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Sprague, Stephen E., 3.72
Hunt, Ann L.,
5.55
Sprague, Maria E., 47.58
Kelley, William J., .
2.54
Stevens, Paran A., 2.II
Kimball, Hiram W.,
2.00
Stubbs, Frank A.,
10.18
Kingsbury, Edgar W., .
101.33
Stubbs, Samuel, . 2.00
Leeds, Joseph W.,
2.00
Stubbs, William S., 52.82
Leonard, Cornelius,
2.00
Thayer, Lyman L., . 2.00
Lonergan, Joseph E., 38.80
Tingley, Arthur H., 2.00
Maker, Seth R., . 39.40
Turner, Stephen F., heirs of,
1.16
Maker, Frank H.,
2.II
Turtle, John,
2.00
Mallory, Simeon,
3.10
Ward, Benjamin N.,
2.00
McLeod, William C.,
2.00
Ware, Susan,
24.20
43
Weiker, Reynolds, . $9.70
Weiker, William F., 45.73
Wheeler, Asa B.,
53.57
Wilson, F. Elmer, .
2.00
Woods, Henry W., .
27.52
Norfolk Western Street Rail- way Co., Excise Tax, . $58.00 Medfield & Medway Street Railway Co., 23.40
NON-RESIDENTS.
BOSTON.
Harwood, Thomas, heirs of, . $4.40
Holmes, Richard, 52.80
Janes, Charles W., heirs of, . 3.80
Jewell, M. Louise, 129.74
Freeman, Warren F.,
2.20
CAMBRIDGE.
Frankis, Guss,
10.45
DOVER.
Cary, James, . 1.48
Mckenzie, John,
·33
Soule, Alexander, heirs of,
.
.55
FRAMINGHAM.
Russell, Daniel P., heirs of, .
2.48
FITCHBURG.
Harding, William F.,
37.40
HOWLAND, ME.
Crehore, Benjamin F., heirs of, 29.70
MILLIS.
Cassidy, Terrence,. I.2I
Daniels, Albert R., .
.66
Thrasher, George C., .
2.97
NEWTON.
Allen, James T., heirs of,
.
3.30
NEW YORK.
Moore, Lizzie A.,
$32.40
NORFOLK.
Day, William A.,
.82
Day, Abbie,
6.60
Holbrook, George E.,
3.25
Jones, Andrew R., 2.31
Mann, Jesse, 7.04
McMorrow, John, .66
Fay, James P., 7.70
Ware, Lyman S., heirs of, I.IO
Woolvett, George W., .
11.28
QUINCY.
Fields, John Q. A., .
3.30
SHERBORN.
Adams, John L., .
1.54
Clark, Henry, heirs of,
·33
Daniels, D. Webster, .
.66
Steele, Margaret,
.55
SOMERVILLE.
Gourly, John, .
21.12
WALPOLE.
Gay, Charlotte M., .
1.65
Gay, George E., heirs of, .
.44
Metcalf, Ira G. and Geo. H.,
1.32
WESTWOOD.
Draper, Willard, heirs of,
.82
TAX COLLECTORS' REPORT, 1899.
JOSEPH W. CURTIS, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Dr.
Cr.
To uncollected tax for 1898, $556.59
By cash paid Treasurer for tax,
$341.54
Interest paid Treasurer, .
52.26
Abatement, .
104.66
Uncollected tax,
110.39
$608.85
$608.85
JOSEPH W. CURTIS, Collector .
Examined and found correct. T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
UNCOLLECTED TAXES FOR 1899.
JOSEPH W. CURTIS, Collector.
Babcock, George W., . $2.29
Babcock, G. E., 2.00
Crawford, Archie, 2.57
Donlan, Timothy L.,
14.36
Forbes, William, estate of,
10.92
Kelley, William, . 2.35
Kingsbury, A. D., 26.77
Leeds, Joseph W.,
2.00
Leonard, C. F.,
2.00
Maker, Irving H.,
2.40
McGrory, James,
2.00
Osborne, Frank L., .
