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Number of cases of Defective Teeth in the Subur- ban Schools
102
Total
396
Number of cases of Tuberculosis of Joint
1
Number of cases of Deviated Septum
1
Number of cases of Enlarged Glands
1
Number of cases of Strabismus
1
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. BURKHEAD,
School Physician.
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REPORT OF THE ATTENDANCE OFFICER.
Middleboro, Mass., Dec. 30, 1915.
Mr. Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir :- I herewith present my report for the year 1915:
Number of cases investigated 49
Number of cases of truancy 4
Number of cases prosecuted 0
Number of convictions 0
Number on probation 0
Fifteen of the cases investigated were in the Suburban Schools.
Yours respectfully,
S. S. LOVELL,
School Attendance Officer.
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ABSTRACT OF STATISTICS. VALUATION.
Assessed valuation of the Town
Approximate value of schoolhouses and lots Approximate value of other school property
$4,956,265.00 102,000.00 10,000.00
COST OF SCHOOLS.
Amount available for school purposes
$46,044.04
Total cost of schools for the year
44,835.84
Ordinary expenses
43,156.77
Percentage of assessed valuation expended for schools . 0094
Average cost per pupil based on average membership
$32.17
POPULATION.
Population of the Town, 1915
8,631
CENSUS REPORT.
CENTRAL SCHOOLS.
Five years or over, and under 16
Males Females 478 471
Males Females
Five years and under 7
98
104
Seven years and under 14
288
287
Fourteen years and under 16
92
80
478
471
Total
949
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SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Five years or over and under 16 540
Males Females
Five years and under 7
47
36
Seven years and under 14
202
149
Fourteen years and under 16
58
48
307
233
Total for town, 1915
1,489
Total for town, 1914
1,456
Total for town, 1913
1,351
SCHOOL VISITS.
Year Ending June 25, 1915.
Visits of Superintendent:
Central Schools
530
Suburban Schools
133
663
Other Visitors:
Central Schools
1,405
Suburban Schools
795
2,200
Visits of Supervisors :
N
Central Schools
1,309
Suburban Schools
133
1,442
PROMOTIONS.
Year Ending June 25, 1915. HIGH SCHOOL.
Number promoted 160
Number not promoted
13
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Number promoted 758
Number not promoted 75
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SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Number promoted
359
Number not promoted 25
Number promoted in all schools 1,277
Number not promoted in all schools
113
Percentage of promotion 88.5
Percentage of non-promotion
11.5
TEACHERS.
Number of teachers, January, 1916
45
High School, men 2, women 7, total
9
Grammar Schools, men 2, women 9, total
11
Primary Schools
11
Suburban Schools, men 1, women 12, total
13
Special teachers, Music 1, Manual Arts 1,
Penmanship 1, total
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SCHOOL HOUSES AND SCHOOLS.
Number occupied January, 1916
20
Number rented
1
Number of rooms not including recitation rooms
37
High School rooms including hall and laboratories
11
Town House rooms
2
Grammar School rooms
11
Primary School rooms
8
Portable buildings
1
Suburban School buildings, occupied
13
Suburban School buildings, unoccupied
2
Number of houses heated by steam 2, by furnace 9, by stoves 8, by steam and furnace 1.
SIGHT AND HEARING TESTS.
Number Defective Defective
Examined
Sight
Hearing
High School
265
25
12
Town House School
78
15
12
School Street School
349
21
3
Union Street School
166
11
0
Forest Street School
79
2
0
49
West Side School
180
26
6
Pleasant Street School
34
4
0
Plymouth Street School
23
3
Purchade School
30
2
0
Thompsonville School
24
9
2
Soule School
25
0
6
Waterville School
29
1
0
Green School
51
6
1
Fall Brook School
37
4
2
Rock School
46
2
0
Thomastown School
37
5
3
South Middleboro School
32
7
3
Highland School
12
0
0
Wappanucket School
19
0
0
ENROLLMENT TABLE FOR NOVEMBER.
