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Chose William A. Hambly as moderator.
Voted, To rescind the vote taken at the special town meeting, held April 25, 1908, in regard to moving the pri- mary school building at the Center.
Voted, To rescind the vote taken at the special town meeting, held April 25, 1908, appropriating the sum of $175.00 for the purpose of moving the primary school building at the Center from its present site.
Voted, To authorize the trustees of the Public Library to use the Center primary school building for the occu- pancy of the Public Library.
Voted, To expend the sum of $175.00 for the removal of all library books and fittings from the Howard Seminary to the Center primary school building, the same to be re- moved before January 1, 1909.
Voted, To have the Center primary school remain on its present foundation.
Voted, That the sum of $60.00 be appropriated for land adjoining the Center school lot.
Voted, That the town pay for grading lot after new school building is finished.
Voted, To disolved the meeting.
A true copy,
Attest : ELLERY C. FISHER,
Town Clerk.
HOWARD LECTURE COURSE 1907-1908.
Appropriation,
$100 00
Trustees Howard Funds,
80 00
$180 00
Paid Weber Quartette, $49 50
Prof. Davis W. Howard,
40 00
Dr. Daniel F. Fox, Prof. George H. Blakesley,
51 00
40 00
$180 50
ORVIS F. KINNEY, Treasurer of Fund.
REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONER.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$3,000 00
Balance Jan. Ist, 1908,
319 10
Street railway excise tax,
843 34
Appropriation Matfield sidewalk,
200 00
$4,362 44
PAYMENTS. Bills approved to the following persons:
Paid Chas. C. Thayer,
$140 00
Samuel G. Copeland,
141 00
L. E., and E. Copeland,
42 43
Henry Bartlett,
42 31
Chas. E. Leonard,
122 50
John Courtney,
138 00
Joseph Wedge,
248 50
Joseph Vierra,
149 00
Joseph Peters,
142 75
Manuel Caball,
56 75
Peter Pives,
85 25
George G. Hopkins,
405 72
Albert Manley,
62 50
Frank P. Hatch,
I 00
Roland Bennett,
90 00
Hayward Bros.,
91 00
Albert Halgren,
6 13
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Wm. F. Ryder,
380 53
Frank Enos,
52 25
Philander Lambert,
33 00
John Dunn,
36 25
S. N. Sanford,
59 00
Chas. H. Egan,
4 50
Patrick O'Connell estate,
90 00
James M. Howard & Son Co.,
20 IO
Good Roads Manufacturing Co.,
13 50
Ames Plow Co.,
II 60
Manuel Puim,
I 00
Manuel Luz,
1 00
Jose Tavares,
I 00
Manuel DeSouza,
I 00
George Silva,
I 00
Antonio Soarez,
I 00
$3,995 49
Balance,
366 95
$4,362 44
WM. F. RYDER.
Road Commissioner.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Appropriation, $200 00
Paid for material,
W., and L. E. Gurley,
$147 10
James L. Howard, acid and powder, I 50
John J. Hargraves, acid and powder,
I 00
Frank L. Howard, carting, 1 00
Wm. E. Fay, printing,
2 00
Chas. A. Noyes, steel drills,
I 25
N. Y. & Boston Despatch Express Co., 35
Frank L. Howard, sealing 2,403 bottles at 3c, 72 09
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$226 29
Overdrawn, $26 29
In addition to the above work on milk bottles the sealer has sealed :
Two platform scales over 5,000 lbs.
Six platform scales under 5,000 lbs.
Three computing scales
Eight all other scales
Two scales condemned
Fifty-nine weights sealed
Twenty one dry measures sealed
One dry measure condemned
Twenty-nine liquid measures sealed
Seven milk bottles condemned
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FRANK L. HOWARD, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Frank L. Howard in account with the town of West Bridgewater.
1904 TAX.
DR CR.
Due by last report,
$7 10
Cash paid Treasurer,
$7 10
$7 10
$7 10
Interest paid Treasurer, $1 32.
