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Smith, F. H .- Forty minutes late
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Smith, F. H .- Kennedy Square
Smith, F. H .- The veiled lady
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Stephens, J .- The crock of gold
Tagore, R .- The hungry stones Tarkington, B .- Seventeen
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Van Schaick, G .- The son of the otter
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Waller, M. E .- Flamsted quarries
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Wells, C .- Patty's fortune
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Wells, C .- The curved blades
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Wells, H. G .- Mr. Britling sees it through
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Weyman, S. J .- Count Hannible
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Weyman, S. J .- In King's byways
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Weyman, S. J .- Shrewsbury
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Weyman, S. J .- Starvecrow farm
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Wharton, E .- Summer
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Wharton, E .- Xingu
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White, E. L .- El Supremo
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White, S. E .- The leopard woman
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White, S. E .- The claim jumpers
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Wilkins, M. E .- The debtor
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JUVENILE
Allen, W. B .- Play away, a story of the Boston Fire de- partment J-A432p
Altsheler, J. A .- The tree of Appomattox J-A469tr
Anon-Mother Goose jingles
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Ball, R S .- Starland
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Barbour, R. H .- Winning his " Y" J-B239w
Blanchard, A. E .- Fagots and flames
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Blanchard, A. E .- The four corners at school
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Burgess. T. W .- The adventures of Paddy the Beaver J-955am Burgess. T. W .- The adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack J-B955al Douglas. A. M .- A little girl in Old New York J-D7351m Eaton, W. P .- Peanut, Cub reporter J-E14p
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Foster, E. A .- Something to do. girls
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Hughes. T .- Tom Brown at Oxford J-H894t
Johnson, A. F .- Georgina of the rainbows J-J72g
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Lothrop. M. S .- The little red shop
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Lothrop, M. S .- Rob : A story for boys
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McFarlane, A. E .- Redney McGaw
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Plympton, H. G .- Dorcaster days J-P733dp
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Sterne. E .- Sonny Jim
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Stevenson, B. E .- Tommy Remington's battle J-SS47t
Stoddard, W. O., Jr .- The farm that Jack built
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Wells, C .- The Maxwell mystery
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Foster, E. A .- Something to do, boys
Johnson. W. A .- Deeds of doing and daring
Porter, E. H .- Six star ranch
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Taggart, M. A .- Beth of Old Chilton
Theiss, L. E .- Lumber Jack Bob
Tomlinson, E. T .- Captain Dan Richards
Tomlinson, E. T .- Carl Hall of Tait
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Tomlinson, E. T .- The pennant J-T659р
Trowbridge, J. T .- The fortunes of Toby Trafford Van Dresser-Gibby of Clamshell alley J-V246g
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JUVENILE HISTORY
Abbott, J. S. C .- Captain William Kidd 59-A1324ca Stewart, C. H .- The stars and stripes, a history of the United States flag 59-S849s
MAGAZINES
Atlantic-July-December, 1916; January-June, 1917.
Century-May-October, 1916; November, 1916-April, 1917.
Everybody's-July-December, 1916; January-June, 1917.
Garden Magazine-1915; 1916.
Harper's-June-November, 1916; December, 1916-May, 1917. International Studio-January-June, 1916.
Little Folks-1915; 1916.
National-April-September, 1916; October, 1916-March, 1917. National Geographic-July-December, 1915; January-June, 1916; July-December, 1916. Popular Mechanics-July-December, 1916; January-June, 1917. Review of Reviews-July-December, 1916; January-June, 1917. St. Nicholas-May-October, 1916; November, 1916-April, 1917. Scientific American-July-December, 1916; January-June, 1917.
Scribner's-July-December, 1915; July-December, 1916; Janu- ary-June, 1917.
World's Work-May-October, 1916; November, 1916-April, 1917.
Youth's Companion-July-December, 1916; January-June, 1917.
REFERENCES
Chelsea vital records. Gloucester vital records; volume 1.
Granville vital records.
Greenfield vital records.
Salem vital records. Uxbridge vital records.
Cornegie endowment year book.
General acts of Massachusetts, 1916.
Manual for the general court, 1917.
Peloubet's notes for 1917. Proceedings U. S. national museum.
Special acts and resolves, Massachusetts, 1916. Statistics of municipal finances.
Thirteenth annual report interstate commerce commission.