Central Suburban
Total
1895
662
337
999
1896
669
360
1,029
1897
686
391
1,077
1898
724
389
1,113
1899
727
384
1,111
1900
781
408
1,189
1901
860
401
1,261
1902
840
385
1,225
1903
863
405
1,268
1904
891
400
1,291
1905
907
410
1,317
1906
933
420
1,353
1907
938
404
1,342
1908
934
438
1,372
1909
946
407
1,353
1910
965
423
1,388
1911
956
449
1,405
1912
1,002
440
1,442
1913
1,067
421
1,488
1914
1,110
405
1,515
1915
1,148
396
1,544
Enrollment in High School, Nov., 1913
217
Enrollment in High School, Nov., 1914
243
Gain
26
Enrollment in Central Elementary Schools, Nov., 1913
850
867
Enrollment in Central Elementary Schools, Nov., 1914 Gain
17
1
50
Enrollment in High School, Nov., 1914
243 258
Enrollment in High School, Nov., 1915 Gain 15
Enrollment in Central Elementary Schools, Nov., 1914 867 Enrollment in Central Elementary Schools, Nov., 1915 890
Gain 23
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
Central
Suburban
Total
1912
1913
1914
1915
1912
1913
1914
1915
1912
1913
1914
1915
Whole number of pupils enrolled
1079
1178
1141
1174
513
501
494
458
1592
1679
1635
1632
Average membership
898
956
1029
1056
410
410
407
378
1308
1376
1436
1434
Average daily attendance
838
909
971
1017
373
385
374
352
1211
1294
1345
1369
Percentage of attendance
93
95
94.4
96.4
90
94
92.6
93
92
94.7
93.6
95.5
Cases of tardiness
999
1003
874
647
740
518
516
448
1739
1521
1390
1195
Cases of dismissals
912
1043
601
498
244
243
244
145
1156
1286
1245
643
Cases of truancy
4
22
13
8
11
1
8
2
15
23
21
10
Cases of corporal punishment
4
10
12
17
14
9
13
18
18
19
25
35
Number attending over 15 years of age
160
172
195
191
12
9
15
11
172
181
210
202
Number attending betweed 7 and 14 years of age
666
646
715
661
407
374
391
338
1073
1020
1106
999
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE 1895-1915.
1985
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
Number of teachers
31
13
33
33
33
34
37
37
38
39
39
40
43
44
45
45
44
13
44
44
45
Number of pupils
1,233
1,221|
1,232
1,262
1,179
1,236
1,277
1,308|
1,346
1,376
1,368
1,482
1,501
1,492 1,503
1,534| 1,502 1,592
1,679
1,635 1,632
Average number
974
948
968
1,024 1,045
1,107
1,122
1,185
1,153
1,188
1,211
1,268
1,261
1,275
1,286
1,290
1,318
1,308
1,366
1,436 1,434
Av. daily attendance
890
881
901
950
959
1,016
1,038
1,038
1,049
1,095
1,133
1,188
1,172
1,178
1,218
1,213
1,233
1,211
1,294
1,345
1,369
Percentage
90.9
92.5
92.8
92.7
91.7
91.7
92.5
90.0
90.8
92.2
93.5
93.7
92.9
92.9
94.7
94
93.5
92.5
94.7
93.6
95.5
No. cases tardiness
1,710
1,143
1,142
1,131
1,195
1,165
1,188
1,431
1,091
1,521
1,533
1,679
2,254
1,319
1,400
1,381
1,383
1,739
1,521
1,390
1,195
No. cases dismissal
1,659
1,321
1,483
1,495
1,061
1,107
1,116
1,186
811
1,090
1,116
1,263
1,042
1,206|
1,167
1,101
1,191|
1,156|
1,286
1,245
6.43
No. cases truancy
12
38
21
19
14
15
26
17
9
14
15
33
44
41
48
21
23
15
23
21
10
No. pupils in H. S.
