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I am, at this time, concluding my work in Middleboro. I have found my work here very pleasant and have many regrets in leaving the kindly co-operation I have always met with in Middleboro.
Yours respectfully,
KATHERINE L. SEARS
Supervisor of Drawing
For the Year 1920.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Middleboro, Mass., Dec. 31, 1920.
To the School Committee of Middleboro :-
I herewith submit my annual report.
With the advent of the Public Health Nurse in Middleboro a radical change has been made in the method employed to inform the parents of defects existing in school children.
: Heretofore it has been the custom simply to send a notice to the parents informing them of any defect found upon ex- amination, at the same time suggesting to them the advisa- bility of consulting the family physician or dentist. While these suggestions have in many cases been heeded the results on the whole have been far from satisfactory. The School Physician has been reporting the same defects year after year without any very marked evidence of their decrease.
This year instead of sending notices to the parents, a system has been introduced whereby each child has its defects, if any exist, recorded on a card which is to become a permanent record to be used as a reference in all subsequent examinations. A copy of this record is in the possession of the Public Health Nurse who personally visits the parents, points out to them the existing defects of the child and endeavors to have them take the necessary steps for their correction.
The figures showing the results of this method will not, of course, be available until after the routine examinations of next year.
The activities of the Public Health Nurse in the schools seem to be stimulating the interest of both children and parents along health lines as shown by the following extracts from her report.
"A large portion of the nurse's time has been devoted to the West Side school where all children have been weighed and measured. In this school alone sixteen children were found to be undernourished. Steps were taken to correct these defi- ciencies."
"In December the children of the West Side school were all exposed to diphtheria which necessitated the taking of throat cultures of the entire school."
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"'The Modern Health Crusade' had already been introduced into the schools by the Cabot Club. This work has been con- tinued in a modified form."
"In December the children of the West Side school gave a health pageant in High School Hall which served the purpose of giving the public some idea of the health work now being done in the schools."
"The nurse has made 103 visits to school buildings, 303 visits to homes in the interests of school work alone and 400 home visits in the combined interest of the schools and the Board of Health making a total of 806 visits. The true value of the home visits will be shown upon re-examination next year"
I again tender my thanks to the Supt. of Schools, the Prin- cipals and teachers for their co-operation.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES H. BURKHEAD,
School Physician.
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REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER.
Middleboro, Dec., 31, 1920
Mr. C .H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools :----
Dear Sir :- I herewith present my report for the year end- ing Dec. 23, 1920;
Number of cases investigated 42
Number of cases of truancy 3
Three of the cases were in the Suburban Schools.
S. S. LOVELL,
School Attendance Officer.
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STATISTICS.
Amount available for school purposes
$77,265.58
Total cost of schools for the year,
78,972.76
Average cost per pupil
57.77
Number of men teachers
5
Number of women teachers
38
Number of supervisors
3
Number of pupils enrolled
1,528
Number of boys enrolled
770
Number of girls enrolled
758
Number of High School pupils
232
Number of boys in High school
84
Number of girls in High school
148
Number of non-resident pupils
63
Average daily attendance
1,285
Average daily attendance High school
191
Average daily attendance elementary schools
1,094
Average membership
1,367
Average membership High school
202
Average membership elementary schools ·
1,165
Aggregate attendance
224,398
Average number of days were actually in session Membership classified as to ages April 1, 1920.
175
(a) Pupils 5 years of age or over and under 7
117
(b) Pupils 7 years of age or over and under
14
1092
(c) Pupils 14 years of age or over and under 16
161
Registration of Minors, Ages of April 1, 1920.
(a)
Persons 5 years of age over and under 7
321
(b) Persons 7 years of age or over and under
14
1007
(c) Persons 14 years of age or over and under 16
256
Membership in schools by grades April 1, 1920.
