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66
3 60
Albert Barrows,
66
80
Richard Hogarth,
I 60
Edward Taft,
4 90
Malcolm Scott,
66
66
5 20
Frank H. Wood,
66
60
4 00
Henry Gaskill,
60
5 20
66
12 60
14 50
13
John Wood, labor on snow
$3 25
W. C. Robinson, 66 66
12 80
Archie Fresn, 66
16 40
$167 53
Amount expended for general repairs
$1,556 38
Cash paid town treasurer
44
$1,725 35
Team work. $472 70
Appropriation for general repairs
1,000 00
Money received from excise tax
556 38
Respectfully submitted, GEO. B. CROMB,
Highway Surveyor.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DR.
Balance uncollected Feb. 14, 1903
$32 79
Interest received 7 20
$39 99
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
$29 08
Abatements
4 93
Land sold for taxes.
5 98
$39 99
GEO. M. TAFT, Collector of Taxes, 1900.
DR.
Balance uncollected Feb. 14, 1903 ..
$261 07
Interest received 20 86
$281 93
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer.
$232 68
Abatements
17 00
Land sold for taxes
4 73
Amount uncollected Jan. 30, 1904.
27 52
$281 93
GEO. M. TAFT,
Collector of Taxes, 1901.
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1 5
DR.
Balance uncollected Feb. 14, 1904 $950 64
Interest received 36 89
$987 53
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer $695 24
Land sold for taxes
I 84
Balance uncollected Jan. 30, 1904 ...
290 45
$987 53
GEO. M. TAFT,
Collector of Taxes, 1902.
Mendon, Jan. 30, 1904.
DR.
To taxes committed for collection $7,529 64
Additional assessments
Excise tax, M., A. & W. Street Rail- way Company 27 82
Excise tax, M. & U. Street Railway Company
252 72
Interest received
21 54
$7,831 72
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer $6,760 60
Abatements
12 95
Balance uncollected Jan. 30, 1904 1,058 17
7,831 72
LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1903.
Mendon, Jan. 30, 1904.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor snbmit the following report for the municipal year ending March 7, 1904 :
John W. Barry, Dennis Holland, Edna French, John B. Mellen, Seth H. Hayward and family, Mary Johnson, and Ella Ellis, (having a settlement in Mendon,) Alice W. Staples and Maud S. Weatherhead, (belonging to Hopedale,) George W. Farrar and family, (belonging to Northbridge,) Barney Cordon, (belonging to Blackstone,) have been wholly or partially sup- ported.
The Overseers charge themselves with the receipt of the following named funds belonging to the town :
Eleven town orders
$1,215 00
The Overseers credit themselves with paying the following amounts, viz :
For support of John W. Barry. $153 67
Dennis Holland
169 46
Edna French
55 78
John B. Mellen
115 00
Mary Johnson
205 50
Ella Ellis
170 18
Seth H. Hayward and family
2 59
Alice W. Staples
159 º3
George W. Farrar and family
3 50
Barney Cordon
17 00
Maud S. Weatherhead
90 50
Cash paid for urinal
50
Liberty Freeman, aid to 52 tramps. 5 80
Edward L. Smith, services as Overseer, 1903
6 00
George R. Ford,
6 00
Liberty Freeman,
66 66
42 00
$1,202 51
Cash in hands of Overseers
12 49
$1,215 00
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From the whole amount paid for the support of the poor
$1,202 51 Deduct what was due for the support of the poor to March 2, 1903. 74 28
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$1,128 23
What has been paid for Alice W. Sta- ples $159 03
What has been paid for George W. Far- rar and family 3 50
What has been paid for Barney Cordon .. 17 00
What has been paid for Maud S. Weath- erhead 90 50
$270 03
$858 20
Add what will be due, by estimation, for the sup- port of the poor to March 7, 1904 .. 86 69
Cost of supporting the poor for the year ending March 7, 1904 $944 79
LIBERTY FREEMAN, GEORGE R. FORD, EDWARD L. SMITH,
Overseers of the Poor.
Mendon, Feb. 1, 1904.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS REGISTERED IN 1903:
79 male dogs
$158 00
9 female dogs
45 00
$203 00
Registration fees
$ 17 60
Paid County Treasurer
185 40
$203 00
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1903.