126
138
133
147
168
174
200
205
200
171
184
181
191
193
200
220
248
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STATISTICS OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 25, 1915
SCHOOL
TEACHER
Grade
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Average Daily
Attendance
Per Cent of Attendance
High
Walter Sampson, Prin
10-13
248
235
228
97
Leonard O. Tillson
J. Grace Allen
Louise H. Scott .
Edith H. Rand.
Esther E. Morse
Helen R. Towers.
Susie W. Eastham.
8
93
86
85
97
Marion L. Smith ...
7
49
45
43
94
Mary H. Head
6-7
44
39
38
96
Martina K. Donahue
6
46
41
39
96
Hattie M. Jones
5
49
45
42
95
Myrtie A. Shaw
5
43
41
40
96
Faye H. Deane.
4
34
31
29
94
Anne H. Andrews
4
31
31
29
94
Bessie B. Bailey
3
45
40
39
96
Erna L. Cornish.
3
41
39
37
95
Union Street
Eleanor A. Barden, Prin
45
38
35
95
Laura A. Hudson.
S. P.
64
48
45
92
Lottie N. Lang
2
47
40
38
93
Alice M. Ward
2
28
26
25
96
Forest Street
Flora M. Clark, Prin
S. P.
54
41
38
92
Irene L. Sullivan.
1
40
33
32
94
West Side
Mermie S. Miller, Prin.
5-6
32
30
29
96
Lucy E. Merrihew
47
36
38
95
Etta W. Toothaker.
1-2
48
43
42
98
Annabel Landgrebe
S. P. 1
46
43
41
95
Pleasant Street . .
Myra A. Andrews.
Mixed
39
33
31
94
Plymouth Street
Elsie M. Landgrebe
25
22
21
97
Purchade.
Alma A. Knowlton
16
38
33
31
95
Thompsonville
Mabel E. Stearns
66
24
21
20
94
Waterville
Maude DeMaranville
45
31
27
87
Green
C. Harold Striley
58
47
44
91
Thomastown
Grace E. Bailey
16
35
33
31
96
Fall Brook
Alta E. Battles
36
30
28
94
So.Middleboro
Irene J. Hatch
31
29
28
93
Highland
Jessie M. Seaver
17
15
14
94
Rock ..
Mary R. Burke .
52
39
35
90
Wappanucket
Marie Richardson
27
17
15
89
Soule
Blanche G. Carey
30
25
21
93
Town House.
Harry L. Edgcomb, Prin.
School Street
Fred N. O'Coin, Prin
1
3-4
18
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GRADUATING EXERCISES MIDDLEBORO HIGH SCHOOL
Town Hall Friday Evening June 25, 1915, at eight o'clock. Choruses accompanied by High School Orchestra.
Class Motto: Honor, not Honors. Class Colors : Violet and Gold. Class Color : Violet.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
PRAYER
Rev. C. P. Christopher.
SALUTATORY AND ESSAY
Education and Prosperity
Etta Frances Eaton.
RECITATION Sombre Esther Freeman Churbuck.
CLASS STATISTICS Priscilla Stetson
CHORUS (a) Springtime Revelries H. Parker
(b) Song of the Armorer Nevin
ORATION The Work of the United States in the Phillipines Cecil Hall Deane.
ESSAY The Question of Conservation Elva Mae Staples.
PIANO SOLO Rigoletto-Verdi-Liszt
Theophilus LeBaron Bearse.
FRENCH RECITATION
Selection from M. le duc de Beaufort Dumas
Ethel Holcombe Tallman.
ORATION The Progress of Radio Communication Ralph Adelbert Seaver.
VOCAL SOLO (a) Joy of the Morning Ware
(b) In My Little Garden Nutting Marian Louise Maxim.
RECITATION
Reunited Through Song Dorothy Harriett Eaton.
