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Water rate, one year, 6 00
Stationery, printing and sundries,
13 94
Box rent and postage,
1 92
Care of grounds and building,
21 68
Wood,
36 33
North Walpole Village District, rent of rooms, one year to March 1, 1918, 1
25 00
Miss Anna C. Hartnett, services as librarian at North Walpole, one year to March 1, 1918, 15 00
Magazines, 39 25
Arthur H. Chase, war fund,
133 40
Balance on hand, Jan. 31, 1918,
312 02
$973 34
Respectfully submitted,
HUDSON E. BRIDGE, Chairman,
ARTHUR P. DAVIS, Sec. and Treas.,
MISS MARY H. BELLOWS,
PATRICK E. GRIFFIN,
MRS. HUDSON E. BRIDGE,
MRS. F. M. GILBERT,
MISS FRANCES M. SABIN,
MRS. NATHAN G. WILLIAMS,
MISS MARY G. BATES,
DR. T. BELLOWS BUFFUM,
Library Committee.
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I hereby certify that I have examined the foregoing ac- count of the treasurer of the Library Committee of the Town of Walpole and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
F. D. RODENBUSH,
Auditor.
Walpole, February, 16, 1918.
During the past year 202 volumes have been added to the library, 44 by gift and the balance by purchase by the commit- tee from funds available.
The following is a list of doners to whom the committee in behalf of the town wish to extend thanks :
Mr. E. J. Best,
1
Mrs. H. E. Bridge,
27
Mrs. Stowe Benedict,
1
Mrs. Mary K. Butterfield,
2
Misses Canfield,
1
Mr. Wm. A. Cheney,
1
Mrs. S. Clifton,
1
Mrs. Alexander Davidson,
3
Mrs. Alice C. Gilbert,
2
Mrs. Lorraine H. Jones,
3
M. G. Overlock, M. D.,
1
Miss Helen Wotkyns,
1
The committee can report no new bequests to the library, though during the past year the funds from the T. B. Peck and Caroline L. Davis bequests have become available.
Owing to the scarcity of coal the library has only been open two afternoons and evenings a week instead of three and
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no attempt was made to heat the stack room, but with the com- ing of warm weather the library will be open as usual.
Notwithstanding the severe winter and wood the only ob- tainable fuel the reading room was kept warm and was well patronized, the records showing an increase of approximately 41/2 per cent in the number of books taken out over the pre- ceeding year.
The committee recommended that the usual appropria- tion of $600.00 be continued.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF
WALPOLE CEMETERY COMMITTEE
For the Year Ending January 31, 1918
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand March 1, 1917,
$347 57
Received from trustees account, interest on cem-
etery funds, 363 12
Town of Walpole, appropriation,
100 00
W. D. Knowlton, care various lots,
100 89
W. E. Graves, sale of trees,
14 00
$925 58
DISBURSEMENTS
Walpole Water & Sewer Co., $9 00
W. D. Knowlton, work in cemetery, 98 67
C. Harty, labor and repairs, 21 20
Labor and care special lots, village cemetery,
336 03
W. A. Jones, trimming trees,
40 00
C. W. Tenney, Carpenter Hill,
4 00
E. C. Belden, Drewsville Cemetery,
44 00
Wal 3
34
Rakes and trimmer, 7 00 B. Kiniry, teaming, 17 25
Balance on hand January 31, 1918,
348 43
$925 58
W. D. KNOWLTON, H. D. GALE, W. E. GRAVES,
Cemetery Committee.
We hereby certify that we have examined the foregoing account of the Walpole Cemetery Committee and find same to be correctly cast and properly vouched.
A. P. DAVIS, F. D. RODENBUSH,
Walpole, February 16, 1918.
Auditors.
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REPORT ROAD AGENT
APRIL, 1917
Alexander Bain,
$36 90
Perley Ramsay,
7 08
Alphonso Sweeney,
1 00
Con Griffin,
83
Willis Foster,
1 33
Frank Allen,
11 20
$58 34
.
