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Treasurer and Collector-Franklin W. Freeman.
Assessor for three years-Charles JJ. Bolton.
School Committee for three years-Everett B. Richards.
Road Commissioner for three years- Albert G. Tedford. Trustee of Public Library for three years-George O. Giddings.
Park Commissioner for three years-Benjamin A. Ingraham.
Park Commissioner for two years - Lyman B. Taylor.
Cemetery Commissioners for three years-Daniel J. McCarthy. Auditor-George II. Bancroft.
Tree Warden, Alfred W. Copeland.
Constables-Walter C. Harris, George Williams.
License Vote-Yes, 85. No, 82. Recount-Yes, 88. No, 81.
OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
The Board of Selectmen organized March 20, 1911, as follows : J. W. Perkins, chairman ; Charles J. Bolton, Secretary ; D. G. Harvey. On April 17, 1911, Mr. Perkins, resigned from the Board, and at a special Town Meeting, held July 17, Chester A. Johnson was elected to the Board, which then organized with Charles J. Bolton, Chairman, and Chester A. Johnson, Secretary. Officers were appointed as follows : Inspector of Barns and Cattle-Charles M. McCarthy.
Inspector of Beef, etc .-- Charles A. Cooper, (resigned). Fred A. Trefethen.
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Supt. of Moth Work-Alfred W. Copeland, (resigned). Lyman
H. Twiss.
Soldiers' Burial Agent-Isaac H. Mitchell.
Chief of Fire Dept. - William E. Gilson, (resigned). William F. Gerry.
Assistants-Oscar E. Phillips, Wm. H Griffin.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Walter Gray, (resigned ). F. P. Russell, ( deceased ) .
. Constable (appointed) B F. Robinson. To fill vacancy, W. C. Harris (resigned. )
Weighers of Merchandise-Elbridge F. Gerry. Fred Kimball, (resigned Dec 23, 1911). Francis P. Russell appointed Dec. 27, 1911.
Janitor of Town Hall-Albert F. Southworth.
Special Police-Albert G. Tedford, James Rourke, William Stevens, George Williams, James MacGregor, Franklin W. Freeman, Fred Skinner, William E Gilson, Daniel G. Harvey, O. E. Phillips, Thomas E. Evans, Carl H. Russell, Harland S. Peabody, Albert Southworth, Isaac H. Mitchell, Charles J. Bolton, Benjamin A. Ingraham, Arthur Upton, M. J. Donovan, William H. Griffin, Thomas E. Cox, Frank F Flynn, John F. Newhall, William Larkin, Albert JJoll. Forest Fire Warden-Thomas E. Cox.
Deputies-O. E. Phillips, Fred Skinner, Albert G. Tedford, Frank Newhall, William E. Gilson, Andrew Mansfield Jr. Dog Officer-O. E. Phillips.
SPECIAL MEETING, CALLED JULY 17, 1911 AT 11.30 A. M.
Under Art. 1, John M. Danforth, was chosen moderator.
Article 2. To receive a report on by-laws and see what action the town will take thereon. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
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Art. 3. To see what action the Town will take with reference to the expenditure of the money received by the Town Treas- urer from the granting of a license.
Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize the selectmen to have the vault in the Town Hall remodelled as required by the State.
Voted that the Selectmen have it fixed as it should be according to law and rules of the State.
The vote for Selectman, as declared by the Moderator, elected Chester A. Johnson.
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED DECEMBER 18, 1911, AT 8 O'CLOCK P. M.
Article 1. John M. Danforth, was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $437.07 as required by the State for the suppression of the Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth, said amount to be aseessed in the tax list for 1912.
Voted.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of taxes of the present munici- cipal year to an amount not exceeding $3000 in addition to the amount heretofore authorized at the annual meeting in March 1911, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year.
Voted $3,000, reconsidered and made $4,000.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of section 364 of Chapter 560 of the acts of the year 1907 to elect at the annual Town Meeting in March, 1912, one Highway surveyor for the term of one year.
Voted.
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Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the erection of adequate fire escape for the south school.
Voted that the Selectmen and School Committee act as a joint committee to have it done and assessed in the tax list of 1912.
