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$100 00
Daniel H. Dean,
100 00
Caroline M. Maynard.
150 00
A. J. Holden, 50 00
Lyman S. Walker,
100 00
William A. Fobes.
100 00
Mrs. M. T. F. Kugg, 100 00
Henry A. Morse,
100 00
William L. Haskell,
100 00
Henry P. Wright,
100 00
Lanra G. Burt
100 00
Anna D. Adams,
25 00
Hall & Nourse. 100 00
In the Mechanics Savings Bank :
Stephen Lincoln. $150 00
Charles 1. Fobes. 100 00
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Mrs. Samuel B. Ripley,
25 00
Mary E. Brown,
50 00
Martha M. Macullar,
100 00
Fannie W. Kimball,
50 00
Sumner Reed,
100 00
Weeks & Ellicott,
100 00
In the Five Cents Savings Bank :
Ruth H. Robinson,
$50 00
Jesse Allen,
100 00
Lewis Allen,
100 00
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN W. DWELLY,
Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
The Selectmen submit the following report for the finan- cial year ending December 31, 1917.
PAID TOWN OFFICERS.
Town Clerk
Paid Jesse Allen,
$67 74
Postage and Tel.,
3 89
Record Book,
2 .00
$73 63
Treasurer
Paid John Dwelly,
$50 00
Postage and Ex.,
10 32
60 32
Tar Collector
Paid Ed Cody.
$85 00
Postage,
9 25
94 25
Selectmen
Paid John P. Day,
$50 00
G. T. Butterfield Estate,
30 00
Sylvester R. Dean,
40 00
Postage and Tel.,
3 24
123 24
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Assessors
Paid S. H. Haskell, $25 00
W. H. Parkman,
40 00
W. A. Woodis,
50 00
John Dwelly,
15 00
Postage, etc.,
1 50
131 50
Auditor
Paid Roy Weaver,
50 00
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Paid George A. Briggs,
$2 00
A. C. Morse,
8 00
C. B. Daniels,
2 00
F. E. Davis,
10 00
C. H. Trowbridge,
2 00
John Dwelly,
8 00
George Morse,
4 00
36 00
Registrars of Voters
Paid John P. Day, $10 00
Sylvester Dean,
10 00
G. T. Butterfield,
10 00
Jesse Allen,
10 00
40 00
Scaler of Weights and Measures Paid George H. Morse, 15 00
Overseers of Poor
Services and Support of Poor,
784 92
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School Committee
Paid for support of schools, 5,317 37
Library Trustees
Paid for support of library, 455 17
Superintendent of Streets
Paid for highways and bridges, 971 71
Care of Street Lights
Paid Oliver Wilkins, 1 $84 00
John Dwelly, 56 00
Albert Briggs, 28 00
G. S. Butler,
14 15
C. H. Parker & Son, 118 56
American Gas Machine Co.,
12 69
313 40
Bonds for Town Officers
Paid Mass. Bonding Co.
Treasurer,
$12 00
Tax Collector,
30 00
42 00
Cemetery Committee
Paid for care of cemeteries, 183 39
State and County Tax
Paid County tax,
$441 00
State fax.
990 00
1,431 00
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State Aid
Paid H. M. Green, $72 00
Mrs. John E. Stone, 18 00
S. Amanda Reed,
72 00
Emma A. Blodgett,
72 00
234 00
Worcester Trust Co.
Paid for money borrowed,
$4,500 00
Interest, 110 67
4,610 67
Stute Road
Paid for building state road,
393 66
Opening Roads
Paid for opening roads, 1504 00
Memorial Day
Paid Soldiers Memorial Association, 12 71
Insurance for Employees
Paid F. A. Smith & Son, 41 41
Liquor License
Paid State Treasurer 14 liquor license, 250 00
Brown Tail Moth
Paid C. H. Trowbridge, 26 52
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Fires
C. H. Trowbridge, $18 75
G. T. Butterfield,
41
State supplies,
4 70
G. S. Butler,
2 70
Young Bros. ladder,
25 20
Ed Cody, 3 50
55 26
Miscellaneous
C. G. Rogers, printing, $155 03
J. P. Fairbank, death returns and
burial agent.
