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L. H. Barney, coal for Town Hall 33 00
$509 31
BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid H. A. Daniels $82 00
The Selectmen report the liabilities and assets of the town as follows :-
LIABILITIES.
3 New School Building notes $1,500 00
3 New School Building notes
450 00
Outstanding bills, estimated 350 00
Collector's salary, 2 years 250 00
$2,550 00
ASSETS.
Due from State for aid to pensioners. $186 00
Due from Collector, 1918 101 36
Due from Collector, 1919 308 00
Due from Collector, 1920
2,362 20
Due from State account, roads 213 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer 349 22
$3,519 78
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RECAPITULATION.
Salaries
$838 99
Moth scout
339 00
Street lights
619 92
Memorial Day
50 00
Old cemetery
6 00
Board of Health
48 50
State Aid
186 00
Tree Warden
99 50
Fire Department
146 13
Incidentals
1,110 87
Bonds for officers
82 00
Old Taft Public Library
276 48
New Taft Public Library
1,531 80
Support of Poor
1,258 40
Support of schools
11,021 90
Soldiers' relief
55 00
Austin Wood relief
50 00
Highways
5,828 33
$23,548 S2
LIST OF JURORS, 1920.
Frank M. Aldrich,
Farmer.
Daniel H. Barnes,
Real Estate.
John J. Curley,
Electrician.
Raymond L. Daley,
Bottler.
Franklin E. Goodnow,
Plumber.
Luther W. Holbrook,
Farmer.
Freeman C. Lowell,
Milk Dealer.
Louis L. Marlow,
Moulder.
Archibald E. Miller,
Pattern Maker.
Edward F. Blood,
Clerk.
Smith A. Steere,
Farmer.
George L. Taft,
Farmer.
John M. Towne,
Watchman.
Edgar L. White,
Box Maker.
Edward A. Whiting,
Watchman.
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1920.
Support of schools, transportation of scholars, etc .. . $9,600 00
School physician 25 00
General repairs of highways
850 00
Taft Public Library 325 00
Interest
350 00
Payment of Town Dept
650 00
Incidentals
900 00
Salaries
800 00
Bonds for Town officers
100 00
Board of Health
150 00
Fire Department
100 00
Tree Warden
100 00
Moth scout
375 00
Street lights
700 00
Support of poor
1,000 00
Soldiers' relief
60 00
Memorial Day
60 00
Highway Commission 500 00
Old cemetery
50 00
Lights, H. W. Gaskill
40 00
Roads and bridges, 155 act.
2,150 00
Clearing roads of snow, general fund
1,000 00
$19,885 00
Respectfully submitted,
CARL M. TAFT, GEORGE G. DAVENPORT, HERBERT S. WOOD,
Selectmen of Mendon.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1917. DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1920 $87 93
Interested received 15 29
$103 22
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer $103 22
1918.
DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1920 $381 91
Interest received 26 31
$408 22
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
$306 86
Amount uncollected 101 36
$408 22
1919.
DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1920 $2,337 96
Interest received $76 24
$2,414 20
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer $2,106 20
Amount uncollected 308 00
$2,414 20
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1920. DR.
To taxes committed for collection $16,236 40
Additional assessment 20 40
Interest received
33 92
$16,290 72
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer $13,918 52
Abatement
10 00
Amount uncollected
2,362 20
$16,290 72
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL,
Collector of Taxes,
Mendon, January 1, 1921.
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HIGHWAY SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
The Highway Surveyor submits the following report for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1920 :-
RESOURCES.
Appropriation under Chapter 155, Acts of 1918 $4,300 00
Appropriation for general repairs 85.0 00 · Appropriation under Chapter 525, Spe- cial repairs on Providence street. .. 1,000 00
Appropriation for cleaning roads of
snow, from general fund 1,000 00
Received from State on account of Street Railway tax 20 67
$7,170 67
EXPENDITURE FOR CLEARING THE ROADS OF SNOW.
