Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1901-1905, Part 16

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


You are hereby required, in the name of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Acton, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the Thirtieth Day of March, A. D., 1903, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the follow- ing articles as they may think proper, viz. :


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


ART. 2. To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Library Trustees and other Town officers.


ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees, and fix salaries.


ART. 4. To hear and act upon the report of any com- mittee chosen to report at this meeting.


ART. 5. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the due observance of Memorial Day.


ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the Jury list as revised by the Selectmen.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will relinquish any right or title it may have in the unbuilt portion of street leading


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from Central Street to the Fitchburg Division of the Boston & Maine R. R., past the house of E. H. Hall, in the Village of West Acton, or act anything thereon.


ART. 8 To see if the Town will authorize the placing of two bronze tablets, suitably inscribed with the names of the Minute Men, members of Capt. Isaac Davis' company, and suitable historical facts pertaining to the record of Lieut. John Hayward, who took command of Capt. Isaac Davis' company after his death at Concord bridge, April 19th, 1775, on the monument erected on Acton Green, to the memory of Davis, Hayward and Hosmer, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or act anything thereon.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to defray the expenses of Peace Celebration in Acton, April 19th, 1903.


ART. IO. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for repairing roads and bridges the present year.


ART. II. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of taxes the cur- rent year.


ART. 12 To vote Yes or No in answer to the ques- tion : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in Acton the present year ?"


ART. 13. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of Memorial Library the present year.


ART. 14. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for support of Schools the present year.


ART. 15. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for School supplies.


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ART. 16. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for Town Charges, or act anything thereon.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor laws.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will maintain street lamps the present year or act thereon.


ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in reference to the collection of taxes the present year.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for nine band concerts, three in each village, Center, South and West, or act anything there- on.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will raise a sum of money in addition to the unexpended balance of 1902, to provide a suitable fire engine house at West Acton, or act anything thereon.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will approve and adopt the rules and regulations for the government of its Ceme- teries, submitted by the Cemetery Commissioners in their annual report, for the year 1902-1903, or take any action thereon.


ART. 23. To see what sum of money the Town will appropriate for the care of Cemeteries the current year or act anything thereon.


ART. 24. To see if the Town will take any action rela- tive to the proposed taking of the water of Lake Nagog by the Commonwealth.


ART. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the repair of River Street, South Acton, or act anything thereon.


ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the


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Road Commissioner to widen and straighten the road from D. J. Hennessy's house to the South Acton road, or act any- thing thereon.


ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to buy a water- ing cart.


And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting copies, attested by you, in the following places : One in each of the Postoffices and Railroad Stations, one in each of the stores of C. H. Mead & Co., M. E. Taylor & Co., Tuttle & Newton, H. A. Littlefield and Elnathan Jones, one at the office of F. J. Hastings & Co., and one at the Nagog House, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, on or before the time for holding said meeting.


Given under our hands, in Acton, this 12th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.


WILLIAM F. STEVENS, E. FAULKNER CONANT, EDWIN A. PHALEN, Selectmen of Acton.


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Index to Contents.


PAGE


Town Officers


3


Town Clerk's Report .


15


Town Meetings, 1902


5


Births .


16


Marriages


17


Deaths


18


Dogs Licensed


20


Report of Selectmen .


22


List of Jurors


48


Report of Treasurer .


49


Collector


56


Auditor


57


Road Commissioners.


58


Overseers of Poor


66


Tree Warden


70


Board of Health


73


Library Trustees


76


Cemetery Commissioners .


81


Electric Street Railway Franchise


60


SCHOOL REPORT :


Organization


3


School Calendar .


4


High School Course of Study


9


Committee .


10


Financial Statement


13


Superintendent's Report


14


High School Principal


22


Truant Officers


24


High School Graduation Exercises


25


Roll of Honor


26


Statistical Tables


28


Department of School Supplies .


30


Town Warrant


38


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.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Acton, Mass.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 12, 1904


TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL REPORT.


RATE


R


ONI


1735.


ACTON.


MARLBOROUGH, MASS. : THE ESTABROOK PRESS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS, FRYE BLOCK.


1904.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Acton, Mass.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 12,


1904


TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL REPORT.


RATEL


INC


1735.


