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Reading .- From a variety of Second Readers.
Spelling .- Oral and written, from reading and language les- sons. Dictation of simple sentences. Spelling by sound.
Language .- Oral and written, as in first grade. Reproduc- tion of stories told or read by the teacher. Use of capitals, period, question mark and quotation marks. Simple letter writing. Memorizing and recitation of easy selections.
Arithmetic .- Numbers to fifty inclusive, taken as in the pre- vious grade, with objects. Later, numbers to one hundred. Concrete problems. Written work with same numbers. Ro- man numerals continued and through the succeeding grades. Practical use of measures of length, capacity and weight, and some of the tables learned. Adding columns of digits from blackboard ; continue this in the higher grades.
THIRD READER GRADE.
Reading .- From as many Third Readers as possible, Health Primer, Primary Geography, and Child's History of the United States. These books should be taken in the order best suited to the needs of the class. Vocal drill continued. Use of dictionary.
Spelling .- In the various ways before given.
Language .- Oral and written descriptions of objects, places, manufactures, etc. Abstract of lessons, oral and in writing. Dictation, business forms, punctuation and letter writing.
Original Composition .- Simple and with needful instruction. Principal parts of speech, and forms of plural.
Arithmetic .- Numbers to thousands and upwards. Written work in the four operations. Decimals, two places. United States money. Simple concrete factors and concrete mental problenis. Tables of weights and measures.
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Geography .- Talks about the forms of land and water near the school-room and elsewhere, illustrated by pictures. Simple presentation of the round earth with the arrangement of land and water upon its surface ; show with globe. Two motions of the earth ; day and night; seasons ; axis and equator. Maps ; preparatory lessons giving relative positions of objects and places in room and yard ; directions and points 'of compass. Study outline of top of desk and draw plan with fixed scale of measurements ; locate objects within this outline. Map the floor in same manner, naming the sides to correspond with points of compass. Suspend this map with north side at top. Show and construct map of town. Present all maps, first, in a horizontal position with north side towards the north, etc. Hemispheres ; outline and relative position of the oceans, con- tinents and islands ; chief mountains, rivers, capes, cities and products of the more important countries. Special study of our State and of New England. Use Heath's outline map of New England in drawing.
Remarks .- The more elementary parts of this study can often be taken in the previous grade.
FOURTH READER GRADE.
Reading .- From Fourth Readers, Hawthorne's True Tales, Higginson's U. S. History, Sheldon & Co.'s Science Reader, and other suitable books.
Spelling .- As before given.
Language .- Work of previous grade continued. Grammar, with text book, taking up the principal topics there presented.
Arithmetic .- Factors ; common and decimal fractions ; prob- lems involving weights and measures ; percentage and its appli- cation in interest; taxes, stocks, etc. ; occasional reviews of preceding work; ratio and proportion ; mensuration, square- and cube root if time permits. Avoid puzzling problems.
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Geography .- Meridians, parallels, tropics, latitude and lon- gitude. The grand divisions can be taken in order and their countries studied according to some general scheme. With North America make the United States a special study. Heath's outline maps can be filled out for each grand division. Geog- raphy is pre-eminently an information study, and its range of subjects is so wide and full of interest that the least hopeful pupils can, by it, be roused to some degree of enthusiasm. Commercial geography presents special attractions when enliv- ened by books of travel, newspapers, maps, pictures, curiosities and specimens of the products of different regions. Much help can be obtained from our public library.
History .- United States treated topically, with only a few of the most important dates to be memorized.
Physiology .- Text book and illustrations. In all of our schools the evil consequences of tobacco and alcohol are empha- sized. Gymnastic exercises enforce practically some of these lessons.
Remarks .- Early in the year one of our citizens promised to procure for use in the schools, Zaggy's Anatomical Study, a collection of colored charts prepared under the direction of competent physicians at considerable expense, to aid in the study of the human body, and also to impress upon the young the baneful effects of alcohol. These valuable charts have been exhibited in every school during the year, and will be shown, from time to time, to instruct and warn those whose habits are being formed.
FOR ALL GRADES.
Writing .- Taught at first with slate, then with pencil and paper. The tracing book precedes the usual copy book. Care- ful attention must be given to securing a proper position of the body and a good manner of holding the pen.