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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1917
We present the following schedule showing the amounts of the several funds for the perpetual care of cemetery lots and the income and expenditures on account of each fund for the year.
JULIAN TUTTLE. FRED W. GREEN, HORACE F. TUTTLE, Cemetery Commissioners.
CEMETERY FUNDS FOR CARE OF LOTS 1
Deposit No. and Date of
WOODLAWN CEMETERY
NAME OF FUND
Amount
Deposited
On hand
Jan. 1, 1917
Income
Expended
On hand
Dec. 31, 1917
1
Hepsabeth Piper
50.00
52.00
1.75
2.00
51.75
2
Frederick Rouillard
100.00
100.15
3.50
3.50
100.15
3
William W. Davis
100.00
101.50
3.50
3.50
101.50
4
Jedediah Tuttle
50.00
51.00
1.75
2.00
50.75
5
Mary Skinner
200.00
204.69
7.00
6.02
205.67
6
Nancy K. Handley
500.00
552.80
17.50
15.06
555.24
7
Mary Severance
100.00
103.50
3.50
3.50
103.50
8
Mary W. Chaffin
100.00
102.25
3.50
3.50
102.25
9
Warren Robbins
100.00
100.50
3.50
1.00
103.00
10
Henry Loker
100.00
101.54
3.50
3.00
102.04
11
Henry Lothrop
200.00
202.80
7.00
7.06
202.74
12
Luther W. Piper
100.00
104.69
3.50
3.52
104.67
13
James Temple
.
100.00
102.50
3.50
3.00
103.00
14
Fidelia Wheeler
100.00
102.07
3.50
3.50
102.07
15
William H. Chapman
100.00
102.50
3.50
3.50
102.50
16
Mary A. Robbins
100.00
102.50
3.50
3.50
102.50
17
Daniel Wetherbee
100.00
101.35
3.50
3.50
101.35
18
James Tuttle .
100.00
101.68
3.50
3.52
101.66
19
Julia Morrison
75.00
75.34
2.63
2.50
75.47
20
Elbridge J. Robbins
100.00
101.50
3.50
3.00
102.00
63
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
William Jennings
100.00
101.50
3.50|
2.00
103.00 105.61
Irving V. Whitcomb
100.00
100.20
3.50
3.00
100.70
John Fletcher
100.00
100.33
3.50
3.00
100.83
W. E. Faulkner
75.00
75.77
2.63
2.50
75.90 101.97
George T. Ames
100.00
101.72
3.50
3.52
101.70
Horace Tuttle
100.00
102.59
3.50
3.50
102.59
Samuel Jones .
50.00
50.97
1.75
1.50
51.22
Francis Hosmer
150.00
162.72
5.25
3.50
164.47
Mary E. Robbins
100.00
100.97
3.50
3.50
100.97
Luther and Augustine Conant
500.00
534.77
17.50
16.00
536.27
Hannah D. Robbins
50.00
50.42
1.75
2.00
50.17
Elisha H. Cutler
100.00
104.00
3.50
4.00
103.50
Nathaniel Jones
50.00
51.75
1.75
2.00
51.50
Solomon Smith
75.00
75.38
2.63
2.50
75.51
Gaius W. Allen .
100.00
101.47
3.50
3.40
101.57
Varnum and Francis Tuttle
250.00
252.69
8.75
8.00
253.44
Aaron Fletcher
100.00
102.15
3.50
3.50
102.15
Mary J. Harrington
200.00
205.95
7.00
6.00
206.95
Elnathan Jones . .
100.00
101.70
3.50
3.00
102.20
Nathan Chaffin
100.00
101.67
3.50
2.00
103.17
Jonathan W. Loker
100.00
102.96
3.50
3.50
102.96
Rev. James T. Woodbury
100.00
111.66
3.50
2.00
113.16
Henry M. Smith
75.00
75.20
2.63
2.00
75.83
Julian Tuttle
100.00
110.00
3.50
2.00
111.50
James E. Harris
50.00
50.48
1.75
1.50
50.73
Francis Conant
100.00
101.76
3.50
3.50
101.76
64
44 45 46 47
48
Adeline Weston Blood
100.00
105.11
3.50
3.00
Amanda M. Barnard
100.00
100.97
3.50
2.50
49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
· Elbridge G. Parker . Lemuel and Augusta Dole Edwin Fletcher
100.00
102.68
3.50
3.00
103.18
100.00
102.85
3.50
4.00
102.35
50.00
50.88
1.75
1.50
51.13
Nancy Raymond and Joseph Estabrook
100.00
100.22
3.50
3.50
100.22
Edward Tuttle
100.00
101.50
3.50
3.50
101.50
Abram H. Jones .