ACTON,


FOR


MARLBOROUGH, MASS. : THE ESTABROOK PRESS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS, FRYE BLOCK. 1904.


Town Officers, 1903-1904


Town Clerk. Horace F. Tuttle. Selectmen.


Edwin A. Phalen,


Hanson A. Littlefield, Frank W. Hoit.


Assessors.


E. Faulkner Conant, Chauncey B. Robbins, William F. Kelley.


Overseers of the Poor.


Octavus A. Knowlton,


I. Warren Flagg,


William F. Kelley.


Town Treasurer. Jonathan K. W. Wetherbee.


Auditor. Waldo E. Whitcomb. Collector of Taxes. Daniel J. Wetherbee.


Constables.


James Kinsley,


Wm. H. Kingsley,


L. E. Reed.


Cemetery Commissioners.


Julian Tuttle, (term expires 1906), Herbert T. Clark (term expires 1905) Horace F. Tuttle, (term expires 1904).


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Road Commissioners.


Wm. H. Kingsley, (team expires 1905),


Anson C. Piper, (term expires 1904), Albert H. Perkins, (term expires 1906). School Committee.


Charles J. Williams, (term expires 1905),


Horace F. Tuttle (term expires 1906), Frank R. Knowlton, (term expires 1904).


Trustees of Memorial Library. (elected by the town)


Charles J. Williams, (term expires 1905), William D. Tuttle, (term expires 1904), Lucius A. Hesselton, (term expires 1906). Board of Health.


Frank J. Barker, M. D., (term expires 1904),


Frank E. Tasker, M. D., (term expires 1906), Charles J. Williams, (term expires 1905).


Fence Viewers.


Daniel H. Farrar,


Reuben L. Reed,


Oliver W. Mead.


Surveyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves.


Herbert T. Clark, Edgar H. Hall, Jona. P. Fletcher,


Charles E. Smith, Edward F. Richardson, J. W. Dupee.


Field Drivers.


James Kinsley, Wm. H. Kingsley, Daniel H. Farrar.


L. E. Reed,


Tree Warden.


Charles J. Williams.


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TOWN OF ACTON.


APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN.


Registrars of Voters.


Samuel A. Gilford, (term expires 1904), James McGreen, (term expires 1906), David T. Kinsley, ( term expires 1905), Horace F. Tuttle, ex-officio.


Inspector of Cattle. Moses A. Reed.


Fire Wardens.


John S. White, Wm. H. Kingsley, N. J. Cole, Daniel H. Farrar, Delette H. Hall.


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ANNUAL REPORTS


PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING,


HELD MARCH 30, 1903.


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.


Charles M. Kimball was chosen Moderator.


ART. 2. To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Se- lectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Library Trustees and other Town officers.


Voted, That the report of the Selectmen be accepted.


Voted, That a sufficient number of the copies of the franchise granted by the Selectmen to the Lowell and Fitchburg Street R. R., be printed, to place one copy in the hands of each householder.


Voted, To accept the reports of the other town officers.


Voted, To adopt the recommendations made by the Collector of Taxes, in his report as follows :- That the Assessors be instructed to take the inventory the first week in May and make all poll- taxes and have them in the hands of the Collector on or before the fifteenth day of May. That the Collector be instructed to collect all such poll taxes on or before the fifteenth day of June.


ARr. 3. To choose all necessary town officers and committees and fix salaries.


Voted, To choose on one ballot a Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, one member of the School Committee, for three years, one Collector of Taxes, four Constables, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, four Field Drivers, six Surveyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves, three Fence Viewers, one Trustee of Memorial Library for


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three years, one Auditor, one Road Commissioner for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, and a Tree Warden.


Voted, That the salary of the Collector of Taxes be one per cent of the amount collected, that the salary may be drawn as earned, and that he perform the duties hitherto performed by said officer.


Voted, That the salary of the Road Commissioner be the same as last year, namely :- Two and one-half dollars per day employed, nine hours to constitute a day.


Voted, that the Auditor examine all itemized bills and be paid a salary of fifteen dollars.


The following Town officers were chosen :


Town Clerk : Horace F. Tuttle.


Town Treasurer : Jona. K. W. Wetherbee.


