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Sept. 19.
Fred Milton Kimball to Elsie Thatcher Cross.
Sept. 23. John Perry Martin to Jennie Sylvia.
Sept. 26. Francisco Maria DaSilva to Maria Reta Costa.
Oct. 10. Albert Francis to Rose Bento.
Oct. 14. Walter Ellwood Rhodes to Anna Engelena Olivier.
Oct. 19. Llewellyn Ruggles Porter to Dorothy Perkins.
Oct. 23. Albert Henry Barabe to Dorothy Ingham Marsh.
Oct. 24. Manuel Areia Lima, Jr. to Hilda Frances Rapoza.
Oct. 24. Frank Rosa Phillips to Mary Conceigao Mendonca.
Oct. 26. William Lawrence Young to Marion Alice Calloway.
Oct. 27. Charles Luc Dveau to Marie Helene Robichaud.
Oct. 27. Michael John Sullivan to Catherine Elizabeth Maley.
Oct. 30. Franklin Brown Thurston to Lydia Patnaude.
Nov. 2. Edwin Joseph Paul Mosher to Sarah Anne Hewins.
Nov. 7. Antonio Victor Cortes to Helena Fernanda Sequira.
Nov. 9. Joseph Leo Bernier to Olivine Alexandrine Olivier.
Nov. 18. Joseph A. Healy to Kathryn M. Reed.
Nov. 21. Manuel Daniels to Mary Estrella.
Nov. 25. Walter Hartley Clayton to Alice Mary Senna.
Nov. 26. Antoni Haberek to Mary Kucihlowska Wicherska.
Nov. 26. Robert Emmett Telford to Agnes Mary McAuliffe.
Nov. 26. Frank Morris, Jr. to Mary deGloria Botelho.
Nov. 26. Manuel Jesse Morris to Lena Olive Costa.
Nov. 26. Charles Arnold Bowen to Emma Julia Gifford.
Dec. 14. Joseph Edward Foster to Caroline Greening Akin.
Dec. 29. Elmer Robbins Noble to Isabelle Albert.
Dec. 31. John Ernest Hayden to Blanche Rose Ledoux.
Deaths Recorded in 1925
--
Date of Death.
Years. Months. Days.
Jan. 1. Ellen H. Potter
80
8
2
Dec. 28. Augustine Rapoza
45
....
....
Jan. 3. Damasse Martineau
60
10
25
Jan. 9. Martha Hanlon
about 76
8
....
Jan. 10.
Israel Norris
89
1
7
Jan. 11.
Manuel H. Perry
1
4
20
Jan. 15.
Catherine Crowther
57
8
4
Jan. 15.
Eugenie Collignon
49
....
....
Jan. 16.
Frank Madeira
....
3
28
Jan. 21.
Matilda Potter
56
2
5
Jan. 22.
Sister Jeanne, nee Helen Noyon
39
4
13
Jan. 23.
Violette Cormier
1
....
23
Jan. 25.
Irene Marshall
2
....
28
Jan. 29.
Benjamin K. Bosworth
63
11
29
Feb. 9.
Hermon W. Gifford
53
6
14
Feb. 11.
Martha E. Ball
74
9
4
Feb. 16.
Joseph E. Dayton
73
....
....
Feb. 21.
Delfina E. Alick
69
3
20
Feb. 21.
Dorothy Fredette
....
....
5
Feb. 21.
Edward Jenney Luther
82
....
....
Feb. 25.
James Nelson Gifford
61
11
22
Feb. 25.
Cleophas Trudeau
66
....
....
Feb. 27.
Edwin Kosiba
....
1
....
Feb. 3.
Frank B. Jenney
about 56
....
....
Feb. 23.
Anna Violet Johnson
21
7
13
Feb. 26.
Percy Reed
11
....
....
Feb. 28.
Howard Johnson, Jr.
....
....
20
Mar. 1.
Michael J. Sheehan
49
....
....
Mar. 6.
Jacintho A. Machado
about 60
....
....
Mar. 13.
John Regan
....
7
....
83
Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1925-(Continued)
Date of
Death.
Years. Months. Days.
Mar. 13.
Artemas Morse
87
6
....
Mar. 16.
George F. Tripp
68
8
16
Mar. 19.
Thomas Leech
64
2
7
Mar. 20.
