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J. C. Trefethen & Co., dippers, 80
$225 57
Supplies and Incidentals.
Edward E. Babb & Co., books and sup-
plies, $322 68
D. C. McIntosh, 5 30
E. Anthony & Sons, 5 75
Chester W. Humphrey,
29 62
Houghton & Dutton, one water cooler, 4 49
Eldred S. Mosher, frt. carting and exp. 36 49
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American Seating Co., chair standards, 3 00 American Furniture Exch., cabinet file, 22 00
American Book Co., 12 48
Alonzo D. Griffith, 43
Elverson E. Atwood, 2 50
Stewart H. Pink, one broom,
40
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., 1 56
F. N. Whitman, material for grad. 2 04
Bernard M. Sheridan, one doz. eng., 6 00
William Egger, 45
Frank E. Barrows, appraising Ellis Fund, 3 00 H. L. Thatcher, printing 600 programs, 24 50 Estate of Webster E. C. Vaughan, 3 28
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., chemicals and material, 120 91
University of Chicago Press, one manual, 58
Memorial Press, one dictionary, 6 00
Lawrence M. Rogers, use of auto for Com., 5 00 Harvard University Press, 2 00
Ginn & Co., 20 books, etc., 18 05
T. W. Peirce, 10 11
John E. Jordan,
14 60
George E. Cornwell,
1 55
Allyn Bacon,
17 66
C. H. Hathaway,
63
$683 06
New Equipment.
American Seating Co., seats and desks, $97 87 Ellis G. Cornish, exp. to Am. Seat. Co., 3 00
George E. Blair, digging well, 9 00
T. W. Peirce Company, tiling, 21 60
Eldred S. Mosher, carting tiling, 3 00
James A. Vaughan, helper for digging well, 5 00
Carlton Shurtleff, 2 00
Edward S. Griffith, trans. seat adjuster 50
$141 97
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New Building.
Sears Lumber Co., lumber and material $15 37 Theodore T. Vaughan, lumb. and shingles, 46 80 George E. Blair, labor and material, 46 25
$108 42
Cleaning Buildings.
George E. Blair,
$5 75
Mrs. George H. Powers,
7 85
Leonard S. Powers,
2 00
Helen S. Petty,
3 00
Cora Appling,
5 00
$23 60
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following names are those of pupils who have had perfect attendance for one or more terms :-
Three terms-Merton Griffith, Leo Caron, Dorothy Pease, Julia M. Stanly.
Two terms-Laura Hayden, Carroll Griffith, Eric Gomes, Russell Appling, Bertha Peckham, Richard Pease, Simeone Roy, Blanche Roy, Adrean Roy, Ella Halunen, George Powers, George Perkins, Edward Poole, Basil Shales, Mary Peterson, Homer Griffith, Anna Cornish.
One term-Hattie Eames, Viola Shaw, Violetta Shales, Dorothy Linton, Ella Peckham, Cinween Reese, Harold Rob- bins, Lillian Robbins, Frank Thomas, Eunice Wade, Theo Thomas, Priscilla Shaw, Ruth Cornish, Minnie Blair, Rufus Blair, Esther Cornish, Carlton Atwood, Davis Atwood, Theo- dore Vaughan, Albert McGregor, Viena Kaski, Milton Laird, Otto Wiisanen, Grace Gardner, Maynard Peterson, Mendall Thompson, Edith Wrightington, Leonard Shurtleff, Ralph
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Washburn, Antonio Caron, Clara Caron, Paul Story, Nor- man Story.
The School Committee have no authority to give permission for children to be absent from school to work at home or for other employers, and hereby notify employers that no such permission will be given.
Respectfully submitted, ALICE G. SHAW, ELLIS G. CORNISH, MARY C. ROGERS School Committee of Carver.
E. T. PRATT FUND.
The following is a summary of the third account to Probate Court of Gustavus Atwood, Trustee of the E. T. Pratt School Fund of date Dec. 31, 1916 :-
Schedule A-Principal and Receipts.