1905 TAX.
Due by last report, $175 IO
Cash paid Treasurer,
$171 57
Remitted,
3 53
$175 10
$175 10
Interest paid Treasurer, $22 68.
1906 TAX.
Due by last report,
$440 27
Cash paid Treasurer,
$329 43
Remitted,
17 30
$346 73
January 1, 1909, uncollected, $93 54 Interest paid Treasurer, $31 83.
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1907 TAX.
Due by last report, Cash paid Treasurer,
$4028 20
$3174 19
Remitted,
IO2 66
$3276 85
January I, 1909, uncollected, Interest paid Treasurer, $68 85.
$751 35
1908 TAX.
Commitment of 1908 tax,
$21,727 65
Subsequent assessment,
94 08
Total tax list,
$21,821 73
Cash paid Treasurer,
$16,242 75
Remitted,
33 48
$16,276 23
January 1, 1909, uncollected, $5,545 50
Interest paid Treasurer, $17 45.
FRANK L. HOWARD, Colleetor of Taxes.
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REPORT OF TREASURER.
Consolidated Cash Statement for the Year 1908.
Cash balance Jan. Ist, 1908,
$432 59
Cash receipts from all sources, 55,003 59
$55,436 18
Cash disbursements for all purposes,
53,597 35
Cash balance Dec. 31, 1908,
$1,838 83
CASH STATEMENT IN DETAIL.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Jan. Ist, 1908,
$432 59
County Treasurer, dog tax,
302 40
State Treasurer,
Mass. school fund,
$1,079 99
Bank and Corporation tax,
790 95
Superintendent of schools,
750 00
On account of school district,
166 67
Tuition of State wards,
108 50
Inspection of animals,
50 00
State aid,
1,853 00
Gypsy and brown tail moths,
1,877 53
Street railway tax,
569 88
$7,246 52
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Poor Department, Raynham,
$235 32
Dighton,
159 00
$394 32
Police Court fines,
45 00
Licenses,
12 00
Notes,
10,500 00
Old Colony Street Railway excise tax,
843 34
Interest,
Interest on deposits,
$39 38
Interest on taxes,
142 13
$181 51
School Loan,
Adams & Co., school loan,
$13,500 00
Adams & Co., interest on loan, 256 50
$13,756 50
Superintendent of Schools,
East Bridgewater,
$350 00
Raynham,
150 00
$500 00
Almshouse,
Albert Manley, milk,
$1,131 14
Sumner Ames, cash,
89 56
$1,220 70
Trustees of Howard fund for music teacher, 40 00
Taxes of 1904,
$7 10
" 1905,
171 57
" 1906,
329 43
66 " 1007,
3,174 19
1908,
16,242 75
$19,925 04
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Miscellaneous.
William E. Cobbett, return payment
Memorial Day, $20 00
Octave Belmore, return payment
gypsy moth, 1 00
Drawn from South Cemetery fund, 10 00
Excess of Interest, 33
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., fight- .ing fire, 4 16
M. H. Crosby, supplies, 77
$36 26
$5,5436 18
PAYMENTS.
Almshouse, $1827 52
Gypsy and brown tail moth,
1731 89
Highways and sidewalks,
3991.34
Incidentals
940 70
Interest,
410 08
Removal of Library and refitting building,
407 53
Dog tax paid to library trustees,
302 40
Memorial,
125 00
Matfield Cemetery,
14 00
Weights and measures,
226 29
New school building,
13,675 40
Notes,
11,500 00
Poor (not in almshouse),
772 39
Public Lectures,
100 00
Pine Hill Cemetery,
16 00
Schools,
.10,084 53
Street lights
5 97
Soldiers' relief,
298 39
State aid,
1942 4I
School lot,
63. 84
Soldiers' monument,
42 56
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Town officers,
1198 51
Tree Warden,
99 44
Town survey,
243 89
County tax,
1549 27
State tax,
1870 00
State highway tax,
158 00
Cash on hand December 31, 1908,
1838 83
$55,436 18
TRUST FUNDS IN THE HANDS OF THE TREASUREB.
