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A. W. Hopkins, medical services to John Hurley, 17 00
H. H. Burley, coat for Florence Laundry's children, 5 00
Mrs. Walter Hale, care of Mrs. Dyer and child, 25 00
W. L. Goodnow, clothes for Laundry children, 9 72
Amount expended by town, $186 73
Amount received from county, 97 00
Amount due from county, $89 73
OLD HOME DAY
Committee :
E. A. Nelson, chairman ; A. B. Read, Fred C. Lincoln
Appropriation,
$75 00
Use of refreshment stand,
10 00
Profit on dance at town hall,
37 06
Total amount received,
$122 06
Total amount expended,
113 43
Balance,
$8 63
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PARKS AND PLAY GROUND
1917, unexpended balance,
$44 00
1918, appropriation, .
50 00
Total amount,
$94 00
Total expended,
82 26
Balance,
$11 74
CEMETERIES
J. E. Handy, setting stone, $1 30
L. H. Capron, cleaning cemetery,
10 00
Joseph Trombly, labor, 20 50
Joseph Trombly, labor,
7 25
Jed Trombly, labor, 35 00
Spencer Hardware Co., pump and pipe,
18 85
C. R. Weeks, labor, Westport cemetery,
5 00
F. W. Stone, labor in cemetery,
17 87
Jed Trombly, labor in cemetery,
52 50
L. H. Capron, labor in cemetery,
4 00
5 00
Jed Trombly, labor in cemetery, Andrew Lafountain, mowing cemetery,
4 50
L. H. Capron, labor in cemetery, 16 30
Nash Bros., painting and shingling,
52 78
F. O. Dodge, work on pump,
1 50
$252 35
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ABATEMENTS REFUNDED
Error on tax, $2 16
Abatements, 1916,
129 16
Abatements, 1917,
377 67
$508 99
NOTES AND INTEREST
H. W. Brown, interest on trust fund, $124 84
E. H. Snow, interest on library note, 108 00
E. H. Snow, interest on balance $2,500 note, 93 33
E. H. Snow, interest on note, 140 97
H. W. Brown, interest on trust fund note, 135 24
E. H. Snow, note and interest, 2,536 81
E. H. Snow, note and interest on Cheshire National Bank, 5,032 64
$8,171 83
STATE
State treasurer, state tax, $2,136 00
COUNTY
Cheshire county treasurer, taxes, $3,237 78
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SCHOOLS
Julia E. Snow, treasurer :
Town appropriation,
$3,400 00
Dog tax, 1917,
312 20
Railroad tax, 1917,
168 51
Amount required by law,
2,002 50
Town appropriation for medical inspection,
. 150 00
Appropriation for flags and appurtenances,
25 00
Appropriation for books and supplies,
500 00
Literary fund,
180 70
Appropriation, tuitions,
1,800 00
Proportion of fund from state,
1,675 60
Appropriation for salaries of officers,
200 00
$10,414 51
DEMAND NOTES AND INTEREST
Stratton Free Library,
$2,039 23
Attie H. Bennett,
1,265 31
Jennie Snow,
726 06
Flora Capron,
389 21
Geo. W. Ward,
1,173 84
Trustees of trust fund,
3,450 00
RED CROSS FUND
Red Cross fund, To reimburse last year's guarantees, Red Cross, 1,650 00
$1,650 00
$3,300 00
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REPORT OF WHITCOMB HALL COMMITTEE
To the Selectmen of Swanzey :
As a committee appointed by you to have charge of Whit- comb hall, we respectfully submit the following report for the year ending Feb. 1, 1919.
RECEIPTS
Feb. rentals,
$41 50
March rentals,
13 75
April rentals,
18 50
May rentals,
19 00
June rentals,
10 50
July rentals,
00 00
Aug. rentals,
31 50
Sept. rentals,
32 25
Oct. rentals,
00 00
Nov. rentals,
31 25
Dec. rentals,
23 00
Jan. rentals,
33 25
Total receipts,
$254 50
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(0)
DISBURSEMENTS
Lighting,
$25 12
Electricty for film shows.
22 50
Insurance,
60 00
Janitor,
70 10
Permanent equipment,
37 04
Total expenditures,
$214 76
Check herewith to balance,
$39 74
The hall has been used by the local Red Cross chapter for their weekly work meetings free of all charge. Also for six war rallies or meetings without charge.