Balance of principal as per next prior acct., Dec. 31, 1909, $4,044 12
Dividends received from Plymouth Savings Bank, 882 05
Dividends received from Plymouth Five Cent Savings Bank, 332 54
Dividends received from Wareham Savings Bank,
83 12
Dividends received from one share Old Colony Railroad, 49 00
Received for hoop poles from Darby Wood lot,
1 50
Total amount of principal and receipts,
$5,392 33
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Schedule B-Payments.
Paid balance due at the next prior account, $10 71
Paid cost of making and filing last prior report, 4 00
Paid cost of a duplicate copy of will of the late E. T. Pratt, 40
Paid cost of annual sworn report to State Tax Collector, 3 13
Paid cost of annual expenses of Trustee for past seven years, 16 50
Paid into the Town Treasury of Carver for schools, 1,234 00
Total amounts of payments, $1,268 74
Schedule C-Balance of Principal Invested.
Amount of deposits in Plymouth Savings Bank, $2,602 02
Amount of deposits in Plymouth Five Cent Sav- ings Bank, 1,035 32
Amount of deposits in Wareham Savings Bank, 302 48
One share stock in Old Colony Railroad, 180 00
Cash on hand, 3 77
Total of principal as invested, $4,123 59
Total of schedules B and C, $5,392 33
Carver five
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Carver :-
The number of pupils in the elementary schools at the beginning of the winter term January 2, 1917, was 162, 24 less than last year. There were 31 pupils in the High School, which is seven more than last, year. The total number of pupils in all schools was 193, fifteen less than last year.
The present pupils are :-
Seniors-Everett Cassiday, Russell Peterson.
Juniors-Grace Gardiner, Doris Jones, Helen Pease, John Peckham, Myrtle Perkins, Gertrude Robbins, Bernard Tillson.
Sophomores-Evelyn McFarlin, Ruth Shaw, Orrie Shurt- leff, Roy Shaw, Leonard Shurtleff, Mendall Thompson, Ralph Washburn.
Freshmen-Alice Appling, Elizabeth Atwood, Ida Atwood, Ruth Cornish, Ruth Goetz, Dorothy Linton, Ella Peckham, Lillian Robbins, Madeline Shaw, Priscilla Shaw, Clarence Burgess, Merton Griffith, George Perkins, Ernest Roy, Paul Story.
The per cents. of the total pupils in town in the high school for the past five years have been 12.3% in 1912, 10% in 1913, 9.7% in 1914, 11.4% in 1915, 16% in 1916, an average of 12%.
The greatest need of the High School is a more extended course, which should include cooking, sewing, manual work and freehand and mechanical drawing. Another teacher would be needed for this work. At present but one course, with little variation to meet the needs of individual pupils, can be given. This would entail added expense, and would require a larger school appropriation. The average school
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tax in the state per $1,000. of valuation is $4.60. Carver's school tax is $3.39, 73% of the average. Her rank in school tax is 312 in a total of 353 cities and towns. This means within 41 of the bottom of the list.
But while an extended course is needed in the High School, this should not be at the expense of the elementary schools. All children attend the elementary schools, but an average of but 12% attend the High School, taking the average of the last five years. The quality of work done in the High School depends upon that done in the elementary schools. Even considering only those that attend High School, good work on the part of the teachers in that school could not be done without equally good work by the elementary teachers. Both schools should have equal attention.
The teachers beginning the fall term of 1916, were :-
North Grammar, Miss Helen C. Hodsdon, Freyburg, Me .; North Primary, Miss Bertha E. Chase, Nantucket; Center Grammar, Miss Cora P. Shannon, Florenceville, N. B .; Cen- ter Primary, Miss Alice M. Russell, Northampton; South Grammar, Miss Ina Durling, Paradise, N. S .; South Primary, Miss Amy L. Felton, Norton; Bates Pond; Miss Elizabeth Tillson, Carver ; Popes Point, Miss Abbie C. Nickerson, West Harwich; East Carver, Mrs. Lulu A. Pratt, Carver; High School, Miss Viola L. Merrifield, Boston; High School, Miss Beatrice E. Phinney, West Roxbury.
