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1,675 24
County Tax
1,563 24
Electric Light Depreciation
68 16
Electric Light-Home current
958 33
Electric Light-Street current
714 78
Endowment Lots
200 00
Firemen's Wages
65 00
Flint Public Library
200 00
Forest and Building Fires Dept.
370 86
Highway Department
1,895 78
High School Tuition
1,500 00
Hose House
73 33
Hydrant on Maple Street
153 97
Interest on Town Notes
1,180 50
Liquor License
750 00
Memorial Day
124 87
Moth Department
1,922 87
Notes paid
21,700 00
Poor Department
492 89
Pupils' carfares
310 00
School Books and Supplies
226 23
School Department
5,333 80
School Incidentals
295 43
Sidewalk Department
72 01
Soldiers' Relief Department
169 60
State Highway on Maple Street
3,000 00
State Tax
2,377 83
Tax Collector
192 78
Town Officers
1,349 25
Tree Warden
168 39
Water Pipe on South Main St.
364 12
Total Selectmen's orders
$51,653 02
State Aid
1,122 00
Total paid for the year
$52,775 02
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RESERVE FUND ACCOUNT
Reserve Fund Account
Board of Health, unexpended balance 87
Bridge Department, unexpended balance 250 72
Cemetery Department, unexpended balance 24
Forest and Building Fires Dept., unexpended balance 55 60
Highway Department, unexpended balance 4 22
Hosehouse, unexpended balance 51 67
Memorial Day Department, unexpended balance 13
Poor Department, unexpended balance 234 00
Pupils' Tickets (H. S.) Department, unex- pended balance 72 04
School Books and Supplies Department, unexpended balance 242 85
School Incidentals Dept., unexpended balance 4 57
Sidewalk Department, unxpended balance 227 99
Soldiers' Relief Department, unex- pended balance
30 40
Tax Collector, unexpended balance
7 22
$1,182 52
Transfer to School Department
8 39
Total for the Reserve Fund, Jan. 1, 1917
$1,174 13
Appropriations for 1917
Maintenance Outlay
General Government :
Town Officers' salaries
$900 00
Tax Collector 200 00
Protection of Persons and Property : Fire Department :
Fires (forest and building) 350 00
Fire Department payroll 65 00
Water and light in hose house $125 00
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APPROPRIATIONS
Forestry :
Tree Warden 250 00
Power Sprayer
350 00
Moth work
383 89
Health and Sanitation : Board of Health 60 00
Highway and Bridge :
Highway (general) 1,900 00
State Highway (Maple Street)
1,000 00
Lighting
500 00
Sidewalks
300 00
Bridges
1,700 00
Charities :
Poor Department
516 50
Soldiers' Relief
200 00
Education :
Schools (general)
3,200 00
Books and supplies
450 00
Incidentals
300 00
Tranportataion (High School)
200 00
Library
200 00
Unclassified :
Contingent (regular and special Town Meeting) 2,600 00
Memorial Day
125 00
Public Service Enterprise:
Electric light depreciation
225 00
Water :
Water pipes (South Main Street) 300 00
Hydrant (Maple Street) 150 00
Cemeteries 350 00
Interest 1,000 00
Municipal Indebtedness :
Notes (from revenue) 2,700 00
Agency, Trust and Investment Transactions :
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Agency :
County Tax
1,563 24
State Tax
2,200 00
State Highway Tax
177 83
Assessed for the overlay
564 33
$21,480 79
$3,625 00
Total
$25,105 79
Recommendations of the Finance Committee for the Year 1918
Maintenance
Outlay
General Government :
Town Officers' salaries
$1,600 00
Tax Collectors' salary 200 00
Protection of Persons and Property : Police Department
200 00
Fire Department :
Building Fires
100 00
Forest Fires
250 00
Firemen's wages
65 00
Forestry :
Tree Warden
250 00
Moth work
Health and Sanitation : Board of Health 100 00
Highway and Bridges :
Highways (general) 500 00
Maple Street (special) *
$1,000 00
Lighting of streets
500 00
Sidewalks (to be taken from Reserve Fund)
200 00
Bridges 200 00
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Charities :
Poor Department
600 00
Soldiers' Benefits
175 00
Education :
Schools (general)
3,500 00
School Books and Supplies
250 00
School Incidentals
300 00
Transportation (High School)
200 00
Library
200 00
Unclassified :
Contingent Fund
1,500 00
Memorial Day 125 00
Public Service Enterprises :
Electric Light depreciation 225 00
Cemeteries
350 00
Interest
1,200 00
Municipal Indebtedness Notes
3,100 00
* The Finance Committee appointed a committee of three - O. H. Sheldon, L. G. Esty, and H. E. Howe-to study and recommend a fit kind of road construction possible for Maple Street, for the $1,000 recommended. The report of the Com- mitte is to be given at the annual Town Meeting in March, 1918.
