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Cases of Dismissal.
Cases of Truancy.
Cases of Corporal Punish- ment.
Visits by Superin- tendent.
Visits by Others.
High
28.11
26.04
92.85
743
104
109
0
0
34
15
Grammar
30.83
28.98
94.01
665
45
88
0
4
37
47
Primary
30.07
28.30
93.92
638
40
42
0
2
27
50
North
15.33
14.68
95.74
227
51
76
0
0
25
39
East
14.56
13.46
92.48
395
13
11
0
2
16
56
Albeeville
19.95
18.05
90.50
844
72
41
1
0
21
34
Totals
138.85
129.51
93.28
3,512
325
367
1
8
160
241
Total enrolment of all the schools
178
Number under five years of age
1
Number between 5 and 8
45
Number between 8 and 14
97
Number between 14 and 15
13
Number over 15
22
Number of children in town between 5 and 15, May 1, 1898
124
Number of children in town between 8 and 14, May 1, 1898
75
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COURSE OF STUDY IN THE MENDON HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST YEAR.
QUARTER. t
A.
B.
C.
D.
1
Latin 5,*
Algebra 4,
English History 4, English History 4,
2
Latin 5,
Algebra 4,
3
Latin 5,
Algebra 4,
English History 4, Rhetoric 4.
4
Latin 5,
Algebra 4,
English Grammar 5. English Grammar 5. English Grammar 5. English Grammar 5.
SECOND YEAR.
1
Latin 5,
Geometry 4,
English Literature 4, English Literature 4,
Book-keeping 5.
3
Latin 5,
Geometry 4,
English Literature 4,
Book-keeping 5.
4
Latin 5,
Geometry 4,
English Literature 4,
Book-keeping 5.
THIRD YEAR.
1
Latin 5,
Physics 4,
French 4,
Commercial Law 5.
2
Latin 5,
Physics 4,
French 4,
Commercial Law 5.
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3
Latin 5,
Physics 4,
French 4,
Arithmetic 5.
4
Latin 5,
Physics 4,
French 4,
Arithmetic 5.
FOURTH YEAR.
1
Latin 5,
Physical Geography 4,
French 4,
Civil Polity 5.
2
Latin 5,
Physical Geography 4,
French 4,
Civil Polity 5.
3
Latin 5,
Astronomy 4, Astronomy 4,
French 4,
Economics 5. Economics 5.
4
Latin 5,
One period a week is devoted by each pupil to recitation in News of the Day and one to Rhetoricals. General exercises include reviews of Grammar School Branches and lessons in Music, Botany and Temperance. The Academic Course includes A, B and C.
The Business Course includes B, C and D.
tThe year is divided into quarters of nine weeks each.
*The figure following a study indicates the number of recitation periods a week.
Alternates Book-keeping and Commercial Law.
Third and Fourth year Latin.
Book-keeping 5.
2
Latin 5,
Geometry 4,
French 4,
GRADUATION EXERCISES. Class '98, Mendon High School, June Ninth, 1898.
PROGRAMME.
March
Rev. L. G. Wilson
Prayer
Chorus-"The Light of Youth," School
Address ........... Mr. Walter S. Parker, Supervisor Boston Schools Chorus-"The Distant Bells,". School
Presentation of Diplomas.
Supt. E. E. Sherman
Chorus-
"Youthful Pleasure is a Treasure," }
School
"Woodland Voices," ..
CLASS OF 1898. Academic Course.
Clair Wood Freeman. Alice Geraldine Taft. Lewis Stone Ford. Minnie Coleman Allen. Jessie Rhodes.
Anna Dike Kinsley.
English Course. Edward Lyman Cook.
Class Motto-Aux E' toiles Toujours.
Colors-Red, White and Blue. Flower-Jacqueminot Rose.
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following named children have been neither absent nor tardy for the time specified :-
NINE YEARS.
Frederick A. Snow-High.
FIVE YEARS.
Mabel D. Snow-Grammar.
THREE YEARS.
Edward F. Driscoll, William H. Driscoll-High.
John J. Driscoll, Rose E. Snow-Grammar.
