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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.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro-
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priate any money to buy modern road machinery, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to place a sign board on the point of land between Maple and Hastings streets, or take any action in relation to same.
The Polls may be closed at 4 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up an attested copy thereof at the Post Office in said Mendon, and causing a copy of the same to be published one time in one of the daily papers, published in Milford, Mass., both said posting and publication to be at least seven days before the time of the meet- ing hereby ordered to be held.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen and Town Clerk, before the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Mendon, this 19th day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
MOSES U. GASKILL, EDWARD T. POWERS, LUTHER W. HOLBROOK,
Selectmen of Mendon.
A true copy, attest :
ARTHUR E. BROWN,
Constable of Mendon.
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 Dec. 31, 1918. (252ND ANNUAL REPORT.)
MILFORD, MASS. THE CHARLESCRAFT PRESS, PRINTERS, 1919.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned Treasurer of the Town of Mendon for the financial year ending December 31st, 1918 submits an account of his doings.
The Treasurer debits himself with receiving the following sums viz :-
To cash received from Treasurer for
the year ending December 31, 1917 $1,207 88 To cash Milford Savings Bank 7,500 00
To cash received from Collector, 1915 24 93
To cash received from Collector, 1916 369 20
To cash received from Collector, 1917
2,292 14
To cash received from Collector, 1918 11,183 79
To cash received from M. & U. St. Ry. Co. 251 04
To cash received from M. A. & W. St. Ry. Co. 43 49
To cash received from State Treasurer, Income School Fund 1,015 98
To cash received from State Treasurer, Income State tax 816 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Account Industrial School 46 61
To cash received from State Treasurer, Inspection of Animals 24 75
To cash received from State Treasurer, Corporation tax, Public Service ... 181 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, National Bank tax 591 33
To cash received from State Treasurer, Street Railway tax 26 31
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To cash received from State Treasurer, Supervision of Schools 500 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, State Aid 216 00
To cash received from State Treasurer, Soldiers' Exemption 44 97
To cash received from State Treasurer, Tuition School Children 108 00
To cash received from City of Boston, Tuition School Children 37 50
To cash received from F. J. Dutcher, Account Supervision of Schools ... 375 00 To cash received from County Treasurer Dog tax 175 20
To cash received from Town of Bell- ingham, Account Oil for Highways 2 75 To cash received from 3d District Court Fines 7 30
To cash received from Arthur E. Brown, Janitor 102 50
To cash received from Annie Darling, Rent Alliance Room 6 00
To cash received from George M. Taft, Old Junk 72 50
To cash received from T. Frank Rogers, Skating Rink License 10 00
To cash received from M. & U. St. Ry. Co., Grove License 50 00
To cash received from M. & U. St. Ry. Co., Bowling Alley License 10 00
To cash received from Charles H. Allen, Copy Town Annals 1 50
To cash received from William F. Irons, Old Plank 5 00
To cash received from Walter A. Gas- kill, Grass Old Cemetery 13 00
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To cash received from Lena W. George, Fines Public Library 10 80
To cash received from W. A. Barry, 1/2 Fees Hay Scales 12 85
$27,335 32
The Treasurer credits himself with paying the following sums, viz :-
By paying 168 Town orders $12,847 38
School Department
2,148 69
66 2 notes new school building. . 650 00
66 1 note anticipation of rev- enue, 1917
1,500 00
2 notes anticipation of rev-
enue, 1918
6,000 00
-
Interest on notes
329 74
State Treasurer State tax ..
1,870 00
County Treasurer, County
tax
903 00
Bureau of Statistics
6 00
Taft Public Library
1 92
By cash on hand to balance
1,078 59
$27,335 32
Of this balance $137.46 for School Department ; $8.88 Taft Public Library.
Respectfully submitted, LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Treasurer.
Mendon, January 1st, 1919.
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AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
DR.
