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Alonzo Allen
I 50
George A. Davis
3 30
1
George H. Turner
2 40
W. T. Turner
2 70
John A. Cash
I 20
$1,426 86
Appropriation-Excise Tax
373 82
Exceeded
$1,053 04
Town Officers Account
E. E. Stetson, services, selectman, as- sessor, and overseer of poor $24 00 Frank W. Jones, services, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor 298 00
Edward M. Sexton, services, select-
man, assessor and overseer of poor 269 00 Lothrop E. Fessenden, services, se- lectman, assessor and overseer of poor 233 00
Joseph F. Merritt, services town clerk 115 00
Joseph F. Merritt, services registrar of voters 32 50
Herbert E. Robbins, services treasurer 225 00
W. E. Sexton, services registrar of voters 25 00
Arthur T. Stoddard, services registrar of voters 25 00
Henry J. Tolman, services registrar of voters 25 00
William H. Spencer, services tax col- lector 200 00
Harry T. Fogg, services auditor 50 00
Walter T. Osborne, services constable 71 27 J. Warren Foster, services constable 66 00
L. F. Hammond, services constable 24 00
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Jesse M. Winslow, services constable 6 50
John F. Wilder, services constable 6 00
Benjamin Loring, services school
committee 25 00
Carrie M. Ford, services school com- mittee 50 00
Alvan G. Spencer, services sealer 42 25
John Whalen, services moderator 10 00
Amos H. Tilden, services teller 12 00
Carlton O. Litchfield, services teller
12 00
Charles Scully, services teller 12 00
Clifton S. Deane, services teller
3 00
$1,861 52 $1,800 00
Appropriation
Exceeded
$61 52
Incidental Account
E. P. Joseph, labor, Union Bridge $IO 75
J. Frank Turner, labor, hay scales 6 50 W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies, sealer 4 17
J. F.Merritt, return of births
18 80
A. W. Babbitt, check register 2 75
E. H. Sparrell, return of deaths 3 50
J. H. Lehan, painting I 75
Frederick C. Bailey, repairs on pump 3 30
A. H. Bartlett, supplies for clerk I 35
Fessenden & Allen, railing 17 70
A. I. Randall, printing
5 00
J. C. Hall Co., printing 12 71
E. E. Stetson, telephone 60
Herbert E. Robbins, protectograph 30 00
Herbert E. Robbins, bond for treasurer 25 00
A. W. Brownell, blanks 2 50
J. L. Fairbanks, document boxes 3 00
M. E. Curtis Co., supplies 17 75
Carter Ink Co., ink 83
New England Telephone, tolls 21 57
Carrie M. Ford, printing 22 50
Rockland Standard, printing 181 65
Hobbs & Warren, supplies 16 09
W. D. Turner, auto service 18 50
Harry T. Fogg, insurance and bonds 153 20
60
Harry T. Fogg, notary public 3 00
A. S. Peterson, supplies 2 00
George F. Welch Co., supplies for hay scales 9 36
Town of Scituate, rax 6 48
Wakefield Daily Item, supplies 1 00
Norwell Post Office, stamps and en- velopes 54 96
H. D. Smith, repairs on watering trough
1 50
C. C. Hook, rent 12 00
Thorp & Martin, supplies 5 53
Harry Henderson, services Union Bridge 6 00
Irving Henderson, witness fees I 75
C. W. Tilden, labor, hay scales 3 25
E. S. Thompson, printing
2 50
Walter T. Osborne, auto service and telephone calls 15 60
W. H. Spencer, repairs on pump 2 50
W. H. Spencer, taxes 8 10
Robert W. McDonald, repairs on pump
1 00
C. S. West & Son, supplies I2
