TOWN OF
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Municipal*Year
FROM JANUARY 1, 1926 TO JANUARY 1, 1927
NATICK. MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1927
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Municipal Year
FROM JANUARY 1, 1926 TO JANUARY 1, 1927
NATICK. MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1927 ^ y- OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND 1926—1927
Moderator Term Expires John Connelly 1927 Town CTerk M. Alice Neale 1927 Selectmen Richard Ames 1927 George G. Bogren 1927 * William S. Lovell 1927 Treasurer Frank G. McKenna 1927 Collector of Taxes Wilbur C. Gorman 1927 Town Accountant Marie R. Hynes 1927 Overseers of Ihe Poor Andrew Paul 1927 Harold J. Glover 1928 Thomas W.. Frost 1929 School Comm'ttee Grace C. Bond (Deceased) 1927 Ernest W._ Schleicher (Appointed to fill vacancy) Paul B. Davis 1928 Llewellyn Mills 1929 Assessors William R. Mathers 1927 Daniel Brackett 1928 Clarence S. Williams 1929
3 Water Commissioners Alfred C. Damon 1927 Frank I. Cooper 1928 Walter S. Bigwood 1929 Trustees of the Public Library John Connelly 1927 Amos I. Hadley 1927 Richard Ames 1928 George G. Bogren 1928 Alfred W. Cutting 1929 J. Sidney Stone 1929 Cemetery Commissioners Frank F. Ames 1927 William Read 1928 Emma D. Wellington 1929 Tree Warden Frank F. Ames 1927 Highway Surveyor James Ferguson 1927 Board of Health Thornes J. Dowey 1927 Martin A. Holmes 1928 Waldo L. Lawrence 1929 Board of Park Commissioners John B. Wight ‘ 1927 Willard C. Hunting (Resigned) 1928 Harrington Barlow (Appointed to fill vacancy) William M. Pettigrew 1929 Planning Board Warren L. Bishop 1927 Gilbert Small 1927 Ronald S. Campbell 1928 Howard S. Russell 1928 Frank I. Cooper 1929 Alvin B Neale 1929 Constables Charles W Bemis 1927 Wilfred L. Celorier 1927
4 Harry W. Craig 1927 Edward F. Dorsheimer 1927 Charles F Dusseault 1927 John E. Linnehan 1927 Frank C. Moore 1927 Commissioners of Trust Funds Albert H Beck 1927 John Connelly 1928 Albert F. Flint 1929 Trustees of the Allen Fund John Connelly 1927 Isaac Damon 1927 Howard W. Parmenter 1927 Fence Viewers Selectmen 1927 Field Drivers Constables 1927 Surveyors of Lumber William Fullick 1927 Frank Haynes 1927 Melville Loker 1927 William S. Lovell 1927 Arthur F. Marston 1927 Measurers of Wood and Bark Arthur W. Atwood 1927 Joseph Decatur 1927 William S. Lovell 1927 Israel A. Lupien 1927 Arthur F. Marston 1927 Memorial Day Committee Civil War Veterans James I. Bryden 1927 Marcus M. Fiske 1927 Llewellyn Flanders 1927 Thomas F. Frost 1927 George B. Howe 1927 Spanish War Veterans Arthur P. Brouillette 1927
5 William Hardy 1927 Frank C. Moore 1927 World War Veterans A. B. Alward 1927 James J. Bolton 1927 Ernest H. Damon 1927 Arthur H. Dudley 1927 Edward Georgette 1927 P. H. Steele 1927 Sons of Veterans Erwin W. Schleicher 1927 Pound Keeper Alexander Sauer 1927 Dog Officers Edward F. Dorsheimer 1927 James E. Linnehan 1927 Inspector of Animals Frank J. Bigwood 1927 Burial Agent
District Nurse Mary E. McNeil 1927 Forest Fire Warden Edward F. Dorsheimer 1927 Superintendent of Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth Daniel Graham 1927
Sealer of Weights and Measures Albert Marchant 1927
Chief of Police Edward F. Dorsheimer 1927 Public Weighers Arthur W. Atwood 1927 James McKay 1927 Howard Parmenter 1927 W. F. Smith 1927 Florence Steade 1927
6 Finance Committee Frank E. Davis 1927 John H. Knapp 1927 Ernest F. Lawrence 1927 Harold Loker 1927 Edmund H. Sears 1927 Inspector of Slaughtering William C. Neal 1927 Registrars of Voters Meddie H. Rasicot Democratic 1927 M. Alice Neale Republican 1927 Joseph Zimmerman Democratic 1928 Edward F. Lee Republican 1929 Engineers of Fire Department Alfred A. Lamarine, Chief 1927 Edward F. Dorsheimer, Clerk 1927 Frank J. Bigwood, District Chief 1927 Director of Extension Service John J. Ervin 1927 Election Officers Precinct 1
James I. Bryden, Warden 1927 Edith H. Davis, Clerk 1927 James Bolton 1927 Louis Bouncore 1927 ^John E. Dolan 1927 Philip S. Ide 1927 James E. Linnehan 1927 Myrta L. Wight 1927 Precinct 2 Albert Marchant, Warden 1927 Benjamin Damon 1927 May Derrick 1927 John F. Foley 1927 Carrie F. Harrington 1927 William Morrissey 1927 Joseph Perodeau 1927 George Richardson 1927
7 WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. To Either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County: Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their respective poll- ing places on
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1927 at six o’clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden, and seven Constables, all for one year. One Member of the School Committee, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, two Trustees of Public Library, one Overseer of the Poor, one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Health, two Water Commissioners, one Park Commissioner, and Two Members of the Planning Board, all for three years.
Also one Park Commissioner for one year to fill vacancy. Also one Water Commissioner for two years. All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.15 in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until four o’clock in the after- noon, when they shall be closed. And you are required to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on
8 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1927 at 7.45 P. M., then and there to act on the following Articles, viz:
Article 1. To hear the reports of town officers, agents and committees, and act thereon. Article 2. To choose all necessary officers, agents and committees, not elected by official ballot. Article 3. To grant money for necessary town purposes. Article 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in an- ticipation of re-imbursement from the State and County on account of oiling and repairing State-controlled roads. Article 6. To see if the town will accept the follow- ing bequest: $400.00 to be held as a fund and to be known as the “Wallace S. Draper Fund,'’ the income from same to be expended annually, one-half in the care of the Wallace S. Draper lot and one-half in the care of the James S. Draper lot, both lots in the North Cemetery. Article 7. To see if the town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $100.00 to establish the “Sarah Loker Moulton Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of Lot 23, Section D, in the Lakeview Cemetery. Article 8. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of building a sidewalk with curbing raised above the street level on the East and South side of the building known as Memorial Building, in Cochituate, or do or act. Article 9. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of painting and repairing the Town Hall. Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate and assess the sum of $200.00 to establish two culverts on Concord Road, one in front of E. W. Small property and one in front of F. G. MacKenna property, drainage to be
9 made onto property of Howard Parmenter on opposite side of Concord Road. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appro- pirate and assess a certain sum of money for the pur- pose of erecting street signs and town line markers in the Town of Wayland, or do or act. Article 12. To see if the town will vote to improve the existing dangerous corner at the junction of School Street and Cochituate Road, acquire the necessary land, make said corner safe for travel, and appropriate and assess the necessary funds therefor, or do or act. Article 13. To see if the town will vote to improve the dangerous corners at the junction of Concord Road, Training Field Road, and Claypit Hill Road, acquire the necessary land, make said corners safe for travel, and appropriate and assess the necessary funds therefor, or do or act. Article 14. To see if the town will vote to accept as a Public Highway, the Private Way, known as Bedford Street, and to place electric lights thereon, or do or act. Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate and assess the sum of $12,000, to be used with like amounts from State and County in rebuilding the rest of Pond Street, Cochituate, or do or act. Article 16. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $24,000.00 in anticipation of re-imbursement from the State and County, on account of the rebuilding of Pond Street, Cochituate. Article 17. To see if the town will vote to fix a salary for the Office of Surveyor of Highways and ap- propriate and assess the same or do or act. Article 18. To see if the town will make the salary of the Superintendent of Fire Alarm, $100.00, or do or act. Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate and assess the sum of $280.00 for the purpose of making Draper Road passable, or do or act. Article 20. To consider and act upon the question of approving a contract by the Trustees under the will
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of the late Marshall Russell for the maintenance of the life tenant or such other action in connection therewith as may be approved, or do or act. Article 21. To see what sum, if any, the town will vote to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropriations made under the foregoing articles. And you are required to serve this Warrant by posting copies thereof, attested by you, at the Town Hall, at each Post Office in town, and in the Engine House at Cochituate, seven days, at least, before the time of holding said election. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before March 7, 1927. Given under our hands and seal this 7th day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.
WILLIAM S. LOVELL, RICHARD AMES, GEORGE G. BOGREN, Selectmen of the Town of Wayland. A true copy, attest
Constable of the Town of Wayland.
11 TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE
Wayland, Massachusetts
March 3, 1926 Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland met this day and did the fol- lowing business:
Article 1. To hear the reports of town officers, agents and committees, and act thereon. Mr. Edmund H. Sears made an informal report on the Wayland Water System. The Finance Committee made its annual report. Voted to accept the Finance Committee’s report as read. Article 2. To choose all necessary officers, agents and committees, not elected by official ballot. John Connelly, Isaac Damon and Howard W. Par- menter were elected trustees of the Allen Fund. Voted that the Selectmen act as Fence Viewers. Voted that the Constables act as Field Drivers. Frank Haynes, William Fullick, William S. Lovell, Arthur F. Marston and Melville Loker were elected Sur- veyors of Lumber. Israel Lupien, Arthur F. Marston, William S. Lovell, Arthur W. Atwood and Joseph Decatur were elected Measurers of Wood and Bark. The following were elected members of the Memo- rial Day Committee: Civil War Veterans Marcus M. Fiske, Thomas F. Frost, Llewellyn Flan- ders- George B. Howe and James I. Bryden. Spanish War Veterans Frank C. Moore, Arthur P. Brouillette and William Hardy.
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World War Veterans Edward Gorgette, Ernest H. Damon, Arthur H. Dudley, P. H. Steele, A. B. Alward and James J. Bolton. Sons of Veterans Erwin W. Schleicher. Article 3. To grant money for necessary town pur- poses. Voted to appropriate and assess the sums of money en^^merated in the Finance Committee’s Report with an addition of $3,000 over that recommended for snow removal, and also $200 additional to spend on laying and repairing water pipes in Lake View Cemetery, and to adopt the recommendations therein contained. The following is the Finance Committee’s Report as above amended
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To see if‘ the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, ,be and hereby is, authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenu 3 of the financial year beginning January 1, 1926; to issui a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under the foregoing to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year. Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in an- ticipation of re-imbursement from the State and County on account of oiling and repairing State-controlled roads. Voted, that the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in anticipation of reimbursement from the State and County on account of oiling and re- pairing State-controlled roads. Article 6. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $200.00, to establish the “Abby H. Drury Fund,’' income from which is to be used for the perpetual care and decoration of the Leonard D. Drury Lots Nos. 117 and 118 in the North Cemetery. Voted to accept the foregoing gift. Article 7. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing bequest: $100.00, received from Ruth C. Brown, administratrix of the estate of Maria F. Spofford, to establish the '‘Maria F. Spofford Fund,” income from which is to be used for the perpetual care of the George A. Spofford Lot in the North Cemetery. Voted to accept the foregoing bequest. Article 8. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $200.00, received from Mrs. Lizzie B. Folsom and Wallace H. Folsom, to establish the “George B. Folsom Fund,” income from which is to be used for the perpetual care and decoration of Lot No. 27 in the North Cemetery. Voted to accept the foregoing gift. Article 9. To see if the Town will accept the fol- 18 lowing gift: $100.00, received from Mrs. Fannie Me- serve, to establish the “Joseph Moore Fund,” income from which to be used for the perpetual care of Lot 16, Section 3, in the Lakeview Cemetery. Voted to accept the foregoing gift. Article 10. To see if the Town will accept the fol- lowing bequest to the Public Library from the estate of Emily F. Damon, in memory of her sister, Harriet Coburn Damon: Three thousand dollars, from the ex- ecutors of the estate of Emily F. Damon, the income from said fund to be used for the purchase of books, pamphlets, papers, maps, plans, and other educational matter. Voted to accept the foregoing bequest. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Selectmen to appoint a town accountant, in ac- cordance with the provisions of Section 55 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or do or act. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a Town Accountant in accordance with the provisions of Section 55 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws. Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the Accounting Depart- ment, including a sum for the salary of the town ac- countant, or do or act. Voted, to appropriate and assess the sum of $600.00 for the accounting department, $500.00 of same for salary of the Accountant and $100.00 for incidentals. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to abolish the position of town auditor, or do or act. Voted to abolish the position of town auditor. Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the Auditor’s Department, including a sum for the salary of the auditor for the ensuing year, or do or act. Voted to pass over the article. Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess an additional sum of money for the salary of the treasurer, or do or act. Voted to pass over the article. Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate and 10 assess a sum of money for the salary of Theodore H. Harrington as collector of taxes for 1923 and 1924 taxes, or do or act. Voted to appropriate and assess the sum of $500.00 for the salary of Theodore H. Harrington as collector of taxes for 1923 and 1924 taxes. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to com- promise all claims which it may have against the Amer- ican Surety Company of New York on account of the obligations of said Company on all bonds of Lester R. Gerald as tax collector on which said Company may be surety, and all claims which the Town may have against said Company in any way growing out of the use by said Lester R. Gerald of any money collected by him as tax collector, for the sum of $27,500, of which $9000 has already been paid, and to authorize the Board of Select- men to give said Company a full release in accord and satisfaction of all such claims upon the payment to the Town of the sum of $18,500, in addition to said payment of $9000 already made, or do or act. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to compromise all claims that the Town has or may have against the American Surety Company of New York on account of or arising out of all bonds of Lester R. Gerald as Tax Collector on which said Company is surety and all claims which the Town may have against said Company in any way growing out of the use by said Lester R. Gerald of any money collected by him *as tax collector, for the total sum of $27,500, of which $9000 has already been paid, and in the name and on behalf of the Town to execute and deliver to said Surety Company a release under seal in full accord and satisfaction of all said claims agaiyst said Company upon payment to the Town of $18,500, in addition to said payment of $9000 already made. Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and empowered to compromise all claims that the Town has or may have against the American Surety Company of New York on account of or arising out of all bonds of Lester R. Gerald as Tax Collector on which said Company is surety and all claims which the Town may have against said Company in any way growing out 20 of the use by said Lester R. Gerald of any money clolect- ed by him as tax collector, for the total sum of |27,500, of which $9,000 has already been paid, and in the name and on behalf of the Town t oexecute and deliver to said Surety Company a release under seal in full accord and satisfaction of all said claims against said Company up- on payment to the Town of $18,500, in addition to said payment of $9000 already made. Vote: Yes 249 No 1 Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money to make good the deficiencies in the accounts of Lester R. Gerald as Tax Collector for the years 1914 to 1924, or do or act. Voted to appropriate and assess te sum of $12,500 on account of the deficiencies in the accounts of Lester R. Gerald as Tax Collector for the years 1914 to 1924. Vote: Yes 191 No 0 Article 19. To see what sum, if any, the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to make good the deficiencies in the accounts of Lester R. Gerald as Tax Collector for the years 1914 to 1924, or do or act. Voted to transfer from availale funds $7,113.02 to make good the deficiencies in the accounts of Lester R. Gerald as Tax Collector for the years 1914 to 1924. Vote: Yes 176 No 0 Article 20. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of repairing the Town Hall, or do or act. Voted to appropriate and assess the sum of $500 for the purpoose of repairing the Town Hall. Article 21. To see if the Town will accept Section 25 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws which provides as follows: “That the Selectmen shall appoint suitable citizens of the town assessors and assistant assessors for a term of not more than three years, and may re- move them at any time for cause after a hearing. Upon the qualification of persons so appointed the term of 21 existing assessors or assistant assessors of such town shall terminate.” Voted to pass over the article. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Town Clerk to the sum of $200.00, same to be effective as of date of Jan. 1, 1927, or do or act. Voted to increase the salary of the Town Clerk to the sum of $200.00, same to be effective as of date of Jan. 1, 1927. Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate and assess the sum of $100.00 to meet the ex- penses of sending notices of town meetings to the voters, or do or act. Voted to appropriate and assess the sum of $100.00 to meet the expenses of sending notices of town meet- ings to the voters. Article 24. To see if the Town will fix the per diem compensation of the Assessors, or do or act. Voted to pass over the Article. Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to install two street lights near Sherman’s Bridge, and to appro- priate and assess a sum of money for said purpose, or do or act. Voted to refer the matter to the Selectmen. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to increase the number of Water Commissioners from three to five, the two additional members to be elected at the annual election in 1927, one for a three-year term and one for a two-year term or such other terms as may seem ad- visable, or do or act. Voted to increase the number of Water Commission- ers from three to five, the two additional members to be elected at annual election in 1927, one for a three-year term and one for a two-year term. Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00, or some other amount, and elect a director; the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Mid- dlesex County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, 22 under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts. Voted to pass over the Article. Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1500 to extend the water main in Indian Road and Woodland Road about 1200 ft. to the intersection of Pine Ridge Road, or do or act. Voted, that the Town appropriate the sum of $1500.00 to extend the water main in Indian Road and Woodland Road about 1200 ft. to the intersection of Pine Ridge Road, and to meet said appropriation that the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $1500.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accord- ance with Section 19, Chapter 44, General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be payable in not more than three years. Vote: Unanimous. Article 29. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $250 to install a fire alarm box on Old Connecti- cut Path near Stone Bridge Road. Voted that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $250.00 to install a fire alarm box on Old Connec- ticut Path near Stone Bridge Road. Article 30. To see if the Town will appropriate the necessary sum of money to insure the school busses and protect the children against injury. Voted to refer the matter to the School Committee. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate and assess the sum of $800.00 for the purpose of repairing and oiling Sherman Bridge Road, or otherwise act. Voted to refer the matter to the Highway Surveyor. Article 32. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess $200.00 to repair and lay out squares, or do or act. Voted, that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $200.00 to name and dedicate the following Town Squares, viz: Simpson Corner hereafter to be known as Spencer Richardson Square: the Square in front of the Town House, Wayland, to be 23 known as Charles H. Alward Square; the junction of State Road and Cochituate Road,Wayland,to be known as Joseph Logue Square; and the junction of Main St. and Plain St., Cochituate, to be known as Lre- gion Square. Vote: Unanimous. Article 33. To see if the Town in accordance with the provision of Chapter 480, Acts of 1924, will appro- priate for any of the purposes permitted or provided for by said Chapter, all or any part of the sum of $1197.04, which sum was paid to and is held by the Town or Wayland, in accordance with the provision of said Chapter, or do or act. Voted, that the Town under the provisions of Chap- ter 480, Acts of 1924, instruct the Town Treasurer to pay the sum of $1197.04 to the Charles H. Alward Post No. 133 of the American Legion of Wayland, for the estab- lishment of a Memorial Lobby in the proposed Memorial Building to be erected by said Post. Vote unanimous. Article 34. To see what action the Town of Way- land will take in regard to instructing the Selectmen to petition the Department of Conservation, Division of Fisheries and Game, to set apart a certain portion of Dudley Pond, situated in the Town of Wayland, not over 25 per cent of the total acreage thereof, to be used as a breeding place for food fist. Voted to pass over the Article. Article 35. To see what action the Town of Way- land will take in regard to instructing the Selectmen to petition the Department of Conservation, Division of Fisheries and Game, to set aside a certain portion of Phelham Pond, situated in the Town of Wayland, not over 25 percent of the total acreage thereof, to be used as a breeding place for food fish. Voted to pass over the Article. Article 36. To see what sum if any the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropriations made under the foregoing Articles. Voted to pass over the Article. 