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the best interests of the Town,"and to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen hundred dollars for the balance of the year 1911. Voted in the affirmative.
A TRUE COPY OF RECORD. ATTEST.
JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.
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At a Special Town Meeting held June 19, 1911, and adjourned to June 26, 1911, Article 9 in the Warrant read as follows :
Article 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to extend its lines to the Town of Wilmington, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Under this article the following vote was passed : Voted, that the Municipal Light Board be authorized to extend the lines of the Electric Light and Power Department into the Town of Wil- mington, as per the recommendation of the Finance Committee, and to contract for lighting the streets of said Town of Wilming- ton for a period of Ten years, provided an advantageous contract can be made.
A TRUE COPY. ATTEST. [SEAL. ] MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk. TOWN OF WILMINGTON, MASS. DANIEL T. BUZZELL, FRED H. ROBERTS, CHARLES E. HUDSON, Electric Lighting Committee.
[SEAL]
TOWN OF READING, MASS. GEO. L. FLINT, ELMER H. ROBINSON, CARL M. SPENCER,
Municipal Light Board.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1911
No.
Date of Birth
NAME OF CHILD
1
January
1
2
January
5
3
February
8
Margaret Lampro
4
February
9
Vincent Cyril Doucette
5
February
12
Eleanor Comer
6
March
13
Herbert Eth n Gilson
March
14
Augustino Detato
8
March
27
Louise Celina Lavoie
9
April
1
Irene Estlier Frotten
10
April
William Alexander Richards
11
April
10
Clande Weston Thompson, Jr.,
12
April
11
Watson Alexander Glover
13
April
13
Dorothy Auna Thompson,
14
April
23
Lorenzo Dow Eldridge
15
April
30
Charles Prescott Parker
16
May
8
Paul Kenneth Tower
17
May
10
Mary Cecilia Muse
18
May
16
Albert Russell Pratt.
21
May
19
Frances Alberta Hayward
Lawrence Eastburn Taylor
23
June
5
George Henry Carter
24
June
25
25
June
28
26
July
6
George Arthur Murray
27
.July
7
George Albert Crispo
28
July
8
Edward Chandler Manning Byam
29
July
11
30
.July
12
Irving Miles Harlow
31
.July
12
Mary Olive Surrette
NAMES OF PARENTS
Herbert H. Walker, Flora Belle MeKittrick Alden N. Eames, Lena M. Shaw
· George Lampro, Margaret Scannell Joseph E. Doucette, Susanna F. MeEnroe Joli J. Comer, Esther Lyons
Ethan D. Gilson, Jessie F. Gowing Tony Detato, Antonette Lalli Joseph E. Lavoie, Alphonsine M. Marion
John O. Frotten, Mary Maria Surrette Albert S. Richards, Bertha A. Brabant Claude Weston Thompson, Hattie Florence Phelps William M. Glover, Mildred A. Bishop Almon C. Thompson, Anna M. Wells C. Herbert Eldredge, Nell Titus Charles Leslie Parker, Annie Lillian Bartlett
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Clarence A. Tower, Mary A. C. Smith Lawrence F. Muse, Mary M. Muse Iloward Russell Pratt. Emma Alice Butters Albert A. Ilayward, Nellie Mae Durfee
Eastburn Brown Taylor, Bertha Gertrude Swain Jerry Carter, Eva Larock Fred H. Roberts, Alice Albrink Eugene Surrette, Mary Margaret Babine
Hugh Charles Murray, Mary Jessie Doucette Josephi H. Crispo, Antonine Blanehettel A. Chandler Manning, Roseana T. Kelley William C. Byam, Sarah A. Maclane Harold T. Harlow, Isabella F. Danskin Paul Surrette, Isabelle Muse
Fred H. Roberts, Jr ..
Edith Estelle Surrette
June
3
Virginia Walker Alden Shaw Eames
32 34
August August
2
Mae Marjorie Sennott.