19 50
W. W. Russell, care of hall, 79 08
Charles F. Gettemy, certifying notes,
Hobbs & Warren, blanks, 4 00
68
George S. Butler, supplies,
23 00
W. R. Dean, wood,
6 00
Worcester County Abstract Co.
5 90
Henry W. Stone, inspector of live stock, 36 00
W. C. Ayers, trip to East Brook field,
5 00
D. Il. Rice, Willard case,
22 69
Mathew Binding Co., law book,
10 50
W. & L. E. Gurley, sealer's supplies, 9 39
F. HI. Parmenter, dog officer, 20 00
Sylvester R. Dean, rent of deposit box, 3 00
J. P. Fairbank, flowers, 10 00
John P. Day, wood, 8 75
F. H. Parmenter, Callahan case.
9 90
John L. Smith, Harris case, 14 90
Fred Il. Parmenter. Chase case. 21 60
Industrial School, tuition for Frank- lin Cheever, 45 00
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Henry W. Stone, wood, 48 00
C. H. Trowbridge, trimming trees,
2 25
Frank Davis, care of clock, 25 00
Fred Parmenter, 21 50
Ed Cody, lime and cement for library,
8 75
C. H. Trowbridge, labor on library,
5 00
F. L. Cheever, police,
6 00
F. H. Parmenter, police,
3 00
W. C. Ayres, police,
6 00
John P. Day, transportation, 4 25
G. F. MeNamara, towards band at E. Brookfield, 5 00
654 67
Total for year,
$16,942 48
REPAIRING ROADS
G. T. Butterfield,
$323 30
Fred Parkman,
144 86
David Hollowell,
38 75
William Mann,
7 75
W. R. Dean,
27 00
Frank Stone,
26 38
John Beechan.
15 25
C. S. Clifford,
3 00
W. A. Woodis,
36 76
Evander Green,
63 88
Joe Beechan,
15 75
Waldo Knight,
1 50
Frank Boyd,
62 37
W. H. Boyd,
25 74
S. Sherman,
5 50
David Lebonte.
2 65
9 00
Guy C. Allen,
18 24
Pat O'Donnell,
20 00
Roy Weaver,
2 50
Clifford Knight,
6 44
Henry Poole,
8 49
W. Beckwith,
10 00
C. B. Daniels,
2 00
John Keep,
42 60
George Morse,
3 00
A. D. Webber,
5 25
C. H. Parker,
7 25
John P. Day,
8 75
James Gaffney,
8 50
James Woodis,
2 50
W. B. Green,
5 50
Fred Exley.
$971 71
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W. H. Parkman,
11 25
To Town of Oakham :
Accept our sincere appreciation of the floral tribute which came to us in our hour of sorrow.
MR. AND MRS. M. M. BUTTERFIELD AND FAMILY.
Once more the angel of Death has come among our town officials, this time taking our beloved friend and associate, Gilbert T. Butterfield. Mr. Butterfield was a young man of excellent character and sterling qualities, one who was a friend to everyone and always anxious and willing to help anyone who was in trouble. Mr. Butterfield had served the town faithfully as selectman for seven years. and had been a most efficient road commissioner for five years. His pres- ence in the community in which he lived will be sadly missed, and as a citizen of our town it has lost one of its most enterprising young men, and one who had a most promising future before him. In behalf of the town and ourselves we extend our deepest sympathy to the family.
JOHN P. DAY
SYLTESTER R. DEAN S
Selectmen of Oakham
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Mary Lincoln Alden Memorial Fund
Mr. George I. Alden of Worcester has very generously presented the town $5000 in bonds, in memory of his first wife, Mary Lincoln Alden, who was a native of this town. This fund is to be known as the "Mary Lincoln Alden Memorial Fund," the income of which is to be used for the benefit and relief of the poor, sick and needy of Oakham. It is not the intention of Mr. Alden that any of this money should be used to reduce any of the appropriation for the Poor Department, but to furnish extras, delicacies, etc., for those who are in need. This fund is left in the hands of the Selectmen, who are to act as trustees, and are author- ized to spend the income where in judgment it is most needed. The bonds are deposited in a safe deposit box in the Mechanics National Bank of Worcester and are drawing 5 per cent interest.
We feel very grateful to Mr. Alden for this gift and be- lieve that it will be greatly appreciated and of great benefit to the people of our town.
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Mr. Alden also has very kindly given his personal check for $50, to be used immediately, if necessary, until there is interest due on this bond which will be March first.
