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350.00
500.00
2,900.00
240.00
$25,540.00
State tax,
1,350.00
County tax,
3,350.00
Total,
$30,240.00
TRUST FUNDS.
The income from the Lucy O. Thomas fund, amounting to $35.30, has been paid as follows, viz :-
To Sylvia N. Clapp,
$17.65
" Coroline Damon,
17.65
$35.30
The income from the Eliza Jenkins fund, amounting to $121.20, has been paid as follows, viz :- To Matilda F. Harrub,
" Mary S. Bouve,
24.24
" Mahala T. Vinal,
24.24
" Susan Otis,
24.24
" Emma F. Manson,
24.24
$121.20
JOHN J. FORD, GEORGE H. WEBB, AZRO TURNER,
Trustees.
SCITUATE, Dec. 31, 1898.
I have examined the accounts of the Trustees and find them correctly cast and properly vouched,
FRANCIS B. LEE,Auditor.
$24.24
ASSESSORS' STATISTICS ..
Number of polls assessed, males,
692
State tax, $1.00,
County tax, $1.00,
Poll tax, $2.00,
Number of residents assessed on property, in- dividuals, 675
All others,
23
Total residents, 698
Number of non-residents assessed on property,
Individuals,
463
All others,
18
Total non-residents, 481
Number of persons assessed on property,
1,179
Number of persons assessed on poll tax only,
219
Total, 1,398
Value of assessed personal estate,
$164,433.00
Value of assessed real estate, ex- cluding land, $1,431,908
Value of assessed real estate, ex-
cluding buildings, 932,885 2,364.793.00
Total valuation,
$2,529,226.00
Tax on personal estate,
$2,137.63
Tax on real estate,
30,742.32
Tax on polls, Total tax,
1,384.00
$34,263.95
Town grant,
County tax,
$29,335.00 3,318.06
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State tax,
State tax census, 1897,
Overlayings, Total,
1,305.00 109.65 196.24
Rate per $1,000,
$34,263.95 $13.00 $2,529,226.00
Valuation in 1898,
Valuation in 1897,
2,421,205.00
Increase in 1898,
$108,021.00
Number of horses,
488
" COWS,
356
" sheep,
25
" cattle, other than cows,
8
" swine,
52
66 .
" fowls,
2,570
" dwelling houses,
897
" acres of land,
9,696
JOHN J. FORD, GEORGE H. WEBB, AZRO TURNER,
Assessors of Scituate.
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
TOWN OF SCITUATE, in acount with
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
DR.
1898-99.
Paid Selectmen's orders, $28,264.23
interest on Town notes, 2,893.75
State tax,
1,305.00
State expense of taking summer census, 1897, 109.65
66 County tax,
3,318.06
66 State corporation tax overdrawn, 55.5I
66 interest on money borrowed and paid, 181.97
66 John F. Turner, by order of 2d District Court. 82.20
Wm. E. Supple, by order of 2d District Court, 87.05
66 Wm. Buckley, by order of 2d District Court, 9.65 1
66 Roland Turner, fees for Collecting Taxes, 345.17
Discount on taxes, 1,203.53
Uncollected taxes of 1898, 6,433.39
Cash on hand, January 1, 1899,
7,694.98
$51,984.14
CR.
Cash on hand, January 1, 1898, $6,082.52
Received of Town of Cohasset on account of fish ways, 19.37
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Received for sale of two fish rights, $14.25
" of State on account of corporation tax, 6.54
of 2d District Court for fines, 397.00
of John Monahan, peddler's license, 8.00
66 of George K. Livermore, peddler's license, 8.00
of James E. Otis, bowling alley license, 2.00
of James Ward, bowling alley li- cense, 2.00
of James Ward, pool table, 2.00
of Andrew J. Waterman, auction- eer's license, 2.00
66
of Fenton W. Varney, auctioneer's license, 2.00
66
on account of cattle inspection, 76.20
schooling for State children,
36.00
from State on account of Superin- tendent of Schools, 416.67
66 from State on account of State pau- pers,
205.78
from State for burial indigent sailor,
35.00
from Arthur C. Litchfield, tuition,
9.00
66 from State reimbursement of State aid,
1,563.00
from State, reimbursement of Mili- tary aid, 10.00
66
from State, corporation tax,
1,349.07
from State, National Bank tax, 159.83
from County Treasurer, dog fund,
243.85
66 for interest of money on deposit,
63.10
66 Massachusetts School Fund, 205.55
Taxes collected of 1893,
19.74
Taxes collected of 1894,
46.46
Taxes collected of 1895,
28.13
66
on account of State road,
I14.86
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Taxes collected of 1896, Taxes collected of 1897, Taxes of 1898 for collection,
930.29 5,661.98
34,263.95
$ 51,984.14
ROLAND TURNER,
Treasurer.
