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28.25
114.00
Arlington Street
37.75
150.70
Four Corners
2.00
2.00
Unionville
30.00
40.00
North Franklin
6.50
Totals
$371.50
$820.75
REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER FROM JANUARY 1, 1920, TO DECEMBER 31, 1920.
Number of visits to schools,
192*
Number of absentees reported,
103
Number of houses visited,
93
Number of investigations at school,
164
Number found to be sick,
42
Number for other reasons, but excusable,
31
Number kept at home by parents,
11
Number absentees del'd at school (truants),
12
Respectfully submitted,
RUSS W. HARDING, Attendance Officer
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Following the usual custom I herewith submit my re- port as School Physician. To the School Committee :
Inspection was commenced early in September and the work continued with but little interruption till all the chil-
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dren had been examined. If there were any absentees at the first visit they were seen at a later day, so that practically every pupil enrolled in September was inspected.
About the usual number of cases were found needing medical or dental attention and referred to the parents, classified as follows :
Number of diseased tonsils, 45; Teeth, 26; Impetigo, 10; Adenoids, 7; Ear Diseases, 3; Pediculosis (head lice) 14; Total, 105.
Some of the cases of Pediculosis have been very obsti- nate owing to the inability of the parents to deal as vigor- ously and persistently as was necessary.
Too many children attend school in an unclean condi- tion. It would seem as if some of them have never had a bath and the odor is very offensive. It is little less than an imposition to require children from clean homes to associate with those who are so unclean as to be offensive.
A school nurse could render valuable service in a clean- up campaign and the benefits derived would be immeasura- bly greater than the cost.
The sanitary condition of the schools is as good as can well be expected. One great need of the school at South Franklin is some provision for a water supply. Their only supply is water carried some distance from a farm house. From a study of the situation, it would seem feasible to se- cure an adequate supply without great expense. Without a plentiful supply of water, children who go a long distance and remain all day cannot keep in proper condition.
The present year has seen a large number of cases of Diphtheria among the children. The District Health Officer assisted by the local Board of Health took cultures from the throats of teachers, janitors and pupils hoping to find the source of contagion but apparently without succeeding. Diphtheria should, and no doubt will soon, be classed as one of the preventable diseases. That time is not yet. All of which is respectfully submitted,
SOLON ABBOTT, M. D.
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Enrollment of Schools by Grade, December 1919 and 1920.
School
Grade IV
Number 1919
Number 1920
High
II
43
53
I
78
Junior High
8
92
98
7
115
120
Metcalf
5
41
34
5
40
36
5
36
3
39
42
Ray
6
45
39
6
45
40
6
42
28
6
34
5
39
Thayer
5
37
37
4
39
35
3
41
36
1 and 2
40
35
Nason Street
4
39
28
3
40
36
2
36
31
1
34
36
Arlington Street
4
37
29
3
32
39
2
34
36
1
45
45
Four Corners
2
37
29
1
32
35
Brick
1 and 2
35
35
Unionville
1-3
19
22
South Franklin
1-6
18
22
North Franklin
1-8
22
21
1,287
1,319
18
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BEGINNERS BY AGE AND SEX. SEPT., 1920. AGES SEPT. 1. 1920.
Age, years and months
5 to
5-6
6 to
6-6
7 to 7-6
7-6
8 to
8-6
5-6
to 6
6-6
to 7
to 8
8-6
to 9
Totals
Sex
BGB
G BG
B
GBGBG BG BG
B
G |T
Thayer
8
2
6
1
1
6
5
2
2
2
22
13
35
Nason St.
4
2
9
2
6
3
4
4
1
1
24
12
36
Arlington St.
3
1
3
5
11
5
4
2
1
1
22
14
36
Four Corners
8
8
7
6
2
1
1
1
1
18
17
35
Brick
5
2
6
4
1
12
6
18
Unionville
2
1
2
1
1
2
6
3
9
So. Franklin
2
1
2
1
3
No. Franklin
1
1
1
12
5 38 22 33
16
9
15
8
4
3
3
2
2
1 0
106
67 173
Totals
17
60
49
24
12
6
4
1.
1.73
..
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DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY GRADE, AGE, SEX, DECEMBER 1st. AGES AS OF SEPTEMBER 1st, 1920.
