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George R. Bullock, Attleboro and
Abbie E. Slater, Rehoboth
S75
12 60
Edmund H. Baker, Springfield
495
13
Heirs of Lyman Slade, Somerset
150
2 16
Poole Wood lot, owners unknown
50
72
Fannie R. Dowse, West Newton, Mass
250
3 60
Addie W. Mosher, New Bedford
100
1 44
Algernon H. Barney, Providence, R. I.
1850
26 64
Louis H. Goward, Taunton
350
5 04
Mary W. Briggs, Washington, D. C.
110
1 58
Clara S. Cobb and others, Providence, R. I.
1050
15 12
Abigail B. Phillips, Taunton
1200
17 28
Emma Ervien, Philidelphia
200
2 88
Southern Mass. Telephone Company,
5360
77 18
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Name Residence
Per.
Real.
Tax
Narragansett Milling Company, East Providence
200
2 88
Heirs of Sarah B. Simmons, Brockton
350
5 04
John W. Kendall, Executor of will of Cyrus Talbot
635
9 14
Annie H. Tinkham, Middleboro
450
6 48
Allen Davis, Boston
400
5 76
Charles Carrol
100
1 44
Taunton Gas Works Company
5500
50 40
Western Union Telegraph Company, New York
1321
19 02
Alice C. Rose, Attleboro
25
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ELECTRIC RAILWAY EXCISE TAX.
FOR 1911.
The Bay State Street Railway Company, excise tax for the road on the public highway for the year ending Sept. 30, 1911,
$909 43
1087 18
$1996 61
The following taxes omitted in the annual assessment were assessed on Personal Estate of
D Thurber Wood
$4 32
On Amelia Jones, Real Estate
32 76
On Personal Estate of Mary Alice Talbot
656 97
$694 05
low Assessed December 16, 1911.
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES
For the Town of Dighton of polls, and property taxes as assessed April 1st, 1911: Value of Personal Estate, $256,413
$648,214
Real Estate, Buildings, Land,
328,058
976,272
Total Valuation
$1,232,685
State Tax,
$1,705 00
State Highway Tax,
178 50
County Tax,
1,571 34
Town Tax,
16,425 00
Overlaying,
253 52
$20,133 36
Deduct Corporation and Bank Tax,
$1,298 17
Tax,
18,835 19
Rate per cent, on $1000,
$14 40
Number of Polls,
537
Number of Dwelling Houses.
50€
No. Horses,
291
No. Cows,
383
Meat Cattle other than cows,
51
Swine,
67
Sheep,
4
Fowl,
5001
Residents on Property,
519
Non Residents,
160
Poll Taxes only,
255
Acres of land, 12,934
The Board of Assessors of Dighton, GEORGE E. GOODING, Chairman.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF
DIGHTON, MASS.
For the Year 1911
C. A. HACK & SON, PRINTERS TAUNTON, MASS. 1912
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Samuel N. Codding, North Dighton, Josiah S. Place, Dighton,
George H. Walker, Dighton
Robert N. Whitmarsh, Dighton,
Term expires 1914. Term expires 1914. Term expires 1913.
Term expires 1912.
E. Ellsworth Lincoln, North Dighton, Term expires 1912.
Andrew W. Turner, Dighton, Term expires 1912.
ORGANIZATION.
E. Ellsworth Lincoln, Chairman. Andrew W. Turner, Secretary.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. Mortimer H. Bowman, Dighton, Maşs.
TRUANT OFFICER. Josiah S. Place.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN. Dr. J. L. Sanborn.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter term, 10 weeks, Monday ,Jan. 1, 1912, to Friday March 8, 1912.
Spring term, 11 weeks, Monday, March 18, 1912, to Friday, May 31, 1912.
Fall term, 16 weeks, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1912, to Friday, Dec. 20,1912.
Winter term, 10 weeks, Monday Jan. 6, 1913, to Friday March 14, 1913.
Spring term, 10 weeks, Monday March 24, 1913, to Friday, May 30, 1913.
HOLIDAYS.
Washington's birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day, and the day following.
DATE OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The regular monthly meeting of the school committee is held at 7.45 P. M. on the Friday preceding the first Saturday of each month.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
RECEIPTS.
Total balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1910
$874 61
Total appropriation for school purposes, 7500 00
Share in income Massachusetts school fund. 1201 22
From the state for district supervision.
