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Respectfully submitted,
ELISHA A.' KEEP, CHARLES H. BARNES, EDWARD A. WATKINS, CHARLES J. O'NEIL, HENRY E. PUTNAM, WILLIAM J. KING,
School Board of Walpole.
Walpole, March 1, 1902.
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COURSE OF STUDY. WALPOLE HIGH AND GRADED SCHOOLS.
FIRST YEAR.
Reading. - Word and sentence method, and National method, object teaching, chart and board exercises. Cyr's Primer, Stepping Stones to Literature, Cyr's First Reader, Ward's Primer and First Reader.
Spelling .- By sound and by letter, the words learned in reading and other exercises, in letters and script.
Writing .- Blackboard work upon easy words and the forms of letters. D. C. Heath's Vertical Chart.
Number .- All combinations and separations from 1 to 10. Easy problems and addition of columns of small num- bers.
Language .- Conversation about objects. Correction of errors in conversation, making every recitation a lan- guage lesson. Short quotations memorized.
Drawing and music.
Oral instruction .- Physiology and Hygiene, Nature Study.
SECOND YEAR.
Reading .- Cyr's Primer and First Reader, Stepping Stones to Literature completed. Second Readers begun. Sup- plementary reading.
Spelling .- Written and oral. Words from lessons and com- mon words of daily use.
Writing .- Movement exercises. Vertical, No 1.
Number .- All combinations to 50. Roman numerals to XXX. Prince's Arithmetic, Book I.
Language .- Lessons from chart. The more common uses of abbreviations, capitals and marks of punctuation. Reproduction of stories. Selections memorized. Copy- ing. Drawing and music.
Oral instruction .- Physiology and Hygiene, Nature Study.
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THIRD YEAR.
Reading .- Cyr's Second, Stepping Stones to Literature,
, Second Reader. Pupil trained to grasp full thought be- fore reading orally.
Spelling .- Written and oral. Words in connection with lessons. Gilbert's Speller to page 50, or American Word Book.
Writing .- Movement exercises. Vertical, No. II.
Number .- All combinations from 50 to 144. Easy fractions.
Mental work. Prince's Book I completed and Book II begun. Wentworth's Primary.
Language .- Work of previous grade continued. Dictation exercises.
Geography .- Home (local, town, county and state). Pot- ter's Primary, or Rand-McNally's Primary.
Drawing and music.
Oral instruction .- Physiology and Hygiene, Nature Study.
FOURTH YEAR.
Reading .- Cyr's II completed and Cyr's III.
Writing .- Vertical, No. 3.
Arithmetic .- Prince's Book, II and III, or Milne's Ele- ments of Arithmetic.
Spelling .- Gilbert's Speller, pages 50-70, or American Word Book.
Geography .- Potter's Primary. Frye's Primary, pages 1-50.
Language .- Board work, Metcalf & Bright.
Drawing .- Lessons from American Teacher, Prang's.
Music .- The National Music Course.
Physiology and Hygiene.
FIFTH YEAR.
Reading .- Cyr's Third, Beginner's American History, Seven Little Sisters, McGuffy's Fourth.
Writing .- Vertical, No. III and IV.
Arithmetic .- Prince's, IV and V, or Milne's Standard, pages 1-99.
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Spelling .- Gilbert's Speller, pages 70-90, or American Word Book. Selected word lists.
Geography .- Frye's Primary.
Language .- Metcalf & Bright's, Book I completed.
Music, Drawing, Physiology and Hygiene.
SIXTH YEAR.
Reading .- Cyr's Fourth. Supplementary reading.
Writing .- Books III and IV.
Arithmetic. - Prince's VI, or Milne's Standard, pages 99-170.
Spelling .- Gilbert's Speller, pages 90-110, or American Word Book.
Geography .- Frye's Complete Geography, pages 1-26, fall term. North America, pages 27-53, winter term. United States, pages 142-158, spring term.
Language .- Metcalf & Bright, Book II. Hyde's Book II. Music and Drawing, Physiology and Hygiene.
SEVENTH YEAR.
Reading .- Cyr's Fourth and Fifth, Irving's Rip Van Winkle. Other selections.
