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Respectfully submitted,
M. J. WEST, Superintendent of Schools.
Medfield, Mass., January 31, 1912.
To MR. M. J. WEST, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :
In my drawing work during the past year I have followed a course similar to that of the previous year, arranging all the lessons under several subjects with certain principles to be taught in each grade.
As drawing is a means of education through the use of the hands and eyes, the constant aim is to secure a better under- standing of principles and a better quality of work.
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Sewing has proved itself worthy of a special place in the regular school program. The work is graded so that the pupils advance in sewing as well as in other studies. The articles they make are practical and useful at home. Some of the girls have shown originality and skillfulness in their work.
This year arrangements were made enabling the boys of the sixth and seventh grades to learn a hand craft in the form of basketry. Such work is practical because it requires few tools. Then too it develops judgment and teaches boys to work systematically.
The pupils seem to take considerable interest in their spe- cial duties and I feel that altogether the work is advancing in the right direction.
HELEN M. ALLAN.
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :
In submitting my second annual report I wish to speak particularly of the good spirit shown by the high school boys. I have been very much pleased with the way in which they have taken hold of the work this year. I regret to say that the girls have not entered into the work with quite as much enthusiasm. All the grades are making fairly good progress.
"There is no art without the mastery of form." For many years music has been considered merely an art. It is now being recognized as a science as well, the true intellectual value being appreciated more and more as is shown by the courses allowed in colleges and some high schools. Song singing is our final aim, but to sing songs well and with understanding, the technical side must first be mastered. The future music of our country must come from the children of to-day. It is my aim to establish a thorough foundation of principles that will last. And by becoming familiar with standard works to create a love for and an appreciation of really good music.
Respectfully submitted, HELEN D. DAGGETT, Supervisor of Music.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Total membership of the schools for the year 1910-11 295
Number enrolled in other schools of the state first 4
Number in the enrolment list under five years of age 2
Number over fifteen years of age . 47
Number between five and fifteen years of age: boys 112 ; girls, 129; total ·
241
Number between seven and fourteen years of age: boys 85; girls 110; total 195
Average age of children who entered the primary grades September, 1911, 5 yrs. 8 months.
Average age of the pupils who were graduated from the grammar grades in June, 1911, 14 years, 9 mos.
Number given certificates from the grammar school: boys 7; girls 7; total 14
Number of children in town, Sept. 1, 1911, between five and fifteen years of age : boys, 115; girls, 116; total 231
Number of children in town, Sept. 1, 1911, between seven and fourteen years of age: boys, 87; girls, 86; total . 173
Number enrolled in Sept. 1911, under five years of age 0
Number enrolled, Sept. 1911, between five and fifteen years of age : boys, 110; girls, 122; total . 232
Number enrolled, Sept. 1, 1911, between seven and fourteen years of age : boys, 85 ; girls, 92 ; total 177
Number enrolled, Sept. 1911, over fifteen years of age : boys, 16; girls, 25; total 41
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MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES, JAN. 1, 1912.
Ralph Wheelock School :
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII.
IX.
X. XI. XII. XIII.
17 22 22
15
22
19 39 23 26
13
9 6 8
241
Lowell Mason School :
I.
6
2
4
II. III. IV. V. VI. 4 1 3 . 20
261
Total membership to January 1, 1912
275
EYE AND EAR TEST.
Number of pupils tested
262
Number found defective in eyesight
35
Number found defective in hearing
5
Number of parents and guardians notified
. 22
SYNOPSIS OF ATTENDANCE FROM SEPT. 1910, TO JUNE 1911
Schools
Grades
Boys
Girls
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
Visits by
Superintendent
Visits by Others
on Regular Days
Visits by Others
on Special Days
Calls on Parents by Teachers
Ralph Wheelock
X .- XIII.
Norval B. Spinney Lucy F. Crocker Geraldine E. White Bethia R. Paine
22
28
49
46.32
44.19
95.40
38
20
20
VIII .- IX.
25
21
45
42.48
38.91
91.60
43
21
21
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Morey Florence E. Gibbs
25
35
60
57.09
53.20
93.19
39
44
9
IV .- V.
Calla Rowell
22
26
46
41.65
38.86
93.30
26
22
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2
Edith L. Bartlett
21
21
42
38.16
34.99
91.69
23
44
5
Susan M. (Chase) Clark Helen E. Bayley
13
13
26
24.51
21.93
89.87
30
190
--
0
(Mary Mulkern, substi- tute)
10
13
23
20.15
18.47
91.66
21
30
30
0
Totals
138
157
291
270.36
250.55
92.67
220
371
30
57
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VI .- VII.