Carl S. Burrell, auto service 12 00
L. E. Fessenden, cash paid
5 06
Wm. P. Grovenstein, M. D., return of births 50
C. H. Colgate, M. D., return of births I 50
Charles Hammond, M. D., return of births 50
C. A. Dorr, M. D., return of births 50 George R. Davis, M. D., return of birth 25
C. E. Knight, M. D., return of birth 25
H. F. Cleverly, M. D., return of birth 25 Marion G. Spaulding, M. D., return of birth 25 Gilman Osgood, M. D .. return of birth 25
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Joseph Frame, M. D., return of births
50
E. M. Sexton, cash paid 2 75
F. W. Jones, auto service 79 50
F. W. Jones, expenses and telephones IO 98
J. H. Sparrell, auto service 12 00
$845 16 850 00
Appropriation
Balance
$4 84
Miscellaneous
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY
F. S. Farrar, labor
$28 75
W. W. Farrar, labor
21 50
L. F. Hammond, team
5 co
E. A. Damon, labor
2 00
W. E. Magoun, labor
3 00
$60 25
Appropriation
$75 00
Received from saie of lots
34 00
$109 00
Balance remaining $48 75
BOARD OF HEALTH
J. L. Wadsworth, services $30 07
John F. Wilder, services
22 50
Minot Williamson, services 38 00
J. Alden Damon, inspector 112 25
Amos H. Tilden, inspector
Et on
63
Alpheus Damon, inspector
15 00
Harry T. Handy, M. D., medical
attendance 6 00
Carrie M .Ford, printing 35 25
J. H. Sparrell, auto service 3 50
$346 57
Appropriation
500. 00
Balance remaining
$153 43
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Electric Light & Power Co., street
lights
$317 44
Appropriation
350 00
Unexpended 32 56
JAMES LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Paid Mary L. Power, treasurer $100 00 Appropriation $100 00
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
W. R. Durkee, janitor $25 00
E. C. Forsman, supplies I 35
64
C. L. Rice & Son, Jamps 14 28
C. S. West & Son, oil 70
$41 30
Appropriation 50 00
· Unexpended $8 70
MEMORIAL DAY ACCOUNT
Paid G. A. R. Post 112 $150 00 Appropriation $150 00
MARKERS FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' GRAVES
M. D. Jones Co., markers $130 50
Appropriation 200 00
Balance $69 50
PAINTING SCHOOLHOUSES
W. C. Soule labor $72 53
Phillips Bates Co., supplies 5 45
65
C. F. Brown, labor and supplies 97 50 Sears, Roebuck & Co., paint
80 64
Appropriation
$256 12 250 00
Exceeded
$6 12
PARKS, SQUARES AND TRIANGLES
Arthur Merritt, work on lawn mower $ 50
F. M. Curtis, labor 3 50
Henry Heredeen, labor
5 75
Lyman Lincoln, labor
I 50
Sam Turner, labor 75
Thomas Andrews, labor I 50
Charles Bates, labor
2 00
Irving Henderson, iabor 2 00
C. W. Lyons, labor 22 87
Otto Olson, labor
2 00
Levi Olson, labor
I 50
Frank Baker, labor 14 00
H. S. Turner, hoe and rake
85
J. Everett Stoddard, labor 9 13
$67 85
Appropriation
100 00
Balance
$32 15
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TREE WARDEN
J. H. Sparrell, labor and cash paid $9 34
Appropriation 50 00 1
Unexpended balance $40 66
MOWING BUSHES
Frank Baker, labor
$1 50
Walter Briggs, labor ·
60 75
Albert Merritt, labor
2 00
Henry Heredeen, labor
10 00
E. A. Damon, labor
18 00
J: H. Sparrell, labor
13 50
Total
$105 75
Appropriation
100 00
Exceeded
$5 75
Twelfth Annual Moth Report for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1916.
