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Respectfully yours,
C. S. HANNAFORD, Attendance Officer.
Telephones, House 196-R Hall 163 (Office)
Office Hours, Until 9 A. M. and from 1.30 to 2 P. M.
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Discharged from Walpole Training School
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Reported to District Nurse. 24
Extracts from the School Returns to the State Board of Education for the School Year 1918-1919.
Number of public day schools based on the single classroom as the unit . 57
Number of public school buildings in use. ... 11
Number of persons between five and sixteen years of age in the town on the first of April: males, 1121; females, 1084. 2205
Number of persons between seven and four- teen years of age in town on the first of April, 1919 : males, 722; females, 742. . . . 1464
Number of illiterate minors over fourteen years of age in town on the first of April, 1919 : males, 2; females, 3. 5
Number of different pupils of all ages in the public schools during the school year ending June, 1919: High, 298; Grades, 1900 2198
Number attending within the school year under six years of age. 185
Number given employment certificates be- tween fourteen and sixteen years of age: males, 74; females, 67. 141
Number given home permits between fourteen and sixteen years of age : males, 2; females 2. 4
Average membership of all the public day schools 2054
Average attendance of all the public day schools during the school year 1954
The percentage of attendance based upon the average membership 94%
Number of pupils between five and seven years of age 357
Population of Braintree . 10,346
Assessed valuation of taxable property. . $10,192,758.00
Tax rate per thousand for all purposes, 1919. $22.00
Tax rate per thousand for use of School Department in 1919 $8.03
Amount raised by taxation in 1919 $230,002.68
Of the above amount there was appropriated to the School Department .
$84,705.15
Proportion of total amount raised by taxation which was used by School Department. . 36.5%
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BRAINTREE GIFT
At the request of the School Committee the following information is furnished concerning the late Charles Edward French, the donor of the silver medals to be awarded to the best scholars in the Grammar and High schools in the town of Braintree. In response to this request, I respect- fully submit the following:
Extract from Will.
"I give to the town of Braintree, two thousand dollars, $2,000, in trust, the amount to be invested in town of Braintree Bonds, such part of the annual income which may be necessary to be expended in the purchase of three silver medals in each of the public schools of the said town, to be distributed for the best scholarship (Military and Mechanics Arts not included) in the graduating classes from each school, providing however that a sufficient sum shall not prior to my death have been set apart by others for the same purpose, the unexpended income to be added to the remaining part of the fund."
In conferring with some of the distant relatives of the late Charles Edward French, I have gleaned some historical facts.
Mr. French was born in Boston, on Boylston street, at the time when the water of the Back Bay came up to his father's house. His father was the Superintendent of the Boston Public Gardens and with his son took a great interest in everything pertaining to the beautifying of the gardens. He was also a boy very much interested in Boston Common, and was known to spend days together there. His love for Boston Common was evident at his death as he left $50,000 to the city of Boston for its maintenance.
It is not known that he ever lived in Braintree or that he had any very close connections here.
His mother however was related to the Hancock family and several of the members of their family have been buried in the cemeteries in Braintree and Quincy. To those cemeteries, Mr. French left a considerable sum of money for the care of their graves.
As a boy Mr. French was educated in the Boston Latin School, and at times sold papers and lozenges on Boston Common, which gave him his first start in business. He afterwards became a very successful apothecary and made a great deal of money. This money was invested in real estate on Boylston Street where he lived and superintended a block of buildings which he owned and where he was found dead of heart failure in his own rooms.
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Mr. French was very thrifty and economical in his habits, having boasted that he could live on twenty-one cents a day. He lived unmarried, and died in 1904 at the age of 73.
Mr. Benj. V. French was a large land owner and a successful farmer in Braintree and was an uncle of Charles Edward French. To his memory was left money to erect a monument in the First Church Cemetery.