JOHN P. DAY ( Selectmen of SYLVESTER R. DEAN Oakham
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AUDITOR'S REPORT 1917
This is to certify that I have examined and approved all bills of the Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, School Commit- tee, Road Commissioner, Cemetery Committee, Tree and Fire Wardens, Moth Exterminator, Library Trustees, Treas- urer and Tax Collector, and found them to be correct.
R. M. WEAVER, Auditor.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Dr.
Uncollected taxes for 1915
$33 87 3 05
Interest
$36 92
Dr.
By Treasurer's report
$36 92
Cr.
Uncollected taxes for 1916
$2054 62
Interest
79 32
$2133 94
Dr.
By Treasurer's report
$2086 35
Abatement
34 85
$2121 20
$12 74
Dr.
Taxes committed to me for collection Aug. 22, 1917. State tax $990 00
County tax
441 00
Town tax
6615 00
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Overlaying Omitted taxes Interest
$201 38 93 25
1 60
$8342 23
Cr.
By Treasurer's receipts
6191 47
$2150 76
Respectfully submitted, EDMUND CODY,
Collector.
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REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONER
OPENING ROADS
Paid G. T. Butterfield
$52 50
Guy C. Allen, Jr
6 87
Evander Green
15 75
Paul Needham
4 25
Walter B. Green
15 25
Clarence Grimes
15 25
Edwin Bullard
12 50
Bert S. Reed
8 75
Frank Fobes
1 75
Winthrop Boyd
3 75
Frank Winslow
1 67
James Gaffney
12 25
Charles Trowbridge
1 13
Roy Weaver
5 75
William Snay
6 00
W. R. Dean
17 83
John P. Day
13 44
Fred T. Parkman
11 88
William H. Parkman
12 13
David Hallowell
3 75
James Scott
30 59
Alvin Swindell
3 00
F. W. Beckwith
7 50
William Gaffney
31 34
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Justin E. Rawson
$18 03
Frank Lupa
14 77
Clifford Knight
9 75
J. J. Doyle
9 75
Fay D. Russell
3 50
Walter A. Woodis
23 32
Ira W. Stone
21 58
George A. Briggs
2 25
Frank Boyd
3 00
Charles Daniels
1 00
Milton Bullard
9 92
Henry U. Crawford
1 00
Dennis Leyden
4 75
Patrick Moran
2 00
John Moran
3 75
Thomas Moran
2 25
Patrick O'Donnell
5 25
Morton F. Lincoln
31 30
Frank Stone
3 00
John Thresher
1 13
William Mann
1 25
A. Arnold
1 25
Thomas Gaffney
15 78
George Morse
1 08
J. Fred Allen
3 75
Mason Dean
5 54
Ralph Keep
1 50
Milton Bullard
3 67
George Grimes
2 00
Edgar Swindell
75
Frederick Exley
1 75
A. B. Spooner
67
Orton Butler
2 50-
$504 00
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GRAVEL ROAD
Paid Evander Green
$84 00
Winthrop Boyd
38 50
James Woodis
35 75
Ralph Cody
30 00
Porter Woodis
32 50
David Hallowell
30 00
Fred Parkman .
63 00
Frank Boyd
24 75
Paul Needham
20 00
Walter R. Dean
27 00
George Morse
4 00
George S. Butler
1 66
Frank E. Loring
1 50
David Labonte
1 00
$393 66
W. H. BOYD,
Road Commissioner, (Pro Tem) .
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LIST OF JURORS
Thomas Gaffney. Farmer Fred Parmenter, Officer Roy Weaver. Farmer. George H. Morse, Farmer Ira Stone, Farmer Frark Cheever, Carpenter Clifford Knight. Farmer
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Assessment,
$11 40
Charlton Poor Farm,
135 56
City of Worcester, St. Vincent Hospital, 118 29
City of Worcester, St. Vincent Hospital,
30 72
Overseers of the Poor (Mothers' Aid),
319 00
Hobbs & Warren, Printing blanks,
45
M. F. Lincoln, Care of poor,
32 00
Mrs. Kate Allen, Care of poor,
7 50
Dr. Douglass, Medical attendance,
4 00
Wm. H. Parkman, Overseer, 46 00
C. H. Trowbridge, Overseer,
19 00
C. H. Trowbridge, Care of poor,
10 00
Jesse Allen, Overseer,
28 00
Jesse Allen, Postage,
3 00
$784 92
Respectfully submitted, JESSE ALLEN, WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, CHARLES H. TROWBRIDGE, Overseers of the Poor.