There were but two changes at the beginning of the school year in September, and but one during the fall term. Miss Shannon transferred from Popes Point to the Center Gram- mar school; Mrs. Chapman resigned from the North Primary school at the end of the summer vacation, and Miss Dunne resigned at the Christmas vacation.
The cost of text-books, school supplies and apparatus has increased to a greater extent than most other goods. Paper has increased in price from fifty to three hundred and fifty per cent. Changes in prices of text-books were not made as soon as in other supplies but notice of a raise in prices have recently been received from publishers. Teachers and
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pupils are careful and economical in the use of supplies, but the cost is necessarily much more than formerly.
I find two serious drawbacks to effective work as superin- tendent of schools. One is the great amount of time con- sumed in travel, occasioned by the size of the district and location of the towns, and which can not be avoided. An idea of the amount of travel required is shown by the cost, which is more than $400. per year. The other is the lack of clerical help. I am obliged to spend much time on work that could be done equally well, and doubtless would be done better, by a young woman, at a third cost of my time, which would leave me time for constructive work needing to be done, which now has to be left largely undone. All large towns and many districts furnish such help in the office of the super- intendent of schools. I am reminded of the experience of a member of the Board of Education who was at one time professor in a state agricultural college. He was appointed head of an agricultural school in another state. In talking over his plans for work in the new position with the president of the college, he told him of some of the things he hoped to do. The president congratulated him on his apparent op- portunities, but regretted that he might find much of his time spent in getting quotations on whisk brooms.
SCHOOLS
I
II
III
V
VI
VII VIII IX Totals
North Grammar
4
9
1 14
North Primary
5
3
7
8
23
Center Grammar
3
5
4
6
18
Center Primary
6
4
3
6
19
South Grammar
5
2
2
2
1
2
14
South Primary
13
5
5
23
Bates Pond
2
4
1
3
5
2
4
21
Popes Point
4
3
4
4
3
3
21
East Carver
2
4
1
2
9
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32
19
17
23
17
14
24
5
11
162
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The gains and losses in each school for the past three years are given in the following comparative table.
SCHOOLS
1913-14
1914-15
1915-16
Gains Losses
North Grammar,
20
22
14
8
North Primary,
31
23
23
Center Grammar,
23
20
18
2
Center Primary,
14
13
19
6
South Grammar,
13
12
14
2
South Primary,
32
28
23
5
Bates' Pond,
21
26
21
5
Pope's Point,
23
21
21
East Carver,
21
21
9
12
222
186
162
8
32
The numbers of pupils in the High School for the past six years have been ; 23 in 1911 ; 26 in 1912 ; 24 in 1913 ; 24 in 1914 ; 24 in 1915, and 31 in 1916. These numbers are taken the first of January.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1916-1917.
Fall term-Sept. 25, 1916, to Dec. 22, 1916, 13 weeks. Winter vacation-Dec. 22, 1916, to Jan. 2, 1917, 9 days. Winter term-Jan. 2, 1917, to March 23, 1917, 12 weeks. Spring vacation-March 23, 1917, to April 2, 1917, 9 days. Spring term-April 2, 1917, to June 15, 1917, 11 weeks. Summer vacation-June 15, 1917, to Sept. 24, 1917. Fall term-Sept. 24, 1917, to Dec. 21, 1917, 13 weeks. Winter vacation-Dec. 21, 1917, to Dec. 31, 1917, 9 days. Winter term-Dec. 31, 1917, to March 22, 1918, 12 weeks. Spring vacation-March 22, 1918, to April 1, 1918, 9 days. Spring term-April 1, 1918, to June 14, 1918, 11 weeks. Summer vacation-June 14, 1918, to Sept. 23, 1918.
Respectfully submitted, C. W. HUMPHREY.
Carver, Mass., January 1, 1917. Superintendent of Schools.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Cr.
Paid-
Charlotte M. Atwood, services as libra-
rian,
$100 00
Old Corner Book Store, book, 97 75
$197 75
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
Supplement to Catalogue, 1916.
By purchase,
104 books
Donations, none.
Middleboro Gazette for 1916.
Our Dumb Animals for 1916.
Ladies' Journal for 1916.
Christian Science Journal for 1916.
