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Three Road Commissioners (One Year)
*Harry F. Nesbitt 174
*Frank Newhall 201
*James H. Savage 162
Albert G. Tedford 131
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190
One School Committee (Three Years)
* Edith F. Houghton 146
Willis E. Peabody 90
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One Trustee of Public Library (Three Years)
Frank S. Head 92
*George E. Houghton 130
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64
Cemetery Commissioner (Three Years)
Betram M. Parker 177
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109
Tree Warden
Lyman H. Twiss
217
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69
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Two Constables (One Year)
Albert H. Riggs 191
Albert G. Tedford 220
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161
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License Vote
Votes Cast
"Yes"
180
"No" 76
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SPECIAL MEETING HELD AUGUST 22, 1918
Under Article 1, Joseph MacBrien was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to make necessary repairs to the gutter in front of the Post Office and property of Mrs. S. L. Russell, and George M. Roundy.
Voted, to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) to make necessary repairs to the gutter in front of the Post Office and property of Mrs. S. L. Russell and George M. Roundy.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $750.17 to make up deficit caused by non-payment of ex- cise tax by Bay State Street Railway Company for the year 1917.
Voted, on motion of Nelson B. Todd to raise and appropriate the sum of $750.17 to make up deficit caused by non-payment of excise tax by Bay State Street Railway Company for the year 1917.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to repair Summer Street from Sprague's Hill southerly to Salem Street.
Voted, on motion of Peter Walsh to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to repair Summer Street from Sprague's Hill southerly to Salem Street.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for repairs of Highways for the remainder of the year ending December 31, 1918.
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Voted, on motion of James Savage to raise and appropriate the sum of $1500.00 for the remainder of the year ending December 31, 1918, for the repair of Highways.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for completing the fire alarm system.
Voted, on motion of William Moxham to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for completing the fire alarm system.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Assessors at the rate of 50 cents per hour.
Voted, on motion of George Hatch that each Assessor shall receive 50 cents per hour for each hour he works, to take effect from January 1, 1918, this to be in lieu of any other compensation.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to revise the rate of compensation of employees of the Moth Department.
Voted, on motion of Nelson B. Todd that the Superintendent of Moth Works shall receive $3.50 per day and the men un- der him $3.25 per day of eight hours.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to revise the rate of compensation of employees of the Highway Department.
Voted, on motion of Arlon Flannigan that a Highway Sur- veyor shall receive $3.50 per day and those under him $3.25 per day of eight hours.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to revise the rate of compensation of Janitors.
Voted, on motion of Albert P. Mansfield that the rate of compensation for Janitors be left with the heads of the de- partments in which janitor service is required by the Town.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow the sums of money voted in the preceding articles, said amount to be assessed in 1918.
Voted, on motion of Nelson B. Todd that the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow the sums of money voted in the preceding articles, said amounts to be assessed in 1918.
STATE ELECTION NOVEMBER 5, 1918
Governor
Pre. 1 Pre. 2
Total
Calvin Coolidge
Republican
93
63
156
Richard H. Long
Democrat
29
42
71
Sylvester J. McBride
Socialist
1
2
3
Ingvar Paulsen
Socialist Labor
0
6
6
Blanks
1
1
2
Lieutenant-Governor
Channing H. Cox
Republican
97
65
162
Oscar Kinsalas
Socialist Labor
0
9
9
Joseph H. O'Neil Blanks
Democrat
24
32
56
3
8
11
Secretary
Republican
102
69
171
Charles H. McGlue
Democrat
19
28
47
William Taylor Blanks
2
8
10
Treasurer
Republican
101
70
171
Charles Giddings
Democrat
19
26
45
Mary E. Peterson Blanks
3
11
14
Auditor
Alonzo B. Cook
Republican
98
66
164
Francis M. Costello
Democrat
17
26
43
Socialist Labor
1
10
11
Fred E. Oelcher Blanks
8
12
20
Attorney-General
Henry C. Attwill
Republican
101
76
177
Morris I. Becker
Socialist Labor
1
9
10
Joseph L. P. St. Coeur
Democrat
19
22
41
Blanks.
