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Early in the Fall term the room in the basement formerly used as a chemical laboratory was enlarged and fitted with shelves for chemicals, a closet for apparatus, a sink, a laboratory to accom- modate ten students, and a work bench. The stock of apparatus and chemicals has been increased so that each of the eight students in the class may do the individual work now required in all schools where chemistry is taught. Some carpenters' tools have also been added to our equipment and have been of value in the ·construction of apparatus and pieces of equipment.
Miss Mary E. Bartlett, a graduate of Bates College, has satis- factorily filled the position as assistant. Her enthusiasm for her work and her faithfulness therein are worthy of praise.
In closing I wish to thank you for the kindness and cordiality with which you have met me on all occasions.
Respectfully submitted,
W. B. PIERCE, Principal.
South Acton, March 3, 1906.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Mr. H. E. Richardson, Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir-The work in the music classes has been generally very satisfactory-surprisingly so, considering that it was my first year in the district and that many of the regular teachers were new- everyone under these conditions being at a disadvantage, teachers as well as pupils.
While the same method of teaching has been carried on as by my predecessor, there was necessarily some difference in present- ing the subject-different phraseology-not affecting the ultimate results, but causing at first some confusion and misapprehension. This, however, has gradually disappeared, until now I think I can safely say that there is perfect unity of purpose and effort all along the line.
And speaking of method-while we have a well formulated and graded system we endeavor constantly not to "method" our chil- dren to death, as it were, but to so develop all sides of the work that they will be well-rounded musicians with a comprehension of the artistic as well as the mechanical side.
The use of the individual slips for sight reading we regard as very important, as it develops concentration and an independence of thought and action that no amount of class singing will ac- complish-for the reason that in classes there are always "leaders" who do the greater part of the work-the weaker ones either not singing at all or else following along in an aimless way that will be of little if any benefit. And, too, the individual work is most
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useful in enabling the teacher to know the capacity of each child and their ability to "do" when thrown on their own resources.
On the other hand, the importance of class singing from board and music readers can hardly be over-estimated. It induces more of the spirit of music, aids in the tonal sense, and in part-singing develops a sense of harmony. And also-a fact that should not be ignored-it gives the children much more time for actual par- ticipation in the work.
No child has been excused from singing except in remote cases- principaly when children in advanced classes have come from other schools where music was not taught. In such cases, to attain any results, it would be necessary for the regular teacher to give a great deal of individual instruction, beginning with the lower grade work-and this, as can be readily seen, would be quite im- possible.
Rote songs are taught in the primary grades-songs from the best composers with words appropriate to child life. Sight reading is taught with black board exercises, involving principles of time and tune adapted to the needs and capacity of young children.
In fourth grade and up, part singing is taught, both class-wise and individually, with, in many cases, astonishingly good results- as, for instance, in eighth and ninth grades, where we have some "changed" voices among the boys, the four-part work-soprano, alto, tenor-alto and bass-has been very gratifying. The boys read from bass clef as readily as from treble, and in moderately difficult music the parts are well sustained.
We have had written work in all grades-copying, writing from number and song dictation, writing songs that have been mem- orized, and, in a very small way, original work, with attention to correct form.
The question has sometimes been raised: "Is it advisable to teach sight reading in the primary grades?" If those who doubt could see the eagerness and joy and alacrity with which the little tots receive the knowledge that makes it possible for them to "read"
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the notes just as they do words, the question would be satisfactorily answered.
After the thorough preparation in the grades the pupils are sup- posed to have acquired such proficiency in reading music that only choral work with piano accompaniment is done in the High school -and this once a week, instead of every day as in the grades. The full chorus is sometimes supplemented with small choruses and quartettes.
Much credit is due the regular teachers for their generous and effective co-operation in the work-without which a supervisor can do but little.
Respectfully,
March 3, 1906.
ELIZABETH C. CHASE.
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF THE ACTON HIGH SCHOOL, AT TOWN HALL, ACTON, MASS., THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1905, 8:15 O'CLOCK.
PROGRAM.
