Town annual report of Chelmsford 1915, Part 6

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Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
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8.76


Western Union Tel. Co.


3.75


W. H. Hall, expenses


7.30


$35.31


Superintendent of Schools:


Benjamin E. Martin $1,050.00


Alberto W. Small 625.00


Stationery, etc. 32.73


$1,707.73


II. EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION


Principals of High Schools :


Charles A. Holbrook $1,200.00


Arthur W. Trubey 1,200.00


$2,400.00


Teachers of High Schools: Centre


Neda B. Freeman $678.13


Edith L. Hart 662.50


Teachers of High Schools: North :


Adelia Macmillan 375.00


Gertrude Sawyer


400.00


Clara E. Macomber


262.50


Helen M. Robinson


262.50


Gertrude Jones


535.50


3,266.13


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Teachers of Elementary Schools: Centre :


Susan S. McFarlin $634.50


Ethel M. Park 299.00


Dora E. Wentworth 225.00


Eva F. Ladd 500.20


Helena B. Lyon 558.50


Eva M. Godfrey


577.50


Florence M. Stites


535.70


Teachers of Elementary Schools : North :


Laura B. Desmarais 558.50


May D. Sleeper 587.20


Ella A. Hutchinson 634.50


Genevieve E. Jantzen 520.50


Martha G. Roark 501.50


Catherine E. McDermott 615.50


Catherine M. Quinn 562.90


Mary A. Underwood


510.50


Margaret Gookin


596.50


M. Grace McCue


501.50


South Chelmsford


Ruth D. Crawford 482.50


Mabel E. Haggerty 482.50


East Chelmsford


Sara D. Ivers 482.50


Esther A. Reid 452.00


West Chelmsford


Bertha H. Long


615.50


Catherine E. Dunn


461.10


Kathryn Howarth


483.50


North Rowy


Jessie M. Agnew 425.50


South Row


Hazel R. Knowlton


395.00


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Golden Cove


Regina B. Frappier 527.50


Drawing


Jessie M. Atwood 615.00


Music


M. Marion Adams


501.50


Substitute Teachers


Gertrude Quigley


61.00


Ruth Whittemore


18.50


Dorothy Driscoll


3.50


Mary M. Souther


90.00


Blanche Spaulding


2.63


Total for Elementary Teaching


$14,921.73


Vocational


Proctor Lumber Co.


$10.24


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.


135.00


D. F. Small


41.09


C. B. Coburn


5.26


Adams Hdw. Co.


8.29


Underwood Typewriter Co.


62.20


S. W. Parkhurst


9.80


Louisa A. Nicholass


7.16


Hildreth, Mrs. J. E.


2.63


Singer Sewing Machine Co.


24.00


E. R. Marshall


20.54


Katherine Smith


10.20


American Book Co.


9.84


Thompson Hdw. Co.


1.00


Standard Ribbon Co:


4.50


E. T. Adams


12.75


A. G. Pollard Co.


4.62


Cameron Bros.


3.65


Friend Bros.


7.44


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Blood, E. R.


.28


Ruth D. Crawford


1.80


Mabel E. Haggerty


1.32


Mrs. A. S. Harris


14.50


Williams Furniture Co.


2.25


C. G. Nickles


1.05


K. M. Smith


7.70


North Chelmsford Market


2.74


Albert E. Jenne


15.40


$427.25


TEXT BOOKS


Allyn & Bacon $14.05


Houghton Mifflin Co.


5.24


O. Ditson Co.


6.62


Atkinson, Mentzer Co.


3.94


White-Smith Co.


2.82


Gregg Pub. Co.


33.76


American Book Co.


23.05


Milton Bradley Co.


17.54


American Express Co.


.61


D. H. Knowlton


8.00


Little, Brown & Co.


52.03


Silver, Burdett Co.


92.03


Ginn & Co.


366.78


D. C. Heath Co.


41.43


Sanborn Co.


13.85


N. Y., N. H., & H. R. R.


.33


Adams Ex. Co.


