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Respectfully submitted, ALICE G. SHAW, ELLIS G. CORNISH, MARY C. ROGERS, School Committee of Carver.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Carver :-
There are 149 pupils in the eight elementary schools, and 29 in the High School. Last year there were 162 in the ele- mentary schools and 31 in the High School.
The table gives the number of pupils in each grade in the several school :
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
totals
North Grammar,
0000432
0
0
0 25
Center Grammar,
Center Primary,
2 410 300 0
0 10
South Grammar, 0004 7 0 2 1
South Primary, 8 8 60000
Bates Pond, 5 12134 2 2
Popes Point,
2 7 4 4
3
0
0 0 24
26 28 15 15 20 12 11 9 13 149
The High School pupils are :
Freshmen
Eunice Atwood
Richard Pease
Frances Cornish
Ella Peckham
Lyman Douglass
Mary Peterson
Marjorie Griffith
Harold Robbins
Dorothy Linton
Avis Shurtleff
0 3 2 6 15
North Primary,
9 8 2 6000
0000053 3
5 16
2 0 16 22 21
Carver 5
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Sophomores
Alice Appling
George Perkins
Elizabeth Atwood
Lillian Robbins
Ida Atwood
Madeline Shaw
Ruth Cornish
Priscilla Shaw
Ruth Goetz
Juniors
Ruth Shaw
Orrie Shurtleff
Leonard Shurtleff
Seniors
Grace Gardner
Helen Pease
Doris Jones
Gertrude Robbins
John Peckham
Bernard Tillson
Myrtle Perkins
The average number of pupils in all the schools, including High and elementary, for the past ten years has been 204. The average number of pupils in the High School for the same time has been 23. There has been an average of 11 pupils in every 100 in the High School for the past ten years.
Ten years ago 7 pupils in every 100 were in the High School. Today 16 pupils in every 100 are in the High School. There has been a gain of 229 per cent. in High School attendance in the past ten years.
Miss Viola Merrifield resigned from the High School in June 1917. She was assistant in the school from .September 1911 to June 1914, and principal from September 1914 to June 1917. She was thorough in her work and a highly efficient teacher. The school steadily improved during the three years of her principalship. The present teachers speak highly of the condition of the school, and the excellent work that has been done by Miss Merrifield and her assistants.
There have been a number of changes in teachers since the
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close of the last school year in June, 1917. Mrs. Lulu Pratt was transferred from the East school to the North Primary. She has resigned, and her place is taken by Mrs. Emma S. Smith of Taunton. Miss Cora Shannon resigned from the Centre Grammar, and was succeeded by Mrs. Mildred E. Shaw. Miss Ina Durling resigned from the South Grammar, and was succeeded by Miss Mary McGrath of Fall River. Mis- Amy Felton resigned from the South Primary, and Miss Elizabeth Tillson was transferred from the Bates Pond to that school. Miss Tillson was succeeded at Bates Pond by Miss Bertha Richmond of North Middleboro. Miss Abbie Nicker- son resigned from Popes Point, and was succeeded by Miss Zelda Goodwin of Rayham. Miss Merrifield and Miss Phin- ney were succeeded by Mr. Walton S. Hall of Malden and Miss Adrienne Fitts of Medfield. The present teachers are :-
North Grammar, Mrs. Helen C. Griffith, Carver, Mass .; North Primary, Mrs. Emma S. Smith, Taunton, Mass :; Cen- ter Grammar, Mrs. Mildred E. Shaw, Carver, Mass; Center Primary, Miss Alice M. Russell, Northampton, Mass .; South Grammar, Miss Mary McGrath, Fall River, Mass .; South Primary, Miss Elizabeth Tillson, Carver, Mass .; Bates Pond, Miss Bertha Richmond, North Middleboro, Mass .; Popes Point, Miss Zelda Goodwin, Raynham, Mass .; High School, Mr. Walton S. Hall, Malden, Mass .; High School, Miss Adri- enne Fitts, Medfield, Mass.
The East Carver school was closed at the end of the year' in June, and the pupils were carried to the north schools. There were nine pupils in the school.