Grade 1
182
2 108
66
3 173
66
4
160
66
5 167
6
143
66
7
107
66
8
109
9
61 1210
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HIGH SCHOOL
First year
Second year Third year Fourth year
Postgraduates
1
TEACHERS
(a) Graduates of both college and normal school
0
(b) Graduates of college but not of normal school 7
(c) Graduates of normal school but not of college 10
(d) Graduates of high school only 26
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
(a) One-room buildings 13
(b) Two-room buildings
2
(c) Buildings with 3 or more rooms Portable buildings
2
Total number of buildings
19
Valuation of town, 1919
$5,261,110.00
Valuation per pupil
3,988
Number teachers for whom reimbursement from School Income Fund was claimed 46
Amount received for reimbursement
$12,848.34
Number of pupils with defective sight 150
Number of pupils with defective hearing 30
Number of visits of Superintendent of Schools
770
GRADUATING EXERCISES MIDDLEBORO HIGH SCHOOL
Town Hall, Friday Evening, June 25, 1920, at eight o'clock.
Class Motto: No Footsteps Backward
Class Flower : Wistaria
Class Colors : Purple and Gold .
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PRAYER
Rev. J. Gordon Carey
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46
41
36
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4
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SALUTORY AND ESSAY Original Thought
Grace Roscoe Palmer
RECITATION Mary Cary
Edith Elizabeth Volkman
VOCAL SOLO
Nymphs and Fauns
Mable Persis Weeman
CLASS STATISTICS
Virginia Bowen
ESSAY Ireland-The Eternal Belgium
Hannah Catherine Creedon
GIRLS' GLEE CLUB Twilight Is Lovelight
ORATION What Is Electricity?
Llewellin Wilson Wade
VIOLIN SOLO
(a)
Melodie
(b)
Slavonian Dance
Lillian Gladys Standish
ESSAY
Camp Joe Hooker
Hannah Gladys Standish
RECITATION
The Going of the White Swan
Ruth Cathearne Shores
GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
Beauteous Night, O Night of Love
CLASS PROPHECY
Fred Shurtleff Hanson
Nathaniel Dorrance Ryder
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ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY The Spirit of America Helen Savery Holloway
SINGING OF CLASS ODE
Written by Dorothy Yates Caswell 1
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
George W. Stetson, Chairman of School Committee BENEDICTION
CLASS ODE
Tune of "Dear Old Pal of Mine."
Class of 1920 Tho' we part today To break the union of these years, May we meet our duties on life's great, broad way With hearts that ne'er forget Our High School days.
Refrain
We shall ever cherish, Classmates dear, the time Of bright and happy school days that mem'ries entwine. May God always bless us, Comfort us and keep us, And life's blessing follow us To the end of time.
II.
School days now are over, Years of work and play, Lessons taught to make life clear. May we thank our teachers for their help alway. Old M. H. S., we'll hold Thy memories dear.
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CORPS OF TEACHERS Walter Sampson, Principal
Leonard O. Tillson Grace Allen Mildred I. Goudy
Ernest N. Seavey
Edward J. Shaughnessy Flora B. Lyons Chrystal M. Chase Margaret C. Kirby Ida L. Bullard 1
Wirt B. Phillips, Instructor in Music
Katherine L. Sears, Instructor in Drawing
CLASS OF 1920. CLASSICAL COURSE.
Phyllis Mary Hennessey Grace Roscoe Palmer
Rodney Clifford Southworth ENGLISH-LATIN COURSE.
Francis Madison Blanchard Virginia Bowen Helen Savery Holloway Mildred Leavitt Holloway
Nathaniel Dorrance Ryder Lillian Gladys Standish Llewellin Wilson Wade Mable Persis Weeman
ENGLISH COURSE.
