NINETIETH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
XCown of 1Ranfc>oli)b
For the Year Ending December 31) 1925
Ninetieth Annual Report
of the
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, School
Committee, Police Department, Engineers of the
Fire Department, Highway Surveyor, Board
of Health, Town Clerk, Tax Collector,
and Town Treasurer
of the TOWN OF RANDOLPH
together with the reports of
The Trustees of the Stetson School Fund
The Trustees of the Turner Free Library
The Water Commissioners
for the
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925. I TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1925-1926
Town Clerk and Treasurer John B. McNeill Moderator
James E. Foley
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor Richard F. Forrest Term expires 1926 Erskine H. Cox Term expires 1926 James H. Hurley Term expires 1926
Assessors Henry V. Morgan Term expires 1926 James H. Hurley Term expires 1927
James E. Foley . . . Term expires 1928
School Committee Florence E. Roddan Term expires 1926
Jesse S. Beal Term expires 1927
Charles L. Kiley . . . Term expires 1928
Water Commissioners Richard F. Forrest Term expires 1926
Henry J. Meaney Term expires 1927
John B. McNeill . . Term expires 1928
Auditors Michael F. Cunningham John H. Rudderham James V. Donovan
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Constables John J. Condon Harold W. Macauley Louis J. Courtney William C. Mann John A. Forrest Patrick T. McDonnell Martin E. Young
Registrars of Voters Harold F. Howard Robert T. McAuliffe Charles R. Powers, Jr. John B. McNeill, ex-officio
Tax Collector Walter H. Lyons
Engineers of Fire Department John J. Condon Harold W. Macauley Martin E. Young Finance Committee Walter R. Cartwright William F. Cunningham James V. Donovan Frank M. Condon R. Emmett O'Brien William H. Leavitt Royal L. Mann Highway Surveyor James Lynch Tree Warden John T. Moore
Representative to General Court from 7th Norfolk Representative District
George E. Malcolm of Stoughton
Representative to Congress from 14th Congressional District Louis A. Frothingham of North Easton ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK 1925
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Report of the Town Clerk 1925
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING—1925
Randolph, March 2, 1925.
Pursuant to a warrant issued by the Selectmen and dated February 10, 1925, duly posted by Patrick T. McDonnell, Constable, the Voters of Randolph assem- bled at Stetson Hall this second day of March, 1925.
Meeting was, called to order by the Moderator Jamaes E. Foley.
Warrant and Return were read by the Town Clerk. The preliminaries of law having been complied with the polls were declared open for the reception of bal- lots promptly at 5.45 A. M. and action taken as fol- lows:
Article 1. To choose all such Town Officers as are required by law to be chosen by ballot, namely : A Moderator for one year; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasurer for one year; three Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for one year; one Member of School Committee for three years; one Trustee of Stet- son School Fund for three years ; a Collector of Taxes for one year ; one Assessor for three years ; one Water Commissioner for three years; three Auditors for one year; one Tree Warden for one year; one Highway
Surveyor for one year ; seven Constables for one year.
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VOTED, that we proceed to ballot for all such Town Officers as are required by law to be chosen by ballot at the Annual Town Meeting, namely : A Moderator for one year; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasu- rer for one year ; three Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for one year; one member of School Committee for three years; one Trustee of Stetson School Fund for three years ; a Collector of Taxes for one year ; one Assesor for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; three Auditors for one year; one Tree Warden for one year; one Highway Surveyor for one year; seven Constables for one year.
That the polls be kept open until two o'clock P. M. that articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66 of this Warrant be referred to the Finance or Appropriation Committee composed of William S. Condon, Herman W. French, Frank D. McCarthy, John E. Kelley, Ellen A. Farrell, Winifred B. Richter, and Robert S. Cutting, said committee to report at an adjournment of this meeting Monday, March 16, 1925, at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
The following persons acted as Election Officers: Ballot Clerks: Mildred L. Merrill, William F. O'Keefe; Ballot Box officer: John B. Duff; Checkers at Gate: Una C. Belcher, Julia F. Dolan, Helen T. Sullivan, Her- man W. French; Officers at Gates: Leo Kelliher; E. Lawrence Payne; Tellers: Arthur W. Alden, Edmund K. Belcher, Joseph Belcher, Sarah C. Belcher, Alice B. Burchell, Jessie C. Dunbar, Hannah W. Foster, Alice
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M. Hadley, F. Leo Hand, H. Willie Hayden, Wm. A. O'Connell, James G. Hoye, Alice G. Kelley, Fannie E. Knight, Eileen G. Lyons, Joseph J. McMahon, Ger- trude A. Meaney, Teresa R. Purcell, Effie Shurtleff, Herman H. Smith, Bertha Soule, Ethel Stetson, Fannie A. Dean, Elizabeth A. Kelly, Annie E. Conlon, M. F. Sullivan; Tabulating, Olga C. Howard.
At 2 o'clock P. M. it was Voted that the polls close.
Article 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1925, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this Vote to be paid from the revenue of said municipal year.
Voted unanimously, that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January
1, 1925, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this Vote to be paid from the revenue of said municipal year.
Article 15. To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen to be the agents and attorneys of the Town to prosecute, defend and compromise any and all suits in which the Town may be in any manner interested as a party or otherwise, except so far as the same relates in any manner to the watersupply, and to employ coun- sel if necessary.
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Voted that the Selectmen be so appointed.
Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize and appoint the Water Commissioners to be the agents and attorneys o fthe Town, to prosecute, defend, compro- mise and settle any and all suits and proceedings in which the Town may be interested as a party or other- wise so far as the same in any manner relates to the taking and use of the water of great Pond, or in the construction of the water works, either jointly or sepa- rately, as authorized under Chapter 217 of the Acts of 1885, and to employ counsel if necessary.
Voted that the Water Commissioners be so author- ized and appointed.
Ballots were removed from the ballot box at 11 o'clock A. M., when the ballot box registered 1341, and again at 2 o'clock P. M. when the ballot box reg- istered 1946.
At the close of the polls the ballots were sorted and counted and declaration of the result made at 5 :55 o'clock P. M.:
Names checked on list 1942 Ballots counted 1942 Ballot Box re^stered (incor- 1946 rect)
The Vote for Town Officers was as follows Moderator
James E. Foley, nine hundred forty-eight 948 Walter F. Stephens, eight hundred seventy-four 874 Blanks, one hundred twenty 120
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Town Clerk John B. McNeill, sixteen hundred twenty-seven 1627 Blanks, three hundred fifteen 315 Town Treasurer John B. McNeill, fifteen hundred ninety-six 1596 Blanks, three hundred forty-six 346
Selectmen and Overseers of Poor
Erskine H. Cox, nine hundred eighty-one 981 James E. Foley, seven hundred thirty-three 733 Richard F. Forrest, nine hundred seventy-one 971 Allan B. Gould, one hundred two 102 James H. Hurley, nine hundred fifty-three 953 Arthur L. Mann, six hundred thirty 630 Henry V. Morgan, eight hundred fifty-three 853 Blanks, six hundred three 603
Assessor (3 Years)
Frederick J. Driscoll, eight hundred five 806 James E. Foley, nine hundred forty-seven 947 Blanks, one hundred ninety 190
School Committee (3 Years) Charles R. Kiley, ourteen hundred ninety-four 1494 Blanks, £our hundred forty-eight 448
Trustee Stetson School Fund (3 Years) Charles R. Kiley, fourteen hundred eighteen 1418 Blanks, five hundred twenty-four 524
Tax Collector (1 Year) John P. Hanley, six hundred forty-three 643 Walter H. yons, .twelve hundred thirty-eight 1238 Blanks, sixty-one 61
Water Commissioner (3 Years) John B. McNeill, fifteen hundred sixty-six 1566 Blanks, three hundred seventy-six 376
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Highway Surveyor (1 Year) Charles H. Cole, eighty-one 81 Augustus S. Furbush, five hundred three 503 James Lynch, eight hundred fourteen 814 Charles H. Truelson, four hundred forty-eight Blanks, ninety-six 96
Tree Warden (1 Year) John T. Moore, fifteen hundred two 1502 Blanks, four hundred forty 440
Auditors (1 Year) Michael F. Cunningham, ten hundred ^wenty-one 1021 James V. Donovan, thirteen hundred ninety 1390 L. Ada Reynolds, six hundred eighty-three 683 John H. Rudderham, twelve hundred ninety-five 12^5 Blanks, fourteen hundred thirty-seven 1437
Constables (1 Year)
Herbert S. Bolin, six hundred thirty-one 631 John J. Condon, eight hundred seventy-nine 879 William S. Condon, six hundred seventy-two 672 Louis J. Courtney, seven hundred seventy-two 772 John A. Forrest, seven hundred ninety-one 791 Albert K. Godfrey, four hundred twenty-one 421 Walter H. Grows, four hundred sixteen 416 Harold W- Macauley, seven hundred sixty-four 764 John J. Madden, three hundred twenty-five 325 Douglas E. Mann, seven hundred twenty-six 726 William C. Mann, eight hundred twenty-six 826 Patrick T. McDonnell, thirteen hundred sixty-seven 1367 Martin E. Young, ten hundred forty-one 1041 Blanks, three thousand nine hundred sixty-thfee 3963
The ballots used and unused with check lists and tally sheets were sealed in open meeting.
Voted to adjourn to Monday, March 16, 1925, at 7.30 o'clock P. M. TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Meeting adjourned at 6:05 o'clock P. M. A True Record. Attest: JOHN B. McNeill, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING—1925 (Adjourned)
Randolph, March 16, 1925
The Annual Town Meeting adjourned from March 2, 1925 to this date was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by James E. Foley, Moderator.
On request "of Richard F. Forrest, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, letters were read by the Town Clerk from Mayor Barbour of Quincy, and Warren E. Sweetser, Chairman of the Committee on the Celebra- tion of Quincy's 300th Anniversary.
The Moderator stated that in view of the large gath- ering there was no doubt of a legal quorum and that, if no voter dissented, he would declare there was a quo- rum present. Voted that Article 5 be taken up.
Article 5. To hear and act on the report of any committee and choose any committee the Town may think proper.
It was Voted that the Board of Selectmen be instruct- ed and authorized to attend the Committee meeting to be held in Quincy, March 19th, and make such arrange- ments as they may deem fitting and proper.
The Lighting Committee reported through its Chair- man, James H. Hurley.
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It was Voted that the report of the Lighting Com- mittee be accepted as progressive and the Committee be retained.
The School Housing Committee reported through its Chairman, James H. Hurley.
It was Voted to accept the report of the Committee on School Housing.
The Committee on Building Laws reported through John R. Luddington, and it was
Voted that the Committee on Building Laws be re- tained and instructed to bring in such town by-laws as they may see fit.
Voted that a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to bring in a list of names for the Finance Committee for the coming year.
The committee appointed was as follows: Daniel P. McCarthy, W. B. Atherton, Edward Morgan, Dr. Buzzey, and Linwood G. Brown.
Article 2. To hear and act on the report of the Town Ofl[icers.
Voted to accpet the report of the Town Officers.
Article 3. To raise and appropriate money to de- fray the general town expenses for the current year.
Voted that the sum of $54,133.14 be raised and ap- pro priated for general town expenses as follows: SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICIALS Moderator $50.00 Selectmen 650.00 14 ;
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Treasurer 900.00 Town Clerk 300.00 Assessors 1300.00 Auditors 120.00 Registrars of Voters 150.00 Tax Collector (estimated) 1800.00 Inspector of Animals 100.00 Inspector of Milk 100.00 Inspector of Slaughtering 150.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 175.00 Tree Warden 250.00 Highway Surveyor 1500.00 $7,545.00 Department Expenses Almshouse Poor in Almshouse $5,000.00 Poor out of Almshouse 1,481.78 $6,481.78 Forest Fire Department $800.00 State Fire Tower (Holbrook) 200.00 Tree Department 350.00 Board of Health Department 2500.00 Military Aid Department 100.00 Soldiers' Relief Department 500.00 Soldiers' Relief, Randolph and Holbrook 300.00 $4,750.00
Notes, Interest and Discount Reduction of Town Debt Notes $10,400.00 Interest and Discount 5,000.00 $15,400.00
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Taxes State Tax $6,300.00 County Tax 6,086.76 State Highway Tax 742.00 $13,128.76
General Expenses Miscellaneous Expenses 1,700.00 Snow Removal 1,000.00 Election Expenses 300.00 Insurance 2500.00 Lockup Expenses 150.00 Printing 1924 Town Report 852.60 Births, Marriages, Deaths 325.00 $6,827.60
Total for General Expenses $54,133.14
Voted that the sum of $19,304.99 be re-appropriated as follows:
Poor out of Almshouse $1018.22 Mothers' Aid Department 1282.93 Salary of Town Officials 174.00 Salary Tax Collector 707.03 Rebuilding Stetson High School 16,122.81 $19,304.99
Article 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the support of schools, including Stetson High School, and also for the con- veyance of pupils.
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Toted that the sum of $66,665.00 be raised and appropriated for school expenses as follows: Stetson High School $15,850.00 Teaching, Grammar Schools 30,590.00 Puel 4,000.00 Books and SupKes 4,500.00 Care of Rooms 3,300.00 Transportation 2,900.00 Superintendent of Schools 1,225.00 School Physician 100.00 School Nurse 700.00 Continuation and Trade School 500.00 General Expense 4,000.00 School Committee 300.00 $67,965.00 Less estimated revenue from Dog tax $720.00 State Tuition 500.00 Coddington Fund 80.00 1,300.00
$66,665.00 Voted tTiat Article 48 be now taken up. Article 48. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the Stetson High School Building includ- ing the completion of the present building and the erection of an addition, in accordance with plans
already adopted by the Town ; also the acceptance of legisl^tioTi l)y the present General Court in connection therewith, and make the necessary pro\isions to carry such action into effect, as petitioned for by Joseph T. Leahy and the Building Committee. It wa^ unanimously
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V oted that the Committee on the Stetson High School Building, appointed at the town meeting of July 10, 1924, be authorized and instructed to complete the restoration of the said building, and also to build an addition thereto, such addition to increase the floor space of the original building in accordance with the plans accepted at the town meeting, held September 11, 1924, and that the said committee be empowered and instructed for and in the name of the Town to enter into such contracts with Funk and Wilcox, Architects, and with contractors-, mechanics and builders as may in the judgment of the committee be for the best inter- est of the Town ; and that for the purpose of meeting the expenses, the balance remaining of the insurance money appropriated at the town meeting of July 29, 1924, be re-appropriated for the above named pur- poses; and that in addition there be raised and appro- priated the sum of $77,300.00, $6,300.00 of which is to be raised in the tax levy of the current year, and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow the sum of $71,000.00, $50,000.00 of which is to be borrowed under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 13 of the Acts of 1925, and $21,000.00 under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accord- ance with the provisions of said Chapter 13, and of said Chapter 44, so that the entire indebtedness herein authorized shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
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Voted that Articles 29 be taken up.
Article 29. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $1295.00 from which there shall be paid to the Brockton Hospital such amount as the Board of Selectmen shall determine to be not more than the ordinary and reasonable compensation for care and treatment actually rendered by said Hospital to such persons, residents of the Town of Randolph, as may be in whole or in part unable to pay for such care and treatment.
Voted that the sum of $1295.00 be raised and appro- priated for the Brockton Hospital under the conditions set forth in this article, under direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 6. To see what action the Town will take in relation to repairs on the Turner Free Library Building and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted that the sum of $150.00 be raised and appro- priated for repairs on theT urner Free Library Build- ing.
Article 7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to raising and appropriating money for the Randolph Visiting Nurse Association.
Voted that the sum of $800.00 be raised and appro- priated for donation to the Randolph Visiting Nurse Association.
Article 8. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for lighting the streets by elec- tricity.
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Voted that the sum of $5,871.72 be raised and appro- priated for lighting the streets by electricity.,
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to build per- manent sidewalks and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 10. To see if the Towm will vote to pay the insurance on the Town Treasurer's bond for the year 1925-1926 and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Voted that the sum of $100.00 be raised and appro- priated to pay the insurance on the Town Treasurer's bond for the year 1925-1926.
Article 11. To see what compensation the Town will allow for the collection of taxes.
Voted that one and one-half per cent be allowed as compensation for the collection of taxes for year 1925.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to pay the insurance on the Tax Collector's bond for the year 1925-1926, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Voted that the sum of $100.00 be raised and appro- priated to pay the insurance on the Tax Collector's bond for the year 1925-1926.
Article 13. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the Fire Department and raise and appro- priate money therefor.
Voted that the sum of $5,150.00 be raised and appro-
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. priated for the Fire Department, as follows General Expenses $720.00 Salaries of Men 450.00 Salaries of Engineers 150.00 Hour services at Fires 400.00 Driver of Truck 1,800.00 500 Feet of Hose 500.00 Rebuilding and Maintenance of Fire Alarm System 700.00 Unpaid Bills 1924-1925 225.89 Repairs on No. 2 Engine House and Minor Repairs on Central Fire Station 204.11 $5,150.00
Article 17. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the decoration of Soldier's Graves under the direction of Capt. Horace Niles Post 110, G. A. R.
Voted that the sum of $225.00 be raised and appro- priated for the decoration of Soldier's Graves under the direction of Captain Horace Niles Post, G. A. R.
Article 18. To see if the Town will raise an dappro- priate money for the planting of shade trees as peti- tioned for the Tree Warden and others.
Voted that the sum of $100.00 be raised and appro- priated for the planting of shade trees under the direc- tion of the Tree Warden.
Article 19. To see what action the Town will take relative to medical attendance on the poor and raise and appropriate money for the same.
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Voted that the sum of $300.00 be raised and appro- priated, said sum to be apportioned to the several physi- cians of the Town and to be in full for the attendance on all persons under the care of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, whose settlement and residence is in the Town of Randolph, for one year from January,
1925 ; that is to say, that each phsician in the town from the first of January, 1925, shall receive $75.00 for his services, provided that he makes 38 visits during the year, after that he shall receive no compensation for his services; those physicians who make less than 38 visits shall receive pay at the rate of $2.00 for each of said visits.
Article 20. To see what action the Town will take relative to repairs on highways and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
Voted that the sum of $6,400.00 be raised and appro- priated for general repairs on the highways, including the preservation of permanent highways.
Article 21. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to appoint a Special Police Oflficer or Offi- cers to enforce the laws and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted that the sum of $2,500.00 be appropriated for the purpose of enforcement of law and that the sum of $1,500.00 be raised by tax levy and the balance of $1,000.00 to be taken from the sum returned to the Town Treasurer from fines collected by the courts. Special Officers or Officers to be appointed by the ^Selectmen-
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Article 22. To see what action the Town will take relative to the pay of town laborers.
Voted that ordinary laborers employed by the Town receive fifty cents an hour for such labor, and that the compensation for the use of horse employed for the Town, be forty cents an hour, except when used on snow-plow or road scraper, when such compensation shall be at the rate of fifty cents an hour.
Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Tax Collector to use the same means which a Town Treasurer may use when acting as Tax Collector.
Voted that the Tax Collector be so authorized.
Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate money for the care of the clock in the spire of the First Congregational Church.
Voted that the sum of $20.00 be raised and appro- priated for the care of the clock in the spire of the First Congregational Church.
Article 25. To see what action the Town will take relative to abatements of taxes and raise and appro- priate money therefor. Voted that the abatements be taken from the over- lay.
Article 26. To see what action the Town will take in relation to rebuilding Warren Street from the Rail- road to Main Street, in conjunction with the County and State, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
It was unanimously.
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Voted that the sum of $10,000.00 be appropriated for the purpose of rebuilding Warren Street from the railroad to Main Street with macadam pavement or •other permanent road material, under the direction of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, High- way Division, and Norfolk County Commissioners, as per agreement made by the Selectmen, and to pay the Town's share of said appropriation, eleven hundred dollars to be raised this year, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorize to borrow twenty-three hundred dollars and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable with the provisions of section 19 of chapter 44 General Laws, and amendments thereto, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the time of the issue of the first note, or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine.
Article 27. To see what action the Town will take relative to resetting the curbing on Warren Street in connection with the rebiulding of Warren Street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Voted that the sum of $800.00 be raised and appro- priated for resetting the curbing on Warren Street under direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 28. To see what action the Town will take relative to raising and appropriating money for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths, as rec- ommended by the State Forester. Voted that the sum of $1700.00 be raised and appro- priated for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail imoths.
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Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to amend By-Law No. 21, adopted at the Annual Town Meeting May 5, 1913.
Voted that By-Law No. 21, adopted at the Annual Town Meeting May 5, 1913, be amended so that fifteen^ percent of the registered voters of the Town shall con- stitute a quorum at any regular or special Town Meet- ing.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to instruct: the Water Commissioners to extend the water main from the junction of High and Gold Streets in a nor- therly direction on High Street to the residence of Thomas Kiley, as petitioned for by John Henry DeClas- sant and others and to raise and appropriate money therefor.
Voted that action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main from the extension of Centre Street: through to Mill Street to the residence of Mrs. Nancy A. Gould, a distance of five hundred (500) feet, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Allan B. Gould and others.
Voted that this article be taken up in con j unction with Articles 33 and 34.
Article 33. To see if the ToWn will vote to extend' the water main 550 feet westerly on Grove Street and raise and appropriate money for same, as petitioned! for by C. Esten Soule and others.
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Voted that this article be taken up in conjunction with Articles 32 and 34.
Article 34. To see' if the Town will vote to extend the water main on North Main Street from Hall Street to Jane Street, and raise and appropriate money there- for, as petitioned for by Waldo E. Mann and others. Voted that the water mains be extended on Centre and Mill Streets a distance of 500 feet northerly from the present terminus of the six-inch main on Cen- tre Street; that the water main be extended westerly from the present terminus on Grove Street 550 feet; that the water main be extended on North Main Street from Hall Street to Jane Street; and that the sum of $4,500.00 be appropriated for this work, said sum to be taken from the receipts of the Water Department. It was further Voted that all persons who have guar- anteed the interest on water extensions that have been made, are now relieved from that obligation.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $2,603.42, the sum being the amount returned to the Town under the provisions of Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924 (An Act providing for the re- turn to the cities and towns of certain surplus funds collected to provide suitable recognition of those resi- dents of Massachusetts who served in the army and navy of the United States during the War with Ger- many) for the purpose of erecting a suitable memorial to those residents and to provide for the appointment of a committee to accomplish this purpose, as petitioned for by Marshall W. Leavitt and others. Voted that the Town Treasurer be instructed to place the sum of $2603.42 in a special fund and that 26 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. any interest which may accrue be added to it from time to time until appropriated by the town and that a committee consisting of William F. Cunningham, Mar- tin E. Young, Frank D. McCarty, Dominick J. Hand, Marshall W. Leavitt, Edmund R. Flaherty and John B. McNeill be appointed to bring in plans for a suitable memorial to the residents of Randolph who served in 'the World War.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action of a Special Town Meeting held June 29, 1923, adjourned from June 25, 1923, whereby the Town voted that money in the hands of the Treasurer of the Welcome Home Committee be turned over to a committee of seven to be appointed by the Moderator to erect a permanent memorial bandstand in Stetson Park, and vote that this sum be turned over to the com- mittee appointed under Article 35 for the purpose of erecting a suitable memorial, as petitioned for by Mar- shall W. Leavitt and others.
Voted that the vote passed at the Special Town Meet- ing held June 29, 1923, whereby the Town voted that the money in the hands of the Treasurer of the Wel- come Home Committee be turned over to the Commit- tee of seven to be appointed by the Moderator to erect a permanent memorial bandstand in Stetson Park, be rescinded ; and that the Town Treasurer be instructed to place the amount of the Welcome Home Fund with the Bonus Refund of $2603.42 under the same condi- tions as voted on under Article 35.
It was Voted that this meeting adjourn to Thursday, March 19, 1925, at 7:45 o'clock P. M.
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lleeting Adjourned at 10 o'clock P. M.
-A True Record. Attest
JOHN B. McNeill, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ADJOURNED FROM
MARCH 16, 1925
Randolph, March 19, 1925. The Annual Town Meeting adjourned from March 16, 1925, to this date was called to order at 7 :45 o'clock P. M. by James E. Foley, Moderator, and the following business transacted:
The Committee appointed at the last adjournment oi this meeting to bring in names of seven citizens to act as a Finance Committee for the ensuing year reported the following names who were declared to be the duly
elected Finance Committee for the ensuing year : Wal- ter R. Cartwright, James V. Donovan, R. Emmet O'Brien, William F. Cunningham, Frank M. Condon, William H. Leavitt and Royal L. Mann.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to install two electric lights on Orchad Street to complete the lighting system on Orchard Street from the residence of James P. Duffy to the junction of Oak and Orchard Streets, as petitioned for by Andrew F. Hewins and •others.
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Voted that two electric lights be installed on the northerly end of Orchard Street in accordance with the terms of the contract with the Electric Light Company, and that the sum of $33.00 be raised and appropriated therefor.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to install electric lights on Oak Street extending from the resi- dence of Weston L. Mann to Pine Avenue, and raise and appropriate money therefor as petitioned for by Walter Furness and others.
Voted that action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 39. To see if the Town will authorize the installation of electric lights on High Street between Canton and Chestnut Streets, as petitioned for by John Henry DeClassant and others and raise and appropri- ate money therefor.
Voted that action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to install ten (10) lights on North Main Street from Pole 43 to the Randolph-Quincy line, as petitioned for by P. J. Foley and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Voted that six lights be installed on North Main Street north of Pole 43, in accordance with the terms of the contract with the Electric Light Company, and that the sum of $99.00 be raised and appropriated therefor.
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Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to install two electric lights on Centre Street, at intersection of Alden Ave. and Druid Hill Ave. and raise and appro- priate money for the same as petitioned for by Leonard E. Clifford and others.
Voted that two electric lights be installed on Centre Street at the intersection of Alden Avenue and Druid Hill Avenue, and that the sum of $33.00 be raised and appropriated therefor.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to place four electric lights on Mill Street, as follows: One at the corner of Fairfield Road and Mill Street; one at the corner of Wyman Road and Mill Street; one in front of the residence of William C. Lightfoot; and one at the corner of Wilmarth Road and Mill Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Allan B. Gould and others.
Voted that four electric lights be installed on Mill
Street, as follows : One at the corner of Fairfield Road and Mill Street, one at the corner of Wyman Road and Mill Street, one in front of the residence of William C. Lightfoot, and one at the corner of Wilmarth Road and Mill Street, and that the sum of $66.00 be raised and appropriated therefor.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to install a fire signal box on Union Street, opposite the store at the junction of Centre Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Allan B. Gould
» and others.
