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TREASURER'S REPORT
Samuel A. Fletcher, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Middleton.
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February 1, 1908 to balance in Treasury, $2493 27 February 1, 1908 to balance remaining for land sold in 1906,
34 34
State for Corporation tax,
567 62
Corporation tax,
824 65
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State Aid,
720 00
66 Street Railway tax,
1071 27
66
High School tuition, special,
1000 00
66
Gypsy Moth suppression,
121 11
Gypsy Moth suppression,
1239 47
Gypsy Moth suppression, 309 76
66 Gypsy Moth suppression, 295 19
Tuition of State children, 202 50
Inspection of Animals, 17 50
H. K. Mansfield, liquor license,
2750 00
State Treasurer Note discounted, 1469 67
Danvers Savings Bank on Note,
600 00
Danvers Savings Bank on Note,
1500 00
Geo. K. Knowlton, salary of School Superintendent, 250 00
Town of Danvers, tax on land,
148 00
Salem Hospital, 23 00
Estate of C. A. Berry, care of cemetery lot, 50 00
William E. Ogden, for North school
house, 325 00
Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.,
excise, 955 94
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National Bank tax,
17 68
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Endownment Funds for care of ceme-
tery lots, $70 50
John Jones, for butcher's license, 1 00
Mary F. Merriam, for trimming trees, 2 50
School Committee, for books, 2 42
Ink sold, 20
D. W. Case, for junk sold,
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Jenney Manufacturing Co., two barrels returned, 1 75
B. & N. Railway, funeral expenses of man killed on railway, 35 00
B. T. McGlauflin, for one pair tree climbers sold, 2 00
W. W. Richardson, old plank sold,
3 76
W. W. Richardson, for gravel sold, 60
L. E. Collins, for rent of North School house, 5 00
Henry F. White, cash returned from Memorial fund, 7 96
John Jones, one grave in lot 216,
5 00
H. F. Kennedy, one grave in lot 216, 5 00
Walter H. Gould, for cemetery lot 578,
16 00
Clarinda A. Bryer, for cemetery lot 522,
16 00
Loren G. Estey, for cemetery lot 538, 16 00
M. E. Tyler, for cemetery lot 542,
18 00
Ephraim L. Estey, for cemetery lot 572, 18 00
Mrs. Arabella Wilson, for cemetery lot 594, 16 00
L. Maria Frame, endowment cemetery lot 516, 125 00
George F. Durkee, for cemetery lot 576, 16 00
Town of Danvers for tax on land, 72 00
Oscar Sheldon, junk license, 2 00
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Danvers National Bank, interest on deposits, $ 22 93
Henry A. Young, for use of Town Hall, 95 70
John M. Peabody, collector of taxes, 130 69
Albert G. Huntoon, collector of taxes, 7054 74
County Treasurer, Dog Tax refunded, 139 19
$24,887 43
CR.
Paid for State Aid Orders, $782 00
Paid for Selectmen's Orders,
21,315 80
Deposited in Savings Bank for care of Cemetery lots, 175 00
Remaining for land sold for taxes, in 1906,
34 34
Balance in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1909,
2580 29
$24,887 43
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
Assessors' Valuation of Property.
Real Estate,
Personal Estate,
$632,490 00 136,678 00
$769,168 00
Number of polls, 261, $522 00
Rate of taxation, $9 00 per $1000.
Tax on real estate, 5692 41
Tax on personal estate,
1230 10
Amount assessed on property including overlay, $7,444 51
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ASSESSORS' VALUATION
Balance of License money used,
2062 50
Anticipated Corporation tax money used,
420 84
Money paid by Town of Danvers for tax on land around Pond,
72 00
$9999 85
Amount appropriated for the various de-
partments as follows:
Current Expenses,
$1200 00
Schools,
2350 00
School books and supplies,
250 00
Incidental school expenses,
300 00
Highway,
800 00
Bridges,
50 00
Sidewalks,
125 00
Cemetery,
175 00
Note on School heating,
215 00
Fire Department,
100 00
Firemen,
65 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Gypsy and Brown-tail moth,
303 19
Water pipe North and South Main Streets,
600 00
Hydrant on Maple St., near Gregory farm,
50 00
Poor Department,
100 00
Land on Lake St., by pond,
200 00
Improvement and painting inside of Town Hall,
135 00
Collecting Taxes,
100 00
Car fare for High School pupils,
250 00
Improvment around Flag staff,
75 00
State Tax,
1210 00
County Tax,
987 66
Overlay,
259 00
$9999 85
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FINANCIAL CONDITION
Financial Condition of the Town. LIABILITIES.
