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$829 05
38
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
House and Forest Fires
Leon Soper and car
$116 25
Fred Creed and car
70 25
C. Richardson and car 42 00
O. Sheldon, car and team
15 50
K. Wendall and car
17 75
R. Wendall and car
20 00
Roy Osborne and sprayer
8 75
J. W. Osborne and car
14 25
W. Russell and car
14 25
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G. Fuller and team
6 50
A. Fuller and car
5 50
B. Evans and car
4 50
C. Groce
37 50
R. Ewing and car
2 00
C. Osgood
21 50
L. Myatt and car
3 00
Joseph Lewis
15 50
W. W. Wilkins
17 00
H. Tyler
12 25
W. Roberts
10 00
F. Bryer
9 00
O. Richardson
8 00
J. Wendall
8 00
C. Hood
4 50
G. Sheldon
3 50
C. Wendall
3 50
E. Campbell
3 00
L. Kenney
3 00
J. Russell
3 00
R. Berry
3 25
H. Milbery
2 50
P. Russell
3 25
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PAYROLL ANALYSIS
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E. Wrigley
2 50
W. Freeman
2 25
A. Sheldon
2 50
G. Fitzgerald
2 50
T. Bott
2 00
A. Kitchen
2 00
D. Mohan
2 00
L. Tedford
2 00
Guy Morrison
2 50
W. Fournier
1 75
W. Anderson
1 50
O. Evans
1 50
B. Meade
1 50
R. Peabody
1 50
J. Russell
1 50
M. Young
1 50
Mr. Ryer
1 50
L. Crossman
1 25
A. Kitchen
2 00
M. Betts
1 00
E. Cloon
1 00
P. Goodale
1 00
C. Lettney
1 00
W. Ebson
1 00
A. Marshall
1 00
G. McIntyre
1 00
H. Phillips
1 00
M. Evans
1 00
H. Giles
1 00
P. Goodwin
1 00
E. Jones
1 00
H. Fournier
1 00
Mr. Hartman
1 00
H. Talmon
1 00
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PAYROLL ANALYSIS
E. P. Oakman
1 00
R. Floyd
1 00
B. Bent
75
D. Murphy
75
W. Murphy
75
E. Brown
50
C. Abbie
50
L. Anderson
50
W. Andrews
50
F. Currier
50
J. Elbert
50
F. Evans
50
M. Collins
50
M. Ettor
50
F. Cousins
50
H. Gebou
50
F. Curtis
50
A. Hubbard
50
A. Leary
50
W. Milbery
50
Mrs. McDonald
50
R. Perfect
50
A. Morrison
50
F. McWilliam
50
W. Martin, Jr.
50
E. Rogers
50
W. Ogden
50
S. Pike
50
W. Sanborn
50
Mr. Sayre
50
Mr. White
50
A. Wilkins
50
C. Wilkins
50
W. Wendall
50
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PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Cemetery
Arthur Peabody
$232 26
Lewis Ryer
101 75
J. Allen Atwood and team
60 37
George Barnaby
59 50
W. W. Wilkins
41 50
H. White
41 13
L. Anderson
32 38
Burton McGlauflin and team
25 13
J. Russell
20 75
P. Goodwin
16 00
J Lewis
9 75
E. Russell
8 00
H. Milbury
4 50
O. Richardson
4 00
A. Daniels
2 00
$659 02
Police
Will Russell
$168 45
Will Russell, car
55 00
Oscar Sheldon
132 55
Oscar Sheldon, car
12 00
E. Hillman
111 75
E. Hillman, car
59 00
R. C. Colton
110 40
R. C. Colton, car
24 55
Elmer Campbell
8 00
Fred Creed
6 00
G. W. Andrews
1 00
Oscar Sheldon
1 00
Joe Lewis
50
$690 20
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PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Moth Payroll
W. Wilkins and team
$273 36
D. Mohan
113 75
D. Mohan, team
57 13
L. Soper
57 50
Oscar Sheldon, team
55 00
W. Clayton
52 00
J. Russell
45 00
F. Curtis
27 50
J. Lewis
25 00
B. McGlauflin
16 00
B. McGlauflin, team
8 00
A. Peabody
4 50
$734 24
Tree Warden
Bert McGlauflin
$246 94
Bert McGlauflin, team
31 50
W. Wilkins
188 75
C. Osgood
16 50
L. Soper
10 50
G. Morrison
2 75
B. Wilkins
2 00
$498 94
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Various Committees
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR
Year Ending December 31, 1924
PART II
45
CEMETERY ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment Account-1924
NAME
No. of Lot
Fund
Balance 1923
Interest Received
Amount Withdrawn
Balance
Atwood, L. Frank
360
$100 00
$132 69
$635
$6 00
$133 04
Averill, Edward P.