Writing .- Vertical, Books IV and V.
Spelling .- Gilbert's Speller, pages 111-146, or American Word Book. ,
Arithmetic .- Milne's Standard, pages 170-262.
Geography .- Frye's Complete, South America and Europe, pages 53-62, 74-87 fall term. Asia and Africa, pages 62-75, 87-95, winter term. Australia, 95-99, plants and animals, 107-118, spring term.
Grammar .- Hyde's Book II completed to page 218. Met- calf & Bright's Book II completed. Metcalf & Bright's Grammar begun.
Physiology .- Blaisdell's Our Bodies.
Drawing, Music, Gymnastics, Rhetoricals and graded com- position work throughout this department.
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EIGHTH YEAR.
Reading .- Selected Masterpieces of American Literature.
Writing .- Vertical, Book V.
Spelling .- Gilbert's Speller, pages 146 completed, or Amer- ican Word Book.
Arithmetic .- Milne's Standard, pages 262-324.
Geography .- Frye's Complete, pages 99-107, 119-142, fall term. Pages 142-175, winter term. New England sup- plement, pages 1-31, special supplement, 1-8, spring term.
Grammar .- Harvey's to Syntax.
American History .- Montgomery's, to page 150.
Physiology .- Blaisdell's Our Bodies completed.
NINTH YEAR.
Arithmetic .- Greenleaf's Complete, and Milne's, Went-
worth's Practical reviewed and completed.
American History .- Montgomery's completed.
Grammar .- Harvey's completed and Rhetoric begun.
Bookkeeping .- Meservey's Single Entry, completed in two terms.
Reading, Writing and Spelling as general exercises.
Music, Drawing, Rhetoricals and Composition work throughout the department
THE APPROVED COURSES .- HIGH SCHOOL.
LATIN-SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
FRESHMAN YEAR.
FIRST HALF YEAR .- Latin, First Year Book, 5 periods per week; Algebra, 5 periods; "Greek or Roman History, 5 periods; Rhetoric, 3 periods.
SECOND HALF YEAR .- Latin, finish first book, begin second Latin book, 5 periods; Algebra, 5 periods; Physi- cal Geography, 5 periods; Rhetoric, 3 periods.
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SOPHOMORE YEAR.
FIRST HALF YEAR .- Latin, Second Year Book, 5 periods ; Plane Geometry, 4 periods; French, Introduction, 5 periods; * Roman or Greek History, 5 periods.
SECOND HALF YEAR .- Finish second Latin and begin Cicero, 5 periods; Geometry, 4 periods; French, (Super.) 5 periods ; English Literature, 4 periods.
JUNIOR YEAR.
FIRST HALF YEAR .- Cicero, (Catiline) 4 periods; French (Super.) 4 periods; Physics, 4 periods; English History, 4 periods; English Composition, 3 periods.
SECOND HALF YEAR .- Complete Cicero, begin Vergil, 4 periods; French Classics, 4 periods; Physics, 4 periods ; *American History, 4 periods; English Composition, 3 periods.
SENIOR YEAR.
FIRST HALF YEAR .- Vergil, 4 periods; French Classics, 4 periods; Chemistry, 5 periods; Mathematics, Review, 4 periods ; College English, 3 periods.
SECOND HALF YEAR .- Ovid or Nepos, 4 periods; French Classics, 4 periods; * Civics, 4 periods; Mathematics, Re- view, 4 periods; English, 3 periods.
THE ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
This course is like the first, except that Latin is omitted and the following substitutions made.
FIRST YEAR .- Latin advised one year for the sake of sciences. Commercial work may be substituted, including Bookkeeping and Commercial Law.
. SECOND YEAR .- Biology, Zoology and Botany.
THIRD YEAR .- Solid Geometry and plain Trigonometry. Also, additional work in Physics.
* Greek and Roman History alternate years, allowing combination of small classes. Greek History on even years, beginning 1902. Similar arrangement with American History and Civics.
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FOURTH YEAR .- Chemistry, five hours full year. Ad- vanced Science and Mathematics.
Rhetorical work prescribed for each student.
Special work in Music and Drawing.
Promotion and graduation, rank 75 per cent with no subject below 65 per cent. No promotion with more than one condition.