TWO YEARS.
Grace E. Whiting-High.
ONE YEAR.
Oliver Moores-High.
Flora Belle Rhodes, Carrie S. Wood, Louisa W. Congdon-Grammar.
Edgar S. Wheeler, Mabel M. Taft-Primary.
WINTER TERM.
Edward Cook-High.
Bertie Moores, Herbert Wheeler-Grammar.
Florence Merle Brown, Mary A. Brien, George H. Wilbur, Carl M. Taft-Primary.
Herbert O. Wright, Andrew R. Byrne, Lulu E. Taft, Alice M. Byrne, Harold H. Eldridge, Florence J. Aldrich- North.
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Ruth Worthen, Althea Spreadbury, Lillian Worthen, Sid- ney Spreadbury, George Worthen-East.
Walter I. Coffin, Lizzie F. Smith, Flora Valliquette, Cora Valliquette-Albeeville.
SPRING TERM.
Anna Pond-High.
Raymond M. Barrows, George W. Cromb, Louise Cur- liss-Grammar.
Carrie A. Cromb, William S. Curliss, Carl M. Taft, Mari- etta Brady, Roy A. Barrows, Florence Merle Brown, Albert I. Cromb, Charles V. Driscoll, Catherine A. Harrington, George H. Wilbur-Primary.
Harold H. Eldridge-North.
Walter I. Coffin, Alice G. Coffin-Albeeville.
FALL TERM.
Carrie Beal, Anna Pond-High.
Louise Curliss-Grammar.
William A. Curliss, Charlotte A. Snow, Chester A. Wheel- er, Charles V. Driscoll, Herbert S. Wood, Albert I. Cromb- Primary.
Florence I. Aldrich, Abbie M. Darling-North.
Ruth Worthen-East.
TOWN WARRANT.
Worcester, ss .- To the Constable of the Town of Mendon, in the County of Worcester, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Mendon qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on Monday, the sixth day of March, next, punctually at 10 o'clock, A. M., to act on the fol- lowing articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To hear the reports of the several town offi- cers and committees and act thereon.
ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ARTICLE 4. To raise such sums of money as are necessary to defray town charges, and make appropriations of the same.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors reported by the Selectmen, or make any alteration in the same.
ARTICLE 6. To see what measures, if any, the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will authorize the Treas- urer to hire money to pay current expenses for the municipal year commencing March 6th, 1899, in anticipation of the collec- tion of the taxes.
ARTICLE 8. To bring in their bollots "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will continue communica- tion by telephone with Milford, as security against destruction by fire, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE IO. To see what measures, if any, the town will adopt towards taking care of the water opposite the Union Chapel.
ARTICLE II. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to raise the watering tub near the residence of Silas Dudley, put in a wasteway and appropriate money for the same, or take any action in relation to said tub.
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ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will vote to pay twenty cents per hour for shoveling snow the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to print the val- uation list of 1899.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will appoint a committee to investigate and report upon a site and plans for a four-room school building, not later than March, 1900, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will vote to discontinue the road leading from the house of Samuel W. Wood to the house occupied by George N. Trask, or take any action in rela- tion to the same.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will appoint a committee to ascertain the cost, etc., of moving the South school house to the school grounds of the East school, and report at some meet- ing not later than March, 1900, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will vote to revoke its acceptance of the provisions of Chapter 374 of the Acts of 1895, and vote to accept the provisions of sections 74, 75, 76 and 77 of Chapter 27 of the Public Statutes, and elect a Board of Road Commissioners, or act in any way in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will appropriate any sum of money for Memorial Day and select a committee to have charge of said appropriation.
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the following places in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meet- ing, viz :- At the post-office, and on the guideboard near the schoolhouse in Albeeville, and at the post-office in South Mil- ford.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, before the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Mendon, this twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.
LIBERTY FREEMAN, GEO. M. TAFT, EDW. C. KINSLEY, Selectmen of Mendon.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE VARIOUS
BOARDS OF TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON,
INCLUDING REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
Municipal Year Ending March 5, 1900. [233d ANNUAL REPORT.]
