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An effort has been made to meet the state requirements for sanitation, also for heating and lighting our school rooms. This could not be wholly accomplished in one year,
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but new closets have been installed at Nos. 2 and 6, new desks and seats in Nos. 4, 5 and 6, and jackets for the stoves in Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 11. Slate blackboards are now found in all the school rooms, all but two rooms having been sup- plied this year. The roof of No. 3 has been reboarded and shingled. No. 6 has had a new floor laid and roof shingled. One-half the roofs of Nos. 8 and 10 schoolhouses have been shingled. The windows of Nos. 1, 2 and 5 have been arranged so that the light will reach the pupils from the left and rear as required by the state. As long as we attempt to occupy eleven schoolhouses they must be kept in repair, and about $500 annually seems to be needed for this purpose.
The following is an estimate of the amount of money required to meet the statutory obligations for 1917, and this report is a notice to the selectmen as required by law. For High school tuition $500.00
Text-books and supplies 350.00
Flags and appurtenance 10.00
$860.00
All of which is respectfully submitted by the school board.
WM. S. MANNING. WILLIAM MELENDY. BERTHA'E. FRENCH.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools.
To the School Board of the Town of Bedford:
I hereby submit my annual report on the schools of Bedford.
Assuming the duties of superintendent of your schools last fall, I have found them to be in fairly good condition, considering the fact that there are so many one-room buildings and that they are so widely separated over the town. Of course such a situation is a difficult one to handle from a superintendent's point of view, especially during the winter months. However, I found the schools under good teachers for the most part, fairly well equipped as to apparatus, yet suffering somewhat from lack of consolida- tion of schools and from inadequate buildings.
I think that no one can gainsay the fact that the greatest factor in making a good school is a good teacher. If I could rate the relative importance of a teacher in a school system on a percentage basis I would say that she con- stitutes at least ninety per cent of what goes to make up a good school. If this be the case our activity should be directed to the upbuilding and permanency of our teaching force. As a rule teachers in your town change positions too often. The school seems to be sort of a melting pot where they receive their experience to go on to better salaried positions or fail to do their work well and are in consquence not asked to return. In either case the town loses. It seems to me that the biggest proposition which confronts the schools is to inaugurate a policy which will provide for a good permanent teaching force.
To accomplish this several things must be done. First of all the brightest girls of your town, those of good native
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ability, vigorous, and with a keen desire to give a good day's work, should be induced to train themselves to teach and to come back to undertake the work of the school at home. Incidentally the salaries should be raised so as to attract and hold this class of teachers. Everything else being equal, the town should employ more and more trained teachers (normal school graduates or those holding state certificates) for under the present law the town receives a rebate from the state of two dollars a week, or seventy- two dollars a year, on this class of teachers. This a possible state aid of seven hundred ninety-two dollars, is a factor which should not be lost sight of. Your superin- tendent is convinced that this is the biggest school problem to be solved when the individual teacher counts for so much in the success of the schools.
There is a tendency in education at present looking to the modification of the work of the seventh and eighth grades, commonly known as the Junior High school. It provides for a change in the grammar grades so that some of the high school subjects, notably a modern language and elementary Latin, together with some elementary high school mathematics are to be taught in the Junior High school, and other former work of the grammar grades pushed back into the fifth and sixth years. The value of this movement is apparent, --- it bridges what has been a difficult transition from eighth grade to high school. Al- ready some New Hampshire towns and cities have adopted the plan and if our neighboring city, Manchester, decides on this advance step, as it undoubtedly will eventually, our pupils will have to be so trained as to fit into the Man- chester high school. It is none too soon to consider a step whereby we may keep the schools progressively inclined. I recommend that a Junior High school be established at Bedford Center next fall with a special teacher and a special room and that children of the seventh and eighth grade all over the town be allowed to attend this school.
I am glad to note, in this report the very considerable constructive work done in repairing and remodelling the
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schoolhouses. All of the schools have some slate black- board and this is indeed a blessing and perhaps an economy, seeing that paper has advanced more than three hundred per cent in a year. I hope that the board may be able to add more until the schools are well equipped in this respect. In some cases the outbuildings are so situated now. that the children are not forced to go out of doors in cold and stormy weather. This is a great improvement and is highly recommended by the state department. Best of all, per- haps, in the way of additions to the equipment are the jacketed stoves which provide for a uniform temperature throughout the schoolroom and for sufficient ventilation. With this device a child may sit at a considerable distance from the stove and yet be as warm as one next to the stove. Number five school in particular, a school with a large number of pupils for its size, is greatly helped on account of the added ventilation of the jacket. I hope that we can go right ahead with this movement so well started.
