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George L. and Mary A,, Alfred H. and Luella R., Second
First,
Austin Rice, at Wakefield.
11 James M. Martin, Susan Johnson,
21 Wakefield, 18
Lynnfield, Stoneham,
John W. and Annie P., Warren and Jane,
First,
W. R. Polhamus, at Greenwood.
12 Giles Sherman Bryer, Eliz'h Jane Bezanson, 26 Woburn, 1
26 Wakefield,
Saugus, Somerville,
Samuel G. and Susan C., First, William G. and Mary,
H. B. Williams, at Woburn.
14 William R. Usher, Grace Alden Jacques,
62 |Newburyp't Boston, 42
Newburyport,
Ambrose and Mary, Daniel D. & Georgianna, First,
Second
Hugh A. Heath, at Wakefield.
18 Bayard C. Dean, Grace A. Dager,
30|Wakefield, 27
Baltimore, Md., Wakefield,
George H. and Mary E., First, James W. and Eliza A.,
W. R. Polhamus, at Wakefield.
24 Jessie M. Dowe, Marion Stewart,
21 Wakefield, 17
Seabrook, N. H. Wakefield,
Abram and Adelaide A., First, Alexander and Margaret
Austin Rice, at Wakefield.
25 Howard G. Copeland, Bessie May Goodwin,
22 Wakefield, 20
Syracuse, N. Y., Thomas H.& Frances E. First, Albert G. and Mary E., Wakefield,
C. G. Robbins, at Wakefield.
216
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1907.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Age. y.m.d.
Condition.
Birthplace.
Names of Parents.
Cause of Death.
Jan. 2 Martha A. (Tarr) Legg, 4 Williard W. Skillings, 9 Frank M. Balch, 12 Infant Babine, 17 Ann E. (Hawkes) Eaton, 19 Pleasant Crew,
80
9 24 Widow,
51
9 Married,
57
7 0 Married,
0
80 42 0
0) 1 Single, Widow 0 Married,
Boston, Wakefield,
Milton and Eliza, John and Ann,
Pul. tuberculosis. Spinal meningitis. Cerebral h'm'rhage.
25 Katherine (Lloyd) Dillon, 29 Ida F. (Harding) McMaster, 30 Henry L. Holland,
58
0 0 Married,
Ireland,
Peter and Margaret,
23 1 1 Married,
Malden,
Wm. H. & Margaret, Pul. tuberculosis.
75 10 0 Widower,
Newburyport,
John and Mary,
General paralysis. Cerebral h'm'rhage.
Feb. 10 Eliza J. ( Bacon) Adams, 11 Still born, 12 John G. Deveau,
0
0 0)
Yarmouth, N.S., John W. and Mary,
12|Dean Dudley,
83
60 0 0 Widower,
68
6 7 Widow, 38 0 0) Widow, 0 27 Single, 0
Albert Co., N.B. Marriner and Lucy, Wakefield, Lauren and Ida F.,
Acute gastritis. Inanition.
20 Ann ( Mooney ) Coninton,
72 -
Ireland,
21|Emma L. ( Bishop) Godfrey,
56 9 25 Widow,
0 Married,
0
0
0
79
Married, 0) Married,
Malden, Unknown,
Lewis and Sarah, Albert R. and Abby,
Apoplexy. Apoplexy.
28 Harriet L. ( Marble) Hunt,
67 8 5|Widow,
Mar. 3 Carrie I. (Goldsmith) Bartlett, 25 0 0 Married,
3 Mary G. Duggan,
18| 8| 0 Single,
Medford, Ireland,
Asa F. and Anna S.,
Exopthalmia goitre.
Patrick and Margaret Lobor pneumonia.
217
Abdominal cancer. Organic dis. heart. Val. dis. of heart.
12 Charles Henry Thompson, 16 Eliza B. ( Holbrook ) Aborn, 19 Ella (Bishop) McWhirter, 20 Hattie McMaster, 20 Still born,
Boston, Samuel and Hannah, Pneumonia.
