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The annual school play and the program furnished at Commencement by the Seniors signify something of the development of the public and scholastic side of the school training.
The serving of a hot lunch for the pupils is a suc- cess in every way. It has required a good deal of sacrifice on the part of the teachers and others at the central building. The Domestic Science teacher and the cooking class, as well as the students who have served and the teachers of all the rooms, have worked together with a fine spirit of cooperation and ability. May I say that their efforts have been appreciated by the school authorities and the parents. It is probable that the 2c at which the lunch has been served will not quite cover the cost. But the kindly donations from a good many interested citizens will keep the cost close to a self-supporting basis. Corn Chowder, Tomato Soup, Cocoa, Fish Chowder, Baked Beans, Stewed Beans and Vegetable Stews have been served. Many other schools have been watching this experiment and are glad to learn of its success.
GENERAL REMARKS
Alton has been fortunate in securing interested and efficient teachers for small salaries. It is difficult to hold such teachers for a great length of time on account of the better offers in some other school. That condition makes it hard to keep the work up to high standards when several new teachers are added each year, no matter how well qualified they may be. It takes some time to get acquainted and meet the con- ditions. Almost half of the teachers were new this year. I trust we may be able to hold the teachers we now have for some time to come. It would hardly be
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possible to find teachers more devoted to their work or more willing to sacrifice for the good of their schools.
It is gratifying to know that the public schools of Alton stand among the best in the State. It is com- mendable to have been among the pioneers in Practical Arts Courses and in Agriculture. No one disputes their value who has watched the development of these newer lines of school work. We hope to continue our record and remain an example of what a small town can do for her schools when the citizens are alive to the real needs of their growing children.
In conclusion may I express my appreciation to the school board, teachers and citizens of Alton for their unexcelled interest and co-operation in the ser- vice of their schools. I also express my thanks to the pupils of the several schools for their efforts and ask that they help us in the year to come to make the Alton Schools even better than they have ever been before.
Respectfully submitted,
F. U. LANDMAN, Superintendent.
Alton, N. H., Feb. 15, 1916.
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ATTENDANCE 1914 AND 1915
SCHOOL
Whole Number of Pupils Enrolled
Boys
Girls
Total
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Average Absence
Per cent of attendance
Cases of tardiness
Not absent or tardy Registered visits
High
14
22
36
34
33
1
97
87
11
61
Grammar
17
10
27
26
24
1
93
29
3
51
Intermediate
31
24
55
53
49
4
91
18
7
63
Primary
18
24
42
38
36
2
94
21
2
65
Bay
15
9
24
17
16
1
94
97
1
125
Mountain
11
6
17
14
12
2
81
bad
0
18
McDuffee
8
8
16
14
13
1
91
2
1
36
Gilman's Corner
15
3
18
15
14
1
92
2
4
47
Total, 1915
119
106
225 211
197
13
92
245
29
466
1914
106
101
207
200
188
10 93.5
239
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540
TEACHERS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1915-1916
School
Grades
Name
Education
Salary
High
Roy H Walch
Middlebury (France and Germany) University of Vermont
$1,150
Wilfred G Bodine
700
Mary L Roberts
Bates
425
Grammar
VII-VIII
R Olive Wilkins
Framingham Normal
500
Intermediate
IV-V-VI
Marion S Rollins
Plymouth Normal
475
Primary
I-II-III
Eunice Huff
Gorham Normal
450
Bay
I-II-III-IV
Ruth Littlefield
Gorham Normal 360
Mountain
Margery McMaster
Lowell Normal
360
McDuffee
Eula Varney
State Certificate
306
Gilman's Corner
Anna Merrill
Plymouth Normal
360
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ROLL OF HONOR
Pupils not absent nor tardy for the School Year, 1914-1915.
