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School Committee.
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee of West Bridgewater, Mass .:
The following report is presented for your consideration and that of the citizens of the town.
TABLE OF STATISTICS, YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1912.
Population of the town, census of 1910
2,231
Increase since census of 1905,
225
Number of schools,
15
Number of regular teachers required,
15
Number of regular teachers employed during the school year,
15
Number of special teachers,
2
SCHOOL CENSUS.
1911
1912
Number of boys between 5 and 15
217
226
Number of girls between 5 and 15
272
269
Total,
489
495
Number of boys between 7 and 14
147
159
Number of girls between 7 and 14
188
186
Total,
345
345
Number of male illiterate minors ove 14 yrs. 1
0
Number of female illiterate minors over 14 yrs,
0
0
-
-
1 0
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SCHOOL RECORDS.
Year ending June, 1911.
Number of pupils enrolled
434
Year ending June, 1912 486
Number of pupils enrolled between 7 and 14
330
350
Number of pupils over 15,
8
8
Number of different pupils in attend- ance during the year,
472
518
Average membership,
420
456
Average attendance,
383
424
Per cent. of attendance
91
93
Aggregate number of months schools
have kept during the year, 119m, 8d
138m 18d
Average number of months schools
have kept during the year
9m, 4d
9m, 5d
ATTENDANCE BY SCHOOLS, YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1912.
SCHOOL.
Grades.
Total
Registration.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Center
IX
42
32.29
36.90
93.93
VIII
36
32.58
30.60
93.92
VII
41
35.52
32.61
92.08
VI-VII
48
37.77
36.43
96.45
III-V
35
23.30
23.91
90.90
I-II
36
29.50
26.25
88.98
Cochesett Intermediate
IV-VI
41
28.03
26.40
94.18
Cochesett Primary
I-III
51
35.32
31.93
90.39
Sunset Ave. Intermed.
IV-VI
36
27.69
25.65
92.66
Sunset Ave. Primary
I-III
50
35.25
31.88
90.44
North
I-II
19
17.93
16.92
94.32
East *19
1-V
29
27.07
25.36
93.70
South
I-IV
38
32.42
30.56
94.14
Matfield
I-VI
46
29.29
27.40
93.54
Jerusalem
I-VI
28
22.10
21.46
96.21
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MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES, JANUARY, 1913.
High .
SCHOOLS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Totals.
High Center
34
14
17
9
74
Grade IX
43
43
Grade VIII
41
41
27
13
17
15
10
7
32
Grades III-V
30
Grades I-II
17
13
8
10
7
25
Cochesett Primary
10
14
9
12
16
12
40
9
10
16
35
Sunset Ave. Primary
11
7
18
North
4
4
8
7
23
South
7
4
6
4
6
27
East
6
5
7
6
3
5
32
Matfield
3
1
6
3
2
6
21
Jerusalem
67
58
67
50
44
57
54
43
32
34
14
17
9
547
-
33
Sunset Ave. Intermediate
Grade VII
40
Grades VI-V11
Cochesett Intermediate
32
32
-
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During the calendar year just closed there has been three resignations from the teaching force, only one of which took effect during term time. Four new teachers have been ap- pointed to the force, making a gain of one over the number in service one year ago. The details of these changes will be found in Appendix A.
Again it is necessary to report an increase in member- ship and to call attention to the pressing need for additional school accommodations. The average membership for the school year ending last .June is thirty -- six greater than that reported one year ago, and the enrolment for the present month shows a gain over that reported for January, 1912. Looking forward to conditions as they are likely to exist next September, there seems to be every reason to believe that some of our rooms will be overcrowded. The Sunset avenue school, even with the relief afforded by opening the old North school last spring, has at present but seven sittings unoccu- pied. The increase in population that is sure to come to the north end of the town during the next seven months will se- riously tax its school accommodations. The situation at the Center will be just as grave as at the North, especially in grades six to nine. We hope, however, to get through the present fiscal year without asking for a new building. Every effort will be made by the school authorities to this end ; but action should not be postponed later than the spring of 1914.
