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H. E. Brown, work on brook at H. Brown's, 14 63
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No. 174
F. J. Pierce, oak posts for state road, New- fane, 25 00
175 F. J. Pierce, timber, railings and freight- ing, 10 00
176 M. H. Cheney, work on Hunter brook, 34 50
197 M. H. Cheney, stone work below Wheelock bridge, 115 75
178 M. H. Cheney, timber, plank and sawing, 160 09
179 J. C. Tibbetts, bridge, plank, 21 34
180
W. A. Wilson, 1 days' work on highway, 4 00
181 B. J. Wright, 1 day's work on highway, 1 75
182
Nelson Gray, work on road and bridge, 2 80
183
H. C. Smead, work on Stratton hill and Dover road, 17 85
184
C. E. Brown, work on So. Branch road, 4 62
185
Will Tobey, work on Adams hill road, 11 25
186
Ira Ingram, work on So. Branch road, 6 00
187
D. S. Dorrell, 1 day's work blasting, 2 75
188
C. P. Thayer, cutting and burning brush and blasting, 17 37
189 Lovell & Brown, dynamite and tile, 51 58
190
R. C. Moore, work in brook at H. Brown's, 1 40
191 Clark Shepardson, work on So. Newfane road, 4 37
192
Allie Mundell, 1 day's work on Dover road, 1 75
193 Merton Stone, 1 day's work at H. Brown's, 1 75
194 J. E. Morse, collecting taxes and postage, 49 80
195 Sidney Jones, 1/2 day's work on road with team, 2 00
196 Nelson Gray, 2 days with team on snow roller, 8 00
197 A. H. Ingram, blacksmith work, 2 85
198 E. F. Pond, work on road and bridges, 8 66
199 J. W. Williams, plank and iron pins, 8 10
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No.
200 C. M. Moore, labor and cash paid, 53 97
201 A. C. Wellman, work on Brooklyn bridge, 45 51
202
Nelson Gray, work with team on snow 'roller, 10 00
203 F. A. DeWitt, services as town treasurer, 25 00
204 H. A. Williams, merchandise, 10 81
205
C. A. Brown, work on sluice and road, 3 12
206 A. V. D. Piper, legal services, 39 90
207 A. G. Warren, office work, 1915, 17 45
208 W. E. Wheeler, labor, 1 50
209 H. E. Sparks, attending civil authority meetings, 4 00
210 F. A. DeWitt, attending civil authority meetings, 4 00
2101/2 A. G. Warren, attending civil authority meetings, 4 00
211 W. E. Wheeler, attending civil authority meetings, 4 00
212 £ B. C. Eager, attending civil authority meet- ing, 2 00
213 D. A. Benson, attending civil authority meeting, 2 00
214 W. P. Eames, merchandise, 39 84
215 C. M. Moore, attending civil authority meeting, 2 00
216 C. M. Moore, services as selectman, 10 00
217 Berte Morse, road work, 10 85
218 N. M. Batchelder, merchandise, 1 20
219 J. M. Kenny, labor and cash paid, 25 44
220 J. M. Kenny, services as selectman, 15 00
221 M. P. Benson, rent, room civil authority meeting, 1 00
222 A. M. Merrifield, error in tax of 1915, 7 20
223 F. E. Willard, services as selectman, 15 00
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No. 224 F. E. Willard, attending civil authority meeting, 2 00
225 J. E. Morse, abatement of taxes, 1914- 1915, 11 05
226 J. E. Morse, attending civil authority meeting, 2 00
227 M. P. Benson, keeping tramps, 10 90
Total amount of orders drawn, $ 3,387 22
Cost of Baker brook dikes, $ 257 64
Cost of labor on stone dike and cutting brush above Leon Powers's, 570 93
Cost of work on dugway and on Sawing's mow- ing below Wheelock bridge, 164 19
Cost of labor on road and in brook on Hunter brook road, 113 90
Cost of stone boats and repairs on chains used on stone dike above Leon Powers's, 25 00
Cost of labor cutting brush and turning water opposite Dana Dutton's farm, 87 85
Cost of Cutter hill bridge, 31 13
Cost of high bridge, Baker brook,
33 50
Cost of labor for blasting, Powers's dugway and Dana Dutton jobs, 37 25
Cost of labor filling in stone work, Powers's dike and work on road near there, 82 78
Cost of labor on Stratton hill road brook, and stone sluices, after second washout, 80 35
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Orders Drawn by Selectmen for Support of Poor
No.
