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been used for books and supplies. Expenses for repairs are usually imperative and purchases of books and supplies may be unwisely deferred. I recommend that this appropriation be divided, and the sum fixed for repairs and other contingent expenses, and the sum fixed for the purchase of books and supplies.
CHANGES IN TEACHERS.
The following is a list of appointments, transfers and resigna- tions which have occurred during the present year. The same condition of affairs holds now as formerly. Every year Reading loses some of its best teachers, who go to other towns and cities at a larger salary. We are obliged to secure teachers whose experience is limited, and after they get well acquainted with the work and the methods of Reading schools resign for other positions. While this state of affairs probably cannot be remedied to any great ex- tent, the pupils and the schools suffer considerably from these changes.
WITHDRAWALS.
SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. DATE.
High
Cora E. Lombard
June
Highland
Marie Burnham June
Highland
Charlotte E. Jones
June
Union Street
Mabel M. Backard June
High
Marilla C. Wooster
Dec.
TRANSFERS.
A. Helena Burnham from Lowell street to Highland.
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APPOINTMENTS.
SCHOOL. TEACHERS.
WHERE EDUCATED. SAL'Y. DATE.
High Marilla C. Wooster Michigan University $650 Sept.
Highland Grace M. Dennison Wellesley College 500 Sept.
Highland Florence E. Hunter Castleton Normal 450 Sept.
Highland
HIelen A. Parker Reading High 350 Sept.
Union Street Myra K. Parker Reading High 350 Sept.
Lowell Street Cora J. Jaquith
Salem Normal 350 Sept
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
A new class was opened in the Highland building in Septem- ber, and the classification and attendance at that school is as fol- lows:
Room 1, Grade VIII, has . 50 pupils
Room 2, Grades VII and VIII. has 45
Room 3, Grade VII, has 45 66
Room 4, Grade VI, has 48
Room 5, Grades V and IV, has
48
Room 6, Grade V, has
48
Room 7, Grade IV, has
42
Room 8, Grade IV, has
37
363 pupils
The eighth grade now has seventy- five pupils, and it, will be necessary soon to form two classes for this grade.
On account of lack of sittings in the higher room at Prospect Street School grade five was transferred in September to the High- land School. The Prospect Street School now has four grades and for the present the grading in that school should remain the same.
The Chestnut Street School has six grades instead of seven as was the case somewhat recently. The older pupils at the Lowell Street School have been transferred to the Highland School, so that this is now a primary school having three grades and about forty pupils.
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The Main Street School and the Haverhill Street School are both small, and there seems to be a disposition on the part, of some- of the parents living in these localities to ask the School Commit- tee for permission to allow their children to attend the schools at the centre of the town.
The entering class into the High School this year was large, about sixty pupils. The number of pupils in the High School in September was about one hundred and forty. There seems to be an unfortunate tendency on the part of many boys and girls to drop the Iligh School course at the expiration of the first year. This is probably the most critical time in the pupil's school life. Having already acquired a good elementary education, the desire to earn something for themselves, and the wish to make changes, depletes each year the upper classes in that school. A large percentage of the Reading parents can afford to give their children a high school course, and I believe that they ought to realize the impor- tance of having them continue their studies under their immediate oversight during the years from fifteen to eighteen. The entering class for this year is the largest in the history of the school. It is hoped that the members of it will avail themselves of the privi- leges offered by the Town and complete a high school course in their own town.
MANUAL TRAINING.
When the Highland School was constructed the architect and committee had in view in its construction a room suitable for manual training. Such a room has been available without expense of heat or otherwise, since the occupancy of the building. It is not my purpose to enter upon any discussion as to whether manual training is a suitable addition to school work or not. By statute, cities over a certain size are compelled to introduce it, and many towns have adopted this branch of their own accord. It will not be long before others will make arrangements for it.
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Sloyd and bench work for boys and sewing for the girls can be arranged for without great expense. It will cost three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) to provide a class with benches and tools, and these will last for a number of years. A teacher of this branch can be secured for two hundred and fifty dollars ($250). The expense in the matter of sewing would consist almost solely in the securing of a sewing teacher at an expense of two hundred dollars ($200) per year.
I recommend your early consideration of this subject, and believe that such an addition would be favorably considered and cordially supported by the citizens of the town.
STORM SIGNALS.