3
7
10
Socialist Labor
1
9
10
Socialist Labor
1
7
8
Charles L. Burrill
Albert P. Langtry
21
Senator in Congress
Pre. 1 Pre. 2
Total
Thomas W. Lawson
Independent
8
6
14
David I. Walsh
Democrat
29
57
86
John W. Weeks
Republican
83
47
130
Blanks
4
4
8
Congressman-Seventh District
Charles Cabot Johnson
Republican
76
57
133
Michael F. Phelan
Democrat
47
54
101
Blanks
1
3
4
.
Councillor-Sixth District
James G. Harris
Republican
104
76
180
Blanks
20
38
58
Senator-Seventh Middlesex District
Edward B. Eames
Republican
107
72
179
Blanks
17
42
59
Representative in General Court-Thirteenth Essex District
Ernest W. Allen
Republican
103
76
179
Thomas W. Baxter
Republican
83
54
137
Michael H. Cotter
Democrat
19
30
49
Daniel J. Hayden
Democrat
25
44
69
George L. Nourse
Republican
79
54
133
Blanks
63
84
147
Essex County Commissioner
Morris J. Donahoe
Socialist
5
10
15
James C. Poor
Republican
109
84
193
Blanks
10
20
30
Essex County Treasurer
Charles F. Brieves
Socialist
4
9
13
David I. Robinson
Republican
108
76
184
Blanks
12
29
41
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Register of Probate and Insolvency-Essex County
Prec. 1 Pre. 2
Total
Horace H. Atherton, Jr.
Republican
109
81
190
Harry G. Wright
Socialist
4
9
13
Blanks
11
24
35
District Attorney-Eastern District (To fill vacany)
John Briggs
Socialist
6
11
17
Henry G. Wells
Republican
108
82
190
Blanks
10
21
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Amend. 1. Initiative and Referendum
Yes
31
43
74
No
65
39
104
Blanks
28
32
60
Amend. 2. Public Interests in Natural Resources
Yes
39
52
91
No
36
19
55
Blanks
49
43
92
Amend. 3. Regulation of Advertising in Public Places
Yes
57
54
111
No
22
19
41
Blanks
45
41
86
Amend. 4. £ Relating to Historical and Antiquarian Interests
Yes
52
55
107
No
26
18
44
Blanks
46
41
87
Amend. 5. Adjournments of the General Court
- Yes
41
43
84
No
28
22
50
Blanks
55
49
104
23
Amend. 6. Relating to Appointment and Reimbursement of Military and Naval Officers
Pre. 1
Pre. 2
Total
Yes
49
44
93
No
20
21
.41
Blanks
55
49
104
Amend. 7. Defining the Powers of General Court to Military Forces
Yes
48
42
90
No
20
19
39
Blanks
56
53
109
Amend. 8. Relative to Succession in Vacancies of Governor and Lieut-Governor
Yes
51
49
100
No
20
20
40
Blanks
53
45
98
Amend. 9. Authorizing Governor To Return Bills
Yes
46
46
92
No
20
18
38
Blanks
58
50
108
Amend. 10. Relative to Women as Notary Publics
Yes
53
50
103
No
35
21
46
Blanks
46
43
89
Amend. 11. Relative to Retirement of Judicial Officers
Yes
40
43
83
No
26
23
49
Blanks
58
48
106
Amend. 12. Relative to Revocation of Grants
. Yes
44
48
92
1
No
25
19
44
Blanks
55
47
102
24
Amend. 13. Relative to Limiting Buildings
Pre. 1
Pre. 2
Total
Yes
48
52
100
No
21
16
37
Blanks
55
46
101
Amend. 14. Relative to Compulsory Voting
Yes
33
36
69
No
44
32
76
Blanks
47
46
93
Amend. 15. Relative to Credit of Commonwealth
Yes
46
42
88
No
25
20
45
Blanks
53
52
105
Amend. 16. Relative to State Budget
Yes
45
44
89
No
18
16
34
Blanks
61
54
115
Amend. 17. Relative to Bi-ennial Elections
Yes
42
37
79
No
28
24
52
Blanks
54
53
107
Amend. 18. Relative to Legislative Recess Committee
Yes
44
46
90
No
25
15
40
Blanks
55
53
108
Amend. 19. Relative to Business Administration of the Commonwealth
Yes
48
45
93
No
18
16
34
Blanks
58
53
111
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DOGS LICENSED IN 1918
72 Males at $2.00 each
$144.00
17 Females at $5.00 each
85.00
89 Total
Total
$229.00
Deduct Clerk's fee, 20 cents per license
$ 17.80
Balance sent to County Treasurer
$211.20
HUNTERS' LICENSES
30 resident hunters' licenses issued during the year $ 30.00
Deduct Clerk's fee, 15 cents each 4.50
Balance sent to Commissioners on Fisheries and Games 25.50
A complete record of those serving in the German War is being compiled on a form approved by the state and will be com- pleted at a later date.
