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2 00
Daniel Ross,
I 20
Ellis Gibbs,
4 80
Lewis Randell,
2 00
Geo. I. Johnson,
3 20
Mell Manihan,
2 00
Arthur H. Wade,
I 60
Ambril Calvet,
I 20
A. A. Patenaude,
90
C. O. Dunham,
I IO
T. T. Vaughan,
I 40
Carl Diamond,
90
John Wayman,
3 40
Fred Loeque,
3 00
Sylvester B. Silva,
4 50
Joseph Lopus,
4 50
Manuel Barr,
4 50
Manuel Mantane,
4 50
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Benjamin Cardose,
5 00
Joseph Williams,
3 50
H. T. Maxim,
I 70
E. H. Murdock,
I 70
Frank Bernies,
I 70
Charles Potter,
2 80
Frank Tillson and horse,
2 80
Z. W. Andrews,
I 80
Franklin N. Chase,
3 33
John McElery,
35
Joas Spinola,
50
Manuel Rebus,
50
Antone Spinola,
50
Salvador Spinola,
50
Joas Loba,
50
Theodore Lopes,
50
Paulo Careia,
30
Ernest Kangus
I 20
Elmer F. Whitmore,
3 40
George Fayl,
2 20
Fred Brown,
2 20
Albert Smith,
I 60
Isaac W. Barker,
3 00
Wilbur S. Barker,
1 00
Alex Johnson,
I 60
Julina Johnson,
I 60
Antone Noboeny,
2 20
Andrew Hendrickson,
I 60
William Hendrickson,
I 60
John Hendrickson,
I 60
Ansel Lambill,
I 60
John Wahlgreen,
I 60
Isaac Antio,
I 60
Loius Stefani,
2 20
Louis Perrene,
2 20
Alfonso Morris,
2 20
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Cilco Fannetti,
2 20
Vincent Masini,
2 20
Franklin Barker,
I 00
John Burke,
4 80
Walter Cahoon,
I 40
Carl G. Nyland,
I IO
Eugenio Andredi,
30
Jose Andredi,
30
Jacinto Gansalues,
30
Juan Caslia,
30
Marcelina Peno,
30
Bernado Peno,
30
Sylvester Veiga,
30
Marcus Atwood,
2 00
Thomas Gibbs,
2 00
S. D. Atwood,
2 00
Fire Back of Nelson Sherman's.
Fred A. Diamond,
$1 00
Ira Diamond,
70
William Dunham,
80
W. E. W. Vaughan,
40
Everett Raynolds,
40
1
H. Carson,
30
Joseph Gannier,
40
Peter Boyer and men,
.I 50
Benjamin W. Robbins,
20
Frank Rickard,
40
Percy Shurtleff,
30
George Ellis,
40
Abbot Finney,
50
Charles Roberts,
50
E. F. Pearson,
50
Ed Mullen,
50
Daniel Casey,
50
Frank Thomas,
50
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Patrick Hardy, 90
Swan Holt Fire.
John B. Bouget,
$ 55
Fred Bevins,
40
Henry Appling,
20
Herbert Maranville,
20
Joseph Ray,
20
Wm. C. Collingwood,
70
Edward O'Donald,
70
Harvey Cole,
70
F. J. Collins,
40
Luke Andersen,
80
H. T. Hammond,
I 40
H. T. Hammond, shovel burned,
75
John Parker,
80
Middleboro Line Fire.
L. S. Powers, $I IO
Henry Burgess,
I IO
Railroad Fire.
L. S. Powers, $ 40
L. C. Robbins, 40
A. L. Hammond, 40
Frank Rickard,
40
Peter Boyer and men,
I 50
Abbot Finney and men,
I 50
Andrew's Bog Fire.