I. Invocation, Rev. A. B. Peebles
II. Song, "King's Champion," "In the Harbor," School
III. Address, "The Great Problem,"
Mr. James A. Macdonald (Agent, State Board of Education) 1
IV. Song, "Come Flit Around," School
V. Presentation of Diplomas, Mr. Macdonald
VI. Song, "America."
Motto: "Ever Ready."
GRADUATES.
Carrie Eliza Fletcher,
Harold Roscoe Littlefield,
Harold Francis Norris.
Colors: Gold and White.
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STATISTICS FOR 1904-1905.
SCHOOLS
.
Grades
Weeks of School
Enrollment
Average Mem.
Average Att.
Percent of Att.
No. between
7 and 14
No. between
5 and 15
No. over 15
High
12-13 40
34 30
27
90
3
5 33
South Grammar
7-8-9 38
26 21.8
18
82
17
23
3
South Intermediate
4-5-6 38
42 38
36
94
38
38
0
South Primary
1-2-3 38
51 44
41
93
22
43 0
Center Grammar
7-8-9
38
32 29.7 27.8 93
22
30
2
Center Intermediate
4-5-6 38
26 25
23.7 94
27
27
0
Center Primary
1-2-3 38
37
30
28
93
23
37
0
West Grammar
7.8-9 38
29
25
23
92
26
26
3
West Intermediate
4-5-6 38
37 36.9 33.9
92
37
37
0
West Primary
1-2-3 38
48 42.9 38.6 90
21
48
0
-
Total
362 321
297
92.5 236 314 41
10-11
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Statistics Fall and Winter Terms, 1905 -- 1906.
SCHOOLS
Grades
No. in Grades
Weeks of School
Enrollment
Average Mem.
Average Att.
Percent of Att.
No. between
7 and 14
No. between
5 and 15
No. over 15
High
13
3
12
7
11
8
10
9 40
27 26
23
92
4
4 23
South Grammar
9
12
8
9
7 12 38
33 28
25
84
25
29
4
South Intermediate
6 13
5 19
4 15 38
48 45
40.6 93
45
48
0
South Primary
3 18
2 16
1 18 38
52
44
41
93
29
52
0
Center Grammar
9
7
1
7 14 38
31 27
25
93
23
23
1
Center Intermediate
6
7
5
7
4 12 38
26
22.9 94
26
26
0
Center Primary
3 10
2 14
1
10 38
34 32.8 31
94
22
22
0
West Grammar
9 11
8 7
7 10 38
28 25
23
93
24
27
1
West Intermediate
6
5 16
4 12 38
39 34.8 32.8 94
39
39
0
West Primary
3 13
2 13
1
16 38
42
39
36
92
27
42
0
-
-
Total
360 325
300
92 264 312 29
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List of Teachers, 1905 -- 1906.
School
Teachers
Appointed
Educated
Salary
Home Address
High Prin.
W. B. Pierce
1905 Bates College
$1000 So. Acton
High Asst.
Mary E. Bartlett
1905 Bates College
500 Portland, Me.
So. Grammar
Katherine B. Feely
1904 Fitchburg Normal
418 Otter River
South Inter.
Charlotte Canfield
1905 Lowell Normal
380 Lowell
South Primary Inez G. Kilton
1903 Worcester Normal
456 Worcester
Center Gram.
Minnie Gamble
1905 Woburn Tr. Sch.
380 Woburn
Center Inter.
Ella L. Miller
1899 Framingham Normal
418 Arton
Center Primary Martha F. Smith
1902 Lowell Normal
456 Acton
West Grammar Karin Ekman
1905 Woburn
418 Woburn
West Inter.
Emma I. Foster
1904 Fitchburg Normal
418 Fitchburg
West Primary
Harriet H. Gardner
1889 Ayer
456 W. Acton
Super. of Music Elizabeth C. Chase
1905 Westfield
225 Ayer
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ROLL OF HONOR.
SEPT., 1904-JUNE, 1905.
One Year.
Moore, Carl E.
Wood, Helen B.
Two Terms.
Byron, James C.
Harris, Alfred
Bezanson, Mable
Harris V. Maud
Bezanson, Grace E.
Hoit, Hazel W. Mekkelson, Ida
Davidson, Guy
Morse, Walter R.
