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Voted that the selectmen be, and hereby are, instructed to sell at public auction, either separately or together, the
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land in East Carver known as the Wenham schoolhouse lot and the buildings thereon.
Voted that the selectmen be, and hereby are, instructed to sell at public auction, either separately or together, the land in Centre Carver known as the Centre Primary schoolhouse lot and the buildings thereon.
Voted unanimously to instruct the Park Commission- ers, together with four citizens that shall be appointed, to act as a committee to look into, and report at some future town meeting on the advisability of acquiring land along the easterly and westerly sides of Savery's. Avenue for the purpose of preserving in the town of Carver, with its natural surroundings, what is considered to be one of the most noted and beautiful driveways in Massachusetts.
TOWN BY-LAWS
The following town bylaws have the force of law :
Article 1
The annual town meeting shall be held the first Monday in March, except that the selectmen may, at their discre- tion, call it at a later date in March or April.
Article 2
The town warrant shall be posted in the town hall and in each post office in town.
Article 4
The moderator shall be elected for one year, the name to appear on the official ballot.
Article 5
The powers and duties of the presiding officer not es- pecially provided for by law, shall be determined by rules
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of practice as contained in Cushing's manual so far as they are adapted to the conditions and powers of the town.
Article 6
The selectmen shall be elected, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and annually thereafter one shall be elected for the term of three years.
Article 7
The yards of field drivers shall be town pounds provid- ing the field drivers are chosen pound keepers.
Article 8
On or before the first day of April the moderator shall appoint a finance committee of five for one year, five for two years, and five for three years, and annually there- after on or before the first day of April the moderator shall appoint five for the term of three years.
Article 9
The overseers of poor shall be elected, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and annually thereafter one shall be elected for the term of three years.
Article 10
All articles to be acted upon at the regular town meet- ing in March, shall be in the hands of the Board of se- lectmen on or before February first, preceding said meet- ing.
HENRY S. GRIFFITH,
Town Clerk.
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CARVER SCHOOL REPORT
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31ST, 1926
GENERAL EXPENSES
SUPERINTENDENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Arthur B. Webber, services, $999 96
Arthur B. Webber, travel, 200 00
James W. Lewis, services, 18 00
Ellis Bumpus, services, 2 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
William I. Ward, services, 69 00
William I. Ward, phone and postage, 13 00
William I. Ward, travel, 2 02
William I. Ward, supplies,
2 09
Frank D. Costello, services, 40 00
Frank D. Costello, travel, 5 00
Frank D. Costello, phone, 2 80
Maynard W. Peterson, services, 57 00
Maynard W. Peterson, travel, . 2 00
Wright and Potter, acc't book sheets 2 08 General expense total, $1,414 95
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION Supervisor
W. L. Adams, $248 50
Principals
Helen Griffith,
1,240 00
Laura Hudson, 1,080 00
Blanche Holmes,
1,200 00
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Teachers
Elizabeth Tillson,
943 00
Lulu Pratt,
1,150 00
Marion Griffith,
1,090 00
Marjorie Griffith,
600 00
Florence Weston,
714 50
Mabel Dwight,
440 00
Dorothy Howes,
360 00
Elizabeth Costello,
13 50
Mildred Shaw,
105 75
Teachers Paid From Ellis Fund
Laura Hudson,
120 00
Elizabeth Tillson,
115 00
Books and Supplies
Ryan and Baker,
75 00
E. E. Babb,
327 60
Scott Foresman,
59 76
MacMillan Co.,
70 94
Ginn and Co.,
1 75
A. B. Webber,
3 29
J. B. Lippincott,
4 17
Charles Scribner's Sons,
1 40
Silver Burdett,
80 50
Milton Bradley,
52 65
Houghton Mifflin,
23. 03
Eldred Mosher,
11 60
H. L. Thatcher,
44 75
Dowling Supply Co.,
53 61
Allyn and Bacon,
70 17
Hall and McCreary,
23 25
A. G. Spaulding,
11 50
F. N. Whitman,
7 14
T. W. Pierce,
9 55
William Egger,
1 00
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Benjamin H. Sanborn, 8 19 Harry Houston, 7 23
Kardex Rand Co.,
4 43
Total expenses of instruction,
$10,137 76
OPERATING EXPENSES Janitors, Janitors' Supplies, Cleaning, Etc.