.48


J. L. Hammett


283.90


E. E. Babb


228.30


A. S. Barnes Co.


2.52


Birchard & Co.


6.78


Macmillan Co.


6.06


$1,191.83


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STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES


J. L. Hammett


$88.93


I. J. Stewart


3.25


Parkhurst Press


16.65


W. Coburn


1.50


Bartlett & Dow


.15


G. C. Prince


1.55


Library Bureau


11.75


Milton Bradley Co.


6.00


Knowlton Press


3.75


Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co.


8.97


D. C. Heath


22.38


C. G. Nickles


5.00


Katherine M. Quinn


.43


Geo. Blackadar


3.00


Birmingham Pen Co.


12.83


U. S. Envelope Co.


10.50


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.


.50


American Ex. Co.


.28


A. N. Palmer Co.


7.64


Boston & Maine R. R.


1.50


American Book Co.


9.51


Geo. H. Wilson


1.00


E. E. Babb


7.43


$233.35


III. EXPENSES OF OPERATING SCHOOL PLANTS


Wages of Janitors


Bliss, P. C.


$76.00


Byam, James S.


550.00


Fallon, Edw.


348.50


Greenwood, Wm.


251.50


Howe, E. A.


95.15


Quist, A. G.


344.00


Scollan, Owen


611.00


Simpson, A. H.


250.50


Wood, R. C.


76.00


$2,602,65


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Fuel


H. L. Parkhurst


$857.51


Jas. P. Dunigan


890.91


Lowell Gas Co.


273.00


2,021.42


Miscellaneous


Milwaukee Brush Co. $7.50


No. Chelmsford Fire Dist.


· 57.62


N. E. Electric Co.


13.93


A. G. Quist


13.20


E. R. Marshall


3.75


J. S. Byam


6.25


Wright, Geo. M.


.75


Chelmsford Water District


18.00


Lowell Gas Co.


9.50


Lowell Electric Lt. Co. 45.94


A. H. Simpson


29.40


Wm. Greenwood


29.15


No. Chelmsford Machine & Supply Co.


.75


Adams Hdw.


11.69


Adams & Co.


17.50


Masury, Young Co.


60.65


P. C. Bliss


2.20


F. H. Batchelder


4.25


R. C. Wood


1.00


S. D. Ivers


.19


L. Gaudette


14.00


G. H. Wilson


1.50


O. Scollan


1.00


Morgan Envelope Co.


10.50


IV. REPAIRS


Upton & Gilman $1.00


Welch Bros.


16.19


W. McLarney & Co.


1.85


F. G. Pratt


6.62


360.22


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A. I. Hill 3.00


T. H. Murphy 42.00


W. W. Stewart 3.00


N. E. Electric & Supply Co. 9.25


Wm. Greenwood


1.25


Edwards & Monahan


101.41


Adams & Co.


69.39


H. H. Richardson


11.35


W. E. Adams


2.25


A. W. Holt


3.50


C. F. Fellows


1.25


Sigsbee & Co.


5.12


H. Warshauer


1.50


R. T. Boyd


20.35


Walter H. Marinel


1.60


Daniel Cushing


45.99


J. F. McMahon 3.00


350.87


V. TRANSPORTATION


F. W. Merrill


$413.50


S. H. Nickles


452.50


Emile Paignon


400.00


J. C. Sheehan


334.25


John Sullivan


271.50


Frank X. Lupien


36.25


Wm. C. Tucker


45.50


Hazel R. Winning


7.02


Bay State Street R. R. Co.


230.00


Lowell & Fitchburg St. R. R. Co.


125.00


2,315.52


VI. GRADUATION EXPENSES, ETC.


Edw. Fallon


$1.69


Edith L. Hart


1.42


John Larkin


1.00


Jas. A. Shanley


5.75


Ch


130


Parkhurst Press


25.00


A. W. Trubey


25.00


O. Scollan


3.00


J. R. Gookin


1.50


Gertrude Jones


1.26


Neda B. Freeman


1.35


Theodore Emerson


5.00


71.97


$31,908.40


AGGREGATE OF SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES (1915)


Accounts


Appropriations and Receipts


Expenditures


Surplus


Deficit


Teaching


$19,000.00


Dog License


476.01


$20,587.86


$1,111.85


Janitor Service


2,500.00


2,602.65


102.65


Fnel ..