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CHORUS Oh, Italia, Italia, Beloved Donizetti
CLASS PROPHECY Part I
Robert Thomas Shurtleff.
CLASS PROPHECY Part II
Edward Beverly Chase Bailey.
ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY The Beauty of Tact Priscilla Alden Wadsworth.
SINGING OF CLASS ODE Music and Words Composed by Marjorie Bosworth Kendall
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Granville E. Tillson, Chairman of School Committee.
BENEDICTION
CLASS ODE.
Classmates, we now must say "Farewell" To happy school days we have known.
The path that lies ahead no one can tell;
For each must choose and travel in his own.
May we stand firmly for the right
With honor for our guiding star;
And, tho' sometimes we stumble in the night, Its ray will still be beckoning from afar.
Mem'ries of M. H. S. we'll cherish,
And thro' life's journey let us strive
To do our part so well, that ne'er shall perish
The merit of the class of ten and five.
CORPS OF TEACHERS. Walter Sampson, Principal.
Leonard O. Tillson Jennie G. Allen Edith H. Rand Esther E. Morse Helen R. Towers Louise H. Scott Pearl F. Goddard.
Instructor in Music: Harrison O. Wetherell. Instructor in Drawing: Mary L. Cook.
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CLASS OF 1915.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Theophilus LeBaron Bearse
Etta Frances Eaton
Priscilla Stetson Eleanor Harlow Thomas
ENGLISH-LATIN COURSE.
Stanley Francis Alger
Helen Bena Pasztor
Maurice Stetson Bowen
Bertha Snow Richmond
Dorothy Harriett Eaton
Ethel Holcombe Tallman
Marjorie Bosworth Kendall Elwood Morse Tillson
Priscilla Alden Wadsworth.
ENGLISH COURSE.
Edward Beverly Chase Bailey Lucy Viola Huntley
Ruth Helena Baxter
Clifford Lovell Keith
Beulah Aimee Briggs
Roger Weston Kelley
Helen Southworth Bump
Franklin Perry LaDieu Kenyon
Marguerite Carr
Catherine Mary Larkin
Esther Freeman Churbuck Cecil Hall Deane
Marian Louise Maxim Lucretia Floyd Morgan Marjorie Esther Robinson
Andrew Jackson Decker
Ralph Adelbert Seaver
Robert Thomas Shurtleff
Sarah Eileen Simmons Elva Mae Staples
Bertram Tripp
George Thomas Washburn
Judith Boynton Dunham Anna Christina I. Erickson Granville Daniel Fuller Mildred Alice Gilman Hazel Lydia Godfrey
Verna Mildred Hopkins
Roger Lloyd Wilkins.
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GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE MIDDLEBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Town Hall, Thursday, June 24, at 2 P. M. SONG-The Soldier's Life, from "The Pirates of Penzance" School.
PRAYER
Rev. Louis A. Walker,
SONG Roumanian Folk Song
School. Page
READING
Ruth Shores.
DEBATE :- "Which has been of greater service in promoting civilization, the steam engine or the printing press?"
Chairman, Harold Foye, Doris Clark, Lauretta Leary, Esther Guerini, William Grant, Albert Arsenault, Hazel Har- thorne, Alden Wilbur, Harold Tessier, Samuel Gillis, Francis Murphy, Faye Owens.
SONG-The Beautiful Blue Danube Johann Strauss
School.
PRESENTATION OF SCHOOL CERTIFICATES
Granville E. Tillson, Chairman of School Board.
CLASS ODE
By Helen G. Swett.
BENEDICTION
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CLASS OF 1914.