0) 0 0 0 Widow,
New Brunswick, Joseph and Ruby, Italy,
Unknown, Gangrene of leg. Tumor of liver. Antonio and Theresa, Diabetis.
22 Elizabeth (Lombard) DeCecca 63 25 Still born, 27 Still born,
28 Hannah E. (Fisher) Newhall, 28 Walter E. Field,
51 0
Vassalboro, Me., Copen and Marshall, Intestinal obstucton
Pneumonia. Phthisis pulmonalis Pneumonia. Ambrose and Agnes, Traumatism. Adam and Elizabeth, Pneumonia.
20 Thomas McGlory,
15 0 0 Single,
77 0 1 Widow,
New Ipsw'h, NH Moses and Eliza,
62 11 C Married, 8|20 Married,
Kingfield, Me., Gilmanton, N H Isaac and Julia A.,
Edward and Rebecca,
Portsm'th, N.H. Benjamin & Martha, Grey, Me., Simeon and Esther, Lebanon, N. H., Alfred & Elizabeth,
Wakefield, Wakefield,
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1907 .- Continued.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Age. y. m. d.
Condition.
Birthplace.
Names of Parents.
Cause of Death.
Mar. 6 Walter Connor,
0 5 21 Single,
0 2 19 Single,
9
Sweetser,
0 0 0
Wakefield, Wakefield, Plymouth, Wakefield,
John J. & Margaret, Frank and Mary, M. L. and Lucy E., Fred A. and Grace E. Premature birth.
13 Still born,
16 Frederick A. Kezer,
65 8 19 Widower, 88 6 4 Widow,
Newburyport, Gloucester, Baddeck, N. S.,
F. M. & Rebecca L., Henry and Mary, William & Margaret,
Val. disease of heart. Chronic bronchitis. Senility.
24 Still born,
0
0 0
26 Theresa (Hallisey ) Morgan,
20 0 0| Married,
Ireland, Lancaster,
Michael & Margaret, Abraham & Mary B. Val. dis. of heart.
31 Still born,
0 0 0
81 6 25 Widow,
Saugus, Wakefield,
EdwardJ.& Elizabeth Septo meningitis.
1 4 23 Single,
62 8 15 Widow,
Dover, Me., Wakefield, Fitchburg,
Benjamin & Nancy, Elias and Huldah, Cyrus and Caroline, Ollen and Tabethia,
Rh'um't'm of heart.
10 Mary C. Thurston Howard,
71 2 4 Married,
Orleans, P. E. I. Ireland,
Daniel and Unknown Apoplexy.
Hip joint disease.
15 Mary Ford Sullivan,
16 Bernard F. Mather,
16 Harriet L.(Frissell) Underw'd, 77
17 Merrill W. Gove,
18 Alice McNeil,
22 Rufus B. Wright,
23 William H. Bigley,
26 James B. Johnson,
28 Katherine J. Talbot,
May 1/Vasilios Nastathis,
23 2 0 Single, 42 0| 0 Married,
Wakefield, Newport, Vt., Wilmot, N. H., Wakefield, Harvard, England, Galena, I11., Ireland,
Samuel and Martha, Henry and Helen, Ithama and Patricia Unknown,
James and S.,
Cancer of pancreas.
Pul. tuberculosis.
|Bordonia, Gr'ce, Louis and Katherine, Pul. œdema.
218
Cancerous tumor.
Apr. 2 Louisa (Burril) Walsh, 6 William J. Talbot, 6 Maria A. (Kendall) Temple, 10 Moses Boardman,
78 1 6 Married,
11 Lizzie W. (Eldredge) Percival, 71 1|1 |Widow,
Bron. pneumonia.