52
100 00
102 28
4 64
5 00
101 92
Averill, Joseph
346
100 00
103 55
4 95
5 00
103 50
Barnaby, Caroline V.
646
100 00
104 23
4 73
5 00
103 96
Batchelder, Harold T.
528
75 00
77 45
3 51
3 50
77 46
Berry, Allen
112
122 90
130 58
6 26
10 00
126 84
Bryer, Allen D.
526
100 00
108 10
5 18
5 00
108 28
Conlon, Mary A.
100 00
101 55
4 59
3 50
102 64
Curry, Mary A.
342
100 00
101 10
4 59
5 00
100 69
Curtis, Phoebe .
50 00
50 60
2 41
2 00
51 01
Day, Mrs. Geo. E.
588
50 00
50 62
2 28
2 50
50 40
Dennett, Ruth H.
24
75 00
75 05
3 59
3 00
75 64
Emerson Benjamin F.
214
150 00
Emerson, Eunice
166
100 00
101 13
4 85
4 00
101 98
Estey, Annie E.
572
100 00
110 17
5 28
5 00
110 45
Esty, Allena A.
258
100 00
102 48
4 90
4 50
102 88
Esty and Hutchinson
48
100 00
103 74
4 97
5 00
103 71
Eaton, Irvin L.
168
75 00
75 11
3 59
3 00
75 70
Fowley, Alonzo
12
100 00
105 69
5 06
6 00
104 75
Frame, L. Maria
516
125 00
127 46
6 11
7 00
126 57
Fuller, Jeremiah
70
75 00
75 26
3 40
3 50
75 16
Fuller, Lida A.
686
100 00
Fuller, Sophronia
236
200 00
267 00
12 84
10 00
269 84
Fuller, Timothy & Lydia
268
100 00
102 87
4 66
5 00
102 53
Flint, George B.
152
65 30
66 00
3 17
2 50
66 67
Goswiler, Carl B.
716
150 00
152 30
6 91
6 00
153 21
Gifford, William
180
100 00
104 62
4 99
5 00
104 61
Gould, Porter I.
414
100 00
102 61
4 90
5 00
102 51
Goodwin, Ira E., Heirs of
380
100 00
111 25
5 33
10 00
106 58
Graves, D. A.
234
100 00
107 41
5 14
9 50
103 05
Haskell Ella C.
390
200 00
207 21
9 41
8 00
208 62
Hall, E. P ..
106
100 00
102 52
4 64
5 00
102 16
Harlow, Levi F.
684
100 00
101 39
4 59
5 00
100 98
Higgins, Lewis S.
264
100 00
101 91
4 61
4 00
102 52
Hobbs, Kathryn 1/2
588
50 00
53 09
2 41
3 00
52 50
Hutchinson, Carolina A.
253
100 00
102 21
4 90
4 00
103 11
Hutchinson, Elisha P.
740
100 00
102 47
4 90
5 00
102 37
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CEMETERY ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment Account-Continued
NAME
No. of Lot
Fund
Balance 1923
Interest Amount Received Withdrawn
Balance
Hutchinson and Russell
518
$100 00
$100 80
$4 57
$4 00
$101 37
Jones, John E.