MILFORD. MASS., COOK & SONS, PRINTERS, 1900.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned, Treasurer of the Town of Mendon, for the municipal year ending March 5, 1900, respectfully submits an account of his doings.
The Treasurer debits himself with paying the following items, viz :
To cash received of the Treasurer for the
year ending March 6, 1899 $715 94
To cash borrowed on four town notes 3,500 00
To cash received of Jerome S. Daniels, for redemption of land. 20 36
To cash received of Mrs. I. O. Rhodes, for use of telephone. 35 48
To cash received of Edward C. Kinsley, janitor Town Hall
115 50
To cash received of John Byrnes, butcher's license I 00
To cash received of I. O. Rhodes.
I 00
S. Warren Cook, auc- tioneer 2 00
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, timber I OO 66 Committee on Memo- rial Day IO 22
To cash received of Town of Uxbridge, for aid to Malinda Cummings. 14 50
To cash received of Clark Ellis & Sons, .. error 50
To cash received of State Treasurer, Cor- poration Tax for 1899 66 85
To cash received of State Treasurer, Na- tional Bank tax 427 35 To cash received of State Treasurer, state aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1894 435 00
To cash received of State Treasurer, school fund 394 38
To cash received of County Treasurer, ..... dog tax 160 74
To cash received of State Treasurer, for support of state paupers 65 05
To cash received of Daniel H. Barnes, use of hay scales. IO 35 To cash received of George M. Taft, col- lector of taxes for 1897. 54 66
3
To cash received of George M. Taft, col- lector of taxes for 1898 $ 517 24 To cash received of George M. Taft, col- lector of taxes for 1899
6454 0I $13,003 13
The treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums, viz :
By paying 106 town orders
66 3 town notes .... $8,016 61
3,000 00
66 66 interest on 3 town notes 65 00
" school committee 555 12
66 " state tax 315 00
" county tax
646 00
By cash on hand. 405 40
$13,003 13
GEO. M. TAFT,
Treasurer.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1900.
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To cash received of Geo. M. Taft, treas- urer for 1898 and 1899, deposited in Milford Savings Bank $1,008 10
To cash received deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings 390 03
To cash received, interest of Milford Sav- ings Bank to Oct, 1, 1899 40 50
To cash received, interest of Worcester County Institution for Savings to Jan. 1, 1900 15 59
To cash received of E. C. Kinsley, for stove sold 2 50
$1,456 72 Total
CR.
By cash paid five orders. $51 25 66 deposited in Milford Savings Bank
999 85
By cash deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings 405 62
$1,456 72
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE M. TAFT, Treasurer. Mendon, Feb. 17, 1900.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report of the expenditures of the town for the municipal year ending March 5, 1900 :
INCIDENTALS.
S. E. Everton, sawing wood at town officers' room ..... $1 50
John C. Wood, erecting corner stone between Men- don, Northbridge and Uxbridge I 00
Clark Ellis & Sons, for drain pipe at Mission. church 34 00
L. E. Wheeler, carting drain pipe from Milford.
2 00
C. I. Barnes, services nights of July 3 and 4, 1897 and 1898 4 00
H. H. Lent, lumber and repairs at hay scales. 40 30
A. A. Jenkins, services in criminal case 9 45
H. C. Snell, . ( 66 66
9 47
S. E. Hapgood, hack and driver to Upton and Men- don to meet state highway commission 8 00
A. W. Brownell, for canvassing blanks I 50
Clark Ellis & Sons, for labor at watering tub 1 15
Hamilton Boyd, for serving search warrant at Men- don Hotel. 7 50
Wm. Johnston & Co., mason work at hay scales 15 15
Clark Ellis & Sons, suction pump 2 00
George M. Taft, work in old cemetery
7 00
Jacob R. Brown, making and setting box for town water standpipe .. 4 00
Geo. M. Taft, plank and labor on box for town water standpipe 2 00
Clark Ellis & Sons, for labor on water works
2 00
Edw. C. Kinsley, work at the monument. 2 35
66 66 services nights of July 3 and 4. 2 00
J. A. George, Mendon's proportion of the cost of publishing Mendon Proprietors' Records. 50 00
J. L. Davenport, repairs at Town Hall 3 00
J. L. Davenport, woodhouse at lockup 24 57
Clark Ellis & Sons, labor and supplies at town hall 16 02
W. J. Fresn, work at Town Hall
3 66
John M. Towne, work on overflow pipe ...
