Town annual report of Chelmsford 1905, Part 6

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
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FREDERICK L. KENDALL,


Superintendent of Schools.


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Roll of Honor.


Pupils who have been neither absent nor tardy for one or more terms during the year ending June, 1904.


Number of Terms.


CENTRE SCHOOLS. HIGH.


Laroy A. Cheney 1


Sidney E. Dupee 1


Agnes V. Eaton


1


Harlan E. Knowlton


1


Margaret E. Shinkwin


1


Orlo F. Stearns


1


GRADE IX.


Harrison H.Stone.


3


Ethel P. Parker 2


Ruth E. Adams 1


Marguerite Poore.


1


GRADE VIII.


Fred E. Carll 3


Guy G. Files.


2


Minnie B. Penniman 2


Edith C. Joy.


1


William A. Kittredge 1


Bernice M. Knowlton 1


Abbie M. Lovering 1


Frederick K. Parkhurst ..


1


Etta May Robbins


1


GRADE VII.


Estella C. Feindel 1


Bernice M. Gould 1


Mary E. Higgins


1


Irving B. Hunt


1


E. Roy Kittredge 1


Ida R. Lovering


1


Laura R. Richardson


1


Elizabeth F. Warren


1


Number of


Terms.


GRADE VI.


Frank P. Blakely 3


Ella M. Burns


2


Roy Hannaford


2


John H. Higgins


2


Charles E. Parkhurst 2


Pauline A. Vickery 2


Howard W. Bullock


1


Olive F. Carll


1


Arthur C. Robbins


1


Frederick Russell


1


GRADE V.


Albert R. Blakely 3


Arthur N. Carll


2


Roy C. Bliss


1


Hazel R. Knowlton 1


Earl L. Lovely 1


Paul E. Pratt


1


Mary Smith


1


Almon W. Sweet


1


GRADE IV.


Ruth Emerson 1


Irene French


1


Fred Nickles


1


Gertrude Scheifle


1


GRADE III.


Frank E. Bachelder 3


Josephine T. Donahue


1


Elmer R. Hill


1


Hortense K. Knowlton 1


Mary E. Sheehan. 1


Henry W. Smith.


1


Gwendolyn A. Sweet.


1


Miriam E. Warren


1


28


Number of Terms.


GRADE II.


Mary E. Donahue 2


Kenneth W. Douglas 2


Thorlof Eriksen


1


Josephine Higgins


1


Bertha V. Merrill 1


Emily C. Merrill.


1


Evalyn U. Russell 1


John Sheehan


1


Margaret Stewart


1


GRADE I.


Winslow George


3


Adela Parkhurst 2


Harry Parkhurst 2


Edith Adams.


1


NORTH SCHOOL. HIGH AND GRADE IX.


Clifford H. Queen


2


Florence A. Bearce


1


Jesse S. Butterfield 1


Maud E. Curtis


1


Mary A. Garvey .


1


Charlotte O. Lowe 1


Veronica G. Lowe


1


Anna C. Mackay 1


Florence M. Queen 1


Mabelle L. Spaulding 1


Florence E. Warley


1


Jennie B. Wright. 1


GRADE VIII.


Elizabeth M. Flynn 3


Forrest A. Mills 3


Paul A. Scribner 2


Florence L. Jeffroy 1


Jennie E. Malorey 1


Alvin H. Polley 1


Fred E. Warley


1


Number of Terms.


GRADE VII.


Rose E. Garvey 3


Margaret Mulligan. 3


Mildred C. Queen


3


Isabe A. Bridgford


1


Bertha H. Piggott 1


Laura M. Shirreffs


1


Clifford Wheeler


1


GRADE VI.


John J. Garvey 2


Etta M. Malorey


2


Alfred W. Reno


2


Adelle E. Smith


2


Mary G. McCoy


1


GRADE V.


Grace L. Jordan.


3


Alfred Davis ..


2


Bessie E. Scribner 2


George B. Fallon


1


Annie Kelley


1


John J. Kerins 1


Esther A. Pope


1


Ethel L. Richardson


1


GRADE IV.


Herman E. Mills


2


John H. Duffy


1


Robert Kane


1


Joseph F. Lavelle


1


Ruth M. Scribner


1


Ruth G. Wotton


1


GRADE III.


