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INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION IN THE LOWER GRADES
Again, a report must be made upon the innovation which was made last year in establishing the one session system for the first grade children. This measure was in a way an experiment, but as time has progressed it has practically proved the truth of what was before a confident belief, namely: that children who entered the first grade at the immature age of five years would be fully as well fitted to do second grade work by attending school one session of the day and being enabled to take advantage of the rest of the day for outdoor play and exercise, and even better than if they were forced to attend the formal sessions of the school during the whole day.
This result has actually been proved by the work of the second grade pupils. In fact, the teachers of the second
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grade report a gain in power to assimilate the work on the part of these pupils.
The adoption of this program has resulted in giving the first grade teachers an opportunity to carry on individual instruction during the afternoon sessions with backward children of the second, third and even fourth grades who need this extra work, and also to give the same sort of in- dividual help to the less advanced pupils in their first grades. The value of this individual instruction is a point on which there is scarcely room for debate, and it is the plan to develope it more if possible than even the past year has allowed.
HIGHLAND SCHOOL
It is a matter of some regret that more residents of our own town do not visit the Highland School. One is con- tinually struck by the impression which this school in its beautiful and well-equipped and well-managed building makes upon visitors from neighboring towns and other cities. It is certainly an institution of which the town may be proud. Always well furnished with interior decorations, a notable addition to its equipment is the large glass case con- taining the splendid collection of birds which faces one when one enters the the front door of the building. This collec- tion of birds and case, valued at about $600, though the actual cost was much less, has been added to the furnishing of the school at no expense to the town, the cost being met by the proceeds of entertainments at the building. This case has been wired and equipped with electric lights and furnishes an impressive addition to the beauty of the build- ing itself. This collection has aroused enthusiastic interest in birds and through them in all wild animal life. A Junior Audobon Club has been formed, the objects of which are to study birds, feed the winter feathered folk, make homes for the early arrivals and protect bird life everywhere.
By vote of the School Committee the subjects of Latin
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and Algebra, hitherto a part of the eighth grade work, were taken from the curriculum of the Highland School and more hours of intensive work in Language, Spelling and Arith- metic are being offered in the time formerly spent with those subjects.
Another excellent feature of the past year at the High- land Building has been the organized recesses. The plan of having the boys and girls of each grade take their recesses at different times, under the supervision of their teachers, spending the recess period in carefully thought out and well- organized games, has been prolific in accomplishing much desired results. The relief in the congestion of the limited area of the school yard, the eagerness with which the chil- dren anticipate the recess period, their evident joy in the participation in the organized games, is interesting to watch. and the whole plan has resulted in the developing of a unified class spirit and loyalty to class and school which is very marked and which has had a rather distinct effect on the general morals of the school as a whole.
KEEPING THE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL
As one purpose of this report is to bring to the notice of the townspeople any interesting features of the school situa- tion, it is not amiss to call attention to the rather remark- able conditions which the figures show in this direction. A factory may be said to be working at its highest state of efficiency when every machine is busy and producing to its capacity. This condition can only be attained by having at hand an unfailing supply of raw material upon which the factory may expend its efforts. The schools can do the greatest good when they have the greatest number upon which to exert their influence, and a pretty fair indication of the success of the school system is its power to keep under its influence for as long as possible the raw material upon which its activities are engaged.
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In using figures for comparison in this computation it is only fair to consider that as a class progresses from one grade to another, although it acquires a few members through the change of residence into Reading of pupils from other towns, it also loses approximately an equal number by change in the other direction, so that it is perhaps fair to take the figures as shown in the school report of several years past.
In 1912 the eighth grade numbered 120. This class en- tered the first grade in 1905 with 129, having lost 9. In 1911 in grade eight there were 108 who entered the first grade in 1904 with 129. In 1910 grade eight 108, the same class num- bering 127 in the first grade. The class which entered 140 strong in 1902 numbered 109 in grade eight in 1909. In 1908 118 of 177 who entered in 1901 survived. In 1907 110 re- mained of the 127 who entered grade one in 1900, and in 1906 there were 110 of a first grade class of 120.
Taking these figures as they appear in the school reports of the last fourteen years it shows that an average of 80% of the number of first grade children remain through the eighth grade.
