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Susan S. McFarlin
35.00
Wm. C. Edwards 14.00
John Marinel 35.00
$2,430.22
Miscellaneous
Moses Wilson $2.00
Emerson & Metcalf
5.62
J. P. Carlson
5.50
Lowell Electric Light Co.
57.71
Lowell Gas Light Co. 20.57
D. F. Small
6.50
E. T. Adams
50.33
F. E. Bickford
.52
A. G. Quist
7.30
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
.60
American Express
.68
James S. Byam
2.80
Chelmsford Water District
42.12
Mass. State Prison Commission
36.50
Middlesex County House of Correction
3.50
C. B. Coburn 2.26
J. L. Hammett & Co. 10.47
Edwards & Monahan
7.06
Bartlett & Dow
10.25
E. R. Marshall 1.25
North Chelmsford Fire District ,
40.76
129
Ervin Smith 1.85
Adams Hardware Co. 1.20
John Parker
3.00
Richard Robertson
9.80
Henry C. Doughty
68.50
L. Gaudette
16.00
418.65
Maintenance or Upkeep
James W. Stevens
$318.17
Lowell Electric Light Co.
4.00
M. J. Ward
1.15
Emerson & Metcalf 3.52
C. O. Robbins
7.55
Elias De La Haye
13.00
Wm. McLarney & Co.
160.02
Wm. P. Proctor
.57
C. B. Coburn & Co.
26.15
W. C. Hinckley
10.00
Almon W. Holt
36.03
I. H. Knight
1.25
R. C. Wood 1.50
H. W. Johns
5.11
Lull & Hartford
3.50
W. C. Greenwood
.50
Major Bolter
53.20
E. T. Adams
4.76
Daniel Cushing
58.31
Adams Hardware Co.
21.44
F. G. Pratt 140.86
Richard T. Boyd
13.45
C. H. Pierce & Sons
2.50
D. Frank Small
1.83
J. A. Fillion
2.25
H. H. Richardson
115.72
R. H. Barker Mfg. Co.
.75
John F. Parker
1.85
A. G. Quist 2.00
130
Arthur P. Miner
30.50
Bartlett & Dow
.65
Arthur A. Smith
14.30
New Eng. Electric Supply Co.
1.62
Ella B. Nickles
1.00
F. H. Bachelor
1.25
W. A. Mack 93.03
$1,153.29
PROMOTION OF HEALTH
Arthur G. Scoboria, M. D.
$250.00
Fred E. Varney, M. D.
250.00
1
Falls & Burkinshaw 5.00
$505.00
TRANSPORTATION
F. W. Merrill
$297.00
S. H. Nickles
282.50
Emile Paignon, Jr.
370.00
J. C. Sheehan
255.25
John Sullivan
203.50
Bay State St. R. R. Co.
300.00
Lowell & Fitchburg R. R. Co.
155.00
Frank X. Lupien
45.00
Wm. C. Tucker
33.50
Celia B. Park
3.31
Alvin Fletcher
93.00
$2,038.06
SUNDRIES
Ethel Wright
$19.25
Courier Citizen
5.00
S. W. Parkhurst
12.06
Sproule's Market
1.90
Friend Brothers 6.56
E. R. Blood
6.77
E. T. Adams
1.10
C. G. Nickles
3.95
131
Saunders' Market 4.00
E. W. Sweetser
5.47
W. E. Adams 4.68
Bruce Publishing Co.
