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Mar. 10 Herbert Milward Greenhill to Olive Bertha Hathaway.
Mar. 24 Augustus Ruhmpohl to Guilielma Howland Snow.
Mar. 28 Everett M. Bradley to Hetty E. Taber.
Mar. 28
Andre Babineau to Henrietta Cormier.
Mar. 28
Edward Leonard Mckay to Anna Wade.
April 18
Eugene Thomas Paquette to Rosana Dora Blanchette.
April 19
Arsene Gustave Duval to Anna Giasson.
April 19
Marcel Albert Rogissart to Dianna F. Gervais.
April 19
Leland Wagner Bradley to Lena Shaw.
April 19
William Henry Murdy to Grace Smith Hunter.
April 23
Henry George Judson to Fdith Morse Furnans.
April 24
Edwin Harry Tanner to Lora Emma Vaughn.
April 28
David R. Jones to Carrie Louise Shurtleff.
April 30 Manuel Sylvia to Luduvina Carmo Rose.
May 3 Harold Arthur Horn to Mary Lillian Lauder.
May 4 James Henry Berwick to Amy Reed Tripp.
May 12 Charles Burton Hazard to Ethel Loretta Carroll.
May 16 Joseph Ernest Parent to Emma Hebert.
May 17 John Jerome Brennan to Isabelle Lonise Fraga.
May 24 Joseph F. Desrochers to Matilda Mary Duschesne.
May 26 Homer Gellette Wilcox to Blanche Berandette Chassey.
May 30 William George Fredette to Yvonne Blanch Cote.
June 1 Horace K. Nye to Abbie H. Williams
June 1 Manuel T. Medeiros to Louisa Bowden.
June 4 Birtwell Stafford to Eleanor Davis Lowe.
June 6 Raymond Dwelley Fish to Alice Russell Cole.
June 6 Norman Vincent Haney to Ivis Ellen Christenson.
June 6 Mateas Antonio Santos to Louiza Lomba.
June 6 Alexander Oswald Young to Alice Chase Tripp.
June 8 Marinus B. Paulson to Ethel Cushman Mein.
June 8 Joseph William Britian to Elizabeth May Henshaw.
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Marriages Registered in Fairhaven in 1921-(Continued)
Date. Groom.
Bride.
June 11 William Miller Cotton to Margaret Love Gillingham.
June 13 Antonio Vaz to Mary I. Rapoza.
June 14 Waldo Ashley Sutherland to Elizabeth B. Hammett.
June 15 Domingos Mendes to Paula Mendes Monteiro.
June 15 Albert Edward Foster to Margaret Mary Cronin.
June 18 Melville Wilson Sisson to Anna McCauley.
June 25 Frank William Yang to Isabell Margaret Mahon. June 25 Joseph Rebello to Frances Pacheco.
June 27 Howard Nelson Stevens to Marion Mckinley Douglas.
June 28 Wilfred Choquette to Anna C. McGrath.
July 5 Richard Edmondson to Emma Mary Rothwell.
July 6 Arthur Sewell Fairbanks to Helen Elizabeth Wright.
July 16 Harold Ashley Gifford to Lucy Edith Thatcher.
July 25 Antonio Fortes to Semoa Pereira.
July 26 Frank A. Nemec to Wilma Burger.
Alexandria Lillian
July 30 George Robert Lawrence, Jr., to Marshall.
Aug. 6 Joseph McCallum Gray to Elsie Maria Coombs.
Aug. 19 Guy Baxter Staples to Doris Wilde.
Aug. 22 Auguste Lelaidier to Bertha Lambalot.
Aug. 23 Earl Willard Hoxie to Florence Wood Gifford.
Aug. 29 Paul Sylvester Sheehan to Ruth Margaret Killian.
Aug. 31 James A. Sylvia to Corinne G. Mooney.
Sept. 1 Edward Allen Baker to Mabel Etta Maxey.
Sept. 5 Albert Chester Gray to Margaret Coupe.
Sept. 5 Theodore Ray Bradley to Lena Jessie Duchesneau.
Sept. 5 Manuel Souza Silva to Maria Leonardo.
Sept. 5 Edward Martin Tuite to Selina Manning.