Does the High School keep a fair percentage or more of its enrollment! Again taking the figures from the school report we find the following :
First Year
Last Year
1906
88
12
1907
TS
50
1908
92
47
1909
110
62
1910
116
53
1911
99
58
583
312
showing an average of 53 1-2% remaining through to the fourth year.
The teachers of Reading are in earnest. A splendid spirit of unanimity and harmony exists throughout the entire
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corps which makes for an optimistic and happy outlook amongst both instructors and the children under their charge. The generosity of the town in the matter of salaries is fully appreciated and the teachers are intensely loyal. This is shown by the large number of personal calls made during the past year upon the parents of those pupils who have been ill and those who have found difficulty in their work or in ad- justing themselves to the school routine in other ways. The teachers as a whole have enjoyed this feature of the work immensely and are planning to develop it to a far greater extent in the future. It is hoped that with this sort of spirit pervading the active workers in the schools and an equally cordial spirit of co-operation on the part of the parents the coming year may be one of real progress in education in its best and truest sense.
I wish to express my deep appreciation to the teachers for loyal service, to the townspeople for fair and courteous treatment, and to the School Committee for continuous and kindly advice, encouragement and support.
Respectfully submitted,
H. T. WATKINS, Supt. of Schools.
February 3, 1913.
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER
1912 To 1913
Number of absences reported to me
100
Number found to be truancy 26
Number reported by parents as ill 25
Number kept out by parents to work or otherwise
40
Number reported insufficiently clad 9
Put on probation
3
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM KIDDER,
Truant Officer.
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READING HIGH SCHOOL
Graduation Exercises
CLASS OF . . 1912 ..
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE TWENTY - SIXTH
High School Hall
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PROGRAM
PRAYER BY THE REV. D. AUGUSTINE NEWTON Congregational Church
1 The Birds, the Arm, the Mill and the Tree (Salutatory) ISABELLE VILLIERS
2 The Leader of the New Party . #ROMEO MARK MICHELINI
"Song of the Vikings" Faning
THE CHORUS
3 The Rosetta Stone
· #MARION ELIZABETH PARK
4 Recreation and Public Playgrounds . TEDITH RAYE SYMONDS
5 Looking Backward . TAUGUST GIERSTEN MACLEOD
"Flower of May" Lachner
THE CHORUS
6 Modern Paganism .
( Valedictory Essay) * FLORENCE GERTRUDE NICHOLS
7 Farewell (Valedictory Address) FLORENCE LEONA MCKAY
"Till We Meet Again" Bailey
Conferring of Diplomas WALTER S. PARKER Chairman of the School Committee
BENEDICTION-REV. FRANCIS WALSH St. Agnes Church
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC ARTHUR HAROLD TOZER ACCOMPANIST EDITH RAYE SYMONDS
* Scholarship Honors t Class Honors # Faculty Honors
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MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1912
COLLEGE COURSE
Cummings, Doris Iseult
Forsythe, Agusta Elizabeth
Mansfield, Ruby Blanche
Nichols, Florence Gertrude
Park, Marion Elizabeth
Symonds, Edith Raye
SCIENTIFIC COURSE
Boothby, Horace Everett, Jr. Eaton, Francis Walter
NORMAL COURSE Fitts, Eva May
GENERAL COURSE
Averill, Harold Carl
Bancroft, Helen Louise
Buck, Laurence Howard
Canty, Charles Andrew
Carnes, Harold Arthur Chisholm, Mary Agnes Cook, Louise Murray Doucette, Helen Elizabeth Forbes, Robert Sylvester
Galvin, Agnes May
Geary, James Lawrence Hartshorn, Chester Gould Jewett, Mildred Jones, Charles Warren Lee. William Henry
MacKay, Clarence Neal
MacLeod, August Giertsen
Maguire, Margaret Theresa McCrum, Alberta
McKay, Florence Leona Michelini, Romeo Mark
Middlebrooke, Mabel Alice Milbury, Ruby Jeannette Montgomery, Marjorie Eliza - beth Murray, Ellen Veronica
Newhall, Howard Douglas
Parker, Gladys Elizabeth
Parks, Edith Mabel
Riley, Elizabeth Cecile
Roberts, Paulina Robinson. Howard Brown
Stembridge, Harold Edward
Sullivan, Alma Cecilia Sullivan, Lillian Evelyn
Swasey, Theresa Blanche Swett, Mildred Lewis Turner. Mary Abbie Vermille, Norman Hume Villiers. Isabelle White, Harry Augustine Wood. Rachel Frances
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PUPILS GRADUATING FROM HIGHLAND SCHOOL JUNE 26, 1912
GIRLS
BOYS
Ambler, Dorothy M.
