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Nancy Lee's Spring Term
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Warner, Frank A.
Bobby Blake at Rockledge
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Bobby Blake on a Cruise
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Bobby Blake at Bass Cove
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Bobby Blake and His School Chums
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Bobby Blake at Snowtop Camp
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Bobby Blake on a Ranch
F3580
Watson, Capt. W. H. L.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider
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Watts, Mary S.
The Boardman Family
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Van Cleve F3532
Wawm, F. T.
The Joyful Years
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Wells, Carolyn
A Chain of Evidence
F3411
Vicky Van
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The Room with the Tassels
F3607
Polly's Romance
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West, Rebecca
The Return of the Soldier
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Weston, George
The Appletree Girl
F3399
Wesselhoeft, Lily F.
The Winds, the Woods and the Wanderer
F3516
Whitehill, Dorothy-
Polly's First Year at Boarding School F3470
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Polly's Senior Year at Boarding School
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Polly's Summer Vacation F3472
Polly sees the World at War
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White, Stewart Edw.
The Mystery
F3509
African Camp Fires
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Whitson, John H.
With Fremont the Pathfinder
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Widdemer, Margaret
The Rose Garden Husband
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You're Only Young Once
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Willsie, Honore
The Heart of the Desert
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Winfield, Arthur M.
The Rover Boys in the Jungle
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The Rover Boys on Land and Sea F3403
The Rover Boys in Camp
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The Rover Boys on the Plains
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The Rover Boys in Southern Waters
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The Rover Boys Down East
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The Rover Boys in College
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The Rover Boys on Snow-shoe Island Winfield, Arthur
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The Putnam Hall Mystery
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The Putnam Hall Encampment
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The Putnam Hall Rebellion
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The Putnam Hall Champions
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The Putnam Hall Rivals
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The Putnam Hall Cadets
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Young, Clarence
The Racer Boys Forging Ahead
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The Racer Boys on the Prairies The Motor Boys on the Border
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Report of Board of Fire Engineers.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- We wish to submit the fourth annual re- port of the Board of Engineers of the Fire Department, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1918.
The demands made upon the Fire Department for ser- vice, seems to be increasing each year. There were thirty- five calls for the year of 1918, twenty-six calls for 1917, nine calls for 1916 and seven calls for 1915. It is quite true that a large percentage of these calls were for small fires, but it is equally true that the ability of the fire department is judged by the number of large fires allowed. It is easy to say after a small fire " No damage done," but it is impossible to ascer- tain the amount of damage it might have done, had it not been quickly extinguished. It is therefore impossible to es- timate the value of a fire department to a town in dollars and cents. The fact that the Fire Department is called upon for the smallest of fires is gratifying to the extent that it seems to prove that the public in general, feel a certain amount of security in its existence.
It has been the policy of the Board of Engineers to con- sider the town as a whole. That is to give all sections of he town the same amount of protection. This would apply mostly in the case of apparatus. It might be possible to get apparatus which would be of greater value to some sections than the apparatus we now have in service, but taking the town altogether we feel that it is getting as good protection as is possible under present conditions. Town water would be the next big step toward better fire protection.
The Board of Engineers are now working on the matter of Fire Prevention. As this is, in a way, just as important a
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subject as Apparatus for proper Fire Protection, and as noth- ing has been done on the subject before, we feel that the town should do something. We will bring the matter to your at- tention as soon as we believe it is properly worked out.
We wish to recommend that something be done regarding land for an engine house, which was brought up at the last Annual Town Meeting. We believe that the question of land should be settled before anything is done about a building. Anyone connected with the Fire Department certainly real- izes that the present quarters are small and crowded for the amount of apparatus and equipment which we have at pres- ent. This is not however the important question regarding a building. The real question is, " how long will the present house stand up under the strain of the apparatus and equip- ment installed ?" The engine house is on leased land and setting on posts, making it impossible to put any proper foun- dation under the building. Anyone can plainly see that under these conditions with the sills and floor timbers within a few inches of the ground and continually rotting out, that the matter of land for an engine house is important. If it was found that a new building was unadvisable or out of the question for some years to come, the present house might be remodeled and set on a proper foundation.