The Center schools together have but 26 pupils. The Popes Point school has 24 pupils. The three schools have 50 pupils. These three schools should be merged into two, until a change in numbers of pupils make it advisable to return to the three schools. The South schools have 38 pupils, and the Bates Pond has 21. The three schools have 59 pupils. These three schools also should be merged into two for the present. These
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changes would benefit the pupils, and the cost would not be in- creased. Satisfactory transportation would probably cost less than teaching, care of the buildings, fuel and repairs.
There is an unavoidable increase in the cost of maintaining schools, which can be met only by increased appropriation. I ask your consideration of the following extract from a letter by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Education, sent ‘o school officials throughout the state.
"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 confront- ing the schools. Increased costs in every direction bring the towns and cities face to face with the necessity of increasing 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 re- trenchment.
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 pub- lic schools 30 per cent. over that of any preceding year.
In the school year of 1915-16, Massachusetts expended ap- .proximately $27,000,000 for public education. This amount was increased to $28,500,000 for the school year of 1916-17. This increase of approximately 6 per cent. shows the serious intention of our people to maintain a vigorous educational policy. In view of the present situation Massachusetts can not afford to relax in any degree her efforts to carry on her schools at highest efficiency."
In addition to the increased cost of maintaining schools the situation is further complicated by a shortage of teachers, which is revealed by an investigation by the board of educa- tion, and which is apparent on attempting to fill vacancies that occur. This is attributed by the commissioner to teachers
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leaving their positions for better paid ones offered by the gov- ernment and private concerns. This should be considered in fixing salaries for another year. Respectfully submitted, C. W. HUMPHREY,
Carver, Mass., January 1, 1918. Superintendent of Schools.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1918-19.
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. Fall term-Sept. 23, 1918 to . Dec. 20, 1918, 13 weeks. Winter vacation-Dec. 20, 1918 to Dec. 30, 1918, 9 days. Winter term-Dec. 30, 1918 to March' 21, 1919, 12 weeks. Spring vacation-March 21, 1919 to March 31, 1919, 9 days. Spring term-March 31, 1919 to June 13, 1919, 11 weeks. Summer vacation-June 13, 1919 to Sept. 22, 1919.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid-
Charlotte M. Atwood, services as libra- rian, $75 00
Porter V. Sargent, Handbook of N. E. 1 50
Herbert A. Stanly, wire screens, 3 33
H. Robert Bailey, screens, 9 15
$88 98
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
Supplement to Catalogue, 1917.
Donations,
107 books
By purchase,
Middleboro Gazette for 1917.
Our Dumb Animals for 1917.
Mrs. Louise Savery, Outlook 1917.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Bal. on hand Jan. 1, 1917,
$10 84
Fines received during 1917, 9 49
$20 33
Paid Town Treasurer, . $10 00
Paid out for expenses during 1917, 2 27
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1917, 8 06
$20 33
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Owing to the increase in price of books and the late arrival of those purchased in 1916 which have not all been read by the general public, we deemed it advisable to purchase no books this year. We report 106 volumes of Civil War history donated by Miss Elizabeth Holbrook.
HERBERT A. STANLY, HERBERT F. ATWOOD, WILLIAM M. SHAW.
