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A. E. Blanchard.
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Joyous Story of Toto. L. E. Richards.
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Last of the Chiefs. J. A. Altsheler.
Little Girl's Sewing Book. F. Klickman.
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Non-Fiction :-
Adirondacks. T. N. Longstreth.
Ambulance No. 10. Leslie Buswell.
Basis of Durable Peace. Cosmos.
Better Meals for Less Money. Mary Green. Feeding the Family. M. S. Rose.
George Lloyd. Frank Dilnot. Getting Together. Ian Hay. History First Regiment Heavy Artillery. A. S. Roe. Layman's Handbook of Medicine. R. C. Cabot.
Life of the Grasshopper. J. H. Fabre.
My Four Years is Germany. J. W. Gerard.
My Home in the Field of Honor. F. W. Huard.
Over the Top. A. G. Empey.
Out of Their Own Mouths.
Secrets of the Submarine. M. F. Hay.
Stars and Stripes. C. W. Stewart.
Stock Exchange from Within. W. C. Van Antwerp.
Story of the Submarine. Farnham Bishop.
Successful Canning. Ola Powell.
Tennyson, Alfred. R. M. Alden.
Vagabonding Down the Andes. H. A. Franck.
Vital Records of Chelsea, Granville, Greenfield, East Bridgewater, Gloucester, Salem and Uxbridge.
War Poetry, Treasury of. G. H. Clarke, ed.
Washington. W. H. Taft and James Bryce. West Point. R. C. Richardson.
With the Turks in Palestine. Alex Aaronson.
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Finance Committee Report.
The Finance Committee of the Taft Public Library submit the following report for the municipal year ending December 31, 1917.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$300 00
Balance from last year 7 63
Fines
10 05
Old papers, lamp, damaged books 3 06
$320 74
EXPENDITURES.
Lena W. George, librarian
$100 00
Charles H. Gillis, Janitor 19 50
W. S. Electric Light Co. 2 00
H. W. Wilson Co., Reader's Guide
4 00
H. S. Chadbourne, grate
2 25
Edward F. Driscoll, magazines
20 90
Jacob R. Brown, glass and labor
85
Denholm & Mckay Co., books
13 23
Lewis H. Barney, Estate, coal
11 00
Edwin L. Wilson, book, postage, labor and stovepipe
4 33
Lena W. George, books, express, etc ... 5 53
Boylston Pub. Co., Stars and Stripes book
75
G. M. Billings, delivery slips
1 00
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., coal
20 50
Old Corner Book Store, books
73 45
Mrs. Sumner Allen, carrying books to
Albeeville school
3 00
G. M. Taft, labor
75
$283 04
Respectfully submitted, LYMAN COOK, MOSES U. GASKILL,
Finance Committee.
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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 January 1, 1918, and find them correctly kept and with proper vouchers.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. M. TAFT,
Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR, 1917
MILFORD, MASS. MILFORD JOURNAL CO., PRINTERS. 1917.
ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1917.
CLARENCE A. TAFT (Secretary), LYMAN COOK (Chairman), A. SUMNER COLEMAN,
Term expires 1918. Term expires 1919. Term expires 1920.
SUPERINTENDENT. F. G. ATWELL.
TRUANT OFFICERS. GEORGE H. WHITING, F. G. ATWELL, LYMAN COOK.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The School Committee submits the following report for the year ending Jan. 1, 1918.
RESOURCES.
Balance from last year
$89 51
Appropriation
4,000 00
Appropriation for School Physician ..
25 00
From State of Mass. Income School Fund
1,391 90
From State of Mass., Ass't. in High School
500 00
From State of Mass., Tuition
132 00
From F. J. Dutcher, Superintendent ..
375 00
From City of Boston, tuition
52 50
From Town of Uxbridge, tuition
28 50
From County Treasurer, dog tax
173 06
From C. A. Fletcher, school tickets
7 20
From F. H. Wood, 1-2 tuition at Indus- trial school 46 60
$6,821 27
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers
$3,639 75
Superintendent
577 50
Transportation
938 25
Fuel
668 95
Care of buildings
392 20
Text books and supplies
200 30
Incidentals
233 25
School Physician
50 00
Tuition
93 21
Balance
$6,793 41 $27 86
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TEACHERS. 6
Charles P. Steward
$940 00
Alice C. Pulsifer
28 75
Edith S. Lord
330 00
Helen M. Mckay
240 00
Agnes M. Fraser
411 00
Mary E. Dudley
447 00
Caroline W. Blackwood
231 00
Gladys I. Barry
180 00
Verena S. Daley
165 00
Clara M. Wilder
210 00
Maria E. Allen
357 00
Amy Wheelock
72 00
Gertrude Arey
28 00
$3,639 75
SUPERINTENDENT.
