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Charles H. Allen, cash paid for assessors' blanks. ...
3 70
Horace C. Adams, cash paid G. M. Billings, for ballots 10 50
Milford Journal Co., moth circulars
5 50
Milford Journal Co., tax bills. 2 25
$62 43
TOWN HALL (Special Appropriation.)
Chas. H. Allen, contract. $277 50
CARE, REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES TOWN HALL.
Chas. H. Allen, labor and supplies on lower town hall $62 84
Horace S. Coleman, janitor and supplies 73 60
Avery & Woodbury Co., lamps for town hall. 4 50
G. A. Crockett, labor and material for lower town hall 34 70
Avery & Woodbury Co., chairs for town hall. 70 00
Philip S. Coffin, wood for town hall.
8 00
Harold M. Curtiss, coal.
15 00
Steere & Brown, supplies 5 40
Chas. H. Allen, supplies and labor in ante rooms ....
16 42
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies and repairs and stove. . 29 56
Fred K. Brown, supplies. 1 35
$321 37
SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
Maurice P. Clare
$ 5 16
Horace S. Coleman 28 20
1
11
Williams, Williams & Vincent, legal services . 25 00
$58 36
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
One order.
$50 00
Receipts of monies of Street Railway Companies to be ex- pended on highways :---
Received from State Treasurer
$ 36 08
Milford & Uxbridge
Street Ry. Co. . . 291 08
66 66
Milford, Attleboro & Woonsocket St. Ry. Co.
36 44
Balance from excise tax 1909
258 95
$622 55
APPROPRIATIONS.
Schools
$3,400 00
School Physician. 25 00
Roads and Bridges
1,500 00
Poor
1,000 00
Taft Public Library.
350 00
Interest
640 00
Incidentals 550 00
Town Debt. 650 00
Soldiers' Relief and Military Aid
50 00
Memorial Day. 50 00
Extermination of Insect Pests
300 00
Suppression of Illegal Liquor Selling, etc. 100 00
Repairs of Town Hall. 300 00
$8,915 00
RECAPITULATION.
Incidentals
$ 695 54
State Aid to Pensioners 790 00
Roads and Bridges
1,761 45
Snow bills. 230 05
12
Schools
3,688 81
Memorial Day
50 00
Poor
1,000 00
Taft Public Library
350 00
Town Officers
454 75
Printing
62 43
Town Hall.
321 37
Town Hall, repairing interior
277 50
Soldiers' Relief .
50 00
Extermination of insect pests
290 33
Suppression of vice. 58 36
$10,080 59
The Selectmen report the available assets of the town as follows :---
Due from Collector of Taxes, 1906
$43 87
66
66
1907
120 11
66 6 66
1908
745 20
66
66 66
1909
2,060 30
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State Aid to pensioners, Chap. 381, Acts
1904 790 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer
319 64
$4,079 12
The liabilities of the town, so far as known, are as follows :-
Due Town officers
$260 00
Milford Savings Bank, 6 notes. 4,000 00
Milford Savings Bank, 28 notes 9,000 00
$13,260 00
Net indebtedness of the town. $9,180 88
Expenditures of excise tax $622 55
Chas. A. Fletcher, snow bills, old bill $2 00
Geo. B. Cromb, labor and cash paid, snow bill 225 25
13
Chas. A. Fletcher 2 80
$230 05
Labor on Highways :-
Chas. A. Fletcher, old bill.
$27 92
Geo. B. Cromb.
231 53
Henry W. Gaskill, setting bounds State Road
2 00
$261 45
$491 50
$131 05
LIST OF JURORS.
NAME.
OCCUPATION.
Luther W. Holbrook,
Farmer.
Frank M. Aldrich,
Carpenter.
Clarence A. Taft,
Farmer.
Samuel W. Wood,
Carpenter.
Alfred I. Barrows,
Mechanic.
Owen J. McDonald,
Farmer.
William P. Greenwood,
Real Estate Broker.
Lyman Cook, Edward F. Driscoll,
Clerk.
George L. Taft,
Farmer.
Michael T. Harrington,
Produce Dealer.
Moses U. Gaskill,
Farmer.
Edward A. Whiting,
Mechanic.