DATE
OWNER
STREET
DIST. NO. CAUSE
Mar. 28. Adelaide Sargent
Gail Ave.
31 Burning rubbish
Mar. 31. B. & M. R. R.
Highland
31 Grass (Unknown)
Apr. 1. Hamiltom Cemetery
Main 23 Grass
Apr. 1. Frederick Winthrop
Highland
34 Woods (Unknown)
Apr. 2. A. P. Gardner
Gardner
24 Grass (Burning brush)
Apr. 6. A. P. Gardner
Main 24 Burning grass
Apr. 7. Asbury Grove Asso.
Asbury
31 Unknown
Apr. 8. Miles River Farm
Main
23 Burning grass
Apr. 9. C. H. Davis
Willow
21 Grass (Locomotive)
Apr. 9. Martha Patch
Main
24 Grass (Hot ashes)
Apr. 16. F. J. Alley
Winthrop
32 Grass (Burning brush)
FIRES.
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DATE
OWNER
STREET
DIST. NO. CAUSE
Apr. 19. L. Frazier
Asbury
31 Grass
Apr. 20. Out of town
Ipswich
32
Grass
Apr. 23. Albert Burrage
Main
21 Grass (Locomotive)
Apr. 24. Woodman's
Off Essex
13 Unknown
Apr. 24. Fox Point
Off Essex
13 Unknown
Apr. 25.
G. S. Mandell
Bridge
23 Grass (Unknown)
A r. 26.
P. Walker
Main
23 Burning grass
Apr. 27.
F. H. Prince
Chebacco Road
15 Woods (Unknown)
May 6 Fred Ayers
Bridge
12 Burning grass
May 8.
North School
Main
24
Matches
May 9. B. & M. R. R. Tank
3.25 p. m. Out of Town
21
May 9. B. & M. R. R. Tank
11.30 p. m. Out of Town
21
May 15. B. & M. R. R.
Main
21 Grass ( Locomotive)
May 16. George Burroughs
Asbury
31 Grass (Unknown)
June 19. Asbury Grove Asso.
Asbury
31 Dump
June 20. R. C. Robbins
Miles River Road 16
Chimney
June 21. False Alarm
July 4. Maxwell Norman
Main
23 Unknown
Aug. 25. Isaac Wyman est.
Bridge
14 Match thrown in mat-
tress
Sept. 1. Out of Town
Idlewood, Wenham 31
Sept. 15. Richard Smith
Farmes Road 25 Oil stove
Oct. 6. Out of Town
Wenham
Dec. 2. Mrs. Hazlett
Union 21 Chair near stove
Burning rubbish, grass and brush beyond control,
9
Grass unknown,
6
Grass by locomotive,
4
Hot ashes,
1
Stoves,
2
Matches,
2
Chimneys,
1
Buildings,
4
Out of town,
5
False Alarm,
1
35
May 6. B. & M. R. R.
Farms Road 25 Grass (Locomotive)
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We wish to call attention to the fact that a number of fires the past year were caused by persons trying to burn over land without sufficient help or under bad weather condi- tions for such purposes. More caution should and will be taken the coming year in issuing permits. The public should realize that starting a fire without a permit is strictly against the law.
Thanking everyone who has assisted the Department in the past year, we beg to remain
Respectfully,
ERLE G. BREWER,
LESTER M. WHIPPLE,
GEORGE F. PENDEXTER,
RODNEY H. ADAMS,
FRANK DANE.
Board of Engineers.
Report of Committee on Public Safety for Towns of
Hamilton and Wenham.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Elbridge R. Anderson
Douglas H. Knowlton
Chester A. Foster
Edward H. Osgood
James B. Pickett
William J. Daley
dward J. Ready, Secretary
Carl I. Aylward
Jacob D. Barnes
H. A. Thomas
Frank P. Trussell, Treasurer
Erle G. Brewer
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
Elbridge R. Anderson, Executive Frank P. Trussell, Finance
Jacob D. Barnes, Food and Conservation
T. A. Moynihan, Emergency and Equipment
Dr. J. G. Corcoran, Medicine, Hygiene and Sanitation
E. J. Ready, State Guard
E. R. Anderson, Truck and Motor Cars
W. J. Daley, Publicity
Geo. H. Gibney, Municipal Af- fairs and Volunteer Aid
Hamilton, February 14, 1919.