Everett Jeremiah Doncette
35 36
August
2
Evelyn May Mosher
37
August
10
Grace Fredrikka Shattuck
38
September 4
Sarah Elizabeth Shain
39
October
13
Van Dyke
40
October
15
Harrison Roland Sidelinker
41 43
November 19
· Starbird
November 20
Ethel May Colgate
44
November 22
Perham
46 47
December
4
Dora Irene Rice Sullivan
December 22
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December 23
Ernest Albert Buck
Alfred Louis Seunott, Mary Ellen Hogan William H. Doncette, Mary A. Babine P. Francis MeGrane, Sarah A. Howlett Fred H. Mosher, Gertrude C. Richards Luther H. Shattuck, Nellie Brown
Amos M. Shain, Ruth M. Mckinney
Benjamin R. VanDyke, Viola Fight Thomas T. Sidelinker, Alice Carter Swain
John Starbird, Margaret C Carroll Walter Everet Colgate, Charlotte F. M. Snelling HerbertE. Perham, Elin Mylerleck
Charles Henry Rice, Susan Augusta Wells Patrick David Sullivan, Mary Brabrant Forest H. Buck, Melisae Louise Graffam
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2
Gertrude Annie McGrane
August
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1911
No.
Date
Names of Groom & Bride
Reside ....
Age
Occupation
Place of Birth
Names of Parents
1
Jan.
1 | David Davisou Vina Kiernan
Mooers Forks N. Y Mooers Forks, N. Y
40 27
Farmer At Home
Mooers Forks, N. Y | David Davison, Ann Armstrong Mooers Forks, N. Y | William Kiernan, Ellen Patton
2
|Apr. 22| Warren Preston Ray Margaret Mary Doyle
Chelsea Wilmington
28 30
Welder At Home
Woburn Wilmington
David Ray, Amelia M. Streb James Doyle, Catherine Brady
3 June 10; Harold A. Page Olive L. Wilbur
Wilmington Wilmington
22 22
Machinist At Home
Woburn Sharon
Francis W. Page, Mary E. Heaton Charles H. Wilbur, Abbie A. Baker
4 June 13 Frank Elmer Fenton Marion Capen Kingman
Boston Wilmington
26 25
Salesman At Home
Cambridge Somerville
Benjamin F. Fenton Minnie F. Joyce Charles S. Kingman, Mabel Hanscom
5 July 24 George Edward Studley Eleanora Roberson
Wilmington Wakefield
35 31
Salesman Milliner
Charlestown Cambridge
Charles H. Studley, Fannie E. Rice John Roberson, Angusta Halgrin
6 Ang. 1 Charles E. Hudson
[er; Wilmington Josephine W. (Joy)Crook- Hyde Park
63 52
Grocer Dressmaker
Cambridgeport, Vt Charles P. Hudson, Sophia Oaks Lubec, Me. Andrew Joy, Hannah Wakefield
7 |Aug. 23 Herbert 1. Symmes Edith L. Murray
New Haven, Conu. Wilmington
34 25
Chauffeur At Home
Stoneham Wilmington
Frank H. Symmes, Sarah J. Hopkins James W. Murray, Alice Perry
8 Sept. 3| Frank W. Kidder Wilmington Eliza Jane(Randall, (Mer. Wilmington [rill) Nicoll
56 43
Grocer Housekeeper
Gray, Me. Boston
Benjamin F. Kidder, Sarah R. White Amos Randall, Georgie L. Smith
9 Sept. 4 Arested Brabant Amanda Brummelle
Wilmington Lowell
18 20
Currier At Home
Alexander Brabant, Maria Branlier Wilmington St. Hyacinthih, P.Q. Harunidase Brunnelle, Elizabeth Bourbor-
[niere
10 .Sept. 24 Gabriel Mysherall Annie (Shea) Bohan
Wilmington Lowell
40 32
Ice Man Nurse
New Brunswick Ireland
David Mysherall, Louise Mysherall Patrick Shea, Josephine Shea
11 Oct. 16 Arthur Melvin Osbon Marion Cora Beaton
Wilmington Hudson 1
19 19
Telegrapher
Wilmington Rubber W'ker Salem
Charles B. Osbon, Alice Pringle Jolın L. B. Beaton, Cora Fernald
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12 Oct: 25 Frank L. Hardy Mildred F. Hunting
Wilmington Brookline
27 Clerk 28 At Home
Groveland Jamaica Plain
Lawrence Hardy, Mary A. Leahy Herbert R. Hunting, Annie Russell
13
Nov. 30 Paul F. Flagg Viola May Besse
Malden Wilmington
20 21 Restaurateur At Home
Frank H. Flagg, Flora Jane Faulkner David A. Besse, Mary A. Kingston
14 Dec. 27 Harry Fletcher Althera A. Roberts
15 Dee. 30 David Brabant Clara Bovin
Wilmington Lowell
22 29
Teamster
Billerica Spooler in mill Canada
Greenfield Chelsea England Ruinford, R. I.