HIGH SCHOOL
Kenneth Chamberlain
Ella Adams
Frank Gray
Ada Bennett
John Hanson
Edith Gray
Dennis Harriman
Lillian Greene
Howard Rollins
Doris McDuffee
Roger Smith
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Herbert Bennett Helen Gilman
Lloyd Prime
INTERMEDIATE
Hazel Bennett
Evelyn Greene
Roland Greene Harvey Perkins Edward Smith
Marjorie Lang
Murray Wright
PRIMARY
Damon Bennett
Maurice Gray
BAY
Fred Lovett
McDUFFEE
Flora Barnes
GILMAN'S CORNER
Norman Rhines
Carl Rhines
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ALTON FRUIT, VEGETABLE AND POULTRY SHOW
TREASURER'S REPORT
1915
Cash Received
May 1 Received from Fred L. Hill, balance 1914
$ 57 32
Oct. 2 Received from H. J. Jones, town treasurer 100 00
Dec. 6 Received from H. J. Jones, town treasurer 100 00
$ 257 32
Expenditures FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHOW
Premiums on fruit and vegetables $ 90 50
Orchestra 5 00
Sheren, judging
5 00
Printing premium lists
13 00
F. L. Hill, postage
2 54
Labor
9 00
Hotel bill
3 00
O. E. Davis, postage, telephone, etc
2 93
J. W. Evans, paper, tacks, etc
69
$ 131 66
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POULTRY SHOW
Premium lists, cards, posters . $ 12 00
Premiums 51 00
R. V. Mitchell, judging
· 5 00
Peaslee, lecturer
4 00
Hotel bill
2 50
J. W. Evans, supplies
50
O. E. Davis, supplies
2 06
. Will Young, labor
2 00
Grain
1 93
Orchestra
5 00
$ 85 99
$ 217 65
Balance
$ 39 67
OSCAR E. DAVIS, Chairman
FRED L. HILL, Secretary
JOHN W. EVANS, Treasurer
JOHN H. McDUFFEE
FRED M. NEWHALL
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REPORT FOR ALTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Dr.
To cash on hand Feb. 15, 1915 $107 83
June 3 Received from town treas-
urer 100 00
Aug. 21 Received from town
treasurer 100 00
1916
Jan. 28 Received from town
treasurer 194 50
$ 502 33
Cr.
1915
Apr. 1 To cash paid Chas. E. Lauriat, books $ 26 05
Apr. 5 One-half Encyclopedia Brittanica 80 00
May. 14 Cash to Annie E. Wheeler, (salary) 18 75
May 24 Grumeaux News & Subs.
Co., magazines 25 05
May 26 Paid insurance on library books 13 50
July 3 Balance on Encyclopedia 79 50
July 3 Book case 16 00
Aug. 4 Annie Wheeler, salary 18 75
Aug. 21 Library books, Chas. Lauriat Co. 15 05
Oct. 1 E. H. Thomas, printing
18 00
Oct. 1 Ethel Morrell, making
·
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library cards 2 00
Nov. 20 Annie E. Wheeler 18 75
Dec. 23 Express on library books 1 32
Jan. 29 Chas. E. Lauriat, books
116 63
1916
Feb. 15 Annie E. Wheeler, library
salary 18 75
Feb. 15 Postage
1 00
Feb. 15, 1916 Balance on hand 33 23
Total $ 502 33
Number of books in library 3,882
Number of books loaned 5,731
BOOKS DONATED TO THE LIBRARY, 1915-1916
28 Booklets. Health Education League, 8 Beacon St., Boston, Mass., Rev. Geo. H. Cate, Secretary.
The Best Private Schools, Porter E. Sargent, 50 Con- gress St., Boston, Mass.
Life and Influence of the Rev. Benjamin Randall by Frederick L. Wiley. Presented by Rev. E. W. Ricker.
The Prohibition Movement, Percy Andreae.
N. H. Annual Reports, Vols. I. II, III.
State Papers.
Laws of N. H., Vols. I, II, III.
Journals N. H. Senate and House.
N. H. Manual for the General Court, 1915.
Respectfully submitted, MRS. ANNA M. WRIGHT JOSEPH A. MOONEY
Library Trustees.
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Marriages Registered in the Town of Alton, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1915
Date.
Place of Marriage.
Name and Surname of Groom and Bride.
Residence of Each at time of Marriage.
Age in Years.
Color of Each.
Occupation of Groom and Bride.
Place of Birth of Each.
Name of Parents.
Birthplace of Parents.
Occupation.
Condition .*
Name, Residence and Official Sta- tion of person by whom married.
