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Standard of Grades
There must be a reasonable standard of work maintained in the grades in order that pupils who finish school with the gram- mar grades will have a good grounding in English, geography and history, so that they may be able to continue their education by self study. For pupils who attend high school a proper standard of elementary grades furnishes the basis of proper understanding and enjoyment of secondary work.
Age of Entrance
In many towns of cur Commonwealth children are not permitted to enter school until they are six years of age. The town of Sunderland has a large number of children who upon entering school are unable to speak the English language. It is next to impossible for these children to learn the language and accomplish the amount of work required by the state course of study for the first grade. If the pupils are promoted the stand-
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ard of grades is continually below the state course requirements. Pupils may pass along until the fifth or sixth grade and then have to repeat a grade. At this period it is a great disappoint- ment to a child not to advance with his class, and if permitted will most likely abandon school for work. The war has demon- strated the disadvantage under which the untrained nation labors, among nations, and the uneducated individual among his fellows. No more short-sighted or un-American policy can be pursued than to mortgage a child's future and handicap him in life's competitions by depriving him of the utmost public school training which his community offers. His age and exper- ience will then aid him in deciding whether his abilities and resources warrant further training.
Younger children learn a language more readily than later in life. By allowing children, especially from non-English speaking families, to enter school at five years of age or as soon thereafter as they may seem mature enough to grasp the work, we shall give them a good start. The first year they will learn something of our language and to form correct school habits; the secondyear they will be able to accomplish the work of the first grade with a creditable record and from that point they should progress regularly, completing the grammar school at fourteen.
Reading and Language
Our schools must develop in each pupil an ability to correct- ly read and write English, if he is to continue self education with ease. A child who readily scans a printed page will soon possess the desire to read. The teacher who can inspire in her pupils a love of good literature is a powerful factor in molding young Americans. It is problematical whether young people who leave grammar school unable to read fluently will develop into law abiding patriotic members of society, as they will depend largely on hearsay in the formaton of their opinions, offering an obstacle and often a menace to well ordered society. The reading habit will insure intelligent citizenship.
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Accommodations
Very soon the town of Sunderland must face the question of more and better school accommodations. With great incon- venience and some loss in the educational attainments of our pupils we can carry on the schools for another year in the present school quarters, but some start should be made in the coming town meeting to study the question and find out what the town will do to provide better school buildings. The present school buildings at the Center are unsatisfactory for any number of pupils, however small. Sunderland ought to have at the Center a school plant in keeping with the spirit of the town.
Waiting Station at the Meadows
Since it is impossible for the transportation truck to call at all the homes for the children, a small building has been erected at The Meadows to protect them from the storms during the inevitable delays which occur in the arrival of the wagon.
Teachers' Salaries
Last winter the state legislature passed a law requiring all towns of over one million dollars' valuation to pay their teachers not less than $550 per year. While this law does not apply direct- ly to Sunderland, indirectly it does. Towns paying $550 and more, get the pick of candidates and hire away from us our good teach- ers. Sunderland must compete with the other towns in getting the best teachers available!
Change of Teachers
Fortunately only one regular teacher left us last June. Miss Squires resigned to become Mrs .. Miss Florence Jeffers of the Westfield normal who was secured for the fifth grade is proving a strong teacher. The special teachers in drawing and cooking both resigned soon after school opened in Septem-
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ber. Owing to the interruptions caused by sickness these posi- tions remained unfilled. A drawing teacher will be secured as soon as obtainable. An efficient cooking and sewing supervisor, Mrs. Prentiss, has now been engaged to continue this most useful and practical home science department. Sewing courses which inculcate proper selection of materials and types of school garments, as well as dexterity in practical sewing; and cooking classes which demonstrate selection of suitable foods for ome needs and school lunches are potent factors in raising the tone of physical health in school children.
War Demands
The war placed many obligations upon all. The schools have been a fertile field for working, and every organization has felt its cause so just that the schools were appealed to to help carry on the work. The question has arisen many times just where school work ought to be left off, that other work might be taken up. The war experience has inaugurated a system of saving by stamps which is convenient and secure as well as offer ing good interest. This work should be continued as the prac- tice of systematic saving should be strongly encouraged.
