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40.88
pasturing stock,
28.00
groceries,
223.39
sweet potatoes,
2.41
molasses,
13.22
wardens salary,
360.38
cash on hand,
73.56
ice,
4.99
$2,714.44
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INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE
AGE.
WEEKS.
Edmund Alger,
82
50
Albert Staples,
53
52
Conn. Sullivan,
61
30
Geo. B. Randall,
69
30
Michael Ryan,
47
52
Ansel Alger,
68
52
Sarah B. Howard,
63
35
Russell Morse,
77
3
The warden during the year has lodged and fed (102) one hundred and two tramps.
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Aid to Frank Peck,
$4.16
Isaac Bates,
11.00 ·
John Reeves,
29.00
Mrs. Eugene Hammell,
3.50
W. A. Dean,
4.22
Abagail Fadden,
18.75
Charles E. Miller,
20.60
Arthur L. Harvey,
14.13
Nathaniel Pratt,
50.76
Mrs. E. J. Packard,
338.92
Geo. W. Ellis,
29.50
John A. W. Alger,
5.00
John Robbins,
7.97
Hannah Harvey,
196.03
Mrs. Kinney,
63.00
Arthur P. Packard,
30.00
Anson E. Cobbitt,
23.75
Fred Leonard,
222.00
Merton Churchill's children,
117.50
Amount carried forward,
1,189.79
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Amount brought forward,
1,189.79
George Dunbar's children,
156.00
Charles E. Fisher,
51.26
Frank Fadden's children, Frank Amsden,
122.50
97.81
Total cost, $1,617.36
Due from Easton for Frank Peck,
$4.16
Raynham, for Charles E. Miller,
20.60
Plympton, for N. Pratt, 50.76
The State, for Mrs. Hammell,
3.50
66
for Geo. W. Ellis,
29.50
66
66 for Frank Amsden, 97.81
$206.33
Cost to the town,
$1,411.03
JOSEPH A. SHORES, E. BRADFORD WILBUR, S. G. COPELAND, Mrs. A. S. LELACHEUR,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation,
$600 00
Paid Charles L. McCann, reporting deaths,
2 00
F. L. Howard, 66 66
7 25
Geo, M. Pratt, for account book,
2 00
L. A. Flagg, moving safe, books, etc,
18 25
Nelson Messer, stone bound,
12 00
J. S. Sampson, printing reports,
37 40
Hosea Kingman, counsel fee in E. H. Howard, case, 41.66
Clinton P. Howard, for use of hall,
85 00
Leonard W. Hunt, buying a horse,
1 50
A. P. Hazzard, stove and pipe,
8'00
George Hunt, return of births,
2 25
E. B. Wilbur, to pay witness fees in E. H. Howard case, 51 90
Daniel Perkins, office rent,
19 50
Thomas Groom & Co., Assessors book,
3 80
Samuel Hobbs & Co., for stationery,
1 00
F. S. Tolman, printing,
4 85
L. E. Hayward, care of old cemetery,
1 00
Henry Withington, care of Monument grounds.
5 00
Boston Herald, advertising,
1 88
J. P. Lovell & Co., Constables,
6 25
John A. Blake, fighting fire,
1 00
Geo. W. Ellis,
1 00
Chas. H. Raymond, 66
1 00
Enterprise Publishing Co., advertising,
4 46
Mandeville & Co., printing reward notices,
2 25
Brockton Times, advertising,
4 00
W. E. Fay, printing,
9 00
Amount carried forward,
$335 20
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Amount brought forward, $335 20
J. A. Shores, use of horse postage, and cash expense, 43 81
Chas. T. Williams, recording travel on Main St. 6 00
A. L. Alger, carting cinders around stone bound, 3 00
G. R. Drake, for oil, 40
F. W. Howard, care of old cemetery, 3 00
Howard Clark Co., returning deaths, 75
W. F. Whitmarsh, returning deaths, 50
E. B. Wilbur, for use of horse, and cash expense, 22 60
John Donesett, setting stone bound,
1 00
Edmond S. Reed, fighting fire,
80
John Peterson, for buying a horse,
1 00
Thomas & Packard, for office furniture,
33 00
S. G. Copeland, use of horse and cash, expense, 6 00
$457 06
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS.