To cash received L. T. Gaskill, treasurer deposited in Milford Savings Bank 1917 and 1918 $879 73
To cash received Worcester County Institution for Savings 789 97
To cash received interest Milford Sav- ings Bank 34 00
To cash received Worcester County Institution for Savings 12 42
To cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank, interest on $500 Bond to Sept. 15, 1918 7 45
$1,723 57
CR.
By cash paid three Town orders $75 00
By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank 846 18
By cash deposited in Worcester County Institution for Savings 302 39
By cash one U. S. Liberty Bond 500 00
$1,723 57
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Treasurer.
Mendon, January 1st, 1919.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 FUND.
DR.
To cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank $581 78 To cash received interest in Milford Savings Bank $23 48
$605 26
CR.
By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank $605 26
$605 26
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND.
DR.
To cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank, a bequest from Elizabeth C. Fletcher $200 00
CR. $200 00
By cash deposited in Milford Savings Bank $200 00
$200 00
The notes against the Town January 1st, 1919 are :- 5 New school building notes, $500 each $2,500 00
5 New school building notes, $150 each 750 00
1 Note anticipation of revenue 1,500 00
$4,750 00
Respectfully submitted, LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Treasurer.
Mendon, January 1st, 1919.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen submit the following report of expenditures for the municipal year ending December 31, 1918.
TOWN OFFICERS.
F. M. Aldrich, tree warden $10 00
Geo. M. Taft, auditor 6 00
Chas. H. Allen, assessor 90 00
Chas. A. Fletcher, assessor 75 00
Samuel W. Wood, assessor 75 00
A. E. Brown, constable and dog officer
35 00
Frank M. Aldrich, forest warden 5 81
Chas. H. Allen, town clerk and registrar
75 00
Edward T. Powers, selectman
50 00
Henry W. Gaskill, selectman
30 00
Moses U. Gaskill, selectman
35 00
Edward T. Powers, overseer of poor ..
45 00
Moses U. Gaskill, overseer of poor ...
6 00
Henry W. Gaskill, overseer of poor . .
6 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, town treasurer, 1918
100 00
Leonard T. Gaskill, tax collector, 1916 100 00 Chas. H. Allen, recording and indexing 4 marriages 80
Chas. H. Allen, recording and indexing 11 births 5 50
Chas. H. Allen, recording and indexing 20 deaths 4 00
Chas. H. Allen, administering oaths to 28 officers 7 00
Chas. H. Allen, sealer of weights and measures, less fees 7 07
$768 18
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MOTH SCOUT.
Frank M. Aldrich
$252 22
Carl M. Wilbur
17 50
Clarence Moores
12 00
$281 72
STREET LIGHTING.
Worcester Suburban Co.
$309 96
MEMORIAL DAY.
Memorial Day Committee
$55 00
OLD CEMETERY.
Orders to old cemetery account
$40 25
BOARD OF HEALTH.
John C. Wood, inspecting meats .. $28 00
Edward T. Powers, inspecting meats. . 7 50
Fred A. Davenport, quarantine ..
51 00
Dr. F. H. Lally, fumigating Springer house
5 00
Katherine MacDonald, nurse for
Influenza 28 74
Frank Stevens, meals for nurse 13 00
Henry W. Gaskill 1 85
$135 09
PRINTING.
Milford Journal Company $59 70
G. M. Billings
32 75
Wm. P. Clarke
1 50
A. W. Brownell
5 20
Milford Daily News
41 20
$140 35
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RETURNING BIRTHS AND DEATHS
Dr. K. A. Campbell, returning 31 births $7 75
Walter W. Watson, returning 8 deaths 2 00
$9 75
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
John J. Driscoll
$6 50
Edward F. Driscoll
2 00
Alfred I. Barrows
4 50
Leonard T. Gaskill
5 00
$18 00
POLICE.
A. E. Brown, services July 3 and 4 .... $4 00
Fred K. Brown, services July 3 and 4. . 4 00
Herbert E. Whiting, services July 3 and 4 4 00
$12 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING FOREST FIRES.
