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Town Clerk's Report of Deaths Recorded in the Town of Harwich in the Year 1909
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE
CAUSE OF DEATH
1908
YM D
Dec 29
Margaret R. Cummings 33| 3|11
Puerperal Eclampsm
1909
Jan
2
Alpheus Doane
88
5
9
Senility
10
Ambrose N. Doane
69
1|19
Bright's Disease
14
Jonathan Young
91
11
Cerebral Haemorrhage
25
Deborah A. Smith
73
3 14 General Debility
Feb
6
John J. Rose
21
Pneumonia
1
10
Cyrus Ellis
87
6
15 Cancer of Face
18 Theodore A. Grant
34
1
Tuberculosis Pulmonalis
20
Laura A. F. Small
85
9
General Debility
24
Sheldon K. Crowell
72
7
Typhoid Fever
26
Jeremiah Walker
84
8
2
Pneumonia
Mch
20 Anna L. Robbins
79
6 5
23
Cancer
31
Walter C. Hyde
32
3 12
Cancer of Mouth
Apr 6
Betsey W. McKinly
77
10
Cerebral Haemorrhage
12
Braddock P. Allen
65
3
7
Diabetes Melitus
13
Bridget M. Haley
69 5 13
Apoplexy
16
Love C. Howes
73
5
5
Cancer of the Womb
25
Dorris Sanders
52
Suicide
May
6 Richard S. Smith
57
8
1
Acute Indigestion
11 Albert F. Smith
74
9
Cancer of Liver
24
Alexander Chase
85
Indigestion
31
Sarah K. Dingeldein
7
11
Paralysis
June 12
Thomas D. Kenney
73
9
Arteriosclerosis
16
Malvern H. Cook
9
8 14
Carcinoma of Prostate and Bladder
22
James J. Graham
71
7 29
Chronic Bronchitis
22
Eliza J. Nickerson
73
22
Tuberculosis of Lungs
22
Mary B. Young
73
8| Chronic Bronchitis
July 8
Leonard Clark
77
9
4 Broncho Pneumonia
27
William L. Carlson
8
6 7 | Sun Stroke
29 Heman Chase
81|11|14
Malaria and La Grippe
Aug
16 Elizabeth P. Grew
34
Diphtheria
17
MaleInfant (J.H.Chase)
3
3
Malnutrition
Sept
7
Nettie May Baker
1
8|17
Gastro Enteritis
11
John W. Baker
93
3|17
Senility
28
Mary C. Allen
58
6
Neurasthenia
7
Pneumonia
31 Joanna B. Ellis
79
94
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DEATHS-Continued
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE
CAUSE OF DEATH
YM
D
Sept 12
Carrol L. Small
8
Malnutrition
20
Jimie Rose
6
Strangulation Hernia
22
Oscar J. Cahoon
31|10
22
Chronic Saterslibat Neph- ritis
22
Mabel B. Tripp
8
4
19
Acute Dysentery
26
Henry K. Doane
2
4 23
Dysentery
Oct
4
Laura A. Robbins
82
19
Old Age
18
Eleanor Eldredge
64|10
|23
Cerebral Haemorrhage
24
Celia F. Rogers
62
2 16
Cancer of Liver
Nov
28 Mary D. Baker
70
6|25 Paralysis General
Dec
4
Grace A. Megathlin
37
9|12
Sarcoma of face
20
Leonard Studley
|90
3 |26 1
Cerebral Haemorrhage
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1909 -
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87.
8 25
1821
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DOG LICENSE ACCOUNT.
16 Female Dogs at $5.00,
$80.00
115 Male Dogs at $2.00,
230.00
131 Dogs,
$310.00
Clerk's fees,
26.20
Paid County Treasurer,
$283.80
Retained by County for damages,
24.15
Returned to Town,
$259.65
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN C. UNDERWOOD,
Town Clerk.