Mrs. Henry Copeland fund, depos-
ited in Brockton Savings Bank, $100 00
Interest to October 15, 1908, 14 48
$114 38
South Street Cemetery fund, Jan-
uary 1, 1908,
$169 29
Withdrawn, September 22, 1908,
10 00
$159 29
Interest to October 1, 1908,
3 18
$162 47
There are outstanding School Bonds to the extent of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars at 4 per cent .; two thousand payable February 1, 1909, and two thousand each succeding year until paid.
FRANK L. HOWARD,
Treasurer.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
WEST BRIDGEWATER, January 8, 1909.
I have examined the accounts of all the town officers entrusted with the receipt, care and expenditure of money for the year 1908, and find them correct.
GEORGE S. DRAKE. Auditor.
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TRUSTEES.
Charlotte A. Williams,
Term expires, 1909
Ellis S. LeLacheur,
Term expires, 1909
Elizabeth Kingman,
Term expires, 1910
L. Augustus Tower, Term expires, 1910
Edith F. Howard, Term expires, 1911
Charles R. Packard,
Term expires, 1911
The instalment of the Public Library during the past year in the former Center primary school house as a per- manent location, invites a brief review of its history.
In 1879, Francis E. Howard, a citizen deeply inter- ested in the welfare of the town, offered to give $500 towards founding a free Public Library, provided that an equal amount was raised by its citizens for that purpose, within a definite time. Great interest in the project was aroused, and a larger sum than was specified was secured by subscription. A committee of eight, chosen by the town for establishing the Library, secured a room in the old post office building ; purchased, after careful selection, 736 volumes ; received by donation 135 books of value, and opened the Library to the public in October of that year, with Miss Mary L. Perkins as librarian. To provide better accommodations, the Library was removed in 1881 to the Howard Seminary building, in which a room had been offered by the trustees of the Howard Fund, until the school should have need of it.
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The town in accepting the Library as one of its public institutions has provided the dog tax for its support. To further its maintenance, bequests have been received as follows :-
From the estate of Nathan Copeland in 1880 a sum of $1,000. This was for many years a generous source of growth to the Library. It is now expended.
In 1893 Miss Cornelia Alger gave by will $670.97. By vote of the trustees this sum was placed in East Bridgewater Savings Bank to accumulate until, amounting to $1,000, it should become a permanent fund, known as the Cornelia Alger fund
In 1902 the Library received from the estate of Francis E. Howard a permanent fund of $500.
In 1906 a bequest of $500 was received from Mrs. Mary N. H. Edgerly, to be used solely in the purchase of books. This has been drawn upon freely in adding stand- ard works to the Library.
These gifts have made possible the well equipped Library of over 6,000 volumes now in possession of the town.
The advantages gained by removal to a building for Library uses only, are found to be : Ist-In providing a room for the large number of Public Documents. 2d-A well lighted room of ample size for the book stacks and delivery of books, and opening from this main room, a reference and reading room in which will be found a well chosen reference department with the choice variety of magazines supplied for general circulation in previous years.
Cassier's and Popular Mechanics both of Scientific in- terest have been added to the magazines during the present year, and also the The Outlook, a weekly paper.
The system of free access to the Library alcoves has been used in recent years and has added greatly to the pleasure of the users of the Library. In the juvenile
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department this privilege is modified by some necessary restrictions to prevent injury to the books.
Each year the Library gives better facilities for study as well as for pleasurable reading. As the value of a book lies only in its use, there must be a responsive demand from individuals for what the Library affords. So far as , possible every book of real use to students, or to citizens following special lines of work, should be purchased if the want is made known.
Teachers of the public schools are invited to combine the interests of the schools with those of the Library, by placing in their schools books that would be of help to pupils. Children will read books in school that they would never take from the Library, and their interest is often thus led to a better class of reading. Special opportuni- ties might be given in the use of the reference department. Teachers are not limited in the number of books taken, and may keep them for school use without renewal.
