Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1894-1900, Part 12

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1894
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 540


USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Acton > Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1894-1900 > Part 12


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23


4. The preparation of pupils for college. This will become generally feasible if the colleges finally accept, as now seems probable, a good general four years' course as a suitable prepara - tory course.


5. At least one course of study that is four years long. For the current year the graduate from a three years' course in a high school will be permitted by the Board of Education to take the entrance examinations of the normal schools. But this is a reluctant concession to certain high school conditions that now exist, and not an expression of opinion that a three years' course is an adequate one. On the contrary, a course of not less than four years, as is provided in four fifths of our high schools, is earnestly advised for every candidate.


6. An adequate teaching force and an adequate equipment for the accomplishment of the foregoing aims.


59


TOWN OF ACTON.


Even under present conditions, no high school should be re- garded as worthy of the name, no community should tolerate such a high school, that does not meet at least the first two re- quirements. Four fifths of our high schools, if we judge from their courses of study, need only the strengthening that comes from a competent teaching force to meet the first five require- ments.


The state has guaranteed free high school tuition to every properly qualified pupil within its borders, in the high school at home if one is maintained there, otherwise in an outside high school. If a local high school does not meet the requirements of the state, and the town in which it is located refuses to pay tuition in an outside high school when a parent demands it, on the ground that it has a high school of its own, the matter if settled at all must be settled by the courts. The State Board of Education has approved all high schools in the state having three or more teachers. It will approve none which have less than three teachers. In his forth-coming report the Secretary of the State Board of Education will ask for a new statutory definition of a high school. Should the legislature decide to enact a law which states explicitly what kind of a school it must be to meet the requirements of the state, it will relieve many towns of a disagreeable feeling of uncertainty.


HIGH SCHOOL.


Graduating Exercises of the Class of '96 at the Town Hall, Thursday Evening, June 11.


GRADUATES. CLASSICAL COURSE.


Anna Belle Banks, Jennie Etta Stowell,


Florence Ethel Wayne, Harry Fletcher Tuttle.


ENGLISH COURSE.


Helen Pearson Emery, David Adelbert Cutler,


Albert Ezra Willis, Moses Taylor,


Arthur Henry Parsons, Robert Chickering Maines,


Wilmot Emery Taylor.


60


SCHOOL REPORT


PROGRAM.


Prayer,


Song, "The Bright Stars of Heaven,"


Address, Agent Henry T. Bailey, state supervisor of Art Instruction.


Song, " Madeleine," Alumni Supt. Edward Dixon Orchestra


Conferring of Diplomas, Selection,


CLASS MOTTO: "Vincit Qui Patitur." CLASS COLORS : Yellow and White. MUSIC : Brigham's Cadet Orchestra


STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.


SCHOOLS.


Enrollment


Average


Membership


Attendance


| Per ct. Atten'e


Spring


Term


Fall


Term


Winter


Term


Spring


Fall


Winter


Dismissals


High


61


53.55


51.25 95


13


20


5


75


15


56


41


So. Grammar


32


32.4


30.44 94


5


7


6


37


67


74


53


So. Primary


63


41.3


38.7


93


9


10


4


13


30


27


19


West Grammar


39


34.


32.78 96


6


6


2


29


49


37


66


West Primary


40


29.4


28.36 96


15


7


4


6


23


19


50


Centre Grammar


19


14.76


14.34 97


6


5


2


-1


1


4


23


Centre Primary


27


17.8


17.1


96


6


2


3


11


48


27


1


North


·


27


21.03


19.63 93


6


1


3


13


8


26


334 262.88 249.9


95


74


70


28


188


252


260


291


-1


6


8


12


East


26


18.64


17.30 92


1


·


Tardy marks by terms.


Average


No. Pupils not absent or tardy.


March, Orchestra Rev. Bernard Copping Alumni


TOWN OF ACTON.


TABULAR STATEMENT.


TEACHERS.


TERMS


SCHOOLS.