Barron, Arthur
Bisbee, Nora May
Beaudoin, Arthur
Carney, Margaret T.
Brown, Clarence J.
Cloudman, Gladys
Buck, Robert L.
Currier, Barbara
Burke, John H.
Davies, Priscilla
Butler, Norman L.
Dulong, Annie M.
Campbell, William H.
Forbes, Marion Ruby
Charles, Norman P.
Gaffney, Mary J.
Cummings, Paul J.
Galvin, Margaret E.
Dane, A. Kenneth
Gibbons, Annie M.
Desmond, Daniel
Granfield, Isabel
Donegan, Maurice H.
Greenyer, Ethel M.
Dulong, Frank
Harrison, Mildred E.
Forbes, Malcolm E.
Herbolzheimer, Alice B.
Freeman, Whitman I. Hill, H. Leslie
Killam, Gladys A.
Hutchinson, Leroy C.
Lane, Bessie L.
Libbey, Elmer M.
Livingstone, Faith M.
Maxwell, James Irwin
Livermore, Gertrude
Meuse, Henry J.
Lougee, Grace P.
Muise, Melvin H.
McDavitt, Irma F.
Murray, Joseph B.
McKenney, Mary E.
Owen, Harold
Moses, Mildred S.
Pierce, James
Nickerson, Mary E.
Riley, James P.
Redden, Clyde V.
Saunders, Clarence
Reid, Jean I.
Sawyer, Harry L.
Robinson, Mary E.
Scanlon, William J.
Robinson, Janet H.
Springford, F. Lionel
Seaman, Harriett G.
Stevens, Chesley G.
Stone, Mary L.
Thayer, Ernest F.
Symonds, Hilda
Thornton, John E.
Jordan, Vesta D.
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GIRLS
BOYS
Thomas, Evelyn H.
Turner, Helen
Turner, Margaret
Viall, Emily P.
Welch, Annie
Winship, Barbara
Tucker, Walter D.
Turner, J. Eric
Tuttle, Donald
Waldron, Harry E.
Whitchurch, Louis E.
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STATISTICS
Taken from Report of the State Board in April, 1912, and Other Items of Interest
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 5 AND 15 YEARS
September, 1899
832
1900
.
853
،،
1901
890
1902
915
1903
967
1904
938
6 6
1905
972
1906
1022
1907
997
66
1908
1005
1909
1029
1910
1030
1911
1013
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 7 AND 14 YEARS
September, 1899
648
1900
648
1901
680
1902
636
6 6
1903
682
1904
758
1905
698
6 6
1906
759
1907
723
1908
695
1909
737
1910
708
1911
784
.
.
·
211
Length of school year, 1911-1912
10 months Number of days lost from stormy days, etc. 13 1-2 days
Actual length of school year . 9 mos. 4 days
Number of different pupils enrolled for the year ending June, 1912
1253
AVERAGE
NUMBER IN EACH
OF THE TWELVE GRADES FOR THE
FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
YEAR
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X XI XII
SP.