Ella Margaret Baker Leora Milton Burgess Blanche Mary Carr Mary Whitney Carr Dorothy Yates Caswell Louise Hicks Cline Emma Maybell Cornish Hannah Catherine Creedon Florence Gertrude Cronan Herbert Laurence Felch Frederick Shurtleff Hanson Hilda Arlene Lutz
Julia Cecilia McGinness Olive Louise Minott Grace Emiline Moses Olive Louise Murphy John MacPherson Newkirk Dorris Gertrude Owens Emil Dimock Robinson Elisha Hermann Shaw Ruth Cathearne Shores Hannah Morton Staples Roger Vaughan Edith Elizabeth Volkman
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GRADUATION EXERCISES MIDDLEBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Town Hall Thursday, June 24, 1920, at two o'clock.
MARCH
National Emblem
School Orchestra
PRAYER
Rev. Arthur W .. Littlefield
CLASS PROPHECY Madeline Dorothy Coombs
PIANO SOLO Voices of Spring Christian Sinding
Marion Ann Weeman
RECITATION Merchant of Venice Shakespeare
Act 1, Scene III A Public Place in Venice CHARACTERS : Shylock, Bassanio and Antonio Robert George Butler, Jr.
SELECTION Nydia Rollinson
School Orchestra
RECITATION
Extract from a speech pertaining to the influence of the Home upon our Government .- Henry W. Grady
Clifford Edgar Copp
SELECTION On Alpine Heights For two violins
Ludwig Andre
Howard Thomas Caswell-Preston Arthur Blackburn
ESSAY Universal Military Training Ralph Waldo Wilbur
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SINGING
Dixie
Dan. D. Emmett
School
RECITATION
Extract from a speech pertaining to Reverence of the Law .- Abraham Lincoln.
Raymond Leonard Draghetti
SINGING America, The Beautiful Words by Katherine Lee Bates
School
RECITATION Extracts from Farewell Address .- GeorgeWashington John Philip Byrnes
SINGING Ring Out, Sweet Bells of Peace Caro Roma
School
RECITATION
Extracts from address on League of Nations deliv- ered in Symphony Hall, Boston, March 19, 1919 Henry Cabot Lodge
Adnah Hayward Harlow
RECITATION My Flag and Your Flag Wilbur D. Nesbit
Mabel Southworth McCrillis
SINGING The Star- Spangled Banner School
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
George W. Stetson, Chairman of School Committee
SINGING America
School and Audience
BENEDICTION
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SCHOOL STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL CLASS OF 1920. .
William Montgomery Anderson Harold Marshall Babbitt Clyde Eddy Bartlett Priscilla Alden Bass Ella Bassett Preston Arthur Blackburn Helen Louise Boardman Madeline Gertrude Boehme Thomas Francis Boucher, Jr. Viola Mary Boutin Ralph Newton Bryant John Philip Byrnes Robert George Butler, Jr.
Lawrence Everett Carver Howard Thomas Caswell Howard Francis Chase Madeleine Dorothy Coombs Clifford Edgar Copp Raymond Leonard Draghetti Herbert Wilbur Farnum Joseph Fred Florence Katherine Gardiner Clayton Edward Gifford . Ruth Louise Gregory
William Lawrence Greene Adnah Hayward Harlow Vincent Joseph Kelley Doris Pierce Kinsman Marjorie Thompson Leonard Arthur Lawrence Logan Mabel Southworth McCrillis Robert Hammond Owers Jacob Nazor Panjarjian Chester Harrison Rice Carrol George Robbins Joseph Silva Roberts Edwin Miller Ryder Helen Elizabeth Shaw Frank Silvia Ivan Bradford Sparrow Dorothy Olivia Stiles Arthur Winslow Tripp Marion Ann Weeman Bertram Merton White Ralph Waldo Wilbur Lorenzo Wood, Jr. Claudia Mable Young
SOULE SCHOOL
Mabel Irene Guidoboni Leora May Lutz
Ralph Martin Soule
THOMASTOWN SCHOOL
Charles Nichols Shaw
THOMPSONVILLE SCHOOL
Elin Marguerite Carlson Morris Milton Cohen
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CHANGES OF TEACHERS Jan, 1, 1920 to Jan. 1, 1921 WITHDRAWALS
High School
Ernest L. Seavey. Ida L. Bullard. Charles W. Pearson.
