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$229 63
Balance from last year,
28 23
$257 86
Paid teachers,
$235 00
Fuel,
18 00
Care of house, fires, &c.,
4 86
$257 86
WINSOR PRATT, Committee.
NORTH SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$244 12
Balance from last year,
1 96
Paid teachers,
$220 50
Fuel,
16 00
Care of house, fires, &c.,
5 98
Balance to new account,
3 60
$246 08
$246 08
JOHN WHITE, Committee.
$273 20
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WEST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$605 60
Balance from last year,
43 16
Paid teachers,
$563 75
" fuel,
49 50
" care of house, fires, &.,
8 00
Balance to new account,
27 51
$648 76
LUKE BLANCHARD, Committee.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$651 02
Balance from last year,
46 28
$697 30
Paid teachers,
$640 00
" fuel,
38 00
" care of house, fires, &c., .
15 25
Balance to new account,
4 05
$697 30
W. H. FAULKNER, Committee.
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$605 60
Balance from last year,
4 19
$609 79
Paid teachers,
502 25
" fuel,
61 73
" care of house, fires, &c.,
12 00
Balance to new account,
33 81
$609 79
JOHN E. CUTTER, Committee.
Amount of money raised by Town,
$2,325 00
Income from State School Fund,
160 83
Dog Fund,
125 03
Total for School purposes,
$2,610 86
Number of children reported by Assessors, between the ages of five and fifteen, 310. ¡
Sum appropriated by Town for each scholar, reported by Asses- ors, $7.50.
$648 76
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ROLL OF HONOR.
Those who have not been ab- sent or tardy for one term.
Those who have not been ab- Those who have not been ab- sent or tardy for two terms. sent or tardy for three terms.
CENTRE PRIMARY.
Hattie Smith, Flora Stearns, Ella Tuttle, Viola S. Tuttle, Willie H. Kinsley, Frank Pike. Josiah Willard. Albert H. Smith, Freddie Hodgman, Herbert Robbins, George W. Tuttle, Arthur Taylor, Walter Richardson.
Mary Hammond.,
SOUTH GRAMMAR.
Mary F. Worster, Emma L. Billings, Jennie A. Tuttle, Lizzie Richardson, Sidney L. Richardson, Michael Hannon. Willie S. Warren, Norman Davidson, Anson Piper, George E Haynes, John Penny.
Mary Phelan.
Emma J. Handley.
SOUTH PRIMARY.
Hattie Wetherbee, Nettie Fuller, Ella Clark, Etta C. Temple, Josephine Hannon, Martha E. Jones, Carrie E. Jones, Mary J. Jackson, George Priest, George H. Jackson, Frank L. Jackson, James Hannon.
Frank Taylor, Eddie G. Poole, Freddie A. Brown, Etta F. Sawyer.
Usher J. Brown.
WEST GRAMMAR.
Nellie M. Taylor, Lizzie L Walker, Nellie Handley, Lilla Hayward, Emma Mead, Ella Teele, Hattie Whitcomb, Warren A. Stevens, John Hoar, George Hutchins, Eddie Hayward, Edgar H. Hall, Alphonso Wyman, Elfie Wright, Julius Streeter.
Lizzie Robinson, Inez Wyman, George Gardner, Austin Lawrence.
Emma Stearns.
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Roll of Honor, continued.
Those who have not been ab- Those who have not been ab- sent or tardy for one term. sent or tardy for two terms.
Those who have not been ab- sent or tardy for three terms.
WEST PRIMARY.
Annie Blanchard, Ellie Hapgood, Crosby Hoar, Eddie Hoar, Georgie Robinson, Allie Gilmore, Alphonso Wyman, Ralph E. Streeter, Fred E. Cutler, Georgie M. Streeter, Arthur W. Houghton.
Mary Tuttle, Arthur Blanchard, Bertie Mead.
Lottie Handley, Georgie V. Mead, Fred Mead.
EAST SCHOOL.
Lizzie S. Billings, Annie E. Elliott, Hattie A. Harris, Amelia F. Perkins, Lizzie Perkins, Webster C. Robbins, George H. Robbins, Nixon Ball, E. R. Conant, C. J. Robbins, George Conant, Charles H. Fiske.
