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GC 974.202 F88AR, 1910
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF FREMONT
1910
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OF
FREMONT, N. H.
OF THE
SELECTMEN, TREASURER, HIGHWAY AGENTS, AUDITOR, TOWN CLERK, LIBRARIAN AND BOARD OF EDUCATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15
1910
CONCORD, N. H. THE RUMFORD PRESS 1910
TOWN OFFICERS.
MODERATOR. ALDEN F. SANBORN.
TOWN CLERK. HENRY A. COOK.
SELECTMEN.
EUGENE D. SANBORN, JOHN H. ELLIS, STEPHEN G. SLEEPER.
TREASURER.
WILLIAM H. GIBSON.
AUDITOR.
STEPHEN A. FROST.
HIGHWAY AGENTS.
JOSEPH P. BASSETT, GEORGE F. WILLEY.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. 1 JOSEPH B. WILBUR.
LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
HENRY A. COOK, ALDEN F. SANBORN, WILCOMB H. BENFIELD.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
JAMES B. MARTIN, ALDEN F. SANBORN, ERNEST W. LOWE.
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SUPERVISORS.
JOSEPH B. SANBORN, GEORGE W. EMERSON, GEORGE H. FRENCH. BOARD OF HEALTH.
HARRISON B. ELLIS, JOSEPH B. SANBORN, ERNEST W. LOWE, M. D.
LIBRARIAN.
CORA B. FROST.
DOG OFFICER.
PETER GAGNON.
CONSTABLE.
GEORGE W. BALL.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
VALUATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
VALUATION.
Polls, 160,
$16,000.00
Land and buildings,
212,581.00
Horses, 118,
9,875.00
Mules, 3,
450.00
Oxen, 6,
375.00
Cows, 125,
3,655.00
Neat stock, 40,
775.00
Sheep, 38,
152.00
Automobiles, 2,
800.00
Stock in trade,
34,100.00
Mills, machinery, etc.,
13,950.00
$292,713.00
APPROPRIATIONS.
State tax,
$888.00
County tax,
766.52
Highways and bridges,
1,200.00
Town charges,
300.00
Memorial day,
50.00
Schools by law,
832.50
By vote of district (extra),
300.00
Books and supplies,
100.00
Public library,
33.30
Universalist fund,
60.00
Care cemeteries,
40.00
Band concerts,
100.00
Overlay,
14.85
$4,685.17
Rate of taxation, $1.60 on $100.
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EXPENDITURES.
Miscellaneous,
$509.92
Highways,
1,537.57
Breaking roads,
69.55
Schools,
1,524.43
Sanborn Seminary,
294.98
Town officers,
284.25
Board of health,
15.00
County poor,
77.70
Public library,
36.38
Removing moths' nests,
220.74
Care cemeteries,
33.65
Discounts,
93.02
Abatements,
13.15
$4,710.34
EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL.
The selectmen have given orders on the treasurer for the payment of the following bills :
MISCELLANEOUS.
1909.
Mar. 9 .. Paid Rumford Printing Co., printing reports, $28.80
April 21. E. C. Eastman, order and receipt books and col- lector's book, 7.08
May 29. Samuel J. Willey, memo- rial fund, 50.00
June 28. Northeast Metal Cul- vert Co., three cul- verts, 33.60
July 26 Henry A. Cook, Univer- salist fund, 60.00
Sept. 27. Stephen A. Frost, pre- mium on insurance of schoolhouses and library, 39.00
Spaulding & Frost Co., boards for auto signs, 1.90
29. Samuel B. Gibson, paint- ing hearse, 37.00
Oct. 6. John Templeton, printing auto signs, 2.16
20. Sylvia Sanborn, land damage, 25.00 .
Henry Robinson, land damage, 5.00
Nov. 10.
Northeast Metal Cul- vert Co., two culverts, 23.80
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Nov. 20. Paid D. Frank Fellows, show- ing bounds, $2.00
Dec. 4. Fremont Band, money appropriated for band concerts, 100.00
6. Daniel C. Hooke, guide- board post and setting, 1.00
Daniel C. Hooke, land damage, 10.00
20. E. D. Sanborn, postage on and writing moth notices, 4.50
29. A. O. Fuller, council, 3.00
1910.
Jan. 31.
