Town of Franklin annual report 1893, Part 3

Author: Franklin (Mass.)
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 126


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Aneas D. and Clara E. Henry D. and Rosa


..


19 John David Hutchinson


John D. and Jessie A. Edwin C. and Cora M.


6.


26 Beatrice Cloves Bailey


66


27 Sarah Isabelle Stewart


Walter A. and Annie L.


..


30 Frank Arthur Robbins


Aug. ..


2 Mary McMann


66


4 Estella Christina Johnson


66


5 Thomas Patrick Cody


66


10 Dorris Henryetta Bassett


11 Olivine Lillie Laundry


Adelphie and Olivine


Everett F. and Alice M. Francis


60


16 Edwin Manton Pierce


Doras M. and Lena L.


Maxiam and Mary N.


Oliver and Lena E.


66 26 George Leon Conroy


Matthew F. and Mary E.


James S. and Bridget J.


Calvin M. and Rebecca A.


Charles W. and Florence A. Lewis and Lizzie


James and Bridget


66


12 Frederick Joseph Brogan 14 Kimball


16 Pascal Leroy Cole


66


16 Raymond Irwin Dean


23 Gertrude Thayer


26 Annie Katherine Fitzgerald


2 Peter William George


Oct. 66 4 Maud Pearl BIackmar


66


6 Oliver Wendell Holmes


8 Mary Gertrude Molloy


John P. and Annie L.


66


9|Harry Cook


Bliss T. and Eliza


66


10 Dennis Francis Murry


James and Rosa


66


17 Sarah Lata Shumsky


20 Cora Blanche Gammage 25 Charles C. Henault


Philip and Rosana Clifford C. and Abbie E. George E. and Isabelle


66


28 Burnelle Gallison Hawkins


Frank and Sarah J.


1 Charles Melvin Hastings


Thomas H. and Delia


Peter J. and Mary B. August and Ida B. Daniel and Margaret F. John and Ellen


66


66


Sept.


14 Clarence Corbin Arnold


15 Noreen


17 |Maxiam Clarence Tero


20 Henry Napoleon Perron


29 James S. Curran 30 Irving Manley Hurd 4, Charles Ernest Lyons 6 Annie Pariseau


Henry B. and Minnie A. George F. and Josephine Edgar C. and Carrie M. Addison M. and Gertrude E.


William and Annie W. William and Xvirine


Edwin P. and Edna E. James and Mary A.


12 Hazel Francelia Abbott


Edward ( ;. and Alice M. Frank and Amelia Louis and Olive


16 Doris Lelia Betsy Hughes


13|Harry Raymond Lewis


55


DATE.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAME OF PARENT.


Oct.


10 Jeremiah McCarty


..


11 Margaret Cross


66


12 Elona Pauline Heath


21 Mary Lillie Rivers


66


22 Annie Elizabeth Buckley


.6


24 Ernest Alfred Nash


Alfred H. and Minnie E.


Nov.


10 Cecilla McCarthy


..


16 Celia Bouchee


Jeremiah J. and Jennie J. John and Annie M. Augustus and Celia Luther A. and Ida C.


66


25 Erna Evelyn Woodman


George S. and Minnie M.


25 Mary Eliza Clark


26 Benjamin Riley


30 Ronald Irving Barton


66


30 - Flowers


Dec.


2 Clarence Haslam Stewart


4 Robert Oscar Carlson


Carl M. and Annie E.


5 John Francis Morrill


66


6 Margaret Hellen Sullivan


9 Samuel Bernard K. Johnson


William and Louisa


66


9 Mary Hellen Tobin


John H. and Charlotte F.


60


11 Karl Aubrey Bright


Warren H. and Agnes M.


17 Frederick Ashley Goss


18 Carter


William H. and Nettie F. Osmon B. and Carrie C. James and Bridget John H. and Ida


66


21 John Thomas Howe


..


25 Fred Willard Pierce


25 James Patrick Sheehy


30 Edgar Anderson Jordan


Oliver A. and Helen M.


Charles C. and Minnie M.