There has been drawn from the treasury,
for schools,
$3,954 01
For school repairs and supplies,
489 48
$4,443 49
Appropriation for schools, $3,700 00
school repairs and supplies, 500 00
Received from school fund, 216 07
" state for Superintenent of schools, 204 17 4,620 24
Balance,
$176 75
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SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
There has been drawn from the treasury.
for superintendent of schools,
$979 15
$150 00
Received from town of Raynham, יי 66 " East Bridgewater, 166 66 Due 66 the State 437 50 754 16
Cost to the town,
$224 99
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS.
There has been drawn from the treasury, for transporting scholars,
$175 00
Appropriation,
150 00
Overdrawn,
$25 00
LIBRARY.
There has been drawn from the treasury,
for the library,
$398 49
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Appropriation, $100 00
Paid Charles R. Packard,
100 00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation for roads and sidewalks, $3,000 00
Drawn from treasury on bills approved, by Road Commissioners, 2,969 66
Balance 30 34
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation,
$900 00
Paid, Charles E. Tisdale, auditor,
2 50
Charles T. Williams, “
2 50
Charles E. Tisdale, election officer,
1 50
Geo. L. Drake, election officer,
1 80
E. R. Holbrook, constable,
13 84
Jas. A. Shores, selectman assessor and overseer of poor, 236 25
E. B. Wilbur, selectman assessor and overseer of the poor, 151 25
S. G. Copeland, selectman assessor and overseer of poor,
70 50
Geo. C. Howard, services as moderator 2 years, 6 00
L. A. Flagg, constable,
9 50
Chas. H. Eagan, constable,
4 50
Charles R. Packard, town clerk,
64 52
James A. Fobes, register,
5 00
Lucius Dunbar, register,
6 00
Daniel W. Gardner, constable,
35 80
M. K. Crosby, clerk of school committee,
12 00
E. B. Wilbur, inspector of cattle,
148 50
Geo, M. Pratt, treasurer, collector and postal cards, 207 50
A. L. LeLacheur, overseer of poor, ' 23 70
W. M. Gill, services with constables,
3 93
1,007 09
Due from the state one half of
inspectors salary 74 25
police court Brockton, for fines, 10 00
Received from police court Brockton for fines 21 56 105 81
901 28
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STATE AID.
George N. Blanchard,
$108 00
Charles E. Churchill,
72 00
William T. Britton,
72 00
William E. Cole,
96 00
William Crockett,
48 00
Lucius Dunbar,
72 00
James P. Gallagher,
72 00
Linus E. Hayward,
84 00
Henry Hiatt,
54 00
William H. Jennings,
72 00
James H. Leonard,
72 00
Isaac H. Bates,
36 00
Andrew W. Perkins,
72 00
Nathaniel Pratt,
72 00
Horace N. Weld,
72 00
Mary E. Alger,
48 00
Mary E. Howard,
48 00
Estella E. Howard.
48 00
Seth Edson,
48 00
Mary J. Reeves,
48 00
Eliza F. Richardson,
48 00
Thomas Mason,
50 00
William B. Smith,
60 00
William E: Cobbitt,
70 00
Clarissa K. Howland,
16 00
B. Mary Dorgan,
40 00
Henry Withington,
48 00
Chas. T. Williams,
72 00
Beza Hayward,
24 00
Elizabeth Leonard,
32 00
Beza Hayward, burial,
35 00
1,809 00
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury Jan. 1st, 1895,
$2,481.84
Income of school fund, 216.07
Income of dog fund,
338.09
Received from Willard Barnes Est.,
6.60
Borrowed of Plymouth County Safe Deposit and Trust Co.,
1,944.44
Borrowed of Plymouth County Safe Deposit and Trust Co.,
2,000.00
Borrowed of Plymouth County Safe Deposit and Trust Co.,
1,000.00
Borrowed of Plymouth County Safe Deposit and Trust Co.,
1,000.00
Town of Easton for Geo. N. Blanchard,
12.75
David R. Simmons for butcher's license,
1.00
Preston West for butcher's license,
1.00
Prescott Snell, for butcher's license,
1.00
Town of Plympton, for aid to N. Pratt,
15.33
Tax bills for 1895,
13,364.91
Town of East Bridgewater for Supt. of Schools,
166.66
Town of Raynham, for Supt. of schools,
150.00
Town of Raynham, for boundry stone,
6.00
State paupers,
10.50
Corporation tax,
520.60
National bank tax,
431.44
State Aid,
1,635.00
State tax from Brockton,
76.61
County tax from Brockton,
171.55
Jarvis Burrell, from state for School Supt.,
204.17
Interest on 1893 and 1894 taxes,
88.54
Brockton police court,
21.56
$25.865.66
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EXPENDITURES OF TREASURY.