A. W. Mitchell, M. D., returning births and deaths, 1.00
Feb.
15.
Henry A. Cook, record- ing births, deaths and marriages, 5.10
Joseph B. Wilbur, ex- penses to Boston on account of N. E. Brick Co., 3.00
Joseph B. Wilbur, tax bills, 1.00
Stephen G. Sleeper, use of horse, 9.00
John H. Ellis, use of horse, 7.95
George H. Floyd, care of town house, 3.00
George W. Ball, eight trips with hearse, 16.00
George W. Ball, repairs on hearse, 5.65
E. D. Sanborn, use of horse, 11.50
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Feb. 15. Paid E. D. Sanborn, use of telephone and expenses, $7.38
E. W. Lowe, M. D., returning births and deaths, 5.50
$509.92
HIGHWAYS.
Amount appropriated by town, $1,200.00
Required under section 3 of chapter 35, Laws 1905, to set apart and expend for permanent improve- ments, 435.00
Amount for agents,
$765.00
Paid George F. Willey, agent,
$382.50
George F. Willey, overwork,
17.75
$400.25
.
Paid Joseph P. Bassett, agent,
$382.50
Joseph P. Bassett, overwork,
31.70
$414.20
STATE HIGHWAY.
Permanent improvement fund :
Town contribution,
$435.00
State contribution,
261.00
$696.00
Unexpended balance from last year,
27.44
Total joint fund,
$723.44
Town disbursement,
$723.12
State disbursement,
31.00
Paid by state to town, $240.29.
Paid Joseph P. Bassett, in charge of work,
$723.12
Amount expended on highways,
$1,537.57
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BREAKING ROADS.
1910.
Feb. 15. Paid George F. Willey, agent,
$55.55
Joseph P. Bassett, agent, 14.00
$69.55
SCHOOLS.
1909.
Dec. 6. Paid William H. Gibson, treasurer : Board of Education, money by law, $832.50
By vote of district (extra),
300.00
Dog license money, due April 1, 1909, 109.20
Literary fund, 1908,
81.27
State fund, 1908,
101.46
1910.
Feb. 15.
Books and supplies, 100.00
$1,524.43
SANBORN SEMINARY.
1909.
Mar. 27. Paid Z. Willis Kemp, princi- pal, books and supplies, $9.48
June 7. Books and supplies, 15.50
$24.98
June 1. Amos C. Chase, treas- urer, ten tuitions at $5, $50.00
Nov. 10.
Eleven tuitions at $10, 110.00
1910.
Jan. 31. Eleven tuitions at $10, 110.00
270.00
$294.98
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TOWN OFFICERS.
1910.
Jan. 12. Paid James B. Martin, super- intendent of schools, $25.00
Feb. 15. Paid Henry A. Cook, town clerk, 15.00
Lena E. True, school clerk, 2.00
Peter Gagnon, dog officer, 10.00
Samuel J. Willey, truant officer, 12.50
George W. Emerson, su- pervisor, 5.00
George H. French, super- visor, 5.00
Joseph B. Sanborn, super- visor, 5.00
Alden F. Sanborn, mod-
erator, March, 1909, 3.00
Alden F. Sanborn, school board, 10.00
Joseph B. Wilbur, col- lector of taxes, 35.00
. Stephen G. Sleeper, select- man, 15.50
John H. Ellis, selectman,
26.75
Eugene D. Sanborn, se- lectman,
56.50
Cora B. Frost, librarian,
26.00
William H. Gibson, town and school treasurer, 25.00
George W. Ball, constable and police, 5.00
Stephen A. Frost, auditor, 2.00
$284.25
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
1910.
Feb. 15. Paid Joseph B. Sanborn, $5.00
Ernest W. Lowe, M. D., 10.00
$15.00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
County aid furnished to soldiers and their families (See chapter 2, Laws 1909):
1909.
Aug. 10. Paid W. R. Morris, groceries, $3.00
Nov. 30. W. E. Porter, digging
grave, 2.00
Dec. 29. Rockingham County Farm burial outfit, 15.00
C. B. Hill, groceries, 15.50
E. D. Sanborn, wood and supplies, 9.65
A. F. Sanborn, wood, 1.50
E. W. Lowe, M. D., medi- cal attendance, 7.50
1910.