1. M. P. Benson, board, Herbert Eddy, $ 45 10
2 L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
3 L. W. Tuttle, board, Mrs. Elmer Knapp, 14 00
4 L. W. Tuttle, board, Thomas Leonard, 16 00
5 L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
6 L. W. Tuttle, board, Thomas Leonard, 16 00
7 L. W. Tuttle, board, Mrs. Elmer Knapp, 14 00
8 J. D. Pierce, burial expenses, Mrs. Elmer Knapp, 39 00
9 H. L. Eddy, team to Wilmington, burial Mrs. Elmer Knapp, 8 00
10 Mrs. L. W. Tuttle, care Mrs. Elmer Knapp in last illness, 8 00
11 L. W. Tuttle, board, Thomas Leonard, 16 00
12 L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
13 Mrs. P. H. Carr, 7 days' labor for L. K. Wellman, 7 00
14 Mrs. E. E. Fuller, labor at L. K. Well- man's, 4 50
15 L. W. Tuttle, board, Thomas Leonard, 16 00
16 L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
17 L. W. Tuttle, board Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
18 L. W. Tuttle, board, Thomas Leonard, 16 00
19 A. N. Sherman, groceries and provisions, L. K. Wellman, 19 24
20 L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
21 L. W. Tuttle, board, Thomas Leonard, 16 00
22 L. W. Tuttle, care of Thomas Leonard, 25 00
23 Bond & Son, burial expenses, Charles La Crosse, 29 00
24 L. W. Tuttle, board, Thomas Leonard, 8 00
25 L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
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No. 26
Dr. L. B. Gordan, medical services for L. K. Wellman, 13 50
27 L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
28
F. L. Osgood, M. D., services for Imogene Hoyt, 25
29 F. L. Osgood, medical services for Mrs. Knapp, 5 10
30 F. L. Osgood, medical services for Thomas Leonard, . 3 65
31 Bond & Son, burial expenses, Mrs. L. K. Wellman, 40 00
32 33 34
L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
W. E. Wheeler, wood for L. K. Wellman, 2 50
L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
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L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
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Dr. L. B. Gordon, medical services, woman at jail, 4 25
37 L. W. Tuttle, board, Imogene Hoyt, 8 00
38 W. P. Eames, medicine and merchandise for Thomas Leonard, 3 75
39 J. M. Kenny, services as overseer of poor, 5 00
Total amount of orders drawn,
$ 490 84
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Report of School Directors for Twelve Months Ending January 31, 1916
TEACHERS' WAGES.
Hester J. Holden,
$ 426 00
Rena G. Morse,
440 00
Edith M. Landman,
416 00
Edith M. Adams,
414 00
Mildred A. Palmer,
410 00
Sadie E. Keet,
96 60
J. King Wolcott,
102 00
Edith J. Farnum,
66 00
Daisy D. Barber,
130 00
$2,500 60
TRUANT OFFICER.
Porter C. Thayer, $2 00
UNION SUPERINTENDENT.
Salary of Union Superintendent,
$165 05
DIRECTORS' ORDERS.
Chas. L. Hescock, $31 37
Porter C. Thayer, 32 90
Mrs. G. E. Davidson,
18 00
$82 27
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TEXT BOOKS.
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
$ 15 60
E. E. Babb & Co.,
99 76
Ginn & Co., 4 95
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.,
41 34
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
44 86
$206 51
SUPPLIES AND APPLIANCES.
Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies, $33 84
Robertson Paper Co., supplies,
19 37
Clapp & Jones, record book,
1 00
The Tuttle Co., order books and text book labels,
2 75
$56 96
FURNITURE.
Sears Roebuck & Co., 24 school desks,
$49 40
REPAIRS.