Paid Plymouth County Safe Deposit and Trust Co.
$4.060.00
County Tax,
1,329,60
State Tax,
600.00
Plymouth County Trust Co., note,
1,000.00
State Aid,
1,809.00
For Schools,
3,954.01
For School repairs and supplies,
489.48
For School Superintendent, 979.15
For Transportation of Pupils,
175.00
For Memorial,
100 00
For Town Officers,
1,007.09
For Incidentals,
457.06
For Library,
398.49
For Abatements,
151.95
For Poor out of House,
1,617.36
For Almshouse,
1,504:92
For Highways,
2,969.66
Cash and Uncollected Taxes,
3,262.89
$25,865.66
Condition of Treasury January 1, 1896.
Cash on hand,
709.71
Uncollected taxes for 1893,
25.00
Uncollected taxes for 1894,
400.00
Uncollected taxes for 1895,
2,128.18
3,262,89
In obedience to the instructions of the town, the under- signed have examined the accounts of all town officers for the year ending December 31, 1895. We find all orders drawn by the Selectmen properly vouched for by receipted bills.
CHARLES E. TISDALE,
GEORGE S. DRAKE.
Auditors.
Outstanding Note against the Town, $1000.00
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NAMES OF JURORS.
For acceptance or revision by the town at its annual meet- ing.
William H. Bosworth,
Edwin L. Pratt,
George Burke,
Abial Washburn,
Charles H. Caldwell,
James S. Jones,
Charles E. Churchill,
Warren C. Kinney,
Linus E. Hayward,
Geo. H. Knapp,
Geo. C. Howard,
Seba H. Marshall,
Jonas Hartwell,
Herbert W. Packard,
Julius Hayward,
Japhet B. Packard,
Joseph A. Shores,
Joseph E. Ryder,
Albert L. Alger,
William F. Ryder,
Algernon S. Lyon,
Charles E. Tisdale,
Jacob Atwood,
Joseph Vosmus,
Geo. S. Drake,
E. B. Wilbur,
Lucius Dunbar,
Benjamin W. Stence, Jr.,
James A. Fobes.
NAME OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1895.
Frank Copeland,
William L. Woodworth,
Chas. H. Eagan,
Arthur C. Peckham,
Fred J. Hamly,
Charles T. Williams,
Horace Bartlett,
Lorenzo A. Tower.
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WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE
For the support of poor,
$1,500.00
Transportation of pupils,
225.00
schools,
3,600.00
repairs and supplies,
500.00
highways and sidewalks,
3,000.00
town officers,
900.00
incidentals,
600.00
public lectures,
100.00
memorial service,
100.00
superintendent of schools,
250.00
The next annual town meeting will be held on Monday, the 9th day of March.
JOSEPH A SHORES, Selectmen,
E. BRADFORD WILBUR,
SAMUEL G. COPELAND.
Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Road Commissioners have approved bills to the fol- lowing named persons for material and work on roads and sidewalks.
Geo.W. & E. E. Howard,
$153.15
Wm. F. Ryder,
156.65
Prescott T. Snell,
120.35
P. O. Connor, Est.
90.00
Chas. H. Fuller,
94.50
E. B. Wilbur,
92.00
John Cashman,
62.80
John White,
57.60
Terrence Keenan,
87.20
John Luddy,
110.00
John Courtney,
45.60
Wm. Gormon,
106.60
Peter Keenan,
91.20
Thomas Hennessey,
82.60
Clinton P. Howard,
89.37
Horace Bartlett,
97.25
Geo. Hopkins,
198.75
Jas. McAnaugh,
64.35
Daniel Lynch,
44.55
Patrick Keenan,
31.00
James Keenan,
22.60
Michael McCarthy,
40.60
Daniel Sullivan,
49.60
A. L. Alger,
66.25
Charles E. Leonard,
55.50
L. E. Hayward,
5.55
Albert Packard,
2.00
Amount carried forward,
$2,117.62
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Amount brought forward,
$2,117.62
Erland Thayer,
5.25
W. K. Dickerson,
4.45
A. J. Parker,
82.00
Michael King,
23.88
E. A. Godfrey,
8.30
Chas. A. Crocker,
8.75
Edmund Perkins,
5.00
Arthur C. Peckham,
4.80
E. E. Billings,
3.80
R. C. Bennett,
12.00
Jas. O. Alger,
12.50
L. A. Flagg,
338.11
Chas. Dorgan,
17.10
Chas. H. Eagan,
52.00
E. A. Corbett,
2.70
F. W. Howard,
11.50
John Pittsley,
26.40
Howard George,
18 20
Geo. Marshall,
2.00
Frank Hatch,
9.30
I. E. Wheeler,
3.60
Jos. C. Howard,
191.30
Geo. H. Stone,
1.00
Chas. T. Williams,
5.10
Horace Atwell,
3.00
$2,969.66
Amount appropriated,
$3,000.00
Amount expended,
2,969.66
Balance of appropriation,
$30.34
We recommend the town to raise three thousand five hundred dollars.