J. H. Sparrell, labor and cash paid $250 43
F. M. Curtis, labor 206 63
William Sexton, labor
51 13
William Leslie, labor
40 50
Henry Heredeen, labor
35 63
Frank Baker, labor
24 50
Lyman Lincoln
43 87
Irving Henderson, labor
41 47
Howard Baker, labor
24 50
Alden Beach, labor
22 50
John Leslie, labor
25 75
J. M. Reed, labor
6 25
Otto Burhoff, labor
26 50
C. Kidder, labor
6 00
Charles Bates, labor
35 50
Merrill Gridley, labor
12 00
Charles Hunt, labor
22 25
E. A. Damon, labor
113 75
A. R. Damon, labor
59 75
John Leavitt, labor
17 00
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Daniel Brown, labor 2 00
Samuel Olson, team 42 00
John Whalen, team
140 46
J. F. Merritt, team and gas
6 70
Mrs. J. A. Martin, hoard of machinist
2 00
J. F. Totman, auto :o Greenbush 75
C. S. West & Co., supplies
5 09
Albert Merritt, damage to hay
5 00
H. S. Turner & Co., supplies 55 16
W. T. Osborn, freight and carting 14 02
Charles Church, setting tire 2 50 .
Total expenditure $1,341 59
Town liability
$522 32
Special work
473 12
Amount charged property owners
108 99
Amount due from state
237 16
Total SI.341 59
JOHN H. SPARRELL,
Superintendent.
Report of Forest Warden
J. H. Sparrell, $16 89
A. J. Turner, fire I 50
C. W. Tilden, fire 4 65
Pine Street fire, May 9, 1915
20 00
Valley Swamp fire 7 00
Capt. Edward Dixon, fire
5 00
John Whalen, fire warden
56 34
State of Mass., Prospect Hill Fire Tower 125 00
Appropriation
$237 38 425 00
Unexpended
$187 62
FOREST WARDEN AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
J. H. Sparrell, forest warden, tel 7-12
John F. Wilder, deputy 19-2
John Whalen, deputy 27-3
H. D. Smith, deputy 13-2
F. E. Henderson, deputy
Han. II-6
Melvin Little, deputy
Han. 27-2
70
Benjamin Loring, deputy
12-22
Carleton O. Litchfield, deputy
17-5
Edward W. Gardner, deputy
Rockland 71-33
Frank W. Jones, Deputy
41-2
Jesse Reed, deputy E. A. Turner, deputy
II-24
Norwell Central
LOCATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Central Street
E. H. Sparrell,
G. H. Turner
J. E. Leslie J. H. Hatch
W: H. Spencer C. G. Ainslee J. Whalen E. E. Litchfield
L. A. Jenkin's
Circuit Street R. Goosby
Elm Street
W. C. Tolman, C. H. Dyer Sproul
Grove Street
George Osborn W. F. Woodman ›
H. A. Sprague M. Gotreau
High Street
A. W. Thomas G. E. Farrar A. W. Robinson
C. W. Groce
T. Sheehan
71
Jacobs Avenue A. F. Jacobs Lincoln Street
G. W. Richardson, I. A. Lincoln, L. W. Lincoln
Main Street
T. Williams F. Thomas W. D. Turner (store) H. S. Turner Merritt & Sparrell (garage) (store) Joseph Totman Town Hall
Town Farm
A. L. Power (mill) J. F. Merritt C. S. West & Son (store) H. J. Corthell J. Briggs
F. W. Jones
Mt. Blue Street
M. F. Williamson C. A. Bates
C. O. Litchfield E. G. Bates
B. I. Richardson
Norwell Aveune
Capt. Edward W. Dixon
Pleasant Street
E. A. Jacobs J. C. Otis W. S. Briggs
72
Prospect Street
J. Osborne
C. Brett
E. A. Damon B. Loring
River Street.
M. Little (Store) J. Tolman A. Brainerd
H. D. Smith
F. Dyer G. E. Torrey.
Summer Street
A. Litchfield
G. B. Ellms
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Tiffany Road. !
E. E. Stetson
F. E. Henderson W. S. Simmons
C. E. Hunt
Washington Street
C. W. Thomas
J. H. Prouty F. S. Farrar
E. W. Gardner J. H. Curtis
H. S. Simmons
Winter Street.
A. H. Tilden
W. J. Wagner
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Sealed.
Adjusted.
Condemned.