Southwick, Seabury and Bassett fires. . $20 00
E. T. Powers, labor and pipe 4 35
Worcester Suburban Electric Co., heat for fire station 24 88
Town of Hopedale, services at South- wick fire 25 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, keg of soda
2 70
F. M. Aldrich
5 00
F. M. Aldrich, Orrin Cook fire
28 25
Mill River fire
151 90
Geo. E. Thayer, labor at Mill River fire
1 60
Werner fire 15 20
$278 88
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TREE WARDEN.
Frank M. Aldrich, salary, toll calls .... $9 50
Frank M. Aldrich, 5 days trimming
trees etc. 21 10
L. W. Hobrook, cutting and trimming trees 16 50
$47 10
SPECIAIL APPROPRIATION.
New sign board, Waters & Hynes .... 11 13
STATE AID TO PENSIONERS.
State aid to pensioners, Chap. 587, Acts
of 1914, 12 months $216 00
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Orders to trustees of Taft Pub. Library $289 62
TOWN HALL BUILDING.
Arthur E. Brown, janitor $80 00
Arthur E. Brown, erecting booths 3 00
G. G. Davenport, wood 20 00
E. H. Taft, wood
9 00
Moore and Shattuck, supplies 2 52
Worcester Suburban Electric Co., lights 23 74
$138 26
INCIDENTALS.
Chas. H. Allen, stamped envelopes and mailing Amendments $2 83
H. C. Snell, services court case 14 60
N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., toll charges 1 30
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Chairman Kennedy 1-7 share of towns on Milford & Attleboro Street Ry. 96 42 Shelley D. Vincent, trustee of Milford Journal Co. 3 60
Arthur E. Brown, criminal case
80 20
Arthur E. Brown, court case 4 72
J. T. Murphy, services in criminal case Michael Nolan, services in criminal case
14 69
9 51
Carl M. Taft, auto hire 28 75
Town of Milford, lockup fee
1 00
T. C. Hayes, examination of Seabury's horse 3 00
John P. Remick, labor on vault door .. 3 00
Williams & Vincent, advice to town clerk 1 40
Williams & Vincent, advice on criminal case
35 00
Kenneth Taft, care of lawns 16 00
H. J. George, insurance on town build- ings 246 10
Henry W. Gaskill, plan of Lakeside park 3 00
Moses U. Gaskill, inspecting animals ..
49 50
W. L. E. Gurley, supplies for sealer of weights and measures 3 46
J. L. Fairbanks Co., record book 9 50
Worcester County Abstract Co., deeds and probates 20 46
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E. Louis Sabetinelli, repairing chimneys of Record room 23 00
2 00
L. H. Barney, coal for Record room ...
13 90
1 00
Chas. H. Allen, sealing hay scales ... Chas. H. Allen, repairs at town hall and Record chimneys 10 00
Chas. H. Allen, repairs on Record room roof 2 00
Carter Ink Co.
Clark Ellis & Sons, pipe
12
Chas. H. Allen, care of lawn and Record room 10 00
Chas. H. Allen, carfares and express .. . 3 48
Chas. H. Allen, postage and telephone 6 50
Chas. H. Allen, expenses to Boston for record books and Assessors' business 3 00
Chas. H. Allen, letter file 50 cents, shelf 50 cents, oil for Record room 30 cents 1 30
Chas. H. Allen, expenses to Whitinsville to Clerks' meeting 1 50
L. T. Gaskill, car fare, postage, etc .... 26 50
$752 85
BONDS FOR TAX COLLECTOR AND TREASURER.
H. A. Daniels $82 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Ordrs to Overseers of Poor
$1,136 24
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Orders to School Committee
$5,025 00
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
Austin Wood Relief Fund $75 00
The Selectmen report the liabilities and assets of the town as follows :
LIABILITIES.
5 New school building notes, $500 each $2,500 00
5 New school building notes, $150 each 750 00
1 Note anticipation of revenue 1,500 00
Collector's salary, 2 years 200 00
$4,950 00
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ASSETS.