Albert J. Arsenault
Alden D. Wilbur
Martin E. Battis
Roger Vaughan
Chester Blair
Cyril R. Davidson
Arthur E. Boardman
Alice P. Anderson
Thomas F. Begley
A. Vivian. Boehme
Russell W. Bennett
May E. Brothers
George W. Butler
Luella B. Bradford
Leon Crawford
Doris A. Clark
Linwood A. Copeland
Eva F. Clark
L. Francis Callan
Amanda R. Guidiboni
Walter A. Dudley
Esther T. Guerini
Rodman Eaton
Hazel L. Harthorne
Harold O. Foye
Carolyn R. Jenkins
Marcus S. Farrington
Elsie A. Kraus
A. Wilbur Fillmore
Isabel L. Keith
Samuel A. Gillis
Lauretta Leary
Herbert F. Guild
Hazel F. LeBaron
P. Harold Hemmingson
Helen A. McDonald
Howard A. Hopkins
Doris G. Owens
Frank Rose Jacintha
Katherine Perkins
Percy C. Lutz Samuel Lepre
Eva A. Rudolph
George R. McGrady
Helen G. Swett
George P. Massicott
Hattie A. Sears
Howard W. Maxim
Emma L. Soule
Frances C. Silva
Della K. Stevenson
Helen Stets
James M. Robinson
Mary L. Sousa
Russel Shurtleff
Ruth C. Shores
Harold C. Tessier
Lillian A. Thomas
John T. Wholey
Doris E. Wright
Viola Wilmot
Ruth M. Martenson
Charles V. Gilberti J. William Grant
Olive L. Murphy
F. Rebecca Raymond
J. Francis Murphy Faye R. Owens George H. Phillips
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CHANGES OF TEACHERS.
Jan. 1, 1915 to Jan. 1, 1916. WITHDRAWALS. .
Esther E. Morse, High School.
Susan W. Eastham, High School.
Marion R. White, High School.
Marion L. Smith, Town House School.
Alma A. Knowlton, Purchade School.
Grace E. Bailey, Thomastown School.
Mabel E. Stearns, Thompsonville School.
E. Marie Richardson, Wappanucket School.
Bertha A. Snell, Thomastown School.
Harrison O. Wetherell, Supervisor of Music.
APPOINTMENTS.
Helen R. Scammon, High School.
Marion R. White, High School.
M. Lazelle Sutliffe, High School.
Mildred I. Goudy, High School. Lola Goding, Town House School.
Clara C. Wood, Purchade School.
Flora A. M. Moore, Thompsonville School.
Hazel I. Davidson, Wappanucket School. Bertha A. Snell, Thomastown School.
Abbey S. Westgate, Waterville School.
Grace G. Pierce, Supervisor of Music.
TRANSFERALS.
Maude De Moranville from Waterville to Thomastown School.
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TENURE LIST.
Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools.
Mary L. Cook, Supervisor of Manual Arts.
Walter Sampson, Principal of High School.
Leonard O. Tillson; High School.
J. Grace Allen, High School.
Edith H. Rand, High School.
Martinia K. Donahue, School Street School.
Hattie M. Jones, School Street School.
Myrtie A. Shaw, School Street School. Anne H. Andrews, School Street School.
Faye H. Deane,.School Street School.
Bessie B. Bailey, School Street School.
Erna L. Cornish, School Street School.
Eleanor A. Barden, Union Street School. Laura H. Hudson, Union Street School. Lottie N. Lang, Union Street School. Alice M. Ward, Union Street School.
Flora M. Clark, Forest Street School. Mermie S. Miller, West Side School.
Lucy E. Merrihew, West Side School.
Etta W. Toothaker, West Side School.
Annabel Landgrebe, West Side School.
Myra A. Andrews, Pleasant Street School.
Elsie M. Landgrebe, Plymouth Street School.
Maude DeMaranville, Thomastown School.
Alta E. Battles, Fall Brook School.
Mary R. Burke, Rock School.
Irene J. Hatch, South Middleboro School.
Jessie M. Seaver, Highland School.
LIST OF TEACHERS JANUARY 1, 1916. HIGH SCHOOL.
MAIN STREET NEAR TOWN HALL.
Walter Sampson, Principal, 28 School Street.
Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North Street. J. Grace Allen, 65 Pearl Street. Edith H. Rand, 69 Centre Street.
Helen R. Towers, 3 Rock Street.
Louise H. Scott, 25 Webster Street.
Helen F. Scammon, 3 Rock Street.
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Lazelle Sutliffe, 23 Webster Street. Mildred I. Goudy, 41 School Street.
TOWN HOUSE SCHOOL. TOWN HOUSE.
Harry L. Edgcomb, Principal, 7 Rock Street. Lola Goding, 41 School Street.
SCHOOL STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
SCHOOL STREET.
Grade
Fred N. O'Coin, Principal
7 6-7
Mary H. Head
Martinia K. Donahue
6
Hattie M. Jones
5
Myrtie A. Shaw
5
Anne H. Andrews
4
Faye H. Deane
4
Bessie B. Bailey
3
Erna L. Cornish
3
7 Rock St. 46 No. Main St. 4 Reland St. 56 Everett St. 5 Summer St. 77 So. Main St. Oak St. 23 Forest St. 11 Benton St.
UNION STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
UNION STREET.
Grade
Eleanor A. Barden, Principal 1
85 Pearl St.
Laura H. Hudson, Sub Primary
Lottie N. Lang, Asst. Principal 2
Alice M. Ward 2
FOREST STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
FOREST STREET.
Grade Flora M. Clark, Prin. Sub-Primary Irene L. Sullivan 1
18 Forest St. 114 So. Main St.
67 School St. 15 Union St. 18 Pearl St.
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WEST SIDE GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOL.
WEST END AVENUE.
Grades
Mermie S. Miller, Principal
5-6
Lucy E. Merrihew 3-4
Etta W. Toothaker
1-2
Annabel Landgrebe,Sub-Primary 1
248 Centre St. 22 East Grove St. 141 Centre St. North St.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Pleasant Street School-Myra A. Andrews, 77 So. Main St. Plymouth Street School-Elsie M. Landgrebe, North St. Purchade School-Clara C. Wood, Elm St.
Thompsonville School-Flora M. Moore, Thompson St. Soule School-Blanche G. Carey, Everett St.
Waterville School-Abby S. Westgate, 3 Rock St.
Green School-C. Harold Striley, East Main St.
Fall Brook School-Alta E. Battles, 5 Myrtle St. Rock School-Mary B. Burke, Rock Thomastown School-Maude DeMaranville, Purchase St. South Middleboro School-Irene J. Match, 36 North St.
Highland School-Jessie M. Seaver, Wareham.
Wappanucket School-Hazel I. Davidson, Taunton.
SUPERVISORS.
Manual Arts-Mary L. Cook, 23 Webster St.
Music-Grace G. Pierce, 47 Courtland St.
Penmanship-Louise H. Scott, 25 Webster St.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School from 8.15 to 1.15. Town House School from 8.15 to 1.15.
Central Elementary Schools from 9 A. M. to 12 M. and from 1.30 p. M. to 3.30 P. M.
Half-time plan from 9 A. M. to 11.45 A. M., and from 1.15 P. M. to 4 P. M. Four-hour plan from 9 to 11 A. M., and from 1.30 to 3.30 P. M. Suburban Schools from 9 A. M. to 12 p. M and from 1 P. M. to 3.30 P. M.
Rock and Green Schools from 8.15 A. M. to 12.15 p. M. and from 1.15 to 4 p. M.
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STORM SIGNALS.
Revised September 1914.
The signal, 2 1 2, will be given upon the fire alarm bell and by whistles at 8.15 A. M. for the suspension of the morn- ing session of the Central Elementary Schools, and at 12.30 P. M. for the suspension of the afternoon session.
There are no signals for the High School and Town House School.
FIRE SIGNAL.
Two strokes of gong-pupils will march out without hats and coats. '
Two strokes, followed by one-pupils will march out with hats and coats.