DATE OF BIRTH. 1902. NAME OF CHILD.
PARENTS.
Feb. 10 1903. Feb. 13
Henry Bartlett,
Hazel Wheeler,
Feb. 16 Gerald Gordon French,
Feb. 23 Crystelle Iola Hazard,
Apr. 15 Winsor Hart Thayer,
Apr. 21 Mildred Josephine Griffin, Apr. 22 Marjorie Anna Bullard, May 26 Harold Joseph Parkinson, Male, Still Born,
Aug. 9
Sept. 17 Roy Wesley Ferris,
Nov. 5 Reginald Lansing Cook,
Nov. 16 Alberta Whiteoak Pickels, Nov. 25 Phyllis Geraldine Whiting, Nov. 27 Harold Freeman Lowell, Dec. 9 Arthur Fletcher Paddock, Dec. 20 Bernadine Kohl,
Peter and Lydia Bartlett.
Norman E. and Ruth H. Wheeler . Wm. H. and Florence I. French. Richard E. and Nellie I. Hazard. George E. and Minnie F. Thayer. Alfred J. and Myra E. Griffin. William J. and Delia Bullard. Geo. A. and Beatrice A. Parkinson.
George and Grace E. Ferris. Lyman and Wilhelmine Cook. Robert V. and Emma G. Pickels. Edward A. and Alice G. Whiting. Freeman C. and Joanna G. Lowell. Leander A. and Ada A. Paddock. Herbert H. and Helen M. Kohl.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1903.
DATE OF MARRIAGE. 1903.
NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE. RESIDENCE.
Howard Francis Ballou,
Mendon.
Ida Gertrude Irons.
Mendon.
February 14,
Hermann L. Svedine,
Mendon.
Gertrude Mabel Grandin.
Mendon.
April 29,
Leander Augustus Paddock,
Mendon.
Ada Almira Fletcher.
Mendon. Mendon. Mendon.
June 24,
Robert James Hogarth,
Wrentham, Mass.
July 9,
Fred M. Metcalf,
Milford, Mass.
August 20,
Annie Iola Wheeler.
Mendon.
September 8,
Frederick Knight Brown,
Milford, Mass.
September 23,
Archie Miller,
Hopedale, Mass.
November 25,
Thomas Joseph Murphy,
Milford, Mass.
Alice Teresa Quigley.
Mendon.
December 31,
Elwood Leroy Brown,
Hopedale, Mass.
Caroline Wheeler.
Mendon.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1903.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME.
AGE.
1903.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan. 2.
('atherine Barry,
79
Jan. 6.
Thomas W. Baker,
68
5
18
Feb. 5.
Grace Willian Barrows,
1
5
5
Apr. 2.
Sarah B. Holbrook,
82
4
26
Apr. 7.
Gerald Gordon French,
62
-
21
May 17.
Helen Amanda Taft,
2
2
24
June 24.
Albert W. Darling,
40
10
21
July 1.
Horatio Nelson Hastings,
83
-
Aug. 9.
Still born-male,
Sept. 12.
George W. Jackson,
72
5
9
Sept. 14.
Amanda F. Cox,
61
3
28
Oct. 7.
Adaline M. Chapin,
82
7
26
Nov. 24.
Henry Bartlett,
1
9
14
Dec. 3.
Joseph Bates,
84
9
10
Dec. 15.
Henry H. Howard,
60
11
15
Dec. 24.
Catherine Childs Reed,
76
9
11
Dec. 25.
Harriett Winslow Reed,
70
5
5
-
1
15
Apr. 13.
Charles Hobart Ellis,
Mendon.
May Evelyn Rockwood.
Mendon.
Mary A. Williams. Otis Eugene Sweet,
Uxbridge, Mass.
May 30,
Lars Svedine,
Mathilda Erickson.
Mendon.
Olive Frances Wilbur,
Rose Wheeler.
Mendon.