. Wilmington Wilmington
36 22
Chauffeur Bookkeeper
Charles Fletcher, Eliza Marslı Herbert F. Roberts, Kate Broster
Alexander Brabrant, Maria Braulier Eugene Bovin, Helene Mailloux
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1911
ON-12345
Date of Death
Name of Deceased
Sex
Con-
diti'n
A ge Y. M. D.
Disease or Cause of Death
Residence
Place of Birth
Names of Parents
1 Jan. 7 William Henry Carter
M
M
67 11 5 Chronic Cystitis
2 Jan. 11 Frank L. Carter
M
S 31 4 12 Pul. Tuberculosis
3 Jan. 22 Joseph M. Foley
M
M
144 5 19 Diphtheria
4 Jan. 22 William H. Bourke
M
M 58 5 11 Tumor on the Brain
Prince Edw. IsI'd James Bourke, Rebecca Badge
5 Feb. 11 Henry W. Eamnes
M
M 71 7 14 Dilation of Heart
Wilmington Wilmington Reading
Jonathan Eames, Sarah Taylor Charles E. Carter, Annie B. Cazneau Benjamin Young, Elizabeth Cook
6 Feb. 15| Mabel Cazneau Carter 7 Mar. 24 Harriet Young
F
W
79 6 16 Valv'r Heart Trouble Wilmington
8 May 16 Stillborn
9 May 18 Stillborn
10 June 18 Charles Cullen Reed 11 June 29 Emily Philbrick
M F
W
79 1 19 Cancer of Uterus
12 July 6 Sarah Sheldon
F
W 84 11 17 Valv. Heart Disease
13 July 15 Elizabeth C. Howard
F
M 27 4 17 Peritonitis&Salping'ts Wilmington
Wilmington
14'July 22 Williamn Joseph Crowley
M
S
20 Accidental Drowning Boston
15 July 29 Albert J. Miller
M
W
66
M
S 70
17 Aug. 8 Frederick W. Fryatt
M
S
28
F
7 18 Marasmus
Lexington
19 Aug. 27 | Brunswick D. Brown
M
20 Sept. 16 George Henry Carter
M
S
3 11 Cholera Infantum
21 Sept. 20 Louise B. Atton
S
1
5 22 Toxacmia
22 Sept. 23 Henry J. Gerald
M
23 Sept. 24 Saralı Elizabeth Shain
S
24 Sept. 28 Olive A. Perry
F
M
64 4 20 Carcinoma of Liver
25 Oct. 14 - Van Dyke
M
26 Nov. 2 Sarah K. (Crapo) Harnden 27 Nov. 15|Margaret Dailey
F
M
42
7 10 Pul. Tuberculosis
Boston
28 Nov. 30 Stillborn
29 Dec. 1 Eliza Fletcher
F
M
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30 Dec. 6 Starbird
F
S
Interstitial Nephritis Wilmington 17 Congenital Malform'n' Wihnington
England | Wilmington
James Marsh, not known John Starbird, Margaret C. Carroll
The following named persons were buried in Wilmington, but died elsewhere during the year 1911.
Jan. 29 Dorothy Mabel Cooley, at Springfield, Mass., aged 1 day. Mar. 13 Emma J. Dustin, at Salem, Mass., aged 70 yrs.