MAY
Amount spent,
$58 34
Alexander Bain,
63 96
Perley Ramsay,
39 44
Alphonso Sweeney,
35 56
F. H. Booth,
38 08
Harry Phillipson,
27 50
A. B. Wilson,
4 50
W. R. Long,
43 25
W. C. Roy,
6 25
Frank Allen,
70 55
H. H. Buswell,
4 50
James Hartnett,
23 06
W. J. Corbett,
3 75
George Bushway,
45 00
36
John Young, Carl Mann,
1 89
66 00
$531 63
JUNE
Amount spent,
$531 63
Alexander Bain,
82 42
Perley Ramsay,
30 00
Harry Phillipson,
38 06
Alphonso Sweeney,
45 42
H. L. Hall,
30 56
F. H. Booth,
141 30
Frank Allen,
111 15
Carl Mann,
80 00
Roscoe Long,
26 00
Harley Moultrop,
15 00
Leslie Chandler,
10 00
Fred Whitney,
8 75
Alpha Whitney,
3 75
G. V. Long,
51 65
George Bushway,
37 50
James Hartnett,
35 56
W. J. Corbett,
2 50
$1,281 25
JULY
Amount spent,
$1,281 25
Alexander Bain,
47 65
Harry Phillipson,
5 00
H. L. Hall,
15 28
37
Alphonso Sweeney,
12 50
F. H. Booth,
42 50
Newall Holden,
3 00
Sumner Watkins,
1 25
Fred L. Wellman,
2 40
Harlie Moultrop,
17 50
Carl Mann,
59 75
G. V. Long,
42 00
Roscoe Long,
60 75
Fred Whitney,
17 50
Good Road Machinery Co.,
7 50
Charles F. Ramsay,
18 00
Bellows Falls Village Corporation,
117 62
Frank Allen,
104 55
F. H. Booth,
5 79
Nelson P. Jones,
2 63
George Odette,
22 75
James Hartnett,
15 56
Mike Wall,
3 10
$1,905 83
AUGUST
Amount spent,
$1,905 83
Alexander Bain,
103 00
1
William Burrows,
40 28
Carl Thompson,
32 78
Ira Ramsay,
22 78
John Miller,
22 50
Frank Miller,
24 72
H. L. Hall,
22 22
Charles Riley,
6 11
H. T. Grenier,
6 50
Ralph Fridett,
23 75
38
Carl Mann,
67 25
Leslie Chandler,
7 50
Frank Allen,
84 50
Joe Cobb, 69.35
Harry Tiffany,
18 75
Roscoe Long,
12 75
Velnor Long,
9 00
R. E. Allen,
20 50
D. F. Ellis,
50 25
George B. Tiffany,
28 42
Tom Graves,
8 20
Charles Slade,
45 00
F. H. Booth,
12 40
N. W. Holland,
47 00
$2,691 34
SEPTEMBER
Amount spent,
$2,691 34
Alexander Bain,
90 17
H. L. Hall,
54 17
Frank Miller,
42 50
Charles Riley,
10 00
William Burrows,
39 17
Carl Thompson,
15 00
Ira Ramsay,
46 94
John Miller,
50 00
Charles Slade,
186 15
George Odette,
66 95
James Hartnett,
41 75
Concord Machine Co.,
19 20
W. J. Corbett,
31 24
Algian Houghton,
9 60
39
Charles Ramsay,
38 76
Frank Allen,
46 90
Carl Mann,
20 50
N. W. Holland,
69 34
F. H. Booth,
104 90
Joe Cobb,
71 00
D. F. Ellis,
32 00
A. M. Davis,
6 90
H. J. Tiffany,
47 25
J. G. Pregent,
32 00
Field & Lawrence,
3 90
H, O. Ayers,
6 30
Elroy Sands,
61 25
C. E. Jennison,
4 30
R. E. Allen,
10 66
$3,950 14
OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
Amount spent,
$3,950 14
Alexander Bain,
72 88
Ira Ramsay,
6 25
H. L. Hall,
10 55
Charles Slade,
24 00
Frank A. Seward,
10 80
Frank Allen,
