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1. Jan. 11, Mr. Frederick W. Bryant, 31 years 6 months.
2. Jan. 12, Mrs. Lucinda Gilmore, 75 years, 10 months.
3. Jan. 30, Varnum P. Tuttle, son of Varnum and M. Medora Tuttle, 8 years, 1 month, 17 days.
4. Feb. 2, Mr. Joseph Dole, 68 years.
5. Feb. 4, Mrs. Hattie A. Woodward, wife of Bixby S. Woodward, 41 years, 2 months, 14 days.
6. Feb. 22, Mrs. Eliza A. Lawrence, 57 years, 3 months, 29 days.
7. Mar. 10, Walter B. Parker, son of Edwin C. and Han- nah H. Parker, 1 year, 2 months, 4 days.
8. Mar. 15, Mr Jonas Blodgett, 71 years, 4 months, 17 d'ys.
9. Mar. 20, Clarence E. Blodgett, son of J Herbert and Minnie A Blodgett, 1 year, 5 mo's, 8 days.
10. April 3, Mrs Sarah Fuller, widow of Alden Fuller, 78 years, 7 months, 19 days.
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11. April 5, Mr Alanson B Gibbs of Charlestown. by accident on railroad, 27 years.
12. April 14, Mr Joseph Wheeler, 85 years, 5 months.
13. May 2, Mr Daniel T Angier, 86 y'rs, 8 mo's, 6 days.
14. May 6, M Florence Penniman, daughter of Orenzo- W. and Olive L. Penniman, 4 yr's, 8 mo's.
15. May 16, Mrs Sally Davis, widow of Jonathan B. Davis, 84 years, 11 months, 29 days.'
16. May 31, Mr Edwin M Wheeler, 26 years, 5 months, 10 days.
17. June 2, Miss Hepsey R Robbins, 63 years, 1 month, 16 days.
18. June 11, Mr James H Freeman, 22 years, 13 days.
19. July 13, Mrs Ellen Carney, 70 years.
20. July 16, Arthur Edwin Wheeler, son of Edwin M and Ellen G. Wheeler, 2 years, 10 months, 17 days.
21. July 25, Mrs Susan J Hewins, 54 years, 7 months, 5 days.
22. Aug 16, Mr Samuel Chaffin, 70 years.
23. Aug 19, Mrs Martha Fletcher, wife of John Fletcher, 53 years, 5 months, 12 days.
24. Aug 24, Mrs. Betsey C. Parker, 79 years, 6 months, 12 days.
25. Aug 26, Mrs Rosalinda B Adams, 94 years, 9 :no's, 2 days.
26. Aug 30, Mr Jeremiah Shien, 35 years, 8 months.
27. Sept 6, Miss Alice J. Phalen, 29 years, 10 days.
28. Sept 6, Mrs Jerusha P Noves, widow of Thomas J Noyes, 72 years, 2 months, 23 days.
29. Sept 9, George Henry Sears, son of George and Ma- ry A Sears, 10 months, 4 days.
30. Oct 8, Margaret A, daughter of Michael and Sarah McCarthy, 6 months, 16 days.
31. Oct 22, John Manion, son of Thomas and Mary Ann Manion, 6 years, 9 months, 6 days.
32. Dec 27, Mr Henry Adalbert Mead, 30 year. 4 months.
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Names of Persons Having Dogs Licensed in 1882.
Jairus C. Wheeler, 1 fem., M. Augusta Hosmer, Walter C. Gardner,
Chas. J. Spring.
Tuttles, Jones & Wether- bee, 2,
Elnathan Jones, 3,
Dana F. Hayward,
J. K. W. Wetherbee, Theron F. Newton, James Tuttle,
Lucius S. Hosmer,
Jeremy Austin,
Frank E. Harris,
Eri S. Brooks,
Otis H. Forbush,
E. F. Fuller, 2,
Jerry H. McCarthy,
Daniel Harris,
Luke Tuttle,
M. E. Taylor,
Chas. D. Griggs,
Geo. W. Livermore,
Chas. A. Taylor,
Solon A. Robbins,
Herman Chaplin,
Geo. Conant,
Willis L. Mead,
Constance O'Neil,
Gustavus H. Waugh,
L. E. Allen,
Geo. R. Keyes,
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Wm. D. Tuttle,
John Fletcher,
Chas. Holton,
G. H. S. Houghton,
Males, 76, at $2.00, $152.00
Females, 4, at $5.00, 20.00
Total, 80
$172.00
LICENSED SINCE JAN. 1st, 1883.