14 Joseph W. Brehaut,
51|11 8 Married, 56 0| 0 Married, 0 6| 5 Single, 3 10 Widow, 0 0 Widower, 79
John and Unknown, A. T. & Augusta O., James and Eliza,
Entero colitis. Cancer of breast. Fall and shock. Dou. pyelo nephritis Natural cause. Senile debility.
James and Ellen,
Pertussis. Pneumonia. Pul. tuberculosis.
8 Marion L. Doucette, S Edna Lloyd Chase,
25 2 27 Single, 0| 1|Single, 0
19 Emily C. (Phelps) Poland,
20 Anne B. (Watson) Arnold,
80 1 20 Widow,
Congestion of lungs.
26 Howard Emerson,
73
9 13 Married,
John and Ezabur,
Apoplexy.
Anæmia.
26 9| 0 Single, 72 8|1|Married, 88 6 20 Widower, 55|11|15 Married,
1|Catherine S. Connell, 5 William H. Pettiner, 14 Thelma R. Whall,
15 Elizabeth (Doucette) Muse, 17 George W. Thomas,
20 Joseph Connor,
22 Joseph D. Mansfield, 29 Samuel G. Harrie, 29 Charles W. Jenkins, 31 Charles Orme, June 3 Nathan F. Crafts, 5 Edward Desfosses,
14 Henry McGrath,
17|Frederick L. Lenoir,
0
0 1 Single,
Wicklow, Ire., Wakefield,
F. J. and Arthemise, Aspleycia.
17 Philotia M. Hallett,
18 Matilda R. ( Muse) Doucette, 18 Laura M. (Wiley ) Williams, 23 John C. Kalaher,
81 0 0 Widow,
Leonard and Sallie,
Val. dis. of heart.
219
July
30 Sarah (Campbell) Campbell, 1 Alexander Murray,
57 0 0 Single,
Scotland,
John and Eliza, John F. and Annie, Unknown,
Mediastinal abcess. Disease of heart.
5 Hannah Laudrigan,
70 0 0 Single,
Ireland, Brandon, Ire.,
Daniel and Ellen,
Val. dis. of heart.
10 Bertha H. Whittum,
George E. & Mary F. Ptomaine pois'ning.
11 Eleanor (Kendall) King,
Joseph & Dunstable, Angina pectoris.
18 Ellon L. Young,
20 Aavon Guinzberg,
0 Married, 0 0
0
58 2 13 Married, 60 4 0 Married, 0 3 20 Single, 65 0 0 Widow,
Nova Scotia, Wakefield, Ireland,
Joseph and Bridget, Martin & Honorata, William and Mary,
Darrah & Unknown, |Cerebral apoplexy.
New York, N.Y. William H. and Jane, Chron. Bright's dis. T. J. & Katherine E., Hydrocephalis. Edward & Margaret, Cancer of breast.
Wakefield, Nova Scotia, Yarmouth, Me., William and Mercy, Wakefield, Lynnfield, Yorkshire, Eng. George and Lottie, Wakefield,
Old age. John J. & Margaret, Bron. pneumonia. William and Eunice, Angina pectoris.
Pneumonia.
John W. & Elizabeth, Apoplexy.
Birm'ham, Eng. James and Harriet,
Softening of brain.
75 0 0 Married,
Boston,
Nathan and Emeline, Cancer of stomach.
1 8 8 Single,
67 0 0 Widower,
15 00 28 Single,
Wakefield,
EdgarA.& Henrietta, Chron. Bright's dis.
61 0 9 Widow,
Yarmouth, N.S. Cyral and Rosalie,
Cancer of liver.
28 Achille C. Pasquale,
29 Mary C. Doucette,
20 0 0 Single,
Silvesta & Josephine, Pul. tuberculosis.
29 Still born,
0 0
0 87 1 0 Widow, Gilvereed, N.H. Alexander and Mary, Apoplexy.