Inasmuch as the voters do not always understand the manner of getting financial aid from the state, it might be well for me 'to explain the law in this regard. There are several kinds of state aid. The aid for qualified teachers (spoken of above) and the aid based on attendance are given to towns fulfilling the following conditions :
1. Such towns must not have an equalized valuation of more than $9,500 per pupil of average attendance.
2. The tax rate for school purposes must be greater than $3.40 on a thousand dollars of equalized valuation.
The state also aids by paying one-half of the superin- tendent's salary and by the literary fund, so called. From the financial report it will be seen that Bedford gets a tidy sum from the state, and yet if the average number of pupils attending falls off, the town will lose a large part of it. We must do everything in our power to keep up the number of those attending and also a regular attendance. I have made numerous calls to get children into school and the truant officer has been helpful in this direction, but it does not seem to me that the attendance is yet satisfactory.
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In certain cases I would recommend that the board take legal action to compel children absent illegally to attend school regularly.
I recommend very urgently all measures calculated to keep our good teachers in town and destined to build up a permanent corps of teachers. Conspicuous among such measures would be an increased salary sufficient to attract and to hold. I hope that the board may continue its policy, already inaugurated, of adding liberally to the school equipment in order to make general working conditions more satisfactory.
I wish to express my appreciation of the uniform cour- tesy of the members of the board, teachers, pupils and parents.
Yours truly, WILLIAM L. MACDONALD, Superintendent.
GRAND ROLL OF HONOR.
(Year ending July 15, 1916.)
PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR.
Robert Ramig, Clara Ramig, Roy Jenkins, Roseanna Therrien, Hazel E. Boynton, Gardner F. Manning, Henry Volkman, Clara Volkman, Ernestine Volkman.
ROLL OF HONOR.
(Year ending July 15, 1916.)
PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
Fall Term-Alice Hardy, Alice Melendy, Robert Ramig, June Weathers, Clara Ramig, Richard Ramig, Roy Jenkins, Maurice W. Godbout, Cora J. Godbout, Alice E. Godbout,
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Urbain Guertin, Roseanna Therrien, Erma G. Boynton, Hazel E. Boynton, Helen A. Boynton, Florence J. Hodg- man, John A. La Tulippe, Alice L. Robertson, Ethel M. Robertson, Gardner F. Manning, Earl L. Parker, Erwin Parkhurst, Ivan S. Parkhurst, Kenneth Parkhurst, Lloyd Parkhurst, Cecile Parker, Alice L. Sargent, Florence M. Tarr, William Lambert, Henry Volkman, Delia Thibaudeau, Marion Villeneuve, Clara Volkman, Ernestine Volkman.
Winter Term-Minna Grann, Alberta Graveline, Philip Harrington, Eva Lahey, Walter Melendy, Robert Ramig, Clara Ramig, Richard Ramig, Merritt Campbell, Arlene Langevin, Blanche Langevin, Stella Langevin, Helen Rus- sell, Ernest Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Amile Langevin, Oliver Langevin, Clarence Staples, Edward Russell, Alfred Dwire, Yvonne Boulanger, Wilfred Donault, Urbain Guertin, Roseanna Therrien, Dorothy Wright, Lillian Wright, Erma G. Boynton, Hazel E. Boynton, Thomas Davis, Florence J. Hodgman, Ethel M. Robertson, Gardner F. Manning, Earl L. Parker, Ivan S. Parkhurst, Cecile Parker, Geo. M. Sargent, Arthur M. Sargent, Aurea Lambert, Ernestine Volkman, Clara Volkkman, Henry Volkman.
Spring Term-Minna Grann, Bernice Holbrook, Agnes Lahey, Eva Lahey, Alice Melendy, Robert Ramig, Clara Ramig, Harriet Shepard, Frank Barnard, Blanche Lan- gevin, Arlene Langevin, Amile Langevin, Oliver Langevin, Helen Russell, Ernest Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Alfred Dwire, Leona Godbout, Bertha Hilchey, Roseanna Therrien, Hazel Boynton, Gardner F. Manning, Erwin Parkhurst, William Peaslee, Robert Reed, Rachel P. Smith, Arthur M. Sargent, Doris E. Tarr, Florence M. Tarr, Clinton Hodgman, Henry Volkman, Clara Volkman, Ernestine Volkman.