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Town Meeting Warrant, 1910
BARNSTABLE, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich, in said County, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Harwich, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at Exchange Hall, Harwich, in said town, on Monday, February 7, 1910, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Article 2. To determine the rate per cent. to be paid the Tax Collectors for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 3. To chooose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees for the term of one year: Town Clerk and Treasurer, three Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health, one Assessor for three years, three Herring Committee, two Auditors, three Constables, two Tax Collectors for the term of one year, one School Com- mittee for the term of three years, one Road Commissioner for the term of three years, one Park Commissioner for the term of three years. Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors ? Vote Yes or No.
Article 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers' and Committees and act fully thereon.
Article 5. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year 1909 and act fully thereon.
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Article 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the suppression of crime.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 9. To see what action the town will take in relation to the care and support of its poor, and act fully thereon.
Article 10. To see what action the town will take in relation to re-opening the almshouse, and act fully thereon.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the taking of Eels, Clams, Quahaugs, Oysters, and Scallops within the town limits, as provided in Chapter 91, Section 85, and acts in amendment thereto, of the Revised Laws of Massachu- setts, and to make any regulations in regards to such fisheries as they deem expedient, and act fully thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to pay the Treasurer's bond.
Article 13. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring a Janitor for the Exchange Building, or otherwise caring for said building.
Article 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to insuring the Exchange Building for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
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Article 15. To see if the town will vote to make an appropriation of one hundred dollars for the use and benefit of the Broadbrooks Free Library.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to publish a complete copy of the tax valuation State Book as soon after the town meeting as possible, appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to instruct its Tree Warden to purchase apparatus and material to enable him to protect and preserve the public shade trees of the town and make a sufficient appropriation therefor, and act fully thereon.
Article 18. To see if the town will accept as a gift from the Broadbrooks Free Library Association the real estate known as the Brooks Block property, and including books, statuary and all other personal property therein belonging to the said Association, to be held and supported as a Free Public Library under the provisions of the Statutes of the Commonwealth, in this behalf made and provided.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to elect three or more Trustees of the said Library, the number elected to be divisible by three, one-third thereof to be elected for one year; one-third for two years, and one-third for three years, and act fully thereon.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to amend its official ballot whereby the number of Trustees for the said Library as voted by the town may be added thereto, and act fully thereon.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to amend, change or alter its official ballot by striking therefrom the election of two Tax Collectors.
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Article 22. To see if the town will vote to amend, change or alter its official ballot, striking therefrom the election of two Tax Collectors and substituting therefor the election of one Tax Collector for the entire town.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to macadamize, oil or otherwise harden and improve the Brewster road, so-called, beginning at the terminus of the macadam construction near the residence of Nathan B. Walker, on said road, and thence continuing to the Brewster line, excepting that small portion of macadam already constructed through the village of Pleasant Lake, and to determine in what manner the money shall be raised and the payment thereof met, and act fully thereon.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to repair the road leading from Main street, south to the ocean, west of the residence of Charles T. Chase in West Harwich, and act fully thereon.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to be used for hardening and improving the road leading from the macadam road near the residence of the late Osborn Chase, towards Harwichport, and act fully thereon.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred dollars to harden the road from the junction of the State Highway, near the resi- dence of the late Caleb K. Allen, to the residence of A. H. Matson, said road formerly known as the Island road.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to macadamize that portion of road leading from the North Harwich depot to the "Four-corners," in North Harwich.
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Article 28. To determine in what manner the money needed for such repairs shall be raised and the payment thereof met.