Bessie M. Ball, Florence Perkins.
Cora Fisk, Abbie Fisk.
SOUTH-EAST.
Mary Fairbanks, Lucy Oliver, Addie Jones, Emma Pratt.
NORTH.
Julia Ina Rose, Sidney White.
Cora Rouillard, Freddie Rouillard, Elmer Rouillard.
Lizzie A. Cash.
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TABLE.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Length of School in
Wages per month.
Whole number of
scholars.
Average attendance.
Number under five
Number over fifteen
years of age.
Number of visits by parents and others.
Centre.
Grammar,
Miss Junia S. Bartlett, 6.
$31 00
25
22
1
12
Primary,
Flora A. Hayward,
26 00
42
31.3
3
18
West.
Primary,
66
Amelia D. Comstock,
21
35 00
34
27.5
7
East,
Mary A. Tinker,
21
39 80
30
28.7
5
13
South-East,
Allie H. Burnham,
23
30 00
25
21.4
1
15
6€
Ella F. Reed,
25 00
16
13.9
16
Totals,
|212
$283 80
296
252.7
6
-1
120
FALL.
Centre.
Primary,
66
Lizzie M. Blood, Allie H. Burnham,
32 00
31
27.8
1
17
West.
{ Primary,
S. Jennie Wheeler,
30 00
37
31.6
16
South.
§ Grammar, { Primary,
Lottie C. Faulkner,
35 00
46
39.16
1
12
East.
Mary A. Tinker,
39 80
28
25 2
5
10
66
Lizzie W. Beane,
28 00
23
21.4
4
South-East, North,
Ella F. Reed,
25 00
31
19.5
7
Totals,
201
$295 80
290
250.27
2
14
89
Centre.
Grammar,
Mr. E. B. Vining, 4
55 00
33
29
11
17
West.
Primary,
Miss S. Jennie Wheeler,
30 00
49
41.18
44
South.
Lottie C. Faulkner,
3
40 00
39
32.1
10
East,
66 R. S. Cutler,
1:
36 00
33
28.6
8
South-East,
Alice C. Preston,
2
30 00
20
16.32
1
2
6
North,
Junia S. Bartlett,
35 00
26
20
3
19
Totals,
26
$353 00
316
264.28
1
52
217
Aggregate for the year,
|68}
$932 60|
902
767 25
9
73
426
Total average percentage of Attendance during the year, -
- 85.
1
21
2
30 00
38
33.9
1
11
South.
Primary,
66 M. A. Edwards,
21
32 00
49
40
1
-1-1
{ Grammar,
Miss Lizzie M. Priest,
36 00:
32
25.06
3
( Grammar,
66
35 00
36
30.8
1
15
66 Amelia D. Comstock,
35 00
36
29.75
8
5
Miss Allie H. Burnham,
32 00
42
36.38
81
Mr. Wm. R. White,
55 00
37
31
21
29
Grammar,
Amelia D. Comstock,
40 00
37
29 7
15
3
{Primary,
2 222222122 1 2
35 00
37
34
Grammar,
Anna E. Hall,
2
S. Jennie Wheeler,
Grammar,
North,
2
months.
years of age.
SPRING.
WINTER.
Primary,
Grammar,
REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND OTHER OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON,
FROM
FEBRUARY 26, 1872, TO FEBRUARY 26, 1873,
INCLUDING THE
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN 1872.
ALSO,
THE REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
LOWELL, MASS. : MARDEN & ROWELL, PRINTERS, WEEKLY JOURNAL OFFICE. 1873.
.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
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APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS.
Unexpended Balance of last year $1,186 80
Regular Town Grant. 9,000 00
Town Grant for Schools . 2,375 00
Town Grant for Highways.
1,500 00
Overlay on Taxes.
547 71
Armory rent for 1871.
145 49
Armory rent for 1872
100 00
Grass in East Cemetery .
11 00
State Aid to January 1, 1872.
300 00
Corporation Tax
650 53
State School Fund ..
159 48
From Town of Stow, School money
16 26
Military Account. .
29 00
Old School house, Centre district.
302 25
From Town of Billerica, for support of Nan- cy Sprague ..