II .- III.
I.
Lowell Mason
I .- VI.
Total
Membership
Teachers
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SYNOPSIS OF ATTENDANCE FROM SEPT. 1911, TO JAN. 1, 1912.
Total
Membership
Teachers
Grades
Boys
Girls
Enrollment
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent of Attendance
Visits by
Superintendent
Visits by Others
on Regular Days
Visits by Others
on Special Days
Calls on Parents by Teachers
Ralph Wheelock
High
Norval B. Spinney Lucy F. Crocker Geraldine E. White
15
26
41
38.51
36.60
95.05
14
-
36
VIII .- IX.
Bethia R. Paine
18
32
50
47.57
44.46
93.46
13
2
2
VII.
Florence E. Gibbs
18
22
40
38.62
36.99
95.78
14
8
2
V .- VI.
Calla Rowell
22
23
45
41.36
39.05
94.41
10
5
7
1
III .- IV.
Edith L. Bartlett
18
20
38
35.20
33.38
94.83
5
12
2
Grace H. Carleton
23
17
40
39.03
37.00
94.80
7
26
11
1
Dorothy Holden
12
9
21
20.20
19.19
95.00
7
14
30
4
Totals
126
149
275
260.49
246.67
94.69
70
67
41
25
-
-
-
-
I .- II.
Lowell Mason
I .- VI.
Schools
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TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JAN. 1, 1912.
RALPH WHEELOCK SCHOOL.
Grades
Names
Where Educated
High
Norval B. Spinney, A. B., Principal. Lucy F. Crocker, A. B., Assistant. Geraldine E. White, Assistant.
Yale University. Mt. Holyoke College. Burdett Business College.
VIII .- IX.
Bethia R. Paine.
Hyannis Normal School.
VII.
Florence E. Gibbs.
Lombard College.
Hyannis Summer Normal School.
V .- VI.
Calla Rowell,
Farmington Normal School.
III .- IV.
Edith L. Bartlett.
Gorham Normal School.
I .- II.
Grace H. Carleton.
Perry Kindergarten Train- ing School
LOWELL MASON SCHOOL.
Grade
Name
Where Educated
I .- VI. Dorothy Holden.
Framingham Normal
School.
Supervisor of Music, Helen D. Daggett. Supervisor of Drawing and Sewing, Helen M.
Allan,
Massachusetts Normal Art School.
RESIGNATIONS.
Auvena Myrick, Mrs. Susan M. (Chase) Clark, Helen E. Bayley.
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Class Motto: "Veritas Vincit." Class Colors : Maroon and Gold.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
OF THE
RALPH WHEELOCK HIGH SCHOOL Wednesday Evening, June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven Chenery Hall, Medfield, Mass., eight fifteen o'clock.
PROGRAM.
1. INVOCATION
REV. ALBERT H. SPENCE.
2. CHORUS, "The Lost Chord" Sullivan
SCHOOL.
3. SALUTATORY, WITH ESSAY, "Things Worth While" MARY J. CONNORS.
4. ESSAY, "The American Soldier on the Mexican Frontier" HAROLD E. BENT.
5. CHORUS, "Song of Spring" Lassen
NINTH GRADE.
6. CLASS HISTORY MENTA L. KENNETT.
7. PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT CARLTON W. KINGSBURY.
ACCEPTANCE FOR SCHOOL
JOHN J. CONNORS.
8. VIOLIN SOLO, "Arabesque" Karl Bohm
MISS HELEN DAGGET.
9. CLASS PROPHECY
LINA I. KINGSBURY.
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10. VALEDICTORY AND ESSAY, "Vox Populi"
EDITH C. HOWE.
11. SONGS
"April Song" "Killarney"
Watson Edwards
12. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
MR. WALDO A. FITTS, CHAIRMAN OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
13. CLASS SONG
SCHOOL.
Tune :- "In Alma Mater's Praise."
Come, loyal classmates, sing in praise
Of Medfield High School dear.
Let all our hearts and voices raise, Commencement days are here.
And as the days go swiftly by, And into years they grow,
We'll often think of Medfield High And days so long ago.
Though many are the paths we take Obeying duties call, Yet we will cherish of the past, Our school days most of all.
