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Music
Rrth B. Dwelley
Northampton
$4.00
Totals
$58.00
121
98
90
91
Grammar
Florence E. Bothwell
N. Brookfield High
$12.00
20
Primary
Fthel M. Braman
Northfield Sem.
$11.00
26
Coldbrook
R: th E. Butterfield
Worcester Normal
$12.50
27
South
Effie T. Swindell
Borre High
$10.00
15
West
Helena K. Rutherford
N. Brookfield
$10.00
15
Music
Ruth B. Dwelley
Northampton
$4.00
Drawing
G. Eleanor Shaw
Mass. Normal Art
$5.00
Totals
$64.50
*Substitutes :-- May R. O'Donnell, Antonia F. Godabont. Teresa MeDermott.
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1915-1916
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS For the Year 1915.
BIRTHS.
. March 6, son ( Charles Reuben ) to Sylvester R. and Ethel B. Dean.
March 7, son (Laureston S.) to Edward J. and Laura N. Crawford.
March 27 daughter, ( Isabel) to Ralph I. and Leone Daniels April 1. son ( Albert Francis) to Francis A. and Bernice B Sullivan.
May 25, son (Anthony) to Frank and Josephine Luper.
Aug. 2, daughter (Helen) to Martin and Damy Winsky.
Sept. 21, daughter ( Martha E.) to George H. and Marjorie E. Lackey.
Oct. S. daughter ( Julia M.) to William H. and Louise H. Harris.
Dec. 4, daughter ( Elizabeth P.) to Franklin E. and Mabel P. Howe.
Dec. 27, son ( Albert N.) to Albert N. and Irna C. Dafault.
MARRIAGES.
July 20, Herbert L. Burdett to Nellie P. Hale.
July 28. Harry W. Green to Della L. Dodge.
Sept. 11, A. Leroy Burt to. May E. O'Donnell.
Oct. 27. Irving R. Flemming to Hazel E. Grimes.
Oct. 16. Jay E. Faton to Ina G. Paige.
Nov. 24, James F. Gaffney to Winifred A. Mulligan.
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DEATHS.
Year
Mo.
Days
Jan. 15, Jeremiah R. Fairbank
88
3
11
Feb. 19, Henry E. Morse
67
1
11.
April 14, William H. Chamberlain
73
3
6
May 2, Susan F. Fairbank
82
4
3
May 6. Wayland Angier
64
10
7
May 14, Sarah A. White
42
May 27. P. James Cumming's
37
7
20
July 14. Warren C. Keyes
80
3
10
Aug. 13, M. Ruberta Dean
2
9
25
Oct. 9. Minnie L. Woodis
58
9
Nov. 7. Edward F. Parmenter
65
8
20
Dec. 1. Sabra W. Woodis
88
11
BURIALS IN TOWN.
Jan. 25, Mary P. Dunn
94
6
13
Feb. 2. Lucy W. Allen
80
2
25
March 10. Lorenzo Hill
82
0
26
Dec. 14. Martha R. Sargeant
76
Number of dogs licensed, 67. Male, 60 ; female. 7.
Number of hunter's licenses issued, 88.
JESSE ALLEN, -
Town Clerk.
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OFFICIAL REPORTS YEAR 1916
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ARNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OF
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200000000
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1762
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR
Ending December 31 1916
THE GAZETTE MOTOR PRINT BARRE, MANS.
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Town Officers for 1916
TOWN CLERK :
JESSE ALLEN.
Term expires 1918
SELECTMEN :
GILBERT T. BUTTERFIELD,
Term expires 1917
SYLVESTER R. DEAN, JOHN P. DAY.
Term expires 1918
Term expires 1919
ASSESSORS :
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, Term expires 1917
WALTER A. WOODIS, Term expires 1918
SYLVESTER H. HASKELL.