Christian Science Sentinel for 1916.
Mrs. Louise Savery, Outlook for 1916. .
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916, $6 30
Paid out for expenses during 1916,
05
Received for fines during 1916,
4 59
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1917,
10 84
CHARLOTTE M. ATWOOD, Librarian.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
During the past year we have purchased about one hundred new books which are catalogued and ready for distribution.
We wish that all patrons desiring any special books added to library would at any time during the year send a list of the same to the trustees or the librarian.
We would recommend that the sum of $125. be appropriated for running expenses and new books.
HERBERT A. STANLY, HERBERT F. ATWOOD, WILLIAM M. SHAW.
PARK ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid- Warren McNamee, labor,
$3 30
Frank E. Barrows, labor, 1 80
Jerome Peltier, labor,
3 60
George Johnson, labor,
1 50
Henry T. Maxim, labor,
1 40
$11 60
OLD HOME DAY ACCOUNT. Cr.
Paid-
James A. Vaughan, Treas,
$85 00
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OLD HOME ACCOUNT.
Balance on hand, $75 12
Town appropriation, 85 00
Mrs. Marcus Atwood, donation, 5 00
Col. Benjamin Atwood, donation, 5 00
Dinner and ice cream tickets,
591 71
Fruit, tonic, etc., 80 11
Dance profits, 8 55
Collections on baseball ground, 31 78
Bridgewater Grange, rent of baskets, etc., 2 00
South Middleboro Grange, rent of baskets, etc.,
2 00
Remnants sold,
$895 21
For supplies-
Harding Regalia Co., $1 04
Carlton Shurtleff, groceries, etc., 60 97
J. S. McKay, frankforts, 14 02
J. S. McKay, telephone and freight,
2 26
J. S. McKay, cheesecloth, 1 40
W. W. Benjamin, 12 90
Whittier Wooden Ware Co.,
5 50
F. H. Paper Co.,
5 74
Herbert Packard, clams,
43 20
P. H. Prior Co., fish, 41 85
H. S. Griffith, 8 21
E. S. Moser,
21 48
E. G. Cornish,
17 25
F. W. Woolworth,
2 50
Sears Lumber Co.,
6 63
Pastztor & Klar,
130 31
Thomas Panesis,
39 60
H. R. Braley,
27 11
Anne R. McFarlin,
1 65
E. Anthony & Sons,
8 10
C. W. Maxim,
15 00
A. C. Perkins,
7 19
8 94
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T. T. Vaughan, 15 70
S. H. Pink, cigars,
17 10
The Memorial Press, 6 00
B. L. Perkins, tonic,
14 00
John F. Holmes,
2 75
S. C. C. Finney,
1 00
J. A. Vaughan,
2 60
$533 06
For labor-
John E. Atwood,
$5 04
/ Ellis Bumpus,
2 00
Charles Kennedy,
1 80
Charles H. Atwood, 2nd,
1 80
George E. Blair,
2 70
Lewis Shaw,
4 00
Eighty-five waiters,
21 25
Sadie Wade,
3 00
Florence Mckay,
6 00
Doris Jones,
3 00
Jane Lewis,
5 25
Lilian Powers,
3 00
Etta Powers,
3 25
Alice Blaker,
5 95
Ruth Cornish,
1 50
Mary Cornish,
3 25
John T. Blaker,
6 80
George H. Powers,
2 00
James W. Lewis,
1 50
Fred. Parent,
7 20
Clearing park, etc.,
1 00
Harvey Burgess,
1 82
Loyed Robbins,
5 40
W. E. W. Vaughan, Fred A. Ward,
2 00
Leonard Powers,
15 50
Alfred Dube,
18 15
Charles P. King,
2 00
1 00
Carver six
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J. S. McKay,
30 00
J. S. McKay, team,
12 00
$179 16
For entertainment-
Baseball,
$50 00
Richard B. Brown, band,
58 00
$108 00
Totals-
For supplies,
$533 06
For labor,
179 16
For entertainment,
108 00
$820 22
Balance on hand,
74 99
$895 21
J. A. VAUGHAN,
Treasurer.
