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Wakefield Daily, stationery,
3.40
W. C. Ayres, painting, 7.98
Hobbs & Warren, stationery,
1.71
Fred Parmenter, Maynard-Kenney case, 19.62
E. Howard Clock Co., cleaning clock, 11.50
C. F. Gettemy, certifying note, 4.00
W. & L. E. Gurley Die, paper seals, 2.40
State Treasurer, 14 liquor license, 250.00
Soldiers' Memorial Association, 17.01
C. H. Trowbridge. spraying, repairs, 25.70 Sanford, Putnam Co., book, 1.30
W. W. Russell, repairing fence,
.80
F. H. Parmenter, dog officer. 10.50
F. E. Howe, labor. 10.75
E. W. Coffin, safe for collector, 25.00
G. T. Butterfield, perambulating. 3.00
John P. Day, perambulating,
2.00
E. S. Douglas, reporting births.
1.50
F. S. Conant, supplies,
1.71
D. F. Howard & Sons, cement.' 3.85
R. M. Briggs, express, 1.71
WV. C. Ayres, 1.37
837.91
Total,
$14.014.39
List of Jurors.
F. E. Davis, Librarian Thomas Gaffney, Farmer William C. Ayres, Painter Fred Parmenter. Officer Appleton Newton, Farmer Walter Woodis, Farmer Roy Weaver, Laborer
Respectfully submitted JOHN P. DAY G. T. BUTTERFIELD SYLVESTER R. DEAN
Selectmen of Oakham.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Dr.
Jan. 1, to cash on hand, $786.59
Received of E. Cody, taxes 1913, $7.65
E. Cody, taxes 1914, 1,066.13
E. Cody, taxes 1915, 5,395.95
State of Massachusetts, corporation tax. .79
State of Massachusetts, National bank tax, 47.52
State of Massachusetts, state aid. 172.00
State of Massachusetts, s. pport of sick paupers. 6.00
State of Massachusetts, tuition of
children, 17.00
State of Massachusetts, high school trition. 766.25
State of Massachusetts, transporta- tion of high school pupils. 912.70
State of Massachusetts, temporary aid. 3.00
State of Massachusetts, Highway Commission. 250.00
State of Massachusetts, state school
fund, 1,271.62
Worcester County Highway Com- mission, 500.00
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Borrowed of Worcester Trust Com-
pany.
2000.00
Guy C. Allen, Jr .. & Co., liquor license, 1,000.00
W. C. Temple, account school. st-
perintendent,
187.50
Boston appropriation for school committee. 103.00
Dog fund returned, 80.4872%. 122.47
Rent of Memorial hall, 59.50
Town of Barre, tuition. 95.00
Estate of Geo. Parkman, tuition, 15.00
Cemetery Committee,
42.38
Perpetual Care Funds, 38.50
Lot No. - in Pine Grove Ceme- tery, 20.00
Lot No. 82 in Pine Grove Ceme- terv.
5.00
One innholder's license,
1.00
One butcher's license, 1.00
O. J. Either, peddler's license. 3.00
Grass on Library lot, 1.00
Matthew Walker. balance of fines. 19.13
F. E. Davis, cards and fines, 8.34
Charlton Poor Farm Association. 14.60
Mrs. Celia Fobes, 1.000.00
William A. Fobes Estate. 100.00
Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg. 100.00
Henry A. Morse Estate. 100.00
$16.239.62
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Cr.
By paying selectmen's orders. Trust funds deposited. Overlaying taxes,
$14.014.59
1.300.00
132.84
$15,447.43
Balance in treasury,
792.19
Due Worcester Trust Co.,
$2,000.00
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
George H. Gould,
$100.00
Damel H. Dean,
100.00
Caroline M. Maynard.
150.00
Stephen Lincoln,
50.00
Charles H. Fobes,
100.00
Martha M. Macullar,
100.00
Mrs. Samuel B. Ripley,
25.00
Fannie W. Kimball.
50.00
Mary E. Brown,
50.00
Weeks & Elliott.
100.00
Sumner Reed,
100.00
Lewis N. Haskell.
100.00
Lewis Allen.
100.00
Jesse Alien,
100.00
Ruth H. Robinson.