Henry R. Garvey 3


Bertha L. Wright 3 Marshall E. Blakeslee 2 Paul L. Callahan 2


Mildred Foote


2


Kathleen E. McCoy


2


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Number of Terms.


Albert R. Pickup. 2


Arthur W. Polley 2


Clifton E. Lakin


1


Opal M. Shirreffs


1


Mary D. Smith


1


Lottie M. Warley 1


Olive B. Welch


1


GRADE II.


Leo H. McEnany


2


Tillie Moore


2


William T. Bridgford


1


Jennie Callahan


1


Ella L. Crockett.


1


John J. Cummings


1


John Heafey.


1


Hilda Jones


1


Chester R. McComb


1


Marion S. Stevens


1


Mary B. Warley


1


GRADE I.


Irving C. Reno 2


Joseph Leo Ryan


2


William J. Ryan


2


James Tansy .


2


Otis Wright


2


Edwin J. Cook 1


Edith M. De La Haye


1


Chester E. Durant.


1


Josephine E. McEnany


1


Arthur Prescott


1


Helen M. Ripley 1


Arthur Walsh


1


Francis Walsh


1


WEST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.


Rita Bickford. 3


Margaret Flynn


3


Jessie Agnew


2


Chester Brown


1


WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL.


Emil Anderson


2


J. Clarence Burne . 2


Number of Terms.


Royal A. Dion 2


Ralph Haberman


2


Cora A. Perkins


2


Carl G. Westberg.


2


Hannah Bengtson


1


Albert J. Burne 1


Abeline Greenwood 1


Alma Johnson


1


Hulda M. Johnson 1


Ohlga E. Johnson


1


Gustave Johnson


1


George J. Jordan


1


Bertha Miller.


1


Albert Nelsson 1


Gustave Nystrom


1


George R. Quessy


1


Clarence L. Spaulding


1


William A. Taylor


1


EAST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.


Gertrude Noyes


2


Arthur Barris


1


Annie Harrington


1


Alice M. Norton


1


Frank Noyes


1


Annie L. Noyes.


1


Carl Ohlson .


1


EAST PRIMARY SCHOOL.


Charles Adams


2


Ella Barris .


2


Benjamin Howe.


2


Roy Merrill.


2


Clarence Noyes


2


Henry Shedd


2


Leo Dyer.


1


George Mitry


1


SOUTH SCHOOL.


Marion Bickford


2


Gertrude Lapham


2


Herbert Penniman


1


GOLDEN COVE SCHOOL.


Bertha B. Wing


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STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR: SEPTEMBER, 1903-JUNE, 1904.


SCHOOLS


TEACHERS.


7 GRADES


Total Enrollment


Average


Average


Attendance


Per Cent. of


Attendance


Pupils under 5


Years of Age


Years of Age


5 and 15 Years


Pupils between


7 and 14 Years of Age


Centre


H. H. Rice, Principal ..


High


40


34.8


32.2


92.5


0


34


6


3


Lillian S. Copeland.


I. E. Bliss, two terms ..


(Z. L. Swift, one term ..


* Zelma L. Swift ...


IX.


37


23.4


21.7


92.7


0


8


28


16


* Susan S. McFarlin.


VII and VIII ..


42


36.4


33.1


90.9


0


5


36


32


Nellie L. Wyman.


VI and VII B ..


27


27.0


25.5


94.4


0


0


27


27


Philena A. Parker ..


IV and V ..


42


38.7


34.8


89.9


0


0


42


42


Grace E. Litchfield.


II and III ..


53


41.9


37.4


89.4


0


0


53


46


Eva M. Godfrey ..


I.


39


31.2


27.4


86.4


1


0


39


10


North ....


Ethel 1). Fisher, one term


High and IX


36


32.4


31.0


95.7


0


16


20


13


VII and VIII ..


45


37.5


33.1


88.3


0


43


39


V and VI.


45


40.8


37.0


90.8


0


0


45


12


IV.


41


33.1


30.2


91.2


0


0


41


41


Sara E. Wheeler


III


37


81.7


28.8


90.1


0


0


37


37


Esther B. Douglass.


41


36.3


31.1


85.7


0


0


14


30


Laura G. Hoyt ...


I


...


V-VII


32


28.3


26.1


92.3


0


0


32


32


West.


Agnes Naylor


I-IV


64


55.4


50.9


91.8


9


64


41


East


Daisy E. Vose ..


