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A. Freeman, labor 1 75
Lewis Holbrook 44 13
Carl Wilbur
8 75
F. S. Baker 8 00
Carl Taft 12 00
M. Carlson
12 00
R. Hazard
4 00
A. Stewart
4 00
L. G. Farnum, tractor
115 50
George L. Hemond, truck
3 00
George L. Hemond, clearing State road
363 50
W. A. Barry, repairing plow
5 00
H. N. Rogers, express on tractor parts
39
W. Arthur Robinson, snow removal. .
12 50
C. C. Shattuck, gas
4 64
New England Implement Co., parts for plow 4 80
Edward Muszyniski, labor 4 75
H. S. Chadbourne, paint 2 90
Unexpended
$1,372 99
$2,000 00
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SCHOOL STREET BRIDGE.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Paid H. N. Rogers, superintendent $16 80
F. S. Baker, labor 8 00
Roscoe Steere, labor 4 00
Carl Wilbur 4 00
L. G. Farnum, tractor 15 00
Lewis Holbrook, labor 3 00
Geo. L. Hemond, trucking stone, fill and gravel, labor and material .. 340 00
E. L. Sabatinelli, building stone head walls and placing pipes 500 00
New England Metal Culvert Co., culverts 570 00
$1,460 80
Unexpended
39 20
$1,500 00
TRACTOR ACCOUNT.
Balance due from 1927 $1,831 52
Repairs, truck and tractor 85 80
$1,917 32
Paid L. G. Farnum, 1928 $1,225 25
Balance due
692 07
$1,917 32
Respectfully submitted,
H. N. ROGERS,
Superintendent.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
The overseers of the Public Welfare submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1928.
Appropriation
$1,700 00
Paid for support of one family in their own home, State case $800 84
For support of one person in private family 470 77
For support of one person in private family 382 98
For partial support of one family in their own home, City of Boston case 98 00
For Town of Holliston, partial sup- port of one family in their own home 251 29
For Town of Falmouth, partial sup- port of one person in infirmary .. 104 00 Printing and supplies 8 48
$2,116 36
Overdrawn $416 36
Respectfully submitted,
ROY A. BARROWS, WM. A. BARRY, W. ARTHUR ROBINSON,
Board of Public Welfare.
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Emergency Fund 276 00
$876 00
Paid County of Worcester Division
Tuberculosis for two cases $398 00
William Ahern, grapple irons 3 00
J. J. Gibbs, fumigating candles 55
E. S. Sabatinelli, blasting for body . .
40 00
Dr. F. H. Lally, services, one Tubercu- losis case 5 00
Dr. C. C. Weymouth, anti-rabie
treatment 28 64
Arthur Seagraves, removal and burial of one Tuberculosis case 50 00
G. M. Billings, quarantine cards 1 00
A. J. Daly, diving for body including transportation 88 00
O. D. McLoughlin, killing rabid dog
5 00
E. E. O'Brien, services searching for body 35 00
G. C. Hill, use of motor boat 10 00
Dr. O. W. Beiersdorf, professional services on rabies case 12 00
Roy A. Barrows, quarrantining and fumigating 12 90
Arthur E. Brown, services and ex- penses in drowning accident 97 10
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City of New York, Department of Health, Anti-Rabi Vaccine 25 00
$811 19
Unexpended
64 81
$876 00
Respectfully submitted,
W. ARTHUR ROBINSON, ROY A. BARROWS, W. A. BARRY,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1928.
144 Males and spayed females at $2.00
each $288 00
33 Females at $5.00 each
165 00
$453 00
Less Clerk's fees
35 40
Cash paid County Treasurer
$417 60
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED FROM
JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1928.
Resident Citizen's Sporting 70
$2 25
$157 50
Non-resident Citizen's Sporting . .
1 5 25
5 25
Minor Trappers
1
75
75
Non-resident Citizen's Sporting . . 1 2 25
2 25
$165 75
Fees retained by Clerk
18 25
Amount paid Division Fisheries
and Game
$147 50
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1928.
Date of Birth 1928
Name of Child
Parents with Maiden Name of Mother
Jan. 8
Virginia Fiske Irons
Feb.
19
Robert Floyd Kearsley
Feb.