2.00
Simmons, John W.,
2.00
Smith, Thomas L., .
9.02
Turner, Stephen, estate of, .
1.2I
BOSTON.
Crosby, Addie M., .
3.10
Fiske, George, heirs of,
2.70
CAMBRIDGE.
Frankis, Guss,
6.90
DEDHAM.
Draper, Willard, heirs of, .
.
$0.86
MILLIS.
Cassidy, T. H.,
1.26
Thrasher, George C.,
3.II
PLYMOUTH.
Richardson, Huldah,
1.15
QUINCY.
Field & Wild, .
3.45
SHERBORN.
Adams, John L., .
1.6I
Daniels, D. Webster,
.69
WALPOLE.
Gay, George E., estate of,
.46
Pilster, Henry, heirs of,
1.21
Interest collected, . 52.26
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
AN ACCOUNT OF WHERE THE MONEY WAS SPENT ON THE STREETS.
Repairing wash-out on Canal Street, $125.00
Repairing wash-out on Orchard Street, 75.00
Repairing wash-out on South Street, 15.00
Repairing wash-out on School Street, 10.00
Filling ruts,
175.00
Scraping roads and raking out stone,
350.25
Gravelling on Harding Street, near F. Morse's place,
20.75
Gravelling on Mill Street, near old depot,
32.50
Gravelling on West Main Street,
193.50
Gravelling on Hartford Street,
45.50
Gravelling on North Street,
185.00
Gravelling on Canal Street, near J. Breck's crossing,
I35.00
Gravelling on South Street, near Norfolk line,
95.50
Repairing Granite Street, .
48.25
Putting up railing on High and Mill Streets, 20.00
Cleaning out catch-basins,
23.37
Repairs on Bridge Street, .
15.50
Mowing bushes on streets, 65.00
Raking out stone on streets, . 35.40
Regrading hill on Harding Street,
105.50
Repairing hill on High Street,
35.30
Gravelling on Spring Street, .
40.25
Repairs on Philip Street, .
20.80
Repairing culvert on West Main Street,
7.75
Cleaning up streets,
95.00
Gravel for the streets,
53.45
Lumber, tools, etc., .
95.39
$2,118.96
The men were paid 172 cents per hour, and the double teams $4.50 for 9 hours, and the single teams $3.15 for 9 hours.
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SNOW ACCOUNTS.
BREAKING OUT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS FROM FEB. 1, 1901, TO FEB., 1902.
Paid W. D. Kingsbury, $14.90
William C. McLeod,
10.30
G. K. Ricker, 14.20
J. Rodowsky,
7.20
T. Rourke, . 4.00
S. B. Ware,
9.42
G. Holbrook,
1.48
J. Jennings,
2.90
A. P. Morse,
3.80
W. J. Cox, .
23.60
H. H. Clark,
10.60
W. Ranney,
4.80
C. E. Bolton,
10.30
H. Peterson,
2.10
A. D. Kingsbury,
8.30
G. L. L. Allen,
8.10
H. L. Dean,
5.20
G. Washburn, .
7.85
W. D. Gilbert,
2.50
D. D. Wheeler,
5.40
J. Noonan, .
.90
E. M. Perham,
1.00
G. D. Fales,
.60
F. Stubbs,
1.90
A. A. Dean,
1.00
W. F. Guild,
6.70
W. C. Kingsbury,
3.65
L. D. Kingsbury,
15.50.
C. N. Ricker, .
6.10
G. W. Kingsbury,
24.57
D. Lynch,
5.50
E. Holt, .
II.68
A. Gilbert, .
1.00
R. E. Cole,
.80
Carried forward,
$241.05.
G. Babcock,
3.20
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Brought forward,
$241.05
Paid C. Kingsbury, .