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Report of Charlton Poor Farm Association
For the Year Ending December 31, 1917
In presenting this annual report, the Management of the Association feel gratified that in spite of the fact that every necessity of life costs more than last year, the cost per week has been brought down considerably. The Association is fortunate in being able to retain the ser- vices of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Wheeler as Warden and Matron for another year, beginning April 1, 1918.
The town of Charlton has repainted the entire interior of the house and installed a large refrigerator. The re- frigerator is large enough to hold supplies of meats and provisions in sufficient quantities, so that they can be bought at wholesale, thereby making quite a saving.
The Officers of the Association are:
President, William H. Parkman, Oakham, Mass.
Vice-I'resident, Aaron L. Potter, Holden, Mass. Secretary and Treasurer, Louise M. Hanff. Rutland, Mass. Auditors, Horace P. Jacobs, Auburn, Mass.
A. Fred Putnam, Charlton, Mass.
The financial report follows:
RECEIPTS
Milk,
$1,851 73
Eggs,
47 10
Stock,
272 00
Outside Labor,
50 42
Produce,
194 30
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Miscellaneous,
124 44
Board,
784 22
Immates' Board,
3,204 74
Assessments,
620 03
$7,148 98
EXPENDITURES
Carl M. Wheeler and wife, salary,
$750 00
Inside Labor,
260 70
Outside Labor,
301 56
Groceries,
1,145 42
Meats and Fish,
574 27
Clothing,
92 04
Hardware,
59 17
Grain,
961 33
- Insurance,
120 58
Oil,
27 55
Miscellaneous,
240 30
Supplies,
231 02
Drugs,
47 33
Stock,
9 00
Telephone,
31 34
Filling Silo,
50 00
Blacksmithing,
21 46
Coal.
328 87
Medical Attendance,
45 40
Tobacco,
67 61
Fireproof Safe,
30 00
Seeds,
31 08
Mattresses,
90 00
Rent and Interest,
585 96
$6,101 99
Balance in favor of the Association, $1,046 99
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This amount will be credited to the several towns be- longing to the Association in proportion to the amount paid to the Association for board of inmates during the year 1917.
Cash received and due from towns of the Association for board of imnates :
Charlton, 5 inmates, 108 weeks, $486 07
Holden, 4 inmates, 130 5-7 weeks, 586 36
Princeton, 1 inmate, 52 weeks, 234 63
Oakham, 1 inmate, 34 1-7 weeks, 155 56
Westminster, 1 inmate, 52 weeks 234 63
Rutland, 1 inmate, 52 weeks, 234 63
Hubbardston, 1 inmate, 10 3-7 weeks, 46 93
Hardwick, 1 inmate, 3 weeks, 13 50
Paxton, 1 inmate, 52 weeks,
234 63
Sterling, 2 inmates, 104 weeks, 469 26
Millbury, 2 inmates, 112 1-7 weeks,
508 54
$3,204 74
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM H. PARKMAN, President.
. LOUIS M. HANFF, Secretary'and Treasurer.
Charlton, Mass.,
January 1, 1918.
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Report of the Cemetery Committee
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation,
$75 00
Perpetual care of lots,
65 00
Individual care of lots,
72 00
$212 00
EXPENSES
Edwin Green, Supt.,
$97 14
S. F. Woodis, Labor,
24 75
. W. H. Maynard, Repairing tomb,
7 35
A. C. Morse, Labor,
10 25
Worcester Iron Works, Toomb-door,
37 00
J. P. Fairbank, Labor and fertilizer,
4 00
A. B. Spooner, Labor,
2 00
G. S. Butler.
90
$183 39
Respectfully submitted, ALFRED C. MORSE. JESSE ALLEN, J. P. FAIRBANK, Cemetery Committee.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
During the year the library has been open to the public 102 days.
