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2. By public sympathy. Every citizen should feel his individu- al responsibility to the schools. Intelligent criticism is always wel- comed by teachers and school officers. The teacher can make a good school, but if the community manifests no interest in her work, is it any wonder she soon becomes indifferent to results ?
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Citizens should visit the schools, and by their presence extend their support to the teacher. By visiting, they can observe the work of the school and thus form their opinions of what is being' done, intelligently.
3. By lengthening the school year to thirty-six weeks. This means a larger appropriation by $400.
4. By more and better supervision. No right-thinking per- son would contend that our schools can be superintended as they should be for the salary now paid.
5. The schools should be supplied with the apparatus need- ed for modern methods.
6. There should be a decided change in the methods of teaching.
EDWARD DIXON, Supervisor of Schools.
FRANK H. WOOD, EDWARD DIXON, FREDERICK BATES,
School Committee.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Terms.
No. of scholars.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per cent of attendance.
No. of scholar- under
five years of age.
No. of scholars ov. r 15
No. of scholars between
8 and 14 yrs. of age.
Wages of teachers per
month.
HIGH.
F. L. Pattee 66
20
192
1×1
93
14
$60
GRAMMAR.
Geneva M. Briggs
1
24
22
21
95
32
24
121
21
95
24
36
30
26
22
85
36
PRIMARY.
Mary A. Smith
1
44
41
37
90
Josie W. Bates
2
14
42
41
9.
1
23
28
Mariette Hamant
84
NORTH.
Ada C. Taft
1
26
24
22
91
1-1
28
2
26
24.7123
93
16
32
2
16
32
SOUTH.
Ella F. Thayer .
.
2
10
9 8
x
81
4
24
66
3
6
5.5
5.2
94
EAST.
Flora Crooks, Lyman Cook Lyman Cook
2
16
14.9 14.4
96
2
16
3
20
18.1 16.2
89
ALBEEVILLE.
Mariette Hamant
1
20
18
16 5
92
32
2
2
18
16
90
J
1
14
32
Etta M. Hood
3
13
11.4
10
28
1
10
8.4
8.1
96
Bessie W. Wilcox
1
20
10.1
12.7
25
23.2 22.8
98
14
31
26
years of age.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of Highways, School Commit- tee, and Collector of Taxes, of the Town of Mendon, and that of the Treasurer of the Taft Public Library, for the past municipal year, and find them correctly kept and with proper vouchers.
JULIUS A. GEORGE, Auditor.
Mendon, February 15, 1890.
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 quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on Monday, the third day of March, next, punctually at ten o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles viz. :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
Article 2. To hear the reports of the several town officers 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 determine the manner of repairing the roads and bridges in said town the year ensuing.
Article 6. To see if the town will require the School Com- mittee annually to appoint a Superintendent of Schools, and if so, raise and appropriate money for his salary.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors reported by the Selectmen, or make any alterations in the same.
Article 8. To see what measures, if any, the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to continue the High School.
Article 10. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurei io hire money to pay current expenses for the municipal year commencing March 3d, 1890, in anticipation of the collection of the taxes.
Article 11. To see what action the town will take as to its indebtedness on bond outstanding.
Article 12. To bring in their ballots "Yes" or "No" in an-
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swer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this town?"
·· Article 13. To see if the town will continue communication by telephone with Milford, as security against destruction by fire, or act in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see what amount of money, if any, the town will vote to raise and appropriate for conveying pupils to and from the public schools, the same to be expended by the School Committee in their discretion.
Article 15. To see if the town will accept the provisions of sections seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-six and seventy-seven of chapter twenty-seven of the Public Statutes, and choose three road commissioners as set forth in said sections, and determine their compensation.
Article 16. To see what special amount, if any, the town will vote to appropriate for the repair of the road leading from the residence of David Adams past the residence of Francis F. Taft to the Hopedale line, or take any other action in regard to making special repairs on said road or any part thereof.
Article 17. To see if the town will accept Chapter 309 of the Acts of 1885 in relation to licensing groves.
Article 18. To see if the town will determine what shall be the length of the school year.
Article 19. To see what amount, if any, the town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of school apparatus.
Article 20. To see what alterations, repairs and improve- ments, if any, the town will make upon the basement of the town hall, the schoolrooms above, the hall itself, the land, buildings, and fences therewith used, and upon any other or others of the town's school buildings and the furnishing and methods of heating and ventilating any or all of said rooms and buildings.
