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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
My attention has been called to this matter of late by reports that school boys are smoking cigarettes freely. Inquiry of the teachers establishes the truth of these reports. We have in school about 525 boys. Of-this number sixty are known to be users of cigarettes and fifty others are smokers without much doubt although proof may be lacking. In other words, about 20 per cent. of our school boys are believed to be cigarette smokers and more than ten per cent. are confessedly and openly addicted to this habit. Quite a large part of the users are less than ten years of age.
This appears to me to be a serious matter. It is well under- stood that the cigarette habit is exceedingly injurious to the grow- ing boy. Physically, it retards growth, injures the heart and makes the strong boy weak, pale and sickly. It causes great reduction of mental power changing bright boys into dull and sleepy ones or even dunces. It produces moral degeneracy changing the honest and manly into cowards and embryonic criminals. Indeed, the habit is so destructive of all the desirable characteristics of the scholar and the man that it may be unwise for the town to try to educate the boy who persists in this bad habit. Possibly we ought to say to him as they do in some schools, " Give up the cigarette or give up the school."
Certainly he ought to be told of the great harm he is inflicting on himself and the probable results. He ought to know what extent he is throwing away his chances for success in life. He should understand that many large corporations, business houses, railroad companies, the United States Weather Bureau and other government departments do not employ cigarette smokers. Parent and teachers should be active in wise and judicious meas- ures of prevention and policemen should see that the law pro- hibiting the sale or gift of cigarettes to boys under eighteen years of age is enforced.
The No-School Signal.
Under present conditions it is not easy to notify pupils that there is to be no school. The fire alarm bells cannot be heard except in a limited area near to the buildings where the bells are placed. Whenever the signal is given there are many pupils who
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
do not hear the bell ring. I should think the system would be unsatisfactory to the Fire Department and the people of the Town. Possibly, it would be worth while for the Town to consider the advisability of installing in some central location a fire whistle, to be blown by compressed air regulated automatically by electricity or by a water motor. This plan is in successful operation in several Towns near us.
In very stormy weather it is desirable to give the no-school signal as well as the system will permit but there is some difficulty in getting any one to be responsible for this service. Usually the superintendent is not in town at the right time and members of the school committee are busy men. Your attention is called to this matter in the hope that you may be able to solve the problem at an early date.
Manual Training.
In previous reports reference has been made to the incomplete- ness of any system of education which makes no provision for hand work. The importance of this matter is my reason for again bringing the subject to your attention.
By the law of the State "every city and town containing 20,000 inhabitants or more shall maintain the teaching of manual training as part of both its elementary and its high school sys- tem." In fact not only the larger cities but many of the smaller municipalities are giving some attention to this hitherto neglected part of education. Indeed, it is probably true that there has been * no important school movement in recent years which has been so generally accepted and has been so widely adopted as the manual training movement. The reason for this quick recognition of its claims is in part due to its practical value. It is quite evident that for pupils who intend to follow any industrial or mechanical vocation manual training offers inestimable and permanent advantages. It is true also though less obvious that manual training accomplishes much for all classes of pupils. In all schemes of education provision must be made for the cultivation of the hand as well as the head and heart. If this is not done something essential and vital has been omitted and a loss is sus- tained - a loss which can never be made up.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
In the early days of New England the education of the public schools was supplemented by home education in the use of tools and implements. But today industrial and social conditions are so changed that the education, formerly obtained at home, is no longer possible, and the schools are asked to furnish a substitute for the same. In response to this demand numerous occupations as a means of manual training have been introduced. Paper cutting and folding, pasteboard, light wood work, sewing, braid- ing, weaving, knitting, working rugs on canvas with hook and strips of cloth, and making baskets with reed and raphia, are among the suggestions already tried in primary and grammar school grades. Most of these suggestions have been tried so many times and so successfully that there appears to be no longer any doubt about their value.
In regard to the educative value of manual training a few state- ments may be made. In the first place, many pupils who are not easily reached by the usual work in history, grammar and arith- metic take great pleasure in all forms of hand work. Their former listlessness and indifference disappears and vigorous activity is aroused. This change has its effect upon all the work of the school for when the minds of pupils are wide awake with life and interest the condition is favorable for any intellectual effort. . It is the opinion of all who have had experience in this line that manual training is uncommonly interesting, and that the usual school work is helped rather than otherwise by its introduction. This is true not only of pupils who have special mechanical aptitude but for all pupils.