Assessors' Statement of the Valuation of Property
Real estate
$911,050 00 75,137 00
Personal estate
$986,187 00
Number of polls, 314
628 00
Amount assessed on real and personal
estate including overlay and polls 16,406 99
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FINANCIAL CONDITION
Amount of anticipate revenue used to pay part of appropriations, viz :
Liquor license
$2,250 00
State railroad tax
1,000 00
State Colony tax
300 00
Income tax
580 00
4,130 00
Total
$20,536 99
Financial Condition of the Town, January 1, 1918
LIABILITIES
Revenue Notes
$10,900 00
Water main Notes
4,500 00
Demand Notes
4,300 00
Outlay Notes (State Highway, East St.
Bridge and Main St. water main) 3,000 00
Electric Light Department Notes 4,500 00
Unpaid electric current bill for Decem- ber (Street and House Light Dept. ) 102 91
Total Liabilities $27,302 91
ASSETS
Balance in the Town Treasury 1,656 71
Due from State account State Aid
1,122 00
66 State account Poor Dept. 115 00
Town of N. Andover account School Deparment 90 00
Mr. Fred A. Smith, Danvers account School Dept. 30 00
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Due from Mr. Clifton Berry, N. Andover ac- count School Dept. 60 00
„, Town of Danvers account Bridge Department 38 81
" Town of Topsfield acct. Moth Dept. 150 00
private work account Tree Warden 7 69
removing snow acct. Bay State R.R. 20 76 December electricity sold account
Sealer of Weights 10 75
Home Light Department 98 24
Uncollected 1916 taxes
2,193 64
Uncollected 1917 taxes
7,143 65
Total Assets
$12,737 25
Balance against the Town
14,565 66
$27,302 91
Librarian's Report BOOKS
Books in Library January 1, 1917
7,954
added by purchase
82
gift from Mrs. Margaret Wade
2
Secretary of Commonwealth 13.
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Mrs. J. J. H. Gregory
2
Free Pub. Lib. Commission 1
U. S. Brewers' Association 1:
Carnegie Endowment Fund
1
National Security_League
1
Nat'l Liquor Dealers' Association 1
Nat'l Association for employ- ment of the cured tubercular 1
Books in Library, January 1, 1918 8,059
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PAMPHLETS
Pamphlets in Library January 1, 1917
1,397
received from U. S. Government 197
U. S. Food Administration 6
Secretary of Commonwealth 10
General Educational Board 4
Chambre de Commerce de Paris 2
Com. on Public Information
6
Andover Public Library
1
66
66
Salem
1
Portland Cement Association 1
Rockefeller Foundation
1
American Red Cross
1
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
4
State Charities Association, N. Y. 1 2
Otto H. Kahn
Nesbit G. Gleason 2
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1
Massachusetts Nautical School 2
American Tel. & Tel. Co. 1
Trustees of Williston Seminary 1
Slason Thompson R.R. News Bureau 1 2
World Peace Foundation
1
66
American Issue Pub. Co. 1
Pamphlets in Library January 1, 1918 1,646
New borrowers registered 65
Circulation of books for year ending January 1, 1918 6,954
Largest circulation of books in any month, January, 1917 727 Smallest circulation of books in any month Sept., 1917 440 Number of volumes replaced 6
" visitors registered 19
" days Library was open
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EDITH L. FLETCHER,
Middleton, Mass., January, 1918 Librarian.
66
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66 Prudential Insurance Co.