Paid Charles A. Fletcher, men and teams $315 00
Wm. F. Irons, men and teams 67 00
Frank Harding, men and teams .. 226 50
Thomas A. Courtemanche
30 00
Frank Russo 18 00
Everett Ballou 24 00
John M. Towne 108 00
James C. Bassett 78 00
Manuel T. Rogers
102 50
Nathan F. Towne
47 00
18 ·
Chester C. Shattuck 4 00
Luther W. Holbrook
75 00
P. T. Kinsley 4 00
Roscoe Steere
1 00
Ralph Harding
8 50
Bert Harding
8 50
Roy Barrows
5 75
J. Stewart Cox
181 75
Harold E. Steere
9 10
H. Lemieux
6 00
Wm. G. Larking
31 21
James H. Smith
13 25
Frank S. Brown
10 00
Clarence H. Moores
30 00
Jos. Roy
4 00
John F. Powers
5 00
Leonard E. Taft
55 30
Everett D. Robinson
510 50
Merton. Miller
1 50
R. L. Daley
14 00
Arthur E. Brown
4 00
E. A. Walsh
2 00
Charles Entwistle
4 00
Henry W. Gaskill
94 00
Thomas McTurk
7 50
John J. O'Sullivan
6 00
Fred Caswell 8 00
Patrick Coleman 11 38
Lyman Cook
12 50
Owen Brady
12 00
Milo A. Gaskill
14 50
$2,170 24
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EXPENDITURES FOR REPAIRS OF HIGHWAY.
Paid Charles A. Fletcher for teams $441 00
P. T. Kinsley for teams 185 00
Moses U. Gaskill for teams 85 00
Charles A. Fletcher, Highway Sur- veyor 513 00
James C. Bassett, for labor 14 00
George Foster, for labor 515 00
Charles S. Kelly, for labor 501 00
Manuel T. Rogers, for labor 258 00
John M. Towne 20 00
Clarence H. Moores
286 00
W. Whelan, labor on State road ..
6 00
Frank Augustine, labor on State road 6 00
A. Kampersal, labor on State road 14 00
L. W. Holbrook, labor 17 50
H. S. Wood, labor 18 00
Alonzo E. Brown 3 00
Everett D. Robinson, labor 130 30
M. U. Gaskill, sand and gravel. .
6 40
C. A. Feltcher, gravel and plank . .
27 75
C. A. Fletcher, plank 32 20
Eugene E. Brown, 2 stone posts
2 00
Malcom Scott, gravel
3 40
Carl M. Taft, gravel
60
Alden Speare & Co., patching com- pound 79 24
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co., gravel 61 50
W. A. Barry, repairs
3 25
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
50 78
H. M. Curtis Co., coal 5 85
Geo. G. Davenport, plank, etc. 11 32
J. J. Galvin, road oil 361 00
$3,658 09
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Due State of Mass. for use of trucks ...
850 00
Amount expended on repairs of Highways $4,508 09
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. FLETCHER,
Highway Surveyor.
Mendon, Jan. 1, 1921.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the financial year ending December 31, 1920 :-
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid for support of one person in private family $291 45
For support of one person at home and State Hospital 175 35
For board, nursing, medical attend- ance and burial of one person 483 78
On account of three persons assisted in their homes 307 82
Bills outstanding
$1,258 40 $10 67
Respectfully submitted,
P. JOHN HOBERG, G. G. DAVENPORT, F. M. ALDRICH,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1920.
140 males and sprayed females at $2 each $208 00 85 00
17 females at $5 each
Clerk's fees
$293 00 24 20
Cash paid County Treasurer
$268 80
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1920.
Date of
Birth. 1920.
Name of Child.
Parents, with Maiden Name of Mother.
Feb. 28. Ruth Messinger,
April 24. Alice Barbara Canon,
April 16. Joseph Randor,
May 30. Margery Richards Hemond, George L. and Helen H. Holbrook.
June 19. Sarah Mary Mulcahey,
July 6. Joseph Edgar Rondeau,
July 18. Donald Worth Kearsley,
Aug. 24. Florence Altena Noyes,
Sept. 27. Frank Edward Dudley,
Nov. 1. Ercole Luigi Sabattinelli,
Nov. 17. Female
Dec. 5. Male,
Dec.
22. Anita Roy,
Dec. 31. Helen Augusta Taft,
Joseph and Ida Gordon. Clarence A. and Mary G. Benner.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1920.
Date of Marriage. 1920.
Names.
Residence.
Jan. 2
James John Brogan.
Gladys Irene Pearson,
Jan. 26. Joseph Isaiah Bartlett,
Marie Sophie Bellona Champagne,
Feb. 1. Alfred Desjardin,
Mildred Hazel Irons
Feb. 7. Joseph Roy Flooks,
Rosalma Bonnin,
May
15. Gideon Halsing,
Mendon, Mass.