4 50
F. H. Booth,
21 50
Carl Smith,
34 86
Andres Nelson,
6 15
A. B. Wilson,
75
G. W. Kingsbury,
6 12
H. L. Peck,
39 80
Harry J. Tiffany,
23 50
40
36 00
31 25
F. & E. Booth,
3 00
H. F. Grenier,
7 50
C. C. Seward,
18 49
I. W. Ramsay,
6 25
. $4,324 29
DECEMBER
Amount spent,
$4,324 29
Fred O. Smalley
104 10
James Hartnett,
5 00
B. Kiniry,
39 50
F. A. Spaulding,
5 36
Arthur Joslyn,
14 40
C. E. Angier,
10 00
Frank Allen,
3 00
Charles Slade,
18 00
$4,523 65
JANUARY
Amount spent,
$4,523 65
Alfred W. Taylor,
3 00
James Barrett,
2 12
W. H. Kiniry,
16 20
Bolles & Twitchell,
1 80
Frank Adams,
38 66
John Graves,
5 80
George Odette, James Hartnett, W. J. Corbett,
10 00
41
Mrs. George L. Hooper, John A. Weber, Robert J. Cochran,
20 90
1 85
10 25
Wesley C. Foster,
18 30
Daniel C. O'Brien,
$4,642 53
3 25
$4,645 78
EXPENSES ON BRIDGES FOR TOWN OF WALPOLE
DREWSVILLE and GRAVES BRIDGES
Drewsville Bridge :
Lumber of Walpole Ice & Lumber Co.,
$31 48
Alexander Bain, labor, 15 hours,
6 00
Bert Hall, labor, 10 hours,
2 78
Newall Holden, labor, 10 hours
3 00
Carl Mann, labor, 4 hours,
1 00
$44 26
$44 26
Graves bridge :
Lumber of Walpole Ice & Lumber Co.,
$38 45
Alexander Bain, labor, 5 hours,
2 00
Samuel Watkins, labor, 5 hours,
1 25
$41 70 $41 70
$86 96
42 1
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
¿ day of truck,
$7 50
4 hours of three men, 3 33
1 day of three men, 7 50
1 day of truck,
15 00
5 hours of truck,
8 00
5 hours of three men,
4 17
18 loads of gravel at 10 cents per load,
1 80
$47 30
Westminster pays 1-3 of bridge,
15 77
$31 53
MONEY PAID OUT FOR TOWN OF WALPOLE ON RE- MAINDER OF MR. C. M. CLOUGH'S TERM OF ROAD AGENT
SNOW BILLS
Henry Slade,
$152 22
C. H. Slade,
50 00
Burton Clough,
11 05
Henry O. Porter,
14 50
G. J. Porter,
12 76
F. A. Ramsay,
15 00
Elroy Sands,
9 75
James Hartnett,
24 58
W. J. Corbett,
5 00
W. H. Kiniry,
36 24
E. J. Stevens,
7 83
43
J. P. Hartnett,
8 56
James Barrett,
2 23
Alfred W. Taylor,
3 25
F. O. Smalley,
21 15
George B. Tiffany,
53 00
W. R. Selkirk,
7 81
C. E. Knowlton,
3 40
W. H. Dinsmore,
3 25
W. E. Roy,
3 12
C. W. Hathaway,
27 60
Norman Guild,
1 76
A. E. Houghton,
2 25
C. E. Seward,
9 35
Robert Cochran,
6 20
W. H. Kiniry,
9 43
Josiah H. Graves,
13 50-
$514 79
ALEXANDER BAIN'S SNOW BILLS
Frank Allen,
$4 75
E. J. Stevens,
5 83
Charles Slade,
66 00
W. J. Corbett,
2 52
James Hartnett,
11 67
Frank Allen,
31 00
Charles Ramsay,
28 00
James Barrett,
2 23
George H. Hooper,
18 00
G. J. Porter,
9.70
W. H. Kiniry,
30 91
George B. Tiffany,
96 00
Henry O. Porter,
23 50
44
Frank Allen,
30 50
John Miller,
10 00
Newall Holden,
11 97