In every school year there are storms of moderate severity when little children ought not to be compelled to go out; pupils, however, in the higher grammar grades and the high school should not be deprived of school privileges on such days. In an endeavor to provide for both classes a change in the storm signals have been adopted. The fact must not be lost sight of that the responsibility of the attendance of children at school on such days cannot be assumed by any school official; with the parents themselves. must rest the decision of whether the child is well enough to go to school or not.
I recommend the purchase of a signal box (for use at the High School in ringing in the storm signal). Such a box could ring only the exact number fixed as this signal, and as at present sounded confusion is likely to occur.
Notice of the change in the 'signal and its time has been sent to the fire department officials and to every family in town. They are as follows :
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2-2-2-2 (Two rounds)
At 7.50-No morning session for all schools.
2-2-2-2
At 8.15 -No morning session for pri- mary schools.
2-2-2-2
At 12.30-No afternoon session for grammar and primary schools.
At 12.50-No afternoon session for primary schools.
WORK OF THE SCHOOLS. .
The regular work of the schools has continued on the same lines as heretofore with few changes, except such as naturally come in in securing unity in the school work. Teachers have been cautioned to remember that there is a vital difference between thoroughness and exhaustiveness in a subject. Exhaustiveness is not to be ex- pected. Thoroughness is necessary, and constant drill upon essen- tials iş of the greatest importance. The omission of the non- essentials has been encouraged.
The best way to find out what progress is made, what methods and what results are being obtained in the classes, is to visit those schools during the regular school sessions. All parents are cordially invited to make such visits for the purpose of gaining accurate infor- mation for themselves. Incidentally this is a means of encouragement to be children and teachers.
The work of the special teachers has been, I believe, thorough, and the results obtained excellent. I refer you to their reports.
At this time I wish to thank the committee individually, and as a committee for cordial treatment and support during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. HUSSEY.
REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
To the Superintendent :
The report of the High School for the year ending December 23. 1898, is respectfully presented.
The total enrollment for the year. the per cent. of attendance. the number admitted from the grammar school and other schools, and other items of interest. are given in the list of statistics of the school.
Instruction has been given in the different departments, so far as our opportunities have permitted, in accordance with the plan outlined in my last report. The introduction of several new text books has facilitated the work of the teachers and increased the interest of the pupils. Since the beginning of the fall term. a class of thirty-five have been studying book-keeping, using Williams & Rogers' New Introductive text-book. Aside from the disciplin- ary and educational value of this work. it provides a sufficiently extended course of study to prepare pupils to keep an ordinary set of books. However, in this connection. it may not be premature for me to ask your consideration of the advisability of making pro- visions for a commercial course, adapted to the needs of our pupils.
A good degree of interest has been manifested both in music and in drawing.
In accordance with a suggestion of Secretary Hill. of the State Board of Education. some of the work of the pupils has been done in a permanent and attractive form as an evidence of good and careful scholarship, and as an inspiration not only to the pupils, but to the teachers as well. Some of the note-books on Geometry. the composition exercises, the plant analyses, the draw- ing lessons, the book-keeping records, are models of neatness and accuracy.
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Acknowledgment is made of the gift from the class of 1898, of/Atwood's Machine for illustrating the laws of falling bodies; also, from the proceeds of an entertainment given under the aus- pices of the school, of an aquarium, a spherical black-board globe, Kiepert's Map of the Roman Empire, and various chemical and philosophical apparatus.
F. E. WHITTEMORE,
Principal.
REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
To the Superintendent of Schools :
The methods of art instruction during the past year have been similar to those of 1897. The use of brushes and color has been extended to the third grade of the primary schools, and the young- est pupils have been as much pleased and interested as the older ones, and their work has shown as much improvement. Ink has been the medium in the fall in the representation of plant life, such as grasses, curled leaves, seed pods, vines with berries, and such subjects as are beautiful in form and arrangement. Water colors have been used for the spring flowers, which have also the beauty of color as well as of form. The course in design has been much improved and amplified by the use of color.
The study of pictures has continued through the year with much enthusiasm and profit, with the hope and expectation that pupils will, eventually, recognize with genuine pleasure the por- traits of noted artists and appreciate their work in some degree, just as they are already learning to love the works of our best authors and poets.
More than usual interest was evinced in the designs for the Pioneer, the annual publication of the High School. The cover, a simple though creditable design, was executed by Master Harold Webber, of the freshman class. Several decorative initials were designed by other members of the sophomore and freshman classes which embellished the pages of the same periodical.