Voted that a fire signal box be installed on Union
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Street at the junction of Centre Street, and that the sum of $125.00 be raised and appropriated therefor.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Trustees of the Stetson Fund to remodel the lower floor of Stetson Hall so as to provide suitable office space, for the various Town departments for the trans- action of the Town's business. Also to provide ade- quate facilities for the preservation of the Town's rec- ords. Further, that whereas the money is available in that the Stetson Fund of $10,000.00 now amounts to more than $20,000.00 through the accumulation of interest, that the sum necessary to provide these facil- ities be taken from the interest accumulation which will avoid raising the money through the tax levy. Also that one of the objects of the fund created by Amasa Stetson was to provide such facilities, as peti- tioned for by Henry V. Morgan, James H. Hurley and others.
Voted that action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to have the town surveyed and maps made, indicating the loca- tion and ownership of each parcel of land with the building situated thereon. That only a section of the town be so surveyed each year until the entire town is surveyed and that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for this purpose in 1925 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Assessors as peti- tioned for by James H. Hurley, Henry V. Morgan and others.
Voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appro- priated to be expended under the direction of the
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Board of Assesors, for the purpose of having the town surveyed and maps made, indicating the location and ownership of each parcel of land, with the buildings thereon.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate a certain amount of free cash in the Treasury for use of the Assessors in connection with the 1925 tax levy as petitioned for by Henry V. Morgan, James H. Hurley and others.
Voted that this article be postponed until after all other articles in the Warrent were acted upon.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to complete certain unfinished work at the North Randolph School, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as peti- tined for by Linwood G. Brown and others. Voted that the North Randolph School be completed at a cost not exceeding $2,000.00 and that such sum be raised and appropriated.
Article 49. To see what action the Town will take relative to equipping and furnishing the Stetson High School, including the new addition, and raise and ap- propriate money therefor, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
It was unanimously voted that the sum of $11,170.53 be raised and appropriated for the purpose set forth in said article, and that for the purpose of meeting the expense thereof the unexpended balance of the money received from the Insurance Companies on account of damage to the contents of Stetson High School Building amounting to $2,773.88 be reappro-
32 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. priated, that the sum of $1,396.65 in the hands of the Treasurer be reappropriated and that in addition thereto there be raised and appropriated the sum of $7,000.00—$2,000.00 of which be raised in the Tax Levy of the current year and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to bor- row the sum of $5,000.00 under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Ch. 44 of the Gen- eral Laws and to issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor so that the entire indebtedness herein author- ized shall be paid in not more than 5 years from the date of issue of the first note or bond or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may deter- mine.
Article 50. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money to purchase a Fordson tractor and equipment for snow removal and other uses, as pe- titioned for by William H. Quigley and others.
Voted that the Town purchase a Fordson tractor under the direction of the Highway Surveyor, and that the sum of $970.00 be raised and appropriated there- for.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1,500.00 for use on Centre Street, to buy tarvia and sand, and perform labor to complete the permanent road, as petitioned for by Clarence Rowe and others.
Voted that the sum of $1,500.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the completion of Centre Street, under the direction of the Highway Surveyor.
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Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to repair the drain under the street at 39 Lafayette Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor as petitioned for by Edwin F. Engle and others.
Voted that the sum of $100.00 be raised and appro- priated for the repair of drain under Lafayette Street under the direction of the Highway Surveyor.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to repair Liberty Street from the part repaired in 1924 to North Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Albert C. Wilde and others.
Voted that the sum of $2,500.00 be raised and ap- propriated for repairs on Liberty Street under direc- tion of the Highway Surveyor, said sum to be expended on the portion of Liberty Street not previously re- paired, the work to begin where last year's work ended.
Article 54. To see what action the Town will take relative to repairing or rebuilding South Street, com- mencing at Union Street, and raise and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Fannie E. Knight, Joseph J. McMahon and others.
Voted that the sum of $3,000.00 be raised and ap- propriated for repairs on South Street, said repairs to begin at junction with Union Street and to continue southeasterly as far as the wise expenditure of this sum will permit, work to be done under direction of the Highway Surveyor.
Article 55. To see what action the Town will take in regard to removing the tracks and fixing the side-
34 , TOWN OF ' RANDOLPH, MASS. walks on West Street, opposite the old car barn at the comer of Silver Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Hannah C. Grady and others.
Voted that the sum of $300.00 be raised and ap- propriated for purpose set forth, under the direction of the Highway Surveyor.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 63 of Chapter 41 of General Laws, and elect three Road Commissioners for one, two and three- year terms, and their salary not to be exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) a year each, as petitioned for by William S. Condon and others.
Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. The Moderator accepted the following motion under Article 5.
Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee of five (5) to look into the advisability ofha ving a Town Manager for the Town of Randolph; said committee to report back to the voters at a Special Town Meeting to be held some evening in the first week of November
1925 ; be it also resolved that the said committee be in- structed to invite some Manager of another town to address the above mentioned Special Meeting, if in their judgment they deem it necessary.
At the time of making this record the Moderator had not named a Committee.
Article 57. To see what action the Town will take relative to the collection and disposition of garbage and to raising and appropriating money therefor as petitioned for by Fannie E. Knight and others. 35 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT
Voted that action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $322.80 to settle a judgment obtained by the Attorney General in the Suffolk Superior Court on an unpaid bill of the year 1918 for care of a patient at the Rutland Sanatorium.
Voted that the sum of $332.80 be raised and appro- priated to settle the judgment obtained by the Attorney General against the Town of Randolph on the unpaid bill in the year 1918 for care of a patient at the Rut- land Sanatorium.
Article 59. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the sum of $147.43 to settle an unpaid bill contracted in 1918 for the care of another patient at the Rutland Sanatorium.
Voted that the sum of $147.43 be raised and ap- propriated for the care of a patient at the Rutland Sanatorium, said bill having been contracted in 1918.
Article 60. . To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500.00 to pay William J. Good, for professional services for settling four suits against the Town, resulting from an automobile accident and deaths in Crawford Square in 1917 ; the services rendered covering the period from April 15, 1917, the date of the accident out of which said suits arose, to
October 6, 1924, when said suits were dismissed.
Voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appro- priated for payment to William J. Good for pro- fessional services.
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Article 61. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money for the expenses of the Assessors' De- partment.
Voted that this article be taken up in conjunction with Articles 62 and 63.
Article 62. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money to cover the expense of furnishing the State Tax Commissioner a copy of the Assessors' valu- ation records for the year 1925, as petitioned for by Henry V. Morgan for the Board of Assessors.
Voted that the sum of $200.00 be raised and ap- propriated to defray the expense of preparing a copy of the Assessors' valuation records for the year 1925 for the State Commissioner.
Article 63. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money to cover expense of the Assessors' Department for 1925 to cover the cost of obtaining records of conveyances from the County Registry, Pro- bate Court records, etc., as petitioned for by Henry V. Morgan for the Board of Assessors. Voted that the sum of $200.00 be raised and appro- priated to cover the expense of obtaining records of conveyance, probate records, etc., for the Board of
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to make certain repairs at the Belcher Grammar School and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by the Special School Investigating Committee, through James H. Hurley.
Voted that the School Committee be instructed to employ a Practical Plumber to make a Peppermint
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Test of the plumbing at Belcher School and that the cost of repairs to the plumbing system, if found neces- sary, be taken from General Expense of the School Department.
Article 65. To see if the Town will authorize the Tax Collector to charge interest at the rate of six per cent per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid on and after October 1, 1925.
Voted that the Tax Collector be so authorized.
Article 66. To see what action the Town will take in regard to drainage on Woodlawn Street, and raise and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by Charles A. Mather and others.
Voted that the sum of $200.00 be raised and ap- propriated to provide for the proper drainage of the easterly end of Woodlawn Street, said sum to be avail- able on condition that an easement in perpetuity be granted the Town by the abuttor, between Woodlawn Street and the State Drain leading westerly from South Main Street.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate a certain amount of free cash in the Treasury for use of the Assessors in connection with the 1925 tax levy as petitioned for by Henrvy V. Morgan, James H. Hurley and others.
Voted that the sum of $16,800.00 be transferred and appropriated from surplus for use by the Assessors in reducing the amount of expenses to be provided for through the tax levy of 1925.
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It was voted that this meeting be dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 10 :10 o'clock P. M.
A True Record. Attest: JOHN B. McNeill, Town Clerk.
Randolph, March 23, 1925.
The Moderator, James B. Foley, this day filed with the Town Clerk the Committee appointed on the ad- visability of having a Town Manager under Article 5 of the Annual Town Meeting Warrant, 1925.
The Committee comprises: Dr. Joseph H. Bussey Joseph Belcher Leon E. Clifford Winthrop B. Atherton John B. Brennan.
JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.
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Lyon (Bates) Randolph 17 Harold Brewster Anderson Randolph 17 Eunice Isabell Monroe Sawyer Randolph 44 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Date of Marriage 1925 Name Residence 22 Ray Clifton Call Braintree 22 Virginia Osborn Anderson (Wheeler) Randolph 24 James Francis Reynolds West Quincy 24 Gertrude Agnes Mahan Randolph 24 Frederick Dahloorff Driscoll Randolph 24 Dorothy Anne Cutting Randolph 25 Rogers Landrith Arringdale Providence, R. I. 25 Ruth Beatrice Squire Randolph July 1 Robert E. Adams Easton 1 Georgina M. Guidice Randolph 4 Wallace Lee Day Dorchester 4 Marion Louisa Bruce Randolph 15 Harold Elmer Tuttle Randolph 15 Mildred Evelyn Gustapson Quincy 20 Cyril C. Thomas Randolph 20 Marion G. Browning Dorchester 26 Joseph E. MacDonald M/ilton 26 Alice M. Pendleton Randolph 29 Fred Colley Brown Woburn 29 Edna Pearl Wilson Woburn Aug. 1 Reginald Ray Do^vning Randolph 1 Alberta Horton (Wales) Randolph 9 Alfred DeYoung Braintree 9 Mary J. Holden Randolph 12 William G. Billingham Randolph 12 Edith May Wood Stoughton 19 Arthur Delorfano Randolph 19 Charlotte E. Westland Quincy 45 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT 4 Date of Marriage 1925 Name Residence 26 Carl A. Moeller Randolph 26 Dorothy Foss Randolph Sept. 1 Oscar H. Kallenberg Randolph 1 Margaret T. Condon Randolph 3 James W. S. Butler Randolph 3 Emilie P. Reynolds Randolph 7 Donald B. White Woburn 7 Elizabeth E. Santosousso Milford 12 Armando Zoia Norfolk Downs 12 Barbara N. Guidice Randolph 18 William Ilmar Bjornholm Quincy 18 Lillian Aralena Read Qiuncy 21 Hudson H. Sproul Randolph 21 Margaret E. King Randolph 21 Joseph P. McNamara Randolph 21 Louise V. Harvey (Payne) Randolph 21 Albert Harding Peavey Abington 21 Florence Pearl (Pendleton) Colclough . . . Abington Oct. 3 Roy McGregor Randolph 3 Edith Knox Randolph 7 Joseph G. McDonald Randolph 7 Gertrude C. Kane Randolph 10 Charles A. Meisner . .Worcester 10 Florence G. Powers Randolph 12 Francis E. Dockray Canton 12 Alice Margaret McAuliffe Randolph 14 Arthur A. Hendrick Brockton 14 Grace E. Brennan Randolph ! 46 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Date of Marriage 1925 Name Residence 1 7 George L. Maynard Randolph 17 Celia Bertha Gauthier Randolph 21 Leon George Davis Avon 21 Dorothy F. Poore Randolph 24 Henry Eisenhaur Cambridge 24 Doris Ellen Black Randolph 29 Michael Donohue Roxbury 29 Helen Ruddy Randolph 31 John A. Kangiser Randolph 31 Mae E. Murray Boston Nov. 11 Zoel Gagnon No. Cambridge 11 Hazel C. Fisher Randolph 21 Jocelyn R. Teece Randolph 21 Doris K. Driscoll Randolph 25 Marshall White Leavitt Randolph 25 Rosella Gustava Anderson Randolph 28 Carroll Alger Bump Randolph 28 Alice Genevieve Meara Holbrook Dec. 24 Herbert E. Mann Randolph 24 Beatrice N. Hagar Randolph 47 --r.V . 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Pendleton Randolph 29 Fred Colley Brown Wobum 29 Edna Pearl Wilson Woburn Aug. 1 Reginald Ray Downing Randolph 1 Alberta Horton (Wales) Randolph 9 Alfred DeYoung Braintree 9 Mary J. Holden Randolph 12 William G. Billingham Randolph 12 Edith May Wood Stoughton 19 Arthur Delorfano Randolph 19 Charlotte E. Westland Quincy 45 : . NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF VITAL STATISTICS YEAR 1925 Intentions 1 925 ATqttiq IVT 51 T*T 1 Q fro C XjIl l/iio Januarv 2 2 11 4 February 1 2 10 9 March 1 6 8 April 4 2 11 9 Mav 2 2 11 4 June g 8 10 7 July 6 6 9 6 August 5 5 3 5 September 5 8 4 5 October 9 10 11 7 November 4 4 8 5 December 1 1 4 4 47 51 98 73 Whole number of Births Recorded Males 50 Females 48 98 Parents both native born 69 • Parents one native, one foreign born 19 Parents both foreign born 10 98 Whole Number of Marriages Intentions 47' 52 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES Unknown, Undetermined, Arachnoid Cyst, Acute Dilatation of Heart, Acute Hepatic Stenosis, Valvular Heart Disease, Embolus, Chronic Interstitial Nephritis, Diphtheria, Meningitis, Pernicious Anemia, Brain Tumor, Apoplexy, Acute Appendicitis, Exposure, Prematurity one each 16 Chronic Myocarditis 12 Arterio Sclerosis 10 Cancer 5 Pneumonia Broncho 5 Senile Decay 4 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 4 Cerebral Hemorrhage 4 Accidental 3 Mitral Stenosis 2 Pneumonia Lobar 2 Stillborn 2 Uraemia 2 Diabetes 2 73 / 61 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT ^STATEMENT OF LICENSES ISSUED AND FEES RETAINED BY THE TOWN CLERK jDog Licenses to December 31, 1925: 412 Males at $2.00 each $824.00 121 Females at $5.00 each 605.00 24 Females (Spayed) at $2.00 each . 48.00 4 Breeder's Licenses at $25.00 each . 100.00 8 Transfers at $.20 each 1.60 $1,578.60 Cash Paid County Treasurer $1464.80 Fees Retained 113.80 $1578.60 'Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses: 53 Combination Licenses at $2.00 each . $106.00 52 Hunting and Trapping at $1.50 each . 78.00 40 Fishing at $1.00 each 40.00 20 Minors Trapping at $0.25 each 5.00 $229.00 * ^Cash Paid Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Game $187.75 IFees Retained 41.25 $229.00 JOHN B. McNeill, Town Clerk. 54 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. lO 00 00 CO O 00 ''t 00 I I be 05«0 bo O I g 1-1 I> CO CO CO ONOOOOCOOSOOOOiiHCQTjtrtlOW (M 00 CO CO t> t> l> CO t- lO t> C5 (M 00 LO 02 o PJ o © u q CO , 0/ o OP « r. a;> o G, o »-i c3 o pC o C;©i-lC0CvJia050:r-(M(M0000oOrHTj< O l-H ' CO (N CO' T-( r-( i-( r-1 N (M (N (M (M rH ,-1 (M (M CO 55 » NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT 10 c c S «3 C " o -ri "» w -r: c o M .ii CO M c« o ft PQ m 0»pq pq O* J pQ CpQ pQKmPQSpQPQPQOQPQ o J 05 tH iH 1-1 U5 rH 00 C c H Z M OJ dj ^ SI 50 S)5 2 o O ® 3 Q c3 ^ 2 3 K -je o ^ o •= ?^ {a):S D ^ O 03 5 J 3; X — 00.- C0'-'00c5 c3 56 . TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. 10 to c e o c >H ^ ^ ^ Z a3QCi»r O m tJ* N 05 1-1 a (N 1 iH (M be t- C5 00 CO CO < be CO"rt<;OCO(M00;OO5 CO th o 00 to O CO «0 05 Ifi) tH 5 03 CO o U ft o o • ; c o H <^ u ^ be Z o a> ^-2 0) 5-^ o pq .Si •ti a> C w p, Is o'E'^ s o s 03 tH Tt< lO N "5 00 «0 67 / ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN Overseers of the Poor AND BOARD OF HEALTH 1925 69 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR To the Citizens of Randolph: In presenting their annual report for the year 1925 your Selectmen call attention again to the continued efficiency of the Police Department. While there is an overdraft of $20.66 in the Appropriation, the fines returned from the courts to the Town Treasury aggre- gate $1,041.74. In co-operation with the Town Treasurer your Se- lectmen arranged, through the First National Bank of Boston, for the preparation and marketing of $71,000. of School Bonds at a cost of $200, this being more than offset by the premium of $333.70 received at their sale. The reconstruction of Warren Street from the rail- road to North Main Street has been completed, so that there is now, in conjunction with similar work done by Stoughton, a first class road all the way from our Post Office to the center of that town. To safeguard traffic at the junction of Warren and North Main Streets a flashing beacon was temporarily installed on free trial, pending its possible acceptance by the Town. If accepted it is planned to paint dis- tance directions on the base. The cistern in Crawford Square, after a careful in- vestigation by an engineer from the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, has been repaired in accord- 61 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT ance with his design and should now stand the heavi- est loads permissible on the highways. The question of filling in the cistern was considered by this engineer and he reported that repair would be preferable, allow- ing the retention of the cistern as a Protection in case of fire when the water works might be out of com- mission. The constantly expanding use of automobiles cut into the revenue of the New Haven Railroad so much that the company felt obliged to curtail train service but at our insistence sufficient motor coach service was instituted to give the town improved transportation. Additional service through Randolph between Brock- ton and Boston is promised. Modernizing the appearance of the town, 38 ser- viceable aluminum street signs have been placed along the chief through roads. During the year 16 persons have been supported at the Almshouse a total of 648 6-7 weeks. The appropriation for Poor out of Almshouse has been carefully handled and the unexpended balance is $666.57. On the Chapter 118, Mothers' Aid, there is an unexpended balance of $982.93 and, on the Brock- ton Hospital appropriation, one of $832.25. The State Census and the preparation and marketing of the School Bonds, for which no appropriations were made, combined caused an overdraft of $500. Finally, there is a net unexpended balance of $1,992.31 above all payments, which sum remains in the Town Treasury. The experience of extraordinary and unforeseen ex- 62 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. penditures, as noted above, shows the importance of having a Reserve Fund from which in times of neces- sity transfers can be made to appropriations in dan*^er of being overdrawn. It is impossible to foresee every- thing and such a fund, especially in connection with a new officer, a Town Accountant, would prevent over- drafts. The Reserve, provided for in Section 6, Chap- ter 40, General Laws, could not legally exceed 5% of the tax levy of the preceding year, or approximately in this case $6,000; but one quarter of that, or $1,500, would probably be enough. The State Division of Accounts urges the Town to install the State Accounting System and employ a Town Accountant, which would facilitate auditing and almost surely prevent overdrafts. RICHARD F. FORREST, ERSKINE H. COX, JAMES H. HURLEY, Board of Selectmen and Overseers of Poor. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH The following cases of contagious disease occuring in the town were reported to this Board during the year: Chicken Pox 1 Diphtheria (with 1 death) 2 German Measles 5 Lobar Pneumonia (with 1 death) 1 63 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Measles ... 56 Scarlet Fever 18 Tuberculosis, pulmonary (with 4 deaths) . . 7 Tuberculosis, all other forms (with 1 death) . 3 Whooping Cough 3 Venereal Disease 3 The Board has information on good authority that there have been many more cases of contagious diseases than those reported. Scarlet fever, particularly, ought always to be reported. It is a dangerous disorder. Though most of the cases in town have been light at A ^acks, still a light infection in one person may at an> time cause a serious case in another. There is a child in town now who has acute kidney and heart affections as a result of scarlet fever. These disorders not in- frequently occur years later as a direct result of infec- tion with scarlet fever in childhood. People who want to keep their children well should aid in keeping the children of others well. RICHARD F. FORREST, ERSKINE H. COX JAMES H. HURLEY, Board of Health. ASSESSORS James H. Hurley, Expense Dedham and Boston $43.00 64 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS- B. & P. Transportation Co., Ex- pressing .50 A. L. Burlakin, Abstracting of Deeds 119.82 James H. Hurley, H. V. Morgan, James E. Foley, Expense 15.25 H. W. Bailey & Co., Printing . . 4.50 Wright & Potter Printing Co 3.00 American Railway Express Co. . . 1.24 Edward F. Murphy, Posting Notices 5.00 Times Publishing Co 2.00 Hobbs & Warren, Supplies 21.00 James E. Foley, Expense 5.00 Harry W. Starey, Supplies 5.00 Florence E. Staples, Abstracts .... 14.00 Thorpe & Martin, Supplies 9.00 W. L. Hickey, Printing 37.00 Henry V. Morgan, Expense, Ded- ham and Boston 42.00 Henry V. Morgan, Expense 6.50 * 1 I 333.81 Appropriation 200.00 Overdrawn 133.81 333.81 ALMSHOUSE Randolph & Holbrook Elec. Co. $126.66 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. . . . 45.92 Brockton Gas Light Co 88.57 65 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Porters Pharmacy, Supplies . . . 1.00 Thos. Brady, Pigs 12.00 Com. of Mass., State Prison . . 79.75 M. M. Sullivan, Salary as War- den 1,000.00 Mrs. Bridget O'Brien, Labor . . . 306.00 James T. Flannelly, Supplies . . 242.90 Edwin C. Soule, Ice 48.20 Walter M. Howard, Fish 66.24 Frank C. Wales, Supplies 2.00 R. E. O'Brien, Labor and Ma- terial 107.24 Frank Diauto, Grain 526.50 Chas. H. Truelson, Dressing Hogs 5.00 Cunningham Packing Co., Sup- plies 2.70 Chas. H. Saunders, Supplies . 74.35 Atwood Paper Co., Supplies. . . . 11.00 American Railway Express Co. . .62 Fred McAuliffe, Supplies 158.50 M. J. McKenna, Fish 55.03 Leo Carroll, Poultry 15.00 Fottler, Fiske & Rawson, Seeds 27.26 D. Puzzone, Supplies 96.12 Jordan Marsh Co., Supplies . . 31.80 Thos. Whitty, Supplies 135.04 Cartwright & Hurley, Auto to Brockton Hospital 6.00 George H. Eddy, Supplies . . 166.74 Joseph Breck & Sons, Seeds . . 36.44 R. J. McAuliffe, Supplies 154.79 H. N. Smith, Supplies 85.56 66 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. M. E. Leahy, Fuel 581.27 C. Fred Lyons, Supplies 168.71 H. A. Poole, Supplies .85 The Great A. & P. Tea Co. 3.96 John H. Wren, Auto Hire to Bridgewater Hospital 14.00 White House Products Co., Sup- plies 8.82 F. W. Hayden & Co., Supplies 236.43 Commonwealth of Mass., Board for Inmate at Hospital 13.00 Est. of Frank W. Harris 7.15 L. Richmond, Labor 10.80 M. J. Collins, Dressing 6.00 Union Market, Supplies 42.71 Talmage Morrow, Blacksmith . . 98.90 4,907.53* Unexpended 92.47 5,000.00 Appropriation 5,000.00 * Delivered to Town Treasurer from board of inmates, sale of produce and rental of town horse, the sum of $1,475.77 which should be credited to Almshouse management. ASSESSORS VALUATION RECORDS FOR STATE TAX COMMISSIONER James H. Hurley 75.00 Henry V. Morgan 100.00 175.00 67 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Unexpended 25.00 Appropriation BOARD OF HEALTH James F. Ginnerty, Labor $15.50 Earle Crockett Cleaning Cess Pool 159.50 To be refunded by Porter & Camelio. Geo. M. Mayo, Burial of Animal 1.00 American Railway Express Co. .48 F. Burt Jaquith, Advertising 5.03 Fred C. Cobb, County Treas. 1,026.53 Geo. D. Finnegan, Advertising 9.25 Edgar Washington, Clean up Days 34.50 Earle Crockett, Clean up Days 48.00 H. F. Rodenhizer, Clean up Days 36.00 Martin Nugent, Clean up Days 12.00 James Sidlawskas, Clean up Days 12.00 Gertrude A. Meany, Services 1.10 Wm. O'Hallaran, Labor 4.00 Gustinean Foster, Burial of Ani- mal 1.00 George R. Sullivan, Burial of Animal 1.00 Wm. J. Hogan, Burial of Animal 5.00 John Kiley, Burial of Animal 1.00 68 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Melvin C. Clark, Burial of Ani- mal 2.00 Nutter, King & Kent, Attorneys 26.75 Hobbs & Warren, Supplies 2.89 J. R. Luddington, Burial of Ani- mal 1.00 James H. Hurley, Salary 20.00 Richard F. Forrest, Salary ... 20.00 Hayward & Hayward, Services . 10.00 Geo. E. Boiling, Examining Cul- tures 17.00 Geo. Washington, Clean up Day Labor 11.50 . 1,484.03 Case No. 1 Norfolk County Hospital Board 114.40 White & Hill, Clothing 24.49 Long & Johnson, Clothing 11.40 R. F. Forrest, Expense to West- field Sanitorium 14.14 Westfield State Sanitorium Board 277.00 Westfield State Sanitorium, Sup- plies 13.65 455.08 Case No. 2 Warren Pharmacy, Supplies. . . 