Annual reports of the selectmen and auditors of Thetford, Vt. : for the year ending 1911-1916, Part 11

Author: Thetford (Vt.); Thetford (Vt.). School District
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: [Thetford, Vt.] : [The Town,]
Number of Pages: 304


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16 00


R. H. Wilson, 60 hrs. work Will Goulet, 60 hrs. work


12 00


Sam Mandago, 60 hrs. work


12 00


C. E. Bailey, 60 hrs. work


12 00


Tom White, 10 hrs. work


2 00


Jack Turner, 10 hrs. work


2 00


W. P. Bowker, 20 hrs. work


4 00


10-inch corrugated tiling


47 88


150 loads gravel and tiling


2 72


240 60


Week ending May 22, 1915: R. H. Wilson with team, 55 hrs. work 22 00


Will LaCoss and team, 55 hrs. work 22 00


H. Cook, 55 hrs. and team 22 00


Roland Hardy and team, 55 hrs. work


22 00


Owen Lamott and team 55 hrs. work


22 00


Chas. Lockwood and team, 45 hrs. work


18 00


20 00


C. Hobbs and team, 50 hrs. work R. H. Wilson, 60 hrs. work


18 00


Will Goulett, 55 hrs. work 11 00


Sam Mandago, 55 hrs. work


11 00


18 00


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C. E. Bailey, 55 hrs. work


11 00


W. P. Bowker, 20 hrs. work 185 loads gravel


4 00


203 00


Week ending May 29, 1915: R. H. Wilson and team, 50 hrs. work C. Hobbs, 60 hrs. work with team 24 00


20 00


24 00


Roland Hardy with team, 60 hrs. work Will LaCoss, 50 hrs. work with team H. Cook, 55 hrs. work with team Owen Lamott, 55 hrs. work with team


20 00


22 00


22 00


Chas. Lockwood, 55 hrs. work with team


22 00


H. F. Wilcox, 50 hrs. work with team


20 00


R. H. Wilson, 60 hrs. work Will Goulett, 60 hrs. work


12 00


Sam Mandago, 60 hrs. work


12 00


C. E. Bailey, 60 hrs. work Loads gravel 205


12 00


228 00


Week ending June 5, 1915 : R. H. Wilson, work with team, 55 hrs. 22 00 Will LaCoss, work with team, 50 hrs. 20 00


24 00


16 00


24 00


16 00


24 00


H. Cook, work with team, 60 hrs. C. Hobbs, work with team, 50 hrs. R. H. Wilson, 60 hrs. work Will Goulett, 60 hrs. work


20 00


18 00


12 00


Sam Mandago, 60 hrs. work


12 00


C. E. Bailey, 60 hrs. work


12 00


S. M. Butson, 15 hrs. work


3 00


18 00


Sherm Hardy, work with team, 60 hrs. Owen Lamott, work with team, 40 hrs. Chas. Lockwood, work with team, 60 hrs. F. H. Wilcox, work with team, 40 hrs. Fred Howard, work with team, 60 hrs.


24 00


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R. E. Degoushe, 15 hrs. work Loads gravel 205


3 00


1


250 00


Week ending June 12, 1915 : R. H. Wilson, 30 hrs. work with team 12 00


Will LaCoss, 30 hrs. work with team 12 00


H. Cook, 30 hrs. work with team 12 00


H. F. Wilcox, 30 hrs. work with team 12 00


Fred Howard, 30 hrs. work with team 12 00


Owen Lamott, 30 hrs. work with team 12 00


C. H. Lockwood, 30 hrs. work with team 12 00


C. Hobbs, 30 hrs. work with team 12 00


12 00


R. H. Wilson, work, 30 hrs.


9 00


Sam Mandago, work, 30 hrs.


6 00


C. E. Bailey, work 30 hrs. 6 00


Will Goulett, work, 30 hrs.


6 00


Gravel, 125 loads


135 00


LAKE ROAD, POST MILLS, V.T.


Week ending June 19, 1915: R. H. Wilson, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


Will LaCoss, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


Sherman Hardy, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


Owen Lamott, work with team, 50 hrs. 20 00


Chas. Lockwood, work with team, 50 hrs. 20 00


C. Hobbs, work with team, 50 hrs.


20 00


L. Southworth, work with team, 30 hrs.


12 00


H. Southworth, work with team, 15 hrs.


6 00


R. H. Wilson, work, 60 hrs.


18 00


Will Goulett, work, 60 hrs.


