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Art. 7. To see if the town will revise and accept the jury list as prepared by the selectmen.
Art. 8. To see what disposal the town will make of the money refunded by the Connty from the dog tax.
Art. 9. To raise and appropriate money for the repair of highways for the ensuing year.
Art. 10. To raise and appropriate money for the support of schools, high school tuition and transportation.
Art. 11. To raise and appropriate money for necessary town expenses for the ensuing year.
Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of the cemetery commissioners.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the use of the fire de- partment.
Art. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of the tree warden.
Art. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate
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the sum of $311.21 for the extermination of the gypsy and brown tail moths.
Art. 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars for the observance of Meno- rial Day and determine how the same shall be expended.
Art. 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to wire and equip the Town Hall, Library and Chemical Engine House No. 1 for electric lighting.
Art. 18. To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed at the last annual meeting to fix the salaries of the town officers.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to fit, equip and use the room on the second floor of the new chemical engine house at Lynnfield as a hall for precinct and municipal pur- poses and for other uses not inconsistent therewith.
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of enlarging and equipping the said room in the second story of the new chemical engine house as a hall for precinct and municipal purposes and for other uses not inconsistent there- with or take any other action thereon.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars to furnish lights for the Centre and South parts of the town.
Art. 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to cut off the ledge known as "Rock Rimmon" and widen the road at that point, or what they will do about it.
Art. 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to be expended for a side- walk to be laid from Newhall's corner on Chestnut street and as far up this street as this sum will carry it.
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Art. 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to paint and equip with ladders Chemical Engine No. 1.
Art. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to build a sidewalk from the Hastings estate towards Bancroft's corner.
Art. 26. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to relocate the stone trough now at pine hill.
Art. 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to shingle the old town hall, pro- viding the first Parish will pay one-half.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to protest against any change in the law which takes away local control over shell fisheries, or which takes away the public rights by leas- ing the shores or flats.
Art. 29. Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight entitled an act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire, be accepted by this town? Yes or No in answer to the ques- tion shall be taken by ballot.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Lynnfield this 24th day of February, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and nine.
GEO. M. ROUNDY, J. WINSLOW PERKINS, ALBERT S. N. HICKFORD,
Selectmen of Lynnfield.
A true copy. Attest :
WALTER C. HARRIS, Constable.
ANNUAL REPORT of the RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
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Town Officers, 1909-1910
TOWN CLERK OSCAR E. PHILLIPS
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR GEORGE M. ROUNDY, Chairman J. WINSLOW PERKINS, Sec'y ALBERT S. N. HICKFORD TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES FRANKLIN W. FREEMAN
AUDITOR GEORGE H. BANCROFT ASSESSORS
J. WINSLOW PERKINS
Term expires 1912
GEORGE M. ROUNDY ·
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ALBERT S. N. HICKFORD ·
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
HENRY W. PELTON .
Term expires 1912
1 EVERETT B. RICHARDS .
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FRANKLIN W. FREEMAN
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS
FRANK NEWHALL
Term expires 1912
ALBERT G. TEDFORD
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WILLIAM E. ROUNDY
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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
ALBERT E. COPELAND
Term expires 1912
GEORGE O. GIDDINGS
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
MICHAEL F. DONOVAN .
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BENJAMIN A. INGRAHAM .
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CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
GEORGE M. ROUNDY
Term expires 1912
DANIEL J. MCCARTHY
ALBERT E. COPELAND
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CONSTABLES
WALTER C. HARRIS
ALFRED W. COPELAND
TREE WARDEN
JOHN H. PERKINS CATTLE INSPECTOR
CHARLES M. MCCARTHY
INSPECTOR OF BEEF CHARLES A. COOPER
List of Jurors
PROPOSED FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TOWN FOR THE ENSUING YEAR
ALFRED W. COPELAND
Supt. Moth Work
FRANKLIN W. FREEMAN
Physician
WALTER GRAY
Farmer
ELBRIDGE F. GERRY,
Cider Manuf.