Circulation, 1,8S±
Largest number charged in one day, 37
Smallest number charged in one day, 4
Loaned for use in the public schools, 95
These publications are furnished for the reading room . Illustrated World, McClure's, Independent, Everybody's. Youth's Companion, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's. Today's Housewife, Etude, Country Gentleman, Successful Farming, Christian Herald, Chris. . tian Endeavor World, The American Boy, Popular Me- chanics, National Tribune, Official Bulletin, Our Dumb Animals, Worcester Telegram. The library has received gifts from the State Library Commission, Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, Oakham Y. P. S. C. E .. Mrs. Celia E. Fobes, Dean Henry P. Wright, Mrs. M. T. F. Rugg. Gardner M. Dean, Walter A. Woodis, Albert P. Langtry. Mrs. Lilla Robinson, Mrs. Henry P. Wright, Mrs. Intins Brown, C. M. Packard. J. E. Bullard, Eleanor Hubbell. Mrs. Florine Lincoln Harvey.
$10.00 was collected for the War Library Fund.
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The library has 2,833 catalogued volumes. These have been added during the year:
Beyond the Frontier,
Randall
The Day of Wrath,
Tracy
Just David,
Porter
The Black Box,
Oppenheim
The Taming of Zenas Henry,
Bassett
When a Man's a Man.
Wright
The Real Man,
Lynde
The Shepherd of the North,
Maher
The Harbor,
Poole
Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs,
Warner
The Landloper,
Day
The Tollhouse,
St. Leger
The World for Sale,
Parker
The Money Master,
Parker
Jack Among the Indians,
Grimell
Jack in the Rockies,
Grinnell
Little Miss Grouch,
Adams
Seven Miles to Arden.
Sawyer
The Rainbow Trail,
Gray
Behind the Bolted Door.
McFarlane
Rebecca Mary,
Donnell
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow,
Green
Green Fancy,
MeCutcheou
The Witness,
Lutz
The Village Pest,
Montgomery
Calvary Alley.
Rice
Great Possessions,
Graysou
Anne's House of Dreams,
Montgomery
The Indian Drum.
MacHarg and Balmer
Our Garden Flowers,
Keeler
Principles of Fruit Growing,
Bailey
Manual of Gardening.
Bailey
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Every Man His Own Mechanic,
Fireless Cook Book,
Feeding the Family,
Better Meals for Less Money,
Pure Food Cook Book,
Maddocks
The Jonathan Papers, 2 vols.,
Woodbridge
Blind Soldiers and Sailors' Gift Book
A Student in Arms,
Hankey
A Hostage in Germany,
Desson
Belgium,
Enson
History of the World,
Larned
Uncivilized Races,.
Wood
Electric Magazine
Library of Travel,
Taylor
Washington and His Generals,
Headley
The Englishman in America,
Gil Blas,
Smollet
Respectfully submitted, FRANK E, DAVIS, Librarian.
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Twain Barnard Mitchell Rose Green
FOBES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
RECEIPTS
Town appropriation,
$300 00
Dog fund,
181 05
$481 05
EXPENSES
William C. Ayers, janitor,
$120 00
H. R. Huntington, books,
39 38
American Gas Machine Co.,
1 62
G. S. Butler,
2 42
G. T. Butterfield, teaming.
17 47
Edmund Cody, coal,
77 33
W. A. Woodis, wood,
8 00
Insurance.
52 50
C. Il. Trowbridge.
70
W. R. Dean, repair ou furnace,
14 75
F. E. Davis, Librarian,
80 53
G. N. Briggs, carrying books,
25 00
Magazines and subscriptions.
12 00
Miscellaneous,
8 47
$455 17
The Library has been well patronized for the year.
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Mrs. C. E. Fobes of Worcester, who has done so much for the Town, has added one thousand dollars to the Li- brary Fund. also presented to the Library a "Beautiful Flag."
Prof. H. P. Wright and wife, our "life long" friends, have also given to the Town five hundred dollars to be known as the "Alfred Parks Wright Memorial Fund," the income to be used in the purchase of literature useful especially to the schools of the Town.
Respectfully submitted, JESSE ALLEN, SARA BUTLER, FLORENCE E. BOTHWELL, Library Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
RECEIPTS
Town-Support of Schools,
$1,800 00
Town-School Superintendent, 60 00
Town-Medical Inspection, 20 00
State return-School Fund,
1,120 95
State return-High School tuition,
890 00
State return-School Superintendent,
187 50
State return-Education State children,
120 75
City of Boston return-Education Boston children, 75 75
Town-School Transportation,
1,000 00
$5,274 95
EXPENSES
School Committee
Pai:l Jesse Allen, services,
$58 75
Jesse Allen, school census. 5 00
J. Nelson Ball, services, 6 00
Mrs. Minnie M. Day, services.