To the Hamilton Board of Selectmen :
Gents :- Please find the following list of bills paid by me as the treasurer of the Hamilton and Wenham Public Safety Committee, from the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) subscribed by the Town of Hamilton on August 31, 1918.
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FOOD PRODUCTION. 1
E. L. Barker,
$170 00
T. A. Moynihan,
64 88
Ames Plow Co.,
106 96
S. C. Gould,
23 00
$364 84
STATE GUARDS.
C. E. Whipple,
$ 40 00
Capt. H. A. Thomas,
195 16
$235 16
Transportation.
Yours truly,
FRANK P. TRUSSELL,
Treasurer.
Hamilton Roll of Honor.
A
Adams, Randall E.
Anderson, Carl C.
Anderson, Samuel
Anderson, William A.
B
Berry, Ralph C. Brown, Charles R.
Brumby, William Leo Burke, John
Burns, John F.
Burrage, Albert C., Jr. Burton, Percival W.
C
Caverly, John Harold Caverly, Lawrence C. Chittick, Robert H., Jr. Codman, Julian
Collins, William J. Cook, Horace S. Cox, John Edward, Jr. Cross, Stephen I.
D Daley, Frederick M. Daley, Harold A. Daley, Victor W. Daley, Walter F.
Davis, Charles H. Davis, K. Stoughton
Day, Alvah I.
Day, Ernest F. Day, Norman L.
Diggins, William M.
Divino, Patsy
Dodge, Lewis H. Donaldson, George C.
Dukett, Alexander E.
Duran, Peter J.
Durkee, Lester S.
Duran, Hugh
E Eckhoff, Olaus Elder, William F.
F Feener, Lester C. Felton, Cornelius C. Folsom, Hiram T. Fraser, Peter E. Fuller, Amos W. A.
G Gallagher, Michael *Gardner, Augustus P. Gerry, Joseph Gibney, Clarence W.
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Gibney, James Norman Goodhue, William
Gorman, Leo F. Grant, Charles E.
Grant, Silas Warren
Green, Walter
H
Haraden, Edward H.
Haraden, Rudolph H.
Haraden, Samuel T.
Hickey, John M. Hodgson, James C. * Hodgson, Lester B. Holm, Gustave F. Hughes, James J.
J Jones, William T. Joyce, Patrick
K Koloski, Peter
L Landers, William M. Low, Burton A. Low, Gardner B.
M MacDonald, Finley D. MacGregor, Harry R. Macri, Francesco *Mandell, Samuel P.
Marcepoil, Paul
McGinn, Arthur McGinley, Daniel P.
McGinley, John J. McGlauflin, Cedric B.
McGlauflin, Charles A. Merrill, James J. Merry, Harold Meyer, George von L., Jr. Mullins, Robert
O O'Leary, John M.
P Parsons, Everett E. Peatfield, Irving L. Perkins, Frank Kenneth
Pitman, Hiram N. Pitman, Ephraim A.
Poole, James E. Porter, Harold E. Price, George Price, Herbert Price, William
Proctor, James H. Proctor, Thomas E., 2nd
R Ramsdell, Frank H. Rice, Neil W. Richardson, Arthur F. Robbins, Reginald C.
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S
Small, George Ritchie Smith, Joseph H. Jr.
Sortwell, Alvin F.
Sullivan, Michael J.
T
Taylor, William *Taylor, William W. L. Thompson, Leland D. Thompson, John Toner, Reginald
Tucker, Joseph Tuckerman, Bayard, Jr.
V Varnum, Clarence L. Varnum, Roy E. Vaughn, Gordon C.
W Wallace, William J. Whipple, Percival D.,
Y
*Young, Reginald
NOTE .-* Indicates those who have made the supreme sacrifice.
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Hamilton,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Hamilton qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Town, on Tuesday, the eleventh (11th) day of March, nineteen hundred and nineteen, at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon (5.45 o'clock A. M.) then and there to act on the fol- lowing articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To bring in your ballots for
Moderator, for one year.
