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Fred Curtis, labor
74 66
John Whalen, labor
23 23
Walter J. Wagner, labor
56 64
Oscar Lambert, labor
16 20
Alexander Black, labor
22 09
Allen P. Merritt, labor
II 2I
Edgar F. Poole, labor
89 00
Chas. H. Jones, labor
56 86
George A. Bates, labor
53 95
Hall & Torrey, supplies
6 47
Curtis & Bates, supplies
I 51
George F. Welch, cement
2 75
C. W. Tilden, filing saws and repairs
I 20
Ed. Gardner, filing saws and repairs 3 00
George H. Turner, filing saws and repairs 85
66
E. H. Sparrell, horse hire
$10 50
J. H. Lehan, extension ladder and freight on same 10 50
Joseph Breck & Sons, creosote I 50
Phillips, Bates & Co., cement
9 75
A. J. Litchfield & Son, supplies
8 05
C. W. H. Moulton, ladders
5 59
H. L. Frost & Co., supplies
I 37
William H. Claflin & Co., burlap and twine 75 00
Total expenditure $1,042 37
Total amount charged property owners $195 26
Town liability 332 95
Balance due from state
514 16
J. H. SPARRELL, Local Superintendent.
Town Incidentals
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"Town of Marshfield, repairs on Union bridge $83 67
C. L. Howes, M. D., returning birth 25
Carter Ink Co., ink 83
Standard Publishing Co., ballots and reports 116 00
Joseph Parker & Co., book for treasurer 2 00
Mary E. Curtis, P. M., stamps 16 09
Carrie M. Ford, printing 15 00
J. F. Merritt, cash paid for expressing
5
E. A. Turner, telephone tolls 5 90
Allen Brothers, rubber stamps 2 80
E. H. Sparrell, cash paid for expressing
2 50
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., cash book for treasurer J7 50
Charles H. Baker, repairing pump Dist. 2 3 35
Thomas Groom & Co., assessor's books 4 00
W. P. Boardman, M. D., returning birth 25
A. L. MacMillan, M. D., returning births 1906 and 1907 1
75
A. W. Totman, expressing 10 76
E. H. Sparrell, cash paid for auto book I 00
E. H. Sparrell, returning deaths 6 50
Charles Hammond, M. D., returning birth 25
Gilman Osgood, M. D., returning births 50
A. W. Brownell, printing 2 70
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C. H. Colgate, M. D., returning births $ 50 W. C. Soule, painting and labor Union bridge 143 61
Waterman & Leavitt, auto signs 12 90
Harry S. Merritt, auto sign posts 19 56
James Studley, setting auto signs I 00
George H. Bates, setting auto signs 2 67
E. H. Sparrell, carting and cash paid setting auto signs 3 50
Frank Baker, burying horse of Ist Mass. cavalry 5 00
Eastern Drug Co., supplies for fire extin- guishers 5 00
Horace T. Fogg, postage IO 56
E. L. Slocomb, check book 9 00
Helen L. Fogg, rent of vault 10 00
Hall & Torrey, pump box
I IO
H. J. Little, returning births
3 00
Town of Pembroke, seeding ponds
7 50
A. J. Litchfield & Son, stationery
8 66
James Dunbar, High street fire
I 50
A. W. Thomas, services at fires
2 00
John T. Osborn, Henderson fire $ 75
Dorothy Turner, Henderson fire
50
Samuel Turner, Henderson fire 75
Lawrence G. Turner, Henderson fire 75
Perry H. Osborne, Henderson fire 50
Humphrey Turner, Henderson fire 50
3 75
Henry Pritham, Prospect street fire $9 50 Robert N. Leavitt, Prospect street fire 9 00
E. E. Jacobs, Prospect street fire
16 00
Alpheus Damon, Prospect street fire
3 50
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Gilbert Howard, Prospect street fire II 25 Frank W. Jones, Prospect street fire II 50 Carlton Pinson, Prospect street fire 19 25 Henry Studley, Prospect street fire 2 50 Charles H. Baker, Prospect street fire 8 25 Benjamin Loring, Prospect street fire 10 00 Edward F. Winslow, Prospect street
fire 18 50
George A. Osborne, Prospect street
fire 4 00
123 25
Total Appropriation
$668 16 400 00
Exceeded
$268 16.