Frank Allen,
80 50
W. H. Kiniry,
21 50
Josiah H. Graves,
3 90
Elroy Sands,
39 64
E. J. Stevens,
3 83
Miss F. P. Mason,
111 35
Charles H. Slade,
57 00
Alexander Bain,
11 97
$719 27
John P. Stone,
6 00
$725 27
James Rathay,
9 30
$734 57
Newall Holden,
5 86
Alexander Bain,
5 86
$746 29
MONEY RECEIVED FOR TOWN OF WALPOLE IN THE YEAR OF 1917 TO 1918
Old plank sold from Arch bridge,
$84 13
1-3 of Arch Bridge from Bellows Falls,
147 69
Old plank, C. M. Clough,
1 50
Drawn from town for snow and highways,
6,300 00
$6,533 32
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EXPENSES
Mr. Clough's snow bills,
$514 79
Alexander Bain's snow bills,
746 29
Highways,
4,645 78
Lumber,
69 93
Storage lumber,
15 00
Arch bridge,
509 69
Balance on hand,
31 84
$6,533 32
ALEXANDER BAIN, Road Agent.
We, the undersigned auditors of the town of Walpole, have examined the account of the Road Agent and find the same correct.
F. D. RODENBUSH,
A. P. DAVIS,
Auditors.
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SCHOOL REPORT
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
Expenditures
TEACHERS' SALARIES
Thomas F. Sullivan,
$1,197 23
Julia M. Howard,
458 00
Catharine O'Toole,
458 00
Catharine O'Connor,
458 00
Mary Hennessey,
493 00
Mary Fitzgerald,
493 00
Margaret Gallagher,
493 00
Alice Daly,
458 00
Mae E. Hartnett,
74 10
Helen R. Neyland,
493 00
Anna C. Hartnett,
493 00
J. Fitzgerald,
458 00
Mary MacDonald,
666 00
Russel E. Skinner,
463 89
Elizabeth Hadley,
15 75
Ola Hubbard,
5 00
Estella Conrad,
240 00
Rose Seymour,
240 00
Ada L. Harding,
312 00
Mary Baker,
100 00
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Lora Glazier,
316 66
Mildred Moultroup,
375 00
Gladys Frost,
48 00
Bertha Wiggin,
414 00
Viola Fenton,
476 00
Carrie L. Wightman,
544 00
Minnie B. Newell,
240 00
Elva M. Clark,
499 50
Grace E. Graves,
285 00
Agnes M. Bigelow,
288 00
Mary W. Wells,
323 00
James E. Harper,
494 43
Paul E. Sellers,
511 08
Mabel Cole,
91 00
$12,979 64
TRANSPORTATION
Ollie E. Hall,
$416 00
Arthur Sawyer,
416 00
I. Pregent,
308 00
R. G. Graves,
1,304 00
A. E. Houghton,
80 00
F. A. Ramsay,
38 00
W. J. Mathers,
240 00
Carl Smith, repairs,
11 65
W. H. Kletcher, rent of wagon,
10 00
$2,823 65
JANITORS AND CLEANING
Andrew J. Heath,
$503 00
48
Frank Kennedy,
603 00
Bertha M. Wiggin,
18 00
Alice Kennedy,
24 00
Annie Kennedy,
33 00
Mrs. Ballum,
4 00
Louis Ballum,
14 00
Basil Murray,
2 40
Emma J. Heath,
18 40
David Kenyon,
13 00
Mrs. Herrick,
9 50
$1,242 30
FUEL
N. W. Holland,
$40 35
Ira Hitchcock,
192 25
Ollie E. Hall,
53 30
David Mann,
18 00
B. F. Mousley,
20 00
S. J. Westcott,
14 00