Sept. 10 Leslie Franklyn Bishop to Dorothy Estelle Bingham.
Sept. 14 Antone Rocha, Jr., Emma Perry.
Sept. 14 Antone Rocha, Jr., to Emma Perry.
Sept. 17 Benjamin Howland Petty to Ivy Harrington.
Sept. 19 Hubert Alma Slater to Grace Doris Norton.
Sept. 27 William Tootle to Eliza Goveia.
Oct. 1 Manuel Macedo to Lena R. Lewis.
()ct. 1 John Andrews to Mary Marshall.
Oct. 3 Robert de Barros to Eva May Allatte.
Oct. 8 Manuel Fereira Alves, Jr., to Josephine Inez Silveria.
Oct. 11 Frederick Hiram Hewett to Agnes Fulton O'Brien.
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Marriages Registered in Fairhaven in 1921-(Continued)
Date.
Groom.
Bride.
Oct. 12 Edward Enos Perry to Alice Le Valley Sampson.
Oct. 12 Guy Carlton Swift to Helen Francena Jennings.
Oct. 15 William T. Curran to Mary L. Bisaillou.
Oct.
22
Frank Thomas Spencer to Edna Tamma Maxfield.
Oct.
24 Daniel Jeremiah Moynahan to Helen Theresa Lowney.
Oct. 29 Manuel Rezendes, Jr., to Maria Cavalho.
Oct. 31 John Joseph Toomey, Jr., to Delia Sanborn.
Nov. 3 Joseph Vincent Viera to Joanna Vaz Pereira.
Nov. 5 Manuel Ferreira to Maria da Conceicao.
Nov. 7
Walter Olinesorge to Irene Virginia Galligan.
Nov. 7
John Rose to Gertrude Sevigny.
Daniel Buckley to Jane Alice Cahoon.
Nov. 12 Frederick Wallace Reynolds to Ina Mary Rothney.
Nov. 12 Jose Jacintho Gracia to Eugena Medeiros Albina.
Nov. 12 Manuel da Fonceca Pedro to Maria Seera.
Nov. 14 John August Gonsalves to Elsie Avila Mello.
Nov. 14 John William Hazard to Nora Genevieve Frates.
Nov. 15 Joseph William Lynch to Mary Annie Beaulieu.
Nov. 21 Frank Gracia Silveira to Laura Jacintha Silveira.
Nov. 24 Joseph Souza Goulart to Mary Catherine Sylvia.
Nov. 24 Haig Terzian to Agnes Lucy Nourjian.
Nov. 26 Chester Carlton Irving to Bernice Ethlyn Dyer.
Nov. 26 Thomas Houghton, Jr., to Gladys Rimmer.
Dec. 10 Lincoln Houghton Dean to Doris Mendell Cobb.
Dec.
17
Manuel Conto Cardoza to Francisca Silva.
Dec. 26 George Robert Smith to Ada Hindle.
Nov. 7
Manuel Viera to Mary Santos.
Nov. 8
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN FAIRHAVEN IN 1921.
Date of Death.
Years. Months. Days.
Jan. 1 Beatrice Medeiros,
. .
. .
Jan. 3 Adelard Colomb,
. .
1
4
Jan. 13 Caroline Ainsworth,
64
10
22
Jan. 25 Julia Bigelow,
73
2
12
Jan. 25 Irving W. Bird,
66
9
9
Jan. 30 Phebe S. Sherman,
86
. .
. .
Jan. 31 Stephen Westgate,
77
5
23
Feb. 2 Helena Trav sso,
1
5
8
Feb.
4
Helen Cabrai,
2
1
21
Feb. 7
Anna Flathers,
5
11
24
Feb. 10 Elliott E. Brownell,
36
10
3
Feb. 13 Frank Janda,
about 48
. .
. .
Feb.
15 Joseph M. McCarthy,
27
5
8
Feb. 20 Reedy Leo Amero, Jr.,
1
. .
17
Mar.
1 Marian C. Baylies,
1
4
16
Mar. 6 Richard Thatcher,
59
2
14
Mar.
Joseph Monteiro,
about 41
. .
. .