Town Clerk, for one year.
Three Selectmen, for one year.
Overseers of the Poor, Board of Health, and Fence Viewers, three for one year.
Treasurer, for one year.
Tax Collector, for one year.
Tree Warden, for one year.
Three Constables, for one year. One Assessor, for three years.
One Assessor, for two years.
One Library Trustee, for three years.
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One Cemetery Commissioner, for three years.
One Park Commissioner, for three years.
One Park Commissioner, for one year.
One member of the School Committee, for three years.
And to vote on the following:
Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors for the coming year? Yes or No.
All on one ballot.
The Polls will open at fifteen minutes before six o'clock (5.45 o'clock A. M.) and close at ten (10) o'clock in the forenoon.
ARTICLE 2. To choose and appoint all other Town Officers in such manner as the Town shall determine.
ARTICLE 3. To hear the report of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and other committees and take any action thereon.
ARTICLE 4. To raise and appropriate money for the repairs of Highways, Town Ways and Bridges and all Town expenses and determine the manner of expending the same.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will appropriate money from Excess and Deficiency Fund to meet overdrafts in the following accounts :
Town Hall, $248.02
Police, 256.26
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Fire, 134.84
Poor,
449.39
Interest,
800.41
Total, $1,888.92
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $829.65 to pay certain bills contracted by the School Committee, to wit:
John R. Mann, $726.38
Frank Burnham,
18.66
E. E. Babb & Co. 84.61
Total, $829.65
as petitioned for by the School Committee.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $374.06 to pay for furnishing and equip- ment installed in, and labor done at the New East School, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
ARTICLE 8. To see what action the Town will take in acquiring land, by purchase or taking by emi- nent domain, for the Fire Department and other Town purposes, and appropriate and raise such sums of money as may be necessary for said purpose, or take any action thereon.
ARTICLE 9. To see what action the Town will take towards draining the Town Hall cellar and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ARTICLE 10. To see what action the town will take towards repairing the Town Scales on Highland Street.
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ARTICLE 11. To see what action the Town will take towards installing Four (4) additional street lights on Bridge Street, between School and Sagamore Streets, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, as petitioned for by Frederick H. Ayers and others.
ARTICLE 12. To see what action the Town will take towards installing seven electric Street lights on Highland Street, beginning at Gail Ave. running to Goodhue Street, as petitioned for by George M. Adams and others.
ARTICLE 13. To see what action the Town will take towards installing one Street light on Cot- tage Street at the corner of Mill Street, as petitioned for by James Clemens and others.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will appropri- ate $500.00 to be used in welcoming home soldiers and sailors who entered the service of our Country, as petitioned for by the Welcome Home Committee.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will appoint a committee for the purpose of getting information and data, looking to the erection of a suitable me- morial to be erected in the Town, to the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors, who served in the Civil War, Spanish War and the great World War and appropriate a sum of money for the use of the com- mittee, said committee to report to the Town at a special meeting to be called for that purpose.
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ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will author- ize the Park Commissioners to purchase the Play Ground equipment, formerly used at the South Ham- ilton playgrounds and erect the same on the grounds at Central Park, and appropriate the sum of seventy- five dollars for said purpose, as petitioned for by Frank W. Buzzell and others.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will instruct and authorize the selectmen to purchase or to take land in that part of the Town called South Hamilton, for the location of a School House, and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Adelaide D. Walsh and others.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will appropri- ate $400.00 for an evening school at the South School Building, as petitioned for by Adelaide D. Walsh and others.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will appro- priate $400.00 for repairs of the Center School, Main St., as petitioned for by Adelaide D. Walsh and others.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will furnish barge transportation from Essex Junction to the South School, for children living in East Hamilton, attending the seventh and eighth grade of said school and appropriate a sum of money for the same or take any other action thereon, as petitioned for by An- drew F. Lauzon and others.
