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Those parents who have tried to help their children with their school work can have some faint idea of how much can be done with the average youngster in ten or fifteen minutes towards teaching some point and giving sufficient drill to make it last through a fifteen minute period of the more interesting play. What then must be the difficulty of accom- plishing the same thing with a group of a dozen children, seme members of which are below the average. The writer has frequently seen a teacher use two and even three minutes to secure from a child the application of a blend in phonics
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to a new word in the reading lesson. This done repeatedly soon uses up a fifteen minute period.
It should be noted also that these figures make no allow- ance for the interruptions which come from visits by the supervisors, the nurse, the school physician, the superinten- dent, or by other visitors. Practice reduces the theoretical time divisions materially. Since these interruptions are bound to occur in any school it is evident that any increase in the time allotment for each class is pure gain.
With this point in mind let us examine the possible time schedule in a room having only two grades, and two of these grades which require a maximum of different class periods. The grades selected are three and four.
IO Minute Periods-2 (Physical Exercise and Opening Exercises. )
15 Minute Periods-3 (Including Two Recesses. )
20 Minute Periods-4.
25 Minute Periods-6.
30 Minute Periods-I (Music and Drawing.)
In this program there are but sixteen periods no one of which is of less than ten minutes duration, and with no reci- tation period shorter than twenty minutes. Physical training is cared for chiefly by supervised play during recess periods and by indoor games when the weather is inclement.
Discarding periods not devoted to real class work there is here a net time allowance of 260 minutes which may be divi- ded amoung 13 periods, giving an average allotment of 20 minutes available for any class. Here is a gain of nearly 82%, and in practice the gain is even greater, because it is time added from which allowance for interruption need not be made.
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Increased efficiency on the part of the teacher cannot fail of result by such a change. The reduction of the number of class exercises means a corresponding increase in time allowed for preparation for each class and less loss of time in distribution of materials and collection and correction of finished work. More careful preparation by the teacher means better teaching and less nervous tension in the whole school atmosphere: and there is the added advantage that it results in more skillful presentation and a correspondingly greater appeal to the interest, which cannot help but bring speedier comprehension by the pupils. Better comprehension by the puipls is usually a spur to interest so that the inter- action of these two, set in motion by a better prepared teacher should bring notable returns on the increase in the time investment.
In the higher elementary school grades where the number of subjects taught gradually becomes greater the gain is more marked even though there were never as many grades in these rooms. Even here however there were at times four grades in a room and these the grades demanding a more complex program. Lesson assignments were here necessa- rily longer and the time needed for recitation periods corres- pondingly greater. What the relief has been to these teachers and the gain to the pupils can be imagined.
It is seldom that $40,000 is spent for new school build- ings to a greater advantage than was done right here in Norwell, because it bought not only a good building, but it made possible an efficient school system. It should be regarded, not as a debt contracted, but as an investment which will pay for itself by improvement in the product it makes possible and by the added value it gives each year to the money appropriated for education. If the value of the change could be expressed in dollars and cents the building would pay for itself within the next ten years.
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LOOKING FORWARD
There is an economic potentiality in these improved educa- tional facilities which seems to have escaped even casual notice. It is a potentiality which is usually the mainspring of action for the leading citizens in any forward looking community. It is the feature of the present situation which would stand out boldly to a really good business man even if he had no interest in the schools as such.
To exemplify this point consider another of the town de- partments. Thousands have been spent by Norwell in recent years for the construction and improvement of roads. What for ? Was it simply to make it easier for that minority who own motor cars to luxuriate? Was it to make possible to tourists a more rapid passage thru the town? Was there rather some thought that thereby the town would gain new and desirable residents, and that property values (not valu- ation) would increase thereby? It is usual for those who have the real good of a town at heart to seek this goal. It is the aim of Chambers of Commerce, Commercial Clubs, and Rotarians the country over. Insularity is an expensive luxury, paid for by the many for the benefit of the few.
Norwell seems essentially a residential community. It is not rural in the sense of agrarian, nor is it by any means industrial. Any growth therefore seems likely to be in residential population, in home seekers. Now people who seek homes away from cities most frequently do so for the benefit of their children, and such people are usually excel- lent citizens. These are they who help to build up suburban towns and bring new revenues to their treasuries.
Among the first questions asked by such prospective citi- zens is that relating to the town's educational facilities ; and more frequently than is commonly known, this is the deter-
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mining factor. Such has been the experience of many a town. Realization of this fact has been a great factor in the building up of the excellent schools in the suburbs of New York City-notably in Northern New Jersey, Southwestern Connecticut, and those towns in New York State which are tributary to the metropolis.