100.00
100.44
3.50
3.40
100.54
Joseph A. Whitcomb
100.00
103.83
3.50
3.00
104.33
Isaac T. Flagg .
100.00
102.54
3.50
3.50
102.54
Jonas K. Putney
150.00
156.46
5.25
4.00
157.71
Joseph Reed
50.00
52.40
1.75
1.50
52.65
Charlotte C. Flagg
100.00
101.50
3.50
3.50
101.50
Cyrus G. Dole
100.00
102.37
3.50
3.00
102.87
Daniel Fletcher
100.00
102.42
3.50
3.50
102.42
Asa Parker
100.00
102.83
3.50
3.50
102.83
William N. Wood
100.00
103.75
3.50
3.50
103.75
Leonard Bulette
100.00
102.20
3.50
3.50
102.20
65 66 67
auth Robbins
100.00
101.40
3.50
2.50
102.40
Henry T. Billings
100.00
100.33
3.50
3.50
100.33
Mary E. Lothrop
200.00
206.70
7.00
5.53
208.17
68
Lewis Wood, Jr.
100.00
103.53
3.50
3.00
104.03
69
George Conant
100.00
103.66
3.50
1.00
106.16
70
Zoeth Taylor ..
50.00
50.73
1.75
1.50
50.98
71
Herbert S. Lane
100.00
102.08
3.50
3.50
102.08
72
George H. Harris
100.00
108.90
3.50
1.00
111.40
73
Mary W. Fletcher
100.00
100.53
3.50
3.50
100.53
74
John J. Lothrop
50.00
52.62
1.75
0.00
54.37
75
Franklin P. Wood
100.00
103.16
3.50
2.00
104.66
76
Israel H. Giles .
100.00
100.29
3.50
3.50
100.29
60 61 62 63
65
77 78 79 80 81 82 83
66
MT. HOPE CEMETERY
1
Eliza A. Whitcomb
75.00
82.13
2.62
5.00
79.75
2
Phineas Wetherbee
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33.15
5.00
2.75
35.40
3
S. Lizzie Hayward
100.00
122.35
3.50
2.75
123.10
4
Frank C. Hayward
500.00
509.33
17.50
17.50
509.33
5
George C. Wright
100.00
138.40
3.50
3.00
138.90
6
George Crampton
100.00
111.40
3.50
3.00
111.90
7
Joel Wright
100.00
113.65
3.50
3.50
113.65
8
George S. Wright
100.00
113.15|
3.50
2.75
113.90
50.00
51.60
1.75
1.00 0.00
52.35 53.35
Daniel J. and E. E. Wetherbee
200.00
203.50
7.00 3.00
207.50
Francis Campbell
200.00
203.50
7.00
6.00 204.50
Harriet W. Palmer
100.00
101.20
3.50
2.00
102.70
Jason W. Livermore
50.00
50.60
1.75
0.00
52.35
Josiah Piper
75.00
75.66
2.63
2.00
76.29
William F. Wood
50.00
50.44
1.75
1.50
50.69
84 85 86
John White
100.00
100.87
3.50
3.00
101.37
Cyrus Hale
100.00
100.30
3.50
3.00
100.80
87
Robert Wayne
75.00
75.00
2.63
2.00
75.63
88
Daniel Tuttle
200.00
200.00
7.00
2.00
205.00
89
Edwin Tarbell
100.00
100.00
3.50
2.00
101.50
90
Elisha Comstock
100.00
100.00
3.50
0.00
103.50
91 Jan. 22
Luke Tuttle
100.00
3.30
2.52
100.78
92 Feb.
23
Moses Taylor
400.00
12.00
412.00
93 Nov.
20
William D. Tuttle
100.00
.30
100.30
10500.00 10190.79|362.13|290.05 |10862.87
Joseph Barker
Emma F. Blood .
50.00
51.60
1.75
9 10 11 12 13 14
George C. Wright (Davis Memorial) ..