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RECREATION
PARK ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid-
Standish Painting Co., signs,
$7 75
Edward S. Griffith, fertilizer, 10 00
H. Robert Bailey, fitting up signs,
1 25
Stewart H. Pink, 1 rake,
25
George I. Johnson, labor and seed,
5 04
Warren Howland, labor,
2 00
Frederick Anderson, labor,
4 25
$30 54
OLD HOME ACCOUNT
Received-
Balance on hand,
$74 99
Sale of Banners,
4 22
Dinner and ice cream tickets,
720 73
Tonic stand,
91 88
Dance Tickets,
41 00
Benjamin Atwood, donation,
5 00
$937 82
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Paid-
For supplies-
T. T. Vaughan, wood,
$23 95
E. S. Mosier, ice,
3 05
Memorial Press,
6 75
Nemasket Press,
11 75
Carlton Shurtleff, groceries,
69 78
James S. McKay, freight, etc.,
1 99
E. E. Gardner, rake,
75
T. W. Pierce Co., wire,
2 94
S. H. Pink, cigars, etc.,
21 50
F. H. Paper Co.,
14 33
Herbert Packard, clams,
52 50
Whittier Wooden Ware Co.,
6 55
Pasztor & Klar, ice cream,
146 95
Samoset Cash Market,
148 05
Middleboro Bottling Works,
20 00
Fred N. Whitman, cloth,
1 98
Sears Lumber Co.,
25 80
Jesse A. Holmes, postage, etc.,
9 33
J. A. Vaughan, postage, etc.,
50
$568 95
For labor-
T. T. Vaughan,
$2 50
E. S. Mosher, 8 50
103 Waiters @ 25c each,
25 75
James W. Lewis,
5 00
William Cornish,
2 25
Charles Chandler,
2 50
Charles King,
2 50
Fred Parant,
4 50
Charles Kennedy,
2 25
Charles Atwood,
1 50
Maurice Robbins,
2 00
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F. N. Crowley, 16 00
D. C. Warren, 2 50
Irving Potter, 15 75
Fred A. Dimond,
6 75
Alfred Dube,
20 50
Florence McKay,
6 50
Jane Lewis,
5 75
Cora Appling,
3 50
Lizzie Robbins,
3 50
Sadie Wade,
5 25
Phila Crowley,
3 30
Mrs. Geo. Powers,
1 00
Dorris Jones,
3 50
Annie Johnson,
1 75
Ella Cornish,
50
Mary Cornish,
3 00
George E. Blair,
2 25
E. G. Cornish,
10 00
J. S. McKay, 36 00
J. S. McKay, team, 18 00
E. E. Gardner, making tables,
37 50
Auto to South Duxbury, 4 00
John E. Atwood, auto to Middleboro, 1 00
J. A. Vaughan, trip to Plymouth, 2 00
$267 25
For entertainment-
Baseball team,
25 00
S. Morgan, ball player, 8 00
J. Besse, ball player, 3 00
J. Perkins, 3 00
A. D. Griffith, transportation, 1 00
P. E. Morris, 3 00
Bay State band,
55 00
$98 00
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Totals paid-
For supplies,
$568 95
For labor,
269 25
For entertainment,
98 00
$936 20
Balance on hand,
1 62
$937 82
J. A. VAUGHAN, Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Cr.
Paid for the support of poor and for services-
Thomas Brothers, groceries, $226 16
Morton Hospital, nursing, 15 50
W. F. Fryer, M. D., med. attendance, 15 30
Mary Braddock, board,
227 00
Emma E. Lucas, board and care,
307 25
Lawrence M. Chase, M. D., medical attendance, 150 00
Carlton Shurtleff, groceries,
74 52
B. B. Keyes, fish,
12 29
G. M. Besse, rent,
38 97
Leví F. Morse, rent,
43 00
Nehemiah G. Swift, digging grave,
3 00
Arthur C. Perkins, meat, 42 71
Harry W. Shurtleff, sawing wood,
2 50
T. A. F. Washburn, burial, 15 00
James A. Vaughan, fertilizer and wood, 8 95
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Bertha M. Hudson, groceries, 40 06
James J. Ryan, groceries, 112 02
Henry A. Atwood, fertilizer, 4 00
Stewart H. Pink, groceries and clothing, 23 81
Eldred S. Mosher, auto for overseers, 50
George W. Stetson, legal services, 6 55
Henry S. Pink, barber, ticket, etc., 2 24
Henry S. Pink, services as overseer of poor, 14 00
Henry S. Pink, use of auto for overseer of poor, 6 00
Herbert A. Stanly, trip to Taunton and auto, 8 00
Herbert A. Stanly, trip to Bridgewater and auto, 5 00
Herbert A. Stanly, services as overseer of poor, 6 50
Herbert A. Stanly, use of auto for overseer of
poor,
3 00
Ellis G. Cornish, services as overseer of poor, 5 00
$1,418 83
ELLIS G. CORNISH, HERBERT A. STANLY, HENRY S. PINK,
Overseers of Poor.
CEMETERY ACCOUNT.
Cr.