Respectfully submitted,
H. W. BROWN, A. W. HOPKINS, D. J. GROGAN.
TOWN OF SWANZEY TRUST FUNDS FOR YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1919
Date of Creation
Trust Funds Purpose of Creation
How Invested
Principal
Rate of
Interest
of Year
Income During
Expended
Balance of In-
come on Hand
at End of Year
Mar. 10, 1896|Care of Cemetery Lot, A. A. Ware fund
Town Note|$300|4%
$7.45| $12.00
$15.00
$4.45
Mar.
8, 1898|Care of Cemetery Lot, A. A. Woodbury fund
Town
Note
100 4%
1.85
4.00
3.75
2.10
Mar.
8, 1898 Care of Cemetery Lot, John Holbrook fund
Town
Note
200 4%
6.43
8.00
5.75
8.68
Mar. 8, 1898 Care of Cemetery Lot, Harriet Lawrence fund
Town
Note
200|4%
16.94
8.00
6.25
18.69
Mar. 13, 1900 Care of Cemetery Lot, Manning Hunt fund .
Town
Note
100 4%
3.00
4.00
4.30
2.70
Mar. 14, 1905 Care of Cemetery Lot, Maria Lawrence fund
Town
Note
100|4%
6.41
4.00
4.00
6.41
Mar. 10, 1908|Care of Cemetery Lot, Ella A. Ware fund
Town
Note
50 4%
3.98
2.00
2.00!
3.98
Mar. 8, 1910 Care of Cemetery Lot, Geo. H. Allen fund
Town Note
100 4%
6.86
4.00
4.00
6.86
Mar. 14, 1911|Care of Cemetery Lot, Albert Barber fund
Town. Note
100 4%
1.25
4.00
5.05
.20
Mar. 14, 1911|Care of Cemetery Lot, Clark B. Holbrook fund
Town
Note
200 4%
2.40
8.00
6.70
3.70
Mar. 14, 1911 Care of Cemetery Lot, Wm. Knight fund
Town Note
100 4%
.80
4.00
3.60
1.20
Mar. 14, 1911|Care of Cemetery Lot, Helen Doolittle fund
Town
Note
100|4%
2.81
4.00
3.00
3.81
Mar. 11, 1913 Care of Cemetery Lot, Albert G. Read fund
Town Note
200 4%
10.18
8.00
6.90
11.28
Mar. 10. 1914|Care of Cemetery Lot, Geo. I. Cutler fund
Town Note
100 4%
1.75
4.00
3.00
2.75
Mar. 10, 1914|Care of Cemetery Lot, Geo. O. Capron fund
Town
Note
100|4%
1.25
4.00
3.50
1.75
Mar. 14, 1916 Care of Cemetery Lot, Martha J. Bailey fund
Town
Note
100 4%
.50
4.00
4.00
.50
Mar. 14, 1916 Care of Cemetery Lot, Emma Hammond fund
Town
Note
50 4%
2.00
2.00
1.75
2.25
Oct.
1, 1916|Care of Cemetery Lot, Mellen Holbrook fund
Town
Note
300|4%
83.10
12.00
12.75
82.35
Mar. 13, 1917|Care of Cemetery Lot, Capt. Peter Holbrook fund
Town
Note.
150|4%
10.36
6.00
10.85
5.51
Apr. 27, 1917 Care of Cemetery Lot, Clark B. Holbrook 1st fund.
Town
Note!
150|4%
10.36
6.00
15.00
1.36
Apr. 27, 1917 Care of Cemetery Lot, Susan A. Black fund
Town
Note
100|4%
.97
4.00
3.00
1.97
Apr.
1, 1918|Care of Cemetery Lot, Geo. G. Page fund
Town
Note
150 4%
5.25
5.25
Ang.
8, 1918 Care of Cemetery Lot, Chiron Holbrook fund
Town Note
100|4%
2.00
4.15
2.15
.