Article 29. To see if the town will re-appropriate the five hundred dollars which was appropriated for Allen's Harbor in the year 1907 and reverted to the Town Treasury. in accordance to the by-laws, as the Board of Health and Allen's Harbor Committee deemed it unwise to spend it at that time without a survey which the state has since made. This amount to go with a like sum which has practically been subscribed by the citizens.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to pay for the horse, belonging to Ernest Walker, that broke his leg on the macadam road about March 22, 1909, near the residence of the late Nathan Underwood.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to extend the stone fence around the North Harwich Cemetery, and act fully thereon.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to extend the culvert over Herring River at Pleasant Lake to E. A. Cahoon's land and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the same.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to investigate the condition of Herring River above the lower bridge, and report at the next annual town meeting.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 423, Sections 1 to 6 inclusive, of the Acts of Year 1909 of the Commonwealth, which is entitled
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"An act relative to the sale of ice cream, confectionery, soda water and fruit on the Lord's Day." By request.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to investigate the condition of the lower part of Herring River and also of the Herring River Lower Bridge, said committee to consider among other things the most feasible plan of bridging the said river and destroying the sediment therein, and report to the next annual town meeting.
Article 36. To see what action the town will take in reference to the use or disposal of the ten thousand dollars given to the Town of Harwich, for the support of the poor of the town, under the terms of the will of the late Col. Caleb Chase, (which sum, or amount, was left in the control, or hands, of the Overseers of the Poor of said Harwich at the last annual meeting), and act fully thereon.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to appoint the Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Harwich, and their successors in office, or an entirely distinct set of persons, a Board of Trustees, to manage, invest and dispose of the ten thousand dollars given to the town aforesaid, for the support of the poor, under the terms of the will of the late Col. Caleb Chase; to determine the number thereof, the terms and conditions of said trust, and to direct the use and disposal of the same, and act fully thereon.
Article 38. And transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one in each post office in said town, seven days, at least, before the time of holding said meeting. The polls will be opened at nine o'clock A. M., and may be
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closed at two o'clock P. M. Hereof, fail not, and make due returns of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-second day of January, 1910.
(Signed) JOHN H. DRUM, CLENRIC H. CAHOON, CARROLL F. DOANE,
Selectmen of Harwich.
ORGANIZATION
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF
HARWICH, MASS.
1909
THOMAS H. NICKERSON, Chairman. Term expires 1910.
JOHN P. NICKERSON, Secretary. Term expires 1911.
JOSEPH B. ATKINS, Treasurer. Term expires 1912.
Superintendent of Schools-LORING G. WILLIAMS. Residence, Parallel Street.
Truant Officer-WILLIAM H. BASSETT. Residence, Oak Street.
School Committee's Report
The School Committee organized for the year 1909 by the choice of Thomas H. Nickerson, Chairman; John P. Nickerson, Secretary, and Joseph B. Atkins, Treasurer.
The schools of the town have been in session as follows : Primary, Grammar, Mixed and Intermediate schools thirty- four weeks, and High School forty weeks.
SCHOOL CENSUS.
Number of boys between the ages of five and fifteen, 190
Number of girls between the ages of five and fifteen, 178
368
Number of boys between the ages of seven and fourteen, 144 Number of girls between the ages of seven and fourteen, 130
274
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
High School.
Howard W. Howes, Principal,
$840.00
Constance E. Burrage, Assistant,
250.00
M. Lois Stone, Assistant, 140.00
Mildred H. Murphy, Stenography,
24.00
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Harwich Center.
Hattie F. Weeks, Grammar, 412.50
Lucretia D. Clark, Intermediate,
206.25
Grace M. Ward, Intermediate,
110.00
Nora C. Roberts, Primary,
200.00
Florence W. Corey, Primary,
140.00
Harwichport.
Alvin W. Bearse, Grammar, 341.00
Abbie S. Baker, Primary,
220.00
Caroline M. Holbrook, Primary,
140.00
West Harwich.
Florence M. Leighton, Grammar,
220.00
Lizzie A. Nickerson, Grammar,
100.00
Helen R. Ellis, Primary,
201.25
Addie G. Lothrop, Primary,
87.50
North Harwich.
Irene Baker, Primary,
330.00
Alberta Howes, Grammar,
90.00
East Harwich.
Emma A. Sellew, Grammar,
220.00
M. Gertrude Lane, Grammar,
110.00
Helen J. Lord, Primary,
200.00
Myra C. Chase, Primary,
122.50
Pleasant Lake.