Grade
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
·
Sex ..
B
1
G
H
B
G
T
B
IGTIB
G
T
BG |T|B
G |T
Age
5
45
25
70
0
1
1
6
44
30
74
23
27
50
7
9
5
14
37
27
64
20
25
45
1
0
1
8
4
3
7
14
7
21
32
42
74
11
12
23
9
10
1
0
1
2
0
2
7
3
10
17
9
26
20
37
57
10
15
25
11
6
11
17
20
16
36
13
1
C
1
1
1
1
0
1
3
2
5
10
9
19
14
0
1
1
2.
1.
3
7
3
10
15
16
17
18
19
20
Totals ...
103
631
1661
81
64 145
81
84|
165
77
58| 135
66
82
148
771
71/
148
..
12
1
1
1
3
27
17
10
27
27
28
55
30
2
0
2
2
2
16
11
29
22
51
16
21
37
2
2
4
18
14
32
1
0
1
2
0
2
3
0
3
4
·
DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY GRADE, AGE, SEX, DECEMBER ist. AGES AS OF SEPTEMBER 1st, 1920.
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
Totals
BIG |
TIBIG
T
B
G |
T
45
26
71
67
57
124
67
57
124
61
64
125
65
5.9
124
57
64
121
13
10
23
77
59
136
64
65
129
17
13
30
16
29
45
4
0
4
1
0
1.
54
53
107
9
9
18
5
13
18
22
22
44
2
9
11
2
1
3
1
0
1
37
26
63
7
19
26
1
1
2
19
31
50
2
3
5
4
13
17
10
26
36
1
0
1
1
2
3
2
2
4
68
53| 1211
39|
61 100
361
44
80
25|
28
53
12|
23
35
7
16
23 672 647|1,319
31
22
19
41
14
16
30
47
58
105
7
2
9
3
2
5
5
7
12
13
14
27
6
4
10
3
1
4
.
1
9
10
4
6
10
1
1
2
TIB
GTBGTBGT
F
BG
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Comparative Costs of Franklin Schools for the Last. Six Years -
EXPENDITURES
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
GENERAL EXPENSES:
1 School.Committee Salaries
$327.50
399.00
530.00
739.90
809.60
915.00 -.
Expenses
276.71
245.77
250.94
295.56
298.03
240.41
Supt. of Schools
Salaries
1,279.65
1,500.00
1,699.16
1,663.30
1,704.20
2,248.30 ·
Expenses
92.55
73.11
75.24
116.23
136.88
170.83
INSTRUCTIONS:
3 Supervisors
Salaries Expenses
85.00
100.58
24.31
68.00
59.00
70.00 ·
4 Principals High
1,340.00
1,365.00
1,683.75
1,756.25
1,868.75
2,237.50 +
5 Teachers Salaries-High Elementary
4,940.50
5,591.00
6,657.33
6,373.51 21,948.48
6,582.66 24,045.92
9,545.63 34,494.59
6 Text Books High
455.74
289.85
145.20
368.86 701.79
267.58
324.64
Elementary
966.56
563.76
1,014.04
928.32
643.97
7 Supplies High
950.79
715.78
501.74
563.38 1,137.63
1,436.94
1,794.84
8 Wages of Janitors High
728.00
728.00
802.05
966.00
1,018.50
1,279.33
Elementary
3,315.25
3,256.75
3,576.62
4,081.70
4,450.80
5,678.00
9 Fuel High
597.76
739.63
554.55
1,150.77
529.87
1,290.94
Elementary
1,702.81
2,221.46
2,934.53
4,474.12
3,280.58
4,797.74
10 Miscellaneous High
287.42
187.37
309.88
276.40 451.99
271.80
351.37
Elementary
693.73
512.15
678.50
760.36
1,255.62
11 Repairs High
887.92
146.61
1,252.20
668.11
215.83
204.18
Elementary
906.39
1,276.83
1,726.51
1,531.64
1,434.87
3,121.85
12 Libraries
6.00
13 Health
3.00
37.93
44.61
5.63
7.90
11.00
14 Transportation
2,619.09
2,419.10
3,002.00
2,951.83
3,879.20
4,657.50
15 Tuition (to other places)
7.50
15.00
54.50
31.50
78.75
179.64
16 Sundries
453.29
623.39
381.41
661.44
964.86
1,448.48
17 New Equipment
2,048.55
237.57
$43,023.07 $41,616.12 $49.828.24 $54,044.16 $57,026.43 $79,859.67
RECEIPTS
Dog Tax
839.32
719.92
660.25
608.88
613.94
Other Receipts
1,264.45
1,354.35
1,684.36
651.36 1,343.10
1,418.89
1,807.68
$2,103.77
$2,074.27
$2,344.61 $1,994.46
$2,027.77
$2,421.62
775.00
777.75
939.01
1,060.14
1,361.30
1,921.60 *
633.93
739.14
Elementary
734.36
1,032.10
1,123.72
16,541.80
16,798.20
19,866.44
Receipts from General School Fund by Town Treasurer
$6,446.74 $7,870.00₺
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School Organization
ARTHUR W. HALE, Superintendent of Schools Amherst College, A. B., *Harvard University.
