P., Mary Conaty & others
40 66
40 66
Cochrane Ralph R.
2
5 23
7 23
Carver Alice
23 75
23 75
Corey Charles
2
15 33
61 85
79 18
Cummings Albert B.
2
95
2 95
Corey Mary L.
35 15
35 15
Covill Andrew H.
2
12 93
1 43
16 36
Covill Sarah F.
56 72
1.01
57 73
Carney Wm. A.
2
7 98
9 98
Carney Bridget
42 75
42 75
Cummings Geo., B. Caswell & others
1 90
36 77
38 67
Cummings Geo. S.
2
7 60
13 30
22 90
Conant Edward W.
2
2 00
Crane Margaret
9 03
46 65
55 68
Crane Carrie
8 08
8 08
Conant Fanny A.
4 75
4 75
Cushman Don A.
2
29
2 29
Cushman Bulah
5 09
15 58
20 67
Claverie C. M. N.
8 06
8 06
Claverie C. M. N. & Emma Nichols
54 44
54 44
1
.
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Crimlisk Geo. E. . '
2
4 56
6 56
Chace Arthur T.
2
2 00
Chace Harold B.
2
1 20
3 20
Chace Thomas H.
2
20 20
50 35
72 55
Carey Job S.
4 75
4 75
Colpitt Albert T.
2
16 78
73 63
92 41
Colpitt E. Roy
2
2 00
Cartier Aime
2
3 23
5 23
Cybulo Alexander
2
2 00
Cybulo A. & J. Kaszinski
3 08
23 18
.28
26 54
Churchill Levi P.
2
28 50
123 50
154 00
Churchill Alice E.
7 60
87 40
95 00
Churchill L. P. Co.
103 93
105 17
209 10
Davis Isabelle E.
2 76
18 05
20 81
Davis Arthur W.
2
2 42
18 05
.60
23 07
Dean Miles S.
4 28
29 93
.20
34 41
Dean Albert E.
2
4 28
48 55
54 83
Dean Charlotte A.
35 91
35 91
DeCosta Manuel
2
2 00
Delano Reuben F.
3 90
12 83
1.22
17 95
Dean Edmund P.
2
16 15
43 13
.40
61 68
DeMoranville F. G.
2
2 00
DeMoranville F. B.
2
2 00
Dillingham James D.
2
91 01
1 59
94 60
Dillingham John G. & others
28 28
28 20
Dillingham John G.
2
4 43
6 43
Delano Warren R.
2
2 00
Delano Roswell K.
2
2 00
Delano Florence
12 83
4.39
17 22
Davis Gideon H.
2
27 27
29 27
Davis Elizabeth, Angeline Horton & others
13 02
13 02
Dean Mrs. H. A. and others
9 50
155 90
1.62
167 02
Dean Bessie H.
7 60
7 60
Eaton Wm. S.
2
8 70
54 82
65 52
Edlin Abram
78 38
78 38
Farmer Walton W.
2 1 43
16 15
19 58
Fletcher Isabelle W.
35 15
64 60
.28
100 03
Francis Jabez M.
2
8 95
73 15
84 10
Francis Edgar
2
2 00
French Isaac E.
2
12 54
14 54
French Inez
17
38 19
38 36
French Mrs. Laurison and others
25 37
25 37
Farr Thomas
2 10 64
12 64
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Futado Joseph
2
13 78
15 78
Fernandes Manuel P.
2
11 40
.28
13 68
Fiske Ralph E.
2
2 91
13 68
18 59
Flint George H.
2
95
25 65
.53
29 13
Farmer Charles
2
2 00
Furtado Joseph
2
2 00
Guptill George L.
2
13 30
47 31
62 61
Gidmark Andrew J.
2
15 20
17 20
Gracia Joseph
2
5 50
7 50
Gracia Florinda
37 81
37 81
Greene Capt. Lewis
2
7 32
9 32
Gardner F. W.
2
42 75
44 75
Gilbert Wm. F.
2
4 67
6 67
Gamache F. X.
2
3 97
23 75
29 72
Gamache Adam J.
2
2 00
Gowan George
2
2 00
Graham A. R. & E. A.
112 96
112 96
Graham Alfred R.
20 41
20 41
Graham Elmer A.
2
20 41
22 41
Gall Alice
8 08
23 28
1.06
32 42
Gall John H.