Paid-
Fred Parent, labor,
$7 00
Fred Ducas, labor,
8 00
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Warren McNamee, labor,
8 00
John Kennedy, labor, 8 00
Henry Shaw, labor, 4 00
Jerome Peltier, labor, 4 50
Oscar Peltier, labor, 3 37
Fred A. Dimond, labor, 4 50
T. W. Peirce Hardware Co., lead and oil, 5 50
James A. Vaughan, labor and team, 5 00
James H. Peckham, tools and labor, 4 00
Fred A. Ward, labor and material, 62 50
$124 37
CARVER MEN IN MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE,
With Date Which They Entered the Service, and Their Lo- cation February 2nd.
Robert M. Andrews, June 25th. Navy. Unknown. Lawrence E. Atwood, 'Jan. 5, 1918. Charlestown Navy Yard.
Roy F. Atwood, Sept. 25th, Burlington, Vt.
George Boissneault, with Co. D, 5th Reg. M. V. M. Amer- ican Expeditionary Forces in France.
Arthur Bolduc, with Co. D, 5th Reg. M. V. M. American Expeditionary Forces in France.
Arthur G. Burbank, April 16th. Navy. Unknown.
Daniel H. Dempsey. Navy, Newport News, Va. -
Fred A. Dimond, Jr., with Co. D, 5th Reg. M. V. M. Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces in France.
Henry Dube, Oct. 5th, Camp Gordon, Ga.
Ernest C. Gardner, with Co. I, 5th Reg. M. V. M., Camp Green, South Carolina.
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Howard C. Gardner, with Co. D, 5th Reg. M. V. M., Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces in France.
Homer L. Gibbs, Nov. 6th, Camp Devens.
Andrew F. Griffith, Oct. 5th, Camp Devens.
Edward S. Griffith, Sept. 25th, Burlington, Vt.
Russell W. Holmes, with Co. D, 5th Reg. M. V. M., Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces in France.
Wilfred Judway.
James D. Kennedy, Sept. 19th, Camp Gordon, Ga.
Alton R. Kenney, Nov. 21st, Camp Devens.
James S. Laird, Nov. 30th, Camp Meade, Md.
Otis Linton, Jan. 5, 1918. Charlestown Navy Yard. Platt A. Pink, Oct. 5th, Camp Gordon, Ga. Elbridge A. Shaw.
John F. Shaw, Jan. 6, 1918, Camp Jackson, S. C.
Kenneth E. Shaw, Sept. 25th, Burlington, Vt.
Earl B. Ware, Sept. 19th, Camp Gordon, Ga.
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. PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN
Chosen To Represent the Town of Carver.
Ellis G. Cornish, chairman
Henry S. Pink, Secretary
Herbert A. Stanly, Treasurer
Executive Committee.
Samuel B. Gibbs
George Eastman
Donald McFarlin
Joseph Bolduc
Herbert F. Atwood
Edward C. Shaw
Jesse A. Holmes
Charles Lomba
Philip S. Cole
Henry S. Griffith
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Herbert A. Stanly
Henry S. Pink
Herbert F. Atwood
FOOD COMMITTEE.
Edgar E. Gardner
Edward C. Shaw
Samuel B. Gibbs
James S. McKay
George Eastman
Jesse A. Holmes
Joseph Bolduc
James H. Peckham
Herbert F. Atwood
Charles Lomba
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE.
Henry S. Griffith
Philip S. Cole
Frank E. Barrows
Theodore T. Vaughan
James S. McKay
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RECRUITING COMMITTEE
Theodore T. Vaughan
Henry C. McFarlin
Frank E. Barrows
Assessors of Carver
AID COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Edward Slugg, Ladies' Auxiliary
Mrs. Grace Perkins, Social Union
Mrs. Grace Burgess, North Carver Grange
Mrs. Lottie Holmes, South Carver Grange
Miss Helena McFarlin, Woman's Alliance
Perez L. Shurtleff, Sons of Veterans
Mrs. Charlotte Cole, Ladies Aid
Mrs. Annie G. Shurtleff, Central Sewing Circle
Miss Ruth W. Shaw, Jolly Club
Miss Ethel Savery, Union Church Society
J. Myrick Bump, Commercial Club
FUEL COMMITTEE.
