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CHARLES H. BATES,
Superintendent of Schools.
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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr. C. H. BATES, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir,- In submitting my annual report, I take plea- sure in recording another successful year for our High School. The teachers, without exception, have done faith- ful, conscientious work, and have labored harmoniously for the best good of the school. The pupils, for the most part, have shown an earnest desire to co-operate with their teach- ers, and to improve the opportunities afforded them for se- curing an education.
Through the kindness of the trustees of the Peirce estate, an additional teacher has been furnished us, who has suc- cessfully rendered the assistance so long and so much needed. In order to provide another recitation room, a movable par- tition has been built through the assembly-room. This arrangement has proven as satisfactory as could be ex- pected. Our teaching force is still smaller than that of most schools of our size.
Our attendance last fall was the largest in the history of the school. There was a total enrollment of 167, an increase of 22 over last year. A graduating class of 25 will leave us next June. A large class will be eligible for entrance next fall. If 80 per cent. of these enter the school, there will be, in all probability, another marked increase in our school en- rollment. The question arises, "What are we going to do
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with them all?" It seems an imperative necessity that some arrangement be made to meet this problem. Larger ac- commodations for our High School must be provided in the near future.
A long-felt want has been supplied in the way of physical apparatus. Several pieces have been procured for the lec- ture table and used with great profit. Apparatus has also been purchased so that the laboratory methods can be em- ployed. The course in physics should be modified next year with this end in view. This arrangement will enable us to meet the requirements for entrance to Harvard in this subject.
I strongly advise that a course in German, one year in length, be added to our curriculum. Students who enter the Institute of Technology must offer this requirement. This will also be a great convenience to those who contem- plate entering other higher institutions of learning.
There is not enough systematic home study done by many members of our school. This statement is applicable to a minority of our pupils. When a pupil has reached High School age he should make it a point to do considerable studying out of school. He should make his school work a business. His school work should be first in his mind. Outside attractions should be secondary. Some pupils have so many social duties to perform that when they undertake their school work they are physically and mentally unfit for performing it.
Far be it from my mind to decry healthful and legitimate recreation and pleasure. I am a firm believer in them. A
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certain amount is necessary. I am inclined to think, how- ever, that there is a tendency toward excess in this direction among some of our pupils. My point is simply this : All who enjoy the privilege of school opportunities should make the most of them. I have yet to find the person who had wasted his school opportunities who did not look back upon that fact with regret when he had reached maturer years.
The graduating class last June numbered 17.
The following was the class roll :
CLASS OF 1902. Classical Course.
Ethel May Bartholomew. Bethia Stetson Keith.
Helena McFarlin. Grace Gordon Pierce.
English Latin Course.
Irene Harper Fielding.
Winifred Burgess Jackson.
Ethel Frances Roberts.
Harriet Elizabeth Holloway.
Grace Chester Reed. Sarah Murdock Shaw.
English Course.
Bessie Baker Bailey.
Ethel Newell Bolles.
Ethel Florine Evans.
Isabel Morton Thomas.
Clyde Leonard Harlow. James Frederic Harvey. Alice Letitia Porter.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER SAMPSON, Principal of High School.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC. Mr. CHAS. H. BATES, Supt. of Schools, Middleboro :
Dear Sir,- At your request I herewith present my report of music in the Public Schools. In six months one can hardly establish himself in so comprehensive a study as music. To visit all the schools, acquaint yourself with over twelve hundred pupils and teachers, find out what they know and their needs, all this takes time.
The schools as a whole are deficient in the rudiments of music, and I have found it necessary to begin at the begin- ning in most grades. Exercises of a progressive nature are being introduced, and as fast as seems practical the regular line of work as outlined in "The Normal Music Course " will be taken up. In the lower grades this is already being done.
With teachers who are interested and willing (and I find many such in your schools) music in a few years can be put on a basis with other branches of education taught in your schools, and certainly with that in some of the larger towns near Middleboro which I have visited.
Owing to previous contract, it has not been possible for me to attend your teachers' meetings or have special talks with the teachers, but April 1st will find me at liberty to meet the teachers regularly, when I will try to make plain the work to be done and the best ways of doing it.
Respectfully yours,
A. M. HOWARD,
Supervisor of Music.
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MUSIC SUPERVISOR'S TIME SCHEDULE.
Monday A.M. 8.20, High. 9.30 to 11.40, West side.
Monday P.M. 1.30 to 2.30, Grammar Grades 8 and 9. 2.40 to 3.30, Union Street, Grades 4 and 5.