Mar. 19
Helen Veira Gasper,
. .
3
8
Mar. 21 Arthur J. Breakell,
49
8
4
Mar. 23
Daniel P. Manning,
37
4
3
Mar. 23
Elizabeth C. Hiller,
71
8
23
Mar. 31
Helen W. Whitten,
34
10
24
April 1 Mahala Lobo,
59
3
3
April 5 Cornelia W. L. Davol,
80
3
27
April 5 Mary E. Paull,
82
6
24
April 9 Mary B. Winsor,
64
4
7
April 12
Katherine Waterman,
33
2
6
April 15
Emma Marshall,
20
. .
5
April 17
Orrin M. Robinson,
64
6
21
April 19 George B. Taber,
55
. .
. .
April 23
Theodora Mellor,
37
1
10
May 16 Francisco Costa,
.
5
8
May 21 Maria E. Raposa,
35
. .
. .
June 1 William H. Monk,
80
11
1
6
Feb. 24 Cecelia Coilo,
. .
5
18
Mar. 3 Helen Theresa O'Neil,
1
. .
19
Mar. 13
Jose Amaral,
. .
. .
1
Mar. 31
Antonio Nicholas,
about 33
·
.
7
Feb. 21
Manuel Andrade,
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Deaths Registered in Fairhaven in 1921-(Continued)
Date of
Death.
Years. Months. Days.
June 1
Samuel Wing,
78
7
29
June
1 Emma Champegny,
45
10
24
June John Kut,
30
1
. .
June 8
Lena Yximelo,
15
4
29
June 9 Cassimore Baillargeon,
64
10
12
June 12
Emma L. Boden,
75
8
. .
June 14
Susan M. Sherman,
70
10
23
June 21
Flizabeth D. Wilbur,
49
11
14
June 21
George C. Mathewson,
79
25
June 24
Mary L. Manter,
81
9
28
June 25
Abby N. Perry,
84
6
11
June 26
Elvina B. Gifford,
9
7
27
June 30
Emily P. Allen,
53
6
27
July
1 Sadie Goldstein,
51
3
27
July 9 Alexander A. Brainard,
60
9
12
July
17 Theresa Sylvia,
18
. .
July
18 Male infant Jose M. Silva,
. .
. .
July
24 Dr. Nathaniel Gammon,
74
7
29
Aug.
2 Raymond F. Roger,
65
9
4
Aug. 7 Antone Sylvia,
40
. .
4
19
Aug. 13
Esther M. Carrier,
26
11
14
Aug. ,14
Minnie Mitchell,
38
6
12
Aug. 16
Douglass Campbell,
. .
. .
1
Aug. 517
Hattie W. Astin,
63
5
15
Aug. 118
Laura A. Pike,
78
4
4
Aug. 30
Ernest Leslie Eno,
3
14
Aug. 30
L. Ella Taber,
64
. .
. .
Sept. 3 Anna Bryden Pease,
60
9
19
Sept.
4 Angelina Allaire,
47
7
25
Sept. 7 Mary Dorelia Martin,
. .
1
26
Sept. 11
Harriet A. V. Palmer,
78
4
25
Sept. 14
Celanire Bella Vance,
1
49
10
3
Sept. 15
Ann Swaine Mitchell,
60
8
15
. .
. .
3
June 28
Melvin Charles Jones,
. .
53
·
. .
. .
. .
9
15
Aug. 31
Maria Medeiros,
. .
1
Aug.
5 Sarah E. Francis,
Aug. 12 Bartlett Allen, 2nd,
75
2
July 7 Manuel Mercedes,
61
28
June 19
Mary Sheehan,
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Deaths Registered in Fairhaven in 1921-(Continued)
Death.
Years. Months. Days.
Sept. 17
Francis and John Dugdale, twins,
. .
1 hour 30 min.
Sept. 18 John F. Sullivan,
47
Sept. 18 Amelia J. Stevens,
60
11
6
Sept. 20
Fannie E. Hammond,
60
6
23
Sept. 24 Rachel Rocco,
56
11
24
Oct.
1 William H. Uren,
. .
. .
13
Oct.
