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MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY PIERCE FUND
Receipts :
Pierce Trustees
$1,911.49
Books sold
46.00
Total
$1,957.49
Balance on hand, January 1. 1920
929.67
$2,887.16
Payments:
C. E. Lauriat Co., books $1,181.93
C. L. Hathaway, books and periodicals 571.37
H. W. Wilson Co., Readers' Guide, etc. 48.90
J. Q. Adams & Co., books 18.50
J. J. Sullivan, newspapers 14.75
Dodd, Mead & Co., books 5.56
Books and periodicals from other sources 12.33
L. A. Wells, rebinding 202.46
Emery Record Preserving Co., rebinding 88.00
H. L. Thatcher & Co., bulletins
97.60
Express
26.44
Library of Congress, cards
25.00
Library Art Club, dues 6.00
$2,298.84
Balance on hand, January 1, 1921 $588.32
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER L. BEALS,
Treasurer.
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MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
To the President and Board of Trustees of the Middleborough Public Library:
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit to you the annual report of the Middleborough Public Library for the year ending December 31, 1920.
Owing to the severe weather the first of the year, there was a decided falling off in the circulation of books. This decrease has been partly made up by the increased circulation of the past six months.
As it was almost impossible at one time during the winter for people living outside the town to come to the Library for books the request came from Miss Laura Deane that she be allowed to take a number of books and distribute them from her home, keeping an account of the books circulated in that way, collecting fines and having the care of the books. This plan has been carried out with success since then, and lots of thirty or more books at a time have been sent to her.
There were 861 new books added to the library during 1920, 59 being gifts, 60 bound periodicals, and the remaining 742 purchases.
The books rebound numbered 347,287 were discarded, and 33 replaced.
The classification of the new books added is as follows:
General Works
37
Philosophy and Religion
19
Sociology
72
Language and Science
28
Useful Arts
36
Fine Arts
30
Literature
61
Travels and Description
47
History
78
Biography
57
Fiction
233
Young People's
163
Cards were issued to 345 new borrowers, 111 being chil- dren under the age of fifteen years.
The library was open for the distribution of books 303
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days, the number of books issued in the time being 61,908. Of that number 34,016 were fiction, 8,316 non-fiction, and 19,576 were taken from the children's room. The highest daily issue was 418, the lowest 53, and the daily average 204. Miss Mabel Sears, who filled the place vacated by Miss Kingman, left in June, and the position was taken by Miss Grace Palmer.
Respectfully submitted, MARY M. EDDY,
Librarian.
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
Lot Endowed
Fund
Balance
Central and South Middleboro Cemeteries: Matthew H. Cushing $400.00
$494.17
Central and Nemasket Hill Cemeteries:
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Joseph and Nathaniel Leonard
400.00
489.77
Central and Titicut Cemeteries :
Everett Robinson
300.00
468.30
Rock and Ewer Cemeteries:
Tinkham and Gibbs
150.00
173.23
Nemasket Hill and Rock Cemeteries:
Vaughan and Thomas
50.00
53.39
Central Cemetery :
Harding C. Angus
100.00
110.27
Sylvanus Barrows et al.
135.00
149.81
Sarah E. Bartlett
100.00
109.49
T. H. & H. A. Besse
100.00
109.96
A. J. Bisbee
100.00
110.23
Samuel S. Bourne
100.00
111.31
Rufus J. Brett
100.00
109.62
F. O. Burgess
61.27
64.92
Joseph W. Cobb
100.00
109.67
Charles A. Cole
20.00
20.95
Robert V. Cole
82.14
89.03
Richard Cox
25.00
26.35
William E. Crosby
100.00
100.00
Lydia E. Cushing
50.00
52.76
William L. Dean
100.00
106.61
Edwin B. Doraance et al.