Eliza Wheeler, Edward Wood, 1 fem.
Jona H. Barker, Moses A. Reed, Alman H. Gilmore,
Forbush & Hartwell, 1 fem, John Kelly,
Geo. S. Jacobs,
James D. Coburn,
Geo. Pratt, 2, 1 a fem.,
Chas. H. Wheeler, 1 fem.,
Daniel McCarthy,
Cyrus Hayward,
Oscar E. Preston,
Geo. C. Wright,
Mrs. H. M. Beck,
Chas. A. Harrington,
A. W. Gardner,
John W. Randall,
J. E. Harris, A. L. Noyes,
Frank Wetherbec,
Isaiah S. Leach,
John Temple,
Isaac Barker, Geo. C. Conant, Sylvester Haynes,
V. J. Brennan, Francis Conant. John Welch, O. Ellsworth Houghton,
D. J. Wetherbee, John W. Charter,
John Hanaford,
Hiram Walker,
Lester N. Fletcher.
John R. Houghton,
Chas. Handley,
James Kingsley,
Mrs. Jarvis Williams,
Augustus Fletcher, Albert Moulton,
WM. D. TUTTLE, Town Clerk of Acton.
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REPORT OF THE
Receipts
and Expenditures
-OF THE-
ALMSHOUSE IN ACTON, FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1883.
ARTICLES ON HAND MARCH 1st, 1883.
9 cows,
$405 00
80 lbs. ham, $12 00
1 horse, 200 00
12 lbs butter, 3 72
1 1-2 tons oat fodder, 22 50
17 lbs. lard, 3 00
9 1-2 tons hay, 171 00
1 1-2 bbls. apples, 4 00
7 bags cotton seed meal,
10 00
Soap,
1 22
1 tou shorts, 22 50
Cider,
1 00
6 bags meal, 8 20
oats, 1 00
Tea. 4 00
225 barrels,
45 00
Crackers,
50
lot bags,
5 00
Spices,
50
salt,
1 00
Molasses.
1 50
14 cords wood cut for use, 63 00
Rye meal,
50
market boxes,
1 00
Kerosene oil,
83
wagon,
107 00
2 cider bbls., 2 00
1-2 bushel beaus, 2 00
Matches, 50
$1163 97
RECEIPTS FROM TOWN FARM FROM APRIL 1st, 1882 TO MARCH 1st, 1883.
Received for cows, $172 12
Received for eggs, $1 94
milk, : 742 01
pork, 39 59
potatoes, 11 00
calves, 11 00
birch poles, 44 40
poultry, 1 00
apples, 184 87
berries, 1.67
$1209' 60
26 hens, 13 00
15 bushels potatoes, 12 00
10 bushels do. small. 2 50
200 lbs. salt pork, 28 00
Flour, 6 00
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EXPENSES.
Paid for sugar,
$19 93
Paid for wagon jack, $3 00
cheese,
16 69
phosphate, 8 95
butter,
39 40
chimney & globes, 1 30 10 00 tea,
spices,
1 18
room paper',
3 86
scythes,
2 20
brick,
08
cards and curry
saleratus,
1 20
comb, 1 41
cr. tartar,
1 57
fly paper,
04
grass seed,
4 90
onions,
1 58
castings,
1 41
flour.
64 37
kerosene oil,
3 45
barrels,
64 20
oil can,
22
candles,
31
cloth & clothing 14 05
resin,
24
hoe,
67
tobacco,
25
soap,
10 44
horse radish,
08
yarı,
1 00
vinegar,
44
shoes,
1 50
snuff,
96
seeds, 35
screening,
64
tomato plants,
35
tacks,
14
fork handle,
26
rakes,
50
nails,
89
malt,
55
basket,
62
· starch,
19
brooms,
1 17
raisins,
54
lemons,
33
· mop handle.