Fire drills shall be given at least once a week.
SCHOOL CALENDAR.
HIGH AND TOWN HOUSE SCHOOLS.
Opens Closes
Vacation
Winter Term 1916, Jan.
3, Mar. 24, One Week.
Spring Term
1916, April 3, June
23, Ten Weeks.
Fall Term 1916, Sept.
6, Dec. 22, One Week.
Winter Term 1917, Jan.
1, Mar. 23, One Week.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Opens Closes Vacation
First Term 1916, Jan.
3, Feb. 25, One Week.
Second Term 1916, Mar.
6, April 28, One Week.
Third Term 1916, May 8, June 23, Ten Weeks.
Fourth Term 1916, Sept.
6, Oct. 27, One Week.
Fifth Term 1916, Nov.
6. Dec. 22, One Week.
First Term 1917, Jan.
1, Feb. 23, One Week.
HOLIDAYS.
Feb. 22, April 19, May 30, Oct. 12, Feb. 22, 1917.
Teachers' Convention at Brockton, Thanksgiving and the day following.
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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
For he Year Ending December 31, 1915.
APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 1, 1915.
Support of Schools :-
Instruction, including Superin- tendent's salary and traveling expenses of $2,200.00
$30,950.00
Janitors' Salaries
2,600.00
Fuel
2,400.00
Books, Supplies and Printing
2,500.00
Tuition
100.00
Office Rent
500.00
Water Supply
250.00
School Physician
300.00
School Committee
150.00
Transportation
3,500.00
Repairs
1,500.00
Stamp Saving System
150.00
Sundries
800.00
Total
$45,700.00
Less Estimated Income
3,700.00
$42,000.00
Support of Poor, including salaries of Overseers of $500
$9,500.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
Military Aid
250.00
Town Officers :----
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Col- lector
$1,200.00
Assessors
1,100.00
Selectmen
800.00
Registrars and Election and Cau- cus Officers 450.00
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Inspector of Animals
200.00
Auditor
200.00 1
Dog Officer
175.00
Appropriation Committee
70.00
Moderator
20.00
Total
$4,215.00
Less Balance on Hand
50.35
$4,164.65
Town Officers' Expenses :-
Assessors, including horse hire, clerical help, etc.
$500.00
Clerical help for Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector
350.00
Clerical help for Selectmen
150.00
Selectmen, Registrars and Elec-
tion and Caucus Officers
175.99
Total
$1,175.99
Less Balance on Hand
175.99
Incidentals
Town Debt :---
Macadam Highway Loan due
December 1, 1915
$1,600.00
General Improvement Loan due November 1, 1915
3,800.00
School House Loan due Novem- ber 1, 1915
1,650.00
Police Department :-
Salary of Chief
$1,000.00
Salary of Patrolman
900.00
Salary of Patrolman
900.00
Vacation Fund
105.00
Sick Fund
54.44
Police Station Expenses
600.00
All other Expenses
440.56
Total $4,000.00
Less estimated Receipts, including $300 from County for rent of Court Room and the balance to credit of Fourth District
$1,000.00 $2,500.00
$7,050.00
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Court, which the Committee recommend be transferred to Police Account 626.67
$3,373.33
Middleborough Gas and Electric Plant :- (Appropriation in form required by Act of 1905)
Estimated Operating Expenses
$30,895.92
Interest Required
2,208.00
Notes and Bonds due
4,700.00
Depreciation, 3% on cost of Plant ($173,536.07) 5,206.08
Total
$43,010.00
Less Estimated Income
36,010.00
$7,000.00
Board of Health :---
Salaries of Board
$300.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
300.00
Inspection of Milk
100.00
Inspection of Plumbing
100.00
Collection of Rubbish
300.00
All other Expenses
1,400.00
$2,500.00
Street Sprinkling-Equal amount to be Assessed on Abutters
$1,250.00
For Suppression of Gypsy & Brown Tail Moths-Town Liability
$1,986.31
Overdraft on Account 1914, Pri- vate Moth Work 260.56