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George E. Blair, services,
$404 35
George Lincoln, services, 140 00
Abbie Wrightington, services,
182 40
Ellis Bumpus, services, 269 05
Henry Pink, supplies,
5 19
Bliss Hardware Co., supplies,
9 50
T. W. Pierce, supplies,
54
Ida Halunen, cleaning,
4 20
Hannah Halunen, cleaning,
4 20
Donald Holmes, labor,
1 00
Fuel
James Hurley, coal,
174 52
Scudder Bros., coal,
853 46
Geo. E. Blair, housing,
5 00
William Cornish, sawing,
2 40
Leonard Atwood, carting wood,
13 60
Jesse Holmes, wood,
17 50
Frank Weston, wood,
30 00
Howard Bryant, sawing,
3 75
Abbie Wrightington, housing,
2 50
George Lincoln, sawing,
5 50
Frank Cole, wood,
11 50
N. F. Shurtleff, wood,
5 50
LIGHT AND POWER
Southern Massachusetts Power and Electric Co., $33 12
Total operating expense, $ 2,178 78
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MAINTENANCE Repairs, Etc.
Andrew T. O'Brien, grading,
South Carver, $50 00
Earl Ware, painting, North Carver, 200 00
. Earl Ware, setting glass, 1 00
Continental Scale Works, repair-
ing scales, 70
Arnold Telfer, repairing door, 1 50
H. S. Pink, supplies, 2 40
T. W. Pierce Co., air shaft, grate and labor, 187 40
Geo. E. Doane, supplies,
10 00
Geo. E. Blair, labor,
2 00
Geo. Lincoln, labor,
1 75
Ellis Bumpus, labor,
20 35
Jay A. Ward, labor,
21 50
Jesse A. Holmes, boards,
6 45
Perez Shurtleff, plumbing sup- plies and labor, 14 65
Jordan Hardware Co., keys,
1 10
Bliss Hardware Co., plumbing re- pairs, 12 18
James S. McKay, removing trees, 14 40
Charles King, removing trees, 11 24
Albert Raymond, removing trees,
11 24
Lloyd Robbins, removing trees,
11 24
Calvin Hosford, repairs at North Carver,
383 15
Chamberlain Weatherstrip Co., weatherstrips, 87 78
Total Maintenance Expense, $1,052 03
AUXILIARY AGENCIES Health
Mary Fuller, services and supplies, . $121 16
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Transportation
Eldred Mosher,
$4,799 00
B. C. Shaw,
3,684 00
Roger Williams,
160 00
Michael Anthony,
286 40
E. S. Griffith,
170 00
John Tubman,
87 00
Sarah Holmes,
198 00
Harold Carleton, insurance prem-
iums, 1926 and 1927,
558 04
Tuition
Town of Plymouth,
1925 and 1926,
$2,686 25
Town of Wareham,
1,458 80
Town of Middleboro,
355 84
Miscellaneous
Harold Carleton, fire insurance pre- miums, 69 48
Total expense of Auxiliary
Agencies, $14,633 97
OUTLAYS New Equipment
William Shaw, flag staff, $15 00
William Shaw, erecting staff, 5 00
Woman's Reformatory, flag, 4 78
Earl B. Ware, paint and labor, 4 00
J. E. Jordan Co., sash cord, Total, $30 53
1 75
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NEW BUILDING ACCOUNT
Calvin Hosford, construction, $8,894 60 Bliss Hardware Co, heating, ven- tilating and plumbing, 4,187 71
Nando Giudette, building plans, 50 00
Kenny Bros & Walkins, seats, desks, and shades, 720 00
Massachusetts Reformatory, furni- ture, 59 00
Davis and Morgan, electrical work, 76 90
William Egger, shades, 7 00
Rufus Blair, labor, 4 00
Commissioner of Public Safety,
inspection,
5 00
Total,
$14,004 21
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THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee of Carver:
I have the honor of submitting my fourth annual report.