Highways
SOUTH WARD-FRANCIS E. HENDERSON.
F. E. Henderson, 22 days at $2.50 $55 00
Two men and 4 horses, 99 hours at $1.00 99 00
One man and 2 horses, 58 hours at 50c 29 00
One man and 3 horses, 9 hours at 66 2-3C 6 00
Two horses, 45 hours at 33 1-3C 15 00
One man, 47 hours at 20 9 40
Joseph Briggs, man and 2 horses, 45 hours at 50c 22 50
E. A. Jacobs, man and 2 horses, 89 hours at 50C 44 50
W. D. Turner, two men and 4 horses, 45 hours at $1.00 45 00
W. O. Henderson, man and 2 horses, 54 hours at 50C 27 00
Frank Hammond, man and 2 horses, 67 hours at 50C 33 50
E. H. Sparrell, man and 2 horses, 45 hours at 50 22 50
Frank Dyer, horse, 67 1-2 hours at 162-3 II 25
Man and horse, 33 1-3 15 00
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T. Appleford, man and horse, 48 I-2 hours at 33 1-3 $16 00
Henry T. Gunderway, horse, 6 days 3 00
James Studley, 106 1-2 hours at 20 21 30
W. H. Carr, 45 hours at 20C
9 00
Frank Dyer, 76 1-2 hours at 20C
15 30
T. Appleford, 18 hours at 20C
3 60
Edwin Briggs, 45 hours at 20C
9 00
Edgar Lee, 9 hours at 20C
I 80
James Smith, 194 hours at 20C
38 80
Robert Smith, 127 1-2 hours at 20C 25 50
Chas. Smith, 85 hours at 20C 17 00
H. T. Gunderway, 196 hours at 20C 39 20
Richard Winslow, 122 hours at 20C
24 40
Chas. Simmons, 128 hours at 20C
25 60
John Knapp, 54 1-2 hours at 20C
IO 90
Ralph Gardner, 50 hours, at 20C 10 00
Samuel Brown, 72 hours at 20C 14 40
Howard Packard, 44 hours at 20C
8 80
R. C. Henderson, 63 hours at 20C
12 60
Wallace Henderson, 40 1-2 hours at 20C
8 10
H. P. Henderson, 54 hours at 20C 10 80
Alonzo Sylvester, 54 hours at 20C 10 80
Walter Jacobs, 54 hours at 20C 10 80
H. D. Damon, engineer, 6 days 18 00
D. R. Ewell, labor 2 00
Frank Thomas, gravel
15 00
E. A. Jacobs, gravel
4 80
Gilbert West, gravel 3 36
E. E. Stetson, gravel I 08
A. J. Litchfield & Son, shovels and picks II 20
$836 79
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EAST WARD-EMANUEL P. JOSEPH.