12 00


C. E. Bailey, work, 60 hrs. 12 00


Sam Mandago, work, 50 hrs.


10 00


Roland Hardy, 30 hrs. work with team


23


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Thomas Hay, work, 50 hrs.


10 00


M. Docknel, work, 50 hrs. 10 00


G. Thompson, work. 50 hrs. 10 00


Lee Bacon, work, 50 hrs.


10 00


Chas. Aldrich, work, 50 hrs.


10 00


Glen Aldrich, work, 50 hrs.


10 00


Arthur Sloan, work, 50 hrs.


7 50


John Colby, work, 50 hrs.


10 00


Chas. Carpenter, work, 10 hrs.


2 00


Clay, 60 loads


6 00


Gravel, 95 loads


9 50


Dynamite caps


14 29


Freight


1 00


312 29


Week ending June 26, 1915: R. H. Wilson, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00 \Vill LaCoss, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


L. Southworth, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


24 00


C. Hobbs, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


H. Southworth, work with team, 50 hrs. 20 00


Chas. Lockwood, work with team, 60 hrs.


24 00


R. H. Wilson, work, 60 hrs. 18 00


Sam Mandago, work, 60 hrs.


12 00


C. E. Bailey, work, 50 hrs.


10 00


Will Goulett, work. 60 hrs.


12 00


John Colby, work, 40 hrs.


8 00


Thomas Hay, work, 40 hrs.


8 00


M. Docknell, work, 40 hrs.


8 00


Lee Bacon, work, 40 hrs.


8 00


Glen Aldrich, work, 60 hrs.


12 00


Chas. Aldrich, work, 60 hrs.


12 00


Grant Thompson, work, 40 hrs.


8 00


Clay, 83 loads


8 30


Solon Hardy. work with team, 60 hrs. Owen Lamott, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


24


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Gravel, 207 loads 20 70


333 00


Week ending July 3, 1915 : R. H. Wilson, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


Will LaCoss, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


Solon Hardy, work with team, 60 hrs. 24 00


L. Southworth, work with team, 50 hrs.


20 00


R. H. Wilson, work, 60 hrs. 18 00


12 00


Sam Mandago, work, 60 hrs.


12 00


Chas. Aldrich, work, 50 hrs.


10 00


Gravel, 150 loads


15 00


Tile


4 00


Sharpening drills


3 00


166 00


ON STRAFFORD ROAD


Week ending September 4 and September 11, 1915: R. H. Wilson and team, 60 hrs. work 24 00


Will LaCoss and team, 50 hrs. work 20 00


R. H. Wilson, work, 60 hrs. 18 00


Oliver Mousley, 50 hrs. work


10 00


10 00


Sam Mandago, 50 hrs. work Jed Illsley, 40 hrs. work 8 00


Week ending September 11, 1915: R. H. Wilson, 60 hrs. work with team


24 00


Will LaCoss, 60 hrs. work with team 24 00


R. H. Wilson, work, 60 hrs. 18 00


Sam Mandago, 60 hrs. work 12 00


12 00


Oliver Mousley, 60 hrs. work Jed Illsley, 60 hrs. work


12 00


Arch Gamell, 30 hrs. work


6 00


Corrugated tile, 50 feet 275 loads stone 10 00


31 92


Will Goulette, work, 60 hrs.


25


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700 loads gravel 10 00


249 92


November 1, 1915


Two culverts


R. H. Wilson with team, 10 hrs. 4 00


R. H. Wilson, work, 10 hrs. 3 00


29 73


2 tiles, 44 feet 5 bags cement


36 73


Patrol-work


125 00


$2,299 04


Total paid out This work was paid for as follows:


$2,424 04


5% State highway tax


$ 792 14


From town under State Aid Law


500 00


Apportionment of State money


500 00


$1,792 14


The State paid on the River Road in addition to


above


500 00


$2,292 14


F. H. BURR,


C. C. EMERSON


Selectmen of


February 1, 1916.