Changes
Only one teacher has left our force this year. Miss Marjorie Griffith resigned her place at the Center School to accept a better position in Attleboro. We regret that we could not have kept the corps unbroken as she was doing so well. Miss Mabel Dwight was elected to fill the position, and has brought to her work a fine enthusiasm and preparation which is bringing results in a difficult situation. Owing to the increase in numbers it was necessary to divide the upper classes and Miss Dorothy Howes of Avon was given the seventh grade. This makes the grading of the school exceptionally good. The classes are almost ideal in numbers and the new rooms most at- tractive, and certainly our children should respond with a more diligent spirit.
Health
As Carver employs a school nurse only one day in two weeks, it is manifestly impossible to give the attention which most schools receive, and so it rests with the par- ents to be on the watch for signs of illness. The epidemic of whooping cough at the North was most unfortunate yet unavoidable. If children show a tendency to cough for more than a day or two they should be kept at home and a doctor consulted. Parents should be very careful that the general health as influenced by plenty of sleep, proper food and exercise is carefully guarded. Many of our children are not getting enough sleep and have too much tea and coffee.
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The help of the Parent-Teacher Association in provid- ing cups for the hot lunch during the cold weather is very much appreciated. It has been found that children work much more efficiently if they partake of something hot at the noon period, and this move is certainly to be com- mended.
As stated in the nurse's report, the condition of the teeth of our pupils presents a problem which demands at- tention. So many of those needing care are unable to reach a dentist it would seem imperative that some action be taken to establish a dental clinic. The results in other places show a marked relation between good teeth and good school work. The new methods of treatment have now been in use for a long enough time to prove their worth, and it would seem that there was every opportun- ity, with the help of the Red Cross and the Parent-Teach- er Association for the starting of the work at least.
REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
Mr. Arthur B. Webber,
Superintendent of Schools.
I am pleased to submit the following report for the year of 1926 :-
School visits, 57; home visits, 70; children 10% under weight, 30; defective eyesight, 5; enlarged tonsils, 25; teeth needing treatment, 60.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. FULLER.
TESTING PROGRAM
This year as the result of the State-wide Test we used the Wisconsin Inventory Tests in Arithmetic, checking up individual weaknesses and giving drill upon both class and individual errors. The New England Test was given early in December and the results have made clear a dis- tinct improvement.
Table II on the following page.
the returns for the June and October tests are given in
To determine progress during the school year we gave the alternate Stanford Achievement Test in June, and
TESTING PROGRAM
NEW ENGLAND-WIDE TEST, DECEMBER, 1926
ADDITION
SUBTRACTION MULTIPLICATION DIVISION
FRACTIONS
Av. Percent Score Perfect
Av. Percent Score Perfect
Av. Percent Score Perfect
Score Perfect
Av.
Percent
Score
Perfect
GRADE V.
Carver
41.2-47.8
42.3-34.78
36.7-13
43
39
37.7 -21.1
Lakeville
45.2-61.5
44 -61.5
31.3-23
39
7
30
0
Rochester
46.9-66.6
46.1-44.4
37.5-22.2
42
44
29.75-18.5
State Av. 1925
46.2-54.6
43.3-34.9
35 -15
35.3-
14.8
11.1 - 0
GRADE VI.