CHARLES GERRY
Clerk
GEORGE HATCH .
Insurance Broker
BENJ. A. INGRAHAM .
Foreman
Carpenter
EDWARD Q. MOULTON . CLARENCE H. MOULTON FRANK NEWHALL
. Retired
Farmer
FRANCIS P. RUSSELL .
· Real Estate Broker
FRED SKINNER
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Town Clerk's Statistics
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1910
At the Annual Town Meeting held March 8, 1909, the following business was transacted :
Under Article 1, John M. Danforth was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To act upon the reports of Town Officers as published. Voted. To accept the report ; and
Voted. To release the gravel pit of Henry Law at the south part of the town.
Art. 3. To choose all Town Officers not required to be chosen by ballot
Voted. To have five Surveyors of Lumber. Appointed by the chair as follows : David F. Parsons, John W. Ross, Frank Newhall, Andrew Mansfield, William E. Roundy.
Five Wood Measurers, appointed by the chair : David F. Parsons, William E. Roundy, Andrew Mansfield, Thomas E. Cox, Frank Newhall.
One Field Driver, Walter C. Harris.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with "the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow, during the inunicipal year, beginning Feb. 1, 1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Voted. Yes.
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Art. 5. To appoint a time when the Collector of Taxes shall settle his account.
Voted. To make the date January 1, 1910.
Art. 6. To see if the town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to charge interest at the rate of 6 per cent on all taxes not paid November 1st, 1909.
Voted. To charge interest at 6 per cent after Nov 1st, 1909.
Art. 7. To see if the town will revise and accept the jury list as prepared by the Selectmen.
Voted. To accept.
Art. 8. To see what disposal the town will make of the money refunded by the County from the Dog Tax.
Voted." To be used for the Library.
Art. 9. To raise and appropriate money for the Repair of Highways for the ensuing year.
Art. 10. To raise and appropriate money for the Support of Schools, High School Tuition and Transportation.
Art. 11. To raise and appropriate money for necessary Town Expenses for the ensuing year.
Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of the Cemetery Commissioners.
Committee of five, chosen by the town, retired to bring in a report on appropriations for the above articles.
The committee chosen were Franklin W. Freeman, John H. Perkins, Rutherford E. Smith, George M. Roundy, Frank Newhall.
The report of this committee : Highways (and excise tax) $2,000 00 Schools, (including incidental and transportation 2,400 00
Cemetery Commissioners 100 00
Miscellaneous Town Expenses 4,200 00
Total
. $8,700 00
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This was appropriated by the town as reported by the committee.
Whatever of the $4,200 is expended on Chemical 2 house must be under the supervision of Frank Newhall, Daniel G. Harvey and Ed. Q. Moulton.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the use of the Fire Department.
Voted. $200 appropriated, to be divided equally between the two companies.
Art. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of the Tree Warden.
Voted. $50.
Art. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $311.21 for the extermination of the Gypsy and Brown- tail Moths.
Voted. $311.21.
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Art. 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars for the observance of Memorial Day, and determine how the same shall be expended.
Voted. $75. To be expended as in the past.
Art. 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to wire and equip the Town Hall, Library and Chemical Engine House, No. 1, for Electric Lighting.
Voted $300, as the article specifies.
Art. 18. To hear and act on the report of the committee ap- pointed at the last annual meeting to fix the salaries of the Town Officers.
Report of committee was accepted after making the Audi- tor's salary $75, instead of $50 as the report called for, making the report as follows :
Town Clerk .
$40 00
Treasurer
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75 00
Collector . .
150 00
. . Auditor
75 00 .
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Board of Selectmen .
175 00
Board of Assessors
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. 175 00
Overseers of Poor
. 75 00
School Committee
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25 00
Town Sealer
100 00
Total
. $890 00
J. M. DANFORTH, A. E. COPELAND,
J. H. HEWES,
Committee on Salaries.