It was voted that a committee of five consisting of Henry W. Pelton, Andrew Mansfield Jr., Robert Hawley, George Barry and Frank Newhall be appointed by the chair to look over this year's and last year's accounts of all town officers with full power to summon witnesses and to report at the adjourned Town Meet- ing, Jan. 1, 1912, at 8 o'clock P. M.
At this adjourned meeting Mr. Pelton, as chairman of the inves- tigating committee, reported as follows :
For the past two years we find that the assessors have through a misunderstanding cut short the school appropriation. In making up an estimate of expense the assessors deducted from the general levy the amount received from the State on account of School Department, making the tax levy that much too small. This State credit should have been added to appropriation for Schools and not deducted from the general levy.
Another cause of shortage of funds at this moment lies in the fact that the amounts received from corporation and excise taxes are much smaller than anticipated. We also learned that the State A d is paid out by the town fourteen months before it is refunded by the State. Our investigation discloses clearly the fact that the reasons mentioned above are the principal causes for lack of funds at this moment. In closing we beg leave to offer the following suggestions :
That the State Aid Fund be included in the coming tax levy ; that a stenographer be employed at annual Town Meetings ; that all motions at Town Meetings should be verified before adjourn- ment ; that the treasurer should make an itemized report of re-
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ceipts to the auditor monthly instead of annually as at present. Your committee finds that the absolute lack of system in the mat- ter of filing records in the town vault is very detrimental to any investigations and to the Town's best interest.
Respectfully submitted, this first day of January, 1912.
H. W. PELTON, Chairman, ANDREW MANSFIELD, JR., Sec., GEORGE T. BARRY.
On motion of Warren Newhall, it was voted that the Selectmen be instructed to insert in the annual town warrant an article calling for the appointment of a Town Accountant, as pre- s ribed under Chapter 624, Acts of 1910.
Dogs Licensed in Lynnfield for Year 1911
Males 86 at $2.00
. $172 00
Females 18 at 5 00
90 00
104
262 00
License fee 20 cents per license .
20 80
Paid to County Treasurer .
241 20
Amount deducted by County
56 49
Reimbursed from County
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. $184 71
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Hunters' Licenses
Forty-nine Hunters' Licenses have been issued, from JJan. 1, 1911 to Jan. 1, 1912, at $1.00 each, and the amount received, less Town Clerk's fees, has been forwarded to Mass. Fish and Game Commission.
OSCAR E. PHILLIPS,
Town Clerk.
Town Clerk's Statistics BIRTHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD IN 1911
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Occupation of Father
Farmer
Marketman
Printer Laborer
Electrician 15
Driver
Manufacturer
Laborer
Manufacturer Driver
Feb. 24
Joseph Warren Smith
Mar. 16
Ruth Doremus
Mar. 25
Eleanor Blanchard
May
Herbert Leslie Putnam
May
14
Robert Colby Brown
Harry E. and Grace L. (Mitchell)
Sept. 17
Arthur Amison Dewing
George and Mamie (Buzzell) David H. and Lena I. (Rhodes)
Sept. 22
Isabelle Clark
Oct. 29
Adeline Rich
Dec. 16
Elbridge Franklin Gerry
Dec. 30
Doris Arlene Hayward
Joseph F. and Marion W. (Preston) Milton H. and Elsie M. (Grant) Wendell and Gertrude (Bolster) Jesse T. and Ella G. (Mitchell)
Chas. A. and Margarett M. (Murphy) Win F. and Ethel ( Haynes)
Lilley B. and Mary A. (Johnson)
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1911
=> _Date
Name of Groom and Bride
Residence
Birthplace
Names of Parents
By whom Married
Feb.
28
Harry Wilbur Ayers Florence Evelyn Earle
Everett Lynnfield Ctr.
Chelsea Lynnfield Ctr.
Henry W. & Fannie E. (Trefethen) Halah H. Loud Edward T. & Florence E. (Wilson)
Lynnfield Ctr.
March
31
Harry Floyd Nesbitt Ella May Westover
Lynnfield Ctr. Lynnfield Ctr.