Those who knew Charles Edward French both as a boy and as a man, speak of him in the highest terms. Al- though he had his peculiarities, and eccentricities, he was regarded as a man of sterling integrity, untiring industry, and loyal devotion to public and private business.
PARENT TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
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Jonas Perkins School Association.
President, Mrs. Lloyd R. Mosher, Faxon Street.
Secretary, Miss Emily Landry, East Weymouth.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. Frederick Tarbox, 27 Willard Street.
Hollis School Association.
President, Mrs. Ralph B. Woodsum, 45 Hollis Ave. Secretary, Mrs. Walter Blake, 98 West Street. Treasurer, Mr. Edward V. Hefferman, 38 Robinson Avenue.
Noah Torrey School Association.
President, Isaac E. Pearson, 231 Franklin Street.
Secretary, Mrs. Arthur G. Auger, 315 Pond Street.
Treasurer, Mrs. Helen Ronquist, 1281 Washington Street.
Penniman School Association.
President, Mr. George H. Howes, 404 Union Street. Secretary, Mrs. Alfred H. Holbrook, 56 Harrison Avenue.
Treasurer, Miss Clara Holbrook, 185 Middle Street.
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF THE BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL.
Town Hall, Wednesday Evening, June 25, 1919, at 8 p. m. Order of Exercises
1. / March. High School Orchestra
2. Chorus "Under the Banner of Victory" Von Blon
3. Salutatory and Introduction of Speaker Rose Daiute
4. Address Rev. D. D. Hoagland, Hyde Park
5. Chorus "Over the Sea" Leybach
Girls' Glee Club
6. Presentation of Philergian Essay Prize Mrs. Minnie Cole Lawley, President of Philergians
7. Piano Solo "Zephyr and Nightingale" Boyton and Smith
Henry Cleary
8. Chorus "Class Song" Plock
9. Valedictory Charles Schell
10. Presendation of Diplomas and French Medals George H. Wetherbee, Jr., Chairman School Board
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
*Charles Francis Schell *Rose Edna Daiute
*Bertie Dorothea Harvey Mary Beatrice Arnold Helen Gould Avery Elizabeth Rosamond Backerie Henry Hugh Bousquet Katherine Mary Barlow Esther Sigrid Clark Mary Josephine Deegan Priscilla Bates Drew Agnes Gertrude Flynn Helene Elizabeth Fox Everett MacKay Hill Loretta Florence Frazier Arita Taft Holdgate Dorothy Milbank Illingworth Julius Lehoczky Mary Avis Levangie Arthur Carl Miller
+Eleanor Alice McCusker
Josephine Barbara Mervick Helen Catherine O'Brien
Theresa Grayce O'Rourke Edith Alfrida Pearson Margaret Carolyn Scholz Sadie May Storm Thomas Franklin Bostock
Joseph Patrick Cassidy Michael Henry Cleary
Charles Blackburn Coburn Stanley Choate Ellis Albion MacKay Hill
William Augustus Hollis Robert Emmet Horgan
John Quincy Wentworth
*Winners of French Medals
tWinner of Philergian Essay Contest First three names according to rank, each having an average of more than 90 percent for four years.
The following is a List of All the Grammar School Graduates in the Town of Braintree, June 26, 1919.
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL
Elizabeth Anderson
Winsor E. Lewis
J. Ellsworth Bonvie
Gertrude Winnifred MacDonald
Helen Palmer Brooks
Edna Maguire
Joseph Charles Brown Annie Bujer Catherine L. Cahill
James Mortimer
Gerald Augustine Cleary Mary S. Crane
George Willard Schraut
Margaret Geraldine Dwyer
Lawrence Wendell Schraut
Josephine Gertrude Erwin
Sarah Siegel
Henry B. Skinner
Edith May Goodhue Paul Lewis Goodhue Ragna M. Hagen Jasper Elliot Hamblin, Jr.
