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The teacher felt that she could not submit to this, and so by almost superhuman effort she pressed through the Fall term, placing scholars in chairs and on recitation benches, etc., but your Committee found that this would not do for the Winter term, as it was taxing Mrs. Neely beyond her strength, and, as a temporary arrangement, the hall above was rented, and Miss Sarah L. Young engaged as an assistant.
After due consideration of the matter, both in view of present necessities and prospective possibilities, we rec- ommend that the Town abandon the present location, and build a suitable addition to the Common Street School building, so as to accommodate both grades of schools with necessary recitation rooms, thereby securing better ventilation, ample playground, with little annoy : ance to neighbors or interference with public travel. That something must be done is very evident, and this plan, all things considered, is the most feasible.
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We quote the following from the last Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education.
"A badly constructed school-house will be likely to prove the direct occasion of deformity and disease. No greater mistake can be made by a community of persons, than communities not unfrequently make, in permitting their children to be put to school in improperly con- structed school-houses, and under the moulding influences of incompetent instruction."
"If we consider that the future physical and mental condition of the children will depend largely upon the physical and mental influences to which they are sub- jected in early life, during that critical period of existence when habits and character are formed, we shall not treat as of little importance any element that enters into the constitution of those influences ; nor shall we neglect to provide pure air, and proper light and temperature, and comfortable seats in our school-houses, for the young bodies will grow in them into physical strength and beau- ty, or into physical weakness and deformity."
Aside from capacity; there are defects in the old build- ing which cannot be overcome without great expense, and the location is damp and unhealthy.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
next claims our attention. This school since its establish- ment has for various reasons been the object of criticism, and oftentimes of severe censure.
A careful watchfulness, a healthy criticism, and even open censure, if based upon real interest in the success of the school, or upon personal observation, or the presen- tation of real facts, would be a very desirable state of things, and would often prove a valuable auxiliary to aid
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the judgment of the Committee ; but when these criti- cisms have none of these elements, they are as clogs to the wheels of progress.
The present Principal of the school has more than teachers usually do, endeavored by personal invitation, and through the pupils, and the press, to have parents and all interested visit the school, and to him, or to the committee make suggestions as would be conducive to the highest good of the school. What are the facts ?
During the past year only one parent has visited the school (unless it may be a few on public examination days). Only two male citizens of the Town, other than parents, have manifested interest enough to visit the school, and see for themselves the status of the classes, or the efficiency of its Principal.
Last June a class of six was graduated and received diplomas. On that occasion it was difficult to find seats for all who wished to attend, (this interest shown was very gratifying). How was it on the day previous ? An invitation was published in the paper for all to attend the examination of the school, and of the graduating class. One lady (not a parent) was present, besides the Commit- tee. This examination was really the test of scholarship, and should have been attended by all interested, and thus tested the thoroughness of the work done. Your Com- mittee were very much gratified with the examination, and were prepared to enjoy the exhibition on the evening of the next day, by knowing that it was not a mere farce, but that there was scholarship back of it,
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Our ideal of a High School has not been reached, but progress has been made. The greatest need now is, a competent assistant for this school, for it matters not how proficient a teacher may be, it is impossible for him to hear the recitation of seventeen classes a day in the high- er branches, and devote the time that thorough work demands.
We trust the time is not far distant when the Town will so increase the appropriation that this advance step can be taken. We cannot compare our needs of to-day with the past. The age demands more of us, and if we are to put our children on an equal footing with others we must give them the best advantages our means will afford. Let us practice rigid economy in everything else, rather than withhold what is needful for the highest suc- cess of our schools.
It has been a source of gratification to the Committee that the Town has provided as liberally as it has, and they feel that there is now a healthier interest in our schools, and as a result of this interest and outlay of money, the schools of Scituate, in our opinion, will com- pare favorably with those of any town in the State of the same population and valuation. Let us take no step backward, but rather advance if possible, and thereby furnish the succeeding generation with men and women whose intellectual culture, and moral developments as well, shall fit them for higher positions, and wider fields of usefulness than we have filled, and also exhibit to the world the uplifting power of a christian civilization.