I 00
E. C. Barry, for repairs at lockup
75
J. L. Davenport, lumber and labor at town officers' rooms 7 00
5
R. C. Fish, reporting five births $
I 25
Horace C. Adams, insurance on town property 113 87
Clark Ellis & Sons, labor at watering tub I 65
Emery & Wood, returning 12 deaths. 3 00 E. L. Smith, fire ward, cash paid out at Cromb fire .. 2 75 Geo. M. Taft, coal for fire department 10 47
66 supplies for extinguisher and express 3 30
Clark Ellis & Sons, hose and clasps for fire depart- ment IO 30
Edw. C. Kinsley, fire ward, cash paid out at Beals fire. 2 25
Geo. M. Taft, rent of extinguisher room and care of fire 16 00
Mrs. I. O. Rhodes, operator, use of telephone one year to March, 1900 57 80
L. Freeman, cash paid out 2 29
D. H. Barnes, teaming and services nights July 3 and 4
3 00
A. W. Gaskill, wood for town officers' room 2 00
Jesse A. Taft, counsel, services concerni .. g street railway 25 00
$517 30
TOWN OFFICERS.
Charles H. Allen, auditor for 1898 $6 00
Gilbert Gaskill, lockup keeper 5 00
Henry W. Gaskill, assessor, express and postage 37 84
W. S. Wilcox, assessor 41 25
C. A. Fletcher, assessor
35 00
H. S. Coleman, ballot clerk at state election
I 50
J. E. Darling, ballot clerk at state election. I 50
Charles I. Barnes, constable to March 5, 1900, and services nights July 3 and 4 and cash paid ... 19 00
Horace C. Adams, election officer, registrar
28 08
Horace C. Adams, recording births, marriages and deaths 9 70
Horace C. Adams, transcribing and indexing two volumes, marriage intentions and marriages .. Geo. M. Taft, treasurer
25 00
50 00
" selectman and registrar
30 00
Edward C. Kinsley, selectman and registrar.
30 00
Liberty Freeman, selectman and registrar
50 00
E. L. Smith, services as fire ward 6 85
Edward C. Kinsley, services as fire ward 9 20
$385 92
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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
Cash paid out, 5 orders $51 25
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR.
Frank Taft, for repairing roads and bridges $1500 00
66 cleaning roads of snow during last year. 344 72
" to settle T. J. Lapham bill 23 00
$1,867 72
PRINTING.
G. M. Billings $ 2 75
Cook & Sons. 67 25
$70 00
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid trustees two orders
$145 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid committee. $50 00
CARE AND SUPPLIES OF TOWN HALL.
Edward C. Kinsley, care of hall to April 1, 1899,
and cash paid out
$99 85
Williams Bros., coal
43 84
E. H. Taft, wood
3 00
Lutheria Alger, cleaning
8 45
Williams Bros., coal
15 75
$170 89
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BOOKS AND INCI- DENTALS.
Paid School Committee. ........... $2,800 00
Suppression of truancy 52 00
$2,852 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid overseers of poor, thirteen town orders ..... $1,370 00
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SOLDIERS BURIAL, CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1896. Caleb V. A. Smith $35 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF, CHAPTER 447, ACTS OF 1890.
Malinda W. Cummings [to Uxbridge]
$14 50
Stephen H. Scisco 22 88
Caleb V. A. Smith
7 40
STATE AID TO PENSIONERS UNDER CHAPTER 374, ACTS OF 1899.
Joanna Curley.
$48 00
Malinda W. Cummings
48 00
Rufus Hazard.