20
fly trap,
37
mustard,
25
meat,
76 25
coffee,
30
pails,
1 00
knife,
42
beans,
9 60
wicks,
04
bean pot,
28
fish,
12 21
crockery,
1 26
labor,
46 00
spade
1 15
cows,
105 00
tin ware,
20
keeping cows, 18 00
yeast,
43
grain, 453 66
sweet potatoes,
83
wheelwright bill, 4 90
crackers,
23 40
pump & repairs, 16 85 blacksmith's bill, 19 35
ladder,
1 44
putty,
10
rep. shoes, 1 27
axe,
1 17
doct. cow, 1 00
glass,
75
shavings, 60
saw.
90
uses of brll, 2 50
salt,
3 23
killing hogs, 2 75
matches,
1 13
smoking ham,
60
lock,
30
cash for M. Fol-
stove polish,
07
lard, 3 00
. molasses,
27 40
use of oxen,
3 00
20
Paid for filing saws, $1 05 Services of J. Austin, wife
and son, 275 00 E. H. Cutler, 45 00 Expenditures, Receipts,
Services of O.H.Forbush, 15 00 Luke Blan- chard, 10 00
$1476 62 1209 60
Income less than Expenditure,
$267.02
Due from treasury, to balance account,
$267 02
Interest or farm,
240 00
507 02
Victualing 91 tramps at 40c. each,
36 40
Cost of supporting poor on farm,
$470 62
Whole number of persons exclusive of tramps supported in. almshouse, 4 ; Average number, 4; Present number, 4.
ELISHA H. CUTLER, OTIS H. FORBUSH, LUKE BLANCHARD,
Overseers of Poor.
REPORT
- -OF THE- -
School Committee
- -OF THE-
HTOWN OF HCTON
- -FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR, 1882-83.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
The brief space usually taken for this report requires that it be confined to the consideration of a few practical questions, viz., 1. What branches shall be taught in our schools? 2. How shall they be taught? 3. How can we make our schools more efficient? 4. The need of a High School. 5. Remarks concerning each school.
I. WHAT BRANCHES SHALL BE TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS.
The studies that may be pursued by man with interest and profit are legion. Some of these are absolutely essen- tial. The common sense of the Commonwealth, embodied in the Public Statutes Page 299, Sec. 1, says :
"In every town there shall be kept for at least six months in each year at the expense of said town by a teacher or teachers of competent ability and good morals, a sufficient number of schools for the instruction of all the children who may legally attend public school therein, in orthography, reading, writing, English grammar, geogra- phy, arithmetic, drawing, the history of the United States, and good behavior. Algebra, vocal music, agriculture, sewing, physiology and hygiene shall be taught by lec- tures or otherwise, in all the public schools in which the school committee deem it expedient."
Your superintendent, in accordance with a vote of the committee, has required all scholars to pursue the studies prescribed in the first period of said section, unless ex- cused on satisfactory examination or for other good cause, and has permitted all who desired, to take algebra and physiology if sufficiently advanced in other studies. In no school where these branches are faithfully studied and taught is there time for scholars or teachers to attend to
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French and Latin or other studies properly taught in a High School.
II. HOW SHALL THESE STUDIES BE TAUGHT?
So far as circumstances will permit the same as they are taught in our Normal Schools and in the best common schools in the state; for it is from these sources that our best teachers come and they must teach mainly as they have been taught. Therefore if we had a system of our own more conservative or more advanced than the meth- ods in said schools, we should be powerless to introduce it. But we have no desire to do so. The schools of Massachusetts were never doing better work than now.
It is not the use but the abuse of the so called "new methods" that is to be deprecated and avoided.
What are the "new methods?" They are very simi- lar in all our best schools, although, because so success- fully carried out in the Quincy schools, they are, some- times called the "Quincy methods." In these schools they strive to teach as the mind naturally acquires knowl- edge; reading by beginning with the word, and that a most familiar one, rather than the letter ; spelling mainly by writing, since it is in writing that we most practice this art ; arithmetic to the beginner, by the use of objects instead of abstract numbers, and to the more advanced scholar by requiring him to perform, without book to aid him those practical problems which he will be called up- on to perform in after life in business ; geography by giv- ing in his own language descriptions of countries and imag- inary or real journeys, illustrated by maps drawn from memory ; history in like manner ; grammar by requiring constantly the use of correct language in writing and speaking, with simple rules for the same ; penmanship by requiring the written exercises and examinations, numer- ons as they are, to be executed in the best style.
