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Aneas D. and Clara E. Henry D. and Rosa
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19 John David Hutchinson
John D. and Jessie A. Edwin C. and Cora M.
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26 Beatrice Cloves Bailey
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27 Sarah Isabelle Stewart
Walter A. and Annie L.
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30 Frank Arthur Robbins
Aug. ..
2 Mary McMann
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4 Estella Christina Johnson
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5 Thomas Patrick Cody
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10 Dorris Henryetta Bassett
11 Olivine Lillie Laundry
Adelphie and Olivine
Everett F. and Alice M. Francis
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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
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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
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17 Sarah Lata Shumsky
20 Cora Blanche Gammage 25 Charles C. Henault
Philip and Rosana Clifford C. and Abbie E. George E. and Isabelle
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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
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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
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DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENT.
Oct.
10 Jeremiah McCarty
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11 Margaret Cross
66
12 Elona Pauline Heath
21 Mary Lillie Rivers
66
22 Annie Elizabeth Buckley
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24 Ernest Alfred Nash
Alfred H. and Minnie E.
Nov.
10 Cecilla McCarthy
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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.
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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
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21 John Thomas Howe
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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
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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 .....
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8
66
26 Sarah H. Aldrich.
May
2 Martha H. Cauldwell
Convulsions.
1
اسـ 1
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66
20 Dolly T. Abbott.
Cerebral paralysis.
66
11
1
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10 Albert A. Arnold.
Bright's disease.
53
9
23
66
29 Charles Thurston Nye.
Intestinal obstruction.
5
17 -
8 George Murphy
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5
Phthisis.
16
Pneumonia.
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-
28
9 Harriet E. Fletcher
20 Lillie May Laundry
Inanition.
6
Consumption ...
1 John Farrell ..
2 Mary Alice Morrisey ..
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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 ...
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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
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-
66
10 Mary Fisher.
Abdominal tumor
78
1
21
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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
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7 A
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66
8 Francis J. Lapham
15 Julia A. Rivers.
25 Hannah McConkev.
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21 Annie E. Foote ...
AGE.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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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