Amount of note against Town, Hiram
L. Hutchinson,
$2000 00
Flint Book fund,
2000 00
B. F. Emerson fund,
800 00
Heating Plant note,
300 00
Danvers Savings Bank note for pur- chase of land bordering lake,
600 00
Danvers Savings Bank notes in an- ticipation of taxes,
2500 00
$8200 00
Balance in favor of Town,
1345 91
$9545 91
ASSETS.
Balance in Treasury January 1, 1909,
$2580 29
Due from State Aid,
782 00
Due from No. Andover,
60 00
Uncollected taxes, 1903,
75 87
Uncollected taxes, 1904,
82 63
Uncollected taxes, 1905,
222 76
Uncollected taxes, 1906,
374 92
Uncollected taxes, 1907,
1685 68
Uncollected taxes, 1908,
3455 86
Uncollected taxes 1898 to 1902 inclusive,
turned over to A. G. Huntoon from John M. Peabody, 173 28
Uncollected on Moth work for private property, 52 62
$9545 91
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SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY
Schedule of Town Property.
Library building,
$10,000 00
Library land,
1,000 00
Flint Public Library,
3,800 00
Town Hall,
4,000 00
School Houses,
6,600 00
Lock-up,
300 00
Fire Apparatus,
1,250 00
Road Machine and tools,
150 00
Moth ladders and tools,
50 00
School books in use,
300 00
B. F. Emerson fund,
11,309 60
Charles L. Flint book fund,
5,000 00
Cemetery,
1,800 00
Hearse and hearse house,
600 00
$46,159 60
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Middleton, Mass., February 2, 1909.
I have examined the accounts and books of the Town Officers and all bills and vouchers on which money has been paid from the Treasury of the Town for the year ending Dec. 31, 1908, and find them to be correct.
CHARLES F. FLOYD, Auditor.
FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Librarian's Report.
Books in Library February 1, 1908,
6332
Books added by purchase, 90
Books added by gift of U. S. Government,
6
Books added by gift of N. E. Historical Society, 8
Books added by gift of State of Massachusetts,
12
Books added by gift of Smithsonian Institute,
2
Books added by gift of Town of Danvers,
1
Books added by gift of H. P. Emerson, Esq.,
1
Books added by gift of Edgar Jay Sherman,
1
Books added by gift of G. L. Raymond,
3
Books added by gift of S. Thompson News Bureau,
1
Books in the Library February 1, 1909, 6457
Pamphlets.
Pamphlets in Library February 1, 1908, 799
Pamphlets received from U. S. Government, 53
Pamphlets received from Sect'y of Mass. 6
Pamphlets received from Essex County, Mass.
2
Pamphlets received from Soldier's Home Chelsea,
2
Pamphlets received from Republican Nat. Com.,
1
Pamphlets received from Women's Aux. Mass. C. Service Reform, 4
Pamphlets received from Boston Public Library, 1
Pamphlets received from Abbott Public Library, Marblehead, 1
Pamphlets received from Salem Public Library, 1
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Pamphlets received from Newton Free Library, 1
Pamphlets received from Peabody Institute, Danvers, 1
Pamphlets received from Memorial Hall, Andover, 1
Pamphlets received from Syracuse Public Library, 1
Pamphlets received from Town of Topsfield, 1
Pamphlets received from J. H. Benton,
1
876
New names added to the list of patrons of the Library, 127
Circulation of books for the year ending Feb. 1, 1909, 7097
Largest circulation of books in any one month, August, 797 Smallest circulation of books in any one month, February, 502 Number of books replaced, 3
Number of days the Library has been open, 128
Number of visitors registered for the year ending
February 1, 1909, 168
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, Librarian.
Middleton, February 1, 1909.
Trustees' Report. M. E. TYLER, Treasurer.
In account with Flint Public Library.
Amount of Charles L. Flint fund, $5000 00
Notes against Town of Middleton, $2000 00
Deposited in Banks, 3000 00
$5000 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer Feb. 1, 1908, $100 26 Received from A. P. Tyler from B. F.
Emerson fund, 410 00
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Received from S. A. Fletcher, interest on Town Notes, 95 00
Received from W. H. Pond, for lawn mower, 2 00
Received from A. M. Richardson, for grass, 6 00
Received from A. P. Tyler, accumulated interest in Banks, 169 68
Received from Salem Savings Bank, 100 00
S. A. Fletcher for fines and cards, 10 25
$893 19
Amount of Bills Paid from Flint Fund.