Nearly two hundred and fifty dollars were received as a fund for decorating the schoolrooms of the Town, which sum was expended by the committee chosen for the purpose. Several pic- tures were given by interested citizens, and all were exhibited
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to the public, in the hall of the Highland School, on April 30. The pictures were then distributed to the several school rooms, each receiving at least one. The following is a list of the subjects pre- sented :
HIGH SCHOOL.
Cathedral at Ely, England.
Photograph.
Portrait Study. Charcoal Drawing.
HIGHLAND SCHOOL. Hall.
Capitol, Washington. Photograph.
Castle of St. Angelo.
Photograph.
Winged Victory. Statue and Pedestal.
GRADES VIH TO IN.
Reading from Homer. Alma Tadema. Durham Cathedral. Photograph.
By the River. Henri Le Rolle.
Portrait of Himself. Reubens.
Madonna of the Chair.
Raphael.
At the Watering Trough.
Dagnan-Bouveret.
Columbus' Caravels.
Shepherdess. Henri Le Rolle.
For Mantels in Corridor.
Statuette of a Lion.
Barye.
Portion of Frieze of Parthenon. Bas Relief.
UNION STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL.
The Helping Hand. Renouf.
Primary School in Brittany. Geoffroy.
St. Anthony and the Christ Child. Murillo.
Impudence. Carbon Photograph.
MAIN STREET SCHOOL.
The Meadow. Dupre.
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HAVERHILL STREET SCHOOL.
Boughton. Pilgrim Exiles.
JOHN STREET PRIMARY
Baby Stuart. Van Dyke.
CHESTNUT HILL SCHOOL.
Christ Among the Doctors. Hoffman.
Dignity and Impudence. Landseer.
PROSPECT STREET SCHOOL.
Streets in Venice. Colored Photograph.
Feeding Her Birds. Millet.
LOWELL STREET SCHOOL.
Madonna. Murillo.
ANNIE B. PARKER, Supervisor of Drawing.
REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.
To the Superintendent:
Good progress has been made in the music of the Reading schools this year.
The work has been planned the same as previous years.
More attention has been given to individual work, but the short time allowed for music work each week (seventy-five minutes) will not admit of as much time for individual work as I would like. Better results could be had in class work if more time could be given to this subject.
Much profit and pleasure has been derived by combining classes for work in the hall of the new grammar school.
Several suggestions whereby a new piano can be obtained for this building have been proposed, and it is to be hoped that in the coming year some definite plan can be carried out to start a piano fund. We certainly should get a great deal of pleasure and in- provement by having a piano in the hall of the Middlesex school building, and any movement toward purchasing an instrument will meet with the hearty approval of the teachers and children.
The chorus work of the high school at present is the best it has ever been since my connection with your schools, and the inter- est is all that could be desired. This is partly due to the fact that since Sept., '98, singing has been introduced at the morning de- votional exercises. It has been suggested that a class in advanced harmony and musical history be organized in the high school for the benefit of those pupils who are musical and who wish to obtain a musical education. I am heartily in favor of such a move- ment, and hope that an opportunity will be given those who wish
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this advanced work. The fact that some of our larger high schools in this state are adopting a course in advanced music, with good results, should make this subject a matter of serious consideration.
In closing, let me thank you and the school committee for your hearty support in my work.
FRED W. ARCHIBALD, Supervisor of Music.
TRUANT OFFICERS' REPORT.
To the Superintendent :
The following is a report of the Truant Officers for the year ending December 31st, 1898.
Number of absentees reported by teachers
Number found to be cases of truancy
11
1
" " " sickness 1
66 .. " lack of clothing 2
66 " detained by parents . 4
11
Number not found . 4
taken to school . 1
" reported more than once . 1
Respectfully submitted, FREDERIC D. MERRILL, ARTHUR E. DAVIS,
Truant Officers
GRADUATING EXERCISES,
CLASS OF 1898,
READING HIGH SCHOOL,
Old South M. E. Church,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JJUNE 22.
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PROGRAMME.
PRAYER, .
REV. F. J. GAULD.
INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS,
REV. A. E. WINSHIP, Editor of the Journal of Education.
SINGING, Hail, Smiling Morn, R. Spofforth.
SALUTATORY AND ESSAY,
The Puritan Sabbath.
ETHEL FLORENCE BERRY.
ORATION,
The Love of Liberty.