Leo Louis Smith Mary Tardif
Miriam Chloe Hamblin Robert John Harris Carl G. Lehtonen Gertrude E. Leth
Harold F. Trufant
Eleanor Randall Walker
Esther Margaret Weymouth Edward Wyllie
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Frederick A. Mccluskey
Dennis Pafford Alton Robery
Grace Marion Smith
Elwyn Francis Sylvester
Chester Lewis Tellier
PENNIMAN SCHOOL
Margaret Cain Arnold Anna Booth Alice Brown
Frederick Atherton Hunt
Hannah Mildred Kjellander
Alexander Archiebald Mac Donald
Theodosia Hardwick Davis
Irene Olga Nelson
Frances Donovan
Dolores Russell Stiles
James William Flynn
Louise Amelia Sprague
Eleanor May Griffin
Eva Taylor
Catherine Theresa Tobin
NOAH TORREY SCHOOL
Bertha Lee Bird
George Henry Brown
Marion Stoddard Burrell
Florence Margaret Levangie
Bertha Endora Cain
George Ellis Mansfield
Clara Sophie Cameron
John Russell McCarchy A. Henry McGibbon Helen Maud Mealey Ruth Constance Moline
Francis Millard Cook
Ruth Dorothy Moritz
Helen Alberta Connell
Margherita Mary Novelline
Robert James Cotter
Cyril O'Donnell
Angeline Daiute Miriam Theresa Davis Ida De Lillo
Everett Leslie Pearson Fred Pezzela Lawrence Edgel Rand Jennie Mae Riley Seranoosh Amber Roobenian Paul Sciaba Anna Helen Siggelin
Percival Leroy Dunn
Mary Amelia Earle
Burton Quincy Ewell
George Gallivan
Elsie Ardella Smith
Marjorie Ruth Sullivan
Esther Winifred Harraden
Harry Russell Thayer
Dorothy Evelyn Hawes
John Edward Trott
Aubrey Emerson Hayden
Emma Mae Whitcomb
HOLLIS SCHOOL
Hazel Reviere Bestick
Walter Thomas Murphy
Wallace Heywood Pratt, Jr.
Lewis Richard McGlauflin
Russell Holbrook Barter
Mamie Agnes Frazier
Gladys Mary Caldwell
Gordon Whitman Bryant Margaret Alberta Piercy Oscar Linkkonen Margaret Ross Loud
Charles Axel Honkonen
William Warren Mc Donald. Warren Edward Dutton
William Reidy Cuff
Mable Ellsworth Lockwood
Bradford Spencer Hubbard Helen Elizabeth Hixon
Mary Loretta McInerney Elizabeth Walker Ella May McKean William Dean Harrison Eleanor Butterworth John Gordon Collins Helen Whitney Sims Burgess Waldemar Sutherland
Lorin Wilton Paine Oswald Hughes Silver Grace Dayton Sears John Edward Walker Isabell Gertrude Kenny Irving Marshall Bragdon Thomas Frederick Hollinshead
Esther Frances Drake Philip Ephraim Flint Doris Aurita Sylvester
Edna Adalene Damon Lillian Alexandria Hedlund
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William Gallivan Louis Gavoni
Alice Margaret Horgan Donald Louis King
Lydia Inez Caru Elizabeth Cioppa Orville Mae Collins
TEACHERS' - SEPTEMBER 1919
PENNIMAN SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
EDUCATION
EXPEQIENCE
Grade 7 & 8, Principal
Bridgewater Normal
5 years
Grade 5 & 6
Gorham Normal
3 years
Grade 3 & 4
Bridgewater Normal
3 years
Grade 1 & 2
Bridgewater Normal
6 years
Cecelia C. Whelan
Kindergarten