Since September we have been endeavoring to secure more regular attendance by awarding certificates each school month to those pupils who have been neither absent nor tar dy for the given month. At the end of the school year it is our intention to give larger and more attractive certificates to such pupils as have earned seven of the smaller certifi- cates. Whatever may be said against this form of recogniz- ing efforts to acquire habits of regularity and punctuality, there is much to be said in its favor. The children are cer- tainly interested, and we are seeing results. The danger of
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over stimulation is lessened by the fact that though a pupil may be absent one or more days during one month, he still has a chance for winning the larger certificate, provided absence occurs in not more than two of the nine and one-half school months, and his record is correspondingly free from tardy marks.
The annual tests for defective sight and hearing have been made with the following results : · Number of pupils ex- amined, 440 ; number with defective vision, 26 ; number with defective hearing, 3; number of parents notified, 26. The report of the Medical Inspector is incorporated with this re- port and will be found on a subsequent page.
The compulsory vaccination law is again quoted in full for the benefit of parents having children to enter school next September. "A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate granted for cause stated therein, signed by a reg- ular practising physician, that he is not a fit subject for vac- cination." This is not a local ordinance as some suppose, but a state law, and its enforcement is a matter of necessity and not of local option.
The past year has been marked by an important change in the method of keeping school records in the grades below the High school. A so-called "life card" is kept at the school for each pupil with a duplicate card for the office file. These cards record such information as the name of the pupil and of his parent or guardian, the certified date of birth, and the facts in regard to vaccination, health, conduct, scholar- ship and regularity of attendance. This card with its dupli- cate office card, is filled in once each year, or oftener in case of transfer, and becomes a valuable record of the entire school life of the pupil. The record will give successive teachers such information as should be in their possession before taking a new class, will be a guide in cases of doubtful promotion and will simplify the process of issuing age and
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schooling certificates to boys and girls who may wish to go to work. Much time has been lost in the past and inconven- venienc occasioned by uncertainty as to the real age of the pupils. This inconvenience is practically a thing of the past, as we now have a record of the certified date of birth of nearly every school child in town, whether born here or else- where. The task of collecting this information has taxed our teachers heavily the past few months, but they have done their part cheerfully and well. In the future, parents will be expected to furnish the desired information as their children enter school for the first time. Town reports giving the date of birth, town clerk's certificates, baptismal records and passports will all be accepted as sufficient evidence of the correct date of birth.
During the past year we have attempted to make our -schools serve the needs of the community more fully by in- trøducing a course in practical arts. Under this designation may be included a wide range of useful occupation such as sewing, the care and repair of articles of furniture and house- hold belongings, glazing, varnishing, cane-seating, etc., etc. Definite time has been set apart for this course, and each teacher has developed it according to her ability and oppor- tunity. Pupils of the ninth grade have repaired and cared for the electric bell system ; in another grade panes of glass have been set by the pupils ; in another, the elements of good housekeeping have been taught. Our pupils have been made to feel an interest in, and a responsibility for, keeping school property in good condition. Special reference should be made to the pupils of the present eighth grade who have raised enough money to purchase two manual training benches and tools for equipping the same. These benches have been installed in one of the hallways and are a center of interest to the boys of the grade. The work is under the direction of the Supervisor of Drawing, to whose report you - are referred.
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Our work in history for the grades has been materially enriched this year by adopting the course outlined in the fa- mous report made to the American Historical Association by the so-called Committee of Eight. A foundation for subse- quent study is laid in the first four grades by the study of primitive life and the historical background of certain public holidays ; some attention is also given to the heroes of other times and countries than our own. In grades five and six we cover the whole field of American history in a simple manner, making the work largely biographical in character. The time of grade seven is devoted to an elementary study of ancient and European history as a background for the deeper and broader study of American history in grades eight and nine.
TABLE SHOWING LOCAL TAX FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Year.
Assessed valua- tion of the Town.
Tax Rate.
Actual cost to the Town for support of Schools.
Appropria- Average Cost per
tion on each $1,000 of val- uation.
mem- bership.
pupil in average member- ship.