2
2 00
Hathaway Arthur L.
2
2 00
4 00
Hathaway Henry
2
57 00
58 52
117 52
Hathaway Willard H.
2
15 11
30 59
47 70
Hathaway Chas. O.
2
13 59
59 00
74 59
Hathaway Charles E.
2
67
2 67
Hathaway Mrs. T.
34 68
.53
35 21
Harmon Geo. A.
2
11 40
13 40
Hanson Harry
2
2 00
4 00
Haines Clarence
2
2 00
Humphrey Rev. Robert
2
3 80
5 80
Haines Maria
133 00
133 00
Haines Howard
2
7 19
30 69
.26
40 14
Haines Earl
2
2 00
Haskins Walter W.
2
14 25
16 25
Haskins John T.
2
12 35
62 04
1.77
78 16
Haskins Malachi H.
2
7 75
20 90
30 65
Haskins Malachi H. & others
5 70
5 70
Haskins Albert F.
2
22 80
24 80
Haskins Henry W.
2
2 00
Harris John M.
2
2 00
Haskins Levi A.
2
5 23
7 23
Hood Eugene S.
2
2 00
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Haskins Clothier P.
2
26 60
28 60
Hazard Samuel F.
2
5 74
7 74
Hazard Mary E.
25 18
7.84
33 02
Hatch George, Oliva & Allan
29 26
29 26
Haskell Allan A.
2
3 33
18 34
23 67
Haskell Rollin S.
2
2 00
Horton Henry H.
2
11 69
13 69
Howard George F.
2
2 38
20 62
25 00
Howard David S.
2
9 50
1 90
13 40
Hoard D. S. & R. W.
37 37
37 37
Hoard Rhoda W.
39 90
39 90
Hoard Luther B.
2
2 00
Horton Fred N.
2
2 00
Humphrey Emma H.
2 85
39 62
42 47
Humphrey Horace
2
2 00
Horton Wm. C.
2
67
2 67
Howland Joseph
2
10 97
154 19
167 16
Hopkins Ernest A.
2
17 87
64 13
.20
84 20
Hall Wm. G.
2
15 66
36 48
.60
54 74
Hoxie David A.
2
9 67
58 62
2.96
73 25
Hoxie Ralph F.
2
2 00
Hooper Mabel J.
8 08
8 08
Hooper Thomas
2
2 00
Haskins Thomas B.
2
2 00
Hathaway Enoch S.
2
1 90
17 87
21 77
Haskins Wm. T.
2
29
25 08
27 37
Haskell Frederick
2
2 00
Howland A. W.
2
2 00
Hill Crest Fruit Co.
10 83
10 83
Harrison Charles E.
2
2 00
Jones Benj. O.
2
76 00
78 00
Kelsey John M.
2
2 00
Kelsey Bertha L.
95
20 24
.40
21 59
King Edward
2
7 98
9 98
Kaszinski Jganaci
2
2 00
King Joseph
2
2 00
Luther George W.
2
38 95
48 93
89 88
Lawrence Wande
2
1 71
3 71
Lawlor Joseph C.
2
2 00
Lema Jesse
2
2 57
4 57
Lema Marcellus
2
2 00
Macomber Chas. H.
2
9 98
73 63
85 61
Macomber Horace N.
2
18 39
84 27
.28
104 94
Macomber Horace N. 2nd
2
4 28
6 28
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Annual Report
Macomber Clifford E.
2
2 00
Macomber E. Foster
2
2 00
Maguire James
16 53
16 53
Macomber Mary T.
3 80
3 80
M. E. Church Society
19 95
19 95
Macomber Arthur H.
2
2 00
Mann Arthur G.
2
2 38
22 61
26 99
McCall James
2
3 80
33 73
39 53
Murphy Cornelius J.
2
2 85
31 35
36 20
Mellon George W.
2
5 04
7 04
Mckay John H.
2
17 68
32 68
.40
52 76
McCrady Susie
4 85
28 06
1.52
34 43
McCrady James
2
2 00
Marshall Joseph
2
3 80
5 80
McCabe Allen
2
67
2 67
Murray Hugh F.
2
2 00
Newton Robert and others
19 95
19 95
Newton Robert
2
1 43
3 43
O'Brien Fenella
5 89
38
6 27
O'Brien Daniel
2
2 00
Oliver John
2
2 00
Oliver Frank
2
2 00
Peirce Walter F.