V-VIII


22


19.1


18.3


95.8


0


0


22


22


I-IV


47


34.3


30.6


89.3


1


0


47


32


South


Grace S. Parkhurst.


I-VI


35


33.0


28.7


86.9


0


0


35


25


Golden Cove


Harriet M. Hall


I-III.


19


13.8


12.2


88.4


0


0


19


13


South Row


E. Belle Adams.


I-V.


25


14.2


10.8


76.1


0


0


25


20


-


830


690.6


622.1


90.1


6


65


759


573


Totals for 1902-1903


862


702.0


627.9


89.4


6


74


782


563


Totals for 1901-1902


850


671.0


600.2


89.4


17


62


767


532


Totals for 1900-1901


828


677.7


605.2


89.7


6


73


749


538


Totals for 1899-1900 .


772


631.4


556.0


88.1


10


60


702


527


* During the Fall and Winter Terms, Miss Swift had Grades VIII and IX ; Miss McFarlin, Grade VII; and Miss Bliss, Grade VI.


30


(Percy F.Parsons, Principal )


Gertrude A. Jones ...


Josephine L. Blakely


Lillian A. Strout ..


II .


58


47.3


41.2


86.2


4


0


54


10


Bertha H. Long.


Sara M. Devine


Totals for 1903-1904


Pupils over 15


Pupils between


of Age


Membership


[ Clara L. Shaw, two terms


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North Chelmsford High School.


GRADUATES.


1879.


Elizabeth J. Draper Victor E. Edwards. Ella J. Flint.


1880.


Bertha E. Bearce. Anna K. Phillips. Minnie A. Worden. James McCabe.


1881.


Ella F. Davis.


Ida A. Knowles.


Addie M. Taylor. Paul C. Phillips. James E. Dunn. Owen Fox. Laura Louise Butterfield.


1883.


Bessie A. Bearce. Angeline Campbell. Kate Sleeper. Mary Davis. Herman W. Flint. Louis M. Lanman. Angela McCabe.


1884.


Lorraine Sargent. Elizabeth R. Phillips. Josephine McCabe. Mary Boudreau. Arthur W. Trubey. Edward R. Durant. E. Everett Dutton.


1885.


Alice M. Ackroyd.


Everett Bond.


Jennie Davis. Frank L. Dunn.


Ellen Harrington. George Y. Hodge.


Cora Huntress.


Minnie A. Hyde.


Theodore Marine1. Frank Naylor. Henry T. Ripley. Abbie F. Sleeper. Villa A. Smith. Herbert L. Sprague.


1886.


Henry E. Davis.


1887.


Myra A. Carkin.


William H. Hall.


Nellie M. Perham.


Royal C. Reed.


Daisy I. Ripley. James A. Sawyer. C. Dresser Worden. Clara A. Wright.


1889.


Blanche E. Ackroyd. Martha S. Hall. Addie M. Hyde. Rosanna McManamin. Rosella Monehan. Fred D. Naylor.


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Fanny M. Parkhurst. Ralph L. Ripley. S. Alice Sheldon. Belle E. Smith. Bertha A. Swain. Walter E. Swain.


1892.


Fannie G. Holt.


Charles E. Hyde.


Cecelia A. Marinel.


George W. Monegan.


Luella G. Merrill.


Joseph E. Marshall.


May D. Sleeper.


Blanche L. Sampson. Lulu G. Spalding.


1894.


Fred Chandler. Augustus E. Duncan. Harriet M. Hall. Laura I. Lumbert.


E. Herman Shaw, Jr.


Lottie L. Snow. Lilla M. Swett. Nellie B. Trubey.


1895.


Gardner K. Ripley. Oscar K. Naylor.


1896.


Abbie B. Butterfield. Charles A. Dane. Viola L. Greene.


Walter N. Marinel. Hannah H. Sleeper. Florence M. Winship.


1897.


Margaret D. Brown.


Carrie L. Cook.


George E. Lumbert.


Francis M. McEnaney.


Effie M. Perkins.


Winnifred C. Quirk.


Ethel C. Ranger.


Emma L. Woodward.


1898.


Cora Daw. Charles Edwards. Josephine McEnaney. Edla M. Winship.


1901.


Minnie J. Brennan.


1903.


