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Freshmen formerly were confronted with a formidable list of formal subjects. Now, "General Science" (which deals with the foundation knowledge of formal science as studied from the everyday science of any community) has replaced the earlier course in theoretical and mathematical Physics ; "Community Civics" (which studies community topography, history, government, institutions, health, social problems and inter-community relationships) has driven formal history out of the first year; "Introductory Business" (which in- cludes business penmanship, rapid computation drills, busi- ness forms, commercial correspondence, and simple personal, farm, and business accounts) prepares the student well for both advanced bookkeeping study and a thriftier and more responsible community life.
Although the earliest years are the more important as re- gards the socializing influence of the High School, because of larger numbers enrolled and because then the social tendencies begin to become fixed, yet the endeavor has been to "humanize" all courses. "Biology"-studying the vege- table and lower animal species for a fuller interpretation of the human organism, as regards function and hygiene,-has replaced "systematic" structure-analyzing Botany and Zoology. "American History" reviews the presidential ad- ministrations for epoch-making acts, and for the principles of the nation's progress in all spheres of life, incorporating the discussion of political science. "Physics" is made "prac-
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tical"; and "Chemistry," "applied." Modern language courses use readers containing letters, accounts of travels, dis- cussions of current issues in foreign lands,-content which stimulates comparative discussion of national institutions and policies. The "conversational" method prevails in mod- ern language recitations.
The English classroom occasionally takes the character of an open meeting. The minutes of its daily proceedings are kept. It employs current literature, and emphasizes oral composition.
Current literature finds its place also in history and science courses. "Report topics" are frequent in many subjects. Personal inquiries are invited; personal interests are the teachers' cues in assignment of supplementary reference and exercises in English composition; personal views are ex- changed.
As emphasized by one of our state agents, speaking this year to a local body, the avocational contribution of the High School is also an important consideration. The High School aims to develop lives whose interests will extend into many fields outside the merely vocational spheres ; and to provide interpretive powers, through the study of art, music, and general cultural courses and reference, which will add diver- sion and profit in leisure hours, and a broader community sympathy.
Thus has the local school joined with the movement to revitalize secondary education, and make it in reality citizen- ship training. The effecting of the reorganization, and re- vision of course data, has been largely the task of the teachers of the past three years, and full credit is due them for the patience, scholorship, and extra hours of voluntary labor, given to its evolution. The bureaus of education and other educational agencies, have led the movement and contributed helpfully to its development.
The school could of course do much more with enlarged facilities. Laboratory provision cannot be extended in the present building where it is at a minimum. The present building limitations also prevent the introduction of domes-
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tic science and practical arts courses, which, as developed in secondary schools, are made most valuable to future house- keepers and householders. The average householder calls upon tradesmen frequently for labor he ought to be able to supply himself. The practical arts course gives the neces- sary elementary instruction and the spirit of self-reliance, which the rural home of a generation or two ago afforded. The value of instruction in household economy never was so apparent as in this day. The courses which are most pecu- liarly those of the community school, are unfortunately the last to be provided for.
In conclusion, the local High School looks forward, too, to that day when its socializing efficiency will be much in- creased by the advantages of its own gymnasium (where con- structive exercise and within-the-school competition, for all students, may become the chief objective of athletic train- ing), and its own auditorium (wherein may center the co- operative activity of the school).
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH W. TAYLOR, Principal.
Medfield, Mass., January 1, 1917.
MR. ALBERT S. AMES, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :
I herewith submit my seventh report of the work in draw- ing in the Medfield Public schools.
The plan of work in the grades, including Representative Drawing, Mechanical Drawing, Design, and Color study continues the same as the plans of previous years. At various times changes are made in the methods of presenting the subjects so that the children may receive the most interest- ing and helpful instruction.