List of Regular Teachers to Date. *Attended without graduating.
NAME GRADE WHERE EDUCATED
High School
Charles B. Lamb, Prin.
Bowdoin College, A. B. 1914 1914
Charles F. Frazer, Sub- Master,
*Harvard Summer Sch. & Hyannis Nor- mal 1898 1917
Alice Wiggin
Radcliffe College, A. B. & Hyannis Sum- mer School 1902
1902
Frances E. King
Bridgewater Normal
1886
1910
Helen J. Goodspeed
Smith College, A. B.
1914
1914
Doris C. Sampson
Salem Normal
1918
1919
Ethel M. Simmons
Boston University, A. B.
1920
1920
Mona Pendergast
Ursuline Monastery, Quebec & Boston University, A. B. 1920 1920
Mary C. Hynes
Salem Normal School 1920
1920
Theron Metcalf School-Junior High
Helen J. Mullane, Prin.
Salem Normal, *Hyannis Summer School,
*Harvard Summer School 1919
1919
J. Etta McCabe
Bridgewater Normal, *Harvard Summer
1912
1917
M. Helen Sullivan
Bridgewater Normal
1914
1918
Frances M. Cole
Framingham Normal, *Hyannis Summer School 1919
1919
Edna B. Meserve
Gorham, Me., Normal, & *Hyannis Sum- mer School
1919
1919
Gladys M. Russell
Potsdam Normal
1920
1920
Dorothy K. Waldo
Framingham Normal
1920
1920
James M. Nowland
University of Maine, Sloyd Training Sch.
& *Bridgewater Normal 1920
1920
Metcalf Grades
Anna I. Morris
5 North Adams Normal 1014
May E. Lennon
5 Bridgewater Normal
1917
1917
Elizabeth J. Howard
5
Bridgewater Normal
1920
1920
Mary Doherty
4 Hyannis Normal
1920 1920
Maud L. Granger
3 Dean Academy, *Hyannis Summer Sch. 1911
1920
Ray School
Gertrude A. Curtis, Prin.
6 Franklin High
1914
1915
Ethel K. Foster
6 Fall River High
1914
1918
F. Hazel Gunning
6 Westfield Normal
1918
1920
Marguerite Kenney
6 North Adams Normal
1920
1920
Date of first appointment
.
Date of appointment to pres- ent position
1914
School
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NAME GRADE
WHERE EDUCATED
Thayer School
Rebecca Dunning, Prin. 3
Framingham Normal, *Yale College Sum- mer School
1888
1907
Dollie S. Carroll
5 Farmington, Maine, Normal 1903
1917
Margaret Journeay
4 Truro Normal, Nova Scotia
1920
1920
Jennie P. Baker 1 & 2 Bridgewater Normal
1882
1901
Nason St. School
Franklin High
1903
1911
Beulah A. Woodward, Prin
4
Ellen G. Feeley
3 Bridgewater Normal
1915
1917
Anna T. McCabe
2 Bridgewater Normal
1915
1915
Bernice Winslow
1 Framingham Normal
1919
1920
Arlington St. School
Emma J. Holmes, Prin.