Foley, Patrick
Peebles, Marjorie
Foley, David
Phalen, Harold
Foley, Thomas
Quimby, Marjorie
Flagg, Harland
Rikeman, Roland
Fletcher, Carrie E.
Greenough, Frank E.
One Term.
Bent, May
Daniels, Howard B.
Burroughs, Lizzie
Deossie, Dora
Byron, Florence M.
Downie, Cora Eastbrook, Fred
Carr, Charles C. Cahill, Edw.
Evans, Albert
Clark, Fred E.
Foley, Michael D.
Coolidge, Hazel A.
Fletcher, Dora
Bezanson, Helen M.
Stancombe, Eva Tuttle, Varnum.
Willis, Clifton E.
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Goding, Arthur Griswold, Ethel Griswold, Georgie Gilbert, Alfred
Heath, Bertha Heath, Isabel Hall, Ruth E.
Hanning, Ray R. Hawes, Verne
Reed, Kenneth F. Reed, Everett Rice, Beatrice
Harris, Bertha
Robbins, Hazel G.
Kinsley, Annie
Robbins, Ray
Kinsley, Richard
Sargent, Vera
Leach, Natalie
Sargent. Gladys E ..
Lowden, Theron
Sawyer, Benj.
Lawrence, Harley
Scanlon, Lizzie
Lawrence, Wayne
Schnair, Harriet A.
Lincoln, Arnold H.
Stillman, George
McMulty, Frank J.
Sheehan, Arthur
Moult, George
Smiley, Mary E.
Morse, Arthur
Stancombe, George
Mekkelson, Christine
Watkins, Nellie
Murphy, May
Wetherbee, Howard
McNeill, Mary C.
Welsh, Grace
Moan, David
Willard Leslie
Miner, Lillian F.
Willis, Mabel
Worden, Henry I.
Munroe, Alexander Nagle, Annie R.
Worden, Grace
Nickerson, Pansy
Woodward, Frank
Woodward, Edith
Wood, Chester
O'Connell, Margaret Piper, Ralph
Peebles, Ray K. Payson A. Hardy Quimby, Howard Quimby, Russell Randall, Earl
Richardson, Harold
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ROLL OF HONOR.
SEPTEMBER, 1905, TO MARCH, 1906.
Two Terms.
Bezanson, Helen M.
Harris, V. Maud
Bezanson, Grace E.
Harris, Ray L.
Benere, Annie J.
Harris, Bertha M.
Byron, James
Hoit, Hazel W.
Cheney, Robert B.
McNeil, Mary
Cheney, Florence R.
Morse, Walter R.
Daniels, Howard B.
Mekkelson, Christine
Farrar, F. Raymond
Murphy, May
Foley, Patrick
Peebles, Marjorie A.
Greenough, Frank E.
Robbins, Helen B.
Holden, Una L.
Teel, Alta R.
Wood, Helen B.
Worden, Leonard
One Term.
Anderson, Alfred S.
Frederickson, Esther
Bezanson, Mabel
Frederickson, Ebba
Brooks, Chester C.
Frederickson, Ella M.
Byron, William
Gilbert, Alfred
Burroughs, Lizzie M.
Goding, Arthur
Callan, Katharine
Griswold, Ethel M.
Campbell, Leland H.
Heath, Bertha
Carr, Charles C.
Hoar, Burton
Coolidge, Hazel A.
Hawkins, Ruth E.
Coughlin, William C.
Hawes, Ethel V.
Durkee, Irma M. Evans, Albert
Hall, Wesley
Kimball, Margie
Fairbanks
Foley, Frances
Lane, Johanna M. Lane, Michael C.
Harris, E. Elizabeth
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MacGregor, Phelma R. McCarthy, Nora McNeil, Aleada
Slayski, Nellie
Schnair, Harriet
Schnair, Florence L.
Miner, Lillian F.
Schnair, Cora
Mead, Dorothy Moore, Carl E.
Sheehan, Arthur
Monsen, Mabel
Thompson, Ethel E.
Morse, Arthur W.
White, Leonard D.
Mekkelson, Bertha
Mekkelson, Loren M.
White, Florence E. Wetherbee, Elmer D.