Charlestown
Harry B.and Mercy A. (Nickerson) Halah H. Loud E Fairfield, Vt. Geo. L. and Nellie (Blanchard)
Lynnfield Ctr.
April
17
Harry Elie Tebbitts Lucy Irene Tyler
Lynnfield Ctr. Lynnfield Ctr.
Lynnfield Keene, N. H.
Geo. L. and Leora (Richardson) Albert H. and Emma (Towne)
Elwin Hitchcock Keenc, N. H.
April
19
Fred Wesley Griffin Maud Ellen Robinson
Lynnfield Ctr. Lynnfield Ctr.
Lynnfield Ctr. Roxbury
Geo. F. and Marietta F. ( Wilkins) Halah H. Loud Fred'k H.& Lizzie J. (Collamore)
Lynnfield Ctr.
May
24
James Edward Frost Somerville Marguerite Beat'c Bartlett Lynnfield Ctr.
Worcester Lyn
James H. & Blanche E. (Graves) John W.cand Mary F. (Barnes)
Halah H. Loud Lynnfield Ctr.
Carl Hazen Russell Gladys Hibbard Hawley
Lynnfield Lynnfield
Lynnfield Ctr. Hyde Park
Enoch G. and Caroline V. (Joll) Robert B. and Mary L. (Lane)
Halah H. Loud Lynnfield Ctr.
Oct.
1
Walter Scott Fuller Gertrude Arzelita Braley
Lynnfield Lynnfield
N'w Castle, Me John W. and Mary S. (Averill) Mt Vernon, Me John R. and Lucinda B. (Brown)
Henry J. Dennen
Lynn
Oct.
21
Albert J. Nelson Ethel Mae Fairbanks
Lynnfield Lynnfield
N.Conw'y, NH Chas. A. and Wilemina (Dashield) Halah H. Loud Charlestown James H.& Charlotta (Christoph'r)
Lynnfield Ctr.
Oct.
29
Andrew Michel Erna Nelson (Oelcher)
Peabody Peabody
Germany Germany
Andrew and Margaret (Ott) Ford E. and Marie (Burster)
Robert W. Haskins
Reading
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NOV. 12 |Edward A. Russell Lucinda I. Blanchard
NOV.
29
Nov. 30
Arthur E. Moulton Frances H. Radcliffe Ernest Warren Savage Winnifred Knox
|Lynnfield Lynnfield Lynnfield Lynnfield Lynnfield Saugus
Lynnfield St. Arm'd, P.Q.
Saugus Somerville Wakefield Saugus
Chas. N. and Carrie L. (Derby) Orin D. and Mary J. (Green)
Edward Q. and Etta (Fuller) Geo. W. and Adelaide E. (Ross)
James H. and Mabel S. (Cook) David and Emma (Dizer)
Halah H. Loud Lynnfield Ctr.
Robert W. Haskins Reading
H. L. Thornton Saugus
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1911
Date
Name of Deceased
Age y. m. d.
Birthplace
Condition
Names of Parents
Cause of Death
Mar. 6 David F. Parsons
66 9.
3 Lynnfield
Widower Israel and Emily R. (Wiley)
Apr. 30 Edward Talbot
73 8 29 Freeport, Me.
Single Single
Alpheus and Bertha (Soule)
June 20 John Franzmann
27
0 2 Belgium
June 27 Henry Keir
581 9 2 Dundee, Se'tl'd Married
July 28 Mary Elizabeth Abbott
80
0
25
Widow
Seccor and Unknown
Sept. 7 James C. Connick
61
Lockport, N. Y Married
James and Ann (Hughs)
Sept. 14 Addie May Cass
43| 3 15 Lynul
Married
Wesley F. Chase and Mary C. Parrott
Oct. 17 Lavenia Cunningham
76 10 20 Barring'n, N.S Widow
Herman Kenney and Helena Knidall
Dec. 29 Cora E. Winslow
2
0 0 Somerville
Single
Chas. E. and Cora L. (Roundy)
John and Louise (Auckermann )
Apoplexy Meningitis Phthisis Pulmon'lis A cute Brights' Dis. Apoplexy Heart Disease Salpingitis Myocarditis Tuberc'l'r M'n'g't's
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School Department
Report of the School Committee >
TO THE CITIZENS OF LYNNFIELD :
We are pleased to report that your schools have made desir- able progress during the past year, notwithstanding the resignation of the superintendent and the entire teaching staff of the South School. Every effort is being made to attain efficient results, and we earnestly invite the co-operation of the parents. We suggest that the latter visit the schools while in session as often as possible in order that they may better appreciate and comprehend the work of the teachers. It having been shown that poor results follow when pupils take the eighth and ninth grades in one year, we recommend that this course of action be discouraged by the parents.
