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W. C. HALLADAY, FRANK HESCOCK, ORRIN C. BOLSTER,
Auditors.
Dover, Vt., January 30, 1919.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
Road Breaking for 1918
W. R. Trevorrow,
$ 18 80
M. H. Lyman,
14 81
F. H. Holland,
24 75
Crayton Shippee,
25 05
W. E. Cannon,
4 39
E. A. Blodgett,
8 51
Warren Pease,
2 70
Warren Pease,
3 37
Ernest Pease,
3 37
H. E. Sherman,
9 00
George A. Boyd,
3 25
Will Scheiding,
2 92
E. J. Grout,
8 10
C. W. Terrell,
49 25
C. H. Bemis,
2 41
G. W. Parker,
8 88
Frank Hescock,
1 50
J. D. Fessenden,
1 80
E. G. Stanley,
10 00
F. E. Yeaw,
2 40
Zina Goodell,
1 75
P. W. Brown,
1 25
J. J. Snow,
1 06
W. E. Bartlett,
1 00
E. H. Pratt,
5 94
G. J. Goodell,
2 35
Will Yeaw,
3 00
Walter Wright,
3 90
Harold Wright,
1 00
Zina Goodell,
9 00
Ed. Wilder,
3 40
Ernest Wilder,
6 50
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Ora Bogle,
6 40
Merrill Pease,
3 83
Ernest W. Pease,
2 48
Homer Pease,
2 15
B. Cooper,
13 77
Leslie Chase,
1 12
Zina Goodell,
6 00
Ernest Wilder,
3 70
Ed. Wilder,
3 30
Joseph and Fred Goodell,
3 80
C. L. Wentworth,
2 02
C. W. Jones,
13 00
Carl W. Metcalf,
6 00
F. L. Gould,
5 60
W. E. Bartlett,
20 00
C. F. Lazelle,
6 89
H. M. Brown,
15 92
J. C. Brown,
2 60
Orrin Bolster,
18 15
L. E. Gould,
3 40
J. H. Morgan,
2 70
M. H. Lyman,
5 17
$ 394 51
Highways and Bridges
Hattie Bogle, bridge timber, 3 23
F. H. Johnson, bridge work, 2 50
F. H. Holland, cutting brush, 9 00
C. F. Lazelle, cutting brush,
2 37
Deerfield Valley Grain Co.,
8 50
Frank Hescock, bridge work,
2 50
F. E. Yeaw, bridge work,
11 00
F. H. Johnson, bridge work,
8 25
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H. M. Brown, bridge work, 24 00
J. A. Davis, supplies, 4 40
D. F. Fitch, bridge work, 58 75
D. S. Prouty, cutting brush,
3 20
Eddie Houghton, planking bridge, 2 00
L. H. Steele, iron, 50 53
Highway tax by vote of town on state and town, 275 00
Harris & Bogle, plank and timber,
134 23
D. M. Hale, timber and drawing,
35 14
W. H. Stowe, bridge work,
5 00
M. H. Lyman, fixing winter road,
2 63
$ 642 23
To Show the Expense of Haynes Bridge
Deerfield Valley Grain Co., cement, $ 8 50
F. E. Yeaw, work and material, 11 00
F. H. Johnson, work, 8 25
J. A. Davis, supplies, 4 40
D. F. Fitch, work,
44 25
D. M. Hale, timber and drawing,
35 14
W. H. Stowe, work,
5 00
L. H. Stellman, iron, 19 55
Harris & Bogle, timber and plank,
108 40
This has been paid under bridges and highways account.