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The teachers are the same as those reported last year, with the exception of South Main Street and Beach Street schools. The former has been in charge of Miss Ida M. Fernald, who has met the approval of the Com- mittee. The latter school was somewhat interrupted in its progress the first part of the year, but is now doing well under the care of one of our High School graduates, Miss Annie E. Chubuck.
All the other teachers, by years of experience and devotion to their work, have fitted themselves to hold an · honorable position as teachers.
Your Committee have sought to be faithful in pointing out seeming defects either in methods or manner of teaching, and also spoken words of encouragement where they deemed it expedient.
They have also sought to adjust individual difficulties impartially, and in a manner that would be conciliatory and for the good of all concerned. That others might have done better we do not deny. But that we have unitedly and conscientiously served the cause of education to the best of our ability, is the closing statement of this annual report, which is hereby
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. BAILEY, School ADELAIDE F. HAMMOND, Committee JULIA E. WEBB, of Scituate.
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Roll of Honor for Punctual Attendance.
BROOK STREET.
Two TERMS :
Walter Litchfield,
William T. Colman,
Annie F. Damon, Alice F. Ward.
ONE TERM :
Mattie K. Pierce, Eddie Otis, Mattie A. Conroy,
Frank B. Pierce, John Ward, Eddie B. Smith,
Harry W. Otis.
COMMON STREET.
Two YEARS : Arthur W. Colman.
ONE YEAR : Irving E. Harrub. ·
TWO TERMS : Percy T. Mann,
Grace R. Neely,
Abbie L. Damon, Celia Ward,
ONE TERM : Everett L. Bearce, Richard Graham, Eddie S. Manson.
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SOUTH MAIN STREET.
Nellie Totman, Cora B. Fernald,
ONE TERM : Annie Quinn, Josie M. Wherity.
WILLOW STREET.
ONE YEAR :
Emma Clapp,
William H. Hyland,
Annie Sullivan, Annie M. Landers.
Katie McCarty,
Nellie J. Driscoll,
Two TERMS : Annie M. Murphy, Louis Hawthorne, William Sullivan.
ONE TERM ; Freddie Foster,
Madge E. Murphy,
James Driscoll.
CENTRAL STREET.
THREE YEARS : Edgar W. Whittaker. ONE YEAR : Mabel Spencer. Two TERMS :
Frank C. Wade,
Harry Steinbeck, Charles L. Vickery. ONE TERM : Albion W. Hunt,
Charles V. Steinbeck,
Frank T. Whittaker, Gaston Vinal,
Frank Sylvester,
Fannie W. Whitcomb, John B Hyland, Flora G. Eldredge,
Charles H. Whittaker.
Norah Barry, James Landers,
Elmer F. Burrows,
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GROVE STREET.
Herbert C. Clapp,
Savillion F. Dalby,
Alvin W. Blanchard,
Charles F. Dalby,
Q. Kilborn Merritt,
John E. Manson, Jessie W. Merritt, Lillian Merritt.
HIGH STREET.
Maria W. Hardwick,
ONE YEAR : Nellie F. Marsh.
Lucius E. Bates,
Edwin Hyland,
Everett R. Marsh,
Fred L. Litchfield,
Two TERMS : Frank Crane, Lillie F. Crane,
Lester Merritt,
Clayton E. Hyland.
Ella Hyland, Herbert Marsh, E. Cora Merritt,
ONE TERM : Frank A. Damon, Emeline Hyland, Minnie Spooner.
BEACH STREET.
Two TERMS : Harry H. Mott. ONE TERM : A. Frank Turner, Stella G. Litchfield, Lyman Pratt.