Elizabeth Livesey
72
4
7
Mar. 20.
Charles E. Peters
50
....
....
Mar. 31.
Nellie Leah Stringer
1
4
7
Mar. 13.
Darmin Giguere
49
....
....
Mar. 21.
Adeline Dupuis
about 72
....
....
Apr.
2.
John William Noble
66
....
7
Apr.
4.
Mary A. Baker
90
7
18
Apr. 5.
Alfred Jarvis
18
5
2
Apr. 14.
Joseph Nunes
about 62
...
....
Apr. 22.
Mary Regan
58
....
....
Apr. 27.
Rose Viera
about 38
....
....
Apr. 29.
Ebenezer G. Grinnell
96
5
6
May 3
Nathaniel Thayer Wilde
81
...
....
May 11.
Margaret E. Telford
71
....
....
May 18.
Alice Ann Dwelly
88
....
....
May 21.
Sarah M. Packard
71
1
14
May 28.
Mary Alice Winterbottom
37
9
21
May 6.
George R. Valentine
75
6
2
June 1.
Susanna S. Hudson
51
3
5
June 6.
Stephana Wesolowski
18
5
4
June 8.
Annie R. Mitchell
74
3
13
June 14.
Ignez Braga
....
7
4
July
2.
Isabel H. Babbitt
77
7
22
July 5. Dora Joseph
67
....
....
July 8. Mary Cox
44
....
....
July 11. John Pedro Ferreira
19
3
5
July 13.
James M. Luke
65
6
25
July 14.
Harry M. Church
66
6
21
May 19.
Cynthia M. Caldwell
75
3
28
May 26.
Delmina Afonnso Barriero
about 51
....
....
June 29.
Everett C. Pittsley, Jr.
....
9
23
84
Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1925-(Continued)
Date of Death.
Years. Months. Days.
July 16.
John L. Eldredge
57
....
6
July 16.
William W. Cowen
76
11
3
July 18.
Frank Gomes Correia
40
....
....
July 19.
Mark H. Nourjian
64
7
1
July 20.
Mary B. Madruga
14
11
3
July 23.
Frank Britto
19
....
....
July 24.
Mary A. Copeland
85
5
18
July 25.
Sophia Castle
88
6
14
July 12.
Ruth B. Jason
18
3
14
July 21.
Louise B. Robinson
67
7
24
Aug. 5.
Winfred P. Park
25
11
6
Aug. 8.
Mary J. Mello Sylvia
about 69
....
....
Aug. 10.
Della Tracy
44
1
8
Aug. 11.
George H. Thompson
64
5
....
Aug. 12.
Daniel Gerstlauer
79
7
8
Aug. 14.
Addison A. Work
70
10
5
Aug. 15.
Mary Sheehan
28
....
....
Aug. 19.
Henry Rogissart
....
2
15
Aug. 19.
Harriet O. Bosworth
61
7
2
Aug. 25.
Frank W. Rose
about 62
....
....
Aug. 28.
Elizabeth M. Temple
70
8
19
Aug. 29.
Delia M. Manchester
61
....
12
Aug. 29.
William Ridings
9
7
2
Sept. 2.
Lillie A. Grimshaw
68
4
11
Sept. 8.
Arsene G. Duval, Jr.
....
2
19
Sept. 11.
Irene L. Benoit
1
1
28
Sept. 12.
Richard J. Cleary
47
9
2
Sept. 16.
John Wilkinson
65
3
15
Sept. 19.
Lew Paul Duval
....
3
1
Sept. 28.
Mary Kearns
65
....
....
Sept. 6.
Irving Hopwood
16
4
....
Sept. 7.
Pierre Bourgeois
48
....
14
Sept. 7.
Eugene Damm
44
5
26
Sept. 29.
Frank E. Brown
80
3
9
85
Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1925-(Continued)
Date of Death.
Years. Months. Days.
Oct. 3.
Charles McDevitt
44
....
....
Oct. 7. James Hugh
66
8
3
Oct. 8. Lillian Francis
17
3
....
Oct. 15.
Eliza Morrison
77
10
11
Oct. 15.
M. Louisa Whittemore
73
3
2
Oct. 17.
Elizabeth C. Vinal
81
1
26
Oct. 17.
Charles Fiske
70
10
16
Oct. 17.
Mary Alice Keyes
75
7
6
Oct. 21.