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In the High School there are two classes: the freshmen, and an advanced class. Each class works forty minutes a week which is a short time and necessitates a limited sourse. The subjects taken in the freshman year are Representative Drawing with pencil, Mechanical Drawing, and a brief study of House Planning and Decorating. The work in the ad- vanced class consists of Representative Drawing in color, Design, and a study of Architecture or Master painters and their Pictures.
A great deal of the work depends on the grade teachers and I am very grateful to them for their interest and help.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. ALLAN, Supervisor of Drawing.
MR. ALBERT S. AMES, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :
During the past year the same general plan of work has been followed throughout the grades, with good results.
We are striving to overcome the old idea that music is a cultural subject alone. When presented and studied in the right way, we find it has as great an educational and intel- lectual force as any other subject.
Nearly every subject studied in the grades,-reading, writing, drawing, spelling, arithmetic, history and geography are more or less used in the study of music, and it demands as much concentration and mental alertness, as other sub- jects. With very few exceptions, we find any normal boy or girl in the schools who is doing average work, doing good average music work.
Good results in music depend largely upon the co-opera-
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tion of the teachers in their daily work with the pupils, and I wish to extend to them my appreciation of their efforts.
Respectfully submitted, CARRIEBELLE E. THAYER, Superintendent of Music.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MEDFIELD :-
There has been no special change in the organization or management of the schools during the past term.
The following statistics indicate conditions as regards membership, attendance, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT S. AMES.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Total membership for the year 1915-1916 . 316 Number enrolled in other schools of the State first 11 Number over sixteen years of age-boys 15-girls 26; total 41 Number between five and sixteen-boys 134-girls 132; total 266 Number between five and seven-boys 20-girls 24; total 44
Number between seven and fourteen-boys 93, girls 87; total 180
Number between fourteen and sixteen-boys 21-girls 30; total 51
Number given certificates from grammar school-boys 11-girls 15; total . Number graduated from High School-boys 5-girls 7; total 12
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MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES, DEC. 31, 1916.
Ralph Wheelock School :
I
II
III IV V VI VII VIII
IX X XI XII
Total
27 14
20
19
18 22
24 24 25.24 22
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· 248
Lowell Mason School :
I
II
III
IV
4
4
4
2
7
21
Totals
269
EYE AND EAR TEST. .
Number of pupils tested
276
Number found defective in eyesight
21
Number found defective in hearing
1
Number of parents and guardians notified
10
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ATTENDANCE SEPTEMBER 7, 1915 TO JUNE 23, 1916.
School
Grades
Teachers
Total
Membership
Total Aver.
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent of
Attendance
TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, DECEMBER 31, 1916. RALPH WHEELOCK SCHOOL.
Grades
Names
Where Educated
Salary
High
Ralph W. Taylor, A.B., Prin.
Boston Univ.
$1,600.00
Isabella Cameron, A.B., Asst.
Jackson College
650.00
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Lovicy. M. Delano, A.B., Asst. M. Helen Vaile, Asst.
Salem Normal School
600.00
Ethel C. Lomasney, A.B., Asst. Boston University
550.00
VII-VIII
Minnie E. Gray
Castine Normal School
700.00
V-VI
Beatrice Taft
Framingham Nor. Sch.
500.00
III-IV
Muriel Goodwin
Framingham Nor. Sch. 500.00
I-II
Josephine C. Buckley
Framingham Nor. Sch.
475.00
I-V
Elsie L. Lanfair
Bridgewater Nor. Sch. $525.00
SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
Carriebelle E. Thayer Northampton Inst. $250.00
TEACHER OF DRAWING.
Helen M. Allan
Mass. Nor. Art Sch. $190.00
Ralph Wheelock
High
Ralph W. Taylor
88|
82.8|
78.2
94.4
66
66
66
66
Isabelle Cameron
Emily M. N. Hinkel
Lovicy M. Delano
66
M. Helen Vaile
66
66
Louise S. Crocker
Helen M. Humiston
VII-VIII V-VI
Minnie E. Gray
60|
52.9|
49.9
94.7
Beatrice Taft
46
42.1|
40.3
95.8
66
III-IV I-II
Eleanor A. Parker
44
40.1
38.