Chester H. Lee, Philip F. Turner,
ONE YEAR : William W. Damon,
Two TERMS : Flora T. Litchfield,
ONE TERM :
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Two" TERMS : Walter S. Vinal. ONE TERM :
Henry A. Litchfield,
Willie R. Newcomb,
Hattie F. Cottle,
Effie L. Litchfield, Ida M. Barce, Nellie H. Litchfield.
NORTH MAIN STREET.
ONE YEAR : Joseph A. Glines. ONE TERM : W. Scott Gannett, Hosea L. Nott,
Ruthie E. Nott,
Blanche. C. Nott,
Mary E. Nott,
Edith W. Litchfield,
Edward C. Newcomb,
Harry M. Litchfield.
EAST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Nettie Sanborn, Charles P. Wade,
Charles H. Waterman, George S. Bailey, Nellie Bailey, N. Anna Clapp, 8
THREE YEARS : Grace L. Otis. Two YEARS : Lillie Litchfield, R. Floyd Clapp. ONE YEAR : Clement J. Prouty, Grace Torrey, Ella L. Bailey, Mary W. Prouty,
Gertrude E. Bates,
Alfred H. Mott,
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TWO TERMS :
Charles Fernald, Charles H. Tilden, Jennie Cushman, Carrie Fernald,
Chester Fernald, Hattie Merritt, Isabel Northey, Sigourney Young, Fred F. Colman.
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ONE TERM :
Etta Seaver. Addie Litchfield,
Amos Merritt,
Eddie Hills,
Maggie Doherty,
Fred Conroy,
Otis R. Cooke,
Madge Smith,
Lizzie Clapp,
James Murphy,
George Murphy,
Eddie Murphy.
Lilla Burrows,
George P. Clapp,
Helen Clapp.
WEST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
SIX YEARS : J. Charles Pierce. THREE YEARS : Agnes J. Litchfield.
Two TERMS :
Arthur J. Vinal.
ONE TERM :
Cora F. Damon,
Sarah E. Bailey,
Edith M. Carter,
Mabel F. Carter,
Nellie H. Cottle,
Ida J. Hobson,
Edith E. Newcomb, Albert E. Bailey,
Nellie M. Tewksbury, Willie T. Cullen,
Henry C. Seaverns.
Hattie Young, Nellie D. Vinal,
Gridley Cole,
Mary E. Butler,
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HIGH SCHOOL.
Two YEARS : Elmer W. Litchfield. ONE YEAR :
George W. Wade,
Clara B. V. Elliott, Annie B. Steinbeck.
Alice M. Northey,
Thomas L. Tilden,, -
Josie M. Litchfield,
Sara A. Gibby,
Willard L. Bailey,
Frank W. Litchfield,
Two TERMS :
Irving E. Gannett, George A. Litchfield.
ONE TERM :
Ernest J. Brown,
Fred. T. Bailey,
Gardner Bates, Walter J. Merritt,
Leonard M. Glover.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Greatest Number
Enrolled During any
one Term.
Average Number
Belonging.
Average Attendance.
Per cent.
High School,
47
40
36
.90
East Grammar,
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Stephen A. Snow, Mrs. J. A. Neely, S. A. Young, Ass't,
74
60
57
.95
West Grammar,
56
43.7
37.1
.85
North Main Street,
26
24
22
.92
Willow Street,
Carrie W. Litchfield,
57
50.7
46.3
.91
Common Street,
Emma F. Manson,
34
33
30
.91
Brook Street,
Gertrude K. Vinal,
30
27
26
.96
Central Street,
Hattie M. Damon,
34
30.4
29.1
.96
.South Main Street,
Ida M. Fernald,
31
20
16
.80
High Street,
S. Alice Reed,
44
38
33.4
.88
Charles Street,
Gertrude C. Gardner,
23
20
16
.80
Beach Street,
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Susan Boylston,
29
17
14
.82
Mary F. Carr,
25
23
22
.96
Annie E. Chubuck,
Grove Street,
Sarah R. Damon, Mary L. Clapp,
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE- -
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS and OVERSEERS OF POOR
- -OF THE-
TOWN OF SCITUATE
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FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY FIRST,
11884.00
WITH THE REPORTS OF THE
TOWN TREASURER, TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1884.
