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TOWN HALL. .
Fred J. Croning, janitor $28 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son 30
$28 30
CEMETERY.
Chas. H. Lapham, labor
$17 00
TOWN TOMB.
Appropriation
$500 co
Phillips, Bates & Co., material
$43 60
Chas. Callahan, labor
59 67
Chas. H. Lapham
20 04
Granite Railway Co, stone
116 80
Wm. H. Farrar, labor
17 50
$257 61
Received for sale of lots
$30 00
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TOWN INCIDENTALS.
7
Joseph F. Merritt, returning births, mar- riages and deaths $21 00
Horace T. Fogg, stationery, etc. 7 80
John F. Turner, labor on pump, Dist. No.6 2.00
Rockland Standard, printing town reports 95 00
Andrew J. Litchfield, postage, etc. 13 80
Rockland Standard Publishing Co., printing 8 00
Henry D. Smith, repairing ballot box 1 00 Ernest L. Henderson, burying woodchucks 25 00 H. D. Smith, pipe and labor Delano Hill water works I 68
A. H. Bartlett, printing for Town Clerk 1 :30 Fred W. Capell, sign board Tiffany Road I 60 Parker W. Cushing, painting sign boards I 82
P. B. Murphy, printing dog licenses and posters 2 50
Hingham Fire Dept., Grove street fire 7 25
A. W. Thomas, Grove street fire II 62
A. W. Thomas, Fire Warden 4 00
Services at fire on estate of J. W. Samp-
son : Benjamin Stetson 3 25
John P. Hatch 3 25
Ernest Loring 63
Edward Jacobs
63
George S. Hatch
I
25
L. B. Fitts
75
Harry G. Pinsin
75
Albert Merritt 88
Seth O. Fitts 75
William Fearing, Hingham Fire Dept., Phipps' fire 4 00
County Commissioners, entrance fee for petition 3 00
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Thomas Groom, Assessors' books $6 00
Thomas Groom, printing 9 75
Paid bounty on woodchucks. George W. Griggs 39 50
Alpheus Thomas 54 75
Ezra E. Stetson 34 25
Carrie M. Ford, printing
14 25
James Johnson, fire extinguishers placed in almshouse 10 00
F. E. Henderson, drain pipe 7 00
Horace T. Fogg, for perfecting title of property from Scituate to Norwell 21 05
W. H. Spencer, repairing pump Dist. No. 6 6 45 C. H. Lapham, 6€ 66 66 2 3 00
E. A. Turner, telephone service 35
Southern Mass. Tel Co. 85
Town of Pembroke, seeding pond 7 65
R. C. Waterman, stone markers for
Church Hill cemetery
9 00
Carter's Ink Co., for ink 83
Helen L. Fogg, use of vault 8 00
S. O. Jacobs, opening grave of J. L. Waters, 3 00 Coughlan Bros., legal services 10 00
Norwell Post Office, for stamps, etc. IO 84
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies to town office 46
Dr. C. L. Howes, return of births
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$482 24
RECAPITULATION.
Taxes abated $114 77
Highway expenditures 2,471 24
Snow expenditures
1,035 98
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Town officers
$1,082 05
Town hall
28 30
Town incidentals
482 24
Cemetery
17 00
Tomb .
257 61
Almshouse expenses
1,718 49
Aid to out-door poor
1,566 13
Soldiers' relief
230 75
Soldiers' burial
105 00
State aid
2,254 00
Bounty on woodchucks
128 50
CREDITS.
Refunded by State, on acct. of poor
$37 00
Refunded by State, on acct. of soldiers' burial
105 00
Almshouse credits
771 18
State aid
2,254 00
Soldiers' relief
204 75
Due from the State for cattle inspection
15 50
Cemetery, for sale of lots
30 00
Refunded by towns on account of poor
535 38
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
NORWELL, JAN. 19, 1905.
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, Select- men and Collector and find them correctly cast, and vouchers for all amounts paid.
GEO. CUSHING, Auditor.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of So. Scituate Savings Bank $6,500 00
Note in favor of the Coffin Fund 2,000 00
Note in favor of Otis Fund
1,300 00
Due to other towns for support of poor
200 00
ASSETS.
Due from State for State Aid
$2,254 00
State, for aid to poor
37 00
Towns, for aid to poor
535 38
State, for soldiers' burial
105 00
Towns, for soldiers' relief
204 75
Corporation and Bank taxes (estimated)
200 00
State, for inspection of cattle ,
15 50
Cash in hands of Treasurer
3,515 27
Uncollected taxes
3,271 08
LIST OF JURORS.