Orders Drawn for Support of Poor
E. H. Pratt, keeping tramp, $ 1 00
Augusta Carpenter :
Leon Shippee, milk, 2 48
Mrs. E. J. Bartlett, supplies, 3 78
J. A. Davis, supplies, 23 78
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Marshall Howe, wood,
6 00
Leon Shippee, supplies, 4 47
J. A. Davis, supplies, 27 71
A. H. Wright, professional services, 3 00
Carrie Bartlett, supplies, 3 64
Carrie M. Bartlett,
75
J. K. Atwood, supplies, 2 70
J. A. Davis, supplies, 36 57
Mary Hescock, supplies, 10 20
W. E. Cannon, supplies,
1 75
J. K. Atwood, supplies,
1 00
A. H. Wright, professional services, 7 00
D. M. Hale, wood, 5 00
Albert Davis, putting in wood,
50
Rufus Houghton, work on wood,
5 00
J. A. Davis, supplies,
24 73
Mary Hescock, supplies,
5 78
D. F. Fitch, wood, 13 50
George Prouty family :
W. J. Metcalf, trip to Newfane,
2 00
W. C. Halladay, supplies,
9 48
Bennie Butterfield :
Vermont State School, clothing, 11 45
Vermont State School, clothing,
14 15
Blanche Moulton : State School, 6 50
B. F. Butterfield :
M. H. Lyman, board and care,
176 25
A. H. Wright, 7 25
48 24
M. H. Lyman, board and care, Fred West :
A. H. Wright, professional services,
25 00
$ 489 66
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Town Officers .
S. L. Hill, services as auditor, $ 5 25
F. H. Holland, services as lister, 40 00
H. M. Brown, services as lister, 34 00
Frank Hescock, services as auditor, 5 22
James Brown, services as lister, 39 25
W. J. Metcalf, services as constable, 10 50
Frank Hescock, services as ballot clerk, 4 00
C. H. Bemis, services as civil authority, 4 00
D. M. Hale, services as selectman, 9 10
M. H. Lyman, services as ballot clerk, 4 00
J. A. Davis, services as health officer, 28 95
F. E. Yeaw, services as selectman, 12 00
F. H. Johnson, services as auditor, 4 00
L. W. Snow, services as ballot clerk,
4 00
W. C. Halladay, services as civil authority and auditor, 7 00
D. F. Fitch, services as selectman, 20 24
Leon T. Bogle, services as town clerk and treas- urer and cash paid out, 70 55
F. E. Ryther, services as civil authority, 4 00
$ 306 06
Miscellaneous Orders
J. W. Moulton, care of church, $ 4 00
W. J. Metcalf, killing tramp dog, 1 00
E. L. Hildreth & Co., printing report, 33 86
500 00
Wilmington Savings Bank for schools, Wilmington Savings Bank for highway, Wilmington Savings Bank for town,
500 00
500 00
Wilmington Savings Bank for highways, 500 00
Joseph Goodell, damage on bridge, 25 00
D. M. Hale, damage to Fred Goodell, 100 00
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Wilmington Savings Bank, town, 500 00
Wilmington Savings Bank, highways, 500 00
Bert Stanley, fixing fence on Butterfield place, 3 75
Mrs. Wm. Titus, library fund, 25 00
Zina Goodell, sheep killed by dogs,
10 00
Town of Dover, taxes on town property,
13 61
A. H. Wright, examination of Fred Goodell,
5 00
E. L. Hildreth & Co., election printing, 20 75
Leon T. Bogle :
Interest on Robinson fund, 27 79
State school tax, 275 33
State highway tax,
137 17
State tax,
579 77
Interest on U. S. deposit fund,
35 43
County tax,
13 71
O. E. Butterfield, retainer fee,
7 50
Leon T. Bogle, tax printing,
6 40
Deerfield Valley Times, order book,
75
F. E. Yeaw, repairing snow roller,
6 00
. $ 4,331 82
We, the undersigned auditors for the town of Dover, Vt., hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the selectmen of Dover for the preceding year and find them correct.
W. C. HALLADAY, FRANK HESCOCK, ORRIN C. BOLSTER,
Auditors.