3 Grace L. Wentworth,
0 8 17 Single,
Wakefield,
5 Hannah B. (Burk) Whiting,
76 3 19 Married, 33 8 22 Single,
Cambridge, Ashby,
Effingham, N.H. Jeremiah and Jane,
Austria,
Moses and Sarah,
Surgical shock. Disease of kidneys.
22 Still born,
24 George A. Wentworth, 26 Peter Hubbard, 30 Wladyslaw J. Kardaszewski, Aug. 6 Margaret (Lyons) Madden,
84| 0| 0|Widow, Ireland,
55 9 3 Married, 0 1 9 Single, 68 0 0 Married, 82| 9 10 Widower, 2 2 4 Single, 90 2 0 Married, 53 11 0 Married,
56 7 19 Married,
59 0 5 Married,
Boston, Joseph A. and Sadie, Croup.
Law'nce & Elizabeth, Arterio scleroses.
So. Reading, Wakefield,
Patrick and Bridget, Fracture of skull.
33 0 Married,
19 0 0 Single,. Prezza, Italy, Nova Scotia,
Sabatino & Vencenza, Drowning.
90 11 11 Widow, 42 8 28 Married,
Wakefield, N.H. Albra and Eliza,
Val. dis. of heart. Cancer of stomach. Ac'tegastroenteritis Dysentery.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1907 .- Continued.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Age. y. m.d.
Condition.
Birthplace.
1 Names of Parents.
Cause of Death.
Aug. 20 Calista A. (Webster) Winship, 75 7| 0|Widow, 25 Clarence R. Macaulay,
0 4 23 Single, 56 2|29 Married,
Chelmsford, Wakefield, Boston,
Eli F. and Roxana, George and Mary, Calvin and Annie,
28 Emma J. (Cook) Combs, 26 Joseph E. Deveau, 30 Mabel A. (Heufield ) Donald, 31 Ergia Ricciute,
0 10 9 Single,
Wakefield,
Lawrence,
Edmund & Margaret, Henry and Elizabeth, Giacoma and Carmela Gastro enteritis.
Sept. 1 Lyndon P. Ripley,
2 5 22 Single,
Wakefield,
Aiden and Inez,
Peritonitis.
5 Archibald Stewart,
36 0 0 Married,
Sackfill, N. B., Wakefield,
James R. & Christine Tuberc'losis bowels.
6 Hannah J. Heningar,
0| 2 1 Single, 0 7 25 Single,
Lynn, Brekland, N. B., Jonathan & Arathura Dysentery.
7 Edward Bowser,
68 2 7 Widower, 10 5 29 Single, 16 0 0 Single,
Wakefield,
John D. & Fannie B. Tonsilitis.
Arthur and Elizabeth Diffuse peritonitis.
8 Mary E. O'Leary,
Wakefield,
William and Mercie,
Old age.
8 Fannie (Hayward) McAllister, 79 6 21 Widow,
William and Seanith, Dysentery.
12 Sarah Brown,
83 8 16 Widow, 0 0 Single, 58| 0 6 9 Single,
Wakefield,
Frank B. and Mary, Patrick and Bridget, Isaac and Lucinda, T. E. & Margaret, Patrick & Margaret,
Hematemesis.
20 Isaac Edward Green,
77 0 2 Married, Wakefield,
Apoplexy. Hepatic cirrhosis.
Heart disease.
Frederick and Sarah, Cancer.
Owen and Katherine, Cirrhosis of liver.
John and Unknown,
Bright's disease.
James and Margaret, Disease of heart.
16 Ethel L. Gerry,
19 Alice G. White,
0 9 16 Single, |83|11|20 Married,
Wakefield, Wakefield,
John and Mary, Adam and Martha,
Gastro enteritis. Chronic diarrhoea.
220
8 Hannah S. (Thomas) Stowers, 86|11 0 Widow,
Yarmouth, Me., North Reading, England, Ireland,
George & Elizabeth, James & Ellen,
Chron. Bright's dis. Ac.soft. br.&spi.c'rd
12 Michael A. Coleman,
13 Charles H. Stoddard,
46 0 0 Married,
Auburndale,
Meningitis.