500 00
From the state for tuition of state wards 68 50
Bristol County dog fund.
368 55
Total receipts
$10.512 SS
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers.
$5196 63
Janitors and fuel.
840 52
Repairs and incidentals.
1359 56
Books and supplies,
440 16
High school transportation.
424 00
High school tuition,
1607 25
Music and drawing.
424 SS.
Supervision,
666 6S
Medical inspection,
40 00
Total expenditures,
$10,999 68
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Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Dighton:
Agreeable to your custom and regulation I have the honor of presenting to you my report for the current year. The object of this and other similar reports is to keep the public in close touch with the work and progress of the schools. By necessity it re- presents the work of both my predecessor and myself. It con- tains the usual statistics and appended reports together with a brief statement of the conditions and needs of the schools so far as revealed by a single term's study. To Mr. Davis I am indebted for much that renders the school environment pleasant.
I also desire to acknowledge the cordial relations existing with and hearty co-operation of all the teachers. Unless these are in evidence the work of the Superintendent must in a degree fail. Every year it becomes more evident that the teacher is the real vital force and influence in the school. Because of this, great care ought to be exercised in securing the best possible instructors. Having found an efficient teacher wages should be a secondary consideration in retaining her services. The annual changing of teachers, because of the low wage paid, is not only deplorable but disastrous in any well arranged system of school work.
At the beginning of the fall term because of the large number of small children in the North Primary school, a change was made in the grading. Only the first and second grades were left in the
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primary rooms; the third, fourth, and fifth were placed in the in- termediate room; the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grades were seated in the grammar room. The plan has worked as favorably as could be expected under existing conditions. But the best re- sults cannot be secured by two classes reciting in the same rooms at the same time, or by having a class taught in the hall, as must be done at present in both North and South school buildings. At each of these buildings there is imperative need for an additional room.
Neither assistant teachers nor Normal substitutes will meet the conditions. At the North primary school 53 pupils have been enrolled. At the South primary 50 pupils have been registered. Furthermore there are several children that are not in attendance that ought to be brought under the influence of school environ- ment. While great wisdom should be exercised in incurring ex- pense in all departments of public service, yet. the above mention- ed conditions are such as to invite very careful consideration of . suggestions made.
Beginning with December 1 1911 the town of Dighton o- pened its first evening school for foreign pupils. After a few evenings it became evident that a division of work ought to be made since both beginners and advanced pupils applied for in- struction. Accordingly January 1 1912 a second room was opened and an additional teacher secured for the advanced class. In both rooms there has been an enrollment of over forty. All the pupils have shown a commendable interest to learn. Most of the beginners are young men who are daily engaged in some manual labor and yet are willing to sacrifice time and effort to learn the language of their adopted country and thus become more intelligent workers and more helpful citizens. The young men in the advanced section were formerly pupils in the grade schools who at the age of fourteen years had to leave their books and work for a living. So far as can be judged from appearances, the money expended is a good investment. The school is held
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in the South building and is in session Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, evenings from seven to nine o'clock. So far as plans have been formulated the school will close about March 1, 1912.
Every year additional conditions arise which indicate that the school physician ought to visit schools more frequently and be on call for teacher and superintendent. It cannot be foreseen when or how often his services may be needed. But there are oc- casions when for public safety frequent visits to some school are necessary. For these calls and in order to secure the best service at all times in protecting our homes we ought not to hesitate to pay a reasonable fee and repeat it as often as necessary. During the fall term there has been much sickness among the school children. This has seriously affected both the attendance and progress of the classes. While every effort is being made to bring the pupils up to grade yet it is feared that in a few cases the de- sired standard cannot be reached.
In some localities attendance has been very satisfactory; in other places sickness, fear of contagion, and a large share of care- lessness has contributed to a low percentage. Many parents are too indifferent to the education of their children. Any excuse offered by the child is considered valid and the boy and girl are left free to wander about the streets and fields as they may choose. Almost invariably the parents of these children are the first to find fault if their children are not promoted or fail to sustain them selves in the high schools. A moment's thought ought to con- vince any one that there is a wide difference between street edu- cation and school training. Non attendance of this sort is not chargeable to the child but to the parent; yet the child must suffer being cheated of his birthright an education.