Wheelock Kindergarten
3 years
HOLLIS SCHOOL
Ward Raymond
Grade 8, Principal
Worcester Normal, 1910
9 years
Rosamond E. Cuniff
Grade 7
Bridgewater Normal
2 years
Lillie C. Littlefield
Grade 5
Bridgewater Normal
11 years
Lela B. Smith
Grade 6
Bridgewater Normal
13 years
Ethel Whittier
Grade 4
Fitchburg Normal
7 years
Rosalie S. Bayley
Grade 3
Thayer Academy
21 years
Hannah C. Whelan
Grade 2
Weymouth Training School
27 years
Hazel M. Mc Clintock
Grade 1
Keene Normal
5 years
Ann Howard
Kindergarten
Page Kindergarten Normal
17 years
Effie A. Weeden
Grade 1, 2 & 3
Hyannis Normal
4 years
Sarah E. Allinson
Grade 4 & 5
Bridgewater Normal
1 year
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL
Elizabeth B. Pray
Grade A & Principal
Page Normal School
22 years
Anna V. Galligan
Grade V
Bridgewater Normal
11 years
Melissa S. Dockum
Grade IV
Plymouth, N. H. Normal
10 years
Edith A. Lavalette
Grade III
Salem Normal
17 years
Emily A. Landry
Grade II
Bridgewater Normal
3 years
Mabel M. Mundy
Grade I
Bridgewater Normal
2 years
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TEACHER
Charles W. Brooks Helen M. Bartlett Mabel J. Smith Cora M. Coffill
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.DISTRICTS
TEACHER
DEPARTMENT
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
Grades 1, 2 & 3
Braintree High School
19 years
Grades 1 & 2
Thayer Academy
6 years
Kindergarten
Perry Normal 3 years
Drawing
Boston Normal Arts
2 years
Music
Mass. Normal Arts
10 years
Ruth J. Bennett
Domestic Science
Framingham Normal
4 years
Claire L. Craig, R. N.
Nurse
Mass. General Hospital Colby College
16 years
HIGH SCHOOL
James L. Jordan, A. B.
Science
Bates, A. B., 1908
11 years
Harriet F. Holt, A. B.
History & Latin
Wellesley, 1916
3 years
Sumner N. Davis, A. B.
Algebra & Geometry
Bates College, 1917
2 years
Sophia G. Blunt
Science
Boston Normal & M. I. T.
13 years
Dorothy E. Wilson A. B.
Spanish
Radcliffe College, 1918
1 year
Marie F. Stanley, A. B.
English
Boston University, 1917
2 years
Mildred Lynch, Á. B.
English
Mt. Holyoke College, 1913
6 years
Alice C. Pope
Stenog., Type., Com. Law
Bryant & Stratton
14 years
Lulu B. Smith
Bkg., Type., Stenog.
Salem Normal & Simmons
7 years
Phyllis Thomas, A. B.
French
Radcliffe College, 1917
2 years
Alice J. Danner
Type., Com. Geo., & Arith.
Salem Normal
1 year
Vera M. Chapman, A. B.
Latin & English
Bates College, 1915
4 years
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL
Alberto M. Eldridge
Principal, Geog. History, Pen., Drawing
Bridgewater Normal
21 years
Olive W. Hunt
Hyannis Normal
8 years
Nellie E. Bolles
Grade 6
Emerson College
27 years
Lucy L. Coolidge
Grade V
Bridgewater Normal
6 years
Josephine M. Foster
Clara N. Holbrook Ethella M. Nichols Priscilla M. Nye Ingrid E. Ekman
Clarence N. Flood, A. B.