Carver
46.5-48
45.1-44
36
8
38
16
38
- 4
Lakeville
46.6-82
45 -78
42 -52.1
43.3-
60
43
-- 47
Rochester
48.5-77.7
48 -66.6
43.2-27.2
42.8-
27.7
38.9
11.1
State Av. 1925
47.8-66.6
45.7-47.1
38.3-21.1
48.7-
30.2
31.5
- 5.5
GRADE VII.
Carver
46.4-68
48.1-60
37.1-
8
43
24
26.1
- 4
Lakeville
46.8-64.7
47.9-53
40.3-23.5
48.2-
64.7
43
-23.5
Rochester
48.7-75
47
- 7.5
42.6-50
47.6
66.6
40.3
-16.6
State Average
49 -72
46
-54.5
40.7-26.3
43.3-
40
34.93- 8.6
GRADE VIII.
Carver
49.1-92
49.8-93.3
46.9-66.6
49.8-
86.6
42.6
-47
Lakeville
49.2-64.7
49.4-79.3
44.7-53
49.9-
94.1
45.2
-62.5
Rochester
..
47.7-75
48 -87.5
48.3 -- 62.5
50
-100
47.7
-61.7
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State Average not given for this Grade.
The possible score in all tests was 50.
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Av.
Percent
TABLE II. STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TESTS A AND B. 1925-26
1
READING TESTS
ARITH. TESTS SCIENCE
HIST.
LANG.
SPELL.
Paragraph Sentence
Word Meanings
Funda- mentals
Reasoning
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct.
June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct.
June
GRADE VIII.
Carver
84-84
52-56
63-63
133-150
105-116
64-72
54-59
40-41
173-190
Rochester
Center . 80-86
42-63
47-55
138-156
110-103
52-56
44-56
35-35
143-151
Pierceville
67-83
49-52
57-55
120-131
84-91
57-64
37-42
32-32
146-140
Waterman
Stuart
75-77
45-47
47-48
118-118
69-
70
44-45
37-37
35-35
157-164
North
81-85
57-58
59-62
125-162
90-108
61-69
56-61
38-42
146-197
Normal Average ..
82
53
54
121
86
60
47
39
150
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct.
June
Oct.
June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct.
June
GRADE VII.
Carver
78-79
45-47
48-63
112-137
79-96
45-53
41-42
30-29
125-159
Rochester Center
74-88
42-63
47-61
116-156
86-112
52-70
41-54
28-36
141-170
Pierceville
67 -- 79
40-53
47-51
122-125
80-107
49-60
25-41
22-28
109-142
Waterman
68-70
44-48
41-46
130-128
88- 89
45-51
29-34
26-28
121-128
Stuart
North
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Normal Average . .
68
49
50
114
79
50
35
27
128
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Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
GRADE VI.
Carver
68-70
36-37
43-45
104-110
65-72
39-44
23-26
22-24
121-124
Rochester Center . 61-74
49-44
50-53
107-124
80-
88
52-53
49-43
29-30
112-128
Pierceville
59-65
40-38
40-43
96-115
51-
59
36-37
20-25
17-33
85-123
Waterman
61-62
29-33
40-42
86- 97
65-
59
35-38
24-24
21-26
115-118
Stuart
58-59
44-48
42-42
77-78
48-
48
32-33
15-16
23-24
109-111
North
59-60
58-59
39-43
100-103
64- 64
49-47
26-30
25-25
111-113
Normal Average. .
62
37
41
99
58
41
25
21
107
Oct. June
Oct.
June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
Oct. June
GRADE V.
Carver
52-58
26-33
30-35
82- 85
48-
49
29-31
16-18
12-16
98-101
Rochester Center
. 56-64
38-39
35-41
87-107
54- 60
29-43
18-18
16-18
79-102
Pierceville
46-60
38-38
32-34
79-95
34-
48
29-30
26-20
17-14
122- 90
Waterman
50-55
33-34
37-37
78- 82
44-
46
25-26
15-18
14-15
84-
87
Stuart
50-51
28-29
33-34
88-
90
44-
45
23-23
9-11
10-15
93- 96
North
Normal Average ..