28
Alice Walentuk
Mar.
5
Dorothy Rose Halsing
Carl A. and Doris R. Kempton Robert and Grace Hope
Apr.
3
Jean Hope McTurk
Apr.
13
Franklin Vernon Kerr
Apr.
29
Wesley Thayer Rogers Wilbur
June
25
Arline Avis Richardson
Frank W. and Ethelyn A. Thurber
July
2
Bouchard
Henry W. and Delina Jacques
July
29
Myrtle Edith Gaskill
Earle F. and Myrtle M. Warner
Aug.
24
Cecelia Pearl Daige
Aug.
26
Harper
Sept.
21
Ambrogi
Oct.
1
Oct.
1
Donald Raymond Taft Rogers
Oct. 8
Henry Whitman Brown
Oct.
20
Kenneth Leroy Phipps
Nov.
24
Earl Darling Aldrich, Jr.
Dec.
1
Jacob Oppewal
Dec.
29
Ruth Mildred Demanche
William and Helen Fiske George and Emily M. Dunford Frank and Mary Hoothay
Leon and Alice E. Goodnow Raymond W. and Gladys E. Thayer Carl and Nellie Tucker
May
5
George A. and Florida A. Jacques Augustin T. and Matilda Brothers Marino and Ollie Cenedella George K. and Lois J. Lawrence Leonard M. and Bertha G. Martin Berton G. and Ethel M. Alexander Fred R. and Ernestine Knox
Earl D. and Helen G. Hartshorn Taeke and Jennie De Young Alex and Mildred Johnson
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1928.
Date of Marriage 1928
Names
Residence
Jan. 1
Edwin L. Wilson
Mendon, Mass.
Bertha (Gaskill) Coleman
Mendon, Mass.
Feb. 4
Clayton E. Parkinson
Leola F. Osgood
Mendon, Mass. Hamden, Conn.
Feb. 24
Harry Grant
Mendon, Mass.
Helen Sutton
Mendon, Mass.
Apr. 19
Edwin Arnold Walsh
Anne Frances Molony
Mendon, Mass. Centreville, Mass.
May 14
Waldo Merrick Thayer
Agnes M. (Leach) Dansereau
Mendon, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Sept. 1
Roland Andrew Rogers Elith F. Carlson
Mendon, Mass. Millville, Mass.
Sept. 17
Arthur A. Tilton
Worcester, Mass. Mendon, Mass.
Oct. 19
Lawrence Bernard Munhall
Mendon, Mass.
Elsie Belle Gaskill
Mendon, Mass.
Nov. 17
Edwin Leroy Slavin Edith Viola Grytzell
Milford, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Elsie Gertrude Larking
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1928.
Date of Death 1928
Name
Y
Age M
D
Jan.
24
Rufus Gilbert Beal
73
2
13
Feb.
15
Alice Josephine Wilbur
71
5
8
Feb.
29
Alexander Viets G. Pond
84
8
20
Apr.
3
Grace Alcesta Taft
85
3
9
May
10
Harold A. Wheeler
55
8
16
May
14
John Wesley Esty
78
1
8
May
16
Leonard Taft Gaskill
85
4
13
May
19
Edward Augustus Whiting
51
8
23
May
29
John Broughey
36
. .
10
July
29
Albino Borges
27
. .
..
Aug.
11
Frances M. Gaskill
81
5
1
Sept.
3
Austin J. Ellsworth
25
5
6
Sept.
11
Eleanor Hoggarth
72
1
8
Sept.
17
Alberta Elmira (Bond) Belmore
70
4
3
Sept.
24
Lucy E. Cunningham
50
. .
. .
Oct.
1
Stillborn
. .
. .
Oct.
12
James Quigley
90
11
1
Dec.
1
John Connors
66
. .
. .
Dec.
13
Walter Eugene Wilbur
64
1
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NOTICE.
Parents and others are requested to carefully examine the above lists and if any errors or omissions are discovered, report them at once to the Town Clerk, that the record may be cor- rected, as it is of importance that the records of Vital Statistics should be complete.
Parents within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after the birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town in which such child is born.