Wages of teachers a month


Whole number of pupils


Average membership


Average attendance


Per cent. of attendance


Pupils under 5 yrs. of age


Pupils over 15 yrs. of age


| Pupils bet. 8 and 14 yrs. of age


W. A. Charles Florence Fletcher


Spring Fall


High


$111 11 55


54.33


52.96 97


43


8


Winter


50 00 56


51.83


48.92 94


Hattie L.Tuttle


Fall


So. Grammar


40 00 36


33.92


30.62 90


29


Winter


34


33.41


31.51 94


Spring


Fall


So. Primary


40 00


44


42.58


40.92 96


35


Winter


43


40.33


37.46 90


AlbertieM Preston


Spring


40 00 32


31.16


30.45 97


Elizabeth Prindall


Fall


W.Grammar


40 00 40


35.7


34.2


95


32


Ida A. Hapgood


Winter


39


35.1


33.68 95


HarrietH.Gardner


Fall


WV. Primary


40 00 32


30.1


28.74 98


16


Susie E. Conant


Spring


40 00 19


17.38


16.57 95


Ida A. Hapgood


Fall


C. Grammar


40 00


15


13.9


13.8 99


5|10


Helene J. Sloan


Winter


15


13.


12.66 97


Florence N. Day


Fall


C. Primary


40 00


17


16.3


15.7


96


16


Winter


16


13.9


13.


93


Ida A. Hapgood


Spring


40 00 21


20.13


19.55 97


Mary F. Rich


Fall


East School


28 00 20


16.78


15.34 91


21


Mary F. Rich


Winter


40 00 20


19.


17.


89


Lillian Richardson


Spring


40 00 22


21.33


20.66 96


Ella L. Miller


Fall Winter


North School


28 00 27


22.68


21.05 92


1|18


30 66|21


19.08


17.18 89


56


54.48


51.88 95


Spring


30


29.85


29.19 97


44


40.


37.7 94


Lilla Keniston


Augusta Coffman


Spring


31


30.3


29.91 98


Winter


30


27.78


26.32 94


Spring


24


23.2


22.7


97


28 00


Rose Standish


61


62


SCHOOL REPORT


Teachers' meetings have been held from time to time and the teachers have been addressed by State Agents Walton, Edson and Prince on reading, language, school management and topical teaching ; by Mr E. A. Cox on music and by the Superintendent on various topics.


CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS.


Many towns have improved their school advantages greatly by consolidating their schools, and few, if any, after giving con- solidation a fair trial, have returned to the old order of things. Acton, divided as it is into five villages, is not so well situated to profit by a movement of this kind as many other towns are. Nevertheless, if a school house which would accomodate all the pupils in town could be built at some central point to which most of the pupils could walk without too great inconvenience, the school interests of the town could be advanced as they can in no other way except by the rapid growth of the town. It would unify the educational interests of the different communities and while good home influences would be as effective as ever, wrong home influences would fail to have the weight they do under the present conditions. Modern methods of teaching under antiquated conditions of grading may be desired but they cannot be attained. With only two grades in a room a teacher should do her best work. Three grades, unless the school is small like those at the center, are one too many for effective work, while four grades or more taxes teachers of even exceptional ability too much, that is, they find it impossible to accomplish the work which they desire to do.


If consolidation cannot be carried so far as the foregoing indicates I would suggest again the advisability of consolidating the East, North and Center schools. If these four schools could be brought together at the center and placed under the charge of three teachers, the pupils would enjoy better school privileges than they do now. My inclination is strong to make suggestions in regard to the consolidation of the East and the Center schools, but the vote against an arrangement of this kind in the latest town meeting forbids me to thrust my opinion on the town.


63


TOWN OF ACTON.


I wish however to say that the average attendance of pupils at the Center schools this year has been eleven more than it was the term preceding their consolidation in 1893.


SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.