24 62
From Town of Billerica, for support of War- ren Russell . 12 00
Lots sold in Cemetery. 16 00
Use of Town Hall. 147 00
Dog Fund. 133 03
117 14
Interest on Taxes, 1871 .
45 20
Note, George C. Wright John Goldsmith.
2,500 00
Joseph Barker
1,000 00
D. J. Wetherbee
1,200 00
H. J. Hapgood.
400 00
Lewis Rouillard .
200 00
Joseph Noyes.
200 00
Joseph P. Reed
200 00
Jonathan Piper
600 00
Luther Billings.
200 00
William D. Tuttle
2,200 00
Josiah Dow. 600 00
Patrick Farrell .
1,150 00
State Paupers.
3,000 00
1
Note, John Grimes.
$300 00
George Reed ..
450 00
George H. Harris
200 00
John Wilson.
500 00
David M. Handley
1,300 00
George W. Gates.
200 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee
300 00
State Tax.
1,580 00
County Tax
916 19
$36,014 70
EXPENDITURES.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid G. W. Gates, South district $648 00
Luke Blanchard, West district .. 616 00
John E. Cutter, Centre district 608 00
Henry Brooks, East district ..
305 52
Winsdor Pratt, South-east district.
244 40
George H. Harris, North-east district ..
244 40
$2,666 32
SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
Paid Luke Blanchard, West district. $24 87
G. W. Gates, South
10 91
Winsdor Pratt, So. east 6.
11 90
John E. Cutter, Centre
11 73
$59 41
REPAIRS ON HIGHWAYS.
Paid Luther Davis $ 9 00
Alonzo Tuttle. 47 73
Charles Wheeler
422 31
A. H. Jones.
119 03
William Spaulding
17 65
Daniel Harris.
51 60
John Harris.
470 00
Luther W. Piper
53 96
Francis Pratt
24 13
John Grimes. 48 40
Daniel Fletcher
91 50
Warren Flagg
29 35
Nathan Brooks
49 00
John Conant.
20 80
Abel Farrer. Jr
14 07
5
Paid Simon Tuttle. F. H. Whitcomb. 25 00
$27 30
Moses Taylor . 7 00
$1,062 53
SPECIAL REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Daniel Harris, for lumber and labor rail-
ing road and repairing bridge near mills of H. M. Smith . . $25 77
Francis Pratt, for repairing road from South Acton to house of Daniel Fletcher.
1,000 00
Charles Wheeler, for repairing road from South Acton to West Cemetery .... Charles Wheeler, for repairs on road near house of Levi Houghton ..... Reuben Handley, for labor on road from West Acton to West Cemetery. by order of County Commissioners .. . Isaac Reed, for breaking roads
438 75
150 06
252 46
7 00
F. H. Whitcomb,
·
3 00
Levi W. Stevens, ..
4 00
Phineas Wetherbee, lumber for railing ..
2 00
Simon Tuttle, 66
3 00
- Cyrus Fletcher,
8 35
$1,894 39
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid Sarah Hunt. 16 00
Sarah B. Childs
17 00
Mrs. Desmond.
15 00
Charles Edmonds.
27 13
Sally White.
47 00
Adams family, 9 persons, Wilson fami- ly, 2 persons, Israel Nickerson, who
248 69
died while infected with small pox, Abel W. Jones .
92 00
Warren Russell.
12 00
Dr. I. Hutchins, medical attendance for Nancy Sprague and John Brown in 1867, Mrs. Murphy .
30 62
1 00
Joseph Noyes, journey to Boston re- specting Charles Edmonds. ..
4 00
Town Farm deficiency for 1871-2. . . 203 19
6
Paid James E. Billings, journey to Boston in reference to State Aid. . $2 50
Journey to Malden, after W. Oliver .... 3 00
Journey to Sudbury, after Sarah Hunt .. 2 00
$721 13
INTEREST ON TOWN DEBT.
l'aid Augustine Conant. $292 00
Cyrus Conant. 140 00
David M. Handley 141 48
Frederick Rouillard. 110 50
J. E Billings. 216 51
J. K. Putney .
39 00
William Wheeler
30 00
Daniel Harris 56 37
Calvin Harris.