372
100 00
101 83
4 61
3 50
102 94
Jones, Samuel
290
100 00
101 11
4 59
4 00
101 70
McIntire, Abram S.
132
75 00
75 40
3 62
3 50
75 49
McIntire, Annie M.
398
100 00
124 34
5 97
8 00
122 31
Peabody & Hutchinson
182-84
150 00
170 98
8 18
10 00
169 16
Peabody, Dean
344
100 00
100 10
4 59
5 00
100 69
Peabody, Laura E.
534
100 00
102 52
4 64
4 00
103 16
Peabody, S. Maria
584
100 00
103 66
4 95
5 00
103 61
Peabody, Samuel M.
204
100 00
112 66
5 40
5 00
113 06
Pike, Sarah J.
412
'125 00
134 06
6 45
10 00
130 51
Richardson, Benj. F.
164
100 00
100 83
4 57
4 50
100 90
Richardson, Rev. D. W.
410
100 00
101 31
4 59
5 00
100 90
Richardson, Daniel
.
100 00
101 31
4 59
5 00
100 90
Richardson, Lucy G.
80
100 00
112 08
5 37
10 00
107 45
Russell, P. B.
430
200 00
227 55
10 91
15 00
223 46
Smith, E. D. & M. J.
436
100 00
102 42
4 90
6 00
101 32
Smith, Sarah J.
102
150 00
108 62
5 21
4 00
159 83
Sargent, James A.
750
100 00
Soper, Polly A.
298
100 00
102 93
4 93
5 00
102 86
Stiles, Farnham
10
100 00
108 13
5 18
10 00
103 31
Taylor, Benjamin H.
333
100 00
100 81
4 57
4 50
100 88
Thomas, H. Amelia
64
75 00
75 80
3 62
3 00
76 42
Wellman, John R.
40
200 00
201 76
9 67
10 00
201 43
Weston, Samuel W. .
36
200 00
240 25
11 76
15 00
242 01
White, Henry F.
208
80 00
81 26.
3 69
4 50
80 45
Wilkins, Henry A.
254
100 00
104 83
5 02
5 00
104 85
Wilkins, Edward W.
172
150 00
75 08
5 09
3 00
152 17
Wilkins, Susan E.
596
. 100 00
101 31
4 59
4 50
101 40
Wilkins, Samuel H. .
230
100 00
101 32
4 59
4 00
101 91
Young, John
278
100 00
101 25
4 59
4 00
101 84
Peabody, A. W.
90
200 00
211 66
9 61
10 00
211 27
Peabody, William M.
100 00
101 93
4 87
5 00
101 80
Phelps, William M.
148
100 00
104 93
5 02
5 00
104 95
Stiles, David .
150 00
163 86
7 85
10 00
161 71
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$394 50 $7,885 86
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SEALER'S ACCOUNT -
Endowed Lots Account
Interest from Salem Five Cents Sav. Bank $129 00
Interest from Danvers Savings Bank 261 00 Interest from Salem Savings Bank 4 50
$394 50
EXPENDITURES
Paid Arthur M. Peabody for care of lots
$394 50
H. H. BRADSTREET, Treasurer.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report For Year Ending November 30, 1924
Scale
Adjusted
Sealed 1
Condemned
Platform, over 5,000 pounds
Platform, under 5,000 pounds
2
13
Counter, over 100 pounds
2
1
Counter, under 100 pounds
4
14
Beam, over 100 pounds
1
Spring, over 100
1
Spring, under 100 pounds
3
14
5
Computing, under 100
4
4
Prescription
1
Weights:
Avoirdupois
27
118
Apothecary
11
Metric
1
Measures:
Liquid Linear
44
48
CUMMINGS' FUND ACCOUNT
Auto. Liquid Measuring Devices:
1
Scale
Adjusted
Sealed
Condemned
Gasoline pump
10
16
2
Kerosene pump
2
2
Lubricating oil pump
1
2
Measures (stops, etc. )
81
Totals
53
328
8
Sealing and adjusting fees collected $27.91
INSPECTIONS
Stores 5; Peddlers licenses 3; Gasoline pumps 7; Dry commodities 6 ; Bread 4; Butter 2; Marking of bread 4; Coal in paper bags 7; Court cases 1; Finding guilty 0; Fined $20.00.
