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Lincoln, Amy A.
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BIRTHIS-CONTINUED.
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Mav 8
Wright, Elizabeth K.
Jonathan U. and Mabel L. (Card)
11
Allen, Leslie C.
Warren L. and Ethel F. ( Westgate)
15
Hamer, Henry S.
John R. and Clara (Stansfield)
18
Freitas, Mary A.
Edward and Julia (Foster)
20
Anderson, Irene D.
23
Lowney, Margaret M.
24
Langlois, Luretta B.
25
Mello, Maria G.
Arceno and Margarida (Gracia)
30
Coombs, Nellie C.
30
Rounseville, Carl S.
June
2
De Amaral, Manuel R.
Manuel F. and Virginia (Pires) Joseph R. and Mary L. (Sylvia)
8
Shurtleff, Lydia M.
George H. and Mary E. (Reynolds)
8 11
Braley, Amber B.
Charles F. and Fannie B. (Ransom)
19
Mangham, Margaret A.
Joseph and Mary A. (Kane) John E. and Mary (Fratues) Arthur C. and Tena B. (Charlton)
July
1 1
Manuel R. and Mary (Bettencourt)
1
Westgate, Norwood K. Perry, John R. Laferriere, Antoine B. LeR. Sylvia, Alfredo B. Sylvia, Gertrina
Adam and Martha (Pepin) John B. and Hannah (Souza)
8 10 11
Cobb, Harold A.
Edward A. and Lena B. (Curtis)
20
Lewis, Antone D.
Antone D. and Gloria (Rose)
20 O'Leary, James H. 21 Paquin, Arthur
Ferdinand and Celestine (Doillon) Roco and Louisa (Orifino)
29
Gigante, Antone D. Carrie, Walter J. Briggs, Emelia
Joaquin J. and Mary L. (King) Frank and Mary (Anjin) George A. and Mabel F. (Morse)
4
9 Nunes, Margaret L.
13
Peckham, Lois H.
14
Anderson, Ruth L.
17 Dillingham, Gladys C.
18 Richards, Joseph
28 Bryant, Mildred F.
Elbert L. and Mary F. (McArdle)
Sept. 10
Medeiros, Antone
10 Howland, Herbert W.
18
22 Livesey, William
22
Paull, Dorothea R.
26 Andress, Mary
30 Lothian, Nellie E.
Oct.
1 Richard, Rose D.
3 LeConte, Charles
James and Gertrude E. (Brownell) Julien and Sufrenie (Lemerie) Eugene and Felicia (Ansag)
Aug.
1 2 Morse, Florence E.
4
Thurston, Nathaniel J. Sylvia, Helen
Isaac A. and Cora A. (Brown) Frank G. and Phillippa (Brown) Joseph and Mary L. (Benton) Samuel S. and Annie L. (Hinckley) Oscar D. and Sarah O. (Olson) Frank O. and Florence O. (Walker) Octave and Addie (Richards)
12
Osgood, Allen O.
Cornelius and Mary A. (Leddy)
22
De Santos, Manuel
Joseph F. and Gertrina (Amelia) Manuel and Julia (Santos) Charles W. and Sadie T. (Sherman)
6
Sylvia, John
Manuel S. and Mary (Correa)
22
Rogers, Manuel
Charles HI. and Elsie M. (Pope) Silas H. and Lizzie E. (Records) Manuel R. and Mary (Freitas)
2
Alves, Mary F.
7
Marra, Bernice A.
Albert and Henrietta I. (Reccords) John and Mary (Coughlin) Valere and Aldea (McLean)
Manuel and Mary (Constance) Walter C. and Adella F. (Young) Manuel and Mary (Gloria) George and Mary (Duchane) John and Mary (Worseley) Alton B. and Estelle D. (Delano) John and Mary (Medeiros)
17 Garcia, Joseph Norton, Frank
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BIRTHS-CONTINUED.
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Oct.
6
Maciel, Mary F.
Antone and Mary (Enos)
8
Dammon, George K.