4 Bridgewater Normal 1902
1912
Lucy E. Tower
3 Walpole Training Class, *Harvard Sum- mer School 1891 1911
Emma C. North
2 Wakefield High Chatauqua College 1910
1918
Beatrice M. Driscoll
1 Fitchburg Normal
1920
1920
Four Corners School
2 *Dean Academy & Hyannis Summer Sch. 1910 1917
1 Plymouth, N. H., Normal 1918
1919
Brick School
Edith L. Metcalf
1 & 2 Bridgewater Normal 1904
1907
Unionville School
Margaret McCabe
1-3 Bridgewater Normal 1918
1918
South Franklin School
Nina M. Boothby
1-6 Maine Central Institute 1920
1920
North Franklin School
Belle G. Nowland
1-8 Bridgewater Normal 1920
1920
Anna V. Miller
Special Help Teacher Framingham Normal 1920
1920
Supervisor of Drawing
Anna E. McCusker
Mass. Normal Art 1920
1920
Supervisor of Music
Delaware Literary Institute, N. Y. State 1915
1915
Date of first appointment
Date of appointment to pres-
ent position
.
Ella G. Moore
Course
Helen M. Stott, Prin. Hope Lincoln
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STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCE 1913-1920
School Year Ending
Enrollment
Av. Membership
Av. Attendance
Total High
El.
Total High
El.
Total High
El.
Percent Attendance Total High
El.
June,
1913
1135
194
941
1081
174
907
1006
168
838
94
96
92
1914
1246
219
1027
1149
210
939
1079
202
877
94
95
93
66
1915
1245
225
1020
1189
217
972
1152
207
945
96
95
97
66
1916
1308
236
1072
1211
205
1006
1131
194
937
93
94
93
1917
1274
197.
1077
1190
190
1000
1110
170
940
92
90
94
1918
1287
184
1103
1195
168
1027
1125
160
965
94
95
94
1919
1287
160
1127
1274
153
1121
1137
144
993
89
94
89
1920
1355
168
1187
1241 155
1086
1135
148
987
91
95
91
Sept .- Dec., 1920
1873
197
1176
1304
197
1107
1241
191
1050
95
97
95
TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND PER PUPIL COST
1914 $41,889.74
1915 $41,188.23
1916 $41,816.12
1917 $49,828.24
1918 $54,044.16
1919 $57,026.43
1920 $79,859.67
35.23
34.01
35.14
40.34
44.12
44.69
61.25
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, June 1920
Aldrich, Edith Marion
Burdell, Marian Estelle
Dickey, Mary Frances Marcella
Fisher, Arista Edward
Gibbons, Margaret Emily
Gordan, Deenie
Hood, Elizabeth Marion
Leary, Helen Lucile
Merchant, Mildred Melicent
Rhodes, Ruth Louise
Ribero, Irvin Warren
St. Pierre, Alice Melissa
Wales, Harriet Amelia
Walker, Arthur Edward
Young, Edith May
Young, Mabel Alice
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FRANKLIN TOWN RECORDS FOR THE YEAR 1920
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting February 10th, 1920
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin, in the County of Norfolk,
Greeting :
You are hereby required in the name of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn the qualified voters of said Town of Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall, on Tuesday, the Tenth day of Feb- ruary, A. D. 1920, it being the second Tuesday in said February, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :-
Article 1. To choose by ballot the following Town Officers, viz: A Moderator, three Selectmen, a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, an Auditor, three Overseers of the Poor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden, three Constables, all for the term of one year ; one Assessor of Taxes for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one member of the School Committee for a term of three years, and one member of the Water and Sewer Commissioners for a term of three years, to be voted for upon one ballot. Also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question: Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this. Town?
Article 2. To choose all other necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
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Article 3. To hear a report of the Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To see what action the Town will take relative to a pound.
Article 5. To see what sums of money the Town will appropriate and raise for the following purposes, to wit:
1. For General Government, including the com- pensation and expenses of the Selectmen, Auditor, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Assessors of Taxes, Town Clerk; also for Elections and Registrations, Town Hall, Law Department and other Finance Ac- counts.
2. For Protection of Persons and Property, in- cluding payment of Police and suppression of illegal liquor traffic, support of Fire Department, Sealing of Weights and Measures, extermination of elm beetles and gypsy moths, trimming of Shade Trees, and For- est Fires.
