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During the year Mr. N. E. Hollis has given the Town, subject to its acceptance, two acres of land adjoining the Southwest Building for school purposes. In recommend- ing to the citizens the acceptance of the gift, mention should be made that to Mr. Hollis the Town owes two of its school sites.
The Board considers of especial importance the recom- mendations of the State Police relative to Fire Prevention, viz. : the fire proofing of all basement ceilings with hard plaster on metal laths, and the enclosing of all heater rooms by brick walls with self-closing doors.
The present overcrowded condition of the Noah Torrey School makes it difficult to arrange a program which will bring the best results. To build another schoolhouse at present in that district would either mean a schoolhouse of small capacity, covering only the present needs, or else it would mean that the Town would be overburdened with an unnecessary expense on account of rooms which may not be needed for several years. We therefore advise the purchase of two portable schoolhouses, to take care of the
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overflow. When this shall become inadequate the time to consider the building of a permanent structure will have arrived.
The apparent need of financial assistance to teachers at this time prompts the Board to recommend that, pending possible future adjustments of money values, a bonus of $75.00 per year be granted to all teachers receiving $700.00 or less, this bonus to be operative from April 1, 1917, to April 1, 1918.
Rapidly advancing prices make the cost of our schools for the next year problematical. After careful consider- ation we submit the following as our estimate for the year 1917.
Salaries $46,880.00
Janitors 5,445.00
Text Books, Supplies
5,000.00
Repairs, Incidentals
1,800.00
Incidentals
1,400.00
Fuel
2,900.00
Transportation
1,700.00
$65,125.00
FRANK A. REED,
A. M. BROOKS, FREDERICK C. FOLSOM,
CARRIE F. LORING,
WILLIAM W. GALLAGHER,
BENJAMIN HAWES, Chairman.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee of the Town of Braintree and Citizens :
Herewith is submitted for your approval, the report of the Superintendent of Schools for the school year ending December 31, 1916. This report is the thirty-second in the reports of the superintendents.
The progress of the schools may be summed up in part under the following headings :
Professional improvement of teachers.
Better adaptation of school work to pupils.
Introduction of Domestic Science in High School.
Employment of School Nurse (part time).
Development of the Home Gardens. This work assisted by the Philergians and the Grange.
Printing for High School students.
Home economics clubs founded in the Jonas Perkins and Penniman schools.
Credit for home work in music.
Departmental work in Grammar grades.
The co-operation of the Friendly Aid Society in help- ing numbers of our pupils to receive treatment at the Forsyth Dental Institute.
Adoption of the plan of eight-week terms after Christ- mas vacation.
How the Infantile Paralysis Epidemic Was Met.
The schools were kept closed to October 2. The public was informed through the press of conditions, and pre- cautions to be observed. When the schools were opened the school physician, Doctor Gile, assisted by Doctors Dame and Record, and the School Nurse, made an examination of the physical condition of the children. Several children were excluded because of high temperatures. No cases of a serious nature were discovered. The School Department extends its thanks at this time to Doctors Dame and Record for services so kindly and generously volunteered.
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Teachers' Meetings.
The month's delay in the opening of the schools was utilized by the teachers and superintendent in studying the new thoughts, plans, and experiments in educational pro- cedure with their possible practical application to our schools. These were topics for general discussion :
Place of the High School in the School System.
The Drag of the Over-Age, Retarded and Backward pupils.
(Each teacher discussing, must give concrete illustra- tions from own experiences. )
Social Service of Schools.
Junior High School.
Departmental Work in Schools.
Health of School Children.
Physical Education and Supervised Play.
High Spots in Braintree Schools.
A series of grade meetings was held in which the sub- jects in the curriculum were thoroughly considered.
The Increased Cost of Schools Explained.
In the average membership of the schools there is ap- proximately 5% increase over the school population of 1915. This means more teachers, more books and more supplies. This 5%' increase should add logically 5% to the expendi- tures for school purposes. The unusual cost of all materials that enter into the operations of the schools is well known to you. At this writing all building material has advanced 35 to 40%, text books 10%, while the prices that must be paid this year for paper and the ordinary necessary school supplies have in many cases doubled, and in a few cases tripled in price.