5.70
J. Mann,
.80
C. W. Spaulding, repairing snow-plough,
1.50
F. W. Cutter, repairing snow-plough, .75
Cash paid for 6 shovels,
4.20
$254.00
HIGHWAY LABOR.
Paid F. E. Day, . $13.50
J. A. Quincy,
100.30
S. B. Ware,
16.02
J. Jennings,
5.68
B. Ward,
15.23
W. D. Kingsbury,
1.93
C. W. Wight,
18.45
C. Booth,
142.4I
T. Rourke, .
104.84
E. H. Condon,
70.70
C. E. Bolton,
I22.02
Christopher Kingsbury,
1.58
G. E. Holbrook,
12.00
L. Kingsbury,
1.50
D. Lynch,
3.15
W. D. Gilbert,
5.95
A. Gilbert,
1.22
J. T. Leeds,
41.83
I. H. Crosby,
1.58
R. Kingsbury,
3.00
A. P. Morse,
10.50
G. B. Herron, .
15.75
W. McLeod,
4.55
J. Mitchell,
48.84
F. B. Quincy,
26.91
George W. Kingsbury,
195.00
$984.44
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TEAMS.
Paid F. S. Wight,
$44.15
W. J. Cox, .
160.02
A. H. Clark,
87.00
R. B. Newcomb,
34.00
F. H. Wicker,
210.00
W. E. Kingsbury,
235.49
J. A. Newell,
33.00
182.02
$985.68
GRAVEL FOR THE HIGHWAYS.
Paid H. F. Harding,
for 144 loads of gravel, .
$7.20
A. Lovell,
66
IO0
66
66
66
5.00
D. Meany,
66
25
66
66
66
1.25
E. Cook,
66
37
1.85
A. B. Wheeler,
66
IOO 66
66
66
66
.
2.45
Estate of R. A. Battelle, "
14
66
66
66
.70
M. C. Adams, 66
400
66
66
20.00
M. E. Sprague,
66
125
66
66
6.25
H. W. Wood,
66
70
66
66
3.50
A. Lovell, keeping light on road two nights,
$53.45
TOOLS, LUMBER, ETC., FOR HIGHWAY.
Paid Ames Plow Company, I dozen of R. P. shovels, $8.40
Ames Plow Company, ¿ dozen steel road rakes, Ames Plow Company, ¿ dozen bramble scythes, Ames Plow Company, I bush scythe snath, . Express on same,
5.00
.68
.35
Cash paid Codding & Schools, 5 square P. shovels, Blood Brothers, I square P. shovel,
.70
J. A. Fitts, 3 R. P. shovels,
2.25
J. A. Fitts, I square P. long handle shovel,
.75
J. Ord, I mattock and handle, . 1.00
J. Ord, for spikes and nails,
2.00
Carried forward,
$28.76
.
.
66 66
.
.
5.00
Mrs. M. L. H. Parker,
49
.
.
.
.
.25
4.13
3.50
49
Brought forward,
$28.76
Paid E. P. Gilley, for 20 chestnut posts, .
2.50
H. Wight, for 40 chestnut posts, 4.80
H. A. Morse, for lumber for railing,
30.84
E. M. Bent, for drain pipe and cement,
15.79
L. Babcock & Son, painting guide-boards, 4.50
N. F. Harding, for I guide-board, . 1.00
F. W. Cutter, sharpening picks and bars, etc.,
7.20
$95.39
EAST MAIN STREET, WIDENING AND GRADING.
Paid C. Booth;
for labor,
$49.98
W. D. Gilbert,
4.73
J. A. Quincy,
66 66
47.08
J. Mitchell,
66
39.2I
E. H. Condon,
66
66
22.93
F. B. Quincy,
66
66
47.09
J. T. Leeds,
66
66
II.73
A. A. Blake,
66
66
29.76
G. B. Herron,
66
37.28
T. Rourke,
66
66
47.59
C. E. Bolton,
6.