TOTAL
1899
120
103
102
87
108
75
93
68
56
46
17 23
5 903
1900
127
136
66
107
89
98
66
82
49
37
36
14 0
907
1901
177
102
108
77
105
87
97
64
61
42
28
25 5
978
1902
142
126
90
86
117
98
100
70
56
64
34
21
4
1008
1903
127
114
103
104
86
109
91
109
86
79
61
53
54
4
1123
1905
129
118
130
124
105
104
88
100
85
76
45
48
4
1156
1906
118
120
110
150
114
123
109
96
110
78
82
58
50
6
1212
1908
123
111
120
128
97
138
97
118
92
75
75
47
5
1226
1909
133
113
118
124
119
93
116
108
110
79
68
62
7 1250
1910
119
116
105
121
120
109
88
108
116
98
75
53
9
1237
1911
112
113
114
103
127
97
125
100
99
78
69
58
6 1201
1912
134
111
109
111
116
129
87
126
87
84
66
63 5
1228
97
93
63
61
53
31
9
1050
1904
129
129
109
127
120
100
93
100
88
72
63
42
5
1166
1907
131
116
116
95
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR WHEN APPOINTED
ALSO ENROLLMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 20, 1912
School
Grade
Teachers
Where Educated
Year First
Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrollment
Average
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Tardiness
Cases of
Dismissal
High
IX-XII
H. T. Watkins, M. A., Master.
Colby College. .
1903
$2200
308
290.8
275.8
94.2
63
27
Trinity College.
1911
1200
..
.
Henrietta Sperry ..
Smith College
1910
800
Wellesley College.
1910
700
Bay Path Institute.
1907
950
..
Maud H. Ingalls
Mt. Holyoke College .
1911
600
..
E. Marjorie Shand.
Radcliffe College .
1911
600
..
Ruth E. Low ..
Wellesley College .
1911
600
Boston University .
1909
800
Gertrude B. Soper
Mt. Holyoke College
1911
800
S. Eleanor Byorkman
Tufts College . .
1910
700
Mary W. Sawyer.
Wellesley College.
1912
600
Highland
Alice Barrows, Principal.
Bridgewater Normal.
1899
700
43
40.9
38.9
95 1
20
13
VIII
Fannie C. Whittemore
N. H. State Normal, Hyannis.
1902
44
40.7
38.3
93.2
15
31
..
VII .
Grace E. Putnam.
Hyannis Normal
1910
600
46
43.1
40.5
94.1
34
58
..
VII .
Lavinia C. Carnes ..
Lowell Normal
1907
650
49
42.4
39.7
93.6
36
31
..
VI .
Mabel P. Williams .
Lowell Normal
1911
550
45
43.3
40.5
93.5
28
42
Fitchburg Normal
1912
550
43
42.8
40.1
93.7
48
42
..
V .
.
Concord Training School
1911
500
44
42.4
39.5
93.1
21
33
M. Grace Wakefield, Principal
Salem Normal.
1890
650
38
35.6
33.6
94.4
14
15
Centre.
Edee D. Gammon
University of Maine
1911
600
43
39.4
37.1
94.4
23
20
..
V ..
Louise M. Durkee
Salem Normal ..
1911
500
40
39.7
36.1
89.5
10
8
..
IV
Joyce L. Fielder
Salem Normal .
1908
550
40
40.
35.3
94.6
9
28
Alberta R. Doyle
Salem Normal ..
1911
550
35
30.9
29.4
95.1
10
19
Anna P. Reid, Principal
Reading High School
1884
650
38
35.5
32.9
93.6
33
40
Cora G. Soule.
Fisher Kindergarten
1912
500
32
30.7
28.8
93.7
24
9
Marion H. Morgan
Bridgewater Normal
1904
550
46
40.9
34.7
84.5
4
5
Mabel A. Porter
Rust Kindergarten
1911
500
45
42.1
37.2
91.2
14
2
Ada E. Dow, Principal
Lowell Normal
1909
650
51
45.5
44.4
95.5
15
5
Ethel J. Bent
Conn. State Normal.
1911
550
36
32.8
30.9
96.1
23
46
Lowell St.
III-IV
Julia M. Noyes, Principal
Salem Normal .. ..
1909
600
32
28.5
26.7
93.7
13
16
Caryl M. Porter ..
Rust Kindergarten
1911
500
32
26.5
26.4
88.
4
5
Chestnut Hill .
I-III
A. Isabelle Parker ..
Dean Academy .
1911
500
21
20.6
19.5
94.6
4
0
Annie B. Parker, Drawing.
1892
500
Eunice N. Bancroft, Sewing
1908
350
Arthur H. Tozer, Music.
1910
500
Wm. Firth Eastwood. Manual Training.
1906
640
Myrtle D. Wells, Clerk
1910
250
.