Now that we face this world of strife, And on new paths we start, With honor in the work of life May each perform his part.
Chorus.
In Medfield High School's praise, hurrah ! In Medfield High School's praise, Afar and near send forth a cheer, Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah. Mary J. Connors.
14. BENEDICTION
REV. MR. SPENCE.
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GRADUATES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
Harold Eustis Bent Mary Josephine Connors Edith Cora Howe
Menta Lillian Kennett Carlton Winsor Kingsbury Lina Isabelle Kingsbury
GRADUATES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Helen Adelaide Bent Louise Margaret Brennan
Wilfred Henry Bunker Katherine Ellen Clancy John William Cox Minerva Eliza Cutler Edith Rhoda Doane
Murat Aurel Kennett
Blanche Louise Marcionette
George William Marshall Frank McCarthy
Chester Ogilvie
Mary Alice Ryan Harry Joseph Webb
STATEMENT OF MEDFIELD WATER CO. JAN. 1, 1911 TO JAN. 1, 1912.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD :
Capital stock . $50,000.00
CASH RECEIPTS.
Water rates, interest, etc. $2,886.16
DISBURSEMENTS.
Maintenance, construction, taxes, etc $4,190.54
ASSETS.
Inventory and water rights
$24,011.52
Unpaid water bills
458.78
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1912
1,259.95
$25,730.25
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock issued .
$24,000.00
Notes outstanding and interest payable .
1,542.75
Due officials of company .
187.50
$25,730.25
EDWIN S. MITCHELL,
Treasurer.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield in said County, greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Medfield, on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1912 at six o'clock in the morning, then and there to act on the following articles :-
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose the following-named town officers under the provisions of Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes of 1902, namely : one Town Clerk, one Moderator, one Treas- urer, one Collector of Taxes, three Selectmen, three Over- seers of the Poor, five Constables, one Tree Warden, one Auditor, all for one year; one School Committee, for three years; one School Committee for one year to fill vacancy ; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years ; one Assessor for three years.
Also, to vote on the following question: Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in the town for the en- suing year ? the vote to be "Yes" or "No." All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at half- past six o'clock in the forenoon and may close at two o'clock in the afternoon.
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ART. 3. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and Pound Keeper.
ART. 4. To see if the town will accept the reports of the several town officers for the past year.
ART. 5. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the taxes of the present muni- cipal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate eight thousand dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor pay- able within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 7. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year, also determine what percent- age shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Collector to use all such means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
ART. 9. To see what compensation the town will allow the members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see how much per hour the town will allow for work on the highways for the ensuing year, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 11. To see if the town will make a ten year contract with the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, for street lights, grant and appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the town will buy a tree sprayer, grant and appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relat- ing thereto.
ART. 13. To see if the town will purchase land for a play- ground, grant and appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 14. To see if the town will pay back the Charles Billings Library Fund.
ART. 15. To see if the town will accept as a perpetual trust the sum of one hundred dollars, the interest thereof to
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be used for the care and maintenance of the "Samuel Ellis" lot in Vine Lake Cemetery.
ART. 16. To see if the town will install an electric light on Pleasant Street near the residence of George L. Bent.
ART. 17. To hear and act on the reports of any commit- tees appointed at the last Annual Meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of hold- ing said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixteenth day of February, A. D. nineteen hundred twelve.
GRANVILLE C. MITCHELL, EDWARD M. BENT, ALBERT C. SHUMWAY,
Selectmen of Medfield.
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LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE
SELECTMEN.
Name.
Occupation.
Melvin R. Blood
Carpenter
Horatio Jordan
Real estate
William F. Weiker
Expressman
Harvey Eames Collamer G. Bridge Charles A. Ambler Edward M. Bent
Grocer
Farmer
Railroad employee
Coal dealer
North Street
Alanson H. Clark
Farmer
South Street
Carpenter
Pleasant Street Green Street
Carpenter
Carpenter
Main Street
Carpenter
Farm Street
Painter
South Street
Steam packer
North Street
Straw worker
Brook Street
Retired
North Street South Street
Lewis A. Cutler
Farmer
North Street
Charles J. Sawyer
Retired
Green Street
Joseph M. Johnson
Bookkeeper
Residence. Pound Street North Street Main Street Adams Street South Street
Miller Street
Herbert W. Wight John T. Kennedy Allison Williams Albert C. Shumway George G. Babcock Walter C. Cleverly R. King Parker J. Augustus Fitts Alexander Allan
Merchant
Main Street
262nd ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
For the Year ending January 31, 1913
OF
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CONTENTS
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS 2
TREASURER'S REPORT
4
REPORT OF SELECTMEN .