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VITAL STATISTICS
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD IN 1918
DATE
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
1917
June 20
July
1
Barbara Elder
July 24
Endicott Smith
July
27
Phyllis Claire Leonard
1918
Feb. 17
Clayton Samuel Cook
March 4
Sumner Smith
April 3
Jessie Louise Dalrymple
April 27
Ralph Albert Richardson
May 11
Sylvia Russell
May 18
Jennette Elizabeth Gilbo
July 18
Barbara Louise Barry
Oct. 6
Priscilla Elder
Oct. 19
William Grandville Kenney
Nov. 20
Dorothy Lee Anderson
Dec. 1
Ralph Freeman Coombs
Dec.
7
Ethel Plummer Hayward
Dec.
22
Kennith Shilley MacNeal
Samuel and Margaret (McGlaughlin) Edward and Maud B. (Barrett) Rutherford E. and Bertha S. (Bailey) Edward and Alice (McGarvey)
William P. and Ethel Z. (Jordan) Joseph F. and Marion W. (Preston) Loring and Alda L. (Ramsdell)
Ralph A. and Zelma A. (Peabody) Carl H. and Gladys (Hawley) John J. and Eugene (Beauchamp) George G. and Edith E. (Guppy) Mailon and Maud (Barrett) William E. and Florence G. (Hurd) Ralph H. and A. Louise (North) Clyde F. and Annie (Costain)
William and Florence (Galeucia) Richard D. and Harriet V. (Selye)
Virginia Guy Campbell
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD 1918
DATE
PLACE OF MARRIAGE |NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE
RESIDENCE
1918
Jan.
6
Lynnfield
Clyde F. Coombs Annie B. Costain
Lynn Lynnfield
Jan.
12
Melrose
George Copp MacGregor Leila Izzetta Macnayr
Lynnfield Elmhurst, N. Y.
March 21
Lynnfield
Lorrie Dalrymple Alda Ramsdell
Lynnfield Lynnfield
April
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No. Reading
Jacob Gersinovitch Anna Finegold
Lynnfield Malden
June
1
Lynnfield Ctr.
William Houston Hinson Evelyn Gertrude Cummings
Auburn, Maine Lynnfield Ctr.
Sept.
11
Lynnfield
Frank Royal Springer Marion Gertrude MacGregor
Worcester Lynnfield
Oct. 13
Lynnfield Ctr.
William Francis Foy Nina Grace Gould
Wakefield Lynnfield
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DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE
CAUSE
1918
Y. M. D.
Jan. 3
Esther W. (Mansfield) Gilman
80
2 4
Mitral Heart Disease
Jan. 14
Mary Jane Sprague
60
0
3
Valvular Disease of Heart
Jan.
24
Louise (Mansfield) Skinner
82
5
23
Apoplexy Apoplexy
Feb.
11
Mary Stimpson
80
9
18
Feb.
24
Ethel Z. (Jordan) Cook
39
8
17
Broncho Pneumonia
Feb.
26
Daniel G. Harvey
63
8
17
Acute Indigestion
Mar. 18
Charles A. Kallenburg
22
5
25
Tuberculosis of Lungs
Mar. 26
William C. Duncan
65
11
17
Anaemia
Apr. 4
Henrietta Robertson Humphrey
76
7
25
Arterio Schlerosis
Apr.
10
Joseph W. Haynes
73
9
24
Lobar Pneumonia
Apr. 11
Ivy May (Gould) Johnson
21
3
20
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Apr. 13
Jean Phyllis Anderson
0
10
21
Probably Spinal Feni
May
6
John L. B. Messervey
81
0
19
Apoplexy
May
10
Susan C. Bedell
73
May 21
Madeline (Biggio) Reppeto
65
June
4
Carrie A. (Rollins) Goodwin
47
Carcinoma
June 12
Arthur L. Tuttle
43
7
24
Asphyxiation
June 19
Susan M. (Knowlton) Prescott
69
4
27
Sept.