Any discussion of the enforcement of school laws relating to school attendance involves many factors, some of which are known and others only to be inferred. Among those that are known and that ought to be eliminated are these; the employment of children at home by the parent; the keeping of children out of school to do errands; the hiring of a child of one town by the re-
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sident of another town. These three things, all of which were approved by the parent, have kept many children out of school. When cases of this sort occur it is not a time for argument. The time for action, swift and sure, is at hand. It is a mistaken idea that if the children are not kept out of school to work, the town will to have to support the family. The state wisely looking to- ward the welfare of its future citizens, in all its school laws, has declared for the education of the child. This education it has guaranteed for seven years, for not less than thirty two weeks per year and as much longer as the schools are in session annually. It is the duty of every law abiding citizen to stamp out ignorance as soon as possible. If the process leads to the courts it ought not to be regretted because the manners and morals of many a parent have been improved by an interview with a judge.
Frequently the statement is made that our schools are costing too much. This declaration is apt to be based on a comparison with schools of forty or more years ago. It is true that our schools are tending toward an annual increase in expenditure. But while the school is costing more it is equally true that our whole manner of living has become expensive. Yesterday's luxuries are today's necessities. Education is more widely ex- tended than it was decades ago. College graduates are more common than high school graduates were forty years ago. The high school is at our door. It is open to all. Children can get a four years training and be at home daily. They must have ad- ditional education in order to compete in this rushing age. It is a battle of brains. The clerk, the accountant, the manager must bring things to pass or fail. Men are paid for doing not for marking time. To properly equip our children for such a life costs much but it pays well. It means enjoyable living, not mere physical existence. To secure the necessary helps whereby these children and young people may be trained for useful service costs money. Much of the material wears out in a single year. In
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comparison with later publications few books remain at their best for five years. In this progressive age two dollars per pupil per year is not an extravagant expenditure in a properly equipped school. Every effort ought to be made by the teacher to get the best and fullest service from all supplies furnished. Only plain serviceable and best material should be purchased.
In this mercenary age when men give almost their entire time and energy to the accumulation of wealth, less care and thought is bestowed on artistic environment than ought to be. This is very conspicous in regard to school grounds. It is a neg- lected side of our education. We select our school sites and erect our school buildings with little thought of the influnece they are to exert upon the rising generation . Worse than all else we do not provide playgrounds nor do we grade and plant our school yards. There is no basis for amazement that our children re- turn to their homes without any incentive or inclination to make their homes attractive. While education along this line may not yield a bank account it will produce more than its equivalent in pleasure and contentment. Very slowly we are learning that the great influence that silently and powerfully draws the young men and women to the city is its attractions. Perhaps if we cultivat- ed by our school environment and home surroundings the spirit of contentment that is in the breast of every child, we would half solve one of the perplexing problems of education, how to keep our boys on the farm. While it may not be easy to relocate build- ings and secure desirable playgrounds, it ought to be possible to render present surroundings more attractive, by levelling and grading grounds and planting of some shrubbery.
Local teachers' meetings have been held as usual and appli- cation has been made to the Commissioner of Education for a Teachers' Institute to be held in Berkley in the month May.
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In closing I desire to express my appreciation of the loyal support given me by teachers, supervisors, school committee, and citizens in my efforts to render the schools effective.
Respectfully submitted,
MORTIMER H. BOWMAN, Superintendent of Schools.
REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN OF DIGHTON. To M. H. Bowman, Supt. of Schools:
I find the schools in Dighton in good condition and the general health of pupils above the average. Sanitation in and surrounding outbuildings is satisfactory. Parents respond readily when notified of cases requiring attention.
It became necessary to close school at North Dighton for a few days on account of scarlet fever. Three cases of diphtheria were reported in a congested locality of South Dighton and nec- essary precautions were taken to prevent the spreading of con- tagion.
Suspected cases of head lice in three schools were examined and treated.
CASES REPORTED.
Enlarged Tonsils 9.
Head Lice 10.
Ulcerated Throat 4.
Tongue Tie 1.
Sore Throat 8.
Scabies 3.
Superative Ear 1.
Weak Lungs 1.
Nasal Catarrh 4.
Spinal Curvature 1.
Anemia 2.
Gastric Catarrhal 1.
Jaundice 1. Astigmatism 1.
J. L. SANBORN, MD.
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Report of Supervisor of Drawing
Mr. M. H. Bowman, Superintendent of Schools ;
DEAR SIR :- The subject of manual arts as it is taught in progressive schools now includes both drawing and manual or constructive work. Art for art's sake alone is not taught in the public schools, but rather art in its relation to every day life and the industrial activities going on about us, and now a draw- ing outline is rarely found which consists of drawing only.