HAROLD FRANCIS PARKER.
SINGING,
June Song, Geibel.
RECITATION IN FRENCH, Selection from Le ('id, Corneille.
LUCY ALICE DANFORTH.
ESSAY,
The Modern New England Girl.
GERTRUDE CURTIS BROWN.
SINGING,
Water Lilies,
Karl Linders.
ORATION,
The United States and Spain. STEPHEN FRANKLIN WADSWORTH.
ESSAY, The Roman Woman in the Last Century of the Republic. EDNA MAY ROBERTS.
ORATION AND VALEDICTORY, Reformation of Primary Elections.
JOHN MEAD ADAMS.
SINGING,
Pit, Pat, Bailey.
SEMI-CHORUS.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS,
MR. W. S. PARKER. .
SINGING,
Class Ode.
Words by GERTRUDE CURTIS BROWN.
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NAMES OF GRADUATES.
ENGLISH COURSE.
Frank Clifford Carter,
Ernest Prescott Nowell.
ENGLISH-LATIN COURSE.
Harold Francis Parker,
Gertrude Curtis Brown,
Grace Effie Skillen.
Blanche Maybelle Ellison,
Grace Lillian Broad,
Louise Marion Whelton,
Ethel Florence Berry,
Lucy Alice Danforth.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
John Mead Adams, Edna May Roberts.
Edwin Francis Killam, Alice May Ellenwood.
INSTITUTE COURSE.
Stephen Franklin Wadsworth.
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GRADUATES FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1898.
Bancroft, Arthur W.
Bancroft, Edith S.
Bell, Angus
Barr, Nellie R.
Bosson, Eustis
Beaudry, Bertha E.
Brown, Edward
Bolton, Ada E.
Bowser, Hermann C.
Buxton, Florence E.
Cheney, Bernard
Connolly, Etta M.
Cook, Frank C.
Cook, Lillian G.
Champney, John
Cummings, Mary E.
Claggett, Forrest
Day, Grace
Cullinane, Daniel
Doyle, Grace D.
Devaney, Thomas
Eames, Louise B.
Heselton, Frank H.
Francis, J. Gertrude
Keneely, Ralph S.
Gardner, Adela L.
Jones, Albert
Guild, Mildred A.
McKellar, Arthur L.
Harris, Erma L.
Mears, Ralph L.
Hodson, Eva F.
Nichols, Preston
Hubbard, Myra
Nichols, Prescott R.
Johnson, Etta E.
Nichols, Louis
Killam, Florence E.
Parker, Clarence
Marshall, E. Louise
Platts, Fred
McIntire, Hattie M.
Rounds, Samuel D.
Morse, Della
Ruggles, Guy H.
Nash, Alice
Sawyer, Ralph
Nichols, Lillian C.
Southwell, Howard W.
Parker, Agnes I.
Thompson, Ralph Whittier, Chester R.
Sheedy, Mary H.
Wickens, James
Tansom, Mary
Webster, Arthur W.
Winship, Harold C.
Tucker, Adela S.
Wright, Harold W.
Parker, Edith L.
Tilton, Winnifred M.
Wright, Mabel F. Wardwell, Mary
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ADDITIONAL STATISTICS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
. 118 124 126 142 138 140 Whole number of pupils during the year 138 158 156 171 183 187 Largest number at one time
Number admitted during the year
..
from our Grammar School
36
44
39
50
36
60
4
6
5
5
6
6
..
of post graduates
C
B
1
1
1
1
..
unclassified
B
.)
1
..
at the present time, December 108 114 118 139 122 140 41 44 41 58 53 of girls 70 67 81 69 80 · .
in English Course
45
39
22
34
50
53
..
in Latin-English Course
.
46
52
70
81
63
79
in College Preparatory
14
15
21
18
-
5
in Institute
4
8
5
6
·)
B
in first class when it entered the school ·
49
49
52
58
44
63
in first class. December .
.
45
49
46
56
40
66
in second class when it entered the school ·
27
25
34
35
32
23
in third class when it entered the school
28
42
49
49
52
58
in third class, December
16
25
19
28
28
24
66
in fourth class when it entered the school
37
28
42
49
49
52
יי
in fourth class. December ·
20
12
15
18
15
25.
.
40
50
44 55
42 66
from other schools
graduated
20
11
15
18 15
6. of boys
60
.
.
.