4
Emma L. Richardson
44
11
26
Sept. 27
Harry Richard Ray
29
4
11
Influenza
Sept. 25
John M. Donovan
28
3
29
Influenza
Oct.
4
Walter T. Nickerson
46
7
9
Broncho Pneumonia
Oct.
9
Emory W. Fiske
66
11
13
Arterio Schlerosis
Nov. 7
Eva M. (Estabrooks) Eaton
44
1
17
Broncho Pneumonia
Dec. S
John H. Perkins
85
Cystitis & Pyelitis
Dec.
26
Lucy M. (Wood) Hull
85
0
7
Broncho Pneumonia
Dec.
29
Florence (Keeler) Oelcher
29
2
24
Broncho Pneumonia
Enterolith
Arterio Schlerosis
Carcinoma
Convulsions
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
The first meeting for the year 1918 was held March 18th and organized as follows :-
Charles J. Bolton, Chairman.
Frank C. Newhall, Secretary.
A. P. Mansfield
All appointments of officers coming under the jurisdiction of Selectmen were made.
RAILROAD SITUATION
At a meeting of Selectmen March 18, 1918 the Town Counsel was authorized to co-operate with surrounding Towns and make a study of the street railroad situation. After attending several hearings he reported that in order to keep a car line running, the Town would have to pay $10,000 which seemed out of reason. No action being taken the line was discontinued.
JITNEY SERVICE
After considerable study of the jitney business by Town Counsel, rules and regulations for licensing jitney bussses were adopted. The Lynnfield Community, Inc., has taken the right at the South part, and seems to have solved the transportation problem.
GAS PERMIT EXTENDED
The Lynn Gas & Electric Company were granted extension of one year to complete a line of pipes to Lynnfield Center.
POLICE WORK
By the co-operation of a few of the Citizens, we were able to
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capture those out of town Hoodlums in the act of breaking street lamps for which they were severely punished.
CHARITIES
The Department of Charities is as usual growing.
Respectfully submitted, SELECTMEN OF LYNNFIELD, FRANK C. NEWHALL, Secretary.
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
I submit herewith, the Annual Report of the Board of Assess- ors for the year ending December 31st, 1918 :-
ESTIMATE FOR TAX RATE FOR 1918
Appropriations at Annual Town Meeting, March 11th
Memorial Day
$ 100.00
General Government
2,700.00
Charities
600.00
Police Work, etc
400.00
Gypsy Moth Work
603.05
Highways
5,650.00
Schools.
8,800.00
Street Light Contract
2,550.00 *
Liability Insurance
250.00
Tree Warden
50.00
Fire Department
1,000.00
Public Library
100.00
Fire Alarm System
300.00
Forest Warden
300.00
Emergency Fund
300.00
Park System
100.00
Cemeteries
50.00
$ 23,853.05.
Appropriations at Special Town Meeting August 22nd
Fire Alarm
$ 500.00
Highways
2,300.00
Excise Tax
757.17
Total Appropriation 1
3,557.17 $27,410.22
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OTHER EXPENSES
County Tax
$2,183.68
State Tax 3,080.00
Note on Chemical No. 1
1,000.00
Note on Chemical No. 2
500.00
Overlay
683.48
Total Amount
ESTIMATE OF CREDITS
Bank Tax $ 107.88
Corporation Tax
259.34
Corporation Tax (Public Service)
331.91
Polls 828.00
License Fee (75% of $2,500.00) 1,875.00
Income Tax
1,529.36
4,931.49 $29,925.89
Net Levy to be raised by taxation
Valuation of April Assessment
$1,615,333.00
Tax Rate to meet above levy $18.05
TABLE OF AGGREGATES FOR APRIL ASSESSMENTS
Number of residents assessed on property .... 350 Number of non-residents assessed on property . 227 Total number of persons assessed on property . 810 Number of polls assessed 414
Valuation of assessed personal estate
$
195,420.00
Valuation of assessed real estate
1,419,913.00
Total valuation of property assessed
1,615,333.00
Tax on personal estate 3,516.54
Tax on real estate
25,558.43
Tax on polls 828.00
Total tax
29,902.97 18.00
Tax rate per $1,000
Number of horses assessed
119
cows assessed 286
swine assessed 72
neat cattle assessed 1
fowl assessed 1914
66 dwelling houses assessed 472
acres of land assessed . 604912
7,447.16 $34,857.38
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DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS
Value of real estate assessed
Tax on real estate
$730.00 45.74
VALUATIONS: COMPARISONS WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
Real and Personal Property, April, 1915
$1,336,226.00
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December, 1915
8,979.00
66
66
66
66
April 1916
1,399,415.00
66
66
66
December, 1916
42,693.00
66
66
66
April, 1917
1,486,221.00
66
66
66
December, 1917
21,400.00
66
April, 1918
1,615,333.00
66
66
66
66
December, 1918
2,150.00
ABATEMENTS OF TAXES ON REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Levy of the year 1916:
In 1916
$156.29
In 1917
117.91
In 1918
30.13
1
Levy of the year 1917: -
In 1917
$113.7S
In 1918
62.94
Levy of the year 1918:
In 1918
$151.47
Poll taxes not included
Respectfully yours,
BOARD OF ASSESSORS, HENRY W. HODGDON, Secretary.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :...
