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Farewell
Song "The King's Champion"
Presentation of Certificates
Class Song
Benediction
Rev. Albert H. Plumb
ROLL OF HONOR, 1913-1914.
Nine Years. George Dean
3 terms Leslie Ensor, Corinne Fairbanks, Herbert Howe, Roy Howe, Grace O'Donnell.
2 terms
Gladys Stone, Orton Butler, Alexina Labonte, Ruth Morse, Beatrice Howe, Arline Prevost, Albert Briggs, Doris Bruce. Bernard Carpenter, Dorothy Newton, George Stone, Thomas Moran, William Gaffney, John Wilder.
Rev. Albert H. Plumb School Warren Newton
Song, "Out on the Deep"
John Anthony Beechan Edward Sullivan
Thomas Joseph Moran Schools George Walter Dean Schools Dea. Jesse Allen
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I term
Lavander Clifford, William Morse, Alfred Morse, Edward O'Donnell, Edith Plumb, Dorothy Day, Kenneth Pierce, Ethel Briggs, Malcolm Crawford, Joseph Bruce, Elmer Columb, Albert Eggleston, Lena Knight, Holbrook Pres- cott, Alla Carpenter, Bernice Carpenter, Harlen Boyd, Harry Boyd, Russell Chase, Arthur Messier, Frank Parkman, Laura Snay, Helen Gaffney, Myrtle Wilder.
SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1913-1914
School Teacher
Preparation
Salary
Total Enrollment
Average Membership
Attendance
Percent of Attendance
No, of Visitors
Grammar
Florence E. Bothwell
N. Brookfield High
$11
26
23
22
94
133
Primary
Ethel Bramna
Northfield
$11
25
20
19
95
114
Coldbrook
Catherine D. Putnam
Fitchburg Normal
$10
31
27
24
91
81
South
Effie T. Swindell
Barre High
$10
13
12
11
96
90
West
May E. O'Donnell
Barre High
$10
14
13
12
96
76
Music
Ruth B. Dwelly
Northampton
$4
Drawing
Harriet B. Andrews
Normal Art
$5
Totals
$61
109
95
88
94
494
1914-1915
Grammar
Florence E. Bothwell,
N. Brookfield High
$12
26
24
22
94
Primary
Ethel Braman
Northfield
$11
21
20
19
95
Coldbrook Madeline Earle
Lowell Normal
$11
30
29
28
98
South
Effie T. Swindell
Barre High
$10
12
11
10
95
West
Kathryn Butler
Worcester Normal
$10
17
15
12
82
Music
Ruth B. Dwelly
Northampton
$4
Totals
$58
106
99
91
93
Average
Report of the School Physician.
Holden, Mass., Dec. 28, 1914.
Robert I. Bramhall, Supt. of Schools, Holden, Mass.,
My Dear Sir :- I beg to report that in the performance of my duties as School Physician of Oakham I have visited the schools of that town twice during the year closing. Conditions found were not less favorable than those of last year. There are still a few unvaccinated : a few cases of pediculosis : also a few cases of enlarged tonsils, and the usual list of minor ail- ments common among children, of school age.
Yours respectfully. Ç. W. STICKNEY, M. D., School Physician.
Report of the Supervisor of Music.
Mr. R. 1. Bramhall, Superintendent of Schools :-
Dear Sir :- The work in music has been conducted along the same lines as formerly. The time devoted to the work, un- changed.
As in every other study in the school course, individual attention must be given to the preparation of the lesson, and the recitation is made by the individual ; so the same should be true in music and the child be encouraged to work individually in this as in every other branch.
In the first three grades note songs are being taught con- tinually and all the individual help possible is given. to the monotones. Rote songs are taught, which are selected for their musical value as well as for the value of the thought and suggestions. Good rote songs stimulate and develop in the mind of the child a taste and love for good music.
The higher grades are doing creditable work in two and three part songs, we are studying selections from best com- posers and also study the lives of composers to a small ex- tent.
The best results in school music depend largely upon the co-operation of the parent and grade teacher with the super- visor. Pupils, especially boys, need help to realize and really believe that music must be studied, not only as a subject in the school course but for the pleasure to be derived there- from. now and in the future.
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I take pleasure in acknowledging here the courtesy extend- ed to me by the teachers; also, for the kindly reception and advances made by the children.
Respectfully submitted, RUTH B. DWELLY, Supervisor of Music.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES and DEATHS. For the Year 1914.
BIRTHS
Jan. 31, daughter (Vivian Emily) to Oscar T. and Ida C. Loring.
Feb. 22, son (Richard Grimshaw) to Wallace H. and Mary E. Riley.