2
2 00
Phillips James F.
2
2 00
Peirce Alfred
2
2 57
15 68
.20
20 45
Phillips Benj. A.
2
97
2 97
Pool Thomas F.
2
3 33
Pool Elmer V.
2
24 23
26 23
Peirce Augustus F.
2
29 45
31 45
Powers Thomas
2
2 00
Perry Herbert A.
2
11 18
51 21
64 39
Perry Huntly
2
ยท
2 00
Paull James W.
2
12 83
14 83
Paull Charles F.
. 2
4 28
2 66
8 94
Paull Thomas P.
2
11 40
13 40
Paull Thomas P. trustee & guardian
98 67
98 67
Paull C. F. & T. P.
29 60
89 59
1.06
. 120 25
Perry Manuel R.
2
6 18
18 53
.20
26 29
Perry Manuel R. Jr.
2
14 54
16 54
Phillips Chester E.
2
4 28
6 28
Phillips Mrs. Frances
95
95
Phillips Chas. F.
2
10 64
12 64
Phillips Edmund O.
2
2 00
Phillips C. F. & E. O.
44 47
44 47
18
Annual Report
Reed Alton W.
2
10 93
12 93
Rose Manuel F.
2
3 61
14 73
20 34
Robinson Mrs. J. C.
17 58
.71
18 29
Rose Manuel F.
2
54 44
56 44
Rose Frank
2
4 47
30 12
36 59
Rose Antone
2
10 08
31 73
43 81
Robbins Mary
19 67
106 40
2.02
128 09
Rothermell John
2
2 00
Rothermell Fred
2
2 00
Rothermell Wm.
2
2 00
Randall John F.
2
7 28
55 77
65 05
Society 1st Cong.
18 91
18 91
Shaw Charles A.
2
5 32
30 40
2.65
40 37
Shaw C. Eugene
2
7 60
9 60
Shaw C. A. & C. E.
51 49
51 49
Shaw Albert E.
2
2 00
Shaw Charles F.
2
2 00
Smith Wm. H.
2
1 90
14 83
18 73
Smith Arthur H.
2
11 22
13 22
Simms Wm. G.
2
2 09
57 00
61 09
Stevens Leland
2
2 00
Smith John
2
2 00
Smith Edward L.
2
13 23
33 54
48 77
Smith Walter E.
2
2 00
Staples Phoebe
12 64
12 64
Staples Sumner N.
2
14 83
16 83
Staples Fanny B.
44 65
.80
45 45
Staples J. Forest
.
2
36 29
52 54
.53
91 36
Swift George H.
2
7 09
42 28
51 37
Swift G. H. & C. N. and others
12 64
12 64
Swift Lawrence B.
2
2 00
Studley Arunah B.
2
12 83
14 83
Smith Manuel
2
2 00
Stephenson Wm. H.
2
2 00
Strange Noah H.
2
19 21
78 76
.40
100 37
Strange Noah H. and others
19
19
Strange Walter A.
2
5 70
44 75
52 45
Sellers Freeman
2
4 28
47 50
53 78
Silvian Franz
2
2 89
18 53
23 42
Sai George M.
2
95
2 95
Seekel Curtis N.
2
51
14 25
16 76
Staples Calvin T.
6 65
6 65
Sargent A. G.
2
2 00
Sousa Adelina
2
2 00
Silvia Joseph
2
2 00
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Annual Report
Tolley Edward L.
2
2 00
Tompkins Lloyd H.
2
2 00
Tolley E. L. & L. H. Tompkins
3 04
16 06
19 10
Terry Leander
2
5 26
34 87
.67 42 80
Terry Frank
2
2 00
Turcotte George H.
2
2 00
Turcotte Mary A.
23 28
23 28
Taves Frank
2
38 00
40 00
Tripp Gustavas
2
59 38
.81
62 19
Tripp Ezra
2
2 00
Turner Henry B.
2
5 32
25 08
32 40
Terry Zebedee
2
2 47
4 47
Viall Cassius E. :
5 70
14 54
1.93
22 17
Victorine Manuel
2
9 18
16 65
.81
28 62
Vose George H.
2
1 71
3 71
Wordell Chas. B.
2
2 00
Wordell Lottie E.
4 47
4 47
Wordell Wmn. H.
