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Respecfully submitted,
GEO. M. TAFT,
Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1915
MILFORD, MASS. MILFORD JOURNAL CO., PRINTERS. 1916.
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ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1915-1916.
LYMAN COOK (Chairman), LENA W. GEORGE (Secretary), CLARENCE A. TAFT,
Term expires 1916. Term expires 1917. Term expires 1918.
SUPERINTENDENT. F. G. ATWELL.
TRUANT OFFICERS. GEORGE A. PARKINSON, LYMAN COOK, F. G. ATWELL.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The School Committee submit the following report for the year ending Jan. 1, 1916.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$3,500 00
Appropriation for School Physician 25 00
From State, Superintendent
416 67
From State, High School Assistant
500 00
From State, tuition
96 00
From City of Boston, tuition
78 75
From Town of Uxbridge, tuition (2 yrs.)
108 00
From County Treasurer, dog tax . . . ..
155 68
From appropriation of November, 1915. .
1,521 77
$6,401 87
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers
$3,490 00
Superintendent
645 96
Transportation
781 62
Fuel
436 00
Care of buildings
399 55
Text books and supplies
273 10
Incidentals
375 64
$6,401 87
TEACHERS.
Charles H. Risley
$922 50
Ruth A. Walker
312 50
Alice C. Pulsifer
200 00
Karin L. Ekman
420 00
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Laura Looke Strickland
398 00
Mary E. Dudley
420 00
Lena Williams
220 00
Agnes M. Fraser
140 00
Maria E. Allen
342 00
Ernestine H. Wilcox
75 00
Amy Wheelock 40 00
$3,490 00
SUPERINTENDENT. ·
F. G. Atwell
$645 96
CARE OF BUILDINGS.
George A. Parkinson $313 50
Maria E. Allen
18 00
Georgianna Cook 39 75
Minnie L. Ballou
25 30
Mrs. Richard Hogarth 3 00
$399 55
FUEL.
Milford Coal Co., Center $251 10
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., Center
159 90
C. A. Fletcher, Center 10 00
Henry W. Gaskill, Albeeville
14 00
Sumner Allen, Albeeville
1 00
$436 00
TRANSPORTATION.
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co.
$204 12
Leonard E. Taft
176 00
J. Franklin Leonard 394 00
George M. Taft 7 50
$781 62
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
J. L. Hammett Company $64 20
Silver, Burdette & Co.
10 00
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American Book Co. 50 34
The Palmer Co. 3 60
Edward E. Babb & Co. 30 45
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
8 13
Ginn and Company
43 06
Oliver Ditson Company
5 40
J. J. Gibbs
25
White, Smith Publishing Co.
1 57
D. C. Heath & Co. 28 92
Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co.
12 00
Milford Journal Co.
3 35
The Macmillan Co.
11 83
$273 10
INCIDENTALS.
F. G. Atwell, express, telephone, en- velopes, carfares, etc. $16 11
Henry W. Brown,repairing lawn mower and clocks . 2 50
Harry Taft, making cover for window ..
3 75
Edward T. Powers, labor and materials for repairs on heater 6 51
H. Edson Wheeler, repairing clocks 3 65
Highway Department, gravel 8 00
Edward T. Powers, pipe and labor
6 11
Lora E. Williams, use of well
3 00
1 25
Herbert C. Forbes, lettering diplomas .. Milford Journal Co., programs and ad- vertising 7 55
Milford Daily News, advertising 2 28
Joseph H. Dudley, care of church at graduation 2 00
George A. Parkinson, cartage, setting glass and materials 6 25
George A. Parkinson, mowing lawn ..
3 00
Henry L. Patrick, lawn mower and tubs. . 3 20
Smith A. Steere, painting Center building 210 00
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Smith A. Steere, repairing gutters, leading joints and pipe 3 00
Clark Ellis & Sons, stepladder, wires,
batteries, screws, lock, etc. 4 70
Clark Ellis & Sons, 3 water tanks. 6 75
Clark Ellis & Sons, garbage pails, cord chain, etc. 5 30
George G. Davenport, cleaning vaults ..
3 00
Jacob R. Brown, oil and labor, Center . . 12 00
Jacob R. Brown, oil, glass, slate and labor, Albeeville 17 75
Sumner Allen, cleaning vaults, Albeeville 1 00 F. K. Brown, oil, soap, pail, broom, etc. . 3 03
Remick Furniture Co., shade rollers . .