19.90 19.90 69 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Case No. 3 Warren Pharmacy, Supplies 54.30 54.30 Case No. 4 Norfolk County Hospital Board 1.30 John H. Wren, Use of Auto 5.00 6.30 Case No. 5 Norfolk County Hospital, Board 169.00 169.00 Case No. 6 Norfolk County Hospital, Board 88.40 88.40 2,277.01 Unexpended 222.99 2,500.00 Appropriations 2.500.00 BROCKTON HOSPITAL Cash Paid 4^2.75 Unexpended 832.25 1,295.00 Appropriation 1,295.00 70 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS Cartwright & Hurley 10.75 John B. McNeill 248.50 John H. Wren 6.25 E. L Payne, Canvassing Births . 30.00 Horatio S. Card, M. D., Return- ing Birth .25 W. L. Hickey, Printing 2.50 Frank W. Crawford, Returning Births 1.50 A. L. Chase, M. D., Returning Births .50 G. V. Higgins, M. D., Returning Births 6.00 A. W. Myrick, M. D., Returning Births 6.75 313.00 Unexpended 12.00 325.00 Appropriation 325.00 BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIER Cartwright & Hurley 58.00 Hiram E. Faunce 2.00 60.00 To be Refunded by State 60.00 71 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT CARE OF CLOCK Paid First Congregational Parish 20.00 Appropriation 20.00 CHAPTER 118 MOTHERS AID Case No. 1 Cash Paid 40.00 Case No. 2 Overseers of Public Welfare City of Boston 260.00 300.00 To be re-appropriated 982.93 1,282.93 Re-appropriation 1,282.93 CANVASSING CENSUS FOR 1925 James H. Hurley 100.00 James E. Foley 100.00 Henry V. Morgan 100.00 300.00 Overdrawn 300.00 No Appropriation 72 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. COLLECTOR OF TAXES W. H. Lyons, Part Com. on 1924 Levy 550.00 W. H. Lyons, Part Com. on 1925 Levy 400.00 950.00 To be Reappropriated 1,557.03 2,507.03 Appropriation 1,800.00 Re-appropriation 707.03 2,507.03 COUNTY TAX Paid Frederic C. Cobb, County Treasurer 6,349.51 Appropriation . . 6,349.51 DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES Capt. Horace Niles, G. A. R. Post No. 110 225.00 Appropriation 225.00 73 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT ELECTION EXPENSES Mrs. Jessie 0. Dunbar $10.00 Bernard Moore 34.00 F. Burt Jaquith 3.83 H. W. Bailey & Co. Printing Jury Lists and Town Seal 15.00 G. D. Finnegan 8.00 C. H. Patten, Distributing Town Reports 15.00 E. Lawrence Payne, Election Of- ficer 5.00 H. W. Bailey & Co., Printing 8.50 Commonwealth of Mass. 15.00 W. L. Hickey, Printing 77.00 Ellen Farrell and Annie Pelissier, Dinners 33.75 Wm. Toomey, Erecting Booths 34.22 Walter Duffy, Labor 2.00 Harold Moore, Labor 2.00 Roy Wright, Labor .75 Est. Frank W. Harris, Expressing 3.00 Hobbs & Warren, Gavel 3.50 Hobbs & Warren, Supplies . .75 Wm. O'Connell, Election Officer 5.00 Joseph J. McMahon, Election Of- ficer 5.00 James G. Hoye, Election Officer 5.00 Gertrude A. Meaney, Election Officer 5.00 Frank L. Hand, Election Officer 5.00 H. W. Hayden, Election Officer. 5.00 74 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. E. K. Belcher. Election Officer . 5.00 M. F. Sullivan. Election Officer. 5.00 Eileene G. Lyons, Election Officer 5.00 Elizabeth G. Kelley, Eection Of- ficer 5.00 A. W. Alden, Election Officer . 5.00 John B. Duff, Election Officer . 5.00 Helen F. Sullivan, Election Officer 5.00 Ethel M. Stetson, Election Officer 5.00 O. C. Howard, Election Officer 5.00 Wm. F. O'Keefe, Election Of- ficer 5.00 Joseph Belcher, Election 'Officer 5.00 Alice G. Kelly, Election Officer . 5.00 Leo Kelliher, Election Officer . . 5.00 Fannie E. Knight, Election Officer 5.00 Effie Shurtleff, Election Officer . 5.00 Alice Burchell, Election Officer 5.00 Teresa R. Purcell, Election Officer 5.00 Alice Hadley, Election Officer . . 5.00 Julia Dolan, Election Officer . 5.00 Una C. Belcher, Election Officer 5.00 Herman W. French, Election Of- ficer 5.00 Sarah Belcher, Election Officer . 5.00 Annie Conlon, Election Officer . 5.00 Fannie Dean, Election Officer . 5.00 Herman H. Smith, Election Officer 5.00 Mildred Merrill. Election Officer 5.00 Bertha E. Soule, Election Officer 5.00 A. J. Maguire, Postage 3.00 Mrs. Hannah Foster, Election Officer 5.00 75 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT James V. Donovan, Expence to Boston 3.50 John H. Rudderham, Expence to Boston 3.50 451.30 Appropriation 300.00 Overdrawn 151.30 451.30 FIRE DEPARTMENT H. L. Bailey 1,800.24 Randolph & Holbrook Light & Power Co 76.19 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. . . 47.82 Frank Diauto 146.50 F. W. Hayden & Co 105.10 C. Fred Lyons 19.30 Chas. R. Meaney 7.81 H. A. Poole 50.38 Robert Torrance 106.00 Han-y Dolan 86.50 Wm. O'Connell 68.00 B. F. Hayden 4.50 J. N. Hardy 180.00 R. E. O'Brien 23.85 American Railway Express Co. 1.34 Wetmore Savage Co 329.90 Horblit & Co 24.62 76 \ TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Edmund J. Brady 45.50 Good Motor Sales Co. 11.30 Henry K. Barnes Co 387.10 Henry Kiley 28.00 Walter Farrell . . 63.50 Samuel Abrams 24.00 .. Ralph Cartwright . . 132.24 Russell Leavitt 62.50 Thos. H. Good 63.00 Ray Pepper 77.50 Edward Pelissier 75.00 D. J. Good, Jr 62.50 Walter Keith 51.00 Russell Tweed 38.08 John J. Condon, Engineer . . 88.00 Harold L. Macauley, Engineer 88.00 Martin E. Young, Engineer ... 88.00 Brockton Transportation Co. . .50 Randolph Garage Co 138.90 Sager Electric Co 23.96 Alfred L. Pepper 23.60 F. W. Harris 12.29 Blue Line Motor Transp. Co. .50 Albert W. Temple 115.00 F. E. Macauley, Labor and Ma- terial 56.40 H. E. Saunders, Painting No. 2 House 93.00 R. M. Hollingshead 4.65 Frank E. Faunce, Labor 119.00 Fry-Fyter Sales & Service 24.00 The Gamewell Co 7.31 The Tropical Paint Co. 7.83 77 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPOKT Louis Bills, Supplies 15.00 The E. C. Young Co 18.88 James W. Taylor 34.10 Maxim Motor Co 36.34 George B. Haven, Services . 27.50 L. J. Courtney, Fuel 14.00 Est. of James Riley, Rent of Land No 2 House 15.00 W. Stanley Atherton 29.00 A. Lyons 28.50 Elmer Scott 37.50 . E. Tierney 11.50 Thomas Condon 12.50 5,370.03 Appropriation 5,150.00 Overdrawn 220.03 5,370.03 FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT F. W. Hayden & Co 15.41 Randolph Garage Co 45.30 Edward Pelissier 51.50 Harry Dolan 48.50 Roy Pepper 20.50 Russell Leavitt 13.00 Robert Torrance 24.50 Ralph Cartwright 28.00 Russell Tweed 13.50 78 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Thos. H. Good 5.00 John Moore 9.00 Chas. Stephens 29.50 Edmund J. Brady \ 26.50 Edw. Scott 36.00 Elmer Scott 27.00 Edw. Mullen 2.50 Harold Macauley 21.50 John J. Condon 33.00 George Mellon 7.50 Wm. O'Connell 10.00 F. Kelley 5.00 John Gill 5.00 James Brennan 4.00 Thomas Condon 18.50 Wm. O'Leary 11.50 D. J. Good, Jr 2.00 Samuel Abrams 3.00 E. Scannell 18.50 Henry Kiley 5.00 B. Mahoney 3.00 Walter Farrell 3.00 A. Aldrich 16.50 Wm. Pentleton 2.50 R. Sickle 2.00 W. Thayer 1.00 Edw. Donahoe 2.00 J. L. Mahan 3.00 Capen & Lane 29.89 W. Scannell 2.00 M. Frank Pelissier 15.00 Earle Harris 3.00 Wilfred King 2.00 79 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Arthur Dee 2.00 William Dolan 3.00 Charles Cunningham 1.00 Otis Vaughn 2.00 George Bailey 1.00 H. A. Poole, Supplies 14.00 Walter Keith 11.00 Walter Neary 1,50 Elmer Linfield 5.50 Wm. Costello 1.50 Alfred Godfrey J. 00 Jas. Bertram 1.00 J. Kenney 1.00 Martin E. Young 1.00 Bay State Lunch 2.50 Atherton Motor Co 108.15 Capen & Lane, Supplies 14.00 James Grows 4.00 William Dolhenty 4,00 F. 3.00 Knight , Joseph Bench 2.00 Frank Linfield 2.00 J. O'Keefe 1.50 H. Harris 2.00 E. Moore 5.00 James Tiemey .50 Fry-Fyter Sales & Service 43.20 863.45 Appropriation 800.00 Overdrawn 63.45 863.45 80 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. FIRE SIGNAL BOX UNION STREET Paid Louis W. Bills 78.40 Unexpended 46.60 125.00 Appropriation 125.00 GYPSY MOTH DEPARTMENT John T. Moore 274.66 John E. Clark 26.50 Joseph W. Desmond 42.50 George W. Bailey 220.00 Sherwin-Williams Co 211.57 Underhay Oil Co 6.50 P. W. Harris, Expressing 9.10 John Lucas and Co. Inc. 87.96 Wm. J. Hogan 122.00 Wm. Carroll & Team 156.60 J. J. Moore 50.00 Alfred Pepper 1.00 Walter Keith 2.00 Thos. Patten, Team and Labor 14.40 Cartwright & Hurley, Supplies 12.85 James Milligan and Team . 3.60 Frank Faunce 3.00 F. Burt Jaquith, Advertising 6.75 Geo. D. Finnegan, Advertising 6.75 K. P. Toner, Spraying 97.00 81 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT :F. W. Hayden & Co 4.40 1,359.14 Unexpended 340.86 1,700.00 -Appropriation 1,700.00 HIGHWAYS GENERAL Chas. H. Truelson 29.10 Clarence L. Hagar, Easment 25.00 Norfolk County Registry of Deeds 2.54 Frank Diauto 85.95 M. F. Sullivan 452.00 Almshouse, Use of Horse 129.00 Frank Condon 179.00 Patrick Ryan 266.00 Chas. J. McCarthy, Supplies 18.19 Wm. Toomey, Labor on Fence 32.00 Frank W. Harris, Expressing 11.25 -New England Road Machine Co. 10.50 Powers Bros. 623.50 Powers Bros, 1924 Bill 120.00 Old Colony Crushed Stone, 1924 Bill 31.85 Patrick J. Whalen, Labor 12.75 Martin Nugent .50 ^James Lynch, Registration of Tractor 2.00 82 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. American Oil Products Co 111.40 Edmund J. Brady, Labor 404.13 Earle Crockett 15.55 Frank Riley and Team 40.90 Chas. H. Patten and Team . . 285.30 Walter O'Leary, Labor 51.50 John E. Clark 250.50 Crofton Keith 60.25 Edward Donahoe 233.50 Wm. Thayer 102.00 Knight Filling Station, Gas ... 8.88 Otis Vaughan 70.50 Chas. Walsh 40.50 James Tierney, Labor 290.50 M. Frank Pelissier 54.50 A. E. Conrad, Gas 3.36 Hansen Bros 9.78 H. V. Morgan, Insurance on Tractor 9.00 H. A. Poole 27.50 Berger Mfg. Co 10.80 John F. Toomey 4.08 D. J. Good, Jr., Use of Truck . . 325.13 Joseph Desmond 18.00 Walter Keith, Labor 107.00 Talmage Morrow 34.30 J. Dickey 93.00 Good Service Motor Sales Co. . . 21.30 Frank C. Walsh, Supplies 2.00 The Barrett Co., Tarvia 863.83 J. E. Linnehan 15.00 Atherton Motor Co 4.32 N.Y.N.H. & H.R.R. Co., Freight 4.07 83 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Elmer Scott 1.00 Russell Tweed, Labor 1.00 Jeremiah Foley, Labor 52.00 Louis Courtney, Use of Truck 175.50 L. Grossman & Sons, Supplies 24.15 Dennis O'Halloran, Labor 65.00 Reginald Dunn, Labor 53.13 A. E. Martell & Co., Supplies . 4.88 J. A. Frederickson, Labor and Truck 13.50 The Texas Co., Supplies 95.30 Henry Powderly, Labor 40.00 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 10.82 Edw. Riley, Labor 4.00 John O'Brien, Labor 26.50 Wm. O'Halloran, Labor 3.00 A. W. Loud, Use of Roller 16.34 Frank Cullen 33.00 James Milligan & Team 14.40 Edgar Washington and Truck 117.50 George Chisholm, Labor 13.50 John Doyle, Use of Truck 14.63 R. E. O'Brien, Labor and Material 43.03 Independent Coal Tar Co., Sup- plies 22.30 John Rogerson, Rent of Land for Trench 20.00 John Marcille, Labor 32.00 E. L. McAuliffe, Gravel 139.50 Isaac R. Mann, Gravel 7.75 C. Fred Lyons, Supplies 7.20 James Gogan, Gravel 7.00 Mrs. Delia Perry, Gravel 3.75 84 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Peter Lassen, Gravel 17.25 F. W. Hayden & Co., Supplies 8.36 Wm. H. Carroll, Labor 17.25 Wm. H. Carroll, Gravel 12.25 John Ryan, Labor 5.00 James Lynch, Supplies .50 6,724.30 Appropriation 6,400.00 Overdrawn 324.30 6,724.30 HIGHWAYS—REMOVAL OF SNOW Wm. H. Carroll 63.60 Chas. H. Patten 52.95 Ervin French 8.50 Peter Lassen 22.00 M. F. Sullivan 12.00 Wm. Toomey 9.00 Wm. Truelson 10.00 Chas. H. Truelson 173.95 Almshouse, Use of Horse ... 13.75 Earle Crockett 56.90 John White 4.25 Chas. Perry 6.50 Wm. O'Halloran 5.50 James F. Ginnerty 20.00 Felix Gunther 9.00 Thos. Brady 1.00 85 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT John J. Collins 28.75 Edw. Donahoe 14.50 W. L. Mann 41.25 Albert Farmer 2.50 Good Motor Sales & Service 272.00 Wm. T. Harding 20.50 Joseph Danberger 8.00 John T. Wales 4.25 T. F. Lyons 4.00 Wm. H. Mann 4.75 Warren E. Mann .50 Robert Ayres 22.50 Talmage Morrow 38.20 Atherton Motor Co 143.22 W. Stanley Atherton, Labor . . 99.50 John Mollay, Labor 7.50 Frank Dillon 5.25 Frank Sullivan, Labor 34.50 Edmund J. Brady, Labor 3.75 Edw. Mullins, Labor 5.25 Frank C. Wales, 1923-1924 . . 32.25 1,261.82 Appropriation 1,000.00 Overdrawn 261.82 1,261.82 HIGHWAYS—PURCHASE OF FORDSON TRACTOR Good Motor Service Sales Co. 970.00 Appropriation 970.00 86 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. HIGHWAYS—REPAIRS TO DRAIN LAFAYETTE STREET Patrick Ryan, Labor 24.00 Edw. Donahoe, Labor 8.00 Edmund J. Brady^ Labor 7.50 Berger Mfg. Co., Supplies 28.80 M. F. Sullivan, Labor 1.00 Frank Condon, Labor 1.00 Chas. H. Patten and Team . . 1.80 Frank Diauto, Supplies .90 John E. Clark, Labor 10.00 Joseph W. Desmond 9.50 D. J. Good, Jr., Use of Truck . 4.50 Paine Bros., Gravel 3.00 100.00 Appropriation 100.00 HIGHWAYS—SOUTH STREET Mass. Div. of Public Works . . . 138.77 The Barker Asphalt Co 64.65 Patrick Ryan, Labor 75.00 Edw. Donahoe, Labor 76.50 Edmund J. Brady, Labor 103.50 James Tierney, Labor 83.25 R. E. O'Brien, Labor and Material 4.16 Talmage Morrow, Blacksmith . 12.65 87 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Frank Diauto 33.20 Edgar Washington and Truck 154.00 D. J. Good Jr., Truck 108.00 Reginald Dunn, Labor 60.00 James Dickey, Labor 42.00 Otis S. Vaughn, Labor 44.00 J. A. Frederickson and Truck 133.00 Dennis O'Halloran, Labor . 44.00 Chas. J. McCarthy, Supplies . . 30.00 Jenney Mfg. Co., Supplies 3.00 Chester Wallace, Labor 30.00 -John E. Clark, Labor 32.00 M. F. Sullivan, Labor 40.00 Walter Keith, Labor 42.50 Louis Courtney, Use of Truck . 76.50 Atherton Motor Co., Supplies 3.96 -Earl Crockett, Labor and Truck 56.00 Henry Powderly, Labor 43.00 P. J. Whalen, Labor 4.00 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 27.31 -A. W. Loud, Use of Roller 335.84 Good Motor Sales & Service 7.20 H. A. Poole, Supplies .85 John O'Brien, Labor 4.00 The Barrett Co., Tarvia 882.00 Paine Bros. Gravel 101.75 -E. L. McAuliffe, Gravel 32.25 Isaac R. Mann, Gravel 16.50 2,945.34 Unexpended 54.66 3,000.00 -Appropriation 3,000.00 88 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. HIGHWAYS—REMOVAL OF TRACK WEST STREET Patrick Ryan, Labor 70.50 Edw. Donahoe, Labor 62.50 Edmund J. Brady, Labor 2.50 James Tierney, Labor 30.00 Joseph W. Desmond, Labor . . 24.50 Almshouse, Use of Horse 16.00 Talmage Morrow, Blacksmith . . 10.30 Percy Peckman, Survey 3.00 James Dickey, Labor, 12.00 D. J. Good Jr., Use of Truck 27.00 John Ryan, Labor 15.00 Berger Mfg. Co., Supplies 9.91 W. H. Carroll, Gravel 16.50 299.71 Unexpended .29 800.00 Appropriation 300.00 HIGHWAYS—UBERTY STREET Edmund J. Brady, Labor 92.76 James Tierney, Labor 74.00 James Milligan and Team 28.80 M. Frank Pelissier, Labor 35.00 Edgar Washington, Labor and 89 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Truck 176.76 Edw. Donahoe, Labor 12.50 James Dickie, Labor 50.50 Chas. Walsh, Labor 24.00 Clement Mace, Engineer 216.70 Mass. Div. of Public Works . . 138.78 D. J. Good Jr., Use of Truck 122.63 James Welch, Labor 26.00 Louis Courtney, Use of Truck . . 82.13 Walter Keith, Labor 45.63 Otis S. Vaughn, Labor 28.50 The Barker Asphalt Co 64.65 Reginald Dunn, Labor 35.63 Dennis O'Halloran, Labor 22.00 Chas. H. Patten and Team . . 23.40 Jeremiah Foley, Labor 24.40 Patrick Ryan, Labor 8.00 J. A. Frederickson, Labor and Truck 14.00 Edw. Riley, Labor 10.50 R. E. O'Brien, Labor and Material 4.16 Talmage Morrow, Blacksmith . 7.45 Frank Diauto 19.25 A. G. Tomasello & Son Inc., Use of Roller 264.00 Randolph Garage Co 13.50 The Barrett Co., Tarvia 718.90 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 26.27 Chas. R. Powers, Gravel 7.00 Paine Bros., Gravel 35.75 90 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Wm. H. Carroll, Gravel 34.25 2,487.80 Unexpended 12.20 Appropriation 2,500.00 2,500.00 HIGHWAYS—CENTRE STREET Edmund J. Brady, Labor 41.25 James Tierney, Labor 43.50 Patrick Ryan, Labor 39.00 Edw. Donahoe Labor 25.00 James Milligan and Team . 61.10 M. B. Elliot, Supplies 2.00 Jenney Mfg. Co., Supplies . . 1.85 A. W. Loud, Use of Roller 269.49 M. F. Sullivan, Labor 17.00 Henry Powderly, Labor 36.00 Walter Keith, Labor 31.25 Louis Courtney, Use of Truck . . 54.00 John E. Clark, Labor 21.00 D. J. Good Jr., Use of Truck . . 36.00 Atherton Motor Co., Supplies . . 5.60 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 39.31 John O'Brien, Labor 12.00 Reginald Dunn, Labor 15.00 The Barrett Co., Tarvia 747.60 Wm. Clark, Labor 2.00 E. L. McAuliffe, Gravel 11.25 91 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Isaac R. Mann, Gravel 13.25 Talmage Morrow, Blacksmith 1.50 1,525.95 Appropriation 1,500.00 Overdrawn 25.95 1,525.95 HIGHWAYS—DRAINAGE WOODLAWN STREET Patrick Ryan, Labor 38.00 Edmund J. Brady, Labor 4.00 Chas. H. Patten and Team 7.20 Frank Diauto, Supplies 4.25 H. A. Poole, Supplies .95 John E. Clark, Labor 4.00 A. Aldrich, Labor 8.00 M. F. Sullivan, Labor 12.00 Dennis O'Halloran, Labor . 10.00 James Milligan and Team . . . 14.40 E. L. McAuliffe, Gravel 1.25 L. Grossman, Pipe 62.40 166.45 Unexpended 33.55 200.00 Appropriation 200.00 92 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. HIGHWAYS—RESETTING CURBING ON WARREN STREET Powers Bros. Resetting 672 feet Curbing • 672.00 Powers Bros. 88 Feet New Curbing 264.00 936.00 Appropriation 800.00 Overdrawn 136.00 936.00 HIGHWAYS—REBUILDING WARREN STREET Powers Bros 10,132.10 R. F. Forrest, Petition to County Commissioners 3.00 John E. Clark, Labor 4.00 M. T. Sullivan, Labor 2.00 Geo. W. Prescott, Advertising 4.50 Globe Newspaper Co., Advertis- ing 12.40 N.E. Road Builders Assn., Adv. 11.00 Puritan Iron Works, Castings 94.50 10,263.50 Unexpended 216.50 10,480.00 93 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Appropriation 1100.00 Raised by Town Notes 2300.00 Refunded by State 3333.00 Refunded by County 3333.00 Refunded by Powers Bros. 414.00 10,480.00 INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Paid Harry W. Kingman 100.00 Appropriation 100.00 INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING Paid Frank C. Wales 150.00 Appropriation 150.00 INSPECTOR OF MILK . Paid Wm. Mahady 100.00 Appropriation 100.00 INSURANCE: WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND FIRE Joseph T. Leahy 655.04 94 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. H. W. French 912.90 Edward R. Long 63.32 1,631.26 Unexpended 868.74 2,500.00 Appropriation 2,500.00 INTEREST AND DISCOUNT Commonwealth of Mass. 765.00 C. D. Parker & Co 334.37 Randolph Savings Bank 1,036.75 Edwin C. Stone and W.I. Nottage 45.00 Revere Savings Bank 90.00 Westboro Savings Bank 360.00 Randolph Trust Co 23.76 Shawmut Corp., of Boston .... 279.00 Grafton Co 1,013.92 First National Bank, Boston ... 786.64 4,734.44 Unexpended 265.56 5,000.00 Appropriation 5,000.00" LOCK-UP EXPENSES Bernard Moore 82.78 95 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Frank Diauto, Fuel 33.00 James W. Taylor, Labor 6.00 Timothy Kelliher 51.49 H. A. Poole, Supplies 2.88 176.15 Appropriation 150.00 Overdrawn 26.15 176.15 LEGAL SERVICES Wm. J. Good 500.00 Settlement of Automobile Acci- dent Cases in Crawford Square year 1917-1918. Appropriation 500.00 LAND DAMAGE WARREN STREET AND WEST STREET Mary A. McConaty 51.50 John B. Brennan 19.50 Ellen F. Bennett 14.00 Patrick Dean 7.00 Catherine McDonald 38.50 Cath. J. Dennehy, Et al 59.50 Frank D. Mahoney 35.00 225.00 To be refunded by Norfolk County. 96 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. LAND DAMAGE CHESTNUT, OLD AND CANTON STREET Henry E. Cottle 219.00 Chas. R. Spear 91.00 Carrie Eddy, Moving Wall 60.00 Christian O. Sandberg 3.00 James Hoye 40.00 Samuel Nedbar, Moving Wall 45.00 Samuel Nedbar, Land Damages . 8.00 466.00 To be Refunded by Norfolk County. MEMORIAL WORLD WAR VETERANS Appropriated from Cash returned by State 2,603.42 To be Re-appropriated 2,603.42 No Payments Made. i MEDICAL ATTENDANCE FOR THE POOR Paid A. L. Chase, M. D 75.00 Geo. V. Higgins, M. D 75.00 Alfred W. Myrick, M. D 75.00 225.00 To be Re-appropriated * 75.00 300.00 Appropriation 300.00 97 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT MILITARY AID Appropriation 100.00 To be re-appropriated 100.00 No Payments Made. MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES James E. Foley, Expenses 5.50 Andrew Maguire, Postage 76.35 Hobbs & Warren, Supplies 46.38 Randolph & Holbrook Light & Power Co 119.54 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 136.86 Thrope & Martin, Supplies 11.24 W. L. Hickey, Printng 82.75 Edwin C. Soule, Fuel 23.00 Becker & Co., Supplies 4.57 R. F. Forrest, Expense and use of Auto 8.35 W. H. Lyons, Postage 22.00 American Railway Express Co, 3.71 P. B. Murphy, Supplies 7.00 G. W. Shedd, Curtains 16.00 Bernard Moore, Care of Rooms 100.00 Frank Diauto, Supplies 219.40 James H. Hurley, Expense 45.48 J. G. Johnston, Supplies 6.10 Carter Ink Co., Supplies , 7.50 •L. Scott Roe, Street Signs 21.90 Walworth Mfg., Co., Sign Posts 159.55 Benjamin Mann, Labor and Sup- plies 9.25 H. W. Bailey & Co., Printing 4.50 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Wm. O'Halloran, Labor 1.00 Gertrude A. Meaney, Services 7.50 William J. Hogan, Painting Sign Posts 5.00 Royal Typewriter, New Machine. 96.75 James Fardy, Labor on Posts 4.50 Flax Mfg. Co., Supplies 3.50 Norfolk County Treas. Petition 3.00 Brockton Gas Light Co 32.90 Randolph Sentinel News, Adver- tising 22.50 Quincy Centennial Com. Float. . 138.25 Timothy Kelliher care of Rooms 56.25 William J. Hogan, Dog Officer 75.00 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Company Crossing Sign 9.06 D. J. Denis, Labor on Sign Posts 13.00 Leon E. Clifford, Labor and use of Truck 18.00 William J. Hogan, Labor 3.00 . J. W. Taylor, repairing Honor Roll 56.20 Chas. N. Sloan, Labor 2.00 C. Fred Lyons, Supplies 13.14 James H. Dunphy, Legal Services 200.00 Talmage Morrow, Blacksmith 2.15 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Erecting Signs 2.99 1,902.62 Appropriation i,7oaoo Overdrawn 202.62 1,902.62 99 , NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL BANK TAX Commonwealth of Mass 3.61 Overdrawn 3.61 No Appropriation Made POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE Case No. 1 Cash Paid 648.00 Case No. 2 Cash Paid 156.00 Case No. 3 Town of Avon 105.00 Case No. 4 Cash Paid 20.00 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 8.50 Case No 5 Com. of Mass. Board 286.72 Case No. 6 Com. of Mass. Board 286.71 Case No. 7 Mabel Curran, Board 208.00 Case No. 8 Chas. Baker, Supplies 5.00 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 8.50 Cash Paid 5.00 Case No. 9 Cash Paid 96.00 1,833.43 100 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. ' To be re-appropriated 666.57 2,500.00 Appropriation 1,481.78 Re-appropriation 1,018.22 2,500.00 POOR OF OTHER TOWNS, CITY OF BOSTON Cash Paid 100.00 To be re-funded by City of Boston. POLICE DEPARTMENT Paid Patrick T. McDonnell, Permanent Officer 2,000.00 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 71.68 P. T. McDonnell 17.25 H. A. Poole, Supplies 104.50 Brockton Sporting Goods Co. Supplies 77.00 Payne's Randolph Garage Sup- plies 13.65 American Gas Accumulator Co., Supplies 25.14 Walter Larsen, use of Auto 6.00 Tropical Paint Co 8.71 101 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Chas. A. Lyman, Supplies 2.50 William J. Hogan,Service 19.75 The White Lunch Supplies. . 1.60 H. F. Rodenhizer, Service 5.00 M. Frank Pelissier, Service 5.00 William H. Mahoney, Service 23.00 William F. Whitecross, Service 3.50 Valvoline Oil Co., Supplies ... 22.05 Percy H. Thomson, Service. . . . 24.50 Walter J. O'Leary, Service 18.00 The Scott Service Press, Printing 6.00 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., Freight 4.98 Edgar Washington, Labor on Beacon 12.00 Brockton Indian Co., Repairs 15.85 Jeremiah J. Daly, Service 13.00 Henry Campbell, Sign 6.00 Est. F. W. Harris, Expressing 2.00 F. W. Hayden & Co., Supplies 10.50 Talmage Morrow, Supplies 1.50 2,520.66 Appropriation 1,500.00 Appropriated from Surplus 1,000.00 Overdrawn 20.66 2,520.6& 102 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. PRINTING TOWN REPORT Paid H. W. Bailey & Co 849.60 Unexpended 3.00 852.60 Appropriation 852.60 PLANTING OF SHADE TREES Appropriation 100.00 No Expenditures To be re-appropriated 100.00 REDUCTION OF TOWN DEBT Appropriation 10,400.00 Paid Town Notes, see report of Treasure 10,400.00 RANDOLPH VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION Paid James F. Kennedy, Treasurer 800.00 Appropriation 800.00 103 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT STATE PAUPERS Case No 1 Cash Paid 603.20 Leo F. Sullivan, Milk 51.10 Frank Zecchini, Rent of House 17.00 Frank C. Wales, Fuel 15.50 T. J. Salamone, Shoes 37.50 Assunta Puzone, Rent of House 161.50 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 44.50 James Edgar Co., Clothing . 12.11 Robert T. McAuliffe, Shoes . . 14.25 Edwin C. Soule, Fuel 15.50 Cash Paid for Clothing 10.00 Silvia Carrizzaro, Rent of House 8.50 990.66 Case No. 2 Cash Paid 196.00 Ashland Farm Milk 18.06 Edvi^ard T. Hand, Rent of House 156.00 Edwin C. Soule, Fuel 22.50 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 43.25 Robert T. McAuliffe, Shoes 10.00 453.81 Case No. 3 Cash Paid 120.00 120.00 Case No. 4 Urma C. Copeland, Rent 120.00 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 35.00 155.00 104 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Case No. 5. Cash Paid 70.00 Boston Homeopathic Hospital 54.50 124.50 1,843.97 To be Refunded by State 1,843.97 SOLDIERS' RELIEF—RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK CASE NO. 1 Cash Paid . . 12.00 CASE NO. 2 Cash Paid . 48.00 CASE NO. 3 Cash Paid . 112.50 172.50 Unexpended 127.50 300.00 Appropriation 800.00 SOLDIERS' RELIEF—ORDINARY CASE NO. 1 Paid Overseers of Public Wefare City of Boston 25.14 105 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT CASE NO. 2 Cash Paid 48.00 CASE NO. 3 M. E. Leahy, Fuel 17.25 Frank Diauto, Fuel 8.75 99.14 To be Re-appropriated 400.86 500.00 Appropriation 500.00 STATE TAX Paid Commonwealth of Mass. 8,040.00 Appropriation 8,040.00 STATE HIGHWAY TAX State Highway Tax 742.00 Appropriation 742.00' SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Payments on Account of School Committee 64,100.02 To be Re-appropriated 6,638.86 70,738.88 106 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Appropriation 67,965.00 Re-appropriated 2,773.88* 70,738.88 * Unexpended balance from School Expenses, page :218 of 1924 book. COMPLETION OF NORTH RANDOLPH SCHOOL James W. Taylor • 1,100.00 Wm. F. Whitecross 33.55 Unexpended 866.45 2.000.00 Appropriation 2.000.00 STETSON HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION OF PRESENT BUILDING AND ERECTION OF ADDITION Willard Hanson, Contractor 78,810.77 Funk & Wilcox, Architects 4,153.38 F. Burt Jaquith, Advertising for Bids 36.38 Burdett & Williams, Hardware 817.00 83,817.53 To be Re-appropriated 9,605.28 93,422.81 107 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Appropriation 6,300.00 Re-appropriation 16,122.81 Raised by Town Notes 71,000.00 93,422.81 EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING STETSON HIGH SCHOOL Ryan & Buker Inc 408.00 To be Re-appropriated 7,988.65 8,396.65 Appropriation 2,000.00 Re-appropriation 1,396.65 Raised by Town Notes 5,000.00 8,396.65 STREET LIGHTING Paid Randolph & Holbrook Electric & Power Co ^ 5,743.99 Unexpended * 358.73 6,102.72 General Appropriation 5,871.72 Appropriation, Orchard Street 33.00 Appropriation, No. Main Street 99.00 108 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Appropriation, Mill Street ... 66.00 Appropriation, Centre Street 33.00 6,102.72 SALARY OF TOWN OFFICIALS John H. Rudderham, Auditor . . 50.00 James V. Donovan, Auditor 50.00 M. F. Cunningham, Auditor 50.00 John B. McNeill, Town Clerk and Treasurer 1,200.00 James H. Hurley, Assessor 450.00 James H. Hurley, Selectman and Overseer of Poor 200.00 Robt. T. McAuliffe, Registrar of Voters 50.00 C. R. Powers, Registrar of Voters 50.00 Harold L. Howard, Registrar of Voters 50.00 James Lynch, Highway Surveyor 1,192.06 James E. Foley, Moderator 50.00 Henry V. Morgan, Assessor 450.00 James E. Foley, Assessor 483.33 John T. Moore, Tree Warden 250.00 Richard F. Forrest, Selectman and Overseer of Poor 250.00 E. H. Cox, Selectman and Over- seer of Poor, Salary 1924 . 