Town
Note
100 4%
2.50
4.00
4.40
2.10
Mar. 10, 1914 Care of Cemetery Lot, John F. Stratton fund
Town Note
200 4%
8.31
8.00
5.75
10.56
Mar. 11, 1913 Care of Cemetery Lot, Jessie Murphy fund
Balance of In-
come on hand
at beginning
Year
During Year
$191.46 |$135.25| $138.45 |$188.26
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REPORT OF TRUST FUNDS, TOWN OF SWANZEY
For Fiscal Year Ending February 15, 1919
Certificate
This is to certify that the information contained in this report is complete and correct, to the best of our knowledge and belief.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, H. W. BROWN,
February 12, 1919.
Trustees.
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STRATTON FREE LIBRARY
RECEIVED, 1918
Balance on hand.
$6 16
Town appropriation,
100 00
Interest on note to Sept. 14, 1918,
108 00
Librarian from fines,
6 00
$220 16
EXPENDED, 1918
Electric light bills, $9 90
Walter T. Nims, printing library cards,
1 50
The H. R. Hunting Co., balance on books,
83
Robinson-Brett Lumber Co., book case,
9 55
Frank Oakman, 6 loads hard wood,
18 00
Nellie Sparhawk, work on book case, 2 50
James Barrie, 3 volumes war books,
18 00
David Farquhar, rebinding books,
28 00
L. H. Roscoe, load of shop wood,
2 00
16 15
Moore-Cottrell Agencies, magazines, Nellie Sparhawk, librarian,
27 00
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EXPENDED, 1919
Electric light bill,
$00 90
The H. R. Huntting Co., new books, 33 34
William Ide, janitor,
22 75
Nellie Sparhawk, librarian,
25 00
Balance in treasury,
$215 42
$4 74
EDWARD H. SNOW, Treasurer.
Circulation of books in 1918, by months as follows: Jan- uary, 295; February, 327; March, 423; April, 336; May, 209; June, 230; July, 254; August, 264; September, 239; October, 62; November, 247; December, 124. Total taken out during the year, 3,010. Average, 65.4 per week.
On account of the influenza the library was closed for six weeks during the year.
The trustees recommend an appropriation of $100.00.
NORRIS C. CARTER, EDWARD H. SNOW, HENRY W. BROWN, JAMES E. HANDY, LEWIS R. CASS,
Trustees.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF SWANZEY IN CHESHIRE COUNTY For the Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 1919
Certificate
This is to certify that the information contained in this report was taken from official records and is complete and cor- rect to the best of our knowledge and belief.
Date, Feb. 1, 1919.
FRED D. CHICHESTER, HENRY W. BANKS, FRANK O. DODGE, Selectmen.
EDWARD H. SNOW, Treasurer.
Having examined the accounts of the selectmen and treas- urer, I do hereby certify that I find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
MILAN A. DICKINSON, Auditor.
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ASSETS
Cash :
$4,776 75 In hands of treasurer,
Accounts due to the town :
Due from state :
(a) Joint highway accounts, unex- pended balances in state treas- ury, 738 11
Due from county :
Hedgehog bounties, 12 20
(a) Care of poor, 89 73 101 93
Other bills due town :
(a) Cheshire County Savings Bank, due Oct. 1, 426 20
(b) Estimated interest on above, 5 50 431 70
Taxes not collected :
(d) Levy of 1918, 3,269 33
Total assets,
$9,317 83
Excess of liabilities over assets (net debt),
11,054 52
Grand total,
20,372 35
Net debt, January 31, 1918,
$6,147 40
Net debt, January 31, 1919,
11,054 52
Increase of debt, $4,907 12
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LIABILITIES
Accounts owed by the town :
Bills outstanding, right of way, drain account, $20 00
Due to school districts :
(a) Dog licenses, 266 40
(b) Railroad tax, 170 19 436 59
Due schools, town appropriation, 3,220 49
State and town joint highway accounts :
(a) Unexpended balances in state treasury, 738 11
(b) Unexpended balances in town treasury, 1,941 00 2,679 11
Due on Seaver bridge, 600 00
Richardson Park, 11 74
Outstanding temporary loans in anti- cipation of taxes :
Outside loan on account of new bridge, 4,500 00
Long term notes outstanding :
Old notes, 3,654 42
Trust funds, amount of principal used by town :
Cemeteries, 3,450 00
Stratton library,
1,800 00
Total liabilities, $20,372 35
Grand total,
$20,372 35
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RECEIPTS