47.21
C. W. Strang,
66
66
39.20
G. H. Murray,
66
66
1.23
J. Rodowsky,
1.58
J. McCarthy,
66
16.00
George W. Kingsbury,
66
66.59
$509.19
TEAMS.
Paid W. J. Cox, .
$153.96
H. H. Clark,
103.00
W. E. Kingsbury,
86.28
R. B. Newcomb, .
138.33
J. A. Newell,
44.50
George W. Kingsbury,
57.63
$583.70
50
GRAVEL, ETC.
Mrs. M. L. Parker, 852 loads of gravel. $42.60
R. B. Newcomb, 80 loads of gravel, 4.00
F. W. Cutter, sharpening picks and drills, etc .. 8.91
Cash paid J. Seaverns, for dynamite,
1.50
H. H. Thorn, for dynamite, 4.40 J. Ord, for fuel, .70
$62.II
BRIDGE ACCOUNT.
Paid H. A. Morse, for plank,
$13.54
G. W. Kingsbury,
for labor,
8.50
Christopher Kingsbury,
2.28
C. Booth, 66 66
1.00
F. B. Quincy,
66
1.00
$26.32
SEWER ACCOUNT.
Paid F. H. Wicker,
for labor,
$7.50
A. H. Clark,
66
8.00
G. W. Kingsbury,
66
6.18
W. E. Kingsbury, 66 66
5.50
C. E. Bolton, 66 66
1.58
E. H. Condon, 66 66
1.58
J. Mitchell,
66
66
.88
T. Rourke,
66
66
.88
$32.10
SIDEWALK ACCOUNT.
Paid F. H. Wicker, for labor,
$13.50
A. H. Clark,
4.50
W. E. Kingsbury, 66
3.15
G. W. Kingsbury, 66 66
4.83
C. Booth,
66
3.33
C. E. Bolton, 66
1.75
E. H. Condon, 66
1.75
J. Mitchell,
66
66
1.75
Carried forward,
$34.56
5 I
Brought forward,
$34.56
Paid J. T. Leeds, for labor,
1.58
F. B. Quincy, 66
1.58
J. A. Quincy, 66
1.58
T. Rourke, 66 66
.70
$40.00
RECAPITULATION.
MONEY RECEIVED ON SELECTMEN'S ORDERS.
On account of Snow,
$254.00
Sewer,
32.10
Bridges,
26.32
Sidewalks, .
40.00
E. Main Street,
1,155.00
Highway repairs,
2, 118.96
MONEY EXPENDED.
On account of Snow,
$254.00
Sewer,
32.10
Bridges,
26.32
Sidewalks, .
40.00
East Main Street,
1,155.00
Highway Repairs,
2,118.96
Appropriation for removing snow, .
100.00
Unexpended balance from last year,
434.10
$534.10
Expended for removing snow,
254.00
Balance unexpended,
$280.10
Appropriation for sewer, .
$25.00
Unexpended balance from last year,
27.58
$52.58
Expended on sewer,
32.10
Unexpended,
$20.48
52
Expended on bridges, .
$26.32
Exceeded appropriation last year,
69.85
$96.17
Appropriation for bridges,
100.00
Balance unexpended,
$3.83
Appropriation for East Main Street,
$1,000.00
Expended,
1,155.00
Exceeded appropriation,
155.CO
Appropriation for highways,
$2,000.00
A portion of street railway tax, .
118.96
$2,118.96
Expended on highway, .
$2,118.96
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. KINGSBURY. Supt. of Streets.
Examined and found correct. T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor of the town of Medfield respectfully present the following report : -
Amount of the appraisal of the personal property åt
the Almshouse, Feb. 1, 1902, $2,549.25
There is for live stock on the Farm 2 horses, 10 cows, I bull, 6 heifers, I bull calf, I heifer calf, 2 hogs, 43 hens.