Hopedale, Mass.
May
29. Ralph Reginald Harding, Louise Bradley Canon,
Franklin, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Central Falls, R. I.
Millville, Mass.
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass. Northbridge, aMss.
Olga Svenson,
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
John F. and Elizabeth M. Blunt. Francis X. and Ora M. Bartlett. Albert and Margaret M. Thompson. John J. and Jesise F. Wheeler. Joseph H. and Nancy Carroll. Ercole and Paulina Bergoli.
Adin A. and Mabel M. Taft. Harold G and Mary J. Hackenson.
Joseph Randor and Bessie M. Hoggarth,
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1920 .- CONTINUED.
Date of Marriage. 1920.
Names.
Residence.
June 8. George Calvin Nelson,
Queenie Doris Harding,
June 9. Harold Clayton Barrows,
Florence Helen Muller,
Cambridge, Mass.
July 6. Patrick Francis Quirk,
Milford, Mass.
July 4. Arthur Preston Dalton,
Irene Maud Mathewson,
Fred Davis Hall,
Harriet Hoggarth,
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Sept. 16. Leslie A. Cole,
Mary Katherine Moulton,
Mendon, Mass.
Sept. 22.
Joseph Rosetti,
Milford, Mass.
Kara Bracci,
Mendon, Mass.
Sept. 4. Albert Ellison Sears,
Gladys Lillian Judd,
Upton, Mass.
Mendon. Mass.
Ida Bagnoli,
Hopelale, Mass.
Sept. 18. Primo Desanti,
Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 12. Herbert Bertram Stusse,
Mendon, Mass.
Dora Elizabeth Prue,
Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 20. Everett DeWolf Robinson,
Mendon, Mass.
Nov.
11. David Alcid Rondeau, Elsie Mary Bartlett,
Mendon, Mass.
Nov.
10.
Thomas Curley,
Mendon, Mass.
Nov.
24. Clarence Woodbury Blaisdell,
Mendon, Mass.
Dec.
23. Theodore Harding Griffin,
Cambridge, Mass.
Harriet L. Cochran,
Mendon, Mass.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1920.
Date of
Death. 1920.
Name.
Y.
Age. M.
D.
Jan. 28.
Jane M. Sweet,
76
4
8
Jan. 31. Beatrice Annie Parkinson,
46
6
22
Feb.
16. Frank Clayton Wood,
59
1
22
Feb. 22. Maria Boyle,
74
1
22
March 3. Mary Curley,
60
0
0
April 2. Susan Taft,
90
0
6
April 4. Harriott E. Field Darling,
86
6
14
June
10. Clarence Augustus Taft,
44
0
19
June
23. Jean Baptiste Blanchard,
37
0
0
June
30. Shirley Wright Brown,
0
9
26
Aug. 20. Jane Hazard,
86
5
20
Nov.
17. Female,
0
0
0
Nov.
19. John Henry Ryan,
89
9
2
Nov.
19. Albion Andrew Gaskill,
56
3
1
Dec.
5. Male,
0
0
0
July 21.
Elizabeth Beatrice Payne,
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Milford, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Josephine Calitri,
Milford, Mass.
Marion Evelyn Pomeroy,
Wallingford, Ct.
Uxbridge, Mass.
Annie Cressy,
Holyoke, Mass.
Mary Anna Metcalf,
Mendon, Mass.
Sept. 27. Ricardo Gregoretti,
Hopedale, Mass.
Mendon, Mass,
Mendon, Mass,
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If errors or omissions are discovered in the list 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 may be ob- tained of the Clerk.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. ALLEN,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, January 1, 1921.
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THE FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY·
The Trustees report another successful year in the history of the Library.
We wish to thank all who contributed in any way to its wel- fare.
It is with regret that we must report the resignation of Mrs. Lena W. George as Librarian. Her long and valuable services have been greatly appreciated by all patrons of the Library and the Trustees are equally grateful for her earnest efforts to keep the Library up to its present standard.
We are also fortunate in securing the services of Miss Beatrice Taft as Librarian. With her experience and the help that can be rendered her by our townspeople we can feel assured of another prosperous year in Library work.