48 00
George W. Scisco
48 00
Caleb V. A. Smith
4 00
Waterman Taft
48 00
Annette L. Weatherhead
48 00
George Wilber
40 00
Stephen H. Scisco
36 00
Eliza A. Munsell
48 00
Sarah Gifford.
48 00
John S. McDonald
44 00
$508 00
RECAPITULATION.
Incidentals
$517 30
Town officers.
385 92
Roads and bridges
1,500 00
Snow bills (last year)
344 72
T. J. Lapham bill
23 00
Printing
70 00
Taft Public Library
145 00
Memorial day.
50 00
Town hall
170 89
Schools
2,800 00
Suppression of truancy Poor
52 00
Soldiers' burial
35 00
Chapter 447, Acts of 1890, M. W. Cummings
66
66
66
66
66 S. H. Scisco
22 88
66
" C. V. A. Smith
7 40
374
1899
508 00
$8,016 61
1,370 00
14 50
8
The selectmen report the available assets of the town, known to them, as follows :
Due from collector of 1897 66
$12 22
“ 1898 158 57
66 66 " 1899 675 71
Due from state aid to soldiers, chap. 374, to Jan. I, 1900, 12 months 506 00
Due from state aid to soldiers, chap. 374, to Mar. I, 1900, 2 months. 86 00
Due from state, burial of soldier C. V. A. Smith 35 00
Cash in hands of treasurer $405 40
$1,878 90
The liabilities of the town, so far as known, are as follows : Outstanding bills, estimated $50 00
Due town officers, estimated. 200 00
Austin Taft note. 500 00
$750 00
Net balance in favor of town
$1128 90
Respectfully submitted, LIBERTY FREEMAN, GEORGE M. TAFT, EDWARD C. KINSLEY, Selectmen of Mendon.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1900.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1899.
Schools
$2,800 00
DRAWN. $2800 00
Suppression of truancy
52 00
52 00
Support of poor
1400 00
1370 00
Repairs of roads and bridges
1500 00
1500 00
Taft Public Library
175 00
145 00
Memorial Day
50 00
50 00
Interest
50 00
65 00
Soldiers' relief and military aid ..
50 00
44 78
$6077 00
$6026 78
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
The highway surveyor submits the following report for the year ending March 5, 1900.
He debits himself with cash on hand March 6, 1899 $ 20 00 " with cash on 21 orders 1,867 72
He credits himself by paying the following bills :- Lyman E. Wheeler, for labor with team
221 20
Chas. T. Aldrich,
66
97 00
C. B. Williams,
66 66 66
75 60
Elias T. Bates,
66
10 00
Joseph Scrivens,
66 66
5 80
Michael Head,
" on repairs
184 76
Dennis Kelly, 66
66
66
66
3º 50
G. R. Ford,
66 66
30
James A. Moore,
66 66 66
30
Eugene Coffin,
66 66 66
45
Alderman C. Cook,
66
66
6 86
Roman Tarrio,
66 66
4 50
Henry Moores,
66
66 66
I 50
John C. Wood,
66
I 05
F. E. Barrows,
75
Gilbert Gaskill, 66 66
I 00
Frank Taft, as highway surveyor
324 83
David Adams, gravel
8 00
A. D. Davenport "
8 96
Harriet Swan, 66
25 44
Harriet F. Pond, 66
6 30
Walter Scott, 60
I 50
A. M. Seagrave,
5 36
Henry W. Gaskill, “ Edward Dudley,
36 32
Lewis B. Gaskill, «
I 85
A. W. Gaskill, plank and posts for bridge
II 30
C. B. Williams,
66
I 24
H. A. Barney,
66 66
16 00
66
144 58
John M. Towne,
157 45
Samuel E. Everton,
47 70
Alphonse St. Lawrent,
IO 25
A. I. Barrows,
5 76
66
$1,887 72
IO
R. C. Eldridge, supplies
$ 40
Ethan Claflin, 66
25
Clark Ellis & Sons,
23 06
A. Morin,
6 71
Annie Lawless, 66
50
R. Folger, 66
4 00
Williams & Wlilliams, for advice
1 00
Jesse A. Taft,
1 00
John Barry estate, repairs
3 85
A. Morin, 66
2 32
Albion Gaskill, 66
30
J. B. Driscoll,
I 20
$1,500 00
SNOW BILLS.