W. E. TUCKER


J Thetford


Road Commissioner's Report


1915 No.


Apr. 30- 1 C. E. Bacon, turning water and road work $ 31 75


26


ANNUAL REPORT


Apr. 30- 3 Clarence Bailey, filling washouts 5 50


66


30- 2 Everett McClary, labor on road 11 00


May 11- 4 Wheeling Corrugating Co., steel culverts 38 25


66 22-5 A. H. Southworth, work with team on road machine 99 00


22-6 John McClary, work on road mch. 30 00


22-7 W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 34 00


22-8 Everett McClary, lab. on high'y 26 00


66 22-9 Leonard Kent, labor with team on highway 44 00


22-10


C. E. Bacon, lab. on high'y and t'm 38 50


66 22-11 Alden Trescott, 1 day on culvert 2 50


22-12 Wm. Jenkins, lab. on high'y 5 50


June 4-13


Geo. M. Gibson, turning water on highway 3 90


7-14


C. E. Bacon, work with team on highway 35 25


7-15


John McClary, running rd. mch. 25 88


66


7-16


Everett McClary, lab. on high'y


23 00


66


7-17 W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 23 00


7-18 A. H. Southworth, self and team on road machine 103 50


7-19 Leonard Kent, self and team on highway 42 00


66


7-20 Oliver Randall, lab. on high'y


2 00


66


7-21 Chauncey Moulton, lab. on high'y


2 00


66


7-22 Leonard Emerson, lab. on high'y


3.00


66


7-23 Wheeling Corrugating Co., steel


culvert 15 12


66


7-24 Bert Cook, lab. on high'y 1 00


66 19-25


C. E. Bacon, lab. on high'y 31 87


19-27


A. H. Southworth, self and team on road machine 96 75


19-28 Everett McClary, lab. on high'y 21 50


66 19-29 John McClary, running rd. mch. 23 06


27


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June 19-30 W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 22 50


66 19-31


Leonard Kent, self and team on highway 47 00


66


19-32


Wm. Jenkins, shoveling gravel 2 00


66


19-33 Harry Barker, self and team on highway 3 20


19 34


H. E. Heaton, hosing road 5 00


19-35


W. H. Burr, labor on bridge 1 00


July 1-36


A. H. Southworth, self and team on road machine 63 00


66 1-37


Penn Metal Co., tile for culverts 66 15


8-38


C. E. Bacon, self and team on high'y 36 45


66 8-39 John McClary, lab. on high'y 23 62


66


8-40


Everett McClary, lab. on high'y


22 00


66


8-41 W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 22 00


66 8 42 Leonard Kent, self and team on highway 44 00


26-43 Wheeling Corrugating Co., steel culverts 7 65


" 26-44 Ralph E. Doble, plank and labor on highway 2 47


26-45 W. A. Parker, turning water, 3 yrs. 3 00


26-46


Geo. Porter, turning water and labor on highway 7 00


26-47 John McClary, labor and blasting rocks 31 00


66 26-48 W. W. Chamberlin, labor and blasting rocks 31 00


26-49 Leonard Kent, self and team on highway 10 00


66 26-50 Willis Estes, lab. on high'y 4 00


66 26-51 C. E. Bacon, labor, self and team 13 50


Aug. 12-52 John McClary, blasting rocks


9 00


12-53 W. W. Chamberlin, blasting rocks 9 00


66 12-54 Willis Estes, blasting rocks and


labor on highway 2 00


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Aug. 12-55 C. E. Bacon, labor, self and team on highway 4 00