Andrew J. Byrne,
Farmer.
Herbert C. Forbes,
Clerk.
Respectfully submitted, MOSES U. GASKILL, FREEMAN C. LOWELL, HENRY W. GASKILL, Selectmen of Mendon.
Feb. 7, 1910.
Farmer.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1906.
DR.
To balance uncollected, Feb. 5, 1909. .. $154 39
Interest received. 22 32
$176 71
CR.
By Cash paid Treasurer
$132 84
Amount uncollected. 43 87
$176 71
LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1906.
Mendon, Feb. 5, 1910.
1907.
DR.
To balance uncollected, Feb. 5, 1909. . $629 17
Interest received. 56 46
$685 63
CR.
By Cash paid Treasurer
$565 52
Amount uncollected
120 11
$685 63
LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1907.
Mendon, Feb. 5, 1910.
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15
1908.
DR.
To balance uncollected, Feb. 5, 1909. ... $2,243 13
Interest received. 60 61
$2,303 74
CR.
By Cash paid Treasurer $1,558 54
Amount uncollected. 745 20
$2,303 74
LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1908.
Mendon, Feb. 5, 1910.
1909.
DR.
To taxes committed for collection. $10,873 04
Additional assessments 327 52
Interest received.
40 32
$11,240 88
CR.
By Cash paid Treasurer $8,876 24
Abatements 304 34
Amount uncollected. 2,060 30
$11,240 88
Respectfully submitted, LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1909.
Mendon, Feb. 5, 1910.
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
The Highway Surveyor submits the following report for the municipal year ending March 7, 1910 :-
He debits himself with cash received from Town
Treasurer $1,956 78
He debits himself with cash received for old rails ... 4 00
$1,960 78
He credits himself with the payment of the follow- ing bills :-
George B. Cromb, for team work. $67 10
Charles B. Williams, for team work 149 75
Leon Paddock, for team work. 318 00
Frank H. Wood, for team work.
22 50
Everett Robinson, for team work.
88 00
Stuart Cox, for team work. 11 25
Abbott Whiting, for team work.
9 00
Malcom Scott, for team work.
4 50
Edward Grant, for team work.
9 00
Walter Gaskill, for team work.
1 50
Charles Kelley, for labor
191 70
Fred Bullard, for labor.
3 00
John Towne, for labor
85 00
Jarvis Thayer, for labor
5 00
Earl Gaskill, for labor. 1 75
Henry Moores, for labor.
86 63
Charles Kingman, for labor
49 50
Timothy Curley, for labor
8 00
Thomas Curley, for labor.
8 00
Clarence Moores, for labor
7 00
17
Manuel Rogers, for labor
16 00
Harry Cook, for labor. 30 63
Abbott Lawrence, for labor
75
I. O. Rhodes, for labor
24 00
George B. Cromb, as Highway Surveyor
264 27
Rufus Beals, for gravel.
2 50
Mary E. Dudley, for gravel .
26 00
Lewis Rawson, for gravel.
3 25
Abbott Whiting, for gravel
14 30
Abbie Duquet, for gravel.
1 60
Everett Robinson, for gravel
1 90
Elsie Gaskill, for gravel.
2 40
Pierre Gironard, for gravel
3 20
Malcom Scott, for gravel.
1 80
Justin Southwick, for gravel.
1 00
A. V. G. Pond, for gravel.
2 00
Merrills A. Wheelock, for gravel.
10 00
Luther Taft, for gravel
2 50
Henry Gaskill, for gravel
50
Michael Harrington, for gravel
3 30
Frank Pond, for gravel ..
6 00
Albert W. Gaskill, for gravel.
4 50
C. A. Fletcher, for rails and posts.
114 04
George B. Cromb, for posts.
10 00
A. V. G. Pond, for bridge plank.
22 10
Taft & Barnes, for bridge plank.
10 00
A. W. Westcott, for bridge plank.
2 70
Annie Lawless, for supplies.
1 35
Staples & Gould, for supplies
20 91
Steere & Brown, for supplies
40
Grow & Son, for repairs.
30
Jeremiah B. Driscoll, for repairs
5 15
$1,735 53
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SNOW BILLS.