Lyman E. Wheeler, for labor with team and shovel- ing snow 13 60
Frank Dewolfe, for labor with team and shoveling snow
38 03
Elias T. Bates, for labor with team and shoveling snow W. C. Robinson, for labor with team and shoveling snow
35 53
Nathan M. Daniels, for labor with team and shovel- ing snow
38 20
Davis Hill, for labor with team and shoveling snow Darius D. Henry, for labor with team and shoveling snow.
9 95
Henry W. Gaskill, for labor with team and shovel- ing snow 17 55
Frank H. Wood, for labor with team and shoveling snow
14 55
Edward H. Taft, for labor with team and shoveling snow
29 54
Thomas J. Lapham, for labor with team and shovel- ing snow
23 00
I. O. Rhodes, for shoveling snow
3 30
Arthur L. Read,
66
3 15
Samuel E. Everton,
6 30
Thomas H. Pierce,
66
3 08
Dennis Kelley,
9 00
John M. Towne,
66
8 25
Edward L. Cook,
I 80
Walter I. Smith,
66
I 28
37 60
45 31
II
Herbert Whiting, for shoveling snow
$ 60
Glenville C. Coffin,
66
6 30
A. Veits G. Pond,
I 05
James E. Darling, 66
3 00
Michael Head, 66 66
8 40
Frank Taft,
26 25
Luther Holbrook,
2 85
Annie Lawless, book
25
$387 72
Team work.
$409 60
Appropriation for general repairs $1,500 00
Amount expended for general repairs $1,500 00
66 " clearing roads of st.ow 387 72
$1,887 72
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK TAFT, Highway Surveyor.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1900.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DR.
Balance uncollected Feb. 18, 1899
$57 45
Interest received
9 43
$66 88
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
$54 66
Amount uncollected Feb. 17, 1900 ...
12 22
$66 88
GEO. M. TAFT, Collector of Taxes, 1897.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1900.
DR.
Balance uncollected Feb. 18, 1899.
$648 75
Interest received. 27 06
$675 81
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
$517 24
Amount uncollected Feb. 17, 1900. 158 57
$675 81
GEO. M. TAFT, Collector of Taxes, 1898.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1900.
DR.
To taxes committed for assessment.
$7,097 55
Extra assessment 3 00
Interest received
29 17
$7,129 72
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
$6,454 0I
Amount uncollected Feb. 17, 1900.
675 71
$7,129 72
GEO. M. TAFT, Collector of Taxes, 1899.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1900.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The Overseers of Poor submit the following report for the municipal year ending March 5, 1900.
John W. Barry, Dennis Holland, Edna Allen, Edna French, Sarah Best, Annie J. Bates, Sarah Gabry, Horace H. Park- hurst, children of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis D. Chipman, and Wash- ington Coleman (having a settlement in Mendon,) Samuel E. Everton and family (belonging to Uxbridge,) Lewis D. Chip- man (a state pauper,) Timothy Casey family (having a settle- ment in Northbridge,) George W. Scisco, Jr., (belonging to Milford,) have been wholly or partially supported.
The Overseers charge themselves with the receipt of the following named funds belonging to the town :
Balance on hand $7 18
Thirteen town orders. 1370 00
Town of Northbridge 5 50
Chipman furniture sold (net)
32 91
Town of Milford
5 00 20 62
Town of Uxbridge
$1441 21
The Overseers credit themselves with paying the following amounts :
For support of :
John W. Barry
$118 38
Dennis Holland
169 46
Edna Allen
135 00
Edna French
5 50
Sarah Best
15 00
Annie J. Bates
7 32
Sarah Gabry
85 00
Horace H. Parkhurst
70 00
Children of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Chipman
59 55
Washington Coleman
484 50
Samuel E. Everton and family
20 62
Lewis D. Chipman
97 46
Timothy Casey family
5 50
George W. Scisco, Jr
5 00
14
Gilbert Gaskill, care of tramps to April 1, 1899 $ 44 63
Erwin A. Snow, care of tramps to Dec. 1, 1899 21 45
Geo. P. Walcott, blankets for tramp house. 3 75
Geo. R. Ford, services 6 00
Gilbert Gaskill, services. 6 00
Liberty Freeman, services 40 00
Cash on hand to balance.