19 Daniel S. Coleman,
Oct.
20 KatherineL.(Gleason) Hughes 31 0 0 Married, Ireland, 24 Patrick Fay 82 1|14 Married, Ireland, 28 Alicia S. Goodwin 61 0 0 Married, Berwick, Me., 1 Bridget (Hassett ) Murphy, 59 77 0 0 Widow, 71| 9 23 Married, 26|10 0 Married, 0 0 Married, 11 Mary (O'Brien) Skulley, 14 Frank Kelley, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, Wakefield,
Henry H. & Lydia W. Endocarditis.
20 John Hawkes,
45 0 0 Married, 4 20 Single,
Wakefield,
Gastro enteritis. Pneumonia. Cancer of breast. Meningitis. Typhoid fever.
Jonathan and Mary J. Dysentery. John J. and Margaret Gastritis.
6 Thomas Wheeler,
7 Annie Bell MacKay,
25| Alice M. (Pemberton) Gaetz, 27 Lawrence Burbine, 29 Alice May Scott, Nov. 1 Ruby E. Winslow, 10 Still born, 14 Charles Albert Gardner 14 Grady, 18 Abigail R.(Hartshorne) Atwell 80|10|21 |Widow, 20 Narcissa (Squier) Burditt, 83|11 20 Widow, 41 8 20 Single, Dec. 2 William Henry Lucas,
[70| 6| 2|Widow, 4 5 6 Single, 0 1 12 Single, 4 1 9 Single, 0 0 48 8 26 Married, OAOÃO 0 1 Single, 0
Medford, Boston,
Wakefield,
Weath'rsfi'ld, Vt Reuben and Sallie,
Waltham,
Ireland,
George D. & Ann A., Thomas & Margaret, George and Ellen, William & Unknown, Raffeale & Mary,
Cerebral hem'rhage Pneumonia.
8 Frank Storte,
0 3 12 Single,
Wakefield,
Mitral regurgitation Scarletina nephritis Donato and unknown Accidental burning.
S Rosario Donato
9 Robert L. McNeill,
19 81 85 0
0 0 Widower,
8 0 Widow,
Bridgeton, Me., Wakefield, Portland, Me., Wakefield,
Richard and Mary, Ernest A. & Nellie,
Premature birth.
12 Raymond Vinton,
12 Jennie M. (Stowell) Rich,
13 Roland Vinton,
0 74
9 21 Widow,
No. Dorset, Vt., Herman and Lucy,
Charles and Hannah, Peter and Jane,
22 Minnie L. Doucette,
13 2 16 Single,
66 7|11 |Widow,
Clark and Hannah, Simeon & Annie, Thomas & Margaret, Cerebral hem'rhage
26 Michael Welch,
27 Leonard E. Coulter,
71 52 65 59 0
12| 8 8 Single, 3 0 Married, 0 0 Married, 1 10 Married, 7 27 Married, 0 1 Single, 74 0 Married,
Reading, Vt. Lynnfield, Charlestown, Haverhill, Ireland, Bangor, Me., Wakefield, Wakefield, Wakefield, Ireland,
Archibald & Jane, Nathan & Fannie, Asa N. and Eunice, Louis and Jennie, Michael and Mary,
|Apoplexy. Typhoid fever.
Meningitis.
Geo. W. & Martha A Miliary tuberculosis Inanition. Thomas & Delia, Joseph & Abigail,
Angina pectoris. Val. disease of heart
Pul. tuberculosis.
5 Julia (Joyce ) Roach,
78 0 0 Widow,
20 10 00
5 Ellen ( Brown ) Moran, 8 Emily (Scott) Chisholm,
75 Widow,
Ireland,
Newfoundland,
0 0 Single,
Italy, Mastown, N. S., Robert and Mary.