L. S. Powers, $4 10
Lloyd C. Robbins,
5 10
H. C. Robbins, I 60
A. L. Hammond, 1 00
George Ellis,
2 00
B. W. Robbins, 40
T. M. Cole, 80
Carver 3
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W. T. Thomas,
70
Frank Rickard,
2 00
George Thomas,
90
James Rickard,
60
George Parker,
80
Ammon Braddock,
95
Clarence Thomas,
70
John Braddock,
95
George Thomas, Jr.,
70
Dennis Conners,
80
Philip Cole,
I 00
Maurice Robbins,
I 00
Henry Burgess,
70
Henry Pink,
80
Diston Bruce,
60
Albert Linton,
80
John Garnett,
I 80
Joseph Rickard,
I 40
Percy Shurtleff,
5 90
J. W. Thomas,
50
George Powers,
50
Billy Dictimore,
50
Dommic Maijo,
50
Arthur Shurtleff,
I 20
Plympton Line Fire.
Horace Thrasher,
$ 3 60
Levi F. Morse,
10 00
Arnold Hammond,
3 60
Frank DeRose,
80
Horace C. Robbins,
4 00
Leonard Powers,
4 30
E. E. Gardner,
I 70
Evebert Eames,
60
Archie Stratton,
I 50
John Garnett,
3 00
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Walter Dunham,
3 60
Henry Burgess,
3 80
William Thomas,
60
James Thomas,
2 00
Diston Bruce,
4 20
George Parker,
80
Alex Parker,
60
Henry Pink,
I 80
Joseph Rickard,
I 40
Frank Rickard,
6 20
Theron Cole,
3 00
Everett Briggs,
I 60
Dommick Maggio,
90
Percy Shurtleff,
4 80
Lloyd C. Robbins,
2 80
T. Healey,
90
Nelson Garnett,
50
$368 17
TOWN OFFICERS.
DR.
Appropriation,
$1,200 00
CR.
Paid-
J. A. Vaughan, Treasurer and Col- lector,
$283 76
J. E. Vaughan, Truant Officer, 16 20
Ellis G. Cornish, Auditor, 8 00
A. H. Griffith, Herring Committee, 2 50
Bernice E. Barrows, Librarian, 50 00
T. T. Vaughan, Assessor, 45 00
W. A. Tillson, Assessor, 42 50
Seth C. C. Finney, Assessor, 42 75
T. T. Vaughan, Selectman, 82 50
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W. A. Tillson, ditto, 43 00
Seth C. C. Finney, ditto,
36 00
Fred A. Ward, ditto, 6 00
T. T. Vaughan, Overseer of Poor,
20 00
W. A. Tillson, ditto, 6 75
Seth C. C. Finney, ditto, 20 25
Fred A. Ward, ditto,
5 00
T. T. Vaughan, Registrar,
10 00
W. A. Tillson, ditto,
10 00
Seth C. C. Finney, ditto,
4 25
Fred A. Ward, ditto,
4 50
S. B. Briggs, Constable, 18 50
J. E. Vaughan, ditto, 50 00
Henry S. Griffith, Town Clerk,
50 00
J. M. Bump, Tree Warden, 4 50
Seth C. C. Finney, School Committee,
81 50
Henry S. Griffith, ditto, 22 89
John A. Kinney, ditto, 25 47
Gustavus Atwood, ditto, 34 05
Seth C. C. Finney, taking school census,
3 00
John A. Kenney, ditto, 3 00
Overdrawn in 1901,
134 4I
Balance to new account,
33 59
$1,200 00
TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT.
DR.
$25 00 $25 00
Appropriation,
CR
Paid-
J. M. Bump, trees and setting, $2 00
C. H. Atwood, labor, 3 00
Harry Cassady, labor,
3 00
Balance to new account,
17 00
$25 00
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PRINTING VALUATION LIST.
e
DR.
Appropriation,
$150 00
Overdrawn,
26 00
$176 00
CR.
Paid-
Florence Vaughan, copying valuation
list for printer,
$ 10 00
Memorial Press, printing,
164 75
N. Y. & B. D. Express Co., express, I 25
$176 00
MARKING GRAVES IN TOWN.
DR.
Balance from 1901,
$25 00 $25 00
CR.
Balance to new account,
$25 00 $25 00
TOWN ASSETS.