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SCHOOL STATISTICAL TABLE (School Year Ending July 15, 1916
School
Term.
Teacher
Whole No. of
Weeks in
Term
Av. Daily
Av. Daily
Absences
Attendance
Visits by
Supt.
Wages per Month
1 Gram.
Fall ...
Katherine W. Mannion
15
22
1
95
10
$48.00
Winter
Katherine W. Mannion.
8
21
3
89
6
48.00
Spring
Katherine W. Mannion.
22
12
21
2
92
7
52.00
1 Prim.
Fall ...
Martha A. Loud
26
15
22
3
86
10
44.00
Winter Martha A. Loud.
24
8
19
5
79
6
44.00
Spring
Martlia A. Loud.
23
12
20
2
89
7
44.00
2
Fall ...
Harold B. Grant.
18
13
11
1
89
7
36.00
Winter
Rhoda P. Jones ..
13
9
12
0
100
4
40.00
Spring
Rhoda P. Jones.
14
12
12
1
99
2
40.00
Fall ...
Hazel A. Newton
9
14
7
2
78
6
32.00
8
9
7
1
83
3
32.00
Spring
Eva G. N. Mayhew ..
10
12
7
1
89
4
34.00
4
Fall ...
Lucy S. Williams
30
14
24
3
88
9
44.00
Winter
Lucy S. Williams
29
9
20
8
72
4
44.00
Spring
Lucy S. Williams
29
12
22
6
78
4
44.00
26
15
23
3
89
6
44.00
24
S
21
3
88
2
44.00
Spring
Martha J. Tirrell
27
12
21
4
85
3
44.00
10
15
S
0
97
5
34.00
Winter Marian M. Clark
9
8
9
0
94
1
34.00
Spring
Marian M. Clark
11
12
11
0
95
6
34.00
12
15
11
0
98
7
40.00
Winter Corrine M. Scollard.
11
8
11
0
97
3
40.00
Spring
Corrine M. Scollard.
14
12
13
1
96
4
40.00
10
Fall . .
Nettie T. Tarr.
18
15
16
1
SS
5
36.00
Winter
Nettie T. Tarr
15
8
11
2
84
2
36.00
Spring
Nettie T. Tarr.
23
12
17
1
94
4
36.00
11
Fall ...
Norman C. Tice
31
15
27
2
92
7
44.00
Winter
Isabel E. Adams
29
8
23
6
81
4
44.00
Spring
Isabel E. Adams.
27
10
17
9
66
4
44.00
NAMES OF GRADUATES. June 14, 1916.
Henry Alfred Blood
Gillis French
Minna Clara Granz
Yvonne Gamache
Eva Alice Lahey
Walter Stevens Melendy
Earl Leslie Parker
Kenneth William Parkhurst
Olive Watson Quaid
George Wilber Sargent Alice Louise Sargent
Rachel Palmer Smith
June Roosevelt Weathers
5
Fall ... Martha J. Tirrell
Winter
Martha J. Tirrell.
6
Fall ... Marian M. Clark
9
Fall ... Corrine M. Scollard.
3
Winter
Hazel A. Newton
24 23
Pupils
Attendance
Per Cent of
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REPORT Of TREASURER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
SPRING TERM.
Katherine W. Mannion, grammar school, 12 weeks $156.00
Martha A. Loud, primary school, 12 weeks 132.00
Rhoda P. Jones, No. 2 school, 12 weeks. 120.00
Eva G. N. Mayhew, No. 3 school, 12 weeks 102.00
Lucy S. Williams, No. 4 school, 12 weeks 132.00
Martha J. Tirrell, No. 5 school, 12 weeks 132.00
Marian M. Clark, No. 6 school, 12 weeks. 102.00
Corinne M. Scollard, No. 9 school, 12 weeks 120.00
Nettie T. Tarr, No. 10 school, 12 weeks. 108.00
Isabel E. Adams, No. 11 school, 10 weeks.
110.00
$1,214.00
FALL TERM.