In response to a wish for evening use of the Library, the open hours are extended on Saturdays until 8 o'clock. The success of this experiment is to be proved by a trial through the winter.
The trustees wish to call attention to a picture of the six leading poets of New England presented to the Library by the Young Boys' Association Club. We heartily thank the young donors for their appropriate gift which has the distinction of being the first made to the new rooms.
Other friends have given evidence of thoughtful inter- est in presenting useful articles as aids in furnishing the rooms. We accepted with great pleasure the timely offer from one of our citizens to paint the sign that marks the change in the use of the building.
The position of librarian during the temporary ab- sence of Miss Perkins, is filled by Mrs. H. F. Cary, who has, in addition, rendered most efficient service in the transfer of the Library.
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The number of volumes now ready for circulation is 6406, of which 180 were added during the year.
The public is cordially invited to visit the new rooms and make such use of the privileges afforded, as to justify a generous support from the town.
A statement of the expenses incurred in the removal of the Library, none of which are included in the financial report of the trustees for the year, will be found after the following report of the committee in charge of the change.
REPORT.
At the Town Meeting held May 18th, 1908, this vote was passed :-
Voted .- "To authorize the Trustees of the Public Library to use the Center Primary School Building for the Public Library, and to appropriate money for the removal of the books and fittings from the Howard Seminary Building. The Public Library to be removed from the Howard Seminary Building to the present Center Primary School Building before the end of this year, 1908."
Voted .- "That the sum of $175 be appropriated for the removal of the books and fittings from the Howard Seminary to Center Primary School."
Following instructions given above, the Library was closed October 31st for the necessary changes of removal.
The members of the trustees in charge of the work found on inspection, that the building which had been in school use more than half a century, could not be remod .. elled for Library occupation within the sum appropriated by the town. There were three rooms to be fitted for the reception of books, one of them exclusively for Public Documents. In the opinion of the trustees all interior arrangements should be made before the removal of the books, to meet the future growth of the Library as well as
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its present needs. Workmen of experience accomplished these changes satisfactorily without needless expense. The books were removed from Howard Seminary under the direction and with the help of trustees and librarian, and the Library was reopened December 19th in the former Primary School House.
The committee in charge has endeavored to use judg- ment and discretion in the work assigned them, and be- lieve that time will prove it to have been a wise economy to anticipate and provide for the changes that increase of the Library would demand for many years.
EXPENSE OF MOVING LIBRARY.
Appropriation by town,
$175.00.
Chester Thayer, 35 I-4 days labor,
$105 75
Chester Thayer, stock,
91 33
George H. Stone, 31 I 2 days labor,
94 50
George H. Stone, stock and labor,
35 45
George S. Drake, 3 tons coal,
21 75
Clinton Howard, moving library,
14 35
William F. Ryder, grading,
12 00
Loring & Howard, curtains,
8 75
S. B. Hetherington, labor,
8 75
E. Kingman, team,
7 40
S. B. Hetherington, janitor,
2 00
$407 53
Overdrawn, $232.53.
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FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 1908.
RECEIPTS.
Jan. 1, 1908, cash on hand,
$520 73
Dox tax, 1908, 302 40
Brockton Savings Bank, interest
on F. E. Howard bequest, 92 00
Interest, North Easton Savings Bank, 6 04
Sales and fines,
7 44
Book, I
$929 77
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Miss M. L. Perkins, librarian, $37 50
Mrs. H. E. Cary, acting librarian, 94 50
Miss E. P. Howard, service in library, 17 25
E. H. Crocker, Saturday evenings,
33 00
W. E. Cobbett, service,
90
Lauriat Co., books,
152 94
Life of Lincoln, 4 vols.
13 30
Hawthorne's books, 16 00
Magazines,
33 95
F. J. Barnard, binding books,
24 05
L. G. Lowe, insurance on books,
28 80
Express,
I 90
Incidentals,
4 04
Printing,
2 00
Lamps and oil,
7 26
Edgerly deposit No. Easton Savings Bank, 300 00
Home National Bank Brockton, cash on hand, 162 38
$929 77
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STATEMENT OF BEQUESTS.