3. For Health and Sanitation, including expens- es of the Board of Health, inspection of School Chil- dren, inspection of Animals, inspection of Meats and Provisions, construction and maintenance of Sewers and Sewer Beds.
4. For Highways and Bridges, including con- struction and repairs of Roads, Bridges and Side- walks, Street Lighting, construction of Sidewalks and Curbing, Street Sprinkling and all other highway ex- penses.
5. For Public Charities, including compensation and expenses of the Overseers of the Poor, expenses of the Almshouse, for Aid to Outside Poor.
6. For Soldiers' Benefits, including State Aid, Soldiers' Burials, and Soldiers' Relief.
7. For Education, including all expenses of the School Department.
8. For the Franklin Public Library.
9. For the improvement of the Commons.
10. For Unclassified Accounts, including the Decoration of Soldiers' Graves, Printing of Town Re- ports, and payments not otherwise provided for.
11. For Maintenance and Operation of Water
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Department, including the compensation of Water Commissioners.
12. For Payment of Interest on Town Debts.
13. For Payment of Municipal Indebtedness.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the current municipal year, beginning January 1st, 1920, in anticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary to meet the current expenses of the Town, giving the note or notes in the name of the Town.
Article 7. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town the ensuing year.
Article 8. To hear a report on Guide Boards from the Selectmen, and act thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the Dog License money received for the pres- ent year for the Support of Schools, or for the Public Library.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to use . the interest of the Lucretia Pond Fund, not otherwise provided for, for the care of Town Cemeteries, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to trans- fer to the Excess and Deficiency Account the unex- pended balance of the overlays on account of tax lev- ies for the year 1918.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any and what sum of money to finish the grading on the Town Hall Lot, or do anything re- lating thereto.
Article 13. To see what action the Town will take relative to establishing the compensation of the members of the Fire Department, or do anything re- lating thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise the sum of $100 to provide the different
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schools of the Town with Flag Poles, or do anything relating thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Selectmen to repair Ruggles Street, and ap- propriate the sum of $600 to be expended thereon, or do anything relating thereto. .
Article 16. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate any and what sums of money for finishing and equipping the new wings to the Theron Metcalf school building, incur indebtedness and issue bonds or other securities therefor payable within twenty years after their issue, or do anything relating there- to.
Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the unexpended balance of appropriation made last year for establishing a memorial to the Franklin par- ticipants in the World War, for further use of the Committee appointed February 25, 1919.
Article 18. To see if the Town will establish and maintain electric street lights on Cleveland Avenue, appropriate and raise money therefor or do anything relating thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to es- tablish and maintain a street light on Ruggles Street at a point about opposite the store of DeBaggis & D'Errico, appropriate money therefor or do anything relating thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to es- tablish and maintain one or more street lights on Al- pine Place between the American Felt Company's mill and the Franklin Fibre Company mill, and ap- propriate money therefor or do anything relating thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will construct a sidewalk on the North Easterly side of East Central Street, across Ruggles Street, between property of Elizabeth T. Grant and property of Joseph M. Sup- ple, appropriate and raise money therefor, or do any- thing relating thereto.
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Article 22. To see what action the Town will vote to take in relation to the purchase of a Stone Crusher and Power Plant to operate same for use of the Road Department, appropriate money therefor, or do anything relating thereto.
Article 23. To see what sum the Town will fix as Salary for the Assessors of Taxes for the ensuing year, or do anything relating-thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars for the improve- ment of the City Mills Cemetery, or do anything re- lating thereto.
Article 25. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the renaming of certain streets and squares of the Town in commemoration of the men from Franklin, who in the late "World War" paid the supreme sacrifice.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to allow the Edward L. Grant Post No. 75, American Legion, permission to use the Town Hall for their Meetings, Entertainments, etc., without expense to said Post.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to es- tablish the salary of the Town Auditor at the sum of Two Hundred ($200) Dollars, appropriate money therefor, or do anything relating thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to ex- tend the water main and establish a hydrant at a point on Washington Street, between Spring Pond and the Reed Newell house and appropriate money therefor, or do anything relating thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to estab- lish and maintain four street lights on Washington Street, the first to be located at about the residence of George Green, and from there on to the next rail- road crossing, appropriate and raise money therefor, or do anything relating thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to es- tablish the salary of the Town Clerk at the sum of
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Two Hundred and Fifty ($250) Dollars, appropriate and raise money therefor, or do anything relating thereto.