66
66
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Trustees' Report
M. E. TYLER, Treas., in account with Flint Public Library Charles L. Flint Fund $5,000 00
Unexpended interest 77 64
$5,077 64
Deposited in Banks as follows :
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Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence
$1,025 00
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence
1,866 96
Andover Savings Bank
278 34
Salem Five Cent Savings Bank
1,033 18
Danvers Savings Bank
874 16
$5,077 64
January 1, 1917 cash in hands of Treasurer
as per last report $92 33
Less error in bank account 2 95
$89 38
Received from Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence
61 20
Broadway Bank, Lawrence
125 00
A. F. Henderson, Emerson Fund
123 50
Town Treasurer, Town appropriation
200 00
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Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
50 00
Edith E. Fletcher for fines, etc.
13 31
M. E. Tyler for grass 3 00
$665 39
Amount of bills paid for books :
W. H. Gould & Co.
$9 00
Woman's Peace Party
5 00
Charles E. Lauriat
60 25
Albert H. Hueser
1 85
Topsfield Historical Society
91
Porter E. Sargent
2 25
Boylston Publishing Co.
75
Library Bureau
1 46
Herman Goldberger
45 73
$127 20
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Miscellaneous Bills Paid :
Middleton Electric Light Department $34 26
L. P. and Edith L. Fletcher, services as Librarian 250 00
Edith L. Fletcher, postage, express, etc.
8 77
Danvers Water Board 10 50
Bernard Bent, shoveling snow
2 00
E. S. Hutchinson, fertilizer
3 50
Caroline A. Fletcher, insurance
33 90
W. B. Thompson & Co., flowers
2 00
M. E. Tyler, cash for postage, labor on screens and windows
6 96
Shirley & Fowle, wreath
8 00
Arthur M. Clark, supplies
2 02
W. H. Milberry, express and cash paid on lawn mower 1 25
Myrtle Peabody, repairing chair
1 35
George W. Pickering, coal
60 00
L. E. Collins, labor on hedge
5 00
Thomas A. Curtis, repairing furnace
17 44
Eugene L. Brown, care of lawn
21 25
G. P. Pope, treasurer's bond
7 50
J. A. Atwood, care of cemetery lot
3 00
$478 70
Bills paid for books
127 20
Total
$605 90
Cash on hand January 1, 1918
59 49
$665 39
GALEN B. HOWE, 1919 1921 HENRY A. YOUNG, 9191726 MAURICE E. TYLER,+918- 19 CHARLES W. HUTCHINSON, 19181917 WILLIAM R. GODFREY. 920 .6 Barnaby Trustees
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B. F. EMERSON FUND Trustees' Report
To the Board of Selectmen,
Middleton, Massachusetts.
Dear Sirs :
The Trustees of the B. F. Emerson Fund wish to submit the following report showing the standing of the fund as of December 31, 1917, together with detail of income for the year 1917 and what disposition has been made of it.
Book Value Income
INVESTMENTS
33 shares Atchinson R. R. Pfd. (par $100) $3,482 81 at 5% $165 00
2000 shares Atchinson R. R. Gen. Mtg. Bonds at 4% 80 00
1000 shares N. Y. Cen. & H. R.R. Deb. Bonds 1,031 25 at 4% 40 00
1000 shares W. Tel. & Tel. Co.
Coll. Tr. Bonds
1,002 50 at 5% 50 00
CASH IN SAVINGS BANKS
Andover Savings Bank
$1,038 82 at 4% $40 32
Danvers Savings Bank 858 52 at 4% 30 42
Salem Savings Bank
1,152 15 at 4% 42 38
Broadway Savings Bank (Lawrence)
1,148 86 at 4% 44 60
Due from income on account of over- payment
362 98
$10,077 89
$492 72
DISPOSITION OF 1917 INCOME
Paid M. E. Tyler, account Library $123 50
Paid Naumkeag Tr. Co., box rent 4 00
Security Income deposited in Sav. Bks. 207 50
Savings Bank Interest left in Fund
157 72
$492 72
Respectfully submitted, MAURICE E. TYLER, MILTON J. EMERSON, H. HERBERT WILKINS,
A. F. HENDERSON, H. M. TYLER,
Trustees B. F. Emerson Fund.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Essex, ss. To William A. Russell, Constable for the Town of Middleton, in the County of Essex:
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Middleton qualified to vote in election and town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on
Monday, the Fourth day of March, next
at 5.45 A.M. for the following purposes, viz :
To choose by ballot the following town officers for the ensuing year, viz :
Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, one Assessor, for three years, one Overseer of the Poor for three years, one School Committee for three years, Highway Surveyor, two Trustees of Flint Public Library for three years, Constable, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Auditor, three Fence Viewers, Tree Warden, Superintendent of Burials, Janitor for Town Hall, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Trustee of the David Cummings Fund for three years.