Parents and others are requested to carefully examine the above list of births, marriages and deaths, and if errors or omis-
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sions are found report them to the town clerk, in order that the record may be corrected. Herewith are extracts from the Re- vised Laws: Section 6 of Chapter 29 of said laws requires that "Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after a birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born. Every householder in whose house a death occurs, shall, within five days thereafter, cause notice , thereof to be given to the board of health, or if the selectmen constitute such board, to the town clerk."
Blanks for return of births and deaths can always be ob- tained of the town clerk.
Respectfully submitted, HORACE C. ADAMS,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, Jan. 27, 1904.
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees organized April 18, 1903. Perhaps the most gratifying feature of the work of the past year has been the large circulation. There have been but five years since the library opened, when the number of books issued exceeded the number issued this year and four of those years were those that immedi- ately followed the opening. The importance of this increase is somewhat offset by the fact that the per cent. of fiction read, has increased from 59 per cent. in 1881, to 80 per cent. in 1903.
The departments of history, biography, and travel has been much strengthened this year by expending the entire balance due the town from the Massachusetts Free Public Library Commis- sion by grant of 1901. The attention of the patrons of the library is especially called to these new books as they are standard works.
The Trustees desire to correct an erroneous impression which prevails concerning the time that the library is open. While the time as in the past is Saturday afternoon and evening, it is possible to secure a book at any time providing previous arrangement is made with the librarian.
Miss Annie E. Kinsley has discharged the duties of libra- rian most acceptably to patrons and trustees, and we are glad to announce that her services have been secured for the ensuing year. .
Her report shows the condition of the library, and gives the names of those who have given books or periodicals during the year. The Trustees, in behalf of the citizens, wish to tender thanks to the donors.
Two copies of the Annals of Mendon have been sold the past year.
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The Trustees recommend an appropriation of two hundred and fifty dollars for the use of the library the coming year.
Respectfully submitted, ERWIN A. SNOW, HORACE C. ADAMS, LIBERTY FREEMAN, FRANK H. WOOD, HERBERT F. TAYLOR, Trustees of Taft Public Library.
Mendon, Feb. 6, 1904.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The Library was reopened February 14, 1903, for the dis- tribution of books.
The total number of books taken out during the year was 4,370. The largest delivery any Saturday was 112, the smallest 48, average 86.
The Library was fortunate in having the use of a traveling library circulated by the Woman's Education Association, for six months, beginning in August.
The delivery by divisions was as follows: Agriculture, 3 ; biography, 78 ; fiction, 3,574 ; history, 153; poetry, 55 ; miscel- laneous, 69 ; periodicals, 249; religion, 29; science, 55 ; travel, 62 ; 43 from the traveling library.
The total number of books in the Library is 4,650, 170 having been added the past year. Of these 170 volumes, 86 have been purchased by the town and 84 contributed.
Five were given by United States Department of Agriculture ; 27 by the Secretary of the Commonwealth; I by Rev. N. S. Hoagland ; I by Harper Brothers; 49 by Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission : I by MacMillan Company.
Respectfully submitted,
ANNIE E. KINSLEY,
Librarian.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Report of the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Taft Public Library for the year ending Feb. 6, 1904.
DR.
Received on two town orders
$165 00
CR.
Paid the W. B. Clarke Co., for books $80 74
Silver, Burdett & Co., יי 3 09
G. M. Billings, paper and labels
10 00
G. E. Stimpson, index.
3 00
W. H. Bennett, painting roof
4 45
H. C. Adams, cash paid expressage and care of grounds 4 65
Annie E. Kinsley, salary
50 00
Cash on hand
9 07
$165 00
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE C. ADAMS,
Mendon, Feb. 6, 1904.
Treasurer.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of all the Town Officers who have received or disbursed funds belonging to the town for the municipal year ending March 7, 1904, and find them correctly kept and with proper vouchers.
NATHAN R. GEORGE,
Auditor. Mendon, February 3, 1904.
North Avenue School Building.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Paid George H. Darling for 1 7 10 acres of land. $500 00
Daniel W. Comstock, for 3-10 acres of land. 125 00
Robert Allen Cook, architect, on account. 250 00
Patrick Ferguson, on account basement and foundations 300 00
66 Cenedella Bros., labor on basement and founda- tions 1,205 60
" Carroll Bros., coping and steps for basement and foundations. 42 00
" Geo. A. Parkinson, stone for basement and foundations 5 00
" 'Cenedella, Lent and Cook, arbitrators on base- ment and foundations 22 50
" Eugene F. Lynch, builder, on account.