Superintendent
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TEACHER
DEPARTMENT
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
Irma Killian
Grade IV
Bridgewater Normal
6 years
Harriet C. Taylor
Grade III
Hyannis Normal
20 years
Ruth L. Danielson
Grade II
Bridegwater Normal
7 years
Grade I
Page Kindergarten Normal
23 years
Marguerite L. Sumner Helen Averill
Kindergarten
Perry Kindergarten
5 years
Grade 6
Gorham Normal
12 years
English
Fitchburg Normal
2 years
Geography
Salem Normal
2 years
Eng., Arith
Keene Normal
2 years
NOAH TORREY SCHOOL
Principal, Grade 8
Salem Normal
9 years
Grade 7A
Bridgewater Normal
32 years
Grade 7B
Boston University
1 year
Grade 6A
Bridgewater Normal
6 years
Pauline F. Scollard
Grade 6B
Bridgewater Normal
4 years
Mildred S. Nickerson
Grade 4A
Bridgewater Normal
6 years
Roberta W. Smith
Grade 5A
Bridgewater Normal
9 years
Elizabeth G. Rogers
Grade 5B
Framingham Normal
24 years
Elizabeth F. Alden
Grade 4 & 3B
Bridgewater Normal
4 years
Mildred E. Hutchinson Gertrude E. Saunders
Grade 3
Salem Normal
Asst. in Grades 7A, 7B, & 8
Salem Normal
1 year
POND SCHOOL
Claire E. Shay
Grade IIA & Principal
Thayer Academy
17 years
Leta M. Weston
Grades I & II B
Brookfield High
11 years
Helen A. Cuff
Grade IA
Thayer Academy
17 years
Harriet M. Hill
Kindergarten .
Shaw's Private School
26 years
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Caroline G. Wasgatt Jeannette H. Porter Inez A. Nelson Celia Finkelstein
Fred A. Chapman Josephine B. Colbert Marian Callanan, A. B. Helen King
FINANCIAL REPORT
General expenses:
Salary Superintendent Clerk. .
$215.00
Truant officer
350.00
$565.00
Stationery and postage
$224.28
Telephone.
313.71
Traveling expense.
77.05
School Census
76.89
All other.
122.50
$814.43
Teachers' Salaries :
High .
$11,750.45
Elementary
42,297.17
Music and Drawing
1,760.00
Domestic Science
830.00
Summer School.
450.00
Nurse
702.50
$57,790.12
Text books and supplies :
High :
Text and reference books $363.80
Supplies .
885.74
Elementary :
Text and reference
books
$1,505.29
Supplies
1,615.30
Tuition :
High
$397.72
Elementary
720.15
Evening .
17.50
$1,135.37
Transportation .
$2,247.85
Janitors' Services :
High
$1,036.85
Elementary
5,632.85
$6,669.70
Fuel and Light:
High .
$1,235.20
Elementary . 3,850.12
$5,085.32
Buildings and Grounds :
High :
Repairs
$478.38
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$2,360.00
$4,370.13
Janitors' Supplies
208.17 All other . 176.86
Elementary :
Repairs
$1,971.70
Janitors' Supplies 294.54
All other .
404.81
$3,534.46
Other expenses:
Diplomas and gradua- tion expenses. $87.20
All other .
15.40
Insurance on buildings ...
$2,079.30
Monatiquot Building Repairs: Contract
$3,050.00
Hollis School Repairs:
Contract
$1,500.00
Portable School Building:
Building
$2,640.00
Desks
426.00
$3,066.00
High School Land.
.
$16,000.00
Total for Education. . . $110,370.28
SCHOOL DEPOSITS FOR 1919
Witadrawals Withdrawals Balance
Schools
Balance Jan. 1 1919
Deposits
for Bank Books
and Transfers
Jan. 1 1920
A. Lincoln.
$119. 38
$367.64
$338.00
$36. 46
$112. 56
Hollis.
238. 94
347. 58
340.95
35.10
210.47
J. Perkins.
186. 43
323. 64
296. 62
30.80
182. 65
N. Torrey
121. 57
165. 19
139.00
26.30
121. 46
Penniman
91.77
68. 49
51.00
16. 56
92.61
Pond.
136. 53
222. 67
214.00
35.06
110.14
So. West.
35.36
33. 38
30.00
7.29
31. 45
South.
2.77
1.56
3.43
.90
Totals.