List of persons qualified to serve as jurors, to be presented to the town for acceptance or revision.
James L. Litchfield Alpheus Damon
Farmer
Retired
Charles H. Dyer
Tacker
Arthur T. Stoddard
Shoe cutter
L. Frank Hammond
Farmer
Francis E. Henderson
Teamer
Wallace H. Damon
Farmer
Walter T. Osborne
Retired
Henry J. Tolman
Arthur C. Jones George W. Robbins Edwin A. Turner Amos H. Tilden
Geo. H. Turner
George Cushing
W. H. Rand
Farmer
Walter C. Barnard Lebbeus Leach Geo. H. Tisdale
Laborer Retired
Foreman stitcher Painter
Ernest L. Henderson
Chas. D. Barnard
Harness maker
Joseph H. Corthell John Whalen Wm. O. Prouty
Retired Farmer
Carpenter
Poultry raiser Shoe worker
Chas. N. Gardner George H. Bates
Carpenter Shoe stitcher Paper hanger Hotel keeper Farmer Farmer
Retired
REPORT OF TRUSTEES.
NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS POOR FUND.
Loaned on town note
$1,300 00
In Savings Bank
700 00
Amount of Fund
$2,000 00
On hand Jan. 1, 1904
$140 77
Interest on Bank books
32 48
Interest on Town note
52 00
$225 25
Paid worthy poor
$35 00
Paid inmates of the almshouse
20 00
In the bank Dec. 31, 1904
118 25
Cash on hand
52 00
$225 25
58 SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGE P. CLAPP
CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of Fund
$100 00
Interest
I OI
Interest on bank book
4 08
$105 09
Paid for care of lot
$5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
09
Fund
100 00
$105 09
TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE COFFIN POOR FUND.
Amount of Fund
$2,000 00
Loaned on Town note at 4 per cent.
In the bank Jan. 1, 1904
$107 59
Cash on hand
. 18 00
Interest on bank book
3 82
Interest on town note
80 00
$209 41
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Paid worthy poor
$43 00
In bank Jan. 1, 1905
86 41
Cash on hand (interest on town note)
80 00
$209 41
NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS CEMETERY
AND TOMB FUND.
Amount of fund in So. Scituate Savings Bank
$1,500 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1904 309 38
Interest on bank books
.71 42
$1,880 80
Paid for care of lots and flowers For labor on well
$30 00
64 44
For lumber for well
8 24
For well pipe and carting
82 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son, two pails
60
Interest on deposit Dec. 31, 1904 195 52
Fund on deposit Dec. 31, 1904
1,500 00
$1,880 80
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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TRUSEEES OF THE PRUDENCE C. DELANO
CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$300 00
Interest on deposits Jan. 1, 1904
63 43
Interest on bank book
14 66
$378 09
Paid for care of lot
$5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
73 09
Fund
300 00
$378 09
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE MARY O. ROBBINS
CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1904 2 00
$200 00
$202 00
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FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE BETSEY B. TOLMAN
CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on bank book
4 04
$104 04
Paid for care of lot
$4 04
Fund on deposit January 1, 1905
100 00
$104 04
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE SAMUEL C. CUDWORTH
CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest of deposit January 1, 1904
18 56
Interest on bank book
8 80
$227 36
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit January 1. 1905
23 36
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Fund .
$200 00
$227 36
SIXTEENTH £ ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE JOSSELYN CEMETERY
FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1904
38 96
Interest on bank book
9 62
$248 58
Paid for care of lot
5 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
43 58
Fund
200 00
$248 58
SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE NANCY HERSEY
CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1904
$100 00
12 92
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Interest on bank book
$4 54
$117 46
Paid for care of lot
$3 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1905
14 46
Fund
100 00
$117 46
CITIZENS' CAUCUS.
The citizens of the town of Norwell are requested to meet at the town hall, Norwell, on Friday evening, February 24, 1905, at 8 o'clock, to nominate town officers for the ensuing year, and to transact any other business that may properly come before them.
PER ORDER OF THE SELECTMEN.
Transcript of Articles in the Warrant.
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 6, 1905, AT NINE O'CLOCK A. M.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Article 2. To choose a Town Clerk.