E. P. Joseph, 15 days at $2.50 $37 50
Four horses and two men, 174 hours at $1.00 174 00
Two horses and man, 87 hours at 50C 43 50
Horse, 63 hours at 16 2-3C 10 50
Two men, 156 hours at 20C 62 40
Howard Delano, 36 hours at 20C 7 20
Amos H. Tilden, 73 1-2 hours at 20C
14 70
Alexander Black, 4 hours at 20C
80
Edward Jacobs, 39 hours at 20C
7 20
Walter Jacobs, 95 hours at 20C
19 00
Samuel Brown, 104 hours at 20C
20 80
Charles Bates, 27 hours at 20C
5 40
John Whalen, 171 1-2 hours at 20C
34 30
John Whalen, horse, 48 hours at 16 2-3
8 00
Elwin Tilden, 135 hours at 20C
27 00
Frank Baker, 72 hours at 20C
14 40
Eben Leavitt, 41 hours at 20C 8 20
George H. Turner and two horses, 27 hours at 50C 13 50
Jesse Reed and two horses, 72 hours at 50c 36 00 J. M. Reed, 126 hours at 20C 25 20
Frank Burns, 82 hours at 20C 16 40
Charles Jones, 68 hours at 20C 13 60
Harry Henderson, 65 hours at 20C 13 00
Wallace Henderson, 68 hours at 20C 13 60
Edward Jacobs, engineer nine days, at $2.25 20 25
Ernest L. Henderson, 4 hours at 20C 80
Frank L. Thomas, 68 hours at 20C 13 60
John T. Hatch, 24 hours at 20C 4 80
Joseph Hatch and two horses, 60 hours at 50C 30 00
John Burns and two horses, 15 hours at 50c 7 50
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William O. Henderson and two horses, 6 hours at 50C $3 00
William O. Henderson, 27 hours at 20C 5 40
John A. Evans and two horses, 18 hours at 50C 9 00
John Sparrell and two horses, 9 hours at 50c 4 50
Carleton O. Litchfield and two horses, 9 hours at 50C 4 50
Harry Ainslie, 18 hours at 20C 3 60
Harry L. Litchfield, 63 hours at 20C
12 60
Frank L. Thomas, gravel 16 80
John A. Evans, gravel
2 70
$765 25
WEST WARD .- JOSEPH BRIGGS.
Joseph Briggs and team $158 57
Benjamin Loring and 2 horses 142 hours at 50C 71 00
Wm. Lapham and horse, 44 hours at 33 I-3C 14 67
Chas. H. Wilder, 34 hours at 15C
5 10
Charles H. Wilder and horse, 53 hours at 33 1-3C 17 66
Joshua Freeman and 2 horses, 88 hours at 50C 44 00
Timothy Sheehan and horse, 72 hours at 33 I-3C 24 00
Timothy Sheehan, 64 hours at 20C 12 80
Walter Simmons and two horses, 64 hours at 50c 32 00
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William Farrar and two horses, 80 hours at 50c $40 00
Charles E. Brewster and 2 horses, 72 hours at 50C 36 00
Daniel Barnes and horse, 16 hours at 33 1-3C 5 33
Daniel Barnes, 4 hours at 20C 80
Edwin C. Briggs, 45 hours at 20C
9 00
Alpheus Damon, 97 1-2 hours at 20C
19 50
Alden Damon, 203 hours at 20C 40 60
Albion Damon, 56 hours at 20C II 20
Henry Studley, 180 1-2 hours at 20C 36 10
William Hayden, 44 1-2 hours at 20C 8 90
William F. Pratt, 27 hours at 20C 5 40
George H. Bates, 96 hours at 20C 19 20
Henry A. Pratt, 8 hours at 20C
I 60
J. J. Silva, 82 hours at 20C
16 40
Charles Curtis, 137 hours at 20C
27 40
Andrew Clapp, 8 hours at 20C
I 60
P. Schultz, 12 hours at 20C
2 40
C. Pinson, 9 hours at 20C I 80
C. H. Baker, 76 hours at 20C 15 20
Wm. G. Collamore, 48 hours at 20C 9 60
A. J. Parr, 32 hours at 20C 6 40
Geo. Sylvester, 40 hours at 20C
8 00
Edward W. Gardner, smith work
1 00
Joseph Breck & Sons, Corp., tools
10 76
Mrs. Enoch Johnson, 63 loads gravel at 6c
3 78
Bela Jacobs estate, III loads gravel at 6c
6 66
Elisha Sprague, 30 loads gravel at 6c I 80
Mary Farrar, 295 loads gravel at 6c
17 70
Wm. E. Wilder, 30 loads gravel at 6c I 80
John Brown, 10 loads gravel at 6c 60
$746 33
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GENERAL HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.
C. W. Tilden, Repairs $21 00
SUMMARY OF HIGHWAY ACCOUNTS.