Departmental Work in Grammar Grades.
A study of the records of the pupils in our grammar grades led me to believe that the interests of these pupils would be better served if the work were departmentalized.
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In October departmental work was started in the Hollis, Jonas Perkins, and Noah Torrey Schools. Here are a few of the reasons for departmentalizing the work :
The teacher becomes more expert in a given subject. The teacher follows a pupil for two or more years in a subject.
Prompt and economical presentation of a subject with time for its development.
Places the responsibility for results in the subject.
Daily program more accessible showing actual time spent in the subject.
Prepares the way for Junior High School.
Helps the pupil who goes to High School to find him- self more quickly.
Sixteen of our teachers having departmental work re- port as follows: They have gained : a broader view of the subject, a keener interest in the work, a strong sense of freedom in teaching, a better knowledge of work by grades. Pupils have gained : acquaintance with larger group of teachers, the idea that the school is larger than the class room; in application to work, doing the work more effectively; self-control.
The above is the opinion of the most of the teachers.
A few thought that nothing had been gained; several wished to defer judgment.
Co-operation of Board of Park Commissioners with School Garden Project.
While home gardens have been gaining in number, and in general favor, our work has been handicapped by lack of a practice school garden. The Board of Park Commis- sioners has offered to plough and prepare a part of the Hollis Play Ground for school garden purposes, offering prizes aggregating $60.00 for the grades having the best garden plots. This will give a practical demonstration to the increasing number of home gardeners of the best methods in planting, raising, and caring for garden truck.
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Prizes Awarded.
At the exhibit of cooking and sewing held in the Jonas Perkins and Abraham Lincoln Schools, East Braintree, under the direction of the Massachusetts Home Economics Club, prizes were awarded as follows:
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Esther Stewart, first prize, sewing.
Gertrude Crandall, second prize, sewing.
Mildred Nelson, first prize, bread-making.
Elizabeth Berry, second prize, bread-making. Miss Esther Stewart also won the third prize in sewing at the State Exhibit held in Springfield, Mass.
Prizes for speaking and reading in the Noah Torrey School :
Dorothy Gould, first prize, reading.
Thomas Finnegan, Jr., second prize, reading.
Mary Henshon, first prize, speaking.
Marguerite McInnery, second prize, speaking.
Outside Help to Schools.
The superintendent and teachers gratefully acknowl- edge the assistance given by the Parents' Association, the Friendly Aid, and the Philergians to school projects. Through the agencies of these associations, valuable appara- tus has been added to the school equipment.
Nurse's Report for 1916.
SCHOOLS OF BRAINTREE, 1 MONTH AND 2 WEEKS.
Ped. cases excluded 163
Teeth needing treatment 387
Large tonsils and adenoids 161
Sore throat cases, sent home
17
Social visits
47
Weak eyes, needing glasses
16
Treatments in Schools
34
Dressings for sore fingers and hands
14
Toothache 10
Earache 3
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1
Ped. Treatments
6
Hiccough
1
Headache, sent home
2
Stomach trouble, sent home
5
Ringworm, sent home
2
Uncleanliness, sent home
2
Mumps, sent home
4
Treatments and Examinations at Eye and Ear Infirm- ary 15
Operations for tonsils and adenoids,
2
Lectures, regarding Forsyth Dental and care of teeth
3
Treatments at Forsyth Dental of children ranging in ages from 5 to 15 years 47
Discharged after care
26
Operations advised for removal of tonsils and adenoids 5
Special treatment, infection 1
The work of our School Nurse speaks in the above statements. This highly valuable adjunct to school work should be maintained.
In previous reports I have dwelt at some length upon the relation of the condition of the mouth and teeth to health. The good already done by the school nurse, the Friendly Aid and teachers in taking children to the Forsyth Dental Institute argues that a dental clinic is of prime im- portance. Plans for this clinic, based upon procedure in other places, will be submitted for your consideration in the near future.