Term expires 1919
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR :
JESSE ALLEN, Term expires 1917
WILLIAM H. PARKMAN. Term expires 1918
CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE, Term expires 1919
SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
MRS. MINNIE M. DAY. Term expires 1917
JESSE ALLEN, Term expires 1918
J. NELSON BALL, Term expires 1919
LIBRARY TRUSTEES :
SARA E. BUTLER, Term expires 1917
FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, Term expires 1918 JESSE ALLEN. Term expires 1919
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE :
JAMES P. FAIRBANK ALFRED C. MORSE, JESSE ALLEN,
Term expires 1917
Term expires 1918 Term expires 1919
COLLECTOR : EDMUND CODY.
TREASURER : JOHN W. DWELLEY.
AUDITOR : ROY M. WEAVER.
TREE WARDEN : HENRY W. GRIMES.
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR : GILBERT T. BUTTERFIELD.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES : GEORGE H. MORSE.
MEASURERS OF LUMBER :
W. R. DEAN, W. A. WOODES, O. D. WEBBER.
MEASURERS OF WOOD : A. C. MORSE. S. R. DEAN. F. H. PARMENTER.
FENCE VIEWERS :
JESSE ALLEN. S. H. HASKELL, C. H. TROWBRIDGE.
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CONSTABLES :
W. C. AYRES, W. R. DEAN, F. L. CHEEVER, F. H. PARMENTER. FREDERICK EXLEY, H. W. BARTLETT.
FIELD DRIVER : R. F. PARKER.
TOWN AGENT: FRANK S. CONANT.
UNDERTAKER : JAMES P. FAIRBANK.
CATTLE INSPECTOR : HENRY W. STONE.
FOREST FIREWARD : C. H. TROWBRIDGE.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT : ROBERT I. BRAMHALL.
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Town Clerk's Report of Births, Marriages and Deaths for the year 1916
BIRTHS.
Jan. 24. Daughter (Myrtle Lizzie) to Harry W. and Della D. Green.
Jan. 13. Daughter ( Thais S.) to Fabius W. and Rhoda C. Beckwith.
Feb. 8. Son ( Nicholas M.) to Mitze and Edith S. George.
Apr. 26. Daughter (Myrtle Alice) to Bert S. and Alice B. Reed.
Aug. 10. Daughter (Clara M.) to Weston and Florence C. Barton.
Aug. 16. Daughter (Ida Emma) to Samuel and Eva C. Bruno.
MARRIAGES.
June 21. Milton A. Bullard to Minnie M. Rutherford.
Sept. 25. Percy F. Wilbur to Lila C. Parkman.
Oct. 16. Owen D. Armstrong to Beatrice Monroe. Nov. 8. Wallace S. Freeman to Esther C. Needham.
Nov. 30. Joseph J. Beacham to Mary A. White.
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DEATHS.
Y. M. D.
Jan. 11. ( In Worcester) Edward P. May- nard, 86 0 12
Jan. 31. William S. Crawford,
84
7 9
Feb. 28. James E. Kennedy,
56 8 22
Mar. 7. Walter M. Robinson,
57 11 20
Mar. 19. Helen Winsky, 7
17
Apr. 4. Charles Foster, 75
19
Apr. 7. Martha J. Hale,
38
9 22
Oct. 30. John E. Stone, 71 11 17
Dec. 4. Charles F. Sanderson, 66
2 25
Population, 527.
Voters, male, 133; female, 9.
Number of dogs licensed, 67; male, 56; female, 11.
Number of hunter's licenses, 80.
JESSE ALLEN, Town Clerk.
Report of Superintendent of Streets
REPAIRING ROADS, 1916.
G. T. Butterfield,
$489 80
James Woodis,
136 00
Frank Boyd,
124 00
Evander Green,
123 26
Guy C. Allen, Jr.,
119 58
Henry D. Bullard,
97 44
Fred Parkman,
73 25
Winthrop Boyd,
69 25
Clifford Knight,
40 50
George Morse,
32 50
Walter R. Dean,
30 00
Ed. Bullard,
18 50
R. F. Parker,
15 31
Milton Bullard,
14 50
James Scott,
14 42
Roy Weaver,
13 50
Pat O'Donnell,
13 63
New England Road Machine Co.,
11 50
Graal Keep,
7 50
Arthur Spooner.
5 50
J. P. Fairbank,
5 50
David Hallowell.
5 00
Ira Stone,
4 50
Frank Loring.