F. G. Atwell $577 50
TRANSPORTATION.
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. $289 00
J. F. Leonard
360 00
Leonard E. Taft
288 00
W. G. Larkin 1 25
$938 25
FUEL.
H. M. Curtiss, Center and East Mendon $607 95
L. F. Thayer, East Mendon 10 00
C. A. Fletcher, Center and Albeeville 39 00
Justin F. Southwick, Albeeville 12 00
$668 95
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Dr. K. A. Campbell $50 00
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CARE OF BUILDINGS.
Geo. H. Whiting
$100 00
Charles P. Steward
179 00
Jacob R. Brown
25 50
Minnie F. Thayer
36 00
Maria E. Allen
18 00
Mrs. J. W. Waitt
21 70
Eleanor Hoggarth
12 00
$392 20
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Silver, Burdett & Co. $3 22
D. C. Heath & Co.
2 62
American Book Co.
7 60
E. E. Babb & Co. 39 18
J. J. Gibbs
1 40
J. L. Hammett Co.
84 83
Ginn & Co.
20 40
Allyn & Bacon 12 67
Houghton, Mifflin
3 56
C. C. Birchard & Co. 3 16
Lyons & Carnahan
13 30
Brewer & Co.
1 36
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
7 00
$200 30
TUITION.
City of Worcester, tuition Industrial School $93 21
INCIDENTALS.
Henry L. Patrick, brushes, shovel, etc. $2 68
E. T. Powers, grates, labor, material, cartage, etc. 87 50
Clark Ellis & Sons, key, etc. 35
F. G. Atwell, letter heads, telephone, ex-
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press, flag, expenses to Boston, etc. 20 49
Staples & Gould, locks, fire pail 4 20 . Geo. E. Thayer, use of well, 2 years ... 6 00 H. C. Forbes, lettering diplomas . 1 00 Milford Journal Co., graduation pro-
grams 4 75
Jacob R. Brown, oiling floor at Albee- ville, repairs, etc. 2 95
Samuel W. Wood, labor and material furnished at Albeeville 10 25
Carl M. Wilbur, mowing lawn, etc. ...
6 75
J. J. Gibbs, alcohol, toilet paper, etc .... 9 75
Minnie F. Thayer, oiling floor, labor, etc., East Mendon 5 00
J. H. Dudley, services at church, gradu- ation 2 00
Lyman Cook, taking census, cash paid, etc, attending district meetings, lumber 23 63
W. A. Barry, sharpening mowers and labor 7 00
Pierre Norman, sawing wood 5 50
Avery & Woodbury Co., curtains 4 35 Reformatory for women, flags 6 10
Clarence A. Taft, salary, oiling floors and cleaning vault 23 00
$233 25
There is one unpaid bill of $103 53
Due from State, 1-2 Industrial tuition. . 46 61
Respectfully submitted, LYMAN COOK, CLARENCE A. TAFT,
School Committee.
Mendon, Jan. 15, 1918.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF MENDON :-
The twenty-fourth annual report of the superintendent of schools is herewith presented.
TEACHERS.
We were exceedingly fortunate in being able to retain Mr. Steward for a second year. He has secured a more hearty response from the pupils than I have ever seen in the school before. What- ever task he has set, they have cheerfully attempted. Wherever a similar degree of responsiveness exists, a good school will be found. Wherever it is lacking, no matter what the cause may be, the work will drag and it is more than probable the discipline will suffer. Under Mr. Steward's administration no one seems to think of discipline or of causing trouble.
Miss Mckay is doing equally good work. She has been pre- ceded by especially strong teachers, but in every respect she has kept up to the former high standard. The relations between her and the pupils are very cordial, and what she asks, they perform.
SALARIES AND SCHOOL EXPENDITURES.
It can not be denied that we are receiving excellent teaching service in the grades considering the low salaries paid, but there are several indications that a more liberal policy will have to be pursued in the near future. We lost one good teacher last year because the salary was too meager. Miss Pulsifer went to another position at an increase of two hundred dollars. Miss Lord is now receiving three hundred and fifty dollars more than she received in Mendon. The town of Bellingham, with which, for obvious reasons, it is quite natural to make comparisons, is paying out-of-
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town teachers three or four dollars more per week than Mendon for work of the same grade. As a result that town is able to secure and retain teachers with more professional training and of larger experience.