School Building and Accommodation of Pupils.
The Noah Torrey School registration is 404, 52 more than the class-room capacity of the building, allowing 44 pupils to the room. By using the manual training room and the hall, these extra pupils have been accommodated. There should be a considerable increase in the number of children attending this school next fall. I recommend to your Com- mittee that a two-room portable schoolhouse be purchased and placed upon the Noah Torrey School grounds. This
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should care for the overflow for the next two years. This building would always be of use, as it could be easily moved to crowded districts.
In studying the over-age children in the grades of the Noah Torrey School, it is apparent that the chief reason for so many children being from two to four years behind their grades is the language difficulty. Children coming from the homes of foreign-born parents of alien tongue do not hear the English language at home, and consequently make slow progress, as they are not able to comprehend the work of the schools. This condition could be helped greatly, if a kindergarten were opened in the Southwest district, and the teaching of the English language begun a year earlier than it is now. I recommend that a one-room portable schoolhouse be placed on the grounds at the Southwest School, and a kindergarten established.
At this time I would again direct the attention of the Committee and townspeople to the need of a new high school building.
I submit for your consideration the following additional recommendations for the year 1917 :
Modern system of sanitation for the Pond School, and the building increased by one room.
Modern sanitals and heating apparatus in the High School, and the introduction of mechanical work for the boys.
Summer school opened for the advantage of pupils who wish to make up lost time, or to advance a grade.
Ventilating system in the Hollis School made to ful- fill its function.
It is with due appreciation of the fine work and co- operation of teachers and principals, the keen interest and loyalty of the townspeople to the schools, and the ever help- ful support of your committee that I close this report.
Respectfully submitted, R. L. WIGGIN, Superintendent Schools.
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REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
Supt. R. L. Wiggin :
I desire to report some of the "high spots" in the High School as you requested, and also make some definite recom- mendations.
A determined effort on the part of the teachers to in- crease the percentage attendance over last year has resulted during three months as follows :
Oct.
Nov. Dec.
1915.
97. %
95. %
93.7%
1916.
98.5%
98.3%
95.3%
Beginning in November the school day was lengthened fifty minutes. This was a desirable move in order to make- up the time lost during September, and it is also in line with the conviction of high school principals that boys and girls should come as nearly as possible under the conditions. which they will meet after leaving school, namely: A good working day. The time lost will, by actual computation, be made up one and one-half times by the close of school in June.
The high school principal recommends that the number of periods be fewer but longer, and part of the time of recitation be given to teaching the pupils how to study and to supervision of study.
The Domestic Science Department is proving to be of great value to the pupils both in instruction and in caring for the school lunches at a reasonable cost.
The placing of students from the Commercial Depart- ment during the spring term for practice work has been successful, and any business man having extra work will be gladly accommodated by calling up the head of the de- partment at the High School. The department is in urgent need of modern office equipment.
The principal, after due consideration and experience 'in your school desires that the school board will make the following ruling: A teacher for the High School cannot
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be' employed unless he or she has had at least one year's previous experience in teaching.
The principal wishes to extend to the school board, superintendent and teachers his sincere thanks for the hearty co-operation during the year.
L. PAUL CHAPIN.
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STATISTICS.
School Census, October, 1916.
Number of boys between ages 5 and 7. 180
Number of girls between ages 5 and 7 171
Number of boys between ages 7 and 14 623
Number of girls between ages 7 and 14 595
Number of boys between ages 14 and 16 162
Number of girls between ages 14 and 16
155
Number of illiterates between 16 and 21
0
Number of boys between ages 5 and 15. 965
Number of girls between ages 5 and 15 921
Average membership, for the year 1916 1855
Average attendance, for the year 1916 1698
Per cent. attendance for the year 1916 92
Aggregate enrollment for the year 1916. 2067
Number of regular teachers, 1916
57
Number of special teachers, 1916 3
Number of school buildings in use 9
Number of school rooms occupied
44
Number of pupils graduating from grammar
schools June, 1916 138
Number of above entering the High School 110
Total expenditures for the support of the schools $62,852.11
Amount raised by taxation $60,768.00
Expenditure per pupil, based upon the average membership 1916 32.75
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Result of Eye and Ear Tests.