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REPORT.
The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Scituate respectfully submit the following report, showing the receipts and expenditures of the Town from February 1, 1883, to February 1, 1884, and its financial condition at the last named date.
During that time the Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treasurer for the purposes and to the amounts named in the following :
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES.
OBJECT OF EXPENDITURES.
Expenses of 1882-3.
Expenses of 1883-4.
Total.
Removing Snow
$500 00
$504 06
$1,004 06
Support of Schools .
1,314 34
3,458 60
4,772 94
Incidentals for Schools.
142 32
142 32
Support of Poor
145 00
3,061 70
3,206 70
Repairs of Roads and Bridges
2,012 54
2,012 54
Repairs of Public Buildings
230 29
230 29
Town Officers ..
644 95
644 95
Printing, Stationery, and Postage Stamps ..
151 98
151 98
Abatement of Taxes
312 79
312 79
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
50 00
50 00
State Aid, chapter 301 ...
1,100 00
1,100 00
Military Aid, chapter 252
693 72
693 72
Miscellaneous. . .
596 95
596 95
Repairs on Barker Road. .
27 47
27 47
Construction of Mann Hill Road.
184 50
184 50
Total amount of orders drawn
$1,959 34
$13,171 87 $15,131 21
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STATEMENT OF EXPENSES
OF THE TOWN FROM FEB. 1, 1883, TO FEB. 1, 1884.
REMOVING SNOW.
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Amount of orders drawn
$1,004 06
PAYMENTS.
H. H. Northey,
$40 37 Stephen Litchfield, 2d, $13 00
Henry L. Vinal,
24 12
Martin Curran, 1 75
John B. Damon,
63 12 John B. Turner, 114 28
Stillman Litchfield,
12 75
Jesse Spooner,
8 25
Frederick Cole,
41 35
Charles M. Ferguson,
121 78
Charles Damon,
17 69
Otis Litchfield,
36 74
Milton G. Litchfield,
41 87
Andrew Bates,
35 87
Job Vinal, 49 79
Otis Mott,
17 00
Harvey W. Litchfield,
18 00
David S. Jenkins,
42 87
Wm. H. Litchfield,
22 50
Turner Litchfield,
64 87
Alexander Anderson,
134 94
Nathaniel Wade,
11 87
Asa J. Merritt,
69 28
$1,004 06
Deduct amount estimated due Feb. 1, 1883
500 00
Total expense for the year
$504 06
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SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
The following statement is the whole expense for the year, including the Winter Term, which ends in February, 1884. Amount of orders drawn
$3,458 60
Amount due in February, 1884
1,370 87
Amount of expense for the year
$4,829 47
Deduct dog license fund of 1883
$189 38
Deduct school fund of 1883 204 76
394 14
Net cost for the year
$4,435 33
SALARIES OF TEACHERS PAID AND DUE.
SCHOOLS.
NAMES OF TEACHERS.
PAID.
Due in February, 1884.
Amount of Each School.
[ Stephen A. Snow,
$333 33
P. B. Runyan,
194 26
$407 87
$1,262 65
High School,
1 Lewis A. Burr,
58 94
( Lucy S. Pierce,
268 25
West Grammar,
Sarah R. Damon,
260 00
110 00
370 00
East Grammar,
S. L. Young,
90 00
182 00
545 00
High. Street,
S. Alice Reed,
175 00
77 00
252 00
South Main Street,
Mabel Cole,
150 00
66 00
216 00
Willow Street,
Carrie W. Litchfield,
150 00
66 00
216 00
Charles Street,
Gertrude Gardner,
150 00
66 00
216 00
North Main Street,
Mary L. Clapp,
150 00
66 00
216 00
Central Street,
Jennie P. Seaverns,
27 60
Central Street,
Stella B. Baker,
122 40
66 00
216 00
Common Street, Beach Street,
A. E. Chubuck,
150 00
66 00
216 00
Grove Street,
Jennie P. Seaverns,
122 40
66 00
216 00
Brook Street,
Gertrude K. Vinal,
150 00
66 00
216 00
Amounts,
$3,002 78
$1,370 87
$4.373 65
Mary F. Carr,
27 60
Emma F. Manson,
150.00
66 00
216 00
Mrs. J. A. Neely,
270 00
Clara W. Wilder,
3 00
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FUEL AND PREPARATION.
