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William C. and Ida M. Codding
10
Edward Ferdinand Waldron
Lewis T. and Nancy A. Macomber Ferdinand and Anna J. Waldron George H. and Mary E. Paling William H. and Lillia Loo
June 14
Charles Grafton Atwood
Robert E. and Abby J. .. wood
24 Francis Henry McManus 17 Danforth
Patrick H. and Agnes McManus Charles and Lucretia Danforthi F. M. Hathaway
July 11 11
Helen Gertrude Hathaway Lee
Charles B. and Jessie A. Lee
Sept. 23 9
Grace May Ashley
John and Georgianna Grant William N. and Ellen Ashley John and Mary Walton
1
George E. Hamma Antone Sylvia
George and Clara Hamma
Oct. 28 21
Edith Lavinia Cash
George F. and Mary E. Cash
18
Oct. 16
Goff
Twins
16 -
Goff
Benj. F. and Mary A. Goff
Dec. 3
Alice Emma Tweedy Simmons
William B. and Alice G. Tweedy Albert A. and Grace A. Simmons
16
Edith Lestie Jones
Hiram B. and Laura A. Jones
Frederick Elsworth Richmond Frank and Anna P. Richmond
Manuel G. and Mary Sylvia
John Thomas Walton
Charles F. and Lillian M. Washburn Theodore W. and Mary A. Leonard John H. and Anna A. Thornley Gains E. and E. Jennie Horton James and Bridget Murphy
4
John Frederick Fiddler
May 1 Howard Daniel Paling 29 Lester C. Lee
11 Earnest Grant
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ANNUAL REPORT.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED FOR THE YEAR 1894.
Jan. 10th. Jose Pacheco Chickeras of Dighton and Mauernna De Jesus Meloa of Dighton, by C. A. Martiny, Roman Catholic Priest, Fall River.
Jan. 12th. Fransisco Rodrequeros Pires of Dighton and Maria Filomena De Santo of Dighton, by A. C. Vieira, R. C. Priest, Fall River.
March 28th. John E, Hayes of Dighton and Harriet E. Baylies of No. Dighton by Rev. H. Canfield, Prov., R. I.
April 5th. Samuel Sissons of Little Compton, R. I., and Laura F. Peckham of Little Compton, by Rev. C. H. Ewer of Dighton.
April 28th. John W. Chadwick of Dighton and Saralı J. Street of Dighton by Rev. C. H. Shank.
June 4th. William D. Atlearn of Dighton and Caroline M. Coombs of Berkley by Rev. James C. Boomer.
May 19th. Antonio de Asila Roseira and Florenla Pscira, both of Dighton, by A. G. S. Newes, Catholic Priest, New Bedford.
June 8th. Wm. H. Reeby of Denver, Col. and Emma E. Vance of Dighton, by Rev. John P. Forbes.
May Stlı. Robert Sanderson of Dighton and Mary A. Gibling of Fall River, by Rev. Payson W. Lyman of Fall River.
July 19th. Jose Garcia Josnior and Maria de Gloria Encolo, both of Dighton, by A C. Vieira, R. C. Priest, Fall River.
July 30th. Joseph Perry and Annie Marshall, both of Dighton, by Rev. Robert Clark of Dighton.
Sept. 3rd. Antonio Medeihiso Saito and Anna Emilia de Coster, both of Dighton, by F. S. Hesquitoi, Catholic Priest, Fall River.
Sept. 6th. Charles W. Hayes of Taunton and Annie L. Waldron of Dighton, by Rev. C. H. Shank.
Sept. 20th. John W. White of Taunton and Dora I. Horton of Dighton, by Rev. George P. Fuller.
Oct. 26th. Edwin B. Smith of Dighton and Sarah E. Pierce of Swansea, by Rev. Wm. D. Athean.
Oct. 22nd. John H. Sylvia and Anna Clara, both of Dighton, by Win. C. Tylla, Roman Catholic Priest, Fall River.
Nov. 15th. Frederick W. Paty of Plymouth and Fanny G. White of Dighton, by Rev. C. H. Shank.
Nov. 20th. Frank W. Read, of Providence, R. I. and Amity F. Briggs of Dighton, by Rev. Frank E. Mills.