Article 3. To hear and act on the report of the Town Clerk, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Auditor, Collector and Treasurer.
Article 4. To choose all such town officers as the laws of the state and the by-laws of the town require.
Article 5. To bring in their votes "Yes" or " No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town for the ensuing year ? "
Article 6. What amount of money will the town raise for the support of poor and incidental expenses ?
Article 7. What sum of money will the town raise for the support of schools ?
Article 8. What sum of money will the town raise for highway repairs ?
Article 9. What compensation will the town make for removing snow and appropriate money for the same ?
Article 10. In what manner and time shall the taxes be collected the ensuing year ?
Article 11. Will the town accept the list of jurors pre- pared by the selectmen ?
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Article 12. Will the town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of taxes ?
Article 13. To hear and act on the report of any com- mittee heretofore chosen.
Article 14. To make allowance to town creditors.
Article 15. What sum of money will the town appropri- ate for the use of Post 112, G. A. R., on Memorial Day ?
Article 16. What sum of money will the town appropri- ate for the payment of state and military aid ?
Article 17. What sum of money will the town appropri- ate to pay the Superintendent of Schools ?
Article 18. What sum of money will the town raise for repairs of schoolhouses and incidentals ?
Article 19. Will the town cause a statement of their financial affairs to be printed in February next ?
AItical 20. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended in the cemetery on Washington street ?
Article 21. Will the town cause a new valuation to be taken in 1905 ?
Article 22. What price will the town pay for labor on the highways for the ensuing year ?
Article 23. Will the town raise and appropriate a sum of money to rebuild River street as laid out by the County Commissioners ?
Article 24. Will the town give any instruction to the town officers.
Article 25. Or act or do anything relative to the above.
Citizens desiring additional articles in the warrant will present them to the Selectmen on or before Feb. 18, 1905.
GEORGE W. GRIGGS, ALPHEUS THOMAS, EZRA E. STETSON,
Selectmen of Norwell.
ANNUAL REPORT
'OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWELL
FOR THE YEAR 1904.
ROCKLAND : THE ROCKLAND STANDARD PUB. CO., PRINT. 1905.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF NORWELL :
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Benj. Loring, Chairman, term expires 1907. Geo. C. Turner, term expires 1906.
Mary E. Curtis, Secretary, term expires 1905.
SUPERVISION.
Mr. C. A. Record has during the past year managed our schools as usual, ably and well. No one not intimately ac- quainted with the work of a Superintendent can realize the amount of work required of one. What with visiting the various schools, conducting teachers' meetings, attending Committee meetings, and carrying supplies to every school in town, who can say that his time is not fully occupied ? And, although we are entitled to but one-third of his time, yet he can call nearly every pupil in town by name or give the grade to which each belongs. Mr. Record enjoys the confidence and esteem of teachers and pupils alike and we are very glad that we are still able to retain his services.
TEACHERS.
But few changes have occurred in our teaching force the past year.
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Miss Minnie G. Robbins, who was granted leave of ab- sence that she might take a European trip, was succeeded by Mrs. Katharine Simonds, a graduate of a Rhode Island Normal school. As Miss Robbins declined a re-election at the end of the school year, we were very glad to continue to employ Mrs. Simonds, who had proven herself a first-class teacher.
Miss Mary A. Schenck, (now Mrs. H. D. Sampson), who resigned at the end of the school year, has been succeeded by Miss Lena B. McCaffrey, a Vermont Normal graduate. She has done good work, although greatly hampered by the poor attendance, which is always a source of great trouble to every teacher in Dist. No. 4.
Mr. Edward L. Hill, who succeeded Mr. Hunnewell as Principal of our High school, was educated at Brown Uni- versity, and had previously taught in Providence, R. I., and in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Miss Mary F. Simmons, of Hanover, succeeded Mr. W. Scott Osborne, who had been second assistant at the High school, and who had left to enter Bates college.
TRANSPORTATION.
Our transportation routes remain nearly the same as last year, except that by carrying the pupils from Dist. No. 2 to Dist. No. 1, instead of to Dist. No. 5, we dispensed with one barge, and as the schools in Dist. No. I were both rather small, the change was a good one for all concerned.
EVENTS OF THE YEAR.