Certification to college granted in no subject below 85 per cent.
Absences in any lessons count as failures if not made up in two weeks.
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FINANCIAL REPORT,
OF WALPOLE TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT, FROM FEB. 22, 1901, TO FEB. 22, 1902.
EXPENDITURES.
Deficiency at last report,
$774 25
Wages of teachers,
5,360 91
Fuel,
568 55
Mileage and conveyance,
1,070 20
Miscellaneous items,
926 58
Special repairs on primary building,
447 60
New schoolhouse at North Walpole,
7,943 50
Tuition of North Walpole pupils at Bel- lows Falls high school,
305 00
Tuition of Ernest Russell at Surry school,
5 00
Insurance,
198 00
Interest on notes,
351 10
$17,950 69 1
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RECEIPTS.
Interest on overdraft entered by mis- take last year, $63 44
Town appropriation for support of schools,
3,500 00
District appropriation for support of schools,
5,400 00 1
District appropriation on account of new schoolhouse,
1,500 00
District appropriation on account of new schoolhouse, additional, 650 00
Loan at Walpole savings bank, 5,000 00
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Dog tax, $266 24 298 35
Literary fund,
Tuitions, town of Alstead, $11.75, Mrs. Snow, $6.00, 17 75
Sales of schoolhouses, Div. 5, $35, Div. 8, $15, Div. 11, $20, 70 00
Sales of windows, 11 81
Deficiency,
$16,777 59 1,173 10
$17,950 69
TEACHERS.
SPRING TERM.
Geo. O. Smith, high school, Division 1, 11 weeks, $202 26
Elizabeth B. Bowers, grammar, Division 1, 11 weeks, 110 00
Isabel Hale, intermediate, Division 1, 11 weeks, 99 00
Carrie L. Wightman, primary, Division 1, 11 weeks,
99 00
Lizzie M. Maynard, music, Division 1, 11 weeks,
18 00
W. E. Riley, North Walpole, 11 weeks,
176 00
Mary T. O'Connor, 11 weeks,
121 00
Nellie A. Clorety, 11 weeks,
110 00
Mary E. Haggerty, 8 weeks,
64 00
Lillian M. Conole, 11 weeks, 88 00
Genevieve B. Costello, 11 weeks, 88 00
Nora M. Conroy, 11 weeks, 88 00
Katharine Lynch, 11 weeks, 88 00
Sara J. Collagan, 3 weeks, substitute, 30 00
Jennie B. Ellis, Division 12, 11 weeks,
84 00
Lizzie A. Turkington, Division 13, 11 weeks, 82 50
Mrs. C. S. Dixon, Division 14, 11 weeks,
90 00
$1,637 76
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FALL TERM.
Franklin E. Heald, high school, Division 1, 12 weeks, $211 80
Annie M. Buffum, assistant, Division 1, 1/2 term, 60 00
Elizabeth B. Bowers, grammar, Division 1, 12 weeks, 120 00
Isabel Hale, intermediate, Division 1, 12 weeks, 108 00 Carrie L. Wightman, primary, Division 1, 12 weeks, 108 00 Lizzie M. Maynard, music, Division 1, 18 00
W. E. Riley, North Walpole, 15 weeks, 240 00
Genevieve B. Costello, North Walpole, 15 weeks,
135 00
Lillian M. Conole, North Walpole 15 weeks,
135 00
Katharine Lynch, North Walpole, 15 weeks,
135 00
Julia F. McCarthy, North Walpole, 15 weeks,
135 00
Elizabeth M. Looney, North Walpole, 15 weeks, 120 00 Mary E. Sheehan, North Walpole, 12 weeks, 96 00
Ellen F. Farwell, North Walpole, 8 weeks, 72 00
Katharine G. White, North Walpole, 7 weeks, 63 00
Nellie McComachie, North Walpole, 2 weeks, 16 00
Mrs. J. F. Graves, North Walpole, 7 20
Alice Kingsbury, Division 12, 12 weeks,
84 00
Lizzie A. Turkington, Division 13, 11 weeks, 82 50
M. A. Stowell, Division 14, 12 weeks,
90 00
$2,201 50
WINTER TERM.