2,300.00


2,021.42


$ 278.58


Transportation


2,000.00


2,315.52


315.52


Text Books and Supplies


1,500.00


1,425.18


74.82


Superintendent


1,500.00


1,675.00


175.00


Vocational


250.00


427.25


177.25


Repairs


750.00


350.87


399.13


Medical Inspection


250.00


250.00


Tuition State Wards


140.50


140.50


Tuition for other Children


287.75


287.75


Overdraft (1914)


16.78


16.78


Miscellaneous ..


375.00


467.34


92.34


Sale of Supplies


8.96


8.96


Total


$31,355.00


$31,873.09


$1,456.52


$1,974.61


SCHOOL CALENDAR 1915 - 1916


FALL TERM


WINTER TERM


SPRING TERM


Opens


Closes


Opens


Closes


Opens


Closes


High Schools


Sept. 7, 1915 | Dec. 18, 1915


Mar.


24, 1916 | April 3, 1916 | June 23, 1916


Grades


Sept. 7, 1915 | Dec. 18, 1915 Sept. 6, Oct. 12, Nov. 25, 26


Dec. 27, 1915 | Jan. 3, 1916 | February 22


Mar. 24, 1916


April 3, 1916 | June 16, 1916 April 19, May 30. -


Holidays


1916 - 1917


FALL TERM


WINTER TERM


SPRING TERM


Opens


Closes


Opens


Closes


Opens


Closes


High Schools Grades


Sept. 5, 1916


Dec. 22, 1916


Jan. 1, 1917


.


Sept. 5, 1916 |Dec. 22, 1916 Sept. 4, Oct. 12, Nov. 30, Dec. 1


Jan. 8, February 22


1917


Mar. 23, 1917 | April 2, 1917 | June 22, 1917 Mar. 23, 1917 |.April 2, 1917 | June 15, 1917


Holidays


-


April 19, May 30.


SCHOOL CALENDAR-(Continued)


TERMS 1915 - 1916


VACATIONS 1915 - 1916


Fall


Winter


Spring


Summer


Winter


Spring


High Schools


15 weeks


13 weeks


12 weeks


10 weeks


1 week


1 week


Grades


15 weeks


12 weeks


11 weeks


10 weeks


2 weeks


1 week


TERMS 1916 - 1917


VACATIONS 1916 - 1917


-


Fall


Winter


Spring


Summer


Winter


Spring


High Schools


16 weeks


12 weeks


12 weeks


11 weeks


1 week


1 week


Grades


16 weeks


11 weeks


10 weeks


12 weeks


2 weeks


1 week


SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING IN JUNE, 1915


Schools


Teachers


Grades


Total


Membership


Average


Membership


Average


Attendance


Per cent. of


Pupils


between


5 and 7


Pupils


between


7 and 14


Pupils


between


14 and 16


Pupils


over 16


Centre


Charles A. Holbrook, Prin.


High IX .- XII.


69


63


60


96


12


23


31


Neda B. Freeman


VII., VIII.


41


38


36


95


30


10


Ethel M. Park


VI., VII.


38


36


34


95


38


Eva F. Ladd ..


V., VI.


41


36


33


93


39


2


Helena B. Lyon .


IV., V.


42


37


35


95


42


Eva M. Godfrey


II., III.


49


41


38


94


6


36


Florence M. Stites


I., II.


40


33


31


93


29


10


-


North


Arthur W. Trubey


High IX .- XII.


79


76


71


94


22


32


25


Adelia MacMillan .


VIII.


41


38


36


95


36


4


Mary D. Sleeper .


VII.


41


36


35


96


35


3


Ella A. Hutchinson


V., VII.