Jan. 10.
A. W. Mitchell, M. D., medical attendance, 8.00
Feb. 15.
A. F. Sanborn, wood, 1.50
C. B. Hill, groceries, 7.00
E. D. Sanborn, wood and supplies, 3.05
$73.70
Charles F. Burley, four weeks at $1.00, 4.00
$77.70
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
1910.
Jan. 10. Paid W. H. Benfield, treasurer, appropriation, $33.30
Feb. 15. extra, 3.08
$36.38
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REMOVING BROWN-TAIL MOTH NESTS.
1909.
Apr. 23. Paid Stephen G. Sleeper, labor, $7.95
May 5. Munson-Whitaker Co., la-
bor, 123.99
Arthur S. Moore, labor, 29.00
John H. Ellis, labor, 42.45
Ralph Rogers, labor,
10.05
George H. French, labor, 3.30
Howard French, labor, 4.00
$220.74
CARE OF CEMETERIES.
1909.
Aug. 10. Paid Stephen G. Sleeper, labor, $13.00
Ralph Rogers, labor, 6.40
Perley R. Clement, labor, 3.00
Charles D. Meader, labor, 2.00
Harrison B. Ellis, labor,
2.25
John H. Ellis, labor, 5.50
Nov. 20. Joseph L. Small, labor, 1.50
$33.65
DISCOUNTS.
Paid Joseph B. Wilbur, collec- tor of taxes, 3 per cent. discount on taxes paid before July 1, $93.02
ABATEMENTS.
William H. Mould's collection, 1908 :
Charles F. Burley, poll, $1.41
Frank Maguire, left town,
2.33
Henry E. Smith, paid in Haverhill,
1.41
$5.15
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Joseph B. Wilbur's collection, 1909:
Ernest Brown, left town,
$1.60
Charles F. Burley, poll, 1.60
Rock Laconte, left town,
1.60
Albert Pollard, paid in Raymond, 1.60
Henry E. Smith, paid in Haverhill,
1.60
$8.00
$13.15
EUGENE D. SANBORN, JOHN H. ELLIS, STEPHEN G. SLEEPER, Selectmen of Fremont.
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.
Feb. 15, 1909. Cash in hands of treas-
urer, $1,051.52
Received from W. H. Mould, collector, 1908, 43.35
H. A. Cook, town clerk, dog tax, 120.41
J. B. Wilbur, collector, 1909, 4,697.47
S. A. Carter, state treas- urer, railroad tax, 324.34
S. A. Carter, savings' bank tax, 477.81
S. A. Carter, literary fund, 82.46
S. A. Carter, state school fund, 142.20
S. A. Carter, state high- way fund, 240.29
John K. Bates, county treasurer, 67.15
. Sanborn Seminary for books, 22:97
selectmen, lot in ceme- tery, 15.00
H. A. Cook, pool table
licenses,
20.00
$7,304.97
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid selectmen's orders,
$4,710.34
state tax, 888.00
county tax,
766.52
6,364.86
Cash in hands of treasurer,
$940.11
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LIABILITIES.
Due district, state school fund,
$142.20
literary fund, 82.46
224.66
$715.45
RESOURCES.
Due from county, 15.55
Balance in favor of the town,
$731.00
WILLIAM H. GIBSON,
Treasurer.
REPORTS OF HIGHWAY AGENTS.
REPORT OF JOSEPH P. BASSETT, HIGHWAY AGENT.
RECEIPTS.
1909.
April 24. Received of town treasurer, $100.00
May 8. Received of town treasurer, 100.00
June 7. Received of town treasurer, 100.00
21.
Received of town treasurer 50.00
Aug. 21. Received of town treasurer, 32.50
1910.
Feb. 15. Received of town treasurer,
45.70
$428.20
EXPENDITURES. .
Dynamite and powder,
$7.60
Blacksmith work,
1.80
Railing and posts,
4.55
Gravel,
3.00
Highway labor,
397.25
Breaking roads,
14.00
$428.20
Expenditures in detail :
Paid John Ladd, dynamite and powder,
$7.60
Peter Gagnen, blacksmith work,
1.80
D. J. Smith, gravel, 3.00
D. J. Smith, posts and railing,
3.75
W. H. Gibson, railings,
.70
$16.25
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HIGHWAY LABOR.