Article 21. To see what means, if any, the town will take towards procuring a lot for a new schoolhouse or selecting a site therefor on land now owned by the town, and building and fur- nishing such schoolhouse.
Article 22. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1888, relating to the employment of a superintendent of schools, and appropriate money therefor.
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 meeting, viz: At the post-office, and on the door of the schoolhouse in Albeeville, and at the post-office at South Milford.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with
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your doings thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, before the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Mendon, this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
GUSTAVUS B. WILLIAMS, Selectmen ALBERT W. GASKILL, of
LIBERTY FREEMAN, Mendon.
A true copy. Attest :---
Constable 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 2, 1891.
MILFORD, MASS. DAILY JOURNAL PRINTING HOUSE.
1891.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned. Treasurer of the Town of Mendon, for the vear ending March 2nd, 1891, respectfully submits the account of his doings.
He debits himself with the following assets, viz. : Received of Edward L. Smith for use of
town hall . $72 50
Received of Austin A. Taft on notes
3000 00
· of Julius A. George
500 00
of G. B. Williams, for use of tele- phone . 20 45
.. of G. B. Williams, tree damage and cost. 50 00
of S. B. Taft, auctioneer's license 2 00 of S. W. Cook 2 00
66 of John C. Wood, license for alley
2 00
66 of Liberty Freeman, Collector for 1889. 160 11
of Liberty Freeman, Collector for 1890. 7016 67
of State Treasurer, as follows :
Corporation tax
$402 53
National Bank tax.
509 48
Military Aid, chap. 279. .. . .
36 00
٠٠ chap. 301. ....
516 00- 1464 01
66 of State Treasurer, School Fund
207 74
66 of Frank H. Wood, for posts .... .. of Julius A. George, administrator, for hay scales.
37 23
66 of County Treasurer, dog fund ...
172 65
of A W. Gaskill, old plank . ·
3 00
. . of Edward Dixon, balance ..
101 88
$12,814 24
He credits himself with the following sums : Paid 113 Town Orders. ..
$7598 30
Julius A. George, note and interest ...
506 00
66 Ann Quigley, bond and interest.
525 00
6. Austin A. Taft, notes and interest.
3081 75
66 State Tax ...
507 50
.6 Balance due Treasurer for 1889
77 05
$12,295 60
Cash to Balance
518 64
$12,814 24 AUSTIN A. TAFT, Treasurer.
Mendon, Feb. 14th, 1891.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report of the expenditures of the town for the municipal year ending March 2, 1891 :
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Wood & Nye, returning 16 deaths, 1888 and 1889. $4 00
65 66
9 1890 and 1891. . .
2 25
N. G. Daniels, rent of room for extinguisher to Nov. 1, 1889 .
3 00
L. D. Chipman. rent of room and care of extinguisher to Jan. 1, 1891 18 00
E. F. Wood, labor on extinguisher
2 40
G. B. Williams, cash paid for repairs of extinguisher .. 66 supplies for
2 00
Charles H. Allen, services as fire ward at Wilcox fire .. G. B. Williams. cash paid expenses committee on ven- tilation, to Lynn
12 97
G. B Williams, reward offered and damages paid own- ers, tree cases.
50 00
G. B. Williams, use of telephone
60 00
Waterman Taft, sawing wood, etc., for town officers' rooms
3 52
C. A. Fletcher, labor on Old Cemetery, balance of ac- count.
4 20
Stephen Cook, material for road repairs.
20 00
Dr. J. M. French, returning 3 births. 0 75
H. C. Adams, agent, renewal of insurance on hall and five school houses, etc 10 72
E. L. Smith, special services, July 4, 1890. . 2 00
E. L. Smith, cash paid express on supplies for ex- tinguisher
0 50
H. C. Adams, cash paid express, etc. . 5 13
G. B. Williams, cash paid for sundries 3 85
A. V. G. Pond, lahor on extinguisher 1 00
0 44
$224 98
66
one foot chestnut wood for extinguisher
9 85
8 40
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CARE AND SUPPLIES FOR TOWN HALL.