Mr. Silas V. Ball who for eleven years has so faithfully and devotedly filled the position of Janitor and Attendance Officer, has resigned. Mr. Ball retires with the best wishes and respect of teachers, committee and pupils.
Respectfully submitted,
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ANDREW S. THOMSON,
Superintendent.
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Report of Supervisor of Music
ANDREW S. THOMSON, Superintendent of Schools: :
Dear Sir:
Music in the schools as well as elsewhere has been this year of a patriotic nature. Up to graduation time in June the national songs of the Allies were studied, our own national anthem receiving particular attention. There is now a standard- ized version of "Star Spangled Banner" differing somewhat from the way it is usually sung, which supervisors of music were asked to use in the schools and to present when opportunity. offered to the public. This and the French national anthem were used as choruses at the graduating exercises. 1
We were also requested to teach and sing in schools the camp songs which are sung by the soldiers, both here and over- seas, which songs have aroused enthusiasm and interest in school and out. This work has filled in well while schools have been so broken. Now that attendance is becoming normal time will be given to the technical work which is required in each grade and which would ordinarily at this time of the year, be completed.
Respectfully yours,
BELLE T. BULLIS,
Supervisor of Music.
Sunderland Statistical Table, September, 1917-June, 1918
Name of School
Number Enrolled
Total Mem'ship
Average Attend.
Average Per Cent Mem'ship of Attend.
Name of Teacher
Salary Per Week
Grade VIII
13
14
12.5
13.15
95.11
V
40
40
34.13
36.21
94.
III
40
43
37.55
39.97
93.95
VI and VII
35
37
31.38
33.54
93.56
IV
.35
33
26.94
31.23
93.24
Il
46
46
41.
44.76
91.64
I
48
48
37.69
42.68
88.28
Totals
257
261
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Statistical Table, September, 1918-January 1. 1919
Grades VII and VIII
24
34
19.28
20.97
91.96
Mrs. Dill
$16.00
I
50
51
33.28
36.02
91.87
Miss Chandler
13.50
III
38
38
28.78
32.11
89.63
Miss Crocker
15.00
IV
38
38
29.07
32.54
89.33
Miss Garland
13.50
VI
35
35
29.40
89.01
Miss Nugent
13.50
II
35
37
26.55
30
88.50
Miss Smith
14.50
·
V
28
30
18.71
22 37
83.65
Miss Jeffers
13.50
Totals
248
253
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Report of Inspector of Animals
As usual one general inspection of herds and barns was made during the month of February, 1918, at which time 424 cattle were examined, 207 swine and 7 sheep.
Sixty-seven stables were reported upon to the Department of Animal Industry, as to their sanitary condition.
During the year 6 cows were quarantined upon suspicion of having tuberculosis, all of which were condemned and killed.
There has been a few cases of hog cholera and several more of our farmers have had their pigs given the serum treatment for its prevention.
Respectfully submitted,
M. H. WILLIAMS, Inspector.
Sunderland, January 10, 1919.
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Library Treasurer's Report
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RECEIPTS
Balance in treasury
$136 08
Interest
287 00
Dog money
32 17
$455 25
PAYMENTS
For labor
$20 15
For labor, old bill
17 85
H. W. Wilson Co.
6 00
Water rent
5 00
Repairing books
13 00
Librarian's salary and assistants
58 95
Lighting building
9 41
Books
70 00
Care of building and grounds
100 00
Repairing clock
1 50
Express on books
1 75
Supplies
34
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For coal
$95 44
Magazines
34 60
$433 99
Balance on hand
$21 26
$455 25
RESOURCES
Graves' fund
$2000 00
Juliette Montague Cook fund
1000 00
Taft fund
500 00
Other funds invested
2448 47
$5948. 47
BAXTER N. FISH, Treasurer.
Sunderland, Mass., December 31, 1918.
I have examined the above account of the Treasurer of the Sunderland Public Library and find them correct and all the payments properly vouched for. I also find the securities listed to be in his possession.
SYLVESTER P. ROBERTSON, Auditor.