Paid Fred Sanborn,
$5.00
E. D. Sanborn,
44.00
J. B. Wilbur,
12.00
A. D. Huckins,
9.00
Henry Metevier,
4.00
Nathaniel S. French,
4.00
Charles Sargent,
42.00
Frank A. Hall,
20.25
C. D. Meader,
18.00
Perley West,
4.50
Charles West,
1.50
Walter Clement,
19.50
S. J. McLane,
7.50
Frank York,
9.00
A. F. Sanborn,
3.00
J. P. Bassett,
194.00
$397.25
"BREAKING ROADS.
Paid A. F. Sanborn,
$3.50
E. D. Sanborn,
1.00
J. P. Bassett,
8.00
G. A. Clement,
1.50
$14.00
GEORGE F. WILLEY, HIGHWAY AGENT.
RECEIPTS.
Received of town treasurer,
$382.50
for extra,
17.75
Total,
$400.25
$400.25
Expenditures,
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Expenditures in detail :
HIGHWAY LABOR.
Paid George W. Burley,
$44.25
S. P. Willey,
15.50
Charles Willey,
7.00
J. A. Davis,
10.50
David Marden,
27.00
L. H. Leavitt,
16.00
H. B. Ellis,
32.00
Charles Hezelton,
35.50
Charles West,
7.50
J. L. Drowns,
2.00
P. R. Clement,
45.00
T. Dube,
3.00
H. B. Ellis, for gravel,
3.00
Charles Cluette,
5.25
John F. Evans,
6.45
James B. Martin,
2.50
S. G. Sleeper,
7.50
W. S. Gowing,
4.50
John Ellis,
9.00
Elmer Willey,
13.56
George F. Willey,
103.24
$400.25
FOR BREAKING ROADS.
Paid George F. Willey,
$24.75
L. H. Leavitt,
3.00
W. S. Gowing,
3.00
G. W. Burley,
1.50
David Marden,
3.00
Elmer Willey,
.. 50
H. B. Ellis,
5.50
J. H. Ellis,
2.00
Percy Cole,
1.05
S. G. Sleeper
10.65
L. Beede,
.60
$55.55
STATE HIGHWAY FUND.
JOSEPH P. BASSETT'S ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Oct. 16. Received of town treasurer,
$200.00
26. Received of town treasurer,
200.00
12. Received of town treasurer, 200.00
18. £ Received of town treasurer, 100.00
Dec. 29. Received of town treasurer,
23.12
1
$723.12
EXPENDITURES.
Paid George F. Willey,
$135.32
Wesley S. Gowing,
50.75
Frank York,
46.25
Charles D. Meader,
44.75
Sylvester J. McLane,
47.75
John McIntire,
44.75
E. D. Sanborn,
105.82
P. R. Clement,
24.25
Arthur Bean,
19.00
Ad. Dudley,
19.00
J. P. Bassett,
185.48
$723.12
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FREMONT, January 1, 1910.
I hereby certify that for the year 1909 I have licensed dogs as follows :
Fifty-one (51) male dogs at$2.00,
$102.00
Three (3) female dogs at 5.00,
15.00
Three (3) male dogs 11 mos. at 1.84,
5.52
One (1) male dog 8 mos. at 1.38,
1.38
One (1) male dog 6 mos. at 1.00,
1.00
One (1) female dog 8 mos. at 3.33,
3.33
Two (2) female dogs 52 mos. at 2.29,
4.58
Total, 62.
$132.81
Reserved for fees, 62 at $0.20 each,
12.40
Paid to treasurer,
$120.41
HENRY A. COOK, Town Clerk.
FREMONT, N. H., Jan. 1, 1910.
ROCKINGHAM, SS.
Then personally appeared Henry A. Cook and made oath that the above statement signed by him is true.
Before me, JOSEPH B. SANBORN,
Justice of the Peace.
FREMONT, February 15, 1910.
I hereby certify that for the year 1909 I have (by order of the Selectmen) licensed two (2) pool tables at $10 each, $20. Paid same to treasurer.
HENRY A. COOK, Town Clerk.
LIBRARY REPORT.