56
31
31
81
45
26
14
15
78
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To determine our success in language work the test in letter writing developed by F. L. Clark of Kansas City, and used in the Nation-wide Test for 1926, was given in November. This is a test to determine the child's ability in writing business and social or friendly letters, which is certainly a major objective of the elementary school, as this is one of the skills which a graduate must use in all after life. The papers in this test as in the others, were carefully checked to find the individual and class needs for intensive drill.
TEST
TEST I
TEST II
TEST III
TOTAL SCORE
GRADE (Closed for scarlet fever)
V
VI
VII
VIII V
VI VII
VIII| V
VI VII
VIII V
VI
VII
VIII
North
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Center
13.7
15
21
25
4.5
8.5
9.3
11
22.3
32
37
34
43
56
71
68.5
Stuart
26
25
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9.6
11
11
22
8
30
50.3
36
67
Pierceville
19.7
18.7
26.6
26.5
6.7
9.2
8.6
11
15
23.6
32
37
43
50.6
67
74.5
Normal Average
17
18
20
22
8
10
10
11
6
10
12
17
30
33
39
45
Rochester
16.7
21.4
24
26.1
5.6
9.3
9.4
11
18.6
22.8
24.3
33.3 17.7
51.3
57
70
Carver
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18.5
22
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4.4
11
11
11
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15.5
27
.
35.5
53
55.7
Lakeville
16.4
21.1
22
23
4.4
9.3
9
10
2.3
8.7
24.5
27.2 17.7
38.1
52
58.6
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50.3
54
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Waterman
26
23.6
27
10
8.7
13
20.5
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In conclusion I wish to express my deep appreciation to the School. Committee for their cordial support; to the teachers for their earnest and hearty cooperation, and to those friends of the schools who have in various ways contributed to make the schools better and the past year so successful.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR B. WEBBER.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term: Opens January 3, closes February 18. Spring Term: Opens February 28, closes April 29.
Summer Term: Opens May 9, closes June 17.
Fall Term: Opens September 7, closes December 21.
Holidays: October 12, November 23-25, February 22, April 19, May 30.
School Committee
William I. Ward, Chairman. Term expires 1928.
Frank D. Costello, Secretary. Term' expires 1929.
Maynard W. Peterson, Financial Secretary. Term ex- pires 1927.
Superintendent of Schools
Arthur B. Webber. Telephone, Middleboro 348-14. Post Office, Middleboro, R. F. D. 3.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The movement for improving school property, initiated by vote of the town in the early part of 1925 and car- ried forward during the succeeding months, and in furtherance of which more important action was taken a year later, has been still farther advanced. At North Carver a section of the rear wall of the schoolhouse has been newly shingled, undergirding rods have been put in to check incipient spreading of the building, cement steps have replaced the worn out wooden ones at the front, and the schoolhouse and outbuildings have been freshly painted. The proposals for enlarging the Center school- house, which were submitted to the Town last March, have been consummated. Two new schoolrooms with suitable entrances, have been built, a steam heating plant for the whole structure has been installed, a water sys- tem provided and connected with an independent well, such new furnishings as were necessary procured and new outbuildings constructed. A flag-staff and flag have also been added to this school's equipment.
The budget for the coming year includes some further items in the way of general improvement. Considerable grading should be done around the Center schoolhouse for the sake of the safety of the foundations and steps and of the general appearance of the grounds as well. At South Carver the schoolhouse should be painted and solid steps be built before the front doors. Hitherto no fire insurance has been carried on the schoolhouses. Last summer a policy on the Center schoolhouse was taken out covering a period expiring at about the date of the annual town meeting. It is believed that all our school buildings should be insured and plans to this end are being made.