Selectmen : Edwin A. Phalen, Hanson A. Littlefield, Frank W. Hoit.


Assessors : E. Faulkner Conant, Chauncey B. Robbins, William F. Kelley.


Overseers of the Poor : Octavus A. Knowlton, I. Warren Flagg, William F. Kelley.


School Committee for three years : Horace F. Tuttle.


Collector of Taxes : Daniel J. Wetherbee.


Constables : James Kinsley, Wm. H. Kingsley, L. E. Reed, Daniel H. Farrar .*


Cemetery Commissioner : Julian Tuttle, for three years.


Field Drivers : James Kinsley, Wm. H. Kingsley, L. E. Reed, Daniel H. Farrar.


Surveyor of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves : Herbert T. Clark, Edgar H. Hall,* Jona. P. Fletcher,* Charles E. Smith, Ed ward F. Richardson, J. W. Dupee .*


Fence Viewers : Daniel H. Farrar, Reuben L. Reed,* Oliver W. Mead .*


Trustee of Memorial Library for three years : Lucius A. Hes- selton.


* Not sworn.


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Auditor : Waldo E. Whitcomb.


Road Commissioner : Albert H. Perkins.


Tree Warden : Charles J. Williams.


Board of Heath : F. E. Tasker.


ART. 4. To hear and act upon the report of any committee chosen to report at this meeting.


No action taken.


ART. 5. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the due observance of Memorial Day.


Voted, To raise the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars.


ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the Jury list as revised by the Selectmen.


Voted, After taking from the list the name of Frank A. Merriam, to accept the Jury list as revised by the Selectmen.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will relinquish any right it may have in the unbuilt portion of street leading from Central Street to the Fitchburg Division of the Boston & Maine R. R. past the house of E. H. Hall, in the village of West Acton, or act anything thereon.


Voted, That the town discontinue the unbuilt portion of the street leading from Central street to the Fitchburg Division of the B. & M. R. R. in West Acton.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the placing of two bronze tablets, suitably inscribed with the names of the Minute Men, members of Capt. Isaac Davis' company and suitable historical facts pertaining to the record of Lieut. John Hayward who took command of Capt. Isaac Davis Company, after his death at Concord Bridge, April 19, 1775, on the monument erected on Acton Green, to the memory of Davis, Hayward and Hosmer, and appropriate a sum of money therefor or act anything thereon.


Voted, to pass over the article.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to defray the expenses of Peace Celebration in Acton, April 19, 1903.


Voted, To appropriate the sum of One hundred ($100) dollars.


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TOWN OF ACTON.


ART. 10. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for repairing roads and bridges the present year.


Voted, To raise Four thousand ($4000) dollars.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of taxes the current year.


Voted, To authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipa- tion of taxes the current year.


ART. 12. To vote Yes, or No, in answer to the question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in Acton the present year?"


Total number of ballots cast,


242


Yes,


88


No,


154


ART. 13. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of Memorial Library the present year.


Voted, to raise two hundred ($200) dollars, for books, and four hundred ($400) dollars, for current expenses.


ART. 14. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for support of schools the present year.


Voted, To raise for Common schools


$3800


66


" High school, 1800


" School supplies, 475


66 66 " Transportation of pupils, 1360


66


" Books, apparatus for High school, 50


66


" Salary of Superintendent, 480


$7965


ART. 15. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for School supplies.


Action taken under ART. 14.


ART. 16. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for Town charges, or act anything thereon.


Voted, To raise the sum of Twenty-five hundred ($2500) dollars.


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ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor laws.


Voted, To appropriate the sum of Five hundred ($500) dollars.


Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to enforce the liquor laws.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will maintain street lamps the present year or act thereon.


Voted, To raise the sum of Eight hundred ($800) dollars for street lamps.


ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in reference to the collection of taxes the present year.


Voted, That the Collector charge interest at the rate of five per cent per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November next.


Voted, That all taxes shall be paid on or before the first day of March next, and if any taxes remain unpaid after that date the Collector shall collect according to law.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of One hundred ($100) dollars for nine band concerts, three in each village, Center, South and West, or act anything thereon.