$932. 75 $1,530. 15 $1,409.57
$191.09
$862. 24
130
$102.60
ACCOUNT OF SCHOOL SAVINGS
Schools
Balance Jan. 1 1919
Deposits Cash Withdraw- Withdrawals Balance for 1919 als and Trans- from Deposit Feb. 1 1919 1919 fers 1919
A. Lincoln.
0
0
0
0
0
Hollis. .
0
43.13
1.30
2.79
39.04
J. Perkins.
0
0
0
0
0
N. Torrey
0
75.47
. 02
0
75.45
Penniman.
0
7.50
0
0
7.50
Pond.
0
141.78
0
0
141. 78
South. .
0
0
0
0
0
Southwest.
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
267.88
1 1.32
2.79
263.77
1
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Name of Town
Valuation In Millions
Population
Number of Pupils Enrolled
Percentagel'of] Population]En-
rolled in Schools
Number of Teachers
Teachers' Salary
Number of Pupils per Teacher
Total Cost of Text Books
Total Cost of Supplies
Cost of Text Books per Pupil
Cost of Supplies per Pupil
Fuel
Total Cost per Year per Pupil
School Expense in Thousands
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Braintree. . .
9.3
9343
2213
23.7%
61 $49691. 10
3614
$1959.21 2,366.09 2,088.23
2,481.66
86
1.01
6,857. 71
40.85
94.7
Gardner. .
10.7 16,376 2,504
1.49
39.57
82.9
Norwood.
16.4 10,977 2,338
1.53
9,925.20 5,961.73 8,580.73 12,605. 19 7,835.06
39.60 41.09
96.1
Greenfield.
13.9 12,618 2,551
42.84
100.7
Milton.
17.8
8,600 1,560
24
1,320. 00 2,919.21
3,275.27 6,074.72 2,052.76
1.02
6,284. 23
43.09
64.9
Belmont.
11.8
8,081 1,602
20.2% 18.1% 19.7% 19.8%
85 56
64,409. 68 69,307. 09 67,548.94 63,777. 19 68,855.79 48,069. 94
33 311/2
2,140.61 1,980.12
2,947.08
.89
1.58
$5481. 56
$39. 13
74.8
West Springfield.
. 12.7 11,339
2,611
22.9% 22.1%
72
15.6% 21.3%
69 73
32
1,937.71 2,111.52
3,749. 17 3,570. 66
. 79 .90
.78 . 82
1. 48 2.09
67.11
97.9
Plymouth .
14.5 12,926 2,563
1.14
2.37 10,288.25 1.28
43.33
102.5
281/2
1,631.58
$2046. 30
$.88 .90
1.14
7,328. 45
39.19
96.7
Dedham.
13.7 11,043 2,443
16.5 12,758 2,486
19.6% 75
80 65
75
65,592.75 66,049.00 55,789.49 36
34
3412
2,979.61
Winthrop.
89.1
30
3,797.19
$.92
COLLECTOR'S REPORT OF TAXES
Allen Lawson, Collector's Account of Taxes, in Account with the Town of Braintree, December 31, 1919.
1916.
Outstanding January 1, 1919, per detailed list $77.94
Payment by Trustee in Bankruptcy after Abate- ment. . 16.10
Collections January 1, 1919-December 31, 1919. . $36. 46
Abatements January 1, 1919-December 31, 1919. 57.58
$94.04 $94.04
1917.
Outstanding January 1, 1919, per detailed list ..
$19,419.07
Collections January 1, 1919-December 31, 1919. . $17,850. 21
Abatements January 1, 1919-December 31, 1919 1,082.54
Outstanding December 31, 1919, per detailed list .. 486. 32
$19,419. 07 $19,419. 07
1918.
Outstanding January 1, 1919, per detailed list .. .. . . $66,876. 94
Collections January 1, 1919-December 31, 1919. . $49,054. 01
Abatements January 1, 1919-December 31, 1919. 299.26
Outstanding December 31, 1919, per detailed list .. 17,523. 67
$66,876. 94 $66,876. 94
1919.