These methods have been in use in an increasing de- gree in our schools for half a century or more. They were in part inaugurated by Pestalozzi in Switzerland a century ago, and are practiced in the best schools of Eu- rope. They teach not merely words but ideas ; they train not only the memory but the powers of observation and reasoning ; they accustom the pupil to solve such prob-
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lems and perform such tasks as the duties of life will re- quire him to solve and perform.
It is when books and study are discarded and these methods are pursued without system that they cease to be effective. A teacher of the best possible attainments, with one, or at the most only two classes, might teach without books, but in our schools, as in most common schools, the book must be constantly used by all except possibly the youngest primary scholars, as a guide and manual, sup- plemented by entertaining illustration and lucid explana- tion from the teacher, who must know more of the subJect than any one book can teach. It is in primary teaching that books are too often neglected and pupils not soon enough accustomed to their use.
I am glad to say that our teachers have most readily followed the suggestions of your superintendent and that in the primary schools an increased use of books has re- sulted in better order and more rapid and thorough pro- gress. This is especially the case in the West Acton Pri- mary.
At the beginning of the year there was not such uni- formity in books used as is desirable, an attempt having been made to change old books gradually. So your com- mittee made an arrangement with the Messrs. Harper whereby their geographies and Swinton's grammars have at slight expense been introduced in all the schools and are to be furnished at such a fixed price, for at least five years, as to save the parents several hundred dollars dur- ing that period.
III. How CAN WE MAKE OUR SCHOOLS MORE EFFICIENT ?
All of us, superintendent, committee, teachers and parents, must in every possible way try to arouse the en- thusiasm and ambition of the scholars. While, in general the order of the schools has been excellent, there is room for improvement and it is the special business of the super- intendent to see that it is made.
The greatest hindrance to the best progress is the constant evil of absence and tardiness. For the latter, there is seldom a good excuse. The former is sometimes caused by sickness, but in the weekly reports which the teachers have so faithfully made to me, the reason mos
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frequently given is "kept at home to work." This some-' times seems necessary but can rarely be justifiable. There should be as long a vacation as possible in the busy sea- son and parents should make any reasonable sacrifice for the sake of keeping their children regularly at school ; for to be absent from a single recitation hinders the scholar's progress and that of his class, and to be absent, as many are, for days and weeks each term, is a most serious obsta- cle to the progress of the absentee's class, and renders it impossible for him to acquire any thorough knowledge or discipline.
Such a scholar will leave school so poorly equipped for life that any after acquisition of knowledge will be so diffi- cultthat what little he has learned will slip from him. Clas- ses must not be kept back for absentees. Such must drop into lower classes. In school, they must be behind, as they will be in after life. It is no more what is learned at school that benefits, than it it is the patient,persevering ap- plication which the scholar who is regular in attendance cannot easily escape.
Parents, we can do little for your scholars unless you send them constantly and promptly to school.
But though we bring our schools to the highest de- gree of excellence they form but an imperfect system.
A town like Acton can afford her children a better edu- cation than her present schools can give and cannot afford to give them less than the best town schools in the state furnish ; hence
IV. THE NEED OF A HIGH SCHOOL.
Our citizens are largely men of moderate means, not rich enough to board their children away from home for a long course of study, but able to give them their time if they can be educated in their own town.
Situated near the large towns and cities, our sons and daughters must, in the battle of life, compete with those who are educated in the best schools. Are we giving them such an education as they need for the highest suc- cess in life ?
Of the nine teachers employed the past term in Acton, not one was educated wholly in our schools. Four of them are residents of Acton, but they, as well as the other
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five, completed their education in the high schools of other towns.
Among us are many young ladies, not attending school, earning little or nothing, who, if we give them a good high school education, will be able to take the places of these teachers when needed.
How many young men are we fitting for book-keep- ers, land surveyors, master mechanics, architects, civil en- gineers, teachers, master mariners, practical chemists, and scientific agriculturists? Yet a majority of the most successful men in these callings, and even many of our best clergymen, lawyers, and statesmen received no bet- ter education than a good high school can give.