Harold William Hadfield
....
1
10
Oct. 31.
Patrick J. McQuillan
81
....
....
Nov. 1.
Lucy P. Howard
56
7
26
Nov. 4.
Helen Crowell
78
3
4
Nov. 15.
George Taber
77
3
13
Nov. 14.
Rose Allain
1
9
6
Nov. 15.
Frank Perry Sarmento
67
....
15
Nov. 15.
Cecelia Ferro
....
1
1
Nov. 16.
Mary Rodriques Silva
about 41
....
....
Nov. 18.
William Martin White
89
....
3
Nov. 24.
Sarah E. Card
66
10
13
Dec. 2. James March
77
5
1
Dec. 3. Clovina Perra
31
....
....
Dec. 5.
Edwin Jesse Axtell
23
8
11
Dec. 9.
Susan N. Williams
85
10
14
Dec.
9. Herbert W. Barney
55
3
28
Dec.
9. Franklin A. Cobb
34
....
....
Dec. 12.
Alice St. Onge
....
3
12
Dec. 13.
Celestina Fernandes
1
5
15
Dec. 13.
Anna S. Chestak
78
....
2
Dec. 18.
Ethel Whitaker
48
4
23
Dec. 19.
Joseph Salles
56
....
....
Dec. 29.
George C. Bruce
41
2
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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
During the past year the Planning Board has prepared up to date maps of the whole town, and after making study of the varying conditions in different portions set about devising a system of Zoning Laws for their betterment.
In this matter it soon became evident that to obtain best results we required assistance frrom some one experienced in meeting the many problems involved, social, legal and economic and we employed as advisor and assistant, Mr. E. 1. Hartman, of the Department of Public Welfare.
Working with Mr. Hartman we have devised a Zoning Ordinance which in conjunction with our present Board of Survey will, we believe, remedy many of the wrongs and bad practices which have grown up and obtained foothold in our Town.
In endeavoring to familiarize the citizens with the problems that beset us as a town, we have held three public meetings at which we pointed out some of the wrongs and mistakes which always attend the haphazard growth and urban develop- ment which has left so many scars on our own town. We also explained some of the means for controling and directing growth and making our attractive old town more healthful, more convenient and more beautiful.
One of these meetings was at the Franco-American Hall, North Main St. One at the Town Hall and one at Naskatucket Chapel. At neither place, we regret to say, was the attedance what it should have been considering the importance of the subject. However, some minor changes of local plans were made in response to suggestions offered, but on the whole the
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people who expressed themselves were heartily in accord with the Board.
We are hoping to present our Zoning Ordinance at the coming annual town meeting and ask its acceptance and enact- ment as a town by-law by the citizens.
D. C. POTTER, Chairman WILLIAM TALLMAN, LEWIS F. POOR, WARREN L. SWETT, VICTOR O. B. SLATER, JAMES H. STETSON, SAMUEL DUDGEON, NORMAN PAULL,
· Planning Board.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS
ORGANIZATION: G. Winston Valentine, Chairman, Frank W. Morse, Clerk, and William J. Fitzsimmons, Super- intendent of Equipment.
SEWER CONSTRUCTION: Authorized by vote of the Town at the Annual Town Meeting held February 2, 1925.
WASHINGTON STREET: from Hitch Street to Egypt Lane a distance of 750 feet of 10 inch sewer at a cost of $2351.03, all of above built by Frank H. Street ; Shone System.
BUTTONWOOD & WOOD STREET : from the Man- hole in Taber & Buttonwood streets 225 ft. northerly in Button- wood and 150 feet easterly in Wood street, 8 inch sewer at a cost of $945.19; Oxford Gravity. The Board also took over as authorized by vote of the Town a sewer in Green street from Bridge St. northerly 218 feet of 8 inch sewer cost $393.45 ; built by Antonio Montero, Shone System.
SEWER CONNECTIONS: During 1925 six connections have been repaired and fifty-eight new connections making a total of 1284 connections now in use.
ELECTRICAL SEWER STATIONS:
These new stations have been most satisfactory in their work and have reduced the cost of sewer maintenance about one half during the past year. The expenditures for sewer
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maintenance for the year 1924 being $15,740.08 while for the year 1925 the expenditures were $7,463.00.
We respectfully ask for an appropriation of $10,000.00 for the year 1926.