4 00
Frank Lupier.
4 00
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David Labonte,
3 25
Ed. Green.
3 25
W. H. Park man,
3 00
Geo. S. Butler,
3 19
John P. Day,
2 40
John Dwelly,
2 25
Manton Lincoln,
2 17
Henry Stone,
1 75
Tom Gaffney,
1 67
Justin Rawson,
1 30
Henry Grimes,
1 25
$1498 62
GRAVEL ROADS, 1916.
Evander Green,
$132 50
G. T. Butterfield,
88 50
James Woodis,
63 00
Henry Bullard.
62 50
Guy C. Allen, Jr.,
62 13
Milton Bullard,
61 25
Roy Weaver.
53 25
Winthrop Boyd,
52 00
Walter Dean,
51 65
Frank Boyd.
48 00
William Fullam Co.,
40 16
Standard Oil Co.,
40 00
John O'Donnell,
33 75
Grace Keep.
27 50
. Edwin Bullard,
28 25
Clifford Knight,
24 75
Edwin Green,
20 25
10
Patrick O'Donnell,
11 25
Frank Loring,
5 00
Geo. S. Butler,
2 59
$908 28
Received from the State,
700 00
$208 28
G. T. BUTTERFIELD, Road Commissioner.
OPENING ROADS, 1916.
G. T. Butterfield,
$76 72
Morton F. Lincoln,
64 07
D. A. Rutherford,
9 00
John Bowen,
1 50
James Scott,
41 16
H. W. Stone,
27 08
Geo. H. Morse,
1 75
Frank Lupier,
64 93
Walter McClantham,
3 95
Justin Rawson,
17 75
H. D. Bullard,
6 43
H. A. Crawford,
27 20
William Gaffney,
54 92
Ira Stone,
32 29
Thomas Gaffney,
23 48
Thomas Moran,
1 25
John Moran,
6 00
Fred Allen.
7 13
Peter White.
21 00
Frederick Exley,
12 25
Patrick O'Donnell,
44 36
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S. R. Dean,
27 53
W. R. Dean,
4 75
Will Moran,
2 62
W. A. Parkman,
4 44
Wallace Grimes,
1 50
W. E. Swindell,
4 89
Fay Russell,
7 75
S. H. Haskell,
4 50
John P. Day.
18 31
C. H. Trowbridge,
10 00
C. R. Knight,
7 75
F. W. Beckwith,
12 44
David Hallowell,
6 75
Evander Green,
13 50
Walter Green,
13 75
Roy Weaver,
19 00
Frank Boyd,
3 25
C. O. Adams,
10 00
Guy C. Allen,
5 50
Paul Needham,
5 75
Fred Beacham,
3 00
James Gaffney,
52 83
Timothy Doyle,
20 75
Mason Dean.
30 38
A. B. Spooner,
4 25
James Woodis.
4 50
W. H. Boyd,
7 00
Bert Reed,
16 25
Dennis Leyden,
10 50
E. A. Burton,
3 00
Geo. Larvel,
11 63
Will Snay.
6 50
12
John Thrasher, Edwin Bullard,
3 00
88
$902 67
G. T. BUTTERFIELD. Road Commissioner.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor
Assessment,
$11 40
Dr. Bates,
2 25
G. S. Butler,
10 65
Blanks.
45
Postage.
2 75
City Hospital,
22 86
St. Vincent Hospital,
93 79
M. F. Lincoln,
92 40
Board of E. H. Ayres (Refunded ),
154 65
Wm. H. Parkman (Overseer).
42 00
Jesse Allen (Overseer),
23 00
C. H. Trowbridge (Overseer),
10 00
$466 20
Respectfully submitted. JESSE ALLEN, WM. H. PARKMAN. CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE, Orerseers of the Poor
Report of the Charlton Poor Farm Assoc. From January 1, 1916 to January 1, 1917
EXPENDITURES
Orrin L. Potter and wife (salary)
650 00
Inside Labor,
456 37
Outside Labor,
271 58
Groceries,
2,042 44
Meat.