24 Voted to dissolve the meeting at 11.30 P. M. A true copy. Attest: EDNA F. BISHOP, Clerk of the Town of Wayland 25 TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE Wayland, Massachusetts July 26, 1926 Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland met this day and did the fol- lowing business: Article 1. To hear any reports of committees, boards, agents or officials and act thereon. No action taken. Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate and assess a sum not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400) for the purpose of purchasing a pulmotor and life preservers, or do or act. Voted to appropriate and assess not more than one hundred ($100) for life preservers. No action taken on a pulmotor as they were found impractica^ble. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Highway and Bridges account to the Oiling account, or do or act. Voted to transfer $1000 from the Highway and Bridges account to the Oiling account. Vote unanimous. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Highway Surveyor to purchase a Motor Truck for Snow Removal and general Highway work, and to borrow a portion of the expense thereof and appropriate and assess the balance, or do or act. Voted that the Highway Surveyor be authorized to purchase a Motor Truck for Snow Removal and general Highway work, and that the sum of $5000 be appropri- ated for the same; and to meet said appropriation there be raised in the tax levy of the current year tlie sum of $1500, and the treasurer, with the approval of the select- 26 men, be and hereby are authorized to borrow the sum of $3500 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44, of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than two years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and selectmen may determine. Vote Yes 90 No 12 Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate and assess a sum of money for the Fire Department for the purchase of Fire Hose and other equipment at Wayland Center, or do or act. Voted that the Town appropriate and assess a sum of $2000 for the Fire Department for the purchase of Fire Hose and other equipment at Wayland Center. Vote unanimous. Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the two Town Scales and appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose, or do or act. Voted that the Town appropriate and assess $40 for the purpose of discontinuing the two Town Scales. Vote unanimous. Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote passed at the annual Town Meeting March 3, 1926, to pay the sum of $1197.04 to the American Legion to be used for erecting a memorial lobby in the building to be erected by them, or do or act. Voted that the vote passed at the annual Town Meeting March 3, 1926, to pay the sum of $1197.04 to the Charles H. Alward Post of the American Legion be and it hereby is rescinded. Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote passed at the annual Town Meeting of March 5, 1924, under Article 14 of the Warrant for that meeting which provided for the erection of a memorial tablet under the direction of a committee appointed by the Moderator, or do or act. • Voted that the vote passed at the annual Town Meeting March 5, 1924, under Article 14 of the Warrant for that Meeting, which provided for the erection of a 27 memorial tablet under the direction of a committee to be appointed by the Moderator, be and it hereby is rescinded. Vote Yes 53 No 37 Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a strip of land 20 by 100 feet, more or less, on the corner of Main and Plain Streets, Cochituate, now owned by the American Leg-ion, for a Memorial Park and authorize the transfer of §1250 appropriated for a Memorial tablet in 1924 and the war bonus fund, so called, of §1197.04, to pay for the same, or to take any action relative thereto. Voted that the Town purchase a strip of land 20 by 100 feet, more or less, on the corner of Main and Plain Streets, Ck)chituate, now owned by the Charles H. Alward Post, 133, Inc., of the American Legion, for a Memorial Park and that the Town hereby authorize the transfer of §1250 appropriated for a Memorial tablet in 1924 together with the sum of §1197.04, being the war bonus fund, so called, to pay for said land, and that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to do all things necessary or proper to carry out the foregoing vote and the purposes thereof, includ- ing the payment of such amount not to exceed said sum of §2447.04 as they find necessary and proper. Vote Yes 141 No 16 Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen on behalf of the Town to nego- tiate for the purchase from the Town of Weston the conduits, pipes, mains and other works along the Plain Road, so called, at Tower Hill belonging to said Town of Weston, payment to be made therefor by the Trustee under the will of Jonathan M. Parmenter, or if purchase has not been made on or before October 15, 1926, to take said conduits, pipes, mains and other works by the right of taking provided by statute, or do or act. Voted that the Selectmen of said Town of Wayland be and hereby are appointed and constituted a committee for and on behalf of said Town to negotiate for the pur- chase from said Town of Weston, of said conduits, pipes, mains and other works lying within the limits of the 28 — Town of Wayland, the same to be transferred and con- veyed to the Town of Wayland under and by virtue of Section 2, Chapter 316, of the Acts of 1903, it being assumed and understood that the Trustee under the will of Jonathan M. Parmenter will pay the Town of Weston, on behalf of said Town of Wayland, therefor, upon re- quest of said Selectmen a sum not exceeding $3800, providing, however, that said purchase be completed proper authority therefor having been given at a meet- ing of the inhabitants of said Town of Weston—on or before October 15, 1926; and if said purchase has not been completed, with the authority aforesaid, on or be- fore said October 15, 1926, by reason of a failure to reach an agreement with the Town of Weston, or be- cause the Town of Weston does not have a town meeting at which said purchase by the Town of Wayland is authorized, on or before said date, or for any other reason, then it is alternatively Voted: 2. That the Selectmen of the Town of Wayland be and are hereby empowered for and on behalf of said Town of Wayland to take said conduits, pipes, mains and other works of the Weston Water Works lying within the limits of the Town of Wayland for said Town of Way- land by the right of taking provided in said Section 2, Chapter 316, of the Acts of 1903, and it being assumed and understood that said Trustee ujw Jonathan M. Parmenter shall pay to said Town of Weston on behalf of said Town of Wayland for said purpose the sum of $3800 as liquidated damages and compensation for said taking; being the compensation provided for in and by said Section 2, Chapter 316, of the Acts of 1903; AND ALSO VOTED: 3. That if it shall appear that additions and-or improvements to said works in said Wayland shall in fact have been made since June 1st, 1903, and the cost thereof is established to the satisfaction of the Select- men of Wayland, acting as the committee as aforesaid for said purchase or as Selectmen as aforesaid for the taking of said works, that said Selectmen in either capacity are hereby authorized to purchase said con- duits, pipes, mains and other works, or to take the same 29 upon the basis of the payment of said $3800 as herein- above provided, and in addition thereto upon the basis of the cost as so established of such additions and-or improvements, to be paid by the Trustee u|w Jonathan M. Parmenter as aforesaid, on behlf of said Town of Wayland. Vote unanimous. Article 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to enter into an agreement on behalf of the Town with Paul M. Hamlin to extend water service from the existing service from Connecticut Path along Rice Road substantially as submitted to this meet- ing, or do or act. Voted to pass the article. Vote unanimous. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water supply system with 12 in. pipe on Main St. from Legion Hall Corner to Old Connecticut Path, or do or act. Voted not to extend the water supply system on Main St. from Legion Hall Corner to Old Connecticut Path. Vote Yes 21 No 77 Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum of money for the extension of the water system for a period not to exceed fifteen years and to authorize the issuance of notes therefor, or do or act. Voted to pass over the article. Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to pay for Hydrant service and appropriate and assess a sum of money therefor, or do or act. Voted that the Town pay the sum of Twenty-five dollars ($25) per hydrant for not exceeding sixty hydrants in Precinct 1 and sixty hydrants in Precinct 2 as an annual rental. The same to be appropriated and assessed and paid to the Water Board. Article 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to buy water from the Town of Lincoln and supply inhabitants of the North portion of the Town of Wayland therewith and lay the necessary 30 pipes therefor and to borrow money therefor for not to exceed fifteen years, or do or act. Voted that the Town hereby authorize the Water Commissioners to negotiate with the Town of Lincoln and to see if they can buy water to supply the inhabi- tants of the North portion of the Town therewith and report to the annual Town Meeting.. Voted to dissolve the meetng at 11 P. M. A true copy. Attest: M. ALICE NEALE, Clerk of the Town of Wayland 31 BIRTHS Registered in the Town of Wayland for Year 1926 Date Name of Child Name of Parents January 3 James J. Boulton, Jr. James J., Sarah J. 3 Martin Alexander Holmes Martin A., Blanche 11 Ada Ward Thomas, Rena 11 David Ward Thomas, Rena 21 Weeks Harold E., Doris Cooper February 1 Roland Kenneth Collins Kenneth, Ethel 2 Joseph Josselyn Lavash, Joseph J., Marie H. Jr. 10 Raymond Leo Blaisdell Thomas H., Alma French 17 Marjorie Lucille Ames Oliver E., Gladys S. 18 Mae Louise Adams Frank T., Eva S. 24 Donald Herbert Parkhurst Leroy H., Florence L. March 3 Daniel Norman Place John, Blanche M. 5 Carlisle Douglas Carlisle D., Eleanor Scotland, Jr. 23 Sleeper Arthur M., Celia H. April 1 Norman Elliot Moore Clifford S., Albyna M. 8 Susan Jane Decatur Joseph, Agnes May 11 Russo Thomas, Mary 19 Thomas Joseplj Garvey Thomas J., Christie 26 Edward Albert McManus Thomas F., Blanch G. 31 William Kevin Eagan William H., Marie 32 June 2 Robert Kodak William, Nellie J. 5 Constance Freeman Percy W., Catherine 11 Marion Elizabeth Banforth Charles S., Ethel 17 James Harold Devereaux James R., Julia July 4 Ellen Frances Erickson John E., Teckla 10 Winifred May Rafus William A., Jenette M. 19 Pauline May Bryant Jesse H., Elizabeth 24 Richard Louis Haggen Simon L., Quo Vadis 31 Gloria Annette Beadle Charles H., Ruth M. August 7 McLellan Frank, Emily 8 Furbush Cecil G., Florence L 19 Hazel Estelle Barry Earl G., Eunice M. 30 James Byron Lockhart James, Corrinne September 8 Arthur Richard Bacon Arthur W., Ann 11 Virginia McEnroy Frank L., Clara E 22 William O’Connell John R., Helen 24 William Francis Robert Leon E., Cecelia Gladu October 9 Emily Blair Pierrepoint, Emily 13 Robert William Lupien Alphonse, Helen 31 Edward Joseph Burke Francis A., Marie B. November 1 Richard Philip Gelinas Fred, Dorothy 5 Richard Biggins James A., Sarah M. 7 Edward Henry Guyot ' Alfred L., Susan H. 8 James Henderson Lee Harry, Minnie 22 Norman Herman Evers Herman L.. Dorothy L. December 2 Florence Irene Payson Linwood A., Mary 6 Richard Sydney Birch Philip, Dorothy 9 Donald Allison Rice Earl A., Hilda 31 Earle Palmer Shay Fred P., Marjorie V. 33 MARRIAGES Registered in the Town of Wayland for Year 1926 January 6 Waldo H. Russell, Ruth A. Catton, at Medford, by Rev. Dwight W. Hadley. 16 William R. Mather, Mary Ellen Burke, at Wayland, by Rev. J. D. Binette. February 2 Herman Lester Evers, Dorothea Lydia Carter, at Woonsocket, R. L, by Rev. W. A. Carrington. 23 Thorne Howard Dakin, Louise Lucia Campbell, at Weston, by Rev. William J. Kelly. March 21 John Arthur King, Theresa Markel West, at Natick, by Rev. William D. Wilkie. April 3 John Lumsden Duguid, Helen Grace Wallace, at Framingham, by Sanford H. Acorn, Justice of the Peace. 11 Reginald Thomas Carter, Marjorie Hazel Shackford, at Wayland, by Rev. Henry E. Leech. May 29 Perley Edison Dunbar, Arline Emma Perry, at Way- land, by M. Alice Neale, Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace. 30 Ralph Ewing Crowell, Flora Isabel Pettigrew, at Wayland, by M. Alice Neale, Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace. June 4 Alphonse Lupien, Ellen Margaret McSw^eeney, at 34 Wayland, by M. Alice Neale, Town Clerk and Jus- tice of* the Peace. 5 Marcus J. Stevens, Emily E. Vaughan, at Melrose, by Rev. Walter E. Woodbury. 27 William Henry Dusseault, Hele^i Agnes Crowley, at Natick, by Rev. James T. Landrigan. July 3 _Arthur Thomas Branigan, Alice Gertrude Joy, at Wayland, by Rev. William H. Branigan. 3 George Elwood Bezanson, Berniece Harriet Salis- bury, at Wayland, by Rev. William H. Branigan. 3 Arthur Herbert Gilson, Lena Hanington Pearson, at Wayland, by Rev. Raymond Lang. 15 James Llewellyn Banks, Rose Alberta Kelton, at Framingham, by Sanford H. Acorn, Justice of the Peace 24 Forrest Bartlett Ewell, Ruth Whitney Powell, at Somerville, by Rev. Charles 0. Farnham. August 1 Thomas D. Anderson, Helen D. Neale, at Wayland, by Rev. Henry E. Leech. 9 Myron Kenneth Kinsman, Gladys Mary Thompson, at Boston, by John Weaver Sherman, Justice of the Peace September 4 Glenford Howard Atkinson, Doris May Bourette, at Wayland, by Rev.. Henry E. Leech. 12 Arthur Amedee Perodeau, Anna Gertrude Dooley, at Boston, by Rev. William A. Ryan. 21 George Edward Johnson, Julia M. Boyd, at Nashua, N. H., by Rev. Frank Wade Smith. October 1 Robert Bruce Magill, Dorothy Newcomb, at Fram- ingham, by Rev. James A. Thompson. 7 Arnold Reginald Hudson, Laura Myrtle Smith, at Waltham, by Rev. Charles J. McLean. 10 John Jacob Foley, Helen Frances Toohill, at Fram- ingham, by Rev. James H. Flannery. 12 Omer Henry Berube, Lillian Olivine Trudel, at Way- land, by Rev. J. D. Binette. 12 Thomas Andrew Magorty, Anna Gertrude Coughlin, 35 at Wellesley, by Rev. Edward J. Welch. 21 John Joseph Linnehan, Bridget Theresa Sullivan, at Wayland, by Rev. J. D. Binette. 24 Waldo Alexander Gregg, Katherine Marie Sharpe, at Wayland, by Rev. J. D. Binette. 27 Henry James Christie, Lillian Holmes Allen, at Wayland, by Rev. J. D. Binette. November 25 George Francis Bowers, Jr., Dorothy Lillian Harr- ington, at Wayland, by Rev. J. D. Binette. 25 Frank Fielding Hargraves, Grace Harriett Tyrrell, at Natick, by Rev. Asa A. Morrison. December 5 Charles Gordon Despeaux, Elsie Louise Lindbohm, Framingham, by Rev. S. Paul Jefferson. 9 Kenneth Cushman Dow, Kathryn Lane, at Wayland, by Rev. Harry W. Kimball. 25 Albert Thomas Thibodeau, Mary Yvonne Coumover, ' at Wayland, by Rev. J. D. Binette. 36 DEATHS Registered in the Town of Wayland for the Year 192h Date Name Age January Y M D 1 Anna J. Zimmerman 40 8 5 Abbie A. Fiske 86 5 28 Helen Bigwood 47 February 28 David Ward 1 14 March 2 Henrietta Augusta Coolidge 87 2 12 8 John F. Cummings 68 8 30 20 Robert E. Ainslie 5 5 23 'Sleeper Ih 25 Elizabeth Sarah Coakley 56" 6 7 26 Edith G. Howe 76 2 7 April 5 Henry A. Bemis 83 8 5 7 Matthew Temple 79 10 27 12 Martin Holmes 3 9 24 Thomas A. Foley 25 6 May 9 Anna S. Hoye 72 18 Catherine L. Smith 79 9 26 June 13 Thomas Lynch 19 14 Marie Johnson 51 9 3 July 6 Andrew Ignatius Fitzpatrick 30 3 27 10 Mary E. Gorman 62 37 August 5 Eldon Roxborough 22 10 3 6 Frances Miller 20 11 26 23 Harriett Hooper 86 31 Adelaide B. Webber 83 6 14 September 8 Raymond L. Bleasdale 6 29 23 David Greene Haskins, Jr. 81 6 16 October 15 Myra F. Hunting 65 7 16 November 2 Grace C. Bond 65 10 28 12 Alan 0. Coolidge 46 8 25 15 Walter Byron Henderson 60 1 25 16 Orlando P. Ewing 72 December 12 Harold E. Wilbur 16 6 20 16 Nancy Reed Gerald 75 3 4 19 John Carey 69 11 19 22 Channing Baxter 70 .9 DOG LICENSES 1926 Males, 183 at $2.00 $366.00 Females, 69 at $5.00 345.00 Kennels, 5 at $25.00 125.00 Total 257 $836.00 Fee§. deducted, 257 at 20c 51.40 Paid County Treasurer $784.60 38 RESULTS OF TOWN ELECTION March 1, 1926 Moderator Free. 1 Free, 2 Total John Connelly,* Nom. Papers 224 328 552 Town Clerk Charles R. Cole, Nom. Papers 137 35 172 John W. Leavitt, Nom. Papers 77 173 250 M. Alice Neale,* Nom. Papers 84 254 338 Selectmen Richard Ames,* Nom. Papers 260 262 522 George G. Bogren,* Nom. Papers 96 394 480 Chester H. Hobbs, Nom. Papers 24 98 122 William S. LovelJ,* Nom. Papers 281 147 428 Napoleon Perodeau, Nom. Papers 90 316 406 Treasurer Frank G. MacKenna,* Nom. Papers 243 385 628 * Collector of Taxes Wilbur C. Gorman,* Nom. Papers 257 386 644 Auditor Marie R. Hynes,* Nom. Papers 263 295 558 Overseer of Poor Thomas W. Frost, * Nom. Papers 262 329 591 Assessor Edwin G. Brown, Nom. Papers 28 174 203 James H. Lee, Nom. Papers 177 34 211 William J. Moore, Nom. Papers 11 20 31 Clarence S. Williams,* Nom. Papers 68 174 242 Cecil L. Yeuell, Nom. Papers 4 51 55 39 School Committee Llewellyn Mills,* Nom. Papers 245 314 559. Water Commissioner Walter S. Bigwood,* Nom. Papers 170 146 316 Roscoe C. Dean, Nom. Papers 25 69 93 Walter C. Smith, Nom. Papers 73 235 308 Trustee of Library (to fill vacancy) George G. Bogren,* Nom. Papers 226 370 596 Trustees of Library Alfred W. Cutting,* Nom. Papers 256 253 509 J. Sidney Stone,* Nom. Papers 253 307 560 Board of Health Waldo L. Lawrence,* Nom. Papers 254 333 587 Park Commissioner William M. Pettigrew,* Nom. Papers 177 297 474 Surveyor of Highways James Ferguson,* Nom. Papers 98 341 439 Edward F. Lee, Nom. Papers 207 148 355 Cemetery Commissioner Charles Lyman Fullick, Nom. Papers 64 278 342 Emma D. Wellington,* Nom. Papers 225 133 358 Commissioner of Trust Funds Albert F. Flint,* Nom. Papers 222 288 510 Planning Board (One Year) Warren L. Bishop,* Nom. Papers 221 372 593 Gilbert Small,* Nom. Papers 202 254 456 Planning Board (Two Years) Ronald S. Campbell,* Nom. Papers 222 313 535 Howard S. Russell,* Nom. Papers 220 259 479 Planning Board (Three Years) Frank I. Gooper,* Nom. Papers 247 286 533 , Alvin B. Neale,* Nom. Papers 192 311 503 Tree Warden Frank F. Ames,* Nom. Papers 227 319 546 40 Constables Charles W. Bemis,* Nom. Papers 147 243 390 Wilfred L. Celorier,* Nom. Papers 120 271 391 Harry W. Craig,* Nom. Papers 168 275 443 Edward F. Dorsheimer,* Nom. Papers 178 359 537 Charles F. Dusseault,* Nom. Papers 157 311 468 Oswald A. Garvey, Nom. Papers 131 245 376 John E. Linnehan,* Nom. Papers 213 237 450 Frank C. Moore,* Nom. Papers 211 229 440 * Elected 41 VOTE AT STATE PRIMARY September 14, 1926 REPUBLICAN Governor Free. 1 Free. 2 Total Alvan T. Fuller, 57 49 106 Lieutenant Governor Frank G. Allen 54 42 96 Secretary Frederic W. Cook 56 39 95 Treasurer William S. Youngman 53 39 92 Auditor Alonzo B. Cook 38 36 74 Attorney General Elijah Adlow 2 2 4 Alexander Lincoln 18 1 19 Arthur K. Reading 36 46 82 Senator in Congress (to fill vacancy) William M. Butler 55 38 93 Congressman John Bordman 22 16 38 Edith Nourse Rogers 35 29 64 Councillor Esther M. Andrews 6 4 10 John C. Brimblecom 1 9 10 Charles Lawrence Burrill 14 10 24 Charles Sumner Smith 35 20 55 42 Senator Abbott B. Rice 51 36 87 Representative in General Court J. Sidney Stone 56 45 101 County Commissioner Erson B. Barlow 51 33 84 Associate Commissioners Sidney L. Bishop 13 11 24 Sherman H. Fletcher 33 26 59 Daniel D. Gorman 4 2 6 Harry L. Haseltine 1 2 3 John M. Keyes 45 30 75 District Attorney Robert T. Bushnell 51 45 96 Sheriff John R. Fairbairn 52 41 93 County Commissioner Nathaniel I. Bowditch 50 40 90 Daniel F. McBride 0 2 2 Harry F. Peck 2 2 4 Register of Probate and Insolvency William G. Andrew 6 12 18 Loring P. Jordan 30 21 51 Russell A. Wood 17 9 26 State Committee Edward E. Clark 0 36 36 Delegates to State Convention James I. Bryden 54 40 94 Frank J. Bigwood 54 41 95 George W. Bishop 53 43 96 Town Committee James I. Bryden* 0 14 14 Llewellyn Mills* 0 10 10 Frank I. Cooper* 10 1 11 Frank J. Bigwood* 8 2 10 John Connelly* 2 6 8 Wm. S. Lovell* 0 8 8 43 Clarence S. Williams* 0 7 7 Wm. J. Scotland* 16 7 J. Sidney Stone* 0 6 6 Theodore H. Harrington 0 5 5 Phebe C. Raymond 5 0 5 Howard W. Parmenter 4 0 4 Edward M. Bennett 4 0 4 Dorothy C. Stone 2 13 M. Alice Neale 0 3 3 Albert F. Flint 2 0 2 Alexander J. Lizotte 0 2 2 F. Helen Norris 0 2 2 Ernest E. Sparks 112 Mabel T. S. Small 112 Alvin B. Neale 0 2 2 George W. Bishop 0 2 2 Wlter S. Bigwood 0 2 2 Warren L. Bishop 0 2 2 Willard C. Hunting oil Arthur P. Brouillette oil Joseph G. Hallenbrook oil Lester R. Thompson oil Edmund H. Sears oil George G. Bogren 10 1 Richard Ames 10 1 George L. Ellsworth 10 1 Henry W. Patterson 10 1 Robert B, Davis 10 1 Francis Shaw 10 1 * Elected DEMOCRATIC Governor Free. 1 Free. 2 Total William A. Gaston 4 8 12 Lieutenant Governor Harry J. Dooley 2 1 3 Joseph B. Ely 1 6 7 Secretary Frank W. Cavanaugh 4 8 12 44 Treasurer Daniel England 4 8 12 Auditor Strabo V. Claggett 2 7 9 Attorney General John E. Swift 16 7 Harold Williams, Jr. 3 2 5 Senator in Congress (to fill vacancy) David I. Walsh 5 8 13 Congressman James M. Hurley 3 7 10 Representative in General Court Grover Roscoe Moran 3 4 7 District Attorney Patrick J. Delaney 4 8 12 County Commissioner Daniel F. McBride 3 5 8 Register of Probate and Insolvency John J. Butler 3 6 9 State Committee John P. Tierney 3 5 8 45 RESULTS OF STATE ELECTION November 2, 1926 Governor Free. 1 Pre<;. 2 Total Alvan T. Fuller, Republican 238 294 532 William A. Gaston, Democratic 93 159 252 Walter S. Hutchins, Socialist Party 2 3 5 Samuel Leger, Socialist Labor Party 2 1 3 Lewis Marks, Workers Party 1 0 1 Lieutenant Governor Frank G. Allen, Republican 240 293 533 Daniel T. Blessington, Socialist Labor 1 1 2 Albert Oddie, Workers 1 0 ' 1 Dennis F. Reagan, Socialist 2 3 5 Edmond P. Talbot, Democratic 86 149 235 * Secretary Harry J. Canter, Workers 5 10 15 Frank W. Cavanaugh, Democratic 82 138 220 Frederic W. Cook, Republican 220 271 491 Stephen S. Surridge, Socialist Labor 2 2 4 Edith M. Williams, Socialist 6 4 10 Treasurer Albert Sprague Coolidge, Socialist 7 9 16 Winfield A. Dwyer, Workers 3 5 8 Daniel England, Democratic 77 129 206 Henry Hess, Socialist Labor 2 2 4 William S. Youngman, Republican 223 278 501 Auditor Leon Arkin, Socialist 2 2 4 Strabo V. Claggett, Democratic 151 166 317 Alonzo B. Cook, Republican 145 246 391 46 Emma P. Hutchins, Workers 1 1 2 John R. MacKinnon, Socialist Labor 3 2 5 Attorney General Isadore Harris, Socialist Labor 3 4 7 Max Lerner, Workers 3 6 9 Arthur K. Reading, Republican 230 294 524 John Weaver Sherman, Socialist 0 1 1 John E. Swift, Democratic 80 123 203 Senator in Congress (to fill vacancy) John J. Ballam, Workers 2 0 2 William M. Butler, Republican 212 241 453 o Washington Cook, Modification Volstead Act 1 2 o Alfred Baker Lewis, Socialist 0 1 1 David I. Walsh, Democratic 117 214 331 Congressman James M. Hurley, Democratic 89 149 238 Edith Nourse Rogers, Republican 219 265 484 Councillor Charles Sumner Smith, Republican 239 304 543 Senator Edward T. Simoneau, Republican 228 308 536 Representative in General Court Grover Roscoe Moran, Democratic 65 134 199 J. Sidney Stone, Republican 256 285 541 County Commissioner Erson B. Barlow, Republican 237 290 527 Associate Commissioners Sherman H. Fletcher, Republican 186 248 434 John M. Keyes, Republican 203 242 445 District Attorney Robert T. Bushnell, Republican 234 306 540 Patrick J. Delaney, Democratic 73 120 193 Sheriff John R. Fairbairn, Republican 240 308 548 County Commissioner (to fill vacancy) Nathaniel I. Bowditch, Republican 232 275 507 Daniel F. McBride, Democratic 74 117 191 47 : Register of Probate and Insolvency (to fill vacancy) John J.. Butler, Democratic 93 131 224 Loring P. Jordan, Republican 201 259 460 Referendum Question No. 1 Shall an amendment to the constitution which au- thorize the General Court to establish in any corporate town containing more than six thousand inhabitants a form of town government providing for town meetings limited to such inhabitants of the town as may be elected for the purpose, which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 29, 1924, 189 votes in the afhirma- tive and 40 in the negative, and at a joint session of the two Houses held March 18, 1925, received 262 votes in the affirmative and 4 in the negative, be approved? Yes 154 148 302 No 67 88 155 Question No. 2 Shall a law which amends existing law by striking out the provisions that veterans who pass Civil Service examinations shall be placed upon the eligible lists above all other applicants, that disabled veterans shall be placed ahead of all other veterans, and that disabled veterans shall be appointed and emplowed in preference to all other persons ; and by providing in place thereof, that five points shall be added to the mark of veterans wffio pass such examinations, and ten points to the mark of dis- abled veterans, which law was disapproved in the Senate by a vote of 0 in the affirmative and 34 in the negative, and in the House of Representatives by a vote of 11 in the affirmative and 181 in the negative, be approved? Yes 148 126 271 No 106 195 301 Concord, Massachusetts November 12, 1926 The clerks of the Towns compromising the 13th Mid- dlesex Representative District met this day at Concord, Massachusetts, and counted and tabulated the votes cast for representative in said District on November 2, 1926, as follows 48 Vote c O d O Xi 'oo C T3 Total O P c J. Sidney Stone of Way- landj Rep. 1293 310 286 745 541 3175 James Nagle 1 Blanks 300 37 48 83 66 534 Total Vote 2149 377 415 944 806 4691 Mr. J. Sidney Stone was declared elected. WILLIAM D. CROSS, Town Clerk of Confcord FRANK F. GERRY, Town Clerk of Sudbury THOMAS L. GILLIS, Town Clerk of Lincoln BRENTON H. DICKSON, Town Clerk of Weston M. ALICE NEALE, Town Clerk of Wayland Respectfully submitted, M. ALICE NEALE 'Town Clerk 49 : : REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR The Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House, Boston, June 18, 1926 To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. William S. Lovell, Chairman, Wayland, Massachusetts. Gentlemen I submit herewith my report of an audit of the ac- counts of the town of Wayland for the period from Au- gust 1, 1925, to April 3, 1926, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL Director of Accounts Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston. Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Wayland for the per- iod from August 1, 1925, to April 3, 1926, have installed a system of account as petitioned for by vote of the town and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws, and submit the following report theron The financial transactions of the town, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined for the period covered by the audit. 50 The books and accounts of the treasurer were ex- amined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were verified by a comparison with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury; and the disbursements were checked with the warrants and original vouchers on file. The cash book was footed throughout for the period covered by the audit and the cash balance was verified by a reconciliation of the bank accounts with statements furnished by the bank. The savings bank books and securities representing the investments of the several trust funds belonging to the town were examined, the income was proved, and the funds were found to be as recorded on the books. Appended to this report are tables showing a recon- ciliation of the treasurer’s cash and the condition and transactions of the several trust funds. The re-commitments of taxes of the levies of 1923 and 1924 were examined and checked in detail. The re- corded payments to the treasurer were verified by a comparison with the treasurer’s books, the abatements were checked with the assessors’ records of abatements granted, the outstanding accounts were listed and rec- onciled, and the cash on hand was verified. In the process of collecting the re-committed ac- counts, evidence has been submitted to the collector of the payment to the former collector of twenty-two ac- counts of 1923 aggregating $1,033.40 and of seventy- two accounts of 1924 aggregating $4,582.15. These amounts, therefore, have been added to the discrepan- cies of the former collector. The commitment of taxes for the levy of 1925 was examined and checked. The commitment was proved and reconciled with the warrant, the recorded payments to the treasurer were verified by a comparison with the treasurer’s books, the abatements were checked with the assessors’ records of abatements granted, the out- standing accounts were listed, and the cash on hand was verified. Appended to this report are tables showing recon- ciliations of the collector’s cash and summaries of the tax and assessment accounts. 51 The town clerk’s receipts for licenses issued for the town, the State and the county were checked, and the recorded payments to the town. State and county treas- urers were verified. The accounts of the water department were exam- ined and checked. The records of collections were checked with the water register for the years 1923 to April 3, 1926, it being found that the recorded collections to March 1, 1923, exceeded the payments to the treasu- rer by $631.75. This discrepancy was called to the atten- tion of the former water collector, and the amount is to be paid into the town treasury. The accounts of the present collector were checked and reconciled with the outstanding accounts as shown by the water register. Appended to this report are tables showing a re- conciliation of the collector’s cash and a summary of the accounts receivable. The town clerk’s records of appropriations voted by the town were examined, and it was noted that under Article 33 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of March 3, 1926, the town voted '‘that the town, under the provisions of Chapter 480, Acts of 1924, instruct the town treasurer to pay the sum of $1,197.04 to the Charles H. Alward Post No. 133 of the American Legion of Wayland, for the establishment of a Memorial Lobby in the proposed Memorial Building to be erected by said Post.” This vote does not, in my opinion, comply with the provisions of Chapter 480, Acts of 1924, as the town cannot legally borrow money for the construction of buildings to be owned and controlled by a private soci- ety or association. In addition to the departments and accounts men- tioned, the accounts of all other departments receiving money for the town were examined and verified. The books and accounts under the new system were opened as of January 1, 1926, and the financial transactions to April 3, 1926, were entered therein. The system as installed provides automatic checks which will furnish the administrative officers with infor- mation which should prove helpful in carrying on the work of the respective departments. Citizens may also be furnished with facts relative to the cost of the sev- eral functions and activities of the town government. 52 a The several books and forms provided contemplate the systematic classification of accounts by means of grouping all items of receipts and all items of expendi- ture of a similar nature under what is termed a func- tional classification; that is, grouping those items that are related, thus allowing the public to see at a glance what each particular service is costing. The treasury warrant (upon which all payments are made) will be prepared by the town accountant. By the use of the warrant, he can see whether there is a sufficient sum to the credit of the department on account of which the same is drawn before the warrant is ap- proved by the selectmen, thereby preventing expendi- tures in excess of the sums appropriated. Ample provision has been made for handling the accounts in a businesslike manner, and with the ac- counts kept up to date, as I believe they will be, the several town officials will have available at all times in- formation which will aid them in planning their work and which will also insure a complete statement of the financial condition of the town from time to time. A list of the books and forms provided for the town, together with a brief description of their use and certain general instructions relative to the keeping of the ac- counts, follows: Journal for accounting officer Cash book for accounting officer Ledger for accounting officer Classification book for accounting officer Cash book for treasurer Schedule of department bills payable Treasury warrants Schedule of collector’s payments to treasurer Schedule of departmental payments to treasurer Schedule of treasurer’s recepits Schedule of tax abatements allowed Voucher folder General department payrolls School department payrolls Monthly statements. All of these books and forms are arranged so as to simplify the reporting and make possible a proper check on the accounting of public moneys; also to insure a 53 classification of both receipts and payments. All mon- eys received from every source and paid to the treasurer are also reported to the accounting officer, in whose book will be recorded all cash transactions in detail, which will furnish an absolute check on the total. Journal.—This is a bound book of the ordinary two- column stock type. It forms, together with the cash book, the medium from which all entries in the general ledger are posted, as it is of vital importance that no entry shall be originated in the general ledger. The journal is used for keeping a record of the deb- iting and crediting of items in the ledger, such as open- ing entries, budget appropriation entries, the entering of tax commitments, the abatements of taxes, accounts re- ceivable, and all entries which are not strictly cash book transactions. It is important that all journal entries state clearly the ledger accounts which are to be debited and cred- ited; also that full explanation of the entry be made, in order that the transactions may be fully understood by anyone examining the accounts. Cash Book (for Accounting Officer).—This is a bound book similar to those used in ordinary commer- cial accounting; in this book should be entered all tran- sactions involving the receipt or the disbursement of cash, in order that the total transactions for a given period may be shown at a glance. All moneys received from every source will be re- ported to the accounting officer ; therefore, in the latter's cash book will be recorded cash transactions which are similar to those of the treasurer, except in detail, and which will furnish an absolute check on the total. Ledger.—This is of the loose-leaf type; when the several sheets are properly arranged and placed in the binder provided for the purpose, they form the general ledger, in which are recorded, in controlling accounts, all of the financial transactions of the town. The accounts in the general ledger are separated and grouped in sections, as follows: First, Assets and liabilities Second, Revenue accounts. Third, Appropriation accounts Fourth, Funded or Fixed debt 54 Fifth, Trust funds. From the ledger, information relative to the con- dition of the several appropriations may be obtained readily and the administrative officers may keep con- stantly informed of the amounts expended; also of the amounts available for the balance of the year. This in- formation is very necessary in view of the statute which expressly forbids the incurring of liabilities in excess of the appropriations made for the use of the several departments;; unless the work is well planned, it will be found that the appropriations will be exhaust- ed before the end of the year, with much needed work still to be done. Classification Book.—This book consists of loose- leaf forms with printed headings covering the chief sources from which revenue is received and objects for which money is expended, with blank spaces which allow for additional headings to cover important items that may seem desirable. These sheets are arranged in functional order and placed in a binder provided for the purpose, thus forming the principal source of detailed information regarding the receipts and disbursements of the town. They are arranged in a classified form that is generally accepted and adopted by accountants and stu- dents of municipal affairs. Provision is made for the recording of the date of the receipt, from whom received, and the source. On the payment side will be shown the date of the bill, to whom paid, and the purpose or object of pay- ment. From this book definite information can readily be obtained of every cash transaction of the town; but its chief object is to furnish classification in a scientific manner, regardless of the method of making appropri- ations. This book is also designed to bring the costs of each particular function or service together, so that by know- ing the costs and intelligently comparing them with the service given, the taxpayer may judge of the efficiency or inefficiency of the administrative officers. Cash Book (for Treasurer).—This is a bound book especially designed for the recording of all of the cash receipts and disbursements of the treasury department 55 — in one book. Schedule of Bills Payable.—On these sheets each department should list all bills approved for payment, and should forward them, accompanied by the original bills, to the accounting officer. From these the treasury warrants are prepared. Treasury Warrants.—These are for listing the bills of the several departments. Warrants are submitted to the selectmen, together with the bills, for their appro- val, the bills first having been checked by the account- ing officer and compared with the several appropriation accounts to which they are chargeable. The selectmen having signed the warrant, it is passed to the treasurer as his authority for payment. Under the statute, the selectmen are required to ap- prove all bills before they are paid by the treasurer; by using the treasury warrant, they can give greater atten- tion to the bills and appropriation accounts without con- suming additional time. Schedule of Collector’s Payments to Treasurer.^ These are especially designed forms for the reporting to the accounting officer of payments made to the treasu- rer by the collector. From these reports the accounting officer is enabled to classify properly the collector’s re- ceipts and verify the receipts reported by the treasu- rer. Schedule of Pepartmental Payments to Treasurer. This form is for the use of departments, except those for which special forms are prepared, for reporting pay- ments to the treasurer. Schedule of Treasurer’s Receipts.—^The treasurer will use these forms in reporting the cash receipts to the accounting officer. They form the basis of the debit en- tries in the accounting officer’s cash book, and together with the schedules of payments to the treasurer, serve as an automatic check on the cash account, furnishing the accounting officer with the necessary information for keeping his accounts up to date at all times and also en- abling statements to be drawn off showing actual cash transactions. By the use of printed forms for the re- porting of all items* involving cash, but little time is required for reporting the same. Schedule of Tax Abatements Allowed.—This form 56 — is for the use of the assessors in reporting abatements to the accounting officer so that he may credit the col- lector with these items in addition to his cash payments to the treasurer. On the accounting officer’s book, the collector is charged with the commitment and credited with collections paid the treasurer; if to the collections are added abatements allowed, the accounting officer’s ledger will show, in his collector’s account, the exact amount of outstanding taxes. Voucher Folder.—This form is for the use of the town accounting officer and is designed for the purpose of securing uniformity in the filing of bills. General Department Payrolls.—These are to be used by all departments, except the school department, in making up their weekly or monthly payrolls, and are designed for the purpose of securing unformity in the payrolls of all departments. School Department Payrolls.—These are especially designed for the use of the school department, provision being made for showing the gross amount of salary due each teacher or employee, the amount of deduction on account of the retirement fund, the net amount received by each person and the total amount to be sent to the treasurer of the retirement fund. Monthly Statements.—These forms are used by the town accounting officer in notifying each department of the warrants drawn against its appropriation and the balance subject to draft. Revenue. ^Upon receipt of notice from the town clerk of appropriations voted by the town to be raised by taxation, a journal entry should be made debiting revenue and crediting the proper appropriation accounts. When the tax warrant is delivered to the collector, this account should be credited and taxes debited. At the close of the year, a journal entry should be made debiting all unexpended appropriation accounts (the object for which the appropriation was made hav- ing been completed) and crediting revenue. The esti- mated receipts account should also be closed out into the revenue account at the close of the year, and the revenue account closed into the excess and deficiency account. Estimated Receipts.—The amount of estimated re- ceipts deducted by the assessors in determining the 57 amount to be raised by taxation should be debited to the estimated receipts account and the revenue account cred- ited; as cash is received, estimated receipts should be credited and cash debited. Taxes.—Upon the delivery of the assessors' war- rant for the collection of taxes, a journal entry should be made debiting taxes with the total amount of the commitment and crediting revenue, state tax, county tax, state highway tax and overlay with the several amounts appearing in the. warrant. As money is paid into the town treasury, cash should be debited and the tax account credited. When abate- ments are granted by the assessors, a journal entry should be made crediting taxes and debiting overlay. Commonwealth of Massachusetts—State Aid.—This account represents the amount due from the Common- wealth for State Aid disbursed during the previous year. Upon receipt of money from the State, cash should be debited and State Aid credited. At the close of the year, a journal entry should be made debiting State Aid due from the Commonwealth and crediting the Departmen- tal Revenue with the amount of State Aid disbursed during the year. Poor Department Accounts Receivable.—When bills are sent to the State, cities and towns, or individuals, for aid rendered paupers not having a settlement in the town, a journal entry should be made debiting the poor department accounts receivable and crediting depart- mental revenue with the amount of the charge; as cash is received, the accounts receivable account should be credited and cash debited. The same procedure should be followed in the case of accounts receivable of all departments rendering bills for amounts due the town. Overlay.—Whenever abatements are granted by the assessors, a journal entry should be made debiting over- lay and crediting taxes for the amount of the abate- ments. Any balance in the overlay account in excess of the amount of the warrant remaining to be collected or abated should, by journal entry, be transferred to the overlay reserve fund. Overlay Reserve Fund (Overlay Surplus).—This ac- count represents the surplus or difference between the 58 overlay and the abatements granted by the assessors, and should be reserved for extraordinary or unforeseen expenses, as required by Section 25, Chapter 59 of the General Laws. Revenue Loans.—Whenever loans are issued in an- ticipation of revenue, the cash account should be debited and the revenue loan account credited; when the loan is paid, a warrant should be drawn, revenue loan account debited and cash credited. Departmental Revenue (Not Available Until Col- lected.—This account represents revenue of the several departments on account of charges for services rendered or materials furnished. At the end of each month the amount of cash received on account of departmental charges should be credited by journal entry to the esti- mated receipts account and departmental revenue should be debited. Net Bonded Debt.—When debt is incurred by the issue of bonds or notes (for other than temporary reve- nue loans), a journal entry should be made debiting net bonded debt and crediting the specific loan account. When the bonds are paid, the specific loan account should be debited and net bonded debt credited. Trust Funds.—When money is received the income of which is to be used for some specific purpose, cash should be debited and the special fund account credited. A warrant should be drawn authorizing the treasurer to deposit the amount in the savings bank, cash should be credited, and trust funds (cash or securities) debited. As income as withdrawn from the bank, cash should be debited and the specific purpose for which the fund was created (such as library, cemetery, etc.), credited. At the end of the year, the income in excess of the with- drawals should be entered on the books by debiting trust funds (cash and securities) and crediting the specific fund account. For the courtesies extended and the assistance ren- dered during the process of the audit and the installation of the system, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, EDW. H. FENTON, Chief Examiner. 