Respectfully submitted,
G. WINSTON VALENTINE, FRANK W. MORSE, WILLIAM J. FITZSIMMONS,
REPORT OF BUILDING DEPT.
The office of the Building Department has issued for the year ending December 31st, 1925, the following building per- mits, to the number of 364, at an estimated cost of $618,518.00. The office has received for the issuing of these permits the sum of $758.00
110 dwellings, 100 garages, 25 hen houses, 106 alterations and additions, 13 sheds, 1 chapel and school, 4 stores, 1 five store building, 1 dog house, 1 boat shed, 1 electrical shop, and 1 work shop.
CHARLES I. DREW,
Inspector.
SUSAN B. VINCENS,
Clerk.
REPORT OF PARK COMMISSION
To the Citizens of Fairhaven :
The Park Department with the same personel as for the two previous years, organized on February 25, 1925 with Harold B. Dutton, Chairman, Mabel L. Potter, Secretary. Meetings have been held from time to time and during the working season the Board has kept in close touch with the work and activities.
The care of Cushman Park with its outlying spaces has been maintained on the same line as last year, going smoothly under William E. Haney, foreman, assisted by McCarthy and Rounsville.
Some new planting was undertaken in early spring, hedge lines strengthened, groups thickened, especially at the Bridge Street entrance where an experiment is being tried with shrubs espec- ially resistant to excessive spring moisture. The group of young trees on the Green Street side set in 1924 have shown good growth and the elms damaged by the storm of August, 1924 have recovered well.
Heavy pruning of both trees and shrubs was continued to the advantage of both-the naturalistic method being followed in so far as practicable. To the critical eye of your Board there is ample opportunity for improvement, yet they cannot but feel they are getting the various group plantings into more satis- factory and permanent shape. Masses in spring bloom, or autumn fruit and foliage have been particularly showy and it is hoped not a few of the passers-by agreed with the observant citizen who took pains to express his mid-summer appreciation "that the Park never looked better."
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A due proportion of wear and tear in every direction is the inevitable accompaniment of playground activities, and tho often unduly annoying is to be expected and must be kept in hand as well as may be by directors and employees to the end of educatng both the public and the young people themselves to a greater respect for their common property. There continues however a certain amount of vandalism-at night or when the working force is off duty. Police protection seems the one remedy. Is the town ready to maintain such ?
The north addition to Bridge Park presented a difficult prob- lem. Adequate filling used the total 1925 appropriation for the layout; the underlying culvert, draining Hawes' Pond, was found to be in such dangerous state that immediate repair was necessary at large expense. This the Selectmen undertook to- gether with the building of a sea wall across the entire west end. Plans for the grading and development of the plot were made by D. C. Potter, and work was carried on as long as weather permitted. To complete in acceptable and creditable manner as to fencing, grading, planting, an excess appropriation must be again requested.
The Playground taken over by the town this year naturally fell to the province of the Park Board. Mr. Pidgeon the veteran director of sports was retained for Cushman Park, Mr. Holland for the North End. In addition the Mother's Club still assumed responsibility for the younger children, Mrs. Dutton and Miss Reynolds holding afternoon reading and play circles. Besides the daytime activities the popular evening concerts of the Fairhaven Band were continued-as was the Sunday baseball under the same restrictions as last year.
At the North End where the location for an open playground is ideal, present conditions for its development seem not favor- able. One field has been well graded and at Mr. Poor's recom- mendation a good backstop was put up to encourage legitimate sport. After three weeks it was deemed inadvisable to employ
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the supervisor and even the story hour attendance dwindled. The spirit of "the gang" predominated, and until a local dicta- tor comes to the fore it seems unwise to lay out more money on improvements so soon despoiled-or a trained director with power and ability to enforce the "law of the playground" can be employed.
A summary of the detailed report of Mr. Pidgeon follows : Covering a period of nine weeks a far more extensive program was carried out, reaching a larger number of both girls and boys than in previous years. Baseball and tennis were popular among the girls of from eight to eighteen years, daily games of both being arranged. Competitions were constant and matches were held with teams from playgrounds of New Bedford and Fall River. The boys, competing similarly in the above sports, were also active in cricket, tag football and volley ball with various track and field work. As a conclusion to the season a pageant "Crowning the Health Queen," presented for benefit of the Mother's Club, included all forms of playground work.