Patrick J. Flynn. Stewart Mackay, Jr.


1904.


Ruth Cutler. Carrie E. Howard. Florence M. Queen. Gladys E. Swain. Ethel R. Wotton.


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Chelmsford Centre High School.


GRADUATES.


1888.


Etta M. Crooker.


Inez A. Davis.


Edith W. Emerson.


William Fletcher.


Jennie A. Fulton.


Ella A. Hutchinson. Clara B. Locke.


Amy W. Marshall.


Lillian A. Macnutt.


Florence M. Robinson. Alvan R. Saunders.


Lillian E. Warren.


Jennie G. Wilson.


1892.


Florence M. Cummings. Helen G. Fulton. Grace E. Mansfield. Ida E. Melvin.


1893.


Ethel L. Byfield. Millie M. Jefts. Arthur E. Dutton.


1894.


Ednah F. Byam. Harry A. Dutton. Ralph W. Emerson. Mabel F. Fenderson. William H. Fulton.


Jessie M. Holt. Agnes L. Nichols. Edward J. Robbins. Alice M. Stearns. Edwin L. Stearns.


1895.


Christina Ashworth.


Mary B. Bartlett.


Grace E. Chapin.


Grace G. Garland.


Arthur A. Harmon.


George T. Parkhurst.


Charles E. Soderberg. Annie M. Wood.


1896.


Bernard H. Byam. Leslie R. Davis. Mary F. Devine. Charles P. Holt. Ralph H. Stearns.


1898.


Alexina Bremner. Sara M. Devine. Pearl F. Dyar. Harriet M. Emerson. John B. Emerson. Belle M. Gould. Grace S. Parkhurst.


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1900.


Emily Belle Adams. Anna E. Bliss. Laura M. Dutton.


1901.


Arthur E. Adams.


Carlton E. Atwood.


Francis O. Dutton. Fred W. Holt.


Frederick A. Macnutt.


Lawrence E. Marshall.


Ethel M. Wright.


1902.


Warren H. Blaisdell.


Olive G. Eaton.


Edith M. Hagerman.


Emma G. Holt.


Edward B. Redman.


Levi W. Howard. Eva A. Perham.


1903.


Roberta H. Greenleaf.


Lucia Haley. Hermon H. Hill.


Addie A. Wright.


Annie L. Williams. Bertha G. Bartlett.


Bessie A. Byam.


Kate D. Greenleaf.


Mary E. Noyes.


1904.


George A. Byam, Jr.


Lucy H. Byam.


Ray L. S. Byam.


Winthrop B. Center.


Sidney E. Dupee.


Breck Emerson. Ethel R. Hagerman.


Ena G. Macnutt.


Annie L. Adams.


Florence L. Feindel.


Grace G. Hunt.


Harlan E. Knowlton.


" Rachel L. Marshall.


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Graduating Exercises of the North Chelmsford High School.


Wednesday Evening, June 22, 1904.


Programme.


Selection.


Orchestra.


Invocation.


Rev. D. A. Hudson.


Selection.


Orchestra.


Salutatory Essay-History of Chelmsford.


Florence Martha Queen.


Girls' Chorus.


a. Bells of Seville . Jude Marshall


b. Lullaby


Essay-La Fontaine and His Fables, Ethel Rebecca Wotton.


Mandolin Solo. Miss Mary B. Raynes.


Essay-The Panama Canal.


Ruth Cutler.


Solo-The Flower Girl


. Berigwani


Ethel Rebecca Wotton.


Essay-The New Element, Radium. Carrie Estella Howard.


Violin Solo- Mr. Arthur G. Booth.


Valedictory Essay-The Vicar of Wakefield. Gladys Evelyn Swain.


Presentation of Diplomas.


Benediction. Supt. F. L. Kendall.


Rev. Edmund S. Schofield.


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Graduates.


FOUR YEARS' COURSE


Florence Martha Queen Carrie Estella Howard Ruth Cutler Ethel Rebecca Wotton Gladys Evelyn Swain


CLASS OFFICERS.


Ruthı Cutler, President Ethel Rebecca Wotton, Secretary Carrie Estella Howard, Treasurer


Class Motto: "Apres le travail, la victoire."


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Graduating Exercises of the Chelmsford Centre High School.


Thursday Evening, June 23, 1904.


Motto: "Scientia est Potestas."