Franklin E. Heald, high school, Division 1, 11 sveeks, $194 15
Annie M. Buffum, assistant, 1/2 term, 55 00
Elizabeth B. Bowers, grammar, Division 1, 11 weeks, 110 00
Isabel Hale, intermediate, Division 1, 11 weeks,
99 00
Carrie L. Wightman, primary, Division 1, 11 weeks, 99 00
Lizzie M. Maynard, music, Division 1, 11 weeks, 18 00
W. E. Riley, North Walpole, 8 weeks, 128 00
Genevieve B. Costello, 8 weeks, 88 00
Mary E. Haggerty, 8 weeks, 72 00
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Mary E. Haggerty, North Walpole, 15 weeks, 165 00
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Lillian M. Conole, 8 weeks,
$72 00
Katharine Lynch, 8 weeks, 72 00
Julia F. McCarthy, 8 weeks, 72 00
Elizabeth M. Looney, 8 weeks, 64 00
Mary E. Sheehan, 8 weeks, 64 00
Ellen F. Farwell, 72 00
A. C. Bingham, Division 12, 10 weeks, 77 50
Lizzie A. Turkington, Division 13, 12 weeks, 90 00
M. A. Stowell, Division 14, 10 weeks, 75 00
$1,521 65
MISCELLANEOUS.
Edward Tole, janitor, North Walpole, 34 weeks, $306 00
L. S. Howe, janitor, Division 1, 159 00
L. S. Howe, extra work, 16 65
Fred Roy, janitor, Division 6, 1900,
6 85
Jennie B. Ellis, janitor, Division 12, spring term,
3 00
Alice Kingsbury, janitor, Division 12, fall term, 3 00
A. C. Bingham, janitor, Division 12, winter term,
2 50
Eugene Mason, janitor, Division 13, spring term, 2 00
Chester Jennison, janitor, Division 13, fall and winter terms, 4 00
A. Jennison, janitor, Division 14, spring term, 3 00
M. A. Stowell, janitor, Division 14, fall and win- ter terms, 5 50
Mrs. Mercy Porter, cleaning Division 12, 2 50
Edward O. Watkins, cleaning Division 13,
3 50
Ethel Jennison, cleaning Division 14,
2 00
Mrs. Gallagher and Mrs. Keefe, cleaning North Walpole, 10 00
Field & Lawrence, sundries,
15 82
Norwood & Field, sundries,
12 62
H. B. Davis, printing notices,
1 00
Telephone to Keene, 27
Charles Hathaway, labor with team,
4 65
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J. D. Tiffany, painting the four-room building and out building, No. Walpole, $110 00
O. D. Case & Co, seats, Division 1, 66 90
Lincoln Oil Co., dustlayer and express, 7 85
W. J. Eaton, clock and repairing, 5 25
W. H. Buswell, sundries, 48
C. B. Mellish, labor, Divisions 12 and 14, 6 25
L. S. Cady, cleaning closets, Division 1, 3 00
Geo. B. Allen, repairing furnaces, North Walpole, 24 59
Geo. B. Allen, sundries, 11 17
Rope for flag staff and fitting keys, North Walpole, 2 50
Herbert J. Watkins, labor Division 1, 2 75
Irving Felch, work on O. Hall's wagon, 5 00
Herbert Gale, work on John Holmes's wagon, 4 00
W. J. Hall, work on Hall & Holmes' wagons, 12 00
W. E. Riley, expense procuring teacher, 5 64
Ned Pierce, repairing roof, North Walpole, 3 25
R. O. Evans & Co., canvas for blackboards and freight, 8 49
R. H. Ramsay, glass and putty,
65
Mack Hennessey, cartage, 50
James Barrett, sundries,
3 50
Geo. L. Houghton, cleaning closets and mowing lawn, Division 14, 3 50
C. W. Morse, sink and fixtures, Division 1, 2 30
D. W. Smith, lumber, labor and chairs, 5 40
Perry & Porter, sundries,
2 10
Digging cesspool, North Walpole, 2 75
Howard Hardware Co., floor brushes,
4 50
A. Donnelly, blackboards and freight, 11 92
S. Ballam, digging ditch for water pipe, Divi- sion 1, 2 50
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F. A. Spaulding, sundries,
E. A. Keep, cash paid for postage, stationery and sundries, 6 25
C. C. Davis, sundries, 8 22
J. A. Weber, printing and sundries, 13 63 -
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A. W. Taylor, moving chairs, North Walpole, $2 00 Stuart & Wilson, lumber, 9 80
$926 58
MILEAGE AND CONVEYANCE.