N. H. State Normal ..
1905
650
45
40.7
39.3
96.4
15
7
VIII
Alice E. Hood .
Concord Training School
1911
600
44
40.5
37.8
93.2
48
50
Mabel I. Mathewson
Lowell Normal
1908
600
43
42.1
39.9
95.1
62
33
V
Dorothy M. Carlisle
IV .
III .
Union St. ..
.
.
.
I
. .
Prospect St. .
I-II
III-IV
.
..
.
I-II . .
Eleanor Bateman.
Fitchburg Normal
VI
VI
Elsa R. Anderson
1880
1100
Emma S. Page, Assistant Principal.
VIII
J. O. Carroll
Dorothy Dey .
*Alice M. Lombard
.. .
*Supervisor of Penmanship in the Grades
Membership
Cases of
Agnes M. Gilmore.
650
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$36,000 00
RECEIVED
Tuition, North Reading
2,451 25
Tuition, City of Boston
96 00
Tuition, J. W. Manning
20 00
From sundry sources
9 49
$38,578 89
EXPENDED
SALARIES :
Teachers
. $26,500 48
Janitors .
3,265 25
Superintendent
799 92
-- $30,565 65
FUEL :
Coal
. $1,989 15
Wood
12 00
Freight
1,091 23
Teaming
217 81
$3,310 19
LIGHT, WATER, TELEPHONE :
Light
$128 08
Water
292 66
Telephone
118 57
$539 31
Express and carting
180 75
Tuition .
64 99
Sanitary
130 48
Typewriters
25 00
Text books
482 77
Reference books
109 10
Paper
152 82
Miscellaneous supplies and expenses
904 06
214
Repairs .
$971 01
Transportation
600 00
Medical Inspection
200 00
Truant Officer
100 00
Grading
54 65
Architect's fees
48 50
Insurance (boiler)
129 15
--
-
-$38,568 43
Unexpended balance $10 46
DETAIL-FUEL
COAL :
Bancroft, Wendell & Co., Anthra-
cite coal .
$700 38
Russell Coal Co., Bituminous coal 465 12
Sweetser, P. N., Anthracite coal . 823 65
$1,989 15
WOOD :
Wakefield, Charles, wood 12 00
FREIGHT :
Boston & Maine R. R., freight 1,091 23
TEAMING :
Hanscom, E. C., teaming coal 217 81
3,310 19
DETAIL-LIGHT, WATER AND TELEPHONE
LIGHT :
Municipal Light Board, electric light . · $116 73
People's Gas & Electric Co., gas 11 35
128 08
215
WATER :
Reading Water Works . $292 66 TELEPHONE :
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
118 57
539 31
DETAIL-EXPRESS AND CARTING
American Express Co., expressage
$29 69
Cummings' Express Co.
117 82
Hanscom, E. C. . 33 24
180 75
DETAIL-TUITION
Middlesex Training School, truant $64 99 64 99
DETAIL-SANITARY
Albany Supply Co., sweeping compound $1 00
Corey, O. W., floor oiler 10 00
Doughty, Henry C., floor spray
101 33
Robinson, W. C. & Co., floor oil
3 25
West Disinfecting Co., soap and floor dressing .
14 90
130 48
DETAIL-TYPEWRITERS
Remington Typewriter Co., typewriters $25 00 25 00
DETAIL-TEXT BOOKS
Allyn & Bacon, books $9 04
American Book Co., books
57 04
Barnard, F. J., rebinding books
26 27
Boston Music Co., music
14 40
Brown, Frederick, maps and books
73 55
Church, John, music
9 00
Ginn & Co., books
76 59
Gregg Publishing Co., shorthand books 20 40
216
Heath, D. O., books $5 00
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books 52 89
Little, Brown & Co., books
10 23
Merrill, Charles E., books
20 41
Palmer, A. N. Co., writing books
14 24
Sanborn, Benjamin H., books
6 45
Scott, Foresman Co., books
31 80
Silver, Burdette Co., books .