9
Pope, Nathaniel
10
Knipe, Theodore
19 Vokes, Virginia M.
22
McGowan, Lawrence R.
23
Fowler, Florence J.
26
Connery, George
Nov.
5
Johnson, Alice C. Perry,
Thomas and Mary E. [ Medeiros]
9 Meniz, Manuel
13
Baillargeon, Edda
13
Gauthier, Loretta
15
Dowd,
30 Saulnier, Charles
Dec.
6
Skeyszowski,
9
Wolf, Dora
18 Sheehan, Mary L.
30
Pacheco, Archibald C.
William F. and Florence A. (Trull) Harry L. and Marion J. (Pettee) Frederick O. and Dorothy (Stoddard) Thomas A. and Ada M. (Bolles) Thomas A. and Flora B. [Lewis] Allen S. and Annie D. [Urquhart] Dennis and Charlotte [Clark]
Thomas and Anna C. [Johnson]
5
Manuel and Mary [Anjos] Arthur and Emma [Casavant] Emerald and Antonia [St. Amand] Walter J. and Lillian [Hillman] Clovis and Mary A. [Saulnier] Joseph and Josie [Crowell] Charles and Minnie [Charlowitch]
Michael J. and Mary [Costello] John C. and Geniveva [August]
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DEATHS
Recorded in the Town of Fairhaven during the year 1908.
Date
Name
Disease
y
m
d
Jan. 2
Coburn, Edwin
74
Natural causes
5
Pierce, Alexander
78
6
26
Pulmonary oedema
10
Stanford, Mary C.
76
9
S
Pneumonia
11
Sylvia, John J.
2 Natural causes
11
Speake, Mary F.
54
Mastoiditis
13
Stetson, Roby A.
77
Pneumonia
28
Fagruos, Manuel M.
1
15
Debility
Feb.
1
Westgate, Sarah A.
74
Tumor
17
Peters, Maurice A.
74
Gastritis
25
Studley, Sylvanus E.
87
17
Sclerosis of liver
26
Lemos, Matthew M.
63
11
14
Hypertrophy of heart
27
Machado. Antone S.
5
Pneumonia
Mar.
1
Perry, John E.
1
6
Pneumonia
3
Monty, Edward
50
10
20
Burns
5
Morse, Jennie F.
$13
1
26
Meningitis
7
Santos, Manuel dos
1
Pneumonia
13
Gething, Esmalara A.
1
2
22
Meningitis
19
Monez, Ledowina
8
Scrofula
25
Bailey, Abby I.
29
Jenney, Edwin
82
3
18
Pneumonia
30
Tripp, Charles II.
84
Cerebral sclerosis
April 6
Chapman, Mary W.
1
9
Meningitis
May 3
Gardner, George A.
82
11
11
Oedema
6
Goggin, John J.
50
4
Nephritis
12
Gerstlauer. Matilda S.
55
Sarcoma abdominal
14
Caldwell, Zabadiah
21
Indeterminable
15
King, Harry E.
19
6
14
Tuberculosis
17
Babbitt, Samuel W.
41
10
16
Typhoid fever
18
Taber, Adelaide S.
47
11
Sclerosis
19
Howarth, Joseph
27
Fracture of skull
24
Santos, Manuel J.
45
Aneurism
25
Keves, Louisia M.
2
12
Convulsions
28
Tripp, Susan S.
SS
3
18
Pneumonia
4
Francouer, William
70
Dropsy
7
Taber, James H.
56
21
Phillips, Charles
32
27
Cravalho, John M.
6
16 Cholera infantum
26
Rivard, John
20
7 Peritonitis
28
Barnes, Dorothy F.
5
9 Marasmus
31
Ellis, George A.
48 1
Acute indigestion
Aug.
9 Cunha, Antone
3 Ptomaine poisoning
14
Barrows, Sidney
9
4 Convulsions
16
Bastarache, Lila
1 Malnutrition
June July
1
Lloyd, Hannah A.