44


36


34


95


37


3


Genevieve E. Jantzen.


.III., IV.


47


42


44


96


42


Martha G. Roark


. II., III.


39


37


35


95


8


31


Catherine E. McDermott


.I., II.


36


33


31


92


20


6


Laura B. Desmarais


Special


Highland


Katherine M. Quinn


|V., VI.


31


27


27


98


Mary A. Underwood


IV., V.


25


22


22


97


Margaret C. Gookin


II., III.


41


34


33


99


14


21


M. Grace McCue .


. I.


26


21


20


96


22


4


-


Bertha H. Long .


ĮV., VIII. ..


27


24


23


96


22


2


1


Catherine E. Dunn


IV., V.


23


21


19


94


21


1


Katheryn E. Howarth .... |I., III.


31


27


24


90


14


15


-


.


Edith L. Hart


.


29


24


.


West


Gertrude E. Sawyer


Gertrude A. Jones


Susan S. McFarlin


Attendance


SCHOOL STATISTICS-(Continued)


Schools


Teachers


Grades


Total


Membership


Average


Membership


Average


Attendance


Per cent. of


Attendance


Pupils


between


5 and 7


Pupils


between


7 and 14


Pupils


between


14 and 16


Pupils


over 16


East


Sara Devine Ivers Esther A. Reid


V., VIII.


43


35


33


94


-


35


2


1


I., IV.


46


34


31


92


19


23


South


Ruth D. Crawford


V., VIII.


27


26


25


95


24


3


Mabel E. Haggerty


I., IV.


24


20


19


93


7


16


Golden Cove


Regina B. Frappier


. I., IV.


29


25


23


93


8


21


South Row


Hazel .R. Knowlton


I., IV. .


15


14


12


94


4


10


North Row


Jessie M. Agnew


I., V.


15


11


11


95


2


10


-


-


Totals


1050


924


857


95


153


691


85


58


Duplicated Names


15


Net total enrollment.


1035


.


.


-


-


-


.


·


TEACHERS, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915


Schools


Grades


Teachers


Where Educated


Began Work


Centre


High


Edith L. Hart.


Boston University


Sept. 1913


Neda B. Freeman.


University of Minnesota ..


Sept., 1914


VIII.


Susan S. McFarlin.


April, 1879


VII.


Dora M. Wentworth.


Sept.,


1915


V. - VI.


Eva F. Ladd.


State Normal, Framingham Boston University, 2 yrs ... State Normal, Plymouth, N. H.


Oct. 1914


IV. - V.


Helen B. Lyon.


State Normal, North Adams


Sept.,


1911


II. - III.


Eva M. Godfrey ..


State Normal, Plymouth, N. H. .


Sept.,


1908


I. .


Florence M. Stites.


State Normal, Lowell. . ..


Sept.,


1911


North


Arthur W. Trubey


[ Andover Academy


\ Mass. Sloyd Tra'g School Boston University .


Sept.,


1915


High


Helen M. Robinson.


Shaw Business College, Augusta, Maine


Sept.,


1915


State Normal, Salem,


Mass.


State Normal, Salem.


Sept.,


1899


VIII.


Laura B. Desmarais.


St. Ann's Academy, Marl- boro


Sept.,


1909


VII.


Mary D. Sleeper.


North Chelmsford High ...


March,


1907


V. - VI.


Ella A. Hutchinson.


State Normal, Framingham


Sept.,


1905


IV. .


Genevieve E. Jantzen ..


State Normal, Lowell.


Sept.,


1911


III.


Martha G. Roark.


State Normal, Lowell.


Sept.,


1910


I. - II.


Catherine E. McDermott ..


State Normal, Lowell. ...


Sept.,


1905


Highland


.


VI. - VII.


Katherine M. Quinn.


State Normal, Lowell. .


Sept.,


1905


V. - VI.


Mary A. Underwood.


State Normal, Lowell.


Jan.,


1912


III. - IV.


Margaret C. Gookin.


State Normal, Lowell. .


