Town annual report of Chelmsford 1902, Part 6

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Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
Number of Pages: 118


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Ethel R. Wotton


1


GRADE IX.


Anna C. Mackay .


.2


Marion E. Scribner . . . . 2


Clarence J. Leavitt.


. . 1


GRADE VI.


Edward P. Sheldon


Jesse Butterfield


1


Arthur Wright.


1


Jennie Wright


1


GRADE V.


Paul Scribner


1


Nellie Smith


1


GRADE IV.


Mildred Queen


Isabella Bridgford


1


John Hemlow.


1


Alvin Polley


1


GRADE III.


Annie Ranger


1


GRADE II.


Grace Jordan


1


Albert McComb


1


Bessie Scribner


1


Ruth Scribner


1


Lena Smith.


1


Florence Turner


1


Martin Welch


1


GRADE I.


William Bridgford


1


Leo C. Giles.


1


Lloyd N. Smith


1


Frank S. Turner


1


19


No. of terms


WEST GRAMMAR


Elizabeth Flynn 1


Charles Newbold 1


Margaret Reid. 1


PRIMARY.


Chester F. Brown. 3


Ethel M. Gould.


Hulda M. Johnson


Esther AA. Reid ·)


Jessie M. Agnew


1


AAnthony Anderson 1


(. Arvid Johnson 1


John Johnson.


1


Ohlga E. Johnson


1


Annie M. Miller


1


Elizabeth W. Newbold. 1


Edith A. Quist


1


Alice Sevigny .


1


Clarence L. Spaulding . . 1


SOUTH.


May Robbins.


3


Herbert Penniman . .


. 2


No. of terms. Minnie Penniman


Rita Bickford I


Ruth Park. 1 Mildred Winning 1


GOLDEN COVE.


Leo. L. Jones


1


.


EAST.


Lydia II. Shedd.


Ella Barris


1


Nellie Fagan .


1


Philip Fagan.


1


Alice Norton. 1


Harold Severance 1


Sybil Severance


1


Henry Shedd


1


SOUTH ROW.


Myra Parlee


Emma Fremeau .


1


Eva Fremeau. 1


Harvey Parlee


1


Henry Parlee .


1


Samuel Parlee


1


SCHOOL STATISTICS.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Total enroll-


ment.


Average mom-


bership.


Average attend-


Per cent. of at-


Pupils under 5.


Pupils over 15.


Pupils between 5 and 15.


Pupils between 7 and 14.


Centre, High.


Lillian S. Copeland ..


49


43.9


40.8


92.0


. .


47


3


Grades IX. and VII ...


Helen G. Fulton.


45


40.3


37.3


93.1


10


35


25


Grade VIII


Susan S. McFarlin.


41


35.3


33.1


93.7


6


36


35


Grade VI ..


Mary F. Devine, substitute, 2 months.


30


24.3


22.4


92.1


.


30


29


Grades IV. and III


Grace C. Litchfield


19


40 .. 6


38.9


93.9


. .


46


Grades II. and I.


Anna E. Bliss, assistant, 1 term ..


73


51.8


45.5


87.8


1


. .


27


§ Percy F. Parsons, Principai . .


36


31.6


29.0


91.7


.


10


26


17


North, High and Grade IX.


/ Grace W. Heartz ..


11


38.5


34.9


90.6


..


. .


11


11


Grade IV.


Josephine L. Blakely


39


37.3


32.7


87.6


. .


.


39


39


Grade II.


13


39.3


34.3


87.3


. .


.


13


Grade I


/ Esther B. Douglass. 1 term .. ) Laura G. Hoyt.


36


31.9


27.7


86.8


.


36


36


Primary


Agnes Naylor ..


41


29.4


23.9


81.3


..


..


41


24


South .


Belle M. Gould .


41


30.0


27.9


$0.8


..


.


41


19


Golden Cove.


Hattie M. Hall.


46


27.4


24.4


88.5


3


..


13


26


South Row.


Christina Ashworth


15.6


13.8


88.5


.


.


.


Totals . Totals for 1899-1900.


828


674.7


605.2


89.7


6


749


538


631.4


555.0


88.1


10


60


702


527


.


.


.


. .


38.5


34.8


90.3


..


. .


. . ..


.


....


.....


.


46.2


37.3


81.0


.


63


15


West Grammar


Bertha H. Long.


53


39.9


37.5


94.0


. .


. .


53


31


... .


..


.


...


East .


Bessie M. Coburn


22


14


1


Grade V ..


Ethel E. Kimball


36


32.9


28.8


87.5


.


Lena E. Bliss


Grace E. Mansfield


Grades VII. and VI.


Gertrude A. Jones.


11


Grades V. and III.


Sara E. Wheeler.


§ Bertha M. Allen. 2 terms


tendance.


ance.