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ROAD COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
Forest Upton, 41/2 hours,
$ 90
Carl Metcalf and team, 6 days,
36 00
C. A. Edwards, 6 days, 5 hours, 16 40
Clifford Cooper, 1 day, 8 hours,
4 74
B. Cooper, 2 days,
5 00
Julius Prouty and team, 4 days,
24 00
Orrin Hescock, 4 days,
10 00
B. J. Stanley, 4 days, 10 00
R. H. Stanley, 4 days, 31/2 hours, 10 98
Julius Prouty and team, 3 days, 412 hours,
20 97
C. A. Edwards, 1 day, 41/2 hours,
3 76
Carl Howe, 3 days, 7 50
Julius Prouty, 2 days, 41/2 hours, 14 97
13 06
Carl Metcalf, 312 hours,
98
Carl Metcalf and team, 7 hours,
4 62
Carl Metcalf, returning road machine, 1 00
21 30
Carlton Lazelle, 6 days, 33/4 hours,
15 98
S. L. Hill and team, 7 hours,
4 62
S. L. Hill, 3 days,
7 50
Orrin Hescock, 3 days, 61/2 hours,
9 32
Walter Hescock, 3 days, 41/2 hours,
8 76
Sharon Davis, 6 days,
15 00
W. L. Upton and team, 1 day, 5 hours,
9 30
George Boyd, 3 days,
7 50
George Boyd and team, 3 hours,
1 98
F. H. Johnson, 2 days, 5 00
Frank Hescock, 10 days, 633/4 hours,
26 89
Rollie Russell and team, 16 days,
96 00
Orrin Hescock, 1 day, 41/2 hours,
3 76
Ora Bogle, 2 days, 41/2 hours,
6 28
Clifford Cooper, 5 days, 2 hours,
Good Roads Machine Co., repairs,
13
Ora Bogle and team, 1 day, 5 00
Henry Sherman and team, 5 hours, 3 30
Bert Stanley, 2 days, 61/4 hours, 6 75
E. G. Stanley, 2 days, 41/2 hours, 6 26
L. W. Snow and team, 16 days, 96 00
L. G. Snow, 20 days, 50 00
A. L. Blodgett, 1 day,
2 50
Hattie Bogle, gravel, 1916,
5 00
R. H. Stanley, 5 days, 53/4 hours,
14 11
E. J. Grout, dynamite,
7 00
Henry Sherman and team, 1 day,
6 00
Henry Sherman and team, 1 day,
6 00
Henry Sherman and team, 4 days, 412 hours,
26 97
F. H. Johnson, 1 day, 7 hours,
4 46
A. E. May, 7 days, 6 hours,
19 18
Frank Hescock, 5 days,
12 50
Rollie Russell and team, 8 days,
48 00
Claude Prouty, 2 days, 7 hours,
6 96
C. L. Wentworth, 4 days, 8 hours,
12 20
G. A. Gould, 2 days, 41% hours,
4 99
James Brown, 3 days,
7 50
Henry Sherman and team, 2 days,
12 00
Carl Brown and team, 2 days,
12 00
Carl Brown, 1 day, 31/2 hours,
3 48
H. D. Brown, 1 day, 41% hours,
3 76
Carlton Lazelle, 2 days, 51/2 hours,
6 54
O. C. Bolster and team, 2 days, 8 hours,
17 28
C. H. Turner, 1 day, 6 hours,
4 18
Mrs. Cora B. Hill, 1 day, 21/2 hours,
2 88
W. E. Bartlett, 1 day,
2 50
F. E. Yeaw, 2 hours,
56
F. E. Yeaw, repairing road machine,
3 00
Ernest Howe, 1 day,
2 50
Ernest Howe and team, 2 hours,
1 32
S. L. Hill and team, 21/2 hours,
1 65
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S. L. Hill, 21/2 hours, 70
C. H. Bemis, 2 days, 71/2 hours, 7 10
C. H. Bemis and team, 2 days, 1/2 hour, 12 33
J. A. Davis, shovels,
4 50
W. L. Yeaw, 8 hours,
2 24
Lucian Howe, 1 day, 81/2 hours,
4 88
Carl Howe, 3 days,
7 50
J. D. Fessenden, 5 days, 13/4 hours,
12 99
Earl Yeaw, 2 days, 41/2 hours,
6 26
W. M. Sheiding, 1 day,
2 50
C. A. Edwards, 1 day, 2 hours,
3 08
Mrs. Helen R. Snow, picking stone, 41/6 hours,
1 04
Dorr Fitch and team, 1 day, 41/2 hours,
9 00
Dorr Fitch, 1 day,
2 50
F. H. Holland, 6 days,
15 00
F. H. Holland and team, 6 hours, 2 68
F. H. Johnson, 1 day, 2 hours, 3 06
E. H. Pratt, 1 day, 6 hours,
4 18
L. W. Snow and team, 2 days, 6 hours,
15 96
L. G. Snow, 4 days,
10 00
Harris & Bogle, 87 ft. plank,
2 60
L. T. Bogle, 3 hours, 84
W. E. Cannon and team, 1 day, 1/2 hour, 3 80
M. E. Johnson, 5 days, 2 hours,
13 06
G. J. Goodell, 61/2 hours, 1 82
B. B. Collins, 5 days, 2 hours,
13 06
D. M. Hale, 1 day with truck, 8 00
D. M. Hale, 1 day, 2 50
L. G. Snow, 3 days,
7 50
One order book,
75
$ 1,029 83
L. G. SNOW,
Road Commissioner.