3.00
A. W. Small
1.50
Owen Scallon, Special Police
18.00
C. A. Holbrook
1.00
Edward Fallon, Special Police, July 4
3.00
C. O. Robbins
9.25
G. A. Blackadar
3.00
Lowell Sun
.50
GRADUATION EXPENSES
J. L. Hammett & Co.
$20.90
Steele's Orchestra
12.00
Knowlton Press
15.00
Walter H. Nugent
31.50
Neda B. Freeman
.84
Fred I. Vinal
2.00
C. O. Robbins
4.00
Parkhurst Press
10.80
Charles T. Young
10.00
$217.03
SUMMARY VALUATION FOR ALL SCHOOLS
Centre School
$18,742.82
Princeton St. Schools
27,468.63
Highland Ave. School
16,842.00
West School
10,940.00
East School
4,734.00
South School
6,546.20
Golden Cove
1,912.80
South . Row
1,265.00
North Row
1,117.00
$89,568.45
132
INVENTORY SCHOOL PROPERTY
CENTRE SCHOOL
High
School building
$15,000.00
Land
500.00
Chemical apparatus
125.00
Physical apparatus
166.00
Desk, teacher's
30.00
Desks, pupils
225.00
Chairs
23.50
Cabinet
2.00
Clocks
6.00
Pictures
13.00
Books
300.00
Drawing apparatus
25.00
Miscellaneous
30 00
$16,445.50
Grades
Desk, teacher's
$68.00
Desks, pupils
834.00
Chairs
24.00
Tables
15.00
Clocks
20.00
Pictures
32.00
Chairs, kindergarten
12.00
Maps
20.00
Globes
10.00
Miscellaneous
15.00
Victrola
75.00
Books
457.00
Supplies, drawing paper, etc.
50.00
$1,632.00
133
Stock Room Center.
300 packages arithmetic paper $78.00
21 packages composition paper, No. 84 9.97
8 packages composition paper, No. 85 1.37
21 packages Manila composition
paper, No. 87 6.72
28 packages Manila composition pa- per, No. 8, small 6.16
14 packages Manila composition
pa-
per, No. 0154 4.16
26 packages Manila composition pa-
per, No. 0153 7.54
16 packages composition book, No. 20 7.20
12 packages penmanship paper, Manila 2.40
14 packages penmanship paper, white 3.50
Drawing
15 packages antique white, 9x6. . 7.00
16 packages antique white, 12x9. 14.72
7 packages Quaker gray, 9x6 3.63
31/2 pkgs Mechanical drawing, 12×9 7.50
7 packages buff Manila, 12x9. 4.20
13 packages buff Manila, 9x6 3.90
2 packages antique white, 18x12 2.40
2 packages Quaker gray, 18x12 2.40
100 Sheets covering paper 1.00
28 boxes crayon dustless 6.16
20 boxes phonetic word builders 3.00
6 packages spelling blanks, small ..
1.25
19 packages spelling blanks, large
8.55
13 boxes rubber bands
3.60
22 packages blotters
4.20
9 gross pen holders
9.00
14 gross pencils 18.00
18 gross Birmingham pen 22.50
25 gross Palmer, No. 71 10.00
134
Other supplies
75.00
Books
142.00
58 dust brushes
14.00
9 floor brushes
15.00
5 Brooms
1.80
2 oil sprayers
20.00
2 oil tanks
10.00
office supplies
10.00
$547.93
Inventory Domestic Science Apparatus
Centre
12 dinner plates 1.20
6 soup plates
.60
7 cereal dishes
.35
12 plates, small size
1.20
15 saucers
.75
1 sugar bowl
10
1 cream pitcher
.10
2 W. and W. pitchers
.50
2 platters
.50
2 plates, cake
.20
2 covered dishes
.70
1 gravy bowl .25
20
1 cocoa pot
.50
9 bowls W. and W., large
1.35
18 bowls, W. and W., deep 3.60
.85
1 White Mt. ice cream freezer, 1 gal 2.00
12 qt. jars, glass. 1.00
8 pt. jars, glass
.64
18 soap dishes
.90
36 measuring cups
1.80
2 graters
.20
2 toasters, gas
.30
9 double boilers
2.20
1 vegetable dish
17 cups
135
9 saucepans .90
9 saucepans, lip, large .90
9 saucepans, lip, small .90
2 baking sheets .20
1 double boiler, large .70
1 kettle, large .20 1
6 bread tins
.60
3 (1 doz.) cake tins, small size .30
4 lemon squeezers .40
8 scrubbing brushes .40
1 qt. measure .10
1 funnel .05
6 saute pans .60
1 Hood toaster .10
2 cake coolers .20
2 water pitchers .30
24 mugs 1.20
$30.04
Inventory Manual Training Equipment
Centre
5 benches $40.00
5 saws, cutting, 18 inch blade 4.00
2 saws, splitting, 24 inch blade 2.50
2 saws, iron back, 12 inch blade 1.50
5 saws, turning blades
1.00
1 saw, turning blade
1.00
5 planes, iron, 14 inches long
6.50
1 plane, block
.75
1 shave, draw
.75
5 shave, spoke
2.00
5 square, try
1.00
2 square, bevel
.40
1 square, steel, 2ft.