6
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
21
ANNUAL MEETING
26
33 SPECIAL MEETING
NOVEMBER ELECTION
35
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
40
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR 42
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS .
45
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
51
REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT AND TREE WARDEN
54
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS 62
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE 63
REPORT OF. INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS 65
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 71
STATEMENT OF THE MEDFIELD WATER COMPANY 94
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING 95
LIST OF JURORS 98
LAKEVIEW PRESS IRVING ST., SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASS.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1912.
Moderator. J. HERBERT BAKER.
Town Clerk. STILLMAN J. SPEAR. Selectmen.
EDWARD M. BENT. ALBERT C. SHUMWAY.
M. HOWARD BLOOD.
Assessors.
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY
Term expires 1914
ALBERT C. SHUMWAY
1915
WILLIAM F. ABELL
1913
Treasurer. STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
School Committee.
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY .
Term expires 1914
RICHARD C. LINCOLN
.
1913
TIMOTHY F. KENNEDY .
1915
Overseers of the Poor.
MELVIN R. BLOOD.
LAWTON KINGSBURY.
MICHAEL GRIFFIN.
Trustees of Public Library.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR .
Term expires 1915
LAPRELETTE W. WHEELER
1915
J. HERBERT BAKER
1914
LEWIS K. CONANT
1914
WILLIAM H. BAILEY
1913
HERBERT L. MITCHELL
66 1913
Board of Health.
GEORGE S. CHENEY .
Term expires 1915
GEORGE L. L. ALLEN
1914
FRANK H. CLOUGH
1913
Cemetery Commissioners.
ALONZO B. PARKER .
Term expires 1914
DANIELS HAMANT
1913
JOSEPH A. ROBERTS
66
1915
Tree Warden. GEORGE L. L. ALLEN.
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Auditor. THOMAS E. SCHOOLS. Pound Keeper. LAWTON KINGSBURY. Field Drivers.
ALLISON H. CLARK. ALPHONSO L. ALLEN. JOSEPH H. CURTIS.
Fence Viewers.
ALLISON H. CLARK. ALPHONSO L. ALLEN.
JOSEPH H. CURTIS.
DAVID MEANY.
HARRY CONWAY.
Constables. ALBION C. GILBERT. GEORGE B. SIMS. FOREST WILSON.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN. Engineers of Fire Department.
WALDO E. KINGSBURY. HIRAM KIMBALL. M. HOWARD BLOOD.
Registrars of Voters.
ALANSON H. CLARK. JOSEPH M. JOHNSON.
HARRY CONWAY. STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Clerk, ex officio.
Superintendent of Streets. WALDO E. KINGSBURY.
Inspector of Animals. GEORGE S. CHENEY.
Burial Agent. ELLERY C. CROCKER.
Night Watch and Keeper of Lockup. ALBION C. GILBERT.
Sealer of Weights and Measures and Measurer of Wood and Bark. ALEXANDER ALLAN. Public Weighers.
THOMAS E. SCHOOLS. WILLIAM WEIKER. Superintendent of Moth and Elm Tree Beetle Work. GEORGE L. L. ALLEN. Forest Fire Warden. WALDO E. KINGSBURY. Special Police.
FOREST E. WILSON. FRANK LAVERTY.
PIERRE BROUCHARD. WALTER CLEVERLY.
ALLISON WILLIAMS. GEORGE L. BENT.
JOHN T. KENNEDY.
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STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Treasurer, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE
DR.
To balance in treasury Feb. 1, 1912 .
$4,485.29
Wm. F. Abell, on taxes of 1909
$58.20
Wm. F. Abell, on taxes of 1910
559.03
Wm. F. Abell, on taxes of 1911
2,660.18
Wm. F. Abell, on taxes of 1912
26,018.59
Wm. F. Abell, on sewer assessments
36.28
29,332.28
State Treasurer, corporation tax .
$4,129.30
State Treasurer, bank tax
432.50
State Treasurer, High School tuition
500.00
State Treasurer, tuition of scholars .
39.50
State Treasurer, Supt. of schools
312.50
State Treasurer, inspection of animals
50.00
State Treasurer, State Aid
564.00
State Treasurer, loss of tax on State lands
302.97
State Treasurer, income of Mass. State School Fund .