Article 31. To see what action the Town will take relative to joining with the Massachusetts High- way Commission and the Norfolk County Commis- sioners in the repair of either Lincoln or Chestnut Street; appropriate and raise the sum of Four Thou- sand ($4000) Dollars therefor or do anything relating thereto.
And you are hereby directed to serve this war- rant by posting attested copies thereof seven days, at least, before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the Town.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this war- rant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of the Town this Thirtieth day of January, A. D. 1920.
JOHN F. CODY, CHARLES B. TUPPER, JACOB F. GEB, Selectmen of Franklin.
Franklin, Mass., February 2, 1920.
By virtue of the within warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Frank- lin, herein described, to assemble in their Town Hall on Tuesday, the tenth day of February, 1920, at six o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose within men- tioned, by posting attested copies of the within war- rant in each of the postoffices of the Town and in at least ten other public places, seven days before the day of meeting, in compliance with Section 2 of Ar- ticle 1 of the By-Laws of the Town of Franklin.
FREEMAN G. KNOWLTON, Constable of Franklin.
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PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING February 10, 1920
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the inhabi- tants of the aforesaid Town of Franklin, qualified to vote in Town affairs, met at the Town Hall, in said town, on the second Tuesday of February, it being the tenth day of said month, A. D. 1920.
The meeting was called to order at the time and place named in said warrant, by Bradley M. Rock- wood, the Moderator, and at his request the warrant and return thereon were read by the Town Clerk, excepting the articles numbered two to thirty-one, both inclusive.
On January 8, 1920, the Selectmen appointed Leslie H. Ware and Bernard W. McCabe, Ballot Clerks, and they were sworn as such by the Town Clerk on the day of said election before receiving bal- lots, and before the opening of the polls the said clerk delivered to them a bundle packed and sealed, as re- quired by law, containing 1250 official ballots for men voters and 50 special ballots for women voters, and the receipt of said Ballot Clerks was taken for said ballots in the following form :
Franklin, Mass., Feb. 10, 1920.
Received of Michael J. Costello, Town Clerk of Franklin,a sealed package said to contain 1250 offi- cial ballots for men and 50 special official ballots for women.
LESLIE H. WARE, BERNARD W. McCABE,
Ballot Clerks.
The cards of instruction and specimen ballots were posted in each of the thirteen marking shelves or compartments, as required by law, and the cards of instruction and specimen ballots were posted out- side the guard rail, according to law.
Voted, that the polls be kept open until 4.30 o'- clock P. M., and then closed.
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Voted, that when the meeting adjourns it be to Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1920, 7.30 P. M., at Town Hall.
Voted, that the meeting proceed to vote and elect officers under Article I in the warrant.
The ballot box, provided by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, used at the election, was publicly opened and shown to be empty, and was examined by the Moderator and Town Clerk, and found to be emp- ty, and the register thereon was set at 000, and then locked and the key given to Officer Freeman G. Knowlton, and the polls were declared open.
When the ballots were delivered to the voters by the Ballot Clerks, the check list was used, and the name of each voter receiving a ballot was announced and checked thereon by the Ballot Clerks; and the voter so receiving his ballot marked it at the marking shelf or compartment, and then deposited his ballot in the box, as directed by the Moderator. The name of each voter so casting a ballot was announced in a loud and distinct tone of voice and checked upon the check-list by the election officers in charge of said box and list.
On January 30, 1920, the Selectmen appointed D. Francis Pendergast and William S. Johnson, Tel- lers, and they were sworn by the Town Clerk on the day of election.
At 10.30 o'clock A. M., by unanimous consent of the election officers, the ballots were taken from the box, which registered 290, and the counting of the ballots then commenced, and in said ballot box there were found to be 290 ballots.
The polls were closed at four-thirty o'clock P. M., due notice having been given.
Then the register on the ballot box showed that 800 ballots had been cast therein, and the names checked on each voting list were then counted by the election officers in a distinct and audible voice, and the number checked on each list used for the men voters was 800, which was announced.
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And the number on each of the check-lists used for women voters were counted, and found to be none on each, which was announced.
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