.75
2 braces, bits
2.30
5 chisels. one inch
2.00
5 chi three-fourth inch 1.50
4 chisels, one-half inch
1.00
136
5 chisels, one-fourth inch 1.00
5 hammers, claw
2.00
2 mallets .20
1 hand drill
1.50
oil stone .30
13 bits, 14-1 inch
5.00
1 counter sinker
.15
1 bit screw driver
.10
4 drills
.40
5 screw drivers, 9 inch
.60
2 screw drivers, 12 inch
.40
4 knives .80
6 rules, folding, 24 inch
.1.00
1 · monkey wrench
.50
1 nail set .25
2 plyers
1.00
6 marking gauges
1.20
1 cold chisel
.20
6 hand screws
1.80
$87.35
Princton Street Schools
High
Building
$14,000.00
Land
1,500.00
Desk, teachers
50.00
Desk, pupils
384.00
Chairs
35.00
Clocks
12.00
Pictures
29.00
Book
case
· 8.00
Maps
4.00
Piano
50.00
Charts
5.00
Y. & E. Filing Case
20.00
Typewriters
300.00
Sewing machine
20.00
137
Books
350.00
Physical apparatus
100.00
Drawing
50.00
$16,917.00
Grades
Building
$7,000.00
Land
1,500.00
Desk, teachers
73.00
Desk, pupils
720.00
Chairs
25.00
Clocks
23.00
Chairs, kindergarten
4.80
Table
10.00
Cabinet, books
50.00
Pictures
22.00
Maps
25.00
Books
410.00
Supplies
15.00
Drawing supplies
20.00
Victrola
67.00
Miscellaneous
12.00
$9,976.80
Manual Training, North High
10 Wood working tables
80.00
3 wood working tables
15.00
1 mitre box
8.00
8 saws turning
7.20
3 saws, cutting
3.00
1 saw, splitting
1.00
3 saws, iron back
2.25
13 planes, iron 16.75
1 plane, wooden
.90
1 plane, jointer iron
2.40
15 planes, block
11.25
2 braces, bit
2.30
8.10
27 bits . .
138
1 bit, centre .15
1 bit, countersink .15
1 bit, extension 1.00
2 screw drivers .20
12 squares, try, 6 inch
2.40
1 square, try, 8 inch
.23
2 squares, bevel, 6 inch
.40
3 squares, steel, 24 inch
2.25
9 gauges, marking
1.80
4 gauges, mortise
1.80
3 shaves, spoke iron
.60
1 shave, edge
.15
1 oil stone
.10
2 hammers, ball pean 1.00
.70
2 hatchets, shingling
.80
3 mallets
.45
2 wrenches 1.00
1 gouge chisel .70
2 chisels .15
3 shaves, draw 1.65
1 boring drill
1.50
2 wing dividers
.50
4 clamps, steel cabinet 7.00
8 clamps 2.00
1 vise machine 5.00
$191.83
Domestic Science
North High
8 small double boilers 2.00
1 large double boiler :50
18 sauce pans 1.80
9 deep saucepans 2.25
6 saute pans .90
9 soap dishes .90
2 baking sheets .20
2 hammers, claw
139
1 toaster .10
2 cake coolers .20
9 strainers .90
' 9 rolling pins 1.35
9 biscuit cutters .90
18 steamers
3.60
1 potato ricer
.10
9 wooden spoons .90
10 egg beaters 1.80
1 flour sifter
.20
2 graters
.20
6 bread tins
.60
6 cake tins
1.20
3 muffin tins
.45
4 lemon squeezers
.40
9 large white bowls
.90
17 small white bowls
1.70
35 measuring cups
1.75
2 pitchers
.20
18 Case knives
.90
18 tablespoons
1.80
17 forks
1.70
8 spatulas
1.20
32 teaspoons
3.20
1 can opener
.10
1 ice cream freezer
1.00
6 flat irons
1.50
17 bread boards