Herbert F. Atwood
William E. W. Vaughan
Henry S. Griffith Jesse A. Holmes
George P. Lincoln
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It is desired that the above named committees cooperate with the different organizations in the Town of Carver and with all individuals as far as possible, and that all cooperate with the said Committees and with Mr. Henry S. Griffith who has lately been appointed Food Administrator by Mr. Charles P. Holland, Food Administrator for Plymouth County.
There is abundant proof before the people of our town that Food Will Win the War, that it must be produced and dis- tributed in enormous quantities, consequently fuel is needed in
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large quantities in the transportation of the same to those who will otherwise starve to death.
Shall we not therefore lay aside all desire for individual or social agandizement and work as never before to win Life and Freedom for ourselves, for our State and Nation, and for those abroad.
ELLIS G. CORNISH, Chairman.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
EXCERPTS FROM TOWN MEETING RECORDS.
(Town Meeting, March 5, 1917, Ellis G. Cornish, Moderator).
Voted, that taxes become due Sept. 1st, and that the Assess- ors be instructed to prepare a list of poll tax payers and turn over to the Collector of Taxes on or before July 1st, 1917 in accordance with law.
Voted, that the dog fund be appropriated for the Public Library.
(Adjourned Meeting March 10).
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of continuing the Bituminous road on West Street.
Voted, that the Road Commissioners of Carver be instruct- ed to confer with the Selectmen of Middleboro in the matter of petitioning the County Commissioners to build a new bridge at Fresh Meadows.
(Special Town Meeting April 3, Seth C. C. Finney, Moderato:)
Action taken at the annual meeting relative to appropria- tions for Highway repairs and Macadam road reconsidered.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of sixty-five hun- dred dollars for the purpose of reinforcing a part of the old
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Macadam road with a bituminous top and of treating the bal- ance of the Macadam road in town and the bituminous road, with a coating of light oil, provided an allotment is received from the State.
Dogs licensed : Males 79
Females, 8
HENRY S. GRIFFITH,
Town Clerk.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR 1917.
Jan. 10. Herbert P. Sweet of Providence, R. I., and Ber- nice L. E. McKeil.
Jan. 10. Charles H. Leach of Halifax and Eva A. Dun- ham.
March 11. Manuel Andrews and Elnora E. White.
March 14. Chester R. Atwood and Myrtle L. Gardner.
May 10. Petre Rozario and Wilhelmina S. Toomer.
May 14. John R. Harrington of Middleboro and Claribel Peck.
May 24. Robert C. Washburn and Annie H. Cole.
May 30. Theron M. Bumpus and Lydia R. Hann.
June 2. Arthur L. Smith and Helen F. Duprey.
June 4. Arthur L. McKay and Olive F. Perkins.
June 17. Charles C. Chandler and Alice B. Dickerson of Plympton.
June 14. Harry C. Morris and L. Jannette Shaw.
Aug. 11. Edward S. Griffith and Helen C. Hodsdon.
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Sept. 14. Solon F. Wrightington and Grace Raymond of Plymouth.
Oct. 14. Justin Silva and Mary Celmitina.
Nov. 29. Nelson B. Winberg, Jr., and H. Lucile Shaw.
Nov. 29. Clyde D. Griffith and Aravesta E. Shaw.
Dec. 23. Stephen S. Gammons and Alice M. Bassett of Orleans.
DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER DURING THE YEAR 1917.
Date
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Burial Place
Parents
Feb.
11
Henry W. Dunham
68
7
3
Mitral disease
Carver
Feb.
14
Elizabeth A. Richards
71
9
4
Mitral insufficiency
Rhode Island
Feb.
17
Sulo T. Harjii
0
0
Acute gastritis
Carver
Mar.
2
Joseph N. Garnett
62
11
2
R. R. accident
Maine Harwich
Mar.