Clarence H. Knowlton, Principal }


Lena E. Bliss.


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Graduating Exercises of the Centre High School,


THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1901.


MOTTO - "Dum rivimus, vivamus."


MARCH -" Home from Camp." - Catlin


Orchestra.


INVOCATION, - Rev. C. H. Ellis Music - " La Susana Waltzes." George E. Rosey Orchestra.


SALUTATORY ESSAY - " Modern Applications of Electricity." Carlton Elliot Atwood.


SOLO - " There'll Never be One like You." Neil


Mr. Edward E. Adams. ESSAY -"Sir Walter Scott." Ethel Marion Wright.


CORNET SOLO - " Ben Bolt." Nelson Kneass Arthur Eben Adams.


.' EXTRACTS FROM BURKE'S SPEECH." Lawrence Eben Marshall.


SOLO -" A Pleasant Memory." Adams Mr. Edward E. Adams.


VALEDICTORY ESSAY - " Problems of Expansion." Frederick Arthur Maenutt.


" EVENING BELLS." Elinberg


Orchestra.


PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.


Rev. E. (. Bartlett.


BENEDICTION.


Rev. Wilson Waters.


MUSIC.


Orchestra.


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GRADUATES.


Arthur Eben Adams,


Carlton Elliot Atwood,


Francis Oliver Dutton,


Fred Warren Holt,


Frederick Arthur Macmitt, Lawrence Eben Marshall, Ethel Marion Wright.


CLASS OFFICERS - Frederick A. Macnutt, president ; Carl- ton E. Atwood, vice-president ; Ethel M. Wright. secretary and treasurer.


CLASS ODE. 1.


As the years glide swiftly by, Bringing joy and sorrow nigh, So they've brought us, in their flight,


. To our graduation night.


II.


Now, as life before us lies, Curtained from our longing eyes, May the Father up on high Keep his loving angels by.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Trustees of the Adams Library


OF THE


TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.


FOR THE


Year Ending February 28, 1902.


LOWELL, MASS. : COURIER-CITIZEN CO., PRINTERS. 1902.


Library Report.


The Board of Trustees of the Adams Library herewith submits its annual report :


The Board was organized at its first meeting by the choice of J. Adams Bartlett as Chairman, and Miss Emma J. Gay as Secretary and Treasurer. The various sub-committees for carrying on the work of the Library were appointed, and Mr. Charles H. Greenleaf appointed Librarian and Janitor for the year. The Board desire here to voice their appreciation of his work for the past year as Librarian, and to tender their thanks for many services rendered without compensation.


Some changes have been made in the building this last year, which have been in the way of improvement, of which we may notice: the placing of the new lights on the reading table in the Reading Room, which was a long-needed improvement, and makes the Reading Room more attractive to all who use it. A large coal bin was also built in the cellar.


The appended report of the Treasurer shows the financial condition of the Library.


The report of the Librarian shows that the circulation for the last year has been 11,293 volumes, an increase of 860 vol- umes over the past year. The number of borrowers has been 432, an increase of 10 over last year.


The circulation of books has the following classification: fiction, 69 per cent .; travel and description, 4 per cent. ; biogra- phy, 3 per cent .; useful arts, 1 per cent .; fine arts, 1 per cent .; history. 4 per cent .: general works, 9 per cent .; literature. 4 per cent. : natural science. 3 per cent. ; religion and philosophy, 1 per cent .: sociology, 1 per cent .; showing about the same relative circulation as usual.


The Trustees are glad to report such a good increase in circulation, and hope it will continue as the Library grows.


The Library and Reading Room have been open 203 ses- sions, or 867 hours, in the past year. The number of books


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purchased has been 167, number donated from the State of Massachusetts, & ; from the United States Government 17, from private individuals, 28, making whole number added, 220. The whole number now in the Library is 6,558 volumes.


The Trustees extend their thanks to the publishers of the Lowell Journal, of the Woman's Journal, the Good Roads Magazine, and all kind friends who have placed publications of various kinds on the table of the Reading Room. A list of the donors of books is appended to this report.


The committee appointed to classify and index the papers and documents in the historical case have nearly completed their labors. In the last year many interesting papers have been placed in the cabinet, and we hope that many more will be placed there in the coming years.


The patrons of the Library at South Chelmsford have had tineir regular service as in the past, and our thanks are extended to Mr. F. M. Scoboria for the distribution of the books.


In general, the Library is increasing in its scope of useful- ness from year to year. The Reading Room is more and more appreciated each year, and is becoming more a resort of stu- dents than formerly. It is well supplied with magazines and periodicals of a good quality, and should be especially attractive to all who wish to spend a pleasant hour with the current litera- ture of the day.


J. ADAMS BARTLETT, EMMA J. GAY, LUTHER H. SARGENT, A. HEADY PARK. ALBERT H. DAVIS, WILSON WATERS,


Trustees.