CARVER OLD HOME WEEK ASSOCIATION.
Citizens: You may not have realized that if you celebrate "Old Home Day" this year it will be the 17th annual meet- ing! It has been suggested that a few notes at this time might be pertinent.
The most important question appears to be that of Labor. The difficulty of securing efficient labor is increasing. Most of our residents are unwilling to aid us in the rather strenu- ous labor of preparing for "Old Home Day"-and particu- larly is it growing more difficult to obtain help on the day we celebrate-most people prefer to make a picnic of it and your President has seriously considered the advisability of making it a "Basket Picnic" and thus avoiding the trouble, the worry, the uncertainty and the expense of a dinner.
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Ball Game-This is a heavy expense and we had better discontinue it unless we can make it more nearly self-sup- porting.
Band-The expense of music is increasing, we have heard no criticism of it, but we think it well to consider this matter.
Police-It is rare that we need the services of police, but as a matter of safety we have thought it well to hire one.
Pedlers-We have been bothered a lot by pedlers. We have tried to abate this nuisance but not wholly with success. If you will zealously refrain from patronizing them it will aid us greatly.
Weather-We have been greatly favored in the matter of weather, but surely, sometime we will have that "stormy day" and then we will have a large expense and very little money to meet it with.
Will you vote that the Town come to our relief then ? Please consider this carefully, thoughtfully, and let us know at our annual meeting.
Entertainment-Other than the band and an occasional quartette, our entertainment has been free, but it is not to be supposed that we can continue this course indefinitely. Sometimes we will be obliged to hire talent. We hope this can be postponed for a long time.
Financial-We have been very fortunate in our finances. At the present time we have a small balance in the treasury and it is recommended that you appropriate $150. for "Old Home Day."
Officers and Committees-With the single exception of your president, you have changed officers more or less frequently. They have served you faithfully and well, and wholly with- out compensation. We recommend that you make some changes annually, that you may not suddenly be with a lot of superannuated officers, and while doing so, please re- member that your president is not a candidate to succeed himself. There are a goodly number of persons, both, men 'and women, who could and would serve you well.
SETH C. C. FINNEY,
President.
Carver, Feb. 6, 1917.
Carver O. H. W. A.
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TOWN PUMP ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid- William E. W. Vaughan, one point, $2 15
HEALTH AND SANITATION ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid- Standish Printing Co., three signs, $2 25
James W. Lewis, insp. of meats, 75 00
J. Myrick Bump, insp. of animals, 35 00
L. M. Chase, M. D., insp. of school child., 50 00
L. M. Chase, M. D., fumigation of bldgs., 13 50
City of New Bedford, sanitarium, 5 71
Ellis G. Cornish, services, 1 25
$182 71
SOLDIERS' BENEFIT ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid- State aid, Soldiers' relief,
$434 00
255 50
$689 50
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Cr.
Paid-
Frank E. Barrows, use of auto, $ 2 00
Fred A. Diamond, services, 84 00
S. H. Pink, groceries, 86 65
Mary Braddock, board, 199 00
Ellis G. Cornish, expense, 6 90
City of Cambridge, 27 70
L. M. Chase, M. D., med. attendance, 163 00
Carlton Shurtleff, groceries, 127 98
City of New Bedford, 132 59
James A. Vaughan, wood, 20 50
John T. Blaker, milk and eggs, 4 45
Hobbs & Warren, blanks, 55
Herbert A. Stanly, 2 trips to Bridgewater, 10 00
Emma Lucas, board, etc. 229 25
Eugene E. Shaw, shingles, 16 47
B. B. Keyes, fish, 10 45
Levi F. Morse, rent, 26 85
Henry S. Pink, 2 trips to Bridgewater, 10 00
Henry S. Pink, overseer of poor, 4 50
Henry S. Pink, use of auto, overseer of poor, 2 00 George E. Conwell, burial, 15 00
Arthur C. Perkins, meat, 16 48
Thomas Bros, groceries, 52 00
City of Fall River, 27 00
Eldred S. Mosher, use of auto, 3 00
E. E. Atwood, groceries, 2 00
City of Brockton, 50 72
G. M. Besse, rent, 84 00
Herbert A. Stanly, overseer of poor, 10 00
Herbert A. Stanly, use of auto, overseer of
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poor, 10 00
Ellis G. Cornish, overseer of poor, 12 50
$1,447 54
ELLIS G. CORNISH,
HERBERT A. STANLY, HENRY S. PINK,
Overseers of Poor.