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Inventory of property in charge of road commissioners,
7
snow plows,
$80.00
9 shovels,
2.25
3 pick axes,
1.00
2 mattocks,
1.00
1
plow,
8.00
4
screens,
24.00
$116.25
WILLIAM F. RYDER,
L. A. FLAGG,
JOS. H. HOWARD,
Road Commissioners.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages Registered in West Bridgewater in 1895
Feb. 26. Charles E. Sullivan and Iva N. Adams, both of West Bridgewater.
April 10. Josiah A. Fuller and Josephine W. McIntire,both of West Bridgewate.
23. Frederick J. Vosmus of West Bridgewater, and Mabel Dearth of Bridgewater.
June 5. George F. Logue and Belle B. Alger both of West Bridgewater.
18. William N. Wade of Plymouth, and Evelyn B. Alger of West Bridgewater.
21. George W. Atwood of Abington, and May D. Baker of West Bridgewater.
July 3. Herbert C. Goodwin of East Bridgewater, and Ida L. Fisher of West Bridgewater
3. Isaac H. Bates and Flora A. Packard, both of West Bridgewater.
10. William B. Woodworth and Addie L. King, both of West Bridgewater.
18. Arthur E. Carke of West Bridgewater, and Sarah Churchill Glass of Duxbury.
23. Charles L. Bradford of West Bridgewater, and Florence W. Stillman of Abington.
Aug. 31. Gustavus A. Peterson of West Bridgewater, and Hilma M. Johnson of Brockton.
Nov. 24. Charles A. Gould of West Bridgewater, and Catherine R. Edgecomb of Brockton.
27. Harry A. Marshall and Ada E. DeNeves, both of West Bridgewater.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN 1895.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1889.
Aug.
1
Elof Edlund . ..
Male ..
Charles F. Edlund and Albertine Lindstrom.
Oct.
25
Caroline Elinora Edlund.
Female.
Charles F. Edlund and Albertine Lindstrom.
1891.
Sept.
10
Doris Alger Packard.
Female.
Allan C. Packard and Jeannette W. Burrill.
1894.
June
10
Wesley Haskins Hammond
Male.
Everett S. Hammond and Etta F. Blake.
9
William Edward Cobbett.
Male ..
Anson E. Cobbett and Mabel A. Graham. Manuel J. Andrada and Isabel Amila.
Marchı
2-1
Carroll Francis Sands
Male ..
John Sands and Hattie E. Carter.
May
6
Allan W. Packard
Male.
Allan C. Packard and Jeannette W. Burrill.
June
27
Alice A. Crosby, .
Female.
Willard V. Crosby and Gertrude E. Sherick.
July
6
Willard Leighton Hatch
Male
Frank P. Hatch and Marcia E. Stewart.
Aug.
1
- Chassez
Male ..
Theophile and Adele Chassez.
Sept.
10
Catherine Agnes O'Neil
Female.
Stephen E. O'Neil and Margaret A. Conneys.
Sept.
20
Ruth Webster Ripley ...
Female.
Oct.
4
Caroline Sophia Carlson
Female.
Molbry A. Ripley and Annie E. Lapham. John Carlson and Minnie Nelson. James F. McAnaugh and Abbie M. Smith.
Nov.
3
(still born).
Male.
Chester Thayer and Cora A. Thomas.
Nov.
26
Henry Irving Wheeler.
Male ..
Irving E. Wheeler and Ada W. Leach.
Dec.
2
Lottie M. Pratt ;.
Female.
Edwin L. Pratt and Mary H. Pope.
Dec.
12 Laura Ethel Wentworth:
Female. Theodore F. Wentworth and Dora Yooke.