301 35
Rent and Interest,
585 96
Tobacco,
71 81
Blacksmithing,
98 50
Filling Silo,
63 50
Molasses,
23 23
Fertilizer,
46 80
Painting.
20 00
Filling Icehonse,
7 00
Harness.
29 00
Sawdust,
57 08
Stock,
510 00
Horse,
200 00
Miscellaneous,
450 89
Grain,
1,494 14
Fish and Oysters.
117 83
Oil,
25 45
C'oal.
317 87
Medicine and Medical Attendance,
123 85
67
3 00 88
14
Boots, shoes and clothing,
273 88
Replenishing,
60 74
Wagon,
18 00
Tools and Seeds,
82 12
Hardware,
91 79
Veterinary,
38 75
Table,
16 00
Poultry.
12 50
Potatoes,
13 75
$8,572 16
RECEIPTS
Milk,
$2,216 22
Eggs,
40 38
Stock,
718 44
Horse,
200 00
Outside Labor,
174 46
Board,
388 93
Miscellaneous,
18 05
Assessments from the several towns belonging to the Charlton Poor Farm Association, 620 03
$4,376 51
Cash received :
Charlton, 115 2-7 weeks, $5.257.
$606 26
Paxton, 52 2-7 weeks, $5.257,
274 97
Westminster, 52 2-7 weeks, $5.257,
274 97
Holden. 95 2-7 weeks, $5,257,
501 10
Princeton, 92 5-7 weeks, $5,257.
487 01
Rutland, 52 2-7 weeks, $5.257,
274 97
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Millbury, 154 5-7 weeks, $5.257,
813 54
Hubbardston, 7 3-7 weeks, $5.257, 39 26
Holland, 19 5-7 weeks, $5.257,
101 84
Sterling, 74 4-7 weeks, $5,257,
392 42
Hardwick, 52 2-7 weeks, $5.257, 275 26
Oakham, 29 1-7 weeks, $5.257,
153 45
$4,195 65
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation,
$100 00
Perpetual care of lots,
65 00
Individual care of lots,
81 12
Contributions,
20 00
$266 12
EXPENSES
Paid Edwin Green, Supt.,
$160 80
G. S. Butler,
19 96
A. C. Morse,
11 25
Wm. A. Nye,
66 75
Mr. Rogers ( Printing),
2 32
Mrs. Foster,
2 70
A. Spooner,
1 00
W. A. Woodis.
75
$265 53
As usual ont cemeteries have been well cared for, per- manent improvements having been made within the past Near.
Generous contributions have been received from fam- ilies interested, in this and in other towns for this purpose.
The expense of fertilizing and lawn mowing single burial lots in the future will be three dollars annually. For lawn mowing alone two dollars. Owners desiring both will please notify the Snpt. or one of the Committee. Respectfully submitted.
JESSE ALLEN. ALFRED C. MORSE. JAMES P. FAIRBANK .. Cemetery Committee
Fobes Memorial Library
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation,
$300 00
Dog Fund,
138 27
Gift for New Lights (Mrs. C. E. Fobes),
150 00
$588 27
EXPENSES
Wm. C. Ayres (Janitor),
$123 48
R. F. Parker,
13 13
Amer. Gas Machine Co. (New Lights),
160 00
C. H. Trowbridge, cement and labor,
7 40
G. S. Butler,
5 12
Freight, Ex. and Postage,
$ 09
E. Cody (Coal),
70 00
A. Spooner, drawing coal,
17 48
J. Allen, repairs,
1 95
C. H. Parker & Son,
36 05
Magazines and Books,
18 25
G. N. Briggs, exchange of Books (Coldbrook),
25 00
F. E. Davis, Librarian,
75 00
F. E. Davis, cataloguing.
7 00
$567 95
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The "Library" including the "Building" and Furnish- ings, has been cared for, the past year, entirely by the Trustees.
The new "System of Lighting" presented by Mrs. C. E. Fobes of Worcester, works well and is greatly enjoyed.
A beautiful "Hall Clock," both useful and ornamental, has been presented to the "Library" by our "Old Friend," Mr. Herbert D. Gough of Worcester.