In the second place, manual training affords opportunity for intellectual training of a high order. Some have thought that its processes are largely learned by imitation and that careful thought and reasoning are little used. Such is not the case and could not be unless some bit of work is repeated so many times that the doing becomes automatic.
Such movements would then cease to be of educational value. But all work which involves in the doing conscious thought and mental alertness yield profitable results, among which may be mentioned the habits of sustained effort, accuracy and careful observation. In the ordinary school work much effort is wasted
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
in trying to get pupils to think and reason about things unfamiliar to them. They do not have the perceptible knowledge necessary to think well. But manual training gives to them a wider acquaintance with things and adds to their conveniences for thinking.
In the third place, manual training offers considerable assistance in solving the great moral problem of school education. There is abundant evidence that carefully planned hand work has a strong and positive influence in developing character. Indeed it is now believed to be impossible for the individual to reach the highest and best moral development without hand training. Its influence upon the conduct of pupils is so beneficial that the introduction of manual training very nearly solves the " bad-boy problem." Truancy and corporal punishment diminish and co- operation takes the place of antagonism. Interest develops and idleness and street loafing are displaced by some useful home occupation.
It has been stated by certain critics that school education should be confined to books and that nothing more should be attempted. They admit that the child's education should be much broader but that the school should not concern itself about matters which have belonged, to the home. To this it may be said that schools must adapt themselves to the needs of the pupils and to the demands of the social and industrial world. School education which adequately met the demands a century ago is not broad enough to meet the demands of the present. Manual training which was formerly given on the farm under the direction of the parents must now be given in school under the direction of the teachers, there is no other place for it.
May not the pupils of Saugus soon have the benefits which Manual Training, offers? A beginning might be made with sewing or basketry. The latter is enjoyed by both boys and girls and is highly recommended by teachers who have had schoolroom experience in teaching it. Minneapolis had a very interesting exhibit last summer of the work done by public school pupils in weaving and basket making, and the pupils of many of the western cities are enjoying the benefits of work of this kind.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
In conclusion, allow me to thank you, gentlemen of the com- mittee, for your courteous treatment, cordial support and helpful advice ; the teachers for their enthusiastic co-operation in all efforts to improve the work of the schools ; and the parents and citizens for many kinds words.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. STEVENS.
January, 1903.
ENROLLMENT BY GRADE AND AGE, SEPTEMBER, 1902.
AGE.
GRADES.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
TOT'S.
Grade
I.
7
I13
48
16
....
. .
....
....
....
....
II.
.
2
42
53
12
3
66
III.
·
·
2
57
38
13
3
I
I
. ...
....
....
....
....
....
....
115
IV.
.
....
8
50
33
27
7
3
....
....
...
....
. ...
....
....
128
V.
...
66
VI.
....
....
....
....
5
27
44
17
91
I
3
....
....
....
·
...
...
113
VII.
. .
....
....
5
32
40
25
20
24
24
1 5
4
....
I
....
93
VIII.
....
....
....
....
. . .
..
.
·
I
6
18
27
17
5
....
I
....
75
IX.
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
I
2
9
1 5
7
IO
9
5
....
31
XII.
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
... .
...
5
4
4
. . .
..
...
. . .
....
84
Ungraded
2
5
8
14
9
14
9
IO
Totals. . .. .
9
120
100
. 148
114
103
III
123
107
94
80
73
38
24
14
·
5
35
38
23
I 5
3
....
. .
....
...
. .
....
I19
8
3
....
....
....
....
45
X.
....
....
....
....
....
....
34
XI.
....
....
....
....
....
....
2
17
XIII.
...
·
...
.. ..
....
....
. . .
....
....
I
I
6
7
....
114
2
....
. .
....
....
. .
....
....
.
...
184
.. ..
....
....
2
....
8
14
18
3
....
7
....
High Sch.
2
1260
....
108
.
5
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
TABLE I.
Giving Grades of Schools, Name of Present Teachers, Year of Election and Present Membership.
Ward.
Grade.
Teachers.
Year of Elect.
Present Mem'ship.
High School
Leland A. Ross, Principal
1902
IIO
Helen L. Bacheller
1895
A. May Sanger.
1902
Bessie V. Watson
1902
Hulda J. Barnes
1902
I
North Saugus
Mixed
W. K. Putney
1903
33
2
Center
viii, ix
Arlena Russell
1901
44
vi, vii
Eva May Brewer
1901
48
v, vi
Rachel Cornwell
1902
47
iv, v
Pauline R. Peckham
1897
45
iii
G. A. Walton
1873
28
ii
Isabelle Hay
1897
32
i
M. L. Walton
1881
31
3
Cliftondale
Central Street
ix
Fred E. Goddard, Principal.