50.00
A. J. Holden,
50.00
Lyman S. Walker,
100.00
William A. Fobes,
100.00
Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg,
100.00
Henry A. Morse.
100.00
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LIBRARY FUND.
B. P. Clark. Mrs. Celia Fobes, 1,000.00
$702.00
Respectfully submitted. JOHN W. DWELLY, Treasurer.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Dr.
Uncollected taxes 1913, $33.97 Interest. 1.38
$35.35
Cr.
By Treasurer's receipts.
7.65
$27.70
Dr.
Uncollected taxes. 1914.
$1,037.06
Interest,
44.04
$1,081.10
Cr.
By Treasurer's receipts. 1,066.13
$14.97
Dr.
Taxes committed to me for collection Aug. 23, 1915. State tax. $975.00
County tax.
442.00
Town tax.
5.705.00
Overlayings.
132.84
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Dec. 18,
83.06
Interest,
3.05
$7.340.95
Cr.
By Treasurer's receipts,
5,395.95
$1,945.00
· Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND CODY, Collector.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Paid G. T. Butterfield,
$383.80
A. L. Newton,
176.00
A. Car Co., oiling road,
175.00
Ev. Green,
144.84
James Woodis,
132.58
C. A. Wheeler,
89.03
Ed. Green,
55.69
F. Howe.
50.00
P. Woodis.
20.00
J. Leyden.
17.76
W. R. Dean,
17.60
D. Hallowell.
16.23
E. Sanders,
15.00
WV. Boyd,
18.67
G. Keep,
11.00
W. H. Parkman,
10.50
F. Loring.
9.10
W. A. Woodis,
7.50
J. P. Fairbank.
7.00
J. A. Allen,
6.75
F. H. Boyd,
6.69
E. J. Crawford,
6.00
Geo. Morse,
5.00
Al. Hapgood,
4.69
G. S. Butler,
4.00
Geo. Turner
3.45
M. M. Butterfield,
3,00
$1,396.98
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OPENING HIGHWAYS.
Paid G. T. Butterfield, $20.25
James Scott,
15.28
H. A. Crawford,
13.28
Tom Gaffney,
17.11
Jim Gaffney,
9.50
Will Gaffney,
8.75
Ira \V. Stone,
7.05
O. D. Webber,
7.00
Ev. Green.
7.50
A. L. Newton,
7.00
S. R. Dean,
5.78
J. C. Rawson,
5.50
H. W. Stone, 4.55
John Thresher,
4.00
Fay Russell,
3.55
D. A. Rutherford,
3.13
Ed. Bullard,
3.11
F. Stone.
2.89
W. E. Swindell,
2.89
Leroy Weaver,
2.44
John P. Day,
2.00
WV. A. Woodis,
2.25
Paul Needham,
1.78
John Maran,
1.33
Joe Marshall,
1.33
Geo. Arnold,
.89
F. Howe.
1.11
W. Howe,
1.11
Richard Malcolm,
.56
Fred Allen,
.44
$163.19
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REPORT ON GRAVEL ROAD
Paid G. T. Butterfield,
$156.03
Ev. Green,
110.06
A. L. Newton,
117.38
S. R. Dean,
78.19
John Robinson,
74.19
Frank Boyd.
49.89
C. A. Wheeler,
48.42
Clifford Knight,
46.64
Jim Woodis, 45.53
WV. Beacham,
41.89
Peter Cossick.
41.89
W. A. Parkman,
40.50
D. A. Rutherford,
39.89
Frank Stone,
37.89
Paul Needham,
37.89
Joe Beacham.
34.78
Lewis Green. ..
34.00
WV. A. Boyd. 32.00
P. B. Woodis,
29.00
W. E. Buckwith,
24.00
WV. A. Andrews,
24.50
Ed. Bullard.
28.00
H. D. Bullard.
22.50
David Hallowell.
18.00
John Rautty.
18.00
Ed. Green, 12.75
Martin Lincoln,
6.19
$1.250.00
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Cr.