E. L. Smith, care of hall to April 1, 1890 .. $55 00
E. L. Smith, sundries for hall to April 1, 1890 17 50
L. A. Cook, coal for hall . 15 82
James H. Magee, plastering . 8 45
Weed Bros. & Lent, window ventilators 2 60
$99 37
SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Gilbert Gaskill, lockup keeper to April 1, 1890 . 5 00
A. W. Gaskill, assessing taxes of 1890. 40.75
W. S. Wilcox . 40 00
Alanson Freeman 40 00
66 services as inspector, state election .. 2 50
F. C. Wood,
66 66
·
2 50
Liberty Freeman, services as collector of taxes of 1889 65 00 E. Dixon, services as supervisor of schools, 1889-1890, balance . 25 00
E. Dixon, services as school committee, visiting and examinations, 1890-1891 27 50
E. Dixon, services as treasurer of school committee, 1890-1891 10 00
E. Dixon, services as school book agent.
30 00
Lyman Cook, visiting schools . 20 00
E. L. Smith, services as constable to March 2, 1891 ... 15 00
H. C. Adams, services as town clerk and registrar ...
24 40
Austin A. Taft, services as treasurer, 1890-1891 35 00
L Freeman, services as selectman and registrar. 31 50
A. W. Gaskill, “ 46 52 66
G. B. Williams," 66 ..... 49 75
$510 42
MILITARY AID, CHAPTER 279. ACTS OF 1889.
John Oakford .. $72 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF, CHAPTER 447, ACTS OF 1890.
Abel G. Weatherhead . $42 00
Sylvia Henry . 48 95
$90 75
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STATE AID TO PENSIONERS, CHAPTER 301, ACTS OF 1889.
John Curley . $72 00
James McKenna.
48 00
Rufus Hazard. 48 00
Catherine Foley
24 00
Abel G. Weatherhead
120 00
George W. Scisco
48 00
David A. Kingman.
72 00
Waterman Taft.
48 00
Dexter Inman .
72 00
Caleb V. Smith .
48 00
Sidney W. Goodell 36 00
Jason G. Cummings 36 00
$672 00
PRINTING.
G. M. Billings, town reports of 1890. 45 00
F. E. Day, for collector 2 50
Cook & Sons, dog notices 2 50
$50 00
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
The town refusing to choose Road Commissioners, the Select- men, as required by Chapter 98 of the Acts of 1889, appointed Mr. F. H. Wood superintendent of streets, fixing his compensation at 25 cents per hour of actual service.
His work has been done "under the direction of the Selectmen," and to their entire satisfaction. Attention is called to his report, following.
We believe the time will come when our principal roads must be macadamized, and that the work cannot be begun too soon.
Payments on account of roads and bridges have been made as follows, viz. :
J. C. Wood, old bill. $4 60
C. H. Howe, surveyor, old bill . 2 60
Town of Bellingham, for re-covering one-half of Charles River bridge . 6 41
F. H. Wood, superintendent, as reported below, 16 orders . 1804 97
$1818 58
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SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BOOKS, INCIDENTALS, AND APPARATUS.
Paid School Committee 11 orders . $3025 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid Overseers of Poor, 12 orders $880 00
THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Trustees, 4 orders .
$155 00
RECAPITULATION.
Incidentals.
$224 98
Town Hall.
99 37
Services of town officers 510 42
Printing
50 00
State aid to pensioners, Chap. 301 .
672 00
State Military aid, Chap. 279
72 00
Soldiers' relief, Chaps. 447, 1890, and 298, 1889
90 95
Roads
1818 58
Schools
3025 00
Poor.
880 00
Library
155 00
$7598 30
The Selectmen also report that the available assets of the town, known to them, are as follows :-
Due from Collector, list of 1890
$226 19
Due from State, aid to soldiers, Chap. 301, to Jan. 1, 1891, 12 months .. 658 00
Due from State, aid to soldiers, Chap. 301, to March 1, 1891, 2 months. 114 00
Due from State, aid. to soldiers, Chap. 279, to Jan. 1, 1891, 12 months .
36 00
Due from State, aid to soldiers, Chap. 279, to March 1, 1891, 2 months 6 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer $518 64-$1558 83
The liabilities of the town, so far as known, are as follows :- Outstanding bills, estimated. $75 00
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Due town officers
75 00 Due High School Teacher, at close of term 90 00- $240 00
Net balance in favor of the town .
$1318 83
Respectfully submitted,
G. B. WILLIAMS, - Selectmen A. W. GASKILL, of
L FREEMAN, Mendon.
Mendon, Feb. 14, 1891.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1890.
Schools
$1600 00
Poor
800 00
Roads
1500 00
Milford Road
300 00
Incidentals
300 00
Library
225 00
School Books
200 00
School Incidentals
300 00
School Apparatus
100 00
Interest.