150.00
164.12
175
- James Dowsing
51.61
54.41
Mary E. Drake
100.00
111.03
Hannah S. Drew
100.00
111.16
Andrew W. Eaton
100.00
108.03
Ziba Eaton
100.00
109.19
George C. Fairbanks
100.00
107.78
David F. Farrar
100.00
109.30
N. N. Fenno
100.00
116.67
William J. Francis
60.00
63.30
S. B. Gibbs
100.00
113.12
Gilmore Lot
100.00
110.98
William M. Haskins
100.00
114.93
George H. Hermann
50.00
53.20
Henry M. Hodges
100.00
110.15
P. B. Holmes
100.00
124.13
Jacob Johnson
75.00
79.83
B. F. Jones
100.00
111.83
Sarah P. Jones
100.00
109.81
Annie E. Keedwell
100.00
100.00
George H. Keene
100.00
100.00
Henry C. Keith
100.00
111.99
Clara S. Kelley-Doty Lot
100.00
110.19
Eliza H. Kelley
100.00
114.28
William A. King
100.00
110.48
Calvin D. Kingman
100.00
107.74
John B. Knowland
100.00
109.73
Robert W. Lashures
100.00 -
108.79
Otis Leach
100.00
108.56
Mrs. Lehman
60.00
64.02
James Allen Leonard
150.00
165.36
Lewis Lincoln
200.00
238.50
James Livingstone
100.00
106.75
Thomas J. Lovell
100.00
108.97
John N. Main
100.00
113.21
J. P. McCully
100.00
107.67
John R. Merrick
50.00
52.75
Alden Miller
100.00
113.37
Susan R. Norveille
100.00
106.75
Sophronia P. Osborne
100.00
119.94
Willard Osborne
100.00
100.00
A: Judson Partridge
100.00
107.25
Alvin Pease
100.00
112.67
Joseph L Pease
100.00
115.14
176
David D. Perkins
75.00
80.02
Josephine Perkins
200.00
215.36
Esther A. Phinney
125.00
144.14
Andrew J. Pickens
100.00
105.50
Ebenezer Pickens
100.00
105.50
Lizzie P. Pierce
100.00
109.47
Thomas W. Pierce
100.00
111.87
C. Allan Porter
100.00
110.06
John B. Ramsdell
50.00
53.07
Alfred Randall
100.00
114.98
Aaron Raymond
100.00
110.65
Lucy A. Raymond
100.00
107.36
Mary A. Raymond
100.00
111.11
George W. Rich
100.00
111.54
John D. Rockwell
50.00
53.39
Albert A. Savery
50.00
52.63
Jairus H. Shaw
50.00
52.73
Ephraim Simmons et al.
150.00
162.98
George F. Sisson
50.00
52.75
George Soule
100.00
100.00
Jacob G. Sparrow .
100.00
109.14
Louisa Spooner
100.00
109.48
Edwin F. H. Stevens
100.00
109.54
Isaiah S. Swift
100.00
108.05
William Swift
100.00
105.50
Reuben Taylor
100.00
113.28
Eliphalet Thomas
50.00
53.39
Lydia N. Thomas
100.00
113.10
Allerton Thompson
100.00
110.23
Jason F. Thurston
50.00
50.00
Charles A. Tinkham
100.00
100.00
B. F. Tripp
100.00
110.35
John Walley
50.00
54.07
Ward Lot
100.00
110.92
Azel Washburn
100.00
121.13
William Washburn
50.00
55.26
Flora A. Weston
50.00
52.76
Chauncy D. White
100.00
112.46
Sarah D. White
500.00
691.72
Henrietta Wilmot
100.00
106.25
Nemasket Hill Cemetery
Elijah Burgess
100.00
100.00
Catherine P. Chace
100.00
110.86
177
Cordelia Crocker
50.00
53.38
J. M. Eddy
100.00
132.74
Egger and Southwick
100.00
105.50
Austin Ford
50.00
53.24
William W. Goss
100.00
109.23
Charles E. W. Grinnell
100.00
106.75
Alvin C. Howes
100.00
105.50
James Drake
100.00
106.75
Joseph B. Kettle
100.00
100.00
Charles E. Leonard
200.00
211.12
Deborah A. Paun
100.00
104.75
Henry F. Pope
100.00
131.20
S. Lewis Pratt
100.00
111.20
Arthur I. Randall