Received from the State Treasurer,
Weekly payrolls, Sept. 2,
$349.78
Sept. 9, 250.12
Sept. 16, 348.00
Sept. 23, 145.75
Oct. 7, 114.25
Paid C. E. Horne, for piping. 42.10
$2.500.00
Respectfully submitted, G. T. BUTTERFIELD. Superintendent of Streets.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Dr. W. S. Bates, $9.00
Dr. E. S. Douglas, 12.00
G. S. Butler, 15.25
C. S. Lane, 20.00
W. H. Parkman, Overseer, 21.00
Jesse Allen, Overseer,
23.00
C. H. Trowbridge, Overseer,
8.00
Postage and blanks,
2.70
$110.95
Respectfully submitted, JESSE ALLEN. CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE, W. H. PARKMAN,
Overseers of the Poor.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Charlton Poor Farm Association. From January 1, 1915 to January 1. 1916.
EXPENDITURES.
Orrin L. Potter and wife,
$650.00
Outside labor,
309.05
Inside labor,
417.06
Groceries,
1.649.79
Meat,
414.70
Hardware,
68.25
Dry goods and clothing.
364.86
Boots and shoes,
86.63
Grain,
1,362.63
Blacksmithing,
46.40
Tobacco,
73.30
Stock,
184.50
Sleigh,
25.00
Selling ice-house,
38.50
Filling silo,
77.60
Phosphate,
128.25
Miscellaneous,
483.89
Furniture,
72.93
Tools and seeds,
118.61
Medicine and medical attendance,
13.43
Fish and oysters,
42.97
Printing.
15.00
Coal.
317.32
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Oil,
12.40
Painting wagons.
9.00
Rent and interest,
585.96
$7.568.03
RECEIPTS.
Milk,
$2,087.75
Stock.
661.83
Eggs.
73.18
Potatoes.
19.58
Hay.
40.00
Aliscellaneous,
31.50
Outside labor,
197.86
$3.111.70
ASSESSMENTS.
Charlton.
$44.70
Holden,
57.59
Princeton,
46.03
Oakham,
11.40
Hardwick,
90.09
Millbury.
99.61
Sterling.
39.40
Holland,
3.60
Paxton.
12.64
Auburn.
53.63
Rutland.
28.43
Hubbardston,
23.47
Westminster,
30.29
Leicester.
79.15
$620.03
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CASH RECEIVED.
Millbury,
$1.141.95
Charlton,
463.55
Holden,
463.55
Princeton,
418.35
Hardwick,
211.44
Westminster.
206.34
Paxton,
206.34
Sterling.
206.34
Rutland.
206.34
Holland.
206.34
Hubbardston.
63.34
Auburn,
42.42
$3,836.30
$7.568.03
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, President,
Oakham.
L. M. HANFF, Secretary,
Rutland.
A. FREDERICK PUTNAM, Treasurer, Charlton.
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The number of inmates who have been supported by the Charlton Poor Farm Association from January 1, 1915 to January 1, 1916, constitutes the following apportionment :
Town. No. Inmates.
Weeks.
Price.
Millbury,
8
288 4-7
$3.957
Amount. $1,141.95
Charlton,
3
117 1-7
3.957
463.55
Holden,
6
117 1-7
3.957
463.55
Princeton,
3
105 5-7
3.957
418.45
Hardwick,
2
53 3-7
3.957
211.44
Westminster.
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Paxton,
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Sterling,
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Rutland,
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Holland,
1
52 1-7
3.957
206.34
Hubbardston.
1
1.
3.957
63.34
Aubern,
1
10 5-7
3.957
42.42
Following is the list of Towns comprising the Charlton Poor Farm Association and the amount of Assessment based upon each Town's valuation :-
Assess-
Town.
Valuation.
ment.
Auburn.
$1.730.000
$53.63
Charlton.
1.442,080
44.70
Hardwick,
2.906.135
90.09
Holden,
1.857,782
57.59
Holland.
116.133
3 60
Hubbardston.
757.225
23.47
Leicester.
2.553.278
79.15
Millbury,
3.213.293
99.61
Oakham.
367.774
11.40
Paxton,
407.948
12.64
Princeton.
1.485.128
46.03
Rutland,
917.325
28.43
Sterling.
1.270,940
39.40
Westminster,
977.225
30.29
$20.002.2: 6
$620.03
FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
We are pleased to record a prosperous year for our I ihrary. Its use, by the schools of the Town and by the general community, is increasing year by year.