1901
$1,053,325
$14.00
$ 5,186.84
$4.92
276
$18.79
1902
1,061,900
14.00
5,349.35
5.04
280
19.10
1903
1,089,194
14.50
5,902.79
5.42
278
21.23
1904
1,116,194
13.50
5,651.82
5.06
280
20.19
1905
1,123,222
14.10
5,552.77
4.05
307
18.09
1906
1,124,130
11.00
5,841.60
5.19
313
18.66
1907
1,188, 741
13.60
6,308.53
5.31
348
18.13
1908
1,221,718
16.80
6,892.43
5.64
365
18.88
1909
1,271,348
15.00
7,592.02
5.97
369
20.57
1910
1,342,167
12.60
7,919.10
5.90
394
20.10
1911
1,404,527
17.40
9,777.82
6.96
420
23.28
1912
1,534,588
19.60
10,132.39
6.59
456
22.21
Special attention is called to the above table, as it pre- sents in a concise form important information in regard to school finances since the year 1901. From the table we learn that while the assessed valuation of the town has increased only 45 per cent., the cost for support of schools has in- creased 95 per cent. during the period under consideration.
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This fact is shown in another form in column five, where we have given the amount of money appropriated and spent on each thousand dollars of assessed valuation for support of of schools. In 1901 this sum was $4.92, fluctuating until the year 1906, since which time it has steadily increased until the present year when it has begun to drop again. The crest of the wave seemed to be reached in 1911, when this sum was $6.96.
As explained in my last report, this condition is una void- able in a rapidly growing town, especially if the physical growth consists largely of dwelling houses as is the case in West Bridgewater. In other words, our school population has increased much more rapidly than has the assessed val- uation. Furthermore, the meaning of the word "support" has broadened during these years so that now it includes all school expenses except new buildings and new furniture. A considerable proportion of the increased cost of the past few years is due to necessary increases in teachers' salaries and to the employment of several additional teachers.
HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL.
The school opened in September with an enrolment of seventy-seven pupils, twenty-eight more than enrolled in Sep- tember, 1911. Present indications point to an enrolment of nearly ninety pupils next fall, all of whom we can care for easily with the help of the additional room that has become available for use this year.
The commercial department has been extended the past year by the addition of shorthand, typewriting and penman- ship, and the employment of a special teacher for these sub- jects. This attempt at serving more completely the needs of the community is meeting the approval of those who have in mind a business training for their children. The success of our new enterprise will depend in a large measure upon the willingness of pupils to devote to these subjects the neces-
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sary time and work, and upon the encouragement they re- ceive at home.
Pupils in the shorthand course will be given practice un- der actual office conditions and will not be graduated with the stamp of our approval and recommendation until they have attained a reasonable degree of efficiency. A further require- ment for our approval is a highly developed sense of respon- sibility in meeting the obligations of routine office work. The virtues of punctuality, cheerfulness, reliability and tact must be cultivated and reflected in the performance of school duties before we can be satisfied that these same qualities so essential in the trained stenographer, will become a part of his everyday life in the business world.
Positions of trust and importance today demand, in ad- dition to stenography and typewriting, the broadest general education available. Hence we insist that graduates from this department shall have the equivalent of a thorough, all-around high school education. We feel that such pupils can be recommended to the business man with a reasonable assurance that they will attain a satisfactory degree of success.
Beginning with next September we should employ our shorthand teacher on full time, a step that will be rendered necessary by additional work in this department. It can be justified by the probable increase in the enrolment of the school and by the fact that more satisfactory progress can be made by the pupils.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
To the Superintendent of Schools :-
During the past year I have had a better opportunity than formerly to visit the different schools and to give some of the lessons. It has been a pleasure to become acquaint- ed with the pupils, and the drawing in the different schools
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has been very satisfactory. especially the nature painting and object drawing in the upper grades.
Mention should be made of the creditable booklets writ- ten and illustrated in the Ninth Grade on the study of Color Harmony.
Whittling by the boys and girls in the Sixth and Seventh Grades is a new departure. Various models that could be made from thin wood have been provided and the children have taken hold with much interest and are doing well.