· Sunderland, Mass., January 13, 1919.
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Librarian's Report
The shortage of coal and the prevalence of influenza have closed the library for several weeks this year. One hundred eleven volumes have been added, forty of which were presented by the state through the Free Public Library Commission. We give the titles and authors of these books.
DAISY B. MONTAGUE, Librarian.
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Books Added to the Library 1918
FICTION
Maid-at-arms Chambers
Celebrity . Churchill
Wind in the Rose-bush. . Wilkins
Sea Wolf London
Many cargoes.
Jacobs
Student in arms.
Hankey
My home in the field of honor
Huard
Over the top.
Empey
Private Peat. Peat
Red Pepper's patients
Richmond
Polly Anna Porter
Anne's house of dreams
Montgomery
Rise of Roscoe Paine.
Lincoln
My four years in Germany
Gerard
No man's land
Sapper
Carry on .
Dawson
Bab a sub-deb
Rinehart
Wanderers.
Johnston
Great possessions
Grayson,
Second choice
Harken
Road to understanding
Porter
Christine
. Cholmondeley
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His last bow Doyle
Lives of the hunted Seton
Gibby of Clamshell Alley Van Dresser
Kate plus ten.
Wallace
In happy valley Fox
Straight down crooked lane
Runkle
Short rations. Doty
First call.
Empey
Street called straight King
Road to understanding Porter
True stories of great Americans Everett
RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY
Foes of our own household
Roosevelt
HISTORY AND TRAVEL
Great war, volume II Chadwick
Great war, volume III .Chadwick
History of Conway Pease
War and humanity
Beck
Tone policeman 88 Franck
BIOGRAPHY
Succeeding with what you have.
Schwab
POLITICAL SCIENCE
History of Tamany Hall.
Myers
JUVENILE FICTION
Prince and his ants.
Bertelli
My Antonia.
Cather
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Children's book of patriotic stories. Dickinson
Girls of old glory Du Bois
Indian heroes. Eastman
Flying Yankee. Flight
Village shield.
Gaines
Strange stories of the great valley .Grosvenor
Little allies . Hale
Uncle Remus returns. Harris
Stories of our holidays Horsford
Little house in the woods Hunt
Crumps
Keene
Peter and Polly in summer Lucia
Peter and Polly in winter Lucia
Standard bearers. Mayo
Belgian twins. Perkins
French twins Perkins
Girls' nest Perry
Daughter of Jehu
Richards
Lone Bull's mistake
Schultz
Melissa across the fence
Seaman
Nature stories to tell children
Sears
Tom Sawyer Twain
When I was a boy in Roumania
Van Teslar
Twin travelers in South America Wade
Blue aunt
White
Green mountain boys Thompson
Little lame prince. Mulock
Mark Tidd-editor Kelland
Understood Betsey
Canfield
Golden eagle French
Dave Porter and his double Stratemeyer
Under boy scout colors Ames
Wizard of Oz
Baum
Little stories about little animals Holton
Adventures of Peter Cottontail Burgess
Good crows happy shop.
Beard
Emerald city of Oz. Baum
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Hans Brinker Dodge
Tale of Billy Woodchuck Burgess
Tale of the sandhill stag Seton
Stories for any day. Bailey
Tale of Jimmy Rabbit .. Bailey
Tale of Tommy Fox
Bailey
Tale of Frisky Squirrel Bailey
Adventures of Unc. Billy Possum Burgess
Adventures of Reddy Fox Burgess
Adventures of Johnny Chuck Burgess
Land of Oz
Baum
Rinkitink in Oz Baum
Real Mother Goose
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain
Bob Hazard-dam builder Brandt
Ozma of Oz.