June 24 Zenaida Preble, at Springfield, Mass., aged 3 yrs. 8 mos. 3 dys. Aug. 21 Eliz. Crombie Manning, at Melrose, Mass., aged 89 yrs. 8 dys.
Apr. 30 Erminnie L. Black, at Everett, Mass., aged 21 dys.
Sept. 15 Harry Blaisdell, at Tewksbury, Mass., aged 8 mos. 26 dys.
May 4 Henry Fish Thompson, at Melrose, Mass., aged 73 yrs. 5 mos. 9 dys. Sept. 16 Philip H. Dallod, at Boston, Mass., aged 57 yrs, 3 mos. 23 dys.
Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington
Wilmington Wilmington Warren, N. H. Wilmington Tyngsboro Woburn
S W
1 Cardiac Insufficiency
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9 5 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Fairhaven
Timothy Reed, Susan B. Reed Thomas Harris, Eleanor Thomas Joseph Gowing, Elizabeth Walker James Kernon, Mary Wood [Quim William H. Crowley, Margaret A. Joshua Miller, Emeline Butters Patrick Kellett, Catherine McAnanee William S. Fryatt, Susanna Rush Daniel A. Maconi, Edith M. Oliver Edwin Brown, Elsie A. Dobson Jeremiah Carter, Evon Larouch Arthur B. Atton, Harriet Formeister Jerome Gerald, Mary H. Gonld Amos M. Shain, Ruth McKenney John Blodgett, not known Benjamin I. VanDyke, Viola F.Fight Benjamin Crapo, Phebe Hathaway John Griffin, Bridget Joyce
18 Aug. 26|Dorothy M. Maconi
S M
55 6 5 Tuberculosis
Perry, N. Y.
F
M F
68 5 18 Cerebral Hemorrhage 20 Natural Causes
Wilmington 7 23 | Nephritis Paresis [auto Wilmington Accident, run over by Boston
Boston Burlington Ireland England
16 Aug. 6 Patrick Kellett
W
77 2 23 Valv. Dis. of Heart
Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington
Waitsfield, Vt. Southampt'n, Eng. Andover
F
11 11 9 Genateral Peritonitis
Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington
Burlington Wilmington Andover
William Carter, Susan Butters Henry L. Carter, Lottie A. Bird Dennis Foley, Barbara Williamson
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RECAPITULATION
Births registered in 1911
48
Males
25
Females
23
Marriages registered in 1911
15
Deaths in 1911
30
Males
14
Females
16
Dog License Account :
Number of Licenses issued
188
By cash paid County Treasurer
$416 40
Account of printed Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths :
Number on hand Jan. 1, 1911
235
Sold during the year
3
Number on hand Jan. 1, 1912
232
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES E. KELLEY,
Town Clerk.
The Town Clerk will furnish to parents, householders, physi- cians and midwives, applying therefor, blanks for returns of births as required by law.
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ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
-OF THE-
TOWN OF WILMINGTON, MASS,
1911
School Committee HOWARD M. HORTON, Chairman M. LEONTINE BUCK, Secretary ALDEN M. EAMES, Auditor
Superintendent of Schools S. HOWARD CHACE
Truant Officer WILLIAM E. SWAIN
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TO THE CITIZENS OF WILMINGTON :
In presenting for your consideration the annual report of the condition of the schools of our town, we desire to review briefly the changes of the past year.
A feeling of dissatisfaction having arisen over the action of the School Board in closing the North and East Schools, a Town Meeting was held in January 1911 and it was voted that the East School should be reopened. In accordance with that vote the school was reopened under the charge of Miss Grace Boyd of Beverly. As the number of pupils at the South School was too large to be under the care of one teacher in a four grade school, it was decided to transfer the pupils living near the North Woburn line to the East School. The consent of the parents hav- ing been obtained, this plan was carried into effect and has given good results as the number of pupils in the two schools has been equalized and the teachers enabled to do much better work in both cases. In some cases a small school is as much to be avoided as an overcrowded one.