Dec. 1st. Alon N. Seaver of Wareham and Lucy Dean Haskins of Dighton, by Rev. C. H. Walker of Wareham.
Dec. 22nd. Charles E. Carr of Dighton and Candace G. Miller of Somerset, by Rev. R. Verry of Somerset.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
DEATHS REGISTERED FOR THE YEAR 1894.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Yrs.
Mos.
Dys.
Jan. 14
Dennis Hegarty
79
18
La Grippe
19
Hugh Manning
22
1
Pluro Pneumonia
19
James Chapman Whitmarsh
22
6
La Grippe, Pluro Pneumonia
23
Nancy M. Tompkins
62
2
16
Bright's Disease
31
John Hennessy
98
7 Pneumonia
Feb. 20
Oscar A. Crocker
41
Erysipelas and Phthisis Pneumonia
Mar. 10
Frances Poole
72
2
11
Paralysis
18
Hannah H. Briggs
88
B
25
Apoplexy
Apr. 9
Jose de Boyer da Andrude
82
1
S
Apoplexy
May 7
Julia Barry
72
Consumption
June 1
John A. Lewis
60
9
26
Narcinonia of Head
A.pr. 20
Nathaniel C. Ashley
52
Progressive Paralysis
May 17
Sarah Smith
61
2
18 Pernicious Anernia
July 23
Alfred W. Paull
71
11
18 Diabetis. comp. acute (lys'y.
Sept. 20
Charles F. Pitts
67
6
Cancer of Pancreas
27
Harriet S. Whelden
53
5
19 Heart Failure
25
Lizzie Pierse Whitmarsh
30
23
Pulmonary Consumption
Nov.
Edward R. Talbot
Oct. 17
Twins of Benj. F. Goff
1
24
Elizabeth A Ide
64
57
3 Cerrhosis of Liver
19
Mary S Horton
AGE.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
DOGS LICENSED FOR 1894.
OWNER'S NAMES.
OWNER'S NAMES.
Josephine G. Thaxter
1 Anna F. Davis 1
Charles W. Turner
1 Benjamin N. Cummings 1
George Dunbar
1 H. O. Palmer
1
Mary W. Greene
1 Lorenzo Haskins
1
Charles W. Cole
1 Earnest E. Chadwick
1
Daniel D. Andrews
1 Charles M. Snow
1
George E. Cole
1 Arthur Young
1
Dr. P. F. Walker
1 Howard Wood
2
Ferdinand Waldron
1 Mark Dunhanı
1
Hiram W. Briggs
1 Willie A. Eddy
1
William R. Wheeler
1 Almond B. Horton
1
Lucinda B. Horton
1 E. Ellsworth Lincoln
1
Benjamin P. Jones
1 Livonia King
1
Albertus F. Simmons
1 John E. Chandler
1
James D. Codding
1 James H. Luther
Females 3
James M. Lincoln
1 Grace R. Paull
1 .
George B. Perry
1 Charles A. Horton
1
Peter B. Haskins
1 Gains E. Horton
1
Mary J. Gray
1 Everett E. Horton
1
Sylvanus J. Chase
1 Jesse P. Goff
1
William O. Lee
1 Jolın M. Perry
1
Edmund Hathaway
1 Milo D. Wood
1
Edward D. Perry
1 Thomas J. Wood
1
George A. Clark
1 Clara L. Eames
1
Fred N. Read
1 Herbert H. Horton
1
Eben F. Andrews
1 George O. Williams
1
Parker H. Carr
1 Thomas Lee
Lewis Carr
1 Jacob Wolfe
Hodijah Baylies
1 Herbert S. Horton
1
Wm. W. French
1 E. A. Merton Hathaway
1
Arthur T. Pierce
1 Homer E. Whitmarsh
1
George I. Potter
Female
Louis A. Drown
1
James McKenna
2 Silas H. Whelden
1
John W. Paull
1 George P. Fuller
1
Howard D. Pierce
1 Calvin Cole
1
Gideon Dennis
Joshua T. W. Read
1
Win. P. Eddy
1 Manuel Frank
1
Isaac A. Hardy
Female 1 Joseph D. Rose
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Jacob J. Davis H. C. Barstow
2 Joseph R. Brightman
3
1 Pardon Leonard 1
Frank E. Follensbee
1 Chas. H. Smith 1
George F. Hathaway
1 James Heddy
1
Chas. C. Marble
1 Seth G. Vicker
Female
Leonard I. Paul
1 Henry F. Horton
1
Alfred N. Gay
2
Forest A. Whitmarsh
1
Emerson H. Baylies
1
F. A. Housechilds
1
Henry H. Lincoln
1 Joseph Morris
1
John W. Vance
1 Manuel G. Sylvia
Female
John Walton
1 James E. Macker
1
Charles P. Jones
1 Dr. H. B. Baker
1
Peter E. Mackey
1 Edward P. Lincoln
1
Daniel O' Brien
1 Frank Adams
1
George H. Townsend
1 George H. Phillips
1
Jolın Almeida
1 John A. Negus
1
John O'Connor
1 Clarence C. Andrews
1
John H. Harlow
1 Lorenzo D. Haskins
1
James O. Simmons
1 Edgar P. Lewis
1
Isiah Sanderson
1 Roger Marshall
1
Matthew M. McNelly
1 Leonard Pierce
1
William Glynn
1 William J. Roberts
1
Peter Baker
1 James Watson 1
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ANNUAL REPORT
Treasurer's Report
For the Financial Year ending February 9th, 1895.