Also on the same ballot to give their votes "Yes" or "No" in answer to the following question : Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town.
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TOWNS AND CITIES .- Chapter 23 General Acts of 1917.
"An Act to provide for the licensing of coffee houses, so- called", to take effect in any town upon its acceptance by vote of the town at any annual town meeting or at any special meeting duly called for the purpose, and in any city upon its acceptance by the city council with the approval of the mayor.
TOWNS AND CITIES .- Chap. 254, General Acts of 1917.
"An Act to authorize cities and towns to pay to their employees who enlist in the service of the United States the difference between their military and their municipal compensation", to take effect upon its acceptance in towns by the voters thereof at any regular or special town meet- ing, and in cities upon its acceptance by the mayor and city council.
The polls will be open at 5.45 A. M. and may be closed at 3 P. M.
You are hereby required to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at an adjourned meeting at the Town Hall on Wednesday, March 6, 1918 at 7.30 P. M. for the following purposes, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose such other Town officers as are required to be chosen annually.
ARTICLE 2 To see what action the Town will take in regard to defraying the town expenses the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 3. To see what action the Town will take in regard to enforcing the liquor law.
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ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to require the Highway Surveyors to provide a suitable quantity of sand and use the same on the sidewalks when covered with ice.
ARTICLE 5. To see what action the Town will take in regard to compensation of Tax Collector.
ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take in regard to compensation for fire work.
ARTICLE 7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to letting the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 8. To see what measures the Town will adopt for the removal of snow from the sidewalks.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting the taxes which the Town Treasurer when appointed may use.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to extend lines, and light streets, on Mt. Vernon, King and Forest streets, or to take any action thereon ; also to extend lines for house lighting.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a safe for the Town Accountant.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will appropriate $1,000.00 for special repairs on Maple street.
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ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to extend water pipe on East street as far as the estate of Winchester Smith and appropriate money for the same to be paid in five yearly installments.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at Town Hall, one at the Center Post Office and one at Mrs. Tessier's store in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. Here- of fail not and make due return of this warrant with your do- ings 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. 1918.
MAURICE E. TYLER H. ERSKINE HOWE H. K. RICHARDSON Selectmen of Middleton.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1918
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SCHOOL REPORT
Superintendent's Report
Middleton, Mass., January 22, 1918. School Committee, Middleton, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I have the honor to submit my first annual report as Superintendent of Schools for the Town of Middleton.
The work of the School Committee in the management and organization of the schools during September and October is to be highly commended, as all departments showed careful and well planned work.
Middleton is especially fortunate in having a most efficient teaching force. All are teachers of experience and judgement, which combined with the fact that they work together for the good of the school cannot fail to produce excellent results.
The benefits derived from centralization by the transpor- tation of pupils from outlying districts is here well illustrated. Instead of a number of small isolated schools, unattractive alike to teachers and pupils, limited in purpose and scope of work, we have one building well equipped and well cared for, to- gether with all advantages of a graded and well organized school system. The pupils are given excellent accomodations to and from school, and are under the care of a competent and responsible person. Your superintendent has used Middleton as an example of what may be accomplished by consolidation in the way of solving the rural school problem.
The war has placed many burdens on the school organiza- tion. As the children of our schools today become the citzens of tomorrow, so it becomes the duty of our teachers to guide and direct the growing minds to meet the new responsibilities and changed conditions. New demands are being made on the schools, new activities are open to them. Junior Red Cross
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Work is something in which all may take part with full assur- ance that a maximum of good is being accomplished. The sale of Thrift Stamps and War Saving Certificates by the pupils is urged. As an investment they are attractive not only for the general public, but also for the children, as the amount to be invested at one time is small and the security is of the best. There is also the patriotic duty involved of loaning money to the government in this time of need. War gardens are a necessity, not only for the health and practical manual experi- ence to be derived therefrom, but also to help relieve the national food shortage. We must realize that if only enough produce in each garden is raised to supply the family needs during the summer, the national markets are thereby relieved to that extent.