75
George H. Locke, lumber
96
Samuel W. Wood, making tank cover ..
2 00
Lyman Cook, school census, district meet-
ing, labor and supplies 14 63
Clarence A. Taft, district meeting,
labor, screws and hinges 4 36
Lena W. George, district meeting and secretary's salary 11 25
$375 64
Respectfully submitted,
LYMAN COOK,
LENA W. GEORGE,
CLARENCE A TAFT,
School Committee.
Jan. 10, 1916.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON :-
The twenty-second annual report of the superintendent of schools is herewith presented.
TEACHERS AND SALARIES.
Not so many teachers left us during the summer vacation of 1915 as last year, and yet there were three, if the music teacher is included. We can not expect to compete with the larger towns when it comes to salaries, neither can the small town offer so many attractions or advantages which appeal to the average teacher as the large town. The most frequent changes have occurred in the high school. It has almost become the custom that the assis- tants remain but one year. This is unfortunate for the school, and I am not sure it is the best thing for the teachers.
We have been taking graduates fresh from college as a rule, and probably we shall be obliged to continue this practice. We have paid them five hundred dollars the first year, and this is all right. A large number of college graduates expect to begin at this figure. But we have not offered these teachers jany higher salary the second year than the first. This seems to me a mistake. The average young woman feels that she can not teach the second year for the same salary without a loss of self-respect. She would regard even a slight increase as the stamp of official approval on her work. She interprets the absence of any advance as official dis- approval. School officials may assure her that this is not the case, but even though she may believe them to be sincere, they can not convince her that the public will not so interpret it. The final result has been that we lose the teacher. It is desirable to retain the high school assistants at least two years, but we can not expect to do so unless we increase the salary the second year.
It is better for the teacher to remain another year if she can do so without loss of prestige. In a two-teacher high school each
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teacher must carry so many different subjects that very little time is left, after proper preparation of the daily lessons, for getting acquainted with the people or for outside reading. A teacher going over the same work the second year will be able to accomplish more with no greater effort and with far greater satisfaction to herself. She will have time for more extensive study and for some collateral reading. Besides it is quite a valuable recommendation to stay more than a year in a place, especially if there is some advance in salary. This is what I most earnestly recommend.
All three of the new teachers are doing most excellent work. Nothing but praise can be said of any one of them.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The high school is materially stronger than last year. The spirit is better, the pupils are more responsive and more industrious. They recite more confidently and in better language. The work in written English shows marked improvement. It is true special stress has been laid upon this subject, but the results are very gratifying. This shows that what pupils really want to accomplish, that they will achieve. The great problem of the teacher is to stimulate the "want-to" spirit. The power to do this is an im- portant characteristic of the good teacher. It is one of the chief differences between the strong and the weak teacher.
THE STUDY OF AGRICULTURE.
In a town so vitally interested in all that pertains to agricul- ture, more attention should be given to it in school, especially in the high school. One draw-back in the past has been the lack of specialized knowledge on the part of the principal. It may not be practicable now to employ an expert in this subject. Such a man would command a considerably higher salary than we are paying. It is possible, however, to place much more stress upon matters relat- ing to agriculture than we are now doing, and this without much if any additional expense. A beginning has been made this year, and what has been begun should be continued, with much more added.
The State Board of Education recommends four years of science, all of which we are offering at the present time. So-called elementary science is given the first year, biology-plant, animal,
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and human-the second year, and physics and chemistry the last two years. All of these subjects may be taught with an agricultural motive without losing any of their value as science. No better il- lustration of centrifugal force can be found than that furnished by the Babcock milk tester. Light surface cultivation of the soil is closely related to the subject of capillary attraction. The fertili- zation of flowers is no longer simply an interesting topic in botany of aesthetic value only, but a very practical and valuable subject in plant breeding and plant production. The old study of the germi- nation of seeds was chiefly concerned with making neat copies of a drawing of a bean found in the textbook. The modern method is to actually test seed corn and discover its germinating qualities. This simple practice is now adding millions of dollars annually to the wealth of the country, and has given to several men a national dis- tinction. The fixation of free nitrogen through the cultivation of legumes is just as good chemistry and biology as can be found. Modern scientific agriculture involves a knowledge of all the physi- cal sciences, and to point out the multitudinous applications of the sciences to farming, adds greatly to their value as pure science. Here is a broad field of practical scholastic endeavor which we should cultivate more thoroughly and energetically.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
An outbreak of diphtheria during the fall term threatened at one time to become epidemic. It was impossible to determine the source of the first infection. Probably it was not local, as the disease was prevalent in several sections of the state.