50.00
75.05 49.90
1.75|. 1.75
1.50
76.80 50.15 181.05
150.00
180.30
5.25 4.50
1.75
2.00
50.90
Lewis B. Goodnow
100.00
110.65
3.50
3.00
111.15
Sarah A. Hutchins
100.00
114.66
3.50
3.50
114.66
F. D. Walcott .
100.00
115.31
3.50
3.50
115.31
15 16 17
A. Louise Warren and Sumner Hosmer
150.00
166.27
5.25
5.00
166.52
100.00
112.12
3.50
3.00
112.62
18
William A. Cutler and Bradley Stone .
100.00
104.58
3.50
5.00
103.08
19
John Blanchard
100.00
115.33
3.50
2.75
116.08
Wheeler and Shattuck
50.00
50.21
1.75
1.75
50.21
George H. Decoster
100.00
107.00
3.50
3.50
107.00
Henderson Rowell
50.00
50.03
1.75
1.75
50.03
Luke Blanchard
500.00
647.50
20.00
667.50
L. Blanchard, S. Blanchard Tomb
100.00
129.00
4.00
133.00
Calvin and Luther Blanchard Memorial
100.00
125.00
4.00
129.00
John Temple and Edward F. Pratt . ..
50.00
50.53
1.75
2.00
50.28
W. K. Davy ..
50.00
50.59
1.75
2.00
50.34
Ella F. and Lucius S. Hosmer
100.00
111.22
3.50
3.00
111.72
29 30
Isaiah Reed
100.00
110.98
3.50
3.00
111.48
31
Benjamin F. Hapgood
100.00
109.73
3.50
3.00
110.23
32
Lucy A. (Wetherbee) Burbeck
100.00
108.73
3.50
3.50
108.73
33
Francis Jones
50.00
50.04
1.75
1.75
50.04
Simon Hartwell
100.00
108.95
3.50
3.00
109.45
Emerson Fuller
100.00
107.15
3.50
5.00
105.65
John Porter Priest
100.00
105.65
3.50
4.50
104.65
B. H. and O. K. Patch
50.00
Howard E. Faulkner
J. Warren Hayward
50.00 51.15
. .
34 35 36
Caroline A. Hosmer
100.00
111.10
3.50
3.50
111.10
24 25 26 27 28
John R. Houghton ..
20 21 22 23
67
37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Harriet Davis Brown
100.00
105.75
3.50
4.50
104.75
Oliver Mead
100.00
105.28
3.50
3.00
105.78
100.00
105.41
3.50
3.00
105.91
George Gardner
100.00
104.83
3.50
3.50
3.00 104.29
Charles Robinson .
75.00
77.08
2.62
2.25
77.45
Emerline A. Johnson, F. E. Flint and H. Louis Bush
400.00
425.77
14.00
10.00
429.77
44
Nahum Littlefield
50.00
50.52
1.75
2.00
50.27
45 46
Charles S. Twichell
50.00
50.29
1.75
1.75
50.29
Francis Pratt .
50.00
50.00
1.75
1.75
50.00
47 48
Marcus M. Keyes
500.00
516.66
17.50
10.00
524.16
49
Alcander P. Bean
100.00
102.08
3.50
3.00
102.58
50
Bancroft Whitcomb
100.00
102.45
3.50
3.00
102.95
51 52
Jerome B. Whitney
100.00
103.20
3.50
3.50
103.20
53
Varnum Robbins
100.00
101.50
3.50
3.50
101.50
1917
54
Feb.
1
Walter O. Holden
100.00
3.20
103.20
55
May
1
G. W. Knowlton
50.00
1.16
51.16
56
May
1
Edith A. Watson
50.00
1.16
51.16
57
May
1
A. Knowlton
50.00
1.16
51.16
58
May
5
Edwin Stone
100.00
2.10
1.75
100.35
59
May
18
Joseph E. Chandler
50.00
1.02
51.02
60
June
14
Granville E. Whitcomb
100.00
1.75
101.75
61
Oct. 17
James E. Richardson
50.00
.30
50.30
6750.00
6862.48 237.34 179.75|
7470.07
68
Hobart E. Mead
100.00
102.08
3.50
2.50
103.08
Francis Hayward
100.00
103.50
3.50
3.00
104.00
Hiram J. Hapgood
100.00
103.79
3.00 105.33
Bessie E. Brown
NORTH CEMETERY
1
Samuel Temple
50.00
52.04
1.75
1.50
52.29
2
Frances Hutchinson
50.00
52.79
1.75
1.50
53.04
3
Henrietta Anderson
50.00
52.29
1.75
1.50
52.51
4
Mary Hapgood
50.00
52.02
1.75
1.50
52.27
5
Jerusha Blood
200.00
225.75
7.00
4.00
228.75
400.00
434.89
14.00
10.00
438.89
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee and Superintendent of Schools
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS.
FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31
1917
R AFE
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1735.
ACTON.
THE NEWS-ENTERPRISE HUDSON, MASS. 1918
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1918
March 15. Winter term closes.
Vacation, One Week
March 25. Spring term opens.
June 21. Spring term closes.
Summer Vacation 1918-1919
Sept.
3. Fall term opens.
Nov. 27. Fall term closes .13 weeks
Vacation (Thanksgiving and day following).
Dec. 2. Winter term opens. Vacation (December 20-January 6). 1919
March 14. Winter term closes 13 weeks Vacation, One Week.
March 24. Spring term opens.
June 13. Spring term closes 12 weeks
Summer Vacation. -
Total
.38 weeks
SPECIAL EXERCISES AND HOLIDAYS
1918 :
Feb. 12. Lincoln exercises, one hour. Feb. 21. Washington exercises, one hour.
Apr. 18. Patriots' Day exercises, one hour.
May 29. Memorial Day exercises, one hour.
June 14. Flag Day exercises, one hour. Oct. 11. Columbus Day exercises, one hour. Nov. 27. Thanksgiving Day exercises, one hour. 1919 : Feb. 12. Lincoln exercises, one hour. Feb. 21. Washington exercises, one hour.
Apr. 18. Patriots' Day exercises, one hour. May 29. Memorial Day exercises, one hour. June 13. Flag Day exercises, one hour.
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STANDING RULES
* Rule 1. Children under five years shall not be admitted to the public schools.
Rule 2. Pupils shall be promoted from grade to grade and school to school, according to merit. Thorough and satisfac- tory work will be required of pupils in a lower grade or school before entering a higher grade or school.
Rule 3. Children who have not previously attended any school shall be admitted to the public schools only at the beginning of the fall term, unless qualified in the opinion of the teacher and superintendent of schools to do the work.
Rule 4. Pupils shall be held responsible for books loaned to them until returned to the teacher.
Rule 5. No repairs shall be made upon the public pro- perty in the care of the school committee except by their authorized agents.
Rule 6. There shall be no signal for "no school" on stormy or other inclement days, but parents shall determine in their individual cases whether it is expedient to send their- children to school or not. * When the birthday of a child falls on or before the fif- teenth day of the month it is reckoned as falling upon the first day of that month.
SCHOOL OFFICERS
School Committee
Edwin A. Phalen, Chairman Term expires 1920
Herbert W. Lewis . Term expires 1918
Bertram E. Hall, Secretary Term expires 1919.
Superintendent
Frank H. Hill, Residence. Littleton, Mass. Telephone, 36-3, Littleton.
Attendance Officers
Thomas Scanlon . West Acton Asaph Parlin Acton Center
Walter M. French South Acton
Janitors
Thomas Scanlon West Acton Asaph Parlin Acton Center
Theron Newton South Acton
Teachers in Service, January, 1918
Teacher
School
Appointed
Educated
Home Address
Martha F. Smith
Center Primary 1902
Lowell Normal
Ella L. Miller
Center Intermediate 1899
Framingham Normal
Elizabeth A. Hinckley
Center Grammar 1915|
Plymouth State Nor'l
Acton, Mass. No. Acton, Mass. Derry, N. H. Hyannis
Marion H. Barrett
South Lower Primary 1909
Hyannis Normal
Julia L. McCarthy
South Upper Primary 1906
Fitchburg Normal
South Acton
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Jennie E. Stowell
South Intermediate 1907
Fitchburg Normal
South Acton
Emma M. Halliday
South Grammar 1914
Gorham, Me., Normal
Calais, Me.
Harriett H. Gardner
West Primary
1889
Ayer, Mass.
West Acton
Ruth L. Harrington
West Intermediate
1915
Fitchburg Normal
Lunenburg
Eula S. Taylor
West Grammar
1909
Mt. Holyoke
South Acton
Mildred Brennon
Supervisor of Music
1916
Plymouth Normal
Lowell
Northampton Weaver
System
Marion C. Taylor
Supervisor of Draw'g 1912| Mass. Normal Art
Acton
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GENERAL REPORT
In presenting our report for the year 1917, we wish to preface our financial statement with a few words concerning our schools.