2
2 00
Washburn James F.
2
9 09
29 45
40 54
Westgate George H.
2
2 00
Westgate Erford
2
2 00
Westgate William F.
2
5 70
12 83
20 53
Whitaker Lineus C.
2
5 04
7 04
Whitaker Harry E.
2
2 00
Whitaker Merle A.
2
2 00
Whitaker Fred A.
2
2 00
Whitaker Lucy M.
34 20
34 20
Williams F. L.
2
15 97
.41
18 38
Witherell Wilmon
2
2 38
22 33
26 71
Whitaker Edward E.
2
2 87
47 12
51 99
Williams Seth E.
2
5 23
54 15
.28
61 66
White Damon & Annie
3 46
33 25
.26
36 97
White Damon D.
2
10 07
12 07
White Antone
2
10 97
31 83
44 80
White Joseph
2
3 80
9 50
15 30
Wilkie LeRoy
2
95
20 43
23 38
Wilbur Alden
2
2 00
Wilbur Edward
2
2 00
Winslow Lena B.
70 30
1.52
71 82
Winslow Edward W.
2
2 00
6 65
10 65
Westgate Geo. E.
2
20 67
46 27
.82
69 76
Westmon Ernest H.
2
4 94
35 82
.99
43 75
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Annual Report
NON-RESIDENTS TAUNTON
Almedo Mary L.
4 75
4 75
Burt Capt. Alexander
2 85
2 85
Burt Mrs. Alexander
95
95
Briggs Sarah F.
2 85
2 85
Babbitt Annie
1 43
1 43
Babbitt Rollin H. Jr.
25 65
68 50
.81
94 96
Benton Henry W.
4 94
4 94
Babbitt Fanny A.
31 35
31 35
Babbitt Artemus & W. & F. Stone
24 70
24 70
Bettencort Joseph
3 42
3 42
Barker A. L. & E. P.
48 45
48 45
Barker Herbert E.
20 43
20 43
Chace Timothy
29 26
1.52
30 78
Cushing John F.
48
48
Clark Patrick
1
57
57
Conaty Emma A.
8 08
8 08
Crane Wm. H. S.
30 12
30 12
Chapman Frederick J.
4 75
4 75
Coombs J. E. and Benj.
33 54
33 54
Dean J. Frank
28 03
28 03
Dean David C.
48
48
Dean Frank I.
4 75
4 75
Dean David W.
16 15
16 15
Dean Lawrence A.
1.43
1.43
Doyle Charles and others
3 80
3 80
Dunbar Helen D.
1 33
1 33
Dary Flora & Corinda Newall
15 20
15 20
Doyle Margaret & others
13 30
13 30
Earl Martha S.
16 15
16 15
Goff Albert O.
95
95
Gracia Manuel
1 90
1 90
Hart Wm. E.
2 57
2 57
Hart John C.
2 38
2 38
Hart George A.
1 52
1 52
Hart Lysander & James
2 47
2 47
Hart Chester S.
7 98
24 70
32 68
Hill Frederick & W. F. Harrington
2 85
2 85
Hathaway Elizabeth
4 75
4 75
Hall Hannah F.
3 04
3 04
Hall Albert A.
3 04
3 04
Hall Joseph C.
3 80
3 80
..
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Annual Report
Holloway Benj. F.
95
95
Macomber Nathan S.
1 90
1 90
McCall Charles
17 10
17 10
Macomber Clifford
1 71
1 71
Macomber Arthur and others
1 90
1 90
Peirce Bartlett and others
29
29
Peirce Charles D.
1 71
1 71
Parker Hamilton
1 24
1 24
Pickens Philo
9 98
9 98
Read Ida M.
6 65
6 65
Peirce Mrs. Oliver
29
29
Rose John D.
2 38
2 38
Styles & Hart
15 88
15 87
31 75
Sanford Alpheus heirs
2 85
2 85
Staples Mrs. Fanny
9 50
9 50
Shove Henry
3 04
3 04
Soper George
1 33
1 33
Sayles Dr. Joseph B.
76
76
Taunton, City of
63 37
63 37
.40
63 77
Scanlon P. R.
1 14
1 14
Williams Philip
76
76
Williams Emily C.
8 55
8 55
Williams Alexander H.
1 14
1 14
Phillips Benj. & others
28 03
28 03
Walker Wm. Elery
57
57
Williams Lucy
1 62
1 62
Presbrey George O.