94.8
Muriel C. Goodwin
50
40.9|
38.6
94.3
Elsie L. Lanfair
28
23.7
21.4
90.3
316
282.6
266.5
94.2
Lowell Mason
I-V
Wellesley College
575.00
LOWELL MASON SCHOOL.
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GRADUATING EXERCISES of the MEDFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
PROGRAM.
PROCESSIONAL-"Praise Ye the Father." Gounod
INVOCATION
Rev. Geo. E. Coffin.
VOCAL DUET-"I Would That My Love." Mendelssohn
Thordis Spaulding and Marion Bent.
CLASS HISTORY
Mabel G. Wright.
"GOWN ADDRESS"
Elizabeth Hutson.
RESPONSE FOR THE CLASS OF 1917.
Eleanor P. Atherton.
SONG-"Morning Invitation" Eighth Grade
SELECTED EXERCISES FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
(1) Commercial Department. Notes and Demonstration.
(a) Essay-Miss Wright. (Read by Miss Lynch).
(b) Dictation- Miss Bent.
(c) Stenography-Miss Lynch.
(d) Typewriting-Miss Burns.
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(2) Science Department. Notes and Qualitative Tests.
(a) Chemistry-"Water" -- Messrs. Kingsbury and Brennan.
(b) Biology-"Foods"-Misses Rice and Donlan.
(3) Modern Language Department. National Songs.
(a) French-"Marseillaise"-Miss Burns.
(b) German-"Die Wacht am Rhein"-Mr. Hylan. Miss Griffin, Pianist.
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT WITH ESSAY-"The Shakespeare Tercentenary"
Henry L. Kennedy
ACCEPTANCE FOR THE SCHOOL
John J. Buckley
DUET-Who is Sylvia (Shakespeare) Schubert
Thordis Spaulding and Marion Bent
HANNAH ADAMS CLUB PRIZE ESSAY-The Inhabitants of Massa- chusetts, Past and Present
John E. Brennan
AWARD OF PRIZE
Mrs. Oliver J. Clark, Secretary of School Committee
SONG-"The Evening Wind" Saint-Saens
High School Chorus Violin obligato-William J. Kelly Accompanist-Elizabeth Griffin
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Allan A. Kingsbury, Chairman of School Committee.
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1916 CLASS SONG
Tune-"Battle Cry of Freedom"
Written by Alice L. Lynch, '16
With our high school days now over Let's raise our hearts in song, Praising our dear old Alma Mater; And we'll proudly hoist our colors, The dark blue and the gold, Cheering for dear old Medfield High School.
Chorus:
The Wheelock forever; hurrah and hurrah, Discouragement never; hurrah and hurrah, For our motto e'er will cheer us,
We sing it once again; "Work Conquers Everything" forever.
We will take our chosen places In all the walks of life,
Praising our dear old Alma Mater;
We will keep our standards high,
Like the standards of our school,
In reverence for dear old Medfield High School.
Chorus :
BENEDICTION
Rev. George H. Coffin
CLASS OF 1916 "Work Conquers Everything"
First Honor-Elizabeth Hutson
Second Honor-Mabel Gertrude Wright Third Honor-Donald Rice Hylan
Marion Bent John Edward Brennan Edna Frances Burns Agnes Emma Donlan
Henry Leo Kennedy
Amos Clark Kingsbury Alice Louise Lynch Freda May Rice Thordis Spaulding
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CLASS COLORS
Dark Blue and Gold
GRADUATES OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Dorothy Luddington Allen
Mary Alice Kennedy
Edgar Webber Allen
Bertha May Luddington
Russell Harding Bent
Arthur Carleton Martin
Nora Connors
Edith May Mills
William Lawrence Conrick
Francis Herbert Mitchell
Dorothy Elizabeth Gardner
Ruth Emily Morris
LeRoy William Gilbert
Thomas Joseph Murphy
Percy Joseph Gould
Gordon Pittinger Percival
Alma Laura Herron
Harold Ryan
Gladys Mildred Hodgdon
Lucile Spaulding
Marjorie Balfour Holmes
Silas Nelson Tibbetts
Muriel Trimble Holmes
Frances Jane Tubridy
Ruth Valena Hunt
Thelma May Wilson
Thursday Evening, June Twenty-second, Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen
Chenery Hall, Medfield, Mass.