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Orders Drawn for Resurfacing
Henry Sherman and team, 5 days, 8 hours, $ 35 28
L. W. Snow and team, 11 days, 3 hours, 67 98
F. L. Gould and team, 4 days, 24 00
F. H. Holland's team, 1 day, 41/2 hours,
5 22
C. L. Gould, 1 day, 41/2 hours,
3 76
C. H. Turner and team, 2 days,
12 00
L. G. Snow, 10 days, 7 hours, 26 96
J. D. Fessenden, 12 days, 3 hours, 30 84
C. A. Edwards, 11 days, 2 hours, 28 06
L. C. Howe, 4 days, 8 hours,
12 24
Carl Howe, 7 hours,
1 96
Ernest Wilder, 3 days,
7 50
G. A. Gould, 9 days, 4 hours,
18 28
George Roberts, 3 days, 5 hours,
8 90
Carlton Lazelle, 3 days,
7 50
$ 291 08
L. G. SNOW,
Commissioner.
State Work on Unselected Highway
L. W. Snow and team, 4 days, 6 hours, $ 25 98
F. H. Holland and team, 2 days, 12 00
L. C. Turner and team, 5 days, 30 00
Zina Goodell and team, 5 days,
30 00
L. G. Snow, 8 days, 20 00
C. A. Edwards, 2 days,
5 00
L. C. Howe, 4 days,
10 00
Harold Wright, 6 days,
15 00
Ed. Wilder, 1 day, 2 50
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Fred Goodell, 4 days,
Carl Howe, 2 days, 4 hours,
L. E. Gould, 67 loads gravel,
L. E. Gould, 3 days, G. A. Gould, 1 day, 2 hours,
10 00
6 12
6 70
7 50
2 44
$ 183 24
L. G. SNOW, Commissioner.
We, the undersigned auditors for the town of Dover, Vt., hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the road commissioner for the preceding year and find them correct.
W. C. HALLADAY, FRANK HESCOCK, ORRIN C. BOLSTER,
Auditors.
Dover, Vt., January 30, 1919.
Money Expended by O. E. Hill for State Road Work
Leon Shippee and team, 26 days at $6 per day, $ 156 00
Rollie Russell and team, 231/2 days at $6 per day, 141 00
Frank Hescock, 20 days at $3 per day, 60 00
Orrin Hescock, 41/2 days at $3 per day, 13 50
Walter Hescock, 108% days at $3 per day, 32 65
M. H. Sherman, 23 days at $3 per day, 69 00
Fred H. Johnson, 7 days at $3 per day,
21 00
Homer Pease, 19 days at $3 per day, 57 00
Warren Pease, 161/2 days at $3 per day, 49 53
Ernest Pease, 78% days at $3 per day, 23 66
George Boyd, 231/2 days at $3 per day,
70 50
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Weston J. Snow, 101/5 days at $3 per day, 31 50
James McRae, 111% days at $3 per day, 34 48
Bert J. Stanley, 61/2 days at $3 per day, 19 50
Sherwin L. Hill, 41/2 days at $3 per day, 13 50
Leon T. Bogle, 1 day, 3 00
W. M. Harris, 1 day,
3 00
W. M. Harris, team, 1 day,
3 00
Dan M. Hale, 1 day,
3 00
L. W. Snow, 1 day,
3 00
O. E. Hill, 281% days,
85 50
J. J. Snow, use of scraper,
1 00
James McRae, 481 loads gravel at 10 cents,
48 10
Bogle & Harris, 38 loads gravel at 10 cents,
3 80
Bogle & Harris, 234 ft. lumber,
2 34
P. L. Whitney, cement,
18 00
Frank Harvey, cement,
1 60
Dan M. Hale, cement,
2 00
Dan M. Hale, freight on cement,
3 00
James McRae, land damage,
5 00
D. M. Hale, cash paid for use of auto,
1 25
J. A. Davis, shovels, picks and nails,
11 87
$ 991 28
6 shovels and 2 picks on hand,
11 50
$ 979 78
O. E. HILL, Special Commissioner.
Approved.