Good schools have proven good investments for pro- gressive town of the type of Norwell. Therein lies the econ- omic potentiality of the present situation. Let the town make the most of it unless it prefers to maintain a state of "splen- did isolation" for the benefit of an exclusive minority while its old farms are exploited and its schools overrun by chil- dren who leave schools as soon as the law permits.
TRANSPORTATION
The transportation of school children is a prolific source of contention. Parents frequently see its undesirable features thru the magnifying glass of love and worry. They expect more comfort for their children in a trip of two or three miles than they frequently get in much longer journeys of a similar nature. This is a praiseworthy decire but one diffi- cult to satisfy within the means of the town.
It is only natural to expect that the complete upset of the old school organization will result in some new problems of transportation. These are sure to be solved in the course of time. It is the aim of the local school authorities to achieve the greatest good for all concerned that is within their ability financially.
HEALTH ACTIVITIES
Work has progressed in this department along the usual lines. The customary inspections have been carried out by the school physician, dentist, and nurse.
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The only change in the personnel in charge of this work was the employment of Miss Bache to succeed Mrs. Sauer who resigned during the year.
All schools are now provided with adequate toilet appur- tenances, and necessary inspections for cleanliness and sani- tation performed.
Reports of the various officials in charge of this work should be found in their proper places.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
During the past year new legislation has added "indoor and outdoor games and athletic exercise" to the requirements mentioned in Chapter 71, Section I of Laws Relating to Education.
To assist in the application of this law a new Department of Physical Education has been added to the State Board and is under the direction of Mr. Carl L. Schrader, assisted by Miss Louise S. French. A bulletin has been prepared to assist teachers in carrying on this work. This bulletin is in the hands of our teachers but owing to the unsettled condi- tions contingent on the reorganization of the system we have as yet failed to meet the demands of the new law as well as we should.
In two of the schools the funds have been raised to pur- chase phonograph records of much advertised physical train- ing courses. These have some value and are being used consistently, but they do not conform to the wording of the law.
To meet the full intention of this act of the legislative powers would require the services of a Supervisor of Physi-
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cal Education. Such an officer would be hired on a part time basis much as we hire our Supervisors of Music and Draw- ing, and the salary could be divided among several towns so as to cost each of them about $500 annually.
No doubt that very wise individual known as "the man on the street" will say that the average gets plenty of exer- cise without the help of either teacher or supervisor. We know that this is not as true as it sounds. While most chil- dren no doubt get a sufficient quantity of exercise, they are nevertheless not properly exercised. It is with exercise as with so many other things in life; it is not quantity but quality that counts.
Physical education means something more than a mere "daily dozen." It aims at the finding out, by cooperation with other branches of the health department, just what the physical needs of the individual child are, and to overcome by corrective training the influence of native and acquired faults. At the same time it aims to teach us to play intelli- gently as well as strenuously to the end that there may be an adequate body to house that "sound mind." And finally it is directed to turn out a nation of clean sportsmen who will play the game, whatever it may be. not only according to the letter but also to the spirit of the rules; and to purge from us the virtue of the gladiatorial combats.
THE TEACHING FORCE
There was but one change in the elementary schools during the year. Miss Theresa Manley of Abington, a graduate of Bridgewater Normal school, taking charge of No. 2 School to be transferred later to the Ridge Hill Primary.
The High School faculty was completely upset, Mr.
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Nichols being the only member to resume the work in Sep- tember. The vacancies were filled as follows :---
English and History Commercial Mrs. Lois Turner
Mr. Myron Morrill
Mathematics-French Miss Katherine Ranney
These teachers have been under a serious handicap owing to conditions made necessary by the building operations going on all around them. The situation was further compli- cated by difficulty met in heating the old building to a reas- onable temperature. Classes were held under all but insup- portable conditions and in all manner of places from a school barge in the front yard to the boundary fence in the rear. Too much cannot be said for the cheerful spirit in which most of them faced their difficulties.
NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS
Below will be found simple tabulations showing the dis- tributions of the school children of the town arranged as to age, grade and school. The figures were taken from the registers as of December 31, 1922 and are therefore different from those which will appear after the reorganization.
A few notes have been added to call attention to certain significant indications which are brought out by the tables.
AGE AND GRADE DISTRIBUTION
5 6 7 8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
T
A
Per Ct.
R
Per Ct.