Drawing .- Practice in simple exercises throughout the course. Maps.
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Singing .- Rote singing is practised in all of the schools, and lessons on the scale and in the elements of written music are given in most. Daily practice is strongly recommended.
General Exercises .- These should be of frequent or daily occurrence and include a variety of topics ; memorable days, current events here and elsewhere (natural and political) ; great discoveries and inventions, etc. In the investigations that attend such lessons, children find, at their homes, helpers and fellow-learners.
For inculcating "good behavior" and "all those other virtues," we must rely chiefly upon the examples afforded in the manage- ment of each school, and the precepts that direct and influence its daily operations. In this field the home and school should be co-workers, for if it is true that the teacher's likeness is shown in her work, how much more plainly does each child, in face and bearing, reveal the real character of its home life !
It may be here stated that the change of classes from a lower to higher grade does not occur at fixed times, but when the cir- cumstances are most favorable for such transfers. Every class advances steadily in the prescribed course of study, without regard to the school in which it may chance to be. In all of our schools, but especially in the ungraded, a pupil may recite with different classes, according to his attainments in the various studies.
Pupils that can pass a satisfactory examination in the studies here given, would be fitted to enter an ordinary high school. The time required for this course must depend, in great meas- ure, upon the ability and regular school attendance of the pupils. The length of our school year is but eight-tenths of that in most of the large towns, and it is manifestly unfair to expect our schools to perform the same amount of work in
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thirty-two weeks that others do in forty with no long winter vacation to interfere with continuous study.
It is earnestly recommended that the parents and friends of all pupils who obtain a fair standing in our common schools, should encourage them to improve the opportunity offered for a higher education in the Howard school. The studies of its preparatory year are : "English language and literature, arith- metic, ancient history, Latin (optional), natural science (in- cluding minerals), writing and drawing."
These have a direct bearing upon the future lives of our youth, by training their mental powers, increasing their knowl- edge, and thus fitting them to perform more intelligently life's duties.
The trustees of the Howard school offer the same instruction to the girls and boys of our town, and in classes together as far as the organization of the institution will permit.
Among the few events of our school year calling for special notice, are the transfer of the pupils from the South grammar school to that at the Centre, which took place at the beginning of the fall term, and opening the new school at Matfield a few weeks later.
Twenty-three pupils assembled in the pleasant new house at Matfield, Oct. 10th, and were quickly at work under the direc tion of their skilful and experienced teacher. The school now numbers twenty-six-sixteen from the Beaver section and ten from the limits of the East district, and the primary grade will doubtless be increased in the spring.
A few weeks before the close of the winter terin, an applica- tion from Miss Crowninshield of the Centre primary school to vacate ber place, that she might secure a more advantageous position elsewhere, was granted by the committee with sincere
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regret for the loss of her efficient services. Her sister was em- ployed as substitute to complete the term, and the week of school needed to make up for an extra week of vacation at Thanksgiving was postponed until the spring term. When this change of teachers occurred, the highest class was trans- ferred to the Grammar school, but for convenience in preparing the returns, its membership was continued in the lower school until the end of the term. This gives the Grammar school about thirty pupils, arranged in three nearly equal classes, and all are working harmoniously. The appearance of this school- room was much improved in the summer vacation by substi- tuting for its badly marred desks and chairs the newer furniture no longer needed at the South school.
At the opening of the fall term the children of the South primary school became the happy occupants of the larger building, in which had been placed all of the movable property from the smaller building. This school ranks first in the num- ber of pupils neither absent nor tardy during the winter term.
Jerusalem shows a decided gain in pupils, and the effect of this upon the school is excellent.
The school in the North district and the Cochesett grammar grade have been reduced in size by withdrawals of some of the older pupils for various causes. The Cochesett school has lost during the year quite a number by removal from town. It will receive a class from Miss Wood's room with the spring term.
Several of the younger pupils in Miss Wood's school have not attended during the winter, but here, as in the other cases of diminished numbers, the remaining pupils have had the ad- vantage of more attention from the teachers.