$2,246.87
Tree Warden's Department, includ- Salary of Tree Warden Planting New Trees
$850.00
100.00
$950.00
E. W. Pierce Post, No. 8, G. A. R., for Memorial Day
$200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, including Salary of $250
$350.00
Less Balance on hand and Esti- mated Receipts
200.00
Interest, in Addition to Receipts
$150.00 $1,700.00
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Highway Department:
Superintendent's Salary
Clearing of Snow
$1,500.00 750.00
Sidewalks, including Overdraft of $294.12
2,500.00
Bridges
1,000.00
Repairs on Vernon Street
500.00
Maintenance of Plant
1,000.00
Sewers
600.00
Drainage
500.00
Repairs on Plymouth Street be- tween Carmel Street and the Carver Town Line
1,000.00
Village District
5,000.00
Outside District
5,000.00
Total
$19,350.00
Less Estimated Receipts from Excise Taxes and Street Rail- way Corporation Tax to be applied to the Appropriations for Maintenance of Public Ways in the Village and Outside Dis- tricts
5,500.00
$13,850.00
Reserve Fund, as provided by Chap- ter 645, of the Acts of 1913:
"No direct drafts against this fund shall be made, but trans- fers from the fund may from time to time be voted by the Finance or Appropriation Com- mittee of the Town and the Auditor shall make such trans- fers accordingly. The Town Treasurer shall honor drafts against the fund so transferred." District Nurse Band Concerts Plymouth County Farm Bureau
$2,000.00
300.00
200.00
50.00
Total Appropriations
$103,234.85
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Less Corporation and Bank Tax Estimated 5,508.27
Less amount of Town Note as- sumed by Peirce Trustees
5,000.00
To be raised by Tax
$92,726.58
Voted by Town
$92,726.58
State Tax
12,675.00
State Highway Tax
1,902.81
County Tax
7,286.84
Overlay
1,363.45
$115,954.68
Assessed on 2,467 Polls
$4,934.00
Assessed on Personal Property
21,211.88
Assessed on Real Estate
89,808.80
$115,954.68
Number of Polls Assessed, 2,467.
Value of Buildings, excluding Land
$2,606,420.00
Value of Land, excluding Buildings
1,402,900.00
$4,009,320.00
Value of Personal Estate
946,945.00
$4,956,265.00
Persons, Firms, etc., Assessed on Property
1,903
Residents
1,585
Non-Residents
318
Persons Assessed for Poll Tax only
1,500
Number of Horses Assessed
659
Number of Cows Assessed
597
Number of Swine Assessed
42
Number of Fowl Assessed
8,520
Number of Neat Cattle other than Cows Assessed
135
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
1,786
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
40,226
Population of Town 8,200
$97,726.58
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Taxes remitted in 1915 have been as follows:
On account 1913 Assessments On account 1914 Assessments 498.85
259.91
On account 1915 Assessments Tax Rate $22.40 on $1,000.
376.39
ALBERT T. SAVERY, EDWIN F. WITHAM, BENJAMIN C. SHAW.
Assessors of Middleborough.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Year Ending December 31, 1915.
The Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treas- urer for amounts hereinafter given under the several appro- priations made by the Town.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
Balance from 1914
$4,164.65 50.35
$4,215.00
Orders Drawn:
Albert A. Thomas, Town Clerk,
Treasurer and Collector
$1,200.00
Albert T. Savery, Assessor
402.00
Benjamin C. Shaw, Assessors
370.00
Edwin F. Witham, Assessor
336.00
William M. Haskins, Selectman
66.67
Henry B. Schlueter, Selectman
366.66
E. H. Cromwell, Selectman
200.00
Bourne Wood, Selectman
200.00
Lorenzo Wood, Registrar
72.50
Walter Chipman, Registrar
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