South Ward
$836 79
East Ward
765 25
West Ward
746 33
General Account
21 00
$2,369 37
Appropriation
$2,500 00
2,639 37
Unexpended
$130 63
RIVER STREET ROAD.
Paid F. E. Henderson, agent
$1,003 95
Received from county
$400 00
Appropriation
600 00
$1,000 00
Exceeded
$3 95.
STONE CRUSHER ACCOUNT.
Good Roads Machine Co. $20 50
Appropriation $250 00
Unexpended $229 50
Assessors' Report
Value of buildings Value of land
$468,605 00 236,742 00
Value of personal property
$705,347 00 167,722 00
Total valuation, 1907
$873,069 00
Total valuation, 1906
827,483 00
Increase
$45,586 00
State tax County tax Town tax
$1,240 00 1,285 96 14,000 00
Number of polls assessed 459 Number of persons assessed 877. Number assessed poll tax only 159.
Horses assessed 339.
Cows assessed 241. Sheep assessed 39.
Neat cattle, other than cows assessed 17. Swine assessed 120.
Fowl assessed 7733. Dwelling houses assessed 470.
Acres land assessed 12,015.
Assessors' warrant to collector $14,648 95 Street railway excise tax 282 80
List of Jurors
List of persons qualified to serve as jurors to be presented to the town for acceptance or revision.
Hebert S. Turner
Robert C. Henderson
Charles Tolman
Amos H. Tilden
Carleton O. Litchfield
John Whalen
Joseph Briggs
James L. Litchfield
John H. Prouty
Walter T. Osborn
Arnold V. Beach
Lebbeus Leach
Asa W. Robinson
Harrison Wilder
Charles D. Barnard
George H. Tisdale
Alonzo B. Whiting
Wilfred L. Chamberlin
William O. Prouty
Fred A. Stoddard
Clarence C. Hook
Alpheus Damon Frank Vining
Alpheus Lewis
Fred H. Kidder
Frank E. Studley
Bert Richardson
Merchant Shoe cutter Retired Poultry farmer Farmer Farmer
Ice dealer Farmer Real estate Retired Farmer Retired
Shoeworker Retired Retired Shoeworker Clerk Tacker Carpenter Shoeworker Painter Retired Shoeworker Shoeworker Upholsterer Shoeworker Sawyer
Miscellaneous
PARKS AND TRIANGLES ACCOUNT.
Appropriation $100 00
Paid Church Hill Improvement Associ- ation 25 00
Unexpended $75 00
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.
Appropriation
$165 00
Paid H. J. Little
4 00
Unexpended
$161 00
FORE RIVER BRIDGE.
Henry D. Smith, witness
$3 75
Joseph H. Curtis, witness 3 75
No appropriation
$7 50
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CEMETERY.
Appropriation $75 00 J. H. Curtis, labor and supplies $75 00
Received for sale of lots
$58 00
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
C. S. Dean, services $2 00
J. Frank Gear, supplies 15 00
H. J. Little, M. D., services and supplies 23 05 -
$40 05
No appropriation
TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation $50 00
J. H. Sparrell, trees and setting
$28 00
J. F. Merritt, labor
3 50
H. B. Merritt, labor
2 00
$33 50
Unexpended
$16 50
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TOWN HALL.
Appropriation
$50 00
L. F. Hammond, janitor
$27 50
Harry S. Merritt, stock and labor
I 75
Curtis & Bates, supplies
70
$29 95
Unexpended $20 05
Fire Extinguishers
Appropriation $300 00
Knight and Thomas, 24 extinguishers $288 00
Charles E. Curtis, freight
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288 94
Unexpended
$11 06
LOCATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
WEST WARD.
Alpheus W. Thomas, Charles W. Thomas, Clifford Brett, Charles N. Gardner, Town Hall, Joseph Briggs, No. I School house, Curtis Bros., Benjamin Loring.
SOUTH WARD.
George E. Torrey, Frank Dyer, Joseph Tolman, Arthur L. Toppan, William Tolman, William Appleford, Francis E. Henderson.
