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Art. 3. Motion made to pass the article. Voted not to pass. Motion then made to instruct the Selectmen to install the lights over the distance called for in the article on Glen Road. Voted in the affirmative.
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Art. 4. On motion it was voted to raise and appropriate $200 for repairing apparatus in the former High School Building.
Art. 5. Motion made to pass the article. Voted in the affirmative.
On motion it was voted to adjourn.
Attest :
JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
Special Town Meeting Held August 11, 1915
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss.
To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in the manner prescribed in Section 2, Article 1, of the By-Laws of the Town of Wilmington, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Wednesday, the eleventh day of August, at S p.m., to act on the following articles, namely:
Article 1. To choose by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will direct how or by whom the work of grading the grounds and walks around the New High School, as authorized by vote of the Town on March 1, 1915, shall be done or performed or what they will do in relation thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this second day of August, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
[SEAL]
HERBERT C. BARROWS. ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES, Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting held August 11, 1915.
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the Warrant read and Article 1 acted upon.
Article 1. Charles B. Osbon was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used.
Art. 2. Motion made by Mr. Dudley B. Purbeck that the Board of Selectmen shall have charge of the work of grading the grounds and walks around the New High School, and the expenditure of the $1500 raised and appropriated for that purpose by vote of the Town on March 1, 1915. After extended remarks by Herbert C. Barrows, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Howard M. Horton, Chairman of the School Com- mittee, permission was given to Mr. Randall, Superintendent of Schools, to speak; after which, remarks were made by Mr. E. S. Lewis and some others. The motion was then put to a rising vote, and resulted sixty-four in the affirmative, and sixty- seven in the negative, and the Moderator declared the motion not carried.
¿On motion, it was voted to adjourn.
Attest:
JAMES E. KELLEY,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
Special Town Meeting Held October 25, 1915
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington. Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner provided in Section 2, Article 1, of the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall, on Monday the twenty-fifth day of October, 1915. at & p.m., to act on the following articles, namely:
Article 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the receipts of the various departments to the use of the depart- ment to which they are credited, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 3. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the proposed raise of rates by the Bay State Street Railway
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Company, and also to see what action the Town will take in the matter of enforcing any contract or contracts which may exist between the Town of Wilmington and said road or any of its predecessors now merged with said road.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this four- teenth day of October, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
[SEAL]
HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES, Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting held October 25, 1915
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the Warrant read and Article 1 acted upon.
Article 1. Charles B. Osbon was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used.
Art. 2. Motion made by Harry R. Deming, that the amounts in the Treasury and the receipts to December 31, 1915, credited to the several Town Departments with the exception of those already used as Estimated Revenue, be appropriated to the use of said departments. Voted in the affirmative.
Art. 3. After the reading of two letters by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and a report made by Frank H. Flagg, Esq., as a Special Committee of one appointed by the Selectmen in accordance with a vote passed at a public hearing held October 13, 1915; and the reading by request, by the Town Clerk, of the records of the franchise granted to the Lynn & Boston Street Railway Company in 1900, and a certified copy of the record of location of the Reading and Lowell Street Railway Company dated 1895, from the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, on the following motion made by Frank H. Flagg, Esq., viz: I move that the members of the Board of Selectmen be appointed as a Special Committee to
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appear before the Public Service Commission and oppose the proposed change of car fare rates by the Bay State Street Railway Company; that they be and are hereby empowered to join with other towns if they shall deem such action appro- priate in opposing such changes and that they be and are hereby empowered and requested to employ counsel for the purpose of enforcing such agreement or agreements as may now be in existence between the Town of Wilmington and the said Company. On being put to a vote, it was unanimously voted in the affirmative.
On motion it was voted to adjourn.
Attest:
JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
Special Town Meeting Held November 23, 1915
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss.
To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in Section 2, Article 1, of the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Tuesday, the twenty-third day of November next, at & p.m., to act on the following articles, namely:
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars to support the schools for the remainder of the year 1915, or do anything in regard to the same.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this fifteenth day of November, A.D., one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
[SEAL ]
HERBERT C. BARROWS, ARTHUR W. EAMES, EDWARD N. EAMES, Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of Special Town Meeting held November 23, 1915
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the War- rant read and Article 1 acted upon.