792.04
7,122.81
County Treasurer, for dog licenses
$243.36
Clerk of Courts, fines in criminal cases
65.00
Town of Dover, for services of Fire Department
53.47
City of Boston, for tuition of scholars
40.00
Borrowed in anticipation of taxes
8,000.00
8,401.83
Chickering note and interest .
$277.50
Interest on Library Fund
58.32
Interest on Cemetery Funds
125.75
Interest on deposits
86.90
Cemetery Commissioners, for sale of lots
120.00
668.47
Cemetery Trust Funds, for care of Caleb Ellis lot
$100.00
Cemetery Trust Funds, for care of Sabin Smith lot
100.00
Cemetery Trust Funds, for care of Moses Clark lot .
100.00
Cemetery Trust Funds, for care of Samuel Ellis lot .
100.00
Cemetery Trust Funds, for care of Orion Wight lot .
200.00
600.00
Geo. L. L. Allen, on Gypsy Moth account
$39.72
Geo. L. L. Allen, on Tree Warden account
15.30
W. E. Kingsbury, on Tarvia account
264.18
Rent of Town Hall
692.80
Rent of post-office
325.00
1,337.00
Sale of old material from schools
$5.59
Sales from Town Farm
569.68
Sales from playground
130.50
Sale of old fountain
2.00
Rebate on insurance
11.23
Water Co., rebate on highways
15.00
Edison Co., refunding postage
2.00
Billiard, pool, auctioneers' and pedlars' licenses
21.00
Proceeds of auction at Town Farm .
1,506.76
2,263.76
$54,211.44
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TOWN OF MEDFIELD, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1913.
CR.
Paid for teaching .
$5,623.60
Superintendent of schools
450.00
Janitor
510.00
Transportation
225.00
Fuel, care and supplies
2,573.36
$9,381.96
Executive Department
$749.78
Financial Department
690.28
Town Clerk's Department
279.35
Elections and Registration
181.50
Town House .
1,791.50
Night Watch and Police Dept.
1,109.59
Fire Department
1,408.72
Health and Inspection
130.00
6,340.72
Highways
$3,050.88
Tarvia
1,385.29
Bridges
92.98
Removing snow
38.33
Sewers
63.86
Sidewalks
386.25
Street lights
2,394.04
7,411.63
Charities .
$1,665.50
Soldiers' benefits
583.00
Public Library
453.35
Cemetery .
847.05
Memorial Day
100.00
Tree Warden and Beetle Work
346.87
Gypsy Moth Work
942.14
Insurance on road scraper
3.76
4,941.67
Notes due
$9,800.00
Interest on notes
386.84
Interest on Cemetery Trust Funds
147.00
Taxes .
4,343.97
Chas. R. Billings, fund invested
5,000.00
Cemetery funds invested
400.00
Expenses of sale of almshouse property
87.77
Special appropriation for Tree Sprayer
301.05
Special appropriation for Playground
1,096.60
21,563.23
Library Funds in hand
.
$275.33
Cemetery Trust Funds, awaiting acceptance .
200.00
School Fund, to be invested
250.00
Cash in treasury
3,846.90
4,572.23
$54,211.44
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STILLMAN J. SPEAR,
Treasurer.
Examined and found correct.
T. E. SCHOOLS, Auditor.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Paid as per School Committee's
Report
$9,381.96
Received from State Treasurer and other sources
$1,834.23
Appropriation
7,300.00 9,134.23
Appropriation exceeded
$247.73
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid expenses at Almshouse and
outside
$1,665.97
Expenses of Auction Sale
87.77 $1,753.74
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Proceeds of Auction sale
1,506.76
3,106.76
Balance to credit of Farm .
$1,353.02
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid as per Engineers' Report $1,408.72
Rec'd from Town of Dover for ser-
vices
$53.47
Appropriation
1,600.00
1,653.47
Balance unexpended $244.75
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid L. M. Johnson, librarian $150.00
Geo. B. Sims, janitor 50.00
DeWolf, Fiske Co., books 69.61
Pearson & Marsh, books . 15.75
Houghton & Dutton Co., books 15.70
R. H. Hinkley Co.
37.62
Medfield News Co. periodicals Alex. Allan, insurance
45.75
26.00
S. J. Spear, printing
10.00
F. J. Barnard Co., binding
28.80
R. S. Hunt, repairing clock
1.00
C. F. Read, express
3.12
$453.35
Cr. by bal. due from 1911 $227.00
International Trust Co., In-
terest on Trust Funds
58.32
Interest on Billings Fund
200.00
County Treasurer for dog li- censes ·
243.36
728.68
Balance due Library $275.33
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Paid State Aid .