Your committee recommends to your attention the fact that the South School building has become inadequate to accommodate the number of pupils ; that the sanitary arrangements there are. very poor ; that the building is hard to heat and hard to keep clean. that the location and surroundings are not in accordance with the modern idea that the best of theseshould be used for school pur- poses. It is the unanimous opinion of your committee that as little money be spent on the present building as possible, and that the town consider the advisability of securing a new piece of land and the erection of a new school building thereon at an early date. With these conditions in mind, and the fact that an abandoned well already exists on the premises, no new water supply system has been installed at this school. During the past year the pupils have been supplied with spring water for drinking purposes.
The cellar floor at the Centre School is in poo condition and we recommend that the sum of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) be appropriated for resurfacing said floor.
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We hope that the town will take some action in the near future, in the matter of the Centre School grounds, which should be provided with simple accommodations for physical training.
We ask that five thousand dollars ($5,000) be appropriated for school expenses during the ensuing year. You will note tha this is seventeen hundred dollars ($1,700) in excess of the amoun appropriated last year. This difference is accounted for as fol- lows :- During the coming year we expect to disburse for High School tuition five hundred dollars ($500) additional to the amount spent for this purpose last year; and one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) increase in teachers' salaries. Furthermore, the remittance from the Massachusetts State Fund will not be received until the end of next January. 'This will be too late to apply in prompt payment of bills for the coming fiscal year. Consequently it is deemed prudent, for this year only, to ask that you include the equivalent of this amount ($1100 estimated) in your appro- priation. It will be unnecessary to include this item in appropria- tions for subsequent years.
Respectfully submitted,
E. B. RICHARDS, Chairman, E. J. CLARKE, Secretary, H. W. PELTON,
School Committee.
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my first annual report. This report neces- sarily will be rather short as I ean give an account of only five months work.
The work at the beginning of the fall term was somewhat hindered by the fact that a new superintendent was taking charge and one school had two new teachers. Our progress at first there- fore was slower than it otherwise would have been.
I have tried to pick up the ends as they were left last year and carry on the work in the schools without any undue confusion and we have been fairly successful.
The building at the south end of the town is overerowded, more so in the lower room than in the upper room. There are two who may leave by promotion and in all probability there will be more than this to enter school for the first time, therefore, it looks very much as though the rooms will be more crowded next year. The situation of the building is not the best. There is practically no room on the grounds for play, and it is not safe to have the children utilize the streets for a play ground for there is too much danger from the electric cars and passing automobiles.
There is ample room at the Centre School for play grounds and it seems to me that they should be used to better advantage. Some provision should be made so this large field may be arranged in seetions for different kinds of play. Some simple apparatus should be provided ; this need not be at all elaborate, but might consist of such things as the following : sand-piles, teeter-boards, parallel-bars, basket ball cages The play might well be directed by the teachers during the school hours and be open to children outside of school hours.
During the last part of the fall term there was some feeling that perhaps the South School might be unsafe if a fire should
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break out. After a thorough inspection by the proper authorities it was declared that the liability of fire was slight, but to be on the safe side a fire escape was built at the rear of the building. One window was cut out and a doorway was substituted in its place. this doorway leads to a landing and from thence to the ground
A large amount of black board space is necessary for good school work. The South School lacks this. What black board space there is, is on the sides and at the rear of the room. It would seem advisable to add some to the front of the room. This may not be possible because of the ventilating and heating appar- tus. If there is no way by which boards could be placed in the front of the room it might be possible to use a portable board, although this is cumbersome and would take up valuable space in the front of the room.