Respectfully submitted, E. O. CAMPBELL, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
David Cummings Fund
Cash on hand and in banks, Jan. 1, 1924 $7,296 45
Dividends United Shoe Machinery Co. 74 25
Interest Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 160 90
Interest Salem Savings Bank 171 09
$7,702 69
Paid trustees' orders $ 92 37
Balance Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, December 31, 1924 3,678 97
Balance Salem Savings Bank, December 31, 1924 3,931 35
$7,702 69
49
EMERSON FUND ACCOUNT
33 shares United Shoe Machinery Co.
common stock, value January 1, 1925 at 42.00 $1,386
H. H. BRADSTREET, Treasurer.
B. F. Emerson Fund
On hand, personal property Jan. 1, 1924 $10,277 89
Income from interest and dividends
Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad bond $80 00
Income from interest and dividends,
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe R.R. bond 165 00
New York Central R. R. bond 40 00
Western Tel. & Tel. Co. bond 50 00
Andover Savings Bank 60 04
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence 66 60
Danvers Savings Bank 46 93
Salem Savings Bank
46 76
555 33
$10,833 22
Amount paid M. E. Tyler, treasurer
Flint Public Library $527 56
Naumkeag Trust as trustees
27 77
555 33
Balance on hand December 31, 1924
$10,277 89
INVENTORY
Deposit Andover Savings Bank $1,201 67
Danvers Savings Bank 988 25
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence 1,332 22
Salem Savings Bank 1,039 19
50
LIST OF JURORS
$1,000 Western Tel. and Tel. 5's, 1932 $1,002 50 $1,000 New York Central and Hudson River R. R. Co., debenture 4's, 1934 1,031 25 $2,000 Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R. Co. preferred 4's, 1995 2,000 00 33 shares Atchinson, Topeka and Sante Fe R. R. Co., preferred 1,482 81
$10,077 89
List of Jurors
The following is a list of jurors prepared by the Select- men in accordance with Chapter 348, Acts of 1907.
Anderson, Lewis
Adams, Willis H.
Bailey, Charles O.
Evans, George F.
Giles, Wayne A.
Godbout, Onisine
Godfrey, William R.
Groce, George H.
South Main Street, Machinist Maple Street, Machinist North Main Street, Retired Forest Street, Farmer South Main Street, Druggist Park Avenue, Farmer Central Street, Shoe Cutter Essex Street, Clerk
Hutchinson, Charles W. North Main Street, Shoe Cutter
McCredie, James G. Pleasant Street, Nurse Parsons, Edward B. Boston Street, Retired Richardson, Eli E. Boston Street, Janitor Turnbull, William G. Boston Street, Machinist Tyler, Harley M. North Main Street, Janitor Wilkins, G. Payson East Street, Farmer Pleasant Street, Carpenter
Young, William H.
Flint Public Library
Trustees' Report
M. E. Tyler, in account with Flint Public Library.
Charles L. Flint fund
$5,000 00
Deposited in banks as follows with accrued interest :
Danvers Savings Bank
$ 877 61
Andover Savings Bank
308 38
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence
1,025 00
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence 1,913 61
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 875 40
$5,000 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer as last report 7
$140 37
Received from Town appropriation 300 00
Received from Salem Savings Bank 50 00
Received from Essex Savings Bank
50 00
Received from Broadway Savings Bank
93 30
Received from Naumkeag Trust Company,
B. M. Emerson fund (less commission $27,77) 527 56
Received from Edith L. Fletcher, fines 31 48
Received from H. M. Tyler, for grass 2 00
$1,094 71
Amount of bills for books :
De Wolfe & Fisk Company
$208 56
Herman Goldberger
49 40
$257 96
Miscellaneous bills paid :
Edith L. Fletcher, librarian
$350 00
Edith L. Fletcher, postage, express etc.