Programme.


March.


Orchestra.


Invocation.


Selection.


Orchestra.


Salutatory Essay-Development of Japan.


Grace Goldie Hunt.


Essay-Westminster Abbey.


Annie Louise Adams.


Solo-Toreador Hola


Mr. Henry G. Hardy.


Trutere


Essay-Radium. Winthrop Baldwin Center. Essay-Spain's Decline in the Western Hemisphere Ray Lincoln Spaulding Byam.


Selection.


Essay-Helen Keller. Orchestra.


Eva Gertrude Macnutt.


Essay-Wagner's Parsifal. Ethel Robinson Hagerman


Cornet Solo.


Mr. Roy W. Allen.


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Essay-The Panama Canal.


Harlan Elbridge Knowlton.


Essay- Evangeline. Rachel Louise Marshall.


Solo-Whisper and I Shall Hear Piccolomini Mr. Henry G. Hardy.


Essay-Irrigation in the West. Breck Emerson.


Essay-A Character Sketch of Queen Elizabeth. Sidney Edmund Dupee.


Cornet Solo. Mr. Roy W. Allen.


Essay-Social Evolution of Woman.


Lucy Hannah Byam.


Valedictory Essay-Leading Events in the History of Rome. Florence Lucrene Feindel.


Selection.


Orchestra.


Presentation of Diplomas.


Rev. C. H. Ellis.


Selection.


Orchestra.


Benediction.


Rev. Wilson Waters.


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Graduates.


FOUR YEARS' COURSE


*George Adams Byam Lucy Hannah Byam Ray Lincoln Spaulding Byam Winthrop Baldwin Center Sidney Edmund Dupee Breck Emerson


Ethel Robinson Hagerman


Eva Gertrude Macnutt


THREE YEARS' COURSE


Annie Louise Adams


Florence Lucrene Feindel Grace Goldie Hunt


Harlan Elbridge Knowlton Rachel Louise Marshall


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CLASS OFFICERS.


Ray L. S. Byam, President


Breck Emerson, Vice-President Rachel L. Marshall, Secretary and Treasurer


(*) Oitt of course.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TRUSTEES OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY


OF THE


TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.


FOR THE


Year Ending February 29, 1905.


LOWELL, MASS. COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1905.


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Report of the Trustees of the Adams Library.


The following report of the Trustees of the Adams Library is herewith submitted :-


The Board was organized by electing Mr. J. Adams Bart- lett as Chairman, Albert H. Davis as Secretary and Rev. Wilson Waters as Treasurer. Mr. Chas. H. Greenleaf was elected Librarian. The various committees for carrying on the work of the Library were chosen. The Treasurer's report herewith will show the financial condition of the Library. The Trustees extend their thanks to those persons who have given books and valuable documents to the Library the past year. A list of donors is appended. The thanks of the Trustees and the South Chelmsford patrons are extended to Emerson & Co., of South Chelmsford, for their aid in distributing books at that place.


The circulation for the past year has been 10,572 volumes. The number of borrowers was 425. The character of the circu- lation was as follows:


Fiction, 66 per cent .; General Works, 15 per cent .; Travel and Description, .04 per cent .; Literature, .03 per cent .; Biog- raphy. . 02 per cent .; Natural Science, .02 per cent. ; Useful Arts, .01 per cent .; Fine Arts, .01 per cent .; Religion and Philosophy, .02 per cent .; Sociology, .01 per cent .; History, .03 per cent.


The Library has been open 298 sessions, or 829 hours. The number of volumes purchased last year was 148, number donated 48. Magazines bound, 30. Only two books were lost during the year. Whole number of volumes now in the Library is 7,109. During the year the Library was again entered by


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some one, and a typewriter that belonged to the Librarian, and which was in the use of the Library, was stolen. No trace of it could be found, although every effort was made to do so.


No money was drawn from the Joseph Warren fund, which amounted to $693.93, or from the Adams-Emerson fund which amounted to $87.67, at the making up of the quarter of the City Institution for Savings.


Our thanks are due to the Librarian for his excellent work, and especially for the extra work done in and about the build- ing, for which no charges were made.


LIST OF DONATIONS.