CEMETERY ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid-
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe, $45 76
Fred A. Ward, labor in Lakenham cem., 62 50
Seth C. C. Finney, labor and fertilizer for Wenham cemetery, 18 40
Oliver L. Shurtleff, labor and paint,
Center Carver cemetery,
13 60
$140 26
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
EXCERPTS FROM TOWN MEETING RECORDS.
(Annual meeting March 6, Seth C. C. Finney, Moderator.)
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to interview the Mass. Highway Commission relative to the overdraft on Bituminous road account.
Voted, that taxes become due Sept. 1st.
Voted, that the Selectmen be, and hereby are authorized to prosecute, compromise or defend, any suit or suits for or against the Town.
Voted, that the dog fund be appropriated for the use of the Public Library.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the purpose of continuing the bituminous gravel road from the point where it now ends to the junction of Plymouth and Centre streets provided an allotment is re- ceived from the State.
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to put the old town house in condition for storing town property, and that the balance of $65.84 in Town History account, and the bal- ance of $22.14 in the Steam Roller account, be used for this purpose.
Voted, that the Road Commissioners be instructed to build a bituminous road in Quitticus instead of a gravel road as petitioned for, and that the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, that the road laid out by the Road Commissioners on the East Head road in April 1915, be accepted; and that. the previous lay-out made by said Commissioners Oct. 15, 1912, be discontinued.
Voted, that two copies of the town history be presented the
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High School, and that one copy each be presented the other schools in town.
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to dispose of the public documents in the old town hall subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Public Records.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of purchasing four small sprayers provided the State will contribute towards the payment of said sprayers.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and twenty dollars for the purpose of buying arsenate of lead, and that the Moth Superintendent be instructed to buy good lead.
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to cause the bounds of the highway leading from the Middleboro line to the junc- tion of Centre and Plymouth streets to be located.
Vote on License: Yes, 31; No, 95; Blanks, 39.
Voted, that the Road Commissioners be authorized to sell the stone crushing plant, or such parts thereof as said Board has no use for.
Voted, to rescind the action taken at the annual town meet- ing relative to remodeling the old town hall.
Voted, that the old town hall and lot be offered for sale by sealed bids, and that the town reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Voted, that the Town Treasurer be authorized to execute the deed provided a sale is made of the old town hall and lot.
Voted, that the Road Commissioners be instructed to buy a Road Mixer and a Heater.
Voted, to appropriate the proceeds that may arise from the sale of the stone crushing plant and the old town hall and lot for the above purpose.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER IN 1916.
Date
Name
Names of Parents
Jan 10 Nelson Albert Thomas
Feb.
1 Inkrit Kurki
Feb. 29 Hazel Clifford Wrightington
Joseph E. Wrightington and Mabel D. Shurtleff
Mar.
12 Eva Merritt Simmons
Alfred F. Simmons and Helen E. White
April 22 Herbert Frances Grose
Herbert D. Grose and Idella B. Shaw Lloyd C. Robbins and Mary Shaw
May
24 Madeline Louise Robbins Eleanor Kenney
Thomas L. Kenney and Della E. Gregory
June
17 Joseph Pina
June
28 Russell Franklin Shurtleff Lewis Mendez
July
July 11 Thelma Elizabeth Shaw
Aug.
25 Charles Earle Dimond
Sept.
Oct. Beatrice Eugenie Dionne
Oct.
Oct. 13 Gordon Freeman Murray 17 Mary Thatcher
Oct.
27 Jose Pina
Dec.