Charles E. Lauriet Co., books, $68 49
Essex Institute books, 1 00
Young People's Missionary Movement, 5 10
Library Bureau, 2 00
Topsfield Historical Society, 1 84
Edward L. Perley, for books, 9 00
S. A. Fletcher, periodicals and labels, 49 30
$136 73
Amount of Bills Paid from Emerson Fund.
Samuel A. Fletcher, services as Librarian and Janitor, $245 67
S. A. Fletcher, cash for express, postage, etc.,
8 79
S. A. Fletcher, cord of wood,
5 00
S. A. Fletcher, insurance on books,
36 00
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R. G. Peabody, cash paid for flowers,
B. F. Emerson lot, Memorial Day, 3 00
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., gasoline, 22 97
Danvers Water Board, 7 00
A. G. Huntoon, coal, 70 00
J. A. Atwood, loam 11 25
A. G. Huntoon, carting loam and ashes, 11 15
Atwood and McGlauflin, sawing wood, 1 00
A. R. Richardson, care of lawn, 20 40
J. A. Atwood, care of Emerson lot in Cemetery, 3 00
J. F. Barnard & Co., repairing books, 47 07
E. F. Costeller & Co., removing shrubs, etc., 75 00
A. P. Tyler, car fares, time and postage, 2 50
M. E. Tyler, labor and varnish on storm doors, freight, teaming and postage,
5 23
Deposited in Savings Bank, 100 00
$675 03
$811 76
Cash on hand,
81 43
$893 19
Cash in hands of Treasurer,
$ 81 43
Unexpended balance in banks, 439 25
$520 68
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER,
GALEN B. HOWE,
RALPH G. PEABODY,
MAURICE E. TYLER,
GEORGE E. BARNABY,
ANDREW W. PEABODY,
Trustees.
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Trustees Report.
The trustees of the B. E. Emerson Fund submit their twen- tieth annual report:
INVESTMENT ACCOUNT.
Atchison R. R. preferred stock, $3,300 00
Atchison R. R. general mortgage bonds, 2,000 00
Western Telephone and Telegraph bonds, 1,000 00
Buffalo and Susquehanna R. R. bonds, 1,000 00
N. Y. Central R. R. mortgage bonds, 1,000 00
Town of Middleton note,
800 00
Salem Savings Bank,
656 41
Danvers Savings Bank,
776 47
Andover Savings Bank,
776 72
$11,309 60
INCOME ACCOUNT.
Interest on Atchison stock,
$165 00
Atchison bonds, 80 00
Buffalo and Susquehanna bonds, 45 00
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N. Y. & Central R. R. bonds, 40 00
Western Telephone and Telegraph bonds, 50 00
Town note,
40 00
Salem Savings Bank, 25 46
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Danvers Savings Bank, 15 42
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Andover Savings Bank, 30 14
Paid M. E. Tyler accumulated interest,
$491 02 $169 68
ANSEL P. TYLER,
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER,
MILTON J. EMERSON,
MAURICE E. TYLER,
H. HERBERT WILKINS,
Trustees.
Estimates for Next Year.
The Finance Committee recommend the following sums be raised to pay the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year: Current expenses, $1200 00
Schools,
2450 00
School books and supplies,
300 00
School incidentals,
400 00
School Physician,
10 00
Transportation of High School pupils,
235 00
Shingling School House,
225 00
Painting inside School House,
50 00
Painting outside School House, one coat,
75 00
Cemetery Department, 175 00
Note and interest on School Heating Note, 210 00
Fire Department,
100 00
Firemen, 65 00
And 25 cents per hour while on duty.
Highway Department,
300 00
Bridge Department,
75 00
Sidewalks,
100 00
Brown-tail and Gypsy moth,
307 67
Tree Warden,
100 00
Shingling Town Hall,
175 00
Painting Town Hall, outside,
125 00
Poor Department,
100 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Removing rocks from Ipswich River,
50 00
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
Middleton ss. To Oscar Cram, Constable for the Town of Middleton, in the County of Essex. GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Middleton qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town, on
Monday, the First day of March, next,
at six o'clock A. M., for the following purposes, viz:
To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting and all other meetings to be held under this warrant.
To choose by ballot the following town officers for the ensuing year, viz: Town Clerk, three Selectmen, one Assessor for three years, one Overseer of the Poor, for three years, one School Committee for three years, High- way Surveyor for one year, two trustees of Flint Public Library, for three years, Constable for one year, Treas- urer, Tax Collector, Auditor, three Fence Viewers, Tree Warden, Superintendent of Burials, and Janitor for Town Hall.