14 00
John R. Whitcomb
35 00
Elizabeth Hanscom
40 80
J. K. W. Wetherbee 13 47
George C. Wright
54 25
Isaac T. Flagg.
6 00
$1,189 38
TOWN DEBT.
Paid George C. Wright.
$3,000 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee 300 00
$3,300 00
MILITARY ACCOUNT.
Paid Jolin Fletcher, Jr., armory rent .. ...
.. $150 00
For entertainment of the Old Sixth
Regt., April 19, 1872. 340 25
May Parade.
29 00
$519 25
PRINTING.
Paid Tolman & White for town warrants ... $14 50
Blank order book.
8 50
Notices, (wanted).
3 50
Reports for March and April.
101 47
Notices, school land. 1 50
Assessors' notice
4 00
IN
Paid Dog notice. $3 00
Auction of school house, 1 00
Sealer of weights and measures. 3 00
Valuation books.
100 60
Notices, $500 reward. 3 50
Advertising in Herald, $500 reward, and telegram, etc. 9 88
$254 45
STATE AID.
Paid Hatttie W. Wilder $96 00
Joanna Moulton. 48 00
Rebecca C. Wright 48 00
A. R. Sumner.
42 00
George W. Sawyer 42 00
Nancy B. Richards
8 00
$284 00
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
:
Paid Martin Pike, for labor in East Cemetery $34 00
Francis Kingsley, digging well in West
Cemetery . 56 00
Charles Hastings, work, lumber and
nails, for West Cemetery . 22 37
$112 37
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid John E. Cutter, superintending schools, $90 00
66 collecting taxes 1871. . 80 00
Abatement of taxes.
70 75
Isaac Reed, taking valuation and mak- ing taxes
129 00
Frederick Rouillard, taking valuation and making taxes.
134 00
Simon Tuttle, taking valuation and making taxes.
132 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, taking valuation, mak- ing and copying taxes. 119 00
Do., preparing Assessors' notices for printing.
2 00
C. A. Harrington, taking valuation and making taxes.
124 00
8
Paid Do., copying valuation book for print- ing ..... . $10 50
Do., services as Town Clerk. 25 00 James E. Billings, services as Select- man. . 55 00
Hiram J. Hapgood, services as Select- man . 40 00
$1.011 25
SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid Henry M. Smith, Centre scoool house .. $234 20
J. E. Cutter, settees and ladder for Centre school house .... 17 50
Geo. C. Wright, West school house ... 7,000 00
James Tuttle, South school house. .... 7,000 00
$14,251 70
TOWN HOUSE EXPENSES.
Paid Geo. W. Sawyer, 30 galls. oil .. $11 03
washing floor,30 hours 6 00
ink, paper and pens. . 37
six lamp chimneys ...
75
1 sprinkler .
1 05
2 brooms.
84
24 lamp wicks.
25
opening town hall 51 times . .
35 25
opening hall to jubilee singers. 13 00
repairing funnel. .. ..
3 00
taking care of clock. . 10 00
cleaning clock.
75
varnishing hall .
5 79
J. E. Cutter, for coal. 25 07
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Daniel Jones, repairing tree on common, $9 62
John Fletcher, Jr., for pump for well on common
10 00
Cost of indictment for road nuisance, 1867 ... 21 40
Crampton Brothers, damage to cow 18 00 . . Standard yard measure 15 00
$113 15
9
Paid John Dean, land for gravel. $51 50
Joseph Noyes, road scraper. 47 60
F. B. Holden, damage by defect in road, 16 00
Jonas Blodgett, selling school house .. . 2 25
Wm. D. Tuttle, expenses on pub. doc. . 4 50
66 valuation book . ....
4 65
66 stationary and postage.
3 23
expenses to Boston to get valuation printed,
1 30
Surveying and grading road from South Acton to powder mills. 9 75 1 50
Setting and marking stake on roads ... . Recording 39 births.
11 70
66 10 marriages
1 50
34 deaths. 5 40
Description of school house lot in West Acton
2 00
Journey to Sudbury to make out certifi- cate of election. 2 20
G. W. Sawyer, tolling bell, 15 deaths. . 3 00 Francis Dwight, attending funerals for 33 persons. . 99 00
Coffin for Israel Nickerson.