Israel D. Damon, $ 5 00 S. B. Curtis,
$ 1 55
Wm. E. Hunt,
28 62 C. E. Bailey, 72 00
C. F. J. Andrews,
12 75 Herbert Litchfield, 6 00
E. H. Bonney, 36 98 David S. Jenkins, 41 75
Henry T. Otis,
22 50 Israel Cudworth,
64 25
Hosea J. Stockbridge,
22 00 J. C. & J. H. Merritt,
4 00
H. A. Seaverns & Co., 5 50
E. P. Welch & Son, 13 43
C. L. Young, 2 00
J. E. Otis, 23 66
Amount.
$361 99
MAKING FIRES AND CARE OF SCHOOL-ROOMS.
Walter H. Merritt, $ 3 83 Joseph Jelloes, $2 00
S. B. Curtis. 8 00 Melvin S. Litchfield, 2 00
Wm. W. Jenkins,
30 00 Fred. T. Colman, 2 00
Walter Tilden,
12 00
Bertie Clapp,
2 00
Edward Newcomb,
20 00
Patrick Kane,
2 00
James Lovejoy,
2 00
Clifford Brown,
2 00
Thomas Paine,
2 00
Wm. L. Jackson,
2 00
Bennett D. Studley,
2 00
Amount
$93 83
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Amount of orders drawn $142 32
FOR CLEANING SCHOOL-ROOMS, ETC.
Maria Curran, $ 0 75 Mrs. John Ward, $12 00
Mrs. G. W. Whitcomb, 8 00 Mary Donahue, 4 00
Old Colony R. R. Co., 1 32
Fred. T. Bailey, 2 25
E. P. Welch, 42 00
Mrs. John Maddock, 9 00
Mrs. John W. Pierce, 39 00
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USE OF WELLS.
Mrs. Perez L. Litchfield, $2 00
Calvin Jenkins, $2 00
Henry C. Newcomb, 2 00
Lewis Brown, 2 00
Joseph H. Litchfield, 2 00 Sumner Litchfield, 2 00
Edmund Landers,
2 00
Edmund Merritt, 2 00
Julia Merritt, 2 00
Charles H. Jackson, 2 00
Mrs. Isaac Nightingale, 2 00
Deborah N. Studley, 2 00
Amount $142 32
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Amount of orders drawn $2,961 70 Due Taunton Hospital for support of one pauper from Jan. 1, 1884, to Feb. 1, 1884 $15 00
Due Worcester Hospital for support of one pauper from Jan. 1, 1884, to Feb. 1,1884 15 00
Due Worcester Chronic Asylum
15 00
Estimated due C. H. Howland and others, 255 00
$300 00
Total expense from Feb. 1, 1883, to Feb. 1, 1884, $3,261 70 From the above should be deducted the following :- Amount due from City of Boston for supplies for Daniel Jenkins. $52 00
Amount due from Town of Cohasset for supplies for W. Henry Litchfield. .. 78 00
Amount due from State for supplies for Michael Powers 11 00
Amount due from Town of Weymouth for supplies for Mrs. James M. White .. 36 72
$177 22
Total expense to the Town for the year. .. $3,084 48
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PERSONS WHOLLY SUPPORTED AND EXPENSES OF EACH.