This does not seem like a propitious time for suggesting any increase of expenditures. There is, however, besides the general advance of all prices, a very specific reason for calling this matter to your attention at this time. There is in some of the grades a noticeable absence of that spirit of responsiveness just referred to in the high school. This lack of interest, this atmosphere of in- difference to achievement, should be corrected as early as possible. The problem has been increasing in difficulty rather than other- wise for two or three years. Its solution will require stronger qualities than we can possibly expect to obtain for a salary of twelve dollars per week.
On account of the high cost of living and enormous war expenditures, a few towns have proposed retrenchment in running their schools. The State Board of Education has felt that while this is not likely to become general, it might be resorted to in too many instances. Accordingly a circular letter has been sent out cautioning school officials of the danger of reduced appropriations for schools at the next town meeting.
At the outbreak of the war England almost suspended her public school activities and expenditures. The inexpediency of this course became very evident later, and England is now making heroic efforts to repair the evil. France kept her schools up to their highest state of efficiency, notwithstanding her great ex- penditures for war purposes. The United States has been urged to follow the example of France. The National Commissioner of education has lost no opportunity to impress this advice upon his hearers, and our own Commissioner admonishes us that the financial needs of the coming year will be greater than those of the year that is past.
THE PATRICK PRIZES.
A few words of explanation concerning these prizes will doubtless be interesting to the readers of this report since one of
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the prizes last year was won by a Mendon pupil, Lloyd Whiting.
Mr. Delano Patrick, early in life, became deeply conscious of the evils of war. While not a pacifist in the sense that the term is now so frequently used, he felt that civilized man owed it to himself and to his civilization to discover some practicable means of abolishing warfare. Undoubtedly he hoped it would not require a great "world war to abolish war," yet such we now have. It occurred to him that if the young people of this vicinity could be induced to think and write upon the general subject of peace, a real peace propoganda would gradually develop. Ac- cordingly he offered a series of prizes to the pupils in the public schools of Milford, Bellingham, Hopedale, and Mendon for the best essays on any subject relating to peace or the suppression of war.
Since Mr. Patrick's decease, these prizes have been continued by the family, and increased from thirty-five to fifty dollars an- nually. The individual prizes amount to twenty, fifteen, ten, and five dollars. In the last peace essay contest Lloyd Whiting won the first prize.
ATTENDANCE.
The daily attendance is not what it should be in all cases. Of course pupils living at a distance must be governed by the weather and travelling to a great extent, but is is a noticeable fact that those who are absent the most have the least reason for it. It is also reported by the teachers that they are usually the ones who can least afford to lose any time from school if they expect promotion at the end of the year. It is not at all certain that the habitual absentees are ill or that they remain at home. They seem to feel that every day they can escape school is so much clear gain when in reality it is so much dead loss.
Of course there will be a certain amount of necessary absence, and of this no one complains. There are over-conscientious pupils who attend school on days when it would be better for their own personal welfare if they remained at home. But the habitual absentee is almost never really interested in his work. He is often behind his class and is likely to retard its progress more or less.
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Unnecessary absence should be checked so far as possible, for it is an injury to the pupil and a hindrance to the school.
TRANSPORTATION.
There are no issues nor problems relating to this topic that require any extended remarks at this time. The general policy throughout the state is to strike a happy medium between an un- necessary expenditure of the town's money on the one hand and imposing hardship upon the pupils on the other. The policy of the Mendon committee has been very liberal and has tended to favor the pupil in all cases of doubt. Car tickets have been granted to certain pupils when the weather was stormy or the travelling bad even where the distance was not sufficient to require transportation. In such cases, pupils should use the tickets as judiciously as if they paid for them personally instead of the town. Teachers report that pupils remain away from school because they do not have tickets, when as a matter of fact, they would have had tickets if they had not used them up when both weather and travelling were comfortable. It does not appear to me that the teachers have been narrow or stingy in the distribution of tickets, but it is certain that the pupils suffer a personal loss every day they are absent from school.
TRAINING IN THE DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP.