Baum
Dorothy and the wizard of Oz Baum
OTHER JUVENILE BOOKS
Easy steps in gardening Fryer
Patriotism and the flag Barstow
Boys' book of submarines Collins
My country's voice Greene
Little girls' knitting book Klickman
Book of holidays
McSpadden
Peeps at Belgium
Omond
Heroes of today Parkman
Wonders of war in the air Rolt-Wheeler
Wonder of war on land. Rolt-Wheeler
Boys' book of famous warships Stevens
American patriotic prose and verse. Stevens
Overseas for Uncle Sam Sterne
Little book of the flag Tappam
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Annual Reports
OF THE
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
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Year Ending December 31, 1919
ORANGE, MASS. THE ART PRESS 1920
Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
FRANKLIN, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Sunderland, in the County of Franklin, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town, on February 2d, 1920, at ten 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 hear the annual reports of the town officers and act thereon.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
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ART. 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year or to pay town debt and interest.
ART. 5. To determine the manner of repairing the high- ways, townways and bridges.
ART. 6. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the transportation of scholars to the schools in town or high schools out of town.
ART. 7. To fix the time when taxes shall be paid and pass any vote in regard to discount or interest.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money in anticiptaion of revenue with the approval of the selectmen for the uses of the town and give notes of the town therefor.
ART. 9. To raise and appropriate money for the super- intendent of schools and to pay the school committee for their services. Also salary of the treasurer and collector.
ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize the school committee to draw orders on the town treasurer monthly for its full proportion of the salary of the school superintendent.
ART. 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the support of the public library.
ART. 12. To see if the town will take any action in regard to opening the town drains.
ART. 13. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Amherst Gas Co., to furnish lights for the street for a term of years, and raise and appropri- ate money for the same.
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ART. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the medical inspection of the schools.
ART. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial day.
ART. 16. To see if the town will appropriate $100.00 to be paid to the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in accor- dance with the provisions of and for the purposes of Chapter 273, Acts of 1918, or for the support of demonstration work under the direction of the agent or instructors of the Trustees on land owned by the town or any resident thereof, or pass any vote or votes in relation thereto.
ART. 17. To see if the town will choose a director in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 273, Acts of 1918, Section 1, to serve for one year or pass any vote or votes in relation thereto.
ART. 18. To hear the report of the special committee investigating the need for more school room and act thereon, and raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to carry out any plans that may be adopted.
ART. 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 toward the building fund of Post 229 of the American Legion.
. ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to put in a hydrant near the town hall and buy additional fire hose.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the Post Office and at the guide post at Plumtrees seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
W. L. HUBBARD, F. D. HUBBARD, T. L. WARNER,
$ Selectmen of Sunderland.
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List of Jurors for 1920
Bixby, Herbert H.
Brown, Ralph B.
Clark, Albert E.
Dill, William H.
Hubbard, Arthur W.
Hubbard, Herbert A.
Clark, William E.
Pomeroy, George W.
Childs, George A. Warner, Roger
Crocker, Bert
Woodbury, Harry H
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Report of Selectmen and Overseers of Poor
SUPPORT OF POOR
Mothers' Aid
1 Mrs. Mileski:
B. N. Fish, groceries $ 21 57
L. C. Warner & Son, groceries 15 02
C. A. Hubbard, supplies 16 50
Clark & Warner, groceries. 32 83
Cooley-Dickinson hospital, operation 5 00
Dr. C. Moline, medical attendance. . 9 50
F. D. Hubbard, transportation to hospital 5 00
W. L. Hubbard & Son, rent 24 00
W. L. Hubbard & Son, wood
15 00
Cash
210 00
$354 42
Received from state
$105 19
Due from state 189 50
$294 69
$59 73
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2.
Mrs. Perohanic:
John Mitchell, milk $ 9 76
B. N. Fish, groceries 18 76
Dr. C. Moline, medical attendance 4 00 Cash 290 00
$322 52
Received from state (1916-1918)
$221 27
Received from state (1919)
88 73
Due from state
68 00
$378 00
+$55 48
3. Mrs. Shogan:
Cash . $440 00
Received from state $ 60 00
Due from state
106 67
$166 67
$273 33
4. Mrs. Radzwill:
J. Sanborn, medical attendance. $ 3 50
C. Moline, medical attendance 4 00
Cooley-Dickinson hospital, operation 5 00
F. D. Hubbard, transportation to hospital 10 00
F. D. Hubbard, repair of pump
15 05
Cash 350 00
$387 55
Received from state
$30 00
Due from state 99 18
$129 18
$258 37
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Temporary Aid
1. Mrs. Besarkarski:
Clifford Root, clothing
$ 12 60
J. E. Sharkey, rent 35 00
Sunderland Water Co., water rent. . 1 00
Dr. Moline, medical attendance : .