The Eighth Grade pupils are entitled to commendation for buying two sloyd benches with carpenter's tools. It is planned to instruct them in the proper use of the tools and give them an opportunity to make a number of things of simple construction from thin wood.
I wish to express my thanks to you and the teachers for your interest and help during the year.
Respectfully yours, .
EDMUND KETCHUM, Supervisor of Drawing.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL INSPECTOR.
To the School Committee and Superintendent of the Schools in the town of West Bridgewater :-
It gives me pleasure to present my report as Medical Inspector in the public schools for the year 1912 as follows:
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DISEASES FOUND.
Total No.
Advised
Treatment ..
Treated.
Improved or Cured.
EYES :-
Conjunctivitis,
3
1
2
3
EARS :-
Otitis media (Inflammation of middle ear),
2
1
2
1
Mastoid abscess
1
1
1
NOSE AND THROAT :-
Adenoids and enlarged tonsils,
63
51
22
22
Slightly enlarged tonsils,
59
21
Deflected nasal septum,
1
1
Cleft palate,
1
1
SKIN :-
Eczema,
4
2
1
1
Scabies,
1
1
Urticaria,
4
2
4
Rhus poisoning (Ivy), Scrofulosis,
4
3
4
BONES AND JOINTS :-
GENERAL DISEASES :-
Anaemia,
13
8
6
4
Slightly anaemic,
8
4
Malaria,
2
2
1
Boils,
2
2
Sick headache,
19
Rheumatism,
1
Enlarged cervical glands,
3
Indigestion,
4
Valvular disease of heart,
2
Asthma,
1
Wry neck,
1
NERVOUS AND MENTAL DEFECTS :--
Backward,
2
Defective speech (Stammering),
2
Lack of muscular co-ordination,
1
TEETH :-
Badly decayed,
72
12
55
55
Taken care of
60
PARASITIC :-
Pediculosis, (Lice),
6
6
6
6
343
84
102
119
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Fifty-one notices were sent to parents or guardians to secure competent medical advice for treatment of adenoids and enlarged tonsils. Twenty-two children have had their tonsils and adenoids removed, a material gain over last year. These children, after operation, soon show a marked improve- ment in their school work. Dullness and inability to keep
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up with others in their studies is often caused by these ail- ments. ·
As three children attending the Sunset Avenue School were afflicted with diphtheria, the school building was closed and thoroughly fumigated. Alterations were also made at the time for the betterment of its sanitary conditions.
The usual epidemics of children's diseases have been less prevalent during the year and the general attendance better.
I wish to express my thanks to all connected with the schools for the courtesies and assistance extended me in the work.
Respectfully submitted,
ELLIS S. LELACHEUR, M. D., School Physician.
West Bridgewater, Jan. 7, 1913.
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SUMMARY.
The following topics are considered in this report:
1. Statistics.
2. New teachers.
3. Increased accommodation needed.
4. Certificates for perfect attendance.
5. New method of keeping school records.
6. Practical arts.
7. Course in history,
8. Cost of support of schools for a period of years.
9. Howard High School.
a. Increased enrolment.
b. Addition to the course of study.
c. Shorthand teacher employed on half time.
10. Report of supervisor of drawing.
11. Report of medical inspector.
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR HOMER GROUT, Superintendent of Schools.
West Bridgewater, Mass., January 31, 1913.
Appendix A.
LIST OF TEACHERS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, 1912.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
WHENFIRST APPOINTED.
WHERE EDUCATED.
Center
Grade IX
Rose L. MacDonald
1890
Bridgewater Normal School
Grade VIII
Grace E. Downing
1902
Fitchburg Normal School
*Agnes Shannon
1910
Framingham Normal School
Grade VII
Viola M. Richards
1912
Bridgewater Normal School
Grades VI-VII
C. Louise Williams Nettie M. Woodbury
1910
Bridgewater Normal School
Grades III-V
1907
Bridgewater Normal School
Grades I-II
Mildred Packard
1905
Bridgewater Normal School
Cochesett Intermediate
Emma A. Morrow
1892
Castine, Me., Normal School
Cochesett Primary
Elizabeth L. Holton
1910
Symond's Kindergarten Sch. Hyannis Normal School
Sunset Ave. Intermediate
Minnie C. Cole
1911
Salem Normal School
Sunset Ave. Primary
1912
New Brunswick Normal Sch.