J. H. Covey, repairs, No. 2, $ 50
C. H. Morse, repairs schoolhouse roof, No. 6, 3 50
Clarence Struthers, labor, No. 1, 4 00
John Bulley, blacksmithing,
1 80
Allie Mundell, labor, No. 1,
3 50
Porter C. Thayer, labor,
1 75
A. G. Warren, repairs, No. 2,
2 70
C. L. Hescock, labor,
1 15
B. E. Morse, repairs, No. 4,
1 60
Porter C. Thayer, labor, No. 6,
9 85
J. H. Covey, labor, No. 2, 1 50
William Brooks, labor, No. 1,
2 25
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Clarence Struthers, labor, No. 8,
14 75
C. K. Stedman, labor, No. 1, 5 10
L. C. Hale, labor, No. 1, 6 75
Porter C. Thayer, labor, No. 8,
1 60
J. H. Covey, labor and freight,
8 50
William Brooks, labor, No. 8, 13 00
William Hazelton, painting, No. 2,
23 48
C. K. Stedman, labor and material, No. 6, 6 70
J. H. Covey, labor, No. 4, 1 00
W. J. Hazelton, painting, No. 2, 40 43
Porter C. Thayer, labor, No. 1,
17 90
J. H. Covey, labor, No. 4, 5 00
12 40
Arthur Ingram, blacksmithing,
35
B. E. Morse, labor, 1 40
G. M. Solandt, labor, No. 2,
80
$193 26
MATERIAL FOR REPAIRS.
Holden & Martin, lumber, No. 1,
$ 29 83
M. H. Cheney, lumber, No. 1, 9 53
W. E. Wheeler, pickets,
75
Robbins & Cowles, key blank and lock set,
60
H. A. Williams, material for repairs,
5 83
Porter C. Thayer, locust posts,
2 75
A. N. Sherman, oil and nails,
1 25
H. A. Williams, material,
6 44
Holden & Martin, shingles,
54 00
W. P. Eames, roofing and paint,
108 55
Robbins & Cowles, liquid slating and brush,
2 10
W. P. Eames, material,
22 60
Porter C. Thayer, paint and roofing,
3 54
$247 77
Irving Williams, labor, No. 6,
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FUEL.
P. C. Thayer, wood, $ 53 84
Frank Pratt, wood,
12 00
C. M. Goodenough, wood, 9 64
D. H. Pratt, wood,
12 00
M. H. Cheney, kindlings,
1 00
A. R. Underwood, wood,
23 50
$111 98
JANITORS' SERVICES.
Clarence Struthers, cleaning, No. 6,
$ 1 00
Herman Powers, cleaning, No. 1, 2 50
Porter C. Thayer, cleaning closets, No. 6, 2 00
Herbert Ingram, janitor, No. 8,
5 00
Edna Wilson, janitor, No. 4, 8 00
Delmar Rowe, janitor, No. 2,
5 00
Herbert Whitaker, janitor, No. 6,
2 00
Irene Prouty, janitor, No. 6,
3 00
Edith Adams, janitor, No. 1,
4 50
Irving Williams, cleaning, No. 6,
5 29
Mrs. E. A. Chase, cleaning, No. 4, 2 00
Ervin Chase, cleaning, No. 2, 5 00
6 00
Lewis Whitaker, janitor, No. 6,
9 00
Mrs. E. A. Chase, cleaning, No. 4,
1 00
Fred C. Best, cleaning closets, No. 2,
2 00
Leon Knapp, janitor, No. 1,
2 75
Bertha Wilson, janitor, No. 4, 5 20
Olive Mundell, janitor, No. 1,
1 25
Dorothy E. Kendall, janitor, No. 8,
3 75
Grace Woodard, janitor, No. 6,
4 00
Lawrence Tibbetts, janitor, No. 2,
7 00
C. E. Brown, cleaning, No. 8,
2 85
$90 09
Walter Columbus, janitor, No. 2,
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TUITION.
Leland & Gray Seminary,
$190 00
Goddard Seminary, 52 00
Town of Dover, 36 00
Brattleboro High School,
47 00
Town of Dummerston,
27 50
Chester High School,
60 00
$412 50
INSURANCE.
A. N. Sherman, $ 2 66
L. H. Higgins,
31 84
$34 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ransom Rhodes, hauling kindling, No. 2, $ 60
James Mundell, sawing wood, No. 1, 75
,
Herbert Ingram, sawing and storing wood, No. 8, 3 00
C. L. Hescock, postage, 53
Porter C. Thayer, sawing wood, No. 1 and No. 6, 2 30
J. W. Williams, white lead,
32
E. L. Hildreth & Co., printing school reports,
16 50
B. E. Morse, cartage, No. 4,
1 00
Porter C. Thayer, cartage,
7 15
W. C. Ballou, freight, 9 70
G. M. Solandt, storing wood, No. 2, 1 75
Porter C. Thayer, storing wood, No. 6, 3 20
J. E. Rogers, stove pipe, No. 6, 3 50
Herbert Ingram, storing shingles, 60
Geo. B. Whitney, express, postage and phone, 5 71
Frederick Smart, storing wood, No. 6, 1 50
Edith M. Adams, express on library, 98
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Allie Mundell, land for closet, No. 1, 10 00
Arthur Whitaker, sawing wood, No. 6, 6 50
H. H. Thompson, repair on clock, 1 25
Everet Williams, storing wood, No. 6,
3 40
F. J. Pierce, cartage, 2 20
Porter C. Thayer, postage,
1 21
W. P. Eames, supplies, No. 2,
2 40
N. M. Bachelder, broom, No. 2,
40
Charlie Rowe, storing wood, No. 2,
5
Mrs. G. E. Davidson, cash advanced,
1 28
W. E. Wheeler, measuring wood,
25
Porter C. Thayer, taking school census,
6 56
A. H. Ingram, blacksmithing,
25
$95 54
TRANSPORTATION AND BOARD.