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1918:
Sealed
Con- demned
Ad- justed
Platform scales over 5000 lbs.
2
Platform scales under 5000 lbs
7
Counter scales
4
Spring balance
6
Beam scales
2
Computing scales
3
Computing scales hanging
1
Weights avoirdupois
56
Dry Measures
3
Liquid measures
27
Oil measuring pumps
5
3
Molasses measuring pumps
5
Milk jars sealed
42
Yard measures
1
Total fees collected
$8.83
OSCAR E. PHILLIPS,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYORS
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
During the year we have repaired the roads in different parts of the Town, but work has been done in particular on Huckleberry Hill, so-called, and in the North Ward, also on Essex Street. Help has been hard to get and the cost of material and labor has ad- vanced so much that the appropriation did not go as far as it would in earlier years.
The special work on drainage in front of Roundy's store and the Parsonage, has not yet been completed owing to the closing of the season and work on Summer Street below Sprague's is yet to be completed.
We were unable to get any oil for the streets owing to the Government controlling it, but we did get tarvia which has been put on Summer Street extensively to hold the new work which has been done on that street. More traffic in automobiles every year makes it harder for small towns with a large road mileage to keep up the roads and as aforesaid, the cost of labor and material all help to wear off the appropriation before it has done near what we wish it might.
F. C. NEWHALL,
H. F. NESBITT, JAMES SAVAGE,
Highway Surveyors.
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
We most respectfully submit the following report of the Park Commissioners for the year ending Dec. 31, 1918 :-
Balance on hand January 1, 1918
$ 4.09
Receipts from Mr. Rowell 5.00
Receipts from Mr. Welch
10.00
Total Receipts
$19.09
Expenditures :-
Ropes for swings
$7.50
S. A. Wormstead mowing
2.00
9.50
Balance on hand
$9.59
We would recommend that $25.00 be appropriated with the' unexpended balance.
WILLIAM W. MOXHAM,
E. Q. MOULTON, SIDNEY RICHARDS,
Park Commissioners.
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
(As submitted to them by Librarian and Assistant Librarian} To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
We hereby submit the following report:
MAIN LIBRARY
Number of book patrons
195
Number of books loaned
2,607
Number of magazine patrons
25
Number of magazines loaned
176
Number of books bought
53
Received in fines $9.20
Gifts
Received magazines from Miss Catherine Haywood, Mrs. F. W. Freeman, Mrs. J. W. Perkins and Mrs. L. L. Turner. Two sets of pictures have been loaned to us by the Women's Educational Association of Massachusetts during the past year.
ELIZABETH W. GREEN,
Librarian.
BRANCH LIBRARY
Number of magazine patrons 98
Number of magaiznes loaned
908
Number of book patrons
219
Number of books loaned
2,212
Magazine gifts by Miss Annie Tyler, Mrs. Sylvester Nugent, Women's Educational Association of Boston.
Books Given
One fiction by Miss Edith Gove Ten juvenile by Houghton children Twelve fiction and non-fiction.by Miss Annie Tyler
One set Ency., 14 bound Atlantics, 2 fiction and 1 non-fiction by
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Miss Amy Folson, Boston, Mass. 39 non-fiction by Massachusetts Library Association 95 non fiction by Miss Katherine Loring Number of new books Fines collected $9.70 53
Have had the use of two traveling libraries, one on food and food conservation from Amherst College; one for juveniles from Women's Educational Association, Boston.