1
1 | 20
191
1
31
1
3
1
3
II
4 | 13
9
1
4 |
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30
4
13
4
13
III
3 | 21
6 | 2
32
3
9
2
6
IV
-
2 1
7 | 20 |
1
1
31
2
6
2
6
V
5 | 11
5 1
2 |
2
-
25
5
20
4
16
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9 1
4
27
4
15
4
15
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21
6
29
6
29
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5 | 10
31 1
1
19
5
26
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36
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31
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The most significant feature in this table is the large num- ber of pupils who are under the normal age for their grade. This might seem an evidence of unusual accomplishment on the part of our schools, but it really means that we have been allowing children to enter school at too early an age. As was suggested last year the age limit for entrance should be placed at five years and six months as a minimum. Then there would be less complaint of the lack of maturity of our High School students. The quality of the work done would improve all along the line.
CONCLUSION
In closing I desire to commend the hearty response made by the citizens when called upon to improve educational con- ditions in the town, and on behalf of the children of Nor- well to thank them for the appropriation which made the new building possible.
For cooperation and continued good will shown by the Committee I have a deep appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
STEPHEN G. BEAN,
Superintendent of Schools.
West Hanover December 31, 1922.
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Report of Supervisor of Music
I have the pleasure to submit my first report on Music in Norwell Public Schools.
The musical education of every child should begin with singing. Singing brings the child in contact with the art of music.
It is essential that they become proficient in the early grades with a thorough knowledge of the staff, notes and keys, and the proper use of the voice.
Two part singing in the fifth and sixth grades and three part in the seventh and eighth grades are well balanced.
The study of music appreciation is a portion of every lesson. Tone quality, musical interpretation, part singing, and individual work are features of the music in the schools.
The High School Chorus gives promise of doing fine work the voices are of good tone quality and well balanced.
I desire to extend thanks to the Superintendent and the Teachers for their co-operation.
Respectfuly submitted,
GEORGE H. WOODS
Supervisor of Music.
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
Superintendent and School Committee :-
With pleasure I submit the following report in drawing. The subject is altogether too large to discuss in all its phases in a few lines, so, suffice to state we have accomplished great things in many ways.
During the last year an event worthy of special notice occurred to our school system. Working upon the applica- tion to it will bestow upon our town grand and immortal principles which belong to human culture.
There will be rapid improvement in our schools which already stand above the general average.
The grading which gives but two grades to one teacher is obvious as to results in the work of art and drawing as to any other branch, perhaps more so.
We have much we can do, the question is-How little can we afford to do? "The best teaching is that which results in fitting the student to study intelligently without a teacher." This is our aim, that what little we do, it will be everlasting and the best we can find.
The grades will show results by June, even by the late starting.
At the High School it looks as if it would be some time
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yet to get right. Time will give us a place but we lose by the waiting. I am disappointed in our room allowance here, we have a problem to work out.
Last year we did fairly good work. The principal, Mr. Nichols, gave me every opportunity, also the other instruc- tors as to a room for my work.
We had an exhibit at Marshfield Fair and ranked well. We took work from every school. We hope for better things to come. Of course supplies are short, very short. There is no limit to material that could be used in this work and the amount of time and material used is worth while.
Respectfully,
A. GERTRUDE ELDRIDGE.
Supervisor of Drawing.
Financial Statement
HIGH SCHOOL FUND
Unexpended Balance of 1921 $ 150 17
Amount Expended for Teachers' Salary 150 17
GENERAL SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS
TEACHERS
J. M. Nichols, High
$ 2 100 00
Dorothy Sleeper, High 780 00
Frances Carr, High 660 00
Ruth Tyler, High
660 00
Rev. Myron Morrill, High
430 00
Katherine Ranney, High 445 00
Lois Turner, High
I 070 00
Ella F. Osborne, No. I
I 050 00
Florence Pinson, No. 5 .
I 050 00
Maria W. Tolman, No. 7 I 050 00
Marion G. Merritt, No. 5
I 050 00
Minnie F. Jones, No. I
900 00
Dorothy G. Litchfield, No. 5 870 00
Teresa Manley, No. I 395 00
Mrs. A. G. Eldredge, Drawing. .