Cash in the Treasury due from State
Aid paid soldiers and soldiers' wives and widows,
$776 00
Due from Town's Aid to paupers,
107 45
Due from Benj. Darling, board Mary A. Eames, 308 46
Dividend from dog licenses, 204 16
Uncollected taxes, 1898, 26 99
Uncollected taxes, 1899,
100 34
Uncollected taxes, 1900,
297 30
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Uncollected taxes, 1901,
681 13 Uncollected taxes, 1902,
1,710 00
$4,21I 78
TOWN LIABILITIES.
Bills for support of poor, estimated, $ 50 00
All other demands, estimated, 350 00
Note of J. A. Vaughan and others,
trustees, 1,000 00
$1,400 00
Assets over liabilities, $2,81I 78
APPROPRIATIONS, 1903.
The following sums of money are recommended to meet current expenses the ensuing year :
Support of poor, by Overseers of Poor, 2,000 00
Support of schools, by School Committee, 3,500 00
School books and incidentals, by School Committee, 800 00 Repair of school houses, by School Committee, 300 00
Repair of highways, by Road Commissioners, 2,000 00
Removal of snow, by Road Commissioners, 100 00
Town incidentals, by Selectmen,
400 00
Town officers' salaries, by Selectmen,
1,100 00
Fighting fire, by Selectmen,
368 17
Library,
100 00
Prin ing valuation list, by Selectmen,
26 00
Soldiers' relief, by Selectmen, 100 00
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LIST OF JURORS.
The following list of Jurors is presented for your revision and acceptance :
Alfred M. Shaw, cranberry grower.
W. A. Tillson, cranberry grower.
J. A. Vaughan, seedman.
Arthur H. Wade, laborer.
Truman A. Tillson, cranberry grower.
James H. Hudson, laborer.
Elmer B. Perkins, school teacher.
George E. White, farmer.
Fred A. Ward, farmer.
J. Myrick Bump, farmer. Stewart H. Pink, storekeeper.
Charles H. Perkins, laborer.
Gustavus H. Long, cranberry grower.
Lathrop A. Hayden, manufacturer.
George Adams, laborer.
Embert H. Eames, farmer.
Henry E. Lucas, cranberry grower.
Joseph H. Washburn, laborer.
JURORS DRAWN IN 1902.
Edgar E. Gardner. Lloyd C. Robbins. Theron M. Cole, William E. W. Vaughan.
Herbert A. Stanley.
Ira B. Bumpus.
T. T. VAUGHAN, W. A. TILLSON, SETH C. C. FINNEY,
Selectmen of Carver.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Raised by taxation, 1902 :-
Support of poor,
$1,900 00
Support of common schools, 2,000 00
Support of high school, 1,200 00
School Superintendent, 50 00
High school house and additions,
361 96
No. 8 school house, 4 25
School books and incidentals,
550 00
Repair of school houses, '
550 00
Repairs of highways,
2,000 00
Repair of bridges,
100 00
Removal of snow,
100 00
Town officers,
1,200 00
Fire, 192 85
Repair of Town House,
25 00
Suppression of crime,
200 00
Public library,
100 00
Insuring library and addition to high
school house, 25 00
Military aid,
100 00
Tree Warden's use,
25 00
Publishing valuation list,
150 00
State road,
900 00
$12,034 06
State tax,
$465 00
County tax,
989 00
$1,454 00
$13,488 06
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Value of personal estate,
Value of real estate,
$291,635 00 790,730 00
Increase in value of personal estate in 1902,
$32,290 00
Increase in value of real estate in 1902,
93,445 00
Tax rate per $1,000, $ 10 80
Poll tax,
2 00
Number of polls,
252
On poll only,
69
On property,
588
Number of horses,
216
Number of cows,
II5
Number of cattle other than cows,
24
Number of sheep,
I8
Number of swine, 21
Number of dwelling houses, 362
Number of acres of land, 21,00I
Number of acres of cranberry bog, 1,440
Valuation of cranberry bog, $429,835 00
Increase of valuation of cranberry
bog in 1902, 70,716 00
The Assessors although chosen by the Town are under the direction of the Deputy Tax Commissioner.