41 09
$1,441 21
From the whole amount paid for the support of the poor
$1,400 12
Deduct what was due for the support of the poor to March 6, 1899 119 18
What has been paid out for S. E. Everton family 20 62
What has been paid out for Lewis D. Chipman 97 46
What has been paid out for Timothy Casey family 5 50
What has been paid out for George W.
Scisco, Jr
5 00
$247 76
$1,152 36
Add what will be due for support of poor to March 5, 1900 156 80
Cost of supporting the poor for the year ending March 5, 1900. $1,309 16
Respectfully submitted, LIBERTY FREEMAN, GILBERT GASKILL, GEORGE R. FORD,
Overseers of the Poor.
Mendon, Feb. 10, 1900.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS REGISTERED IN 1899.
78 male dogs
$156 00
8 female dogs
40 00
$196 00
Registration fees
$17 20
Paid County Treasurer
178 80
$196 00
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1899.
DATE OF BIRTH, 1899.
NAME OF CHILD.
PARENTS.
Holland Orville McVeity, William and Annie S. McVeity.
Apr. 22. Female.
John Wheelock Towne,
John M. and Kate M. Towne. George and Margaret A. Scriven.
May 25.
Roy George Scriven,
Charles Henry Holbrook, Morton A. and Cora B. Holbrook.
July 22. Sept. 6.
Huldah Margaret Thayer, George E. and Minnie F. 'Thayer.
Sept. 11.
Florence Harrington,
Oct. 14.
Edith Louise Barrows,
Oct. 14.
Lewis James Warner,
Dec. 9.
George Kenneth Taft,
Michael T. and Mary J. Harrington. Frank E. and Ellen E. Barrows. Nelson D. and Bertha L. Warner. Geo. M. and Emma A. Taft.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1899.
DATE OF MARRIAGE. NAMES OF GROOM AND BRIDE. RESIDENCE.
1899. Jan. 18, Nelson Dwight Warner, Bertha Louise Whipple,
Mendon.
Woonsocket, R. I.
Mar. 26, Stephen Elmer Alger,
Mendon.
Mary Johnson,
Mendon.
April 12, Joseph Henry Dudley,
Mendon.
Eva May Taylor,
Uxbridge. Mendon.
June 28, Moses Uri Gaskill,
Sarah Elizabeth Billings,
July 18, Thomas Francis Lee,
Annie Tucker,
Oct. 15, Carl Rudolph Olson,
Elsie Christine Gruben.
Oct. 25, Norman Ernest Wheeler,
Ruth Helena Goldthwaite,
Uxbridge. Mendon.
Nov. 30, Fred Walter Thomas,
Mendon.
Dec. 25.
Lilly Boon Wheeler, Alfred James Griffin, Myra Eldora Barrows,
Bellingham.
Woonsocket, R. I. Smithfield, R. I. Mendon. Mendon.
Mendon.
Windsor, Me. Mendon.
Mar. 12,
May 19.
16
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1899.
DATE OF DEATH, 1899.
NAME.
AGE
RESIDENCE.
Y. M.
D.
Jan. 13.
Willis Southwick,
78
6 12
Mendon.
Feb. 12.
Leon Joseph Scriven,
1
1
23 Cumberland, R. I.
Feb. 14.
Roy L. Newman,
2
6
25
Mendon.
Feb. 18. Mary Jane Scisco,
61
1 24 Mendon.
Mar. 2.
William Arthur Brown,
2
9
Mendon.
Apr. 2.
Louisa Wilbur,
76
4
4
Mendon.
Apr. 2.
Lilla E. Little,
43
6
13 Mendon.
Apr. 8.
Caleb V. A. Smith,
62
- 26 Mendon.
May 8.
John Milton Fowler,
84
4 24 Mendon.
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