..
in second class, Decomber
49
49
52
5%
44
·
-
TABLE SHOWING ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1898.
SCHOOL.
Enrollment.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Av'ge per cent.
Pupils over 15
Pupils between
8 and 14 years.
Total
half-days
Number Cases
of Tardiness.
Number Cases
of Dismissal
Number Cases of Truancy.
High
127
120.8
118.2 97.7
99
LC
662
121
101
0)
Highland, Grade VIII
52
48.3
47.4
98.1
12
24
412
21
13
0
47
41.6
40.2
97.1
33
580
44
22
()
52
44.6
42.6
95.5
2
35
787
41
7
0
53
43.3
41.3
95.3
·2
44
829
39
24
0
66
" V & VII
46
42.
40.3
96.
0
46
617
76
21
0
66 V
.
12
40.5.
38.4
94.8
=
42
941
45
23
3
66
IV
53
42.4
40.9
94.4
1
52
1,054
54
14
-7
31.7
30.1
95.
-
233
15
12
0
Union St. Grade III .
.
45
43.8
41.3
94.3
0
45
1,034
77
38
2
66
66
II .
.
46
40.6
37.5 92.3
37
1,231
84
36
2
50
38.3
35.1 91.7
0)
6
1,203
105
16
=
176
VII
VI
·
·
IV
VII & VIII
absence.
Attendance.
years.
66
66
I
.
.
37
36.9
33.7
90.7
0
2
1,306
73
21
0
·
John St. 66
I 68
31.2
27.6
86.8
0
0
1,672
62
13
1
Prospect St., Grades III&IV
43
39.2
37.
94.4
()
37
872
69
45
2
66 I, II, III
57
37.
34.6
93.8
0
10
967
39
45
0
Chestnut Hill, Gd. IV, V, VI
46 31.6
30.1
95.3
()
4.4
310
48
31
=
" I, II, III
34
24.5
22.
89.8
0
13
444
- 90
1
0
Lowell St. Grades I, II, III
41
29.3
26.7
91.1
0
14
436
78
29
1
Main St., Grades I-VI
22
14.7
13.6
93.2
14
237
29
27
Haverhill St., Grades I-VI
13
11.5
10.7
92.9
1
153
78
16
0
Totals
.
981
833.8
789.3
93.8
120
514 15,980 1,288
555
16
·
.
.
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Total enrollment, 981; average membership of schools, 833.8; average per cent. of attendance, 93.8; number attending between 8 and 14 years, 514; number attending over 15 years, 120.
TEACHERS IN SERVICE DECEMBER, 1898. WHERE EDUCATED, AND DATE WHEN FIRST APPOINTED.
GRADE
TEACHER.
YEARSALARY
WHERE EDUCATED.
High School
F. E. Whittemore, Prin. '91
$1,700
Brown University.
66
Christine M. Scott
'95
800
Salem Normal.
Sarah T. Kurt
'97
700
Wesleyan University.
Mary A. Whitney
'97
600
Wellesley College.
66
Frances M. Smith
'97
300
¿ De Peiffer's School of Lang.
Marilla C. Wooster
'98
650
Michigan University.
Alice Barrows, Prin.
'80
800
Bridgewater Normal.
Frances M. Wilson
'85
500
Salem Normal.
1°
Florence E. Hunter
'98
450
Castleton Normal.
A. Helena Burnham
'94
450
Salem Normal.
Union Street School
111
Lney E. Morgan
'97
450
Oberlin College.
M. Grace Wakefield
'90
400
Salem Normal.
66
1
Myra K. Parker
'98
350 Reading High School.
John Street School
I
Lillian E. Tibbetts
'97
400 Chelsea High School.
IV-VI A. Gertrude Deano
'98
400 [Salem Normal.
..
VII-VIII Nina A. Duley
'97
500
Farmington Normal.
Grace M. Dennison
'98
500 Wellesley College.
V.VI
Ida M. Kimball
16.
450 Killingly High School.
66
Helen A. Parker
'98
350 Reading High School.
II-III
1-1I
Annie P. Reid
'84
400 Reading High School.
-
Chestnut Hill School
( Berlitz School of Language.