21-56 C. E. Bacon, labor, self and team


on highway 41 40


66 21-57


John McClary, lab. on high'y 23 00


21-58


W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 23 00


21-59 Leonard Kent, labor with team 28 00


66 21-60 Willis Estes, labor on highway


20 70


21-61 Everett McClary, labor on highway


13 00


23-62 A. H. Southworth, self and team


on road machine 32 00


27-63


H. E. Heaton, lab. on high'y 4 00


Sept. 4-64 C. E. Bacon, self and team on highway 49 50


4 65


John McClary, labor on highway 20 25


4-66


Everett McClary, shoveling gravel 20 00 W. W. Chamberlin, shov'g gravel 22 00


4-68


Willis Estes, shoveling gravel


20 00


4-69


Leonard Kent, drawing gravel 22 00


4-70


Alden Trescott, drawing gravel


20 00


66 4-71


P. E. & B. F. Adams, cement


10 50


4-72


C. H. Barrett, labor on highway


1 75


20-73


C. E. Bacon, labor on highway with team 46 00


20-74


John McClary, lab. on high'y 21 50


20-75 W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 21 50


20 76 Everett McClary, lab. on high'y


21 50


20-77 Willis Estes, labor on highway


12 00


20-78 Leonard Kent, use of team


12 00


20-79 H. W. Hewins, labor on highway


7 80


20-80-N. E. Sawyer, repairing bridge in 1913 2 35


1


“ 20-81 R. H. Wilson, patrol work


21 10


20-83 R. H. Wilson, patrol work 4 00


Oct. 5-84 C. E. Bacon, labor with team on highway 34 75


4-67


29


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Oct. 5-85


John McClary, labor on highway 19 00


5-86


Everett McClary, labor on high'y 22 00


66


5-87 W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 19 00


14-88


E. H. Palmer, labor on highway 6 00


18-89


C. E. Bacon, labor on highway with team 37 75


18-90


John McClary, labor on highway


16 40


66


18-91


Everett McClary, lab. on high'y 14 20


18-92


W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 16 80


66


18-93


Willis Estes, labor on highway


10 00


18-94


Leonard Kent, labor on highway with team 10 00


18-95


8 80


Nov. 1-96


1-97


1-98


Arthur Clark, gravel for highway John McClary, labor on highway 16 00 W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 16 00 C. E. Bacon, labor on highway with team 31 00


66


1-99


R. N. Clough, labor on highway with team 7 00


13 75


66


29-101 John McClary, labor on highway 4 00


66 29-102 W. W. Chamberlin, lab. on high'y 3 00


29-103 Leonard Kent, self and team on highway 3 00


66


29-104 Everett McClary, lab. on high'y


6 00


66 29-105 R. N. Clough, labor on highway


90


66 29-106 Arthur Wilcox, turning water,


1913, 1914 and 1915 5 30


66


29-107 F. A. Randlett, for tiling 2 04


66 29-108 Geo. H. Porter, labor on highway 1 40


29-109 Fred G. Turner, clay for highway 1 10


29-100 C. E. Bacon, lahor on highway


$2,176 42 (Paid for teamwork $4.00, and for men $2.00 per day.) C. E. BACON, Road Commissioner


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30


ANNUAL REPORT


Overseer of Poor Account


*


No.


1 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nut- brown to Jan. 30, 1915 $ 10 00


2 To Kinney Bros., partial support to Jan. 30, 1915 12 00


3 To Glenn Fifield, board of A. B. and Olive Sawyer to Jan. 30, 1915 20 00


4 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts and expenses at Stephen Roberts' funeral 7 50


5 To W. H. Orr, three cords wood and goods for Cross family to Jan. 22, 1915 26 98


6 To A. G. Clark, moving Olive Sawyer 3 00


7 To Opinion Press, printing legal notice in A. B. Sawyer case 2 50


8 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family and O. Nutbrown 21 89


9 To H. C. Johnson, meat for Cross family 3 52


10 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to Feb. 15, 1915 5 50


11 To H. T. Baldwin, probate fees in Sawyer case 4 00


12 To Glenn Fifield, board of A. B. and Olive Sawyer to Mar. 1, 1915 20 00


13 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nutbrown to Mar. 1, 1915 10 00


14 To Kinney Bros., partial support to March 1, 6 1915 12 00


15 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to March 1, 1915 5 50


16 To C. C. Titus, milk for Cross family to Mar. 1, 1915 4 50


17 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family to March 1, 1915 12 20


18 To Fred Cross, rent for Cross family from Dec. 1, 1914, to April 1, 1915 6 00


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19 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts, to Mar. 16, 1915 5 50


20 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nutbrown to March 31, 1915 10 00


21 To Kinney Bros., partial support to Mar. 31, 1915 12 00


22 To Glenn Fifield, board of A. B. and Olive Sawyer to April 1,' 1915 20 00


23 To C. B. Whitcomb, board and care of Mrs. Roberts from March 5 to April 1, 1915 22 70


24 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family and trip to Vershire 18 43