May 3. son (Alvyn Perycle) to Fabius W. and Rhoda L. Beckwith.
May 28, daughter (Katherine Edith) to Mitze and Edith M. George.
May 29, son (George Wilbur) to Wm. Harris and Louise H. Harris.
June 4, daughter (Mary Florence) to Mitchel and Georgi- anna Messier.
July 3, daughter (Mildred Laura) to Oliver W. and Etta S. Wilkins
Nov. 19, son (Warren Loring) to Elmer F. and Ella H. Willard.
Nov. 26, son (Ralph Cheney) to Clayton C. and Eva S. Adams.
MARRIAGES
April 29, Raymond Cilley to Althea E. Russell.
July 30, Henry W. Grimes to Evelyn M. Clifford.
Aug. I, Archibald L. Daniels to Martha B. Malcolm. Sept. 28, George H. Lackey to Marjorie Edson. Oct. 5, Edwin Bullard to Florence A. Cole.
Oct. 10, Ralph I. Daniels to Leone Boyd.
Nov. 16, George H. Baldwin to Blanche A. Bemis.
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Dec. II, Clarence L. Grimes to Jennie H. Stevens. Dec. 12, Gardner M. Dean to Susan E. Willis.
DEATHS
Year Mo. Days
January 29, Mrs. Mary White
70
April 2, Omer D. Tottingham
65
0 8
April 5, Mrs. Lilian C. Rutherford
42
2 4
April II, Mrs. Alice S. Ferrin
38
4 22
August II, Miss Laura G. Burt
66
3 I2
August 16, Mrs. Ellen Chamberlain
65
I 30
August 20, Mrs. Ann D. Adams
90
I
5
October 16, George W. Stone
74 2 15
December 13, George Desper
72
O
3
Decemebr 22, Ralph C. Adams
0
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BURIED IN TOWN
December 8, Henry M. Rood 61
Population, 552.
Number of voters, male, 134, female, 10.
Number of dogs licensed, 66, male 54, female, 12.
Number of hunter's licenses issued, 73.
JESSE ALLEN,
Town Clerk.
Town Warrant.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. WORCESTER, SS.
To either of the constables of the town of Oakham, in the County of Worcester, Greeting :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Oakham, qualified to vote in elections: and in town affairs, to meet at the town hall, known as "Memorial Hall," on Mon- day, the first day of February current, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :-
Article Ist. To choose a. Moderator, to, preside at all town meetings, except for the elections of State officers, dur- ing the coming year.
Article 2nd. To hear the annual reports of the several' town officers and act thereon.
Article 3. To choose one Selectman, one Assessor, one Overseer of, the Poor, one School Committee, one Library Trustee, one Cemetery Committee, Town Clerk for three years, Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Auditor, Tree Warden, Highway Surveyor, three Fence Viewers and six Constables, for one year. Also to vote "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall license for the sale of intoxicating liq- uors be granted in this town?" The polls to be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and may be closed at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Article 4. To choose all necessary town officers and committees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by ballot.
Article 5. To see what compensation the Town will allow their Treasurer and Collector.
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Article 6. To see what compensation, the Town will allow for men and teams in repairing highways and opening roads for the ensuing year.
Article 7. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to bond their treasurer and collector.
Article 8. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations for the same.
Article 9. To see if the town will authorize the treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the current year, beginning January 1, 1915, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, giving the note or notes of the town thereof, payable within one year from date thereof, these notes to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 10. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the relief of poor and needy sol- diers, as required under Chapter 79, Section 18 of the Re- vised Laws.
Article II. To see if the town will appoint some person to prosecute and defend all, suits that may be brought for or against the town for the ensuing year.
Article 12. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 13. To see what provisions the town will make for lighting the streets the ensuing year, and make appro- priation for the same or pass any vote thereto.
Article 14. To see if the 'town will employ some per- son or persons to care for Town Hall, town clock, and Li- brary building for the ensuing year.
Article 15. To see what sum of money the town will
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vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of the brown tail moth.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to provide for the compensating certain public employees for injuries sus- tained in the course of their employment, in accordance with Chap. 618, Acts of 1914, and make appropriation for the same.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise the salaries of the Selectmen.
Article 18. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) in conjunction with the state and county, for the purpose of extending the gravel road leading to the Rutland line.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing three attested copies thereof, one at each of the Post Offices, and one at the Congregational meeting house, in said town, seven days at least. before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant. with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting aforesaid. .
Given under our hands this fourteenth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
GARDNER M. DEAN, JOHN P. DAY, G. T. BUTTERFIELD,
Selectmen of Oakham.
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