2
Anna C. Johnson,
53
5
19
Oct. 9 Mary Gadu,
50
6
13
Oct. 12 Rene A. Nolin,
1
11
22
Oct.
14
Phineas C. Headley, Jr.,
62
9
24
Oct.
14 Crocker,
.
.
30 min.
Oct.
14 Ellen Cole,
65
9
12
Oct. 19 Fannie B. Wilson,
59
4
18
Oct.
23 Jane Couture,
53
7
30
Oct.
23
Ida M. Wilcox,
66
11
15
Oct. 28
Katherine Mikolaseryk,
40
. .
. .
. .
6
16
Nov.
5 Emma L. Gifford,
61
9
25
Nov.
5 William A. Lewis,
55
3
12
Nov.
16
John Francis Rapoza,
49
7
16
Nov.
20 Emily Anna Hall,
75
5
25
Nov. 22
Yvonne M. Deroches,
. .
10
18
Nov.
22
Manuel C. Souza,
54
5
25
Nov. 24
Sophie Sylvia,
3
10
22
Nov. 25
James T. Lanagan, Jr.,
65
4
26
Dec.
2
William P. Church,
83
26
Dec. 8 Mary Longworth,
62
. .
19
Dec. 11 Irene Douglas Nye,
24
5
1
Dec.
14 Silias P. Alden,
47
3
23
Dec. 22 Jose Morris,
56
. .
. .
Dec.
23 Rita Thomas Terra,
51
. .
. .
Dec.
24 Grace Peterson,
9
11
10
Dec.
24 Helen Amelia Marvin,
73
11
25
. .
. .
. .
. .
3
22
Oct.
31
Joseph S. Terra,
Oct. 31 Charles Theriault,
74
8
3
Nov. 9 Antonio Correia Santos,
39
. .
. ..
Oct.
15 Joseph Roza,
10 min.
Oct.
23 Anselme Cyr,
. .
Date of
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REPORT OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1921
ORGANIZATION-G. Winston Valentine, Chairman ; William J. Fitzsimmons, Superintendent of Power House; Frank W. Morse, Clerk.
SEWER CONSTRUCTION-Under votes taken at the last annual and special Town Meeting's the Board has had constructed the following sewers:
In Hitch Street an addition to the Shone System of 252 feet and one manhole; built by Mr. O. T. Perkins, Con- tractor, at a cost of $624.15.
In Jefferson Street an addition to the Shone System of 300 feet and one manhole; built by Mr. O. T. Perkins, Con- tractor, at a cost of $631.65.
In Elm Street an extension of the Huttleston Avenue Gravity System of 725 feet and two manholes; built by Mr. O. T. Perkins, Contractor, at a cost of $1,435.75.
In Taber, Cherry and Hedge streets an extension of the Oxford Gravity System of a total of 1,338 feet and four manholes; built by B. F. Watkins Transportation Co., Con- tractors, at a cost of $2,629.82.
CONNECTIONS-During the past year three con- nections have been repaired and 98 new connections made, making a total of 958 sewer connections now in use.
REMARKS-During the year there has been installed at the Power Station an electrically driven air compressor for the purpose of furnishing air for starting up the oil en- gine. It will also assist the old plant in times of heavy stormh. In the past this has been done by getting up
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steam and running the steam air compressor.
Due to the years of service of the Power House equip- ment the cost upkeep is steadily increasing, and in view of this the Board of Sewer Commissioners strongly recom- mend the installation of submerged centrifugal pumps in the ejector chambers which will eventually do away with the present power plant on Water Street and give the Shone System greater capacity in times of heavy storms, thereby relieving the danger of flooded cellars.
We estimate the cost of maintenance of the Sewer Department for the ensuing year to be $13,500.
Respectfully submitted,
G. W. VALENTINE, W. J. FITZSIMMONS, F. W. MORSE.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS Report of 1921
The Board organized at a meeting held on March 15, 1921, electing Harold B. Dutton, Chairman, and Harry L. Pope, Secretary. Mr. James Goggin was reappointed to serve as Superintendent of Parks. Miss Mabel L. Potter, the new member of the Board, was chosen to have general charge of the upkeep, having a technical knowledge of horticulture and throughout the season Mr. Goggin has fol- lowed her suggestions and advice.