Under Article 18 :
Voted. That the Assessors must render a report each year.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to fit, equip and use the room on the second floor of the new Chemical Engine house at Lynnfield as a hall for precinct and municipal purposes, and for other uses not inconsistent therewith.
Was voted.
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of en- larging, and equipping the said room in the second story of the new Chemical Engine house as a hall for precinct and municipal purposes, and for other uses not inconsistent therewith, or take any other action thereon.
Was not voted.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars to furnish lights for the Centre and South parts of the town.
Not a vote.
Art. 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum or two hundred dollars to cut off the ledge known as "Rock Rimmon" and widen the road at that point, or what they will do about it.
Voted. $200. To be used by David F. Parsons.
Art. 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum
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of two hundred dollars to be expended for a sidewalk to be laid from Newhall's corner, on Chestnut street, and as far up this street as this sum will carry it.
Voted. $200.
Art. 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sun of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to paint and equip with ladders Chemical Engine No. 1.
Voted. $125. To be under the jurisdiction of the Selectmen, Art. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollar, to build a sidewalk from the Hastings estate towards Bancroft's corner.
Voted. $100.
Art. 26. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to relocate the stone trough now at Pine Hill.
Voted. To be left with the Selectmen.
Art. 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to shingle the old town hall, providing the First Parish will pay one-half.
Voted. To appropriate a sufficient sum to shingle the same, and the Selectmen confer with a committee of the First Parish.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to protest against any change in the law which takes away local control over shell fisheries, or which takes away the public rights by leasing the shores or flats.
Voted. To protect, and, if necessary, the Selectmen go to State House.
Art. 29. Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled an act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire, be ac- cepted by this town? Yes or No in answer to the question shall be taken by ballot.
Voted. Yes, 51; No, 1.
The vote, as declared by the Moderator at the close of the polls for town officers elect :
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Town Clerk-Oscar E. Phillips. Selectmen and Overseers of Poor - George M. Roundy J. Winslow Perkins, Albert S. N. Hickford. Assessor, for three years-J. Winslow Perkins. Treasurer and Collector-Franklin W. Freeman. Auditor-George H. Bancroft.
School Committee, three years-Henry W. Pelton. Road Commissioner, three years-Frank Newhall. Public Library Trustee, three years-Albert E. Copeland. Park Commissioner, three years-M. F. Donovan. Cemetery Commissioner, three years-George M. Roundy. Tree Warden, one year-John II. Perkins. Constables, one year-Alfred W. Copeland, Walter C. Harris. License Vote-Yes, 45. No, 73.
SELECTMEN'S APPOINTMENTS, APRIL 5, 1909
The Board as organized was, George M. Roundy, Chairman. J. Winslow Perkins, Secretary ; Albert S. N. Hickford, Weighers of Mdse .- Elbridge F. Gerry, Fred Kimball. Janitor of Town Hall-Albert F. Southworth. Sealer of Weights and Measures -Francis P. Russell. Inspectors of Barns and Cattle-Charles M. McCarthy. Inspector of Beef (appointed Dec. 9, 1909) Charles A. Cooper.
Chief of Fire Dept .- Charles M. McCarthy. Ass't Chief-Alfred W. Copeland. Forest Fire Warden-Thomas E. Cox. Deputy Fire Wardens-Charles M Mccarthy, Frank New- hall, Albert Tedford, Fred Skinner.
Dog Officer (appointed July 6, 1909)-Oscar E. Phillips. Special Police-James Rourke, Wm. H Stevens, Charles M. McCarthy, Edw. Doyle, Fred Skinner, Geo Williams, Henry A. Williams, Franklin W. Freeman, James A. McGregor, Albert F. Southworth, Isaac H. Mitchell, Louis E. Roberts (appointed Nov. 1, 1909).