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, SARA E. BUTLER, FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, Library Trustees
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
During the year the library has been open 101 days. Circulation, 2,749
Largest number charged in one day, 49
Smallest number charged in one day, 7
Loaned for use in the public schools. 108
These publications are furnished for the reading room : Illustrated World. Ladies' World. McClure's, Every- body's, Independent, Youths' Companion, Good House- keeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Country Gentleman, Christian Herald, Christian Endeavor World, Woman's Journal, Successful Farming, Our Dumb Animals, Wor- cester Telegram.
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The Library has received gifts from The State Library Commission, Woman's Education Association, Y. P. S. C. E., Mrs. Chetwood Smith. G. M. Dean, Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg, Miss Orzina Lovell, Walter A. Woodis, Edward S. Crawford, Mrs. Lilla Robinson, Mrs. Celia E. Fobes, Mrs. Julius Brown, Benjamin Eldridge, Frank S. Conant, Her- bert D. Gough, Jasper Peabody, Eleanor Hubbell, Charles A. Ware, Mrs. Kate Wilkinson, Mrs. Abbie E. Dean, W. E. Gifford and John Moore. The Library has 2,752 cata- logued volumes. Additions during the year :
Little Sir Galahad, Gray
My Heart's Right There,
Barclay
Yourself and the Neighbors,
MacManus
The Clarion, Adams
Patrol of the Sundance Trail,
Connor
The Honorable Percival,
Rice
Cranberry Cove Stories, Smith
Ten Boys Who Live on the Road from Long Ago,
Andrews
Calling of Dan Matthew,
Wright
The Hermit,
Munn
Four American Poets,
Cody
The Children's Book,
Scudder
Lisbeth Longfrock.
Poulsson
Indian Child Life,
Deming
Mother Goose Village.
Bigham
The Blue Bird for Children,
Perkins
Handy Book for Girls,
Paret
Boy Scouts,
Seton
Games for Playground, Home and School,
Bancroft
Indian Scout Talks,
Eastman
Christmas,
Schauffler
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Pierrot Dog of Belgium,
My Year of the Great War,
Tree Dwellers.
The Land We Live In,
Dopp Price Williams Abbott
Let Me Explain,
The Nations at War,
Washington's Birthday,
Schauffler
Life of Edison.
Meadowcroft
Fritz in Germany,
McDonald McDonald Gilbert
Boris in Russia,
McDonald
A Nurse in Every Home,
Overlock
Famous Men of Middle Ages.
The Belgians at Home,
The Pentecost of Calamity,
Haaren Holland Wister Bjorkman Mix
Woman's Suffrage,
Mighty Animals,
A Summer in Alaska,
Schwatka
World's Fair,
Jenks
Christopher Columbus,
Brooks
Drifting Round the World,
Hall
A Little Colonial Dame,
Sage
The Pot of Gold,
Wilkins
Young Puritans in King Phillip's War,
Smith
The Farm Book.
Smith
The Early Cave Men,
Dopp
The Later Cave Men,
Dopp
Our American Neighbors,
Winslow
Famous Legends,
Crommeliu
Palmer Cox Brownie Primer,
Judd
Story of Cotton,
Brooks
Dyer Palmer
Collette in France.
More Than Conqueror,
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Myths of Red Children,
Wilson
Pilgrim Stories,
The Prince and Betty,
Humphrey Wodehouse
At Sunwich Port.
Jacobs
Heart of Oak Books,
Norton
Banbury Cross Stories,
Howard
So-Fat and Mew-Mew,
Craik
Benighted Mexico,
Smith
Plain Facts About Mexico,
Hagar
A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico,
O'Shaughnessy
The Old Peabody Pew,
Wiggin
Mary Cary,
Bosher
The Little Colonel's Holidays,
Johnston
Little Colonel Stories,
Johnston
Helping Himself,
Alger
Try Again,
Optic
The Making of Major,
Lee
The Mystery of the Carol Ranch,
Kingsbury
Mary 'Gusta,
Lincoln
David Penstephen.
Pryce
Pollyooly,
Jepson
Song of the Lark,
Carter
Prince and Goblin,
McDonald
Songs of Friendship,
Riley
Songs of Home.