59 RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER’S CASH Balance July 31, 1925, per previous audit $19,026.24 Receipts 181,981.20 $201,007.44 Payments $181,678.19 Balance December 1, 1925 19,329.25 $201,007.44 Balance January 1, 1926 $19,329.25 Receipts January 1 to April 3, 1926 65,174.77 $84,504.02 Payments Jan. 1 to April 3, 1926 $74,348.97 Balance Apr. 3, 1926, per cash book 10,155.05 $84,504.02 Balance April 3, 1926, per cash book $10,155.05 Outstanding checks per list 1,325.67 $11,480.72 Payments April 2, 1926, in advance of warrants: checks No. 19493- No. 19511 $479.86 In Natick Trust Co. April 3, 1926, per bank statements: General accounts $4,960.99 1923 accounts 1,064.25 1924 accounts 1,771.07 1925 accounts 3,063.00 10,859.31 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 (deposited April 6, 1926 141.55 $11,480.72 RECONCILIATION OF TAX COLLECTOR’S CASH T. H. Harrington, Collector Balance per cash book April 3, 1926: Taxes 1924 $165.90 Moth Assesments 1924 1.50 60 Interest—Taxes 1923 3.25 Interest—Taxes 1924 14.63 Costs 1.00 $186.28 In Natick Trust Co. April 3, 1926, per bank statement $121.42 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 (deposited April 5, 1926) 64.86 $186.28 RECONCILIATION OF TAX COLLECTOR’ Wilbur C. Gorman, Collector Balance per cash book April 3, 1926: Taxes 1925 $2,556.99 Moth Assessments 1925 8.00 Interest—Taxes 1925 62.73 Costs 13.07 Overpayments (to be refunded) 4.51 Interest—Bank Account 15.01 Cash Over 1.11 $2,661.42 In Natick Trust Co. April 3, 1926, per bank statement $2,586.72 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 (Deposited $54.70, April 5) 74.50 $2,661.42 RECONCILIATION OF WATER COLLECTOR’S CASH Maynard R. Porter Cash on hand January 1, 1925 $100.75 Collected January 1 to March 1, 1925 774.00 Receipts per water register not en- tered in cash book: 1924 $700.00 1925 84.00 784.00 $1,658.75 Payments to Treasurer 1925 $889.75 61 Receipts 1924 per cash book not identified with register 137.25 Balance due Town April 3, 1926 631.75 $1,658.75 RECONCILIATION OF WATER COLLECTOR’S CASH Alfred C. Damon Collections 1925 $5,760.40 Collections 1926 to April 3 1,108.00 $6,868.40 Payments to Treasurer: 1925 $5,607.50 1926 to April 3 1,056.40 Balance April 3, 1926 204.50 $6,868.40 Balance April 3, 1926 $204.50 Cash Over 15.31 $219.81 In Natick Trust Co. April 3, 1926, per bank statement $208.01 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 11.80 $219.81 RE COMMITTED TAXES-1923 T. H. Harrington, Collector Re-commitment August 25, 1925, per previous audit $3,348.97 Moth Assessment 1923 credited as taxes 1923 13.25 $3,362.22 Payments to Treasurer August 25 to December 331, 1925 $1,415.02 Amounts claimed paid previous collector 755.77 Abatements Aug. 25 to Dec. 31, 1925 53.36 Moth Assessments 1923 included in re-commitment of taxes 1923 21.50 Taxes 1923 credited as taxes 1924 .56 62 Outstanding December 31, 1925 1,116.01 $3,362.22 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $1,116.01 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to April 3, 1926 $5.00 Amounts claimed previous collec- tor 273.88 Abatements Jan. 1 to Aprril 3, 1926 21.95 Tax titles taken by Town 42.97 Outstanding April 3, 1926, per list 772.21 $1,116.01 RE-COMMITTED TAXES—1924 T. H. Harrington, Collector Re-commitment August 25, 1925, per previous audit $18,488.11 Moth Assessments 1924 credited as taxes 1924 48.30 Taxes 1923 credited as taxes 1924 .56 Interest credited as taxes 1924 17.77 $18,554.74 Payments to Treasurer August 25 to December 31, 1925 $6,817.49 Amounts claimed paid, previous collector $3,908.29 Moth Assessment 1924 included in re-commitment of taxes 1924 141.45 Taxes 1924 credited as unassessed taxes 2.12 Abatements Aug. 25 to Dec. 31, 1925 78.02 Outstanding December 31, 1925 7,607.37 $18,554.74 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $7,607.37 Interest credited as taxes 1924 .72 $7,608.09 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to April 3, 1926 $712.60 Amounts claimed paid previous col- lector 639.51 63 Error in Abatements .02 Taxes 1924 credited as interest 29 Outstanding April 3, 1926, per list 6,089.77 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 165.90 $7,608.09 TAXES—1925 W. C. Gorman, Collector Commitment per warrant $104,204.93 December Assessment 119.87 $104,324.80 Detailed list in excess of warrant 24.65 Re-assessments, 1925 559.98 Moth Assessments 1925 credited as taxes 1925 2.25 Interest credit as taxes .01 Paid and abated, not refunded 4.42 $104,916.11 Payments to Treasurer to December 31, 1925 66,136.70 Abatements to Dec. 31, 1925 644.42 Taxes 1925 credited as interest .13 Outstanding December 31, 1925 38,134.86 $104,916.11 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $38,134.86 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to April 3, 1926 $10,954.46 Abatements Jan. 1 to April 3, 1926 66.30 Outstanding April 3, 1926, per list 24,557.11 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 2,556.99 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $38,134.86 RE COMMITTED MOTH ASSESSMENTS—1923 T. H. Harrington, Collector Re-commitment August 25, 1925, per previous audit, included in re-commitment of taxes 1923 $21.50 Moth Assessments 1923 credited as 64 taxes 1923 $13.25 > . t Outstanding December 31, 1925 8.25 $21.50 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $8.2h Amounts claimed paid previous col- lector $3.75 Outstanding April 3, 1926, per list 4.50 $8.25 RE COMMITTED MOTH ASSESSMENTS—1924 T. H. Harrington, Collector Re-commitment August 25, 1925, per previous audit, included in re-commitment of taxes 1924 $141.45 Moth Assessments 1924 credited as taxes 1924 $48.30 Outstanding December 31, 1925 93.15 $141.45 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $93.15 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to April 3, 1926 $7.50 Amounts claimed paid previous col- lector 34.35 Outstanding April 3, 1926, per list 49.80 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 1.50 $93.15 MOTH ASSESSMENTS—1925 W. C. Gorman, Collector Commitment per warrant $419.00 Payments to Treasurer to Decem- ber 31, 1925 $272.25 Moth Assessments 1925 credited as taxes 1925 2.25 Outstanding December 31, 1925 2.25 65 Outstanding December 31, 1925 144.50 $419.00 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $144.50 Payments to Treasurer Jan. 1 to April 3, 1926 $25.50 Outstanding April 3, 1926, per list 111.00 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 8.00 $144.50 INTEREST ON RE COMMITTED TAXES—1923 T. H. Harrington, Collector Interest collected August 25 to De- cember 31, 1925 $149.70 Payments to Treasurer $149.70 Interest collected Jan. 1 to April 3, 1926 $3.92 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to April 3, 1926 $ .67 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 3.25 $3.92 INTEREST ON RE COMMITTED TAXES—1924 T. H. Harrington, Collector Interest collected August 25 to De- cember 31, 1925 $394.99 Payments to Treasurer August 25 to December 31, 1925 $377.22 Interest credited as taxes 1924 17.77 $394.99 Interest collected Jan. 1 to April 3, 1926 $69.84 Taxes 1924 credited as interest .29 $70.13 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to April 3, 1926 $54.78 66 : Interest credited as taxes 1924 .72 . i.'- Cash on hand April 3, 1926 14.63 • r $70.13 INTEREST ON TAXES—1925 W. C. Gorman, Collector Interest collected to Dec. 31, 1925 91.41 Taxes 1925 credited as interest .13 $91.54 Payments to Ti’easurer to Decem- ;( ber 31, 1925 $91.53 Interest credited as taxes 1925 .01 $91.54 Interest collected Jan. 1 to April 3, 1926 $236.50 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to April 3, 1926 $173.77 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 62.73 $236.50 WATER DEPARTMENT Outstanding January 1, 1925 Rates per water register $2,668.50 Charges 1925 per register-rates 4,375.02 Payments in 1925 for charges prior to or not identified with register 163.50 Service connections, etc., 1925, per cash book 744.38 $7,951.40 Collections 1925 $6,618.40 Abatements 1925 96.50 Outstanding Dec. 31, 1925, per list 1,236.50 $7,951.40 Outstanding January 1, 1926 $1,236.50 Charges 1926 to April 3—rates 1,676.00 $2,912.50 Collections 1926 to April 3 $1,108.00 67 : : Abatements 1926 to April 3 3.50 Outstanding April 3, 1926, per list 1,801.00 $2,912.50 DONATION POOR FUND Securities Cash par value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $1,300.00 $1,300.00 On hand at end of year 1925 155.25 $1,300.00 $1,355.25 On hand April 3, 1926 $1,300.00 $1,300.00 1925 Receipts Income received $55.25 Total $55.25 Payments Cash on hand at end of year $55.25 Total $55.25 January 1 to April 3, 1926 Receipts Cash on hand at beginning of year $55.25 Total $55.25 Payments Aid rendered $55.25 Total $55.25 ALLEN POOR FUND Securities Cash par value Total On hand at begining of year 1925 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 On hand at end of year 1925 $40.00 $1,000.00 $1,040.00 68 :: ::: On hand April 3, 1926 $20.00 $ 1 , 000.00 $ 1 , 020.00 1925 Receipts Income received $40.00 Payments Cash on hand at end of year $40.00 Total $40.00 January 1 to April 3, 1926 Receipts Income received $20.00 Cash on hand at beginning of year 40.00 Total $60.00 Payments Aid rendered $40.00 Cash on hand April 3, 1926 20.00 Total $60.00 LOKER POOR FUND Securities Cash par value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 On hand at end of year 1925 $80.00 $2,000.00 $2,080.00 On hand April 3, 1926 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 1925 Receipts Payments Income received $80.00 Total $80.00 69 :: :: Cash on hand at end of year $80.00 Total $80.00 January 1 to April 3, 1926 Receipts Cash on hand at beginning of year $80.00 Total $80.00 Payments Aid rendered $80.00 Total $80.00 ELLA E. DRAPER LIBRARY FUND Securities Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $500.00 $500.00 On hand at end of year 1925 $500.00 $500.00 On hand April 3, 1926 $500.00 $500.00 1925 Receipts Income $30.00 Total $30.00 Payments Transferred to Library $30.00 Total $30.00 JAMES DRAPER LIBRARY FUND Securities Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $500.00 $500.00 On hand at end of year 1925 $500.00 $500.00 70 : :: On hand April 3, 1926 $500.00 $500.00 1925 Receipts Income $30.00 Total $30.00 Payments Transferred to Library $30.00 Total $30.00 GRACE CAMPBELL DRAPER LIBRARY FUND Securities Par Value Total On hand at beginning of 1 year 1925 $ 1 , 000.00 $ , 000.00 On hand at end of year 1 1925 $ 1 , 000.00 $ , 000.00 On hand April 3, 1926 $ 1 , 000.00 $ 1 , 000.00 1925 Receipts: Income $50.00 Total $50.00 Payments Transferred to Library $50.00 Total $50.00 JAMES SUMNER DRAPER LIBRARY FUND Savings Bank Securities Deposits Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $20.00 $5,000.00 $5,020.00 On hand at end of year 1925 $20.00 $5,000.00 $5,020.00 On hand April 3, 1925 $20.00 $5,000.00 $5,020.00 71 : : 1925 Receipts Income $205.00 Interest on deposit $1.37 Total $206.37 Payments Transferred to Library $206.37 Total $206.37 SARAH WEBSTER HEARD LIBRARY FUND Savings Bank Securities Deposits Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $15.74 $3,100.00 $3,115.74 On hand at end of year 1925 $15.74 $3,100.00 $3,115.74 On hand April 3, 1926 $15.74 $3,100.00 $3,115.74 1925 Receipts Income $131.75 Interest on deposit $1.07 Total $132.82 Payments Transferred to Library 1 $132.82 Total $132.82 JONATHAN PARMENTER LIBRARY FUND Securities Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $ 10 , 000.00 $ 10 , 000.00 On hand at end of year 000.00 1925 $ 10 , 000.00 $ 10 , 72 : : 1925 Receipts Income $425.00 Total $425.00 Payments Transferred to Library $425.00 Total $425.00 ADA H. WELLINGTON LIBRARY FUND Securities Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $500.00 $500.00 On hand at end of year 1925 $500.00 $500.00 On hand April 3, 1926 $500.00 $500.00 1925 Receipts Income $21.25 Total $21.25 Payments Transferred to Library $21.25 Total $21.25 LYDIA MARIA CHILD LIBRARY FUND Securities '' Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $100.00 $100.00 On hand at end of year 1925 $100.00 $100.00 On hand April 3, 1926 $100.00 $100.00 73 :: : 1925 Receipts Income $4.25 Total $4.25 Transferred to Library $4.25 Total $4.25 CYNTHIA G. ROBEY LIBRARY FUND Savings Bank Securities Deposits Par Value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $92.00 $3,200.00 $3,292.00 On hand at end of year 1925 $92.00 $3,200.00 $3,292.00 1925 Receipts Income $128.50 Interest on deposit $6.33 Total $134.83 Payments Transferred to Library $134.83 Total $134.83 HARRIET COBURN DAMON LIBRARY FUND Cash Total On hand April 3, 1926 $3,00.00 $3,000.00 1926 Receipts Bequests $3,000.00 Total $3,000.00 74 : : Payments Cash on hand April 3, 1926 $3,000.00 Total $3,000.00 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Securities Cash par value Total On hand at beginning of year 1925 $766.75 $12,550.00 $13,316.75 On hand at end of year 1925 $1,342.99 $12,650.00 $13,992.99 On hand April 3, 1926 $1,635.43 $12,650.00 $14,285.43 1925 Receipts : Payments Income received $533.38 Securities purchased $100.00 Bequests 600.00 Expended for care 453.86 Cash on hand at Expenses on invest- beginning of year 766.75 ment 3.28 Cash on hand at end of year 1,342.99 Total $1,900.13 Total $1,900.13 January 1 to April 3, 1926 Income received $92.44 Cash on hand Bequests 200.00 April 3, 1926 $1,635.43 Cash on hand at beginning of year 1,342.99 Total $1,635.43 Total $1,635.43 75 Ci o o 0(^0 l> o o o o CD o o o O O l> CD rH CO 6©- O CD CO CO CD O CO 2.67 25.41 43.62 O CD ID 500.00 Sheet < iD W CD o o o ID 00 H llO Tf 10 CD CO t- Z, rH H 1-H ID Balance O O tH CO ^ 9S 000 o (M CD ID CO O o 15.00 87.00 ^ 125.38 187.35 778.00 c4 ID ^ Tj5 1-5 ci o t- >D o rH rH [>(M 1-H feO- f rT t>- (N CO o C Department O o 02 02 0) Department 02 .2 CO ID c Department (M CO 'S ^ (M 02 Aid s C^ ^ O^ c CO t3< 10 ^ ^ (N eg (M 1=3 Gi Aid CO «fH ^ a «tlH «t;H tH rH c3 W OJ o o o *5J rH c 02 4P g c X Highway 03 Military jog >1 ^ ^ Health O o| Moth State o H g O CO C2 H o03 7C CD tH O O CO CO i3 00 o CD CD 00 CD 00 t> O (N L3 t> 13* CO’ 13 05 Tji 33 CD t> O CO (M 05 O t3< t> O tH CO O 00 t> 13 05 t- rH 33 tH CD 33 (M (M rH »H 35 Tf o' l> o o O 13 13 13 O o 00 05 %0- t-* o o CD 00* 13 13 o 05 O Cvj 13 CD (N 1 tH 0) —I CO c CO T3 3 ^ 3 O 3 O •S-^ 'M ^’3 03 O o3 l£ 3 CO O 3 T3 -M ft O 3 u T3 "o S^4J-S4S 44 <3 o CO • O c § CD J-* jsi •I&: 2'S^ S o^ 3S ^o P ®<; u CO o3 X 3 trt ^ 03 ^ 3 H > c<3 ^ 02 o 77 1 o o o o o o 5,000.00 $6,000.00 o o o 0^ 0^ o W tH (M CO (S^ loan c loan oas Equipment Schoolhouse c Schoolhouse ^ <—O d) • ^ oH Department 5 Cochituate u Cochituate a> ACCOUNTS 03 Fire o o DEBT o $34,000.00 o rf CO Debt Fixed or Funded Net 78 i o o o O Tt< o o o o o Tf o o o o t>; o o o o o o o d d id d d d c4 d 1,000.00 2,000.00 1—1 $1,300.00 o o o (M O O O C5 lO t- lo la o O t-H O lO rH w CD Ci tH id CO d CO cd o GO- T3 _ 3 § C 03 5s b 5h u ^ 2 S 2 ^ a 0) T3 g"® T3 C T3 ^ ^ £ 2 C ^ rH *^23 Fund 3 2 § 2 3 E 3 O 2 >.5 pL^ Sh -+-> •'—I fli 'QfeW ^ ^ ^ h'nlS Fund ^ ^ ro OCrC o rv Fund >, flo o tr Poor § 03 B Poor k 2 .a a) 530 S 03 3 ' .T; »> oS ^ >, ^3 Poor Qq S-I w3^ ceI H-JuJ . ^ frt Clj W QJ w _C2 W Donation g ACCOUNTS ee Loker Allen - S 2 S 3*^0 03 m TRUST $40,977.74 t- oC5 Tf and Cash — Securities Funds Trust 79 i; : SELECTMEN’S REPORT All regular appointments have been made as required by law. They appear in the list of Town Officers and Committees. Miss Marie R. Hynes was appointed Town Accountant. Votes at the annual Town Meeting and at the special Town Meeting have been compiled as follows The Tov/n scales have been removed. Life pre- servers have been purchased and placed where necessary. The land on Main St. adjacent to Legion Hall has been purchased for Park purposes. A Committee consisting of John W. Leavitt, James J. Bolton, and P. H. Steele was appointed to assist in carry- ing out the vote of the Town relative to the naming of Squares. Signs have been purchased. They will be erected and the Squares dedicated early in the spring. This was the first year of the new system of ac- counting adopted by the Town and installed under State supervision. It bids fair to be of much assistance in conducting Town affairs in a businesslike manner. It has of course entailed additional effort on the part of the Town Departments The Board wishes to express its appreciation of the way in which most of the Depart- ments have co-operated and to urge the importance of strict adherence to the details of the system at all times. Progress on the installation of the water system for Wayland Center since the last annual Town Meeting has been as follows: Shortly after that meeting the Select- men. acting under the authority conferred upon them by the Town, signed with the Harvard Trust Co. contracts for the installation of the system. The principal con- tract was awarded to the General Contracting Co (A. L. Merrill Treas.) of Bath, Me. This provided for the wells, the pipe laying, the pumping station and the foundation for the standpipe. The other contracts awarded were 80 as follows: The cast iron pipe to the Warren Foundry and Pipe Co. (Phillipsburg. N. J.,) ; the pumping ma- chinery to the Hayes Pump and Machinery Co. (Boston, Mass.) ; the standpipe, exclusive of the foundation, to the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works (New York). Work on the system was begun in April and it was hoped that it would be completed before cold weather. Owing to various delays, however, the principal one of which was due to a strike during the construction of the standpipe, the work dragged on into the winter. On December 15th, although there was still a considerable amount of work to be done before the contracts would be completed, the Harvard Trust Co. suggested the possi- bility of the Board accepting the system provisionally in order to allow some house connections to be made. A joint meeting was held with the Water Board and the Harvard Trust Co. at which the situation was discussed. At the meeting it appeared from a report of Mr. Lama- rine, who had been appointed to inspect the installation of the system, that in testing out hydrants that very day a considerable quantity of dirt and stones had come out of the pipes. This indicated that the pipes were in no condition to accept and that if house connections were made with such foreign matter in the pipes, there were likely to be serious consequences. The result was that both Boards agreed that it would be unwise to accept the system at that time. Subsequently, at the sugges- tion of the Water Board, it was agreed that it would be well before acceptance to engage the services of a dis- interested expert to test the entire system. Prof. J. J. Fames of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was employed for the work. The first test was made toward the end of January and disclosed the fact that there was a serious loss of water between the pump and the standpipe, only approximately three-quarters of the water pumped reaching the stand pipe. A further test is now being made as this goes to press. The Board greatly regret the serious inconvenience that has been caused several of the citizens by the delay in accepting the system, but they and the Water Board feel strongly that to accept it before it is in a satisfac- tory condition would be entirely unjustifiable, as such a course of action would in all probability result in much 81 subsequent inconvenience to the citizens and in the loss of a considerable amount of money. The Board wishes to express its appreciation of the way in which the Harvard Trust Co. has co-operated with it and the Water Board and to express its confidence that the system as finally turned over will be one of which the Town may be proud. The following statement shows what the system is comprised of: I Driven Well System 30 Wells, ranging from 45 to 60 ft. in depth, made of 21/2 in. extra heavy genuine wrought iron pipe. Each well provided with strainer. Suction main consisting of the following pipe schedule: 50 ft.—12 in. oast iron pipe 280 ft.—10 in. cast iron pipe 48 ft.— 6 in. cast iron pipe 24 ft.— 4 in. cast iron pipe Each well connected to suction lines with 21/2 in. galvanized pipe and each provided with lead gooseneck, flange union and gate and gate box so each well can be shut off. A steel sand chamber 4 ft. by 8 in. is installed in suction line near the pump connection. Piping in trenches with covering deep enough to protect pipe from frost. II Pumping Station Pumping station 24 by 48 ft., inside dimensions. Foundation for building and machinery of con- crete. Wall 12 ft. high, 18 in. thick, constructed of stone masonry with cement plaster inside and out.. Roof of timber construction covered with asphalt shingles. Copper ventilator. Toilet and sink. Complete electric lighting and telephone in ser- vice. Hot water heating system. Ideal Areola Heater and four radiators. A sprinkler system, consisting of necessary piping 82 and twenty-two sprinkler heads has been con- tracted for and not completed; to furnish fire pro- tection for the roof of the station. Gravel road from Old Sudbury Road and around station and loam for seeding about station and rear, not quite completed. III Pumping Plant Pumps, 2—10x12 Class B, vertical triplex Smith- Vaile pumps, built by Platt Iron Works Co., pro- vided with revolution counters, by-pass, relief valves, suction and discharge air chambers. iNecessary suction and discharge piping with proper valves. Pressure and vacuum gauges properly connected to piping system and gauge board. Wrenches for pumps and engines mounted on a Board. To drive pumps we have: 2—50 H.P. 3 cylinder full Diesel Bessemer En- gines, provided with friction clutches and coup- lings, muffler pit piping for exhaust, air, water and fuel oil systems. Air tank and fittings. Fuel oil tank and fittings. Independent gasoline engine driven air-compres- sor complete for starting engines. A gasoline driven vacuum pump is to be installed. IV Distribution Pipe System Installed in streets is the following schedule of .pipe: 919 ft—12 in C I Pipe, Class A, A W W S. 1915 ft—12 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S. 12005 ft—10 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S. 31749 ft— 8 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S. 18281 ft— 6 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S. 262 ft— 4 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S. 65137 ft—Cast-iron pipe manufactured by the Warren Foundry & Pipe Co., Phillips- burg, N. J. 3—12 in. Gates and Boxes 13—10 in. Gates and Boxes 83 23— 8 in. Gates and Boxes 24— 6 in. Gates and Boxes 1— 2 in. Gate and Box 58— 6 in. Gates and Boxes on Hydrant Branches 58—Hydrants with steamer nozzles and 2 hose nozzles each Hydrants and gates manufactured by A. P. Smith Mfg. Co, East Orange, N. J. V Standpipe On a concrete foundation, a steel standpipe was erected, 14 ft. 9 in. high by 77 ft. in diameter, having roof, capacity of 500,000 gallons. WILLIAM S. LOVELL RICHARD AMES GEORGE G. BOGREN Selectmen REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Finance Approp. Expended Committee 1926 1926 Recom’ds Abatement Taxes $430.59 $400.00 General Government Moderator $10.00 10.00 10.00 Selectmen’s Salaries 500.00 500.00 5O0/.OO Selectmen’s Incidentals 50.00 63.63 150.00 Notices of Meetings 100.00 61.49 100.00 Accountants Salary 500.00 500.00 500.00 Accountant’s Expenses 100.00 11.45 150.00 Treasurer’s Salary 500.00 500.00 500.00 Treasurer’s Expenses 85.00 53.62 75.00 Tax Collector’s Salary 1,100.00 1,132.15 1,200.00 , Tax Collector”s Salary (T. H. H.) 500,00 Tax Collector’s Expenses 300.00 408.33 300.00 Assessors’ Salaries 1,300.00 1,282.50 1,300.00 Assessors’ Expenses 100.00 98.65 100.00 Other Finance Offices and Accounts 22.00 25.00 Legal Claims 500.00 454.64 500.00 Town Clerk’s Salary 100.00 100.00 200.00 Town Clerk’s Expenses 200.00 201.43 200.00 Election Officers 300.00 324.00 300.00 Registrars 100,00 100.00 100.00 Expenses, Election and Registration 150.00 185.85 150.00 Planning Board 500.00 Town Hall 500.00 524.96 600.00 Town Hall Repairs 500.00 304.77 Surety Bonds 400.00 252.00 300.00 85 Protection of Persons and Property Police Department 2,500.00 2,663.23 3,000.00 Fire Dept., Hose and Equipment 2,000.00 1,238.31 Fire Department 2,000.00 2,039.09 2,000.00 Fire Alarm Box 250.00 230.82 Special Repairs to Firei House Roof 400.00 Expenses 300.00 312.04 300.00 Sealer Weights and Measures, Salary 75.00 75.00 75.00 Sealer Weights and Measures, Expenses 50.00 99.66 50.00 Moth Extermination 1,500.00 1,454.84 1,750.00 Tree Warden 250.00 254.25 250.00 Game Warden 50.00 45.83 50.00 Dog Officer 30.00 30.00 30.00 Insurance 1,500.00 1,767.58 1,750.00 Health Department, Salaries 175.00 175.00 175.00 Expenses 300.00 312.14 300.00 District Nurse 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,000.00 Medical Inspection of Schools 150.00 150.00 150.00 Inspection of Animals 150.00 150.00 150.00 General Highways Highway Account 7,000.00 6,998.95 6,000.00 Highway Dept. Truck 1,500.00 4,900.00 Railings 500.00 299.08 300.00 Sidewalks 500.00 499.40 700.00 Oiling State Aid Roads 6,000.00 6,000.00 8,000.00 Snow Removal 6,000.00 6,133.60 4,000.00 Street Lighting 4,200.00 4,195.28 4,600.00 Poor Department Salaries 150.00 150.00 150.00 Expenses 1,000.00 599.25 600.00 State Aid 1,000.00 840.50 1,000.00 Soldiers' Benefits 700.00 445.25 700.00 Schools and Libraries School Committee 150.00 150.00 150.00 86 j : School Department 42,000.00 42,306.78 44,000.00 Special School Repairs 2,500.00 Vocation Tuition 400.00 264.92 400.00 Library 3,600.00 3,961.53 3,800.00 Recreation and Unclassified Park Commission 300.00 209.09 300.00 Town Clocks 50.00 35.00 50.00 Naming and Dedicat- ing Town Squares 200.00 175.00 Discontinuance Town Scales 40.00 25.00 Life Preservers 100.00 46.06 Memorial Day 400.00 399.49 400.00 Aid to Agriculture 300.00 300.00 300.00 Printing Town Reports 500.00 531.15 650.00 Hydrant Assessments 3,000.00 1,150.00 3,000.00 Reserve Fund 1,000.00 986.92 2,000.00 Cemeteries Lakeview Cemetery 400.00 402.31 500.00 Lakeview Cem. Spec. Ap. 200.00 173.15 North and Center Cem. 400.00 393.00 500.00 Interest and Maturing Debt. Interest 5,000.00 4,720. 