12 48
Simmons, Parker P., reading books
10 84
Small. Maynard & Co., books
1 53
White, Smith Music Co., music codas . 7 70
Oliver Ditson Co., music H. S. 22 91
482 77
DETAIL-REFERENCE BOOKS
Dodd. Mead & Co., reference books $6 55
Funk & Wagnalls Co., dictionaries 72 45
King, Richardson Co., reference books . 13 00
Pearson & Marsh, reference books 15 75
Scribner, Charles Sons, reference books 1 35
109 10
DETAIL-PAPER
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, note book
paper
$29 03
Babb, Edward E. & Co., supplies . 82 07
Bay State Paper Co., mounting board . 2 25
Hammett. J. L. Co., paper
39 47
152 82
DETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES
Adams & Co., cheese cloth
$16 15
Allen Bros., rubber stamp
2 80
Allds, Warren, cleaning compound
1 00
Atkinson, Geo. H. Co., supplies . 5 62
Babb, Edward E. & Co., supplies . 102 00
217
Bancroft, Wendell & Co., cement and bricks $39 38
Berry, D. W., supplies . 2 50
Breck, Joseph & Sons, lawn seed . 13 15
Burgess, R. P., mason's work 38 85
Carroll, Joseph O., laboratory supplies
8 49
Carter's Ink Co., record ink .
47
Cook, Arthur S., supplies
30
Cummings & Saunders, printing . 13 25
Cummings, Timothy, extra labor . 5 25
Dalman, H. I. Co., disinfecting block- ets, brushes 38 28
Edgerley & Bessom, rent of chairs 7 50
Esterbrook Steel Pen Co., pens ·
7 75
Gibbons, Lawrence, laboratory helper . 3 00
Gleason, Clement, extra labor at John street 5 00
Gurney, G. F. Co., janitors' supplies .
40 22
Hadley, Etta, cleaning school buildings 10 00
Hammett, J. L. Co., supplies
180 51
Howard Dustless Duster Co., dusters . 7 50
Hunter, J. B., manual training hard- ware 21 34
Ingalls, Maud H., biology supplies 6 50
Johnson. Mrs. H. L., mending flags 1 75
Johnson, H. R., stock and labor 4 51
Kamerer, Paul, Memorial Day address .
10 00
Kidder, Mrs. William, repairing flags .
6 50
Killam, William, school census
50 00
King, W. E., ink . 3 25
Knott, L. E. Apparatus Co., physical apparatus 4 23
Ladd, Frederick, tuning pianos 4 50
Library Bureau, office supplies 9 00
Lombard. Alice M., postage, writing lessons 2 26
Manning, Ruth, ribbon for diplomas 2 00
218
Marine Biological Co., biology supplies $8 15
Meserve, H. M., rubber stamp 5 87
Milton, Bradley Co., drawing supplies . 6 80
Mishawum Flower Co., window boxes . 15 00
Neostyle Co., Neostyle supplies
4 30
Nichols, O. A., cleaning rugs
3 25
Park, H. L., mason's labor
3 50
Prang Co., The, drawing supplies .
4 92
Reading Custom Laundry, laundry work
7 93
Remington Typewriter Co., supplies 6 75
Sperry, F. D., curtains H. S. 5 82
Studley, E. H., engrossing diplomas
13 25
Twombly, W. E. &. J. F., printing and office supplies . 113 24
Wallace, Fred, janitor's supplies . .
7 68
Ward, Samuel & Co., School Coommit- tee books . .
9 00
Watkins, H. T., postage, etc. .
13 79
904 06
DETAIL-REPAIRS
Allen Shade Holder Co., shades . $30 68
American Seating Co., chair castings,
window guards 35 29
Batchelder, C. H. Co., awning, Lowell 48 00
Clapp, R. D., general repairs 93 44 ·
Eaton & Surrette, repairs 7 93
Farquhar, John's Sons, roofing Highland 52 42
Fife, T. C., plumbing
1 00
Francis Bros., general repairs
431 25
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., repair- ing chairs 70
Hodson Bros., setting glass 32 85
Jackson, Charles B., repairing chairs 5 60
LeFave, J. A., mason work . 51 95
Maxwell, J. M., electric repairs ·
91 03
Murphy, J. A., repairing clocks
5 00
219
Ordway, O. O., iron work $40 50
Roundy, E. J., glass and labor 9 87
Standard Electric Time Co. . 6 75
Stewart & Robertson, lumber and
milling .