Dec. 27, 1909 :
George B. Cromb, labor on snow
$10 50
Leon Paddock, labor on snow. 24 00
5 00
Clarence Moores, labor on snow
8 00
Neils Carlstrom, labor on snow
5 00
George Kelley, labor on snow
10 00
Chester Wheeler, labor on snow
11 00
Raymond Daley, labor on snow 7 00
P. T. Kinsley, labor on snow 2 00
3 00
Eddie Cook, labor on snow.
5 00
Henry Moores, labor on snow
3 40
Ed. Tanquell, labor on snow
60
Joe Alves, labor on snow
60
Frank Alves, labor on snow.
1 00
Lewis Holbrook, labor on snow.
4 20
Everett Robinson, labor on snow
16 70
E. H. Taft, labor on snow
7 35
C. B. Goss, labor on snow
3 70
Jesse Estey, labor on snow
1 20
M. H. Broughey, labor on snow
5 40
C. A. Fletcher, labor on snow
10 00
John Towne, labor on snow.
7 00
George Hussey, labor on snow.
2 20
Frank H. Wood, labor on snow
16 50.
Henry Gaskill, labor on snow
29 40
Milo Gaskill, labor on snow
1 60
Fred P. Bullard, labor on snow
19 90
George R. Whiting, labor on snow
4 00
$225 25
Amount expended for general repairs. .
$1,735 53
Amount expended for clearing roads of snow 225 25
$1,960 78
Joe Rivers, labor on snow
Albert I. Cromb, labor on snow
19
Team work.
$680 60
Appropriation for general repairs
$1,500 00
Money received for excise tax.
229 03
Money received for old rails.
4 00
Money received from treasurer for washout.
2 50
Money received for clearing road of snow
225 25
$1,960 78
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE B. CROMB, Highway Surveyor.
Mendon, Feb. 5, 1910.
TREE WARDEN'S FINANCIAL REPORT.
He debits himself with cash received from Town Treasurer
$308 33
To F. M. Aldrich, poison. 1 88
Spraying private trees as per list. 76 80
$387 01
He credits himself with paying the following bills: To cash paid Town Treasurer.
$18 00
66
66 66 Smith & Thayer, outfit. . 54 68
66
Frost Insecticide Co., supplies. 64 35
66 66 66 H. L. Frost & Co., men and supplies. .
81 25
66 66 66 G. M. Taft, horse.
13 00
66 66
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R .. 1 00
G. C. Coffin, use wagon and carting. .
4 55
66 66
J. B. Driscoll, supplies
45
66
66 66 C. B. Goss, labor.
24 98
66
66 66 American Express Co.
1 20
66
66 66
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
2 05
66
Steere & Brown, supplies
1 65
66
66
66
C. H. Allen, labor.
80
Wm. Davoren, carting.
1 00
66
66 66 F. M. Aldrich, car fares
1 30
66
66
66
F. M. Aldrich, 3 trips Boston and Arlington 10 20
66
66 F. M. Aldrich, 3 days fitting pump ... 6 00
66
66
66 F. M. Aldrich, 16 days spraying ..... 48 00
66 66
66 F. M. Aldrich, 21/2 hours cutting trees
50
66
60
66 F. M. Aldrich, book, tacks, telephone 40
66
G. M. Billings, printing . 2 00
66
66 66
21
To cash paid F. M. Aldrich, plank. 77
66 F. M. Aldrich, carting pump 1 00
66
F. M. Aldrich, ladder, broken 1 00
66
66 Town Treasurer 46 88
$387 01
LIST OF PRIVATE SPRAYING.
L. T. Gaskill
$2 50
Jacob Brown.
2 50
Frank Taft.
7 00
Mary Dudley
10 00
S. A. Bennett.
3 00
George G. Davenport
1 65
James Quigley
1 65
First Parish.
10 00
George Stenson
4 00
Austin Taft
2 00
J. A. George.
7 50
A. C. Eldredge.
50
Isaac White.
25
N. R. George.
75
H. W. Gaskill.
1 50
F. M. Aldrich
4 00
H. E. Darling
18 00
$76 80
Respectfully submitted,
F. M. ALDRICH,
Tree Warden.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the fiscal year ending Feb. 1, 1910.