1894. RECEIPTS.
Feb. 10 Balance in settlement $1491 24
Mar. 16 To note to Bristol County National Bank 993 00
Apr. 9 Note to B. C. Nat. Bank, tem- porary loan 2932 33
May 5 Edward D. Perry, fish note 45 00
5 Isaac N. Babbitt, fish note 45 00
15 M. L. Cobb, board of Charles Cobb 41 79
26 Note to B. C. Nat. Bank, tem- porary loans 1965 33
June 11 State Temporary support of pauper 18 85
13 Oyster note of Marble & Hood 275 00
July 5 Note to B. C. Nat. Bank, tem- porary loan 1974 22
20 M. L. Cobb, board of Charles Cobb 42 25
Aug. 4 Selectmen, butchers license 1 00
Oct. 10 M. L. Cobb, board of Charles Cobb 42 71
. 18 City of Taunton, for Oscar U. Crocker 65 85
Nov. 3 Selectmen, butchers licenses 2 00
12 Town of Plymouth, for Mrs. Charles Danforth 62 43
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3 Note B. C. Nat. Bank, tem- porary loan 1186 67
24 Note Bristol County Savings Bank 1200 00
Dec. 11 State of Massachusetts, cor- poration tax 160 47
State of Mass. Nat. Bank tax
934 99
66 military aid 31 00
66 State aid 252 00
Support of State paupers 41 63
Burial of indigent soldiers 52 50
1895.
Jan. 4 Fall River and Taunton Street Railway Co., advertising 13 00
12 M. S. Cobb, board of Charles Cobb 42 71
25 County Treasurer, dog fund 234 19
26 State Treasurer, school fund 393 46
Feb. 9 Butchers license 1 00
$14541 59
1895.
Albert N. Goff, Collector, collection of taxes 11583 96
Total Receipts $26125 55
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ANNUAL REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
SCHOOLS.
1894.