11 00
$80 75
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F
School Superintendents
Paid Robert I. Bramhall, James R. Childs,
$192 50
90 00.
$282 50
Teachers
Paid Miss F. E. Bothwell,
$416 00
Miss E. M. Braman,
382 00
Mrs. E. T. Swindell, 348 00
Miss R. E. Butterfield,
440 00
Miss H. Rutherford,
328 00
Miss E. Shaw,
110 00
Mrs. R. B. Dwelly,
144 00
$2,168 00
School Supplies
Pair for supplies,
$113 28
Care and Cleaning
Paid W. W. Russell,
$52 35
Frank Parkman,
14 00
Joana Winsky.
6 15
J. Nelson Ball,
21 00
Miss H. Rutherford,
9 50
Mrs. D. Hallowell,
5 10
Mrs. Minnie Parkman,
5 40
Mrs. John Harris.
5 00
J. Nelson Ball.
2 00
$121 00
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Fuel
Paid F. H. Parmenter,
$2 00
Mr. Milton Bullard,
21 00
Mr. H. W. Stone,
9 00
Mr. W. W. Russell, .
34 94
Mr. W. R. Dean,
30 00
Mr. Frank Winslow,
24 00
Mr. Mason Dean,
81 00
Mr. J. N. Ball,
8 25
$230 19
Repairs
Paid Mr. B. S. Reed,
$3 00
Mr. R. F. Parker,
3 07
Mr. Fullum,
2 40
Mr. J. P. Day,
9 40
Mr. W. R. Dean,
3 00
Mr. E. Swindell,
2 00
Mr. C. H. Trowbridge,
3 00
.825 87
Promotion of Health
Paid Dr. C. W. Stickney, $20 00
Grade Transportation
Paid Mrs. Bessie Labonte,
$331 00
. Mr. Ernest W. Man,
11 30
$342 30
4.
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High School Transportation
Paid Mr. Edward Cody,
$95 00
Mr. James Woodis,
16 50
Mr. Mason Dean,
12 00
Mr. William Gaffney,
120 00
Mr. E. Swindell,
42 00
Mr. Clifford Rutherford,
68 10
Mr. Patrick Moran,
51 00
Mr. Harry Parker,
36 00
Mr. Walter Bruce,
62 00
Mr. Frank Winslow,
49 50
Mr. Patrick O'Donnell,
57 00
Mr. Mason Dean,
24 00
Mr. James Fairbank,
61 50
Mr. Clayton Adams,
60 00
Rev. Albert Plum,
60 00
Mr. George Morse,
79 50
Mr. Geo. S. Butler,
64 50
Mr. Walter Dean,
60 00
Mr. Orrin Carpenter,
14 85
Mr. J. W. Knight,
18 00
$1,054 45
High School Tuition
Paid Town of Barre.
$432 00
Town of Hardwick,
268 75
Town of Holden,
50 00
Town of North Brookfield,
80 00
$830 75
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Insurance
Paid F. A. Smith, $25 90
Truant Officer
Paid F. H. Parmenter,
$3.50
Miscellaneous
Paid Barre Gazette,
$5 11
Mr. R. I. Bramhall,
2 05
Express,
1 00
Postage and express,
7 00
Postage and telephone,
3 72
$18 88
Total,
$5,317 37
Receipts,
$5,274 95
Expenditures,
5,317 37
Respectfully submitted, JESSE ALLEN, J. NELSON BALL, MINNIE M. DAY, School Committee.
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
Holden, Mass., Jan. 1, 1918.
To the School Committee,
Town of Oakham :
My first report as superintendent of schools, the 18th in the series since the formation of the present union, ex- tends over the period from September, 1917.
We have been fortunate in having no changes in teach- ers during the year. The record made by our graduates in other schools is convincing evidence of the benefits de- rived from retaining the services of successful teachers from year to year. We should meet the increased cost of living by increases in salary, for while our teachers are ready and glad to meet the unusual conditions of the present time by unusual service and sacrifice, it is a seri- ous fact that living expenses are from 60 per cent to 100 per cent greater than they were a few years ago, and sal- aries practically unchanged.