Ella Ellis, John B. Mellen, Mary Johnson, Horace Randall, Mary Hayward and family, Edna French, Olive Chilson and Mrs. Alice Barrows, having a legal settlement in Mendon, have been wholly or partially supported.
The Overseers charge themselves with the following named funds belonging to the town :
Nine town orders
$1,000 00
The Overseers credit themselves with paying the following amounts, viz :-
For support of Ella Ellis
$211 96
Mary Johnson
208 00
John Mellen
178 50
Edna French
25 11
Mary Hayward and family.
1 60
Olive Chilson.
134 30
Mrs. Alice Barrows
26 13
Horace Randall. 156 49
Paid Henry W. Gaskill, services as overseer
6 00
Freeman C. Lowell, services as overseer.
6 00
Moses U. Gaskill, services as chairman overseer .
45 00
Moses U. Gaskill, for postage.
60
Cost of supporting the poor for the year ending Feb.
1, 1910.
$999 69
Cash in hands of overseers to balance.
31
$1,000 00
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STATE PAUPER ACCOUNT.
Paid George W. Wood, for burial of Frederick Beek-
man .
$15 00
Received from L. T. Gaskill, treasurer on acc't. state paupers
$15 00
MOSES U. GASKILL, FREEMAN C. LOWELL, HENRY W. GASKILL,
Overseers of Poor.
Mendon, Feb. 1, 1910.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS REGISTERED IN 1909.
98 male dogs
$196 00
11 female dogs
55 00
$251 00
Registration fees.
$21 80
Paid County Treasurer
229 20
$251 00
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1909.
DATE OF
BIRTH. NAME OF CHILD. 1908.
May 8 Doris Marie Trask,
1909.
Jan. 5 Florence May Miller,
PARENTS WITH MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
G. William and Arlena M. Ruth- erford.
Ernest F. and Elizabeth Mc- Cracken.
Jan. 15 Ruth Allison Thompson, Walter N.and Minnie M.Kimball. Apr. 1 Angelina Leona Desjarlais, Camille P. and Marie Boisselle. Apr. 16 Ralph Wilder Coffin, Ralph W. and Annie C. Barton.
May 10 Francis Fremont Wilbur, Oscar F. and Ida F. Congdon. May 31 Frances Irene Coffin, Walter I.and Arabella L.Phillips. Joseph H. and Nancy Carrell. Edmund T. and Ella M. Bell. Willard P. and Lucy A. Kenney. George S. and Ruby M. Finlay. June 26 Silas Henry Dudley, June 27 Elsie Grace Beals, July 5 Viola Isabel Mathewson, July 16 Arthur LeRoy Gilmore, Sept. 11 Chester Alvin Thompson, Clifford A. and Isabelle C. Rowe. Sept. 20 Linwood James Marlow, Dec. 1 Male-Alves.
Louis L. and Carrie M. Fickett. Caton and Mary DeCosta.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1909.
DATE OF
MARRIAGE. NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE.
RESIDENCE.
1909.
Jan. 26 Fred R. Caswell,
Mendon.
Susie M. Henry,
Mendon.
Feb. 15 John J. Grant,
Ellen Frances Marron,
Mendon.
Mar. 30
Edward Livingston Southwick,
Mendon.
Maria Adlade Mowry
Mendon.
May 1 Adlaid Boudrias,
Mendon.
Josephine Moreau,
Mendon.
May 9 Herbert Elliott Whiting,
Mendon.
Alice Frances Gillis,
Mendon.
Aug. 5 Charles Edward Curley,
Mendon.
Emelena Rawson,
Mendon.
Sept. 7
George Atkinson,
Mendon.
Lilian Ruth White,
Bellingham, Mass.
Sept. 22
Earl Frederick Gaskill,
Mendon.
Oct. 20
George Thomas,
Mendon.
Vera May Wilson,
Mendon.
Nov. 22 Arthur Hayes Maynard,
Warwick, R. I.
Mabel Louise Cromb,
Mendon.
Nov. 23
George Godfrey Davenport,
Mendon.
Emma Barney Randlett,
Milford, Mass.
.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1909.