1902
37
viii
Mabel E. Nowell
1900
43
vi, vii
D. A. Dunn . .
1892
39
iv, v
Grace P. Bartlett
1898
37
ii, iii
Alice M. Goodwin
1902
36
i .
Florence M. Henderson
1900
31
Lincoln Avenue
v, vi
Edith A. Lucas
... ..
:1900
33
Brick School
vi, vii.
Maria E. Smith, Principal ..
1892
46
iv, v
Olive E. Bryer
1899
45
ii, iii
Alice B. Sawyer
1902
38
i, ii.
Clara Trowbridge
1892
21
Essex Street
iii, iv
Harriet C. Sanborn.
1895
36
i, ii.
Laura F. Armitage, Principal
1885
34
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
TABLE I .- Continued.
Ward.
Grade.
Teachers.
Year of Elect.
Present Mem'ship.
East Saugus.
4
vii, viii, ix
Ellen Young, Principal.
1898
39
v, vi.
Anna P. Danforth .
1898
43
iii, iv
Ella F. Robinson
1901
37
i, ii.
Lilla G Parker
1898
48
Lynnhurst.
Mixed
Abbie A. Fuller.
1903
30
Oaklandvale.
5
Mixed
Henrietta Hawkes
1897
16
Music.
Helen M. Page. .
1895
Drawing
Sadie R. Melzard.
1898
Tabular Statement for the Year Ending June 30, 1902.
TEACHERS.
Enrollment.
Boys.
Girls.
Less than 5.
Over 15.
Between 7
and 14.
Average
· Average
Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance.
Tardiness.
Dismissals.
Visitors.
Norris E. Adams .
122
41
81
0
94
5
113.1
106.5
94
99
103
137
Arlena Russell .
46
22
24
0
8
22
41
38
92
118
45
52
Nellie R. Carroll
50
19
31
0
1
46
44.7
42.8
93
183
43
45
Eva May Brewer
40
15
25
0
0
40
43
39.2
92
30
19
68
Pauline R. Peckham
49
25
24
0
0
49
46.6
42.9
92
57
17
13
29
16
13
0
0
27
28.7
25.9
90.2
24
12
69
Isabelle Hay .
31
21
10
0
0
13
28.2
24.9
88
31
7
39
M. L. Walton
41
18
23
0
0
3
32.3
28.4
87.9
61
19
61
Fred E. Goddard
52
29
23
0
10
31
46.9
41.6
88.6
42
24
78
Mabel E. Nowell
50
20
30
0
4
41
38.6
34.9
90
21
11
83
D. A. Dunn .
·
52
26
26
0
0
52
42.3
37.8
89.5
113
21
75
Grace P. Bartlett
48
22
26
0
0
35
47.4
43.3
92.5
167
13
50
Olive E. Bryer
44
21
23
0
0
4
31.8
28.2
88
91
7
54
Florence M. Henderson
27
12
15
0
0
27
43.6
37.4
88.1
107
40
16
Edith A. Lucas .
50
24
26
0
2
48
44
39.9
90
98
30
43
Laura C. Austin
.
48
18
30
0
0
18
47.5
43.4
91
99
34
99
56
25
31
0
0
42
43
38.9
90
45
10
72
Laura C. Brooks
24
11
13
1
0
1
34.2
31.3
91.4
144
10
84
Clara Trowbridge .
42
22
20
0
0
41
34.9
32.7
93
79
50
42
30
15
15
0
0
5
24.8
22.7
91
78
11
50
40
18
22
0
2
30
41.6
38.1
91.9
109
0
21
Ella F. Robinson
39
18
21
0
0
39
37
41.1
39
94.7
24
3
69
Lilla G. Parker .
46
18
28
5
0
13
42
36.4
90
177
9
21
Olive N. Richardson
34
17
17
0
0
31
29.3
27.7
94.5
52
11
26
Ethel A. Tufts .
39
20
19
1
1
24
32.9
31.6
96
179
34
66
Henrietta Hawkes
22
14
8
0
0
16
17.8
15.2
85
71
7
45
·
·
·
·
.
31
15
16
0
8
11
28.9
27.4
95.4
17
·
·
.