Owing to the necessity of purchasing equipment, power mower trailer, and edging machine, and having to meet an accumulated deficit from current appropriation, it has been absolutely necessary to cut down on labor ex- pense and consequently the grounds have not been quite as well cared for as we should like. Labor, of course, is the big item of expense and in Cushman Park the grass grows fast and furiously and must be kept cut and this means a large annual expense for labor. The power mower is very satisfactory and will prove a wise invest- ment.
Thanks to the public spirit of the Mothers' Club, ap- paratus for playground activities was placed in the park under supervision of committees from the Club. This play ground and the ball field proved very popular all through the season. It is very gratifying to the Board to have the park used as a play ground and its continuous de- velopment along these lines is earnestly recommended.
On July 22nd a special meeting of the Board was
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called to act upon a petition addressed to the Selectmen and Park Board in reference to taking by purchase certain land adjoining on the north and south, park lands now owned by the Town at the Fairhaven end of the bridge. The Board unanimously voted to take favorable action in the best interests of the town.
At a special Town Meeting, held August 16th, the necessary two-thirds vote of those present was not forth- coming and the motion was defeated.
The intent of the petition was to save this waterfront property for the Town before buildings were erected, it be- ing cheaper to buy it now than at any future date.
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In December the Board met a representative of the State Highway Commission, and viewed the billboard' on Middle Street, south of the bridge, and citing the present statutes governing billboards which face park lands, made formal complaint against this board and it is very probable that the board will be removed.
We believe that as the years go by and the Town grows, the value of our park lands will be more and more apparent.
The Board welcomes any suggestions that will in- crease its efficiency of service to the community:
Respectfully,
HAROLD B. DUTTON, Chairman,
HAARY L. POPE, Secretary, MABEL L. POTTER,
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Citizens of Fairhaven:
The Tree Warden hereby respectfully submits his Annual Report.
The spraying of the trees was successful as shown by the healthy condition of the trees but the work of spraying must continue to insure the preservation of the healthy condition. From year to year the dead trees must be re- moved and the full amount was removed this year but still more should be taken down, lack of money preventing it being done this year. No young trees were planted this season but we ought to plant a young tree for each tree re- moved. I would recommend that the Town appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for that purpose that the beauty of the Town may be preserved. I would also recommend the Town appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars $2,000.00) that the proper care may be given the trees. An appropriation of three hundred dol- lars ($300.00) is necessary for rebuilding the sprayer as considerable work has to be done in the way of overhaul- ing it. The sprayer has now been in use for eleven (11) years without any material expense.
I respectfully ask that the citizens appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) .
Respectfully submitted,
PETER MURRAY,
January 23, 1922.
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen-I herewith submit my annual report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 31, 1921.
I have inspected 1,074 animals during by general in- spection for the past year, 704 of which were dairy cows, 172 young cattle, 178 swine, 13 bulls, 2 oxen, 4 sheep and 1 goat.
I found the average condition of the stables to be an improvement over last year. Of the 111 places visited 17 were found to be poorly ventilated, 17 improperly drained, 12 having insufficient light, and five not enough space. One place was filthy and 10 unclean.
However, subsequent visits showed that an effort had been made to comply with advice and directions for more sanitary conditions.
No hog cholera was found in 1921. One dog was quarantined under suspicion of having rabies and several visits made to watch for developing symptoms as a mań had been bitten. No sign of disease developed and the dog wd- released.
Four cows were quarantined for tuberculosis during the year. Frequent visits to the herds exposed were made to see that no others contracted the disease and to see that the premises were properly cleaned and disinfected.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. SCHROEDER.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health hereby submit their annual report. The number of cases of contagious diseases has been much smaller than last year with the exception of tuberculosis pul. We have had twenty cases of this, two have been dis- charged and six died, we now have twelve cases in the Bris- tol County Hospital where they are having the very best of care, everything possible is being done for their comfort and recovery. On all cases of this kind belonging in the town we receive a subsidy from the state, and we are also recompensed for state cases and New Bedford cases, the state law requires that we care for all tuberculosis cases found in our town.