7,700 00
" Norris, Staples & Gould, on account heating and ventilating plant. 950 00
Norris, Staples & Gould. for faucet, pipe. etc 2 00
66 Oscar Williams, for speaking tubes 25 OC
66 Avery & Woodbury, window shades 82 80
Insurance-builder's risk
42 00
66 Z. C. Field, for batten boards
5 99
66 E. L. Smith, carting batten boards
2 00
66 H. F. Taylor, for cash paid
3 29
66 Dodge & Taft, for services
5 00
66 Norris, Staples & Gould, for fence material
67 35
6 6 C. I Barnes, for fence posts.
5 00
66 Frank H. Wood, for services and cash paid
20 00
66 Charles H. Allen, “ 66- 66
66
32 40
Henry W. Gaskill “
66
66
52 00
٠، Leonard E. Taft, “
66
66
66
66
10 00
66 Horace C. Adams, for cash paid
7 25
66 Cenedella Bros., for grading
574 39
$12,036 57
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BILLS PAYABLE.
Balance due Robert Allen Cook, architect $300 00
66 Eugene F. Lynch, builder 508 50
66 Norris, Staples & Gould, heating and ventilating plant. 324 00
Herbert F. Taylor, cash paid for freight
6 29
Williams & Williams, services.
16 32
$1,155 II
BILLS RECEIVABLE.
Balance due from Patrick Ferguson, as per contract ..
$349 84
L. T. Gaskill, 33 yards gravel.
13 20
The Town, 106 yards gravel, used at town hall and Dudley Corner 42 40
$405 44
To the total amount paid out
$12,036 57
Add the total of bills payable.
1,155 II
$13,191 68
Deduct the total of bills receivable
405 44
And the cost of the building and site is.
$12,786 24
FRANK. H. WOOD,
CHARLES H. ALLEN, HENRY W. GASKILL, LEONARD E. TAFT,
HORACE C. ADAMS,
Building Committee
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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 seventh day of March, next, punctually at 9 o'clock, A. M., to act on the follow- ing 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 7th, 1904, in anticipation of the collec- tion of the taxes.
ARTICLE 8. To bring in their ballots, "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 if the town will raise and appropri- ate any sum of money for Memorial Day services and appoint a committee to expend the same.
ARTICLE II. To see if the town will act in any way in relation to land claimed by said town, at or near Cook's cove, so called, at Nipmuck pond.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate any sum of money to carry out any vote or votes under the preceding article.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to alter, repair,
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or refurnish the Town Hall, or act in any manner relating thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to carry out the vote or votes passed under the foregoing article.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will vote to ratify and confirm any or all contracts and acts of its building committee made or done in its behalf relative to the erection of its new school building, and authorize said committee to settle and com- promise any or all controversies that have arisen or may arise relating to said erection and to institute, prosecute, and defend all legal proceedings or actions at law by or against said town and relating thereto, or take any other action relating to the erection of said school building.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will vote to request the School Committee to maintain a school in Albeeville, so called, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the suppression of illegal liquor selling, gambling and vice.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will vote to use official ballots for the election of town officers in accordance with the provisions of Sections 364 and 365 of Chapter 11 of the Revised Laws.
The polls may by vote be closed at I P. M.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant, by post- ing up attested copies thereof at each of the following places in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting, viz :- At the post-office, and on the guideboard near the schoolhouse in Albeeville, and at the post-office in South Milford.
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 eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.
LIBERTY FREEMAN, GEORGE M. TAFT, EDWARD C. KINSLEY, Selectmen of Mendon.
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REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1903='04.
MILFORD, MASS .: COOK & SONS, PRINTERS, JOURNAL OFFICE. 1904.
ORGANIZATION OF
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1903-1904.
FRANK H. WOOD, Chairman, Term expires 1906 GEORGE SCRIVEN, 1905
NAPOLEON S. HOAGLAND, Resigned April, 1903 Succeeded by LEONARD T. GASKILL, Secretary, Term expires 1904.