Florence A. Larkin, Primary,
192.50
Angelica Gamboa, Primary,
110.00
$5,007.50
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JANITORS.
Spencer P. Ellis, Center,
$185.00
Benjamin D. Smith, Port,
81.75
Gertrude I. Ellis, Pleasant Lake,
55.50
Elsie Ryder, North,
54.00
Holland Rogers, North,
5.63
Harry W. Nickerson, East,
72.76
Joseph Ashley, West,
75.39
$530.03
DRAWING AND MUSIC.
Jessica E. Ballou,
$146.64
Ingrid E. Ekman,
73.35
$219.99
FUEL. Harwich Center.
A. H. Bassett, wood,
$3.00
J. F. Clark, wood,
.50
Deborah Cahoon, wood,
5.50
J. N. Atkins, wood,
6.00
S. B. Moody, coal,
108.00
$123.00
Harwichport.
C. S. Burgess & Co., coal and wood,
61.59
Pleasant Lake.
J. L. Butler, wood,
$3.00
J. B. Atkins, wood,
4.00
J. F. Clark, wood,
2.55
S. B. Moody, coal,
28.00
37.55
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North Harwich.
Edwin B. Rogers, wood,
$3.50
Barnabas Sears, coal,
38.75
42.25
East Harwich.
Jabez Crowell, wood,
$5.25
Kendrick & Bearse, coal,
56.00
61.25
West Harwich.
James Cummings, wood,
$4.00
Barnabas Sears, coal,
82.01
86.01
$411.65
REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
Harwich Center.
B. D. Eldredge, supplies,
$2.46
Herbert R. Cahoon, labor and supplies,
23.43
Spencer P. Ellis, labor,
37.80
Mrs. James Baker, labor,
6.00
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
55.00
David L. Small, supplies,
4.17
J. B. Atkins, supplies,
.80
C. S. Hunt, supplies,
1.24
James M. Nickerson, labor,
10.48
F. A. Small, labor,
2.00
Z. H. Small, supplies,
.35
H. T. Crosby & Son, stone bounds,
9.00
J. F. Tobey & Son, supplies,
17.61
J. B. Eldredge & Son, labor and supplies, 91.11
Edgar F. Bassett, labor and supplies,
8.75
$270.20
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Pleasant Lake.
J. F. Clark, labor,
$1.75
H. B. Bassett, labor,
1.00
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
27.75
Gertrude I. Ellis, labor,
3.50
Silmon S. Smith, labor,
2.30
36.30
Harwichport.
Chas. H. Fenn, repairs,
$ .75
James B. Baker, supplies,
.50
Benj. D. Smith, labor,
14.71
Edgar F. Bassett, supplies,
.50
Henry B. Ellis, labor,
7.35
Young Bros., supplies,
.75
West Harwich.
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
$38.71
Vincent C. Bassett, labor,
4.00
Washburn & Cahoon, supplies,
1.50
Joseph Ashley, labor,
10.80
John E. Ellis, labor,
8.45
James Cummings, labor,
5.57
E. M. Robbins, supplies,
.70
69.73
East Harwich.
E. C. Nickerson, labor and supplies, $13.80
Harry W. Nickerson, labor and supplies, 19.74
33.54
South Harwich. 1. Ebenezer Weekes, labor and supplies, 8.31
24.56
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North Harwich.
Warren E. Nickerson, supplies,
$3.94
Alpheus Howes, supplies,
56.18
R. W. Rogers, labor,
7.34
H. C. Cahoon, labor,
70.03
Vincent Bassett, labor,
5.00
Edwin B. Rogers, supplies,
.70
S. H. Ellis, labor, 7.00
Elsie D. Ryder, labor,
17.40
James M. Moody, supplies,
16.56
C. S. Burgess & Co., supplies,
5.06
Wm. A. Eldredge, labor,
5.85
George B. Ellis, labor,
2.00
197.06
$639.70
TRANSPORTATION.