Commitment of Taxes.
$226,031.71
Commitment of Moth Assessments.
2,239. 45
Commitment of Excise Tax.
3,970.97
Supplementary Commitment of Taxes
4,481.67
Collections August 25, 1919-December 31, 1919 .. $178,979. 31
Abatements August 25, 1919-December 31, 1919. 1,227. 60
Outstanding December 31, 1919, per detailed list .. 56,516.89
$236,723. 80 $236,723. 80
Interest Account.
1916 Taxes.
$31.47
1917 Taxes.
1,665. 44
1918 Taxes.
1,424.02
1919 Taxes.
122. 14
$3,243.07
We have examined the above statements and find that they agree with the Accountant's books, that the above amounts have been turned into the Town Treasury, and that they are a correct reproduction of the Collector's books.
C. F. TARBOX, RALPH H. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, Auditors, 1919.
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TREASURER'S REPORT Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer. In Account with Town of Braintree.
Balance Jan. 1, 1919.
Dr.
Cr.
Town balance $17,330.71
Water balance. . 200.49
Electric light balance.
379.90
School Fund balance ....
221.67
Penniman Trust balance.
22.75
C. E. French Trust bal .. .
40.00
Electric Depreciation Fund
4,520.13
Protested Taxes Fund ... 1,835.73
Reserve Fund Overlays. .
1,134.73
$25,686.11
Allen Lawson Collector
Tax
Interest
1916
36.46
31.47
1917
17,850.21
1,665.44
1918 49,054.01
1,424.02
1919 178,979.31 122.14
249,163.06
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue. . 125,000.00
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan . 16,590.09
High School Site Loan .
16,087.36
All other sources including dividends on Town Funds given in detail in Accountant's report 217,753.60
Paid by order of Selectmen .
606,741.58
Cash Book Balance Dec. 31, 1919. . . 43,538.64
$650,280.22 $650,280.22
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The above balance is made up as follows: General town account bal $27,649.51
Water Dept. balance .... 7,924.39
Electric Light Dept. bal .. 398.91
School Fund Income bal .
317.86
Penniman Trust Income balance
25.50
C. E. French Trust In- come balance . 25.50
Electric Depreciation Fund
6,005.72
Reserve Fund from Over-
lays . 1,176.75
$43,538.64
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Paid During Year on Town Notes and Bonds.
Abraham Lincoln School Bonds
(Last payment on this issue) $2,000.00
Town Hall Bonds. 3,000.00
Thayer Notes (held by Hunt Trust) 1,000.00
Thayer Notes (held by Library
Trustees) 1,250.00
Hollis School Bonds.
3,500.00
Hollis Playground Bonds,.
500.00
Mayflower Park Mains (last pay- ment on this issue)
1,000.00
Great Pond Pumping Station Bonds .
1,500.00
Union St. and Hillside Road Mains (last payment on this issue)
2,000.00
Temporary Loans 125,000.00
$140,750.00
Interest Paid During Year on Notes and Bonds.
Temporary Loans (discounted) aver- age rate 4.735 per cent. $3,223.67
Refunded Thayer Notes
440.00
Mayflower Park Mains . 40.00
Water Loan of 1896
240.00
Great Pond Station
180.00
Union St. and Hillside Road
80.00
Abraham Lincoln School.
35.00
Town Hall
1,220.00
Water Loan of 1891
6,000.00
Hollis School .
1,550.00
Hollis Playground.
50.00
$13,058.67
Paid to Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
State Tax .
$21,780.00
State tax special
1,306.80
Charles River Basin, Interest.
378.80
Maintenance .
510.02
Serial Bonds.
30.70
Metropolitan Parks Sinking Fund . ..
230.48
Interest
1,096.22
Maintenance
3,094.37
Serial Bonds
55.72
Series No. 2, Sinking Fund .