Mrs. Celia E. Fobes of Worcester, who has done so much in establishing and maintaining the Library, has re- cently given $1000 towards the Library Fund.
Mrs. M. L. Woodis, who has for more than twenty years so efficiently served the Town, as Library Trustee, has recently been removed by death, mourned by all who knew her.
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE LIBRARY DURING THE PAST YEAR.
State Library Commission, Y. P. S. C. E., Woman's Suffrage Association, J. H. O. Lovell, G. M. Dean, Mrs. Henry Green, Miss Kate Morgan, Mrs. Lizzie Loring. Mrs. Celin E. Foles. James P. Fairbank, Miss Eunice Ayres, Walter A. Woodis. F. E. Davis, David LaBonte, Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg. Horace M. Green, I. N. Monroe.
Respectfully submitted. JESSE ALLEN. SARA E. BUTLER. Library Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
During the year the Library has been open 106 days
Circulation for home use, 2680
Largest number charged in one day, 54
Smallest number, 4
Loaned for use in the public schools. 173
These publications are furnished for the reading room, and are afterward loaned for home use :- Youth's Compan- ion, Illustrated World, Harper's Weekly, Ladies' World, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, McClure's, Everybody's, Christian Endeavor World. Christian Herald, Today's, Housewife, Saturday Evening Post, New England Homestead, Dumb Animals, Successful Farming. Woman's Journal, Temperance Cause.
The Library has 2573 volumes catalogued.
Additions during the year :- Title. Author.
Chicago as It Was and Is
Li zerne
Life and Orations of Daniel Webster
Clark
Henry Ward Beecher Abbott
Secret Service Richardson
U'ncivilized Races of Men
Wood
Life of Gen. Winfield Scott
Mansfield
Two Years Among the Shakers
Lamson
Life of Grover Cleveland
Goodrich
Life of Frederick Greenhalge
Wonders of the World
Scripture Club of Valley Rest
The Republican Party
Long
Centennial 'History of U. S.
AlcCabe
People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge
DePuy
Geological Story Dana
Hailman
History of Pedagogy
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Trees and Shrubs of N. E.
Knoble
School and Field Botany
Gray
Trces of Northeastern America
Newhall
The Woman's Kingdom
Mulock
Cranford
Gaskell
Loveliness
Phelps
People of Popham
Wemyss
The Vicar of Wakefield
Goldsmith
The Heavenly Twins
Grand
The Vision of Dante
Cary
History of English Literature
Taine
Great Events in Modern History
Frost
Cyclopedia of Modern Travel
Taylor
My Story of the War
Livermore
Poems
Dryden
Zell's Encyclopedia
Our Famous Women
Phelps
With the Allies
Davis
Fighting in Flanders
Powell
Germany and the Next War
Bernhardi
Europe at War
Shaw
Practical Course in Graded Sewing. 7 vols.
Blair
Barrack-Room Ballads
Kipling
Pollyanna Grows Up
Porter
When I was a Little Girl
Gale
The Little Chum Club
Hoyt
Robin Hood's Barn
Brown
Cease Firing
Johnston
The Commodore
Peterson
Pretty Goldilocks
Lang
The Real Fairy Folk
Jamison
Japanese Fairy Tales
Williston
Stories of American Progress
Wright
History of Music
Hullah
Princess Mary's Gift-Book
Barrie
London
Bensusan
A Sailor's Garland
Masefield
In Memoriam
Tennyson
Starting in Life
Fowler
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Everyman's Religion
Hodges
The Expert Cleaner
Scaman
Voices of Nature
Baker
Indian Fights and Fighters
Brady
Deafness and Cheerfulness
Jackson
As It Is in England
()sborne
How to Make Home and City Beautiful
Hemenway
Shakespeare and Stratford
Shelley
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Introduction to Browning
Hallock
Poems of American Patriotism
Old Homes of New Americans
Clark
Evolution and Animal Life
Jordan
St. Botolph's Town
Crawford
Cuba
Fairfield
Lowney's Cook Book
Howard
Louise Chandler Moulton
Whiting
A Course in Citizenship
Cabot
Neighborhood
Edwardes
Down Among Men
Comfort
Tales of Romance
. Lang
Romance of the Rhine
Marriott
Under the Deodars
Kipling
Mine Own People
Kipling
The Light That Failed
Kipling
New Arabian Nights
Stevensón
Treasure Island
Stevenson
Black Arrow
Stevenson
In the South Seas
Stevenson
Poems, Ballads, Plays
Stevenson
Across the Plains
Stevenson
Familiar Studies
Stevenson
Contrary Mary K.