67
28
Marasmus
7
Hoye, James F.
88
Emphysenia of lungs
43
Apoplexy
13
Choquette, Iraine
85
Natural causes
Hennessy, Bridget
Age
3 24 Nephritis
23 Heart disease Electric shock
71
DEATHS-CONTINUED.
Date
Name
Disease
y
m
d
Aug. 18
Nunes, Margarida
10 Meningitis Enteritis
20
Connell, Patrick J.
5
19
Walker, Mildred M.
4
Malnutrition
23
Leal, Maria L. S.
76
Cardiac dilation
24
Almy, Susan E.
6
24 Ileo colitis
25
Allen, Pearson
1
6 Cholera infantum
27
Gonsalves, Enacio
S
Cholera infantum
28
Ricketson, William L.
73
10
6 Cerebral hemorrhage
30
Jacintho, Antone
7
7 Ileo-colitis
31 Williams, Affred
84
4
29 Natural causes
Sept.
1 Lewis, Catherine
74
8
25 Natural causes
1 Nickerson, Louis
39
Apoplexy
10
16 Cholera infantum
10
9 Dowd, Dorothy May White, Charles W.
79
8
23
Pulmonary oedema
16 Mello, Maria G.
3
15 Ileo-colitis
17
Stetson, Mary W.
1
28 Typhoid fever
17 Craig, Annie E.
7
12 Acute peritonitis Cholera infantum Infantile debility
24
Marra, Madeline L.
2
S Pneumonia
Oct.
2 Amaral, Manuel R. de
86
24 Pneumonia
10 Dowd, Olive Louise
11
19 Marasmus
20 Maciel, Maria
15 Meningitis
Nov.
1 Sylvia, Alfredo B.
3
22 Enteritis
5 Amaral, Bernarda
6
Malnutrition
7 Hammond, Joseph
87
Natural causes
19 Alton, Annie Lloyd
73
1
13
Dilitation of heart
21 Spooner, Julia A. 23 Pratt, George M.
70
1
Intestinal obstruction Mitral regurgitation Paralysis
30 Walker, William E.
34
6
9 Pneumonia
30
Howard, Mary E. Richard, Rose D. Besse, Karl J.
55
6
Cancer Pneumonia
5
2
9
8 Laryngitis
7 Norton, Frank
2
19 Toxaemia
8 Sylvia, Mary P.
54
Cancer
23
Conery, George D.
1
25 Accidental suffocation Heart disease
22
Boyle, Catherine
45
4 1
Cholera infantum
5 Mantius, Henry J.
72 43
22
Gigante, Antone D.
2
23
Paquin, Arthur
2 8
70
26
Dowd, Bridget M.
61
2
Dec.
1
Age
REPORT
OF THE
Sewer Commissioners.
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REPORT OF THE SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Fairhaven:
GENTLEMEN :- The Board of Sewer Commissioners present their annual report for the year 1908.
During the year some nine hundred feet of sewer were constructed on Main street north of Huttlestone avenue. Four hundred and fifty feet on Fort street, both of which were gravity sewer. About four hundred and ninety feet on Wash- ington street, addition to the Shone system.
There have been twenty-six house connections made on the gravity and Shone systems. In the Pease district most of the abutters have been connected with the sewer.
The sewers have given general satisfaction in the greater part of the town, with the exception of the Pease district. Quite a number of complaints have been made to the board from the abutters or owners of property, and not without cause. Cellars have been flooded during most of the rainy season, causing much discomfort to the residents in this district.
No relief can be given until more power is provided; in stormy weather it is impossible to maintain an average of 15 lbs. air pressure at the power house with both engines working, the larger one doing twice the work for which it was designed. Owing to the distance which the air is carried to the Bridge Street ejector the pressure is 2 lbs. per square inch less at this point, leaving but 13 lbs. for actual work; this is not enough. The ejectors are only half the capacity of the other stations, and having the most work to do, with the lowest pressure, will not work fast enough to take care of the water
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and sewerage. We have had no serious breakdowns; quite a number of minor ones, which show that the limit is passed for the equipment as now installed.