4 50
Making returns of 32 deaths
3 20
J. E. Cutter, stamps on notes
3 25
books for Centre district. .
3 80
express on books, &c ....
2 60
66 insurance on West school house. . 110 00
66 error in county tax. ..
2 97
Geo. W. Gates and J. K.W. Wetherbee, land for school house in So. Acton, Geo. Heywood, for advice.
500 00
1 50
J. E. Billings, express .
1 00
66 postage. 60
stationary 50
$975 02
RECEIPTS FROM FEB. 26, 1872, TO FEB. 26, 1873.
Unexpended balance as per report of Feb.
26, 1872.
$1,186 80
Appropriations and receipts.
34,827 90
$36,014 70
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EXPENDITURES.
Support of schools
$2,666 32
Repairs of school houses and incidentals ... 59 41
Repairs of highways.
1,062 53
Special repairs on highways and bridges
1,894 39
Support of poor.
721 13
Interest.
1,189 38
Town debt
3,300 00
Military.
519 25
Printing .
254 45
State aid .
284 00
Cemetery ..
112 37
Town officers
1,011 25
School houses.
14,251 70
Town house ..
113 15
Miscellaneous
975 02
State tax ..
1,580 00
County tax.
916 19
$30,910 54
Balance in treasury Feb. 26, 1873 $5,104 16
TOWN DEBT.
Ebenezer Conant. $2,067 66
Augustine Conant ..
4,135 33
Daniel Harris ..
846 78
Frederick Rouillard
1,791 11
Joel Hanscom.
700 40
× J. E. Billings . .
2.138 07
David M. Handley
3,054 25
X Isaac T. Flagg
106 35
Calvin Harris.
203 63
John R. Whitcomb
507 58
J. K. Putney .
693 60
XWilliam Wheeler
523 00
James A. Billings
217 00
John Goldsmith.
2,642 18
Joseph Barker
1,025 46
Y D. J. Wetherbee.
1,241 00
XH. J. Hapgood. Louis Rouillard
205 63
Y Joseph Noyes.
206 02
Joseph P. Reed.
206 02
¿ Jonathan Piper
616 05
Luther Billings
203 34
410 96
11
W. D. Tuttle
$1,017 50
Josiah Dow.
606 53
Patrick Farrel
1,158 05
& John Grimes
303 50
Geo. Reed.
457 87
. Geo. H. Harris
200 70
John Wilson
500 00
G. W. Gates,
212 75
. W. D. Tuttle. 1,200 00
$29,397 72
Amount due from State aid, . 332 00
From State, care of sick State paupers
193 69
Estimated value of old school houses
1,000 00
Due from Town Treasurer
5,104 16
6,629 85
Balance against the Town $22,767 87
JAMES E. BILLINGS, Selectmen JOSEPH NOYES, of Acton.
HIRAM J. HAPGOOD,
ACTON, Feb. 26, 1873.
REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
AT THE
ALMSHOUSE IN ACTON,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1st, 1873.
ARTICLES ON HAND, APRIL 1st, 1873.
1 horse
$250 00
9 cows.
362 50
5g tons hay.
137 50
Oat straw
9 00
45 hens. .
33 75
3 turkeys.
3 50
2 shotes.
18 00
10 pounds lard
1 25
Pickles.
2 00
40 lbs. corn beef
4 00
4 bbl. apples
8 00
75 lbs. salt pork.
7 50
100 lbs. ham.
12 50
* 50 bush. potatoes
37 50
1 hog.
15 75
$902 75
RECEIPTS.
Milk .
$798 86
Apples.
168 00
Berries.
23 51
Poultry
49 11
Calves
60 70
Eggs
26 39
Potatoes
2 00
Ashes.
4 00
Bags
2 00
Squash
2 91
3 cows
107 54
$1,245 02
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EXPENDITURES.
For oil meal ..
$40 95
Cloth and clothing
22 25
Sugar .
42 58
Glass and putty.
1 10
Grass seed.
9 61
Coffee .
3 32
Castings.
31
Corn meal
289 12
Tobacco.
5 60
Matches
65
Medicine
2 02
Mustard
59
Saleratus.
44
Cream Tartar
1 49
Paint. .
3 17
Ointment.