1.70
7 gas pipes
8 gas stoves
10.00
2 vegetable dishes with covers
.50
2 platters, sinall
.20
1 platter, large
.25
1 chocolate pot
.25
1 celery dish
.10
2 cake plates
.30
1 vegetable dish
.15
1 gravy dish
.10
-
140
16 saucers .80
1 sugar bowl .10
1 white cream pitcher .10
1 milk pitcher .15
10 sauce dishes
.50
6 soup plates
.50
8 tea plates
.40
10 breakfast plates
1.00
14 cups
.70
13 quart glass jars 1.00
soap and groceries 3.00
2 dish strainers .10
9 brushes, scrub .45
.15
2 floor brushes .50
1 soap shaker .10
2 gas toasters
.30
1 dish pan
.25
1 tea kettle
.25
8 dish towels
.50
12 muffin cups .60
18 tin plates
.90
$63.30
Princeton St. North Stock Room
140 packages arithmetic paper $63.00
21 packages composition paper, No. 26 16.80
12 packages composition paper, No. 23 9.60
21 packages composition paper, No. 449
8.00
80 packages white paper 32.00
12 packages typewriting paper Drawing paper
5.80
8 packages white antique 9x12 7.00
9 packages white antique, 6x9 4.00
41 packages Manila 30.00
15 packages Quaker gray .
10.00
23 packages special .14.00
1 dust pan
141
Janitor supplies
3.00
Other supplies
72.00
Raffia and Reeds
3.00
Books
6.50
Bookkeeping supplies
35.00
$319.70
Highland School
Building
$15,000.00
Land
1,000.00
Desk, teachers
70.00
Desk, pupils
560.00
Clocks
16.00
Chairs
13.00
Waste baskets
3.00
Maps
15.00 ·
Flags
10.00
Tables
10.00
Janitor supplies
10.00
Victrola
60.00
Books
205.00
Paper and supplies in stock room
55.00
Drawing
15.00
$16,842.00
West School
Building
$10,000.00
Land
350.00
Desk, teachers
33.00
Desk, pupils
277.00
Clocks
12.00
Chairs
9.90
Maps
12.00
Pictures
12.00
Miscellaneous
5.00
Books
187.00
Supplies paper, etc.
35.00
Drawing
8.00
$10,940.90
142
East School
Building
$4,000.00
Land
300.00
Desk, teachers
30.00
Desk, pupils
252.00
Clocks
8.00
Chairs
6.00
Maps
10.00
Pictures
5.00
Charts
5.00
Miscellaneous furnishings
8.00
Books
90.00
Supplies, paper, etc.
16.00
Drawing supplies
4.00
$4,734.00
South School
Building
$6,000.00
Land
150.00
Desk, teacher
22.00
Desk, pupils
170.00
Chairs
25.00
Chairs, kindergarten
3.20
Clocks
7.00
Pictures
6.00
Maps
5.00
Globes
10.00
Settee
5.00
Cabinet
6.00
Flag
5.00
Miscellaneous furnishings
10.00
Books
90.00
Supplies, paper, etc.
30.00
Drawing supplies
2.00
$6,546.20
143
Golden Cove
Building
$1,500.00
Land
150.00
Desk, teacher
12.00
Desk, pupils
120.00
Chairs
6.30
Clock
4.00
Maps
6.00
Victrola
50.00
Books
45.00
Supplies, paper, etc
7.50
Miscellaneous
10.00
Drawing supplies
2.00
$1,912.80
South Row
Building
$1,000.00
Land
100.00
Desk teachers
5.00
Desk, pupils
75.00
Chairs
3.00
Chairs, kindergarten
2.00
Tables
5.00
Clock
3.00
Charts
5.00
Double windows
10.00
Miscellaneous furnishings
10.00
Books
35.00
Supplies, paper, etc.