SPRING TERM.
Ollie Hall, conveying from Divisions 4 and 6 to 1,
11 weeks, $110 00
Charles Hawks, conveying from Division 10 to 1,
11 weeks, 93 50
John W. Prentiss, conveying from Division 3 to 1,
11 weeks, 60 50
John P. Holmes, conveying from Division 8 to 1, 11 weeks, 55 00
Chas. Watkins, mileage to Division 1, 11 weeks, 9 90
Mrs. Oren Ramsay, mileage to Division 1, 11 weeks, 6 60
Edward A. Watkins, mileage to Division 13, 11 weeks, 4 90
D. A. Leach, mileage to Division 1, 11 weeks, 4 95
FALL TERM.
Ollie Hall, conveying from Divisions 4 and 6 to 1, 12 weeks, $120 00
John P. Holmes, conveying from Division 8 to 1, 12 weeks, 84 00
John W. Prentiss, conveying from Division 3 to 1, 12 weeks, 66 00
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Charles Hawks, conveying from Division 10 to 1, 12 weeks, 42 00
Wm. Graves, conveying to Division 1, 12 weeks, 36 00
Charlie Watkins, mileage to Division 1, 10 80
Mrs. Oren Ramsay, mileage to Division 1, 11 weeks, 7 20
Edward A. Watkins, mileage to Division 13, 4 95
WINTER TERM.
Ollie Hall, conveying from Divisions 4 and 6 to 1, 11 weeks, $110 00
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. John P. Holmes, conveying from Divisions 8 and 6 to 1, 11 weeks, $82 50
John W. Prentiss, conveying from Division 3 to 1,
11 weeks. 66 00
Chas. Hawks, conveying from Division 10 to 1, 11 weeks, 38 50
Wm. Graves, conveying to Division 1, 11 weeks, 33 00 Charlie Watkins, mileage to Division 1, 11 weeks, 9 90
Mrs. Oren Ramsay, mileage to Division 1, 11 weeks, 6 60
Edward A. Watkins, mileage to Division 13, 11 weeks, 5 40
Whitney, mileage to Division 12, 11 weeks, 2 00
$1,070 20
FUEL.
Lewis & Knight, 3 cds. wood, Division 3, at $3.50, $10 50 Jerry Keefe, wood and coal, North Walpole, 21 00
Norman Guild, 2 cds. wood, Division 3, at $3.25, 6 50 N. W. Holland, 3,000 lbs. coal, Division 1, at $6.75, 10 13 N. W. Holland, 41.370 lbs. coal, Division 1, at $6.25, 129 28
W. H. Kiniry, 132,694 lbs. coal, North Walpole, at $5.56, 368 89
E. T. Stevens, 21/2 cds. wood, Division 6, at $4.50, 11 25
David Mann, 2 cds. wood, Division 13, at $5.00, 10 00
H. A. Ball, moving wood from Division 6 to 12, 1 00
$568 55
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SPECIAL REPAIRS ON PRIMARY BUILDING.
Herbert J. Watkins, contract, $350 00
Herbert J. Watkins, extra work, 10 00
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J. D. Tiffany, painting, J. F. Graves, painting doors,
$86 10
1 50
$447 60
REPORT OF TREASURER OF WALPOLE TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Paid out:
Deficiency at last report,
$736 03
Floating order,
38 22
Orders and bills paid, current year,
17,176 44
$17,950 69
Total amount received, (see report of school board for specified items),
16,777 59
Deficiency, *
$1,173 10
Due treasury, Feb. 22, 1902,
1,173 10
Funded debt of district,
7,600 00
C. H. BARNES,
Treasurer.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the school board and treasurer of the town school district for the year, and have found them properly vouched and correctly cast.