25


. To Wm. Picken, cutting wood for Cross family 2 50


26 To W. H. Orr, goods for Cross family 17 52


27 To C. B. Whitcomb, board and care of Mrs. Roberts. to April 15, 1915 10 00


28 To S. Mitchell, medical treatment for Mrs. Roberts to April 21, 1915 8 00


29 To Kinney Bros., partial support to May 1, 1915 12 00


30 To Glenn Fifield, board of A. B. and Olive Sawyer to May 1, 1915 20 00


31 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nutbrown to May 1, 1915 10 00


32 To D. M. Bond, clothes for A. B. Sawyer and Mrs. Roberts 9 81


33 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family, cash paid out in Gary case 18 20


34 To C. B. Whitcomb, board and care of Mrs. Roberts to May 1, 1915 10 00


35 To R. H. Hatch, flour, potatoes, for Cross family to May 1, 1915 8 93


36


To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to May 16, 1915 6 00


37 To Kinney Bros., partial support to June 1, 1915 12 00


32


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38 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board O. Nutbrown to June 1, 1915 10 00


39 To C. B. Whitcomb, board and care of Mrs. Roberts to June 1, 1915 9 00


40 To Mrs. C. C. Titus, milk for Cross family to June 1, 1915 4 60


41 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family and A. B. Sawyer to June 1, .1915 27 26


42 To C. B. Whitcomb, board for Mrs. Roberts to June 16, 1915 8 00


43 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nutbrown to June 30, 1915 10 00


44 To Kinney Bros., partial support to July 1, 1915


12 00


45 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to July 1, 1915


8 00


46 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family and A. B. Sawyer, and cash paid out 24 89


47 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to July 16, 1915 8 00


48 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nutbrown to Aug. 1, 1915 10 00


49 To Kinney Bros., for partial support to Aug. 1, 1915 12 00


50 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts . to Aug. 1, 1915


8 00


51 To W. H. Orr, goods for Cross family to Aug. 1, 1915 5 63


52 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family and A. B. Sawyer, and shoes for O. Nutbrown, to Aug. 1, 1915


27 54


53 To N. H. Porter, rent of house for A. B. Sawyer 9 00


54 To V. L. Perkins &.Co., casket and robe and express for Julia Gibbs 32 46


55 To Reginald Fifield, digging grave for Julia Gibbs 4 00


33


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56 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to Aug. 16, 1915 8 00


57 To Geo. W. Kimball, wood for Cross family 4 50


58 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nutbrown to Sept. 1, 1915 10 00


59 To Kinney Bros., partial support to Sept. 1, 1915 12 00


60 To C. B. Whitcomb, board and care of Mrs. Roberts to Sept. 1, 1915 8 00


61 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family and A. B. Sawyer to Sept. 1, 1915 24 78


62 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to Sept. 15, 1915 8 00


63 To R. H. Hatch, flour and potatoes for Cross family, and A. B. Sawyer 28 14


64 To Dr. H. B. Hazen, medical treatment for Mrs. Roberts 3 50


65 To C. B. Whitcomb, board and care of Mrs. Roberts to Oct. 1, 1915 8 00


66 To Kinney Bros., for partial support to Oct. 1, 1915 12 00


67 To Mrs. C. C. Titus, milk for Cross family, four months, to Oct. 1, 1915 6 10


68 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nutbrown to Oct. 1, 1915 10 00


69 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family and A. B. Sawyer and cash paid out 42 60


70 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to Oct. 15, 1915 8 00


71 To R. H. Hatch, potatoes and flour to Cross family and A. B. Sawyer to Oct. 20, 1915


19 08


72 To W. H. Orr, goods for Cross family to Oct. 20, 1915 11 43


73 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to Nov. 1, 1915 8 00


74 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nutbrown to Nov. 1, 1915 10 00


34


ANNUAL REPORT


75 To Kinney Bros., partial support to Nov. 1, 1915 12 00


76 To D. M. Bond, goods for Olive Sawyer, and Cross family 6 50


77 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to Nov. 15, 1915 8 00


78 To Mrs. Geo. Porter, board of O. Nutbrown from Nov. 1, 1915, to Nov. 4, 1915 1 35


79 To James Barrett, wood for A. B. Sawyer 1 25


80 To G. A. Fifield, cash paid E. E. Illsley, for 10 cords wood for Kinney Bros. 5 00


81 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family and A. B. Sawyer to Nov. 15, 1915 31 39