The control of such a disease is exceedingly difficult, especially when some of the cases are light. A mild case of diphtheria may differ so little from common sore throat as to escape detection. The sufferer, without realizing that he is spreading the germs of a dan- gerous and often fatal disease, may expose an entire school. A light case of any contagious disease, while not serious for the patient, is recognized by all physicians to be far more dangerous to the public health than a serious case.
The grades in the main building were closed for two weeks. The high school was allowed to continue for the reason that while
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pupils of high school age are not wholly immune, they are not so susceptible as younger children. The whole building was thorough- ly washed in a standard disinfectant. This is coming to be regarded as more effective than fumigation for school buildings. It might not be so satisfactory in a house filled with carpets and draperies. Washing in a standard disinfecting solution is what the State Department of Health now recommends. Of course this gives official sanction to the practice.
AGE OF ADMISSION.
The registration in Miss Dudley's room is somewhat less than usual this year. This is due to the fact that the age of admission to the first grade was raised this year. According to the new rule, no child will be admitted to the first grade who will not be six years of age by the first of the following January. Six years is the common age of admission now, especially where there are only eight grades below the high school. This is much better for the child if he has wholesome home surroundings and a chance for free play out of doors. It is also better for the schools. Further- more, the majority of pupils are not mature enough before four- teen years of age to assimilate full measure of benefit from high school instruction. This has not only been our experience în Men- don, but that of many other places.
It is impracticable to admit pupils to the first grade after the class has fairly started on its year's work. It tends to keep the class back, and is likely to humiliate and discourage the pupil him- self to find that he can not do even with hard work what the class does with apparent ease. It has therefore become the custom not to admit beginners after the first four weeks of the school year.
I wish to thank all those who have so kindly co-operated in every effort to promote the educational interests of the town.
Respectfully submitted,
F. G. Atwell,
Superintendent of Schools.
January 24, 1916.
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TEACHERS AND SALARIES, DECEMBER, 1915.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
SALARIES PER MONTH.
PREPARATION.
High,
C. Harold Risley,
$90 00
Clark College.
Assistant,
Alice C. Pulsifer,
50 00
Tufts College.
Grammar,
Karin L. Ekman,
48 00
Lowell Normal.
Intermediate,
Laura R. Strickland,
48 00
Farmington Normal.
Primary,
Mary E. Dudley,
48 00
Mendon High School.
East Mendon,
Agnes M. Fraser,
40 00
Northfield Seminary.
Albeeville,
Maria Allen,
38 00
Wareham High School.
Music,
Amy Wheelock,
Mount Holyoke College.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1915-1916.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL YEAR.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
High School, Grades,
40 weeks 36 weeks
.1915 Sept. 7 Sept. 13
1915 Dec. 17 Dec. 17
1915 Dec. 27 Jan. 3
1916 March 24 March 17
April 3 April 3
June 16
Holidays :-
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, February 22, April 19, and May 30.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1916-1917.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL YEAR.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
High School, Grades,
40 weeks. 36 weeks.
1916 Sept. 4 Sept. 11
1916 Dec. 22 Dec. 22
1917 Jan. 1 Jan. 8
1917 March 23
1917
1917
April 2
June 22
March 16| April 2
June 15
Holidays :-
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, February 22, April 19, and May 30.
1916
1916
June 23
STATISTICAL TABLE, SEPTEMBER, 1914, TO JUNE, 1915.
High School.
Grammar.
Intermediate.
Primary.
East Mendon.
Albeeville.
Summaries and averages.
Total enrolment
35
27
44
33
14
20
173
Average membership
33.58
28.21
43.16
29.93
13.57
18.17
166.62
Average attendance
32.16
27.00
40.54
27.75
13.03
16.20
156.68
Percent. of attendance.