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Your attention is called to the provisions of Section 36 and 55 of Chapter 207 of the General Laws relating to marriages solemnized out of this state, which are as follows :
Section 29 of Chapter 151 of the Revised Laws: If a mar- riage is solemnized in another state between parties living in this Commonwealth who return to dwell here, they shall, within seven days after their return, file with the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which either of them lived at the time of their marriage, a certificate or declaration of their marriage, including the facts relative to marriages which are required by law, and for neglect thereof shall forfeit ten dollars."
Blanks for the return of all Vital records can be obtained of the Town Clerk.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT S. COLEMAN,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, January 1, 1929.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
Appropriation
Paid Pay Roll No. 1, Tom Kelley, fire $12 00
Pay Roll No. 2, Raymond Barrows, fire 12 00
Pay Roll No. 3, Alic Walic, fire 4 00
Pay Roll No. 4, Susie Caswell, fire .. 14 00
Pay Roll No. 5, Hammond fire
6 00
Pay Roll No. 6, B. N. Rogers' fire ..
14 00
Pay Roll No. 7, John Kelley, fire. ...
14 00
Pay Roll No. 8, E. Dessonsseau, fire. . 15 00
Pay Roll No. 9, Wilbur fire 4 00
Pay Roll No. 10, Resthaven fire . ..
12 00
Pay Roll No. 11, S. E. Hartshorn fire 6 00
Pay Roll No. 12, Mendon Highway truck 14 00
Pay Roll No. 13, False alarm 10 00
Pay Roll No. 14, False alarm
16 00
Pay Roll No. 15, Mrs. Congdon fire 10 00
Pay Roll No. 16, Pond's fire .
4 00
Pay Roll No. 17, P. T. Kinsley's fire
6 00
Pay Roll No. 18, Comstock's fire. . .
2 00
Pay Roll No. 19, Murry's fire 4 00
6 00
Pay Roll No. 20, Romprey's fire ....
Pay Roll No. 21. Arthur Paddock's fire
12 00
Chester C. Shattuck, gas, oil and soda 9 53
A. W. Sears, janitor 40 00
W. A. Barry, repairs on ladder and hose reel 28 50
Joseph Dudley 36 00
Harold F. Lowell, chief's salary 100 00
$500 00
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Harold F. Lowell, supplies 7 46
Clark & Shaughnesy, fuel 32 25
Worcester Suburban Electric Co., pow- er for whistle 12 00
American Fire Equipment Co., search
light gaskets and chimney com- pound
20 36
Uxbridge Auto Co., siren
15 00
$498 10
Unexpended
1 90
$500 00
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD F. LOWELL, RAYMOND L. DALEY, WM. A. BARRY,
Engineers.
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REPORT OF THE FOREST FIRE WARDEN.
FOREST FIRES.
Appropriation
$300 00
Pay Roll No. 1, Lake Side fire $19 50
Pay Roll No. 2, Mendon Hill fire 3 00
Pay Roll No. 3, South Mendon fire 26 50
Pay Roll No. 4, Pond Hill fire 4 00
Pay Roll No. 5, Tom Kelley fire 6 00
Pay Roll No. 6, Thornton Street fire. 3 00
Henry K. Barnes Co., fire hose
64 00
American Fire Equipment Co., refills
and acid and express
26 40
Milford Daily News, notices
1 40
Arthur H. Blanchard, fire pump cans.
22 40
Unexpended
123 80
$300 00
Respectfully submitted,
ROY A. BARROWS, Forest Fire Warden.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation
$400 00
Paid A. Freeman, labor
$14 00
Ray Thomas 6 00
Clarence Moore
136 00
Ernest Barrows
106 00
F. A. Gould, supplies
12 75
Berlie Bagg, labor
38 00
Unexpended
87 25
$400 00
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT S. WOOD, Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
1
Platform Scale over 5,000 1bs.
1 Platform Scale 100 to 5,000 lbs.
1 Counter Scale 100 to 5,000 lbs.
2 Counter Scales under 100 lbs.
3 Spring Scales 100 to 5,000 lbs.
10 Spring Scales under 100 lbs.
102 Liquid Measures.
2 Kerosene Pumps.
17 Gasolene Pumps. I have inspected and signed :
2 Meat Peddlers' licenses.
3 Fish Peddlers' licenses.
1 Fruit Peddler's license.
I have collected fees and turned over to the Town of Mendon, $16.26.