A high degree of success in some of our schools has been unattainable because, for various reasons, the right kind of discipline has not been maintained. A teacher, in order to successfully manage her school, must have a clear idea of what good order is and a determination to induce her pupils to act in accordance with it. Some teachers have a proper conception of what good order is, some do not. Those of the latter class will have disorderly schools and the only remedy is another teacher. Those of the. former class may or may not have disorderly schools. A teacher may have a right idea of good order but lack the proper spirit to secure it. It may be lack of energy, it may be the em- ployment of wrong motives, or she may lack tact or fail to re- ceive the necessary support from parents. When she fails to secure order, or to properly instruct her school because she lacks some of the necessary qualifications of a teacher, she deserves sympathy, but for the sake of her pupils she should give way to another teacher. When, however, a teacher has shown to the satisfaction of the school authorities, that her ideas of school management and instruction are practically correct and that she is competent to manage a school well, and that for causes external to her school, insubordination appears in her school, the matter becomes very serious and warrants more than passing attention. A school, which, imbuded with a spirit of insubordination, wages a contest with such a teacher, and is successful in any degree in its attempts to get the best of the teacher, defeats the main purpose for which schools are established and wields a pernicious influence not only over pupils of the school, but over pupils of other schools in the same town. Application in study depends upon good order, and application and good order are the con- ditions of successful school work. The true end of school government, i. e., self-government cannot be attained unless these


64


SCHOOL REPORT


two conditions are secured. To secure good order in a school, it is true that different means must be used in different localities, but any community should be educated up to the point of sus- taining teachers in enforcing obedience in a proper way in the school of which he has charge. As far as possible a good teacher should be protected from unfavorable home influences especially when the supposed grievances are founded on prejudice. In the administration of school affairs others beside parents have an interest. Many people who are taxed heavily for the support of schools have no children to send to them. These people have a right to insist that the schools shall, by doing acceptable work, give them indirectly a fair return for the wealth which they con- tribute towards their support.


In closing I desire to express my thanks to the Committee for their cordial support and to the teachers for their earnest co-operation.


Respectfully, EDWARD DIXON, Superintendent of Schools.


65


TOWN OF ACTON.


Department of School Supplies.


To the School Committee :


The annual report of expenses of this department is respect- fully submitted.


GINN & Co.


March 19. 5 Great Retreats, $2 00


Less 1-6, 33


$1 67


April 22. 4 doz. copy books, $3 84


Less 1-6, 64


3 20


May


8. 4 Prince arith.,


67


Postage,


13


80


May 27. 28 Academy song books, 26 32


Less 1-6, 4 39


21 93


Sept. 12. 1 Cicero, 1 40


1 Myer's gen'l history, 1 50


12 Wentworth sch. algebra 13 44


16 34


Less 1-6,


2 72


13 62


Nov. 21. 6 Prince arith.


1 00


Postage,


20


1 20


$42 42


66


SCHOOL REPORT


UNIVERSITY PUB. Co.


March 20. 6 Davis 2d reader, $2 40


Less 1-5, 48


$1 92


April 17. 36 The Spy, 4 50


36 Rob Roy, 4 50


9 00


Less 1-6,


1 80


7 20


$9 12


J. L. HAMMETT CO.


March 20. 1 doz. Zulu ink, $3 00


$3 00


April 21. 12 reams No. 27 letter, 10 80


8 66 " 2 practice, 4 64


8 " 11-2 4 64


5 66 " 8 pr. manilla, 2 25


5 " 5 " 2 25


120 lbs.p.manilla 5 1-2x8 1-2,4 50 3 rms. manilla letter, 1 80


200 Cornhill pads, 9 00


76 rms. manilla drw. 6x9, 11 40


12 " 66 " 9x12, 3 60


2 gross sch. pencils, No. 2, 3 00


10 4 3,15 00


25 " pens, 8 75


85 lbs. pads, 7 22


4 doz. pads, note manilla, 1 60


10 bxs Middleton fasten's, 2 25 4 gross drawing pencils, 2, 9 00 4 " 3, 9 00


1 doz. Zulu ink, 3 00


4 doz. No. 30 rulers, 50


100 blank books, No. 60, 4 00


67


TOWN OF ACTON.