Florence A. Otis, $171 82 Samuel Hatch, $260 00
Mary Tomlinson, 182 06 Thomas F. Supple, 91 25
Benjamin B. Litchfield, 186 58
Lemuel Nash, 91 25
Amount, $982 96
PERSONS PARTIALLY SUPPORTED AND EXPENSES OF EACH.
Daniel W. Taylor, $114 00 Wm. H. Whipple,
$8 03
Fred R. Teague, 14 61 George H. Jenkins, 16 84
Mrs. Hiram Bates and child, 40 00
Amelia W. Sylvester, 16 15
R. S. H. Andrews'
children,
232 98
Mary F. Stetson,
180 00
Mrs. Wm. R. Damon and family,
236 22
Charles D. Mann,
46 65
Mrs. D. W. Taylor
and family,
132 00 Cash expenses, 40 00
Mrs. James M. White,
36 22
James Litchfield, 78 30
Medical attendance to
sick paupers, 100 00
Antone Joseph, 12 00
Michael Powers,
11 00
R. S. H. Andrews, 30 00
Joseph Brown, Sr.,
93 03
Louisa Smith, 10 00
Edward Ward,
104 00
Helen Mann,
1 80
Thomas Webb's child, 106 00
Stephen S. Taylor,
42 77
Ann Supple, 7 50
James McCarty's child,
52 00
Katie McDonald,
55 14
Wm. Henry Litchfield, 78 00
Daniel Jenkins,
52 00
Hugh Ward,
104 00
Noah C. Ellms,
72 50
Amount,
$3,106 70
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PAYMENTS.
Town of Rockland, $62 25
Hatherly Merritt,
$22 20
John Patterson,
52 00
Samuel W. Cook,' 5 50
Jolın S. Taylor,
246 00 John Cushman, 106 00
Town of So. Abington, 14 61
Wm. H. Litchfield, 40 00
Town of Cohasset,
14 00
E. H. Bonney,
11 75
Roland Turner,
13 28
Martha G. Brown, 48 00
Edmund L. Hyland,
45 50
Eben Bearce,
18 02
Mrs. Hiram Bates,
26 00
Abel Sylvester,
7 14
Mrs. Hannah H. An-
drews, 192 00
City of Cambridge, 20 03
George Jenkins,
1 50
David S. Jenkins, 2 00
Daniel J. Bates & Co., 198 22
F. M. Litchfield, 22 67
C. H. Davie,
100 00
Benjamin Brown, 2 00
Chubuck & Co., 62 28
Charles H. Northey, 11 49
Worcester Hospital, 171 82
H. A. Seaverns & Co., 88 00
Taunton Hospital, 186 58
Wm. H. Sampson, 10 70
Worcester Chronic Asylum, 182 06
Mary F. Graham, 82 00
State of Massachusetts, 182 50
Town of So. Scituate, 240 05
Mrs. Patrick Driscoll,
5 50
Wm. J. Newcomb, 25 00
Mrs. John Deweire,
20 50
C. E. Bailey, 4 50
Christopher O'Neal, 22 00
Wm. F. Thayer, 17 27
Mrs. Mary Bowditch,
260 00
Perez Simmons, 30 00
Wm. P. Allen,
137 98 Thaddeus L. Litchfield, 10 00
Mrs. Wm. R. Damon, 78 00
City of Springfield, 1 80
Gamaliel Sampson, 6 00
Amount,
$3,106 70
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REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Amount of orders drawn. $2,012 54
At the Annual Meeting, held in March, 1883, Andrew Bates, John B. Turner, Otis Mott, Otis Litchfield, David S. Jenkins, Nathaniel Wade, Turner Litchfield, George O. Allen, Alexander Anderson, and Charles M. Ferguson were chosen Surveyors of Highways.
The several sums have been paid to the following named per- sons for labor and material :
PAYMENTS.