Notification has been received from the State Depart- ment of Education that the sum of $2,949.80 has been
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credited to this town in reimbursement on account of transportation of high school pupils during the last com- plete school year. The reimbursement on account of teachers salaries for the same period is $1,470. Two neighboring towns pay small sums to Carver for tuition of pupils in elementary schools. These several items make a total cash income to the town of about $5,000 on account of our public schools.
The report of the Superintendent of Schools and the financial statement of the School Committee are here- with submitted.
WILLIAM I. WARD, MAYNARD W. PETERSON, FRANK D. COSTELLO, School Committee.
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE CARVER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Carver Town Hall, Wednesday Evening, June 16, 1926, at Eight O'clock
- Program
March,
Marion Shaw Griffith
Invocation,
Song-A Song of the Flag,
Essay-Lady of the Lake,
Rev. Carlyle T. Boynton School Chorus Richmond Kershaw
Dialogue, By Noy Furtache and Ira Stuart
The Watchers-(Joseph Lincoln) Antone Gonsalves Essay-Introduction to French Play, Robert Williams Play-La Lecon de Francais La Maîtresse French Class Doris Wild L' Inspecteur Les Elènes Terho Kaski French Class
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Song-Voices of the Wood School Chorus Richard Loring Essay-The Ballad, Old English Ballad-Lord Ullin's Daughter Mary Perry Modern Ballad-Incident of the French Camp
Indians
Sunrise-(Edgar Guest)
Onnie Erickson Roger Weston Dorothy Jefferson Normal Fowler
Essay-The Novel
Songs (a) Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill
(b) Sweet Nightingale Essay-Edward W. Bok
Girls' Chorus Eric Jussilla Terho Kaski
What I owe to America (From Americanization of Edward Bok)
Our United States-(Edward W. Bok) Dorothy Shurtleff
Our Own World-(Edgar Guest) Austin Ward The Hand of Lincoln Catherine Murray
Essay-Preservation of our Native Flowers
Gifts
Presentation of Diplomas
Song-When Roses Bloom Again
Benediction
Graduates :
Catherine Sybil Murray Mary Perry Dorothy Louise Shurtleff Austin Sherman Ward Norman Arey Fowler Richard Holmes Loring
Noy Gomes Furtache
Ira Elbert Stuart
Antone Gonsalves
Doris Frances Wild
Onnie Hjalmar Erickson Roger Vaughan Weston
Terho Andrew Kaski
Dorothy Grace Jefferson
Richmond MacKay Kershaw Eric Jussilla
Francis Stuart Fowler William Shaw Dupree
Robert Delano Williams
Stuart Fowler Doris Wild Mr. Frank Costello School Chorus
SUMMARY BY THE SELECTMEN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Of Appropriations, Balances and Recommendations Tabulated for the Use of Voters in Town Meeting, March 7, 1927
Appropriation March, 1926
General Government,
$5,000.00
Paid Out, 1926 $4,880.09
Return to Treasurer $119.91
Overdraft*
Recommendation for 1927
$4,300.00
Charities,
3,000.00
2,674.37
325.63
3,500.00
Military Aid,
400.00
360.00
40.00
400.00
Police,
700.00
1,496.86
796.86
700.00
State Aid,
150.00
96.00
54.00
150.00
Snow,
4,100.00
4,362.69
262.69
600.00
Health and Sanitation,
1,700.00
1,584.94
115.06
2,500.00
Machinery,
1,300.00
1,290.45
9 55
700.00
Unclassified,
500.00
482.94
17.06
500.00
Library,
200.00
200.00
200.00
Highways, Chapter 81,
6,700.00
6,700.10
.10
6,700.00
Parks,
250.00
72.34
177.66
250.00
Main Street, Chapter 90,
5,000.00
4,999.81
19
Forest Fires,
350.00
345.09
4.01
300.00
Tree Warden,
350.00
349.53
47
300.00
Gypsy Moth,
1,000.00
963.18
36.82
Weights & Measures,
100.00
100.00
125.00
Cemeteries,
200.00
213.14
13.14
200.00
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Memorial Day,
125.00
125.00
125.00
Bridges,
1,000.00
844.46
155.54
800.00
Tremont Road,
2,000.00
1,998.81
1.19
American Legion,
50.00
50.00
Aid to Agriculture,
100.00
100.00
100.00
Notes,
2,000.00
Interest,
1,200.00
1,368.83
168.83
1,400.00
Support of Schools,
29,000.00
28,998.22
1.78
30,550.00
New School House,
4,000.00
4,004.21
4.21
Reserve Fund,
1,100.79
814.31
286.48
500.00
*Taken from Reserve Fund as follows:
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
PLYMOUTH, SS. To either of the Constables of The Town of Carver, in said County, Greeting :-- .