A law was enacted by the last legislature requiring the public schools to give instruction in the duties of citizenship. Though it is often claimed that the curriculum is now badly over-crowded and teachers overworked, yet we shall be glad to make room for so important a subject as community civics. The purpose of the new study will not be so much to impart a knowledge of the science of civil government as to instil in the minds of the pupils those thoughts, ideals, and impulses which will tend to make them worthy and useful citizens.
The real purpose of any system of education supported by public taxation is to promote the public welfare. Incidentally an education is a source of great satisfaction to the individual pos- sessor. It may enable him to shine socially, to achieve distinction
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or to earn a bigger salary. But these are all personal and selfish ends, for the cost of which the public is in no way responsible. We can not be too frequently reminded that the great purpose of the public schools is to cause the children to become better citizens than they otherwise would be; to develop in them both the power and the desire to serve the State more efficiently ; to enable them to perceive their duties as clearly as their rights ; and to induce them to prefer the public good to private gain. With these ideals in view, I trust we shall all unite to give to this new law the highest degree of effectiveness of which we are capable.
AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION.
There are certain forms of State-aid for agricultural instruc- tion in which the citizens of Mendon might be interested, if brought to their attention. Under certain conditions the State will pay two-thirds of the salary of a properly qualified instructor. Assuming the salary of such an instructor to be $1200, the town would be required to pay $400. The salaries of the present high school teachers amount to $1600. The balance of $1200 would pay the salaries of two assistants. The instructor in agriculture would be expected to devote his time almost wholly to agricul- tural subjects, but his presence would be sufficient to stabilize the discipline. The result would be a man to teach agriculture and two women to teach the subjects we now offer, and without any material increase in current expenses.
An agricultural instructor would be supposed to organize · and administer a course in agriculture in the local high school and also to serve as a community expert and adviser in all matters relating to farming, dairying, fruit-raising, and related subjects. A portion of his time would actually be spent on the farms, thus forming an intimate connection between the farms and the school. I also understand that those taking the course in agri- culture would pursue their studies quite as much upon the farm as in school, that real farming would be carried on for purposes of instruction instead of artificial laboratory exercises.
That agricultural methods may be improved is easy to dem-
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onstrate. The farmers of France, Belgium, Denmark, and Ger- many produce twice as much from the same quality of land as we do in America. Those who employ scientific methods in this country-and the number is rapidly increasing-are securing re- sults that were almost undreamed of fifty years ago, and that would be a revelation to the unscientific farmer of today. That scientific methods are in demand is indicated by the fact that one of the graduates of our own high school was paid at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars per year for supervising the Franklin Park gardens.
Whenever it becomes necessary to look up a new high school principal, not before, I recommend the careful consideration of this plan.
With sincere gratitude for the cordial co-operation of all parties in any way connected with the schools, this report is
Respectfully submitted,
F. G. ATWELL,
Superintendent of Schools.
Hopedale, Mass., Jan. 15, 1918.
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TEACHERS AND SALARIES, JANUARY, 1918.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
SALARIES PER MONTH.
PREPARATION.
High,
Charles P. Steward.
$100 00
Assistant,
Helen M. Mckay,
60 00
Bates College. Boston University.
Grammar,
Agnes M. Fraser,
48 00
Northfield Seminary.
Intermediate,
Gladys Barry,
48 00
Newburyport Training.
Primary,
Mary E. Dudley,
52 00
Mendon High School.
East Mendon,
Verena Daley,
44 00
Mendon High School.
Albeeville,
Maria Allen,
42 00
Wareham High School.
Music,
Mrs. F. B. Arey,
Private Instruction.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1917-1918.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL YEAR.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
High School, Grades,
40 weeks 36 weeks
1917 Sept. 3 Sept. 10
1917 Dec. 21
1917 Dec. 31 Jan. 7
1918 March 21 March 15
April 1 April 1
June 14
Holidays :-
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, January 1, February 22, April 19, and May 30.
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1918-1919.
SCHOOL8.
SCHOOL YEAR.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
High School, Grades,
140 weeks. 36 weeks.
1918 Sept. 3 Sept. 9
Dec. 22 Dec. 22
1918 Dec. 30 Jan. 16 1919.
1919
1919
1919
June 20
March 21 March 31 March 14|March 31
June 13
Holidays :-
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday following, January 1, February 22, April 19, and May 30.
1918
1918
June 21
Dec. 21
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
SPRING TERM.
1918
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ATTENDANCE DATA, 1916-1917.
RANK OF SCHOOLS BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCE.