Rinehart
The Primrose Ring
Sawver
Aunt Jane
I.ee
The High Priesters
Grant
Delia Blanchflower
Ward
Ward
The Coryston Family
Stevenson
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Michael O'Halloran
Porter
Within Prison Walls
Osborne
Mrs. Red Pepper
Richmond
Hepsey Burke
Westcott
Daddy Long-Legs
Webster
The Right Track
Burnham
Felix O'Day
Smith
Anne of the Island
Montgomery
Mr. Pratt's Patients
Lincoln
Thankful's Inheritance
Lincoln
A Far Country
Churchill
Track's End
Carruth
A Lincoln Conscript
Greene
The Turmoil
Tarkington
The Ruin of the Desert
Anderson
A Girl of the Blue Ridge
Erskine
Big Tremaine
Vorst
The Heart of Uncle Terry
Munn
The Man Who Forgot Hay
Dive Porter on Cave Island
Stratemeyer
Respectfully submitted,
F. E. DAVIS. Librarian.
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Receipts.
From Sale of lots.
$25.00
The Town appropriation.
100.00
Perpetual care of lots.
38.50
Individual care of lots,
42.38
$205.88
Expenses.
Paid Edwin Green, Supt.,
$153.60
M. S. Dean.
3.00
IV. H. Parkman.
6.70
Raymond Thresher,
22.80
Ira WV. Stone.
17.75
William A. Nye,
34.47
Alfred Morse,
4.00
H. A. Crawford.
1.95
James P. Fairbank,
10.60
Frank E. Loring,
5.00'
George S. Butler,
2.40
$262.27
Respectfully submitted, JESSE ALLEN, ALFRED C. MORSE. J. P. FAIRBANK. Cemetery Committee.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
This is to certify that I have examined and approved all bills of the Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, School Committee, Road Commissioner, Cemetery Committee, Tree and Fire Wardens, Moth Exterminator, and Library Trustees, and found them to be correct. I have also examined the accounts of the Treasurer and Collector and found them to be correct.
WV. M. ROBINSON, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
RECEIPTS.
Town-Support of Schools,
$1,600.00
Town-School Superintendent.
60.00
Town-Medical Inspection, 25.00
State return-School Fund,
1,271.62
State return-High school tuition,
776.25
State return-High school transportation,
912.70
State return-School Superintendent,
187.50
State return-Education State children,
17.00
State return-Education Boston children,
103.00
State return -- Education Barre children, 95.00
State return-Education No. Brookfield children, 15.00
$5.063.07
EXPENSES. SALARIES.
Paid Superintendent R. I. Bramhall. $246.25
Miss F. E. Bothwell. 396.00
Miss E. M. Braman,
352.00
Mrs. E. T. Swindell,
320.00
Miss Madeline Earle.
99.00
Miss Katherine Butler,
190.00
Miss May O'Donnell,
22.00
Miss . Godabout,
28.60
Miss McDermott.
33.00
Miss R. E. Butterfield,
175.00
Miss H. Rutherford.
150.00
Miss E. Shaw.
75.00
Mrs. R. B. Dwelley.
128.00
$2,214.85
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Paid for supplies, $226.74
FUEL.
Paid for fuel.
$163.63
TUITION.
Paid Town of Barre. $446.25
Town of Hardwick. 150.00
Town of North Brookfield, 120.00
Town of Holden. 50.00
$766.25
REPAIRS.
Paid for repairs. $164.28
CARE OF HOUSES.
Paid for care of houses,
$97.00
TRANSPORTATION.
High school transportation, 889.90
East Hill transportation, 223.00
$1,122.90
MEDICAL INSPECTION. !
Paid Dr. Stickney. $20.00
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Paid Jesse Allen,
$5.00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid J. N. Ball.
$6.00 -
Jesse Allen, 54.00
Estate of M. L. Woodis. 10.00
$70.00
Total.