NAMES OF THE DONORS OF BOOKS.


Mr. Amos F. Adams, one volume.


Mrs. John S. Shedd, one volume.


Mrs. A. Heady Park, four volumes.


Mr. James Monroe Battles, three volumes.


Mr. Eben T. Adams, one volume.


Mr. Henry S. Perham, three volumes, and also a framed photographic copy of the portrait of Elizabeth (Clark) Hancock (grandmother of Gov. John Hancock), who was a native of our town1.


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Mr. Solon W. Stevens, Lowell, one volume. Aliss Olive C. Hunt, one volume. Mr. Marshall Field, Chicago, two volumes. From publishers and authors, eight volumes.


TREASURER'S REPORT OF ADAMS LIBRARY


Receipts.


Balance on hand March 1, 1901 $ 21 39


Town appropriation for 1901. 800 00


Library fines 18 40


Borrowers' cards


2 59


Finding lists


1 80


$844 18


Expenditures.


Charles H. Greenleaf, Librarian and Janitor $240 00


Baker & Taylor Co., books 125 45


G. C. Prince & Son, books 95


Milwaukee Public Library, books


40


Magazines and periodicals


61 75


F. J. Barnard & Co., repairing and binding 24 40


H. L. Parkhurst, coal 93 06


Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., gasolene, - etc 54 03


McKenney & Waterbury, lamps for


Reading Room 20 70


G. T. Parkhurst, printing 8 00


J. B. Goodwin, screens 9 96


G. W. Raynes, repairing clock


3 00


F. G. Pratt, repairs


21 00


C. W. Parkhurst, coal bin


49 00


C. H. Greenleaf, gas pipe and fittings in cellar 1 58


L. C. Hall, fertilizer 12 30


G. B. Wright, shrubs 11 05


H. W. Tarbell, labor on grounds. 3 60


E. C. Coolidge, labor on grounds. 24 45


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Amount carried forward


$764 68


6


8764 68


Amount brought forward


Napoleon Lovely, labor on grounds ... 2 70


W. J. Randall, sharpening lawn-mower 2 25


Melvin Walker, removing ashes. 2 50


Bartlett & Dow, supplies 10 55


Chas. H. Greenleaf, supplies


2 45


G. M. Wright, supplies 35


Postage


2 95


Post Office box rent


60


Freight, express and cartage.


6 96


A. Heady Park, transporting books to and from South Chelmsford 13 00


Balance on hand March 1, 1902. .. .


35 19


79 50


$844 18


REPORT OF THE NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1902.


The Library has been open to the public 142 sessions during the year, the circulation being 5,177 volumes.


The number of volumes added during the same time has been: from town appropriation, 112 volumes; from income of the C. W. Flint fund, 50 volumes; from donations, 30 volumes, making a total of 192 volumes, all of which have been properly catalogued and labeled. Four volumes also have been purchased to replace worn-out books, and one volume has been discarded. The available number on the shelves at last report was 3,792. Now the number is 3,983.


Fifty-three new borrowers' cards have been issued during the year, the number of borrowers now being 306.


The demands of the Library have called for increased shelf room, which has been supplied, and a much-needed coat of paint has been on the outside of the building.


The pictures from the Library Art Club, which have been on exhibition from time to time, have been photographs of views in Amsterdam, Holland; Rome; Oxford, England; and the D. A. R.'s historic views in New England, also steel engravings by Messrs. J. A. Lowell & Co. Want of space for the proper display of artistic views of like character will, probably, prevent their further continuance.


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Miss L. A. Allen, who for so long a period has been custodian of the books for the borrowers at West Chelmsford, feeling the necessity of giving up that care, Mr. Marcus H. Winship has generously assumed the burden, and the care of such books is now faithfully attended to at his store in that village. The financial statement for the year, from the books of the asso- ciation's Treasurer, follows:


RECEIPTS.


Balance at last report.


$ 33 98


Town appropriation for books.


100 00


Town appropriation for expenses


300 00


Fines


12 62


Sale of catalogues


1 25


Sale of books


3 03


Interest on C. W. Flint fund


73 63


$524 53


EXPENDITURES.


Librarian's services


$100 00


Librarian's assistant


11 00


Electric lighting


16 46


Books, town appropriation.


100 01


Books from C. W. Flint fund.


61 25


Art Club, subscription


5 00


Transportation of books for West Chelmsford.


8 00


Supplies


17 02


Fuel


15 69


Binding and repairing books


72 14


Insurance


25 25


Postage and printing


9 25


Freight and express


5 61


Window screens


7 00


Shelving and alterations for books


28 59


Painting


36 61


Balance on hand


5 62


$524 53


ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Vice-President. OTIS P. WHEELER, Secretary.





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