The main engine was rebuilt during the past summer, and at the present time is in first class order, doing more work than ever. Other repairs made at the Station have been called for by the new inspection laws relating to power plants and boilers.
The consumption of coal during 1907 was one hundred seventy-seven and one-half tons; 1908 coal, two hundred eighty tons, an increase of over one hundred tons, which shows the increased work which is now being done.
The time has now arrived when the town must make some provision for more power. It would not be good policy to at- tempt to go through another winter season without making such addition. You may possibly go through, but it would be gambling, with the present equipment.
Another matter which the board would call the attention of the voters to is the conductor pipes of some dwellings, which are connected with the Shone system of sewers. These should all be discontinued by vote of the town, which gave the per- mission to connect. It is not necessary, as claimed, that they should be connected to supply the traps with water wasted by evaporation.
The board would suggest that the town appropriate for maintenance for 1909, $3500.00 (three thousand five hundred dollars) as there are several bills now due from the past year.
Respectfully submitted for the Board,
GEO. T. THATCHER, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To the Citizens of Fairhaven :
The Board of Health respectfully submits its annual report for the year 1908.
The Board organized in March, 1908, with the choice of Charles P. Maxfield as chairman, Dr. William L. Peters as secretary, and Dr. William H. Thayer as medical inspector.
There have been reported to the board by physicians during the last 12 months 52 cases of contagious and infectious dis- eases, viz. :
8 scarlet fever.
35 measles.
2 diphtheria.
2 typhoid fever.
2 chicken pox.
2 varricella. 1 spinal meningitis.
This shows the physicians have reported their cases more promptly than last year.
The board would respecfully request of all physicians prac- ticing in the town that they make a report promptly to them, in accordance with the law, of all cases of contagious and in- fectious diseases. Cards for this purpose are supplied by the board.
The board received many complaints of unsanitary conditions, existing in town. Upon notice to the owners of such property the nuisances were abated.
There have been inspected by William H. Staples, inspector
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of slaughtered animals, who was appointed by the board, as the law directs, 166 slaughtered animals, viz. :
163 swine. 2 beef. 1 calf.
All the slaughter houses were found to be in a sanitary con- dition, and no animals unfit for food were sold, within our knowledge.
The board still recommends that no license be granted to any person or place where the Jews can slaughter under the license of others.
No cases of the foot-and-mouth disease have been found within our jurisdiction the past year.
There have been 310 permits or licenses granted this year to persons who desired to take clams or quahogs from polluted waters of the town and use same for bait only. Because of non-compliance with the law under which the permit was granted four of these permits or licenses were revoked. Two licenses that were revoked last year have been reinstated this year, in compliance of law.
Two applications for plumbers' licenses were granted the past year.
Notices in regard to expectorating upon the sidewalks and in public places were posted, and were generally observed. No complaint in regard to this matter was brought to the attention of the board.
The board recommends, as before, that the town license some responsible person to collect swill and garbage, at least twice a weck, from the residences of those who make applica- tion to him. Water-tight cans with covers should be used in removing said garbage.
As the Improvement Association are interested in this mat- ter, we would advise that they combine their efforts with those of the board of health, so that the conditions may be made as sanitary as possible.
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The board wishes to call the attention of the public to a a very important notice (Chap. 80, Sec. 78, of the Public Statutes); when a householder knows that a person within his family is sick with smallpox or any other disease dangerous to the public health, he shall immediately give notice to the se- lectmen or board of health of the town in which he dwells. If he refuses or neglects to give such notice he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $100 (one hundred dollars).
During the year the board had 1,000 copies of this law printed and placed in the hands of the Superintendent of Schools, to be distributed by the school teachers to each pupil of all the various schools.
We want to impress upon the citizens of the town the great importance of this statute, as the secretary of the board has to notify immediately the Superintendent of Schools, the public library officials and the state authorities.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES P. MAXFIELD, WILLIAM L. PETERS.