$4.850.65
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With feelings of deep sadness we record the death of our associate.on the School Board for so many years, Mrs. Minnie L. Woodis. Our Schools, Library, Church and entire Community will greatly miss her genial presence, excellent judgment, and wise counsel.
Respectfully submitted, JESSE ALLEN, J. NELSON BALL. School Committee.
6 8,53 2350 37.75
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Holden, Massachusetts, January 1, 1916.
To the School Committee of the Town of Oakham : .
I take pleasure in submitting my third annual report as superintendent of your schools.
During the past year the work in the several schools has been carried on with few important changes. Conta- gious diseases lowered the attendance records in some of the rooms and thus broke up the work somewhat. The several changes in teachers at the Coldbrook School broke up the work there badly during the- spring term. But as we were fortunate enough to secure Miss Butterfield to teach there this year we hope to make up much of the work thus lost. At the present time the work in all the schools is going on satisfactorily. The introduction of drawing again this year has met with much favor both among the children and the parents.
Through the courtesy of the Librarian and the coopera- tion of the State Library Commission books have been placed in the schools for supplementary reading. This is an im- portant phase of the work for it tends to create in the chil- dren a taste for better books and to cultivate the habit . of using the library.
Quite a number of the children entered the club con- tests in Home Economics and Agriculture conducted under the auspices of the Massachusetts Agricultural College last summer. In the Home Economics contest, Edith Plumb won a third prize-a week's vacation at the girls' camp at Am-' herst. Those who went to the camp last summer reported
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a most enjoyable week. Next year these contests will be under the immediate charge of the Worcester County Farm Bureau. We hope Oakham will be well represented in this attempt to develop Worcester County and rural life.
Many needed repairs have been made this year. The schoolhouse at Coldbrook has been painted. New black- boards have been installed in the schoolhouse in the South District. The new outbuilding at the Center has greatly improved sanitary conditions at that school. Arrangements have been made for installing jackets around the stoves in the three district schools, thus providing a more uniform distribution of the heat and better ventilation. Next year a new outbuilding similar to the one at the West School should be built at the South School. New floors should be laid in both rooms at the Center School. The present floors are badly worn, full of large cracks to collect the dust, and extremely noisy.
The lengthening of the school year from thirty-three to thirty-four weeks will increase the expenses about seventy- five dollars next year. The usual high percentage of at- tendance has been somewhat lowered this year by the epi- derrics but some rooms have had almost perfect attendance some months.
I recommend a change in the textbooks used in arith- metic and in language for the lower grades. I also recom- mend the introduction of a text in physiology.
It is with great regret that we record the loss of Mrs. Woodis who had served the schools of the town for so many years as teacher and member of the school committee. She took a keen interest in the work and was always a welcome visitor. She will be missed by both teachers and pupils.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the teachers for their hearty cooperation, and the school committee for their many helpful suggestions and deep interest in the success of our schools.
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT I. BRAMHALL, Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR.
January 3, 1916-February 18, 1916
7 weeks
March 27, 1916-June 16, 1916 12 weeks
September 4, 1916-December 15, 1910 15 weeks
January 1, 1917-February 16, 1917 7 weeks .
March 26, 1917-June 15, 1917
12 weeks
SCHOOL CENSUS, SEPT. 1, 1915.
Boys, 5-7 years old Jill{\
76
Girls, 5-7 years old. trength
8 10
Boys, 7-14 years old,/ryjum 38 25°
Girls, 7-14 years old.(
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35
Boys, 14-16 years old.] 11
13;
Girls, 14-16 years old .;
7
-
Total,
113
90
96
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF NINTH GRADES, Friday, June 11, 1915. Program.
March. Schools
Prayer.
Rev. A. H. Plumb
Song. "O Blest Creator." Schools
Welcome, Edward O'Donnell
Essay, "Irrigation in the West."
Lavander Sargeant Clifford
Song. "Over the Fields of Clover," Schools
Essay. "The Work of the Fish Commission."
William MacFarland Morse
Recitation. "The Legend of St. Christopher." Ella Sherman Ferrin
Essay, "Civil War Days in Oakham," . F. Arthur Louis Thomas
Song, "Sailing" Schools
Essay, "The Old Turnpikes." Henry Sommerman Newton Marion Corinne Fairbank
Essay, "Boy Musicians."