Due from State account, State Aid for 1918
$216 00
Due from State account, State road .. 361 08
Due from County account, State road .. 361 08
Due from one estate
202 02
Due from Collector, 1916
3 60
Due from Collector, 1917
659 71
Due from Collector, 1918
3,312 47
Cash on hand
1,078 59
$6,194 55
RECAPITULATION
State Road
$738 00
Town officers
768 18
Moth scout
281 72
Street lights
309 96
Memorial day
55 00
Old cemetery
40 25
Board of Health
135 09
Fire Department
278 88
Tree Warden
47 10
State aid
216 00
Taft Public Library
289 62
Bond
82 00
Overseers of Poor
1,136 24
Schools
5,025 00
Roads
2,362 00
Incidentals
1,071 21
Sign Board
11
13
$12,847 38
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LIST OF JURORS.
George E. Phillips
Plumber
Herbert J. George
Manufacturer
Edward A. Whiting
Machinist
Andrew J. Byrne
Farmer
Smith A. Steere
Farmer
Charles H. Allen
Carpenter
Arthur V. Pond
Farmer
Lyman Cook
Farmer
Roy A. Barrows
Bookkeeper
John J. Broughey
Mechanic
Felix H. Bibeau
Farmer
Daniel H. Barnes
Real Estate Agent
Stephen E. Broughey
Mechanic
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1918.
Support of Schools, Transportation, etc. $5,000 00
School Physician
25 00
Support of the Poor
1,500 00
Roads and Bridges
1,500 00
Taft Public Library
250 00
Interest
350 00
Town Debt
650 00
Incidentals
800 00
Salaries of Town Officers
800 00
Board of Health
150 00
Fire Department, including forest fires
100 00
Tree Warden
50 00
Moth Scout
300 00
Street Lights
310 00
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Memorial Day
55 00
Highway Repairs in Connection with State Highway 500 00
Care of Old Cemetery
50 00
Suppression of Liquor Selling
50 00
New Street Lights
155 00
Town Officers' Bonds
75 00
New Sign Boards
100 00
Expenses of Road Machinery
25 00
$12,795 00
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD T. POWERS,
MOSES U. GASKILL,
HENRY W. GASKILL,
Selectmen of Mendon.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1915. DR.
To balance uncollected January 1, 1918
$18 20
Interest collected 6 73
$24 93
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer $24 93
$24 93
1916.
DR.
To balance uncollected January 1, 1918 $337 76
Interest collected 41 04
$378 80
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
$369 20
Abatements
6 00
Amount uncollected
3 60
$378 80
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1917. DR.
To balance uncollected January 1, 1918 $2,855 18
Interest received 85 29
$2,940 47
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer $2,292 14
Abatements 26 47
Amount uncollected
621 86
$2,940 47
1918.
DR.
To taxes committed for collection $13,741 00
Additional assessments 1,044 26
Interest received 21 45
$14,806 71
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer $11,478 32
Abatements 15 92
Amount uncollected
3,312 47
$14,806 71
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Collector of Taxes.
Mendon, January 1st, 1919.
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REPORT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
NORTH AVENUE STATE ROAD.
GRAVEL.
Moses U. Gaskill
$1 30
Henry W. Gaskill
2 40
W. F. Irons 5 60
$9 30
E. S. Farnum, coal
$6 00
H. M. Curtiss, coal
16 63
Milford Steam Roller
27 50
Hopedale Steam Roller
100 00
E. Sabatinelli, culvert
10 00
Clark Ellis & Sons, drain pipe
13 50
$173 63
LABOR.
Erle Gaskill's man
$6 00
W. F. Irons
100 00
W. F. Irons' man
6 25
Nils J. Carlstrom
6 00
W. L. Cross
114 00
Moses Coleman . 1 50
$233 75
TEAMS.