G. R. Goodenough,
$ 60 00
Mrs. Myrtle Wilson,
119 95
Mary A. McIver,
135 00
P. C. Carr,
72 00
Albert Morse,
48 78
Peter Smart,
90 00
L. O. Bills,
101 00
Wm. Trevarrow,
105 00
James Betterly,
25 00
J. F. Whitaker,
85 50
Silas Moulton,
5 00
G. E. Grout,
54 00
Mrs. Lillian Perry,
40 00
Charles Turner,
15 00
W. W. Person,
35 00
Board of Hazel Rhodes,
41 00
$1,032 23
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RECAPITULATION.
Teachers' wages,
$2,500 60
Apportionment of superintendent's salary,
165 05
Truant officer,
2 00
Directors' orders,
82 27
Text books,
206 51
Supplies and appliances,
56 96
Furniture,
49 40
Repairs,
193 26
Material for repairs,
247 77
Fuel,
111 98
Janitors' services,
90 09
Tuition,
412 50
Insurance,
34 50
Miscellaneous,
95 54
Transportation and board,
1,032 23
$5,280 66
RESOURCES.
70 per cent of Grand List,
$3,327 16
Received from State on account of current ex-
penses in excess of 50 per cent of Grand List,
484 79
From State on account of advanced instruction,
106 25
From State on account of transportation,
226 13
From State on account of trained teachers,
180 00
From State on account of legal schools,
9 20
From State on account of union supervision of schools, 255 32
Rent of school lands,
79 26
Rent of schoolhouse hall,
50 00
Balance from 1914,
2,702 00
$7,420 11
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Expenses for the year ending January 31, 1916, $5,280 66 Deficiency July 1, 1915, 13 61
$5,294 27
Balance on hand, February 1, 1916, $2,125 84
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the School Board of Newfane, Vermont:
In a way my report to you and the citizens of Newfane must be brief.
In submitting a report it is well to bear in mind that the superintendent has been in the district but five months. This district comprises the towns of Newfane, Townshend, Dover, Wardsboro, Grafton, Athens, Brookline and Stratton. Of the thirty-two schools in the district, Newfane has six.
Since the district is so widespread in character, the visit- ing of its schools requires much traveling. In making one hundred and eighty visits during the first half of the school year approximately two thousand miles have been traveled. Not alone the occasional visit to each school to assist the teacher, but the superintendent is required by law to make weekly report to the State Board of Education. He must wrestle with problems of school management and school methods. Text books and supplies must receive attention, as also school surroundings and school sanitation. Very important consideration must be given to the question of transportation of school children. With the superintendent rests the safeguarding of the interests of the state, as well as the benefit to the community, but most of all the comfort and needs of the children. The purpose of the school acts of 1915 is obviously an equalization of privileges to the children in our schools. It is but fair that the boy or girl living at a distance receive as good an opportunity as the boy in the village.
Small schools are, as a rule, unprofitable, hence centrali- zation is advocated wherever feasible and possible to bring equal advantages. The abandoned farm is hardly the pro-
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duct of the centralization of schools, since the decline in population in this county began long before. It is a fact that the largest population Newfane ever had was a popu- lation of 1,506 in 1820, since which year a gradual decline to the present population of 820. Up to about 1880 the towns maintained the old district system of schools, when transportation was unknown. Fifteen of the twenty-three towns of Windham County have shown a steady decrease in population since 1820 ; and no town has shown any increase in population since 1860, except Rockingham and Brattle- boro. Therefore, we may reason that it is one problem to fit the child for life service, and another to retain him as a valuable factor in the community. To accomplish this there must be a vital relation between the school life and the industrial life of the community.