At the North Centre school the highest class, containing some pupils that were out of school to labor in the summer
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time, did good work for themselves and for the school, by their earnestness in study during the winter.
The East school still leads in membership, and to provide for the large number of pupils in attendance during the spring term, its special committee made an arrangement with Miss L. W. Copeland to assist Miss Frawley in the instruction of the younger children. Without this extra help the entering class, six in number, could have received but the briefest daily attention from the teacher. In a school of forty-four pupils, after deducting from the time of the half-day session, the time needed for recess and general exercises, there would be left but about three minutes for each pupil, if there should be an equal division of the time. By combining pupils in classes more time is obtained, but parents can see how small the share of each child must be, even with the utmost care on the part of the teacher.
That our teachers have performed their parts with zeal and fidelity, their respective schools clearly show ; and, whatever the size of her school, each teacher finds that the work it offers is always in excess of the time allotted for its accomplishment.
Sickness has reduced the average attendance considerably, but perhaps no more than is usual. Other causes for absence are these :
Children may be out of school to assist in work at home; to labor for hire, if of sufficient age ; for purposes of amusement ; that clothing may be made or purchased ; for lack of means to provide suitable clothing ; because they wish to escape from the wholesome restraint of the school-room, and parental authority is not sufficient to compel attendance. When the last named evil results in habitual truancy it must be dealt with according to our statute laws.
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Will all who send children to our schools carefully consider the causes here named, and earnestly co-operate with those in charge in their efforts to free the schools from such serious sources of evil? And will not these friends, with many others, by visits, frequent or occasional, establish a personal acquaint- ance with teachers and schools ?
What individual in a community can escape from some re- sponsibility in the moral education of the young? Our lives are daily read by the clear-searching eyes of childhood, and the standard of right-living that is gradually formed in the mind of each child must, of necessity, be largely determined by the characters of its friends and associates.
"The power of a virtuous life cannot be overestimated."
Respectfully submitted.
MARTHA K. CROSBY.
1887-1888.
Report of the Agent for School Supplies.
The money furnished by the town for books and general school supplies has been expended as follows :
To William Ware & Co., readers and arithmetics, $42 10
Cowperthwait & Co., readers, histories and copy- books, 40 20
Harper & Bros., grammars, geographies and spelling blanks,
8 94
Warren P. Adams, readers,
2 00
Ivison, Blakeman & Co., readers and physiologies,
12 58
Adams & Ingraham, paper, pens, pencils, and vari- ous supplies, 40 06
Express, freight and postage,
4 12
Total,
$150 00
Inventory of stock on hand Jan. 31, 1887,
$31 34
Amount drawn from town treasury,
150 00
$181 34
Inventory of new stock on hand Jan. 31, 1888, Supplies furnished schools,
$32 39
148 95
$181 34
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INVENTORY OF SUPPLIES ON HAND JAN. 31, 1888.
14 readers, $3 79 45
3 spellers,
3 geographies,
1 05
6 arithmetics,
2 10
9 1-3 doz. copy-books,
8 70
14 3-5 half reams paper,
5 40
2 1-2 doz. spelling blanks, 90
Miscellaneous.
Crayons, ink powders, pens. pencils, pen-holders and erasers, 10 00
$32 39
The average number of pupils enrolled in the schools is 266.8 ; the cost of supplies furnished by the town has been $148.95, or 55.8 cents per scholar.
The sterling virtue of economy must be practised in the pur- chase and distribution of school supplies to keep within the limits of the town's appropriation.
If the books used by the older pupils were owned by them, many homes would not be as destitute of a few convenient books for reference as they will be likely to be from the effect of the "free text-book law."
There can be no objection to parents taking advantage of the greatly reduced prices at which supplies are obtained by the town.
Respectfully submitted.
MARTHA K. CROSBY, Agent.
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SCHOOLS.
Length in weeks.
Scholars enrolled.
Average member-
Average attendance.
Not absent or tardy.
Over fifteen years.
Less than five years.
Wages per month.
SPRING TERM.
-
Cochesett Primary
11
26
23.2
19.5
3
0)
0
36 00
Jerusalem
11
19
17.8
14.6
0
1
0
36 00
South Primary
11
26
26.