Howard Hardware Co.,
14 92
A & K Coal Co.,
679 08
Josiah Graves,
7 00
C. L. Sturtevant,
290 00
Frank Allen,
15 00
C. E. Beckwith,
25 00
A. M. Davis,
3 00
Carl Smith,
119 78
George Abbott,
14 50
J. B. Cobb,
57 50
Walpole Lumber Co.,
5 00
$1,568 63
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TUITION
Bellows Falls high school,
$2,326 73
INSURANCE
F D. Rodenbush,
$64 25
M. J. Neyland,
70 00
$134 25
FLAGS AND APPURTENANCES
Cash paid,
$8 84
REPAIRS
Brown and Farnsworth,
$42 06
Frank J. Kennedy,
17 50
Robinson-Brett Lumber Co.,
15 00
Pioneer Mfg. Co.,
19 68
Allen Shade Co.,
38 70
Walpole Pharmacy,
3 40
W. A. Colburn,
12 45
Howard Hardware Co.,
28 56
Herbert Watkins,
3 32
Fenton and Hennessey,
2 40
Conn Griffin,
2 25
Frank Allen,
1 50
Slatington, Bangor Co.,
31 35
A. P. Davis,
49 41
C. E. Beckwith,
6 34
C. W. Morse,
10 85
$284 77
Wal 4
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NEW HEATING PLANT
A. M. Bragg, brick,
$21 00
N. G. Holden, labor,
9 34
Pearson Bros., (2,000 from district notes), balance,
108 78
Geo. Glazier, labor,
1 25
M. O. Spaulding, lumber,
9 00
A. J. Heath, labor,
42 50
Basil Murray, labor,
1 60
Clifford Abbott, labor,
9 37
Charles Royce, labor,
29 00
C. W. Morse, tile,
19 25
$251 09
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY
E. J. Best,
$830 00
DISTRICT OFFICERS
C. W. Barnes, chairman,
$25 00
Mrs. F. M. Gilbert,
1 00
C. E. Beckwith,
1 00
Arthur M. Davis,
1 00
William Lane,
1 00
George W. Roland,
1 00
H. A. Perry, truant officer,
15 00
$45 00
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BUILDING SUPPLIES
United Sweeper Compound Co.,
$6 00
Sydney Gage Co., 3 75
H. O. Woodward,
2 08
Sawyers Crystal Blue Co.,
12 50
Herbert L. Palmer Co.,
30 48
Dowling School Supply Co.,
8 00
$62 81
LIGHT AND WATER
Fall Mountain Electric Co., $51 92
Walpole Water and Sewer Co.,
151 92
J. J. Hogan,
64 00
$267 84
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
· E. E. Babb & Co.,
$208 59
Oliver Ditson Co.,
22 11
Silver Burdette Co.,
27 70
Central Scientific Co.,
1 21
Bobbs Merrill Co.,
1 25
Milton Bradley Co.,
198 92
John W. King,
68 96
Doubleday Page Co.,
27 98
Ginn and Co.,
31 80
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The MacMillen Co.,
42 45
J. L. Hammett Co., 75 97
The Baker and Taylor Co.,
4 27
Bruce Pub. Co.,
3 14
Lyons and Carnahan,
9 26
D. C. Heath Co.,
14 95
Benj. H. Sanborn,
17 36
Dowling School Supply Co.,
15 21
Literary Digest,
11 20
D. Appleton and Co.,
20 83
Atkinson Mentzer Co.,
1 90
Robinson Paper Co.,
13 11
Mckinley Pub. Co.,
3 55'
L. B. Lippincott Co.,
2 00
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1 19