One economic condition for which the war is directly responsible is the placing of the schools in direct competition with the business and industrial world. Teachers as a rule have always been poorly paid, and now the line is more widely drawn than ever. Teachers are leaving what were formerly considered well paid positions, and are taking up various kinds of commercial work. Prospective teachers are not being at- tracted to the profession. As a result there is a serious short- age of teachers. In order to conserve our existing supply we must meet in a measure the competition of the other occupa- tions. Aside from the justice of the matter, the teachers must be given a salary on which they may live during these times of mounting costs of necessities. Teaching is a skilled profession. There are many demands upon the salary which a teacher receives. She is expected to subscribe to a great many chari- table organizations, to dress in a certain manner, to keep well informed of current events and modern progressive methods of education by means of lectures and extensive reading, yet the average salary is not as high for the teacher as the average for the non-skilled professions that do not require the intensive training necessary for teaching. The fact that a teacher lives at or near her home is an economic advantage which a community
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has no right to use as a lever to reduce or keep down salaries. Teachers as a class are trusted with more responsibility than any other body of people. Often the moral training which should be given at home is left to the school. They take the child at an age when habits are most easily formed, and it is to the teachers of the past generation that the civilization of to- day owes its greatest debt for existence. How often you will hear a person say that a certain teacher had a deep influence on his life, that it was not so much the facts they taught, as certain traits of character which they themselves possessed and imparted to their pupils by example.
In a circular letter addressed to all school officials, Hon. P. P. Claxton, Federal Commissioner of Education, urges schools, not as usual during the war, but super-usual. That is, not only should we maintain our schools at the standard previous to the war, but we should go beyond what we have ever done before.
This country is demanding skilled workers, and while there is a strong temptation for a child to leave school in order to take advantage of this demand, it is urged that as many as possible continue in school. The financial advantage of a life time will more than repay the monetary loss by remaining in school a few years longer. Because the cost per pupil is advancing is no reason for curtailing the school budget. To keep pace with the world we must prepare for conditions which will exist in later years. When peace comes, we may expect the most bitter industrial war this country has ever known. We must not handicap our children by curtailing their advan- tages at the present time. Many times we hear it advocated that during these times of high costs, the schools should get along without the non-essentials of their curriculum. The only answer to this argument is that there are no non-essen- tials in the course of study. If for any reason a school plant does not provide all branches of instruction, it is their disad- vantage, and our advantage that we have them.
It is evident by the condition of the building that the citi-
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zens of Middleton take pride in their school house. With the exception of electric lights it is provided with all conveniences, as far as the limitations of the architecture will permit. As doubtless the town knows, the lighting of the class room is poor, which can be remedied only by extensive alterations.
Window screens are rarely seen on a school house, yet there is hardly a home that is without them. The protection which they offer from the house fly is enough to justify their use.
If in a few years the town should be willing to build a new school house, suitable quarters for manual training and provi- sion for domestic science could be provided. At present the manual training is being carried on under difficulties, while most excellent work is being done.
Under the direction of the school physician the health of the children is most carefully safeguarded. This excellent work could be supplemented by securing the services of a school nurse, in order to take care of routine examinations and follow up work. One day a week would give ample time to do all that is needed. It is a usual thing in schools where a nurse is employed, for the children to give her their full confi- dence, and in this way the children receive valuable advice in matters relating to personal hygiene.
Your superintendent has been in the field too short a time to be able to report on work accomplished during the past year, or to make anything more than general recommendations as to future work and policies. The cordiality and support which has been received alike from the school committee, teachers and parents have been very gratifying. All take a keen inter- est and pride in the progress of the school. The school com- mittee are giving generously of their time and devote them- selves to the welfare of the schools in attention to detail.
It is hoped that during the year the superintendent may be able to meet the parents and citizens of the town, and to be- come better acquainted. The superintendent will be glad to meet at any time anyone who has a complaint, and will try to
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adjust matters to the advantage of all concerned, he will also be pleased to confer with any who have special problems in relation to the education of their children.
Respectfully submitted, R. G. FRAME, Superintendent of Schools.