Katherine W. Mannion, grammar school, 12 weeks
$156.00
Frances M. Twomey, primary school, 12 weeks ... 120.00
Anastasia B. Ryan, No. 2 school, 12 weeks. 132.00
Eva G. N. Mayhew, No. 3 school, 12 weeks 108.00
Helen B. Burns, No. 4 school, 12 weeks. 144.00
Abbie E. Kendall, No. 5 school, 12 weeks.
144.00
Mabelle C. Dow, No. 6 school, 23 weeks.
20.80
Jennie Belle Harwood, No. 6 school, 4 weeks.
36.00
Marian C. Farley, No. 6 school, 5 weeks
45.00
Nettie T. Tarr, No. 8 school, 12 weeks
108.00
Corinne M. Scollard, No. 9 school, 8 weeks
88.00
Clara C. Slattery, No. 9 school, 1 week.
11.00
Elizabeth Eastman, No. 9 school, 1 week.
11.00
Elizabeth C. Farley, No. 9 school, 2 weeks.
20.00
Florence E. Landers, No. 10 school, 12 weeks. 102.00
Lucy S. Williams, No. 11 school, 12 weeks. 132.00
$1,379.80
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WINTER TERM.
Katherine W. Mannion, grammar school, 9 weeks $117.00
Frances M. Twomey, primary school, 9 weeks. ..
90.00
Anastasia B. Ryan, No. 2 school, 7 weeks. 77.00
Eva G. N. Mayhew, No. 3 school, 7 weeks 63.00
Helen B. Burns, No. 4 school, 7 weeks. 84.00
Abbie E. Kendall, No. 5 school, 7 weeks.
84.00
Florence E. Landers, No. 6 school, 6$ weeks
61.20
Elizabeth C. Farley, No. 6 school, 3 week. 1.80
Marian C. Farley, No. 6 school, 1 week . 9.00
Nettie T. Tarr, No. 8 school, 7 weeks. 70.00
Corinne M. Scollard, No. 9 school, 53 weeks 64.80
Elizabeth C. Farley, No. 9 school, 13 weeks 16.00
Carrie C. Jordan, No. 10 school, 7 weeks. 63.00
Lucy S. Williams, No. 11 school, 7 weeks. .7.00
$877.80
Paid amount due teachers for winter term, 1915-
16 $243.00
FUEL.
Paid W. S. Manning :
434 cords hard wood $28.50
5/8 cords soft wood. 2.50
$31.00
Paid C. Harry Gage, kindling, Nos. 1 and 2
4.75
Paid W. S. Manning :
2814 cords hard wood. $169.50
9 cords soft wood
36.00
205.00
Paid F. H. Masse, 9 bales shavings 1.80
Paid, C. H. Gage, kindling, Nos. 1, 2, and 5. 6.75
$249.80
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid W. P. Goodman, school record books. $2.40
John B. Clarke Co., 300 grammar school programs 3.25
Williams Printing Co., superintendent's sta- tionery, etc. 4.17
F. G. Libbey, postage, telephone, express, etc. 5.20
Chas. A. Hoitt Co., chair and floor brushes. 8.75 A. H. Holbrook, wire fence and stone, No. 6 3.50
Eva Parker, labor on schoolhouses. 3.65
G. A. Porter, cleaning vaults and glazing, Nos. 4 and 11 3.00
W. S. Manning :
Window, stone, and teaming, No. 3 $1.25
Cleaning chimney and stovepipe,
Nos. 3 and 9 · 2.00
expense two schoolboard meet- ings, Goffstown 2.00
5.25
Cleaning schoolrooms :
Mary O'Conner, No. 2 $3.00
Mrs. Marshall, Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 11 12.00
Mrs. Boynton, No. 6. 3.00
- Mrs. Sargent, No. 10. 2.50
20.50
J. L. Hamett Co., 3 water jars.
6.00
Martha J. French, enumeration pupils
10.00
L. M. Folsom, graduation ribbon.
1.56
Mary E. Manning, postage and stationery. . Express and freight 4.55
4.24
Wm. Melendy, postage, telephone, express, labor, Nos. 1 and 2, etc. 9.48
Bertha E. French, cleaning, No. 1, tele- phone, labor, etc. 17.40
$112.90
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JANITORS.