96.50
95.68
93.12
92.75
96.20
89.10
93.89
Aggregate attendance
6045
4563
685
4662
2189
2754 170
27064 172.7
Days of actual schooling
188
169
169
168
168
Number of pupils under 5 years of age
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Between 5 and 7 years of age
0
0
0
17
2
4
23
Between 7 and 14 years of age ..
11
4
0
0
1
2
18
Between 14 and 16 years of age
10
0
0
0
0
0
10
Over 16 years of age.
188
187
433
370
88
379
1645
Total days of absence.
316
65
54
74
25
31
565
Instances of tardiness
15
19
24
19
9
12
98
Of dismissal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Number of truants
1
2
5
1
0
0
9
Cases of corporal punishment
53
43
37
26
14
6
179
Visits by superintendent
1
2
2
3
0
1
9
Visits by school physician
24
26
47
55
15
36
203
By others
14
23
44
16
11
14
122
1
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Roll of Honor, 1914-1915.
THIRTY TERMS. High School-Gladys Blood.
TEN TERMS. High School-Lloyd Whiting.
NINE TERMS. High School-Charles Gillis. East Mendon-Marjorie Bullard.
FIVE TERMS.
High School-Kenneth Taft. . Intermediate-Hester Springer, Donald Lowell. Primary-Gertrude Haley.
FOUR TERMS.
East Mendon-Robert McTurk.
THREE TERMS.
High School-Martha Lowell.
Grammar-Martina Barry, Catherine Dacey, Verna Johnson. Intermediate-Charlotte Marlow.
East Mendon-Winsor Thayer, Hanson Craddock. Albeeville-Gladys Powell.
FALL AND WINTER TERMS.
Grammar-Phyllis G. Whiting. Intermediate-William McDonald. Primary-Raymond Ferris.
FALL AND SPRING TERMS.
High School-Minnie Daffon, Joseph Northrop, George Ferris.
Intermediate-Grace Wood. East Mendon-Lee Perry.
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WINTER AND SPRING TERMS.
East Mendon-Myla Thayer.
Albeeville-William Brown.
FALL TERM.
High School-Grace Ferris, Jessie Phillips, Carl Hoberg. Charles Town.
Grammar-Ruby Bagg, Roy Ferris, Mabel Grytzell, Edrys Leath, Ella Springer.
Intermediate-Elsie Lord, Theron Pope.
Primary-Florence Miller, Harold T. Carlstrom, Olga E. Carlstrom.
East Mendon-Lillian Perry.
WINTER TERM.
Intermediate-Florence Bagg, Harold Lowell, Francis Svedine.
Primary-Elsworth R. Hazard, Jesse A. Taft.
SPRING TERM.
High School-Dorothy McTurk.
Grammar-Ethel Eldredge, Leonard Rogers, Roy A. Thorning.
Intermediate-Edward Goss, Frederick Hartshorn, Robert Hogarth, William Irons, Irene Modig, Olive Phillips, Elmer Sears, Eleanor Wood.
Primary-Stanley C. Brown, George A. Johnson, Harold Metcalf.
Graduation Exercises of the MENDON HIGH SCHOOL AT. THE Unitarian Church, Friday Evening, June 25, 1915, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
Processional March
MISS NINA M. TAFT
Prayer REV. C. A. HENDERSON
Song-Toreador's Song (Carmen) Bizet
SCHOOL
Essay-My Trip to Washington INA MABLE IRONS
Essay-Social Settlements ANNIE MAUDE DAVEY
Song-O'er the Waters Gliding
Offenbach
SCHOOL
Essay-Manners and Costumes of the Elizabethan Age
MARY ABBIE GOSS
Essay-American Historic Homes
GRACE FERRIS
Song-The Hawthorne Tree Song-Doan Ye Cry, Ma Honey GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
Wooler
Noll
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Class History and Prophecy RAYMOND KINGSLEY MATHEWSON
Presentation of Diplomas
SUPT. F. G. ATWELL
Song-Away to the Woods
SCHOOL
Recessional March
MISS NINA M. TAFT
CLASS OF 1915
English Course-Annie Maude Davey, Grace Ferris, Mary Abbie Goss, Ina Mable Irons, Raymond Kingsley Mathewson Class President-Raymond K. Mathewson Class Secretary-Ina Mable Irons Class Colors-Green and White Class Flower-White Rose Class Motto-"Truth Without Fear"
JULIUS A. GEORGE Born in Mendon, June 30, 1841 Died January 30, 1917 Selectman in 1864. Chairman of Selectmen from 1891 until 1895. Presiding officer in every Annual Town Meeting from 1878 until 1908.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE VARIOUS
BOARDS OF TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
INCLUDING THE REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
Municipal Year Ending December 31, 1916.