The walls of the barn have been shingled, and a new floor been put in in the tie-up and a wall been built under the south side of the barn, which is a great improvement. And all it cost the town is for the lumber and nails, the work having been done by the warden and hired man.
SALES FROM THE FARM.
Milk sold, .
$1,257.72
Four cows, .
I16.00
One bull,
52.50
Pigs, .
23.50
Potatoes,
99.65
Fat hog,
15.26
Fowl,
7.04
Eggs,
5.80
Shingles,
9.00
Calf, .
2.00
Sweet Corn,
2.25
Turnips,
.40
Wood, .
57.50
Service of bull,
3.00
$1,651.62
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Bills due :
Due for milk, .
$248.82
Due for wood,
15.00
Providing for 471 tramps at 20 cents,
94.20
EXPENSES AT THE FARM.
Paid Codding & Schools, for supplies, $24.40
George Easton, balance of salary to April 1, 1901, 46.66
M. L. Cheney, difference in cow trades, 82.00
R. E. Cowdrick, fish and oysters, 32.34
E. J. Keyou, prescriptions, 33.90
George Easton, one pair of shoes for J. Tobin, . 3.00
E. M. Bent, coal, . 45.50
T. E. Schools, supplies, 141.00
T. E. Schools, seed potatoes, . 12.81
T. E. Schools, nails, . 5.80
H. A. Morse, lumber and shingles, . 59.07
George Easton, salary to Feb. 1, 1902, 333.34
M. L. Cheney, 10 cords of manure, 50.00
Overseers for cash paid for plan of wood lot, 7.00
Boston branch, 94.64
George W. Kingsbury, grinding corn,
12.60
George W. Kingsbury, butchering hog,
1.00 .
Maud Ritchie, sawing lumber, 11.94
E. H. Dunbar, I pair of pants for J. Tobin, 2.00
J. L. Peckham, planting corn, 3.50
Hired man, 133.00
J. J. Cunningham, shoes and repairs, 11.95
S. J. Spear, printing tramp permits, 1.25
E. M. Bent, lime and cement, 4.55
Otis Clapp & Son, trusses, 7.75
J. F. Cary, clothing, . 9.13
J. Tobin, clothing,
3.00
M. F. Campbell, supplies, .
2.24
N. F. Harding, second-hand sashes,
1.40
Ellen A. Hastings, trustee, 5 tons of hay, 35.29
Blood Brothers, grain, 822.28
Carried forward,
$2,034.34
55
Brought forward, $2,034.34
Paid Blood Brothers, clover seed,
3.00
Blood Brothers, seed oats,
10.55
Blood Brothers, seed barley,
7.00
Blood Brothers, mangel seed,
1.00
Blood Brothers, grass seed,
8.00
Blood Brothers, fertilizer,
8.40
Blood Brothers, I cow, . 60.00
D. L. Stain, I pair of shoes for J. Tobin, 4.00
C. Perham, 12 acres of corn, . 27.50
E. H. Abell, supplies, 21.72
W. W. Preston, supplies, . .95
J. L. Fairbanks, pauper and tramp registers,
9.50
J. Ord, for supplies,
18.74
R. Weiker, ice,
6.76
T. L. Smith, rent of pasture, .
12.00
E. Bullard, meat and provisions,
130.25
E. C. Crocker, supplies,
5.00
George S. Cheney, difference in bull trade, 7.00
J. A. Fitts, supplies, 141.85
C. F. Bruce & Co., meat and provisions, 111.78
Dr. A. Mitchell, medical attendance on O. Guild, 20.00
Dr. A. Mitchell, medical attendance on J. Tobin, 10.00
Dr. A. Mitchell, medical attendance on E. Kings- bury, 6.00
Dr. A. Mitchell, medical attendance on F. Kings- bury, 2.00
F. W. Cutter, shoeing and jobbing, 33.86
$2,701.20
Inmates in Almshouse, Feb. 1, 1902 : -
John Tobin, admitted Nov. 2, 1900.