2 66
2 66
Williams Hannah S.
10 17
10 17
Williams Annie S. & others
4 75
4 75
Williams Arthur K.
5 70
5 70
Raggett Richard & Thomas
2 85
2 85
Woodward George A.
25 37
25 37
DIGHTON
Carr Charles E.
27 55
27 55
Hathaway Edmund
2 85
2 85
Boomer Mrs. John & others
7 41
7 41
Goff Albert N.
1 90
1 90
Perry Edward
13 30
23 30
Simmons Mrs. C. N. & C. Grant
4 09
4 09
Silvia Antone
22 80
22 80
White Lewis M.
2 85
2 85
Martin Mrs. Frank
15 68
1.24
16 92
Haskins Wm. F.
3 80
3 80
French Adrianna & others
1 90
1 90
.
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FREETOWN
Alden Mrs. Martin
19 86
19 86
Hanson Roscoe
1 90
1 90
Eddy Chas. O. heirs
1 90
1 90
Gurney Charles
76
76
Hathaway J. D. & Geo.
16 73
16 73
Hathaway Levi M.
4 37
4 37
Hathaway Anthony D.
57
57
Nichols Gilbert M.
15 78
15 78
Nichols Gilbert & John
10 83
10 83
Peirce J. Henry
3 52
3 52
Peirce J. Henry & Geo. W.
3 33
3 33
Rezendez Joanquin
2 85
2 85
Vaughn Horace A.
5 89
5 89
Webster Andrew J.
28 69
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28 89
LAKEVILLE
Simmons Cornelia M.
5 23
5 23
Allen Mrs. J. F. & others
52 16
52 16
Kenedy J. Leonard
18 05
18 05
Peirce Wm. C. & J. Leonard Kenedy
15 20
15 20
Peirce W. C. & E. A.
67
67
Peirce Ethan A.
3S
38
Peirce Wm. C.
34 68
34 68
Peirce James P.
63 08
63 08
Murphy Mrs. Jeremiah
1 14
1 14
Murphy George B.
21 85
21 85
Macomber Helen A.
13 78
13 74
Meach George W. & others
1 90
1 90
Wells George N.
15 68
15 68
Peirce Junith B.
29
29
MISCELLANEOUS
Andrews Charles C.
20 24
2.02
22 26
Burt Charles & others
67
67
Babbitt Artemus B.
8 55
8 55
Dunn George W.
95
95
Crane A. B.
28 69
28 69
Crane Sarah A.
3 33
3 33
Caswell George
2 38
2 38
Drew P. A.
15 20
15 20
Dilebeck Felix
13 78
13 78
Delebar Dorathea
20 05
20 05
Edwards Anna
19 00
19 00
Grant Sarah F.
48
48
Grinnell Frank O.
9 79
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9 79
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Gaboriault Mary
18 05
.56
18 61
Marble Robert B.
76
76
Nialson Louisa
3 61
3 61
Nichols Emma C.
10 45
10 45
Paull Amelia
1 33
1 33
Peirce Mary E. & others
8 08
8 08
Reynolds Wallace
95
95
Read Otis E.
5 70
5 70
Reis Manuel DeCosta
19 00
19 00
Scott John A.
25 65
25 65
Strange Chas. L.
17 58
17 58
Wilson Frederick
8 55
8 55
Wade Charles M.
4 75
4 75
Fyans Edna D.
23 28
23 28
Hathaway J. Ambros
3 80
3 80
Johnson Frederick
34 20
34 20
Lindsey Nellie N.
31 45
31 45
Renches Emma B.
14 73
14 73
Longton Mary
16 15
16 15
Elliot Cabot F.
41 80
41 80
Peirce Arthur T.
15 30
15 30
Belcher Wm. H. est.
9 50
9 50
Macomber Charles & others
32 30
32 30
Kusterer J. F.
12 73
12 73
N. E. Telephone & Tel. Co.
5 17
5 17
W. Union Telegraph Co.
22 80
22 80
French Telegraph Cable Co.
15 20
15 20
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
63 65
63 65
Bay State St. Railway
330 73
330 73
ANNUAL
SCHOOL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1914
TAUNTON. MASS .: THE DAVOL PRESS, MAIN STREET 1915.
School Calendar.