169.00 4,994.39 109 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT To be Re-appropriated for High- way Surveyor 307.94 To be Re-appropriated for Se- lectman 205.00 5,507.33 Appropriation 5,220.00 Re-appropriation 174.00 Overdrawn 113.33 5,507.33 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Thos. H. Good, Services 150.00 Thos. H. Good, Use of Auto 32.00 Thos. H. Good, Telephone and Postage .50 Hobbs & Warren, Supplies 6.95 189.45 Appropriation 175.00 Overdrawn 14.45 189.45 STATE FIRE TOWER—HOLBROOK Appropriation 200.00 To be Re-appropriated 200.00 (No Payments Made.) 110 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. STATE AID Cash Paid 1,092.00 (To be Refunded by State.) SURVEY OF TOWN AND MAPS FOR SAME Appropriation 500.00 To be Re-appropriated 500.00 (No Payments Made.) TURNER FREE LIBRARY Paid Turner Free Library 150.00 Appropriation 150. TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT Geo. Mellon, Labor 1.00 Geo. W. Bailey, Labor 86.00 Wm. J. Hogan, Labor 10.00 John J. Moore, Labor 28.00 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. C o. Freight 1.70 Emmons & Co 37.50 Walter Keith, Labor 6.00 James Milligan, Labor & Team 17.60 Wm. Carroll, Labor and Team 54.00 Roy Pepper, Labor 16.00 111 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Louis Mulligan, Labor 16.00 Frank Faunce, Labor 15.00 Otis Vaughn, Labor 20.00 F. W. Hayden & Co., Supplies 1.83 310.63 Unexpended 39.37 350.00 Appropriation 350.00 TAX REDUCTION Appropriation from Surplus 16,800.00 Credited to Assessors Dept 16,800.00 TOWN TREASURER'S BOND Paid Joseph T. Leahy 100.00 Appropriation 100.00 TAX COLLECTOR'S BOND Paid Herman W. French 100.00 Appropriation 100.00 112 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. TAX SALES OF REAL ESTATE Walter H. Lyons, Tax Collector 181.23 Norfolk County Registry of Deeds 47.70 / ; 228.93 Overdrawn 228.93 (No Appropriation.) UNPAID BILL OF RUTLAND SANITARIUM YEAR 1918 CASE NO. 1 Paid Com. of Massachusetts 332.80 Appropriation 332.80 CASE NO. 2 Paid Rutand State Sanitarium 147.43 (Bill of 1918.) 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CO o o oooooooo o o o 00 o o o o o oooooooo o o o o CD O d d d d d d CO d o o OOlOOOOlOO o o o 00 o in o (M 00 rH,-(rHTHlOOrHlC CO tH C- to 00 1-1 J3 O W ®O 5J^ a)rti ^ ^ ^ .S bo be c4 cQ 0) a> Q c4 c4 c «o o 'M C C ^ ^ 2J ^ ^ 2 Si ^ e C bp 6yOC/2 bo bOC/2 -MOO ^ i> .5 ^ o o 115 ^ in 00 lO o DO oo Cvj CO o d 00 lO 00 d o CO O 00 o o CO CO Ci =^ to O Ci t> o CO o o CO o CO o CO lO 1-H O O O lO O Oi Tt o O CO O O Oi 00 d rj5 c^i c 00 CO d c O C5 UO t>CiTtTtOCO'-tO'<*CX) Ci iO ^ O O (M CO '^t i-H '-H 00 T-H 00 Oi 00 O t> t> „ o —I CO N CO ^ 00 i-Tco ic CI. CO 00 Qooc-ooooooo'-iiooaoooooooo © CO OOO'^OOooOOoOCCOtr-ooOOOOOO 00 ddTfc>jddd © © © O O O O O O O O (M O c ©cooo © CO © © © ©©©©©©oot>o© ©©©©© 00 ©d© d d d oi "5 d d o cc> 'o EC O cfi p i-l — cr , o -a S 5 ^^^^ -2 O2®O ct Qui ^ w a? cS o w b£)^ fe. -t-* „ a2 -tf C 3 O) a» w -M O ^ ^ « X ^ 03 ffi ^ s= ^ ^ o o ^ > g >• - (V TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT Randolph, Mass., January 1, 1926. To the Board of Selectmen Gentlemen I herewith submit report of the work done by the Police Department of the Town of. Randolph for the year ending December 31, 1925. Calls answered and investigations made 325 Summonses served 137 Cases settled out of court 75 Arrests 112 Arraignments in Court 167 Bound over to the Grand Jury 8 * Guilty in District Court 132 Appealed to Superior Court 9 tGuilty in Superior Court 17 Pending in Superior Court * 5 Acquitted 8 Placed on File v 13 Placed on Probation 15 • Fined 94 Committed to Lyman School 1 Committed to Concord Reformatory 1 Committed to House of Correction 7 Committed to State Prison 2 Net returns paid to Town Treasurer from fines over and above expenses of prosecution, $1,041.74. PATRICK T. McDonnell. *Some convictions were secured on cases not arrest- ed, but sommonsed into court. t Includes eight cases bound over to the Grand Jury all of which were convicted in Superior Court. 117 i ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Town Treasurer 1925 119 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Treasurer's Report Water Department Receipts Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1924 $3,118.25 Received from Water Commis- sioners 17,889.60 Interest 80.44 $21,088.29'' Paid Water Commissioners* Or- ders $18,596.35 Paid Coupons, Town of Ran- dolph Water Bonds 240.00 Cash in hands of Treasurer, January 1, 1926 2,251.94 $21,088.29 Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. We the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the accounts of John B. McNeill, Treasurer of the Water Commsisioners, and find same correct and the balance above stated. We have balanced cash and reconciled bank balance. JAMES V. DONOVAN, M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, Auditors. 121 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Norfolk ss. Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. Subscribed and sworn to before me, JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace. John B. McNeill) Treasurer, in account with the Ran- dolph Water Loan Sinking Fund. DR. Interest on 4 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Bond Coupons $160.00 Interest on 5 Town of Randolph Bond Coupons 200.00 Interest on 3 Boston & Maine R. R. Bond Coupons 135.00 Randolph Savings Bank, Interest 4.05 Randolph Trust Company 77.72 Sale of 3 Boston & Maine R. R. Bonds 2,636.25 $3,213.02 CR. Deposit Randolph Trust Company $3,208.97 Deposit Randolph Savings Bank 4.05 $3,213.02 State of the Randolph Water Loan Sinking Fund December 31, 1924. Five Town of Randolph Water Bonds $1,000.00 each $5000.00 122 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Four N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Bonds $1,000.00 each 4000.00 Cash in Banks 5013.39 $14,013.39 Liabilities Water Bonds due July 1, 1926 $10,000.00 Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. We, the undersigned. Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the Sinking Fund and found same to agree as per statement above made. We have balanced cash and reconciled bank balance. M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, Auditors. Norfolk ss. January 20, 1926. Subscribed and sworn to before me. JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace. John B. McNeill, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Randolph DR. Balance on hand December 31, 1924 . . $21,898.ia Received from Town Notes anticipation of revenue $85,000.00 Town Notes Warren St. 2,300.00 School Bonds 71,000.00 Premium on Bonds 459.92 123 : NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Taxes 1922 106.88 Taxes 1923 7,828.24 Taxes 1924 30,161.46 Taxes 1925 73,720.88 111,817.46 deceived from State Treasurer Civilian War Poll Tax . 135.00 Corporation Tax Bus 1,384.99 Corporation Tax P. S 2,212.92 Division of Sanatoria 16.43 Income Tax 1922 31.50 Income Tax 1923 157.50 Income Tax 1924 252.00 Income Tax 1925 19,166.36 Vocational Education 147.28 Tuition of Children 771.48 Mothers Aid 300.53 State Aid 1,410.00 Temporary Aid 2.555.14 National Bank Tax 277.29 Street Railway Tax 605.61 Soldiers Exemption 166.47 29,590.50 From Almshouse: Board of Inmates .... 766.00 Sale of Produce 550.82 Use of Team 158.95 1,475.77 From Interest: From Taxes 1922 16.83 From Taxes 1923 764.24 From Taxes 1924 922.76 From Taxes 1925 57.66 Deposits 577.66 2,339.15 124 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. From Highways Refund Powers Bros 414.00 Norfolk County Treasurer, Contract 1924 8,032.05 Norfolk County Treasurer, Contract 1925 3,333.00 State Treasurer 3,333.00 Received From Norfolk County Land Damages $3,352.25 Norfolk County Dog Tax 1924 1,104.54 Norfolk County Dog Tax 1925 1,309.96 Interest Coddington Fund . 86.45 Stetson High School Refund 485.00 Poor of other Towns-City of Chelsea 214.75 Soldiers Relief Town of Hol- brook 86.32 Moth Department 278.50 Poor out 169.00 City of Quincy Mothers Aid 53.33 Board of Health 316.10 Miscellaneous: Auctioneers License $2.00 Auto Dealers Gas Station, Garage and Alcohol License 77.75 East Norfolk District Court . 972.24 Dedham Court 69.50 Pedlers License 40.00 Division Standards 20.00 Bowling & Pool License 7.25 Liquor License 1.30 Junk Dealers License 50.00 125 : NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Inn Holders & Victualers 14.00 Piggery License 7.00 Oleomargarine Registration 1.50 Refunds Fire Dept 15.00 Forest Fire Warden 5.00 Sealer Weights & Measures 43.14 Police Travelers Insurance 11.43 1,377.11 $349,786.34 CR. Paid Selectmens Orders $242,749.40 Notes Anticipation of Rev- enue 85,000.00 Notes Water Loan 1,300.00 Notes Highway 1,500.00 Notes County Hospital . . 500.00 Notes No. Randolph School 1,000.00 Notes Fire Equipment 1,300.00 Notes Highway Loan 1923 1,300.00 Notes Highway Loan 1920 1,000.00 Notes Refunding Loan 1,000.00 Notes Stetson High School . 1,500.00 To Abatements 1923 105.24 To Abatements 1924 569.54 To Abatements 502.78 To Separate Fund 2,603.42 Balance to 1926 7,855.96 $349,786.34 Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926 The undersigned Auditors of the Town of Randolph, Mass., respectfully report that we have examined the 126 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. accounts of the Town Treasurer and find same correct- ly kept with proper vouchers and entries for all pay- ments and receipts. We have balanced Cash and re- conciled bank balance. M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, Auditors. Norfolk ss. Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. Subscribed and sworn to before me. JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace. STATEMENT OF THE MONUMENT FUND Balance, Dec. 31, 1925 $247.39 Received Interest 11.23 $258.62 Paid M. Frank Pelissier, Labor $26.00 William Adrian, labor and material 12.00 C. Fred Lyons brushes 3.11 Balance Randolph Savings Bank 217.51 $258.62 At the last Annual Town Meeting the Town voted to instruct the Town Treasurer to place the War Bonus Refund of $2603.42 together with the balance of the Welcome Home Fund in a special fund until appropri- ated by the Town. 127 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT The following is a statement of the said fund: STATEMENT OF MEMORIAL FUND Received Welcome Home Fund $565.78 Soldiers War Bonus Fund 2,603.42 Interest on Deposit 83,28 $3,252.48 The Treasurer also holds the Coddington Fund of $1,900.00 on Deposit in the Randolph Savings Bank the interest of which is withdrawn annually and ap- plied to school purposes. Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. We the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the Coddington Fund amounting to Nineteen Hundred ($1900.00) dollars on deposit in the Randolph Savings Bank, also the Special Fund amounting to Thirty Two Hundred Fif- ty Two Dollars and Forty eight cents ($3252.48) on deposit in the Savings Department of the Randolph Trust Company and the Soldiers' Monument Fund amounting to Two Hundred seventeen dollars and fifty one cents ($217.51) on deposit in the Randolph Savings Bank and find the same to correspond with the accounts of the Town Treasurer. M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, Auditors. 128 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Norfolk ss. Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. Sworn to and subscribed before me. JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace. BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1925. Cash on hand $7,855.96 Commonwealth of Massachusetts: State Aid $1,092.00 Burial Indigent Soldier 60.00 Temporary Aid 813.66 Division of Sana- toria 121.41 Continuation and Trade Schools 513.43 2,600.50 Town of Holbrook, Soldiers' Relief 57.50 City of Boston, Poor Out $406.05 Mothers' Aid 320.67 726.72 Norfolk County Land Damages 94.50 Taxes 1922 $332.23 129 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Taxes 1923 2,057.90 Taxes 1924 14,082.35 Taxes 1925 50,737.50 67,209.98 Note Authorized at Annual Town Meeting 1925-Unissued 5,000.00 $83,545.16 Notes Anticipation Revenue $40,000.00 Rebuilding Stetson High School, appropriation 9,605.28 School Equipment, appropria- tion 10,762.53 Assessors Maps, appropria- tion 500.00 Assessors appropriation, ob- ligations 575.00 Premium on Bonds to be applied on payments of Interrest ' 259.92 Overlay 1922 $830.27 Overlay 1923 2,039.78 Overlay 1924 1,291.11 Overlay 1925 1,005.42 5,166.58 Salary Tovi^n Officers 2,069.98 State Fire Tower at Holbrook 200.00 Planting Shade Trees 100.00 Surplus Revenue 14,305.87 $83,545.16 Bonded debt of Town 113,400.00 130 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Highway Loan 1920 5,000.00 Highway Loan 1923 3,900.00 Highway Loan 1924 5,500.00 Highway Loan 1925 2,300.00 Water Extension Loan 4,800.00 Fire Equipment Loan 3,900.00 North Randolph School Loan . 2,000.00 Stetson High School Loan .... 3,000.00 Refunding Loan 12,000.00 School Bonds 71,000.00 $196,945.16 $196,945.16 131 CO (0 Q rfi. rfi. ^oioi cn cn c;i C7t VI cnjui j:;^ o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 3- ooooooooooooooo School Bonds ^^o oto ^^ o^^ Water M^in Extension o o o o O CJio oor ocn Highway Loan, 1924 o o o o Oi Oi OJ 00 -&9 oo -3 00 00 oo o o o Highway Loan, 1925 o o o o o North o o Randolph School o o o o <^ ST o:o oCO cco Highway Loan, 1923 1 ? o o o » o S ocn cno High School r*- SB o o 3 Sr5" o o o o Highway Loan, 1920 o o o o o o o o o o Qooooooooooo Refunding ^oooooooooooQooooooooooo m -se M M f-' cn I-' I-* H* (-i 00 OiCO p 5*5 Total o *^ O O Oi OS o o o O Ol^O O O O O O M O o oo o o OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooSooooooooooo ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1925 133 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of Randolph The annual report of the School Committee of the Town of Randolph for the year 1925 is herewith sub- mitted and it is our hope and desire that every citizen of the town will take an even greater interest in all matters pertaining to the education of our children. The success of any elementary and high school system depends mostly upon two things, (1) an efficient corps of conscientious and sincere teachers with definite ob- jectives to attain, working under the supervision of the superintendent of schools, (2) the co-operation of par- ents with the school authorities. It is our belief that in the first we have in Randolph a very capable and efficient staff of teachers, hard working and ambi- tious, who are always willing to co-operate with any and all parents for the benefit of each individual child. Before every parent we place this request laying stress on the fact that it is not only your privilege but your duty to manifest an interest in the education of your child and assuure you of the hearty co-operation of the school authorities in order to insure success in the intellectual development of your child. During the past few years we have been confronted with a constant demand for more school facilities due largely to a consistent increase in the school enroll- ment. Owing to this fact it was necessary for the first time to increase our staff of elementary school teachers with two extra and divide the first and sixth 135 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT grades into a two platoon system with separate classes in the morning and afternoon. This condition will be relieved when the addition to Stetson High School is completed as it will then be possible to move the Junior High School classes to the new building. A most important feature of our school system dur- ing the past year was the additipn to Stetson High ^School. When Stetson High School is moved from its present quarters in the Town Hall to the new building Randolph will have a school that may well compare with the High Schools of any town of its size in Massa- chusetts. Provisions have been made for the latest and best equipment possible and the school will not be handicapped by lack of modem facilities and room as before. The building will accommodate both the Senior and Junior High School classes and will relieve the congestion in the elementary grades. Despite this we must be mindfful of the fact that Randolph can- not disregard its duty to replace the Belcher School with a modern building in the near future. Every town in the State is awakening to a realization that no longer can they ignore the demand for more and better school facilities and we must take our place in the endeavor to climb the ladder of success with our fast growing town. During the summer vacation the two class rooms of the North Randolph School were plastered and painted which not only made the rooms much more present- able, but also solved the problem of heating this school. Before these rooms were finished all the heat went up to the roof of the building and as there was a very large air pocket underneath the roof it was practically 186 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. impossible to heat the rooms in a satisfactory manner. The building in general is now in the best condition it has been since first occupied. The exterior of the west corner was painted and a few necessary repairs made. This building is now in good condition and when the class room is painted it will not need any expenditure of money for some years to come. The School Committee has given much considera- tion to the question of providing a permanent school nurse. With the enrollment constantly increasing there is a natural increase in the demands for the ser- vices of a school nurse. Our present nurse, Miss Julia O'Leary, who is also the Visiting Nurse in Randolph has performed her duties splendidly but we felt that it was an injustice to expect her to assume the respon- sibility for duties required of a school nurse in a town that had almost twelve hundred children going to school. Miss Annie Desmond, R.N. of Randolph has been chosen for the position and we feel that with her experience as School Nurrse in the town of Hopedale she will discharge her duties in a very competent and efficient manner. We are looking forward to the year 1926 to end the many discouraging conditions under which we have been laboring for nearly two years. Stetson High n il t, teach- will receive the benefits of a much needed improvement to our school system. The School Committee takes this opportunity to ex- press our gratitude to the Building Committee for its 137 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT faithful and sincere work in the rebuilding of Stetson High School and for the splendid co-operation it has been our pleasure to enjoy. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES R. KILEY, Chairman. JESSIE S. BEAL. FLORENCE S. RODDAN. The School Committee recommends that the follow- ings sums be appropriated for school expenses during the year 1926: Stetson High School $15,750.00 Teaching Grammar Schools 33,935.00 Fuel 4,000.00 Books and Supplies 4,500.00 Care of Rooms 3,800.00 Transportation 2,900.00 Superintendent of Schools 1,225.00 School Physician 100.00 Schol Nurse 1,400.00 Continuation and Trade School 1,200.00 General Expense 4,000.00 School Committee 300.00 $73,110.00 SCHOOL EXPENSES. Received Appropriation for Schools at Annual Town Meeting $67,965.00 138 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Appropriation for Equipment 11,170.53 Appropriation for N. Randolph School 2,000.00 $81,135.53 Paid Books and Supplies $3,639.95 Care of Rooms 3,077.46 Fuel 1,404.05 General Expenses 3,482.26 Equipment 408.00 Stetson High School 15,522.00 Teaching 31,008.22 Nurse 600.00 Superintendent 1,224.36 Transportation 2,710.45 Committee 300.00 100.00 Trade and Continuation Schools 1,027.27 No. Randolph School ... 1,133.55 $65,637.57 Unexpended $15,497.96 BOOKS AND SUPPLIES F. M. Ambrose Co $41.60 Allyn & Bacon 12.32 American Book Co. 80.74 Edward E. Babb & Co. . 1,655.42 139 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Demoyer & Gepper Co. . . 66.79 Bowling School Supply Co. 12.75 Ginn & Co 352.89 Harris & Gilpatrick 13.94 J. L. Hammett & Co. 59.89 D. C. Heath & Co 116.44 Houghton Mifflin Co 66.20 J. B. Lippincott 10.91 The Macmillan Company . 30.56 Mcintosh Publishing Co. . 7.67 Oliver Ditson 15.02 Ryan & Buker 14.00 Regents Publishing Co. . . . 6.20 Warwick & York, Inc. . . . 59.74 American Book Company 160.24 American Book Company 147.25 The Macmillan Company . 18.27 Literary Digest 14.04 Charles J. Burnham 2.50 J. L. Hammett Co. 12.62 Hall & McCreary 26.00 D. C. Heath Co 17.10 Ginn & Company 59.59 Allyn & Bacon 65.25 B. H. Sanborn 81.70 J. L. Hammett 68.55 E. E. Babb Co. 341.19 Warwick & York 2.57 $8,639.05 CARE OF ROOMS Richard P. Condon $841.11 William Mahady 841.11 140 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. George Smith 370.00 Frank H. Tileston 318.56 H. Willie Hayden 231.68 Martin Nugent 285.00 Mrs. George H. Eddy 190.00 $3,077.46 FUEL L. J. Courtney $28.00 Frank Diauto 753.47 J. T. Flannelly 5.00 M. Leahy 526.08 Esten C. Soule 67.50 Edwin C. Soule 24.00 $1,404.04 GENERAL EXPENSES American Book Company $53.30 Atlantic Clock Company 14.00 American Railway Ex- press Co. 7.16 Brockton Enterprise 3.75 John T. Boyle 36.00 Blanchard Print 15.68 Blue Line Transportation Co 1.00 Brockton Transportation Co 1.23 141 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT A. O. Christiansen 192.42 Richard P. Condon 88.00 Arthur Conrad . 4.00 Earl Crockett 9.00 M. B. Claff & Sons, Inc. . . 5.00 William H. Carroll 4.00 F. E. Chapin 5.50 Anson E. Cobbett 65.00 F. E. Chapin 40.77 Capen & Lane 2.75 G. B. Dolge Sofa Co 13.00 James Dowd 32.00 James Fardy 25.75 George D. Finnegan 27.00 Ruth Giblin 18.60 Heywood-Wakefield . . . 15.85 B. F. Hayden 37.95 Willie Hayden 53.00 Walter L. Hickey 136.60 Frank W. Harris 8.60 Thomas Hill . 140.00 J. E. Jacobson 4.00 Literary Digest Co 31.56 Marshall W. Leavitt 14.25 Com. of Massachusetts, Com'r Public Safety 8.00 Com. of Massachusetts, Reformatory for Women 5.99 Com. of Massachusetts, Reformatory for Women 6.42 William Mahady 30.00 Martin Diploma Co 75.00 Bernard Moore 31.00 142 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Edward F. Murphy 15.00 James Milligan 17.80 J. R. McNeill 25.00 D. J. McDonald 5.50 N. E. Reed bompany . . . 11.00 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co 17.08 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co 12.50 C. A. Noyes Co 1.25 Martin Nugent 18.00 Oliver Ditson Co 1.26 Office Appliance Co. . . . 24.62 R. E. O'Brien 156.63 H. P. Powderly 3.50 The Picture Shop 3.30 Remington Typewriter Co. 232.75 R. & H. Light & Power Co 245.81 Science Service Co. 5.00 C. R. Sims 8.18 George A. Smith 10.00 Stall & Dean Mfg. Co. 206.12 J. W. Taylor 143.65 F. H. Tileston 40.00 Underwood Typewriter Co. 12.13 Wadsworth Rowland Co. 5.73 Frank C. Walsh .85 William F. Whitecross 118.93 Woodstock Typewriter Co. 50.00 Wright & Patten 2.00 E. C. Young Co 9.84 J. T. Daly 6.00 J. Dowd 12.00 J. Fardy 11.50 143 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Brockton Gas Light Co. 22.77 R. & H. Light & Power Co 2.39 J. W. Taylor 155.26 A. O. Christiansen 65.82 R. & H. Light & Power Co 10.81 Capen & Lane 30.75 R. & H. Light & Power Co 7.92 Com. of Mass. Reforma- tory for Women 10.63 Chandler Barber Co 1.21 Atlantic Clock Co 9.20 Monument Mills 90.60 Underwood Typewriter 3.70 Office Appliance Co. 11.04 Remington Typewriter 1.92 F. W. Hayden 86.16 Ellen P. Henry, Supervis- ing 95.00 Mary Connors, Supervising 95.00 Mary L. Mullen, Supervis- * ing 76.00 $3,482.26 STETSON HIGH SCHOOL F. E. Chapin, Principal $2,200.00 Hubert J. Powderly 1,800.00 Marshall Leavitt 1,740.00 144 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Winifred Brennan 1,500.00 Ruth Knight 1,310.00 Marie Allen 900.00 Grace K^ng 840.00 Dorothy Conway 840.00 Ruth Giblin 840.00 Elizabeth Shaw 840.00 Edith Kurtz 600.00 Jane C. Good 600.00 Evelyn Goodwin 580.00 Eleanor McDonald 500.00 Naomi Maher 402.00 Catherine Morrissey 30.00 $15,522.00 School Equipment, Ryan & Bunker, Inc $408.00 TEACHING C. A. Brennan, Principal $1,742.19 H. F. Gilgan, Principal 1,641.88 Mrs. E. A. Powderly 1,299.98 Ellen E. McLaughlin 1,249.82 Fannie A. Campbell 1,249.82 Ellen P. Henry 1,249.82 Kittie R. Molloy 1,249.82 Rachael C. McMahon 1,249.82 Grace M. Gilgan 1.249.82 Elizabeth G. Lyons 1,243.21 Clara A. Tolman 1,236.67 Hannah F. Hoye 1,223.51 Maryr O'Brien 1,206.48 Ruth M. Lang 1,156.32 145 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Florence E. Caples 1,151.15 Alice A. Belcher 1,106.54 Florence G. Meisner 1,097.87 Marie Cormey 1,057.04 Mary L. Mullen 1,056.38 Anna K. Good 1,031.68 Ellen McGerigle 1,019.00 Dorothy Carney 967.00 Margaret Donovan 917.06 Mary E. Wren 723.58 Kathryn M. Desmond . 378.88 Elizabeth Griffin 378.88 Grace Murphy 248.00 Mrs. Bessie McMahon 176.00 Mrs. Walter Burbank . 72.00 Elizabeth Condon 50.00 Mrs. Mary Sweeney 32.00 Hazel S. Allenson, Draw- ing Supervisor 297.60 Emily Sanford, Drawing Supervisor . 198.40 Rose G. Hand, Music Supervisor 800.00 $31,008.22 NURSE Julia M. Leary $600.00 r SUPERINTENDENT Paid A. O. Christiansen $1,224.36 146 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. TRANSPORTATION Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co. $1,750.00 Stephen J. Hart 960.45 $2,710.45 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Jesse S. Beal $100.00 Charles R. Riley 100.00 Florence S. Roddan 100.00 $300.00 SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Dr. G. V. Higgins $100.00 TRADE AND CONTINUATION SCHOOLS Town of Braintree, Con- tinuation $54.72 City of Boston, Trade 897.77 City of Boston, Continua- tion 74.78 $1,027.27 NORTH RANDOLPH SCHOOL J. W. Taylor, contract $1,100.00 W. F. Whitecross 33.55 $1,133.55 147 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF STETSON HIGH SCHOOL Our school sessions have been held in Stetson Hall since September, 1924. We have tried to make the best of the situation, and have succeeded in maintain- ing the standard of the school in a far higher degree than seemed possible when Stetson Hall became our temporary home. A saving sense of humor has not been out of place under the many disadvantages which have fallen to our lot. We have looked upon the mat- ter somewhat in the light of an adventure in our school life, such as few encounter. One may enjoy camping out, but he is glad to get back to the con- veniences of civilized life. The class of 1924 in addition to its gift at the time of graduation has presented a charging desk to the school reference room; the cost of the desk was $75.00. The class of 1925, forty members, the largest in the history of the school, has given to the school a table for the reference room at a cost of $54.00. An- other gift which is credited to the class of 1925 is a round oak table for the center of the reference room. The table was made to order and was purchased by the balance of the class of 1925 lunch fund, about $90.00. This table is five feet in diameter and is a very appropriate gift. A chair for the reference room has been given by the class of 1929 and another chair by 1928. 