Also on the same ballot to give in their votes, "Yes" or "No" in answer to the following question : Shall
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license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
The Polls will be opened at six o'clock A. M. and may be closed at 2.30 P. M.
You are hereby required to notify and warn said qualified inhabitants to meet subsequently, at the Town Hall on Wednesday, March 3, 1909 at 7.30 o'clock P. M. for the following purposes, viz .:
ART. I. To choose such other town officers as are required to be chosen annually.
ART. 2. To see how much money the town will raise to defray town charges the ensuing year and deter- mine how the same shall be appropriated.
ART. 3. To see what action the Town will take in regard to enforcing the liquor law.
ART. 4. To see how much money the Town will raise for the observance of Memorial day.
ART. 5. To see what action the Town will take in regard to discount and interest on taxes.
ART. 6. On petition of Alexander J. Pride and thir- teen others to see what action the Town will take in re- gard to laying a water pipe in that part of Maple Street, from Howes Station to the town line, being the part through which it was originally intended to lay the new Danvers main pipe.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water pipe on North and South Main Streets.
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ART. 8. By recommendation of the Finance Commit- tee to see if the Town will vote to extend its water pipe section, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to do the same, said money to be hired and payable in yearly instalments.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to light Town Hall and some of the public streets by electricity.
ART. IO. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to shingle and paint the Town Hall.
ART. II. By petition of Burton McGlauflin and eleven others to see if the Town will lay a new floor in the Town Hall and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 12. By petition of Joseph Glennon and sixteen others to see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners to have certain places on Boston Street widened and straightened.
ART. 13. To see what action the Town will take in regard to cutting wood and timber in the Cemetery woods.
ART. 14. Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled, An act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire be accepted by this Town. The vote shall be taken by separate ballot, and shall be "Yes" or "No" in answer to the above question printed upon the ballot.
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ART. 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Highway surveyor to make needed repairs on Mount Vernon Street.
ART. 16. By petition of Eli E. Richardson and nine others to see if the Town will vote to lay a water main in a portion of Boston Street.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take in regard to letting the Town Hall.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take con- cerning the cemetery.
ART. 19. To see what measures the Town will adopt for the removal of snow from the sidewalks.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for medical examiner for school children ac- cording to law.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the selectmen, to hire such sums of money as may be necessary to meet current expenses in anticipation of taxes of the present year and payable therefrom.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting the taxes which Town Treasurer when appointed may use.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for removing obstructions in the Ipswich river which causes inconvenience to people canoeing.
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ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to protest against any change in the law which takes away local control over shell fisheries, or which takes away the pub- lic rights by leasing the shores or flats.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Town Hall and one at Centre Post Office and one at the Post Office in South Middleton in said Town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 15th day of February, A. D. 1909.
MATTHEW M. MERRILL, MAURICE E. TYLER, H. ERSKINE HOWE,
Selectmen of Middleton.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1909.
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SALEM, MASS. MILO A NEWHALL & CO. 1909
Report of the School Committee.
To the Citizens of Middleton and the Secretary of the State Board of Education :-
The organization of the School Committee for the year 1908-1909 made at the March meeting was as follows: Darius W. Case, Chairman; Ansel P. Tyler, Secretary and Purchasing Agent; Prince T. Woods, M. D., School Physician.
A detailed review of the work for the school year will be found in the report of the Superintendent of Schools in the following pages. The committee has found the past year even busier than the preceding one, each year brings new duties and added responsibilities. We earnestly urge the town, at its annual meeting, to make a more liberal appropriation for the mainten- ance of schools during the coming year. It will be recalled that it was necessary to ask for more funds at a special meeting last spring, in order to get a sufficient amount for current school expenses.
During the year just past we have found it necessary to make heavier expenditures in some matters than we expected, there were necessary repairs and improvements that could not be put off. We have so far as possible done that which we felt must be done and have postponed other matters which we had planned and intended to do. The school house roof is now in need of extensive repairs, temporary ones were made during the past winter to stop troublesome leaks, and upon thorough ex- amination of the roof, when weather permits, it is probable that it will be found necessary to put on new shingles. The school building needs painting inside and out. If the promise of the
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school census, taken last September, holds good we shall soon need an additional school room for the accommodation of pupils, the primary grades are already very crowded. State investiga- tors are calling attention to the salaries paid to teachers in the various towns of the Commonwealth. While Middleton ranks well as to school salaries among her sister towns of like valua- tion, we shall undoubtedly be obliged to make some increase in order to hold to our present high standing in the matter of teachers. It is much better policy to retain experienced teachers when possible than to be continually changing to new and in- experienced ones.