6
Albert H. Bassett
56
4 2 )
Choletithiasis
April
9
Seth C. C Finney
61
7 19
Apoplexy
Carver
April
29
John A. McPhelemy
49
6
1
Exhaustion
California
April
28
Nancy T. Hunnewell
50
5
27
Apoplexy
Plymouth
May
4
Effie M. L. Warren
45
6
Acute nephritis
Carver
Hingham Middleboro
May
14
Edwin J. Wrightington
86
11
24
Chronic dilation
of heart (unknown)
May
21
Henry M. Peckham
67
0
17
Diabetes mellitus
Fall River
May
25
Andrew B. Newman
63
Suicidal drowning
Sweden
May
26
Julia Ann Wrightington
84
7
21
Cardiac dilation
Middleboro
June June
27
Catherine E. McGregor George Gonsalves
3
4
Pulmonary tuberculosis
New Bedford
Aug.
10
Angus L. Parker
1
20
5
0
Accidental drowning
Carver
Aug.
10
Charles N. Story
10
2
17
Accidental drowning
Carver
Aug.
20 Edward W. King
69
4
2
Chronic cystitis
Oct.
9
Erastus A. Richards
75
0
23
Cerebral apoplexy
Rehobeth
Oct.
21
John F. Shaw
87
5 19
Angina pictoris
Middleboro
Union Cemetery New Bedford
Elkanah and Nancy (Freeman) Manuel J. and Mary (Barros)
Nov.
3
Lucas Pina
35
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Empyema
Cape Verde Island
Carver Cemetery Carver Cemetery Union Cemetery Lakenham Cemetery East Brewster
Isaac L. and Hannah P. (Cobb) Stephen Brooks and Phebe Pierce Fiilus and Lempi (Maki) Joseph and Elizabeth (Bradley) Albert H. and Harriet A. (Dunham) Benjamin D. and Adeline (Clark) John and Rebecca (Moody) Isaac T. Hall and Mary E. Atwood Jesse F. Lucas and Priscilla Holmes Joseph and Lucy (Thomas) Joseph F. and Eliza (Chase) Jacob and Johanna (Norstrom) Bartlett Thomas. and Joanna Holmes Bernard Quinn and Catherine Fletcher Joseph and Louise (Gomes) John L. and Elizabeth (Black) Nelson and Ethel J. (Andrews)
Wenham Cemetery Union Cemetery Middleboro .
10
47
Mitral regurgitation
Boston
Union Cemetery Union Cemetery Wenham Cemetery Carver Cemetery
Carver Lakenham Cemetery Luther S. W. and Mehitable (Lucas)
Lakenham Cemete y| Luther and Lydia (Chase)
Carver Cemetery Brookfield. Conn.
Plymouth
BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1917
Date
Name
Father's Name.
Mother's Namc.
Birthplace of Father
Birthplace of Mother
Jan.
2
Feb.
9
April
9
April
25
May
27
Bernadette Blanche Parent Eldred Sulden Mosher, Jr. Domingo Temes Antony Maria Amado Dorothy Gomes Lawrence Everett Smith Manuel Silva Phyllis Irene Pender
Jack Gomes Temes Theodore S. Amado Frank Gomes Percy T. Smith Frank Silva
Maria Vega Mıtilda Silva
Cipe Verde Island
July July
28
Aug.
5
Sept.
2
Sept.
27
Oct.
10
Oct.
17
Elsie Howc Robbins
Miry Shaw
Nov.
17
Charlotte Stetson Griffith
Edward S. Griffith
Helen C. Hodsdon
Maine 1
Nov.
25
Dec.
2
Paul Woodrow Williams Anita Page Shaw
Hilma J. Gummerus Mirion Lyon
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Dec.
9
Hannah Atwood Sulo Theodore Harjii
Herbert F. Atwood Fiilus Harjii
I ucy T. Shurtleff
I cmpi Maki
Juliette Blanche Dube
Canada Nova Scotia
Harriet Grace Snow
Leona Mendez
Cape Verde Island
Washington, D. C. Finland Massachusetts Nova Scotia Cape Verde Island Cape Verde Island Rhode Island
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Massachusetts Cape Verde Island Miine Finland Finland M issachusetts
Everett E. Pender Otto Halunen Otto Halunen Iloyd C. Robbins
Hannah Nehemi
Hannah Nehemi
Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts
New York
New Brunswick Finland
Birt C. Chandler George . H. Williams Alfred M. Shaw, Jr.