W. F. Irons
$175 50
P. T. Kinsley
52 50
Erle Gaskill
70 00
Joseph Taylor
23 32
$321 32
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PAY ROLLS ON HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Number 1
$48 75
Number 2
56 25
Number 3
13 25
Number 4
104 25
Number 5
107 50
Number 6
97 00
Number 7
129 00
Number 8
121 50
Number 9
89 25
Number 10
88 50
Number 11
74 00
Number 12
70 50
Number 13
28 00
Number 14
90 50
Number 15
39 25
Number 16
89 00
Number 17
138 50
Number 18
98 50
Number 19
87 00
Number 20
80 50
Number 21
51 25
Number 22
101 00
Number 23
36 75
Number 24
. . 60 25
$1,900 25
Wm. A. Barry, repairs, etc.
$8 15
Henry W. Gaskill, labor 7 00
Harold Steere, labor 1 25
G. G. Davenport, labor
10 00
W. G. Larkin, Labor 1 50
20
Clark Ellis & Sons, shovels 9 75
C. A. Fletcher, plank 60 00
M. & U. St. Railway, gravel and labor 194 50
Geo. R. Whiting, plank 20 50
3 60
Staples & Gould, spikes
7 00
J. Byrne, repairs on road
E. Sabatinelli, labor 21 15
Clark Ellis & Sons, spikes 4 30
Uxbridge Furniture Co., spikes 3 00
J. F. Southwick, labor
27 00
Gravel
29 80
Wm. Robinson & Sons, team and labor .. 53 25
$461 75
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the municipal year ending Jan. 1, 1919.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Town of Milford, support of one person
$54 87
Burial of one person 35 00
Transportation 32 00
Doctors and medicine
64 83
Clothing
10 50
Support of seven persons having settle-
ment in Mendon
939 04
Unexpended
$1,136 24 $363 76
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD T. POWERS, MOSES U. GASKILL, HENRY W. GASKILL,
Overseers of Poor.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1918.
87 male dogs. $174 00
11 female dogs.
55 00
-- $229 00
Clerk's fees
19 60
$209 40
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1918.
Date of
Birth Name of Child.
Parents with Maiden
Name of Mother.
1917.
July 20 Joseph S. Leoncini,
Luigi Leoncini and Ammunciatta Simonelli.
1918. 30 Elliott William Brown, Francis S. and Beatrice Irene Corvie.
Mar. 6 Dwight Judson
Davenport, George G. and Emma Randlett.
Mar. 26 Florence Getti, Antonio and Mary Tognetti.
Apr. 14 Kenneth Searles Hartshorn, Samuel E. D. and Alice Holbrook. Elce and Cecelia Travelini.
Apr. 24 Mafalda Givolamo,
May 26 Barbara Lenise
Smethurst, Edward and Ida M. Stacy.
June 29 Marie Orise Lamothe, Joseph and Sophia Lavivieve.
July 25 Ercole Luigi Sabattinelli, Ercole and Paulino Bergoli.
Sept. 8 Male.
Dec. 28 Arthur Joseph
Bouchard, Neve Joseph and Delina Jacques.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1918.
Date of
Marriage. Name of Groom and Bride. 1918.
May 4 George Hazard Crooker, Harriett Eliza Phillips,
June 26 Ernest Perry Wood, Millicent Hudson,
Aug. 22 Eugene Warren Cole, Alice Emily Cadwell,
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Meriden, Conn.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1918.
Date of
Death.
Name.
Y.
Age. M. D.
1918.