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD C. BARROWS, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
We are pleased to report our library in a very fine condi- tion, living up to the high standards of the past in its desire to serve the public.
During the past year the books have been carefully examined and material that had no permanent value has been removed from the shelves under the direction of Miss E. Louise Jones, Field Secretary of the State Division of Public Libraries, ably assisted by Mrs. Lena George, and our efficient Librarian. The State also sent Miss Anna Kingman to assist Mrs. Daley in repairing many of the books that would have otherwise needed rebinding, the only expense to the town being for two weeks' board.
The Trustees wish to acknowledge the assistance of the Town's people and the Librarian, in making the past year one of great value to the town.
WM. A. BARRY, Chairman, EDWARD F. BLOOD, Secretary, LENA W. GEORGE, GEORGE H. PICKARD, CARROLL H. DROWN,
Trustees of Taft Public Library.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TRUSTEES. OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$500 00
Fines ..
22 18
Overdrawn
1 10
Expended
$523 28
EXPENDITURES.
Union Library Association, books $5 29
H. W. Wilson, books 15 40
DeWolfe, Fiske Co., books 26 55
H. R. Huntting Co., books 39 47
The Personal Book Shop, books
24 51
Libraries, books
3 00
Gaylord Bros., supplies
5 91
Verena R. Daley, salary and supplies
225 40
Joseph Dudley, salary and supplies
68 10
H. M. Curtis Coal Co., door
4 00
F. M. Aldrich, repairs 5 85
Dura Binding Co., binding
18 30
Cahill's News Agency, magazines
40 50
L. E. Taft, wood 41 00
$523 28
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FLETCHER FUND.
Chas. E. Lauriat, books
$14 63
H. W. Wilson, books
2 50
Dodd Mead & Co., books
7 00
Ginn & Co., books
17 47
The Personal Book Shop, books 103 84
American Library Association, books 6 00
Mass. Audubon Society, books 2 50
H. R. Huntting & Co., books
87 26
Expended
$241 20
GEORGE H. PICKARD,
Finance Committee.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The circulation for the year (103 days) was 10,962 volumes. The largest number given out in one day was 294, the smallest 32, the average 106. The circulation by classes was as follows: Fiction, 8,195 ; Magazines, 1,748; Bound Magazines, 48; Bio- graphy, 169; Travel, 42; History, 179 ; Literature, 274 ; Useful and Fine Arts, 147; Science, 63; All others, 97.
There are 6,693 volumes in the library. 259 volumes have been added the past year. 93 were bought by the town and 166 were given as follows:
Fletcher Fund, 135; Massachusetts Library Commission, 14; Old Magazines, 11; Secretary of the Commonwealth, 2; Mrs. L. W. George, 1; A. V. G. Pond, 1; J. R. Richard, 1; Anonymous, 1.
The library subscribes for the American, Asia, Boy's Life, Century, Child Life, Country Gentleman, Field and Stream, Harper's Monthly, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, Literary Digest, National Geographic, Radio News, Saturday Evening Post, Scribners, St. Nicholas, Woman's Home Companion. The Library Commission sends the American Boy, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics and World's Work. The Farmer's Wife, Dumb Animals, National Republic, People's Home Journal and the Buddy Book are given.
28 school children received the State Reading Certificates last June. One pupil from Albeeville received a large Certifi- cate for reading 20 books on the Reading List.
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$22.18 was received in fines during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
VERENA R. DALEY,
Librarian.
Mendon, January 1, 1929.
BOOKS ADDED IN 1928.
Fiction :-----
Abie's Irish Rose.
Aristocratic Miss Brewster.
J. C. Lincoln.
All at sea.
C. Wells.
Bellehelen Mine.
B. M. Bower.
Buff, a Collie.
Bellamy Trial.
Benson murder case.
Beau Sabreur.
P. C. Wren.
B. M. Bower.
Back to God's country.
Barbarian lover.
Behind that curtain.
E. D. Biggers.
Blue window.
T. Bailey.
Barberry bush.
K. Norris.
Beltane the smith.
J. Farnol.
Bridge of San Luis Rey.
T. Wilder.
Beau Ideal.
P. C. Wren.
Cross trails.