April 21. 100 sh botany drying paper, 1 00 500 " " mount. " 7x10,3 75 1 gross col. pencils, No.799, 5 00 7 Johnson maps, 7 00


Colored crayons, 6 10


150 color books, 6 00


100 col. paper, standards 3 00


12 boxes "wild animals," 1 92


12 "domestic animals," 1 92


12 "birds," 1 92


12


6 "number builders," 1 44


12 "sentence 6 1 35


1 Knobles moths,


45


1 fishes, 45


8 sets profile maps,


2 00


161 50


April 2. 10 rms. 6x9 manilla drw. 2 00 100 Cornhill pads, 4 50


200 spelling blanks, 2 00


1 M Middleton fasteners, 2 00


200 No. 50 compo. books, 4 50


1 Webster dictionary, 8 50


23 50


May 9. 166 sh col. paper, 4x4, 4 98


8 color tops, 30


1 case mucilage, 75


50 sets White's models, 2, 7 20


13 23


Sept. 21. 20 manilla note books, 1 80


1 80


Oct. 10. 3 doz. White drw. book, 2, 3 24


2 00 No. 40 compo. books, 8 00


11 24


68


SCHOOL REPORT


Nov. 21. 50 sh standard colors, 4x4, $1 50 1 ink stand, 35


$1 85


Feb. 3. 2 cases mucilage, 1 50


1 50


$217 62


D. C. HEATH & Co.


April 14. 36 Heart of Oak, No. 1, $9 00


24 " 3, 10 80


19 80


Less 1-6, 3 30


16 50


April 16. 12 Heart of Oak, No. 3, 4 50


4 50


28. 3 66 " 1, 75


3 66 " 3, 1 35


2 10


Less 1-6,


35


1 75


Sept. 14. 3 "Columbae,"


88


Postage,


12


1 00


Dec. 14. 17 copies "Debacle,"


13 60


Less 1-6,


2 26


11 34


$35 09


SILVER, BURDETT & Co.


April 14. 5 Nature in Verse, $3 00 $3 00


16. 12 systematic exp. blanks, 2 50 2 50


$5 50


69


TOWN OF ACTON.


AMERICAN BOOK CO.


April 13. 36 Irving Sketch Book, $7 20 Less 1-5, 1 44


$5 76


May 23. 90 Harrington spel's, pt. 1, 13 50 150


" 2, 22 50


36 00


Less 1-5,


7 20


28 80


Credit by old spellers, 5 85


22 98


Sept. 12. 2 Harkness Latin gram., 1 80


Postage, 22


2 02


Dec. 7. 5 Barnes' l'g geog., 6 25


Less 1-5, 1 25


5 00


$35 76


EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.


April 11. 33 Mythland, $11 55


30 Alice in Wonderland, 22 50


24 Robinson Crusoe, 9 60


24 Amer. Hist. stories, 9 24


36 Little Nell, 14 40


36 Stories of Mass., 21 60


24 " Australasia, 9 60


30 Intro. to Leaves from Nature's Story book, 9 00


107 29


Less 1-6, 17 99


89 50


70


SCHOOL REPORT


April 16. 12 Stories of Australasia, $4 80 Less 1-6, 80


April 27. 2 Stories of Australasia, 67


$4 00 67


June 20. 12 Alice in Wonderland, 6 00


2 Intro. to Leaves, 75


6 75


$100 92


Credit by extra discount,


3 75


$97 17


J. R. WALES.


Sept. 4. Rebinding 262 vols., $39 30 $39 30 $39 30


DEWOLF, FISKE & Co.


Sept. 15. S French dict., $4 00 $4 00 $4 00 PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINTING CO.


Aug. 26. 200 Baldwin report books, $3 40 $3 40 $3 40


WM. WARE & Co.


Dec. 5. 3 Sharples & Phillips ast. $3 00 Less 1-6, 50


$2 50 $2 50


MISCELLANEOUS.


WV. A. Charles. exp. chgs., $3 85 N. C. Reed, 4 10


$7 95 $7 95


$499 83


Credit S French dict. sold pupils,


4 00


$495 83


The supplies now on hand are valued at about $150.00.