DATE OF
AGE.
DEATH.
NAME.
Y.
M.
D.
1909.
Jan. 14
Nancy Ann Cross,
89
Feb. 2
Fred Beckman,
-
-
2
Mar. 14
Seth Albee,
69
11
4
Apr. 1
Mary Bennett,
-
3
3
Apr. 14
Anna Albee,
58
6
23
May 22
George E. Fletcher,
45
2
9
May 6
Adam T. Wise,
73
June 21
Charles F. Quiggle,
76
8
1
July 16
Mary Jane Flynn,
50
2
22
Aug. 26
Francis F. Taft,
94
5
5
Aug. 31
Michael Cunningham,
88
Sept. 6
Patrick Mahern,
34
9
26
Sept. 20
Emeline H. Beal,
90
9
6
Sept. 28
Ernest R. Goss,
8
5
9
Oct. 1
Angelina Leona Desjarlais,
6
Oct. 25
Athanas Coute,
56
Nov. 11
Rufus Hazard,
88
2
11
-
-
Mar. 11
William Gordon,
-
Aug. 19
Francis A. Walden,
73
Mendon.
Myrtle May Warner,
Mendon.
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Parents and others are requested to examine the above list of births, marriages and deaths, and if errors or omissions are found, report them to the town clerk, in order that the record may be corrected. Section 6 of Chapter 29 of the Revised 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 the return of births and deaths can be obtained of the town clerk.
Respectfully submitted, HORACE C. ADAMS, Town Clerk.
Mendon, Feb. 5, 1910.
TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees of the Taft Public Library herewith submit the twenty-ninth annual report.
The report of the librarian is most encouraging, although it shows a decrease in the circulation, (partly due to the removal of several patrons from town). The percentage of science circulat- ed, shows a marked increase ; the per centage of fiction was 71 as against 73 of last year.
In response to the demand for magazines, "The Century" has been added to the library's subscription list. Through the gener- osity of subscribers, 9 current periodicals were contributed. The magazines are circulated under the regulations which govern the books.
During the year there has been one art exhibit, the sub- ject, Rome.
One copy of Mendon Annals has been sold. One book was destroyed from fear of infection. Fourteen books were lost on the way to the bindery. The loss was shared by the binder.
About four hundred books have been rebound.
The immediate great needs of the library are : The replacing of many of the standard works; an Index which will render the magazines available as reference books ; the completion of the files of "The Century" and of "Harper's Magazine" and increased shelf room.
The trustees, in behalf of the citizens, wish to express grati- tude for all gifts to the library during the past year. We also wish to express to the librarian our appreciation of the efficient
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service to which the year's success is so largely due. We recom- mend the same appropriation as last year.
Respectfully submitted,
EARLE B. LOWELL, JULIA F. DARLING, MOSES U. GASKILL, HERBERT J. GEORGE, F. G. ATWELL,
Trustees Taft Public Library.
Mendon, Feb. 4, 1910.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The Library was re-opened for the delivery of books, Feb. 4, 1909.
The total circulation for the year was 5,415. The largest number given out in one day was 148; the smallest, 51; the aver- age, 104. The circulation by classes was as follows: General works, including all magazines, 699 ; philosophy, 15 ; religion, 25 ; sociology, 28 ; natural science, 95 ; useful arts, 68 ; fine arts, 52; literature, 170; history, 114; travel, 124; biography, 142 ; fic- tion, 3,883.
There are now 4,613 volumes in the library. Of these, 129 have been added the past year. 82 were purchased by the town, 36 were presented, and 10 vols. of magazines and 1 vol. of Men- don town reports have been bound. Of those presented, 20 came from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 4 from U. S. National Museum, 1 from U. S. Bureau of Education, 1 from the British and Foreign Unitarian Association. E. B. Lowell gave 2, A. A. Holbrook, 1; H. N. Casson, 1; J. H. Moon, 1; Bancroft Memorial Library, 2; Uxbridge Public Library, 1; anonymously given, 2. J. A. George gave Harper's Monthly and Outing for the year 1907-8, and the following periodicals have been given monthly by different persons: Munsey, McClure's, American, Everybody's, World's Work, Technical World, Literary Digest, Christian Register and The Dial. The Library subscribes for The New England Genealogical Register and The Century.