Mar. 12 H. W. & Gains E. Horton, wood $62 87
16 Addie W. French, teacher 112 00
16 Grace L. Horton, 126 00
16 Mary W. Briggs, 154 00
16 Mabel A. Read, 117 00
16 N. M. Morse, 154 00
16 Adelaide Andrews, 112 00 .
16 Susie M. Williams, 66 105 00
16 H. Chester Greenlaw, care of school house 7 00
16 Wm. A. Eddy, care B. Cove school house 7 00
17 M. A. Crocker, teacher 112 00
17 Grace L. Babbitt, 105 00
20 E. W. Haskins, care school house 7 00
23 C. W. Waldron, care N. D. school house 36 00
24 G. A. Barney, care S. D. school house 21 00
Apr. 5 I. G. Horton, care of school house 7 00
7 B. M. Dean, care of Brick school house 7 00
18 Willard Small, books
83 25
June 8 Grace L. Babbitt, teacher 75 00
8 Blanche Swett 66
75 00
8 Mabel A. Read, 66
110 00
8 Adelaide Andrews, 66 90 00
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8 Susie M. Williams, 66 75 00
8 Mary W. Briggs 66
110 00
8 Addie W. French, 66 80 00
8 H. C. Greenlaw,care of school house 2 50
9 Grace L. Horton, teacher 90 00
9 Martha A. Crocker, 66
80 00
9 Lizzie M. Hathaway, care of school house 2 50
11 George Glynn, care N. D. school house 20 00
15 G. A. Barney, care of school house 12 50
18 Staples' Coal Co., coal N. D. school house 12 50
20 E. W. Haskins, care of school house 2 50
23 Town of Swansea, tuition 10 00
Aug. 8 J. T. W. Reed, wood for school houses 6 25
Sept. 21 W. T. Place, coal N. D. school house 95 63
Oct. 6 James Heddy, care B. C. school house 2 50
6 B. F. Hathaway, shavings for schools 3 00
6 Irving Horton, care Fish school house 2 50
Nov. 15 C. S. Cummings, shavings for schools 3 00
16 Grace L. Horton, teacher 99 00
16 May E. Adams, 66 121 00
16 Adelaide Andrews, “ 99 00
16 Lizzie A. Rose, music teacher 50 00
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16 Susan M. Williams, teacher 82 50
16 Mabel A. Read, 66 121 00
16 Addie W. French, 66 88 00
16 H. Chester Greenlaw, care
school house 2 75
16 Martha A. Crocker, teacher 88 00
16 John R. King, 88 00
16 James Heddy, care school house 2 75
16 Grace L. Babbitt, teacher 82 50
16 George Glynn, care of school house 27 50
27 George A. Barney, care of school house 14 65
27 E. W. Haskins, care of school house 2 75
Dec. 21 Grace L. Babbitt, teacher 24 00
21 Anna Mann, 24 00
21 Adelaide Andrews, 66
30 00
21 Martha A. Crocker, 66
24 00
21 Grace L. Horton, 66
30 00
21 Addie W. French, 66
36 00
21 Ina E. Read,
24 00
21 N. Emma Slack, 66
36 00
Jan. 11
66
12 00
15
66
12 00
29
24 00
30 Charles H. Smith, coal, S. D.
S. House 33 00
30 Willard Small, books 43 75
30 Lizzie M. Hathaway 2 75
$3612 40
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TUITION AT HIGH SCHOOLS.
1894.
July 13 City of Fall River
$340 00
13 City of Taunton
275 00
Oct. 12 66 275 00
$890 00
SCHOOL INCIDENTAL CHARGES.
1894. To Selectmen's orders $549 71 Refer to Selectmen's report.
INCIDENTAL CHARGES.
1894.
Selectmen's orders : Refer to Selectmen's Report
$884 28
To notes paid :
May 15 Bristol County Nat. Bank, temporary loan 1 1000 00
Oct. 29 Note Bristol County Nat. Bank, temporary loan 2000 00
29 Note Bristol County Nat. Bank, temporary loan 3000 00
29 Note Bristol County Nat. tem- porary loan 2000 00
29 Note to John W. Hodgdon 800 00
Feb. 9 Note B. C. National Bank, tem- porary loan 1200 00 July 30 Interest to John W. Hodgdon, 4 notes 88 00
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Oct. 29 Interest to John W. Hodgdon, on note paid 11 00
1895.
Jan. 11 Interest North Dighton Cor- poration Bank 30 00
Feb. 1
Interest to John W. Hodgdon 3 notes 66 00
Oct. 19 County tax
1361 22
Dec. 10 State tax
720 00
Jan. 3 Town of Middleborough, watching herrings 20 00
3 State of Massachusetts, record ink 1 25
Feb. 9 Entertainment of town officers 4 00
12301 47
$13185 75
1894. SUPPORT OF POOR.
Selectmen's orders $2107 76
Refer to Selectmen's report.
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
1894.
Selectmen's orders to Commis- sioners of highways and bridges $3006 01 To new wall at No. Dighton to Committee 994 60
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TOWN OFFICERS.
1894.