148 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Our enrollment this year has been 231. We num- ber at present 221. Inasmuch as the school will oc- cupy the new building before this report is issued, it may be well to look forward to our occupancy of our new quarters rather than to review the past. The four rooms in the old building which have been refinished have a standard seating capacity of 30 pupils each. The two class rooms on the first floor of the addition, south side, will each take care of 35 pupils. By using a part of the bookkeeping room of the second floor all our pupils may have desk room. We regret that the building does not contain a room for study pupils. It seems best to assign to the junior high pupils the six rooms on the north side of the building in the new part, . using the two basement rooms as class rooms. The six rooms used as home class rooms by the senior high school pupils will include the four rooms in the old part in the front, and the two rooms on the first floor of the addition. The two basement rooms, south side, are for science and .cannot well be used for home- rooms. The two rooms on the second floor, south side of the addition are for stenography, typewriting and bookkeeping but, as has been said, the desks of the bookkeeping room may be used for home room pur- poses, though this is not desirable. The junior high school plan is one of the many edu- cational innovations w^hich have come to us from the western part of our country. The first city in Massa- chusetts to adopt the plan was Somerville, which has at present four junior high schools. It is said that the ''Western" junior high school of SomerviUe is the most, thoroughly equipped and in every way, the finest ex- 149 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT ample of the junior high to be found in New England. The writer has made three visits to this school for pur- poses of observation. Here is a school of 1,000 pupils, who are taken from the 7th, 8th and 9th grades. The school offers courses in all the usual subjects offered to pupils who range in age from eleven to sixteen. There are classes in wood-working, in metal working, in cook- ing, sewing, and typewriting, each in charge of a teacher who makes a specialty of her subject. Latin and French are added to the usual grammar school subjects. The physical needs of the pupils are in charge of specialists, who organize school athletics and direct the baseball, football and basketball, in addi- tion to regular physical exercises for all pupils. The principal of the ''Western" junior high claims that the best feature of the school is not the prominence given to departmental teaching, which is about as marked as in our high schools, but in the development of a live school spirit and sustained interest, which manifest themselves on every side of the school life. The writer has nowhere else noted among pupils such en- thusiasm for school activities, both scholastic and extra curricula as was shown in this Somerville school. The school is more free to v/ork out its problems in its own way, than would be the case if in the same build- ing with the senior high. The problem of keeping pupils interested in school during the years immedi- ately preceding their entrance to high school is in a large measure solved by the junior high plan; such a school should be so located as to be within easy walking distance of the homes of pupils. In Stoneham and Milton are examples of the com- bination junior and senior high. In both these schools 150 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. the junior pupils are assigned to parts of the building separated as much as possible from the older pupils. The superintendent of schools in Milton, Mr. Ewart, asserts that only to a certain point can the two schools be maintained to advantage in one building; he places the limit at about 500 for each school. That is, for over 1,000 pupils, not even the requirement of economy is of much weight in continuing the combination. From observation of these two latter schools it seems evident that senior high school reacts upon the junior high in repressing the enthusiasm of the junior high pupils. This does not by any means prove that the junior high combination is not a distinct advance upon the usual grade system in Randolph. We are to begin our combination school without special teachers in physical culture, and without spe- cial teachers of sewing and cooking. Of course wood- working and metal-working are out of the question. In the school report of 1924, the report just prior to this, our superintendent urged the need of special at- tention to the physical needs of the pupils. It is diffi- cult, for instance, to see how our shower baths are to be used to much advantage unless a teacher can give full time to classes, or divisions, of pupils in gymnas- ium work or its equivalent. In.Stoneham, for example, the school has a gymnasium for boys and another for girls ; these two rooms can be ^thrown together into one large room for such games as basketball or for winter athletic meets. Stoneham employs a man to take care of the boys and a woman to supervise the girls in physical activities. The writer watched one of the gymnasium groups of boys go through their ex- 151 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT 'ercises in Stoneham. There were three divisions of the squad of pupils; one at the horizontal bar, one at ithe parallel bar, and one at the vaulting horse. Each 'of the boys took his turn at each piece of apparatus, and at the end of the period the boys went to the showers, emerging to don their regular clothing ready for class-room work. How we can accomplish much of this in Randolph without a special teacher who can .give his full time, is not apparent. Stoneham and Milton each has an assembly room distinct from the .gymnasium. This obviates the necessity of moving furniture in and out of the assembly room. The school lunch is an important adjunct to a mod- ern high school. In Milton, for instance, two women begin their preparation of the lunch at the opening of the morning session. The first group of pupils come down to the lunch room about 11:30 o'clock; these -are all junior pupils. The length of the lunch hour is 23 minutes. There is then a cleaning of the room for Tthe senior high pupils. Many of the pupils bring their own lunch, which they eat at tables, opening the lunch baskets, in small groups. Some do not pur- chase anything at the lunch counter, others supple- ment what they have brought from home by a cup of cocoa or bottle of milk, while many buy their entire lunch at the counter. The uniform price is five cents :for each serving of food. Somewhat contrary to the writer's expectation the sum of fifteen cents bought a lunch, which was appetiz- ing and sufficient. All the money taken in is turned into the maintenance of the lunch room. There is no ..profit The method which seems best suited in pur- 152 TOWN OF RANDOLPH. MASS; chasing food is by the purchase of 5-cent tickets or* checks to be presented at the lunch counter for food. These checks are sold in another part of the room. It is the opinion of the writer that an adequate lunch can: be brought from home in case the pupil does not care to buy lunch. This serving of a school lunch we are going to in- augurate in our new building. Pupils must then be prepared to remain after school in case they are kept either for failure in scholarship or deportment. Hith- erto our High School pupils have been under the neces- sity of going home for dinner and then returning for the afternoon session.. Several of our citizens have told the writer that it is a mistake for him to put into this report the account of what he has observed in other schools. Is it not a good plan to find out what other schools do? Even if we cannot do all of the things which are done in larger communities, ought we not to know what is being done? The problem of a double or a single principalship of these combination junior and senior high schools is very generallj^ solved at present in favor of the single principal. Theoretically one principal for the junior high and another for the senior high would seem a good solution. These schools, however, which have tried the double principalship have found that the plan does not work out satisfactorily ^ and have for the most part adopted the plan of having one principal. t All the junior high schools visited, stress club activi- ties; the dramatic club appeals to some, the debating: 153 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT club to others, the school orchestra claims its share, and the various choruses offer to others a place in the list. There are many other extra curricula activities which pupils are interested in. The assembly periods ^ive an opportunity for these clubs or groups of pupils to give expression to their various activities. Two times at least each week the junior high pupils ought to have an assembly period in which the program is in charge of the boys and girls. Six hours is the standard length advocated for the high school session in Massachusetts. It is probable that in our re-organized high school at least five and one-half hours will be found necessary to carry out the program. This means that if our*jdaily session begins at 8:15 it would close at 1:45 except for pupils who must remain to square accounts in scholarship or de- portment. Seven periods of about 40 minutes each will be found necessary. Allowing for about 10 min- utes in opening, for the recess periods, and for the assembly period five and one-half hours would be none too long. Teachers frown upon tardiness; it is pretty nearly true, although not quite so, that we would prefer to have a pupil absent rather than tardy. There are in- stances where tardiness is advisable, and which do not reflect upon the home; in the great majority of cases, however, the reasons which pupils give for tardiness would appear to force the conclusion that the fault is to be attributed to the home and not to the pupil. The home must see that the pupil gets up in time, that he has his breakfast, and that he is on his way early enough to allow him to reach his desk in time for the 154 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. roll-call. Promptness is essential in nearly all activi- ties today ; no business office, or store, or factory, would permit its employees to be late day after day. If a pupil is tardy many times during the year, the school must bear some of the blame; and the pupil loses to some extent the confidence of his teachers, but the home especially suffers a loss of reputation. High school pupils ought to regard their school work much in the same light as any other workers must view their part in the duties of the office or store. It is claimed that a boy who has completed a high school course earns enough more in later life, because of that fact, to warrant the assertion that for every day spent in school, he receives the equivalent of at least $10. The Superintendent of Schools in Attleboro, Mass., recently made the assertion that the increased power was $25 for every day spent in high school. At Yale University averages compiled from some 3,000 cases showed an increased earning capacity for graduates of secondary schools verifying these statements. If this be even ap- proximately true, then each pupil ought to regard his school work most seriously and to resolve never to be absent or tardy unless because of some really unavoid- able circumstance. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee, Randolph. Gentlemen I am submitting herewith my fifth annual report of the public schools of Randolph. The manner in which this town is adjusting itself 166 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT "to the ever-increasing school enrolment is most gratify- ing. Towns located near large cities are facing this problem generally. To meet these changes year after year is no small task when viewed from the point of financial limitations. After two years of persistent endeavor, your schools can now accommodate all chil- dren and give to each child his full-time school day. SCHOOL ENROLMENT 1925 1924 1923 Stetson High School 225 208 211 Prescott Grammar 287 251 323 Prescott Primary 248 243 141 Belcher School 280 272 273 North Randolph 81 87 90 Tower Hill 61 69 70 West Corner 31 31 33 Totals 1213 1161 1141 THE NEW STETSON HIGH SCHOOL This building when thrown open for public inspec- tion will speak for itself. It is an excellent example of what can be done when the citizens set out to do it. Fortunate, too, was the town in its selection of a Build- ing Committee, men of broad, clear vision and un- afraid to act in the interest of education. Briefly stated, this building is a senior high school, so planned and furnished. Its extra six rooms for the present are used for the accommodation of the junior high school pupils. Its total accommodation is close to 500 pupils. Its general equipment is as follows: 10 classrooms. 1 Science room. 1 Science lecture room. 156 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. 1 Bookkeeping room. 1 Typewriting room. 1 Study room for 55 pupils. 1 Drawing or sewing room. Library, nurse's room, teachers' room, lunch, locker and two supply rooms besides an assembly hall with a seating capacity of 350. RECOMMENDATIONS In view of the reorganization brought about by the new high school, I desire to submit for your cnsidera- tion the following: (a) Re-floor at least two classrooms in the Prescott Grammar Building, and re-locate two windows in these rooms for proper light- ing. Furnish these rooms with the present high school desks and chairs now used in Stet- son Hall. (b) Furnish wardrobe facilities within the classrooms for grades one and two, Pres- cott Primary Building. (c) Close the portable building at the Belcher School and open a room left vacant by the junior department. INSTRUCTION Our efforts to unify the school work throughout the town, as proposed in my last year's report, have pro- duced results. Plan books, reports and conferences have been contributing factors in this direction but the thing I count most highly and which has been of the greatest value in this endeavor has been the loyalty of teachers and their faithful work. SCHOOL NURSE With the appointment of a full-time school nurse our health work should progress unhampered. The part- 157 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT time service given by Miss Leary was excellent so far as it went but this with her bedside nursing was too heavy a task for one person to perform. We are, however, greatly indebted to her and to the Associa- tion for their assistance and initial step in this impor- tant health work. INTERFERENCE IN OUR SCHOOL WORK Requests to use the class rooms and the help of school children for some special meritorious objective have increased so rapidly since the war that some stand must now be taken to keep our schools free. This interference comes entirely from without and is not a problem provoked by local interests. No better expression of this menace to education can be found anywhere than in the words of Hon. Ernest W. Butter- field, State Commissioner of Education of New Hamp- shire, who says: **I speak with feeling upon this point, for I believe that the attack upon the public schools has never been so insidious as it is today. Sinister demagogues and zealots, organized societies, great commercial houses, would use the schools to advance their propaganda, to emphasize their policies and plans, to make for them financial gain. For this end, they would cloud the facts accepted by history and by science. They would modify teaching to fit their be- liefs. They would give children wants which only their wares could satisfy. The raisin growers, the silk worm breeders, the Florida realtors, the organizations for national relief, the narcotic trusts and the temper- ance leagues, the army, the navy and the societies for universal peace, all through some of their representa- tives see the opportunity to aggrandize themselves under the guise of teaching health or patriotism or economy or some other individual or social merit." RETIREMENT After forty-nine years of faithful service as a public school teacher, Miss Mary E. Wren was retired by 158 : : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board, July 1, 1925. Miss Wrenn closed her work last June in the same vigor and enthusiasm as in former years. APPOINTMENTS OF NEW TEACHERS High School Eleanor McDonald, Simmons College, B.S., Science. Edith Kurtz, Kalamazoo College, Ph.B., English. Evelyn Goodwin, Newcomb College, B.A., French. Jane C. Good, Burdett College, Bookkeeping. Naomi Maher, Colby College, B.A., English. Grade Schools: Elizabeth Condon, Bridgewater Normal, 3 years. Kathryn Desmond, Bridgewater Normal, 2 years. Elizabeth Griffin, Bridgewater Normal, 2 years. Nettie Day, Gorham Normal, 2 years. Grace Murphy, Bridgewater Normal, 2 years. School Nurse Annie Desmond, R.N. In closing my report I wish to express my thanks to you, teachers, parents and pupils for co-operation and wise council in the common task of administering the affairs of our public schools. Respectfully submitted, A. O. CHRISTIANSEN, January 26, 1926. Supt. of Schools. 159 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1926—1927 Elementary Schools, Grades One to Eight Open Jan. 4, 1926. Close Feb. 19, 1926. 7 weeks. Open March 1, 1926. Close April 16, 1926. 7 weeks. Open April 26, 1926. Close June 18, 1926. 8 weeks. Summer Vacation. Open Sept. 7, 1926. Close Dec. 23, 1926. 26 weeks. Open Jan. 3, 1927. Close Feb. 18, 1927. 7 weeks. High School Open Jan. 4, 1926. Close Feb. 19, 1926. 7 weeks. Open March 1, 1926. Close April 16, 1926. 7 weeks. Open April 21, 1926. Close June 25, 1926. 9V2 weeks. Summer Vacation. Open Sept. 7, 1926. Close Dec. 23, 1926. 16 weeks. Open Jan. 3, 1927. Close Feb. 18, 1927. 7 weeks. Schools Will Close on the Following Days: Good Friday, April 2d; May 31st; October 12th; Thanksgiving Day and the day following, Novem- ber 25th and 26th. NO-SCHOOL SIGNALS 3 Blows repeated at 7:15 A. M., all schools closed. 3 Blows repeated at 8 A. M., no morning session for grades one to six. 160 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. 3 Blows repeated at 12:30 P. M., no afternoon session for grades one to six. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES (8th Grade) June 18, 1925 BELCHER SCHOOL George Bronniche George Albert Franke Henrietta Waters Brown Lowene Barbara Gilkey Edna May Brown Bertha Pauline Girtzig Donald Louis Cass George Arthur Paul Glynn Grace Genevieve Condon Mary Frances Granger Willard Charles Dahlbon Constance Joline Grover Joseph Eliot Daigle Marjorie Caldwell Kent Dorothy May Daly Margaret Mary Nadelli Antosa Dubinsky Bertha Anna Mayble Neilsen Mary Margaret Duffy Beatrice Amy Payne Helen Elden Rupert Powers Carl Emery George Ericksen Isabel Allegra Philbrook Philip Otis Evans George Stuart Rent Lucretia Margaret Farmer Margaret Ellen Scanlon Maybelle Viola Faunce Robert Georrge Thibault Agnes Mary Cecelia Ferry Dorothy Frances Thorne Helen Asbell Fisher Olcutt Charles Varney Jeanette Anna Foley Lillian Louise Yates PRESCOTT SCHOOL Paul D. Anderson John H. Crowell Ruth F. Anderson Chester E. Grove Kathryn C. Aylott Vera E. Cushman Alice M. Ballantyne Viola E. Cutting Chester D. Bennett Rose K. Doyle Herman H. Bertram Eleanor R. Gaynor John J. Boyle Chester E. Grove Margaret M. Brady Dorothy F. Higgins Robert J. Bradley Walter R. Hoak James E. Burrell Nathan Hoeg Wilhelmina A. Callahan Ruth E. Hylen Hugh E. Clifford Josephine C. Janowich George F. Collins Mary G. Kelley NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Vincent O. Kiernan Katherine E. Mullen Francis J. Laughlin Alfred W. Nelson Emily G. Lunt Hildur J. Nilsen Laura L. Lutton George L. Pierce Elizabeth A. Lyons Myrick A. Powers Gertrude A. McCauley Mary P. Purcell Cecelia McFadden Mary R. Richards John J. McGarrig-le Ella Swanson Ruth J. Mackay Helen C. Shepard Albert Mackay Alice V. Simmons William Mellon Genevieve R. Slattery Henry W. Merrill Violet E. Stalliday Joseph F. Molloy Gertrude E. Taylor Hannah L. Moore Robert J. Teed James F. Mullen Inez E. Trafton Margaret B. Mullen Harold M. Tucker. PERFECT ATTENDANCE Prescott School Ruth Anderson 1 Yvonne Bossi 2 Emily Lent 2 Anna Ginnety 2 Elizabeth Lyons 2 John Mulney 2 Inez Trafton 2 Virginia Burrell 1 Mary Purcell 1 Merle Corrigan 1 Hilda Nilsen 2 George Young 1 Paul Anderson 2 Grace Taylor 1 Robert Bradley 1 John Dolan 2 William Mellon 2 Alice Murphy 2 Marguerite McDonald 2 Margaret Hart 1 Stella Mazur 2 Philip Bagle 1 Edward Conley 1 Mildred Forrest 1 Marie Collins 2 Harry Johnson 1 John Hart 1 Earl McDonald 2 Earl Anderson 1 Frank O'Neil 1 John Mellon 1 Claire Doherty 1 John Schofield 1 Alice Merchant 1 June McDonald 1 Marshall Roth 1 Elena Fravaglia 1 Mary Dolan 1 Thomas Anderson 1 Mary Lapietro 1 Clara Boothby 1 Helen McCarty 1 Louise Boyle 1 Eleanor Mulvey 1 Grace Murphy 2 Amelia McLean 1 Anna Sullivan 1 Phyllis Lutton 1 Ruth Chamberlain 1 Arvid Anderson 1 Anna Malloy 1 William Mahoney 1 Dorothy Conly 1 Edward Pellisier 1 Robert Lutton 1 Francis Gaynor 1 Leonard Merchant 1 Arthur Anderson 1 Agnes Foley 1 Marry Dunphy 1 Walter Burrell 1 Anita Fravaglia 1 Lillian Vaughn 1 Cynthia Burrell 1 Elna Swanson 1 Goldie Kane 1 162 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. School Helen Elden 2 Willard Dahlbon 1 Lillian Yates 1 Jeanette Langley 1 Marion Wilbur 1 John Benjammo 1 Elvira Ferrero 1 Mary Porter 2 Hazel Dockendorff 1 Ruby Studley 1 Helen Brennan 2 Mildred Condon 2 Thomas Brennan 2 Alfred Holbrook 2 Warren Robbins 1 Robert Thome 1 Alfred Willis 1 Domonic Diaute 1 RoWert Shirley 1 Warren Niles 1 North Randolph School George Condon 1 Elmer Whynot 1 Louise Brewster 2 Clarence Whynot 1 Mary Godfrey 2 Marjorie Bowley 1 Mabel Porter 2 Tower Hill School Martin Nugent Elsie Smith 1 Carl Wallin 1 John Nugent 1 John Neilsen 1 Veronica Semienovich 1 Robert Miller 1 Tage Wallin 1 Rose Faunce 1 West Corner School Roger Sass 1 Josephine Gurris 1 Stuart Sharp 1 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE Mr. A. O. Christiansen, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir: The annual report of school nursing ending Decem- 163 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT ber 31, 1925, is as follows: All pupils in the grade schools weighed. Number of pupils 10% and over underweight 130 Home visits to underweight pupils 86 Pupils examined at health clinic 36 Pupile X-rayed 20 Pupils given Von Piquiet test 20 Pupils dismissed from school until seen by doctor, 14 Pupils sent to a preventorium 4 Pupils sent to '^Wonderland," Salvation Army Fresh Air Camp 2 Milk is supplied to needy children who are 10% underweight by a committee from the Ladies Library, and the Womens Catholic Clubs. First aid supplies were replenished in all the schools at the expense of Randolph Chapter Red Cross. The expense of send- ing the children to the preventoria was paid by the Christmas seals, the Parent-Teachers Association and the Red Cross. I wish to call particular attention to the epidemic of scarlet fever in the months of November and De- cember. In nearly all cases, it was found that the children had had a slight rash which afterward proved to be a symptom of scarlet fever. Many of these chil- dren had had no medical supervision and it must be supposed that other children were infected. It is my pleasure to report the hearty co-operation , of teachers, parents and pupils. Respectfully submitted, JULIA M. LEARY, R.N. 164 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. REPORT OF THE DRAWING SUPERVISOR Mr. A. O. Christiansen, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir: As Supervisor of Drawing I am submitting herewith my report of four months' work in the schools of Eandlph. Despite the handicap due to the temporary arrange- ments at the high school, satisfactory work is being done in freehand and mechanical drawing. Four periods a week are given to drawing and the problems have included free-brush work, color harmony, com- position, lettering, costume design, craft designs and orthographic projection. The grades are visited every two weeks where prob- lems in design and hand work are carried out. Self- expression and the initiative are emphasized. The interest and co-operation of teachers have been a great help in the accomplishment of satisfactory results. Respectfully submitted, EMILY SANFORD, Drawing Supervisor. 165 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE MUSIC SUPERVISOR Mr. A. O. Christiansen, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sirr: I submit for your consideration my report as Super- visor of Music in the Randolph Schools. The progress in music in the lower grades has been very gratifying—^the children read and sing well and seem to have a very good knowledge of music in general. I recommend that more time be given to the teach- ing of music in the upper grades, in order to bring about desired results. Pupils in these grades require more stimulation; consequently a greater amount of time and energy must be displayed by the teacher ta this end. This desired result cannot be accomplished in a music period of fifteen or twenty minutes, there- fore I ask that the time be extended to a thirty-minute period in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades, thereby giving the pupils sufficient time to absorb and thor- oughly learn the lessons outlined by the Supervisor. Respectfully submitted, ROSE G. HAND, Supervisor of Music. 166 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Trustees of Turner Free Library 1925 167 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TURNER FREE LIBRARY Trustees 1925 Winthrop B. Atherton President Herbert F. French Vice-President *N. Irving Tolman Treasurer William H. Leavitt Secretary- Richard F. Forrest Erskine H. Cox James H. Hurley (Selectmen of Randolph, Ex-Officis) Asa P. French Frank C. Granger Seth Turner Crawford Frank W. Belcher Mrs. Alice M. T. Beach Harold F. Howard Mrs. Helen W. Pratt C. Wilson Lyons Librarian Alice M. Belcher Assistant Librarian Sarah C. Belcher * Deceased October, 1925. Frank W. Belcher elected to fill vacancy. PUBLIC LIBRARY Randolph, Mass. January 1, 1926. To the Citizens of Randolph Pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the By- Laws of the Turner Free Library, this, the fiftieth an- : : NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT nual report is submitted, showing the condition of the trust, consisting of the building, library and funds, together with the reports of the Librarian and Treas- urer and so much of the reports submitted by the various committees to the Trustees as seems of general interest. To the Trustees of the Turner Free Library The Library Committee consisting of Winthrop B. Atherton, Mrs. Helen W. Pratt, Herbert F. French and Frank W. Belcher with the assistance of the Librarian has found the books, charts and furnishings in good condition. All books were accounted for by the Li- brarian. To the Trustees of the Turner Free Library The Building Committee consisting of W. B. Ather- ton, F. W. Belcher and C. Wilson Lyons, reports the building as being in fair condition but some minor re- pairs are needed, and an appropriation of $150 is re- quested. To the Trustees of the Turner Free Library Your Committee on Finance submits the following report: The Committee has audited the accounts of the Treasurer for the year 1925 and found them correct. All moneys received have been duly accounted for, and^ no moneys have been paid out except upon vouchers properly approved. TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. The Committee has examined, also, the securities representing the investments of the funds of the library and has found them to be intact and as represented. ASA P. FRENCH, Chairman. Randolph, Mass., January 1, 1926. In the report of the Librarian it will be noticed that several changes have been made, particularly in the charging system, v^hich have proved to be very bene- ficial, due to the interest and faithful work of the Li- brarian. During the latter part of the year the Library met with a great loss in the passing of its Treasurer, Mr. N. Irving Tolman. Faithful in the performance of his duties and with high ideals he had endeared himself to his associates on the Board of Trustees and his pass- ing is a great loss to the Library and to the community. The report of the Librarian statistically showing in detail the doings, management and results of the var- ious departments of the Library and the report of the Treasurer showing the investments of the funds and the receipts and expenditures of the Library are here- unto subjoined. Respectfully submitted, WINTHROP B. ATHERTON. President of the Board of Trustees. Randolph, Mass., January 1, 1926. 