$474.00
Soldiers' Relief
72.00
E. C. Crocker, burial agent
37.00
$583.00
STREET LIGHTING.
Paid Edison Elec. Ill. Co.
$2,394.04
Appropriation
2,500.00
Unexpended
$105.96
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TRUST FUNDS INVESTED.
Chas. R. Billings, Library Fund, in International Trust Co. Cemetery funds in Savings Banks
$6,500.00
4,454.75
$10,954.75
School fund loaned to the town $3,540.00
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.
Paid S. J. Spear, services as clerk $150.00
S. J. Spear, recording Vital Statistics 49.50
S. J. Spear, returning deaths to other towns 29.00
S. J. Spear, postage, blanks and express
6.60
S. J. Spear, index card .
2.00
S. J. Spear, note heads and envelopes .
2.00
A. B. Parker, returning deaths Jos. A. Roberts, returning deaths for 1911, 1912
10.25
$279.35
Appropriation
275.00
Exceeded
$4.35
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION.
Paid Jos. M. Johnson, services as
Registrar $10.00
Alanson H. Clark, services as Registrar 10.00
Harry E. Conway, services as Registrar
10.00
Carried forward .
$30.00
·
30.00
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Brought forward $30.00
Paid S. J. Spear, services as Regis- trar 10.00
Ballot Clerks, Tellers and Con- stable .
72.00
Printing for Elections and Meetings 16.00
C. K. Tolman, for ballot box .
50.00
N. G. Tibbetts, dinners for election officers 3.50
$181.50
Appropriation
$200.00
Unexpended
$18.50
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Paid Edward M. Bent, services as Selectman $100.00
Albert C. Shumway, services as Selectman 100.00
M. Howard Blood, services as Selectman .
100.00
Thos. E. Schools, services as Auditor ·
25.00
Lakeview Press, printing town reports .
146.12
W. W. Preston, distributing town reports
2.75
L. A. Cutler, distributing town reports
2.75
Mary E. Bridge, typewriting town reports
4.00
Geo. H. Ellis Co., order books
13.00
Geo. A. Sweetzer, legal services
160.00
Recording Deed of Playground
1.05
S. J. Spear, printing
18.25
Stamped Envelopes
2.20
G. C. Mitchell, supplies
1.65
L. B. Fairbanks, supplies
.50
Alex. Allan, supplies
.10
C. F. Read, express
3.55
Wm. F. Abell, care of Town Clock
25.00
Boston Branch, teams
5.15
S. J. Spear, services as Justice of the Peace
5.25
Carried forward
$716.32
10
Brought forward $716.32
Paid I. F. Penniman, railing around Pond . 11.67
D. Hamant, cement step for fountain 7.95
T. R. Bailey, maintaining watering trough
5.00
$740.94
Appropriations
700.00
Exceeded
$40.94
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
Paid S. J. Spear, services a- Treasurer
$200.00
Treasurer's Bond
40.00
Wm. F. Abell, collecting taxes .
30.00
S. J. Spear, printing for Collector Wm. F. Abell, services as Assessor
6.00
Allan A. Kingsbury, services as Assessor Albert C. Shumway, services as Assessor
100.00
E. L. Burdakin, abstracts for Assessors
16.00
J. R. McCool, abstracts for Assessors .
8.00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies for Assessors
5.84
.90
10.00
2.50
42.05
5.84
Boston Branch, supplies for Assessors
6.00
S. J. Spear, postage, supplies and travel
17.15
Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes
6.00
Appropriation
1,200.00
$5.04.28
Unexpended
$695.28
Wm. F. Abell, supplies for Assessors Lakeview Press, printing for Assessors S. J. Spear, printing for Assessors W. & L. E. Gurley, weights and measures Nickel Co., for replating weights
100.00
100.00
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TOWN HOUSE.
Paid George B. Sims, janitor
$450.00
George B. Sims, supplies
58.78
J. E. Lonergan, coal
25.09
E. M. Bent, coal
246.84
Willard Harwood, supplies
6.00
A. A. Kingsbury, repairs
29.44
John Devine, mason work
31.88
I. F. Penniman
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