REPORT OF TREASURER.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand February 15, 1909,
$0.49
Received of town treasurer, library fund, 33.30
for work on books, 3.08
librarian, fines, 3.96
librarian, for books loaned out of town, 2.00
$42.83
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Baker & Taylor, 52 vols.,
$30.87
Sargent Brothers, printing,
3.00
express charges,
1.75
Cora B. Frost, work on books,
3.75
Cora B. Frost, miscellaneous,
1.11
for wood and delivering,
1.00
shoveling snow paths,
.75
repairing steps, and postage,
.60
$42.83
WILCOMB H. BENFIELD, Trustee and Treasurer.
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1910.
Vols,
Whole number of books in library, 1,536
New books added during the year by the town, 54
Presented by Mrs. Alice L. Philbrick, 6
Presented by Mrs. H. B. Fowler and Mrs. M. P. Bailey, 2
Old books renewed, 8
23
Whole number of cards issued,
$521
Issued during the year,
23
Circulation during the year,
1,785
Received for fines $3.96
from Mrs. A. French for use of books, 1.00
from Mrs. R. Hook for use of books, 1.00
$5.96
Paid same to treasurer.
To covering and listing books,
$2.00
repairing old books,
1.75
$3.75
Received same of treasurer.
CORA B. FROST, Librarian.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the selectmen, treasurer, highway agents, town clerk, library trustees and board of edu- cation, and am satisfied that they are correctly cast and sup- ported by the proper vouchers.
S. A. FROST,
Auditor.
For the year ending February 15, 1910.
TOWN WARRANT.
[L.S.] STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Fremont, in the County of Rockingham, in said State, Qualified to Vote in Town Affairs :
You are hereby notified to meet at the town house, in said town, on Tuesday, the 8th day of March next, at 10 of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :
1. To choose a town clerk.
2. To choose three selectmen, treasurer, auditor, one or more highway agents and one library trustee.
3. To choose all other necessary officers.
4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the following purposes : To defray town charges for repairs of highways and bridges, and for Memorial Day.
5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the care of cemeteries in town.
6. (By petition of fifteen legal voters.) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dol- lars ($100) to be expended by the selectmen for band concerts the ensuing year.
7. To see if the town will vote to discontinue that portion of the highway leading from Fremont Village to Raymond, lying south of the new piece of state highway, beginning at the easterly junction and running to the westerly junction of the said new state highway, being that portion for which the new state highway is designed to be a substitute.
8. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this 18th day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ten.
EUGENE D. SANBORN,
JOHN H. ELLIS,
STEPHEN G. SLEEPER,
Selectmen of Fremont.
A true copy of Warrant.
Attest :
EUGENE D. SANBORN,
JOHN H. ELLIS,
STEPHEN G. SLEEPER,
Selectmen of Fremont.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Board and Citizens of the Town of Fremont :
The statistics for the school year ending July 15, 1909, are of general interest and may be studied with profit by every citizen.
Whole number of different pupils registered, 125
(a) Boys, 63
(b) Girls, .62
Number under five years of age,
2
Number between five and eight,
50
Number between eight and fourteen,
73
Average attendance in all schools,
101
Average absence,
11
Average membership, 112
Per cent. of attendance, .9017+
Number visits by members of school board,
43
Number visits by superintendent of schools, 35
Number visits by citizens and others, 172
ROLL OF HONOR.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE, DISTRICT No. 1.
First Term .- Arlene Marcott, Bernice Metevier, Etta Por- ter, George A. Bassett, Raymond Bassett.
Second Term .- George A. Bassett, Raymond Bassett, Clar- ence Clement, Bernice Metevier, Earl Marcott, Frank. Marcott, Curtice Sanborn, Arlene Marcott.
Third Term .- George Bassett, Arthur B. Brown, Earl Mar cott, Frank Marcott.
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PERFECT ATTENDANCE, DISTRICT NO. 2.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
First Term .- Fred C. Beede, Bert S. Cook, Freeman Emer- son, Harland Whitcomb, Bernice Ball, Lula M. Ball, Gladys M. Corson, Helen A. Drowns, Mildred A. Emerson, Dorothy True, Elizabeth C. Whitcomb.
Second Term .- Bert S. Cook, Arthur Robinson, Harland Whitcomb, Lula M. Ball, Elvira Benfield, Carrie Carson, Dor- othy True, Elizabeth Whitcomb.