Every Month,
Tuesday A.M. 9.00, Pleasant Street, Second and fourth week 9.45, Plymouth Street, 10.45, Purchade Street, ce
11.30, Nemasket Street,
Tuesday P.M. 1.30, Grammar Grade 7. 2.00, Grammar Grade 6. 2.45 to 3.30, Forest Street, Grades 1 and 2.
.
Every Month.
Wednesday A.M. 9.00, Highland, Second and fourth week. 10.00, Rock, ce
11.00, Wappanucket, "
Thursday A.M. 8.20, High.
10.15, South Middleboro,
Tuesday A.M. 9.00, Thomastown, First and third week.
10.00, Fall Brook, 11.00, Green, ce
Wednesday A.M.
9.00, Thompsonville,
10.00, Soule,
ce
11.00, Waterville, "
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APPENDIX.
Statistics.
School Enrollment and Attendance. Changes of Teachers. Report of Truant Officers. Teachers' Training Class. Graduates of Elementary Schools. List of Teachers. Storm Signal.
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ABSTRACT OF STATISTICS.
VALUATION.
Assessed valuation of the town, 1902 .
. $4,252,381 00
Approximate value of schoolhouses and lots
. 70,000 00
Approximate value of other school property,
·
3,500 00
COST OF SCHOOLS.
Amount available for school purposes . $26,115 01
Total cost of the schools for the year
. 25,823 30
Ordinary expenses . . 24,230 34
Percentage of assessed valuation expended for the schools .006
Average cost for pupil based on average
membership
21 14
POPULATION.
Population of the town, 1900 (U. S. Census) . 6,885
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Number of boys between the ages of 5 and 15 . · Number of girls between the ages of 5 and 15 .
Sept. 1, 1901, Sept. 1, 1902.
547
533
529
514
1,076
1,047
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Number of boys between the ages of 7 and 14
391
360
Number of girls between the ages of 7 and 14 .
390
359
781
719
Number illiterate minors over 14 years of age
0
0
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
Central.
Suburban.
Total.
Whole number of pupils
enrolled .
889
419
1,308
Average membership
775
370
1,185
Average daily attendance,
712
326
1,038
Percentage of attendance,
92
87
90
Number half day's absence,
25,426
15,531
40,957
Number of cases of tardiness,
818
613
1,431
Number of cases of dismissal,
698
488
1,186
Number of cases of truancy,
15
2
17
Numberattending within
the year over 15 years of age
122
10
132
Number attending within
the year between 7 and
14 years of age .
540
312
852
.
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STATISTICS OF EACH SCHOOL.
SCHOOLS.
Room.
TEACHERS.
Grades.
Total
Membership.
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
High
Walter Sampson, Prin.
10-13
147
I34
128
96
Leonard O. Tillson
Grace Allen
.
Main street
4
C. Augusta Thomas
8
47
44
40
90
2
Gertrude Pratt
7
63
49
48
98
I
Ruby L. Howes
6
41
40
36
90
Union street
2
Florence L. Dean, Prin. .
5 & C
74
64
59
90
R
Laura A. Holmes, Ass't. .
4 & D
93
82
75
90
School street
3
Lucy P. Burgess
3
73
61
54
89
R
Edith Willis
2
36
32
29
90
Forest street
2
A. Belle Tenney, Prin.
2
36
32
29
90
I
Delia R. Kingman .
I
31
29
26
90
West Side .
4
Frances M. Perry, Prin.
7-8
40
37
33
91
3
Mabel E. Davis
5-6
22
20
18
90
2
Myra L. Atwood
3-4
4.5
35
32
90
Pleasant street .
Lena M. Baldwin
mixed
32
28
23
85
Plymouth street,
Bessie L. Thomas
66
20
18
15
84
Purchade .
Calista F. Hathaway
66
33
29
24
83
Nemasket
Maude B. Perry
66
30
28
27
92
Thompsonville,
Mary E. Deane
66
2I
IS
17
92
Soule
Carrie E. Soule
66
29
24
20
85
Green .
Bertha E. Vaughn
66
39
36
32
89
Fall Brook
Mary C. Breckenridge
66
23
20
16
80
Thomastown
Lucy E. Merrihew
66
40
35
33
90
So. Middleboro,
Veretta F. Shaw
42
37
3I
85
Highland
Grace E. Bailey
66
2I
19
16
84
Rock
Florence I. Reed
66
36
31
27
89
Wappanucket
Lottie N. Besse
26
23
22
85
I
Eleanor A. Barden, Prin.,
I
44
40
36
90
I
Estelle E. Herrick
I-2
44
32
27
87
9
49
45
42
93
3
I
May L. Stone
R
Mattie M. Bennett, Ass't.,
Emma N. Phinney, Ass't.,
.