Section 74, Chapter 12 of the Revised Laws says: A per- son shall not have an abatement, except as otherwise provided, unless he has brought in to the Assessors the list of his estate as required by Section 41.
The Deputy Tax Commissioner tells us that he shall not al- low any Boards of Assessors to make abatements of taxes un- less the law has been complied with.
Printed lists for filling out may be had of the Assessors.
The property to the amount of Five Hundred Dollars of a widow or an unmarried woman above the age of 21 years, provided that the whole estate, real and personal of such per- son does not exceed in value the sum of One Thousand dollars,
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is exempt. But such person must make application personally to the Assessors for exemption.
By vote of the Town the matter of surveying the great lot and share lines in South Meadow Cedar Swamp was left with the Assessors.
We have had a typewritten copy of the courses of the great lots taken from the county records, and have hired a sur- veyor to survey one of them, and by the cost and success he has with that one we will decide in regard to the rest.
T. T. VAUGHAN, W. A. TILLSON, SETH C. C. FINNEY, Assessors of Carver.
VOTES OF THE TOWN.
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Report of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, and the following votes passed at a Town Meeting held July 26, 1902.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized and instructed to investigate any transfers of land which may have been wrongly conveyed and correct any errors that may have been made in the matter, in a manner just to the parties to whom conveyed and honorable to the Town.
After investigating the matter with each party separately, we find that each party's deed gives the same course, and al- though both claim the same tract of land, and as neither party is willing to admit they are wrong, after getting legal advice on the matter, we find we have no authority to establish lines and could only act as a Board of Arbitration between the par- ties, if they so desired.
With regard to the last part of the vote, when they have settled the line between them, we can make restoration for any wrong the Town may have done, although we do not think the Town can be legally held for the same.
Voted to instruct and authorize the Selectmen to sell other land from the Casey lot to make up for the loss the Town may be subjected to in correcting any errors in transfers, if they can legally do so.
We find that the Selectmen cannot legally take other land from the Casey lot and sell it.
Voted to instruct the Overseers of the Poor to investigate the claims of the Town against the Casey estate and if found valid to proceed to collect said claims.
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The claim which the Town has against the estate of Augus- tus Casey, who died in Plymouth, is $180.35.
And while the Overseers of the Poor can sell his part of the Casey lot, the facts are as follows:
Augustus Casey had seven brothers and sisters, equal own- ers with him in the Casey lot. We could only sell his undi- vided eighth part of it. And we do not think it would bring enough to pay the expenses connected with selling it.
T. T. VAUGHAN, W. A. TILLSON, SETH C. C. FINNEY,
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of Carver.
TOWN WARRANT.
Contents of warrant for Town Meeting to be held at the Town House on Monday, the 2d day of March next, at 9 o'clock, A. M.
ART. I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will accept the Jury List as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen and other Town Officers.
ART. 4. To choose all necessary Town Officers.
ART. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To determine the compensation for labor on the highway.
ART. 7. To decide when taxes shall become due and whether any interest shall be charged after a certain date.
ART. 8. To see what pay the Town will vote the Treasurer and Collector for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will instruct the Treasurer to borrow money under the direction of the Selectmen, if found necessary, in anticipation of taxes the ensuing year.
ART. IO. To see if the Town will vote to make the vards of field drivers Town Pounds, provided they also be chosen Poundkeepers.
ART. II. To bring in their ballots, Yes or No, upon the
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question : "Shall licenses be granted in the Town for the sale of intoxicating liquors." And the polls will be kept open one hour.
ART.12. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suits for or against the Town.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars for the observance of Old Home Week. Acts 1902, Chapter 109.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to build a school- house at North Carver and appropriate money for the same.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1902.
Jan. 2. George Morris and Elizabeth J. Chace,
Mar. 12. James E. Whitehouse and Hattie M. Perry, both of Brockton.
Mar. 15. George W. Savery, of Plymouth, and Lena E. Shurtleff.