Iu visiting the schools I have noted carefully the ma- terial equipment and our needs as well as school work. The equipment is better than that usually found in rural schools, but a few matters call for attention. New out- houses should be built at the South School and these com- bined with a shed as at the West. The walls and ceilings in the school rooms at the Center should be retinted and new floors laid. There should be a teacher's desk and a low table and chairs in the Primary room, and I would
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recommend that the heating plant be carefully over- hauled.
I feel that the attitude of both teachers and pupils is serious and earnest and that excellent work is being ac- complished. We have carried out some of the recommen- dations touching text books, as made by my predecessor, and our present needs are for language, civies and hy- giene, and supplementary reading books.
In a recent bulletin issned by the State Board of Edu- cation, Commissioner Smith has this to say concerning the function of the public school :
"Education for citizenship has always been an under- lying purpose of the American public school. To promote the qualities of intelligence, responsibility and service in our American democracy has been a chief motive of pub- lic education since the establishunent of the first public school. This promotion of the common good is the prin- cipal justification of a free school system maintained by taxation of all the people. . . . It was doubtless with some such intention that the General Court of Massachu- setts for 1917 amended the law which imposes certain duties upon teachers, by adding that of giving 'training in the duties of citizenship'."
To this training in citizenship there should be added some definite instruction in habits of thrift and in pat- riotism. It may be done in connection with the present work in history and geography. Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps furnish a point of contact in the teaching of thrift and conservation, and patriotism may well be shown to include the ideas of self-control, loyalty and obedience.
It will be well to call the attention of parents to leg- islation relating to school attendance, labor certificates
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and vaccination. The law states that if a child is absent from school without excuse for more than seven days in six months, the parent or guardian is liable to arrest and fine. A child may not leave school until he is sixteen years of age' (instead of fourteen as many still think). There are two exceptions to this law. One is that he may leave at fourteen if the superintendent upon inves- tigation finds that he is needed "to engage in profitable employment at home." In this case a "Home Permit" is issued to the child after evidence of the need at home has been produced. The other exception is in case a child is granted an Employment Certificate. To secure this he must present to the superintendent a written promise of employment, a school record, a birth certificate and a physician's health certificate.
The usual statistics relating to teachers, attendance, enrollment and school calendar are appended. I invite your attention to the special reports of the music super- visor, the drawing supervisor and the school physician. Unfortunately Miss Shaw was unable to continue the work in drawing on the same basis as last year, but she has prepared outlines for the teachers and directs the work by correspondence and by an occasional visit.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES R. CHILDS.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1916-1917.
School
Teacher
Educated at
Total
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
Grammar
Florence E. Bothwell
No. Brookfield High
14 13.9
12.9
93
Primary
Ethel M. Braman
Northfield Seminary
31
24.8
23.3
94
Coldbrook
Ruth E. Butterfield
Worcester Normal
19
18.8
18.2
97
South
Effie T. Swindell
Barre High
11
11
10.3
93
West
Helena K. Rutherford
No. Brookfield High
10
9.1
8.2
90
Music
Ruth B. Dwelly
Northampton -
Drawing
G. Eleanor Shaw
Mass. Normal Art
Totals
85
77.6
72.9
93.4
PROMOTIONS, JUNE. 1917.
Grade 1 II III IV
V VIVHI VIII IX Tot.
Promoted 7
17
6 6 2
3 10 61
On trial
1 ()
+
2
10
0
0
1 13
Repeating 1 1
() =
2
0
0
0
1 5
Totals 9 6
9 19 13 6
2
4 11 79
SCHOOL CENSUS, SEPT. 1, 1917.
Boys 5 to 7 years old,
6
Girls 5 to 7 years old,
10
Boys 7 to 14 years old.
25
Girls 7 to 14 years old, 35
Boys 14 to 16 years old,
11
Girls 14 to 16 years old
9
Total. 96
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Fall term, Sept. 4, 1917, to Dec. 21, 1917. .
Winter term, Dec. 31, 1917, to Feb. 15, 1918. Spring term, Mar. 25, 1918, to Jnne 14, 1918.
Fall term, Sept. 3, 1918, to Dec. 20, 1918. Winter term, Dec. 30, 1918, to Feb. 14, 1919. Spring term, Mar. 24, 1919, to June 13, 1919.