EAST WARD.
Jesse Reed, Atwood L. Ford, John Whalen, A. J. Litch- field & Son, Curtis & Bates, H. S. Turner & Co., Town Farm, (two).
Financial Statement
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of South Scituate Savings Bank
$3,500 00
Note in favor of the Coffin fund
2,000 00
Note in favor of the Otis fund 1,300 00
Due other towns for support of poor (es- timated) 300 00
$7,100 00
ASSETS.
Due from State on account of Gypsy moths
$514 16
Due from state, state aid
2,150 00
Due from towns for aid to poor
684 24
Due from State, cattle inspection
17 25
Cash in hands of treasurer
1,546 96
Uncollected taxes
3,600 63
$8,513 24
Balance in favor of town
$1,413 24
RECAPITULATION.
Taxes abated Highways
$181 74 2,369 37
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River street
$1,003 95
Town hall
20 05
Parks and triangles
25 00
School physician
4 00
Fore River bridge
7 50
Cemetery
75 00
Board of health
40 05
Tree warden
33 50
Fire extinguishers
288 94
Stone crusher
20 50
Support of poor
2,753 31
Gypsy moths
1,232 09
Incidentals
867 41
Town officers
1,317 37
Soldiers' relief
519 35
State aid
2,150 00
Support of schools
8,235 80
Removing snow
533 37
Post No. 112
100 00
Town note
1,000 00
$22,778 30
CREDITS.
Almshouse
$755 72
State Aid
2,150 00
County, River street
400 00
Due from State, cattle inspection
17 25
Due from towns, poor account
684 24
Cemetery sale of lots
58 00
Due from State, Gypsy moth account
514 16
Schools, from State and other towns
2,034 92
$6,614 29
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I have examined the accounts of the treasurer, selectmen, and collector and find them correctly cast and vouchers for all amounts paid.
FRANK W. JONES, Auditor.
Norwell, Mass., Jan. 18, 1908.
Appropriations Recommended for
1908
Support of Poor
$2,000 00
Incidentals
500 00
Support of Schools
6,500 00
Highways
2,500 00
Removing snow, St. Ry. excise tax and
300 00
Memorial Day
100 00
State Aid
2,000 00
Soldier's Relief
300 00
Town Officers
1,300 00
Washington St. Cemetery
50 00
Tree Warden
50 00
Board of Health
50 00
School Physician
100 00
$15,750 00
Transcript of Articles in the Warrant.
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING MARCH 2, 1908, AT
SEVEN O'CLOCK A. M.
Article I. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, Treas- urer, Auditor, Tax Collector and five Constables for one year; one Selectman, one Assessor, and one Overseer of the Poor for three years; one Selectman, one Assessor, and one Overseer of the Poor for two years; one Selectman, one As- sessor and one Overseer of the Poor for one year; three Highway Surveyors and one Tree Warden for one year; one member of the Board of Health and one member of the School Committee for three years; and to vote "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town for the en- suing year?" All on one ballot. Polls open from 7 A. M. to II A. M.
Art. 3. What amount of money will the town raise for the support of poor and incidental expenses ?
Art. 4. What sum of money will the town raise for the support of schools ?
Art. 5. What sum of money will the town raise for high- way repairs ?
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Art. 6. What compensation will the town make for removing snow and appropriate money for the same ?
Art. 7. In what manner and time shall the taxes be col- lected the ensuing year ?
Art. 8. Will the town accept the list of jurors prepared by the selectmen ?
Art. 9. Will the town authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of taxes ?
Art. 10. To hear and act on the report of any committee heretofore chosen.
Art. II. To make allowance to town creditors.
Art. 12. What sum of money will the town appropriate for the use of Post 112, G. A. R., on Memorial Day ?
Art. 13. What sum of money will the town appropriate for the payment of state and military aid ?
Art. 14. What sum of money will the town appropriate to pay the superintendent of schools ?
Art. 15. What sum of money will the town raise for re- pairs on schoolhouses and incidentals ?