North
*Grace E. Dorman
1909
Castine, Me., Normal School
South
+Viola M. Richards
1912
Bridgewater Normal School
(
Anna S. Dewhirst
1912
Perry Kindergarten School
East
Ellen M. O'Neil
1911
Bridgewater Normal School
Matfield
Mary A. Dewyer
1874
Bridgewater Normal School
Jerusalem
Elizabeth A. Martin
1910
Taunton High School
Music
Mildred S. Jones
1901
N. E. Conservatory of Music
Drawing
Edmund Ketchum
1909
Mass. Normal Art School
*Amey C. Dyar
1910
G. Lillian Currie Ida D. Runnels
1912
Bridgewater Normal School
*Not in service at end of year. +Transferred.
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Appendix B.
TEACHERS IN SERVICE FEBRUARY 1, 1913.
TEACHERS.
Rose L. MacDonald,
Grace E. Downing,
Viola M. Richards,
C. Louise Williams.
Nettie M. Woodbury,
Mildred Packard,
Emma A. Morrow,
Elizabeth L. Holton, Minnie C. Cole,
G. Lillian Currie,
Ida D. Runnels,
Anna S. Dewhirst,
Ellen M. O'Neil, Mary A. Dewyer, Elizabeth A. Martin, Mildred S. Jones, Edmund Ketchum,
ADDRESS. 449 West Chestnut St., Campello West Bridgewater 12 Nye Ave., Brockton West Bridgewater West Bridgewater Tremont St., Campello Cochesett 10 Fellsway West, Somerville West Bridgewater East Bridgewater Elmwood West Bridgewater Bridgewater Cochesett 22 Anawan St., Taunton 106 Chandler St., Boston 100 Mount Pleasant Ave., Roxbury
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Appendix C.
EXERCISES OF GRADUATION. CLASS OF 1912.
Friday Evening, June the Seventh, Eight o'clock.
March-" Liberty " Daley M. Blanche Jewell.
Chorus-"Recessional " Schnecker
School.
Invocation.
Rev. W. Byron Williams.
"The Trial of Glaucus " Bulwer-Lytton
Chester R. Ripley.
"Mother and Poet" Mrs. Browning
Lucy W. Revere.
Chorus-" 'Tis Morn " Page
School.
Class History
Jennie E. Dunbar.
Piano Solo-" Capricante " Wachs
Lucy W. Revere.
Class Prophecy
Irene Chamberlain.
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"A Hero of the Furnace Room " Toledo Blade
D. Wallace Jewell.
Chorus-" Oh, Hail us, ye Free" from "Ernani "-Verdi School
Conferring of Diplomas
Hon. A. J. Bailey.
Remarks
Mr. E. H. Grout, Superintendent of Schools.
Benediction
Rev. E. B. Maglathlin.
Highest Honors awarded to D. Wallace Jewell.
Cover Design by Chester R. Ripley.
Carbon Photograph "The Coliseum," Gift of Irene Chamberlain, Jennie E. Dunbar, Lucy W. Revere.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
VES
~ 1656
MASS.
1- INC
2
18
PULPIT ROCH
16
RPORATED
FEB
1913
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1913.
BRIDGEWATER, MASS. A. H. WILLIS, PRINTER, 1914.
CONTENTS.
Appropriations Recommended by Selectmen 46
Assessors' Report,
9
Auditor's Report,
77
Births,
107
By-Laws of the Town,
113
Call for Citizens' Caucus,
123
Call for Town Meeting,
123
Collector of Taxes, Report, .
72
Deaths,
110
Fire Department,
60
List of Jurors, ·
48
List of Taxpayers,
13
Marriages,
105
Officers, 1913,
5
OFFICER DRAWN BY SELECTMEN :
Cemeteries, 43
Charities,
40
Education,
41
Executive Department,
28
Financial,
29
Forestry,
35
General Departments,
31
Health and Sanitation, 38
Highways and Bridges,
40
Hydrants and Water, 44
Interest,
44
4
Legislative Department,
28
Library,
41
Memorial Day.