W. C. HALLADAY, FRANK HIESCOCK, ORRIN C. BOLSTER.
Auditors.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS FOR THE TOWN OF DOVER, VT., FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 30, 1919
SCHOOL DIRECTORS
George Davis Claude Upton
Wesley D. Howe
Orders Drawn by School Directors
TEACHERS' WAGES
Ruby Howe, teaching and board (20 weeks) in
West Dover school, $ 260 00
Mrs. Nina Frost, teaching and board (14 weeks) in West Dover school, 238 00
Alice Johnson, teaching and board (33 weeks) in North Street school, 429 00
Winifred Sherman, teaching and board (32 weeks) in Goose City school, 432 00
$ 1,359 00
INSURANCE
L. W. Boyd, $ 11 93
TRANSPORTATION AND BOARD
J. H. Morgan, transportation to West Dover, 1 pupil (5 weeks), $ 10 00
J. H. Morgan, transportation to West Dover, 2 pupils (6 weeks), 24 00
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Mrs. Forrest Upton, transportation to Goose City, 2 pupils (11 weeks), 21 20
Walter Hescock, transportation to West Dover, 3 pupils (12 weeks), 72 00
S. L. Hill, transportation to West Dover, 1 pupil (22 weeks), 55 00
Frank Hescock, boarding 2 pupils (91/5 weeks), 25 30
Frank Hescock, boarding 3 pupils (18 weeks), 59 95
Mrs. E. J. Bartlett, boarding 3 pupils (263% weeks), 73 15
W. E. Bartlett, transportation, 4 pupils (6 weeks), 48 00
$ 388 60
SUPERINTENDENT AND DIRECTORS
G. B. Whitney, postage, telephone and express, $
10 51
A. E. Jones, postage and telephone, 59
Claude Upton, taking census, 2 20
Claude Upton, director, 6 00
Geo. Davis, director, 6 00
W. D. Howe, director, 7 00
$ 32 30
TUITION OF ADVANCED PUPILS
Brattleboro High School, 158 00
Leland and Gray Seminary, 36 00
Wilmington High School, year ending July 1, 1918, 50 00
$ 244 00
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FUEL
C. F. Lazelle, 1 cord wood for Goose City school, $ 8 00
A. E. Jones, 3 cords wood for North Street school, 15 00
A. E. Jones, wood and work for Goose City school, 9 50
Bert Putnam, cutting wood for Goose City school, 4 50
Claude Upton, 2 cords wood, 7 00
$ 44 00
SUPPLIES
A. E. Jones, cash paid for supplies, $ 12 76
J. A. Davis, 67
Ginn & Co., 4 62
Benj. Sanburn & Co.,
2 26
Edw. Babb & Co.,
13 07
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
2 71
J. A. Davis,
2 25
$ 38 34
JANITOR SERVICE, REPAIRS AND CARE OF SCHOOLHOUSES
Richard Putnam, janitor, Goose City, $ 6 00
M. A. Jones, janitor, North Street school, 3 00
William Titus, janitor, West Dover school, 2 00
Nina Frost, janitor, West Dover school, 2 66
A. E. Jones, cash paid for cleaning schoolhouses in Goose City and North Street, 5 00
Nellie Harris, cleaning schoolhouse in West . Dover, 2 50
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C. F. Lazelle, repairs on Goose City schoolhouse, 4 05 Geo. Davis, wood and work, West Dover school, 16 40
W. D. Howe, cash paid for supplies for repairs on Goose City schoolhouse,
7 35
$ 48 96
SUMMARY
Teachers' wages,
$ 1,359 00
Superintendent and directors,
32 30
Insurance assessment,
11 93
Fuel,
44 00
Transportation and board,
388 60
Supplies,
38 34
Janitor service, repairs and care of schoolhouses,
48 96
Tuition,
244 00
$ 2,167 13
RESOURCES
Received from F. E. Ryther for cupboard, $ 2 50
Bills due the town :
From state on teachers' certificates,
228 00
From transportation of scholars, 71 00
From board of scholars,
152 00
Received from J. H. Morgan :
· Rent No. 8 schoolhouse,
18 00
2 cord wood,
5 00
Cupboard,
3 00
Rent of schoolhouse shed,
4 00
$ 483 50
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We, the undersigned auditors for the town of Dover, Vt., have examined the accounts of the school board of Dover for the preceding year and found them correct.