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REPORT OF CATTLE INSPECTOR.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS., January 1st, 1909.
To the Honorable Selectmen and Board of Health of Fairhaven :
GENTLEMEN : I most respectfully submit my report for the year ending on the above date.
In visiting the stock owners' premises on my recent annual inspection I have been very much pleased to notice that many changes suggested by me last year have been carried out, and a great change has taken place in many places for the better in regards to the manner in which the milk supply is handled and cared for ; also in the light, ventilation and cleanliness of the abodes of the cattle. The number of herds inspected was 83; number of cattle, 613; number of swine, 155; stables well lighted, 49 ; well ventilated, 70; kept clean, 62.
I have condemned and caused to be rendered or buried 3 tuberculous cows and one tuberculous pig, not quite one-third as many as last year, which speaks for itself. Of course, many changes for the better are needed in some places, and some in nearly all places, which, when the public or milk con- sumers will become interested, and visit the source of their milk supply, can be remedied in a very great degree.
Respectfully yours, D. C. ASHLEY,
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INDEX
Auditors' reports
18, 61
Births
67
Board of Health, Report of
77
Collector of Taxes, Report of
5
Cushman Park
46
Deaths
70
Debt and Interest
50
Fire Department
36
Fire Engineers, Report of
57
Highways
21
General Highways
21
Mill Road
21
South Pleasant Street
22
Cottage Street
21
Laurel Street
22
Oak Street
26
Bridge Street repairs
25
Incidentals
41
Board of Health
44
Soldiers' Relief
45
Fire Alarm repairs
45
Tree Warden
45
List of Town Officers
3
Marriages
65
Police Department
39
Poor Department
28
Almshouse
29
Outside Poor
30
Present Town Debt
51
Recapitulation
52
Ricketts Trust Fund
46
Selectmen's report
59
Salaries,
49
84
Sewers :
32
Maintenance
.
32
Oxford Sewer
32
Fort Street extension
33
Main Street
33
Washington Street extension
33
Sewer Engine repairs
34
Sewer Commissioners' report
73
Superintendent of Streets' report
53
Street lights
50
Town Hall
47
Treasurer's Balance Sheet
16
Treasurer's report
12
Tree Warden's report
56
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
1908
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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY 1893-1909
President
HENRY H. ROGERS
1893-
Vice Presidents
WALTER P. WINSOR
1893-94
GEORGE H. TABER
.
1895-96
GEORGE H. TRIPP
1897-98
THOMAS A. TRIPP
1899-00
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM
1901-02
JOB C. TRIPP
1903-04
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM
1905-06
FREDERICK B. LYMAN
1907-08
THOMAS A. TRIPP
1909-
Treasurers
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM
1893-04
MRS. LIZZIE F. NYE
1895-96
WALTER P. WINSOR
1897-
Secretaries
THOMAS A. TRIPP
1893-96
MRS. ELLEN H. AKIN
1895-06
MRS. SARAH C. ANTHONY
1897-98
MRS. LIZZIE F. NYE
1899-00
DON C. STEVENS
.
1901
DREW B. HALL
1901-
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Standing Committees 1909-1910
Book Committee :-
H. H. Rogers, President; T. A. Tripp, Vice-President; G. H. Tripp, Mrs. Anthony, F. B. Lyman.
Finance Committee :-
W. P. Winsor, Treasurer; Mrs. Broughton, E. L. Besse, Mrs. Nye, James L. Gillingham.
House Committee :-
Mrs. Winsor, Miss Akin, W. E. Benjamin, G. B. Luther, J. C. Tripp.
Trustees
Miss Ellen H. Akin
1893-
Edmund Anthony, Jr.
1902
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony
1893-
William E. Benjamin
1893-
Edward L. Besse
1893-
Mrs. Cara R. Broughton
1893-
James L. Gillingham
1893-
George B. Luther
1909-
Frederick B. Lyman
1904-
Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye
1893-
Henry H. Rogers
1893-
Don C. Stevens
1893-01
George W. Stevens
1893-08
George H. Taber ‘
1893-01
George H. Tripp
1893-
Job C. Tripp
1902-
Thomas A. Tripp
1893-
Charles W. White, Jr.