The principal stress of the work has been laid upon reading, for this is the basis of all school work. Believing that the child learns to read by practice in reading we have set aside at least one period each day, outside of the regular lesson, for silent read- ing. The child spends the time of this period in reading some- thing which is of interest to him The School Committee has purchased several books which have been placed upon the shelves of the rooms, and are easily accessable to all the children. The idea is not to use the reading for reproduction work, although it may be used occassionally for such. We want to develop a love for literature, some acquaintanceship with the best literature and some power of discrimination in the choice of literature.
The report of the supervisors of drawing and music follow this report. I believe you will find some interesting matter in them and commend them to your notice.
Following the reports are brief statistical tables showing the the records of attendance for the schools for the school year end- ing June 1911, and also for the first five months of the present school year.
I wish to thank the school committee, teachers and citizens for help and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted, WILLARD B. ATWELL.
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Report of Supervisor of Music
MR. W. B. ATWELL,
Superintendent of Schools, Lynnfield, Mass.
Dear Sir :
The Music in the Lynnfield schools have been conducted along the lines of previous years.
The technical work has been carefully reviewed in written form including scale building in different keys, copying, writing measures under different time, signatures and keys.
The individual work which at first seems so uninteresting, has been given its full share of attention. It certainly is the best means of determining the child's real ability and knowledge, and gives him power to stand and sing unassisted. Teachers who at first were averse to its use have come to realize its merits and importance.
The first book of the revised edition of the Normal Music Course has been introduced and is well liked. The exercises and songs are equally attractive and educational.
The Silver Song Series as a supplemental book, has added materially to the bright and enjoyable songs the children love to sing.
As a whole, the year has been one of profit and advancement.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. E. WALES.
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Report of Supervisor of Drawing
MR. W. B. ATWELL,
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir :
Herewith I submit my second annual report.
At the start I wish to make clear just what the study of Drawing means for it is, perhaps, the most misunderstood of any subject in our school system. We are not trying to make artists of our children, nor are we simply amusing them by allowing them to make "pictures" but we wish to help prepare them for their work in life and a knowledge of drawing is of great assist- ance in almost every vocation, The dentist uses it continually in making plans of mouths, also the architect, carpenter, mechanic and many others.
It is difficult to plan a course where there are five grades in one room, for, of course, all of the pupils are obliged to take the drawing together because of lack of time. The work must not be too difficult for the fifth grades, but must be far enough advanced so that the ninth grades will not be handicapped for their work in the high school the next year.
The first three months of the year, January, February and March, we studied object drawing. Under this head we made a very careful study of proportion of objects in the lower grades believing that if it were mastered there the children would have something on which to base the more difficult study of perspec- tive when they reach the grammar grades.
The next three months were devoted to nature drawing in water color and to making designs from these drawings.
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September and October were given up to nature drawing in pencil and the study of color. In the pencil drawing we studied for accuracy of observation so that at the end of the school year we would be able to record truthfully with the brush the beauty of line and form as well as of color.
November and December were devoted to construction work. The pupils learned to measure and plan carefully and work accu- rately while making articles for Christmas.
Illustrative drawing was used throughout the year whenever occasion demanded for it is thus that the little child expresses his thoughts long before he learns to write. Experiences at home and at school were related on paper.
In closing I wish to express my appreciation of the hearty support and co-operation shown by the teachers of this town.
Respectfully submitted, AMY L. BUTTERFIELD,
Supervisor of Drawing.
TABLE I
School
Teacher
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Pupils under 5
Pupils between
5 and 15
Pupils over 15
Pupils between 7 and 14
The above statistics are for the school year from Sept. 7, 1910 to June 23, 1911 TABLE II
School
Teacher
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Total sessions
No. cases of
No. cases of
Truancy
Dismissals
Salary
per Month
Centre Grammar
Jennie B. Friend
27
24.8
23.6
95.1
296
12
0
17
$60.00
Centre Primary
Florence Young
20
19.0
18.8
96.2
139
12
0
2
$57.50
South Grammar
Bessie Hayward
29
29.0
27.9
95.1
254
36
2.