Feb. 4, 1891 Emma L. Tufts


Jeremiah and Mary Julius C. and Emma F. Albert E. and Mary E. Lewis and Julia


Daniel and Margaret A.


15 Catherine Herron


21 Clarence Raymond Grant


21 Lottie Ellen Oxley


Joseph E. and Ellena


Frank X. and Annie John F. and Nora Francis T. and Ida H. Elbridge G. and Lena John J. and Grace L.


Victor and Mariah M. John J. and Annie E.


19 Christopher James Sherry


William H. and Sarah L.


Thomas J. and Mary E.


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Deaths Recorded in Franklin during 1892.


AGE.


DATE.


NAME OF PERSON.


CAUSE OF DEATH.


Y. M. D.


January


1 Charles F. Darling.


Typhoid fever.


23


4


14


66


2 John McWilliams ..


La grippe.


76


9


Phthisis pneumonia


66


6


9


66


7 Maud Alice Crawford


Bronchitis.


La grippe.


75


66


10 Van R. Warren ..


Acute insanity.


83


3


-


66


11 Alphonso La Roche.


Marasmus.


1


6


66


22 Bates ..


Still-born.


-


February


8 Stephen H. Sullivan


Barrilas meningitis


23


11


15


66


13 Peter Youso


Congestion


-


-


66


13 Skolastick Duprez


Old age.


88


5


-


66


14 Samuel E. Gay.


Heart failure


66


9


5


66


23 Michael W. Byrnes


29


5


-


66


25 Thomas A. Byrnes.


Pneumonia.


31


3


--


66


28 William F. Degan


Rheumatic endo carditis


31


4


-


March


5 William Roberts. 6 Johannah Long.


Bronchitis.


1


--


66


16 Charles Robert Ifenault.


Erysipelas.


1


9


15


66


20 Mary H . Faxon.


Pulmonary Embolism.


51


April


1| Olive A. Stanley.


Brain disease


73


6


3


66


4 Charles Henry O'Don ell .. Scarlatira.


3


3


66


5 Francilla O. Ifarrington ... Malignant disease uterus ..


49


133 28


66


12 Marv A. Howard.


Subperiton fibro myoma ... Pneumonia.


67


10


-


66


27 Matthew Finnegan


Old age


88


15


66


7 Ellen Conway


Chronic nephritis


64


11


-


66


7 Ezekiel Davis


Lead poisoning.


50


66


9 Asa Sargeant.


Heart disease.


85


66


18 Cynthia Brown.


Old age.


Paralysis


62


9


66


22 Ida A. Hopkins ..


Tuberculosis


30


1


9


66


30 Partridge Penniman


Old age.


-4


9


June


6 John E. Kennedy


Gastro enteritis


15


66


13 Philip Riley.


Pneumonia ..


70


66


14 James W. Desper,


Neuralgia of brain


40


10


19


66


15 Addison M. Pond


Cystitis .


64


66


15 Mary McGuire.


Softening of brain


58


6


23


66


26 Alvah B. Thompson


Pneumonia


40


1


21


66


30 William H. Reynolds


Paralysis.


39


1


.).


July


1 Louisa Porter ..


Congestion of brair


Old age.


4


66


8 Andrew Murphy.


Cerebral congestion


80


1


9


66


10 Mary Quinn.


Sarcoma.


55


66


23 - Byrnes ...


Still-born


66


26 Nelson Moreau


Cholera infantum ..


3


-


66


26 |Mary McKenna


Inanition .


20


66


31 Charles H. Morse


Acute cerebi tis.


76


-


August


5 Edgar E Reed. 7 Rosanna Laundry


Tuberculosis


13


4


16


15


3


3


66


10 Cabel G. Lazell.


Spinal sclerosis


66


11


20


16


11 Mary Loretta Kearns


Convulsions


6


25


66


12 Sophia B. Nye ..


Brain disease


3


19


66


13| Mary E. Murry


Marasmus.


-


3


4


66


8 Bernard Ford.


223


66


11 Arvid H. Swanson


Pneumonia


-


S


Pneumonia .


1


1


76


19- - O'Claire.


Still-born.