H. Bindloss.
Cherry Square.
G. Richmond.
A. K. Green.
Chief legatee.
Nichols.
A. Terhune. Hart.
Van Dine.
Black thunder.
J. O. Curwood. M. Pedler.
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Curious quest. Claire Ambler.
The Carolinian. Child of the North.
Call of the house.
Closed garden. The Clifford affair.
The children.
The Devonshires.
Daughter of the house. The deadfall.
Exit Betty.
Enchanted Canyon.
The flirt. Forever free. The father.
Giants of the earth.
The grandmothers. Gallion's Reach.
House without a key.
House on the Downs.
Heart of Rachel.
Harvest moon.
Hate ship. Inn of the Hawk and Raven. Jalna.
Keeper of the bees.
Kilmeny of the orchard. Kitty.
Les Miserables. 2 vols.
Lone Star ranger. Long chance. Loring mystery.
Lone Wolf.
Mistress Wilding.
Money to burn. Missing initial.
E. Oppenheim. B. Tarkington. R. Sabatini. R. Cullum. R. Mitchell. J. Green. E. Fielding. E. Wharton.
H. W. Morrow. C. Wells.
E. Marshall.
G. Lutz.
H. W. Morrow.
B. Tarkington.
H. W. Morrow. K. H. Brown. O. E. Rolvaag.
G. Westcott.
H. M. Tomlinson.
E. D. Biggers. G. Locke. K. Norris.
J. S. Fletcher.
B. Graeme.
G. B. Mccutcheon.
M. DeLaRoche. G. S. Porter.
L. Montgomery. W. Deeping.
V. Hugo. Z. Grey.
P. B. Kyne.
J. Farnol. Vance.
R. Sabatini. P. B. Kyne. N. Lincoln.
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Mother of gold. More Tish.
Miss Tiverton goes out.
Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Miss Brown of X. Y. O.
Miss Billy's decision.
Miss Billy married. Matorni's vineyard. Nevada.
Pollyanna of the orange blossoms. Poor wise man.
Prince of Graustark.
Poor little rich girl.
Plains of Abraham.
Prudence's daughters. Prudence's sisters.
Peacock feathers.
Poor gentleman.
Rocking moon.
The river. Roping lions in the Grand Canyon. Stella Dallas.
Swan song. Sheriff's son.
Steel of the Royal Mounted.
Show boat.
Sorrell and son.
Sundown Slim.
Silas Bradford's boy.
Seven keys to Baldpate.
Two Forsythe interludes. They also serve. This day's madness. Tish plays the game.
Treading the wine press. Wolf. We must march.
E. Hough. M. Rinehart.
A. Christie. E. Oppenheim. E. H. Porter. E. H. Porter. E. Oppenheim. Z. Grey. Smith. M. Rinehart. G. B. Mccutcheon.
E. Gates.
J. O. Curwood.
E. Hueston. E. Hueston. T. Bailey.
I. Hay. Willoughby.
T. Tupper. Z. Grey. O. Prouty.
J. Galsworthy. W. M. Raine.
O. Curwood. E. Ferber.
W. Deeping. H. H. Knibbs. J. C. Lincoln. E. D. Biggers. J. Galsworthy. P. B. Kyne.
M. Rinehart. R. Connors. A. Terhune. H. W. Morrow.
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Window at the White Cat. Wintersmoon.
Wondering moon.
With malice toward none. Will-o'-the-wisp.
Zeppelin's passenger.
M. Rinehart. H. Walpole. G. Weston.
H. W. Morrow.
P. Wentworth. E. Oppenheim.
Non-Fiction :-
Auction bridge complete. A. L. A. Catalog. 1926.
M. C. Work.
America comes of age.
A. Seigfried.
Chemistry. 4 vols.
American architecture of today.
G. H. Edgell.
Birds of Massachusetts. 3
E. H. Forbush.
Byrd, Richard. Skyward.
Briggs, Dean.
R. W. Brown.
Burbank, Luther. Harvest of the years.
Baby's first two years.
Classic myths.
Contempary British Literature.
Contempary American Literature. Disraeli.
Eight years with Wilson's Cabinet.
Everybody's aviation guide.
Evolution of man scientifically disproved.
Etiquette. Franklin, vital records.