200.00
232.36
Sophronia L. Reed
50.00
57.44
Louis Ritter
75.00
83.20
J. Martin Robbins
50.00
54.26
Rhoda J. Savery
100.00
134.04
William Shiverick
150.00
188.84
Charles Soule
100.00
134.58
Warren H. Southworth
75.00
82.82
Edmund Thompson
50.00
55.94
Oliver H. Thompson
100.00
131.81
Benjamin C. Tinkham
50.00
53.96
Edward F. Tinkham
200.00
232.68
Agnes Tribou
50.00
59.21
Nahum W. Tribou
75.00
80.18
Warren Lot
50.00
56.13
Hannah C. Warren
50.00
53.16
Charles P. Washburn
100.00
105.50
Philander Washburn
100.00
111.48
Waterman Lot
100.00
109.50
Thomas Weston
150.00
203.87
B. P. Wood
100.00
131.81
Cornelius B. Wood
150.00
203.87
Ellen T. Wood
100.00
120.79
Julia M. Wood
100.00
114.23
Nelson & Albert Wood
100.00
115.21
Priscilla Wood
50:00
60.98
Thomas Wood
100.00
126.63
Cemetery at Rock:
Charles N. Atwood
100.00
114.37
Deborah Carver
100.00
154.44
Maria F. Chase
100.00
117.72
178
Julia S. Cobb
100.00
114.63
Dr. Samuel Cobb
45.00
56.70
Sylvester F. Cobb
100.00
162.37
Charles F. Cushman
176.75
258.42
Jacob Cushman
50.00
52.75
Mary B. Keith
75.00
108.08
Seth Moron
100.00
100.00
Isaac Perkins
150.00
164.59
N. Horace Ryder
100.00
105.50
George W. Sherman
50.00
56.04
A. J. Smith
50.00
56.06
Ephraim H. Thomas
75.00
91.47
Thomas & Barrows
1,000.00
1,695.04
Jane A. Wood
18.44
21.58
Winchester Lot
100.00
100.00
Cemetery at the Green :
Atwood Lot
100.00
105.50
Ira Bryant
100.00
117.49
Joseph Clark et al.
100.00
105.50
Nelson Cobb
50.00
71.51
Julia H. Copeland et al.
1,000.00
· 1,085.41
Orien. E. Deane
100.00
107.98
Thomas Gammons
100.00
109.25
Branch Harlow
100.00
136.87
Stephen Harlow
109.00
109.05
Seth Miller-
300.90
314.37
James Gilbert Nichols
50.00
54.56
Augustus H. Soule
100.00
114.68
J. B. & I. H. Thompson
100.00
210.21
Lydia Thompson
100.00
141.79
Ruel Thompson
100.00
100.00
David Wood
100.00
117.71
Julia M. Wood et al.
50.00
59.60
Fall Brook Cemetery :
Joshua A. Bishop
100.00
105.50
Atwood and Thomas
200.00
229.77
North Middleboro Cemetery
Oliver Eaton
100.00
105.50
Sumner Keith
100.00
132.98
Jared Pratt
150.00
209.94
Waldron and Barrows
150.00
196.00
179
Earl Henry Cushman David Alden Lot
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Marion Road Cemetery :
Isaac Cushman et al.
100.00
114.22
Gilbert Pierce Cemetery
75.00
78.66
Purchade Cemetery :
Andrew L. Alden
50.00
59.55
Lysander Richmond
100.00
158.48
Sachem St. Cemetery :
Gammons Lot
50.87
73.51
Thomas Smith
50.00
92.80
Almeda E. Thomas
50.00
65.72
St. Mary's Cemetery :
Honora Creedon
100.00
114.82
Daniel Hallisey
100.00
114.91
George Jeffers
500.00
607.64
Edmund S. Russell
100.00
114.22
Thomas B. Sheehan
100.00
100.00
South Middleboro Cemetery :
Ephraim A. Hunt
50.00
52.75
Samuel N. Gammons
100.00
110.92
W. O. and S. T. LeBaron
50.00
55.44
Nathaniel F. Shurtleff
200.00
219.98
John E. Smith
50.00
50.00
John and Henry Thomas
50.00
55.44
John Tinkham
50.00
50.00
Summer St. Cemetery :
Jonathan T. Washburn
200.00
293.83
Thomastown Cemetery :
Care of Cemetery
260.00 .