2 00
Cash 350 00
$400 60
2. Mrs. Kicza:
Farren hospital
$266 87
Cash
440 00
$706 87
Cost to town
$1643 42
Appropriation
$1200 00
Overdrawn
$443 42
STREET LIGHTING
Sunderland Electric Light and Power Co. $549 96
Appropriation $550 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Connecticut River Bridge
C. W. Robinson, labor $72 65
F. A. Cadwell, plank 128 00
G. A. Gunn, plank 211 84
Myron Hager, plank 36 64
J. Hugh Pierce, painting 1247 30
John Mitchell, plank 28 86
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A. C. Warner, plank
$83 04
C. A. Hubbard, spikes
5 30
Clark & Warner, spikes
95
Clark & Warner, labor
5 80
M. H. Williams, white lead
14 00
$1834 38
Received from Whately
$ 59 39
Received from Deerfield
329 74
Received from Franklin County
653 35
Due from Franklin county
299 86
Due from Deerfield
16 88
Due from Whately
27 26
Received from Peter Gutoski, plank.
4 00
Received from E. A. Collins, plank.
10 67
$1401 15
$433 23
HIGHWAYS
L. E. Rose, 1918 bill for labor $109 40
F. D. Hubbard, drawing oil, 1918 10 00
H. H. Bixby, labor 17 50
Mike Bigos, team
21 00
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., blade for scraper 10 00
John Benjamin, team
14 00
A. C. Warner, team
14 00
F. O. Williams, team 14 00
R. Graves, team. . 10 50
B. & M. R. R., freight on stone 38 01
B. & M. R. R., freight on tar 10 31
The Barrett Co., 7 bbls. K. P 59 84
J. S. Lane & Son, car stone 41 00
The Barrett Co., road oil 937 25
Clark & Warner, labor
1047 83
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F. D. Hubbard, plank, etc. $ 5 52
D. D. Whitmore, labor 1 50
F. L. Whitmore, labor
18 90
R. W. Graves, labor 10 00
W. D. Crocker, gravel 1 70
T. L. Warner, gravel, powder, fuses 7 45
Clark & Warner, axes, lantern, kerosene 10 53
F. D. Hubbard, labor 56 95
$2467 19
CARE OF WHITMORE'S FERRY
M.W. Potter, tending boat
$16 CO
Received from Deerfield 8 00
$8 00
Total Highways and Bridges
$2908 42
Appropriation $2950 00
Balance on hand
$41 58
INCIDENTALS
TOWN HALL
Sunderland Electric Light & Power Co., lights $43 80
28 25
S. V. Ball, janitor
C. W. Robinson, janitor 31 55
S. H. Richards, electrical supplies 10 15
Sunderland Water Co., water rent 5 00
B. McDowell, chair seats 3 85
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Meekins, Packard and Wheat, curtain. . $48 19
N. G. Eddy, supplies 14 15
C. W. Robinson, supplies 9 48
C. A. Hubbard, rope . 98
Clark & Warner, glass, putty, nails.