97
Symonds, O. P. & Sons, moulding
63
Thompson, Sylvanus L., labor · 24 25
971 01
DETAIL-TRANSPORTION
Bay State St. Railway Co.
$500 00
Stanley, D. A., barge service
100 00
600 00
DETAIL-MEDICAL INSPECTION
Richmond, E. D. .
$200 00 200 00
DETAIL-TRUANT OFFICER
Kidder, William, Truant Officer . $100 00 100 00
DETAIL-GRADING
Parker, Asa, grading Lowell St. $54 65 54 65
DETAIL-ARCHITECTS' FEES
Adden & Parker, architects' fees, Lowell $48 50 48 50
DETAIL-INSURANCE
Prentiss & Viall, insurance boiler $129 15 129 15
Total
$38,568 43
TWENTY-THIRD Annual Report
OF THE
Water Commissioners For the Year Ending December 31 1912
OFFICERS OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman
Term expires 1913
EDGAR N. HUNT
Term expires 1915
ARCHER R. PRENTISS
Term expires 1914
Superintendent and Registrar LEWIS M. BANCROFT
Superintendent of Pumping Station FRANK F. STROUT
Fireman GROVER EATON
OFFICE OF THE WATER BOARD Room 2, Masonic Block
OFFICE HOURS 8.30 to 11 A. M., 2.30 to 4 P. M., except Saturday Saturday, 8.30 A. M. to 12 M., 7.30 to 9 p. M.
223
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
TO THE CITIZENS OF READING :
The Board of Water Commissioners herewith submit their twenty-third annual report :
MAINTENANCE
Received rent $81 00
Fines and summons
.
8 56
Stamped envelopes 4 25
Paid pay roll . . $1,665 04
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
65 76
H. B. McArdle, stationery
4 10
Reading Masonic Temple Corp., rent
162 00
E. A. Martelle Co., order books
9 62
Reading Municipal Light Board Francis Bros.
13 45
34
Thorpe & Martin Co.
21 00
Union Safe Deposit Vaults
10 00
Engineering News 5 00
F. W. Sheppard Publishing Co. 3 00
Engineering Record 3 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly 31 75
Chas. W. Abbott, P. M.
46 88
The Time Saver Co., cards
10 32
Water Commissioners' salaries
225 00
G. H. Atkinson Co. 1 45
Car fares 61 90 .
224
225
Workingmen's Compensation In- surance $56 75
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co. 2 25
Addressograph Co.
4 11
American Express Co. .
60
Repairing clocks
2 75
Stationery
3 30
Balance
2.315 56
$2,409 37 $2.409 37
MAINTENANCE OF PUMPING STATION
Received rent of house .
$180 00
For barrels and telephone
5 15
Paid pay roll . . $1,618 75
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 63 63
New England Coal & Coke Co. 379 31
Cummings Express 4 10
Francis Bros .
29 15
Reading Mun. Light Board, light .
11 72
Reading Mun. Light Board, coal .
93 26
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe and fittings 20 70
E. E. Nichols, teaming coal . 117 80
Walworth Mfg. Co.
13 43
Eagle Oil and Supply Co.
118 95
Chandler & Farquhar
1 37
E. C. Metcalf 2 75
Chas. A. Claflin & Co., flue cleaner 21 68
Boston & Maine R. R., freight 182 47
Albert J. Bancroft, labor 10 95
Anderson Coal Mining Co.
33 69
30 34
J. M. Maxwell, Jr., wiring Bader Coal Co.
168 54
N. E. Fire Cement Co. . 3 70
The Bristol Co., charts . .
3 63
226
P. N. Sweetser $61 17
Town of North Reading, taxes
1 65
The Electric Maintenance Co.
13 00
The Hodge Boiler Works
1 60
G. H. Atkinson Co. .
7 20
E. C. Hanscom
3 50
M. H. O'Brien, labor
17 25
Car fares
1 30
Stationery
40
Workingmen's Compensation Ins.
42 50
American Express
44
Damper Regulator, repairs
1 90
Balance .
2,896 68
$3,081 83 $3,081 83
MAINTENANCE OF FILTERS
Paid pay roll . . $1,048 25
Reading Mun. Light Board, power 381 00
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