22.9
2
0
1 36 00
Centre Grammar
11
21
20.1
18.1
0
1
0
40 00
Centre Primary
11
28
27.1
24.9
1
0
0
36 00
East
11
34
32.8
28.6
3
0
0
40 00
Matfield .
6
25
24.6
23.9
11
1
0 0
40 00
North Centre
11
30
27.6
24.3
0
0
2
40 00
Cochesett Grammar
11
20
16.
14.2
1
1
0
40 00
! Cochesett Primary
11
30
28.7
24.1
1
0
0
36 00
Jerusalem
11
19
18.
16.7
5
1
1
36 00
South Primary
10
26
21.3
19.3
8
0
0
36 00
Centre Grammar
10
25
24.5
22.5
1
1
0
40 00
Centre Primary
9
27
24.7
20.2
0
0
0
34 89
East
$10
34
33.2
26.6
0
0
0 40 00
Matfield .
11
26
25.7
23.9
4
1
0
40 00
North
11
18
16.9
14.8
0
0
0
40 00
North Centre
10
30
28.
22.8
5
0
2
40 00
Cochesett Grammar
10
17
15.1
13.5
3
1
0
40 00
Cochesett Primary
10
25
24.4
19.3
0
0
0
36 00
Jerusalem
10
18
16.2
12.1
1
1
0
36 00
11
13
12.2
10.3
1
0
0
$40 00
South Primary
11
26
23.6
20.9
4
0
1
36 00
Centre Grammar
11
18
17.3
16.7
2
2
0
40 00
Centre Primary
11
28
27.3
25.3
2
0
0
36 00
East
11
44
41.6
37.1
4
0
2
40 00
North
11
22
19.6
17.8
0
0
0
40 00
North Centre
11
29
26.
22.6
2
0
2
40 00
Cochesett Grammar
11
26
23.6
21.
5
1
0
40 00
40 00
North
10
19
17.4
15.6
0
0
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
South Grammar
ship.
Town Clerk's Report.
Marriages Recorded in West Bridgewater in 1887.
Jan. 1. George H. Perkins, of West Bridgewater, and Char- lotte E. Wood, of Brockton.
Jan. 27. Eugene Conlon and Margaret McCarthy, both of West Bridgewater.
Feb. 8. Michael Ahearn, of West Bridgewater, and Mary Barrett, of East Bridgewater.
Feb. 14. Thomas J. Monk, of North Weymouth, and Katie J. Shields, of West Bridgewater.
April 9. George E. Horton and Mary F. Goddet, both of Brockton.
April 12. Horace Alden Keith, of West Bridgewater, and Nellie White Packard, of Brockton.
April 26. Edward J. Starr, of Connecticut, and Alice E. Dewyer, of West Bridgewater.
June 15. Irving E. Wheeler and Ada W. Leach, both of West Bridgewater.
June 23. Prescott T. Snell and Flora M. Vosmus, both of West Bridgewater.
June 26. Michael Lynch, of West Bridgewater, and Nellie Cobbett, of Bridgewater.
June 29. S. Ellis Ryder, of West Bridgewater, and Carrie E. Dean, of East Bridgewater.
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June 29. Charles Fred. Churchill, of West Bridgewater, and Lottie S. Bradford, of Duxbury.
Aug. 7. Cyrus E. Alger and Minnie K. Gould, both of West Bridgewater.
Aug. 28. David B. Robbins and Aurelia E. Ripley, both of West Bridgewater.
Aug. 30. Willard V. Crosby and Elizabeth G. Sherick, both of West Bridgewater.
Sept. 2. William P. Whitman, of East Bridgewater, and Lizzie W. Richards, of West Bridgewater.
Sept. 15. Cyrus S. Graves, of Greenfield, and Hattie B. Gould, of West Bridgewater.
Oct. 4. Hugh McEachren and Flora Mckenzie, both of West Bridgewater.
Oct. 10.
Charles H. Morrison, of West Bridgewater, and Ella S. Holden, of Malden.
Oct. 12. Willie H. Crockett and Christine Shaw, both of West Bridgewater.
Oct. 17. Anson E. Cobbett and Mabel A. Graham, both of West Bridgewater.