1 25
Blueing
12
Nails
78
Soda
1
12
Lemons
92
Brushes
1 53
Barrels
20 05
Starch.
1 11
Scraps
1 94
Rope .
1 64
Brooms
76
Axe helve.
33
Tomatoes
40
Spices
3 81
Beef
76 75
Lounge
13 00
Tools
4 11
Salt .
.
5 26
Bread.
1 24
Butter
30 63
Candles
2 25
Rye meal.
1 75
Potatoes
1 08
Turnips
75
Cabbage
25
Tin ware
6 54
Lettuce ..
17
Flour
67 00
Rice.
2 31
Oil.
2 24
Onions
6 24
14
For Vinegar .
$3 94
Dried apples.
1 40
Tea .
12 37
Beans . .
5 76
Raisins
4 62
Soap .
8 68
Door latches.
31
Stone Jar
1 17
Fish.
8 03
Molasses
13 99
Cheese.
15 24
Peas. .
98
Repairing barn
4 50
Filing saw.
50
Wheelwright bill.
5 00
Butchering hogs.
2 50
Poultry
2 50
Oats.
8 75
Newspaper
3 75
. Labor ..
82 83
Shotes.
13 00
Use of Bull.
3 00
Repairing harness.
2 07
Dr. Cowdrey's bill
5 50
Blacksmith bill.
9 78
Lumber.
4 99
Pump and repairs
8 00
Balances
35
Locks .
95
Basket.
37
Barley .
90
Lime .
1 10
Smoking ham
70
Honey
25
Solder.
30
Pasturing cows
20 00
Hay.
54 46
Repairing sink.
50
Stove
3.00
Pung
20 50
Pail
36
Blacking
60
1 jug.
35
Coopering
44
Services of Charles Morris.
325 00
James E. Billings, for services as Overseer of the Poor. . 14 00
Joseph Noyes
60
8 00
15
For Hiram J. Hapgood, services as Overseer of the Poor,
$8 00
$1,373 82
Total amount of Receipts.
1,245 02
Drawn from Treasury to balance account.
128 80
Income less than expenditures
128 80
Interest on the Farm 239 40
Drawn from Treasury .
128 80
$368 20
Victualling 66 travellers $33 00
Cost of supporting Poor on Farm $335 20
Whole number of persons, exclusive of travellers, supported in the Almshouse, three ; average number, three ; present number, three.
JAMES E. BILLINGS, ) Overseers JOSEPH NOYES, of
HIRAM J. IIAPGOOD, Poor.
Acton, April 1, 1873.
We hereby certify that we have examined the Reports of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, and find them to be correct.
WM. D. TUTTLE, J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Auditors. D. J. WETHERBEE,
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS IN ACTON IN 1872.
No. Date of Birth. Name of Child. Parents' Names.
1 Jan. 1, Elizabeth Trainor, daughter of Hugh and Hannah Trainor.
2 Jan. 9, Ida Luella Boucher, daughter of Lewis H. and Lilla A. Boucher.
3 Feb. 13, Thomas Joseph Mannion, son of John and Julia Man- nion.
4 Feb. 17, Ada Marion Jones, daughter of Lowell A. and Sarah A. Jones.
5 Feb. 26, Berta Velma Littlefield, daughter of Nahum and Addie M. Littlefield.
6 March 2, Nettie Frances Drew, daughter of George H. and Nellie Drew.
7 March 11, Leander Van Ness Tuttle, son of Luke and S. So- phia Tuttle.
8 March 19, Gracie Eudora Tuttle, daughter of Alonzo L. and Ellen Tuttle.
9 April 4, James Davis, son of John and Elizabeth Davis.
10 April 10, Iola Augusta Preston, daughter of Oscar E. and Ma- ry S. Preston.
11 April 12, George F. Clark, son of George and Carrie M. Clark. April 13, Harry Forest Hayward, son of Frank F. and Emily N. Hayward.
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13 April 19, Edwin Fletcher Smith, son of Henry M. and Abbie B. Smith.