Emma Kingsbury, admitted April 2, 1901, age 49 years.
Flora Kingsbury, admitted Oct. 4, 1897, age 24 years.
Olive Guild, admitted May 11, 1901, age 75 years. Louise Guild, admitted May 11, 1901, age 73 years.
Expenses at the Farm, . $2,701.20
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Income of the Farm, $1,651.62
Unexpended appropriation of last year, 440.95
Appropriation, 400.00
Received from sale of Olive Guild's place,
227.99
$2,720.56
Unexpended, .
$19.36
PAUPER EXPENSES OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Mrs. Nelson Lowe, for board of Lottie Kings-
bury, . $133.25 Mrs. Nelson Lowe, for clothing and other sup- plies for Lottie Kingsbury, 30.91
Aid for Mrs. Julia Tobin, . 96.00
Aid for Emma Kingsbury, 7.00
Aid for Olive and Louise Guild, 33.28
Aid for Mayo Dow family, 14.70
City of Chelsea, for aid for Mrs. G. Hunt, 8.00
Aid for Sullivan Hudson, .
36.25
Aid for Mrs. L. A. Chadborne,
40.85
Dr. A. Mitchell, for medical attendance on George Morrill, 75.00
Town of Millis, for aid rendered George Morrill, 91.14
E. J. Keyou, for prescriptions, 8.10
D. Meany, services in pauper case, 1.00
E. H. Dunbar, glasses for Emma Kingsbury, 1.50
S. J. Spear, printing, 1.50
George W. Kingsbury, postage and express, .95
$579.43
Appropriation of town, $500.00
Received of town of Franklin for medical attendance on Marcus Gilmore last year, . 38.62
Received from City of Lowell, for aid rendered Mayo Dow, . 14.70
Exceeded appropriation,
$553.32
26.II
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Due from the City of Malden for aid rendered Mrs. L. A. Chadborne,
$40.85
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY, Overseers AMOS H. MASON, of the MICHAEL E. GRIFFIN, Poor.
Examined and found correct. T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The following report is respectfully submitted : -
The Board of Trustees for the year 1901 has consisted of the following : Stillman J. Spear, chairman ; Willard Harwood, William H. Bailey, Isaac B. Codding, Herbert L. Mitchell, and George Washburn. Miss Lucretia M. Johnson has continued as Librarian.
The library and reading-room have been open from 6 to 8 P.M. on Tuesdays and from 3 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. on Saturdays.
The statistics of the year are as follows :
Whole number of books, 4,466
Loaned to individuals, 8,866
Loaned to schools, 268
Total number loaned,
9,134
There have been added to the Library during the past year 106 new volumes.
The following periodicals, free for the use of all, are upon the tables of the reading-room : -
Harper's Monthly, Harper's Weekly, Frank Leslie's Monthly, Frank Leslie's Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Munsey, Century, Current Literature, Scientific American, Review of Reviews, St. Nicholas, Scribner's, McClure's, Woman's Journal, New England Magazine, the Critic, and Saturday Evening Post. Of these, Harper's Monthly and St. Nicholas are bound and preserved yearly. The Review of Reviews has also been bound for preservation. The remaining periodicals are donated to the Medfield Insane Asylum at the close of each year.
The following insurance policies are held by the town on the books and fixtures of the Library : -
Holyoke Mutual Ins. Co., expiring March 13, 1901. Lowell Mutual Ins. Co., expiring April 26, 1902.
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Appended is the financial statement of the Trustees :
Received.
Appropriation,
$75.00
Dog tax, · 230.25
Balance from 1900,
42.38
Interest on trust funds,
60.00
$407.63
Expended.