Mar. 5 Dwight F. Lane, auditor, 1893 $12 .00
Apr. 17 Noah Chase, assessor 1893 30 00
May 5 Joseph E. Sears, Supt. of Schools 75 00
11 Henry F. Bowen, registrar of voters 1893 14 00
July 19 Edward Almy, registrar of voters 1891-2-3 42 00
Oct. 6 Joseph E. Sears, Supt. of schools 75 00
Dec. 1 George M. Chase, constable 8 00
Jan. 5 George E. Gooding, register and clerk of voters 19 00
5 George E. Gooding, town clerk for year ending Mar. 6, 1893 31 00
5 Chas. S. Chase, selectman 70 00
36 00
5 Isaac A. Hardy, 66 5 66 service as con- stable 6 00
Feb. 2 George E. Gooding, assessor 1893 53 25
2 E. Ellsworth Lincoln, select- man 36 00
9 Treasurer's salary to March 4, 1895 50 00
Oct. 6 George M. Chase, constable 7 25 564 50
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STATE AID.
1894-5.
Selectmen's orders
381 00
381 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Robert Bradbury
72 00
72 00
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
1894-5.
Total Receipts,
$26125 55
EXPENDITURES,
Paid on schools
3612 40
High School tuition
890 00
School incidentals
549 71
Incidental charges
13185 75
Support of Poor
2107 76
Highways and bridges
3006 02
To river wall at No. Dighton
994 60
State aid and soldiers' relief
453 00
Town officers
564 50
25363 74
Balance in Treasury
$761 81
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TOWN INDEBTEDNESS BY NOTES.
Three notes of eight hundred dollars each
payable 1895-96-97, interest 512 per cent. $2400 00
Held by John W. Hodgdon of Boston. One note of six hundred dollars, on de- mand to No. Dighton Co-op. Bank 600 00
Interest 5 per cent.
One note of twelve hundred dollars to Bristol Co. Savings Bank, int. at 414 per cent., payable Mar. 1, 1898 1200 00 4200 00
GEORGE E. GOODING,
TOWN TREASURER.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have this day examined the accounts of the treas- urer, Geo. E. Gooding, and find them correct. I find in his hands three notes signed by Wm. P. Marble and David P. Hood for $275 each, due July 1, 1895-96-97 ; also two fish notes, one signed by I. N. Babbitt and one by Edward D. Perry for $45 each.
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 9, 1895, $761.80.
DR.
I find the account of collector Albert N. Goff as fol- lows :
To Commitment of taxes
$12507 53
Added after by assessors
8 00
$12515 53
CR.
Sept. 24 to Oct. 15, cash paid treasurer
$10292 88
Discount on taxes
668 67
Oct. 15 to Feb. 9
1291 08
Percentage of collecting
203 37
Assessors' order of abatement
59 53
$12515 53
J. S. PLACE,
AUDITOR.
Dighton, Feb. 9, 1895.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE FOR 1894-95.
Term expires.
Samuel N. Codding,
1895.
William P. Eddy,
1896
Henry D. Greenlaw,
1895
Joseph E. Sears,
1897
Charles W. Turner,
1897
Ferdinand Waldron,
1896
ORGANIZATION.
Joseph E. Sears, Chair. and Supt. Henry D. Greenlaw, Sec.
Authorized to sign schooling certificates for the No. Village from March 1894 to March 1895-Samuel N. Codding.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Edmund Hathaway.
James H. Luther.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. From Dec. 1, 1894 to Dec. 1, 1895.
Due for winter schools 1893-94 $1546 12 Expenses for winter schools 1893-94 as follows :
BROAD COVE.
Adelaide Andrews, teaching 14 wks. 112 00
Care of house 7 00
119 00
SOUTH DIGHTON.
Mary W. Briggs, teaching 14 wks. 154 00
Grace L. Horton, 126 00
Care of house 21 00
-301 00
SEGREGANSET.
Addie W. French, teaching 14 wks.
112 00
Care of house 7 00
-
-119 00
NORTH DIGHTON.
Nancy M. Morse, teaching 14 wks. 154 00
Mabel A. Read, 13 «
117 00
Care of house 35 00
-306 00
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BRICK.
Martha A. Crocker, teaching 14 weeks. 112 00
Care of house 7 00
-119 00
WILLIAMS.
Grace L. Babbitt, teaching 14 wks.
105 00
Care of house 7 00
- -112 00
1
FISH.
Susie M. Williams, teaching 14 wks.