1902-04
Mrs. Mary G. Winsor
1893-
Walter P. Winsor
1893-
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1908.
To the Trustees of the Millicent Library :
I have the honor of presenting the librarian's report for 1908 :
Growth
The additions for the year number 1,136 volumes, at a cost of $1,268; 177 volumes were withdrawn, leaving a net gain of 959, which brings the net total up to 19,332 volumes. Of these 1,136 volumes 636 were new titles, 100 were additional volumes, making 736 of new matter, and the remaining 400 volumes were additional copies; 471 volumes were fiction, 159 literature, 90 travel, 82 useful arts, 72 fine arts, 60 sociology, 53 biography, 37 history, 38 science, 20 language, etc. The books added to the junior or children's collection numbered 332, of which 94 were new titles.
A list of about one hundred periodicals and newspapers amounting to $286 is subscribed for. Of the more popular, from two to four copies are taken.
As was shown in the report for 1907 the equivalent of $45,- 000 to $50,000 worth of reading matter is furnished the read- ers each year ; yet large as this sum is, the library offers much more.
The coming year I hope a collection of popular music scores may be begun, and a larger use of the more classical music already on the shelves encouraged.
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Binding
A thousand volumes in poor condition have been carefully examined ; 177 were rejected, 531 rebound at a cost of $208, and the remainder repaired in the building by the regular staff.
Registration
Four hundred and seventy persons received borrowers' cards; adult residents of Fairhaven 126, of school age 187, residents of New Bedford 21 and of other places 136. These names bring the total registration since May, 1902, to 3,787, and as nearly seven years have passed since that general regis- tration I recommend that during the spring new cards be issued to all users of the library.
Home Use
The number of bound books issued was 39,811 volumes, and of current periodicals 7104, making a total of 46,915, not in- cluding 534 issues from the duplicate collection.
This duplicate collection, opened in March, has contained 35 copies of 18.of the most popular novels. The total of 35 volumes cost $35, and for their use, at 1c. a day $26.27 have been collected. Twenty-one of these books, having passed in favor, have been transferred to the regular collection, leaving 14 volumes now in use.
Eight hundred and twenty-one volumes were issued during the spring at the Oxford school, and much use made of collec- tions placed in the New Boston school.
The Building
The building repairs have been many. The roof of the trustees' room has been coppered in the valley ; the interior
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walls re-decorated, and the brick work of the boiler thoroughly rebuilt and the grates replaced. The lawn was turned over and re-seeded in the fall.
Personal
In October Mr. G. W. Stevens, a trustee from the founding of the organization, removed to Ashland, Oregon, and on Feb. 6, 1909, Mr. George B. Luther was elected his successor.
The library has been represented at all of the meetings of the Massachusetts Library Club, and of the Cape Cod Club by some member of the staff, and the librarian has been re-elected to executive offices in both clubs.
For the interest of the trustees in the broadest usefulness of the library, and for their wise and willing direction of its work, the staff is, and the public in general should be, very grateful.
Very respectfully,
DREW B. HALL, Librarian.
8 Feb., 1909.
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APPENDIX I Library Staff
LIBRARIAN AND SECRETARY
DREW B. HALL July, 1901 --
ASSISTANTS (alphabetical order)
FLORA A. LEIGHTON
. January, 1903-
EDA M. PERRY . February, 1905-
ANNIE THOMPSON
. December, 1891-
JANITOR
WILLIAM O. SAWYER April, 1907-
PAGE
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM, JR. July, 1908 --
APPENDIX 2 Classified Additions and Withdrawals, and Circulation, 1908
WITH- DRAWALS
CIRCULATION
ADDITIONS
Adult
Young People
Total
Per cent.
Per cent.
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
Adult
Young People
Fiction
150
188
35
98
471
41.