Voted, To appropriate One hundred dollars for nine band con- certs, three in each of the villages, of Center, South and West.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will raise a sum of money in addition to the unexpended balance of 1902, to provide a suitable fire engine house at West Acton, or act anything thereon.


Voted, To raise the sum of Twelve hundred ($1200) dollars in addition to the unexpended balance of 1902, to provide a suitable fire engine house at West Acton.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will approve and adopt the rules and regulations for the government of its Cemeteries, submitted by the Cemetery Commissioners in their annual report for the year 1902-1903, or take any action thereon.


Voted, To dismiss the Article.


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TOWN OF ACTON.


ART. 23. To see what sum of money the Town will appropri- ate for the care of Cemeteries the current year or act anything thereon.


Voted, To appropriate five hundred ($500) dollars.


ART. 24. To see if the town will take any action relative to the proposed taking of the water of Lake Nagog by the Common- wealth.


Voted, To pass over the Article.


ART. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the repair of River street, South Acton or act anything thereon.


Voted, To appropriate Five hundred ($500) dollars to repair River street in South Acton.


ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Road Commissioners to widen and straighten the road from D. J. Hen- nessy's house to the South Acton road, or act anything thereon.


Voted, To appropriate Three hundred ($300) dollars to widen and straighten the road from D. J. Hennessy's house to the South Acton road.


ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to buy a watering cart.


Voted, To raise the sum of One hundred and fifty ($150) dollars in addition to the unexpended balance of money raised last year for the stone crushing plant, to purchase a watering cart.


Voted, To approve the minutes of the meeting.


Voted, To dissolve the meeting.


A true record. Attest :


HORACE F. TUTTLE,


Town Clerk.


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ANNUAL REPORTS


State Election.


PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS.


HELD Nov. 3, 1903 IN PRECINCTS NO. 1, 2 AND 3.


VOTES.


FOR GOVERNOR.


Precinct 1. Precinct 2. Precinct 3. Total.


John L. Bates, (Republican)


89


79


78


246


Oliver W. Cobb, (Prohibition)


0


1


2


3


William A. Gaston, (Democratic)


33


29


29


91


Blanks,


2


1


2


5


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.


John Quincy Adams, (Socialist)


1


0


1


2


Curtis Guild, Jr. (Rep.)


85


75


76


236


William F. Merrill, (Pro.)


1


1


2


4


Richard Olney, 2d. (Dem.)


33


29


26


88


Blanks,


4


5


6


15


SECRETARY.


John F. Coyle, (Socialist Labor)


0


0


1


1


Alfred L. Cutting, (Pro.)


2


1


2


5


Ezekiel M. Ezekiel, (Dem.)


31


25


23


79


William M. Olin, (Rep.) Blanks,


85


78


77


240


6


6


8


20


13


TOWN OF ACTON.


TREASURER.


John A. Billings, (Soc.)


0


0


1


1


Edward S. Bradford, (Rep.)


83


78


79


240


Napoleon B. Johnson, (Pro.)


0


1


2


3


Thomas C. Thatcher, (Dem.)


34


22


21


77


Blanks,


7


9


8


24


AUDITOR.


Joseph Orr, (Soc.)


0


1


1


2


Alfred E. Steele, (Pro.)


1


2


2


5


Francois X. Tetrault (Dem.)


31


20


20


71


Henry E. Turner, (Rep.)


84


77


76


237


Blanks,


8


10


12


30


ATTORNEY-GENERAL.


John A. Anderson, (S. L.)


0


1


1


2


William J. Carroll, (Soc.)


1


0


1


2


Henry M. Dean, (Pro.)


0


2


3


5


John J. Flaherty, (Dem.)


30


18


19


67


Herbert Parker, (Rep.)


88


81


79


248


Blanks,


5


8


8


21


COUNCILLOR.


Oscar C. Hulsman, (Soc.)


0


1


2


3


William J. Mccluskey, (Dem.)


28


21


20


69


Walter S. Watson, (Rep.)


86


77


77


240


Blanks,


10


11


12


33


SENATOR, SIXTH MIDDLESEX.


Chester W. Clark, (Rep.)


89


78


74


241


John P. Farley, (Dem.)


30


23


24


77


Benjamin Staveley, (Soc.)


0


1


1


2


Blanks,


5


8


12


25


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ANNUAL REPORTS


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.