105 00
Care of house
7 00
-112 00
Apparatus
83 25
Total cost for winter 1893-4
1271 25
Unexpended balance
274 87
Appropriation for 1894-5
3000 00
State School Fund
393 46
Dog Fund
234 19
Available for Teachers' and Janitors' wages and fuel for 1894-5 $3902 52
Cost for teachers' and janitors' wages and fuel for spring and fall terms 1894, as follows :
BROAD COVE, SPRING TERM.
Blanche Swett, teaching 10 wks. 75 00
Care of house 2 50
- 77 50
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FALL TERM.
John R. King, teaching 11 wks. 88 00
Care of house 2 75
-- 90 75
SOUTH DIGHTON, SPRING TERM.
Mary W. Briggs, teaching 10 wks. 110 00
Adelaide Andrews, 66
90 00
Care of house 12 50
-- 212 50
FALL TERM.
Mabel A. Read, teaching 11 wks. 121 00
Adelaide Andrews, 66
99 00
Care of house 13 75
-- 233 75
SEGREGANSET, SPRING TERM.
Addie W. French, teaching 10 wks. 80 00
Care of house 2 50
82 50
FALL TERM.
Addie W. French, teaching 11 wks. 88 00
Care of house 2 75
90 75
NO. DIGHTON, SPRING TERM.
Mabel A. Read, teaching 10 wks. 110 00
Grace L. Horton, 66
90 00
Care of house 20 00
220 00
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FALL TERM.
May E. Adams, teaching 11 wks.
121 00
Grace L. Horton, 66
99 00
Care of house
27 50
247 50
BRICK, SPRING TERM.
Martha A. Crocker, teaching 10 wks. 80 00
Care of house 2 50
82 50
FALL TERM.
Martha A. Crocker, teaching 11 wks. 88 00
Care of house 2 75
90 75 --
WILLIAMS, SPRING TERM.
Grace L. Babbitt, teaching 10 wks. 75 00
Care of house 2 50
77 50
FALL TERM.
Grace L. Babbitt, teaching 11 wks. 82 50
Care of house 2 75
85 25
FISH, SPRING TERM.
Susie M. Williams, teaching 10 wks. 75 00
Care of house 2 50
- 77 50
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FALL TERM.
Susie M. Williams, teaching 11 wks. Care of house 2 75
85 25
Lizzie A. Rose, teaching vocal music
50 00
Fuel
183 25
Town of Swansea, schooling children
10 00
Total for spring and fall 1894
$1997 25
Total for year ending Dec. 1, 1894
3268 50
HIGH SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Balance of appropriation 1893-4
$480 00
City of Taunton, tuition (half year)
275 00
Appropriation for 1894-5
900 00
City of Fall River, tuition (whole year) 340 00
City of Taunton, tuition (half year) 275 00
Balance
$490 00
Comparing the above financial report with the pre- vious year it will be seen that the tuition for this year is less than last year; and the prospect is that it will be still less another year.
In last year's report mention should have been made of the graduation of Henry M. Sprague and Emma L. Goff from the Commercial course (two years) at the Fall River High School. Henry M. Sprague attended the post graduate course at Fall River five weeks of the present school year.
Two pupils, Emma R. F. Sherman and Macie W. Smith were approved this year to attend the Fall River High School.
82 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
The pupils now attending the two High Schools are as follows :
Taunton.
Fall River.
Bertha E. Atwood
Lena A. Davis
Lunetta M. Briggs
Mabel Haskins
Florence Chadwick
Lucie M. Paul
Bernard C. Ewer
Ada M. Perry
Joanna Sullivan
Emma R. F. Sherman
Annie White
Macie W. Smith
Millie A. Tripp
Helen M. Dunbar, attended Taunton until about Christmas 1894.
The following named graduated from Taunton last June : Gertrude Chadwick, Susie Daniels, Gertrude M. Eaton, Inez E. Read.
REPAIRS.
The cost of repairing the Brick school house was greater than was anticipated, amounting to about $230. The house was shingled. Timbers were run across the room at the junction of the walls and arched ceiling and securely fastened to the sides of the house. This greatly strengthened the building. A new floor was laid, slate blackboards were put up, the whole room newly plastered, (the ceiling being made below the new timbers) some desks newly topped, and other desks and seats repaired and shellaced ; so that we now have a very neat and cosy room there,-one that is more easily heated than formerly and from which the echoes, which used to make so much confusion in the room, are entirely eliminated.