June 9 Lawrence Ms Earl S Varney
Alton
21 w Machinist
Alton
Albert D Varney Lulu Brackett
Farmington Lowell Mass Scotland
26 Alton
Isabell A Thompson Irving E Smith
LawrenceMs 26
Mender
Woodturner
Housekeeper
New Durham
Coaticook P Q John Thompson Alton Margaret Ainslee Frank J Smith Alice Brooks Harry Glidden Leila Randall Alton William H Berry Alton Martha A Garland Barnstead Albion N Foss
Alton Dorchester New Durham
Beatrice I Glidden
New Durham 16
Alton 29
Machinist
TelephoneOp'r Barnstead
Milton
Alton
Laborer
Housekeeper
Pittsfield
Albert A Bickford Newton Ella F Peabody
Lowell Mass
Farmer Housewife Machinist Housewife Woodturner Housewife Woodturner Housewife Blacksmith Housewife Farmer Housewife Sawyer Housewife Farmer Housewife Farmer Housewife Laborer Housewife
1|Rev A E Draper Lawrence Mass 1
1 | Rev E W Ricker
1
1 Rev Earle B Cross Dover
1
Oct 27 Alton
Walter E Tuttle
Alton
2| Rev Frank M Irwin Alton
1
1 | Rev Wm Woods Manchester
1
Births Registered in the Town of Alton, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1915
Date of Birth.
Name of the Child. (If an-
Mate.
Female.
Living or
No of Chiid.
1st, 2d, etc.
Color.
Color of Parents
Residence of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Birthplace of Father.
Birthplace of Mother.
Age of Father*
Age of Mother*/
Jan Feb
2
15
16
F
1
Peter Goupe
Mar 31
L
1
Napoleon Melanson Natt L Howe
Apr 11
S
1 Harold Dicey
6
Farmer
Farmington
Alton
27 22
25
6
George W Rollins
-
Laborer
New Durham
Wolfeboro Canada Groton
24 21
May June 3
F
8
L
5
L
L
3
L
1
Phelon O Perry
Charles E Trickey
1
Ernest L Roberts
Clayton E Dodge Elmer Reynolds
Dover Alton
Laborer
New Durham
Gilmanton
Rochester
Oct
9 Roberta May
L
1
Clarence F Clough George A Blair John F Hanson
3
William Hennessey
Benjamin M Perkins Arthur H Rand John D Colby
Winnifred L Crocker Vera F Cooley Mabel A Cady
.
Mason
Alton
Rochester
28 25
7 Benjamin L
m
3
m
3
Lucy E Goodwin Minnie D Grayton Florence Glines Alice V Elliott Frances Marsh Anna B Jones Cora Clark Bernice Abbott Mary G Tardy Anna Wise Julia A Perry Lillian S Dale Eileen Moynahan Maude Jewett Mary Pendergast Cora E Pinkham Dorothea A Haorr Gertrude M Clark Ethel C Torr Winifred Baker Abbie H Page Effie E Kimball
w Alton
-
Laborer Teamster Millwright
Middleton Stoneham Mass Canada Canaan
Alton
25 19
14
2
w Frank I Tufts Frank Elliott
Grover Tuttle James B Place Louis Charter John M Drown Albert W Jones Roscoe C Bassett
Woodchopper
Mastyard
Webster
Warren
Shirley Mass
Lowell Mass
Lisbon
30 25
27 |Gertrude May F
Rochester
31 27
Aug 4|Richard Larel
m
Haverhill
Everett Mass Alton
44 36
Sept 17
Farmer
Quebec Canada
England
Nov
9
3
24
Teamster
Alton
Pittsfield Quebec
40 26
Dec
10 30 Doris Maud
Lumberman
Wilmington Mass Gilford
So Boston Mass Lowell Mass
43 37
4
-
Alton
July 24 Dover
Philip R Berry
Ethel G Foss
Ora M Gooch
Nov 27 Manchester
Frank E Goodwin Elsie M Bickford
Northwood 20
Sex-Condition.
Stillborn.
Name of Father.
Maiden Name of Mother.
Teamster
North Dakota
Bath Me
34 26
31
F
6
S
1
Farmer
Alton
30 23
Sawyer
Carpenter
Alton
Teacher
Laborer
Warren Brentwood
Roxbury Mass
21 19
10 Clayton Earle m
1
3
F
18 Julia Dione
July 10 Eva Albertina 22 Roderick E m
Danbury Conn Alton
Fireman
Rochester
Manchester
39)39
Tilton
32 16
Grafton
23 18
Alton
46 36
58 31
37 36 25 25 27 21 24 18
25 Philip Lancer m
26 24 26 26
Laborer
55 34
Ireland
m
30 29
Farmer
F
Deaths Registered in the Town o
f Alton. N. H., for the Year Ending Danse
.
Gilmanton Josephine Clough Belmont Charles E Tuttle Rosetta Dorr Page D Gooch
Middleton Milton Wadley's Falls Emma J Pinkham New Durham Eugene FGoodwin Elizabeth Sleeper
Manchester Alton
25
Barnstead 26 27 Machinist
21 At Home
.
Chauffeur
m m m BBE E B
Alton 21
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