Glorious adventure.
Home book of verse.
Hoyt's new encyclopedia of practi- cal quotations.
Herbert Hoover. Home book of modern verse. Index to poetry. Lindberg. We.
R. M. Smith. C. M. Gayley.
Manly & Rickert. Manly & Rickert.
A. Maurois. D. F. Houston. V. W. Page.
W. Williams.
E. Post.
R. Halliburton. B. E. Stevenson.
K. L. Roberts. W. Irwin. B. E. Stevenson. E. Granger, ed.
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Ludwig. Son of man.
Ludwig. Bismark.
Laurence and the Arabian adventure.
Lincoln, Abraham.
R. Graves. C. Sandburg.
Literary Digest Atlas of New Europe and the Far East.
Modern gasoline automobile. V. Page. E. D. Martin.
Meaning of a liberal education.
Nantucket, vital records. Vol. V.
National Geographic. Vols. 51 & 52.
New international year book. 1928. Our times.
M. Sullivan.
Rowley, vital records.
Royal road to romance.
R. Halliburton.
St. Nicholas. Vols. 54 & 55.
Standard catalog for High School Libraries. Pt. 2.
Second book of modern verse. Trader Horn.
Z. Brown. J. Rittenhouse. Horn & Lewis.
Types of modern dramatic composition. Phillips.
Women who make our novels.
Who's who. 1923.
Who's who in America. 1928 & 1929.
Juvenile :-
Aesop's fables. Alison Blair.
Boy's book of U. S. mails.
Boy's book of Forest Rangers.
Box in sand. Browne Readers. 3 Vols.
Blodgett Readers. 3 Vols. Beacon Readers. 3 Vols. Carrots. Counterpane fairy.
Child of the North.
J. H. Stickney. G. Crownfield. I. Crump. I. Crump. L. W. Rice.
Mrs. Molesworth. K. Pyle. E. W. Deming.
G. Overton.
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Civilizing Cricket. Cop. Cubby bear.
Children's catalog.
Cyr Readers. 2 Vols.
Don Strong Series. 2 Vols.
Doctor Dolittle's Series. 2 Vols.
Downright Dencey.
Heyliger. Lofting. C. D. Snedeker . H. Anderson.
Great pictures and their stories. Book 1. K. M. Lester. Grimm's fairy tales. Herford Aesop.
Heidi.
J. Spyri.
L. M. Alcott Series. 5 Vols.
Little lame prince.
Mulock.
Land of play. Magic boat.
Rice.
Wright. G. Moon.
Nadita.
Music stories for boys and girls.
Overall boys.
Grover.
Old Indian legends. Oregon chiefs.
Hudspeth.
Wells.
Prancing Pat.
Orton.
Poems of youth.
Cooper. R. Fulton.
Peter's wonderful adventure.
Murphy.
Peter and Polly in winter.
Quaint old stories.
Lansing.
Robinson Crusoe.
Defoe.
Sunshine primer.
A. H. Seaman Series. 3 Vols. Sunshine School. To and again.
Trade wind.
Twin Series. 8 Vols.
Thru the farmyard gate.
Andress.
Brooks.
Meigs.
Perkins.
Poulsson.
Peppi, the duck.
Powder dock mystery.
Lucia.
Noyes & Guild.
F. C. Hooper. R. M. Cleveland. Ellingwood. M. E. Sears.
Fairy tales.
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Willie Fox's diary. Clean Peter.
Child of the Arctic.
Little Red people. Burgess bird book. Burgess animal series. 14 Vols. Danny Fists.
Hilkene. Adelborg. Peary. Deming.
W. Camp.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
This is to certify that as Auditor for the Town of Mendon during the year ending December 31, 1928, I have examined the books of all the Town Officers and find them correct.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH W. COFFIN, Auditor.
Mendon, Mass., February 1, 1929.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1928
SCHOOL DIRECTORY.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
George H. Pickard, Chairman Term Expires 1931
Roy A. Barrows, Secretary
Term Expires 1929
Term Expires 1930
Mrs. Annie Coffin .
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Carroll H. Drown .
. Office, High School, Hopedale
60 Telephone, Office Milford 1630 Telephone, Residence Milford 644-R
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
K. A. Campbell, M. D. . Hopedale Telephone, Milford 102
SCHOOL NURSE.