1
FLORENCE R. HOWE, Branch Librarian.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my report for the year end- ing December 31, 1918.
The Department responded to twenty-two calls, fourteen of which were for grass and brush fires where buildings were in danger. Losses have not been heavy except one, the N. F. Mc- Carthy fire.
The alarm system has been extended to Lynnfield Center, a bell and striker installed at House No. 1, and three alarm boxes located on Summer Street. This is a valuable addition to the Department and should be extended a little each year.
I recommend an appropriation of $1,000.00 for the use of this Department the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD A. RUSSELL, Chief.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The barns that have been inspected by me so far have been in good sanitary conditions and I found the stock looking un- usually well. Have had only one case of tuberculosis reported this year.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER GRAY, Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During the past year we have had very few forest fires. Aside from a few small fires caused mostly from trains, in the early part of the season, we have had practically none. Owing to the resignation of Lewis F. Pope on October 1st, the present Warden was appointed.
Respectfully submitted, FRANK C. NEWHALL, Forest Warden.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING AND BEEF
Since April 1st, 1918, there have been slaughtered at the Gould plant, 36 calves and three cows.
Since July 1st, 1918, the Goulds have done no business. Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD A. DOYLE
Inspector of Slaughtering and Beef.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
At the last Annual Town Meeting a small appropriation was made to purchase shade trees and to maintain the same. Twenty- five Norway maples were planted in various parts of the Town. The trees I have planted during the past few years are doing fine, considering the amount of attention they were given. Owing to the small appropriation given me for such, it is impossible to do otherwise. The appropriation usually made is so small that it is impossible to take proper care of the trees. We have removed several large trees which were dead and also removed dead limbs which were dangerous to the public. I hope a larger appropria- tion will be made so that the work may be carried on more satis- factorily.
LYMAN H. TWISS,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
The The general work such as mowing brush, raking avenues, etc., has been well done. The Commissioners intend to set out a few trees in the Spring. At a meeting of the Commissioners, it was voted to raise the price of the lots to $20.00 per lot. Also no lots to be endowed in the future, for less than $100.00 per lot. No lot is to be sold or transferred to non-residents. During the past year it has become plainly evident, that the avenues in the cemeteries should be well-graded and be kept in good condition, on account of the heavy motor cars which are now commonly used by undertakers and others. It is embarrassing to have an under- taker's car get stalled in a cemetery on its way to the burial lot, as has happened several times during the past season. This is a much-needed improvement and should interest the people of the Town.
Respectfully submitted, SETH H. RUSSELL, Chairman, WILLIS E. PEABODY, Secretary, BERTRAM M. PARKER,
Cemetery Commissioners.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
The Report of the Superintendent of Schools, which will be found elsewhere in the town reports setting forth the salient fea- tures of the administration of our schools during the past year, we commend to your consideration.
The schools of our town in common with those of other com- munities have labored under unprecedented difficulties during the year. The extreme shortage of coal in the winter of 1917-18 forced us, in accordance with the orders of the Federal Fuel Administrator to close on Mondays during January, 1918; and, until spring, it was often a question, particularly in the South School, whether we would not be obliged to discontinue sessions until an adequate sup- ply could be obtained. With the strong co-operation, however, of the janitors and teachers we were able to avoid this necessity. This fall the influenza epidemic caused us, for the protection of the children and the avoidance of possible danger of contagion, to close all town schools for a considerable period in October, and the South School again in December. The fuel shortage is now a thing of the past, and epidemics we hope will not again occur.
The expenses of our schools are increasing, perhaps some may think too rapidly. It is our belief that the increase is not dis- proportionate to that of other communities or to that of other departments in our own town. We can assure you that the Com- mittee will do everything in its power to prevent increased ex- pense in the School Department, and will permit it only when necessary for the well-being of the children. In some cases in- creases are beyond our control. For example, the Town now pays the entire amount of high school tuition; heretofore the State re-
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imbursed us for one-half. This means an added expense of over $800. Again, we had anticipated the State would pay the entire amount of high school transportation but under the law as it now stands the State bore, for the last year, only one-half the expense, leaving the balance, $377.75, to be borne by the Town. Education is, however, of the utmost importance. That received in the ele- mentary schools, the primary and grammar, is the very foundation of the lives and development of the future men and women. Un- wise economy in this direction will result only in tremendous loss in the future.
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