In the increasing congestion of towns and cities with the small lot popularity there are young people from all classes of homes seeking space and opportunity for legitimate play. Our town is indeed fortunate in having such a Community Centre, supplementary to the school system.
HAROLD B. DUTTON, Chairman.
ISABEL L. POTTER, Secretary.
LEWIS F. POOR,
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the citizens of Fairhaven :
The Tree Warden hereby respectfully submits his annual report.
The trees of Fairhaven are in a good and healthy condition, thus insuring their preservation. The Town bought a new spraying machine for the department which enabled me to do the work in a much shorter time. I bought seventy-five new trees replacing many of the old trees which had been removed and planting some new streets such as South Green Street and Fort Street. Also planting more or less new trees throughout the Town.
I would recommend that the citizens appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the work of the Department.
Respectfully submitted,
PETER MURRAY,
Tree Warden
REPORT OF BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
January 1, 1926
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The Board of Fire Engineers hereby submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1925.
During the past year this department has answered forty- three (43) Bell and eighty-three (83) Still alarms. One call from the town of Mattapoisett was answered by Engine No. 1.
Four new fire alarm boxes have been installed during the past year and the Board recommends the addition of four more this year.
The purchase of a new Ford chassis to replace the one now in use for Hose No. 2 at Oxford is also recommended.
The need of some way of reaching the salt water on the shore on Sconticut Neck has been very much in evidence at the several fires which have occurred there this last year as we were handicapped by not being able to obtain water at all but one fire. The Board urgently recommends that some suitable road-bed be constructed wherever practical from the end of the present roads to a point below high water mark.
A. PRICE, JR. Chief E. S. JENNY, 1st Asst. A. W. MONK, 2nd Asst. E. G. SPOONER, JR. 3rd Asst.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
· Jan. 15, 1926
The Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :-
The Board of Health hereby submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1925. There have been 202 cases of dangerous diseases reported as follows, Infant Paralysis 2, Chicken Pox 4, German Measles 98, Measles 38, Tuberculosis (all forms) 17, Diphtheria 3, Lobar Pneumonia 5, Scarlet Fever 23, Whooping Cough 7, Conjunctivitis 2, Cerebro Spinal Meninigitis 1, Mumps 1, Typhoid Fever 1.
The executive officer has made inspections of the Barns & Dairies of persons holding Milk producers permits & Milk Li- censes as required by Chapter 94 Sections 40-43 G. L. with a few exceptions, conditions was found satisfactory.
Barber shops and Bakeries have also been inspected and con- ditions found good.
Fifty-three Nuisances have been investigated and the Nui- sance ordered abated which with one exception has been done.
We have eight cases of Tuberculosis at the Bristol County Hospital and one case of Infantile Paralysis at Sol-E-Mar which we are caring for at an expense of $79.80 per week.
In July the Board found it necessary on account of poor serv- ice to make a change in the Garbage collector. We secured the services of Mr. Antone Lewis who is giving satisfactory service.
The Board recommends the appropriation of $3000.00 for the collection of Garbage, the same as last year.
We recommend the appropriation of $5500.00 for the Board of Health for 1926.
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We are asking for this amount as under the State laws, sal- aries of the Board, also salaries of the Inspector of Animals and Slaughter Inspector must be taken from our appropriation. Vital Statistics also come under our department.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE A. TERRY W. FRED DELANO L. W. HORNE, M. D.
Board of Health
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
Following is the report of the Inspector of Animals for the year ending Dec. 31, 1925.
During the general inspection I visited 102 premises acting under orders of the Division of Animal Industry, poultry shall be inspected for contagious diseases.
Inspected 1078 animals, 3000 poultry, 866 Dairy cows, 121 young cattle, 63 swine, 18 bulls, 10 goats. Found 2 stables unclean, 3 having insufficient light, 2 poor drainage, 1 in- sufficient space, 1 not proper shelter.
In January, 2 stocks of poultry were quarantined for a con- tagious disease. Conditions were remedied and they were re- leased at a later date. During February and November 2 dairy cows were killed for being infected with Tuberculosis. In November 38 pigs were quarantined for hog cholera, 21 died. The balance after being inoculated recovered.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT L. AUSTIN,
Inspector of Animals.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Fairhaven, Mass., January 1, 1926.