Thirty-seven scholars from this town have attended various High Schools and Academies in other towns dur- ing the present school year, as reported to me by our com- mittee.
This shows that a large number of our best citizens consider a common school education insufficient. Is there a parent in our town who does not desire for his child as good an education as any one of these thirty-sev- en are getting ?
Yet even these thirty-seven could get a better educa- tion in a High School in our own town than they will get abroad. With ample time a longer and more thorough course of study would be taken. Let no parent think that he need look out for the higher education of only his own children. If your children, after their school days are over, live in Acton, as we hope they will, their daily and most intimate associates will not be the boys and girls they meet in those schools abroad, but their own town folk, and if you help educate your neighbor's children you indirectly educate your own, throw around all an atmos- phere of culture and refinement, and make the social and intellectual life of our town richer, nobler and more stimulating.
Many of our scholars seem to lose their ambition on passing from the Primary to the Grammar School. The diploma at the end of the High School course, and the rigid examination for admission to said school would keep their ambition alive through both courses of study, and
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awaken an enthusiasm in all the schools of our town such as I have seen aroused in other towns by such a school.
V. REMARKS ON THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
NORTH SCHOOL.
The three terms were taught by Miss Viola S. Tuttle of Acton-her first attempt and a most successful one both as to discipline and instruction. The scholars obeyed readily and studied faithfully. The home influence mus be good.
EAST SCHOOL.
Miss Susie A. Wetherbee of Acton taught the three terms with increasing success. Quick, energetic, thorough and systematic, she governed and instructed this school as few could. At the end of the fall term her pupils show- ed their appreciation of their teacher by presenting her a gold ring.
SOUTH EAST SCHOOL.
: The Spring and Fall terms were taught by. Miss Ella E. Tuttle of Acton, and the winter term by Miss Minnie L. Fletcher of Littleton ; both labored faithfully, and those scholars who attended regularly made good progress. At the end of one month the spring term was discontinued on account of scarlet fever.
CENTRE PRIMARY.
This school has for several years been taught by Miss Bessie M. Ball of Acton. The visitor can hardly decide which he would rather be, the pupil of such a teacher or the teacher of such pupils; she has instilled into them such a spirit of obedience and love of learning, has taught them not merely to repeat words, but to observe, think and reason, and cares for their health by giving them fre- quent gymnastic exercises.
Early in the Spring term Miss Ball, on account of ill health, was obliged to take a vacation and did not resume her position until the next term. Miss Angie Hutchins of Acton completed the term very successfully.
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CENTRE GRAMMAR.
The Spring term was taught by Miss C. H. Allen of Acton and the Fall and Winter terms by Miss Jennie A. Hemenway of Framingham. The examination at the close of the year indicated faithful study and thorough in- struction. The most of the scholars obeyed cheerfully, but a few of those boys who attended only the winter term became quite unruly near its close, and one of them, War- ren Robbins, was expelled, after which, the order of the .school was good. The excellent examination of a class of young ladies in history and physiology is worthy spec- ial mention.
Although these schools are smailer in number than the other graded schools in town, we earnestly advise that the two schools be continued. The Primary must be kept as a model, and those ambitious and faithful scholars in the Grammar School ought to be deprived of no opportu- nity that we can give them.
SOUTHI GRAMMAR.
The Spring and Fall terms were taught by Miss El- len O. Clark of Sudbury, who labored faithfully, and the Winter term by Miss Emma C. B. Gray of Framingham. This school needs a teacher of firmness, energy and en- thusiasm. Miss Gray possessed these qualities with fine scholarship, being a graduate of Framingham High School and Smith College. She had been assistant in an Academy, but had never had the management of a school and yet she succeeded in maintaining good order and in- spired the school to study sufficiently to steadily ga inin scholarship and pass quite a satisfactory examination. She has taken the position of teacher of Latin and Greek in an Academy in Pulaski, N. Y.
SOUTH PRIMARY.
Miss Emma F. Esterbrook of Acton taught the three terms with excellent success, and at the close of the year valuable presents were given her by her scholars, real tributes of merited affection. The examination was re- markable for prompt, correct and distinct answers. The
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large number from this school on the "Roll of Honor" speaks well for teacher, school, and parents.