6 38
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Middelton Electric Light Department $33 84
Wm. R. Godfrey, jantior and cash paid 47 00
G. P. Pope, insurance 7 52
H. H. Bradstreet, insurance
63 75
R. B. Draper, coal
128 25
A. Norman, repairing lawn mower
1 50
A. A. Pembroke, flowers for Emerson lot
2 50
Danvers Water Board
13 00
G. J. Fanning, labor
4 00
W. J. Barnard, rebinding books
53 60
George W. Newman, labor and material
3 10
Charles O. Currier, wood
5 00
C. R. Tapley & Co., insurance
10 09
Arthur M. Peabody, care Emerson lot
3 50
Charles W. Hutchinson, care of lawn
30 00
Bills paid for books
$763 03 257 96
$1,020 99
Cash on hand
73 72
$1,094 71
Respectfully submitted
GALON B. HOWE
WILLIAM R. GODFREY
CHARLES W. HUTCHINSON
GEORGE E. BARNABY
MAURICE E. TYLER
HENRY A. YOUNG
Trustees.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Librarian's Report-Annual Statistics
Volumes in library, January 1, 1924
8861
Volumes added by purchases
84
Volumes added by gift, Library Commission 8
Volumes added by gift, Commonwealth 6
Volumes added by gift, other sources
24
Total number of volumes added
122
Total number of volumes discarded
17
Net gain in volumes
105
Volumes in library, January 1, 1925
8966
Circulation of books, year ending January 1, 1925
8231
Average monthly circulation
686
Largest monthly circulation, March, 1924
814
Smallest monthly circulation, October, 1924
510
New borrowers registered
76
Number of worn volumes replaced
5
Number of volumes rebound
82
Patronage at reading table, for the year
1408
Average patronage at reading table, per month
117
Largest patronage at reading table, January
160
Smallest patronage at reading table, June
67
Magazines loaned during the year
844
Amount collected on books kept overtime
$31.48
GENERAL REPORT
The Division of Libraries of the State Board of Education has given the library this year, eight volumes of most desir- able reading. Three weekly papers, Dearborn Independent, Christian Register, and Christian Science Sentinel, also Dumb Animals (a monthly paper) have been given to the library for the reading table.
During the past year the library has been open every Tuesday evening, except March 11, when because of a severe
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
storm there were no electric lights ; and every Saturday after- noon and evening except April 19, a holiday. During July and August the library was also open on Thursday evenings.
The circulation this past year shows an increase of 277 books over that of the previous year.
We have again been glad to co-operate with the teachers in our schools, by loaning a collection of books for use in three of the school rooms. By this means we hope that more pupils will avail themselves of the opportunity to secure a "State Reading Certificate," which is presented to the pupils for reading five books, given on the "State Reading List."
A good supply of both weekly and monthly magazines is to be found on the reading table, as follows : American Maga- zine, American Boy, Atlantic, Century, Country Life, Harper's Monthly, Munsey's, National Sportsman, Woman's Home Companion, Popular Science Monthly, Outlook, Life, Youth's Companion, and Our World. This last will be succeeded on the reading table this coming year by Current History.
The librarian wishes to thank the gentlemen of the Board of Trustees for their continued support and hearty co-opera- tion in the general management of the library.
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH L. FLETCHER,
Librarian.