171 : NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN To the Trustees of the Turner Free Library I have the honor to submit the annual report of the Turner Free Library for the year ending December 31, 1925. The library has been open to the public 303 days; 25,726 books have been borrowed; also 325 unbound magazines. There have been 345 books added this year making 29,458 accessioned volumes; 288 books were added by purchase; 8 magazines bound and 49 received as gifts. Through the kindness of Mr. Erskine H. Cox, we have received two publications for the reading room: The News Bulletin published weekly by the Foreign Pohcy Association and Nature Magazine, a monthly periodical. Mrs. Edith A. Beal has given a complete set of town reports and some books from John Van Beal's library. We also have received a revolving book-case from the library of the late Dr. Asher Ander- son, D.D., presented by his widow, Mrs. Asher Anderson. We have issued 195 borrowers' cards this year, but as stated last year, the numbers of former card holders being re-issued, the total number on our book is 1887, a net gain of 67 over last year. There has been more reference work done this year than for some years. The new International Encyclopedia is proving its value and usefulness every day. 172 I. TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. The reading room is well patronized, but with the variety of periodicals on our table, containing so much instructive and useful material, it would seem that we should have a larger number of adult readers. Thej-e has been no special change in our Children's Department. The need in that department is more books. The work with the schools is done mostly in refer- ence work at the Library, with the exception of the High School. The pupils of the High School borrow books for their required reading. In July we began to prepare for a change in our charging system. Ever since the library was started the ledger system has been used. With the changes in library work that have come in the past few years and the growth of the town, especially in the outlying districts, the system had become inadequate to our needs. It was finally decided to adopt the system used in most public libraries at the present time. We did not attempt to prepare all the books in the library for this change, but a selection was made of the books in constant circulation, and those which would be frequently used. Even with this selection about 3,000 charging cards had to be numbered with the book number, and more than 2,000 books had to have book slips pasted in. That this was done and the system in use by the middle of September was due to the help given by some good friends of the library who so generously gave their time and work. 173 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT The appreciation and thanks of the Librarian, and I am sure, of the Trustees,, is given to Miss S. Louise Campagna, who helped with the book cards, and Miss Eleanor Tolman, Miss Pauline Knebel and Miss Helen Knebel who put in the date slips. The new system has been in use now about four months and is working very satisfactorily. We have also made a change in our charging desk. The top of the old desk has been removed. It is much more convenient for the Librarian and patrons and adds to the general appearance of the library. Al- though fiction is in as much demand as ever, there has been a larger circulation of non-fiction this year than usual. The sum of $141.00 received for fines and collections has been turned over to the Treasurer. The Librarian wishes to take this opportunity to thank her assistant. Miss Belcher, for her loyal and efficient service, as well as the Trustees for their en- couragement and co-operation. Respectfully submitted, ALICE M. BELCHER, Librarian. 174 : \ TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARY BY MONTHS Total Days Average January 2687 26 103 February 2471 23 107 March 2717 26 105 April 2478 25 99 May 2123 25 85 June 2007 26 77 July 1784 26 69 August 1880 26 72 September 1798 25 72 October 1908 26 73 November 1915 24 79 December 1958 26 75 25,726 304 85 REPORT OF THE TREASURER Randolph, Mass., January ?, 1926. To the Trustees of the Turner Free Library In compliance with the requirements of the By-Laws, I herewith submit the annual report of the Treasurer of the Turner Free Library. N. Irving Tolman, deceased, Treasurer to October 15, 1925. 175 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Frank W. Belcher, Treasurer from November 1,. 1925. Receipts Income Turner Fund $611.81 Income R. W. Turner Fund 812.50 Rent C. Fred Lyons 300.00 Rent Randolph Savings Bank 360,00 Interest on Boston Elevated R. R. Bonds 112.50 Randolph Savings Bank, Fuel 96.91 Fines and Collections 141.00 Tov^n Appropriation 150.00 Proceeds from sale of 11 Old Colony R. R. Bonds 11,000.00 Randolph Savings Bank, Interest 29.57 Balance on hand, January 1, 1925 523.27 $14,137.56 Disbursements Paid for books $400.31 Paid for periodicals 16.35 Paid for re-binding books 164.39 Salary Librarian 600.00 Salary Assistant Librarian 300.00 Salary Janitor 300.00 Extra Help 13.98 Electric Light and Lamps 111.64 Rent Safe Deposit Box 10.00 ' Repairs 35.82 Fuel 245.85 Printing 24.25 176 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Supplies 42.96 Sundries 17.75 $2,282.80 Balance on hand, January 13, 1926 11,854.76 $14,137.56 The Turner Fund is Invested in: 1 Third Liberty Loan Bond $1,000.00 1 Third Liberty Loan Bond 50.00 1 Western Tel. & Tel. Bond 1,000.00 1 New York Central & Hudson River 1,000.00 3 Union Pacific R. R. Bonds, each 500.00 3 Pere Marquette R. R. Bonds, each 1,000.00 3 Pere Marquette R. R. Bonds, each 100.00 33 Shares Union Pacific preferred, each . 100.00 Deposit in Randolph Savings Bank 25.00 The Royal Turner Fund is Invested in: 5 American Tel. & Tel. Bonds, each $1,000.00 5 Nev^ York Tel. Bonds, each 1,000.00 Deposit in Randolph Savings Bank 625.00 The Remaining Funds are Invested in: 5 Boston Elevated Bonds, each $1,000.00 - . ... Respectfully submitted, FRANK W. BELCHER, Treasurer. 177 : : NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE MOTH SUPERINTENDENT Randolph, Mass., January 19, 1926. To the Honorable Bolard of Selectmen Gentlemen The Gypsy Moth situation's in the town are in good condition. While the larvae and egg clusters were fewer last year, what were found were larger, showing the need of still waging war to exterminate the pest. The Brown Tail Moths were found in smaller num- bers the past year, showing a decided gain in the con- trol of the same. The unsightly Tent Caterpillar will again be pctive this year and property holders should watch all fruit trees for the first sign of the pest, which can be con- trolled much easier at the start w^hen they appear. No provision is made to fight this pest, which in the past three years has been very bad. I have destroyed the egg clusters of a great number in my scouting in the town, also have destroyed a lot by spraying. All parts of the Town have been sprayed the past year. I would again recommend the purchase of a truck for the use of this department, as the wagon now in use is in very poor condition. Respectfully submitted, JOHN T. MOORE, Local Moth Superintendent. 178 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. THE TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of the Town of Randolph. Greetings During the past year, sixteen new trees were planted, making a total of fifty-three trees set out in the last three years. Only five trees were removed last year, two on account of the re-building of Warren Street and one other blew down on account of undermining while construction work was being done on tl|e said street. Two were removed from in front of the residence of Dr. Chase. Trimming was done on many of the outlying streets and a number of bad corners trimmed out that were dangerous to travel. I would recommend that the town purchase a truck for this department to be used for tree and Moth work. Respectfully submitted, JOHN T. MOORE, Tree Warden. 179 : NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Tax Collector's Report^^'^l Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. To the Citizens of the Town of Randolph Below you will find signed reports of our efficient auditors. Again thanking you all for your ever ready response to my earnest appeals to you I am Yours sincerely, WALTER H. LYONS, Tax Collector. I 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, and 1925. (Levy 1922) Randolph, Mass., January 13, 1926. DR. 1925 Dec. 31, Taxes uncollected $297.26 Dec. 31, By error of Assessors (difference between tax levy and Tax Collector's Commitment book) 141.85 Dec. 31, By interest collected 16.83 $455.94 CR. 1925 Dec. 31, Taxes Paid Treasurer $106.88 180 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Dec. 31, By interest paid Treasurer 16.83 Dec. 31, By Taxes Uncollected 190.38 Dec. 31, By error of Assessors (difference between tax levy and Tax Collector's Commitment book) 141.85 $455.94 Randolph, Mass., January 13, 1926. We, the undersigned. Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the accounts of the Tax Collector for the year 1922 and find same correct as per above statement. M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, Auditors. Norfolk ss. Randolph, January 13, 1926.. Subscribed and sworn to before me. JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace. (Levy 1923) Randolph, Mass., January 13, 1926. DR. 1925 Dec. 31, Taxes Uncollected $9,886.14 Dec. 31, Interest Collected 764.24 $10,650.38- 181 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT CR. 1925 TDec. 31, By Taxes paid Treasurer $7,723.00 -3Dec. 31, By Abatements 105.24 Dec. 31, By Interest paid Treasurer 764.24 -Dec. 31, By Uncollected Taxes 2,057.90 $10,650.38 Randolph, Mass., January 13, 1926. We, the undersigned. Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the accounts of the Tax Collector for the year 1923 and find same correct as per above statement. M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, Auditors. Norfolk ss. Randolph, January 13, 1926. Subscribed and sworn to before me. JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace. (Levy 1924) Randolph, Mass., January 13, 1926. DR. 1925 Dec. 31, Taxes Uncollected $44,243.81 Dec. 31, Interest Collected 923.86 $45,167.67 182 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. CR. 1925 Dec. 31, Taxes Paid Treasurer $29,591.92 Dec. 31, By Abatements 569.54 Dec. 31, By Interest Paid Treasurer 923.86 Dec. 31, By Taxes Uncollected 14,082.35 $45,167.67 Randolph, Mass., January 13, 1926. We, the undersigned. Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the accounts of the Tax Collector for the year 1924, and find same correct as per above statement. M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, Auditors. Norfolk ss. Randolph, January 13, 1926. Subscribed and sworn to before me. JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace. Randolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. We, the undei^igned, Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the accounts of the Tax Collector for the year 1925 and find same correct as^ per statement. • 183 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. (Levy 1925) DR. 1925 Oct. 5, Tax Levy $120,143.06 Dec. 20, Omitted List Levy 1,019.32 Oct. 5, Poll Tax Levy 3,296.00 Dec. 31, Interest Collected 57.66 $124,516.04 CR. 1925 Dec. 31, By Cash Paid Treasurer $73,218.10 • Dec. 31, By Abatements 502.78 Dec. 31, By Interest Paid Treasurer 57.66 Dec. 31, 3y Uncollected Taxes 50,737.50 $124,516.04 M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, Auditors. Handolph, Mass., January 20, 1926. Subscribed and sworn to before me. 'Norfolk ss. January 2t), 1926. JAMES H. DUNPHY, Justice of the Peace. 184 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Water Commissioners 1925 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS. To the Citizens of Randolph The fortieth annual report of the Water Commis- sioners is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1925. The most important work of the Water Department during the year 1925 was the new extensions. EXTENSION FROM UNION STREET TO MILL STREET, VIA. CENTRE STREET. The work on this extension was begun in 19^4 in order to supply water to a new house built on Centre Street. By vote of the Town it was continued in the year 1925 and completed in the early part of the Summer. NORTH MAIN STREET EXTENSION The Town voted to extend the mains 350 feet in a northerly direction. However, before work was begun on this extension a petition was received from many residents in that section of the Town to extend it 150 feet further making in all 500 feet of pipe laid on this extension which was completed June 1925. GROVE STREET EXTENSION. The same thing applied to the Grove Street exten- sion which was the last of the three extensions to be 187 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT laid in 1925. While working on this Street we found there was a number of new houses in course of con- struction, and in order that they might be supplied with water, and the money being available, we laid 950 feet of six inch mains on this Street. All the work for 1925 was done by the Department at considerably less cost than the contractor's figures. In the year 1925 the Town voted that these extei^ sions be paid for from money in the hands of the Trea- surer received from water rates. This amount reduced the showing of our Treasury at the end of the financial year. There has been no extraordinary expense for up-keep on our plant at the pumping station, nor do we anticipate any great outlay for the present year. However, the two stand pipes will be painted this year, inside and out, at an estimated expenditure of $3,200.00 The condition of the water remains good, as shown by reports from an analysis made by the State De- partment of Health. The mains are also in good con- dition and show very little corrosion. The chlorinat- ing machine at the pumping station continues to do excellent work in killing any bacteria which may be in the water. However, it has become necessary to insure the machine being in condition at all times. The Joint Board is considering adding a duplicate ma- chine so that we may be assured of having chlorine continuously injected into the water. This will be an estimated expense of $800.00. The service pipes in the services installed when the water works were first established are causing much trouble for the Department by the loosening of joints 188 : : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. in the connection with the main, and also getting cor- roded and filling up, so that very little water goes through the pipe on the older services. The number of those having to be replaced each year is ever in- creasing. There were five leaks in the fourteen inch main, mostly in the location between Pond Street and West Corners. During the past year 86 new services have been added to the system. Unpaid water bills at this writing amount to Fixed rates $1,073.62 Meter rates 1,491.65 Labor and fixtures 610.43 $3,175.70 Orders were drawn on the Treasurer for the following amonuts JOINT BILLS PAID BY RANDOLPH, 1925 American Railway Express Co $25.89 Blue Line Transportation Co 1.00 Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. Supplies 17.38 Curry Bros 2.61 Chadwick-Boston Lead Co 6.27 Frank Diauto 7.90 M. T. Davidson 19.71 Eagle Oil Supply Co 417.57 Electro Bleaching Gas Co 69.50 Edson Mfg., Co 23.29 James Fardy, repairs 42.41 189 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Bridget E. Forrest, garage rent 1925 50.00 F. W. Hayden 3o., Supplies 21.55 Hobbs & Warren, Supplies 1.20 William D. Hatchfield, Repairs 9.55 Clarence L. Hagar 15.00 Frank W. Harris 3.80 C. Fred Lyons 4.25 Joseph T. Leahy, Insurance 123.22 Benjamin Mann, Repairs at Pumping Station 159.02 Mason Regulator Co. 1.43 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co 51.75 C. A. Noyes 2.46 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R..C0 7.64 No. Randolph Service Station, Repairs . . 33.50 Pettingell Andrews Co 6.72 The Pureoxia Co 1.50 Perrin Seamans Co. 7.88 H. A. Poole, Gas and Oil 215.20 Pill Bros. Inc., Supplies 16.00 Paramount Packing Co. 31.79 PAY ROLL : R. F. Forrest, Supt 434.50 M. Mann 163.00 M. Luciano 120.50 D. Mazzeo 133.00 F. Sallo 161.75 Jas. Welch 8.00 Randolph Coal Co 1,720.02 Red Hed Mfg. Co 24.00 Roberts Iron Works 2.00 Sumner & Dunbar 2.50 Edwin C. Soule 13.00 F. B. Thayer 2.25 190 4. TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Talmadge Morrow, Repairs . 19.25 Vacuum Oil Co 38.45 Wm. F. Whitecross 2.96 Wallace «fe Tieman, Repairs Pumping Station 54.88 Walworth Mfg. Co 3.60 The E. C. Young Co 7.86 - $4,355.17 JOINT ACCOUNT PAID BY HOLBROOK PAY ROLL: August Peterr son $1,729.59 Randolph Gar- age Co. 103.27 E. W. Austin 14.00 $1,846.86 STATEMENT OF JOINT ACCOUNT Joint Bills Paid by Randolph $4,355.17 Joint Bills Paid by Holbrook 1,846.86 $6,202.03 One-half to be Paid by each Town $3,101.01 Paid by Holbrook 1,846.86 $4,947.87 Due Randolph from Holbrook 1,254.16 $6,202.03 191 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT RANDOLPH MAINTENANCE American Express Co $ 1.53 Addressograph Co 7.64 Dwight W. Boyd, Labor 44.00 Chadwick Boston Lead Co. 1.62 Chapman Valve Mfg. Co 123.60 Comm. of Mass "Registry of Moter Vehicles" 2.00 W. L. Barley & Co 20.94 James Fardy, Repairs .75 Walter L. Hickey, Printing 64.00 Frank W. Harris 2.00 William J. Hogan, Labor 24.00 B. F. Hayden, Labor and Supplies 1.25 Holbrook Water Works 31.50 Joseph T. Leahy, Insurance 60.16 Andrew J. Maguire, Postage 53.09 A. E. Martell Co. Supplies 49.52 John B. McNeill, Collector 300.00 Henry J. Meaney, Clerical Work 125.00 Henry J. Meaney, Labor ' 5.50 Bernard Moore, Janitor 29.00 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co 71.06 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co 10.33 Nichols & Eldridge, Printing 56.00 National Meter Co 1,076.62 Porters Pharmacy, Supplies 2.95 Perrin Seamans Co. 38.55 Pittsburgh Meter Co 77.40 Pneumatic Rubber Stamp Co 2.95 Herbert A. Poole, Gas and Oil 5.25 PAY ROLLS: R. F. Forrest, Supt 540.50 M. Luciano 204.00 192 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. M. Mann 315.44 F. Sallo 310.75 D. Mazzeo 277.75 A. Ristktas 26.00 Jas. Welch 12.00 L. Richmond 2.85 Reading Steel Casting Co 4.56 Red Hed Mfg. Co 24.00 Randolph Trust Co 5.00 Royal Typewriter Co., Inc 75.00 Salaries of Commissioners R. F. Forrest 125.00 John B. McNeill 125.00 Henry J. Meaney 125.00 The A. P. Smith Mfg. Co 143.00 Sumner & Dunbar 92.87 Semensi & Erba .40 The Tropical Paint & Oil Co 16.16 Clyde S. Thompson, Labor 24.00 Union Water Meter Co 12.17 Wales Adding Machine Co. 15.00 Wm. F. Whitecross 131.95 $4,896.31 RANDOLPH SERVICE PIPE CONSTRUCTION 1925 American Railway Express Co. $ 1.34 American Tube Works 908.02 Braintree Water Department 4.50 Chadwick Boston Lead Co 51.49 James Fardy, Repairs 6.15 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Frank W. Harris .35 Mueller Co. Inc 40.96 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co 12.04 PAY POLLS: R. F. Forrest, Supt. 435.00 M. Luciano 305.50 M. Mann 308.25 D. Mazzeo 363.50 F. Sallo 376.00 A. Ristkas 25.00 Jas. Welch 25.00 Red Hed Mfg. Co 468.95 Sumner & Dunbar 576.61 Talmadge Morrow 1.00 $3,909.66 NORTH MAIN STREET EXTENSION The Chapman Valve Mfg. Co. S 242.50 Earl Crockett, Carting Pipe 22.30 Chadwick Boston Lead Co. 48.65 Donaldson Iron Co., Pipe 524.68 Wm. A. Hatchfield, Repairs 3.75 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co 53.59 Sumner & Dunbar 35.70 Walworth Mfg. Co 1.80 Herbert A. Poole, Gas and Oil 1.45 PAY ROLLS: R. F. Forrest, Supt. 66.00 M. Luciano 130.25 M. Mann 106.36 D. Mazzeo 111.50 F. Sallo 122.75 Jas. Welch 44.00 194 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Edwin C. Soule 7.25 $l,522.5a HOLBROOK ACCOUNT Paid by Randolph to Holbrook: One-half receipts from Braintree Water Department for Water to Braintree Highlands $741.50 GROVE EXTENSION The Chapman Valve Mfg. Co $111.50 Chadwick Boston Lead Co 97.97 Donaldson Iron Co., Pipe 757.58 W. L. Mann, Carting Pipe 32.25 N. Y. N. H. i& H. R. R. Co 82.95 PAY ROLL: R. F. Forrest, Supt 129.25 M. Luciano 111.25 M. Mann 95.50 D. Mazzeo 100.75 A. Ristkas 95.00 F. Sallo 105.25 H. A. Poole, Gas and Oil 2.55 Sumner & Dunbar 16.40 Walworth Mfg. Co 3.60 $1,741.80 CENTRE STREET EXTENSION The Chapman Valve Mfg. Co $ 72.50 196 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT City of Brockton 72.00 Chadwick Boston Lead Co 48.65 Earl Crockett, Carting Pipe 21.00 Donaldson Iron Co., Pipe 524.68 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co 52.00 PAY ROLLS: R. F. Forrest, Supt. 93.50 M. Luciano 93.50 D. Mazzeo 88.75 M. Mann 88.00 F. Sallo 86.75 Jas. Welch 24.00 Edwin C. Soule 4.00 $1,269.33 INTEREST ACCOUNT Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1925 $ 120.00 City of Worcester, 1925 40.00 $ 160.00 RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR 1925 Braintree Water Dept 1483.00 N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co 5.00 Insurance Damages on Truck 7.42 196 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Insurance damages on truck 36.41 Sale of Junk 6.00 $17,958.10 Less Rebates 68.50 We have Treasurer's receipts for $17,889.60 RICHARD F. FORREST, JOHN B. McNeill, HENRY J. MEANEY, Water Commissioners. Randolph, January 13, 1926. We, the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph have this day examined the accounts of the Water Commissioners and find proper vouchers for all orders drawn on the Treasurer and the entries and footings correct. We have balanced cash and reconciled bank balance. JAMES V. DONOVAN, M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, Auditors. Subscribed nd sworn to before me JAMES H. DUNPHY Justice of the Peace. 197 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT To the Water Commissioners of Randolph and Holbrook The following is the record of pumping for the year 1925. Daily Average Pumped Average Lbs. Coal Gallons Daily Coal Burned Burned January 15,092,548 486,856 49,400 1,600 February 13,535,792 457,277 43,900 1,600 11/1 Q Vl 41017, 1 V^a OD,DUU l,OUU April 13,040,434 447,402 45,500 1,500 May 14,453,484 456,564 43,400 1,400 June 19,478,426 645,928 51,700 1,700 July 21,459,899 692,252 60,800 2,000 August 18,442,301 594,413 60,600 1,900 September 16,348,216 528,007 52,100 1,800 October 13,211,943 426,192 47,800 1,600 November 13,086,795 422,864 41,600 1,500 December 13,547,766 437,025 45,200 1,500 Total 185,951,162 510,855 607,600 1,700 Largest day's pumping September 1, gallons, 1,125,664. Largest week's pumping ending July 19, gallons, 6,840,600. Respectfully submitted, AUGUST J. PETERSON, Engineer. RULES AND REGULATIONS The following regulations, until further notice, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who uses water: 198 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. 1. All applications for use of water must be made at the office of the Water Commissioners, and state fully the purposes for which it is intended to be used. Water will not be introduced into any building or premises except on the written application of the owner thereof, or by a duly authorized agent. The property will in all cases be held responsibe for the water rates. ^ 2. All persons taking water must keep their water pipes and fixtures in good repair and protected from the frost at their own expense. They will be held liable for all damages resulting from their failure to do so. They shall prevent all unnecessary waste, and water shall not be left running to prevent freezing. The Water Commissioners or their agent may, from time to time, ascertain the quantity of water used, the manner of its use, and whether there is any unneces- sary waste. They and their agents shall have free access to the premises supplied, to examine the appa- ratus, and if any fixtures are found not to be in good order, they shall direct them repaired, and if not re- paired within two days the water shall be shut off and not let on again until such repairs are made, and the sum of two dollars paid for shutting off and turning on the water. 3. The occupant of any premises, when uneces- sary waste of water occurs, shall be liable to a fine of two dollars for the first offence, and four dollars for the second offence during the same year, and shall be notified thereof in writing; and if such waste is not prevented and the aforesaid paid within two days 199 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT from the time when the said notice is given, the water shall be shut off the premises, and shall not be again let on for the same occupant until the waste be stopped and the fine paid, together with an additional sum of two dollars for shutting off and letting on the water and in case of a third or subsequent offence the water shall be shut off, and shall not again be let on except by a vote of the Water Commissioners and the pay- ment of such fine, not exceeding ten dollars, as the Water Commissioners may impose. 4. Any person supplied with water shall not allow another to take water from their fixtures without the written permission of the Water Commissioners. If any tenant having no fixtures, has any use of such fixtures, full rates will charged for such use by each tenant. 5. All parties using water in stables, for horses or other animals, will be charged schedule rates for the same, whether it be carried by hand or through hose. 6. All persons using water for building purposes are required to obtain a permit from the Water Com- missioners before taking water from any faucet or fix- ture connected with the water works, and all water takers are warned not to let any party take waterl ' from their premises until they show a permit from the Water Commissioners. Any person furnishing water in violation of this section will be subject to a fine not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, and if the same when levied is not paid within three days from the time when the notice thereof is given. 200 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. the water will be shut off from the premises and will not be let on again until such fine is paid. 7. All fixtures and water closets and urinals must be of a kind and quality approved by the Water Com- missioners, also a Vacuum Valve must be installed on all Pressure Range Boilers connected with the system. 8. No person shall in any case be allowed to open any fire hydrants except by a written permit from the Water Commissioners ; but the Enginers of the Fire Department shall in all cases have control of hydrants at fires and for practice. ^ 9. The Commissioners reserve the right to restrict the use of hose or fountain, to shut off the water in all cases when it becomes necessary to make exten- sions or repairs, or for violations of any of the regula- tions, or whenever they deem it expedient. 10. The regular rates for the use of water shall be payable in advance on the first days of January and July of each year, except where water is supplied to manufacturers by special agreement. In all cases of non-payment of the water rates within ten days after same is due, as well as for any violations of these rules and regulations, the supply will be shut off, and payment of the amount due, and the sum of two dol- lars for shutting off and letting on the water. 11. The Water Commissioners reserve the right to change the water rates at any time, except in cases of dwelling houses and established special rates. 12. For business requiring large quantities of water, and all supplies not enumerated in the tariff of rates, special rates will be made. 201 : NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT 13. Parties using water for manufacturing or do- mestic purposes can erect hydrants on their grounds or standpipes in their building to be used only as a protection against fire without additional charge for water. 