Central Elementary Schools.
Muriel L. Swift, Town House School.
Irene L. Sullivan, Forest Street School.
Irene E. Alger, School Street School.
Jeanie F. Hardy, School Street School.
Suburban Schools.
Genevieve Murphy, Waterville School.
Dorothy A. Hulbert, Thomastown School.
Frances L. Squarey, South Middleboro School.
Maud G. Higgins, Rock School.
SUPERVISORS.
Katherine Sears, Supervisor of Drawing. Ernest L. Seavey, Supervisor of Penmanship.
APPOINTMENTS.
High School.
Charles W. Pearson. Harold C. Sears.
Central Elementary Schools.
Viola K. Murray, Town House School. Ether M. Garland, School Street School. Norah H. Johnson, School Street School. Mary D. Begley, Forest Street School.
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SUBURBAN SCHOOLS
Gertrude M. Robbins, Waterville School. Myrtle Perkins, Thomastown School. Hilda L. Feener, Wappanucket School. M. Lucia Waite, Fall Brook School.
SUPERVISORS.
Odessa M. Long, Supervisor of Drawing. TRANSFERS.
Aliçe R. Begley from Fall Brook School to West Side School. Edith Frost from Wappanucket School to West Side School.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS.
Mabel Butman, High School.
Carrie Hall, High School.
Elena Manley, South Middleboro School.
Mary E. Deane, Thompsonville School.
Eleanor M. Bragdon, School Street School.
TENURE LIST. 1920.
Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools.
Walter Sampson, Principal of High School.
Leonard O. Tillson, High School.
J. Grace Allen, High School.
Mildred I. Goudy, High School.
Martinia K. Donohue, School Street School. Hattie M. Jones, School Street School.
Faye H. Deane, School Street School.
Annie H. Andrews, School Street School.
Bessie B. Bailey, School Street School.
Erna L. Cornish, School Street School. Eleanor A. Barden, Union Street School. Lottie N. Lang, Union Street School. Flora M. Clark, Forest Street School. Mary D. Begley, Forest Street School.
Mary H. Head, West Side School.
Lucy E. Merrihew, West Side School.
Etta W. Toothaker, West Side School.
Annabel Landgrebe, West Side School.
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Elsie M. Landgrebe, Plymouth Street School. Maud DeMaranville, Pleasant Street School. Abby S. Westgate, Purchade School. Mary R. Burke, Green School.
MEMBERS OF MASS. TEACHERS' RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION.
Charles H. Bates, Superintendent of Schools.
Wirt B. Phillips, Supervisor of Music.
Odessa M. Long, Supervisor of Manual Arts.
Walter Sampson, Principal of High School.
Leonard O. Tillson, High School.
J. Grace Allen, High School.
Mildred I. Goudy, High School.
Flora B. Lyons, High School.
Chyrstal M. Chase, High School.
Margaret C. Kirby, High School.
Harold C. Sears, High School.
Edward J. Shaughnessy, High School.
Ralph B. Low, Principal of School Street School.
Nellie B. Sawyer, Principal Town House School.
Viola K. Murray, Town House School.
Norah H. Johnson, School Street School.
Ethel N. Garland, School Street School.
Sara E. Thurston, Union Street School.
Mary D. Begley, Forest Street School.
Alice R. Begley, West Side School.
Edith Frost, West Side School. Mary R. Burke, Green School.
M. Alice Jones, Soule School.
Gertrude L. Robbins, Waterville School.
Myrtle Perkins, Thomastown School.
Hilda L. Feener, Wappanucket School Note:
Last year the amount of assessments paid by the above members was $1,557.58.
LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1921. HIGH SCHOOL.