Much of what we call manual work involves drawing, in fact, there is very little in the constructive line which can be done without drawing in some form.
In the time allowed for drawing in the public schools “it is not possible to acquire much technical skill, but the most valuable result to the child is that he is taught to observe things carefully, and (if some time is given to constructive work) he is also given some practice in making them." His constructive ability and judgment are trained, his workmanship becomes more artistic, the work better executed and a knowledge of and appreciation for good design and good workmanship is instilled in his mind; also a love for work is developed, work done the best that he is capable of doing it.
At present in our schools the manual side of the work is not emphasized as much as it should be owing to lack of time allowed for the subject. In most schools where this side of the subject receives due attention, from two hours to three hours per week is given to the subject of manual arts which includes both manual work and drawing.
The drawing course remains about the same as last year; better work is being done in many schools especially in the me- chanical drawing. This may be due to the interest taken in . the constructive problem, which was worked out at Christmas time. The children paid for their own materials, planned the size, shape, and proportions of the object to be constructed, made working drawings and estimated the amount of material
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necessary, making patterns for each piece of material from the working drawing. The work was done neatly and carefully and the articles were very successfully made. They were blotter pads with brass corners, whiskbroom holders, memorandum pads with a pocket above, 'clipping cases and postcard racks. The materials used were paper, cardboard, brass, and silkotine for sewing the design on some articles.
Last year the intermediate grades at North Dighton, under the direction of Miss Pearce, made very successfully some waste baskets of reeds. They were very strong and serviceable and the problem was entirely within the capability of the children. The children paid for their own material which came to fifty cents each, and some of the baskets were sold to outsiders for seventy-five cents, and this was cheaper than baskets of as good quality could be bought in the stores. Also some were used for the schools where new baskets were needed.
Last spring the late Mr. Burnham, who was State Agent for the Promotion of Industrial Art in the public schools, visited the North, South and Broad Cove schools, and also held a teacher's meeting. He described the industrial work being carried out in other towns, especially rural towns, and later as- sisted in planning such a course for the Dighton schools. The teachers were very enthusiastic over this side of the work and as soon as the time is ripe the course as planned will be put in operation. The expense involved would not be heavy, at least an hour more each week in middle and upper grades would be desirable and half an hour in lower grades. The good to the children would be incalculable, and many useful things, both for themselves and the schools could be worked out.
The pupils are working well and the teacher's earnest and enthusiastic in carrying out the work planned in this subject.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY L. COLE,
Supervisor of Drawing.
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Report of Supervisor of Music
Mr. M. H. Bowman, Supt. of Schools, Dighton :
In presenting the annual report as Supervisor of Music I can report for the past four months only.
The music in the Dighton schools was left in splendid con- dition by the former teacher, making it helpful for the new year's work. We are fortunate in having but few monotones in the lower grades. Special attention is being given to them and by doing so they will gradually diminish and finally join the singing section. We are trying to impress upon the scholars that tone quality should not be sacrificed for quantity.
By the use of the individual slips, each child may be helped to gain more confidence in his work. The teacher is able to discover the weakest as well as the strongest member of the class.
The purpose and value of music in the public schools, is to increase the scholars intellectual qualities, as it must in sight singing, by the reading of syllables, for it trains them to think quickly, teaches quick observation, trains the child to sing songs at sight and to love and appreciate good music.
I wish to thank the Superintendent and Committee for the hearty co-operation which has been manifested. I wish es- pecially to thank the teachers for their earnest, faithful work, for without their efficient help the work would not progress as rapidly.
Respectfully submitted, CARRIE E. WHITE,
January 15, 1912.
Supervisor of Music.
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Report of Truant Officer
To the School Committee of Dighton :
Twenty-eight cases have been reported to me during the year by the Superintendent and teachers.
These have been investigated and I have found the parents willing to comply with the law.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSIAH S. PLACE, Truant Officer.
TABLE A. ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1911
SCHOOLS.
No. of Boys.
No. of Girls.
Total.
Enrolment
Enrolment.
Enrolment
Enrolment
7 to 14 Years.
Membership.
Average
Membership
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Number of
Number of
Tardinesses.
Number of
Dismissals.
Number of
Visitors.
North Grammar. .