Third Term .- Bernice Ball, Lula M. Ball, Elvira Benfield, Carrie Corson, Helen Drowns, Minnie Marcott, Arthur Gag- non, Arthur Robinson, Harland Whitcomb.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE, DISTRICT NO. 2. PRIMARY SCHOOL.
First Term .- Harold G. Ball, Donald C. Beede, Nelson W. Beede, Stanley E. Bishop, Leaman P. Copp, Simeon F. Gard- ner, Helen Shillinglaw, Francis A. Benfield, Norine M. Clem- ent, Clarina M. Dube, Hazel B. Fuller, Daisy P. Hall, Clara B. Robinson, Clara St. John, Marion E. Towle.
Second Term .- Harold G. Ball, Donald C. Beede, Nelson W. Beede, Leaman P. Copp, Kenneth Rowe, George F. Gard- ner, Harry G. Marcott, Walter R. Shillinglaw, Norine M. Clement, Clarina M. Dube, Laura M. Dube, Daisy P. Hall, Clara B. Robinson, Helen B. Shillinglaw, Marion E. Towle.
Third Term .- Harold G. Ball, Donald C. Beede, Nelson W. Beede, Leaman P. Copp, George F. Gardner, Harry G. Mar- cott, Albini C. Marcott, John S. Shillinglaw, Walter R. Shil- linglaw, Norine M. Clement, Clara M. Dube, Laura M. Dube, Daisy P. Hall, Clara B. Robinson, Helen B. Shillinglaw, Marion E. Towle.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE, DISTRICT No. 3.
First Term .- Cora Trickey.
Second Term .- Louisa M. Willey, Beatrice Lyford, Sidney J. Lyford.
Third Term .- Sidney J. Lyford.
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PERFECT ATTENDANCE, DISTRICT NO. 4.
First term .- Goldie A. Smart, Jesse A. Burleigh.
Second Term .- Edith L. Knight, Mabel K. Knight, Cora J. West, Harold R. Copp, Willie M. Howard.
Third Term .- Mabel K. Knight, Harold R. Copp, Willie M. Howard.
DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLE OF SCHOOLS.
Terms.
Teachers.
Weeks.
Pupils.
Average attendance.
Not absent.
Visitors.
Reading.
Spelling.
Penmanship.
Arithmetic.
Geography.
Grammar.
History.
Composition.
Physiology.
Wages per month.
Spring .. Fall .. ..: Winter ..
District No. 1. Mertie F. Whitcher ... Mertie F. Whitcher ... Mertie F. Whitcher ...
13 11 6
20 24 19
18 17+ 14+
17 8 11 24 24 18 18 11 7 18 19 19 16 15 10
10
11
9 11
34 34
Spring .. Fall . . .
Grace A. Whitcomb .. Grace A. Whitcomb ..
11
24
19-+ 23+ 26+-
9 14 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 12 10 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
34
Winter ..
Grace A. Whitcomb ..
6
27
8 11 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
34
Distriet No. 2 .- Prim.
13
28
27+ 26+ 23+
16 22 25 25 25 25 15 ..
10
..
..
Spring ..
Ella P. Brown.
13
24
1 21 24 24 24 25 23 16
9 5 10
32
Fall . ..
Ella P. Brown.
11
23
3 2 23 23 23 25 21 15 10
5.10
34
Winter ..
Ella P. Brown.
5
24
1
4 24 24 24 25 20 16 10
5 10
34
Spring .. Fall .....
Sarah J. Webster ... Sarah J. Webster
13
13 13
10 12
4 20 13 12 11 11
8
7
7
4
4
30
Winter ..
Sarah J. Webster.
6
12
10
3 7 12 12 12 12
7
6
6
4
4
30
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..
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Pauline B. Ellis.
11
29
15 12 29
29
29 29 15 . .
9
..
..
34
Pauline B. Ellis.
6
25
19+ 18+ 11+
2 13 13 13 13 13
8
7
7
4
4
30
11
21
36
Spring .. Fall ..... Winter ..
Pauline B. Ellis.
16 30 28 28 28 28 15
8 ..
9|10
$32
4 16 20 20
18 10 10 11
9
8
9
8
District No. 2 .- Int.
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District No. 3.
District No. 4.