In the matter of ventilating the school sanitaries we ex- ceeded our appropriation by a considerable sum. We at first believed that we could install a simple and inexpensive ventilat- ing system that would answer all purposes. Upon investigation and opening the partition behind the closets it was found that when the sanitaries were originally installed, the law in relation to plumbing had not been complied with. We took expert ad- vice and it was decided to do the work in a thorough manner and so avoid possible closing of the school by the State Board of Health. The law calls for ventilating each closet and urinal separately and this was done in a thorough manner connecting all with central flues of large diameter and emptying the poisonous gases, so collected, above the roof. Before the in- stallation of this system and the renovation of the sanitary rooms, the odor in the lower rooms and halls was exceedingly offensive. The new method of ventilation works well and ob- jectional odors and gases are no longer a menace to the health of pupils and teachers.
The new overflow cesspool appears to be doing the work for which it was built and we anticipate no further trouble from that source. It was found necessary to dig up, straighten and increase the pitch of the sewer pipe between the old cesspool and the sanitary rooms.
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Early in the year the committee by unanimous vote placed an order for alteration of the school house doors and storm porches for same. Later a majority found that the proposed plan would seriously interfere with the light of the primary school room and the matter was, through this and other causes, unavoidably postponed until too late to complete the work in the summer vacation. To put on storm porches that will be suitable, effective, and that will not mar the appearance of the building will call for a considerable expenditure, as the windows of the lower primary room must either be moved or a glassed in porch provided on both girls and boys sides of the building. The committee did not feel like incurring this expense without first submitting the matter to the Town. A heat register from the furnace was installed in the north hall and this has greatly improved conditions so that the absence of storm porches has not been seriously felt this winter. The school doors should be changed to comply with State requirements and this must be done during the coming summer vacation. The stairs in both halls are in need of new treads, which should be supplied at the same time.
During the year it was found necessary to provide a new Janitor for the school building and Mr. George H. Smith was elected to that position and also made Truant Officer. He has fulfilled his duties thus far in a creditable manner. Miss Helen O. Locke was engaged to teach the lower grammar grade in place of Miss Quennell who left us for a more lucrative position in Salem. Her work has been so satisfactory that we hope we may retain her permanently.
In October, after a brief illness, our late Supervisor of Music, Mr. George F. Smith, died suddenly, to the deep sorrow and regret of all who knew him and his work with us. Mr. H. Leroy Stone, a gentleman of much musical talent, was elected to fill the vacancy. By reference to the following report of Supt. Thomson further details of school matters will be found, making it unnecessary to repeat them here.
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We trust that the citizens of Middleton will give due at- tention and thought to school requirements as in the past, and that they will deal liberally with school needs. The committee has endeavored to do its best for the best interests of the Town and of the schools and we hope that our work in this direction has merited your approval. Too much stress cannot be laid upon the importance of an education and securing the best for our children of school age. Parents are earnestly urged to co- operate with the committee in securing better attendance than in the past. Too many pupils are absent for half a day or a day or two at a time, often because the pupil desires to seek employ- ment in the berry field or elsewhere or because his or her services seem to be needed at home. This is to be regretted, as educa- tional opportunities lost in youth are seldom if ever made up in after years. In the present age the man or woman without at least the best education that a grammar and high school can give, will find it very hard to earn a good living. Too many of our boys have applied for "work permits" during the past year.
In the matter of barge transportation of school children, we ask the parents to help us to secure better service by getting the children out to the barge line in good season. Many times the barge is kept waiting a long time at a cross-roads in the morn- ing for some late pupil and as a result all of the children on the line are kept waiting or made late to school. Our barges carry heavy freights and effort is being made to secure better time and service. Hereafter the barges will leave promptly after the close of school. In the morning, while collecting children, no wait will be made for longer than two or three minutes for any late scholar. Try to have the children on time and so get better barge service, particularly in cold weather
In closing we wish to thank you for your cordial support and to express our high appreciation of the earnest and efficient work of all of our teachers and the Superintendent. We believe that we now have our schools equipped with a working force the
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equal of any similar schools in the Commonwealth and we trust that we shall be able to maintain the present high standard. To further the good work already established and to keep our schools in touch with the progress in schools all over the State, it will be necessary for us to have a number of new books and other school material. Let us practice economy of expenditures and avoid extravagance by all means, but let us be sure also that we have everything needful to supply, that solid foundation for the future success of this country, the best public school educa- tion we can provide for the children of our town. Trusting you will deal with us even more generously than in the past and hoping for your earnest co-operation with us in the work for better schools.
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