11.00
Drawing
1.00
$1,265.00
North Row
Building
$1,000.00
Land
100.00
Stove
10.00
Desk, teacher
4.00
Miscellaneous
3.00
$1,117.00
144
SCHOOL CALENDAR
HIGH SCHOOL
WINTER TERM Opens January 2, 1917
12 Weeks Closes March 23, 1917
SPRING TERM
Closes June 22, 1917
Opens Sept. 4, 1917
16 Weeks
Closes Dec. 21, 1917
WINTER TERM
Opens Dec. 31, 1917 3 12 Weeks
GRADES
SECOND TERM Opens January 2, 1917
7 Weeks
Closes Feb. 16, 1917
Opens Feb. 26, 1917
THIRD TERM
Closes April 13, 1917 Opens April 23, 1917
7 Weeks
FOURTH TERM
Closes June 15, 1917 Opens Sept. 4, 1917
8 Weeks
FIRST TERM
Closes Dec. 21, 1917
SECOND TERM Closes Feb. 15, 1918
Opens Dec. 31, 1917
8 Weeks
Opens April 2, 1917 12 Weeks
FALL TERM
Closes March 22, 1918
16 Weeks
HOLIDAYS : Jan. 1, Feb. 22, April 19, May 30. Sept. 3, Oct. 12, Nov. 28, 29.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS - FALL TERM 1916
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
GRADES
Enrollment
by Room
- Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Enrollment
Average
Average
Attendance
Enrollment
by Room
Average
Membership
Average
Enrollment
by Room
Average
Average
Attendance
High VIII
74
73
71
74
73
70
74 49
74
72
73
73
70
VII
36
35
34
36
36
34
36
36
35
36
36
33
V, VI
47
45
42
49
48
45
46
45
4%
48
48
44
IV, VI
48
47
43
48
47
45
49
49
46
48
48
44
51
51
48
47
44
42
52
51
48
49
49
45
II, III I
41
41
36
35
32
30
39
38
34
41
41
35
High VII, VIII
32
32
29
34
34
33
34
32
31
31
30
27
VI
24
24
24
24
23
23
24
24
23
24
24
23
V
26
26
24
26
26
25
26
26
25
25
25
24
IV
42
41
39
41
40
39
41
40
39
42
42
37
II, III I
35
35
31
34
30
27
35
34
32
34
33
29
HIGHLAND
VII, VIII V, VI III, IV I,II
34
34
33
34
34
33
35 33
34 32
33
34 33
32
28
33
32
31
34
31
31
36
34
32
35
35
33
41
40
37
39
37
34
39
37
34
44
44
38
WEST
VI, VIII IV, V I, III
23
23 18
21
17
22
28
27
26
27
28
24
26
26
24
EAST
IV, VII I, III
28 29
28 29
25
15
15
15
15
15 26
25
25
26
26
25
GOLDEN COVE
I, IV
25
25
21
33
31
25
28
20
13
30
29
23
SOUTH ROW
I, IV
11
=
9
11
10
10
11
11
11
11
=
10
Total Enrollment
1974
971
982
969
969
86
84
77
86
85
79
86
84
81
82
82
74
NORTH
41
41
38
40
39
38
41
=
39
40
40
34
33
32
31
30
31
30
29
14
23 18
23 18
17
19
19
17
26
25
26
26
25
30 29
30 29
28
28 25
28
24
SOUTH
V, VII I, III
16 26
16
26
24
26
25
23
15
14
16
16
14
22
23
23
22
24 16
24 16
23
28
26
28
28
26
49
44
39
49
48
45
47
44
46
45
41
CENTRE
SCHOOLS
IN ROOM
Attendance
Membership
by Room
Membership
-
..
37
30
18
29 28
SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 1916
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
GRADES
Total
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Daily
Pupils
Between
5 and 7
Pupils
Between
7 and 14
Pupils
Between
14 and 16
Pupils
Over 16
CENTRE
Charles A. Holbrook
Edith L. Hart. .