Current Events,
26 75
Cable Co.,
5. 00
Cash payment by E. J. Best,
4 25
J. Fischer Co.,
4 20
E. P. Dutton Co.,
4 94
$870 08
MISCELLANEOUS
Cyphers Incubator Co.,
$12 80
R. G. Graves,
2 75
Andrew Heath,
40
Alphonse Sweeney,
80
Howard Hardware Co.,
14 86
Rev. D. S. Duffy,
25 00
James Murray,
75
W. H. Bodine,
5.85
1
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Hammond Typewriter Co.,
59 00
James Barrett, 9 50
T. F. Sullivan, 6 40
Mary F. Baker,
4 80
C. W. Morse,
13 85
Fannie Jennison,
20 00
John A. Webber,
23 63
Metcalf and Houghton,
10 03
Carl Smith,
36 50
E. J. Best, postage, etc.,
37 75
Albert Fletcher,
9 00
Craig and Mullen,
75
E. J. Plantier,
8 05
Lora Glazier,
8 00
Cote and Frost,
13 00
Robinson-Brett Lumber Co.,
14 72
W. L. Metcalf,
7 08
C. S. Bain,
3 06
W. J. Mathers,
3 65
W. A. Colburn,
4 95
Arthur Sawyer,
1 50
A. M. Bragg,
12 65
F. A. Spaulding,
43 91
Walpole Pharmacy,
3 35
Clarence Abbott,
1 13
E. S. Whitcomb,
80
E. J. Best, express,
23 62
Walpole Lumber Co.,
9 04
E. J. Dupont & Co.,
1 06
W. H. Kiniry,
3 47
Anna Kennedy,
12 00
C. H. Barnes,
3 50
$472 96
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RECAPITULATION
Teachers' salaries,
$12,979 64
Transportation,
2,823 65
Janitor and cleaning,
1,242 30
Fuel,
1,568 68
High school tuition,
2,326 73
Insurance,
134 25
Flags and appurtenances,
8 84
Repairs,
284 77
New heating plant, (2000. from district notes),
251 09
Superintendent's salary,
830 00
District officers,
45 00
Building supplies,
62 81
Light and water,
267 84
Text books and supplies,
870 08
Miscellaneous,
472 96
$24,168 64
GEORGE W. ROLAND,
WILLIAM LANE,
CHARLES E. BECKWITH,
ALICE C. GILBERT,
ARTHUR M. DAVIS,
CHARLES H. BARNES,
School Board.
H. J. STOWELL,
Auditor.
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ESTIMATES FOR THE PERIOD FROM FEB. 1, 1918, TO SEPT. 1, 1919
1. Teachers' salaries,
$20,000 00
2. Transportation, 4,200 00
3. Janitor and cleaning,
1,800 00
4. Fuel,
2,000 00
5. High school tuitions,
4,000 00
6. Insurance,
150 00
7. Minor repairs,
900 00
8. Superintendent's salary,
1,200 00
9. District officers,
60 00
10. Building supplies,
75 00
11. Light and water,
350 00
12. Text books and supplies,
1,500 00
13. Flags, etc.,
10 00
14. Note of district,
1,000 00
15. Miscellaneous, 600 00
$37,845 00
Less items 12 and 13,
$1,510 00
Less amount required by law,
4,042 50
Less estimate of state money,
4,700 00
Less balance on hand,
10,548 29
$20,800 79
Amount to be raised by vote of district,
$17,045 21
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
For the Year Ending February 1, 1918.