Thos. E. Small, South to Port,
$95.00
Clara Walker, South to Port, 10.00
Harold Loveland, South to Port, 25.00
Elsie D. Ryder, North to West,
10.00
Edwin B. Rogers, North to West. 62.00
Walter Emery, East to Center, 75.00
F. E. Ellis, Pleasant Lake to Center,
265.00
$542.00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Postage and express, $1.17
W. N. Stetson, recharging fire extinguishers, 3.50
Wm. H. Bassett, truant officer, 32.00
Sarah D. Rogers, rent of office, 18.00
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A. P. Goss, printing,
9.50
H. M. Small, printing, 7.00
Clenric H. Cahoon, legal advice, 2.00
Graduation expenses, 25.00
S. A. Hayward, taking census,
11.50
L. G. Williams, expense securing teachers,
11.55
$121.22
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.
Superintendent's salary for the year,
$679.26
To be refunded by the State, $555.55
Actual cost of Superintendent, 123.71
SUPPLY AGENT'S ACCOUNT.
Stock on hand, Jan. 1, 1909,
$237.23
Supplies and books purchased, 1909,
662.49
$899.72
Supplies furnished schools, 1909,
$714.44
Supplies and new books on hand, Jan. 1,
1910,
185.28
$899.72
SUPPLY AGENT'S FINANCIAL REPORT.
Available Funds.
Appropriation, $350.00
City of Boston, tuition, 66.00
State Board of Charities, tuition,
250.00
$666.00
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Amount Expended.
Books and supplies,
$582.58
Furniture, for new rooms,
111.23
693.81
Amount overdrawn,
$27.81
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OF SUPPLY AGENT.
Books and Supplies.
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
$108.57
J. L. Hammett Co.,
73.70
Alton P. Goss,
ยท8.67
D. C. Heath & Co.,
21.75
Tracy Music Library,
1.82
Silver, Burdette & Co.,
6.87
Kenney Bros., and Wolkins,
134.95
Educational Publishing Co.,
.: 3.30
Milton Bradley Co.,
90.14
Freight and Express, L. G. Williams,
16.81
Ginn & Co.,
16.04
Allyn & Bacon,
22.50
H. M. Weigel,
4.00
Phonographic Institute Co.,
4.82
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.,
18.89
Remington Typewriter Co.,
46.75
Yamanaka Co.,
3.00
Furniture.
Edward E. Babb & Co., desks, chairs, etc., 111.23
'$693.81
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RECAPITULATION. Available Funds.
Town appropriation for schools and Superintend-
ent's salary,
$6,700.00
Dog fund,
247.65
State school fund,
725.05
City of Boston, for tuition,
66.00
State Board of Charity, for tuition,
250.00
To be refunded by State for Superintendent's salary,
555.55
Expenditures.
$8,544.25
Teachers,
$5,007.50
Janitors,
530.03
Drawing and Music,
219.99
Fuel,
411.65
Books and supplies,
693.81
Superintendent,
679.26
Repairs and incidentals,
639.70
Transportation,
542.00
Miscellaneous,
121.22
$8,845.16
Exceeded appropriations,
$300.91
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
We, the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Harwich, have this day examined the school bills of the School Com- mittee for the year of 1909, to the amount of $8,845.16, and find the same correct.
LEWIS B. PHILLIPS, LEVI SNOW,
Harwich, Mass., January 10, 1910. Auditors of Harwich.
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To the Citizens of Harwich :-
The School Committee has found it necessary to open another school in North Harwich. The rapid increase in the number of Portuguese pupils has made it necessary to do this. The additional expense incurred in establishing this extra school is responsible for the fact that for the first time in a number of years our expenditures have ex- ceeded the available funds.
We are pleased that the course in stenography and typewriting in the High School is proving a success. It is hoped that at some time in the future a complete business course may be introduced. This in connection with the regular subjects taught in a High School would better equip for business those who do not aspire to a higher education.