We believe this school district was wise in re-electing our present superintendent of schools. He has the full confidence of this committee and is, we believe, loyally supported by all the teachers. Under his leadership and management we feel confident in saying that the morality and mental capacity of our scholars is unsurpassed by any of our sister towns in the state. So far as we know, only minor complaints have been made, and the machinery of our system is running in well-oiled fashion. While this committee does not wish to take any undue credit for this condition, we feel that full recognition should be accorded the fine ability and efficiency of Superintendent Hill and the teaching force.
In regard to the physical condition of our schools, we feel that this committee was particularly fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Theron F. Newton as janitor for our South school. Since his advent, this schoolhouse has been thoroughly renovated, and with the help of fresh paint and varnish the interior has been put on a par with our other buildings. Two of our schoolhouses need outside paint, and we purpose paint- ing one of them this coming year. The heavy hand of war has been felt in this department, and in common with many other towns, we have had our fuel troubles, but we trust that this matter will be smoothed out during the coming year.
We wish to thank the townspeople for their loyal support at the last town meeting, and, in this connection, we desire to print for your consideration a letter from the Massachusetts Commissioner of Education. This letter follows :
MASSACHUSETTS BOARD OF EDUCATION STATE HOUSE ' BOSTON
"January 2, 1918. "To the Members of the School Committee :
"With the approach of the annual town meetings, when the question of appropriations is to be taken up, our people should give thoughtful attention to the unusual conditions con- fronting the schools. Increased costs in every direction bring
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the towns and cities face to face with the necessity of increas- ing school appropriations for the coming year. The schools have never before required more thoughtful attention to their needs, and it will not be safe to handicap them with a policy of retrenchment.
"It is worthy the attention of the American people that, in spite of enormous expenditures for war purposes, France is giving unprecedented attention to her public schools, and Eng- land, for the current year, increased her expenditures for public education thirty percent over that for any preceding year.
"In the school year 1915-16, Massachusetts expended ap- proximately $27,000,000 for public education. This amount was increased to $28,500,000 for the school year 1916-17. This increase of approximately six percent shows the serious inten- tion of our people to maintain a vigorous educational policy. In view of the present situation, Massachusetts cannot afford to relax in any degree her efforts to carry on her schools at highest efficiency.
"Education is a long-time investment. Its purpose is to pro- tect democracy through the right training of the youth. Even temporary interference with this purpose, through inadequate financial support, may seriously impair the quality of our future citizenship. In the present crisis, it is imperative that towns and cities give careful consideration to the needs of the schools.
"Sincerely yours, "PAYSON SMITH, "Commissioner of Education."
Following is a detail of the receipts and disbursements for 1917, and our estimate of expenses for the year 1918 :
ESTIMATES FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1918
For general expenses :
Salaries and other expenses of the committee $100.00
Salaries and other expenses of the superintendent and truant offi- cers
700.00
For expenses of instruction :
Tuition of pupils attending out of town schools 8,000.00
Șalaries £ of elementary school teachers
6,285.00
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For textbooks:
For elementary schools it is antici- pated that the amount to be re- ceived from dog tax will cover this item 275.00
For stationery and supplies : Elementary schools 375.00
For expenses of operating school plants : Wages of janitors, fuel and miscel- laneous expenses 2,875.00*
Maintenance and repairs 350.00
For auxiliary agencies : Health 90.00
For transportation :
High school scholars 2,000.00
Elementary scholars 2,052.00
Total
$23,102.00
Less estimated income from outside
1,290.00
sources
$21,812.00
*This amount exceeds the request of last year, as we did not receive our full supply of coal in September as expected, and we must pay for the balance of 1917, which we hope will be delivered this spring, and our next winter's supply, which should be delivered in September next.