Walter Sampson, Principal, 28 School Street. Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North Street Harold C. Sears, 89 Centre Street
Edward J. Shaughnessy, 24 High Street
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J. Grace Allen, 65 Pearl Street Mildred I. Goudy, 11 North Street Flora B. Lyons, 23 Webster Street Margaret C. Kirby, 3 Rock Street Chrystal M. Chase, 41 School Street
TOWN HOUSE SCHOOL.
Nellie B. Sawyer, Principal, Grade 8, New Bedford. Viola K. Murray, Assistant, 23 Webster Street.
SCHOOL STREET SCHOOL.
Ralph B. Low, Principal, Grade 9, 24 Pearl Street. Norah H. Johnson, Grade 9, 48 North Main Street. Martinia K. Donahue, Grade 7, 4 Reland Street Hattie M. Jones, Grade 7, 56 Everett Street. Faye H. Deane, Grade 6, 63 Oak Street Ethel M. Garland, Grade 6, 23 Webster Street Anne H. Andrews, Grade 5, 77 So. Main Street Bessie B. Bailey, Grade 4, 23 Forest Street Erna L. Cornish, Grade 4, 11 Benton Street
UNION STREET SCHOOL.
Eleanor A. Barden, Principal, Grade 2, 85 Pearl Street Sara E. Thurston, Grade 1, 256 Centre Street Lottie N. Lang, Grade 3, 23 Arch Street Alta E. Crosby, Grade 5, 5 Myrtle Street
FOREST STREET SCHOOL.
Flora M. Clark, Principal, Grade 1, 18 Forest Street Mary D. Begley, Grade 2, 7 Benton Street.
WEST SIDE SCHOOL.
Mary H. Head, Principal, Grades 7 and 8, 212 Centre Street Lucy E. Merrihew, Grades 6 aad 7, 22 East Grove Street Edith Frost, Grades 3 and 5, Wood Street Alice R. Begley, Grade 4, 7 Benton Street Etta W. Toothaker, Grade 2, 1 Everett Street Annabel Landgebe, Grade 1, North Street
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SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
Pleasant Street School, Maud DeMaranville, Lakeville. Plymouth Street School, Elsie M. Landgebe, North Street Purchade School, Abby S. Westgate, 15 South Main Street Thompsonville School, Mary E. Deane, Thompson Street Soule School, M. Alice Jones, Cedar Street.
Waterville School, Gertrude M. Robbins, Plymouth Street. Green School, Mary R. Burke, 30 Pearl Street.
Fall Brook School, M. Lucia Waite, 63 So. Main Street.
Rock School, Maud G. Higgins, 18 Webster Street. South Middleboro School, Elena Manley, Wareham Street.
Thomastown School, Myrtle Perkins, Purchade Street.
Wappanucket School, Hilda L. Feener, Walnut Street.
SUPERVISORS.
Manual Arts, Odessa M, Long, 17 Court End Ave.
Music, Wirt B. Phillips, Boston.
Penmanship, Harold C. Sears, 89 Centre Street.
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
High School from 8.15 to 1.15.
Central Elementary Schools from 9 a. m. to 12m. and from 1.30 p. m. to 3.30 p. m. Half-time plan from 8.45 a. m. to 11.45 a. m. and from 1.15 p. m. to 4. p. m.
Four-hour plan from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. and from 1.30 p. m. to 3.30 p. m.
Suburban Schools from 9 a. m. to 12 m. and from 1 p. m. to 3.30 p. m.
STORM SIGNALS. Revised September, 1914.
'The signal 2-1-2, will be given at 8.15 a. m. for the suspen- sion of the morning session of the Central Elementary Schools and at 12.30 p. m. for the suspension of the afternoon session. There is no signal for the High School or the Suburban Schools.