Article 1. Edward N. Eames was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used.
Art. 2. Motion made by Mr. Edward S. Lewis: I move, Mr. Chairman, that we raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 for the support of schools for the remainder of the year 1915, and that the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to issue a note of $1000, bearing interest not more than five per cent, payable not later than December 1, 1916; said note to be signed and certified according to the laws of the Commonwealth. Ruled by the Moderator that by the wording in the article and motion " to raise " no action could be taken.
After reading extracts from the Bulletin of the Municipal Finance Bureau, at the request of Mr. C. B. Osbon for infor- mation as to why the estimate made by the School Committee for the year 1915 was not sufficient; with the permission of the Moderator, Mr. Howard M. Horton, Chairman of the School Committee, gave an extended explanation of the reason and why the Committee asked for the additional money. After some information by the Chairman of the Selectmen and the Town Accountant,
On motion it was voted to adjourn.
Attest :
JAMES E. KELLEY,
Town Clerk.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1915
NO.
DATE OF BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAMES OF PARENTS
1
2
January January
23
Edward Harry Goldberg.
Gertrude Ethel Taylor
4
March
5
Joseph Russell White.
Ethel Esther Surette.
6
March
22
Anthony John Musolino
7
April
9
Barbara Eames.
8
April
15
Dorothy Elizabeth Frizzell.
9
May
6
Charles Chopoorian . Alma Miller .
·
10
May
7
.
11
May
8
Catarina Pagliuca
12
May
13
Philip Joseph Gavin, Jr
13
May
17
Irving Leo White.
14
May
20
Clarence MacDonald
.
15
May
22
Cynthia Mildred Claflin
.
16
May
24
Charlotte B. Buck.
17 18
June
3
Anastasia Sullivan.
.
June
18
Walter Everett Bedell, Jr
19
July
6
20
July
13
August 1
Rupert Waterman Deming. .
Gertrude Harriet Irons. . .
Warren Arthur Staveley .
24
August
18
25
August 19
Herman Louis Hubbard .
26
September 10
September 17
27 28
September 27
29
September 28
Nathan Goldberg, Rebecca Wernick Everett E. Taylor, Mary Louise Cavanaugh
Hervie White, Josephine Amerio Eugene Surette, Mary Margaret Babine Antonio Musolino, Marguerite C. May
Alden N. Eames, Lena M. Shaw Ernest G. Frizzell, Cora E. Ward
Babtist Chopoorian, Searo Jeneakian Albert C. Miller, Alma N. Mullett Archille Pagliuca, Teresa Baberi Philip Joseph Gavin, Ellen Connelly James White, Margaret Jacquard
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Benjamin MacDonald, Sarah Gallagher Walter L. Claflin, Mildred Davis Walter V. Buck, Alice Huff
Patrick D. Sullivan, Mary Brabant Walter Everett Bedell, Sarah Phillips Gowing
Frank E. Dame, Mary E. Acherman John Harlow, Beatrice Ford
Harry R. Deming, Mabel L. Keach George E. Irons, Elma R. Greenlaw Thomas Staveley, Florence E. Berkett John Ellis Doucette, Mary Rose Durkee Simon D. Hubbard, Delcie Doucette
Meshach Chopoorian, Hannah Ford Jerry Downing, Mary Emma Gallant John F. Muse, Mary L. Dulong Leonard J. Bliss, Bertha E. Haskell
21 22 23
August
3
August
7
John Ellis Doucette, Jr.
Virginia Bahar Chopoorian. . William Albert Downing .. Mary Malvina Muse. Emma Arline Bliss.
Marjorie Frances Dame. -Harlow .
8
March
29
1915
30 31
October October 8
Francis Read .
32
October 26
Anna Wells Rice ¿ Twins
33
October 26
Roscoe Samuel Rice
34
October 26
Evelyn Charlotte Nelson.
35
October 26
Charlotte Ora Holt.
36
37
November 12 November 28
38
December 8
Bernard Peter McMahon
-Peinert.
40
December 23
41
December 28
42
December 28
Charles Edmond White.