One volume was destroyed because of scarlet fever, 10 vol- umes were worn out and taken from the library, and 14 volumes were lost on the way to the bindery.
Respectfully submitted,
LENA W. GEORGE,
Librarian.
Mendon, Feb. 1, 1910.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
The report of the Treasurer of the Taft Public Library, for the year ending Feb. 4, 1910.
DR.
To balance from 1909. $24 25
Cash received on 3 town orders
350 00
Cash received for fines .. 9 20
Cash received for sale of books.
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$383 76
CR.
Paid D. Farquhar, binding
$139 83
C. Chivers, binding.
1 63
W. B. Clarke Co., books.
55 24
Old Corner Bookstore, books
29 64
Book, Chile and pamphlet .
1 17
New England Historic Genealogical magazine
3 00
Express and freight.
4 73
Fuel and carriage.
9 58
Materials
2 62
Lena W. George, cataloguing
10 00
Lena W. George, salary, cash for labor
51 95
Raymond Daley, janitor
6 45
Avery & Woodbury, lamp
1 50
F. Brown, mdse.
2 04
Cash on hand.
64 38
$383 76
Respectfully submitted,
JULIA F. DARLING,
Treasurer.
Mendon, Feb. 4, 1910.
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 fiscal year ending February 1, 1910 and find them correctly kept and with proper vouchers.
NATHAN R. GEORGE,
Auditor.
Mendon, Feb. 15, 1910.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1909-10.
MILFORD, MASS .: MILFORD JOURNAL CO., PRINTERS, 1910.
ORGANIZATION OF
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1909-1910.
HERBERT J. GEORGE, (Chairman) HENRY W. GASKILL, (Secretary) EDWARD F. BLOOD,
Term expires 1910 Term expires 1912 Term expires 1911
SUPERINTENDENT. F. G. ATWELL.
TRUANT OFFICERS. GEORGE H. WHITING, LYMAN COOK,
F. G. ATWELL.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The School Committee respectfully submits the following re- port for the year ending Feb. 1, 1910.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$3,400 00
Appropriation for school physician. .
25 00
From State, school fund.
1,277 80
From State, Assistant in High School. .
500 00
From State, Superintendent.
416 66
From County Treasurer, (dog tax) ...
193 68
From Marcus M. Moran, rent of North
Avenue School building . 15 00
From Henry W. Gaskill, shingles and nails 8 63
From Herbert J. George, old desks. 3 00
From F. G. Atwell, books sold.
1 00
An order from the Selectmen
263 81
$6,104 58
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries
$3,354 25
Superintendent
566 61
Care of buildings. 379 50
Fuel 431 00
Transportation
782 80
Text books and supplies.
342 62
Incidentals
247 80
$6,104 58
Teachers :-
Burton W. Sanderson. $825 00
4
Mabelle E. Davis 500 00
Elizabeth I. Ham 456 00
Mabel O. Tracy . 220 00
L. Anabel Tenney 198 00
Mary E. Dudley . 418 00
Anna D. Kinsley
162 00
Edith Lawrence.
162 00
Alice G. Coffin.
306 00
Frank H. Lowell.
107 25
$3,354 25
Superintendent :---
F. G. Atwell.
$566 61
Received from State. 416 66
Net cost to the town $149 95
Care of Buildings :-
George H. Whiting.
$320 00
Anna D. Kinsley 9 00
Alice G. Coffin
18 00
Herbert J. George. 18 50
Georgianna Cook.
9 00
Eleanor Hoggarth.
5 00
Fuel :---
Johnston Coal Co.
$390 00
Philip S. Coffin.
35 00
J. Stuart Cox.
6 00
$431 00
Transportation :-
George M. Taft.
$402 70
D. Erastus Hill.
138 60
M. & U. St. Ry. Co
213 50
Irving Pearson
28 00
Text Books and Supplies :-
Avery & Woodbury Co. $ 5 40
$379 50
$782 80
5
Ginn & Company . 51 71
American Book Company 20 00
J. L. Hammett Company . 117 20
Silver, Burdett & Co .. 2 90
Edward E. Babb & Co.