FIRE DRILL 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 each week.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
for the year ending December 31, 1920.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1920 $493.65
Appropriation from Town 10,000.00
Received from other Towns for out- side poor 275.71
Received from State for outside poor 2,082.20
Received from use of telephone 23.68
Received as reimbursement for aid rendered 55.10
Received from insurance 25.00
$12,955.34
Income from Farm: Received from State for boarders at
Farm
$16.00
Received from other sources for board- ders at Farm 1,232.55
Received for work with team 77.50
Received for use of bull 32.00
Received from sale of vegetables
114.60
Received for wood and logs
423.50
Received for stock and pigs
. 414.00
Received from sale of milk 4,864.90
Received from sale of refrigerator
90.00
Received from sale of ice chest 20.00
Received from sale of Ford truck
300.00
Received from sale of motor 20.00
Received from sale of horses
260.00
$7,865.05
$20,820.39
Inmates at Farm January 1, 1920
10
Number admitted during the year
2
Number discharged during the year
2
Number died during the year
3
Number remaining January 1, 1921
7
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VALUATION.
90 acres, farm and buildings
$23,500.00
51 acres, 3 wood lots
1,000.00
Live stock, including 2 horses, 18 cows, 1 bull, 2 hogs, 4 pigs, 50 fowl
2,840.00
Hay and produce
11,126.25
Feed in bags
190.00
Groceries, meat and provisions
150.00
Medicines
20.00
Furniture
700.00
Washer, wringer and boiler
60.00
Gasoline engine and belt
300.00
Cutter and blower
125.00
Wood saw and table ·
20.00
Harvester
215.00
Tools and implements .
505.50
Cans and cooler
40.00
Wagons, harnesses, etc.,
370.00
Dressing, wood, coal and lumber
502.00
$31,663.75
EXPENSES.
Paid maintenance expenses of house at Town Farm $3,218.81
Paid maintenance expenses of stable and Farm
5,718.69
Paid salary of Supt. and Matron for 1920
1,150.00
Paid salary of Overseers of Poor for 1920 587.50
Paid salary of Town Physician for 1920 200.00
OUTSIDE POOR EXPENSE.
Paid outside poor 26 families of 79 persons $6,137.05
Residing elsewhere with settlement
here, 3 families of 4 persons 277.14
Residing here with settlement else -. where, 9 families of 35 persons 2,254.82.
$10,875.00 / 3 4/ 39.6 7 58 00
3873.
76396
$8,669.01
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EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Paid for telephones $44.79
Paid H. L. Thatcher & Co. for order books 23.75
Expenses of Overseers of the Poor out
of town, stationery, postage, etc., 47.40
$115.94
$19,659.95
Balance on hand January 1, 1921
$1,160.44
$20,820.39
The total receipts from the Farm Account for 1920 have been $7,865.05, which includes $1,248.55 received from boarders at the Farm and is about $2,000 in excess of 1919. The expense of maintaining the house has been about $300 less than the previous year, while the farm expense has been about $1,100 more, which is accounted for by the extremely high price paid for feed, labor, and everything purchased .. The receipts from the farm, not including the $1,248.55 re- ceived from boarders, have been nearly $1,000 more than the farm expenses. In addition to this, the farm has furnished the house with milk, eggs, vegetables, poultry, pork, etc., which is quite an item. The receipts from milk are nearly $900 more than last year. As seen by the above account, there is an unexpended balance of over $1,000, which is ac- counted for by the fact that repairs which were intended to be made at the Farm last season were not made, owing to conditions, but will have to be made the present year.
By vote of the Town last year the Overseers are to report on the condition of woodlots owned by the. Town. The con- dition of the lots is practically unchanged from last year, except the Chestnut Street lot, from which we have sold logs to the value of $423.50.
We have several quite expensive cases under the Act, known as the Mothers' Aid Act, with a probability that the number will be increased.
We would at this time extend our thanks to individuals and charitable societies who have materially aided us in our work, in many cases furnishing temporary aid to families who would otherwise have been obliged to call upon the Town.