SCITUATE, Dec. 31, 1898.
I have examined the account of the Treasurer, and find it correct.
FRANCIS B. LEE, Auditor.
LIST OF JURORS.
Submitted to the Town for revision and acceptance at the annual meeting to be held March 6, 1899:
Charles A. Bates.
James Litchfield.
Edwin W. Bates.
Alfred H. Newcomb.
William O. Clapp.
Moses B. Colman.
Charles F. Clapp.
Frank O. Clapp.
Elijah T. Clapp, Jr.
Albert B. Curtis.
Patrick Curran. Charles M. Ferguson.
Charles N. Turner.
Benjamin T. Turner. Henry L. Vinal.
Frank T. Vinal, 2d.
Henry F. Vinal.
E. Parker Welch.
John Weatherbee.
John J. Ford. Wiley S. Damon. Fenton W. Varney. -
Abner S. Dalby.
Ernest F. Litchfield.
Hosea J. Stockbridge.
JOHN J. FORD, GEORGE H. WEBB, AZRO TURNER, Selectmen of Scituate.
William W. Gordak.
Freeman H. Gannett.
Joy K. Gannett, Jr. Everett L. Bearce. Lorenzo F. Hyland. E. Clayton Hyland. William W. Hunt. Abner Litchfield.
Horace Litchfield.
John E. O. Prouty. Elijah P. Pratt.
Edward Rogers. Alfred A. Seaverns. Charles P. Seaverns. Chester Sherman.
BY-LAWS, TOWN OF SCITUATE.
ARTICLE I .- GENERAL CONDUCT OF TOWN AF- FAIRS.
SEC. I .- The financial year shall begin with the first day of January and shall end with the thirty-first day of Decem- ber.
SEC. 2 .- The annual meeting shall be held the first Mon- day in March.
SEC. 3 .- Town meetings shall be notified by posting an at- tested copy of the warrant, calling the same, in the Post Of- fices, at the Town house, seven days, at least, before the day appointed for said meeting, and by publication in a newspa- per, if any be published in the Town.
SEC. 4 .- At the annual meeting the reports of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, and all other Town officers, and all standing committees shall be first in order, after the choice of Moderator.
SEC. 5 .- All motions shall be submitted in writing at the discretion of the Moderator or Clerk.
SEC. 6 .- Twenty-five voters shall constitute a quorum for the raising and appropriating of money, under an article in the warrant providing for such action.
SEC. 7 .- The annual report of the Town officers shall be printed and distributed at least ten days before the Town meeting.
SEC. 8 .- The duties of all Town officers not specially pro -. vided for by law nor by these rules, shall be determined by the rules of parliamentary law contained in Cushing's Man- ual, so far as they are adapted to town meetings.
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ARTICLE II .- STREETS AND PUBLIC LANDS.
SEC. I .- The Selectmen or Road Commissioner may grant permits to any persons to build sidewalks in front of their own land, or on any of the streets or ways of the town, whenever the public safety will permit; which permit shall specify the width and mode of constructing the same.
SEC. 2 .- Whenever complaint shall be made to the Se- lectmen that the practice of coasting on any of the streets or sidewalks in the Town has become dangerous to the public safety, they may, if they shall judge it expedient, post up a notice, in some conspicuous place, on the side or corner of such streets, forbidding all persons to coast upon the same; and if any person shall be found coasting upon the same, after the posting of such notice, he shall pay a fine of not less than one dollar, nor more than five dollars, for every such offence, to be recovered of the offender, his parent or guar- dian.