CHAS. J. WILLIAMS, Purchasing Agent.


71


TOWN OF ACTON.


Town Warrant.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MIDDLESEX, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in the County of Middlesex. GREETING :


You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Acton, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to assem- ble in the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the fifth of April, A. D., 1897, at nine o'clock A. M.,


Then and there to act upon the following articles, as they may think proper, viz:


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. 2. To aee if the town will accept the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, School Committee and other tow officers.


ART. 3. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for the town if necessary, in anticipation of the taxes for the current year.


ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to abolish discount on taxes and charge interest on all remaining unpaid Nov. 1, 01 act anything thereon.


ART. 5. To choose all necessary town officers and com- mittees, and fix salaries.


ART. 6. To see if the town will maintain street lamps the present year, or act anything thereon.


72


ANNUAL REPORTS


ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the Jury list as revised by the Selectmen.


ART. S. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the support of Memorial Library the present year.


ART. 9. To hear and act upon the report of any committee chosen to report at this meeting.


ART. 10. To see if the town will provide transportation to the Center school for the pupils of the East school, or do or act anything thereon.


ART. 11. To see if the town will build a shed in Mt. Hope Cemetery.


ART. 12. To see if the town will purchase a chemical engine for the west village, or act anything thereon.


ART. 13. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the due observance of Memorial day.


ART. 14. To see if the town will adopt the provisions of Sections 20, 21, 22 and 23, of Chapter fifty of the Public Statutes in reference to sidewalks, or act anything thereon.


ART. 15. To vote Yes, or No, in answer to the question, shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in town the present year.


ART. 16. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the support of schools the present year, or act anything thereon.


ART. 17. To see what amount of money the town will raise for school supplies the present year.


ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor law.


73


TOWN OF ACTON.


ART. 19. To see if the town will rescind the vote passed at its April meeting in 1894, to diminish the number of its School Committee, and vote to restore it to the number of five.


ART. 20. To see what action the town will take in reference to continuing the connection with Sturbridge and West Brook- field in regard to Supt. of schools.


ART. 21. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the repair of roads and bridges the present year.


ART. 22. To see what action the town will take in reference to tramps.


ART. 23. To see if the town will replank the bridge on the road leading to Michael Hannon, or act anything thereon.


ART. 24. To see what amount of money the town will raise to defray town charges the present year.


ART. 25. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits that may be brought against the town and to employ counsel therefor.


ART. 26. To see if the town will build a tramp house at the town farm, or act anything thereon.


And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by post- ing up copies attested by you in the following places : One in each of the Post Offices in the town, one at each of the Railroad Stations in the town, one in each of the Stores of C. H. Mead & Co., H. A. Littlefield, Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, M. E. Taylor & Co., one at the office of F. J. Hastings & Co., and one at the Magog House, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with


74


ANNUAL REPORTS


your doings thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, on and before the time for holding said meeting.


Given under our hands in Acton, this twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety- seven.


E. FAULKNER CONANT, ISAIAH HUTCHINS,


Selectmen of Acton.


77


TOWN OF ACTON.


INDEX TO CONTENTS.


PAGE


Town Officers, 1896,


3


Treasurer's Report,


5


Selectmen's Report,


9


List of Jurors.


30


Report of Overseers of Poor,


31


Town Clerk's Report, - Births,


34


Marriages,


35


Deaths,


37


Dogs Licensed, 38


Trustees of Acton Memorial Library, 41


School Report,


49


Report of School Committee,


51


Report of Superintendent,


54


Department of School Supplies,


65


Town Warrant for Annual Meeting, 1897, 77


RATED


-1735.


5


ACTON


RELLEITAGAIN UTTON.


FOR THE


Year Ending


March 12,


1898.


Annual Report


OF THE ~


Town of icton,


Mass.


INDEX TO CONTENTS.


PAGE


Town Clerk's Report,


3


Births,


3


Marriages,


5


Deaths, .