We have had six cases of eye infection, some of which had to be cared for at our expense, one was taken to the Charitable Eye & Ear Infirmary in Boston.
The above with other necessary expenses amount to $4,280.92. We are asking for $4,500.00 to carry on the necessary health work for this year.
Following is a list of Diseases reported for the fiscal year :
Chicken pox,
35
Diphtheria,
20
Measles,
4
Mumps,
31
Scarlet fever,
27
Typhoid fever,
3
Whooping cough,
14
Total, . 134
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The Inspector of Slaughtering reports 1,337 cattle slaughtered during the year of which
327 were cows, 980 calves, 23 swine, 7 sheep.
10 cows condemned on account of T. B. 1 hog condemned on account of T. B.
The Board wishes to express their appreciation of the services rendered by Mrs. Howland, R. N., the community nurse, who has co-operated with us in every way possible. Also to the Nursing Association and Benevolent Society.
Signed :
CLARENCE A. TERRY, Chairman. W. F. DELANO, Secretary. L. W. HORNE, M. D.
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FIRE ENGINEERS' REPORT
During the past year the Fire Department has an- swered 14 bell alarms and has responded to 22 still alarms. One alarm was answered for a fire in the Town of Acush- net, at the request of the New Bedford Fire Department.
The Board recommends that the Town purchase a pumping engine for the Fire Department. The town is growing so fast that the Department is handicapped with- out one.
Signed :
ALEXANDER PRICE, JR., Chief, GEO. EDWARD JENNEY, 1st Assist., AUDEL MONK, 2nd Assist.
AUDITORS' REPORT
Fairhaven, Mass., January 1, 1922.
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Tax Collector, Treasurer, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and the School Committee of the Town of Fair- haven, for the year ending December 31, 1921, and find them correct.
CHARLES E. SHURTLEFF, RALPH E. LUMBARD,
Auditors.
SCHOOL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN
MASSACHUSETTS
FAIRHA
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OF
N
NA
MOL
ASS,
INCORPOR
TOWN HALL
22-1812.
ATED
FEB
FOR THE
YEAR 1921
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In the School Committee, January 13, 1922.
Voted :- That the Report of the Superintendent of Schools be accepted and printed as the Report of the School Committee.
Voted :- That the Committee ask an appropriation of $65,000 for the elementary schools for the ensuing year.
Voted :- That the Committee ask an appropriation of $10,000 for the High School for the ensuing year.
ALTON B. PAULL, LYMAN C. BAULDRY, DANIEL W. DEANE, EDWARD L. BESSE, MISS SARA B. CLARKE, MRS. MARY A. BAKER.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ALTON B. PAULL,
Term expires 1922
LYMAN C. BAULDRY,
Term expires 1922
DANIEL W. DEANE,
Term expires 1923
EDWARD L. BESSE,
Term expires 1923
MISS SARA B. CLARKE,
Term expires 1924
MRS. MARY A. BAKER,
Term expires 1924
Chairman, ALTON B. PAULL.
Secretary and Superintendent, CHARLES F. PRIOR.
Superintendent's Office Hours :
Town Hall :-
8.15-9.00 A. M .- Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 4.00-5.00 P. M .- Every school day unless absent on special business. 7.00-8.00 P. M .- Wednesday.
High School :-
9.30-10.00 A. M .- Monday.
Regularly out of town :-
In Mattapoisett and Marion all day Tuesday. In Acushnet a part of Thursday.
The Superintendent's Office is open with a clerk in charge daily from 9-12 and 1.30-5, except Saturdays, when it is open only in the forenoon.
Telephone call at Town Hall, Fairhaven, 3891.
Telephone call at residence, 37 Laurel Street, 3499-W.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR.
1922
Tuesday, Jan. 3,
Wednesday, Feb. 22, (Holiday)
Friday, Feb. 24,
Monday, March 6,
Wednesday, April 19, (Holiday)
Friday, April 28,
Monday, May 8,
Tuesday, May 30, (Holiday)
Friday, June 30,
Schools re-open Washington's Birthday Schools close Schools re-open Patriot's Day Schools close
Schools re-open Memorial Day Schools close
Tuesday, Sept. 5,
Thursday, Oct. 12, (Holiday)
Wednesday Noon, Nov. 29,
Monday, Dec. 4,
Friday, Dec. 22,
Schools re-open Columbus Day Thanksgiving recess Schools re-open Schools close
1923 Tuesday, Jan. 2,
Schools re-open
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NO SCHOOL SIGNAL, 22.