James B. Totman, $32 10 George H. Briggs, $12 34
Alexander Anderson,
45 09
Caleb Osborn, 4 75
James P. Murphy, 12 51 Otis Litchfield, 59 49
Daniel Johnson,
6 88
Samuel Stoddard, 2 25
Joseph T. Gardner,
17 47
Henry F. Spooner, 7 20
C. M. Ferguson,
56 50 Josiah Litchfield, 9 00
James Lovejoy,
3 75
J. Herbert Litchfield, 4 50
John H. Langdon,
17 25
Wm. L. Litchfield, 7 00
Wm. Litchfield.
2 25
Edward Hunt,
3 75
Alpheus Litchfield,
1 50
Nathaniel Wade,
33 01
Thaddeus L. Litchfield, 12 75
Wm. L. Hammond, 1 00
Harvey D. Northey, 10 12
Edward A. Taylor,
1 50
Isaac H. Lambert, 13 50
Luther Litchfield, 5 50
Frederick Cole, 9 37
Wm. O. Clapp, 9 50
Patrick Kane, 26 25
Samuel Hyland, 1 50
Caleb M. Jenkins, 11 50
Lorenzo F. Hyland,
3 00
Warren Jenkins, 7 50
G. Wilbur Damon,
4 50
Thomas Jenkins, ' 6 00
Walter J. Stoddard, 1 50
Albert Jenkins, 6 75
A. Judson Bates, 4 25
George A. Hardwick, 1 50
Eugene Langdon, 6 88
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Sumner Litchfield, $1 00 David S. Jenkins, $152 50
Wm. O. Merritt, Jr.,
29 25
John B. Turner, 73 17
Abner Litchfield, 11 75
Charles H. Mitchell, 34 01
Joseph H. Litchfield, 4 50
John W. Bailey, 2d, 11 38
Charles E. Brown,
18 88
James Damon, 29 96
Marcena W. Damon,
33 15
Allen Vinal,
18 01
Barnabas W. Briggs,
6 75
James Sullivan,
17 13
Benjamin Brown,
6 75
Sylvanus Damon, 1 25
George Langdon,
15 00
James Litchfield, 4 50
Charles Pratt,
2 00
Noah Jenkins, 20 75
Tower Brothers & Co.
2 62
Patrick Murphy, 35 05
Andrew Bates,
31 31
Edward Murphy, 19 07
Charles A. Bates,
19 72
John Devlin,
8 12
John A. Merritt,
20 00
Richard Supple,
8 12
Wm. O. Merritt,
14 06
Patrick Smith,
1 25
Charles Anthony, 10 63
Thomas Barry,
11 25
Nathaniel Vinal, 63
George O. Allen,
56 20
Charles W. Clapp, 11 66
Charles Manson, 12 25
Samuel W. Cook,
6 25
B. B. Wisnor Litchfield, 15 50 Marshall Litchfield, Jr., 3 00
D. Brigham Litchfield, 7.50
James T. Dalby,
3 13
Harry W. Litchfield,
6 88
Homer Studley,
1 25
C. Albert Brown, 1 50
John Brown,
4 38
Webster Litchfield, 9 00
Charles Damon,
2 50
Edwin Young,
2 25
Gardner Bates,
1 25
Job Vinal,
4 13
Wm. E. Hunt,
25
Frank Litchfield,
8 75
Flora Driscoll,
16 87
Louis N. Curtis,
6 25
James McDonald,
2 37
Turner Litchfield,
104 99
Hosea Litchfield,
9 00
Patrick Gammon,
3 37
Everett Torrey,
21 00
Seth Litchfield,
26
James Tilden,
16 85
Seth Chandler,
7 00
Harvey Brown, 1 25
Lewis Brown, 5 00
Albert M. Litchfield, 75
Horace Litchfield, 2 87
12
Edward Cumming,
$9 98 Reuben Mann, $3 00
Richard Hoar,
1 24
Marcellus Day, 16 72
Daniel Ward,
2 50 Old Colony R. R. Co., 1 17
Nicholas Wherity, 2d,
1 87
Otis Mott,
106 64
Martin Curran,
6 87
Henry L. Vinal, 24 99
Thomas Flynn,
6 87
Hosea V. Orcutt,
15 22
Eben Nash,
1 00
Joseph Gannett,
36 38
Edward Bates,
5 62
James D. Carter,
18 24
John Mitchell,
4 99
Stillman Litchfield,
16 75
Francis Mulcurn,
6 87
E. Foster Pierce,
4 12
George Clapp,
3 12
Walter Litchfield, 9 00
Rufus Clapp,
13 09
E. P. Welch & Son,
13 20
Thomas Patterson,
15 63
J. C. & J. H. Merritt, 6 00
Patrick Landers,
14 06
Edmund Hyland, 6 93
Daniel Broughton,
16 36
H. A. Seaverns & Co., 1 62
John Murphy, 13 12
George A. Lane,
23
Peter Murphy,
17 62
Thomas M. Paine, 1 88
Elijah Pratt, Jr.,
5 63
G. Austin Litchfield, 2 25
Patrick Cullen, 1 25
Charles P. Wade, 3 50
Stephen Litchfield,
6 00
Davis Litchfield,
2 50
Samuel H. Turner.