Notice having been received by the School Board that beginning April 1st the price of transportation of the scholars from the North District would be advanced, it was found to be more economical to reopen the North School. This was done at the beginning of the Spring term and Mrs. Nettie M. Haley was engaged as teacher. Mrs. Haley needs no introduction to the citizens of this, her native town, and we will simply say that the same success has attended her effort the past year as in years gone by.
Mr. Files, the principal of the High School, who had been act- ing as Superintendent since Sept., 1910, tendered his resignation
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of the latter position to take effect March 1st. The Board w. s fortunate in securing Mr. Albert T. Lane of Charlestown to fill this vacancy. Mr. Lane was a gentleman of high character and scholarship and although he did not at that time hold a State Cer- tificate as a Superintendent, rendered conscientious and efficient service in the management of our schools.
Feeling that the arrangement was not all that could be desired, the School Board, with the advice and consent of the State Board of Education, entered into a Superintendency District composed of the Towns of Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, North Reading and Wilmington.
At the meeting of the District Committee held at Lowell the latter part of June, Mr. S. Howard Chace of Lowell was elected Superintendent for a term of three years.
Mr. Chace came to us highly recommended and judging from his work in the time he has been with us, we feel that we have no cause to repent of our action.
Various other changes in the teaching corps of our schools will be mentioned in the report of the Superintendent.
The school buildings of our town are in the main in good con- dition. The past year the North and South school houses have been painted on the outside and the interior walls and ceilings of the Walker and West Schools have been tinted.
It would be well to paint the West and East buildings this year, as it is in the interest of economy as well as beauty that the town property be well cared for.
The roof of the Walker School has been in a bad condition for some years, and it would seem to be a good policy to reshingle it rather than to continue to patch it.
Some years ago an appropriation was made for grading the several school houses and great improvement resulted from a comparatively small expenditure.
We would recommend that a small amount be appropriated this year to complete the work at the Walker and replace the grade which has been washed away from the foundation of the High School.
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We would also hear ily second the recommendation of the Superintendent that the School Year be lengthened to a period of forty weeks.
We would also call the attention of the parents of the town to the system of School Savings Bank . which has been established the past year. The idea of a systematic system of savings banks among the school children originated in Germany some years ago. Realizing its importance in the formation of habits of thrift and frugality, the school authorities in various parts of the United States instituted similar systems. The first school savings banks in our town were opened Jan. 6, 1911 under the auspices of the Woman's Club and the direct supervision of Mrs. Helen N. Buck. At the close of the year 1911 there had been deposited $555.16. At that time there had been issued 120 bank books to the pupils. As books are not issued for sums less than one dollar it is impossible to state the exact number of depositors, but it is safe to say that at least 200 of our students have become interested. In response to a general demand for a more uniform system the Legislature enacted a law, whereby the School Boards in the various towns of the Commonwealth could endorse this movement and give it official sanction by the appointment of an agent to collect the money and the selection of a certain bank as a depository. In accordance with the provision of that law, the School Board has appointed as their agent Mrs. Helen N. Buck and has authorized the Mechanics Savings Bank of Reading to receive the deposits. We trust that this movement will receive the hearty support of all the parents of tl:e town.
In view of the recommendations of the Superintendent in re- gard to making the school year forty weeks, and the needs at the High School as regards the teaching force and additional appar- atus in the laboratory we would ask that the appropriation for the support of the school system in its various branches be the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars ($10,500).
HOWARD M. HORTON, M. LEONTINE BUCK, ALDEN N. EAMES.
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RESOURCES
Town Appropriations
€10,168 00
Massachusetts School Fund
1,201 21
Dog Tax
403 21
Tuition of State Wards .
20 50
Massachusetts High School Account
500 00
Johnson Blagden Co.
10 82
E. E. Babb Co.
6 15
-$12.309 89
EXPENDITURES
Salaries (teachers)
. $7,886 22
Salaries (janitors)
873 00
Salaries (school committee)
150 00
Repairs
355 12
Furnishings
71 63
Fuel
863 71
Books and Supplies
1,228 49
Superintendent
479 98
Miscellaneous
228 12
Transportation
175 00
$12,311 27
Overdraft
1 38
EXPENDITURES ITEMIZED
TEACHERS (HIGH SCHOOL)
Harold W. Files
$720 00
Charles S. Holbrook
192 50
Ruth M. Giles
620 00
Martelle Giles
150 00
Isabelle S. Brown
370 00
Mildred Skerry
137 50
Grace Bicknell
12 50
Fred W. Carrier
440 00
Jennie Luce .