Brain disease


B


20


66


7 Hubbard T. Barton


1


66


11 Jennie R. Cook.


Cerebro spinal meningitis .. Broncho pneumonia .....


61


8


66


26 Sarah H. Aldrich.


May


2 Martha H. Cauldwell


Convulsions.


1


اسـ 1


-


66


20 Dolly T. Abbott.


Cerebral paralysis.


66


11


1


-


10 Albert A. Arnold.


Bright's disease.


53


9


23


66


29 Charles Thurston Nye.


Intestinal obstruction.


5


17 -


8 George Murphy


-


5


Phthisis.


16


Pneumonia.


-


-


28


9 Harriet E. Fletcher


20 Lillie May Laundry


Inanition.


6


Consumption ...


1 John Farrell ..


2 Mary Alice Morrisey ..


-


4 Lucretia L. Brown.


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DATE.


NAME OF PERSON.


CAUSE OF DEATH.


Y. M. D.


August 66


13 Francis B. Buckley


Consumption ...


32


23 Martha Cora Adamson


Typho malaria fever.


25


11


Sept.


14 Lizzie M. Robinson


Phthisis.


38


4


12


Oct.


4 Lena F. Finney


Phthisis.


17


11


66


10 Washington Pierce


Senile gangrene.


82


-


-


66


10 Mary Fisher.


Abdominal tumor


78


1


21


.6


21 Henrietta Skillings


Cancer.


39


1


66


26 Thomas F. Banigan


Phthisis.


34


6


Nov.


1 -- Robinson ..


Premature birth


Acute Gastritis


3


Croup ..


3


4


Paralysis


55


11


26!Thomas Fagan.


Phthisis


27


6


29' Francis B. Rav.


Heart disease.


69


6


14


30 - Flowers


Premature birth


5 h


Dec.


1 Julia Hoilihan


Typhoid fever


49


16


9| Patrick Lundy ..


Railroad accident.


35


12 Minnie May Russell


Suppurative toncilitis


14|Peter Perron ...


Paralysis. .


Pulmonary tuberculosis


30


1


11


66


31 Elmore H. Walker


Disease of kidneys.


71


6


14


-


66


7 Sarah E. Brigham


Peritonitis.


18


1


-


7 A


-


66


8 Francis J. Lapham


15 Julia A. Rivers.


25 Hannah McConkev.


-


-


21 Annie E. Foote ...


AGE.


58


Marriages Recorded in Franklin during 1892.


DATE.


NAMES.


AGE.


RESIDENCE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Jan.


4 Jolin B. Hadlock Emma J. Bennett


30 Milford 17 Franklin


H. W. Baker


Edmund Burke Alice White


35


|28


66


Martin J. Lee


11 John F. McKenna Ellen F. McCormick


22


18


John L. Crane


18


66


16 Horace W. Hosie Ada D. Hysom


28 31


Winthrop, Me.


Feb


4 Charles Martin 23 Nellie Louisa Moody 18 Franklin


24 18


Dwight M. Hodge


66


Waldo S. Morse Luella A. Huntoon 1.1.2


23


66


23


66


Dwight M. Hodge


66


14 Michael Restaino Silvia A. Cianpa


23


66


20 Daniel F. Crotty Mary A. Bellville


21 Wrentham 21 Franklin


Martin J. Lee


66


22 Charles L. Stewart Leslie Anna Martin


39 31


Warren


66


22 William D. Huntoon 28 Franklin Martha J. Henderson 23


Maynard


22 Sidney Boyd Rogers 23 Franklin Rosie A. Boushee 21 66


Martin J. Lee


66


24 Hugo A. E. Ekenstein 22 Malinda B. Labadie 20


66


Wm. M. Thayer


66


30 John D. Hutchinson Jessie A. Ewen


24 20


R. H. Howard


66


23


66


Charles W. Porter


John F. Broderick


Dwight M. Hodge


12 Thomas H. Hasting Delia Riggs


21


18 Salem


26 Franklin 66


Joseph Merkiss


66


D. Oliver Clark


J. F. Mears


Martin J. Lee


14 Daniel J. White Sarah E. Hurd


7 George F. Cole Josephine Hasting


Wrentham


59


DATE.