300 00
Ethel M. Studley, Music 280 00
Geo. H. Woods, Music
350 00
Rosalie H. Wheelock, Music
I20 00
Maude Osborn, Substitute 12 00
$13 572 00
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SUPERINTENDENT
Paid Stephen G. Bean, Salary and
Traveling Expenses $1 097 24
TRANSPORTATION
J. H. Sparrell, Routes I and 2
.. $ 2 477 00
C. O. Litchfield, Route 3 1 100 00
M. F. Williamson, Route 4 I 156 00
4 733 00
JANITOR SERVICE
Natale Molla, District No. 2 $ 82 50
Alexander Brown, High 240 00
G. A. Goodenough, District No. I 160 00
C. A. Bruce, District No. 5 165 50
C. A. Bruce, High 60 00
Wm. C. Tolman, District No. 7
57 00
7
Ralph Sprague, High 40 00
J. Foster Merritt, Jr. High 25 00
830 00
FUEL
Lyman Lincoln, Wood $ 39 00
Benjamin Loring, Wood 91 00
James Clark, Fitting 3 00
WV. T. Osborn. Wood
51 00
A. V. Beach, Wood
35 00
Floyd Osborn, Wood 12 00
C. A. Bruce, Fitting 2 00
C. W. Briggs, Wood
30 00
John W. Burns, Wood 102 50
Geo. A. Hobart, Wood
24 00
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Phillips, Bates & Co., Coal
129 60
Geo. F. Welch Co.,
90 34
G. A. Goodenough, Housing and Fitting 18 50
A. T. Stoddard, Sawing 9 00
'Albert Gunderway, Housing
5 00
Donald C. Merritt, Housing
5 00
Geo. Chamberlain, Housing
7 00
$ 653 94
BOOKS
American Book Co.
$ 47 55
Houghton Mifflin Co.
5 0I
Greegs Publishing Co.
26 91
Ginn & Co.
31 48
D. C. Heath & Co.
45 25
Edw. E. Babb & Co.
I 03
Stratford Co.
24 23
Educational Association
II 50
Harris & Gilpatric
18 53
Silver Burdette & Co.
31 02
$ 242 5I
SUPPLIES
Edw. E. Babb & Co.
$ 348 40
Dowling School Supply
29 30
C. M. Ford
21 85
Ward's
I7 50
Oliver Ditson Co.
90
Brown Howland Co.
50
Funk & Wagnals
3 60
Milton Bradley Co.
2 33
Stone & Forsyth
20 00
Wright & Potter
6 42
$ 450 80
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INCIDENTALS
Fuller Brush Co., Brooms. $ 18 80
Thomas Buttimer, Legal Services . . 5 00
Andrew Maxwell, Labor 28 00
Benjamin Loring, Labor, Cash Paid
Telephone and Auto Hire . .
108 22
C. S. West & Son. Supplies
5 66
Edw. E. Babb, Toilets, Dist. No. I
330 00
Floyd Osborn, Labor
II I5
Arthur Osborn, Labor and Auto Service 73 00
Geo. F. Welch Co., Supplies
6 50
Cohasset Hardware Co. I 75
Hanover Teachers' Association I-3 Expense of Institute 2 63
Warren Foster, Truant Officer
6 00
Walter T. Osborn, Truant Officer
II 50
Eva Winslow, Cleaning
25 00
Hall & Torrey, Supplies
3 5I
National Typewriter Exchange Re- pairs 2 25
Carrie M. Ford, Printing
8 25
Dr. A. Eldredge, Inspection of Teeth
25 00
Walter J. Wagner, Cleaning Vault
6 00
Stone & Forsyth, Toilet Supplies
37 50
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
7 23
W. W. Wade, Tuning Piano
5 00
P. W. Bonney, Auto Service I 70
Standard Oil Co., Floor Oil. 6 45
Geo. Dobson, Labor 12 28
Harry S. Merritt, Labor
12 80
C. A. Bruce, Labor
15 50
J. H. Sparrell, Freight Paid I 08
Ralph Sprague, Auto Service
13 50
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E. P. Reed, Supplies 3 40
Lyman Lincoln, Labor 6 00
Arthur Turner, Labor
35 00
W. C. Soule, Labor
2 85
Nellie L. Sparrell, Cash Paid.
5 04
$ 840 55
SUMMARY
HIGH SCHOOL FUND
Unexpended Balance 1921
$ 150 17
Expended 1921 150 17
GENERAL APPROPRIATION
Town Appropriation for Schools. . $12 500 00
Town Appropriation for Supt .. . . 500 00
Income Mass. School Fund 4 080 66
From State for Superintendent . . 651 98
Income Tax I 880 00
High School Tuition
I 014 29
Tuition of Children
115 69
Sale of Stoves 35 00
Dog Tax
202 08
$20 979 70
EXPENDITURES
Teachers' Salaries $13 421 83
Superintendent I 097 24
Transportation 4 733 00
Janitor Service 830 00
Fuel and Fitting 653 94
Books
242 51
Not for Circulation
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Supplies
450 80
Incidentals
840 55
$22 169 87
Appropriation Exceeded $1 190 17
Respectfully submitted,
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Secretary and Treasurer.