17 awrence Shaw Cole
Albert Thomas and Amelia Ducas Alex Kurki and Minnie Hoddi
June
Jack Pina and Philmina Pina Russell F. Shurtleff and Bertha J. Parker Manuel Mendez and Domingo Fortes Alfred M. Shaw, Jr. and Marian Lyon Robert E. Dimond and Marie E. Macy John D. Shaw and Helen F. Braddock Napoleon Dionne and Mary A. Sears Neil D. Murray and Reba A. Griffith Frank Thatcher and Kalmentine Roderick Jose M. Pina and Victoria M. Lopes Frank H. Cole and Florence J. Shaw
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DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER IN 1916.
Date
Name
Age
Y
M
D
Jan.
12 Maynard Griffith
12 11
7
Jan.
20 Webster E. C. Vaughan
41
11
5
Feb.
7 Eva L. White
44
7
3
Feb.
7 Henry O. Holmes
81
1 25
Feb.
11 Annie E. Finney
54
5
7
Chronic nephritis
Carver
Union
Feb.
15' ' (Stillborn)
Feb.
19 John K. Brine
63
11 0
Feb.
18 Peter Alves
20
5
3
Mitral regurgitation
March
22 Charles DeRose
4
2
0
Sarcoma of kidney
Carver
Boston
April
9 Priscilla J. Barrows
83
8
9
Apoplexy
Carver
Carver
April
21 Mary A. Bailey
50
5 16
Insanity Dementia
Nova Scotia
Union
April
1 Harriet Westgate
52
1
8
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Falmouth
Carver
August
11'James S. Hudson
70
9
29
Chronic asthma
Wareham
Union
Oct.
8 Caroline J. Washburn
85
9
17
Valvular disease of heart Mitral insufficiency
Maine Carver
Wenham
Nov.
11 Abbott G. Finney
57
5
6
Chronic Endocarditis
Middleboro
Union
Nov.
22 Joanna A. Washburn
79
8
29
Dec.
20 Arne Arponen
3
4
0
Acute bronchitis
Carver
Union
Dec.
25 Oliver L. Shurtleff
60
11 10
Mitral disease
Carver
Carver
Dec.
22 Genevra A. Sleeper
70
10 16
Senile gangrene
Lynn
Carver
Dec.
25 Joseph Correira
35
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Cause of Death
Birthplace
Place of Burial
Parents' Names.
Henry S. Griffith and Helen A. Tillson James E. Vaughan and Julia F. Nash Andrew D. Merritt and Maria T. Fuller
Orpheus Holmes and Sally Gray Marcus M. Tillson and Abbie C. Atwood
Robert Brine and Ellen A. Rowe John - and Catherine Lopes Ephraim Westgate and Sophia Bakcr
Joseph Shaw and Hannah Dunham Ilector McLane and Janette Mon Rose (unknown)
Benj. Wrightington and Ann Delaney Abner Howland and Mary Lawrence James S. Hudson and
John Hatch and (unknown)
Beatty
26 John B. Hatch
91
Myocarditis
Nova Scotia
Carver
Nov.
22 John Wahlgren
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Septicamia
Sweden
Acute lobar pneumonia
Carver
Union
June
August
11 Marion F. Shaw
Mitral regurgitation
Cambridge
Cambridge
Enteric fever
Wareham Cape Verde Island |New Bedford Union
March
17 George H. Westgate
Chronic intestinal nephritis
Whitman
Influenza
Carver
Lakenham
Bronchitis
Cambridge
Boston
Carver
Union
Carver
Union Cemetery Carver
New Bedford
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Cape Verde
Union
Benj. D. Finney and Adeline Clark Eli Atwood and Joanna Holmes George Arponen and Elizabeth Towisers
Perez T. Shurtleff and Eliza Leonard Asaph Bisbee and Lucinda P. Vaughan Manuel and Mary
Union
27
71
Hemorrhage of Brain
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR 1916.
Jan. 11. Joao Santos Barbosa and Amy May Morton.
Jan. 30. Percy T. Smith and Bertha E. B. Garnett.
Mar. 18. Lucien W. Atwood and Jane L. F. Cowen of Rochester.
May 28. Adjotor Parent and Juliette Dube.
July 29. Jesse Barboza and Mary Stanly.
Aug. 14. Eben D. Shaw and Mina R. Hale of Plymouth.