WEST ACTON GRAMMAR.
For several years this school has been under the in- struction of Miss Ada C. Davis of Acton. She was edu- cated at Framingham Normal School, and teaches as thoroughly as she was taught. To hold every scholar to hard study and thorough work, and also maintain good order, as she does, severely tasks the endurance of the strongest, and within a few weeks of the completion of the year her health became such that she was obliged to re- sign her position .. Miss Lillie R. Daniels of Framingham attempted to complete the term, but at the end of two weeks was obliged to discontinue her labors on account of sickness.
WEST ACTON PRIMARY.
Miss Ida B. Campbell of Marlboro, a graduate of one of our Normal Schools, commenced the Spring term, hav- ing taught the school the year before, but after a few days was obliged to take a vacation on account of sickness, and Miss M. B. Allen of Acton successfully completed the term, Miss Campbell resumed her position at the beginning of the Fall term and taught and governed the school most admirably, but soon after beginning the win- ter term resigned on account of ill health, and the term was most successfully completed by Miss S. J. Wyman of Westminister, who is a good instructor and an excel- lent disciplinarian.
Appended are the usual statistics and the "Roll of Honor."
For the Committee,
FREDERICK C. NASH, Superintendent.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S FINANCIAL REPORT.
To the Citizens of Acton :
Your School Committee respectfully submit the fol- lowing report of receipts and expenditures, and for infor- mation respecting the condition of the schools refer you to the foregoing report of the Superintendent, and the tab- ular statement annexed.
CENTRE SCHOOL.
JOHN E. CUTTER, AGENT.
Drawn from treasury,
$790 00
$790 00
Paid teachers,
$606 60
fuel and preparing it,
118 00
care of house,
44 00
incidentals. .
9 82
Balance on hand,
11 58
$790 00
SOUTH SCHOOL. L. S. HOSMER, AGENT.
$790 00
Balance from last year,
10 56
$800 56
To expenses around the building,
$5 00
Paid Miss E. O. Clark,
198 00
Emma Gray,
120 00
Emma Estabrook,
284 00
F. J. Wood, janitor,
71 00
A. S. Fletcher, coal,
35 00
Washing school house curtains,
5 00
H. Gould, 1 cord wood,
3 00
T. J. W, bill sundries,
11 28
$727 28.
Amount due the district,
$68 28
Received from town,
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WEST SCHOOL. LUCY M. MEAD, AGENT.
Drawn from the treasury,
$790 00
Balance from last year,
63 47
$853 47
Paid to teachers,
$634 00
for fuel,
94 64
care of house and furnace,
60 00
incidentals,
3 16
Balance on hand,
61 67
$853 47
WV. Acton, March 20th, 1883.
NORTH SCHOOL.
J. W. DUPEE, AGENT.
Drawn from the treasury,
$350 00
Balance from last year,
17 06
Paid to teachers,
$257 00
for fuel,
31 95
care of house,
16 00
Rep. boards,
6 30
incidentals,
5 18
Balance on hand,
50 63
$367 06
EAST SCHOOL. GEORGE CHANDLER, AGENT.
Drawn from the treasury,
$350 00
By paid Susan Wetherbee, 3 terms,
265 00
coal for heating.
30 45
wood,
7.50
care of school house fires,
24 25
rent for organ,
13 50
key for door,
30
J. W. Flagg, sundries,
6 75
deficiency, 1882,
1 12
Balance,
1 12
$350 00
$367 06
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SOUTH EAST SCHOOL. CHAS. D. GRIGGS, AGENT.
$294 56
Cleaning and repairing buildings,
2 50
Wood,
16.50
Preparing wood,
6 50
Paid Miss E. E. Tuttle,
126 00
M. Fletcher,
98 00
Care of school house,
5 00
Incidentals,
2 34
Balance on hand,
37 72
$294 56.
Number of children between the ages of five and fif-
teen,
290
Sum raised by the town for each,
$10.84
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN E. CUTTER, Chairman,
J. W. DUPEE, Clerk,
LUCY M. MEAD,
LUCIUS S. HOSMER,
CHARLES D. GRIGGS,
GEORGE CHANDLER,
School Committee of Acton.
Received from town,
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