Pneumonia. Entero colitis.
10 Abigail J. Ackley,
0 1|Single,
56 5 8 Married, 0 2 Single,
David R. & Caroline, Apoplexy.
Ernest A. & Nellie E. Premature birth.
18 Rosalie ( Lowry) Beach,
20 Annis Buck,
79 6 21 Single,
Neuralgia of heart. Cerebral hem'rhage Pul. tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. Pneumonia.
24 Caroline E. (Sears) Phelps, 25 Fred Doucette,
28 Elizabeth L. (White) Hudson, 28|Edward N. Sweetser,
30 Tohn Edward White,
30 Mary (Toner) Henry,
.
-
221
Acute lobar pneum. Pneumonia. Toxæmia. Premature birth.
Isclus rectal abscess
66| 5 14 |Widow,
Windsor, N. S., |James and Sarah, Reading, Wakefield, Wakefield,
Ambrose and Mary, James and Katherine Meningitis. Ellis T. and Mary E.,
222
Recapitulation.
Births registered in 1907
254
Males
131
Females
123
254
Nativity of Parents.
Fathers. Mothers.
Wakefield
27
33
United States
73
80
British Provinces
65
58
Italy
27
25
Ireland
21
21
England
9
8
Sweden
6
7
Austria
4
4
Russia
4
4
Scotland
3
2
Greece
2
2
Germany
2
O
France
I
I
Hungary
I
I
Belgium
I
O
Switzerland
I
O
India
O
I
Unknown
7
7
Marriages registered in 1907
II7
Nativity.
Grooms.
Brides.
Wakefield
I9
19
United States
57
55
British Provinces
28
30
Italy
2
2
Ireland
6
6
Austria
2
2
Sweden
I
I
England
2
2
II7
II7
254
254
.
223
First marriage
105
II2
Second marriage
12
5
II7
II7
Uuder 20 years of age Between 20 and 30
I
I3
78
75
22
21
40
- 50
II
6
50
60 60
3
2
60
70
2
O
II7
II7
Deaths registered in 1997
I53
Males
75
Females
78
153
Number under 5 years of age
between 5 and 10
I
.. 10" 20
7
66
66 20 " 30
8
30 40
5
8
50 "
60
21
60
60 "
70 80
26
66
80 " 90
20
Still births
IO
30
16
40
30
40
50
I7
70 "
I53
Average age excluding still births, 47 years, 10 months, 21 days.
224
Nativity.
Wakefield
53
United States
53
Ireland
21
British Provinces.
I6
England
3
Italy
3
Scotland
I
Greece
I
Austria
I
Unknown
I
I53
.
1
Dog Licenses.
Number of licenses issued
350
Males
296
Females
53
Breeders
I
350
Tax on 296 males at $2.00
$592 00
Tax on 53 females at $5.00 . ·
265 00
Tax on I breeders' license at $25 00
25 00
$882 00
Deduct clerk's fees
70 00
$812 00
Cash paid J. G. Hayden, County Treasurer $812 00
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1908.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1907-1908.
Dr. C. E. Montague, Ch'n, 26 Chestnut St., Term expires 1908 Miss E. M. Greenwood, Sec'y, 10 Lafayette St. " 1910
Josiah S. Bonney, Treas., 35 Central St. 1908
Ashton H. Thayer, 25 Yale Ave. 1910
Greenleaf A. Goodale, 41 Jordan Ave. 1909
Mrs. Ida Farr Miller, 18 Lawrence St. 66 66
1909
Sub=Committees.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Gen. Goodale, Dr. Montague.
Mr. Thayer,
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS.
Dr. Montague, Mr. Bonney, Gen. Goodale.
TEACHERS AND SALARIES.
Mr. Bonney, Miss Greenwood, Mr. Thayer.
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Miss Greenwood, Mrs. Miller, Dr. Montague.
COURSE OF STUDY.