Oct. 20. Henry W. Bumpus and Helen E. Vaughn, both of West Bridgewater.
Nov. 4. John Monson, of Brockton, and Anna Monson, of West Bridgewater.
Nov. 24. Daniel Shea, of Rockland, and M. Alice Leonard, of West Bridgewater.
Dec. 31. John Martin Richards, of West Bridgewater, and Sadie Hemans Soper, of East Bridgewater.
Births Registered in West Bridgewater in 1887.
Date.
Name of Child.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
January
21
Frank Eugene Leach
Male
Mary Ellen Leach.
21
Ida Melvor
Female
Flora Melvor.
February
21
Irving B. Penpraese
.
Male .
William and Catherine Penpraese.
March
28
Lillian Packard
Female
Benj. F. and Mary A. Packard.
April
1
Margaret Foy
Female
.
August and Vendla S. Winberg.
May 66
20
Male
Alfonso J. and Lizzie S. Pillsbury.
July
2
Harold Howard Howland
Male
Frank L. and Carrie A. Howland.
7
Flora Williams Howard
.
Female
Clinton P. and Hattie Howard.
27
Mary Emily Atwell
Female
Horace and Mary B. Atwell.
66
29
Hilma Alice Fowler
Female
William A. and Addie J. Fowler.
August
11
Gladys May Burns
Female
William and Lydia H. Burns.
17
Male
Julius L. and Ida Hayward.
September 27
Wilton Copeland
Male
Lyman E. and Louise F. Copeland.
November
S
Eugene Wilson Conlon
Male
Eugene and Maggie M. Conlon.
December 1
Luther D. Blood
Male
Ernest L. and Maggie D. Blood.
66
2
Marilla G. Cole
Female
Ivory G. and Mary L. Cole.
26
Arthur H. Horton
Male
George E. and Mary G. Horton.
30
Ralph Bennett
Male
·
.
.
William and Mary Foy.
6
Albert D. Winberg
Male
Benj. F. and Alice H. Brooks.
7
Fred. Howard Brooks
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
Female
Irwin A. and Mabel A. Staples.
17
.
.
Rufus C. and Carrie C. Bennett.
.
.
50
.
Male
Deaths Registered in West Bridgewater in 1887.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Y.
M.
D.
Place of Birth.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Jan. 7
George L. Howard.
59
10
2
15
Nancy F. Packard.
80
7
14
24
David L. Winberg.
1
9
24
West Bridgewater.
29
Emma J. Morse.
18
1 1
West Bridgewater.
Julia G. Leach.
66
6
9
West Bridgewater.
Mar. 12 Apr. 11
Ida M. Hewett. Frank W. Curtis.
28
10
Easton.
14
20
Thomas Kent.
2
21
West Bridgewater. Tiverton, R. I.
Bright's Disease.
27
Merton L. Simmons. William Atwood Nute. Not named.
1
I
1
10
West Bridgewater. Ireland.
Aug. 7 ..
10
Lillian Packard.
4
13 West Bridgewater.
16
Ethelbert Vosmus.
19
2
West Bridgewater. Brimfield.
Sept. 3 66
6
Rodney M. Hopkins.
66
18
Gladys May Burns. Margaret Kent.
41 74
9
22
3
28
Membranous Croup.
66
6
22
3
13
78
4
7 Mansfield.
Paralysis.
14
83
3
20
Marshfield.
Mitral Insufficiency.
Names of Parents.
Amasa and Sarah Howard. Peleg and Mercy Ford. August and Vendla Winberg. Joseph and Mary Morse. Ambrose and Hannah Leach. Amos and Sally Hewett. Wilber and Minnie Curtis. Philip and Margaret Kent. T. II. and Lucy Borden.
Clarence and Eveline Nute. A. J. and Lizzie Pillsbury. Cornelius and Mary Linnehan. Jeriel and Mary Farwell Benj. F. and Mary Packard. Foster and Sarah B. Vosmus. Jessie and Medea Miller. Nahmımı and Betsey Snell. Noah and Patience Gardner. George G. and Etta R. Hopkins. William and Lydia Burns. Patrick and Margaret Whalen. Spencer and Bathsheba Lothrop. Fred H. and May B. Baker. James and Abigail Fadden. Abiel and Abbie Washburn. William and Rachel Grover. Eben and Hulda Taylor.