Apr. 28. William T. Thomas and Flora J. Standish.
June 7. Embert H. Eames and Eliza G. Shurtleff.
June 8. Howard G. Westgate and Elva F. Hudson.
June 18. Lloyd C. Robbins and Susie A. Linton.
July 13. Marcus Atwood and Delia Mckinley.
July 19. Leonard S. Powers and Lillie C. Shurtleff.
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Oct. 9. John V. Hananen and Susie A. Warjiluses, both of Wareham.
Oct. 24. John F. Stratton and Gertrude E. Small of Oster- ville.
Oct. 18. Fuhan Daaintson and Margarita Guomilsangas, both of Wareham.
Oct. 27. Chester Richard and Florence M. Coombs.
Oct. 28. Frank Bernier and Louise Bernier.
Nov. 24. Geo. H. Williams and Hilma J. N. Gummerus.
Nov. 27. Harry R. Sampson and Lucretia C. Burbank.
Nov. 28. Robert R. Mellville and Minnie L. Richards.
DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER IN 1902.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
PARENTS.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Feb.
3
Lydia S. Hammond
90
11
3
Nathaniel Shaw and Lucy Fuller Albert and Lucy Thomas
16
Albert T. Shurtleff
65
17
Mar.
19
Jesse F. Lucas
69
1
27
Jesse and Deborah Bagnall
22
Lydia B. Thomas
64
1
April
24
John Penno
92
10
30 - Nathaniel Shurtleff and Jemina Atwood John and Margaret Hill
Bright's disease Old age Tuberculosis
May
22
Hannah H. Dunham
76
2
15
Charles Cobb and Silva Rickard
Heart failure
June
12
Lewis Pratt
83
2
8
Lewis and Hannah Bonney Joseph and
Clironic nephritis uraemia
12
Joseph E Threshie
42
8
20
Bertram and Laura Fosdick
7
John Dunham
79
10
4
James and Ruth Pratt
Paralysis Failing vitality
July Aug.
19
(Unnamed).
1
1}
Victor Erickson and Helbah John and Cijy
24
Waino W. Haapakaski
3
23
George E. and Mary F. Welch
Sept.
9
Geo. E. Beauchimen
89
10
Jesse and Susan Ellis
Cholera infantum
Oct.
6
Ellen J. Nyland
1
1
4 Albert C. and Laura A. Praddock
21
Mary M. Eames
81
4 Hezekiah Cole and Jane Bradford
28
Nathaniel Ide
82
4
14
Timothy and Betsey Allyn
Tuberculosis
Nov.
23
Gerald E. Vitting
1
1
14
William G. and Myrtle Shaw
Asphyxia (accidental)
Dec.
6
Laura T. Thomas
29
6
3
Lucien J. Fosdick and A. Belle Droun
Tuberculosis
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Hydrocephalus
15
Isabel D. Thomas
8
17
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2
Cholera infantum Failing vitality Apoplexy and old age
15
Susan E. Murdock
25
August and Hannah
10 Marion P. Bradford
6
Cholera infantum Epileptical insanity
Y. M. D.
Pneumonia Bright's disease Pachymengitis interna
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BIRTHS IN CARVER IN 1902.
DATE.
NAME.
PARENTS.
Feb. 18
Reynold A. Eastman
66
24
Joe E. Boyer
Mar. 12
Priscilla T. Shaw
66
30
Ruth F. Stringer
April 66
6
Marion P. Bradford
12
Mildred C. Stetson
27
Waino W. Henrickson
May 1
29
George E. Morris Elizabeth Atwood
July 9
Francis E. Stringer
16
10
Dorothy L. Linton
66
26
Mary E. Peterson
66
26
Ralph G. Pennington Shaw
Aug. 6
31
Eunice Atwood
Sept. 5
5
Ellen H. Raymond
Ada E. S. Kaski
Oct. 4
Marion C. Hart
25
Orville Bernard Linton
28
Harold B. Robbins
66
31 Eleanor M. Washburn
Nov.
1
Aris B. Shurtleff
Dec.