Art. 16. Will the town cause a statement of their finan- cial affairs to be printed in February next ?
Art. 17. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended in the cemetery on Washington street ?
Art. 18. Will the town cause a new valuation to be taken in 1908 ?
Art. 19. What price will the town pay for labor on the highways for the ensuing year ?
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Art. 20. Will the town appropriate a sum of money for the employment of a school physician ?
Art. 21. What action will the town take in regard to keeping the sidewalks in repair ?
Art. 22. Will the town give any instructions to the town officers ?
Art. 23. What price will the town pay for work at fires for the ensuing year ?
Art. 24. Or act or do anything relative to the above.
Citizens desiring additional articles in the warrant must present them to the selectmen on or before Feb. 17, 1908.
ALPHEUS THOMAS, EZRA E. STETSON, ERNEST H. SPARRELL, Selectmen of Norwell.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWELL
FOR THE YEAR 1907
School Report.
TO THE CITIZENS OF NORWELL :
In presenting you our annual report it may be necessary to reiterate statements oft heard before, but like all truths, they must still be spoken.
Dare we mention the old, old story of attendance ? Yes, we must, for the attendance the past year has been far from satisfactory. We have been unfortunate in several respects one, in having a slight epidemic of scarlet fever while al- though but few were victims of the disease, yet the fear of it made many parents keep their children at home, also many cases of measles served to lower the per cent. of at- tendance and another school was broken up by whooping cough. At the annual town meeting a sum of money was appropriated for a school physician and Dr. H. J. Little was appointed to the position. We have found it necessary to consult him on several occasions and think the law requir- ing a school physician (which at first glance seems foolish) to be a very wise one. Should a child show symptoms of illness, the teacher has only to call the physician, and if he thinks it necessary, a team will at once be provided and the child taken home; this has been done twice during the year. But sickness is not the chief cause for the poor attendance, it really seems as though it were almost the indifference of the parents, not many children will voluntarily attend school regularly. Parents, you are the ones at fault. Let no slight excuse keep your children from school. "Oh, only for
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a day," you say, "that is no harm." Yes it is a harm both to your child and to others in the class, you don't like it if the teacher refuses to show your child about the lost lessons and some other parent will object because the teacher has to take time to teach again the lesson of the day before. Out of 255 children, who attend school in this town, only two have not been absent for one year, only six for two terms and only fifty-two for one term. Can't we make a better report than this next year ? Let us all work with a will along this line and see what united efforts can accomplish.
It is a fact which cannot be denied that children do not and can not appreciate the great advantages offered them by town and state alike, until it is too late, but certainly the parents are aware of what is being done for the young people now-a-days and often contrast their own school days with those of the present. Our barge system for the convenience of the children, has outlived the experimental stage and has come to stay, seeming to be the only way in which a scat- tered population such as is common in country towns can maintain their graded schools. And that our schools are well graded, is shown by the fact that children coming into them from neighboring towns, even of larger size than ours, are no farther advanced than are our children of the same , age. By the barge system, our High school is enabled to stand No. 1 in the matter of attendance, pupils now attend- ing who without the barges would be denied this great priv- ilege.
In our teaching force, in the lower grade schools, but little change has taken place, only one teacher leaving us during the year. Miss Peterson, of Dist. No. I Primary, resigned to accept a position in Hanson at an increased sal- ary. Miss A. Edith Varney, a Framingham Normal gradu- ate is her successor. But in the High School we have not been so fortunate, although we have been able to keep with us our efficient principal, Mr. A. B. Lewis, who has been untiring in his efforts to make our High school the success
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it has become. In the matter of assistants is where all our trouble comes ; it seems to us that we have only to engage a teacher and immediately someone else finds out what a prize we have, offers a much larger salary, and we find ourselves looking for another teacher. In the past year we had eight assistants, and we seemed powerless to prevent it.