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SPECIAL MEETING CALLED JULY 19, 1909 AT 8 O'CLOCK, P. M.
John M. Danforth chosen Moderator.
Article 2. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sun of $1600 to widen, straighten and grade Salem street, be- tween Broadway and Grove street, according to the decree of the County Commissioners. dated June 16, 1909.
Voted. Unanimously, that the town appropriate the sum of $1600 and authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money and issue notes for the same under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, to be assessed in the tax list of 1910.
Meeting adjourned at 8.10 o'clock, p. m.
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED SEPTEMBER 21, 190 9 AT 8 O'CLOCK, P. M.
Rutherford E. Smith chosen Moderator.
Article 2. To consider and act upon the matter of purchasing and procuring water and illuminating gas or either of them from the City of Lynn, Lynn Gas and Electric Company or from any individual co-partnership or corporation ; and also the matter of transporting water and illuminating gas from the City of Lynn into and through the streets of the Town of Lynnfield, by means of pipes, conduits, or any other utensils, machinery, or devices whatever.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to petition the Lynn City Government for terms and conditions under which an adequate water supply might be obtained from the City of Lynn, and to report the result at a subsequent town meeting.
Meeting adjourned.
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SPECIAL MEETING CALLED JANUARY 17, 1910 AT 8 O'CLOCK, P. M.
Franklin W. Freeman was chosen Moderator.
Article 2. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $312.84, as required by the State Moth Commission, for the suppression of the same.
Voted. To raise the same, and it be assessed in the tax list of 1910.
Meeting adjourned at 9 o'clock, p. m.
OSCAR E. PHILLIPS,
Town Clerk.
Dogs Licensed in Lynnfield for Year 1909
Males 81 at $2
$162 00
Females 15 at §5
75 00
96
$237 00
Fec, 20c per dog
19 20
Paid to County Treasurer
$217 80
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OSCAR E. PHILLIPS,
Town Clerk.
BIRTHS REGISTERED İN LYNNFIELD IN 1909
Date
Name of Child
Names of Parents
Occupation of Father
Clerk.
Laborer.
Farmer.
Laborer.
Exam. of Mdse. Minister of Gospel. 13 Water Merchant. Butcher.
Shoemaker.
Grocer.
June 10 Charles Ames Parker,
Sept. 11 Gladys Olive Frolich,
Oct. 20
Alice Rogers Perrin
Oct. 23
Milton H. Doremus,
Nov. 26
John Newcomb Clark,
Robert G. and Christine (Ross), Michael J. and Nora (Flynn), William and Elizabeth (Patterson),
William E. and Emma L. (Fentzlaff),
Mch.
Still born.
Mch. 1
Robert Lufkin Moulton,
April 2
Richard William Loud,
April 2
Henry F. Smith,
April 27
Irene E. Gould,
May 30 George Henry Seal,
June 7
Charles Gihon McCarthy,
Carpenter.
Trav. Salesman.
Painter.
Clerk.
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Transfer Clerk.
Jan. 14
Restall,
Feb. 11
Michael Francis Lynch,
Feb. 18
Anna Elizabeth Peard,
Feb. 28
Viola May Wilson,
Albert S. and Grace E (Lufkin),
Halah H. and Julia (Dean), Joseph F. and Marion W. (Preston), William and Nellie (Dyer), Ernest A. and Annie (Wolfe), Charles M. and Emily (Gihon), Bertram M. and Mina (Hoefling), G. Carsten and Olivia H. (Perrin), John W. and Adelade A. (Rogers), Milton H. and Elsie M. (Grant), Ernest J. and Eva G. (Fairfield),
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1909
Date
Name of Groom and Bride
Residence
Birthplace
Names of Parents
By whom Married
Jan. 29 1909
William F. Gerry, Susan Ethel Haynes,
Lynnfield Ctr. Lynnfield Ctr. Elbridge F. & Jennie F. (Wonson) Marcus H. Carroll
Danvers,
Danvers,
Joseph W. & Emma P. (Ordway) ,
Hanover.