THOMAS B. PECK,
Auditor.
Walpole, N. H., Feb. 21, 1902.
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[This page was omitted by mistake from the "Financial Report of the Wal- pole Town School District," and is inserted here that the report may be com- plete.]
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE AT NORTH WALPOLE.
Cynthia M. and Albert F. Nims, land,
$300 00
Plans, specifications, etc., 18 70
Wetherbee Bros., contract and extra, 5,131 65
The Fuller & Warren Furnace Co., 1,798 00
O. D. Case & Co., seats, freight, $11.86,
262 23
A. Donnelly, blackboards, freight, $3.84,
85 14
James B. Bartlett, concreting around building,
67 00
Mack Hennessey, grading, 43 25
Dan Graham, labor on. seats, 61 25
Edward Tole, labor,
69 00
Stuart & Wilson, lumber,
33 95
Norwood & Field,
14 97
Geo. E. Bowers, lumber,
14 47
E. P. Bennett, mouldings,
6 30
Dean & Dean, curtains and fixtures,
18 00
Chase Furniture Co.,
5 50
Fred Thornton, making screens for cellar windows,
3 75
Howard Hardware Co., wire screening,
64
W. E. Riley, hanging curtains, 1 50
E. H. Mack, labor,
P. B. Shaughnessy, labor, 1 50
4 80
Eugene S. Leonard, insurance, builder's risk,
1 90
$7,943 50
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE TOWN LIBRARY,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1902.
To the Selectmen:
The whole number of volumes now on the catalogue is 7,648, of which 296 have been added during the past year. Of these 143 have been purchased with the annual appro- priation and 153 have been presented by various donors, a list of whom is printed with this report.
Among the notable gifts during the year has been the presentation by Chandler Robbins, Esq., of New York, of 67 volumes, comprising the works of Charles Kingsley, Bulwer-Lytton and Victor Hugo. The sets of these stand- ard authors were carefully selected by the donor with the view of obtaining such editions as would be the most serviceable on account of handy size, and clear, readable type. They make a most valuable addition to the library. Hon. Henry E. Howland has presented a costly and use- ful set of books, the "National Cyclopedia of American Biography," in 10 volumes, which is brought down to the present time. He has also presented a copy of the "New England Primer," printed in Walpole in 1814, which is difficult to obtain and commands a high price. Eight volumes of rare books published in Walpole early in the last century have been added by gift or purchase to the growing collection.
The attendance in the reading room has been well maintained during the year. The following periodicals are regularly taken and paid for by private subscription : Harper's, Atlantic, Scribner's, Cosmopolitan, Outing, New
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England, Review of Reviews, McClure's, St. Nicholas, Critic, Granite Monthly, Life, Judge, Puck and Walpole Gazette. Mrs. Lucy Schultz continues to contribute Harper's Weekly and the Bookbuyer, and Henry G. Wheelock of New York, the Century, Longman's and the Strand.
An ash book case was made to order last fall by the Paine Furniture Company of Boston and placed in the reading room. In it have been arranged the volumes relating to the history of New Hampshire, such as the State Papers and Regimental and Town histories.
During the past year Miss Mary H. Bellows and Miss Annie M. Buffum have been appointed by the selectmen members of the library committee in place of Miss Susan Tufts removed from town and Miss Mary A. Tobey re- signed. Miss Tobey's services on the board had been very valuable and her resignation was regretted by her associ- ates.
The number of volumes taken out during the year 1901 was 8,671, divided as follows:
Main library,
8,240
Drewsville branch, 250
North Walpole branch, Jan. 1 to April 20, 1901, 181
8,671
The number of persons using the library and reading room in 1901, was 8,873.
The branch of the library at North Walpole was tem- porarily closed last spring, and the books were returned to the central library. A room has been reserved for the use of this branch in the hall recently erected at North Wal- pole for the use of the district. It is proposed to use the money ($100) appropriated in last town meeting for in- creased library accommodations to North Walpole to pro- vide this room with furniture and book shelves. It is ex- pected that the building will be completed and dedicated in the early spring, when the branch library will be re- opened.
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The committee recommend the usual appropriation of $400.