Jan. 2
Helen Maria Mather Taft,
81
10
20
Jan. 30 Alcy A. E. Ellis,
71
4
7
Feb. 12 Emeline Jane Tucker Moores,
74
11
16
Feb. 18
Ada A. Williams,
66
6
14
Feb. 28
Thomas Pierce,
78
1
Apr. 1 Margaret Whiting,
61
4
10
May 6 Elizabeth Fletcher,
66
0
4
May 6 Edwin Sidney Dolliff,
32
8
2
May 7 Ellen Barr DeLand Taft,
77
10
9
May 10
Irvin O. Rhodes,
63
12
June 15
Alice Morris,
78
Sept. 3
Louis Sabattinelli,
1
9
Oct. 18 Lester Everett Cook,
26
2
24
Oct. 19
Emile Thiebault,
14
1
28
Oct. 22
Robert James Hoggarth,
36
Oct. 4 Alphie Tancrelle,
76
Oct. 4
George Jackson,
18
Nov. 11
Benjamin Henry Eldridge,
21
9
18
Dec. 24 Samuel Alonzo Brown,
50
4
8
Dec. 28
Wilhelmina R. Cook,
56
5 15
Dec. 28
Catherine Cunningham,
85
Providence, R. I. Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Uxbridge, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Sept. 4 Chester Clark Shattuck, Edith Ernestine Kinsley,
Nov. 9 Charles F. Leonard, Hazel Benvie,
Residence.
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If errors or omissions are discovered in the lists of births, marriages or deaths, report them to the Town Clerk that the record may be corrected.
Blanks for the return of all vital records can be obtained of the town clerk.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. ALLEN,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, Jan. 1, 1919.
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THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
It was to be expected that the work of the library would be more or less interfered with as a result of the war and the great variety of extra duties incident thereto. The influenza was an- other disturbing factor, making it necessary to close the library for several weeks just at the time people were resuming their winter reading habits. The schools were closed at the same time which doubtless reduced their patronage. On the whole it is a source of congratulation that the circulation of the library was not reduced more than it was.
The card catalogue has been greatly improved under the direction of the State Library Commission. Much of the actual work was done by the high school pupils, furnishing them valu- able experience and giving them an insight into library manage- ment.
The catalogue as it now stands is complete and up to date, embracing author, subject and title. Every patron of the library will find it very helpful when once familiar with its use, accord- ingly every young person is urged to master its details. Card catalogues are practically the same in principle in all libraries, and it is well worth while to know how to use them. When in the course of events one finds employment in a strange town or city, he will naturally spend much of his spare time in the public libra- ry. It will then be a great convenience to him to be familiar with the general features of library procedure. The library will be of far greater use to him and he will feel much more at home
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in it. He will escape the necessity of asking so many questions which is always accompanied by a sense of humiliation.
In the early part of the year the librarian was informed by the Library Commission that not so many juveniles as usual could be supplied by the State. Feeling that this important de- partment should be the last to suffer, the needed juveniles were purchased from local funds. If it is discovered that fewer ad- ditions have been made to other departments than usual, this will explain the shortage.
The importance of forming reading habits early in life can not be over emphasized. To this end the closest co-operation be- tween the library and the schools is necessary. As a rule this is not lacking. Probably the greatest danger is that the schools will place far too high an estimate upon the value of text books and very much too low an estimate upon the value of other books.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD T. POWERS, EDWIN L. WILSON, F. G. ATWELL,
Trustees of Taft Public Library.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year was 5105. The largest for one week was 190, the smallest 76, the average 111. The circulation by classes was as follows : fiction, 3315 ; magazines, 1298 ; bound magazines, 22 ; biography, 140; travel, 45 ; history, 88; literature, 63; useful and fine arts, 78; science, 26; all others, 30.
The library now contains 5461 volumes. 145 have been ad- ded the past year. 64 were bought by the town, 16 were bound magazines, and 65 were given as follows: Massachusetts Library Commission, 48; Secretary of the Commonwealth, 13; Emile Carbonnel, 1; J. K. Smyth, 1; R. F. Taft, 1; anonymously given, 1.
The library subscribes for the Century, Harper's Monthly, Scribner's, National Geographic, Field and Stream, Illustrated World, Scientific American, St. Nicholas, Ladies' Home Journal, and Woman's Home Companion. The Library Commission gives us the World's Work, Good Housekeeping, Public Libraries, Popular Mechanics and American Boy.
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