6


Dogs Licensed,


7


Transcript of Town Warrants and Town Meetings,'97, . 9-15 . 16-33 Selectmen's Report,


List of Jurors, . 34


Treasurer's Report, 35


Overseers of Poor, 39


Trustees Acton Memorial Library, 41


Report of School Committee, 49


Financial Statement, . 55


Report of Superintendent of Schools, 57


School Tables, . 64


Graduation Exercises, 68


Department of School Supplies, 69


Town Warrant, 1898 .


75


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF ACTON, MASS., For the Year Ending March 12, 1 898.


TOGETHER WITH THE


SCHOOL REPORT.


FED


ONI


- 1735.


ACTON


HUDSON, MASS .: THE ENTERPRISE PRINTING COMPANY, 1898.


Town Clerk's Report.


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN ACTON IN 1897.


NO. DATE. NAME OF CHILD. NAME OF PARENTS.


1. Jan. 4. Ethel Rose Kingwell.


Charles and Rose (Hill).


2. Jan. 11. Wendell Parsons Barrows. Fred M. and Mabel E. (Parsons). 3. Feb. 14. Mary Ella Palmer. Harris M. and Lizzie (Butterworth).


4. Feb. 21. Irma May Durkee.


Charles A. and Carrie M. (Gilmore).


5. Feb. 27. Arthur Reginald Abbott. Edward A. and Ellen J. (Weaver).


6. Feb. 27. Edward Leonard Pendergast. Francis and Josie A. M. (Hayes).


7. March 3. Vera Frances Blanche Landers. Jason F. and Emma 8. March 4. Lilla Belle Page. (Gregory). Harry L. and Lizzie E. (Coleman).


10. March 13. Isabella Barker Heath.


9. March 5. Mable Louise Henderson. John W. and Grace E. (Parmenter). Charles B. and Mary A. (Cahill). James and Mary J. (McArthur).


11. March 15. Sarah Ruth Hill.


12. March 16. Hayes. Michael G. and Kath- erine A. (McNerny).


13. March 17. Elizabeth Theresa Daily. Daniel and Mary (Burke). 14. March 20. Alice Sylvia Robbins. Herbert F. and Bessie E. (Foote).


4


ANNUAL REPORTS


NO. DATE. NAME OF CHILD. NAME OF PARENTS. 15. April 12. Byron Randlett Switzer. Clarence E. and Nina M. (Randlett), 16. April 15. Leslie Merriam Willard. Leonard G. and Em- eline (Merriam).


17. April 26. William James McCrossin. Joachim and Margaret (Devine). 18. April 26. John Joseph Baker. Martin and Margaret (Hart).


19. May 3. Leonard Knowlton Brown. Charles W. and Edna


A. (Knowlton).


20. May 24. Lauretta Moore. William J. and Mary A. (Duignan). 21. June 3. Mary Ellen Goggin. Edward and Ellen (Mahoney ). 22. June 6. John George Davis. Richard M. and Maud L. (Morse).


23. June 21. George Kimball Hayward. Walter E. and Nettie F. (Robbins). 24. June 22. Clara Elizabeth Tuttle. Horace F. and Carrie E. (Taylor). 25. July 16. Helen Maud Bezanson. David H. and Ida M. (Foote). 26. Aug. S. Bridget Delia Brady. Edward and Kate (Mc- Partlin).


27. Aug. 7. Ralph Willard Whitcomb. Fred J. and Mary E. (Gates).


28. Oct. 10. Frederick William Nagle. Frank and Agnes.


29. Oct. 11. Arno Hazleton Perkins.


30. Oct. 24. Edgar Leroy Barteaux.


31. Nov. 23. John Francis Coughlin.


33. Dec. 4. Carmen Ena Morse.


Albert H. and Ella B. (Patterson). James E. and Ella May (Wilkins). John F. and Mary T. (Waldron).


32. Dec. 4. Harold James Gallagher. Daniel J. and Carth-


erine (Bulger). Alfred J. and George- ana J. (Beach).


5


TOWN OF ACTON.


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1897.


NO. DATES. NAMES.