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE YEAR 1917
Appropriation at town meeting $22,123.04 Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Account of Industrial schools 695.85
Account of superintendent 343.75
Received for tuition of out-of-town
scholars 98.25
Received from refund on railroad tickets 30.81
Received from sale of old books 6.55
Received from sale of old paper 5.01
Received from county dog tax
258.33
$23,561.59
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DISBURSEMENTS
General Expenses
School Committee
Salaries :
B. E. Hall, salary 1917 $75.00
Wright & Potter Printing Co., printing blanks
$1.56
Samuel Ward Company, stationery 4.15
Rumford Supply Company, stationery . 1.02
B. E. Hall, telephone and postage 3.06
E. A. Phalen, postage
3.12
The Enterprise Company, advertising
1.00
$13.91
Superintendent of Schools and Enforcement of Law : Paid Frank H. Hill, superintendent $604.98
W. M. French
12.30
Thomas Scanlon 2.50
Asaph Parlin
3.75
$623.53
Miscellaneous :
Frank H. Hill, stationery, telephone and postage
$15.00
Eleanor L. Hill, secretary to superinten- dent
61.15
$76.15
Expenses of Instruction
Town of Concord, high
$7,714.44
Town of Concord, agricultural 1,006.33
City of Lowell, industrial
$8,720.77 192.50
Elementary Schools
Harriet H. Gardner
$579.00
E. Sophia Taylor
532.00
Ruth L. Harrington
534.50
Ella L. Miller
585.00
Martha F. Smith
546.00
Marion H. Barrett
534.50
Emma M. Halliday
579.00
Elizabeth A. Hinckley
546.00
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Julia L. McCarthy
540.40
Jennie E. Stowell
546.00
Marion C. Taylor
234.00
Mildred Brennan
205.33
Mrs. Forrest K. Howe
26.00
Emily Nagle
5.60
$5,993.33
Text Books, High
Town of Concord
$2.70
Text Books, Elementary
Milton, Bradley Company
$10.32
Edward E. Babb & Company 113.37
American Book Company
25.99
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
25.48
Silver, Burdett & Company
11.83
D. Appleton & Company
11.25
$198.24
Stationery Supplies
Finney & Hoit
$11.27
Edward E. Babb & Company
249.69
Dowling School Supply Company
30.57
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
7.38
George W. Wooster, cartage
1.50
F. S. Glines, express
. 74
D. Hennessey, cartage
1.50
Emma M. Halliday, express
1.10
Thomas Scanlon, express
.25
Theron F. Newton, express
1.19
H. I. Dallman Company
2.51
Expenses of Operating School Plants Wages of Janitors
Fred S. Glines
$230.00
Asaph Parlin
336.00
Thomas Scanlon
378.00
Theron F. Newton
160.00
Fuel
Charles Wheeler
$20.25
T. E. Downie .
19.00
S. A. Coal & Lumber Company
341.72
George H. Reed
122.30
Overseers of poor
41.25
$307.70
$1,104.00
$544.52
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Miscellaneous
M. E. Taylor & Company
$12.91
Finney & Hoit
3.70
H. W. Lewis 4.37
Robert W. Carter
2.00
Tuttle & Newton
3.51
D. Hennessey
2.00
American Woolen Company
3.38
West and South Water Supply District of Acton
36.70
$68.57
Maintenance Repairs
J. P. Brown
$1.10
Davis, King Company
22.50
E. T. Rice
89.29
H. W. Lewis
116.67
Edward E. Babb & Company
7.34
Marion C. Taylor
3.75
C. L. Chase & Son
13.80
L. T. Fullonton
261.70
Theron F. Newton
9.40
F. Z. Taylor
1.05
E. A. Phalen
38.75
South Acton Coal & Lumber Company
22.57
$587.92
Auxiliary Agencies Health
George B. Robbins Disinfectant Company
$118.40
D. Hennessey
. 50
$118.90
Transportation
High School :
N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad Company . . $291.75
B. & M. Railroad Company
1,502.00
Fred E. Brill
10.02
H. W. Bursaw
21.00
Lester N. Fletcher
10.50
A. Christofferson
3.90
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$1,839.17
Lowell Industrial : B. & M. Railroad Company $28.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad Company
44.85
$72.85
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Elementary :
W. M. French
$390.00
Jens Mekkelsen
364.00
Charles Edwards
610.00
A. Christofferson
429.00
J. D. Smith
195.00
$1,988.00
Total receipts
$23,561.59
Total disbursements
22,527.76
Unexpended balance $1,033.83
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN A. PHALEN, HERBERT W. LEWIS, BERTRAM E. HALL,
Acton, January 21, 1918.
Committee
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Gentlemen of the Committee :
I herewith present my eighth annual report, the twenty- sixth in the series of such reports.
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