Ernest H. Pershing, Mary Hood Crenshaw Herbert Edward Read, Alice May Sangster Charles H. Rice, Susan A. Wells
George T. Nelson, Erminnie D. Bloomquist Guy Holt, Gladys Lucas
Mgerdich Paklain, Mary Chopoorian Fred Wilson Blaisdell, Gertrude May Nicoll
Peter F. McMahon, Annie M. McEnroe Frank M. Peinert, Alice G. Noonan Arthur B. Atton, Harriet L. Formeister John O. Frotton, Mary Maria Surrette Deland White, Nellie Muse
43
Ruth Pershing .
Oscar Charles Paklain . Olive Mae Blaisdell.
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December 19
Walter E. Atton. . James Harold Frotton.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR 1915
No.
Date
Names of Groom and Bride
Residence
Age
Occupation
Place of Birth
Names of Parents
1 Mar.
6 Charles Edgar Miller Helen Frances Robinson
Wilmington Wilmington
18
Chauffeur At home
Wilmington Bradford
Charles L. Miller, Mary A. Boutwell Albert E. Robinson, Hattie F. Robbins
2 |Mar. 13 George F. Nelson Erminnie D. Bloomquist
Everett Wilmington
24
Mech. Insp'tr Stenographer
East Boston South Boston
John Nelson, Tina Hanson George Bloomquist. Amanda H. Allard
3 Apr. 19 Henry Francis Ackerman
Ida Matilda Lawson
Wilmington Wilmington
25 35
Laborer At home
England Sweden
Walter Charles Ackerman, Kate Westall Andrew Lawson, Olivia Moneson
4 |May 16 Walter Harry Doe Christina C. Montgomery
Wilmington Providence, R. I.
28 32
Express Clerk At home
Boston Voluntown, Conn.
Albert E. Doe, Mary J. Dawson Albert F. Montgomery, Ella A. Jencks
5 June 2 Walter James Carroll Mary Agnes Richards
Woburn Wilmington
24 20
Chauffeur At home
Woburn Wilmington
James Carroll, Julia Lambert Samuel Richards, Margaret Young
6 June 13 Floyd Westley Sudsbury Margaret Frances Surette
Woburn Wilmington
20 22
Carpenter At home
Woburn Wilmington
James Sudsbury. Florence McArthur Eugene D. Surette, Margaret Babine
7 June 28 Lewis F. Adams Sarah A. Clare
Wilmington Wilmington
33 28
Teamster At home
New Haven,Conn. George F. Adams, Margaret Anderson Oldham, Eng. John W. Clare, Eliza Foster
8 July 14 James Joseph Cosgrove Mary E. Robinson
Dracut Wilmington
21
23 Blacksmith Laundry M'k'r
Lowell Stoneham
Mathias Cosgrove, Mary Regan Albert E. Robinson, Hattie F. Robbins
Sept. 1 Henry John Moldt, Jr.