1880. Nathan Copeland, $1,000. Expended.
1893. Miss Cornelia Alger, $670 79. 1904. Increased
to $1,000. December, 1908. Interest balance, $171 62. I 902. Francis E. Howard, $500 00. December, 1908. Interest balance, $26 61.
1906. Mrs. M. N. H. Edgerly, $500 00. Expended, 206 04. January 1, 1909. Unexpended, $300 00.
In. the report of 1906, the "cash on hand " included the Edgerly fund. It has been drawn on freely since then for the purchase of books. As stated elsewhere, $300 now remains deposited in North Easton Savings Bank.
If the expenses of the Library can be otherwise met, the present interest balance of the Alger fund will help toward a new catalogue, the need of which is felt by the patrons of the Library.
The present sources of maintenance of the Library are the dog tax and the bequests, with a small receipt from fines.
By the trasnfer of the Library to a separate building, these additional expenses must be met :- janitor and fuel.
The present year shingling the roof should be pro- vided for, and outside painting.
Estimates,-Shingling and painting, $200 00.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES R. PACKARD,
ELLIS S. LELACHURE, L. AUGUSTUS TOWER, CHARLOTTE A. WILLIAMS,
EDITH F. HOWARD, ELIZABETH KINGMAN,
Trustees of Public Library.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGE- WATER IN 1908.
1907. Jan. 24. Francis Barrett of Bridgewater and Alice M. Broderick of West Bridgewater.
1908. Jan. II. Anders Anderson and Elsie Anderson, both of West Bridgewater.
Jan. 29. Dennis A. Cady of Windsor, Mass., and Annie Bertha Mann of West Bridgewater.
Jan. 29. Arthur E. Ford of Windsor, Mass., and Lavinia M. Mann of West Bridgewater.
Feb. 2 . Edward Everett Turner and Mary Estelle Moon, both of West Bridgewater.
May 16. Manuel Andre of West Bridgewater and Mary Rose of East Taunton, Mass.
June 16. Ernest Alfred Burrill of Bridgewater and Helen Ida Holmes of West Bridgewater. June 18. Henry Wallace Lincoln of West Bridgewater and Mary J. Walker of Dennis, Mass.
June 24. Clarence Herbert Stuart, Jr., Brockton, Mass., and Maria Etta Cole of West Bridgewater.
July £ 4 Elmer A. Cole and Josephine L. Rodrignez, both of Brockton.
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July 18. Julio Francisco Xavier of Bristol, R. I., and Maria Dores Dutra of West Bridgewater.
Aug. 29. George Francis Wells of West Bridgewater and Lillian Lee of Bridgewater.
Sept. 8. Abraham Rice and Dora Nitkin, both of West Bridgewater.
Sept. 30. Joseph Richard Trainor of Brockton and Marie Emma Lena Dumas of West Bridgewater.
Oct. IO. Manuel S. Chaves of West Bridgewater and Mary Jesus of Brockton.
Oct. II. James Boyd Pratt of South Easton, Mass., and Isabelle Sophronia Willis of West Bridge- water.
Oct. 20. William Sumner Wilder of Taunton, Mass., and Alice Elizabeth Pittsley of West Bridge- water.
Nov. I. John Henry Lewis of Providence, R. I., and Edith Maude Packard of West Bridgewater.
Nov. I. George W. Kinne of Canton, Mass., and Bertha A. Cobbett of West Bridgewater.
Nov. 10. Harold Leslie Bryant of Brockton and Marion Louise Langley of West Bridgewater.
Nov. 26. Herbert Ellis Jennings of Brockton and Matilda Allen Dunbar of West Bridgewater.
Dec. 23. Franc L. A. Hallgren of West Bridgewater and Elsa A. Arvidson of Brockton.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN 1908,
DATE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1905
June 4
Charles Earl Worthington
Male
Charles E. Worthington and Eva B. Pickering
1 906
Mar.