SEC. 3 .- No person shall wheel, drive or draw any hand- cart, bicycle, hand sled or any other carriage of burden or pleasure-baby carriages excepted-nor permit any horse or other beast to go upon any sidewalk, nor to encumber the same with any boxes, barrels or any articles whatever to in- terfere with the convenient use of the same.
SEC. 4 .- Every owner or occupant of premises in the Town shall keep the same free from all nuisances and sources of filth, injurious to the public health and safety; and any nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness found on private property must be removed upon notice of the Board of Health, and within such time as it may designate. If upon notice from this board any premises are not put in proper sanitary condition, the same shall be vacated upon the or- der of the Board.
SEC. 5 .- No person shall place or cause to be placed, in any public or private way of the Town the contents of any sink, cesspool or privy,-nor place any dead animal, or dead
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animal or vegetable substance, rubbish or garbage in the same, except for the purpose of immediate removal there- from, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each offence.
SEC. 6 .- The words "public or private way" in the fore- going section shall be understood to include alleys, lanes, yards, beaches, or any other place where the presence of such refuse shall give offence to neighbors.
SEC. 7 .- One or more persons standing on any sidewalk or crosswalk, in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage for foot passengers, who shall not disperse immediately when ordered by any of the Selectmen, Police Officer or Con- stable of the Town, shall severally forfeit and pay a fine of three dollars for any violation of this By-law.
SEC. 8 .- No person shall use any indecent, profane or in- sulting language in any street or other public place in the Town, or near any dwelling-house or other building therein, or be or remain on any sidewalk or public passageway or way or ways to any public hall or church, court or public office, or upon any doorstep, portico, or other projection from any such house or other building, to the annoyance, disturbance or obstruction of any person lawfully entitled to pass or resort thereto ;- and no person shall sit upon any wall, fence, bank or doorstep facing on any public place, not being the owner or occupant thereof, without the express consent of such owner or occupant ;- nor shall any person, by any noise, gesture or other means, wantonly or designed- ly frighten or drive any horse in charge of another, in any street or public place in Town ;- and for any offence against this By-law, each offender shall pay a fine of five dollars.
SEC. 9 .- Any person who shall use any street or highway as a race course, or any person who shall furiously drive a horse or any other animal on any street or highway of the Town, shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars for each of- fence.
SEC. 10 .- No person shall move any building through
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any street, lane or alley, without license from the Selectmen.
ARTICLE III .- MISCELLANEOUS.
SEC. I .- Whoever posts, affixes, or in any way attaches any poster, hand-bill, notice, advertisement or placard to or upon any wall, fence, building or structure not his own, with- out the permission of the owners or proprietors of such wall, fence, building or structure, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 2 .- Whoever paints, draws or stamps any letter, notice, figure, advertisement or marks upon any wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure not his own, without the per- mission of the owner thereof, or without said permission, mars, defaces or disfigures, in any way, such wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure, shall forfeit and pay for each of- fence a fine of not less than five, nor more than twenty dol- lars.
SEC. 3 .- Any persons congregating together in a disor- derly manner, who shall not disperse when ordered by any Constable or Police Officer; and any person or persons, con- gregating or loitering about in any school house yard, or out-building, not being a member of the public schools, who shall not immediately disperse and leave the premises, when ordered or requested to by any School Official, Constable or Police Officer of the Town, shall severally forfeit and pay a fine of five dollars for every such offence.
SEC. 4 .- No person in a nude state shall bathe or swim in any public or exposed place in the Town.
SEC. 5 .- It is ordered that it shall be the duty of the Con- stable and Police Officers to enforce the foregoing By-laws.
SEC. 6 .- These By-laws may be amended at any annual town meeting, articles for that purpose having been inserted in the Town warrant.
CHARLES MANSON, FRANCIS B. LEE, HENRY T. BAILEY,
Committee.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR OF 1898.
DATE.
NAMES OF PARTIES.
RESIDENCE OF EACH.
AGE.
PLACE OF MARRIAGE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. 11,
William W. Hunt, Jr.,
Scituate,
20
Scituate,
Rev. Seelye Bryant,
Scituate.
Jan. 30,
Irving E. Whiting,
Hanover,
22
Scituate,
Rev. F. H. Gile,
Scituate.
Scituate,
20
June 29,
Lucius L. Bonney,
Boston,
20
Norwell,
Rev. T. Thompson,
Norwell. Rev. Albert D. Spaulding,
July 4,
Albert Bryant,
North Scituate.