Current revenue :
From local taxes :
Amount committed to col-
lector, 1918, $30,969 33
Less uncollected, 1918,
3,269 33
1. Property and poll taxes, current year, actually col- lected, $27,700 00
2. Uncollected taxes of pre- vious years, 4,451 43
Less abatements of previous years taxes, 508 99
Property and poll taxes, pre-
vious years, actually col-
lected,
3,942 44
3,942 44
Total of above collections, $31,642 44
From state :
3. For highways :
(a) For state aid maintenance. 203 40
(c) For trunk line maintenance, 1,353 28 1,556 68
,
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4. Insurance tax, 11 25
5. Railroad tax, 170 19
6. Savings bank tax, 570 71
7. Building and loan association tax, Keene Gas and Electric state tax, 108 57
8. Literary fund, 180 70
9. State aid for education, 1,675 60
11. Fighting forest fires, 38 52
12. Bounties, 14 20
From county :
13. For support of poor, 154 21
From local sources except taxes :
15. Dog licenses, 266 40
16. Business licenses and permits, 37 00
Receipts other than current revenue :
27. Temporary loans in anticipation of taxes during year, $5,000 00
33. Gifts: Swanzey Center Fire Depart- ment for chemical house, 25 00
George A. Seaver, trustee from ceme- tery, 6 00
Keene Gas & Electric Co., error, 24 17
Swanzey 4
50
George and Leander Page, cemetery trust fund, 150 00
Estate of Mary Holbrook, 100 00
Estate of John Hill, sale of goods, 20 00
C. C. Plympton account, state road, Marl- boro, 20 50
Cheshire National Bank, note, bridge account, 4,500 00
Balance from Whitcomb hall committee, 39 74
West Swanzey Fire Department, sale of junk, 1 10
Total receipts other than current revenue,
$9,886 51
Total receipts from all sources, $46,313 01
Cash on hand at beginning of year, 3,734 58
Grand total,
$50,047 59
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PAYMENTS
Current maintenance expenses :
General government :
1. Town officers' salaries, $1,152 09
2. Town officers' expenses, 441 39
3. Election and registration expenses, 186 00
4. Tool house, 40 21
5. Expenses town hall and other town buildings, 302 07
$2,121 76
Protection of persons and property :
6. Police department, including care of tramps, 36 75
7. Fire department, including forest fires, 1,047 15
8. Moth extermination, pine blister, 150 00
9. Bounties, 12 20
10. Extension to chemical house, 325 19
1,571 29
Health :
11. Health department, including hos- pitals, $49 67
12. Vital statistics, 33 50
83 17
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Highways and bridges :
Lake road, $351 60
14. State aid maintenance, 408 47
15. Trunk line maintenance, 2,656 40
16 Town maintenance, 2,206 21
17. Street lighting and sprinkling, 2,080 72
18. General expenses of highway de- partment, including watering troughs, 295 28
$7,998 68
Libraries :
19. Libraries, 100 00 100 00
Charities :
20. Town poor, 264 30
21. County poor,
186 73
451 03
Patriotic purposes :
22. Aid to G. A. R. and Memorial Day exercises, $110 75 110 75
Recreation :
24. Parks and playgrounds, including band concerts, 82 26 82 26
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Public service enterprises :
25. Appropriation to water and elec- tric utilities, Red Cross fund, 3,300 3,300 00
27. Cemeteries, including hearse hire, 252 33 252 35
30. Abatements, 508 99
31. Old Home Week, 66 37
575 36
Interest :
32. Paid on temporary loans in anti- cipation of taxes, $671 83
Total interest payments, $671 83
Outlay for new construction and permanent
improvements :
38. Highways and bridges, town con- struction, $4,764 06
Total outlay payments, $4,764 06
Indebtedness :
44. Payments on temporary loans in
anticipation of taxes,
$7,500 00
Total indebtedness payments, $7,500 00
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Payments to other governmental divisions :
50. Taxes paid to state, $2,136 00
51. Taxes paid to county, 3,237 78
53. Payments to school districts, 10,414 51
Total payments to other governmental divisions, $15,788 29
Total payments for all purposes, $45,370 83
Cash on hand at end of year, 4,676 76
Grand total, $50,047 59
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COMPARATIVE REPORT
Report of
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
April Invoice ..