Wilmington Louise Margaret Avondolio Wilmington
40 36
Engraver At home
Philadelphia, Pa. Medford
Henry J. Moldt, Sr., Elizabeth E. Kuhnle Joseph Avondolio, Maria M. Briere
10 Sept. 22|Allen Hill MeLatchy Mildred Colgate
Woburn Wilmington
28 21
Japaner Stenographer
Woburn Roxbury
Charles R. McLatchy, Annie Allen Donald K. Colgate, Mary L. Taylor
11 Oct. 20 James Daniel White Annie Josephine Surette
Wilmington Wilmington
27
Steam Fitter Dressmaker
Wilmington Wilmington
Charles H. White, Evelyn Babine Joseph E. Surette, Jane P. Babine
12 Oct. 20 George A. Steele May A. Newman
Wilmington Wilmington
24 23
Clerk Stenographer
Concord, N. H. Revere
William Steele, Christina Duguid Frederick L. Newman, May I. Robinson
13 Oct. 27 Henry G. Mullarky Merle L. Taylor
Wilmington Wilmington
28 25
Clerk At home
Montreal, Can. Wilmington
Thomas H. Mullarky, Catherine Giddings J. Arthur Taylor, Emma L. Kincaid
44
24
23
24
14 Nov. 27 Edgar G. Bloomquist Marie C. Nelson
15 Dec.
1 |George W. Vittum Ethel G. Strong
16 Dec. 19 Joseph A. White
Mildred T. Hutchinson
17 Dec. 28 Frank Everett Maybie Florence Evelyn Hawn
Wilmington Everett Sandwich, N. H. Wilmington
25 21
Printer Bookbinder
Everett East Boston
George Bloomquist, Amanda H. Allard John Nelson, Tina M. Hansen
McPherson, Kan. Charles W. Vittum, Nannie M. Simpson Charlestown
Joseph W. Strong, Nellie Dean
Wilmington Wilmington
20 20
Vulcanizer At home
Wilmington Roxbury
Raymond White, Josephine Surrette Arthur H. Hutchinson, Ella Ross
Boston Wilmington
2.4 19
Salesman At home
Brooklyn, N. Y. Melrose
Frank Maybie, Sadie Osgood John S. Hawn. Elizabeth A. Parmiter
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30 23
Farmer Bookkeeper
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 1915
Date of Death
Name of Deceased
Sex
Con.
Age Y. M.D.
Discase or Cause of Death
Residence
Place of Birth
Names of Parents
1 Jan. 5 Harriett A. (Sheldon) Shaw
F
M
58 517 Dilatation of Heart & Cancer
Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington
Wilmington Andover Martinique
H. Allen Sheldon, Catherine Buck William Millett, Martha Gladhill Not known, Not known
2 Jan. 20 Frank E. Millett
M
M W
82
1 26 Senile Gangrene
4 Feb. 1 Adam Bustead
M
47 3 9 Cardiac Asthma 3 18 Pneumonia & Pleurisy
Wilmington Wilmington
Woburn Charlton
James Bustead, Mary - Ebenezer Foskett, Annie
5 Feb. 19 Samantha Foskett 6 Feb. 22 Charles E. McIntosh
M
S
56
2 13 Carcinoma of Intes- tincs
Wilmington Wilmington
Wilmington Wilmington
G. W. McIntosh, Mary A. Plummer Meshach G. Chopoorian, Hannah Ford
7 Feb. 23 Virginia Bahar Chopoorian
F
S
1 811 Bronchial Pneumonia
8 Mar. 11 Edward F. Crosby
M
S
70 6 5 Lobar Pneumonia & Pleurisy
Wilmington Wilmington
Greenfield, N. H.
Jacob Crosby, Melvina Kelley Ira Straw, Betsey Gould John Marshall, Lucy T. Miller
10 Apr. 5 Emma A. (Marshall) Caswell 11 Apr. 11 Harold A. Roper
M
S 0 4 9 Cerebro Spinal Men- ingitis
Wilmington Haverhill
Lowell Exeter, N. H.
Arthur Roper, Minnie Babine Thomas Shinnick, Ellen Murphy
12 Apr. 19 William E. Shinnick
M
13 May 5 Daniel McAuley
M
W 68 0 0 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Boston
Ireland
William McAuley, Margaret McElhaney
14 May 31 Julia A. (Kimball) Twing
F
M 83 11 22 Compound Fracture & Gangrene
Wilmington
Palmyra, Me.