July 7 1909
Albert Lincoln Atkins, Dayton, Ky., Dayton, Ky., Benj. and Jane ( Leslie), Gertrude Arvilla Hastings Lynnfield Ctr. Antrim, N. H., John E. and Mary E. (Tarbell),
Halal H. Loud, Lynnfield Ctr.
July 23 1909
Gilbert Bancroft Herrick, Lynnfield Ctr. Lynnfield Ctr. George E. & Eunice M. (Bancroft) |William L. Hazin. Beverly, Elizabeth Gould Russell, Beverly.
Beverly,
George and Ellen (Gould),
Sept. 15 1909
Leonard West, Carrie Weir (Gray),
Lynnfield Ctr. Bradford, N. H|Win. K. & Ella F. (Nichols), Lynnfield Ctr. Swampscott, Frederick & Annie ( Curnyn),
Hugh A. Heath, Wakefield.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1909
Date
Name of Deceased
Age y. m. d.
Birthplace
Condition
Names of Parents
Cause of Death
Jan. 14 Christine A. Restall.
22
0 0 Wakefield,
Married, John W. Ross & Sarah A. (Meekin),
Jan. 14
Restall
0
0 0 Lynnfield Ctr. Single,
Robert G. and Christine .1. ( Ross),
Fob. 27 |Olive L. Gray,
83
3 23
Yarmouth, Lynnfield,
Mch. 6 Still born
Mch. 18 Harvey D. Savage.
15 0
8 Lynnfield Ctr. Single,
James H. & Mabel S. (Cook',
Cerebral meningitis
Mch. 29 Mary A. Danforthi,
74
0
0 Halifax, N. S. Widow,
James Lawlor & Charlotte ( Dunbrach) |Pneumonia.
Apr. 7 Henry E. Smith,
74
2 0 Lynnfield Ctr. Married,
Jonathan H. and Cassandra (Hart),
Apr 23 Maurice E. Carroll,
36 2 14
Cornish, Me.,
Single, Widow,
Joseph Gardner and Eunice (Tucker), Jeremiah Coney and Sophia ( Hewes),
June 15 Ebenezer Parsons,
71 10 7 Woburn,
Single,
William H. and Sally K. (Butler).
July 9 Louise G. Evans,
53 0 28
Newburyport,
Married
Thomas Anderson & Hannah ( Creesey) Pul. tuberculosis.
July 31 Pauline Eiremmann,
43 0 14 Wurt'mb'g Ger Married, Lynn, 80 0 0
Married, Widow,
Unknown, [Scheck, Acute seg. endoc's.
Sept. 7 Sarah C. Ives,
87 0
0 Saco, Me.,
John Calef and Rebecca (Shrieve), Herbert L. and Theresa ( Hull),
Sept. 25 Chester L. Rogers,
Sept. 30 Johnson S. Flannigan.
82 9|17 |Victaux, N. S., Widower
James and Jane ( Summerfield ) ,
Dec. 16 Henrietta J. French,
62| 3|28 Essex, Vt.,
D.c. 28 James H. Newhall,
85 10| 1 |Lynnfield,
Married,
Widow, Oliver Marshall and Celia ( French), James and Sally (Richards),
Daniel E. and Ella F. (Collins) ,
May
11 Mercy W Nourse,
82 6 25 Salem.
May 25 Francis O. Perkins,
70|11| 2 Lynnfield Ctr., Married,
76|10|18 |Lynnfield Ctr., Married,
Ebenezer Parsons and Mary ( Hart).
July 1 Benj. F. Brown,
Heart disease. Tuberculosis lungs. Bron. pneumonia. Cancer of (Esoph. Senile debility. Heart dis. asthenia.
Christian Wurtedburger & Freidericka Pul. tuberculosis.