Paid for winter term, 1915-16 $21.00
Spring term 29.50
Fall term 33.00
No. 1 school, winter term, 1916-17 5.00
$88.50
TRANSPORTATION.
Paid Nettie T. Tarr :
No. 8 and No. 10, 2 weeks $12.00
No. 8 and No. 10, 12 weeks 87.00
Lillian R. Dunlap :
One pupil, spring term 22.00
One pupil, fall term 24.50
Frank Nadeau, one pupil, 19 weeks 19.00
Car fare, Stowell's to South Bedford :
J. A. Bryant, one pupil, winter term 2.30
J. A. Bryant, one pupil, spring term : 3.00
J. A. Bryant, one pupil, fall term. 2.90
E. J. Woodward, one pupil, winter term ..
3.22
E. J. Woodward, transportation and car fare, two pupils 20.06
TUITION, AMHERST, N. H.
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$195.98
Paid F. Brown, for Jeanne Nadeau, 15 weeks.
$7.50.
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
Appropriation $400.00
Paid Manchester High School :
Spring term, 8 pupils $101.04
Fall term, 8 pupils . 117.92
Winter term, 8 pupils 92.56
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Paid Milford High school :
One-half year, 2 pupils .. .. $40.00
McGaw Normal Institute, 1 pu- pil, 33 weeks 33.00
$384.52
Balance unexpended $15.48
FLAGS.
Appropriation $10.00
Paid H. A. Wales, 2 flags
$5.00
Bertha E. French, 4 flags 1.00
6.00
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Balance unexpended $4.00
SCHOOLHOUSES.
Appropriation for repairs.
$1,000.00
Paid Vt. School Seat Co., 6 desks and chairs, No. 1. $20.10
Heyward Bros. & Wakefield Co.,
school seats, Nos. 4, 5, and 6 ... 397.75
Sears, Roebuck & Co., 166 sq. ft. slate blackboard
28.22
0. D. Case & Co., 169 sq. ft. slate blackboard 30.13
H. J. Lawson, two 40" and two 50" stove jackets 65.00
West Side Lumber Co .:
Lumber, shingles, etc., No. 3 ... 109.01
Lumber and teaming, No. 2 $5.61
Shingles, No. 6 27.00
32.61
Finish lumber
.77
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Paid W. S. Manning :
Mason, labor and team- ing, No. 5 $15.25
Carpenter, nails, lumber, paint, labor, etc., No. 6 39.45
Plastering, No. 10.
.75
$55.45
Manchester Hardware Co., nails,
paint, etc., No. 6. 10.54
J. Hodge, windows, doors, lumber, etc., No. 6. 17.09
West Side Lumber Co .: Shingles, labor, etc., No. 6 $18.96
Laths, No. 5 .50
19.46
W. S. Manning, 1,803 ft. lumber .. 36.06
J. Hodge :
Windows, lumber, etc ... $8.20
Door and lumber, No. 2.
2.55
10.75
Adams Bros., plaster, cement and lime 4.55
John F. Gove, labor, No. 6. 2.50
J. H. Stevens, ash door, thimble and cap .80
A. J. McKelvie, 30 ft. eaves trough, and supplies 4.80
A. C. Hodgman, labor and sup -. plies,, Nos. 3, 4, 6, 8. 55.15
Geo. Tinker, labor, No. 8. 11.50
Ira S. Brigham, labor :
Labor, Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5. 9.00
Labor, Nos. 1, 4, and 5. 5.50
W. S. Manning :
Labor and supplies, Nos.
2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11. $33.00
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Teaming, shingles and
slate, Nos. 3, 8 and 10. $2.00
$40.00
J. B. Varick Co., hardware supplies 3.60
J. M. Sargent, labor and supplies, No. 10 10.50
J. B. Varick Co., stove pipe, etc. . 4.64
C. L. Wolf, labor, stove pipe, etc .. 1.25
Paul Schricker, replacing window, No. 2 9.30
H. E. Webber, labor, brick, cement, etc. 20.16
E. L. Conner, labor and teaming, Nos. 5 and 6 8.75
Wm. Melendy :
Labor, No. 2. $26.55
Labor and supplies, Nos. 3, 4 and 5. 5.13
31.68
E. R. French, team for installing seats 2.00
Chas. A. Roberts, labor, No. 2 .... 25.00
A. C. Hodgman, labor, Nos. 1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 4 and 5. 5.13
$1,093.82
Drawn from school funds
93.82
$1,093.82
TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation
$450.00
Paid Chas. Scribner's Sons $25.90
Silver, Burdett & Co. 7.96
American Book Co. 4.00
American Book Co. 4.40
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Paid Houghton, Miflin Co. $5.63
E. E. Babb Co.
1.58
Macmillan Co.