No. platform scales over 5000 pounds
I
No. platform scales under 5000 pounds
8
2
No. computing scales
3
I
All other scales
36
I
No. weights
IO2
9
No. liquid measures
33
No. linear measures
4
No. oil pumps
5
No. molasses pumps
2
No. milk bottles inspected
32
No. pedlers' licenses inspected
8
Ice wagon scales inspected
2
Junk dealers' scales inspected
3
Store scales inspected
7
Received for servires
$41 00
Cash paid for supplies
5 42
$46 42
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Fees collected
$IO 19
Received for licenses
12 00
$22 19
Cost to the town
$24 23 ALVAN G. SPENCER,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Assessors' Report
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Taxable real estate, April
$988,400 00
Taxable personal estate, April assess- ment 354,012 00
Taxable personal estate, Dec. I
9,899 00
$1,352.311 00
Exempted real estate $31,885 00
Exempted personal estate 1,750 00
$33.635 00
Total valuation Total valuation, 1914
$1,385,946 00 1,419,564 00
Total tax rate, 1916 $19.80 per $1,000 00 Town tax $26,883 87 Tax, December assessment County tax $196 00 $1,756 55 State tax Excise tax $2,480 00 $406 08 Persons assessed 1,048 167
Poll tax only
76
Polls assessed
489
Polls exempt
34.
Total number polls
489
Number acres land
12,839
Number of dwelling houses
524
Number of horses
271
Number of cows
178
Number of neat cattle
40
Number of sheep
33
Number of swine
91
Number of fowl
12,433
FRANK W. JONES,
EDWARD M. SEXTON,
LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN,
Assessors.
Recapitulation
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EXPENDITURES.
Almshouse $1,660 24
Outdoor poor, home
1,346 82
Outdoor poor, other towns
250 2I
State Aid
1,873 00
Soldiers' Relief
193 00
Highway, General
3,345 19
Main Street
5,997 31
High Street
535 84
Summer Street
241 50
River Street
3,887 34
Snow
1,426 86
Town Officers
1,861 52
Incidentals
845 16
Washington Street Cemetery
60 25
Board of Health
346 57
Electric Lights
317 44
James Library
100 00
Town Hall
41 30
Memorial Day
150 00
Gypsy Moth
1,341 59
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County tax
1,756 55
State Tax
2,480 00
Abatement of Taxes
737 61
Markers for Soldiers and Sailors'
Graves
130 50
Spraying Elms
200 00
Squares and Triangles
67 85
Tree Warden
9 35
Mowing Bushes
105 75
Schools
9,732 32
Interest 204 54
Police Officers, per order Second
District Court
Fire Account
Sawyer Cemetery Fund
13 00
RECEIPTS.
National Bank Tax
$1,061 96
Street Railway Tax
285 33
Corporation Tax
1.061 96
State Aid
2,006 00
Sawyer Cemetery Fund
8 00
State School Funds
2,362 44
Dog Tax Refund
218 33
Inspection of Animals 23 00
Refund, Poor Account
454 13
Sale of Lots in Cemetery 34 00
Licenses 23 00
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Interest on Bank Balances
187 20
Premium and Interest Note Sale 7 00
Superintendent of Almshouse
35 55
Sealer of Weights and Measures
10 19
Telephone 'Refund 4 20
Excise Tax 406 08
Highway Construction, Common-
wealth, on Account 2,860 00
Second District Court, probation fund
40 00
Second District Court, fines
5 20
Union Bridge, junk 17 75
Town Scales 13 08
Financial Statement January 1, 1917.
Notes in favor of Rockland Trust Company $10,000 00
Notes to Redeem Trust Funds
1,600 00
Special Road Bond Issue
8,000 00
River Street Road Loan
4,000 00
Interest due 93 33
$23,693 33
ASSETS
Due from State Aid
$1,873 00
Due from Aid to Poor
250 21
Due Moth Account, Real Estate Owners
34 28
Uncollected Taxes
8,112 06
Interest Due
157 84
Cash on Hand with Treasurer
6,497 32 - 1
$16,924 71
Balance against the town
$6.768 62
81 REPORT OF AUDITOR
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Over- seers of the Poor, Treasurer, School Committee, and Tax Collector and find same to be correct.