Holidays-Jan. 1, Feb. 22. Apr. 19, May 30, Barre Fair, Oct. 12, Thanksgiving Day and the day following, Christ- mas.
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ROLL OF HONOR
Three Years Alexina Labonte
One Year
1915-1916
1916-1917
Gladys Stone
Enola Clifford
Harold Stone (T3)
Dorothy Day
Joseph Bruce
Joseph Bruce
Doris Bruce
Kenneth Pierce
Russell Chase
Rose Ivison
Lena Knight George Ferguson (T9)
Tiro Terms
Ruth Morse
John Day
Dorothy Day. (T1)
Raymond Crawford
Walter Pierce
Arline Prevost
Arthur Messier
Milton Parker
Milton Parker Kenneth Wilkins
Katherine Mullen
Oliver Wilkins Alla Carpenter Bernice Carpenter Doris Carpenter Lena Knight Henry Wilson
Esther Greenlaw John Briggs
Frederick Greenlaw (T2)
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Ivah Cody
Archie Dunstan (T1)
One Term
Orton Butler
Roscoe Crawford
Esther Briggs
Franklin Briggs
Herbert Howe
Joseph Greenlaw
George Ferguson
Sophie Lupa
Blanche Knight
Eleanor Knight
Eleanor Knight
Russell Chase
Arline Prevost
Walter Pierce
Hazel Briggs
Oliver Wilkins
. Albert Eggleston
Doris Carpenter
Franklin Cheever
Annie Winsky
Bernard Carpenter
Frank Parkman (T1)
Kenneth Pierce
Laura Snay
Zella Carpenter Flora Messier
Joseph Greenlaw (T1)
Irene Messier
REPORT OF DRAWING INSTRUCTOR
To the Superintendent of Schools:
The work in drawing is being continued along the same lines as in previous years. This is made possible through the interest and loyal support of the teachers.
Outlines are supplied and these are supplemented by an occasional visit from the supervisor.
Respectfully submitted, G. ELEANOR SHAW.
December 21, 1917.
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REPORT OF DRAWING SUPERVISOR
Mr. J. R. Childs, Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir :- The work in music has been conducted along the same lines as formerly, the time devoted to the work unchanged.
Music in the public schools is a valable factor in the mental, physical and emotional development of the child, and is as important in character molding as any other subject in the school curriculum. The teaching of music in schools lays a foundation for the culture of later life. At the present day no education can be called finished which does not embrace some knowledge of music.
The four essentials of this subject are conceptions of good music, voice training, sight singing and umsical in- terpretation. Musical conceptions are unconsciously ac- quired by the use of simple songs, voice drills, and exer- cise melodies in which there are the essentials of good melody.
With the small number of pupils in each school this year, constant attention is given to individual work. which is desirable as an aid in training the pupil to de- pend upon himself. and to help him become an independent thinker and doer. As he discovers that his standing de- pends upon his class work the pupil becomes a more val- nable member of the school community.
Respectfully submitted, RUTH B. DWELLY. Superrisor of Schools.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Holden, Mass., Dec. 10, 1917.
Mr. J. R. Childs, Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir :- I have visited the schools of the town of Oakham twice during the current year and made the usual individual inspection of the pupils. The fall inspection showed two cases of ringworm, five cases of skin trouble of undetermined character, some of them possibly ring- worm. seven cases of hypertrophied tonsils-operation ad- vised. mivaccinated, fourteen-nearly twenty per cent of those inspected. Probably three-fourths of the pupils need the attention of the dentist. A few absences were re- ported, but I did not learn of any cases of severe or com. minicable illness.
Yours very truly, CLIFFORD W. STICKNEY, School Physician of Oakham.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
Auditor
26
Alden Memorial Fund
25
Births, Marriages and Deaths
11
Charlton Poor Farm
34
Cemetery Committee
37
Fobes Memorial Library
41
Jurors, List of .
32
Librarian's Report
38
Overseers of the Poor
33
Road Commissioner
29
School Statistics
51
School Committee
43
Superintendent of Schools
48
Selectmen's Report
17
Tax Collector
27
Town Officers .
3
Treasurer's Report
13
Warrant
7
6
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7 -
8
9
10
11
7
9
9
10
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