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First Grammar.
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Miss Jennie R. Barrus.
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Miss Ella F. Wakefield.
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APPENDIX.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Population of Reading. 3,539
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, May, '85 557
Number of children between 8 and 14 years of age, May, '85 357
Amount appropriated for instruction, fuel, and care of rooms. . $8,100 00
Amount appropriated for incidentals.
1,400 00
Amount drawn from State School Fund. 269 13
Amount received from other sources 65 01
Total receipts . $9,834 14
Expended for instruction, fuel, and care of rooms. $8,378 44
for free text books 1,015 26
for incidentals 440 44
Total expenditures
$9,834 14
PUPILS.
Number of different pupils enrolled during the year · 659
Average membership of all the schools. 554
Average attendance in all the schools during year 483
Percentage of attendance based upon the average member- ship 87
Number attending within the year between 8 and 14 years of age (compulsory school age)
374
Number of pupils admitted to the High School.
48
Age of youngest pupil admitted, 12 years 1 month.
Age of oldest pupil admitted, 16 years 11 months.
Average age of pupils admitted, 14 years 4 months.
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TEACHERS.
Number of male teachers employed . 1
Number of female teachers employed . 16
Average wages, per monthi, of female teachers. $38 25
Number of teachers who have attended normal schools. 9
Number of teachers who have graduated from normal schools
9
NAMES OF PUPILS GRADUATED FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE, 1885.
FOUR YEARS' COURSE.
Harriette L. Gray.
Edith J. Holden,
Carrie E. Blood,
Margaret G. Nowell, Marian H. Judd, A. Olive Pearson.
THREE YEARS' COURSE.
May E. I. Crowell,
Hattie E. Richardson,
Helen P. Gilman,
Bertha M. Totten,
Corinne L. James,
Carrie E. Todd,
Annie L. Kingman,
Essie M. Wiley,
Annette S. Krook,
Lawrence G. Duley,
Lillia F. Kidder,
Harry W. Elliott,
Gertrude G. Ruggles,
Wentworth B. Ricker.
Alice K. Ruggles.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Giving names of those who have been neither absent nor tardy since March, 1885. and the schools to which they belong.
| Nathaniel G. Hill, *M. Grace Wakefield, Lottie L. Parker, Annie M. Vermill,
HIGH SCHOOL. *C. Clyde Wakefield, +Mary E. Vermill, Alice H. Peabody, Kirke Sanborn.
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Bertha Stott,
FIRST GRAMMAR. *Grace Sweetser.
SECOND GRAMMAR.
+Wilfred A. Bancroft,
Bessie M. Briggs.
UPPER MEDIUM.
Emma E. Totten.
Susie C. Berry, Herbert L. Hill.
*Neither absent nor tardy for two years. . tNeither absent nor tardy for three years. INeither absent nor tardy for six years.
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EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS.
INSTRUCTION.
Paid for teaching High School .. · $2,076 00
First Grammar. 481 00
Second Grammar 456 00
Third Grammar 380 00
Upper Medium. 376 00.
Lower Medium.
370 00
Upper Primary.
304 00
Lower Primary 380 00
Chestnut Hill Grammar . .
304 00
Chestnut Hill Primary . ..
260 40
Woburn Street Grammar .... 456 00
Woburn Street Primary ..... 304 00
Lowell Street Mixed .. ...
380 00
Main Street Mixed. ..
228 00
Haverhill Street Mixed. 228 00
Music Teacher.
378 94
$7,362 34
JANITORS.
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Paid for care of Centre School buildings. .... $273 00
Woburn Street School buildings . . 75 00
Chestnut Hill School buildings ..
57 00 Lowell Street School buildings ... 36 00
Main Street School buildings .. ...
28 50
Haverhill Street School buildings 38 00
$507 50
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FUEL.
Paid Wendell Bancroft, for coal. $281 87
John C. Gleason, for coal . 60 00
Justin L. Parker, for wood. 11 50
Stillman E. Parker, for wood 75 00
Edward F. Parker, for wood. 46 67
H. W. Blanchard, labor on wood. 23 00
C. H. Ballard, labor on wood. 3 00
C. F. Bessom, labor on wood. 3 56
C. L. McIntire, labor on wood 4 00
$508 60
Total amount expended .