SUPERINTENDENT,
HERBERT F. TAYLOR, . Term began Sept., 1902 TRUANT OFFICERS,
EDWARD C. KINSLEY,
LYMAN COOK,
HERBERT F. TAYLOR.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF MENDON :-
Herewith the financial report of your School Committee for the year ending February 1, 1904, is respectfully submitted.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from last year.
$ 132 13
Appropriation.
2800 00
From state, account of superintendent.
416 66
State school fund
929 86
66 Dog tax
172 79
66 W. N. Thompson, tuition
30 00
$4,481 44
DISBURSEMENTS.
Teachers' salaries
$2,396 00
Superintendent
558 33
Janitors and care of rooms.
99 00
Fuel
191 66
Transportation
240 00
Text books and supplies .
100 71
Incidentals
475 02
$4060 72
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1904,
$420 72
Teachers :-
Edward F. Blood
$680 00
Mary A. Peffers
168 00
Mary E. Dudley
154 00
C. E. D. Freethy
63 00
Edith Rockwell
126 00
Lillian Porter
126 00
Elizabeth Ham
216 00
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L. Mabel Forbush 189 00
Margaret Spalton
225 00
Mrs. Harry Flagg
126 00
Bertha E. Davis
1 26 00
Clara H. Frederick
40 00
Marion S. Howe
36 00
Stella A. Belcher
32 00
Frank H. Lowell
89 00
2,396 00
Superintendent
$558 33
Received from state for school year. ... 416 66
Net cost for superintending for year .. 141 67
141 67
Fuel :-
Harold M. Curtiss, balance from last year
20 13
Harold M. Curtiss, I ton coal
8 00
20 tons coal
140 00
F. H. Wood, cutting and housing cord wood.
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2 00
E. H. Taft, I cord wood.
5 00
George Scriven, 1-2 cord wood.
3 50
J. M. Towne, cutting and housing wood
4 03
J. B. Durfee, sawing wood.
3 75
George B. Cromb, carting wood.
I 50
Lewis Bates, I cord wood, cutting and splitting same 3 75
191 66
Transportation :-
A. I. Barrows
160 00
George L. Taft
30 00
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. 50 00
Care of rooms :-
Fred Snow, Center.
14 00
John J. Driscoll, Center. 14 00
Edith Rockwell, North
7 00
Mrs. Harry Flagg, North
7 00
Stella E. Belcher, North
2 00
Constance E. D. Freethy, Albeeville
7 00
Margaret Spalton, Albeeville 7 00
Lillian Porter, East
7 00
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240 00
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5
Bertha E. Davis, East
7 00
Marion S. Howe, East
2 00
Wilfred T. Claflin, new school build- ing 25 00
99 00
Incidentals :-
Mrs. Amos Gallant, cleaning Center, North and Albeeville schoolrooms .. George Scisco, cleaning floors in new school building
$11 40
2 42
13 82
Herbert F. Taylor, paid freights, cart- age,express, telephone, car fares, etc. George Scriven :-
28 02
Fence posts, boards and nails.
4 82
Services on School Committee
I 25
Cutting grass, North school yard.
2 00
8 07
N. S. Hoagland :-
Cash paid for padlock and postage $ 85 Secretary School Committee, 2 mos. 2 00
2 85
F. H. Wood :-
Services on School Committee
$1 25
Decorations for High school grad- uation
3 20
Moving desks and supplies to new school building.
5 00
9 45
E. L. Smith :-
I pair hinges and repairs in prima- ry school.
$1 00
Setting 2 lights of glass and carry- ing in wood
80
Use of well for schools 7 1-2 mos.
4 38
6 18
Clark Ellis & Sons :-
Floor brush, solder and labor on pipe
5 00
5 P. A. cups
85
Knob, pail and pipe collar
60
Brooms, brushes, dustpans, cups ...
5 60
12 05
F. H. Lowell :-
Music for High school
2 50
6
J. L. Hammett & Co. :-
25 diplomas and engrossing same .. Slate blackboard 26 30
$ 7 00
33 30
G. M. Billings :-
300 graduation programs
$3 50
Printing report cards. 3 00
6 50
D. H. Barnes :-
2 pulp pails. 50
W. H. Bennett :-
Labor and material painting East schoolhouse $23 30
Varnishing desks at East school 8 51
31 81
J. Stuart Cox :-
Labor at East school yard.