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ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will purchase a piano for the East School House and appropriate a sum of money for the same as petitioned for by George K. Knowlton and others.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will appro- priate a sum of money and cause to be printed a val- uation statement, one copy of each to be sent to each property owner and voter, said paper to be issued not later than June 1st, 1919, as petitioned for by William E. Townsend and others.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will author- ize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1920, from time to time, in anticipation of the reve- nue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1920, to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) in the aggregate, and to issue a note or notes thereof.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will author- ize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use agreeable to Chap. 25, Sec. 75, of the Re- vised Laws.
ARTICLE 25. To act on any other matter that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Meeting House, one at the South Hamilton Post Office and
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one at the Town Hall, in said Town, seven (7) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this war- rant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-fourth day of February A. D. 1919.
GEORGE H. GIBNEY, ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS, CHESTER A FOSTER,
Selectmen of Hamilton.
TOWN OF HAMILTON
REPORT
OF THE
Finance and Advisory Committee
ON THE
Appropriations and Articles
FOR THE
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 11, 1919
. HAMIL
ALEX
ILTON
'S
INCORP. JUNE 21.1793
SALEM, MASS. : BARRY PRINTING COMPANY 1919
To the Citizens of the Town of Hamilton :-
Your Committee have examined the financial needs for the maintenance of the various departments of the Town, and to provide for the payment of principal and interest due on bonds and notes for the fiscal year; and have also inves- tigated all requests calling for appropriations of money in the various Articles of the Town Warrant; and after care- ful consideration, we make the recommendations given below in this report.
ARTICLE 4.
Under Article 4, Salaries and Fees for each depart- ment, as well as expenses are included in the appropriation for said department. A complete list of Salaries and Fees recommended is given on the page following the list of these department appropriations. All Salary rates are the same as in 1918.
To raise and appropriate
money for :
Appropriated at four Town Meetings 1918
Called for by Selectmen 1919
Recommended by Finance Committee 1919
Street Lighting
$5000
$5000
$5000
Highway
11,000
12,000
11,000
Poor Department
4000
4500
4000
State Aid
500
500
500
$20,500
$22,000
$20,500
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Appropriated at four Town Meetings 1918
Called for by Selectmen 1919
Recommended by Finance Committee 1919
Brought forward,
$20,500
$22,000
$20,500
Soldiers' Relief and Mil-
itary Aid
600
600
600
Town Hall
1300
1600
1400
Fire Department
1000
1200
1200
Cemetery
400
500
500
Park Commission
25
25
25
Tree Warden
300
300
300
Selectmen
1000
1000
1000
Assessors
900
900
800
Treasurer
550
650
*550
Collector
700
700
*700
Accounting
900
900
900
Town Clerk
300
300
300
Police
1700
2000
1800
Snow Removal
2000
2000
1500
Finance Committee
25
25
25
Board of Health
500
500
500
Printing Town Reports
225
225
250
Brown-Tail and Gypsy Moth Work
4900
4700
4700
Memorial Day
50
50
50
School House Loans
980
1980
+1980
Interest on Bonds
150
885
885
Interest on Tax Loans
1200
1650
1650
$40,205
$44,690
$42,115
*For the Bond.
tFrom Excess and Deficiency Fund.
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Appropriated at four Town Meetings 1918
Called for by Selectmen 1919
Recommended by Finance Committee 1919
Brought forward,
$44,205
$44,690
$42,115
Boiler Insurance
35
100
100
Schools
24,139
25,018
23,816
Sealer of Weights and
Measures
150
150
125
Election and Registration
600
600
500
Moderator
10
10
10
Legal Expenses
100
100
100
Certifying Town Notes
00
10
10
Cattle Inspector
60
60
60
Town Clock
50
50
50
Public Library
1150
1200
1200
Forest Fire Warden
25
25
25
State War Fund
500
250
250
Reserve Fund
£577
600
600
$67,601
$72,863
$68,961
.
# Transferred during year 1918.
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MEMORANDUM OF SALARIES AND FEES INCLUDED IN FOREGOING APPROPRI- ATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 4.
Selectmen, Chairman $350
Overseers of Poor
2nd member 250
Chairman $
50
3rd member 250
2nd member 25
3rd member 25
Assessors, Chairman 350
2nd member
150
Registrars, $50 each 200
3rd member
150
Election Officers and Tellers, $5 each 185
Collector
400
Moderator 10
Town Clerk, salary
200
Sealer 50
Allowance for
expenses and fees 100
Forest Fire Warden 10
Town Accountant 800
Board of Health, Chairman
50
2nd member
25
3rd member
25
ARTICLE 5.