Edward Fisher, (Dem.)


34


27


28


89


George H. Hartford, (Rep.)


83


77


71


231


Blanks,


7


6


12


25


COUNTY COMMISSIONER.


George R. Duren, (Dem.)


31


26


23


80


Samuel O. Upham, (Rep.)


86


73


74


233


Charles W. Ussher, (Soc.)


0


2


2


4


Blanks,


7


9


12


28


REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.


Emanuel Bernier, (Soc.)


1


1


1


3


Samuel H. Folsom, (Rep.)


35


77


75


237


Frank J. Simonds, (Dem.)


32


22


22


76


Blanks,


6


10


13


29


REGISTRAR OF DEEDS.


Edwin O. Childs, (Rep.)


92


82


82


256


Charles F. Drury, (Soc.)


4


7


4


15


Blanks,


28


21


25


74


COUNTY TREASURER.


Joseph O. Authier, (Dem.)


30


24


22


76


Charles G. F. Claus, (Soc.)


2


1


2


5


Joseph O. Hayden, (Rep.) Blanks,


86


78


77


241


6


7


10


23


Total number of ballots cast,


124


110


111


345


Vote for Representative in 23d Middlesex District


Acton Ayer Littl'n Shirley Westi'd Total.


Edward Fisher of Westford, (D.)


89


152 72 54


181 548


George H. Hartford of Westford, (R) 231 Blanks,


207 105 106


166


815


25


30


8 25


19 107


345


389 185 185


366 1470


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Town Clerk's Report.


BIRTHS.


Whole number recorded,


36 Mixed parentage, 14


Males,


17 Foreign parentage, 12


Females,


19 Born in Acton, 36


Native parentage,


10 One parent born in Acton, 9


Both parents born in Acton, 1


MARRIAGES.


Whole number recorded,


32


Residents of Acton,


45


Residents of other places,


19


DEATHS.


Whole number recorded,


38


Residents of Acton,


35


Residents of other places,


3


Occurring in Acton,


34


Occurring in other places,


Average age, 54.3. 4


NOTE .- The Town Clerk requests information of any omission or error in the lists of births, marriages and deaths.


The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births and deaths.


HORACE F. TUTTLE,


Town Clerk.


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Births Registered in 1903.


NO.


DATE.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAME OF PARENTS.


1


Jan. 2


Helen Beatrice Searles


2


3


Annie Josephine Cahill


3


27


Frederick Lyman Bosworth


4


29 Judith Alwild Lee


5


Feb. 17 Wilbur Lloyd Loomer


6


23


Winslow Harris Tuttle


7


Mar. 3


21


Jennie Louise Tuttle


9 10 11


April 7


28


Margaret Amanda McAllister


12


66


10


Henry Wilson Evans


13


June


3


Russell Fifield Buckley


14 15 16


July


13


Carleton Warren Gallant


17


20


18 19 20 21


Aug.


3


Agnes Gertrude Coughlin Marion Frazier Spinney Gladys Marie Kinney Patrick Joseph Laws