232 00
.
$2,874 50
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TEACHERS (WALKER SCHOOL)
Jennie Luce
347 28
Blan Alexander
514 58
Sylvia E. Prescot .
312 00
Lydia H. Morton
288 00
Henrietta Swain
196 00
Mary Carey .
140 00
Nina L. Kincaid
154 00
$1,951 86
TEACHERS (WHITEFIELD SCHOOL)
Miss Grace Field .
$338 58
Miss Louise Durkee
8 70
Miss Henrietta Swain
312 00
Miss Gertrude Eames
394 00
Miss Carrie M. Swain
302 58
$1,255 86
TEACHERS (DISTRICT SCHOOL )
Miss Sybil S. White
$380 00
Miss Nina L. Kincaid
240 00
Miss Grace Boyd .
360 00
Mr.s Nettie M. Haley
274 00
Miss Mildred Eames
126 00
$1,380 00
TEACHERS (SPECIAL)
Mrs. Mabelle P. Counce.
215 00
Miss Alice M. Young
129 00
Miss Maude Willard
.
80 00
$424 00
JANITORS
E. L. Roberts
$280 00
E. B. Mitchell
228 00
Mrs. Monday Babine
228 00
Mrs. Sarah Spalding
24 00
Mrs. Geo. Allen
38 00
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George Foley
32 00
Mrs. Joe Surette
26 00
Lawrence Foley
8 00
J. A. McLeod
6 00
Lawrence Kincaid
13 00
€873 00
SUPERINTENDENT
Harold W. Files
$40 00
Albert T. Lane
.
120 00
S. Howard Chase .
319 98
$479 98
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
M. Leontine Buck
$50 00
Alden N. Eames .
50 00
Howard M. Horton
50 00
$150 00
FUEL
Charles Blaisdell (wood)
$210 00
Edward Taylor ( wood) .
5 50
Fred Eames (coal)
. 648 21
$863 71
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
B. H. Sanborn & Co.
$3 34
Schoenhof Book Co.
44 00
King Richardson Co.
19 50
Kenny Bros. & Wolkins
10 00
Fred A. Lowell
5 25
American Book Co.
178 44
E. E. Babb & Co.
234 27
G nn & Co. .
166 18
Neostle Co. .
2 10
Johnson & Blagden Co.
145 98
C. C. Birchard & Co.
41 60
Smith Premier Co. (typewriter)
.
25 00
.
62
L. C. Smith & Bros. (typewriter) 50 00
Houghton Mifflin Co.
15 44
A. N. Palmer Co. 7 85
Silver Burdett Co.
29 10
Atkinson Mentzner & Grover
20 00
D. C. Heath & Co.
35 58
Henry Holt & Co.
25 73
J. L. Hammett & Co.
6 00
Boston Music Co.
2 18
Carter Carter & Meigs
3 15
G. C. Prince & Co.
3 :5
A. G. Pollard
5 82
Milton Bradley Co.
138 59
M. G. Wight & Co.
9 38
Knowlton Press
1 73
$1,228 49
TRANSPORTATION
Charles F. Perry
$15 00
H L. Lamb
120 00
Boston Northern St. Ry. Co.
40 00
$175 00
FURNISHINGS
Edward Caldwell (shades and chairs)
$59 65
Houghton & Dutton (mats)
8 28
S. R. McIntosh (mats)
3 70
$71 63
REPAIRS
Jackson & Newton Co.
$32 60
Edward A. Hamlin
7 00
E. G. Avery
11 00
Richards & Co.