Dec.
23
Bessie Alinda Hammond
Female ..
Everett S. Hammond and Etta F. Blake.
Dec.
26
Warren Edgar Hunt
Male ..
Leonard W. Hunt and Mary A. Perkins.
25
Oet.
25
Edward MeAnaugh.
Male ..
1895.
Feb.
21
Manuel Andrada ..
Male .
1890.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN 1895.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Y.
M.
D.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan. 9
Polly Snell ...
93
16 Pneumonia
Feb.
9
Jolin Dewyer
67
25
Chronic Cystitis
Feb.
16 Russell W. Morse
77
10
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General Debility.
Feb.
18
Rebecca C. Maxfield
91
6
14
Bronchitis .
Mar.
3
Joliu Fay ..
64
Diabetes
Mar.
9 Ida Belmore.
2
18 Marasmus.
Mar.
13 Mary R. Ryder
73
10
l'neumonia
Mar.
18 Martha Macomber
83
Mar. 21
William O'Leary
90
Mar.
23
Johanna Lynch
40
Mar.
24
Clarkson W. Richards .. Elizabeth L. Alger ...
57
3
6
Diabetis & Heart Dis ....
5
2
Mitral Insufficiency.
Junc 3 George E. Leachi
44
3
20
Typhoid Malaria
July
11
Sophia W. Reed.
73
6
26 Mitral Insufficiency
July
27
Hannah Madden
31
1
5 Consumption Consumption
Sept. 21
Herbert R. Lambert
1
Oct.
28
Hattie L, Stonc
41
6
Nov.
4
Mary P. Dunbar
84
4
2
Nov.
7
Beza Hayward
77
3
23 Old Age & Starvation.
Nov.
9
Edgar N, Soder ..
4
10
26 Misentena Tuburculosis
Dec.
1
Hannalı O. Hartwell
69
8
8 Jaundice & Dis. of Liver Bridgewater ..
Dec.
5
Joanna Donavan ..
59
8
Ireland.
Dec.
16
Helen P. Taylor
46
8
24
Dec. 29
William C. Sawyer
4
1
6 Peritonitis.
W. Bridgewater. Brockton.
-
W. Bridgewater. Ireland.
David Bartlett and Polly B. Howard. Thomas Dewyer and Eliza Walsh. Joshua Morse and Silence Wade. Philip Thomas -
Pet r Fay and Mary Ryan. Octave Belmore and Eliza Cadeau. Amasa Field and Clarissa Gannett. Edwin Howard and Sarah Cole. James ()'Leary and Hannah Luddy. John Robinson and Ellen Kendrick. Ward Richards and Mehitable Brown. Thaddeus Howard and Sylvia Lothrop. - Leach and Abigail Leonard.
July
3 Herbert H. Boswortlı
14
11
20 Scarletinal Nephritis
Easton ..
New Boston, N.H. W. Bridgewater. Ireland, .
Aug.
23
Ellen Bowe
62
8 283
16
Paralysis .
W. Bridgewater. E. Bridgewater .. W. Bridgewater. Ireland.
Old Age
Valvular Dis. of Heart ..
Brockton ..
April 19
W. Bridgewater. W. Bridgewater. Bridgewater.
William H. Bosworth and Nancy Fuller David R. Clark and Rebecca Wilkins. Edward Madden and Margaret Reardon Thomas O'Neil and Margaret Condon. D. Webster Lambert Nettie M. Stiles. Gardner Mansfield & Harriet L. Derby William Dunbar and Sarah Snow. Otis Hayward and Betsy Parrish. Carl J. Soder and Lottie E. Lind. Howland Holmes and Hannah Oldham William O'Leary and Margaret Frahier Melvin O. and Mary A. Perkins. Wm. L. Sawyer & Gertrude H. Stickney
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28 Cholera Infantum
W. Bridgewater. Randolph
Phthisis Pulmonaris Pneumonia
W. Bridgewater. Bridgewater. Brockton.
Hemorrhage of Bladder Heart Disease, .
Stoughton.
Rindge, N. H. Ireland
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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 inhabi- tants of said town, qualified to vote at elections and in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the Ninth of March, at one o'clock in the afternoon then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the annual report of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 4. To bring in their votes "Yes" or "No" on the following question: "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
ART. 5. To act on the list of jurors as reported by the Selectmen.
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be nec- essary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation of the same.