The plastering at the Fish school house has been patched several times, but now it is badly cracked all over
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and ready to fall in many places. Strengthening the building (the room of which is arched) the same as has been done at the Brick, and plastering the house anew is very much needed.
All things considered, the grammar room at the So. village is the poorest school room in town. High winds cause a great deal of noise, which interferes with hearing recitations, and the structure is so frail, that the cold finds its way in without hindrance. The coal stove which was put in six years ago, has been overworked, and is getting in poor condition. Under the existing conditions there- fore, it is not to be wondered at, that a few times this winter, it has not been possible to heat the room sufficient- ly for the comfort of teachers and pupils.
There has been no trouble about heating the rooms at the North village this winter. Much credit is due the jan- itor for this result which has been accomplished by care- ful and persistent attention.
TRUANCY.
There have been no cases of actual truancy to report. . One of our Truant Officers, Jas. H. Luther has no report to make. The other, Edmund Hathaway, reports having made two visits to one family on account of absenteeism.
MUSIC.
During the fall term, as an experiment, Miss Lizzie A. Rose was hired to teach vocal Music for ten weeks in the four village schools and Segreganset school. These schools could be reached with less expense, and represen- ted more pupils, thereby making the cost per pupil much less than it would be for the whole town. The result was very satisfactory, but the committee did not deem it pru. dent to continue the work through the winter.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
It seems proper to record here the following parts of the Legislative Acts of 1894.
[CHAP. 515.] AN ACT RELATIVE TO VACCINATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
SECTION 1. Parents and guardians shall cause their children and wards to be duly vaccinated before they at- tain the age of two years, except as provided in section two of this act. For every year's neglect the party offend- ing shall forfeit the sum of five dollars.
SECTION 2. All children who shall present a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that they are un- fit subjects for vaccination shall not be subject to the pro- visions of section nine of chapter forty-seven of the Pub- lic Statutes excluding unvaccinated children from public schools, and all children upon such a certificate shall be exempted from the provisions of this act, and the parents and guardians of such children shall not be liable to the penalties imposed by section one of this act.
[CHAP. 498.]
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS.
SECTION 9. The school committee shall not allow a child who has not been duly vaccinated to be admitted to or connected with the public schools.
SECTION 10. The school committees shall not allow any pupil to attend the public schools while any member of the household to which such pupil belongs is sick of
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smallpox, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, or during a period of two weeks after the death, recovery or removal of such sick person ; and any pupil coming from such household shall be required to present, to the teacher of the school the pupil desires to attend, a certificate, from the attend- ing physician or board of health, of the facts necessary to entitle him to admission in accordance with the above reg- ulation.
CONCLUSION.
One of the most marked changes to be noticed in the country schools of to-day as compared with those of twen- ty years ago is this. While formerly the teachers' energy was given largely to keeping the pupils still, or suppress- ing their natural life or activity ; it is now their aim to give direction to this overflowing life, to train this energy and to give the child employment suited to some useful end. Perfection is not yet reached in this direction and great latitude must be given the individual teacher to de- velop this method until we have arrived at some more definite idea as to what is most useful in the matter of "busy work." But the results secured thus far are very gratifying.
Your committee's aim is to secure as good results as possible with the means at their command. So while they cannot have the Kindergarten or the Manual Training or the Industrial Training School, yet recognizing the princi- ples of Froebel "that the spontaneous is the raw material and the only element that is valuable in education, and that the teacher must connect all his instructions with these, and graft it upon the spontaneous activity of the child; that the work of the teacher is not to give knowl-
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edge ab extra, but to supply material, means, and oppor tunities in a rational and harmonious order for the child's mind spontaneously to work upon," they have endeav- ored to provide the younger pupils with material suitable to give them interesting and at the same time profitable employment.
Respectfully submitted JOS. E. SEARS,
For the Committee.
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Valuationand Tax List
State, County and Town Taxes in the Town of Dighton for the Year 1894.
NAMES.
Personal Estate.
Real Estate.
Total Tax.
Mrs. George W. B. Atwood
242
3 68
Jephthah Ashley
25
2250
36 58
Josephus P. Ashley
40
1900
31 49
Robert Allen
50
700
13 40
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