Graduation Exercises
Middleton Grammar School, June 20, 1917 PROGRAM
March-"Salut a Pesth"
"Bells of St. Mary"
Donald A. Henderson Chorus
Prayer
Rev. K. F. Norris
"There's Music in the Air"
Chorus
(In memory of Mr. Ansel P. Tyler)
"Rip Van Winkle"
Reader, Margaret L. Sylvester Rip Van Winkle, Arthur T. Powers
Dame Van Winkle, Callie Douglass
Dame Van Schaick, Geraldine Smith Young Rip, Lynnwood Hatch Judith Gardenier, Eunice Russell Little Mary, Mildred Smith
Villagers-Harriet Hood, Florence S. Estey, Edward Boyer, Clarence Richardson, Joseph Leary, Paul Richardson, Porter Durkee, Charles Fraser, Elva Rogers Dwarfs-Donald Henderson, Dean Hosmer
"Football Day" Chorus
"Some Friends of Mine"
Mildred Smith
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"Mosquitos'
"De Po' Folks in Town"
"The Secrit uv Success"
"Polly Coffin"
"Old Folks at Home"
Lynnwood E. Hatch Alfred A. Godbout Edward E. Boyer Elva G. Rogers Chorus Paul H. Richardson Eunice E. Russell
Our Country-Its Discovery
Its Colonization
Its Preservation Joseph Leary
Its Stars and Stripes
Porter J. Durkee
Charles G. Fraser
"The Makers of the Flag"
"Your Flag and My Flag"
Salute
"My Own America"
Chorus
"An Alphabet" Dean L. Hosmer, Donald A. Henderson
Presentation of Class Gift Elva G. Rogers
Presentation of Class of 1917 Supt. J. A. MacDougal
Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Frank S. Perkins
"'Morning Invitation" Chorus
Pianist, Donald A. Henderson
Music under the supervision of Mrs. Genie Fuller Kimball
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Graduates
*Edward Everett Boyer
*Callie Oddetta Douglass Porter Joseph Durkee Florence Spaulding Estey Charles Gordon Fraser
Alfred Armand Godbout Lynnwood Earl Hatch
*Donald Augustus Henderson
* Harriet Elizabeth Hood
*Dean Lenard Hosmer Joseph Francis Leary Arthur Thomas Powers
Clarence Edward Richardson
Paul Harvey Richardson
*Elva Gale Rogers
*Eunice Ellen Russell
*Geraldine Smith
*Mildred Elsie Smith
* Margaret Louise Sylvester
*Pupils received diplomas in Palmer Penmanship
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Attendance-Roll of Honor
Grades VIII and VII-First Half Year
*Harriet Hood *Jennie Stevens
*Porter Durkee
* Anne Sanford * Milton Evans *Dean L. Hosmer
*Grant Morrison
Last Half Year
*Milton Evans
Lynnwood Hatch
Dean Hosmer
Grades VI and V-First Half Year
* Dwight Little *William Roberts
*Guy Morrison * Martha Murray
*Lois Tompkins
Second Half Year Dwight Little -
Grades IV and III-First Half Year
*Ernest Gould
Orson Thomas
Vilho Tuhanen *Marie Tuhanen
Second Half
*Ernest Gould
* Andrew Jackson
Orson Thomas
Grades II and I-First Half Year
*Goldie Ogden * Benjamin Ogden
Stars indcate not tardy during same period
REPORT OF Financial Transactions
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1917
ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE A OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS
RECEIPTS
Sources of Receipts
Revenue for Expenses
Revenue to Outlays
Total
General Revenue
1 TAXES
CURRENT YEAR
1 Property
$9,217 22
2 Poll
480 00
Town of Danvers
128 00
PREVIOUS YEARS
3 Property
6,444 20
4 Poll
50 00
FROM THE STATE
5 Corporation
230 31
7 Bank
65
Income Tax
609 40
Total from Taxes
$17,159 78
17,159 78
2 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Licenses
8 Liquor
$3,000 00
9 All Others
28 00
3,028 00
4 GRANTS AND GIFTS
GRANTS FROM OTHER CIVIL DIV.