We are glad to report the opening of our new Library build- ing early this year. One only has to visit it to appreciate its value.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL M. TAFT, EDWIN L. WILSON, FREEMAN C. LOWELL,
Trustees of Taft Public Library.
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Finance Committee Report.
The report of the Finance Committee of the Taft Public Library for the year ending December 31, 1920 :-
RESOURCES.
To Appropriation $325 00
Sale of old iron
1 75
Received from fines 11 60
$338 35
EXPENDITURES.
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., coal $6 68
Kinsley Barnes, janitor
2 00
H. W. Wilson Co., guide
7 00
E. F. Driscoll, magazines
18 85
E. H. Taft, wood
11 50
Edward Whiting, janitor
7 00
Ginn & Company, book
7 68
W. A. Butterfield, books
12 90
Lena W. George, Librarian
50 00
Edward Whiting, janitor 13 00
Charles Scribner Sons, magazine 7 00
W. A. Butterfield, books. 10 50
Arthur T. White, magazine 4 00
DeWolf & Fiske Co., books 49 96
E. H. Taft, wood 6 00
Edward Whiting, janitor
5 00
H. W. Wilson, guide
7 00
Lena W. George, Librarian's expenses. . 50 41
Cash on hand 61 87
$338 35
Respectfully submitted, FREEMAN C. LOWELL,
Finance Committee.
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NEW LIBRARY BUILDING. RESOURCES.
Gift of Rosa F. Taft $500 00
Appropriation
800 00
Sale of bell
12 00
Fletcher Library fund
216 19
E. L. Wilson, lumber 5 60
$1,533 79
EXPENDITURES.
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., shingles $163 75
Samuel W. Wood, labor
187 85
H. S. Chadbourne, supplies 16 44
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., shingles
66 50
Edward Whiting, labor
5 40
Edwin L. Wilson, repairs
16 11
S. A. Steere, painting, etc.
161 82
Frank C. Albee, mason
18 40
Geo. H. Locke, lumber
214 80
Moses U. Gaskill, gravel
9 00
Samuel W. Wood, labor 413 62
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies
7 48
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co., cement
7 50
Worcester Suburban Elec. Co., bulbs
9 20
Geo. H. Locke, lumber
58 93
Samuel W. Wood, labor
25 00
Benj. D. Van Riper, electrician
150 00
Cash on hand 1 99
$1,533 79
Respectfully submitted,
FREEMAN C. LOWELL,
Finance Committee.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the 48 weeks that the library was open was 6,386 volumes. The largest number given out in one week was 192, the smallest 99, the average 133. The circulation by classes was as follows: fiction, 4,631 ; magazines, 1,139 ; bound magazines, 86; biography, 85; travel, 51; history, 131; litera- ture, 62 ; useful and fine arts, 105 ; science, 44 ; all others, 52.
There are about 5,740 volumes in the library, 152 having been added the past year. 79 were bought by the town and 73 were given as follows: Massachusetts Library Commission, 42 ; Secretary of the Commonwealth, 2 ; Miss Wiswall, 7; G. L. Taft, 3; R. F. Taft, 1 ; E. J. David, 1 ; J. G. Holme, 1; Carnegie En- dowment, 1; Anonymous, 15.
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 sends the World's Work, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics and American Boy.
$11.60 was received for fines.
Respectfully submitted,
LENA W. GEORGE,
Librarian.
Mendon, January 1, 1921.
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BOOKS ADDED IN 1920.
Fiction :-
American. Mary Dillon. Best short stories of 1918. E. J. O'Brien, ed.
Black sheep ! Black sheep ! Meredith Nicholson. Box with the broken seals. E. P. Oppenheim. Branding iron. K. N. Burt. Builders. Ellen Glasgow.
Coming harvest. Rene Barin.
Cresting wave. E. B. Morris. Cross pull. H. G. Evarts. Dangerous days. M. R. Rinehart.
Dark Mirror. L. J. Vance. Deerslayer. J. F. Cooper. Duds. H. C. Rowland. Eyes of the blind. A. S. Roche. Face of the world. Johan Bojer. Free air. Sinclair Lewis.
From father to son. M. S. Watts. From now on. F. L. Packard.