$8,378 44
Receipts :-
Appropriation .$8,100 00
For tuition of non-residents 12 00
Drawn from Massachusetts School Fund 266 44
$8,378 44
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
FOR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Paid George S. Perry
$25 68
Geo. F. King & Merrill.
25 07
Harrison Hume.
141 11
Knight, Adams & Co.
2 73
Wm. Ware & Co ..
113 45
Cowperthwait & Co
103 77
J. L. Hammett
78 93
Carroll W. Clark.
51 30
Thompson, Brown & Co.
16 62
A. C. Stockin
2 25
Ginn & Co.
83 32
John C. Haynes.
50
Chas. H. Whiting.
175 01
Amount carried forward, $819 74
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Amount brought forward, $819 74
Paid Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co
10 72
F. M. Ambrose. 82 50
Clark & Maynard
44 92
Geo. Frost & Co
10 00
A. G. Whitcomb.
44 80
Bennie Boyce. 2 00
W. B. Mckay. 58
$1015 26
FOR SUNDRIES.
Paid W. H. Twombly & Son, printing $4 00
F. J. Bancroft, repairing piano .. 3 50
G. S. Tukey. repairing pumps. 1 50
Geo. W. Hurd, repairs. 1 83
Cummings' Express 2 10
Lang's Express. 12 80
J. C. Cook, painting schoolhouses 101 50
S. M. Hall, mason work. 20 00
Copeland & Bowser, ribbon for diplomas. . . 1 28 Wendell Bancroft, stock and [labor 28 77
E. Damon, cleaning vaults. 1 00
B. Foley, plastering . 2 50
Highland Foundry Co., for grate
4 20
G. W. Batchelder, cleaning vaults. 50
Parker & Stone, supplies.
23 48
W. J. Wightman, insurance
60 00
C. L. McIntire, glazing. 1 35
M. E. Nichols, glazing. 4 70
Harris Austin. clock repairing 1 00
Robt. J. Hill, book-binding. 2 55
Bowker's Express. 1 00
G. O. Batchelder, rent of school',lot. 5 00
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E. P. Fitts, cash expended for chemicals. .. N. W. Broad. stock and labor. 37 67
Amount carried forward, $323 52
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Amount brought forward, $323 52
Paid M. Hanley, chair .. 50
W. M. Titus, supplies and repairs. 10 78
R. L. Beers, curtains and repairs. 1 25
E. F. Parker, expenses and materials. 4 94
A. & E. Burton & Co., feather duster 2 00
T. Littlefield, repairs and materials.
26 25
Smith & Anthony Stove Co., repairs 14 25
C. M. Barrows & Co., printing. 5 50
J. H. Bancroft, labor. 25
C. F. Bessom, labor
1 20
Edwd. F. Parker, agent for purchase and dis- tribution of books. 50 00
$440 44
Total incidental expenses. $1,455 70
Receipts :
Appropriation $1,400 00
From W. J. Wightman, return premium on insurance.
24 00
From books and supplies sold.
29 01
From School Fund.
2 69
Books and supplies in hands of agent, March 1,1886.
$1,455 70
$127 29
TOWN WARRANT.
1886.
· TOWN WARRANT.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF READING.
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the fifth day of April, A. D. 1886, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Collectors, School Committee, Engineers of the Fire Department, Trustees of the Public Library, Trustees of the Cemetery, and Auditors.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 74 to 77 inclusive of Chapter 27 of the Public Stat- utes, and choose one Road Commissioner for one year, one for two years, and one for three years.
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ART. 4. To see if the Town will bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Collector, Constables, Highway Surveyor ; also two members of the School Committee for three years Also, to see if the Town will vote upon a separate ballot, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town," both ballots to be received at the same time and in the same box.
ART. 5. To choose a Town Clerk, Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Collector, two members of the School Committee for three years, Surveyor of High- ways, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, and all other necessary town officers.
ART. 6. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this town.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of laying concrete sidewalks and edgestones the ensuing year, provided the abutters pay one-half the expense of laying the same, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will employ a Night Watch the ensuing year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the erection of a new building in accordance with the recommendation of the School Committee, for the purpose of providing better accom- modations for the Union Street Schools, and how much money they will raise and appropriate therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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ART. 10. To determine how much money the Town will raise for schools, incidental school expenses, repairs of high- ways and bridges, removing snow and ice, fire department, support of the poor, street lights, salaries of town officers, military aid, printing, abatement of taxes, town office, main- tenance of the police, cemetery, public library, soldiers' graves, interest on the town debt, reduction of the town debt, deficiencies, and miscellaneous expenses.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will authorize their Treas- urer, under direction of the Selectmen, to hire money in antici- pation of taxes.