East Mendon,
Miss Wilder, 94.41
Intermediate,
Mrs. Blackwood, 91.07
High School,
Mr. Steward, 90.00
Primary,
Miss Dudley,
89.96
Grammar,
Miss Fraser, 89.00
Albeeville,
Mrs. Allen,
83.90
Average for the Town,
89.73
RANK OF SCHOOLS BASED ON DAYS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
East Mendon,
Miss Wilder,
99 days
Albeeville,
Mrs. Allen, 28 days
Primary,
Miss Dudley,
22 days
Intermediate,
Mrs. Blackwood, 11 days
Grammar,
Miss Fraser, 4 days
STATISTICAL TABLE, SEPTEMBER, 1916, TO JUNE, 1917.
High School.
Grammar.
Intermediate.
Primary.
East Mendon.
Albeeville.
Summaries and averages.
Total enrolment
33
39
33
31
12
18
166
Average membership
30
37
32
29
16
15
159
Average attendance
29
33
30
26
15
13
146
Per cent. of attendance
90.00
89.00
91.07
90.00
94.41
83.90
89.73 173
Days of actual schooling
189
170
170
170
170
169
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
16
1
4
21
Between 7 and 14 years of age ..
9
33
33
14
10
12
111
Between 14 and 16 years of age
17
6
0
1
1
2
27
Over 16 years of age.
7
0
0
0
0
0
7
Total days of attendance
5639
5639
5032
4462
2602
2142
25542
Total days of absence
179
684
493
518
265
364
2503
Instances of tardiness
987
319
105
44
4
47
1506
Of dismissal
7
37
32
10
7
15
108
Number of truants.
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Cases of corporal punishment ..
0
0
2
1
0
0
3
Visits by superintendent
56
52
44
36
15
9
212
Visits by school physician
2
0
1
1
0
0
4
By others
10
8
3
0
22
20
63
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Graduation Exercises of the MENDON HIGH SCHOOL AT THE Unitarian Church, Friday Evening, June 22, 1917. AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
PROGRAM.
Processional March
JOHN DALTON
Prayer
REV. C. A. HENDERSON
Song, The Lord Is Great
Mendelssohn
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
Essay, Life and Works of Johann-Sebastian Bach MILDRED THEDA GOODNOW
Song, Humoreske Dvorak
GIRLS' CHORUS
Essay, Beginning and Growth of Mendon Schools JESSIE WEST PHILLIPS
Oration, Temperance
MILDRED HAZEL IRONS
Song, Comrades Awake
M. Storch
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
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Class History and Prophecy
MARION STEERE
Song of Liberty Wollenhaupt
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
Address, The Meaning of Education
DR. J. M. FRENCH
Presentation of Diplomas
Star-Spangled Banner
Recessional March
JOHN DALTON
Class Colors-Gold and White
Class Flower-Chrysathemum Class Motto-Vincit qui Laborat (He conquers who labors)
CLASS OFFICERS
President-Marion Steere
Vice-President-Mildred H. Irons Secretary-Jessie W. Phillips Treasurer-Mildred T. Goodnow
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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, quali- fied to vote in Elections and in Town Affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on the Fourth day of March punctually, at nine o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
'Article 2. To bring in their ballots for the following offi- cers : a Town Clerk for one year, Three Selectmen for one year, a Town Treasurer for one year, One Assessor for three years, a Tree Warden for one year, a Collector of Taxes for one year, One Auditor for one year, a Constable for one year, Three Fence Viewers for one year, One Trustee of the Taft Public Library for two years, One School Committee for three years, a Park Com- missioner for three years ; also to bring in their votes Yes or No in answer to the question, shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town; all on one ballot designating the office intended for each person voted for.
Article 3. To hear the report of the several town officers and committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To choose all the necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To raise such sums as are necessary to pay town charges and make appropriations for the same.
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Article 6. To see what measures the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to hire money, and to what amount, to pay current expenses for the financial year commencing January 1, 1918, in anticipation of revenue.
Article 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for Memorial Day services, and appoint a com- mittee to expend the same.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate any sum of money to be expended on highways provided the Massachusetts Highway Commission will contribute for the same.
Article 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for care and improvement in the old cemetery, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 11. To see if the town will elect a finance commit- tee, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for the suppression of liquor selling, gambling and vice, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to establish addi- tional street lights, raise and appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to have all town officers requiring a bond, bonded with a Surety Company, appro- priate any sum of money to pay for said bonds, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate any sum of money to buy new sign boards, or take any action in relation thereto.
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