Sept.,


1907


I. - II. .


M. Grace McCue ..


State Normal, Lowell.


Sept .;


1909


Yale College .


Feb., 1912


Charles A. Holbrook ....


·


Sept., 1912


Clara E. Macomber.


Gertrude A. Jones.


TEACHERS-(Continued)


Schools


Grades


Teachers


Where Educated


Began Work


West


VI. - VIII. IV. - V.


Catherine E. Dunn


Sept., 1910


I. - III.


Kathryn E. Howarth


State Normal, Framingham


Sept., 1911


East


IV. - VIII.


Sara D. Ivers.


State Normal, Lowell


Sept., Dec.,


1911


South


V. - VIII. I. - IV.


Ruth D. Crawford ...


State Normal, Lowell


Sept., 1911


Mabel E. Haggerty.


State Normal, Lowell ..


Sept.,


1911


Golden Cove


. I. - IV.


. Regina B. Frappier


State Normal, Lowell ....


Sept.,


1911


North Row


I. - V.


Jessie M. Agnew.


State Normal, Lowell.


Sept. 1913


South Row


I. - IV.


Hazel R. Knowlton.


State Normal, Lowell. .


Sept., 1914


Supervisor of Music


M. Marion Adams.


State Normal, Lowell ... * N. Y. University . .


Sept., 1912


Superv'r of Drawing


. Jessie Atwood


Mass. Normal Art School ..


Sept., 1912


Supt. of Schools ..


Alberto W. Small.


Bates College


Aug., 1915


* Not a Graduate.


Bertha H. Long.


State Normal, Salem. .. State Normal, Lowell.


April, 1896


1914


I. - IV.


Esther A. Reid.


State Normal, Lowell.


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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1915


The work of the Park Commission for the past year has been mostly the routine work of cutting the grass and trimming the shrubbery and taking care of the flower beds in the different plots of ground, with the exception of the Common at the North Village, which has been ploughed and resurfaced with loam and fer- tilizer and seeded down to grass, a good catch being obtained.


We feel that the expense has been more than justi- fied by the results obtained. We hope in the near future to add more shrubbery to some of the plots, thereby enhancing the natural beauty.


Respectfully submitted,


FRED L. FLETCHER, ARTHUR M. WARREN, PATRICK S. WARD.


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REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


To the Citizens of the Town of Chelmsford :


I am pleased to report that fewer complaints regard- ing sewage have come to my attention than in the previous year, and I feel that our people are disposed to take good care of the same.


Let me urge upon everyone the very great need of properly disposing of all refuse mat ter that will tend to breed flies. Health authorities are agreed that flies are one of our worst enemies.


I would welcome any suggestions that may help to make this department of more real value and protection to the people of Chelmsford.


KARL M. PERHAM, Chairman.


P. S .- I would add that I have received from the State Board of Health a supply of booklets treating on the care of mother and baby. This is a very complete and instructive work, and a copy will be mailed free to any mother in the Town upon request.


REPORT OF PHYSICIAN FOR PRECINCTS I. AND IV.


Board of Health, Chelmsford, Mass .:


Dear Sirs :- I have to report the following cases for Precincts I. and IV .: Diphtheria 3, Scarlet Fever 2, Measles 4.


A large number of cases of Whooping Cough occur- red in South Chelmsford. Isolation was maintained so


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carefully that no sickness spread from the original cases, except in the case of Whooping Cough.


Very respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR G. SCOBORIA, M. D., Agent Precincts I. and IV.


REPORT OF PHYSICIAN FOR PRECINCTS II. AND III. TO BOARD OF HEALTH


To the Selectmen of Town of Chelmsford :


Gentlemen-As agent of the Board of Health for Pre- cinets II. and III., I have the following report to make : Typhoid Fever


6


Diphtheria


1


Scarlet Fever


3


Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis


1


Suppurative Conjunctivitis


2


FRED E. VARNEY, M. D.