High
73
69
66
17
22
Alice M. Pease. .
Neda B. Freeman
Edna Carrier .
Susan S. McFarlin
VIII .
37
34
32
22
29
Dora M. Wentworth.
VII .
49
44
40
41
3
Eva F. Ladd.
V, VI . . .
48
40
39
42
1
Helena B. Lyon .
IV, V
48
41
37
42
Eva M. Godfrey
II, III
48
42
38
8
35
Elorence M. Stites
39
30
25
26
9
-
-
NORTH
Arthur W. Trubey .
Clara M. Macomber.
High
88
80
73
18
46
23
Helen M. Robinson ..
Gertrude A. Jones.
Laura B. Desmarais.
VIII
31
28
25
27
4
VII
22
20
18
21
1
Ella A. Hutchinson . ..
V, VI
51
45
42
48
3
Genevieve E. Jantzen
IV ..
35
31
28
31
Martha G. Roark
III ..
45
39
35
1
41
Catherine E. McDermott ..
I, II . .
50
36
32
25
16
-
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Mary D. Sleeper ..
Attendance
SCHOOL STATISTICS (Continued)
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
GRADES
Total
Enrollment
Average
Average
Daily
Attendance
Pupils
5 and 7
Between Pupils
7 and 14
Pupils
Between
14 and 16
Pupils
Over 16
HIGHLAND
Katherine M. Quinn.
VI, VII
30
26
25
27
1
Mary A. Underwood
V, VI
23
19
18
20
Margaret C. Gookin
III, IV I, II . .
46
35
32
26
12
-
WEST
Bertha H. Long ·
VI, VIII ..
27
23
22
23
3
Catherine E. Dunn.
IV, VI
21
21
19
21
Katheryn E. Howarth
I, III . . .
28
26
24
18
9
-
IV, VII.
39
30
27
33
2
EAST
Sara Devine Ivers Esther A. Reid.
I, III . . ..
41
29
26
19
18
-
-
SOUTH
Ruth D. Crawford.
V, VII
32
22
20
-
25
4
1
Mabel E. Haggerty . . ..
I, IV . . . . .
20
15
14
9
6
1
-
GOLDEN COVE .
Regina B. Frappier .
I, IV .. . . .
43
38
30
11
23
-
-
SOUTH ROW.
Hazel R. Knowlton.
I, IV.
19
15
14
4
11
-
1
NORTH ROW
Jessie M. Agnew
I, V . ..
13
11
11
4
9
-
-
TOTALS.
1085
914
845
153
679
132
46
·
39
35
33
2
32
-
...
-
147
.
-
.
.
.
-
-
M. Grace McCue. .
..
Membership
Between
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TEACHERS DURING THE YEAR 1916
TEACHERS
Began Work
Left
Charles A. Holbrook
Feb. 1912
Edith L. Hart.
Sept. 1913
Jan. 28, 1916
Alice M. Pease
Jan. 31, 1916
June 23, 1916
Neda B. Freeman
Sept. 1914
Edna Currier
Dec. 27, 1915
Gladys A. Merrill.
Sept. 4, 1916
Susan'S. McFarlin
April 1879
Dora M. Wentworth
Sept. 1915
Eva F. Ladd
Oct. 1914
Helena B. Lyons
Sept. 1911
Eva M. Godfrey
Sept. 1908
Florence M. Stites
Sept. 1911
June 16, 1916
Arthur W. Trubey
Sept. 1912
June 23, 1916
Evan W. D. Merrill
Sept. 4, 1916
Clara E. Macomber
Sept. 7, 1915
June 23, 1916
Helen M. Robinson
Sept. 7, 1915
Ellen E. Coles
Sept. 4, 1916
Eleanor Berg
Sept. 25, 1916
Gertrude A. Jones
Sept. 1899
Laura B. Desmarais
Sept. 1909
Mary D. Sleeper
March 1907
Ella A. Hutchinson .