6 William H. Bryant,
20 11|18 |Plymouth. N. H Single,
Chron. endocarditis Tuberculosis lungs. Senile debility. Apoplexy. Heart disease.
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Val. dis. of heart. Premature birth.
Widow, . Charles Layman and Nancy (Gorham) | Natural causes.
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Report of the School Committee
TO THE CITIZENS OF LYNNFIELD: -
We are pleased to submit the following report of the conduct of the schools of Lynnfield for the past twelve months. Taken as a whole the results for the year have been very satisfactory. The school registration shows an increase of fourteen pupils over the previous year. Satisfactory progress has been made in both schools. The teachers have been faithful and painstaking and the pupils have steadily advanced in their studies. .
We believe that better results could be secured if parents visited the schools at frequent intervals and cooperated more close- ly with the instructors. Interest displayed on the part of the parents always works for the good of the school. Both teachers and pupils are thus stimulated to greater endeavor.
The safety of the children going to and coming from school should be safe-guarded as far as possible. At present the high- ways of Lynnfield are in a dangerous condition, owing to the reckless driving of automobiles through the streets of the town. Several narrow escapes were brought to our attention during the past season. Your committeee became alarmed and entered a formal complaint to the Board of Selectmen. As far as we have been able to learn no action was ever taken by them in the mat- ter. If the existing laws were enforced and proper speed signs placed along the highways, much of this danger would be erad- icated.
Our Superintendent, in his annual report, has made some excellent recommendations which should receive the earnest con- sideration of the voters of the town.
After carefully approximating the school expenses for the
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coming year, we recommend that the following sums be appro- priated :
For schools
$1,800 CO
For incidentals
.
300 00
For transportation
300 00
Total
$2,400 00
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY W. PELTON, Chairman, EVERETT B. RICHARDS, Sec y, FRANKLIN W. FREEMAN.
Financial School Report
Cash on hand February 1, 1909
. $1,877 62
Appropriation for schools
1,800 00
" incidentals .
400 00
66
" transportation
. 200 00
Received from State school fund
788 90
66 66 for High school tuition
1,010 00
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66 66 superintendent
125 00
City of Lynn, for tuition
114 00
W. A. Bond, for tuition .
30 00
$6,345 52
Paid for salaries and fuel . $3,137 71
High school tuition
886 00
Incidentals
339 43
Transportation .
200 00
Medical inspection
12 50
$4,575 64
Balance unexpended
$1,770 58
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE :-
I have the honor to present my fifth annual report as Super- intendent of Schools of the Town of Lynnfield. This is the tenth in the series of Superintendent's reports. In submitting this report I take it the citizens wish to know the condition of the schools and to know of any measures we may have to suggest for improvement.
All the schools have continued with no change of teachers during the year. The general condition of things I feel sure has improved greatly ; one reason for this may be contributed to the fact that we have had no change in the teaching force for the last two years. Anyone familiar with school work or familiar with our own schools may readily see a general uplift. There is in both schools - the Centre and the South part - a keener appre- ciation of school work on the part of the pupils ; a feeling that something must be done; a greater responsibility for lessons assigned ; a more wholesome respect for good order and disci- pline generally. While conditions are not perfect, there is that noticable degree of good feeling and harmony between pupils and teachers - the spirit of good work - that your Superintendent feels the fact should be mentioned.
Although this excellent spirit of good work prevails, mention must be made that in some cases there is a serious lack of respon- sibility felt by some parents in the matter of regularity of attend- ance on the part of the children. Not only this but also the mat- ter of tardiness. These two, irregularity of attendance and tardi- ness on the part of some, are a menace to the progress of the schools as a whole. It would seem to me, that where there is such a marked spirit of good work, it should not be marred by carelessness on the part of a few. I trust this matter may receive its due attention by the patrons of the schools, and that in the future irregularity and tardiness may be reduced to a minimum.
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