SUMMARY.
Births, 18
Marriages,
6
Deaths, 24
Hunter's licenses issued,
105
Dog licenses issued : Males . 85
Females 12
Total
97
I hereby give notice, according to law, that I am prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births and deaths.
HENRY S. GRIFFITH,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Contents of the warrant for Town Meeting to be held at the Town Hall on Monday, March 5, 1917, at 8 o'clock a. m. The polls will be opened at 12 o'clock m. for the election of officers by ballot and will be kept open four hours at least.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen, and other town officers.
Art. 3. To choose all necessary town officers not elected by ballot.
Art. 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To decide when taxes shall become due.
Art. 6. To see if the town will make the yards of field drivers town pounds, provided they are also chosen pound keepers.
Art. 7. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suits for or against the town.
Art. 8. To see if the town will make an appropriation for Memorial Day.
Art. 9. To see if the town will make an appropriation for a police force or act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 10. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
Art. 11. To choose all necessary town officers. The follow- ing officers to be voted for, all on one ballot, viz: Town Clerk, three Selectmen, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, three Overseers of the Poor, two Auditors, one Tree Warden, three Herring Committeemen, each for one year; one Assessor, one School Committee, one Road Commissioner, one Trustee of
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the Public Library, one Park Commissioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, each for three years; one Park Commissioner for two years and to vote by ballot "Yes" or "No," in answer to the following question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Art. 12. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1917.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the purpose of continuing the Bituminous Gravel Road from the point where it now ends to the junction of Centre Street and Wenham Road, or of otherwise improving said highway, provided an allotment is received from the State, and act anything thereon or thereto.
APPROPRIATIONS, BALANCES, RECOMMENDATIONS.
OBJECT
Appropriation,
Mar. 6, 1916.
Balance on Hand,
Dec. 31, 1916.
Overdrawn,
Dec. 31, 1916.
Recommendations
Appropriated
at Town Meeting, Mar. 5, 1917.
Charities,
$1,500 00
$965.20
$1,000.00
State Aid,
500.00
173.00
250.00
Soldiers' Relief,
250.00
36.50
250.00
Library,
197.23
23.38
125.00
Old Home Day,
25.00
25.00
150.00
Steam Roller,
25.00
Repair of Bridges,
500.00
430.84
500.00
Removal of Snow,
42.17
200.00
Repair of Highways,
3,000.00
$59.66
3,000.00
General Government,
2,500.00
103.81
2,600.00
Tree Warden,
250.00
65.58
150.00
Fighting Fire,
339.75
Arsenate of Lead,
320.00
300.00
Town Pump,
1.85
Insect Pest,
847.94
410.80
857.25
Police Officers,
400.00
256.48
200.00
Parks,
36.57
Marking Graves,
.78
Cemeteries,
175.00
39.22
150.00
Schools,
8,000.00
292.23
8,500.00
Town Hall (new),
93.81
200.00
for 1917.
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Town Hall (old)
87.98
87.98
East Head Road,
2.63
Plymouth Street,
142.88
Resurfacing Stone Road,
2,000.00
58.99
2,500.00
Reserve Fund,
746.37
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
30.00
7.61
25.00
Public Service,
1.17
3.17
10.00
Interest,
1,000.00
180.98
800.00
Unclassified,
325.00
86.34
300.00
Town Hall Driveway,
.67
Health and Sanitation,
300.00
149.17
100.00
Quiticas Road,
1,500.00
2.36
North Carver Road,
3,435.51
Municipal Debt,
1,350.00
256.03
Overlay Account,
/04.10
1,350.00
$28,494.83
$4,804.02
$1,021.89
$23,542.25
We recommend that the difference between the Overdrafts and Balances on Hand, Dec. 31, 1916, and hereafter all unappropriated incomes to different departments be turned into the Treasury to be used by the Assessors to reduce taxation ; and that the town make flat appropria- tions for all current expenses, so as to begin each year's work with a clean slate.
Respectfully submitted, ELLIS G. CORNISH, HERBERT A. STANLY, HENRY S. PINK, Selectmen of Carver.
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