July 28,
Fred T. Swift,
Falmouth, Mass.,
19
Scituate,
Rev. Joseph Cooper,
Scituate.
Sept. 4,
Samuel E. Hyland,
Cohasset,
41
Hingham,
.
Rev. John W. Day,
Hingham.
Sept. 14,
Stephen Litchfield, Jr.,
22
Syracuse, N. Y.,
Rev. Walter J. Southam,
Sept 21,
Charles Waldo Bailey,
Syracuse, N. Y.,
24
Rev. Joseph Cooper,
Scituate.
Oct. 27,
Elmer Sprague,
Hingham,
22
Scituate,
Rev. Watson Weed,
Emma Alice Clapp,
27
Norwell,
Nov. 22,
Mortimer D. Maxwell,
Brockton,
23
Nov. 23,
Thomas H. Harris,
22
Dec. 7,
Harry T. Stenbeck.
Scituate,
25
Scituate,
Rev. Watson Weed,
Duxbury, Mass.
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Rev. Albert D. Spaulding, North Scituate.
Sarah F. Pratt,
25
Syracuse, N. Y.
Oct. 4,
Fred S. Whitten,
Laconia, N. H.,
29
Scituate,
Minnie O'Neil,
Scituate,
29
Scituate,
23
Ida .P. Tildeu,
Scituate,
23
Chelsea,
Mary L. McElroy,
Chelsea, Mass.,
25
Mary W. Prouty,
Scituate,
21
60
North Scituate,
42
Anna F. Burnham,
Ellen J. Grue,
Scituate,
19
Scituate,
38
Carrie B. Litchfield,
25
North Scituate,
Mabel Elliot Smith,
Duxbury, Mass. Rev. T. Thompson, Norwell. Rev. Joseph S. Sheerin, Chelsea, Mass.
Mary Wyman,
18
Grace M. Lee,
Hannah N. Clapp,
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1898.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
January
18,
Edward Austin Litchfield,
George A. and Edith E., Thomas A. and Minnie D.,
Newcomb. Jellows.
..
20,
Gilbert Joseplı Patterson,
22,
Ilegitimate,
D. Herbert and Mary E.,
Nott. Riordan.
February
16,
Henry Grant Doherty,
Henry A. and Mary A.,
Spooner.
20,
Edward Everett Hyland,
Maurice and Mary A.,
William A. and Margaret E.,
McCarty.
Mørch
6,
Helen Louise Brown,
Everett W. and Mary,
Burgoyne.
7,
Everett Franklin Osborne,
Lester and Fanny H.,
Bates.
10,
Clinton Webster Merritt,
Daniel and Catherine A.,
66
18,
Mildred Bailey Agnew,
Elijah T. Jr. and Olive J.,
James and Catherine A.,
Stewart.
April
13, 26,
Ella Eliza Ainslie,
Everett L. and Clara E.,
Taylor.
29, 8,
Eben Everett Bearce, John Curran, 3rd,
John Jr. and Mary F.,
Ward.
May ..
20,
Estella Florence Fitts,
Henry T. and Florence E.,
Henry P. and Mary,
Joseph and Edith E.,
Nathaniel and Elizabeth A.,
Fitts.
29,
Annie Elizabeth Wilder, Irene Frances Brown,
Elisha F. and Irene E.,
Jellows.
June
2,
9, Isadora Gevenia Gardner,
Edwin H. and Cecelia J.,
Libe F. and Laura W.,
John C. an dJulia A.,
Walter B. and Harriet P.,
Kimball.
July
7, 11, Howard Russell Lincoln Walker,
12,
Julia Agnes Fellows,
25,
Prescott Alanson Damon,
Frank A. and A. Maude,
Tharby. Quinn. Litchfield.
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17,
Anna Mar, uerite Sweeney,
Samuel A. and Helen M.,
Jenkins.
24,
Clarence Wallace Clapp,
James Daniel McIntyre,
Albert W. and Mary J.,
Emerson.
Turner.
O'Donnell.
23,
George Francis O'Neil.
Parker.
Sweetser.
18, Liba Ellsworth Litchfield.
Bailey. Mitchell.