Some of the pleasant events of the year have been: The union Memorial Day exercises at the Unitarian church ; the annual graduating exercises of the High school at the same place combining, as it did, a fine concert by Boston talent
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with the Salutatory and Valedictory by members of the class of 1904; the Institute for the teachers of this union district held at Hanover, with a very helpful talk by George H. Martin, Secretary of the State Board of Education ; the an- nual County Teachers' Convention at Plymouth, with many helpful hints by noted educators ; the year closing with the Christmas exercises held at each school room, and greatly enjoyed by the children and, too, by the older ones who were privileged to be present.
One matter which we greatly regretted, was the necessity for closing the Grammar school in Dist. No. 7. This was 110 new idea, but one which had been under consideration for some time. At the annual election of teachers in June 1903, the Committee notified the teachers in Dists. No. 6 and 7, that if by consolidation or any other reason, the schools should be closed, their contracts would not be binding.
Owing to the number brought to Dist. No. 5, Primary, from Dist. No. 3, it was found necessary to take one grade to Dist. No. 6, thus greatly enlarging the school, so that the necessity of closing it for that time, at least, was passed. But Dist. No. 7 had no addition to its numbers and for the Fall term of 1903, and winter term of 1904, numbered only eleven pupils ; then it was, March 1904, that the Committee decided to close the school, bringing seven pupils to Dist. No. 5 and leaving the fifth grade with Miss Tolman in the Primary room. In September, the fifth grade, (now pro- moted to sixth grade) was brought to Dist. No. 5.
The closing of this particular school occasioned no greater change in that district than had come to other districts in town. Dist. No. 2, both schools, Grammar and Primary, and Dist. No. 3, mixed school, were both closed entirely, even carrying the first grade children, in a majority of cases only five years old, to another district. But are the commit- tee to blame for this? We should be very glad to have a large school house in every district, well filled with children,
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but under the existing conditions of business and population in town, as this is impossible, absolutely nothing remains for the Committee, but to do what they consider best for the children and the interests of the town.
ATTENDANCE
One matter, to which we have to call your attention each year, for it is an important one, is the matter of ATTEND- ANCE. It does seem with all that is done for children at the present day that they might be kept in school, as it requires so little effort on either the children's or parents' part. Perhaps that is the very reason the attendance is no better ; everything is made so convenient that if it required more effort on either part, it would be better appreciated. We are apt to value very lightly, things easy to obtain. The most trivial of excuses is sufficient to keep a child at home for a day or more, and do you not realize how much he loses in that little time ? One day of absence in a week, as is too often the case, results in failure to be promoted at the end of the year and then the teacher is blamed for the failure. It is a rare case that a pupil who attends school every day, (or attends when not really ill), and pays attention to business while there, who fails of promotion.
Did you ever think how much a parent can help a teacher and benefit the school? Let us tell you a few of the things necessary.
First - Insist upon regular and prompt attendance.
Second - Do not criticise the teacher or the methods be- fore the children.
Third - Wait to hear both sides of the story before cen- suring the teacher.
Fourth - Remember that there are other children in school beside yours.
Fifth - Visit the school often, talk with the teacher; if your child is not making satisfactory progress, speak of it,
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and see if you cannot do something to help ; and, lastly, try to remember that you were a child once yourself and in all probability were very much like what your child is now, and that however much you may wish it, "Old heads will never grow on young shoulders."
Let us ever strive to benefit and strengthen our school sys- tem until it can be said that Norwell, although a small town has schools which rank among the foremost in the great edu- cational system of Massachusetts.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN LORING, GEORGE C. TURNER, MARY E. CURTIS,
School Committee of Norwell.
EXPENDITURES.
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPROPRIATION.
For the winter term of ten weeks, 1904, but chargeable to the appropriation of 1903.
Teachers' Salaries.
John A. Hunnewell
$270 00
Mattie S. Wilder
115 50
M. Abbie Packard
80 00
Sarah F. Richardson
90 00
Mary A. Schenck
90 00
Martha C. Scully
100 00
Marion G. Merritt
90 00
Minnie G. Robbins
72 00
E. Katharine Goodrich
16 00
Mrs. S. M. Buttrick
90 00
Maria W. Tolman
90 00
A. Gertrude Jones
35 00
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$1138 50
Supervision.
C. A. Record
$150 00
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Transportation.
Mrs. E. L. Loring
$115 00
Chas. D. Barnard
88 00
Wm. T. Lapham
119 00
Chas. E. Brewster
132 00
James L. Litchfield
108 00
Tilon Williams
15 00
$577 00
Care of Rooms.