4,800.00 School House Bond 1,000.00 1,000.00 School House Additions Notes 2,000.00 2,000.00 Fire Dept. Equipment Notes 2,000.00 2,000.00 Highway Motor Truck Notes 1,750.00 L. R. Gerald Defi- ciency 12,500.00 1,774.16 Unpaid Bills 1925 707.58 707.58 Unpaid Bills 1926 1,490.47 Overdrafts 1,263.68 126,436.26 118,704.63 The following items in the budget perhaps call for special comment Accountant’s Expenses: We have made provision for 87 taking over from the Water Board an adding machine which they already own, so that it will be available for all town work. Town Clerk's Salary is increased in accordance with vote of the town. Towm Hall appropriation is increased at request of Selectmen, from $500 to $600. Police Department is increased $500 at request of Selectmen. Fire Department ask special appropriation of $400, to repair roof of Cochituate fire station, which leaks bad- ly- Moth extermination is increased $250 to provide for purchase of arsenate of lead, of which last year a supply was left on hand from previoias year. District Nurse appropriation is $500 less, because the School Committee are to pay that amount of her salary. General Highway Account: Last year a special ap- propriation of $1000 was made for Main Street, Cochit- uate, to be taken from. General Highway account. The highway surveyor defeated the clear intention of the voters by spending approximately the full General High- way appropriation, in addition to the Main Street job, and held back unpaid bills which we have elsewhere pro- vided for. His explanation of this did not seem to us to justify his action, and we recommend that the General Highway appropriation be made $6,000.00, instead of $7,000, because of these bills carried over from last year. At the suggestion of the surveyor, the appropriation for railings is reduced $200, and this amount is added to the appropriation for sidewalks also as the new equip- ; ment is proving more economical for snow removal, the appropriation is reduced $2000 which sum is added to the oiling account. The regular appropriation for schools is increased $2000. Of this, $500 is to cover part of the nurse’s sal- ary as already explained and the regular appropriation for district nurse is reduced by the same amount. $1500 is needed for an additional tea.cher. The School Committee ask a special appropriation of $2500 to paper and shingle the High School building. We believe this will save the town money in painting and 88 repairs and recommend it as a wise expenditure. The library formerly kept the fines for overdue books, which money under the new accounting system goes into the town treasury. The rent of the Cochituate reading room has been increased |120 per year. We have therefore increased their appropriation by |200. We have increased the cemetery appropriations $100 each. These appropriations have not increased with the increase in wages, and the cemetery commissioners feel that they cannot give the cemeteries proper care without this additional money. We have increased the reserve fund $1000 in order to leave a reasonable margin in the hands of the select- men for emergencies. The planning board had no appropriation last year. We have included an allowance of $500 for their use. For the L. R. Gerald Deficiency apprporiation, see the Accountant’s report. We recommend that the money received from Dog Licenses be appropriated one-half to the Schools, “Edu- cation,” and one half to the Library. We recommend that the unpaid bills of the Highway Department: Oiling account of $839.44, and Snow Re- moval, $205.03; Fire Department, $4.00; Assessors’ Sal- aries and Incidentals $410.00 and Registrars’ Incidentals $32.00, be appropriated and assessed. We recommend that the unexpended balances of the following accounts: Cochituate School Addition $43.62, State Road Sidewalk, $2.67 ; Cochituate Playground Im- provement, $57.50; Redecorating Town Hall, $25.41. Notices of Meetings, $38.51 Fire Alarm Box Old Con- ; necticut Path, $19.18; Town Scales, $15.00; Town Truck, $100.00; Repairing Main Street, Cochituate, $1.25; Hy- drant Assessments, $1850.00 be transferred to the Ex- cess and Deficiency account. Respectfully submitted, EDMUND H. SEARS FRANK E. DAVIS ERNEST F. LAWRENCE HAROLD H. LOKER JOSEPH KNAPP Finance Committee 89 : REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen Having complied with laws governing the audit of town accounts, I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1926. Schedule I Cash Statement Cash Balance Jan. 1, 1926 $19,329.25 Total Receipts (Schedule II) 270,098.78 $289,338.03 Total Payments (Schedule III) 280,023.09 Cash Balance Dec. 31, 1926 $9,314.94 Schedule II Receipts by Departments Taxes Taxes 1923 $213.38 Taxes 1924 4,712.18 Taxes 1925 30,698.22 Taxes 1926 90,965.33 $116,589.11 State Income Tax $15,477.59 Corporation Tax 1,907.90 National Bank Tax 249.62 Trust Company Tax 105.10 Soldiers’ Exemptions 55.51 Soldiers’ War Bonus 1,197.04 18,992.76 90 Licenses Victuallers and Miscellaneous 280.50 Fines District Court 455.30 Grants and Gifts State Vocational Training $125.30 County Dog Licenses 678.89 Individual donation to school 8.00 812.19 Special Assessments Moth Assessment 1923 $9.00 Moth Assessment 1924 66.80 Moth Assessment 1925 92.72 Moth Assessment 1926 173.50 342.02 General Government Tax Collector, collection charges, etc. $159.65 Town Hall rentals 58.00 217.65 Protection of Persons and Property Police Department receipts $76.47 Fire Department receipts 15.00 Sealer’s fees 38.45 Moth Department receipts 127.00 256.92 Health and Sanitation Health Department receipts 125.38 125.38 Highways State $3,016.25 County 3,016.25 Miscellaneous receipts 90.70 6,123.20 Charities Poor Department receipts $115.53 115.53 91 Soldiers’ Benefits St&te— * State Aid $780.00 Military Aid 99.00 879.00 Schools State—Tuition of children $241.33 Individuals, tuition 138.00 Miscellaneous school receipts 25.37 404.70 Library Fines $81.90 81.90 Unclassified Sale of Town Scales $11.00 Lester R. Gerald discrepancy 27,603.45 27,614.45 Public Service Enterprises Water Department—Sale of water $4,070.65 4,070.65 Cemeteries Sale of Lots $75.00 Sale of Lots 116.00 191.00 Interest Deposits $294.70 Taxes 1,883.43 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 552.50 Other Trust Funds 1,183.96 3,914.59 Municipal Indebtedness Loans in anticipation of Revenue $80,000.00 Water Loan (Indian Road) 1,500.00 Highway Loan on truck $3,500.00 85,000.00 92 Trust Funds Cemetery Perpetual Care $500.00 Harriet Coburn Damon Library Fund 3,000.00 3,500.00 Refunds Police Department $20.35 Fire Department 5.00 State Aid 8.00 Soldiers’ Relief 8.00 School Department .58 41.93 $270,008.78 Payments by Departments Schedule III General Government Legislative^ Moderator $10.00 Selectmen's Department Salaries $500.00 Printing, stationery and postage 7.00 Incidentals 56.63 563.63 Auditing Department Salary of Town Accountant $500.00 Incidentals 11.45 511.45 Treasury Department Treasurer’s salary $500.00 Printing, stationery and postage 37.98 Incidentals 15.64 Surety Bond 252.00 805.62 93 Tax Collector’s Department Tax Collector’s Salary $1,132.15 Printing, stationery and postage 305.30 Incidentals 74.90 Tax Collector’s fees 148.00 1,660.35 Assessors’ Department Salaries $1,540.00 Printing, stationery and postage 92.40 Automobile 78.00 Incidentals 6.25 1,716.65 Other Finance Offices Certification of Notes $22.00 Notices of Meetings 61.49 83.49 Law Department Town Counsel 454.60 454.60 Town Clerk’s Department Salary of Town Clerk 100.00 Recording Fees 106.85 Printing stationery and postage 60.73 Incidentals 33.85 301.43 Election and Registration Registrars’ Salaries 100.00 Election Officers’ Salaries 324.00 Printing, stationery and postage 115.75 Incidentals 70.10 609.85 Town Hall Janitors’ Services $254.00 Fuel 139.00 Light 55.88 Janitor’s Supplies 15.23 Repairs 69.33 94 Incidentals 27.25 560.69 Town Hall Repairs (Spec. App.) 304.77 Protection of Persons and Property Police Department Salaries and wages $2,439.33 Auto hire 26.50 Equipment and repairs 59.40 Incidentals 138.00 2,663.23 Fire Department Salaries and wages $1,104.31 Apparatus 69.64 Equipment and supplies 494.38 Repairs 32.00 Fuel 251.80 Light 35.74 Other expenses 51.22 2,039.09 Special Appropriation—Hose and Equipment Equipment 1,238.31 Fire Alarm Box (Old Connecticut Path) Salaries and wages $89.44 Other expenses 141.38 230.82 Pumping Engine Equipment 50.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary $75.00 Auto hire 29.50 Other expenses 70.16 Removing scales 25.00 199.66 Moth Extermination Superintendent's salary $1,230.00 95 Salary, December, 1925 85.00 Labor 60.00 Teams 30.00 Insecticides 129.08 Other expenses 5.76 1,539.84 Tree Warden Salaries and wages 254.25 Game Warden Salaries and wages 45.83 Dog Officer Salaries and wages 30.00 Life Savers Supplies 46.06 Health and Sanitation Health Department Salaries $175.00 Administration expenses 11.02 Medicine and medical attendance 152.00 Other expenses 142.52 Birth returns 2.25 Death returns 4.25 $487.04 Medical Inspection of School Children Salary of Medical Inspector 150.00 Inspector of Animals Salary of Inspector 150.00 District Nurse Salary 1,500.00 Highways Highways and Bridges Salaries and wages $3,614.24 Teams 1,007.56 Stone, gravel, etc. 501.37 Equipment and repairs 173.28 Administration expenses 5.50 96 other expenses 697.00 5,998.95 Sidewalk Maintenance Salaries and wages 499.40 Railings Labor $92.75 Supplies 206.33 299.08 Snow and Ice Removal Salaries and wages $5,125.42 Teams 343.74 Other expenses 664.44 6,133.60 Oiling State Aid Roads Labor and teams $4,455.95 Other materials 4,834.73 Other expenses 709.32 10,000.00 Town Trucks 4,900.00 Street Lighting Edison Electric Illuminating Ck>mpany 4,195.28 Repairs to Main Street, Cochituate Labor and teams $1,111.78 Materials and other expenses 1,886.97 2,998.75 Charities and Soldiers’ Benefits Poor Department Administration Salaries of Overseers $150.00 Printing and postage .86 Other expenses 21.10 Relief by Town Groceries and provisions 155.79 Coal and wood 50.50 Medical attendance 8.00 97 Other expenses 13.00 Relief by Other Cities and Towns City of Marlboro 108.00 Mothers’ Aid Cash 202.00 Soldiers’ Benefits Payments State aid $760.50 Military aid 80.00 Fuel 32.25 Groceries and provisions 20.00 Medicine and Medical attendance 9.00 Soldiers’ relief 384.00 Schools and Libraries Administration Salary of School Committee $150.00 Salary of Superintendent 1,450.00 Printing, stationery and postage 33.05 Telephone 54.18 Travelling expenses 129.46 School census 30.00 Teachers’ Salaries High School 9,192.50 Elementary School 15,635.00 Special 2,375.00 Text Books and Supplies Books 874.26 Supplies 836.13 Tuition City of Boston 264.92 Transportation Busses and Car tickets 6,355.10 Janitors’ Services High School 400.00 Elementary School 1,200.00 98 Fuel and Light 800.43 Maintenance of Building and Grounds Repairs 1,633.84 Janitors’ supplies 34.42 All Other 690.11 Furniture and Furnishings Haywood, Wakefield Company 508.70 Diplomas and Graduation Expenses 74.60 42,721.70 Public Library Salaries and Wages Librarian 1,200.00 Assistants 783.46 Books and Periodicals Books 47.51 Periodicals 5.00 Fuel and Light Fuel 543.34 Light 110.79 Buildings Repairs 221.96 Janitors Supplies 12.00 Other Expenses Stationery and postage 9.07 Express 3.25 All other 501.15 Library Funds Income Books and Periodicals 986.68 Certificate of Probate Court .90 4,949.11 Recreation and Unclassified Park Commission Wages 84.79 Supplies and Equipment 124.30 209.09 99 Unclassified Surplus War Bonus 1,197.04 Memorial Day 399.49 Care of Town Clock 35.00 Town Reports, printing and distributing 531.15 Tax Titles 47.50 L. R. Gerald Discrepancy 20.46 Excess and Deficiency 2.56 Insurance 1,767.58 Town Census 125.00 Aid to Agriculture 300.00 Memorial Squares 175.00 Auditing Municipal Accounts 2,790.56 Charles H. Alward Post, Amer- ican Legion for Memorial Park 2,447.04 9,838.38 Enterprises and Cemeteries Water Department Commissioners’ Salaries 542.50 Printing, Stationery and postage 54.38 Labor 1,143.92 Pipes and fittings 2,254.85 Equipment 617.82 Repairs 8.75 Service pipe and fittings 449.21 Other expenses 194.86 5,266.29 Extensions Labor 456.25 Pipes and fittings 696.58 Equipment 56.94 Other Expenses 118.93 1,328.70 Cemeteries Lakeview Cemetery Labor 371.66 Equipment 27.80 100 other Expenses 2.85 402.31 North and Center Cemeteries Labor 374.05 Equipment 16.10 Other Expenses 2.85 393.00 Lakeview Cemetery (Spec. App.) 173.15 Cemetery Funds Income Labor 387.33 All other 46.64 Interest Anticipation of Revenue 3,578.61 Fire I>epartment Equipment Notes 240.00 School House Bonds 806.67 Water Department Notes 67.50 4,692.78 Municipal Indebtedness Temporary Loans 130,000.00 Fire Department Notes 2,000.00 Water Department Notes 1,000.00 Schoolhouse Addition 2,000.00 Schoolhouse Bond 1,000.00 136,000.00 Agency, Trust and Investment State Tax 8,021.40 County Tax 6,140.20 ^ Cemetery Perpetual Care 1,000.00 Poor Funds Income 175.25 Harriet Coburn Damon Trust Fund 3,000.00 18,336.85 Refunds Taxes 1923 2.17 101 Taxes 1924 29.04 Interest Taxes 1924 2.53 Taxes 1925 17.30 51.04 Total Payments $280,023.09 Unpaid Bills 1925 Highway Dept.—Oiling Acct. June 12 Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. 4.15 August Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. 170.00 September Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. 170.00 October Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. 457.00 November Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. 3.55 October 1 C. A. Benson & Co. 15.49 November 1 C. A. Benson & Co. 12.91 August 29 Edward C. Green 6.34 839.44 Snow Removal December Wayland Motors 12.60 November Napoleon Perodeau 52.41 December 6 C. A. Benson & Co. 5.20 Dec. 29 Four Wheel Drive Auto Co. 2.57 Dec. 31 Daniel Brackett 60.00 Dec. 20 Blue Ribbon Garage 53.29 Dec. 31 Blue Ribbon Garage 18.96 205.03 Fire Department Nov. 24 Edward C. Green 4.00 Assessors Salaries William R. Mather 112.50 Daniel Brackett 75.00 C. S. Williams 67.50 Transportation C. S. Williams 155.00 410.00 102 Registrars Incidentals Oct. 26 Natick Bulletin Press 32.00 32.00 Total Unpaid Bills 1,490.47 Excess and Deficiency Account Jan. 1, 1926 Balance 9,968.70 Unexpended Balances by Town Vote 1,443.49 Tax Titles 20.00 Unassessed Taxes 1925 60.22 Unassessed Taxes 1924 28.94 Overpayment 1923 Taxes 7.56 Unexpended Balance 1926 6,093.29 $17,622.20 $17,622.20 Refund Interest and Taxes 1923 2.56 lYansfer to L. R. Gerald Discrep- ancy by vote 7,113.02 Titles taken by Town Levy 1923 116.03 Titles taken by Town Levy 1924 241.18 7 472.79 Dec. 31 Balance 10,149.41 $17,622.20 $17,622.20 L. R. Gerald Discrepancy Jan. 1, 1926, Balance 47,113.02 Tax Receipts viewed 1923 435.17 Tax Receipts viewed 1924 1,746.92 49,295.11 Credits Am. Surety Co. 27,500.00 Town Appropriation 12,500.00 Transfer from Excess and Deficiency 7,113.02 47,113.02 Transfer of Salaries 304.48 Collection of note 103.45 47,520.95 Increase in deficiency 1,774.16 103 Reserve Fund Jan. 1, 1926 Appropriation 1 , 000.00 Transfers Dec. 31, Abatement of Taxes 1925 155.34 Selectmen’s Incids. 13.63 Tax Collector’s Salary 32.15 Other Finance Offices and Accounts 22.00 Town Clerk’s Incids. 1.43 Election and Registration Incids. 35.85 Election Officers Salaries 24.00 Town Hall 24.96 Police Dept. 142.88 Fire Dept. 34.09 Sealer of Weights and Measures 49.66 Tree Warden 4.25 Insurance 267.58 Board of Health, Incid. 12.04 Printing Town Reports 31.15 Lakeview Cemetery 2.31 Snow Removal 133.60 986.92 Balance 13.08 1,000.00 Trial Balance Cash 19,314.94 Taxes 1924 790.28 Taxes 1925 7,079.15 Taxes 1926 44,468.04 Moth Assessment 1924 5.75 Moth Assessment 1925 50.28 Moth Assessment 1926 143.25 Accts. Rec. Water 1,771.75 L. R. Gerald Discrepancy 1,774.16 Net Funded Debt 34,000.00 Trust Funds Cash and Securities 44,981.11 Total Debits 144,378.71 Abatement Taxes 1923 & 1924 50.82 Overlay 1926 1,527.68 104 Estimated Receipts 3,964.86 Temporary Loans 40,000.00 Water Revenue 1,771.75 Poor Funds Income 175.25 Library Funds Income 48.63 Cemetery Funds Income 961.52 Reserve Fund 13.08 Excess and Deficiency 4,056.12 Notice of Meetings 38.51 Accountant 88.55 Treasurer 31.38 Tax Collector Salary 500.00 Tax Collector Incidentals 46.15 Tax Collectors Fees 28.37 Assessors Salaries 17.50 Assessors Incidentals 1.35 Legal Claims 45.40 Redecorating Town Hall 25.41 Town Hall Repairs 195.23 Surety Bonds 148.00 Fire Dept. Hose and Equipment 761.69 Fire Alarm Box 19.18 Life Preservers 53.94 Town Scales 15.00 Moth Extermination 45.16 Game Warden 4.17 Highways and Bridges 1.90 Town Truck 100.00 Railings 200.92 State Road Sidewalk 2.67 Sidewalks .60 Repairing Main Street Coch. 1.25 Street Lighting 4.72 Highway Dept. Building 6,000.00 Poor Dept. 440.75 State Aid 167.50 Soldiers’ Benefits 262.75 Cochituate School House Addition 43.62 School Dept. 41.25 Vocational Tuition 135.08 Library 10.71 Special Assements Revenue 199.28 Cochituate Playground Improvement 57.50 105 Park Commission 90.91 Town Squares 25.00 Town Clocks 15.00 Memorial Day .51 Water Dept. 626.11 Hydrant Assessments 1,850.00 Water Main Extension 171.30 Lakeview Cemetery Special 26.85 North and Center Cemeteries 7.00 Interest 279.72 Fire Dept. Equip. Loan 4,000.00 Coch. Schoolhouse Loan 4,000.00 Coch. Schoolhouse Addit. 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Jan. 1, Notes Outstanding Nos. 48-49 1923 Notes 20,000.0020.000. Nos. 59-60 1924 Notes 20,000.00 Nos. 63-64-65-78-79 1925 Notes 00 March 17 No. 85 Natick Trust Co., due 11-1-26 at 43/4 % 00 Apr. 9, No. 86 Natick 5c Sav. Bank, due 12-9-26 at 41/2 % 20,000.00 May 10 No. 87 Natick Trust Co., due 5-10-27 at 4% 10,000 >0 June 10, No. 88, Natick Trust Co., due 6-10-27 at 4% 10,000.00 July 1, No. 89 Natick Trust Co., due 3-1-27 Aug. 20, No. 95, Natick Trust Co., due 8-20-27 at 4% 10,000.00 $170,000.00 Tax Notes Paid 1926 Jan. 12, No. 48 Natick Trust Co. due 8-19-24 10,000.00 Mar. 20 No. 49 Natick Trust Co. due 10-31-24 10,000.00 114 March 20, No. 63 Natick Trust Co., due 3-19-26 10,000.00 March 25, No. 59, Natick Trust Co., due 8-6-25 10,000.00 March 25, No. 60, Natick 5c Sav. Bank, due 10-23-25 10,000.00 Apr. 20, No. 64, Natick Trust Co., due 4-20-26 10,000.00 May 7, No. 65 Natick 5c Sav. Bank, due 5-7-26 10,000.00 Aug. 28, No. 78, Natick Trust Co., due 7-9-26 10,000.00 Nov. 1, No. 85, Natick Trust Co, due 11-1-26 20,000.00 Dec. 9, No. 86, Natick 5c Sav. Bank, due 12-9-26 20,000.00 Dec. 31, No. 79, Natick Trust Co., due 9-2-26 10,000.00 130,000.00 Notes Outstanding December 31 No. 89 due March 1, 1927 10,000.00 No. 87 due May 10, 1927 10,000.00 No. 88 due June 10, 1927 10,000.00 No. 95 due Aug. 20, 1927 10,000.00 170,000.00 Notes and Bonds Outstanding 4 School House Bonds, Int. 4 % due annually $1000 4,000.00 1 Water Dept. Note, Int. 4i/>% due annually $1,000 1,000.00 20 School House Addition Notes, Int. 4% due annually $2,000 20,000.00 4 Fire Department Equip. Notes, Int. 4%, due annually $1,000 4,000.00 3 Water Main Extension Notes, Int. 4%, due annually $500 1,500.00 2 Highv^ay Motor Truck Notes, Int. 4%, due annually $1750!. ’ 3,500.00 $34,000.00 Interest Account Appropriation 5,000.00 Payments School House Addition Notes 880.00 Fire Dept. Equip. Notes 240.00 School House Bonds 200.00 115 Trust Funds 27.50 Tax Notes 3,372.78 Balance 279.72 5,000.00 5,000.00 Investment Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Wallace S. Draper Fund, 1933-38 4i^ Liberty Bonds Registered 300.00 George B. Folsom Fund, 1933-38 4^/4 Liberty Bonds Registered 200.00 Abby S. Drury Fund, 1933-38 4l^ Liberty Bonds Registered 200.00 Wallace S. Draper Fund, 1933-38 4l^ Liberty Bonds Coupon 100.00 Sarah Loker Moulton Fund, 1933-38 4% Lib- erty Bonds Coupon 100.00 Joseph S. Moore Fund, 1933-38 4l^ Liberty Bonds Coupon 100.00 Investment Library Trust Funds Harriet Coburn Damon Fund $3,000.00 New York Telephone Co., Bonds 1st General Mortgage 4l^% Gold Sinking Fund Bonds 2,996.63 Deposit Provident Institution for Savings 3.37 FRANK G. MacKENNA Town Treasurer 116 REPORT OF ASSESSORS The Board of Assessors met and organized March 13th. Daniel Brackett was chosen chairman and Clarence S. Williams clerk. Valuatjon of Real Estate April 1st, 1926 $4,386,144.00 Valuation of Personal Estate 520,204.00 Total Valuation April 1st, 1926 $4,906,348.00 Valuation of Real Estate, 1925 $4,160,165.00 Valuation of Personal Estate, 1925 487,949.00 Total Valuation April 1, 1925 $4,648,114.00 Increase in Valuation 258,234.00 Town Appropriations 126,436.26 State Tax 7,440.00 State Highway Tax 581.40 State Auditing Accounts 2,790.56 County Tax 6,035.91 County Tuberculosis Hospital 104.29 Overlay 1,926.32 Moth Tax Private Work 390.75 Received from Income Tax 11,579.59 Estimated Receipts 8 , 000.00 Free Cash, none Polls Assessed 802 Number of Residents assessed on property 720 Number of Non-Residents assessed on property 575 Number of Poll Tax only 300 Horses assessed 119 Cows assessed 226 Neat Cattle Assessed 46 Swine assessed 224 Fowls 6809 Dwelling Houses assessed 1058 117 Acres of Land 9114 Additional Polls 8 Additional Personal Tax 5.06 Additional Real Estate Tax 3.80 Tax Rate 25.30 For abatements see Collector's reports. By vote of the Town,, the Assessors were required to print the valuation list in 1921 and each third year thereafter. The list was printed in 1921, but was omitted in 1924 because of no appropriation therefor. If the list is to be printed in 1927 funds must be provided. In 1917 the appropriations for Town purposes to- taled $52,502.89. In 1926 the appropriation reached a total of $113,936.26, which does not include $12,500 appropriated for deficit in former taxes. DANIEL BRACKETT WILLIAM R. MATHER CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS, Clerk 118 REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR 1925 Taxes Uncollected Dec. 31, 1925 ?38,255.94 Omitted Taxes 24.86 $38,280.80 Collected 30,752.03 Collected Unassessed Taxes 35.94 Abated 430.59 Balance Uncollected 7,062.24 38,280.80 Interest collected on taxes 1,112.54 Interest collected on bank deposits 40.66 192S^ Taxes Committed for Collection $126,125.90 Omitted Taxes 22.86 126,148.76 Collected 81,138.83 Abated 398.64 Balance uncollected 44,611.29 126,148.76 Interest collected on taxes 106.93 WILBUR C. GORMAN Collector 119 : REPORT OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS February 5, 1927. To the Inhabitants of the Town of Wayland: The Commissioners respectfully report that during the past year the following additional funds have come under their control: Cemetery Trust Funds Wallace S. Draper Fund ?300 G^eorge B. Folsom Fund 200 Abby H. Drury Fund 200 Wallace S. Draper Fund 100 Joseph Moore Fund 100 Sarah Loker Moulton Fund 100 $1,000 Library Trust Funds Harriet Cobum Damon Fund , $3,000 Jonathan M. Parmenter Fund 10,000 Ada H. Wellington Fund 500 Cynthia G. Roby Fund 3,292 $16,792 The following list shows the total of the trust funds now under our jurisdiction in the custody of the Town Treasurer, and the investments thereof Library Trust Funds Trust Investment Amount Second Liberty Loan 4i/4% conv. November 15, 1942 $10,000.00 Third Liberty Loan 41/4% due September 15, 1928 1,200.00 120 Fourth Liberty Loan 4l^% due October 15, 1938 500.00 City of Boston Sewerage Loan 4% due October 15, 1938 . . . .1,000.00 American Tel. & Tel. Co. 4% reg. due 1929 3,000.00 New York Tel. Co. 4l^% Gold Sinking Fund Bonds, due No- vember 1, 1939 2,996.63 Deposits in Provident Institution for Savings 95.37 $18,792.00 Carried Forward $18,792.00 Poor Trust Funds Fourth Liberty Loan 4l^% due October 15, 1938 $1,300.00 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy General Mortgage 4% due March 1, 1958 1,000.00 Two Boston & Albany R. R. 4% due May 1, 1934 2,000.00 $4,300.00 Cemetery Trust Funds First Liberty Loan Conv. 4l^% due June 15, 1947 $2,400.00 Second Liberty Loan Conv. 4l^% due November 15, 1942 5,200.00 Third Liberty Loan 41/4% due September 15, 1928 3,350.00 Fourth Liberty Loan 4l^% due October 15, 1938 2,700.00 $13,650.00 Total Trust Funds $36,742.00 The additions to the Library Funds during the past year are due to transfers of securities and cash by the Trustees of the Library. The Trustees of the Library have retained certain other Library Trust Funds be- cause of the particular provisions creating the respec- tive trusts, under which they are required to do so. The income of the trust funds is disbursed by the Town Treasurer, under general votes of the Commis- 121 sioners, upon the order of the officials having authority to expend the income of the Library, Poor Trust and Cemetery Trust Funds respectively. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT H. BECK ALBERT F. FLINT JOHN CONNELLY Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds 122 REPORT OF PARK COMMISSION Wayland, Jan. 15, 1927 Appropriation $300.00 Expense, Wayland $64.32 Expense, Cochituate 144.77 Total $209.09 Balance $90.91 Signed JOHN B. WIGHT H. BARLOW W. M. PETTIGREW, Chairman 123 REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE Number of arrests for the year ending Dec. 31, 1926 67 Assault 2 Larceny 20 Disorderly Conduct 11 Drunkenness 5 Drunk and operating under the Influence of Liquor 5 Automobile Violations 8 Breaking and Entering 2 Non-support 4 Violations of Liquor Laws 2 Gaming 5 Injury to Property 3 67 Committed to Westboro State Hospital 4 EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER, Chief of Police 124 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH The Board of Health submit the following report for the year 1926. Contagious Diseases Chicken pox 5 Mumps 11 Measles 17 Whooping Cough 24 Pneumonia Lobar 2 Typhoid fever 2 Tuberculosis Pulmonary 1 Nuisances Complaints of conditions detrimental to the public health are frequent, but not more so than any town of our size. In fact, we consider the health conditions of the town good. Dumps in the Town People will insist in dumping garbage and decayed rubbish in these dumps and on the road sides the places have been posted, but people from other towns take no heed to the signs so the Board have asked the State police to watch these dumps, and we find them in a better condition. Licenses Granted Number of Milk Licenses granted 5 Number of Slaughtering Licenses granted 1 Number of Alcohol Licenses granted 6 Number of Carting of Manure License 6 Contagious Diseases We wish to call attention of physicians and parents to the General Laws, Chapter 111, Section 3 which reads as follows: 125 “If a physician knows that a person whom he visits is infected with small pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other disease declared by the department danger- ous to the public health, or if either eye of an infant whom or whose mother a physician or hospital or medi- cal officer registered under section nine of chapter one hundred and twelve visits, become inflamed, swollen or red or shows unnatural discharge within two weeks after birth, he shall immediately give written notice thereof over his own signature to the board of health of the town ; and if he refuses or neglects to give such notice he shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than two hun- dred dollars. WALDO L. LAWRENCE MARTIN HOLMES THOMAS J. DOWEY Board of Health 126 REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR The Overseers of the Poor hereby present their an- nual report. The expenses of this department during the past year have been slightly more than in the previous year owing to the increase in calls for aid which the board has received. In giving relief to those in need we have been as economical as possible and at the same time given them the necessities of life, which w'ere absolutely es- sential to their health and welfare. Our financial statement is included in the Town Ac- countants Report. Number aided here Settlement elsewhere 2 Number aided here Settlement here 3 Number aided elsewhere Settlement here 1 HAROLD J. GLOVER ANDREW PAUL THOMAS W. FROST Overseers of the Poor 127 JURY LIST Name Address Occupation Lewis M. Atwell, Pleasant Street, Farmer A. W. Atwood, Millbrook Road, Ice and Coal Dealer Harrington Barlow, Tower Hill, Architect Albert H. Beck, Trainingfield Road, Banker Albert Bond, Pond Street, Shoemaker Philip Burbank Sudbury Road, Advertising James H. Carroll, Pond Street, Bookkeeper James K. Clement, Tower Hill, Cotton Broker John W. Corman, Pond Street, Street Car Conductor Edward T. Damon, Pond Street, Farmer Ernest H. Damon, Pond Street, Salesman Arthur V. Deane, Leary Street, Electrician George F. Dickey, Concord Road, Mechanic Arthur Heard Dudley, Harrison Street, Carpenter Llewellyn Flanders, Shawmut Avenue, Retired James Fox, Sherman Bridge Road, Farmer Cecil G. Furbish, Castle Gate, Clerk Lewis W. Grant, State Road West, Carpenter Benjamin H. Grover, Main Street, Builder Fred P. Hall, Rice Road, Farmer Ralph Heard, Sudbury Road, Interior Decorator Rufus W. Hewitt, Pond Street, Salesman Alexander W. Holmes, Pond Street, Farmer Willard C. Hunting, Harrison Street, Salesman Waldo L. Lawrence, School Street, Farmer Edward F. Lee, State Road East, Farmer Alexander J. Lizotte, Plain Street, Machihist Harold H. Loker, Main Street, Accountant William C. Loring, State Road, Artist Albert B. Marchand, Plain Street, Grocer Arthur F. Marston, Harrison Street, Carpenter 128 Elmer F. Mathews, Shore Acres, Druggist James C. McKay, Main Street, Blacksmith Wesley L. MacKenna, Cochituate Road, Farmer Josiah A. Morrill, Plain Street, Farmer Alvin B Neale, Main Street, Street Car Conductor Charles F. Norris, Shore Acres, Carpenter Robert B. Parker, Jr., Lincoln Road, Farmer Henry W. Patterson, Glezen Lane, Editor Arthur E. Peck, Main Street, Meat Market Peter Ploss, Plain Street, Tag Maker William R^ad, Glezen Lane, Insurance Thomas B. Ross, Plain Street, Retired Howard F. Russell, Bow Road, Farmer William B. Sanderson, State Road East, Farmer Allan B. Sherman, Concord Road, Farmer Clarence S. Williams, Pemberton Road, Leather Merchant 129 REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Cochituate, Mass., January 12, 1927 I submit the following report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1926. Sealed Platform scales over 5000 lbs. 3 Platform scales under 5000 lbs. 11 Counter Scales 13 Beam Scales 1 Spring Balances 19 Computing Scales (Platform) 8 Slot Machine Scales 1 Prescription Scales 1 Avoidupois Weights 124 Apothecary Weights 22 Liquid Measures 64 Oil Measuring pumps 12 Gas Pumps 23 Quantity Stops 137 Yard Measures 1 Fees Collected $38.45 ALBERT B. MARCHARD Sealer 130 REPORT OF WAYLAND DISTRICT NURSE Madame President and members of the Wayland Dis- trict Nursing Association: I wish to submit my sixth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1926. New cases opened during the year 102 Nursing visits 583 Deliveries attended 7 Prenatel Visits 28 Advisory Visits 62 Friendly Visits 30 Pre-School Visits 25 T. B. Visits 12 Several social service problems were handled during the year. The fees collected amounted to $237.50. In closing I wish to express sincere thanks to all members of the Association and others for encourage- ment and helpful suggestions that have added to the pleasure of the work. Respectfully submitted, MARY E. McNEIL 131 REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS I herewith submit my fourth annual report as Sur- veyor of Highways. The 1926 appropriation of State and County for maintenance of State controlled roads was $4,000. This sum is much less than that of former years. The val- uation of this town is such that the State is not bound to aid in road maintenance, and it is only through the efforts of J. Sidney Stone that we have received aid each year. $1,000 was taken from the Town appropriation to put with equal amounts from the State and County to re- pair Main St., Cochituate, after the removal of car tracks. The new F. W. D. truck has aided much in hauling sand, and snow removal and will do much to reduce the cost of road maintenance in the future. The Highway Financial Report will be found under the Report of the Accountant. I have endeavored to give the best possible service with the money appropriated. Respectfully submitted, JAMES FERGUSON Surveyor of Highways 132 REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT The following is the Report for year ending Dec. 31, 1926. Alarms answered, 70. Cost of Extinguishing Fires labor Brush and grass fires $347.00 Building fires 102.00 Chimney fires 65.00 Auto fires 11.50 Total cost $525.50 Special Appropriation, $2,000 1000 feet of hose and other necessary equipment has been purchased for company at center. A siren has been placed on roof of Boston & Maine roundhouse, but has not been accepted as yet. When it is completed, it should greatly increase the efficiency of the company. Special Appropriation $250.00 For fire alarm extension on Connecticut Path. The fire alarm wires were extended from Simpson’s Corner with a double line to Indian Road and a fire alarm box installed at corner of Indian Road and Connecticut Path at a cost of $230.82, leaving a balance of $19.18. A. A. LAMARINE, Chief F. J. BIGWOOD, District Chief EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER, Clerk 133 REPORT OF GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH From Jan. 1, 1926 to Jan. 1, 1927 Pay Roll Graham, Daniel $1,230.00 Campbell, Roy 30.00 Private Work 376.00 Sale of Lead 127.00 Schedule of Bills General Chemical Co., Arsenate of Lead $129.08 Kenneth Morrill, Team on Sprayer 60.00 George Farrah, Gasoline 5.76 $1,957.84 DANIEL J. GRAHAM Superintendent 134 REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS To the Inhabitants of the Town of Wayland: The Board organized with Walter S. Bigwood Chair- man, Alfred C. Damon Clerk and Collector. A. A. La- marine was reappointed Superintendent and Warren L. Bishop reappointed Legal Advisor. The business of supplying water to the Village of Cochituate has been carried on this year with very lit- tle trouble; there were no large leaks, and only one hydrant needed replacement. At the Annual Town Meeting held in March, 1926, it was voted to borrow the sum of $1,500, to extend 1,200 feet of 4-inch cast iron main on Indian Road. This ex- tension has been completed and a hydrant installed, giv- ing adequate fire protection for the neighborhood. Eight hundred feet of two-inch pipe was installed in Dudley Road. The cost of the pipe and installation was paid for by the property owners of that section. We recommend that all water takers try their cellar stops in the early Fall and have any defects remedied. With the ground frozen it is a difficult matter to use the outside shut-off and if the stop is broken in shutting it off, then trouble begins, which foresight would have pre- vented. The Board again makes its recommendation in re- gards to the use of hydrants in the Town. The hydrants should be used only by the Fire and Water Departments unless a written permit is given by the Water Board. ALFRED C. DAMON FRANK I. COOPER WALTER S. BIGWOOD Water Commissioners 135 — REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS January 29, 1927 Thirty-three new services were installed during the year as follows: On other than new extensions 12 Indian and Woodland Rds. ext. 13 Dudley Rd. extension 8 Total 33 Old services renewed or repaired 21 Total number of service taps 532 Hydrants have been inspected and repaired where needed. Hydrant near blacksmith shop was found be- yond repair and was replaced with new one. Total number hydrants, public 2, private 47. Main gate boxes have been inspected and lowered or raised when needed. Brush around reservoirs and to Rice's Spring was cut and burned. There has been a plentiful supply of water during year. Water was at lowest point in September. Since November water has been overflowing from both reser- voirs giving water a slight color. Some complaints have been received from water takers on main ends about quality of water. Steps will be taken to better the conditions where possible. There was one main leak during the year, that being in wood main on Castle Gate Road. Construction appropriation, $1,500.00. An extension of 1,200 feet of 4-inch iron pipe was made on Indian and Woodland Roads to Pine Ridge Road and hydrant placed on end of line. Cost, $1,328.70 leaving a balance of $171.30. Under an agreement between Water Commissioners 136 and property owners on Dudley Road, an extension of 800 feet of 2-inch pipe was made, bringing water to end of Beechwood Point. Value of stock on hand January 1, 1927, not includ- ing tools and equipment, $2,659.39. A. A. LAMARINE Superintendent 137 REPORT OF THE WORK DONE BY THE MIDDLE- SEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE In the Town of Wayland for Year 1926 An appropriation of $300.00 was made at the annual meeting in support of the Middlesex County Extension Service, through the County Board of Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture. The following is an account of the work done by this organization in Wayland for the year 1926. In agriculture aside from the meetings that were conducted in adjoining towns and which were available to the local farmers, all of the work was carried on by means of individual farm visits. These visits were made wherever requested, and information given on poultry problems, the testing of soil for lime requirements, and the proper seeding of alfalfa and grass mixtures. For the benefit of home-makers the work carried on has been largely in Cochituate. The Mothers’ Associa- tion has co-operated in every way to make the work a success, and a series of meetings was held for the benefit of those interested in clothing instruction. A second group met for the purpose of making children’s clothing. Two local leaders, Mrs. Arthur Marston and Mrs. Max- well Adams, received training in food selection and passed this information on to a local group. This pro- ject furnishes information that is of help to home-mak- ers in the selection and preparation of food for the fam- ily from a health standpoint. In Wayland Center milli- nery instruction was given to an interested group. In the boys and girls’ 4-'H Club activities, work was carried on in clothing, handicraft, garden and poultry Clubs. Sixty-four boys and girls were enrolled under the local leadership of Miss Mary Kerr, Mrs. Mable Dra- 138 per, Miss Ethelyn Morrill, Mr. Joseph Decatur, and Mr. Karl Benedict. Two Achievement Club programs were conducted in which time the boys and girls exhibited the results of their season’s work and told of the benefits of Club work. Margaret Kentley and Winifred Treadwell were awarded a two-day trip to the Massachusetts Agri- cultural College for outstanding Club work. A series of seven motion picture shows were given to a total attendance of 1,167. In addition to local meetings held, several County- wide meetings were conducted, such as the County pic- nic at the Market Garden Field Station, the annual meet- ing of the Extension Service at Waltham, and sectional meetings of fruit growers and poultrymen. These were attended by many Wayland people. JOHN J. ERWIN Local Director REPORT OF WAYLAND PLANNING BOARD The Town meeting of 1926 elected Wayland’s first Planning Board. No appropriation was voted for its use, nevertheless the Board is highly appreciative of the attitude of the 'Citizens and officials of the Town and of their co-opera- tion with the Planning Board, though its present powers are advisory only. The Board organized with Ronald S. Campbell Sec- retary and Frank I Cooper Chairman. It has held month- ly meetings and two special meetings. The first special meeting was held to enable the Board to gain an understanding of the plan being carried out by which the Town was to have a water works under the bequest of Jonathan Parmenter. There were present the Selectmen, Mr. Edmund Sears, who is the special committee of the Town, the Water Board, the President and Vice-President of the Harvard Trust Company, Mr. Hanscom the engineer, Mr. Merrill the contractor and his foreman, and the members of the Planning Board. Plans of the proposed water works w^ere submitted and after a lengthy discussion the Planning Board rec- ommended that there be no pipe laid under four inches diameter. The Harvard Trust Company in charge of the installation of the water works agreed to this recommen- dation and several hundred feet of two-inch pipe was changed to accord with the wishes of the Planning Board. The Board further requested that in locating hy- drants they be place in accord with positions decided by the fire engineers and a representative of the Insurance Exchange. This request was also acceded to by the Harvard Trust Company. 140 The second special meeting was held with Mr. Ed- mund Sears that the Board might gain a knowledge of certain lands held by Mr. Sears and others and which it is planned should in the future become Town property. The advantages to the Town to be gained by owner- ship of these lands are being carefully considered and will be the subject of a special report. The regular meetings of the Board have been given to a study of the Town highways with particular refer- ence to street lines, tree planting, dangerous curves and corners, obstruction to sight lines, and the need of a comprehensive system of highway markers. Considera- tion has been given also to the need of a Town plan as there is no accurate layout of the Town streets, the pres- ent water system of Cochituate or the new system in Wayland. The Board has received the promise of aid from the State and County departments for the preparation of this plan provided the Town votes sufficient funds to start the work. The Board requests such an appropri- ation. The Planning Board has received from Mrs. Robert Davis the offer of a gift of land to do away with the dangerous corner at the junction of Concord, Training Field Roads and Plain Roads, provided the Town shall perform its part in making proper turns in the roadway. The cost to the Town of doing this work will be small as the material excavated can be used on nearby roads. The Board recommends the acceptance of this gift. The Board also has considered the lack of sidewalks and by-paths. Pedestrians on the highways are in con- stant danger of automobiles, and while it is recognized that sidewalks may not be built for years to come, it is recommended that future highway engineering be so planned as to include the sidewalks as well as the roads. The Wayland Planning Board is included in the Federation of Planning Boards. This is a Massachusetts association with yearly meetings called by the Governor. The Wayland Board was this year represented by Mes- srs. Small and Cooper. There are many problems connected with the growth of Wayland which will rapidly be forced upon the Town with the opening of the public water system. 141 Real estate developers are already at work, new houses are being built, new streets contemplated and the Town Planning Board should consider and control these devel- opments and contemplated improvements with a far- sighted policy, as the future Wayland if properly planned will without question become one of the choice suburbs of the Metropolitan Districts. WAYLAND PLANNING BOARD Frank Irving Cooper, Chairman Ronald S. Campbell, Secretary Alvin B. Neale Howard S. Russell Gilbert Small Warren L. Bishop REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES The Annual Report of the Librarian to the Trustees, showing the statistics of the year's activities, is here- with presented. While the circulation or the year as shown therein is a gratifying and appreciative testimo- nial to the use of the Lbrary in the community, it is the constant effort of the Trustees and Librarians that this be increased, in order that the institution may to the fullest degree serve its function as a source of informa- tion and pleasure to our townspeople. Beside the gifts of 77 volumes during the year, we have .to gratefully acknowledge a legacy of |3000 from the late Miss Emily F. Damon, given as a memorial to her sister, Miss Harriet Coburn Damon. AMOS I. HADLEY, Chairman J. SIDNEY STONE, Treasurer JOHN CONNELLY RICHARD AMES GEORGE G. BOGREN ALFRED W. CUTTING, Secretary 143 : REPORT OF LIBRARIAN The Librarian submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1926: Number of volumes, Main Library Fiction 6,687 Non-fiction 13,661 Unclassified 368 20,716 Number of volumes, Cochituate Branch Fiction 2,045 Non-fiction 723 2,768 ^ Total 23,484 Number purchased. Main Library 307 Number presented, Main Library 77 Number replaced. Main Library 15 Number purchased, Cochituate Branch 139 Number replaced, Cochituate Branch 24 Circulation for the year From Main Library 12,599 From Cochituate Branch 7,184 Sent to Cochituate Branch on cards 169 Juvenile from Main Library 3,172 Juvenile from Cochituate Branch 3,170 Total 26,294 Classes of reading by per cent in Main Library Fiction 76.74 General works 2.43 Philosophy .44 144 Religion .67 Sociology 2.23 Natural science .84 Art 3.56 Literature 4.53 History 4.83 Biography 3.73 The following magazines are to be found regularly in the reading-rooms: Main Library Atlantic Bird-lore Bookman Century Country Life Country Life (English) Garden and Home Builder Harper’s Monthly House Beautiful Ladies’ Home Journal London Illustrated News National Geographic Magazine Open Road Our Dumb Animals Outlook Pictorial Review Popular Mechanics Scribner’s Magazine St. Nicholas Woman’s Home Companion World’s Work Youth’s Companion Cochituate Branch Atlantic , Century Delineator Garden Magazine Harper’s Monthly Ladies’ Home Journal London Illustrated News National Geographic Magazine 145 Our Dumb Animals Popular Mechanics Popular Science Saturday Evening Post Scientific American St. Nicholas Woman’s Home Companion World’s Work Youth’s Companion MARGARET E. WHEELER Librarian LIST OF NEW BOOKS Biography Adams. Wilstach, Paul, ed. Correspondence of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson B AD15W Allenby. Savage, Raymond. Allenby of Armageddon. B AL54S Blathwayt, Raymond. The tapestry of life. B B614 Bolton, Charles K. Portraits of persons born abroad who came to the Colonies in N. A. before the year 1701. 3 vols. 920 B63 Bonney. Burns, W. N. The saga of Billy the Kid. B B646 Briggs. Brown, Rollo W. Dean Briggs. B B7634 Camp. Powel, Harford, jr. Walter Camp. B C1545 Cortes. Sedegwick, Henry D. Cortes, the Conqueror. B C817S' Crane. Griffin, S. B. W. Murray Crane, a man and brother. B C853 Davis. Dawis, C. B., ed. Adventures and let- ters of Richard Harding Davis. B D295 Demosthenes. Clemenceau, Georges. Demosthenes. B D397 Emerson.. Perry, Bliss, ed. The heart of Emerson’s journals. B EM35P Evans, Rosalie C. The Rosalie Evans letters from Mexico. B EV15 Garfield. Smith, T. C. The life and letters of 146 Jamese Abram Garfield. 2 vols. B G184S Hodges. Hodges, Julia S. George Hodges. B H665 House. Seymous, Charles, ed. The intimate papers of Colonel House. 2 vols. B H816S Howe, M. A. DeWolfe. Causes and their champions. 920 H83C Irving. Heilman, G. S. Washington Irving, Esquire B IR84HE Jefferson. Curtis, W. E. Thomas Jefferson. B J354C Lawrence, William. Memories of a happy life. B L437 Lincoln. Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln, the prairie years. 2 vols. B L634SA Marlowe. Russell, C. E. Julia Marlowe, her life and art. B M3434 Mather. Wendell, Barrett. Cotton Mather. B M424 Melba, Nellie. Melodies and memories. B M493 Mohammed. Dibble, R. F. Mohammed. B M724D Peary. Green, Fitzhugh. Peary, the man who refused to fail. B P319 Roosevelt. Davis, 0. C. Released for publi- cation some inside political history of ; Theodore Rooesvelt and his times. B R676D Stanley, Henry M. Autobiography. B ST244 Wilson. Houston, David F. Eight years with Wilson's cabinet. 2 vols. B H817 Wise, John S. The end of an era. B W754 Description and Travel Andrews, Roy C. On the trail of ancient man. 915 AN2 Barbour, R. H. Let’s go to Florida. 917.59 B23 Bartlett, A. Eugene. Least known America. 917.8 B28 Beebe, William. The Arcturus adventure. 918.6 B39A Beer, Thomas. The mauve decade. . 917.3 B39 Bruce, Charles. Twenty years in Borneo. 919.1 B83 Cooper, C. R. High crqmtry. 917.8 C78 Coudenhove, Hans. My African neighbors. 916.7 C83 Firestone, Clark B. The coasts of illusion. 910 F51 Geoffrey, Theodate. An immigrant in Japan. 915.2 G29 Glynn-Ward, H. The glamour of British Columbia. 917.1 G52 Hall, James N. On the streams of travel. 919.6 H14S Heathcote, Dudley. My wanderings in the 147 ! Balkans. 914.96 H35 Howard, Harvey J. Ten weeks with Chinese bandits. 915.1 H83 Huddleston, Sisley. France and the French. 914.4 H86 Laughlin, Clara E. So you're going to England 914.2 L36 Laut, Agnes C. Enchanted trails of Glacier Park. .917.8 L37 Lucas, E. V. A wanderer in Rome. 914.5 L96R McLaren, Jack. My crowded solitude. 919.4 M13 Mixer, Knowlton. Porto Rico. 917.2 M69 Peabody, Robert E. The log of the Grand Turks. 910 P31 Peattie, Roderick. College geography. 910 P32 Pereira, George, and Younghusband, Francis. Peking to Lhasa. 915.1 P41 Perry, Frederick. Fair winds and foul. 910 P42 Powell, E. Alexander. In Barbary. 916.1 P87 Rinehart, Mary R. Nomad’s land. 916.2 R47 Rossiter, William S., ed. Days and ways in old Boston. 917.44 R73 Schultz, James W. Signposts of adventure. 917.8 SCH8 Seitz, Don C. The great island. 917.1 SE4 Speakman, Harold. Here’s Ireland. 914.15 SP3 Tomlinson, H. M. Gifts of fortune. 910 T59G Vandercook, John W. '‘Tom-tom.” 918.8 V28 Villiers, A. J. Whaling in the frozen south. 919.9 V71 History Adams, James T. New England in the republic, 1776-1850. 974 AD14N Belloc, Hilaire. Napoleon’s campaign of 1812 and the retreat from Moscow. 944 B41 Crane, Leo. Indians of the enchanted desert. 970.1 C85 Gowen, Herbert H. Asia: a short history. 