Eight o'clock.
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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 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 at the Town Hall in said Medfield on Monday, the Fifth day of March, A. D. 1917, at 6.15 o'clock in the forenoon, 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 un- der the provisions of Chapter 835 of the Acts of 1913, name- ly: One Moderator, one Town Clerk, three Selectmen, one Treasurer, three Constables, and one Tree Warden, all for one year; one School Committee for three years, two Trus- tees of the Public Library, for three years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; one Assessor for three years ; one Park Commissioner for three years; one member of the
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Board of Health for three years ; also to vote on the following question, "Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in the town for the ensuing year ?" the vote to be ""Yes," or "No."
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 grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year ..
ART. 7. 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 revenue of the present municipal year to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate twenty thousand dollars, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the present municipal year.
ART. 8. 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. 9. 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 10. To see what compensation the town will allow the members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
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ART. 11. 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. 12. To see if the town will grant and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars toward the support of a Visiting Nurse as authorized by the Acts of 1911, Chap. 72, Sec. 1, or do or act anything relating thereto. (by request.)
ART. 13. To see if the town will accept the bequest of the late Willard Harwood the sum of three hundred dollars to be held in trust for the care of the so-called "Baxter lot" in Vine Lake Cemetery.
ART. 14. To see if the town will accept in trust the sum of one thousand dollars given by the late Willard Harwood, the income to be used for the benefit of the Public Library.
ART. 15. To see if the town will grant and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to be used in conjunction with the State and County for the purpose of resurfacing and improving the grade of High Street.
ART. 16. To see what action the town will take in regard to a survey of the town, grant and appropriate money there- for or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to place two lights on Miller Street, grant and appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to place one light on Pound Street, grant and appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 19. To see if the town will grant and appropriate money for the care of Park and Playground, to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
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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 Second day of February, A. D., Nineteen Hundred Seventeen.
HENRY E. YOUNG, RICHARD M. SMALLEY, M. HOWARD BLOOD, Selectmen of Medfield.
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267th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1917
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CONTENTS
Town Officers
2
List of Jurors
5
Insurance on Town Property 6
Town Trust Funds
6
Report of Inspector of Animals
7
Report of Inspector of Provisions
8
Statement Medfield Water Co.
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Treasurer's Report
10
Cemetery Trust Funds
12
Tax Collector's Report
14
Delinquent Tax List
15
Report of Town Accountant
16
Town Clerk-Vital Statistics
27
Annual Meeting
32
Adjourned Meeting
33
November Election
37
Report of Superintendent of Streets.
40
Report of Cemetery Committee
43
Report of Moth Superintendent and Tree Warden. 44
Record of Fires
46
Financial Report of Fire Department
47
Library Report
49
Report of School Committee
55
Report of Supervisor of Music
62
Report of Drawing Teacher
62
Report of Superintendent of Schools
63
Te her's Directory
67
Fun School Gradu. 1g Exercises 68
Grammar School Graduates
71
Town Warrant
73
Report of High School Principal
60
Appropriations
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1917.
Moderator. GRANVILLE C. MITCHELL.
Town Clerk.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR.
Treasurer. JOHN H. TUTTLE.
Selectmen.
RICHARD M. SMALLEY EDWIN V. MITCHELL
FRED A. SMITH.
Assessors.
ALBERT C. SHUMWAY
Term expires 1918
ROBERT W. BAKER
1919
EDMUND BULLARD
1920
School Committee.