82 To N. H. Porter, wood for A. B. Sawyer and rent to Nov. 1, 1915 14 00


83 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to Dec. 1, 1915 8 00


84 To Glenn Fifield, board O. Nutbrown from Nov. 5, 1915, to Dec. 1, 1915 8 65


85 To Kinney Bros., partial support to Dec. 1, 1915


12 00


86 To Vincent Rowell, cutting wood for Cross family


3 75


87 To Town of Chelsea, Vt., medical treatment and care in her last sickness of Mrs. John Squires


29 00


88 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to Dec. 15, 1915 8 00


89 To Kinney Bros., for partial support to Jan. 1, 1916 12 00


90 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts and two night robes 9 50


91 To Glenn Fifield, board of O. Nutbrown Dec. 1, 1915, to Dec. 31, 1915 10 00


92 To G. A. Fifield, goods for Cross family and A. B. Sawyer and O. Nutbrown, and cash paid out 47 23


35


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93 To C. B. Whitcomb, board of Mrs. Roberts to Jan. 16, 1916 8 00


Total $1,129 11 G. A. FIFIELD, Overseer of Poor Thetford, Vt., Jan. 31, 1916.


Superintendent's Report .


To the School Directors and Citizens of Thetford :


I present herewith my sixth annual report as super- intendent of the schools of Thetford, it being the eighth in the series of Union Supervision.


Ten schools have been maintained for a period of thirty weeks as required by law. On December 21, 1914, the school at Potato Hill was re-opened and sixteen weeks of school has been taught in this school. The school is to be continued in the fall of 1915.


The registration of pupils in the different schools at the close of the spring term was as follows: North Thet- ford 17, East Thetford 19, Stevens 21, Hill 13, Center 34, Post Mills 20, Potato Hill 9, Sawnee Bean 14, Union Village 15, Rice's Mills 13, Judd 9; total 184.


The registration of pupils in the different schools varies but little from that of one year ago except in the Stevens school where the number of pupils has almost doubled. The number of pupils now in attendance there is far too many for the size of the room.


The standing by grades at the end of the year, pre- vious to promotion, was :


Grade I II


IX Total


Boys 31


8


9 9 18 III


7 20 IV 13


11


7


-


-


-


Total 51 12


12


6 8 14 VII


VIII 5 17


1 99


Girls


20


4


4 85


22 5 184


V 19


30 VI 5


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ANNUAL REPORT


The total number of days' attendance of all pupils was 22,54512. The actual attendance was 94.5+ percent of the possible attendance. Nineteen cases of truancy have been reported throughout the year.


Quite extensive repairs were made at Sawnee Bean during the summer vacation and the building is now a pleasant and comfortable one, conforming, I think, to State requirements. Satisfactory improvements were also made at Union Village. If the present number of pupils continues at the Stevens it is imperative that the school- room should be enlarged. A new floor and blackboards should be gotten anyway. New floors are needed at North Thetford and Rice's Mills and other minor improvements should be made at Rice's Mills. Otherwise I think the schools are in a reasonably satisfactory condition.


Under an act passed by the General Assembly of 1915 thirty-four weeks of school must be maintained dur- ing the school year beginning July 1, 1915. This means that Thetford must have four more weeks of school than has recently been held. Agreeably to this act I would sug- gest that the terms be arranged as follows: a fall term of twelve weeks beginning Monday, August 30, 1915; a win- ter term of thirteen weeks beginning Monday, November 29, 1915 with a vacation of one week at Christmas; and a spring term of nine weeks beginning Monday, April 10, 1916.


During the year free tuition certificates were issued to the following pupils: Emma E. Coombs, Thetford Hill; Dorothy M. Allen and Karl D. Bailey, Post Mills ; Louise M. Cadwell and Ida H. Wise, East Thetford ; Ruth E. Holway and Jessie Vaughan, Thetford Center.


There is a tendency on the part of pupils to enter high school prematurely. As in previous reports I have made I would again impress upon the minds of parents the advisability of keeping their children in the grades until they have obtained a good foundation in the funda- mental elementary school subjects.


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TOWN OF THETFORD


In my opinion we have just completed the most satis- factory school year since I have been connected with the schools of Thetford. I attribute this largely to the fact that so few changes have had to be made in the teaching force. Only one change has been made throughout the year.