Georgina of the rainbows. A. F. Johnston. Gold out of Celebes. A. E. Dingle. Great accident. B. A. Williams. Great desire. Alexander Black. Great impersonation. E. P. Oppenheim. House of Baltazar. W. J. Locke. In pawn to a throne. Demetra Vaka. Ivory trail. Talbot Mundy.
Jay Gould Harmon. G. S. Kimball. Jeremy. Hugh Walpole. Kindred of the dust. P. S. Kyne. Lamp in the desert. E. M. Dell. Lovable meddler. Leona Dalrymple. Ma Pettengill. H. L. Wilson. Man of the forest. Zane Grey.
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Many Junes. Archibald Marshall.
Marm Liza. K. D. Wiggin.
Mary Marie. Eleanor Porter.
Mary Olivier. May Sinclair,
Miranda. G. L. H. Lutz. Miss Lulu Bett. Zona Gale.
Mrs. Marden. Robert Hichens.
Nocturne. Frank Swinnerton.
Passionate pilgrim. Samuel Merwin.
Pippin. L. E. Richards.
Poor relations. C. Mackenzie. "Portygee." J. C. Lincoln.
Prestons. M. H. Vorse.
One Quirt. B. M. Bower.
Raincoat girl. Jennette Lee.
Ramsey Milholland. Booth Tarkington.
Re-creation of Brian Kent. H. B. Wright.
Ridin' kid from Powder River. H. H. Knibbs.
Rim of the world. B. M. Bower.
Robin Linnet. E. F. Benson.
Second violin. G. S. Richmond.
Secret spring. Pierre Benoit.
Shrieking pit. A. J. Rees. Sir Harry. Archibald Marshall.
Skeleton key. Bernard Capes.
Splendid outcast. George Gibbs.
Story of Opal. Opal Whiteley.
Strange case of Mortimer Fenley: Louis Tracy. Streets of Ascalon. R. W. Chambers.
Thoroughbred. H. K. Webster.
Wandering ghosts. F. M. Crawford.
Way of the wind. E. Frothingham.
Wicked marquis. E. P. Oppenheim. Wreckers. Francis Lynde.
Wyndham's pal. Harold Bindloss.
Yellowleaf. Sacha Gregory.
Young visiters. Daisy Ashford.
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Juveniles :-
Adventures of Twinkly Eyes. Allen Chaffee. American boy's book of bugs. Dan Beard. Anne of the Island. L. M. Montgomery. Argonauts of faith. Basil Mathews. Bobbie and the big road. Maud Lindsay. Bowser the hound. T. W. Burgess. Browne readers. Books 3 and 4. Captain Kituk. R. J. Snell. Elephant stories. Eskimo land. E. W. Hawkes. First studies of plant life. G. F. Atkinson.
Gods and heroes. R. E. Francillon. Gulliver's travels. Jonathan Swift. Hero folk of ancient Britain. S. E. Wiltse. Heroic life of Gen. Washington. E. S. Brooks. Junior cup. Allen French. King Arthur and his court. F. N. Greene. Little Jean. H. D. Brown. Little Gateway to science. E. M. Patch. Little maid of Mass. Colony. A. T. Curtis. Little maid of Provincetown. A. T. Curtis. Marjorie's quest. J. T. Gould. New Europe. N. B. Allen. New Geography. W. W. Atwood. Old Ryerson. Walter Camp. Paul and the printing press. S. W. Bassett. Pilgrim maid. M. A. Taggart.
Pilot of the Mayflower. H. Butterworth. Quest of the Golden Valley. Belmore Browne. Rebecca's promise. F. R. Sterrett. Richmond second reader. H. E. Richmond.
Sarah Brewster's relatives. E. W. Peattie. Seaside and Wayside, 4v. J. M. Wright. Slipper Point mystery. A. H. Seaman. Soldier Rigdale. Marie Dix. South America. N. B. Allen.
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Stories of royal children.
Story of Jesus. 'Anne Bachelor. Story of the Pilgrim fathers. H. G. Tunnicliff.
Testing of Janice Day. H. B. Long. Three industrial nations. Blaich.
Uncle Zeb and his friends. E. W. Frentz.
What bird is that? F. M. Chapman.
When she came home from college. Hurd and Wilson. Young and Field literary readers. Books 2, 3 and 4. Young people's history of the Pilgrims. W. E. Griffis.