Sept. 1905
Genevieve E. Jantzen
Sept. 1911
Martha G. Roark
Sept. 1910
Catherine E. McDermott
Sept. 1905
Katherine M. Quinn
Sept. 1905
Sept. 22, 1916
Mary A. Underwood
Jan. 1912
Margaret C. Gookin.
Sept. 1907
M. Grace McCue
Sept. 1909
Bertha H. Long.
April 1896
Catherine E. Dunn
Sept. 1910
Kathryn E. Howarth
Sept. 1911
Sara D. Ivers
Sept. 1914
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TEACHERS DURING THE YEAR 1916 (Continued)
TEACHERS
Began Work
Left
Esther A. Reid .
Dec. 1911
Ruth D. Crawford
Sept. 1911
June 16, 1916
Mabel E. Haggerty
Sept. 1911
Oct. 6, 1916
Gladys Jenkyn
Sept. 4, 1916
Elsie S. Wilder
Oct. 9, 1916
Regina B. Frappier
Sept. 1911
June 16, 1916
Jessie M. Agnew
Sept. 1913
June 16, 1916
Hazel R. Knowlton
Sept. 1914
Almira Fuller
Sept. 4, 1916
+ M. Marion Adams
Sept. 1912
+ Jessie Atwood
Sept. 1912
¿ Alberto W. Small.
Aug. 1, 1915
t Supervisor
# Supt. of Schools
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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1916.
The money appropriated by vote of the Town for the care and improvement of the Town Parks has been expended during the year principally in the maintainance of the Parks and small plots already established.
We feel that the work done on the Common at the North Village has been especially appreciated and we hope to be able to make a beginning at improving two small plots of ground at the East Village the coming season.
We thought it necessary to remove the large elm tree from the Common at the Centre Village as the possibility of injury to school children from falling limbs was enough to warrant the extra expense and the tree itself had long ceased to be an ornament.
We trust that sufficient money will be raised and appro- priated to continue the care and improvement of the Chelmsford Parks.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED L. FLETCHER. ARTHUR M. WARREN. PATRICK S. WARD.
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REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
I wish to appeal to the residents of the town for their help and cooperation in the matter of disposing waste or dump matter. There are several isolated places where such matter may be left and if all will take pains to get their dump mater- ial to these places we will not have the numerous unsightly places which we now have and the person passing through our town will carry away a much more favorable opinion than is possible under the careless condition that now prevails in some quarters.
KARL M. PERHAM,
Chairman of Board of Health.
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REPORT OF THE PHYSICIAN FOR PRECINCTS I AND IV.
Board of Health, Chelmsford, Mass.
Gentlemen :- I beg to submit the following report : -
19 cases measles, 4 cases diptheria, 4 cases scarlet fever. Several cases German measles. A very large number of whoop- ing cough.
Very respectfully,
ARTHUR G. SCOBORIA, Agent Board of Health. Precincts 1 and 4.
REPORT OF THE PHYSICIAN FOR PRECINCTS II AND III.
To the Selectmen of the Town of Chelmsford.
Gentlemen :- As agent of the Board of Health for Pre- cincts II and III, I have the following report to make:
Typhoid Fever
2 cases
Measles 83 cases
Tuberculosis
1 case
FRED E. VARNEY, M. D.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE 1
Trustees of the Adams Library
AND THE
North Chelmsford Library Association
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1916
1
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY
The Board of Trustees met Feb. 12, 1916, and organized as follows :
Chairman
Albert H. Davis
Secretary Edwin R. Clark
Treasurer Rev. Wilson Waters
Librarian and Purchasing Committee Mrs. E. R. Clark
Committee to approve Bills A. H. Davis, E. R. Clark
Prudential Committee Rev. Wilson Waters
Committee on Periodicals and to have general oversight of the Library and Reading Room. Albert H. Davis, Wilson Waters, Frances Clark.
For some time the need of repairs on the building has been manifest, and this year they have been made. All slate on the roof has been removed and relaid in proper manner; the copper work has been put in first rate condition; thus stopping the leaks which had damaged the interior of the building. The outside woodwork has been painted, and the window weights hung on chains instead of the cords which frequently broke.