Mrs. A. H. Park 3 volumes


Mrs. M. F. Spalding .1 volume


Mrs. Martin Robbins 1 volume


Miss A. E. Hunt 3 volumes


Mr. Amos F. Adams 2 volumes


Mr. J. A. Bartlett .1 volume


Rev. Wilson Waters 3 volumes


Mr. Jas. M. Brainard .1 volume


Mr. W. H. Hills 1 document


State of Massachusetts 25 volumes


U. S. Government 8 volumes


Respectfully submitted,


J. ADAMS BARTLETT, ALBERT H. DAVIS, EMMA J. GAY, FRANCIS CLARK.


WILSON WATERS,


A. HEADY PARK,


Trustees.


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REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY.


Wilson Waters, Treasurer, in account with The Adams Library.


RECEIPTS.


March, 1904, balance on hand $8 72


Received from Town of Chelmsford


800 00


Fines from Librarian 13 38


Books sold


11 60


$833 70


EXPENDITURES.


Paid Lowell Gas Light Co.


$55 29


T. W. Lawler


1 50


Librarian Chas. H. Greenleaf


300 00


Bartlett & Dow


1 00


Periodicals


69 15


N. Lovely


3 10


Emerson & Co.


4 80


Fuel, H. L. Parkhurst


113 14


G. T. Parkhurst


13 25


Chas. Scribner's Sons


10 00


Binding, F. J. Barnard & Co.


35 65


Postage


57


Books, The Baker & Taylor Co.


147 42


J. F. Mooney


2 00


Geo. B. Wright


27 50


Melvin Walker


25 75


F. G. Pratt


1 15


A. H. Park


13 00


Balance on hand March, 1905


9 43


$833 70


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Report of North Chelmsford Library Association.


The North Chelmsford Library Association, in its annual statement to the town, has to report that at its annual meeting, held April 6, 1904, the following officers were elected.


President, for one year Arthur H. Sheldon


Vice-President, for one year Preston L. Piggott


Secretary, for one year Otis P. Wheeler


Treasurer, for one year C. Frank Butterfield


Director, for two years. Mrs. H. E. Sargent


The Library has been open 144 sessions, with a circulation of 5,815. This is less than the circulation of last year, and the decrease is undoubtedly due to the Library having been open fewer sessions than usual, and to the fact that the teachers in the public schools have made much less use of the Library for school work than has been customary in the past. Fifty-four cards to new borrowers have been issued, the whole number making use of the Library being 322.


The number of volumes added during the year:


By purchase from town appropriation 235


By purchase from C. W. Flint fund 8


By donation from Mrs. Janet G. Dodge S


By donation from E. J. Gay 16


By donation fromn Rev. Mr. Cook 1


By donation from U. S. Government .


272


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There have been, in addition, gifts of unbound magazines from Mrs. Sargent, Miss Bessie Moore, Mrs. Yeoman, Miss Gay and others; and of these, 16 volumes have been bound at the Library's expense and placed on the shelves, making the total addition to the Library 288.


In addition to these 16 volumes of magazines, 53 books have been rebound. The volumes in the Library have beenl thoroughly inspected and are in remarkably good condition. The accession book numbers 4,786. Of this number 53 have, at various times, been discarded as worn out, sold or lost. Thirty- three have been replaced, leaving the actual number now avail- able for circulation 4,766, 11 of which are duplicates.


Borrowers have been supplied with printed lists of new books, and a few new shelves have been put up, but there is great need of additional room.


Books have been sent semi-weekly to West Chelmsford, and the Library is indebted to Mr. Frank E. Bickford, of that vil- lage, from whose store the volumes have been distributed.


Financial transactions of the year appear in the following report of the Treasurer.


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


Receipts.


Balance on hand March 1, 1904


$17 32


Town appropriation for books and ex-


pense 400 00


Interest C. W. Flint fund 46 50


Sale of book 1 35


Fines


6 76


$471 93


Payments.


Librarian's services


$100 00


Librarian's Assistant


3 00


Transporting books to and from West Chelmsford


10 00


Books, town appropriation


145 28


Books from C. W. Flint fund


46 50


Binding and repairing books


29 50


Insurance


55 30


Shelving


5 43


Repairs on lock


1 85


Electric fighting


22 55


Fuel


5 50


Janitor


13 65


Freight and cartage


3 15


Printing


15 10


Supplies


12 16


Balance on hand March 1, 1905


2 96


$471 93


C. FRANK BUTTERFIELD,


Treasurer.