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


Trustees of the Adams Library AND THE


North Chelmsford Library Association


OF THE


TOWN OF CHELMSFORD


FOR THE


Year Ending Dec. 31, 1915


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY


The following report of the Trustees of the Adams Library is respectfully submitted.


At the first meeting of the year the old officers were re- elected.


Chairman ALBERT H. DAVIS


Secretary EDWIN R. CLARK


Treasurer WILSON WATERS


Librarian MRS. E. R. CLARK,


The Board chose several committees to superintend the work- ing of the library in its various departments. Everything has gone on smoothly and satisfactorily.


In the will of the late Serlina G. Richardson is the following :


ITEM II. I give to the Town of Chelmsford for the use of the Adams Library the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, in trust, the income only to be expended for library purposes.


The Treasurer of the Adams Library has received from the Town Treasurer the amount of this bequest, which will be used in accordance with the stipulations above named.


The Library, through Mr. Edgar F. Dutton, has also received from the estate of his father the late Dr. Samuel L. Dutton, several valuable engravings in appropriate frames, which may soon adorn the walls of the Library; and also the teacher's desk from the old school house in district No. 7, which is an interest- ing relic of the olden days; also the section of a tree in which are imbedded several balls, brought from the battlefield of Chica- mauga. These are preserved in the Trustees' room.


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Library work is of growing importance in connection with the school curriculum. The public library has become an in- tegral part of public education, and one important phase of the good teacher's work is the direction of the child's reading by advice and suggestion. The high schools, as has been remarked, are differentiating their curriculums, arranging different lines of study for different groups of pupils. This means less dependence upon standard texts and more dependence upon supplementary reading. The movement for vocational training and guidance is really in many respects a movement for making of the high school library or public library a real laboratory.


The junior-senior high school movement, the instituting of high school journalism departments and especially the movement for supervised study, bear directly upon library service by de- veloping and training specialists in the high school. If the public library is to meet the new demands made upon it, it must receive a new and larger consideration from the public, or those who are responsible for its proper maintenance. Books, books, books; books which provide the desired information and inspiration are more and more in demand, and will be continually. The intelli- gent teacher can do work twice as effectual, if the public library contains the books required for reference and study in the various lines upon which instruction is given. The Town of Chelmsford could make no better investment than to increase its appropria- tion to the Libraries, with this end in view. It would greatly en- hance the efficiency of the schools and create a new impetus among young people towards self-development.


The circulation for the year has been 18,056, of which nearly 78 per cent. has been fiction.


1,250 books have been sent to East Chelmsford, and about a thousand to South Chelmsford.


78 new cards have been given out.


The attendance in the reading room has been about the same as in previous years, averaging 15 persons at each opening of the Library.


Whole number of volumes in the Library 11,132


New books purchased 325


Books donated 26


144


Books purchased to replace old ones worn out


40


Books worn out and not replaced 25


The Library is open to the public fifteen hours each week. The Joseph Warren Fund now amounts to $1,070.59


The Adams-Emerson Fund now amounts to I34.90


The Serlina G. Richardson Fund now amounts to 200.00


ALBERT H. DAVIS, WILSON WATERS, A. HEADY PARK, FRANCES CLARK, EDWIN R. CLARK, OTIS R. WHEELER,


Trustees.


145


REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY


RECEIPTS


Balance


$ 5.83


From the Town Treasurer


1,200.00


$1,205.83


EXPENDITURES


Librarian


$ 300.00


Books


409.65


Binding


110.54


Periodicals


75.05


Fuel


108.50


Care of Building and Grounds


59.12


Gas


54.36


Water


12.00


Box for transporting books


9.50


Straps for transporting books


6.75


Printing


24.25


Shrubbery


15.00


Transporting books to South Chelmsford ..


13.00


Transporting books to East Chelmsford


6.00


Postage


.80


Balance


1.31


$1,205.83


Ch


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NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY REPORT


The Directors of the North Chelmsford Library Corpora- tion beg to state that the following is the report of the do- ings of the Corporation for the year 1915.