16
12
28
0
27
1
24
28
22.6
20.7
91.6
346
19
31
23
North Intermediate.
20
16
36
C
36
0
35
36
31.8
28
88.1
387
32
43
26
North Primary ..
31
28
59
0
59
0
19
59
46.9
39.8
85
741
62
11
26
20
42
South Grammar ..
16
11
27
0
25
2
24
27
24.3
23.2
95.5 94.2
361
98
.41
26
South Intermediate.
21
16
37
0
37
0
37
37
34.2
32.2
92.1
617
156
33
77
South Primary
28
22
50
0
50
0
34
50
45.7
42.2
17
93.4
157
40
12
33
Brick .
14
00
22
0
22
0
19
22
21
16
37
0
37
0
28
37
33.9
30.1
88.8
816
92
14
38
Fish .
14
~
19
0
21
-
18
21
18.5
17.8
96.2
199
167
25
25
Flat Rock.
10
ão
28
0
28
0
22
28
25.7
22.8
88.7
471
70
26
31
Segregansett.
9
~
16
0
16
0
=
16
13.8
12.8
92.8
182
5
. 29
33
Williams .
13
0
21
0
21
0
18
21
20.2
18.3
90.6
373
299
5
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15
Under 5 Years.
5 to 15 Years.
· Over 15 Years.
Total
Broad Cove.
18.2
123
17
Absences.
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TABLE B.
SHOWING AGE AND ASSIGNMENT OF PUPILS BY GRADES
Schools
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII VIII
IX
No. Grammar
11.9|11.911.8
14.4
No. Intermediate
9.2
9.7 10.7
No. Primary
5.5
6.3
So. Grammar
12.
13.
14.
So. Intermediate
10.
10.712.1
So. Primary
6.
7.
8.
Brick
5.6
7.6
8.8
11.
14.
Broad Cove
7.6
8.5
7.5
11.1
12.7
Fish
6.2
7.
8.4
9.7 11.5
10.
11.
13.
Flat Rock
6.7 10.5 10.
10.1
11.
11.8
Segregansett
5.8
7.7
9.3 10.8 11.8
Williams
5.
6.
9.
9.
10.
14.
12.
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TABLE C. SHOWING NUMBER AND ASSIGNMENT OF PUPILS BY GRADES
Schools
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
No. Grammar
14
3
2
4
No. Intermediate
9
16
14
No. Primary
33
22
So. Grammar
13
15
2
So. Intermediate
12
12
11
So. Primary
24
12
14
Brick
4
4
5
4
1
Broad Cove
16
12
2
5
4
Fish
5
2
2
3
2
2
3
1
Flat Rock
13
2
3
6
2
5
Segregansett
3
3
2
3
2
Williams
2
4
6
3
1
1
4
.
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CHANGES OF TEACHERS.
RESIGNATION.
SCHOOL.
APPOINTMENT.
Mary W. Mathewson
No. Grammar
Annie M. Pierce
Annie M. Pierce
No. Intermediate
Muriel A. Rogers
Myra H. Dean
So. Grammar
Sarah C. Guello
Mary E. White
Brick Fish
Anna I. Griffith Verna E. Robbins Alice M. Doane
Elizabeth A. Richards
Flat Rock
Hazel A. West
Segregansett
Harriet E. Whiting
Marie J. Knobel
Williams
Minetta A. Mackie
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS.
TAUNTON HIGH SCHOOL.
CLASS 1912
Grafton Atwood
Lynton Drinkwater
Helen Cole
Charles Marsch
Eleanor Horton
Lester Lee
Raymond Moon Joseph O'Connell Ruth Walker
Sarah Place
Arthur Whalen
FALL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS 1914.
Agnes White CLASS 1913
Myron T. Briggs
Anna Baham
Elliott D. Cole
Clyde Drinkwater
Ruth Haskins
Ruth Staples CLASS 1914
Mary Rose CLASS 1915
Lincoln Dunlap
Dalton Crossman
Ralph Lincoln Palmer Marble
Louis B. Rose
Joseph R. Sanborn
Burton F. Simmons
Elliot F. Walker
Myra M. Hall
CLASS 1915. Howard Chadwick
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE For the year 1911.
TEACHERS.