There are opportunities for improving our school con- ditions. The Superintendent in his report touches upon several. These, however, would call for expenditures, and in sympathy with the prevailing sentiment to economize, we refrain from asking for extra appropriations at this time.
We trust, however, that the future has brighter things in store and that at some not far distant day there may be introduced into our schools more of those modern methods which make it possible to get better results and which will enable us to maintain higher standards in our school system.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS H. NICKERSON, JOHN P. NICKERSON, JOSEPH B. ATKINS,
School Committee.
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Harwich :-
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit my second an- nual report, the same being the nineteenth in the series of district superintendent's reports.
School Buildings and Accommodation.
The school buildings and rooms remain practically the same as a year ago with two exceptions-North Harwich and the High School. The North Harwich building was struck by lightning near the close of the school year. The damage was small and the repairs were made by the in- surance company. The room on the second floor has been fitted up for a Grammar School.
The following article was inserted in the town warrant of 1909. "To see if the town will vote to make an addition to, repair, rebuild, or otherwise improve the Harwich High School room or building, to meet the needs of said school and to make an appropriation therefor, and act fully thereon."
I am pleased to report that this article was passed without a dissenting voice and the amount of $650.00 was appropriated for the purpose. Plans and specifications were drawn by Mr. Flavius Nickerson and the job of building was contracted to the lowest bidder-James B. Eldredge and Son, Harwichport, the contract price being $586.00. Some extras not mentioned in the specifications were neces- sary and the addition completed cost $656.00. Without going into details I will show just what has been done. From the south end of the building a one-story addition has
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been made. This addition is 20 feet long and the width of the original building, or 20 x 26 feet. This room is divided into two rooms, one 20' x 15', the other 20' x 10'. The larger room serves for the regular recitation room, and the smaller for a laboratory. Floors, doors, wainscotting, etc., are finished in the natural wood. Windows are the two- light sash at the bottom and the old many lighted sash at the top. This is true of all the windows on the ground floor of the entire building. The new recitation room and the laboratory have been furnished throughout with new furniture-desks, table and arm chairs-a 12-foot laboratory table supplied with individual lockers and drawers for 16 pupils.
To appreciate what has been done, one has only to know what the conditions were and what they are.
Minor repairs upon the other school buildings have been made as needed.
Needed Repairs.
While every school building in the town needs to be modernized and put in a condition consistent with the de- mand and progress of the times, if these buildings are to be used long, yet to urge such a thing at this time would be wholly out of place. But there are repairs which are needed very much-the work upon the High School building which remains unfinished because of the lack of funds. In the main room of the High School the floor is almost com- pletely worn out, something must be done to the walls and ceilings, the Intermediate stairs should be removed and placed upon the outside, thus affording more room in the High School by removing one partition and also making room for a commodious coat and hat room for the Inter- mediate School. New single seating should also be furnished.
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I consider this imperative, that this room may be in keeping with the recitation rooms. I recommend therefore that an extra appropriation be made sufficient to cover these perma- nent repairs.
Consolidation.
Consolidation is a subject long talked about and hoped for by committees, superintendents, and citizens. Just how it is to be obtained within what has been considered the means of the town has not been settled. The erection of one large building has seemed too expensive. I would sub- mit this plan which may be worked out, if it should meet with approval, slowly and as the financial condition of the town would permit. Move the South Harwich building to the centre lot adjoining the Centre Grammar building. This would give us three buildings here at the Centre, in- cluding the High School building, or the equivalent of seven or eight rooms. These buildings repaired and made attrac- tive would accommodate all pupils below the seventh grade. By the erection of a building for the High School and the seventh and eighth grades our consolidation is completed. Where we are now employing fourteen or fifteen teachers, ten or eleven would then be a sufficient corps. The saving in teachers would be transferred to transportation, however, but the real gain would be in greater efficiency of the schools. This arrangement, in some ways, would be preferable to one large building and the expense would be much less.
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