HARRY T. FOGG, Auditor.
Appropriations Recommenped 1916
Support of Poor
$1,500 00
Almshouse
1,500 00
Support of Schools
7,000 00
Highways
5,000 00
Removing Snow
The Excise Tax
Memorial Day
150 00
State Aid
2,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
400 00
Town Officers
1,900 00
Washington Street Cemetery
75 00
Tree Warden 50 00
Mowing Bushes
100 00
Board of Health
500 00
School Physician
25 00
Squares and Triangles
100 00
Town Hall
75 00
Electric Lights
400 00
James Library
100 00
Fire Department
300 00
Abatement of Taxes
200 00
Gypsy Moth
540 92
Sperintendent of Schools
250 00
Interest
1,200 00
State and County Taxes
4,700 00
Gaffield Park
25 00
Incidentals
1,200 00
Spraying Elms
200 00
List of Jurors
List of persons qualified to serve as jurors in the Town of Norwell from July 1, 1916 to July 1, 1917. Robert C. Henderson, carpenter
William S. Simmons, retired
Tiffany Road Tiffany Road Elm St.
George S. Morton, farmer Stanley Oakman, shoeworker
Elm St.
George E. Farrar, shoeworker
Frank M. Vining, shoeworker Timothy Sheehan, shoeworker Herbert E. Fairbanks, farmer William E. Burditt, farmer
William R. Durkee, farmer
Harry P. Henderson, farmer Fred M. Curtis, laborer Atwood L. Ainslie, laborer
Alonzo W. Osborne, real estate Walter S. Briggs, farmer Earle Richardson, lumberman
Albert W. Litchfield, blacksmith
George B. Ellms, carpenter Alexander Black, laborer John E. Leslie, laborer George E. Ramsdell, painter Joseph Tolman, poultryman A. Howard Allen, poulterer Fred H. Kidder, upholsterer
High St. High St. Washington St. Washington St. Bowker St. Main St. Main St. Central St. Central St. Pleasant St. Pleasant St. Mt. Blue Summer St. Summer St. Main St. Central St Elm St. River St. Winter St. Common St.
Report of Trustees
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE COFFIN POOR FUND
Amount of fund $2,000 00
Loaned on Town Note
$300 00
Loaned in Real Estate Mortgage 434 00
In the Savings Bank 1,266 00
$2,000 00
Available interest in Bank, Jan. 1, 1916 $94 40 Interest on Bank Book 23 87
Interest on Town Note 124 00
$242 27
Paid for care of cemetery lot $15 00
Paid worthy poor 94 41
Available interest in Bank, Jan 1, 1917 132 86
$242 27
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THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ABIGAIL T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUNDS
Amount of funds $1.500 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1916
443 84
Interest to Jan. 1, 1917
88 39
$2,032 23
Paid for care of cemetery lots
$30 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1917 502 23
Amount of funds 1,500 00
$2,032 23
THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS POOR FUND
Amount of fund $2,000 00 Loaned on Town Note $1,300 00
In Savings Bank
700 00
$2,000 00
Available interest in Bank, Jan. I, 1916
$106 61
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Interest on Bank Book
37 63
Interest on Note
104 00
$248 24
Paid worthy poor
$61 45
Interest in Bank, Jan. 1, 1917
186 79
$248 24
FRANK W. JONES, EDWARD M. SEXTON, LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN, Trustees.