Non-Fiction :-
Americanization of Edward Bok. Edward Bok. Brief history of the Great War. J. H. Hayes. Cape Cod. Agnes Edwards. Donald Thompson in Russia. D. C. Thompson. Education of Henry Adams. Henry Adams.
Elizabeth and her German garden. Field and study. John Burroughs. Fifty-fifth artillery. F. M. Cutter.
Leonard Wood on National issues. E. J. David Life and letters of Elizabeth Prentiss. Life of Leonard Wood. J. G. Holme. Lincoln, the world emancipator. John Drinkwater. Manual for Mass. voters. Memoirs of the Empress Eugenie, 2v. Comte Fleury.
Mercier. Charlotte Kellogg.
Smashing through the World War. E. D. Sirois.
Soldiers and sailors of France in the American War for In- dependence. Joachim Merlant. Theodore Roosevelt, 2v. J. B. Bishop. Theodore Roosevelt. W. R. Thayer. United States in our own times. P. L. Haworth. Vagabonding through Germany. H. A. Franck. Winsome womanhood. Margaret Sangster. Worker and his work. S. S. Center.
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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, 1921, and find them to correspond with the respective vouchers.
Respectfully submitted,
LUTHER W. HOLBROOK,
Mendon, February 16, 1921.
Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1920.
ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1920.
CLARENCE A. TAFT, Secretary, EDWIN L. WILSON, to fill vacancy, FREEMAN C. LOWELL, Chairman, A. SUMNER COLEMAN,
Died June 10, 1920. Term expires 1921. Term expires 1922. Term expries 1923.
SUPERINTENDENT.
F. G. ATWELL, C. H. DROWN.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
LYMAN COOK, C. H. DROWN, JACOB. R. BROWN.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee submits the following report for the year ending January 1, 1921.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$9,600 00
Appropriation for School Physician 25 00
$9,625 00
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers
$6,153 99
Superintendent
796 75
Transportation
1,178 00
Fuel
918 75
Care of Rooms
615 00
Text Books and Supplies
645 66
$9,625 00
School Physician
25 00
Incidentals
588 05
Tuition
100 70
$11,021 90
Overdrawn
$1,396 90
TEACHERS.
Herbert A. Wisbey
$840 00
Percy A. Robbins
525 00
Caroline E. Stearns
450 00
Iva L. Higgins
431 25
Annie M. Lincoln
180 55
Ella K. Hudson
198 63
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Verena Daley 524 18
Mary J. Monehan 395 81
Caroline M. Reeves 237 48
Mary E. Dudley
812 56
Maria E. Allen 640 28
Gertrude Rhodes
712 50
Evelyn Raymond
143 75
Mildred Irons
50 00
Ernestine H. Wilcox
12 00
$6,153 99
SUPERINTENDENT.
F. G. Atwell
$36 75
C. H. Drown 760 00
$796 75
TRANSPORTATION.
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. $300 00
Carl Taft
210 00
J. F. Leonard
48 00
Frank Russo
440 00
Harvey Trask
180 00
$1,178 00
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Dr. K. A. Campbell
$25 00
FUEL.
H. M. Curtiss Coal Co.
$859 75
Charles A. Fletcher
48 00
J. Saucier, sawing wood 8 00
Clarence A. Taft, sawing and housing wood 3 00
$918 75
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CARE OF BUILDINGS.
Jacob R. Brown $468 00
Sumner Allen
78 50
Minnie Thayer
61 50
Irene Lamothe
7 00
$615 00
TUITION.
City of Worcester $100 70
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
L. E. Knott Co. $40 07
G. M. Billings 14 50
Ginn & Co. 47 67
Houghton Mifflin Co.
10 72
Rand McNally Co.
1 64
Oliver Ditson Co.
11 88
The Charlescraft Press
14 55
Masury Young Co.
9 20
Wright & Potter Co.
2 03
Silver Burdett & Co.
17 11
Henry Holt & Co.
3 00
Benjamin H. Sanborne
3 28
D. C. Heath & Co. 61 59
J. L. Hammett Co.
219 70
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co.
14 70
Ryan & Buker Co.
8 09
Iroquois Publishing Co.
10 78
Carroll H. Drown
59 25
Charles E. Merrill Co.
2 93
Mass. Child Labor Committee
1 00
American Book Co. 15 97
Edward E. Babb Co.