Winter term, 11 weeks, Monday, Jan. 4, 1915, to Friday, March, 19, 1915.
Spring term, 10 weeks, Monday, March 29, 1915, to Friday, June 4, 1915.
Fall term, 15 weeks, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1915, to Friday, Dec. 17, 1915.
Winter term, 11 weeks, Monday, Jan. 3, 1916, to Friday, March 17, 1916.
Spring term, 10 weeks, Monday, March 27, 1916, to Friday. June 2, 1916.
Holidays.
Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day fol- lowing.
School Committee,
Edwin H. Allen, chairman, Berkley, Mass. Term expires 1915 Julia R. Burt, secretary, Berkley, Mass. Term expires 1916
Noah H. Strange, Assonet, Mass. Term expires 1917
Superintendent of Schools.
Mortimer H. Bowman, Dighton, Mass.
Attendance Officer.
Charles Corey, Berkley, Mass.
School Physician.
Dr. L. E. Butler, Dighton, Mass.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 1914.
Receipts.
Appropriation for Schools and Sup- plies, $2,100.00
Appropriation for Superintendent, 300.00
Appropriation for Carfare, 400.00
Received from Mass. School Fund,
1,172.51
State for Supervision, 250.00
State for High School Tuition, 1,108.80
State for Tuition of
State Wards,. . 226.50
Bristol County Dog Fund, 2.75
Tuition of Pupil, 13.50
State for Carfare, 420.80
Total,
$5,994.86
Expenditures.
Teachers' Salaries,
$2,856.00
Janitors,
290.25
Fuel,
227.33
High School Tuition,
1,596.30
Books,
64.04
Supplies,
107.29
Repairs of School Buildings,
67.56
School Supervision,
330.00
School Committee,
78.00
High School Carfare,
476.20
Sawing and Housing Wood,
71.38
Miscellaneous,
230,10
Total,
$6,394.45
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Berkley :
I have the honor and pleasure in presenting to you this my fourth annual report. In this brief statement an ef- fort has been made to indicate, in a slight degree. what has been accomplished and also what is desirable for the future.
It is our constant purpose, in all the methods pursued and plans formulated, to give the pupils the best the town has to offer, and to so train them that they will take pleas- ure in rendering the nation their highest service.
The opening of the fall term found four new teachers in charge of schools. One had had some years of successful experience. Two were graduates of Normal schools. The other two were inexperienced high school graduates. We think that all the teachers are earnestly endeavoring to secure the best results. There has been a marked im- provement in the school that last year had such a poor record of attendance. Two factors have been very largely contributed to securing this success : namely, a teacher of long and successful experience and the conference that three of the parents, who did not send their children to school, held with the judge in Taunton.
Efficiency in the school room can usually be measured by the instructor's training and experience. Fortunate is the school that receives good instruction and is weil dis- ciplined by an inexperienced teacher of limited attain- ments. We continue to hold the opinion that the school should not be an experiment station. The teacher should be paid a living wage and not less than two years train- ing beyond the high school required. But to education and training, must be added certain natural qualifications
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without which, success is impossible. It would be wiser to have the services of a live well trained teacher for a year and at the end of that time accept a city position than to retain a less desirable teacher for several years.
One commendable feature of our school work is appar- ent in the increasing number of those who are either at- tending the high school or looking toward that institution. It is a pleasure also to recall that several others are either in college or aiming at such a course. The high ideal of. life and service as a compensation to those who seek the higher education is finely expressed by Dr. Lemuel HL Murlin, President of Boston University, in these words: "The truly educated man will feel that he owes such a debt to society, that he must give back to it the service of all the years of his life after leaving college. Many rea- sons are given to justify the time and money spent in se- curing an education. The opportunity for social recogni- tion and enjoyment, the better preparation for a special profession, or trade, or calling in life, the greater appre- ciation with which the work of life is accomplished-all these are the by-products of the educational process, and not its end and aim."
A table prepared by the Massachusetts State Board of Education several years ago says that the average child leaving school at fourteen years of age began work at $4 per week and at the end of the 26th year received $12.75 per week. The high school graduate began with $10 per week and when twenty-six years old received $31 per week.