Under the new school law the position of local super- intendent becames appointive by the State Board of Edu- cation instead of elective by the local school boards. I wish to express my appreciation to the local board of Thetford for the hearty support they have given me dur- ing the six years I have served in their employment and to extend to the teachers and citizens of Thetford my thanks for their loyalty and support in promoting the policies of our school system.


Respectfully submitted, CHARLES P. MCKNIGHT


West Fairlee, Vt., June 25, 1915.


Town of Thetford-Health Officer's Bill


Jan 14 To qtr. Hazel Bragg, chicken pox $1 50


14 To report of same 15


16 To qtr. C. Carleton, scarlet fever 75


30 To report to State board. 15


Feb 18 To qtr. Chas. Kibbey, chicken pox 1 25


Mar 7 To inspection diseased meat at D. Turner's 1 25


June 11 To qtr. Mr. Broadhead at No. Thetford. 2 50


11 To eight calls at No. Thetford (scarlet fever) . 7 50


16 To fumigaring H. Collins 2 50


16 To fumigating church 2 50


28 To call at Mr. Broadhead's 2 50


July 20 To services as health officer at Mr. Collins' 5 00


20 To materials for fumigating 3 50


20 To services as health officer at Mr. Broadhead's 3 00


20 To materials for fumigating . 3 60


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ANNUAL REPORT


26 To collecting water at Adams cottage. 1 00


26 To collecting water at Mrs. Gould's 1 00


26 To express on same . 85


31 To inv. smallpox at F. Savery's 1 00


$40 50


Report of Health Officer


February 2, 1916.


There has been very little contageous disease in town dur- ing the past year.


A mild epidemic of chicken pox in January, two cases of scarlet fever in June and one case of smallpox in July, and one case of typhoid fever, all of which, so far as we could learn, originated out of town.


A large number of grippe cases are now previlent and can be much reduced by proper care to guard against contagion and by proper ventilation.


L. B. ALLEN, Health Officer.


Cemetery Trustee's Report


Received of Henry A. Field, executor of the will of Mrs. Mary W. C. Field of Grinnell, Iowa, $100 as a trust fund for the care of the "Bond " lot in the old cemetery near Union Village, agreeable to the laws of Vermont made and provided for such trust funds to a town.


Paid E. C. Bond $1.50 for work on Bond lot in A. D. 1915, as per Selectmen's order No. 280.


Balance due and unexpended on Bond lot to Feb. 1, 1916, $1.16.


E. N. HEATON,


Town Treasurer and Cemetery Trustee.


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TOWN OF THETFORD


School Report for the Year 1914-15


To the Citizens of Thetford we respectfully submit the following re- port:


POST MILLS, No. 1


Alice Terhune, teaching 30 weeks. $300 00


Janitor service 5 00


Wood 17 25


Stove 31 59


Cleaning 5 00


Repairs. 155 08


NORTH THETFORD, NO. 2


Gladys Waterman, teaching 11 weeks .$110 00


Royal K. Green, teaching 19 weeks 209 00


Janitor service 8 50


Cleaning


5 00


Wood


27 00


STEVENS, No. 3


Evelyn Lufkin, teaching 22 weeks. $198 00


Evelyn Lufkin, teaching eight weeks. 80 00


Janitor service . 8 50


Cleaning . 8 00


Wood and kindling


18 50


RICE'S MILLS, No. 4


Gertrude Dearborn, teaching 30 weeks. . .. $300 00


Janitor service 8 50


Cleaning 6 50


Wood 33 50


Repairs 2 50


$513 92


359 50


313 00


351 00


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ANNUAL REPORT


POTATO HILL, No. 5


Clara Hosmer, teaching 16 weeks $112 00


Janitor service. 5 50


Cleaning 3 25


Wood . 30 75


Repairs


7 70


$159 20


SWANEE BEAN, No. 7


Mrs. Sarah Allis, teaching 30 weeks. $270 00


Janitor service 10 50


Wood . 12 50


Seats and desks 57 64


Repairs


340 22


690 86


THETFORD CENTER, No. 8


Mrs. McKnight, teaching 30 weeks.


$360 00


Janitor service . 5 50


Cleaning 5 50.


Wood


19 00


Repairs


8 00


398 00


EAST THETFORD, No. 9


Inez Clark, teaching 30 weeks $300 00


Janitor service 7 50


Cleaning 4 50


Wood 18 00




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