Nagle, Annie
Willard, Ruth E.
O'Connell, Alice
Wheeler, Merrill
Phalen, Harold R.
Woodward, Frank
Robbins, Ray
Worden, Grace
Robbins, A. Sylvia Sawyer, Philip D.
Worden, M. Florence Wood, Chester E. Willis, Clifton E.
Stillman, George H.
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TRUANT OFFICERS' REPORT. FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1906.
To the School Committee of Acton, Mass:
The truant officers submit their fourth annual report to the School Committee for the year ending March 1, 1906.
The truant officers submit the following list of pupils looked up for the year, the cause of their absence, and if truants, the number that have been returned to school:
Whole number of pupils looked up,
16
Cause of absence
Center sch.
South sch.
West sch.
Sickness,
2
0
2
Kept at home by parents,
4
2
3
Returned to school,
4
2
3
Reported truants,
0
0
9
Yours respectfully,
· C. G. TURNER, THOMAS SCANLON, MOSES A. REED,
Truant Officers.
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DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
REPORT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT.
The School Committee of Acton:
The following statement of the expense account of this depart- ment for the financial year ending March 11th, 1906, is respectfully submitted:
J. L. Hammett Co.
Mar. 22. 150 pkgs. arithmetic paper, $18 00
50 pkgs. H3 paper, white, 9 50
10 pkgs. H1 paper, white 1 90
40 pkgs. No. 19 exam. paper, white,
12 00
15 pkgs. antique white drawing pa- per, 8x10 1-2, 6 75
10 pkgs. antique white drawing pa- per, 6x9, 2 50
8 pkgs. Quaker grey drawing paper, 6x9, 2 00
12 pkgs. No. 27 exam. paper,
4 80
10 pkgs. No. 25 hectograph paper, 3 50
480 No. 140 note books,
12 00
200 No. 120 spelling blanks,
2 00
15 gross No. 800 pencils, 11 25
1 1b. No. 120 rubber erasers, 65
2 doz. Le Page paste, 1 80
2 doz. Treasury mucilage, 1 00
1 doz. violet Hecktograph ink, 2 25
2 doz. No. 144 note books, 1 44
1 26
3 gr. No. B scientific drawing pencils, 4 25
1-4 case Enametteo crayons, 3 50
1 doz. quarts Treasury ink, 3 00
$104 34
Apr. 5. 29 sheets paper, sample 1, $1 45
50 sheets paper, sample 2, 3 50
50 sheets paper, sample 3, 4 00
2 yds. white enamelled cloth,
50
$9 45
Apr. 8. 1 doz. quarts Treasury ink, $3 00
$3 00
Apr. 17. 1 Webster Int. Dictionary,
$8 50
1 Gem pencil sharpener,
3 00
$11 50
Apr. 27. 1 box No. 37 Dennison hooks,
$ 75
$ 75
May 17.
1 doz. violet Hecktograph ink,
$2 25
$2 25
Aug. 9.
2 No. 620 inkstands,
$1 35
2 Webster Int. Dictionaries,
17 00
$18 35
Aug. 23.
1 Comstock's Study of Insects,
Postage,
$1 75
15
$1 90
I27
Sept. 6.
500 report card envelopes, 4x6,
2 lbs. rubber erasers, No. 120,
$2 25
1 30
Sept. 13.
10 doz. No. 30 rulers, 2 gross No. 1407 penholders,
$1 67
2 00
6 doz. No. 23 rulers,
75
$4 42
Oct. 3.
1 Blair's Rhetoric,
$1 00
5 blocks New Century maps,
1 60
1
$2 60
Oct. 10.
1 wall numeral frame,
$1 50
1 1b. rubber erasers, No. 120,
60
12 pkgs. colored paper, 4x4,
1 80
3 glass prisms,
36
Nov. 14. 12 boxes number builder, No. 4, 12 boxes sentence builder, No. 5, 6 boxes No. 470 beads,
$1 44
1 68
2 40
$5 52
Less 25 per cent,
1 38
$4 14
Dec. 2.