23 93
J. J. Gibbs
1 00
Denoyer Geppert Co. 4 40
$645 66
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INCIDENTALS.
E. L. Lilley, repairing clock $1 50
Herber J. Mann, lettering diplomas . 1 25
H. Edson Wheeler, repairing clocks 9 50
E. T. Powers, labor on lavatory
75
Clark Ellis & Sons, merchandise
5 73
F. C. Townsend, repairs to East Mendon school house 404 76
J. H. Dudley, services at graduation . Reformatory for women
2 00
8 32
H. S. Chadbourne Co., merchandise . . .
21 06
F. G. Atwell, telephone
60
'Carroll H. Drown, telephone, car fares and etc. 32 80
Jacob R. Brown, oiling floors and mis- cellaneous 84 90
Percy Robbins, taking supplies to Albee- ville school 2 00
Minnie Thayer, hardware and etc.
3 45
Percy Robbins, alcohol 55
Geo. E. Thayer, use of well one year ..
3 00
A. S. Coleman, one district meeting ·
1 25
E. L. Wilson, one district meeting
1 25
F. C. Lowell, one district meeting
1 25
Charles H. Kimball, express . 1 63
E. L. Wilson, two keys and fitting
50
$588 05
Respectfully submitted,
FREEMAN C. LOWELL, EDWIN L. WILSON, A. SUMNER COLEMAN,
School Committee.
January 1, 1921.
SCHOOL DIRECTORY. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Freeman Lowell, Chairman, Edwin L. Wilson, Secretary, A. Sumner Coleman,
Term expires 1922. Term expires 1921. Term expires 1923.
TEACHERS. CENTER BUILDING.
Grade
Name
Local Address
High Principal, Percy A. Robbins,
Mendon
Home Address 455 Summer Street, Bridgewater
High
Assistant, Iva L. Higgins,
Mendon
Brookville
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VI, VII
Miss Caroline Reeves,
Mendon
Holden
VIII
III, IV, V
Miss Mary F. Monehan,
Hopedale
I, II
Miss Mary Dudley,
Mendon
4 Lake Street, Hopedale Mendon
I, VIII
Mrs. Maria Allen,
Mendon
Mendon
I, VIII
Miss Gertrude Rhodes,
EAST MENDON.
Woonsocket, R. F. D.,
Woonsocket, R. F. D. No. 1.
MUSIC SUPERVISOR. Hopedale 1048 Main Street, Athol
Miss Evelyn Raymond,
ALBEEVILLE.
Mrs. Verena Daley, Dr. K. A. Campbell,
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. Mendon SCHOOL PHYSICIAN. Hopedale TRUANT OFFICER.
Phone, Milford 102
JANITORS.
Mendon Mendon South Milford
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Carroll H. Drown,
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. Hopedale
Phone, Office, Milford 904 Residence 432 J
BARGE DRIVERS.
North Route, Harvey Trask, Frank Russo,
East Route,
: THE Mendon South Milford
EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES GRANTED BY Carroll H. Drown, Hopedale Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in the school building on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.30 P. M.
Jacob R. Brown,
Center Building, Jacob .R. Brown, Albeeville, Sumner Allen, East Mendon, Mrs. Minnie F. Thayer,
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HIGH SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1921-1922. 40 WEEKS IN SCHOOL YEAR. WINTER TERM. Opens January 3, 1921, Closes March 25, 1921. SPRING TERM. Opens April 4, 1921, Closes June 25, 1921. FALL TERM.
Opens September 6, Closes December 23.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1921-1922. WINTER TERM. 36 WEEKS IN SCHOOL YEAR. Opens January 3, 1921, Closes March 18, 1921. SPRING TERM. Opens April 4, 1921, Closes June 10, 1921. FALL TERM. Opens September 6, 1921, Closes December 10, 1921.
WINTER TERM-1922.
HIGH SCHOOL. Opens January 3, Closes March 24. GRADED SCHOOLS. Open January 3, Close March 17.
Legal Holidays :-
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day, January 1, February 22, April 19, and May 30. There will be no session of the schools on the Friday following Thanksgiving. When a holiday comes on Sunday the following Monday becomes a holiday.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE CITIZENS OF MENDON :-
I hereby present my first report of the schools of this town. There are many questions concerning our schools which I would like to present to the citizens of the town, but because of the cost of paper and printing I will discuss only the most important of our problems.
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