For some time there has been quite a free discussion relative to the best length of school year, in the grades below the high school. Opinion has fluctuated between the extremes of six and nine years. Local conditions, labor movements, and educational perspective have en- tered into the discussion as largely as personal opinion. but in the final analysis these are and ever must be a sec-
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ondary consideration. The first thought must be given to the welfare of the pupil, not only the present but the future. Furthermore, the parent has the right to insist that the child's interests shall be most highly conserved. Again the city with its thoroughly graded schools, fine equipment and forty weeks of compulsory attendance can accomplish more during the school year than the rural towns with its thirty-six or less weeks of attendance and its many limitations. Considering the demands made upon the country school and comparing it with the city school. it seems never to have seriously occurred to the proper au- thorities to increase the number of weeks in the country school to forty, so as to equalize it in one respect with the city. Under best conditions, the pupil from the rural dis- trict on entering the city institution is handicapped, at first at least, by not being in possession of so complete a fit as his city classmate. As time passes he partially outgrows this by developing a vigor of thought. The plea that the ninth grade is largely given to reviews, and in rare cases to the marking of time, proves nothing. If the criticism were true. the remedy lies not in shortening the course but in broadening the instruction. Under a real live teacher it is impossible for the pupil to mark time, only. More evidence is coming to the front continually, that in all schools, vocational, continuation, trade, and special. more time is needed for a better preparation for any of the duties of life. Already the pressure is being felt, from those who employ large numbers of men and women, for more thorough training. not only in the technique of the work that is to be performed, but for the cultural knowl- edge that ever must form the foundation of most suc- cessful employment. The public school should be a place where the child should be prepared without haste and without waste, for the public duties of life. The child that can complete a course in eight or even seven years need not mark time at any stage of his training. The grades should always be flexible
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enough to allow such bright pupils to advance as rapidly as possible. It is not an especial honor to complete a nine year course in seven years, nor is it a disgrace to take nine years to perform the same task. Like speed in any de- partment of life, it is an advantage and little else. In any school the greatest danger is to the pupil that thinks he can do the work in half of the required time. This pro- duces indolence and it is to be expected that the patient, persistent toiler will pass such on the road of life.
To express appreciation of the cordial relations that have existed between members of the school committee. superintendent, and teachers is a pleasure. This spirit is very essential in maintaining high standards and securing proper advancement,
Respectfully submitted,
MORTIMER H. BOWMAN,
Superintendent of Schools.
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HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS.
FALL RIVER.
Ruth Randall,
Class 1917
TAUNTON.
Whitney G. Swift,
Class 1915
George Babbitt,
Class 1916
Gordon Mckay,
Class 1916
Gladys Patterson,
Class 1916
Evelyn Swift,
Class 1916
Marie Tripp,
Class 1916
Anthony Dean,
Class 1917
Marion Haskins,
Class 1917
Ruth Haskins,
Class 1917
Gilbert Howland,
Class 1917
Clara Studley, Janet Bassett, .
Class 1917
Class 1918
Miriam Dean,
Class 1918
Doris Haskins,
Class 1918
Hazel Strange,
Class 1918
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TABLE A. Attendance Statistics, Etc., for the Year 1914.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Wages
Per Week.
No. of Boys.
No. of Girls.
Total.
Enrollment
Under 5 Years.
Enrollment 5 to 15 years.
Enrollment
Enrollment
7 to 14 Years.
Membership.
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance.
Number of Visitors.
No. 1 ..
Mildred M. Fiske ..
$11.00
11.00 |17|10|27|
0
27
0
27
27
23.3
22.4
96.1
111
No. 2
Elsie M. Pray.
$10.00
18 23 41
0
41
0
36
41
33.7
32.2
95.6
55
No. 3
Olive D. Waterhouse. Lorena K. Campbell ..
10.00
11
6 17
0
17
0
15
17
16.8
15.8
94.
38
No. 4
Ruth E. Howland. Sarah A. Carey. . Ruth Haskins ..
8.00
8.00
6
5/11
0
11
0
8
11
10.6
9.8
92.5
44
No. 5
Addie M. Blood ..
$9.50
7
2
9
0
9
0
8
9
8.7
8.4
96.6
36
No. 6
Mary L. Corey . . Maud Hopkins ...
8.00
19
8 27
2
25
0
19
27
21.9
95.2
108
No. 7 Grammar.
Elsie N. Snow. ..
$12.00
13 16 29
0
27
2
26
29
23. 26.6
24.5
92.1
61
No. 7 Primary ..
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