-Kimball, not known
15 June 24 Stillborn 16 June 26 Coleman Nee
F M
S
M 33 0 0 Broneho Pneumonia
Wilmington
Ireland
Christopher Nce, Bridget Nee Joseph E. Lavoie, A. M. Marion
17 July 10|Joseph L. Lavoie 18|July 13 Stillborn 19 July 27 Forrest H. Buck, Jr. 20|July 28 Abbie C. Witham
F M F
S S 2 521 Accidental Drowning
Wilmington Wilmington
Wilmington Salem
Forrest H. Buck, M. Louise Grafham Nicholas B. Witham, Frances P. Langly
21 Aug. 8| William H. Smith 22 |Aug. 14 May K. Cotton
M
M 90 4 0 Arterio Selerosis M 37 5 10 Typhoid Fever
Wilmington Wilmington
Maine England
Not known, not known Not known, not known
3 Jan.
28 Louis L. Getehell
M
F
S
85
M 76 025 General Peritonitis & Cancer
F
M 67 0 4 Cerebral Sclerosis & Careinoma of adnexa
Wilmington
Boston
Osterville
9 Mar. 29|Eva A. (Straw) Pearson
F
S 50 5 19 Chronic Nephritis
M S 1 9 1 Tubcreular Meningitis |Wilmington
Wilmington
S 67 222|Cancer
67 829 Acute Indigestion
23 Aug. 19| Fred Driscoll? 24 Aug. 21 John O. Blanchard 25 Aug. 25 1)rusilla Belle Tilton 26 Aug. 26 Collette A. Kane
Railroad Accident
M
M 77 918 Cerebral Hemorrhage
S 1 325 Dysentery
Manchester, N. II. Francis M. Tilton, Drusilla Morris Somerville
Patrick Kane, Susan Ward
27 Sept. 13 Bertha O. H. (Blendo) Bell
Z 52 8 5 Sclerostenosis Enteritis| Wilmington
Lynn
James A Blendo. Sarah A. Patten
29 Oct. 5 Samuel James 29 Oct. 8 Wells E. Winchester 30|Oct. 21 Olive S. (Meads) Eames
2221
W 73 429 Organic Heart Disease Wilmington
M 70 729 Cerebral Hemorrhage
W 73 5 12 Diabetes Millitıs
31 Oct. 21 Carrie (Cook) Parrott
50 00 18 Pellagra
Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington
Brunswick. Me. Marlboro. Vt. Weton. V't. Wilmington
32 Nov. Emma F. Mellen
F
S 16 316 Accidental burns
33 Nov. 18 William J. Hammond
18 1 9 Struck by railway train Wilmington
31 Nov. 21| Martha (Brent) West
35 Nov. 28 Harriot E. Cazneau
F
S
58 2 10 Broncho Pneumonia
Wilmington Wilmington
36|Dec. 19 Stephen Boyer Hooper 37 Dec. 21 John Hasman Cocker
M
63 : 18 Chrome Nephriti
W
0 Angina Pectoris
38 Dec. 26 Sarah E. (Hatch) Johrson
W
67 6 12 Yellow Atrophy Liver
39 Dec. 28 Mary (. Muse
F
40 Dec. 28 Sanford W. Putnam
N1
S 4 7 18 Croupous Pneumoma 38 11 7 Radroad Accident
Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington
Prince Edwards 1s. Cork, Ireland Charlestown Wilmington Wilmington
Not known not known Edward Cocker. Annie John Hatch, Mary Denton Laurence F. Muse. Mary M. Muse William II. Putnamn, Ann E. C'arter
The following named persons were buried in Wilmington, but died elsewhere, during the year 1915.
Apr. 4 Nancy A. Carter at Waltham, aged 86 yrs. 10 mos. 6 dys. June 19 Dorcas Ann Fuller, at Bourne, aged 81 yrs. 2 mos. 19 dys. July 6 Marshall Guimont, at Tewksbury, aged 81 yrs. 0 mos. ( dys. July 23 Frederick H. Jones, at Haverhill. aged 41 yrs. 9 mos. 13 dys. July 31 Charles W. Mudgett, at Lynn, aged 52 yrs. 10 mos. 23 dys. Sept. 27 Israel Hubley, at Tewksbury, aged 85 yrs. 0 mos. O dys. Oct. 14 Isobell F. Smith, at Boston, aged 62 yrs. 4 mos. 10 dys. Oct. 17 John William Blackburn, at Bedford, aged 49 yrs. 2 mos. 23 dys Nov. 14 Harrison G. Sleeper, at Newport, Me .. aged 78 yrs. 11 mos. 12 dys. Dec. 13 Charles Edwin Eames, at Melrose, aged 72 yrs. 5 mos. 11 dys.
S 20 0 0 Drowning
Wilmington Wilmington Somerville
Not known Wilmington
Not known, not known Walter Blanchard, Charlotte Bond
Samuel James, Harriet Duning ('larke A. Winchester. Louisa Thayer Leonard Meads, Olive Baldwin George F. Cook, Jerusha C. Damon
Wilmington
New Hampshire Donegal, Ireland West Virginia Roxbury
Mellen. not known David Hammond, Isabel Maxwell Ilenry Brent. Mary Manifield Isaac C'azneau. Nancy Hurd
M1 70 0 0 Apoplexy
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RECAPITULATION
Births registered in 1915
42
Males .