Our schools have been running smoothly the last year, and in a fairly satisfactory manner. The most of our teachers have been with us a number of years, and are worthy of praise. We aim to retain the services of experienced teachers. We feel proud of our school children, many of them are bright scholars and the visiting parents and friends cannot help being rarely entertained by being with them often. It also helps
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the teachers and scholars so much to have an interest shown in their work. Time flies, and the children of today in a short time will be taking our places.
The parents should impress upon the children the rapid flight of their school days, and the importance of a good edu- cation. An encouraging feature during the school year just closed is the visits of parents and friends in our schools. Visits have been made to the number of two hundred and forty- eight (248) as against one hundred and seventy-two (172) last year, and one hundred and forty-five (145) the year before.
Another pleasing feature is the lessening of marks of tardi- ness: two years ago four hundred and fifty-eight (458) marks were against the scholars for tardiness, this year one hundred and thirty-nine (139) and forty of the latter were unavoidable; may the good work go on, and the year be not far distant when not a mark for tardiness will be found on the registers. We may understand, by a moment's reflection, that in order to make the most out of the time that is given us for school work, we must be in our places every day attending to our studies.
Many here in our town see clearly the importance of this idea, and act upon it, while others are indifferent or careless, and for this thing and that the child is taken away from his work in the school room, and finds at the close of the month, that he has lost four or five days; this is not the best way, for it hinders the progress of the child.
The teachers are interested in having the scholars in the school every day, and many efforts are being put forth by them to secure this end, but they have their seasons of dis- couragement.
A company of workmen were engaged in tunnelling a mountain ; they worked day after day and week after week; at length they became very much discouraged and had half a mind to give up in despair, when one day they were greatly surprised to hear a pick on the other side, and presently light was shining through. When the teachers can feel that the parents are working on the other side, and are indeed at work, the attendance of the scholars will be secured.
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The existing organization of public education in New Hamp- shire is the result of a long evolutionary progress reaching back to 1647, the date of the legal establishment of our school system. It has been adapted at this point and at that to existing needs as public interest in education has waxed and waned. It contains some adaptations to existing needs which no longer exist, and new adaptations to existing needs are slowly being made, both through legislative process and through changes in the work of the school room. Twenty-five years ago, the parent must furnish children with their whole outfit of text books. It appears in the reports of that period the inability to secure uniformity of text books was very great. Children would bring to school the texts which older brothers, fathers, and perhaps grandfathers had used, each with a different book, and the teacher was expected to manage somehow to organize classes. Today, every school child in the land, rich or poor, is provided with uniform text books at public expense.
In the earlier days schools were kept very largely through a part of the year by college students, usually men of force and character. They were succeeded first by women scarcely inferior to themselves in ability and forcefulness, but after- wards by an increasing generation of girls, in some instances, without education, training or maturity, and more often than not without ability, with whom keeping school was and still is a waiting station on the road to matrimony.
Until 1901, the attendance and labor laws were inadequate and laxly enforced. Upon the passage of the present child labor law one town at least was obliged to erect a new build- ing to accommodate children who had previously been em- ployed in mills without let or hindrance. At the present time no child under twelve years shall be employed in any manu- facturing establishment. No child under the age of twelve years shall be employed in any manufacturing establishment, or any mechanical, mercantile, or other employment during the time in which the public schools are in session in the dis- . trict in which he resides.
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No child under the age of sixteen years shall be employed in any manufacturing, mercantile, mechanical or other em- ployment during the time when public schools are in session in the district in which he lives or resides without presenting a statement of his age from his parents or guardian, sworn to before the superintendent of schools, or if no superintendent exists, before some persons authorized by the school board of the district in which such child is employed. Any person as owner or superintendent of above named manufacturing, mer- cantile or mechanical establishments violating the provisions of the law shall be fined $50 for each offence for the use of the district. Also persons or parents having the custody and control of a child under the age of sixteen years or of a child between the ages of eight and fourteen years who can not read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language, residing in a school district in which the public school is annually taught, shall cause such child to attend the public school all the time such school is in session, unless the child is excused by the school board because his physical or mental condition is such as to prevent his attendance at school for the period required, or because he was instructed in the English language in a private school approved by the school board for a number of weeks equal to that in which the public school was in session.
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