W. C. HALLĄDAY, FRANK HESCOCK, ORRIN C. BOLSTER, Auditors.
Dover, Vt., January 30, 1919.
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SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
School Board and Citizens:
Some of the school activities the past year together with recommendations follow :
Early in the year the boys and girls were organized throughout the country as the Junior Red Cross. In this district it seemed a success. For the most part spare moments were devoted to this work. In nearly all schools work like the following report of one school was done and turned over to the Red Cross if so intended: 2 Liberty Bonds, 30 War Savings Stamps, 100 Thrift Stamps, 20 gardens, 2 pigs, 24 chickens, 10 quarts beans for Red Cross, 4 helmets, 6 sweaters, 4 pairs wristers, 1 pair bed socks, 58 eight-inch squares, 1 bedquilt, 9 comfort pillows, 3 comfort pillow slips, 3 fracture pillows. Some of the material used by the children was furnished by the Red Cross, some donated by interested people, a large part given by the children themselves. Some donated the 25 cents needed to be enrolled as a member, some pledged work, many pledged garden products, as beans, etc. No more enthusiastic efforts or whole-hearted patriotic ser- vice can be found than that of the Junior Red Cross boys and girls.
The boys' and girls' garden work has been the past year, in a large measure, a success. Gardens were well planted, but at the outset many were completely killed by the early frost. In most instances the gardens were re- planted and with a fair measure of success.
The Victory Boys and Girls campaign the past fall re- sulted in approximately $500 being pledged for united war work. In the eight towns of the district the pledges have been well kept, the majority earning the money thus
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pledged, or paying it from that which they had already earned.
Every effort has been made by the teachers to teach lessons of thrift by saving pennies to buy Thrift and War Savings Stamps; several hundred dollars have thus been earned and saved, one of the great lessons of the war.
No loss of efficiency is felt in the ordinary school work by doing the outside work previously mentioned; on the contrary these have been an impetus in arithmetic, geog- raphy, English, etc. Many war maps have been made in geography study; war movements traced; arithmetic prob- lems solved and English papers written, that have been vitalized by the questions of the hour. Much loss of time on account of influenza has resulted in a broken school year, part of which at least we hope to make up before the close of the year.
Some problems have arisen in transportation, but these for the most part have been settled with satisfaction to all. To the superintendent the comfort and welfare of the children transported is the first consideration.
The soaring cost of living, and increased wages in all pursuits, have had effect upon teachers' wages and board. When wood is quoted at $12, hay $25, shoes $10, potatoes $2, butter 65 cents, a team $7 per day, it must be expected that a teacher's wage must advance proportionately. At present the earning capacity of the team in this vicinity without the driver is $4 per day, or $20 for five days; average wage of the teachers of this district is $14.26 per week of five days, or $2.85 per day. By this comparison it would seem that being a horse is better than being a teacher! Eight of the 26 teachers in this district are residents of the district, the balance come from elsewhere in the state or from other states. They take conditions as they find them, and, for the most part, work hard for improvement, but they should, at least, be able to secure
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reasonable living conditions, and have the hearty co- operation of the people for whom they labor. It has been difficult for teachers to obtain board within their means in some localities, while in one instance it was not possible for the teacher to find a boarding place. It has also been difficult the past year to find teachers. Illustrations can be cited of teachers who have refused schools offering $16 and $17 per week to accept business positions paying $20 and $25.