Riley
Songs of Summer,
Riley
300 Things a Bright Boy Can Do.
Old Glory,
Andrews
Animal Stories,
Lang
Orange Fairy Book,
Lang
Olive Fairy Book.
Lang
Stories of the Red Children.
Brooks
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Stories of Famous Pictures,
Child's Guide to Living Things,
At the Back of the North Wind,
The Princess and Curdie,
Cinderella,
Lang
April Baby's Book of Tunes,
Arnim
Sure Pop and Safety Scouts,
Bailey
Brier-Patch Philosophy, Long
Stories of India's Gods and Heroes,
Monro
Robin Hood and Men of Greenwood,
Gilbert
The Paradise of Children,
Hawthorne
The Golden Touch,
Hawthorne
The Gorgon's Head,
Hawthorne
Three Golden Apples,
Hawthorne
Heroic Life of Abraham Lincoln.
Heroic Life of Wm. Mckinley. Brave Deeds of Our Naval Heroes. .
The Dressmaker.
The Children's Book,
Burnett Letts
Helinet and Cowl,
Our Child's Favorites,
Wright
Four and Twenty Tailors,
Lucas
The Real Mother Goose.
Atlas and Gazetter of the World,
Reynolds
Boys and Girls of the White House,
Sage
Belgium.
Ormond
In Connection With the De Willoughby Claim,
Burnett
The Country of the Pointed Firs, American Wild Flowers, Mathews
Jewett
Nature Studies in Field and Wood,
Reed
Birds.
Reed
Mother Nature's Children,
Gould
Powers Brewster MacDonald MacDonald
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Stories of Useful Inventions,
From Colony to Commonwealth,
Dicken's Dramatic Reader.
Beginning Electricity,
Shafter
Florence Nightingale,
Richards
Heroes of Chivalry,
Greene
King Arthur and His Knights,
Warren
What Germany Wants,
Mach
Heroes of Everyday Life,
Coe
Stories From British History,
Bevan
The Insect Folk,
Morley
When I Was a Boy in Belginm,
Jonckheere
Told By the Camp Fire,
Cheley
First Book of Forestry,
Roth
The Steam Engine,
Baker
Little Journeys to Russia,
Koch
Indoors and Out.
Mott & Chubb
The Friendship of Nations,
Gulliver
The Heart of a Boy,
Amicis
Elements of Farm Practice,
Wilson
How Telegraphs and Telephones Work,
Gibson
Plays for School Children,
Lutkenhaus
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties,
Beard
The Redemption of David Corson,
Goss
The Haunted Crust,
Saunders
A Tenderfoot in California,
Yeslah
A Fatal Past,
Russell
Ruffino,
Ouida
Constance Trescot.
Mitchell
The Iron Woman,
Deland
The Human Interest,
Hunt
Philip Winwood.
Stephens
Forman Tiffany
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The Dawn of a Tomorrow,
Arminell,
Burnett Baring MacCaren
Kate Carnegie,
A Widow in Thrums,
Barrie
The Mystery of Casterbridge,
Hardy
Holy Orders,
Corelli
David Grieve,
Ward
His Majesty, Myself.
Wallace
R. Holmes & Co.,
Bangs
Cecilia.
Crawford
Barabbas,
Corelli
Corruption,
White
Daniel and the Revelation,
Smith
Billy Sunday, Man and Message,
Ellis
Busy Folk,
Edson and Laing
Lend a Hand,
Edson and Laing
Neighbors,
Edson and Laing
International Encyclopedia.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. DAVIS. Librarian
The Prince of India. .
Report of the School Committee
RECEIPTS
Town-Support of Schools,
$1,800 00
Town-School Superintendent. 60 00
Town-Medical Inspection, 25 00
State return-School Fund, 1,328 28
State return-High School tuition, 790 00
State return-High School transportation.
935 10
State return-School Superintendent, 187 50
State return-Education State children. 40 75
City of Boston return-Education Boston chil-
dren, 78 00
$5.244 63
EXPENSES
SUPERVISION School Committee
Paid Jesse Allen, services, $55 25
Jesse Allen, expenses,
3 00
Jesse Allen, school census.