Whole number of pupils examined 1538
Number of defective in vision 134
Number of defective in hearing
13
Number of parents notified
27
Number of cases treated from school notification :
Eyes 8
Ears 0
Number fitted to glasses
4
Report of Attendance Officer.
Number of cases of non-attendance investigated 72
Number of families visited 49
Number of families visited two or more times ..
12
Number of children returned to school
7 .
Number of court cases
2
Truants
2
Employment Certificates.
Number of certificates issued to minors between the ages of 16 and 21 203
Number of certificates issued to minors between the ages 14 and 16 101
Number of home employment certificates issued
3
Number of certificates issued to illiterate minors 2 Special permits issued while investigating proof of age 1
Number of certificates during summer vacation 3
Preparation of Teachers.
College graduates 8
Attended college without graduation 0
Normal school graduates 30
Attended normal school without graduating
3
Kindergarten training school graduates
. .
8
High school graduates 8
Graduates special schools 4
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Amounts Paid for the Retirement of School Bonds. Hollis School $3,500.00
Abraham Lincoln School 2,000.00
Interest Paid on School Indebtedness.
Hollis School
$1,970.00
Abraham Lincoln School
245.00
School Indebtedness.
Hollis School
$47,500.00
Abraham Lincoln School
3,500.00
DISEASES REPORTED IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 1916.
DISEASES
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
TOTALS
Measles
3
4
5
2
14
Chicken-pox
4
3
4
8
2
4
25
Scarlet Fever
3
9
14
6
1
33
Diphtheria
1
1
2
Mumps
2
2
4
Tuberculosis
1
1
2
Infantile Paralysis
3
1
1
5
Whooping Cough
11
10
24
6
51
Tubercular spine
1
1
TOTALS
13
13
33
29
31
6
3
3
3
4
138
ACCOUNT SCHOOL SAVINGS.
SCHOOLS
Balance,
Jan. 1, 1916.
for 1916.
Cash Withdrawals
and Transfers,
Withdrawals from
Deposit, 1916.
Balance.
January 1, 1917.
A. Lincoln
$159.87
$ 404.47
$37.38
$334.00
$192.96
Hollis
266.27
1009.62
33.26
839.00
403.63
J. Perkins
226.86
595.98
33.78
453.90
335.16
N. Torrey
85.60
326.74
12.08
173.00
227.26
Penniman
185.22
413.88
23.14
352.00
223.96
Pond
123.76
235.40
17.23
156.00
185.93
South
4.75
8.12
.99
8.00
3.88
Southwest
7.50
18.19
3.23
6.00
16.46
TOTALS
$1059.83
$3012.40
$161.09
$2321.90
$1589.24
1
1
Typhoid
Dep.
1916.
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DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL POPULATION BASED ON AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP DECEMBER, 1916.
GRADES
A
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
Sp.
Total
High
112
70
46
35
3 266
Hollis
35
47
45
41
38
40
43
39
35
363
Jonas Perkins
22
28
29
37
39
24
78
52
38
347
Abraham Lincoln
24
35
31
33
32
21
14
190
Noah Torrey
83
68
SO
63
59
43
396
Pond
30
67
48
145
Penniman
15
23
17
17
19
19
20
21
16
167
Southwest
4
7
5
16
TOTALS
126
227
198
216
196
184
218
171
132
112
70
46
35
3
1934
ATTENDANCE RECORD BY SCHOOLS. YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1915.
SCHOOLS
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Number Half
Day Absences
Per Cent. Ave.
Attendance
Number
Tardiness
Number
Number
Punishments
Number Visits
Superintendent
Number Visits
School Com.