Nearly a thousand volumes of public documents, which were of no value to us, have been returned to Boston and Washington, relieving the congested state of our stack-room, and incidentally reducing the number of volumes reported as in the Library.
Where a library has plenty of room provided for future years of growth and the accumulation of books, such literature may be given shelf-room, and be ready to meet a possible once-in-ten-years enquiry for some obsolete statistical item. But when the stack- room is crowded, and a large city library near at hand provides a
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mausoleum for such literature, there is no reason why the small town library should be gorged with it. So the authorities have kindly allowed us to relieve ourselves of this plethora of defunct tomes.
The visitor to Oxford or All Saints' Church, Hereford, England, will wonder at the chained libraries to be seen there, each book fastened by a wrought iron chain to a bar running the length of the shelves to prevent the books from being purloined, for, two or three hundred years ago, books were of great value. Now books are sometimes in the way, become a nuisance, a hindrance to the healthy growth of a library. We have gotten rid of some such. If the patron of the Adams Library breathes a freer atmosphere than formerly he will thus know the why of it. It is a relief.
This Library is planned on the classic model, which gives com- pactness and monumental impressiveness to the building. It has an ideal location with open spaces on all sides It is a beauty spot in the village and a best asset of the town, which is more and more appreciated. New residents are surprised and delighted with its charm, teachers bring their classes to learn the use of the card catalogue and reference books, young people and old appreciate its privileges and linger by its blazing hearth to read the latest maga- zines or scan recent purchases of books. The town could make no better investment than to double the present appropriation for the support of what is certainly one of its most important institutions, which could not today carry on its work unless those entrusted with this responsibility were willing to devote to it a large amount of unrequited labor.
The circulation for the year has been 18,170.
There are ninety-one new card holders.
The use made of encyclopedias and other reference books has materially increased.
The call for agriculture books and papers has been greater than in previous years. This may be due in part to the interest awakened by the Agriculture Extension School, from the proceeds of which between twenty and thirty volumes were added to the Library.
By a re-arrangement of shelves and new ones added, accom-
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1
modation for about a thousand volumes has been provided.
The Library is open two afternoons and four evenings each week.
Books have been sent to South Chelmsford as usual, and also to East Chelmsford.
A travelling library on Venice and a collection of pictures has been loaned by the Woman's Educational Association of Boston and is displayed in the reading room.
Number of books added 336 vols.
Number of books worn out and replaced 39
Number of books worn out and not replaced 47 66
Number of books Donated
50
Magazines bound (volumes) 21
Number of books now in the Library 10,442
Donors of books during the past year.
Amasa Howard, M. D.
Mrs. Carrie Bailey,
Mrs. Ellen Pratt,
M. B. Eddy Fund, Rev. Wilson Waters, W. F. Hills,
A. A. Carey,
N. E. Geneological Society.
The Joseph Warren Fund now amounts to $1113.81
The Adams Emerson Fund now amounts to 140.32
The Serlina G. Richardson Fund now amounts to 206.04
No money has been drawn from these funds.
WILSON WATERS,
OTIS P. WHEELER, ALBERT H. DAVIS, A. HEADY PARK, FRANCES CLARK, EDWIN R. CLARK,
Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand
$
1.31
From the Town Treasurer
1200.00
$1201.31
EXPENDITURES
Librarian
$ 300.00
Books
370.93
Fuel
112.00
Gas
95.00
Periodicals
78.05
Care of Grounds, etc.
73.56
Printing
23.00
Binding
90.56
Water
12.00
Library Bureau
11.52
Books to South Chelmsford
13.00
Books to East Chelmsford
14.00
Postage
.95
Balance
6.74
$1201.31
WILSON WATERS, Treasurer. 1
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NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY REPORT
The Trustees of the North Chelmsford Library Corpora- tion offer the following as their report of the doings of the Corporation for the year 1916.
We are constantly adding new names to our list of bor- rowers, having an increase of 64 over our report of last year, making a total of 619 active borrowers in all.
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