[250TH ANNUAL REPORT.]
MILFORD, MASS. MILFORD JOURNAL CO., PRINTERS, 1917.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned Treasurer of the Town of Mendon for the financial year ending December, 31, 1916, submits an account of his doings.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the following sums viz :-
To cash received from the Treasurer for the year ending December 31, 1915 $ 740 40
To cash received from Milford Savings Bank 8,500 00
To cash received from Collector, 1914 .. 591 53
To cash received from Collector, 1915 .. 2,490 75
To cash received from Collector, 1916 .. 11,208 79
To cash received from Collector, M. & U. St. Ry. tax 227 29
To cash received from Collector, M., A. & W. St. Ry. tax 41 63
To cash received from Collector, Wor. Sub. St. Ry. tax 688 62
To cash received from State Treasurer, St. Ry. tax 788 68
To cash received from State Treasurer, Income from School Fund 1,053 28
To cash received from State Treasurer, State Road, 1916 740 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Inspection of Animals 23 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Asst. in High School 500 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Public Service Corporation tax .... 171 83
To cash received from State Treasurer, Business Corporation tax 10 83
3
To cash received from State Treasurer, National Bank tax 514 22
To cash received from State Treasurer, Burial Indigent Soldier 50 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Soldiers' exemption 5.0 43
To cash received from State Treasurer, State Aid, 1915 272 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Tuition School Children 142 00
To cash received from F. J. Dutcher, on account supervision of schools ... 375 00
To cash received from City of Boston, tuition of school children 70 50
To cash received from County Treasurer, Dog tax 167 98
To cash received from M. & U. St. Ry. Co., Grove license 50 00
To cash received from Daniel H. Barnes, Bowling Alley license 15 00
To cash received from Charles W. Buck, Skating rink license 10 00
To cash received from S. A. Brown, Pool table license 2 00
To cash received from R. L. Daley, Pool table license 2 00
To cash received from Thure Hanson, Pedlar's license 3 00
To cash received from Proprietors Records and Town Annals 4 50
To cash received from Rent of Alliance room 12 00
To cash received from Arthur E. Brown, janitor 77 00
To cash received from William A. Barry, 1-2 fees hay scales 10 75
To cash received from Frank Stevens for old settees 2 00
4
To cash received from Frank M. Aldrich for old junk . 1 00
To cash received from Taft Public
Library, fines 14 75
To cash received from Taft Public
Library, lamp 1 00
To cash received from Leon A. Wright for grass 1 50
To cash received from Walter A Gaskill, grass from old cemetery 8 00
To cash received from Leonard S. Perry, tree spraying 5 00
To cash received from W. G. Pond, Clerk 3d District Court 50 00
$29,688 26
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums viz :-
By paying 136 Town orders $13,327 40
School Department
2,308 76
2 notes new school building. . 650 00
2 notes anticipation of revenue, 1915
3,000 00
1 note general expense
500 00
2 notes anticipation of rev- enue, 1916 .
6,000 00
Interest on notes
426 47
State Treasurer, State tax ..
1,360 00
County Treasurer, County tax
756 00
Bureau of Statistics
8 00
To cash on hand to balance 1,351 63 - $29,688 26
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 FUND.
To cash deposited in Milford Savings
Bank .
$537 50
To cash, interest, Milford Savings Bank. . 21 70
Cr. $559 20
By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank
$559 20
$559 20
The notes against the Town, January 1st, 1917, are :-
7 New School Building Notes, $500 each $3,500 00
7 New School Building notes, $150
each 1,050 00
1 Serial note 500 00
2 notes, anticipation of revenue 2,500 00 $7,550 00
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Treasurer. Mendon, January 13, 1917.
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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
Dr.