.
Ellen Young .
.
·
·
12
22
20
0
0
41
Anna P. Danforth
·
·
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
2I
·
6
28
Georgiana Walton
·
·
Harriet #Sanborn
Laura F. Armitage
34.1
91.5
157
23
83
Maria E. Smith .
Membership.
SUMMARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1902.
Number of children in Town, September, 1902, from five to fifteen years of age 1,104
Number of boys . 552
Number of girls . 552
Number between seven (7) and fourteen (14)
784
Whole number enrolled in all schools
1,224
Number of boys .
564
Number of girls .
660
Number under five (5)
7
Number over fifteen (15)
130
Number between seven (7) and fourteen (14) 785
Average membership
1,127
Average attendance
1,030
Per cent. of attendance
91.3
Number of pupils who have moved into town
I45
Number of pupils who have moved out of town .
130
Number of teachers employed, including specials
34
Increase during the year
O
Number of new teachers
6
Number of different schools
28
Increase during the year
O
Number of tardiness .
2,473
Number of dismissals
619
Number of visits, not including those of Committee
and Superintendent 1,589
FOR THE FALL TERM, 1902.
Average membership 1,189
Average attendance
1,073
Per cent. of attendance . 90+
22
Number of teachers withdrawn
6
Graduating Exercises
OF THE
Class of 'OI, Saugus High School,
Tuesday, June 24, 1902.
PROGRAM.
MARCH-"Watch Hill" . .
. Kenneth ORCHESTRA.
PRAYER-
REV. JOHN R.' CHAFFEE.
MUSIC-"The Call to Arms" . Veazie SEMI-CHORUS.
ESSAY-"The Indian Problem" .
RUFUS FRANCIS FISKE. [SECOND HONOR.]
ESSAY-" Some Natural Features of Saugus " . MARY HENRIETTA PERKINS.
ESSAY-" The Power of Cheerfulness "
MARY BERNICE NOURSE.
*ESSAY-" The Importance of Physical Development in Educa- tion " .
IRVING BROWNE HITCHINGS.
*Excused.
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24
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
MUSIC-" Damascus Triumphal March " . SCHOOL.
ESSAY-" Famous Old Taverns of England " RUTHELLA LOUISE SPRAGUE.
ESSAY-" The Weather Bureau " FLORENCE BELLE ROWE.
ESSAY- "The Hall of Fame " .
AMY BELLE KNOX.
*ESSAY-"Education Apart from Study" WILLIAM AUGUSTUS RADDIN.
MUSIC-" The Red Scarf " . Arranged from Bonheur SEMI-CHORUS.
ESSAY-"' The Children of the Street" BESSIE GERTRUDE LEES.
CLASS PROPHECY
BERTHA EVELYN COOMBS.
ESSAY-"The Political Corruption of Washington's Time" CLIFTON HARLAND CHADWICK. [FIRST HONOR.]
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT
LAURA HELEN BAILEY.
ACCEPTANCE FOR THE SCHOOL .
JOSEPH BRYER, 1903. AWARD OF DIPLOMAS.
MUSIC-"The Light from Heaven" .
Gounod
GIRLS' CHORUS.
Graduates.
Post Graduate. Fredwith Ross Mackenzie.
Classical Course.
Clifton Harland Chadwick,
Amy Belle Knox,
Rufus Francis Fiske,
Mary Bernice Nourse,
Irving Browne Hitchings,
William Augustus Raddin.
Four Years English Course.
Mildred Grace Barnes, Bertha Evelyn Coombs.
Three Years English Course.
Laura Helen Bailey,
May Belle Bryer, Bessie Gertrude Lees, Susie Adeline McNutt,
Mary Henrietta Perkins,
Florence Belle Rowe, Ruthella Louise June Sprague, George Warren Parker Upham, Anna Holway White.
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* Bond Prize Recitations
TOWN HALL, SAUGUS,
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 26TH, 1902. 7.45 O'CLOCK.
PIANO SOLO- .
MRS. KATHARINE FORRISTALL.
"Josiah and I Go A-Visitin'," .
.
Marietta Holly
EDITH BRYANT.
"Just Like Other Folks," .
.
Charles Sherman Haight
EDNA GILKEY.
"Un Beau Ideal,"
·
Harry Buner
CARRIE READ.
*"Ruggle's Dinner Party," .
Kate Douglas Wiggin ADDIE CARTER.
"A Slight Mistake," . .
EDNA FISKE.