336.79
Atwood Lot
100.00
110.98
180
Atwood Lot
100.00
228.62
Asa and Clarinda Shaw
100.00
126.39
Eleazer Thomas
100.00
147.53
Colonel Stephen Thomas
50.00
50.00
Wappanuckett Cemetery :
Benjamin Richmond Lot
400.00
516.37
The above funds are deposited in the Middleborough Trust Company and the Middleborough Savings Bank.
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WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Middleborough, Mass., Jan. 5, 1921.
Plymouth, ss. To E. Kimball Harrison, 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 inhabi- tants of said Town qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall of said Town on Monday, January 17, 1921, at eleven o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers, the fol- lowing officers to be voted for on one ballot, viz: One moder- ator for one year, Town Treasurer and collector of taxes for one year, two selectmen for three years, two selectmen for two years, one selectmen for one year, two members of the school board for three years and one member of the school board for one year.
The polls will be opened at half past eleven o'clock A. M. for the election of these officers, and for vote on the three following articles, and will not be closed before eight o'clock P. M.
Article 2. To vote by ballot Yes or No on the following questions: Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, entitled "An Act to per- mit, under public regulation and control, certain sports and games on the Lord's Day," be accepted?
Article 3. Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, entitled "An Act to establish a state boxing commission to serve in the depart- ment of police safety," be accepted?
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Article 4. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?
Article 5. To raise such sums of money by tax or other- wise, as may be necessary to defray the expense 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.
Article 6. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning January 1st, 1921, in the anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town but not exceeding the total tax levy of the preceding financial year, as provided in Section 3, Chapter 719, General Acts 1913, and amendments thereto, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof, all debts incurred under authority of the vote shall be paid from the revenue of the present municipal year.
Article 7. To hear the report of any committees or officers of the town. 1
Article 8. To allow accounts against the town, and act anything thereon.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote that the yards of persons chosen as field drivers shall be town pounds as long as they remain in office.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to sell the Oak street engine house and lot, and authorize the Town Treas- urer to give deed thereof in the name and in behalf of the town, and affix the corporate seal thereto.
Article 11. To see what action the town will take in relation to oiling the streets and act anything thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for band concerts the coming season, and act any- thing thereon.
Article 13. To see if the town will appropriate any money
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to be expended by Post 8, G. A. R., on Memorial Day, and act anything thereon.
And you are further directed to serve this warrant by causing it to be published in the Middleboro Gazette seven days at least before the time herein specified for said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant and your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Middleborough, this the 5th day of January, A. D. 1921. .
EDWARD H. CROMWELL, E. R. STEWART,
Selectmen of Middleborough.
Plymouth, ss.
Pursuant to the instructions contained in the above war- rant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Middleborough qualified to vote as expressed in said war- rant, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes specified by causing the same to be published in the Middle- boro Gazette seven days at least, before the time herein speci- fied for said meeting.
E. KIMBALL HARRISON,
Constable.
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INDEX
Assessors, Report of . 118
Board of Health, Report of
105
Chief of Police, Report of
58
Cemetery Trust Funds. 174 . . . . 116
Collector of Taxes, Report of ·
Election Officers.
130
Forest Wardens, Report of
113 111
Inspector of Slaughtering
111
Inspector of Animals.
111
Jurors, List of .
70
Middleboro Public Library Report of Librarian
172
Moth Superintendent, Report of .
115·
Municipal Light Plant, Report of .
156
Municipal Lighting and Power Plant Report of Superintendent.
158
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
54
School Reports 5
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of .
73
Selectmen, Report of Soldiers' Relief
67
State Aid.
67
Military Aid.
67
Superintendent of Streets, Report of . . .
86
Town Clerk, Report of .
128
Births
143
Deaths.
153
Marriages. 148
Town Treasurer, Report of . 96
Trustees under will of Thomas S. Pierce, Report of 125
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Tree Warden. 114
Town Warrant 181
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