Waterville
A. Delle Alden
27
24
23
95
2
Isabelle M. Briggs
Edgar M. Copeland, Prin.
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CHANGES OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1902, TO JANUARY 1, 1903. Resignations.
Susan P. Roundy, Main street, Grade VII. Edgar M. Copeland, Main street, Grade IX. C. Augusta Thomas, Main street, Grade VIII. Ruby L. Howes, Main street, Grade VI. Edith Willis, School street, Grade II. Delia R. Kingman, Forest street, Grade I. . May L. Stone, Union street, Grade IV. Mary C. Breckenridge, Fall Brook. Elizabeth Landgrebe, Nemasket.
Appointments.
Mabel E. Davis, West Side, Grades V .- VI.
Josephine A. Pickering, High.
Elizabeth Landgrebe, School street, Grade II. Sara E. Chase, Main street, Grade VIII.
Flora M. Clark, Forest street, Grade I.
Clifton W. M. Blanchard, Main street, Grade IX.
Cassie M. Brehaut, Union street, Grade IV.
Robert Cushman, Jr., Fall Brook.
Maude B. Perry, Nemasket.
Pamelia F. Caswell, Waterville.
Austin M. Howard, Music. Gertrude Pratt, Main street, Grade VII., transferred. Bertha E. Vaughn, Main street, Grade VI., transferred. A. Delle Alden, Green, transferred.
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REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
Everett T, S. S. Lovell. Lincoln. 7 62
George W. Hammond.
Number of cases investigated,
6
of truancy,
.3
7
0
prosecuted,
0
0
0
of convictions,
0
0
0
on probation,
0
0
0
TEACHERS' TRAINING CLASS.
NAMES OF PUPILS, 1901-1902.
Perry, Maude Barker, Graduate of Middleboro High School.
Rose, Angie Louise, ce ce
Russell, Josie L. D.,
ce Wareham
All of the foregoing named persons completed the course and were granted certificates of graduation.
GRADUATES OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, JUNE, 1902.
Main Street Grammar School.
Pearl G. Ashley, Amy L. Britton, F. Mildred Cole, Ethel M. Dustin, Alice A. Farrar,
Wales H. Andrews, Chester M. Brackett, Arthur A. Cudworth, Bartlett E. Cushing, Philip B. Deane,
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Mabel Guilford, Irene J. Hatch, Ethel M. Howe, Emma L. Kraus, Elsie Landgrebe, Cora S. Leggee, Catharine M. Lewis, Mabel V. Perry,
Ethel F. Shaw,
Myrtie A. Shaw,
Lillian V. Thomas, Helen E. Wheeler,
Esther W. Whitcomb,
Hattie L. Whitcomb,
Susie L. Whitcomb, Bessie E. Williams,
Milton H. Healy, Wendell G. Hoard, Harry W. Howes, Lewis A. Jones, Norris M. Macomber, Ernest L. Maxim, Fred D. Mckeown, J. Alden Miller, Jr., William L. Scanlon, George M. Snow, Willis V. Snow, Charles H. Soule,
Stanwood W. Sparrow,
John V. Sullivan, Arthur H. Swift, Carlton I. White.
Green School. Helen C. Smith.
Highland School. · Alta M. Maxim.
Rock School. Winifred D. Lakey,
Lena B. Chace,
Elsie B. McKeen.
Margaret Parnell,
Soule School. Alice M. Ward, Scott J. Dimock.
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South Middleboro School.
Louise S. Wilber, Lewis W. Garney, Elmer A. Sisson.
Thomastown School.
Margaret McAulay, Dorothy Shaw,
Mary Shaw,
Frank H. Shaw, Walter L. Shaw, Howard S. Weaver.
Thompsonville School.
Aymar B. Freeman, Elsa Libby.
Wappanucket School.
Eleanor Frost,
Elizabeth P. Messer,
Eugenia C. Messer, Frederick K. Bradford.
Jay G. Galligan. Waterville School.
Edna F. Bryant,
Felix Commeau, Harrison C. Shaw.
LIST OF TEACHERS, FEBRUARY 1, 1903.
HIGH SCHOOL. Main Street, near Town Hall.
Walter Sampson, Principal, 46 North Main street. Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North street. Grace Allen, 65 Pearl street. Isabelle M. Briggs, 69 Centre street. Josephine A. Pickering, 19 Oak street.
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MAIN STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. High School Building.