C. W. Spaulding, labor,
$7.13
S. J. Spear, printing,
7.50
L. M. Johnson, salary,
100.00
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books,
44.77
F. J. Barnard, binding,
21.25
H. L. Mitchell, periodicals,
37.20
George E. Pettis, janitor,
50.00
C. F. Read, express,
1.05
J. A. Fitts, supplies,
.10
269.00
Unexpended,
$138.63
GEORGE WASHBURN, Secretary.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee respectfully submit the following : --
The work of public education among us has kept the even tenor of its approved ways and methods through another fiscal year. There has been but little change in the personnel of either teachers or pupils, and none in the board of management and supervision. Mr. George Washburn, having been re-elected at the last town meeting, is now serving a second term on the Committee, which, consequently, remains the same as in the preceding year.
ORGANIZATION.
At the first regular meeting of the board for this year, held March 26, 1901, Mr. Henry E. Marshall was chosen secretary of the Committee, and Rev. John A. Savage, chairman. At the same meeting, Mr. David Meany and Mr. Raymond Weiker were appointed truant officers.
MEETINGS.
During the year there have been held fifteen meetings of the Committee,- twelve regular, two special, and one joint session in Walpole with the School Board of that town. At this last-men- tioned meeting, held April 27, 1901, Mr. Abner A. Badger, whose preceding two years of faithful and efficient service had given full and gratifying satisfaction, was unanimously re-elected to the office of Superintendent of Schools for the ensuing year in the towns of Walpole and Medfield. A full and accurate record of all meet- ings and transactions of the Committee has been kept by the secretary ; and for further information, with particulars regarding such matters, this record is open and accessible to all.
TEACHERS.
As already noted, there have been but few changes in our staff of teachers for this year. Mr. Leonard M. Patton, who had
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rendered very excellent service as principal of the high school, was last summer invited to the same position in the high school of Walpole, at large increase of salary. He accepted the offer ; and though, at the time, we felt deeply the loss and inconvenience of his resignation, our kind regards and best wishes, as well as a considerable number of our pupils, have followed him in his good work. Mr. Clarence H. Jones, of Millis, a graduate of Boston University, was elected to succeed Mr. Patton. He has now held the position for five months, and in that time has given satisfac- tion, both as teacher and disciplinarian. Miss Carrie A. Smith, of Hopkinton, has been a very successful teacher in this town for some twelve years, and is still employed in the higher grammar school, to the marked advantage of her pupils and the gratifica- tion of all concerned. Miss Frances E. Baier is spending a second year as teacher of the lower grammar grades, and has shown herself a competent and conscientious instructor. Soon after the schools opened last September, Miss Mabel E. Pond resigned her position as teacher of the intermediate school, and accepted a situation in one of the schools of Arlington. Miss Bertha A. Pettee, then teacher of the South School, was immedi- ately chosen to the position made vacant by Miss Pond's resigna- tion ; and so far there has been no reason to regret the change thus occasioned. Meantime, Miss Pettee's place in the South School has been well filled by her successor, Miss Kathryn H. Turner, of Salem. Mrs. Susan M. Chase continues through another year her valuable work and kindly influence as teacher of the second primary grades, while Miss Ella B. Boyden's services in the first primary are faithful and efficient. The pupils attending the North School remain under the very competent and patient in- struction of Miss Mabel H. Ellis, whose second year's work in the school has been less hampered and distracted by vicious and unruly elements.
TARDINESS AND TRUANCY.
Pupils in all the schools of the town have been for the most part prompt, regular, and punctual in their attendance and studies. There has been very little truancy or tardiness. The truant officers have been watchful and earnest in their duties. No changes have been made in the length of the school year or in the dates of the vacations in any department since the last report pre- ceding this one.
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EXPENSES.
The cost of teaching through this fiscal year has been a very little more than that of last year, when we include the amount paid as tuition to other towns. Fuel has been higher in price, and a much larger sum has been expended this year than last in making necessary repairs. The painting of the Ralph Wheelock School building has added especially to this expense.
HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.