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WARRANT.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


Middlesex ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County, GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of March, current, being the fourth Monday in said month, at eight o'clock in the forenoon. The polls will be opened at S.15 A. M. and closed at 1.15 P. M., and they are then and there to act upon the following articles, viz .:-


Article 1. To choose a Moderator.


Article 2. To bring in their votes for five Selectmen, for one year; Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, for one year; one School Committee, for three years; two Trustees of Adams Library, for three years; three Auditors, for one year; seven Constables, for one year ; one Highway Surveyor, for one year; one Cemetery Commissioner, for three years; one Tree Warden, for one year; also to vote on the following question :- "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" All on one ballot.


Article 3. To choose all other town officers necessary to be chosen by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.


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Article 4. To hear reports of town officers and committees and act thereon.


Article 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray town charges for the current year.


Article 6. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to bor- row, subject to the approval of the Board of Select- men, such sums of money as may be required for the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes of the current year and payable therefrom.


Article 7. To act in relation to the list of Jurors prepared by the Board of Selectmen.


Article 8. At the request of Capt. Edward H. Keyes and others, to see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) to be expended for the care and maintenance of the Rifle Range, or act in relation thereto.


Article 9. At the request of the School Committee, to see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of grading the grounds and improving the sanitary conditions about the school house at the West Village, or act in relation thereto.


Article 10. At the request of the Anniversary Committee, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) to defray the expense of the celebration of the two hundred and fif- tieth anniversary of its incorporation, which the town voted at its last annual meeting to hold, or act in rela- tion thereto.


Article 11. At the request of John T. Smith and others, to see what action the town will take in regard to re-opening the school at district number two.


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Article 12. At the request of Herbert C. Sweetser and others to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to defray the expense of putting in a proper system of drainage for that part of Chelmsford Street, between S. W. Park- hurst's store and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Crossing, the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, or act in relation thereto.


Article 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of paving Main Street with granite blocks, from Edwards Avenue to Cottage Street, or act in relation thereto.


Article 14. At the request of Royal S. Ripley and others to see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of forty- nine dollars ($49.00) for the purpose of putting the driveway and sidewalk of Depot Street in proper con- dition for public travel, or act in relation thereto.


Article 15. At the request of the Trustees of the Adams Library to see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents ($77.50) to reimburse Mr. Chas. H. Greenleaf, the Librarian, for his typewriter, which was stolen from the Library on the night of August 30, 1904, the said type- writer having been used by him in the work of the Library, or act in relation thereto.


Article 16. At the request of the Cemetery Commissioners to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) to re-locate the tomb at Riverside Cemetery, or act in relation thereto.


Article 17. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the observance of Memo- rial Day, or act in relation thereto.


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And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Centre of the town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Cheims- ford and at the school house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands and seals this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and five.


WALTER PERHAM, JAMES P. DUNIGAN. R. WILSON DIX, A. HEADY PARK, JOHN J. DUNN,


Selectmen of Chelmsford.


INDEX.


PAGE


Adams Library .


52


Adams Library Report


1


Aggregate Table


83


Annual Town Meeting Report, 1904. 13 Assessors' Report 41


Auditors' Report


38


Board of Health Report.


84


Care and Improvement of Cemeteries


56 85


Cattle Inspector's Report.


Cemetery Commissioners' Report


Collection and Abatement of Taxes.


Enforcing Liquor Law


Expenses at Almshouse.


Fire Warden's Report.


Highways .


Highway Appraisal, March 1, 1905.


Indigent Soldiers and Sailors.


Inmates at Almshouse.


List of Jurors.


Loans and Interest


Memorial Day


Miscellaneous Expenses


North Chelmsford Library Association Report


Officers and Committees.


Outside Poor.


Receipts at Almshouse.


Repairs of Public Buildings


Rifle Range


Selectmen's Report.


School Committee Report


State Aid


Street Lighting


Summary of Poor Account


Tax Collector's Report


Town Farm Appraisal, March 1, 1905 Town Officers, 1904-1905


71 35 68 2 31


Treasurer's Report


Tree Warden's Report.


86


Village Clock ...


55


Warrant for Town Meeting.


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55 87 53 62 63 73 44 48 54 67 88 55 55 72 5 58 69 66 51 55 44 1 54 50


Cattle Inspection.




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