Tax Collector's Report
(1922)
Balance, January 1, 1924
Collected personal and real estate, Jan. 1, 1925 63 45
$87 33
Polls collected 5 00
Abatements 18 88
$87 33
Interest
6 91
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TOWN HALL REPORT
(1923)
Balance, January 1, 1924
$12,400 14
Collected real estate, personal and moth, January 1, 1925
$12,013 43
Polls collected
15 00
Abatements
182 39
Uncollected personal
189 32
$12,400 14
Interest
466 87
Report of tax sales for year 1923
74 99
(1924)
Taxes assessed in year 1924
$38,146 13
Real estate, personal and moth to January 1, 1925
$22,652 78
Polls collected
632 00
Polls uncollected
52 00
Uncollected real estate, personal and moth,
January 1, 1925
14,809 35
$38,146 13
Interest
10 24
HENRY A. YOUNG, Tax Collector,
Town Hall Report for Year Ending December 31, 1924
Received from Entertainment and Dances $120 15
Received from Improved O. R. M. 85 30
Received from Middleton Grange 66 05
Received from Piano 26 50
$298 00
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TOWN HALL REPORT
Report of Vital Statistics for Year Ending December 31, 1924 Marriages 18 ; births 20 ; local deaths 14 ; other deaths 73. Respectfully submitted, WAYNE A. GILES, Town Clerk.
Assessed Valuation of Town of Middleton
Real estate assessed
$1,312,428 00 161,326 00
Personal
$1,473,754 00
Tax raised on Personal property
$ 4,065 42
Real estate
33,073 18
Polls
680 00
$37,818 60
Tax rate 1924, $25.20 a thousand.
Total residents assessed property 363
Total non-residents assessed property
285
Persons assessed polls only
100
Persons assessed poll tax
340
Town Scales Report
596 weighings made at 10 cents net to the town
$59 60
35 loads Danvers Coal, and Woodward, 1923, not charged $3 50
Cash on hand
18 10
Accounts receivable
38 00
$59 60
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Superintendent of Schools
AND
Yearly Statistics
OF THE
Grammar School
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 31, 1924
School Department
Arthur E. Curtis, Chairman
Mrs. W. M. Berry Albert W. Doolittle, Secretary
Term expires 1925
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1925
Stephen G. Bean, Superintendent of Schools Dr. C. L. Buck, School Physician Mrs. M. E. Roundy, R. N., School Nurse
TEACHING STAFF
Miss C. Alice Manning, Principal, Grades 7-8 Miss Caroline M. Knight, Teacher, Grades 5-6 Miss Fanny C. Hinkley, Teacher, Grades 4-3 Miss Millicent D. Hooper, Teacher, Grades 2-1 Miss B. Gertrude Haywood, Teacher of Sewing Mrs. Genie F. Kimball, Teacher of Music Miss Ethel Barry, Teacher of Drawing
Report of Superintendent
January 1, 1925.
To the School Committee, Middleton, Mass. :
Madam and Gentlemen: It is my privilege to present herewith my first annual report as Superintendent of the Middleton schools.
Since my incumbency in office has been for the minor part of the last fiscal year, I shall not attempt to make a full report
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SCHOOL REPORT
on the work of the full year. I shall confine myself to a brief survey of the school as I find it with such suggestions for improvement as have come to my attention as necessary.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
There is great satisfaction in being able to make an almost unqualifiedly favorable report on the general condition of the school system.
Primarily there is the fact that the children are all con- centrated in one building with not over two grades in a room. It is very fortunate that local conditions and the spirit of the parents have made this thing an established practice. It is a leading factor in the excellence of the system.
Next of note although first in importance is the quality of the teaching corps. It is the teacher after all that makes or mars the work of a school. Here, by a marvel beyond my experience, a staff of teachers has bèen kept almost a unit for a period of years. With a good leader at their head they have evidently been going steadily forward and have grown in power and worth each year. Such a service is not to be valued lightly. Adequate appreciation should be shown by bringing their financial reward more nearly level with that of teachers in the other towns and cities in this section.
Even the janitor service is better than is usual in such schools in small communities. Here we have a man who is doing something more than the mechanical duties of a custo- dian of a building. The teachers surely find him a help in ways not connected with shovel or broom. It is a pleasure to find a man who sees in his job a opportunity for service not specified in his contract.
In short the school is good ; it is very good ; if the build- ing were in keeping with the organization it would be one of the finest small schools that I have ever seen.