Class Future. Charles William Keep
Song. "Forget-Me-Not," Schools
Essay. "Peace. Farewell."
Edith Alberta Plumb
Presentation of Certificates. Jesse Allen.
Chairman of School Committee Class Song.
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REPORT OF THE Supervisor of Drawing.
Holden. Massachusetts, December 31, 1915.
Mr. Robert I. Bramhall. Superintendent of schools.
Dear Sir:
As my work in the schools began in September, 1915, my report must necessarily be brief.
The aim of the drawing courses is not to make an artist of every child. but to develop the power of drawing as a simple, efficient means of expression. Every child with or without talent should be taught to appreciate refinement in ordinary surroundings. to use judgment in selecting and de- signing objects in common use, and to love the beautiful in art and nature.
I thank the teachers for their co-operation and interest, whien have done much to make my work in Oakham a pleasure.
Respectfully submitted. G. ELEANOR SHAW. Supervisor of Drawing.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Mr. Robert I. Bramhall,
Superintendent of Schools.
Holden, Mass.
Dear Sir :-
I have inspected the school pupils of Oakham twice dur- ing the current year. The general condition of the pupils has been found good, with no unusual number of minor afflictions common among school children.
Over one-fourth of the pupils are unvaccinated-a record probably unequalled in any town in the state. The town authorities should act withort further delay to remedy this condition by enforcing the statutes requiring vaccina- tion.
Respectfully submitted. C. W. STICKNEY. School Physician.
Holden, December 31. 1915
FIRE WARDEN'S REPORT.
January 11, 1916.
During the past year we have had very few forest fires. The season was wet. thus making it much easier to control them. Then the town has extinguishers all through the town, so if a fire starts in any part of the town everyone gets busy and by the time the warden or the deputies get there, the fire is well under control. Then the lookout sta- tion on the mountain has an eye out for fires and when the lookout sees smoke he locates it as near as he can and noti- fies the warden in that location and tells him to get busy. and they do. So you see the wardens are being watched by the man higher up. so there is no chance for a warden to shirk in that office which he holds. The town of Oakham has the reputation of having the best fire fighters of any town that has a paid fire company. We have saved thou- sands of dollars' worth of property by having these extin- guishers in nearly every house in town, whereas, if we had had a more elaborate equipment stationed in the village and had to wait for that to get there, the place would have been burned down. The first five minutes with a small extin- guisher when the fire starts is worth more than a whole fire company an hour later. The money that the town invests in extinguishers is of as much importance as good work.
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE. Fire Warden.
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ROLL OF HONOR. 1914-1915.
One Year. Alexina Labonte, Helen Gaffney.
Two Terms of Eleven Weeks.
Emroy Howe, Ruth Morse, Arthur Thomas, Esther Briggs, Herbert Howe, Charles Ferrin, Doris Bruce, Bernice Carpenter, Holbrook Prescott, Doris Carpenter.
One Term of Eleven Weeks.
Ola Bechan. Lavander Clifford. Ella Ferrin, Beatrice Howe, William Morse, Edward O'Donnell. Edith Plumb, Franklin Briggs, Hazel Briggs, Alexander Crawford. Edwin Lupa. Arline Prevost, Sophie Bechan, Kenneth Pierce, Walter Pierce, Alla Carpenter, Harlan Boyd. Harry Boyd. Joseph Bruce, Russell Chase, Ralph Pres- cott. Lena Knight, Arthur Messier, Gertrude Edson. Laura Snay, Frank Parkman. Ethel Rutherford.
SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1914-1915
School
Teacher
Preparation
Salary
Total Enrollment
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Percent of Attendance
Grammar
Florence E. Bothwell
N. Brookfield High
$12.00
27
25
23
93
Primary
Fthel M. Braman
Northfield Sem.
$11.00
2-+
20
19
92
Coldbrook
Madeline Earle*
Lowell Normal
$11.00
34
29
28
97
.South
Effie T. Swindell
Barre High
$10.00
15
11
10
95
West
Kathryn Butler
Worcester Normal
$10.00
23
13
10
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