The following is a brief summary of the results of the work in medical inspection the past year, each town re- ceiving its share of the work in addition to the school examination which the law requires, and without expense to the town : 4 throat clinics, 12 throat operations, 20 dental clinics-36 cases-several being treated more than twice ; 1 all county eye clinic, to which 9 pupils from this dis- trict went; 26 children fitted with glasses; several chil- dren to specialists in Springfield and Boston; 1 boy to Preventorium at Essex Center, Vt. A special dental ex- amination of the children last year revealed only 38 chil- dren out of 398 with surgically clean mouths, and a large number of badly decayed teeth. During the summer 14 baby clinics at the request of the Government were held in different towns, 548 babies being examined, many of these cases being followed up with treatment given at the par- ents' request. There is no phase of school work more important than that which has for its object the health of the boys and girls, for it is this that determines their future usefulness and the degree of citizenship that they attain. It is desired for the welfare of our children that each town again ratify the work for the coming year.
Regular attendance is vital to the success of a school. Not even the best teacher can make success under poor attendance. The law requires the teacher to report to the truant officer and superintendent those children not
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properly excused for their absence. It is then the truant officer's duty to investigate such absences and notify the parents to cause their children to attend regularly. In not all cases has this work of the truant officer been vig- orously enforced. It is a financial waste in a town with a grand list of about $3500 to expend approximately $3000 for 80 to 90 children, and show at the end of the school year 9500 total days' attendance and 1300 days total ab- sence, an average of three weeks' absence for each child in school.
Three schools have been maintained in town the past year. The average attendance for North Street school was 5.1 during the fall term, 11.6 at Goose City and 27 at West Dover. The superintendent made 27 visits to the schools of Dover during the year ending June, 1918, and has made 16 visits this school year.
I submit these recommendations in common for all towns :
A vigorous enforcement of the school attendance law.
An immediate-not in August-provision for a sufficient supply of dry hard wood and kindling for the coming year.
The opening of schools in all towns either August 18 or 25, thus "getting in" as much time as possible before cold weather and contagious diseases may come; to save fuel; to be of benefit to the children on long transportation routes.
The thorough cleaning of each schoolroom at least twice a year, summer and Christmas time, washing floors, desks, windows, and brushing walls, with due attention to the toilets.
The continuation of medical inspection.
A steady improvement of school property each year by repairing and painting, thus not bringing the burden too hard any one year.
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The early employment of teachers for next year, and not later than June first.
A school visit by each parent and school board member once at least during the school year.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE B. WHITNEY, Superintendent.
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REPORT OF THE DOVER LIBRARY ACCOUNT
1918
Jan. 30. Cash on hand, $ 32 76
Dec. 30. Cash from town,
25 00
$ 57 76
CASH PAID
Mar. 17. Carrying books to East Dover, $ 20
Apr. 23. For 18 books,
19 50
For money order, 10
Aug. 9. For 17 books, For money order,
8 98
10
$ 28 88
1919
Jan. 30. Balance in treasury, $ 28 88
Respectfully submitted,
SHERWIN L. HILL,
Trustee.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
The legal voters of the town of Dover, Vt., are hereby notified and warned to meet the fourth day of March next, at 10 o'clock a.m., at the church in Dover Center (so called), to act upon the following articles, to wit :
Article 1. To choose a moderator.
Article 2. To act upon the report of the auditors.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote whether or not the select- men shall be empowered and authorized to appoint one or two road commissioners.
Article 4. To choose all town officers required by law to be elected at the annual March meeting.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to pay their town officers for the ensuing year, and if so, how much.
Article 6. To see what sum of money or per cent of the grand list the town will raise to defray the expenses and liabilities of said town.
Article 7. To see what sum of money or per cent of grand list the. town will vote to raise for the maintenance of highways.
Article 8. To see what sum of money or per cent of the grand list the town will vote to raise for the maintenance of schools.
Article 9. To see what sum of money or per cent of the grand list the town will vote to raise to be applied on the present interest-bearing liabilities of said town.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money for highway purposes to take advantage of the state aid law, and if so, how much.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to have medical inspection in its schools.
Article 12. To see if the town will take advantage of Act No. 48 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1915.
Article 13. To see what action the town will take in regard to the sale of the Handle schoolhouse.
Article 14. To do any other business that may come before said meeting.
F. E. YEAW, D. F. FITCH, D. M. HALE,
Selectmen.
Dover, Vt., February 8, 1919.
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