7 76
David Justice
5 00
F. A. Guyette
70 00
D. K. Colgate
44 50
E. E. Carter
18 83
S. R. McIntosh
14 65
H. M. Horton
113 78
$355 12
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MISCELLANEOUS
H. W. Files (express etc. ) ៛1 38
Mrs. Mundy Babine (cleaning )
12 40
Albert T. Lane (express etc. )
4 39
J. C. Horton (sawing wood) 1 00
E. L. Roberts (cleaning ) 16 10
Mrs. J. E. Surette (cleaning )
5 00
E. B. Mitchell (cleaning) 31 60
Boston R ga ia Co. (flags) 9 50
C. D. Blake (tuning pianos ) 5 00
F. W. Kidder 1 60
Fred A. Lowell (printing )
5 00
Class of 1911 (ribbon) .
3 00
Mrs. G. Allen (cleaning)
5 60
M. Leontine Buck (postage) . 1 22
Congregational Society (use of church 1910-1911) . 20 00
G. H. Wood (clock )
3 50
Joseph N. Ames ( flag)
2 50
Mrs. Sarah Spaulding (cleaning )
6 00
Mrs. H C. Swain (school census )
20 00
A. A. Hurst (expressing )
11 28
S. H. Chace (sundries )
7 12
C. B. Osbon (rent of hall )
3 00
Buck Bros. (sundries)
8 70
E. C. Metcalf
3 95
E. E. Babb (diplomas )
6 09
Edward Caldwell (piano)
12 00
H. M. Horton (express etc. )
2 19
Charles Blaisdell (cleaning vault)
16 00
Mrs. Foley (cleaning )
3 00
$228 12
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SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF WILMINGTON : -
I have the honor to present herewith my first annual report. This is the sixteenth in the series of superintendents' reports.
CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION
It seems desirable to record in this report several changes in the organization of the schools that have been made during the past six months.
The election of Mr. Files as superintendent of schools at Bid- deford, Maine, forced upon us the responsibility of selecting a principal for our high school. After as careful an investigation as circumstances and the short time at our disposal permitted, Mr. F. W. Carrier was selected for the position. Mr. Carrier is a graduate of the University of Vermont, class of 1901. He had several years of experience both as teacher and as principal be- fore coming to us, the last two of which were in Massachusetts.
Since Mr. Carrier's report will doubtless discuss the high school situation in detail, I need not enlarge upon the subject in this re- port. I would like, however, to express my appreciation of the boys and girls now in the school. They are an earnest, intelli- gent, well-meaning set of boys and girls.
The instructors in the school are working hard. The Colleges, the State and the public make heavy demands upon the high school. The present schedule requires our instructors to teach nearly every period during the week More vacant periods ought to be available for conferences with individual pupils, the more so because the one session plan makes it uncomfortable for either teachers or pupils to remain after school. Any other arrangement seems impossible at present.
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The ninth grade was abolished for several reasons. 1. The work assgned to it did not seem sufficiently important to warrant the expense and the employment of a full year of the pupil's time. 2. A nine-grade elementary school system is not in accord with the present practice of most places. Nine-grade systems exist only in New England and even here they are somwhat rapidly giving way to an eight-grade system. 3. The lengthening of the elementary school couise has a tendency to cause some chil- dren to leave school who would otherwise attend high school. 4. If the work of the eight elementary school grades is well done and promotions are properly regulated, a ninth grade is un- necessary.
The eighth grade children from all parts of the town are as- sembled at the high school building. It was our intention to keep the eighth grade entirely distinct from the high school, but the urgent need of a teacher of Latin and French forced us to ar- range an exchange of work with the teachers in the high school. Miss Luce and the high school teachers have been most generous with their time and talents in meeting the needs of these schools.
Miss Alexander now teaches grade seven and half of grade six in the Walker building, the other half of the sixth and the entire fifth grade being assigned to Miss Henrietta Swain, who was tansferred from the Whitefield school. This present enforced di- vision of the sixth grade is an unfortunate arrangement, so far as the course of study is concerned. The vacancy caused by Miss Prescott's resignation was fi led by the selection of Miss Carey, a graduate of the Lowell Normal School. Grades three and four are assigned to this room. To fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Morton, Miss Kincaid was transferred from the West school. Miss Mildred Eames was elected for the school in the West part of the town.
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