14. All service pipes will be put in by the Water Commissioners. All applications for the introduc- tion of service pipes into their premises are required to make written application therefor at the office of the Water Commissioners. The Commissioners may then proceed to lay the necessary service pipes to the interior of the building, provided all expense incurred beyond the line of the street shall be paid by the owner of the premises, who shall thereafter maintain and keep the same in good order at his own cost; and the same shall be at all times subject to the control of the Commissioners. All applicants for whom the pipe is laid will be charged for the use of one faucet whether the water is used or not, unless they pay all ex- pense that has been incurred in laying such service pipe, and in no case will the main be tapped more than once for the same premises, unless the additional ex- pense is borne by the owner. Charged as follows: The following water rates are established until fur- ther notice No connection made with the main for any pur purpose for less than $e.oo Dwelling Houses Occupied by one family, for the first faucet 6.00 Each additional faucet to be used by the same family 2.00 202 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Two or more families occuping one house, one faucet for all, each family 5.00 One faucet for each family 6.00 Occupied by one family, for the first faucet 6.00 Each additional faucet to be used by the same family 2.00 Two or more families occuping one house, on faucet for all, each family 5.00 One faucet for each family 6.00 Occupied by one family 6.00 For first bathtub 5.00 If used by more than one family in same house, each family 4.00 Each additional bathtub 2.00 For first pan or self-acting water closet 5.00 If used by more than one family in same house, each family 4.00 Each additional pan or self-acting water closet, 2.00 In no case shall the charge for the use of water by a private family, exclusive of hose and stable, be more than 20.00 Where two faucets are used, one for hot and one for cold water, emptying into the same basin, only one charge shall be made for both. Laundry tub 3.00 Boarding Houses and Hotels First faucet $10.00 Each additional faucet 3.00 First bathtub 10.00 Each additional bathtub 3.00 First pan or self-acting water closet 10.00 Each additional pan or self-acting water closet 3.00 203 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Private Stables First horse - $5.00 Each additional horse 3.00 Each cow or ox 1.00 Livery, Express and Boarding Stables For the first four horses $12.00 From five to twelve horses, each 2.00 The above prices include water for washing carriages. Oflfices, Stores, Markets, Barber Shops and Res- taurants. When used for ordinary purposes, same as for dwelling houses. Building purposes. Each cask of lime or ce- ment .05 Hose For sprinkling streets, washing windows and similar uses, 1-4 inch nozzle to be used only on premises and street opposite, not exceed- ing two hours per day for six months in the year $5.00 For any use not herein enumerated, special rates will be made. Meter Rates Payable at Time of Reading. For not over 133 cubic feet average per day, per 100 cubic feet $0.23 For over 133 cubic feet and not exceeding 266 cubic feet average per day, per 100 cubic feet Id For over 266 cubic feet average per day .15 Pro\aded that in no case where a meter is used shall the annual charge be less than $7.00. Meters may be supplied by the Water Com- 204 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. missioners, for which annual rental will be charged as follows: Size 5-8 inch $1.00 per year Size 3-4 inch $1.00 per year All needed repairs, damages by frost and heat ex- cepted, will be made at the expense, of the town. RICHARD F. FORREST, JOHN B. McNeill, HENRY J. MEANEY, Water Commissioners. 205 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ASS^ES^SO'R^S 1925 207 : TOWN OK RANDOLPH, MASS. ASSESSOR'S REPORT—1925 TO THE CITIZENS OF RANDOLPH The Board of Assessors for the year 1925 organized with Henry V. Morgan, Chairman, James H. Hurley, Secretary and James E. Foley. Our Board brought about a further reduction in the tax rate of $1.60 notwithstanding the fact that appro- priations increased materially. The appropriations of 1925 amounted to $171,393.84 which was an increase of $34,365.29. The increase in appropriations pro- vided for through the tax levy was equal to an increase in tax rate of $8.18 per thousand, which added to the reduction of $1.60 makes a net reduction of the tax rate for 1925 of $9.78. The tax rate under ordinary conditions would have been $36.58 per thousand. However thru calling the attention of the voters at the last Annual Town Meeting to surplus cash which was in the Town treasury, part of which was represented by receipts of the previous year which the Assessors did not credit in the tax levy, the amount of $16,800.00 was transferred for use by the Assessors in reducing the tax rate. EXPLANATION OF SAVINGS IN TAX RATE OF $9.78 per thousand Surplus cash which Assessors had trans- ferred from Treasury to reduce tax rate, $16,800.00 $4.00 Savings as the result of addition of the val- uation of new dwelling houses, $150,000 1.00 209 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Savings at a result of including addi- tional credits representing receipts from various sources as a result of investiga- tion by the Assessors 2.00 Savings as a result of investigations of the taxes assessed to Public Service Corpora- tions which resulted in increased assess- ments. .75 Savings as a result of revaluing property- sold for recent high market prices .75 Savings as a result of revaluing land that during the year had been cut up into house lots, the placing of additional land valuations on the tax records as a result of investigation by the Assessors of the records of ownership at the County Re- gistry of Deeds, and savings thru reduc- tion in the amount of abatements al- lowed ' 1.28 Total savings per thousand $9.78 RECOMMENDATIONS. Plans We consulted several engineers and surveyors dur- ing the year with regard to a survey of the town for the purpose of having plans made, and for which $500.00 was raised last year, and we recommend that the sum of $1,500.00 be raised and appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting of 1926. These plans when completed will serve several of the town departments 210 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. and will be of great advantage to the citizens as a whole by reason of the fact that all land will be taxed each year whereas in the past, hundreds of acres have been untaxed. . Surplus. At the date of writing this report an analysis of the town's finance has not been made for the year ending December 31st, 1925 so that we are not in a position to recommend the appropriation of any specific amount of surplus cash in the treasury for use in reducing the tax rate in the same manner as we did in 1925. How- ever, prior to the town meeting such an analysis will be made and if sufficient surplus cash exists we will recommend the appropriation of a portion of same. Appropriations. The cost of conducting the town's business, and ap- propriations for improvements are increasing annually, as you will note from our report, that the appropria- tions of 1925 exceeded those of the previous year by the amount of $34,365.29. The cost of operating our School Department in 1926 will increase at least $20,000.00 according to estimates, mostly as a result of the construction of our new high school. This in- crease is equal to an increase of about $5.00 per thou- sand. It is obvious therefore that care and judgement should be used in appropriating money for any purpose that is not extremely urgent and necessary, in order that an attractive tax rate can be maintained to add the developement and growth of the town. We will conclude our report by asking the taxpayers to attend the coming Town Meeting and take an active 211 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT part, in order that economy may be practiced in the form of appropriations, and the taxpayers are hereby assured of the co-operation of the Assessors in the matter. Respectfully yours, BOARD OF ASSESSORS HENRY V. MORGAN, Chairman JAMES H. HURLEY JAMES E. FOLEY 'Tor continued lowering of the tax-rate" ASSESSED VALUATION 1925 Personal Estate $809,800.00 Real Estate, Land 1,088,050.00 Real Estate—Buildings 2,585,100.00 Total $4,482,950.00 1924 Personal Estate $762,900.00 Real Estate—Buildings 2,367,800.00 Real Estate—Land 1,044,950.00 Total $4,175,650.00 INCREASE IN VALUATION—1925 Personal Estate $46,900.00 212 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Real Estate—Buildings 217,300.00 Real Estate—Land 43,100.00 Total $307,300.0^ APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF 1925, PROVIDED FOR THROUGH CURRENT TAX LEVY, CERTIFIED^ TO BY TOWN CLERK. Salaries of Town Officials: Moderator $50.00 Selectmen 650.00 Treasurer 900.00 Town Clerk 300.00 Assessors 1,300.00 Auditors 120.00 Registrars of Voters 150.00 Tax Collector 1,800.00 Inspector of Animals 100.00 Inspector of Milk 100.00 Inspector of Slaughtering 150.00 Tree Warden 250.00 Highway Surveyor 1,500.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 175.00 7,545.00 Almshouse Poor in Almshouse 5,000.00 Poor out of Almshouse 1,481.78 6,481.7a : NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Torest Fire Department 800.00 State Fire Tower 200.00 Tree Department 350.00 Health Department 2,500.00 Military Aid Department . 100.00 Soldier's Relief Department . 500.00 Soldier's Relief Department Randolph and Holbrook 300.00 -Notes, Interest and Discount: Reduction of Town Debt —Notes 10,400.00 Interest and Discount 5,000.00 15,400.00 Taxes State Tax 6,300.00 County Tax 6,086.76 State Highway Tax . 742.00 13,128.76 ^General Expenses: Miscellaneous Expenses 1,700.00 Snow Removal 1,000.00 Election Expenses 300.00 Insurance 2,500.00 Police Station Expenses 150.00 Printing 1924 Annual Town Report 852.60 JBirths, Marriages and Deaths . 325.00 6,827.60 214 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Schools : Stetson High School 15,850.00 Teaching, Grammar and Primary Schools 30,590.00 Fuel 4,000.00 Books and Supplies 4,500.00 Care of Rooms 3,300.00 Transportation 2,900.00 Superintendent of Schools 1,225.00 School Physician 100.00 School Nurse 700.00 Continuation and Trade School 500.00 General Expense 4,000.00 School Committee 300.00 67,965.00' Turner Free Library Building 150.00 Randolph Visiting Nurse As- sociation 800.00 Street Lighting 5,871.72 Town Treasurer's Bond 100.00 Tax Collector's Bond 100.00 Fire Department: General Expenses 720.00 Salaries of men 450.00 Salaries of engineers 150.00 Hour service at fires ... 400.00 Driver of truck 1,800.00 500 fee of hose 500.00 215 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Eebuilding and mainten- ance of fire alarm system 700.00 Unpaid bills 1924—1925 225.89 Repairs on No. 2 Engine House and minor re- pairs on Central Fire Station 204.11 5,150.00 "Decoration of Soldier's Graves 225.00 Planting of shade trees 100.00 Medical attendance of poor 300.00 Repairs on highways 6,400.00 Police department 1,500.00 ^Care of clock 20.00 Rebuilding Warren Street 1,100.00 Resetting curbing on Warren Street ' 800.00 -Suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths 1,700.00 Brockton Hospital 1,295.00 Two electric lights on Orchard Street 33.00 :Six electric lights on North Main Street, north of pole 43 99.00 Two electric lights on Center Street 33.00 Four electric lights on Mill Street 66.00 Fire signal box on Union St. 125.00 •Survey of town and maps 500.00 216 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Completion of North Randolph School 2,000.0a- Stetson High School—erection of addition 6,300.00 Equipping and furnishing Stet- son High School 2,000.00 Fordson Tractor and equip- ment 970.00 Repairs on Center Street 1,500.00 Repairing drain on Center St. 100.00' Repairs on Liberty Street 2,500.00 . Repairs on South Street 3,000.00 Removing tracks and fixing West Street opposite old car barn 300.00 Unpaid bill—Rutland Sanitor- ium—1918 332.80 Unpaid bill—Rutland Sanitor- ium—1918 . 147.43 William J. Good—Profes- sional Services 500.00 Assessors valuation records for State 200.00 Expenses of Assessing De- partment 200.00^ Drainage on Woodlawn Street 200.00 TOTAL AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATIONS CERTIFIED TO THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS BY THE TOWN CLERK $168,816.0^ NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT CREDITS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES INCLUDED IN TAX LEVY—1925 Income Tax—1922 additional $31.50 Income Tax—1923 additional 157.50 Income Tax—1924 additional 252.00 Poll tax exemptions—World War Bonus 135.00 Corporation Business Tax—1924 additional 79.09 Poor out of almshouse 200.00 Board of Health—Miscellaneous Revenue 225.00 Dog Tax 1,350.00 Interest on Coddington Fund 85.00 Interest on Taxes 1,700.00 Interest on Bank Balance 500.00 Eastern Mass. St. R. R. Co. Tax 500.00 Tuition of children 771.48 Income Tax—1925 17,692.36 National Bank Tax—1925 400.00 Corporation Business Tax—1925 2,000.00 Public Service Corporation Tax, 1925 2,500.00 Vocational Education 150.00 Division of Sanatoria 20.00 Revenue of Moth Department 250.00 Poll Tax—1925—1,651 @ $2.00 3,302.00 Almshouse 2,000.00 Pines from Courts—1925 1,122.95 Miscellaneous—-License fees, etc. 535.00 Total $35,958.98 218 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. DETERMINATION OF TAX RATE—1925 Total Appropriations $168,816.09 Plus—Obligations not provided for by appropriations . 575.00 Plus—amount of State and County Taxes in excess of estimates 2,002.75 Total 171,393.84 Less Credits 35,958.98 Net cost of operating Town—year 1925 135,434.86 Less SURPLUS—Free cash transferred for use in reducing tax levy of 1925 16,800.00 Total 118,634.86 Overlay to cover abatements of 1925 levy 1,508.20 Total—amount to be provided for through tax levy 120,143.0S Total assessed valuation $4,482,950.00 Tax rate per $1,000.00 $26.80- TAX LEVIED AND COMMITTED TO TAX COLLECTOR—1925 Commitment, September 1925—Real and Personal Estate $120,143.0^ Commitment, September 1925—Poll Tax 3,296.00^ Commitment, December 1925—Additional Assessment 1,019.32 Total $124,458.38^ 219 : NINETIETH ANNUAL REPOllT VALUATION OF EXEMPTED PROPERTY Buildings Land Total Baptist Church $30,000.00 $3,000.00 $33,000.00 C o n g r e g ational Church 35,000.00 5,000.00 40,000.00 St. Mary's Cathalic Church 40,000.00 4,000.00 44,000.00 Unitarian Church 20,000.00 5,000.00 25,000.00 Methodist Church 1,500.00 500.00 2,000.00 Episcopal Church 7,000.00 2,000.00 9,000.00 Seth Mann Home, Inc 4,500.00 3,000.00 7,500.00 Boston School for 10,000.00 336,000.00 $496,500.00 VALUATION OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN—1925 Town Hall—Land and Building $25,000.00 Schools—Buildings and Land Prescott Primary School $10,000.00 Prescott Grammar School 25,000.00 Chestnut Street Primary- School 2,500.00 North Randolph Primary School 10,000.00 Belcher Grammar School 15,000.00 Tower Hill Primary School 2,500.00 Stetson High School with new addition 140,000.00 220 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Fixtures, Books and Sup- plies 50,000.00 255,000.00 Public Library: Building and Land 40,000.00 Fixtures, books, etc 20,000.00 60,000.00 Fire Department: Engine House No. 1 4,000.00 Engine House No. 2 2,000.00 The above values include buildings only as land under No. 1 is included with Town Hall and land under No. 2 is rented. Pumping Engine 5,000.00 Combination Fire Truck 2,000.00 Steam Fire Engine 750.00 Ford Truck with Chemicals 500.00 14,250.00 Police Department: Motorcycle 200.00 200.00 Water Department—E n t i r e System 250,000.00 Vacant Land: Clark Lot in rear of Stet- son Hall on Union St. 1,200.00 1 Lot North St. 300.00 E. Fannie Belcher Lot on Park St 1,000.00 2,500.00 221 * NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Almshouse Property 12,000.00 Funds: Turner High School Medal Fund 1,000.00 Stetson High School Fund 20,000.00 Turner Library Fund 10,000.00 R. W. Turner Library Fund 20,000.00 Coddington Fund 1,900.00 52,900.00 Total $671,853.00 INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE TABLE OF AGGREGATES PREPARED FOR THE STATE Number of residents assessed for property 1,744 Number of non-residents assessed for property 765 Total number of persons assessed for property 2,509 Number of residents assessed for poll tax only 504 Total number of persons assessed 3,013 Number of male polls assessed 1,648 Number of horses assessed 65 Number of cows assessed 204 Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed 5 Number of swine assessed 220 Number of dwelling houses assessed 1,481 Number of fowl assessed 1,035 Number of automobiles 901. 222 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. 4 DIVISION OF THE TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1925 BY DEPARTMENTS INDICATING THE PERCENTAGE OF EACH DEPARTMENT'S AP- PROPRIATIONS TO THE TOTAL APPROPRIA- TIONS: Education 46% Streets 10% Indebtedness—Notes, Interest, Discount 9 % State and County Taxes 9% Poor and Welfare 7% Fire Department 4% Administrative 4% Street Lighting 4% Miscellaneous 3% Insurance 2% Police Department 1% Tree and Moth Department 1% Total 100 % It will be noted that the two departments that have increased the most during the year are the Educational and Street Departments. Forty-three cents in every dol- lar raised by taxation are expended for education and ten cents of every dollar for the highway department. 223 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR To the Citizens of Randolph: In rendering my report I wish to thank the towns- people for the co-operation and assistance given my department during the past year. I wish to report that some of the streets of the town are in a poor condition and need attention at once. Regarding the sidewalks of the town I find that attention should be paid to them this year. Dur- ing the past year we have made a good start in treat- ing the highways with tarvia and recommend to the town that more of this work be continued this com- ing year. I extend to the residents of Grove, Plain and Woodlawn streets my appreciation of their assistance in a financial way, which placed these streets in a proper and passable condition. The residents of Plain street contributed $50, Grove street $50, and Woodlawn street $68. The cost of tarvia as used in this town this past year was fourteen cents a gallon and in applying tarvia to a new street it takes three quarters of a gallon to * a square yard. On roads that are laid down one quarter of a gallon is needed. • I would recommend to the town that in order to build proper highways this town needs a modern steam roller and would ask for an appropriation for this purpose. In conclusion I extend to all who have assisted in any way this past year my thanks and look forward to the coming year as more successful! in accomplishments. Signed JAMES LYNCH, Highway Surveyor 225 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Stetson School Fund Randolph, Mass., Feb. 1, 1926. We the undersigned, auditors of the Town of Ran- dolph, have this day examined the investment of the Stetson School Fund and found the same as follows: 2 Boston & Maine Railroad Bonds, 4% $2,000.00 9 American Tel. & Tel. Bonds, 4% 9,000.00 2 U. S. Liberty Bonds, 41^% 2,000.00 1 Real Estate Mortgage on property situat- ed in Braintree, Mass. (1st. Mortgage) 5,000.00 2 Shares Lawrence Gas Co. Stock, (par val. $100.00) 200.00 8 Shares Webster & Atlas Bank Stock, (par val. $100.00 800.00 Deposit in Randolph Trust Co. 1,597.96 Deposit in Randolph Savings Bank 544.88 $21,142.84 We also find a one thousand dollar deposit in the Randolph Savings Bank to the credit of the Turner Medal Fund. M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, Auditors Norfolk ss. Randolph February 1, 1926. Subscribed and sworn to before me. JOHN B. McNeill, Justice of the Peace The Board of Trustees in Account with the Stetson School Fund: 226 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. 1925 Income Account Jan. 1, Balance $202.26 Am. Tel. & Tel., 1925 Interest $360.00 Am. Tel. & Tel., Jan. 1926 Interest 180.00 Boston & Maine, Interest . . 80.00 Lawrence Gas Co., Interest . . 16.00 Webster & Atlas Bank, Interest 80.00 Liberty Bonds 85.00 Real Estate Mortgage, Interest 300.00 Hall Rent 1,889.25 G. A. R. Hall Rent 10.00 Interest, Randolph Trust Co., (check'g acct) 1.58 3,001.83 $3,204.09 1925 Expense Account Gas Company $23.48 James Taylor 226.70 R. & H. Lt. & Pr. Co 461.09 Bernard Moore 338.75 American Express 2.93 B. F. Hayden 22.63 John Boyle 8.65 Monument Mills 48.00 White House Products 10.00 Gifford Supply 14.80 Timothy Kelleher 212.45 L. E. Clifford 69.00 Randolph Trust Co 3.00 227 I NINETIETH ANNTFAL REPORT Town of Randolph, in part 485.00 Trustees & Sec. 20.00 1,946.48 $1,257.61 Feb. 1, 1926—BALANCE* The undersigned have this day examined the accounts of the Secretary of the Stetson School Fund and found the same correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn. M. F. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN H. RUDDERHAM, JAMES V. DONOVAN, Auditors. Norfolk ss. Randolph February 1, 1926. Subscribed and sworn to before me. JOHN B. McNeill, Justice of the Peace. 228 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 1925 229 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT To the Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen The following is a report of the Board of Engineers for the year 1925. The Department organized as follows: Board of Engineers: John J. Condon, Chief Martin E. Young Harold W. Macauley, Clerk Company of Fifteen Men Walter Farrell, Captain David J. Good, Clerk Harold L. Bailey, Driver Assistant Drivers Stanley Atherton Ralph Cartwright Roy Pepper Thomas Good During the year the Department answered seventy- six alarms—^fifty-six bell alarms and twenty still alarms. The total number of miles covered by Combination No. 2 was 248 miles—by Combination No. 1, 50 miles. 231 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Combination No. 1 and Combination No. 2 answer on first alarm the following boxes, 23, 29, 52, 42, as these boxes are considered in dangerous locations. Combination No. 2 answers all other first alarms, Combination No. 1 covers the station and answers sec- ond alarms. The total amount of hose layed at fires was 15,250 feet. Ladders used 750 feet. The condition of the apparatus is good at present. During the year in testing hose we found 450 feet that was unfit for further use. At the present time we have 3,050 feet, while the least the Department should have is 3,500 feet. The Engineers recommend that the Town purchase 500 feet this year. ALARMS FOR 1925 Jan. 13 Alarm from Box 47—^time 10:30 A. M., for fire at residence of Alexander P. McNeill, Thomas Street, cause unknown. Damage $150. Insured. Jan. 13. Alarm from Box 51—^time 12:35 P. M. for fire in garage of M. J. Rota, West Street, cause, can of gasoline ignited. No damage. Jan. 13. Alarm from Box 42—^time 7:05 P. M. for fire in shed owned by Jeremiah Desmond, Pleasant Street. No damage. Jan. 14 Alarm from Box 56—^time 7:15 P. M., for fire in chimney at residence of Ernest Mann, West Street. No damage. Jan. 15. Alarm from Box 47—^time 7:40 A. M., for fire at residence of Gordon Teed, Old Street, caused by sparks from chimney igniting shingles. Hole burned through roof. Damage $60. Insured. 232 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Jan. 20. Alarm from Box 121—^time 9:40 A. M., for chimney fire at residence of Jane Powderly, South Street. Damage slight. Jan. 28. Alarm from Box 42—time 8:25 P. M., for fire in truck owned by Coleman Brothers, Boston, caused by short circuit. Damage slight. Jan. 31 Alarm from Box 25—time 6:30 A. M., for chimney fire at residence of Lucinda Knight, So. Main Street. No damage. Jan. 31. Alarm from Box 29—time 9:25 P. M., for chimney fire at rectory of Catholic Church, Main Street. No damage. Feb. 11. Alarm from Box 42—time 7:02 P.M., for fire in building owned and occupied by Randolph Foundry Company, Pleasant Street, cause unknown. Damage $75. Insured. Feb. 21. Alarm from Box 41—^time 11:35 A. M., for grass fire threatening house of Thomas Kiley, High Street. No damage. Feb. 21. Still alarm—time 12:25 P. M., for grass fire off Plain Street. No damage. Feb. 23. Alarm from Box 23—^time 11:23 P. M., for fire at residence of F. D. McCarthy, So. Main Street, caused from spontaneous combustion. Dam- age $10. Insured. Feb. 26. Still alarm—^time 9:30 A. M., for fire in house occupied by Michael Dory, Moulton Street ,and owned by M. E. Leahy, cause unknown. Damage $1200. Insured. Feb. 26. Alarm from Box 26—^time 4:55 P. M., for slight chimney fire at residence of Charles Ander- son, So. Main Street. No damage. no o NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Feb. 27. Alarm from Box 28—time 1:15 P. M., for fire in building on Union Street owned by Edward Dalquist of Boston, cause incendiary. Damage slight. Mar. 2. Alarm from Box 28—^time 6:47 P. M., for fire in building on Union Street owned by Edward Dalquist, Boston, cause incendiary. Mar. 23. Alarm from Box 47—^time 7:08 P. M., for fire in house owned by Jeanette McDonald, Thomas Street, and occupied by Mrs. Albert Odell, cause unknown. Damage $2400, building and con- tents. Partial insurance. Mar. 25. Double alarm from Box 52—time 2:35 A. M., for fire in factory building owned by Randolph Power and Electric Company, Depot Square, cause thought to be incendiary. Damage $50. Insured. Mar. 25. Alarm from Box 34—^time 9:45 P. M., False. Mar. 27. Still alarm—time 1:20 P. M., for fire in building owned by A. Dalquist, Union Street, cause incendiary. Damage slight. April 8. Alarm from Box 31—time 7:25 A. M., slight chimney fire at residence of Miss Mary Mc- Gauhey, Mill Street. No damage. April 9. Still alarm—^time 8:10 P. M., for brush fire near houses on Maitland Avenue. No damage. April 9. Still alarm—^time 11:20 P. M., for brush fire threatening houses on Oak Street. No damage. April 10. Still alarm—time 1:35 P. M., for fire in barn owned by F. W. Hayden & Co. Damage slight. Cause, incendiary. TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. April 15. Alarm from Box 121, aid call from Hol- brook, for fire in ice houses of White Ice Company. Combination No. 2 pumped seven hours. April 17. Alarm from Box 28—^time 2:15 P. M., for brush fire off Union Street. No damage. April 20. Alarm from Box 46—^time 5:10 P. M., for slight chimney fire at residence of W. A. Whiten, Chestnut Street. No damage. April 20. Still alarm—time 5:20 P. M., for fire at residence of Lester Wilbur, No. Main Street, caused by short circuit. Damage $50. Insured. May 16. Alarm from Box 42—^time 6:25 P. M., for fire at Randolph Foundry Company, Pleasant Street. Damage slight. May 18. Double alarm from Box 41—time 2:45 P. M., for brush fire off Canton Street. No damage. May 20. Alarm from Box 26—time 4:55 P. M., for chimney fire at residence of Wm. Murphy, So. Main Street. No damage. June 6. Alarm from Box 61—time 2:48 P. M., for brush fire on land of American Fireworks Com- pany over town line in Canton. No damage. June 12. Alarm from Box 27—time 10:10 P. M., False. June 15. Alarm from Box 34—^time 1:40 A. M., False. June 24. Alarm from Box 21—^time 6:01 P. M., for fire in truck owned by Kielty Transfer Company, Boston. Damage slight. July 2. Alarm from Box 122—time 11:40 P. M., False. 