Grade.
Room.
4. Clifton M. W. Blanchard, Prin., 9. 23 Webster street.
3. Sara E. Chase,
8. 3 Rock street.
2. Gertrude Pratt, 7. 26 Oak street.
1. Bertha E. Vaughn, 6. Rock.
UNION STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Union Street, near Centre.
Room. Grade,
2. Florence L. Dean, Prin., Laura A. Holmes, Ass't, 120 Centre street.
1. Cassie M. Brehaut, Mattie M. Bennett, Ass't,
5. 4 Southwick street.
4. 3 Rock street.
8 Peirce street.
SCHOOL STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
School Street, near Centre.
Room,
3. Lucy P. Burgess, 3.
2 Myrtle street.
24 Pearl street.
2. Elizabeth Landgrebe, 2. North street.
1. Eleanor A. Barden, Prin., 1. Pearl street.
FOREST STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Forest Street.
Room.
2. A. Belle Tenney,
1. Flora M. Clark, 1.
Grade.
2. 65 Oak street.
18 Forest street,
Grade.
Emma N. Phinney, Ass't,
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WEST SIDE GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Room.
4. Frances M. Perry, Prin., 6-8
3. Mabel E. Davis, 5-7 210 Centre street.
2. Myra L. Atwood, 3-4 212 Centre street.
1. Estelle E. Herrick, 1-2
Grade.
210 Centre street.
18 Forest street.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Pleasant Street - Lena M. Baldwin, 21 Webster street. Plymouth Street-Bessie L. Thomas, Wareham street. Purchade - Calista F. Hathaway, 16 Benton street. Nemasket - Maude B. Perry, 6 Myrtle Street. Thompsonville - Mary E. Deane, Thompson street. Soule - Carrie E. Soule, 3 Soule Street.
Waterville - Pamelia F. Caswell, 96 Pearl Street. Green - A. Delle Alden, 75 South Main street. Fall Brook - Robert Cushman, Jr., Wareham street. Thomastown - Lucy E. Merrihew, 23 East Grove Street. South Middleboro - Veretta F. Shaw, South Middleboro. Highland - Grace E. Bailey, 31 Webster street. Rock - Florence I. Reed, 80 Centre street. Wappanucket - Lottie N. Besse, 152 Centre street.
Music - Austin M. Howard, 66 Everett street.
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MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL STORM SIGNALS. REVISED APRIL, 1897. For all Schools.
The Signal, 2-1-2, will be given four times upon the fire alarm bell and whistle at 7.45 A.M., for suspension of the morning session, and at 12.30 P.M., for suspension of the afternoon session.
For Grades 1- V.
The Signal, 2-1-2, will be given four times upon the fire alarm bell and whistle at 8.15 A.M., for suspension of the morning session, and at 1 P.M., for suspension of the after- noon session.
CHARLES H. BATES, Superintendent of Schools. . CHARLES W. KINGMAN, Chief Eng. Fire Dept.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.
PLYMOUTH, SS.
To Sylvanus Mendall, or either of the Constables of the Town of Middleborough, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall of said town, on Monday, March 2, 1903, at 8 o'clock A.M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Art. 2. To choose all necessary town officers. The fol- lowing officers to be voted for on one ballot, viz. : One Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, thirteen Constables, three Fish Wardens, one Auditor, three Fence Viewers, and one Tree Warden, all for one year each ; one Town Clerk, one Selectman, one Assessor, for three years ; one Overseer of the Poor for three years; three Trustees of the Public Library, all for three years each ; two members of the School Committee, each for three years ; one member of the Muni- cipal Light Board for three years, and one member of the Board of Health for three years. The polls for the election of these officers will be open at half-past eleven o'clock A.M., and will not be closed before half-past three o'clock P.M.
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Art. 3. To vote by ballot "Yes " or "No," in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this town ?"
Art. 4 .. To raise such sums of money by tax or otherwise as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the current year, appropriate the same, and to act any- thing in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes for the year.
Art. 5. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money in anticipation of taxes the present year, or for any other purpose.
Art. 6. To hear the report of any of the officers or com- mittees of the town, and act thereon.
Art. 7. To allow accounts against the town, or act thereon.
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote that the yards of per- sons chosen Field Drivers shall be town pounds so long as they remain in office, provided they shall be chosen pound keepers.
Art. 9. To dispose of the money received for " dog li- censes " and all other licenses the present year, and act thereon.
Art. 10. To see if the town will pay the expense of a night watch in the Four Corners village, and act thereon.