RECEIPTS
Balance in Keene National Bank Feb. 15, 1917,
$4,298 56
From town, school supplies,
1,500 00
From town, required by law,
4,042 50
School district appropriation,
17,000 00
School district appropriation, first payment on heat- ing plant, 500 00
From state literary fund,
483.84
State aid for average attendance,
1,035 00
State aid for qualified teachers,
1,296 00
Rebate on superintendent's salary,
425 00
Rebate on high school tuitions, 1916,
712 42
Rebate on high school tuitions, 1917,
1,431 18
Balance of dog money,
270 90
Money refunded, bill twice paid,
4 57
Balance from barge fund,
29 50
Tuition, Alstead, balance 1916,
2 00
Tuition, Langdon, 1916,
54 00
Tuition, Langdon, 1917,
90 00
Tuition, Westminster,
216 00
Materials sold, manual arts,
12 10
From sale of hens, eggs, chickens and plants,
51 74
Class of 1917, for piano fund,
15 75
Miss Mason, for piano fund,
10 00
57
Sale of ashes, 3 75
Rebate on coal,
38
$33,485 19
Less error in amount of last town order,
1 30
$33,483 89
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DISBURSEMENTS
Paid outstanding orders, 1917, $442 22
Paid orders of school board to February 1, 1918,
22,467 63
Deposit in Savings Bank, piano fund, 25 75
Balance in Keene National Bank, February 1, 1918, 10,548 29
$33,483 89
Outstanding orders, 1918, $1,701 01
Total amount of orders issued by school board, 1917-18, 24,168 64
Received after closing account February 1, sale of ashes, 4 50
Indebtedness of district :
Note due July 1, 1918,
$1,000 00
Note due July 1, 1919,
1,000 00
CARLTON E. SPARHAWK,
Treasurer.
I hereby certify that I have examined the foregoing account of the' treasurer and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
H. J. STOWELL,
Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
We respectfully submit this our fourth annual report to the School Board and citizens of the town of Walpole.
In the following statistical table items of interest are taken from the school report to the state department for the year closing August 1st. The names of new teachers are inserted.
STATISTICS FOR YEAR ENDING AUGUST 1
School
Teacher
Total enroll-
Average at-
tendance
Per cent of at-
tendance
High and Junior
Russell E. Skinner, Principal
50
38
94
High
Mary Mac Donald, Acting Principal
Ada Harding, Domestic Arts
Mary W. Wells
Rosa Seymour, Assistant
Gladys Frost .
James Harper, Agriculture, 1917-18
37
28
91
Grades 5 and 6
Elva M. Clark
34
28
92
Grades 3 and 4
...
Minnie B. Newell
47
32
94
Grades 1 and 2
. .
. .
Thomas F. Sullivan, Principal
18
17
94
Grade 9 and Sub. 1
Alice E. Daly
34
28
91
Grade 8
Margaret G. Gallagher
27
25
95
Grade 7
Mary E. Fitzgerald
32
30
96
Grade 6
Mary F. Hennessey
38
34
95
Grade 5a
Catharine M. O'Conner
28
25
95
Grade 5b
Catharine E. O'Toole
26
24
95
Grade 4
Julia M. Howard
29
24
97
Grade 3
Josephine M. Fitzgerald
38
31
96
Grade 2
Anna C. Hartnett
40
35
97
Grade 1
Helen R. Neyland
42
39
96
Substitute
May E. Hartnett
Christian Hollow
Bertha M. Wiggin
19
13
90
Drewsville
Mildred Moultroup
24
12
80
Mabel Cole
Number 14
Viola Fenton
22
14
79
Grace E. Graves
43
37
93
N. W. & Grade 9
Carrie L. Wightman
Agnes M. Bigelow, Junior High
ment
Paul T. Sellers
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With the cooperation of the school board we have en- deavored to maintain the schools with efficient teachers. In general, we have followed the new state program of studies in all of the schools with the exception of North Walpole, where the old program seems to prepare better for the schools of Vermont. The new state program differs slightly from the old in the work of the first six grades. The fundamentals are emphasized in these grades and we are now able to cover the essentials at the end of the first six years. The work of the junior high school, or grades seven and eight, differs quite radically from the traditional work of these grades. We be- gan the work with some doubts and have been watching it carefully during the year. We have become convinced that we can save at least a year in preparation for high school, and that the work is fitted to the needs of a child in this period of his development. Drill is minimized, experience is emphasized, and the fundamentals are fixed by use in correlation with other subjects. The results are such that it seems best to complete the plan and secure approval on this part of the work. It will then become a part of the regular high school and be taught by the same teachers working departmentally.