NAMES.


AGE.


RESIDENCE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


March 28 James D. Doherty


Clara D. Vincent


37


35 Worcester Franklin


E. T. Curnich


April


2 William Redpath Phoebe McDuff


32


66


Dwight M. Hodge


16


9 William Daniels Lizzie Erwin


35


38


66


66


18 Raymond F. Morrell 21 Lizzie M. Sullivan 29


May


15 Michael O'Connell 47 Margaret B. Hazelton 40


21


Edward Mills


June


6 D. H. Mclaughlin Rose M. Cove


25 Franklin 21 .


66


D.F. McGillicuddy


.6


15 James F. Ray Edith M. Hollis


45


Franklin Worcester


30


27 Franklin Nortolk


Martin J. Lee


66


21 Jas. N. Blanchard Lizzie M. Kearns


22 Killingly, Conn. Martin J. Lee 22|Franklin


William G. Ward


66


22 Wm. H. Richardson 23 Sarah M. Allen


23


66


66


23 Oliver A. Jordan Helen M. Linton


20


19 St. John, N. B.


66


24 William Fitzgerald Annie Cook


38 Franklin 19


Judson V. Clancy


66


30 Harry D. Adams Clara B. Moody


32 66 19 Searsmont. Me.


M. F. Bridgham


July


2 Edwin A. Tyler Selina Longna


19 Franklin 20


Martin J. Lee


..


12 Henry Hill Smith Carrie H. Young


22 Newton 26 Franklin


Dwight M. Hodge


66


Martin J. Lee


66


26 Harry H. Crosby Nettie M. Alger


19 Mansfield


Martin J. Lee


14 Thomas S. Drury Ann T. Graham


37 22 Leominster


Almon Gunnison


20 James Buckley Margaret M. Gearny 21


.6


26


66


Edward Mills


Martin J. Lee


66


Edward Mills


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DATE.


NAMES.


| AGE.


RESIDENCE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


July


21 Geo. H. Gilpatrick Ella B. Daniels


29 Munice, Ind, 22 Franklin


66 23 Henry L. Jordan Carrie E. Bradley


24 19


Aug.


1 Napoleon King Annie Thiebaold


20| Wrenthan 23 Franklin


29|Petersham


28 Franklin


Martin J. Lee


66


24 Charles Gawes Mary Ann Dunbar


35


66


66


27 Frank M. Dixon Amelia Farley


19


66


Sept.


16 Chas. Kingsley, M.D. 23 Mary B. Elliott


66 22 E. Machias, Me,


James J. Baxter


6.


25 Michael Naughton Hannah McDonough


23 S. Franklin 22 Boston


Oct.


6 Walter E. Corbett Harriet I. Dunlop


22 Franklin 21 Winthrop


Gao. W. Fuller


66


10 Edward F. Tigne Annie V. Wade


24 Dayville, Conn. Martin J. Lee 23 Franklin


J. F. Broderick


66


18 George R. Gunning Nellie F. Hopkins


66 42 31 Wrentham


20


Franklin 66


20


66


20 Orestes 'T. Doe Mabel Piper


28 30 Worcester


F. B. Vrooman


66


31 Johney McFadden Eliza Longna


18 Franklin 18 66


Nov.


9|James E. Razee Nellie A. Sargent


30 66


25


60


Dwight M. Hodge


9 Elmer F. Willard Alice Jane Parren


21 21


66


W. Woodbury


66


C. J. Moore


William G, Ward


Martin J. Lee


P. M. MacDonald


66


3 Frank E. Dudley Alice (Blair) Rand


17 John Ambrose Cross 25 Kate O'Connor 21


66


66


R. H. Howard


40 Medway


26 Franklin


Martin J. Lee


H. F. Harding


Edward Mills


66


18|B. R. Rockwood Ada L. Lawrence


66


Martin J. Lee


61


DATE.


NAMES.


AGE.


RESIDENCE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Nov.