15 From State, for Education:
(a) Support of Public Schools
$1,150 17
(b) Aid to High School (Trans)
148 44
(d) High School Tuition
2,902 00
(e) Union Superintendency
208 33
18 From State, other purposes
(a) Inspector of Animals
37 50
(c) Reimbursement acct. Moth Work
721 13
19 From County (Dog Licenses) for schools or libraries
233 64
Total from Grants and Gifts
$5,401 21
5,401 21
8 DEPARTMENTAL
8a GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Offsets to Outlays
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS 47 City or Town Hall
$202 90
Total for General Government
$202 90
202 90
FORESTRY
58 Insect Pest Extermination
$164 02
59 Planting & Trimming Trees
10 70
60 Forest Fires
71 00
Total for Protection of
Persons and Property
$245 72
245 72
Total forward
$26,037 61
-
$3,028 00
65
RECEIPTS
Sources of Reciepts
Revenue for Expenses
Offsets to Outlays
Total
Total forward
$26,037 61
8d HIGHWAYS
75 Construction from County and State 80 Miscellaneous Total from Highways
$8 50
$8 50
$2,000 00
2,008 50
8e CHARITIES
82 Reimbursements for relief given (a) From Individuals
3 50
(b) other Cities & Towns
87 07
(c) " the State
119 82
Total from Charities
$210 39
210 39
8f SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
86 State Aid Soldiers' Exemption
$1,474 67
56 48
Total from Soldiers' Benefits
$1,531 15
1,531 15
8g SCHOOLS
90 Tuition and Transportation of State Wards
205 50
91 Other Tuition 93 Miscellaneous Sale of Tickets $33 60 Dress Goods 18 69
52 29
Total from Schools
$282 79
8k
101 Receipts not recorded un- der Previous Classifications
(a) From State, for loss of taxes around Public Instit. Total from Unclassified
$303 97
303 97
9 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTER- PRISES
102 Electric
(a) Income from Sale of Light and Power
$1,126 39
$1,126 39
1,126 39
Total forward
$31,500 80
66
25 00
282 79
$303 97
$2,000 00
RECEIPTS
Sources of Receipts
Revenue for Expenses
Offsets to Outlays
Total
Total forward
$31,500 80
10 CEMETERIES
106 Sale of Lots and Graves 108 Care of Endowed Lots (Interest on Funds) Total from Cemeteries
$54 00 200 00
$254 00
254 00
11 ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUNDS
110 Cummings Fund for Worthy Poor
$385 56
Total from Administration of Trust Funds
$385 56
385 56
12 INTEREST
113 On Deposits Total from Interest
$37 51
37 51
13 MUNICIPAL INDEBTED- NESS
120 Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
$14,900 00
122 Loans for General Pur- poses
3,000 00
Total from Municipal In- debtedness
$17,900 00
17,900 00
18 BALANCES
Total Cash on Hand Beginning of Year
$4,739 42
4,739 42
Grand Total Receipts and Cash on Hand
$54,817 29
67
$37 51
PAYMENTS
Objects of Payments
Expenses
Outlays
Total
1 DEPARTMENTAL
1A GENERAL GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE
1 Aldermen & Council; Moderator
$10 00
EXECUTIVE
2 Mayor; Commission; Selectmen
292 50
(b) Other Expenses
202 57
FINANCIAL
3 Auditor, Accountant and Aud- iting
266 00
(b) Other Expenses
24 65
4 Treasurer
(a) Salaries and Wages
122 50
(b) Other Expenses
50 23
5 Collector
(a) Salaries and Wages
192 78
(b) Other Expenses
70 12
6 Assessor
(a) Salaries and Wages
291 75
(b) Other Expenses
50 06
OTHER GENERAL DEPARTMENTS
10 City or Town Clerk
(a) Salaries and Wages
118 00
(b) Other Expenses
11 55
15 Election and Registration
(a) Salaries and Wages
147 00
(b) Other Expenses
42 05
16 Other General Departments
(a) Salary, Sealer of Weights
35 00
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
17 City or Town Hall
(a) Salaries and Wages
124 75
(b) Other Expenses
283 31
Total for General Government
$2,334 82
$2,334 82
Total forward
$2,334 82
68
PAYMENTS
Objects of Payments
Expenses
Outlays
Total
Total forward
$2,334 82
1B PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
18 Salaries and Wages
$ 236 26
20 Equipment and Repairs
$27 56
24 Other Expenses
65 06
FIRE DEPARTMENT