100 00
Debt.
500 00
School Outhouses
150 00
Ventilation
400 00
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
LIBERTY FREEMAN, COLLECTOR FOR 1889.
DR.
Balance uncollected, Feb. 10, 1890 $155 38
Interest received. 10 73
$166 11
CR.
By cash paid treasurer.
160 11
Abatements 6 00
$166 11
LIBERTY FREEMAN, COLLECTOR FOR 1890.
DR.
Taxes committed for collection . $7,638 34
Additional assessment. 2 00
Interest received 44 24
$7,684 58
CR.
By cash paid treasurer
$7,016,67
Paid County tax
415 00
Abatements
26 72
$7,458 39
Balance uncollected Feb. 14, 1891
$226 19
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The Overseers of Poor submit the following report for the mu- nicipal year ending March 2, 1891 :
John W. Barry, Mary C. Taft, Edna Allen, Janie Briggs, Jennie Davenport, Cora M. Gould and family, George H. Wood, Francis H. Scisco, Sally Mellen, Christina Taft, (having a settle- ment in Mendon), Sophia Taft and two children, (having a settle- ment in Northbridge), Catherine P. Fostream, (belonging to Bos- ton), Jason G. Cummings and Joseph H. Wood, (to Uxbridge) . have been wholly or partially supported.
The Overseers charge themselves with the receipt of the fol- lowing named funds belonging to the town :-
Balance from last year $3 43
Twelve town orders 880 00
Town of Milford. 8 87
Town of Blackstone 3 43
45 00
City of Boston , ... 40 65
$981 38
The Overseers credit themselves with paying the following amounts :-
FOR SUPPORT OF
John W. Barry
$169 46
Mary C. Taft
85 00
Edna Allen.
104 00
Janie Briggs
31 00
Jennie Davenport .
72 00
Cora M. Gould and family .
100 00
George H. Wood
109 50
Francis K. Scisco
24 00
Sally Mellen .
15 00
Sophia Taft and two children.
65 21
Christina Taft ..
23 00
Catherine P. Fostream
40 65
Jason G. Cummings
16 00
Joseph H. Wood.
10 00
Gilbert Gaskill, care of 400 tramps .. 66 66 for tramp house, sundries ..
1 05
A. W Gaskill wood for tramp house.
6 88
HenryW Gaskill, services, Overseer of Poor Gilbert Gaskill, 66 66
6 00
Liberty Freeman, 66
35 00
. .
66 postage stamps . ·
1 42
60 00
6 00
Town of Uxbridge.
10
Cash on hand to balance 21
$981 38
From the whole amount paid for support of poor .
$981 17
Deduct what was due for the support of pau- pers to March 3, 1890. What has been paid out for Northbridge ... 66 66 Boston ..
$80 84
65 21
40 65
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Uxbridge ...... 26 00
$212 70
$768 47
Add what will be due for support of pau- pers to March 2, 1891 $72 04
Cost of supporting the poor for the year end- ing March 2, 1891
$840 51
Due from Northbridge, $65.21 : Uxbridge, $12.50.
Respectfully submitted,
LIBERTY FREEMAN, Overseers GILBERT GASKILL, of
HENRY W. GASKILL, 1 Poor.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1891.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
The Superintendent respectfully submits the following report for the year ending March 2, 1891 :-
General appropriation. $1500
Special appropriation. 300
The superintendent debits himself to sixteen
town orders .
$1,804 97
He credits himself by paying the following bills :
C. B. Williams. for labor. $321 30
J. H. Stenson, ..
105 52
G. A. Staples 6.
124 05
O. W. Hill,
104 80
John Broughey,
72 90
Martin Grady, 6.
54 15
E. T. Bates,
21 87
S. Brooks, 6 .
41 40
G. B. Cromb, ،،
24 40
James Broughey,
.
3 00
L. P. Cummings, . .
78 00
George Ford, ..
4 50
George Wilbur.
38 70
Thomas Lapham. . 6
2 95
Frank H. Wood, as superintendent.
218 65
Frank H. Wood, team and man furnished ..
328 22
Frank H. Wood, cash paid as per bills .....
25 09
A. W. Gaskill, labor, gravel and scraper blade .
46 20
A. W. Gaskill, sleepers, rails and plank . ..
67 36
Edward Dudley, for gravel.