For the excellence of our High school, which met the re- quirements of the State Board of Education, we were granted $500, which is a sum given to towns of less than 500 fam- ilies maintaining a High school when by law they are not required to do so. As this money is to be used exclusively in the High school, we are hoping to be able to keep a good assistant when we get one if a matter of dollars will help our cause. Our graduating class, although numbering but four members, made this year a memorable one in the history of the High school by taking a trip to Washington, D. C., thus setting an example which other classes are only too anxious to follow. Everybody seemed glad to assist them in earning the funds for the trip, believing it to be a most excellent scheme and a fitting climax to four years' work. Our Superintendent, Mr. C. A. Harris, has been, the past year, as heretofore a most capable helper. The law implies that the Supt.'s chief work is in the schools. He is there to inspect, advise and assist, and this Mr. Harris has done and much more. No task is too hard for him nor no school question so small but what he has been ever ready to aid your committee in every way. We have been obliged to advance the wages of our teachers, as we told you last year we must do and still if we had to employ strangers and not residents of the town we would have to pay more than now. An extract from'the report of the Board of Education is as follows: "There are in the State 207 towns where the aver- age annual income for teaching is less than $400 ; 32 towns where the income is less than $300. Certainly now in city and country schools alike the salaries are out of proportion to the demands."
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Teaching instead of being as formerly a profession over- crowded, is now far from crowded. Young men and women starting out in life, decline to become teachers however much they might like to do so, as it is about impossible to earn enough during forty weeks to support one's self the rest of the year. In former years, if we needed a teacher, we had only to apply to a Boston agency and we could make a choice from five or six candidates but now we apply to five or six agencies and get one candidate. We desire to employ trained teachers, preferably Normal graduates and we have got to decide to pay enough to get such teachers. People say " It costs a good deal to get an education," but can we spend money to better advantage than in educating our children ?
We want them to enjoy every opportunity that it is in our power to bestow, we want them taught to appreciate and make the most of the great chances offered them in our public schools and to crown all, we want them taught to be useful citizens having high ideals and making the most of life. Do not entrust all this to the teachers. Let it begin in the home.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN LORING, GEORGE C. TURNER, MARY E. CURTIS, School Committee of Norwell.
Expenditures
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPRO- PRIATION.
For the winter term, 1907, but chargeable to the appropri- ation of 1906.
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Albion B. Lewis
$270 00
Marion D. Ames
90 00
Sara M. Damon
120 00
Myrtle A. Bal]
12 50
Lydia Wood
40 00
Martha C. Scully
100 00
Sara E. Peterson
96 00
Mrs. Julia A. Neeley
132 00
Marion G. Merritt
96 00
Eva S. Burns
90 00
Maria W. Tolman
90 00
A. Gertrude Jones
35 00
$1,171 50
SUPERVISION.
Charles A. Harris
$150 00
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TRANSPORTATION.
Mrs. E. L. Loring
$226 00
John F. Osborne
192 00
L. F. Hammond
168 00
James L. Litchfield
156 00
$742 00
CARE OF ROOMS.
A. B. Lewis, High school $48 00
Ralph G. Lambert, Dist. No. I, 10 00
Edwin W. French, Dist. No. 5,
10 00
Frank L. Thomas, Dist. No. 6,
10 00
Frank L. Thomas, Dist. No. 6, (Fall term) 4 00
Wm. C. Tolman, Dist. No. 7,
6 50
$88 50
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPRO- RIATION.
For Spring and Fall Terms, 1907.
Albion B. Lewis, principal High school $630 00 W. Scott Osborne, first assistant High school 5 00
Louisa R. Holt, first assistant High school 145 00
Sarah M. Damon, second assistant High school 120 00
Marguerite E. Bowen, first assistant High school 200 00
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Edna C. Cullis, second assistant High school $180 00
Martha C. Scully, Dist. No. I, grammar 296 00
Sara E. Peterson, Dist. No. I, primary 120 00 A. Edith Varney, Dist. No. I, primary 160 00
Mrs. Julia A. Neeley, Dist. No. 5, gram- mar 336 00
Marion G. Merritt, Dist. No. 5, primary 280 00
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