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of The Town of Carver, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Carver on Monday the 7th day of March, 1927, at 8 o'clock in the forenoon then and there to act on the following articles.
Art. 1. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer, 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, 1927.
Art. 2. To see if the town will authorize the Select- men to prosecute, compromise or defend any suits for or against the Town.
Art. 3. To decide when taxes shall become due.
Art. 4. To choose all necessary town officers not elected by ballot.
Art. 5. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
Art. 6. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
Art. 7. To choose all necessary town officers. The following officers to be voted for all on one ballot, viz :
Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Three Aud- itors, Three Constables, Three Herring Committee, One Tree Warden, Moderator, each for one year.
One Selectman, One Overseer of the Poor, One School Committee-man, One Assessor, One Road Commissioner, One Park Commissioner, One Cemetery Commissioner, Two Library Trustees, each for three years; and to vote by ballot "yes" or "no" in answer to the following ques- tion : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?"
Art. 8. To see what pay the town will vote the Treas- urer, Collector of Taxes, and other town officers for the ensuing year.
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Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and act thereon.
Art. 10. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen, and other town officers.
Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding $100, and choose a town director as provided in sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon.
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a Committee to investigate the ad- visability of establishing a town forest, or to take any action thereon.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Nine Hundred and Sixty-Two Dol- lars and Eighty-Five Cents ($962.85) to pay the cost of providing additional water-way at Holmes Mill by the Weweantic River District Drainage Corporation, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to improving the burial lot and grave-stones of the late Tillson Pratt, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will take any action rela- tive to the use of the $680.62 returned to the Town from the surplus received by the World War Poll Tax, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to sell at public auction, either separately or together, the land in West Carver known as the Pope's Point School house lot, and the buildings thereon, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to sell at public auction, either separately or together, the land in South Carver known as the Bates Pond School House Lot and the buildings thereon, and act anything thereon or thereto.
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INDEX
Appropriations 76
Assessors' Report
23
Auditor's Report
14
Births Recorded, 1925
53
Cemetery Account
37
Condition of Town Treasury
5 1
Constables' Report for 1925
48
Deaths Recorded, 1925
54
Excerpts from Town Meeting Records
56
Fire Account
39
Forest Wardens
44
General Government Account 26
Gypsy Moth Account
38
Health Account
35
Highway Dept., Chapter 81
28
Jury List
47
Library Account
36
Machinery Account
42
Marriages Recorded, 1925
52
Military Account
36
Officers and Committees, 1925
3
Overseers of the Poor Account
39
Park Account
37
Perpetual Care Funds
10
Protection of Persons and Property
37
Public Library
46
Report of the Treasurer of Old Home Day Association
49
School Calendar
72
School Committee Report
73
School Department Report
59
Sealer of Weights and Measures Account
47
Snow Account
43
State Aid Account
36
Tax Collector's Report
13
Town By-Laws
57
Town Clerk's Report 52
Town Warrant 78
Treasurer's Account 6
Tree Warden Account 40
Unclassified Account 35
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School Superintendent's Report 65
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