Mrs. Miller, Mr. Thayer, Mr. Bonney.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. J. H. Carfrey, 126 West Chestnut St. OFFICE HOURS.
Mondays, 7.15 to 8.30 o'clock p. m. Tuesdays and Thurs- days, 8 to 8.30 a. m., Wednesdays and Fridays 4 to 5.30 p. m. Office, Flanley Block.
Telephone, Office- 325 - 3- Res. 368- 2.
Clerk, Emily P. Edmond. Hours, 8 to 12, and 1.30 to 5 on School Days.
REGULAR MEETINGS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Second Friday of each month at 8 p. m., at Committee Rooms, Flanley Block.
TRUANT OFFICER. H. A. Simonds, 10 Charles Street. Office Hours.
School days, 9.30 to 10 a. m., at Superintendent's Office.
227
Report of School Committee.
TO THE CITIZENS OF WAKEFIELD :
The expenditures for the maintenance of schools for the current year are as follows :
GENERAL.
Appropriation for superintendent,
teachers, janitors, etc. . . $45,312 50
Expended for salaries
$45,394 45
Applied from tuition .
81 95
$45,394 45
$45,394 45
SUPPLIES.
Appropriation .
$2,800 00
Income from sale of books
30 00
Total
$2,830 00
Expended as per detailed report . $3,697 28
Applied from tuition
867 28
$3,697 28
$3,697 28
CONTINGENT.
Appropriation .
$2,500 00
Expended as per detailed report . $4,158 51
Applied from tuition .
1,658 51
$4,158 51
$4,158 51
FUEL.
Appropriation .
$4,300 00
Expended as per detailed report
$4,376 08
Overdraft . 76 08
$4,376 08
$4,376 08
·
228
HIGH SCHOOL PAINTING.
Appropriation .
$500 00 Expended as per detailed report
$500 00
$500 00 $500 00
EVENING SCHOOL.
Appropriation
$950 00
Balance available from last year
257 66
Received from Evening School account (for- feits) .
29 00
Total
$1,216 66
Expended for salaries
$839 00
Expended for supplies
109 25
Balance unexpended available
268 41
$1,216 66
$1,216 66
INCOME FUND.
Income as per Town Treasurer's report
Overdrafts :
Supplies
$867 28
Contingent
·
1,658 5I
General
81 95
Balance unexpended available . ·
76
$2,608 50
$2,608 50
List of unpaid bills :
Palmer & Parker Co., wood (Man. Tr.) $41 50 Silver, Burdett & Co., books . 16 65 Edward E. Babb & Co., books and blot-
ters IO 73
American Book Co., books
4 72
Library Bureau, cards
3 15
Total
.
$76 84
A detailed statement of expenditures and the salary list of teachers and janitors follows the report of the Superinten- dent.
$2,608 50
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We recommend appropriations for next year as follows :
General .
$47,207 50
Fuel .
4,500 00
Books and supplies
3,000 00
Contingent
2,800 00
Evening school .
1,000 00
and that the amount received from tuition, probably about $2,000, be added to the appropriation to make up the antici- pated deficiency in books and supplies and in contingent.
The striking thing in this report is the increase of the ex- penditures under Contingent. This includes repairs to buildings and furniture, lights, water rates, telephones, rent for superintendent's office, printing, and a host of little things. These expenditures are materially greater than they were a few years ago, and will continue to be large. We have eleven school buildings, including the old Franklin, to be kept in repair. The cost of repairs to buildings for the current year was approximately $1,735. Of this $525 was for furnaces and plumbing, $810 for the work of carpenters and roofers, $400 for painting, besides the painting of the High school. The water rates are $316, the same as they always have been. The cost of lighting outside of that of the evening school is about $100. The amounts that we are now spending for repairs are barely enough to keep the buildings as they are, and there is no reason to believe that it will be less in the future.