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4
2
42
10
16
Waterford, Vt.
24
71
4
1
30
64
26
Maine.
Paralysis of Brain.
84
1
1
Rockland.
Old Age. Cholera Infantum.
2
7
West Bridgewater. Ireland.
Marasmus. l'hthisis.
Oct. 5
22
Paralysis.
Nov. 13 Dec. 3
23
6
9
West Bridgewater. West Bridgewater. West Bridgewater. West Bridgewater.
Cerebral Degeneration Phthisis.
10
Bathsheba H. Alger. Frederic D. Baker. George F. Fadden. Susie K. Washburn. Sylvia L. Richards. Eben Taylor.
Endocarditis. Catarrhal Pneumonia. Pneumonia.
Pulmonary Phthisis. Abdominal Dropsy. Phthisis.
Pneumonia. Meningitis.
26
Sarah E. Bennett.
36
Bronchial Catarrh.
May 16 July 1 4
Timothy Linnehan. William B. Farwell.
70
17 West Bridgewater.
Whooping Cough. Acute Bronchitis. Mitral Insufficiency. Cancer of Stomach. Plithisis. Phthisis.
Gastric Catarrh.
Harriet M. Ross. Nahum P. Snell. Tilson Gardner.
West Bridgewater.
7
West Bridgewater. Scituate.
138 1 8
Holbrook.
Report of the Public Library.
The additions of bound volumes to the library for the year ended December 31, 1887, have been 261, making the whole number 2,914.
The circulation of books shows an increase over the preceding year of over 17 per cent. ; divided among the several classes as follows, viz. :-
Agriculture,
42
Art,
59
Biography,
570
Fiction,
2,488
General Literature,
314
History,
854
Humorous Works,
90
Juvenile Works,
801
Magazines,
1,436
Poetry,
402
Works of Reference,
153
Religion and Theology,
8
Science,
233
Travels,
159
Total, 7,609
Average daily distribution, 141.
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COST OF MAINTAINING THE LIBRARY.
The receipts and expenses for the year have been as follows, viz. :
Receipts.
From town treasurer, $238 81
fines, sales of catalogues and cards, 16 76
Mrs. Chas. Reed, binding magazines, 3 00
Miss E. Kingman, books, 2 01
Ellis LeLacheur, press board,
15
Miss Littlefield, press board, 36
Net profit of fair, 267 68
$528 77
Expenses.
Paid Estes & Lauriat,
$171 55
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 15 00
Librarian's salary, 104 36
Oil, express, stationery, postage, etc., 11 44 Magazines, 42 16
S. L. Ryder, shelving, 9 32
Bound volumes Scientific American,
3 75
Good Housekeeping,
1 53
"Cruise of the Brooklyn,"
3 00
Press board, 1 65
Shoppell's Houses,
1 58
C. P. Howard, wood,
2 00
Scribner's Magazine,
80
Balance in hands of undersigned,
160 63
$528 77
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NOTE .- In the statement of receipts and expenses of the fair posted in the library, the net profit is shown as $276.01, but since that account was made up 25 cents has been received and $8.58 paid out, making the balance as given above.
The library committee gratefully return thanks for the cor- dial and generous aid given by the friends of the library to the fair held Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, and trust that if the needs of the institution necessitate another appeal for assistance it may be received with equal favor.
Respectfully submitted.
CHARLES R. PACKARD.
TOWN MEETING.
PLYMOUTH, SS.
To any Constable of the Town of West Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote at Elections and in Town Affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, in said town, on
Monday, the 5th Day of March,
at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :-
ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
ARTICLE 2 .- To hear the Annual Reports of Town Officers and Committees, and act thereon.
ARTICLE 3 .- To choose all necessary Town Officers.
ARTICLE 4 .- To determine in what manner the Town will cause its highways and bridges to be repaired the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 5 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to widen, straighten and relocate Crescent Street, from or near the corner of Samuel H. Pittsley's lot on said street; thence across the railroad crossing to Dr. Swan's farm barn. [By Request. ]
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