83
33
21,645
6,468
28,113
59.
General Works
5
1
6
.5
6,740
364
7,104
Periodicals
15
2
3
18
1.6
2
202
130
332
Religion
35
9
4
12
60
5.3
1
455
708
1,163
2.5
Sociology
3
1
16
20
1.8
6
73
174
247
.5
Natural Science
28
1
3
6
38
3.3
1
529
237
766
1.6
Useful Arts
65
7
6
4
82
7.1
3
853
151
1,004
2.
Fine Arts
51
13
1
72
6.1
4
790
303
1,093
2.
Music
5
5
9
66
159
14.
2
6
1,350
1,109
2,459
Literature
49
3
21
17
8.
1
1,346
837
2,183
4.
Travel
22
3
6
6
37
3.3
History
42
2
6
3
53
4.6
2
677
305
982
2.
Biography
Totals
542
262
94
238
1,136
107
70
35,563
11,352
46,915
.1
93
5
.5
15
1.3
177
3
180
3.8
Philosophy
13
5
15.
.7
Language
90
62
152
.32
10
.9
5.
59
25
2.
601
501
1,102
35
35
Young People
Total
Adult
-
FAIRHAVEN SCHOOL REPORT
1909
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THOMAS A. TRIPP,
LEWIS E. BENTLEY, JOSEPH K. NYE,
GEORGE H. TRIPP,
DANIEL W. KENDRICK,
DANIEL W. DEAN,
Term expires 1909 Term expires 1909 Term expires 1910
Term expires 1910
Term expires 1911 Term expires 1911
Chairman, THOMAS A. TRIPP.
Secretary and Superintendent. FRANK M. MARSH.
Superintendent's Office Hours.
Town Hall Wednesday, 4.00-5.00 P. M. 2 Wednesday, 7.00-8.00 P. M. High School Monday, 8.30-9.30 A. M.
Monday, 12.00-1.00 P. M.
Appointments may be made for other hours.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR.
1909.
Monday, Jan. 4
Monday, Feb. 22 Friday, Feb. 26 Monday, March 8
All schools close. Mid-winter vacation
All schools re-open Patriots' Day
Friday, April 30
All schools close. Spring vacation
Monday, May 10
Monday, May 31
Wednesday, June 30
All schools re-open Memorial Day All schools close. Summer vacation All schools re-open
Tuesday, Sept. 7
Wednesday, Nov. 24.
All schools close. Thanksgiving recess All schools re-open
. . All schools close
1910.
Monday, Jan. 3
Tuesday, Feb. 22 Friday, Feb. 25
Monday, March 5
All schools re-open Washington's Birthday
All schools close. Mid-winter vacation All schools re-open
Monday, Nov. 29 Thursday, Dec. 23
All schools re-open Washington's Birthday
Monday, April 19
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING, Feb. 12, 1909.
VOTED-That the report of the Superintendent of Schools be accepted and adopted as the report of the School Committee.
VOTED - That the Board ask for the same appropria- tion as last year, $20,600.00, the sum necessary to main- tain the schools on the present basis.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Fairhaven :
I have the honor to submit for your consideration the cus- tomary financial and statistical facts, together with a brief re- port relating to the organization and progress of the Fair- haven schools.
For the first time in a number of years it is possible to re- port that there has been reasonably adequate school accommo- dations for the pupils enrolled during the last fall term. This condition, as is well known, resulted from the opening of pri- vate schools at the center and at the north part of the town. There were twenty-six fewer pupils enrolled at the Oxford School than at a corresponding time last year, which made it unnecessary to have a grade seated in the corridor, though it is still necessary to use the corridor for a recitation room for di- visions from the two upper rooms, which are crowded with two grades in a room. The fifth grade from Oxford has been cared for at the Old High School building. While this arrangement is satisfactory from a school point of view, it is very unwise from the financial side, since besides the salary of the teacher it costs approximately three hundred dollars to get the pupils of this school back and forth from their homes.
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