Repairing Gem pencil sharpener,
$ 65
$ 65
Jan. 29. 5 pkgs. antique white drawing, 8x10 1-2, $2 25 4 pkgs. antique white drawing, 6x9, 1 00
1 1b. rubber erasers, No. 120,
65
$3 55
$4 26
$3 90
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Feb. 2. 1 doz. qts. Treasury ink, $3 00 60
3 pkgs. blotters,
$3 60
$178 66
Edward E. Babb & Co.
Mar. 24. 6 Tarr & McMurray's Geog., 5, 2d, $2 00
$2 00
Apr. 6. 6 Tarr & McMurray's Geog., 3, 2d, $3 75
$3 75
Aug. 8. 15 Tarr & McMurray's Geog., 5, 3d, $9 38 25 Tarr & McMurray's Geog., 5, 4th, 10 42
13 Tarr & McMurray's Geog., 5, 5th, 5 42
6 Tarr's Elem. Phys. Geog.,
7 00
$32 22
Sept. 11. 13 Tarr & McMurray's Geog., 5, 3d, $8 13
2 Cornan & Kendall Hist. of Eng., 2 09
$10 22
Sept. 23. 13 Tarr & McMurray's Geog., 5, 5th, $5 42
$5 42
Oct. 5. 1 Shakespeare as a Dramatist, $1 71
1 The English Pilgrims, 1 25
1 Elizabethan Literature,
83
1 Hist. 19th Cent. Literature,
1 13
$4 92
$58 53
129
Ginn & Co.
Mar. 24.
2 Weaver series No. 2,
$1 00
2 Weaver series No. 3,
1 00
1 Weaver series No. 4,
50
$2 50
Less 1-6,
42
$2 08
Postage,
11
$2 19
Apr. 3.
35 each, Coda, Nos. 196, 259, 238,
$3 15
Less 15 per cent,
49
$2 68
Credit 33 Coda, No. 196,
60
$2 08
Apr. 22. 28 Coda, No. 73,
$ 56
Less 10 per cent,
6
$ 50
Postage,
6
$ 56
Apr. 24.
35 Coda, No. 226,
$1 05
Less 10 per cent,
10
$ 95
Postage,
6
$1 01
130
May 17. 2 Jones 1st Readers, 2 Jones 2d Readers,
$ 60
70
$1 30
Less 1-6,
20
$1 08
May 15. 8
Wentworth Plain Geom. Rev.,
$6 00
Less 1-6,
1 00
$5 00
Aug. 8. 7 Montgomery Eng. Hist.,
$7 84
7 Wentworth New Sch. Algebra,
7 84
$15 68
Less 1-6,
2 61
$13 07
Aug. 31. 10 New Virgil and Vocabulary,
$15 00
Less 1-6,
2 50
$12 50
Sept. 11. 7 Montgomery Am. Hist.,
$7 00
Less 1-6,
1 17
$5 83
Sept. 7. 5 Robinson Hist. Western Europe,
$8 00
5 Immensce,
1 50
3 Auxiliary Virgil,
45
2 New Cicero,
2 80
$12 75
Less 1-6,
2 12
$10 63
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Oct. 2.
8 Immensee $2 40
2 Gayley's Classic Myths,
3 00
2 Myers' M. & M. Hist., Rev., 3 00
$8 40
Less 1-6,
1 40
$7 00
Oct. 6. 1 Weaver No. 6,
$ 50
1 Weaver No. 4,
50
$1 00
Less 1-6,
17
$ 83
30 each Coda Nos. 39, 55, $1.20, less 10 per cent, 1 08
$1 91
Oct. 9.
5 doz. Vert. writing books, No. 1,
$3 75
10 doz. Vert. writing books, No. 2, 7 50
10 doz. Vert. writing books, No. 5, 7 50
$15 63
Nov. 11. 2 Weaver No. 4,
$1 00
1 Weaver No. 5,
50
$1 50
Less 1-6,
25
$1 25
Postage,
7
$1 32
132
Dec. 12.