25 Salaries and Wages
184 90
32 Other Expenses Water and Light, Hose House
29 56
73 33
INSPECTION
37 Sealing Weights & Measures
4 34
FORESTRY
38 Insect Pest Extermination
1,927 57
39 Planting and Trimming Trees
268 39
40 Forest Fires
221 40
Total for Protection of Per- sons and Property
$2,937 48
$100 89
3,038 37
1C HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH
45 General Administration
20 00
46 Quarantine and Contagious Disease Hospitals
4 50
48 Vital Statistics
11 50
49 Other Expenses
42 13
50 Inspection
(a) Insp'n of School Children
10 00
(b) Inspection of Animals
26 00
Total for Health & Sanitation
$114 13
114 13
1D HIGHWAYS
61 Gen'l Highway Expenditures
1,895 78
62 Construction
3,000 00
63 Sidewalks and Curbing
72 01
64 Snow and Ice Removal Bridges
20 76
41 77
1,407 51
Total for Highways
$2,030 32
$4,407 51
6,437 83
Total forward
$11,925 15
69
PAYMENTS
Objects of Payments
Expenses
Outlays
Total
Total forward
$11,925 15
1E CHARITIES
68 General Administration
$ 50 00
71 Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns
218 30
74 Other Expenses
159 59
Relief Given Account State Paupers
75 00
Total for Charities
$502 89
502 89
1F SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
76 State Aid
1,122 00
78 Soldiers' Burials
40 00
79 Soldiers' Relief
169 60
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
$1,331 60
1,331 60
1G SCHOOL
80 General Expenses
(a) Administrative Salaries
316 00
81 Teachers' Salaries
2,649 00
82 Text Books and Supplies
226 23
83 Tuition
1,500 00
84 Transportation
1,502 00
86 Janitors' Services
443 45
87 Fuel and Light
367 75
88 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
199 93
92 Other Expenses
224 23
Total for Schools
$7,428 59
7,428 59
1H LIBRARIES
98 Other Expenses
200 00
Total for Libraries
$200 00
200 00
1K UNCLASSIFIED
105 Damages to Persons and Personal Property
42 00
106 Memorial Day
124 87
110 Payments not Recorded Under Previous Classifica'ns
(a) Printing City or Town R'ps
87 80
(b) Moth Dept. Insurance
93 77
(c) Certification of Town Notes
16 00
(d) Blowing Fire Whistle
31 20
(e) Sundry Expenditures
242 60
Total for Unclassified
$638 24
638 24
Total forward
$22,026 47
70
,
PAYMENTS
Objects of Payments
Expenses
Outlays
Total
Total forward
$22,026 47
2 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
111 Electric
(a) Maintenance and Operation Miscellaneous
1,741 27
8 03
113 Water
(a) Maintenance and Operation
10 00
(c) Construction Salaries of Commissioners
30 00
Total Public Service Enterprises
$1,789 30
$518 09
2,307 39
3 CEMETERIES
115 Maintenance Superintendent of Burials
349 76
15 00
Total for Cemeteries
$364 76
364 76
4 ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST FUNDS
117 Cummings Fund for Worthy Poor
385 56
Total for Adm. of Trust Funds
$385 56
385 56
5 INTEREST
120 On Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
583 76
122 On Loans for Gen. Purposes
405 48
124 On Loans for Public Service Enterprises
191 26
Total for Interest
$1,180 50
1,180 50
6 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
129 Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
19,000 00
132 Bonds and Notes from Rev- enue
(a) General
2,700 00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness
$2,700 00
$19,000 00
21,700 00
Total forward
$47,964 68
71
518 09
Indebted- ness
PAYMENTS
Objects of Payments
Expenses
Temporary Account
Total
Total forward
$47,964 68
8 AGENCY TRUST AND INVEST- MENT TRANSACTIONS
AGENCY
140 Taxes
(a) State
(c) County
141 Liquor Licenses
750 00
TRUST
144 Perpetual Care Funds
200 00
$4,891 07
4,891 07
Total for Agency Trust and In- vestment Transactions
Temp. Acct. and Cash Bal.
9 REFUNDS
150 Taxes
304 83
Total Refunds
$304 83
304 83
Total Cash on Hand End of Year
$1,656 71
1,656 71
Grand Total Payments and Cash on Hand
$54,817 29
72
2,377 83 1,563 24
Remitted to the State
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