27,
Helena Gertrude Murphy, Madeline Ellis,
S. Russell and Lotticella,
Moses H. and Margaret E.,
26,
Myrtis Wilhelmena Wood,
Charles E. and Lucy A.,
Buckley.
28,
Kathleen O'Hern,
McCarty. Bailey.
24, Ruth Willard Cooper,
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25, 26,
Brackett,
Lillian Webb,
27,
Arthur Tilden Peverly,
.,
28,
Marion West Brown,
Henry and Mary W., Ernest T. and Lizzie B., Percival S. and Hattie F., George C. and Etta B., Charles H. and Cora F.,
Seelye and Kate W.,
Skeele.
September
3,
Horace Colson Knight,
Oscar I. and Delia,
Sampson. Ritchie.
14,
Elleanora Finnie,
Warren W. and Mary J.,
October
1,
Margaret Grace Graham, Edith Bernice Andrews,
9,
11,
Helen Irene Vickery,
William P. and Sarah M.,
Stickle.
17,
Phehe Esther Richardson,
17,
Muriel Dorretta Seaverns,
Ernest R. and Clara M.,
Voss.
Hall.
November 12,
1896
March,
8,
Frederic Bradford Jenkins,
Warren W. and Mary J.,
Hollenbeck. Renwel.
Clapp. Cottle. Damon. Smith.
28,
Sara Thaxter Jenkins,
29, 2,
Olive Gertrude Trommer,
Dorothy Emmons Bryant,
Charles G. and Eliza A.,
25,
Isabelle Clare Jenkins,
Edward J. and Delia,
Charles F. G. and Ellen A.,
Gordon L. and Gertrude,
Tuhey. O'Brien. Bedell. McDonald.
Albert E. and Marion B.,
25,
Morris Hall Bailey,
Elsie Caroline Litchfield,
Abbott and Charlotte E.,
Leavitt.
Tuhey. -55-
Charles J. and Penola,
DEATHS RECORDED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1898.
DATE.
NAME.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
AGE.
PARENTS' NAMES.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan. 3,
Thomas Clapp,
Apoplexy
85
10
Acute Mania,
35
11
-
Feb.
2,
Mary L. Newcomb,
William and Lydia C.
Epilepsy,
47
6
5
Wallace and Helen Willcutt.
66
11,
Ella Frances Varney,
Disease of Heart,
50
9
7
24,
Edward Everett Hyland,
Infantile,
-
John and Mary.
Mar.
3,
Peter Murphy,
Disease of Heart,
64
11,
David Sanford Jenkins,
72
6
Calvin and Mary Perry.
April 5,
Elvira J. Webb,
45
8
19,
William F. Barrell,
89
9
9
Abel and Lillis.
22,
Henry H. Sylvester,
General Debility,
77
6
Isaiah and Hannalı.
66
25,
George Mann,
74
10
9
Joseph and Lydia.
May 3,
Hosea B. Mott,
82
7
15
Simeon and Jane B. Bates.
66
17,
Mary H. Smith,
81
9
-
27,
Christiana Varrell,
66
30,
Jessie L. Irving, Abigail W. Damon,
Dropsy,
79
6
26
Jonathan and Sally Green.
June 10,
12,
A mos Towne,
Bright's Disease,
78
John and Hannah Roche.
20,
Hannah Wherety,
77
2
Conrad -- Steiger.
26,
Mary A. Newell,
84
Patrick-Fallon.
July
14,
Susan Rogan,
4
14
30,
Mildred B. Agnew,
70
-
James W. and Margaret.
Francis Dwyer,
Job L. and Emeline F.
66
14,
Esther G. Ellins,
36
5
John S. and Cordelia A.
66
19, Edward H. Taylor,
Ulceration of Stomach,
79
5
-
Natural causes, sudden,
6
-
30
Luke and Alice.
Sept.
30, 6, Luke Hall, 7, Beulah D. Bates,
Cancer,
4
4
George H. and Mary.
7,
Arthur E. Ferguson,
Appendicitis,
29
29
10,
Mary W. Prouty,
Frederick and Cynthia Cushing.
3
Charles E. and Lucy A.
Phthisis,
73
David and Eliza C.
Nephritis,
Richman and Eliza C.