20 Willliam Corrigan Kate C. Shehan


28|N. Attleboro 27 Franklin


Martin J. Lee


Daniel W. Murphy


66


23 B. C. Hardman, Jennie G. Hatch 20


23


Wrentham 66


Wm. M. Thayer


6.


24 Harry Leon Johnson 22 Provid'ce, R. I. Dwight M. Hodge 21 Brattleboro, Vt.


66


24 Edward J. Kirby Nannie J. Ford


35


Milford 24 Franklin


Martin J. Lee


66


24 William A. Young 28 Emma A. Wadsworth 28


66


C. J. Moore


Dec.


25 Charles P. Gladding 37 Fannie Lee


26 Boston


. .


19 Herbert L. Wales Bertha E. Reed


24 Bangor, Me. 22 Franklin


William G. Ward


29 George W. Towle, S. E. M. Hutchinson


45 Avon 45 Franklin


Edward Mills


Nov.18,'91 Timothy E. Lynch Mary J. Cahill


24 24 Medway


Thos. B. Lowney


66


22 Leonard S. Winslow 22 Nora O'Donohue


26 Dover, N. H.


Clara Amy Swanson


66


Thomas Remy


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WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1893.


NORFOLK, SS.


To Either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin, GREETING :


You are hereby required, in the name of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the qualified voters of the Town of Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall on Monday, the sixth day of March, A. D. 1893, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz :


ARTICLE I. To choose by ballot a Moderator to preside over said meeting.


ART. II. To choose by ballot the following named offi- cers for the term of one year, viz : Three Selectmen, a Town Treasurer, a Town Clerk, an Auditor, three Assesssors of Taxes, three Overseers of the Poor, a Collector of Taxes, three Constables, three members of the Board of Health, two School Committee for three years, one School Committee for one year (to fill a vacancy), and to vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"


ART. III. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.


ART. IV. To see in what way the town will collect its taxes the current year.


ART. V. To hear a report of the town officers and act thereon.


ART. VI. To see what action the town will take relative to a pound.


ART. VII. To vote a suitable number of names of per- sons into the jury box for the year ensuing.


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ART. VIII. To see if the town will authorize the Treas- urer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the current year.


ART. IX. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in the town for the current year.


ART. X. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the repairs of roads, bridges and side- walks ; for the support of schools, repairs of school buildings, school books, a Superintendent of Schools, supplies and mis- cellaneous school expenses ; for the support of the poor ; for the support of the fire department ; for water supply ; pay- ment of town officers ; payment of town debt and interest ; abatement and collection of taxes ; street lights ; printing and stationery ; suppression of illegal liquor traffic ; payment of police ; state, military and soldiers' aid ; support of the library of the Franklin Library Association ; decoration of the soldiers' graves, and miscellaneous town expenses.


ART. XI. To see if the town will appropriate any and what sums of money to construct concrete sidewalks in town, or do anything relating thereto.


ART. XII. To see what action the town will take towards putting in electric, arc or incandescent lights on Beaver street, or do anything relating thereto.


ART. XIII. To see if the town will vote to sell to Nelson Corbin the land where the Mount schoolhouse formerly stood, and authorize the Selectmen to make conveyance of the same, or do anything relating thereto.


ART. XIV. To see if the town will vote to sell to George W. Wiggin the old gravel pit on Pleasant street, and author- ize the Selectmen to make conveyance of the same, or do any- thing relating thereto.


ART. XV. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to have the revised town by-laws printed in the annual Town Report for 1893, or do anything relating thereto.


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ART. XVI. To see if the town will vote to pay each member of the fire department fifteen dollars and poll tax for the year ensuing, or do anything relating thereto.


ART. XVII. To see if the town will vote the name of "The Horace Mann School" to the new High School build- ing, or do anything relating thereto.


ART. XVIII. To see what action the town will take towards grading and beautifying the grounds around the new High School building, or do anything relating thereto.


ART. XIX. To see if the town will vote to give the Improvement Society one hundred dollars. or do anything relating thereto.


ART. XX. To see what action the town will take to in- duce new industries to locate, build and carry on business in town, either by abatement of taxes, exemption from taxation or otherwise.


ART. XXI. To hear a report from the Selectmen of the condition of the guide-boards and act thereon.