Called for by Selectmen Recommended
Transfer from Excess and De- ficiency Fund to meet over- drafts in certain accounts, 1918,
Town Hall
$248 02
Police
256 26
Fire
134 84
Poor
449 39
Interest
800 41
$1888 92
$1888 92
Allowance for fees of Cattle Inspector 60
Treasurer
400
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ARTICLE 6.
School Department accounts $829 65
$829 65
ARTICLE 7.
East School furnishings and equipment 374 06 374 06
ARTICLE 8.
Land for Fire Department and Town purposes
No action taken
ARTICLE 9.
Draining Town Hall cellar
No action taken
ARTICLE 10.
Repairing Town Scales
No action taken
ARTICLE 11.
Four Street Lights on Bridge Street
74 00 74 00
ARTICLE 12.
Seven Street Lights on Highland Street 129 50 129 50
ARTICLE 13.
One Street Light on Cottage Street 18 50 18 50
ARTICLE 14.
Welcome for Soldiers and Sailors 500 00 500 00
ARTICLE 15.
War Memorial -
No action taken
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ARTICLE 16. Purchase of Play Ground Equipment
75 00 Not recommended
ARTICLE 17. Purchase of Land for School Purposes
No action taken
ARTICLE 18. Appropriation for Even- ing School
400 00 Not recommended
ARTICLE 19.
Repairs of the Center School 400 00 No action taken
ARTICLE 20. Transportation from Essex Junction to South School
No action taken
ARTICLE 21. Purchase of Piano for East School No action taken
ARTICLE 22. Printing of Valuation Book
Recommended to be taken from Val- uation Book Ap- propriation, $275
ARTICLE 23. Borrowing after January 1, 1920, in anticipation of taxes. We recommend authorizing the Treasurer to borrow as set forth in this article of the Warrant.
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Grand total of Appropriations recommended
From surplus
$ 3,868 92
From taxes
68,906 71
From all sources $72,775 63
(Corresponding totals in 1918,
appropriated in four Town
Meetings were as follows :
From surplus $11,121 68
From taxes
67,534 00
From all sources
$78,655 68)
Respectfully yours,
CHESTER H. KNOWLES, Chairman,
EDWARD J. READY, Secretary,
RAYMOND C. GOULD,
JOHN F. SMITH,
FRANK M. WHIPPLE,
Finance and Advisory Committee, Town of Hamilton.
SCHOOL REPORT
-
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF HAMILTON
FOR THE YEAR 1918
ASS
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AMILTON
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INCORP.
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SALEM, MASS. BARRY PRINTING CO. 1919.
School Committee's Report.
Annual Report of the School Committee of the Town of Hamilton for the year 1918.
ORGANIZATION.
ROBERT ROBERTSON, JR., Chairman, Term expires 1921
ADELAIDE D. WALSH, Term expires 1920
FLORENCE M. LULL, Secretary, Term expires 1919
ADELAIDE D. WALSH, Purchasing Agent
HARVEY R. WILLIAMS, Superintendent JOHN G. CORCORAN, M. D., School Physician
The School Committee make this their annual report to the Town of Hamilton for the year just closed, with the knowledge that much has been accomplished during the year for the betterment of the schools.
It is the second year that we have been so fortunate as to have Mr. Harvey R. Williams as Superintendent and Mr. Herbert H. Archibald as Principal of our schools, and under their able and enthusiastic administration the pupils are gaining in inspiration, morale and scholarship.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
Soon after Mr. Archibald began his duties in our school he took over the vocal training of the pupils in the High school, forming a High School Chorus and a Girls' Glee Club. Under his able leadership the pupils of the High school have made rapid progress in music.
The Junior High school, composed of the 7th 8th and 9th grades, is now well established, with special teachers in several branches. During the year Domestic Science and Manual Training classes were opened, to the delight of the boys and girls who are now doing good work in both classes.
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