19.02
Chas. A. Merrill Co.
4.56
American Book Co.
26.14
E. E. Babb Co.
7.01
J. L. Hammett Co.
59.69
J. L. Hammett Co. (50 diplomas)
10.00
E. E. Babb Co.
13.90
Milton Bradley Co. 10.38
J. L. Hammett Co. 26.59
J. L. Hammett Co.
37.95
$264.71
Balance unexpended
$185.29
SCHOOL OFFICERS.
Appropriation $400.00
Balance from last year
47.00
Received from state for superintendent's salary . 300.00
$747.00
Paid Supt. F. S. Libbey, one-half year $286.66
Supt. W. L. MeDonald, one-half year 300.00
Members of School Board : :
W. S. Manning 40.00
Wm. Melendy 40.00
Bertha E. French 30.00
Mary E. Manning, treasurer . . .
15.00
Sam H. Ray, truant officer
6.00
717.66
Balance on hand $29.34
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FINANCES.
For fiscal year ending Feb. 15, 1917.
REVENUE.
CURRENT.
Balance from last year
$498.37
Amount raised by law
2,085.00
Amount raised extra
1,600.00
Amount assessed for books and supplies.
450.00
Amount assessed for High school tuition
400.00
Amount assessed for flags and appurtenances
10.00
Amount assessed for officers' salaries
400.00
Amount of literary fund received from state
161.46
Amount received from state :
For district superintendent
300.00
For support of schools
398.36
Amount received from dog licenses
166.00
Total for current expense
$6,469.19
EXTRAORDINARY.
Amount raised for repairs
$1,000,00
$7,469.19
EXPENDITURES.
CURRENT.
Amount for text-books
$111.70
dictionaries, maps and apparatus ..
46.93
scholars' supplies
106.08
teachers' salaries
37,114.60
superintendent
586.66
school board
110.00
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Amount for truant officer $6.00
enumeration of pupils
10.00
treasurer of school board
15.00
high school and academy tuition
384.52
flags and appurtenances
6.00
transportation
195.98
janitor service
88.50
fuel
249.80
unclassified expense 102.90
minor repairs . 93.82
tuition, grade 2, Amherst.
7.50
Total current expense $5,835.99
EXTRAORDINARY.
Amount paid for new desks and chairs
$417.85
slate blackboards 58.35
special repairs 523.80
$6,835.99
Balance on hand Feb. 15, 1917
633.20
$7,469.19
Balance on hand Feb. 15, 1917.
$633.20
Amount due teachers, winter term .. $393.00
Amount due janitors, winter term. . .
26.50
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419.50
$213.70
Advanced by state for superintendent's salary to Aug. 31, 1917 150.00
Balance school funds at end of winter term ..
$63.70
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. MANNING, Treasurer.
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I hereby certify that I have examined the above report and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.
WM. B. FRENCH, Auditor.
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STATISTICAL TABLES.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF BEDFORD
Date,
Name of Child (if any).
Sex.
Liv., Still- born.
No.
Fa- ther's Age.
Moth- er's Age.
Name of Father.
Jan. 10
Lacroix .
M
S
9
George Lacroix ..
Jan.
20
Flanders. . .
F
S
3
36
38
William M. Flanders
Jan.
25
Irene S. Martin ....
F
L
6
32
27
Walter F. Martin ...
Feb.
13
Robert Fleming . . . .
M
L
1
20
17
Robert Fleming. .
Feb. 26
Henry I. Faucher ..
M
L
2
25
31
Louis A. Faucher ...
Mar. 15
Gertrude M. Jenkins
F
L
6
44
36
Ernest A. Jenkins. .
April 13
Marie B. Damour ..
F
L
8
30
32
Joseph Damour. ..
June 20
Donald H. Peaslee ..
M
L
4
29
29
Harry W. Peaslee ..
July 16
Aurore Godbout ....
F
L
10
43
33
Joseph Godbout .... Ubald Smith.