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ART. 7. To see if the town will raise one hundred dol- lars for public lectures.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of taxes, to pay charges against the town.
ART. 9. To see if the town will appropriate money for necessary transportation of pupils to Grammar school.
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REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The additions to the library during 1895 comprise 207 volumes, making the total number of books on the shelves 4,453
The number of books loaned and the classes to which they belong is as follows, viz :--
Agriculture,
2
Art,
8
Biography,
89
Fiction,
2,309
General Literature,
153
History,
82
Humorous Works,
56
Juvenile Works,
799
Magazines,
833
Poetry,
78
Works of Reference,
24
Science,
45
Travels,
68
Religion and Theology,
4
4,550
COST OF MAINTAINING THE LIBRARY.
Receipts.
Cash from Town Treasurer,
$398.49
Horace Atwell (for book),
1.00
Sales of catalogues and cards and fines,
14.55
Balance to new account
.92
$414.96
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Expenditures.
Estes & Lauriat,
177.15
Librarians's salary,
104.36
Wm. Evarts Benjamin,
50.00
History of Boston,
18.00
J. H. Lamb (Johnson's Cyclopaedea),
21.00
Magazines,
30.22
Postage, express, oil, etc,
8.23
Peerless Reciter,
1.75
Songs that never die,
2.75
Juvenile Books
1.50
$414.96
Respectfully submitted for the trustees.
CHARLES R. PACKARD.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
At the beginning of the school year of 1895 the following were members of the committee:
J. A. SHORES and Mrs M. K. CROSBY for three years.
G. C. HOWARD and W. E. BOSWORTH for two years.
Mrs. A. S. LELACHEUR and H. M. WILLARD for one year.
The organization for the year was as follows:
J. A. SHORES, Chairman.
M. K. CROSBY. Secretary.
G. C. HOWARD and W. H. BOSWORTH. Committee on Repairs.
L. A. FLAGG, D. W. GARDNER, H. KINNEY and C. H. EAGAN, Truant Officers.
The schools were assigned as follows:
North and South to Mr. Shores.
Cochesett to Mr. Howard.
Centre to Mrs LeLacheur.
East and Matfield to Mrs. Crosby.
Jerusalem to Mr. Bosworth.
H. M. Willard and M. K. Crosby were chosen committee on Music.
To J. A. Shores, A. S. LeLacheur and M. K. Crosby was assigned the examination of teachers selected to fill va- cancies.
M. K. Crosby was appointed agent for school supplies
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FINANCIAL REPORT.
TEACHERS
Paid Miss E. F. Jordan,
12 weeks,
$144 00
Miss E. E. Wilson,
10
100 00
Miss E. A. Morrow,
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66
432 00
Miss I. S. Wood,
36
66 360 00
Miss M. J. Dunbar,
9
66
108 00
Miss W. A. Holmes,
36
66
360 00
Miss R. L. MacDonald,
36
375 00
Miss M. L. Morse,
26 66
228 50
Miss H. Turner,
36
66
339 00
Miss M. A. Dewyre,
37
422 00
Miss M. C. Keith,
21
210 00
Miss M. I. Packard,
15
135 00
Miss E. Prindell,
15
180 00
Mr. E. J. Sawyer, (music)
125 37
Conveyance of Music Teacher,
61 25
$3,580 12
JANITORS.
Paid for Jerusalem,
$14 00
Cochesett
25 00
Centre,
28 00
South,
14 00
East,
14 00
Matfield,
14 00
North,
14 00
$123 00
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TUITION, MAPS, APPARATUS, ETC.
Maps,
$26 00
Easton for tuition, one pupil,
6 00
7 Gem sharpeners,
21 00
Periodicals for Grammer schools,
6.06
$59 06
FUEL.
Paid J. E. Ryder, 2 cords hard wood and labor,
$12 00
S. H. Marshall, 5 cords hard, 1 cord pine, 29 00
E. T. Snell, 5 cords hard, 2 cords pine, 33 00
S. G. Copeland 3 cords hard wood,
15 00
E. Thayer, 3 cords oak, and labor,
17 00
B. Copeland, 2 cords pine wood,
8 00
M. K. Crosby, 1} cords pine,
6 00
E. H. Lothrop, 8,000 lbs. coal,
23 00
Albert Raymond, labor,
2 25
Caleb Keene, labor,
10 25
E. A. Godfrey, labor,
10 00
E. Pittsley, labor,
15 00
G. J. Kingman, labor,
30
H. Withington, labor,
16 00
L. E. Hayward, labor,
3 83
200 63
Expenditures.