5 00
Mrs. Minnie M. Day, services,
9 00
J. Nelson Ball, services,
6 00
$78 25
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School Superintendent Paid Robert 1. Bramhall, salary, Robert I. Bramhall. expenses,
$267 50
2 97
$270 47
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Teachers
Paid Miss F. E. Bothwell,
$420 00
Miss E. M. Braman,
385 00
Mrs. E. T. Swindell,
350 00
Miss R. E. Butterfield,
462 50
Miss H. Rutherford,
350 00
Miss E. Shaw,
177 50
Mrs. R. B. Dwelly,
140 00
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$2,285 00
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Books -
Paid Benj. H. Sauborn & Co.,
$ 7 50
Chas. E. Merrill & Co ..
24 32
The Macmillan Co ..
4 00
Edw. E. Babb & Co.,
7 07
Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
32 77
American Book Co.,
8 94
D. C. Heath & Co ..
5 93
R. 1. Bramhall, express,
3 04
$93 57
Supplies
Paid Edw. E. Babb & Co., ៛ 5 42
27
J. L. Hammett Co.,
48 14
G. S. Butler,
6 52
R. I. Bramhall,
2 57
C. H. Parker & Son,
95
Helena K. Rutherford,
40
G. Eleanor Shaw,
39
$64 39
Care and Cleaning
Paid W. W. Russell,
$56 00
Walter Tucker,
6 10
Edward Gaffney,
10 40
J. Nelson Ball,
21 00
Samuel Sherman,
50
Frank Parkman,
5 28
Edgar Swindell,
4 00
Mrs. John Haire,
3 00
Joana Winsky,
4 35
Laura Snay,
70
$111 33
Fuel
Paid Wm. Gaffney,
$25 25
W. W. Russell,
20 00
S. F. Woodis,
9 94
W. R. Woodis,
25 00
M. S. Dean,
25 00
F. H. Parmenter,
15 00
Henry Stone,
12 00
J. Nelson Ball,
5 50
$137 69
)
1
50 97 17
1
28
Janitors' Supplies Paid Middlesex House of Correction, Mass. State Prison,
$3 50
2 02
$5 52
Repairs
Paid Denholm & Mckay Co.,
$3 48
F. S. Conant,
4 30
Wm. C. Ayres,
4 95
W. R. Dean,
3 50
R. F. Parker,
2 75
David Labonte,
1 50
R. I. Bramhall,
20
H. A. Wales Co.,
2 50
G. Eleanor Shaw,
1 00
Win. Gaffney, 1 25
$25 43
Promotion of Health.
Paid Dr. C. W. Stickney, $20 00
3
Grade Transportation
Paid Mrs. Besse Labonte,
$274 00
Ernest W. Mann. 6 35
$280 35
High School Transportation Paid Mr. Chas. Clifford, $46 50
Mr. Edward Cody, 77 85
29
Mr. Mason Dean,
58 50
Mr. Walter Dean,
60 00
Mr. Wm. Gaffney,
83 70
Mr. James Fairbank,
60 00
Mr. Patrick Moran,
102 00
Rev. Albert Plumb,
58 50
Mr. Geo. Morse,
19 50
Mr. Harry Parker,
60 00
Mr. Patrick O'Donnell,
66 00
Mr. Appleton Newton,
42 00
Mr. Clifford Rutherford,
48 30
Mr. Edgar Swindell,
40 50
Mr. Frank Winslow,
61 50
Mr. Jaines Woodis,
57 00
Mr. Geo. S. Butler,
19 50
Mrs. Clayton Adams,
24 00
Mr. Walter Bruce,
17 50
$1.002 85
High School Tuition
Paid Town of Barre.
$350 00
Town of Hardwick,
300 00
Town of Holden,
158 75
Town of No. Brookfield,
40 00
$848 75
Miscellaneous
Florence Bothwell.
$3 00
Barre Cazette,
3 71
Guy C. Allen.
5 00
$11 71
30
Total.
$5,235 31
Receipts.