2 5119 Number Visitors
High
257
232.4
218.3
1474
94
410
0
0
152
16
Hollis
358
326.34
306.4
6497
93.9
241
91
0
5
146
16
765
Jonas Perkins
382
333.2
312
6877
93.6
213
120
S
13
155
28
240
Noah Torrey
364
346.2
324.4
6254
93.7
360
114
9
124
31
234
Pond
205
145.2
130.1
3975
00
126
59
0
0
82
10
367
Penniman
197
165.1
151
3883
91.4
186
78
12
13
162
20
250
Abraham Lincoln.
213
190
179
2757
94.2
62
64
0)
1
66
17
123
South
15
11.3
96
427
11
12
0
0
9
25
Southwest
40
37.1
34
4476
92
27
S
0
0
-1
4
27
TOTALS
2031
1787.89
1664.8
39918
93+
1636
698
25
41
903
146
2033
Average membership, Dec., 1915. ...
.1847.3
Average attendance, Dec., 1915.
.1698.3
.
23
21
44
South
-
190
¿ Dismissals
Truancies
Number Corporal
Aggregate
.
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ATTENDANCE RECORD BY SCHOOLS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916.'
SCHOOLS
Aggregate
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Half Days
Absent
Per Cent. Ave.
Attendance
Number
Tardiness
Number
Number Calls
Number Calls
of School Com.
Number Corporal
Punishments
High
272
235
223
3576
94.4
426
73
68
7
0
72
Hollis
371
340
313
8108
92.2
376
118
157
5
5
740
Jonas Perkins. 382
341
320
8154
93
451
114
163
67
2
246
Noah Torrey.
404
364
344
8325
94.5
1141
289
236
59
1
194
Pond
163
150
133
5135
89
231
67
98
S
0
256
Penniman
20S
160
145
4333
91
1112
91
113
33
1
442
A. Lincoln
202
184
172
3745
94
142
51
95
21
146
South
16
13
12
332
93
30
24
10
2
0
8
Southwest
49
43
36
1981
85
154
23
16
5
0
15
TOTALS
2067
1830
169S
43689
92.7
4043
850
956
207
11
2119
Average membership. December, 1916. 1934
Average attendance, December, 1916.
1820.4
Number
Visitors.
MANUAL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BRAINTREE, MASS., FOR SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING OCT. 3, 1916.
School Committee.
Benj. Hawes, Chairman, 516 Middle Street, East Braintree. Frank A. Reed, 14 Thayer Avenue, South Braintree. Mrs. A. M. Brooks, 124 Franklin Street, South Braintree. Frederick C. Folsom, 27 Lowell Street, Braintree. Mrs. Carrie F. Loring, 110 Front Street, East Braintree. William W. Gallagher, Corresponding Secretary, 43 Maple Street, Braintree.
Superintendent.
R. L. Wiggin, 104 Academy Street, South Braintree. Tele- phone 273-J.
Office Hours :- On school days except Thursdays, from 8 to 9 a.m., in the Town House, and every Monday even- ing. Telephone 57-W.
Dismissals
of Supt.
/
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Meetings of Committee.
Second Monday evening of each month at 7.15 o'clock at the Town House, Washington Street, Braintree.
Schools in Session.
Oct. 2 to Dec. 22, 1916; Jan. 2 to Feb. 23, 1917 ; March 5 to Apr. 27; May 7 to June 27, 1917.
Holidays.
Oct. 12, Nov. 30, Dec. 25, 1916; Feb. 22, April 19, May 30, 1917.
Daily School Sessions.
High : 8.20 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hollis : 9 to 12 a.m .; 1.30 to 3.30 p.m.
Jonas Perkins : 9 to 12 a.m .; 1.30 to 3.30 p.m.
Noah Torrey : 9 to 12 a.m .; 1.30 to 3.30 p.m.
Penniman : 9 to 12 a.m .; 1.30 to 3.30 p.m.
Pond : 9 to 12 a.m .; 1.30 to 3.30 p.in.
Southwest: 9 to 12 a.m .; 1.30 to 3.30 p.m.