Aug. 21
Joseph R. F. Martel
M
L
3
33
28
Delphice Martel ....
Oct.
30
Rodolf E. Langervin
M
L
12
42
40
Fred Langervin . . ...
Nov. 21
Joseph M. L. Hebert
M
L
12
47
45
Stanislas Hebert ...
Dec. 15
Gladys A. Welch ...
F
L
6
36
35
Frank Welch .......
Dec. 15
James S, Johonnett.
M
L
4
43
22
Henry E. Johonnett.
Aug.
10
Marie J. S. Smith. . .
F
L
8
39
38
. .
I hereby certify that the above birth record is correct
55
N. H., FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECMBER 31, 1916.
Name of Mother.
Occupation of Father.
Birthplace of Father.
Birthplace of Mother.
Adouilda Bourquette ..
Laborer
Hinsdale, N. H.
New Bedford, Mass.
Georgina Morrison.
Farmer
Coventry, Vt ..
Sherbrooke, P. Q.
Lillian E. Rollins
B. & M. trackman.
Orange, N. H.
Newbury, N. H.
Etta Zatschka.
Teamster
Vermont .
New Hampshire
Almira M. Petit
Farmer
Manchester, N. H ..
Canada
Mary S. Currie .
Farmer
Bedford, N. H ..
Scotland
Exilda Duferron
Mason
Canada
Canada
Fannie Fuller .
Farmer
Bedford, N. H ..
New Hampshire.
Eva Lavoie.
Farmer
St. C. de Wot., P. Q. Canada
Canada
Amanda Pelleran
Laborer
Canada
Canada
Emma Montbleau
Farmer
Canada
Canada
Louise Helie.
Weaver
Canada
Canada
Mary Bouten .
Laborer
Bedford, N. H ..
Canada
Millie Gilman .
Teamster
New Boston, N. H ..
Gilford, Me.
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
FRANK E. MANNING, Town Clerk.
rs
RD
ct
Manchester, N. H.
Ida Paquette.
Farmer
56
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF BEDFORD
. Age.
Place of Birth.
Sex .:
Date.
Name and Surname of Deceased.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan.
10
Lacroix .
.
. .
Jan.
20
Flanders .
75
5
Bedford
M
Jan.
29
William R. Burleigh.
64
11
16
Somersworth
M
Feb.
7
Annie E. Campbell. .
69
11
26
Alburg, Vt ..
Feb.
16
Sarah Christine Adams. .
1
1
16
Manchester
Feb.
17
Irene Stella Martin ..
73
io
9
Bedford
M
Mar.
22
Charles Henry Gage ....
70
4
5
Bedford
M
Apr.
16
Ervin Harry Poehlman.
15
5
13
Bedford
M
May
19
Melissa Smith ..
80
3
2
Franklin, P. Q.
May
4
Martha D. Barnard.
75
6
20
Bedford
July
2
Marianne Breault.
66
2
24
Canada
June
27
Bertha Ramig .
82
6
12
Germany
F
Aug.
10
Fred White.
54
5
67
7
13
Hooksett
M
73
4
19
Merrimack
M
Sept. 28
William W. Darrah.
64
4
19
Bedford
M
Oct.
7
Edwin A. Loomis ..
11
19
Lancashire, Eng ..
M
Oct.
9
Walter Gelinas. .
50
.
Canada
M
M
Oct.
24
Joseph I. Couture. ..
53
9
co :
Canada
M
Nov.
5
Rodolf E. Langervin .
·
Nov.
19 George N. Signor
69
4
10
Chat'guay, N. Y ..
Nov.
26
Malvina Bourque
73
10
9
Canada
F
Dec.
15
Lucy Campbell.
89
11
4
Newport
F
Dec.
21
Joseph M. L. Hebert
·
1
.
Bedford
M
I hereby certify that the above return is correct,
-
1
Jan.
18
Seth P. Campbell.
5
Bedford
. .
Bedford
23
Feb.
28
Thomas Savage Burns. .
Louis Monty.
·
M
Sept.
6
Sept. 24
Joseph P. Gage.
76
6
Bedford
M M
Single, Mar., Wid.
Bedford
!
57
N. H., FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECMBER 31, 1916.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Occupation.
Name of Father.
Maiden Name of Mother.
Stillborn
George Lacroix .. .
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