14 April 22, Roy Gardner Brooks, son of Henry and Julia A. Brooks.
15 April 22, Ellen Augusta Calanan, daughter of Daniel and Ellen Calanan.
16 May 11, Albert Cochrane, son of John and Emma E. Cochrane.
17 June 1, Mary A. Randall, daughter of Freeman L. and Amelia Randall.
18 June 11, Medora Carlotta Barker, daughter of Henry and Louisa M. Barker.
19 June 15th, Thomas Turner Foley, son of Patrick and Elizabeth Foley.
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20 June 22, John Andrew Fehan, son of John and Lizzie M. Fehan. 21 July 16, Louis Downing Whittemore, son of Frank H. and Nellie M. Whittemore.
22 Aug. 6, Henry Clay Dibble, son of Philo and Clementine Dibble.
23 Sept. 23, Albert J. Reed, son of Reuben L. and Mary A. Reed. 24 Sept. 27, a daughter to Frank A. and Anna P. Brown.
25 Oct. 5, Grace Lillian Hosmer, daughter of Lucius S. and Ella F. Hosiner.
26 Oct. 20, William Henry Bradley, son of Dennis and Hannah Bradley.
27 Oct. 24, Willard Alvin Davis son of Alvin A. and Susan M. Davis.
28 Oct. 28, Grace Evelyn Robbins, daughter of Elbridge J. and Ellen M. Robbins.
29 Nov. 23, Belle Gertrude Sumner, daughter of Alson R. and Carrie A. Sumner.
30 Nov. 27, Margaret Traverse, daughter of Stephen and Cathe- rine Traverse.
31 Nov. 30, Mildred Abia Rogers, daughter of Sumner and Mattie C. Rogers.
32 Dec. 3, a son to Herbert T. and Mary J. Clark.
33 Dec. 17, a son to Isaac W. and Emma Flagg.
34 Dec. 21, Luther Conant, son of Luther and S. Augusta Conant.
35 Dec. 22, Francis Borden Farrar, son of Abel, jr., and Delina Farrar.
36 Dec. 23, Oliver Drew Wood, son of Rev. Franklin P. and Abby O. Wood.
37 Dec. 31, a son to Richard and Ann Morris. Males, 21; females, 16 ; total, 37.
1869, May 10, Idella Josephine Barker, daughter of Henry and Louisa M. Barker. 1870, Dec. 26, Lizzie Maria Fehan, daughter of John and Lizzie M. Fehan.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN ACTON IN 1872.
No. Date of Marriage.
Names of Parties.
1 April 10, Mr. James McGreen and Miss Belle Batchelder, both of Acton.
2 April 14, Mr. George H. Decoster, of Acton, and Miss Lucy A. Blanchard of Boxborough.
3 May 23, Mr. Isaac T. Flagg, of Acton, and Mrs. Lucy A. Keyes, of Groton.
4 May 29, Mr. Edgar Alonzo Jenkins, of Shirley, and Miss Lydia Aun Richardson, of Townsend.
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5 June 6, Mr. A. Augustine Jenkins, of Leominster, and Miss Emma L. Knight, of Ayer.
6 Nov. 30, Mr. Elliot O. Taylor, of Dunstable, and Miss Charlotte A. Dutton, of Acton.
7 Dec. 4, Mr. Herbert E. Preston and Miss Sophia E. Symonds, both of Acton.
8 Dec. 11, Mr. Theron F. Newton and Miss Anna A. Tuttle, both of Acton.
9 Dec. 23, Mr. Edward D. Battles, of Acton, and Miss Adelia Ben- nett, of Concord.
10 Dec. 25, Mr. Horace Tuttle, 2nd, and Miss Arethusa M. Conant, both of Acton.
DEATHS IN ACTON IN 1872.
No. Date of Death.
Name and Age.