Highland School
VIII
I-III Prospect Street School III-IV
Lowell Street School I-III Main Street School I-VI Haverhill Street School I-VI
Supervisor of Drawing
Supervisor of Music
Jessie E. Dyer '96 92 1.1. Gertrude Demsey '96
I-II Isabel M. Elliot
Cora J. Jaquith
'98
Alice M. Day
97
Bertha W. Bryant
97
Annie B. Parker
92
Fred A. Archibald
400 Quincy Training School. 450 Salem Normal. 400 Wakefield High School. 350 Salem Normal.
350 Townsend High School. 350 Woburn High School. 400 Prang's Normal Course.
600 Holt's Inst. of Vocal Harmony.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriations :
General, for teachers, janitors and fuel $16,000 00 Contingent, for incidental expenses and for books and supplies 3,500 00
Sundry receipts
13 50
For superintendent of schools 1,000 00 Total receipts $20,513 15
Paid for teachers, janitors and fuel . $16,804 48
Paid incidental expenses 2,533 34
Paid for books and supplies
963 11
Paid superintendent of schools
900 00
Total expenses
$21,200 93
Overdraft
687 78
General appropriation
$16,000 00
Paid teachers . $14,085 00
Paid janitors
1,329 00
Paid fuel
1,381 48
Paid labor on fuel
9 00
$16,804 48 $804 48
Overdraft
Appropriation for incidental expenses and for books and supplies . $3,500 00
Sundry receipts
13 15
$3,513 15
Paid incidental expenses
$2,533 34
books and supplies
963 11
$3,496 45
Balance
$16 70
Overdraft $787 78
Balance of salary of superintendent of schools
$100 00
Overdraft
$687 78
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Massachusetts State Fund, balance from 1
1897
$108 93
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. PAID TEACHERS.
F. E. Whittemore
: $1,700 00
Christine M. Scott
800 00
Sarah T. Kurt
700 00
Mary A. Whitney
540 00
Cora E. Lombard .
420 00
M. C. Wooster
260 00
Frances M. Smith .
240 00
Alice Barrows
770 00
Nina A. Duley
500 00
Marie Burnham
300 00
M. Fannie Wilson
500 00
M. Grace Dennison 200 00 Charlotte E. Jones 270 00 Ida M. Kimball 435 00
Kathleen Melvin .
240 00
Florence E. Hunter 180 00 .1. Helena Burnham Helen A. Parker . 140 00
450 00
M. Grace Wakefield
400 00
Annie P. Reid
400 00
Mabel F. Packard
240 00
Myra K. Parker .
140 00
Lillian A. Tibbetts
385 00
A. Gertrude Deane
420 00
Jessie E. Dyer
400 00
A. Gertrude Demsey
450 00
Isabel M. Elliott .
400 00
Amount carried forward . . $12,330 00
450 00
Lucy E. Morgan .
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Amount brought forward .
$12,330 00
Cora Jaquith
140 00
Alice M. Day
.
350 00
Bertha W. Bryant
325 00
Annie B. Parker .
400 00
F. W. Archibald .
540 00.
$14,085 00
PAID JANITORS.
Charles H. Swain .
$150 00
Clement Gleason
450 00
D. C. Sanborn
440 00
R. W. Parker
64 00
Timothy Cummings
120 00
L. Adelbert Frost .
40 00
Samuel Killam
24 00
Charles F. Bessom
25 00
O. HI. Brown
16 00
$1,329 00
PAID FOR FUEL.
C. L. Parker .
$206 56
A. G. Nichols
9 00
J. Warren Killam
9 00
HI. E. Cox
15 00
Calvin L. Martin .
149 75
Howard W. Batchelder
15 00
O. H. Brown
5 00
R. H. Gleason
20 00
Wendell Bancroft .
952 17
$1,381 48
PAID FOR LABOR ON FUEL.
Charles F. Bessom
$2 00
Eben G. Beard
2 00
L. Adelbert Frost .
3 00
O. H. Brown
2 00
$9 00
183
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Francis Bros., repairs . $380 82
Heyward Bros., mats 19 30
Peoples Gas & Electric Co. 18 50
s. S. Bell, manager
39 07
Reading Water Works
109 73
Charles F. Bessom, labor
2 40
David Weston
1 00
N. W. Broad, labor and repairs . 15 31
Charles E. Hussey, travel, telegrams, etc. 25 00
F. E. Whittemore, miscellaneous expenses . 10 33
M. F. Charles, envelopes, stamps 7 45
A. Hodson, painting 15 00
O. P. Symonds & Son
2 53
H. M. Meek 2 00
A. Gertrude Deane, repairing table
64
Stillman E. Parker, census 25 00
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