6 03
J. H. Dudley :-
Services at church graduation I 00
Geo. L. Davenport :- Repairs, North school
1 00
L. T. Gaskill :-
Cuttinggrass, Center school grounds 2 00
To cash paid labor and material for East Mendon school yard 6 95
Services taking school census 7 00
66 Secretary School Commit-
tee S 00
Postage I 44
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S. W. Wood :-
4 2-3 days labor on desks at old and new school rooms. 9 33
Oscar W. Williams :-
Labor on desks at old and new school rooms. 10 00
George B. Cromb :-
Labor on vaults at East school 7 00
F. W. Draper :- Envelopes. 60
C. W. Wilcox :- Clock 5 00
F. E. Barrows :-
Papering water closet and putting on storm windows. I 50
26 26
Use of well I 1-2 months
7
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins :-
Desk,tables, ink wells, etc. 249 25
W. T. Claflin :--- Labor at new school
3 00
475 02
Text Books and Supplies :-
Benjamin H. Sanborn
$ 1 00
J. L. Hammett & Co.
54 83
H. F. Taylor
I 00
D. C. Heath & Co.
II 90
Robert B. Touitt
4 50
F. W. Draper
I 90
H. Holt & Co.
3 12
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
2 55
Holder Patent Book Cover Co.
75
Ginn & Co.
8.79
Milton Bradley & Co.
32
Edward E. Babb & Co.
IO 05
100 71
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK H. WOOD, GEORGE SCRIVEN, LEONARD T. GASKILL, School Committee.
The Secretary of the School Committee would also report that he has received from teacher and pupils of the North school seven and 90-100 dollars to start a fund to be used for adorning the rooms in the new school building. This sum I have depos- ited in the Milford Savings Bank, to be disposed of at the pleasure of the School Committee.
LEONARD T. GASKILL, Secretary School Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON :-
Gentlemen :- I hereby submit the tenth annual report of the Superintendent of Schools and the second of the present incum- bent.
Last year I called your attention to the two important ·con- siderations which assure good schools; namely, good teachers and satisfactory material equipment.
As far as the east is from the west, so has our material equipment improved.
The voters in town meeting last March appropriated money to erect a schoolhouse under the direction of a committee elected for the purpose. Those that have visited the new build- ing since completion know how well the work has been done, and can appreciate the faithful, efficient services rendered by the committee. Those who have never visited the building, are earnestly requested to do so.
The chief dimensions of the building follow :
The building is located 120 feet back from the street on a lot 204 feet front and 422 feet deep. The total dimensions of building 63 feet by 53 feet ; main portion 63 feet by 33 feet, with projection on front 20 feet by 38 feet.
The building contains four schoolrooms, 28 feet by 32 feet. Each schoolroom is lighted, by nine windows in groups on the two sides, arranged so that the light is thrown onto the left and rear of the pupils. Each schoolroom is warmed by hot air from furnaces in basement through brick ducts, and by steam coils on the two exposed sides of each room. Besides these four rooms, there is a class room 12 feet by 18 feet on the second floor, and a superintendent's room of like dimensions on the first floor. Each schoolroom is ventilated by an opening into a vent stack. The corridor, class room and superintendent's room are heated by steam radiation, supplied by a boiler in the base- ment, which also supplies the steam coils in schoolrooms and the radiation in vent stacks.
Located in each corridor are drinking bowls, which are sup- plied with water from a large tank in attic. In the corridors are
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located wardrobe racks. The building is finished in North Car- olina pine. The floors are rift hard pine and the plastered walls throughout tinted in water colors. The basement floor is ce- mented and is available for play rooms. The superintendent's room is fitted up with shelving on two sides and the laboratory and class room is fitted up with shelves, cupboards and draw- ers.
The basement is 10 feet high, first and second stories 12 feet.
Mendon has not only a fine building with every convenience for good work, but has the teachers who are capable of doing superior work.
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