44.05
Interest
395.07
Maintenance Serial Bonds.
85.02
Nantasket Maintenance
184.14
Wellington Bridge Maintenance.
10.68
Auditing Municipal Accounts
213.91
State Highway Tax
840.46
494.36
$30,750.80
135
TREASURER'S REPORT ON TOWN FUNDS Reserve Fund from Overlays. Acts of 1913 Dr. Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1919
$1,134.73
Interest on deposit. 42.02
No payments, On Hand Dec. 31, 1919
$1,176.75
Jan. 17, 1920
Examined and approved. Balance on hand in National Shawmut bank .
$1,176.75 C. F. TARBOX, PAUL MONAGHAN, RALPH W. ARNOLD, Auditors 1919.
Protested Taxes Account
Balance Jan. 1, 1919
$1,835.73
Interest on Deposit . 8.85
Received from town .
1,721.51
Paid Trustees of Thayer Academy .. . $3,566.09
$3,566.09 $3,566.09
Examined and approved, Jan. 24, 1920.
C. F. TARBOX, RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN,
Auditors 1919.
SINKING FUND ACCOUNT WATER LOAN OF 1891, $150,000, 4 PER CENT., DUE JUNE 1, 1921.
Balance Jan. 1, 1919 . $138,327.42
Income 1919 (No town appropriation
in 1919) 6,447. 39
$144,774.81
INVESTMENTS OF 1891 FUND
Abington Savings Bank . . $242.49
S. Weymouth Savings Bank. 1,207. 08
Quincy Savings Bank. . 792.77
E. Weymouth Savings Bank.
2,114.14
Braintree Savings Bank. 13,165.71
Rockland Savings Bank . 1,429.60
Hingham Institution for Savings.
45.78
Randolph Savings Bank
3,371.00
Weymouth Savings Bank 3,123.69
Cambridge Savings Bank
3,027.62
136
5 Boston Revere Beach and Lynn $1000 bonds . 4,850.00
6 Illinois Central R. R. $1000 bonds
5,208.85
17 C. B. & Q. R.R .. 14,440. 68
6 Fitchburg $1000 bonds .
5,450.00
10 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. $1000 bonds . 7,820.11
1 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. $1000 bond
970.29
5 Boston & Maine R. R .$1000bonds
4,440.00
66 Town of Braintree 1891 Water bonds .
66,000.00
2 American Tel. & Tel. Co $1000 bonds .
1,660.00
1 Rumford Falls & Rangeley R. R. $1000 bond
880.00
1 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. $1000 bond 935.00
Liberty Bonds .
2,100.00
Victory Bonds .
1,500.00
$144,774.81
PRESENT. VALUE OF SINKING FUND OF 1891.
The following are based on value of bonds as quoted Jan. 26, 1920:
Savings Bank deposits as above .. $28,519.88
Water bonds as above . 66,000.00
5 Boston R. Beach & Lynn at 89 . 4,450.00
. 4 Illinois Central at 67. 2,680.00
2 Illinois Central at 64. 1,280.00
17 C. B. & Q. R. R. at 72. 12,240.00
4 Fitchburg, at 92 ..
3,680.00
5 N. Y. N. H. & H. due 1955 at 45. .
2,250.00
6 N. Y. N. H. & H. due 1956 at 47 ..
2,820.00
5 Boston and Maine at 77
3,850.00
2 American Tel. & Tel. at 78 .
1,560.00
1 Rumford Falls and Rangeley at 80
800.00
1 N. Y. N. H. & H. 3 1-2 % due 1954 at 45
450.00
$2100 4th Liberty Loan
2,100.00
$1500 Victory Loan
1,500.00
2 Fitchburg at 87.
1,740.00
$135,919.88
In view of the present value of the fund as shown by the above list the treasurer would respectfully urge that the Town appropriate at least $2000. to be added to this fund. The same recommendation was made last year but was refused by the Town on the advice of the appropriation committee.
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