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The Board of Overseers, as well as the Town, have met with a severe loss this year in the death of Charles M. Thatcher, who for many years was connected with the Board, a greater part of the time as Clerk. Owing to his interest in his work, he had an extensive knowledge of the laws and usages per- taining to it, and was recognized authority on the subject. His faithful, conscientious and efficient services are greatly missed by his associates.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM M. HASKINS, A. THOMPSON, J. H. WHEELER.
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
Middleborough, Mass., Dec. 31st, 1920.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- I hereby submit the twelfth annual report of expenses and detailed statement of the duties performed by the Police Department of the Town of Middleboro, for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31st, 1920. The following account and efficient members of the Department.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
Smith T. Sharples.
PATROLMEN.
Alton R. Rogers.
Alden C. Sisson
Frank B. Sellers
SPECIAL POLICE.
William Chamberlin Samuel S. Lowell S. Edward Mathews Isaac Maxwell John H. Pushee Edward E. Place
Frank Hasty Ichabod B. Thomas Samuel Hathaway Charles Hagerty Paul Anderson Levi C. Nickerson
RESIGNED. Louis Hathaway
Thomas L: Pittsley Arthur S. Hall
IN MEMORIAM.
Charles M. Thatcher
George H. Morse
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STATISTICAL REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Number of arrests during the year
119
Males
106
Females
13
Minors
19
Non-residents
87
Native born
98
Foreign born
21
Amount of fines imposed in Court
$945.00
Amount of fines paid in Court
945.00
Number of commitments
4
Number of adult cases in Middleborough Court
100
Number of minor cases in Middleborough Court
19
OFFENCES
Male
Female Total
Manslaughter
1
1
Adultery
1
1
2.
Keeping disorderly house
2
1
3
Idle and disorderly
7
4
11
Lewd and wanton person .
1
1
Assault and battery
3
3
Assault
4
1
5
1
Railer and brawler
1
1
Lewdness
1
1
Cruelty to animals
1
1
Collecting junk without license
2
2
Disturbing the peace
11
11
Making threats
2
2
Runaways returned home
12
2
14
Drunkenness
19
1
20
Violating auto laws
12
12
Non-support
1
1
Neglect of family
2
2
Neglect of children
2
2
Insane taken to Hospital
2
1
3
Breaking and entering in the night time
6
6 .
Arrested for out of town officers
9
9
Watering milk
2
2
Liquor nuisance
9
9
Illegal sale
2
2
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Exposing and keeping Lodgers
7
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FINANCIAL REPORT.
DR.
Pay roll
Bills
$5,953.09 617.73
Total expense
$6,570.82
CR.
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Rent, fines, receipts .
1,824.89
1
Total receipts
$7,824.89
Total expenditures
6,570.82
Balance on hand
$1,254.07
Number of persons arrested
119
Cases investigated
412
Buildings found open
73
Disturbances quelled without arrest
4
Lost children restored
6
Nuisances reported
1
Automobile accidents investigated
73
Deaths caused by auto accidents
3
LIQUOR.
Liquor search warrants served
19
Liquor seizures
9
Liquor notice served and posted
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PROPERTY.
Value of stolen recovered $816.00
Value of last property restored 410.00
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would respectfully recommend that another patrolman be added to the regular force. Also that some action be taken regarding an Automobile for the use of this Department.
Having in mind at this time that during the year, 1921, there will be very heavy travel to and from Plymouth, and the above recommendations will be of value to the Town.
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CONCLUSION.
I wish in conclusion to express thanks and appreciation for advice and assistance given me by the Honorable Board of Selectmen. His Honor Judge Nathan Washburn and Asso- ciate Justices D. D. Sullivan & Allen, John V. Sullivan, Dept. Counsel, Clerk of the Court, Luke F. Kelly. I wish also to thank all the officers of the Department who have helped to make the administration of this department a success.
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