27 70
S. B. Taft, for posts.
14 96
S. V. Crane, for plank
20 00
D. W. Gaskill, for plank
20 00
John Barry, for repairs .
10 70
Gilbert Gaskill, for gravel. 9 20
Clark Ellis & sons, for supplies.
19 35
$1,804 97 Amount expended on Milford road, $440.11 ; team work, $523.30. FRANK H. WOOD, Supt. of Streets. Mendon, Feb. 12, 1891.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK,
DOGS REGISTERED IN 1890.
78 Male dogs.
$156 00
12 Female dogs
60 00- $216 00
Registration fees 18 00
Balance paid County Treasurer $198 00
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1890.
Date of Birth. 1889. July 31, 1×90.
Name of Child.
Name of Parents.
Mabel Pearson.
Irving E. and Jennie E Pearson.
Jan. 31, Ann Eliza Everton.
Samuel E and Mary S Everton
Feb 9. KatherineAgnes Harrington Michael and Mary J Harrington.
Feb 10, Mabel Rosalie Harris.
Mar 30, George Carlton Daniels.
May 30, Charles Vincent Driscoll.
June 5, Horace Adams Chipman.
June 8, Clara Elizabeth Barrows. June 23, Charles William Libbey. June 28, Caroline Elizabeth Brooks Aug 10, Nina Marion Burr.
Aug 28, Florence Joanna Aldrich.
Sept 29, Herbert Stoddard Wood.
Sept. 30, Cecil Augustus Rockwood Oct 26, Mary Aldrich Congdon Nov. 9, Mary Ann Gabry.
Dec 4, William Andrew Curliss.
Dec. II, Daniel Hill Bates.
Dec 16, George Ezra Worthen.
Dec. IS, Florence Pearson.
George W and Effie E. Worthen. Irving E and Jennie E Pearson
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1890.
Date. Name of Groom and Bride
Residence of each.
Feb. 12, 1890. George E. Thayer.
Bellingham.
Minnie F. Bicknell. Mendon.
Mar. 26, Willie J. Bullard Milford
Clara Monger.
Mendon.
April 2. George W. Jennison.
Mendon.
Anna R. H. Staples. Hopedale.
June 4, 66 George M. Taft. Mendon.
Emma A. Moore. Mendon.
Sept. 3, Elton O. Clark. Hopedale.
Bessie W. Wilcox. Mendon.
Oct. 2x, Fred S. Wilcox. Milford.
Minnie M. Barrows.
Mendon.
George W. and Carrie A. Harris. Leon and Mary M Daniels
Florence and Margaret E Driscoll Lewis D. and Jennie Chipman.
Frank E. and Ellen E Barrows. William F. and Amelia J. Libbey. Samuel and Selina Brooks. H. Melvin and Cora E. Burr. Frank M and Florence H. Aldrich. Frank H and Sarah J Wood
Jotham C. and Estella C Rockwood. Albert J and Annie A. Congdon George and Elizabeth Gabry. Henry F. Sisco and Amelia M Curliss.
Erwin A. and Jennie Bates
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Nov. 14, 1890. Israel Richardson. Laura Williams.
Mendon.
Mendon.
Dec. 23, « Stephen H. Sisco. Mendon. Mary Adkins. Mendon.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1890.
Date.
Name.
Yrs Ms. Days.
Residence.
Feb. 2
Michael A. Monahan.
20 7 21
Hopkinton.
Feb. 7 Bertha A. Weatherhead.
7 10 2
Mendon.
Feb. 15
Perry Wood.
76 3 13
Mendon.
Mar. 1
Mary Jane C. Briggs.
47 0 0
Mendon.
April 8
Davis Bills.
85
0 0
Mendon.
Aug 14
Harriet H. Young.
72
7 17
Mendon.
Aug. 25
Ada J. Cook.
37
1 25
Mendon.
Sept. 4
Louanna Smith.
89
5
4
Mendon.
Sept. 30
Mary Hall.
62
0
0
Mendon.
Oct. 7
Elsie M. Ellis.
78
0
0
Mendon.
Oct. 10
Robert Hall.
63
0
0
Mendon.
Oct. 23
Julia R. Newhall.
61
5
9
Mendon.
Nov. 14
William H. Aldrich.
65
0
0
Mendon.
Nov. 17
Sylvia C. Henry.
43 10
0
Mendon.
Nov. 27
Timothy F. Quigley.
30
0
0
Mendon.
Dec. 24
Mary A. Daniels.
79 11 14
Mendon.