TIMOTHY F. KENNEDY
Term expires 1918
SUSAN M. CLARK
1919
ALLAN A. KINGSBURY
66
1920
Trustees of Public Library.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR
Term expires 1918
66
1918
NELLIE T. KEYOU
1919
WALDO A. FITTS
1919
FRANK H. CLOUGH, M. D.
1920
LEWIS K. CONANT
1920
Board of Health.
SIDNEY W. STEVENS
Term expires 1918
FRANK H. CLOUGH, M. D.
1919
GEORGE B. SIMS
1920
Cemetery Commissioners.
JOSEPH A. ROBERTS
Term expires 1918
DANIELS HAMANT
1919
ALBION C. GILBERT
1920
ELLERY C. CROCKER
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Park Commissioners.
HENRY E. YOUNG R. W. WILLIAMS DAVENPORT BROWN
Term expires 1918-
1919
1920
Tree Warden GEO. L. L. ALLEN.
Pound Keeper. GEO. S. CHENEY.
Fence Viewers and Field Drivers.
GEO. W. HARDY
BERTRAM H. SMITH GEO. S. CHENEY.
Constables.
CORNELIUS P. McKEOUN GEORGE B. SIMS. WILLARD W. ROBBINS.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN. Engineers of Fire Department.
WILLIAM E. BELL ALLAN A. KINGSBURY H. EUSTIS BENT. Registrars of Voters.
LEWIS A. CUTLER JOHN H. TUTTLE WALTER E. MORRIS
Term expires 1918
1919
1920
Superintendent of Streets. BERTRAM H. SMITH.
Inspector of Animals. GEO. S. CHENEY.
Inspector of Provisions.
JOSEPH W. CURTIS.
Burial Agent. ELLERY C. CROCKER.
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Night Watch and Keeper of Lock-up. CORNELIUS P. McKEOUN.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. ALDEN H. WHEELER.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
ALDEN H. WHEELER
GEO. B. THRASHER
Public Weighers.
FRANK R. SCHOOLS M. HOWARD BLOOD GEO. M. JENNY
H. EUSTIS BENT CHAS. L. BULLARD
Superintendent of Moth and Elm Tree Beetle Work. GEO. L. L. ALLEN.
Forest Fire Warden. WM. E. BELL.
Special Police. JOHN A. WARDELL.
Town Accountant.
L. W. WHEELER
Term expires 1920
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LIST OF JURORS AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Edward M. Bent Wm. H. Everett Stillman J. Spear Geo. Washburn Edward Abell Philip R. Johnson Ellery C. Crocker Albert C. Shumway
Postmaster Straw Worker
Town Clerk
Retired Farmer
Merchant
Farmer
Retired Merchant
Farmer
Retired Straw Worker South Street
Teacher of Music
Main Street South Street North Street
Laprelette. W. Wheeler Treasurer
Farmer
Monument Dealer
South Street Retired R. R. Employee Miller Street Farmer
South Street
Town Collector
North Street
Retired Grocer North Street
Farmer North Street
North Street Main Street North Street
North Street North Street Asylum Road South Street Farm Street
T. Fred Barney J. Carrol Bartlett
Geo. L. L. Allen Daniels Hamant Charles A. Ambler Alanson H. Clark Robert W. Baker J. Augustus Fitts Lewis A. Cutler
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FIRE INSURANCE ON TOWN PROPERTY. Expiring 1918
On Town House $22,000.00
On Library 20,000.00
On Ralph Wheelock School 16,000.00
On Lowell Mason School 2,000.00
On Contents of above buildings .
$60,000.00 13,000.00
$73,000.00
"The policies cover "blanket" on all Town buildings and their contents.
BOILER INSURANCE. Expiring 1919.
On Town Hall Building . . $5,000.00
Expiring 1920.
On Ralph Wheelock School . .. $10,000.00
TOWN TRUST FUNDS.