To cash received L. T. Gaskill, Treasurer,
1915-1916, deposited in Milford Savings Banks . $ 927 04
To cash received deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings .... 729 85 To cash received Interest Milford Savings Bank 34 92
To
cash received Worcester
County
Institution for Savings
29 46
$1,721 27
Cr.
By cash paid 3 Town orders $ 75 00
By cash deposited in Milford Savings
Bank
886 96
By cash deposited Worcester
County
Institution for Savings
759 31
$1,721 27
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Treasurer.
Mendon, January 1st, 1917.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen submit the following report of expenditures for the municipal year ending January 1, 1917.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Frank M. Aldrich, forest warden (1915) $10 00
Frank M. Aldrich, forest warden (1916) 10 00
Geo. M. Taft, auditor 6 00
Samuel W. Wood, assessor
70 00
Chas. A. Fletcher, assessor
70 00
Chas. H. Allen, assessor
85 00
T. O. Daffon, dog officer
10 00
T. O. Daffon, constable, Mar.6 -- Sept. 1, 1916 14 00
Frank M. Aldrich, fire warden
Charles H. Allen, town clerk and
10 00
registrar 75 00
Charles H. Allen, recording and indexing 25 deaths 5 00
Charles H. Allen, recording and indexing 13 births 6 50
Charles H. Allen, recording and indexing 7 marriages 1 40
Charles H. Allen, administering oaths to 20 officers 5 00
Charles H. Allen, sealer of weights and measures, minus fees 6 03
Henry M. Burr, selectman 35 00
Henry M. Burr, overseer of poor 6 00
Edward T. Powers, selectman 30 00
Edward T. Powers, overseer of poor . . 6 00
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Smith A. Steere, selectman 50 00
Smith A. Steere, overseer of poor . . 45 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, tax collector, year 1914 100 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, treasurer, year 1916
100 00
$755 93
STREET LIGHTING.
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co.
$ 40 00
Worcester Suburban Electric Co. .. 206 64
$246 64
OLD CEMETERY.
Alonzo E. Brown, labor
$44 75
Memorial Day Committee
55 00
$99 75
MOTH SCOUT.
Frank M. Aldrich $116 50
Geo. M. Aldrich
33 00
Carl Wilbur 6 00
Geo. M. Taft, use of team 1 50
Staples & Gould, creosote
50
$157 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A. E. Brown, storing fire apparatus . .... $12 00
F. M. Aldrich, repairing extinguishers, etc.
3 00
$15 00
FIRE BUILDING.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$250 00
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EXPENDITURES.
S. W. Wood, labor and stock $97 03
Geo. H. Locke, supplies 133 78
H. M. Curtiss, cement 12 10
S. W. Wood, supplies 7 00
Unexpended balance 09
$249 91
$250 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Dr. A. J. Gallison, medical attendance to tubercular patient $15 00
Wm. Drescher, support and care of
tubercular patient 24 50
Rev. W. W. Wakeman, services at funeral of tubercular patient 3 00
Carl M. Taft, transportation
3 50
F. K. Brown, transportation
7 50
F. K. Brown, inspection of slaughtering .
65 75
W. W. Watson, funeral expense, tu- bercular patient 70 00
Dr. F. H. Lally, fumigating :-
Frank Knights 2 50
F. C. Lowell 5 00
Leslie Fletcher 2 50
E. F. Lilley 2 50
R. P. Neil 2 50
L. Leslie Fletcher, quarantine
.
19 50
$223 75
TREE WARDEN.
F. M. Aldrich, services as tree warden .. . $10 00
F. M. Aldrich, telephone charges, cutting and trimming trees 10 70
P. T. Kinsley, labor 2 00
$22 70
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INCIDENTALS. BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
John J. Driscoll $6 25
H. J. George 10 00
Wm. H. Driscoll 5 00
Raymond Daley
3 00
Arthur V. Pond
4 50
E. F. Driscoll 1 25
$30 00
RETURNING BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Dr. F. T. Harvey, returning 2 births $ 50
W. W. Watson, returning 6 deaths 1 50
Geo. W. Wood, returning 6 deaths 1 50
$3 50
POLICE.
Joseph Alves, service July 3 and 4
$ 3 00
T. O. Daffon, service July 3 and 4 . . 3 00
T. O. Daffon, services at Nipmuc Sundays 16 50
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