235 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT July 4. Still alarm—^time 3:04 A. M., for fire in pile of lumber on land of A. Dalquist, Union Street. Damage slight. July 4. Alarm from Box 122—time 4 :45 A. M., False. July 6. Still alarm—time 12:03 P. M., for fire in railroad bridge at Depot Street. Damage slight. July 15. Alarm from Box 47—^time 11:10 P. M., for fire in unoccupied house owned by William Sproul, 6 Nixon Place, Allston, located on Morgan Street, cause incendiary. Damage to building, $1000, contents $250. Insured. July 18. Alarm from Box 47—^time 3:40 P. M., for fire in house owned by Wm. Meehan, 14 Hurl- burt Street, Roxbury, and occupied by Mrs. Dowd, Francis Street, cause unknown. Damage to build- ing, $1200, contents, $700. Totally destroyed. Par- tial insurance. July 22. Broken wires caused alarm to blow one round from Box 31 —^time 3:25 P. M. Truck Re- sponded to box. July 31. Still alarm—^time 11.05 A. M., for chimney fire in house owned by Mrs. Harris, So. Main Street, and occupied by Harold L. Bailey. No damage. Aug. 11. Alarm from Box 31—^time 8:40 P. M., for fire in Chevrolet delivery truck owned by J. A. Robson, 133 Brook Road, Milton, and operated by Charles Clark, Randolph, caused by short circuit. Damage $75. Insured. Aug. 11. Alarm from Box 23—^time 7:35 A. M., for fire in building owned by Mary Camellio, Main 236 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Street, and occupied by John T. Connor's store, caused by smoldering paper in stove. No damage. Aug. 15. Alarm from Box 21—time 3 :20 P. M., caused by accidental contact with other wires. Aug. 25. Still alarm—time 10 :20 A. M., for fire in shack off Liberty Street. Totally destroyed. Aug. 30. Still alarm called Comb. No. 2 to dump fire on Grove Street. Sept. 1. Still alarm called Comb. No. 1 and Comb. No. 2 to wood fire threatening houses on Centre Street. Sept. 1. Alarm from Box 47—time 2:20 P. M., for brush fire dff Pond Street. No damage. Sept. 2. Alarm from Box 34—^time 8:50 P. M., False. Sept. 22. Alarm from Box 24—time 6:04 P. M., for chimney fire at residence of E. B. Cole, So. Main Street. No damage. Sept. 24. Alarm from Box 47—time 4 :57 A. M., for fire in building owned by Annie G. McDonald, Cor. Pond and No. Main Street, and occupied by John T. Connor's store, cause incendiary. Damage $70. In- sured. Oct. 10. Alarm from Box 54—time 6:58 P. M., False. Oct. 11. Alarm from Box 47—time 1:35 A. M., for fire in unoccupied house on Adelaide Street, owned by E. J. Dolan, No. Main Street, cause incendiary. Dam- age $800. Insured. Oct. 19. Alarm from Box 121—time 9 :30 A. M., for chimney fire at residence of Roger Perkins, South Street. No damage. 237 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Oct. 29. Alarm from Box 35—time 4:25 P. M., for fire at house owned by Henrj^ Delafanno, North Street, caused by overheated stove setting fire to furniture. Damage $200. Insured. Oct. 31. Alarm from Box 56—time 11:23 A. M., for fire in building owned by American Fireworks Company off High Street over town line in Canton, cause unknown. Damage $500. Insured. Nov. 8. Alarm from Box 47—^time 6:03 P. M., for fire in overflow pipe from gas main. No damage. Nov. 19. Alarm from Box 31—time 12:05 A. M., for fire in unoccupied house on Plain Streef owned by Perry Koscarus, Jersey Street, Boston, cause incen- diary. Damage $300. Nov. 19. Alarm from Box 31—time 3:25 A. M., called department to above fire, this time building to- tally destroyed, cause incendiary. Damage $2000 to building and contents. Insured. Nov. 23. Alarm from Box 47—time 12:58 A. M., for fire in garage owned by Albert Williams, Old Street. Totally destroyed together with Ford Sedan, cause unknown. Damage $550. No. Insurance. Nov. 26. Still alarm—time 6:45 P. M., for chim- ney fire in house owned and occupied by Frank W. Hayden, Main Street. No damage. Dec. 5. Still alarm—time 10:20 A. M., for chim- ney fire at residence of Thomas Scanlon, 306 West Street. Dec. 11. Alarm from Box 28—time 3:10 P. M., for fire in house owned and occupied by Thomas Mahar, Union Street, caused by defective chimney. Damage $300. Insured. 238 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Dec. 12. Double alarm Box 42—time 1:07 A. M., for fire in unoccupied house on No. Main Street, owned by Lucy D. Capen, cause incendiary. Third alarm called apparatus back as fire broke out again in partitions and was too much for men on detail to handle. Damage $800. Insured. Dec. 16. Alarm from Box 56—time 6:02 A. M., for chimney fire in house owned by Mary Barry, West Street, and occupied by Raymond Carroll. No damage. Dec. 21. Still alarm—time 10:14 P. M., for fire in gas main on Cottage Street. Officials of Brockton Gas Company notified and they took charge, cause un- known. No damage.. Dec. 23. Alarm from Box 46—^time 10:05 A. M., for chimney fire at residence of Charles Truelson, Jr., Chestnut Street. No damage. Dec. 23. Still alarm—time 9:20 P. M., for chim- ney fire at residence of Mrs. Nellie Boyle, South Street. No damage. Dec. 27. Still alarm—time 6:40 A. M., for fire in house owned by Wm. Shaddock, So. Braintree, located on Lafayette Street and occupied by Joseph Allen, caused from overheated hearth. Damage $25. Dec. 27. Alarm from Box 54—time 2:40 P. M., for fire in house owned by Jennie Perry, 142 Warren Street and occupied by her, lower tenement occupied by Charles Main, caused from defective flue. Damage $450. Insured. Dec. 28. Alarm from Box 31—time 9:00 A. M., for chimney fire at residence of Elizabeth Perry, North Street. No damage. 239 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Dec. 29. Still alarm—^time 9:42 P. M., for fire in gas main on Orchard Street, Brockton Gas Company notified and they took care of it. Dec. 30. Still alarm—time 4:55 P. M., called ap- paratus to residence of Bracken, Union Street. Need- less. Much work has been done on the fire alarm system and yet there is some more to be done in order that the system might be in good condition. A complete line was installed from the junction of Main and West Streets to West Corners, a new line from West and Main Streets to Cross Street, and a new line on Maple Street; making a total of about three miles of new wire used on this work. The whole system was gone over and cleared of tree grounds, so with a small approria- tion the Board of Engineers can put the fire alarm sj'-stem in shape. Repairs were made on Engine House No. 2, and it was given two coats of paint, so it is now in good con- dition. The interior of House No. 1 is much in need of paint. It is the desire of the Engineers to have it painted on the interior and another room partitioned off in order that we may have a room for a spare driver. The driver at the present time is required to work twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. To our minds this is not fair to him, therefore, the En- gineers are asking in their recommendations that the Town appropriate money to paint the interior, make a room, and make provisions for paying a spare driver in order that the regular driver may have one day off in seven, with his two week's vacation. 240 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. The number of fires here, as elsewhere, seem to be increasing, and, of course, this adds extra expense to the Town. It is only fair that in our recommendations we should provide for the next Board of Engineers inso- far as hour service and general expenses are concerned. We have no control over the number of fires, and there- fore, cannot estimate the exact amount needed for hour service. The same holds true in general expenses. Therefore, we would recommend that the Town in- crease the appropriation on hour service to $700.00, and general expenses to $800.00. We feel it would be better for all concerned to have an unexpended balance rather than an overdraft. The Board of Engineers recommend the following amounts for the ensuing year. General Expenses $800.00 Salaries of Men 450.00 Hour Service 700.00 Driver of Truck 1,800.00 Spare Driver 260.00 Engineers' Salaries 150.00 Unpaid Bills—1925-26 215.00 Painting and Repairing Interior of House No. 1 200.00 Rebuilding new and care of Fire Alarm Sys- tem 450,00 500 feet of Ho^e 525.00 $5,550.00 Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. CONDON, MARTIN E. YOUNG, HAROLD W. MACAULEY. 241 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Jury List Abrams, Samuel, North St Shoeworker Alden, Arthur W., Union Retired Allen, Chas. E., No. Main St. Carpenter Baker, Arthur C, Roel St. Clerk Baker, Ernest R., Roel St. Shoeworker Barry, William T., West St Shoeworker Belcher, Edmund K., So. Main St Shoew^orker Boardman, Willard, No. Main St. Shoeworker Brady, Andrew J., Cottage St Shoeworker Burns, Samuel J., Warren St. Shoeworker Callahan, Michael, Emiline St. Carpenter Clark, John E. Shoeworker Cordingly, Percy Wood Dealer Cohen, Morris, Woodlawn St Tailor Ci'ockett, Percy, North St. Contractor Crothers, Leon H. Jr., Roel St. Clerk Cushman, Lewis W., No. Main St Retired Derocher, Edmund, Howard St Shoeworker Diauto, Michael J., Warren St. Bookkeeper Driscoll, Frederick, Bartlet Rd., Plumber Duffy, James P., Orchard St. Real Estate Evans, Fred O., Warren Ave. Laborer Fahey, Edward F., Silver St. Insurance Foley, James E., Cottage St. Retired Forrest, John A., Cottage St. Shoeworker Furbush, Augustus S., Main St Carpenter Gaynor, Leo P., Maple St. Shoeworker Gibson, Peter, Cross St. Shipworker 242 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Goeres, Thomas R., No. Main St Shoeworker Gove, Clarence U., No. Main St. Laborer Heney, Charles L., South St Salesman Hill, Charles D., No. Main St Real Estate Dealer Hurley, James H., No. Main St. Real Estate Dealer Jones, Fred B., Centre St Musician Kent, Harry J., No. Main St Insurance Kiernan, Thomas F., North St Shoeworker % Knebel, Frederick E., Cottage St Clerk Leavitt, William H., Main St. Accountant Linnehan, John E., Depot St. Salesman Luddington, John R., Union St Shoeworker Lynch, James, North St Shoeworker Lyons, Daniel P., Cross St. Salesman Mahoney, John J., Warren St. Bookkeeper McAuliffe, Eugene L., Roel St News Dealer McMahon, Edward H., South St Retired McMahon, Joseph J., South St Retired Meaney, James H. Silver St. Shoeworker Merrill, Carl B. North Main St. Salesman Morgan, Henry V., Warren St. Accountant Mullen, James A., Union St. Retired Mullins, Timothy R., School St Retired Murphy, Dennis J., Warren St. Real Estate Dealer O'Brien, Thomas S., South St Shoeworker O'Leary, Timothy M., Plain St Shoeworker Pelissier, M. Frank, North St Shoeworker Powderly, Charles T., No. Main St Shoeworker Reynolds, O. E., No. Main St Merchant Riley, J. Edward, Liberty St Shoeworker Sawyer, George F., Liberty St Shoeworker Shedd, George W., Main St Retired . Shepard, H. Joseph, Howard St Shoeworker 243 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Stetson, Thomas L., North St Retired Sullivan, George A., Maple St. ShoewOrker Sullivan, M. F., South St. Shoeworker Teed, Frank F., Oak St. Carpenter Vaughn, Otis, Plain St. Retired Wilde, Albert C, Liberty St. Salesman 244 : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. TOWN MEETING WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Norfolk, ss.- To either of the Constables of the Town of Randolph, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Randolph qualified to vote in elections and Town Affairs to assemble at Stetson Hall in said Town, Monday, the first day of March, 1926, at 5:45 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. Article 1. To choose all such Town Officers as are required by law to be chosen by ballot, namely: A Moderator for one year; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasurer for one year; three Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for one year; one Member of School Committee for three years; one Trustee of Stet- son School Fund for three years; a Collector of Taxes for one year; one Assessor for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; three Auditors for one year; one Tree Warden for one year; one Highway Surveyor for one year; seven Constables for one year. Article 2. To hear and act on the report of the Town Officers. Article 3. To raise and appropriate money to de- fray the general town expenses for the current year. Article 4. To see if the Town will instruct the Sel- 245 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT ectmen to appoint a Special Police Officer or Officers to enforce the laws and raise and appropriate money for the same. Article 5. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the Fire Department and raise and ap- propriate money therefor. Article 6. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the support of schools, including Stetson High School, and also for the con- veyance of pupils. Article 7. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for lighting the streets by electricity. Article 8. To see what action the Town will take relative to repairs on highways and raise and appro- priate money for the same. Article 9. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money for the expenses of the Assessors' Department. Article 10. To see what action the Town will take relative to abatement of taxes and raise and appro- priate money therefor. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to pay the insurance on the Town Treasurer's bond for the year 1926-1927, and raise and appropriate money therefor. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to pay the insurance on the Tax Collector's bond for the year 1926-1927, and raise and appropriate money therefor. Article 13. To see what compensation the Town ^ill allow for the collection of taxes. 246 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Article 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Tax Collector to use the same means which a Town Treasurer may use when acting as Tax Collector. Article 15 To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor-^ row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the Financial year beginning January 1, 1926, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this Vote to be paid from the revenue of said Financial year. Article 16. To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen to be the agents and attorneys of the Town to prosecute, defend and compromise any and all suits in which the Town may be in any manner interested as a party or otherwise, except so far as the same re- late in any manner to the water supply, and to employ counsel if necessary. Article 17. To see if the Town will authorize and appoint the Water Commissioners to be the agents and attorneys of the Town, to prosecute, defend, comprom- ise and settle any and all suits and proceedings in which the Town may be interested as a party or other- wise so far as the same in any manner relate to the preserving, taking and use of the water of Great Pond, or to the construction of the water works, either joint- ly or separately, as authorized under Chapter 217 of the Acts of 1885, and to employ counsel if necessary. Article 18. To see what action the Town will take relative to medical attendance on the poor and raise and appropriate money for the s^me. 247 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Article 19. To see what action the Town will take in regard to raising and appropriating money for the ^Randolph Visiting Nurse Association. Article 20. To see what action the Town will take relative to raising and appropriating money for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths, as rec- ommended by the State Forester. Article 21. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money for the planting of shade trees as petitioned for by the Tree Warden and others. Article 22. To see what action the Town will take in relation to repairs on the Turner Free Library build- ing and raise and appropriate money for the same. Article 23. To see if the Town will liaise and ap- propriate money for the care of the clock in the spire of the First Congregational Church. Article 24. To see if the Town will make an ap- propriation for the decoration of Soldiers' graves under the direction of Capt. Horace Niles Post 110, G.A.R. and raise money therefor. Article 25. To hear and 'act on the report of any Committee and chose any committee the Town may think proper. Article 26. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the pay of town laborers. Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to have all garbage, ashes and rubbish of all kinds hauled away regularly during the year and raise and appropriate -money therefor, as j>etitioned for by E. H. Cox and others. 248 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Article 28. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00) to continue the work of surveying the town and the making of maps, as petitioned for by James H. Hurley and Henry V. Morgan. Article 29. To see what action the Town will take relative to transfering free cash in the treasury to the use of the assessors in reducing the tax levy, as petitioned for by Henry V. Morgan and James H. Hur- ley. .Article 30. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate to the Treasury the sum of $300 expended in 1925 in taking the census, for which no appropriation was made. Article 31. To see if the Town will authorize the- transfer from unexpended balances in the 1925 appro- priations of such sums as may be necessary to cover over-drafts in these appropriations. Article 32. To see what action the Town will take relative to the acceptance of Section 103 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth regard- ing the appointment of a purchasing agent, as peti- tioned for by Joseph J. McMahon and others. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Selectmen to appoint a Town Accountant, un- der Section 55 of Chapter 41, General Laws, and raise and appropriate money for his salary. Article 34. To see if the Town will create a Reserve Fund for extraordinary or unforeseen emergencies as per Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws, and raise and appropriate money therefor. 249 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT Article 35. To see if the Town will instruct the Treasurer to transfer any funds remaining in "The Randolph Water Loan Sinking Fund," after all debts against said fund have been paid, to the Town Treas- ury, to be held by him to pay any outstanding water indebtedness, as petitioned for by the Water Commis- sioners. Article 36. To see what action the Town will take relative to raising and appropriating money to pay for the curtains and electric fixtures for the Stetson High School Building and for grading the High School grounds, as petitioned for by Charles R. Kiley and Florence S. Roddan. Article 37. To hear and act on the report of the Stetson High School Building Committee and raise and appropriate such sum of money as may be neces- sary to fulfill any contracts entered into by them in the name of the Town. Article 38. To see what action the Town will take in regard to purchasing the traffic beacon now erected at the junction of North Main and Warren Streets, and raise and appropriate money therefor. Article 39. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $557.75 to pay William J. Good for profession- al services in settling the suit brought by the Rosetti Contracting Co., against the Town for damages in connection with the construction of a section of North Main Street. Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to pay Edward J. Megley $764.54 for repairs to cistern and roadway in Crawford Square and raise and appropri- ate money for the same. 250 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Article 41. To see if the Town will raise and appro-- priate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of resurfac- ing the floor in Stetson Hall, and for purchasing a can- vas cover for same, as petitioned for by Joseph J.. Duffy and others. Article 42. To see what action the Town will take with reference to the adoption and imposition of in- structions, rules and regulations on and for the conduct: of the Board of Water Commissioners as petitioned for by William H. Quigley and others. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to place three fire alarm boxes of the keyless style at North Randolph, one to be placed on North Main Street at or near the filling station of Patrick Foley, one at the^ approximate corner of North Main and Russ Streets, and one on Pond Street approximately half way be- tween the pumping station and North Main Street and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned, for by Frank M. Downes and others. Article 44. To see if the Town will install six (6) street lights on HigR Street between Capa Bianca's^ Driveway and Stacy Street, as petitioned for by Fran- cis W. Finch and others, and raise and appropriate: money therefor. Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to install tern lights on North Main Street from Hillgard Street to- the Randolph-Quincy Line, as petitioned for by P. J.^ Foley and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor. Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to install^' four additional lights on Fairmount Street and raise- 251 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by George H. Kiley and others. Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main on Orchard Street three hundred feet in a northerly direction and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Edward Derocher and others. Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main on Highland Avenue southerly from Fairmount Street a distance of 1000 feet, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Ed- gar B. Cole and others. Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the water commissioners to extend the water main along Centre Street from Main Street 800 feet, as pe- titioned for by John H. Marcille and others and raise and appropriate money therefor. Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main 600 feet westerly on Grove Street and raise and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by Walter L. Rodd and others. Article 51. To see if the Town will extend the water main from a point on North Main Street oppo- site Stacy Street 250 feet in a northerly direction, to a point near the corner of North Main and Waldo Streets and raise and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by Waldo E. Mann and others. Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to install the water mains on Centre Street between Union Street and South Street and raise and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by Peter Madigan, Wm. S. Hudson and others. 252 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Article 53. To see if the Town will instruct the Water Commissioners to extend the water mains along Chestnut Street to the residence of John Stevenson, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as peti- tioned for by Charles L. Truelson, Wm. H. Quigley and others. Article 53A. To see if the Town will vote to have the two dead ends of water pipe on Grove Street con- nected and raise and appropriate money therefor. Article 54. To see what action the Town will take in regard to rebuilding Union Street from Crawford Square to the Randolph-Holbrook Town Line in con- junction with the County and State and raise and ap- propriate money for the same. Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a 12"ton road roller for the Highway Department, and raise and appropriate money therefor as petitioned for by the Highway Surveyor. Article 56. To see what action the Town will take relative to making repairs to Chestnut Street, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $2000.00 therefor, as petitioned for by William J. Carroll and others. Article 57. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1000.00 for repairs to Canton Street as petitioned for by Percy Cordingly and others. Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to make repairs to Canton Street and raise and appropriate $3000.00 therefor, as petitioned for by William Sar- gent and others. Article 59. To see what action the Town will take relative to rebuilding Lafayette Street commencing at 253 NINETIETH ANNUAL REPORT West Street and raise and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Hiram S. Faunce and others. Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to repair or rebuild Howard Street and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Joseph Shepard, John A. Hoye and others. Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1500 to complete the permanent con- struction on Centre Street as petitioned for by Thomas Bates, Leon E. Clifford and others. Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to make repairs on Mill Street and raise and appropriate $2000 therefor, as petitioned for by Michael F. Brady, James Burke and others. Article 63. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate $3000.00 to complete the permanent construc- tion of South Street as petitioned for by Joseph J. Mc- Mahon and others. Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to repair the roads and sidewalks on Grove and Cross Streets and on Wales Avenue, and raise and appropriate $4000 for the same, as petitioned for by Charles F. Patten, C. Fred Lyons and others. Article 65. To see what action the Town will take in regard to applying tarvia to Grove Street from North Main Street to Cross Street and raise and appro- priate money for the same as petitioned for by Millie E. Randall and others. Article 66. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen, at their discretion, to put advertisements in the annual Town Report for 1926 with a view to reducing or eliminating the cost of printing said Re- port. 254 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Article 67. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Health to placard all houses containing offi- cially reported cases of contageous disease, with a view to warning the public away from such houses. Article 68. To see if the Town will adopt a by-law providing for the appointment of a Finiance Committee to control the Reserve Fund, as per Section 16, Chapter 39, General Laws, and appoint such committee there- under. Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase a 5-ton caterpillar tractor with plow for snow removal and raise and appropriate money therefor. The polls will be open from 5:45 o'clock A. M. to 2:00 o'clock P.M., but may be kept open longer if so ordered by the voters then present. And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof at five or more public plac- es in said town, seven days at least before the day and hour for holding said meeting. Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or be- fore the day and hour appointed for holding said meet- ing. Given under our hands at Randolph, this eighth day of February A. D. 1926. RICHARD F. FORREST, ERSKINE H. COX, JAMES H. HURLEY, Selectmen of Randolph. A true copy Attest: PATRICK T. McDonnell, Constable. 255 INDEX Abatements 126 Almshouse 65 Appropriation Table 114 Assessors, Report of 207 Balance Sheet 129 Births 40 Board of Health, Report of 63 Deaths 48 Diseases, Classification of 51 Fire Department, Report of 229 Highway Surveyor, Report of 225 Jurors, List of 242 Marriages 44 Moth Superintendent, Report of 178 Overseers of the Poor, Report of 59 Police Department, Report of 117 School Committee, Report of 133 Selectmen, Report of 59 Stetson School Fund, Report of Trustees 226 Superintendent of Schools, Report of 155 Tax Collector, Report of 180 Town Clerk, Report of 5 Town Meeting 1925, Record of 7 Town Notes and Bonds, provision for payment of 132 Town Officers 3 Town Treasurer, Report of 119 Tree Warden, Report of 179 Turner Free Library, Report of 167 Valuation assessed 212 Vital Statistics 52 Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 1926 245 Water Commissioners, Report of 185 Water, Regulations for the use of 198 256 Ci_© CO ©^1-H (M lO CO 1-1 1-1 o u © lO 00 i>(>fcosoco tH CO