$1,247,540.00 $1,241,373.00 $1,268.459.00 $1,059,346.00 $1,384,877.00
Tax Rate.
1.80
2.05
1.85 36,571.73
44,131.19
46,313.01
Disbursements :
860.90
1,430.55
905.78
1,087.96
1,593.48
Support county poor
52.99
208.50
253.78
192.33
186.73
Support of town poor ..
152.15
193.00
291.46
161.67
264.30
Support of schools ...
5,752.32
5,595.07
5,906.11
6,600.88
9,372.34
Supplies for schools.
324.46
212.37
266.28
205.89
447.18
Rep's school property ...
275.47
455.52
560.73
422.72
441.66
Tuition of scholars .....
1,211.70
1,563.02
1,697.19
1,582.77
2,085.66
Highways & bridges ...
4,712.21
2,877.10
2,918.15
3,494.60
2,206.21
Gen. Exp. highways ....
317.43
295.28
Pub. water & gen. exp.
12.00
12.00
15.00
12.00
Lighting streets ..
1,733.65
1,900.00
2,080.32
2,068.53
2,080.72
Expense of fire dept.
910.83
652.31
1,075.52
857.94
1,047.15
Forest fires.
155.33
152.81
197.22
Care of cemeteries
124.33
133.15
95.30
230.83
252.35
Well at new cemetery.
21.00
90.00
Decoration fund.
100.00
100.00
100.00
90.43
110.75
Old Home week
75.00
75.00
75.00
37.89
66.37
Stratton library
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Richardson park.
21.00
12.75
13.25
56.00
82.26
Expense trunk line
1,793.91
1,945.39
2,482.06
2,660.46
2,656.40
State aid road ..
1,909.62
2,709.51
Repairs State aid road
21.10
390.12
1,243.05
859.17
408.47
Bounty on hedgehogs ...
32.40
16.80
9.60
14.20
12.20
Westport sidewalk.
100.00
Pine Blister.
150.00
Addition fire st. Swan'y
325.19
Red Cross fund
3,300.00
Abatements of taxes
508.99
New Road Lake.
11.50
351.60
Westport bridge
823.05 393.90
Tile drain.
Tool house, W. Swanzey
Repairs W. S. bridge ....
391.04
356.26
New Town hall ...
58.29
117.01
302.07
Furnishing Town hall ..
31.24
*39.74
Miscellaneous
390.25
383.89
215.39
202.05
Notes & interest paid.
5,421.64
10,091.93
6,480.13
10,800.63
8,171.83
State tax ..
2,480.00
2,184.00
2,047.50
2,269.50
2,136.00
County tax.
2,590.98
3,099.78
3,099.78
3,237.78
3,237.78
Total Disbursements
36,848.97
37,955.89
34,063.43
42,904.91
45,370.83
Town debt.
11,143.68
6,387.93
6,719.41
6,147.40
11,054.52
Trust funds
4,219.38
4,305.72
4,645.00
5,000.00
5,250.00
Debt. excl. trust funds ..
6,924.30
2.082.21
2,074.41
1,147 40
5,804.52
2.20
Receipts
37,596.53
39,441.85
145.00
6.00
186.00
28.00
55.04
36.75
Health department.
186.37
21.00
49.67
Vital statistics.
24.00
28.10
33.50
Town officers ...
Election expense.
Police ..
*Surplus.
4,628.04 374.40
350.57
40.21
Whitcomb Hall net exp.
4,043.30
Repairs trunk line
438.92
120.86
Damage by dogs
1.95
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
To the School District of Swanzey :
The annual report of the board of education, including the report of the superintendent and the treasurer, the war- rant of the annual meeting of 1919 and our recommendations for appropriations for the ensuing year, is respectfully sub- mitted.
CUTLER SCHOOL-GRAMMAR
Teacher, Cecelia M. Burpee.
Number of weeks in year, 36
Number of pupils registered, 26
Average daily attendance, 23
Per cent of attendance,
92.8
Cases of tardiness,
15
Wages of teacher per month, $57 20
Record of perfect attendance. First term : Frank Higgins, Bessie Jeffrey. Second term : Bessie Jeffrey, Gordon Brown, Margery Emery, Harry Thompson. Third term: Bessie Jef- frey, Charles Patnode, Anna Whittemore, May Wrisley, Lloyd Bourne, Claire Currier, Beatrice Fournier, Jennie Fournier, Leonard Holbrook.