Your superintendent found the very urgent need of new text books, for basis in study. New grammars, geographies, and a few individual dictionaries have been purchased. I advise the immediate purchase of a sufficient number of elementary histories, and some supplementary reading for the middle and lower grades.
Perhaps the most important suggestion I may make is to call attention to the regulation of the State Board of Health pertaining to schoolhouses as follows: "In rural portions of the town there shall be two outhouses, one for the boys and one for the girls. They shall be at least twenty feet from the school building and have a tight board fence between . . shall be screened against flies." To meet this regulation I advise and strongly recommend, for moral and hygienic reasons, that at the Newfane Union and South Newfane schools new toilets be installed. We cannot be too careful in safeguarding the moral and physical welfare of our boys and girls.
For the cordial support of the School Board, for the
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hearty cooperation of every teacher, I am grateful. Co- operation results in progress.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE B. WHITNEY, Superintendent of Schools.
Townshend, February 2, 1916.
The Board of Directors approves and indorses the recom- mendations suggested in the Superintendent's report in regard to the purchase of text books, and the rearrange- ment of the outhouses at the Union and South Newfane schools. We recommend the painting of the said school- houses and new windows for the Union school.
For the usual school expenses, and the above-named and some minor repairs, the Board recommends an amount of money equal to 74 per cent of the Grand List, excluding all money for school purposes from other sources.
CHAS. L. HESCOCK, PORTER C. THAYER, MRS. G. E. DAVIDSON, School Directors.
Newfane, Vt., February 1, 1916.
We, the undersigned, certify that we have examined the orders and accounts of the School Directors and find them correct.
L. H. HIGGINS, H. A. WILLIAMS, WM. H. NEWTON,
Auditors.
.
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Newfane, Vt., February 1, 1916.
We, the undersigned, certify that we have examined the reports of the several town officers and find that they agree with the figures herewith submitted.
L. H. HIGGINS, H. A. WILLIAMS, WM. H. NEWTON,
Auditors.
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Births, Deaths and Marriages in Newfane, 1915
BIRTHS.
Jan. 22. A daughter to Delbert H. and Grace A. Rhodes. Feb. 13. A son to John L. and Florence E. Carey.
18. A daughter to Horace S. and Emily E. Brackett. 25. A son to Lewis H. and Maud T. Combs.
Mar. 13. A son to Arthur H. and Nina E. Vile.
May 3. A son to Earl W. and Lillie B. Putnam.
8. A daughter to Allen S. and M. Idella Charlton.
June 27. A daughter to Delmar C. and Opal N. Johnson.
30. A daughter to Lucius P. and Rubie Covey.
Aug. 8. A son to Leon S. and Jennie B. Powers.
9. A daughter to Clarence M. and Fannie E. Struthers.
Sept. 15. A daughter to Frank A. and Martha Kelly.
25. A daughter to Wilson M. and Lillie J. Win- chester.
Oct. 11. A daughter to Lewis H. and Ida Higgins.
23. A son to Hugh L. and Evelyn J. Mack.
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DEATHS.
Yrs.
Mos.
Da
Feb.
9. Eliza J. S. Ward,
/1
14. Ruth W. Breslin,
26
5
27
17. Philura C. Moore,
89
18. Infant daughter of Horace S. and Emily E. Brackett.
Mar. 29.
Kate Knapp,
47
Apr. 8. Kathrine Mock,
71
2
26
May 3. Marion H. Rhodes,
84
ry
13
June 20.
Charlotte L. Underwood,
75
2
27
July 30. Luke J. Morse,
76
10
12
Aug. 19. Sarah G. Howard,
78
4
3
Sept. 14. Sarah J. Morse,
48
8
17
Oct. 16.
Elizabeth H. Wellman,
81
10
Nov. 15.
Gilman B. Brown,
87
10
27
18. Ida G. Carruth,
3
6
29
28. Henry L. Combs,
9
3
Dec. 18. Caroline E. Cushing,
93
3
18
MARRIAGES.
Jan. 6. Ransom R. Rhodes and Eliza Stiles.
Mar. 5. Isaiah C. Boyington and Annie E. Boyington.
20. James E. Corbett and Evelyn H. Foster.
May 24. Harry A. Edwards and Veda I. Severance.
June 25. John E. MacDonald and Florence Ferris.
July 11. Irah D. Spaulding and Louise B. Cherrie.
Aug. 4. William R. Rand and Mary Knowlton.
Sept. 18. William H. Temple and Daisy D. Barber.
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