VIOLIN SOLO-
·
.
LENA TROWBRIDGE.
"An Object of Love."
.
LAURA BAILEY.
Mary Wilkins
*Excused.
26
27
.
BOND PRIZE RECITATIONS.
"The King's Pardon," · . Maud Wilder Goodwin
RUTHELLA SPRAGUE.
*"A Soldier's Daughter," .
L. E. Chitterden JENNIE HAYDEN.
"A Quarter Interest"' . . . Ernest Harrold FRED MACKENZIE.
"Jean Valjean, the Convict," .
Victor Hugo JOSEPH BRYER.
VIOLIN SOLO-
. .
LENA TROWBRIDGE.
AWARD OF PRIZES.
The first prize was awarded to CARRIE M. READ.
Second prize to FRED MACKENZIE.
Third prize to LAURA BAILEY.
Bond prizes for "improvement" were awarded as follows : two upper classes, FLORENCE TOBEY; two lower classes, JOSEPH BRYER.
Auditor's Annual Report
FOR THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
TOGETHER WITH THE
Report of School Committee
For the Year Ending December 31, 1903.
OF . SAUG
TOW
1629
1815
LYNN, MASS. : WHITTEN & CASS, PRINTERS 1904
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1903
WHITTEN & CASS, PRINTERS, No. 33 Munroe Street, LYNN, MASS.
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Index to Auditor's Report.
-
Annual Reports.
PAGE.
Assessors .
148
Appraisers of Town Property
I34
Auditor
34
Board of Health .
I68
Cattle and Milk Inspector
181
Cemetery Commissioners .
170
Chief of Police
156
Engineers of Fire Department
160
Hay Scales .
183
Janitor of Town Hall .
183
Librarian
176 98
Selectmen
143
Sinking Fund Commissioners
178
Superintendent of Streets .
151
Town Clerk
184
Treasurer
122
Tree Warden
182
Trustees Free Public Library
175
Water Commissioners' Report
163
Appropriations and Expenditures.
.
Appropriations for 1902
32
Board of Health .
70
Building Catch-basin on Lincoln Avenue and Laying Pipe through Land of J. W. Blodgett
64
Cemetery
84
Fire Department
74
Firemen's Salaries
81
Fire Escape for Saugus Home
94
Highways and Bridges
53
Highways and Bridges on account of Street R. R. and Excise
Tax .
57
Insurance on Town Buildings
83
.
Overseers of the Poor
Superintendent of Cemetery
174
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INDEX.
PAGE.
Lighting Streets
65
Keeper of Lockup
66
Memorial Day
93
Numbering Houses
94
Overseers' Department, Outside Supplies
98 65
Police .
Public Library
83
Repairs on Town Buildings
88
Salaries
95
Schools
51
Setting Boiler and Piping Town Hall
90
Searching Records and Plans for Assessors
95
Sealing Weights and Measures
94-180
Selectmen's Incidentals
34
Sidewalks
91
State and Military Aid
49
Soldiers' Relief
50
Superintendent of Schools .
53
Saugus Home Account
104
Tree Warden
93
Water Department
67
Widening and Straightening Central Street
62
Wiring Town Hall for Electric Lighting .
91
Miscellaneous.
Annual Town Meeting
9
Collector's Department, Louis J. Austin .
I32
List of Unpaid Taxes .
I86
Recapitulation of Selectmen's Department
96
Revised Jury List
22-23
Statement of Condition of Town
131
Statement of Town Debt
127
Statistics of Town
131
Town officers for 1903
5-6
Town Officers, 1903.
Town Clerk.
Elmer B. Newhall
Term expires March, 1904 ·
Selectmen.
Term expires March, 1904
66 60
·
66
.6 60
Assessors.
Maurice F. Cunningham
.
Term expires March, 1905
66
1904
Alonzo Penney .
·
.
.
66
1906
Overseers of the Poor.
James A. Halliday
George H. Ames ·
Henry N. Oliver
.
.
·
Treasurer.
Joseph S. Meacom
Term expires March, 1904
Auditor.
Term expires March, 1904
Constable.
Term expires March, 1904
Collector of Taxes.
Lewis J. Austin
·
Term expires March, 1904
66
60
George Parsons
Charles A. Blakeley
Term expires March, 1904
Henry F. Fiske Herbert O. Pratt
Isaac E. Graves
Levi G. Hawkes
6
TOWN OFFICERS.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Herbert B. Newhall
Term expires March, 1904
Samuel Hawkes (deceased) ·
66
66 66
Herbert O. Pratt
66
66 66
Trustees of the Public Library.