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SCHOOL REPORT
BUILDING
The structure is of course an old one and naturally fitted to the days when it was built. It is not in bad condition and serves its purpose as a place for the comfortable housing of school children reasonably well. It does not give the teachers full scope for the work they are trying to carry on. The several special activities conducted by the regular teachers and the supervisors is often handicapped by the inadequacy of the space and equipment. In fact the fine work in manual arts being given to the boys by Miss Manning has to be carried on under a separate roof. It goes on just the same and will con- tinue to do so.
This is not a plea for a new building. It is a statement of the condition as it appears from the point of view of a Superintendent.
TEACHERS
As was stated above the teaching staff has continued as of old with one exception.
There must be some reason why we do not hold the prim- ary teachers. This year again a change has occurred and Miss Hooper of Danvers, a Normal graduate with a year of experi- ence prior to her service here, was secured to care for this important department of the system.
It is a mistake often made to think that "anybody can teach the little ones." While this is true enough in many respects it must not be forgotten that there are good ways and bad ways of teaching each with its corresponding result. It is the writers well considered opinion that it requires just as high a quality of teaching in the first grade as in the high school, and moreover it is very frequently true that a much superior type of teaching, from the standpoint of careful methodoligy, is found in first grade rooms. This being true
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there is no real good reason why the primary teachers should not be paid for value given. It is surely worth as much to have your child taught to read as it is for him to be instructed to do shorthand or algebra.
MUSIC AND DRAWING
By some these are regarded as unnecessary "fads." As for me, I infinitely prefer that my child be put on the possible road to self-expression by voice, instrument, or color and line, than that she acquire a wide acquaintance with strange tongues before she has learned that of her native land, and become erudite in several "ologies."
These subjects can be made complimentary to the "regular school subjects" and if properly employed can help rather than hinder in the daily routine.
In Middleton these subjects are directed skilfully and results are often worth while. This is especially true in music due to the fact that there has been less change in supervision and therefore less change of method.
Miss Ethel Barry of Danvers has charge of the work in drawing this year. Miss Barry is a graduate of the Normal Art School of Boston and is therefore well prepared for the work and is showing results already.
MANUAL ARTS
Excellent work is being done in several branches of man- ual activity. For the boys Miss Knight and Miss Manning in their respective grades give instruction in sloyd and elemen- tary wood-working. Miss Manning also gives to both boys and girls a careful training in reed basketry. Some of the results of this work were much in evidence during the weeks preced- ing Christmas and no doubt met with appreciative reception
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in several Middleton homes. Work was done on baskets and trays that was worthy of a place on any tea-cart or serving table.
For the girls in grades five and upward instruction is given in sewing. This commences with the very elementary part of this art and is carried forward to the point where some of the girls are producing finished costumes. This is a worth while part of what the schools are doing for the children of the town.
HOT LUNCHES
This is perhaps rather a pretentious name to give a bowl of hot soup or a mug of steaming cocoa, but is the term used in other towns for the same thing. The children who stay in school at noon and consume cold food have this pleasant addi- tion to their fare. Their appreciation is shown by the gener- ality of their acceptance of the service.
. I am also pleased to note that the children sit at their desks and lunch in a decent manner, rather than catching a bite now and then on the run and throwing half of their lunches at the nearest playfellow.
CONCLUSION
I am grateful to the teachers for their cordiality to me, a stranger ; and I wish to express my appreciation of the spirit of co-operation evident on the part of the committee.
Respectfully submitted,
STEPHEN G. BEAN.
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Attendance Roll of Honor
GRADES VIII AND VII-First Half Year
Richard Floyd * Addie Hurlburt
Second Year
Myrtle H. Jones * Harry P. Croxford
Richard Floyd *
(Third successive year) W. Goodwin Anderson
GRADES VI AND V-First Half Allen Morrison
GRADES IV AND III
Victor K. Morrison *
James G. Goodale * Lillian M. Ogden
Second Half Year J. Raymond Godbout *
*Indicates not tardy.