Our report, as it appeared in the Town Report of last year, covered a period of ten months only, and an analysis of figures of this year, in comparison with those of last year, will show that we continue to make gains all along the line.


The Library has been opened 155 sessions, with a total circulation of 16,236 volumes.


We are pleased to report a steady increase in the number of our borrowers, having at the close of our fiscal year 555 as compared with 481 of last year, a net increase of 74 new names.


Two hundred and seventy-three new books have been purchased, and we take this opportunity , to thank Miss Ida Knowles for the gift of three books to the Corporation, and we also extend our thanks to Mr. Frederick B. Edwards, who very kindly donated one book. The total number of volumes at present on the shelves is 7,089, and the steady increase in the number of books, necessitated the construction of additional stacks which was attended to during the year covered by this re- port, at a very nominal expense.


For the very small sum noted in our Treasurer's report, we were able to correct the unsightliness of the grounds im-


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mediately in front of the Library by proper grading and sodding, improving the general appearance of the Library very materially.


We find that a great number of our books must be sent to the bindery for repairs, and while indicating that these particular volumes are in constant circulation, it also brings to mind that the life of the books could be greatly extended by more careful treatment on the part of our borrowers, and from whom we solicit a more hearty co-operation.


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY T. RIPLEY, H. ELLEN SARGENT, SARAH E. SHELDON.


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Treasurer's Report North Chelmsford Library Corporation


RECEIPTS


Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1915


$103.30


Town appropriation


800.00


Sale of books, fines, etc.


4.90


$908.20


EXPENDITURES


Librarian, assistant and janitor


$300.00


Books


307.97


Light


28.07


Transporting books to West Chelmsford


9.60


Fuel


61.25


Supplies


25.40


Bindery


51.93


Repairs


4.50


Book stacks


25.64


Printing


29.85


Cleaning building and yard


8.50


Oiling floors


6.84


Grading lawn


22.91


$882.46


Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1916


25.74


$908.20


STEWART MACKAY,


Treasurer.


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WARRANT FOR Annual Town Meeting


AT TOWN HALL, CHELMSFORD CENTRE, MONDAY, FEB. 7, 1916.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To the Constable 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 Chelms- ford to meet in the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Center, on Monday, the seventh day of February, current, being the first Monday of said month, at eight o'clock in the fore- noon.


The polls will be opened at 8.15 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.


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ARTICLE 2. To bring in their votes for one Assessor, one School Committee, two Trustees of the Adams Library, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Park Commissioner, one Selectman, one Overseer of the Poor, all for three years; Town Treasurer and Col- lector of Taxes, three Auditors, one Constable, one Tree Warden, and one Cemetery Commissioner (un- expired term) all 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 thereto.


ARTICLE 4. To hear reports of Town officers and com- mittees, or act in relation thereto.


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 Select- men to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year; also in such other matters which may arise requiring in their judgment the action of such agent, and to employ counsel there- for.


ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.


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ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to be paid the North Chelmsford Fire District for hydrant service for the current year, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to be paid the Chelmsford Water District for hydrant service for the current year, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to build a new school house on the Adams lot, so-called, at the Center Village, at an expense not to exceed sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000.00) for the building and equipment, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of forty-eight dollars ($48.00) that the graves of all soldiers and sailors who served in the Civil War or in the Spanish War are suitably kept and cared for where such care and maintenance is not paid by private persons, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for the purpose of settling sundry land damages awarded by the County Commissioners and Selectmen on account of Gorham Street, East Chelmsford, or act in relation thereto.


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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for protection against fire in the West Village and other parts of the Town, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will accept and allow Summer Street as laid out, extended, and altered on January 27, 1916, as described in their report filed in the Town Clerk's office on that day and shown on the plan therein referred to, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue street running westerly of the Unitarian Church, from Littleton street to the Westford Road at the Center Village, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to choose a committee of three to look up land for cemetery pur- poses at the North Village, said committee to report at the next Annual Town Meeting, or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for the George Washington Memorial Building, Washington, D. C., or act in relation thereto.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by post- ing up attested copies thereof at Post Offices in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelms- ford, West Chelmsford, and at the School House, East


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Chelmsford, seven days at least before the time ap- pointed 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 this twenty-seventh day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixteen.