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Year Deposited
Amount of Fund
Interest 011 Haud Jan. 1,'IG
Interest Added dur- ing Year
Expended During Year
Interest on Hand Jan . 1,'17
Josselyn
1888
$200
$26 63
$10 29
$8 00
$28 92
Samuel C. Cudworth
1892
200
42 31
11 01
8 00
45 32
Prudence C. Delano
1895
300
59 95
16 33
12 00
64 28
Nancy Hersey
1897
100
4 43
4 74
4 00
5 17
Betsey Tolman
1900
100
2 00
4 63
4 50
2 13
George P. Clapp
1903
100
2 00
4 63
4 50
2 13
Mary O. Robbins
1904
200
15 97
9 79
8 00
17 76
Charles H. Merritt
1905
50
2 72
2 38
2 00
3 10
James W. Sampson
1906
250
18 60
12 20
4 00
26 80
Robbins Tomb
1907
100
32 19
6 00
8 00
30 19
Davis Damon
1907
100
8 51
4 92
13 43
Susan C. Damon
1907
100
4 50
4 74
4 00
5 24
George H. Bates
1907
100
4 44
4 74
4 00
5 18
Gad Leavitt
1909
100
4 76
4 66
4 00
5 42
Adeline A. Payne
1910
200
24 03
10 18
6 00
28 21
Thomas Sampson
1911
100
1 50
3 46
4 96
Abbie S. Bates
1915
200
4 00
4 00
Hosea J. Stockbridge
1915
200
9 10
9 10
Brownell
1916
150
3 00
3 00
FRANK W. JONES EDWARD M. SEXTON LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN Trustees
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Transcript of Articles in the Warrant
Article I. To choose a moderator.
Art. 2. To bring their votes for a Town Clerk for one year, one Selectman, one Assessor, and one Overseer of the Poor for three years, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Surveyor of Highways, five Constables and a Tree Warden for one year, one member of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Health or three years, and to vote yes or no in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this town", all on one ballot. Polls open from 7 A. M. to II A. M.
Art. 3. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the town and act thereon.
Art. 4. To make necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the town, and for other purposes and to raise such sums of money as the town shall deem expedient.
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Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current fi- nancial year.
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 collected for the ensuing year.
Art. 8. To make allowance to town creditors.
Art. y. What sum of money will the town appropriate for the use of Post 112, G. A. R., on Memorial Day.
Art. 10. Will the town cause a statement of its finan- cial affairs to be printed in February next.
Art. II. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended in the cemetery on Washington street.
Art. 12. What price will the town pay for labor on the highway for the ensuing year.
Art. 13 What action will the town take in regard to keeping the sidewalks in repair.
Art. 14. Will the town give any instruction to town officers.
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Art. 15. What price will the town pay for work at fires for the ensuing year.
Art. 16. Will the town take any action in regard to the care of parks, squares and triangles and make any ap- propriation for the same.
Art. 17. Will the town make an appropriation for the James Library in return for the free privilege of taking books which the townspeople now have.
Art. 18. Will the town act in conjunction with the town of Hanover to have electric lights at the terminus of River street, Norwell, and Broadway, Hanover, at the third Herring Brook and at Assinippi.
Art. 19. Will the town appropriate the sum of $540.92 for the suppression of Gypsy and Browntail moths.
Art. 20. What sum of money will the town appropri- ate to pay the Superintendent of Schools.
Art. 21. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose of fighting fires.
Art. 22. What sum of money will the town appropri- ate for the spraying of elm trees along the highways.
Art. 23 What sum of money will the town appropri- ate for electric lights.
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Art. 24. Will the town vote to make the moth tax general.
Art. 25. Will the town change the name of Elm Street to Stetson Road.
Art. 26. To see if the town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1918, in anticipation of the rev- enue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1918, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year, beginning January I, 1918.
Persons desiring additional articles in the warrant must present them to the selectmen on or before Feb 17, 1917.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWELL
FOR THE YEAR 1916
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Report of the School Committee of Norwell for the Year 1916
To the Citizens of the Town of Norwell :
In presenting this report, we shall give only the busi- ness and financial matters concerned. Superintendent Hayes will give you a good idea of the work and the progress which is being made in the schools.
At the annual Town Meeting, Mr. Benjamin Loring was re-elected for a term of three years.
The first business meeting was held on March 14, when Mr. Loring was chosen chairman of the Committee, and Miss Ford secretary.
It was voted that Proposals for Transportation and for Wood be printed and distributed. Bids were opened pub- licly, at Dist. No. 5 schoolhouse on March 24.
Bids for wood were as follows :
For Dist. No. 1, 4 cds. Hard, 2 cds. Pine Trash.