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CUTLER SCHOOL-SUB-GRAMMAR
Teacher, Hazel M. Elwell.
Number of weeks in year, 36
Number of pupils registered, 27
Average daily attendance,
22.7
Per cent of attendance,
95
Cases of tardiness,
44
Wages of teacher per month, $52 80
Record of perfect attendance. First term : Bethiel Nash, Margaret Nash, Raymond Patnode, Flossie Rolf. Second term. Lester Merritt, Margaret Nash, Flossie Rolf. Third term: Richard Curtis, Bethiel Nash, William Quinn, Flossie Rolf, David Whittemore.
CUTLER SCHOOL-UPPER PRIMARY
Teacher, Alta F. Silsby.
Number of weeks in year, 36
Number of pupils registered, 33
Average daily attendance, 26
Per cent of attendance, 92
Cases of tardiness,
25
Wages of teacher per month,
$48 40
Record of perfect attendance. First term : Daisy East- man, Vernor Eastman, Florence Hildreth, Atwell Nash, Selena Pelkey, Charlotte Piper, Clarence Smith, Victor Smith, Charles
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Taylor, Vera Taylor. Second term : Atwell Nash, Bernard Quinn, Lelia Rolf, Charles Taylor. Third term: Philip Bliss, Helen Butler, Daisy Eastman, Vernor Eastman, Victor Pat- node, Lelia Rolf, Charles Taylor, Vera Taylor.
CUTLER SCHOOL-LOWER PRIMARY
Teacher, Katherine B. Atwood.
Number of weeks in year, 36
Number of pupils registered, 36
Average daily attendance, 24
Per cent of attendance,
92
Cases of tardiness,
15
Wages of teacher per month, $48 40
Record of perfect attendance. None.
SCHOOL NO. 1-GRAMMAR
Teachers, Ethel Downing, Gertrude Kingsbury, Alice Mat- thews.
Number of weeks in year, 36
Number of pupils registered, 18
Average daily attendance, 14
93
Per cent of attendance,
50
Cases of tardiness,
Wages of teacher per month, $52
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Record of perfect attendance. First term: Hazel Bedaw, Stanley Blanchon, Evelyn Hewes, Florence Underwood. Second term: Hazel Bedaw, Evelyn Hewes, Florence Under- wood. Third term: None.
SCHOOL NO. 1-PRIMARY
Teachers. Alice D. Matthews, Gertrude Kingsbury.
Number of weeks in year,
36
Number of pupils registered, 24
Average daily attendance, 18
Per cent of attendance,
88
Cases of tardiness,
194
Wages of teacher per month, $44
Record of perfect attendance. None.
SCHOOL NO. 2-GRAMMAR
Teacher, Susan M. Acherman.
Number of weeks in year,
36
Number of pupils registered,
17
Average daily attendance, 12.6
Per cent of attendance,
90
Cases of tardiness, 28
Wages of teacher per month, $52 80
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Record of perfect attendance. First term: Eugene Cole, Oliver Calkins, Donald Barden. Second term: Donald Bar- den. Third term: Donald Barden.
SCHOOL NO. 2-PRIMARY
Teacher, Annie E. Lynch.
Number of weeks in year, 36
Number of pupils registered, 25
Average daily attendance,
18.2
Per cent of attendance, 88
114
Cases of tardiness,
Wages of teacher per month, $44
Record of perfect attendance. First term: Evelyn Cole, Nellie Rideout, Arlene Goodell. Second term: Pauline Marsh. Third term: Evelyn Cole, Christine Goodell, Arlene Goodell.
SCHOOL NO. 5
Teachers, Margaret E. Glendon, Grace H. Carlin.
Number of weeks in year, 36
Number of pupils registered, 20
Average daily attendance, 11.7
Per cent of attendance, 80
Cases of tardiness, 30
Wages of teachers per month,
$40 and $36
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Record of perfect attendance. First term: May Dun- ham, Herbert Bulley. Second term: None. Third term, May Dunhanı, Evelyn Peck.
SCHOOL NO. 7
Teacher, Margaret E. Glendon.