22


31


Pauline Augusta Jones Hazel Clementine Beach


23 24


66


12


George Lewis Ziegler


25


66


18


William Edgar G. Skinner


Oct. 2 Mary Ellen Hearon


26 27 28 29 30


66


12


Genavee Elizabeth Coughlin Thomas Walter Byron


31


66


18 Harlan Emery Tuttle Frances Elizabeth Eneguess John Lester Fletcher


33 34


Dec. 10


12


Raymond Edwin Johnson


35


28


Muriel Vilette Miner


36


66


28


Sele Sood


Sandford S. and Annie H. (Hayward ) John and Mary (Tobin) Albert M. and Luella ( Herrick) John and Kristine ( Kolseth ) George D. and Retta W. (Berry) Frank H. and Bessie May ( Harris) Alfred W. and Lizzie M. ( Morse) Luke H. and Hattie Lee (Miles) David G. and Bessie E. (Carle) George O. and Mary V. (McIntyre ) John D. and Louisa (Frasher) Joseph W. and Mary Alice ( Knights) John H. and Nellie M. ( Fifield) Charles E. and Nellie S. (Rice) Joseph and Minnie (Jones) Ralph E. and Bertha May ( Snyder) William C. and Annie J. ( Brennan ) Dexter L. and Margaret S. (Frazier) Joseph M. and Charlottie A. ( Baker) Isaac D. and Delia ( Baker) Frank and Hortense (Champagne) Albert R. and Flora A. (Frazier) Charles H. and Leah (Squires) August G. and Olive M. (Clough) Edgar G. and Emma (Gregory) Thomas and Ellen ( Mahoney) Thomas J. and Charlotte E. (Duggan ) John R. and Almaritta I. ( Harvey ) John F. and Mary T. ( Waldron ) James F. and Bridget E. (Delaney) Horace F. and Carrie E. (Taylor) Michael and Mary ( Sullivan ) Lester N. and Alma A. ( Fountain ) Albion A. and Linnea H. (Jungbeck) Ernest B. and Martha F. (Davis) Morris and Katie (Singer )


3 Elizabeth Agnes Manion


6


Helen Annie Lawson


32


Nov. 21


4


15


Edith Naomi Schnair


Sept. 4


29


Percival Winslow Wood


15 Frank Eugene Porter


29


Ruth Helena Davis


8


Walter David Thompson


May 7


Ralph Isaac Smith


13


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Marriages Registered In 1903.


NO.


DATE


PLACE


NAMES


RESIDENCES


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1


Jan 1


William Hart


IV. Acton 66


2


Jan. 1


William J. Mullin


Ayer W. Acton Fitchburg


3


Jan. 1


WV. Acton


Ethel M. Cutler


W. Acton


4


Jan. 6


Isaac D. Law


W. Acton


Acton


Delia Baker


W. Acton


5 Jan. 31


Eugene L. White


W. Acton


Boston


Angeline M. Bennett


Fitchburg


6


Feb. 12


Frank R. Knowlton


W. Acton


WV. Acton


Ellen Hosmer Hall


WV. Acton


Feb. 15


Walter S. Pierce


N. Billerica


7 8


Maynard March 9 Cambridge


Augusta A. Dole


Cambridge


March 23


Hanie S. Greenough


Acton


Acton 2


Effie E. Pickens


Acton


April 2 Newbury


Helen Hale Ilsley


Newbury


April 14 -


James A. Grimes


W. Acton


Acton 1


Jessie A. Thompson


Acton


April 29


William Harris


Acton


Concord 1


Minnie Boulger


Acton


May 17


Llewellyn T. Fullonton


S. Acton


S. Acton


Ethel M. Quimby


S. Acton


May 23


Albert R. Beach


WV. Acton


Acton


Flora A. Frazier


WV. Acton


June 3


Walter Priest


Maynard


W. Acton


Lizzie Blanche Downie


IV. Acton


June 5


Oscar Rathburn Adams


Worcester


Acton


Sarah Gertrude Cutler


Marlborough


June 10


Augustus L. Sanderson


Acton


S. Acton


Bertha M. Stanley


Haverhill


June 22


Fred W. Gray


W. Acton


Charlestown


Florence A. Winslow


WV. Acton


June 25


Walter H. Skinner


Boston


Waltham


Sarah A. Collier


Acton


Aug. 2


Lewis E. Dinsmore


Boston


Boston


Acton


Watertown


Lenora Alice Gowing


Watertown


Sept. 13


George Raymond Tuttle


S. Acton


So. Acton


Elaine Climena Symonds


S. Acton


23


Oct. 14


William Henry Latham


New Britain, Ct.


W. Acton


Mary Catherine Parker


W. Acton


Oct. 21 24


W. Acton


Maynard


Clovis Gallant Mary Agnes Wright


W. Acton


9 10 11 12 13 14


Virginia S. Hubbard


W. Acton


Chester B. Robbins


Acton


Sidney L. Richardson


Acton


15 16 17 18 19


Acton Sept. 2


Sarah Dobbins William Arthur Rayner


20 21 22


W. Acton


Harriet Erma Mason


Maynard


Mary E. Hubbard


Edward H. Read


2


18


ANNUAL REPORTS


Marriages - Continued.


25


Oct. 25


Antoine I. Courtemarche


S. Acton


26


Oct. 28




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