BENJAMIN LORING AMY W. SYLVESTER
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INDEX
Articles in Warrant III
Assessors 34
Auditor 103
Board of Health 39
Budget for 1924 104
Cemetery Trust Funds 43
Financial Statement 64
Forest Warden
50
Highway Surveyor
Highways 66
Snow
94
Summary of Payroll
98
Jury List 49
Moth Superintendent 46
Overseers of Poor 37
Ridge Hill Public Library 54
School Committee II5
Sealer of Weights and Measures 48
Selectmen
Incidental 28
Miscellaneous Appropriations 29
Town Officers 27
Tax Collector
52
Town Clerk
6
Treasurer
56
Town Officers 1923 3
Tree Warden 44
Trustees 41
Visiting Nurse 106
Town Officers
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor EDWARD M. SEXTON WILLIAM J. LEONARD CLIFTON S. DEANE
Town Clerk JOSEPH F. MERRITT
Treasurer HERBERT E. ROBBINS
Tax Collector WILLIAM H. SPENCER
Surveyor of Highways WALTER T. OSBORN
School Committee BENJAMIN LORING MRS. AMY SYLVESTER MRS. NELLIE L. SPARRELL
Auditor ELIOT W. CROWELL
Board of Health
JOSEPH F. MERRITT MINOT WILLIAMSON MARY B. SHATTUCK
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Ridge Hill Library Trustees ALFRED H. PROUTY WM. J. LEONARD WM. O. PROUTY
Tree Warden FRED M. CURTIS
Constables
WALTER T. OSBORN
JOHN T. OSBORN
J. WARREN FOSTER ARTHUR COOMBS
Field Drivers THE CONSTABLES Officers Appointed by the Selectmen
Cemetery Committee W. WALLACE FARRAR ARTHUR T. STODDARD *HERBERT G. SIMMONS
Scaler of Weights and Measures J. WARREN FOSTER
Registrars of Voters
JOSEPH F. MERRITT WILLIAM O. PROUTY
HENRY J. TOEMAN HARRY G. PINSON
Warden of Almshouse *ALONZO C. CHISHOLM
Forest Fire Warden JOHN T. OSBORN
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Gypsy Moth Agent FRED M. CURTIS
Burial Agent JOSEPH F. MERRITT
Inspector of Animals J. WARREN FOSTER
Inspectors of Slaughtered Animals AMOS H. TILDEN ALPHEUS DAMON
Surveyors of Wood, Lumber and Bark
BERT RICHARDSON
JOHN WHALEN
W. D. TURNER ARTHUR T. STODDARD
BENJAMIN LORING JOHN E. LESLIE
Keeper of Lockup *ALONZO C. CHISHOLM
Town Weigher *ALONZO C. CHISHOLM ADVISORY BOARD
For Three Years For Two Years
HORACE T. FOGG
JAMES H. BARNARD
E. LINCOLN WOOD CHARLES W. THOMAS
JOHN H· GUTTERSON
ALBERT L. SYLVESTER
For One Year HENRY C. FORD FREDERICK C. HASKINS ALAN C. VIRTUE
*Deceased
Report of Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 5-12, 1923
Pursuant to a warrant under the hands of the Selectmen. duly executed and return thereof made by Walter T. Osborn, a constable of Norwell, the inhabitants of the town, qualified to vote in town affairs, met at the town hall on Monday, March 5 at 6 A. M. and took the following action on the articles in the warrant :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
John Whalen was chosen Moderator by ballot. He was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the town and act thereon.
Voted that the reports of the officers and committees as printed in the annual town report, be accepted.
Voted unanimously that the thanks of the town be ex- tended to the central school building committee for the efficient manner in which they performed their duties.
Article 3. 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 for the following purposes :
Support of Poor, Almshouse, Support of Schools, High-
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ways, Road Scraper, Fence Repair, Removing Snow, Notes, Interest, State and County Taxes, Town Officers, Inciden- tals, Visiting Nurse, County Hospital, State Aid, Board of Health, Electric Lights, Supt. of Schools, Tree Warden. Spraying Elms, Mowing Bushes, Squares and Triangles, Gypsy Moth, Fire Department, James Library, Ridge Hill Library, Soldiers' Relief, School Physician, Memorial Day, Sealing Weights and Measures, Inspection of Animals, Washington Street Cemetery, Town Hall, Furniture and Fixtures, Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture, Legion Rental.
Voted to appropriate the following amounts :
Support of Poor $ 2 500 00
Almshouse 2 000 00
Schools 15 000 00
Highways, Joint Account
*State and Town 4 800 00
General Purposes 4 200 00
Road Scraper 400 00
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