.
.
.
22
Females
20
Marriages registered in 1915
17
Deaths in 1915
40
Males
·
20
Females
20
Dog License Account :
Number of Licenses issued .
196
By cash paid County Treasurer
$433 80
Account of printed Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths:
Number on hand January 1, 1915 .
216
Sold during the year
2
Number on hand January 1, 1916
214 .
.
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.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Together with the Reports of the
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL SUPERVISORS OF MANUAL ARTS SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
For the year ending December 31, 1915
School Committee
Edward S. Lewis Howard M. Horton
Ellen S. Perry .
Term expires 1916
Term expires 1917 Term expires 1918
Superintendent of Schools
Charles L. Randall, 97 Eighteenth Street, Lowell, Tel. 4746
Attendance Officer Samuel R. Rice
School Physician Daniel T. Buzzell, M.D.
Manager of School Savings Bank Mrs. Helen H. Buck
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
In presenting the Annual Report of the School Board to the citizens of Wilmington, we feel that we can say in the words of Mrs. Partington, " that we have pursued the evil tender of our way " during the year 1915.
As usual there have been several changes in the list of teachers of which specific mention will be found in the Superintendent's Report.
For several years the Walker building has been overcrowded. In spite of the fact that both the seventh and eighth grades have been removed to other locations, the relief has not been permanent. Rooms originally equipped for thirty-six or forty- two pupils have been forced to seat forty-five to fifty-two. In view of these conditions we have opened, the past year, a new school in the Centre building to be known as the Centre Primary. This school is intended to accommodate the children on Church Street and Middlesex Avenue north of Clark Street and also those living on Clark Street.
By doing this we are enabled to place the children from the Silver Lake district at the Walker building and relieve the congestion at the West School.
The removal of several houses by the Merrimac Chemical Company, across the line from Woburn, will mean an increase in school population in our East District of approximately twenty. This will place our East School, which for several years has been small in numbers, on a better basis for good work.
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These changes in population in the West and East Districts show how hard it is to forecast school problems in advance.
In regard to the new High School building, we will say, that barring a few minor defects in construction, we are highly pleased with the manner in which it has met the needs of the school.
It has met with the highest commendation from all visitors and pronounced by State authorities an ideal plant for our purpose and one of which the people should be proud.
As the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) was appropriated at the March meeting for the grading of the High School grounds, we had plans prepared by Mr. Clarence E. Carter of Reading in conjunction with Mr. A. Chandler Manning of Wilmington, and in accordance with said plans and specifica- tions a contract was entered into with Mr. George S. Foote of North Wilmington, for the sum of fourteen hundred and eighteen dollars ($1418). The contract has been carried out under the supervision of Mr. Carter and is complete except a little cleaning up for which a small amount has been retained.
We desire to express our hearty thanks to Mr. Manning for his kindness and courtesy in preparing the plans for the grounds which was entirely without financial recompense. In accordance with Mr. Manning's recommendation we would ask that the Town appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the purpose of planting trees and shrubbery.
Owing to an overflow of water in the basement caused by the heavy rains in June and July, the floor of the gymnasium at the High School was badly damaged and had to be removed. It has not been replaced but should be, as we feel satisfied that changes already made in the sewage system will prevent an occurrence of the difficulty. Early in December, the motor operating the pump at the High School burned out and as the
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pump had shown insufficient capacity for the work, it seemed wise instead of repairing the old motor to install a new and larger outfit.
We have at the present time a pump which furnishes fifteen gallons of water per minute instead of two and one-half gallons with the old one.
We have received a request from Mr. L. C. Swain, the owner of land adjoining the Whitefield School, that the school lot be fenced. As the law requires that all school property be fenced if requested by abutters, it will be necessary to appro- priate money for the purpose.
As the fence around the West School is in bad shape and a complaint was received some time ago from the adjoining owner, we would suggest that the appropriation include this matter; also we would call the attention of the citizens to the matter of transportation of scholars.
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