950 G72 Sedgwick, Mrs. W. T. Acoma, the sky city. 970.1 SE2 Sullivan, Mark. History of the United States in our own times 1900-1925. 973.8 SU5 Trevelyan, George M. History of England. 942 T72E Sociology Boston, Frank D. School civics. 350 B71 Brigham, Albert P. Commercial geography. 380 B76 148 Ford, Henry, and Cro.wther, Samuel. Today and tomorrow. 331 F75 Frazerr, Elizabeth. A woman and her money. 332 F86 Hill, Howard C. Community life and civic problems. 350 H55 Kimball, Everett. The national government of the U. S. 353 K56 . State and municipal government in the U. S. 353 K56S Lester, Katharine M. Historic costume. 391 L56 Madison, James. The letters and other writings of. 4 vols. 304 M26 Patri, Angelo. School and home. 371 P27S Stephenson, G. M. A history of American immigrtion, 1820-1924. 325 ST4 Webster, Daniel. Works. 6 vols. 304 W39 Literature and Language Baldwin, Stanley. On England. 824 B193 Bennett, Arnold. Things that have interested me. 824 B43T Bishop, W. W. The backs of books. 814 B54 Bok, Edward W. Dollars only. 814 B632 Dodgson, C. L. (Lewis Carroll). Further nonsense, verse and prose. 827 D66F Eaton, Walter P. A bucolic attitude. 814 EA8B Grey, Edward G., 1st. viscount. Falloden papers. 814 G86F Hergesheimer, Joseph. From an old house. 814 H42 Leacock, Stephen. Winnowed wisdom. 827 L46W Lucas, E. V. Wanderings and diversions. 824 L962W Orcutt, William D. In quest of the perfect book. 814 ORl Phelps, W. L. As I like it. 3rd series. 814 P51A Stewart, Donald 0. Mr. and Mrs. Haddock in Paris, France. 817 ST4 Poetry and Plays Ansky, S. The dybbuk. 892 AN8 Clark, Barrett H. A study of the modern drama. 808.6 C54 Cooper, Alice C. Poemes of today. 808.1 C78 Drinkwater, John. Robert Burns. 822 D83HO 149 Kelly, George. Craig’s wife. 812 K28C Le Gallienne, Richard. The Le Gallienne book of American verse. 811 L52B Lowell, Amy. East wind. 811 L952E Mantle, Burns, ed. The best plays of 1925- 1926. 812 M31E Noyes, Alfred. The book of earth. 821 N87B O’Neill, Eugene. The great god Brown and other plays. 812 ON2G Fine Arts Blanchan, Neltje, pseud. The American flower garden. 716 B59 Bottomley, M. E. The design of small properties. 716 B65 Garrick, Alice Van Leer. Collector’s luck in England. 749 C23E Cornelius, Charles 0. Early American furniture. 749 C81E Hall, Gertrude. The Wagnerian romances. 782 H14 Johnson, James W., ed. The book of American negro spirituals. 2 vols. 784 J62 Keeler, Harriet. Our garden flowers. 716 K24 Lumsden, Ernest S. The art of etching. 767 L97 Nesbit, William. How to hunt with a camera. 770 N36 Neuhas, Eugen. The appreciation of art. 707 N3^ Nutting, Wallace. The clock book. 749 N[97C Plowman, George T. Manual of etching. 767 P72 Rehman, Elsa. Garden making. 716 R26 Spargo, John. Early American pottery and china. 738 SP2 Stevens, G. A. Roses in the little garden. 716 ST4 Wilson, Ernest H. Aristocrats of the garden. 716 W69 Sports and Amusements Fisher, Thomas K. Ice hockey. 796 F53 Geister, Edna. Ice breakers and the ice breaker herself. 796 G27 Poulsen, Ornulf. Skiing. 796 P86 Work, Milton C. Auction bridge complete. 795 W89A Science Abbot, C. G. The earth and the stars. 523 AB2 Barker, E. H. Computing tables and mathe- matical formulas. 510 B24 Beebe, William. The log of the sun. 590 B39 150 Brasher, Rex. Secrets of the friendly woods. 590 B73 Maynard, C. J. Records of walks and talks with nature. 12 vols. 598 M45R Miner, G. W., and others. Business arithmetic. 511 M66 Stewart, Oscar M. Physics. 530 ST44 Wentworth, G., and Smith, D. E. Plane and solid geometry. 513 W48 Useful Arts Brewer, J. M., and Hurlbut, F. Elements of business training. 658 B75 Chatterton, E. K. Whalers and whaling. 639 C39 Dorsey, George A. Why we behave like human beings. 613 D73 Ellis, Havelock. A study of British genius. 613 EL5 Firestone, H. S., and Crowther, S. Men and rubber, the story of business. 678 F51 Holland, Rupert S. Historic ships. 623 H71 Hough, T., and Sedgwick, W. T. The human mechanism 612 H81 Morse, John L., and others. The infant and young child. 613 M831 Pierce, Frederick. Understanding our children. 613 P61 Walker, J. Bernard. The story of steel. 672 W15 Reference Books Benham, W. G. Book of quotations. 803 B43 Dickinson, Asa D. One thousand best books. 028 D56 Gerwig, H. ed. Crowell’s handbook for read- ers and writers. 803 G32 Hart, Albert B., ed. The American year book. 317 H25 Magnus, Laurie. A dictionary of European literature. 803 M27 Miscellaneous Aldrich, F. D., and others. Elementary French. 445 AL2 Ball, Francis K. Constructive English. 425 B21 Barton, Bruce. The book nobody knows. 220 B28 Boughner, G. J. Women in journalism. 070 B66 Durant, Will. The story of philosophy. 109 D93 Jones, E. Stanley. Christ of the Indian road. 266 J71 Keyserling, Herman A. graf von. The travel diary of a philosopher. 2 vols. 190 K52 Overstreet, H. A. Influencing human behavior. 150 OV2 151 Patri, Angelo. What have you got to give? 170 P27 Fiction Bailey, H. C. Mr. Fortune’s trials. B153M Bailey, Temple. The blue window. B152B Banning, Margaret C. The women of the family B226W Bassett, Sara W. The Green Dolphin. B296GR Benet, Stephen V. Spanish bayonet. B432S Bennett, Arnold. Lord Raingo. B437LO Bower, B. M., pseud. Black Thunder. B673BL Buchan, John. The dancing floor. B853D Burr, Anna R. West of the moon. B943W Byrne, Bonn. Hangman’s house. B996H Canfleld, Dorothy. Her son’s wife. C164HE Gather, Willa. My mortal enemy. C283MY Christie, Agatha C. The murder of Roger Ackroyd. C464R Colver, Alice. If dreams come true. C724I Connington, J. J. Death at Swaythling Court C762D Conrad, Joseph. Works. 11 vols. Curwood, James 0. The black hunter. C948B Deeping, Warwick. Sorrell and son. D361S Delafleld, E. M., pseud. The chip and the block. D373C Deland, Margaret. The Kays. D372K Dell, Ethel M. A man under authority. D382M Duff, Hector. The ivory graves. D871I Eggleston, Margaret W. Kathie’s diary. EG35K Erskine, John. The private life of Helen of Troy. ER83P Ertz, Susan. After noon. ER87A Farnol, Jeffery. The high adventure. F236HI Ferber, Edna. Show boat. F373SH Fletcher, J. S. The Amaranth club. F634AM . The Cartwright Gardens murder. F634CA — . The great Brighton mystery. F634GR . Green ink. F634G . The Kang-he vase. F634KA . Manchester royal. F634MR . Sea-fog. F634SF Forbes, Esther. O genteel lady. F7440 Forrest, Noel. Ways of escape. F732W Gale, Zona. Preface to a life. G135PR 152 Galsworthy, John. The silver spoon. G137S Garland, Hamlin. Trail-makers of the mid- dle border. G184T Garstin, Crosbie. West wind. G196W Gibbs, A. Hamilton. Labels. G353L Gibbs, Philip. Unchanging quest. G355U Gregory, Jackson. The desert thoroughbred. G864DE Grierson, Francis D. The limping man. G874L Harker, L. Allen. Hilda Ware. H228H Harper, Prize short stories, 1924-1925 H233 Hay, James, jr. That Washington affair. H322T Hepburn, Elizabethen. Alison Vail. H413A Heyer, Georgette. Simon, the coldheart. H5114 James, Will. Smoky. J235S Johnson, Mary. The great valley. J654G Kendall, Oswald. The stormy petrel. K333S King, Rufus. Whelp of the winds. K587W Kipling, Rudyard. Debits and credits. K624DE Kyne, Peter B. The understanding heart. K996U Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. L587MA Lincoln, Joseph C. The big mogul. L635B Lincoln, Natalie S. The missing initial. L636M Locke, Wiliam J. Perella. L794P McNeile, H. C. The final count. M235F Marshall, Archibald. The Allbrights. M3543AL Marshall, Archibald, and Vacheell, H. A. Mote House mystery. M3543MO Masefield, John. Odtaa. M3750 Miln, Louise J. It happened in Pekin. M635H Montgomery, L. M. TTie blue castle. M762B Mundy, Talbot. The devil’s guard. M926D Norris, Charles G. Pig iron. N792P Norris, Kathleen. The black Flemings. N795B O’Brien, Edward J., ed. The best British short stories. OB65.1 . The best short stories of 1925. OB65K Oemler, Marie C. Shepherds. OE63S Oppenheim, E. Phillips. The golden beast. OP55GO . Harvey Garrard’s crime. OP55HA . Prodigals of Monte Carlo. OP55PO Orczy, Emmuska, baroness. Unravelled knots. OR14U Ostenso, Martha. The dark dawn. OS74D Paine, Ralph D. The Penfold adventure. P163PE 153 Pedler, Margaret. To-morrow’s tangle. P346T Phillpotts, Adelaide E. Lodgers in London. P543L Phillpotts, Eden. George Westover. P544GE . Jig-saw. P544J Raine, W. MacL. Bonanza. R136B Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie. The spell of Sarnia. R335S Rinehart, Mary P. Tish plays the game. R473TI Sabatini, Rafael. Bellarion. SA13BE . The lion”s share. SA13L Seltzer, Charles A. The gentleman from Virginia. SE4 5G Sinclair, Bertrand W. Wild west. SI62W Snaith, J.. C. Thus far. SN15TF Stern, G B. Thunderstorm. ST43T Terhune, Albert P. Treasure. T273TR Thompson, Sylvia. The hounds of spring. T3786 Tracy, Louis. The black cat. T672B . The Gleave mystery. . T672G Train, Arthur. The blind goddess. T685BL Tuttle, Margaretta. The cobweb. T887C Wallace, Edgar. The strange countess. W1553S Walpole, Hugh. Harmer John. W164H Ward, Christopher. One little man. W213 Warner, Sylvia T. Lolly Willowes. W246L Wharton, Edith. Here and beyond. W554HR White, Stewart E. Secret harbour. W5845S White, William A. A certain rich man. W5845CE Whitechurch, Victor L. The Dean and Jecinora. W5847D Williams, Ben A. The rational hind. W671N . The silver forest. W671SE Williams, Valentine. The key man. W6722K . Mr. Ramosi. W6722M Wodehouse, P. G. He rather enjoyed it. W814H When, Percival C. Beau Sabreur. W926BS Young, E. H. William. Y86W Books for Boys and Girls Adams, Katharine. Toto and the gift. ]AD15T Ames, Joseph B. Clearport boys. jAM37CL Atwood, Wallace W. New geography. Book two. j910 AT9 Baldwin, Ralph L. Progressive songs. j784 B19 154 Bartlett, Arthur C. Spunk, leader of the dog team. JB282S Benet, William R. The flying king of Kurio. jB433F Brown, Abbie F. Under the rowan tree. jBSlOU Burgess, Thornton W. The’ Christmas reindeer. jB916CH . Jerry Muskrat at home. JB916JM Garrick, Valery. Picture folk-tales. j398 C23F Chrisman, Arthur B. Shen of the sea. jC463S Clark, Ellery H. Carib gold. jC546CA Clark, M. E., and Quigley, M. C. Etiquette, Jr. j395 C54 Creighton, Bessy E. The adventures of the Wandies. j398 C86 Curtis, Alice T. A little maid of Nantucket. jC944NA . A Yankee girl at Vicksburg. jC944Y Darwin, Bernard and Elinot. The tale of Mr. Tootleoo. j821 D25 Dyer, Walter A. All around Robin Hood’s barn. jD984A Field, Rachel. Eliza and the elves. j398 F45 . Taxis and toadstools. j811 F454 Fisher, E. F. Resources and industries of the U. S. j604 F53 Forbes, Helen C. Mary and Marcia, partners. jF745M Fuess, Claude M. The Andover boy. jF951AN Gardiner, A. C., and Osborne, N. C. Father’s gone a-whaling. jG167F Giddings, T. P., and others. Elementary music. j784 G36 . Intermediate music. j784 G36I . Juvenile music. j784 G36J . Songs of childhood. j784 G36S Greene, Anne B. Greylight. jG831G Hertzman, Anna-Mia. When I was a girl in Sweden. . jH448 Heyliger, William. Dorset’s twister. jH512D Hill, Helen, and Maxwell, Violet. Charlie and the surprise house. jH554C Hooker, F. C. Star, the story of an Indian pony. jH765S King, Beulah. Ruffs and pompons. JK5833 Liddell, Mary. Little machinerey. jL61§L Lofting, Hugh. Doctor Dolittle’s caravan. jM26DD 155 Lustig, Sonia. Roses of the winds. jL974R McCoy, Neely. Thee tale of the good cat Jupie. jM1334 MagDonald, George. The light princess. jM145LI MacManus, Seumas. The Donegal wonder book. j398 M22 Marshall, Archibald. John. jM3543JO Meigs, Cornelia. Rain on the roof. jM475R Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. jM636W Moon, Grace. Chi-wee and Loki. jM776L Morley, Margaret W. Donkey John of the toy valley. JM825D Morrow, Honore W. On to Oregon. jM837 The nursery zoo. jN936 Orton, Helen F. Winter at Cloverfield farm. jOR86W Pease, Howard. The tattooed man. jP324 Price, Edith B. John and Susanne. jP933J Putnam, David B. David goes to Greenland. jP983G Robinson, ^abel L. Little Lucia's school. jR564S Rush, C. E., and Winslow, Amy. Modern Aladdins and their magic. j609 R89 Skinner, Constance L. Silent Scot. jSK36S . The white leader. jSK36W Stein, Evaleen. The little count of Normandy. jST34LC . A little shepherd of Provence. jST34L Stoddard, Anne. Tony Sarg’s alphabet. j811 ST62 Sugimoto, E., L, and Austen, N. V. With Taro and Hana in Japan. j915.2 SU2 Sweesy, Lauretta V. Music primer. j784 SW3 Taylor, Jane and Anne. Meddlesome Matty. j821 T21 Tee-van, Helen D. Red howling monkey. jT226R Turkington, Grace A. My country. j353 T84 Untermeyer, Louis. The singing world. j808.1 UN8 Walker, K. M., and Boumphrey, G. M. What happened in the ark. jW1534 White, Eliza 0. Joan Morse. JW582J White, Stewart E. Daniel Boone, wilderness scout. jB B647W 156 WAYLAND FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Statement of Expenditures for Main Library by the Town Treasurer by Order of the Library Trustees for Year Ending Dec. 31 1926 Salaries Margaret E. Wheeler, Librarian $1,200.00 Thomas Metcalf, Janitor 420.00 Mary E. Wentzel 83.50 $1,703.50 Fuel and Light Edison Electric 111. Co. $88.94 A. W. Atwood 334.00 New Eng. Coal Co. 148.34 571.28 Repairs M. J. Carroll $98.00 Geo. A. Harrington 60.00 Fittz and Barker 63.96 F. J. Darby 5.00 226.96 Other Expenses N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. $42.40 F. J. Bigwood 75.00 A. W. Atwood 33.00 E. L. Hutchings 4.00 Wayland Grain Co. 12.00 Kardex Rand Co. 19.75 M. E. Wheeler, Express & Supplies 15.52 157 M. W. Kenney, Postcards & Printing 2.65 204.32' R. R. Bowker, Library Journal 5.00 Total from Appropriation $2,711.06 From Income from Library Funds Books $645.38 Magazines 56.00 Book Binding 8.50 Total from Income from Library Funds 709.88 Total for Main Library $3,420.94 158 WAYLAND FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Statement of Expenditures for Cochituate Branch by the Town Treasurer by Order of the Library Trustees for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1926 Salaries Gertrude D. Bishop, Asst. Lib. $699.96 C. W. Stone, Janitor 104.00 $803.96 Fuel and Light Edison Electric 111. Co. $21.85 Robinson & Jones, Coal 58.25 Peck & Davean, Charcoal 4.00 Gertrude Bishop 3.15 87.25 Other Expenses N. R. Gerald, Rent $300.00 Express and Supplies 11.75 311.75 Books 47.51 Total fi^m Appropriation $1,250.47 From Income from Library Funds Books • $234.05 Magazines 42.75 Total from Income from Library Funds 276.80 Total for Cochituate Branch $1,527.27 159 SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Receipts Balance as allowed by State Accountants $32.80 Total Appropriation 3,600.00 One-half Dog Licenses 339.44 $3,972.24 Income from Trust Fun $5,008.45 Expenditures Main Library From Appropriation $2,711.06 From Invested Funds Income 709.88 $3,420.94 Cochituate Branch From Appropriation $1,250.47 From Invested Funds Income 276.80 1,527.27 Probate Certificate, Income Invested Funds .90 4,949.11 Balance Unexpended 59.34 $5,008.45 Total Appropriation $3,972.24 Total Expended for Approp. 3,961.53 Balance of Appropriation 10.71 Balance of Income Invested Funds 48.63 $59.34 Fines Received—Main Library $57.13 Fines Received—Cochituate Branch 24.77 $81.90 160 WAYLAND FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Report of the Treasurer of Library Funds for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1926 INVESTED FUNDS Receipts James Sumner Draper Fund $210.86 Cynthia G. Roby Fund 132.42 Grace Campbell Draper Fund 50.00 James Draper Fund 30.00 Ella E. Draper Fund 30.00 Ada H. Wellington Fund 21.25 Lydia Maria Child Fund 4.25 Sarah Webster Heard Fund 132.43 Jonathan M. Parmenter Fund 425.00 Total Receipts $1,036.21 Expenditures Main Library Books $645.38 Magazines 56.00 Book binding 8.50 $709.88 Cochituate Branch Books $234.05 Magazines 42.75 276.80 Certificate of Probate Court .90 Total Expenditures $987.58 Balance Unexpended 48.63 $1,036.21 161 WAYLAND FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Investment of Library Funds James Draper Fund Town of Wayland 6% Note $500.00 Ella E. Draper Fund Town of Wayland 6% Note 500.00 Grace Campbell Draper Fund Town of Wayland 5% Note 1,000.00 Lydia Maria Child Fund $100 U. S. 3rd Liberty Loan 4l^%, 1928 100.00 Cynthia G. Roby Fund $3000 American Tel. & Tel. Co. 4%, 1929 $2,863.76 200 U. S. 3rd Liberty Loan 4^, 1928 200.00 Deposit Provident Insti- tution for Savings 92.00 3,155.76 James Sumner Draper Fund $1000 Boston & Albany R. R. 4%, 1933 $1,001.25 1000 Boston & Maine R. R. 5%, Series R, 1940 990.00 1000 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 4%, 1958 993.75 1000 Delaware & Hudson Co. 4%, 1943 1,000.00 1000 Boston & Maine R. R. 5%, Series T, 1941 995.00 Deposit Provident Insti- tution for Savings 20.00 5,000.00 162 Ada H. Wellington Fund $500 U. S. 4th Liberty Loan 414%, 1938 500.00 Sarah Webster Heard Fund $3100 U. S. 2nd Liberty Loan 41/4%, 1942 $3,022.20 Deposit Provident Insti- tution for Savings 15.74 3,037.94 Jonathan M. Parmenter Fund $10,000 U. S. 2nd Liberty Loan 41/4%, 1942 10,000.00 Harriet Coburn Damon Fund $3000 N. Y. Telephone Co. 4l^%, 1939 $2,996.63 Deposit Provident Insti- tution for Savings 3.37 3,000.00 Total Funds $26,793.70 TAX COLLECTOR’S REPORT Taxes 1923 Tax Levy §1,124.26 Refund 2.17 81,126.43 Collections S217.88 Receipts Reviewed 410.42 Tax Titles 42.97 Abatements 460.43 §1,131.70 Interest §43.11 Taxes 1924 Tax Levy 87,700.52 Not Previously Committed 28.94 Refunds 29.76 87,759.22 Collections 84,765.23 Receipts Reviewed 1,746.92 Abatements 209.57 Tax Titles 241.18 Estimated Receipts 29 Uncollected 796.03 §7,759.22 Interest S627.51 T. H. HARRINGTON, Collector of Taxes 164 CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT During 1926 three additional Funds have been re- ceived for perpetual care, as follows: From Mrs. Sarah Loker Moulton, One Hundred Dol- lars for perpetual care of the Wesley Loker lot, to be known as the “Sarah Loker Moulton” Fund. From Mrs. Fannie Meserve, One Hundred Dollars for perpetual care of a lot in Lake View Cemetery, to be known as the “Joseph Moore” Fund. From Mrs. Lizzie B.. Folsom, Mrs. Gertrude D, Healey, Mrs. Emma D. Wellington and Leonard D. Drap- er, Tw’o Hundred Dollars for perpetual care of the Leon- ard H. Drury lots, to be known as the “Abby H. Drury” Fund. There was also received from the National Shawmut Bank of Boston One Hundred Dollars as the balance of Four Hundred Dollars left by the late Wallace S. Draper for perpetual care of certain lots in the North Cemetery. The above amounts have been invested, by the Town Treasurer, in U. S. Liberty Bonds. To date the Perpetual Care Funds amount to $13,350.00. The Cemetery Commissioners hope the Citizens of Wayland will give serious consideration to the possibility of laying one line of water pipe from the entrance of the North Cemetery on the Sudbury Road through the old part and through the Extension with a few faucets and connecting same with the New water supply. At present the only source of supply is from one hand pump in the center of the Old part of the North Cemetery which means a long walk for owners of lots in the North Cemetery Extension who desire water for their lots. EMMA D. WELLINGTON, Chairman WILLIAM READ, Clerk FRANK F. AMES, Supt. :i65 a> CO * 0 (MlCTHlO(N(NCDC^OOCOOOlCOO'^OOlOOCit- •a5l>t>OOt-TH(MC^CO cooooooooooooooooooo 2.50 1.70 2.70 2.70 'g 2rHrHrHC0rlHTfLC(NC0 *TfTHWrHrHTH(NrH P >» .-s s 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 rHTj5'«^Tl5odwodTfTtr>(Nr} Accounts Funds Cemetery M O o /i^ 02 >> <12 (-1 Russell Harrington O *-i 03 PIH «« ft: Wellington ft's O Q^ o Heard ll|gP|gP^« ^ wEh« Pi "• ft • Marshall ^ . H. C. George • .c373o . . . ^ ^Qh?<3WeLitr|OPi^ F. A. 166 OOONt-OiOTfiOt^ rHrHiHTHOOl>W0 k/0 7.60 2.60 4.72 oqNoqojcoorijoio ^ooqocooiNio 1.40 5.78 3.58 10.77 * 14.62 48.64 ^ (N 00 ai >o 05 N I/O TfrHt^iHrHcdrHCO (N tH rH tH tH tH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 2.70 2.60 4.30 1.90 2.50 1.70 2.10 4.30 1.70 CO C IDLDIDCOUOIDIDIDID OlDlDlDlOUOOlC 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 (03 (03 rH (03 (03 (03 (03 (03 lO (03 (03 (03 (03 (03 (03 8.50 4.25 4.25 4.25 (03 ID 21.25 00* rj^* rji rji (03* rf rji t}5 TjH Tj^* (M* rj? rH (03 lDCOt>'^Tj ' so a» Millar O) be . S Parmenter 1 C cdPh Rice o I Heminway ^V. S B . Ricker Leach Loker & CD O 03 M 0) Loker C. Bryant Edward E. A. Ellen Josiah Keith 2 . «« A. feH A E-i K d 167 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ lOT}< 0 (MOir5 lOTHt>rHTHt>COrHrHCOCD COO^lCrHrJJWCOCDcOOCDCiOCOCOOO * ’ COTj^TfOrHCOCO *00 ‘iTSt-Hi-HCOCO CO ooooooocoooo O ^ to CD CD c^aiCicoi>i>o^co(Ncvao^ UO LO O O lO tH t—I tH tH r-5 tH IC l6 CO CO lOiOlCiOLOlO^lOilCWOiiOb-iClO W W (N CV3 (N W (N (N (N i/0 CO W ^ Tl5TfTj5rHTfTj5Tj5Tj?TtTfod'«^’«DTfT}5 (M * » * * * Ci lO) l> LO rH (M CT> rH 00 lO rH tH rH CO O O (Nj rH tH Tji t-H CO CO CO C4 00 168 Lake View Cemetery Account 1926 March 4th, By Appropriation $400.00 Expended 402.31 Dec. 31st Deficit $2.31 North and Center Cemeteries Account 1926 March 4th, By Appropriation $400.00 Expended 393.00 Dec. 31st Balance 7.00 Special Appropriation for Water Pipes in Lake View Cemetery 1926 March 4th, By Appropriation $200.00 Expended 173.15 Dec. 31st Balance $26.85 169 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926 NATICK. MASS. PRESS OF THE NATICK BULLETIN 1927 SCHOOL COMMITTEE School Committee Mrs. Grace C. Bond* 1927 Ernest W. Schleicherf Term expires 1927 Paul B. Davis Term expires 1928 Llewellyn Mills Term expires 1929 * Deceased t Appointed Organization Paul B. Davis, Chairman 1927 Llewellyn Mills, Secretary 1927 Frank H. Benedict, Superintendent Ernest E. Sparks, M. D., School Physician Mrs. Mary F. McNeil, School Nurse Edward F. Dorsheimer, Attendance Officer Janitors Thomas Metcalf James R. Morton Calendar 1927 Schools open January 3. Schools close February 18. Vacation—One Week Schools open February 28. Schools close April 15. Vacation—One Week Schools Open April 25. Grammar Schools close June 17. High School Graduation June 20. Summer Vacation Schools open September 7. Schools close December 22. 1928 Schools open January 2. 