1911
Feb. 3 Pay Roll, four weeks
$544 85
Mar. 3 Pay Roll, four weeks
553 90
Mar. 31 Pay Roll, four weeks 578 60
May 5 Pay Roll, four weeks
565 60
June 2 Pay Roll, five weeks
709 20
June 21 Mary Lee, car fares
1 50
Oct. 6 Pay Roll, four weeks
605 24
Nov. 3 Pay Roll, four weeks
615 20
Nov. 3 Catherine C. Coyle, car fares
6 00
Nov. 24 Pay Roll, four weeks
563 24
Dec. 13 Pay Roll, three weeks
432 00
Dec. 13 Anna T. Harrington, car fares
3 30
Dec. 13
Mabel W. Emery, evening school
18 00
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Total,
$5,196 63
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Feb. 3 E. Almy, supplies
$11 80
C. T. Bagnall, printing report cards Rand, McNally and Co., 20 maps
40 00
Feb. 4 George H. Walker, school supplies Ginn & Co., books
3 39
13 28
27 58
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Mar. 3 Charles Scribner's Sons, books 3 00
E. E. Babb and Co., books 15 61
Mar. 4 Ginn & Co., supplies 42
Mar. 31 James E. Lewis, supplies
80
E. E. Babb and Co., books and supplies
35 06
Davol Printing House, printing Institute programs
3 50
May 5 Harrington Press, school reports 6 00
June 1 J. L. Hammett Co., supplies 9 58
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
71
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies
9 58
E. E. Babb and Co., supplies
18 26
June 2 E. E. Babb & Co., book
50
Aug. 5 Davol Printing House, printing
1 75
Oct.
6 E. E. Babb & Co., supplies 7 38
126 86
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies Davol Printing House, pay rolls
3 00
Nov
3 C. T. Bagnall, report cards, etc.
6 17
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies
7 05
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies
36 22
J. L. Hammett Co., crayon
12 00
Nov. 24 E. E. Babb & Co., bill of 1910, supplies
1 60
Dec. 13 E. E. Babb & Co., supplies American Book Co., supplies 3 20
Silver, Burdett & Co., supplies 27 34
D. C. Heath & Co., books for evening school 7 71
Total,
$440 16
REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
1911
Jan. 12 M. Hathaway, wood for schools $28 00
R. G. Briggs, repairs on school houses 3 63
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J. S. Place, repairs on school houses 1 50
D. D. Andrews, repairs on school houses 9 35
A. F. Sprague, repairs on school houses 13 50
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, schools desks and chairs 520 00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, blackboards 25 46
Feb. 3
George H. Walker, labor and material
H. A. Briggs, grading school yard 13 28
7 00
Mar. 31 R. C. Marble, replacing flag rope 2 00
H. P. Hathaway, labor and material
25 28
Julia E. Dean, use of well 3 00
May Cash Bros., labor South school 5 00
Louis Frazier, labor North school 3 00
Mabel Chase, use of well 3 00
Roland G. Briggs, labor and material 8 50
Ferdinand Waldron, labor and material 7 64
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, 12 seats and desks 41 40
80
June 1 A. C. Rich, labor 5 00
June 2 A. W. Turner, services as secretary 10 00
June 21 H. S. Crowell, use of well, 1910 3 00
Aug. 5 Frank Rose, labor on school yard 8 75
C. A. Horton. teaming to brick school 6 00
James N. Horton, carting for schools 18 50
Mary Lee, telephoning on account of schools 1 50
212 47
Sept. 8 Arthur Hathaway, repairs of school buildings Jesse R. Codding, cleaning North school yard 3 00
H. A. Briggs, grading school yard 7 88
J. C. Davis, expense 33 50
J. C. Davis, freight, expressage, supplies 13 81
90
I. T. Whitmarsh, cash paid .
Oct. 6 Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, 6 desks and chairs 20 10
Cummings & White, repairs on furnace, North and South schools 82 49
Carrie White, cleaning South building 8 20
Marie J. Knobel, flag rope
22
ANNUAL REPORT.
Edward Almy, incidentals S 29
Mrs. B. M. Frazier, cleaning North school building 7 00
Nov. 3
Mrs. Joseph Sylvia, cleaning, Segregansett, Brick and Williams school buildings 10 50
Dighton Foundry Co., stove for Flat Rock school 8 00
Mrs Bertha Stanley, cleaning Fish school building 3 00
Joseph Dupont, work at Williams school 16 13
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, 6 desks and chairs 20 70
Presbrey, Field Co., sundries 10 60
Manuel J. Fratus, work at school buildings
4 00
Nov. 24 Howard C. Briggs, taking school census, 1911 20 00
Dec. 8 J. L. Hammett Co., door mats
16 50
A. T. Wescott, repairs at Flat Rock and Fish schools 1 50
H. A. Briggs, cleaning South school yard 5 00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, floor brushes South school 4 00
George H. Walker, repairs at Flat Rock, Fish, and Brick schools 14 25
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., installing of water at North school 53 65
Total,
$1,359 56
FUEL AND JANITORS.