Fred J. Croning, High school
$25 00
Bernard M. Scully, Dist. No. I
10 00
William E. Leslie, ! Dist. No. 4
Gertrude Leslie,.
4 00
Edwin W. French, Dist. No. 5
10 00
Wallace Henderson, Dist. No. 6
4 00
Wm. C. Tolman, Jr., Dist. No. 7
8 50
$61 50
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPRO- PRIATION.
For Spring and Fall Terms, 1904. Teachers' Salaries.
John A. Hunnewell $270 00
Edward L. Hill
320 00
Mattie S. Wilder 304 50
A. Gertrude Jones, drawing teacher 90 00
M. Abbie Packard, Dist. No. I Grammar 224 00 Sarah F. Richardson, Dist. No. I Primary 252 00
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Mary A. Schenck, Dist. No. 4 Mixed $108 00
Lena B. McCaffrey, Dist. No. 4 Mixed 144 00 Marion G. Merritt, Dist. No. 5 Primary 252 00 Martha C. Scully, Dist. No. 5 Grammar 280 00
Mrs. Katharine Simonds, Dist. No. 6 Mixed
252 00
Maria W. Tolman, Dist. No. 7 Primary 252 00
$2748 50
Care of Rooms.
Fred J. Croning, High School $128 00
Bernard M. Scully, Dist. No. I 20 00
Gertrude Leslie, Wm. Leslie, Dist. No. 4 8 00
Edwin W. French, Dist. No. 5. 28 00
Irving Henderson, Dist. No. 6 8 00
Wm. C. Tolman, Jr., Dist. No. 7 13 75
$205 75
Fuel and Fitting.
Benj. Loring, moving wood from Dist.
No. 2 $4 00
Wm. T. Lapham, wood 5 00
W. Scott Osborne, work on wood 3 00
Benj. Loring, wood as per contract 32 00
F. E. Henderson, wood as per contract 21 50
John Whalen, wood and fitting 7 00
Chas. O. Keene, wood as per contract
58 00
Wm. D. Turner, wood as per contract
27 25
Wm. D. Turner, wood 5 00
Henry C. Ford, sawing wood, contract 20 00
Benj. Loring, wood 2 00
Bernard M. Scully, work on wood, No. I 13 00
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S. G. Benson, sawing wood, No. I $6 00 Harold B. Sexton, work on wood, Nos.
5 and 6. 5 25
Howard Packard, work on wood, No. 7 4 00
Walter Simmons, coal, High School 42 00
Ralph D. Merritt, work on wood, No. 4 75
F. J. Croning, work on wood, High school 5 25
$261 00
Superintendent.
Received from State
$250 00
Town appropriation 250 00
$500 00
Paid C. A. Record
350 00
$150 00
Transportation.
Mrs. E. L. Loring
$348 00
Chas. D. Barnard
130 00
Clarence E. Barnard
4 00
Wm. T. Lapham
449 50
James L. Litchfield
288 00
L. Frank Hammond
192 00
Tilon Williams
44 00
$1455 50
Books and Supplies.
E. E. Babb & Co.
$277 65
Rand, McNally & Co.
13 76
J. L. Hammett Co. 81 57
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Journal of Geography Ginn & Co. J. E. Judson
$4 50
23 90
4 50
J. A. Hunnewell
1 05
Samuel Ward Co.
5 25
$412 18
Cleaning School Houses.
Mrs. Annie F. Scully, Dist. No. I $12 00
Fred J. Croning, High School 7 00
Mrs. Mary A. Osborne, Dist. Nos. 4 and 5 15 00
Seth O. Fitts, Dist. No. 6 5 50
Mrs. Eva L. Winslow, Dist. No. 7
6 00
$45 50
Supplies and Incidentals.
Wm. H. Spencer, labor on stoves and materials furnished $43 19
Chandler Chair Co., desks 10 50
W. W. Wade, tuning piano 2 00
D. W. Ross, labor and materials furnished 4 00
F. M. Curtis & Co, supplies for school houses 9 29
Carrie M. Ford, printing report cards, programs, etc. 16 25
C. L. . Rice & Son, curtains and bookcase 21 00
C. H. Baker, moving stove 75
D. M. O'Brien, expressing (1902-1903) 28 31
Harry S. Merritt, moving and resetting desks 13 43
Harry S. Merritt, closet for High school 6 50
John Whalen, labor at No. 4 3 50
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Benj. Loring, telephoning, postage and other school expenses $8 29
Patrick McNichol, cleaning vaults 5 00
E. Lincoln Wood, use of well from 1901 to 1903 10 00
Mary E. Curtis, postage I 88
E. F. Freeman, clearing yard No. 5 I 50
C. A. Record, sundry extra expenses . 10 00
C. C. Merritt, labor and materials furnished I 90
Levi N. Osborne, materials and labor on chimney at Town hall 18 50
John E. Corthell, electric bells for High school 5 00
F. E. Henderson, labor at No. 7 2 00
Geo. F. Welch, lumber, bricks, etc. 17 51.