$5,244 63
Expenditures,
5,235 31
Unexpended balance,
$9 32
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE ALLEN, J. NELSON BALL, MINNIE M. DAY, School Committee
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
Holden, Massachusetts, January 1, 1917.
To the School Committee of the Town of Oakham :
I submit herewith my fourth annual report as superin- tendent of schools.
During the past year the work in all the schools has progressed smoothly with little interruption. Oakham is fortunate to be free from the constant changing of teach- ers, which breaks up the work in many small towns.
During the year a new series of arithmetics was pur- chased. It is hoped that this series will prove more prac- tical than the ones formerly used. There has also been a partial change in the textbooks used for geography and history. Next year new spelling books, elementary lan- guage books, and physiologies should be purchased.
Most of the school buildings are in good condition. The most serious needs are new outbuildings for the South Schoolhouse and new floors in both rooms in the Center Schoolhouse.
Last spring the school year was increased to 34 weeks. It would improve the work of the schools to increase the year to 36 weeks by shortening the spring vacation. The present long vacation makes a break in the work of the year, similar to that caused by the summer vacation.
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The law requiring the town to furnish transporta- tion for its pupils attending high school in other towns has increased the cost of education in Oakham. Under the present law the town is required to bear the entire expense of high school transportation if it has expended less than $4.00 per $1,000.00 valuation from the proceeds of local taxation for the support of schools during the preceding year. If the town has expended over $4.00 but under $5.00 per $1,000.00, the state will reimburse the town for one-half the cost of such transportation, and if the town has expended over $5.00, the state will reimburse the town for the entire cost. In 1912, Oakham expended $3.11 per $1,000; in 1913, $5.25; in 1914, $6.58; in 1915, $3.80; and in 1916, over $5.00.
According to the law the town will be reimbursed in full for the cost of high school transportation in the school years 1914-15, 1915-16, and 1917-18, but will receive no reimbursement for the school years 1913-14, and 1916-17. It will therefore be necessary for the town to make an appropriation to cover the entire expense of transporta- tion for the town fiscal year ending December 31. 1917. During the year 1917. the town will probably expend over $5.00 per $1,000 for the support of schools, but in 1918 there is danger that the expenditure will again fall below $4.00 and so force the town to bear the entire cost of high school transportation for the following school year, 1919-20.
The large enrollment in the Center Primary School, to- gether with the small enrollment in the Grammar School, has made it necessary to transfer the fifth grade to the Graunnar School this year.
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As is shown in the table of statistics there has been a much smaller enrollment in the schools this fall. The Coldbrook School has had the best attendance record of all the schools in this district.
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT I. BRAMHALL, Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1915-1916.
School
Teacher
Educated at
Total
Enrolled
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent
Attendance
Enrolled
Grammar
Florence E. Bothwell
North Brookfield High
20
19
18
93
15
Primary
Ethel M. Braman
Northfield Seminary
29
25
22
91
24
Coldbrook
Ruth E. Butterfield
Worcester Normal
28
23
22
97
19
South
Effie T. Swindell
Barre High
17
14
12
87
11
West
Helena K. Rutherford
North Brookfield High
18
14
12
85
9
Music
Ruth B. Dwelly
Northampton
Drawing
G. Eleanor Shaw
Mass. Normal Art
-
112
95
86
91
78
Dec. 31, 1916
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF NINTH GRADE Friday, June 16, 1916
March Schools
Prayer
Rev. A. H. Plumb
Song, "We Praise Thee" Schools
Welcome Orton Oliver Butler
Essay, "Some of Our Wild Flowers" Ivah Catherine Cody
Essay, "The Value of Good Roads" Fred John Bechan
Essay, "America's Beef Industry"
William Edward Sullivan
Song, "Spring Song" Schools
Essay, "Our Neighbor Argentine"
George Franklin Grimes
Essay, "Our Wonderland"
Doris Bruce
Essay, "Sanitation in the Canal Zone" Alfred Bullard Morse
Essay, "Our Flag and Its Meaning"
Edward Eugene Gaffney
Song, "Anchored" Schools
Essay, "Class Future"
Eleanor Rugg Hubbell
Essay, "Farewell" Gladys Mary Stone
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