5 00
Win. Manson, Jr.,
1 25
Daniel Hill.
1 95
Nicholas Wherity,
8 00
Henry L. Hyland,
7 00
Martin Burke,
1 25
Liba F. Litchfield,
7 00
George W. Wade,
4 50
Josiah G. Graves,
20 62
Amount,
$2,012 54
13
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Amount of orders drawn
$230 29
PAYMENTS.
James T. Smith,
$3 25 Charles E. Bailey,
$4 90
Thomas O. Cole,
5 00
E. P. Welch & Son, 99 97
Liba Studley,
12 98 F. G. Chubuck, 2 75
Caleb Osborn,
1 50
H. Lucius Vinal,
8 00
Bailey Brothers,
10 00
H. A. Seaverns & Co.,
1 34
Edwin Young,
37 25
C. L. Young, 1 40
Walter E. Bailey,
12 00
George M. Young,
1 75
Charles H. Mott,
14 00
Thaddeus G. Hyland,
5 00
James H. Burrows,
2 95
Robert H. Hall,
1 25
$230 29
TOWN OFFICERS.
Amount of orders drawn
$644 95
PAYMENTS.
A. F. Hammond.
Services as - 50 00
Julia E. Webb
School
60 00
Charles E. Bailey
Committee. -
71 13
Wm. H. Litchfield,
70 00
H. H. Northey . .
Assessors.
34 00
Job Vinal
30 00
Wm. H. Litchfield,
Selectmen
155 00
H. H. Northey ..
and
41 00
Job Vinal
Overseers of the Poor.
30 00
Wm. H. Litchfield,
Copying
10 00
Job Vinal
Valuation Book for State.
10 00
Charles E. Bailey, services as Town Clerk. 18 82
Charles E. Bailey, preparing School Report
5 00
Benjamin Brown, Sealer of Weights and Measures,
10 00
Roland Turner, services as Town Treasurer
50 00
5
Amount. $644 95
14
PRINTING, STATIONERY AND POSTAGE.
Amount of orders drawn
$151 98
PAYMENTS.
Avery & Doten, $94 55
H. A. Seaverns & Co., $3 62
Bailey Brothers,
17 20 F. H. Miller, 4 00
South Shore Herald,
2 75 Roland Turner, 5 00
Charles E. Bailey,
15 86 C. W. Leach & Co., 9 00
Amount, $151 98
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
POST 31, G. A. R.
Amount of orders drawn. $50 00
50 00
Francis B. Lee, Quarter Master
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Amount of orders drawn
$312 79
TAXES OF 1875.
Virgil Damon,
$10 56 Patrick Wherity, $1 52
George M. Litchfield, 4 75
TAXES OF 1877.
Franklin Damon,
$28 09 Perez Jenkins, $1 19
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