E. W. French, repairing clock 50
J. H. Lehan, painting and glazing 21 00
F. A: Prouty, materials and labor at No. I 6 50
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies 2 54
Bernard M. Scully, brooms and hinges 88
W. C. Tolman, Jr., locks 1 00
$272 72
HIGH SCHOOL FUND.
Unexpended balance from last year $107 32
Received from State 300 00
$407 32
American Book Co. $16 12
W. Scott Osborne, teaching
64 00
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Mary F. Simmons, teaching
120 00
Ginn & Co., supplies 2 30
D. C. Heath & Co., supplies
2 32
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies
28 28
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$233 02
$174 30
AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR PRESENT YEAR.
Town appropriation
$5000 00
Dog tax 316 55
State Board of Charity
146 50
Received from State on account of teach- ers' salaries
I66 66
State School Fund
929 86
Repairs of school houses and incidentals
250 00
Amount expended
54.01 15
$1408 42
Expenses to April (estimated]
1744 50
Deficit
$336 08
Norwell, Jan. 19, 1905.
I have examined the accounts of the School Committee and find vouchers for amounts paid.
GEORGE CUSHING, Auditor.
$6809 57
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ABSTRACT FROM REGISTERS.
WINTER TERM-1904.
SPRING TERM -1904.
FALL TERM-1904.
Number Enrolled.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
Number of Tardy Marks.
Number of Visitors.
Number Enrolled.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
Number of Tardy Marks.
Number of Visitors.
Number Eurolled.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per cent. of Attendance.
Number of Tardy Marks.
Number of Visitors.
No 1 Primary
12
10.97
8.72
.79
11
20
20
18.28
.95
5
43
34
26.94
25.77
.95
10
47
No. 1 Grammar
17
16.65
15.27
.91
0
8
19
16.33
.92
1
27
19
19
17.7
.93
6
19
No. 4 Mixed
21
18.33
17.33
.94
25
16
2.2
20.66
19.66
30
5
18
16
14.29
.89
40
13
No. 5 Primary
26
25
2.3.42
.94
15
19
21
20.33
18 02
.88
17
12
26
23 44
20 78
.88
33
35
No. 5 Grammar
39
37.88
33.08
.87
9
11
44
41.62
35.52
.85
15
10
46
41.5
37.11
.89
13
9
No. 6 Mixed
29
27.56
21.73
.79
6
10
29
28.25
25 43
.90
00
6
34
32.22
28.92
.89
40
25
No. 7 Primary
18
17.76
12.9
.72
2
8
22
20.8
18.26
.87
13
23
22.25
20.13
.90
12
No 7 Grammar
=
10 8
9.62
.89
11
49
46.98
43.83
.93
0
6
50
46.5
44
.94
0
15
High
51
50 33
46.09
.91
1
7
19.1 17.66
SCHOOLS.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
TO THE SCHOOL BOARD .-
I hereby submit my fifth annual report as Superintendent of Schools.
My work during the past year has been, in detail, as fol- lows :
I have visited the schools as often as seemed to me neces- sary ; have determined what lines of work should be pursued and have given directions to be followed in the same; have procured proper supplies and distributed them as needed. So far as the details enumerated are concerned, I have worked unrestricted.
In most instances, the efforts of the teachers to cooperate with me in the general plan of the school work, both as re- gards detail and attainment, have been satisfactory. If there is any particular feature of our work that I would criticise unfavorably, it is the oral reading in the Grammar schools.
Teachers in general fail oftener in this line of effort than in any other. I think they are inclined to regard this work as something that must be done, but attach very liitle import- ance to manner of execution. To me it is a vital subject. I have spoken of it so often that I fear I am in danger of being considered a crank as regards this subject. With the passing of the old "district school" good oral reading has become almost a lost art.
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