ART. XXII. To hear a report from any committee ap- pointed at any prior town meeting and act thereon.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the hour of said meeting.


Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.


EDGAR K. RAY, JESSE B. HOPKINS, EDWIN A. MASON, SELECTMEN OF FRANKLIN.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


TOWN OF FRANKLIN


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1893.


GEORGE KING,


Term expires March, 1893


MARY A. WIGGIN,


66


1893


J. CUSHING GALLISON,


..


. .


.6 1894


*MARY A. HOWARD.


. .


.. 1894


E. C. ABBOTT,


66


.. 1895


REBECCA M. FARNUM,


6.


1895


*Deceased.


FRANK W. SWEET, SUPERINTENDENT.


8 A


SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.


TO THE VOTERS AND CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN :


Herewith we present for your candid consideration our School Superintendent's report for the past year, together with a few topics to which we desire to call your special attention.


The duties of your School Board for the past year have been unusually arduous and exacting. The occupying of the new High School building, with the unusual increase in the number of new scholars to be provided for, necessitated reor- ganization of nearly the whole school system. We were obliged to occupy the new High School building before its completion and to furnish it from an appropriation insufficient to meet the unexpected demands for furniture and appliances. The apparatus and furniture from the old High School build- ing were utilized so far as seemed to us economical and suit- able. Very much yet remains, in this direction, to be done before the building can be fully used to advantage.


HEATING AND VENTILATION.


The system of heating and ventilation adopted has not filled the measure of our expectations. However, it may be as yet too early in our experience to judge fairly of its merits, and further experience in solving the mysteries of the intricate apparatus may enable us to improve its workings.


Our Superintendent and janitors, ever skeptical as to the utility of the system, have faithfully given their best efforts to comprehend and improve its workings. In this they have


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succeeded beyond our expectations. The attempt to modify our New England climate by the heating of a few thousand cubic feet of the atmosphere and then discharging it into space does not impress your committee as altogether a reasonablo procedure. A combination of steam heating, with ample ventilation furnished by practical fire-places, would seem to be of greater utility, easier to handle and less expensive to maintain.


The Smead system, in use in the new High School build- ing, was, as is well known, recommended to the town, after careful investigation and consideration, by a committee of fifteen, chosen by the town, to consider and report on the site and plan of a High School house. nine of which committee were prominent citizens outside of the School Committee. From such information as they were able to obtain this system was thought to be the equal, at least, of any in use, all of which seemed open to some objections, to fully secure the results required by the State Board of Inspection. We have been informed that the Building Committee, before deciding the question, gave it careful and deliberate consideration. The Inspector, after several trials, has pronounced the work- ing of the system satisfactory in the larger rooms. In the halls and ante-rooms it as yet fails to meet our expectations. but we are not without hope that some changes may be made. without great expense, to remedy this defect. Any system which will secure ideal results will be attended with a large outlay for fuel and require experienced janitors.


The fuel question has assumed formidable proportions, and we are strongly impressed with the weight of Ben Frank- lin's axiom, "It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel." Much has, however, been saved in this direc- tion by purchasing in large quantities at the lowest ebb of market prices.


In the matter of appropriations for the coming year your committee desires to express the hope that wise counsels will prevail, and that liberal resources may be at our disposal in order to secure the best results in the education of our chil- dren, as well as to secure and preserve our school buildings.


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We would especially call attention to the unfinished state of our new High School building, and the necessity for imme- diate attention to serious defects resulting from its incomplete condition.


SUPERINTENDENT.


After a thorough trial of the experiment of employing a Superintendent, and careful consideration of the question in all its bearings, your committee is of the unanimous opinion that the town has made no mistake in this new departure.


NO BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OF ANY MAGNITUDE CAN EX- PECT TO PROVE A SUCCESS UNLESS UNDER COMPETENT MAN- AGEMENT AND WITH DEFINITE PURPOSE. MUCH LESS CAN A SCHOOL SYSTEM BE SATISFACTORILY CONDUCTED WITHOUT A CENTRAL CONDUCTING FORCE, ACTING CONSTANTLY IN A WELL-DEFINED DIRECTION, THOROUGHLY SYSTEMATIZED, AND EMPLOYING INTELLIGENTLY ALL THE MODERN METHODS OF EDUCATIONAL PROCEDURE.