Art. 11. To see if the town will appropriate any money to be expended by Post 8, G. A. R., on Memorial Day, and act thereon.
Art. 12. To see if the town will pay their School Com- mittee for their services the ensuing year, and act thereon.
Art. 13. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to sprinkling the streets, and act thereon.
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Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to pay the members of the Municipal Light Board for their services the present year, and act thereon.
Art. 15. To see what action the town will take in relation to concrete or other sidewalks, appropriate any sum of money for the same, and act thereon.
Art. 16. To see what action the town will take in regard to disposing of its right to take alewives for one year, or a term of years, and act thereon.
Art. 17. To see if the town will take any action in regard to the protection of its public shade trees from the ravages of the elm leaf beetle, brown-tail moth, or any other shade tree destroying insect, appropriate a sum of money to carry the foregoing article into effect, and act anything thereon.
Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors as posted by the Selectmen, and act thereon.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to change the name of Water Street from its commencement at "Four Corners " to its junction with Wareham Street, to be called Wareham Street.
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to build a new High School building, or take any action in relation to the same.
Art. 21. To see what action the town will take in relation to altering or amending their- By-Laws, and act thereon.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to build or to hire a building for an armory for drill and accommodation for all State and national property to be issued to it, and act thereon.
Art. 23. To see if the town will build a new schoolhouse
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at North Middleborough on Plymouth Street, raise and ap- propriate money for the same, and act thereon. (On petition of Warren S. Gibbs and fifteen others. )
Art. 24. To see if the town will build a new schoolhouse in the Highland district, to raise and appropriate money for the same, and act thereon.
Art. 25. To see what further action the town will take in regard to the West Side drainage and appropriate money therefor, and for deficiences already existing.
Art. 26. To see what action the town will take in regard to the suppression of crime in the town.
Art. 27. To see if the town will install a system of electric lights from W. L. Wade's corner, at Rock, to E. C. Reed's corner, South Middleborough, to raise and appropriate money for the same, and act thereon.
Art. 28. To see if the town will accept and confirm the action of the Selectmen in laying out Lane Street, Arlington Street and Sumner Avenue, as per report of the Selectmen on file with the Town Clerk.
Art. 29. To see what salary the town will pay the Tree Warden the ensuing year, and act thereon.
Art. 30. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred (300) dollars for the drainage of the gas house premises, and act thereon.
Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to make its Select- men a committee to yearly, or oftener, examine the accounts and vouchers of the trustees of the Peirce Fund, with full authority in behalf of the town to approve or disapprove of the same.
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Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to make its Select- men a committee to examine the accounts of the executor of the estate of Thomas S. Peirce, with full authority in behalf of the town to approve or disapprove of the same.
Art. 33. To see if the town will instruct its Selectmen to . employ proper means to suppress the illegal sale of liquor in the town.
Art. 34. To see if the town will instruct its Selectmen to appoint no person to an office for which he was a candidate and failed of election at a regular election.
Art. 35. To see what action the town will take in regard to acquiring the remaining water privileges, with adjoining land, at the Shovel Works Dam, so called.
Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to improve that part of the county road beginning at the Middleborough Green, and running through the village of Waterville to the Carver line, to raise and appropriate money for the same,and act anything thereon.
INDEX.
Page
Assessors, Report of
5
Auditor, Report of
81
Board of Health, Report of
66
Cemetery Trust Funds .
.
·
52 45
Collector of Taxes, Report of
Estimate for a Tax, 1903 ·
Fish Wardens, Report of .
Inspector of Animals, Report of .
Jurors, List of
Library, Report of Trustees of
Military Aid, List of Persons Receiving
Municipal Light Board, Report of
Municipal Light Loan Sinking Fund, Account of Officers, List of .
.
.
Poor, Report of Overseers of
37
School Committee, Report of
·
109 8
Financial Statement
·
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
18
Statistics of Schools
.
31
Principal of High School, Report of
25
Supervisors of Music, Report of
.
29
Changes of Teachers
34 35
Truant Officers, Report of
.
.
35
Graduates of Elementary Schools . List of Teachers
.
37
Selectmen, Report of
9
State Aid, Lists of Persons Receiving
70
Superintendent of Streets, Report of . ,
.
.
24
·
.
·
107 23 36 86 58
.
70 74 56 3
·
.
Teachers' Training Class
.
35
.
2
Town Clerk, Report of . 88
Abstract from the Records
88
Marriages, Record of
96
Births, Record of
99
Deaths, Record of
102
Summary .
105
Treasurer, Report of
49
Tree Warden, Report of
40
West Side Drainage Committee, Report of
72
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