ART. 12. To see what instructions the Town will give their Assessors and Collector.
ART. 13. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate sufficient money to build a concrete sidewalk on Haven Street, from the depot to Main Street.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars to widen Main Street from George L. Putnam's line to Summer Avenue, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will cause flag-stones or a concrete crossing, to be laid from the corner of High and Woburn Streets, across High Street to the railroad, and how much money they will raise and appropriate therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 17. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to keep the Old South clock running the ensuing year.
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ART. 18. To see if the Town will erect and maintain five new street lights on Main Street, between Summer Avenue and the first street light north on Main Street, one at or near the corner of Pleasant and Middle Streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 19. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the enforcement of the liquor law, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART 20. To see if the Town will cause flag-stones or a concrete walk laid across High Street, from the corner of Haven and Chute Streets, to the Boston and Maine depot, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 21. To hear and act on the report of Solon Bancroft, Esq., upon the subject referred to him at the last annual meet- ing, viz .: the care and maintenance of the cemetery, and the care and use of the moneys deposited with the town, by bequest or otherwise, for the care of private lots in the cemetery.
ART. 22. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to erect and maintain guide boards and street signs, or what they will do in relation thereto.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen, on laying out a town way from High Street to the Boston and Maine railroad ; also a town way from High Street to Colby Street, so called.
ART. 24. To hear and act upon a list of Jurors, prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 25. To hear and act upon the report of the Select- men, in relation to guide posts
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands, this twenty-fourth day of March, A. D. 1886.
R. DEXTER TEMPLE, ) Selectmen JAMES A. BANCROFT, of
STILLMAN M. PRATT, Reading.
A true copy-Attest :
HENRY STOCK, Constable.
LIST OF JURORS.
The subscribers, Selectmen of the town of Reading, have prepared the following list of persons who, in their judgment, are qualified to serve as jurors, and respectfully submit the same for the action of the Town.
Allen, Charles H.
Moulton, Wilder C.
Batchelder, Edward S.
Moulton, William E.
Brown, Henry M.
Nichols, J. Brooks
Blood, Edwin W.
Nichols, William H.
Buxton, Albert W.
Norris, James T.
Cook, Walter F.
Parker, Gilman L.
Coney, Walter E.
Pratt, Harland P.
Cummings, Horace L.
Pratt. Stillman M.
Damon, Henry
Prentiss, Walter S.
Damon, George H.
Putnam, George L.
Davis, W. Wallace
Rayner, Walter
Dewey, Frank H.
Richardson, Arthur S.
Eames, Charles B.
Roberts, John G.
Eames, Edward B.
Ruggles, William I.
Foster, Arthur J. Gilson, F. Howard
Sawyer, Addison A.
Gleason, Rodney H.
Smith, Benjamin Y.
Gowing, E. Harley
Stone, J. Henry
Sweetser, Kirk
Howes, A. Newell Jones, Oren N. Johnson, Alden S.
Temple, Arthur W. Temple, David C.
Kelley, Charles W.
Wakefield, Charles
Krook, Lambertus W.
Whittier, Aristides
Lewis, Frank
Wight, Ephraim
Manning, Charles
Young, Samuel C.
Manning, Warren H.
R. DEXTER TEMPLE, Selectmen JAMES A. BANCROFT, of STILLMAN M. PRATT, Reading.
Reading, March 23, 1886+
Runnels, Joseph F.
INDEX.
Town Officers, 1885-'86.
Page, 3
Births Registered. . . 5
Marriages Registered
6
Deaths Registered
8
Dogs Licensed.
9
Overseers' Account
Assessors' Report
10 16 17
Selectmen's Account.
Table of Appropriations and Expenditures
31
Selectmen's Report
32
Collector of Taxes
Treasurer's Report
34 36 38
Auditors' Report
Report of Board of Engineers
Police Report
Report of Cemetery Committee.
Library Report ..
Report of School Committee
Appendix to School Report.
63
Expenses of Schools 66
41 43 44 46 49
Town Warrant .. 71
List of Jurors 79
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