The approval of the industrial work of the high school by the federal government for financial aid under the Smith- Hughes bill must be considered during the coming year. If the amount received will approach the added expense it would seem advisable to take the steps needed to comply with the federal requirements. The scarcity of teachers of industrial subjects is a problem at this time and may seriously affect the work in these lines.
During the past year we have endeavored to solve the problems as we have met them. The teachers have been ad- vised when advice seemed to be needed. Text books have been adjusted to the needs of the pupils and the new course of study. A few books have been added to the working libraries of the schools to broaden the scope of the work, and supply material
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for the development of the teachers. The work in agriculture introduced into the grades seems to have taken a firm hold upon the boys and, through the garden work of the summer, a new movement has started growing out of the demands of the times, although in many cases the work was only a be- ginning. Through the state food conservation committee we were enabled to have a supervisor during the summer and in- clude the pupils of North Walpole in the garden work. Many of the older people were given assistance, when it was asked. The estimated value of the produce raised by the school child- ren of the town is about eighteen hundred dollars.
Nearly all of the graduates of our high school entered higher institutions of learning this year. We are holding our approval on the College Entrance Board and the standing is good among the schools of the state. In the present world crisis we hear much of restricting educational activities. Those who have charge of educational matters in this country advise us not to make the mistakes of our allies in Europe, but, in spite of increased burdens, do all we can to maintain our schools in keeping with the growing demands of the times, and the still greater ones of peace after the war. We must secure good teachers. This will be difficult, owing to the call for teachers to enter other occupations at larger salaries. All the running expenses of the school must increase. With a very dreary outlook, we plan for the future. Our plans must be somewhat indefinite at present because of changing con- ditions, but whatever these conditions are we must meet them in such a way as to protect the men and women of tomorrow.
We expect to use the schools to reach the homes and bring to them the calls of the state and nation for aid, if it is needed, and to spread the information which the different departments of the government bring to our attention. Conservation and production will both have a place in the instruction in the schools. We wish to teach habits of thrift in connection with saving and production. North Walpole has been very success.
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ful in the school savings instituted by the Keene National Bank. We hope that the new plans for raising money for the aid of the nation may appeal to the pupils in a similar way. Each pupil should have a garden this year. He should raise those vegetables which have food value and can be stored for winter use. We hope for the cooperation of the school and the home in this matter. We expect the teachers to do more this spring in supervising this out door work and planning in the school room a campaign for the growing season. We expect a profitable remuneration for the labor expended, but the edu- cational value alone is worthy of our best efforts.
Another problem must be solved at the annual school meet- ing. The change in the time for closing the school year has lengthened the period for which money is to be provided. The funds raised at the next meeting are, according to law, to be used for the school year beginning Sept. 1st, 1918, and ending Aug. 31, 1919. If the balance is not large enough to finish the present year, there should be an appropriation for the remain- der of this school year in addition to the regular appropriation. It looks as though the funds might be raised on the notes of the town or district and lighten the burden of tax for next year. The financial report here given by the school board shows the condition of our finances on the first day of February just passed that you may provide for the future intelligently. The books must be kept open, however, until Sept. 1st, 1918, and the report then made to the state will be that printed in the next annual report. This report next year will contain two ap- propriations and the expenditures from Feb. 15, 1917, to Sept. 1, 1918. There will be another school meeting in the spring of 1919, when another appropriation may be made before Sept. 1st, but it will only continue the deficiency from year to year, providing there is not an accumulating balance sufficient to meet the need.
We wish to thank the citizens of Walpole for their cooper-
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ation in the work of the schools. The teachers have done much to make the work efficient and deserve your support and encouragement. We have been unfortunate in losing our two men teachers at Walpole, but we hope to continue the work without serious loss. We have appreciated the support which the school board and the teachers have given us. We hope that we have been able to aid them, and that all of us working together may be able to make the schools of Walpole meet the needs of the times and develop each year to keep pace with changing educational ideals.
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