HORACE C. ADAMS, Town Clerk.
Mendon, Feb. 14, 1891.
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TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The report of the Librarian, and that of the Treasurer of the Trustees, which are submitted in connection herewith, furnish nearly all the information which the Trustees have to convey to the Town at the present time
The new catalogue which it was expected would be issued dur- ing the past year, has not, owing to several unfores en occurrences. been completed yet, but a system of cataloguing has been agreed upon, and the work is well under way. The catalogues will prob- ably be ready early in the year.
The trustees extend the thanks of the citizens to all who have made donations to the Library during the past year. The books were examined on February 10th current, and found ac- counted for, and in satisfactory condition. The Library was re- opened Feb. 14th. We take pleasure in reporting that Miss Wil- liams, the efficient and satisfactory Librarian of the past year, has been engaged for the ensuing rear.
By reference to the report of the Treasurer of this Board, it will be seen that of the two hundred and twenty-five dollars appro- priated at the last annual meeting, for the use of the Library, only one hundred and fifty-five dollars have been drawn. We recom- mend an appropriation of two hundred and twenty-five dollars for the use of the Library the ensuing year.
JULIUS A. GEORGE, Trustees HORACE C. ADAMS. Taft Public
G. B. WILLAMS, Library.
Mendon, Feb. 14th, 1891.
LIBRARIAN'S TENTH ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Library was re-opened for the delivery of books, Febru- ary 14
3586 books have been given out during the year-285 less than last year.
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The greatest number delivered on any one Saturday was 104 ; the smallest number, 50 : the average number, 71.
The delivery by divisions was as follows : Agriculture, 8; Bi- ography, 86 ; History, 217; Travel, 118; Educational, 33; Mis- cellaneous, 62 ; Poetry, 52; Novels, 2716 ; Periodicals, 394.
The library has been increased by 162 volumes the past year, making a total of 2851.
The town purchased 82 books ; 80 were given. Rey. Carlton A. Staples made the large donation of 44 books-6 years of the Century and other magazines and pamphlets.
Rev. Chas. J. Staples presented 19 books ; Robert Shippen, 2 ; Henry E. Staples, 1; Nahor Staples, 1; Secretary of Common- wealth, 6; W. G. Veazey, 1; Department of Interior, 2; M. L. Judd, 2; E. B. Crane, 1; Mayor of Charlestown, 1.
J. A. George has given the Harper's Magazine for 1889 ; Wen- del Williams the Outing for 1887; Edith Bennett the Wide Awake for 1889-90. Several other pamphlets have also come from dif- ferent persons.
A large number of books were bound or rebound in the Spring. Among them were the Mendon School Reports for 1846-1889, col- lected and given to the Library by Rev. Geo. F. Clark. and Men- don Town Reports 1858-1889, collected by the Selectmen.
All books were returned on February 7, excepting four, and those have since been returned.
LENA WILLIAMS,
Librarian.
Mendon, Feb. 9, 1891.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Report of the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Taft Public Library for the year ending Feb. 10, 1891 :-
DR.
To cash on hand.
$0 44
66 received on 4 orders of Selectmen . 155 00
66
66 G. B. Williams, for binding books. . ..
1 20
66 Lena Williams, cards, fines, etc. . .
10 06
$166 70
16
CR.
By cash paid C. V. A. Smith, for labor $1 50
" A. A. Taft, for wood ..
3 50
66
". G. R. Williams, books and paper 8 20
66 " W. B. Clarke & Co., books and binding ..
82 37
" De Wolfe, Fisk & Co., books
10 74
" H. J. Dearing, screens
2 70
66
" Cook & Sons, labels .
1 25
66
" Lena Williams, expressage and supplies. .
50 00
66
" R. C. Eldridge, book
0 75
on hand.
0 62
$166 70
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE C. ADAMS, Treasurer.
Mendon, Feb. 13, 1890.
Examined, found correct, and with proper vouchers.
G. B. WILLIAMS, - Auditors. JULIUS A. GEORGE, -
Mendon, Feb. 14, 1891.
" Lena Williams, salary for 1890.
5 07
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1890-91.
MILFORD, MASS. DAILY JOURNAL PRINTING HOUSE.
1891.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
.
1890-1891.
ORGANIZATION.
FRANK H. WOOD, Chairman Term expires 1891.
EDWARD DIXON, Secretary .6 1892.
LYMAN COOK
1893.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
W. W. NELSON,
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