8 10
$203 50
Received for lights from janitors,
$38 32
Total for town hall
$165 18
TREE WARDEN
E. M. Hubbard, setting trees $49 50
Clark & Warner, removing trees 40 83
$90 33
RETURNING BIRTHS AND RECORDING
J. Stowell, returning births $ 3 50
C. Moline, returning births 4 50
B. N. Fish, recording births, etc. 106 50
$114 50
PRINTING AND STATIONERY
Art Press, printing town reports. $56 00
Carpenter & Moorehouse, poll tax bills. 3 00
Hobbs & Warren, blanks, etc. 6 75
Davol Printing House, stationery 6 50
A. W. Brownell, tax books 2 15
E. A. Hall, printing 18 50
E. A. Hall, printing warrants. 4 80
Clark & Warner, assessors' supplies 84
P. B. Murray, assessors' supplies 2 45
$100 99
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CONSTABLES
R. B. Brown, July 4th $ 5 00
C. G. Clark, July 4th 5 00
R. W. Graves, July 4th 5 00
R. B. Brown, posting warrants 12 00
$27 00
INSPECTING
M. H. Williams, inspecting herds and barns $36 00
R. A. Warner, inspecting meats
10 00
$46 00
TELEPHONE AND POSTAGE
B. N. Fish, postage . $ 3 50
T. L. Warner, telephone and postage 3 26
H. C. Pomeroy, postage 2 50
R. B. Brown, postage 17 59
W. L. Hubbard, telephone and postage. . 4 70
$31 55
FIRES
South Deerfield, fire department, Bureks and Grybko's . $22 50
F. D. Hubbard, fire watchers, Bureks and Grybko's. 12 00
C. A. Hubbard, hoes 39 20
A. C. Warner, painting hoes 2 75
$76 45
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ELECTIONS
T. L. Warner, election officer $10 00
F. D. Hubbard, election officer 10 00
W. L. Hubbard, election officer 10 00
T. Walsh, ballot clerk 5 00
G. A. Childs, teller 5 00
$40 00
MISCELLANEOUS
W. and L. E. Gurley, sealers' supplies. . . $ 6 20
Sunderland Water Co., tank. 24 00
Sunderland. Water Co., cemetery 6 00
H A. Sintor, fumigating. 30 00
T. L. Warner, two trips to Boston 17 44
Celebration and medals for returning soldiers 208 30
Franklin County Farm Bureau
100 00
R. B. Brown, selling land 11 60
G. S. Allen, school house 9 50 Total $1105 04
Appropriation
$1000 00
Overdrawn
$105 04
TOWN OFFICERS
W. L. Hubbard, selectman $45 00
T. L. Warner, selectman 45 00
F. D. Hubbard, selectman 40 00
$130 00
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A. C. Warner, school committee $25 00
G. P. Smith, school committee. 12 50
A. M. Darling, school committee 12 50
$50 00
H. C. Pomeroy, assessor $47 50
G. C. Hubbard, assessor 40 00
G. A. Childs, assessor 45 00
$132 50
A. W. Hubbbard, treasurer, $75 00 1
R. B. Brown, collector
80 00
B. N. Fish, clerk
35 00
R. A. Warner, sealer of weights and
40 00
measures
J. E. Sharkey, tree warden 36 50
S. P. Robertson, auditor 20 00
$599 00
Appropriation
$600
Orders Drawn on Town Treasurer
Support of poor. $ 2611 96
Highways and bridges 4317 57
Incidentals. 1143 36
Town officers
599 00
Street lighting
549 96
$9221 85
LIABILITIES
Meadow Stone Road debt $7800 00
Temporary loans 9000 00
$16800 00
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RESOURCES
Balance in treasury
$5502 32
Due from state on mothers' aid
463 35
Uncollected taxes
7 46
Aid furnished Mrs. Besarkarski
400 60
Due from Whately, on account of bridge
27 26
Due from Deerfield, on account of bridge
16 88
Due from County, on account of bridge
299 86
Aid furnished . Kicza
706 87
Excise tax uncollected
584 47
$8009 07
BUDGET RECOMMENDED
Meadow Stone Road debt
$3200 00
Interest on debt and temporary loans
1000 00
Support of poor
2000 00
Highways
2625 00
Sunderland bridge
150 00
Snow removal
50 00
Street lighting
550 00
Town officers
800 00
Incidentals
800 00
Tree warden
100 00
Town hall
150 00
Support of library
100 00
Town debt, temporary loans
1000 00
Term expires 1920
W. L. HUBBARD,
Term expires 1921
F. D. HUBBARD,
Term expires 1922
T. L. WARNER, Selectmen of Sunderland.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and believe the above to be a correct statement.
SYLVESTER P. ROBERTSON, Auditor.
Sunderland, Mass., January 12, 1920.
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Assessors' Report
Value of personal estate $178,717 00
Value of buildings $377,035 00
Value of land
$314,556 00
Value of property assessed $870,308 00
Tax rate per $1,000. $25 70
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