Fracture of Skull,
. Pneumonia,
Newcomb W. and Abigail Stevens.
Tuberculosis,
11
Isaac W. and Mary L.
Peter and Saralı.
Bright's Disease,
51
1
Old Age,
Samuel A. and Helen M. Bailey.
Aug. 6.
6,
Thomas Halligan,
Apoplexy,
Cholera Infantum,
3
14
7 ,
Cholera Infantum,
8
Accidental,
Ichabod and Mary.
Samuel W. Cook,
Leonard and Betsey.
Alfred and Abigail Clapp.
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Old Age,
Chronic Cystitis,
Neuralgia of Heart,
Apoplexy,
Infantile,
Sept. 8, William C. Manson, 15, 15, James Connors, George F. O'Neil, Deborah Sylvester,
Bright's Disease, Exhaustion, Cholera Infantum, Old Age, Bronchitis,
76 29
1 | - 24
1
3
1
91
8
16 Edward J. and Delia.
Neurasthenia,
Old Age.
91
10
Chronic Diarrhea,
76
-
23 Levi and Joan.
Oct. 66
1, 15, 27, 15, 23, 27, ,
Silas Pierce, A bel Sylvester,
Valvular Disease of Heart, Chronic Cystitis, Cerebral Apoplexy,
72
2
88
3
Nov.
Langdon W. Cook,
Paralysis,
68
4
Noah C. and Mary A,
Thomas O. Bailey,
Malinda F. Wilbur,
37
27,
Carl Flater, Edwin B. Patterson,
26
Andrew Ellingsen,
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Phthisis,
38
6
21
James B. and Laura A. Totman.
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Dec.
27, 27, Unknown, 27, Unknown,
Unknown,
27, 7, Laura Alice Chandler,
1 30
4
1
26 Ebenezer and Elvira. Daniel and Cynthia Ellis.
Mary T. Bearce,
25, 27, Harriet Ellms, Levi Newcomb.
18 Elijah and Lucy P. Abel and Lillis. Samuel W. and Sarah.
51
Accidental Drowning,
63
27,
-
Nehemiah and Mercy. Jolin and Mary. Henry P. and Mary. Bartlett and Deborah Briggs.
23, 24, Mary E. Graham,
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THE FOLLOWING WERE BROUGHT TO TOWN FOR INTERMENT.
DATE.
AGE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
NAME.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan.
28,
Wilbur F. Nott,
33
9
6
Braintree.
Feb.
2,
John J. Silvia,
73
-
Cohasset
May
5,
Lois G. Stearns,
78
Boston.
66
6,
Coleman T'ilden,
88
1
10
Stoneham.
June
7,
Sarah E. Ward,
4
5
Boston.
11,
Margaret Butler,
33
10
Lynn.
13,
Aurelia S. Row,
48
-
-
Brockton.
August
2,
Mary H. Monroe,
88
-
Boston.
66
8,
Gertrude F. Lane,
-
11
23
Somerville.
Sept.
25,
Elizabeth S. Newcomb,
72
8
3
Malden.
Oct.
15,
Edith H. Bryant,
19
3
24
Holyoke.
Nov.
24,
Lucy A. Dunbar,
83
3
-
Boston.
SUMMARY.
Number of births in Scituate for the year 1898,
46
Males,
19
Females, 27
Whole number recorded for the year,
47
Number of marriages recorded,
I3
Number of certificates issued,
I3
Number of deaths for the year,
49
Males, 28
Females, 21
Brought to Town for interment,
13
Whole number recorded for the year,
62
Number of dogs licensed for the year 1898,
I36
Males,
124
Females,
I2
Amount received for the same,
$308.00
CHARLES MANSON,
Town Clerk.
SCITUATE, Dec. 31, 1898.
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Marshfield.
30,
Eliza Green,
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
FOR THE
Year Ending December 3I
1898
PLYMOUTH THE MEMORIAL PRESS 1899
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee of Scituate hereby present their annual report to the citizens of the Town :-
The general progress of the schools has been seldom if ever more satisfactory. Our corps of teachers has been un- broken with one exception, and the result of good work on the part of both teachers and pupils is easily apparent on a visit to the schools. The registers show a large number of visits during the year, and it is gratifying to observe the good feeling existing between the patrons of the school and the teachers and scholars.