Jesse J. Garnett
Cape Verde Island Massachusetts Cape Verde Island New Hampshire Finland Finland
Bertha E. B. Garnett Anna Pina Etta P. Ball
Massachusetts Finland
Adjutor Fred Parent Eldred Sulden Mosher
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APPROPRIATIONS, BALANCES, RECOMMENDATIONS.
1
Object
Appropriations
Mar. 5, 1917
Balance on
Hand Dec. 31, 1917
Overdrawn
Dec. 31, 1917
Recommendations
for 1918
Charities,
$1,000.00
$557.37
$1,000.00
State Aid,
250.00
75.00
500.00
Soldiers' Relief,
250.00
168.07
200.00
Library,
178.52
112.92
Schools,
8,500.00
76.61
8,700.00
Steam Roller,
25.00
10.00
Repair of Bridges,
25.00
200.10
500.00
Repair of Highways,
2,000.00
11.30
3,000.00
Removal of Snow,
100.00
51.33
200.00
East Head Road,
2.63
Plymouth Street,
142.88
Shoe String Road,
500.00
Resurfacing Stone Road,
58.99
Quiticas Road,
1,500.00
.05
North Carver (1916 Bitumen)
255.10
Bituminous Road,
6,500.00
3,171.73
Heater and Mixer,
2,870.02
General Government,
2,600.00
156.17
2,500.00
Unclassified,
200.00
152.84
125.00
Town Hall (old)
87.98
Town House (new)
200.00
169.79
Town House Driveway,
.67
Appropriated at Town
Meeting, Mar. 4, 1918.
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Reserve Fund,
296.37
400.00
Health and Sanitation,
100.00
65.17
200.00
Public Service,
10.00
5.33
Farm Bureau,
40.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
25.00
4.90
30.00
Police,
200.00
332.33
Tree Warden,
150.00
3.33
200.00
Gypsy Moth,
857.25
11.72
828.47
Fighting Fire,
274.09
Parks,
6.03
Old Home Day,
50.00
75.00
Town Pump,
5.00
2.85
Municipal Debt.
1,350.00
1,350.00
Interest,
800.00
424.37
800.00
Overlay,
703.79
Cemeteries,
150.00
64.85
150.00
Marking Graves,
.78
$29,945.79
$7,414.24
$318.20
$21,223.47
We recommend that the difference between the overdrafts and balances on hand Dec. 31, 1917, and those of Dec. 31, 1918, and all unappropriated incomes to different departments be turned into the Treasury at the close of business on said dates to be used by the Assessors to reduce taxation ; and that the town make sufficient appropriations to meet all current ex- penses, so as to begin each year's work with a clean slate.
ELLIS G. CORNISH, HERBERT A. STANLY, HENRY S. PINK, Selectmen of Carver.
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Contents of the warrant for Town Meeting to be held at the Town Hall on Monday, March 4, 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 a police force or act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 9. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fuund.
Art. 10. 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, three Constables, one Tree Warden, three Herring Committeemen, each for one year; one Assessor, one School Committee, one Road Commis- sioner, one Trustee of the Public Library, one Park Commis- sioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, each for three years; one
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Cemetery Commissioner for one year 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. 11. 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 fin- ancial year, beginning January 1, 1918.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to instruct the over- seers of the Poor to sell the large pine trees standing on the Poor Farm at North Carver, and act thereon.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of resurfacing with light oil and sand, or otherwise, such sections of the macdam road, bituminous road and gravel road as shall require the same for their preservation during the ensuing year, provided an allotment is received from the State, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to provide for the licensing of coffee houses, so called in accordance with Chap. 23, General Acts of 1917, and act thereon.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote, that the difference between the balances on hand and the overdrafts in the town accounts on December 31, 1917, and that which may be found on Dec. 31, 1918; also all unappropriated incomes to the dif- ferent departments, shall be turned into the Treasury at the close of business on said dates, to be used by the Assessors to reduce taxation; and that the town shall make sufficient ap- propriations to meet all current expenses and act thereon.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for the support of the Plymouth County Farm Bureau Inc. the sum of forty ($40.00) dollars and act thereon.
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