The experiment undertaken three years ago last September, whereby, in compliance with the statute requiring a full four years' high-school course, this town entered into an arrangement with Dedham and Walpole for aid in the teaching force and facilities of such a course, has proved in every way successful and entirely warrantable as the best and most economical method of conform- ing to legal requirement in the case and meeting the just demands of advanced pupils. Such pupils have now all the advantages of a full high-school course under the instructions of a large staff of able teachers, with adequate laboratory facilities and appliances, for only a small fraction of what it would cost this town to furnish any suitable or lawful substitute within its own borders, alone and unaided. For a full and clear statement of the legal and financial aspects of this matter the reader is referred to the last part of Mr. P. H. Leahy's report made for the Committee in January, 1900.
JOHN A. SAVAGE, For the Committee.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TEACHING SCHOOLS.
Paid Carrie A. Smith, .
$513.00
Leonard M. Patton, .
500.00
Clarence H. Jones,
400.00
Susan M. Chase, .
425.00
Frances E. Baier,
425.00
Ella B. Boyden,
425.00
Mabel H. Ellis,
414.00
Bertha A. Pettee,
414.00
Mabel E. Pond,
213.80
Kathryn H. Turner,
187.00
Lucy Allen,
8.00
$3,924.80
Transportation of pupils to Walpole, $112.68
Transportation of pupils to Dedham,
70.56
183.24
Town of Dedham, tuition of pupils,
225.00
$4,333.04
Received interest on Town School Fund,
$141.60
Income of State School Fund, .
638.08
From city of Boston, tuition,
31 .. 00
Appropriation,
3,500.00
$4,310.68
Less appropriation exceeded in 1900,
42.73
4,267.95
Appropriation exceeded,
$65.09
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid Abner A. Badger,
$600.00
Received from State Treasurer, .
$500.00
Appropriation, . 225.00
725.00
Balance unexpended, .
$125.00
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REPAIRS ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Paid N. F. Harding, stock and labor, . $70.68
W. W. Preston, 22.35
F. H. Dean, stock and labor on blackboards, 25.00
Lowell Babcock's Son, painting
Ralph Wheelock School-house, 350.00
Lowell Babcock's Son, inside work, 97.89
Lowell Babcock's Son, stock and labor, . 3.05
$568.97
CARE, FUEL, SUPPLIES, ETC.
Paid James E. Pettis, care of Ralph Wheelock School-house, ·
$483.00
Walter D. Kingsbury, care of Han- nah Adams School-house, . . 48.55
Clinton D. Ames, care of Lowell
Mason School-house, . 16.05
Roscoe Nowell, care of Lowell Mason School-house, .
6.75
$554.35
J. E. Lonergan & Co., coal,
$345.00
George D. Hamant, wood,
25.00
J. E. Lonergan & Co., wood, .
6.75
C. M. Ricker, wood,
30.00
406.75
James E. Pettis, supplies, .
$40.80
Chandler Desk Works, supplies,
5.00
F. J. Barnard & Co.,
66
3.00
The Morse Company,
66
6.75
Norfolk Pub. Company,
66
2.50
Rand, McNally & Co.,
37.31
Allyn & Bacon,
6.00
Suffolk Ink Company,
2.50
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
66
11.56
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
127.02
Ginn & Co.,
66
52.12
American Book Company,
19.52
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
II.IO
Carried forward,
$961.10
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Brought forward, $961.10
Paid Lee & Shepard, supplies, . 1.50
J. L. Hammett Company, “ 44.48
Otis Clapp & Son,
4.13
E. C. Crocker,
6.40
E. M. Bent,
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·
14.00
James Ord,
4.52
W. W. Preston, supplies and labor, . 6.50
Silver, Burdett & Co., supplies, . 6.00
Masury, Young & Co.,
37.80
Abner A. Badger, 66 18.89
H. L. Richards, repairing organs,
13.00
E. H. Dunbar, repairing clock, 1.00
Mary E. Cutler, maple-trees, 7.00
George Washburn, expense,
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