We cannot overestimate the importance of our schools, and their influence upon the community. Everything should be adopted that promotes their success, and every- thing avoided that would mar their prosperity. Parents, teachers, school officers, and all others should be united, and zealously labor to advance their interests, remembering that to the common schools we owe in part a true prosperity.
In the early part of the year it seemed advisable to in- crease the salaries of some of our teachers, which the Com- mittee felt they could do under the present appropriation; con- sequently the High School assistant received an addition of $50, making her salary $500 per year. The salary of the East Grammar principal was raised to the same amount; three primary teachers were given one dollar per week, and five others fifty cents per week additional. We hope an- other year to give all the primary teachers the same.
The smallest primary school is the Highland street, which the Committee thought at one time they should be obliged to close, but as the parents strongly objected, and as the chil- dren were so young, transportation would be necessary, it
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was decided to keep it open for the present-we would say here that a teacher can teach with far better results a school of thirty scholars than a school of ten. Children stimulate each other and accomplish more in classes of proper size. It is therefore of great importance that the small schools be consolidated, whenever it is practicable to do so.
We have had four trainers in the Hatherly School this year, and Miss Blanche Gardner, a recent graduate of our High School, has been observing in the East Grammar since September.
At the Town meeting in March, the sum of $200 was voted to employ a teacher of drawing. The committee ac- cordingly engaged Miss Sara T. Bailey, a graduate of the Normal Art School. Miss Bailey had previously given drawing lessons in the High and Hatherly Schools and continued to give them in those schools only until the close of the school year in June. In September, she was regular- ly employed in all the schools, and we feel she has been suc- cessful in her work-we shall ask for an appropriation the coming year to make drawing a permanent study, as re- quired by law.
Miss Estella Litchfield has been for two years teacher of vocal music, which has now become one of the regular studies. The teachers have cheerfully co-operated with her, and the scholars generally have shown an increasing interest and a noticeable improvement in this branch of study.
The High School graduating exercises were held as usu- al in the Town Hall, Friday evening, June 24. A varied and interesting programme, consisting of essays, orations, recitations and music by the Apollo Quartette was given, and was well received by a large audience. A handsome picture of Niagara Falls was presented by Gustavus Pratt in behalf of the class of '98 to the school, and accepted by Sara L. Burleigh, 99. Mr. Joy K. Gannett, Jr., of the School Committee awarded the diplomas to the following gradu- ates : Percy Bryant Clapp, Richard Clapp, Louis Edward
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Cole, William Rogers Damon, Blanche Cole Gardner, Clif- ton Bates Lee, Alice Francis Manson, Lucy Margaret Mitchell, Velma Warren Norris, Gustavus Pratt, John En- sign Prouty, Mary Augustus Schenck, Ella Maria Sea- verns, Elsie Evelyn Turner.
The graduating exercises of the East Grammar School took place in the school room, Friday afternoon, June 17, and those of the Hatherly Grammar School in the Baptist church on the evening of the same day. The large and attentive au- dience at both these graduations gave evidence of the inter- est taken in these schools by the townspeople. The essays and declamations were well delivered. and the singing by the pupils showed that they had profited by the drill given them by the teacher and supervisor of music. A fine portrait of Whittier was presented by the graduates to the East Gram- mar School, and an engraving of Longfellow by the class of '98 to the Hatherly Grammar School. The names of those receiving diplomas were as follows. From the East Gram- mar: Alexander Otis Anderson, Francis Joseph Bishop, Margaret Helen Corbett, Annie Doherty, John Francis Dris- coll, Mary Jane Gillis, Abbie Cecila Gearin, Ann Francis Hughes, Edith Adelaide Manson, Margaret Jane O'Neil. Catherine J. Welch. From the Hatherly Grammar : Israel Merritt Barnes, Arthur James Dalby, Daisy L. Graves, Flor- ence Bates Lincoln, Lucinda Valma Litchfield, Archie Gor- don Litchfield, Belva Cleveland Merritt, Harold Atkins Mer- ritt, Ibella Frances Mott, Lilla Catherine Nichols, Inez May Owens, Fred Rowley Park, Carleton Pratt, John Henry Spencer, George Fenton Varney, Alice Marsh Vinal.
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