60 Coda No. 147,
1 each Weaver Nos. 5, 6, 7,
$1 62
1 25
$2 87
Jan. 22. 36 Coda @ 3c., less 10 per cent, pos- tage 11c, $1 08
$1 08
Jan. 27. 1 Key Wentworth Sch. Algebra, $1 75
$1 75
Feb. 12. 25 each Coda Nos. 208, 258, 299, Less 15 per cent,
$2 75
41
$2 34
$87 85
Rand, McNally & Co.
Mar. 23. 12 Lights to Literature, No. 2, $3 48
$3 48
American Book Co.
Mar. 23.
5 Gateways Idylls of the King,
Less 1-5,
$1 75
35
$1 40
Aug. 10 7 Martin's Civil Government, Less 1-5,
$6 30
1 26
$5 04
I33
Sept. 2. 1 Carpenter's So. America,
$ 60
1 Carpenter's No. America, 60
$1 20
Less 1-5,
24
96
Sept. 9. 5 Smith's Small Hist. of Rome,
$5 00
Less 1-5, 1 00
$4 00
Sept. 12. 3 Carpenter's Asia,
1 80
Less 1-5,
36
$1 44
Sept. 28. 6 Carpenter's So. America,
$3 60
Less 1-5,
72
$2 88
Oct. 3.
6 Dryer Phys. Geog.,
$7 20
Less 1-5,
1 44
$5 76
Dec. 8.
2 Smith's Hist. of Greece,
$2 00
Less 1-5,
40
$1 60
$23 08
Easterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co.
Mar. 24.
20 gr. pens, No. 556,
$6 40
$6 40
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B. F. Wood Music Co.
Apr. 22.
Opus No. 29, Postage,
$1 30
5
$1 35
Educational Publishing Co.
May 27. 10 Aesop's Fables, Vol. 1,
$3 00
Less 1-6, 50
$2 50
Chas. Scribner's Sons.
May 17. 1 How to Know the Wild Flowers, Express, 16
$1 60
$1 76
Oct. 17.
6 Physical Geog.,
$7 50
Less 20 per cent,
1 50
$6 00
$7 76
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
Aug. 8.
2 Fiske U. S. Histories
$2 00
Less 15 percent 30
$1 70
Sept. 27. 2 Riverside Lit. Series $ 26
2 Riverside Lit. Series 42
14 Tennyson Selected poems, Rolfe 6 58
2 Larned Eng. Hist. 2 13
I35
7 Fiske Hist. U. S.
5 95
5 Bigelow Papers
3 33
$18 67
Oct. 2 4 Simond's Hist. Eng. Literature
$5 00
Less 15 percent
75
$4.25
$24 62
D. C. Heath & Co.
Aug. 8. 2 American Indians, 45c less 1-6 $ 75
$ 75
Oct. 2.
11 Kalte Herz
$4 40
11 L'Arrabbiata
2 75
11 Das Madchen
3 30
11 Die Journalisten
3 30
11 Neffe Als Onkle
3 30
11 Columba
3 50
10 Mare au Diable
2 50
8 Le Tartuffe
2 00
$25 05
Less 1-6
4 17
$20 88
Oct. 6.
10 Mon Oncle, $4 50 less .75
$3 75
$3 75
Oct. 11.
10 Petite Fadette
Less 1-6
$3 00
50
$2 50
I36
Feb. 2. 2 Super Readers $1 17
2 Marchen Erzahlungen
1 00
$2 17
$30 05
A. W. Hall, Scientific Co.
Aug. 16. 1 Magnifier No. 754; 1 No. 760 $1 45
$1 45
Nov. 23. Chemicals and apparatus
20 15
$20 15
$21 60
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
Sept. 13. 4 King's Geog. Readers, No. 4 $2 40
Express
15
$2 55
Allyn & Bacon.
Sept. 7. 2 Bennett's Caesar
$2 00
Less 1-6
33
$1 67
University Publishing Co.
Sept. 16.
2 Ivanhoe, paper
$ 40
2 Rob Roy, paper
25
$ 65
Less 1-5
13
$ 52
Postage
14
$ 66
I37
Silver, Burdett & Co.
Oct. 4.
6 Earth and It's Hist.
Less 1-6
$6 00
1 00
$5 00
Oct. 10.
2 Normal Music Readers, No. 1
$ 64
2 Normal Music Readers, No. 2
1 20
$1 84
Less 1-6
30
$1 54
$6 54
G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Oct. 1.