Teacher's wages,
$3,580 12
Fuel,
200 63
Janitors,
123 00
Tuition,
6 00
Maps and Apparatus,
53 06
$3,962 81
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Receipts.
Town grant, 3,700 00
Income of Massachusetts school fund,
216 07
On account of District Supervision,
166 66
$4,082 73
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Paid University Pub. Co., readers,
$3 00
J. L. Hammett, globes, readers and dictionaries,
14 61
J. S. Hammett, general supplies,
44 92
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., readers,
8 25
American Book Co., copy books and histories,
12 09
Leach, Sewell & Co., language lessons, 3 00
E. E. Babb & Co., general supplies,
43 81
Ginn & Co., arithmetics,
46 06
Ginn & Co., readers and music books,
13 42
Ginn & Co., Frye's primary geographies, 48 00
Ginn & Co., Frye's complete geographies,
40 00
$277 16
New Supplies on hand Dec. 31, 1895.
Davis' readers, geographies and arithmetics,
27 83
Copy and drawing books, spelling blanks,
7 98
Paper, pencils, globes, crayons, etc.,
10 14
$45 95
Inventory of stock on hand Jan. 1, 1895,
50 42
Amount drawn from treasury,
277 16
Sale of school books,
3 00
Inventory of new stock, Dec. 31. 1895
45 95
Supplies furnished schools,
281 63
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REPAIRS.
General Repairs and Incidentals.
Paid Jarvis Burrill, printing and stock,
$13 55
Minot Curtis, 2 gals. liquid slating, 8 00
Fence at Centre, labor and stock, 27 38
U. K. Leach, labor and stock.
11 20
J. H. Fairbanks, labor and stock,
18 19
Music board and Case for charts,
7 98
Postage and express,
14 45
Car fare and small incidentals,
19 51
Small Repairs, Furnishings and Cleaning.
Jerusalem,
6 78
Cochesett,
28 25
South,
7 06
Centre,
21 63
East,
12 24
Matfield,
6 50
North,
3 80
$206 52
Whole amount of repairs,
206 52
Cost of school supplies,
277 16
Town grant for repairs and supplies.
500 00
The average membership in the schools for the year has been 236.14, and the cost of supplies furnished by the town has been $281 63 or $1.19 cents per scholar.
The school census for May 1, 1895, gave 280 children in town between the ages of five and fifteen years. Of these 236 were in the common schools, 6 in the Howard, 8 (all above 14 years) at work, 1 incompetent, 5 sick, 4 out for other reasons, and 20 young and not yet in school.
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Professor Willard has furnished the following High school statistics.
Number admitted in Sept. 1895 1
7
Number attending Fall term, 26
Number of different pupils for the year, 32
Percentage of attendance for Fall term, 98
CALENDAR FOR 1896.
WINTER TERM, Jan. 6 to March 20, 1895. 11 weeks.
Vacation 2 weeks.
SPRING TERM, April 6 to June 12, 10 weeks.
Vacation 12 weeks.
FALL TERM, Sept 8 to Dec. 18. 15 weeks
Recess. Thanksgiving week after Wednesday,
Vacation 2 weeks.
WINTER TERM. 1897, Jan. 4th.
Changes in this will be made to meet special needs in any school.
The increase in the cost of supplies per pupil, is due to the general distribution of new arithmetics a d geographies dur- ing the year.
As there was no pressing need of unusual repairs in the school buildings, it was thought best to make such payments for the new books, that the balance could be paid from the ordinary grant for supplies .. .
We are now provided with text books well up to date in all the chief branches of study.
By the resignation of Superintendant R. D. McKeen, it became necessary, at their annual meeting in April, for the Joint Committee of our Union School District, to select his successor, and Mr. George C. Howard of our town was chosen to the office.
The following resolutions were adopted by the Joint Com- mittee, and presented to Mr. McKeen.
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Whereas-By the withdrawal of Roscoe D. McKeen from the super- vision of ¡the Union School District of East Bridgewater, West Bridge- water and Raynham, after a service of three years, beginning with the formation of the district; we have lost a devoted and efficient superinten. dent .-
Resolved-That we tender Mr. McKeen our grateful acknowledgment of his faithful labors in organizing the work of the district, and in eleva- ting our schools and increasing their efficiency to a marked degree dur- ing the comparatively short period of his connection with the district.
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