9
$60.00
South Primary
M. Azella Goodell
40
39.9
36.4
90.9
631
106
5
11
$57.50
Totals
116
112.7
106.7
94.3
1320
166
7
39
$235.00
Centre Grammar
Jennie B. Friend
27
21.8
20.4
94.6
0
2 5
0
23
Centre Primary
Florence Young
26
20.3
19.16
94.2
0
23
0
17
South Grammar
Sadie Hirst
32
31.69
30.29
95.5
0
32
1
28
( Hannah M. Alden )
Florence Norton
39
35.5
31.9
89.9
0
41
0)
20
South Primary
Totals
124
109.29
1 101.57
93.55
0
121
1
88
Absence
tardiness
Table II covers the first five months of the present school year.
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School Department
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
RECEIPTS
Balance Feb. 1, 1911
$652 88
Appropriation
. 3,800 00
Appropriation special,
South School
(water supply )
200 00
From State :
Mass. Fund
. $1,057 10
High School Tuition
530 00
Superintendent
125 00
State Children Tuition
105 00 1,817 10
$5,969 98
DISBURSEMENTS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
E. J. Clarke
8 33
H. W. Pelton
8 33
E. B. Richards
8 34
25 00
SUPERINTENDENT
W. B. Atwell
90 00
J. H. Carfrey
100 00
.
190 00
TEACHERS
Jennie B. Friend
587 50
Florence T. Young . 562 50 ·
Sadie A. Hirst
275 00
Bessie S. Hayward .
300 00
Florence Norton
258 75
M. Azella Goodell . George E. Wales
287 50
175 00
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.
28
Amy L. Butterfield
112 50
Florence Rowe
23 75 2,582 50
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION
Town of Peabody
135 00
Town of Wakefield
977 50
1,112 50
TRANSPORTATION
Boston & Northern St. Ry. Co. 2 00
E. B. Richards 300 00
302 00
JANITORS
Sidney Eaton
8 00
J. H. Hobson
169 45
A. F. Southworth 220 00
397 45
FUEL
F. W. Freeman, coal .
229 35
E. & A. W. Mansfield, wood 3 25
E. B. Richards, wood 8 75
241 35
SUPPLIES
D. Appleton & Co.
5 06
E. E. Babb & Co. . 66 31
Milton Bradley Co. 39 58
Citizen & Banner Press 1 50
De Wolfe & Fiske Co.
2 46
Ginn & Co. 43 58
G. & C. Merriam Co. 10 65 Michelson Bros. 24 55
Silver, Burdett & Co.
6 40
Thompson-Brown Co.
6 13
Wakefield Daily Item 4 00
Samuel Ward Co. . 3 25
213 47
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FIRE ESCAPE
D. G. Harvey
129 50 129 50
REPAIRS
T. E. Brown .
5 40
Perkins & Bancroft
35 95
Geo. H. Taylor
30 58
C. E. Whitaker
21 50
E. Q. Moulton
3 50
A. F. Southworth
3 75
Wm. E. Roundy
13 85
114 53
114 03
SUNDRIES
W. W. Bessey & Son 2 50
Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co.
90
J. H. Carfrey, expense .
27 47
E. J. Clarke
3 83
Frank Newhall 66 3 00
H. W. Pelton
14 97
Roundy & McCarthy 4 73
J. F. Smith, spring water 20 00
Sulpho-Naphthol Co. 2 50
Geo. H. Taylor 2 50
Hattie F. Russell, census 7 00
F. W. Freeman, medical examination 25 00
114 40 5,422 20
Balance unexpended
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$547 78
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Report of Board of Selectmen -
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report :
The regular meetings of the Board have been held each month, and the routine business has been attended to. Special meetings of the Board have been held, from time to time, as the occasion has required. We have worked conscientiously and have conducted the business of the town to the best of our ability .
The regular appointments were made at the beginning of the year but owing to the resignation of our Fire Chief and the mov- ing out of town of our Chief of Police it became necessary to appoint men to fill these vacancies. We feel that the officers appointed to fill the various offices have performed their duties faithfully.
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