Benjamin F. Calley (resigned) .
Term expires March, 1905
Levi G. Hawkes
James R. Hughes
66
66
66
Arthur B. Coates
Marshall B. Faxon
66
66
66
Marion V. Putnam
66
66
66
Board of Health.
Benjamin F. Robinson
Term expires March, 1905
Dr. George W. Gale .
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Clarence Coates
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Water Commissioners.
Charles I. Hitchings
Term expires March, 1906
Dr. G. Clarence Parcher.
66 66 66 1905
Edward Bryant
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6 1904
School Committee.
Judge George M. Amerige Term expires March, 1904
Henry J. Mills . .
1905
Frank P. Bennett, Jr.
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1906
Superintendent of Schools.
Charles E. Stevens
Term expires March, 1904
Superintendent of Streets.
Charles Florence
Term expires March, 1904
Board of Fire Engineers.
Charles A. Blakeley, Chief (resigned) Term expires March, 1904 Charles I. Hitchings, 66 66 Elected to fill unexpired term as Chief 66 66 66
Frank M. Symonds, . Appointed to fill unexpired term of Charles A. Blakeley. Maurice F. Cunningham 66 66 66
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Chief of Police.
Charles O. Thompson
Term expires March, 1904
Board of Registrars.
A. Clarke Newhall Herbert B. Forristall
Elmer B. Newhall
Arthur F. Jenkius
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Term expires March, 1904
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Fence Viewers.
Philip W. Farnham John Brierly ·
Christopher C. Merrithew .
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Term expires March, 1904
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Tree Warden.
A. Elwood Davis
Term expires March, 1904
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
Frank H. Coburn
Term expires March, 1904 -
Philip W. Farnham .
66 66
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Herbert O. Pratt
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Field Drivers.
Walter A. Pratt
Charles A. Driscoll
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Term expires March, 1904
66 66
66 66
Charles N. Wormstead
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66 66
Pound Keeper.
Term expires March, 1904 J. W. Wiggin
Superintendent of the Saugus Home.
James B. Wiggin Term expires March, 1904
66 66
66 66
Auditor's Report.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
Having examined the accounts of the Treasurer, Collector, and Overseers of the Poor, and finding them correctly kept, with proper vouchers for all payments made, I hereby submit the annual report of the Town for the year ending December 31, 1903. By referring to that part of the report, "Condition of the Town," it will be seen that the deficiency has increased this year nearly $6,500, but an explanation of the cause of this will show that the Town is really in a slightly better financial condition at this time than it was a year ago. There were three items placed in the assets last year amounting to $8,030.20, as follows : Tools and apparatus of the Fire Department, $6,500, tools and ma- chinery of Highway Department, $1,257.10, and tools and stock of Water Department, $273.10, which some of our leading citizens claimed should not be placed there. I brought the mat- · ter up at our last annual meeting, and although not much was said upon the subject, the opinion expressed seemed to warrant my not placing these items in the account this year. Had these items, however, amounting to $8,045.75, been placed there this year the deficiency would have shown a decrease of $1,622.63 in- stead of an increase of $6,423.12.
I recommend that the sum of $8,000 be appropriated to meet interest charges the ensuing year, $3,000 for principal of Water Loan, $450 for principal of Cliftondale School House Loan, and $350 for principal of Lynnhurst School House Loan.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE PARSONS, Auditor.
SAUGUS, February 12, 1904.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
ESSEX, SS. To Charles A. Blakeley, Constable of the Town of Saugus :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the several voting precincts in the Town, on Monday, March the second, A. D. 1903, at six (6) o'clock A. M., then and there to bring in their ballots to the Wardens for the following Town officers :
Town Clerk, three (3) Selectmen for one year, Town Treas- urer, one (I) Assessor for three years, three (3) Overseers of the Poor for one year, Tax Collector for one year, one (1) Member of Board of Health for three years, Auditor, Constable, one (I) Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years, two (2) Trustees of Public Library for three years, one (1) Water Commissioner for three years, one (1) Member of School Committee for three years, three (3) Fence Viewers, Tree Warden for one year, three (3) Cemetery Commissioners, one (1) for three years, one (I) for two years, one (1) for one year. Also, your answer, "Yes " or " No" to the following question, " Shall License be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town for the ensuing year ?"
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