Number of weeks in year, 36
Number of pupils registered, 18
Average daily attendance, 11.1
Per cent of attendance,
90
Cases of tardiness,
Wages of teacher per month, $40
Record of perfect attendance. First term : Gordon Bryant, Harold Bryant, Lillian Plummer. Second and third terms: None.
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REMARKS
This year has been one of uncertainty and expense. The school work has been broken up a great deal by the epidemic and by the changing of teachers in many of our schools. We have made up considerable time and hope to nearly complete the full year of work before July.
The pupils have been examined twice, under the provi- sions for medical inspection, adopted last year. At the last examination made since September, the following results were tabulated: Whole number of children examined, 208. 102 pupils were found with some defect: viz: defective teeth, 90; enlarged tonsils, 23; adenoids, 14; defective eyesight, 13; par- tial deafness, 4; impaired hearts, 4; enlarged glands, 2; skin affections (not contagious), 3; anaemia, 2; nervous disease, 1. 102 cards were sent to parents, notifying them of the ailments found, and 34 pupils had received treatment and been cured or relieved since the previous examination last spring. We feel that this early inspection has accomplished considerable and if followed will be of increasing value. Where treatment is secured the pupils receive permanent benefit and when, in cases like heart disease, warning is given the child can benefit by the advice and be saved from over exertion and possibly early death. We recommend that medical inspection be voted again this year and expect increased benefit therefrom.
In order to secure the best teachers and thus improve our schools, we must pay higher salaries. To do this it is neces- sary to raise more money and in our estimates for the com- ing year we have felt obliged to make the increase necessary to compete with our neighboring districts and so that we may secure the best of the teachers available.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
We recommend that the district raise and appropriate the following amounts under the several articles :
Article 7. $4,000 in addition to the amount required by law.
Article 8. $200 as usual.
Article 9. $150 for medical inspection.
Article 10. $90 for reinsuring the Cutler school for 5 years.
To the Selectmen :
In conformity to law, the School Board recommends the following assessments for the ensuing year :
For high school tuition, $1,500 00
For books and supplies, 500 00
For flags and appurtenances, 25 00
The amount required by law to be raised for the support of schools in Swanzey for the ensuing year is $2,002.50.
Owing to legislation now under consideration at Concord, it is unwise to have the district meeting on town meeting day. As soon as this matter is decided, we shall post the warrant for the annual district meeting, to be held not later than April 20th, as required by law.
A. W. HOPKINS, H. W. BROWN, SADIE D. CARLTON,
School Board.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Board of Education, Swanzey, N. H.
I hereby submit my seventh annual report as superintend- ent of schools.
THE TEACHING FORCE
The following changes have occurred since my last re- port :
Resigned
School
Elected
Katherine B. Atwood
Cutler School, Gr. 1, 2,
Adelaide Gay
Alta F. Silsby
Cutler School, Gr. 3, 4
Mary Hanna
Hazel M. Elweil
Cutler School, Gr. 5, 6 Mary Nugent
Cecelia M. Burpee
Cutler School, Gr. 7, 8 Hazel M. Elwell
Hazel M. Elwell Cutler School, Gr. 7, 8 Sara A. Lucas
Susan M. Acherman East Swanzey Grammar Vesta Knight
Annie E. Lynch
East Swanzey Primary Ethel Murphey
Grace E. Carlin
School No. 5
Lillian F. Barrett
Lillian F. Barrett
School No. 5
Sibbelle G. Forsythe
Three schools only retain the teachers of last year. The above table shows that there were nine resignations in a corps of ten teachers or ninety per cent of changes. These changes were the result of an unprecedented shortage of teachers due to their entrance into war work and its related industries. The
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sharp advance in wages due to these conditions accounts for the 15 per cent increase this year in teachers' salaries.
School sessions have been suspended for from five to seven weeks because of the prevalence of influenza and for as many more weeks there has been a marked decrease in school attendance for the same reason.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
The following table gives the statistics of attendance for the school year ending July 15, 1918.
Number of different pupils enrolled, 250
Number under five years of age, 3
Number between five and eight, 72
Number between eight and fourteen, 157
Number between fourteen and sixteen, 9
Number over sixteen, 1
Average membership, 206
Average daily attendance, 187
Number of pupils in the district attending high schools in other districts, 36
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