Helen C. Grady, R. N.
Milford
Telephone 862
TEACHERS. CENTER BUILDING. HIGH SCHOOL.
Subjects or Grades Math. and Science
Name
Preparation Dartmouth College and N. H. University
Years of Service in Town
First
First
Wheaton College Framingham Normal and Second Boston University 61
GRADES.
Grades VI, VII & VIII* Grades III, IV & V
Orrilla F. Park
Martha E. Ryder
Castleton, Vt. Normal Hyannis and North Adams Normals
First
Grades I & II
Caroline W. Blackwood
Woonsocket High School
Fourth
ALBEEVILLE BUILDING.
Grades I-VIII
Marion Enos
Framingham Normal First
French and Latin English and History
Henry P. Clough, Principal
Helen M. Honors Beatrice Taft
Fourth
Grades I-VIII
EAST MENDON BUILDING. Helen Redgrave Framingham Normal First
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. Mrs. Raymond Daley, Mendon TRUANT OFFICERS.
Jacob R. Brown Harold C. Barrows
JANITORS.
Center Building Albeeville East Mendon
Jacob R. Brown Mendon
Tel. Milford 965-R 62
Mrs. Augusta Peterson Mendon
Mrs. Minnie Thayer South Milford
BARGE DRIVER.
Harold C. Barrows Mendon
EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES GRANTED AT Office of the Supt. of Schools, Hopedale, on School Days-8.00 A. M. to 5.30 P. M. Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in the School Building on the first Monday of each month at 7.00 P. M. *- Part of Eighth Grade subjects are taught in High School.
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1929.
ELEMENTARY GRADES.
WINTER TERM.
Opens January 7, Closes March 15 (Ten Weeks) (Vacation Two Weeks)
SPRING TERM.
Opens April 1, Closes June 7 (Ten Weeks) (Summer Vacation)
FALL TERM.
Opens September 3, Closes December 20 (Sixteen Weeks) (Vacation Two Weeks)
WINTER TERM. 1930. Opens January 6.
HIGH SCHOOL.
WINTER TERM.
Opens January 2, Closes March 22 (Twelve Weeks) (Vacation One Week)
SPRING TERM.
Opens April 1, Closes June 21 (Twelve Weeks) (Summer Vacation)
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FALL TERM.
Opens September 3, Closes December 20 (Sixteen Weeks) (Vacation One Week)
WINTER TERM. Opens December 30
LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving Day, January 1, February 22, April 19, and May 30. When a holiday comes on Sunday the following Monday becomes a holi- day. There will be no session of schools on the Friday follow- ing Thanksgiving Day.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL.
Siren blast 2-2 sounded at 7.15 closes all schools for the day.
It is important for parents to note the time and manner of this signal.
The closing of all schools always involves considerable mis- understanding and difficulty because it is impossible for a no- school signal to be heard over the entire territory of the town.
Schools are maintained and teachers paid for the benefit of all children of the town. It seems wise that school should be in session at all times except in most extreme weather, thus giving an opportunity to those children and parents who want the ad- vantages of school. Keeping schools open even in somewhat stormy weather works no hardship upon any; for, when any parents feel that on account of weather conditions it is unwise for their children to go to school they are at liberty to keep them at home.
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IMPORTANT REGULATIONS.
A regulation of the School department is that no child can enter school for the first time unless such a child shall become six years of age on or before January 1, of the year following the fall term when he wishes to enter school. (For entrance to school this coming fall term a child must be six years of age on or before January 1, 1930).
ATTENDANCE LAWS.
The state laws governing school attendance require that :
Every child from seven to fourteen years of age unless he is physically or mentally unfit, and until he is sixteen years of age, unless he has completed the sixth grade, shall attend school all the time it is in session. Every child from fourteen to sixteen years of age shall attend school unless such child has received an employment certificate and is regularly employed according to law for at least six hours per day. All minors under sixteen working in towns or cities which maintain Continuation Schools, must attend the Continuation Schools as prescribed by law.
If a child fails to attend school according to law for seven day sessions or fourteen half day sessions, the child shall be con- sidered an habitual truant and may be sent to a truant school.
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