Richardson Bros $27 00
Benjamin Loring 22 00
W. D. Turner 25 58
For Dist. No. 2, 3 cds. Hard, Icd, Pine Trash. L. F. Hammond $16 40
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Richardson Bros 18 25 Benjamin Loring W. D. Turner 17 41
16 00
For Dist. No. 5, 4 cds. Hard, I cd. Pine Trash.
Richardson Bros.
$23 00
L. F. Hammond 20 80
Benjamin Loring 20 00
John Burns 19 00
W. D. Turner
21 83
For Dist. No. 6, 2 cds. Hard, I cd. Pine Trash.
John Burns
$II 00
Richardson Bros.
13 50
L. F. Hammond 12.00
W. D. Turner
12 29
For Dist. No. 7. 4 cds. Hard, I cd. Pine Trash.
Richardson Bros.
$23 00
A. F. Henderson 23 00
W. D. Turner 22 28
Contracts given as follows.
Benjamin Loring, Dist. No. I
$22 00
Benjamin Loring, Dist. No. 2 16 00
$38 00
John Burns, Dist. No. 5
19 00
John Burns, Dist. No. 6
11 00
$30 00
W. D. Turner, Dist. No. 7
22 28
Total $90 28
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Bids received for Transportation of pupils for 38 weeks, beginning April 3, 1916
John F. Osborne $2,888 00 Contract given to John F. Osborne for $2,888 00
Proposals for Painting at Dist. Nos. I and 7, paint to be furnished by the committee, were issued in July.
The following bids were received : Charles W. Smith, inside work as per contract at Dist. No. 7, $2.25 per day. Eugene Sullivan, Dist. No. I $160 00
W. C. Soule, Dist. No. I 120 00
C. F. Brown, Dist. No. I 97 50
W. C. Soule, Dist. No. 7 68 00 ,
C. F. Brown, Dist. No. 7 70 00
Contracts given as follows :
W. C. Soule, Dist. No. 7 $68 00
C. F. Brown, Dist. No. I 97 50
$165 50
In connection with this work it was necessary to do more than was called for in the contract, so we had var- nishing and shellacing done at this time. We also de- cided to have a new steel ceiling and a new floor at Dist. No. 7. These two items have caused us to overrun our appropriations, but they may both be considered as per- manent improvements.
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Although the building at Dist. No. 2 is not in use at the present time, it ought to be kept in repair, and an appropriation should be raised for painting during the coming year. If we could give one building a thor- ough repairing each year, it would keep them all in good condition. Would it not be well for the town to try and dispose of the building in Dist. No. 4, and use the proceeds to repair some building which is in use? The Town Hall needs renovating and heating if we are obliged to use it for school purposes. But, at best, the recitation room is inadequate to our needs, and the laboratory, so called, is certainly not an attractive place for pupils to work.
Gentlemen, when you go to Town Meeting, look the building over and then try to imagine that main room being comfortably heated in zero weather with two small coal stoves; glance into the recitation room and imagine being comfortably cool with fifteen or more in the room, either winter or summer; then again, imagine going from the main room, or the recitation room, through that cold hallway to the laboratory. We need a new High School building. We believe the Town of Norwell can afford to erect a suitable building. We are justly proud of our Nor- well High school graduates, but why not give future pupils a better building, better equipment, establish a com- mercial course, which will require one more teacher, and by so doing, put forth an inducment to every boy and girl entering the school to stay and graduate.
We are planning to call a meeting in the spring for the purpose of forming a Parent-Teachers' association. If a goodly number should respond we are sure it would be a help to all. We are anxious to do the best we can for the
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children and with suggestions from parents and teachers, we might be able to work out several problems that have perplexed us.
One question in particular we would ask; "What can be done to gain a better record of attendance?"
Should your child be absent a day or two every week ? Do you consider what an extra amount of work it makes for the teacher? She does the best she can to have that child make up all the work: but if she does not promote at the end of the year, then who has to bear the blame?
Parents and friends, we ask your co-operation.
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