South School, 9 to 12 a.m .; 1.30 to 3.30 p.m.
Abraham Lincoln: 9 to 12 a.m .; 1.30 to 3.30 p.m.
Storm Signals
High, Grammar and Primary.
On very stormy days there will be no session of the Public Schools. If there is to be no morning session, the signal 3-3-3 will be sounded on the fire alarm at 7.30 a.m. If the weather clears, there will be an afternoon session. In case of continued storm or very bad walking there will be no afternoon session. This will be announced by 3-3-3 at 11.30 a.m.
For no school in Grades A-4, inclusive, signal at 8 o'clock and 12.30.
Tuition of Non-Resident Students.
High School. $1 a week; Grades 5 to 8, 75 cts. a week; Grades A and 1 to 4, 50 cts. a week. Non-resident students will not be admitted to any school without the written per- mission of the Superintendent.
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Janitors.
High School: J. H. Macandrew, 54 West Street.
Jonas Perkins : Ed. C. Holyoke, 24 Liberty Street.
Noah Torrey : F. F. Tupper, Central Avenue.
Penniman : Omer Hollis, Union Street.
Pond : James Dreghorn, South Braintree.
Southwest: N. E. Hayden.
South : Frederick Phinney.
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Abraham Lincoln : Edwin P. Brooks, 91 Front Street.
Hollis : Frank Drake, 36 Central Avenue.
Attendance Officer.
Jeremiah F. Gallivan, 37 River St., Braintree. Tel. 387-W.
GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL.
Town Hall, Wednesday Evening, June 21, 1916, 8 p.m. Program.
1. March -- Alumni Orchestra
2. Chorus-June Song Rudolf King
3. (a) Salutatory, with Essay-"Women's New- Found Heritage"
Esther Close
4. Essay-"William Shakespeare"
Lillian Heinlein
5. Girls' Chorus-"From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water" Chas. Wakefield Cadman
6. Philergian Prize Essay-"'Opportunities for So- cial Service in a Small Community."
7. Address-
William Orr Dep. Commissioner State Board of Education
a. Awarded to Edith A. Arnold. Excused on account of college entrance examinations.
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8. Music-"Adoration" Felix Borowski
Esther E. Harvey, Arthur S. Hubbard
9. Essay, with Valedictory-"Is Ultraism the Cause of Disrespect to Our Present Generation ?" Mildred Kalns
10. Chorus-"In the Harbor We've Been Sheltered" · Arr. from "Martha"
11. Presentation of Diplomas and Medals
Names of Seniors
Edith Allen Arnold
Donald Reviere Carmichael
Esther Gertrude Close Jeremiah Francis Croce Mary Ethel Dacey
Richard Drew
Mildred Caroline Kalns Stanley Donald Lawrence George William Loring
Helen Carmel Dignan Albert Joseph Fitzgerald Henry Smith Fisher Carolyn Louise French Esther Estelle Harvey William Byron Heath Lillian Marie Heinlein
Leo James Hennessey
Alberta May Hill
Arthur Stephen Hubbard
Doris Elms Hubbard
Elizabeth Florence McCusker
Bertha Anne St. Lawrence Elva Ruth Stewart Mabel Beatrice Tobey
Ruth Rogers Torrey Clifton Bates Thayer
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective Precincts, to wit :
Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall.
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Avenue.
Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
On Monday, the fifth day of March, 1917, at five forty- five o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective Precincts their votes on the official ballot for a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, one member of the Board of Assessors for a term of three years, three Overseers of the Poor, three Highway Surveyors, three Auditors, three Fence Viewers, a Tax Col- lctor, a Tree Warden, two members of the Board of School Committee for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one Water Com- missioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for a term of three years, one Electric Light Commissioner for a term of three years, one Park Commissioner for a term of three years, two Trustees for the Thayer Public Library for a term of two years, and fifteen Constables.
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
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The polls will be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at one-thirty o'clock p.m.
You are further directed to notify and warn said in- habitants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the twelfth day of March, . 1917, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
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