SCHOOL. Held by Treasurer.
Liberty Bonds
$1,550.00
Liberty Bond (Class of 1917) 50.00
City of Portland, Oregon 1,000.00
City of Oshkosh, Wis. 1,000.00
$3,600.00
LIBRARY. Invested Through International Trust Co.
Charles Billings Fund $5,000.00
George Cummings Fund 1,000.00
George M. Smith Fund
500.00
John M. Richardson Fund
500.00
Willard Harwood Fund
1,000.00
$8,000.00
CEMETERY FUNDS.
Deposited in Savings Banks .
$6,825.00
$18,425.00
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit to you the report of my work as Inspector of Animals for the past year. In February as usual I re- ceived orders from the Commissioner of Animal Industry to make my annual report of all neat cattle, sheep, swine and goats in town and the premises where animals are kept. During this Inspection, I visited seventy-six stables, in which were kept 438 cattle, 436 swine, 1 sheep and 1 goat.
On this Inspection I found one cow under suspicion of having Tuberculosis, which I quarantined ; she was examined by an agent of the Department and was released.
June 21, I quarantined this cow again and another agent examined her, found her diseased, killed her and had stable disinfected.
May 21, a horse was quarantined under suspicion of hav- ing Glanders, examined by an agent but was released.
June 16, a cow was quarantined as being affected with Tuberculosis, examined by an agent of Department, found diseased, killed and stable disinfected.
Oct. 18, at request of owner, the horse that was quar- antined May 21, was again placed in quarantine, examined by an agent and was again released.
Dee. 16, another cow was quarantined for being Tuber- culous, examined by an agent, found diseased, killed and stable disinfected.
June, two horses arrived from out of state and after I ex- amined them and they seemed all right, I released them.
September, two more horses arrived from New York state, and after examination and found all right, were re- leased.
November, two other horses arrived from Connecticut, and like the others were examined and released.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. S. CHENEY.
Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PROVISIONS.
Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen :-
I have inspected, during the past year, 252 Hogs and 5 Beef-and have condemned 3 hogs having tuberculosis. I have made several inspections of markets and found same to be in excellent condition.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH W. CURTIS, Inspector of Provisions.
STATEMENT MEDFIELD WATER CO. FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1917.
Assets.
Distributing System $12,523.94
Pumping Plant
3,928.29
Cash & Accounts receivable
2,508.73
Water Rights
5,000.00
Profit & Loss
39.04
$24,000.00
Liabilities.
Capital Stock
$24,000.00
$24,000.00
EDWIN S. MITCHELL,
Treasurer ..
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APPROPRIATIONS.
Recommended
1917
for 1918 $650.00
Executive Department
$700.00
Treasurer
300.00
300.00
Collector
500.00
500.00
Assessors
400.00
400.00
Town Clerk
200.00
200.00
Election and Registration
200.00
200.00
Town House
700.00
1,000.00
Police Department
1,600.00
1,500.00
Fire Department
1,400.00
1,400.00
Sealer's Department
50.00
50.00
Moth Department
1,000.00
900.00
Tree Warden
400.00
400.00
Health and Sanitation
450.00
350.00
Sewers
100.00
200.00
Highways and Tarvia
7,000.00
6,500.00
Special Highway
1,000.00
Removing snow
500.00
500.00
Sidewalks
800.00
500.00
Bridges
100.00
100.00
Street lights
3,000.00
Charities
2,500.00
2,500.00
Soldiers' Relief
250.00
200.00
Education
9,600.00
9,000.00
Library, Int. on Fund. Dog tax with
500.00
300.00
Parks and Playgrounds
500.00
Memorial Day
100.00
100.00
Employers' liability
155.00
Interest
600.00
600.00
Notes
2,100.00
1,500.00
Cemetery
800.00
400.00
Town Survey
500.00
Town Fire Insurance, expiring 1918
1,500.00
Contingent-Unclassified fund .
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