D. FRANK SMALL, A. HEADY PARK, KARL M. PERHAM, Selectmen of Chelmsford.


I have served the foregoing Warrant by posting up true and attested copies of the same at the places above mentioned more than seven days before the day of hold- ing said meeting.


Constable of Chelmsford.


INDEX CHELMSFORD TOWN REPORT, 1915.


Aggregate of Appropriations, Receipts and Expenditures 94


Annual Report of the School Committee 99


Financial Report of the School Committee


123


School Committee 1915


9S


Summary of Receipts and Expenditures 131


Annual Town Meeting 9


Appointed by the Selectmen


6


Appraisal Centre Fire Apparatus


59


East Chelmsford Fire Apparatus 59


59


Westlands Fire Apparatus


59


Weights and Measures 59


Appraisal Personal Property at Town Farm 62


Assessors' Report 86


Board of Health Report


139


Report of Physician for Precincts I. and IV.


139


Report of Physician for Precincts II. and III. 140


Collector's Report on Tax of Chelmsford Water District


72


Collector's Report on Tax of North Chelmsford Fire District 70


Dogs Licensed for the Year 1915 34


Highway Property Appraisal 61


Joint Primary, September 21, 1915


17


Property Appraisal of Moth Department


58


Report of Auditors 81


Report of the Directors of the No. Chelmsford Library Cor- poration 146


Treasurer's Report 14S


Report of Inspector of Animals 89


Report of Inspector of Meats and Provisions 90


South Fire Apparatus


Report of Selectmen


35


Adams Library


46


Acton Road


45 49


Care and Improvement of Cemeteries


Cattle Inspection


Chelmsford Water District


Collection and Abatement of Taxes


Expenses of Chairman of Selectmen


Highways


Hydrant Service


46 47


Indigent Soldiers and Sailors


Insurance Fund


List of Jurors, 1915


Loans and Interest


Lowell Industrial School


Meat Inspection


Memorial Day


Military Aid


Miscellaneous


Moth Work


North Chelmsford Fire Hose


North Chelmsford Library


45


Officers for Caucus, Primaries, State Election and March Meeting


56


Officers and Committees


Outside Poor


Public Parks


Receipts at Almshouse


Repairs of Public Buildings


Report of Street Lights


Sealer of Weights and Measures


State Aid


Support of Poor


Town History


Tree Warden


Cemetery Trust Funds


Village Clock


Report of Board of Fire Engineers


92


Report of Superintendent of Moth Work


Report of the Cemetery Commissioners


TS


Report of the Forest Warden 91


Report of the Park Commissioners for 1915 138


Report of the Trustees of the Adams Library


142


47 46 47 45 35


45 79 45 46 46 45 47


42 52 46


53 40 4S 40 4S 47 46 47 37 46 53 49 47


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Treasurer's Report


Report of Tax Collector 73


Report of Town Clerk 24


Births Recorded in 1915 24


Deaths Recorded in 1915


31


Marriages Recorded in 1915


28


Report of Town Treasurer


65


Report of Tree Warden


85


Sealers of Weights and Measures


76


State Election, November 2, 1915


20


Results of Vote for Representative 23


Special Town Meeting, July 12, 1915


16


Superintendent of Schools' Report :


Conclusion 106


General Statistics 105


Graduation Exercises Centre High School


115


Commencement Exercises North High School


110


Commencement Program North High School 111


Report of the North High School 107


Report of the Centre High School 114


Report of the Supervisor of Music 118


Report of the Supervisor of Drawing


119


Reports of School Physicians


121


School Calendar 1915-1916


132


School Statistics for the Year Ending in June. 1915


134


Teachers


100


Teachers, Schools and Grades, Sept. 7, 1915


136


Elementary Schools 101


Town Officers 3


Warrant


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