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Distribution of Pupils January 1, 1925 Center School
AGE
Grade
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Total
1
4
12
4
2
1
23
2
2
14
4
2
22
3
3
8
9
2
22
4
1
5
8
2
4
20
5
7
8
5
1
1
3
25
6
5
1
1
7
7
4
11
5
1
1
22
8
1
10
1
1
13
Total
4
14
21
15
24
23
12
18
16
5
2
154
1
Graduates
EDITH ALLEN
GEORGE ABBIE
GOODWIN ANDERSON LEWIS ANDERSON
HARRY CROXFORD
ELMER GOULD
BARBARA GREEN
GEORGE GROCE HENRY JANKOSKI
MYRTLE JONES
CATHERINE MARTIN
WILLIAM OGDEN JEANETTE PHANUEF GORDON SHELDON
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RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
TOWN WARRANT
AND THE
BALLOT
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
MARCH, 1925
PART III
Recommendations of the Finance Committee for the Year 1925
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Selectmen
$300 00
Town Treasurer
250 00
Town Clerk
200 00
Town Accountant
300 00
Tax Collector
250 00
Assessors
600 00
Registrars
30 00
Moderator
25 00
Inspector of Slaughtering
25 00
Inspector of Cattle
150 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50 00
Constable
50 00
Overseers of the Poor
100 00
Superintendent of Burials
15 00
Water Commissioners
30 00
Cemetery Commissioners
30 00
$2,405 00
Janitor of Town Hall, 35 cents per hour.
PROTECTION OF PERSON AND PROPERTY
Police
$800 00
Building Fires
150 00
Forest Fires
750 00
Firemen's Wages
65 00
$1,765 00
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
1
Tree Warden
$1,000 00
Moth Department
481 36
$1,481 36
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Highways and the Selectmen be authorized to
apply to State Highway Dept. for aid $3,500 00 Sidewalks 300 00
Snow Removal 800 00
Bridges 400 00
East Street money to be spent in con- junction with State and County
appropriations 1,200 00
$6,200 00
EDUCATION
Schools
$17,050 00
Library
300 00
$17,350 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
$200 00
Essex Sanitarium
295 67
$495 67
POOR DEPARTMENT
Poor Department
$1,200 00
Soldiers 84 00
$1,284 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Contingent
$1,200 00
Insurance
550 00
Town Hall
1,500 00
Memorial Day
200 00
American Legion
110 00
Cemeteries
800 00
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Interest 1,700 00
Municipal Indebtedness
2,000 00
Middleton Electric Light, including depreciation 1,500 00
Tool House, to be re-appropriated and transferred from reserve 500 00
$10,660 00
$41,041 03
WM. H. SANBORN, Clerk.
Town Meeting Warrant
Essex, ss. To Will A. Russell, Constable for the Town of Middleton, in the County of Essex:
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on
Monday, the ninth day of March, next
at 5.45 o'clock A. M., for the following purposes :
To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year :
Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, one Assessor for three years, one overseer of the Poor for three years, one School Committee for three years, one School Committee for one year, Highway Surveyor, two Trustees of Flint Public Library for three years, Constable, Treasurer, Tax Collector, 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, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
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TOWN WARAANT
The polls will open at 5.45 o'clock, A. M. and may be closed at 3 o'clock P. M. You are hereby required to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at an adjourned meet- ing at the Town Hall, on Thursday, March 12, 1925, at 7.30 o'clock, 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 for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 3. 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, and expressly made payable therefrom by this vote.
ARTICLE 4. To see what action the Town will take toward the purchasing of a road machine and appropriating money for the same. The Finance Committee recommends that favorable action be taken.
ARTICLE 5. To see what action the Town will take in appropriating money to be used in repairing the inside of Town Hall. The Finance Committee recommends that favor- able action be taken.
ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take toward purchasing of a fire whistle.
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TOWN WARRANT
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Town Hall, one at the Center Post Office and one at store at Howe Station, 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 12th day of February, 1925.
MAURICE E. TYLER, E. STIMPSON HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM H. SANBORN, Selectmen of Middleton.
MIDDLETON
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