We would repeat and emphasize all that was incorpor- ated in our last year's report as to the capacity and exceptional ability of our present Superintendent.


Coming amongst us an entire stranger to our schools and our people, possessing advanced and radical ideas as to methods of teaching, he has shown rare tact in surmounting the difficulties of his task, and has served our town with a singleness of purpose, for the best interests of our schools, that has won our commendation. Your committee desire to express their sincere hope that no backward steps may be hastily taken in the matter of school superintendency, as we thoroughly believe that great improvement and benefit will accrue to our school system from this source in the immediate future as a logical result of wise action in the past.


The suggestion made at the Columbus Day exercises by Rev. Wm. M. Thayer, to give the name of the Hon. Horace Mann to the new High School building, meets with general favor. Your committee suggests that some formal action be taken in the matter. It would seem a graceful and fitting


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tribute to one of the foremost educators of all time-a lasting monument to one of the most distinguished sons of the town of Franklin, whose memory should ever be kept green.


As to appropriations for the ensuing school year, while we are of the opinion that no increase over last year need be made, we would call attention to the unusual item for insurance, coming due in April, on $12.000, amounting to $240. Several items of unusual expenditure have been paid from our appro- priations the past year. viz : A bill for insurance of $106, which items have heretofore been paid from town miscel- laneous expenses, was this year added to our burdens by the Selectmen : rent, $150, for school-room in Morse's block, which we were obliged by law to provide, the number of scholars increasing beyond school-room accommodations. A sum of $150 was expended in furnishing increased facilities in the laboratory of the new High School and in other necessary additions, such as a drinking fountain, a sink in the cellar, etc.


MRS. MARY A. HOWARD, DIED APRIL 12, 1892, AGED 61 YRS., 8 MOS., 6 DYS.


In the death of Mrs. Howard your committee and the town at large suffered a severe loss.


Mrs. Howard was a lady of rare intellectual force and ability, combining remarkable natural powers with unusual culture and exceptional practical experience. As a member of our board her services and advice were valuable and given with- out reserve, under conditions of physical suffering that re- minded us of Spartan fortitude. The influence of such lives reaches far beyond the limits of time or space, and touches the far-away shores of eternity.


GEORGE KING, J. CUSHING GALLISON, R. M. FARNUM, MARY A. WIGGIN, EDWARD C. ABBOTT,


COMMITTEE.


For the Committee :


J. CUSHING GALLISON.


71


TOWN OF FRANKLIN, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.


DR.


APPROPRIATIONS :


For salaries of Supt. and teachers, care houses


and fuel, $12,650 00


66 Text books and supplies,


750 00


" Repairs, 600 00


66 Miscellaneous, 500 00


" Furnishing new building,


1,000 00


INCOMES :


Income School Fund,


218 30


Dog tax,


662 95


On account of Supt. in 1892, 576 56


66 From sale of old steam piping, etc.,


70 00


$17,027 81


CR.


EXPENDITURES :


For salaries of Supt. and teachers,


$10,098 40


" Care houses,


1,158 93


" Fuel,


1,449 06


" Text books and supplies,


948 54


·· Repairs,


548 20


Miscellaneous,


761 09


" Furnishing new building,


978 09


By balance unexpended,


1,085 50


$17,027 81


72


ESTIMATED SCHOOL EXPENSES


FROM FEB. 1, 1893, TO JAN. 31, 1894.


Salaries Supt. and teachers, $11,328 00


Fuel ($1,450),


1,250 00


Janitors and care houses ($1,158.93), 1,200 00


$13,778 00


ESTIMATED INCOMES :


Income School Fund (218.31 in


1893), $218 00


Dog tax ($662.95 in 1893) 660 00


878 00


To be raised by taxation


$12,900 00


Miscellaneous school expenses,


500 00


Repairs, 450 00


Text books and supplies,


650 00


$14,500 00


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.




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