14 78
Educational Publishing Company .
7 50
DeWolfe Fiske Co. 5 32
D. C. Heath & Co.
36 52
Perry Mason & Co.
15 75
American Humane Educational So- ciety 1 13
White, Smith Music Publishing Co. . 4 20
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
8 34
J. J. Gibbs. 6 10
J. Q. Adams & Co.
9 25
Allen & Bacon 5 08
F. G. Atwell. 9 44
Charles Scribner's Sons 1 50
C. C. Birchard & Co. 4 38
Houghton, Mifflin Co. 9 82
6 30
$342 62
Incidentals :--
F. G. Atwell, cash paid
Telephone $ 5 23
Express and cartage. 5 58
Cleaning clock. 1 00
Rubber tips.
1 20
Car fare of scholars Memorial Day 60
Printing 97
Bunting 3 00
Car fare, looking up teachers. . . ..
1 48
Geo. E. Thayer, use of well 4
years 12 00
Milford school department.
6
Davoren's Express, cartage and freight paid ... 4 96
Rufus O. Williams, use of well .. . . 3 00 Geo. H. Whiting, carrying water 3 months, 1908. 12 00
Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Co., chairs. 30 00
Denholm & Mckay Co., rubber piano cover 3 00
W. G. Fiske, shingles and nails, Albeeville 34 43
Samuel W. Wood, labor, Albee- ville 8 12
Clark Ellis & Sons, lawn mower, wash bowl, brass fittings, win- dow cord, keys, chain, grate, oil and labor. 39 30
Cord, pulleys and snaps.
1 39
Asphaltum, polish, lead pipe and labor 6 50
Wm. H. Bennett, labor at East school building. 1 12
Stock and labor, oiling floors at school building. 26 52
Sadie B. Gaskill, pianist at High School graduation 2 00
Joseph H. Dudley, labor at church, High School graduation. 1 00 . .. Milford Journal Co., printing programs 3 25
Herbert J. George, cash paid, labor at schoolhouse. 1 60
Frank Read, tuning piano
2 00
Steere & Brown, soap, oil, lamp chimneys and wicks. 67
Geo. H. Whiting, labor on chairs. 1 50
Geo.H. Whiting, carrying water 6 weeks, 1909. 6 00
7
Walter L.Bennett, putting on storm windows 1 88
Clark Ellis & Sons, labor on fur- nace and pipes 4 80
Fred K. Brown, glass and snow shovel 85
E. F. Blood, attending meeting of district committee 1 25
Henry W. Gaskill, secretary of school committee, attending
meeting of district committee and cash paid for postage and stationery . 13 20
Cash paid cleaning up yard at
Albeeville 2 00
Staples & Gould, floor brush. ...
4 40
$247 80
HERBERT J. GEORGE, HENRY W. GASKILL, EDWARD F. BLOOD,
School Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MENDON :
I herewith submit the sixteenth annual report of the super- intendent of schools.
The general condition of your schools seems to me to be es- pecially satisfactory. Without a single exception the teachers are devoted to their work and are well adapted to the positions which they occupy. If it were wise to refer to particular schools and teachers, many instances of marked improvement might be cited. On the whole the spirit of the pupils was excellent a year ago, but in some few cases it is even better now. The supply of books and maps has been considerably increased. Of course they have cost money, but they were badly needed. It is poor economy to employ a workman and not supply him with tools with which to work. At the present writing, all the conditions are favorable to splendid work and fine progress.
In last year's report I suggested the advisability of renting a small piece of land to be cultivated in connection with an ele- mentary course in agriculture in the high school. Mr. Taylor had this in mind before he left. State Agent McDonald has urged us to try the experiment. Goff & Mayne's "First Princi- ples of Agriculture" is already used as a text, and the next logical step would be a concrete application of some of the facts and principles learned therein. Probably many of the pupils feel that they have farming enough at home, and this may be true, but I have in mind something more than farming. I am seek- ing some means of showing the relation of such high school sub- jects as physics, chemistry, and mechanics to agriculture. Too much of education is in the air. We need to put a foundation under it. We need to connect it with life. Learning should make labor more intelligent, more enjoyable, and more profitable.
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