2
Ivan Peter Carlson
Male
Carl Carlson and Lena Akerberg
1906
Nov. 15
Charles Henry Mann
Male
Ralph H. Mann and Mabelle A. Simmons
1906
Nov. 24
Ruth Williams Staples
Female
Edward F. Staples and Ruth May Tyler
1907
Feb. 8
Lila Elizabeth Biladeau Jessie Nathan Copeland
Female
Calici Biladeau and Minner Mastinea
1907
Nov.
29
1908
Jan.
14
Harold Forrest Denley
Jan.
25
Alma Christina Carlson
Female
Carl Carlson and Lena Akerberg
Jan. 31
Charlotte Lois Boyd
Female
Charles H. Boyd and Mary L. St. Claire Jose Wedge and Mary Jesis
Feb. 6
Female
Charles Oscar Lawson and Minnie Scott
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Mar. 18
Maria Ponte
Female
Manuel Jose Ponte and Maria Auguste Joseph C. Tuck and Edith Johnson Victorio C. de Laura and Emelie Carvallo
Apr. 7
Mildred Etta Beal
Female
Joseph L. Beal and Ida F. Noyes
Apr.
Dorothy Morton
Female
Apr.
Alberta Louise Emery
Female
Apr. 22
Mary Peters
Female
Augustinho de C. Laura and Whlena Perry
May 7
Francis Joseph Luddy
Male
May
21
Charlie Napoleon Simmo
Male
Frank William Simmo and Vitalina Mary LeClair
May 24
Ralph James Austin
Male
May 26 Alice Wilbur Berry
Female
June 13 Esther Adelaide Conant
Female
June 18 Everett Ernest Young
Male
July
14
Elwin Edward Hodge
Male
July 17
Clifford Herman Carleson
Male
Herbert William Conant and Jennie Grace Proper James Richard Young and Cora Cynthia Young J. Ralph Hodge and Mabel Butler John Carlson and Emily Anderson
Feb. 18
Gladys Erma Lawson
Mar. 23
Charles Eldon Tuck
Male
Mar. 25
Twins
Females
Ernest Sterling Morton and Mary Elizabeth Morrell Stephen E. Emory and Alice F. White John Peters and Mary Light
Female
Apr. 23 Mary Laura
Thomas F. Luddy and Nellie ()'Brien
William W. Austin and Maggie Raymond Charles W. Berry and Ivanette C. Wilbur
Male
Edmond Copeland and May Alice John Clifton Denley and Elsie Winifred Lambert
Female
Male
BIRTHS RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN 1908.
DATE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF CAILD.
SEX.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Aug. 6
Raymond Simmons Mann
Male
Ralph H. Mann and Mabel Simmons
Aug. 12
Rose Clara Enos
Female
Frank Enos and Mary Silvia
Sept.
6
Marie Pivot
Female Peter Pivot and Theresa Perry
Oct.
7
Robert Newton Tower
Male
Harry Loring Tower and Olive Howard Churchill
Oct.
21
Angelina Perry Bragga
Female
Joseph J. Bragga and Philimena C. Chaves
Oct. 24
Clarence Wesley Dyer
Male
Edgar W. Dyer and Mary B. Jones
Nov. 2
Irving Francis Staples
Male
Edward F. Staples and Ruth May Tyler
Dec. 2
Beatrice Luella Halgren
Female
Charles A. Halgren and Anna C. Stope
Dec. 2
Ralph Whitman Baker
Male Benjamin Clinton Baker and Minnie Whitman Cole
Dec.
II
Jean Marcel Paradis
Male
Jean Baptiste Paradis and Clarissa Dupuis
Dec.
31
Maria Peter
Female
Joseph Peter and Bermeter Peter
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DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1908.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED.
AGE YMD
CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Feb. 13
Addison Brooks
87
4 12
Paralysis
Concord
Feb. 28
Joseph Bittencurte
7
Convulsions
West Bridgewater
Mar.