1 Mathew's Flowers
$1 75
Express
15
$1 90
Nov. 17. 2 Mathew's Flowers
$3 50
Express
25
$3 75
$5 65
Longmans, Green & Co.
Oct. 3
6 Longmans' School Geog.
Express
$7 50
40
$7 90
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D. Appleton & Co.
Oct. 3.
6 G. & B. Phys. Geog.
$6 25
$6 25
Mrs. Sterrie A. Weaver.
Oct. 16 10 Supervisor & Teacher's Record Books $1 50
$1 50
Atkinson, Menzer & Grover.
Dec. 29. 2 Doz. Crayons, No. 54 $1 20
1 Doz. Crayons, No. 55
35
6 Lots Sunbonnet cards
90
1 Box Antiseptic Crayons
30
$2 75
Express Charges.
Paid A. W. Raynor
$13 18
Paid A. L. Noyes
11 60
Paid W. B. Pierce
55
$25 33
$506 68
Credit supplies sold
$3 75
$502 93
CHARLES J. WILLIAMS,
Purchasing Agent.
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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 assemble in the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of March, A. D., 1906, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, as they may think proper, viz.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Selectmru, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Library Trus- tees, and other town officers.
Art. 3. To choose all necessary town cfficars and committees and fix salaries.
Art. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees chosen to report at this meeting.
Art. 5. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for 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 what amount of money the Town will raise for repairing roads and bridges.
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Art. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of its Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of taxes the current year.
Art. 9. 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 ?"
Art. 10. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for support of Memorial Library the present year.
Art. 11. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of schools the present year.
Art. 12. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for school supplies.
Art. 13. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for town charges.
Art. 14. £ To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor laws, or act anything thereon.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will maintain street lamps the present year, or act anything thereon.
Art. 16. To see what amount of money the Town will appro- priate for the care of cemeteries the present year, or act anything thereon.
Art. 17. To see what amount of money the Town will raise to maintain the fire department.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will adopt the use of official ballots at their elections, and determine what officers in addition to those required to be so elected, shall be so chosen and determine the number and term of office.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500.00 to macadamize the piece of road in Acton, from the May - nard town line to the Concord town line, about 2,000 feet in length, or act anything thereon.
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Art. 20. To see if the Town will take any action in regard to leaving a driveway under the proposed overhead bridge at South Acton, between the property of Mrs. Ella Hosmer and railroad, or take any action thereon.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will take any action in relation to the speed of automobiles.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will take any action in regard to the extermination of the brown tail moth.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to buy a lockup, or take any action thereon.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will accept and build the road leading from Massachusetts avenue to School street, in West Acton, as laid out by Road Commissioners, or act anything thereon.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will further instruct the Select- men in regard to building the addition to the town hall, or take any action thereon
Art. 26. To see if the Town will officially accept the his- torical box and gavel which has been presented to the Chairman of the Selectmen by D. Henry Scarlett, or take any action thercon.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will raise $120.00 for six band concerts, or take any action thereon.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will discontinue the private way laid out by the Road Commissioners of the Town of Acton on petition of Mary T. Coughlin, over land of Mary O Neil, and ao- cepted by the Town at its meeting held on the 27th day of March, 1905.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will rescind the vote passed at the April meeting in 1893, whereby they voted to choose three Road Commissioners, and accept the provisions of Chapter 11, Section 336, Revised Laws, relating to the election of Highway Surveyor.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to pay the bounty of $125.00 as voted on March 2, 1891, to G. M. Pike, with interest, or act anything thereon.
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Art. 31. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the collection of taxes the present year.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to macadamize the road from Acton Center to East Acton, or act anything thereon.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting copies, attested by you, in the following places, one in each of the Post Offices and Railroad Stations, one in each of the stores of C. H. Mead & Co., M. E. Taylor & Co., Tuttle & Newton, Finney & Hoit, J. Cushing & 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 the Town Clerk on or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands in Acton this thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and six.
FRANK W. HOIT, ARTHUR M. WHITCOMB, LYMAN C. TAYLOR, Selectmen of Acton.
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