172 REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE Town of Wayland, Wayland, Mass. The School Committee herewith brings to your at- tention reports as follows: Superintendent of Schools Principal of High Schools School Physician School Nurse and believe that they will prove interesting reading. Mr. Benedict’s report on the possibility of needing an extra room in the Cochituate school will indicate to you the growth in that school, and it is well for us that we have this additional room at this time, and wish we might be as well favored in the High School, as you will note from Mr. Allen’s report that we are going to be crowded. This matter deserves careful thought for the future. We have from time to time mentioned the need of proper facilities for giving the school children proper physical training, and believe the only way to success- fully solve this problem is for us to have a suitable build- ing on the playground. It would seem a mistake to at- tempt to change over the basement in the High School for this purpose, as it- would only be a make-shift at the best. The question of vocational work for boys is also important and should have our careful consideration. Dr. Sparks’s report on the health of the children is well brought out, and if the parents or guardians will co-operate with the school authorities in these matters, we believe that beneficial results will follow and that the physical condition of the children will be brought up nearer to normal. While we know the question of ex- 173 pense is a serious one, still we feel that in most cases the defects can be corrected without unduly burdening the parents. We believe that the effort to do this work will well repay our people. Mrs. McNeil’s report will indicate to you the co-op- eration between the School Physician and the School Nurse, and in these two departments we believe the Town is getting good returns on its investment. We were very sorry to lose one of our members, Mrs. Bond, whose death occurred on November 2nd. Dur- ing her service on the School Board she was always willing to do her best, and gave a great deal of time and thought to her duties, and it was a great pleasure to work with a committee member who always stood for thet best interests of the school. On November 22nd, Mr. Ernest W. Schleicher was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Mrs. Bond, in a joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee. Respectfully submitted, SCHOOL COMMITTEE Paul B. Davis, Chairman Llewellyn Mills, Secretary Ernest W. Schleicher 174 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1926 Salaries David J. Allen $2,570.00 A. Marion Simpson 1,690.00 Maude E. Merrithew 1,700.00 Mildred A. Henderson 1,617.50 Louis R. McBay 1,605.00 Mary Kerr 1,650.00 Eleanor Partridge 1,407.50 Sylvia E. Prescott 1,450.00 Margaret B. Fiske 1,245.00 Janet MacNamara 1,435.00 Jane Noel Campbell 1,425.00 Ethelyn Morrill 1,450.00 Athena J. Lee 942.50 Arthur C. Paris 525.00 Mabel S. Draper 1,450.00 Elizabeth Smith 1,212.50 Mabel C. Whitten 752.50 Gertrude Macdonald 405.00 Marjorie E. Skinner 1,040.00 Janie Foster 560.00 Agnes E. Boland 350.00 Marguerite E. Peaslee 425.00 Frank H. Benedict 1,450.00 Substitutes Gertrude Deane 175.00 Ellen Ferguson 95.00 Mabel Hammond 25.00 $28,652.50 175 Janitors Thomas Metcalf $800.00 James Morton 800.00 $1,600.00 Transportation James Ferguson $3,078.80 Alexander Sauer 1,178.40 Earle G. Parsons 1,292.40 Frank J. Bigwood 364.50 J. Fred Wheeler 366.00 Middlesex & Boston St. Railway Co. 75.00 $6,355.10 Supplies The Macmillan Company $93.67 The Office Appliance Company 23.31 Ginn & Company 278.28 Ethelyn Morrill 6.80 Underwood Typewriter Company 8.25 South-Western Publishing Company 23.64 Arthur P. Schmidt 8.20 Iroquois Publishing Company, Inc. 10.69 Edward E. Babb & Company 349.30 Hall & McCreary Company 55.46 Milton Bradley Company 120.22 Houghton Mifflin Company 44.94 D. C. Heath & Company 87.01 Kardex Rand Company 2.25 Oliver Ditson Company 16.83 Cambridge Botanical Company 62.33 J. L. Hammett Company 129.22 Dowling Supply Company 40.00 American Book Company 35.24 Benj. H. Sanborn and Company 68.12 C. C. Birchard and Company 11.22 Lyons & Carnahan 4.86 Literary Digest 5.40 Allyn & Bacon 26.59 Silver, Burdett & Company 59.52 $1,571.35 176 Fuel, Light, Power George V. Evans $50.00 Boston & Maine Railroad 50.28 Castner, .Curran & Bullitt 272.36 William A. Jepson Corporation, Inc. 270.36 A. W. Atwood 212.37 The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston 199.28 $1,054.65 Repairs North Eastern Metal Company $570.00 Natick Heating and Plumbing Co. 90.77 C. Warren 1.75 Herman Van Der Wyck 12.00 Remington Typewriter Co. 5.85 Underwood Typewriter Co. 7.15 Smith-Patterson Co. 17.00 Abel S. Colpitts 115.50 D. W. Richardson 1.00 A. W. Atwood 2.00 F. J. Barnard Co. 40.20 S. A. Barry and Co. 6.26 W. M. Todd Co. 13.81 C. A. Lockhart .60 Hub Wire Cloth and Wire Work Co. 7.25 The Fiske Corporation 1.10 Burditt and Williams Co. 186.00 James Linnehan 186.25 $1,264.49 New Equipment Heywood Wakefield Co. Furnishings New Room Cochituate School $510.15 E. and M. Electric Co. Lighting at Wayland Building 605.00 Arthur V. Deane Extension of Bell System to New 177 Part Cochituate School 39.60 1,154.65 Total $2,419.14 Incidentals N. E. Telegraph & Telephone Co. $24.65 Hercules Kalon Co. 6.25 Llewellyn Mills, Jr. 15.00 John Yeager 15.00 The Wayland Water Board 15.00 John A. Cousens 25.00 Howe & Co. 4.50 Andrews Paper Co. 81.10 Gibbs Express Co. 8.95 Thomas Groom & Co. 4.00 A. W. Atwood 54.50 L. M. Glover Co. 5.45 The Fiske Corporation 51.79 James Morton 8.16 The Natick Bulletin 18.00 Fairbanks & Son 2.75 Edward E. Babb & Co. 36.00 Thomas Metcalf 17.75 Martin Diploma Co. 29.60 Boston & Maine Railroad 1.49 The Suburban Press 13.25 Natick Printing Co. 11.25 Agnes F. Boland 20.00 C. A. Benson & Co. 1.70 The Mystic Products Co. 1.86 C. W. Fairbanks 13.50 F. H. Benedict 167.54 $654.04 Income Town Grant $42,000.00 Dog Money 339.45 Income—Donation Fund 8.00 Refund .58 $42,348.03 178 Expenditures Salaries—Teachers $28,652.50 Salaries—Janitors 1,600.00 Transportation 6,355.10 Supplies and Books 1,571.35 Fuel, Light, Power 1,054.65 Repairs, Replacements, Alterations 2,419.14 Incidentals 654.04 $42,306.78 Balance $41.25 School Physician Income—Town Grant $150.00 Expenditures—Ernest E. Sparks, M. D. $150.00 Vocational Tuition Income—Town Grant $400.00 Expenditures—City of Boston $264.92 Balance $135.08 Estimated Income State Reimbursement on account of employ- ment of Teachers—General School Fund, Part I $3,376.80 State Wards 241.33 Mrs. Carrie F. Bent—Tuition and Transportation 138.00 F. H. Benedict—Sales, Bus Tickets and Sup- plies, Damages 25.37 State Reimbursement, Vocational Tuition 125.30 Total $3,906.80 179 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee of Wayland: Following is my seventeenth report as Superinten- dent of the Wayland School System. It is the thirtieth in the series presented by Union Superintendents. Your attention is especially directed to the reports of Principal Allen, Dr. Sparks, and Mrs. McNeil. No cases of nonattendance have been reported to the Attendance Officer during the year. Consequently there is no report on nonatfendance and no expense. This is indeed a most happy condition. The Nurse has looked up a great many cases of absence and found the cause illness. I presume that her work has helped to reduce the demands upon the Attendance Offier but a zero rec- ord is exceptional, I am sure, even so. It is quite possible that the unused room in the Cochituate school may have to be opened in the Fall. If so, there will be an expense of about $1,200 for furnish- ings and for teacher and janitor service. The transportation of school children is costly in Wayland, if the lump sum is considered. I have made many inquiries as to cost in other places. It appears that for the service rendered Wayland is not overcharged by those who transport them. We cannot expect to lessen the cost unless mileage is reduced or High School pupils not transported*. An increase in mileage is often re- quested, better busses called for, and we have a much larger High School in prospect the next three years. Increased facilities for the transportation of High School pupils from Cochituate to Wayland High School in the near future, possibly another Fall, will present an una- voidable additional expenditure. A third bus or a third trip may be a necessity. The work of the schools has been vigorous. Our stu- 180 dents in higher institutions of learning and in business are giving good account of themselves. We are getting notices quite often as to new requirements for admission to normal school and college, new methods of selection, limitations as to numbers who may be admitted to this or that institution. These changes make it more and more difficult for boys and girls to qualify for entering college or normal school; and just as increasingly difficult is the competition for places in business for our Commercial graduates. Every parent of High School students who is planning to send his child to college or normal school should consult with the teachers often in regard to the work of his child and should earnestly study, that light may be given as to the wisdom of entering the child upon an expensive and difficult course of study that will occupy four or more years beyond High School. Immaturity is often a hindrance to High School work. Grammar School teachers should be consulted on this account while a child is in the grades. Students not of college type should be given other educational advantages. From a letter “To Superintendents of Schools, De- partment of Education, State House, December 13, 1926”: “In view of the fact that the number of applicants for admission to State Normal Schools is, in some schools, in excess of the capacity, it is found necessary to modify somewhat the plan of selecting students to the respective schools for the year beginning September, 1927.” “When the selective process is found necessary, an evaluation of the scholarship and personality records of students, as received from the High Schools, will be made on the following basis. “(a) Scholarship will be allowed 75 points for 15 units of work. “(b) Personality will be allowed 25 points. “As a basis for computing the total score from schol- arship record, a mark of ‘A’ will be allowed 5 points; ‘B,’ 4 points; ‘C,” 3 points; ‘D,' 2 points.” “As a basis of computing the personality record, which includes ten characteristics, exclusive of health, a mark of ‘Excellent’ will be allowed two and a half 181 : points; ‘Good/ two points; ‘Fair/ one and a half points; ‘Poor/ one point/’ Each applicant must pass a satisfactory physical examination before final admission can be gained.” From a notification recently received from a college: “The enrollment has been limited by vote of the Trustees.” “Kindly indicate which of the following adjectives describe the applicant in your opinion: Determined, in- different, energetic, lazy, immature, versatile. Does the candidate manifest any marked peculiarities, either men- tal or physical?” “Following are seven qualities. Please indicate your estimate (4 for excellent, 3 for good, 2 for poor, and 1 for deficient) “Studious habits Perseverance Leadership Health Sociability Self Reliance” Personal Conduct These two examples of the changing studies that are being made by college authorities and other authori- ties as to admission to their institutions are sufficient to indicate that the task of a teacher is a difficult one ; that a boy or girl has to meet a high rating not only as to scholarship but also as to those characteristics fhat taken together make up the outstanding features of his or her character. I commend with pleasure the excellent type of work of your teachers and of the students as a whole in our schools. Respectfully submitted, FRANK H. BENEDICT. 182 REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Supt. Frank H. Benedict, Cochituate, Mass. Dear Mr. Benedict: I herewith submit to you my ninth annual report as Principal of the Wayland High School. Maximum enrollment of the school to date, boys 37, girls 47, total 84. Present enrollment, boys 32, girls 45, total 77. Present enrollment by classes: Boys Girls Total Freshman 16 14 30 Sophomore 7 13 20 Junior 6 13 19 Senior 3 5 8 The general trend of the enrollment is gradually upward, even though the enrollment this year is a little below that of last year, and, within a few years, more students will be attending Wayland High School than the present rooms will accommodate. With the present enrollment every room in the building is in use, and the only way in which a larger number can be taken care of is to distribute them over classes that at present are below the seating capacity of rooms used. It is regular that the enrollment by classes decreases year by year from freshman to senior year. With the relation for these classes that has existed for some years the maxi- mum enrollment that the present rooms will accommo- date is about 120 students. For two years the laboratory has been used for gen- eral class work and study. It is a poor room, even for a laboratory, and should not be used for general class work. Our present schedule calls for chemistry and physics on alternate years, with senior and juniors in 183 the classes. Year by year it is becoming harder to ar- range the schedule for these classes because of conflicts in work. Soon both chemistry and physics will have to be offered each year. This will require more rooms for classes. The school is of such size now that a room is needed each period to serve as a study room for students not in class. The old arrangement of having these study peo- ple in a room with a class is not good, since a teacher must divide attention between the two groups of stu- dents, the class work cannot be as good as it would be if the class had a room by itself. This is especially true when both class and study section are large and require the teacher to be in charge of about forty students at a time. There are many students who cannot get work done without supervision and help. These students offer quite a problem to the teacher in charge of the study hall and a class at the same time. In order to have a room for study, free from class work, more rooms will have to be provided. There are 36 students in the 8th grade and 59 in the 7th grade this year. The High School enrollment next year will be about 105, and the following year about 130. It is true that some students may drop out, and that these estimates may not be correct, but there is little doubt but that within a few years, the present rooms will not be enough for the school. Better facilities should be provided for athletic work for both boys and girls. Lockers should be pro- vided so that a student can put away his things so that another student cannot get them to wear. Hot and cold water should be arranged for, so that a shower of proper temperature can be had after exercise. Also there should be dressing rooms and a large room for indoor games. With such a room provided, regular gymnasium work would be possible for both boys and girls. _ Some years ago courses in domestic science were started, and at present this work is being offered to girls in the first and second years. It would be a good thing to extend this work another year, making three years of such work offered to girls. There is a great need for vo- cational work for boys. Every entering class has boys who are not able to do the work offered in the college and 184 commercial courses. If the school could offer these boys some vocational work, they could be kept in school for a longer period. As it is they soon become discontented and drop out of school. At present it is a great problem as to what to do with boys of vocational mind. These boys have been passed on to the High school from the grades and the High School should be able to offer them work that they can do. In order to offer the necessary courses, there must be rooms, equipment and teachers. It is needless for me to do more than to call your attention to the fact the lunch room will need better quarters by the time the High School has reached an enrollment of 120-130 students. Wayland High School has a four year college course. For students of good ability this has been long enough. Colleges are having students apply for admis- sion in such numbers that they are taking only the best students. This makes the task of preparing students for college harder year by year. The time is not far off when many students will need five years in high school to prepare for college. Large high schools have been doing this for years. I feel that there are many students doing low grade work, who would do better work if there were a better understanding between the school and home. The Par- ent Teacher Association ought to furnish this contact, but it does not. It is rare that the teachers meet the parents they need to meet. Report cards are sent out every seven weeks and noticesof poor work are sent out three weeks before the report card. Very few par- ents come for additional information or suggestions as to what they can do to get better results. I feel that if the parents would get acquainted with the teachers and consult with them from time to time about the work of their children, they could bring about a condition of study at home that would prevent many failures in work. Sincerely yours. DAVID J. ALLEN January 7, 1927. 185 : REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Mr. Frank H. Benedict, Superintendent of Wayland Schools, Cochituate, Mass. Dear Mr. Benedict I herewith have the pleasure of submitting to you my second annual report as physician of Wayland schools. Diseased tonsils 119, adenoids 5, cervical glands 27, heart defects 11, carious teeth 60, carious and dirty teeth 25, poor posture 5, internal strabismus 3, granular lids 1, enlarged thyroids 3, spinal curvature 1, asthma 1, dirty skin 1, post infantile paralysis 3. In some ways this report of necessity must be a repetition of last year’s. Of the 119 tonsils reported some are exceptionally large but are not doing the child any particular harm, while others not nearly as large are diseased and should be taken care of. Only the ones whom the School Nurse visits at their homes, it seems to me, need especial attention. The five Adenoids mentioned are probably alto- gether too few as many more would be found under ether examination. Cervical glands should be referred to the family physician for further advice but if thej^ are associated with diseased tonsils the removal of the latter would take care of the former in many instances. Of the heart defects several of them are probably functional and will disappear as the child matures but this does not imply that they should be neglected at this time. Children with carious teeth should see their dentist as soon as possible. I know' that many teeth that have a colored streak next to the gum cannot be made to look clean without a dentist’s help, but for the real neglected ones there is no excuse and parents should see to it that 186 the children use the tooth brush. Poor posture has been recently discussed in the daily papers and one orthopedic surgeon stated that to make the back of your neck touch your collar twenty times a day would straighten up many who are now bowed over. This is a simple remedy and easy to try. Internal strabismus should be referred to an eye specialist. Do not trust this to an optician as it might need some eye surgery. Granular lids need the advice of an eye specialist. Enlarged thyroid is a somewhat serious condition sometimes and ought to be looked after at least twice a year whether there is any apparent reason for it or not. Spinal curvature needs an orthopedic physician. With asthma there are so many remedies that it goes to show that none of them can be depended upon. Dirty skin speaks for itself. The deformities and weaknesses in certain cases following infantile paralysis receive some benefit from special exercises and medical appli- ances which are always worth a trial. I have enjoyed this work very much this year, more especially, I believe, because some of the defects re- corded last year have been taken care of since. If we could make people look at this as a preventative medi- cine scheme I believe they would become more interested. I hope I shall be able to see a time in the not far distant future when every child before entering school will be obliged to submit to toxin-antitoxin treatment. I believe if this was done diphtheria would be as uncom- mon a disease as smallpox and tetanus. Now I wish to thank you for your co-operation in this work, the teachers for their interest in the same and Mrs. McNeil for her assistance which helped to make the work both easy and systematic. Respectfully submitted, ERNEST E. SPARKS, School Physician 187 REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE To the Superintendent of Schools: I hereby submit my sixth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1926. The morning hours were spent in the Wayland and Cochituate buildings unless some outside emergency pre- vented. The absentee report was carefully followed up. Each child was weighed and measured three times dur- ing the school year as requested. ' In October the High School pupils were weighed and measured, the 10 per cent underweights are to be re-weighed every six weeks and those of average weight three times during the school year. Children under seven years of age were accompa- nied one day a week during the month of January and part of February to the Forsyth Infirmary for dental treatment. The sight and hearing tests were given last April and again in October. Children needing glasses were accompanied to the office of a Framingham specialist. Dr. Sparks was assisted in making the yearly physi- cal examination of all the school children. A report of defects was submitted and notice of these, signed by the physician, was sent to the homes. A complete health form is kept for each child. Home visits to school children 234 Treatments to school children—first aid 11 Children accompanied home 8 Children accompanied to physician’s office 1 Cases reported to Board of Health 9 Children accompanied to hospital 6 Children accompanied to eye clinic 9 Children accompanied to optician 18 Children excluded because of infection 3 One school case was reported to the Massachusetts 188 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and a trip was made out of town on this case. During the month of June the State Departm.ent of Public Health held a free clinic in the Cochituate Build- ing. In order to have this clinic, it was necessary to visit the homes of the pupils to secure physical histo- ries and to get signed statements from the parents. Un- derweight children and those of pre-school age were ex- amined at the request of their parents. In nearly every case the child was accompanied by his parent or guar- dian. Each child was examined by a specialist employed by the State Department of Public Health and the tuber- culin test was given and every case referred to a nutri- tion expert, who was a member of the staff of examin- ers. Three days later the tuberculin test was read by them and some of the children were X-rayed in the school building. A number of underweight cases were due to faulty diet or lack of sufficient rest. Several cases were referred to the family physician. All the parents were informed of the findings a week or two following the clinic and each parent advised. Number of school children examined 42 Number of pre-school children examined 3 Number of children tuberculin tested 44 Number of children X-rayed 21 Two adults were examined at the request of their family physician. I am extremely grateful to the people of Cochituate and also the teachers who so willingly co-operated in making this clinic a success. In submitting this report I would earnestly recom- mend that a dental clinic be established in the schools the coming year. Respectfully submitted, MARY E. McNEIL School Nurse 189 Registration, December 20, 1926 Room Grade No. in Grade Total Cochituate 1 I 32 32 2 II 33 33 3 III 19 19 4 IV 26 V 5 31 5 V 20 VI 15 35 6 VII 32 32 vn 10 VIII 22 32 214 ' Wayland 1 I 21 II 14 35 2 III 21 IV 9 30 3 V 15 VI 13 28 4 VII 14 VIII 12 26 119 High School : Class Freshman 30 Sophomore 20 Junior 19 Senior 8 77 Total Registration in Grades 333 Registration in All Schools 410 Census Returns Number of boys five years of age and under seven 47 190 Number of girls five years of age and under seven 31 Total 78 Number of boys seven years of age and under 14 143 Number of girls seven years of age and under 14 134 Total 277 Number of boys 14 years of age and under 16 40 Number of girls 14 years of age and under 16 29 Total 69 Children not attending school 31 Children attending school elsewhere 24 Roll of Students Perfec in Attendance 1925-1926 Dorothy Porter Carl F. Lindborn, Jr. Ethel Adams Gordon Genthner Edwin Leroy Adams Mildred Genthner John Lee Leslie Reid James Nichols James Morrissey Harlan Valentine Clarence Ames Beatrice C. Carroll Dorothy Stone Stanley K. Hewitt Edith Lindbohm Rita C. Ploss William Marston Robert H. Wright Roy Ames Alfred Smith Arthur Therrien Albert Dawe Lillie Smith Lorrai 5 Young Graduates 1926-—High School Ethel Mae Adams Roger Wellington Mills Thomas W. Bowles Elizabeth Beatrice Perry Joseph Arthur Brouillette Marion Carter Pond Marjorie Mabel Connelly Helene Agnes Sarsfield Margaret Elizabeth Grant Mildred Simpson Dorothy Lillian Harrington Donald Milton Saloman Charles McMurtry Litchfield Albert George Smith Raymond Warren Marchand Everett Charles Spear 191 Graduates 1926—Grammar School Russell Bowles Dorothy Flanders Roscoe Dusseault Alma Kenney Alton Flanders Marjorie Lareau Paul Morin Gertrude Martin ’ James Morrissey Marie Paradise James Nichols Frances Simpson Harlan Valentine Winifred Treadwell Walter Woods Evelyn Ward George Ensor Mildred Meehan - William Loring Clifton Leech Dickson Smith Ernest Shamano John Wentworth Julia Boonisar Ralph Yetton Evelyn Dolan Margaret Bond Ramona Gaffey Rena Brouillette Louise McNaughton Eunice Buck Amelia Wentworth 4 192 J ct3 d S d d d B e u E S E b Normal o h >-< O be 'Z O O lO ICOCOIOt-'CCCDOCTst-hlC 1918 1921 (M (M 1910 1926 05 CiC5CiO^C5CiCiCiCiO^Ci Staff, t-H rH Elected >> 03 b* 13 s ^ Arts X Lodge CD o Teaching Science T/i ^ > II-I Department > Commercial 03 03 03 .s 03 (D CD 03 CD CD 13 CD 5h 5x Organization rC pCj rCl O be be be 03 03 o3 -4-> ->-3 School High High Center Center =S 5=: 1=1 High S £ £ 03 03 O O o 2o oo o o o o oo o 5=1 o CD C 03 be o ^ 73 CD CD S riil Whitten Merrithew .B ^ =3 o3 c r=3 £ S Sx ^ o3 W w 5-1 d'B Allen o 5h PQ -Io3 O CO 5-^ Q » g 2>> 03 X o3 Maude ’£ David ^ 2 'M N S ^ Janie « 'bil. -M 5x * 193 o 4-» So®a • . 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