1911
Feb. 3 Pay Roll, four weeks $36 00
Mar. 3 Pay Roll, four weeks 36 00
Mar. 31 Henry W. Horton, 1 cord wood, Segregansett 4 00.
Staples Coal Co., 2 tons coal at
North Dighton schools 16 00
Pay Roll, four weeks 72 00
23
ANNUAL REPORT.
May 5 Pay Roll, four weeks
36 00
June 2 Pay Roll five weeks 84 60
Henry W. Horton, kindling wood
2 00
June 21 James N. Horton, drawing loam
18 50
Sept. S Pay Roll, four weeks
40 00
Staples Coal Co.,
191 00
Nov. 3 Henry N. Horton, wood for all the school buildings 125 42
Nov. 24 Pay Roll, four weeks 35 00
Dec. 13 Pay Roll, three weeks
30 00
Staples Coal Co ..
114 00
Total,
$840 52
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
1911
Feb. 3 Cook, Vivian Co., to balance account $ 30
Boston Straw Board Co., paper
83
Oliver Ditson Co., music
2 93
Ginn & Co., music books
27 58
Pay Roll
47 20
Mar. 3
Pay Roll
47 20
Ginn & Co., weaver record sheets
42
Mar. 31 Pay Roll
47 20
May 5 Pay Roll
47 20
June 2 Pay Roll 59 00
47 24
Nov. 3
Milton Bradley Co., water colors
3 38
J. L. Hammett Co., drawing material
64 04
J. L. Hammett Co., music readers
6 74
23 62
Dec. 13 Pay Roll
Total,
$424 88
Sept. 8 Pay Roll
24
ANNUAL REPORT.
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
Mar. 3 Fall River, tuition, Nov. 21, 1910 to Feb.5,
1911, 4 pupils $60 00
May 5 Fall River, tuition, Feb. 6, 1911 to April 3, 1911 60 00
June 21 Fall River, tuition, April 24, 1911 to July 1, 1911 60 00
Nov. 3 Taunton, tuition for year 1910-11 1,258 50
Dec. 13 Fall River, tuition, Sept. 11, 1911 to Nov.18, 1911 168 75
Total, $1,607 25
HIGH SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.
Jan. 12 C. Pierce, car fares $4 00
Feb. 3 H. N. Walker, school ticket,
June 2, 1910 to Feb. 1, 1911 2 00
. C. G. Staples, school ticket, Oct. 25, 1910 to Jan. 14, 1911 4 00
Feb. 4 Bay State Street R. R. ,tickets
125 00
Mar. 31 H. N. Walker, school tickets, March 2, 1911, to April 1, 1911
2 00
May 5 H. N. Walker, school ticket, April 3, 1911 to May 2, 1911 2 00
Old Colony St., R. R. ,50 tickets 125 00
June 2 H. N. Walker, school tickets, April 1, 1911 to June 3, 1911 4 00 George E. Cole, school tickets, Sept, 1910 to May 1911 16 00
June 21 T. F. Richardson, car fares 15 00
Sept. 8 Bay State Street R. R., 50 school tickets 125 00
$424 00
Total,
25
ANNUAL REPORT.
SUPERVISIONS.
1911
Feb. 7 J. C. Davis, salary for January $56 67
Mar. 7 J. C. Davis, salary for February 56 67
April 3 J. C. Davis, salary for March 56 67
June 7 J. C. Davis, salary for April and May 113 34
Aug. 9 J. C. Davis, salary for July
56 67
Sept. 8 J. C. Davis, salary for June and August
113 34
Oct. 6 M. H. Bowman, salary for September 53 33
Nov. 3
M. H. Bowman, salary for October 53 33
Nov. 24 M. H. Bowman, salary for November 53 33
Dec. 13
M. H. Bowman, salary for December 53 33
$666 68
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
March 3 Dr. J. B. Sayles, services as per contract 40 00
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