For the benefit of those who have difficulty in remember- ing the significance of the no-school signal, the following is submitted for reference :-
The signal at 8.00 a. m. indicates no forenoon session for the three lowest grades.
The signal at 8.15 a. m. indicates no forenoon session for any of the eight grades of the elementary schools.
The signal at 12.30 noon, indicates no afternoon session for the first three grades.
The signal at 12.45 noon, indicates no afternoon session for any of the eight grades of the elementary schools.
The no school signals do not apply to the High school.
Schools are often in session when weather conditions make it unsuitable for some of the children to attend, in which case parents must make their own decisions.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the Fairhaven School Committee :
The ninth annual report of the present superintendent of schools is herewith submitted.
The following table of statistics includes data of interest to those who wish to consider intelligently the finan- cial side of school support.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Population of Fairhaven, 1920 7,291
Number of children between five and fourteen
years of age, July 1, 1921. 1,530
Number of children between fourteen and six- teen years of age, July 1, 1921. 237 1,767
Number of illiterate minors over fourteen . 85
Number of pupils in actual membership of schools, Dec. 15, 1921 1,602
Valuation of town in 1921. $8,467,404
Tax rate per thousand . 26.00
Total cost for support of High School from Jan, 1, 1921, to Dec. 31, 1921. 35,496.73
Amount received from outside sources for support of High School. 29,353.07
Amount raised by taxation for High School support .. 6,000.00 Total cost for support of Elementary Schools from Jan. 1, 1921, to Dec. 31, 1921 65,985.43 Amount raised by taxation for support of Elementary Schools (includes County Dog Fund) 51,171.76
Amount received from outside sources for support of Elementary Schools . 14,797.17
Amount per thousand of valuation raised by taxation and expended for High and Elementary School sup- port . 6.75
Per capita expenditure for High School pupils from Jan. 1, 1921, to Dec. 31, 1921. 131.47
Per capita expenditure for Elementary School pupils from Jan. 1, 1921, to Dec. 31, 1921. 53.77
Per capita cost from taxation of High School pupils ... 22.64
Per capita cost from taxation of Elementary School pupils 41.70
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COMPARISONS.
In Towns of Over 5,000 Through- out the State for the Year Ending
Fairhaven. June, 1921.
Amount per thousand of valuation raised by taxation and expended for school support.
$ 6.75
$ 8.21
Total per capita cost of Elementary
school pupils.
53.77
60.04
Total per capita cost of High School
pupils
131.47
116.25
ATTENDANCE.
The total enrollment for the year ending June, 1921, was 1587, the average membership, 1422; the average attendance 1330, and the percent of attendance 93.5. The total enrollment since September is 1834. The actual mem- bership on December fifteenth was 1602. The following comparisons are interesting :
1911.
1916.
1921.
Average membership
862
1,084
1,422
Average attendance.
804
1,028
1,331
Percent of attendance.
93
94.9
93.5
Membership on Dec. 15th.
-
890
1,602
NEW SCHOOL.
At the annual meeting last February the voters appro- priated eighty-five thousand dollars for an eight room school house to be erected on Main street in Oxford. By the latter part of April the contract was let and on October fifteenth the building was completed and five rooms were occupied. This speed record in school house construction was made possible by the hearty and efficient co-operation of the Board of Selectmen in attending to the many details pre- liminary to the awarding of the contract, and by the efforts of the F. E. Earle Company to complete the building at as early a date as possible.
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The building has been named the Edmund Anthony School for Edmund E. Anthony, Jr., who was a member of the school committee from 1898 to the time of his death, February 10th, 1902. His own deep interest in the schools of Fairhaven, especially those in Oxford, and the fact that his wife Sarah C. Anthony left a fund of ten thousand dol- lars, called the Edmund Anthony, Jr., Fund, the income from which is used for school support, render it eminently fitting to name the building in his memory.
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