22
Lothrop Hayden
George A. and Lakander Peter and Mary (Deschamplain) Wm. M. and Eleanor (Lucas) Wm. F and Annie (Stringer) A. Clement and Laura ( Braddock) Oscar F. and Lillian W. (Crandall) John and George and Lizzie J (Chace) John E. and Lillian (Vaughan) Ephraim E. & Hattie A. (Atwood) Albert and Nellie (Braddock) Arthur W. and Lucy (Shaw) John and Cora (Brownell) Lewis J. and Mary L. (Smith) Herbert F. and Lucy T. (Shurtleff) George E and Mary F. (Welch) Frank A. and Ruth E. (Thomas) Andrew and Frank and Edith (Hudson)
Howard A. & Vinnie ( Braddock) Maurice F. H. and Lizzie (Linton) Henry L. and Annie P. (Harris) Charles F. and Elia H. (Griffith) Albert and Lulu J. (Peckham) Wm E. and (Gibbs)
SUMMARY. Marriages, 18; births, 25; deaths, 20.
DOGS LICENSED DURING 1902. Males, 93 ; females, 10.
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Town Clerk of Carver.
Carver
4
Joseph E. Beauchimen
9
28
Bertha L. Peckham
SCHOOL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1902.
Seth C. C. Finney. Term expires March, 1903.
Henry S. Griffith. Term expires March, 1904.
John A. Kenney. Term expires March, 1905.
School Committee of Carver.
Citizens of Carver-
The laws of the Commonwealth require a printed report from the School Committee, and custom dictates that we make some remarks at this time. These remarks are usually the views of the Chairman, and often of the Chairman only, this occasion is probably no exception to the general rule. As a whole our schools compare very favorably with schools in other towns under similar conditions. We cannot expect to accom- plish the best results with such a scattered population, and so many small mixed schools. It would doubtless be better to close several of our buildings and transport the pupils to other schools where they could have better advantages.
We have closed the school at East Head, and now transport the scholars to the "Furnace," and await the mandate of the town to close those at Wenham, Pope's Point, and Bates' Pond. Better work could be done, and our children advanced faster, if we had only six schools in town besides the High.
TEACHERS.
We shall not enter into the merits or demerits of our teachers,
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and believe that each and every one of them earn the money that is paid them, or they would not be kept. Our teachers rank very favorably with the teachers employed by other towns, in general fitness. They strive to carry out the wishes of the Board, and work for the interests of the schools.
During the summer vacation Miss Shaw and Miss Poland resigned, and their places were filled by Miss Anna Gifford of New Bedford and Miss Jennie Cowen of Rochester.
"We would bespeak a kind word for all our teachers, feel- ing they have the interest of our schools at heart. While we may personally consider their merits varied, we would not criticise their efforts. Advice when sought or given by the committee has been pleasantly received and applied. We feel to congratulate the town that our efforts have been so suc- cessful in the employment and retaining of teachers."-Report, 1901-1902.
ABSENTEEISM.
Our schools suffer much from lack of attendance, caused largely by the indifference or ignorance of the parents to the needs of their children who do not realize what an injury they do them by conniving at or openly encouraging them to dis- obey the laws.
Often they appear to think that the paltry amounts that a boy or girl can earn will out-weigh the advantages of our schools, the father or mother not thinking of the far greater losses the children are suffering by staying away from school, and thus being thrown on the world not fully equipped for ser- vice in the labors of life.
The committee ask and expect the co-operation of all who have the well-being of our community at heart in enforcing the laws against this evil.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Your committee found this a favorable opportunity to make a change in the course of study in this school, as no class will graduate this year. We have no censure for any one, but
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think that the course at present is more practical, more modern, more American. We regard it as wrong when pupils can recite ancient history by the page, and cannot tell simple facts in the history of our country. When they can solve abstruse problems in geometry and cannot tell if the cashier has computed the in- terest correctly on the account they have in the Savings Bank, or if the assessors have made an erroneous computation of the tax on their father's property.
The tendency of the times is towards simplification of the studies in the higher schools, to a shortening of the school period, and to a broadening of the school work.