1 Jan. 7, widow Eunice Barker, aged 91 years and 23 days.
2 Jan. 24, Mr. Mathew Markland, aged 75 years 10 months.
3 Feb. 9, Mrs. Betsey Conant, widow of Simeon Conant, aged 74 years, 9 months, 9 days.
4 March 25, Mrs. Mehitable Piper, widow of Silas Piper, aged 101 years, 2 months, 1 day.
5 March 31, George E. McDonnell, aged 16 years, 7 mos., 2 days.
6 April 9, James Davis, son of John and Elizabeth Davis aged 5 ds.
7 May 19, Mrs. Mary Ann Quinlan, aged 42 years, 3 mos., 17 ds.
8 June 4, Mrs. Lucy Briggs, wife of Daniel R. Briggs, aged 66 yrs.
9 June 12, Mr. Lewis F. Ball, aged 53 yrs., 10 days.
10 June 16, Mrs. Ann Maria Parks, aged 31 yrs .; 11 mos.
11 June 17, Mr. Horace Adams, aged 35 yrs., 5 mos.
12 June 18, Mr. Abel Jones, aged 88 yrs., 9 mos., 22 days.
13 June 26, Dea. Silas Hosmer, aged 80 yrs., 3 mos., 1 day.
14 July 3, Miss Julia Mann, aged 22 yrs., 2 mos.
15 July 10, Mr. Elias Warner, aged 76 yrs., 9 mnos., 3 days.
16 July 17, Capt. Jonathan Hosmer, aged 86 yrs., 9 mos., 14 days. 17 July 26, Mr. Horace C. Rodgers, aged 29 yrs., 6 mos., 10 days.
18 July 27, Nellie, daughter of Marcus M. and Martha M. Ray- mond, aged 6 months, 18 days.
19 Aug. 9, Mr. Amos Noyes, aged 62 yrs., 11 mos., 13 days.
20 Aug. 11, Mary A., daughter of Freeman L. and Amelia Randall, aged 2 months, 10 days.
21 August 24, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Jenkins, aged 40 yrs., 11 mos.
22 Sept. 4, Mr. Jacob Soper, aged 72 yrs., 9 mos., 28 days.
23 Sept. 6, Mrs. Martha Hastings, wife of Mr. Charles Hastings, aged 48 years.
24 Sept. 18, Mrs. Bridget Shurry, wife of John Shurry, aged 34 yrs.
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25 Sept. 28, Mr. Israel Nickerson, aged 17 years.
26 Oct. 13, Mr. John S. Hoar, aged 43 yrs., 3 mos., 24 days. 27 Oct. 20, Miss Hattie L. Hoar, daughter of John S. and Lydia P. Hoar, aged 20 years, 2 months.
28 Nov. 15, Lilla May Teel, daughter of William H. and Mary E. Teel, aged 3 years, 2 months, 11 days.
29 Nov. 23, Miss Olive A. Pickens, daughter of Elisha and Mary C. Pickins, aged 15 years, 3 months, 16 days.
30 Nov. 25, William Murphy, aged 80 years.
31 Nov. 27, Martha E. Jones, daughter of Aaron M. and Augusta C. Jones, aged 10 years, 10 months.
32 Dec. 6, Mr. Aaron Wood, aged 73 years.
33 Dec. 14, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hosmer, wife of Mr. Edwin Hosmer, aged 43 years, 2 months, 1 day.
34 Dec. 22, Mr. William Spaulding, aged 59 years, 4 mos., 18 days.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1872.
Males, 67, at $2 each. $134 00
Females, 5, at $5 each. 25 00
Total,
72
$159 00
WM. D. TUTTLE, Town Clerk. Acton, March 26, 1873.
THE ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON,
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1872-73.
LOWELL, MASS. : MARDEN & ROWELL, PRINTERS, WEEKLY JOURNAL OFFICE 1873.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
To the Citizens of Acton:
Your School Committee having discharged the duties committed to their charge, respectfully submit for your consideration the following report:
In making this report, it affords us pleasure to be able to say, that with a very few exceptions, the progress and general success of the schools have been quite satisfactory. Considering everything,-the number of different teachers employed, the rate of compensation which we have been able to offer as an in- ducement to experienced teachers to labor in our schools and the fact that our schools are so far separated that we are not able to have teachers' meetings-consid- ering these and other things which might be mentioned we think that the success of the schools the past year has been as great as could have been expected. We can not expect our schools to be equal to those of the cities and larger towns, for the above mentioned and other reasons. Not only are we unable to offer adequate compensation for experienced teachers of the highest order of ability, but because of the fact that there is no High School in town, we feel it necessary to admit to our schools a range of studies that other- wise would be excluded. It is, moreover, more difficult to inspire the pupils of our schools with an ambition to excel in their studies, than it would be had we a
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