Municipal Buildings,
42 33 42
Monument Grounds,
Protection of Life and Property,
Public Lectures,
Taxes,
Temporary Loans,
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Street Lights,
Summary,
Unclassified,
43 50
Overseers of Poor, Report,
Report of Board of Health, 63
Report of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Work, 57
Report of Tree Warden, 62
Report of Trustees of Public Library, 79
Report of Treasurer of Public Library, 81
Road Commissioner's Report, ·
54
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report,
64
Town Clerk's Report of Town Meetings, 89
Town Treasurer's Report, 73
Water Commissioners' Report, 65
Water Department, Treasurer's Report, 67
School Committee Report.
Superintendent of Schools' Report.
34 42 45 44 35 45 45
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1913.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Ellis S. LeLacheur, Chairman,
Term expires 1916
Harold S. Lyon, Secretary,
66 1915
Orvis F. Kinney,
1914
ASSESSORS.
George F. Logue, Albert Manley, Clinton P. Howard,
Term expires 1915
1914
1916
COLLECTOR AND TREASURER, -Frank L. Howard.
TOWN CLERK,-Edward H. Crocker.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Orvis F, Kinney,
Term expires 1915
Edwin H. Lothrop,
1916
Hervey Dunham,
66
1914
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Anna S. LeLacheur,
Term expires 1914
1914
Clinton P. Howard,
60
1915
Herbert Holmes,
1915
Corelli C. B. Alger,
66
1916
Frank L. Howard,
66
1916
.
L. Augustus Tower,
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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Edith F. Howard,
Term expires 1914
Daniel J. Lothrop,
1914
Edward B. Maglathlin,
1915
Helen H. Foye,
1915
Elizabeth Kingman,
1916
L. Augustus Tower,
1916
CONSTABLES, -Octave Belmore, Henry O. Davenport, Wil- liam E. Gibson, William L. Woodworth, Presson West.
SPECIAL CONSTABLES, -John C. Chase.
ROAD COMMISSIONER, -George G. Tucker.
TREE WARDEN, -Warren P. Laughton.
AUDITORS, -Carroll W. Pearl, Harry L. Tower.
FOREST FIRE WARDEN,-Warren P. Laughton.
DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDENS, -William L. Woodworth, Henry O. Davenport, William S. Irwin, Albert Manley.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
John L. Sullivan, Christopher Reed, 1915
Term expires 1914
Channing F. Dunbar,
1916
FIELD DRIVERS .- Elmer E. Howard, George F. Ryder, Joseph C. Howard, Hervey Dunham, Albert Manley.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER AND MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK .- Clinton P. Howard, William F. Ryder, Charles F. Leonard, Edwin H. Thayer, Algernon S. Lyon.
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POUND KEEPER .- C. D. Felch.
FENCE VIEWERS. - Clinton P. Howard, Frederick J. Vosmis, Henry C. Kinney.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS. - E. P. Dunbar, Rufus C. Bennett, Clin- ton P. Howard.
SUPERINTENDENT OF GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH WORK. - Octave Belmore.
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE AND MEAT. - William L. Woodworth.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. --- Joseph C. Howard.
Report of Assessors.
APPROPRIATIONS.
For Moderator, $25 00
Selectmen,
400 00
Auditors,
20 00
Treasurer and Collector,
500 00
Assessors,
500 00
Other financial officers and accounts,
15 00
Town Clerk,
150 00
Law,
75 00
Election and Registration,
175 00
Town Hall,
300 00
Constables,
150 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
30 00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Extermination,
613 84
Tree Warden,
225 00
Forest Warden,
150 00
Board of Health,
25 00
Quarantine,
65 00
Inspection of Animals,
25 00
Inspection of Slaughtering,
200 00
Road Commissioner,
2,000 00
Overseers of Poor,
50 00
Almshouse,
800 00
Poor out of Almshouse,
600 00
Soldiers' Benefits,
400 00
Library,
100 00
10
Monument Grounds, care of,
13 00
Memorial Day Observance,
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