Americans are a busy people, and cannot afford the time to study many things that were once thought necessary.
Our schools must become more practical or you will send your children to the Business School.
Complaint is justly made that too much time is given to the non-essentials. This being the case we may expect future committees to walk farther along the way we have so bluntly and crudely pointed out.
BUILDINGS.
The buildings at the North are unfit for the purposes for which they are used, being small, unventilated, cold, and out of repairs. The town can afford to, and should, build a modern two-room building, suited to our needs, on the lot now occupied by the primary school house, and dispose of the old buildings, and it should do so this year.
An appropriation of $1,800 is recommended for this purpose.
REPAIRS.
Less repairing has been done than was intended, owing in part to our inability to secure help, and our expectation that you would order some of the schools closed.
Wells have been driven on several school lots, and others are needed.
Few things are more annoying than a flock of children visit- ing several times each day for water.
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New floors are necessary in several buildings, and single seats are imperatively needed in them.
We recommend for repairs, $300.
BOOKS.
Text books are a heavy expense, and will become more so in the future. Pupils do not manifest so much interest in their studies when compelled to peruse an old, worn out book, not to speak of the liability of contagion from the use thereof. You would take very little interest in your paper if you had read it the week before, or if it was filthy, ragged, or inhabited by microbes. An appropriation of $800.00 is recommended for the purchase of text-books and incidentals.
RETROSPECTIVE.
Looking backward a few years we feel like congratulating you on the progress made in school affairs. You refused to appropriate $1,800 for the support of schools; last year you raised $3,200, and we shall want $3,500 this year, and we must have it or lower our standard of education.
FINANCIAL.
Support of Schools. DR.
Appropriation,
$3,200 00
State school fund,
738 08
Education of state poor children,
37 50
Income Pratt Fund,
125 00
Income Ellis Fund,
200 00
Income Dog tax,
204 II
Bal. from transportation account,
242 40
$4,747 09
Paid for teaching,
CR. $3,710 00
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Janitors,
204 35
Fuel,
169 10
Transportation,
131 50
Cleaning,
II 00
Overdraft, 1901,
257 14
Balance to new account,
264 00
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$ 4,747 09
Fuel.
Paid-
B. W. Robbins,
$56 93
A. S. Thomas,
3 25
E. H. Murdock,
25 50
S. S. Richards,
3 75
J. A. Vaughan,
14 62
A. E. Beuchemin,
3 00
Peleg McFarlin,
2 00
Marcus Atwood,
2 00
Gustavus Atwood,
15 50
I. W. Tilson,
2 00
L. M. Rogers,
4 00
August Nyland,
14 00
M. F. Swift,
5 00
G. P. Lincoln,
5 00
T. T. Vaughan,
12 75
A. P. Robbins,
I 75
Superintendent of Schools.
DR.
Balance from 1901,
$250 00
Appropriation,
50 00
Overdraft,
100 00
CR. $400 00
Paid. C. W. Humphrey, superintendent, $400 00
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Text-Books and Incidentals.
DR.
Appropriation,
$550 00
Sale of books,
2 05
Amount of overdrawn bills,
272 0I
$831 06
CR.
Paid Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books, $17 21
Werner School Book Co., books, 4 40
Geo. F. King & Co., paper, etc., 58 39
Thompson, Brown & Co., books, 14 07
D. Appleton & Co., books, 35 48
Edward O. Babb & Co., books,
60 74
Educational Publishing Co., books,
İ 25
American Book Co., books, 20 83
Henry Holt & Co., books,
2 IO
Silver, Burdette & Co., books,
22 24
J. L. Hammett Co., paper, etc. 106 84
Ginn & Co., books, 74 91
A. W. Peterson, express and freight, 12 47
A. P. Gifford, express and freight,
35
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., freight, 67
B. T. Kelley, table, No. 3 P,
2 50
L. G. Murdock, splints, 50
A. M. Ward & Co., pencil sharpeners, I IO
E. B. Perkins, rent and care of books, 10 00
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