Respectfully submitted,
HUDSON E. BRIDGE, chairman, MRS. HUDSON E. BRIDGE,
THOMAS B. PECK, sec., treas., MRS. A. P. RICHARDSON,
JOSIAH G. BELLOWS, MRS. ALFRED M. FOSTER,
PATRICK E. GRIFFIN, MISS FRANCES M. SABIN,
HENRY E. PUTNAM,
MISS MARY H. BELLOWS,
MISS ANNIE M. BUFFUM,
Library Committee.
LIST OF DONORS.
Miss Grace Allen,
1
Copley Amory,
1
Kendall Banning,
1
Pay Director Edward Bellows,
2
Edward A. Bond, N. Y. State Eng.,
3
Channing Folsom,
1
D. C. Heath & Co.,
1
Mrs. Harriet Hodgkin,
2
Charles P. Howland,
3
Hon. Henry E. Howland,
12
Mrs. James L. Mitchell,
14
New Hampshire, State of
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1
Byron P. Owen,
2
Thomas B. Peck,
7
George I. Putnam,
1
Miss Anna C. Ray,
1
Reading Room Fund,
9
Ex. Gov. Frank W. Rollins,
1
Chandler Robbins,
67
Mrs. Helen K. Russell,
1
Mrs. Emma J. Schultz,
2
Miss Alice Smith,
6
Josiah W. Stearns,
1
United States departments,
10
Henry G. Wheelock,
3
153
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1902.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand March 1, 1901,
$11 21
Annual appropriation, 475 00
Fines, etc., 32 00
Balance of subscriptions to Mckinley memorial meeting,
4 36
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$522 57
PAYMENTS.
Miss Frances M. Sabin, services as librarian,
$123 00
Lucius S. Howe, services as janitor,
29 17
Books,
140 54
Firewood and sawing,
5 62
Care of building and grounds,
11 27
Paine Furniture Co., making book case,
22 00
Binding and repairing books,
14 98
Express and postage,
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6 89
Paper for covering,
4 56
Oil, wicks, etc.,
15 53
Printing and sundries,
3 55
Expenses of branch at North Walpole,
6 94
$384 05
Cash on hand March 1, 1902, (including unused appropriation for North Walpole branch), 138 52
THOMAS B. PECK, Treasurer of Library Committee.
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REPORT OF WALPOLE CEMETERY COMMITTEE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1902.
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To the Selectmen:
The usual care has been devoted during the past year to the village cemetery and to the cemeteries in Drewsville. and on Carpenter's hill. The lots supported by special funds have been cared for by the income of the funds, having been enriched and mowed as frequently as required. There are now 11 lots supported by funds in the hands of the town treasurer, as shown by the financial report.
A new driveway has been laid out during the year from the Kilburn monument to the Dr. Bellows lot, thus making the lower part of the hillside accessible to carriages, and rendering quite a number of new lots available for use. It is hoped to lay out another driveway during the present year, by which a suitable approach to the lots higher up on the hillside will be furnished and a still larger number of new lots will be made available. Some sections of the driveways which required it have been newly gravelled.
Six new lots have been assigned during the year to families residing in town. There were thirty-two burials in the village cemetery in the year 1901. Of these, twenty- four persons were residents of Walpole and eight were brought here from other towns for burial. Two persons who died in town were taken elsewhere for burial. The list of Union soldiers buried in the village cemetery has been in- creased by the name of William G. Rollins, who served in the Tenth Massachusetts Battery, being promoted from private to first lieutenant. He died in Boston, Nov. 18,
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1901, and was brought here for burial. The U. S. War Department has recently furnished a marble headstone for the grave of William W. Stone, a Union soldier, who died several years since.
At the expiration of his year's service, Feb. 1, 1902, John E. Proctor gave up the care of the cemetery, and Solomon Ballam was appointed by the committee in his place. Mr. Proctor has cared for the cemetery nearly ten years, having been appointed in August, 1892, and dur- ing that time has taken great interest in keeping the ceme- tery in a creditable condition and in carrying out the plans of the committee for its improvement. He retires in order that he may be able to devote his time to other business, which has grown up since he took the care of the cemetery, but still remains sexton as he has been for several years.
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