The Lincoln school has been equipped with modern plumb- ing as may be seen by the report of the special committee. The High school has been painted from the special appro- priation for that purpose. All outside woodwork and ex- posed metal at the Hamilton school has been painted, and the Woodville school has been kalsomined and painted inside throughout. There is urgent need of modern plumbing at the Hamilton school, and a special article will be placed in the warrant in reference to it. Also the heating arrange- ments at the Hamilton must be in a large measure replaced in the near future and it is probable that the state authorities
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will insist upon a more modern system The West Ward school should be equipped with a heating and ventilating plant. Now, some children are too hot and others cold, and there is no regular supply of fresh air. This will require a special appropriation when it is done. The concrete in the Lincoln yard badly needs resurfacing. The committee this year expended $136 through the Street department for that purpose, and it made only a beginning. This money was needed in other directions and ought not to have been used to keep in repair what is practically a public sidewalk, but the town recently refused a special appropriation for that purpose and we felt that it must be done, or the walk would have to be replaced entire. We strongly urge that some- thing be done this year.
SALARIES.
The Committee was greatly pleased at the action of the town at the last annual meeting in adopting an increased salary schedule. This will be in full effect at the beginning of next year. We believe that this is just and fair to our present corps of faithful and efficient teachers, and that it will tend to check the inroads of other towns upon our teaching force, which is the greatest problem with which we have to contend at present.
TEACHERS.
Again, as last year, the teaching force at the High School was insufficient to care properly for the increased number of pupils. We therefore secured an additional teacher for the High School. This is the only increase during the present year.
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
The report of the special committee appointed by the town a year ago, to investigate the need of additional school rooms makes us more sure of the ground that was taken in the last annual report, viz : that the only adequate and lasting relief is a new High school building. That the town is not yet con-
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vinced of the immediate need of a new High school is also plain, for the town has never refused to honor any demand found necessary for the conduct of her schools along progress- ive lines though she has insisted upon rigid economy in the administration. It is a fact that the need in the High School is not yet enough acute so that the pinch is seriously felt outside of the administration of the school, and it has been the hope of the Committee that the proper steps might be taken so that the severely acute stage might not be reached. It is also a fact that the acute stage has been reached at the Lincoln, and children are not having a fair chance in school on that account. The Committee however, is disposed to seek some temporary relief for another year, unsatisfactory as it may be, hoping that times may be better and the tax rate lower so that the town may have courage to grapple with the . real problem. Aside from the center of the town, present ac- commodations are adequate.
EVENING SCHOOL.
There is no department of school work where the returns are so immediately evident as in the evening school. The yearly arrival of many people speaking a foreign language is a new problem for New England and she must learn how to assimilate them the most quickly and the most completely. The foundation for progress in that line is that they shall speak and write our language. This the evening schools are doing and it is a pleasure to see the interest and appreciation shown by the attendants. It will not be long before there will be a real and legitimate demand in Wakefield for more advanced instruction than is being given at present, and when it comes it should be met.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The change from nine grades to eight below the High school has been adopted by more cities and towns in Massa- chusetts. In those towns that have an eight-grade system it is customary not to admit until the child is six or nearly so. It is pretty well established that a child admitted at six with
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an eight-grade system is as well prepared for the High school as one admitted at five and a nine-grade system. If the home conditions are first rate, the child is better off that year out of school than in. But where many of the school child- ren come from homes in which the hygienic and sanitary conditions are not the best, particularly if the parents are uneducated, or people who speak a foreign language, there is a distinct advantage in getting the scholars into school as early as possible.
The reports of the Superintendent, the Principal of the High School and of the special teachers follow this report. They deal particularly with the teaching side of the school work, which is the real work of the school. We commend them to your careful consideration.
Signed, CHARLES E. MONTAGUE, Chairman, ELIZA M. GREENWOOD, Secretary, JOSIAH S. BONNEY, Treasurer, ASHTON H. THAYER, GREENLEAF A. GOODALE, IDA FARR MILLER.
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