Edgar J. Blaisdell,


1. Jan. 1 Alice W. Martin,


Frank W. Buttrick,


2. Jan. 24 Cora E. Willis, 3. Apr. 19 ( Thomas King, at Maynard Ellen T. Dalton,


4. Apr. 25


Irving V. Whitcomb, C. Sophia Fletcher,


John White, 5. May 6 Evelina Davis,


6. June 2 ( James Tobin,


at Hudson ? Fannie Bevis, 7. June 6 { J. Edgar Barteax, at Chelmf'd / Ella M. Wilkins,


8. June 23 Hobart E. Mead,


1 Albertie M. Preston,


9. July S William W. Hern,


2 Eliza E. Davis,


10. July 22 ( Axel G. Lundburg, at Quincy ( Amanda Lofoendahl,


11. Aug. 18 Raymond Dodge, Henrietta E. Cutler,


12. Aug. 29 William S. Ingham.


Ethel M. Higgins,


Arthur M. Whitcomb,


13. Sept. 8 Ella F. Wetherbee,


14. Sept. 15 Jolin J. Blue, Grace M. Kimball,


15. Sept. 29 Mathew Steinman, at Concord 2 Mary O'Neil,


16. Sept. 29


Henry L. Livermore, Stella G. Harris,


Alfred Hunt. 17. Oct. 6 Olive G. Barker,


Alfred E. Hanks, 18. Oct. 16 Mary E. Penniman,


19. Oct. 20 ( Clarence H. Cutler, at Lex'gton 1 Sarah A. Evans,


Bertram D. Hall, 20. Oct. 20 Grace N. Houghton,


RESIDENCE. Carlisle. Acton.


Sudbury. Sudbury. Maynard.


Acton.


Acton.


Acton.


Acton.


Acton.


Stow.


Acton.


Acton. Littleton.


Acton. Acton.


Stow. Stow.


Acton.


Boston. Acton, Acton.


Concord.


Concord.


Boxboro.


Boxboro.


Boston. Boston.


Concord.


Acton.


Acton. Acton.


Melrose.


Acton.


Acton. Acton.


Lexington Acton.


Acton. Acton.


6


ANNUAL REPORTS


NO. DATES. NAMES.


21. Oct. 27 ( George G. Harrington,


Margaret E. Moran,


22. Nov. 10 ( Lester N. Fletcher,


at Waltham Alma Fountain,


23. Nov. 24 ( Michael Tobin, at Maynard ? Mary Quinlan,


24. Dec. 2 Alfred W. Davis, Lizzie Morse,


25. Dec. 15 Arthur S. Lowden, Bertha M. Newton,


26. Dec. 25 Andrew B. Brazier,


Mary N. Lucier,


Boxboro.


Frank W. Hoit,


Acton. Acton.


DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1897.


NO. . DATES. NAMES.


YRS. MOS. DAYS.


1. Jan. 9. M. Jennie Gates,


49


8 2


2. Jan. 11. George WV. Stevens,


68


0 0)


3. Jan. 27. Mary W. Dorrison,


4. Jan. 30. Lucy Keyes,


89


3


21


5. Feb. 3. Martha A. Faulkner.


90


1


17


6. March 17. Child of Michael G. Hayes,


0)


0


1


7. Aug. 19. Martha M. Brooks,


32


8


25


8. Sept. 27. Mary K. Duggan,


51


0


9. Sept. 28. Levi W. Stevens,


S2


2 0


10. Oct. 28. Amanda B. Glines,


72


0


18


11. Oct. 29. Harriet E. Merriam,


55


11 0


12. Nov. 29. Elbridge G. Parker,


76


0


13


13. Dec. 17. Emma S. Knowlton,


43


1- . 2


14. Dec. 18. Thomas W. Hammond,


67


8


17


15. Dec. 20. Nancy Chaffin,


16. Dec. 23. Lyman D. Robbins,


31


9


23


17. Dec.


27. Daniel Maillian,


82


0


0


RESIDENCE. Groton. Groton.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.