9
Carrie Andrews Copeland
47
2
9
Cancer
West Bridgewater
Mar.
18
Joseph Braga
5
Pneumonia
West Bridgewater
Mar.
23
Lucy H. Dunham
89
8 23
Arterio Sclerosis
Apr.
II
Everett Owen Tuck
I
I 26 Broncho Pneumo. Arterio Sclerosis
Apr.
21
John Madden
75
Apr.
22 Herbert Bellow
35
East Bridgewater
May
8
Erland Thayer
79 III
Ireland
May
12 Mary N. Ryan
67
Plympton
June
6 John Luddy
80IOII
Cere. Hemorrhage Mor. Cor. Volvulo- Alcoholism [rum Hypo. Pneumonia Trau. Menigitis
Norway
June
I 5
Charles N. Simono
25
Acute Indigestion
July 9 Mary L. Chassez
4
Inauition Bronchistis
John Peter and Marie Light
Sept.
14
Marie Peter
4 14
Oct.
3I Thomas M. Hennessey
32
815
Cere. Hemorrhage
Nov.
30
James McAnaugh
2 Old Age
Ireland
Dec.
19
Lila Biladea
I IO/20
Pneumonia
West Bridgewater
Alfred Brooks and Roxanna Pierce Joseph Bittencurte and Maria Souza Elihu Leonard and Mary Wales Copeland Joseph Braga and Philemina P. Shaves Urial Howard and Lucy Covin
68
May
15 George Phinney
56 IOII
Ireland
Thomas Ryan and Catherine O'Neil Otis Phinney and Lucy Churchill Unknown Unknown
June II Ole K. Ness
West Bridgewater West Bridgewater
Frank W. Simono and Lena Laclair Philip Chassez and Ida Para
West Bridgewater Ireland
Thomas Hennessey and Mary White
Patrick McAnaugh and Mary Donley Calice Biladea and Minnie Maxneau
West Bridgewater West Bridgewater Ireland Ireland
Josiah C. Tuck and Edith A. Johnson William Madden and Catherine Powers James Bellow and Mary Wallace Richard Thayer and Ann Snell
Pul. Tuberculosis
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1908.
BRIDGEWATER, MASS. ARTHUR H. WILLIS, PRINTER, 1909.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CALENDAR FOR 1909.
Winter term,-January II to March 6. Eleven weeks. Vacation,-Two weeks.
Spring Term, -- April 12 to June 18. Ten weeks. Vacation,-Twelve weeks.
Fall Term, -- September 7 to December 17, Fifteen weeks. Recess, -- Thanksgiving week, after Wednesday. Vacation, -- Two weeks. Winter Term -- 1910, January 10. Eleven weeks.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1909.
L. Augustus Tower, term expires 1909. William E. Fay, term expires 1909.
Mrs. A. S. LeLacheur, term expires 191I. Clinton P. Howard, term expires 1911. Mrs. M. K. Crosby, term expires 1910. S. H. Marshall, term expires 1910.
ORGANIZATION.
Chairman, A. S. LeLacheur. Secretary, M. K. Crosby. Repair Committee, C. P. Howard, L. A. Tower, M. K. Crosby, S. H. Marshall.
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Supply Agent, M. K. Crosby. Truant Officers, J. C. Howard, L. A. Tower, W. L. Wood- worth, E. H. Grout. Superintendent of Schools, Edgar H. Grout. Office hours, Mondays and Thursdays, from 3.30 to 5 p. m. on school days. Office in Allen school building, East Bridgewater.
ASSIGNMENT OF SCHOOLS.
North to W. E. Fay.
Matfield to Mrs. Crosby.
South to C. P. Howard. East to L. A. Tower.
Center to Mrs. LeLacheur.
Cochesett to S. H. Marshall.
Jerusalem to W. E. Fay.
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FINANCIAL REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
TEACHERS.
Paid Miss Emma A. Morrow, 36 weeks, $500 00
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