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 Fairhaven, for the year ending December 31, 1925, and find them correct.
CHARLES E. SHURTLEFF, RALPH E. LUMBARD,
Auditors.
SCHOOL REPORT
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School Committee
ALTON B. PAULL DR. CHARLES E. P. THOMPSON
MISS SARA B. CLARKE
MRS. ELLA H. BLOSSOM
EDWARD L. BESSE
WILLIAM B. GARDNER
Term expires 1928 Term expires 1928 Term expires 1927
Term expires 1927
Term expires 1926 Term expires 1926
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.
Open by appointment-
Wednesday evenings, 7:00-8:00.
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, 30 Green Street, 6714-W.
School Calendar
1926
Monday, Jan. 4
Monday, Feb. 22
Schools re-open Washington's Birthday (holiday)
Friday, Feb. 26
Schools close
Monday, March 8
Schools re-open
Monday, April 19
Patriots' Day (holiday)
Friday, April 30
Schools close
Monday, May 10
Schools re-open
Friday, July 2
Schools close
Summer Vacation
Wednesday, Sept. 8
Schools re-open
Tuesday, Oct. 12
Columbus Day (holiday)
Wednesday, noon, Nov. 24
Thursday, Dec. 23 1927 Monday, January 3
Schools re-open
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL, 22
The signal at 8:15 P.M. indicates no forenoon session for any of the eight grades of the elementary schools.
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.
Thanksgiving recess Schools close, Christmas vacation
Report of the School Committee
To the Town of Fairhaven :
The School Committee herewith submits the following statement of expenditures and receipts for the year ending December 31, 1925. An itemized account will be found following the report of the Superintendent of Schools.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(Elementary Schools)
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation, 1925
$88,000.00
County Dog Fund
1,540.98
Henry H. Rogers Trust Fund
4,753.89
Pease Fund
480.63
Edmund Anthony, Jr., Trust Fund
369.77
$95,145.27
EXPENDITURES
General Control
$4,803.68
Superintendent
$3,428.52
Clerk
841.00
Attendance Officer
192.50
School Census
125.00
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Miscellaneous
66.66
School Committee
150.00
Instruction
$70,999.95
Teachers' Salaries
$66,135.38
Text Books
2,378.86
Supplies
2,485.71
Operation and Maintenance
$12,027.14
Janitors' Salaries
$5,924.00
Fuel
2,110.63
Building Supplies
2,001.56
Repairs
1,660.47
New Equipment
330.48
Other Agencies
$6,082.25
Transportation
$4,368.25
Health
1,614.00
Tuition
100.00
Miscellaneous
$280.09
Insurance
$814.40
Total expenditures for grade schools, 1925
$95,007.51
Transferred to High School account
75.53
Balance
62.23
$95,145.27
In presenting the Budget for 1926, your Committee wishes to call attention to two unusual expenditures which we have thought best to include, after explanation, rather than to have special articles placed in the warrant.
In the elementary school budget $1500 is asked for in order to seat the auditorium of the Tripp and of the East Fairhaven schools. As stated in the Report of the Super-
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intendent of Schools, this is necessary if we are to have the full use of these rooms.
The allowance for repairs on the older elementary school buildings is considerably larger than that of last year. The Superintendent's Report details the repairs we propose to make during the coming year. We believe it to be sound policy to keep our buildings in good condition.
In the High School budget we have included $1900 extra to enable us to overhaul the plumbing system. The hot and cold water piping has been affected by the action of the water to such an extent that it has already broken through in several places. The breaks have thus far come in a way which has enabled temporary repairs to be made before serious damage was done. The plumbing is not open and if the piping gives away in some portions of the building, it will cause much expense and difficulty. As careful an examination of it as can be secured makes it ap- parent that it will be unwise to wait until this happens but, rather, it will be best to go over the entire system thoroughly and re-pipe where needed. This will be rather an expensive undertaking and will require very careful workmanship or the beauty of the interior of the building will be permanently marred. An expert estimate places the cost at about $5,800.
A recent statement secured from the Farmer's Loan and Trust Co., Trustees of the H. H. Rogers High School Fund, shows a balance of income on hand amounting to $3,959. This has accrued, apparently, because in some past years dividends on investments were larger than the assured regular income. With this amount, and an appropriation of $1,900, we believe we can make the necessary repairs on the plumbing.
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